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TABLE II
SPRINGFIELD, 1846
RANDOLPH, 1908
Times
correct
. Times
incorrect
Per cent
correct
Number
of words
Times
correct
Times
incorrect
Per cent
correct
1 Accidental
61
24
71
1
103
7
93
2 Accessible
31
54
36
2
57
53
51
, 4
Chirography
30
55
35
4
17
93
15
15
Characteristic
39
46
45
5
96
14
87
[6
Deceitfully
40
45
47
6
85
25
77
: 7
Descendant
24
61
28
7
62
48
56
1 8
Eccentric
39
46
45
8
65
45
59
19
Evanescent
17
68
20
9
3
107
2
10
Fierceness
42
43
49
10
90
20
81
11
Feignedly
28
57
32
11
59
51
53
12
Ghastliness
23
62
27
12
61
49
55
13
Gnawed
33
52
38
13
81
29
73
14
Heiress
42
43
49
14
94
16
85
15
Hysterics.
40
45
47
15
74
36
67
16
Imbecility
50
35
58
16
54
56
49
17
Inconceivable
20
65
23
17
60
50
54
18
Inconvenience
32
53
36
18
44
66
40
19
Inefficient
33
52
38
19
73
37
66
20
Irresistible
13
72
15
20
31
79
28
Total per cent correct, 40
Total per cent correct, 59
54
31
63
3
99
11
90
3 Baptism
From this table it is seen that the children in Stetson High School spell about fifty per cent. better than did those of sixty years ago. This improvement has undoubtedly come, not because of more time spent in formal study of spelling (we actually spend much less), but because we do vastly more reading and writing, both in and out of school than was done half a century ago.
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Expert investigators tell us that the eye is the most im- portant avenue through which we learn to spell; the ear next; the motor speech apparatus next, and the nerves which con- trol the writing muscles last. Any one of these avenues. used alone will produce poorer results than if all are used. Hence a careful and thorough training of eye and ear through phonics is necessary in the first two or three years of school, then a combination of oral and written spelling, based on thorough study of a good spelling-book, continued through the rest of the eight grades, with perhaps an advanced book for the high school.
These things being done, accuracy in spelling is likely to vary with the general abilities of the pupils, and with the amount of reading and writing they habitually do.
TURNER ART EXHIBITS.
Last June an exhibition of two hundred pictures from the Horace K. Turner Company, Boston, was held in both the Prescott and North Grammar Schools. Literary and musical programs and candy sales were given in connection. The people responded most generously, and some eighty or ninety dollars were secured at each building for the purchase of pic- tures for the school rooms.
SEWING AND WHITTLING.
A beginning in the teaching of sewing in our schools has just been inaugurated by the Ladies' Library Association of
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Randolph. Fifteen members of this body have volunteered to carry on the work in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the Prescott and North Grammar Schools. One hour and a quarter per week on Friday afternoons from 2.45 until 4 o'clock has been set apart for the purpose. The work has been carefully planned, the teachers are giving their hearty co-operation, and great interest is being shown by all con- cerned. An exhibition of the work, to which the parents will be invited, is to be held in May.
In the eighth grade at the North Grammar School some whittling has been attempted, with such tools and materials as could be found at home. A variety of useful articles have been designed and made by the pupils.
THE AGES OF OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
The immaturity of many of the pupils in the High School, and the too general tendency to send beginners to school at the earliest possible age were discussed in the last report.
About the first of the present month (December, 1908), both the Bureau of Education at Washington and our own State Board of Education took up this subject. Questions were sent out to the superintendents of the country and of Massachusetts.
Instructions from Washington were as follows: "Give the number of pupils in your schools in each grade of each age. If possible, take this census on one day the first week in De- cember, 1908." This information was furnished by the teach-
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ers December 1, 1908, on a special blank. The answers are tabulated as follows:
TABLE III-a AGES OF BOYS
Grade
UNDER 5
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
I
1
27
21
3
9
1
1
III
1
14
9
9
2
1
IV
17
8
7
4
2
1
V
2
17
16
7
4
3
VI
14
11
10
3
VII
1
9
6
6
VIII
1
5
13
7
5
3
X H. S.
3
5
3
2
1
XI H. S.
XII H. S.
1
1
3
2
TABLE III-b
AGES OF GIRLS
Grade
UNDER 5
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
I
1
24
15
1
II
1
10
18
5
2
III
1
9
12
7
2
IV
3
14
7
6
1
V
15
13
3
2
1
VI
1
16
12
6
4
2
VII
2
14
12
5
3
VIII
1
5
15
8
3
1
IX H. S.
1
17
9
1
2
X H. S.
1
2
11
4
1
XI H. S.
2
6
2
2
XII H. S.
1
3
1
From the above it is seen that there were 93 children enrolled in the first grade on the first of December, 1908, and that 57 per cent. of them were even then under six years of age.
The object of the inquiry by the Massachusetts Board of Education was to ascertain the age at entrance of each begin- ner entering in September, 1908. This information was secured
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IX H. S.
4
6
9
3
1
II
1
21
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by the teachers of the entire district. The most important points are as follows :
TABLE IV
Towns
Number of children entering Grade I in Sept. 1908
Average Age at entrance
Number under 5 years at entrance
Holbrook
47
5 yrs. 8 mos.
2
Avon
41
5 yrs. 7 mos.
4
Randolph
77
5 yrs. 6 mos.
12
Referring again to Tables III(a) and (b), it is seen that in the High School on December 1, 1908, 37 out of 49 (75 per cent.) first-year pupils were still under fifteen, and 45 per cent. were under fourteen. In September, 1908, the Principal stated that the average age of the entire school was fourteen years and eight months.
While the figures for the rest of the state obtained by the Massachusetts inquiry are not yet available, there are some which may afford a partial basis of comparison.
As stated in last year's Town Report, p. 82, the great ma- jority of Boston children do not enter grade one until nearly or quite six years of age. Providence does not admit at all until the age of six. Worcester, Mass., the second city of the state, has recently raised the age of admission to grade one to six years. A number of other towns in Massachusetts containing large mills and factories, such as Northbridge, have done the same. The superintendent of another large Massa- chusetts city not so far away states that the age of admission there will probably not be raised from five to six at present because that in about one-half of that city the children have no place but the street in which to spend leisure time. For the other half of the city he would much prefer to have the chil- dren enter school at six. "There is no question," says this able superintendent, "that, educationally, the age of six is
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better than that of five." Out of 49 states and territories of the United States, 32 do not legally admit until six, or even seven and eight years of age. (Report of United States Com- missioner of Education for 1907, Vol. 11, p. 548.) Children do not enter high school in Boston until they are as old as the average age of our entire high school.
But many will ask, "Why take so much trouble to show that our children, grade for grade, are younger than the aver- age elsewhere? What difference does it make any way? Teachers tell us that the youngest in the class are the bright- est. Most people are proud when their children enter high school at eleven or twelve years of age."
A book might be written in answer to this and closely re- lated questions. Some have been. (See "Growth and Edu- cation," by John M. Tyler, Professor of Biology at Amherst College.)
Briefly, the proper age at which to place a little child under the bodily restraints of school should not be determined solely by finding the earliest moment at which he can learn the alphabet. Neither should it be governed by the natural desire of many mothers to be rid as soon as possible of the care of their children. The chief and all-important business of the child is to grow, and to develop a body that will insure success later under the tremendous strain of modern life ------ a task now of increasing difficulty. Too early confinement in a school room or anywhere indoors is at best an interfer- ence with nature's processes.
"Schmid-Monnard tells us that the growth of the German child is always lessened, and sometimes completely arrested during the first year of school life. He emphasizes the danger to the youngest and most precocious children, and tells us that a larger proportion of these drop out by the way. When we arrest growth we strike at the root of all possible future development, as well as of power and efficiency. . .. Every
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ounce of strength and vitality gained during infancy and early childhood increases at compound interest during each successive year." ("Growth and Education," page 250.)
In the age-long process of the evolution of animals, includ- ing the human species, the larger vital organs and the tough muscular system came first, the complex and delicate brain and nerve structure last. The development of each individual child follows roughly the same order. To attempt, therefore, to develop and train the higher brain centers without laying deep and strong the foundation of heart, lungs, stomach and muscles, is to lessen the natural resistance of the body to disease and to invite nervous weakness and collapse.
1 therefore recommend that, if a sub-primary or kindergarten grade be impossible, the age for admission of beginners to grade one be placed at six years.
SCHOOL HYGIENE, MEDICAL INSPECTION, TUBERCULOSIS AND ITS PREVENTION.
These allied subjects have assumed world-wide importance within a few years, and public interest therein is rapidly in- creasing.
The Second International Congress of School Hygiene was held in London, August 5-9, 1907. Massachusetts was rep- resented at the Congress by the Secretary of the State Board of Education. By far the larger part of that officer's last report is devoted to the above topics. Chapter 502 of the Acts of 1906 requires the appointment of school physicians in all towns and cities of Massachusetts. This law, as amended in April, 1908, is mandatory. Public opinion seems to ap- prove, and compliance is general. By January, 190S, but
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68 towns and cities out of 354 had not appointed school phy- sicians. In December, 1908, all but the following 28 had done so.
TOWNS :- Acushnet Otis
Blackstone
Randolph
Braintree
Reading
Chilmark
Sandisfield
Edgartown
Sandwich
Gay Head
Shrewsbury
Georgetown
Southborough
Gosnold
Southwick
Holbrook
Tolland
Merrimac
Topsfield
Middleboro
Truro
Mount Washington
Westfield
New Ashford
West Tisbury
Wilmington
CITIES :- Lowell
By Chapter 181, Acts of 1908, "instruction as to tuberculosis and its prevention" has been added to the list of school sub- jects required by law to be taught. The essentials of the matter are given in a small pamphlet of about 20 pages, pre- pared for teachers by six eminent Boston specialists. This has been furnished free by the State Board of Education.
With grateful acknowledgment of cordial co-operation from the Committee and Teachers, this report is
Respectfully submitted, WATSON C. LEA.
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APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE
Superintendent of Schools
TABULAR STATEMENT, 1907-1908
Schools
Grades
Teachers
Total enrolment
Boys
Girls
Average membership
Average attendance
Per cent of
Pupils not absent,
tardy, or dismissed
Grade promotions
XII
F. E. Chapin, Principal
13
3
10
13
XI
Nellie M. Stearns.
13
8
5
98.51
94.18
95.6
7
Stetson High
X
Katherine F. Garrity.
25
8
17
1
IX
Mary W. Henderson
39
17
22
38.05
37.41
98.31
9
33
Prescott
VIII
Nelson Freeman
39
19
20
35.93
34.77
96.76
35
VII
Katherine A. Kiley
.
40
15
25
40.67
37.92
94.33
1
36
VI
Hannah F. Hoye
Total
50
33
17
46.63
44.47
95.37
2
41
IV
Mary E. Wren
40
21
19
39.08
38.77
94.07
34
HII
Ellen F. Mclaughlin
49
25
24
42.8
40.44
94.48
3
37
I
Kittie R. Molloy
52
33
19
48.
46.
95.
1
37
North
VIII
Joseph Belcher
23
8
15
53.35
50.96
95.51
7
30
VII
Joseph Belcher
33
17
16
31.35
28.94
92.31
2
17
VI
Ellen P. Henry
Total
24
6
18
23.75
22.02
92.71
1
23
IV
Fannie M. Devine
31
18
13
1
43.
40.08
93.2
1
11
III
Fannie M. Devine
13
9
4
1
7
1
-
III
Katherine J. Riley
6
1
5
18.11
16.65
91.93
4
II
Katherine J. Riley
3
2
1
I
Katherine J. Riley
10
6
4
West Corner
III
Ina L. Parlin
14
5
II
Ina L. Parlin
12
5
7
30.61
20.33
95.81
10
I
Ina L. Parlin
9
6
3
716
350
366
674.11
640.51
95.
39
581
Totals
enrolment 197 enrolment 358
49
24
25
45.
42.83
95.
2
41
V
Katherine E. Sheridan
Total
High
School
enrol-
ment
103
ment
35
Total Total
West Tower
Corner Hill
enrol- enrol-
27
12
15
39.27
35.74
90.88
1
14
I
¿ Ellen Farrington
4
0
4
Tower Hill
IV
Katherine J. Riley
.
North School
31
19
12
V
Sarah C. Belcher .
27
15
II
§ Clara A. Tolman
15
8
ment
23
-
II
Fannie A. Campbell
Prescott School
52
22
30
35
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6
4
6
11
7
attendance
13
19
22
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Roll of Honor, 1907-1908.
I
NOT ABSENT, TARDY OR DISMISSED.
A. For 3 terms.
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Mary Barry Joseph Heney
Mary Leahy
Norman E. Jones
Michael J. O'Neil Herbert A. Towns
Almira May White
PRESCOTT VIII.
Thomas Desmond
Anna Morgan
Madeleine Dillon
Thomas Mulligan
Rosamond Hagney
Gladys Porter May Spence
Charles Kiley
Ellen Stanton
PRESCOTT VII. .
George Dolan
Bennie Scannell
PRESCOTT VI.
Annie Madigan
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PRESCOTT V.
Mary Danto
Paul Faxon
PRESCOTT IV.
Letitia Scannell
Russell Towns
PRESCOTT II.
Agnes Britton Lillian Purcell
Richard Walsh
PRESCOTT I.
Mary O'Brien
NORTH VII-VIII.
Gertrude E. Meany A. Elizabeth Larsen Ellinor Smith
Gertrude Kelley
Lillian Converse Clarence Claff
Sumner Eddy
NORTH VI.
Rena J. Wrisley Ralph E. DeForest
NORTH V. Vivian Shurtliff
NORTH III-IV. Harold K. Eddy
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NORTH I-II. Carl Bustard
B. For 2 terms.
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Rhea B. Hogan
Joseph McMahon
Mary A. Linnehan
Marion Meany
Ellis Hall Mann
Edward J. Morgan
Blanche C. Marcille
Elizabeth Sheehan
Mary L. Marcille John R. Willard
Richard A. Barrett
PRESCOTT VIII.
Willie Cunningham
Lucien Hogan
Terence Dargan
Svea Johnson
Leo Dench
Hugh McCabe
Harry Dolan
Alice Shepard
Edward Fahey
Helen Sullivan
Walter Farrell
Marie Sullivan
Margaret Gill
Mary Tierney
PRESCOTT VII.
James Condon Joseph Crowley
Kathleen Donavan
PRESCOTT VI.
Alice Manning
May Morgan
Aloysius Murphy
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PRESCOTT V.
Dwight Boyd
Walter McCabe
Joseph Dench
Peter Madigan
Harold McDonald
Edward Sullivan
PRESCOTT IV.
Marion Leavitt
John O'Brien
Mary Sheridan
John Purcell
Joseph Condon
Sigfrid Bolin
James Donavan
Arthur Brennan
Edward Johnson
Chas. Cunningham
PRESCOTT III.
Herbert Guild John Gill Frank Mahoney
Louis Mulligan Albert Bolin Gertrude Flanagan
Mary O'Leary
PRESCOTT I.
Frank Moore
NORTH VII-VIII.
Alberta Bustard Alice Connell Edna B. Rhodes
Lillian Converse Rena M. Libby
Susie M. Chase
W. Jennie Mann
Viola B. Holbrook Norman Smith
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
NORTH VI.
Ervenia L. Rhodes
Herman McGrath
William H. Carroll Arthur C. Roel
NORTH 111-1V.
Heiman Greenberg Harold K. Eddy
NORTH I-11. Carleton Wrisley
C. For 1 term.
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Ralph N. Boyd
Frank H. Bromade
Walter Coddens
Elizabeth R. DeNeill
Charles G. Devine
Joseph M. French
Alice M. Hayden
Gertrude Henneberry
Geraldine B. Kennedy
Evelyn Mahan
Anna M. Long Mary L. Mahan James McDonald
John J. Mahoney
Mary K. McMahon
Joseph M. Murphy
Elizabeth O'Neil
Florence S. Roddan
Mabel L. Scott
Charles A. Spence
Kathleen C. Uniac
Granville H. Wright
PRESCOTT VI11.
Annie Carroll
Margaret Laughlin Abbie Lyons
Hazel Champion
Florence Foster
Ella Heney
Emilie Reynolds Roy Robbins
Anna Walsh
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PRESCOTT VII.
Grace Brennan
Henry Manning
Evelyn Carney.
Edward Foley
Mary Rooney Martin Young
PRESCOTT VI.
Helen Brady
Thomas O'Keefe
Frances Brady
Gertrude Sullivan
Peter Collins
James Tierney
Thomas Dowd
Esther Vaughn
William Flannery
John Walsh
Alice Keith
Arthur Williams
Frank Mahoney
Arthur Shepard
Lillian McAuliffe
Frank Desmond
PRESCOTT V.
David Goode
Daisy McLeer
James Dowd
Ethel Pettee
Barbara Hoye
Anna Wallace
Mary Laughlin
Arthur Curtis
Alice Marcille
Fabian Hogan
PRESCOTT IV.
Everett Madan Walter O'Leary Bertram Kenyon Joseph Gill
Henry Morgan Leona Hogan Adelaide Murphy Alice Tierney
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
PRESCOTT III.
Walter Good
Anna Brady
Emery Delano
Mary Clark
George McCabe
Margaret Foley
Charles Mullins
Anna Leahy
PRESCOTT I.
Gertrude Hern
Raymond Purcell
Dorothy Carney
Leo Trombley
Mary Leroy
Henry McDermot
Reginald Hogan
Josephine McDermot
Arthur Kane
Edw. Brennan
Jos. Loughlin
Amy Campbell
Russell Leavitt
Minnie Cantwell
John Moore
Timothy Lyons
Frank Morgan
NORTH VII-VIII.
Arthur H. Lyons
Mary E. Schultz
Ruth Walsh
Anna C. Larson
William Mann
Mahlon Wood
Marie E. White
Harold H. Eddy
Henry N. Schultz
Leo R. Dee
Olive B. Mann Earl C. Harris
Frank E. Lyons
NORTH VI.
Flora L. Burrell Alta N. Payne
Bertha E. Teed Raymond L. Mason
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NORTH V.
Rose L. Meaney
Laura G. Holbrook
Gertrude Mahan Mary Patten
NORTH III-IV.
Chester Claff
Gladys DeForest
Rosella Stetson
Ida Greenberg
John Bustard
Hazel G. Stetson
Douglass Mann
John Curry
Inez Abbott
Allen Davidson
William Davidson
Carlton Lyons
Dale Nelson
James Mann
NORTH I-II.
Mary Currie
Kate Currie
TOWER HILL.
Thomas G. Bates
Anna Carroll
Wilson Bernard
Roscoe T. Brennan
Eugene Dickey Karl L. Macauley
II
NOT ABSENT OR TARDY.
A. For 3 terms.
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Robert B. Kelliher Elizabeth Sheehan
Joseph McMahon John R. Willard
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
PRESCOTT VIII.
Margaret Gill
Anna Walsh
PRESCOTT VII.
Marshall Leavitt
WEST CORNER.
Earle Hewins
Mabel A. Mann
Seth Mann
George Teed
Leo Patten
B. For 2 terms.
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Ralph N. Boyd
Elizabeth R. DeNeill
Charles G. Devine
Mabel L. Scott
John J. Mahoney Kathleen C. Uniac
PRESCOTT VIII.
Roy Robbins
PRESCOTT VII.
Grace Brennan Annie Lyons
PRESCOTT II.
Grace Donovan Leonora Bump William Condon
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C. For 1 term.
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Dorothy Piper
Corinne F. Tileston
Leo Sullivan Gladys C. Vaughn
PRESCOTT VIII.
James Mellon
PRESCOTT VII.
William Brennan
Katherine Curran
Evelyn Curtis Mary Hagney
Grace Foley
Leo Kelliher
Eva Luddington Henry Mullins
Mary O'Neil
PRESCOTT V.
Marion Hurley
PRESCOTT III.
Allan Bump
Alice Flannery
PRESCOTT II.
Vincent Dolan Henry Gill Francis McNeil
Marjorie Brennan Daniel McCue
Charles Marcille
Ernest Trombly Frances Campbell
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
George Manning Charles Pettengill Milton Robbins Roderick White
Lydia Flavell Elizabeth Good Elizabeth Hand Mary O'Brien
NORTH VI.
Mary Meaney
WEST CORNER.
Mildred Mann
Mabel E. Mann
Elden Taber
Elsie Taber
Total Number of Names on Roll of Honor, 310.
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Report of the Principal of the High School.
Stetson High School, Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1909.
Watson C. Lea, Superintendent of Schools,
Dear Sir :---
It would seem to be in order to make a public record of the gift by Stetson High School, to the Pilgrim Memorial Monument Association, of a block of granite designed to be placed in the Pilgrim Memorial Monument at Provincetown, Mass.
This block was on exhibition at our graduation exercises, in June, 1908, and was very much admired. It was later shipped to Provincetown and is now in place in the monument, insuring to Randolph its due share of recognition as one of the towns of the "Old Colony."
The block is of dark Quincy granite, from the Railway Gran- ite Company's quarry. This quarry is the oldest in Quincy, and from it was taken the material for Bunker Hill Monu- ment. The block has a polished face, with the word "Ran- dolph" cut in the center in three and one-half inch, V-shaped letters, with the date 1625. The dimensions of the stone cor- respond to those contributed by other towns of the Common- wealth, and are 30 inches by 18 inches by 12 inches. The approximate cost was fifty dollars, which was contributed
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by Mr. William H. Daly of West St., Randolph. This stone is probably the only one sent to Provincetown by a school.
Our pupils and teachers wish to thank the friends of the school for aiding us in our efforts to obtain a new piano. The senior class have in hand over $80, not including the allow- ance made by the Old Colony Piano Co., for a musical census of Randolph. Our school fund is now $62. We hope to make the Senior class fund and the school fund each $100 before the close of the year.
Very truly yours, F. E. CHAPIN.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES.
CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT STETSON HIGH SCHOOL,
Stetson Hall, Randolph, Wednesday Evening, June 24, 1908.
PROGRAM.
OPENING MARCH
INVOCATION Rev. Daniel J. Gleeson
"BRIDAL CHORUS," from "The Rose Maiden," by F. H. Cowen
SALUTATORY Merle L. Averell
THE PASSION PLAY Esther M. Rockwood
CHORUS, "Our Jack"
Arranged by H. Trotere
RECITATION, "A String of Pearls" Wadsworth Catherine M. Hove
WASTE OF OUR NATIONAL RESOURCES. James E. Dolan
SOPRANO SOLO, "The Spring Has Come"
.White
Grace A. McCue
PRESENTATION OF BUST OF WEBSTER. . Original by Thomas Ball Elizabeth R. DeNeil
REFORMING "THE FOURTH" Mary A. Murphy
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CHORUS, "Fare Thee Well, Beloved Homeland"
Arranged by Kjerulf
PRESENTATION OF BUST OF HERMES .. . Original by Praxiteles Katherine C. Uniac
VIOLIN SOLO, (a) "Air Varie" Vieuxtemps
(b) "Humoreske" Dvorak
Blanche L. Crafts
CLASS PROPHECY Mary K. McMahon
CHORUS, "Columbia Beloved"
Arranged from Donizetti by C. B. Rich
VALEDICTORY Josephine M. Walsh
CLASS SONG
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS AND TURNER MEDALS Superintendent Watson C. Lea
"AMERICA"
School and Audience
CLASS OF 1908, STETSON HIGH SCHOOL
Motto-"Ne Cede Malis." Colors-Light Blue and White.
LATIN COURSE
Merle Leon Averell Mary Kiernan McMahon
James Edward Dolan Mary Alice Murphy
Catharine Mary Hoye Esther Mildred Rockwood
Grace Angeline McCue Josephine Mary Walsh John Russell Willard
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ENGLISH COURSE
Elizabeth Rose DeNeil Mary Louise Marcille
Annie Eliza Mann
Katharine Clare Uniac
CLASS OFFICERS
President-Merle L. Averell Vice-President-Grace A. McCue
Secretary-Katherine C. Uniac Treasurer-Annie E. Mann
Executive Committee-Alice Murphy, James E. Dolan, Mary L. Marcille, J. Russell Willard, Mary K. McMahon.
TRUSTEES OF STETSON HIGH SCHOOL
Royal T. Mann, Redmond P. Barrett, Edward Long. Secretary of the Board, Fred M. French.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Watson C. Lea
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
To the Superintendent of Schools:
At the present time the music in the schools is progressing in a satisfactory manner.
1 visit the schools once a week, the average time spent in each room of the Primary and Grammar grades being one- half hour. In the High School I spend three-quarters of an
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hour once a week, this being the only time devoted to singing.
In the Primary and Grammar schools the teachers give three lessons a week, each lesson being of one-half hour dura- tion.
The work in the Primary grades includes rote singing, interval work from board and from dictation, and ear tests. In the first grade the work consists in having the children sing by note melodies which have been written upon the black- board, much emphasis being given to individual work. In the second and third grades the children sing entirely from books.
In the fourth and fifth grades unison and two-part singing is done with much preliminary drill work on chromatique scale, skips, etc. In the sixth, seventh and eighth grades minor work is introduced in connection with two and three- part singing. In the High School chiefly four-part work is done in exercises and songs.
ROSE G. HAND.
January 15, 1909.
REPORT OF THE TRUANT OFFICERS
Randolph, Mass., January 12, 1909.
To Mr. Watson C. Lea, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir,
I would respectfully submit the following report as Truant Officer of the Town of Randolph. I have been called to investigate eight cases during the year 1908, six of which were absentees from school and two were cases where cards had been sent from other towns but children did not present themselves at school. In one case I found the family did
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live in town but had returned to where they came from; in the other case I had the pupils in school the next morning. In some cases of the absentees I found it was the fault of the parent, and in cases of that kind I impressed very strongly the necessity of sending children to school, and that if the fault was theirs I should deal with them rather than the children; but I believe in all cases but one I have found the absentees and returned them to school during school hours. I have had but very little trouble of late, and everything so far as I know is progressing nicely.
Very truly yours, E. LAWRENCE PAYNE, Truant Officer.
· Randolph, January 15, 1909.
Watson C. Lea, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir,
During the year ending in December, 1908, I have been called upon to investigate fourteen cases of absentees from school. Upon investigation I found that the parents in most of the cases were at fault in keeping their children at home, and I have had to give them quite a talking to in order to make them send their children to school. In conversation with some of the teachers, they informed me that the attendance the past year was very good.
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