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WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE WEST.
" On October, 1885, light gymnastics were made obligatory throughout all grades of the public schools of Kansas City. Chi- cago soon followed the example set by Kansas City. In Chicago, 14 special teachers, trained according to the methods of the Turner- bund, give instruction in the High and Grammar Schools and over- see the instruction given by the teachers of the primary schools to their own classes. The salaries paid to the Chicago teachers of gymnastics range from $750 to $1800 a year. In Omaha, Neb., St. Joseph, Mo., Canton, O., Denver, Col., and Louisville, Ky., the Chicago plan of having special teachers has been adopted. While the Kansas City plan of having a director of physical training, through whose instruction the teachers in the schools are enabled to give gymnastic instruction to their classes has been followed in Mil- waukee, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Mckeesport, Pa., Davenport and Keokuk, Ia., Rock Island, Cairo, Ill., and a long list of smaller towns in Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Indiana. German gymnastics, according to one or the other of the above-mentioned plans are now taught in the schools of towns and cities in the West whose school population amounts to nearly 400,000. This is a showing which the school boards and teachers of the East cannot afford to ignore or affect to minimize."
In the East, the colleges only have advanced in physical educa- tion. The Common Schools are devoted to intellectual education. In some of the High Schools in our State, the subject has received attention by the introduction of light gymnastics and military drill. But it seems to me that the place for such training is in the elemen- tary schools. It is too late to begin physical culture after the bodies of the young have become mis-shapen or degenerate. "As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined." A visit to any of our schools will show most unmistakably the necessity of this training for the young. Another consideration is the universal one that essential training as well as instruction should be given when and where it will reach the greatest number. This we all know is in the schools where the children are under twelve or fourteen years of age. The majority of the children are in these elementary schools, and if they are to have any physical education at all it must come before the High School.
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So much has been written on this subject of late that it is needless to lengthen this report. I have in my possession an abundance of material on this subject, and having been appointed on the general committee to consider and report upon the best mode of introducing physical training in Public Schools at the conference held in Hunt- ington Hall, I shall probably very soon have much more information, all of which is at the disposal of our Committee.
To introduce a system of physical culture in our schools, it would be necessary to employ an expert - a special teacher of the subject - whose duty it would be to prepare a course of training for all grades from the Primary to the High School, to meet the class teachers and give a course of training to prepare them for work with their several grades, and to inspect all the schools to see that the system is carried out properly. The time required for such work would be at least two days each week, and twice as much could be spent to advantage. The time devoted to physical exercises should not average less than thirty minutes each day.
I would recommend that steps be taken as early as possible to secure the services of a person competent to do the work above de- scribed.
Any system of physical training should be conducted on physiolog- ical principles, and the work done by the pupils should be with refer- ence to health and development. On this account, a system of in- spection should be inaugurated to determine the condition of each individual and to classify the pupils according to their physical con- dition. This should be done by competent medical inspectors. In the primary classes it would not have to be critical, while in the High School, measurements, weight, etc., might be recorded on the plan used by Dr. Anderson at the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, or some- thing of the sort. This idea is carried out in the schools of Sweden, and is one of the important elements of their system.
One of the most important conditions under which this work must be carried on relates to the hygienic and sanitary arrangements of the building. It is absolutely necessary that the rooms where the pupils work, and the exercises are to be carried on, should be con- stantly supplied with fresh air of a proper temperature. The ven- tilation question is inseparable from the question of physical training, but enough has been said on that subject.
The remark was made to me by a prominent educator, at the con- ference on physical training, that "every advocate for this feature
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of education, who had spoken, strengthened the arguments for man -- ual training." This conference, though called for another purpose, has done more for the cause of manual training than any one effort ever made in this country. In fact, it is difficult to comprehend how an advocate of physical culture can fail to realize the value of man- ual training as a feature of education, whether it be related to the training of the hand and brain, or to the development of the strength of body and limb.
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.
The thirty-seventh Annual Commencement of the Somerville High School took place as usual in the First M. E. Church, Union Square, on Tuesday, June 25th, in the forenoon. The whole pro -- gram was executed in a masterly manner, and as usual was greatly enjoyed by the friends of the scholars as well as the graduates. The musical parts, which were of a high order, were performed by the graduating class accompanied by Hadley's Orchestra. Two pieces- deserve mention for their merit and were highly enjoyed because of their being the production of one our boys, Mr. Henry K. Hadley. To say that they were not out of place on a program which con- tained the names of Buck and Costa is paying them as high a compli- ment as I can frame. The speaking and reading were unusually good and reflected great credit upon the teacher of elocution. It showed not only fine teaching, but good students to work upon.
The program was as follows : -
THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE SOMERVILLE. HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE 25, 1889.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
PRAYER
· REV. H. C. HITCHCOCK.
SINGING .* - FESTIVA HYMN. (With orchestra and organ,) Buck ..
1. SALUTATORY IN LATIN. EDWARD S. TOWNSEND.
2. ESSAY. " In my day." BERTHA L. HUTCHINS.
3. READING. THE CHILDREN OF THE BONNET ROUGE. Hugo ..
LENA W. BRIGGS.
SINGING. - VOCAL MARCH. H. K. Hadley. (Arranged for orchestra by the author.)
* Singing accompanied by Hadley's Orchestra.
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4. READING. QUEEN VASHTI'S DETHRONEMENT.
J. R. Dorr. ANNIE W. BRADLEY.
5. Das englische Kranzchen.
LOUISE EVANS, SARAH E. JOUETT, EDNA L. RICHARDS,
MARY M. SHEDD, ADDIE C. TEELE, GRACE M. WHITE,
FREDERICK W. PEIRCE.
6. READING. LILY SERVOSSE'S RIDE. A. W. Tourgee.
EULA M. BYRNS.
SINGING. - DOUBLE OCTET : " There is a river." From 46th Psalm. (With orchestra.) [ Buck.
7. ESSAY. What we read. GEORGE P. WINSHIP.
8. READING. AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN INTERVIEWER. Clemens.
CHARLES N. CARLETON.
9. SCENE FROM FROM SHAKSPERE. Original Version in Greek.
JOHN L. S. CONNOLLY, HENRIETTA N. BROWN,
ANDREW C. MCKENZIE, CHRISTINE E. JANSSON, CLARA A. LAYCOCK,
FREDERICK E. SEARS,
GEORGE A. WHIPPLE.
RECESS.
MUSIC. - WALZER : Schlummer Liedchen. H. K. H.
SINGING. - DAMASCUS. From " Naaman." (With orchestra and organ.)
Costa.
10. ESSAY. Every-day Manners. ANNIE J. REED
11. La fuite du general Boulanger.
ANNIE L. COLGATE,
EDWARD D. DENSMORE,
NETTIE M. ORNE,
EDWARD J. FLYNN,
MARTHA M. POWER,
NELSON H. GROVER, CHARLES A. OWEN,
DAISY RAND,
JESSIE B. UNDERHILL.
12. READING. THE PARSON'S HORSE-RACE. Stowe.
MARY A. THOMPSON.
13. POEM. GRACE E. DUSTIN.
. SINGING. - GLEE : Little Jack Horner. (Humorous). Caldicott.
(With orchestration by S. Henry Hadley.)
14. DECLAMATION. ROME AND CARTHAGE. Hugo.
FREDERIC C. MCLAUGHLIN.
15. PROPHECIES. FRANKLIN G. ASHTON.
16. VALEDICTORY. MARY P. HITCHCOCK.
17. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
BY HIS HONOR MAYOR POPE.
18. PARTING HYMN.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
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MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS.
Carrie Howland Allen.
Addie Carrie Teele.
Caroline Ellen Bardwell.
Jessie Blanche Underhill. Adeline Belinda Warren.
Minnie Barter.
Bertha Emily Bingham.
Grace May White.
Lena Blanche Blaikie.
Emily Thomas Wilcox.
Maizie Etta Blaikie.
Annie Winnefred Bradley.
Franklin George Ashton.
Lena Walker Briggs.
Charles Nicholas Carleton ..
Edward Dana Densmore.
Emma Burckes. Mary Lavinia Buskirk. Eula Mae Byrns.
Laura Stoughton Clark.
Annie Louise Colgate.
Charles Albert Owen.
Helen Pearson Conant.
Harriet Louise Crosby.
Mabel Annette Daniels.
Louise Evans.
Mary Wade Fitz.
Nellie Thurston Gaskill.
Mary Prescott Hitchcock.
Edith Coolidge Homer.
Bertha Louise Hutchins.
Blanche Estelle Hutchinson.
Agnes Mary James.
Sarah Emery Jouett.
Marion Rebecca Knapp. Mary Ellen Lacy. Eda Adele Merrill.
Nettie Mabel Orne.
Martha Magdeline Power. Mabel Clarke Proctor. Daisy Rand.
Annie Josephine Reed. Edna Louise Richards. Mary Helen Sargent.
Mary Maud Shedd.
Course Preparatory to College.
John Lawrence S. Connolly. Andrew Comstock Mckenzie. Frederic Charles Mclaughlin ..
Frederic Edmund Sears. Edward Sands Townsend.
George Albert Whipple. George Parker Winship.
Florence Emma Baxter. Henrietta Noble Brown. Grace Elizabeth Dustin. Grace Maud Hardy. Christine Evelyn Jansson.
Clara Agnes Laycock. Mary Alexander Thompson .. Alice Carroll van Riper.
John Joseph Falvey.
Edward James Flynn. Nelson Howard Grover.
Frederick Watson Peirce.
Tracy Cole Pope.
Albert Olliver Thayer.
Henry Tyler Woods.
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GRADUATION.
The graduating exercises of the Grammar Schools took place in the First M. E. Church, Union Square, on Thursday, June 27, and were, as usual, very creditable to the schools, and in every way satisfactory to the parents whose children took part. The ad- dresses were made by His Excellency, Lieutenant-Governor J. Q. A. Brackett and Rev. E. H. Capen, D. D., President of Tufts College. His Honor, Mayor Chas. G. Pope, presided and made an appropriate opening address. The diplomas were bestowed by the Superintendent of Schools. The program was as follows :
PROGRAMME.
-
PART I.
1. OVERTURE. " Zampa." Herold
2. PRAYER.
REV. C. A. SKINNER.
3. * SINGING. " Lord, how great thy love and goodness." - Flotow COMBINED GRAMMAR CLASSES. (Accompanied by orchestra and organ. )
4. ADDRESS.
HON. J. Q. A. BRACKETTT.
5. SINGING. "Pilgrim's Chorus." Verdi (With orchestra.)
PART II.
$6. ADDRESS. REV. ELMER H. CAPEN, D. D.
7. SINGING. a. The Welcome Spring. Mendelssohn
b . Vacation Song. (Girls).
8. CONFERRING OF DIPLOMAS. - -
SUPT. C. E. MELENEY.
9. SINGING. UNISON SOLO : The Lost Chord. Sullivan (With orchestra and organ).
*Director .- S. HENRY HADLEY, Teacher of Music.
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FORSTER SCHOOL.
DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
WILLIAM P. HILL. NORMAN W. BINGHAM. QUINCY E. DICKERMAN.
Principal, JOHN S. HAYES.
Assistant, MARY E. NORTHUP. A. S. HILL, Substitute.
GRADUATES.
E. Benjamin Bryan.
Davis B. Chase.
Mertie J. Bryan.
John Coveney.
Nellie Maria Burnham.
George H. Desmond.
Grace May Chase.
Daniel J. Donahue.
Caroline M. Davis.
Daniel A. Dorey.
Florence Elizabeth Delano.
John Stetson Edmands.
Emma Parker Felch.
David W. Flynn.
Louise I. Freeman.
Amherst Durell Frazar.
Esther Louise Gage.
Bartholomew Edward Grady.
Josie A. Godbold.
Arthur B. Harlow.
Gertrude F. Hall.
Willis B. Hodgkins.
Bertha H. Hamlet.
Francis J. Kelley.
Sophia Atkins Lombard.
Charles W. Krueger.
Mabel Louise Marston.
Walter Lumbert Nickerson.
Eva Gertrude Marston.
William Foster Nelson.
Esther M. Mayhew.
James William O'Brien.
Nina C. Nelson.
Leonard H. Pote.
Emma Estelle Norcross.
Arthur P. Stone.
Carrie Moseley Potter.
Ulysses T. Sullivan.
Gertrude A. Ring.
Carrie B. Wayland.
Goldie E. Whipple.
H. Belle White.
Lizzie Adelaide White.
PRESCOTT SCHOOL.
DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
H. P. HEMENWAY.
HORACE C. WHITE. S. NEWTON- CUTLER.
Principal, G. A. SOUTHWORTH.
Assistant, ANNA M. BATES.
GRADUATES.
Arthur E. Atwood. Clifford M. Babson.
Isabel F. Baker. Sadie A. Battelle.
Herbert J. Sullivan.
Fannie Billings Allan. Amy L. Baxter. Mabel E. Bowman.
Grace A. Winifred Brewster.
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George F. Barnard.
Helen M. Bearse.
Frank H. Burrows.
Alice M. Brackett.
William T. Buxton.
Nellie M. Briggs.
.John E. Chatman.
Fanny Ethel Coffin.
Edmund F. Clark.
Mattie J. Connolly.
Frank C. Clement.
Charles H. Colgate, Jr.
Catherine G. Daley. Julia A. Downey.
Arthur B. Davis.
Lina R. Harris.
George F. Fortier.
Florence I. Hopkins.
Charles F. Grimes.
Nellie Knowles.
William R. Hammond.
Maude E. Libbey.
Arthur A. Higgins.
Lavinia K. Lombard.
Arthur A. Hodgman.
Lottie E. Lownds.
Frederic C. Hosmer.
Annie V: Lund.
William W. Kennard.
Teresa E. Mannix.
Willard E. Martin.
Ella C. McCarthy.
Nathaniel N. C. Mills.
Georgie C. Meady.
George W. Morris.
Lizzie W. Nason.
Edward W. Myers.
C. Etta Newcomb.
Edward W. Nason.
Angeline S. Norton.
Elmer S. Olmsted.
Jennie E. Parker.
Charles B. Palmer.
Emma A. Rice.
Charles L. Peirce.
Eva F. Robinson.
Wilbur L. Pierce.
Susie A. Shepard.
Arthur W. Reed.
Clara B. Soule.
George E. Reynolds.
Maude L. Soule.
Harry F. Sears.
Flora M. White.
Mabel I. Young.
LUTHER V. BELL SCHOOL.
DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
ALPHONZO H. CARVILL. CHARLES I. SHEPARD. JAMES F. BEARD. MAYOR POPE.
Principal, HERBERT L. MORSE. Assistants, ABBIE C. HUNT, MAY E. BERRY. NELLIE S. DICKEY, Substitute.
GRADUATES.
Alvin H. Allen. Charles T. Ames.
Harry H. Aslıton.
Daniel H. Bradley.
George H. Bucknam.
Annie L. Austin. Lillian M. Baker. Ethel T. Bartlett.
Mabel L. Blake.
Jessie E. Bradford.
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Elwell R. Butterworth. Henry E. Buxton. George R. Clark. Walter E. Clinton. Washington Cook. William E. Copithorne.
Ella M. Bragg. Harriet G. Brazier.
Emma L. Brine.
Flora M. Burgess. Carrie A. Butters.
James A. Corkum.
Addie B. Byam. Loretta E. Byam.
Clarence A. Daniels.
Sarah J. Carson.
Forest E. Dearborn.
Lillian E. Clark.
John L. Dias. Frank E. Draper.
Isabella M. Daly. Clara E. Davis.
Ernest C. Farland. J. Robert Fenelon. Philip J. Fitzpatrick. Le B. Richard Foster.
Clara J. Fitzgerald.
Katharine A. Flynn.
Caroline Gray.
George H. Galpin.
Nellie M. Guild. Elizabethı J. Harvey.
Dudley M. Hanson.
Leura J. Higgins.
Fred C. Harlow.
Mabel B. Hills.
James H. Hartshorn.
Orieanna J. Holbrook ..
Waldron W. Hodsdon.
Mary F. Horne.
J. Wesley Hopkins. Frederick A. Horne.
Louisa Hunt.
Arthur B. Howe.
Alice M. Hutchinson.
Frederick G. Jones.
Alice E. LeGallee.
William E. Kent.
Lizzie J. Legallee.
Frank H. Leslie.
Christena M. Lord.
Michael C. McCue.
Clara A. McCorrison ..
Everett L. Moore.
M. Ellea McIntosh
Frederick C. Morrison.
Jennie L. Nelson.
Fred K. North.
Sallie P. Nickerson.
Paul H. Provandie.
Alice M. Niles.
Ethel C. Pinkham.
Mabel L. Pratt.
Florence A. Robson.
Ida M. Savary. Fannie W. Shepard.
Mary F. Staniford. Annie J. Sullivan.
Margaret H. Webb.
Mary M. Wiley.
Philip C. Provandie. Arthur Ray. Daniel H. Ryan. James A. Smith. Thomas F. Smith. Frank E. Spelman.
Morton A. Stevens. Charles H. Tozier. Nathaniel J. K. Wood.
Francis P. Young.
Martha E. Howes.
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MORSE SCHOOL.
DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
MARTIN W. CARR. HORACE P. MAKECHNIE.
A. W. EDMANDS.
* Principal, HORATIO D. NEWTON. Assistant. MINA J. WENDELL.
GRADUATES :
Harold Colburn Bailey.
Millie S. Bancroft.
Walter S. Bezanson.
Flora A. Chabot.
Charles E. Bliss.
Melissa C. Davenport.
George E. Bruorton.
Alice B. Edmands.
Edward Davenport.
Agnes Gertrude Fenton.
Harry L. Deacon.
Lena S. Fredrikson.
G. Ellis Densmore.
Lydia J. Gibby.
Walter C. Dow.
Nellie J. Gilchrist.
Cornelius H. Downs.
Lula M. Goodwin.
William A. Hardy,
Elizabeth A. Hamann.
Chester R. Jennings.
Ida B. Holmes.
Frank D. Johnson.
Gertrude E. Hutchinson.
Horace M. Kennedy.
Emma A. Murray.
Edward L. O'Brien.
Lillian M. Pearson.
James J. O'Brein.
Josephine A. Quick.
Rudolph P. Pauly.
Ida S. Rice.
Herman Reiner.
Maud S. Richards.
Edgar D. Sewall.
H. Maude Sexton.
Leonard F. Telfer.
M. Genevieve Smith.
Frederick W. Yelland.
Caroline Winslow.
Dora Albonetta Bailey.
Clara C. Zoeller.
* Principal on leave of absence.
HIGHLAND SCHOOL.
DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
HORACE P. MAKECHNIE. MARTIN W. CARR. MRS. ADDIE B. UPHAM.
Principal, GEORGE E. NICHOLS. Assistant, M. ALICE PAUL.
GRADUATES.
Afra E. Cameron. Laura M. Cameron. Ella C. Carleton. Winifred M. Chase.
Harry B. Bovey. Edwin F. Burroughs. William A. Colcord. Luther W. Dudley. Milton E. Fish. Virginia S. Creighton.
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Fred. B. Foster.
Ida M. Fisher.
Clifton D. Gray.
Mary L. Fisher.
Harry P. Kingman.
Bessie M. Gordon.
Arthur W. Littlefield.
Jennie L. Gordon.
Ernest E. Muzzey.
Emma C. Graham.
William G. Nash.
Mary.G. Goodwin.
Norval P. Nichols.
Grace P. Harris.
James Robertson Pillsbury.
Fred O. Plumb.
Bertha E. Holden. L. Edith McBain.
Howard I. Russell.
Nellie L. Mahan.
Albert E. Shipman.
Nellie M. Pierce.
Charles B. Stebbins.
Jennie C. Rand.
Herbert L. Taylor.
Annie B. Russell.
George H. Wilder.
Madella A. Stevens.
Clementine E. Tibbetts.
Annie L. Young.
The whole number of graduates was 281-38 more than last year : boys, 136 ; girls, 145.
From the Forster School
·
48
21 boys,
27 girls.
'. Prescott
·
59
29
30
66
" L. V. Bell 66
.
.
91
46
45
66 " Morse 66
42
20
.
22 66
66
" Highland
41
20
21
66
One hundred and sixty-nine of the graduates from the grammar schools entered the High School in September : boys, 73 ; girls, 96.
From the Forster School
26
10 boys,
16 girls ..
" Prescott
". L. V. Bell
52
23
66
29
66
6. Morse 66
25
9
16
66
" Highland
27
12
15
·
39
19
20
.
Herbert P. Yeaton.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
This department of our work has been a great improvement over that of last year. In place of one evening school for grammar work we have had three, the Prescott, L. V. Bell and Highland schools. The attendance has been well sustained, the interest has been main- tained throughout the session, and the results correspondingly good. The marked feature of the schools was the number of advanced pupils attending, many graduates of our grammar schools being en- rolled. Good progress has been made in book-keeping and kindred subjects. Lectures have been given by the principal and others,
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which have been of great practical benefit. At the request of a number of the girls, the superintendent suggested to the committee the idea of giving instruction in sewing ; power was given by the Board and the work was instituted in the Bell and Prescott schools two evenings each week in each school. Miss Boyd was the teacher.
Two evening drawing schools have been sustained similar to last year's classes. They have not been as large because pupils of the grammar schools were excluded, they having instruction in that branch in their own schools. The class in mechanical drawing has made excellent progress, inany of the students having been members of last year's class. The free-hand class has done well, but was composed largely of beginners. The advance class in light and shade work though small will have fine sheets to show at the end of the course. We may not look for improved schools in this department till the city furnishes better rooms for the work. Until then our num- bers and results will continue as at present.
In the appendix will be found the names of teachers, statistics, etc.
SECTION III.
In this section of the report I wish to bring to your attention some of the prominent and important features of educational work accom- plished in other places, to enable you to see what progress is being made and compare it with our own, to enlist your interest in the various measures being taken to improve educational work, and if necessary to convince you that education is progressing and devel- oping as a science, and that educators are alive to the magnitude of their work and to the great interests that are at stake in our develop- ment as a nation, much of which depends upon the education of our children. I wish also to call your attention to some valuable reports on education and direct you to sources of information upon educational subjects. I shall endeavor to secure copies of valuable reports for the members of the Board, and place at your disposal those that have come to the office in exchange.
To give you an idea of the subjects being considered by the various cities, I selected 28 reports from a large number in the office, repre- senting New England and six other states, and found that 19 con- tain very interesting chapters on drawing; 14 advocate manual training or describe its workings ; 9 treat of sewing, as a feature of their schools ; 5 describe their cooking schools ; 9 devote time to-
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kindergarten ; 6 are agitating physical training ; 17 report on music ; 10 take up promotions and examinations ; 10 consider the training of teachers, and all treat of various other subjects. Many of them con- tain special reports by committees or directors, who have the super- vision of these subjects as well as the reports of the superintendents.
I have sent to you the report of the Board of Supervisors of the Boston schools on the subject of Physical Training which I consider of great value to us at this time and which has relieved me of mak- ing an extended report on the subject. This evening I have the pleasure of putting into your hands the last report of Superintendent MacAlister, of Philadelphia, which I regard one of the most impor- tant educational documents ever issued. I invite your attention to it, because of the many subjects contained in it of special interest to us at this time. I have a list of other reports which I hope to be able to obtain at an early day.
I regard it of great importance to members of School Boards to take and read the ourrent educational periodicals, as these contain the best thoughts on education and the most recent account of im- proved methods and facilities and of valuable experiments. In this connection allow me to mention the monographs and leaflets issued week by week by the College for the Training of Teachers in New York.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.
The year has seen great progress in education, not only in our own state and country, but also in foreign lands. Among some of the important educational events and measures I would mention the following, beginning near at home :
BOSTON AND VICINITY. - The incorporation of Mrs. Shaw's Kin- dergartens into the School Systems of Boston and Cambridge. The establishment of the Boston School of Gymnastics and the advent of the Ling System. The great conference on Physical Training at Mass. Institute of Technology. The great movement to preserve the integrity of the Public School System against political and sectarian influences. The movement for patriotism and raising of the flag of our country. The adoption of plans for a Manual Training School in Boston. The building of the English High
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School in Cambridge, and the opening of the Rindge Manual Train- ing School.
Clark University has been instituted in Worcester.
The State of New York has chartered a college for the training of teachers in New York City.
The University of the City of New York has established a School of Pedagogy, and Columbia College has founded a similar department.
The State of New York has elevated the grade of the Albany State Normal School to that of a professional school.
Mr. Williamson, a philanthropist, has given $3.000,000 to found a. school of Mechanic Arts in Philadelphia.
Dr. William T. Harris, of Massachusetts, has been appointed United States Commissioner of Education ; a recognition of the pro- fession.
Gen. Thos. J. Morgan, appointed Commissioner of Industrial. Education, has organized a system of education for the Indians on the principles of the Public School System.
Important educational exhibits have been held in connection with the National Teachers' Association. Various State Teachers' Asso- ciations, which have greatly stimulated educational work, and espe- cially manual training.
There have been some excellent exhibits of drawing and industrial work in several cities in New England ; notably, Lawrence, Spring- field, Providence, New Haven, and in Washington, D. C.
The most notable event abroad, educationally, was the school ex- hibit at the Paris Exhibition.
There has been a great movement in England towards the adop- tion of a Free Public School System.
The world moves ; if we wish to keep up with it we must keep. moving.
CONCLUSION.
In concluding this report I wish to assure the Board that I appre- ciate the consideration they have given to all the matters I have sub- mitted and the allowances they have so generously made for my shortcomings. I wish to express my confidence in the corps of prin- cipals and teachers and my high estimate of their ability and my acknowledgement of the valuable services they have rendered and. the important part they have performed in accomplishing the re-
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