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5.87
206.10
Brownell Hardware Co., furnace re- pairs, etc.
6.55
37.44
J. W. Bullock & Co., sewer, tanks, heaters, etc.
28.96
611.54
Carpenter Coal & Lumber Co., lum- ber.
4.35
Chamberlain Metal Weatherstrip Co., strips for Dodgeville School.
38.50
Fred A. Clark, painting.
.38
162.50
Charles F. Damon, repairs.
4.20
Frank H. Davis, sewer Bank St. and Richardson
116.48
E. O. Dexter, lime.
1.35
Dickinson Teaming Co., carting ashes.
12.00
11.32
Dodgeville Mill, repairing gate. ..
4.90
Dubeau Brothers, carting ashes. ...
10.00
Lewis A. Fales, removing snow from roof, etc.
9.99
4.95
William F. Flynn & Son, furnace re- pairs. 43.21
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E. M. Fuller, painting at Dodgeville and Capron . 193.29
Fuller & Barrowman, shingling at Dodgeville, etc.
379.58
Hebron Mfg. Co., spraying trees. . .. 1.50 George H. Herrick Co., repairing clocks. 10.50
J. B. Hunter & Co., door holders, butts, etc.
9.35
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., basin valve.
3.14
Mackinnon & Nicholson, repairs Farmers, Briggs Corner 130.16
A. R. Macomber Co., repairing clocks, bells etc.
2.95
48.63
Joseph H. Newcomb, putting up hal- yards.
2.00
E. C. Newman & Co., carting ashes. Fred W. Noyes & Son, repairs. . ...
7.25
3.15
Olof Pearson, concreting at Bliss, etc Pennsylvania Blackboard Co., slate blackboards.
52.72
Nahum Perry & Co., furnace repairs etc.
56.46
Pope & Read, conductors, sewer connections, etc 259.75
R. I. Roofing Co., flag pole
195.00
William Richards, painting
50.00
Sadler Brothers, carting ashes
6.00
Schneider & Briggs, shades.
53.83
William A. Small, clock repairs.
1.00
George H. Snell, forging hoe, etc. . .
4.36
G. A. Sweeney, repairs.
.93
M. J. Tierney, repairs.
3.80
J. L. Tobitt Co., painting and kalso- mining, etc .. 9.10
335.87
Alphonsus Trainor, carting ashes. . .
8.30
Herbert E. White & Co., repairs. . .
37.93
87.21
T. T. Woodworth, repairs. 31.41
Daniel Young & Co., fence at Far- mers, etc.
12.25
56.14
$466.90 $3,166.62
$3,633.52
157.33
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Furniture:
American Seating Co., furniture for Bank St. and Tiffany Schools 5.40
299.43
H. Cushman, mirror . 3.55
Lewis A. Fales, express. 1.50
R. B. Magaveny, express .
1.47
E. C. Newman & Co., express.
21.09
Noyes, Randall Co., typewriter table 5.00
$11.90 $325.54
$337.44
Care of Grounds :
Town of Attleboro, Highway Dept., sand for Bliss School lot. .
$200.00
Benjamin P. King, grading at Far- mers .
2.80
R. D. Manchester, loam for Dodge- ville.
2.00
Thomas G. Sadler, express on shrubs.
1.51
West Side Nurseries, shrubs
23.49
$229.80
Edward E. Babb & Co., flags.
$29.56
$29.56
$4,230.32
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Wilfred E. Rounseville, M. D., School
Physician.
$400.00
Transportation:
Seneca Cole, barge.
$440.00
Charles Fine, barge .
440.00
Frederick Gauthier, barge.
360.00
Interstate Con. St. Ry. Co., tickets. .
587.50
W. E. Middleton, barge
440.00
Norton & Taunton St. Ry. Co., tickets.
650.00
Taunton & Pawtucket St. Ry. Co., tickets. 678.75
$3,596.25
$3,996.25
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MISCELLANEOUS (Not including Evening Schools)
Bristol County, training school . . .
$52.15
$52.15
No. Attleboro Independent Ind. Eve. School.
9.00
Aldrich-Chipman Co., shoes.
346.68
346.68
Graduations:
Aldrich-Chipman Co., ribbon, etc .. .
$1.21
7.95
Attleboro Press, tickets
6.25
Flower Shop, palms
2.50
E. L. Freeman, diplomas
35.00
W. H. Kinyon, engrossing diplomas.
42.20
Perry Printing Co., tickets, etc
10.45
Warren Parker, police service.
2.00
Police Service, 3 officers.
6.00
C. F. Stone, rental of chairs.
7.75
Sun Publishing Co., programs, tick- ets, etc
19.75
$113.91
$27.15
$141.06
Sundries :
Aldrich-Chipman Co., ribbon and crash.
$2.66
Edward E. Babb & Co., tongue de- pressors, etc.
.50
5.05
H. F. Conant, plans of dry wells at Sanf. St.
2.50
Lewis A. Fales, sundries.
2.85
.10
Flower Shop, flowers for funeral.
10.00
Frank T. Foster, orchestra for dedi- cation
24.00
E. L. Freeman Co., cards for school savings.
32.50
G. W. Godchaux, prints of leather goods .
3.75
F. L. Horton, auto hire.
.50
4.50
E. E. King, flowers
.75
George R. Paine, school signs
1.20
11.60
N. Perry & Co., supplies for lunch room. 16.60
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Perry Printing Co., medical inspec- tion cards.
.15
1.00
San Souci Dept. Store Co., framing . . H. B. Shaw, coupe.
.50
George H. Snell, no trespassing sign. .
1.90
Herbert A. Sullivan, inspection of boilers.
16.00
Sun Publishing Co., printing .
23.00
14.25
G. A. Sweeney, supplies for lunch room .
1.65
Trimount Press, tickets for lunch room.
10.50
Samuel Ward Co., rings, etc .
.75
3.00
Herbert E. White & Co., moving lathes, etc.
63.82
F. W. Woolworth & Co., supplies for lunch room
2.90
$156.08
$105.26
$261.34
Express :
Lewis A. Fales, express.
.35
$4.64
R. B. Magaveny, freight and cartage.
8.77
9.00
E. C. Newman & Co., freight and car- tage. ..
3.19
20.42
E. E. Perrin, cartage.
1.25
E. A. Taylor, moving furniture, etc. .
68.50
24.00
$80.81
$59.31
$140.12
$950.35
EVENING SCHOOLS
Teachers' pay roll
$1,099.25
Janitors' pay roll
92.80
Attleboro Gas Light Co., lights . .
18.10
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co.,
lights
96.74
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co.,
19.26
power
Fuel
17.55
2.86
4
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Books:
American Book Co
$4.80
Edward E. Babb & Co
13.97
World Book Co.
9.87
$28.64
Supplies :
American Book Co., bookkeeping
blanks.
$36.78
Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies .. .
5.21
$41.99
Repairs:
A. R. Macomber Co., mantles. . . . 1
$2.93
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co., lamps.
5.40
$8.33
Sundries :
Lewis A. Fales, distributing posters. .
.50
Perry Printing Co., posters, etc .....
9.00
$9.50
E. C. Newman & Co., express. . .
$1.75
$1,433.91
VACATION SCHOOL
Teachers' pay roll
$309.00
Cushman Furniture Co., swings. . .
15.25
Supplies :
Aldrich-Chipman Co., sewing ma- terial. .
$13.26
Lewis A. Fales, supplies .
40.00
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies
81.97
San Souci Department Store, sewing material . 7.27
142.50
$466.75
Total gross expenditures. ... $98,170.09
Note :- Deducting the amount received for reimbursements, $950.06, would make the total net expenditures for schools, $97,220.03.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Attleboro:
Agreeable to the usual custom, the School Committee presents this their annual report.
The Committee was organized soon after the annual election by the choice of Mr. Benjamin P. King, chair- man and Dr. R. P. Dakin, secretary, Mr. Newman the chairman for the last seven years having declined to serve further in that capacity. The work was at once taken up and the various matters in hand were carried forward. For the details in connection with this department, a care- ful study of the Superintendent's report will give one who is looking for information regarding the Public Schools of Attleboro, an idea of what the system is and what it is do- ing.
The new High School building has been completed and the pupils with their corps of teachers have taken posses- sion and a good work is going on there. The gathering to- gether of the eighth grades in the old High School building now known as the Bank Street Grammar School, appears to be a success and as time goes on will grow to much larger proportions. While the schools in some sections of the town are somewhat crowded, the Superintendent has been able by transferring the pupils to get along very comforta- bly and there does not yet appear any need for another building.
The repairs on the various school buildings were ar- ranged for early in the summer and many things were found that needed attention. At the proper time work was com- menced and as is always the case, many other things were found that surely were emergency cases that had to be done. Consequently when we came to the end a small de- ficit appeared. While the amount expended was not very large, much was accomplished that will not have to be done next year. The repair question is always with us and we think much is done but it is well to remember that the School Department has a large plant of nearly a half mil- lion dollars value, several of the buildings of many years
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standing, and the money we have for repairs is so compara- tively small that much that should be done has to be put over to some other time. Consequently we are approaching a time when necessity will compel action along that line to a much larger appropriation than has ever been expend- ed for that purpose. We can see many things ahead of us this year that must be done. We have asked for a larger appropriation and hope to get it.
Again referring to the Superintendent's report, there you will find what has been done along the various lines of work very carefully presented and it is needless to repeat here. We have a fine corps of teachers, so much so that outside interests are constantly interfering with us by swooping down on our town and carrying away some of our best to other fields. It may seem all right but is it?
As the town or the new City of Attleboro grows and the population increases, the needs of the School Depart- ment will also increase and it all calls for more money. We are aware that we are in the midst of a deep business- depression, the like of which has not been seen before, but when one considers that the Public Schools are the basis of our Republic, we must not lose sight of the necessity of maintaining the same. In reviewing the probable needs of the department we find that to maintain the present system it will be necessary to have about so much money and we therefore, after carefully paring down to the lowest limit, must ask for $104,560 together with the receipts and the dog fund. The town has always stood loyal to its Public Schools and the Committee hopes that as the new City of Attleboro comes into being that a no less interest will be maintained.
Respectfully submitted, BENJAMIN P. KING, Chairman, REGINALD P. DAKIN, Secretary, EMILY L. RICHARDSON, WALTER J. NEWMAN, FLORENCE B. THEOBALD, THOMAS G. SADLER, SUSIE M. PEARSE, WALTER A. BRIGGS, EDWIN F. THAYER,
School Committee.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the School Committee of Attleboro:
I submit herewith my tenth annual report as Superin- tendent of Schools, this being the thirty-first in the series of superintendents' reports. The statistics relating to school attendance are for the school year from September 1913 to June 1914; the other statistics are for the calendar year 1914.
STATISTICS
I
Population of Attleboro, census 1910. 16,215
II .- School Census
Number of children between five and seven. 738
Number of children between seven and fourteen. 2,212 Number of children between fourteen and sixteen . . 422
Total. 3,372
Number of illiterates between sixteen and twenty-one 16
III .- Attendance
Attendance statistics for the school year from Septem- ber 8, 1913 to June 26, 1914:
Number of different pupils enrolled, boys. ... 1,446
Number of different pupils enrolled, girls. 1,399
Total enrollment 2,845
Average membership 2,586
Average attendance. 2,445
Per cent. of attendance 94.5
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TABLE showing average membership and per cent. of attendance since 1903-1904:
Average Gain over Per Cent. of membership previous year attendance
1903-1904
2045
45
92
1904-1905.
2070
25
93
1905-1906.
2086
16
92
1906-1907.
2109
23
93
1907-1908.
2207
98
93
1908-1909
2351
144
94
1909-1910
2213
-138
93
1910-1911
2317
104
93
1911-1912.
2302
15
95
1912-1913.
2407
105
95
1913-1914.
2586
179
95
Fall Term, 1914
September.
2691
97
October
2711
97
November
2694
95
December
2678
94
Average.
2694
95
New pupils entering grade I. in September:
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
243
265
156
282
311
326
Notwithstanding industrial conditions, our enrollment in September 1914, was nearly 100 greater than the en- rollment in September 1913; and there was a dropping off of only 13 in the average membership from September to December, showing that very few children have left town. It may well be expected that, with business as it is, fewer children will leave school than usual during the remainder of the school year.
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In spite of this increase, conditions for doing good work are better this year than they have been at any time since the opening of the Bliss School in 1909. This of course is due to the transfer of the eighth grades to the old high school building and the utilization of the rooms thus made vacant for the lower grades. The erection of the new high school building has thus not only improved conditions for the high school, but has relieved the crowded conditions existing last year in the three large center schools. Un- less there should be an unusual and unexpected increase in the number of pupils, our present accommodations should care for the pupils easily for the next three years. A new room was opened at the Tiffany School in September, making six rooms now in use in that building, with an en- rollment of 216. Under ordinary business conditions, it would probably have been necessary this year to recom- mend the finishing of the two rooms left unfinished when the building was erected. As it is they will probably not be needed for another year, at least.
IV-SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Number of school buildings January 1, 1915. 20
Number of schcol rooms (High 25, grades 77) 102
Number of school rooms in use. 90
V-TEACHERS
Total numbers of teachers and supervisors
at present employed . 91
Number of teachers in High School. 12
Number of teachers in grades I-VIII . 70
Number of teachers in kindergarten. 2
Number of teachers for individual instruction 3
Number of special teachers and supervisors 4
Six additional teachers were employed for the opening of the fall term in September, thus increasing the teaching force to 91. These teachers were made necessary by the
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transfer of the eighth grades to the Bank Street building, the opening of the new room at the Tiffany Schocl and the introduction of a course in biology at the High School. It is perhaps unfortunate that it was necessary to add six teachers to the corps of teachers all in one year, but crowd- ed conditions made this action imperative for at least five of them.
For the grade schools, probably no new teachers will be needed next year. For the High School, the Principal states in his report that with a large entering class, it will be impossible for two teachers to care for the commercial department properly, and an additional teacher is recom- mended.
Up to this time our drawing supervisor has taught all the drawing classes in the High School and supervised the work of the grades. The increase in the number of classes at the High School and the increase in the number of rooms in the grades in the last two or three years, have added so much to the work of the drawing teacher, that the time has come, it seems to me, when an assistant is needed to keep the work up to the proper standard. No teacher in the schools works harder than the supervisor of drawing, and I earnestly recommend an assistant for her next year.
VI-Cost of Tuition
Valuation of the Town of Attleboro, May 1, 1914. $21,206,468.00
Total raised by taxation 418,224.18
Total raised by taxation for support of schools. 94,500.00
Total net expenditures for support of schcols, excluding vacation and even- ing schools. . 95,341.62
Average membership of schools from Sep- tember 1913 to June 1914 2,586
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Total amount expended per pupil, based on average membership. $36.87
Cost of books and supplies per pupil based on average membership. $1.47
High School
Total amount expended for High School, including High School share of general expenses . $18,385.21
Average membership of High School for year 1913-1914 . 307
Total average cost per pupil, based on average membership. $59.89 $5.15
Cost of books and supplies per pupil. Elementary Schools
Average membership of elementary schools for the year 1913-1914. 2,279
Total cost per pupil, based on average
membership. $33.77
Average cost of books and supplies per pupil .97
It is to be expected that the cost of public education will increase as the cost of living and of everything else increases. As the schools grow, as the membership in- creases, as new buildings are opened, as salaries are in- creased, and as the cost of fuel and supplies and labor mounts higher each year, it is not surprising that the a- mount needed for the public schools should grow from year to year. It must be understood, of course, that this increase in cost of education has been general throughout the state and country and that Attleboro has simply kept pace with the rest of the educational world. In the state report for 1902-1903, Attleboro ranked 66 in the towns and cities of the state in the amount yielded per pupil in the average membership from the local tax for the support of schools, the amount yielded being $26.70. North Attle- borough the same year ranked 132, yielding $23.20 per
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pupil, the average for the state being $27.30. In the re- port for 1912-1913, Attleboro ranked 98 with a yield of $34.65 per pupil, North Attleborough ranked 102, yield- ing $34.34 per pupil, and the average for the state was $37.64. Thus while the amount yielded per pupil from the local tax has increased in ten years in Attleboro $7.95 or 30%, in North Attleborough the increase in the same time has been $11.14 or 48%, and in the state $10.34 or 38%.
The following table shows how Attleboro compares in cost per pupil, etc. with other towns and cities of about the same size.
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Statistics from the Report of the State Board of Education for 1912-1913, showing expenditures and costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913.
City
Popula- tion 1910
Valuation 1912
Avg. Mem- bership
Percent of At- tendanc
Cost pupil in av. mem. for support
Expended for High School support
Pupils in High School
Teach- ers in High School
Attleboro
16,215
$19,538,265.00
2,407
95
$36.26
$13,785.89
302
11
Revere
18,219
19,800,260.00
4,281
93
29.33
22,564.25
410
15
Leominster
17,580
13,182,620.00
2,285
93
37.05
20,976.81
389
15
Westfield
16,044
10,822,614.00
2,641
92
33.87
27,874.86
369
16
Peabody
15,721
12,572,650.00
2,233
94
36.57
17,993.80
459
16
Beverly
18,650
39,005,340.00
3,718
94
43.01
41,961.53
766
27
Melrose
15,715
17,422,800.00
2,649
95
38.95
36,621.68
802
27
Woburn
15,308
11,650,266.00
2,749
94
28.20
16,503.76
419
12
Northampton
19,431
16,310,765.00
2,491
94
34.13
17,160.73
309
14
Newburyport
14,949
12,835,482.00
1,922
94
30.95
13,298.15
457
16
Marlborough
14,579
10,696,549.00
1,889
94
35.65
18,637.59
459
14
Average for 33 cities
93
42.10
Average for towns over 5,000 popu- lation
94
36.01
Average for towns less than 5,000 population
. 92
38.76
Average for State
93
40.41
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For the year 1915, it is estimated that the sum of $106,560 will be needed for the support of public schools. This is an increase of more than $9,000 over the amount expended in 1914. In partial explanation of this increase, the following statements are given:
TABLE showing net expenditures for the Public Schools for the past three years with estimate for 1915.
Net Expend. 1912
Net Expend. 1913
Net Expend. 1914
Estimate for 1915
General Control-
School Committee $1,322.81
$1,327.27
1,870.05
$2,073.00
Supt.and Attend. Officer .
3,055.88
3,243.11
3,212.41
3,335.00
Instruction.
56,686.56
60,148.03
64,327.46
70,900.00
Operating School Plant.
13,505.37
15,169.75
17,299.45
18,065.00
Maintaining School Plant.
3,515.10
3,994.89
4,230.32
5,485.00
Auxiliary Agencies. .
4,017.90
3,258.64
3,501.02
4,027.00
Miscellaneous .
617.58
681.16
900.91
625.00
Evening Schools. ..
982.75
1,579.25
1,411.66
1,600.00
Vacation Schools. . .
370.93
423.00
466.75
450.00
$84,074.88 $89,825.10 $97,220.03 $106,560.00
Increase over previous
year. . ....
$5,750.22
$7,394.93
$9,339.97
TABLE showing number of pupils and teachers for the past three years.
Fall Term
Number of pupils in aver-
1911- 1912
1912- 1913
1913- 1914
1914
age membership .. . .
2,302
2,407
2,586
2,689
Increase.
105
179
103
Number of teachers, total
82
83
85
91
High School
11
11
11
12
Grades
64
66
68
73
Kindergarten
2
2
2
2
Special
5
4
4
4
Maximum salary increased in 1912
from
$800 to $850 in High School. 600 to 700 in Grades VII, VIII. 600 to 650 in Grades I-VI.
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TABLE showing schedule of teachers' salaries with total pay roll and estimated pay roll for 1915.
Maximum salaries:
Principals
High School.
$2,400.00
Grammar Schools
1,400.00-$1,600.00
Smaller Schools
700.00- $800.00
Regular assistants in high school. .
850.00
Teachers in grades VII-VIII
700.00
Teachers in grades I-VI.
650.00
Schedule of Teachers' Salaries January 4, 1915
Position
Number of
Salary
Total
Teachers
High School --
Principal
1
$2,400.00 $2,400.00
Sub-master
1
1,400.00
1,400.00
Assistants
1
1,050.00
1,050.00
1
1,000.00
1,000.00
3
850.00
2,550.00
2
800.00
1,600.00
3
750.00
2,250.00
12
$12,250.00
Grammar Principals
1
$1,600.00 $1,600.00
1 1,400.00
1,400.00
1
1,200.00
1,200.00
1
800.00
800.00
3
750.00
2,250.00
3
700.00
2,100.00
Grade Teachers.
6
$700.00 $4,200.00
2
675.00
1,350.00
23
650.00 14,950.00
3
625.00
1,875.00
12
600.00
7,200.00
1
575.00
575.00
7
550.00
3,850.00
10
$9,350.00
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10
500.00
5,000.00
1
350.00
350.00
65
$39,350.00
Supervisors and Special Teachers-
Music.
1
$1,000.00 $1,000.00
Drawing
1
900.00
900.00
Sewing .
1
700.00
700.00
Manual Training
1
1,400.00
1,400.00
4
$4,000.00
91
$64,950.00
Present salary list.
$64,950.00
Regular increases, 6 at $100,
34 at $50. 5 at $25, = $2,425.00 . 4 of $2,425 = $970.00
Additional teachers, Commercial (700), Drawing (700)
and Domestic Science (800) = $2,200.00
. 4 of $2,200.00 =
$880.00
Total for 1915 $66,800.00
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THE HIGH SCHOOL
The two most important educational events for Attle- boro for the year 1914 were the opening of the new high school building in March, and the transfer in September of all the eighth grades in the center of the town to the old high school building. The new building, of which we are all so justly proud, was dedicated and turned over to the school committee, Wednesday evening, February 18. On the last day of the winter term, February 20, the pupils of the high school marched to the new building, found their desks and lockers, which had previously been assigned, and in a measure became acquainted with their new school home. During the vacation week following, all books, furniture, apparatus and supplies were moved from the old building, and on March 2, 1914, the school began its work in the new building.
I believe this date will mark the beginning of a new era in the educational life of Attleboro. For an education consisting simply of book knowledge, the old building, had it been big enough. might have answered. But the old building was outgrown, and modern education demands of the high school that it furnish something more than a preparation for college The public, who support the schools, demand that the interests of those pupils who will never go to college but who form the great majority of our high school enrollment, shall be considered, and that some- thing be done to give them a better preparation for the duties and responsibilities of life than has been done in the past. To this end subjects that will lay the foundation for some future occupation, trade, or profession are being introduced, and the manner in which they are being chosen by the pupils shows how much they are appreciated.
In our own school we already have a very excellent commercial course which is now elected by 150 pupils and which is growing rapidly. Our course in manual training now covers two years, and is elected by more boys than
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we can well accommodate without an additional instructor. The same is true of the work in mechanical drawing for boys and the freehand drawing for girls. Ninety-six boys and 118 girls are now taking these subjects, where a few years ago the number taking drawing was very small in- deed. A course in biology, offered this year to sopho- mores, was elected by 76 pupils.
The next step in the development of the high school should be the introduction of a course in domestic science for the girls, to correspond with the course in manual train- ing for the boys. Under date of December 4, 1914, the following letter was sent to the parents of all the girls in the three lower classes at the high school and in the eighth grade.
To Parents:
It is the desire of the School Committee to add to the course of study in the High School next year a course in Domestic Science. Such a course would include a study of food values, the economical purchase of food, and the furnishing and care of a home, as well as the proper cook- ing and preparation of foods. It is possible that a course in sewing may also be provided. Such courses would give to the girls practical training for the duties of life similar to what the boys are now receiving in manual training.
Before taking any final action, however, the Commit- tee wishes to learn how many girls would elect Domestic Science if such a course were offered. If you feel that instruction in this subject would be of advantage to your daughter, and you would like to have her take this work next year, kindly indicate it on the enclosed blank.
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