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Number of volumes at beginning of year 11,521
Number of volumes added by purchase
158
Number of volumes added by gift
8
Number of volumes withdrawn during year
25
Number of volumes at the end of the year 11,662
Number of volumes of fiction lent for home use 3,298
Number of volumes of non-fiction lent for home use 1,451
Number of volumes of children's books lent for home use 2,538
Total number of volumes lent for home use
.7,287
Largest number of volumes lent in one day 148
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Smallest number of volumes lent in one day Number of days Library was open
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Accessions to the Library for 1925
FICTION
Barrington, E., pseud. The divine lady. A romance of
Nelson and Emma Hamilton. 773.18
Bassett, Sarah Ware. The taming of Zenas Henry 772.22
Beeding, Francis. The seven sleepers 772.15
Beith, John Hay (Ian Hay). Paid in full. 778.13
Benson, E. F. David Blaize of Kings
773.26
Bottome, Phyllis. Old wine.
778.15
Boyd, James. Drums 778.22
Brown, Alice. The mysteries of Ann
778.18
Buchan, John. John Burnet of Barns
772.14
Buchan, John. John Macnab
922.28
Byrne, Donne. Blind Raftery
772.5
Cather, Willa. The professor's house. 728.44
Chamberlain, George Agnew. Lantern on the plow. 772.4
Colver, Alice Ross. If dreams come true. 778.7
Curwood, James Oliver. The ancient highway ..
778.25
Davis, William Stearns. The beauty of the purple.
773.25 Deland, Margaret. New friends in old Chester.
772.17
"Elizabeth," author of Enchanted April, Elizabeth and her German garden. Love 772.21
Eyton, John. Expectancy. .
772.8
Ferber, Edna. Cheerful-by request
778.10
Fletcher, J. S.
The annexation society 778.2
718.30
Fletcher, J. S. The mill of many windows
778.14
Fletcher, J. S. The wolves and the lamb
772.7
Forster, E. M. A passage to India.
773.23
Gibbs, Arthur Hamilton. Soundings.
772.12
Gibbs, Philip. Little novels of nowadays
773.24
Gibbs, Philip. The reckless lady ..
918.36
Grant, Robert. The Bishop's granddaughter 918.34
Grey, Zane. The thundering herd. 772.6
Harrison, Henry Sydnor. Andrew Bride of Paris 728.43
Hémon, Louis. Blind man's buff. 766.26
Hutchinson, A. S. M. One increasing purpose. 728.42
Irwin, Will. Youth rides west: a story of the seventies .. 772.2
Jeffery, Jeffery. An octave.
741.26
Fletcher, J. S. False scent
111
Jordon, Elizabeth. Red Riding Hood: a novel. 715.32
Kaye-Smith, Sheila. The George and the Crown 778.21
Kennedy, Margaret. The constant nymph. 767.27
Lagerlöf, Selma. The treasure.
778.16
Lane, Rose Wilder. He was a man
772.18
Lewis, Sinclair. Arrowsmith. 778.11
Lincoln, Joseph C. Queer Judson. 724.27
Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill. Exit Betty
772.26
Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill. Miranda.
772.19
Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill. The tryst
772.23
Macaulay, Rose. Orphan Island.
918.35
Mackenzie, Compton. Old men of the sea
764.27
Marshall, Archibald. The mystery of Redmarsh. 778.5
Masson, Thomas L., compiler and editor. in the world. 778.20
Millin, Sarah Gertrude. God's stepchildren 778.1
Miln, Louise Jordan. Ruben and Ivy Sên 717.33
Miln, Louise Jordan. The soul of China. 772.25
Montgomery, L. M. Emily climbs.
1026.30
Mundy, Talbot. Om: the secret of Ahbor valley 772.16
Norris, Kathleen. Little ships. 778.26
Oppenheim, E. Phillips. The inevitable millionaires 772.1
Oppenheim, E. Phillips. Stolen idols
778.4
Page, Thomas Nelson. The red riders 772.9
Parrish, Anne. The perennial bachelor.
778.24
Pedler, Margaret. Red ashes. 778.8
Porter, Gene Stratton. The keeper of the bees 778.23
Quick, Herbert. The invisible woman 778.6
Quick, Herbert. Vandemark's folly
716.39
Richmond, Grace S. Red of the Redfields
772.3
Sabatini, Rafael. The Carolinian
772.20
Sinclair, May. Arnold Waterlow, a life.
773.20
Sinclair, May. The rector of Wyck.
918.33
Smith, Harriet Lummus. Pollyanna's jewels. The fourth glad book. 728.41
Smith, Harriet Lummus. Pollyanna of the orange blos- soms
728.40
Stackpoole, H. de Vere. The gates of the morning.
772.13
Stern, G. B. Thunderstorm
778.19
Sullivan, Alan. The jade god.
772.11
Vachell, Horace Annesley. Watling's. A novel.
772.24
Best stories
112
Watts, Mary S. The fabric of the loom
773.21
Weston, George. The beauty prize. 778.9
White, Stewart Edward. The glory hole. 773.22
Widdemer, Margaret. Charis sees it through.
773.17
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Creeping Jenny and other New England stories. 772.10
Willoughby, Barrett. Rocking Moon. A romance of
Alaska
778.17
Wilson, Margaret. The Kenworthys.
925.38
Wodehouse, P. G. Bill the Conqueror 778.12
Wren, Percival Christopher. Beau Geste.
778.3
Wright, Harold Bell. A son of his father
718.29
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Aspinwall, Alicia. Short stories for short people. C.S. 24
Barbour, Ralph Henry. Barry Locke, half-back. 838.16
Britt, Albert. The boys' own book of frontiersmen .. 1215.33
Brooks, Elbridge S. On Wood Cove Island, or a sum-
mer with Longfellow on the New England coast. 838.15
Clark, Margery. The poppy seed cakes. C.S. 16
Charskaya, L. A. Little Princess Nina: the story of a Russian girl. 1238.25
Chesterton, G. K., and others. Number Two Joy Street. A medley of prose and verse, for boys and girls: ..
C.S. 24
Colum, Padraic. The peep-show man C.S. 15
Colver, Alice Ross. Jeanne. 838.13
Cooper, Courtney Ryly. Lions 'n' tigers 'n' everything. .
1223.33
Curtis, Alice Turner. Little maid of Bunker Hill
838.12
De Musset, Paul. Mr. Wind and Madam Rain.
C.S. 17
Faris, John T. Real stories from our history C.S. 23
Fifty new poems for children: an anthology
838.11
Fuess, Claude E. All for Andover
1245.32
Gordon, Elizabeth. Really so stories
C.S. 14
Green, Fitzhugh, Lieutenant-Commander, U.S.N. Fought for Annapolis 1213.31
Green, Anne Bosworth. Greylight.
1238.26
838.10
Hawkes, Clarence. Silversheene, king of sled dogs. .. Helton, Roy. The early adventures of Peacham Grew .. Hodgkins, Mary D. Hutchinson, ed. The Atlantic treas- ury of childhood stories. 1221.31
C.S. 18
Hunt, Clara Whitehill. About Harriet. C.S. 20
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Heyliger, William. High Benton, worker 838.14
Hill, George B. The young farmer. 838.19
Hillyer, V. M. A child's history of the world. 1223.34
Lippincott, Joseph Wharton. Bun, a wild rabbit. C.S. 21
Lofting, Hugh. Doctor Dolittle's circus 816.34
Macdonell, Anne. The Italian fairy book.
C.S. 25
Meadowcraft, William H. The boy's life of Edison
838.17
Milne, A. A. When we were very young
C.S. 19
Otis, James. Chasing a yacht. 838.18
Pierson, Clara D. Among the farm-yard people. 848.4
Pumphrey, Margaret B. Stories of the Pilgrims
847.26
Terhune, Albert Payson. Wolf
848.5
Schwartz, Julia Augusta. Five little strangers and how they came to live in America. C.S. 22
Seaman, Augusta Huell. Bluebonnet Bend.
838.20
Stefansson, Villyalmur, and Irwin, Violet. Kak, the
copper Eskimo
1238.24
Van Dyke, Henry. The first Christmas tree.
1215.34
TRAVEL
Baerlin, Henry. Over the hills of Ruthenia. 415.28
Lummis, Charles F. Mesa, Canon and Pueblo 428.21
Wells, Carveth. Fellow of the Royal Geographical So- ciety, Associate Member Institution of Civil Engi- neers. Six years in the Malay jungle. 411.19
BIOGRAPHY
Bok, Edward William. Twice thirty: some short and simple annals of the road. 611.13
Bradford, Gamaliel. Wives. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. Benedict Arnold, Mrs. James Madison, Theo- dosia Burr, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Mrs. Benjamin F. Butler, Mrs. James G. Blaine.
526.24
Burke, Thomas. The wind and the rain. A book of confessions
637.12
Calkins, Earnest Elmo. "Louder, please." The auto- biography of a deaf man.
512.26
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. Personal recollections of Joan of Arc .. 512.27
Egan, Maurice Francis. Recollections of a happy life. Introduction by Henry Van Dyke. 532.16
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Gordon, George A. (Dr. Gordon). My education and religion 531.26 Grey, Viscount of Fallodou, K. G. Twenty-five years, 1892-1916. 2 vols. 521.12
Hendrick, Burton J. Life and letters of Walter H. Page. 2 vols .. 647.2
Howe, M. A. De Wolfe. Barrett Wendell and his letters Lodge, Henry Cabot. Selections from the correspondence of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, 1884-1918 512.29
512.28
McClure, A. K. and Morris C. Authentic life of President McKinley, together with a life sketch of Theodore Roosevelt 513.24
Macdonald, J. Ramsay. Margaret Ethel Macdonald. 637.11
Roosevelt, Theodore. Letters from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles, 1870-1918. 616.26
Roosevelt, Theodore. Selections from the correspondence of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, 1884-1918 512.29
GENERAL LITERATURE
Bunyan, John. Pilgrim's Progress. R.R.
Burt, Struthers. The diary of a dude-wrangler. 1328.23
Coe, George A. What ails our youth? 1328.25
Gibbs, Sir Philip Armand Hamilton. Ten years after:
a reminder
1542.29
Grandgent, Charles Hall. Getting a laugh and other essays 1542.27
Greene, Anne Bosworth. Dipper Hill.
1328.26
Mukerji, Dhan Gopal. My brother's face.
1543.14
St. John, Edward Porter. Stories and story-telling in moral and religious education.
1318.4
Toland, Edward D. Choosing the right career 1328.24
Revell, Nellie. Fightin' through. 1541.2
SCIENCE, ART, USEFUL ARTS
Forbush, Edward Howe. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Part I. Water birds, marsh birds, and shore birds. Colored plates and photographs 121.12
Hart, Ivor B. The makers of science. Mathematics, physics, and astronomy. 127.33
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Mitchell, William. Winged defence. The development and possibilities of modern air power-economic and military 121.9
Monkhouse, Cosmo. British contemporary artists 121.11 Rinehart, Stanley M. The commonsense of health 115.19
Russell, Hon. Bertrand. The A. B. C. of atoms 126.40
Ward, Henshaw. Evolution for John Doe.
121.10 Wiggam, Albert Edward. The new decalogue of science 123.19 Wiggam, Albert Edward. The fruit of the family tree.
On heredity and eugenics 126.21
HISTORY
Krapp, George Philip. America, the great adventure. A history from the discovery to the present time .. ...
362.2
Chamberlain, Allen. Beacon Hill, its ancient pastures and early mansions 352.16
DRAMA AND POETRY
Teasdale, Sara. Rivers to the sea 1436.28
Shaw, Bernard. Saint Joan: a chronicle play in six
scenes and an epilogue. 1435.25
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1925
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, Chairman,
Term expires 1928
EDITH B. FARRAR (Mrs.), Secretary, Term expires 1927
GEORGE G. TARBELL, Term expires 1926
Superintendent of Schools NATHANIEL N. LOVE, Harvard, Mass.
Principal CHARLES M. ROBINSON
Teachers Junior High School-Grades VII-VIII-IX PHYLLIS M. BRYANT MARION D. PARKER MILDRED D. MACDOUGALL
Grade VI MYRTLE C. ELLIOTT
Grade V OLIVE E. CASE
Grade IV GENEVA V. ROGERS
Grade III RUTH S. MILLS
Grade II DOROTHY LINFIELD
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Grade I JOSEPHINE C. DOHERTY
Manual Training LAFORREST ROBBINS
Typewriting RUTH M. ROBINSON
School Physician DR. HENRY A. WOOD
School Nurse DOROTHY C. RUDOLF
Attendance Officer JOHN J. KELLIHER
Janitor EDWARD GRAF
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term, first half, begins Monday, January 4, 1926, ends Friday, February 19, 1926; seven weeks.
Winter Term, second half, begins Monday, March 1, 1926, ends Friday, April 16, 1926; seven weeks.
Spring Term, begins Monday, April 26, 1926, ends Friday, June 11, 1926 ; seven weeks.
Fall Term, begins Wednesday, September 8, 1926, ends Wednesday, December 22, 1926; sixteen weeks.
Winter Term, begins Monday, January 3, 1927.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
From reports of Superintendent and Principal, it would ap- pear that quite satisfactory progress has been made in the conduct of the schools during the past year.
Several changes in the teaching staff were necessary-four new teachers having been engaged to replace others resigned. Of those leaving, two accepted positions in their home towns, one leaving to be married, and one resigning because of ill health.
Upon recommendation of the Superintendent and Principal it was decided to form a class for typewriting. This necessi- tated the purchasing of four new typewriters. Instruction is given in this subject certain periods each week by a part time teacher.
School Transportation
During the past year it was necessary to make several changes in the various routes. Owing to the increased number of small children coming from the limits of the Kidder Road, this route was extended so as to take care of the needs of these children; there was also a rearrangement of one of the South Lincoln routes in order to accommodate children living on the outskirts adjoining Wayland. These two changes seem to be working out quite satisfactorily. In the north part of the Town, owing to the increased number of children, it was necessary to have Mr. Dee split his former route and make two trips. This arrangement too seems to be quite satisfactory at the present time. Owing to changes in the train schedule on the railroad, transportation had to be provided for the pupils
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attending Concord High School. Mrs. Lindsey, proprietor of the Waltham Bus operating to Lincoln, was engaged and is now carrying the children to the Concord School in the morn- ing. These same pupils are brought back in the afternoon by a bus from the Doherty Garage. The expense in connection with this change is somewhat in addition to the regular rate. However, it is expected that this arrangement will be only temporary, as it is quite likely that in the future train accom- modations may again be had.
School Buildings
The outside of the Centre School was painted and certain repairs made and on the whole this building is now in very good condition.
In the South School building certain repairs and changes are very necessary. The west room, so-called, is not sufficiently heated in the winter. The heating plant installed recently does not seem adequate to properly heat this room. Neither of the entrys or coat rooms in this school can be heated under the present arrangement. The toilet facilities in the basement are not satisfactory. These are far from being sanitary and should be replaced by an up-to-date plant. This matter will need careful consideration and if changes are made the matter of the heating of the basement should be also considered in con- nection with this change. The ground in the front of this South School building should be given attention also. The broken concrete should be removed or replaced and gravel or other walks made from the building to the street.
It is quite apparent that the Centre School is now over- crowded and in fact has been for some time. During the past year a floor was laid in what was originally known as the Girls' Play Room and this room is now fitted for recitations and other class work in addition to its use as a cooking room.
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The reports of the Superintendent and Principal suggest that the time has arrived when more rooms should be provided in order to take care of the increase in the number of classes made necessary by the increased number of pupils. Satisfac- tory work cannot be done unless the facilities are adequate for the doing of the work. This matter of additional school room should be given special attention by the Town during the present year.
Owing to the increased valuation of the Town the past year, Lincoln is now in that class wherein it is authorized to employ its own Superintendent. Steps have already been taken and application made for the withdrawal of Lincoln from the present School Superintendency Union comprising the Towns of Harvard, Bolton, Stow and Lincoln. It is expected that action will be taken on this request in the near future, the committee having been informed that it is quite likely that another town will be found to take the place of Lincoln in the present Union. This matter is now being given the attention of Mr. Jones of the Department of Education.
School Finances
A substantial increase for carrying on the schools during the year 1926 will be necessary. This increase comes princi- pally in the matter of high school tuition and high school transportation.
The tuition at Concord is now $125.00 a year and Waltham $100.00. The Waltham rate having been increased the past year from $75.00. There are at present attending Concord High School 13 pupils, Waltham High School 17 pupils, Bel- mont High 1 and 1 at Cambridge Latin. The present class or ninth grade has 24 pupils, all of which have manifested an intention of going on to high school. There are to graduate from Concord 8. This will leave about 50 scholars attending high
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schools and accounting practically for all the increase in the appropriation required for the coming year.
The matter of the salaries will remain about the same as many of the teachers have now reached the maximum salary. On very careful scrutiny of the budget, it appears that an appropriation of $32,500.00 will be necessary to meet the ordi- nary requirements for the present year. This amount the Committee would therefore recommend.
For further information on school matters, you are referred to the reports of the Superintendent, Principal and School Nurse annexed hereto.
Respectfully submitted,
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, GEORGE G. TARBELL, EDITH B. FARRAR.
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SUMMARY OF SCHOOL EXPENSES FOR YEAR 1925
Salaries
$16,085.62
Supplies
578.30
Operating Expenses
190.52
Books
308.73
Tuition-High and Vocational
3,981.51
Local Transportation
5,122.50
High School Transportation
1,166.68
Physician and Nurse
607.76
New Equipment
463.58
Fuel
659.75
Repairs
180.84
Miscellaneous
151.14
$29,496.93
Receipts on account of Schools
Trustees of Lincoln Grammar School Funds.
$57.52
Com. of Mass. Mass. School Fund
345.74
Com. of Mass. Vocational Education
949.16
Com. of Mass. Tuition of Pupils
1,543.81
Com. of Mass. High School Transportation
938.11
$3,834.34
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee and Citizens of Lincoln:
It is with pleasure that I report progress to you. It is good to sum up, for if we are real educators we will want to take advantage of the new year to take stock and strike a balance. We should want to see on which side of the educational ledger the results of our labor falls.
It is good pedagogy as well as good sense to check up from time to time. We should question as to whether our pupils are being educated by wise and efficient teachings. I believe this to be the case for Lincoln. I believe the staff is sincere and that the co-operation is splendid among them-your public school teachers-and they are wisely directed by their principal and friend, Mr. Chas. Robinson. From the first grade throughout the ninth the best of spirit prevails and the results cannot fail to be good for both teachers and pupils. The final result will be a virile citizenry for Lincoln.
One thing of great value to Lincoln is the interest taken in play. We must direct it ; we are. But even more must physical education and play be combined, for the play of children is not a thing with which to trifle. Play is necessary, a vital thing for children, for by it they gain their basic conception of society and their relation to it. Combine definite physical routine and exercise and you have a very valuable educational asset. True we must have the three R's, yet with them we must have the other because of the lasting educational effect of group play. This early conception of the rules of the game, of the rules of the child world casts its shadow or its light throughout the years of manhood or womanhood, and play-just play -- properly directed or not directed, makes the difference. I am glad there-
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fore to report interest and progress and I assure you that Mr. Robinson has this problem under advisement. If we were asked to put it in the form of a question, it should be this: Do we believe in health education? I believe we do, yet I am not so sure but what it cannot be taken more seriously and all the subjects be given health applications, at least wherever pos- sible. The National Committee on Education a few years ago formulated what are known as the seven fundamentals in edu- cation for the secondary school. The elementary school adopted six of these. The committee maintained that health was the first of the seven of these objectives. "It is an easy matter to secure assent by both educationalists and laity to this ranking." What we are concerned with in Lincoln is the translation of this assent into action. Thus we are attempting this in play and should in physical education, and English, and all the rest. And upon the parents rests no uncertain amount of obligation along health lines.
The other studies are progressing well. We are doing some- thing in music. I wish it might be more with a definite super- visor. The same with art.
I cannot say too much for the consistent efforts and pains taken by Mr. Robbins in manual training. Some things we think we teach will soon banish. It is right that they should, if in the process, the mind is a little more prepared to meet life's requirements. But the thing the boys get in this depart- ment will persist for life with most of them and always be of value regardless of the vocations or professions into which these pupils will ultimately go.
I can say no more than that there is definite progress being made all along the line. Mr. Robinson three years ago through the use of the Otis tests re-grouped the pupils as far as pos- sible according to ability and individual difference. Now we have them so grouped we can and must go on.
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"That more attention should be given to individualized in- struction seems evident." That pupils must be socialized must not be forgotten. We want men and women today, tomorrow strong of body, with well trained minds, with a respect for and a willingness to work. This is my thesis for Lincoln and I can do nothing but commend the teachers for their support. There is much to do-the end is not yet-therefore we all must work.
To the parents and citizens I would say that the effectiveness of your school depends upon the interest you take in them. Do you make it a business of visiting the schools to set up a standard of facts for yourselves? In a community where parents visit and learn, there you will find more lively schools, better schools than in a community where such is not the case. Our critics are those who, for the most part, depend upon the "gossip" of others for their information. First hand informa- tion is always the best; therefore, those parents who are really interested in the schools of Lincoln will visit them several times a term. You need not try to judge. Let your duly ap- pointed officials do that. But there are many things visiting parents should notice when they do visit schools.
I take the liberty of having printed here some of the reasons why parents and public should visit the schools, what they should observe during their visits, and some items, that as parents, you should seek. If upon consideration of these ques- tions there should be an expressed need by parents for infor- mation as to things in general about the school for discussions could be arranged through a Parent-Teachers Association.
I. Reasons Parents Should Visit the Schools
1. To keep in touch with the work of their children,
2. To encourage the teachers.
3. To get first hand information about the work of the schools.
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4. To show their willingness to co-operate with the admin- istration of the school.
5. For the moral effect it will have on the pupil to know that parents and teachers are pulling together in his training and discipline.
6. To become acquainted personally with teachers and prin- cipals.
7. To learn at first hand the conditions under which their children spend five hours a day.
8. To learn the problems children must meet (course of study, easy studies, difficult studies, time schedules, etc.).
9. To make it more possible for school officials to interpret to parents the policies under which the school operates.
10. To advise school authorities as to the needs of the district as seen from the parent's standpoint.
11. To assist in obtaining certain things for the school that some districts seem unable to offer, such as cafeteria equip- ment, victrolas, motion-picture equipment, etc.
12. To know the conditions and needs of the school so that they may intelligently defend the reputation of the schools and assist in keeping the schools from being commercial- ized and propagandized.
13. To view their children from an angle other than that of the home and thus be able to guide more wisely their de- velopment.
. 14. In order that parents themselves may understand and ap- preciate changes in courses of study.
15. To secure an accurate idea of the objectives of modern education and to find out how these objectives are being worked out in practice.
16. To aid in developing the real school spirit in the com- munity.
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II. What to Observe
1. The sanitary condition of the school building.
2. The general discipline and management of the school.
3. The attitude of the teacher toward the children.
4. The attitude of the children toward the teacher.
5. The size of the classes.
6. The supply of supplementary material as maps, diction- aries, etc.
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