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the school, and the trustees desire to express their apprecia- tion of the spirit that prompted these gifts. The tasteful decoration of schoolrooms, with suitable objects, is receiv- ing considerable attention in the best schools, and the trus- tees are glad that the presents of friends have made it possi- ble to make a beginning in this direction, for the income of the school at present is not sufficient to warrant expendi- tures for such a purpose.
In this connection, it seems proper to refer to a need of the school to which the attention of the trustees will be called" at their next annual meeting. For the teaching of the sciences a laboratory is needed, in which tables may be pro- vided for class work, and where the appliances for teaching may be conveniently arranged in cases. Such an addition to the building could not be made without using a part of the principal, and a consequent reduction in income. Con- sidering the fact that since the incorporation of the school in 1829 no addition to the endowment fund has been made, except by accumulation, it is hoped that some of the former pupils of the school, following a custom which prevails ex- tensively among the graduates of other institutions, will contribute to equip the school properly for its work.
The work of the school has been hindered by poor at- tendance, both in the matter of absence and tardiness. Dur- ing the writing of this report, I have been informed that the report of the Superintendent of Schools refers to this matter at considerable length, thus rendering further refer- ence on my part unnecessary.
It is doubtful if the average pupil in the grammar grades can do his school work properly without home study, and in the high school grades, home study is absolutely ne- cessary for a large proportion of our pupils, in order that they may do satisfactory work. Parents can assist in the work of the school in this respect by so regulating the hours for recreation. that there may be some time for quiet study before the work of each day. Parents could also help the school very much by visiting it and conferring with the teachers. During the term which ended at Christmas, one parent visited the school. It is especially important that pupils who intend to prepare for higher institutions should make the fact known as soon as possible, that their work
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may be arranged with reference to the requirements for admission.
The class which entered the school in September gives evidence of the advantage a grammar school has been to the town, and it is to be desired that some of the plans which have been proposed for the consolidation of the schools may be adopted, that all pupils may receive equal advantages.
In closing, I wish to thank the School Committee for their cordial co-operation and to assure them that it is the intention of all connected with the academy to make it serve the best interests of the town.
Respectfully, HERBERT E. WALKER.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee :-
It gives me pleasure to submit to you my fourth annual report as your superintendent.
I believe the schools are in good condition. They suf- fer most on account of their smallness. If some of them could be consolidated with others, the work would be far more satisfactory. I look forward with a good deal of earnestness to the report of the committee chosen at the last March meeting, to look into the subject of consolidation.
The subject of transportation also calls for your atten- tion. I could mention three cases where pupils live at such a distance from school that it seems almost pitiable that they are compelled to walk. The parents of these pupils wish their children to be in school regularly, but cannot afford to keep a horse in order that they may ride. The per cent. of attendance of these same pupils seems almost incredible when one thinks of their extreme youth and the distance which they are obliged to cover each day in going to and from school, and on foot at that.
If the town should raise a small sum of money an- nually, to be used at the discretion of the committee, to re- lieve such cases, I believe it would do a Christian and pa- triotic act.
The chief part of my report is on the subject of attend- ance. I believe the extra cost of publishing the individual records which I have given will be money well invested.
ATTENDANCE.
In my report this year, I have thought it wise to in- clude, in a tabulated form, the statistics of the attendance of each child for the school year which has just closed. I have done so with the idea that every parent will at least read that portion of it which concerns his own children.
Some will be proud of the records made by their chil- dren, and justly so, for many of the pupils have given evi- dence of effort worthy of emulation. Some will read the
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statistics with concern, while still others will, undoubtedly, read them with astonishment. And it is this last class of parents whom I desire especially to reach through this report.
I am lead to suspect for various reasons that many par- ents in town are not always aware when their children are absent from school; that it often happens that pupils are sent to school who do not go, and it is to remedy this evil, so far as is possible by such a course, that the work in these records has been undertaken.
I have heard it said that the reports of town officials were never expected nor intended to be read. But when facts and figures are given, which concern so vitally the parents of today, and even more vitally the parents of the future, and then are not read, I, for one, shall accept the above hearsay as true.
Parents who are anxious that their children shall secure all of the advantages which the schools can afford them, will read the records of their children and see wherein they may be improved.
Those who have experienced some difficulty in sending their children to school, will profit by readin gthis report, if they read it in the right spirit, while those who are in- different and do not care whether or not their children are in school, will, quite likely, not read it at all, and the law will have to do its best to secure the regular attendance of those same children.
In order that a copy of the most recent law regarding school attendance may be in the hands of every voter and taxpayer in town, I will append below Section 12, Chapter 496, of the Act approved June 2, 1898.
"Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school in the town or city in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session, subject to such exceptions as to chil- dren, places of attendance and schools as are provided for in Sections three, seven, ten and eleven of this act : provided, that the superintendent of schools or, where there is no su- perinendent of schools, the school committee, or teachers acting under the authority of said superintendent or school committee, may excuse cases of necessary absence; and pro-
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vided, further, that the attendance of a child upon a public day school shall not be required if such child has attended for a like period of time a private day school approved by the school committee of such town or city in accordance with section two of chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or if such child has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or has already acquired the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the pub- lic schools, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable. Every person having under his control a child as described in this section shall cause such child to attend school as re- quired by this section."
The following are the changes in the above section from old law on the same subject :-
Section 12 makes attendance upon a public school com- pulsory for all children between the ages of seven (instead of eight, as heretofore,) and fourteen years during the en- tire time (instead of thirty weeks, as heretofore, and with- out an allowance for two weeks of unexcused absence, as heretofore, ) the public schools are in session.
Excepted from these provisions are (a) children that are attending approved private day schools or receiving in- struction equal to that given in the public schools (old) ; (b) children that are compelled by necessity to be absent, including whose physical or mental condition renders their attendance inexpedient or impracticable (old).
A clause in this section requires parents or guardians to cause children under their control to attend school ac- cording to law.
It is earnestly desired that every parent will carefully compare the record of his child with that of other children to see wherein it may be improved. Nothing will go so far toward securing the best results for each individual pupil as attendance upon school every day. It is not reasonable to expect teachers to make brains, or fill up the intellectual gaps caused by irregularity in the attendance of her pupils.
The sec. mark beside some of the pupils' names signifies
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that those pupils have not been members of the schools of the town during the entire year.
The letters and figures in the first column indicate the school to which the pupils belong.
The attendance is as follows :-
Pupil's Name.
School.
Times Times Absent. Tardy. Excused. Times
Days P. C. of Lost. Att'd'ce.
Charles Adams.
8
40
20.
68.2
Benjamin Alden,
6
6
14
1
3.
98.3
Peleg C. C. Alden,§
7
27
13.5
85.5
Priscilla Alden,
7
61
1
2
30.5
82.
Ira R. Amesbury,§
8
12
26
6.
96.1
Walter R. Amesbury,
8
22
26
11.
94.
Bernice Arnold,
1
8
2
4.
97.
Ina F. Arnold,
1
2
1
1.
97.9
Olive Arnold,
1
4
1
2.
98.8
Alva C. Austin, §
3
7
3.5
52.9
Ned F. Austin,§
3
4
2.
60.
Abbie Baker, §
5
100.
Chester Baker,
5
72
21
36.
78.8
Helen Baker,
5
107
29
53.5
68.5
Leonard A. Baker,
P. A.
16
8.
95.3
Otis Baker,
5
96
24
48.
71.7
Alice Bates,§
4
3
1.5
97.4
Chester Bates,
6
118
4
59.
67.
Cora Bates,§
4
100.
Grace L. Bates,§
G.
28
14.
43.
Nellie Bates,
6
146
5
73.
59.2
Ruth Bates,§
4
1
0.5
99.1
Clifton W. Belknap,
G.
4
2.
98.8
Ethel F. Belknap,
P.A.
29
1
1
14.5
91.5
Howard F. Blanchard,
8
6
2
1
3.
98.3
Kendall Blanchard,
8
16
8.
95.6
Daniel A. Bonney,
P.A.
4
1
2.
95.3
Charles Boomer,
7
18
2
9.
94.7
Louise R. Boomer,
7
11
3
1
5.5
96.1
Bessie Bradley,
P.A.
34
1
1
17.
91.1
John R. Bradley,§
P.A.
40
10
20.
63.6
Russell W. Bradley,
7
128
7
4
64.
62.3
Hope F. Briggs,§
8
21
1
11.5
83.6
Ruth G. Briggs,
8
28
2
14.
92.4
Helen H. Campbell§
3
10
5.
96.6
Mary P. Campbell,§
8
38
3
19.
84.6
Raymond F. Campbell,
8
15
5
3
7.5
95.9
Walter S. Campbell,§
3
7
2
2
3.5
61.5
Annie P. Chandler,
P. A.
54
7
4
27.
83.6
Arthur C. Chandler,
6
35
6
17.5
90.2
Guy O. Chandler,
6
41
6
22.
87.7
Marion A. Chandler,
6
20
4
1
10.
94.4
Parker Chandler,
G.
10
2
5.
97.2
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Times Times
Times
Days
P. C. of Lost. Att'd'ce.
Myra Chase,
5
45
5
23.5
86.1
Lawrence M. Chase,
P. A.
36
18.
89.4
Lena M. Chesley,§
G.
10
5.
95.
Alfreda Churchill,§
2
3
1.5
97.1
Arthur Churchill,
2
5
2.5
98.6
Clarence Churchill,
2
17
8.5
95.2
Esther Churchill,
2
14
1
7.
96.1
Walter Churchill,
2
23
2
11.5
93.6
Etta B. Clark,§
3
8
9
4.
87.
Grace S. Cobbett,§
8
18
9.
62.5
Agnes Connor,§
2
35
17.5
91.7
Marion Connor,§
P.A.
20
10.
82.4
Richard Connor,§
G.
9
1
4.5
92.5
Olive Cook,§
2
22
1
1
11.5
93.6
Nellie B. Corey,§
7
45
2
1
22.5
79.7
Amy Crafts,
5
11
1
2
5.5
96.1
Earl Cushing,
2
28
1
1
14.
92.2
Frances Cushing,§
3
10
5.
96.6
Ralph Cushing,
4
6
2
3.
98.2
Grace M. Delano,§
P. A.
10
5.
95.
Harold K. Delano,
7
47
2
23.5
86.1
Helen E. Delano,§
P.A.
20
9
10.
90.
Mary E. Delano,
G.
24
12.
93.
Ray O. Delano,
6
31
1
17.
90.5
Ruth E. Delano,
6
2
1
100.
Walter S. Delano,§
P. A.
10
5.
95.
Alice E. De Wolf,
G.
7
5
1
3.5
98.
Russell B. De Wolf,§
8
2
1
1.
99.4
Ruth H. De Wolf,
8
10
3
5
5.
97.2
Anna Dieckhoff,§
2
9
4.5
94.3
Rodney Dieckhoff,§
2
11
5.5
93.1
George H. Doane,
8
50
9
1
25.
83.2
Ella Douglass,
5
111
11
1
55.5
67.3
George Douglass,
5
114
14
1
57.
66.4
Lottie Douglass,
5
115
17
1
57.5
66.1
Bertha Dreghorn,
1
5
2
2.5
98.5
Frances Dreghorn,
1
8
1
4.
97.6
Jennie V. Dreghorn,
G.
24
12.
93
Edna M. Dunham,§
3
35
6
2
18.
82.
Alice Edgar,
7
46
5
23.
86.4
Helen M. Edgar,
G.
29
3
5
14.5
82.6
Sadie W. Edgar,
7
54
5
27.
84.1
Arthur O. Edwards,§
7
30
4
2
15.
86.1
William A. Eisener,
P.A.
28
6
4
14.
92.6
Lyman C. Ewell,§
3
44
1
10
22.
81.6
George Ferrell,
2
8
4.
97.7
Minnie Ferrell,
G.
22
11.
93.
Sidney Ferrell,
2
7
1
3.5
98.
Bessie P. Fish,
G.
24
6
12.
93.
Susie A. Fish,
G.
10
1
1
5.
97.2
Pupil's Name.
School.
Absent Tardy. Excused.
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Pupil's Name.
School.
Times Absent
Times Tardy. Excused. Times
Days P. C. of Lost. Att'd'ce.
Harry E. Foster,§
P.A.
24
6
12.
70.
Lena Foster,
G.
25
11
12.5
93.
Leon Foster,
1
40
8
20.
94.2
Harry Foye.§
2
4
2.
92.
Walter Frazer,§
1
2
1.
98.2
Carl Freeman,§
2
100.
Clara Freeman,§
3
33
16
16.5
86.2
Earl Freeman,
2
5
2.5
98.6
Roy Freeman,
2
5
2.5
98.6
Russell Freeman,§
2
2
1.
97.5
Stella M. Freeman,§
3
5
2
2.5
96.1
Willie A. Freeman,
3
12
4
6.
96.6
Elsie French,§
6
26
1
13.
70.
Allen Friend,
1
13
4
6.5
96.2
Alton Gardner,§
5
23
11.5
65.
Charles Gardner,
4
29
6
1
14.5
91.6
Gertrude Gardner,§
4
21
1
10.5
91.2
Le Forest Gardner,
4
11
3
2
5.5
96.8
Mertena Gardner,
P. A.
20
2
10.
94.7
Eugene R. Glass, §
P. A.
46
7
23.
76.7
Harold M. Glass,
3
11
5.5
96.9
Horace D. Glass,
3
21
10.5
94.1
Clara Glover,
2
24
1
12.
93.3
Gertrude Glover,
2
2
100.
Maurice Glover,
2
14
7.
96.1
Abraham Goldberg.
6
56
14
3
28.
85.4
Bessie N. Green,
P. A.
85
33
2
42.5
75.1
Gordon C. Green,
8
20
29
18
10.
94.5
Howard D. Green,
8
15
15
11
7.5
95.9
Ralph B. Green,
8
62
9
31.
83.1
Russell T. Green,
P.A.
72
52
6
36.
79.
L. Blanche Gribbin,
P. A.
24
25
2
12.
92.4
Harold Hanigan
G.
21
10.5
94.
Richard Hanigan,§
2
9
4.5
97.5
Mary I. Harrington,§
7
59
2
29.5
79.3
Lilly Harris,§
7
83
2
1
41.5
70.
Everett Harvey, §
P. A.
16
8.
80.
Clara M. Hastings,
P. A.
4
2.
98.8
Deborah H. Hastings,
P.A.
4
2.
98.8
Florence Hastings,
1
12
6.
96.5
Grace M. Hastings,§
P.A.
12
6.
94.6
James W. Hastings,
P.A.
18
1
1
9.
94.7
Lizzie Hastings,
1
9
4.5
97.3
George Hawkins,
2
63
1
31.5
81.9
Della Hebert.§
2
50
15.
87.5
George Hebert,§
2
59
29.5
75.4
Ella W. Hodgdon,
G.
100.
Arthur Hodge,
2
38
2
1
19.
89.4
Jennie Hodge,
2
50
2
4
25.
86.1
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Pupil's Name.
School.
Absent. Tardy. Excused.
Days P C.of Lost. Att'd'ce.
A. Elliot Holmes,
8
25
4
12.5
93.2
Gertrude Holmes,
P. A.
100
10
50.
70.7
Perry Holmes,
8
32
17
3
16.
91.4
Roy A. Holmes,
8
14
6
7.
96.2
Ruby V. Holmes,
8
17
3
8.5
95.3
Russell Holmes.§
8
20
10.
84.3
Bessie V. Hunt,§
P.A.
30
1
15.
90.
Cassius Hunt,§
1
7
3.5
93.7
Ernest M. Hunt,§
6
10
4
1
5.
87.5
Maude G. Hunt,
G.
2
1.
99.4
Nora E. Hunt,
P.A.
18
9.
81.6
James Ingalls,
2
10
1
5.
97.2
Nellie Jordan,§
2
6
3
96.
Ada R. Josselyn,
G.
29
14.5
92.
Alice F. Josselyn,
P. A.
30
2
15.
91.2
George V. Josselyn,
P. A.
26
3
13.
92.4
Harold Josselyn, §
2
2
1.
96.
Lottie E. Josselyn,
P. A.
36
3
18.
89.4
Maude L. Keene,§
P. A.
31
1
15.5
78.4
George L. King,
8
30
15
1
15.
91.8
Jessie A. King,
8
40
12
20.
88.5
Laura J. King,
8
55
11
27.5
85.
Anna Knight.§
1
4
2.
95.
Harry S. Leggett,§
3
19
3
1
9.5
83.
James Leonard, §
7
15
4
7.5
84.
Ethel Litchfield,
1
28
1
14.
91.8
Nellie N. Litchfield,§
P. A.
4
2.
98.
Fred L. Loring,
3
11
7 2
5.5
96.6
Ruth E. Loring.
3
21
6
10.5
93.8
Hattie MacKenney,
5
16
5
8.
95.2
Mabel Maglathlin,
P. A
2
1
1.
99.4
Lena Maloney,§
4
4
2.
90.
Otis Maloney,§
4
14
14
7.
94.1
Ethel Merrick,
1
17
2
8.5
95.3
George E. Merrick,
G.
3
1.5
99.1
Medie Merrick,
1
16
1
8.
95.3
Charles Merritt,§
4
18
2
9.
80.5
Charles C. McNaught,§
P. A.
27
1
13.5
72.4
Gertrude F. McNaught,§
P. A.
34
11
17.
65.3
Harry A. McNaught,
8
48
5
5
24.
86.9
Archie McNayre,§
4
31
15.5
84.5
Lillian M. G. Moulton.
P. A.
26
1
1
13.
91.8
Gertrude Myrick,
P. A.
16
3
8.
95.3
Edith Needham,
P. A.
20
23
2
10.
93.
Ruby E. Needham,
G.
15
26
7.5
95.8
Angie Nickerson§,
2
3
1.5
96.6
Avis Nickerson,
4
55
5
27.5
84.1
Avner Nickerson,
4
109
4
1
54.5
68.6
George W. Nickerson,§
7
41
4
3
22. .
78.
.
Times Times
Times
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Pu, il's Name.
School.
Times Times Absent. Tardy. Excused. Times
Lost.
Days P. C. of Att'd'ce ..
Lester W. Nickerson,§
P. A.
28
2
14.
85.8:
Mary Nickerson,
4
136
6
68.
60.9
Nellie Nickerson,
2
2
1.
96.6
Royal H. Nickerson,
P. A.
24
3
12.
92.9
Samuel Nickerson,
4
44
3
22.
87.3
Charles Nutter, §
4
7
2
3.5
96.5.
Ernest Osgood,
P. A.
16
4
8.
95.7
Alice M. Parker,
P. A.
21
J. Knowles Parker,§
P. A.
11
30
5.5
94.4
Bertie Parks,§
4
2
1
1.
95.
Frank W. Patterson,
3
63
4
3
31.5
82.5
Alpha Paulding,§
4
4
3
2.
92.
Clifford Paulding,§
4
3
4
1.5
93.
Elsie Paulding,
1
35
3
1
17.5
90.
Russell Paulding,§
4
3
3
1.5
93.
Sarah Paulding,
G.
24
12.
93.
Alton W. Peterson,
7
11
1
7
5.5
96.7
Ethel M. Peterson,
P. A.
35
4
17.5
91.3
Grace M. Peterson
P. A.
56
4
28.
83.6
Harold Peterson,
1
21
1
1
10.5
83.5
LeRoy M. Peterson,
7
55
6
2
27.5
83.8
Marion Peterson,§
2
2
Mary Peterson,
1
32
1
4
16.
90.7
Percy L. Peterson,
P. A.]
10
3
3
5.
97.
Paul C. Peterson,
P. A.
3
2
1.5
99.2
Addie M. Phillips,§
G.
46
George Phillips,
2
39
1
1
19.5
89.1
Wendell Phillips,
P. A.
14
8
7.
97.8
Arthur Pratt,§
1
2
1.
98.2
Charles E. Prince,
7
56
5
28.
83.5
I. Albert Prince,§
7
37
1
18.5
70.
Mary E. Prince,
7
54
4
1
27.
84.1
Olive Prince,§
7
61
2
1
30.5
73.3
Albert Randall,
6
26
18.
75.5.
Carleton Randall,
P. A.
19
1
2
95
95.
Charles Randall,
4
11
5.5
96.8.
Evelena Randall,
P. A.
13
6.5
96.2
Freeman Randall,
4
11
5.5
96.8
Harry Randall,
6
30
1
15.
70.
Lola W. Randall,§
P. A.
34
17.
82.8
Lucy Randall,
4
34
1
3
17.
90.2
Mary Randall,§
4
2
1.
99.2
Elmer C. Raymond,
P. A.
16
7
1
8.
95.9
Kitty Redmond,§
8
34
2
17.
86.2:
Darius Reynolds,
1
8
4
4.
97.6
Mary Reynolds,
1
8
3
1
4.
97.6
Oscar B. Ryder,§
P. A.
18
9.
90.9
Frank Sampson,
5
3
1
6
1.5
99.1
Harold Sampson,
G.
6
1.5
100.
Howard Sampson,§
P. A.
20
10.
90.
23.
87.
1.
95.8
12.
95.8
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Pupil's Name.
School.
Times Times Times
Days P. C. of Lost. Att'd'ce.
Lizzie S. Sampson,§
P. A.
2
4
1.
99.
Mabel Sampson,
5
8
1
4.
97.6
Maude B. Scott,§
P. A.
72
12
3
36.
76.
Catherine Shea,§
1
1
.5
99.2
Frank Shehan,§
8
1
2
.5
98.5
Myra Shepard,
1
2
1.
99.4
Esther Shuffler,§
7
11
5.5
91.
Eva Shurtleff,
6
33
16.5
90.7
Fannie R. Shurtleff,
P. A.
30
15.
91.2
Lester Shurtleff,
6
8
1
1
4.
97.7
Robert Shurtleff,
P. A.
36
1
18.
90.5
Albertine D. Simmons,
3
22
8
3
11.
93.8
Alice M. Simmons,
G.
17
3
8.5
95.3
Blanche M. Simmons,
7
66
1
2
33.
80.5
Fred E. Simmons,
G.
10
5.
94.4
George W. Simmons,
8
65
1
32.5
82.3
John Simmons,
5
64
4
32.
81.1
Josie Simmons,
8
9
1
4.5
97.5
Elizabeth Sinnott,§
6
100.
Gertrude Sinnott,§
6
100.
Jessie M. Sinnott,§
6
100.
Mary Smith,
2
42
21.
88.3
Leslie B. Snow,
P. A.
2
1
1.
99.4
George R. Sollis,§
G.
17
8.5
87.5
Cora G. Soule,
8
10
13
5.
97.2
Russell W. Soule,
G.
7
1
4.5
97.5
Willie L. Soule,
3
31
3
4
15.5
91.3
Charity Stearns,
2
12
6.
96.6
Guy A. Stearns,
P. A.
19
4
9.5
94.4
Ray A. Stearns,
P. A.
50
3
3
25.
85.3
Gertrude Studley,§
5
12
1
6.
94.9
Otis Studley,§
1
14
4
7.
87.5
Ethel Sweetser,
G.
6
3.
98.3
Stella M. Swift,
P. A.
42
14
21.
87.7
Winslow W. Symmes,§
P. A.
2
1.
98.
Abby Taylor,
1
18
3
9.
94.7
Clarence Taylor,
1
25
1
12.5
92.7
Lewis E. Taylor,
P. A.
46
23
92.3
Ray Taylor,
1
10
2
5.
97.
Willard Taylor,
1
8
4.
97.6
David Thomas, §
G.
18
9.
86.8
Hannah J. Tibbitts,
P.A.
73
13
1
36.5
78.6
Mary J. Tower,§
P. A.
29
11
14.5
88.7
Leslie C. Turner,
7
15
1
2
7.5
95.5
Sarah W. Turner,
P A.
8
1
4.
98.
William P. Turner,
7
27
6
13.5
92.
Lena Vigneau,
2
18
1
9.
95.
Alex Wadsworth,
P. A.
82
3
41.
76.
Alice E. Wadsworth,
P. A.
20
10.
94.1
Catherine Wadsworth,§
G.
6
3.
95.
Absent. Tardy. Excused-
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Pupil's Name.
School.
Times Times Absent. Tardy. Excused. Times
Days P. C. of Lost. Att'a'ce.
Christopher Wadsworth,
1
7
5
4.5
97.3
Fred O. Wadsworth,
P. A.
16
2
8.
92.
Helen Wadsworth,§
1
5
3
3
2.5
98.5
Olive Wadsworth,
G.
8
4.
97.7
Viola Wadsworth,
1
14
3
3
7.
96.
George W. Walter,§
6
4
2.
87.5
Helen M. Waterman,§
P. A.
22
1
11.
88.8
Ruth M. Weed,
P. A.
8
1
4.
97.6
Charles Wesley,§
6
1
1
8
5.5
95.5
Jennie M. Weston,
3
63
1
2
31.5
82.5
Benjamin L. White,
6
61
4
30.5
80.
Herbert H. White,
7
32
2
3
16.
90.5
Mabel R. White,
7
61
11
30.5
82.
Marion T. White
7
64
10
32.
81.1
Edith R. Whiting,
6
16
4
8.
95.5
Charles J. Whitney,§
3
18
3
3
9.
95.
Mildred H. Whitney,§
3
28
2
3
14.
92.2
Beulah Winsor,
G.
2
100.
Ethel M. Winsor,
3
24
6
5
12.
93.3
Grace L. Winsor,
3
12
5
3
6
96.6
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TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
At the earnest request of the Duxbury Committee, the State Board of Education held an instructive and very prof- itable institute at Partridge Academy, Duxbury, on the 13th and 14th of October, which was attended by nearly every teacher in the district, together with many of those from the nearby towns of Plymouth, Kingston, Plympton, Han- son, Hanover, Norwell and Cohasset.
The public meeting, held in the Pilgrim Congregation- al Church on the evening of the 13th, did not attract the large number of people it was hoped would attend. Those who did were well repaid for the effort it cost them. The chief speaker of the evening was Mr. James W. MacDonald, of the State Board. Other speakers were Dr. John T. Prince, Mr. George A. Walton, both of the State Board. Dr. N. K. Noyes, of Duxbury, and your superintendent.
Of the exercises which took place at Partridge Acade- my, the following is a
e
PROGRAM.
9.00 A. M. Opening Exercises.
9.IO A. M. Conditions of
Success in
School Management,
Grenville T. Fletcher
IO.IO A. M. Drawing (Primary Section),
L. Walter Sargent
IO.IO A. M. Arithmetic (Grammar Section),
George A. Walton
IO.IO A. M. English Composition, (High School Section), John T. Prince
II.IO A. M. Reading (Primary Section), Mr. Fletcher
II.IO A. M. Geography (Grammar Section),
Burt J. Tice
II.IO A. M. Latin (High School Section),
James W. MacDonald INTERMISSION.
I.OO P. M. Numbers (Primary Section), Mr. Walton I.OO P. M. Grammar (Grammar Section), Mr. Prince 1.00 P. M. Geometry (High School Sec- tion), Mr. MacDonald
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2.00 P. M. Elements of Geography (Pri- mary Section), Mr. Tice
2.00 P. M. Drawing (Grammar Section), Mr. Sargent
2.00 P. M. Literature (High School Sec- tion), Miss Ellen Thompson of Brookline
3.00 P. M .. The American Voice,
Miss Mary A. Currier of Cambridge
TEACHERS' MEETINGS.
There have been six regular, and one union teachers' meetings held, during the year. The union meeting, held in the Marshfield High School room, was addressed by Dr. Prince, on School Government, and by Mr. Knight, of Dux- bury, on "A Business Course for High Schools."
I believe that these union meetings have been a source of much good to the teachers. In them the subjects have always been presented in such a way that their suggestions might easily be applied to the regular work of the schools.
One of these meetings has been held each year, and I think I can say that all the teachers consider their time in them as well spent.
Of the regular meetings, it is intended to hold one each month. But for three reasons it is not, and has not been deemed advisable to hold strictly to this plan; first, vacations often come so as to interrupt them; second, insti- tutes and county conventions, which always come during the fall term of school, have caused them to be omitted; and third, and most frequently, the severity of the weather has made it seem inexpedient to still further interrupt the school work by additional closing, on account of teachers' meetings.
All of these difficulties might be overcome in towns where the population was less scattered, by having the meet- ings on some evening of the week, or on Saturdays. But in our district, which employs so many teachers from other lo- calities, and which embraces so great an extent of territory, for reasons which are evident, neither one of these plans could be adopted.
We are left, therefore, to do the best we can, and get in a meeting, here and there, when we can, with as little in- terruption to the schools as possible. This is what has been
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done, and a meeting has never been omitted for any other reason than some one of the three given above.
In conclusion I wish to thank you for the generous sup- port you have given me during the past year. I am cer- · tain that no superintendent ever had more cordial co-opera- tion in his work from committee, teachers, and citizens in general, than I have had since coming among you. For this, I thank you one and all, with a sincere hope that I may in some slight degree merit it.
Respectfully submitted,
EDGAR L. WILLARD, Superintendent of Schools.
December 31st, 1898.
SCHOOL STATISTICS-1898.
DISTRICTS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Herbert E. Walker, Hannah D. Symmes, Nathan T. Soule, Florence A. Chaffin, Charlotte A. Tower, Nellie F. Randall, Ida M. Raymond, Ellen W. Downey, Bertha M. Willey, Grace D. Inman, Mary L. Harrub,
Millbrook.
58
0
6
41
50.9
46.2
90.8
90.
High
§ Partridge Academy,
South Duxbury.
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