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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT.
BURIAL LOT FUNDS IN CARE OF TOWN TREASURER.
This is to certify that I have made a careful examination of the funds left with the Town for the Care of Burial Lots. Com- paring the accounts of the Treasurer with the Bank Books and finding them to agree, I find the Funds amount to $8824.66 and are invested as follows :
Ipswich Savings Bank $ 6824 66
Two Town of Ipswich Elec Light Notes 2000 00
$ 8824 66
JAMES DAMON, Auditor.
February 2, '09.
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Annual Report
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School Committee
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Town of Ipswich
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For the Dear 1908
IPSWICH, MASS. CHARLES G. HULL, PRINTER 1909
School Committee
GEORGE W. TOZER Term Expires 1909
JAMES W. PERKINS ·
1909
CHARLES G. HULL 1910
GEORGE E. MACARTHUR
1910
HARRIET E. NOYES
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1911
JOHN H. COGSWELL 66
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Organization
GEORGE W. TOZER, Chairman JOHN H. COGSWELL, Secretary ROBERT M. MARTIN, Superintendent.
Sub-Committees
High School-Entire Committee Manning Grammar-Mr. Tozer and Dr. MacArthur Winthrop School-Mr. Cogswell and Mr. Hull Burley School-Dr. MacArthur and Mrs. Noyes Manning Street School-Mr. Cogswell and Mr. Perkins Warren Street School-Mr. Tozer and Mrs. Noyes Cogswell School-Mr. Cogswell and Dr. MacArthur Dennison School-Mr. Perkins and Mr. Cogswell Payne School-Mr. Tozer and Mr. Hull Wainwright School-Mrs. Noyes and Mr. Perkins Linebrook School -- Mr. Tozer Appleton School -- Dr. MacArthur Grape Island School -- Mrs. Noyes
School Physician Dr. George E. MacArthur Purchasing Agents Mr. Cogswell and Mrs. Noyes Labor Certificate Charles G. Hull Truant Officer Warren Boynton Committee on Repairs Mr. Cogswell and: Mr. Perkins
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Report of the School Committee.
The year 1908 has passed into history. Its privileges and opportunities are gone beyond recall. Its successes and failures are imperishably written in the book of Time and we are powerless to change the record. Whatever has been accomplished to make the generation wiser, better, happier, stands to our everlasting credit; but if there has been no earnest purpose, no attempt to grasp the passing opportu- nities, no sincere endeavor to uplift and improve humanity, the entry must necessarily be on the wrong side of the ledger of Life; for we are debtors to every opportunity, whether improved or unimproved,
That the toilers in the various departments of our school system have been earnest in purpose and diligent in effort during the year that is past, are facts well known to your committee, who feel that the teachers, both regular and special, are deserving of warmest commendation. That their endeavors have been productive of good results, is ap- parent to every visitor at the schools. It is not claimed that all the opportunities have been improved, or the very fullest possibilities realized; but it is certain that good and efficient service has been rendered, real and satisfactory pro- gress made, and that the schools as a whole were never in better condition than at present. The balance is therefore
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on the right side, and the people of Ipswich may be congrat- ulated upon the general excellence of their public schools.
Grouping the Grammar. Primary and Ungraded schools and expressing our approval of the work accomplished in them, we would make especial and particular mention of the High School. The past vear has been characterized, if pos- sible, by more earnest and painstaking efforts on the part of the teachers, which have been attended by correspondingly increased results. In the opinion of the Committee, the Manning High School compares very favorably with similar schools about us. It is the equal of most of its class and the superior of many. The labors of the principal and assist- ants are deserving of appreciation.
The number of pupils in the High School at the present time is 92. While the graduating class this year is small. the number to enter in September from the Grammar School will be upwards of 40. which will bring the total enrolment to about 125. This will overcrowd the space devoted to the High School; and, while it will prove a source of inconven- ience to teachers and pupils, it cannot fail to be in some measure detrimental to the work and prejudicial to the in- terests of the school. This makes necessary the repetition of former statements that the High School needs the entire Manning Building. Again: The Ninth Grade of the Gram- mar School now occupying the Manning Building has 65 pu- pils, a considerable portion of whom will remain another
year. Into this school the two Eighth Grades will send at least 60 pupils, which is more than can be accommodated. This, it would seem, will necessitate the removal of the school from the Manning Building, but where to locate it is a problem which yet remains to be solved.
Since the introduction of medical inspection into our schools, it is felt that much good has been accomplished. A Medical Inspector is employed who may be called upon. at any time by any teacher to determine whether a pupil with
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cough, fever or skin eruption shall be sent home. It is the desire of the Committee to have parents feel that the child's body, as well as the training and development of the mind, is carefully looked after and that he is as safe from conta- gious disease in the schoolroom as in his own home. We trust the report of the School Physician which is appended will be carefully read and considered.
At the earnest solicitation of the residents at Grape Island. the school on the Island was continued until Christ- mas. making eight months of continuous instruction. The pupils made excellent progress during the past year and are quite as far advanced as those of the same age in the town schools.
A canvas of the Appleton District made in August re- vealed the fact that only four children were found to attend the school in that localitv. And as the parents were quite willing their children should attend the schools in the cen- tre of the town, arrangements were made for their transfer, and the Appleton School was discontinued.
In consideration of the finances at our disposal, we would say that it is always our endeavor to manage the funds with due care and to practice the utmost economy consistent with the welfare and progress of the schools. With increased responsibilities and expenses last year it was feared by the Committee that the appropriation would be found insufficient to meet the liabilities and that a second appropriation would be necessary. But this, we are happy to say. has been avoided. The opening of the Burley School necessitated a large outlay in furnishing the building, and some extra work about the building brought further ex- pense. It was also necessary to employ two new teachers, which increased our expenditures for salaries. The terrible disaster at Collinwood, Ohio, by which 170 children lost their lives, so agitated the people of the country in regard to the safety of schoolhouses, that your Committee felt it
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their duty to provide for the safety of the children by changing the doors of all the school buildings so that they should open outward. This brought an unforeseen expense of $155.00. Following this report is a statement of the receipts and expenditures by your School Board during the year 1908.
A careful reading of the report of the Superintendent, together with those of the Principal of the High School and the Supervisors of Music and Drawing, will acquaint the reader with the work of the schools in detail.
Respectfully submitted,
George W Tozer
John H Cogswell Harriet E Noyes
Charles G Hull
George E MacArthur
J Warren Perkins
School Committee
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Receipts and Expenditures.
RECEIPTS
Balance January 1, 1908
$ 259 97
Appropriations for 1908
20000 00
Appropriation for School Physician
150 00
Dog License Fees
413 33
Tuition from other Towns
286 00
$21109 30
EXPENDITURES
SALARIES OF OFFICIALS
Robert M. Martin, superintendent, 720 00
George E MacArthur, School Physician 150 00
John H Cogswell, Secretary and Purchasing Agent 125 00
Harriet E Noyes, Purchasing Agent 30 00
Warren Boynton, Truant Officer 40 00
$1065 00
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SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
Emma G. Gardner
$400
Alice E. Perkins
566
Alice R Ropes
330
Carrie E Baker
220
S Isabel Arthur
750
Katharine F Sullivan
600
Myra Lord
120
Harriet B Varney
280
Emily M Adams
600
Katherine C Baker
450
Mabel F Powell
270
Nina E Low
450
Ethel C Bagley
450
Katherine L Brown
152
Elsie W Johnson
212 20
Ellen T Sullivan
414
L Maude Schofield
168
Stella C Adams
336
Helen Tupper
420
Annie P Wade
420
Eva A Willcomb
420
Augusta N Appleton
402
Desdemona H Williams
234
Katherine M Clarke
264
Carrie I Black
366
Ethel W Ratsey
350
Arthur H Tozer
270
Alice G Burnham
278
Cora H Jewett
281 25
Cora A Smith
72
Rosalie A Chase
140
Carolyn G Bradbury
128
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Margaret A Beirne
117
Pauline W Ross
14
10,944 45
CARE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
John H Baker, Winthrop
$275
Smith E Hayes, Dennison
164
William H Kirk, Payne
160 54
Edward L Darling, Cogswell
100
Fred B Saunders, Burley
100
Joseph Johnson. Manning Street
54
Robert Spencer, Warren Street
30
Walter Sheppard, Colonial Building
20
Jeremiah Sullivan, Burley
33
James J Ryan, Linebrook
35
Lavinia Scotton, Appleton
20
Cora H Jewett, Grape Island
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$1000 54
TRANSPORTATION.
Boston & Northern Street Railway, tickets
$200
Highway Department, use of barge 375
$575 00
FUEL.
C Chester Caldwell, wood and coal T B Fall & Son, wood and coal John S. Glover, coal
$458 39
252 99
278 21
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Spencer Gwinn, wood
24
A G Lauer, wood 13 50
Clarence Howe, wood 16 50
James J Ryan, sawing wood
6
Maynard Rnssell, sawing wood
11 10
James R Small, boating wood to Island
3 50
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$1064 19
RENTS.
Trustees Manning School, rent Manning bldg
$1900 00
rent Colonial bldg
75
C F Chapman, land rent Manning street 20 00
1995 00
REPAIRS.
Irving Brown, Linebrook
$14 14
Robert Spencer, labor Cogswell
38 61
B W Woodward, labor Burley 46 37
John W Goodhue, hardware
56 53
Augustine Staniford, painting
25 73
A H Plouff, repairing furnace
76 10
Chester L Stevens, labor
8 03
Henry F Tonge, labor Winthrop
6 25
S F Canney, lumber
107 97
C W Harvey, labor
144 86
James R Small, painting
11 00
M W Chadbourne, painting
123 25
D A Hodgkins, labor
5 58
664 42
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FURNITURE.
A C Damon, bookcase
$ 7 50
J F Wippich, clocks
15 50
Allen Co, curtains
123 12
Kenney Bros & Wolkins, furniture
577 78
723 90
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
E E Babb & Co, books and supplies
. $262 49
G F King, supplies
132 35
American Book Co, books
90 76
Ginn & Co, books and music
358 70
Houghton, Mifflin, books
39 10
D C Heath, books
36 07
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, books
22 43
LE Knott. supplies
16 86
Silver, Burdett, books
36 81
Oliver Ditson, music
10 74
D E Measures, supplies
1 60
Ipswich Post Office, stamps
14 62
Ethel W Ratsey, supplies
6 13
W O Hartshorne, engrossing diplomas
9 30
Cleveland Printing Co, diplomas
17 50
J L Hammatt, drawing material
83 05
Allyn & Bacon, books
54 08
Owen Pub Co, books
3 20
C E Merrell, books
6 40
Little, Brown, books
64 96
CF Winchester, supplies
78 84
Longman, Green, books
1 30
Wadsworth, Howland, drawing material
62 84
C Howard Hunt, pens
7 50
Rand & McNally, maps
21 50
1439 13
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INCIDENTALS.
Masury-Young Co, Nodusto
$36
Murphy, Leavens & Co, brushes, etc
11
Mallard & Harris, teaming
23 23
Howard Blake, repairing clock
1
Phinotas Chemical Co, disinfectant
12 50
Water Dept
89 90
Charles S Tyler, clock, etc
4 63
John W Goodhue, locks
2 05
John M Dunnels, repairs on stoves
12 00
Farley Lord, labor
2
Elmer Smith, labor
1
Alice C Trask, dippers
1 40
Simon McInnis, labor
3 60
Edmund Ready, grading at Burley
24 00
American Express Co
21 58
Jackson Express Co
18 65
A H Plouff, sundries
47 14
George H Lord, flowers at graduation
3 00
A P Hills, broom
35
Cash Division Co, soap
22
James Graffum, repairs
1 50
Mary R Patch, cleaning schoolroom
2 20
G H W Hayes, legal advice
5
Charles G Hull. printing and reimbursement for supplies 210 00
George E MacArthur, vaccinating
104 25
John H Cogswell, sundries
14 55
J Warren Perkins, use of team
7 00
Angus I Savory, sundry articles for schools
15 84
Thomas C Nichols, supplies
1 00
John E Hull, orchestra
29 00
Frank R Schaller, tuning pianos
9 75
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Wm E Garrette, teaming gravel
56 00
Win P Ross, removing ashes
75
J J Hull, boats to Grape Island
2 75
F T Goodhue. brooms
1 25
Horace E Barker, teaming
3 35
David A Grady, teams
8 50
J B Mitchell, labor on vaults
34 00
C L Chase & Son, floor dressing
33 25
W E Lord, ribbon for diplomas
4 05
J H Hull, labor
2 75
Board of Health, fumigating
5 00
Edward L Darling, use of team
3 50
6 30
J F Perkins, removing ashes C O Abel, setting glass
1 00
877 79
RECAPITULATION.
Salaries
$12009 45
Care of School Buildings
1000 54
Transportation
575 00
Fuel
1064 19
Rents
1995 00
Repairs
664 42
Furniture
723 90
Text Books and Supplies
1439 13
Incidentals
877 79
20,349 42
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Superintendent's Report.
To the School Board of Ipswich:
I beg to present the report for the calendar year 1908, my fourth report.
The year was marked by changes more than usual in number and importance. The most noteworthy was the opening of the Burley school in September. the keys of which had been turned over to the School Board by the special committee on construction at formal public exercises June 26. By direction of the Board, the house was fur- nished and equipped for eight grades, each of the four rooms having two grades. The opening day of the school year saw every room filled to repletion with pupils.
The increased accommodation thus secured allowed the discontinuance of the two temporary rooms in the Warren street fire station and in the Colonial Building. The out- lying Appleton schoolhouse has not been opened the present school year, as there are but two pupils in the district. These are attending our central schools, being conveyed the larger part of the distance by electric cars.
The changes in the corps of teachers were very numer- ous. Miss Myra Lord, assistant in the eighth grade, and Miss Kathryn L. Brown, of Manning street fifth grade,
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resigned in the spring to enter the estate of matrimony. These vacancies were filled respectively by Misses Harriet B. Varney and Elsie W. Johnson, "pupil teachers" of Su- perintendent Putney of Gloucester. The close of the school vear brought the resignations of Miss Alice R. Ropes of the High school, Miss Mabel F. Powell of the seventh grade, and Miss Desdemona Williams of the Cogswell school.
New teachers who began service this current year were: In the High school, Miss Carrie E. Baker of Lancaster, N H .. a graduate of Boston University; in the grades, Miss Lillian Maud Schofield, of our own town, trained in Salem Normal school; Miss Rosalie E. Chase of Newburyport, trained in the Newburyport Training school; Miss Carolyn G. Bradbury of Newburyport, trained also in Newburyport Trai ing school'
Since many teachers in the grades were assigned to new places in September, it will be well here to give a list of our grammar and primary teachers in their respective positions, noting the cases of transfer:
Manning Grammar-Miss S. Isabel Arthur, principal; Miss Harriet B. Varney, assistant.
Winthrop-Miss Emily M. Adams, principal, Sth grade, transferred from 7th grade: Miss Katharine C. Baker, 7th grade, transferred from 6th grade; Miss Nina E. Low, 6th grade, transferred from Warren street school; Miss Ethel C, Bagley, 5th grade.
Burley-Miss Katharine F. Sullivan, 7th and Sth grades, transferred from 8th Manning; Miss Ellen T. Sul- lıvan, 5th and 6th grades, transferred from 1st and 2d Den- nison; Miss L. Maud Schofield, 3d and 4th grades; Miss Stella C. Adams, 1st and 2d grades, transferred from Line- brook.
Manning Street-Miss Eva C. Willcomb, 5th grade, transferred from Payne 3d and 4th.
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Dennison-Miss Annie P. Wade, principal, 3d and 4th; Miss Carrie I. Black, 1st and 2d, transferred from Wain- wright.
Payne-Miss Augusta N. Appleton, principal, 4th grade, transferred from 2d; Miss Katheryn M. Clarke, 2d and 3d, transferred from 1st; Miss Alice G. Burnham. 1st grade, transferred from Appleton.
Cogswell-Miss Helen Tupper, principal, 3d and 4th grades; Miss Rosalie E. Chase, 1st and 2d grades.
Wainwright-Miss Elsie W. Johnson, 1st to 3d grades, transferred from Manning street.
Linebrook-Miss Carolyn G. Bradbury, ungraded.
Grape Island-Miss Cora H. Jewett, ungraded.
Argilla-Miss Cora A. Smith, ungraded.
At the end of the first month of the school year, Miss Kathryn M. Clarke, a most successful primary teacher, re- signed to accept a position in Lynn at a much higher sal- ary. While Lynn is not to be blamed for coveting our best gifts, who of us does not wish that our salaries would safe- guard us in holding our best? Miss Margaret Beirne of Peabody was drawn from the Rowley schools to succeed Miss Clarke.
In December, Miss Pauline Ross, of our town and grad- uate of our high school, was added to the teaching force in the Winthrop school to assist the teachers with too many pupils and to give individual attention to backward learn- - ers. This, your superintendent thinks, is progressive action which may well be carried farther.
Two more resignations came to us in the Christmas hol- idays. Miss Beirne of the Payne scoool, lured by better salary, accepted place in the schools of Peabody, her home. Miss Bradbury of Linebrook took an appointment in New- bury, nearer her home. The Board elected to the Payne vacancy Miss Annie M. Ryan of Newburyport from the
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Newburyport Training School, and to the Linebrook vacan- . cy Miss Charlotte E: Burnham of Topsfield.
The High school last September admitted the largest entering class in its career. As the class entering next Sep- tember will probably be yet larger, and as the graduating class this year is small, the prospect is that next fall the school will attain to its highest enrolment. This will nec- essitate the use of the whole Manning building for the school. Moreover, as the promise is for constantly enlarg- ing entrance classes, provision ought soon to be made to in- crease the seating capacity of the building.
Next September, therefore, the ninth grade, which now occupies a portion of the Manning builning, will be without accommodations. Where is it to be housed? The class will number about sixty. The addition to the Winthrop, which the School Board has repeatedly sought, is a crying need for the accommodation of our grammar grades. The case would seem to call for prompt attention.
The High school is the grateful recipient of a valuable work, "The National Cyclopedia of American Biography," in 14 vols., the gift of Mrs. Dean Sage of New York, in memory of Mr. R. H. Manning, our liberal benefactor. The new Burley school has needs which may tempt the generos- ity of friends of our schools. The walls are without pict- ures, the corridors are unadorned, and the reception rooms are unfurnished. It is to be hoped that a neat fence will soon enclose the grounds and that shade trees will be set out.
On April 29th the schools had the privilege of enter- taining a Teachers' Institute, held under the auspices of the State Board of Education, and under the direction of State Agents Mr. John T. Prince and Mr. James W. MacDonald. About one hundred teachers from neighboring towns, in ad- dition to our own teachers, were present. Able speakers ad- dressed us on various practical school subjects. The Insti-
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tute was interesting and profitable to every teacher and of- ficial who attended. Our State Board through the medium of such Institutes is rendering valuable service.
We are making the experiment of dismissing classes from fifteen minutes to an hour earlier on Friday afternoons, in way of reward for perfect attendance and for no tardi- ness: We are obtaining gratifying results. The next re- port will show substantial increase in our percentage of at- tendance, which has been below the average in the Massa- chusetts schools. The time given as reward will be but small beside the time which the reward saves. It is hoped, besides. that we shall help our pupils to habits of regularity and punctuality for the performance of the tasks of life.
It has been my pleasure during the year to grant "double promotion" to several bright or diligent pupils in both primary and grammar grades. We take special pride in thus advancing children speaking foreign tongues. who are naturally retarded in their progress in the lower grades because of their difficulty with our language. Some of these foreign children. when they become familiar with our speech, outstrip many of our English-speaking children.
It is observable that we have more children below stan- dard, more backward pupils. in our fifth grades than in any other. More enter this grade poorly prepared than enter any other. This would seem to show that our primary work is in need of improvement. The final results here are less sat- factory than in the grammar grades. The deficiency 1S traceable to three causes: The primary schools are unduly large: the teachers generally have more than one grade; teachers are changed more frequently. The change of teachers is due to the smaller salary paid for primary work. Teachers pass, when they can, to our own higher grades for the better compensation, or are drawn to primary work in other places, where primary instruction is as well remuner- ated as grammar instruction. Can we afford to continue
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this unsatisfactory condition? Should we bestow less care on the foundations of our elementary instruction than on the superstructure? An equalization of the wages of our primary and grammar teachers would do much to remove the weakness. This done, the step would then be very easy for your Board to adopt a maximum and minimum wage on the basis of a teacher's experience in service, and to fix sal- aries with perfect justice. Because of the signal benefit which this action would secure, I am importunate in com- mending it to you.
In view of the upheaval which the many changes in the teaching force has occasioned, and in view of the reconstruc- tion which has been wrought in some of the schools, the work of the year is measurably gratifying and deserving of approval. The discipline of our schools is on the whole commendable. We think that for quietness, good order and smooth movement, the Ipswich schools rank well. To the prevailing high character, sound judgment aud worthy ideals of our teachers, as well as to the prevailing good dis- position and good sense of our scholars, this excellence is due.
Your attention is called to the reports of Principal Marston and of the supervisors of music and drawing. Mr. Marston is rendering faithful service in his quiet way, and justifies your wisdom in committing to him the stewardship of our High school for these many years. Miss Ratsey's service is of her own characteristic excellence. She com- mands the esteem of her associate workers and of all the pu- pils. The conscience which she puts into her tasks is not less marked than the skill with which she performs it. Mr. Tozer's efficiency increases with his experience. His assid- uous devotion to his department is admired by us all, and his enthusiasm is imparting itself to the scholars.
In closing I wish to acknowledge the joy I have had in association with teachers and pupils, and to express my thanks to the members of the Board for support and encour- agement received. Respectfully, ROBERT M. MARTIN.
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Principal's Report.
To the Superintendent of Public Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir :-
I hereby submit to you my report of the Manning High School for the year ending December 31. 1908.
The work of the year has been very satisfactory. It has been done without interruption. I think that much good would come if pupils pass from the eighth grade to the High school. .
The High school should have the use of the whole of the building. For a class in physics to be compelled, from lack of suitable room, to perform experiments upon the top of a piano, with many pupils in the room for study, is a condition which no skillful educator has ever suggested as the most economic.
It is right and just for me to state that whatever is praiseworthy in the school is due to the excellent work of the assistant teachers and the intelligent oversight of the superintendent, the School Committee of the town and the Manning Trustees.
Very respectfully,
JOHN P. MARSTON,
Principal.
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Report of the Medical Inspector.
To the School Committee of Ipswich: -
Medical inspection in the public schools, required by a law passed in 1906, is a subject to which a great deal of careful attention and study has been given, not only in Mas- sachusetts, but in many other states in the Union, and in the more progressive European countries, notably England and Germany. It will surprise many people to learn that in the two last named countries, medical inspection of schools has reached a degree of efficiency found nowhere in our own country.
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