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Oct. 1,
1910
5 notes
1918-1923 inc
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
3,500
4
Oct. ),
1910
7 notes
1924-1930 inc
Ipswich Savings Bank
4,000
Dec. 30,
1910
16 notes
1918-1934 inc
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
1,400
4
June 29,
1912
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
George A. Schofield
1,500
4
June 30,
1913
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
1,600
4
June 30,
1913
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
1,600
4
June 30,
1914
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
1,700
4
June 30,
1915
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
-
1,800
4
June 30,
1916
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
1,900
4
June 30,
1917
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
. 6
2,000
June 30,
1918
1 note
$100.00 ea. yr
Total
$57.500
.
6 6
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
Manager's Report.
The following table shows the income receipts and the outgo payments of the Department for the year ending December 31, 1918, as they apply to the method of ascertaining the cost of street lighting for the year.
OUTGO.
Maintenance bills paid
$32130 56
Interest on debt paid
2384 00
Depreciation appropriation
2450 00
- $36,964 56
INCOME.
Sale of light and power
$23859 75
Miscellaneous receipts
688 52
Inventory coal on hand
2137 00
$26685 27
$10,279 29
This excess of expenditures over earnings represents the amount which by the State law is charged against street lighting and includes as will be noticed both the interest and depreciation appropriation. No direct appropriation is made for street lighting
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This balance divided among the street lights give the following cost of each street light for the year 1918;
790 lamps each burning 40 watts. one year $11 28 each 19 300 70 00 "
This year we are required by law to include in the tax levy an amount for street lighting, which will include depreciation, interest and note payments to be credited by the department as a receipt, in the same manner as if received from private consumers. I would recommend $12.00 a light for our 40w lamps and $75.00 for our 300w lamps which will amount to $10,905.00 and that such amount be raised and appropriated this year for that purpose.
The following table shows the number of services and also the amount of sales each year since the start :
Year
No. Services
Sale of Current and Power
1904
69
$ 3605 53
1905
105
7076 77
19)6
131
8330 68
1907
170
7462 43
1908
195
9010 34
1909
218
9178 64
1910
269
10594 48
1911
323
12159 42
1912
362
14557 45
1913
435
16131 80
1914
477
17380 33
1915
521
19559 41
1916
591
19497 04
1917
652
21975 77
1918
648
23859 75
This year has been rather a hard year, not only for our plant but for everything in general. The increased cost of coal, supplies and labor, and the loss caused in the change of time for six months of last year, made it necessary to increase our rates in June from
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10g to 12¢ per k w hour ; even at that rate the receipts were not sufficient to pay the expenses.
I felt that beginning with January, 1919 another increase in the rates was necessary and the Board voted to increase the rates from 12¢ to 14¢ per k w hour, less 10% if paid on or before the 20th of the month.
The question of purchasing electric current will again come before the Town at our annual town meeting and it a question which should be carefully considered. There is no doubt in my mind that in the near future power is going to be in demand, in fact if we had the proper current we would be able to increase our power load. Under the existing conditions of our plant if we changed over two of our engines we would meet with no better re- sults than at present. To me there is but one of two things to do to care for the future, that is either a install a new unit of 300 k w capacity, or purchase our current. If you can judge the future by the past I am thoroughly convinced that it is much cheaper to buy than to generate, and I feel that it would be cheaper to buy electric current than to install a new unit at the expense of approximately $30,000 as in the near future, unless we purchase the current w e will be required to install such unit.
About the ownership of our plant. There are many who think if we buy current the town will lose its plant ; the ownership is not to be considered whatsoever because by buying our current we do not relinquish the ownership of our plant, the only question s to be considered are shall we buy or shall we generate ? The town will care for its distribution in the future as it has in the past. I do not wish to be misunderstood in this matter, I have investigated to some considerable extent and feel that the town should buy their current provided that the price is right.
I wish to express my thanks to all connected with the depart- ment for their assistance, also to the former manager for his assist- ance and information rendered, and I feel that he will give me any further information I may ask of him in the future.
ARTHUR H. WALTON, Manager.
January, 1919.
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
Commissioners' Report.
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
The Municipal Water and Light Commission submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1918.
WATER DEPAATMENT.
The expenditures for the year 1919 are estimated to be as follows :
For Interest Payment
$7917 00
For Sinking Fund
4840 88
For General Expenses
6000 00
For Hydrant Service
2237 50
Total
$20,995 38
The Board recommends that the amount for hydrant service be raised and appropriated from the tax levy and the balance be taken from the earnings of the Water Plant.
The question of purchasing electric current will come before the Town at our annual town neeting, and if the town should decide to purchase current we believe pumping of water should be done by electricity and would recommend the installation of an electric pump for that purpose.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
This year we are required to appropriate direct by taxation an amount to be charged for our street lighting and town build- ings. We would recommend that $12.00 a light for our 40w lamps
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and $75.00 a light for our 300w lamps to be raised and appropriat- ed, this would make
790-40w lamps @ $12.00
$9480 00
19-300w lamps @ $75.00 1425 00
Total
$10,905 00
From this amount will be charged depreciation $3150., inter- est $2284., note payment $3550., as required by statute.
As the various departments have included in their recom- mendations appropriations for electricity to be used by their de- partments, we recommend that a sum not to to exceed $895.00 be raised and appropriated by the various departments for electricity to be used in the town buildings.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE H. W. HAYES, WILLIAM H. RAND, ARTHUR H. WALTON.
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT.
This is to certify that I have examined the books and ac- counts of the Water and Electric Light Department, and of the Treasurer of the Sinking Fund and find them correct.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor. Ipswich, Feb. 6, 1919.
Toton of Ipswich.
ANNUAL REPORT
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THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
16 87
FOR THE YEAR 1918.
Charles G. Hull, Printer, 8 Cogswell Street, Ipswich, Mass. 1919.
ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Chairman, Herbert W. Mason
Finance and Budget,
Herbert W. Mason and William J. Riley
Text Books and Teachers. Herbert W. Mason and Dr. G. E. MacArthur
Buildings and Grounds, Luther Wait and Joseph W. Ross
Improvement and Insurance, Luther Wait and Joseph W. Ross
School Physician, Dr. George E. MacArthur
School Nurse Martha J. Stewart
Attendance Officer,
George W. Tozer
Clerk of the Board,
George W. Tozer
Superintendent and Purchasing Agent,
Joseph I. Horton
Office,
Office Hours,
Manning School Building
School Days from 3.30 to 5.00
EDUCATION.
General Expenses.
Joseph I. Horton, superintendent
$1949 98
George W. Tozer, clerk 610 02
George W. Tozer, truant officer 75 00
George W. Tozer, census taker
49 98
Ipswich Chronicle, printing
50 25
Charles G. Hull, printing
304 40
J. H. Lakeman, postage
38 99
Measures Co., Inc., supplies
35
Bernard L. Goss, printing
4 00
New England T. & T. Co., telephone
99 42
George E. MacArthur, M. D., physician
300 00
Charles O. Bishop, boat hire
2 00
D. A. Grady, auto hire
8 00
Joseph J. Horton, cash paid out
30 74
John P. Marston, cash paid out
2 50
American Railway Express Co., express
23 90
Measures Co., Inc., supplies 4 10
Ernst Hermann, services 138 30
Library Bureau, supplies
43 70
Coburn Charitable Asso., services welfare nurse 150 00
M. Bennett, supplies 4 95
Brown-Howland Co., supplies 4 70
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Boston Index Card Co., supplies
1 10
F. E. Wood, trucking 23 21
Dimond-Union Stamp Works, stamps 2 20
Mrs. J. C. Stone, flags 2 00
Mass. High School Athletic Asso., membership fee 2 00
H. B. McArdle, supplies
1 30
People's Express Co., express
32
B. J. Conley, supplies
25
$3927 66
Teachers' Salaries-Day School.
John P. Marston
1220 00
Helen M. Anderson
610 00
Louise M. Marsh
713 00
Mary Weeks
360 00
Olive Sullivan
300 00
Mary W. Sullivan
360 00
Gwendolyn Taggart
267 75
Mildred Emerson
570 00
Amy B. Lindsey
660 00
1
Elizabeth C. Ferguson
700 00
Gertrude P. Twombly
187 50
Herbert W. Pickup
700 00
Helen E. Sanby
300 00
Elizabeth M. Wood
320 00
Elizabeth P. Lewis
320 00
Edna M. Rowell
280 00
Laura L. Cole
260 00
Lois V. Savage
340 00
Georgia L. Blaisdell
340 00
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Alice K. Lockwood
640 00
Katherine F. Sullivan
960 00
S. Isabel Arthur
766 75
Leroy W. Jackman
651 25
L. Eva Stearns
624 00
Emma Bell
640 00
Eva A. Willcomb
620 00
William Murphy
356 25
Ethel W. Archer
510 00
Marian P. Webster
550 00
Carrie L. Bowman
360 00
Hazel M. Weare
600 00
Marguerite Houlihan
570 00
Lucy Ardel Kimball
675 00
Annie P. Wade
650 00
Elizabeth A. Caldwell
560 00
Grace A. Bowlen
240 00
Frances Trussell
240 00
B. Miriam Bryant
562 50
Winfield W. Lunt
720 00
Grace Higgins
330 00
Nellie T. Sullivan
740 00
Winifred M. Fleming
640 00
Lydia S. Harris
640 00
Martina E. O'Neil
640 00
Arthur H. Tozer
500 00
Lillah M. Mackinnon
528 75
Cora H. Jewett
320 00
Hilda J. Schofield
140 00
Arthur W. Gould
93 32
Myrtle H. Cunningham
60 00
Hazel Barstow
15 00
Mrs. J. P. Marston
2 50
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
Beatrice Johnson
5 00
Anna C. Parziale
16 36
Katherine C. Baker
1 25
Mrs. George F. Durgin
6 25
Daisy Ehler
15 00
Frances Quinlan
15 00
C. H. Striley
39 00
Beatrice Pedrick
15 00
Hattie Brown
7 50
Mrs. J. V. Hubbard
27 50
Augusta Greenache
6 00
Annie Bailey
27 00
Ernst Hermann
110 00
25244 43
Teachers' Salaries-Evening School.
Helen E. Sanby
30 00
Katherine F. Sullivan
45 10
Nellie T. Sullivan
45 10
Leroy W. Jackman
68 00
Winifred M. Fleming
45 10
Lois V. Savage
36 00
Annie P. Wade
43 10
Mrs. J. P. Marston
6 00
Ruth Joyce
2 50
320 90
Text Books and Supplies.
Ginn & Company 81 30
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Milton Bradley Co.
369 88
N. E. Retail Grocers' Asso.
10 00
D. C. Heath & Co.
107 71
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
123 79
Edward E. Babb & Co.
341 41
Zaner & Bloser Co.
6 70
Ipswich Historical Society
6 00
The Macmillan Co.
3 63
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co.
53 74
Little, Brown & Co.
2 12
Doubleday, Page & Co.
1 13
J. L. Hammet Co.
683 32
John C. Winston Co.
2 15
American Book Co.
119 91
Allyn & Bacon
2 48
G. P. Putnam's Sons
1 50
Charles Scribners' Sons
22 26
Etta M. Jordan
5 25
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
41 40
Review of Reviews
10 50
The Outlook Co.
15 00
Silver, Burdett & Co.
6 84
Kenny Bros. & Wolkins
178 25
The Prang Co.
8 05
Canney Lumber Co.
233 67
Measures Co., Inc.
11 25
Electric Light Dept.
10 00
A. J. Wilkinson
16 12
Ipswich Mills
3 85
Chandler & Barber Co.
20 17
William H. Field Co.
2.90
C. S. Tyler
20
R. B. McKim Co.
14 05
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT. 9
New England Reed Co.
7 00
N. J. Bolles
49 31
Titcomb & Co.
1 31
C. O. Abell
42 00
Farley. Harvey & Co.
71 36
Hiller & Co.
28 39
C. S. Tyler
2 20
Houghton & Dutton Co.
2 25
Oliver Ditson Co.
74 84
C. Howard Hunt Pen Co.
5 11
H. B. McArdle
113 56
Royal Typewriter Co.
150 00
Remington Typewriter Co.
249 00
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
81 67
Wright & Ditson
14 36
Leroy Phillips
4 50
Manifold Mfg. Co.
75
3414 14
Transportation.
D. A. Grady
1102 25
Walter K. Chapman
320 00
Michael Ryan
97 00
Bay State St. Ry. Co.
438 40
1957 65
Janitor Service. 970 00
Fred B. Saunders
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Thomas A. Howe
251 72
Wm. H. Bodwell .
246 73
George W. Tozer
130 09
Wm. J. Wallace
105 00
Mary E. Saunders
22 50
Mrs. M. Ryan
83 00
I. E. B. Perkins
170 00
Wm. F. Rutherford
120 00
Howard Blake
141 00
Cora H. Jewett
18 00
B. R. Horton
7 00
2.265 04
Fuel and Light.
Lathrop Bros.
1455 80
A. H. Peatfield
530 20
Charles L. Lovell
1876 67
George Fall
580 75
Samuel C. Gordon
165 10
Ipswich Mills
10 74
Irving Manzer
35 00
D. S. Perley
81 50
Appleton Farms
591 00
George M. Adams
75 00
John A. Brown
14 00
James R. Small
5 00
Electric Light Dept.
60 72
5481 48
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Buildings and Grounds.
E. G. Damon, carpentry
38 47
Arthur W. Gould, carpentry
69 95
Wm. H. Bodwell, carpentry
57 16
Manzer & Damon, carpentry
24 85
J. J. Merrill, services and supplies
37 45
George W. Hills, painting
7 58
I. E. B. Perkins, labor
1 42
Austin L. Lord, masonry
106 45
W. E. Bassett, supplies
52 06
Reuben Andrews, painting
78 16
Wm. A. Banfill, painting
3 00
A. J. Brennan, plumbing
174 70
Stone-Underhill Heat. & Vent. Co., services
561 04
J. H. Hardy, carpentry
1 00
Wilfred C. Dun, labor
7 50
George Hayes, plumbing
98 56
Wm. H. Rand, plumbing
54 11
R. L. Purinton, plumbing
9 53
Canney Lumber Co., lumber
71 66
Reformatory for Women, flag
6 10
C. F. Chapman & Son, supplies
4 55
Wm. P. Reilly, supplies
40
Mass. State Prison, supplies
27 83
C. S. Tyler, supplies
2 88
Thomas Hollis & Co., supplies
3 75
Masury-Young Co., supplies
59 70
Middlesex County House of Correction, supplies
63
Peabody Anti-Dust Co., supplies 6 25
Water Dept., water
183 99
John W. Goodhue, supplies 192 53
H. W. Phillips, supplies 73 50
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T. H. Perkins, trucking
35 14
F. E. Wood, trucking
25 20
Joseph A. King, repairs
7 82
W. Stowe, supplies
25 00
Wm. A. Mitchell, cleaning vaults
63 00
T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc., supplies
28 80
Charles L. Lovell, lime
4 85
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies
3 73
Ipswich Mills, supplies
2 50
Arthur C. Damon, supplies
4 75
Samuel C. Gordon, labor and teaming
590 11
Standard Electric Time Co., repairs
8 23
F. R. Schaller, piano tuning
15 50
G. C. Fiske, supplies
4 48
2636 77
Furniture and Furnishings.
John F. Wippich, repairs
6 25
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies
81 58
Daniel Reid
27 00
W. C. Bates Co., piano
50 00
Arthur C. Damon, supplies
46 18
211 01
Rent.
Nettie R. Johnson 5 00
5 00
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
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Diplomas and Graduating Exercises.
Dr. Lemuel J. Murlin. services
25 00
4 20
C. S. Tyler, ribbon Prudential Trust Co.,
38 20
67 40
Insurance.
Cogswell & Safford
36 80
G. A. Barker
205 95
E. C. Brooks, Agt.
31 25
Damon & Damon
143 35
George A. Schofield
364 65
782 00
46313 48
441 18
46754 66
Balance from 1917
215 61
Appropriation
46500 00
Appropriation 1917 unpaid bills
39 05
46754 66
Total expenditures Unexpended balance
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of the Town of Ipswich :-
The School Committee desires to record its approval of the two-session plan for the High School, and has recommended to the Superintendent that the sessions be continued on that basis.
The attention of the citizens is called to a plan that has been established in the High School, known as the Councilor- Teacher plan, whereby each teacher is to give particular atten- tion to a specified group of students, and to whom these stu- dents are to turn for advice in regard to their courses of study and plans for future educational training. It is hoped that by means of this arrangement the students will be able to avail themselves more readily of the experience and knowledge of the teacher, and on the other hand, the teacher, having as- sumed a degree of responsibility for the development of certain specified students, will be able by advice, and if necessary by the use of stronger methods, to keep the students alive to the need of keeping their work up to the standards required for securing the benefits of the High School training. Parents and guardians of students in the High School can help very mate- rially in the proper development of this plan by consulting frequently with the teacher under whose supervision the students in whom they are particularly interested are placed.
Physical training in the schools is being developed, and the
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School Committee believes that this branch of the work should gradually be made more effective.
The appearance of the school grounds has been greatly improved, and the Committee desires to maintain them in such a condition that the school yards will always be considered as an ornament and not a detriment to the appearance of the town. Consideration is being given to the need of straightening the back line of the property on Central Street in order to give more play room out doors in the rear of the school buildings.
It is very strongly urged that parents and guardians of the students in the schools keep a careful watch on the school work, and that any matters needing attention be reported at once to the proper school authorities. The School Committee, and all others who are connected with the schools in any official capacity, are most anxious that the schools of Ipswich be made the best that is possible with the resources the town has avail- able for educational purposes, and we ask the co-operation of all citizens of the town to that end.
The School Committee appreciates the work done during the year by the Superintendent, Principals, Teachers, and Off- cers, and with a full realization of the difficulties that have been overcome, congratulates them on the progress that has been made.
The careful perusal of the report of the Superintendent and other officials is earnestly requested.
Respectfully submitted for the School Committee of Ips- wich by
Herbert W. Mason, Chairman Dr. George E. MacArthur Howard N. Doughty William J. Riley Luther Wait Joseph W. Ross
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
To the School Committee of the Town of Ipswich, Gentlemen :-
I herewith submit the following report of the conditions of our schools for the calendar year just closed. This is the seventeenth annual report coming from the office of the Superintendent, and, in addition to the usual financial state- ment, and general survey of the schools as a whole, it will con- tain the subsidiary reports of supervisors and of those acting as heads of departments.
This has been a most trying year for schools and school officials. Never before in the history of this country, have such imperative demands been made upon them; never before have such requests been answered sò fully and completely. Our colleges, our fitting schools and our high schools, have res- ponded most nobly to every call and have given most gener- ously of their best and most promising young manhood.
Our own schools have suffered but little in this respect, as most of our pupils were too young to join the regular forces on the firing line or in the various camps. We have suffered, how- ever, from another cause, which in a measure, was preventable; and that is the headlong rush of pupils into industrial lines of work. The abnormal wages caused by the shortage of labor
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and the urgency of supplying the war's demands, proved too strong a temptation to many of our young people who with- drew from school, to engage in work which for the moment seemed to them to be more profitable. The shrinkage in the enrollment last year for the whole State amounted to 18 per cent. That this figure will be greatly exceeded this year is the settled conviction of those best qualified to judge.
In a great majority of cases this means a permanent with- drawal from school and educational opportunity, and forces these unfortunate youth into the ranks of unskilled labor. In later years they will realize their mistake and be filled with life- long regret.
The whole movement was an economic blunder and we are still blundering. Thousands and thousands of boys might have been better employed in the work of the schools. This is a stubborn fact and it will remain for years to come. We have made a tremendous loss in intelligent, capable, self-governing manhood, which is bound to manifest its seriousness more and more as time goes on. This is the one fact that I wish to estab- lish in the minds of this community: That the breaking away from school work and school influences has entailed a loss that this community and this nation can ill afford to bear, and that we must strive by all means to recover as much as possible of the ground we have lost.
Owing to the causes already mentioned, there was a con- siderable shrinkage in the enrollment of the Junior and Senior High Schools. Neither did the upper grades escape in this res- pect. Pupils completing the work of the fourth grade and having reached the age of fourteen years, demanded labor certif- icates which we were compelled by law to give them.
But this was not the end of our troubles. The epidemic of influenza cost us just one month of school time. We have been losing nearly an hour each day on account of poor car serv.ce.
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The habitual truant has been much in evidence and the at- tendance officer has been obliged to spend a good portion of his time in returning these boys to school. £ In a few instances the parents have shown hostility to, and a defiance of the law. In such cases we have been obliged to institute legal proceed- ings against them.
With a better understanding of the spirit which prompts school attendance, and a more thorough knowledge of the re- quirements of school and labor laws, we may look for a marked improvement in this respect. To further this end we shall em- body in this report such abstracts from our school and labor laws as have a direct bearing upon this phase of the subject and it is hoped that they may receive that careful consideration to which they are justly entitled.
The lack of parental control has become very noticeable of late years. The child goes to school, or remains at home, or with- draws from school altogether, just as the whim strikes him. In some cases he is absolute master of the situation. Neither arguments nor entreaties nor threats avail anything. He chooses his own road and is determined to walk therein. When the authorities intervene, the parents in too many instances take sides with the child to his lasting injury. This ought not to be so. The parent and the teacher must cooperate more closely if the child is to receive the benefit of right training. In this connection let me say that this matter has assumed such proportions that it has become a significant contributory cause of reduced attendance, especially in the Junior and Senior High Schools.
There is another matter to which I wish to call the attention of the parents; and that is the tendency of our undergraduate pupils to complete their education in some out-of-town business college. Let it be understood at the outset that I make no crit- icism on the well-established commercial schools. They are doing a good work and are worthy of public confidence in
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every respect. They give the most practical and up-to-date commercial training to be had anywhere and our merchants and shopkeepers depend upon them for clerical help. But our pu- pils need first of all the broader preparation of our High School before attempting to specialize. They will find that a High School diploma is a very valuable asset, and will assist them in many ways toward securing positions and an advance of salary.
I regret to say that some of our pupils who "flunk" in their work have not the requisite moral courage to return to school and repeat the subject in which they failed. We are trying to offer a good commercial course in our High School, and we feel that we are prepared to give up-to-date instruction and · save tuition expense at the same time. To bear out this state- ment let me say that one of our pupils was wise enough to dis- ' cover this fact for himself. He returned to this school and is doing good work at no cost to himself or his parents.
The foregoing is intended to show the need of the cooper- ation and good judgment on the part of parents and pupils and teachers. Let us never forget that the pupils in these schools are passing through the period of adolescence, the most critical and important period of their existence. It is the time when the youth receives impressions, good or bad, most easily. It is the period of character formation, when they should be sur- rounded and impressed by the highest and noblest ideals and be guided by some good, firm counselor, in whose judgment they have confidence and are willing to follow his advice. The street, the shop, and the saloon do not furnish the best environ- ment for such growth. The help of the church, the home, and all other good influences should be invoked in behalf of these young people that their lives may be given the right trend and direction whose end should be a more intelligent citizenship ca- pable of a larger service. The training of our youth during this critical stage should not be left in their own hands, and we
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