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1,000
Nov. 19,
1907
1
157
2,000
1,000
4
Nov. 30,
1908
1
160
"
Five Cent Savings Bank, Lynn Cemetery Trust Funds
$250.00 each
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
$195,900
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Electric Light Department.
CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES.
The following bills have been paid for construction dur- ing the year 1919.
Paid to
Amount
C J Dupray, labor
$398 39
J H Sheppard, labor
272 46
A D Mallard, labor
254 70
Charles Strout, labor
88 20
Edward Brooks, labor
98 00
Henry Lavoie, labor
101 20
Leslie Dupray, labor
207 60
Fred Davis, labor
28 00
John Singer, labor
18 95
Ipswich Mills, labor
13 50
Pettingell Andrews, supplies
4086 11
Wetmore Savage Co, supplies
1696 11
J W Goodhue, supplies
10 50
Geo L Buckminster Co, supplies
63 25
J J Merrill, supplies
30 74
F E Wood, teaming
74 89
Edmund Wile, teaming
78 75
B & M R R, freight
320 00
American Express, express
5 87
Peoples Express, express
2 84
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Paid to
Amount
N E T & T Co, telephone
30 01
Wetmore Savage Co, transformers
401 20
E L Blaisdell, transformers
2 25
General Electric Co, supplies
785 55
.J .J Merrill, supplies
358 90
Stuart Howland Co, supplies
64 80
$9492 77
DR. CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
CR.
To balance, 1918
$2930 28
By bills paid
$9642 77
To Depreciation appro. 3150 00
By balance
2603 81
To sale of note
6000 00
To cash .. Private cn.
166 30
$12246 58
$12246 58
COST OF CONSTRUCTION
Dec. 31, '18
Year 1919
Total
Cost of Real Estate
$ 8117 19
$ 8117 19
Cost of Steam Plant
16431 18
16431 18
Cost of Electric Lines
75730 77
$9642 77
85373 54
Cost of Electric Plant
10008 54
10008 54
$110287 68
$9642 77
$119930 45
NOTES AND INTEREST
Interest paid 1919 by Treasurer
$2284 00
Notes paid 1919 by Treasurer
3550 00
DR. NOTE INDEBTEDNESS
CR.
To notes outstanding Jan. 1. 1919 $57500 00 By bal. outstand-
By notes paid 1919
$3550 00
To note authorized in 1919 6000 00
ing Jan. 1, '19
59950 00
$63500 00
$63500 00
,
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Manager's Report.
To the Water and Municipal Lighting Commission. Gentlemen :
I submit the following report of the receipts and ex- penses of the Lighting Plant for the year 1919.
MAINTENANCE
Paid to
Amount
Labor
Edmund Russell, engineer
$1545 82
F W Fiske, engineer
1024 32
George E Brown. engineer
1479 27
Everett Guilford, fireman
196 00
George L Fall, fireman
1326 90
E Olmstead, fireman
959 93
R B Pickard, fireman
1151 52
Fred C Rust, fireman
1158 27
Wm P Edgerly, fireman
1048 18
C J Dupray, electrician
937 27
J H Sheppard, electrician
878 62
Total
$11706 10
Fuel
B & MR R, coal
$5429 39
John A Brown, coal
153 15
Atkinson Coal Co. coal
4783 83
Rees Jenkins, coal
259 78
W W Walton, trimming coal
109 68
Geo B Courtis, teaming coal
691 70
Chas L Lovell, coal
68 59
Felix Wegzyn, teaming coal
49 36
James Sheppard, teaming coal
30 28
$11575 76
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Paid to
Amount
Miscellaneous
G A Schofield, insurance
$666 87
Cotton & Woolen Mfg Ins Co, insurance
100 00
G A Schofield Jr, insurance
12 60
Damon & Damon, insurance
452 04
N J Bolles, repairs steam plant
2 44
Ames Iron Works, repairs steam plant
24 90
G W Knowlton Rubber Co. repairs steam plant
10 32
United States Rubber Co, repairs steam plant
3 99
Garlock Packing Co, repairs steam plant
2 47
C F Chapman & Son, repairs steam plant
1 90
G P Anderson, repairs electric plant
7 00
C F Chapman & Son, repairs electric plant
11 20
General Electric Co, repairs electric plant
3 32
N J Bolles, repairs electric plant
1 40
C S Tyler, repairs electric plant
10 71
General Electric Co, repairs electric plant
3 92
J J Merrill, repairs electric plant .
38 18
G W Knowlton Rubber Co, repairs electric plant
9 10
John Mclaughlin, repairs lines
20 00
Daniel Maguire, repairs lines
20 00
C F Chapman & Son, repairs lines
19 11
.J W Goodhne, repairs lines
25 47
A C Damon, repairs lines
55
American Express, repairs lines
3 52
George Hayes, repairs lines
90
F E Wood, repairs lines
10 97
N E T & T Co, repairs lines
21 41
Jos A King, repairs lines
14 25
A H Walton, repairs lines
19 75
J J Merrill, repairs lines
34 62
A D Mallard, repairs lines
26 84
Orrin Leno, repairs lines
9 80
Albert Sheppard, repairs lines
2 64
Wm G Horton, repairs lines
2 18
J W Goodhue, station supplies
10 75
George Hayes, station supplies
5 00
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Paid to
Amount
Wetmore Savage Co, station supplies
11 55
A G Osborne, oil & waste 784 20
F E Wood, oil & waste
29 80
C FF Chapman & Son, oil & waste
2 40
E E Currier, auto supplies & repairs 72 90
Mayer & Porter, auto supplies & repairs 159 74
Hammett Street Garage, auto supplies & repairs
90 83
A J Brennan, auto supplies & repairs 1 67
Almy Bigelow Washburn, auto supplies & repairs
70 48
Ipswich Mills, auto supplies & repairs
9 25
R W Davis, auto supplies & repairs
23 68
C J Dupray, auto supplies & repairs
3 00
Wetmore Savage Co, auto supplies & repairs
215 04
Jos A King, auto supplies & repairs
3 55
Wilsons Garage, auto supplies & repairs
2 80
W O Conant, auto supplies & repairs
7 50
Mass Highway Com, auto supplies & repairs
2 00
J H Lakeman, postage
92 53
N E T & T Co, telephone
34 96
G A Schofield & Son, printing
123 00
A C Damon, supplies
1 70
Brown Howland, supplies
69 78
Mun Lighting Asso, dues
10 00
Hobbs Warren, supplies
33 30
C S Garrette, supplies
3 03
Peoples Express Co, supplies
37
Treasurer Town of Ipswich, typewriter
35 00
John Tupper, supplies
10 40
Pettingell Andrews, supplies
8 97
Wetmore Savage Co, supplies
5 20
C J Dupray, supplies
5 00
F E Wood, teaming
3 23
Miley Soap Co, supplies
24 50
C S Tyler, supplies
9 73
Geo E Marsh Co, supplies
15 07
Com of Mass, assessment
16 59
A H Walton, manager & clerk
650 00
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Paid to
Amount
A A Jewett, bookkeeper
324 00
A H Walton, commissioner 100 00
Wm H Rand, commissioner
100 00
Walter G Brown, commissioner 80 55
G H W Hayes, commissioner
19 45
$4876 87
-
Note Payment
Notes paid by Treasurer
$3550 00
Interest
Interest paid various parties by Treasurer $2284 00
Jobbing Department
C J Dupray, labor 8 75
$
J H Sheppard, labor
9 42
Wetmore Savage Co, supplies
21 32
Pettingell Andrews Co, supplies
10 31
American Express, express
31
J J Merrill, supplies
25 83
$75 94
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DR.
MAINTENANCE CR.
To bal Jan 1, 1919,$ 5297 46
To sale of current 26238 74
By bills paid 1919 $28008 73 Less old bills due Jan 1. 1919 1163 62
To sale steam power 3000 00
To insurance div 90 00
Coal on hand 2137 00
To miscellaneous 88 48
By bal in favor of
To rent of poles due 200 80
Dept Jan 1, 1920 9665 68
To amt due for light 4085 27
To amt rec for coal 298 28
To coal on hand 1676 00
$40975 03
$40975 03
DR. JOBBING DEPARTMENT CR.
To bal profits to Jan 1, 1919
$3493 64
By old bills due Jan 1, 1919 74 36
To cash for labor & material
78 77
To bills due
18. 31
By bal in favor of dept Jan 1, 1920 3440 42
$3590 72
By bills paid 1919 $ 75 94
$3590 72
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Treasurer's Statement.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT, TOWN OF IPSWICH WILLIAM J. RILEY, TREASURER DR.
To amounts received :
Commercial Light
$20928 48
Town Buildings
872 96
Jobbing
11 54
Power
5496 37
Miscellaneous
730 22
Depreciation appropriation
3150 00
Note appropriation
3550 00
Interest appropriation
2284 00
Balance Street light appropriation
1921 00
Note Issue
6000 00
$44944 57
CR.
By paid :
$37727 44
Notes
3550 00 2284 00
Interest
$43561 44
Balance, January 1919
$1383 13
The Treasurer has the following bills for collection :
Commercial Light
$ 491 18
Miscellaneous
18 31
$509 49
Commitment, Dec. 31, 1919
$3594 09
Rent of poles
200 80
3794 89
$4304 38
Orders
ELECTRIC LIGHT LOAN.
HELD BY
Amount Rate Date of Issue
No. Notes
Maturities
Chelsea Savings Bank
$7,000
4
Oct.
1, 1903
7. notes
1920-1926 inc
Malden Savings Bank
2,000
4
Oct.
1, 1903
2 notes
1927-1928 ine
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
3,000
4
Oct.
1,
1903
3 notes
1920-1922 inc
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
2,000
4
Dec.
15, 1904
2 notes
1920-1921
Holliston Savings Bank
4,000
4
Dec.
15,
1904
4 notes
1922-1925 ine
State of Massachusetts
4,000
4
May
1,
1905
4 notes
1926-1929 ine
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
2,000
4
Dec.
15,
1906
2 notes
1930-1931
Cemetery Trust Funds
2,000
4
June 15,
1907
2 notes
1932-1933
North Avenue Savings Bank
2,000
4
June 30,
1908
2 notes
1934 1935
Malden Savings Bank
2,000
4
June 15,
1909
2 notes
1936-1937
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
2,000
4
June 30,
1910
4 notes
1931-1934 ine
Five Cent Savings Bank, Lynn
2,000
4
Oct.
1,
1910
4 notes
1920-1923 ine
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
3,500
4
Oct.
1,
1910
7 notes
1924-1930 ine
Ipswich Savings Bank
3,750
4
Dec.
30, ,
1910
15 notes
1920-1934 ine
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
1,300
4
June 29,
1912
1 note
$100.00 ca v"
George A. Schofield
1,400
4
June 30,
1913
note
$100.00 ea VI
Sinking Fund Ipswich Water Dept.
1,500
4
June 30,
1913
1 note
$100.00 ea Vr
1,500
4
June 30,
1914
note
$100.00 ea Vr
1,600
4
June 30,
1915
note
$100.00 ea
1,700
4
June 30,
1916
1 note
$100.00 ea Vr
1,800
4 June 30,
1917
1 . note
$100.00 ea Vr
1,900
4 June 30,
1918
1 note
$100.00 ea
Ipswich Savings Bank
6,000
5 July
1,
1919
12 notes
1920-1931
Total
$59,950
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Manager's Report.
This year I would recommend the Town appropriate $10707.00 for street lights, the same amount paid per lamp as last year. From this amount will be charged interest, note and depreciation, the balance to be charged to manu- facturing account.
The following tables show the number of services and also the amount of sales each year since the start.
Sale of Current
Year
No. Services
and Power
1904
69
$ 3605 53
1905
105
7076 77
1906
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
1919
700
29238 74
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT
Our contract with the Town of Rowley expires July next, if the Town continues supplying them with their cur- rent and the load increases this year as it did last year the Town should take some action either to enlarge our plant or buy current. As we have nearly reached our maximum load for our large engine, whether we generate or buy I think the time has come when something should be done to increase our capacity. If the Town this year decides to make a change in their plant, the question of cost will come upon the taxpayer, which should be carefully considered. I believe the cost of buying current would be far less than to generate to receive the same results and I would recom- mend as I did last year to buy current, providing the price is right.
ARTHUR H. WALTON, Manager.
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Commissioners' Report.
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
The Municipal Water and Light Commission submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1919. Water Department
The expenditures for the year 1920 are estimated to be as follows :
For Interest Payment $7831 00
For Sinking Fund 4994 53
For General Expenses 7000 00
For Hydrant Service 2237 50
Total $22063 03
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 De- partment.
Electric Light Department
We would recommend the Town raise and appropriate for street lights the same amount per lamp as last year making
786-40 watt lamps at $12.00 $9432 00
17-300 watt lamps at 75.00 1275 00
Total $10707 00 From this amount will be charged Interest $2442.00,
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note $4050.00 and depreciation $3300.00.
We would recommend no appropriation be made to the Electric Light Department for the Town buildings, as the various departments include in their budgets recommenda- tions for the same.
If the Town enters into another contract with the Town of Rowley which expires July next, and our load continues to grow as it has the last year, we believe the Town should take some action to enlarge our plant or buy current as our . peak load has nearly reached the maximum of our large engine.
We would recommend the Town take some action to in- crease our capacity.
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR H. WALTON, W. H. RAND.
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AUDITOR'S STATEMENT.
This is to certify that I have examined the books and accounts of the Water and Electric Light Department, and of the Treasurer of the Sinking Fund and find them cor- rect.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor. Ipswich, Jan. 26, 1920.
ANNUAL REPORT
- OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
. -
OF THE
MAS
PS
INC
1634
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1637
Town of Ipswich
FOR THE YEAR 1919.
Charles G. Hull, Printer: 8 Cogswell Street, Ipswich, Mass. 1920.
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 Supplies, Buildings and Grounds Luther Wait and Charles H. Galligan
School Physician School Nurse
Dr. George E. MacArthur Martha J. Stewart
Attendance Officer Clerk of the Board
George W. Tozer George W. Tozer
Superintendent and Purchasing Agent
Office
Office Hours
Joseph I. Horton Manning School Building School Days from 3.30 to 5.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation for 1919 Balance from 1918
$49000 00
441 18
Expenditures.
General Expenses
$ 4081 65
Salaries:
Day Schools
30426 15
Evening School
508 00
Text Books and Supplies
4696 50
Transportation
2360 32
Janitors' Service
2660 99
*Fuel and Light
1781 44
Building and Grounds
1475 01
Furniture and Furnishings
124 20
Insurance
274 00
Diplomas and Graduating Exercises
74 05
Tuition
75 60
Miscellaneous
86 53
Unpaid Bills
88 23
Delayed Bills
551 78
Unexpended Balance
176 73
$49441 18
$49441 18
*The item for fuel should be increased by $566.53, as the balance of the coal order was not delivered until January 6th, 1920.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of the Town of Ipswich :-
In submitting its annual
report the School Committee desires to express its appreciation of the fact that our schools have been enabled to continue their work throughout the year with little or no interruption. There have been, of course, some minor hindrances to steady progress, but on the whole the year has been exceptionally free from epidemics and those other misfortunes that work so disastrously against the maintenance of up-to-date standards of scholar- ship.
We have been fortunate, too, in retaining the services of most of our teachers throughout the entire year. Fewer changes have been made thus far this year than for sometime past. This has been a distinct advantage to our schools and was se- cured only by increasing salaries to the level of those paid in other places of the same population and wealth. And this, we feel, must become the settled policy of the Town if we are to retain our best teachers.
The call to service withdrew a large number of our male teachers who will not return to educational fields until the com- pensation for teaching is more nearly on a parity with that
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received from industrial lines. The same is also true of wom- en teachers who, for the time being, have left the calling for other kinds of work that are more remunerative.
But whether any of these ever return to the profession of teaching or not, it is only fair and just to the faithful few that our appreciation of their loyalty be shown by sufficient salaries to enable them not only to meet the higher cost of living, but also to maintain respect for their calling and to save something for old age.
This is not a matter of sentiment. It is a simple economic problem of supply and demand, and at present the demand vastly exceeds the supply.
We trust that the citizens of our town will concur in this view of the situation and grant us the increase for salaries as apportioned in our budget.
We wish to call your attention to that part of the special report dealing with the physical condition of our school chil- dren. This is certainly a bad showing and should arouse us to some action tending to a decided and permanent improve- ment. Physical exercise is doing something along this line, but it cannot do everything. The daily program of the lives of our school children needs to be revised at once. Parents should give careful and intelligent consideration to this matter if they wish their boys and girls to develop into strong and sturdy men and women, of a type able to render efficient service and to en- dure the strain of present-day requirements.
Your Committee is in full accord with the Superintendent in reference to the exploitation of our school children. This matter has been carried too far for the intellectual, physical and moral well-being of our pupils, and we hope to see a reason- able curtailment in those activities which depend too much for their successful accomplishment upon the pupils of our schools.
The sanitary arrangements at the Payne and Cogswell
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Schools still remain in their out-of-date and primitive condition. It is unnecessary to repeat any arguments as to the desirability of making changes here. The cost of material and of labor has been prohibitive, and we have not recently urged the settlement of this question so much as its real importance demands. But as prices are in a fair way to remain at this level for some time to come and complaints have been frequent, we feel the necessity of putting the proposition squarely before you. We therefore ask for a special appropriation of two thousand ($2000.) dollars that the toilet arrangements of these schools may be put into sanitary and reasonably modern condition.
We renew our recommendations of last year in reference to straightening the back line of the Manning and Winthrop School grounds and if possible to secure a right of way to Man- ning Street.
The Superintendent's report will contain abstracts from two very important school laws passed by our Legislature during the session of 1918 and 1919. One of those has reference to the amount of money returned by the State to the Town each year on condition that teachers' salaries be raised to certain specified limits fixed by law. The other compels the establish- ment of special school privileges for delinquents.
As both these laws have a direct and special bearing upon school appropriations you are most strongly urged to give them your careful consideration.
We are much pleased to note that more and more of our High School pupils are contemplating going to college each succeeding year. This would seem to indicate a growing thoughtfulness on the part of our pupils in reference to' their life work and a determination to lay a good foundation for usefulness later on. We cannot too strongly urge this matter to the attention of more of our pupils. Such a course not only brings advantages to the students themselves, but it adds very materially to the
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good name of the school and of the town. A well-trained mind and a sound body, added to frugal and industrious habits, are ยท a sufficient guaranty for a useful and successful life.
Your Committee desires to make our schools of the largest possible advantage to all concerned, but we wish to impress most forcibly upon the minds of our youth that education alone is not sufficient .- It must be accompanied by the spirit of per- sonal effort and endeavor, by an enlightened vision and a sin- cere desire to supply world needs. Then our schools will be fulfilling their mission and be giving to the community just what every tax-payer has a right to expect and demand-a good citizen.
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT W. MASON, Chairman HOWARD N. DOUGHTY LUTHER WAIT DR. GEORGE E. MACARTHUR CHARLES H. GALLIGAN WILLIAM J. RILEY
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of the Town of Ipswich, Mass., Gentlemen :--
I herewith submit for your consideration the following report of the condition of the schools under your charge, together with such recommendations as in my judgment are most necessary for their further progress and usefulness. This is the eighteenth report from the office of the School Su- perintendent of the town and the fourth of my incumbency. Did time and space permit, it might be profitable to make some extended review of conditions as they were at the beginning of this period, and as they are today. Suffice it to say that our school population has shown a steady increase during this time and is today more than ten per cent. above what it was four years ago.
On the whole, our teachers have shown a commendable zeal; and, notwithstanding the many annoyances and interfer- ence by outside agencies, our schools have maintained a steady advance. That there have been no epidemics nor long periods of sickness in which a considerable number of pupils was in- volved, must be considered as extremely fortunate; and had it not been for the large number of truancy cases, our percentage of attendance would have made a very satisfactory showing. As
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it is, our attendance compares favorably with that of previous years, but it might have been better.
Since the beginning of the year, special emphasis has been placed upon the subject of reading in the lower grades. The results are most gratifying. The teachers of the grades have visited the best schools in Boston, Lynn, Salem, Beverly, and Lawrence, for the purpose of observing the methods and prac- tices of the very best special teachers in this line of work. We cannot speak too highly of the assistance given our teachers by Miss Niland of the Hancock School of Boston, Miss Kenneally of the Upham School of Salem, and Miss Churchill of the Oliver School of Lawrence. These teachers have obtained astonishing results with their pupils; and, for the honor of their noble cal- ling, let me say that they have been as generous and open- handed with their advice and timely suggestions as one could even wish.
Our own teachers have imbibed not a little of the enthu- siasm and earnestness of purpose so evident in those schools, and the results obtained here in our own schools have been most encouraging to both teacher and pupil alike. The amount of reading that will be accomplished in the primary grades this year will be double, and in some cases treble, that of former years.
When we consider that a great many of these little folks knew absolutely nothing of English when they entered school in September and that they have already completed their third and fourth elementary readers, we may well say that these pri- mary schools are the crown and glory of our common school system. They are the greatest good to the largest num- ber, the foundation upon which all after work is to be built. Failure here means failure all along the line; success here, if per- sistently followed, assures a splendid superstructure, of which the whole world may well be proud. I have always contended
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that these schools are of the utmost importance and should have the best teachers, and observation and experience would seem to bear me out in the contention.
I have persistently urged our teachers to pay closer atten- tion to the position of the pupils while the latter are engaged in all kinds of written work. The supervised drill of the writing lesson is not sufficient to carry over and hold the pupil to the correct position in other written exercises. In other words, the drill in movement and position is not sustained long enough in the writing lesson to insure correct position and movement in the written work of arithmetic or language, for instance. The closest attention and the most exacting supervision must be continued from one exercise to another, from day to day, and from grade to grade, until correct position and movement have crystallized into established habit. This system is followed by some of our teachers with mest gratifying results, and their pu- pils have been awarded certificates of penmanship. But there should be more teachers and more pupils doing this same kind of honest work. Lack of progress and actual deterioration are too much in evidence; and I shall offer, under the heading of salaries, some few suggestions which I hope may tend to im- provement. A good handwriting is too valuable an asset to be overlooked in our schools, and we must make all reasonable ef- forts to secure the same for each and all of our pupils.
Oral composition has been receiving an increasing share of attention in our schools during the past year. Instead of requir- ing the pupil to write about some subject with which perhaps he is not very familiar, we simply ask him to tell about his own experiences in his own way. He thus acquires the habit of cor- rect expression by using his mother tongue. Instead of memor- izing correct forms of expression, he habituates them. The cor- rections by the teacher apply to all his recitations, and thus his language lesson becomes a continnous performance, with ob-
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vious benefits to the whole class. This method begets a desire to excel, gives confidence, develops courtesy and leadership, and will ultimately make of our boys and girls more forceful and useful citizens. The work in this branch of our endeavor has been highly satisfactory in most of the rooms.
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