Town annual report of Ipswich 1919, Part 5

Author: Ipswich (Mass.:Town)
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Lynn News Press / J. F. Kimball
Number of Pages: 232


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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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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


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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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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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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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