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School Nurse Martha J. Stewart, R. N.
Attendance Officer George W. Tozer
Superintendent and Purchasing Agent
Joseph I. Horton
Office . . . Manning School Building Office Hours School Days from 3.30 to 5.00
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EDUCATION.
General Expenses.
Joseph J. Horton, superintendent
$2365 00
George W. Tozer, clerk 400 00
George W. Tozer, truant officer
300 00
J. H. Lakeman, Postmaster, postage & box rent
48 87
George A. Schofield & Son, printing & adv. 93 30
Stanley A. Hull, printing reports 450 00
B. L. Goss, printing 6 50
Trimount Press, printing
2 22
Charles G. Hull, printing
1 50
University Paper Box Co., supplies
55 00
New England T. & T. Co., telephones
163 44
D. A. Grady, auto hire
64 50
J. W. A. Hayes, auto hire
4 00
Joseph I. Horton, car fares
72 73
George W. Tozer, taking census
100 00
George E. MacArthur, M. D., physician
500 00
American Railway Ex. Co., express
37 55
Peoples Express, express
11 41
F. E. Wood, express
19 03
Dennison Mfg. Co., supplies
1 57
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George Swan, plans 125 00
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., supplies 15 50
H. M. Meek Pub. Co., directory
4 00
Mass. Tuberculosis League, supplies 2 77
Charles S. Garrett, supplies
6 75
$ 4850 64
Teachers' Salaries.
Ralph C. Whipple
$1516 65
Lois E. Mann
1700 00
Elizabeth C. Ferguson
1480 00
·Helen J. Blodgett
1280 00
Helen N. Damon
1160 00
Theresa R. Whittemore
1520 00
Lura L. Cole
840 00
E. Margaret Allen
1280 00
Katherine F. Sullivan
1540 00
Gertrude R. Sheppard
1040 00
Abby L. Smith
1160 00
Mabel V. Ladd
660 00
Mary D. Hamelin
1080 00
Leroy W. Jackman
1140 00
L. Eva Stearns
580 25
Marion E. Brown
1140 00
Hazel M. Weare
1113 34
Ruth F. Joyce
1000 00
Amy Stanford
995 00
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Ethel M. Archer
1000 00
Grace A. Bowlen
1008 67
Frances P. Trussell
1020 00
Annie P. Wade
993 50
Lucy Ardelle Kimball
1120 00
Robert D. Conary
600 00
Addie S. Cook
330 00
Eva W. Merriam
480 00
Dorothy Darling
400 00
Anne E. Friend
400 00
A. Pauline Charles
320 00
Margaret Reilly
355 00
Alice D. Moran
440 00
Sa ra G. Houghton
360 00
Belle D. Rogers®
440 00
Eva A. Willcomb
1000 00
Helen W. Marr
660 00
Gertrude Mansfield
630 00
Susan E. Lycett
600 00
Myrtle H. Cunningham
555 00
Martha J. Stewart
-
1000 00
Nellie T. Smith
1420 00
Lydia S. Harris
1040 00
Winifred Millard
792 25
Augusta Grenache
1120 00
E. Mabel Adams
660 00
Abby Fellows
1040 00
Arthur H. Tozer
866 67
Ernst Hermann
275 00
Cora H. Jewett
170 00
Carrie Ladd
1000 00
Vivian Giramaire
50 00
Hilda M. Schofield
118 00
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Mrs. Ralph C. Whipple
290 00
Hattie W. Brown
287 00
Arthur W. Gould
1535 53
Lena J. Atherley
875 00
Mrs. Wm. Black
40 00
John G. Grainger
360 00
Ruth D. Marr
12 00
Grace Mansfield
24 00
$47912 86
Evening School.
Katherine F. Sullivan
$ 46 00
Nellie T. Smith
46 00
Katherine Reddy
38 00
Abby L. Smith
36 00
Theresa R. Whittemore
4 00
Helen N. Damon
4 00
$ 174 00
Text Books and Supplies.
American Book Co.
$424 36
Ginn & Company
530 22
2 66
D. Appleton & Co. World Book Co.
4 06
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Houghton Mifflin Co.
38 84
Edw. E. Babb & Co.
304 95
J. L. Hammett Co.
706 44
Regents Pub. Co.
1 20
Allyn & Bacon
21 15
Thos. J. McEvoy
11 50
Review of Reviews
10 50
The World
1 90
Silver Burdett & Co.
17 08
C. C. Birchard & Co.
15 10
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2 80
Zaner & Blozer Co.
52 22
J. B. Lippincott Co.
4 36
The Outlook Co.
25 80
Barnes & Noble Inc.
589 71
Scott Foresman & Co.
1 68
Little Brown & Co.
3 09
Perry Mason Co.
16 32
Child Health Organization of America
3 70
The MacMillan Co.
54 89
Hinds, Hayden & Eldridge, Inc.
1 84
Dowling School Supply Co.
217 40
Carter Rice & Co. .
5 50
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
89 17
Milton Bradley Co.
28 39
Wadsworth-Howland Co.
42 74
Geo. P. Brown & Co.
6 29
C. F. Chapman & Son
1 61
Elec. Light Dept.
12 00
Canney Lumber Co.
43 65
R. W. Burnham
69
Pitman & Brown Co.
2 00
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
44 84
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Chas. S. Garrett
25 63
N. J. Bolles
73 02
Titcomb & Co.
97
Hiller & Co.
45 27
Newman's Dept. Store
16 87
Andrew Dutton Co.
9 20
C. O. Abell
2 50
W. G. Horton
1 75
Underwood Typewriter Co.
67 81
Kee Lox Mfg. Co.
12 75
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
2 85
Oliver Ditson Co.
108 88
The Horace Partridge Co.
72 72
Neostyle Agency
22 10
Remington Typewriter Co.
5 94
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Royal Typewriter Co.
202 50
The Grafonola Co.
7 50
A. H. Tozer
45
Chicago Apparatus Co.
19 37
W. H. Claflin & Co., Inc.
156 37
$ 4195 10
Tuition.
City of Beverly School Department $131 20
$ 131 20
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Transportation.
D. A. Grady
$1866 00
Chas. F. Miller
552 50
Walter K. Chapman
480 00
W. E Garrette, Jr.
217 50
$ 3116 00
Support of Truants.
County of Essex
$ 179 71
$ 179 71
Janitor Service.
Fred B. Saunders
$1300 00
Wm. J. Wallace
913 75
Geo. W. Tozer
400 00
I. E. B. Perkins
450 00
Wm. F. Rutherford
150 00
Mary E. Saunders
210 00
Choate Cogswell
150 00
Nutsie Blunda
58 50
Mrs. Nathaniel Wells
24 00
$ 3656 25
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Fuel and Light.
Coastwise Coal Co.
$456 82
Boston & Maine R. R. Freight
968 08
Chas L. Lovell
435 00
A. H. Peatfield
427 39
George Fall
328 84
Lathrop Bros.
288 48
Samuel C. Gordon, cartage
196 50
D. S. Perley
28 00
A. Story Brown
5 00
David Low, labor
6 75
Nutsie Blunda, labor
2 50
D. C. Cogswell
2 00
Ipswich Gas Light Co.
41 53
Electric Light Dept.
124 40
$ 3311 29
Buildings and Grounds.
Manzer & Damon, carpentry
$ 52 87
Arthur W. Gould, carpentry
379 90
Geo. W. Hills, painting
72 10
Clapp & Lane, painting
284 00
Wesley J. Scott, carpentry
16 20
Junius Avery, carpentry
9 75
Nathaniel A. Wells, carpentry
4 29
Robert Irvine, carpentry
2 60
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Austin L. Lord, masonry
225 20
Ipswich Mills, repairs
1 25
A. J. Brennan, plumbing
51 46
W. H. Rand, plumbing
311 74
R. L. Purinton, plumbing
75 84
George Hayes, plumbing
1 15
Canney Lumber Co., lumber
23 80
Reformatory for Women, flags
15 49
C. F. Chapman & Son, supplies
7 30
Frank J. Jameson, supplies
61 88
A. I. Savory, supplies
16 18
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., supplies
38 00
Dustbane Mfg. Co., supplies
3 00
Water Dept., water
311 45
Samuel C. Gordon, trucking
74 00
Howard Blake, labor
13 50
Ipswich Mills, supplies
6 19
F. E Wood, trucking
1 00
J. J. Merrill, services & supplies
3 15
John W. Goodhue, supplies
112 20
Est. W. A. Mitchell, cleaning vaults
45 00
J. S. Jaslovich, cleaning vaults
55 00
Frank R. Schaller, piano tuning
17 00
A. C. Damon, supplies
2 85
The Grappelo Mfg. Co., supplies
7 00
Wm. B. Richards, teaming
5 95
Frank Ellsworth, labor
1 00
Joseph A. King, repairs
6 63
Wm. A. Banfill, painting
8 25
A. J. Barton & Son, labor on steps
2 50
Wire Specialty Mfg. Co., supplies
15 00
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies
1 35
C. E. Simonds, masonry
19 90
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Whitcomb-Carter Co., supplies
6 22
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., supplies 2 50
Fire Dept., supplies 2 83
Standard Elec. Time Co., supplies
2 86
Alfred Gallant, labor
2 00
Spencer King, labor
1 50
W. H. Claflin & Co., supplies
60 47
Fred A. Brown, supplies 5 00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies
15 47
B. J. Conley, supplies
1 75
Masury-Young Co., supplies
64 94
Joseph E. Greene, Inc., supplies
13 75
$ 2542 21
Furniture and Furnishings.
John F. Wippich, clock repairs $ 4 50
C. O. Abell, machine repairs 1 00
Wm. E. Poole, clock repairs
1 00.
A. C. Damon, supplies 55 85
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies
78 00
$ 140 35
Rent.
Mrs. W. H. Rand, right of way $25 00
$25 00
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Diplomas snd Graduating Exercises.
Martin Diploma Co. diplomas
$ 66 90
Zaner & Blozer Co., diplomas 29 90
Herbert W. Mason, cash paid out for prizes
30 00
Rev. Carroll Perry, services
25 00
C. S. Tyler, ribbon
2 83
Hiller & Co., ribbon
1 28
$ 155 91
Insurance.
Damon & Damon
$ 254 42
G. A. Barker
533 73
Edward C. Brooks
211 81
Chas. S. Garrett
205 22
Geo. A. Schofield & Son
198 05
Fred A. Brown & Co.
197 20
$ 1600 43
Total expenditures Unexpended balance .
$71990 95
35
$ 71991 30
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Appropriation
$ 70994 08
Appropriation unpaid 1920 bills
Balance from 1920
995 71 1 51 ·
$71991 30
Receipts for the year have been as follows:
Comm. of Mass., Income Tax, School Fund, $7612 00
Town of Rowley, Tuition 1840 00
Comm. of Mass., Vocational Education, 89 90
Comm. of Mass., Tuition State Wards, 364 00
Telephone Refunds, 21 64
$ 9927 54
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INSURANCE.
During the past year all school properties have been insured up to the 80 per cent of appraised value, in accordance to the vote of the Town.
The following is a list of properties and the insurance car- ried on each item. All policies are written on a five year basis.
Appraisal
Insurance
Premium
Manning Bldg.
$37,500
$30,000
$798.60
Contents
12,500
10,000
368.00
Winthrop Bldg.
55,000
44,000
1179.20
Contents
2,500
2,000
72.00
Burley Bldg.
27,500
22,000
450.00
Payne Bldg.
6,250
5,000
135.00
Dennison Bldg.
8,125
6,500
163.80
Warren St. Bldg.
6,500
5,200
139.36
Cogswell Bldg.
5,000
4,000
110.80
Linebrook Bldg.
1,200
1,000
36.00
Candlewood Bldg.
600
500
18.00
Portable Bldg.
1,200
1,000
28.60
Wainwright Bldg.
1,900
1,500
60.00
$ 165,775
$ 132,700
$ 3559.36
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
January 21, 1921
To the Citizens of the Town of Ipswich :-
On another page our Superintendent, Mr. Horton, has given a full detailed account of the work and administration directly connected with the school during the past year.
We desire to report to the Town that we must face immed- iately the question of more adequate facilities for taking care of the increasing number of scholars. This is now becoming a very serious question and should demand careful study. The Paine, Dennison, Cogswell, Wainwright and Warren Schools are unsanitary and inadequate and it would be poor economy to spend any more on these various properties. There are a num- ber of suggestions but the chief one is that a new high school should be built, and if this were done, the present high school could be used as a Junior High School, and the Winthrop School for the lower grades. This would, therefore, give us three groups of school buildings, which would be adequate and up-to-date and give the scholars the physical facilities and a better oppor- tunity for a proper education.
It has been suggested that the County property on Green Street might be utilized for a high school and there are also a number of other suggestions, such as the land around the present
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high school.
The Committee recommend that this matter be brought up at the Annual Town Meeting with the idea that the School Com- mittee be authorized to make a special study of this and report at a special Town Meeting for the purpose of definately deciding upon this matter, so that, if possible, we might go ahead and have this already for another fall.
Respectfully submitted,
Herbert W. Mason George E. MacArthur, M. D. Luther Wait Leslie C. Millard Mary U. Johnson Ralph Warren Burnham
School Committee of Ipswich.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Ipswich, Mass.
Gentlemen: -
This report of the condition of your schools, herewith submitted, forms the twentieth in the series issued from the office of the Superintendent of Schools, and is the sixth pre- sented by the present incumbent.
In the opening paragraph of last year's report. I advised you of the steady growth of our school membership, the increasing number of teachers employed, and the continued shrinkage in school occommodations. In each and every particular these statements must be considerably amplified in order to represent even ap- proximately the conditions actually existing in our schools to-day. Never has our enrollment been larger, never has a larger number of teachers been employed, and never before has our seating capacity been so severely taxed; In fact, there is no more room available in any of our school buildings.
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A glance at the table below will acquaint you more fully with the basic facts of the situation, than any extended verbal explanation could possibly furnish.
Year
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
Enrolment
996
1000
1072
1219
1307
Per Cent of Increase
2.15
.4
7.2
13.71
7.21
Number of teachers
32
32
32
36
38
No. pupils per teacher
31
31
33
33
34
Births
149
182
195
204
*215
Increase of enrollment for the five-year period.
311
Per cent of Increase
31.22
Increase of births
66
6
66
66
Per cent of Increase
66
66
66
66
44.29
66
*Estimated.
Manual Training, domestic science, cadet teachers, and supervisors are not in- cluded in the above numerations. The enrolment for 1916 was 975.
Such a showing is extremely gratifying and gives evidence of the continued interest of our citizens in this most important and necessary bulwark of real democracy, the public schools. It should be a source of real pleasure and pardonable pride to feel that our educational progress is keeping pace with our industrial activities, that our good old town is growing and developing symmetrically.
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But there is another side to the shield; and this view brings us face to face with a proposition that demands our immediate attention. We need more room. Our schools are over crowded. In some of the rooms there are pupils for whom there are no regular seats, and there is no room for additional seats.
Both teachers and pupils are working under a severe handi- cap. No teacher can do justice to all the pupils where the classes are made up of such large numbers. Thirty-five is the limit recommended by educational authorities. What can be expected where the number of pupils is fifty per class? . And we have classes that are in excess of this number.
It is here in the first grades where the children most need the influence of the personal touch. It is here that the found- ations for the superstructure of characters are to be laid; and they should be laid so broad and deep, so wisely and well, that we may be assured that the building arising thereon may be "beautiful, entire, and clean." Here is the child's most imper- ative need, the teacher's greatest opportunity, her most exalted privilege; and our present condition of over-crowding stands right across their road.
Such conditions also preclude the possibility of standard grading. Those children whose minds are not naturally alert will be the greatest sufferers; not only in the , present but all through their school life. They will lose interest and become discouraged. School will become distasteful to them and they will drop out at the first possible opportunity. More than this, these repeaters add to the congestion of the lower grades, a con- dition that should not be tolerated, especially at this point of their school career where their impressions of all that pertain to school should be of the brightest possible hue.
Some of our children are traveling unnecessary and un- reasonable distances. Not a few of them pass right by the school where they properly belong in order to reach the building that
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affords accommodation.
The Portable School building furnishes another item for your consideration. As I understand the matter, the purchase of this building was only a make-shift proposition at the start; and in a way which has never included comfort at any season of the year, has answered its purpose. It responds to atmospheric con - ditions with a fidelity that is simply exasperating. It is hot in summer; cold in winter; and, when it rains there is no dissimula- tion in its performance. During the year we have expended nearly fifty dollars in repairs upon the roof in the hopes of correcting this habit, but the rain still descends.
This is one of our most congested districts, and provision should be made for its rapidly growing population. Additions should be, made to the Burley School that will adequately provide for present and prospective needs.
During the fall term the membership of the Linebrook School was greatly reduced by the removal of one or more fam- ! ilies from that district. Under more favorable housing conditions within the central schools of the town, I would recommend that the remaining pupils be transported, and the school be closed; but not under present conditions. I still have hopes that this school may make sufficient recovery to warrant its continuance, but the present conditions only emphasize the need of more room. The existence of both of our rural schools is dependent very largely upon a population that is far from permanent in these localities; and the same fate may overtake the school at Candlewood, much as we dislike to recognize that contingency.
The Manual Training department, too, is overcrowded. The schedule Mr. Gould is attempting to carry is beyond all limits of reason; but it is the best arrangement that can be made under present conditions. This is one of the most popular and im- portant departments in the whole school system; and with suit- able accommodation is capable of considerable expansion both
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in scope and practical usefulness.
Some of our school buildings, as is well known, still remain the despair of both school authorities and the towns-people as well. They are old, unsightly, inconvenient, and unsanitary. Re- peated efforts and attempts at improvements have resulted in failure. In every instance the cost of remodeling, even to the · extent of satisfying the laws of the state, has been in excess of the value of the buildings themselves.
The grounds about these buildings are utterly impossible of improvement, and the location of the Payne School, especially in these days of traffic congestion, holds many elements of dan- ger to the little folks attending this school.
In view of all these facts, and they are patent to everyone, it would seem necessary that the School Committee should sub- mit some comprehensive plan or outline, tentative, of course, which should be the basis of some constructive policy on build- ing program of the future, for consideration and adoption by the Town. Something beyond present needs, but including them :-- something, that with the passing of the years, will give evidence of design and purpose by its completeness; something that will attest to the foresight, the generosity, the high ideals, and the civic pride of all our citizens,
At the close of the school year in June the consensus of opinion was that our schools had attained a higher level of effic- iency than had been noticeable for some time past. This opin- ion was confirmed by the actual facts: A larger percentage of the graduating class from the High School attended college and other institutions of higher education than ever before within the history of school. Many of the Juniors, too, passed their pre- liminary examination in a manner highly creditable to the character of the work done thus far. Best of all, these pupils are maintaining splendid ranks in their respective schools, and thereby giving a higher standing and an added prestige to their
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alma mata. We have yet to learn of a single instance in which these pupils are not "making good."
This topic is of vital interest to all parents, teachers, citizens, but most of all to the pupils. I just make a simple allusion to it; and earnestly desire that you should read the report of Mr. Whipple, our High School principal, where a fuller treatment of this important subject has been given.
The annual School Exhibition was held in the early part of June and was the largest and most complete display of school work that we have ever offered. Every grade and department was represented, not only by specimens of written work, but by the demonstration of class work by the regular teacher. The work in reading, writing, number work, hygiene, geography, stenography, typewriting, speed test, etc. was shown, and brought most favorable comments from those present. The whole ex- hibit was brought together with the least possible confusion, and the spirit of co-operation was evident throughout the entire pro- gram. The only difficulty encountered arose from the lack of room required for a systematic arrangement of the material brought in, and in some cases, this amounted to the total exclu- sion of the work of a single department. All the work was of excellent quality, and was worthy of the highly commendable reports received. The time allowed was altogether too short, and it is planned to devote two afternoons and evenings to this work the coming year, so that nearly all may have the oppor- tunity to attend.
Field Day Exercises.
The Field Day Exercises drew forth an unusually large at- tendance and the full program of events was completed in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. The full participation by the pupils of the Senior High School in all events gave an added
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interest to the occasion and settled definitely the status of this feature of our school activities.
The business men of the town acted as judges and awarded the prizes. With their decisions there has been no dissatisfac- tion and there were no accidents to mar the pleasure of the occasion.
In order that all may become acquainted with the aim and purpose of the work in soliciting contributions of material and money for these Field Day Exercises, let me say that the amount netted from these gatherings is used solely for beautifying school grounds. Up to the present all the work has been confined to the grounds about the Manning and Winthrop Schools; and I am sure that all should share in the feeling of pride, as well as of pleasure, at the improvement wrought in this locality. It furnish- es a much-needed influence to our pupils in the school, and to the townspeople also. It is an asset of no uncertain value, not only to our own citizens, but to those who simply pass by; and many are the exclamations of appreciation and delight one hears from these "birds of passage."
School Grounds Improvement.
Next year's objective will be the Burley School-grounds if present plans do not miscarry. We have a fine building here and the possibilities of improvement are all that can be desired. With the help of those friends whose labors and interest in this work during the past has made these improvements possible, we hope to make another contribution to that undertaking whose fullfill- ment means Beautiful Ipswich.
Although this fund is derived from voluntary contributions, and has no relation whatever to any corporate appropriation or gift, I feel that it is only right and proper that some statement of the condition of the fund together with the record of receipts and expenditures should be offered for the enlightenment of all.
Mrs. Harry K. Damon has always acted as trustee and her report is herewith submitted :-
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MRS. HARRY K. DAMON in account with School Grounds Improvement Association.
Dr.
1920
Aug.
11
To Balance on hand
120
04
1921
23
To Field Day Sales.
259
55
June July
11
To Field Day Sales .
1
70
381
29
1922
Jan. 1 Balance on hand
117
75
Cr.
1921
9
W. H. Stowe, shrubs.
25
May June
2
Samuel Gordon, labor and team
63
50
Charles A. Glover, band .
27
50
23
Patrick Dolan, labor
6
37
23
H. D. Foss & Co., confectionery
13
23
23
Helen F. Byron, ice cream
50
50
23
Samuel C. Gordon, labor
16
11
23
A. R. Lopez & Bro., badges
36
32
Aug.
29
C. Leary & Co,, tonic.
25
12
Dec.
31
Balance, in First National Bank
117
75
381 | 29
.
Respectfully submitted, MRS. HARRY K. DAMON. Trustee.
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Grades.
Another item in the list of this year's accomplishments is the elimination of the double grades in the Wainwright and Deunison Schools. Heretofore the children in these schools have been attending but a half day per grade. That is, the first grade came in the morning and the second grade in the afternoon, as the rooms would not accommodate both grades at the same time. We have sought to make this change for some time past, but have hesitated on account of the distance which some of these smaller pupils would be obliged to travel. But this year distance played but a small part in our consideration as our problem has been almost entirely to find accommodations; necessity compelled the much desired change, and the school is making much better progress under the new conditions.
Penmanship.
Penmanship is receiving .the same careful supervision as heretofore. We feel that our schools are unusually well equipped for teaching this most important subject. Mrs. Nellie T. Smith the supervisor of this work in the grades, has an established reputation as an unusually successful teacher of writing: and Miss Whittemore whose fine display of penmanship at the School Exhibition called forth so many favorable comments, con- tinues this work in the High School. If our pupils do not show reasonable progress in this line of work, the fault cannot be im- puted to these teachers. With the co-operation of the room teachers measuring up to the records of the past, we may still expect standard work from this department.
Certificates have been awarded to no fewer than one hun- dred seventy five pupils during the year. Fifteen of these
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were diplomas, which are next in rank to the highest given ex- cepting to teachers who have had actual experience in teaching penmanship; twenty-three were for the grade below the diplo- mas, and the remainder were of grammar grade.
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