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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Organization, 1907-1908.
REV. W C. LITCHFIELD, Chairman.
CHARLES H. BATES, Secretary.
Members.
REV. W. C. LITCHFIELD, 1 South wick Street, Term expires 1908 WARREN H. SOUTHWORTH, 7 West Street, Term expires 1908 WILLIAM A. ANDREWS, 57 So. Main Street, Term expires 1909 NATHAN WASHBURN, 70 So. Main Street, Term expires 1909 E. T. P. JENKS, 26 North Main Street, Term expires 1910 CHARLES S. TINKHAM, 11 Courtland Street, Term expires 1910
Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES H. BATES, 103 So. Main Street.
Telephone, 81-5. Office, Room 7, Town Hall. Telephone, 81-6.
Office Hours, school days : Mondays and Fridays, 4 to 5 P. M .; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 to 9 A. M .; Wednesdays, 6.30 to 7.30 P. M.
Regular meetings of the Committee are held in Room 7, Town Hall, on the first Thursday of each month, at 8.00 P. M.
All bills against the School Department should be sent to the Secretary's office not later than the Wednesday preceding the first Thursday of each month.
Regular Committee Meetings, Jan. 2, Feb. 6, March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4, July 2, Sept. 3, Oct. 1, Nov. 5, Dec. 3.
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Sub-Committees.
High, Union Street and West Side Schools, W. H. SOUTHWORTH Forest Street, Rock, South Middleboro and Highland Schools, REV. W. C. LITCHFIELD
School Street, Fall Brook, Wappanucket and Marion Road Schools NATHAN WASHBURN Waterville, Green and Thomastown Schools,
WILLIAM A. ANDREWS
Pleasant Street, Plymouth Street and Purchade Schools, CHARLES S. TINKHAM
Nemasket, Thompsonville, Soule and Main Street School's, E. T. P. JENKS
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TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO.
In School Committee.
January 2, 1908.
Voted : That the reports of the Secretary of the Board, Superintendent of Schools, Principal of the High School, Super- visors of Music and Drawing, be adopted and presented to the Town by the School Board.
CHARLES H. BATES, Secretary.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Middleboro, Mass., Jan. 2, 1908.
To the Citizens of Middleboro :
The following financial report of the School Board is hereby respectfully submitted.
Financial Statement.
CURRENT EXPENDITURES.
Dr.
Balance from last year
$16 91
Appropriation
27,700 00
State Board of Lunacy and Charity, tuition
414 00
City of Boston, tuition
191 50
Town of Lakeville, tuition
792 00
Town of Plympton, tuition
110 00
Stewart Pink, tuition, High School
35 00
Else L. Cole, tuition, High School
20 00
Florence G. Washburn, tuition, High School
20 00
Incidentals
2 43
Sale of books and supplies
8 00
Received of Chas. S. Tinkham
2 00
$29,311 84
Cr.
Salaries
$22,466 00
Care of buildings
2,079 35
Fuel
2,138 24
Books and supplies
1,655 61
Sundries
470 45
Rent
300 00
Tuition, Town of Bridgewater
18 50
Printing
173 77
$29,301 92
$9 92
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE SALARIES.
Dr.
Appropriation
$150 00
Cr.
W. C. Litchfield
$25 00
W. H. Southworth
25 00
Nathan Washburn
25 00
W. A. Andrews
25 00
C. S. Tinkham
25 00
E. T. P. Jenks
25 00
$150 00
TRANSPORTATION.
Dr.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Balance from last year
73 70
Cr.
Expended
$1,910 12
Unexpended
$163 58
INSURANCE.
Dr.
Appropriation
$648 00
Cr.
P. W. Keith
$96 00
B. J. Allan
69 00
C. L. Hathaway
69 00
D. D. Sullivan
69 00
J. F. Alden
69 00
S. G. Robinson
69 00
Annie M. Reed
69 00
Chas. E. Ryder
39 00
T. M. Ryder
30 00
Theodore N. Wood
69 00
- $648 00
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$2,073 70
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REPAIRS.
Dr.
Appropriation
$1000 00
Cash received from W. H. Southworth
26 47
Cash received from James A. Burgess
5 62
$1,032 09
Cr.
Expended
$1025 80
Unexpended
$6 29
SUMMARY.
Whole amount available for school
purposes
$33,215 63
Total expenditures
33,035 84
Unexpended
$179 79
DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES.
Instruction.
High School
$5,350 00
Main Street Grammar School
1,032 00
Main Street Primary School
874 00
School Street Grammar School
1,564 00
School Street Primary School
782 00
Union Street School
1,507 00
Forest Street School
874 00
West Side School
1,828 00
$13,811 00
Suburban Schools :
Pleasant Street
$380 00
Plymouth Street
380 00
Purchade
354 00
Nemasket
380 00
Thompsonville
342 00
Soule
380 00
Waterville '
357 00
Green
380 00
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Fall Brook Thomastown South Middleboro Highland Rock
$380 00
380 00
380 00
365 00
357 00
Wappanucket
380 00
Marion Road
380 00
$5,575 00
Special teachers :
Music
$600 00
Drawing
480 00
Janitors.
Central Schools :
Main Street building
$530 00
Union Street and Main Street primary buildings
420 00
School Street building
360 00
Forest Street building
180 00
West Side building
240 00
$1,730 00
Suburban Schools :
Pleasant Street
$38 00
Plymouth Street
38 00
Purchade
14 80
Nemasket
32 50
Thompsonville
15 05
Soule
38 00
Waterville
21 30
Green
14 75
Fall Brook
14 90
Thomastown
19 00
Rock
38 00
South Middleboro
16 90
Highland
16 90
Wappanucket
18 50
Marion Road
13 75
$349 35
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Fuel.
Central Schools : Bryant and Soule B. C. Shaw
$1,566 11
89 45
$1,655 56
Suburban Schools :
Bryant and Soule
$17 06
B. C. Shaw
149 87
A. H. Soule
58 75
Isaac E. Perkins
108 00
C. N. Atwood
3 75
Orien E. Deane
31 50
Chas. S. Tinkham
37 50.
T. C. Savery
3 25
Bradford K. Cushman
29 00
Washburn and Soule
36 00
G. A. Williams
8 00
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Sundries.
F. N. Whitman, sundries
$8 40
So. Mass. Telephone Co., telephone rental
37 09 .
N. Y. & B. D. Express Co., express
22 25
W. H. Goodwin, sundries, High School
4 60
T. W. Pierce, sundries
22 87
Carrie L. Jones, taking school census
55 00
George L. Finney, sundries, Forest street
10 39
J. & G. E. Doane, sundries
24 25
Middlebore Gas & Electric Plant, gas and electric lights
37 79
Middleboro Fire District, water, West Side
18 00
Wm. H. Paige, tuning pianos
4 75
S. S. Lovell, sundries and services as truant officer
40 14
George W. Stetson, labor
1 25
E. T. P. Jenks, cash paid for sundries
4 00
Charlotte Turner, cleaning schoolroom
1 25
Christena Pratt, cash paid for sundries
25
Henry W. Stone, filling in diplomas
5 40
W. A. D. Clark, filling in certificates
3 00
Walter Sampson, incidentals for High School
3 92
Leonard O. Tillson, incidentals for school
3 07
Estate of John McNally, cartage and freight
40 06
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$482 68
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James A. Burgess, cleaning suburban buildings
1 50
E. H. Blake, furnishing keys
1 00
Leo A. Quindley, extra work at Nemasket
3 50
H. C. Keith, sharpening lawn mowers
34 47
T. G. Sisson, cartage and freight
1 00
George W. Hammond, servicés as truant officer
2 00
Books and Supplies.
American Book Co., books
$57 12
Ginn & Co., books
134 00
E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies
466 62
Silver, Burdett & Co., books
58 52
Thorp and Martin Co., supplies
22 80
D. C. Heath & Co., books
53 69
F. N. Whitman, books
4 15
Milton Bradley & Co., supplies
70 77
William R. Jenkins, books
4 19
Charles Scribner's Sons, books
445 13
Bay State Paper Co., supplies
1 15
J. B. Lippincott, books
1 00
A. J. Tiffany, supplies
75 00
Carter, Rice & Co., supplies
60
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, books
1 95
T. F. Boucher, supplies
75
David Farquhar, binding books
39 94
B. H. Sanborn & Co., books
8 34
Smith & Hathaway, supplies
88 67
Ellis Pub. Co., books
39 80
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies
77 18
Chandler & Barber, supplies
2 24
$1,655 61
Printing.
Middleboro News Lorenzo Wood H. L. Thatcher & Co
$14 75
75 00
84 02
$173 77
$76 50
Otis Briggs, horse hire
2 75
Herbert Erickson, extra work at Green
$470 45
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High School Transportation.
Lottie N. Blakeslee
$1 60
Shirlie C. Clark
5 55
LeRoy LeBaron
17 10
Charles E. Reed
11 40
Mary Shaw
22 40
Elmer A. Sisson
11 70
Mildred A. Thomas
11 30
Herbert L. Wilber
11 50
George L. Barney
, 20
Winsor A. Carver
15 10
Ruth M. Davis
9 05
Ella G. Glendall
8 85
Willis C. Halcomb
7 85
Ethel Macomber
9 20
Clarence L. Wilber
18 30
Mary C. Azevedo
18 50
Orton C. Newhall
9 45
Arthur C. Ripley
27 30
Celesta O. Shaw
35 60
Alfred E. Standish
9 45
Ernest E. Thomas
9 50
Leslie M. Thomas
9 50
Lyman H. Thomas
18 30
Joseph E. Wood
1 25
Susan A. Bishop
9 50
Alice C. Dunham
9 25
Elsie H. Dunham
9 15
Marian F. Dunham
9 40
Florence A. Hunt
19 00
Emil B. Perry
9 30
Carrie L. Murch
22 44
Forest B. Standish
5 20
Lillian A. Ward
28 05
Arthur B. Westgate
5 75
Allerton E. Wilbur
9 45
Harold A. Williams
9 35
Ellis M. Wilber
5 60
Elmer G. Aldan
3 50
Helen M. Braley
3 80
Merton L. Braley
3 80
Harold W. Gibbs
3 70
Mildred L. Gibbs
3 20
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Sadie McCrillis
$3 75
Marion H. Thomas
3 50
Waldo S. Thomas
3 70
Helen E. Tinkham
2 10
Susie B. Tinkham
1 55
Sarah A. Vaughan
7 40
Minnie E. Westgate
7 50
Transportation to Elementary Schools.
School Teams.
Pleasant Street, Robert W. Thorson
$386 00
Thomastown, Dana H. Shaw
358 00
South Middleboro, C. E. Blackwell
394 88
Thompsonville, David N. Wetherbee
106 70
$1,245 58
Individual Transportation. Main Street Grammar School.
Roy H. Tinkham
$3 25
Waldo S. Thomas
5 50
Susie B. Tinkham
4 50
Annie H. Wilbur
11 00
Minnie E. Westgate
5 50
Carlton Dunham
5 25
Sarah A. Vaughan
11 35
Grace W. Leonard
4 25
J. Clark Wilmot
2 75
$53 35
Rock School.
Alice Boutin
$4 05
Margaret Thomas
5 00
Ralph W. Tripp
5 00
Lawrence W. Wilbur
5 00
Ida L. Bearse
5 50
Roy W. Tripp
5 00
Ethel F. Morrison
9 00
$38 55
3 70
Annie H. Wilbur
$511 59
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School Street School.
Alice Boutin
$5 90
Margaret Thomas
7 10
Ralph W. Tripp
7 40
Lawrence W. Wilbur
7 30
Ida L. Bearse
7 50
Roy W. Tripp
7 40
Ethel F. Morrison
10 95
Flossie M. Carver
3 75
Florence W. Sweet
3 75
$61 05
Repairs.
Amount available
$1 032 09
Expended.
M. C. Rounseville, balance of 1906 bill for labor
$65 83
Andrews School Furniture Co., blackboards
11 22
C. H. Crowell, balance of 1906 bill for labor
2 00
F. E. Pierce, balance of 1906 bill for labor
73 18
M. W. Baxter, balance of 1906 bill for labor
4 92
T. W. Pierce, material and labor at School Street, Forest Street, Union Street 108 45
J. & G. E. Doane, material and labor
6 42
Jones Bros. Co., labor and material
15 75
C. W. Maxim, material and labor at High School
17 79
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., material of West Side School M. W. Baxter, labor at Forest Street
1 25
F. E. Pierce, labor at High School and West Side
13 82
Chas. S. Tinkham, cash paid for repairs
6 50
Eben Jones, labor at West Side and High Schol
5 09
T F. Boucher, painting Union Street school door
50
C. W. Maxim, material
1 60
M. W. Baxter, repairs at Forest Street
9 50
Chas. S. Tinkham, cash paid for repairs
3 75
F. C. Sparrow, labor at School Street
13 50
Joseph N. Shaw, labor at Fall Brook
$1 50
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., material for Rock
11 47
E. H. Blake, labor and keys
1 00
F. E. Pierce, labor at High School building
5 43
J. & G. E. Doane, material and labor at West Side, High and 3 suburban schools
45 42
Frank E. Miller, labor
24 57
Lester Gibbs, repairs at Fall Brook
1 00
26 33
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Geo. L. Finney, labor at Forest Street building $13 98
Zenas E. Phinney, labor at High School, Union Street, School Street, West Side and 7 suburban schools 115 40
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., material for Green 59 47
Eben Jones, repairs at High School, Union Street, Thomastown and Green 145 70
E. A. Masefield, repairs on High School building 14 98
James A. Burgess, repairs on suburban buildings 16 14
Thomas & Benn, labor at Forest Street
85
C. N. Atwood, material for fence at Rock
3 25
C. H. Crowell, labor at West Side and Pleasant Street 19 75
C. W. Maxim, material 78
Edward E. Sisson, repairing at South Middleboro School 1 00
Jones Bros. Co., material for West Side and 3 sub- urban schools 4 65
Josiah T. Carver, painting Pleasant Street building 30 80
James A. Burgess, labor at Rock School 2 00
Thomas W. Pierce, material and repairs at Union Street
13 86
C. H. Crowell, labor at Purchade School 5 00
Thomas & Benn, labor at Forest Street 1 75
O'Hara Bros., cash paid on order for labor at School Street 15 74
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., material
56
T. W. Pierce, labor at School Street
2 45
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., material for School Street 45 19
Thomas & Benn, labor at Forest Street 2 20
Jones Bros., material and labor at West Side and High School 8 10
Eben Jones, labor on blackboards
17 01
F. W. Pierce, hanging doors and putting on windows High School 7 40
$1,025 80
COMPARATIVE EXPENSE TABLE.
1905-1907.
1905. 1906. 1907.
Instruction, superinten-
dence, care of buildings, and fuel $23,944 77 $24,393 18 $26,679 59
Books and supplies 1,368 80 1,667 42 1,665 61
NOTE .- The bills for repairs are given in the order acted on by the School Board, each of the above accounts representing a single bill.
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1905.
1906.
1907.
Printing
$160 80
$208 40
$173 77
Sundries
600 78
589 64
470 45
Transportation to High School
683 80
765 12
511 59
Transportation to Elementary Schools
2,052 20
1,375 18
1,398 53
Repairs
1,000 00
1,558 44
1,025 80
Insurance
648 00
Rent
300 00
300 00
EXPENDITURES AND ESTIMATES.
1907.
Expenditures
Estimates
Salaries
$22,466 00
$22,700 00
Care of buildings
2,075 35
2,100 00
Fuel
2,138 24
2,000 00
Books, supplies and printing
1,829 38
1,850 00
Sundries
470 45
550 00
Transportation
1,910 12
2,000 00
Repairs
1,025 80
1,000 00
Rent of Chapel building
300 00
300 00
Salaries of School Committee
150 00
150 00
Insurance, special appropriation
648 00
648 00
Respectfully Submitted,
CHARLES H. BATES,
Secretary.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
TWENTY-THIRD IN THE SERIES.
Middleboro, Mass., Jan. 2, 1908.
To the School Committee of Middleboro :
I respectfully present my seventh annual report of the Schools of Middleboro.
As the citizens of the town have been kept so well informed as to what is being done in the schools by the publication from time to time of the "School Notes" in the columns of the local press, I do not consider it necessary in this report to more than refer in the briefest manner to the present condition and needs of the schools.
Suffice it to say that I believe the schools at the present time are in good condition and that the past year has been one of sub- stantial progress. Both school officials and teachers, splendidly supported by the citizens of the town, have worked faithfully and enthusiastically to raise the standard of the schools, and that they have been fairly successful the excellent attendance of the pupils, the cordial co-operation of parents with teachers, the large attendance at school exercises and exhibitions, the widening of school activities by teachers' meetings, school visitation and pro- fessional study and reading, are evidences of that interest, enthu- siasm and success.
The present year is full of promise, and plans are already out- lined for emphasizing certain phases of educational work which we hope will do much towards advancing the schools to a higher standard of excellence.
The High School is doing excellent work under the leadership of its principal and is in every way worthy of the strongest sup- port of the citizens of the town. The removal of the grammar grades from the building last September, thereby giving the whole building for High School work, was a very important change for increasing the opportunities of the school, for it has made pos- sible a better seating arrangement and increased the efficiency of some of the teaching.
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It is hoped that a strong four years' commercial course can be started next September thereby enlarging the scope of its usefulness.
Through the offer of the Pierce trustees extensive repairs were made on the building last summer. A new boiler was installed, new floors were laid in the corridors, and an excellent assembly hall made by removing the seats and desks from two rooms on the second floor, together with the partition 'between the two rooms. This hall has been furnished with 224 chairs and can now be used for any school exercises.
A toilet room was provided on each of the first two floors, new doors were placed at the entrances, and many minor details at- tended to. The great improvement in the interior appearance of this building is much appreciated by both teachers and pupils. The most inspiring event in the educational work of the past year was the occupancy of the new School Street school building, an extended description of which was given in the report of last year. This building was practically finished in April but it was thought best not to occupy it till the fall term. The building is complete in every detail and the grounds have been well laid out. It is a cause for congratulation that the building, with grounds well graded, was turned over to the town by the building committee within the appropriation.
The plan suggested in the last year's report for grading the central schools last September was carried out and has worked well.
When another new building shall be erected it will make pos- sible a system of public schools equal to any in the commonwealth.
The Chapel building continues to meet our needs very accept- ably. The committee of the Central Congregational Society has made many improvements which give better schoolroom facilities.
The Union Street building is now used for the grades which were in the old School Street building last year. The old double seats and desks in the rear room, now occupied by a fourth grade, have been replaced by single seats and desks, thus giving to every central school the same equipment. The lower rear room in this building is now used by a class in manual training, two periods a week.
I would suggest that it might be advisable to install another furnace in this building as it is difficult at times to keep all these rooms sufficiently comfortable in cold weather with the one furnace now in use.
The Forest Street building has been thoroughly renovated the past summer and the furnaces repaired.
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The building at the West Side under present growth in school membership will soon be unable to accommodate the grades there, and it is only a matter of a short time when either an addition to the building must be made or some other plan adopted for tak- ing care of the increasing membership.
Under the new grading next September the ninth grade in this building will not be transferred to School Street building owing to the room being needed for increased membership in those schools.
The membership in all the Central Schools has shown a decided increase the past year and a rearrangement of the grades will be necessary next September.
I consider the Suburban Schools as a whole in better condition at present than at any time during my supervision. These schools with few exceptions have a small membership and with interested and efficient teachers there is no reason why under the present arrangements they should not be doing excellent work. The total enrollment of these schools the past year was smaller than the pre- vious year. In the way of repairs these improvements are noted : Pleasant Street building has been painted; the interiors of the Thomastown and Green buildings renovated ; the old double seats and desks in the Thompsonville, Waterville, Thomastown and Fall Brook schools have been replaced by individual seats and desks, much improving the appearance of the rooms as well as being better adapted to the pupils; the well at the Highlands has been put in working order, and many minor repairs made on the other buildings. During the present year it will be necessary to paint the Plymouth Street, Nemasket and Fall Brook buildings and renovate the interior of the South Middleboro building.
The special teachers in music and drawing are doing good work and I refer you to their reports for what has been done in those two departments. I consider these two branches of school work worthy of the best encouragement and strongest support.
The Stamp Saving System is still being successfully carried on in the schools under the direction of the Cabot Club.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. BATES, Superintendent of Schools.
SPECIAL REPORTS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING AND MANUAL TRAINING.
THE NEW SCHOOL STREET SCHOOL BUILDING
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr. C. H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir-I submit the following brief report of my eighteenth year as Principal of the High school.
The important feature connected with the school during the past year has been the removal of the upper grammar grades from the High school building and the fitting it up for High school purposes. The building is now occupied by the High school alone, in accordance with the original plan of its building committee. The advantages resulting from this change cannot be too strongly emphasized. Our crowded condition for the past few years has rendered it difficult to secure the best results.
Our recitation rooms now are not overcrowded, and our assem- bly hall, well equipped with chairs for seating 224 pupils, serves to promote the best interests of the school in many ways. It is an inspiration to both teachers and pupils to have such a pleasant and commodious place in which to get together for devotional exercises, and for such other purposes as occasion and convenience may require. A new boiler has been installed and new floors have been laid in the halls. An Art Exhibit was held in the assembly hall the last of January to raise funds to purchase pictures and statuary for the halls and recitation rooms. This proved to be very satisfactory both from an educational and financial standpoint. These, together with other improvements, were brought about through the kind offer of the Trustees of the Pierce estate. We are planning to have an art exhibit in the assembly hall the last of January, to raise funds to purchase pictures and statuary for the halls and recitation rooms.
Our courses of study are practically the same as those of last year. Several of our townspeople have kindly consented to give short addresses to the school on subjects of general interest. These serve to vary the regular routine of school life, and have a broadening educative influence. An exercise in spelling consist- ing of fifty selected words is given each week. We find that a large majority of High School pupils can be benefited by such an exercise.
Two changes have occurred in our teaching force. Miss Olive W. Sullivan and Miss Mabel F. Barnum resigned their positions, and Miss Bertha Munro and Miss Ruth N. Hart were elected to fill the vacancies.
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During the last fall term the number of tuition pupils was 17, and the number of pupils drawing transportation money was 39. The present senior class numbers 38, the largest in the history of the school. If they all receive diplomas next June, the graduates from the Middleboro High school will number 507.
A great many of our graduates still continue their studies after leaving the High school. Last fall graduates from the school began courses of study in various institutions of learning as follows : Bridgewater Normal School, 3; Business Schools, 2 ; Boston University Law School, 1; Clark College, 1; Dartmouth College, 1; Haverford College, 1; Trinity College, 1; University of Maine, 4; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1; Post-graduate course in Middleboro High school, 3.
The graduating exercises were held Friday evening, June 21. The class contained 27, -14 boys and 13 girls.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER SAMPSON, Principal of the High School.
" It is nature which forces us to break into singing when our heart is moved by great and sudden emotions." - Cicero.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Mr. Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir: - When I assumed charge of the music in the public schools six years ago, I thought by this time nothing would be left to do but grow. Yet today I am as far from my ideal as at the beginning. Our school buildings are so much improved and the schools so much better graded that our work should advance very rapidly.
I do not wish to appear pessimistic, but it seems to me that some of us fail to receive ourselves or give to others all that we might (our teachers work hard, only those connected with the schools know how hard), that our energies are misdirected, that we wander too far from the course laid down for us. Our time is short and we should use every moment to the very best ad- vantage.
The center schools, with few exceptions, are doing excellent work, with every teacher striving to make his or her school the very best, teaching music, not because they are obliged to, but for the love of it, and the good that may grow out of it. Our schools ought to rank high. My aim is to have the best. A visit to our suburban schools will convince any one, that they are far in advance of surrounding district schools.
The High School in its new assembly hall, never started the year by doing such good work as this. I would recommend as last year the need of a new piano with a course of lectures on the lives of the great composers, with pianola selections of their works. In order to know good music, one must hear it. There should also be a course in musical history and elementary har- mony, especially for those who intend to become teachers. Our orchestra is still the best for a town the size of ours.
Our rehearsals are Tuesdays at 8.20 A. M. We would be pleased to make them public.
Respectfully submitted, A. M. HOWARD, Supervisor of Music.
" Music is the nearest at hand, the most orderly, the most deli- cate, and the most perfect of all bodily pleasures ; it is also the only one which is equally helpful to all ages of man."- Ruskin.
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