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Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. PHILBROOK, General Manager and Superintendent.
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
of the
Town of Middleborough, Mass.
for the
YEAR 1911
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ORGANIZATION, 1911-1912.
WILLIAM A. ANDREWS, Chairman.
CHARLES H. BATES, Secretary.
MEMBERS
WILLIAM A. ANDREWS, 57 So. Main St., Term expires 1912.
NATHAN WASHBURN, 70 So. Main St., Term expires 1912.
E. T. PIERCE JENKS, 26 No. Main St., Term expires 1913.
CHARLES S. TINKHAM, 11 Courtland St., Term expires 1913.
GRANVILLE E. TILLSON, 2 High St., Term expires 1914.
LOUIS H. CARR, 7 Court End Avenue, Term expires 1914.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
CHARLES H. BATES, 25 East Grove St. Telephone, 81-W. Office, Room 7, Town Hall. Telephone, 81-R.
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.
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Regular meetings of the Committee are held in Room 7, Town Hall, on the first Thursday of each month, at 7.30 P.M.
All bills against the School Department should be sent to the Secretary's office not later than the Wednesday preced- ing the first Thursday of each month.
Regular Committee Meetings, Jan. 4, Feb. 1, March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, June 27, Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
High, Waterville, and France Schools,
WILLIAM A. ANDREWS School Street, Fall Brook, Wappanucket, and Marion Road Schools, NATHAN WASHBURN
Union Street, Green, and Thompsonville Schools,
E. T. P. JENKS. Forest Street, Thomastown, and South Middleboro Schools, GRANVILLE E. TILLSON
West Side, Purchade, Plymouth Street, and Pleasant Street Schools, CHARLES S. TINKHAM
Rock, Highland, and Soule Schools,
LOUIS H. CARR
TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO.
In School Committee.
January 4, 1912.
Voted :- That the reports of the Secretary of the Board, Superintendent of Schools, Principal of the High School, Supervisor of Music, Supervisor of Drawing, Supervisor of Manual Training, and Supervisor of Penmanship be adopted and presented to the town by the School Board.
CHARLES H. BATES,
Secretary.
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Middleboro, Mass., Jan. 4, 1912.
To the Citizens of Middleboro :-
The following financial report of the School Committee is hereby respectfully submitted.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. CURRENT EXPENDITURES. Dr.
Appropriation
$32,000 00
Balance, 1910
361 51
State Board of Charity, tuition
671 95
City of Boston, tuition
12 50
Town of Lakeville, tuition
870 38
Town of Plympton, tuition
210 00
Peirce Trustees
1,952 50
Individual tuition and Incidentals
93 00
$36,171 84
Cr.
Salaries
$27,681 81
Care of Buildings
2,154 25
Fuel
2,357 00
Books and Supplies
1,966 81
Printing
184 34
Sundries
710 12
Rent of Office
150 00
$35,204 33
Unexpended balance
967 51
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE SALARIES.
Dr.
Appropriation
$150 00
William A. Andrews
$25 00
Nathan Washburn
25 00
E. T. Pierce Jenks
25 00
Charles S. Tinkham
25 00
Granville E. Tillson
25 00
Louis H. Carr
25 00
$150 00
TRANSPORTATION.
Dr.
Appropriation
$1,750 00
Balance from last year
17 27
$1,767 27
Cr.
Expended
$1,768 70
Deficit
1 43
REPAIRS.
Dr.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Deficit last year
76 35
$923 65
Received from France appropriation
95 55
$1,019 20
Cr.
Expended
$1,052 06
Deficit
32 86
SUMMARY.
Whole amount available for school purposes Total expenditures
$39,108 31
38,175 09
Balance
$933 22
Cr.
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES. INSTRUCTION.
Central Schools.
High
$8,030 00
School Street
4,422 50
Union Street
2,066 50
Forest Street
1,459 00
West Side
2,090 50
$18,068 50
Suburban Schools.
Pleasant Street
$395 00
Plymouth Street
410 00
Purchade
425 00
Thompsonville
380 00
Soule
433 00
Waterville
385 00
Green
448 00
Fall Brook
448 00
Thomastown
395 00
South Middleboro
448 00
Highland
410 00
Rock
425 00
France
380 00
Wappanucket
418 00
Marion Road
390 00
$6,190 00
Special Teachers.
Music
$600 00
Drawing
600 00
Penmanship
40 00
$1,240 00
JANITORS.
Central Schools.
High School
$540 00
Union Street
240 00
School Street
540 00
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Forest Street West Side
185 00
240 00
$1,745 00
Suburban Schools.
Pleasant Street
$38 00
Plymouth Street
38 00
Purchade
31 25
Thompsonville
16 30
Soule
38 00
Waterville
30 60
Green
14 00
Fall Brook
24 20
Thomastown
34 25
Rock
42 50
South Middleboro
16 25
Highland
19 00
France
38 00
Wappanucket
14 75
Marion Road
14 15
$409 25
FUEL. Central Schools.
Bryant & Soule
$1,696 31
B. C. Shaw
22 83
Clark & Cole Box Co.
38 25
$1,757 39
Suburban Schools.
T. C. Savery
$108 81
J. H. Thomas
34 30
H. T. Clark
114 89
William Eaton
203 75
A. W. Miller
23 02
Clark & Cole Box Co.
7 88
Bryant & Soule
106 96
$599 61
SUNDRIES. -
J. & G. E. Doane, sundries $26 90
Middleboro Gas and Electric Plant, gas and electric lights 83 69
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Adams Express Co., express
36 39
So. Mass. Tel. Co., rental of telephones
51 45
T. W. Pierce Co., sundries 30 88
W. L. Soule, sundries
2 50
S. E. Matthews, carting ashes School St. building
10 70
S. S. Lovell, salary as truant officer and sundries
47 63
C. L. Hathaway Co., sundries
3 70
E. T. Lincoln, salary as truant officer
10 00
A. G. Hayes, care of sewer 1910, 1911
10 00
L. D. Churbuck, sundries
7 00
T. G. Sisson, cartage and freight
44 87
E. H. Blake, sundries and repairing organs
15 70
C. H. Wilbur, sundries
1 00
W. F. Deane, sundries
1 80
C. E. Vinecomb, tuning piano
4 00
N. Warren, sundries
85
T. C. Boynton & Son, sundries
1 15
Dr. J. H. Burkhead, services as school physician
26 00
Cora Standish, cleaning
2 00
Mrs. Thomas Westgate, water for Rock School
5 00
Marion F. Dunham, services as monitor
12 00
Marion L. Tucker, services as monitor
12 00
F. W. Martin Co., engrossing diplomas
6 25
F. N. Whitman, sundries
1 13
William A. Harthorne, filling in certificates
3 50
Walter Sampson, sundries
13 60
Ruel F. Thompson, sundries
3 64
H. A. Whitbeck, sundries
3 20
Margretta A. Wallace, services at noon, So. Middleboro School 16 50
Roxanna C. Wrightington, cleaning
5 00
Charles H. Tripp, cleaning vaults
5 00
Andrew J. Decker, housing wood
6 00
Leonidas Deane, cleaning suburban buildings
72 15
Herbert E. Hinds, sundries
. 50
John Syversan, cleaning
9 00
Susan Johnson, cleaning
1 50
W. F. Ward, cleaning
5 50
E. F. Tinkham, cleaning clocks and clocks sold
34 25
Carrie L. Jones, taking census
58 00
Old Colony R. R. Express, express
. 18
Mrs. L. Lewis, cleaning
6 01
$710 12
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BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies
$894 17
American Book Co., books
281 54
Milton Bradley Co., supplies
37 83
Ginn & Co., books
149 86
Houghton, Mifflin Co., books
12 50
Union Pub. Co., books
1 50
Little Brown & Co., books
20 88
William R. Jenkins Co., books
1 59
Levi L. Crane, supplies
16 50
A. P. Follansbee, supplies
1 07
John H. Thurston, supplies
1 80
Whitney Bros., supplies
2 21
F. N. Whitman, supplies
13 33
Joseph Buck & Sons, supplies
1 50
Thorp, Martin Co., supplies
54 65
Walter L. Beals, supplies
75
H. L. Thatcher Co., supplies
41 40
Harvard University, supplies
1 90
D. C. Heath & Co., books
79 25
Allyn & Bacon, books
14 62
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, books
6 85
Funk Wagnalls Co., books
8 26
Wadsworth, Howland Co., supplies
63 43
Rand, McNally Co., supplies
20 00
F. N. Munroe Co., supplies
1 74
Charles E. Mathews, supplies
4 38
L. O. Tillson, supplies
1 99
Mary L. Cook, supplies
5 19
David Farquhar, binding books,
23 76
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., supplies
43 77
Charles Scribner Sons, books
62 34
Union Paste Co., supplies
1 00
Silver, Burdett Co., books
41 22
A. H. Alger Co., supplies
3 45
J. B. Hunter Co., supplies
1 75
Boston Straw Board Co., supplies
1 95
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies
11 85
C. L. Hathaway Co. supplies
21 00
Henry Holt Co., books,
13 33
$1,966 81
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PRINTING.
H. L. Thatcher & Co. Middleboro News Lorenzo Wood
$83 07
53 52
47 75
$184 34
HIGH SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.
Elmer H. Allen
$5 60
Helen M. Braley
11 70
Merton L. Braley
11 70
Harold W. Gibbs
5 75
Marion H. Thomas
5 55
Waldo S. Thomas
5 80
Annie H. Wilbur
11 70
Martha W. Keith
9 30
Percy N. Lane
9 55
Lyda E. Long
5 70
Albert F. Soule
28 65
Florence W. Sweet
9 55
Margaret E. Thomas
19 00
Lawrence W. Wilbur
19 10
Earle P. White
9 45
Minnie L. Davis
5 80
Earle W. Drake
6 75
Arthur H. Dunham
9 55
Mary A. Dunham
9 40
William E. LeBaron
16 65
Lillian M. Nourse
5 55
Gladys F. Sands
11 30
Florence L. Tinkham
9 05
Gertrude L. Vaughn
9 15
Albert W. Ward
25 35
Horace C. Wilbur
9 45
Harold F. Wood,
6 10
Henry M. Cushing
15 85
Katherine M. Dowling
8 75
Wade H. Dowling
2 85
Everett O. Drake
6 95
Norman G. Eaton
3 55
Ellen A. Evans
9 00
Lillian R. Foye
8 95
Bessie F. Leonard
18 90
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William A. Lewis
9 10
Clifton A. McCullis
9 50
Charles S. Miner
9 55
Elsie M. Pratt
3 60
Margery E. Robinson
9 45
Alice M. Russell
14 50
Ray A. Shattuck
9 25
Florence D. Shurtleff
17 55
Clarence E. Soule
28 50
Arthur Stuart
6 45
Jennie Wilbur
19 10
Theophilus L. Bearse
7 40
Stephen Bender
3 20
Alice M. Braley
7 40
Allen Braley
7 40
Cecil H. Deane
3 50
Andrew J. Decker
3 50
Manual R. Dutra
3 05
Anna C. I. Erickson
3 70
Thomas O. Jefferson
1 20
La Dieu Kenyon
3 70
Roger T. Perkins
3 40
Merle W. Poland
3 65
Bertha S. Richmond
3 70
Eleanor H. Thomas
7 20
Priscilla A. Wadsworth
3 70
Albert B. White
3 70
Bessie A. MacConathy
3 60
$580 45
TRANSPORTATION TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SCHOOL TEAMS.
Pleasant Street, R. W. Thorson
$36 00
Pleasant Street, Arthur Straffin
364 00
Thomastown, Dana H. Shaw
378 00
Thompsonville, David N. Wetherbee
238 75
$1,016 75
TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Austin M. Howard $125 00
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SCHOOL STREET TRANSPORTATION.
Doris Stetson, from Rock district $9 65
La Dieu Kenyon from Rock district 5 75
Nancy Graves, from Waterville district 11 60
Marie Brodeur, from Purchade district
20
Viola Foye, from Purchade district
2 75
Arlene Lougee, from Fall Brook district
1 90
Helen Mclaughlin, from Fall Brook district
70
Owen Lloyd, from Fall Brook district
1 40
$37 95
SOUTH MIDDLEBORO SCHOOL.
F. H. Perry, $8 55
REPAIRS.
J. & G. E. Doane, material and repairs at High School, West Side, Union Street, Green and Soule,
$111 02
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., material for West Side, Union Street, Fall Brook, High, Green
248 52
Jones Bros. Co., material for Soule School and Union Street School
20 40
C. H. Crowell, repairs at Green School
86 14
C. F. Gay, labor at Forest Street School
2 99
Fred C. Sparrow, labor at Green School and Union Street School 72 17
T. W. Pierce Co., material and labor at West Side, School Street and Pleasant Street 47 82
Josiah T. Carver, labor at Purchade and Pleas- ant Street Schools 4 80
Lloyd Perkins, 2d., labor at High School and West Side School 75 06
Eben Jones, labor at West Side, School Street, and Forest Street Schools
25 54
Fred L. Hanson, labor at Thompsonville School
41 56
Town of Middleboro, labor on lawn High School,
concrete at High School and cesspool West Side
103 71
Bryant & Soule, material
1 25
Chas. S. Tinkham, cash paid for labor
4 65
L. D. Churbuck, labor at High School
3 50
Geo. H. Holloway, labor at Purchade, Rock, and South Middleboro Schools
63 49
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Erna L. Cornish, cash paid for repairs at Water- ville School 1 00
W. B. Munroe, labor at Purchade School 46 16
J. S. DeChamps, labor at West Side, and Pur- chade Schools 44 55
F. A. Johnson, labor at Union Street and Soule Schools 42 13
Nathaniel Warren, labor at Forest Street School
1 60
Middleboro Plumbing Co., labor at Forest Street School
2 00
Thomas Pittsley, repairs at Wappanucket School 2 00
$1,052 06
COMPARATIVE EXPENSE TABLE.
1905-1911.
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
1909.
1910.
1911.
Instruction, Superintendence. Care of
Buildings, and Fuel
$23,944 77
$24,393 18
$26,679 59
$27,646 07
$28,100 74
$30,036 61
$32,194 06
Books and Supplies
1,368 80
1,667 42
1,665 61
1,506 53
1,822 54
1,730 06
1,966 81
Printing
160 80
208 40
173 77
212 32
157 27
175 77
184 34
Sundries
600 78
589 64
470 45
631 71
26
836 54
710 12
Transportation to High School
683 80
765 12
511 59
542 60
595 30
617 10
580 45
Transportation to Elementary schools
2,052 20
1,375 18
1,398 53
1,369 85
1,496 25
975 21
1,188 25
Repairs
1,000 00
1,558 44
1,025 80
1,007 82
1,526 09
1,050 27
1,052 06
Insurance
648 00
Rent
300 00
300 00
364 00
396 00
630 00
150 00
CHARLES H. BATES, Secretary.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
TWENTY-SEVENTH IN THE SERIES.
Middleboro, Mass., Jan. 4, 1912.
To the School Committee of Middleboro:
In accordance with your regulations I present the following report:
Some of the important changes introduced during the past year for the betterment of the schools are here enumerated:
1. The employment of a supervisor of penmanship who visits each central school once in three weeks and holds monthly meetings with the suburban teachers for the direction of their work.
A good beginning has been made in this most important study and we look for good results as the work of the super- visor progresses.
2. The adoption of a schedule of salaries, in accordance with which teachers are paid according to the work required. Teachers in the schools on half-time plan and teachers in the central schools having more than one grade in a room have been given an increase in salary.
3. The introduction of the plan of grouping and con- solidation of grades in many of the suburban schools whereby the work in these schools will be made more effective and the results secured more satisfactory by decreasing the number of daily recitations and giving more time for review work and instruction.
This promises to be the best plan for school betterment ever introduced into our rural schools. It is one of the en- couraging features of recent educational progress that so much attention is being given to the betterment of the rural schools of our country. When statistics show us that nearly one-half of the school children of the United States are being trained in one-room schools we see that "The Rural School Problem" is nation-wide, and it is gratifying to note that it is receiving attention in every section of the country.
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4. The raising of salaries of the suburban teachers. who are now classified into three groups, according to the size of the school, each group having a minimum and maximum salary, thus insuring to these schools in the future an opportuni- ty for securing more experienced teachers.
The action of the town in appropriating $671.43 for an increase in the salary of the teachers in the larger suburban schools made it possible to arrange this plan. The teachers in the larger suburban schools now receive a higher compen- sation than many of the grade teachers in the central schools. The increase in efficiency in the suburban corps of teachers made possible by an increase in salaries will soon give a sys- tem of rural schools that the town may well be proud of. 5. The extension of the half-time plan to include all the first and second year pupils in the central schools.
This plan has worked out very satisfactorily and will have to be continued in the future even if a change should be demanded until such time as a new building will furnish more ample accommodations.
6. The abolition of the Teachers' Training Class, making it possible now to raise the standard of requirements for service as teachers in the suburban schools.
7. The raising of the standard of admission to the High School by not awarding certificates of graduation to pupils deficient in two studies.
Formerly all pupils having an average of over 70 per cent in their studies were granted such certificates, even if they fell below 70 per cent in two or more branches. In the central schools pupils in the upper grade are given each term exam- inations on the work of the grade prepared by the Super- intendent.
8. The extension of work in English in the High School the first two years so as to give more periods to the study of literary productions and English composition. Spelling has also been added as a part of the work and is receiving the attention necessary to attain good results.
9. The adoption of a new plan for holding suburban teach- ers' meetings by dividing the teachers into three groups of five teachers each, and having bi-monthly meetings with each group in the Superintendent's office. This is proving to be the most helpful of any plan of meetings yet tried. It is in- teresting to note that the work of the suburban schools is being more closely supervised this year than ever before with the result that these schools are in a better condition than for many years. If the larger suburban schools could reduce
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the number of grades and pupils by transferring the upper grades to the Central schools conditions for even better work in those schools would be possible. Under present conditions, however, this is not possible.
10. The formulating of plans for a separate course of study for the suburban schools which will more definitely meet their needs. Much time and investigation will be given to this plan and it believed when it is worked out that it will greatly benefit those schools. It is hoped to have it prepared for the Fall term. No efforts are being spared towards making our rural schools as good as possible for it is fully realized that upon the reputation of its rural schools will depend largely the building up of the rural districts of the town.
11. The adoption of regulations for the supervisors in special subjects in which are definitely stated the duties of each supervisor.
In consequence of this adoption a clearer conception of what is required of each supervisor is given to the teachers and more satisfactory conditions have resulted.
12. The conservation of the health of pupils by giving more frequent rest periods in the elementary schools by dividing the school year into four terms instead of three, in accordance with the plan suggested in the report of last year. The same plan will be followed the present year. An expression of appreciation is extended to all those who have endeavored to strengthen the work of the schools by arranging public entertainments to occur on such evenings as would least interfere with the physical condition of pupils attending such entertainments. The action of the School Board last year in giving an expression of opinion on this point was extremely timely and we feel that it resulted in emphasizing the importance of pupils keeping in good physical condition if they would secure the best results in their school work.
13. The regrading of the central elementary school's to conform to existing conditions in the school buildings. The classification of pupils in the several rooms depends on the number in the grades and as that varies each year scarcely any two consecutive years have the same arrange- ments. The plan of grading these schools next year will follow very closely the plan of the present year. The first year is now called the sub-primary with eight grades above for the remaining eight years.
14. The extension of the work in manual training one grade.
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An account of this work is fully given in the report of the Supervisor of Manual Training.
Among the many suggestions which might be carried out for the betterment of our school equipment and school work the following are noted: .
1. The heating of the hallways and the installation of a system of ventilation in the Union Street building. 2. The construction of vaults for the outbuildings of the suburban schools.
3. The substitution of coal furnaces for wood at the Pleasant Street and Plymouth Street buildings.
4. The extension of the granolithic walks at the School Street building.
5. The replacing of the ceilings in the two lower rooms of the West Side building with new plaster or metal ceilings. Already these ceilings have been patched many times and both appearance and safety demand new ceilings.
6. The extension of the duties of the School Physician so that his work may follow out what is intended by the law of the state in regard to the duties of the school physician.
7. . The enrichment of the course in reading in the primary grades by supplying libraries of from 25 to 50 volumes for each school for the use of pupils in silent reading.
8. The extension of manual work at once so that sewing may be taught to the girls and sloyd to the boys in the upper grammar grades.
9. The giving of additional time to the work in manual arts by the supervisor, extending the same from three to four days each week.
10. The arranging for more direct supervision of drawing and constructive work in the suburban schools by the super- visor, allowing her to visit such schools a certain number of times each year for learning existing conditions.
11. The revision of course of study for the central schools giving more in detail the work required in the several studies.
12. The adoption of some regulation whereby when any suburban school falls below a certain membership with no certainty of any increase in the immediate future such school shall be closed and the pupils carried by team to the nearest school.
13. The adoption of a regulation whereby teachers who have served in the public schools with marked success for a period of three years may be placed on an honor list to serve at the pleasure of the committee.
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14. The use of the school buildings in the suburban dis- tricts as social centers.
The revival of the use of rural school buildings for meetings where educational and social questions can be present- ed for discussion is becoming widespread. I believe the use of our rural school buildings for such purposes is in accord with the best educational thought of the day, and I would like to see how such a movement for school betterment in this enlisting of home influence would work out in the suburban districts of our town.
In connection with the work of the year it is pleasing to refer to the exercises held on Flag Day, June 14, at the West Side school on which occasion a flag was presented to the school by the E. W. Peirce Woman's Relief Corps.
In closing this report of the things done in the Middle- boro schools the past year, together with suggestions for future improvement, we would assure the citizens of the town that it is our aim to so improve the schools that they may take rank with those in other progressive towns and to so direct the educational interests of the children committed to our care that they may gain an educational training which will fit them to do well their part in life.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES H. BATES,
Superintendent of Schools.
SPECIAL REPORTS
PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING SUPERVISOR OF MANUAL TRAINING SUPERVISOR OF PENMANSHIP TRUANT OFFICERS
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr. C. H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir :- I herewith submit a brief report of my twenty- second year as Principal of the Middleboro High School. I feel that the school has made a commendable record from the various view points of education. It is our constant aim to impress upon pupils the importance of punctuality in attend- ance, of courtesy toward teachers and schoolmates, of a cor- rect appreciation of their educational privileges, of making their school work paramount to social activities, of con- centration of mind and the exercise of will power for the promotion of sound scholarship, of systematic habits of study, of the consistent development, to a reasonable degree, of the several departments of the mind, of meeting difficul- ties with a determination to overcome them, of doing well some things that are distasteful to them, of strict honesty and integrity of purpose in dealing with their associates and with themselves, of promoting a democratic school spirit with justice to all as its cornerstone- in short, the importance of cultivating those habits that will insure them success in life after they have completed their scholastic education. The moral and intellectual habits formed during this plastic age are more potent factors to success than the concrete knowledge acquired.
There have been three resignations in our teaching force during the past year, Miss Grace C. Emerson, Miss Helen P. Wood, and Miss Ruth R. Hart. Miss Emerson was suc- ceeded by Miss Esther E. Morse, Miss Wood by Miss Irena M. Crawford, and Miss Hart by Miss Susie W. Eastham.
The total enrollment for the fall term was 190; 95 girls and 95 boys. The total number of tuition pupils was 19. Of these 15 came from Lakeville, 2 from Plympton, 1 from Carver and 1 from Rochester. The number of pupils drawing transportation money was 48. The present senior class numbers 28; 16 boys and 12 girls.
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During the past year renewals of the privilege of certi- fication for three years have been granted our High School by the New England College Certificate Board and by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
The number of recitations in English has been increased from three to four per week during the first two years of the course. A weekly exercise in spelling is required of all the pupils. During the year it is our intention to have twenty minute talks before the school once in two weeks by some of our townsmen on subjects which are of special interest to students in Civics.
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