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South Middleboro
494 00
Highland
433 00
Rock
494 00
France
395 00
Wappanucket
418 00
Marion Road
252 50
$6,612 50
SUPERVISORS.
Manual Arts
$680 00
Music
600 00
Penmanship
100 00
$1,380 00
JANITORS.
Central Schools.
$540 00
High Union Street
240 00
School Street
530 00
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Forest Street
180 00
West Side
240 00
$1,730 00
Suburban Schools.
Pleasant Street
$34 00
Plymouth Street
38 00
Purchade
36 25
Thompsonville
15 20
Soule
38 00
Waterville
27 75
Green
18 45
Fall Brook
32 75
Thomastown
41 75
South Middleboro
25 75
Highland
19 00
Rock
38 00
France
38 00
Wappanucket
38 00
Marion Road
7 85
$448 75
FUEL. Central Schools.
B. C. Shaw
$30 00
Richard W. Clark
13 90
Bryant & Soule
128 05
James L. Jenney
1,897 88
$2,069 83
Suburban Schools.
B. C. Shaw
$25 06
G. N. Fuller
58 00
H. T. Clark
60 80
William Eaton
15 00
James L. Jenney
8 25
Frank P. Hall
9 00
Bryant & Soule
70 59
T. C. Savery
91 38
G. H. Simmons
8 75
Albert Deane
34 40
Chas. S. Tinkham
2 25
C. N. Atwood & Son
36 39
Bradford K. Cushman
88 00
$507 87
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SUNDRIES.
Mary L. Cook, sundries
$ 4 12
J. & G. E. Doane, sundries
17 03
So. Mass. Telephone Co., rental of telephones 68 39
S. S. Lovell, Sundries, services as attendance officer
30 00
Margretta A. Wallace, compensation as monitor
34 00
Adams Express Co., express
22 40
H. A. Witbeck, sundries
12 80
Whitcomb & Owen, cartage
8 37
Lucas & Thomas, dustbane
21 00
Mid. Gas & Electirc Plant, lights
61 80
Middleboro Fire District, sundries
12 00
E. T. Lincoln, services as attendance officer
10 00
Charles A. Wood, furnishing estimates for vaults
3 50
Mary E. Deane, sundries
1 00
Embert A. Johnson, sundries
1 00
George E. Bolling, fee for analysis of water
10 00
F. A. Nichols, fire extinguisher
14 85
Herbert E. Hinds, cleaning
6 00
Chas. S. Tinkham, sundries
6 73
Leonidas Deane, sundries
5 57
Town of Middleboro, sundries
10 10
Thos. S. Phinney, cleaning suburban school rooms
62 00
Andrew J. Decker, housing wood
4 00
F. N. Whitman, sundries
4 07
T. G. Sisson, cartage
2 00
Mrs. Josiah H. Thomas, sundries
2 00
Raymond Brouthers, sundries
1 00
F. W. Martin Co., engrossing diplomas
7 00
L. O. Tillson, sundries
1 91
Joseph N. Shaw, water for Fall Brook School
10 00
Mrs. T. T. Westgate, water for Rock School
5 00
Dr. J. H. Burkhead, salary as school physician to July 1
77 00
Walter Sampson, sundries
15 06
William A. Harthorne, filling in certificates
4 00
W. H. H. Johnson, sundries
15
Chas. F. Anderson, sundries
1 20
L. D. Churbuck, putting on storm windows
3 50
A. F. Straffin, sundries
4 00
John Syversan, sundries
5 00
Henry Howe, sundries
15
Carrie L. Jones, taking school census
65 00
Jeoffrey Hubbard, cleaning well at Fall Brook
6 00
H. B. Wentworth, tuning pianos
13 25
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Geo. Hunt, sawing wood T. N. Wood, sundries Bay State Street Railway Co., express
14 40
50
1 30
T. W. Pierce Co., sundries 6 19
$678 59
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
F. N. Whitman, supplies
$19 43
Thorp & Martin Co., supplies
46 09
E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies
706 07
Remington Typewriter Co., 3 typewriters
40 00
J. L. Hammett Co., books and supplies
338 33
D. C. Heath & Co., books
107 35
Houghton, Mifflin Co., books
17 52
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies
38 88
Wright & Potter Printing Co., book
1 50
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies
6 75
Milton Bradley Co., supplies
23 84
William Egger, supplies
4 75
Ames & Rollinson Co., diplomas
37 50
New England Reed Co., supplies
4 55
Silver, Burdett & Co., books
38 58
Ginn & Co., books
95 44
Charles Scribner's Sons, books
43 06
Allyn & Bacon, books
54 17
Benj. H. Sanborn, books
20 86
C. L. Hathaway & Co., supplies
5 75
David Farquhar, rebinding books
37 34
American Book Co., books
88 72
H. M. Sanders & Co., supplies
9 00
Oliver Ditson Co., books
30 20
William F. Dean, supplies
1 50
Boston Straw Board Co., supplies
98
H. L. Thatcher & Co., supplies
31 25
D. Appleton Co., books
3 33
$1,852 74
PRINTING.
Lorenzo Wood
$54 25
Dover Press
13 00
H. L. Thatcher & Co.
92 50
Middleboro News
32 50
$192 25
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HIGH SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.
Martha W. Keith
$5 10
Percy N. Lane
5 15
Albert F. Soule
16 20
Florence W. Sweet
5 40
Margaret E. Thomas
10 70
Earle P. White
3 20
Lawrence W. Wilbur
10 80
Arthur H. Dunham
8 85
Mary A. Dunham
8 85
Bessie A. MacConathy
5 90
Florence L. Tinkham
7 95
Gertrude L. Vaughn
7 65
Horace A. Wilbur
9 00
Henry M. Cushing
7 80
Minnie L. Davis
9 00
Katherine M. Dowling
8 85
Ellen A. Evans
3 10
L. Rachel Foye
8 60
Bessie F. Leonard
18 20
William A. Lewis
8 40
Clifton A. McCrillis
9 10
Charles S. Miner
8 40
Margery E. Robinson
8 65
Ray A. Shattuck
2 40
Clarence E. Soule
27 15
Jennie Wilbur
18 20
Theo. L. Bearse
18 20
Stephen Bender
3 00
Alice M. Braley
17 50
Allen Braley
16 40
Cecil H. Deane
9 10
Andrew J. Decker
7 10
Manual R. Dutra
3 45
Anna C. I. Erickson
9 10
La Dieu Kenyon
9 00
Roger T. Perkins
5 20
Merle W. Poland
2 90
Bertha S. Richmond
6 25
Eleanor H. Thomas
18 10
Priscilla A. Wadsworth
8 60
Albert A. White
3 20
Rachel Mostrom
3 70
W. Lloyd Sturgis
3 50
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Lucy B. Braley
7 40
Charles S. Carver
1 15
Harold L. Dunham
2 80
Mildred A. Feltch
7 40
Viola H. Foye
3 60
Everett C. Glover
2 35
Romeo Guidiboni
10 95
Robert M. Holbrook
2 00
Esther Mostrom
3 45
G. Howard Myers
7 40
Emile E. Savard
1 20
Ebenezer A. Shaw
11 10
Florence E. Shaw
3 70
Ruth N. Shaw
3 70
Alberta N. Soule
11 10
Doris W. Stetson
3 70
Edna S. Thomas
3 70
$473 65
TRANSPORTATION TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SCHOOL TEAMS.
Pleasant Street, Arthur F. Straffin
$358 00
Thomastown, Dana H. Shaw
360 00
Thompsonville, David N. Wetherbee
228 50
Rock, Clement W. Barrows
58 00
$1,004 50
SCHOOL STREET TRANSPORTATION.
Doris Stetson, Rock district $5 35
Marie Brodeur, Purchade district 1 55
Viola Foye, Purchade district
3 75
Helen MacLaughlin, Fall Brook district
7 60
Arlene Lougee, Fall Brook district
7 25
Ida Merrihew, Rock district
3 65
Linda Howard, Rock district
3 60
Anita Atwood, Rock district
3 70
Elsie M. Cudworth, Rock district
3 65
Marion N. Atwood, Rock district
3 50
$43 60
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WEST SIDE TRANSPORTATION.
Joseph Gomez $21 50
SOUTH MIDDLEBORO SCHOOL.
Frank H. Perry
$8 20
FALL BROOK SCHOOL.
Mrs. J. MacLaughlin $1 75
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC TRANSPORTATION.
Austin M. Howard $75 00
Harrison O. Wetherell 50 00
$125 00
SUPERVISOR OF MANUAL ARTS
Mary L. Cook, $3 00
REPAIRS. .
J. & G. E. Doane, labor and material, Pleasant Street, Forest Street, Green, Fall Brook, Union Street, High
$149 28
George H. Holloway, labor at Fall Brook and Purchade Schools 27 85
Jones Bros. Co. labor and material, School Street, Green, South Middleboro and Union Street Schools
49 05
E. E. Sisson, labor at South Middleboro School building
4 00
Josiah H. Thomas, labor at Thomastown School
5 75
J. K. & B. Sears Co., material Union Street, West Side, Purchade, Waterville Schools
235 40
C. F. Gay, labor at Forest Street building W. B. Munroe, labor at West Side
2 81
21 00
Josiah T. Carver, labor at Purchade School
8 95
T. W. Pierce Co., labor at West Side, School Street, Purchade and Union Street
103 02
Lloyd Perkins, labor at High School, Forest
Street, Union Street and West Side Schools 99 82
62 16
Bryant & Harlow, labor at School Street building Fred C. Sparrow, labor at Union Street, School Street, Green, Fall Brook, Waterville and Soule Schools
228 89
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J. S. Deschamps, labor at West Side building 10 25
Geo. C. Wiley, labor at West Side building 1 75
Leonidas Deane, labor at Highland School 2 00
H. L. Gurney Co., labor on roof School Street building 10 00
E. H. Blake, repairing locks and fitting keys different school buildings 11 90
American Seating Co., seats for School Street building 3 50
Town of Middleboro, labor on lawn High School laying new sewer High School, 259 86
E. H. Fessenden, labor at Green School 1 00
Tremaine Electric Co., labor and material School Street Building
19 78
Thomas J. Pittsley, labor at Wappanucket School building 1 50
4 20
Middleboro Fire District, labor installing meters H. A. Witbeck, labor at School Street building Middleboro Plumbing Co., labor at School Street, Forest Street and West Side
2 90
J. A. Washburn, labor at Rock and Waterville Schools, 10 00
F. A. Johnson, renovating blackboards in all the school buildings, material and labor Green,
Waterville, High, and Thomastown Schools
304 16
Boston Metal Ceiling Co , metal ceiling for one room, West Side building
76 50
F. E. Lawrence, repairs at Thomastown school building
75
Chas. S. Tinkham, cash paid for labor 5 13
D. T. Weston, labor at Thomastown school 3 50
28 85
$1,755 51
COMPARATIVE EXPENSE TABLE
1905-1912
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
1909.
1910.
1911.
1912.
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
33,461 45
Books and Supplies
1,368 80
1,667 42
1,665 61
1,506 53
1,822 54
1,730 06
1,966 81
1,852 74
Printing
160.80
208 40
173 77
212 32
157 27
175 77
184 34
192 25
Sundries
600 78
589 64
470 45
631 71
601 26
836 54
710 12
678 59
Transportation to High School
683 80
765 12
511 59
542 60
595 30
617 10
580 45
473 65
Transportation to Elementary Schools
2,052 20
1,375 18
1,398 53
1,369 85
1,496 25
975 21
1,188 25
1,207 55
Repairs
1,000 00
1,558 44
1,025 80
1,007 82
1,526 09
1,050 27
1,052 06
1,755 51
Insurance
648 00
648 00
Rent
300 00
300 00
364 00
396 00
630 00
150 00
150 00
CHARLES H. BATES, Secretary.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
TWENTY-EIGHTH IN THE SERIES.
Middleboro, Mass., Jan. 2, 1913
To the School Board:
In accordance with your regulations, I present the following report of the school department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1912, together with a few recommendations for the better- ment of the schools. Briefly enumerated some of the more important matters pertaining to the work of the schools the past year are as follows:
1. The employment of a school physician under whose direc- tion a physical examinaton of each pupil has been made and a closer attention to the sanitary conditions of the school buildings has been given. Conservation of the health of school children is one of the most important subjects to claim the attention of school authorities at the present time.
2. The extension of the manual instruction to include all the grades of the central schools below the High school.
3. The adoption of a plan for teaching penmanship in which the copy book is not used but the course outlined by the supervisor is followed under his directions.
A course covering the work for one year in each school has been given to each teacher.
4. The inauguration of a coaching plan in the West Side, Forest Street and Union Street schools for the benefit of de- ficient pupils.
5. The extension of time given by the supervisor of music to instruction in the Central schools and a complete equip- ment of the elementary schools with books covering the work of the revised course. Each teacher has been given a printed outline for the year's work in her grade.
6. The adoption of a school calendar for the suburban and the primary and the intermediate grades of the Central schools by which the school year is divided into five terms instead of three so that there will be less tendency for stale work as is often the case in long terms of schools.
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7. The meeting more adequately the needs of the suburban schools in the teaching of special subjects by holding a half day institute each month when the supervisors outline and explain to the teachers the work to be done for that month.
8. The bringing about a closer co-operation between the homes and the schools in the suburban districts by holding a series of "Parents' Days" on which occasions the results of home work and school work are shown to the parents. Nearly all the suburban schools held such a day the past term.
9. The revision, now in progress, of the course of study for the Central elementary schools so that the work may be more uniform and better adapted to present conditions.
This course will be outlined for each month's work in each grade and will contain a minimum and a maximum course.
10. The giving of additional time to the work in manual arts by the Supervisor, extending the same from three to four days each week.
11. The compiling of a complete census of over-age pupils in all the grades to ascertain how many cases of retardation based on over-age existed in the schools. This was highly satisfactory and showed in many schools a very small per- centage. In the High school there were but 3 cases of over- age pupils. The adaptability of our work to pupils required to do the same is thus clearly manifest.
12. The filing at the Superintendent's office of all cases of non-promotion in June together with the reasons for the same. The form used gives the name, age, and grade of the pupil; in what studies deficient; why deficient; prospects of promotion with additional study; retarded or not; admitted to the grade the previous year conditionally or not. The ability of the pupil is thus known to the Superintendent who can better place him where he may receive the most benefit.
13. The rearrangement of sessions of the primary grades in the West Side and Union Street schools by which change all these schools but one are now on the two-session plan in- stead of the half-time plan.
14. The closing of the Marion Road school and trans- porting the pupils to the Rock school. At the opening of the fall term the number of pupils attending school in this district was four. The number now attending the Rock school from this district is two, both from one family.
15. The extension of the Stamp Saving System under the direction of the Cabot Club to all but one of the ele- mentary school buildings. Mrs. Leonard O. Tillson in charge of this work reports that in the Union Street school there is
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saved [an average of $5 a week, in the School Street school an average of $4 a week, and in the Forest Street school an average of $4.50 a week.
Since Sept. 1, stamps to the amount of $131.34 have been sold. Many of the pupils have taken part of this sum for use at Christmas, the director having cashed stamps to the amount of $34.47 during the two weeks before Christmas, the smallest amount cashed being 24 cents and the largest $2.36. As an illustration of the value of this work may be instanced the case of one boy about eleven years old who cashed one book of stamps representing $4.25 which he used for shoes and clothes.
Since Sept. 1, the amount expended for stamps was $178.79.
This method of teaching the subject of thrift now made compulsory in the schools of our state has been productive of excellent results and the Cabot Club is to be commended for this practical activity covering a period of nearly ten years.
The following suggestions are respectfully presented for your consideration. While some of them may not be ready for present adoption they are in line with educational work now being carried out in progressive places. Some of them, however, demand consideration as the best interests of the schools depend in a large measure upon their satisfactory adjustment:
1. The appointment by the town of an investigating com- mittee to consider the best way to relieve the present crowded conditions in the Central elementary schools and to provide a plan for future school accommodations.
2. The reducing of the number of grades in the schools at Purchade, Green, Fall Brook and Rock to seven and the transportaton of the pupils in the eighth and ninth grades to the Central schools as soon as increased school accommodations will permit.
3. The fitting up of a portion of the boys' basement of the School Street building for carrying on the work in Manual Training.
4. The extending the opportunity for doing work in the manual arts to the pupils of the upper grades of the Suburban schools by meeting the supervisor one half day each week in the High School building.
5. The securing for the physical welfare of the boys and girls of the town a suitable public play ground, the same to be under the charge of a trained supervisor.
6. The adoption in our suburban schools of a plan for carrying on the work of home gardens, so extensively carried
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on by the rural schools at the present time in all sections of the country.
7. The need of a larger appropriation for placing the school property in good condition. Although much has been done the past few years there are still many school buildings that need renovating.
8. The securing at once of additional school room at the Centre to meet the overcrowded condition that will exist next September. One more room will certainly be needed.
9. The extension of the coaching plan to the School Street building by securing the services of an additional teacher to assist in the instruction of deficient pupils and to act as a permanent substitute teacher.
10. The formation of a public school association to stand for the uplift in school affairs and through whose activities a greater interest in school work may be created and a higher standard be made possible.
11. The adoption for the elementary schools of a system of progressive record cards by which each pupil's record in attendance, deportment and scholarship during his nine years of elementary school work may be kept as a permanent record, accessible at any time. This system has been in use in the High School for several years.
12. The erection of a portable school building in the rear of the School Street building to accommodate the overflow next September, provided no suitable room can be secured in any outside building. Such a building could be moved to any other section of the Central district if necessary when not needed for the School Street school. In the event of the erection of a new school building it could be used for the work in Manual Arts.
Briefly summarized the present condition of the schools can be thus stated: The High School still maintains its high standard among the secondary schools of the state. Its academic department is especially strong. Pupils entering higher institutions of learning show the result of careful and painstaking preparation in the creditable standing they attain in their college classes.
The commercial department has sent out many students well equipped for filling clerical positions in the various busi- ness houses, factories and offices both in and out of town. This feature of the High School work has been of great value in thus preparing many of its graduates for useful service in business life and the Pierce trustees are to be commended for
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such a practical expenditure of a part of the income from their funds.
The Central Elementary schools with one or two exceptions are in good condition. The attendance is good, the application of the pupils to their work is excellent, the spirit of the school rooms is praiseworthy and the progress of the work satisfactory. The permanency of the teaching force has much to do with the present conditions. Nearly all the primary teachers have occupied their present positions for several years. The grammar grades have been the most seriously inconvenienced by fre- quent changes.
When the new course of study is worked out in these schools much more progressive work will be possible.
The suburban schools as a whole are doing very creditable work. The one great drawback in these schools is the lack of permanency in the teaching force. It is difficult always to secure satisfactory teachers to take charge of such schools containing so many different grades. We should, however, congratulate ourselves that under existing conditions our rural schools have such a capable force of teachers. With the discontinuing of the Teachers' Training Class these schools in the future will call to every vacant position teachers of experience, and this will tend to secure better results.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. BATES,
Superintendent of Schools.
SPECIAL REPORTS
PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC SUPERVISOR OF MANUAL ARTS SUPERVISOR OF PENMANSHIP SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr. C. H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir :- In my annual report I beg leave to submit the following tabular statistics:
Table I
Total number graduates from High School
618
Total number of girls
387
Total number of boys.
231
Number of classes graduated
37
Largest class, class of 1908
38
Smallest class, class of 1877
1
Number of classes in which girls outnumbered boys
25
Number of classes in which boys outnumbered girls
10
Number of classes in which girls and boys numbered the same
2
Number of classes in which there were no girls
2
Number of classes in which there were no boys
2
Average number of graduates per year
17
Number of graduates during my principalship
474
Number of graduates before my principalship
144
Table II
Total enrollment for fall term, 1912 200 Girls 106 Boys
94
Postgraduates
2
1
1
Seniors
26
14
12
Juniors
47
26
21
Sophomores
54
29
25
Freshmen
71
36
35
Total enrollment for fall term, 1911 190
95
95
Increase over last year
10
Increase n number of grls
11
Decrease in number of boys
1
Total number of graduates last June 28
12 " 16
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Table III
Total enrollment for fall term 200
Total enrollment of pupils from Middleboro 177
Total enrollment of tuition pupils 23
Total number of Middleboro pupils drawing trans- portation money 46
Percent of Middleboro pupils drawing transportation money 26
Percent of tuition pupils in the school 111/2
Note-Pupils living over two miles from the High School building are entitled to transportation money. Table IV
The residence of tuition pupils is as follows:
Lakeville
14
Plympton
4
Carver
2
Rochester
2
Freetown
1
Table V
Graduates of our High School entered institutions of learn- ing last fall as follows:
Colby College
1 Framingham State Normal 1
Dartmouth 1
Boston Y. M. C. A. School of Engineering 1
Harvard 5
1
Wentworth Institute 2
Smith
1 Lasell Seminary 1
Mass. Institute of Tech. 2
Postgraduate course
in High School
2
Bridgewater State Normal School
5
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER SAMPSON,
Principal of the High School.
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REPORT OF MUSIC SUPERVISOR.
Middleboro, Dec. 30, 1912.
Mr. Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir: The work in music began with much interest by both teachers and pupils. The lesson hours have been arranged much the same as last year although some necessary changes were made.
The first two months of the year were devoted to ear train- ing, rhythm and notation.
In November a new course was placed in the Schools: The Modern Music Course.
Books were assigned to every pupil in the Central Schools above the second grade. In the Suburban Schools I have placed a book with each pupil above the third grade.
The Modern Music Course is based on Imagination, Imi- tation and Observation, or Imagination, Recognition and Notation.
The purpose of music in the Public Schools is to teach the children to sing, to love to sing and to appreciate good music. The ability to sing opens an avenue of expression which is a source of pleasure to the pupils themselves as well as to their listeners.
There are three steps in the study of Public School Music. First: The pupils are introduced to the study of music through the singing of songs learned by imitation. The imagination of the pupil should be aroused and the songs taught should be sung simply for the pleasure they yield.
In this way the child gains some musical expression and learns to sing by singing.
Second Step: The pupils begin the study of song structure and the analysis of songs. This work is based on rote songs; the children learn to separate the songs into phrases and begin the study of intervals as found in their songs.
Third Step: The pupil begins the more formal study of music by applying the knowledge he has previously gained of the structure of music and of musical notation.
Special emphasis is being laid upon artistic rendition of singing. With this idea in mind I have arranged graded out-
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lines and placed them with each teacher in the Central and Suburban Schools. The teachers are following the outlines faithfully, and with the teachers' meetings held with me throughout the year I am looking for good results.
A course of. four lectures is to be given throughout the year which will be of great help to the teacher. The first one was given Tuesday, December 17th in High School Assembly Hall by Mr. Edmund Sawyer, Supervisor of Music at Hyannis State Normal School. These talks will be of great help to the teachers and arouse a certain amount of enthusiasm among those who are anxious to improve their own record in their individual work in the schools.
We are trying in each grade to do some individual work, but in the first three grades we are making individual work very important. Each child is there required to sing alone and the results are thus far gratifying.
In the first and second grades we have made a beginning of writing simple exercises from dictation at the board and working out all problems found in the exercises, thereby lay- ing a broad musical foundation for the formal study in the First Book of the "Series''.
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