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H. =Proportion of return stroke uncompleted at compression.
Wc =Weight of one cubic foot of steam at cut off pressure.
Wh =Weight of one cubic foot of steam at the compression pressure.
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Because of the fact that the cards were taken first on one side and then on the other, the horse-power may be inaccurate to a slight extent, but as the load was approximately the same, the difference, between the horse-power as found, and the true horse-power, will be so small that it is negligible.
The average horse-power found was 35.323. Details are in attached table.
The steam consumption was determined from formulæ by Prof. Whitaker of Massachusetts Technology, and was found to be 37.637 lbs. per horse-power per hour for one engine or 75.274 lbs. per hour for both sides. This is a very fair con- sumption for this type of engine.
In conclusion I would say that the present condition of the pumps does not call for, nor justify any large expenditure of money, as the plant as a whole is in good condition. It seems that if the cushioning valves were used a little more the stroke of the engine might be brought up the inch difference between the present stroke and the stroke for which it was built. This might at the same time relieve the noise a little.
Yours very truly,
J. A. SKAKLE.
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SCHEDULE
Showing number of feet of each size of pipe and number and size of gates, blow-offs and hydrants.
Size in inches
LENGTH OF PIPE IN FEET
No. of Gates
No of Check Valves
No. of Air Cocke
No. 10 in. B. O.
No. 8 in. B. O.
No. 6 in. B. O.
No. 4 in. B. O.
No. 2 in. B. O.
No. 11% in. B. O.
No. Hydrants
30
80
1 1
20
190
1
18
7,424
4
1
16
16 424
12
13
3
14
10,352
11
1
9
3
12
11,230
28
6
1
15
10
35,209
58
2
8
1
3
32
8
30,339
71
5
1
2
38
6
50,499
182
5
4
3
60
4
76,302
180
3
3
7
70
3
7,249
12
1
1
2
21/0
458
2
45.578
110
3
5
2
11/%
382
2
1
1
1,407
7
3/4
985
2
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294.108
€30
3
65
3
1
9
10
18
1
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PUMPING STATION
On the following page is shown the pumping station records for the year, giving in detail the usual information.
On July 19th, a meter was set on the suction pipe of the boiler feed pump, and for the twenty-four weeks between July 19, 1915, and January 2. 1916, 29,718 cubic feet, or 1,857,375 lbs. of water was evaporated by 225,695 lbs. of coal, an average of 8.23 lbs. of water per lb. of coal.
PUMPING RECORDS, 1915.
The following page shows the analysis made by the State Board of Health at frequent intervals during the year, 1915, of the water from Great and Little South and Boot Ponds.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent.
PUMPING RECORDS, 1915.
The pumping station records shown on this page give in detail the amount of water pumped, fuel used, etc., at the pumping station during the year 1915.
MONTHS
Total lbs. No. gallons Hours run fuel used pumped
Total No. Gals. low service
Rain in inches
Max. Min. Average t'mperature Daily aver- age water pumped gallons
Daily aver- age fuel pounds
January
2153/4
41,085
22,819,150
14.892,000
10.35
36.
23.
736,101
1325
February
2001/2
37,035
20,842,600
13,642,000
3.98
37.53
23.9
744.378
1322
March
.
209
37.960
21.453,200
14,672,000
.09
39.8
22.8
692,20
1224
April
·
2073/4
36,865
20,905,150
14.252,000
3.47
€4.
36.
696.838
1228
May .
234
39,925
23.708,050
16,484 500
2.20
62.
45.
764,775
1287
June .
2951/2
47.225
30,411,000
17,158,500
4.58
69.66
53.3
1,013,700
1574
July .
29634
47,305
30,270.000
15,203,000
2.72
75.9
59.54
976,451
1525
August
2551/4
41.350
26.410,700
14,608,000
6.19
73.9
60.1
851,958
1334
September
2601/2
44.505
27,547,750
15,903,000
1.55
72.4
55.5
918.258
1483
October
.
.
2291/2
39,670
23.538,800
16,361.000
4.22
59.25
44.5
759.316
1279
November
2011/2
27.240
20,960,700
14.686,000
2.37
49.33
37.33
698,690
1241
December .
2193/4
40.130
22,213,800
15,361,000
4.99
37.
23.87
717,542
1294
2.8283/4
490,295
291,115,900
183,223,000
46.71
Hours run
Total lbs. Fuel used
No. gals. pumped
Av. No. gals. to 1 1b. coal
Average duty for year
New pump Old pump
2800 283/4
485,395 4,900
289,024,400 2.091,500
595.4 426.9
35,726,000 25,610,000
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Plymouth seventeen
WATER ANALYSIS, 1915.
No.
DATE OF
TURBID- ITY
SEDI- MENT
TOTAL
LOSS ON
IGNITION
FIXED
FREE
TOTAL
IN SO-
LUTION
In Sus-
pension
CHLORINE
Nitrates
Nitrites
CONSUMED
HARDNESS
IRON
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122148 Feb. 15
V. Slight
V. Siight
.00
2.50 0.75 1.75
.0028 .0294 .0246 .0048
.71 .0010 .0000
.13
0.3 .008
Little South
122149 Feb. 15
V. Slight
V. Slight
.01
2.80 0.80 2.00
.0092 .0412 .0280 .0132
.75 .0000
.0000
22
0.2.010
Great South
122150|Feb. 15
V. Slight
Slight
.01
2.25 0.70 1.55
.0028 .0416
.0332
.0084
.57 .0000 .0000
09
0.2 .010
Boot
123251 | April 19
V. Slight
Slight
00
2.80 1.00 1.80
.0020 .0150 .0126 .0024
.71 .0000 .0000
.14
0.2 .015
Little South
123252 April 19
V. Slight
V. Slight
.00
2.80 0.90 1.90
.0020 .0128 .0098
.0030
78 .0000 .0000
07
0.2 .010
Great South
123253 April 19
V. Slight
Slight
03
3.20 1.00 2.20
.0014 .0206 .0186 .0020
.. 0 .0000 .0000
.07
0.2 .008
Boot
124293 June 14
V. Slight
Slight
05
2.75 0.75 2.00
.0012 .0254 .0158 .0096
.72 .0020 .0000
.05
0.2 .012
Little South
124294 June 14
V. Slight |V. Slight
.00
2.70 0.85 1.85
.0020 .0136 .0118 .0018
.70 .0010 .0000
.05
0.2 .008
Great South
124295 June 14
V. Slight
V. Slight
.06
2.85 0.85 2.00
0028 .0250
.0230 .0020
.70 .0020 .0000
.07 0.2.006
Boot
125716 Aug. 16
Slight
Slight
.00
.
.0040 .0236 .0186
.0050
.74
0.2 .015
Little South
125717 Aug. 16
V. Slight
V. Slight
.00
.0036 .0140 .0124 .0016
.66
0.3 .008
Great South
125718 Aug. 16
V. Slight V. Slight
00
.0036
.0236
.0172
.0064
.67
... 0.2 .012
Boot
127115 Oct. 19
V. Slight V. Slight
.00
2.75 0.90 1.85
.0026
.0198 .0160
0038
.69
.
0.2 .005
Little South
127116 Oct. 19
V. Slight
V. Slight
.00
2.70 0.80 1.90
.0020 .0144 .0108 .0036
.73
...
0.2 .008
Great South
127117 Oct. 19
V. Slight
Slight
.00
3.40 1.25 2.15 .0038 .0236 .0196 .0040
.74
..
0.2 .008 | Boot
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|COLLECTION, 1915
APPEARANCE
RESIDUE ON * EVAPORATION
AMMONIA
NITRO- GEN AS
NAME
ALBUMINOID
OF
POND
COLOR
OXYGEN
...
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31,
1915
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term Expires
William M. Douglass, Chairman,
1917
George C. Peterson, Secretary,
1916
Helen F. Pierce, 1918
The regular meetings of the School Board are held at 7.15 p. m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
Superintendent of Schools, Charles A. Harris.
Office open from 8.30 to 12 a. m., and 1.30 to 5 p. m. every school day.
Office hours of the Superintendent of Schools, 4 to 5 p. m., Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
7 to 8 p. m. every Wednesday.
Attendance Officer, John Armstrong.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1915-1916.
Term opened Wednesday, September 8, closed Thursday, December 23, 16 weeks.
Term opened Tuesday, January 4, closes Friday, April 14, 15 weeks.
Term opens Monday, April 24, closes Friday, June 23, 9 weeks.
Fall term, 1916, begins Wednesday, September 6.
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VACATIONS.
April 14, 1916, to April 24, 1916.
June 23, 1916, to September 6, 1916.
HOLIDAYS.
Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Colum- bus Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High School-8 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Nathaniel Morton School-8 a. m. to 1 p. m.
All others except the outlying schools, 9.00 to 11.45 a. m .; 1.30 to 3.45 p. m.
First grade is dismissed 15 minutes earlier than the other grades.
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FINANCIAL REPORT
1914, ADDITIONAL.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$2,254 96
EXPENDITURES.
General Expenses,
$157 50
Salaries,
129 50
Text books and supplies,
430 21
Tuition,
18 00
Transportation,
227 50
Janitors,
115 00
Fuel and light,
570 76
Furniture, etc.,
272 43
Medical inspection,
53 98
Repairs,
280 08
$2,254 96
1915.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, March 27, 1915,
$76,000 00
Appropriation, October 23, 1915,
3,500 00
Income from Murdock Fund, 18 48
$79,518 48
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EXPENDITURES.
General Expenses,
$3,808 12
Teachers' Salaries,
51,775 08
Text Books and Supplies,
4,472 41
Tuition, 80 50
Transportation,
1,907 07
Support of truants,
108 30
Janitors' Salaries,
5,981 85
Fuel and Light,
6,225 35
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds, 3,798 16
Furniture and Furnishings,
110 60
Other Expenses,
148 98
Medical Inspection,
1,096 78
$79,513 20
$5 28
HEDGE SCHOOL ADDITION.
Balance from 1914,
$36 15
Payments.
Window Boxes,
$28 00
$8 15
NEW SCHOOL AND FURNISHINGS. (Morton School.)
Balance from 1914,
$382 10
Payments.
Heater, tables, etc., $160 00
$222 10
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ADDITION TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Balance from 1914,
$3,111 14
Payments.
Carpentering,
$505 14
Furniture,
2,386 53
Freight,
110 73
Miscellaneous,
28 03
Total Payments,
$3,030 43
Balance remaining,
$80 71
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BUDGET FOR 1916.
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Salary of Superintendent,
$2,250 00
Salary of Office Clerk,
355 00
Salary of Truant Officer,
180 00
Printing, postage, etc.,
375 00
Printing Rules and Regulations,
50 00
Telephones,
40 00
Travelling Expenses,
375 00
School Census,
75 00
Freight and express,
200 00
All other general expenses,
150 00
$4,050 00
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Day,
$52,320 00
Evening,
500 00
Summer,
380 00
Additional,
1,500 00
$54,700 00
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Typewriters for Junior High,
$250 00
Text and Reference Books,
2,750 00
Paper and Blank Books,
1,500 00
Drawing Materials,
25 00
Manual Training Supplies,
150 00
Domestic Science Supplies,
500 00
All other supplies,
150 00
$5,325 00
TUITION.
Tuition,
$100 00
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TRANSPORTATION.
Transportation, Carfare,
$600 00 1,500 00
$2,100 00
SUPPORT OF TRUANTS.
Support,
$150 00
JANITORS' SALARIES.
Day,
Evening,
$6,470 00 30 00
$6,500 00
FUEL AND LIGHT.
Coal and Wood,
$6,000 00
Gas and electricity,
600 00
$6,600 00
MAINTENANCE.
Carpentry and Painting, .
$1,000 00
Plumbing,
850 00
Lumber, Brick, etc.,
150 00
Flags and Flag staffs,
50 00
Janitors' Supplies,
800 00
Telephones,
200 00
Ashes and Rubbish removed,
200 00
All other,
1,000 00
Mt. Pleasant Yard,
150 00
Mt. Pleasant Rooms,
100 00
Knapp School Yard,
150 00
Knapp School Fence,
50 00
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Knapp School Rooms,
100 00
Cedarville redecorated, 75 00
Russell Mills painted, inside and out,
200 00
Cliff Street, building painted,
150 00
Hedge School Yard,
100 00
Burton Building painted,
400 00
Cornish Building, Halls redecorated,
75 00
$5,800 00
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS.
Desks, chairs, etc.,
$250 00
Clocks,
40 00
All other,
35 00
$325 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises,
$150 00
Medical inspection,
School Physician,
$450 00
School Nurse,
600 00
.
Office and other supplies,
150 00
$1,200 00
Total,
$87,000 00
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
In presenting our report this year and in requesting an appro- priation for next, the School Committee has decided that the school expenses are such a considerable part of the town's ex- penditures, that the voters should have this request presented in budget form, rather than as a lump request for so much money. We therefore are presenting to you, together with the financial statement of last year, a financial statement for the next, as nearly as it can be forecast.
In connection with this there are two items upon which we wish to comment.
Teachers' Salaries is based upon our actual needs as shown by the present weekly pay roll. The additional amount asked is for the purpose of raising teachers' salaries for the next fall term, and if granted will mean a proportionate increase for next year. By consulting town reports for the last ten years you will find that the School Committee has been calling attention to the fact that the comparatively low maximum that we have, has resulted in a steady draining of our best teachers, (with the exception of those whom loyalty or home ties hold in our schools) to other communities, a number of which are smaller than Plymouth. In the Superintendent's report you will find a list of smaller towns in this vicinity whose maximum pay is much larger than Plymouth's. The supply of good teachers is falling short of the demand, and our losses this year are heavy. We have therefore put this item of additional pay separately in the budget, that the town meeting may decide whether it wishes to pay our teachers better, and aid the committee in holding the best.
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In Maintenance the committee has taken as a minimum the expenses of last year, during which time we have only done such work as was necessary and could not be put off. This amount for current repairs and upkeep may be assumed to be permanent. To this amount we have added items of work which should have been done last year, but as they could be deferred, we let them go until this year, owing to lack of funds. They should be put off no longer.
The problem of housing our pupils has again become pressing. The conditions in the north end of the town are crowded, and the temporary retardation, owing to raising the admission age, hav- ing passed, we may look for larger first grades in the Fall.
We now use three school-rooms in the South Street Engine building, which has never been accepted by the State for school purposes, except in emergencies.
Classes in the Mount Pleasant School are larger than they should be.
Pupils in the Chiltonville Grammar are far short of receiving the advantages of Grammar scholars in the Morton Building, and the Committee think that, by closing that school and trans- porting the scholars to town, their educational facilities would be largely increased.
Our Junior High School has been a pronounced success as far as we have carried it, and we now feel justified in extending its advantages to all the pupils of the 7th, 8th and 9th grades.
This we can do, and remedy all the conditions mentioned, by adding eight rooms to the Morton Building. When this building was built, the Committee advised the town that it would soon have to be enlarged, and their prophecy has been justified.
These new eight rooms will take all pupils out of the engine house, relieve the north end of the town temporarily, by trans- ferring two rooms of 7th and 8th grade pupils, take one grade from the Mt. Pleasant School, and two from the Cornish. At the same time we can transfer our Manual Training and Domes- tic Science departments to this building, where all the grade
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scholars that use these rooms will be housed, thus saving the time now wasted in going to and fro.
This building will take care of the needs of the Junior High for a long time, and with the exception of a new building some- where in the north end of the town, which will probably be needed in a few years, the Committee predicts that no new buildings will be needed for years to come.
In conclusion we wish to say that the air is full of new theories of education, largely concerned with vocational and prevocation- al training. Your committee are avoiding everything untried and simply theoretical, leaving others to be the pioneers, and prove the true from the false. We feel, however, that all this agi- tation is based upon a real and crying need of our schools, and are diligently searching for approved advantages. What we know to be safe and wise, we think that our children should have, as well as the scholars of any other community. Such things as we are sure will tend to their greater efficiency and value as citizens we are putting in our schools, and shall continue so to do, as long as we are supported by the intelligent generosity of the town.
It is as difficult to avoid the Scylla of theory and experiment, as it is the Charybdis of conservatism and parsimony.
This course we feel that we have so far steered, with the re- sult that we have a school system in the forefront of the state, without having made any experiments which results have shown to be unwise.
We submit herewith the reports of the Superintendent and School Physician, for both of which we bespeak your thoughtful attention.
HELEN F. PIERCE, GEORGE C. PETERSON, W. M. DOUGLASS.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Plymouth :-
I herewith submit for your consideration my third annual report.
The school year 1915-1916 began with practically the former corps of teachers, since only four teachers in the grades below the High School, tendered their resignations during the summer months. Three of these secured other positions which were more remunerative, and the fourth, who had taught a year success- fully after graduation from the high school, decided to attend Normal School.
Several changes took place at the High School, and two addi- tional teachers were engaged, one to teach half time at the Morton building and the other to hold three recitations weekly at the same building. This was necessitated by the increase at the High School, by the desire to improve conditions at the Junior High School, and by the requirements of the State Board of Education whereby the principal in a school of more than 300 pupils, is not expected to instruct more than two classes.
A few changes have taken place since the opening of this school year, but the vacancies have been filled by competent teachers so that the work is going on with practically no interruption.
1920
The next four years should be one of struggle in order to place Plymouth educationally in the front rank of towns of its size and importance. Our schools are commendable at the present time, but much remains to be done. In less than a half decade
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the eyes of the country, yes, of the world, will be turned Plym- outhward. Should we have everything that is praiseworthy, ex- cept an adequate educational system, Plymouth will be on the defensive. The work of erecting new buildings and renovating old ones, has been going on for some time at considerable cost. In order, however, to obviate crowded conditions and to provide for further extension of the system for abnormal, subnormal and supernormal children, prevocational and vocational courses, and other items which schools of yesterday never dreamed of, we must make every year count. On the other hand, however, we must not undertake a single new feature for the mere sake of display, so that when we recover from the excitement of 1920, and the life of Plymouth assumes its normal condition, and we find ourselves going along the former regular routine, we shall not unexpectedly discover ourselves burdened with an educa- tional "white elephant." The advance must be sound and sane. We must adopt only what we are willing to have as a regular yearly expense thereafter.
MATERIAL CO-OPERATION.
While the citizens have appropriated the funds necessary to defray the expenses of the schools, the teachers themselves have not been idle. In the Nathaniel Morton building is a new piano, purchased through the exertions of teachers and pupils. At this same building, History, Geography, etc., are taught with the aid of a reflectoscope, purchased from funds earned through sales and entertainments. The teachers at the Hedge school, anxious to have the building and grounds present a more attractive ap- pearance, have been to considerable expense in planting ivy near the foundation walls, and shrubs and trees about the grounds, thus displaying a genuine interest in the town's property as well as in the children's environment. The teachers here have not only taken an interest in the external appearance of the build- ing, but have purchased from their own earnings several appro-
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priate pictures, which add much to the appearance of the interi- or. The teachers and pupils at the Cornish building were en- abled to contribute about $150 toward a piano from the pro- ceeds of an entertainment. One teacher at the Burton School won a prize of $10.00 by sending to a certain firm a photograph of her school with the Victrola in a conspicuous place in the pic- ture. This sum is to be expended in purchasing suitable pic- tures for the school rooms. The apparatus given by the Wo- man's Club for the playground near the Cornish School has been put out in the morning and taken in at night by several of the boys in grade eight, under the direction of the janitor. The teachers and pupils at the Knapp building purchased a piano from proceeds of an entertainment. Fifteen Victrolas have been purchased by the various schools, so that folk dancing and march- ing may be conducted with pleasure and profit, besides afford- ing an opportunity to hear classical selections from musical art- ists. The cost of records for these instruments is no small item, but the schools are cheerfully meeting this expense. At the High School may be seen the beautiful and expensive State flag. Here also is appreciated the Victrola which, with the records that range in cost from $2 to $7 each, is valued at several hun- dred dollars. Both the above were purchased through the efforts of the teachers and the pupils. Not only is the interest aroused in the larger buildings, but the teachers and pupils of the out- lying schools are doing their part as well. For example, there are Victrolas at Manomet, Chiltonville Grammar, Cold Spring, Alden Street and Wellingsley schools. This acquired property belongs to the town, and are assets accumulated through the interest of the teachers and activities of the children.
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The main divisions of this report are as follows :-
I. KINDERGARTENS, (Under 6 years).
II. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, (Grades I-VI.).
III. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, (Grades VII-IX.).
IV. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
V. MISCELLANEOUS.
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I. KINDERGARTEN.
By a vote of the school board no child may enter school unless he shall have attained the age of six years before January first of that school year. This is in accord with the drift of the times, and the theory of educators. The latter, however, do not mean that a child should not be instructed at public expense before the age of six. They simply mean that a child should not enter the first grade, so called, before that age.
In the last annual report a little was written under the head- ing "Kindergarten." This part of the school system, through years of vicissitudes, is now deemed an essential part of an up- to-date educational department. Private kindergartens, as good as they are, do not many times dovetail into the work of the first grade. The work of the kindergarten and the first grade, to be carried on to the greatest advantage, should be under the same management.
Many parents, for various reasons, find it impossible to send their children to private schools for sub-primary work, and since the entrance age has been raised to six, the question of establish- ing public kindergartens should be considered.
The compulsory entrance age, according to the statute, is seven years. The town of Plymouth has, in its public schools at the present time, 311 pupils under that age. In other words, we are maintaining schools and employing eight or ten teachers, when we are not compelled to do so by law. Since we are doing this, and since it is generally conceded that children between 5 and 6 can profit by school life, the suggestion of establishing kindergartens seems to be pertinent.
The first educational unit in any school system should be the kindergarten.
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II. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
In the elementary schools, were the foregoing re-organization perfected, would be 1,724 pupils based on the statistics at hand. These pupils are now taught by 48 regular and 3 special teachers. The subjects pursued are the same that have been taught for years with more or less success. These schools have by no means reached the paragon of perfection anywhere, but marvelous im- provement is being made. With all the defects observed in the product which the schools of today put on the market, it sur- passes as a whole the product which issued from the schools of yesterday. This will always be a debatable question, for it is a frailty of human nature to think that we were smarter in our youth than we really were.
The schools of today, if they are striving to meet the needs of the child, are using the prescribed course merely as a means to develop the child rather than to cause the child to memorize so much subject matter.
The Elementary schools, (Grades 1-6), give instruction in
Reading,
Required by law since
1642
Writing,
66
1647
Moral Training,
66
66
66 1789
Language,
1789
Arithmetic,
1789
Geography,
66
66
1827
History of U. S.,
66
66
66
1857
Drawing,
66
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1870
Physiology and Hygiene,
66
66
66
1885
Music,
Permissive by law since
1860
Manual Training,
Sewing,
66
1876
Thrift,
66
66
1910
66
1884
Nature Study,
Physical Exercises,
66
1789
Spelling,
-277-
The distribution of the school population, based on the planned re-organization follows :-
Total
Boys
Girls
Grade I,
306
149
157
Grade II,
271
127
144
Grade III,
360
188
172
Grade IV,
302
156
146
Grade V,
274
135
139
Grade VI,
211
93
118
1724
848
-876
Grade VII,
175
83
92
Grade VIII,
151
72
79
Grade IX,
74
35
39
400
190
210
Special School, South Street,
12
9
3
High School,
312
147
165
2448
1194
1254
A PRACTICAL SUBJECT.
Thrift is one of the subjects, the instruction of which is rend- ered permissive in the public school by an enactment of the General Court in 1910. This was followed by an act passed by the legislature in 1911, authorizing savings banks to receive de- posits from school children. The plan of the practical applica- tion of this subject varies in different communities, but the one which was adopted in Plymouth in 1913 was the School Savings Bank system. Credit for the installation of this system is due to a former superintendent, Mr. F. J. Heavens, and the mem- bers of the Committee serving at that time. This School Savings Bank movement is not of recent origin, but was known in the school world nearly forty years ago.
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