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Rogers, William 2 00
Reitzschel, Ernest 2 00
Roseland, C. Maria 25 20
Reitzschel, Wilhelmina 31 50
Russell, Herman P. 22 68
Rhodes, A. Augustus 3 05
Ryman, Andree II 45
Ryman, Charles O. A. 2 00
Sachsse, Kate 45 15
Rhodes, Margaret 42 00
Rhodes, Sarah E. 63 00
Rhodes, Charles B. 2 53
Saunders, Clara E. 46 70
Rhodes, Lizetta 33 60
Sargent, Mary J. 35 70
Rhodes, Benj., heirs
33 70
Sawyer, Charles H. 4 10
Rhodes, Walter E. 2 00
Sawyer, Arthur F. 2 00
Rhodes, Warren P. 2 00
Sawyer, James W. 2 53
Rhodes, Winfred A. 2 00
Scanlon, Thomas L. 3 26
Rhodes, Thomas E. 61 85
Scott, John R. 14 60
Rhodes, Henrietta 45 15
Scott, Ulvilda 96 60
Rhodes, Hayesetta 6 30
Scott, Herman W. 2 00
Scott, Lavinia 29 40
Rich, William 2 00
Richardson, Charles E. 2 00
Richardson, Nellie M. 51 45 Richardson, Daniel M. 2 53
Roberts, Charles 2 00
Reed, William J. 2 00
Rhodes, A. Augustus, guardian 18 90
Sanborn, William 2 00
Saunders, Ella M. II 30
220
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Schein, Myer
3 93
Snyder, Fred 2 00
Sears, Luther A.
2 53
Spear, John H. 2 00
Seeley, Honora
46 62
Speed, Thomas 2 00
Seiferth, Frank
2 00
Spurling, Nettie
32 55
Sewell, George 2 00
Stackhouse, George A. 2 00
Shaw, Auley
12 93
Stackpole, Stephen 77 60
Shaw, Abra
58 80
Stackpole, Eliza 156 45
Shaw, Elnathan P.
2 00
Stackpole, George K. 2 00
Shannahan, Jeremiah
2 00
Staples, Charles W.
2 00
Sherburne, Frank M.
4 63
Starr, Josiah
47 25
Shield, Patrick
2 00
Steele, George H.
2 00
Shirley, Phares
35 60
Stetson, George A.
2 53
Silver, Joseph G.
2 00
Stevens, Alvin J.
2 53
Skelley, Patrick
2 00
Stevens, Eugene
15 75
Slattery, Joseph
669 80
Stevens, Annie M.
21 00
Slattery, Mary E.
102 90
Stevens, L. M.
2 00
Smiley, Asa 2 00
Stevens, Charles E.
2 57
Smith, Victor N.
31 40
Stevens, Sylvanus B.
36 65
Smith, Allen A.
2 00
Stevens, Joseph B.
2 00
Smith, George A.
65 19
Stillings, Charles E.
7 88
Smith, J. George
2 00
Stocker, Herbert E.
2 00
Smith, Charles J.
2 00
Stocker, John E., Jr. 4 42
Smith, Francis J.
2 00
Stocker, Wm., heirs
52 50
Smith, Francis M. 2 00 Stocker, William M. 122 12 Smith, Simeon F. 2 00 Stocker, Frederick 785 93
Smith, Thomas
3 05
Spinney, Henry H. 2 00
Smith, Thomas R.
2 00
Stockwell, Daniel B. 2 00
Smith, Robert
2 00
Stoddard, Bode M. 2 00
Smith, Julia 40 76
Stokes, James M. 6 20
Smith, William W. 2 00
Stokes & Cunningham 10 50
Smith, Louisa M. 37 80
Stokes, John M. 2 00
Snow, Edgar
20 90
Stokes, Frank W. 2 00
Somers, George M.
2 00
Strong, James W. 26 15
Somes, Norman F. 2 00
Street, George G. 2 00
221
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Struthers, Lizzie J. 18 52 Turner, James L. 2 00
Sullivan, John 2 00
Turner, Charles 2 00
Sullivan, Eugene 2 00 Tufts, John H. 2 00
Sweeney, Dennis F. 2 53
Tufts, Ruth W. 35 07
Sweeney, Rosa M. 29 40
Thomas, George W. 2 00
Sweetser, Charles A. 161 70
Upham, Hervey 2 84
Sweetser, Fannie K. 346 50
Upham, Hannah S. 39 90
Sykes, Joseph B. 41 85
Van Antwerp, Henry N 2 00
Van Antwerp, Mabel F. 14 70
Van Brunt, Joseph 2 84
Thacker, John 2 00
Van Weston, Job
2 00
Thomas, James W.
96 10
Varnam, Charles H.
3 05
Thomas, Fred M. 1 2 00
Veazey, Daniel L., Jr. 3 05
Thomas, Nellie R. 36 75
Veazey, Nellie V. 33 60
Waitt, Albert E. 2 53
Tibbetts, George F. 2 00
Tibbetts, Evelyn J. 31 50
Tobin, William
2 00
Walker, Dana B. 120 65
Towle, Amos C. 6 20
Walkup, Edwin A. 2 00
Towne, True A. 2 00
Walsh, James P.
4 10
Townsend, George 2 53
Walsh, Matthew F.
39 80
Townsend, J. Henry 2 00 Walton, Roger
Townsend, William A. 3 58
Ward, Henry
80 75
Torrey, Charles E. 2 00
Ward, John B.
2 00
Trainer, John 2 53
Ward, Louisa, heirs 8 40
Trainer, Emma 8 40
Warren, Stephen 2 00
Trefethen, Wm. A. 137 77
Warren, Charles H. 2 00
True, James B.
17 10
Watson, James E. 2 53 .
Turner, Frank W. 2 00
Watson, Roland B. 2 53
Turner, Henry A.
23 10
Webber, Whitman J. 2 00
Sylvester, Henry G. 2 00
Symonds, Harry F. 2 53
Taylor, Selma J., 58 80
Thacker, William 2 00
Thompson, Sherman W. 2 53
Waitt, A. Augustine 3 05
Wachenhusen, Paul 2 00
Waldron, Abram G. 2 00
Townsend, Bertus J. 2 63
Walsh, Joseph F. 4 20
3 58
222
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Webber, Mary L. 32 55
Widdleton, William W. 2 00
Withey, James W. 2 00
Wedge, Joseph
2 00
Wood, Charles A. 2 00
Weeks, Edwin C. 2 00
Wood, Frenella E.
42 00
Weeks, Charles 2 00
Welt, Charles E.
2 00
Westwood, David 16 70
Westwood, Thomas 2 53
Wetmore, John C. 2 00
Wheeler, Holman K. 65 00
White, Charles E. 2 53
White, George H.
2 00
Whitecross, James 2 00
Whitehead, Joseph 279 30
Whitford, Frank L. 21 15
Whiting, Henry 2 32
Whittaker, Clarence E. 3 05
Whittridge, Charles D. 2 00
Whittridge, Ida L. 39 90
Wiley, Baxter I.
II 98
Wiley, Charles A. 2 53
Williams, John 2 00
Williamson, Frank J. 3 58
Willis, Annie E. 58 80
Williscroft, John 2 00
Williscroft, George 2 00
Williscroft, Thomas 2 00
Wilson, George B. 3 05
Wilson, John M. 2 53
Wilson, Harry O. 2 00
Wilson, Percy M. 38 54
Winchester, Mary I. 31 50
Winslow, George W. 2 00
Winslow, Clara C. 2 IO
Winslow, Edward L. 2 00
Wormstead, Wm. E. 2 00
Wormstead, Samuel A. 2 00
Wormstead, Mary E. 21 00
Wormstead, Wm. A. 3 05
Wentworth,
Alonzo,
heirs 14 70
Worth, Charlotte 25 70
Worthington, William 2 00
Wright, Barzillia E., Jr. 18 20
Wright, Thomas W. 2 00
Wright, Mary I.
4 13
Youlden, Richard 2 00
Non-Residents.
Abington Mutual Fire Ins. Co. 54 08
Abbott, John K. 2 10
Aldsworth, Eliza A. 54 60
Aldrich, Harrison A. 157 50 Atkins, Frank W. 92 40
Barnett, Sarah A. 26 25
Barber, James W. S. 6 30
Bates, Charles H. 4 20
Woods, John J. 2 00
Woods, Peter E. 2 00
Woods, Patrick
16 70
Woodbridge & Gerrish 50 40 Wormstead, Chas. N. 90 20 Wormstead, Harriet
N. 55 65
223
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Babb, Charles W. 4 20
Clark, Charles A. 6 30
Baird, Wallace H. 8 40
Citero, Anton 3 15
Ballantine, Martha H. 31 50
Collins, Michael C. II. 03
Barrett, Mary A. I 05
Condon, Richard 6 30
Beale, Ernest C. 56 70
Bergren, Charles 4 20
Beede, Marcus & Sons 4 20
Berrett, William M. 16 80
Craig, Charles 4 20
Blame, Jean I 05
Crosby, Annie 4 73
Biathrow, Nancy H.
63 00
Crosby, Samuel S. 7 35
Blackwood, James 7 25
Cunnare, Mary 2 63
Boles, Darius 25 20
Cusick, John 53
Blisch, Amelia 2 10
Cusick, John P. 3 15
Brackett, Addison 4 20
Cyr, Pierre I 58
Branscomb, George 4 20
Cyr, Amy L.
I 58
Breed, Samuel, heirs 3 15
Citero, Nicolatta
53
Breed, Asa & Allen,
Cushing, Sarah J.
56 70
heirs 2 52
Brown, Frank P. 21 80
Buffum, Althea 5 78
Buffum, George S. 21 00
Davis, Henry L.
I 05:
Burdett, Annie F. 5 25
Day, Nellie E. 23 10
Dearborn, Caroline A. 2 10
Brown, J. P. 2 10
Derning, Eliza A. 36 75
Brown, William L. 53
Campbell, E. A.
6 72
Carlson, Carl 5 25
Disbrow, Margaret E. 28 35 Drake, Jane 8 40
Casas, Wm. B. de las 4 20
Drew, James F. 4 20
Caverly, E. James II3 40
Duncan, Margaret 15 75
Chard, Amanda C. 42 00
DeMassi, Emillia Rei 3 15
DeMassi, Demetrio 3 15
Clapp, William W.
37 80
Ellis, Fred 40: 00.
Cleary, Michael P. 23 10
Elliott, George
42 00
Clifford, Benj. M. 5 25 Estes, C. W. & H. H. 1 26
Dame, Sarah E. 4 73
Davis, Rodney IO 50
Davis, Ellen
I 05
Broughton, Edward E. 1 05
Dewey, Josephine 28 35
Chipman, Anna S. 35 70
Conley, Charles 31 50 Connolly, Michael R. 250 95 Conway, Margaret 27. 30
224
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Evans, Angella 5 78
Elwell, Vincent 4 20
Emerson, Ann E. 19 95
Engeman, George H. 811 02
Farnsworth, Wm. L. 43 05
Faxon, Henrietta B. 94 50
Feeley, J. J. 4 20
Farrington, Oscar H. 2 10
Floyd, B, Tappan 2 IO
Folger, Minnie I. 9 45
Fortin, Peter L. 2 10
. Foster, Aaron I 05
Frizzell, Frank H. 94 50
Gannon, Elizabeth 5 25
Getchell, Amos E. 13 65
Jackman, William J. 5 78
Gilbert, William L. IO 50
Jackson, Julia E.
4 20
Gilley, William 54 60
Goodwin, Sarah C. 7 35
Gould, Clarisa 2 52
Gourley, William P. 2 10
Graffam, Edward M. 155 40
Graham, Elsie S. 31 50
Graves, Thomas W. 6 30
Graves, M. 47 25
Gray, Margaret 22 05
Grover, James E. 17 33
Gutholm, Francis O. 4 20
Hager, Albert C. 94 50
Hall, Morris B. 13 65
Harriman, Charles M. 46 20 Harris, Moses 2 63
Hartman, Chas., heirs 5 25
Hartin, Maggie N. 29 40
Hartin, Mrs. Neil I 05
Hazen, Effie D. 3 15
Hendricks, Wilbur W. 4 20
Herron, William P. 37 80
Higgins, Jolın 4 20
Hillis, Annie J. 8 40
Hinckley, Elnathan 2 10
Hodges, Lewis W. 63 00
Holbrook, Eliza 92 40
Holbrook, R. H. 2 10
Hood, Robert P. 29 40
Hovasse, A. M. 4 20
Hurd, Albert W. 67 20
Hurley, John 8 40
Ingall, Nathan, heirs 2 10.
Jacobs, Frank E. 60 90
Jennino, Antonio 2 63
Johnson, Henry W. 531 26
Johnson, Charles 84
Johnson, John M. 2 10
Johnson, John M.
2 10
Johnson, Joshua R. 84
Johnson, Thomas H. 4 73
Johnson, Benj. N. 136 50
Breakhart Hill For-
estry 332 17
Jennings, Chas E. 35 70
Kelley, Thos. I 05
Kimball, Eleanor I27 05
King, James P. 5 04
King, Warren W., Tr. 30 45 Kingsbury, Reuben
W. 29 40
225
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Leavett, Harriet P. 8 40
Libby, Alice E. 12 60
Linehan, Edward 3 15
Littlefield, George E. 4 20
Littlefield, George L. 5 78
Lowe, William W. 16 80
Lafavor, W. P. 9 45
Lynde, A. Wilbur 12 60
Lynde, A. Selwyn 4 20
Lynn Co-op. Bank 33 60
Lynde, Alonzo V.,
heirs 21 32
Loyt, Mark I. 3 15
Maher, Dennis 5 25
Mansfield, Mabel M. 5 25
Manson, John I 58
Marblehead
Co-op.
Bank 42 00
McCatter, Mary A. 60 90
McLeod, James E. 47 25
McLeod, George 5 78
McManus, George L. 14 70
Merrow, Franz W. 6 30
Miller, T. & W. C. 5 25
Murray, John J. 5 25
Murray, Wadleigh & Murray 4 20
Melrose Savings Bank 87 15
Nelson, Victor 3 68
Newhall, Wm., heirs 16 80
Norton, Samuel C. 4 20
Noyse, Geo. W. 5 78
Oliver, Henry N. 6 30
Osgood, Martha 16 80
Palmer, James S. 16 28
Parker, Frank 46 20
Parker, Sumner I.,
heirs 2 10
Parkes, Vesta F. 2 63
Paul, Jos. F. & Co. 262 50
Pfister, Hannah
2 63
Philbrick, Lily
4 20
Philbrick, Lulu
4 20
Pierce, James G. 36 75
Pond, Ella S. 58 80
Pope, Isaac D.
34 65
Potter, Mary A.
32 55
Price, George M. . 55 65 Prince, Chas. E. A. 8 40
Prisley, D. B. & E. 67 20
Randall, Henry T. 8 40
Randall, Lucy A.
5 78
Raynes, Benj. B.
8 40
Richardson, Huldah 4 20 Richardson, Joseph H. 4 73
Robins, David
3 15
Rosso, Bernard
53
Rugiere, Amelto 53
Sabean, Charles U. 6 30
Sabean, Geo. H.
I 05
Sabean, Phebee
I 05
Sanborn, Wm. H. 2 IO
Sanborn, Elizabeth H. 6 30
Sanders, Olive H. 69 30
Scribner, James G. 6 30
Shaw, Henry J.
8 40
O'Mara, Francis 4 20 Sias, Geo. B. 25 20
226
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.
Silvander, Carl 6 30
Walsh, Willard 13 65
Slaine, William, 2 10
Walton, E. J. I 05
Smiledge, George W. I 05 Warren, Clarence 2 10
Smith, Michael, heirs 37 80
Warren, William
II 55
Skinner, Hattie B. 7 35
Ward, Annie D. 5 25
Somes, Adalade 2 10
Welsh, Chas L. 7 35
Wellington, Chas. W. 4 20
Wells, Chas. W. 26 25
Westwood, Isabella 97 65
Stevens, Jennett B. II 50
Whipple, Alice 54 60
Stevens, Lucious P. 37 80
Whittaker, Fannie A. 30 45
Starkey, John C. 2 10
Whithed, Darius 73 50
Stone, James E. 475 55
Symonds, Hannah D. 54 60
Silver, Frank W. I 58
Whitney, Harriet
18 90
White, Henrietta
9 45
Thomas, Wm. est. 33 60
Thompson, Ruel W.
5 25
Williams, John II 55
Tigh, Henry. 2 10
Wilson, Geo. F. 208 93
Towle, Laurence J. 2 10
Woodward, Albert 6 30
Trowbridge, Benj. T. 67 20
Worster, Edgar L. I 58
Tucker, Geo B. heirs I 05
Worden, Lucy A. 3 15
Tucker, Rollen D. 53
Young, Margaret 5 78
Upham, Mrs. Geo. 6 72
Vermis, Madaline 9 45
Walcott, Julia 55 65
Walker, Chas. F. 21 00
Walker, Mary A. IO 50
Whitmore, Henry S., heirs 63 00
Saft, Waterman A.
24 15
Taylor, Frank
42 00 White, Thomas L. 6 30
Whorf, Lucy W. 4 20
Yuervey, Leslie 4 25
(Note. $15,777.89 not in- cluded in above list have been collected and paid Treasurer since January Ist.)
So. Scituate Sav. Bk. 201 60
Sprindler, U. 27 30
Spillane, Patrick I 68
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
AND
Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1901
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BOSTON, MASS. : FARRINGTON PRINTING CO., PRINTERS, 61 ESSEX ST. 1902.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THOMAS P. PARSONS, Chairman. . . Term expires 1903 GEORGE M. AMERIGE. Term expires 1904
HENRY J. MILLS, Secretary Term expires 1902
The Board meets in its rooms in the Town Hall, the first Monday of each month at 7.30 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Charles E. Stevens.
The Superintendent may be found at his office, in the Town Hall building, on Mondays and Thursdays, from 8.30 to 9 A. M., and Thursdays, from 4 to 4.30 P. M. Telephone at residence.
CALENDAR, 1902.
Winter term (12 weeks), January 2-March 21. Spring term (12 weeks), March 31-June 20.
Fall term (15 weeks), September 8-December 23. School closes Wednesday noon of Thanksgiving week. Winter term opens Monday, January 5, 1903.
The spring term of the high school will close one week later than is indicated above.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Receipts.
Town appropriation, March, 1901 .... $22,000 00
From State, tuition State children .. 232 50
From Boston, tuition children
58 50
From Books sold and sundries
10 08
From Donation to Schools.
90 00
$22,391 08
Expenditures.
Teachers $15,404 21
Janitors 2,100 69
Supplies
2,362 13
Fuel
2,164 87
Incidentals
354 74
Balance unexpended
4 44
$22,391 08
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus:
The close of the financial year finds your schools in good condition.
The appropriation for the general expenses of the schools has been sufficient to meet all expenditures, and, as the schools have not materially increased in the number of schol- ars, we think there will be no need of an increase in the ap- propriation for the coming year.
The appropriation for fitting up the lower room in the old Town Hall building for a laboratory and the purchase of ap- paratus for the same has been expended and the room is now being used for that purpose. The amount of apparatus is, however, very limited, and we believe it will be for the best interest of the high school if a small addition is made each year and would recommend that an appropriation of $200.00 be made for that purpose.
The membership of the high school is increasing quite fast, and, from the number of pupils now attending the 7th, 8th and 9th grades, promises to do so more rapidly during the next three years.
What can be done to accommodate the school as its mem- bership grows is a very serious problem and should have your thoughtful consideration.
Even with its present membership the school labors under many difficulties, principally from the lack of recitation rooms, and this will be much worse as the membership in- creases.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
No more room can be given to the school in the present building uniess some way can be found to rearrange the up- per story for recitation rooms, but if this is not practicable, then the only other solution will be the building of a new building, which the Town in its present financial condition can ill afford to do.
The other schools in this part of the town are not over- crowded, but should there be any large increase so that more room was needed to accommodate them, the situation would be still further complicated.
Miss Eliza Mansfield of East Saugus resigned at the close of the school year, after a continuous service of 51 years. She was a conscientious, efficient and painstaking teacher, and in retiring carries with her the good wishes and esteem of all. Your Committee felt that such faithful service merited recognition and presented her with an appropriate set of res- olutions.
Miss Esther A. Parker of Saugus Centre, who had served the Town faithfully and efficiently as a teacher for 38 years, asked for and was granted an indefinite leave of absence. Since the beginning of the new year she has sent us her formal res- ignation. She, too, in retiring from her school will carry with her the good will and esteem of all and her long and faithful service will be appropriately acknowledged by your Committee.
The heating arrangements at the Essex Street school are not wholly adequate. It is now being heated by stoves, which do not give satisfaction, and we believe it would be wise to put in a furnace.
We submit herewith the reports of the Superintendent of Schools, Principal of the High School, Teachers of Music and Drawing, and believe they will repay your careful perusal.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
We estimate the requirements of this department for the year as follows:
Teachers .$15,500
Supplies 2,000
Janitors 2,100
Fuel
2,100
Incidentals
300
$22,000
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS P. PARSONS, HENRY J. MILLS, GEORGE M. AMERIGE, School Committee.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
To the School Committee:
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit herewith the eighth annual report of the Superintendent of Schools. A glance at the history of the year just closed reveals nothing of an unusual character. School work has been pursued reg- ularly, and, in the main, successfully, although there have been some interruptions due to illness and change of teach - ers. Reading has received special attention and marked im. provement has been made, especially in the lower grades. During the summer a high school laboratory was planned and equipped, thus making it possible to greatly improve the efficiency of the science department. The high school shows commendable increase in numbers and undoubtedly will con- tinue to do so. An additional teacher has been employed. At the close of the school term in June six teachers with- drew. Miss Carrie Bassick, who has taught with signal suc- cess at East Saugus for five years; Miss Esther A. Parker, Saugus, whose long record of fidelity and conspicuous efficiency covers a period of thirty-eight years; Miss Martha J. Parsons, Cliftondale, who has given five years of valued service to the town; Miss Eliza A. Mansfield, East Saugus, who has devoted her life to the welfare of the children. She taught more than fifty years with remarkable fidelity, a record which you have already recognized in an appropriate manner.
The other withdrawals were Mrs. Belle Nutting and Miss Annie L. Ricker, Saugus.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
The numerical increase the past year is less than usual. For the sake of record and comparison, the average member- ship for six years is here inserted.
Average Membership.
High School
Saugus Centre
Clifton- dale
East Saugus
All Schools
1896
January
53
240
315 364
149
868
1897
January
74
223
360
154
847
September
100
276
386
167
977
1898
January.
86
274
417
163
939
September
98
256
420
197
1024
IS99
January
95
268
385
181
979
September
86
267
425
164
992
1900
January . .
85
260
431
159
993
September
IO2
255
532
152
II20
1901
January
98
261
510
146
IOS9
September
I2I
273
502
I57
1130
120
772
September
78
243
School Discipline.
Good discipline is a prime essential of a good school. How- ever, the meaning of this word discipline has greatly changed in recent years. The rule of the rod-the rule of fear-is no longer our ideal. We seek for a spirit of co-operation rather than antagonism. We expect to see pupils interested and attentive during the recitation, quietly busy with their work during the study period, and conducting themselves properly
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
on the playground. There should be such sympathetic rela- tions between pupils and teachers that interest will take the place of compulsion. Under these happy conditions children not only progress rapidly in their studies but are adding strength to their moral fibre.
Corporal punishment is not used except in extreme cases, and such cases are very rare. Our best teachers, after becom- ing well established in their school, seldom strike a pupil. But there are times when the wisest, most sympathetic and tactful teachers find punishment of this kind helpful as a pre- ventative and as a corrective.
Corporal punishment is disappearing, and properly so. Yet teachers and parents as well need to consider whether they are gaining in other ways the good that was in the rod. They need to question whether with the passing of the rigid disci- pline of former years there is not a lessening of strength of character.
In our school-room methods we seek to have sturdy, wholesome discipline in all schools, and we ask the co-opera- tion of parents to this end.
Teachers.
We are fortunate in our teaching force. We have a good number of excellent teachers who are earning more money than they receive. They conduct their schools with skill in management, with power as instructors, and enter heartily into all plans for the improvement of the schools of Saugus. Several liave been offered an increase of salary to go else- where, but because of pleasant conditions here we have been able thus far to retain them. But owing to the constant de- mand from near cities for the best teachers at salaries much larger than we can pay, we cannot expect that teachers of un- usual excellence will greatly prolong their stay with us.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
But notwithstanding the fact that our teachers are getting hardly more than two-thirds the salary paid in our more wealthy cities and towns, competent judges tell us that the work done here compares favorably with that seen in the more favored municipalities. This happy condition is due mn part to the fact that in the selection and retention of teachers merit alone has a controlling consideration. Personal friend- ship, church affiliation or family connection should have no influence. Efficiency as a teacher must be paramount to all personal considerations. Efficiency involves not only ability as an instructor and strength as a disciplinarian, but also the many personal qualities which make the teacher's life and conduct exemplary.
We expect teachers to work together harmoniously, with loyalty and the true spirit of co-operation. Any other con- dition cannot be tolerated. Indeed, it may be assumed that any teacher lacking this spirit cannot convey to her pupils the true spirit of helpfulness.
Our teachers are giving increased attention to the play- ground. They are coming to believe that no part of their school duties is more important and no place is more in need of their influence. Before school opens in the forenoon and in the afternoon, and at recess as well, some teacher should have charge of the school grounds and be held responsible for the conduct of the children there. All teachers admit their authority over the pupils in the yard, but they have been less ready to assume the responsibility for happenings there. Un- doubtedly many physical injuries and immoral suggestions would have been prevented if the yard supervision had been properly attended to.
Your attention is called to the reports of the Supervisor of Music, the Supervisor of Drawing and the Principal of the High School, which are here inserted.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Drawing.
Mr. C. E. Stevens, Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir :- One of the most important things which can be said of the work in drawing during the past year, is the improvement in the work in most of the schools. We have had so many changes in teachers this last year that it is rather hard to keep all the work progressing equally, but whatever good has been accomplished is due to the faithfulness and interest of the teachers in their teaching, and in their attend- ance of meetings. We have been trying to have special meet- ings after school, so the teachers may learn more about the work, and thus teach more intelligently.
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The same amount of time is given to the work as last year, and the general character of the work is the same. Less time has been given in the lower grades to the study of type solids, only the most important being studied. We now let the child begin to draw immediately and try to get free expres- sion of the imagination. We cannot do too much in this di- rection, for to cultivate the child's taste for the beautiful is to give him more enjoyment in life and to make him a morc cultured citizen. That means a great deal in these days when the one and only thought of many is the getting of money, no matter what kind of things they make or sell to get it. I think we all realize that the only way to get a better na- tional culture is through the child in the school.
I wish more could be done for a better school-room dec- oration. We have, for the most part, good school-rooms, and that ought to encourage the pupils and teachers to make them more attractive. Why should not the room where the pupil spends most of his time and perhaps the brightest part of his life be remembered with pleasure because of its beauty?
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
In the past two years the work in decorative design and color has been taught and studied in accordance with the theories of Dr. Denman Ross of Harvard University, and I know both teachers and pupils have gained much more than ever before. The child has become better able to create and has become a better judge of beautiful things.
Constructive work has received more attention and has been taught more intelligently.
The time given to the high school is the same as last year. I give all the lessons there-three a month-to the different classes. As I stated last year, the time which I give to Saugus is not as much as it should be, and I am unable to do what I should do. On account of the lack of time, I have found it best to do more teaching in the higher grades and leave the lower grades to depend upon the regular teachers.
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