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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
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ment. If wise corrective measures are applied before such acts become habitual there is hope. But when these acts become habits and pronounced traits of character the danger line is near and severe measures are necessary if catastrophe is to be avoided. Lying, dishonesty, disobedience, truancy, street-loafing and even selfishness, ingratitude and indolence are signs of danger and indicate the presence of bacteria which if allowed to grow may produce tramps, hoodlums and vagabonds. Teachers and parents are anxious to kill all these germs of disease in order that the moral nature at maturity may be normal, vigorous and wholesome.
. The most important influence in molding young lives is the home. It should be the pleasantest place on earth for children. In it they should get something more than suitable food, proper clothing and sufficient sleep. There should be much of love, sympathy, wise guidance and helpful training. Children from good homes we expect to be good. But this is not always the case. In these days when children actually spend so little of their time in the company of their parents the home does not exert that determining influence which it should. Children no longer have a fair share in the responsibilities of the home.
Sometimes the real teacher enters so largely into the life of children as to powerfully influence their conduct. If she has the power to win and hold their love, if she has a deep and sincere interest in their welfare, if she has such genuine sympathy that she can stand in the place of her pupils and see things as they see them, then they will be better and nobler because of her influence. Even teachers of this type sometimes have trouble- some pupils.
In spite of all efforts to point out the right way, and have removed all obstacles to proper conduct, and having taken into account the limitations of age and personality there are times when heroic measures are necessary. Nevertheless it is true that the maximum of interest, study and sympathy on the part of parents and teachers is accompanied by a minimum of child punishment. No rule for punishments can be given for no one method is best, yet it can be stated positively that the demand for
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physical punishment of offenders is much stronger than it was several years ago. There appears to be no doubt that in extreme cases the judicial use of corporal punishment succeeds when other methods have failed. Properly administered it is a reme- dial and a deterrent force. The attention of the offender is called promptly and sharply to the fact that there is an authority with power. But there must be no primitive methods of cruelty, no spirit of revenge and no punishment when angry.
Teachers who resort to this mode of punishment do so with reluctance and from a sense of duty. If in all cases they had the support and co-operation of the parents the need of punish- ment would usually disappear. A few teachers rarely or never use corporal punishment but when necessity arises they send the pupils home. This course is preferred by some parents but is not favored by all. Several parents have complained because pupils have been sent from school. They have said they would prefer reasonable corporal punishment in school rather than to have their children suspended. The truth is that in some cases one way, in other cases the other way is to be preferred. Usually the right course will be pursued if parents and teachers confer, having in mind always the welfare of the child.
The most intelligent check on wrongdoing which has ever been given a place in the public schools is manual training. In pre- vious reports I have referred to this subject at length. Here I may be permitted to say that sewing for the girls and bench-work for the boys ought to be given a place in our schools at once. When this is done we shall hear much less about the troublesome pupils. This addition would contribute greatly to the efficiency of our system of education. Saugus is about the only town in this vicinity that is doing nothing in the line of manual training.
It may be said we cannot afford the additional expense. We can always afford to make a sound business investment. Educa- tion is not a charity but a moral obligation and a financial trans- action. The best education insures the highest rate of interest. The greater the outlay for education the less will be the cost of caring for crime and criminals. Mr. Spaulding, the secretary of the Massachusetts Prison Association, says that the annual state
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expense for police, courts and prisons is more than $5,500,000. These figures will never be less until more money is spent in preventing crime. Some one has said, "Learning the three R's unaccompanied by industrial education is sure to bring about a fourth R-rascality." This may be an extreme statement but it contains some truth.
After trial in many cities and towns manual training has been found to be of so much interest and value to the pupils that we may wisely consider its introduction. Freely we have received, let us give freely. We are greatly indebted to our fathers ; let us pay the debt in educating our children or we are bankrupt forever.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES E. STEVENS, Superintendent.
Truant Officers' Report.
.
FOR THE YEAR 1904
Mr. Pratt.
Mr. Joy
Mr. Mansfield
Total
Number of cases investigated
49
20
23
92
Number of cases of truancy
IC
2
10
22
Number absent for good cause
24
IT
IC
45
Number illegally absent
15
3
25
Number taken to court
O
0
O
O
Number sent to truant school
O
O
O
0
Number parents summoned to court
O
O
O
O
ENROLLMENT BY GRADE AND AGE, SEPTEMBER, 1904.
AGE
Grades
4
5
0
7
8
9
IO
II
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Totals
I
6
81
53
14
4
I
.
.
·
· ·
· ·
·
.
·
·
·
158
3
. .
4
58
56
26
6
2
.
·
.
·
. . ·
152
4
.
I
26
56
28
S
2
I
·
.
. . ·
I22
5
.
.
· .
2
38
39
27
S
5
2
I2I
6
.
·
5
37
47
28
17
5
I
· ·
·
140
7
32
38
31
8
3
·
· . ·
115
S
.
I
2
· ·
93
9
. .
3
·
·
.
·
88
10
· .
II
IO
6
6
I
27
12
4
7
7
I
19
(13
·
.
.
I
I
6
S
16
Ungraded
. .
S
15
7
7
14
13
9
IO
7
3
.
.
· .
· · .
·
·
93
Totals
6
96
143
135
115
143
127
128
119
130
87
57
29
24
II
I351
.
·
.
7
7I
56
20
3
I
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
5
13
15
3
I
48
·
·
.
.
·
.
·
.
· .
· ·
·
.
.
·
.
·
·
· .
.
4
High
School
. .
I
6
33
30
1
31
22
S
.
·
·
.
3
2
27
.
.
159
2
.
.
·
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
ANNUAL ENROLLMENT BY GRADES
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
Grades
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
I
154
I33
123
147
120
184
194
159
2
107
109
109
113
II7
114
137
158
3
95
107
122
IIS
114
115
127
152
4
S9
IIO
103
IIS
129
128
123
122
5
95
76
107
125
I21
119
141
I21
6
76
96
113
103
99
108
120
140
7
66
79
71
IOI
104
I13
108
115
8
62
50
76
70
92
93
103
93
9
53
52
54
68
58
75
77
8S
IO
43
25
33
44
48
45
45
4S
High School
II
15
36
26
34
37
34
23
27
12
8
II
15
IS
2S
31
24
13
6
6
IC
5
10
17
20
I6
Ungraded
50
44
49
75
93
84
79
93
Totals
919
984
1016
1139
1170
I260
1321
1351
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TABLE I.
Giving Grades of Schools, Present Membership, Names of Present Teachers and Year of Election.
Ward
Grade
Teachers
Year of Election
Present Membership
High School
Leland A. Ross, Principal .
1902
101
Helen L. Bacheller
1895
Hulda J. Barnes
1902
Rebecca Moore
1904
Myrtie E. Nute
1904
North Saugus Mixed
Alice G. Smart
1904
33
2
Center
viii, ix
Maud E. Richardson
1904
46
vii, viii
Sarah A. Biffin
1904
50
vi .
Eva May Brewer
1901
45
iv, v
Pauline R. Peckham
1897
56
iii
G. A. Walton
1873
32
ii
Gertrude M. Hart
1903
4)
i
M. L. Walton
1881
31
3
Cliftondale
Felton School
ix
Harriet M. Bryant, Principal .
1904
43
viii
Mabel E. Nowell
1900
48
vi, vii
Beatrice A. Randall
1903
46
iv, v
Grace P. Bartlett
1898
42
ii, iii
Elizabeth B. Sawyer
1904
43
i
Florence M. Henderson
1900
42
Lincoln Avenue
vi, vii
Elizabeth A. Rowe
1904
538
iv, v
Eva Alice Cole
1904
37
ii, iii
Lillian C. Campbell
1903
35
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
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TABLE I. - Continued.
Ward
Grade
Teachers
Year of Election
Present Membership
3
Brick School
vi, vii
Maria E. Smith, Principal
1892
45
iv, v
Olive E. Bryer
1899
48
ii, iii
Alice B. Sawyer
1902
44
i
Clara Trowbridge
1892
25
Essex Street
iii, iv
Elizabeth P. Lefavour .
1903
37
i, ii
Laura F. Armitage, Principal
1885
37
East Saugus
vii, viii, ix
Ethel W. Coker, Principal
1903
47
v, vi
Elizabeth W. Crowell
1903
34
iii, iv
Ella F. Robinson
1901
48
i
Lucy A. Walsh .
1904
Lynnhurst
Mixed
Edith K. Moore
1903
26
5
Oaklandvale
Mixed
Grace E. Penney
1903
21
Music
Helen M. Page
1895
Drawing
C. Edward Newell
1903
Lilla G. Parker
1898
64
1
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Tabular Statement for the Year Ending June 30, 1904.
Enrollment
Boys
Girls
Less
than 5
Over 15
Between
Average
Membership
Average Attendance
Per Cent. of
Attendance
Tardiness
Dismissals
Visitors
Leland A. Ross
113
53
60
0
86
5
96.8
S9.7
92.6
89
106
76
Arlena Russell .
44
15
29
0
12
12
38
36
94
63
41
74
Elsa P. Bates
49
22
27
0
2
40
42.7
40.5
94
51
17
104
Eva May Brewer
49
2.4
25
0
0
49
47.9
42.5
89
21
18
74
Pauline R. Peckham
52
33
19
0
0
50
47.7
43.6
91
57
25
16
G. A. Walton .
33
13
20
0
0
33
28.6
25.4
89
31
7
17
Gertrude Hart
3'
17
14
O
0
19
29
26.5
c6
21
50
M. L. Walton
41
25
10
I
0
2
37'7
33.1
88
73
60
Fred E. Goddard
38
23
15
0
17
6
31.8
29.1
91.7
SS
18
80
Mabel E. Nowell
4S
21
27
0
5
33
47.4
42.8
90
48
24.
03
Ethel W. Coker
51
30
21
0
0
45
46.6
41.1
88
30
21
I]
Grace P. Bartlett
50
34
16
0
0
49
49.6
45
90.7
74
29
05
Alice M. Goodwin
45
22
23
1
0
0
37
48.9
44.7
91.1
60
6
97
Florence M. Henderson
42
20
22
2
0
3
42.2
36.6
$6.5
96
13
53
Beatrice A. Randall
49
2S
21
O
0
45
41
90.6
07
15
17
Marie L. Ambrose
37
IS
19
O
0
32
40.7
36.8
90.5
45
26
=
M. E. Smith
.
54
24
30
0
2
50
49.9
45.2
90.5
84
22
47
Olive E. Bryer
52
10
30
O
0
52
47.2
42.5
89.8
67
14
23
Alice B. Sawyer
49
24
25
0
0
38
44 6
39.2
85.7
48
32
76
Clara Trowbridge
47
19
28
0
O
5
41.2
34.3
83.2
141
10
70
Elizabeth P. Lefavour
30
16
20
0
O
35
32 8
29
88.6
101
Laura F. Armitage .
47
26
21
1
O
14
42.3
36.8
87
II1
59
George F. Hopkins
48
20
2S
O
2
40
45.2
41.5
91.8
203
99
75
Elizabeth W. Crowell
50
23
27
0
0
49
46.2
41.2
89
130
41
55
Ella F. Robinson .
43
18
25
0
0
33
31.3
27.8
88
46
21
20
Lilla G. Parker .
60
29
31
3
0
14
59-7
51.9
86.9
55
9
37
Grace E. Penney
6
4
0
0
8
14.4
13-4
93
6
10
04
Edith K. Moore
30
13
17
O
0
25
31.6
29.3
92.8
156
39
48
Nellie I. Keene
41
IS
23
0
2
32
28
24
87
109
21
44
-
1
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
TEACHERS.
7 and 14
SUMMARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1904.
Number of children in Town, September, 1904 from
five to 15 years of age 1,246
Number of boys . · 623
Number of girls . 623
Number between seven (7) and fourteen (14)
892
Whole number enrolled in all schools
1,339
Number of boys
651
Number of girls .
688
Number under five (5)
7
Number over fifteen (15)
I28
Number between seven (7) and fourteen (14) 859
Average membership 1,235 .
Average attendance
.
1,112
Per cent. of attendance
90
Number of teachers employed, including specials 35
Increase during the year
I
Number of teachers withdrawn . 14
Number of new teachers
I 5
Number of different schools
29
Increase during the year
I
Number of tardinesses
2,160
Number of dismissals
746
Number of visits, not including those of Committee and
Superintendent 1,575
FOR THE FALL TERM, 1904.
Average membership
1,300
Average attendance 1,200
Per cent. of attendance
92
Number of teachers, including specials (2) 36
Number who have attended Normal School 20
Number who have graduated from Normal School
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Graduating Exercises
OF THE Class of '04, Saugus High School Tuesday, June 21, 1904.
PROGRAM.
MARCH .
.
. · Duganne HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA.
MUSIC-Felice
Langey HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA.
PRAYER
MUSIC-A Slumber Song
Löhr SEMI-CHORUS.
ESSAY-The Old and the New .
VIOLA MAE CAMPBELL. (FIRST HONOR) .*
CLASS ORATION-Ich Dien .
.
ROBERT LELAND COOMBS.
ESSAY-Schools of Long Ago
ADELAIDE ELIZABETH CARTER.
MUSIC-The Angel's Song · Arranged from Braga GIRLS' CHORUS, with violin accompaniment.
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GRADUATING EXERCISES.
CLASS HISTORY
FLORA AGNES KNIGHT.
CLASS POEM-A Legend .
ELSIE EMMA HATCH. (SECOND HONOR).
ESSAY-Japan's Struggle for Existence JOSEPH LEO M'CULLOUGH.
MUSIC-The Clang of the Forge Rodney SEMI-CHORUS.
CLASS PROPHECY
GLADYS SMITH.
¡ESSAY-The Yellow Peril
ELLERY HERBERT RADDIN.
ESSAY-Some People I Should Like to Have Known FLORENCE LOUISE LITTLE. (FIRST HONOR) .*
·MUSIC-The Lake .
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT 1 . Abt SEMI-CHORUS, with bass solo.
HERBERT CLAYTON BUTLER.
ACCEPTANCE FOR SCHOOL
RUSSELL TAYLOR . HATCH, 1905.
AWARD OF DIPLOMAS. SINGING OF CLASS ODE.
*Equal rank. tExcused.
Graduates.
Post Graduates.
Earle Brann Lyons,
Walter Wheeler Staples.
Classical Course.
Herbert Clayton Butler, Viola Mae Campbell, Robert Leland Coombs,
Charles Leonard Edmands,
Elsie Emma Hatch,
Eva Narcissa Hone,
Flora Agnes Knight,
Florence Louise Little, . Joseph Leo Mccullough, Gladys Smith.
Four Years English Course.
Adelaide Elizabeth Carter, Frank Washington Graves, Charles Wallace Parker, Clement Jayne Smith.
Annie Kinsman Crafts, Byron Albert Day,
Three Years English Course.
Gussie Bell Dearborn, Ada Florence Mansfield,
Maud Mae Hawkes, Arthur Wellsley Price,
Agnes Bertha Kennedy, Ellery Herbert Raddin, Leonor Susan Robinson.
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Bond Prize Reciations.
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1904.
PROGRAMME.
Piano Solo
MISS ANNIE HAYDEN.
The Soul of the Violin Merrill AVERY PORTER.
Quick Decision Board . Richmond EDNA FISKE.
The Unknown Speaker
Anon JOHN BRADY.
The Christmas Entertainment
Rice
MINNIE WINCHESTER.
Vocal Solo-Matinata . Tosti MISS EDNA WADSWORTH HUDSON.
How Dot Heard the Messiah Butterworth FANNIE NORRIS.
A Soldier of the Empire Anon
JOHN KING.
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BOND PRIZE RECITATIONS.
The Very Small Person . Donnell
MABEL TURNER.
*One Day at Arle Burnett
GERTRUDE STILES.
Bertie and the Doorstep Worne
ARTHUR PRICE.
Vocal Solo-Nightingale's Song . Nevin
EDNA WADSWORTH HUDSON.
*Excused on account of illness.
AWARD OF PRIZES.
The first prize was awarded to AVERY PORTER.
Second prize to MINNIE WINCHESTER.
Third prize to FANNIE NORRIS.
Bond prizes for "improvement" were awarded as follows : Two upper classes, LELAND COOMBS ; two lower classes, LESTER STRUTHERS.
COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE Saugus High School.
College=Preparatory Course. English Course.
FIRST YEAR.
*English . 4
* Algebra . 4 * Algebra . 4
* Ancient History 4
* Arith. and Bookkeeping . 4
SECOND YEAR.
*English 4
*Modern History 4
*French (or German) 4
*Latin 4
*English . 4
Geometry 4 Geometry 4
*Modern History 4 French (or German) .
4
*Physiology and Botany .
4
THIRD YEAR.
*English . 4
* Algebra or Geom. Review, 3 Algebra or Geom. Review, 3
*French 4
(or German) 4
Physics 4
*Latin
4
*Physics 4
FOURTH YEAR.
*English . 4
* Geom. or Algebra Review, 3
*English 4 . Geom. or Algebra Review, 3
*French 4 French 4
(or German) 4 German . 4
Chemistry
4
*Chemistry
* Astronomy and Geology . 4
4
*Latin
4 Solid Geometry 3 Hist. of Greece and Rome, 2
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*English . .
4
*U. S. Hist. and Civil Gov., · 4 French . 4
German . 4
* Ancient History 4
* Latin . 4
*English 4
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Drawing is required of all first year scholars. Music, one period weekly is required of all not specially excused by the music teacher. Scholars in order to graduate are required to take studies amounting to at least sixteen periods per week. Required studies are marked with a *. The figures indicate the number of recitation periods per week. Two periods of laboratory work count as one recitation period.
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