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"In this connection we might mention the afternoon session to which I have recently heard some objections, mostly from those who seemed to have a misconception of its object. Its
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principal object is to give to those scholars who have fallen be- hind in their studies, through absence or other cause, an oppor- tunity to make up their work. For this purpose one or more of the teachers are at the school building each afternoon. Experi- ence has shown that often an hour's individual instruction is worth more than many class recitations. If for any good reason a scholar cannot return in the afternoon arrangements can usually be made to do the work at some other time."
Continued interest in the appearance of the building and grounds has been shown by the planting of bulbs and by the gift of a bust of Benjamin Franklin from the graduating class and a copy of Van Ruysdael's Landscape with Windmill from the ninth grade.
Mr. Ross makes the following recommendations :
An additional teacher.
An increased supply of reference books.
A projectoscope or similar apparatus.
A concrete walk leading to the main entrances.
Teachers.
Among the many important matters that have been brought to your attention in previous years three have been particularly prominent : the frequent changes in the corps of teachers, com- mercial work in the High School and manual training.
The difficulty of securing and retaining good teachers has been frequently discussed in previous reports, and it has been shown that the salaries paid here are low in comparison with those paid teachers in neighboring towns and cities and in other occupations. In spite of this difficulty Saugus has succeeded in securing and retaining a very creditable corps of teachers. There has been the usual number of withdrawals and appoint- ments. The fact that you are surrounded by municipalities able and ready to reward superior work should be a strong incentive to the ambitious beginner to work here. You have teachers who have become attached to their work and remain here in spite of offers of increased salary to go elsewhere. You have also teachers who came here at the same or less salary than they
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were formerly receiving because they appreciated the advantage of better grading or of location nearer home or near large cen- ters of population. The amount of salary is not always a fair standard by which to judge the quality of work done.
In connection with this question of teachers' salaries emphasis should be placed upon the fact that other things besides location and money help to attract and retain good teachers. Among these are a good equipment, careful grading and clean and well kept buildings with suitable surroundings. The school building and its grounds should be as attractive and well cared for as the typical American home. Again teachers appreciate prompt and intelligent support from parents and school officials in the serious perplexities of instruction and management. A good boarding place, pleasant greetings, frequent friendly visits to the school and criticism that is constructive and not captious sometimes count for more than money.
I am not arguing that salaries are adequate nor that Saugus is particularly lacking in the characteristics that make a town attractive to teachers, but it is possible for us to do better in some of these things which make for good schools whether they are an inducement to teachers or not, and with the many demands now made upon school funds we must let slip no opportunity to keep up the quality of the teaching force. It is impossible to duplicate the salaries of our neighbors and we must continue to draw recruits from among the ambitious teachers who have had little experience.
A Commercial Course.
The other two propositions, a commercial course and manual training, open up the whole subject of public school education. For years men of affairs and educational experts have complained that the schools are educating boys and girls inefficiently and away from the industrial pursuits which so many are to follow, and now the problem is receiving attention in almost every school report. In response to a general demand for more "prac- tical" work, many towns have established commercial courses in their high schools, but with the means at our disposal we could
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give only a partial and incomplete training for clerical service. Most of our graduates would find themselves handicapped in competition with large numbers from the better-equipped high schools and commercial colleges.
Furthermore, such a department would not fill the real gap in our system. It would give partial training to a special class without reaching the majority. While the expenditure of public money for high school and even university training is entirely defensible, our public school system should first take care of the needs of the masses. We should not add to the superstructure when we ought to broaden the foundation.
The early schools were established to enable children to learn to read and write and fit for college. The old law also required them to learn to work, and there was opportunity for this in the home. Conditions have changed, but our schools are not yet radically different. Preparation for professional training is still the real purpose. We do what we can for those who are not adapted to this, and then they drop out. The training which is meant to give culture, a liberal education, is sometimes looked upon as an opportunity to learn how to get a living without manual labor. It is an opportunity, but not an opportunity to learn to escape work. The property of the childless and of the non-resident is not heavily taxed for school purposes in order that the children of A, B, and C may get their living without work, but in order that each may contribute in his highest possible way to the common good. If manual labor is the highest service a boy can perform, it is the function of the public school to fit him for his vocation, and to lead him to take pride and pleasure in its performance. I do not think we are ready to invest money in training for specific vocations, but we should give a broad prep- aration for those who are to work with their hands as well as those who are to express themselves in words instead of things. Anything short of this makes for class distinctions.
Manual Training.
Manual training or hand training is an essential part of a good education. It leads one class of children to make their hands
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work with their heads and another to make their heads work with their hands. It is training in a special form of expression that appeals to many children who have little aptitude for the other school work until waked up by some such means. It gives a practical acquaintance with tools and materials and is an op- portunity for a profitable distinction between the work for boys and that for girls. It dignifies labor by making tools as well as books a part of school equipment and connects school life with life outside.
Most towns and cities in this vicinity have made manual train- ing a part of school work. During the year ending last June 399 children went from Saugus schools to others or came from others here. Such children may be better off in that they have manual training elsewhere, but it should be a matter of local pride that pupils who change their residence recognize no real difference in opportunities. Again if our schools are lacking in important features intelligent parents are not likely to choose Saugus as a place of residence. About 180 pupils annually fail of promotion in Saugus schools; some because they enter too young, others because of inadequate teaching, others because they are lazy and a considerable number because they are incapable of doing the kind of work required. The argument for manual training ought to appeal to at least three classes of citizens - to those who are jealous for the good name of the town, to those who are interested in the value of property and to those who are concerned for the welfare of their children.
Some hand work is now being done under the direction of the supervisor of drawing and more simple work might be intro- duced at small expense for materials but older pupils demand something more difficult, something more like the work of their elders. I believe we should make some changes in the High School courses for the sake of those who intend to follow com- mercial or industrial pursuits and strengthen the whole system by opportunity for manual training including at least sewing for girls and bench work for boys. If we can only learn how to do it we need to give more instruction that will be useful in house- keeping and home making. A work shop in charge of a com-
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petent man will some day be a part of our equipment and the sooner it comes the better.
In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of the uniform courtesy and kindness with which I have been received by teach- ers, town officials and citizens generally and to thank the teachers for their cooperation and the Committee for their confidence and support.
Respectfully submitted,
FAIRFIELD WHITNEY, Superintendent.
Report of Supervisor of Music.
Mr. Fairfield Whitney, Superintendent of Schools :
In reviewing the work in music during the past year, one can see that a steady gain has been made along certain lines. We have learned that individual work is very helpful, especially in the lower grades, or before the pupils become self-conscious. Work in this direction can never seem irksome if by means of it pupils can be reached who have hitherto been strangers to the world of sound.
The subject of correct, pure tone production is most import- ant if a teacher is able to get her pupils to give a sweet musical quality of tone in the daily music lesson ; its softening, refining influence is felt throughout the day and then good habits of voice production are established, and the harsh, strident tones, so often heard, will be eliminated.
Music properly taught, strengthens the intellect by cultivating such mental habits as assist the mind to grasp other branches of knowledge, strengthens the will, giving it added power over body and mind; develops and enriches the imagination ; softens and refines the emotional nature, and in many ways makes the indi- vidual better prepared for the duties and pleasures of life.
Music makes school life happier, gives a taste for better things,
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and as the child becomes the man and passes out of school into various walks of life, his ability to sing is a passport to the better ranks of society, enables him to give pleasure to others, and is an unfailing source of pleasure to himself.
In closing, I wish to express my gratitude to all who have aided by kind words, cooperation and support.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN M. PAGE.
Report of Supervisor of Drawing.
Mr. Fairfield Whitney, Superintendent of Schools, Saugus, Mass. :
DEAR SIR,-After four months of service as supervisor of Manual Arts, I have tried to adopt a system here in Saugus that · will fit the conditions of the Town in a practical way and at the same time meet the requirements of the demand for Industrial Training in the future. The last two years has seen a rapid change in the point of view of supervisors of art and mannal work. Everything done along these lines now must have prac- tical value. Few supervisors have the same method of going at things, yet I have tried to minimize the transition from the work of one teacher to that of another.
Many people do not understand the reason for having drawing in our schools and some think it an expensive luxury, while others talk of wasting time that should be spent on the "3 Rs." The criticism is one of ignorance. We are not trying to train artists or draughtsmen. We are trying and we are succeeding in leading the child to appreciate the value of drawing as an industrial asset by making it an unconscious language of expres- sion by training the mental faculties along the lines of serious work in principles acquired by experience. All things must be planned on paper before being manufactured. The language of the inventor, of the shop, of the skilled worker in all lines is drawing. All big ideas in manufacture owe their success to the power of putting on paper a drawing that means something.
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It may be freehand or mechanical. It is a universal language, and a powerful one, and it must be taken just as seriously as English, Latin or Greek.
The drawing has progressed as well as could be expected. My time is planned so that I try to get into every room once in three weeks. The districts not so often. Saugus covers a large area and going and coming between schools uses up considerable time. In the future I shall devote more time in watching indi- vidual methods of teaching my subject with the idea of helpful suggestions.
The teachers have worked hard for me and I appreciate it. I have put in the usual manual work without special equipment, centering the time around the holidays. The results were very good.
As to future work along industrial lines. Manual training teachers realize that their work bears a strong influence on future industrial education. The proper correlation of the teaching of mathematics, drawing, science, Englisn and hand- work help to develop industrial efficiency for those who are to be our future workers. Manual training must be of such strength, based upon sound educational and industrial principles that it will tend to keep boys and girls in school longer and make them more able to face the hard and perplexing problem of earning a living wage.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK W. RIED.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
MEDICAL INSPECTION. Teachers Tests of Sight and Hearing.
Classification.
High
School.
Saugus
Centre.
Clifton-
dale.
East
Saugus.
Ungraded
Schools.
Total.
*Number of pupils examined .
. .
158
35I
524
294
86
1,413
Number wearing glasses
25
17
45
7
3
97
Number defective in eyesight ..
34
2I
45
35
2I
156
Number defective in hearing .. :
16
9
44
4
6
79
Number of parents notified
12
24
47
33
9
125
*Only a part of children in grade one are included.
Examination by School Physicians.
*Number examined
1,485
Total number of cases reported .
184
Specific contagious diseases
IO
Adenoids
36
Other diseases of oral and respiratory tract
34
Diseases of the eye
I
Scabies
14
Pediculosis .
33
Impetigo contagiosa
13
Ringworm
3
Nervous affections
7
Other defects and diseases .
33
*Some not yet examined because absent when the physician visited school.
Truant Officers' Report.
FOR THE YEAR 1908.
Mr. Joy.
Mr. Mansfield.
Total.
Number of cases investigated
59
107
166
Number of cases of truancy .
13
34
47
Number absent for good cause
17
24
41
Number illegally absent
29
49
78
Number taken to court
. .
5
5
Number sent to training school
2
2
Number parents summoned to court
2
I
3
Number taken from street to school
I
. .
I
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.
High School.
Saugus Center.
Clifton- dale.
East Saugus.
All Schools
1899.
January .
95
268
385
181
979
September
86
267
425
164
992
1900.
85
260
431
159
993
September.
IO2
255
532
152
1,120
1901.
98
261
510
146
1,089
September
121
273
502
157
1,130
1902.
January .
113
263
500
164
1,115
September
124
264
57 I
172
1,200
1903.
January .
109
250
539
169
1,148
September
II2
276
624
185
1,277
1904
January .
99
273
622
180
1,250
September.
108
298
610
198
1,300
1905.
January
98
294
598
187
1,257
September.
115
310
550
250
1,420
1906.
January
IIO
315
629
239
1,374
September
133
363
630
240
1,450
1907.
January .
I34
3,56
604
254
1,440
September
142
370
620
294
1,522
1908.
January .
136
359
605
299
1,498
September
I53
374
580
336
1,534
January .
January .
ENROLMENT BY GRADE AND AGE, SEPTEMBER, 1908.
= AGE.
GRADES.
6
4
5 B-G
B-G
7 B-G
S B-G
B.G
IO B-G
II B-G
12 B-G
13 B-G
14 B-G
15 B-G
16 B-G
17 B.G
18 B-G
19 B-G
20 B-
I
4
70-60
40-38
8 -- 8
2 -- 2
I
I
. .
2
.
I -- I
33-38
49-37
12-1I
4-5
4 -- I
·
6
I
I
.
.
2 -- 1
31-39
I .- 2
29-34
27-24
17-17
14-II
2-3
2 -- 6
2 -- 1
I -- I
159
7
2 -- 1
21-20
19-20
16-21
6 -- 4
3
I33
2
11-10
14-26
12 10
2 -- I
I
89
9
79
IO
0
·
1
II
2 -- 9
5
2
I
43
High School.
12
5.14
4-12
I -- I
39
( 13
2
-- 3
I -- 2
I
I2
·
Totals
4
132
152
175
159
136
163
157
124
155
104
60-
40
26
8
2
I
159S
·
5
2 -- 2
16-21
46-35 II.22
3 -- 2
30-24
16-12
14-16
2 -- 4
20-11
2 -- 8
2
8-19
4 -- 3
2 -- 3
9-10
I
I
.
.
.
. .
.
·
·
.
.
.
.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
33
Totals.
234
197
3
179
ISI
4
193
16-18
8-18
6
S
3 -- I
16-16
S-13
2 -- 2
60
27-38
IS-15
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
ANNUAL ENROLLMENT BY GRADES IN SEPTEMBER.
FOR NINE YEARS.
Grades.
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
I
147
120
184
194
159
21I
212
241
234
2
113
117
114
I37
158
140
157
199
197
3
118
114
II5
I27
152
174
162
170
179
4
II8
129
I28
123
122
153
171
203
181
5
125
12I
119
141
I21
130
147
167
193
6
103
99
108
120
140
142
125
164
159
7
IOI
104
113
108
115
I16
II7
112
133
8
70
92
93
103
93
107
109
90
89
9
68
58
75
77
88
87
92
94
79
IO
44
48
45
45
48
48
60
58
60
High School
II
34
37
34
23
27
38
35
46
43
I2
18
28
31
24
19
17
32
20
39
I3
5
IO
17
20
I6
II
10
20
I2
Ungraded
75
93
84
79
93
100
99
-
Totals
II39
1170
I260
1321
1351
1474
1528
1584
1598
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Annual Statistics for Twenty Years.
Year
Total Enrollment
Average Whole Number
Average Attendance
Per cent. of Attendance
1889
767
554
492
90
1890
856
584
536
92
1891.
758
637
565
88
1892.
872
677
608
89
1893
908
708
629
89
1894
903
705
644
91.3
1895
960
743
68
92
1896
1,037
81I
747
92
1897
1,196
913
850
93
1898
1,284
972
897
92.2
1899
1,207
1,004
924
92
1900
1,123
994
910
91.5
I901
1,247
1,099
1,016
92.4
1902
1,224
1,127
1,030
91.3
1903
1,330
1,170
1,044
89.2
1904
1,339
1,235
1,112
90
1905
1,495
1,294
1,173
90
1906
1,568
1,367
1,265
92.6
1907
1,659
1,433
1,310
91.4
1908
1,699
1,484
1,371
92.4
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
List of Teachers, December 31, 1908. High School.
Name.
Grade.
Present No. Pupils. Appointed.
Present Salary.
Leland A. Ross
· Principal
I43
1902
$1,700
Helen L Bacheller
Assistant
. ..
1895
850
Rebecca D. Moore
Assistant
.. .
1904
600
Ruth W. Waters
Assistant
.. .
1908
600
Elsie E. Hatch
Assistant
.. .
1908
550
Clara B. Holden.
9
38
1906
600
Sarah S. Cummings
9
32
1908
550
Roby School.
Ethel W. Coker, Principal ...
8
30
1904
$650
Edith Ginns
7
39
1908
500
Sarah A. Biffin
6
38
1904
500
Ida M. Tibbetts
5
36
1908
500
Lilla G. Parker
4
47
1898
500
G. A. Walton .
3
39
1873
500
Minnie E. Ross
2
39
1908
500
M. L. Walton
I
38
1881
500
Felton School.
Mabel E. Bemis, Principal . .
8
36
1905
650
Mabel E. Nowell
7
44
1900
500
Edith A. Chellis
6
42
1906
500
Grace P. Bartlett
4-5
43
1898
500
Fannie N. Allen
2-3
43
1907
500
Elsie M. Taber
I
42
1908
450
Lincoln Avenue School.
E. Gertrude Lowe
6-7
32
1903
$500
Ida B. Macdonald.
4-5
37
1907
500
Florence L. Little
2-3
31
1907
500
Cliftondale School.
Maria E. Smith, Principal ....
5
43
1892
$550
Annie E. Rhodes
4
30
1905
500
Edith K. Moore
2-3
44
1903
500
Clara Trowbridge
I
40
1892
500
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Essex Street School.
Present
Present
Name.
Grade.
No. Pupils. Appointed.
Salary.
Irene F. Thompson 3-4
41
1906
$500
Laura F. Armitage, Principal, I-2
36
1885
525
East Saugus School.
Edna C. Purvis, Principal ..
5-6
37
1907
$550
Ethel Asker
3-4
50
1908
500
Marah G. Stebbins.
2
38
1907
500
Edna L. Taylor
I
47
1908
450
New School.
Mabel A Bacon, Principal
7-8
35
1906
$550
Emily McFadden
5-6
41
1907
500
Pauline R. Peckham
3-4
29
1908
500
Gertrude R. Sherman
1-2
41
1907
500
North Saugus School.
Edith R. Day .
5-8
17
1907
$500
Marion R. Richardson
I-4
25
1908
450
Lynnhurst School.
M. Ellinor Forsyth
I-8
21
1905
$500
Oaklandvale School.
Effie E. Campbell 1-7
29
1907
$425
Special Teachers.
Helen M. Page Music
1895
$450
Visits Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
F. W. Ried . . Drawing
1908
45€
Visits Mondays and Tuesdays.
School Physicians.
Dr. George C. Parcher
· Saugus Center
1908
$50
Dr. Herbert F. Penney
· Cliftondale
1908
50
Dr. George W. Gale
East Saugus
1908
50
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TEACHERS.
Grades.
Enrollment.
Boys.
Girls.
Under 5.
Over 15.
7 to 14 .
Average
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent. of
Attendance.
Tardiness.
Dismissals.
Visits.
Leland A. Ross
High
145
56
89
0
104
6
135.4
128.7
95.2
149
192
74
Clara B. Holden.
9
46
15
31
0
10
19
43.2
39.9
92.3
32
59
22
Ethel W. Coker
8
22
15
7
0
0
22
21.7
20.5
94.3
22
13
64
Mary W. Hall
8
48
19
29
0
1
47
45.
42.7
94.8
38
26
149
Sarah A. Biffin
5
44
24
20
0
0
43
36.8
34.
92.
48
33
92
Lena Schenk
4
48
23
25
0
0
48
42.3
38.9
91.9
33
11
83
Lilla G. Parker
3
49
30
19
0
0
48
43.
38.5
89.5
20
16
76
G. A. Walton
2
46
22
24
0
0
25
43.1
39.8
92.2
37
16
92
Florence L. Black
1
57
21
36
0
8
16
37.3
35.4
94.7
39
27
165
Mabel E. Bemis
8
53
29
24
0
4
35
43.3
41.8
92.
67
57
144
Mabel E. Nowell
6-7
51
33
18
0
0
49
44.2
40.9
92.6
63
5
90
Edith A. Chellis.
4-5
50
27
23
0
0
50
44.2
41.6
94.2
65
30
122
Grace P. Bartlett
2-3
54
27
27
0
0
47
46.9
43.5
92.5
33
22
106
Fannie N. Allen
1
42
27
15
1
0
4
36.5
32.2
88.
37
10
52
Nellie M. Peabody
6-7
36
17
19
0
0
36
30.
27.6
90.7
22
19
57
E. Gertrude Lowe
4-5
43
16
27
0
1
39
37.8
35.1
92.
110
16
66
Ida B. Macdonald
2-3
35
18
17
0
0
24
33.2
30.8
93.2
77
14
49
Georgetta Campbell
6-7
50
18
32
0
0
47
42.8
40.5
94.5
77
43
89
Maria E. Smith .
4-5
54
24
30
0
0
53
47.4
44.4
93.6
53
38
106
Annie E. Rhodes
2-3
50
22
28
0
0
39
38.2
35.7
93.
35
0
96
Edith K. Moore
40
17
23
0
0
2
33.8
30.4
89.9
54
9
119
Clara Trowbridge .
3-4
47
20
27
0
0
47
42.4
39.7
93.5
44
15
127
Irene F. Thompson
1-2
45
25
20
0
0
7
41.5
37.
89.
63
42
21
97
Elizabeth W. Crowell
5-6
46
18
28
0
0
45
38.9
35.9
92.
Edna C. Purvis
3-4
53
31
22
0
0
53
46.3
42.9
92.
153
103
Marah G. Stebbens
2
5
2
3
0
0
5
28.9
26.4
90.
67
6
111
Lucy A. Walsh .
1
71
36
35
2
0
19
46.4
42.2
90.6
22
22
104
Mabel A. Bacon
7-8
41
21
20
0
3
30
32.4
29.6
91.4
38
22
83
Emily McFadden
5-6
34
17
17
0
0
34
26.9
25.5
94.
34
14
61
Ella F. Robinson
1-2
65
43
22
0
0
26
45.6
43.1
94.5
52
5
30
Gertrude R. Sherman
5-9
22
6
16
0
3
16
19.
17.
89.2
145
66
69
Edith R. Day .
1-4
34
21
13
0
0
24
28.5
25.
87.9
121
27
59
Florence L. Little
1-9
31
10
21
0
0
25
27.
25.5
94.4
103
140
52
M. Ellinor Forsyth
1-8
25
15
10
0
0
15
21.6
19.5
90.
24
4
57
6
43
18
25
0
0
7
47.6
42.3
88.5
62
25
81
M. L. Walton
9
40
23
17
0
0
39
33.4
29.
90.8
92
37
108
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Tabular Statement for the Year Ending June 23, 1908.
3-4
34
22
12
0
0
34
29.1
27.5
95.1
35
11
80
1
103
Laura F. Armitage
Effie E. Campbell .
Membership.
SUMMARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 23, 1908.
Number enrolled in all schools £ 1,699
Number of boys
828
Number of girls
871
Number under five (5)
3
Number over fifteen (15)
I34
Number between seven (7) and fourteen (14)
1,127
Average membership
1,484
Average attendance
1,37I 61
Per cent. of attendance
92.4
Number of teachers employed, including specials (2) . 43
Increase during the year
2
Number of teachers who withdrew in 1908
.
I 2
Number of different schools
37
Increase during the year
3
Number of tardinesses
2,308
Number of dismissals 1,126
Number of visits, not including those of Committee,
Superintendent and Supervisors . ·
2,456
FOR THE FALL TERM ENDING DEC. 23, 1908.
Average membership 1,534
Average attendance 1,460
Increase over fall of 1907 45
Per cent. of attendance 95.2
Number of teachers, including specials (2) 44
Number of tardinesses
665
Number of dismissals
505
Number of children in Town Sept. 1, 1908.
Boys between five (5) and fifteen (15) years old . 756
Girls between five (5) and fifteen (15) years old . 754
Boys between seven (7) and fourteen (14) years old, 531 Girls between seven (7) and fourteen (14) yearsold, 530
Increase over preceding year
Number of teachers appointed in 1908 13
Graduating Exercises
OF THE Class of '08, Saugus High School Tuesday Evening, June 23, 1908.
PROGRAM
MUSIC- S (a) March · Osborne 2 (b) Overture .
. Schlepegrell
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
PRAYER
REV. DONALD H. GERRISH
MUSIC-"O Native Land"
.
Nessler
BASS CHORUS WITH ACCOMPANIMENT
ESSAY-"In Limine" .
FLORENCE MARION BREWER (SECOND HONOR)
*ESSAY-"The Tuskegee Institute"
BERTHA RUSSELL CARTER
CLASS HISTORY .
(Part I) LAURA AVIS WALKER (Part II) ALICE EVELYN CHAMBERS
CLASS ORATION-"What is a Man Worth ? "
LLOYD MELVILLE HENDRICK
41
GRADUATION EXERCISES.
MUSIC-Cornet Solo . . · Selected CLARA VERONICA M'CULLOUGH
POEM-"The Beautiful Tree"
PANSY EDNA ALLEN
*ESSAY-"Esperanto" EVELYN MAY KNOX
CLASS PROPHECY ·
MADALENE NOURSE PAIGE
CLASS WILL
BERTHA SIMPSON BARRAR
*ESSAY-"A Crisis in American History MILDRED EUNICE QUARMBY
MUSIC-"White Butterfly" Lang GIRLS' CHORUS
PRESENTATION OF GIFTS
HERBERT HAROLD HUDSON
ESSAY-"School Life as a Foundation for Future 1 Life."
LILLIAN PUTNAM (FIRST HONOR)
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT
GEORGE HENRY QUARMBY
ACCEPTANCE FOR SCHOOL .
RUTH MARION EDMANDS, '09
AWARD OF DIPLOMAS SINGING OF CLASS ODE
*Excused
Graduates.
Classical Course.
Helen Marian Hitchings, Herbert Harold Hudson, Evelyn May Knox,
Pansy Edna Allen, Florence Marion Brewer, Alice Evelyn Chambers, Lloyd Melville Hendrick, Jr., Madalene Nourse Paige, Lillian Putnam.
Four Years English Course.
Bertha Simpson Barrar,
Bertha Russell Carter,
Anna Medlock Ferguson, Minnie Edith Lampson,
Clara Veronica Mccullough,
George Henry Quarmby, Harold Earl Strout,
Charlotte R. E. Wadsworth, Laura Avis Walker,
Chauncy Vaughn Whittredge.
Three Years English Course.
Fred Edwin Forristall, Edith May Kinley, Mildred Irene Perkins,
Mildred Eunice Quarmby, Madeline Florence Walsh, Marita Woodruff.
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