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Of each 100 pupils to enter school, 31 enter the first year of High School, 23 enter the second year, 17 the third. Of these 15 graduate, 8 from the four year course. Mr. Ross by actual count has reached substantially the same result.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Of the 47 failures in first grade last year 23 were by children who entered at less than five years and six months old. Of the 39 such pupils to enter, 23 failed and 16 passed. They were responsible for half the failures in that grade, and less than half of them could do the work.
The Opportunity Offered.
I lack data for determining just how the preceding figures compare with results in other towns. We do know that, while the general subjects taken in each grade here do not differ very much from those found elsewhere, our neighbors have in manual training a kind of work that gives all children a new stimulus, and appeals to some who are not reached by anything we now offer. We hear the assertion "All men are created equal," defended on the ground that our institutions give equality of opportunity. Education means more than knowledge of how to use books, but the half of Saugus children, not quick with books, soon learn that they receive less than their share in the benefit from public school expenditure.
Special Difficulties.
I have but few facts to give in answer to the question "Is the work done in Saugus schools equal to that in other towns? " It can be only fairly good in the face of the difficulties we labor under.
It is true that the number of dollars of valuation per pupil ex- presses the resources of a town and the per cent. used for school purposes indicates its spirit, but the amount spent per pupil measures what the public can rightfully expect, and there is sufficient excuse for many failures in the table you printed last year, showing that we spend far less per pupil than most of our neighbors, and less than half the amount used by some.
This results in part from the large number of children. The State has 15 pupils in the average membership for every 100 people. In Saugus there are 21. The Town is schooling some four hundred children more than its share or enough to make 10 schools. We are often compelled to assign an unreasonable number of pupils to a teacher. The list shows that 15 now have more than 40 pupils.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
This situation is largely due to the incoming of home makers with large families and small resources. In some places private schools care for a considerable number of children. We have 40 pupils the cost of whose schooling is partly paid by the State or Boston, and another 40 who are boarded by relatives or come from some institution from which tuition cannot be collected without a special vote of the Town. Six years old is coming to be a more common age for entrance than five. If the rule here were changed to six or even five and a half, it would cut out of first grade membership 25 or 30 who cannot do the work.
The location of the town is a disadvantage in that the main- tenance of schools is expensive, the cost of living for teachers is high and we have a people whose chief interests are out of town. We suffer from constant comparison with the opportunities afforded by the wealth of Lynn and Boston. The resulting tendency to a lack of loyalty and municipal pride is accentuated by the shifting character of the population. The registration cards show that 452 children were born in Saugus and 1, 141 elsewhere. There are 87 foreign-born pupils scattered through the grades and schools. During the last school year 200 chil- dren came into the schools and 191 went away. The number was not unusual. In some previous years there were more changes. Of 202 children who were registered in first grade in 1904-5, 92 were out of our schools before June, 1909. Of 217 such pupils registered in 1903-4, 101 left during the same period and more came to take their places, We lose one-third of our teachers each year and one fourth of our pupils are with us only part of the time. Such changes mean loss of promotion and slow progress by the classes.
The larger buildings lack playgrounds, and the sanitaries at the four smallest are decidedly unsatisfactory. Perhaps neither of these conditions will affect the number kept back, but each is an obstacle to best results.
Saugus is too large to receive State aid, and yet it has not outgrown the disadvantages of a small town. The numerous small buildings may have suited the time they were built but now . they are expensive to maintain and prevent the best grading,
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
and the scattered population and separate communities are still a hindrance to concerted effort.
The situation is certainly important and critical enough to deserve public discussion and the disinterested service of every intelligent citizen.
School Work.
We have been doing some things with a view to correcting defects and overcoming difficulties.
An immature beginner has sometimes been taken out by the parents at the suggestion of the teacher and others have been sent home because the record of births showed that they were less than five years old.
The excellent attendance record is largely due to parents and children but some of the credit belongs to teachers and truant officers. Sixteen parents in court may seem a large number but, aside from other reasons for enforcing the laws, it is well that among itinerants especially Saugus should have a reputation for enforcing the attendance and medical inspection laws and insist- ing that teachers be treated with proper respect.
Reading and Arithmetic.
With all due regard to the dangers involved, we are concen- trating our effort upon a few important things in each grade. Lower grade pupils have read from a third to a half more than in previous years. For upper grades we advocate a drill and word study that prepares for reading. In arithmetic we aim to distinguish between the mechanical performance of the standard operations in which all must gain proficiency, and problem work which requires special intelligence and judgment. With some the latter comes slowly and others never attain it. We try to make the former the indispensable requisite for promotion, but to give problems in such variety and with so small numbers involved that the practice shall not become mechanical. In a recent test of 161 fifth grade pupils 56 were perfect in the multiplication tables and 76 had 90 per cent. or better. In the four funda- mental operations 30 were perfect and 45 had 90 per cent or
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more. Of the 161 eight were below 50 per cent. in one or both
tests. Many other tests have been given. The result as a whole for all grades is better than a year ago, but sixth grade cannot do as well as this with fractions nor seventh grade with per- centage. These classes have had to do considerable work that should have been done in previous grades. We keep before the children the fact that inaccurate arithmetic has no commer- cial value and parents receive notice when children are falling behind.
Spelling and Writing.
We teach spelling in other ways but the emphasis is being placed upon a short list of common words. In writing much attention is given to muscular movement in upper grades and to a preparation for this from the start so that the child will not practice at first an exclusive finger movement which he must change later.
Manual Training.
Very simple manual work has been done for some time and this year two successful private sewing classes meet each Saturday in rooms used by your permission at the Roby and East Saugus. Mothers are saying the Town should pay the fee.
Grading.
We are seeking to minimize some of the faults of a graded system by having a special time for work with individuals and small groups and by encouraging retarded pupils to work for a double promotion whenever they are capable. The increase in number of rooms with a single grade points to the day when we can have semi-annual promotions, a much better plan. Instead of waiting until the first year in High School a division of the ninth grade was made during the fall term and those who are to take Latin will have it the last half of this year, thus giving them an opportunity to do more and if necessary make the Senior year easier.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Coaching Teachers.
The attempt to use Normal School girls in helping backward pupils was not particularly successful because no single student could give time enough. Neither taught more than two days. Of the two special teachers employed for this purpose one worked 17 weeks in first and second grades at East Saugus and Emerson and the other 7 weeks in third and fourth grades at East Saugus. In the four previous years the failures in those grades there were 24 per hundred, last year 14 per hundred failed. This gain means a year each for 18 children. Such work pays.
Recommendations.
I. Either increase the number of rooms so that no teacher under any circumstances shall have more than 40 pupils, or em- ploy three or four special assistant teachers.
2. Either raise the entrance age as has been done in Melrose and Malden, or establish sub-primaries as has been done in Lynn.
3. Bench work for boys and sewing for girls in the eighth and ninth grades.
4. Another teacher at the High School so that better care and opportunity may be given to those taking an English course, who look forward to commercial or industrial pursuits.
Respectfully submitted,
FAIRFIELD WHITNEY.
High Schools.
Mr. Fairfield Whitney, Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR,-I herewith submit to you my eighth annual re- port of the Saugus High School.
The regular work of the school has been carried on in the customary way. The only change in the usual routine was the trip to Washington. I think that may have interfered for a time
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
with the general good work of the school, but perhaps the good acquired by those who made the trip fully repaid them for what they lost from their routine duties.
I have been much pleased with the general spirit of the school, especially since the beginning of the new school year. Much good work has been accomplished.
Though the High School has been sending scholars to college for nearly a score of years, and has students now in half a dozen or more colleges, I am frequently asked by fellow-townsmen, "Do you fit for college?" It may be well to say that our school has been on the approved list of the New England College Entrance Certificate Board for the past six years. We give a certificate for college entrance only to those scholars who have maintained an average rank of 85 per cent. in their studies throughout the entire course. During the past six years no pupil who has attained that rank has failed of admission to college if he took the examinations, or has failed to do the work of the Freshman class if admitted on a certificate.
That the requirement of 85 per cent. is not too severe is shown by the fact that the average rank of all scholars completing the classical course is above that figure, and a large proportion of them have attained a rank of over 90 per cent. These are the workers ; but a large portion of each class reflect the spirit of the age in a growing dislike for anything like real work. To accomplish any results the teacher must make the task easy. "Many pupils," says one teacher, " want their knowledge predigested as we have our breakfast foods predigested."
A study of the High School classes for the past eight years shows that 48 per cent. of those entering graduate. Of those taking the four year course, one-half enter higher institutions of learning other than commercial schools which also claim a large percentage. During the year 1909, students from the Saugus High School have taken high honor at Harvard, Boston Univer- sity and other colleges. At the recent inaugural exercises of President Lowell of Harvard, Lester Burton Struthers, a graduate of our school, was the only undergraduate given a part on the program.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
It has been customary to permit a pupil on the request of his parents to change from one course to another, or to substitute one study for another of equal value. The result has been series of conflicts in recitations which grows worse each year. We sug- gest that each pupil when he enters the school be given a copy of the course of study, select his course under the guidance of teachers and parents, and abide by it unless some adequate reason can be shown for the change.
The ninth grade feel that though they are with us they are not of us. Since they enjoy in common with us the same build- ing and grounds, share in a measure the same teaching, and are subject to the same regulations, might it not be well for them to become in name as in fact a part of the High School, and be known as the sub-freshman class, as is done in so many of our neighboring towns and cities.
During a large part of the past year members of the Senior class have been obliged to be seated in a room without a teacher, or be crowded into rooms with other classes. This fact and our crowded programs giving little opportunity for individual in- struction show the need of an extra teacher in the near future.
We are seriously hampered by the fact that no provision was made in our building for a library. The book shelves in the dif- ferent rooms are wholly inadequate ; for there are many books of reference and others that must be frequently used by all classes, and should be kept in some place where students con- sulting them may not disturb recitations. I suggest that book- cases be placed in the office until a suitable school library can be fitted up.
Respectfully submitted,
LELAND A. ROSS.
Mr. Fairfield Whitney, Superintendent of Schools :
Owing to the fact that no radical changes are attempted in music, the report from year to year must necessarily be along the same lines.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Since more stress has been given to individual music, a great improvement has resulted. Children who were supposed mono- tones at the beginning of the school year, are now able to sing several tones, and in many cases are able to do good work in class exercises.
The subject of correct tone production is most important, and the effect of the voice training in the singing period is noticeable in the elimination of the harsh, disagreeable quality of tone. This voice culture should improve the quality of tone of the children's voices in reading and speaking.
Another line of the work is the cultivation of "tone percep- tion." The teacher or pupil will sing a tone or combination of tones with " lu " while the members of the class give orally or in written form the names of tones they have heard. This practice is of great value to the pupils. This year we have introduced new text books, The New Educational Music Course. Thus far only the lower grades have been supplied with these new books, but the interest and enthusiasm which they have inspired give ample proof of their success. Another aid in our work is the material of the Weaver System, which has proved most helpful in individual training.
Respectfully,
HELEN M. PAGE.
Report of Drawing Supervisor.
To Superintendent of Schools, Saugus, Mass.
DEAR SIR,-I tender you my report for the school year 1909- 1910. I find in all of the schools a larger interest being taken in the work, both by teachers and pupils, and can suggest nothing in that direction other than extention of the Drawing period, which, as you know, is short, and does not give an opportunity for the full development of the work. We endeavor to include those elementary forms of Manual Training possible to practice with drawing materials, and here again the short period gives
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no opportunity to carry the work far. Then, too, I think a prime necessity is more frequent visits by the Supervisor, who now visits the local rooms once in three weeks for thirty minute lessons, and those in the farther districts less often.
It is hoped that we may add Manual Training to our course, beginning with elementary work in all grades and gradually acquiring a more extensive and improved course and equipment. It would need separate supervision in the matter of time. The Manual Training would undoubtedly appeal strongly to a large number of pupils who have small interest in drawing.
Respectfully,
FRANK ALLEN.
January 20, 1910.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
MEDICAL INSPECTION. Teachers' Tests of Sight and Hearing.
Classification.
High
Schoo
Grade
9
Roby
School
Clifton-
da e.
East
Saugus.
Mixed
Schools.
Total.
*Pupils examined
I34
85
347
529
309
81
1,485
Wearing glasses
29
10
II
36
6
6
98
Defective eyesight
41
I 2
30
103
26
15
227
Defective hearing
20
3
7
24
13
I
68
Parents notified .
14
IO
27
96
39
9
195
*Only a part of children in grade one are included.
Examination by School Physicians.
*Number examined
. 1,574
Specific contagious diseases
23
Adenoids .
59
Enlarged tonsils
156
Other diseases of oral and respiratory tract
7
Diseases of the eye
5
Diseases of the ear .
2
Enlarged neck glands
12
Scabies
9
Pediculosis
65
Impetigo contagiosa
43
Ringworm
4
Chorea
3
Other defects and diseases
.
64
Total cases reported
452
*Some absent when physican visited school.
Truant Officers' Report.
.
FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Mr. Joy.
Mr. Mansfield.
Total.
Number of cases investigated
68
104
172
Number of cases of truancy .
15
33
48
Number absent for good cause
II
24
35
Number illegally absent
30
47
77
Number taken to court
I
O
I
Number sent to training school
I
O
I
Number parents summoned to court
7
9
16
Number taken from street to school
3
O
3
ENROLMENT BY GRADE AND AGE, SEPTEMBER, 1909.
AGE.
GRADES.
.5. B.G
6 B-G
7 B-G
S B-G
9 B-G
10 B.G
II B.G
12 B-G
13 B-G
14 B-G
15 B.G
16 B-G
17 B.G
IS B-G
19 BG
I
.
·
71-56
48 2S
10-6
I -- 1
.
221
2
I -- I
40-52
30.33
17-10
3 -- 3
196
.
3
3 -- 3
36-33
40-32
13-1I
4 -- 5
3 -- 3
192
4
2 -2
31-37
34-30
19-2 ,
2 -- 6
2 -- 2
I
I -- I
196
5
I -- I
22-24
25-27
20-25
9-II
7 -- 7
2
ISI
6
1 -- I
12 19
32-34
13-19
S -- II
. ·
150
7
I -- 3
15-21
27-26
12-13
12 -- 7
I -- 1
I
140
S
3 -- 1
23-19
18-16
15 15
0 -- 2
I
119
6
I -- I
S -- S
16-25
12-12
2
85
IO --
High School.
--
12
2 -- 3
6-9
2
I
30
13
Totals
.
.
.
72-57
91-83
$4-74
96-81
73-75
61 74
75-90
75-7S
56-57
55 61
39-40
14-23
8 -II
5 .- 5
I
. . .
1614
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
36
II
3 -- 4
7-17
2 -- S
2
I -- 1
45
S
I -- I
5. -
2 -- 4
. .
·
.
.
.
·
.
41
2 -- 2
6 -- 9
II-5
1 -- 5
Totals.
-
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
ANNUAL ENROLLMENT BY GRADES IN SEPTEMBER.
FOR TEN YEARS.
Grades.
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1 905
1906
1907
1908
11909
1
147
120
184
194
159
2II
212
241
234
221
2
II3
II7
114
I37
158
140
157
199
197
196
3
118
114
115
127
152
174
162
170
179
192
1
118
129
128
123
122
153
171
203
181
196
5
125
J2I
119
141
I2I
130
147
167
193
181
6
103
99
108
I20
140
142
125
164
159
150
7
IOI
104
II3
108
115
116
117
112
I33
140
8
70
92
93
103
93
107
109
90
89
119
9
68
58
75
77
88
87
92
94
79
85
IO
44
48
45
45
48
48
60
58
60
41
High School
II
34
37
34
23
27
38
35
46
43
45
I 2
18
28
31
24
19
17
32
20
39
30
I3
5
IO
17
20
16
II
10
20
1 2
18
Ungra.
75
93
84
79
93
ICO
99
-
Totals
1139
1170
I 260
1321
1351
1474
1528
1584
1598
1614
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
List of Teachers December 31, 1909.
High School.
Name.
Grade.
No. Pupils. Appointed,
Salary.
Leland A. Ross
Principal
129
1902
$1,700
John J. Desmond, Jr.
Sub-master
1909
800
Nancy C. Spencer
Assistant
1909
600
Ruth W. Waters
Assistant
...
1908
600
Elsie E. Hatch
Assistant
1908
600
Clara B. Holden
9
77
1906
650
Sarah S. Cummings
9
1908
600
Roby School.
Clara N. Wentworth, Prin.
8
47
1909
$650
Edith Ginns
7
42
1908
500
Sarah A. Biffin
6
40
1904
500
Ina H. Fisher
5
43
1909
500
Lilla G. Parker
4
47
1898
500
G. A. Walton
3
37
1873
500
Minnie E. Ross
2
45
1908
500
M. L. Walton
I
45
188[
500
Felton School.
Maria E. Smith, Prin.
8
50
1892
$650
Mabel E. Nowell
7
43
1900
500
Edith A. Chellis
6
43
1906
500
Harriette J. Ricker
4-5
41
1909
500
Fannie N. Allen
2-3
47
1907
500
Elsie M. Taber
I
34
1908
500
Lincoln Avenue School.
E. Gertrude Lowe
6-7
39
1903
$537.50
Grace P. Bartlett
5
39
1898
500
Florence L. Little
2-3
41
1907
500
39
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Cliftondale School.
Name.
Grade.
No. Pupils. Appointed.
Salary.
Annie E. Rhodes, Prin.
5
40
1905
$550
Maud A. Moore
4
36
1909
500
Doris Kohlrausch
2-3
44
1909
450
Clara Trowbridge
I
32
1892
500
Essex Street School.
Irene F. Thompson
3-4
25
1906
$500
Lillian C. Campbell
I -2
34
1909
500
Masonic Building.
Sara W. Young
7-8
43
1909
$500
Ethel M. Harvey
5-6
37
1909
450
East Saugus Primary.
Lillian D. Byrne
4
40
1909
$550
May Q. Clough
3
34
1909
450
Marah-G. Stebbins
2
34
1907
500
Edna L. Taylor
I
41
1908
500
Emerson School.
Emily McFadden
5-6
36
1907
$550
Pauline R. Peckham
3-4
33
1908
500
Gladys Smith
2
33
1 909
450
Bertha A. Bond
I
31
1909
500
North Saugus School.
Frances P. Johnson
1-8
30
1909
$500
Lynnhurst School.
M. Ellinor Forsyth
1-8
30
1905
$500
Oaklandvale School.
Alice F. Sayre
1-6
20
1909
$400
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Special Teachers.
Name.
Grade. No. Pupils. Appointed. Salary.
Helen M. Page Music
1894
$450
Visits Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Frank L. Allen Drawing
1909
450
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
I 908
50
Tabular Statement for the Year Ending June 22, 1909.
TEACHERS.
Grades.
Enrollment.
Boys.
Girls.
Over 15.
7 to 14.
' Average
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent. of
Attendance.
Tardiness.
Dismissals.
Visits.
Leland A. Ross .
9
39
25
14
8
16
37.7
35.6
94.4
24
34
12
Clara B. Holden.
9
42
20
22
6
20
33.32
31.
92.97
12
34
12
Sarah S. Cummings
8
27
15
12
2
18
30.44
29.15
95.7
15
5
14
Ethel W. Coker
7
41
19
22
0
39
39.51
37 34
94.5
54
31
12
Edith Ginns
6
38
26
12
0
38
34.
32.29
95.2
17
10
52
Sarah A. Biffin
5
40
20
20
0
40
37.3
34.8
94.5
14
7
34
Ida M. Tibbetts
4
53
31
22
0
52
48.36
45.86
94.28
27
19
6
Lilla G. Parker
3
42
19
23
0
12
38.79
36 46
94.47
17
-7
19
G A. Walton
2
44
17
27
0
15
40.16
38.45
95.74
27
8
15
Minnie E. Ross
1
38
19
19
0
3
38.9
35.9
92.36
57
44
19
79
Maria E. Smith
8
39
15
24
0
28
36.44
35.05
94.
21
25
)1
Mabel E. Nowell
6
49
29
20
1
46
38.56
35 57
92.21
29
19
70
Edith A. Chellis.
4-5
46
19
27
0
46
43.41
41.8
96.
23
33
73
Grace P. Bartlett
2.3
43
27
16
0
40
43.06
42.13
94.75
23
25
107
Fannie N. Allen
1
19
25
24
0
4
40.8
37.6
91.87
80
30
16
81
Ida B. Macdonald
4.5
33
14
19
33
37.01
34.29
92.77
70
22
13
Florence L. Little
2-3
31
17
14
25
31.
28.7
92.
22
10
103
5
45
24
21
0
45
41.32
38.71
92.77
58
24
43
N. L. Lancy
.
4
31
15
16
0
31
30.27
28.02
92.56
37
28
43
Edith K. Moore
2-3
47
23
24
0
31
43.87
41.19
92.87
30
19
63
Clara Trowbridge .
1
41
20
21
0
4
37.27
33.05
88.68
53
5
74
Irene F. Thompson
3-4
37
15
22
0
37
38.07
36.21
95.17
65
8
60
Katherine Price
1-2
38
21
17
0
14
36.96
30.95
83.76
88
5
81
Ina H. Fisher
5-6
45
19
26
0
43
39.8
37.4
94.1
78
5
80
Ethel E. Asker
3-4
50
24
26
0
49
50.75
46.47
92.81
33
3
16
Marah G. Stebbens
2
39
23
16
0
27
38.5
36.7
95
61
4
66
Edna L. Taylor .
1
48
22
26
0
5
46.4
42 00
90.
38
5
28
Mabel A. Bacon
.
45
24
21
1
42
41.6
39.7
95.34
41
13
57
Pauline R. Peckham
3-4
30
17
13
0
30
30.02
28.68
95.3
19
3
51
Gertrude R. Sherman
1-2
49
32
17
0
20
44.19
40.28
91.13
59
6
60
Edith R. Day .
5-8
20
7
13
1
19
16.93
16.1
93.24
162
198
72
Marion R. Richardson
1-4
30
15
15
0
20
26.05
24 34
92.91
123
16
76
M. Ellinor Forsyth .
1-8
22
3
19
1
18
20.2
18.9
94.8
65
54
33
Effie E. Campbell . .
1-7
28
19
9
1
15
28.69
26.6
92.62
45
1,617
802
815
147
1,061
1514.28 1418.14
93.65
1790
972
2,052
7
47
23
24
0
44
45.4
42.8
Elsie M. Taber .
6.7
35
22
13
1
32
31.46
29.47
93.4
E. Gertrude Lowe
High
158
59
99
121
7
142.01
134.66
94.79
159
219
28
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
41
73
7-8
38
18
20
4
23
35.74
33.92
94.98
15
Emily McFadden .
5-6
96.15
35
M. L. Walton
145
00
Maud A. Moore
Membership.
SUMMARY.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 22, 1909.
Number enrolled in all schools .
1,617
Number of boys
802
Number of girls
815
Number over fifteen (15)
147
Number between seven (7) and fourteen (14) . 1,061
Average membership
1,514
Increase over preceding year
30
Average attendance
1,418
Increase over preceding year
47
Per cent. of attendance .
93.7
Number of teachers employed, including specials (2)
45
Increase during the year .
2
Number of teachers who withdrew in 1909
19
Number of teachers appointed in 1909
20
Number of different schools
38
Increase during the year .
I
Number of tardinesses
1,790
Number of dismissals
972
Number of visits, not including those of Committee,
Superintendent and Supervisors .
2,05 2
FOR THE FALL TERM ENDING DEC. 23, 1908.
Average membership
1,599
Increase over fall of 1908
65
Average attendance
1,519
Increase over fall of 1908
59
Per cent. of attendance .
95
Number of teachers, including specials (2)
45
Number of tardinesses
740
Number of dismissals
299
.
43
SUMMARY.
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct
Number in Town, Sept. 1, 1909 Boys between 5 and 15 years old,
I
2
3
Girls between 5 and 15 years old, Boys betweeen 7 and 14 years old, Girls between 7 and 14 years old,
233
325
227
214
352
230
157
233
153
154
243
148
Lincoln Anniversary Program.
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF GEN. E. W. HINKS, POST G.A.R.
MUSIC
HIGH SCHOOL, ORCHESTRA.
COMMANDER'S REMARKS .
JOHN E. STOCKER.
INVOCATION . . . .
REV. DR. WILLIAM HARRIS. AMERICA
. .
BY AUDIENCE LED BY MR. BUGAW.
BRIEF QUOTATIONS FROM LINCOLN
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
VOCAL SOLO
MISS MARTHA C. SMALL.
ADDRESS · . . .
FRANK P. BENNETT, JR.
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
BY AUDIENCE LED BY MR. BUGAW. GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
HARRY GIBSON.
"NEARER MY GOD TO THEE" BY AUDIENCE LED BY MR. BUGAW. DOXOLOGY . . . .
BY AUDIENCE LED BY MR. BUGAW.
BENEDICTION
. .
. . REV. JAMES E. COONS.
Graduating Exercises
OF THE
Class of 1909, Saugus High School
Tuesday Evening, June 22, 1909.
Motto : Certum pete finem.
PROGRAM.
March, The Aide-de-Camp
MUSIC - Selected Laurendeau
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA.
PRAYER .
.
REV. WILLIAM GILBERT.
MUSIC-A Warrior Bold Adams HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS.
ESSAY-Pay the Price
RUTH ANNETTE HATCH. (SECOND HONOR)
*ESSAY-Historical Saugus
ANNIE RACHEL TOBEY.
CLASS ORATION-What's the Use?
.
CARROLL MORSE KNIGHT.
SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY
3 1729 00051 4064
Graduates.
Classical Course.
Mabel Louise Ames,
Mary Luella Edmands,
Louise Annie Berthold,
Roy William Cummings,
Ruth Marion Edmands, Ruth Annette Hatch,
Ellen Louise Williams.
Latin-Scientific Course. Carroll Morse Knight.
Four Years' English Course
Theoda Cathryn Cheney, Alonzo Everett Hudson, Eleanor March Whittredge.
Three Years' English Course.
Mildred Lee Beede,
Laura Rosena Davies,
Olive Margarite Day,
William Nason Dinsmore,
Hattie May Strout,
Douglass Chapman Evans,
Mabel Doris Farnham,
Alice Mable Surridge, Annie Rachel Tobey,
Alice Valler Goodridge,
Mildred Augusta White,
Florence Ethel Johnston,
Caroline Knauber,
Irene Louise Orne,
Winnifred Pilling,
Charles Forest Nelson Pratt
James Howard Rodgers,
Ethel Harriet Whiting, Esther Alice Whittredge, Ada Ruth Willis.
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