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Tonsilitis
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6
6
Total cases reported
156
I28
602
886
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2
2
Deafness (well marked )
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Diphtheria
Impetigo contagioso
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II
3
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6
Scarlet fever .
4
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8
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Mr. William F. Sims, Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR,-I herein tender my report of School Physician for the year 1912 :
I am pleased to inform you that I find the schools in splendid condition regarding health and that the teachers are doing excel- lent work in personal hygiene. The Town has been fortunate in the mild invasion of contagious diseases which it has had and only a few isolated cases noted.
Several cases of diphtheria appeared during the winter term, and only by prompt action in closing the schools and the thor- ough manner in which the buildings were fumigated, was a seri- ous epidemic averted, in my opinion.
GEORGE C. PARCHER, M. D.
EAST SAUGUS, MASS., January 13, 1913.
Mr. William F. Sims, Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR,-I respectfully submit my annual report as School Physician. I have made a careful examination of all the chil- dren attending the schools in my district, I have also inspected the buildings in regard to their sanitary condition, and have ex- amined the children sent to me at my office by the teachers with medical inspection papers for my diagnosis and advice.
While we have had a few cases of diptheria and scarlet fever in this vicinity, but no epidemic as in other sections of the town, and I have not considered it necessary to fumigate any of the schoolrooms.
I am pleased to state that the janitors have kept the premises in a good sanitary condition.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE W. GALE, M. D.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
January 27, 1913.
Supt. William Fisher Sims :
DEAR MR. SIMS,-Enclosed please find my report for 1912. There has been a notable decrease in the number of children with decayed teeth, and among those children who frequently bring vermin (itch and head lice) into the schools.
I wish to call your attention to the fact that very few children have their adenoids or tonsils removed in spite of the fact that the adenoids stunt the growth, both physical and mental, of all children suffering with them ; and in spite of the now generally accepted fact, by the medical profession, that the tonsils are the common portal of entry for the germs of tonsilitis, diphtheria, endocarditis, chorea, rheumatic fever and probably in erythema nodosum, as well as in a considerable number of cases of pulmo- nary tuberculosis.
Following the lead of the Boston schools, the removal of adenoids and tonsils should be made obligatory, in my opinion.
Very respectfully,
THOMAS T. PERKINS, M. D.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
MEDICAL INSPECTION. Teachers' Tests of Sight and Hearing, September, 1912.
Classification.
High
School
Grade
IX
Roby
School
Clifton-
dale.
East
Saugus.
Mixed
Schools.
Totals.
Number of pupils enrolled
148
100
344
549
497
I20
1,758*
Defective eyesight
II
4
32
64
58
22
191
Defective hearing
3
3
2
12
21
7
48
Parents notified
13
7
19
58
58
18
173
*Only a part of children in grade one are included.
TRUANT OFFICERS' REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR 1912.
Mr. Joy.
Total.
Number of cases investigated
57
100
157
Number of cases of truancy
19
43
62
Number absent for good cause
15
24
39
Number illegally absent
23
33
56
Number taken to court
5
2
7
Number parents summoned to court.
4
2
6
Number summoned to court for illegal employment of school children .
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List of Teachers, School Year Commencing September 6, 1911.
High School
Name
Where Educated
Position
Appointed
Salary
James F. Butterworth
Harvard University*
Principal
1910
$1,700
William J. McKenna
Tufts College*
Sub-master
19II
800
M. Belle Preston
Tufts College*
Assistant
1910
650
Sarah S. Cummings
Colby College*
Assistant
1908
650
Bernice O. McCollou
Mt. Holyoke College*
Assistant
1910
600
Gladys M. Blake
Boston University*
Assistant
19II
600
Clara B. Holden
Radcliffe
Grade 9
1906
750
Effie M. Hull
Salem Normal School*
Grade 9
1911
5,50
Roby School
Clara N. Wentworth
Salem Normal School
Principal 8
1909
700
Evelyn B. Pillsbury
Bridgewater Normal School*
Grade 7
1911
500
Mary E. King
Quincy High School*
Grade 6
1910
500
Edith G. Cross, to April 26
Gould Academy*
Grade 5
1910
500
Lilla G. Parker
Saugus High School*
Grade 4
1 898
500
G. A. Walton (absent)
Salem Normal School*
Grade 3
1873
500
Ella L. Newman (sub.) Sept. to Oct. 25
Brattleboro High School*
Grade 3
1911
500
Frances G. Chater (sub.) Oct. 28 to June 21 Lesley Normal School*
Grade 3
1911
440
Minnie E. Ross
Higgins Institute*
Grade 2
1908
500
M. L. Walton
Salem Normal School*
Grade 1
1881
500
Laura M. Penn, May 6 to June 21
Hyannis Normal School
Grade 5
1912
500
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
E:
Name
Where Educated
Position
Appointed
Salary
Maria E. Smith
Castine Normal School*
Principal 8
1892
650
Mabel E. Nowell
Salem Normal School*
Grade 7
1900
500
Louisa M. McIntyre
Castine Normal School*
Grade 6
1910
500
Jennie I. Hayward, to January 12
Truro Normal School*
Grade 4
1911
500
Georgietta M. Manson
Salem Normal, Lynn Train. School*
Grade 4
1912
500
Lora M. Worcester
Portsmouth Training School#
Grade 2
1911
500
Clara Towbridge
Melrose High School,
Grade I
1892
500
Lincoln School
E. Gertrude Lowe
Farmington Normal School* Bridgewater Normal School* Salem Normal School*
Principal 7
1903
550
Ruth S. Symmes
Grade 5
1911
500
Florence L. Little
Grade 3
1907
500
Cliftondale School
Maude A. Moore
Portsmouth Training School*
Principal 5
1909
550
Dorothy Perry
Salem Normal School*
Grade 6
19II
500
Eva S. Bent
Randolph Normal School*
Grades 3-4
191I
500
Doris Kohlrausch
Lowell Normal School*
Grade 2
1909
500
Armitage School
Irene F. Thompson
Salem Normal School*
Grades 3-4
1905
500
Jeannette Nicholson
Bucksport Seminary*
Grades 1-2
1911
500
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Felton School
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Name
Where Educated
Position
Appointed
Salary
Principal 8
1907
550
Grade 7
1909
550
Grade 6
1904
500
Grades 5-6
1910
500
Mansfield School
Lillian D. Byrne
Tilton Seminary
Principal 4
1 909
550
Sylenda B. Morris
Westfield Normal School*
Grade 3
1910
500
Marah G. Stebbins
Symonds Kindergarten School*
Grade 2
1907
500
Edith F. Skillings
Wheelock Kindergarten School
Grade I
I91I
500
Emerson School
Pauline R. Peckham
Dean Academy
Principal 4-5
1908
550
Jessie C. Cobb
Bridgewater Normal School*
Grade 3
19II
500
Gladys Smith, to October 18
Boston University*
Grade 2
1909
500
Bertha A. Bond, from October 23
Bridgewater Normal School*
Grade 2
1909
500
Bertha A. Bond, to October 20
Bridgewater Normal School*
Grade I
1 909
500
Florence S. Metcalf, October 23
Salem Normal School*
Grade I
19II
500
North Saugus School
Plymouth Normal School Hyannis Normal School
Grades 5-8
19II
500
Grades I-4
1910
500
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Nellie L. Welch
Mabel E. Smith
Ballard School
Emily McFadden Sara W. Young Sarah A. Biffin Nellie A. Colburn
Farmington Normal School* Farmington Normal School#
Salem Normal School Orono High School*
Name
M. E. Forsyth
Lynnhurst School Where Educated Newburyport Training School*
Position
Appointed
Salary
Grades I-7
1905
500
Oaklandvale School
Alice L. Seaver
Windsor High School*
Grades 1-5
19II
400
Special Teachers
Mary E. Berry
N. E. Conservatory
Music
1910
450
Ethel R. Browne
Museum Fine Arts
Drawing, Sewing
19II
600
S. P. Congdon
Bench Work
1910
300
Sarah E. Gile
Farmington Normal School*
Coach, Roby
1910
500
Lotta M. Stevenson
Lynn High School*
Coach, E. Saugus
1910
500
Ellen H. Linton, to April 5
Emerson College
Coach, Cliftondale
19II
500
Gertrude Chapman, April 8 to June 21
Salem Normal School
Coach, Cliftondale
1912
500
School Physicians
Dr. George C. Parcher
Saugus Center
1908
50
Dr. George W. Gale
East Saugus
1908
50
Dr. Thomas T. Perkins
Cliftondale
19II
50
Truant Officers
R. L. Mansfield
Saugus Center and Clitondale
1903
100
Frank W. Joy
East Saugus
1895
25
*Graduate
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
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Table of Attendance, School Year, 1911-1912
SCHOOL
Registers
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Total
Membership
No. Days
School
Per cent of
Attendance
High
I
137
126.11
120.02
140
184
95.118
Ninth grade
.
I
106
101.56
97.32
108
183
95S
Roby .
8
364
332.01
314.72
411
184.5
.948
Felton
6
230
220.16
205.72
27 1
184.5
.934
Lincoln
3
IO2
108.50
III.66
124
184.5
937
Cliftondale
4
185
165.11
152 90
210
184 5
Armitage ·
2
68
60.62
57.26
73
184 5
.944
Ballard .
4
152
138 25
129 37
164
184.5
.935
Mansfield
4
148
145.95
137 84
176
184.5
.944
Emerson .
4
171
1.68.70
155.46
200
186.5
.921
North Saugus
2
64
59.30
53.44
71
183
.90I
Lynnhurst . .
I
34
35.00
32.10
13
184.5
918
Oaklandvale .
.
I
6
10.50
8.90
I2
179
.87
Totals averages . .
41
1767
1671.77
1566.89
2003
183.9
.937
.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Annual Enrolment by Grades in September For Ten Years
Grs.
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
19II
1912
1
194
159
211
212
241
234
221
245
166*
225
2
I37
158
140
157
199
197
196
213
204
170
3
127
152
174
162
170
179
192
203
209
223
1
123
122
I53
I71
203
181
196
224
199
204
5
141
I2I
130
147
167
193
18I
166
203
222
6
120
140
142
125
164
159
150
210
182
207
7
108
II5
116
117
I12
133
140
140
164
192
8
103
93
107
109
90
89
119
125
115
I32
9
77
88
87
92
94
79
85
107
104
100
10
45
48
48
60
58
60
41
39
66
58
II
23
27
38
35
46
43
45
29
26
46
12
24
19
17
32
20
39
30
31
28
18
13
20
16
II
IO
20
12
18
15
17
23
Ung
79
93
100
99
-
-
Tots. 1321
1351
1474
1528
1584
1598
1614
1747
1717*
1820
* Apparent decrease due to raising of age of entrance.
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List of Teachers, School Year Commencing September 4, 1912.
High School
Name
Where Educated
Position
Appointed
Salary
James F. Butterworth
Harvard University*
Principal I
1910
$1,700
William J. McKenna
Tufts College*
Sub-master
19II
900
M. Belle Preston
Tufts College*
Assistant
1910
650
Lucy F. Crocker
Mount Holyoke*
Assistant
1912
600
Harriet E. Pitfield
Mount Holyoke*
Assistant
1912
600
H. Catherine Paul
Wellesley*
Assistant
1912
600
Clara B. Holden
Radcliffe
Grade 9
1 906
750
Effie M. Hull
Salem Normal School*
Grade 9
1911
550
Mildred S. Bartlet
Boston University*
H. S. Grade 9
1912
450
Roby School
Lillian D. Byrne
Tilton Seminary
Principal 8
1909
650
L. Pauline Mann
Gorham Normal School*
Grade 7
1912
500
Florence E. Wallace
Bridgewater Normal School
Grade 6
1912
500
Laura M. Penn
Waltham High School*
Grade 5
1912
500
Lilla G. Parker
Saugus High School*
Grade 4
1898
500
G. A. Walton
Salem Normal School*
Grade 3
1873
500
Ida E. Stratton
· Newburyport Training School*
Grade 2
1912
4.50
M. L. Walton to September II
Grade I
1881
500
Eva R. Baker
Salem Normal School* Milton High School*
Grade I
1912
500
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Felton School
Name
Where Educated
Position
Appointed
Salary
Maria E. Smith
Castine Normal School*
Principal 8
1892
$650
Vivian A. Dingley to December 20
Farmington Normal School*
Grade 7
1912
500
Marcia A. Libby
Gorham Normal School*
Grade 7
1912
500
Louisa M. McIntyre, to November 8
Castine Normal School*
Grade 6
1910
500
Harriet L. Mehuron
Randolph Normal School*
Grade 6
1912
500
Eva S. Bent
Randolph Normal School*
Grade 4
19II
500
Lora M. Worcester
Portsmouth Training School"
Grade 2
19II
500
Frances G. Chater
Lesley Normal School*
Grade I
19II
500
Lincoln School
Farmington Normal School* Bridgewater Normal School* Salem Normal School*
Principal 7
1903
550
Ruth S. Symmes
Grade 5
19II
500
Florence L. Little
Grades 3-2
1907
500
Cliftondale School
Maude A. Moore
Portsmouth Training School*
Principal 5
1909
550
Dorothy Perry
Salem Normal School*
Grade 6
1911
500
Doris Kohlrausch
Lowell Normal School*
Grade 3
1909
500
Clara Trowbridge
Melrose High School*
Grade I
1892
500
Armitage School
Irene F. Thompson
Salem Nomral School* Bucksport Seminary*
Grades 3-4
1905
500
Jeannette Nicholson
Grades I-2
19II
500
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REPORT OF . SUPERINTENDENT.
E. Gertrude Lowe
Ballard School
Name
Where Educated
Position
Appointed
Salary
Sarah W. Young, to November 8
Farmington Normal School*
Principal 8
1909
$600
Louisa M. McIntyre
Castine Normal School*
Principal 8
1910
600
Esther E. Libby
Gorham Normal School*
Grades 7-8
1912
500
Bertha G. Gole
Salem Normal School*
Grade 7
1912
500
Sarah A. Biffin
Salem Normal School
Grade 6
1904
500
Elizabeth Adams, to December 2 1
Simmons College
Grades 5-6
1912
500
Henrietta G. Palmer
Gorham Normal School*
Grades 5-6
1912
500
Nellie A. Colburn
Orono High School*
Grade 5
1910
500
Mansfield School
Georgietta M. Manson
Salem Normal, Lynn Training School* Principal 4
1912
550
Bertha A. Bond, to February 21
Bridgewater Normal School*
Grade 3
1909
500
Marah G. Stebbins
Symonds Kindergarten School*
Grade 2
1907
500
Edith F. Skillings, to December 2I
Wheelock Kindergarten School*
Grade I
19II
500
Allene N. Durkee
Worcester Normal School*
Grade I
1912
500
Emerson School
Pauline R. Peckham
Dean Academy
Principal 4
1908
550
Jessie C. Cobb
Bridgewater Normal School*
Grade 3
19II
500
Alice M. McDougald
Fisher Kindergarten School*
Grade 2
1912
500
Florence S. Metcalf
Salem Normal School*
Grade I
1911
500
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Name Helen Gilman Gerda L. Huntoon
North Saugus School Where Educated Hyannis Normal School Plymouth Normal School*
Position
Appointed
Salary
Grades 5-8
1912
$500
Grades I-4
1912
500
Lynnhurst School
Hyannis Normal School
Grades 1-7
1912
500
Oaklandvale School
Alice L. Seaver
Windsor High School*
Grades 1-5
1911
450
Special Teachers
Lillian C. Howard
Salem Normal School
Coach, East Saugus
1912
500
Gertrude Chapman
Salem Normal School
Coach, Cliftondale
1912
500
Mary K. Murphy
Hyannis Normal School*
Coach, Roby
1912
500
Mary E. Berry
New England Conservatory
Music
1910
500
Florence F. Cooper
Massachuetts Normal Art School*
Drawing
1912
480
H. Mildred Cowan
Boston Y. W. C. A. School*
Sewing
1912
320
S. P'. Congdon
Manual Training
1910
600
School Physicians
Dr. George C. Parcher
Saugus Center
1908
50
Dr. George W. Gale
East Saugus Cliftondale
1908
50
Dr. Thomas T. Perkins
19II
50
*Graduate.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
4I
Muriel H. Fairchild
42
R. L. Mansfield Frank W. Joy
Truant Officers
Saugus Center and Cliftondale East Saugus
1903
$100
1895
25
Janitors
George W. Winslow
Oaklandvale
1912
$60
George A. Porter
North Saugus
1911
90
J. E. F. Marsh
High School
1906
800
C. C. Merrithew
Felton School
1902
550
James W. Rea
Cliftondale, Lincoln and Emerson
1894
900
James A. Marsland
Roby School
1909
700
Charles B. Rhodes
Ballard and Mansfield Schools
19II
750
Charles N. Wormstead, Jr.
Lynnhurst School
1900
IIO
A. G. Williams
Armitage School
125
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Mr. William F. Sims, Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR,-I herewith submit my report for the year 1912- 1913 as Principal of the High School.
The total enrollment of all five grades since September, 1912, is 251. There have been 97 boys in attendance and 154 girls. The enrollment the previous year was 245, with 98 boys and 147 giris.
Aims.
The function of our High School should be as briefly stated in my two previous reports-twofold, first to prepare those pupils who intend to enter any of the colleges of arts and sci- ences or higher technical schools, with that training in languages, mathematics science and history that shall present them at these higher institutions, fitted in ideals and motives to compete with other young men and young women of the state in all the college branches that lead to professional schools, the higher positions in business, as well as positions of teaching, whether in the sec- ondary school or in the college. The courses that we now offer do this, we feel, and also present an excellent choice for all who wish to enter any of the ten Massachusetts Normal Schools. The second aim of our school is probably-so far as numbers of pupils are affected-a still more important one than the first ; it is, or should be, to prepare for their later work in the world those pupils who, through a lack of money, or a lack of sympa- thy for the classical courses, or even a lack of capacity for the so-called cultural studies, cannot hope to enter the higher insti- tutions. This last great body of young people whether they attend the High School for four years or less-even if they at- tend but one year-should be given the very best instruction we can provide in English, in the history of our industrial and com- mercial life in the great and wonderful changes that are posi- tively coming in the life and community interests of the Ameri- can people and which must make for the best life of all classes, whether laborers in the mill, the factory, the office or on the farm. These children must become trained for social efficiency as well as the college pupil, and each must be taught as early in
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
his course as possible to meet our changing community condi- tions, through the power of self-adaptation and to use for the best whatever natural powers he may be born with. Even though it may not be possible to teach our High School pupils a trade or the details of a business yet we must get them ready to absorb easily and willingly such details a few months after they have finished their course. The habit of work must be engraved in them as well.
Courses.
I have come to believe then that such a preparation, in one respect at least, can best be brought about by giving to our first- year pupils not a course in Ancient History, as at present, but a course of modern history that deals primarily with the history of industries, of commerce, of agriculture, in fact with everything that affects the social status of our people. It would not be ad- visable to omit the course in Ancient History from our program of work but simply to advance it from prescribed to elective work, to be given more intensively in the third or fourth year, and then chiefly for those pupils tending toward college. More- over a further recommendation is again made at this time, as in my previous reports, that we add courses in stenography and typewriting to our program of work, this instruction to be given very early in the course.
Furthermore, I would again advise in the first-year work an elective course for girls in Domestic Science as outlined in my report for the year 1911, this course to be presented instead of the Elementary Science, which can very well be retained as a course of instruction for all boys in the freshman class.
One other course, as recommended in the last report, I feel should be inserted in the grade curriculum, -that of instruction in Agriculture, both from the theoretical and practical side. This work is almost imperative, especially since the Essex County Agricultural High School is to open and some of our pupils very possibly may wish to enter that new institution. Such pupils should be fitted as early as possible in their grade work for the study of Agriculture.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
A Course in Commercial Law this past year has been given, to stimulate thought in the minds of those who hope to enter various branches of business. The pupils in this work show a marked desire to profit by the practical examples that have been given them, in buying and selling, in contracts and other legal transactions. The work is of immense practical benefit.
Leaving School.
The same causes that bring about the condition of pupils leav- ing school early in their course seem to obtain this year as for- merly. We have in Saugus altogether too few pupils who attend the High School. The last report of the State Board of Educa- tion shows that of the 71 towns of the State with a population of over 5,000, in which class Saugus is rated, 53 of these have a larger High School enrollment than does our Town; moreover that 17 of those towns of the above group that are outranked by Saugus in population have more pupils in their individual High Schools than does Saugus. Many of them in fact have a far higher number of pupils enrolled. This situation is not a good one and yet is probably due, partly at least, to the fact that many of our families are forced to put their children to work as soon as the law permits this. Without doubt, however, another decided cause of our low total membership is the poverty of our commercial course. The suggestion of a more rounded business course as given above should remedy this cause, at least partly.
Physical Education.
The examinations by the Medical Examiner and the Principal show that our pupils are in good health and that there are very few who are defective in seeing or hearing. The general health of practically all the pupils seems excellent and we have been handicapped this year by very little sickness in the school.
There is decidedly a growing interest in outdoor sports among our pupils in all the five grades in the building, and we have endeavored to stimulate such activity so far as we could in school time and out of school as well. We need, however, some play- ing field for the development of the physical life of our pupils.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Track athletics and baseball, with other games, should be encour- aged by the townspeople and it would be advisable for the Town to furnish some public field for such activities. A public play- ground is almost a necessity to-day in any well organized school system. There are but few towns of the size of Saugus that fail to furnish playgrounds of some sort for their school children.
Teachers.
Four of our teachers of last year gave up their course of teach- ing here in Saugus, and this necessitated numerous changes in the teaching corps this fall. Such changes are, as a rule, dis- turbing by reason of the need of readjustment of courses to teachers and of teachers to pupils. The work of all of our teachers has been self-sacrificing and painstaking. The school board and the townspeople should seek to retain good teachers for a longer period of service than one or two years. This can only be done through two means, higher salaries and an evidenced willingness on the part of householders to furnish boarding places to teachers at a reasonable cost. Much constructive work in establishing a good stable school system can be done by citizens of a town if they are ready to cooperate in these two respects.
Ninth Grade.
The work of our ninth grade has been excellently done and I feel that we are following out the best views of the educators throughout the country when we offer courses that introduce pupils of thirteen or fourteen years of age into the elementary parts of a fairly large variety of subjects and seek to find out some one thing for which each pupil has a special capacity. The aims in the teaching of all ninth grade pupils should lay special emphasis on accuracy in the fundamentals and on the formation of good habits.
The school needs more and more each year encyclopedias and reference books in many subjects. Additions have been made the last two years, though but slowly. We have numerous small reference books but few that deal with subjects from an
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extensive point of view. A sustained investigation can only be carried on by the pupils' use of proper books. We need, more- over, three or four large dictionaries and up-to date atlases for reference.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES F. BUTTERWORTH, Principal Saugus High School.
Mr. William F. Sims, Superintendent :
MY DEAR SIR,-The chief statistics regarding the Ninth Grade will necessarily be found in other reports. There remain then only such facts as one who sees this class intimately can give.
" Joy comes," Lowell says. Several times it has peculiarly touched this work.
Instead of two rooms in different sections of the Town Grade Nine now uses three in the High School Building.
Departmental work has given the pupils the advantage of specialists and of coming in contact with the High School teachers. Nevertheless this grade is one of the elementary school and needs careful drill in all ways to prepare for the freedom and personal responsibility that each upper class man ought, in a degree, to have.
An element in this work has been to fuse into one class the pupils from so different environments and teaching.
It would seem that a result of coming to the High School Building and realizing the pleasure and need that upper grade life gives, has greatly increased the Freshman class the last two years.
Certainly it is a joy to see more girls and boys enter High School and to note that fewer turn to commercial schools which very properly may follow a High School course not offering commercial work.
The difficulty of keeping pupils in school has to be faced here as well as elsewhere. When the age of fourteen is reached and
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occasionally a child deliberately makes the choice to remain in school rather than go to work, joy prevails.
The Reflectoscope is a joy. To listen when scholars describe the pictures the boys have thrown upon the screen, makes the prediction safe that later more vital matters will be discussed. Pupils need practice in talking intelligently.
Home Work, for which pupils are fully credited, has become an important factor in school.
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