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Seventy sixth grade pupils took the first Palmer Examination and all of that number passed.
Eighty prizes in money were awarded by the Civic League for improvement and excellence in writing.
An exhibition of papers from all the grades was sent into the National Educational Exhibition held at Mechanics Hall, Boston, last summer.
This year's progress is even greater than that of last year.
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The first grades are already writing simple words and sentences.
The second grades began using pen and ink the first of Jan- uary. Ink is not usually given until the third year.
The third and fourth grades are being awarded certificates in position, improvement, applied arm movement and excel- lence. These certificates are a great incentive, and are arousing the children to do their very best.
The fifth and sixth grades have already taken the Palmer Examination, consisting of the first twenty-five drills in the Palmer Manual. This is a very difficult test to pass.
The reports of these examinations have already been received. Out of 230 sixth grade examinations, only seven were rejected. Out of 245 fifth grade examinations, 50 were rejected. This is an unusual percentage, as in a great many cities and towns the fifth grades are not able to take this examination.
Those whose papers were rejected are to have another trial.
As a reward, each pupil who passed the examination has been awarded a button by the A. N. Palmer Co. With the reports I received a letter from the Principal of the Normal Training Department of the A. N. Palmer Co., of which I will give you a part :
"We have received the examinations written by the pupils of Saugus.
We congratulate both you and the pupils upon the beautiful penmanship work. I may say that the papers show the use of splendid muscular movement. The pupils are approximating the letter forms very nicely, and the papers were written very neatly, and very nicely arranged. It was a great pleasure to survey them."
I may also say here that the greatest part of the credit for the high standards of writing in all our grades is due to the faithful and untiring efforts of all our grade teachers.
I wish to thank the grade teachers, the school committee, and Mr. Lambert, for their loyal co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET A. CAMERON .*
Supervisor of Penmanship.
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[Dec. 31
Report of the Supervisor of Drawing
Mr. J. W. Lambert, Superintendent of Schools, Saugus, Mass. :
DEAR SIR,-Let it be clearly understood by all that the draw- ing course is not intended to make artists of the pupils. Art in its true meaning is not taught further than to give the child a few fundamentals of color and arrangement so that he will be guided toward using better judgment in the selection of his everyday needs.
The course is planned to train the average child so that he may be better able and more willing to use his hands to express his ideas. So many older people are so helpless because they were never taught by methods that would produce results encouraging to a person of no natural ability.
Present methods are necessarily more or less mechanical. Techanical methods require orderly thinking. Orderly thinking is the most important part of drawing. Proportion is the frame- work of this orderly thinking. On proportion all else is built, all of the details of fine finish.
Proportion calls for observation. Many of the teachers have mentioned that the drawing has developed attentiveness. Why not? Most of the lessons are developed step by step requiring the combined efforts of mind, eye and hand. The pupils realize that if they lose a step it is very difficult for them to catch up. If increased attentiveness is the only value of the course, is it not worthwhile? We all realize that lack of attention is one of the worst enemies of education.
The aims and methods are similar to last year for all grades. The subjects are based on their everyday interest. Illustration, design and paper cutting are carried through all grades. Under illustration would come drawing of flowers, fruits, vegetables, birds, animals, landscapes, toys, autos, cars, trains, tools, national and historical figures, houses exterior and interior. Under design comes such poster work and interior decoration, such simple principles of design as repetition, alteration, rhythin, bilance, center of interest, measure, contrast, etc. Under paper cutting come, lettering, weaving, poster work, free cutting of objects, construction of furniture and other common objects.
Our exhibit of high school and grade drawing at the National Educational Association last July received considerable praise from many visitors. Considering the small percentage of New
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England cities and towns represented in the exhibit and the thousands of people from all over U. S. there, we were glad to have Saugus represented.
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN D. TINKHAM.
Report of the School Nurse
10 Mr. Jesse W. Lambert, Superintendent of Schools:
I have the honor of presenting to you my first annual report as School Nurse for the year ending December 31, 1922.
Number of visits to schools, 175 ; home calls, 126. Exclusions for pediculosis, 148; all pediculosis cases followed up, all cases returned. Exclusions for whooping cough, 14 ; returned 4, still excluded 10. Uncleanliness, 14; nervousness, 2; tubercular meningitis, 1; rheumatism, I; sore throat, 12; impetigo, 13 ; boils, 2 ; scytic foot, I ; flea bites, [ ; foreign substance in eye, I ; toothaches, 2 ; bronchitis, 3 ; tonsillitis, 2; colds, 36; swollen glands, 2; nose bleed, 2; hives, I; truancy, 3; headache, I ; defective hearing, I ; scarlet fever, 2.
The pupils in all the schools, including the High school, have been weighed and measured.
I have also given health talks and encouraged cleanliness among the children.
Have also tried to teach the children to take the best care of their teeth. Teaching them the proper way to clean and care for their teeth, also assist Dr. Beckman at the Dental Clinic every Tuesday and Thursday morning.
The number of children treated at the Dental Clinic is in the Dental Clinic report.
In closing, I wish to thank you, Mr. Lambert, with the School . Physicians, also the teachers and children for the kind co-operation you have all given me in my work.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. DONOVAN, R. N.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS
Number of public day schools based on the single classroom as a unit $70
Number of public school buildings in town 13
REGISTRATION OF MINOKS, APRIL 1, 1922.
A. Persons between 5 and 7 years of age, boys 295, girls 214, 509
B. Persons between 7 and 14 years of age, boys 901, girls 1002, 1903
C. Persons between 14 and 16 years of age, boys 201, girls 178, 379
D. Persons between 16 and 21 years of age, boys 423, girls 378, Total number of minors, April 1, 1922, males 1,825, females 1,784 3,592
801
SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFIED AS TO AGES, APRIL 1, 1922.
A. Pupils between the ages of 5 and 7 years . 217
B. Pupils between the ages of 5 and 14 years . .
.
1,902
C. Pupils between the ages of 14 and 16 years 352
Number between 14 and 16 years of age given certificates of employment 31
Average school membership for year closing June 30, 1922 2,405
Average daily attendance for year closing June 30, 1922 . 2,162
Percentage of attendance based on average membership . Population of town of Saugus . 12,118
90
Assessed valuation of taxable property : $8,960,575.00
Tax rate per thousand, all purposes (1922) $39.00 Amount appropriated, all purposes (1922) · 358,381.56
Amount of above appropriation granted School Department, general expenses 138,500.00 Amount actually spent by School Department, general expenses less refunds . . $137,498.09 Ratio of school money, general expenses, spent to total appropriation . .386
Tax rate per thousand for use of School Department, general expenses 15.05
Appropriation for school repairs ( March, 1922) $6,000.00 Transferred from general fund to repair fund account, Decem- - ber II, 1922 $1,000.00 Total amount available for repairs fiscal year closing December 31, 1922 7,000.00
Amount actually spent for repairs for same period 6,996.62
Rate percentage (based on valuation of school buildings and equipment) used for repairs 2% .
* Includes new school building.
REGISTRATION BY GRADES AND BY SCHOOLS, JANUARY 3, 1923
Grades
I
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
IO
II
12
Tot. by Schs.
Armitage School
18
17
27
14
Ballard School
·
39
32
22
13
20
Ballard School
148
Cliftondale School
55
45
44
45
189
Emerson School
49
28
35
33
145
Felton School
41
49
42
38
47
41
22
17
39
Lincoln School Lincoln School
37
46
75
Lynnhurst School .
18
16
9
II
II
IO
75
Mansfield School
4.6
43
43
38
170
North Saugus School
24
IO
16
8
IO
IO
78
Oaklandvale School
18
9
7
II
45
Roby School
51
52
45
45
37
37
267
Roby School
35
35
170
High School
209
147
197
116
81
53
803
Totals by Grade
320
269
268
243
276
263
259
179
217
116
81
53
2,544
High School Post Graduates
.
.
.
.
3
Grand total .
.
.
2,547
·
.
38
35
28
19
258
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·
·
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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94
126
.
·
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[Dec. 31
LIST OF TEACHERS AND JANITORS JANUARY, 1922
Senior High School.
Names
Where Educated
Teaching
Appointed Salary
Lucie M. Norris
*Boston University
Principal
1918 $2400
Rachel F. Baker
*Boston University
English
1920
1400
Geneva Chamberlain
** Villa Maria
French
1919 1500
Morelle Connell
*New Hampshire Coll. English
1921
1000
Etta Crame
** Boston University
Mathematics
1921
1300
Doris Cuznor
Boston University
Music
192 I
1000
Vernon Evans
*Boston University
History, Civics
1921 1000
Alice Gafney
*Boston University
French, Spanish 1921
1000
Rosabel Kelley
** Clark Sch. Bus. Ad.
Com. Subjects
1919
1400
Eleanor W. Lee
*Mass. Normal Art Bay Path Institute
Drawing
1917
1500
Hazel Marison
Stenog. Type.
192 I
1300
Elizabeth Marsh
*Boston University
Latin, History
1920
1300
Ella Maxcy
*Colby College
French
1921
1200
Arline Pike
*Bates College
Algebra
192 1
1000
Elizabeth Richards
*Mount Holyoke Bryant & Stratton
Physics, Geom. Bookkeeping
192 1
1100
Delbert Wheeler
** New Hampshire Coll. Chem, Gen Sci. 1921
2000
Mabel C. Willey
*Salem Normal
Com. Arith.
1918
1400
Mabel Williams
*Salem Normal
English
1918
1400
Junior High School.
Elsie Betz
*Keene Normal
Arithmetic
1920
I200
Marion Fullerton
*Salem Normal
Geography
1917
1300
Helen Higgins
*Leland Powers
English
1921
900
Elizabeth Nelson
*Castine Normal
Re'd'g Spell'g English
1920
1300
Elenora Richards
*Farmington Normal Arithmetic
192 I
I200
Evelyn Stevens
Plymouth Normal
English
1920
1300
Vera Wentworth
*Farmington Normal History
1920
1 300
Ballard Junior High School.
Harry Johnson
Boston University
Principal
1920
1475
M. Eckless Nay
*Keene Normal
VII
1920
1300
Esther Lane
*Fitchburg Normal
VII, VIII
1920
I2CO
Roby School.
Anna Neis
*Bridgewater Normal
VI, Principal
1921
1300
Marian Elmer
*Salem Normal
IV, V
1920
900
M. Hazel Fogg
*Castine Normal
IV
1920
I200
Marjorie I. Buck
*Nasson Institute
Sewing,
Re'd'g, Spell'ng 1921
1100
Theresa Haley
*Bay Path Institute
Penmanship
1921
1100
1913
I 300
Annie Rhodes
*Castine Normal
1920
I200
Ruth Tilton
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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M. Lena Files
Gorham Normal III
Jan. 1922
1000
Ruth Littlefield
*Salem Normal II
1919
1000
Margaret McDermott
*Quincy Train'g Sch. VI
1919
I200
Keene Normal I
1917
I200
*Newburyport Tr. Sch. V
Jan. 1922
1000
Felton School.
Maria Smith
*Castine Normal
VI, Principal
1892
1350
Katherine Callahan
*Salem Normal I
1916
I200
Jennie Dunn
*Fredericton Normal III
1916
I200
Elsie B. Foster
*Salem Normal V
1920
I200
Viola Kenerson
*Salem Normal
II
1920
1000
Elizabeth B. Taylor
*Lafayette Tr. Sch.
IV
1914
I200
Lincoln School.
Elizabeth Sheridan
*Salem Normal
VI, Principal
1917
1275
Gertrude Chapman
*Salem Normal
III, V,
1898
I200
Pearl Peterson
*Salem Normal V
1919
1000
Cliftondale School.
Lilla G. Quint
*Saugus High School IV, Principal
1898
1300
Helen Chesley
*Salem Normal II,
1918
I200
Myra Beekman
Farmington Normal II, III
1913
I200
Clara Trowbridge
*Melrose High School I
1892
I200
Armitage School.
Irene E. Thompson
*Salem Normal
III, IV, Prin.
1905
1250
Jaenette Nicholson
*Bucksport Seminary I, II
19II
I200
Ballard School.
Emma B. Hughes
*Newark Normal VI
1914
I200
Esther Neenam
*Salem Normal V
1920
1000
Mabel Brown
*Plymouth Nor., N.H. V
Jan. 1922
I 100
Mittie Smith
*Plymouth Nor., N.H. VI
1919
I 200
Mansfield School.
Alice L. Seaver
*Windsor High IV, Principal
19II
1300
Marah G. Stebbins
*Symonds Tr. School II,
1907
I200
Mildred A. Wilard
*Niel Kindergarten III
1917
I200
Genevieve Tuttle
*Bridgewater Normal I
Jan. 1922
1100
Emerson School.
Pauline Peckham
*Dean Academy IV
1908
1300
Hazel Adams
*Farmington Normal II
1921
1100
Amy Lawson
*Keene Normal
I
1921
1100
Madeline Littlefield
*Salem Normal
III
192I
850
Julia Nurse Edna McNeil
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North Saugus School.
Eva M. Straw Florence Craig
*Limerick Academy V, VI
1919
1275
*Salem Normal I, II
1918
1150
Florence Tomlinson
*Thomas Normal III, IV
192 1
1100
Lynnhurst School.
Mary Bridgham
*Castine Normal
IV, V, VI
192 I
1150
Marie Reynolds
*Fisher School I, II, III
1921
850
Oaklandvale School.
Vestella Gould
*Tilton Seminary
I, II, III, IV
1920
1150
Specials.
Margaret Cameron Gladys M. Carney N. B. Corthell
*Castine and
Boston Sloyd
Manual Train.
1917
2 100
Laura Cram
Plymouth Normal
Music
1920
1400
Lillian Tinkham
*Mass. Normal Art
Drawing
. 1920
1400
George W. Atkinson, Lincoln, Cliftondale, Emerson
1916
12 50
George Brown
High School Assistant
192 1
936
James Church
Lynnhurst
1919
225
Ulderique Dumont
Oaklandvale
1920
150
Andrew C. Lynn
High School
1916
1820
James A. Marsland
Roby, Manual Training
1909
1100
C. C. Merrithew
Felton
1902
950
Johnston MontgomeryMansfield
1920
1100
George A. Porter
North Saugus
1911
300
Charles B. Rhodes
Ballard
1911
1000
Charles Parker
Armitage
192 1
225
School Physicians.
Dr. Myron H. Davis
Precinct I, V
1918
100
Dr. Leroy Furbish
Precinct II, IV
1919
100
Dr. George W. Gale
Precinct III, V
1908
100
School Nurse.
Florence Hamilton
Entire Town
$20 per week
192 1
Attendance Officer.
Charles E. Light
Entire Town
1920
200
*Salem Normal
Penmanship
1918
1300
*Keene Normal
Domestic Sci.
192 I
I 300
Mildred S. Costellow *Nasson Inst.
Domestic Sci.
1920
I200
* Graduate.
** Head of Department.
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LIST OF TEACHERS AND JANITORS, SEPTEMBER, 1922
Senior High School.
Names
Where Educated
Teaching
Appointed Salary
Robert R. Webber
*Colby College
Principal
1922 $2500
Ruth Motherwell
*North Western Uni.
Eng., Hist.
1922
1100
Etta Crane
*Boston University
Math.
192 I 1400
Vernon Evans
*Boston University
Hist., Civics
192I
I200
Morelle Connell
*New Hampshire Col. English Burdett Bus. Col.
192 I
1100
Mildred Bee
F. Ruth Foster
*Vermont University
Math.
1922
1000
Lucile Goding
*Bates College
French, Spanish 1922
1922
I200
Eleanor Lee
*Mass. Normal Art Bay Path Inst.
Com. Subjects
1921
1500
Elizabeth Marsh
*Boston University
Latin, History French
192I
1300
Elizabeth Richards
*Mount Holyoke
Math., Science
1920
1300
Delbert A. Wheeler
** New Hamp. Col.
Chem, Gen. Sci. 1921
2000
Amy Wiggin
*Burdett College
Bookkeeping
1922
1000
Mabel Willey
*Salem Normal
Com. Arith.
1918
1400
Mabel Williams
*Salem Normal
English
1918
1400
C. Francls Woods
Brown University
Music
1922
1600
Junior High School.
Boston University
Arithmetic
1922
1300
*Wheaton College
English
1922
900
*Skidmore Col. (2 yrs.) R'd Spelling
Sewing
May 1922
Marion Fullerton
*Salem Normal
Geography
1917
1300
Lena Johnson
*Gorham Normal
History
1922
I200
Elizabeth Nelson
*Castine Normal
Read'g, Spell'g
1913
1300
Elenora Richards Mittie Smith
*Plymouth Normal
Arithmetic
1919
1300
Nona Yerxa
*Castine Normal
Penmanship
1922
I200
Ballard Junior High.
Harry A. Johnson
Boston University
Prin. 9 Eng.
1920
1700
Esther Lane
*Fitchburg Normal
Geography
1920
1300
M. Eckless Nay
*Keene Normal
Arith., Civics
1920
1300
Mabel Brown
*Plymouth Normal
English
Jan. 1922
1300
Roby School.
Archibald Coldwell
*Bridgewater Normal VI, Prin.
June 1922
1600
Helen C. Taylor
*Burlington Tr. Sch. V, VI
Mar. 1922
1100
Marian Burwell
*Salem Normal
V
1920
I100
1922
1000
Josephine Keany
*Boston University
Drawing
1917
1500
Hazel Marison
1920
1400
Ella Maxcy
*Colby College
Dorothy Baker Lillian Connell Ida Cross
*Farmington Normal
English
192 I
1300
Stenography
French
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Edna McNeil
*Newburyport Tr.Sch. V
Jan. 1922
1100
*Gorham Normal IV
1922
900
*Salem Normal III
1922
850
*Salem Normal II
1919
1100
Julia Nourse
Keene Normal I
1917
I200
Felton School.
Maria Smith
*Castine Normal VI
1 892
1350
Elsie Foster
*Salem Normal V
1920
I200
Elizabeth Taylor
*Lafayette Training IV
1914
I200
Jennie Dunn
*Frederickton Nor. III
1916
I200
Viola Kenerson
*Salem Normal II
1920
IIOO
Katherine Callahan
*Salem Normal I
1916
I200
Lincoln School.
Pearl Peterson
*Salem Normal V, VI
1919
IIOO
Gertrude Chapman
*Salem Normal
V
1912
I200
Alta Patten
*Gorham Norman VI
1922
1000
Cliftondale School.
Lilla Quint
*Salem Normal IV
1898
I 300
Myra P. Beckman
Farmington Normal III
1913
I200
Florence Lewis
*Lewiston Tr. School II
1922
1100
Clara Trowbridge
*Melrose High I
1 892
I200
Armitage School.
Irene Thompson
*Salem Normal
III, IV, Prin.
.1905
1250
Jeanette Nicholson
*Bucksport Seminary I, II
1911
I200
Ballard School.
Emma B. Hughes
*Newark Normal VI
1914
I200
Edith Brooks
Syracuse Uni. I year VI
1922
1100
Doris Pugsley
*Gorhan Normal V
1922
1000
Gladys Russell
*Gorham Normal V
1922
1100
Mansfield School.
Alice Seaver
*Windsor High IV, Prin.
19II
1300
Mildred Willard
*Neil Kindergarten III
1917
I200
Marah Stebbins
*Symonds Training II
1907
I200
Opal E. Marley
* Aroostook Normal
I
1922
1000
Emerson School.
Pauline Peckham
*Dean Academy
IV Prin.
1908
1300
Madeline Littlefield
*Salem Normal
III
1921
900
Hazel Adams
*Farmington Normal II
1921
I200
Amy Lawson
*Keene Normal
I
1921
I200
Marian Hurley
Blanch Annas Ruth Littlefield
1922]
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North Saugus School.
*Limerick Academy V, VI, Prin.
1919
1275
Castine Normal III, IV
1922
1000
*Burlington Training I, II
1922
1100
Lynnhurst School.
*Castine Normal
IV, V, VI, Prin. 1921
1250
*Fisher School I, II, III 1921
900
Oaklandvale School.
*Farmington Normal II, IV
1922
900
Salem Normal I, III
1922
850
Supervisors.
Margaret Cameron Gladys M. Carney N. B. Corthell
*Salem Normal
Penmanship
1918
1 500
*Keene Normal
Domestic Sci.
1921
1400
*Castine Normal,
*Boston Sloyd, Manual Training
1917
2 100
Emily Woodbury Laura Cram
*Plymouth Normal Music
1920
1500
Lillian Tinkham
*Mass. Normal Art Drawing
1920
1500
Janitors.
George W. Atkinson
Lincoln, Emerson, Cliftondale
1916
1125
Charles Hudson
High School Association
1921
936
James Church
Lynnhurst
1919
225
Ulderique Dumont
Oaklandvale
1920
225
Andrew C. Lynn
High School
1916
1638
James A. Marsland
Roby Manual Training
1909
990
W. O. Blossom
Felton
1922
800
Johnston Montgomery
Mansfield
1920
550
George A. Porter
No. Saugus
1911
300
Charles B. Rhodes
Ballard
19II
900
Charles Parker
Armitage
192 I
225
School Physicians.
Dr. Myron H. Davis
Precinct I, V
1918
100
Dr. Leoy C. Furbish
Precinct II, IV
1919
100
Dr. George W. Gale Precinct III, V
1908
100
Nurse.
Mrs. Mary Donovan Entire Town
1922 $20 wk
Attendance Officer.
Charles E. Light
* Graduate. ** Head of Department
1920 250
Eva M. Snow Janet K. Tripp S. Barbara Allen
Mary Bridgham Marie Reynolds
Mary Merrithew Josephine Freeman
Framingham Normal, Domestic Sci.
1922
1100
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