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Aug. 11,
Sept. 6,
Oct. 8,
Oct. 11,
Oct. 27,
Oct. 28,
Dec. 24,
Charles F. Jenkins, Nellie F. Wade, Fred. Lindsay, Clara Crosley, Ernest F. Peverly, Lizzie B. Clapp, Ira Norton Pratt, Sadie Lee Apts, George N. Damon, Lillian C. Rooney, Charles H. Gray, Edith G. Clarke, Thomas H. Farmer, Emma Allen, Charles L. Vickery, Ethel Marion Cook,
Scituate, Scituate, West Bridgewater, Scituate, Chelsea, Scituate, Cohasset, Scituate, Scituate, Cohasset, Boston, Scituate, Scituate, Troy. O.,
Scituate, Scituate,
North Scituate, North Scituate, Scituate,
North Scituate,
Cohasset,
Scituate,
Troy, Ohio,
North Scituate,
Rev. A. D. Spaulding, North Scituate. Rev. A. D. Spaulding, North Scituate. Rev. Watson Weed, Scituate. Rev. A. D. Spaulding, North Scituate. Rev. C. F. Cowen, Cohasset. Rev. Watson Weed, Scituate. Rev. Clarke E. Fisher, Troy, Ohio. Rev. A. D. Spaulding, North Scituate.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1896.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Harry E. and Nina G.,
William and Ermina,
Henry and Mary L., Otis H. and Sarah A.,
Louer. McEachem.
16,
Wealthy Blanche Thoday,
Fred E. and Margaret I.,
E. Clayton and Mary C., Thomas and Ellen, Ethan A. and Georgianna,
Apts. Sullivan.
February
12,
March
16,
Frederic Ward Brown,
Percival S. and Hattie F., William H. and Annie,
Cottle,
Walling. 42
Gill.
24,
Albert Crane Agnew,
Samuel A. and Ellen M.,
Bailey.
Herbert.
O'Donnell.
April
10,
19,
Ethel Bonney,
Ernest L. and Edith D.,
23, Edward McCarthy,
May
24,
Edward Leo Cashman,
June
10,
Jean George Edward de Lusignan D'Aulby, Flora May Merritt,
July
1, 16,
Florence Elvira Merritt,
Harriet Bertha Roth,
Walter J. and Georgietta, Walter J. and Georgietta, Edward and Bridget G.,
MAIDEN NAME.
January
1,
5,
William Carmon Bates,
Adelaide Jellows,
Clara Gertrude Longfellow,
1
27,
Irving Litchfield Hyland, Kathleen Dwyer, Vesta Evelyn Rich,
Randolph Walling Clapp,
Joseph O'Connor,
Dudley and Mary A.,
Ernest Allen Edson,
Edward E. and Lillian L.,
29,
Alice O'Neil, Marion White Bailey,
Henry P. and Mary, George S. and Almira W.,
Damon. Webb.
Jerry and Mary E., William and Mary F.,
Jean Edward and Francesca M.,
Murphy. Murphy. Lunt.
Litchfield. Litchfield. Slamin.
Vera Gordak Bates,
Gordak. Early. Delory.
12,
15,
Hedge.
29.
18, 18,
26,
66
August
8, 9, 17, 21,
Wendell Howe Bain, Bertha Elizabeth Whittaker, Alfred Edmund Pepper, George Welch, Allen Grant Doherty, Walter Franklin Crane, Mary Mulkern,
Lelia Frances Hobson,
27, 9,
September
17,
20,
George Bailey Vinal, Jr., Arthur Wendell Damon,
October 2, 11,
Ethel Margurite Duffy,
12,
Mary Ann Finnie,
Mary Ann Bailey,
James Thomas Patterson, Ruth Curtis,
November
17, 17, 23.
25,
Margaret Louise Jellows,
Sidney Armstrong Withem, Eunice Loring Clapp, Madolin Emma Murphy,
Eugene Charles Sweeney,
John Carlton Whorf, Alice May Wheeler, Mary Pauline Cole,
John and Grace L., George L. and Harriet M., Arthur and Elizabeth J., John and Mary E., Henry A. and Mary A., J. Frank and Addie F., Francis and Bridget,
Joseph L. and Bessie I., Abbott and Charlotte E., William H. and Ellen F., Charles F. and Nellie F., George B. and Ellen M., Wiley S. and Emily M., William and Annie, Charles and Eliza A., James C. and Grace, Thomas and Minnie D., Albert B. and Gertrude M., Charles and Emma B.,
Moses H. and Margaret E.,
Charles C. and Nellie F.,
William O., Jr., and Sarah L. Joseph P. and Emma E., Daniel and Catherine A., George M. and Sadie M., Frank and Mattie J., Edward A'. and Angie,
Carter. Spencer. Spencer. Quinn. Riordan. Litchfield. Kane. Mills. Leavitt. Ward. Wade.
Bailey.
Burns.
Walls. 43
Ritchie. Clapp.
Jellows.
Patterson.
Pentz. Quinn. Hayward. Pratt. Mitchell. McCarty. Briggs. ' Tenney. Mersereau.
December
25, 6, 21,
23, 30, July [1895. ] 16, August 22,
23, 25,
22,
25,
Erma Frances Litchfield,
William Francis Murphy,
Helen Frances Jenkins,
17,
Ruth Manson,
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1896.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days.
1896.
Diphtheria,
9
Jan. 13,
17,
Herbert V. Hayward,
Phthisis,
22
2
23
72
4
6
Feb. 3. 4, 6,
Nathaniel J. Damon, Mary Dunn, Lydia M. Cook,
Heart Disease, Jaundice, Diabetes,
62
- 2
6
46
10
6
Pneumonia,
10
18
28,
Mary E. Richardson, Willard Whitcomb, Festus Nee,
Old Age,
86
8
Mar. 4, 6,
Mary Thomas Hayes,
Heart Disease and Dropsy,
71
10
Thomas and Mabel Jones. Nath. and Deborah Litchfield.
6,
Serena C. James, William T. Jackson, .
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9
12
Hatherly Merritt,
Phthisis,
58
11
26
Henry T. and Betsey G. James L. and Emily. Celesta
Apr. 11, May 6, 15, 17,
Moses Jellows, William Wills,
Paralysis,
58
5
8
John and Mary.
Old Age,
86
79
4
80
5
June 5,
12,
William L. Bonney,
72
8
15
Typhoid Fever,
41
9
Old Age,
81
6
2
Harvey and Hannah. Benjamin and Jane. - Hannah. Virgil and Sophia.
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Horace and Susan Doane. William P. and Sarah M. Noah and Cynthia.
Phthisis,
65
Cancer of Liver,
73
8
6
23,
Heart Disease,
Old Age,
72
Mary Brown.
29,
Oliver P. Hayes, Abigail B. Allen, Sophia W. Northey,
Abdominal Tumor,
72
11
Pleuro-pneumonia.
Everett Wilder,
13,
Samuel H. Newell,
24, 20, Virgil Nichols,
Brain Disease, Old Age,
Josiah and Amanda Mann. Jonathan and Priscilla Ensign and Lucy Otis. Orin and Sally Dunlap.
30,
PARENTS' NAMES.
Myra McDonald,
George and Nellie F. Ward L. and Maria. Nathaniel and Lucy. Welsh.
22,
July 3, 12,
Aug. 66
66
1, 1, 7, 10, 11, 11, 26, 30, 30, 31,
Flora M. Merritt, Patrick Smith,
Collapse of Lungs, Heart Disease, Accident to Knee & Cystitis, Heart Disease, Dysentery and Hemorrhage, Cholera Infantum,
64
8
88 13 3 11
6
5 4
24
Cholera Infantum,
Cirrhosis of Liver, [ease, Consumption and Heart Dis- Inflammation of Bowels, Peritonitis,
76 8 34 56 3
61
5
5
Heart Disease and Dropsy,
69
8
Suicide by Hanging,
36
Anæmia,
78
Drowning,
60 65 7
16
Old Age,
91
1
8
₹
2
21 20
Cholera Infantum,
1
20
Suicide,
72
1
23
Perez and Mary Sprague. Festus and Barbara Nee.
Phthisis Pulmonalis,
35
Typhoid,
20 84 11
17
Freeman and Mary Norton. Donnelly.
Old Age,
92
4
Cancer,
57
9
28
Paralysis,
62
Chronic Nephritis,
42
Accidental Drowning, Marasmus,
3
Scarlet Fever,
7
1
S 19
Pneumonia,
68
5
1
9
1 Walter J. and Georgietta. John and Margaret. Leonard and Betsey. Josiah and Emma. William O., Jr. and Sarah L. Henry P. and Mary. William H. and Annie. Josiah and Mary.
Jacob and Caroline E. Smith. Griffith and Margaret Lewis. Samuel and Caroline Pratt. William A. and Margaret. Zeba and Betsey Cushing. Thomas and Elizabeth. Cutter.
Sept. 3, 6, 7. 11,
28,
30,
Sally Damon,
Oct. 1,
John R. Hooley,
Albert Crane Agnew,
Florence R. Thompson, Anna Donnelly, Jane F. Fallone,
Lizzie Dawson,
30,
Mary H. C'ottle,
Nov. ..
1. 1,
Mary O'Brien, Eunice Rogers,
3, Priscilla C. Studley,
66
13.
Tobias C. Bearce,
17, 18,
Marcelena W. Cole, John Welch, Mary Mulkern,
Dec. 19.
William J. Quinn, Mary Drowne, Marv A. Young,
21, 28, Marion E. Rogers,
Chandler Clapp. Patience Bardwell, Adeline L. Clapp, Alice ('Neil, Randolph W. Clapp,
Marsena W. Damon, Carrie E. Vickery,
Margaret Jones, Emeline A. S. Litchfield,
Elmer L. Brown, Hannah B. Damon, Milton Scurr, Mary Ellen Trim,
Adeline T. Lunt,
Josiah Mann,
Apoplexy,
Cholera Infantum,
Pneumonia, Infantile,
8
E sign and Sally Merritt. Morgan and Mary. Samuel A. and Ellen M. Lizzie.
45
Silas and Polly Litchfield. Gridley and Maria Bryant. Ebenezer and Mary A, M. P. and Agnes L. Brown. Michael and Mary. Francis and Bridget.
Heart Disease,
75
6
Membraneous Croup,
.
Heart Disease,
Apoplexy,
70
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18, 23.
Dennis F. and Ellen. Caleb and Elizabeth Lincoln. C. W. & Mehitabel Clements. Frederick W. and Helen A.
2
10
Enteritis & Cholera Morbus.
T. W. and Athenah Parsons. Josiah and Zylpha.
14. 16, 21, 27, 29,
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THE FOLLOWING WERE BROUGHT TO TOWN FOR INTERMENT.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days.
1896.
Feb. 5,
Mary C. Seager,
55
9
Boston. Norwell.
20,
Marion L. Webb,
3
8
1
Mar. 22,
Manuel S. Grassie,
94
Boston.
Aug. 15,
Emily S. Brown,
78
6
15
Rockland.
Sep. 12,
Mary F. Martin,
70
-
Cohasset.
Oct. 13,
Charles F. Nott,
20
4
13
Chelsea.
66
14,
Selina Cullen,
53
7
1
Boston.
17,
Laura A. Mann,
35
-
N. Y City.
Nov. 17,
Lizzie F. Leroy,
45
New'k, N.J.
Dec. 2,
Arthur W. Curtis,
29
2
Somerville.
9,
George Merritt,
62
10
5
Boston.
13,
Lydia B. Brown,
77
Essex.
29,
Barbara Mulkern,
70
-
-
Taunton.
SUMMARY.
Whole number of births in Scituate for the year 1896
47
Males .
· 22
Females
.
.
25
Whole number recorded for the year
49
Number of marriages recorded
17
Number of certificates issued
17
Number of deaths for the year
58
Males .
25
Females
33
Whole number recorded for the year
73
Number of dogs licensed for the year 1896
128
Males .
118
Females
.
10
Amount received for the same
$286 00
1
10,
Susan M. Munnis,
27
10
4
Quincy. Cohasset.
May 6,
James W. Armstrong,
66
-
.
.
.
·
.
15
Brought to town for interment
.
·
.
CHARLES MANSON, Town Clerk.
Scituate, Dec. 31, 1896.
PLACE OF DEATH.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
As a part of their duties, the School Committee hereby present their annual report.
The chief event of the school year of '96 is the erection of the Hatherly School. The inadequate accommodations of the West Grammar School made imperative some change, and therefore, at the last town meeting, the School Committee recommended building a union school house for all the pupils of the west part of the town. This recommendation was adopted and ten thousand dollars generously voted to carry out the plan. Under the direc- tion of the building committee then appointed, consisting of the School Committee and Selectmen, the work was completed and the Hatherly School was dedicated with very interesting exercises Jan. 1, '97. One hundred and thirteen scholars, including the West grammar pupils, the pupils from five primary districts- Beach street, North Main street, Charles street, Grove street and Central street attend here.
Who can measure the benefit to the scholars of the attractive surroundings, the better, because graded work, the wider educa- tion that large numbers make possible, the future unity of interest that will come from the mingling of scholars from different sec- tions of the town ?
In April, at the meeting of the joint School Committee of Scit- uate, Marshfield and Duxbury, Mr. Willard was unanimously re- elected Susperintendent of the district, a position which he has filled faithfully and well.
In June the exhibit of school work first held a year ago, was repeated with gratifying success. A good number of parents and friends availed themselves of this opportunity, both to see and to hear what is being done in all grades. Recitations were con- ducted by selected teachers, addresses were given by Col. Oak- man of the Marshfield School Committee, and Supt. Willard.
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At the annual promotions, thirty-four of the primary scholars received grammer school certificates ; twenty graduated from the grammar schools, nineteen of whom are in the High School.
The graduating exercises of the High School furnished, as usual, a very enjoyable evening. The program included cerefully written and well delivered essays, music by the Harvard Quartette of Boston, the presentation to the school of a bust of Washing- ton Irving by class of '96, the presentation of diplomas by Mr. F. T. Bailey of the School Committee to the class of ten : Martha Gilbert Seaverns, Mary Elizabeth Flaherty, Emma Florence Bailey, Ida May Clapp, Davie Orange Litchfield, Elizabeth Cushing Jenkins, Sara Maria Kane, Edna Estelle Clapp, William Arthur Manson, Harry Newton Lincoln.
In the care of the school buildings, the ordinary repairs have been made. Blackboards have been taken from the vacant school buildings and placed in other school houses. As there has been lack of blackboard room in the primary schools, the addition of these boards is of great aid to the work. The high school has been painted on the outside. The walls of the east grammar school have been calsomined, new walks laid and two large win- dows put in the western side of the school room. How necessary this last was, how much it contributes to the comfort of the schol- ars and the cheerfulness of the room, only those who have experi- enced the change can understand.
In the fall the prevalence of scarlet fever interferred with the work of the harbor schools, though the only schools closed were the East Grammar and Highland street for two weeks. Other- wise there has been no break in the school year.
In the list of teachers, there have been some changes. Miss Carrie W. Litchfield, Mr. Ernest H. Leavitt, Miss Grace Mallory, Miss Nellie D. Vinal have resigned during the year. Miss Edith C. Holland took Mr. Leavitt's place as principal of the West Grammar school. Miss Josephine Barry of the class of '95, Scit- uate high school is teaching the Highland street school, Miss Ellen Tibbetts the third and fourth grades of the Hatherly school. Some transfers have been made, Miss Grace Otis, from the West to the East Grammar school; Miss Hattie Damon, from the Cen- tral street primary to the charge of the 5th and 6th grades, Hath-
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erly schools, Miss Margaret Sullivan, from the Highland street to Willow street school, Mrs. Mary L. Newcomb is in charge of the 1st and 2d grades, Hatherly school. The teaching force other- wise is unchanged.
Mention cannot be made of the teachers without some tribute to the work they have done and are doing. Scituate is fortunate in its teachers, fortunate in the gain, in the quality and strength of school work that long continued service gives ; fortunate in having teachers, the value of whose work, much exceeds the salary received.
The committee would recommend an appropriation of $5,500 for the support of the schools, $500 for incidentals, and $1,000 for transportation. The transportation is of necessity, a large ex- pense in a county union school, but the outlay is more than com- pensated for by the increased value of the school work.
Respectfully submitted,
JULIA E. WEBB, CLARA M. SKEELE,
FREDERIC T. BAILEY,
School Committee.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1897.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
FALL TERM.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
High School Jan. 4 Other Grades Jan. 4
Mar. 26 April 5
Mar. 19
April 5
June 25 June 18
Sept. 13 Sept. 13
Dec. 17 Dec. 17
Holidays during the term :-
Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, one day Marshfield Fair, Thanksgiving and the Friday fol- lowing.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Greate-t No. en-
one term.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent.
S Julius N. Mallory
61
56
51
.91 '
High .
Mrs. Julia A. Neely
Mrs. Clara L. Bedeli
78
73
65
.89
East Grammar
.
Grace Otis
Ernest H. Leavitt
55
50
45.3
.90
West Grammar .
Grace Otis
Nellie D. Vinal
Hattie M. Damon
27
23
19
.83
South Street .
Josephine G. Ward Kate W. Skeele
20
18
17.4
.96
Brook Street
Gertrude Gardner
39
27
25
.93
No. Main Street.
Mrs. Mary L. Newcomb
45
38
36
.95
Highland Street .
Carrie W. Litchfield
33
26
24
.92
Willow Street
.
Margaret F. Sullivan
29
22
20
.91
Central Street
Nellie D. Vinal
Phebe C. Doane
Charles Street
Sara F. Pratt
12
9
8.1
.90
High Street
§ Margaret F. Sullivan
13
12
10.8
.90
Josephine I. Barry
Hattie M. Damon
.
Grace Mallory
Edith C. Holland
rolled during any
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee :
In submitting to you my annual report, I am impressed with the thought that the fewer words in which I can say all that needs to be said, the more likely will be my report to be read by citizens in general.
As my particular desire in such a report is to reach the parents of children in our schools, I will try to present the facts in such a form and in such a manner that they may be interested to read them.
I would earnestly invite their close attention to the work being: done in all the schools.
The extent to which parents are willing to remain ignorant of the schools which their children attend is astonishing. In a large number of cases they know little or nothing of the work done by the schools, whether it is good or bad. The reason of this apathy is hard to determine.
Every intelligent parent should realize that it would be far bet- ter for all concerned, children, teachers and community, if they kept in closer touch with the schools, that it would be better to give the teacher the benefit of their counsel than to stand aloof and find fault or entirely ignore her.
If parents would take the trouble to visit the schools and inform the teachers, in a true and proper way, the abilities, weaknesses and peculiarities of their children, much time now lost would be saved, and they themselves would be more than pleased with the results of such conferences.
The teacher is obliged to spend the greater part of one term in stumbling upon the characteristics of the children whom she has to teach. She finds some shy, others forward ; some prompt and proficient in their studies, others halting and unsatisfactory. All this knowledge the parents possess at the start. If they should impart it at the beginning to the teacher, better progress would be assured, and much fret and worry avoided.
Some feel that schools are run so differently from the old way that they cannot understand their management. But there is no- thing mysterious about modern methods in education. They are
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simply better ways of getting at the final result. Just as in building a house or in making a shoe, we have found out quicker and easier ways than our ancestors knew, so in our schools, we trust we are using better ways of getting at the truth. If the methods are right and reasonable, then any reasonable person can understand them if he will try.
Education means much more than it did fifty years ago. What was good enough for our fathers and grandfathers is not good enough for the children of today. The world has progressed in education as well as in agriculture, manufacture, mining, travel and commerce.
New studies and new methods are crowded into our school courses, and must be to keep pace with the progress in other di- rections.
Parents should make a close study of what their children are doing in school, for both they and the teacher are striving for the same end, the mental and moral development of their children.
THE COURSE OF STUDY.
The course of study adopted by you last year has been as closely followed as was possible by the teachers.
READING.
The value of reading for literature has been emphasized by the introduction of selections to be memorized, suggestions for home reading, reading to the class by the teacher, and by extra class reading. Our pupils in general are very poor readers. But they are improving and will, it is hoped, under the careful guidance and continuous drill of faithful teachers, develop into fluent and expressive readers.
To aid the teacher in this study a greater variety of supplemen- tary books is urgently needed.
GEOGRAPHY.
Geography is taught as the science of the earth that lies around us, and the world as a whole as the home of man.
The teachers are trying to make necessary, a broader, more natural, and more philosophical treatment than mere memory cramming.
ARITHMETIC.
Since arithmetic is most frequently applied to constructions and accounts, the teachers have tried, from the very lowest grades, to apply as many practical everyday problems, as possible to the work in school.
Business transactions and the art of recording them, in an ele- mentary way, have been taught in the upper grades.
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The idea of magnitudes whether integral or fractional and their measures have been derived as far as possible from actual ex- perience.
HISTORY.
History is begun in the very lowest grades by stories of histori- cal characters and localities. These at first are told or read to the pupils by the teacher. Then they are encouraged to read them for themselves. The subject as a definite study is not taken until the seventh year in school.
LANGUAGE.
The study of language, that is, how to write and speak cor- rectly, is made paramount for the first six years of the course, in the belief that a reasonable facility in the use of English is prefer- able to the ability to understand the principles upon which our language is constructed.
The study of elementary grammar goes hand in hand with that of language during the last two years of the course.
TEACHERS.
Some of the schools have suffered during the year on account of change of teachers. It is impossible for two teachers, equally good in every respect, to accomplish such good results, in the same school in one year, as either one of them alone might accom- plish if allowed to remain for the full year.
The absence of Miss Carrie W. Litchfield, as one of our teachers, is keenly regretted. While she is kind enough to help us as a sub- stitute teacher, we sincerely hope that she may be prevailed upon to again become a regular one at no distant day.
We have lost, too, another excellent primary teacher during the year in Miss Nellie Vinal.
She gave all her energies so thoroughly to the work she delighted in, that her strength gave way, compelling her to leave us early in October.
I have nothing but commendation for her work as a teacher.
You, as a committee, have been especially fortunate in the past in being able to secure residents of the town as teachers in your schools.
But the time is coming, in fact has come, when you will be obliged to go out of town for teachers if you expect to keep up the present standard of excellence of your schools.
In doing this you will meet with one difficulty. You cannot secure the services of outside teachers of equal ability of those native teachers whom you have employed in the past, for the sala- ries which you are now paying.
In one of the towns in this district primary teachers are paid eight dollars the first year, nine the second, and ten afterward,
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provided, of course, that their work is satisfactory. If their work is not satisfactory they are asked to resign.
If you cannot adopt this scale, or some other similar increase, would it not be well for you to train your own teachers, say in the Hatherly and East Grammar Schools ?
I suggest that you offer the chance to those of our High School graduates who intend to teach, of training in these schools at least one year before allowing them to teach in town.
PROMOTIONS.
Promotions have been made with special care, some being re- quired to repeat last year's work. In every case I think pupils have been benefited by it. It is certainly a mistaken kindness to yield to the entreaties of disappointed children or misjudging parents in this regard. I would suggest that sixty-six and two- thirds per cent. be required and adhered to for admission to the High School.
ATTENDANCE.
Were it not for the fact that there has been so much sickness among the pupils, I feel sure that the record of attendance for the past year would be an advance upon that of the previous year.
I would still urge what I said in my report of last year on this subject. Without the co-operation of parents, a teacher's efforts to secure regularity and punctuality are almost fruitless. But with it, attendance can be made almost perfect.
Parents who sincerely and truly desire the welfare of their children ought to realize that the best results follow a moderate amount of work, well done, every day.
VISITS.
From January 1, 1896, to January 1, 1897, I have made three hundred and sixty-two visits to the schools of the district, an average of about eleven to each school.
While this has not been true of several schools, the small num- ber of visits to them has been made up by a number greater than the average to others.
My plan has been to visit most frequently those schools which on account of change of teachers, or for other equally good rea- sons, seemed to need special attention.
The time has been equally divided between the three towns in the district.
Eleven school days have been spent by me in my office during the year. Three of these were on account of such severe storms that the schools were not in session ; two on account of sick ness, and six to do such work as could not otherwise be done in proper season.
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MARSHFIELD FAIR.
Last year the teachers saved such of the work of their pupils as they regarded good for the purpose, and exhibited it in the hall of the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
By the decision of the committee of that society the following awards were made :-
. To the Marshfield High School, for the best exhibit; to the Scituate High School, for the best original design, drawings ; to the Greenbush Primary School, for the best exhibit of children's busy work; to the Union School, Marshfield, for the best nature and language work ; to the North Duxbury Primary School, for the best drawing and relief maps; to the Duxbury Grammar School, for the best writing.
Besides these awards diplomas were given in order of merit, as excellent and good.
The idea of a public exhibit of this kind is to arouse the interest of the pupils and stimulate them to make the best possible efforts in their work.
No one can secure and name one hundred and forty different botanical specimens, as did three pupils who exhibited their collec- tions, without having their eyes opened to the wondrous beauties of nature; and no one can have their eyes so opened without profit to themselves.
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