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The matter of learning to draw and paint calls into use many faculties : First, one has to think and judge in va- rious ways; of the size and shapes of the objects to be drawn; the placing on the paper, otherwise called composi- tion; this means training of the eye to see shapes and colors correctly, then the handling of materials gives facility to the hands.
If after all they have learned good taste, which is the ability to discriminate, in choosing the good from the bad; a good design from a poor one; the appreciation of a good
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picture, to see beauty in the landscape and surroundings; a valuable thing has been acquired which will stand by them through life.
Respectfully submitted, HARRIET J. FORD.
January 27, 1906.
TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT.
To the School Committee :-
I wish to report that I have attended to all cases of tru- ancy which have been called to my attention during the year. There have been several cases of actual truancy.
EVERETT L. BEARCE, Truant Officer. Scituate, December 30, 1905.
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TEACHERS-1905-1906.
Name.
Grade.
Post Office Address.
Mr. Edward R. Clarke, A. B., High School, Scituate Centre. Miss Louise Adams, A. B., High School, North Scituate. Miss Grace B. Simmons, A. B., 8 and 9, North Scituate. Miss Percie L. Merritt, 6 and 7, Egypt. Miss Lillie C. Jenkins, 4 and 5. Scituate.
Miss Sara M. Kane, 2 and 3. Greenbush.
Miss Bertha Bryant, I, Egypt.
Miss Josephine G. Ward, I, 2 and 3. Scituate.
Miss Alice F. Clapp, 8 and 9, Greenbush.
Miss Helener G. Robertson, 6 and 7. Scituate. Miss Josephine I. Barry, 4 and 5. Scituate.
Miss E. Gertrude Gardner, 2 and 3, Scituate.
Miss Mary E. Gillis, I, Greenbush. Miss Harriet J. Ford, Drawing, Millbrook. Mrs. Lillie C. Stoddard, Music, North Scituate.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Not absent during the year-12-
Edith Agnew, Helen Collier, Alden Cook, Bertram Litchfield, Mildred Litchfield, Matilda McLean,
Irma Cole, Robert Collier, George Doherty, Lillian Litchfield, Paul Litchfield, Edward Ward.
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Not absent for two terms -- 25-
Eudora Bailey, Lois Clapp,
Mary Cushman,
Mollie Doherty,
Gladys Elliott,
Harriet Gannett,
Sara Graham,
Kenneth Merritt,
Eileen Murphy,
Ralph Pratt,
Xoa Vickery, Eva Whittaker,
Eugenia Brown, Clarence Cole, Edwina Dalby, Leo Dwyer, Walter Elliott, Matthew Gannett, Eva Jenkins, Marjorie Mott, Joseph Murphy, Bessie Richardson, Fred Webb, Byron Wood,
Charlotte Young.
Not absent for one term-92-
Grace Bailey, Philip Bailey, Joseph Barnes,
Dorothy Barnes,
Frank Brown, Eunice Clapp, Frank Clapp,
Ruth Clapp, Mary Cole, Walter Crane,
Bertha Cushman,
Allen Doherty, Stanley Dorr, James Dwyer, Andrew Finnie, James Finnie, Agnes Flanders, George Gardner,
Howard Bailey, Wendell Bain, · Vera Bates, Kate Bender, Clarence Clapp, Florence Clapp, Ralph Clapp, Henry Cole, Walter Cole, Ruth Curtis, Arthur Damon, Grant Doherty, Catherine Dwyer, Sara Ellms, Eleanor Finnie, Sanford Fitts, Katie Flynn, Eleanor Garvin,
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Kate Gillis .. Velma Henderson, Irving Hyland, Mary Kane. Helen Kennedy,
Bernard Lee.
Frank Litchfield,
Lawrence Litchfield, Parker Litchfield,
Anastasia McCarthy,
Mildred Merritt,
Robert Murphy,
Elsie Noonan,
Justin Nott,
Walter O'Hern,
Everett Osborne,
Helen Prouty,
Charlotte Reddy,
Fred Stanley,
Harold Sylvester,
Cynthia Turner,
Lawrence Vickery,
Lucy Walker, Mary Ward, Edith Welch, Sabina Welch,
Russell Wilder,
George Yenetchi,
Lawrence Haywood, Robert Hill, Elizabeth Jackson, Annie Kennedy, George Lamond, Allan Litchfield, Inez Litchfield, Marion Litchfield, Joel Manson, Edward McCarthy, Francis Murphy, Eva Murray, Maurice Noonan, Mildred Nott, Edwin Osborne, Claire Paige, Reed Prouty, Rena Roe, Irving Studley, Fred Sylvester, Herbert Vickery, Emma Vinal, Edward Ward, Herberta Webb, Martin Welch, Edgar Whittaker, Myrtie Wood, Howard Young ..
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Edward R. Clarke, Principal. Louise Adams, Assistant.
MONTH ..
. .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Totals
Number enrolled
58
58
57
56
55
55
55 55
55 54
52 52
52
60
Average membership
58
58
56
56 180
55 229
159
119
264
183
194
1658
Average attendance
55.1
54.9
53.1
51
47.8 86.8
50.6 91.9
94
47.1 87.2
47.4 91.2
90
91.8
Cases of tardiness
17
16
27
49
14
24
19
19
26
13
224
Dismissals
8
2
4
3
3
7
5
5
1
3
41
Pupils over 15gyears Visitors
42
44
49
50
49 4
48
48
46
45
44
50
1
10
5
1
32
Days of school
19
19
18
18
16
18
18.5
19
20
19
184.5
One case of corporal punishment.
HATHERLY. Grace B. Simmons, Principal. Grades 8 and 9.
MONTH ....
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
Total
Number enrolled
33
33
33
36
36
36
36
36
33
34
36
Average membership
33
33
33
34
35
36
36
35
33
33
34.1
Number of absences
54
64
30
88
75
60
72
52
82
20
597
Average attendance Per cent. of attendance
31.1
31
32
31
32.5 92
95
94
97
96
92
94.3
Pupils over 15 years
9
2 -
4
5
7
6
4
9
11
Cases of tardiness
5
2
1
13
Dismissals
4
2
1
1
2
2
1
15
Visitors
5
1
4
3
1
1
Days of school
20
18.5
13.5
15
15
18
19
18
19
10
166
52
55.1
Number of absences
113
115
102
46.9
50.6
Per cent of attendance
94.8
94.7
94.9
91.1
34
34
33
31
31
32.1
94.3
94
97
91
1- 02.52
1
2
55
51.7
4
7
Nine cases of corporal punishment.
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HATHERLY. Percie L. Merritt, Teacher. Grades 6 and 7.
MONTH .
...
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Totals
Number enrolled
48
48 47 91
47 47 131 43.3
48 47 112 43.5
47 46 149 41.2 90
49 47 188 42.1
48 48 60 46.8 95
47 47 147
47 46 293 39.2
47 47 214 39.3 85
42.7
Per cent. of attendance
94
94
92
91
89 4
2
2
1
26
Tardinesses Dismissals
4
3
3
2
2
21
Visitors
3
1
3
1
4
1
3
16
Days of school
19
19
18
14.5
15
18
13.5| 18.5
20
18.5
174
One pupil over 15 years of age.
Four cases of corporal punishment.
HATHERLY. Lillie C. Jenkins, Teacher. Grades 4 and 5.
MONTH ....
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Totals
Number enrolled
42
42
42
46
Average membership
42
41
41
41 41 212
41 41 150 37 90
42 42 104 39.3 93.5
43 43 100 40 93
44 43 140 39.3 90
42 42 244 36 85.2
42 41
41.7
Number of absences
88
96
108
1368
Average attendance Per cent. of attendance Cases of tardiness Dismissals
39 7 92
94
38 93
35 86
3
1
4
3
1
17
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
1
13
Visitors
2
3
2
4
3
3
2
52
72
143
Days of school
19
19
18
18
17
19
19.5
19.5
20
10
179
6
4
1
2 3
4
91
83
90.4
Average attendance
95 44.6
47
46.3
Average membership Absences
1480
44.4
43
38.5
37.8
126 34.7 84
90
5
Five cases of corporal punishment.
52
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HATHERLY. Sara M. Kane, Teacher. Grades 2 and 3.
MONTH ....
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Totals
Number enrolled Average membership
33
35
35
31
33
34
35 35
37
37
37
$34.5
Number of absences
66
56
126
126
164
142
63
106
90
258
11972
31
33
31
28
29
30
32
34
31
31.4ª
Average attendance Per cent. of attendance Cases of tardiness
91
94
91
90
88
88
91
92
35 95
83
90.37
2
4
3
5
3
38 j
Q
5
2
48
96
1623
Visitors Days of school
19
19
18
15
15
18
13.5
20
20
19
176.5.
HATHERLY. Bertha Bryant, Teacher. Grade I.
MONTH ....
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Totals
Number enrolled Average membership
28
28
28
28
27
28
29
33 33
33 33
33
42
Number of absences
26
114
108
172
138
234
156
107
186
196
1437
25
25
25
25
23
22
26
31
28
29
25.9
93
89
89
89
85
89
93
84
87
88.5
1
2
3
1
1
8
7
5
8
40
Visitors Days of school
19
19
18
15
15
18
13.5
18.5
20
19
175
33
35
33
31
33
34
37
37
37
5 401
4
5
4
1
29
27
28
28
28
27
28
33
29.4
Average attendance Per cent. of attendance Cases of tardiness
1
1
· 12
3
10
3
1
7
2
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HIGH STREET. Josephine G. Ward, Teacher.
MONTH ....
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
Totals
Number enrolled
19
18
Average membership
19
19 19
19 18.7
19 18.2 164 13.6 75.3 12
19 18.6 116 15.6 84.4 6
17 17
17 17 115 14.1 82.9
18 17.7 73
18
20 18.1 861
Number of absences
57 17.5 92.1 16
70 17.2 90.6
19 18.7 53 17.3 92.5 25
16.3
89 25
3
19
Visitors Days of school
2 20
20
3 20
19
18
19.5
20
20
20
10
186.5
JENKINS. Alice F. Clapp, Principal. Grades 8 and 9.
MONTH ... . .
1
2
3
1
5
6
7
8
9
10
Totals 28
Number enrolled
28
26
21
24
24
24
24
23
22
Average membership
28
26
24
24
24 24 146 19.7
23 93
40
81
94
24
712
Average attendance
26
23.8
23
22.7
20.4
20.9
20.8
20.4 20.7
21.8
Per cent of attendance
93
92
96
94
82
89
95
90
.-. 90
94
91.5
Pupils over 15 years
3
3
3
3
1
4
3
3
4
4
5
Tardinesses
4
2
3
3
1
2
4
27
Dismissals
1
1
1
10
1
Q
6
3
1
20
5
3
2
6
5
3
2
2
30
Visitors Days of school
18
19
18
18
17
18
19
19
18
9
173
7
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
15 9 89.2
15.8
Average attendance Per cent of attendance Cases of tardiness Dismissals
14
8
16.2 90 3
83.1 114
3
12
Number of absences
22
23
23
23.9
68
83
36
17
Two cases of truancy
Four cases of corporal punishment.
36
100 14.5 85.2 5
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JENKINS. Helener G. Robertson, Teacher. Grades 6 and 7.
MONTH ....
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Totals
Number enrolled
49
48
41
41
41
40
42
42
42
41
53
Average membership
48
44
41
40
41
40
42
42
41
41
42
"Number of absences
112
114
80
62
200
106
188
178
98
22
1160
Average attendance
45
45
39
36
35
37
38
37
39
40
39.1
Per cent. of attendance
92
94
95
90
85
93
91
88
95
97
92
Cases of tardiness
2
3
6
9
11
2
2
4
6
45
Dismissals
1
3
4
2
6
1
2
4
2
25
Visitors
4
2
1
1
4
4
8
1
25
Days of school
١
18
19
18
18
17
20
19.5
19
18
9
175.5
One pupil over 15 years of age.
Fonr cases of truancy.
JENKINS.
Josephine I. Barry, Teacher. Grades 4 and 5.
MONTH.
. .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Totals
Number enrolled
45
45
44
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
47
Average membership
45
45
44
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
44.9
Number of absences
36
73
156
20
10
10
10
20
10
10
355
Average attendance
44
41
41
41
44
44
44
44
44
44
43.1
Per cent. of attendance
9
98
93
93
99
99
99
93
99
99
96.9
Cases of tardiness Dismissals
1
1
Visitors
1
6
6
3
3
1
20
Days of school
18
19
18
19
18
20
20
19
18
9
170
1
1
1
3
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SUMMARIES.
1905
1904
1903 488
1909
Total membership
517
504
464
Average membership .
436.1
449
424.6
404.9
Average attendance .
398
412
383.2
370.1
Number of absences .
14077
12338
14174
12148
Per cent. of attendance
91.2
91.7
90.2
91.4
Cases of tardiness
578
625
914
687
Number of dismissals
159
142
110
175
Number of visitors
589
904
1029
1025
ROLL OF HONOR Not absent for two years .
1905
1904
Not absent for one year .
12
12
Not absent for two terms
55
Not absent for one term .
92
98
Totals
129
170
1
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JENKINS. E. Gertrude Gardner, Teacher. Grades 2 and 3.
MONTH ....
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Totals
Number enrolled
53
49
48
53
44
49
49
45
52
52
61
Average membership
52
42
48
48
41
42
41
45
45
47
45.1
Number of absences
104
222
98
215
256
305
193
284
196
113
1980
49
44
45
42
33
35
36
37
39
40
40
95
90
94
89 3
82
82
89
84
88
87
88
3
5
1
3
1
20
Visitors
2
5
2
2
1
5
6
3
6
Days of school
18
19
18
19
17
18
20
19
18
9
175
JENKINS. Mary E. Gillis, Teacher. Grade I.
MONTH ....
1
2
B
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total s
Number enrolled
21
21
17
17
18
18
22
27 27
28
32
Average membership
19
19
17
17
18
18
22
25
28
21
Absences
84
84
76
140 13.2
132 14.2
13.5
19
24
21.3
138 21.4
17.7
Per cent of attendance
89
93
94
75
82
91
79
76
83.5
Tardinesses
9
C.
3
2
30
Dismissals
2
Visitors
6
3
7
i-
6
1
0
4
1
4
53
Days of school
19
19
18
18
17
18
19
19
18
9
175
130
114
206
1266
Average attendance
17.8
17.8
15.6
1
79 9
1
1
5
1
1
Average attendance Per cent of attendance Cases of tardiness Dismissals
6
162
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