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$450 00 Expended :
J. Jaquith, service . ·
62 25
W. W. Whittredge, spraying . 350 00 .
412 25
Balance
$37 75
HYDRANT RENTAL
Mar. 14, '10, appropriation authorized . $5,105 00
Paid water rates to June 1, '11 ·5,105 00 · .
FISH COMMITTEE EXPENSES
Jan. 1, '10, balance available .
$8 80
Mar. 14, '10, appropriation authorized
25 00
33 80
Paid Samuel Parker, services
28 80
Balance unexpended
$ 5 00
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MEMORIAL DAY
Mar. 14, '10, appropriation authorized $300 00
Paid Post 12, G. A. R. . 300 00
JULY 4TH
Mar. 14, '10, appropriation authorized $500 00
Paid Geo. W. Abbott, treasurer committee 500 00
RAILROAD STREET LAND DAMAGE
Jan. 1, '10, balance available $165 00
WATER STREET LAND DAMAGE
Jan. 1, '10, balance available . . $325 00
MARKERS REVOLUTIONARY GRAVES
Jan. 1, '10, balance available . $42 25
GREENWOOD BRANCH TOWN LIBRARY
Jan. 1, '10, balance available . $5 45
LIST OF POLLS AND ESTATES
Jan. 1, '10, balance available . . $440 66
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AUDITORS' FINAL BALANCE SHEET
Amounts available
Amounts expended
Unexpended balance
Highway and bridges
18,032 39
17,018 77
1,013 62
Street sprinkling
1,800 00
1,800 00
Municipal Light Plant :
General .
67,979 54
67,968 54
11 00
Depreciation
8,293 63
9,287 40
*993 76
Fire alarm
1,289 64
1,248 85
40 79
Gas addition
2,505 49
2,505 49
Water department :
Main street special
2,900 00
3,056 10
*156 10
Maintenance
16,837 56
16,825 83
11 73
Construction
5,000 00
4,998 29
1 71
Sewer dept. ,maintenance
1,806 15
1,726 52
79 63
Lake and Maple st. .
5 00
5 00
Foundry street
350 00
172 95
177 05
Chestnut street
7,500 00
7,499 00
1 00
Forest Warden .
727 00
723 50
3 50
Fire dept., general
10,543 09
10,538 34
4 75
New hose
375 00
375 00
Poor dept. .
12,285 95
12,603 97
*318 02
School dept., general
50,234 05
50,234 05
Fuel
4,690 00
4,282 93
407 05
Contingent
4,900 26
4,900 26
Supplies
3,765 58
3,765 58
Evening .
1,365 10
772 00
593 10
Income .
2,144 65
2,050 09
94 56
Hamilton special
3,020 50
3,021 55
*1 05
Police dept.
5,200 00
5,199 51
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Town hall
2,801 84
2,783 23
18 61
Salaries town officials
.
7,547 50
7,490 50
57 00
Board of Health,services
500 00
500 00
Miscellaneous
9,157 27
9,146 84
10 43
Common and park
881 21
792 32
88 89
Richardson Light Guard
1,225 00
1,216 25
8 75
Moth dept.
11,381 73
7,129 80
4,251 93
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Forest Glade cemetery .
451 65
352 95
98 70
Soldiers' relief
4,000 00
3,892 85
107 15
Military aid
600 00
468 00
132 00
State aid
·
4,000 00
3,837 00
163 00
Hydrant rental
5,105 00
5,105 00
Fish Committee expenses
33 80
28 80
5 00
Memorial day
300 00
300 00
Independence day
500 00
500 00
Greenwood Branch, town
library
5 45
5 45
Railroad st ,land damage
165 00
165 00
Water st., land damage
325 00
325 00
Markers, Rev. graves
42 25
42 25
Beebe town library
2,306 96
2,306 48
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Reading room
275 00
275 00
Interest
31,548 52
33,334 91
*1,786 39
List of polls and estates
440 66
440 66
Assessors' clerk hire
226 80
226 80
Tool house removal re- scinded
600 00
600 00
Tree Warden
450 00
412 25
37 75
New floor, town hall
·
500 00
498 60
1 40
Land for park purposes
651 00
250 00
401 00
Greenwood library asso-
ciation purchase
600 00
600 00
Purchase water rights
400 00
400 00
Insurance .
2,467 61
2,456 55
11 06
Doyle damages
4,453 89
4,367 13
86 76
$327,493 73 $321,850 80 $12,153 57
WILLIAM O. ABBOTT, Secretary Board of Auditors.
Jan. 1, 1911. Overdrawn.
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Auditors' Final Statement
The Board of Auditors herewith present to the town their re- port for the fiscal year ending January 1, 1911.
From February 1, 1910 to January 1, 1911, the Selectmen have drawn 3323 orders on the town treasury amounting to $256,324.56.
We have examined the vouchers for these payments and have also verified the arithmetic of all bills coming before the Board of Selectmen for payment during the year.
We have verified the accounts of such departments as pay money into the treasury, and have examined the books of the collector of taxes, and of Albert W. Flint, treasurer of the library and reading room, and find them correct.
We have also examined the accounts of Mr. Flint as town treasurer, and find them correct, with the proper vouchers for all payments made by him, and that he has a cash balance of $46,615.32 in the Wakefield National Bank.
We also certify that he has securities and deposits representing the various trust funds now in his charge.
A list of balances available for next year, either on account of unpaid bills or by past votes of the town, appears in the treas- urer's report.
We have also examined the accounts of all departments and find them correct.
All payments made by this department are paid by orders drawn by the Selectmen, and vouchers for the same are on file at the Town Hall where they can be seen at any time.
In compliance with the vote of the town we have compiled the annual town report and submit the same.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM O. ABBOTT,
WILLIAM J. STOUT, WILLIAM M. KELSO,
Auditors.
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Tax Collector's Statement
TAX OF 1908
Uncollected balance, Dec 31, 1909 $39,069 22
Re-assessed by Assessors
45 63
Received as interest
2,737 24
Paid Town Treasurer
. $39,911 08
Abated by Assessors
1,941 01
$41,852 09
TAX OF 1909
Uncollected balance, Dec. 31, 1909 . $73,140 50
Re-assessed by Assessors .
33 65
Received as interest .
1,166 00
$74,340 15
Paid Town Treasurer
. $40,360 52
Abated by Assessors
2,548 70
42,909 22
Balance uncollected ·
$31,430 93
TAX OF 1910
Total amount assessed
. $202,440 49
Bank Tax
2,296 00
St. R. R. Excise Tax
.
3,250 43
Received as interest .
122 95
$208,109 87
Paid Town Treasurer
. $132,198 02
Abated by Assessors
2,401 23
.
134,599 25
Balance uncollected
$73,510 62
.
$41,852 09
.
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MAPLE STREET SEWER TAX
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1909
$431 52
Apportioned by Sewer Commissioners
.
431 52
LAKE STREET SEWER TAX
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1909 . .
$570 05
Apportioned by Sewer Commissioners
.
570 05
CHESTNUT STREET SEWER TAX
Total amount assessed
$4,551 91
Paid Town Treasurer
578 53
Balance uncollected
$3,973 38
PARKER ROAD SEWER TAX
Total amount assessed
. 81,516 65
Uncollected . .
1,516 65 ·
FOUNDRY STREET SEWER TAX
Total amount assessed
$739 70
Uncollected .
739 70
SEWER APPORTIONMENTS PAID IN FULL
Paid Town Treasurer
$450 81
C. E. WALTON, Collector ..
WAKEFIELD, Jan. 1, 1911.
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Report of Overseers of the Poor
In presenting our report for the year just closed we are pleased to state that all matters of the poor department have been at- tended to promptly and with the best of our ability.
Through the efficient management of the present superinten- dent, Mr. C. E. Gault, the farm is being improved substantially.
We recommend that more of the old pasture on Nahant street be plowed.
The home is in good repair, we having recently installed a new Gurney heater and the home life of the inmates is made as com- fortable as possible through the care and kindness of the matron, Mrs. Gault.
Many of the aged inmates who are in a feeble condition have necessitated extra care and nursing.
For a detailed statement of the earnings and also our financial statement see Auditors' report.
Respectfully submitted,
HUGH CONNELL, Chairman WILLIAM C. STRONG, Sec'y EDWARD H. WALTON.
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TOWN FARM INVENTORY, DEC. 31, 1910
3 horses
· $800 00
26 cows
2,200 00
1 bull .
50 00
13 pigs .
65 00
73 hens
73 00
30 tons of hay
600 00
Grain
24 00
Harnesses
50 00
Hose
4 50.
Market wagon
100 00
Farm wagon and two carts
150 00
2 sleds
85 00
Blankets .
10 00
Heavy wagon
100 00
Buggy
100 00
Mowing machine, rake and farm tools
160 00
50 cords of sawed wood .
400 00
8 cords of cleft wood
48 00
40 tons of ensilage
200 00
40 bushels potatoes
20 00
6 bushels carrots
6 00
8 bushels beets
4 00
10 bushels turnips
4 00
7 bushels onions
7 00
75 cords manure Manure spreader
110 00
30 tons of coal
.
186 90.
Household goods
422 00
Groceries
50 00
Salt pork
30 00
7 barrels of apples
17 50.
Carpenter tools
10 00
1 platform scales
10 00
1 milk cooler
12 00
.
$6,483 90
375 00
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Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Fish Committee
THE CATCH
The fishing in Lake Quannapowitt for the past season, espe- cially the first of the season, was up to the average catch. The latter part of the season being very dry the fish did not bite quite so well although some very fine strings of pickerel and perch were caught. The state commissioners have previously stocked the lake twice recently which is all they can do until the law is amended, which amendment your committee with the aid of the selectmen and our veteran representative they will move to secure.
TRANSFER OF FISH
It has been proposed to net as many as possible of the fish in "Crystal" lake and plant them in "Quannapowitt". This work (if done at all) will be done by expert seiners, without detriment to the water. All expenses will be borne by residents of Wake- field. Our two lakes we class among the most valuable assets of the town, especially "Quannapowitt" which is one of the best fish-breeding ponds in the state, and is frequented by multitudes of people in the course of the years, for healthful recreation or for a valuable food supply.
"'WHAT LUCK ?"
Poor luck seems to have stimulated greater effort; and enjoy- ment of the freedom of "the open" has been one good result, tho the strings of fish (in most cases) have been small. We report, however, a 4 lb. pickerel and one of 4 1-2 lbs. to the credit of Mr John Ardell ; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Gardner, 20 fish of all kinds ; Chairman Samuel Parker, 20 pickerel and 1 black bass (Lost !) his poorest luck in many years ; Mr. J. C. Hartshorne reports a catch after repeated and persistent effort during Septem- ber and October, 1 bass, 52 pickerel, 24 perch and sundry eels. Twelve years ago he captured a 6 1-2 1b. pickerel, the largest ever.
BOAT HOUSE REPORTS
At Rosson's boat house, nothing of special interest was noticed except that the general record of fish caught and landed there, was one of the poorest ever known. At Wiley's boat livery, just
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the other way. The catch was thot to be well up to the average, except for black bass. This fish was planted many years ago, and thru the years since have afforded much pleasure and good food to scores of fishermen. All persons concerned would doubtless like to see another batch put into the lake, with suitable restric- tions until they have spawned once or twice.
EXPIRATION OF CLOSURE
All restrictions on the fisheries of lake "Quannapowitt" expired on December 1st, '10, and will not be reimposed until the change in the law regarding re-stocking is amended, as we have before stated. At Crystal lake, fishing may be enjoyed from the shores, but, yielding to public sentiment, the water commissioners have prohibited boat-fishing; notwithstanding, boats have been used there occasionally, and very excellent strings of bass and pickerel have been caught; and once, very early in the morning, the Water Co.'s boat was used, on the sly.
PREVIOUS PLANTINGS
Since the year 1885 there have been five plantings of food fish in lake Quannapowitt, including a large lot of German carp (by the town) salmon fry, rainbow trout, adult white perch and pike- perch fry, a very large number, all by the state fish commission. Not to our knowledge have any of these plantings added anything to the food supply of the lake, except, perhaps, in the case of the German carp. The pike-perch much resembles the common yellow perch, and it is possible that some have been caught but not rec- ognized.
OUR GAME PRESERVED
Duck shooting on the lake is nearly at an end, as to results. Partridges, gray squirrels, pheasants and deer, from all reports, are more plentiful, especially deer. Wm. Harrington saw a herd of seven in the Lynnfield woods, and eight or nine others at va- rious times. Six were seen at Rosson's grove at the head of the lake, also others in different parts of the town.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL PARKER, Chairman, JOHN F. MURRAY, WILL H. WILEY, Secretary.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1910-1911
Dr. C. E. Montague, Ch'n., 26 Chestnut St., Term expires 1911 Mrs. Ida Farr Miller, Sec., 18 Lawrence St.
1912
Ashton H. Thayer, Treas., 25 Yale Ave. 66
66 1913
H. Lee M. Pike, Greenwood, Spring St. 66
1912
A. H. Boardman, 56 Pleasant St.
66
66 1911
Mrs. Eva Gowing Ripley, 40 Emerson St.
66 66 1913
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SUB-COMMITTEES
Mr. Thayer
PUBLIC PROPERTY Mr. Boardman
Dr. Montague
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS
Mr. Boardman
Dr. Montague Mr. Pike
TEACHERS AND SALARIES
Mrs. Miller
Mr. Pike
Mr. Thayer
COURSES OF STUDY
Mrs. Ripley
Mr. Thayer Mrs. Miller
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Mr. Pike
Mrs. Ripley Dr. Montague
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
J. H. Carfrey, 73 Pleasant St.
OFFICE HOURS
Mondays, 7 to 8 p. m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 to 8.30 a. m. Wednesdays and Fridays, 4 to 5.30 p. m.
Office, Flanley Block.
Telephone, Office 225-3. Residence 293-2.
Miss Lucy A. Noyes, Clerk. Hours, 8 to 12 and 1.30 to 5 on School Days.
REGULAR MEETINGS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Second and fourth Fridays of each month at 8 p. m. at Com- mittee Rooms, Flanley Block.
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Report of the School Committee
The greatest waste in a school system is in the retardation of pupils, or their failure to win promotion. Each child that is obliged to repeat the work of a school year is a source of disap- pointment and chagrin to his parents, often a trial to the teacher, and an added financial burden to the town. The annual cost per pupil in the grades is not far from twenty dollars. If one hun- dred and fifty children fail of promotion that means three thou- sand dollars that must be appropriated a second time and is to a large extent a loss. The causes for failure to win promotion are many of course. A few children are mentally inferior, some suf- fer from physical defects and many lose a part of the school year from illness. Not a few take slight interest in their work or are utterly indifferent, and worst of all in some instances the parents take no interest in keeping their children in school or even try all means of keeping them out of school. The superintendent has made a careful study in detail of all these cases in our schools and your attention is called to the consideration of this matter in his report. The raising the age of admission last fall will some- what diminish the left overs in the first grade and a still further raising it to five and one-half years would diminish it even more. The entire problem of retardation is everywhere being studied more carefully than ever and we. hope to accomplish something towards stopping this great waste.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
The Hamilton School basement was remodelled last summer by a special Committee of the town and is now in excellent condition. All the school buildings of four rooms or more have modern sys- tems of heating and ventilating and sanitary modern plumbing. The three two-room buildings still have outside privies and two of them are heated by stoves.
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Bubbling drinking fountains have been installed in all buildings so that in the grades no child is obliged to go up or down stairs to drink. In the High School this provision was not feasible but there are a sufficient number of fountains.
The general maintenance and ordinary repairs of buildings and furnishings is demanding an increased expenditure. This is neces- sarily so as the newer buildings are now needing paint and kalso- mine and material repairs to the heating plants, while the older ones are perennial in their needs. We do not see how this in- crease can be avoided unless the school property is allowed to de- teriorate which of course is the most foolish economy.
PENMANSHIP
It is too soon to determine the full results of the change in the system of writing commented upon last year, but the outlook is promising for a better grade of writing. Coincident with the change in the system, a Supervisor of writing was furnished by the publishers to instruct the teachers and supervise the writing lessons. This was apparently of great value and we have em- ployed the same person one day a week this year to continue the instruction and supervision. It has not been decided whether or not this will be permanent, but on the whole those towns that have a Supervisor have also the best writing.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
A sewing class has been established as a part of the Evening School. The attendance was limited to fifty-five and that num- ber applied the first night. The girls who applied are nearly all working in the factories. They are much interested and learning rapidly. How far the town should go in furnishing free instruc- tion to wage earners is an open question. It is safe to say that most of these would go without instruction unless the town fur- nishes it. On the general subject of Industrial Education, so called, we have no definite proposition to submit. Many experi- ments are being tried in this State and elsewhere, and it seems likely that a definite plan will be worked out before long.
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We recommend appropriations as follows :
Salaries . $51,109 00
Fuel ·
4,690 00
Contingent
3,500 00
.
Books and Supplies . 3,200 00
Evening School
800 00
and that the tuition receipts estimated at $2,000 be added to the appropriation.
The salary schedule follows the report of the Superintendent. The detailed statement of expenditure and the list of unpaid bills appear on pages 146 to 153 of the Auditors' report.
We commend to your careful consideration the report of the Principal of the High School and that of the Superintendent, and invite the co-operation of all citizens in making our schools of the greatest possible good.
Signed,
CHARLES E. MONTAGUE, Chairman, MRS. IDA FARR MILLER, Secretary,
ASHTON H. THAYER, Treasurer,
ARTHUR H. BOARDMAN, MRS. EVA GOWING RIPLEY.
Report of Superintendent of Schools, 1910
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
I hereby submit my report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1910. These reports usually cover about the same items from year to year. At this time, however, the nature of the report will be somewhat different. Attention might be called, however, to the general conditions of accommodations. We are as heretofore crowded at the High School, but by shifting again we have been able to adjust things However, this shifting and adjusting have
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been carried to the limit. At Greenwood the registration for the present school year is larger than usual. The 8th and 9th grades have been confined to one room through necessity owing to the large registration in other grades. By doing this, however, we have been compelled to place 54 pupils in one room where there should be but 42. At the Lincoln, the crowded grades are the 1st, 2d, 5th, 6th and 8th. Other schools are about normal. At the Lincoln the Committee adopted the plan of employing a per- manent teacher to help backward pupils. This teacher acts also as a substitute in other buildings as the necessity requires. This will no "doubt be permanent unless we adopt the more rational plan of giving fewer pupils to a teacher. When this is done, then each teacher will have an opportunity to give individual attention to those who are falling behind.
The Committee has also deemed it wise to place an assistant to the Principal in the Franklin School, which makes it possible for the Principal to devote some of his time to the work of super- vision. The Principals of these large grammar buildings now have the time to do the real work of a Principal. This has been a long-felt want, and the good results accruing therefrom will justify continuing the policy. Every Principal of a building of seven rooms and upward should have the opportunity of super- vision. The cares of a Principal in such buildings are numerous and taxing, and to require one in that position to teach the whole time and also to be responsible for the building is not economy. The immediate service to be rendered to teachers and to pupils in a large building is of great value. The constant presence of the Principal among the teachers and pupils helps to make the teaching more effective, the discipline more wholesome, and the progress of pupils more uniform.
SCHOOL WORK
The work along certain lines in the elementary schools have been specifically strengthened during the last two years.
WRITING
One year ago a new system of writing was introduced. The vertical that had been used a number of years was changed to the Whitehouse slant. A supervisor was employed to assist in this
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introduction, and to make the change wholly successful the Com- mittee deemed it wise to continue this plan, therefore a super- visor has been employed who visits each grade once a month. Not only does this individual visit each grade, supervising and giving lessons, but regular instruction is given the teachers, that they too may know and understand the work and to be able to give proper instruction to pupils during the intervals between the visits of the Supervisor. Great improvement has been shown in the writing among the pupils during the present year. We are seeking for ease of movement, legibility and neatness, and we believe we are getting these. Changing from the vertical to the slant unless carefully supervised is likely to work disastrously, and a long time is necessary to show marked improvement; but we are glad to note that the transition has been made with good effects and almost without exception pupils are writing with fairly uniform slant.
READING
A year ago the Aldine method of teaching reading was adopted in the primary grades. This system while it does not necessarily produce better reading than the Rational method which it dis- placed, it does produce a healthier, more active, and a happier atmosphere for the child. A greater interest is manifest, more joy in accomplishing and the children are more eager to measure their strength in the work.
The greater the activity in the work of young children the greater the progress ; they accomplish more under freedom from restraint, and any system which taxes the mind, and requires a constant exercise of the memory for dry facts of vowel sounds, phonograms and the like takes pleasure from the learning and the early years of the school room work are likely to become drud- gery. Under the present system such restraint is removed. The greatest danger, however, is in the transition from the activity to the more prosaic reading in second and third years. More than the average skilled teacher is needed. Special attention is being given to reading in all grades. Greater effort to interest is insisted upon in the proper development of the reading lesson, that pupils may understand what they are reading, and be able to give proper pronunciation of words, and to read with expression.
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ENGLISH
Special effort is made this year in the teaching of English. Much oral work is being required especially in the lower grades. The desire is to secure an easy use of the language, as well as to secure correct English. It is thought that the oral reproduction of stories read or told ; description of games, toys and playthings at home, lessons in geography, history and other subjects ; narra- tion of events within the scope of the children will enable us to secure good written language. It is the use of English in its proper form that is desired. The technical side of the subject is left until the seventh and eighth years of school. In studying the technical side of the subject great care is to be observed that the practical is also developed. Grammar as grammar without the ability to use the same is a waste of time.
ARITHMETIC
The ability to determine what shall be done and how to do it is the basis of our work in Arithmetic. A thorough understand- ing and familiarity with fundamentals is the special work at hand. It has been revealed that pupils do not readily use the fundamen- tals ; that they are not as familiar and as accurate as they should be with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, and of fractions. The teachers are working with me to improve this part of our work. We are striving to simplify methods of teaching the subject; applying problems to local trades and business ; in general making the work more practical.
GEOGRAPHY
The Geography of the past consisted chiefly of map drawing, map questions ; names of continents, countries, states, capitals, cities, different forms of land and water. The pupil spent several years learning about the same things year after year and getting on the whole an unreal idea of Geography. It is true there were some things in this method which were good and beneficial-names and location of countries, states, places and bodies of land and water. It is necessary that pupils be taught countries, states, capitals, certain important places and their location, also the location of important bodies of water-including important rivers ; but there are other things equally important.
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Pupils should know how one country or section depends on another country or section ; the means for transportation ; the natural resources ; the manufactures and products ; the people ; the physical features and their effect upon the people and their resources ; government ; education ; climate and its effect upon the people and the productions ; be able to locate the sections of the natural food products, the great industries-iron, steel, lum- ber, cotton, wool and the like They should be familiar with the great centers of population throughout the world. The above are in general the things with which every pupil should be familiar and of which each pupil should have a fairly accurate knowledge, as well as an accurate knowledge of countries, states and places ; otherwise Geography is just so much book knowledge. To do this needs a reorganization of the whole subject, and we are attempting to do it. This is not theoretical neither is it a fad ; it is practical and real.
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