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Grades.
Sara B. Clarke.
7 and 8
55
47
43.17
41.19
95.41
5
11
Elizabeth Fuller,
6
40
38
36.13
33.75
93.41
7
4
Mattie L. Norris.
5
40
47
44.54
40.75
91.49
6
18
Mary Kyle.
4
36
42
39.76
35.69
89.76
37
44
Idella M. Libby.
3
40
46
42.25
38.97
92.23
15
19
Elizabeth Jones.
3
32
36
31.88
30.32|
95.11
20
8
Estelle Jackson.
2
36
44
41.83
37.34
89.24
20
16
Hannah J. Ardill.
1
40
57
47.90
40.26
84.05
24
4
Oxford :
Grades.
Kate Drew.
5, 6 and 7
45
27
26.87
24.85
92.48
38
3
Grace M. Nickerson.
3 and 4
36
39
34.30.
31.371
91.45
14
6
Bertha M. Hamblin,
1 and 2
36
40
38.71
32.86
84.88
31
0
New Boston :
Margaret M. Healey,
38
27
26.81
24.44
90.41
80
10
Vaskatucket :
Nellie A. Kinsman,
36
24
19.80
17.14
86.59
18
3
Totals,
$735
620 577.17 527.61
91.41
420
203
..
45
30
28.67
27.85
97.14
17
14
Madeline L. Kyle,
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WINTER TERM, 1899.
JANUARY 2 TO MARCH 24.
TEACHERS.
| Wages per
month.
Whole No.
Enrolled.
Average
Membership.
Average Daily
Attendance.
Per cent.
Attendance.
Cases of
Tardiness.
Cases of
Dismissal.
High School Building :
M. H. Goodwin,
7.
ยท High
$80
41
38.11
34.93
91.66
66
46
Ruby L. Rich,
55
45
34
33.58
31.18
92.85
60
27
Anna B. Trowbridge, J Rogers :
Grades. 7 and 8
55
45
43.82
38.19
S7.15
4
6
Addie G. Bunker,
6
40
37
36.18
31.56
87.23
5
30
Mattie L. Norris,
5
40
16
43.47
38.10
87.65
9
37
Mary Kyle.
1
36
42
39.75
32.40
81.51
28
13
Idella M. Libby.
3
40
43
41.91
34.47
82.25
5
12
Elizabeth Jones,
3
32
31
30.80
26.00
84.41
8
4
Estelle Jackson,
2
36
43
40.11
32.13
80.10
20
9
Hannah J. Ardill,
1
40
52
44.11
31.89
72.29
15
11
Oxford :
Grades.
Kate Drew,
5, 6 and 7
45
22
21.58
19.62
90.92
26
4
Grace M. Nickerson,
3 and 4
36
35
34.30
31.24
91.08
18
3
Bertha M. Hamblin.
1 and 2
36
35
32.58
31.35
96.22
27
0
Ver Boston :
Margaret M. Healey,
38
25
24.20
21.28
87.93
64
19
Vaskatucket :
Nellie .1. Kinsman,
36
24
18.71
15.74
84.13
17
3
Totals.
$735
584 550.84 475.41|
86.31|
402| 244
..
8
45.
29
27.63
25.33
91.68
30
20
.
Sara B. Clarke,
Madeline L. Kyle,
Grade 9
-
.
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SPRING TERM, 1899.
APRIL 3 TO JUNE 23.
TEACHERS.
Wages per
month.
Whole No.
Enrolled.
Average
Membership.
Average Daily
Attendance.
Per cent.
Attendance.
C'ases of
Tardiness.
Cases of
Dismissal.
High School Building :
Eloise A. Hafford.
High
$80
38
37.21
34.66
93.15
49
41
Ruby L. Rich,
55
Madeline L. Kyle,
Grade 9
45
35
33.05
31.10
94.10
31
30
Anne B. Trowbridge, J Rogers :
Grades.
Sara B. Clarke.
7 and 8
55
42
41.40
39.03
94.27
1
19
Addie G. Bunker.
6
40
34
33.80
31.65
93.64
7
Mattie L. Norris.
5
40
45
41.16
39.20
95.23
2
14
Mary Kyle.
1
36
46
42.00
39.29
93.55
19
Idella M. Libby.
3
40
44
43.07
37.44
86.93
6
35
Elizabeth Jones,
3
40
31
29.39
28.23
96.02
3
4
Estella Jackson.
36
43
41.01
37.23
90.78
18
23
Hannah J. Ardill.
1
40
54
49.88
45.41
91.04
14
20
Oxford :
Grades.
Kate Drew.
5, 6 and 7
45
21
20.81
18.12
87.07
19
1
Grace M. Nickerson.
3 and 4
36
30
30.00
28.30
94.33
28
Bertha M. Hamblin.
1 and 2
36
12
39.51
34.52
87.37
81
3
New Boston :
Margaret M. Healey,
38
29
28.81
26.05
90.42
38
35
Vaskatucket :
Nellie A. Kinsman.
36
21
22.25
20.89
93.89
69
7
Totals,
$743 584 558.97 513.09
91.79
393
319
66
45
26
25.62
23.97
93.56
17
41
19
SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR. SEPTEMBER 6, 1898, TO JUNE 23, 1899.
SCHOOLS.
Whole No.
Enrolled.
Average
Membership.
Average
Daily
Attendance.
Per cent.
Attendance.
Tardiness.
Cases of
Dismissal.
No. of weeks
High,
42
39.19
36.42
92.93
161
113
40
Grade 9,
34
33.35
31.50
94.45
133
74
40
Grade 8,
30
27.46
25.95
94.50
64
75
40
Rogers School Room 8.
47
42.87
39.63
92.44
13
36
38
38
35.48
32.46
91.49
19
56
38
49
43.23
39.47
91.30
17
69
38
..
..
5,
41
40.39
35.69
88.36
72
76
38
.6
..
4.
47
42.38
37.12
87.59
26
66
38
66
3,
37
30.88
28.37
91.55
31
16
38
66
2,
45
41.06
35.67
86.87
58
48
38
Oxford School Room 4,
25
23.4
21.28
90.63
83
11
38
66
..
2,
41
33.07
30.45
92.08
60
11
38
..
..
66
1,
47
37.01
32.86
88.79
139
3
38
New Boston,
30
26.56
23.91
90.02
182
64
38
Naskatucket,
31
20.16
17.78
88.20
104
13
38
Totals,
647
563.85
507.66
90.04
1,215
766
.:
66
6.
1.
63
47.28
39.10
82.70
53
35
38
7,
..
6.
Cases of
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FALL TERM, 1899.
SEPTEMBER 5 TO DECEMBER 22.
TEACHERS.
Wages per
Month.
Whole No.
Enrolled.
Average
Membership.
Average
Daily
Attendance.
Per cent.
Attendance.
Cases of
Tardiness.
Cases of
Dismissal.
High School Building :
Eloise A. Hafford, }
W. A. Charles.
1
High Grade ,
$80
68
64.62
62.20
96.26
102 65
Ruby L. Rich.
55
Madeline L. Kyle.
9
45
31
30.42
28.23
92.80
30
24
Anna B. Trowbridge. J
45
Rogers :
Grades
Sara B. Clarke,
7& 8
55
57
55.30
52.22
94.43
4
24
Frances B. Mason, Asst.
Addie G. Bunker,
6
40
44
40.94
37.35
91.23
31
Mattie L. Norris.
5
40
36
33.93
32.43
95.58
4 30
Mary Kyle.
4
36
45
41.92
39.00
93.04
10
18
Idella M. Libby,
1
40
42
36.07
32.58
90.32
10
6
Elizabeth Jones,
3
40
47
41.54
39.84
95.91
5
4
Estelle Jackson.
2
36
38
37.40
34.34
91.82
14
15
Hannah J. Ardill.
1
40
59
51.38
46.90
91.28
8
10
Oxford :
Grades
Kate Drew.
6.7& 8
45
25
22.84
20.32
88.97
39
6
Edith E. Ball,
5
12
9.79
8.39
85.70
36
10
Grace M. Nickerson.
3& 4
36
38
36.04
33.75
93.64
35
0
Bertha M. Hamblin.
1 & 2
36
35
33.73
26.20
77.67
70
New Boston :
Caroline B. Jonsen.
36
31
27.01
24.91
92.22
37
4
Vaskatucket :
Nellie A. Kinsman.
36
25
19.74
18.30
93.21
19
9
Totals, 1899.
$781
633
582.67
536.66
92.09
431 258
Totals, 1898,
735
620
577.17
527.61
91.41
420 203
1897,
705
624
572.52
513.10
89.62
366
1896.
672
549
500.00
453.70
90.70
1895,
605
500
469.70
426.90
90.80
..
1894,
567
502
430.40
397.30
92.30
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The per cent. of attendance for the winter term was very low on account of the unusual amount of stormy weather, nevertheless the attendance for the year was very nearly equal to that of the previous year and considerably better, than the average for the past five years.
' There were 1,215 cases of tardiness, and it is interesting to note that of these the Rogers school with an average membership of 324 pupils had 289 cases, while the other schools with an average membership of only 240 pupils had 926 cases.
The following pupils were not absent or tardy during the school year ending June 23, 1899 :
Emily Austin,
Paul Knipe,
Clayton Carpenter,
Charles Lester,
Everett Cowen,
Kathleen March,
Nellie Frances,
Alfred Nye,
Daniel Gifford,
Ella Sherman,
Mildred A. Howland,
Elbert Shurtleff,
Fred Knipe,
Allen Winsor.
REPAIRS.
Some important repairs have been made on the school buildings during the year.
The High school building has been painted inside and out ; new sashes have been placed in most of the windows of the second story where the old were getting to be too weak to hold the glass ; new floors have been laid in all the class rooms, and the small room between the entries has been en- larged and fitted for use as a laboratory and class room.
At the Oxford the walls have been tied together with rods to prevent any further spreading ; all the windows hav- ing a north or west exposure have been provided with storm windows, and some of the steam pipes in the basement have
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been covered in an effort to keep the schoolrooms comfort- ably warm.
The Naskatucket schoolhouse has also been painted.
SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
Several times in the past few years the Committee have had to provide extra accommodations for the increasing number of pupils. This has been done by sending the up- per Grammar grades to the High School building and by placing seats in the hall at the Rogers school, but it is neces- sary to again call the attention of the Committee to the need of additional accommodations for next year.
There have been 59 pupils in grade 1 at the Rogers school during the past term, and most of them will be promoted to Grade 2 in September, at which time about an equal num- ber may be expected to enter Grade 1.
Now a teacher ought not to be given more than 40 pupils and be expected to secure satisfactory results.
Two teachers cannot work to advantage in the same room, and there are no recitation rooms at the Rogers school, therefore Grades 1 and 2. with considerably more than a hundred pupils, should have three rooms for their use next year.
Grade 4, with more than eighty pupils, already occupies two rooms.
Therefore, it is evident that next year the eight rooms at the Rogers school will comfortably provide for only the first six grades.
For the first time in ten years the number of pupils in the High school exceeds fifty. The building will accommodate just 100 pupils, and during the past term there have been 68 in the High school and 31 in Grade 9.
Only six pupils will graduate from the High school in June, and the number who have entered in September for
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the past two or three years has been nearly, if not quite. equal to the number who graduated from Grade 9 in June ; so that, it is possible that the High school building may be needed exclusively for High school pupils next year. Only a part at most of Grade 9 can be provided for in that building.
The problem then for the committee to consider is how to provide for Grades 7, 8 and a part, or possibly the whole of Grade 9. These classes have had an enrollment for the past term as follows : Grade 7, 45 pupils ; Grade 8, 30 pupils, and Grade 9, 33 pupils.
As the present condition is not the result of a sudden and therefore possibly temporary increase in the number of pupils, but has been caused by a steady increase amounting to nearly 40 per cent. in five years, there seems to be but one satisfactory solution of the problem ; namely, for the Committee to ask the town to provide another school building.
A four room Primary building situated near the Rogers school would meet the present need of the schools, but a comparatively small increase over the present number of pupils will make it impossible to provide for any of the grades in a single room.
To provide then for even the near future will require at least a six room building with one or two recitation rooms.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The present course of study at the High school consists of a strong classical course fully equal to that in the average High school. Electives, consisting of History, French, Civil Government and Political Economy, have also been given for those who did not wish to study Latin throughout the course. The number of electives has necessarily been small on account of the limited teaching force and the fact that
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these teachers have been called upon to instruct the upper Grammar classes sent to the High school building because they could not be provided for elsewhere.
The daily programs have been so crowded that in some cases it has seemed best to withdraw an elective when only one or two pupils wished to take the subject.
In small High schools with perhaps only six or eight pupils in many of the classes and a limited teaching force, it is often better to give one strong course than two weak ones. This plan, however, oftener prevents pupils from studying some of the subjects which they wish and com- pels them to take others which they do not care for, and a pupil receives very little benefit from the study of a subject in which he has no interest, especially if he feels that the knowledge acquired will never be of any use to him.
Each year a considerable number of Fairhaven pupils go out of town and pay for instruction in typewriting and ste- nography. Now that the number of pupils in the High school has increased it seems as if the time has arrived when it is advisable to add to the present course a " Business Course" which shall include typewriting, and stenography among the subjects taught.
If such a course could be given I think it would be very much appreciated by many parents and pupils, and would very materially decrease the number of pupils who leave school during the second and third years of their High School course.
TEACHERS.
There have been very few changes in the teaching force during the year. All but two of those who were teaching in town one year ago are included in the present corps, and all are working together earnestly and harmoniously for the good of the schools.
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It has been found necessary to increase the number of teachers by the addition of two assistants at the Rogers school and one at the Oxford.
Four of the present corps of teachers are College graduates and six are Normal graduates.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation to the School Committee for their continued confidence and sup- port; to the teachers for their willing co-operation in all plans for the success of the schools, and to all parents and friends for the kindly interest they have manifested in the work of the schools.
Respectfully submitted,
E. B. GRAY,
Superintendent of Schools. Feb 15, 1900.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC, 1900.
Mr. E. B. Gray, Superintendent of Schools.
DEAR SIR :- In compliance with your request, I present the following report of the work done in music the past year in the schools of Fairhaven.
Although I have devoted thirty minutes a week to cach grade, yet I feel the results are largely due to the efforts of the faithful teachers, who so ably and willingly carry out my instructions.
For the benefit of those who know nothing of what is be- ing accomplished in music in our schools, allow me to sketch a brief outline of the work in each grade.
In the first year considerable time is devoted to tone work, intervals, etc. This is followed by a study of simple songs and exercises in the nine major keys.
During the first and second year very little time is spent on the technicalities of music, but by the use of time names, the little ones unconsciously become familiar with the value of whole, half, quarter, eighth notes and their correspond- ing rests.
The second and third year pupils continue the work of the lowest grade, only studying more difficult intervals. The classes in the third year begin writing scales, and in this way gain a more definite knowledge of signatures, pitch names, etc.
Two-part singing is introduced the fourth year, also the more common chromatic tones as sharp four and flat seven. This same work is continued in the Fifth and Sixth Grades, with a more complete study of chromatic tones.
Three-part singing is adopted the seventh year and con- tinued through the upper Grammar grades.
In the Primary classes particularly, as much attention as the time will allow is devoted to individual pupils, and dur-
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ing each lesson different ones are called upon to show the result of their thought and attention during the week. I find this very helpful, as each pupil feels responsible for his part of the work and understands also that his music lesson must be prepared as well as his number work. This tends to strengthen the grade in music, and also brings alertness and accuracy to the dull pupil. Most encouraging results are obtained through individual effort.
In the schools of Naskatucket and New Boston, I thought it best, owing to the varied ages of the pupils, to divide the classes into two divisions, and the results are more satisfac- tory than in previous years. In this way I have been able to give the older pupils more advanced work and yet enter- tain the little ones with what they most need.
In the Naskatucket school I have obtained excellent re- sults in two-part singing with a class of four.
The chorus work in the High school the past year has been very satisfactory. For want of other material we use the leaflet or "Coda." These are not perfectly satisfactory, as they become defaced and torn unless bound, and they do not furnish the variety of work I could wish. A new music reader would create greater interest in our work and be much appreciated by the pupils, as well as myself.
Very respectfully yours, ANNA BAILEY TROWBRIDGE,
Supervisor of Music.
February 15, 1900.
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TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT.
The number of cases attended to between May 10th, 1899, and February 15th, 1900, were 7. In addition to that num- ber was 1 for truancy, which was sent to Walpole for one year.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH B. PECK, Truant Officer.
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