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3849
45,269
1902
450I
4193
4615
3801
3506
3204
3256
3218
3438
3797
4338
3688
45,555
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APPENDIX 6 Classified Circulation, 1893-1902 Till 1902, based on volumes returned during a month not on those drawn. The italics are percentages.
(periodicals)
eral works
tion and Gen-
centage of Fic-
Combined per-
*General works
Philosophy
Religion
Sociology
Philology
Science
Useful arts
Fine arts
Literature
and collected
Travel, history
biography
Individual
Totals
Feb. I to Dec. 31, 1893
83.68
32,059 80.42 3.26
253
266
33
407
634
571
82.I
2371
1079 39,860
1894
82.16
41,241 79.31
1484
186
503
367
44
563
IIO5
889
I273
3173
2760
1039
50,358
1895
83.83
79.71
4.12
1896
84.15
36,405 78.61
2567
115
369
366
25
621
740
566
I34I
2194
962
46,271
1897
34,494 75.98
3097
173
514
391
48
527
667
539
1527
2451
981
45,391
82.80
6.82
898
33,073
3831
147
431
446
32
435
563
582
1212
2312
819
43,883
84.06
75.34
8.72
153
350
412
35
467
491
560 1018
2390
666
43,512
1899
84.99
34,231
5290
214
428
378
45
541 1.16
584
618
1248
2427
720
46.724
1900
84.58
73.26
11.32
.46
.92
.81
.09
1.25
1.32
2.67
5.2
1.54
1901
84.17
70.43
13.74
.38
.85
1.15
.13
1.44
1.23
2.78
4.45
1.77
1902
78.24
60.22
18.02
.54
.93
1.6
.14
2.22
1.74
1.84
4.38
6.27
2.02
45,555
27,434
8221
249
425
732
64
IO2 I
796
839
1993
2859
922
45,669
32,166
6277
177
400
528
69
658
715 1.56
563
I271
2036
809
*" General works" is almost entirely bound and current periodicals.
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40,142
2077
130
44I
413
60
520
So8
599
1369
biography
Fiction
I302
1163 51,991
2.85
5.54
32,174 73.96
4796
11.03
APPENDIX 7 Classified Circulation by Months 1902
Fiction
works
General
Philosophy
Religion
Sociology
Philology
Science
Useful arts
Fine arts
Literature
biography
collected
history and
biography
Individual
circulation
Monthly
Jan.
2955
652
18
69
62
4
71
82
68
ISI
245
94
450I
Feb.
2662
617
3I
58
78
6
61
69
88
18I
267
March
2967
658
26
60
78
CO
90
82
97
176
289
Boot
4615
April
2431
530
20
±
69
3
99
64
65
150
245
84
3801
May
1959
688
2I
23
64
2
III
64
88
129
257
100
3506
June
1865
660
13
21
54
1
ir.
47
148
179
82
3204
July
1976
652
24
22
6I
N
71
52
53
118
146
79
3256
August
1876
735
19
18
3
4
58
55
60
128
182
50
3218
Sept.
1940
738
19
25
39
15
92
72
59
138
262
39
3438
Oct.
2128
794
22
26
63
15.
97
7I
81
204
251
55
3797
Nov.
2464
826
20
39
8I
IO
108
68
76
239
322
85
4338
Dec.
221I
671
16
23
50
4
79
67
57
201
214
95
3688
Totals
27,434
8221
249
425
732
64
IO2 I
796
839
1993
2859
922
45,555
Per cent.
60.22
18.02
.54
.93
1.6
. 14
2.22
1.74
1.84
4.38
6.27
2.02
100
Travel,
4193
14
00
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APPENDIX 8 Periodicals and Newspapers
The following periodicals are received by the library; "g" indicating a gift.
Amateur work
American friend
American kitchen magazine
American machinist
International studio
Art amateur
Journal of education
Art de la mode
Ladies' home journal 5 copies
Art interchange
Atlantic monthly 3 copies
Automobile magazine
Leslie's illustrated weekly
Birds and nature
Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
Bon ton 2 copies
Life
Lippincott's monthly 3 copies
Littell's living age
Lowell textile school bulletin
McClure 3 copies
Masters in art
Missionary review
Munsey 3 copies
Musical courier
Nation (New York)
New England homestead
New England magazine 3 copies
Nineteenth century
North American review
Our fourfooted friends g
Our message g
Outing Outlook 2 copies
Perry magazine
Pilot
Popular educator
Popular science monthly
Primary education
Public libraries
Good housekeeping
Harper's bazar 2 copies Harper's monthly 4 copies
Harper's weekly
Holy Cross purple House beautiful Illustrated London news
Lecture bulletin of the institute of social economics (Gunton's) g
Leslie's popular monthly
Library journal
Book buyer
Boston cooking school magazine
Carpentry and building
Catholic union (New Bedford)
Catholic union and times g
Century 4 copies
Chautauquan Christian advocate
Christian register
Christian science journal g
Christian science sentinel g Christian work and evangelist g
Churchman
Congregationalist Congressional record g Cosmopolitan 3 copies Critic
Current literature 2 copies
Delineator 2 copies
Designer
Dial (Chicago)
Forest and stream
Forum
Publisher's weekly Puck Reader's guide of periodical literature Review of reviews
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Rudder
St. Nicholas 2 copies
Salvation g
School review
Scientific American and supplement Wilson's photographic magazine
Scientific American ; builders ed.
Scribner 4 copies
Spectator (London)
Strand
Toilettes Union signal g U. S. patent office official gazette Vogue
World's crisis World's work 2 copies Youth's companion 2 copies Zion's herald
5.0
NEWSPAPERS
Boston advertiser (morning ed.) Boston globe (morning and Sunday edition )
New Bedford evening standard 2
copies
New Bedford morning mercury
Boston herald (morning and Sunday New York herald (morning)
edition) Boston journal (evening edition)
Boston transcript (evening edition) Fairhaven star (weekly) 2 copies
New York sun (morning and Sunday) New York tribune (morning and Sun- day)
Taunton herald-news
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APPENDIX 9
Library Staff, 1893-1903
LIBRARIANS
DON C. STEVENS,
1893-1901
DREW B. HALL,
. 1901-
ASSISTANTS
FRANCES H. FULLER,
1902-
FLORA H. LEIGHTON,
1903-
ABBY H. NYE,
1893-1902
ANNIE THOMPSON,
1893-
JANITORS
JAMES BRIERLY,
1893-1894
HORATIO JENNEY, 1894-
PAGE
EDWARD G. SPOONER, JR., 1902-
SCHOOL REPORT
FAIRHAVEN
MASS.
1902-03
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
1903.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THOMAS A. TRIPP,
GEORGE W. STEVENS,
GEORGE H. TRIPP, JOSEPH K. NYE,
JOB C. TRIPP, JOSEPH PETTEE, JR.,
Term expires 1905. Term expires 1905. Term expires 1904. Term expires 1904. Term expires 1903. Term expires 1903.
Secretary and Superintendent :
FRANK M. MARSH.
ROGERS SCHOOL ANNEX
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Fairhaven:
The state of Massachusetts does not hold its present preeminence in our nation on account of its wealth, its industries, its commerce or its political power, but mainly on account of its leading position in the cause of education.
Among the many able and scholarly men to whom our state is indebted for its present attitude in educational matters the name of Horace Mann stands preeminent, not only because by him our whole system of education in this state was placed on a solid and lasting basis but he more than any other leader may be looked upon as the Father of true education in America. He always spoke with great and convincing power. Listen to him again when he says.
" Education in a democracy should be public and extend equally to all classes, schools should be good enough for the best so that there should be no inducement on the part of the rich to send their children to private schools and so separate them from those of the poor."
"Education should rest upon science and not upon authority, children should be brought in direct contact with nature and make their own inductions."
" Education should encourage true religion, but it must be free from sectarian bias."
" Education should be a preparation for life, domestic, economic, social, political, and its end should be the attain- ment of moral and social personality."
" Education should be imparted with gentleness and with due regard to the nature of the child."
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" Education should be conducted in well built and well ventilated schoolhouses, with access to good libraries and all apparatus necessary for effective teaching."
" Education should be in the hands of thoroughly trained and competent teachers who make teaching their profession and who have had the benefit of normal or other equally good special training."
" And to make possible all these things, the state should spare no expense but should consider its property a trust for the education of its citizens, up to such a point as will save them from poverty and vice and prepare them for the adequate performance of their social and civil duties."
Your school committee who heartily concur in the fore- going have endeavored to act in its spirit. Although the high standard there set forth has not been fully attained, it is a great satisfaction to know that every year brings the educational interests of our town perceptibly nearer to the ideal.
It is a fact that our schools are attended by nearly all the children from all classes of our citizens ; that we have in the main, well constructed and ventilated schoolhouses with necessary apparatus : that we have an excellent corps of trained teachers, with whom gentleness is the rule, all working under a faithful and competent superintendent, who in watching for any weak points which may show themselves in our system, will be found as constantly work- ing for their removal; it is also a fact that a great and pressing need has been met this year through the generosity of Mr. Rogers, in converting the old Unitarian church into a beautiful and convenient schoolhouse, with room for four primary schools, a manual training school and a cooking school ; that the outlying schools are vastly improved by the removal of the children in the higher grades to the Rogers school, these advanced pupils being also greatly
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benefited thereby ; that our schoolrooms have been taste- fully decorated and adorned, mainly through the efforts of the Fairhaven Art club ; that the children are being taught to exercise their own reasonable and independent thought, and that they have an improved personal bearing and an increasing appreciation of their advantages; that good provision has been made for the transportation of the children living in the outlying districts ; that our citizens are willing to cooperate with the committee in maintaining good and efficient schools.
Now all this is greatly encouraging and gratifying to your committee, but the constant change in teachers and the consequent loss of valuable time on the part of our superin- tendent in obtaining new teachers are not conducive to the best results in our schools.
Again the apparent lack of Home training on the part of many parents, the desire on the part of these parents to thrust all mental, moral and religious training upon the teachers of the public schools and Sunday schools is one cause of hard and troublesome work on the part of the teacher. This is another discouraging feature that detracts from the success of our schools.
The Manual Training school under its master A. C. Cobb and the Cooking school under Miss Lucy M. Elder are both doing excellent work, many of the boys showing remarkable skill and efficiency in wood working, while the girls are quite as expert in their cooking. The establishment of these two schools in our town has been of great value to our system, and places our schools well on a par with those in many cities and large towns. Of course it is not within our means to carry on these two schools as they are somewhat expensive and could not be continued without the aid of the donor of the building, who provides for all the apparatus, the supplies and salaries of the teachers.
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The purchase of a handsome, convenient and clean barge for the transportation of the children living at Sconticut Neck is proving to be a move in the right direction.
The establishment of the Onset Trolley line has also proved of great convenienee in transporting the older scholars living in East Fairhaven who desire to avail them- selves of the advanced grades in the Rogers school.
When the school appropriation was asked for in March, 1902, the committee was unable to accurately determine to what extent the new industrial conditions would affect the registration beginning with the September term ; neither was it determined what provision would be made for the accom- modation of the increased number of pupils.
The sum of $12,000 was asked for at the annual town meeting with the expectation on the part of the board that an additional appropriation would be necessary to meet the cost of probable increased attendance. Without expense to the town, however, four delightful schoolrooms were provided for the primary grades, constituting the Rogers school annex ; and instead of requesting additional funds at a special town meeting, as was anticipated, it seemed best to ask at the next annual meeting for a special appropriation of $800 to cover a two weeks' pay roll and certain unpaid supply bills properly belonging to the expenses of the last school year.
To maintain the present standard of the schools and provide for the increased attendance for the coming year we respectfully ask for an appropriation of $14,500 for all school purposes for the ensuing year.
THOMAS A. TRIPP, GEORGE W. STEVENS, GEORGE H. TRIPP, JOSEPH K. NYE, JOB C. TRIPP, JOSEPH PETTEE, JR.
MANUAL TRAINING ROOM
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Fairhaven :
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor of submitting my second annual report concerning the work and condition of the schools under your direction.
Included in this report is a detailed financial statement for the various departments, together with the usual statistics in regard to enrollment, attendance, etc. Here also can be found the special reports of the Supervisors of Music, Drawing and Sewing, as well as reports of the instructors in Manual Training and Cooking, with outlines of the courses of study in these departments,
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1903
Monday, February 23-Holiday.
Friday, March 27-Schools close ; Spring vacation.
Monday, April 6-All schools re-open.
Thursday, June 25-Graduating exercises of High School.
Friday, June 26-Graduating exercises of Grammar School.
SUMMER VACATION
Monday, September 7-Labor Day.
Tuesday, September 8-All schools open.
Thursday, November 26-27-Thanksgiving holidays.
Friday, December 18-All schools close; Christmas recess.
Monday, December 28-High School re-opens.
1904
Monday, January 4-All other schools re-open.
Monday, February 22-Washington's Birthday.
Friday, March 25-Schools close ; Spring vacation.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Dr.
PEASE FUND
Cr.
Balance on hand, Feb. 15, 1902,
Dividends from Trustee,
$16 38 253 43
Smith Premier Type- writer Co.,
$28 00
Neostyle Co.,
21 00
Longman, Green & Co.,
5 00
E. E. Babb & Co.,
17 52
Maynard, Merrill & Co., Ginn & Co.,
41|13
F. S. Brightman & Co.,
2 15
J. L. Hammett Co.,
59 76
Silver, Burdett & Co., Holden Pat. Book Cover Co.,
65 44
6,00
$267 98
Balance unexpended,
1 83
$269 81
$269,81
21 98
Expenditures :
.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Dr.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS Cr
Balance, Feb. 15, 1902, Appropriation,
$67 93
Expenditures :
$8,440 25 1,390 00
Appropriation for Supt's salary,
12,000 00 Teachers, schedule (A), Janitors, schedule (B), 450 00 Transportation, schedule (C), 105 00 11 50 Fuel, schedule (D),
697 25
Tuition (Boston),
1,152 53
Hinds & Noble (old books),
7,45
Books and supplies, schedule (E),
519 12
Town of Acushnet (desks),
6.00
Incidentals. schedule (G), Superintendent,
635,02
State, on acct. of Supt.,
75000
862 50
State school fund, County,
294 76
527 25
$14,219 39
Balance on hand,
50
$14,219 89
$14,219 89
Repairs. schedule (F),
522 72
Tuition (Acushnet),
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SCHEDULE A TEACHERS
Will A. Charles, A. B.,
High School (Prin.) $900.00
R. L. Rich, A. B.,
522.00
Anna H. Bradford, 66
371.25
Anna B. Trowbridge,
and music, 455.75
Ada E. Harris,
50.00
C. L. Aldrich,
52.50
Sara B. Clarke,
Rogers School (Prin.) 565.25
170.00
Emma M. Davis,
6 6
190.00
Anna M. Rochefort,
66
170.00
Bertha G. Atkins,
190.00
M. Louise Norris,
358.50
Jennie M. Chandler,
350.00
Idella M. Libby,
66
170.00
Alice B. Landers,
66
360.00
Lucretia F. Hatch,
190.00
Mrs. Estelle Reynolds,
66
91.50
Allie A. Cole,
163.00
Annie N. Fuller,
142.25
Harriet M. Goddard,
" Annex, 265.50
Anna B. Newton,
90.00
Lucie A. Metcalf,
36.00
Retta R. Barrett,
190.00
Mary A. Sale,
175.00
A. L. Wardwell, Oxford School, (Prin.)
20.25
Nellie N. Litchfield,
..
133.75
Myra D. Crowell,
66
213.75
Mrs. Grace Nickerson Allen, “
170.00
Lelia M. Boothby, 66
190.00
Bertha M. Hamblin,
355.50
Gertrude L. Snow, . 6
59.25
Mrs. Ella D. Blossom, New Boston School,
104.50
Jennie L. McDonald, 66
57.00
Bertha N. Meserve,
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Elsie M. Pope, New Boston School,
$180.50
Nellie A. Kinsman, Naskatucket School,
112.00
Clara M. Smith, 207.00
Ethel R. Browne, drawing and sewing,
279.00
Mrs. Bertha Maxfield, substitute,
22.25
Laura King,
15.00
Arazelia Mackie,
25.50
Elizabeth Dugdale,
3.00
Mary Hayne,
1.50
Mrs. E. Manchester, care at noon,
72.00
Total, $8,440.25
SCHEDULE B JANITORS
J. H. Hanna,
$575.00
A. J. Jenney,
460.00
H. F. Chandler,
138.00
W'm. P. Macomber,
134.00
Elmer C. Howard,
38.00
Frank Vohnoutka,
38.00
K. Vohnoutka,
7.00
$1,390.00
SCHEDULE C TRANSPORTATION
E. Manchester, Jr.,
$120.00
Union St. Railway Co.,
372.25
George L. Hiller, Jr.,
160.00
Mrs. Arazelia Mackie,
45.00
$697.25
SCHEDULE D FUEL
George P. Randall,
$4.30
Denison Bros. Co.,
188.76
F. T. Akin & Co.,
714.85
Henry T. Howard,
241.37
Charles F. Howard,
3.25
$1,152.53
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SCHEDULE E BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
J. L. Hammett Co.,
$165.42
E. E. Babb & Co.,
45.26
Levi M. Snow,
.60
D. C. Heath & Co.,
79.15
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
25.65
Ginn & Co.,
30.83
Holden Patent Book Cover Co.,
21.58
F. S. Brightman Co.,
6.53
Gaylord Bros.,
3.00
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
97.70
James E. Blake,
9.46
Rand, McNally & Co.,
14.82
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
8.50
S. P. & S. H. Willcox,
10.62
$519.12
SCHEDULE F REPAIRS
M. P. Whitfield,
$44.13
H. H. Hathaway,
40.16
E. W. Forrest,
7.30
C. F. Delano,
113.96
Henry T. Aiken,
82.80
N. T. Fuller,
6.75
G. G. Lawton,
7.00
E. V. Hazzard,
61.05
Abram Boomer,
25.75
Henry T. Aiken,
15.34
Bliss & Nye,
1.68
Babbitt, Wood & Co.,
.30
Arthur C. Hammond,
15.00
Zenas W. Dodge,
49.72
W. L. Kelley,
8.00
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Bristol Builders' Supply Co.,
$1.40
F. S. Brightman Co.,
2.00
C. F. Wing, 13.25
J. L. Hammett Co., 27.13
$522.72
SCHEDULE G INCIDENTALS
Southern Mass. Telephone Co.,
$14.75
S. P. & S. H. Willcox. 2.76
George T. Lloyd,
2.20
Thomas Hersom & Co.,
13.50
E. R. Browne,
10.80
Bliss & Nye,
4.37
C. J. Becker,
10.55
Hatch & Co.,
18.60
Joseph B. Peck,
6.75
J. H. Hanna,
9.75
Thomas M. Hart,
6.97
Red Cross Chemical Co.,
2.50
Wm. B. Geoghegan,
10.00
Tanner & Co.,
4.50
A. B. Trowbridge,
9.75
Fairhaven Water Co.,
153.46
N. H. Buffington,
4.00
Mortimer Searles,
.40
C. F. Spooner,
2.50
Packard Hardware Co.,
23.63
N. B. Dry Goods Co.,
5.44
Joseph MeCormack,
146.00
C. D. Waldron,
42.30
Mary Soares,
4.00
D. W. Fisher & Co.,
2.50
Arthur H. Frawley,
4.00
Sidney B. Peck,
7.20
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J. E. Delano,
$1.00
W. C. Stoddard,
13.80
Frank M. Marsh,
27.88
John Miguel,
2.25
L. K. Demoranville,
1.50
Andrew J. Shooks,
2.25
Louis Nickerson,
1.70
Arazelia Mackie,
25.00
E. Manchester, Jr.,
21.46
J. G. Tirrell,
15.00
$635.02
SCHEDULE H SUPERINTENDENT
Town appropriation,
$450.00
Received from the State,
450.00
Fairhaven's portion of salary,
$900.00
ROLL OF HONOR
The following have been neither absent nor tardy during the year.
May Delano,
Everett R. Cowen,
Clayton W. Carpenter,
Elbert H. Shurtleff,
Oscar Brown,
Paul Knipe,
Harrison Thrasher,
Ruth Shurtleff,
William Card,
James E. Butler,
Ella F. Sherman,
Ralph H. Brightman,
Charles L. Lester, Emma Sherman,
Adrien Blanchett, Arlington Craig.
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It must be cause for gratification to your, Committee and to the citizens whom you represent, that the past year has been marked by such healthy progress in
INTRODUCTION. the ordinary school work, and that your school system has been so extended and rounded out by developments and additions that were as unexpected as valuable.
For several years the constantly increasing enrollment in your schools has furnished an increasingly difficult problem. In our last report it will be seen that the
ACCOMMODATIONS. question of more room and additional teachers was postponed, only by over-crowding three rooms with 65 to 70 pupils each and employing two assistant teachers who conducted recitations in corridors.
Although the financial estimates of a year ago were made upon the basis of conditions then prevailing, it was obvious to your Board that before schools opened in September, larger accommodations and more teachers must be provided. After much deliberation, there appeared no other solution than a new building, but while the attempt was being made to face the problem, there came a proposition from Mr. Rogers by which excellent rooms were provided for four primary grades beside Manual Training and Cooking de- partments.
After considerable planning, the rapid work of the con- tractors made it possible to take possession of the building at the appointed time, when 160 children of the first and second grades immediately filled the four rooms.
Opportunity was now given to carry out previously de- sired plans for re-organization, whereby the work can be carried on with greater efficiency and edu- ORGANIZATION. cational economy. At the new building there are now four distinct grades -two Ist and two 2d grades - with about forty pupils each for four regular
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teachers, so that the work has been greatly improved at this starting-point which is so vital to subsequent success.
The seven grades above the second are now cared for at the Rogers School, leaving but one vacant room. As in- dicated last year, the prospective enroll- ROGERS SCHOOL. ment of 80 pupils in grades eight and nine necessitated their separation and the employment of an 8th grade teacher. As a result of these necessary changes the work has been carried on with less friction in both the Primary and Grammar grades. Since the Cooking School requires but little more than half of Miss Elder's time, it has been possible for her to act as assistant to the principal, whose duties have considerably increased. In addition it is so planned that Miss Elder gives especial individual help and drill to several groups of children, who for various rea- sons are backward in one or more subjects. This is not only excellent for pupils who might otherwise lose their grading ; but also affords some relief to teachers who are already taxed with 50 to 60 pupils. Miss Elder's assistance at the Rogers School is furnished at no expense to the school department.
The enrollment of nearly 40 pupils in the 1st grade at Oxford involved the maintenance of a single grade in Room I, so that the 2d and 3d grades of nearly 50 OXFORD. pupils are united in the second room, while the 4th and 5th grades fill another. The necessity of opening the fourth room has been postponed for the present school year by furnishing car tickets to pupils of 6th and 7th grades, which results in needed economy and at the same time furnishes the pupils with larger opportunities in single grade work.
Happily the present facilities for transportation enable you to provide for many pupils, in the rural districts, opportuni- TRANSPORTATION. ties and advantages which would other- wise be impossible ; moreover this can be done with considerable reduction of expense and friction.
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From Naskatucket the pupils above the 6th grade con- tinue to come to the Rogers School, and this year the 8th and 9th grades at New Boston have been furnished tickets and transferred to corresponding grades in town. In both these schools, the five or six grades of younger children can now receive more adequate attention, while the older grades become better prepared for the High School.
The more satisfactory provision for the transportation of the Sconticut Neck children, which you have had in mind for some time, has at last been realized. It is safe to say that in all New England it would be difficult to find a more ideal location or more adequate arrangements for the trans- portation and care of the children of a rural district,
The unusual demand upon the school funds has made it necessary to omit several needed repairs. The main items of repair have been : The painting of the New
REPAIRS. Boston building, the re-shingling of the Naska- tucket building, with general repairs upon the outbuildings at both schools, and repairs upon the radiators and furnaces at the Rogers School.
During the year the Educational Art Club has devoted over $150 to tinting and further adorning the schoolrooms with excellent pictures and casts.
By far the most important item of repair was suggested and paid for by one to whom the schools of Fairhaven are constantly indebted. During the summer, the whole in- terior of the Rogers School was transformed by a force of painters. The tinting in the various rooms was completed : while a similar treatment has made the halls more light and cheerful. The interior brick work from basement to roof received adequate attention ; also, the blackboards, which needed expensive repairs, were greatly improved by applica- tions of liquid slating. All this, with much else, has made the building more attractive and pleasant than ever.
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Notwithstanding, there have been many more pupils for whom to provide books and supplies, we have been obliged
BOOKS AND
to keep the expenditure down nearly $100 less
than the cost in 1900. We have introduced the SUPPLIES.
new language books and arithmetics adopted by your Board, at comparatively small expense, as old books were exchanged. The stock of supplies is nearly exhausted, and many new books must be purchased, so that larger ex- penditure in this department must be anticipated.
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