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liver
8. Fannie M. Babbitt 77 1 3 Disease of heart Cancer of stomach
Dec.
24. Caroline Greatorex 49
7. Charles Gardner 62 3 29 Burns from lamp explosion
20. Angelina Costa 2 11 0 Tubercular mening- itis
28. Mary Cavalho Botelho 6 Unknown
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Town Clerk.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
Dighton, Jan. 20, 1920.
I herewith make my ninth report as Librarian :
Number of Volumes in Library, Dec. 31, 1918, 4,461
Purchased during year, 135
Number of Volumes presented Library, 543
Number of Volumes in Library, Dec. 31, 1919, 5,139
Borrowers' cards, 853
Circulation during year,
8,483
Adult fiction,
4,744
Youth's fiction,
1,977
Non-fiction,
1,762
Magazines,
1,176
Number of persons using reading room,
2,929
Money received from fines and turned over
to Town Treasurer, $26.76
The Unitarian Sunday School has given to the Dighton Public Library a collection of 531 books, a considerable number of them being standard works and books of help to the school children. Mrs. Emily E. Frazer has given three books of fiction and Mrs. Charles A. Briggs eight books of youth's fiction ; Mrs. George E. Cole one book of youth's fiction.
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The Camp Fire Girls have contributed the Wohe- lo Magazine; the W. C. T. U. the Union Signal; the Baptist Sunday School the Watchman; the Unitarian Sunday School the Beacon.
Respectfully submitted,
LYDIA J. COLE, .
Librarian.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES RECEIPTS
Jan 1, 1919. Unexpended balance, $ 59.03
Appropriation,
700.00
Fines,
26.76
Jan. 1, 1920, overdrawn,
57.37
$843.16
EXPENDITURES
Salary of Librarian,
$199.92
Care of Furnace,
36.00
Labor,
96.28
Book case,
37.87
Supplies,
77.12
Books,
208.95
Gas light,
40.28
Fuel,
104.24
Magazines,
44.50
$843.16
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Chairman.
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List of Books Added to the Dighton Public Library Year 1919
FICTION, 1919
Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell, Old Dad. Altsheler, Joseph A., Lord of the Wild.
Ames, Joseph Bushnell, Curly of Circle Bar. Ames, Joseph Bushnell, Mystery of Ram Island. Andrews, Mary R. S., Joy in the Morning. Bacon, Josephine Daskam, On Our Hill. Bailey, Temple, The Tin Soldier. Beach, Rex, Wind of Chance.
Beston, Henry B., Full Speed Ahead.
Bosher, Kate Langley, His Friend, Miss McFarlane.
Bower, B. M., Rim O' the World. Burrough, Edgar Rice, Beasts of Tarzan. Burt, Katherine Newlin, The Branding Iron. Canfield, Dorothy, The Real Motive.
Connor, Ralph, Sky Pilot in No Man's Land.
Cooper, James A. Cap'n Jonah's Fortune. Conrad, Joseph, Arrow of Gold.
Cullum, Ridgewell, The Forfeit. Curwood, James Oliver, Nomads of the North.
Dawson, Coningsby, Living Bayonets. Day, Holman, Rider of the King Log. Deland, Margaret, Promises of Alice. Dell, Ethel M., Lamp in the Desert. Dillon, Mary, The American. Galsworthy, John, Another Sheaf. Galsworthy, John, Dark Flower. Gibbs, George, The Blackstone.
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Gibbs, George, The Secret Witness.
Gibbons, Floyd, And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight.
Green, Anna K., Chief Legatee.
Green, Anna K., Mystery of the Hasty Arrow.
Grey, Zane, The Desert of Wheat.
Harben, Will N., Cottage of Delight.
Hanshew, Thomas N. and Mary E., Riddle of the Pur- ple Emperor.
Harper Wilhelmina, Off Duty.
Harris, Corra Leech, From Sunup to Sundown.
Hay, James, Winning Clue.
Hough, Emerson, Sagebrushers.
Hughes, Rupert, Cup of Fury.
Ibanez, Vincente Blasco, Four Horsemen of Apo- calypse. Johnstone, William, Apartment Next Door.
Johnstone, William, House of Whispers.
Judson, Jeanne, Beckoning Days.
Kerr, Sophie, See-Saw.
Keyes, Frances P., The Old Gray Homestead.
King, Basil, City of Comrades.
Lane, Rose Wilder, Diverging Roads.
Lee, Jennette, Raincoat Girl.
London, Jack, White Fang. Lutz, Grace L. H., Red Signal.
Lutz, Grace L. H., The Witness.
Montgomery, L. M., Anne's House of Dreams.
Montgomery, L. M., Rainbow Girl.
Morris, G., Wild Goose.
Nicholson, Meredith, Lady Larkspur.
Norris, Kathleen, Heart of Rachel.
Oppenheim, E. Phillips, The Zeppelin's Passenger. Parker, Gilbert, Wild Youth and Another.
Porter, Eleanor H., Across the Years.
Porter, Eleanor H., Dawn.
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Porter, Eleanor H., Tangled Threads.
Porter, Eleanor H., Tie That Binds.
Reynolds, Katharine, Green Valley.
Rickard, Mrs. Victor, Fire of Green Boughs.
Rinehart, Mary Roberts, Dangerous Days.
Rinehart, Mary Roberts, Lovestories.
Robinson, Eliot H., Smiles. Seton, Ernest Thompson, Books of Wood Craft.
Sterrett, Frances R., Rebecca's Promise.
Sterrett, Frances R., Up the Road with Sallie. Tarkington, Booth, Ramsey Milholland.
Thayer, Lee, Mystery of 13th Floor. Van Dyke, Henry, Valley of Vision.
Wells, H. G., History of Mr. Polly.
Willsie, Honore, Forbidden Trail. Wright, Harold Bell, Recreation of Brian Kent.
Anon, Patricia Brent, Spinster.
NON-FICTION
330 Political Economy
Ackerman, Carl W., Trailing the Bolsheviki.
355 Army
Abbott, Willis J., Story of our Army, Vol. 1. Abbott, Willis J., Story of our Army, Vol. 2.
359 Navy
Abbott, Willis J., Story of our Navy, Vol. 1. Abbott, Willis J., Story of our Navy, Vol. 2.
370 Education
Allen, Charles R., The Instructor, the Man and the Job. Bradish, Prudence, Mother-Love in Action.
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McSpadden, J. Walker, Book of Holidays.
520 Astronomy
Collins, Frederick A., Book of Stars.
635 Agriculture
Rexford, Eben E., The Home Garden.
Selden, Charles A., Everyman's Garden Every Week.
640 Domestic Economy Van Ruesselaer, Martha S., Manual of Home-making.
770 Photography
Anderson, Paul L., Pictorial Photography.
Croy, Homer, How Motion Pictures are Made.
Talbot, Frederick A., Moving Pictures and How They are Made.
796 Out-door Sports
Camp, Walter, Athletes All.
808 Literature
Marshall, Logan, God, Home and Native Land.
821 Poetry
Ford, James L. and Ford, Mary, Every Day in, the Year.
921 Biography
Hagedorn, Harmen, Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt. Harris, Julia Collier, Joel Chandler Harris.
Lewis, William Draper, Life of Theodore Roosevelt.
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940 Europe
Sibley, Frank P., With the Yankee Division in France. Vanderlip, Frank A., What Happened to Europe.
940-9 Current History March, Francis A., History of the World War.
YOUTH'S FICTION
Abbott, Jane, Kenneth.
Barbour, Ralph Henry, Fortunes of War.
Barbour, Ralph Henry, Full-back Foster.
Barbour, Ralph Henry, Lost Island.
Barbour, Ralph Henry, Under the Yankee Ensign. Coale, Anna W., Summer in the Girls' Camp. Don Carlos, Cooke, The Mouse Miller.
Du Bois, Mary Constance, Comrade Rosalie.
Eaton, Walter P., Boy Scouts in Glacier Park.
Eaton, Walter P., Boy Scouts of the Wild Cat Patrol. Eaton, Walter P., Peanut, Cub Reporter.
Endicott, Ruth Belmore, Carolyn of the Sunnyheart. Fitzhugh, Percy K., Along the Mohawk Trail.
Gilchrist, Bette B., Camerons of Highboro. Greenwood, May, Happiest Christmas Day. Greenwood, May, Little Bernard.
Greenwood, May, Whiskers Lesson.
Hare, Truxton T., Kent of Malvern.
Heyliger, William, Fighting for Fairview. Innes, Kate, Governor. Innes, Kate, Little V. W.
Innes, Kate, Timmy Whoof.
Kilbourne, C. E., An Army Boy in Pekin.
Kilbourne, Fannie, Betty Ball.
Kipling, Rudyard, Stories and Poems.
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Knipe, Emilie Benson and Alden, Arthur, Beatrice of Denewood.
Knipe, Emilie Benson and Alden, Arthur, Vive La France.
Mathews, Franklin, Boy Scout Book of Stories.
McCloud, Gertrude, Kitty-Cat Story Book.
Pier, Arthur Stanwood, Dormitory Days.
Poulsson, Emilie, What Happened to Inger Johanne. Price, Edith Ballinger, Blue Magic.
Scoville, Samuel, Jr., Boy Scouts in the Wilderness. Seaman, Augusta Huiell, Melissa Across the Fence.
Stratemeyer, Edward, Dave Porter's War Honors.
Verrill, Alpheus, Boy Collector's Hand Book.
Wells, Carolyn, Marjorie in Command.
Wheeler, Francis Rolt, Wonders of War at Sea.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF
DIGHTON
YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1919
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Samuel N. Codding, No. Dighton, Term expires 1920
Robert W. Whitmarsh, Dighton, Term expires 1920
Ralph Earle, Dighton, R. F. D., Term expires 1921 Andrew S. Muirhead, No. Dighton, Term expires 1921 Henry W. Horton, Dighton, R. F. D.,
Stephen G. Palmer, Dighton,
Term expires 1922 Term expires 1922
ORGANIZATION
Andrew S. Muirhead, Chairman Stephen G. Palmer, Secretary
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Mortimer H. Bowman, Dighton, Mass. ('Phone, 22-4 Dighton)
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Howard C. Briggs, Segreganset, Mass.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
J. H. Vaughan, Dighton, Mass.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter term, 11 weeks, Monday, Jan. 5, 1920 to Fri- day, March 19, 1920.
Spring term, 9 weeks, Monday, March 29, 1920 to Fri- - day, May 28, 1920.
Fall Term, 16 weeks, Monday, Sept. 6, 1920 to Friday, Dec. 24, 1920.
Winter term, 11 weeks, Monday, Jan. 10, 1921 to Fri- day, March 25, 1921.
Spring term, 9 weeks, Monday, April 4, 1921 to Fri- day, June 3, 1921.
HOLIDAYS
New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Patri- ots' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
DATE OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The regular monthly meeting of the School Com- mittee is held at 7.45 p. m. on the Friday preceding the first Saturday of each month.
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REPORT of the SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Dighton :
Teachers
In school history, this year is prominent for at least one characteristic, the shortage of teachers. This cannot be attributed to continued war work nor to a shortage of workers in any special field. Doubtless the continued increased prices of nearly every commodity and the low salary of the teacher, compared with the wage of the so-called laboring man or woman, are the chief factors. There is a serious fault somewhere, when one hundred and forty-three thousand teach- ers leave the profession in a single year, as they did during the past twelve months in the United States. As yet, the fact that a teacher must support herself fifty-two weeks each year, has not impressed the public deeply enough to secure a merited wage. Too often her salary is estimated upon the number of weeks that the school is in session. Furthermore, it is not considered necessary to give any thought to the fact that when a teacher is compelled to spend her vacation working in some factory, that teacher re- turns to her school work of the next year less efficient than she would have had she been given the weeks for
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study and some thought upon her approaching school problems. As never before the teacher must be better educated, have some degree of professional training, give more thought to her work, read more widely for assistance and culture, attend more educational meet- ings, in short, be a member of a profession that is the foundation of all educational training.
That the teacher has the deciding vote whether she will accept or reject any offered position is not to be considered out of present day order. The expect- ation is not to be fostered that in a few years the schools, with all their environment, will return to pre-war conditions. Wisdom indicates that all school workers must be received on a par with the best that any community has to give, because the work that is done inside the school and the influence exerted there by the teacher is equal to or exceeds any other influ- ence that makes for stable democracy. Without con- tradiction it may be asserted that there is no other profession or association that has as high a percent- age of loyal men and women as the teachers' profes- sion. Real dependable loyalty to things that are right and pure, at this hour, is worthy of conservation.
Hundreds of schools throughout this country are closed for lack of teachers. This applies to all grades. The normal schools have less pupils, by comparison, than many other educational institutions. Further- more the increased number of graduates from col- leges and technical schools would not completely fill the depleted ranks of the teaching profession even if they entered the work in large numbers. This, in con- junction with the wage problem, becomes the deter- mining factor as to who must teach school. Had not married women and single women, who years ago voluntarily left the profession, thinking never again to take up the work, listened to the appeals of the sup-
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erintendent and committee and realizing the unusual need for school workers, returned to their former work, very many more schools would have been closed permanently. The age when applicants are waiting in line to teach rural schools, perhaps under unpleasant surroundings, is forever past. All angles having been considered, what must be done to keep the schools on a proper working basis? First, the teacher must be received as a member of society suitable to her pro- fession and be given comfortable working conditions. Second, she must receive a salary that will afford her a good living for the whole year, and again, this sal- ary must be large enough to lay aside a fair amount for the years of less active life. No so-called pension can compensate for a wage that half starves the teach- er. The teacher is surely coming into her inheritance, social, educational, financial. The financial side must be met in a spirit of fairness and justice to all con- cez med interests or the schools will be limited in their usefulness.
Conditions of School Buildings
Ever since the South school building was re- modeled a few years ago, there have been days during each school year when it is impossible to heat the two west rooms, one room on each floor, because not enough radiators were installed. Also the halls on both sides of the building are not properly and sufficiently heated. Furthermore, the ventilation of all parts of the building is not as perfect as it ought to be where nearly two hundred children are housed for a large part of the day. This last fault is due to the mis- placing of walls and radiators in the basement. Con- sidering a term of years it would be economy to cor- rect the above mentioned faults and also to properly
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enclose the porches during the colder weather. This - would give additional heat to both halls and rooms where most needed.
The new building at North Dighton has always had one serious defect, namely, the mal-odor arising from the boys' toilet. This is so persistent that a win- dow must be kept partially open while the building is occupied. There is but one way to correct this fault and that is to connect the cesspool with the main sewer. The slope of the land and the imperviousness of the soil make this necessary.
Several of the rural school buildings have been en- larged during the past few years, so that reasonable accommodations are furnished all the pupils of those localities. But with the exception of Broad Cove, none of the buildings have a workable system of ventilation. School and office workers acutely realize the advan- . tages of fresh, warm air in securing the maximum re- sults in their business. Since there is a persistent ten- dency for children to leave school as soon as they can, there is the greater need to do the most intensive teaching possible while the child does attend school. It is impossible to do this sort of work unless the sur- rounding conditions are such that both teacher and pupil can work at their best and also physically feel the incentive to do it. Failure to recognize this fact and properly adjust all interests in accordance with it daily, leads to a loss of time and energy and creates an atmosphere detrimental to all interests involved. The remedy is neither elaborate nor expensive. The insertion of a register or construction of a small fire- place in the chimney quite near the floor would meet general needs.
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With pleasure we express our thanks to the teach- ers and all others who have aided in making the school work of the year successful.
Respectfully submitted,
MORTIMER H. BOWMAN, Superintendent of Schools.
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FINANCIAL REPORT of the School Committee FROM JAN. 1, 1919 to JAN. 1, 1920.
RECEIPTS
Balance, Jan. 1, 1919,
$ 1,507.60
Appropriation,
16,000.00
Dog Fund,
428.24
Mass. School Fund,
962.07
Refund on tickets,
316.93
Superintendent's Fund,
500.00
Tuition of State Wards,
90.00
Refund on tickets,
.20
Sale of tickets,
2.00
State Income Tax,
200.00
$20,007.04
EXPENSES
Teachers,
$9,628.72
Janitors,
1,722.00
Superintendent's salary,
720.00
Superintendent's expense,
54.06
High School tuition,
2,445.00
Elementary tuition,
73.00
Transportation,
1,242.79
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Repairs,
1,277.01
Books and Supplies,
1,094.30
Fuel,
1,241.12
School Physician,
75.00
Incidentals,
384.51
Balance, Jan. 1, 1920,
49.53
$20,007.04
Special appropriation for re-
pairs,
$2,000.00
Expended,
1,758.47
Balance, Jan. 1, 1920,
241.53
$2,000.00
Respectfully submitted,
STEPHEN G. PALMER,
Secretary.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dighton, Mass., Feb. 6, 1920.
Mr. Mortimer H. Bowman, Supt. of Schools,
Dear Sir :-
Upon examination of the pupils of Dighton, I found a few cases of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, and several cases of poor teeth; aside from these the general health is good.
Yours truly,
+
J. H. VAUGHAN, M. D.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
Mr. M. H. Bowman, Supt. of Schools,
Dear Sir :-
Music, in the Schools of Dighton, is taught ac- cording to the method established some time ago.
The constant teaching and drill of the lessons go- ing steadily on from year to year, should mean, first of all, better reading from each advancing grade.
The new and large amount of material in two- part songs will mean much in preparing the way for three-part songs in the grammar schools.
The pupils strive at all times for a good render- ing of the songs learned and they have developed much ability in this line during the past two years.
Their interest in music and eagerness to learn ap- peal to me very much.
The new books are a very great help and we ap- preciate them.
Respectfully submitted, NETTIE F. HAMANT,
Supervisor of Music.
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REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Dighton, Mass., January 1, 1920.
To the School Committee,
Dighton, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1919. I have made 232 visits to parents and persons having charge of children to ascertain the causes of non-attendance. Almost without exception the parent or guardian are at fault. I was obliged to prosecute one case and secured a conviction. I thank all of the school authorities for their hearty co-opera- tion with me.
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD C. BRIGGS,
Attendance Officer.
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HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
Fall River
First Year-Milton Brightman, Louise Eddy, Lewis Eddy, Paul Lassen, George Rose.
Second Year-Herbert Carr, Homer Carr, John Earle, Hope Lassen, Joseph Roderick.
Third Year-Esther Brightman, Elizabeth Earle, El- mer Haskins.
Fourth Year-Louise Brightman, Henry Rock.
Taunton
Class I .- Edna Bowen, Emery Lincoln.
Class II .- Kenneth Glynn.
Class III .- Norman Cameron, Lester Lassen, William Marsden, Leslie Meacock, Anna Viera.
Class IV .- Esther Atkins, Avis Hathaway, Robert Phillips, Elton Staples, Leonard Walsh.
TABLE A ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1919
Schools
Teachers
Number of Boys
Number of Girls
Total
Enrollment between ·
5 and 7 years
Enrollment between
7 and 14 years
Enrollment between
14 and 16 years
Total Membership
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per Cent. of Attendance
North Grammar
Eva A. Fuller
22
15
37
0
26
11
37
32
30.8
96.3
North Intermediate A
Carolyn C. Grace
29
25
54
0
51
3
54
44.4
40.6
91.4
Florence T. Young
Melancy C. White
21
13
34
0
34
0
34
30.3
28.6
94.4
North Intermediate B North Primary A
Dorothy K. Robinson
19
17
36
1
35
0
35
29.3
27.9
95.2
North Primary B
Florence M. Churchill
25
21
46
32
14
0
46
37.6
35.5
94.4
Agnes White
Harrie S. Camp
South Grammar
Belle D. Rogers
18
24
42
0
28
14
42
37 38.1
34.2
92.4
South Intermediate A
Helen H. Lane
24
18
42
0
37
5
42
Ruth H. Roberts
19
25
44
0
42
2
44
39.6
36.1
91.2
Marian C. Potter
Eliza M. Beck
South Primary A
Marjorie F. Kingsley
12
14
26
0
25
1
26
23.5
21.3
90.6
Edith V. Goff
14
13
27
22
5
0
27
22.8
21.1
92.5
Broad Cove
Edith V. Goff
21
16
37
6
29
2
37
32.5
30
92.3
Flat Rock
Helen G. Edgar
18
12
30
4
25
5
30
28.5
20.5
71.9
Fish
Mildred Elliot
21
17
38
4
33
1
38
31.9
27
84.6
Williams
Emma F. Chase
17
10
27
4
21
2
27
26.1
23.3
89.3
Brick
Florence M. Young
15
19
34
7
24
3
34
29.7
24.2
81.4
Anna C. Lawlor
Segreganset
Cora Dinsmore
14
12
26
2
22
2
26
24.1
21.4
88.8
15
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34.9
91.6
South Intermediate B
South Primary B
Mabel W. Emery
Mildred L. Powers
Eleanor Babbitt
Florence Reed
.
Lestina M. Goddard
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TABLE B
SHOWING AGE AND ASSIGNMENT OF PUPILS BY GRADES
Schools
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
North Grammar
13.3
14.6
15.2
North Intermediate A
11.812.2
North Intermediate B
3.5
10
North Primary A
7.7
Nort Primary B
6
South Grammar
12.8
·13.8
South Intermediate A
11.5 12
South Intermediate B
10.5 11
South Primary A
8.5
South Primary B
6.6
Broad Cove
6
7
9
11
11
Flat Rock
6.5
8
10
11.9|11.8 12
Fish
6
7
8
9
10
12
13
14
13
Williams
6.3
9.4
10.8
9.4
10.4 12
12.9
12.4
15.2
Brick
7
8
9.6
11.4
12.4 12.8 12.7
13.8
Segreganset
6.4
8.4
8.5
9.5
11.4 12.8 12.3
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TABLE C
SHOWING NUMBER AND ASSIGNMENT OF PUPILS BY GRADES
Schools
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
North Grammar
15
11
4
North Intermediate A
16
35
North Intermediate B
11
23
North Primary A
30
North Primary B
43
South Grammar
26
18
South Intermediate A
26
15
South Intermediate B
20
16
South Primary A
26
South Primary B
23
Broad Cove
12
6
5
5
3
Flat Rock
8
6
2
5
5
2
Fish
6
6
2
4
5
5
3
1
2
Williams
6
2
3
5
2
5
3
3
1
Brick
10
2
5
3
4
2
1
6
Segreganset
5
3
5
4
3
2
2
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