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With other necessary repairs the sum to be expended on the usual second part of year's purchase of books was greatly reduced.
The branch station at Albeeville has been continued. We desire to tender our thanks to Mrs. Allen for her kindly interest in same in connection with her school work.
The Trustees in behalf of the citizens wish to express their gratitude for all gifts of books and literature during the past year. We also wish to express our appreciation of the efficient work done during the year by our Librarian, and to thank all the patrons for their kindly suggestions and help in making the year's work a success.
EDWARD F. BLOOD, HENRY W. GASKILL, EDWIN L. WILSON, F. G. ATWELL, EDWARD F. DRISCOLL,
Trustees Taft Public Library.
January 2, 1914.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The library year began Jan. 3, 1913. The whole number of volumes given out during the year was 6,543. Largest number in one week, 166 ; smallest number, 67; average number, 126. The volumes of fiction given out during the year numbered, 4,011 ; Magazines, bound and unbound, 1,562 ; history, 163; travel, 192 ; biography, 202 ; literature, 95 ; useful and fine arts, 149 ; natural science, 66 ; all others, 103.
There are now approximately 5,146 volumes in the library. 142 have been added the past year. Of these, 14 are bound magazines, 72 were bought by the town and 56 were given, as follows: Miss J. F. Darling, 24; Miss M. M. Adams, 5; Mrs. S. H. Clary, 4; Mrs. A. R. Taft, 1; Secretary of Common- wealth, 17; E. F: Blood, 2; U. S. National Museum, 1; Utah State Conservation Committee, 1; Chamber of Commerce, San Diego, Cal., 1. Mendon Historical Society gave one pamphlet, J. A. George Harper's Monthly and Outing for 1911-12, and E. L. Wilson and Miss Bertha Franklin nearly a year's Outlooks.
The library subscribes for McClure's, Century, Everybody's American, World's Work, National Geographic, Technical World, Popular Electricity, Baseball, St. Nicholas, Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion. The Outlook is given by E. F. Driscoll, Munsey and Youth's Companion by Mrs. G. H. Darling, Atlantic by Paul Williams and Little Folks by Mrs. A. R. Taft.
198 books have been sent to the Albeeville school-house dur- ing the year.
$6.10 was received for fines.
Respectfully submitted,
LENA W. GEORGE,
Librarian.
Mendon, January 2, 1914.
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BOOKS ADDED IN 1913.
Fiction :---
The Amateur Gentleman. Jeffrey Farnol.
The Begum's Daughter. E. L. Bynner.
The Blazed Trail. S. E. White.
The Boss. A. H. Lewis.
Buried Alive. Arnold Bennett.
The Calling of Dan Matthews. H. B. Wright. Cease Firing. Mary Johnston.
The Christian. Hall Caine. Corporal Cameron. Ralph Connor.
The Doctor's Lass, E. C. Booth. Down Our Street. J. E. Buckrose. A Girl in the Karpathians. M. M. Dowie.
The Great Miss Driver. Anthony Hope.
The Heart of the Hills. John Fox, Jr.
The Heritage of the Desert. Zane Grey.
The Inside of the Cup. Winston Churchill. The Inviolable Sanctuary. G. A. Birmingham. Judgment House. Gilbert Parker. Keeping Up With Lizzie. Irving Bacheller. The Lady and Sada San. Frances Little. Letters from a Son to His Self-Made Father.
C. E. Merriman.
The Lost Word. Henry Van Dyke.
The March of the White Guard. Gilbert Parker. Mr. Achilles. Jennette Lee. The Mirror of the Sea. Joseph Conrad.
The Net. Rex Beach.
The Night Riders. Ridgwell Cullum.
The One Woman. Thomas Dixon, Jr. Pierre and His People. Gilbert Parker.
The Prodigal Judge. Vaughan Kester. Red Pepper Burns. G. S. Richmond. Rise of Roscoe Paine. J. C. Lincoln. Rupert of Hentzan. Anthony Hope. Set in Silver. C. N. & A. M. Williamson. Shepherd of the Hills. H. B. Wright.
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The Simpkins Plot. G. A. Birmingham. Stella Maris. W. J. Locke. Sunny Stories. James Payne. The Stooping Lady. Maurice Hewlett. True Tilda. A. T. Q. Couch. Valiants of Virginia. H. E. Rives. V. V.'s Eyes. H. S. Harrison. The Woman in Black. E. C. Bentley. Juveniles :-
Chronicles of Avonlea. L. M. Montgomery.
Colonial Stories Retold From St. Nicholas.
Days and Deeds. B. E. Stevenson.
The Dutch Twins. L. F. Perkins.
Handicraft for Handy Boys. A. N. Hall.
Harper's Handy-Book for Girls. A. P. Paret, ed.
In the High Valley. Susan Coolidge.
Mary Cary. K. L. Bosher.
Nightingale, Florence. L. E. Richards.
Old Mother West Wind. T. W. Burgess.
The Orcutt Girls. C. M. Vaile. Our Little French Cousin. Blanche McManus.
Our Little Indian Cousin. M. H. Wade.
Panama, Past and Present. Farnham Bishop.
Peter and Wendy. J. M. Barrie.
Polly of Lady Gay Cottage. E. C. Dowd. Pollyanna. E. H. Porter. Rocky Fork. M. H. Catherwood.
Stories of the Great West. Theodore Roosevelt.
Tales of the Red Children. A. F. Brown and J. M. Bell. Tom Strong, Washington's Scout. A. B. Mason.
The Young Trailers. J. A. Altsheler.
When Mother Lets Us Garden. Frances Duncan.
Non-Fiction :--- Age of Elizabeth. M. Creighton. The Automobile. Robert Sloss. Bird Life. F. M. Chapman. Cleaning and Renovating at Home. E. G. Osman.
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Climate and Weather of San Diego, Cal. F. A. Carpenter. Constable, John.
Dickens, Charles. G. K. Chesterton.
Equal Suffrage. H. L. Sumner.
French Revolution. W. O. Morris.
Handbook of Health. Woods Hutchinson.
Heroes of the Storm. W. D. O'Connor.
History of the People of the U. S., vol. 8. J. B. McMaster.
Home Life in Germany. C. U. Sidgwick.
Home Waterworks. C. J. Lynde. How to Tell Stories to Children. S. C. Bryant.
Humanly Speaking. S. M. Crothers. Life of the Spider. J. H. Fabre.
The Long Day. D. Richardson. Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow. P. L. Dunbar. Mr. Dooley Says. F. P. Dunne. My Mark Twain. W. D. Howells. New Lives for Old. William Carleton. Picturesque Hudson. Clifton Johnson.
Seven Puzzling Bible Books. Washington Gladden. Successful Houses and How to Build Them. C. E. White, Jr. The Technique of Rest. A. C. Brackett. Ten Thousand Miles Through Canada. Joseph Adams. Vital Records of Carver.
Vital Records of Duxbury.
Vital Records of Framingham.
Vital Records of Hopkinton.
Vital Records of Hull.
Vital Records of Newburyport, vol. 2. Vital Records of Sherborn. Vital Records of Stow. Vital Records of Worthington.
The Thompson Family, ( Pamphlet) . Records of Mass. Militia, War of 1812. Harper's Magazine, vols. 1-5, 1850-52. Harper's Magazine, vols. 122-125, 1910-12. Outing Magazine, vols. 57-60, 1910-12. Century Magazine, vols. 82-84, 1911-12.
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St. Nicholas, vols. 38-39, 1911-12.
Manuel for the General Court, 1913. 26th Report of Mass. Board of Education. Acts and Resolves of Mass., 1913. Municipal Finances, Mass., 1910.
Journal of the Senate, 1913. Journal of the House of Representatives, 1913. Proceedings of Dep't. Mass. G. A. R., 1913.
Proceedings of U. S. National Museum, 1913. Britannica Year Book, 1913.
Report of Utah State Conservation Committee. American Library Association Catalogue, 1904-11.
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
The report of the Finance Committee of the Taft Public Library for the year ending Jan. 1, 1914.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$300 00
Balance from last year.
91 25
Fines
6 10
Selectmen's Dept., Binding Annals and Town
Reports 2 45
Henry W. Gaskill, Binding Annals. 75
$400 55
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EXPENDITURES.
Lena W. George, librarian $100 00
E. F. Driscoll, magazines. 15 35
Old Corner Book Store, books 68.99
A. L. A. Publishing Board 1 50
David Farquhar, binding 38 65
W. B. Clarke Co., books. 2 25
H. W. Wilson Co., books. 4 00
Geo. Barrows, janitor 8 70
Forrest T. Lowell, janitor 6 60
E. H. Taft, fuel.
4 00
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., fuel.
8 00
Mrs. Wm. Smith, carrying books to Albeeville 5 00
F. K. Brown, supplies. 3 78
E. L. Wilson, labor and supplies
2 50
Dustbane Mfg. Co., broom
3 82
Luchini & Manzani, repairs (laying new drain) 38 36
Remick Furniture Co., furnace 49 75
Express on books 1 40
F. M. Aldrich, repairs and supplies .
25 77
Balance on hand.
12 13
$400 55
Respectfuly submitted,
EDWARD F. BLOOD, EDWARD F. DRISCOLL,
Finance Committee.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
I have examined the accounts of all the Town Officers who have received or disbursed funds belonging to the Town for the fiscal year ending January 1, 1914, and find them correctly kept and with proper vouchers.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. M. TAFT.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1914.
Auditor.
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REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1913-14
MILFORD, MASS .: MILFORD JOURNAL CO., PRINTERS, 1914.
ORGANIZATION OF
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1913-14.
EDWARD F. BLOOD, (Chairman) HENRY W. GASKILL, (Secretary) LYMAN COOK,
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915. Term expires 1916
SUPERINTENDENT. F. G. ATWELL.
TRUANT OFFICERS. GEORGE A. PARKINSON, LYMAN COOK, F. G. ATWELL.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The School Committee submit the following report for the year ending January 1, 1914.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$3,800 00
Appropriation for School Physician ..
25 00
From State of Massachusetts, school fund
1,463 36
From State of Massachusetts, superin- tendent 451 39
From State of Massachusetts, Assistant in High School. 500 00
From County Treasurer, (dog tax) 214 12
From City of Boston, tuition. 36 00
From Town of Uxbridge, tuition. ..
22 50
From M. M. Moran, rent of North Avenue building 30 00
From books and supplies sold. 2 54
Balance from last year 280 41
$6,825 32
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' salaries.
$3,508 99
Superintendent
636 60
Care of buildings 339 50
Fuel 484 75
Transportation
949 46
Text books and supplies
312 46
Incidentals
231 13
$6,462 89
Balance
$362 43
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TEACHERS.
M. Claude Moore.
$900 00
Lucy I. Davis
314 99
Ruby L. Mead.
200 00
Flora A. Duran
264 00
Mabelle Carlon.
180 00
Lois A. Congdon
370 00
Mary E. Dudley
438 50
Lena Williams
370 00
Alice G. Coffin.
209 00
Mrs. Sumner Allen
142 50
Frank H. Lowell
120 00
$3,508 99
SUPERINTENDENT.
F. G. Atwell
$636 60
Received from State
451 39
Net cost to the town
$185 21
CARE OF BUILDINGS.
George A. Parkinson $300 00
Georgianna Cook.
21 00
Alice G. Coffin
5 50
Leon Wise.
13 00
$339 50
TRANSPORTATION.
Leonard E. Taft $296 00
J. Franklin Leonard 444 00
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co.
164 71
Giovanni Cassiani
40 00
C. E. Pinkham 4 75
$949 46
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FUEL.
Albeeville. Philip S. Coffin.
$2 25
Albeeville. S. A. Eastman Co ..
50
Albeeville. Henry W. Gaskill.
1 00
$3 75
East Mendon. L. F. Thayer. $3 00
East Mendon. Milford Coal Co. 16 00
East Mendon. J. Stuart Cox 13 00
$32 00
Center. C. A. Fletcher $10 00
Center. D. H. Barnes
2 00
Center. Milford Coal Co.
437 00
$449 .00
$484 75
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
American Book Co. $57 96
Ginn & Company. 42 11
D. C. Heath & Co. 18 84
Edward E. Babb & Co. 34 76
Oliver Ditson Company 6 60
J. L. Hammett Co.
80 62
Chicago Apparatus Company 41 10
F. G. Atwell. 6 95
Houghton Mifflin Company
1 88
Dustbane Mfg. Company.
7 65
F. J. Barnard & Co .. 7 15
J. J. Gibbs. 6 00
Scott Foresman & Co. 84
INCIDENTALS.
Frank Read, tuning piano. $2 00
F. G. Atwell, cash paid, telephone, ex- press, repairs, carfares, sup- plies, etc .. 31 64
Z. C. Field, lumber, East Mendon 6 40
$312 46
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A. C. Eldredge, putting up flag rope. . . 4 00
P. John Hoberg, bag of fertilizer .... 1 75
H. C. Forbes, lettering diplomas .... 2 25
Mrs. L. E. Williams, use of well. . ... 3 00
Geo. A. Parkinson, cleaning building, oiling floors, etc .. 41 00
M. Claude Moore, traveling expenses. . 1 33
Edward T. Powers, repairing pump .. 4 00
Jacob R. Brown, repairing desks .... Henry W. Gaskill, cleaning chimney,
1 75
district meeting, and postage .... 3 37 George E. Thayer, use of well, 1911, 1912, 1913. 9 00
Eldredge & Son, paint, oil, etc. 10 14
Fred K. Brown, cartage and supplies. . 3 47
Avery & Woodbury Co., curtains, cords, etc. 15 53
Lyman Cook, taking school census, dis- trict meeting, and labor and supplies
17 25
Milford Journal Co., printing.
12 55
Clark Ellis & Co., labor and supplies, repairing pump, etc .. 24 97
Joseph H. Dudley, labor at graduation
2 00
Albert E. Kingsbury, painting and papering 14 98
Remick Furniture Co., chairs
7 50
Edward F. Blood, district meeting. . .
1 25
Henry W. Gaskill, secretary of
committee
10 00
$231 13
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD F. BLOOD, HENRY W. GASKILL, LYMAN COOK,
School Committee,
Feb. 1, 1914.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MENDON :-
The twentieth annual report of the superintendent of schools is herewith presented :
TEACHERS.
The present school year opened with three new teachers. All of the resignations were justified by good and sufficient reasons. The marriage of Miss Coffin explains her resignation. Miss Duran was offered a school in her home town where she could live with her widowed mother. Duty as well as inclination im- pelled her to accept. Miss Davis was elected to a position in Wareham where not only was the salary larger but the profession- al advantages greater. While we thus lost three good teachers, their successors have carried on the work very satisfactorily in each case.
HIGH SCHOOL COURSES.
The length of the traditional high school course has always been four years, but there is nothing sacred about the number four and traditions are not necessarily binding. A thing is bad just as soon as it prevents or delays the introduction of something better.
It is quite possible that in some cases a three-year or a five- year course is much better than the regular four-year course. The Massachusetts Commissioner of Education and others of high professional standing favor some arrangement whereby a high school student may be graduated in three, four, or five years, depending upon health, strength, ambition, heredity, environ- ment, and previous preparation. Their plan is to divide the work of the high school into "unit or half-unit courses," and a unit is defined as representing "a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting approximately a quarter of a full
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year's work." According to this plan a student who carries five unit courses for three years, four unit courses for four years, or three unit courses for five years would be entitled to a diploma.
There is a certain elasticity in the above arrangement which makes it possible to adjust the work to the needs of three dis- tinct types of students-those whose natural rate of progress is comparatively rapid, those who move at about the average rate, and those who ought to go slowly. It is probable that the ma- jority of pupils will continue to require four years to complete the work of the high school. On the other hand we have already had two cases where the pupil has gained time, and this without any deterioration in the quality of their work. We should not lose sight of the fact, however, that others should spend five years in the high school in order to properly complete the work required for a diploma, and to grant a diploma to a pupil who has not properly completed the required work is very much like calling fifteen ounces a pound.
There is an important factor entering into this problem of how long a pupil should remain in our high school which is in danger of being overlooked. We have but eight years in the grades, still we continue to admit children at the age of five years, a year younger than is customary. Most towns maintaining an eight-year course in the elementary schools do not admit child- ren until they are six years of age, and then it requires the ser- vices of eight teachers to prepare them for the high school. We expect three teachers to do this same work and get the pupils ready for the high school a year earlier. I do not see how it is pos- sible to do this in all cases. Not all pupils mature early enough or rapidly enough to accomplish so much at so early an age. In view of the fact that more exacting requirements are being imposed upon us each succeeding year, I fear we shall be com- pelled to advance the age of admission for all, or expect some to remain in the high school five years.
STAMP SAVING.
The stamp savings sytsem which was recommended last year is now in successful operation. The initial expense was less than fifteen dollars, half of which was borne by the Woman's Christian
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Temperance Union and the remainder by the school department. The pupils take kindly to the plan, and already quite a sum of money has been saved.
THE COST OF EDUCATION.
It cannot be denied that the expenditures for education are very heavy, constituting about one-third of the municipal expens- es of the average town or city. Furthermore the cost of educa- tion is rapidly increasing. It has almost doubled in the United States during the last ten years. That the people of this country voluntarily tax themselves so heavily is highly creditable, and shows how deeply they appreciate the advantages of an education. It is a significant fact that the states that expend the most for education are the most prosperous. It is also true that the average earning power of individuals increases in proportion to their education. To be in harmony with the spirit and tendency of the times and to meet urgent local needs, it will be necessary for Mendon to increase the appropriation for schools in the very near future.
THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
As has been previously stated the majority of people bear the increased burden of expense for public education cheerfully, but occasionally some one expresses a longing for the good old times. It is not easy to obtain the data for a careful and com- plete comparison of the new and the old in education. Fortu- nately there were discovered some years ago in the city of Spring- field, Mass., several sets of examinations with complete answers by the pupils of 1846. During the past few years, these same tests have been submitted in a large number of schools, and the results have almost invariably shown the superiority of the schools of today, even in the three R's. The following quota- tion from a city in the Middle West bears directly upon this sub- ject. "The largest number of books read with expression and interest in each of five first grades was twenty-nine and the low- est twenty-four. The highest number in the second grades was thirty-four and the lowest thirty." Probably there was not a
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city in the country fifty years ago that owned half so many dif- ferent readers for first and second grades, and if a child read one book a year he was doing well.
I happen to have quite a number of text-books used by a former generation together with some used at the present time. The difference between them is perfectly surprising. They are no more alike than a broadax and a band-saw. The usefulness of the old style of text-book to either pupil or teacher can hardly be compared with that of the books used now, and the results could not possibly have been nearly so satisfactory.
LAW RELATING TO VACCINATION.
Most of the parents have cheerfully complied with all legal requirements as to vaccination. The very few who have not probably do not clearly understand the situation. The law reads as follows :-
"A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate granted for cause stated therein, signed by a regular practising physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination."
It will be observed that it is not a personal consideration with the school officials. They have no option in the matter. Their personal opinions as to the wisdom of the law or the merits of vaccination have no bearing upon the case. The law distinctly states that a child who has not been vaccinated shall not be per- mitted to attend school unless he presents a certificate of exemp- tion. If the law is just, it should be impartially enforced. If un- just, it should be repealed.
The summer vacation seems to be the natural and proper time to have children vaccinated. If attended to then, children are ready for school when it opens. Otherwise their attendance is interrupted and their work suffers some loss.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND EMPLOYMENT LAWS.
Radical changes in the laws relating to school attendance and the employment of minors went into effect the first of Sep- tember. A few of the most important requirements of the new
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laws may be of interest to parents. For lack of space all ex- ceptions and details are omitted. In a general way it may be stated that all children between seven and fourteen years of age, of sound mind and healthy body, are required to attend school all the time the schools are in session. A child between fourteen and sixteen years of age must either attend school or be regular- ly employed at least six hours per day. He is not free to loaf dur- ing these two years as formerly. Between these years he cannot leave school to engage in profitable employment at home with- out the written permission of the superintendent of schools. A minor between sixteen and twenty-one years of age, who cannot read, write, and spell in the English language as proficiently as pupils who have completed the fourth grade, cannot be lawfully employed unless he regularly attends evening school if one is main- tained in town.
The laws relating to employment are closely associated with those relating to attendance. Some of the salient features of the former are as follows :-
The employment of all children under fourteen years of age is forbidden during school hours and before half-past six in the morning or after six o'clock at night. The employment of children under fourteen years of age for wages is restricted to a very few occupations and to vacations, holidays, and to about two hours before school in the morning and two hours after it closes at night. No minor over fourteen and under twenty- one years of age, even if married, can be employed in a "factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establish- ment" without first securing an employment certificate. Children between fourteen and sixteen if employed in "factories, workshops, manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishments, barber shops, bootblack stands, public stables, garages, brick or lum- ber yards, telephone exchanges, telegraph or messenger offices, construction or repair of buildings, or in any contract or wage- earning industry in tenement or other houses, may work not more than eight hours in any one day, six days in any one week and forty-eight hours in any one week, and may not work before 6.30 A. M. or after 6 P. M."
Children under sixteen years of age are forbidden to operate
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or assist in operating dangerous machinery. They shall not be employed in a public bowling alley, pool or billiard room, "nor in stripping, assorting, manufacturing or packing tobacco."
CONCLUSION.
There is so much to be learned, so many mistakes to be cor- rected, so many improvements to be made, that it is not always easy to be patient with the slow rate of progress achieved, and yet, when all are working faithfully, it is unkind to be impatient. In closing I want to mention a few things upon which we cannot lay too much stress.
Studious habits upon the part of the pupils are at the very foundation of all education. This implies that the child possesses an abundance of intelligent curiosity; that he will pry into a matter purely for the joy of knowing ; that he will voluntarily use his dictionary and atlas and any work of reference to which he may have access.
Common sense is the most uncommon kind of sense in the world, and no child or adult ever has too much of it. We should emphasize this more than mere book knowledge. The boy who wrote, "The big iron bridge on top of the hill was burned last night," was sadly lacking in both imagination and common sense.
General information on the part of the pupils should receive more encouragement. When we learn to give a child due credit for his "knowledge never learned of schools," he may take more kindly to the dates and data contained in the text-books.
An intelligent interest in life and its activities lies at the foundation of all training for good citizenship. It is the basis of "Community Civics" which is just now receiving so much attention. It will lead the child to read the daily papers, to learn more about his own town, and to compare local conditions with those more remote.
The power of expression is necessary to make the child's edu- cation of the greatest use to him. It may be true that a child sometimes knows more than he can tell, but it is unsafe for him to expect to get much credit for it. Every child should acquire a vocabulary rich enough and full enough to express all his
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knowledge accurately and completely. Then he needs a language conscience which will impel him to use the best English he knows and to strive constantly to improve it.
I have mentioned five things which both teachers and parents should endeavor to impress upon children as to the real funda- mentals in education-studious habits, common sense, general in- formation, an intelligent interest in life and its activities, and a command of English.
With sincere gratitude for the kindness and co-operation of teachers, parents, and committee, this report is
Respectfully submitted,
F. G. ATWELL,
Superintendent of Schools.
Feb. 2, 1914.
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FRANK HASTINGS LOWELL.
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