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REPORT OF PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE
Mothers were interested visitors and occasionally a mother would sit with the working groups to learn basketry, that she might help her boys.
As a rule, the few children who were injured in any way, were those lacking in obedience. If a child obeyed the instructors all danger would be avoided.
The value of industrial work is obvious, of play and games the question is frequently asked, what place have these in children's development? Is it not enongh to say that these games are a safety-valve, and are of moral value, in that they afford an opportunity for the innocent expenditure of joyous energy.
Monday mornings during the season all the play - ground workers met with the Supervisor to discuss plans for the week and receive instruction in play methods. The good will and enthusiasm of the work- ers combined with the hearty co-operation of the Play- ground Committee brought the season of play to a successful close.
The attention of the Committee is called to the condition of the School street ground and the advis- ibility of filling and grading it, also the need of leveling and rolling Central street ground to make a better ball field and possibly space for a tennis court.
More apparatus as low swings, low tethers, railings around swings, phonographs and a tent, could be used to advantage.
The work at Central street has outgrown the shelter built there. Larger accomodations are required where benches and tools for manual training could be placed, and last of all the thing most desired by the boys, a swimming pool.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET G. BUTLER.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
School Committee
School Committee for 1912
P. H. Hebert,
Term expires 1913
F. A. Wald,
Term expires 1913
Albert J. Thibault,
Term expires 1914
J. A. Whittaker, . Term expires 1914 Charles A. Tetrault, Term expires 1915
Albert B. Wells,
. Term expires 1915
Officers of the School Board
C. A. TETRAULT. Chairman. P. H. HEBERT, Vice Secretary.
Regular monthly meeting first Tuesday evening.
F. E. CORBIN, Superintendent of Schools and Secretary of the Board. Office, Town Hall.
Office hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 4 to 5 p. m.,
7 to 7.30. Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
REPORT
OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Southbridge:
The School Commitee hearwith submit the follow- inreportg of the finances of the School Department of the town for the year closing Dec. 31, 1912, together with their recommendations of appropriations for the coming year. As to all matters connected with the policy and management of the schools, the Committee refer to the Report of the Superintendent of schools, Mr. F. E. Corbin, which is hearby submitted as a part of our report.
Financial Statement
. High School
RECEIPTS.
Balance January 1, 1912,
$375 51
Appropriation, 6,700 00
Tuition from other towns,
150 00
$7,207 51
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries of teachers,
$5,221 25
Books and incidentals,
854 16
$6,075 41
Balance January 1, 1913,
$1,132 10
Common Schools
RECEIPTS.
Balance January 1, 1912, $2,051 74
Appropriation, 18,000 00
Tuition from other towns, 48 75
Car tickets sold, 41 00
~~~ $20,141 49
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries, Superintendent and teachers, $14,346 20
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Janitors,
1,838 65
Fuel,
1,528 33
Transportation,
1,014 50
Tuition,
46 50
-
$18,774 18
Balance January 1, 1913,
$1,367 31
Contingent Schools
RECEIPTS.
Balance January 1, 1912,
$62 16
Appropriation,
4,500 00
Books etc. sold,
49 56
$4,611 72
EXPENDITURES.
Incidentals,
$1,775 14
Repairs,
1,417 11
Supplies,
1,002 24
Books,
392 29
$4,586 78
Balance January 1, 1913, $24 94
Evening Schools
RECEIPTS.
Balance January 1, 1912, $17 56
Appropriation, 750 00
$767 56
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EXPENDITURES.
Teachers,
$506 50
Janitors,
52 00
Fuel and lights,
35 68
Incidentals,
152 77
$746 95
Balance January 1, 1913,
$20 61
Apparatus
RECEIPTS.
Balance January 1, 1912,
$5 77
Appropriation, 250 00
$255 77
EXPENDITURES.
Apparatus, chemicals, books of reference and tools $252 43
Balance January 1, 1913,
$3 34
Estimates For The Ensuing Year
High school,
$6,500 00
Common schools,
20,000 00
Contingent schools,
4,700 00
Evening schools,
750 00
Apparatus,
250 00
$32,200 00
Respectfully submitted in behalf of the Committee, C. A. TETRAULT, Chairman.
Superintedent's Report
To the School Committee of Southbridge:
GENTLEMEN :-
I have the pleasure to present to you my eleventh annual report, it being also the twenty-eighth of the series of reports issued by the superintendents of the public schools of this town, Throughout this report the year relative to attendance extends from September 1911 to July 1912; the year relative to expenditures from February 1912 to January 1913.
Statistics
I. Population and Valuation
Population of town, census of 1910,
12,592
Assessed valuation of town, $7,103,033
Number of polls, 3,809
Rate of taxation, $21 40
Valuation of school houses and lots,
$127,900
Valuation of other school property, $6,880
II. School Houses
School houses, occupied, 10
School houses, unoccupied,
1
School rooms, occupied,
24
Unoccupied, 7
Number of sittings, 1,463
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III. Teachers
Number of male teachers, 3
Number of female teachers, 30
Number of special teachers, females, 2
35
Number of teachers in evening schools,
males, 3; females, 9; 12
IV. Pupils
Number of children in town September 1, as re- ported by the census enumerator :
1911
1912
Between the ages of 5 and 15.
2224
2290
Between the ages of 7 and 14.
1739
1662
Total enrollment Sept. to June
971
951
Average number belonging
811.97
785.38
Average daily attendence.
749.53
734.32
Per cent. of attendance. 92.28
93.49
Number under 5 years of age 1
1
Number over 15 years of age
85
83
Number between 5 and 15.
881
867
Number between 7 and 14.
613
606
Number enrolled at Notre Dame.
775
812
Number under 5 years of age.
9
0
Number over 15 years of age. 2
0
Number between 5 and 15.
766
812
Number between 7 and 14.
650
790
Average number belonging 693.7
755.2
Average attendance. 653.3
695.91
Per cent. of attendance.
94.5
92
Number of teachers .
12
12
Number enrolled at Sacred Heart
404
444
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-
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Number under 5 years of age 7
9
Number over 15 years of age. 5
1
Number between 5 and 15. 392
434
Number between 7 and 14.
148
336
Average number belonging. 343
373
Average attendance. 334
359
Per cent. of attendance
97
96
Number of teachers
8
7
Number enrolled at St. Mary's
173
197
Number under 5.
.0
0
Number over 15
.7
9
Number between 5 and 15
166
188
Number between 7 and 14.
122
113
Average number belonging
173
175
Average attendance.
164
165
Per cent. of attendance.
95
94.3
Number of teachers
.6
7
Evening Schools
Number
Enrolled
Average
Attendance
Average
Membership
Per Cent of
Attendance
Number of Evenings
Mechanic street boys ..
91
75.59
85.44 88. 48
39
River street boys
48
39.33
44.87
87.66
39
Mechanic street girls ...
50
21.5
29.6
75.
39
River street girls.
53
33.74 39.13 86.6
39
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Cost Per Pupil
Total expenses for the grades. $20,138 49 Cost per grade pupil based on total enrollment ... 21 18 Cost per grade pupil based on average attendance 27 42
Total expenses for high school 6,075 51
Cost per pupil based on total enrollment. 70 65
Cost per pupil based on average attendance 78 50
Physical Tests
Children examined 889
Eyes defective 174
Ears defective 23
Parents notified 74
Change of Teachers
The following is the list of the changes of teachers from January 1, 1912 to January 1, 1913.
RESIGNED.
Month
Teacher
School
June. Laura Williams,
High
June. Anna Berry, High
June. Marion Atherton, High
June.
Ethel Bardy,
Morse District
June.
Olive Bushel,
Assistant
TRANSFERRED.
Sept. Miriam Lovell,
Lebanon to Assistant
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APPOINTED.
Jan.
Caroline Hamilton,
Marcy VI
Sept. Robert Baker,
High
Sept.
Eloise Crocker,
High
Sept. Mildred Brooks,
High
Sept.
Elizabeth Myles,
High
Sept. Bertha Foley,
Lebanon
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Corps of Teachers January 1, 1913
NAME
DATE OF FIRST
ELECTION
GRADE
EDUCATED
F. E. Corbin
1902
Supt. Prin. H. S. Assistant
Williams College.
F. E. Corbin
1886
Clarence W. Bosworth
1910
Robert Baker.
1912
Francis Stockbridge
1911
Mt. Holyoke.
Eloise Crocker
1912
Boston University.
Mildred Brooks
1912
Wellesley.
Elizabeth Myles
1912
Radcliffe.
Laura E. Shepardson
1897
IX
Nichols Academy.
Mary E. Meagher
1887
VIII
Southbridge H. S.
Alice Holmes.
1878
VI
Palmer H. S.
Gertrude O'Neill.
1911
VI
Blanche Harwood
1903
VI
Catherine Hamilton
1912
VI
Annie Simpson
1900
V
Maud Forsythe
1910
V
Margaret Butler
1893
IV
Agnes M. Meagher
1886
IV
May Simpson
1911
IV
Mary Chase
1906
III
Bertha Harwood
1901
II-III
Elsa Clark
1911
II-III
Mary Boardman
1891
II
Mary Ellis
1882
I
Mary McCabe
1890
I
Mabel Chamberlain
1902
I
Mary Butler
1907
I
Nellie Stone
1898
I
Bertha Johnson
1907
I-II-III
Stella Wood
1907
Ungraded
Ethel Brady.
1910
Bertha Foley
1912
Miriam Lovell.
1910
Assistant
Susie Knight
1858
66
Anna Eager
1896
Katherine Smith
. . .
1911
Drawing Music
Worcester Normal. Southbridge H. S.
Worcester Normal. Westfield Normal. Southbridge H. S.
Southbridge H. S. Worcester Normal. Home School.
Southbridge H. S.
Worcester Normal. Southbridge H. S. Southbridge H. S. Quincy Training. Southbridge H. S. Southbridge H. S. Southbridge H. S. Worcester Normal. Southbridge H. S. Worcester Normal. Worcester Normal. Normal Art School. Southbridge H. S. Normal Art School. N. E. Conservatory.
Brown University. Colby.
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Statistics From School Registers
FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 1912
GRADE
NUMBER OF BOYS
REGISTERED
NUMBER OF GIRLS
REGISTERED
TOTAL
AVERAGE
MEMBERSHIP
AVERAGE
ATTENDANCE
PER CENT OF
ATTENDANCE
High School
45
41
86
80.1
77.4
96.6
Marcy Street.
IX
28
17
45
36.72
34.98
94.75
VIII
24
17
41
34.61
33.16
95.52
VIIe
19
27
46
32.33
30.11
93.08
VIIw
6
9
15
24.11
22.48
93.24
66
VIe
27
16
43
37.95
35.67
93.97
VIw
21
22
43
38.35
36.15
94.08
Ve
22
32
54
43.05
40.59
94.52
Vw
26
31
57
42.01
39.05
92.9
Main Street.
IV
15
16
31
33.26
31.79
86.02
Mechanic Street
IV
29
17
46
33.36
30.
89.31
School Street.
IV
21
13
34
30.54
29.02
95.02
Main Street
III
19
16
35
33.39
30.72
92.03
Mechanic Street
II-III
24
18
42
38.51
35.23
92.66
School Street.
II-III
20
10
30
28.60
27.17
95.14
Main Street.
II
20
24
44
41.89
39.08
92.76
Elm Street.
I
25
20
45
33.97
31.21
91.72
Main Street.
I
14
11
25
21.34
18.02
88.31
Mechanic Street
I
23
24
47
23.19
21.02
90.45
River Street.
I
18
13
31
18.23
17.77
97.38
School Street.
I
19
13
32
22.25
20.10
90.62
Sandersdale.
I-II-III
12
17
29
20.79
18.81
90.49
Dennison
15
11
26
17.73
17.17
96.4
Morse District
5
5
10
9.
8.82
96.
Hooker District
8
6
14
10.1
8.8
87.
505
446
951 785.38 734.32
93.49
.
.
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Changes of Teachers
Owing to the fact that most of our grade teachers are now natives of the town very few changes are liable to occur in those positions and but two have occured in the last year. On the other hand the teachers in the high school all of whom belong out of town are looking for larger salaries or places nearer home and the changes therefore are more frequent. We met an especial loss this year by the resignation of Miss Laura Williams who retires from teaching.
Miss Williams had charge of the entering class and has taught mathematics and history for the past twenty-one years. She was always loyal to the school and had the respect and esteem of her pupils.
Owing to the small attendance at the Morse dis- trict school in September it seemed best to transfer the children there to the center school. While the people of a district are always opposed to the closing of a school, looking upon it as a sign of decadence yet it is essential for the mental growth and developement of the child that he mingle with other children. There is an incentive in the large class for the pupil to do as well as his mates,
There are but three district schools in town. All of which have been closed in recent years for varying periods. The Dennison school was closed for some ten years, but there were twenty-six pupils enrolled there during the last school year in the first five grades and eleven, enrolled in the higher grades, were transported to the center schools. The Lebanon Hill school was
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likewise closed for two years, while last year fifteen pupils were enrolled there.
Judging from the experience in these two districts the closing of the Morse district is but a temporary affair and the school will be reopened as soon as attendance warrants.
School Savings
In 1910 the legislature passed a law making the the teaching of thrift compulsory in the public schools. In furtherance of this idea the legislature in 1911 passed an act authorizing savings banks to receive deposits from school children. It is the purpose of the act to encour- age thrift among the children by having them save their pennies which are collected by the teacher and deposited weekly in the bank. The details for carrying out this plan were worked out by Mr. Charles A. Chapman, treasurer of the savings bank, and explained to the teachers at a meeting held in March. The collections began in April. The savings bank is obliged to make an annual report to the State Bank Commissioner on November first. The following is copied from that report with details carried out for the different rooms.
SCHOOLS
Amount Deposited
Pupils Depositing
Books Issued
Marcy Street
Ve
$31 53
Vw
14 65
VIe.
49 58
VIw
23 77
VIIe.
31 88
VIIw
11 71
VIII
11 25
IX
. .
25 20
77
44
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SCHOOLS
Amount Deposited
Pupils Depositing
Books Issued
Main Street
I
$35 05
II
57 13
III
39 42
IV
43 30
85
34
Mechanic Street
I
1 59
II-III
19 14
IV
10 81
40
8
School Street
II-III
20 93
IV
15 64
25
8
Sandersdale
20 54
21
5
Notre Dame .
176 50
153
67
Total
$639 62
401
166
The amount deposited probably represents a sum that would for the most part, have been spent for "idle nothings." The teachers report that they have been offered much less cheap candy than heretofore. Many pupils were the holders of bank books and their savings would not show in this amount as they would be making individual deposits on their own books. We thus have 401 pupils making their first deposits in the savings bank.
Medical Inspection
The school physicians have this last fall, began a more systematic examination of the pupils. Hereafter a medical record of each pupil will be kept and an examination made every two or three years. The teacher will send the record card on to the next higher grade at the time of the pupils' promotion.
The card shows what defects are especially looked for.
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Southbridge Public Schools
Name
.. Address
Date of Birth
Nativity
Parent or Guardian.
Occupation
Vision R
Vision L
Headache?
SQuintRL?
Diseases?
Wears G Lasses?
(State date last
Adv. CHange?
Tonsils
x, xx
Nasal
CAtarrh?
Defective
Hearing
Ears?
Poor or
Number
Deca yed
Teeth?
Skin,
Orthopedic,
Glandular,
Mental
Defects?
YEAR
Notice Sent Mark X
Date
Notified
Result
The result of the examination shows how essential it was that the inspections should be made. The law is explicit, for example, as regards vaccination :
"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 practicing physician, that he is not a fit subject for vaccination."
The teachers have followed the law faithfully and have seen that each pupil has had a certificate. The school physicians found however, that in the case of 192 pupils holding certificates, the vaccination had not taken. It would seem to be a fairly common practice for some doctors, to issue the certificates without much regard to the facts in the case.
If, as it has been claimed, seven out of every ten pupils need some form of medical treatment, of which three out of every ten have bad eyes, two out of every ten
Nervous and
RL
DE struction?
DIScharging
R L
Fair Nutrition?
Eye Fatigue?
obtained)
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breathing troubles, and practically the whole ten decayed teeth, then the importance of medical inspec- tion and such inspection as will produce beneficial results is of great importance. At the colored school of Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee, Alabama, the first requirement of an entering pupil, is that he shall own a toothbrush and use it daily.
The result of an examination of the pupils in Pasadena, California is enlightening. Pasadena is what would be called a "selected" city; that is, the families there are mostly well to do and of high grade of intel- ligence, yet, of 275 children questioned, 88 had much sickness, 57 had trouble with their eyes, 38 often had earache, 60 were seldom able to hear what their teachers said) and 82 were usually tired in school. These formidable figures are easily interpreted by the answers to other questions.
Of these 275 boys and girls, 71 had never been to a dentist, 53 had never used a toothbrush, and 64 slept in rooms with all the windows shut tight. Probably Pasadena is not exceptional in these matters.
Industrial Work
The industrial course outlined in last year's re- port, started in September with seven boys of the sophomore class, which is forty-one per cent of the boys in that class, a most excellent beginning.
Mr. Robert Baker, a journeyman, machinist and a graduate of Colby college, was engaged as instructor. Mr. Baker came to us therefore well equipped both on the practical and cultural side.
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Two of the class have taken draughting, two die- making and three the machinist trade. At the end of their senior year, these boys will be able to go out into the world as journeyman and also will receive a certif- icate of graduation from the high school. They will thus be well equipped to at once begin the business of life, and will not be obliged as so many boys are, to spend a year or two after graduating in finding something to do. As the advantages of the course become more familiar to the parents, it should result in lessening the number of boys who drop out in the eighth and ninth grades to go to work.
The average boy, and most boys are the average boy, can have no better equipment for life than a good trade. The wages of the boys who have taken this industrial course, will average after graduation from two to four dollars a day, while the boy that hastens to drop out of school to become only a "piece worker" at the bench enters the great body of unskilled laborers. and thereby lessens his opportunities both of gaining a comfortable livelihood and of advancement.
New High School
At the annual town meeting in March the article, "To see if the town will appoint a committee to select a site for a high school building," was voted unanimously.
In accordance with this vote a committee of five was appointed. The report of this committee will doubtless be made at the annual town meeting.
The need of better facilities for the high school is
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self evident to any one acquainted with school work. The present combination of high school and town hall, was built as a compromise twenty-five years ago, and while it was a way out of trouble for the time being, I think no one believes it is an ideal combination.
A school system is like any other business. It goes through as many changes and as constantly needs new methods and machinery. A loom that was up to date ten years ago has long since gone to the scrap heap, in an up to date mill. To those who are fond of looking backward to the good old days when schools were schools, I take pleasure in quoting from the Southbridge School Report of 1855.
DISTRICT NO. 3-INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
At the first visit of the Committee there was a want of order and the general management of the school was far from being satisfactory. We gave such directions as we thought proper, hoping there would be a change for the better. At future visits we found a change, but it was for the worse, so that it might almost be said there was no government and no teaching, and the school was closed.
NORTH SCHOOL-SUMMER TERM.
There was a lack of discipline throughout the term and the effect was plainly seen at the closing examina- tion. The teacher had not the power to govern such a heterogeneous mass as composed the school.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL-WINTER TERM
The reading was very bad and showed that it had been attended to as an exercise, rather than as a means
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of improvement. The recitations generally did not show a clear conception of the principles involved. A stream can not rise higher than its fountain.
DISTRICT NO. 4
There was a want of energy and life in the school, consequently nothing very decided was accomplished.
DISTRICT NO. 7-WINTER TERM
At the commencement there was a great lack of energy and enterprise, and no descernable change in this respect was made during the term, notwithstanding the frequent admonitions of the committee. The teacher is quite young and unless age and maturity add to his qualifications, he can make himself more useful in some other employment.
HIGH SCHOOL
The reading was of a superior order and evinced a thorough training in that important but too much neglected branch. The committee has been pleased to witness the increasing prosperity of this school. At your last town meeting you voted to raise, without a word of opposition, a liberal sum for its continuance, so that a permanent High School in the town of South- bridge may be considered as a fixed fact. Such ar- rangements should now be made as will insure the greatest possible success.
Our present school system is evidently far re- moved from the system of 1855. If however we are to make any further advancement, new facilities are necessary. When we began in the present building in 1889, there was a principal and two assistants, now
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there is a principal and six assistants. The school has gradually spread over all the lower floor of the build- ing, through unventilated rooms, that were never de- signed for school rooms. This year we have started a half time industrial course by which the pupil can learn his trade, and also attend school; one of the best features ever introduced into our school system. We have however no proper recitation room for this class. Last year we introduced domestic science and the classes in this branch are obliged to work in the kitchen belonging to the G. A. R. which is in the cellar of the building. While we are very much obliged to the ladies of the W. R. C. for allowing us to use the room it is entirely unfitted for a class room. We have been asked numerous times why we have no commercial course in the high school, and as a con- sequence obliging pupils to go out of town to learn the rudiments of office work. The answer is easy, we have no room that can be used for such a purpose. Given a building with suitable accommodations and sufficient demand for such a course, it would be an easy matter to have it.
Many of the New England cities and towns are now changing from a nine-year course, below the high school, to an eight-year course, following a plan that has been used in the West for many years.
Should a new building be provided we should begin the eight-year course here, thus the brighter pupils at least would gain one year in their school work.
No town in the state, so far as school expense in
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itself is concerned is as able as ours to build a suitable building with the single exception of Webster which has recently built one. If our tax rate seems high to any one let him notice that it is not due to school expenses. Towns of our size are spending from $15,000. to $30.000. more annually for their school departments. I add a list of the towns in the state of our approx- mate size, showing what they expended for school pur- poses in the school year 1910-11.
TOWNS
Population
All Schools
High School
Clinton
13,075
$55,725 00
$12,290 00
Milford
13,055
43,153 00
7,558 00
Adams
13,026
47,562 00
9,705 00
Framingham
12,948
62,786 00
15,782 00
Weymouth.
12,895
57,563 00
10,475 00
Watertown
12,875
60,952 00
12,443 00
Southbridge
12,592
30,264 00
6,089 00
Plymouth
12,141
53,647 00
9,690 00
Webster
11,509
30,152 00
5,350 00
Greenfield
10,427
49,372 00
9,304 00
If the average excess of the cost of those school systems, over that of our own town, should be raised for only four or five years, and spent for a new building, . we would have a high school building fitted to our needs and suited to the growing importance of the community. Next to efficient teaching the most importance requirement for successful school work is a comfortable, sanitary school building and adequate equipments.
I hereby acknowledge the gift of a Victor phono- graph made to the school, by pupils. This was purchased by money obtained in prizes, by exhibiting the work of the school in drawing and manual arts at the Sturbridge
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