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8 21 Typhoid Fever.
8 Marasmus.
May 4 Ruth Coline Cook. 66 8 Susan Allen.
11 Azubah Chase,
June
24 Jane A. Norris,
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT OF DEATHS Recorded in Harwich in the year 1898.
DATE.
NAME OF PERSON.
AGE.
C'AUSE OF DEATH.
Sept. 15 Luke Kaley,
17 Isaac Montero,
2 Peritonitis.
23 Russell F. Moody,
69 9 21 Paralysis of Heart. 1
29 Sarah Coriea,
22 Dysentery. Drowning.
Oct. 9 Jas. Freeman Bassett 23
6. 9|Joseph E. Hamer,
8 11
1 Drowning.
10 Claude M. Hamer,
11 5 1 Drowning.
66 17 Joseph Gray,
1
10 Convulsions.
26 Isaac M. Bearse,
64
Heart Disease.
Nov. 7 Nellie M. Stone,
36
Insanity Phthisis.
. 21 Avis L. Nickerson,
5
5 24 Lung Fever. Paresis.
Dec. 7 Augustus S. Pratt, 16 Marinda Snow,
71 1
8 La Grippe. Consumption.
66 26 John B. Nickerson,
44 10
Apoplexy.
27 Eliza N. Doane,
81 2 Paralysis of Heart.
66
30 Mercy W. Thacher,
81 1 Chronic Nephitis.
YMD 81
Old Age.
66 24 Matthew Allen,
49
31 6 Chronic Dementia.
22 Nellie Burgess,
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Remarks.
There has been an increase of five births the past year over the number recorded in 1897. The total number re- corded the past year is forty-seven-males twenty-five, females twenty-two. About twenty-five per cent. of the number of births recorded are of Portuguese parents. Parents have been very prompt in haying their children named before the close of the year, only two omissions oc- curring. In the foregoing tabulated statement of births it is noticed that certain names are withheld, and for an explana- tion thereof extracts from Chapter 444, Section 27 of the Acts of 1897, are given as follows :
"In a statement of births and deaths printed by authority of a city or town, no name of an illegitimate child, or its parents, or of the parents of a stillborn child, shall be printed, but the word "illegitimate" or "stillborn," as the fact may be, shall be used in place thereof."
Thirty-two marriages have been returned for record by different clergymen as follows : Rev. Mr. Smith, 7 ; Rev. Mr. Snow, 5; Rev. Mr. Ford, 5; Rev. Mr. Washburn, 3; Rev. Mr. Bradley, 2; Rev. Messrs. Lesh, Chase, Beale, Sampson, Docking, Detling, Hamilton, House, Richardson and Lockhart, 1 each. The age of the oldest groom given is 72 : oldest bride, 58 ; youngest groom, 21; youngest bride, 16.
Twenty-eight marriage certificates were issued by the Clerk of Harwich, wherein one or both of the parties re- sided. As the law requires a copy. of the certificate to be returned to the clerk of the town in which the marriage was solemnized, for record, it will be noticed that four couples were married where neither of the parties resided in this town.
Forty-nine deaths have been placed upon record the past year. The leading "cause of death" appears to be heart disease. The average death rate for the last ten years has been fifty-one for each year. The past year the rate has not been up to the average. The age of the oldest male person is 90 years, the oldest female is 89 years, as the tabulated record shows.
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Number and Account of Dogs Licensed during
the year 1898.
Male dogs licensed, 117
Female dogs licensed, 5
Total number licensed, 122
Total amount received for licenses, $259.00
Clerk's fees for issuing licenses, deducted, 24.40
Balance paid County Treasurer, $234.60
Received from County Treasurer, Jan. 6, 1899, 206.61
Retained by County for damages by dogs, $27.99
Respectfully Submitted,
J. H. PAINE, TOWN CLERK.
Report
.. OF THE ..
SCHOL COMMITTEE
... OF THE ...
TOWN & OF @ MARWICH,
Mass.,
For the year ending Dec. 31,
... 1898 ...
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The school committee, consisting of the same members as last year, organized by the choice of George N. Munsell, chairman, and S. A. Hayward, secretary.
The schools of the town have been in session thirty-four weeks, while the High School, by State legislation, must be in session forty weeks.
The board, together with the superintendent, have looked for the best methods of instruction, and it has been our purpose to employ the best teachers we could procure with the funds at our disposal, and furnish material to aid them in the performance of their work.
Teachers' Salaries, 1898.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid S. H. Chace,
3 mos., at $100,
$300.00
George M. Bemis,
414 60 80, 340.00
. . Eugene Averell,
3
66 75, 225.00
.6 Elise M. Carret, 3
66 40. 120.00
HARWICH CENTRE.
" Alta M. Whitlock-Grammar, 6 mos., at $40,
240.00
" Sarah E. Whitlock, 2 1/2 "
66 100.00
" Tamson D. Eldredge-Int., 8 1/2. 66
340.00
" Minerva A. Bearse-Primary, 66- 66 66 340.00
HARWICH PORT.
Lucia E. VanDyke-Grammar, 6
66 240.00
" Fannie L. Abbott, 2 1/2 " 66 66 100.00
66 Marguerite L. Sumner-Pri., 6 66 2 1/2 "
66 66
35, 210 00
40, 100.00
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WEST HARWICH.
Paid Naomi E. Stevens-Grammar, 6 mos., at $40, $240.00
66 Mertie E. Kelley, 21/2 "
100.00
" Helen R. Ellis-Primary, 81/2 " 66 66 340.00
NORTH HARWICH.
' Locna M. Wixon- Mixed, 812 " " 35, 297.50
PLEASANT LAKE.
" Bertha A. Atkins-Mixed, 6
66 66 40, 240.00
" Henry K. Bearse, .6
6
66 66 20, 120.00
" Josephine B. Marrs, ٠٠
2 1/2 .. 40, 100.00
EAST HARWICH.
" Sarah E. Whitlock-Mixed, 6
66 66 66 240.00
" Beulah Eldredge, 21/2 " . 30, 75.00
SOUTH HARWICH.
Selena M. Kerr-Mixed, 6 66 66 21/2 " 6 40, 100.00
35. 210.00
66 .6
$4717.50
Janitors' Salaries, 1898.
Centre, Miron W. Rogers, 6 mos. at $20, $120.00
21/2 .. . 16,
40.00
.6 66 66 134 mos. H. School, 8, 14.00
Port, Joshua D. Allen,
812 mos. at 10, 85.00
West, Joseph Ashley,
66 .. 10, 85.00
North, Benjamin F. Hall,
66 66
66
8, 68.00
Pleasant Lake, Joseph Clark, 6 66 William H. Ellis, 2 1/2
8 1/2
..
6.6 68.00
East, Alpheus Doane, South, Elisha Doane,
66
66 68.00
Total,
$616.00
66 66 48.00
66
66 20.00
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Fuel for the year 1898.
WEST HARWICH.
Jan. 29, D. R. Ginn, 1 cord two-foot wood, $3.00
Feb. 7. Joseph Raymond, 3 tons coal at $7.00, 21.00
Mch. 10, Henry B. Ellis, 1 cord two-foot wood, 3.00
14, David MeVea, sawing wood, .50
May 23, James H. Eldredge, 12 cord two-foot wood, 1.50 Joseph Raymond, 11/2 tons coal at $7.00, 10.50
Oct. 1, Joseph A. Baker, 112 cords wood, 4.50
Joseph Ashley, sawing wood during year, 1.00
Nov. 7, Joseph Raymond, 4 tons coal at $7.00. 28.00
Total, $73.00
NORTH HARWICH.
Mch. 5. Joseph Raymond, 1 ton coal, $7.00
()ct. 21, B. F. Hall, 12 cord sawed wood, 3.00
Nov. 7, Joseph Raymond, 3 tons coal at $7.00, 21.00
Total, $31.00
PLEASANT LAKE.
Feb. 7. Joseph Raymond, 34 ton coal,
$5.25
Mch. 5, 60 .. 1 ton coal, 7.00
1/2 ton coal, 3.50
May 28,
Joseph Clark, wood, 2.44
Nov. 7, Joseph Raymond, 3 tons coal,
21.00
Total, $39.19
EAST HARWICH.
Kendrick & Bearse, coal, $21.00
W. J. Nickerson, 112 cords sawed wood, 9.00
Total, $30.00
SOUTH HARWICH.
Kendrick & Bearse, coal,
$28.00
Elisha Doane, labor on wood,
2.30
Total, $30.30
HARWICH PORT.
W. B. Kelley, coal and wood, $58.25
HARWICH CENTRE.
High and Centre Schools,
$90.13
Total Fuel for the Year, $351.87
Available Funds for Schools.
Appropriation by Town,
$5000.00
State School Fund, 281.28
One-half Rebate of Supt.'s Salary, 298.91
Dog Fund,
192.56
Total,
$5772.75
EXPENDED.
Teachers' Salaries for the year,
$4717.50
Janitors' 66
616.00
Fuel 66 6. 66 66 351.87
Bill of Tuition, Orleans, 26.40
Amount Expended, 5711.77
Balance of School Fund Unexpended, $ 60.98
Repairs and Incidentals, 1898. WEST HARWICH.
Feb. 18, C. F. Ellis, plastering school-room, $0.50
April 9, Annie M. Robbins, cleaning school- house, soap, blacking stoves, etc., 8.00
April 20, O. E. Kelley, 1 bucket 15 cts., basin 10 cts., cup 5 cts., .30
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May 5, Alpheus Howes, grate for stove, $ 1.35
Sept. 1, Alpheus Howes, pot for stove, 6.75
Oct. 14, Charles W. Chase, cylinder for pump, 4.50
Oct. 14, Charles W. Chase, butts and packing, .75
Oct. 14, Chas. W. Chase, labor on pump and flag-pole, 3.05 Oct. 31, O. E. Kelley, 2 brooms 50 cts .. 3 lbs. white leads 24 cts., 1 pt. oil 10 cts., rope for flag-pole 37 cts .. 1.21
Nov. 5, Alpheus Howes, stove for entry, 8.00
Nov. 5, Alpheus Howes, pipe, .50
Total, $34.91
NORTH HARWICH.
Jan. 22, E. Harris, repairing pump,
$1.00
Jan. 22, C. E. Hamer, rope 40 cts., glass 30 cts. lock 25 cents, .95
March 1, Shedrach Kelley, labor on schoolhouse,
3.00
March 1. Shedrach Kelley, screws and nails, .25
April 9, Ruth Pratt, cleaning schoolhouse,
April 9, B. F. Hall, cleaning stove pipe, 3.00
.50
April 9, B. F. Hall, whitewashing,
.30
April 9, B. F. Hall, cash paid for glass,
.20
April 9, George D. Smalley, stove pipe,
2.20
April 9, George D. Smalley, 1 dipper,
.25
Sept. 1. J. F. Tobey. incidentals. .72
.45
Total for the year, $12.82
HARWICH CENTRE.
Alpheus Howes, incidentals for the year, $ 9.32
Cyrus Ellis, labor on grounds, .50
Miron W. Rogers, cleaning, etc., 14.50
Solomon Bassett, labor on High School Building, 6.25
J. M. Moody, lumber and stock for same, 12.37
F. A. Small, 1 stove, pipe, etc., for High School,
17.22
Nov. 5, Alpheus Howes, 1 duster,
Total, $60.16
PLEASANT LAKE.
Alpheus Howes, 1 stove, fixings, etc., $11.03
C. E. Hamer, repairs on house, 3.69
Joseph R. Clark, labor on outbuildings, etc., 1.42
William H. Ellis, cleaning, etc., 7 00
William H. Ellis, incidentals,
1.72
Total, $24.86
HARWICH PORT.
W. B. Kelley, lime, $ .50
J. B. Eldredge, labor on windows, 2.50
M. E. Small, labor on blackboards, 13.95
W. B. Kelley, incidentals, .14
F. A. Small, incidentals,
3.40
Total, $20.49
EAST HARWICH.
Outside Repairs,
Walter Emery, driving well, $14.65
Chas. A. Eldredge, building pump-house, plat- form, repairing flag-pole, stock and labor, 7.95
Inside Repairs.
Alpheus Doane, cleaning rooms, etc., 5.30
M. E. Small, labor on blackboards, 3.60
Sears L. Moore, incidentals, 5.08
Total, $36.58
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SOUTH HARWICH.
Alpheus Howes, stove repairs, $1.75
Elisha Doane, cleaning, setting glass, changing desks, seats, etc., 7.80
M. E. Small, labor on blackboards, 7.20
W'm. M. Eldredge, glass and putty, 1.36
Total, $18.11
Total expended for Repairs and Incidentals. $207.93
Appropriation, $150.00
Expended on Public Buildings.
Pleasant Lake schoolhouse, (shingling) : W. B Kelley, stock, $48.99 Joseph Bassett, labor, 33.25
Total, $82.24
North Harwich schoolhouse, (shingling) :
W. B. Kelley, stock,
$51.64
Shedrach Kelley, labor, -
21.25
Shedrach Kelley, paint,
.20
Prince E. Hall, labor,
21.25
$94.34
Total for both houses. $176.58
(See appropriations on Public Buildings. )
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Superintendent's Salary.
Superintendent's salary for the year, $736,40
To be refunded by State, 613.67
Actual cost of superintendent, Appropriation, $150.00
$122.73
Graduation Expenses.
A. P. Goss, programmes, $12.00
Mrs. Cole, ribbon, 1.69
Total, $13.69
School Committee's Salaries.
G. N. Munsell, $48.75
S. A. Hayward, 47.75
W. J. Nickerson,
41.50
Total, $138.00
Truant Officers' Salaries.
W. H. Bassett, $5.00
Michael B. Chase,
2.00
Roland F. Smith,
2.00
Total, $9:00
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Supply Agents' Account.
Warren M. Dutton and George N. Munsell to the Town of Harwich :
DR.
Stock on hand Jan. 1, 1898, $206.40
Books and supplies purchased, 458.17- $664.57
CR.
Books and supplies furnished, $455.75
Stock on hand Jan. 1, 1899, 208.82- $664.57
Commission paid to G. N. Munsell, agent, for supplie - furnished schools from March 24, 1898, to Jan. 1, 1899, on $206 at 10 per cent., . $20.60
Respectfully Submitted,
GEORGE N. MUNSELL, Chairman. SYLVANUS A. HAYWARD, Secretary.
Harwich, Jan. 7, 1899.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
School Committee of Harwich:
GENTLEMEN : I have the honor to submit herewith my first annual report upon the condition of the schools of your town.
Although school reports are addressed to the School Committee, I realize that they are really reports to the town's people, and shall treat this as such. I do not consider it proper to recommend for public consideration things to which the attention of your Committee has never been called, therefore I shall not follow certain precedents in making sweeping recommendations for the future, regardless of their feasibility. The first of January is not the only time when a Superintendent should make plans for improv- ing the school system. Whenever there is an opportunity for introducing improvements, I shall do my best to secure their adoption.
The general condition of your schools is very satisfactory. Every teacher is doing her very best work, and is showing an earnestness of purpose which cannot fail to produce good results. One evidence of their zeal is shown by the eager- ness with which they adopted my suggestion of a teachers' association. There have been only six absences in the five teachers meetings which have been held, and three of these were unavoidable. One of the great hindrances to pro- gressive work of our schools is the enforced isolation of our teachers, which tends to deaden their ambition and to cause them to follow a dull routine. The Harwich Teachers' Association will not only counteract the effects of geograph- ical isolation, but will improve and encourage the members by its assistance and support.
In April, the Harwich schools were found to be follow- ing the course of study prepared by Supt. Dutton more closely than the majority of other schools in the district, yet the announcement that examinations based upon it would be given at the end of the year, caused a few teachers to more thoroughly acquaint themselves with the amount of work which is outlined for the several grades. Adopting a
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course of study and insisting that it be followed, will great- ly improve the efficiency of our schools. Great credit is due to Supt. Dutton for its introduction.
With the help of the tests given last June, the pupils were re-graded as well as was possible under the circum- stances. This year we shall be able to more accurately determine each pupil's fitness for promotion. Teachers are to give pupils credit for their work every week, and towards the end of the spring term the Superintendent will give examinations based upon the course of study. (See latter part of Harwich School Report for 1897.) The results of these examinations will be combined with the credits of the pupils for their year's work, and by this means their pro- motion or non-promotion will be determined.
Last year a much needed reform was accomplished by al- lowing pupils to pass from the Grammar Schools to the High School in the same way that pupils pass from one ele- mentary grade to another. The former special examinations for admission to the High School, taken in unfamiliar surround- ings and under confusing circumstances, was abolished. The general ability of the entering class this year is in no way inferior to that of any other class which has been in the school during my acquaintance with it.
It is essential to good schools that pupils should satisfac- torily complete the studies of one grade before attempting to struggle with those of a higher grade. Six members of last year's entering class in the High School could not be promoted to the second year class at the end of the year. Four of these returned and are doing excellent work this year. There is no reason why pupils in the High School should not satisfactorily complete the studies of one grade before passing to the next, when this plan is followed in the elementary schools. The wisdom of this requirement is too apparent to need explanation.
During the summer vacation a catalogue of all books and apparatus in the schools and supply-office was prepared, and a hektograph copy of the same placed in the hands of every teacher, in order that she might know the full extent of the resources, and make use of all that was available. This has saved the Town considerable expense by lessening
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the purchase of books.
At the end of each week all teachers send to the Superin- tendent reports upon attendance and such other items as should be called to his attention. The Superintendent re- turns to them a report which compares and ranks the attend- ance of all the schools of the district, and also gives such notices or directions as will apply to all the teachers. This plan has been of great assistance in keeping the Superin- tendent in touch with all the schools and in increasing the interest and relations of the schools to each other.
Teachers have been asked to keep an account of all books used by pupils and to insist that at least the newer books be covered. These requests were made in order that children might feel greater responsibility for the care of town prop- erty. The free text-book and supply system, unless care- fully supervised by the teachers, may lead to the formation of habits of wastefulness and extravagance.
The public visiting days, which were instituted last De- cember, bid fair to be a success. The fourth Friday of each month is devoted to a review of the work during that mouth in each study. This furnishes the public an excel- cent opportunity to see the regular work of the school and to note its progress. Parents in particular are urged to visit the schools. If they would do this, and would talk with the teachers, and with their own senses compare the work of their children with the work of others in the school, our whole educational system would be wonderfully stimula- ted. I call attention to the small number of visits by par- entsin comparison to the visits by others, as is shown in the last two columns of the table of school statistics. You may also note that the South Harwich school is an exception to this rule. I believe that no small share of the credit for the excellent condition of this school is due to the influence of the parents.
In the report which I submitted when principal of your High School, it was recommended that an assistant for the High School be engaged, who should also supervise Drawing in the other schools of the town. The demand for an assistant in the High School was imperative, not only on account of a greater number of pupils in the school, but because the new-
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ly adopted course of study offers both a three and a four years' course, which greatly increases the number of nec- essary recitations. Your committee endorsed the plan and Miss Elise H. Carret, a graduate of the Normal Art School, was engaged to fill the two positions. The good results obtained in so short a time are far beyond my expectations. Miss Carret has so conducted the work that it has been not only interesting and inspiring to the pupils, but has shown the practical value of the study. Many of the pupils are deeply interested and are enjoying their school work as never before, while the teachers are relieved of the respon- sibility for this part of the curriculum which hitherto had caused a number of them so much anxiety.
The design on the cover of this report was drawn by Miss Lucretia Clark of the sixth grade in the Pleasant Lake Mixed School. Although this drawing was selected as being the one best suited to the purpose, there were many others whose excellence entitled them to very careful consideration, and it was a difficult task to decide which design was most worthy of the honor. I hope we may have an exhibition of school work at the end of the year, so that these designs may be exhibited.
So far as statistics of attendance show, there has been only a slight gain during the past year. There would have been a greater gain, had it not been for the new attendance law, which requires that ten consecutive days of absence shall elapse and be counted before a pupil loses membership. This is twice the number of absences that were required by the old law.
There has been a small decrease in the number of tardy marks and dismissals. I hope that pupils, parents, and teachers will endeavor to bring about a greater improvement in the items of attendance, tardiness and dismissal. There is no habit of greater importance to-a boy than that of reg- ular and prompt attendance at school. The boy who is ir- regular in his school attendance would not be highly recommended for his prospects of becoming a man who would be diligent and faithful in business. Notwithstand- ing the fact that there have been 2377 half-day absences during the fall term, not all of which were excusable ; and
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notwithstanding the stringent laws regarding attendance, the assistance of the truant officers, who are the proper per- sons to investigate unnecessary absence, has been solicited only twice. It rests with the teachers to see that there is an improvement in this respect at once. Copies of the new attendance laws were distributed in the schools at the be- ginning of the fall term, so that pupils and parents should know what is required of them in this direction. I believe that absence should count against promotion, not only be- cause no pupil who is absent can have gained as much as one who has attended school, and therefore is less entitled to promotion, but because if this were done, pupils would realize that absence had a DIRECT effect upon their rank, and in consequence they would be more careful about their attendance.
Last March the School Committee adopted the regula- tion that "No pupil shall be allowed to enter the schools during the winter or spring terms, unless competent to per- form the work being done in some established grade in that school."
The admission of new pupils to the schools at the begin- ning of the spring term is not only very injurious to the in- terests of the pupils already in the school, but the new members themselves received very little benefit which is not lost during the long summer vacation which immediately follows.
At the beginning of the spring term Algebra should be introduced into the eighth grade work. The course of study calls for this, and it would have been done last spring but the text-book appropriation would not permit. This change will lessen the "shock" experienced by those who change from Grammar School work to High School work, and will be a valuable supplement to the Arithmetic.
Considering the wages which Harwich pays the school janitors, parents and the general public ought to demand that the buildings and grounds be well and economically cared for. It is essential to the formation of habits of cleanliness and order that the school-room and its environ- ment should be clean and well kept. The building at Har- wich Port, cared for by Mr. Joshua D. Allen, is in excellent
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order AT ALL TIMES. Mr. William H. Ellis at Pleasant Lake is also taking exceptionally good care of the school- room, and two or possibly three others are giving good sat- isfaction. The condition at the Centre needs no comments from me, as it has in previous years been described in terms which have become historical. We are still privileged to enjoy (?) the same wretchedly poor service.
One might infer from the report of a former Superintend- ent that the schools were artistically decorated, vet, except in the High School, there are few pictures or decorations worthy of the name. Some schools are striving to remedy this defeet and outside assistance has been solicited. The schools are deeply indebted for the gift of fourteen port- folios of Stoddard's beautiful photographs of famous places and pictures (size 8x10) which are excellent, not only for work in History and Geography, but for decorative pur- poses. I hope the schools may receive from others inter- ested in education a generous supply of illustrated periodi- cals from which useful pictures may be secured.
It is to be hoped that the appropriation for next year will be sufficient to allow the purchase of some much needed desk-books for the assistance of our teachers. If teachers were supplied with books which offer suggestions and ad- vice regarding the best methods of teaching the required subjects, I believe we should get better results at less ex- penditure than we would do by an exchange of those text- books which may have certain unsatisfactory features.
We have been very fortunate this year in the selection of new teachers. Miss Josephine E. Marrs was elected to fill the position at Pleasant Lake. Notwithstanding the fact this school is as large and even more difficult than any other school in town, and also has seven grades, the pupils have made rapid progress under the skillful guidance of Miss Marrs, and reflect great credit upon her earnest and faithful efforts.
Miss Beulah M. Eldridge at East Harwich has been emi- nently successful thus far in maintaining the excellent stand- ard which the school attained during the three years that Miss Sarah E. Whitlock taught there.
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The Harwich Port Grammar School easily ranked first in the district in the tests which were given last June. The average percentage attained in this school on the June ex- aminations was 84.7, or nearly twenty per cent. more than was required for promotion. The excellent scholarship de- veloped in this school was due to the skillful, patient, nu- tiring efforts of Miss Lucia E. Van Dyke, whose qualities as a teacher are superb and unsurpassed. Miss Fannie L. Abbott, who succeeded to this position, has maintained the high scholarship of the school.
Miss Mercy E. Kelley has met with marked and unmis- takable success in the West Harwich Grammar School. She has proven herself to be a well-trained and competent instructor, who commands the respect of her pupils by un- doubted mastery of every lesson taught, and holds their interest and attention by her appreciation of, and sympathy for, the pupils' efforts.
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