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Town Clerk's Report of Deaths recorded in the Town of Harwich in the Year 1908.
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
AGE
CAUSE OF DEATH
Jan
6
Harriett A. Chase
76
6 |12
Heart Disease
17
Male infant, (R.B.Ellis)
Stillborn
Feb
1
Jonathan Small
81
10
9
Cancer
19
Lucy H. Phillips
90 10
11 LaGrippe®
22
Ernest R. Emery
8 18 Capillary Bronchitis
24
George H. Carlow
64
10
Indigestion
26
Samuel Moody
62
15
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Mch 6 Clementine B. Cook
69
9
6 Pneumonia
24
Augustus H. Walker
14
6
6 Gun Shot Wound
Apr
2
Frederick W. Nickerson
71
5
7 Pneumonia
May
3
Joshua Doane
83
4|21 Paralysis
7
Data B. Burgess
70
8 3 Ceronic Hipatitis
31
Silas J. Williams
63
5 26 Cerebral Haemorrhage
June 18
Female infant R. J.Pierce Joseph V. Atkins
4
4 Spina Bifaea
18
Artemus J. Haynes
7
4 Whooping Cough
24
Joel B. Cahoon
82
7
3 Consumption
Aug 9
James Peters
1
6
8 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
23
Andrew J. Canfield
69
7 Acute Indigestion
24
Geo. F. Bagley, Jr.
38 11
4 Cardiac Dilatation
29
Mary B. Nickerson
63
Cancer of Liver
31
Bethia Crowell
71 3 27
Consumption
Sept 7 Julius S. Nickerson
71 3 11
Brights Disease
15
Lizziebelle K. Chase
4
5 Meningitis
18
Elizabeth Freeman
86
10
12 Senility
Oct
22
Joseph G. Baker
66
5 Nephritis
30
Laura H. Eldridge
52
4 Augina Pectoris
Nov
7
Sabra Snow
80 5
Paralysis Heart
28
Alfred K. Taylor
57
10
14 Cerebral Haemorrhage
23
Cyrus Ellis, 2d
66
9
9 Tuberculosis
26
Nathan E. Nickerson
71
1
9 Senile Arterio Sclerosis
22
Phebe A. Nickerson
93
9
Bronchitis
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2 Asthenia
July 15
39 2 28
Drowning
20
Helen E. Kenyon
70
7
19 Acute Rheumatism
24 Richard L. Baker
54 4 Intestinal Abcess
Dec 17
George D. Smalley
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DOG LICENSE ACCOUNT.
19 female dogs at $5,
$95.00
102 male dogs at $2,
204.00
12 I dogs,
$299.00
Clerk's fees,
24.20
Paid County Treasurer,
$274.80
County for damages,
17.95
Returned to Town
$256.85
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN C. UNDERWOOD,
Town Clerk.
Town Meeting Warrant, 1909.
BARNSTABLE, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Harwich,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Harwich, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at Exchange Hall, Harwich, in said town, on Monday, Feb. 1, 1909, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Article 2. To determine the rate per cent. to be paid the Tax Collectors for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 3. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees for the term of one year : Town Clerk and Treasurer, three Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, and Board of Health ; two Assessors, one for the term of one year, one for the term of three years ; three Herring Committee, two Auditors, three Constables, two Tax Collectorsfor the term of one year, two School Committee, one for the term of one year, one for the term of three years, one Road Commissioner for the term of three years, one Park Commissioner for the term of three years. Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors ? Vote Yes or No.
Article 4. To choose all other necessary town officers, and act fully thereon.
Articie 5. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen.
Article 6. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Com- mittees for the year 1908, and act fully thereon.
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Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of fifty dollars for the suppression of crime.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of Taxes for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 10. To see what action the Town will take in relation to insuring the Exchange Building for the ensuing year.
Article II. To see if the Town will vote to make an ap- propriation of two hundred dollars for the use and benefit of the Brooks Free Library Association and act fully thereon.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept the be- quest in the will of the late Col. Caleb Chase, wherein he has given to the Town of Harwich, for the support of the poor, the sum of ten thousand dollars, and act fully thereon.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appoint the Overseers of the Poor of said Town, and their successors in office, a Board of Trustees, to manage, invest and dispose of the ten thousand dollars given to the Town of Harwich for the sup- port of the poor under the will of the late Col. Caleb Chase ; to determine the terms and conditions of said trust, and to direct the use and disposal of the same, and act fully thereon.
Article 14. To see what action the Town will take in re- ference to the use or disposal of the ten thousand dollars given to the Town of Harwich, for the support of the poor of the town, under the terms of the will of the late Col. Caleb Chase and act fully thereon.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to make an addition to, repair, rebuild, or otherwise improve the Harwich High School room, or building, to meet the needs of said school, and to make an appropriation therefor, and act fully thereon.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to purchase for school purposes the property lying southwest of the Grammar School building, and adjacent' thereto, in Harwich Centre, belonging to David L. Small; make an ap- propriation therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 17. To see what action the Town will take in rela- tion to the care and support of its poor now boarding with Albert Hall at the Almshouse, and act fully thereon .****
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to control, regulate and prohibit the taking of eels, clams, quahaugs, oysters and scallops within the town limits, as provided in Chapter 91, Section 85, and acts in amendment there- to, of the revised laws of Massachusetts, and to make any regula- tions in regards to such fisheries as they shall deem expedient, and act fully thereon.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest at rate of five per cent. per annum on all taxes unpaid after Jan. I, 1910.
Article 20. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the leasing, or disposal of, the Herring Fishery in said town for a term of years or otherwise, and act fully thereon.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one hundred dollars to help toward making a proper observance of Old Home Week, the money so appropriated to be made payable to the Treasurer of the Old Home Week Committee.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Com- mittee to investigate the expense, expediency and practicability of moving the town vaults and town offices from their present quart- ers into the Exchange Building, and report at the annual town meeting in 1910.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen and others to attend the hearings before the Legislature
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in relation to Herring River, Allen's Harbor and Wychmere Harbor, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three hundred dollars to grade and improve the road leading from the State road at the head of Pleasant Bay, near Wading Place Bridge, to the County Road, near the dwelling house of Joshua Kendrick-the work to be done under the super- vision of the Road Commissioner.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the use and improvement of Brooks Park, the same being an unexpended balance of an appropriation made for the same purpose in the preceding year, and act fully thereon.
Article 26. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to repair the town road leading from Main Street, south to the ocean, west of the residence of Willis H. Nickerson, West Harwich, and act fully thereon.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise a sufficient sum of money to be expended for the purpose of putting one or more of the toilet rooms in the Exchange Building in good sanitary condition, and to make repairs on the rain pipes of said building, and act fully thereon.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to turnpike and harden the town road leading from the macadam road near the residence of the late Benjamin Eldredge, Harwichport, to the shore, and act fully thereon.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or otherwise procure by laws of the State sufficient land for a town landing on the shore of Wychmere Harbor, and act fully thereon.
Article 30. To hear the report of the Committee appointed at the last annual town meeting on the cost of a suitable fire ap- paratus for the Town.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a
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necessary sum of money to purchase a fire apparatus for the Town, and act fully thereon.
Article 32. Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "an act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire" be accepted by this town ?
Article 33. And transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof one in each postoffice in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. The polls will be opened at 9 o'clock A. M., and may be closed at 2 o'clock P. M. Hereof, fail not, and make due returns of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meet- ing aforesaid.
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Given under our hands this eighteenth day of January, 1909.
(Signed)
JOHN H. DRUM, CARROLL F. DOANE,
Selectmen of Harwich.
A true copy. Attest :
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
TOWN OF HARWICH
FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31,
1908
HARWICH, MASS. H. M. SMALL, PRINTER. 1909.
School Committee's Report.
The School Committee organized for 1908 by the choice of Thomas H. Nickerson, Chairman ; John P. Nickerson, Secretary ; and Arthur F. Cahoon, Treasurer.
The resignation of Arthur F. Cahoon was tendered the Board and was accepted April 14th. Clenric H. Cahoon was appointed to fill the vacancy by the Board of Selectmen, and School Com- mittee, sitting jointly.
The schools of the town have been in session as follows : Primary, Grammar, Mixed and Intermediate schools thirty-four weeks, and High School forty weeks.
SCHOOL CENSUS.
Number of boys between the ages of five and fifteen, 188
Number of girls between the ages of five and fifteen, 183
371
Number of boys between the ages of seven and fourteen,
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Number of girls between the ages of seven and fourteen, I34
285
TEACHERS SALARIES.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Harold H. Tilton, Principal, $520.00
Howard W. Howes, Principal, 280.00
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Georgia B. Alexander, Assistant,
260.00
Constance E. Burrage, Assistant,
140.00
$1,200.00
HARWICH CENTER.
Hattie F. Weeks, Grammar,
$418.00
Lillian E. Seaver, Intermediate,
247.00
Lucretia D. Clark, Intermediate,
105.00
Edna L. Taylor, Primary,
218.00
Nora C. Roberts, Primary,
140.00
$1,128.00
HARWICHPORT.
Rachael N. Cornwell, Grammar,
$148.00
Abbie E. Cutting, Grammar,
60.00
Sarah L. Doane, Grammar,
20.00
Gertrude H. Howland, Primary,
17.50
Abbie S. Baker, Primary,
341.00
Alvin W. Bearse, Grammar,
120.00
$706.50
WEST HARWICH.
Leola M. Robinson, Grammar,
$340.00
Helen R. Ellis, Primary,
297.50
$637.50
NORTH HARWICH.
Emily K. McVann, Mixed,
$230.00
Sarah E. Saunders, Mixed,
90.00
Irene Baker, Mixed, 30.00
$350.00
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EAST HARWICH.
Madge A. Guptill, Grammar, 1
$218.00
Emma A. Sellew, Grammar,
120.00
Sarah L. Doane, Primary,
175.00
Helen J. Lord, Primary,
140.00
$653.00
PLEASANT LAKE.
Florence A. Larkin, mixed,
$271.25
DRAWING AND MUSIC.
Jessica E. Ballou,
$184.42
JANITORS.
Spencer P. Ellis, Center,
$184.00
Benjamin D. Smith, Port,
83.50
Gertrude I. Ellis, Pleasant Lake,
51.00
Elsie Ryder, North,
59.00
Harry W. Nickerson, East,
73.75
Joseph Ashley, West,
75.75
$527.00
FUEL.
HARWICHPORT.
C. S. Burgess & Co., coal,
$62.27
Charles H. Taylor, wood,
7.25
David A. Eldredge, wood,
3.75
$73.27
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EAST HARWICH.
Kendrick & Bearse, coal,
$56.00
Jabez Crowell, wood,
7.00
$53.00
PLEASANT LAKE.
Sidney B. Moody, coal,
$28.00
Joseph N. Atkins, wood,
4.00
$32.00
HARWICH CENTER.
R. H. Mullaney, carting wood,
$4.50
Sidney B. Moody, coal,
156.00
Alonzo F. Cahoon, wood,
4.00
Joseph N. Atkins, wood,
3.25
Luther K. Snow, wood,
6.00
$173.75
WEST HARWICH.
Barnabas Sears, coal,
$58.39
J. A. Baker, wood,
7.75
James Cummings, wood,
4.00
$70.14
NORTH HARWICH.
Barnabas Sears, coal,
$23.25
Nathan B. Walker, wood,
4.00
$27.25
$439.41
REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
HARWICHPORT.
B. C. Kelley, supplies, $2.60
F. A. Small, labor and supplies, 11.93
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B. D. Smith, labor,
15.79
F. Doane & Co., supplies,
5.50
Levi Snow, labor,
1.50
Geo. D. Smalley, supplies,
4.70
Wm. A. Eldredge, painting,
15.03
J. B. Eldredge & Son, labor,
12.86
Henry B. Ellis, labor,
6.73
S. Herbert Ellis, labor,
3.00
C. S. Burgess & Co., supplies,
2.42
$82.06
HARWICH CENTER.
Alpheus Howes, supplies,
$52.65
D. L. Small, rent play ground,
5.00
Thomas Freeman, repairs on pump,
6.50
J. F. Tobey & Son, supplies,
18.24
C. S. Hunt, supplies,
2.56
Spencer P. Ellis, labor,
22.80
John F. Bassett, carpenter services,
21.87
C. S. Burgess & Co., lumber, etc.,
26.04
Sparrow M. Young, chairs,
6.00
Arthur F. Cahoon, supplies,
.75
$162.41
EAST HARWICH.
Harry W. Nickerson, labor supplies,
$15.80
Geo. D. Smalley, supplies,
10.50
Expenses securing teachers,
3.65
$29.95
PLEASANT LAKE.
Joseph F. Clark, labor,
$1.05
Alpheus Howes, supplies,
3.10
Gertrude I. Ellis, labor,
3.50
$7.65
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WEST HARWICH.
Geo. F. Ellis, labor,
$6.25
James Cummings, labor,
12.40
Alpheus Howes, supplies,
3.55
Joseph Ashley,
12.00
E. M. Robbins,
.60
B. C. Kelley, supplies,
1.06
Expenses securing teachers.
3.40
$39.26
NORTH HARWICH.
Geo. F. Ellis, labor,
$3.25
Mrs. Elsie Ryder, labor and supplies,
21.38
Alpheus Howes, supplies,
32.08
Vincent Bassett, labor,
1.75
$58.46
$379.79
TRANSPORTATION.
Benj. F. Eldredge, Pleasant Lake to Center,
$185.00
Freeman E. Ellis, 66 75.00
Thos. E. Small, South to Harwichport, 30.00
Mrs. Clara Walker,
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25.00
Harold Loveland, 66 66
10.00
Mrs. Elsie Ryder, North to West Harwich,
10.00
$392.50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Wm. H. Bassett, truant officer,
$24.00
Graduation expenses, 24.00
Repairs on school office,
2.50
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Rent of school office,
16.50
H. M. Small, printing,
2.00
A. P. Goss, printing, S. A. Hayward, taking census,
3.50
3.50
$84.00
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY.
Frank H. Hill, salary,
$481.48
Loring G. Williams, salary,
222.20
$703.68
To be refunded by the State,
$555.56
Actual cost of Superintendent,
148.12
$703.68
SUPPLY AGENTS ACCOUNT.
Stock on hand, Jan. 1, 1908,
$194.80
Supplies and books purchased, 1908,
662.49
$857.29
Supplies furnished schools, 1908,
$620.06
Supplies and new books on hand Jan 1, 1909, 237.23
$857.29
SUPPLY AGENTS FINANCIAL ACCOUNT.
AVAILABLE FUNDS.
$350.00
Appropriation, From City of Boston,
74.50
From State Board of Charity,
265.50
$690.00
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AMOUNT EXPENDED.
Books and supplies,
$662.49
Balance unexpended,
27.51
$690.00
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OF SUPPLY AGENT.
Amount expended by Supt. Frank H. Hill,
$246.47
E. E. Babb & Co.,
139.73
Ginn & Co.,
43.39
D. C. Heath & Co.,
19.00
H. M. Weigel,
8.00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
1.28
Atkinson, Mentzer and Grover,
11.50
Allyn & Bacon,
2.50
Alton P. Goss,
4.00
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
18.44
American Book Co.,
8.79
Milton Bradley Co.,
35.36
Charities Publication Committee,
3.25
J. L. Hammett Co.,
92.82
Henry Holt & Co.,
14.01
L. G. Williams,
13.95
$662.49
RECAPITULATION. AVAILABLE FUNDS.
Town appropriation for schools and Superintendents
salary,
$6,700.00
Dog Fund,
244.85
State School Fund,
847.49
City of Boston, for tuition,
74.50
State Board of Charity for tuition,
265.50
To be refunded by State for Superintendent's salary,
555.56
$8,687.90
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EXPENDITURES.
Teachers,
$4,946.25
Janitors,
527.00
Drawing and Music,
184.42
Fuel,
439.41
Books and Supplies,
662.49
Superintendent,
703.68
Repairs and Incidentals,
379.79
Transportation,
392.50
Miscellaneous,
84.00
$8,319.54
Balance unexpended,
$368.36
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
We, the undersigned Auditors, of the Town of Harwich, have this day examined the school bills of the School Committee for the year of 1908, to the amount of $8,319.54, and find the same correct.
LEWIS B. PHILLIPS, JOSEPH K. ROBBINS, Auditors of Harwich,
Harwich, Mass., Jan. 14, 1909.
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To the Citizens of Harwich :-
In our report last year we alluded to the unsatisfactory con- dition of the building used by our High School. This subject has been annually discussed by School Committees, Superintendent and teachers. Various plans have been submitted, and efforts made to relieve the situation without dipping too deeply into the finances of the town. But the building still remains the same size, and there exists a crowded state of affairs which is almost intolerable.
The time has come when the High School needs more room, and needs it badly. We have, therefore, caused to be inserted in the town warrant an article asking for an appropriation to enlarge the building. If we wish our High School to keep abreast of the times and bear any resemblance to a modern school it is essential that something be done, and we trust the voters will see to it that this article is passed without any opposition.
Aside from this our schools are fairly satisfactory. There are some conditions which cannot be improved and we can only wish for perfection without being able to obtain it.
Under a new superintendent and new teachers we are trying to make the schools of Harwich compare favorably with those at least of neighboring towns.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS H. NICKERSON, JOHN P. NICKERSON, CLENRIC H. CAHOON,
School Committee.
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Superintendent's Report.
To the School Committee of Harwich :-
Gentlemen :- Herewith I have the honor to submit my first annual report, the same being the eighteenth in the series of dis- trict superintendent's reports.
In town and city everywhere the school department receives as much and possibly more of the general appropriation than any other department of the government. While we would not con- sider of less importance those other departments which are so necessary to good government, yet I believe there is no one who can question that the business of education is by far the most im- portant. This is as it should be. Upon this foundation the whole superstruction rests. Upon this should the interests of the people be centered. Training our boys and girls to be and to become good citizens is the greatest safeguard and the best pos- sible investment the town can make.
My knowledge of the educational interests of the towns of the Cape-the amount appropriated for the support of schools, the service rendered by those in the office, the interest of parents and their ambition for the children-shows me that these people are loyal to their schools.
The town is to be congratulated upon its schools. It is to be congratulated upon the selection of its School Committee. These men are administering the affairs of the schools in a very acceptable manner. They have the progressive spirit and their efforts will be rewarded. We must still look to the voters of the town for the continuance of their favor with increased interest and enthusiasm that our schools may imbibe that spirit of progress and may continue to be our pride.
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The inner life and workings of the schools, the high aims, the harmony, the well regulated courses of studies, methods of presentation, the efficiency of the schools, testify in no doubtful terms of the strong, tactful, intelligent leadership of Supt. Frank H. Hill.
The school year ending June, 1908, opened with several new teachers. From what I can learn I am decided that the year on the whole was a very successful one. The number of resignations at the close of the year was perhaps larger than usual. The resignations were as follows :- Mr. Tilton and Miss Alexander of the High School ; Miss Guptil and Miss Doane, East Harwich ; Miss Cornwell, Port Grammar ; Miss McVann, North Harwich ; Miss Seaver of the Intermediate and Miss Taylor, Center Prim- ary. Since the opening of schools two more resignations have occurred : Miss Robinson, West Grammar; and Miss Saunders, North Primary. Although the resignation and departure of these teachers was a loss, and to be regretted, yet I believe their places have been filled, on the whole, very satisfactorily. At the present time we have three college graduates, six who are Normal trained, four without College or Normal training. Only two without previous experience. Prospects are good for a successful year.
On account of an unlooked for increase of entering pupils at North Harwich, making the enrollment large ; with five grades, the Board has furnished transportation to the pupils of the fifth grade living in the vicinity or west of the school building and they are now attending West Harwich Grammar, two living within walking distance of the center are attending the Intermediate. With Miss Irene Baker as teacher and the fifth grade removed the conditions are very much improved, this is now a primary school and compares well with other four grade primary schools of my district.
The condition of some of our school buildings and the ac- commodations afforded, especially in the High School, is a question, it seems to me, of vital importance. There has been legitimate excuse in the past, I understand, for deferring action, but now I
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believe that the time has come when the people of Harwich will take steps to remedy the decidedly unwholesome conditions in our High School. Consolidation will not be realized for many years in my opinion, and I would not recommend that it be at- tempted or thought of at present. I would recommend the ap-' propriation of a few hundred dollars for making the necessary changes and repairs on the High School building that it may be adequate for the needs of the school.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
George H. Martin, Secretary of the State Board of Educa- tion says in an address before the Massachusetts Teachers' Asso- ciation, Boston, Nov. 27, 1908-"The form which the discussion has assumed in this country makes it imperative that public school people should have a share in it, for their interests are vitally concerned."
Industrial education in connection with academic subjects and the proper balance maintained is an absorbing thought, and the need of the hour. Valuable as is the cultural, we need the practical-the industrial, that which will touch more closely the life of the future man and woman. The grades will be able to do much in manual training. Paper cutting, folding and postage, clay modeling, weaving, card sewing-work in raffia, basketry, sewing, etc., may be done in the grades without additional expense except for the cost of materials.
In the High School we should get away from the purely scholastic-the having to do with books alone. A well equipped physical and chemical laboratory where our boys and girls may discover for themselves the hidden relations in nature's store house. Courses in domestic science, sloyd and consideration of the vital interests of the home town may be taken up. A four year commercial course with shorthand and typewriting. Such instruction would give life to our school, and interest and pleasure to every pupil and every parent as well.
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When larger accommodations are furnished such instruction may follow in due time without being a financial burden. Through the school all honest labor must be dignified. Through the in- fluence of the school the attractiveness and interest of home pur- suits will be restored. Through the school I believe we shall be able to keep at home many of our young men and women who otherwise would seek employment elsewhere. Mr. J. E. Warren, agent of the State Board says : "It is to be hoped that navigation, the forms of agriculture adapted to that section of the State and other local industries may soon be taught in the public High Schools of Cape Cod." This subject may be branded by the people of the Cape as wholly impractical. I would say again that this is the trend of our public school system. It will open up new and broader avenues in life for our children, this will be our reward.
The teachers have again given the tests of sight and hearing. Instruction is being given in all the schools as to the nature and prevention of tuberculosis as required by law. I have placed at the disposal of teachers the little booklet by the State Board, Dr. S. A. Knapp's essay on the subject, also Prevention of the spread of tuberculosis by the State Board of Health.
By the resignation of Miss Jacobs, Supervisor of Music and Drawing, Miss Jessica Ballou was elected her successor, and has carried on the work since January, 1908. All the schools are receiving instruction in both courses. The High School is having both Mechanical and Freehand Drawing.
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