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Aug. 16 Joseph Pena
2|26|Congenital Injuries
Aug. 22 Abigail Nelson
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3 Mitral Insufficiency
Aug. 30 Mary B. Small
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5 10 Arterio Sclerosis
Sept. 21
Lester M. B. Jordon
5 11| 27 Accidental Drowning
Oct. 12 Harvey S. Walsh
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Cerebral Haemorrhage
Oct.
13 Mary F. Snow
69
3 |16|Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
Oct. 20 Blanche Evelyn Chase
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Cholera Infantum
oct. 28 Edwin Berry
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4 Chronic Bright's Disease
Nov. 6 Cynthia N. Eldredge
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2 19 Mitral Regurgitation
Nov. 8 Hulda B. Shute
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8 4 [Sarcoma of the Jaw
Nov. 11 Mary Y. Small
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28 Arterio Sclerosis
Nov. 22
Domingo Lopes
53
21 Acute Bronchitis Suicide
or 23
Nov. 26 Mercy B. Crowell
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6 Carcinoma of the Uterus
Nov. 30 Eva Nunis Lesser
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0|10 |Meningitis
Dec. 1 Joseph Ashley
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8|12 Valvular Disease of the Heart, Acetonuria, and Diacetic Acid Intoxication
Dec. 19
Mary E. Nickerson
Dec. 24 Everett Harris
Dec. 26 Nancy B. Nickerson
6| 2|24|Appendicitis 79
6122 |Eccentric Enlargement of Heart 76 5 15 Pneumonia
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Nov. 21 Sarah Kelley
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2|11 |Diabetes Miltitus
Nov. 28 Helen R. Ellis
YMD
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DOG LICENSE ACCOUNT.
11 female dogs, at $5.00,
$55.00
92 male dogs, at $2.00,
184.00
103 dogs,
$239.00
Clerks' fees,
20.60
Paid County Treasurer,
$218.40
Paid for damages,
6.94
Returned by County Treasurer,
$211.46
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN C. UNDERWOOD,
Town Clerk.
Town Meeting Warrant, 1913
BARNSTABLE, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Harwich, in said County, 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, in said town, on Monday, February 3, 1913, at 8.30 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :-
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to act in said meet- ing.
Article 2. To determine the rate of per cent. to be paid the Tax Collector for the collection of the warrant of 1913.
Article 3. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees :- Town Clerk and Treasurer for one year ; one Selectman and Overseer of Poor for one year ; three Herring Committee for one year; two Auditors for one year ; three Constables for one year ; one Tax Collector ; one Selectman and Overseer of Poor for two years; one Se- lectman and Overseer of Poor for three years; one Assessor for three years; one School Committee for three years; one Road Commissioner for three years; one Trustee of Brooks Library for three years; one Park Commissioner for 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 Committees.
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Article 5. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year 1912, and act fully thereon.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money in anticipation of taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to de- fray town expenses for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to control, regulate and prohibit the taking of eels, clams, quahaugs, and scallops within the town limits, as provided in Chapter 91. Section 85, and Acts in amendment thereto, of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, and to make any regulations in regard to such fisheries as they may deem expedient, and act fully thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money sufficient to complete the East Harwich, North Harwich and Pleasant Lake oil roads, and act fully thereon.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money sufficient to repair with shells the Shell . Road, so-called, and act fully thereon.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to harden the road known as the Doane Road, running from the east side of Kildee Hill, so-called, by the residence of Anthony Doane and the estate of Abiatha and Nathaniel Doane and others, to the road leading from Harwichport to Harwich Depot, near the residence of David Porter Ryder.
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Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropriation of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the use and benefit of the Chase Library.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) to harden with clay the Great Western road, so-called, beginning at A. H. Ryder's and ending at Charles D. Hall's.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to provide land and exempt from taxation for a period of ten years any manufacturing establishment or manufacturing in- dustry that may locate here.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropriation of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars to reim- burse the Harwich Agricultural Association for the amount advanced by said Association for the completion of the fire escape in Exchange Building.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Board of Selectmen to regulate and control the sale of gas from the Exchange gas plant to parties outside of said build- ing.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate such money as may be necessary to harden and improve with oil or other suitable material, the road in Harwich Centre beginning at a point opposite the Cape Cod National Bank and extending easterly to the corner known as the "Eagle" at the beginning of the Shell Road.
Article. 18. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars for the benefit of the Brooks Library.
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Article 19. To see if the Town will appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to repair so as to make passable with safety the road leading from the so-called Jonathan Young corner, thence northerly to Larkin corner, so-called.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to help finish the stone and iron fence around the cemetery in South Harwich.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to top coat the town macadam road with oil and sand beginning at a point known as the Erastus Chase corner and thence continuing southerly to the Hotel Belmont, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient, sum of money therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town of Harwich will grade and harden with stone or some other similar substance the town road beginning at the junction of State road, near the residence of Mrs. Caleb Allen, running westerly to road by land of John Rooney and thence southerly to shore.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of One Hundred Dollars to repair the town road leading from the State macadam road, south to the ocean, west of the residence of Charles T. Chase, and act fully thereon.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of $400 to go with a like sum contributed by the public . for improvement at the mouth of Allen's Harbor under the direction of the Board of Health and a citizens' committee of three, the same to be assessed in the taxes of 1913; same committee to be appointed by the Selectmen.
Article 25. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars for the purpose of
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hardening with oil or clay the road in Harwich Centre be- ginning at Parsonage corner, so-called, and running south- erly to the cross roads at or near the High School building, and thence equal distances east and west on Paralel Street.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 48, Section 85, Revised Laws of Massa- chusetts, and Acts in amendment thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to reappro- priate the balance remaining unexpended from the dump appropriation of 1912.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) to re- pair the road at Harwichport leading from Miles Street to the State Highway and known as Cross Street, and act fully thereon.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to repair the road at Harwichport, leading from S. J. Miles' corner to a point on the State Highway, near the residence of Elbridge Doane, and act fully thereon.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to widen, straighten and otherwise improve the road leading from the corner by the residence of Charles D. Hall, to the corner near John A. Lothrop's residence, and appropriate Two Hundred Dollars for cost of the same.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to charge in- terest at the rate of Six Per Cent. per annum on all taxes unpaid after Dec. 15, 1913.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one in each post office in said town,
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seven days, at least, before the time of holding said meeting. The polls will be opened at 9 o'clock A. M., on Monday, February 3, 1913, 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 said meeting.
Given under our hands this seventeenth day of January, 1913.
W. SEARS NICKERSON, J. FREEMAN RYDER, EPHRAIM H. DOANE, Selectmen of Harwich.
Correct, attest :
Constable.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF The School Committee and
Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
TOWN OF HARWICH
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For the Year 1912
ORGANIZATION
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF Harwich, Massachusetts 1912 1
JOHN P. NICKERSON, M. D., Chairman. Term expires 1914. JOSEPH B. ATKINS, Secretary. Term expires 1915.
THOMAS H. NICKERSON, Treasurer.
Term expires 1913.
Superintendent of Schools-LORING G. WILLIAMS. Residence, Parallel Street. Telephone 39-3.
Advisory Board of Agricultural Department. JOSEPH K. ROBBINS, Chairman, MRS. JOSEPH B. ATKINS,
ARTHUR F. CAHOON,
REV. HARRIE McMILLAN, ELISHA H. BEARSE, DAVID ELDER, Clerk.
Truant Officer-WILLIAM H. BASSETT. Residence Oak Street. Telephone 31-5.
School Committee's Report
The School Committee organized for the year 1912 by the choice of John P. Nickerson, M. D., Chairman; Joseph B. Atkins, Secretary, and Thomas H. Nickerson, Treasurer.
The schools of the town were open the full number of weeks, namely, elementary thirty-four, and High forty weeks.
SCHOOL CENSUS. September, 1912.
Number of boys between ages of five and fifteen, 146
Number of girls between ages of five and fifteen, 175
Total, 321
Number of boys between ages of seven and fourteen, 95
Number of girls between ages of seven and fourteen, 118
Total, 213
TEACHERS' SALARIES. High School.
James L. Jordan,
$956.25
Marion L. Russell, 388.50
$1,344.75
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Center Schools.
Laura L. James, Grammar,
$360.00
Henrietta M. Simpson, Intermediate,
270.00
Grace Farnsworth, Intermediate,
20.00
Mildred Williams, Primary,
2.00
Cora B. Lewis, Primary,
214.00
Mildred Patterson, Primary,
80.00
Adeline Parmenter, Intermediate,
12.00
$958.00
East Harwich.
M. Gertrude Lane, East Grammar,
$231.00
Bertha C. McCoy, East Grammar,
80.00
Flossie C. Hulse, East Primary,
300.00
$611.00
North Harwich.
Irene Baker, Primary,
$304.00
Jennie Smith, Grammar,
220.00
Maude E. Nichols, Grammar,
80.00
$604.00
West Harwich.
Georgie B. Collins, Grammar,
$231.00
Alice Collins, Primary,
220.00
Florence I. Bowker, Primary,
80.00
Marion Crawford, Grammar,
80.00
$611.00
Harwichport.
Lizzie A. Nickerson, Grammar,
$345.00
Esther J. Moore, Primary,
220.00
Mildred E. Stetson, Primary,
80.00
$645.00
$4,773.75
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JANITORS.
Spencer P. Ellis, Center,
$125.00
Luther K. Snow, Center, 62.50
Benjamin D. Smith, Port, 72.75
Joseph Ashley, West, 63.13
Harry W. Nickerson, East,
63.13
Holland Rogers, North,
63.13
$449.64
FUEL. Harwich Center.
N. B. Walker, wood,
$4.00
D. L. Small, agent, wood,
23.00
R. H. Small, labor, 5.00
Harwich Coal & Lumber Co., coal,
101.15
$133.15
Harwichport.
Harwich Coal & Lumber Co., coal,
$34.00
$34.00
East Harwich.
Kendrick & Bearse, coal,
$106.31
Jabez Crowell, wood,
7.00
$113.31
North Harwich.
Barnabas Sears, coal,
$32.20
Emulous Hall, wood,
4.00
J. C. Baker, 4.00
$40.20
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West Harwich.
Barnabas Sears, coal,
$51.88
R. H. Small, wood,
4.00
David C. Phillips; wood,
8.00
Amos Wixon,
1.20
$65.08
$385.74
REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
Harwich Center.
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, new desks and chairs, Grammar room,
$170.00
Harwich Coal & Lumber Co., lumber and material,
85.83
John F. Bassett, labor,
84.30
John Handren, painting in Grammar and High,
46.56
G. C. Robbins, painting and materials,
45.93
Frank Hogan, painting,
5.00
J. F. Tobey & Son, paint, varnish, etc.,
44.18
Flavius Nickerson, steel sheathing,
31.52
$513.32
Walter Emery, driving well,
$74.35
Vincent Bassett, labor on well,
19.90
Harold Ellis, grading around well,
10.10
$104.35
J. M. & S. B. Moody, lumber,
6.60
C. S. Hunt, ribbon,
.25
Charles H. Fenn, tuning piano,
2.50
George Ellis, labor, cleaning,
5.75
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Ralph Ellis, cleaning, plastering, oiling floors, etc., 33.75
Abner Long, labor on tree,
.75
Roger Bassett, labor on tree,
3.10
Alpheus Howes, labor and supplies,
40.54
$710.91
Harwichport.
A. N. Smalley, supplies, $1.40
G. A. Smalley, labor and supplies, 4.25
B. D. Smith, labor and supplies, 18.23
Henry B. Ellis, labor,
.75
D. A. Eldridge, labor,
7.20
Nichols & Atkins, supplies,
2.50
Charles H. Fenn, repairs,
3.00
East Harwich.
Harwich Coal & Lumber Co., supplies, 6.58
Harry W. Nickerson, labor and supplies,
36.63
Alpheus Howes, supplies, 1.25
$44.46
North Harwich.
J. M. & S. B. Moody, supplies,
$3.66
Young Brothers, supplies,
6.00
Edwin B. Rogers, supplies,
1.35
H. G. Rogers, labor and supplies,
15.30
Alpheus Howes,
7.38
West Harwich.
Frank S. Adams, repairs and supplies,
$2.70
Young Bros., supplies, 3.00
Alpheus Howes, supplies,
11.15
$37.33
$33.69
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James Cummings,
13.67
Chester Kelley,
4.00
S. H. Ellis,
3.00
R. D. Ellis,
12.03
John E. Ellis,
6.25
J. F. Tobey & Son,
5.40
E. M. Robbins,
.45
$61.65
$888.04
Transportation.
Everett L. Ellis, High School pupils
from East Harwich, $331.00
George B. Ellis, High School pupils from West Harwich, 72.00
Laura F. Cahoon, P. Lake to High
School, 6.25
Horace K. Atkins, P. Lake to High School, 6.25
$415.50
Everett L. Ellis, P. Lake, $215.00
Thomas E. Small, South Harwich, 109.00
$324.00
$739.50
Superintendent's Salary.
Superintendent's Salary for the year,
$732.60~
Rebate from the State, 535.72
Actual cost of Superintendent, $196.88
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Drawing and Music.
Ingrid E. Ekman, Supervisor, -
$153.28
Lotta M. Murray, Supervisor, 62.22
$215.50
Miscellaneous.
A. P. Goss, printing, $32.66
J. P. Nickerson, M. D., school physician, 20.00
William H. Bassett, truant officer, 27.00
Harwich Coal & Lumber Co., lumber,
5.26
J. B. Steele, rent of office,
25.50
Graduation expenses,
27.24
Office furniture,
62.95
Repairs on P. Lake schoolhouse,
5.25
Norman C. Haynes. floor oil.
57.50
S. A. Hayward, taking census,
11.50
Postage,
.50
$275.36
Books and Supplies.
Milton Bradley Company,
$35.26
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
190.76
Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
12.41
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins,
116.82
H. T. Cook, "New England,"
1.66
Allyn & Bacon,
13.20
American Book Co.,
2.65
D. C. Heath & Co.,
21.28
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C. C. Birchard,
10.05
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Silver Burdett Co.,
21.60
J. L. Hammett & Co.,
40.86
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.,
73.68
Cable Music Co.,
5.25
Ginn & Co.,
117.52
Freight, express, etc.,
24.35
L. G. Williams, postage, telephone, etc.,
6.70
$694.05
STATEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Available.
Town appropriation,
$1,500.00
Tuitions from Chatham,
100.00
Tuitions from Brewster,
55.55
Tuitions from Truro,
22.22
Due from State,
611.07
$2,288.84
Expenditures.
Salary,
$1,049.94
Equipment and Supplies,
320.33
$1,370.27
Unexpended balance,
918.57
Town appropriation,
1,500.00
Unexpended balance,
918.57
Net cost to Harwich,
$581.43
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RECAPITULATION.
Available Funds.
General appropriation,
$7,000.00
High school transportation,
500.00
Department of Agriculture,
1,500.00
Massachusetts school fund,
907.11
State Board of Charity, tuitions,
96.00
City of Boston, tuitions, '
37.00
Rebate on account of superintendent and teachers,
535.72
Rebate on pump,
7.10
Rebate on neostyle,
9.35
Rebate on office equipment-Town office appropriation, 11.54 Dog fund, 211.46
$10,815.28
Expenditures.
Teachers,
$4,773.75
Janitors,
449.64
Fuel,
385.74
Repairs and Incidentals,
888.04
Transportation,
739.50
Superintendent's salary,
732.60
Drawing and Music,
215.50
Miscellaneous,
275.36
Books and Supplies,
694.05
Agricultural department,
1,370.27
$10,524.45
Balance unexpended,
$290.83
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
We, the undersigned Auditors of Harwich, have this day examined the bills and vouchers of the School Committee of Harwich for the year 1912, to the amount of $10,524.45, and find the same correct.
CHARLES T. CHASE, RALPH F. GORHAM,
Auditors of Harwich.
Harwich, Mass., Jan. 9, 1913.
To the Citizens of Harwich:
Much space and attention has been devoted in this year's report to the Agricultural Department. A careful consid- eration of this matter is respectfully urged upon our citizens. A year is a short space of time for a stranger to acquaint himself with the nature of the soils and the other peculiar conditions to be found on the Cape and we confidently look forward to the practical application of some of this knowledge during the coming year. A few of those inter- ested in farming have taken advantage of the help and as- sistance which Mr. Elder offer through his department. These have become the most enthusiastic friends of the school. During the coming year a good deal of attention is to be paid to cranberries and the benefits that are likely to be de- rived are inestimable. Another phase that ought not to be overlooked is the possibility of the Agricultural School be-
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coming the centre for State and National work. What the school needs most of all is the enthusiastic support of our citizens, especially in the way of encouraging our boys to make use of the privileges and advantages which this school offers. We believe such co-operation on the part of parents would bring forth excellent results.
Early in the year the well located on the school grounds at the Center was condemned by the State Board of Health. A new well has been driven in a new location at a cost of $104.35. The cost of putting the committee room in condition for occupancy amounted to $77.30. Of this amount, $60.30 came from the school funds. It was found necessary to replace the floor in the Center grammar room; also a part of the ceiling. This made it necessary to repaint and give the room a general overhauling. This, together with the painting of the interior of the High school, cost approximately $513.32. These improvements bring the totals for repairs and incidentals much higher than usual, but are in the nature of permanent repairs.
The progress made in our schools during the year has been on the whole very satisfactory. We find much to encourage us. In the primary schools the foundations are laid upon which to build for future years. It is in these schools that we need our very best teachers, and we should try to retain these teachers year after year because the con- tinual changing of teachers is detrimental to the interests of any school and the results obtained have been far below where the teachers have remained term after term.
JOHN P. NICKERSON, THOMAS H. NICKERSON, JOSEPH B. ATKINS,
School Committee.
Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Harwich:
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith my fifth annual report-the twenty-second in a series of such reports to the School Committee.
On account of the reports of the Principal of the High School, and of the Supervisor of Music and Drawing, and of the report of the Instructor of Agriculture, I shall make my report as brief as possible and yet try to say the things which need to be said for the betterment of the schools and the children.
A Creed for High School Pupils.
(Given to Members of the High School.)
"I believe I can, therefore, I will.
I believe in my own power to do whatsoever has been done.
I believe in the spirit of 'everlastingly-at-it'; 'never say die'; and, 'if not to-day, then to-morrow, sure.'
I believe in my own will power, and that it is sufficient to prevent me from doing or saying an evil thing.
I believe in the value of an education, and I shall per- mit nothing in the way of environment to prevent me from obtaining it.
I believe in this day and generation, that it is the best the world has ever known. But tomorrow will be better.
I believe in the country.
I believe in the possibilities of my own town and will prove loyal to her.
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I believe in a clean, pure, true life ; steadfast in its pur- pose ; courageous in its action ; sympathetic in its expression ; joyful in its devotion to the things that are the highest and best. "'
I believe it worth while at the beginning of a new year for all High School pupils to meditate upon the meaning of life and its purpose. I presented this creed copied in part from the Journal of Education, that by it perchance we may receive a wider and a more elevated outlook as early as possible. Live up to the best that is in you. It is an oppor- tunity given to principals and teachers as to no one else to arouse the ambitions of pupils and to place a goal for them and strengthen them in the attainment of it. Plan with your pupils for the future. Personal contact is the potent factor.
The High School has been very successful during the past year both in administration and in instruction. The change in courses of study to admit of an Agricultural Course is beneficial, and furthers the cause of practical arts, considered throughout the country of great importance in High School work.
A class of twelve graduated from the High School last June. The New England college entrance board exam- inations were taken by four of the twelve and the majority of them received very creditable marks. I believe that pupils can be fitted for college and should be fitted right here, and not be obliged to take a post-graduate year in some fitting school. This is something to be desired. College entrance examinations will be given here next June if five or more pupils present themselves. It is an excellent thing for Juniors and Seniors to have these examinations before them. Application and determination to win will bring you out victorious.
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The Product of the Grammar Schools.
It is said and said justly, I believe, that the pupils enter- ing High School from the 8th grades are not well prepared. This is a criticism which may be heard from many High Schools and in many school systems in the state, whether they be 8th grade or 9th grade systems. This fact, however, will not excuse us.
I have given the matter some thought, and it seems to me that Harwich is handicapped in at least two ways: First, in the length of its school year; Second, in the very frequent changing of teachers from the first grade up.
Harwich has only thirty-four weeks of school scheduled. With holidays and storms and conventions, etc., nearly two weeks of that is lost, leaving thirty-two weeks of actual schooling. No town on Cape Cod or in Eastern Massachu- setts to my knowledge has so short a year. Thirty-six weeks is short indeed, while thirty-eight and forty weeks are com- mon for Elementary schools.
A loss of four weeks per year in an eight-year system means the loss of nearly a year during the course, and this means much in preparation for High School.
The too frequent changing of teachers is another great handicap to the uninterrupted progress through the grades.
Both these handicaps have their remedy to some degree in án increased appropriation by the town, to warrant a lon- ger school year and to retain successful teachers as long as possible by increasing salaries.
I would recommend, to make a start toward a remedy, that the school years of 1913-14 and 1914-15 be each length- ened one week.
Poor attendance is to be considered as a great hindrance to successful work. In certain communities we are struggling continually against absence. The remedy in this case, in the
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final analysis, is not a truant officer to force them to school. It is that there be a love for school in the children and that its importance and value be accepted by parents.
Here is where the teacher comes in as the most power- ful factor of good attendance. These things with many others go to make up a poorly prepared class to enter the High School.
Twenty-six pupils were promoted from the various 8th grades last June. All did not enter the High School. Had they done so in September, their average age would have been 14 years 10 months. Two were over 17; three, over 16; eight were 15 or over ; seven were 14 or over; five were over 13-averaging 13 years 5 months. One was 12 years 10 months. The average age for the State is about 14 years 5 months.
The above figures do not show an immaturity in years to say the least, but I do feel that there is a lack of a certain kind of practical application of things in the Elementary schools the overcoming of which would stand them well in hand for the work of the High School. This may be true also in the High School work. that pupils fail under good instruction to make application of what they have been taught.
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