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The library has now been open six years and a half, during which time both trustees and librarians have rendered service without com- pensation. The first years required the most labor, as the work of establishing, arranging and cataloguing the library was considerable.
If the Town could appropriate something for the labor needed in the furnishing and care of the library, it would perhaps add to its efficiency.
Amount of Money Available.
Amount in the treasury, March 1, 1897, . $180.94
Appropriation, dog fund, 252.92
Income, Mary A. Phelon fund, . 20.20
$454.06
Amount Expended.
Henry R. Johnson, books, $199.82
Bowen & Son, Mimeograph, 15.00
Chas. Scribners' Sons, Cyclopædia Britannica (account), 37.50
D. Appleton & Co., Johnson's Cyclopedia, 50.00
Haddon & Co., book binding, . $6.10
Enterprise Printing Co., library cards,
3.25
$311.67
Amount in treasury, March 1, 1898, 142.39
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Books.
Number of books in the library, March 1, 1897,
1,772
Added by purchase,
246
Sent by the state,
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2,028
Worn out,
I40
1,888
Number of Book Borrowers.
Agawam,
150
Feeding Hills, .
164
Mittineague,
.
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Circulation.
Agawam,
1,973
Feeding Hills,
2,170
Mittineague,
480
Librarians.
Agawam,
Feeding Hills,
Mittineague,
Mrs. C. L. Hayward. S. Newell Smith. Julia E. Tower.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY L. TOWER, CAROLINE L. HAYWARD, S. NEWELL SMITH.
Trustees.
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Whiting Street Fund.
Balance on hand March 9, 1897,
$186.06
Income from fund, .
. 220.00
$406.06
Sixteen persons have been aided from this fund to the amount of
239.00
Balance on hand March 1, 1898,
$167.06
REPORT OF
Inspector of Animals and Provisions.
To the Selectmen of Agawam :
GENTLEMEN :- Since my last report, I have made one general inspection, covering the entire town and involving the examination of 1536 neat cattle and 359 swine. Ten animals have been con- demned and upon post mortem examination were found to be tuberculous, ten less than were destroyed last year.
I have attended one hundred and six (106) slaughterings, at which were killed 149 veal calves, five beeves and twenty-one swine. No animals have been condemned at slaughter houses.
I have made a detailed report to the State Cattle Commission, of the sanitary conditions of all the stables in town where neat cattle are kept, similar to that made the previous year, and in con- . formity with an order of the Cattle Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN LEONARD,
Inspector.
Articles in the Warrant for Town Meeting,
APRIL 4. 1898.
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To choose by ballot, for the ensuing year, a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of Poor, a Board of Health of three members, three Col- lectors of Taxes, two Auditors, three Surveyors of Highways, ten Constables, one member of the School Committee for three years, one Library Trustee for three years, one Sinking Fund Commis- sioner for three years, one Trustee of " Whiting Street Fund " for two years, also to vote on the same ballot upon the question, " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town."
ARTICLE: 3. To choose all necessary Town officers not provided for in the foregoing article.
ARTICLE 4. To hear and act upon the reports of Town officers.
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ARTICLE 5. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow temporarily in antici- pation of the taxes of the present municipal year, a sum not to ex- ceed seven thousand dollars, as the same may be from time to time required, and to give a note or notes of the Town for money so borrowed, and that he be also authorized to pay such loans from said taxes.
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ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote a discount on taxes.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will charge interest on taxes.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will accept " Deep Gutter" road, so called, as located by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the care of the Town library.
ARTICLE II. To see if the Town desire to sell the school prop- erty situated on " River street," so called.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will take any action relative to changing the district of School Superintendent, which now exists.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to divide Precinct B, and accept a division as made by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town desire to make any change in the officers to be hereafter elected annually.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will make any special appro- priation for highway work.
ARTICLE 16. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year, and to vote to raise by tax such sums of money as may be required for the same.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will accept the following list of jurors : Andrew J. Todd, Samuel McVeigh, Frank E. Campbell, Charles F. Barden, Frank R. Pomeroy, John Ahl, Charles T. Crouss, William H. Porter, William A. Fletcher, William B. Rice, James H. Clark, George E. Arnold, John F. Hamilton, Fred P. Halladay, Willis L. Huntley, Fred A. Johnson, Jr., Oscar L. King, Edward A. Kellogg, Byron C. Roberts, Sandford H. Sawyer, Dexter M. Steere, Alfred Maynard, Everest S. Gauthier, Daniel Murphy, Dennis M. Crowley, Charles Gosselin, H. Willis Austin, Edward M. Hitchcock, Robert O. Harper.
ARTICLE 18. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
SCHOOL REPORTS.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The annual report is herewith presented.
During the year just passed, the schools have been in session thirty-six (36) weeks, and have been in a generally prosperous condition.
A slight disturbance was occasioned at the beginning of the school year in September, by the resignation of Superintendent Whitney, and the consequent delay attending the election of his successor, Herbert E. Richardson.
There are now twenty-three (23) pupils attending the West Springfield High School from this town, and if that number is kept good, the annual charge will be $920. The appropriation last year being $600, and the actual cost $714. The tuition being $30, $35 and $40 for the different parts of the year, $40 being the present cost per pupil per annum.
The committee recommend the appropriation of $1,000 for High School tuition, and $6,000 for Town schools.
The partitions, recommended last year for the basement of the new building, have been placed, and a new outhouse at Feeding Hills Center has been built, with necessary fences and screens. The old seats and desks at the South school in Agawam have been removed and replaced by unused seats from other buildings.
Particular attention is called to the large number of lost days noticed in the Superintendent's report, and a hearty co-operation with the teachers is asked of the parents, in keeping the percentage of attendance as high as possible.
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The total of lost time during the past year is perfectly appalling, and would amount to forty-eight (48) years of thirty-six weeks each for one pupil.
There has been no complaint from the new building in reference to imperfect heating, and the janitor has rendered faithful service in his line of duty.
EDWIN LEONARD, CAROLINE LEONARD HAYWARD, ROBERT O. HARPER,
School Committee.
Financial Statement of Schools.
FOR TUITION AT WEST SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL.
Spring Term,
$151.38
Fall Term,
.
322.00
Winter Term,
.
241.50
$714.88
Appropriation,
600.00
SUPERINTENDENT AND SUPPLIES.
Fairfield Whitney, superintendent, $262 46
Herbert E. Richardson, 66 238.46 .
Belle W. Corwin, music teacher,
175.00
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
109.82
Silver-Burdette Co., books,
28.50
Springfield News Co., supplies,
10.80
O. S. Houghton, paper, .
14 40
Ginn & Co., supplies,
60.47
American Bible Society,
15.00
R. J. Kimball, maps,
14 00
Springfield Printing & Binding Co., printing,
3 50
H. Rude, supplies,
7.85
D. C. Heath & Co., supplies,
5 60
Houghton, Miffiin & Co., supplies,
7.20
American Book Co , books,
2.40
J. & I. E. Moore, ink,
3 25
Sanford, Sawtelle Co., supplies,
6.86
W. E. Hanson, printing,
5.80
Fairfield Whitney, express and postage,
7.39
H. E. Richardson, postage, .
1.50
R. O. Harper, express and supplies,
1.56
$981 82
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AGAWAM SCHOOLS.
George B. Whitney, teaching 36 weeks,
$456 00
Hulda U. Gates, teaching 36 weeks,
238 00
Hulda U. Gates, care of room, . 18 00
Jane S. Thomson, teaching 143 weeks,
116 80
L. Ada Moulton, teaching 12 weeks,
108.00
Edith Havens, teaching 8 weeks,
61 50
Edith Havens, care of room,
2.50
Lillian M. Swetland, teaching 23 weeks,
19.50
Lillian M. Swetland, care of room,
1.30
L. Pearl French, teaching 24 weeks, .
216 00
Blanche E. Thompson, teaching 213 weeks,
171 20
Mary C. Melindy, teaching 24 weeks,
.
180.00
Mary C. Melindy, care of room,
12 00
Meekins, Packard & Wheat, flags,
4.00
Burgin Bros., poles and rope, .
7.91
W. W. Houghton, setting flag poles,
3 50
L. L. Thomson, sweeping and cleaning,
54 50
C. E. Hitchcock, lumber,
8 90
E. L. Covill, repairs,
85 50
H. C. Earle, painting and material.
65.25
J. W. Bartlett, mason work,
2.75
J. V. Wolcott, repairs, .
13.70
Springfield Lumber Co., lumber,
4,03
C. W. Hastings, supplies,
6.43
M. S. Converse, coal,
98.00
L. W. Dickinson, use of well,
5 00
Clark Hardware Co., lock,
.66
F. A. Bodurtha, repairs,
1 95
W. C. Campbell, janitor,
56 00
W. C. Campbell, wood and repairs,
4 25
Monroe Hayward, cleaning,
14 40
W. B. Rice, teams,
5 50
Annie Edgar, cleaning, .
.50
$2,093.53
FEEDING HILLS SCHOOLS.
L. May Huntley, teaching 12 weeks,
$96.00
L. May Huntley, care of room, .
6.00
Sarah A. Graves, teaching 12 weeks,
108.00
Emma M. Bolton, teaching 12 weeks, .
144.00
Carolyn E. Shirley, teaching 24 weeks, 288 00
Annie N. Chandler, teaching 23 weeks,
207.00
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M. Lucy Pomeroy, teaching 24 weeks,
$180.00
M. Lucy Pomeroy, care of room,
12.00
Fred A. Johnson, Jr., wood,
8.00
James F. Barry, wood, .
5.50
G. O. Andrews, wood and supplies,
13.90
M. S. Converse, coal,
93.10
W. F. Cook, coal,
2.93
Mary A. Taylor, sweeping and key,
17 85
H. Rude, slating,
1.40
Edwin Leonard, repairs and cleaning,
10.76
A. E. Fuller, janitor,
53.85
$1,248.29
MITTINEAGUE SCHOOLS.
Ernest A. Sweet, teaching 12 weeks, .
$144.00
Marguerite C. Connor, teaching 36 weeks,
324 00
Agnes I. Tubbs, teaching 12 weeks,
108.00
Jennie E. Alderman, teaching 36 weeks,
324.00
Nellie O'Keefe, teaching 12 weeks,
108.00
Bertha L. Jones, teaching 24 weeks,
216.00
Mary E, Richards, teaching 24 weeks, .
216 00
A. P. D. Tobien, teaching 24 weeks,
304 00
Thomas Welch, janitor,
10.00
Henry L. Tower, janitor,
4 00
Frank Ross, janitor,
45.00
James M. Bean, janitor,
115.00
L. H. Scott & Co., coal, .
10.00
W. F. Cook, coal,
52.01
M. S. Converse, coal,
202.39
C. P. Crook, wood,
5.25
H. Letellier & Son, supplies,
10.11
T. M. Walker & Co., glass,
3.66
R. O. Harper, glass,
.96
J. M. Bean, express, oil and keys,
4.15
L. C. Smith. express,
.60
Frank Ross, cleaning,
20.00
Frank Menard, cleaning,
7.72
James Menard, cleaning,
1.95
John Perusse, cleaning,
2.25
Mrs. Vezina, cleaning,
1.00
Edward Bascomb, cleaning,
1.00
Mrs. Le Sage, cleaning, .
1.00
Delor Perusse, cleaning,
2.85
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Cerile Perusse, cleaning,
$0 90
W. F. Cook, teams,
4.75
George A. Graves & Sons, supplies,
10.88
Fuller, Warren Co., grate,
.78
$2,262.21
Total expended, .
6,585.85
Amount available, appropriation,
5.500 00
Income Mass. School Fund,
281.20
State Treas. for superintendent,
416.66
$6.197.95
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL BOARD OF AGAWAM :
I hereby submit my first, and the seventh annual report of the Superintendent of schools.
Upon entering the duties of my office in September, I found the schools well graded, the work systematized, and the general cause of education far in advance of those towns that have as yet no superintendent of schools.
These results have been attained, I believe, through the efficiency of my predecessor, and the earnest support he has received from the School Board, as well as to the faithfulness of the teachers upon whom rests the burden of the work.
But excellent as has been the work already done, there are greater heights to be attained, and we must not stop with well doing. An understanding of the "Three R's " is highly important and cannot receive too much emphasis ; but to stop here is to rob the child of the best part of his inheritance. If the school does not give to him a well-rounded character, a power to understand the relation of things, and ability to grasp every circumstance in life, and lead him to an appreciation of the good in everything, it fails in that which is of prime importance, namely, to make true men and women of our boys and girls.
It may be said that the purpose of true education is so to develop the individual as to enable him to make the most of himself in everything good and noble ; or in other words, it consists in draw- ing out and developing all the God-given faculties that man possesses. To the home and the school belongs largely the duty of
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accomplishing this purpose. If the home does not fulfill its duty in this respect, the school must supply the defect.
Parents often mistake and underrate the aim of school work, and consider that the mere accumulation of facts is the object of school training. But unless brain power is gained the work of the school is void.
In the proper and well-directed performance of his school work, the child should gain such a command of his faculties, and such an accumulation of will power, that he will ever be ready to seize opportunity " by the forelock " and meet every obligation of duty.
The child should be so trained that when coming to the cross- roads in life with no guide board to direct, he may be able to choose for himself the right way. Every lesson should be so taught and learned as to contribute to this all-desirable attainment. Merely to memorize or to learn with reference to special display is not educa- tional in any proper sense of the term. Indeed, it may weaken rather than strengthen the pupil.
To bring into action the latent faculties of the child is absolutely demanded of the teacher, and with this view a knowledge of the child mind is an absolute necessity to successful work in the school- room. For school instruction should "adopt the means by which a non-thinking, non-reflecting, non-speaking child can most surely be trained into a noble citizen, ready to contend for the right and to die for the right.
In the gift of free will, we are endowed by our Creator with the power to work out our own destiny; and it is the highest function of education to help us overcome the disadvantages of troublesome environment and unfavorable circumstances, in the gaining of a noble manhood or womanhood. But while we seek this power, we should properly understand the scope and direction of its exercise. Is it merely to compete for our own selfish ends? or is it not rather to compete in doing good, and thus benefit not only ourselves but the world.
True education can but make a true man. If one seems to be educated, and is not a true man or woman, it is safe to infer that one has been the victim of wrong or faulty instruction.
In a word let it be said that any conception of education is
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imperfect and inadequate, that does not contemplate the produc- tion of that well-rounded character, which shall embody in principle and action, " Whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, what- soever things are of good report."
To attain this end your Superintendent has directed and will continue to direct his efforts, and trusts that every parent may know by personal visitation, just what the schools are doing or attempting to do for his child.
Arithmetic.
The work in Arithmetic is not as practical as is desired. There is much presented in this subject that is never used outside the schoolroom.
The work in arithmetic should relate, largely, to the practical affairs of every-day life ; to problems that are met with in the home and in business, and which exercise and develop the judgment and reasoning faculties of the child.
"The boy who has been through college and cannot measure a pile of wood," may well be criticised, and the value of his training questioned.
Geography.
In teaching Geography pupils should visit, if possible, the section studied. Much use should be made of pictures, magazine and newspaper articles, as well as paints and the moulding board. In this way the child sees clearly the places studied ; they become real to him, and thus his experience is broadened, for the study of geography is but an imaging of the present appearance of the earth's surface.
Many of our teachers already are working along these lines, but more can be done.
Public Library.
The Public Library should be an efficient source of help to the schools. More of the choicest works in science and literature,
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if added to the library, could be used to good advantage by the pupils.
Writing.
The system of vertical penmanship in most of the schools is being well taught. The handwriting of the pupils has been greatly im- proved, thus showing the change to have been a wise one.
Painting and Water Colors.
The use of water colors has been encouraged, not for the pur- pose of teaching the children to paint pretty pictures, but rather to train the child's powers of observation and expression, as well as to make more real every line of school work. Every subject taught in our schools gains new power and life, as the brush or pencil tells its own truth concerning it.
To train the child to observe is to introduce him to the world of beauty that surrounds him. How blindly most of us go through life, merely for the lack of a little training in early years in learning how to observe.
Nature Study.
All development of the individual powers is by self-activity, but the degree and direction of it is largely determined by surrounding conditions. Hence the greater and more important part of one's education is gained after school days are over. Is it not wise, therefore, to more closely connect the environment of life with those of school, by including studies which will lead the child to the best understanding of his surroundings?
The teaching of science is no longer confined to the college and high school, but has its place in every grade of school work ; for if it is not presented during the first years of the child's school life the great majority of the pupils will fail of receiving any part of it.
Much instruction in science can be adapted to the pupils in the lower grades, but " the pedagogical value of such instruction is not to be measured by the knowledge acquired, nor so much by the
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amount [of discipline gained as by the fact that it reveals and interprets nature in such a way that the process of development, which the teaching of science merely begins in school, will be con- tinued afterward by nature herself all through life."
In conclusion, I wish to express my appreciation for the kindly support you have given me, and for the earnestness with which the teachers have gone forward in their work.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT E. RICHARDSON.
Roll of Honor.
Names of pupils who were present every day during one or more terms.
ONE TERM.
Louise Ahl,
Harry Brown,
Charlie Brouse,
James Brady,
Katie O'Brien,
George O'Brien,
Katie O'Brien,
Rhea Bassett,
Bridget Begley,
Sylvia Maynard,
Clarence Casgro,
Lizzie Corkery,
Bert Connors,
Bessie Cavanaugh,
Eva Covill,
James Cook,
Eva Dudley,
George Diegel,
Nellie Dodge,
Eva Dugan,
Cordelia Devinew,
George Depage,
Henry Depage,
Lucy Depage,
Ed. Deslaurier,
Everest Delourier,
Clinton Edgar, Charlie Farrioli,
Ora Fountain,
Joseph Griffin,
Mary Hastings,
Willie Learned, Delia Lefond, Rachiel Letellier, Pearl Manley, Alice R. Moore, Cora McIntire, Bertha Mellor, Eugene Madden,
Frank Menard, Louise Menard, Henry Menard, Thomas O'Brien, Walter Oldroyd,
George Provost, Frank Provost, Henry Provost, Dennis Quirk, Thomas Quirk, Howard Reed, Ethel Rollinson, Eva Roberts,
Leo Roy, James Scully, Willie Smith, Arthur Spear, Edna Taylor, Edna Todd,
Charles Terrioli, Loretta Viedeman,
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Minnie Hayward, Arthur Hayward, Walter Hayward, Arthur Jones, Nellie Kirby,
Fred Vezina, Bessie Vredenburg, Horace Warden, Sadie Wright.
TWO TERMS.
Bertha Bennett,
Miriam Brown,
Bertha Campbell,
Frederic Duclos, Arthur Goodrich, Philip W. Hastings, H. Flossie Johnson, George Porter,
Ernest Paro, Howard Reed,
Mabel Smith,
Howard Smith, Eva Spear, Lillian Spear,
Louise M. Taylor, Sadie Taylor.
THREE TERMS.
Sarah Brouse,
Jacob Diegel, Joseph R. Hastings, Percival Hastings, Thomson Hastings, Clifford Jones,
Irving Madden, Frank McKennon, Elsie Othick, Marion Reed, Ethel Rollinson.
STATISTICS FOR 1897-8.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Salary of Teachers.
No. Weeks in Term.
Pupils Enrolled. Pupils over 15 Yearr. Pupils 8 to 14 Years.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
Per Cent of Attendance
Days Lost.
Tardinesses.
Dismissals.
Visits by Citizens.
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Agawam ..... Grammar .....
S. F.
George B. Whitney.
$48
12 39
8:19 37
34
90.8 220 95 348
10 5|14
W.
George B. Whitney
52 12 47 10 19 42.7 39
91.8 308 35 7 4
Agawam ..
S.
L. Ada Moulton ..
36
12 36 1|33 33
29
58
140 53 10 17
Intermediate.
F.
L. Pearl French.
36 12 42 1|39 39
38
98 212 15 29 15
W.
L. Pearl French.
36 12 45
2 38 40
38.6
95
404 40|10 9
Agawam
s.
Jennie S. Thompson
32 12 35 . .
18 32
28
88
22. 35
1 14
Primary . .
W.
Blanche E. Thompson
32 12 22
1 18 19 16
21
86
848 52 17
5 6
South Street.
F.
Carolyn M. Melendy
30 12 23
13 19
17
89
345 16
5
6
W.
Carolyn M. Melendy
30 12 20
1 13 19
17
89
170 2
3
5 2
Feeding Hills S.
Emma M. Bolton ...
48 12 30
3 27 24.9 21.79 87
87
200
3
10
48
12 31
6 25 29.5 26
88
204 1
0
12
Feeding Hills S.
Sarah A. Graves ..
34 12 41 . . 26 33.5 29.7
88.6
387
64 62 7
8
W.
Annie N. Chandler
36|
12 34 .. 27 29.6 28
94.8 150
1 6
4
Feeding Hills S.
L. May Huntley
32 12 21
. . 12 16 15
20
94
81
269
24 S
8
Mittineague ..
F.
A. P. D. Tobien.
48
12 21
7 8 20
18
92
87
41 49
3
W.
A. P. D. Tobien
52 12 21 9
7 17.8 16.5
94
65
44 22
2
Mittineague .. S. Jennie E. Alderman
36 12 24
2 17 21.8 19
89
228
28
0
6
2d Grammar. F.
Jennie E Alderman.
36 12 35
2 29 32 30
92
242 21
2
2
W.
Jennie E. Alderman.
36 12 35
4 26 32 6 30
93
328
16
0
2
Mittineague ..
s.
Margarite C Connor
36 12 37
2 33 32
31
92
50
5
0
3
Intermediate. F.
Margarite C. Connor
36 12 46 . 41 42
37
97
78
16
0
2
W.
Margarite C. Connor
36 12 45
1 42 43
40
93
101
21 10
1
Mittineague .. 3. Nelly O'Keefe.
36 12|37
37 33 7 33
98
47
0
3
3
2d Primary ..
F.
Mary E. Richards
36 12 37 ..
20 33.8 32
96
75
22
1
4
W.
Mary E. Richards
36 12 34 ..
20 29
:26
Mittineague .. S.
Agnes I. Tubbs.
36 12 41 .. 8 36.5 34.5
3
1st Primary .. F.
Bertha L. Jones
36 12 37 ..
.. 34.5 32
132
58 1
8
W.
Bertha L. Jones
36 12 36
..
32
27
84
304|107 5
4
F.
Blanche E. Thompson
32 12 24 . . 18 20.6 18
89.8
115 24
191 29
4 23 4 22
Agawam. ..
S.
Hulda U. Gates
32 12 25
1 16 21
18 11.8
86
325 53|17
1
Agawam .....
S.
Mrs. G. H. Havens
30 12 24 . . 13 23
21
91
142 10
3
1
Grammar .... F. W.
Carolyn E. Shirley .
48 12 31
6 25 28 5 25
31.9 96.6|134 3
352 2 31 11
West Street ..
F.
M. Lucy Pomeroy
30 12 23 . 16 21
32 12 19
.
.
5 15
13.8 91
75 10 24
3»
Grammar ..
W. S.
Ernest A. Sweet.
48
12 17 5
16 15
12.6
95
166 10
7 17
W.
Hulda U. Gates.
32 12 20 . .
15 16
7.2
181
36
25
5
Primary .. . . .. F
Annie N. Chandler
36 12 35 .. 27 33
West Street ..
F
Hulda U. Gates.
52
12 44 9 20 38.8 37
Terms.
17|11 7
George B. Whitney
32 12 32 1 17 25
83.6
450 62 12
1
Carolyn E. Shirley .
89.8 170 91 93
178 49
54
3
2
M. Lucy Pomeroy
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Enrollment,
536
Number of pupils under five,
3
66
over fifteen, 34
66 between eight and fourteen, 424
Average membership,
375.8
attendance,
338.9
Per cent. of attendance, 90.I
Total number of days lost,
8651
of dismissals,
366
66
of tardinesses,
IO28
Length of school year,
36 weeks
Average salary of teachers,
$39.60
Number of tuition students in West Springfield High School, ·
23
Pupils at private (parochial) school at Mittineague, ·
48
1
Report of Music Supervisor.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF AGAWAM :
In comparing the work of this year with that of last, I feel much encouragement ; the pupils are deeply interested in the music, and that alone means progression. In no place is it more perceptible than in Agawam. There seems to be an eagerness, a true interest in the work. I deeply appreciate the fact that the regular teachers inspire the pupils with a desire to learn. I also wish to thank the teachers, one and all, for their kind efforts in behalf of music, but I find it difficult to impress the teachers with the importance of exercises, continually ; it forms the foundation for the voice in after years ; constant song singing wears upon the fresh young voices. How- ever, I hope to accomplish that yet. During the winter I joined the Association of Music Supervisors of Western Massachusetts. This society meets once in four months and is largely composed of teachers of wide experience and knowledge. I find much pleasure in discussing this work with those who have reached noble heights by faithful and conscientious labor. Among these super- visors we have Prof. Howard of Bridgeport, whose work there is widely known. I also visited the schools in Cambridge, Mass., and take great interest in comparing the work, always with consideration for the few opportunities of this territory in years gone by. Last year I missed one week; this year I have only been absent from duty one day, and this was occasioned by the condition of the roads. I wish to thank all who have shown interest in music among the pupils, and I trust the future will awaken yet more enthusiasm.
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