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"Unless the workman feels a sense of obligation to his em- ployer, to the public and to himself to do the best work he is
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capable of doing, he is not a good workman, no matter how much he knows of his trade and how skillful he can be.
"Ask nine-tenths, I might almost say ninety-nine hun- dreths of the women who employ domestic labor, and a major- ity of men who employ workmen of any kind, and they will tell you that their most serious trouble is not that workmen do not know, it is that they do not care. This is the most deep-seated, the most pervasive, the most subtle evil in mod- ern industrial life. It is a disease of the will and the con- science. To remedy it will take all the effort of the schools. But it will take more; it will tax the wisdom and the effort of the home and the church and it will need the co-operation of the great organizations of labor, which should add to all their beneficient efforts for the working-man this supreme sort of education."
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN LORING, GEORGE C. TURNER, MARY E. CURTIS,
School Committee of Norwell.
Expenditures
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE APPROPRIATION.
For the winter term of 1909, but chargeable to the ap- propriation of 1908.
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Elwin R. Bemis
$237 50
Margaret E. Marshall
137 50
W. Scott Osborne
23 75
Irene H. Fielding
123 75
Martha C. Scully
110 00
A. Edith Varney
110 00
Nancy M. Bucknam
120 00
Marion G. Merritt
100 00
Eva S. Burns
100 00
Maria W. Tolman
100 00
Bertha M. Tilden
37 50
$1,200 00
SUPERVISION
James S. Hayes
$150 00
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TRANSPORTATION.
Mrs. E. L. Loring
$216 00
John F. Osborne
192 00
L. F. Hammond
192 00
J. L. Litchfield
180 00
John Whalen
90 00
$870 00
CARE OF ROOMS
L. F. Hammond, High School $60 00
H. Earle Ainslie, Dist. No. 1 10 00
J. Lewis Merritt, Dist. No. 5 20 00
F. L. Thomas, Dist. No. 6 15 00
Wm. C. Tolman, Dist. No. 7 (two terms) 22 75
$127 75
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE APPROPRIATION
For Spring and Fall terms, 1909.
Elwin R. Bemis, High School $173 75
W. Scott Osborne, High School 225 25
F. W. Carrier, High School 200 00
Margaret E. Marshall, 1st assistant 162 50
Eudora E. Ripley, 1st assistant 100 00
Irene H. Fielding, 2nd assistant 78 75
Mrs. M. M. Ennis, 2nd assistant 22 50
Mary G. Magner, 2nd assistant
90 00
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Martha C. Scully, Dist. No. 1 Grammar School $308 00
Edith M. Moulton, Dist. No. 1 Primary School 271 00
Nancy M. Bucknam, Dist. No. 5 Gram- mar School 336 00
Marion G. Merritt, Dist. No. 5 Primary School 280 00
Eva S. Burns, Dist. No. 6 Mixed School
280 00
Maria W. Tolman, Dist. No. 7 Primary School 280 00
Bertha M. Tilden, Drawing teacher
87 50
$2,895 25
SUPERINTENDENT
Received from state
$250 00
Town appropriation 250 00
$500 00
Paid James S. Hayes
350 00
$150 00
CLEANING SCHOOL HOUSES
Mrs. E. C. Jones, Dist. No. 1
$12 00
Mrs. M. A. Osborne, Dist. No. 5 10 00
Mrs. H. E. Randall, Dist. No. 6
6 00
Mrs. E. L. Winslow, Dist. No. 7
6 00
$34 00
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CARE OF ROOMS
L. F. Hammond, High School $140 00
H. Earle Ainslie, Dist. No. 1 40 50
Mrs. M. A. Osborne, Dist. No. 5
42 00
F. L. Thomas, Dist. No. 6 42 00
Wm. C. Tolman, Dist. No. 7
42 00
$306 50
TRANSPORTATION
Mrs. E. L. Loring
$560 00
L. F. Hammond
504 00
John Whalen
280 00
John F. Osborne
504 00
J. L. Litchfield
420 00
George S. Hatch
5 00
W. O. Merritt, transportation of sick pupil 1 00
E. M. Sexton, transportation of sick pupil 1 00
$2,275 00
BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Samuel Ward Co., diplomas
$8 00
Wadsworth, Howland Co., supplies 4 40
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies
151 17
Educational Pub. Co., supplies
5 00
American Book Co., books
73 68
C. M. Ford, printing
14 75
$257 00
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FUEL AND FITTING
W. D. Turner, wood $20 00
W. D. Turner, measuring wood 75
W. C. Tolman, housing wood 1 00
Wallace Hackett, wood, 1905 6 50
F. E. Henderson, wood and sawing 13 00
John W. Burns, wood, as per contract 31 75
W. H. Briggs, sawing wood No. 5 5 00
T. C. Sampson, wood, as per contract 18 00
Benjamin Loring, wood, as per contract 23 00
Henry Pinson, housing wood No. 5 2 50
Charles H. Jones, sawing wood No. 6 3 00
Ralph Gardner, sawing and housing wood No. 7 6 25
F. L. Temple, sawing wood No. 1 5 00
E. L. Loring, labor on wood No. 1 10 00
F. L. Thomas, housing wood No. 6 1 50
C. A. Brett, coal 87 00
$234 25
SUPPLIES AND INCIDENTALS
Walter T. Osborn, truant officer $4 50
Curtis & Bates, supplies 7 05
N. Y. & Bos. Ex. Co. Express and cart- ing freight 18 65
J. Lewis Merritt, labor at Town Hall 50
M. E. Curtis, postage, telephoning, expenses 9 80
John Whalen, labor, carting wood, moving desks 8 75
H. L. Merritt, carpentering and materials 17 78 A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 4 88
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Patrick McNicol, cleaning vaults $8 00
C. A. Bruce, labor at church 2 50
Clarence Winslow, cleaning vault 2 00
W. H. Spencer, materials and labor on stoves 14 35
Hall & Torrey, supplies 6 42
Levi N. Osborne, stock and labor at No. 1 32 00
W. C. Soule, painting Dist. No. 5
school house 100 00
W. C. Soule, setting glass 75
W. W. Wade, tuning pianos 4 00
George F. Welch, lumber and hardware 14 89
James S. Hayes, expenses in securing teachers 4 60
C. E. Simmons, labor at No. 7 1 00
C. L. Rice & Son, chairs 3 90
G. C. Turner, expenses in securing teacher 1 25
Wm. C. Tolman, labor at No. 7
75
F. L. Thomas, labor at No. 6 2 00
H. T. Fogg, legal advice 12 00
J. F. Wilder, mason work at No. 6 1 50
$283 82
HIGH SCHOOL FUND.
Unexpended balance from last year
$328 79
Received from State
500 00
$828 79
F. W. Carrier, teaching High School 2 months $200 00
Eudora E. Ripley, First Ass't High School, 2 months 100 00
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Mary G. Magner, Second Ass't High School 2 months $90 00
Orville Brewer Pub. Co., music 1 80
Oliver Ditson Co., music 17 33
C. C. Birchard & Co., music books 14 40
Mrs. L. C. Stoddard, teaching singing
65 00
Mrs. W. T. Osborn, pianist
10 00
Houghton, Mifflin Co., books
2 52
Milton Bradley Co., supplies
3 54
L. E. Knot Apparatus Co., supplies
14 61
American Book Co., books and supplies
35 49
Ginn & Co., books and supplies 31 62
Allyn & Bacon, books and supplies
1 17
E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies 17 80
D. C. Heath & Co., books aud supplies
8 10
$613 38
$215 41
AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR PRESENT YEAR.
Town appropriation
$6,500 00
Dog tax
344 14
State Board of Charity
215 50
State School Fund
1,258 41
Received from State on account of
teachers' salaries
166 66
$8,484 71
Amount expended
6,460 82
$2,023 89
Expenses to April, estimated
$2,000 00
$23 89
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I have examined the accounts of the School Committee and find them correctly cast and vouchers for all amounts. paid.
JAMES H. PINKHAM, Auditor.
January 22, 1910.
ABSTRACT FROM REGISTERS.
Winter Term, 1909
Spring Term, 1909
Fall Term, 1909
Number enrolled
Average membership
Average attendance
Per cent. of attendance
Number enrolled
Average membership
Average attendance
Per cent. of attendance
Number enrolled
Average membership
Average attendance
Per cent. of attendance
No. 1 Primary
36
34.58
32.45
.94
35
34.82
33.02
94
33
32.31
31.12
.96
No. 1 Grammar
31
30.75
29.12
94
32
30.
28.35
.95
38
36.35
34.94
96
No. 5 Primary
28
26.87
23.37
.87
28
20.83
17.52
.84
40
38.45
35.85
.93
No. 5 Grammar
29
28.9
27.13
94
31
27.06
24.4
.90
40
38.1
35.7
91
No. 6 Mixed
29
29.
26.46
91
32
24.8
22.82
.92
30
27.23
24.84
91
No. 7 Primary
23
22.66
20.31
.89
26
24.6
23.31
.94
27
26.67
25.69
.96
High School
57
56.33
52.
.92
56
55.3
50.
90
60
59.33
54.7
94
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Norwell Public Schools
PUPILS NOT ABSENT FOR ONE YEAR.
Dorothy Litchfield
Lucile Jones
Etta Roberts
Bessie Bent
Eugene Roberts
Howard Cobbett
Edward Roberts
Mildred Mott
Elizabeth Lee
Wilson Morrill
Harold Turner
Irving Wilder
Allan Thompson
NOT ABSENT FOR TWO TERMS
Florence Williams
Mae Collamore
Alice Farrar
Ralph Lambert
Helen Farrar
Annie Olson
Edwin Osborne
Ethel Tolman
Edna Farrar
James Eli Frederick Lee
Frank Tate Levi Olson Robert Leavitt
Newell Roberts Clement Ross Josephine Farrar Elva Prouty Olive Briggs Elizabeth Corthell Otis Corthell Russell Olson
Emily Wagner Herbert Lincoln Ruth Tolman Otto Olson John White Wesley Osborne
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Christina Olson Harley Woodward Lloyd Prouty
Evelyn Crocker
Ashley Jones
Harry Monahon
Lawrence Osborne
Donald Wilder Emma Mauthorn Lillian Crocker Hazel Jones Arthur Osborne
NOT ABSENT FOR ONE TERM
Helen Litchfield
Dora Black
Elmer Leavitt
Emily Burns
Laicy Williams
Harriet Leach
Mildred Litchfield
Lawrence Turner
Alberta Chamberlain
Ruth Kidder
Gertrude Gardner
Daisy Peckham
Edward Peckham
Willard Robinson
Minnie Fatooche
Joseph Bates
Lillian Ford
Miriam Ford
Mary Ryan
Ethel Soule
Elsie Burns
Lawrence Soule
Francis Leslie
Fred Olson
Seth Thomas
Maisie Dyer
James Bates
Evelyn Ford
Albert Perry
Claude Ainslie
Amy Prouty
Arthur Merritt
Rosetta Keene
Marion Jacobs
Edward Cobbett
Virgil Jones Wilbur Burns
Doris Ainslie Ethel Burns Bertha Jackman
Sadie Black
Margaret Tolman
Louise Whiting
Stanley Winslow Bernard Schultz
Willie Gray
Floyd Osborne Mildred Bates
Grace Farrar Elizabeth Jacobs
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Pearl Schultz
Mildred Blake
Grace Morrill
Glenwood Jones
Francis Damon
Alfred Bates
Lawson Griffin
Grace Sproul
Alma Litchfield
Helen Pratt
Hazel Pratt Viola Martin
Marvel Morgan
GRADUATING
EXERCISES OF THE NORWELL HIGH
SCHOOL, UNITARIAN CHURCH,, JUNE
TWENTY-FIFTH, 1909.
Motto : "Non Palmae Sine Labore.'
PROGRAM
Prayer Response Salutatory and Essay, "Japan"
Song, "Paul Revere's Ride", Part I Essay, "The Evolution of Music" Song, Selected
Class History,
Essay, "Wireless Telegraphy,"
Song, "Paul Revere's Ride" Part II Class Prophecy,
Song, Selected
Essay, "American Literature"
Song, "Paul Revere's Ride," Part III
Rev. E. W. Ennis School Maud Schultz School Emily Burns Mrs. Stoddard Carrie Wilder Henry Spencer School Xoa Damon
Lucy Williams School
Hazel Damon Minnie Gardner
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The Washington Trip Song, "Clickety-Click March"
Valedictory and Essay, "The Arthurian Legend",
Presentation of Diplomas Benediction
Lena Leslie School
Antoinette Jacobs Mr. J. S. Hayes
GRADUATES
Emily Burns Xoa Agnes Damon
Lena Mae Leslie Antoinette Elizabeth Jacobs
Maude Woodworth Schultz Henry Francis Spencer Carrie Mae Wilder
Lucy Snell Williams
CLASS OFFICERS
Miss Leslie
President
Miss Wilder
Vice-President
Miss Schultz
Secretary
Mr. Spencer
Treasurer
Class Flower-American Beauty Rose.
Class Colors-Black and Gold. -
Superintendent's Report.
To the School Committee of Norwell :
The following is submitted as the second annual report of the Superintendent of Schools.
The aim of the public school should be to develop char- acter in the broadest way, to lay the foundation for intel- ligent men and women, and to inspire the children to become useful citizens. It should be the duty of teachers to work with such objects in view.
Because a pupil is slow to learn is no assurance that he may not later become a thorough student, and a broad- guaged man. Many of the best men of our country were boys who disliked study and who were classed as "dul- lards." In twenty-five years time who can say that the little, ragged, dirty, unkempt urchin who sits in the front seat may, or may not, be one of our most successful men.
In some of our schools there are pupils who do not clas- sify well, who are able to do more work than the class as a whole, or are not able to do as much as the average. It is a question what to do with them. The failure to keep up with the class is nearly always due to irregular attend- ance. This subject of school attendance has been called to the attention of the parents so often, that it is nearly threadbare. Only when the child is not allowed to go on with his class does the full effect come home. It is per- fectly useless to expect, or demand, that all the education the child is to get is to be furnished by one or two teach-
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ers, he taking his share of time along with twenty or thirty others. Should the average be thirty children in the room that means ten minutes a day, or fifty minutes a week for him should his attendance be perfect. How much must the teacher do in this short time ! How much must she overcome should his attendance be irregular?
The work of the teachers is satisfactory taking all things into consideration.
The Grammar School at No. 1 is large and working well. A little more energy would help make better workers, and would result in more forceful and finished scholars.
No. 1 Primary is backward in the upper grades, and extra effort is being made to overcome it.
No. 5 Primary has forty pupils in four grades. The great differences shown in children were apparent here in the entering class; in the short space of two weeks the class had to be divided into two sections, and some in the second section already show that their work must be re- peated another year. This really makes five grades in the largest primary school.
No. 5 Grammar had thirty-eight pupils; the sixth grade, or entering class, having one-half the entire number. This school has periods of strength and weakness. Some of the pupils have the most peculiar ideas, and manner of doing things. They have ability, but it seems to hurt their feelings to have to be guided by the teacher and live up to certain rules. Home training will help place it on a better basis.
No. 6 Primary is smaller than last year numbering about thirty. Some children in this school have a habit of ab- senting themselves upon slight pretex. They miss much helpful, forceful instruction.
No. 7 Primary, Church Hill, has a full school this year, seats having been provided for twenty-eight. The har- mony existing between teacher and pupils is strong and helpful.
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I believe all our teachers are conscientious, and striving to give the town the best that is in them in directing the youth in the way it should go. No great changes have been made in the work in the grades this year; a little stronger emphasis has been placed upon reading, arithme- tic and spelling, and better results are expected to be gained. In geography an attempt has been made to re- arrange and systematize the work. The new text books are filling a long felt want.
DRAWING AND MUSIC.
The work in drawing has gone forward with rapid strides in the grades, and speicmens of the pupils' work adorn the walls in each room. "Beaming with satisfac- tion" expresses the appearance of the pupil's face when his specimen is accepted. The work in the High School shows talent, and skill in execution, but the careless and sometimes slovenly appearance of some papers lowers the percentage in class work.
The work done in Music in the High School might be classed in the same way ; we have a large number who cannot read the notes, and this is, of itself, a handicap. If a small fraction of the teacher's faithful work would take root we would soon have great results.
Music should be taught in all the grades with, or with- out, a special teacher, preferrably with one.
HIGH SCHOOL
This topic is one of the live ones in our town. Once in a while something happens to disturb the progress of the school machinery, giving us rather an uncomfortable jolt, and causing some hours of extra work before we can get things running smoothly again. Such a jolt "came" to us
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the past year, but fortunately was of short duration ; after the reaction, the work went smoothly.
Changes in the teaching force occur each year, and school opened in September with an entirely new corps. They are striving to give the school what it needs-(1) Practical knowledge to analyze and make their own. (2) Energy to do and dare. (3) A broader view of things in general. (4) Knowledge of the rights of the town, as well as rights of the pupils. (5) General culture. With many they find it a pleasure to work, as they appreciate what is done for them, and try to the best of their know- ledge to do what is right.
Many pupils who would receive great benefit from a high school course never go beyond the grammar school, for the reason that their parents feel there is little in the high school that is worth while. It seems to be the com- mon desire of American parents to make the pathway of their children smooth and easy and joyous. We have in our high school some pupils who seem to think that they are in such a pathway, but some day they will have a rude awakening.
If the time ever comes when parents fully appreciate the necessity of making school duties paramount to all others, there will be less occasion to criticise teachers, or school methods, if pupils fail to meet all the requirements.
Lack of purpose, attending school as a makeshift until something better presents itself, is a serious detriment. It would seem that some of our boys (?) come under the above, as their manners in reciting, and toward their teachers would hardly stamp them as business men, or being there for business.
CONCLUSION
It is hardly necessary to say a word regarding Industrial Education. The time is near when something will be at-
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tempted. I look for the Board of Education to issue a pamphlet on this subject soon, which will interest the citizens of every town.
State Agent J. W. McDonald paid us a visit and in- spected our High school. I hope he saw signs of practical progress which I feel are there.
I wish to thank the Committee and Teachers for their cordial co-operation and support during the year.
JAMES S. HAYES, Supt. Schools.
Report of High School Principal
To the Superintendent of the Schools of Norwell :
I submit my first report of the Norwell High School.
May I first say a few words about the equipment of the High School? We have about all the books and ap- paratus for the study of science that a rural High School can be expected to have. But the most valuable equip- ment of any school is its scholars. In this respect Norwell may well be proud. For it is certain that there are few High Schools that have as large a per cent. of natural abil- ity and of undeveloped talent as the Norwell High School, although, often times, this natural endowment is con- cealed by an undesirable behavior. Health, candor, cour- age, honor and independence in action and in thought are also some of the other assets of our High School. There is no reason why the Norwell High School cannot furnish leaders and influential citizens in town and national affairs.
Nature has thus done much for our High School by equipping it with such young men and women. But what is the school going to give them in order to best prepare them for practical every day life here in Norwell? The business or function of the Norwell High School is to pre- pare its scholars for the rural life of Norwell. The first thing that needs to be done, in the writer's opinion, is to arouse an ambition in each scholar to be somebody, such as a good scientific gardner, to arouse a desire to do some- thing worth while here in Norwell, for instance, to raise good fruit. Interests and ideals are the dynamo of life ;
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without them there is stagnation. We teachers of the High School consider that our chief duty is to arouse in- terests and ideals in our scholars, for we think that in whatever school there are worthy interests and high ideals there order, study, character are also found.
Let each High School prepare its pupils for the life they are going to lead, -this is the modern function of the High School. Since, then, it is the function of the Nor- well High School to prepare its scholars for the rural life, it follows that instruction should be given in those branches alone which prepare for life here in Norwell.
(1.) Hence, English should be studied, the more the better, so that each one may know how to use his native tongue correctly and effectively and may find in its litera- ture beautiful, ennobling thoughts and character building material.
(2.) Hence, there should be an opportunity to study mathematics during all the four years that a pupil is in the High School so that the student may have, not only mathematics enough to meet the demands of rural life, but that he may develop a capacity for long concentrated hard logical thinking. He who can think has the best equipment for life. The world is looking for thinking men and women. Cannot our High School contribute thinkers to Norwell?
(3.) Hence, everyone should have an opportunity to study one of the Modern Languages so as to get the dis- cipline and culture obtainable from such a course. A foreign language often throws light on the dark places of English.
(4.) Hence, since the cultural value supposed to be found in Latin may be obtained from one of the modern languages or from English, since the value of Latin as a mental discipline may be supplied by science and mathe- matics, and since a knowledge of that language does not help to prepare one for life in Norwell, it follows that the
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Latin language should be banished from the High School. In the writer's opinion Latin, in our High School, is a waste of time and money. If there were no Latin in the High School, with the same number of teachers that we now have and with no more expense, four new subjects, each of which would be a thousand times more practical than Latin, could be added to our course of study.
(5.) Hence, since history helps a student to under- stand the institutions of our government, it should be studied so that the student in the future may intelligently discharge his duty as a citizen.
(6.) Hence, since a broad knowledge of science is an essential preparation for a rural life, science should be studied during the four years in the High School. Botany, zoology, physiology, physical geography, geology, physics and chemistry should be studied, not from books alone nor in the laboratory only, but should be so taught that the student finds the laws of nature and his science outside of the school room in the wide world. He can thus bring nature to his aid and control her for his purposes. During the last year, all this knowledge of science should be formally applied, in the case of the young men, to agri- culture or other rural employments. The agriculturist of the near future mast be an all around scientist. For this reason agricultural schools are springing up all over the country, and is Norwell going to be behind the times?
In the case of the young women this scientific knowledge should be, during the last year in the High School, form- ally applied to cookery and domestic science-
To sum up, the function of the Norwell High School is to prepare its students for actual and practical life here in Norwell.
Respectfully submitted,
F. W. CARRIER,
Principal of N. H. S.
Report of Music Supervisor
To the Superintendent of Schools :-
As a suggestion for the advan. ment of music in the schools of Norwell, please allow me to say, first of all, provide them with the Ginn Co. course,"New Educational"; the First Readers in the primary grades and probably the Second Readers in the Intermediate. If they have a fair knowl- edge of the first principles, and wish to take up two part music, the Third Reader might not be too difficult. The New Educational course brings the best results, as it is the easiest from which to teach, and the most interesting to the children. Any school ought to be able to learn one page a week; more than that would probably mean insufficient drill.
Then if you are in the way of holding teachers' meetings, or could conveniently call one occasionally, the supervisor could be present, and point out to the teachers the little things most necessary to explain as the lessons progress. In this way, if the teachers are careful to give constant drill, even if the lessons must be short, and if every child is made to learn the lesson, either in singing or a speaking voice, good results should soon show quite plainly.
The usual course with the first grade is to teach them little songs; and toward the last of the year, the syllables of the scale, and fragments of the scale. In the second grade this work is continued, and they have more drill in singing oral exercises, with skips. The third grade take up the First Reader, and learn to read the notes by syllables from the representation on the staff, and apply their knowledge of how to alter their pitch for the different notes.
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If you have schools with the first four or five grades, per- haps the best way to do at first, would be to give the lesson to the fourth and fifth grades, allowing the others to listen and learn the songs by note; or if there happens to be a very promising third grade, make a little special lesson for them, dividing the time for two classes. This little attention to the third grade, prepares a nice class for the following year when the upper class goes to another school.
The habit of singing needs to grow up with the child, and so it will be some years before all the children in the Gram- mar and High schools will sing without self-consciousness. Those children who hear music and participate in it in their homes, are the ones who take music lessons as a natural course of events, and who give the most help in the High school today; and so when they can take their singing les- sons as a natural course of events, rather than something most wonderfully unusual, the work of the High school will be like work, like an effort to reach a high standard instead of like a pastime, wherein one may perhaps become prepared for exhibition.
The exhibition should not be the goal, but rather the most thorough knowledge of the subject by each individual Respectfully submitted,
LILLIE C. STODDARD.
Dec. 31, 1909.
Supervisor.
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Report of Drawing Teacher
l'o the Superintendent of Schools :-
I have been asked for a report concerning the condition of the drawing in the schools of Norwell.
The work in the Primary grades is being done very satis- factorily and shows ambition and talent, while the work in the Grammar grades and High school shows lack of interest which is very essential to make this work a success.
It seems necessary to state that there are some very tal- ented pupils in these higher grades, who can and do accom- plish the work. There are others, who need something to help them see the value of drawing. At this age in life, the ques- tion is often put, "Of what use is drawing ?" Art or drawing is the training of the eye to observe. It teaches the child to see and then carry out ideas as no other study can.
Now, with this thought, that drawing is the plan, the found- ation, upon which we build our minds to see the truths of nature, there seems to be little doubt that it is important and helpful to every child, no matter what course they wish to pursue through life.
With the hearty co-operation on the part of the parents with the teachers as well as the pupils, the work can be brought to a higher standard in the future.
Respectfully submitted,
BERTHA M. TILDEN,
Drawing teacher.
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