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Q. M. Chute
$ 15 50
John Witbam
6 12
Frank Kneeland
3 00
Harry Whitney
23 19
Fred Noyes
6 12
Fred Learned
19 75
Will Whitney.
12 68
Arthur Johnson
24 50
Alfred Libby
12 75
A. O. Noyes
7 13
H. A. Libby & Son
9 62
George Flint
1 50
Horace Whitney
136 50
Warren Flagz.
236 00
Chester Tarbox
11 37
Henry Purrington
8 75
Joseph Pitts
12 00
Will Haskell
38 50
Roy Johnson.
2 00
A. C. Davis
7 50
Harold Caswell.
19 25
Total
$1,639 93
CUTTING BUSHES
Frank Chaplin
$15 00
Lewis Briggs
: 50
Chas. Walker
3 50
White
9 75
Daniel Thompson
4 50
Geo. A. Haskell.
7 50
Geo. Upton
15 00
Ed. Jordan
7 00
Irving Lamb. 12 00
A. C. Buck 3 00
Moses Hall 9 00
Tobias Whitney.
9 62
Austin Lewis
2 22
Herman Thompson
5 50
Ambrose Skillings
9 00
E. E. Rowe 13 50
Joe Chaplin
3 00
Fred Noyes 6 00
Elbridge Sanborn 9 75
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Frank Stone $ 6 50
Will Lewis. 4 50
E. L. Hicks. 9 30
Will Whitney 7 00
Dana Stuart
1 75
F. J. Stokes 14 00
Geo. Gile
1 50
John Hartford 7 50
Total
$200 39
STATE ROAD.
Amount raised
$519 75
Paid out on State road 586 33
CEMENT SIDEWALK.
A. S. Kneeland $ 17 50
E. C. Lord
9 20
J. P. Blake, sand 8 40
Sumner Whitney 26 25
Fred Pitts
9 75
Horace Walker 7 50
Q. M. Chute
4 50
C. D. Tarbox
3 50
F. J. Derost
409 25
Total
. $495 85
SUNDRIES.
E. L. Pike, dynamite $ 3 80
T. H. Ricker & Son
7 20
H. H. Caswell 48 54
Geo. Roes 6 00
A. S. Pitts
987
Wales & Hamblen
2 25
Walker Mills 3 50
J. A. Bennett. 1 75
Drag plank. 2 00
Road machine blade 8 58
E. J. Stiles, railing and fitting. 49 33
C. S. Whitney
55 06
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Total
$197 88
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SNOW BILLS TO FEB. 10, 1910.
Horace Whitney
$ 10 50
A. S. Kneeland.
4 25
E. D. Gray
1 75
A. C. Buck
75
A. R. Clark
11 50
Gene Joboson
10 00
Geo. P. Carsley
3 00
J. W. Weston & Son
4 25
Larkin Bros.
2 44
Ed. Jordan 2 00
Irving Lamb
3 60
H. A. Libby· & Son
5 40
Will Haskell
: 25
F. B. Ward
5 00
Oscar Tracy
1 45
Morris Howe
16 50
Q. M. Chute
2 00
Davis Bros 22 40
Herman Thompson
4 50
Josiah Strout.
1 50
A. O. Noyes & Son
2 70
Henry Leighton
6 00
$124 74
SUMMARY.
Amount raised for snow bills for 1909
600 00
Amount raised for roads
. 2,500 00
For State road.
519 75
Sidewalk
250 00
Total
$3,869 75
Total expended
3,776 20
Unexpended
$93 55
Respectfully submitted,
A. S. KNEELAND, Road Commissioner.
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TOWN HISTORY.
The Centennial History of the town has been prepared, published and distributed as authorized by vote of the town. Although the expense may be somewhat larger than was at first anticipated it was deemed advisable to provide a larger number of copies than were required for our home distribution, the extra copies to be placed on sale to supply the wants of former residents and others.
We beg to submit the following items:
By paid Granville Fernald for collecting data and writing up history ...
$ 95 00 Southworth Printing Co., printing and binding 504 copies and furnishing cuts and inserting 54 half tones . .. . 1,160 00
$1,255 00
To Appropriation by town
.$700 00
Rec'd acct. pictures and sale histories to date 231 00
$931 00
I77 copies on band.
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN, FEB. 14, 1910.
LIABILITIES.
Due Overseer of town farm, Apr. 1, 1910 $335 00
For printing this report, estimated . 30 00
" tuition at No. Bridgton academy, est .. 153 00'
schools, school money
907 06
$1,425 06
RESOURCES.
Due from A. S. Pitts, treasurer $108 45
State, dog license. 80 00
Otisfield, school money . 93 33
Bridgton,
16 00
F. H. Ricker, school fund.
42 00
Pitts & Doughty, birch and oak 187 00
Dupont Powder Co., pine from town farm.
600 00
State, high school money
250 00
Cash in treasury, Feb. 14, 1910
366 20
$1,742 98
Total resources. $1,742 98
Total liabilities. 1,425 06
Balance in favor of town
$317 92
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UNAVAILABLE RESOURCES.
Town farm and stock and implements $2,500 00
Town hall and lot. 2,000 00
Jillson lot near Island Pond 400 00
Land near Geo. P. Carsley's heater piece 25 00
Common lot in village 175 00
Schoolhouses, 9. 5,000 00
RECOMMENDATIONS.
In closing our report we can make but few recommendations. We can only leave those to your own careful opinions. We are aware that we have paid some unusual expenses but we decided in each case that it would be for the best. The present tax rate is 1812 mills, that may seem high but in comparison with other towns it is below the average. We have hopes that the next rate will be slightly re- duced, but that depends on amounts raised for objects in view.
The appropriation for Town Charges and Support of Poor is in part a contingent fund as it has to care for all shortages of other appropri- ations, pay all Town Officers salaries, expenses of Board of Health, suffer loss for abatements or for any accident that befalls the town, and as the amount remaining in the treasury is small we would recom- mend to raise $1500.00.
Our roads are steadily growing better by permanent work and we ought to raise $2000.00 for repairs and improvements if we adopt the provision of Chapter 112 of the Public Laws as amended by Chapter 69, Public Laws of 1909, and raise $400.00, the maximum amount, we will get $400.00 from the State, making a joint fund of $800.00 for State road improvement for the year 1910.
Respectfully submitted,
Q. M. CHUTE, JAMES THOMES,
Selectmen of
HENRY E. JILLSON, Harrison.
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LIST OF UNCOLLECTED TAXES, FEB. 15, 1910.
Burnham, L. N
$ 3 00
Chute, Josiah
3 79
Caswell, Frank
3 00
Edson, James
11 54
Edson, Norman
1 67
Eastman, Frank.
3 00
Hapgood, Geo. A.
3 00
Hapgood, Ernest A
3 00
Johnson, Arthur
6 61
McAllister, Hannah
11 90
Nason, Lester
3 91
Shakford, Mrs. Mary
1 02
Shackford, Wm. H.
6 93
Shackford, Frank I
3 93
Scribner, A. C
3 93
Whitney, Wm. H
4 85
Wheeler, W. B
3 00
Whitmore, Clifton, Est
2 31
Sebago Steamboat Co
7 40
Packard, Henry C
3 32
Hutchings, Mell.
1 63
$99 67
Treasurer's Report
Cash in treasury, Feb. 10, 1909 $1,023 27
Feb. 11, Rec'd from Town of Waterford 2 04
12, F. H. Ricker, school and ministerial fund. 42 00
13,
Kilgore Bros. note. 140 00
May 16, Otisfield school money ... 139 49
April 20,
D. M. Stuart, auction Lic. 2 00
Town farm cash
447 64
May 31,
Bridgton, tuition 28 56
June 14,
F. H. Ricker, guardian ... 101 85
30, Leon Burnham, rent hall. 10 00
July 14, H. L. Sampson, dog Lic .. 66 00 17, State, high school . 250 00
29, H. L. Sampson, dog Lic .. State
15 00
Dec. 8,
State for State roads 288 75
1910.
Jan. 24,
State, high school 205 83
27, State, dog Lic. refunded. 58 18
Rec'd from State for school and mill fund ....
974 25 State for R. R. and telegraph tax .. 6 68 State for pensions. 192 00
Q. M. Chute for oxen 125 00 Chas. S. Walker for stove 1 00
Rec'd for Town history and pictures 231 00 Bal. of 1908 tax 243 15 1909 tax 9,114 25
$13,727 94
.
20 00
Aug. 3,
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By paid Dog licenses
87 00
County tax
557 17
State tax.
1,388 91
Public Library
15 00
State pensions
192 00
Town orders
11,121 66
Cash in treasury to balance
366 20
$13,727 94
Respectfully submitted,
A. S. PITTS, Treasurer.
We have this day examined the accounts of A. S. Pitts, Treasurer, and find them correct.
Q. M. CHUTE,
Selectmen
JAMES THOMES,
of
HENRY E. JILLSON,
Harrison.
Harrison, Feb. 14, 1910.
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Library Report
TO THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF HARRISON:
The first year's occupancy of the Caswell Library is now complet- ed and we can report our gratification with the commodious, tasty building and its convenience of location. The people of Harrison can take pride in having so beautiful a building erected without entailing upon the town the large annual expense which accom- panies the Carnegie donations.
A mortgage of $1,200 and interest unpaid is held by the heirs of Geo. Burnham, Jr. It is hoped that the generosity of friends will assist in clearing up the indebtedness. The Library Association has voted that donors of $100 and over shall have their names placed upon. a permanent tablet in the Library.
In 1909 the town appropriated $150, which has been expended in the purchase of books, the full number of which is now 1,125. The circulation of the past year is 3,512. A furnace has been installed by local subscription. Mission furniture and curtains have been bought with proceeds of entertainments given by friends of the Association and draperies have been donated by Mrs. D. H. Caswell.
The Association is anxious for all the town's people to have the benefit of the books in the Library and hopes for a more universal circulation. The books are absolutely free to all residents of Har- rison and the Reading Room is now supplied with current maga- zines for adults and children.
The Library is open Saturday afternoons and evenings during the entire year and Wednesday afternoons and evenings during July and August. The entire care of the books and the attendance of librarian are furnished through the self sacrificing public spirit of the ladies of Harrison village, to whom great credit belongs for the inception and development of a library.
Respectfully submitted,
C. B. SYLVESTER, President.
Harrison, Me., Feb. 15, 1910.
Vital Statistics
TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF HARRISON:
The following returns of births, marriages and deaths for the year 1909 in the town of Harrison have been made to this office. HOWARD L. SAMPSON, Town Clerk.
BIRTHS.
Jan. 22, To Fred C., and Vida A. Green, a daughter, 1st child.
Feb. 7, To Bradford T., and Nina M. Kimball, a daughter, 9th child.
9, To Frank B., and Belle F. Ward, a son, 4th child. 28, To James F., and Bertelle L. Flagg, a daughter, 1st child.
Mar. 7, To Frank G., and Addie L. Foster, a daughter, 3d child.
9, To Charles H., and Flora E. Pendexter, a son, 5th child.
April 14, To Harry F., and Lillian B. Whitney, a son, 5th child.
21, To Clayton B., and Addie Wentworth, a daughter, 1st child.
May 6, To George D., and Ethel I. Skillings, a son, 5th child. 25, To Walter A., and Florence M. Dyer, a son, 3d child.
30, To Harvey S., and Flossie B. Whitney, a son, 3d child.
June 4, To Arthur J., and Viteline Marcque, a daughter, 6th child.
5, To Walter A., and Alice M. Southworth, a daughter, (still born), 5th child.
Aug. 7, To Leonard and Minnie E. Pitts, a son, 3d child.
14, To Benjamin W., and Carlotta Harmon, a daughter, 5th child.
14, To Henry P., and Hattie L. Leighton, a daughter, 1st child.
Sept. 24, To Reuben F., and Bertha B. Kimball, a daughter, 5th child.
Oct. 6, To Frank W., and Lizzie Cummings, a son, 4th child. 10, To Maurice and Mary J. Kenison, a daughter, 1st child.
Nov. 8, To Albert C., and Bertha M. Davis, a son, 3d child.
Nov. 13, To Jesse and Florence V. Holden, a son, 1st child.
18, To George V., and Edith G. Roberts, a son, 1st child.
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Dec. 7, To Martin L., and Mary E. Merrow, a daughter, 1st child.
10, To Charles W., and Josephine M. Jackson, a son, 2nd child.
18, To Lester D., and Frances H. Nason, a daughter, 5th child.
21, To Clarence H., and Beulah Brown, a daughter, 4th child.
21, To Edwin C., and Addie M. Lord, a son, 4th child.
MARRIAGES.
In Norway, February 10, by Rev. B. S. Rideout, Chauncey Berry Ames of Waterford and Miss Maud Idella Chute of Harrison.
In North Bridgton, May 29, by Rev. Charles N. Davie, Guy Hol- man Thompson and Miss Calista Maud Sanborn, both of Harrison.
In Norway, June 24, by Rev. B. C. Wentwortb, Charles Sumner Chute of Harrison and Miss Carrie Elizabeth Edgecomb of Water- ford.
In Harrison, July 3, by Rev. Charles N. Davie, Evarts Blake May- berry of Harrison and Miss Olive Sprague Edwards of Casco.
In Bridgton, August 12, by Rev. Stephen T. Livingston, Martin L. Merrow of Harrison and Miss Mamie E. Day of Hiram.
In North Bridgton, September 1, by Rev. Charles N. Davie, Everett Thomas Chapman of Harrison and Miss Gladys Marion Kimball of North Bridgton.
In Bridgton, October 14, by Rev. George W. Barber, Silas Cassley Pitts and Mrs. Nancy Lilliah Tracy, both of Harrison.
In Lovell, October 18, by Rev. Franklin H. Reeves, Mark Harris Sawyer and Miss Nellie Norman Plummer, both of Harrison.
In Naples, November 26, by Philip O'Cannell Esq., Willis Everett Dillingham of Naples and Miss May Louise Purington of Harrison.
In North Bridgton, November 27, by Rev. Charles N. Davie Orin Harvey Stearns and Miss Winnefred Clara Fleck, both of Harri- son.
DEATHS.
February 22, Eugene Arlington Ward, age 14 days. Birthplace, Harrison. Cause of death, pneumonia.
March 31, Anstis Walker, widowed, age 89 years, 4 months and 5 day. Birthplace, Hiram, Me. Cause of death, chronic diarrhea.
March 31, Hannah S. Ward, widowed, age 73 years, 5 months and 4 days. Birthplace, Albany, Me. Cause of death, senile dementia, pneumonia.
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April 2, Nellie A. Stuart, widowed, age 65 years, 9 months and 27 days. Birthplace, Harrison. Cause of death, organic disease. of heart.
April 10, Albert E. Jordan, single, age 38 years, 4 months and 5 days. Birthplace, Minot, Me. £ Cause of death, suicidal shooting through head, melancholia.
May 4, Ralph Merton Pendexter, age 2 months. Birthplace, Harri- son. Cause of death, broncho pneumonia.
July 9, In Bridgton, Delphina Keen, widowed, age 86 years, 8 months and 8 days. Birthplace, Hebron, Me. Cause of death, gastrometeritis.
September 13, Joseph W. Foster, married, age 65 years, 6 months and 12 days. Birthplace, Harrison. Cause of death, organic disease of heart.
September 16, in Raymond, Hulda Orvilla Knight, married, age 64 years, 7 months and 23 days. Birthplace, Harrison. Cause of death, careinoma uterus.
September 28, Joseph McAllister, married, age 76 years, & months. Birthplace, Oxford, Me. Cause of death, valvular disease of heart, dropsy.
November 6, Charles E. T. Yeaton, widowed, age 85 years, 2 months and 15 days. Birthplace, Durham, N. H. Cause of death, valvular disease of the heart.
November 16, Susan E. DeWitt, married, age 30 years, 1 month and 14 days. Birthplace, Harrison. Cause of death, peritonitis.
November 19, Leander Dorman, married, age 84 years, 7 months and 13 days. Birthplace, Wayne, Me. Cause of death, organic disease of the heart.
November 22, in Bridgton, John H. Caswell, married, age 76 years, 6 months and 16 days. Birthplace, Harrison. Cause of death, pneu- monia.
November 28, John C. Frost, married, age 71 years, 3 months and 24 days. Birthplace, Norway, Me. Cause of death, dropsy due to organic disease of the heart.
December 27, Catherine F. Blake, widowed, age 71 years, 4 months and 6 days. Birthplace, Harrison. Cause of death, pneumonia.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
TO THE SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS OF HARRISON :
In accordance with the provisions of law I herewith submit a re- port of the condition, management and progress of your schools for the municipal year now closing.
Entering upon the work of supervision eight months ago among strangers and near the close of the spring term, and also so soon after the sndden decease of Mr. Alphonso Moulton, who had long and faithfully served you as superintendent, and the temporary fill- ing of the vacancy thus caused, it was easy to foresee the necessity of a good deal of attention and investigation in order to get the work fairly well in hand.
School administration at the present day is of such a nature that even on a familar field, meeting conditions with which the official. has long been familiar, satisfactory results can only be secured by. close attention and earnest effort. An adequately high ideal may be approached but it can never be fully realized. Educational pro- gess in any community, in order to be permanent, must be the re- sult of evolutionary rather than revolutionary processes. Improve- ment is necessarily slow and while we should not be discouraged at slow progress, we should not, on the other hand, be satisfied with such.
There are many things affecting the school interests of the town, to which your attention might be called but I am inclined to believe that many of the problems of the several sections of the town can best be solved by discussing the existing conditions affecting each school with the citizens most directly concerned.
To this end I shall urge the teachers of the several schools to organize school improvement leagues in their schools and I bave no doubt that parents and citizens will lend their active aid toward the objects to be attained as soon as they are understood.
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It may be well to mention under appropriate heads some matters relating to our schools in common and as one of the essential fac- tors in a good school is the material outfit provided, your attention is called to the influence of suitable
SCHOOLHOUSES, OUTBUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
The superstructure of most of the schoolhouses was found to be in a fairly good state of repair. The Lewis schoolhouse needed painting and the Village Primary building needed shingling and accordingly these repairs were made. The condition of the windows in most of the rural schools was bad because of cracked and broken glass and lack of putty. This source of discomfort has been re- moved. The underpinning of the Grammar and Intermediate build- ing at the village, and of the buildings at the Brackett, Maple Ridge, South Harrison and Bolster's Mills schools was in such a state of displacement that no heating apparatus known could possibly make the school rooms comfortable for the children during the cold season. The underpinning at the Brackett and Mills schools has been almost entirely reset and a thorough pointing has been done at these and all the others mentioned except at the Maple Ridge building, where the foundation was of such a character that nothing permanent could be done so late in the season. On this account some of the worst places were stopped with mortar or earth, trusting that at your annual meeting you would take such action as would make it possible to put the foundation of this building in a permanent state of repair as well as to make other necessary repairs on the various school buildings in town.
The outbuildings at several points, especially at the rural schools, present conditions which demand your immediate attention and vigorous action.
The closets provided for most of the schools are of the combined sort under one roof, entered by doors side by side and only separated by board partitions. The conditions thus imposed constitute a menace to the physical and moral welfare of the children of both sexes. Such accommodations serve to inconvenience and embarrass the girls to such an extent that both health and morals are jeopard- ized, while at the same time the opportunity for unmanly and bar- barous practices is offered to the boys to the end that, from a moral standpoint, they are more seriously affected than the girls. I sin- cerely hope that previous to the annual meeting parents will make a
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personal investigation of existing conditions where their children attend sch ol. The combined closet should be removed from the map of Maine.
I am advised that your committee will at the annual meeting en- deavor to state to you somewhat in detail what the needed repairs are and the approximate cost of the same. In the meantime, citizens of the several districts can profitably be considering the needs of the buildings where their children are accommodated.
The influence of commodious, well kept and tastefully arranged school grounds is a matter that is frequently overlooked. Several of our rural schools offer great possibilities in this line at small cost, while at other locations there is urgent need of an extension of the school grounds. The law provides for securing necessary additions to school grounds at a reasonable compensation.
For further information on this point reference is made to Chapter 15, Sec. 3 of Revised Statutes of Maine.
Another important factor in the making of good schools and one that is even more effective than the material outfit in building, etc., is
PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL SENTIMENT.
In briefly discussing this topic it is a pleasure to say that so far as I have become acquainted with public opinion relative to school af- fairs in Harrison I have every reason to be gratified with the kindly and considerate attitude which the citizens maintain toward the school department and the teachers.
During the eight months in which I have been in your service I do not recall that one word of unkindly criticism of schools or school officials has come to my notice. If this is indicative of the actual feeling of the town's people, one of the most effective forces for the moral and educational advancement of the community can be count- ed on as actively working favorably. With such a sentiment prevail- ing it would be strange indeed if interest in education could not be greatly increased, and just to the degree that this interest increases, to that degree will the efficiency of our schools be enhanced.
I would not be understood as objecting to criticism, for criticism may be helpful if it be of the right kind and voiced with good inten- tion and at opportune times and places. It is a force that may be either constructive or destructive, according to the motive by which
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it is prompted. I am sure that I am warranted in saying that the present officials of the school department will always be ready and anxious to receive suggestions in any and every line looking to the betterment of the public schools. It is only by the united efforts of all the people all the time that the greatest possible results can be real- ized.
The all important factor in any and every school after all
THE TEACHER.
It is entirely unnecessary for me to repeat to the readers of this report what is perfectly well known to everybody and is questioned by none,-that, a teacher in the puplic schools should be a person of the highest moral character, whose conduct in all places, in or out of school, shall be absolutely above question.
The application of this axiomatic principle, owing to a variety of viewpoints, leads sometimes to confusion of ideas to a greater or less degree.
Next to the parent, the teacher stands, in the moral, physical and mental developement of the child, in the most responsible position known to civilized society. Wielding such an influence over infinite possibilities and tremendous risks, the teacher can afford to consider carefully her course by a very exalted and exacting standard, indeed she can not afford to do otherwise.
To consistency of conduct all agree that the teacher should add active sympathy with and love of child life. She should have scholarly attainments to a reasonable degree and should have some comprehension of the magnitude of her opportunities and the dignity of her work.
When we once grasp the idea that the teachers' services are as im- portant as those of other professions we shall come pretty near the point of recognizing the necessity of preparation for the duties of this profession.
None of us at this day care to trust our law cases in the hands of those who have had no training. Anybody can find out what the law is, but we know that only the man who has bad training along those lines can be depended upon to say how it applies in certain cases.
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The same is true of the physician and our physical ailments, and few of us find it profitable to listen on the Sabbath to one who has had no special preparation for the duties of the pulpit. In view of our observation in other lines of expert service, is it not a little remarkable that any intelligent person should to-day regard teacher training as a matter of slight importance?
We have to-day in our employ an admirable teaching force of earnest, devoted and enthusiastic women, a majority of whom have had some special training for the work in which they are engaged, although but one has taken a complete normal course. It is encour- aging, however, to note that several of them are alive to their needs and are ambitious and intend to avail themselves of adequate prepar- ation for the exacting duties of the schoolroom. To such as manifest this laudable ambition and enter upon a training course, the town should offer every encouragement and hold itself under obligation to give them preference in employment whenever they return to the work of teaching. I do not wish it to be inferred that I believe that the necessary preparation can only be obtained in a regular normal school, for we need not go outside our own body of teachers to find an exception, but I would most emphatically say that a normal school is the place where the requisite preparation can be most quickly and economically obtained.
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