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ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD
- OF THE
TOWN OF
DERRY
1928 -- 1929
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SCHOOL BOARD
H. L. Grinnell, Jr., Chairman Eva A. Day Frederic J. Grady
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1931
Superintendent of Schools Carl Cotton
Truant Officer A. M. Wheeler
School Nurse Lillian Mackintosh
Clerk Evelyn Thereau
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Fall Term, 1928-29
Winter Term, 1928-29
Spring Term, 1928-29
Fall Term, 1929-30
Winter Term, 1929-30
Spring Term, 1929-30
Sept. 4, to Dec. 19, 1928
Jan. 2, to March 22, 1929
April 1, to June 13, 1929
Sept. 3, to Dec. 18, 1929 Dec. 30, to March 21, 1930 March 31, to June 12, 1930
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SCHOOL REPORT
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the Inhabitants of the School district in the Town of Derry, N. H. qualified to vote in district affiairs :
You are hereby notified to meet at the Adams Mem- orial Hall in said district on the 16th day of March 1929, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following subjects:
1. To choose a Moderator for the coming year.
2. To choose a Clerk for the ensuing year.
3. To choose a Member of the School Board for the ensuing three years.
4. To choose a Treasurer for the ensuing year.
5. To determine and appoint the salaries of the School Board and Truant Officer, and fix the com- pensation of any other officers or agents of the dis- trict.
6. To hear the reports of Agents, Auditors, Com- mittees, or Officers chosen, and pass any vote relat- ing thereto.
7. To choose Agents, Auditors and Committees in relation to any subject embraced in this warrant.
8. To see if the district will vote to make any alteration in the amount of money required to be as- sessed for the ensuing year for the support of public schools and the payment of the statutory obligations of the district, as determined by the school board in its annual report.
.9. To see if the district will vote to remodel the "Oak Street School to properly accommodate the pu- pils of the Junior High School and raise and appropri- ate a sum of money, or authorize the School Board to
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borrow a sufficient sum of money to pay for the same, issuing the notes of the district according to the R. S. 119.4.
Given under our hands at said Derry, N. H. this 21st day of February 1929.
H. L. GRINNELL, Jr. EVA C. DAY FREDERIC J. GRADY
School Board.
A true copy of Warrant-Attest: H. L. GRINNELL, Jr. EVA C. DAY FREDERIC J. GRADY
School Board.
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BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR July 1, 1929 to June 30, 1930
Teachers' salaries
$38,000.00
Text books
1,500.00
Scholars' supplies
1,500.00
Flags and appurtenances
. 25.00
Other expenses of instruction
42.00
Janitor service
2,176.00
Fuel
2,610.00
Water, light, janitors' supplies
600.00
Minor repairs and expenses
1,500.00
Health supervision
1,500.00
Transportation of pupils
2,000.00
$51,453.00
STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS
$15,000.00
High School tuition
Salaries of district officers
$ 238.00
Excess salary of superintendent
1,000.00
Truant officer and census
125.00
Expenses of administration
200.00
Insurance
120.00
Rent
2,062.00
Per capita tax
500.00
New equipment
1,000.00
Debt
380.00
Interest
$6,525.00
Total
$72,978.00
RECAPITULATION
High School tuition
$15,000.00
Elementary schools
51,453.00
Statutory obligations
6,525.00
900.00
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Deductions
68,715.54
Net cost to town 1929-30
$6,289,660.00
Equalized valuation of town
$31,448.30
Amount of $5 tax for 1929
School Board
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Cash on hand June 30, 1928
15,512.14
Net debt
$15,808.00
Liabilities
Pinkerton Academy
535.00
Other bills
11,500.00
Bonds
$15,808.00
Receipts
$ 5,120.34
From State
60,541.00
From Selectmen
218.00
Elementary tuitions
77.18
Sale of property
521.86
Dog licenses
115.46
Income from local Trust Funds
271.69
Other receipts
1,470.30
Cash on hand July 1, 1927
$68,335.83
Payments
Administration
Salaries of school board $ 150.00
Superintendent's excess salary 900.00
Salaries of other district officers 167.40
373.64
Office expenses
$72,978.00 $ 4,262.46
$ 295.86
$
3,773.00
Instruction
Principals' and teachers' sal-
aries 34,278.56
Text books 1,610.97
Scholars' supplies
1,528.36
Other expenses
22.42
Operation and maintenance of School Plant:
Janitor service 2,102.40
Fuel 1,964.09
Water, light and janitor supplies 772.90
Minor repairs and expenses 2,172.03
Special activities
Medical inspection 1,167.61
Transportation of pupils
1,834.00
Academy tuition
14,610.00
Elementary tuition
13.33
Fixed charges
Head tax
2,030.00
Insurance
397.50
New equipment
464.76
Debt and interest
Principal of debt
1,000.00
Interest on debt
480.00
$68,039.97
Cash on hand June 30, 1928
295.86
$68,335.83
DETAILS OF EXPENDITURES
Administration : School Board
H. L. Grinnell, Jr. $ 50.00
F. J. Grady
50.00
Eva Day
50.00
$150.00
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$1000.00
Excess salary of Superintendent Other District Officers:
W. T. Morse
4.00
W. J. Kingsbury
3.00
F. N. Young
50.00
Wilbur Tewksbury
30.40
Arthur Morin
75.00
A. M. Wheeler
$167.40
Teachers' Salaries:
Mary Ironside
$ 1,789.00
Ernest Trethewey
1,722.00
Frances White
1,150.00
Olive Allard
1,000.00
Sadie Corey
1,160.00
Mary Connolly
900.00
Lucille Nevers
1,250.00
Mary Emery
1,000.00
Mary Gould
1,358.00
Martha Moore
1,250.00
Carlotta Lupien
1,250.00
Nellie Webster
1,050.00
Roxanna O'Dowd
1,322.00
Cora Goodwin
950.00
Evelyn Thereau
1,380.00
Christine Feinauer
1,272.00
Alice Fisher
1,272.00
Grace Hunt
1,250.00
Sarah George
1,250.00
Emie Gleason
1,250.00
Bertha Wiggin
1,150.00
Ellen Fortier
1,000.00
Etta Merrill
1,250.00
Mary Crosby
$ 5.00
1,035.56
Bertha Clarke
1,050.00
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Doris Minkler
1,250.00
Mildred Stratton
900.00
Geraldine Daggett
875.00
Ethel Adams
368.00
Mary Tewksbury
71.00
Mrs. Bodwell
26.00
Mrs. Tibbetts
240.00
Dorothy Cotton
5.00
Geraldine Hoisington
5.00
Alexander Bogle
228.00
$34,278.56
Text books and supplies Janitor service
$3,139.33
A. M. Wheeler
$ 732.40
Arthur Bergeron
560.00
Edwin Westgate
600.00
Harriet Devine
22.00
George Devine
36.00
Lansil Johnson
38.00
Bertha Wiggin
38.00
Stella Skibnoski
38.00
Andrew Rollins
38.00
$2,102.40
Fuel:
Holmes & Wheeler
$1,426.96
A. F. Kimball
96.00
John Day
216.50
Bertha Wiggin
3.25
L. E. Frost
34.38
F. E. Chase
43.00
Warren Putney
18.75
Joseph Dubeau
117.50
George Devine
3.25
Eugene Larrau
4.50
$1964.09
Water, light and janitor supplies:
$ 48.95
James E. Wills
John E. Calef 23.51
Derry Electric Co.,
149.28
Derry Water Works
6.36
J. J. Newberry
16.39
James Oxley
16.85
Clifford Davis
109.84
L. H. Pillsbury
36.27
W. F. Neal
.47
Stella Skibnoski
12.72
L. M. Glover Co.
1.75
Masury Young & Co.
9.00
State Workshop for the blind
4.48
Bell Hardware
$772.90
Repairs and minor expenses :
$15.00
Fred Draper
.75
F. M. Stearns
3.30
Stella Skibnoski
60.00
E. R. Westgate
18.75
Town of Derry
2.00
Derry Steam Laundry
5.26
S. A. Verge
1.00
James Oxley
1.93
E. M. Worthley
3.75
Peoples' Furniture Co.
9.80
Derry Electric Co.
3.50
Piper McIntire Co.
8.00
Ernest Berry
181.97
F. H. Smith
47.84
Holmes & Wheeler
12.35
Bell Hardware
400.39
Benson Lumber Co.
4.00
Isabella Hall
John B. Varick Co.
106.83
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337.03
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Arthur Bergeron
63.00
W. E. Hutton
100.65
Thomas Stewart
24.60
Ernest Trethewey
52.50
Mary Germain
3.60
E. R. Belanger
110.70
Chase & Bodwell
1.00
Bertha Wiggin
5.00
Bert Davis
25.85
L. M. Packer
1.65
Mrs. Lousia
5.00
W. H. Chase
518.95
Clifford Davis
50.21
George Davis
288.67
Russell Scribner
2.63
Steele Furniture Co.
27.60
Frank Farmer
4.00
$2,172.03
Medical Inspection :
Lillian Mackintosh
$1,061.50
L. M. Glover & Co.
50.93
Wilbur Gilpatric
18.89
Benj. Chase Co.
2.20
Edward E. Babb & Co.
27.19
Family Drug Store
6.90
$1,167.61
Transportation :
Mrs. Fehrnstrom
$808.00
Mrs. Carrie Hood
266.00
Martin Burpee
229.00
Chester & Derry R. R. Co.
531.00
$1,834.00
Academy Tuition :
Pinkerton Academy $14,515.00
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Ernest Benway
95.00
$14,610.00
Elementary School Tuition: Town of Hampstead
$13.33
Insurance:
$ 40.50
Nutfield Insurance Agency
25.00
Bartlett & Shepard
12.50
W. J. Kingsbury
12.50
Derry Insurance Co.
60.00
Abbott & Davis
54.50
F. N. Young
$277.50
Miscellaneous expenses:
New equipment
$ 464.76
Head tax
2,030.00
Debt and interest
1,480.00
Rent
120.00
Office expenses
296.06
$4,390.82
$68,039.97
Cash on hand June 30, 1928
295.86
$68,335.83
REPORT OF WILBUR E. TEWKSBURY, Treasurer
Cash on hand June 30, 1927
$1,470.30
Received from Selectmen
$60,541.00
Dog tax
521.86
Income from Trust Funds
115.46
From State treasurer
5,120.34
Miscellaneous Sources
566.87
Frank B. Oakes
72.50
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$66,865.53
Total receipts
68,335.83
Less school board orders for year
68,039.97
Cash on hand June 30, 1928 $295.86
This is to certify that I have examined the books, vouchers, bank statements and other financial re- cords of the treasurer of the school district of Derry, N. H. of which the above is a true summary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and find them cor- rect in all respects.
W. J. KINGSBURY
July 16, 1928.
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES
From July 1, 1928 to January 1, 1929
Expenses of administration
$ 269.75
Excess salary of Superintendent
900.00
Truant officer and census
22.00
Teachers' salaries
14,141.00
Text books
1.647.46
Scholars supplies
1,012.68
Miscellaneous
24.59
Janitor
822.00
Fuel
1,084.66
Water and light
445.76
Minor repairs
505.44
Health
475.19
Transportation
1,151.60
High School tuition
3,777.00
Elementary
13.50
New equipment
569.95
Principal of debt
1,500.00
Interest on debt
230.00
Head tax
2,058.00
Total
$30,650.58
13 SCHOOL WARRANT
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the inhabitants of the School district in the town of Derry Village, qualified to vote in district affairs:
You are hereby notified to meet at the Derry Vil- lage School in the said district on the ninth day of March, 1929, at two P. M. to act upon the following subjects.
1. To choose a Moderator for the coming year.
2. To choose a Clerk for the ensuing year.
3. To choose a Member of the School Board for the ensuing three years.
4. To choose a treasurer for the ensuing year.
5. To determine and appoint the salaries of the School Board and Truant Officer, and fix the com- pensation of other officers or agents of the district.
6. To hear the reports of Agents, Auditors and Committees, or Officers chosen, and pass any vote in relation thereto.
7. To choose Agents, Auditors, and Committees in relation to any subject embraced in this warrant.
8. To see if the district will vote to build a wing in the school building in order for the school build- ing to properly accommodate the pupils of the district and raise and appropriate a sum of money, or auth-, orize the School Board to borrow a sufficient sum of money spread over a term of years to pay for the same; issuing the notes of the district according to R. S. 119:4.
9. To see if the district will vote to make any al- teration in the amount of money required to be as- sessed for the ensuing year for the support of public
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schools and the payment of the statutory obligations of the district, as determined by the School Board in its annual report.
10. To see if the district will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for a fence.
Given under our hands at said Derry Village this 21st day of February 1929.
GRACE E. TILESTON ELIZABETH A. BARTLETT HERBERT L. MACGREGOR School Board.
A true copy of Warrant-Attest:
GRACE E. TILESTON
ELIZABETH A. BARTLETT
HERBERT L. MACGREGOR School Board.
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DISTRICT NO. 2 BUDGET 1929-1930
Teachers' salaries
$3,488.00
Text books
100.00
Scholars' supplies
100.00
Superintendent's excess salary
90.00
Fuel, water, light
400.00
Repairs
10.00
Flags
480.00
. Janitor
75.00
Nurse
32.00
District officers
2,000.00
Academy tuition
170.00
Total $7,345.00
DETAILS OF EXPENDITURES
Salaries of District Officers:
B. T. Bartlett
$15.00
J. G. MacGregor
15.00
A. W. Reynolds
$32.00
Excess salary of Superintendent
$90.00
Truant Officer and census: Carl Johnson
$ 2.60
Administration :
Carl Cotton
$ 7.78
Clerk
10.00
$17.78
Teachers' salaries:
Carolyn How
$1,214.00
Marian Paige
1,235.00
Geraldine Daggett
124.99
Geraldine Hoisington
3.00
2,576.99
2.00
Per capita tax
400.00
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Text books:
Simmon-Peckham Co.
$ 65.80
Wallace Mason
4.00
Laidlaw Brothers
3.27
Macmillan Co.
21.63
American Book Co.
23.73
Public School Pub. Co.
9.39
Benjamin Sanborn Co.
4.61
Scott Foresman Co.
8.53
Silver Burdett & Co.
15.13
The John Church Co.
5.69
Standard Book Co.
4.12
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
2.82
$168.72
Scholar's supplies :
L. M. Glover Co.
2.32
Milton Bradley Co.
27.04
J. L. Hammett Co.
4.30
Dowling School Supply Co.
16.40
Edward E. Babb & Co.
26.04
Wilbur E. Gilpatric
3.14
Derry School District
13.25
Oliver Ditson Co.
6.05
$98.54
Flags and appurtenances:
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$44.54
Geo. S. Ryan
7.50
Holmes & Wheeler
.50
$52.54
Janitor service:
Philip How $479.99
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Fuel:
W. F. Manning
$
4.50
Holmes & Wheeler
159.85
Allen Noyes
13.50
$177.85
Water, light, and janitor supplies:
Derry Electric Co.
$41.83
Derry Water Works Co.
18.09
Philip How
5.45
Derry School District
4.00
$69.37
Minor repairs and expenses :
J. R. Gilbert
$ 5.13
Philip How
22.75
Frank Farmer
7.70
Benson Lumber Co.
4.13
$39.71
Medical inspection :
Lillian Mackintosh
$75.00
Academy tuition :
Pinkerton Academy
$1,179.00
New equipment
$27.00
Head tax
$152.00
$5,239.09
Cash on hand June 30, 1928
$2,743.79
$7,982.88
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REPORT OF DERRY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 11 J. G. MacMurphy, Treasurer
Cash on hand, June 30, 1927
$1,580.14
From Selectmen
$6,326.00
Dog tax · 64.50
Trust Fund Alexander
12.24
Total
$6,402.74
$7,982.88
Less orders paid
$5,239.09
$2,743.79
This is to certify that I have examined the books, vouchers, bank statements and other financial re- cords of the treasurer of the School district of Spec- ial Derry No. 2 of which the above is a true summary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928 and find them correct in all respects.
J. B. BARTLETT, Jr.
July 13, 1928.
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES
From July 1, 1928 to January 1, 1929
Superintendent's excess salary
$ 90.00
Truant officer and census
2.68
Expenses of administration
10.00
Teachers' salaries
1,451.50
Text books
152.45
"Scholars' supplies
45.71
Janitor
146.40
Fuel
85.54
Water, light and janitor supplies
27.81
Minor repairs and expenses
284.78
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Insurance New equipment Head tax
75.00
86.47
154.00
Total
$2,612.34
PLAYGROUND APPARATUS
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the Derry School Boards:
I take pleasure in presenting to you my ninth an- nual report as Superintendent of Schools. During the past year much attention has been given to a re- organization of the administration of the office. Larger quarters have been allotted to the school de- partment for clerical work but a smaller space has been given for the storage of supplies. This neces- sitates the purchase of supplies more frequently than formerly when storage space was large enough for a. year's supplies. Londonderry and Derry Village now utilize the facilities of this office for adminis- trative purposes. Notwithstanding these changes a large part of the superintendent's time has been de- voted to constructive work in methods of teaching and adjusting the materials of the curriculum so as to serve better the needs of the community.
Teachers
There were only three changes in the teaching force. One additional teacher was employed at Der- ry Village owing to over crowded conditions in the primary room. Miss Mary Gould, teacher of the first grade at Oak Street School resigned to accept a pos- ition in Manchester. Miss Lucille Nevers resigned to accept a position in the fifth grade at Winthrop, Mass. Miss Frances White resigned as teacher of history in the Junior school to accept the principalship of a grammar school at Plaistow, N. H. These vacancies were filled in the order named by Miss Maria Holmes, of Keene Normal School, 1928, Miss Grace Smart, Keene Normal School, 1928, Ellen Fortier of No. 3 school Derry, Keene Normal School, 1926, and Viola Wilson of Manchester, Massachusetts who is a grad- uate of Provincial Normal School, Nova Scotia.
Miss Helene McLay of No. 5 School, Windham, was
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selected to fill Miss Fortier's position at No. 3 Derry. While the number of teachers resigning has been the smallest in any one year I am glad to report that every one of these teachers has added strength to an already strong teaching force.
Progress
The problem of whether there has been any sub- stantial improvement in the work of the schools was taken up at a recent teachers meeting. All teachers who have served several years assumed that there had been considerable improvement both in the effi- ciency of the teaching and the changes produced in the conduct of the children. It was claimed that the methods of study and conduct of the recitations had resulted in larger opportunites for self expression on the part of the pupils, that improved materials have produced a spirit of eagerness to experience life con- tacts and rivalries which beget comparison, analysis and thought. Assuming this to be a hypothetical statement, the teachers believed that an investigation of the work in reading during the past five years would disclose the validity of their claim better than. tests in other subjects.
Improvement in Reading
In the spring of 1922 the Ayer's Burgess Test in reading was given. It is recorded on page 95 of the 1923 town report. This test has not been given since. It is a test designed solely to determine how many problems out of twenty may be read within three minutes. Since then the testing in reading and other subjects has been more for diagnostic purposes. Jan- uary 23, copies of this test were sent out to the teach- ers of the same grades as in the spring of 1922. Ap- proximately the same number of children were tested.
A study of the table discloses that the fourth grade
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read with a median score of 8 this winter and in the spring of 1922 with a median of 6, an improvement of 33%. The fifth grade read with a median score of 10 this winter and 8 in 1922, an improvement of 25%. The sixth grade had a median of 10 in 1922 and a median of 11 this winter, showing an improve- ment of 10%. The seventh grade read with a med- ian score of 9 in 1922 and a median of 15 this win- ter which is an improvement of 66% over the scores of 1922. The improvement in score from 12 to 16 in the eighth grade is an increase in efficiency of 33%. Considering any limitations that these tests may have the scores show such sustantial improve- ment in the reading efficiency that there can be no doubt concerning the validity of the comparison.
A more technical examination of the two tests dis- closes that the scores in the 1929 test are distributed over an average range which is five steps narrower. This shows both an improvement in teaching and grading.
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READING AYERS-BURGESS-WINTER 1929
1929
1922
STANDARD
GRADE IV
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MEDIANS
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Statistics in Reading
A committee delegated to investigate the nature and quantity of the reading which has been done during the past six years at the public library report- ed the reading by school children as given in the table below. The figures show that children of the town read annually today eighteen books each. In 1923 the average number of books read per pupil was twelve. These figures record an incerase of fifty per- cent in the amount of actual reading done by the children of Derry. An efficient library and library officials account for some of this improvement. There has been as one teacher well put it an improvement in cooperation all round by teachers, pupils, parents and all who are identified with the growth of the child.
BOOKS READ BY CHILDREN 1923-1928
Fiction
Non-ficton
Total
1923
6174
2962
9036
1924
7492
3910
11502
1925
8517
4080
12597
1926
8726
4369
13095
1927
8912
4307
13219
1928
9037
3698
12735
An Improved Course of Study
The teachers of the district through a number of committees have been working for several years upon an improved course of study. This year they were asked to submit recommendations to the New Hamp- shire Educational Council for changes which ought to be inaugurated in the elementary school program published by the State Board of Education.
As fundamental to any changes which may be made in the course of study the teachers felt that more careful studies of the most common and val-
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uable connections and contacts in lay life should be made in order to determine the main objectives of the course of study. This means that a scientific , analysis of the life of the child both in and out of . school should be made and an analysis of the more common adult activities should be made for the pur- pose of relating them to the life of the child. This means that we are committed to the philosophical ideal that education is not only, the life of the child but that it is also preparation for the generally com- mon activities of life which may be arranged in the course of study at the place where such activities may be taught best.
According to the philosophical doctrine adopted by our teachers relating to the activities of the child and his natural growth, the child should be the cen- ter of the educational situation, and the social needs of the community should be the force that provides the motives for education.
The course of study should provide ample oppor- tunity for the child to express himself by discover- ing his own materials which he may use for educa- tional purposes, or the origination of new products and by normal growth in happy living. It should pro- vide for variations in the talents of pupils and the problem child. The course of study should provide definite materials properly organized and arranged so as to avoid the intellectual waste so common in spontaneous activities not properly organized.
With these limitations reserved our teachers have presented to the New Hampshire Council of Educa- tion the general changes which ought to be incorp- orated in the elementary school course of study. Many of these changes, in fact nearly all have al- ready been incorporated in our own course of study and brought to the notice of parents and pupils through the goal cards.
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Measurements
Last year's report made a record of some tests in arithmetic, geography, history, spelling and reading which were given during the fall term of 1927 for the purpose of comparing the progress of pupils in rural and urban schools. The total scores in these tests disclosed little or no difference in the advance- ment of the two types of schools upon the basis of these tests.
In the spring of 1928 another set of examinations was given covering the same subjects. The details of these total scores of the tests given are shown in the accompanying tables, III. and IV. Table III. shows the average scores fall, spring, and the aver- age amount of gain each pupil made between the two tests together with the total scores of all the subjects of each grade.
In deriving these scores all the children of each grade were tested both rural and urban but only the scores of those children having the same mental ages were compared. Thus in arithmetic fundamen- tals, arithmetic problems, geography information, his- tory information, spelling and reading the totals of each grade are summarized fall and spring with the total gain indicated.
SCORES IN RURAL AND URBAN SCHOOLS BY GRADES MENTAL AGES PAIRED.
Grade V.
Grade Ir
Grade 320C.
Grade VLT.
Rural.
Urban,
Rural
Urban
Rural.
Urban.
Rural
Urban.
Subjects of Examination. Fall boring Gain Fall.
Spring Gain Fall. Coming
Fall.
Spring Gain Fall. Spring Gain Fall.
pring!
Fall Spring Gain
Arithmetic Fundamentals. 43.9 56.2 6.9 47.3 64.7 174 51.5 68.5 17
60 174.8 14.7
633
78 14.7 06.3 826 16.3 786 856 7
75.6 74.1
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Arithmetic Problems
24.9 29.6 4.7 394 455
6.1 548 656 10.8 54856/1
1.6 |584 72.5 14.1
60 65.5 5.5 70 72.5 2.5
71.4 73.7
2.3
Geography Information.
61.1
73.5 12.3
60.7 69.5
18.81669 75.51 8.9
72
82.
10.7
78.2 78
-. 2.
59.3
653
6.6
History Information.
58.6 70.9. 12
51.6
61.8
10.2 6.8 745 12.7 70.5 75.2
4:7
71.2
71
-. 2
62.8
68.6 5.8
Spelling.
40
41,7
1. 7431.5 40.1
8.6
49
77/ 281 446
46
2
45.5573
11.8
45.8 70.5 24.7 595 878128.3134.1
57.6 23.5
Reading Comprehension. 42.3 462
3.9 41
419
.9 45
50.75.5
45
53
8
45.5 55.6 10.1 56.2 97.7 46.5154.61612 6.6 56
6/15
Total.
/565 173.7 17.2 1592 1922 33.
320 7065 857 16.7 361.5 453 3114 154 72 3708 474.2 103.4 412.1456.
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3522 4003 41.7
SUMMARY OF SCORES IN RURAL AND URBAN SCHOOLS.
Total Scores. Rural.
Total Scores. Urban
Grade
Fall. Spring. | Gain.
Fall.
Spring.
Gain.
IV
156
173.71 17.2 159.2 192.2 33
320.1 406.5
85
316.2 361.5 45.3
V
341.4
413.4
72
370.8 474.2 103.4
VII
412.1 4561 44
359.2 400.9
41.7
Total.
1229.6 144997 218.2 1205.9 1428.8 223.4
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Table IV shows the total scores of all of the grades fall and spring and the gains. Without going into an analysis of the scores in table III, the figures in table IV. disclose that in both the fall tests and the spring tests the rural school children made a larger score than urban children. The scores in the fall tests were somewhat larger than the spring scores in both rural and urban tests. This is doubtless due to the fact that the spring tests were slightly more difficult than the average pupil could do in order to bring the 'scores to the same level as the fall scores. It is to be noted that the net gain of the rural pupils over the urban pupils is only 5.2 points. It will be observed that this difference in gain between the rur- al and urban schools is less than three one hundred- ths or three fourths of one per cent. This differ- ence is so small that it is hardly worth noticing. Hence we can assume that if the materials provid- ed are the same and the quality of the teaching equal- ly as good, the product of the two schools will be equal if the two types of schools are not too large.
The problem of whether the rural school offers the same opportunity concerning the social outcomes of education is not answered by above study.
Health
The health work of the schools for the year begin- ning February 1928 to January 1929 may be sum- marized as follows:
1. Routine physical examinations of the pupils were made by the local physicians in the fall. Par- ents were notified by card and in some instances, personally of all defects. The diagnoses revealed six- hundred and eighty-six defects which are classified below. Many of these defects have already been cor- rected, and many more need to be.
2. The nourishment of the pupils is enriched by
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the service of milk in the local schools. Hot lunches are served in the rural schools duirng the cold months.
3. A number of pupils have been taken to Man- chester for tonsil and adenoids, operations and ortho- pedic examinations. Appliances have been fitted to straighten backs, shoulders, or supports for deform- ed feet.
4. The under weight clinics established by Dr. Kerr cf Manchester have been held frequently. Par- ents are brought into this clinic for the purpose of advising them relative to the diet and correct ways of living.
5. Many children were detected with defective eyesight and hearing. A number of these cases have been corrected.
Summary
Number of children 10% or more underweight 109
Number of children with defective tonsils
and adnoids
53
Number of children with defective eyes 47
Number of children with defective ears 11
Number of children with defective teeth
331
Number of children with defective glands 82
Number of orthopedic cases 21
Number of children with skin diseases
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Total 686
Assuming that the health examinations are as carefully performed as usual the statistics for the past five years show increasing gains in health. This year six hundred and thirty-six defects were found among the school children while in 1922 seven hun- dred and thirty-nine were found which indicates a loss of 15% in the number of defects located by the various clinics.
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Much credit is due to the Derry Woman's Club which conducts an annual drive to support the milk clinic. No doubt much of the improvement in the health status is due to this clinic. The local Red Cross also deserves to be mentioned for assisting de- serving pupils in obtaining proper health treatments.
Playground Equipment
Approximately five hundred dollars worth of play- ground equipment has been distributed among the three main units of the town. The school committee were enabled to purchase this equipment by the gen- erosity of the Parent-Teachers Association, The Wo- man's Club and the Playground Committee. An ac- companying cut shows the piece of apparatus which was contributed by the Woman's Club in action at the Oak Street School. The teachers have found that the use of this apparatus not only creates health and strength but that its use is productive of a hap- piness that improves school life.
Housing
The problem of housing the school children of the town deserves the attention of both district meet- ings. At Derry Village one or two more rooms should be added to the existing units, preferably two rooms, which will give amply opportunity for the practical arts and preparation of hot lunches as at all of the other schools.
The Junior school has increased to such a large number that only five teachers are caring for two hundred pupils. More space must be provided. A wing built on to the Floyd School or a remodelling of the Oak Street School with fire proof vestibules would provide adequate space.
Plans for these projects should be submitted to the district meetings.
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Assuring you once more of my appreciation of your hearty cooperation in the many problems that have. arisen during the past year, and taking this oppor- tunity to thank all others whose contributions to the welfare of the schools have not previously been acknowledged, this report is
Respectfully submitted, CARL COTTON, Superintendent of Schools. Feb, 1, 1929.
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Chronological Ages.
Grade.
567 89 10 11 12 13/14
15 16 17 Total
I
30
51
8
1
1
91
IT
15 55 15
5
1
91
III
6
20
50
14
1
1
92
IV
10
35 15 5
66
V
2.
38 |18
3
1
1
74-
VI
13 37|21
6
77
3
112
45
23 10 3
96
14
39 18
8
80
Total.
30 72 83 78 66 70 74 84 69 29 11
667
CHRONOLOGICAL AGE
GRADE SUMMARY
Under Age.
Normal Over Age.
Total Percent Percent Percent
Grade .
4yr. 3yr. 2yr 1 yr. Age. |vr. |2ya 3y 4ye
Acceleration) Normal.\ Retarded.
I
3051811
91
32
56
12
TC
15 55 15 5||
91
16
50
84
62050 14||||
92|
2.8
56
16
1035 1551
66 15
58
27
2 11 38 18 3
11/74/ 18
52
30
VI
13 37 21
6
77 17
48
35
3 12 45 23 10
96 16
47
37
14 39 18 8 80 17 49
34
Total.
11 325 133 49 15 3 667 18
50
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Mental
Ages.
Grade.
34567 89 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total.
I
8 15 23 26 16 5 1
94
2 2 13 15 30 25 2
83
1 21 35 16 12 1
86
1
13 12 18 15 3
63
woman
. 3 11 25 17 124
70
VI
1 14 15 28 14 3
1
76
VII
2 23 34 23
6
1. 89
5 |26
21
24
78
Total.
10 18 58 83 77 72 56 37 70 78 47 30 2 2 645
MENTAL AGE GRADE SUMMARY.
Under Age.
Normal
Over Age.
Total Percent
Percent
Percent
Grade.
4yr. 3yr. |2yr. |yr. |Age. 1yr. 12 yr. 3 yr. 4 yr. Dating
Accelerated Normal. Retarded
·
I
8 15 23 26 16 5||
94
39
27
34
2
2 13 15 30 25 2
89
37
33
30
1
21
35 16 12||
86
84
14
2
IV.
1
13 12
118 15
13
63
70
24
6
3
23 17 12
4
70
53
24
23
1 14 15 28 14
3
1
76
43
40
17
89
23
32
55
VITI
5 26 21 24 1
1
78
40
25. 35
Total.
4 48 107 159 183 118 21 3 2
645
49
28
23
2 23 34 23 6
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SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR YEAR 1924- 1928
1924
1925
1926
1927
1925
1926
1927
1928
Whole number registered
866
854
839
901
Number previously registered elsewhere
78
64
33
86
Boys
420
390
403
408
Girls
388
396
404
405
Number under five years
9
1
0
0
Number five to eight
209
186
210
223
Number eight to fourteen
530
520
527
538
Number fourteen to sixteen
66
75
67
50
Number over sixteen
3
4
2
2
Non-resident pupils
13
8
5
13
Average attendance
716.66
683.66
751.55
713.06
Average absence
42.50
44.86
30.88
46
Average membership
756.16
728.52
782.43
759.06
Percent attendance
95.5
93.8
95.10
94
Number not absent or tardy
74
54
101
37
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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT
Oak Street School
Grade Training Experience
Junior Temple University S. N. 171/2
MIary Ironside
Provincial Normal S. N. 4 9
Viola Wilson
Olive Allard
66 Plymouth Normal 2
Ernest Trethewey
Gorham Normal S. N. 1
4
Irene Lambert
66 Keene Normal 6
Sadie Corey
4th Plymouth Normal S. N. 1 3
Eilien Fortier
3rd Keene Normal S. N. 0
8
Mary E. Emery
2nd Plymouth Normal S. N. 3 35
Grace Smart
1st
Keene Normal
0
Evelyn Thereau West Side School
Special Plymouth Normal
2
E. Bertha Clark
6th State Cert. S. N. 1 32
Martha Moore
5th Plymouth Normal S. N. 1 4
Carlotta Lupien
4th State Cert. S. N. 1 21
Nellie Webster
3rd Keene 1 year S. N. 2 27
Roxanna O'Dowd
2nd Plymouth Normal 4
Cora Goodwin
1st Bridgewater Normal S. N. 1 27
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Floyd Christine Feinauer
Alice Fisher
Sarah George
3rd Plymouth Normal S. N. 1 12
Grace Hunt
2nd Plymouth Normal S. N. 1 24 1st Plymouth Normal S. N. 1 25
Emie O. Gleason Manchester Road
Mixed Keene Normal 2
Helene McLay
East Derry
Bertha Wiggin
Derry Dock
Etta Merrill Kilray
.
Keene Normal 3
Mildred Stratton
Keene Normal 1 .
Island Pond
Doris Minkler
Fitchburg S. N. 2
11
Hampstead Road
State Cert. S. N. 2 26
Mary Crosby Derry Village
Marian L. Paige
6 to 8 Keene Normal School
3.
Carolyn How 3 to 5 Plymouth Normal 31
Maria Holmes
1 to 2 Keene Normal 0
6th Keene Normal S. N. 1 13
5th State Cert. S. N. 1 26
Randolph Normal S. N. 3 25
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