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GENEALOGY 974.202 M312SC 1917
ANNUAL REPORT of the SCHOOL COMMITTEE Manchester, N. H.
1917
Annual Report
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
City of Manchester, N. H.
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1917
PREPARED BY THE
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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MANCHESTER, N. H. PRINTED BY JOHN B. CLARKE C'O. 1918
ORGANIZATION 1917.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HARRY W. SPAULDING, Mayor, Ex Officio, Chairman
ALLAN M. WILSON, Vice-Chairman of the Board
CHARLES H. MARTEL, 261 Orange St., Clerk of the Board
Ward 1. George A. Dickey, 1052 Union St.
Ward 2. Allan M. Wilson, 18 Clarke St.
Ward 3. George M. Watson, 17 Oak St.
Ward 4. Edward H. Currier, 488 Manchester St.
Ward 5. Frank X. Carroll, 106 Lake Ave.
Ward 6. Winfield S. Sanborn, 735 Hanover St.
Ward 7. Francis J. Hurley, 263 Green St.
Ward 8. Percy J. Callaghan, 443 Amherst St.
Ward 9. Frank R. Vose, 87 West Merrimack St.
Ward 10. Ned T. Wallace, 109 Riddle St.
Ward 11. Ora W. Craig, 102 Main St.
Ward 12. Lucien J. Martin, 30 Putnam St.
Ward 13. Gaston Fredette, 129 Alsace St.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
HERBERT F. TAYLOR.
Office, City Hall Building. Telephone, 3602-R. Residence, 345 Walnut St.
Office Hours-From 8 to 9 o'clock A. M., on school days, except 'Thursdays ; Thursdays from 7.30 to 8.30 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT'S SECRETARY.
FRANCES ABBOTT. 543 Lincoln Street.
Office Hours-8 to 11.30 A. M. and 1 to 5 P. M. on school days ; 9 to 12 M. Saturdays.
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CITY OF MANCHESTER.
OFFICE CLERK. ALEXANDER J. DEMERS. 213 Bell Street.
To be found at Superintendent's office, City Hall building, daily, from 9 A. M. to 1. P. M .; and from 2 to 5 P. M .; also on Thursday even- ings from 7 to 9.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
CURTIS W. DAVIS. 849 Chestnut Street
HARRY J. WOODS. 482 Central Street.
ORGANIZATION, 1918.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
MOISE VERRETTE, Mayor,
Ex Officio, Chairman
GEORGE A. DICKEY, Vice-Chairman of the Board
CHARLES H. MARTEL, 261 Orange St., Clerk of the Board
Ward 1. George A. Dickey, 1052 Union St.
Ward 2. Edward H. Chadbourne, 87 Russell St.
Ward 3. L. Ashton Thorp, 445 Lowell St.
Ward 4. Edward H. Currier, 488 Manchester St.
Ward 5. Frank X. Carroll, 209 Central St.
Ward 6. G. Waldo Browne, 329 Massabesic St.
Ward 7. Francis J. Hurley, 263 Green St.
Ward 8. Edward C. Healey, 97 Taylor St.
Ward 9. Frank R. Vose, 87 West Merrimack St.
Ward 10. Ned T. Wallace, 109 Riddle St.
Ward 11. Ora W. Craig, 102 Main St.
Ward 12. Lucien J. Martin, 30 Putnam St.
Ward 13. Francois J. Houlne, 434 Notre Dame Ave.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
HERBERT F. TAYLOR.
Residence, 345 Walnut St. Office, City Hall Building. Office Hours-From 8 to 9 o'clock A. M., on school days, except Thursdays ; Thursdays from 7.30 to 8.30 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT'S SECRETARY.
FRANCES ABBOTT. 543 Lincoln Street.
Office Hours-8 to 11.30 A. M. and 1 to 5 P. M. on school days; 9 to 12 M. Saturdays.
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CITY OF MANCHESTER.
OFFICE CLERK.
ALEXANDER J. DEMERS. 213 Bell Street.
To be found at Superintendent's office, City Hall building, daily, from 9 A. M. to 1. P. M .; and from 2 to 5 P. M .; also on Thursday even- ings from 7 to 9.
TRUANT OFFICERS. CURTIS W. DAVIS. 849 Chestnut Street
HARRY J. WOODS. 482 Central Street.
Superintendent's Report
To His Honor, The Mayor, and members of the School Committee, City of Manchester:
GENTLEMEN-I herewith present the seventy-first report of the School Committee of this city, the sixty-second of the Superintendent of Schools, and the second of the present incumbent.
A year of study of some of the problems presented has lead to some definite conclusions concerning conditions of the Manchester schools.
From a survey of present conditions it is imperative that money be found at once for the purpose of building at least two buildings, one a Practical Arts High School, and the other a building to replace the Franklin Street and Spring Street Schools. A report recently sub- mitted by a committee of citizens sitting in joint session with mem- bers from the Board of Education and Board of Aldermen admirably shows this need. The conclusions are based upon figures obtained in the school system and those drawn from very complete data. The crowded condition of the High School, little relieved by war condi- tions, will be augmented February 1st by the entrance of the mid- year class. I am convinced that there is a strong sentiment in the City of Manchester for the construction of a New High School building. The project has been long delayed from lack of concerted effort. It has been a matter of long agitation, the subject of frequent reports, and of much academic discussion. Its desirability and necessity can not be questioned. It is then entirely a matter of advisability.
At first thought the prevailing time of stress would not seem op- portune to bond the city and start upon a building program which would require more than a year for completion. The high cost of labor and materials and the request of the United States Government to refrain from bond issues as far as practicable might seem argu- ments for postponing the erection of the needed buildings. On the other hand, there is absolutely no evidence to show a possible decrease in the cost of material or the price of labor. It has been the experience of nations when at war that it is unwise to allow education to retro- grade because of war. It is essential that every effort be made to produce better trained students, who must take the places of those
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killed and maimed in the strife. The National Government recognizes that need by granting indefinite leave to its enlisted men who wish to return to academic studies. It is making use in training for special war duties, of laboratories, manual training schools, technical and industrial high schools. Manchester can offer no such assistance to the Nation. This condition should be remedied, and that at once. I believe this construction to be the most important work devolving upon the Board of Education for the next two years.
The Bakersville School was opened in September of the present year. There was a delay in its completion, and owing to the impos- sibility of getting materials, it has been impossible to secure some much needed equipment. The domestic science and manual training material, although ordered in the early summer, is still lacking. The defects developed in the building are being remedied as fast as pos- sible. These defects are quite as much a matter of adjustment as structural, and when changes contemplated are completed I believe the building to be an admirable one. The school has been organized on the lines of a Junior High School. A foreign language, construc- tional geometry, and algebra have been introduced in what have here- tofore been known as grammar grades. There has also been organized a year of High School work for commercial students who will enter the second year of the commercial courses in the Senior High School. The lack of thorough equipment, and the time inevitably needed to organize a new school along new lines make criticism or commendation of the project unwise at this time.
Another experiment which has worked out in a most satisfactory manner in the schools of the city is the so-called half-day schools. There are at present classes in two schools, at the Bakersville and the Rimmon, organized in that manner. Briefly, it gives a chance to provide adequate education for those pupils who must enter employ- ment at the earliest possible legal age. Our law at present permits a child to work at fourteen years of age if a graduate of the ele- mentary schools. No pupils under sixteen years of age may be em- ployed unless a graduate. Without discussing the wisdom of the law, the result has been to retain pupils in the grammar school, who fail to graduate at fourteen, while waiting to be sixteen. The courses as arranged provide for pupils fourteen years of age who have reached the sixth grade to enter a special class for a session of four hours. During that session work is confined to the essentials. Having com- pleted four hours of intensive work on the important subjects of the curriculum, the child must work at some gainful occupation the other half of the day. The next step in the plan should be careful super- vision at the factories of these pupils in order that definite progress may be made toward teaching a pupil a trade, so that that pupil gets
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the English branches in the public school and the shop experience in the factory. I sincerely hope that the plan may be perfected along these lines.
Another educational effort that has been markedly successful has been the Evening High School. Evening schools have been maintained in Manchester for many years, but they have been patronized by those people of foreign birth who wish to acquire a knowledge of English. No opportunity has been offered to those forced by circum- stances to go to work directly from the grammar school. That such opportunity was desired and would be appreciated is evident from the registration and attendance at the Evening High School. The scope of the work in that school should be enlarged until it becomes possible for every person living in Manchester to secure at Evening School not only a complete High School education, but assistance in any line of study which pertains to his or her specific work. This will require a larger appropriation for evening schools, which I am sure will be willingly granted.
As was mentioned in last year's report, Manchester has done little in times past in physical education for its children. The humiliating results in the physical examination of the young men drafted for the army but emphasizes what has been recognized for a long time by educators, but unless a comprehensive scheme for the physical de- velopment is carried out in the public schools the result must be a nation of physical weaklings. It is the work of the Public Schools to send out not alone a trained brain, but to provide training which will make the individual physically as well as mentally strong. The city of Manchester has some splendid physical material, but it offers absolutely no training for the perfection of that material. I would earnestly recommend that a competent instructor and such assistants as are needed be employed in September of next year.
The public schools of this city have shown themselves patriotic and public-spirited, assisting in all the war work which has been done. With the kind cooperation of the Board of Education, the war garden work in the city, while nominally in charge of the Food Committee of the National Defense League, was practically in direct charge of the supervisor employed by this department, and the large number of successful gardens cultivated last season was in a measure due to the skill, optimism and perseverance of Mr. K. C. Westover, now Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the United States Army. With one year's experience we are now in a position to do better work next year, and I would recommend the employment of a supervisor to commence work April 1st, and to remain for a period of at least six months.
Teachers and pupils in the schools have given material assistance in all the campaigns, and so-called drives, which have taken place,
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and the results have been most satisfactory. Money contributions for the soldiers' Christmas packages totalled $200. A total of $852.57 was received from the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals. The teachers and children have most willingly assisted in this work, and I wish at this time to publicly acknowledge their efforts.
Manchester has lost its quota of good teachers, who have entered the war service, and the record of its High School alumni who are dircetly engaged in the struggle is impressive. At the opening of school in 1918 a service flag, the gift of the faculty, was displayed, to record the fact that two hundred and five of the boys, formerly students in the Manchester High School, are now enrolled in some form of active service.
There was inaugurated January 1st of this year a uniform Savings System in the schools, the introduction of which has been delayed on account of other war activities. The blanks have been placed in the hands of the teachers, to assist in the collection of sums of money from the pupils. Collections thus made will be deposited in the Savings Bank with the department as trustee. When the individual depositor has accumulated one dollar he will be given a check which transfers his account from the school to the bank. Through the courtesy of the bank, war stamps will be issued instead of the individual bank account if desired.
There have been marked changes within the system. Effort has been made to emphasize the importance of principal's work, and also to adapt capacities to positions. The changes for the most part have produced most satisfactory results.
Effort has also been made to determine by test relative standings of the schools. A table has been prepared showing relative standing in the four fundamental subjects of each school. These tests should be followed at frequent intervals by other tests, which should show the progress of each individual school, not alone in relation to other schools, but in relation to the different grades in the same school. In this way weaknesses can be detected and strengthened, teachers can be shown their order of efficiency, and the schools required to deliver a better product. This measurement work is in my judg- ment highly desirable, but it requires a great deal of time for its satisfactory completion. It would be a distinct service to the High School if it were possible to learn from its graduates the strong and weak points in the education obtained. Employers should be con- sulted, the faculty of the colleges approached, and the records of Normal Schools studied. We should then have data upon which to base definite conclusions as to the efficiency of the school as a whole, and its several departments. The doing of this necessary measure- ment work, the rearrangement of courses, strengthening and assist-
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ing teachers, etc., requires more time than the exactions of the busi- ness side of the administration now permits. I would earnestly re- quest the Board of Education to appoint a business manager, whose duties shall be confined to the financial side of school administration. He should, of course, work under the direction of the Superintendent of Schools, and should concern himself entirely with the material things, leaving the superintendent free for expert educational advice of direct educational value to the schools. With this assistance and the splendid cooperation always accorded me by your Board, an in- creased loyalty in the teaching body, and the kind assistance of the citizens of Manchester, your schools could be carried a long dis- tance toward efficiency during the coming year.
In closing, permit me to tender you my sincere thanks for the con- fidence and courtesy received at your hands.
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT F. TAYLOR, Superintendent.
MANCHESTER, N. H., December 28, 1917.
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1916-1917. Table Showing Promotion, Retardation and Loss.
GRADE.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
1 Number of pupils promoted to next grade during or at end of the school year.
571
624
621
625
657
624
550
501
2 Number of pupils in grade at end of year not promoted.
200
60
45
70
51
67
48
14
3 Number of pupils in grade at end of year who have been there two years
17
3
3
1
2
1
. .
. .
4 Number of pupils in grade at end of year who have been there three years.
4
5 Number of pupils in grade at end of year who have been there more than three years.
6 Number of pupils in grades I and II over ten years of age ...
100
.
. ..
...
.
. . .
. . .
7 Number of pupils who have left school and whose school life has presumably ended during year.
..
1
7
10
39
61
52
80
8 Number of pupils in addition to those in No. 6, properly be- longing to grade who are known not to have returned to school after summer vacation of 1916, and whose school life has pre- sumably ended
9 Average age of class at beginning of school year.
6-9
8-1
9-4
1-5
12-1
12-7
13-4
14
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...
...
CITY OF MANCHESTER.
.. .
...
. . .
1
5
7
10
. . .
...
...
...
...
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MAINTENANCE.
MISCELLANEOUS.
per
Furniture.
Repairs,
and Grounds.
Incidentals.
Rent.
Transportation of
TOTAL COST.
Average
Pupil.
High
$291.62
$117.30
$402.96
$71,374.06
$75.05
Amosk
9.79
2.66
33.74
$473.20
4,536.23
45.82
Ash-St
292.48
2.17
86.24
10,936.37
40.96
Bakers
77.72
425.27
50.75
$295.00
14,930.06
37.41
Brown
35.15 .
2.17
54.68
9,013.79
39.36
Chand
74.79
176.62
13.36
10,898.39
35.50
Goffe'
35.13
16.07
35.66
9,641.94
36.66
Hallsy
8.76
.17
8.61
16.00 764.00
16,395.38
33.80
Lincol
11.99
2.17
11.79
3,468.16
31.52
Main-S
29.06
114.25
23.69
9.730.38
30.21
Parker
30.91
2.17
26.15
12,662.68
34.40
Pearl-
65.81
130.36
25.68
9.239.95
30.69
Rimm
21.08
4.97
7 77
3.00
6.578.93
44.16
Sprins
22.69
2.16
7.51
6 911 57
40.41
Varney
92.06
62.91
74 77
13.218.71
30 45
Wilson
57.91
57.88
26.75
103.85
12.987.61
29 38
Suburl
14.22
7.18
4.443.62
30 02
Manua
19.37
.50
3 95
5.256.51
62.57
Evenin
12.45
3.62
2,944.87
$2.245 17
$1 485.91
$1 200.37
$619.00
$2.466.15
$285.751.80
Straw
139.64
355.65
53.31
324.00
12.178.98
35.30
Webst
126.67
2.16
22 28
965.00
11.547.70
39 82
Young
396.72
3.97
118.25
141.10
3.266.68
39.83
Highla
371.86
2.17
83.15
12.713.48
33.81
Mayna
7.29
2.16
3.64
4.670.60
43 65
4. 88
6,205.15
Frank
Buildings
Cost
Pupils.
COST OF INSTRUCTION, OPERATION, ETC.
MAINTENANCE
INSTRUCTION.
Cost per
SCHOOL.
Principals.
Supervision.
Teachers
Suhntitnten.
Books
---
Apparatus
Teachers.
Liluary
Fuel
Light and Power
Water
Janitors.
Janitors' Supplies
Repairs. Buildings
and Grounda.
Incidentale,
Runt.
Transportation of
TOTAL COST.
Average
Pupil.
High
$3,700.00
$650.36
$47,379.12
$549.00
$4,600.91
$6 04.97
$14.80
$1,140.17
$2,391.37
$1,284 01
$2.438.15
$527.32
$291.62
$117.30
$402.96
$473.20
4.536.23
45 82
9.79
514.32
229.80
18.26
1,000,00
112,21
1,022.75
04.00
17.44
91 52
696.79
63 44
$10.70
972.67
1,798.50
355 04
6,432.73
318.00
397.94
12.00
885.65
217.33
1,580.00
488 78
8,875.23
68.75
304.53
48 54
905.80
57 65
002.78
333.74
6,410.73
£45.50
40.12
122.72
1 044 69
90.50
Brown
1,234.00
853 79
6,764 00
57.50
>1.72
¥36.36
692.60
16.81
Franklin- Street
1,490 65
353 79
5.682.50
146,25
141.12
)17 00
441.9.
14 04
Gaffe's Falls
939 25
78.53
1,076.25
117.50
30.66
98 35
1.836 67
107.74
414.36
57.52
Hallsville
1,800.00
Highland
039.45
113 61
1.189.50
153.17
88.38
19.90
10 80
031 41
110 66
638 40
Lincolu.Street
1.800.00
497.48
7,503 06
121.25
124 03
200.10
111.05
54.02
525 47
95.08
738.36
95.75
80.91
2.17
26.15
Main-Street
1,438.50
423.43
7,579 5
315.25
240.62
180 13
10 80
686 82
106.01
514.38
35.40
21.08
Pearl- Stroet
773.47
180.02
3,328.48
:191.23
205.15
166 83
647 00
114.28
700.22
141.98
139 64
Spring. Street
874 10
267 32
4,150.15
201.00
58.84
5 00
827 35
114 80
738.36
134 36
92.06
Straw
1.300 00
423.78
7,206.75
210.25
118.27
143 48
063 0%
$5.51
431 93
56 50
768.36
168.15
57 01
Wolister-Street
1,599.25
355.25
6,269.15
157 50
10.38
19 90
1 200 80
105.44
371 98
19 81
300,80
407.44
89.76
Younesville
993 25
145.51
2.080.25
16.25
809.30
2044 65
Anhurlinn
28.00
247 37
200.72
350 01
1 82
Manual Tralning
1,503,28
3.108 07
71.05
8.80
€0.00
849.00
$$1,971 98
$7.733 37
$189 276 64
$4 819.47
$7.382,59
$1.9 87.29
$824.30
$1,184 77
$19,051 30
$3 408 26
$371 70
$16 547 64
$2 801 09
#2 245 17
*1 485 91
₹1 940 47
$619 00
$2.466 15
$285,751 80
69.57
Wilsou
1,290.25
520.01
7,767.19
253.75
230.04
10.14
414.36
46.05
11 00
50
3 95
19 37
1 88
2,090 X2
218 75
00.85
08.83
2,944.87
3 00
12.45
3 82
6 911 57
40 41
891.75
100.95
2,277.95
82.70
34.76
160 02
632 49
213.30
388 35
76.23
22.69
2.16
7 51
355.65
18,81
324.00
62 91
74 77
965.00 .
11.547 70
29 78
Varnny
1,511.20
491.56
8,374.86
270.25
23 53
$9634
648.40
87.37
120.67
57 88
3475
103.85
12.987 61
30 02
719
5.256.51
42.07
83.68
6.205.15
168.29
0,098 08
130.36
35.68
4 670 60
3.64
$ 578.93
44.16
Parkur
1,068.00
354.58
5,620 25
104.75
18 65
101.88
664 19
40.97
614.40
74.92
4.97
7 77
12 178 98
35.30
Rimmon
13.218 71
89 A2
2.16
94 44
3,468.16
105.00
278.83
138.68
304 62
13 90
788.36
151 85
$96.72
3.97
118 25
20.06
114 25
23 69
13,662 68
30.69
1,024 87
267.17
633.40
96.96
65,81
Maynard
7.29
2.10
8.61
16.00 764 00
3 266 68
39 83
631.20
103.57
35.13
16.07
35.66
Chandler
B5 05.
8.76
.17
16,395.38
33 80
738.36
174 43
371.80
2.17
83.15
11.99
2.17
11.79
141.10
12 713.48
33 81
560.12
9,120.36
9.730.38
30 21
132.85
1,189 50
417 47
13 65
3.00
9,641.94
36.66
665 72
105,08
74.79 |
176.62
13.36
10,898.39
35.50
688.82
94.41
35.15
2 17
54 68
9,1)13.79
39 36
219.30
77.72
425.27
50.75
$295.00
$71.374.06
$75 05
Cik. $100.00
2.66
33.74
2.17
86 24
688.98
106.38
292.48
14,930,06
37 41
Amoskenk
Transportation of
OPERATION.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Furniture.
Pupils.
10,930.37
40.96
47.64
AA+h. Street
Bakersville
31.52
34.40
9 239 95
30 45
[97.9.1
4.443 62
Evening Schools
414.30
1
Furniture.
Repairs,
and Grounds.
Incidentals.
Rent.
Transportation of
TOTAL COST.
Average
Pupil.
High
$291.62
$117.30
$402.96
$71,374.06
$75.05
Amosk
9.79
2.66
33.74
$473.20
4,536.23
45.82
Ash-St
292.48
2.17
86.24
10,936.37
40.96
Bakers
77.72
425.27
50.75
$295.00
14,930.06
37.41
Brown
35.15
2.17
54.68
9,013.79
39.36
Chand
74.79
176.62
13.36
10,898.39
35.50
Frankl
35.13
16.07
35.66
9,641.94
36.66
Hallsy
8.76
.17
8.61
16.00 764.00
16,395.38 3,468.16
31.52
Main-S
29.06
114.25
23.69
12.713.48 9.730.38
30.21
Mayna
30.91
2.17
26.15
12.662.68
34.40
Parker
65.81
130.36
25.68
9.239.95
30.69
Pearl-
7.29
2.16
3.64
4.670.60
43 65
Rimmq
21.08
4.97
7 77
3.00
6.578.93
44.16
Straw
139.64
355.65
53.31
324.00
12.178.98
35.30
Webst
92.06
62.91
74 77
13.218.71
30 45
Wilson
126.67
2.16
29 28
965.00
11.547.70
39 82
Young
57.91
57.88
6.75
103.85
12,987.61
29 38
Subur
14.22
7.18
4.443.62
30 02
Manua
19.37
.50
3 95
5,256.51
62.57
Evenin
12.45
3.62
2,944.87
$2.245 17
$1 485.91
$1 900.37
$619.00
$2,466.15
$285,751.80
Spring
22.69
2.16
7.51
6 911 57
40 41
Varne
396.72
3.97
118.25
141.10
3.266.68
39.83
371.86
2.17
83.15
33.80
Highla Lincol
11.99
2.17
11.79
Pupils.
per
Buildings
Cost
MAINTENANCE.
MISCELLANEOUS.
4. 88
6,205.15
33.81
Goffe'
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1916-1917. Table Showing Promotion, Retardation and Loss.
GRADE.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
1 of the school year.
571
624
621
625
657
624
550
501
2 Number of pupils in grade at end of year not promoted ..
200
60
45
70
51
67
48
14
3 Number of pupils in grade at end of year who have been there two years
17
3
3
1
2
1
...
...
5 Number of pupils in grade at end of year who have been there more than three years
...
. . .
...
. .
.
...
. ..
6 Number of pupils in grades I and II over ten years of age ....
100
. . .
.
8 Number of pupils in addition to those in No. 6, properly be- longing to grade who are known not to have returned to school after summer vacation of 1916, and whose school life has pre- sumably ended
9 Average age of class at beginning of school year
6-9
8-1
9-4
1-5
12-1
12-7
13-4
14
CITY OF MANCHESTER.
. ..
7 Number of pupils who have left school and whose school life has presumably ended during year.
1
7
10
39
61
52
80
..
.
.. .
. . .
. . .
1
5
7
10
4 Number of pupils in grade at end of year who have been there three years.
4
. ..
...
Number of pupils promoted to next grade during or at end
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APPENDIX
STATISTICS
I. POPULATION.
Population of the city by last census, 1910 70,063
II. SCHOOLHOUSES.
Number of schoolhouses in use 27
Number of schoolhouses not in use 0 .
Number of high school buildings
1
Number of graded schools
18
Number of lower graded schools
3
Number of ungraded schools
4
Number of manual training schools (for boys)
1
Number of schoolrooms used for day schools
186
Number of rooms used for high school (Lib.)
30
Number of rooms used for graded schools
148
Number of rooms used for ungraded schools
4
Number of rooms used for Manual Training school.
4
Number of rooms used for kindergartens
5
III. TEACHERS.
Male teachers in the high school 15
Female teachers in the high school 38
Male teachers in the grammar schools
6
Female teachers in the graded schools 163
Female teachers in the ungraded schools
4
Female teachers in the kindergarten
10
Male teachers in the Manual Training school
5
Special teachers, male . .
4
Special teachers, female
2
Total number of teachers in day schools
247
Male teachers in the evening schools
23
Female teachers in the evening schools
12
Male teachers in the evening drawing schools
..
2
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Return of School Census.
MANCHESTER, N. H., SEPTEMBER, 1917.
1. Number of children 5 years of age or over and under 16, in- clusive : Boys 7,573, girls 7,588.
2. Number between the ages of 10 and 16 not able to read and write in the English language? 241.
3. How many of these illiterate children, 10 to 16, were born in New Hampshire? 135.
4 How many were born elsewhere in the United States? 21.
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