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133 25
Police and tramps,
229 54
Sheep killed by dogs.
163 00
Library,
500 00
State aid,
5,725 00
Walpole village district,
1,865 00
North Walpole village district.
1.950 00
Town house,
432 90
Schools,
16,021 23
Miscellaneous,
3,885 41
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Walpole and Westminster bridge, 105 50 Subways, 494 08
Snow. bills,
75 65
Paid town treasurer (county tax),
2,859 42
Total,
$40,915 67
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Brick shop,
$350 00
Dwelling house, Cold River,
350 00
UNAVAILABLE ASSETS.
Josiah Stearns fund (library), $3,500 .00
Dr. F. H. Hooper fund (cemetery, Graves' lot),
100 00
Jas. Hooper, Jr., fund (cemetery), 100 00
Addison Miller fund (cemetery),
200 00
Mrs. Grace Allen fund,
100 00
Miss Ellen R. Miller fund,
100 00
Catherine Livingstone fund,
300 00
Joseph Plaistridge fund,
200 00
Kilburn Monument fund,
100 00
Sarah Jane Allen fund,
200 00
Gustavus Lucke fund,
450 00
L. B. Holland fund,
100 00
Mathew Dickey fund,
100 00
Ann L. Faulkner Thayer fund,
100 00
Chas. G. Livermore fund,
100 00
Lucius P. Booth fund,
100 00
Lorenzo Genzer fund,
70 00
Elmira L. Murray fund,
18 24.
Fanny A. Carpenter fund (library),
500 00
Louisa M. Martin fund,
500 00
John Selkirk,
500 00
Phebe M. Ball,
100 00
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Willard T. Blanchard.
12 96
Joseph B. Mcad.
100 00
Levi Hooper,
100 00
Mary E. Watkins,
100 00
Miss Mary K. Weir,
100 00
Mary A. Spaulding,
100 00
Anna E. Kibbey.
150 00
Britton fund,
200 00
Mary E. Wilder,
200 00
$8,601 20
Uncollected taxes in hands of M. H. Gorham,
$3,176 66
Uncollected taxes in hands of J. W. Cahalane,
2,092 78
$5,274 44
Floating orders, 1905,
$16 75
Floating orders, 1906,
. 67 05
Overdraft,
9,415 27
$9.499 07
Less uncollected taxes,
5,214 44
$4,224 63
ESTIMATES FOR 1907.
State tax,
$3,105 00
County tax,
2,805 42
Town paupers,
1,650 00
Installment on town debt,
2,000 00
Interest on debt,
1,435 00
Highways and bridges,
4,208 43
Police and tramps,
300 00
Library,
500 00
Cemetery.
100 00
Interest on overdrafts,
170 00
Support of schools as required by law, School supplies.
4,657 50
1,000 00
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Discount on taxes,
1,550 00
Town officers,
1,200 00
Contingent fund,
2,000 00
Support of Connecticut river bridges,
500 00
Snow bills,
150 00
$27,331 35
Less savings bank and railroad tax,
2,523 35
$24,808 00
Less license fees,
1,780 73
$23,027 27
DANIEL CONNORS. C. H. SLADE.
F. O. SMALLEY.
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TREASURER'S REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1907.
RECEIPTS.
John H. Kiniry, collector, taxes for 1903, $31 99
J. W. Cahalane, collector, taxes for 1904. 41 53
J. W. Cahalane, collector, taxes for 1905, 1,086 99
J. W. Cahalane, collector, taxes for 1906, 11.213 62
M. H. Gorham, collector, taxes for 1903, 275 62
W. H. Gorham, collector, taxes for 1904.
100 00
M. H. Gorham, collector, taxes for 1905,
600 00
M. H. Gorham, collector, taxes for 1906,
18,191 2:
C. W. Chickering, rent of town hall,
199 25
Odd Fellows, rent of town hall,
35 00
C. H. Slade, rent of town hall,
27 00
J. W. Hayward, town clerk, for dog license,
403 58
D. Connors, earth from River St. pass,
-15 00
D. Connors, circus license,
30 00
D). Connors, fruit stand license, 3 00
C. E. Perkins, pool table license,
35 00
F. B. Sibley, pool table license, 10 00
C. H. Slade, error in David Harty's board,
115 00
C. H. Slade, justice fines,
6 00
J. W. Cahalane, justice fines, 3 00
Interest on J. H. Stearns fund. 150 00
Town of Rockingham, 1-3 expense on bridges, 128 26
B. & M. R. R. Co., lighting subway for year ending Dec. 31, 1905, 115 00
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N. H. state highway department,
529 72
N. H. state board license commissioners, 1,780 73
Cheshire county, for paupers, 557 57
Andrew Griffin, fighting fire on D. Griffin lot,
3 50
M. H. Gorham, rent of brick shop, .
25 00
F. A. Spaulding, rent of land, 10 00
C. H. Slade, rent of Joslin place,
15 00
D. Connors, rent of Thomas Brown house, 24 00
D. Connors, Mike Larans pool table license, 10 00
Frank Palmer, express on body of Mabel Palmer,
2 00
State literary fund,
415 41
State savings bank tax,
968 45
State railroad tax,
1,612 29
State school fund,
1,207 74
Interest on cemetery funds,
137 66
Interest on Carpenter library funds,
17 50
Selectmen, unexpended state aid funds,
227 50
Balance due treasurer, Feb. 15, 1907,
9,415 27
$50,465 45
DISBURSEMENTS.
Balance due treasurer, Feb 15, 1906,
$2,361 50
Town orders, 1905,
436 55
Town orders, 1906,
40,848 62
Bridge bonds,
2,000 00
Interest on bridge bonds,
1,513 75
State tax,
3,105 00
Cemetery committee,
137 66
T. B. Peck, treasurer town library,
17 50
Keene National bank, interest on overdraft,
44 87
$50,465 45
The indebtedness of the town is as follows : Bonds outstanding,
$43,000 00
Six months' interest due on bonds April 1, 1907, Overdue coupon on bonds, unpaid,
752 50
43 75
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Overdraft on Keene National bank, Floating orders, 67 05
9,415 2%
$53,278 57
Uncollected taxes. $5,274 44
Due from B. & M. R. R., lighting underpass, 175 00
$5,449 44
'Total indebtedness, $47,829 13
The undersigned auditors, chosen by the town to settle with the selectmen and treasurer, have examined their accounts, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
C. L. STURTEVANT, GEO. W. ROLAND.
Auditors.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TOWN LIBRARY,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1907.
To the Selectmen :
The whole number of volumes now on the catalogue is 9038, of which 252 have been added during the past year. Of these 148 have been purchased with the annual appropriations, 9 have been purchased with the income of the Mrs. F. A. Carpenter fund and 95 have been presented by various donors, a list of whom is printed with this report. Of the volumes purchased, 52 have been bought especially for the branch library at North Walpole, the usefulness of which depends greatly on the addition of fresh volumes from time to time.
The number of volumes taken out in 1906 was 10,769, divided as follows :
Main library,
9,172
North Walpole branch,
1,457
Drewsville branch,
140
10,769
This shows a slight increase over the number, 10,290, taken out last year.
The number of persons using the main library and reading room in 1906 was 9,581, a slight decrease from the number in 1905. The increased use of books at North Walpole has been very encouraging as showing the usefulness of the branch at that place. It is hoped to purchase a reasonable number of books this year for use at that branch. The income of the Carpenter fund has been used for the purchase of expensive books such as would not probably be bought with the annual appropriation. Three volumes printed in Walpole at the printing press of Isaiah Thomas and his suc- cessors have been purchased during the year. The collection of
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Walpole books now numbers about fifty bound volumes and pamph- lets and must be approaching completion. It is very valuable as being the largest collection of Walpole imprints known to be in existence. The addition of each new volume greatly increases the value of the collection.
The reading room has been freely used and is supplied with a good selection of magazines, either presented by friends or pur- chased with the fund contributed for that purpose. Mrs. J. G. Bel- lows gives the "Outlook" and Mrs. Edward Bellows "Gunter's" and Munsey's." Henry G. Wheelock of Brookline, Mass., contributes the "Century." the "Strand" and "World's Work.". Warren L. Hooper of Cambridge, Mass., presents the "Scrap Book" and an unknown friend gives the "Times Magazine," Mrs. W. C. Banning "Our Dumb Animals" and "Our Animal Friends," and Rev. S. R. Maxwell the "North American Review."
"The expense of coal, wood and insurance has been met with the annual appropriation.
A new bookcase was needed on account of the crowded condi- tion of the shelves and has been paid for out of the appropriation. It will probably be advisable to have another case made during the present year.
The income from fines and the use of books by summer visitors has become an important item and enables the committee to keep the library open forenoons during the summer months and also helps to meet the increased expense of lighting with electricity.
An appropriation of $500 for the coming year is recommended.
Respectfully submitted, HUDSON E. BRIDGE, Chairman, THOMAS B. PECK., Sec .. Treas .. PATRICK E. GRIFFIN, HENRY E. PUTNAM,
MRS. HUDSON E. BRIDGE, MRS. A. P. RICHARDSON,
MRS. ALFRED M. FOSTER, MISS FRANCES M. SABIN,
MISS MARY H. BELLOWS, MISS ANNIE M. BUFFUM,
Library Committee.
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LIST OF DONORS.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bedlington,
11
Pay Director Edward Bellows,
2
Mrs. M. A. Brown,
1
Dr. Richard Burton,
4
Connecticut, state of,
1
A friend,
1
Warren L. Hooper,
4
Hon. Henry E. Howland,
1
Mrs. Eleanor V. Hutton,
2 14
Supt. A. B. Morrill,
1
B. P. Owen,
2
Miss Anna Chapin Ray,
1
Edwin K. Seabury,
1
Mrs. Lavinia T. Snow,
6
U. S. government,
31
Henry G. Wheelock,
5
95
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1907.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand March 1, 1906,
$8 99
Annual appropriation.
500 00
Income of Mrs. F. A. Carpenter fund,
17 50
Fines and use of books,
47 00
$573 49
PAYMENTS.
Miss Frances M. Sabin, services as librarian 1 year,
$131 70
Jarvis H. Hinds, services as janitor, 28 00
Books,
131 56
Mrs. James L. Mitchell,
New Hampshire, state of,
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Books from Carpenter fund,
17 60
Binding and repairing books. 17 50
Express and postage. 6 80
Printing catalogue cards. .„¢
3 00
Care of building and grounds,
11 20
Stationery, printing, etc.,
10 18
Paper for covering books.
5 50
Electric lights, 1 year to Feb. 1,
38 91
Water rate, 1 year,
6 00
N. W. Holland, coal,
55 01
E. T. Stevens, wood,
6 50
C. L. Sturtevant, insurance on building,
20 50
Miss Anna C. Hartnett, services as librarian at North Walpole, 1 year to March 1, 1907, 13 00
North Walpole Village district, rent of room 1 year, to March 1, 1907, 25 00
C. M. White, making book case,
28 00
$555 96
Balance on hand,
17 53
$573 49
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REPORT OF WALPOLE CEMETERY COMMITTEE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1907.
The usual care has been taken of the Village cemetery and the cemeteries on Carpenter's hill and Drewsville.
The Village cemetery has been raked over in the spring and fall and has been mowed once during the summer. The drive- ways have been kept free of weeds and gravel has been drawn to repair such places as needed it.
Special care has been taken of lots supported by funds and legacies. They have been kept mowed with a lawn mower and were top dressed in the fall. There are now 29 funds for the sup- port of lots. In addition to those previously acknowledged, the fol- lowing funds have been received by the selectmen and deposited in the Savings Bank of Walpole. Miss Lucretia S. Hooper gave one hundred dollars for the care of the James Hooper, Jr., lot and Dr. F. H. Hooper of New Bedford one hundred dollars for care of John Graves' lot. Two hundred dollars was received from the estate of Addison Miller for the care of his lot, two hundred from the estate of Mrs. Mary E. Wilder for the care of her lot and one hundred from the estate of Miss Grace Allen for the care of the George Allen lot. Miss Ellen R. Miller gave one hundred dollars for the care of the Jared Miller lot.
A soldier's headstone has been obtained from the government for the grave of James T. Holmes in Drewsville cemetery.
Nine lots in the Village cemetery have been given out during the year to heads of families applying for them. There were 26 We 5
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burials in the Village cemetery in 1906, six of which were of per- sons dying elsewhere and brought here for burial. Two persons who died in town were taken elsewhere for burial.
George H. Holden has been appointed a member of the com- mittee in place of the late Judge Bellows. It has not been found necessary to draw any of the appropriation made last March, the expenses having been met by the balance on hand and income of funds. An appropriation of $100 is recommended for the expenses of the comning year.
Financial Report of Walpole Cemetery Committee,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1907.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand March 1, 1906,
$73 01
Income Livingston fund,
10 50
Income Plaistridge fund,
7 00
Income Kilburn fund,
3 50
Income Blanchard fund,
42
Income Sarah J. Allen fund,
7 00
Income Lucke fund,
15 75
Income Holland fund,
3 50
Income Genzer fund,
2 45
Income Dickey fund,
3 50
Income Booth fund,
3 50
Income Livermore fund,
3 50
Income Thayer fund,
3 50
Income Murray fund,
63
Income Martin fund,
17 50
Income Selkirk fund,
17 50
Income Ball fund,
3 50
Income Mead fund,
3 50
Income Levi Hooper fund,
3 50
Income Watkins fund,
3 50
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Income Wier fund,
3 50
Income Spaulding fund,
3 50
Income Britton fund, 7 00
Income Kibby fund,
5 25
Income Wilder fund,
3 50
Income Jared Miller fund,
58
Income Grace Allen fund,
58
$210 67
PAYMENTS.
Solomon Ballam, salary for the year,
$80 00
Solomon Ballam, extra labor on special lots, etc,
69 75
Drewsville cemetery, paid E. C. Belden, care,
13 20
Carpenter's Hill cemetery, paid H. C. Towne, care,
3 00
Ellis Bros., plants,
5 25
G. H. Holden, fertilizing special lots and shrubs,
18 05
C. H. Slade and N. W. Holland, teams, drawing gravel,
12 00
Balance in hands of committee,
9 42
$210 67
THOMAS B. PECK, T. NELSON HASTINGS, GEORGE H. HOLDEN, Cemetery Committee.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Board of Walpole, N. H. :
I have the pleasure of submitting the fifth report of superin- tendent of schools to you and through you to the citizens of Wal- pole. This report covers only about a half year of service on my part. But our system of education is so ingrained in the life of our communities that such a report may present a unity when it represents the work of different men.
STATISTICS. Population of Walpole, N. H., 2,693.
TABLE OF ENROLLMENT, MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE.
1904-5.
1905-6.
Sept. to Jan., 1907.
Enrolled (at least two weeks of attendance),
677
677
689 *
Average membership,
584
604
648
Average attendance,
522
535
600
Per cent of attendance.
87.79
88.97
95.54
* Not including 34 pupils of No. Walpole who attend Bellows Falls High School. These students properly belong to Walpole's school population.
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STATISTICAL TABLE 1. AUGUST, 1905, TO AUGUST, 1906.
SCHOOL.
TEACHER.
Time in weeks.
No. pupils.
Average member-
Average attend-
Per cent of at-
tendance.
No. cases of tard-
iness.
Wages of teach- ers by month.
Walpole, Div. 1.
High
Chas. P. Savary, Prin.
34
41
33
30
89
333
$80.00
High
Annie M. Buffum, Asst
34
41
23
30
89
333
40.00
Grammar ..
Elizabeth B. Bowers
34
36
34
31
92
20
44.00
Intermed'te
L. Etta Buffum
34
46
44
40
90
79
40.00
2d Primary
Annie B. Kimball
34
46
38
33
86
47
40.00
(1st Primary
Carrie L. Wightman
34
53
4.5
40
87
75
40.00
( Grade 9
Thomas J. Barry
34
22
19
18
97
12
94.10
-
Grade 8.
Clara M. Duffey
24
30
26
24
93
0
32.00
Grade 7
Helen R. Neyland
34
29
27
25
93
8
40.00
Grade 6
May F. Hennessey
34
28
26
24
89
36
36.00
| Grade 5
Margaret M. Flaherty
34
42
41
38
92
4
36.00
Grade 4
Mary A. Keefe.
34
47
42
39
92
12
40.00
Grade 3
Marv M. Barrett
34
30
29
27
91
38
36.00
Grade 3
Annie L. Donovan.
16
30
26
23
91
17<
32.00
| Grade 2
Anna C. Hartnett
34
44
40
35
88
53
40.00
[ Grade 1
Mary F. McCormick
12
1
1
48
32.00
Grade 1
Julia Driscoll
10
32.00
| Sub. Primary (Sub. Primary
Alice M. MacCarthy
22
33
29
19
66
19
40.00
Drewsville. ..
Bessie L. Barker.
34
26
18
16
85
27
36.00
Christian Holl'w
Lizzie Turkington
34
28
17
16
89
158
34.00
Division 14
Marion Hoadley.
34
28
23
21
88
114
32.00
..
Esther McEnniss
18
40.00
| Grade 1
Mary B. Crowley.
12
$42
38
32
84
Genevieve Costello.
12
46.00
No. Walpole, Div. 2.
36.00
Grade 8.
Mary B. Crowley
10
36.00
Grade 3
ship.
ance.
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STATISTICAL TABLE .2. FALL TERM, 1906.
SCHOOL.
TEACHER.
Whole No. en-
Average member-
Average attend-
Per cent of at-
No. cases of tard-
Wages per month
No. of visits, not
including Supt. and Com.
OUNo. Walpole, Div 2. Walpole,
High
Austin A. Savage, Prin.
43
40
38
95
153
$88.24
4
High
Helen L. Whitney, Asst
40.00
Grades 8 & 7 Elizabeth B. Bowers
39
37
35
95
19
44.00
5
Grades 6 & 5 L. Etta Buffum
43
39
37
96
24
4.0.00
5
Grades 4 & 3 Millicent G. Walker.
50
48
45
93
22
40.00
19
Grades 2 & 1 Carrie L. Wightman
51
49
44
91
7
40.00
30
Grade 9
Francis M. Walsh
25
24
23
97
4
82.35
15
Grade 7
Helen R. Neyland ..
23
22
21
92
4.
40.00
6
Grade 6
May F. Hennessey
40
39
35
90
6
40.00
24
Grade 3
Mary M. Barrett
32
31
29
94
2
40.00
9
Grade 3
Esther McEnnis.
31
31
28
92
5
36.00
24
Grade 2
Anna C. Hartnett
34
34
32
94
5
40.00
7
Grade 1
Julia C. Driscoll
41
40
36
91
19
36.00
8
( Sub. Primary
Anna Sheridan.
63
60
54
90
15
40.00
9
Drewsville
Geneva M. Thayer
26
22
20
95
27
36.00
10
Christian Holl'w
Lizzie Turkington
23
20
19
95
8
34.00
16
Division 14
Mabel E. Baker
24
18
15
83
24
32.00
3
--
Grade 8
Mary B. Crowley.
26
24
23
95
1
36.00
15
Grade 5
Margaret M. Flaherty
41
39
36
92
1
40.00
23
Grade 4
Margaret M. Riley
34
33
31
94
17
32.00
14
Div. 1.
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rolled.
ship.
ance.
tendance.
iness.
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AF TENDANCE.
This is a subject of vital importance, so much so that all the states are increasing the strictness of their laws on attendance. A study of the preceding tables will reveal some conditions that ought not to exist. The per cent of attendance, for example, has been lower some years than the average for the state-about 88. A low standard of attendance tends to degrade the work of the school as a whole. It effects not only the students who are irregular, but prevents those who are perfect in attendance from attaining the advancement to which they are entitled. If, as has been claimed, the average commercial value of attendance upon public school to the child is ten dollars per day, then children are being defrauded when they are not present every day possible. And the public is defrauded for it costs no more to run our schools with perfect at- tendance than with the most irregular attendance. Moreover, under the state law for equalization of school privileges, the dis- tribution is based upon the amount of equalized valuation per pupil of average attendance. Under the present conditions Walpole is receiving nearly $1,000.00 per year from the state for school purposes. With a higher average attendance our share would be increased.
But this is the commercial aspect of the subject. All that the schools stand for in the development of a higher citizenship, of social and model and intellectual progress, would be helped forward by the more perfect attendance of our pupils.
ATTENDANCE LAWS.
I give for convenience of reference a few of the most important laws of New Hampshire concerning school attendance.
No child under the age of twelve years shall be employed in any manufacturing establishment. No child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed in any manufacturing establish- ment, nor in any mechanical, mercantile, or other employment, during the time in which the public schools are in session in the district in which he resides.
No child under the age of sixteen years shall be employed in any manufacturing establishment, or in any mechanical, mer- cantile, or other employment, during the time in which the public
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schools are in session in the district in which he resides, without first presenting a statement of his age from his parent or guardian, sworn to before the superintendent of schools, or, if there is no superintendent of schools, before some person authorized by the school board of the district in which such child is employed.
If any owner, agent, superintendent, or overseer of a man- ufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment or, any other person shall employ any child in violation of the provisions of either of the preceeding sections, he shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars for each offense, for the use of the district.
Every person having the custody and control of a child be- tween the ages of eight and fourteen years, or of a child under the age of sixteen years, who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language, residing in a school district in which a public school is annually taught, shall cause such child to attend the public school all the time such school is in session, unless the child shall be excused by the school board of the district because his physical or mental condition is such as to prevent his attendance at school for the period required, or because he was instructed in the English language in a private school approved by the school board for a number of weeks equal to that in which the public school was in session in the common English branches, or, having acquired those branches, in other more advanced studies. Any person who does not comply with the requirements of this section shall be fined ten dollars for the first offense and twenty dollars for every subsequent offense, for the use of the district.
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PROGRAM OF WALPOLE HIGH SCHOOL,
WALPOLE, N. H.
CURRICULUM I.
CURRICULUM II.
₦ | Year.
COURSE.
Periods
week.
Extent.
COURSE.
Periods
week.
Extent.
English
5
Year
English
5
Year
Latin
5
Year
Book-keeping
5
Year
Algebra.
5
Year
Algebra
5
Year
History.
5
Year
Biology Zoology
5
Year
1 Sem.
Botany
1 Sem.
2
English
5
Year
English
5
Year
Geometry
5
Year
Geometry
5
Year
Latin.
5
Year
Eng. and Europ. Hist.
5
Year
French
5
Year
Com. Geog.
5
1 Sem.
Com. Law.
5
1 Sem.
3
English
5
Year
English
5
Year
Physics
5
Year
Physics
5
Year
Latin
5
Year
French
5
Year
French
5
Year
Math. Rev
5
Year
4
English
4
Year
English
4
Year
Math. Rev.
4
Year
Adv. Math
4
Year
Latin
4
Year
French
4
Year
French
4
Year
Chemistry.
4.
Year
Am. Hist. and Civics.
4
Year
Am. Hist. and Civics.
4
Year
per
per
Teachers will not be required to teach more than eight periods per day. Adv. Math. may be either advanced Arithmetic, Solid Geometry, Trigonometry and Surveying, or advanced Algebra, to suit needs of class from year to year. Math. Rev. will usually be a semester in Alge- bra and one in Geometry, but Arithmetic may be included if desired. Commercial subjects beyond these here given cannot be approved un- less a special teacher is employed.
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CONDITIONS AND APPROVAL.
State Superintendent Morrison says that the approval of high schools under the law of 1901, is in substance, a certification that the schools approved are of the standard specified by law. The law prescribes that they shall be of college-preparatory grade, that is, that they shall teach those subjects commonly accepted as college admission requirements, and · teach them with that degree of efficiency which will adequately prepare students for admission to college.
I summarize the minimum requirements for approval.
1. Teachers of college education.
2. No teacher required to teach more than eight periods per day.
3. A regular program of studies calculated to fulfill the in- tention of the law. .
4. This program may not include subjects essentially ele- mentary.
5. Reasonable instruction in the constitution of the United States and in the constitution of New Hampshire.
6. Approved schools shall be properly equipped. They must possess :
a. An adequate supply of text books.
b. An adequate supply of reference books such as unabridged dictionaries, lexicons, cyclopedias.
c. Wall maps for courses in history, geography, etc.
d. Laboratory equipment for individual work by students in sciences.
7. The school must maintain an adequate standard of admis- sion requirement.
8. The school must maintain adequate rules for promotion from class to class.
9. The governing body must maintain a proper state of dis- cipline within the school.
HIGH SCHOOL PRIZES.
Announcement has been made to the high school by Principal Savage that a citizen who is interested in the school will give ten dollars' worth of books as prizes for scholarship during the year
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1906-07. Two prizes will be given in each class to the students of the highest average standing in the regular studies of one of the courses and in deportment, which is to be co-ordinate with one study. It is hoped that such prizes may be given from year to year. They will tend to increase the importance of the school in the eyes of the young people, and to bring it into its true place as the highest department of our public school system.
COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE GRADES.
State Superintendent Morrison has prepared an eight-year course of study leading to the high school. Prominent educators of New Hampshire favor the plan, provided grade one begins at six years of age. Providence, R. I., and Minneapolis, Minn., have change to eight years before the high school, the first city admitting to grade one at six, the second at seven years of age. There is a tendency among educators to raise the age of admission to grade one and to decrease the number of years leading to the high school. This is the way of economy. Children admitted at too immature an age require two years to do the first year's work. It has thus cost almost twice as much as it ought, to get through the first year. But there are other reasons besides those of economy. Dawdling over the work has been of no intellectual value. It is better for the child throughout his course to be in the grade where he belongs on account of his attainment, and to feel the necessity of steady, earnest work throughout the year. This kind of work, under skilled teachers, will lead to the high school in eight years.
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