Miss R. E. Sparrow, for many years a teacher in Clarke Institution in Northampton, Mass., succeeded Mrs. Hurd as First Assistant. As the number of pupils increased it became necessary to add another teacher to our staff, and Miss A. D. Ward was appointed and has charge of a class of beginners in the Kindergarten department. Miss Townsend and Miss Ruggles were appointed in place of Miss Burrill and Miss Smith, who did not return after the summer vacation. Industrial training has received as careful attention as the intellectual development. Printing is taught to five boys, and a small school paper, the What Cheer , is issued twice a month.
Printing is very helpful in teaching the pupils how to use the English language correctly.
We hope to increase the number under instruction as soon as the addition to the school building is completed and we have more commodious quarters. The class in Sloyd is still in charge of Mr. Almgren and the boys are doing very commendable work. At present the boys' play-room is used as the Sloyd room. When the new buildings are finished more boys can be added to the class, and we hope to form a class, in Sloyd, of girls, as it has been found practical to teach this branch of industry to them as well as to boys. The sewing, for the household, is done by the girls in the sitting-room, under a teacher of experience.