The Portland daily press., 1900-03-02
WESTBROOK.
Reports of the Several
City officers.
Committee Reports SchOol Year Pres.
porous.
More Room Needed in
the High School.
City Solicitor and Street Light.
ing Committee.

Iae FOLLOW ing annual reports have thus
Fae san made out and submitted to the
Wsstalgs city government Ter the year
% $50 y Asf
sc 1T COMMITTEE REPORT.
- IS Of the school committee Of
-sfneook shows that during the year
- sysrage attendance and efficiency Of
pu2.,s has been good. The report calls
att stion to the unwarrantsd amount Of
trusncy cases, and calls attention OF the
cltizens to the law which requires that
all children between and 10 years. In
elusive. to attsnd when schools are In
session, hence they are to attend 80 weeks
In this city. During the year there have
been four changes in teachers. Mr.. Tut
tie, principal of the Forest street gram
mar school. resigned at the beginning OF
the spring term Of 1899. and MIR. Frank
A. Usher has very accepabiy hiied the
position since. Miss Inez Pnge. feather
at Prids's Corner, resigned at the close OF
the spring term and Miss Grace Pride
was elected teacher of that school and 10
proving = successful tsaobsr. Miss Win
nifred Gowsn, rssig ned a. teacher Of Duck
Pond school, and Miss Alice Jameson
has done quite satisfactory work In that
school during the fall and winter. Miss
Davis, teacher Of the fourth and NTH
grades of Forest street school, was
taken s.ck during the spring term and
was unable to resume her WORK before
the winter term. Miss Jennie Biokford
substituted very aooeptably for Miss
Davis. The Spruce street school has
been closed because children have moved
away. leaving too few to proftably run
the school. The department Of musical
instruction In charge Of Miss Leefow
shows good thorough drill, and the re-
suits meet tine expectations OF systematic
instruction. Mr.. A. q. Wilson has CON-
Quoted penmanship during the year. The
vertical system having been adopted for
all our schools In 1898 we could hardly
expsct fair estimate Of the work ut end
Of one year. but with trial Of two years
we can report gratifying results. The
supevintendent has compared the writing
Of children Of our school with that Of
children In corresponding grades In other
cities and we find o favorable COMPARE
son.
MANU- AL TRAINING.
The manual training has been under
the direction of Mr.. H. l.. Berry whose
work seems to be producing excellent re-
suits. Pupils taking work In manual
training should have developed oonoen-
tration Of thought. ability to grasp ideas,
perseverance on any subject studisd, and
greater physical ability. Pupils OF our
common schools have education OF mind
without education of executive functions
and 10 Is very important that children
have o training which produces sym
metrical development Of body and mind.
At the oom m snosment Of the fall term
Mr.. Berry with the assistance Ct his wife,
instit tied the school savings bank. The
object OF the plan was not simply To
see how much one csD save, but to incui-
cate the habit Of saving. At the present
time 10 per cent Of the pupils ara deposit
tors and the Westbrook Trust company
has issued 50 bank books to thoss having
enough on deposit making an aggregate
Of more than $500.
HIGH SCHOOL.
At the High school there have been
some changes in the corps Of teachers