The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-02

Boston firm to conduct an art exhibit
ton here during the week of Oct. Fl, to
which teachers and scholars will be in
lvited A small admission fee will be
charged, to be used in defraying ex-
pense of the exhibit and in purchasing
decorations for school rooms. The
request was granted.
A motion by Mr.. Smith that the ac-
ton of the July meeting by which po-
lsitions of head teachers were consti-
tuted in certain schools be rescinded,
was referred to the committee on
teachers.
An order introduced by Prof. Conant
relative to fixing a new schedule Of
salaries to be paid evening school
teachers was referred to the committee
on evening schools.
The report of Superintendent c. F..
Carroll included the following:
The enrolment of the high schools at
date is as follows;
Classical go. 1856
English ....... 1902
South ....... $40
Total, 1908.
Total enrolment, September 1900,
1882
These figures show that the enroll
ment Of high school pupils is but rs
greater than last year. In June, 96S
tend the English High School. OF these
only 802 have appeared. At the CLASH
cal school, the school rooms are all oc-
cupied and classes use the main hall.
At the English school, the tower room
and the fourth story rooms are all used
and classes recite in the main hall. At
the South school, all the rooms In the
building are occupied by the regular
high school pupils except two. These
two rooms are occupied by the prepa-
ratory schools. The manual training
classes are conducted in the basement.
A lunch counter should be provided for
this building.
In brief it may be stated that the
Classical school enrolls its normal num-
Der. the English school has in attend
ance rather a larger number than it
can profitably accommodate, and the
South school can receive about $50
more pupils.
The preparatory schools enroll 2O1
pupils, as follows: South school, two
rooms, Ga Dix Street, oneF room, Al;
Belmont Street, one room, Al; Millbury
Street, two rooms, So.
| After the schools were opened, many
pupils applied for admission whom 1t
was impossible to receive. Practically
all were admitted who applied before
sept. l. A IedCHeT u pIeIlCu anu a
teacher of German visit these schools
daily. Nearly all the pupils study
either French or German. The stalls
| tics received show that these schools
are all we'll filed.
| The special school at Washington
Street, intended for pupils who need in
dividual attention, opens with 20 pupils
/ and is well equipped for its beneficient
work
i
street, intended for new corners who
cannot speak the language, is also well
patronized. An unusually large num-
Der of foreign born pupils have been
admitted to the Quinsigamond school,
and an ungraded school has thus of
necessity come into existence.
! The kindergartens have opened with
larger numbers than ever before, as the
following figures show: Dix Street, 80;
Mllbury Street, 80; Quinsigamond, 81;
Woodland Street, "A; Thomas Street,
30; Lamartine Street, 81; Elizabeth
Street, Al; Providence Street, 81; Ward
Street, 81; Cambridge Street, go; Can
terbury Street 40; Grafton Street, 81;
total, 465. For the first time in the his
tory of the kindergartens, 1t has been
necessary to employ an assistant in
every kindergarten.
The subject of arithmetic has been
taught as usual during the last month.
To an extent. the first weeks of the
term must be devoted to a review of
the elements and, for this reason, the
work must in large part be oral, or
! conducted from figures in the form Of
tables and drill exercises. No book can
supply these, and the teacher must al
i ways give blackboard exercises at
/ this point.
/ The teachers of Worcester are high
ly trained. nearly all of them being
Normal School graduates. The very
| essence of a Normal School training
consists in the fact that 1t substitutes
the teacher for the text book, and 1t is
ridiculous to assume for a moment that
either the pupil or the teacher Will
suffer harm If the arithmetics are not
Immediately at hand.
The majority Of teachers in the
schools have, from choice. practically
taught arithmetic without the text
book for years, excepting that they
have drawn graded problems from
desk books. which they have often pro-
vided for themselves. They have been
compelled to do this because they could
find no graded problems, and praeti-
cally no problems at all in the pre-
scribed book
The Worcester County Teachers AS
ISOLATION will hold its annual meeting
The State Teachers Convention VIII
be held in Worcester on the Friday fol-
lowing Thanksgiving. Under the rules,
the day following Thanksgiving Is
holiday for the schools. The teachers
will. therefore. be at liberty to attend
this meeting.
The officers of the state meeting ask
permission to use the High School halls
for their session. 1t Is understood that
ufill a o.
chanics and Washburn Halls.
Recommendations of the superin-
tendent relative to county and state
conventions were adopted.
These designations were accepted: |
Anna w. Howe, Harlow Street. grade /
II; Sidney Peterson, Classical High |
School.
Requests for leave of absence were
granted to Margaret A. Mahoney, |
Downing Street, grades Hill. to Jan. !
1. 1902; Anna M Waite, Salisbury |
Street. grade VII, to Sept. l. 1902.
These designations Of evening school |
teachers were granted: E. A c. |
Becker evening High School; Mar
garet f. O'Neil, Lamartine Street; |
Georgina McInnis, Belmont Street.
REQUESTS Cor leave of absence of |
evening school teachers were granted |
as follows: Lydie Frechette. evening |
High school, to Jan. l, 1902; Malcolm |
w. Libby, unassigned. to Oct 1, 1902;
Lucius w. Briggs, evening drawing |
school, architectural department, to
Oct. l. 1902.
A. Leroy Ames was appointed teach |
er of English in the English High !
School. his salary being fixed at the /
rate of $1,000 a year.
The committee on schoolhouses sub +
mitted the following recommendations /