The Newtown bee., 1901-07-05
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toying a vacation with his parents, MT and Mrs K. Lester Coleman. REPORT OF PRINCIPAL OF SANDY
 HOOK DISTRICT, JUNE, 1901.

The Junior department of this school closed 1 for the summer vacation on Friday, June IA | Beyond the recitations, etc., of the Hast day, ! there was no formal closing exercises as | there was no fyrmalexamination made by the principal of the school. This arose from the | fact that the personel of attendance in both departments changed so much and often dur l ing the year, owing to the industrial change
 at the rubber shop and the closing of St Mary's
 parochial school, that the classes were con- | stantly being recognized, and the course of
 study modified so that an examination of the l pupils of this grade to ascertain progress
 made was deemed mad dvisable, the follow
 ing facts from the register of this room show. 1 The number of different scholars resident in | the district registered in this grade was for l fall term, 32; winter term, 4; summer term. | 28. The average attendance of all scholars | attending was: Fall term, 25; winter term. F summer term, 24. The average attendance l for year. g. Number of different scholars , registered during year was 46. It is confident | ly hoped that things have reached bed ro.k in l this department and that any change in the | future must be in the direction of increased | attendance. A condition of status quo even is better than the upheavals of the past year 1 and the consequent chaos for half the year
 The principal will begin the school year in
 September with an examination of the juniofi grade and will then fix course of study for its scholars which, it is believed, will earn promotion at Christmas for persistent and deserving scholars in it's first class, and put the room into shape for effective work. This cannot be done while the number of daily | class recitations remains at the preposterous number of 2l. The waste of time and energy in teaching this number of classes initiates against effective work, by any teacher Only
 few can show prOgress-the bright ones
 the rest must remain mediocre. The number of recitations should not exceed the maximum
 of 15 daily.
 The register of the senior department shows:
 Number of different scholars resident in dis
 trict registered, fall term, 29; winter, 34; summer, 9. Average attendance, fall
 term, 26 winter term, 31 summer
 term 20 Average attendance for the year 26.
 Twenty-one pupils took the closing yearly examination in this grade, two in the Normal class division, tea in the first class, and nine in the second class. The examination ques- tions submitted to the classes were ones used
 by the principal for corresponding classes in 1894, except the questions.in geography and history which were modified and changed to cover recent political and historical changes and events. Some of the pupils had never had genuine written examination before this and the workmanship of these pupils was naturally indifferent, but on the whole most did well in answering the questions and prob lemS given and the examinations may be called fairly satisfactory. In the subjoined table of standing 100 is perfect or maximum. over 80 good, over 75 fair and below 70 failure. The pupil having the highest average in a class is credited 100 Here is the standing: