The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-13
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
ANNUAL REPORT OF SUPERIN-
 PENDENT BEEDE READ.

fie sehooIs-Nsw Haven's system and
 Aggregate Cost of Maintsnance com-
 pared with Other cItiss.
 The meeting of the board of education last night consisted principally in the discussion of the annual report of Su- perintendent Beede and the several su- pervisors of special studies. The report of the board to Mayor studley was also submitted, in accordance with proyis- ions of the city charter.
 Superintendent Beede's report, in brief, is as follows:
 sUPERINENDENTs REPORT.
 Features os the annual report of the superintendent are as follows:
 School Buildings December 31, 1903.
 Number of school buildings owned by the school district, 42; number of build ings not owned by the district in which schools are maintained. 1S; total num- ber of buildings, 55; total number of class rooms and recitation rooms, 466; total number of seats in class rooms, 1s,s6s. Valuation of school property,
 
 S1, ,9SS ,527.76.
 The oldest school building in this city owned by the district is the Whiting street school. erected in 1S47; next old est. the Lenox street school. erected in 1S4S: next. the Eaton, in 1855; Dixwell avenue next. in 1856; Wooster next in 1862; Dwight next in 1863; Skinner next, 1867; Washington and Morris Cove, both in 1868.
 School buildings not owned by the dis trict in which schools are maintained are: Hamilton (main building), second building and annex; Wallace street kin dergarten, Horace Day Kindergarten (store), Stevens street (store), New Ha- ven Orphan asylum, St. Francis orphan asylum, woodward annex (store), Gibbs street (dwelling house), Lloyd street Kindergarten (store), county home.
 otal number of pupils in all schools, 18,25S; total number of pupils in Hill house, SS2: total number of pupils in Boardman school. 647; total number of post-graduates, 15.
 There were 44,163 children not attend ing school last October, who are be- tween and IS years of age, a decrease of 14S over the year preceding.
 Evening Schools.
 Total number Of pupils for season ending March, 1903, 1,46S; total number of teachers for season ending March, 1903, 33: average attendance for season ending March, 1903, sos; salaries of teachers for season ending March, 1903, s4, 4,563.25; Total cost of evening schools Mor sions. $e.150.02.
 The most important events of the year in nthe history of the schools have been the completion of the new high school building, and it's occupancy by the school, April 13; the consolidation of the HilIhouse high school and the Board man training high school, which took effect September 6, at the opening of the fall term; the conversion, during the summer. Of the old Hillhouse high school building into an elementary school building, followed by it's occu- pancy September by the new Orange street school, and-the readjustment of the boundaries of the Eaton, Lowell, Wooster, Winchester, Dwight and Web ster districss so as partially to relieve the congestion which had existed for several years in those districts. A de- scription of the building accompanies the report. together with reference to the lunch counter and how it was oper- ated
 The high school, at the end of the first month of the school year, numbered 1902 pupils. Of this number 915 were in the Hillhouse school and 6S7 were in the Boardman school. This is the larg- ess number of pupils enrolled in any high school in New England. Boston, Providence, and Worcester have each a larger number of high school pupils, but in no single school are there so many puails as there are in the high school of this city. To conduct successfully so large a school, securing efficient work in all departments is a heavy responsi- bility, requiring a large measure of ex- perience, tact and wisdom. That our high school is so conducted should be a source of satisfaction not only to those officially connected with it, but also to all who are interested in the ef- ficiency of the schools While I do not regard preparation for college as the most important work of public high school. still the record of school in this respect is important, indicating, as it does, in a general way, the quality of work done in all departments of the school. The following records of honors and prizes awarded to graduates of our high school was taken from the Yale catalogue year of 1903-4. This is the record. it should be remembered, for a single year. Such a record for any high school is rare. A list of students receiving honors, prizes and scholar ships is given.
 Firms employing graduates of the bus iness department at the high school: Sargent & Co, 15; N. Y, N. H. and H. R. R., 13: Edw. Malley Co.,, 5; Strouse Adler Co, 5; board of education, 4; Dil- lon & Douglass, 3; Russell Bros, 4; Dil- Schoenberger & Sons, 8; Housatonic Mfg. Co, 3; DeForest 6 Hotchkiss, 8. Total, 57.
 The Boardnnan School.
 That this school is providing a suita- ble training for boys preparing for higher technical schools, and for me- chanical business pursuits which re- quire special training, may be judged from the graduating class of 1903. This class illustrates well what becomes of the boys that go out from this school.
 There are two courses for boys in the Boardman school, one the scientific, xrtiol, pranarac ,,,,,,;les fo,, +t,1 cst..sss .