The Newtown bee., 1905-12-29
TOWN TOPICS

Hartford, Dec. 23, 1905 MT Charles H. Northrop,
 Newtown.
 Dear Sir:
 You will receive herewith report of William B. Ferguson relative to your high school.
 MrFerguSOn cOmmendS your school very highly.
 At meeting of the State Board of Education held December 2l, your school was approved for the attend ance of nOn-lOcal scholars.
 The following votes were passed: VOted:-That this board under the provisions Of 2239 of the general stat 19O5-6 of the Newtown high school for the following scholars:
 Town. Name of scholar. Brookfeld Harris Ham]in
 |" Maude A. Wilmot
 {" Alma Williams
 " Randolph Williams
 ' David Warehouse
 " Catherine Murphy
 " Annie Murphy
 |" Earle M. Tabor
 " Gertrude Elsenboss Monroe Victor Burr
 Theodore Beardsley Trumbull Ruth Mallett Voted: That the facilities for teach Ing physics and chemistry in said Newtown high school should be in- creased and that the school will be inspected at the beginning of another year with reference to this suggestion.
 Yours truly,
 Charles D. Hlne.
 Middletown, Conn.,, Dec. g, 1905. Hon c. D. Hine,
 Sec'y State Board of Education,
 Dear Sir:
 I respectfully sub nit herewith my report of the New town High School:
 BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.
 The Newtown High school occupies three rooms in building owned by an association that managed an academy in the town for many years. One Oth- CT room in the building is occupied by a private school for small children. The building has an attractive exteri- or and while in need of repairs and improvements within is, in it's general plan, we'll adapted to school purposes. The main study room seats about 80 pupils without crowding and the: two recitation rooms, though scarcely large
 
 classes, answer the purpose quite we'll. The equipment of the school is very limited. A piano, about 200 books, well selected for the most part. map of the United States, and a few pieces of physical apparatus constitute about all I saw in the line of equipment. But it should be remembered that the school is only four years old. Many schools much older have even less, though such condition is to be de- plOred. To retard the work of ambi- through failure to provide sufficient apparatus and other material iSa most short-sighted policy. do not mean to reflect upon the town school cOm- mittee or the high school committee, for l understand that both committees are interested in bringing the school up to high standard, but deem it wise to keep down the expenditure as much as possible on account of the op- position that exists to the school be- cause of the expense. presume they are wise in so doing until the school justities it's existence by it's accom- has already justified it's right to exist by what it has accomplished no one conversant with it's history can deny. THE MEMBERSHIP.
 The school numbers 92 pupils, divid- ed as follows: Seven seniors, l2 jun iors, 15 sophomores, 25 freshmen and B sub-freshmen. The last named are taking some high school subjects to- gether with advanced arithmetic and English grammar. After the present term, when the last two subjects will be completed, their work will be en- tirely of high school grade. The ages of the pupils vary from II to 19 years, and average about the same as that of high schools in general. Most o1 the pupils come from considerable distance. Only one lives nearer the school than half mile, many live one and half or two miles distant while a few live three or four miles from the school and walk the distance twice day.
 THE SPIRIT AND WORK OF THE SCHOOL The spirit of the school is noticeably happy and for the most part, orderly