New Britain herald., 1917-10-02

filed today with Superintendent of Schools Stanley H. Holmes.
 Principal Slade emphasizes the need of more adequate quarters for the in- struction of the city's boys and girls and speaks of the school being at the end of its rope for accommodations except for the auditorium and several basement rooms, which are not suit able for classrooms.
 The Report.
 The report follows: ITO the school committee and the su- perintendent of schools. rs.
 "Gentlemen: At the close of the academic year in June, completed my fourth year in the adrninistration of your high school. Of the 63 teachers then serving, either as full or part time instructors. five only had served for a longer period. This is an indication of the extent to which the personnel of the teaching force has changed. About IS of the new teachers have come as a result of the growth of our pupil membership and the extending of our courses. The remaining 40 have been elected to fill vacancies due to withdrawals.
 Among. the many losses, we have felt none so keenly as that which we sustained a little less than a year ago, when Mir. Davis fell a victim to in fantile paralysis. In the rapid de- velopment of the school, there had been much which demanded hard work, long hours, faithfulness to duty, intelligent patience, resourcefulness, loyalty and devotion. In all these re- spects, MT. Davis was found most
 
 ganized, he was tho logical choice for headmaster of the academic building He had proved the wisdom of tho choice. His death brought to us all, pupils and teachers, a sense of great personal loss To the administration, the blow was almost overwhelming TO all who were associated with him. he left the fairest of memories.
 Tn the appointment of successor to MT. Davis we have been singularly fortunate. We could not demand a. deeper faith in the educational prin- ciples of New Britain, than that man. ifested by MT. Tarnham. To this faith he adds a broad educational training, a fund of up-to-date pro- fessional information, and rare acu- men. I am satisfied that the interests of our academic building remain in the best of hands,
 "In accounting for the gra duatinE class of 1917 we find that about 50 per cent of those who entered in Sep- tember, 1913, remained to be graduat- ed in June. 1917; and that of these graduates about "A per cent have en- tered college or technical schol, about 13 per cent have entered upon teach CTS training courses in Normal schools, and about 3 per cent have been admitted to finishing schools. This leaves 60 per cent. who have, in our graduation, completed their sys- tematic school training. It is for this 60 per cent. of the graduates and for the lost 50 per cent. of those who en- tered in 1913, or, in other words, for the 80 per cent. of those who entered and for the many who are following them in ever increasing numbers and for the may others whom we are try ing to attract-that we have sought more varied courses and accomm oda- tions adapted to their needs
 Lack of Full Music Course.
 Our growth is very noticeable and partments: and in our community life. parements; and in our community life. There is one department, that of mus ic, in which we still offer compara- tivey few opportunities. This is through no fault of the director.
 "Mr. Mathews can give us about two periods a week and in this as- (Coutinucd OH Sixth PaEe.)