SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

BOARD OF EDUCATION:

TOGETHER WITH THE

SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

SECRETARY OF THE BOARD,

1898-1899.

JANUARY, 1900.

BOSTON :

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,
18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

1900.

I. MEMBERS AND APPOINTEes of the BOARD OF EDUCATION,

II. REPORT of the BOARD OF EDUCATION,

·

III. REPORTS OF VISITORS TO THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS,

V.

VI.

VII.

Bridgewater,

Fitchburg,

Framingham,

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Westfield,

Worcester,

IV. SECRETARY'S REPORT,

Hyannis,

Lowell,

North Adams,

Salem, .

State Normal Art School,

CONTENTS.

Summary of statistics,

Analysis of statistical returns,

A uniform school year,

School attendance,

High schools,

-Evening schools,

Length of time the schools have been kept,

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Appropriations and expenditures for public schools,

Teachers and teachers' wages,

Expenses of text-books and supplies,

Expense of conveying children,

Supervision by superintendents of schools,

Towns not under supervision,

Teachers' institutes,

Normal schools,

Kindergartens,

Educational Museum, Paris Exposition, State exhibition of drawing,

and State examination and certification of teachers,

Massachusetts and the nation,

Resolutions and reports relating to educational conditions,

Recommendations of the secretary,

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS,

REPORT OF JOHN T. PRINCE, AGENT OF THE BOARD,

REPORT UPON CITY AND TOWN SUPERVISION OF SCHOOLS, BY

JOHN T. PRINCE, .

VIII REPORT OF G. T. FLETCHER, AGENT OF THE BOARD,

IX.

REPORT OF HENRY T. BAILEY, AGENT OF THE BOARD,

X-REPORT UPON THE STATE EXHIBITION OF DRAWING, BY HENRY

T. BAILEY,

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5

9-21

23-68

35-38

50-54

25-29

58-63

64-68

55-57

39-41

42-46

30-34

47-49

.71-243

71-75

76-194

76-86

87-106

106-130

130-134

XI. - REPORT OF J. W. MACDONALD, AGENT OF THE BOARD, INCLUDING
TABLES SHOWING CONDITION, EQUIPMENT, ORGANIZATION,
AND COURSES OF STUDY IN THE MASSACHUSETTS HIGH
SCHOOLS,
XII.-REPORT UPON THE COMPLIANCE OF TOWNS AND CITIES WITH
CHAPTER 332 OF THE ACTS OF 1885, COMMONLY KNOWN AS
THE TEMPERANCE LAW, BY THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD,
XIII. - REPORT ON SPECIAL SCHOOLS, COMPILED BY THE SECRETARY OF
THE BOARD,.
XIV.-REPORT ON COUNTY TRUANT SCHOOLS, BY FRANK A. HILL, SECRE-
TARY OF THE BOARD, .

XV.-LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUPERINTEND-

ENTS OF SCHOOLS,

XVI. - ABSTRACT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES' RETURNS,
XVII. - INDEX TO VOLUME,

PAGE

457-540

543-595

599-634

637-674

675

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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

1900.

EX OFFICIIS.

HIS EXCELLENCY W. MURRAY CRANE, Governor.
HIS HONOR JOHN L. BATES, Lieutenant-Governor.

JOHN T. PRINCE,

G. T. FLETCHER,

JAMES W. MACDONALD,.

SECRETARY.

Boston,
Williamstown,
Newtonville,
Somerville, .

AGENTS.

CLERK AND TREASURER.

AGENTS FOR THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL DRAWING.

HENRY T. BAILEY,

. North Scituate.

L. WALTER SARGENT, Assistant for Western Counties,. Littleton.