1874-1875 School Committee Report

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28 ,. _ '29 11. Write the triad of the first, fourth, and fifth degrees ' Adams Grammar School has made creditable advzncement of the above scales, using letters. in the direction of original designs. 12. Write a musical phrase of four_ or more measures, in double time. ATTENDANCE. DRAWING AND MUSIC. � The number of scholars has increased during the year in Y> all our schools with the exception of the Howard and Frank- These studies have been pursued iu our schools long bt lin. In the Hancock District, besides the Primary to which enough to become as much a part of the regular school work we have referred, the other schools have been larger than as writing or reading, and'their usefulness or necessity need ever before. not now be discussed. - In music we have continued to have In both the Warren and Bowditch Districts we placed as the services of our energetic special teacher, whose lessons many additional desks as the school-rooms could conveniently are always a source of profit and always pleasantly antici- hold, and 3-et many scholars were without desks.' We have pated by the pupils. relieved the Bowditch by sending a large advanced class to In drawing we have not had the advantage of a special the Hancock Grammar School and by removing some of the 'instructor, but have accomplished something in all the Adams-street children; but the Warren is still large, and-in,a schools under the regular teachers. We feel that the. times ' r w few weeks will again be overrun. demand it, and that we- ought to urge upon the town the b ., f The whole `number of different scholars in our schools importance of providing a skilled instructor in this depart- during year was five hundred and fifty-three. Of these ment. b Y Y- fifty-three were over fifteen,and nine under five years of age. In February last we assembled our scholars in the Town r At the begii4ning of the year the assessors made a careful Hall to give -our people some idea of our work and methods canvass, and the number returned by them between the ages of instruction in music. And at the same time we exhibited o of five and fifteen is four hundred and sixty-five,—seventy- designs and books from the various schools, to show that we seven more than last year, —and yet there have been in our had made a beginning in the study of drawing, and to stim- schools during the year twenty-six more than found by them ulate oui scholars and teachers to greater effort. That exhi- ) at that time. bition was largely attended, and it is not necessary for us to t" Owing to the increase in the return of the assessors last comment on its success. -year our share of the State School-Fund is one hundred dol- We deem it a wise- plan to bring our scholars together in lairs larger than before. this manner every year, and until recently had intended to The average attendance of actual members in all the schools do so in February of this year, but for reasons of conven- for the year, has been 89.75 per cent, a slight falling off ience to the pupils and parents, and to pis in arranging the from that of last year. The record of some of our schools drawings, have postponed the exhibition to June next, At has improved and is remarkably good, but that. of the that time we hope to give our people a better entertainment Primary and Mixed Schools,,except the Franklin, indicates . 1 in music and ar►ore satisfactory exhibition in drawing; great need of improvement. The average daily attendance already the High Sohool shows some fine work, and the in number has been three hundred and sixty-six, showing 4 1-