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P U B L I C SCHOOLS BATH, MAINE

NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN

LELAND R. MITCHELL

This report dedicated to Leland R. Mitchell, who has worked without

compensation, unceasingly, and zealously for the improvement of our schools.

He deserves the credit for originating the plans for the building of our modern

school building, rightly named, "The Mitchell School."

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

OF THE

CITY OF BATH

FOR THE YEAR ENDING JULY 1, 1916

THE TIMES PRESS BATH, MAINE

BATH, MAINE

Settled 17S6 A Town 1781 A City 1847

School Committee - - 1915-16

MAYOR JOHN A. SMALL

Chairman ex-officio

900 Washington Street

WARD ONE

N. Gratz Jackson, 1916 Leland R. Mitchell, 1917

WARD TWO

Charles C. Low, 1916 John L. P. Burke, 1917

WARD THREE

James P. Ledyard, 1916 Sylvester H. Rowland, 1917

WARD FOUR

Wallace E. Shaw, 1916 Nicholas J. Horan, 1917

WARD FIVE

William E. Hogan, 1916 Clarence A. Peaslee, 1917

WARD SIX

Arthur K. Purington, 1916 George W. Dean, 1917

WARD SEVEN

Frederick E. Drake, 1916 Edward W. Hyde, 1917

1 Shaw St. 31 Highland St.

695 High St. 85 Russell St.

26 Lincoln St. 47 Lincoln St.

20 Raymond Court 838 High St.

45 Bedford St. 922 Middle St.

1201 Washington St. 3 Pearl St.

1002 Washington St. 128 North St.

*The above School Board in power until March 20, 1916.

*Organization, 1915-16

EDWARD W. HYDE, Vice-Chairman

CLARENCE N. FLOOD, A.B., Secretary of School Board

and Superintendent of Schools

COMMITTEES

ACCOUNTS.—Wallace E. Shaw, Arthur K. Purington, John L. P. Burke.

BAILEY SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIES.—Sylvester H. Rowland. Leland R. Mitchell, Frederick E. Drake, George W. Dean, James P. Ledyard.

FUEL AND JANITORS.—James P. Ledyard, J. L. P Burke, Sylvester H. Rowland.

GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.—William E. Hogan, James P. Led­yard, Arthur K. Purington, N. Gratz Jackson, Sylvester H. Rowland.

HIGH SCHOOL.—Edward W. Hyde, Charles C. Low, Le­land R. Mitchell, Frederick E. Drake, Clarence A. Peaslee.

Music.—Frederick E. Drake, Wallace E. Shaw, Edward W. Hyde.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.—George W. Dean, Wallace E. Shaw, Nicholas J. Horan, N. Gratz Jackson, J. L. P. Burke.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.—N. Gratz Jackson, Charles C. Low, William E. Hogan, George W. Dean, Clarence A. Peaslee.

ORGANIZATION 5

RURAL SCHOOLS.—Charles C. Low, James P. Ledyard, William E. Hogan, George W. Dean, Sylvester H. Rowland.

SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.—Leland R. Mitchell, Arthur K. Purington, Sylvester H. Rowland.

TEXT-BOOKS AND COURSES OE STUDY.—Arthur K. Pur­ington, Charles C. Low, William E. Hogan, J. L. P. Burke, Clarence A. Peaslee.

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS

Regular monthly meetings of the School Board occur the first Monday of every month at 7.30 p. M.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

Clarence N. Flood, A.B., Residence, 62 South Street. Office, Center Street Building. Office hours: School days, 4 to 5 p. m. Telephone 450.

*The organization, as given, continued until Mar. 20, 1916. Beginning with March 20, 1916, the following is the or­

ganization for 1916-17.

Organization, 1916-17

ERNEST F. KELLEY, Chairman

CLARENCE N. FLOOD, A.B., Secretary of Board of Ed­

ucation and Superintendent of Schools

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Term expires Mayor John A. Small 1917

900 Washington St. Ernest F. Kelley 1917

18 School St. Harry B. Sawyer 1918

18 Dummer St. Leland R. Mitchell 1919

31 Highland St. Edward W. Hyde 1920

128 North St.

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS

Regular monthly meetings of the Board of Education oc­cur the first Saturday of every month at 2.00 P. M.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

Clarence N. Flood, A.B. Residence, 62 South Street. Office, Center Street Building. Office hours: School days, 4 to 5 p. M. Telephone 450.

Schools, Teachers and Residence, Year 1915-16

SUPERINTENDENT OE SCHOOLS

CLARENCE N. FLOOD, A.B. 62 South Street

HIGH SCHOOL

CHARLES L. SMITH, A.B., Principal (6 months)

JAMES P. KING, B.S., Principal, (3 months)

Teacher Department Residence (English 691 Washington ^Geometry St.

^English 726 High St.

Charles L. Smith, A.B.

Carl B. Timberlake, A.B.

Viola G. Hogan

Alice N. Magoun

Beulah E. Withee, A.B.

Marian E. Brown, A.B.

Alzie E. Lane, A.B.

I Mathematics

(English ) History

(French ) Civics

Latin

(History /German

( Mathematics / Chemistry

Gladysmae B. Waterhouse English

James P. King, B.S.

Mildred R. Bowen, B.S.

Emma F. Walton

45 Bedford St.

1009 Middle St

945 High St.

945 High St.

16 Court St.

945 High St.

726 High St. I Drawing

Commercial Dept. 16 Court St.

(Stenography 12 Court /Typewriting St.

CITY OE BATH

Napoleon B. Corthell

Lillian M. Lawrence, B.S.

Esther J. White

Manual Training 29 Spring St.

Domestic Science 16 Court St.

Sewing 32 Bedford St.

NINTH GRADE

MARGARET J. ADAMS, Principal

Margaret J. Adams

Susan M. Duley

Nellie J. Marr

(Civics I Reading

C Grammar I History

^ Mathematics I History

104 South St.

16 Winter St.

81 Court St.

WASHINGTON STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL

ELLEN BLAIR, Principal

Teacher Ellen Blair Edith L. Hopkins Maude C. Seymour Bertha C. Jones

L. Mildred Taylor

Pearl Raymond

Grades 7 and 8 5 and 6 3 and 4 1 and 2

(2 months) 1 and 2

(4 months) 1 and 2

(3 months)

Residence

1353 Washington St.

16 Court St.

6 Oliver St.

1289 Washington St.

981 High St.

981 High St.

SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS 9

DUM'MER STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL

ELLA J. DOUGLAS, Principal

Teacher Grades Residence

Ella J. Douglas 3 and 4 23 York St.

Margaret W. Metcalfe 1 and 2

(4 mouths)

16 Garden St.

Mary F. Day 1 and 2

(5 months)

1009 Middle St.

NORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL

NELLIE R. TURNER, Principal

Teacher Grade Residence

Nellie R. Turner 8 981 High St.

Frostina E. Marston 7 179 Lincoln St. Jennie G. Silsby 6 76 Green St. Sara L. Libby 5 894 Washington St.

NORTH STREET PRIMARY

H. EMMA MAGOUN, Principal

Teacher Grade Residence

H. Emma Magoun Florence Dunton Margaret T. Mulligan Ethel Hawley

4 3 2

1

Fisher's Court

16 Court St. 35 Trufant St. 18 Deering St.

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CENTER STREET SCHOOL

NANNIE E. TRASK, Principal

Teacher Grade Residence

*Nannie E. Trask 7 and 8 Winnegance

*Olive M. Murray 6 31 Gatchell St.

* Florence M. Andrews 5 37 Western Ave.

Martha E. Hooper, Prin. 4 24 Green St.

Marguerite Hennessey 3 857 Washington St.

Mabel I. Lake 2 9 West St.

Almira T. Sturtevant I 241 Centre St.

SOUTH STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL

MARCIA M. STINSON, Principal

Teacher Grade Residence

Marcia M. Stinson 8 Woolwich

Minnie E. Barnes 7 40 Drummond St.

Edna H. Pickard 6 Winnegance Bessie M. Hunt 5 142 High St.

SOUTH STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL

AGNES E. TARBOX, Principal

Teacher Grade Residence Agnes E. Tarbox 4 894 Washington St. Jennie S. Foster 3 460 Washington St. Madelyn Hunt 2 118 High St. Laura Mitchell 1 937 Middle St. Grace C. Baker 1-4 1213 Washington St.

*This grade is located in Ninth Grade Building.

SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS 11

WEEKS STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL

MARY H. CONLEY, Principal

Teacher Grade Residence

Mary H. Conley 8 133^ Oak St. Charlotte Cook 7 490 Washington St.

Grace E. Lightbody 6 75 Bedford St.

Gladys J. McGillicuddy 5 10 Drummond St.

WASHINGTON STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL

HAZEL H. WING, Principal

Teacher Grades Residence Hazel H. Wing 3 and 4 North St.

Carrie H. Trott 1 and 2 184 Middle St.

WEEKS STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL

EFFIE C. WRIGHT, Principal

Teacher Grades Residence Effie C. Wright 3 and 4 71 Green St. Lillian F. Fisher 1 398 Washington St. *Sarah E. Coombs 2 51 Corliss St.

WINNEGANCE, MIXED

Eleanor M. Ferguson Hunt St.

NORTH BATH MIXED SCHOOL

Evelyn Waugh East Winthrop

MUSIC

Margaret Bakeman 1009 Middle St.

*This grade is located in the Engine House, Marshall St.

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MANUAL TRAINING Napoleon B. Corthell 29 Spring St.

DOMESTIC SCIENCE

Lillian M. Lawrence, B.S. 16 Court St. Esther J. White 32 Bedford St.

PENMANSHIP

Margaret M. Black 1009 Middle St.

BAILEY SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIES

JAMES P. KING, B.S., Principal

Mechanics—Monday, Thursday nights—Room B G. G. Holbrook, B. S. 329 Front St.

Mathematics—Monday, Wednesday nights—Room L R. W. Bragg 18 Deering St.

Drawing—Tuesday, Friday nights—Room F F. W. Armes, B.S. 29 Cherry St.

Drawing—Monday, Thursday nights—Room F James P. King, B.S. 726 High St.

Drawing—Wednesday, Friday nights—Rooms F and E W. R. Many 28 York St.

Navigation—Tuesday night—Room D Henry L. Thompson Portland

Stenography—Monday, Thursday nights—Room A Miss E. F. Walton 12 Court St.

Typewriting—Monday, Thursday nights—Room P H. E. Williams 148 Oak St.

Bookkeeping—Tuesday, Friday nights—Room G C. C. Toothaker 22 Bailey St.

S E V E N T H G R A D E E X H I B I T , SOUTH GRAMMAR

SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS 13

Cooking—(Monday, Tuesday nights—Room SB Miss E. J. White 32 Bedford St.

Sewing—Tuesday, Friday nights—Room I

Miss N. M. Conley 13 Fremont St.

Sewing—Monday, Thursday nights—Room H Mrs. Wm. R. Donnell 251 High St.

Grade Work—Monday, Thursday nights—Room C

Miss Mary Conley 133/^ Oak St.

Manual Training—Tuesday, Thursday nights—Room NB N. B. Corthell 29 Spring St.

Grade Work—Monday, Thursday nights—Room E Nellie R. Turner 981 High St.

Penmanship—Monday nights—Room D

Miss M. M. Black 1009 Middle St.

Location—Morse High School Class Hours—7.15-9.15 P. M.

Janitors

HIGH SCHOOL AND ERUDITION James A. Hamm 25 Walker St.

NINTH GRADE William A. Poor 837 High St.

NORTH GRAMMAR AND NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Fred E. Witham 71 U n i o n St.

WASHINGTON STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL Warren C. Munsey 1298 High St.

DUMMER STREET SCHOOL Warren C. Munsey 1298 High St.

CENTER STREET Peter A. MacDonald 151 Lincoln St.

SOUTH GRAMMAR AND SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOLS

George H. DeWolfe 13 West St.

WASHINGTON STREET PRIMARY Leighton Jackson 1 Shaw St.

WEEKS STREET GRAMMAR AND WEEKS STREET PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Charles Trask Winnegance

WINNEGANCE SCHOOL Otis Hunt Winnegance

NORTH BATH Mildred Ward North Bath

TRUANT OFFICER Edwin L. Emmons 20 Walker St.

Scale of Salaries

Superintendent HIGH SCHOOL

$1,600 oo

Principal $1,500 00 Sub-Master 1,100 00 First Assistant 725 00 Second Assistant 650 00 Third Assistant 600 00 Other Assistants

NINTH GRADE

500 00

Principal 600 00 First Assistant 500 00 Second Assistant 450 00

TEACHERS FROM GRADE I-VIII

First year in charge of school 300 00 Second year in charge of school 325 00 Third year in charge of school 350 00 Fourth year in charge of school 375 00 Fifth year in charge of school 400 00 Sixth and subsequent years in charge of school 425 00

Principals of Primary buildings of two rooms, $15.00 ad­ditional per year; principals of four-room buildings, $25.00 additional per year. Each full year attendance at a State Normal School shall be considered equivalent to two years' experience in teaching.

SPECIAL TEACHERS

Music $700 00 Manual Training, Principal 1,100 00 Domestic Science, Principal 600 00 Domestic Science, assistant 550 00 Penmanship 500 00

Boundaries of School Districts

High School.—The whole city.

Ninth Grade.—The whole city.

Winnegance.—From southern limit of city northward to Lemont Street.

Weeks Street Grammar.—From Lemont Street north­ward to Rope Walk.

Weeks Street Primary.—From Lemont Street northward to Pine and Lily Streets.

Washington Street Primary.—From Pine and Lily Streets northward to Rope Walk.

South Street Grammar.—From Rope Walk northward to Union Street.

South Street Primary.—From Rope Walk northward to Union Street.

Center Street School.—From Union Street northward to Ferry, Elm and Academy Streets.

North Grammar School.—From Ferry, Elm and Acad­emy Streets northward to Somerset and Beacon Streets.

North Primary School.—From Ferry, Elm and Academy Streets northward to Pearl Street.

Dummer Street Primary School.—From Pearl Street northward to Mechanic Street.

Washington Street School.—Grammar grades: From Somerset Place and Beacon Street northward to northern limit of city. Primary grades: From Mechanic Street northward to northern limit of city.

NOTE.—In each case the middle of the street is the boun­dary of the district.

School Calendar, 1916-17

Tuesday, September 5.—Opening day. Thursday, October 26.—State Teachers' Association;

Friday, October 27, State Teachers' Association. Thursday, November 23, Friday, November 24.—Thanks­

giving Day recess. Christmas Recess.—Friday, December 15, all schools

close. Monday, January 1, 1917.—All schools reopen. Thursday, February 22.—Washington's Birthday. Spring Recess.—Friday, March 23, all schools close. Monday, April 1, all schools re-open. Thursday, April 19.—Patriots' Day. Wednesday, May 30.—Memorial Day. Friday, June 15.—All schools close. Wednesday, June 13.—High School graduation. Tuesday, September 4.—All schools open for the year

1917-1918.

SCHOOL SESSIONS

High, Grammar and Primary Schools.—Each week day from 8.30 A. M. to 11.30 A. M., and 1.30 P. M. to 3.30 P. M., except Saturday.

No SCHOOL SIGNALS

In very inclement weather the whistle will blow five times at 7.45 A. M. and for no session of the elementary and high schools. The same signal given at 12.45 r o r n o afternoon session in any school. Five successive strokes at 6.15 p. M. shall mean no session of the Bailey Evening School.

Special Instructors

MANUAL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 1915-191° NAPOLEON B. CORTHELL, Instructor

Monday School Grade

8.30 to 10.00 Weeks St. Grammar VIII

10.00 to 11.30 South St. Grammar VIII

1.00 to 2.10 Morse High School X

2.10 to 3.30 Center Grammar V I I

Tuesday

8.30 to 10.00 Upper Washington and

Center Grammar VIII

10.00 to 11.30 Morse High School X

1.00 to 2.10 Morse High School XI-XIII

2.10 to 3.30 South Grammar VII

Wednesday

8.30 to 10.00 Upper Grammar VII

Weeks St. Grammar VII

10.00 to 11.30 North Grammar

Winnegance

VIII

1.00 to 2.10 Morse High School X

Thursday

8.30 to 10.00 North Grammar VII

10.00 to 11.30 Morse High School XI-XIII 1.00 to 2.10 Morse High School X

2.10 to 3.30 Ninth Grade Div. I

Friday

8.30 to 10.00 Ninth Grade Div. II 10.00 to 11.30 Ninth Grade Div. I l l

SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS 19

DOMESTIC SCIENCE PROGRAM FOR 1915-1916

COOKING—Lillian M. Lawrence, Instructor

Monday School Grade 8.30 to 10.00 Weeks Street V I I I

10.00 to 11.30 South Street V I I I 1.00 to 2.10 Morse High School X

2.10 to 3.30 Center Grammar V I I I

Tuesday 8.30 to 10.00 Upper Grammar V I I I

Center Grammar V I I I 1.00 to 2.10 Morse High School X

2.10 to 3.30 South Grammar V I I

Wednesday 8.30 to 10.00 Upper Grammar V I I

Weeks Street Grammar V I I

10.00 to 11.30 North Grammar V I I I 1.00 to 2.10 Morse High School X

Thursday 8.30 to 10.00 North Grammar V I I

1.00 to 2.10 Morse High School X

2.10 to 3.30 Ninth Grade Div. I

Friday 8.30 to 10.00 Ninth Grade Div. II

10.00 to 11.30 Ninth Grade Div. I l l

SEWING—Esthe r J. White, Instructor

Monday School Grade 8.30 to 10.00 Ninth Grade

10.00 to 11.30 Morse High School X I - X I I I 1.30 to 2.10 Center Grammar V I

2.10 to 2.50 Study Hall, Room A

Tuesday 10.00 to 11.30 Morse High School XI -XI I I

1.30 to 2.10 North Grammar School V I

2.10 to 2.50 Study Hall, Room A

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Wednesday 8.30 to 10.00 Ninth Grade

10.00 to 11.30 Morse High School 1.30 to 2.30 Ninth Grade 2.10 to 3.30 Study Room A, Morse High

Thursday

8.30 to 9.10 9.40 to 10.20

10.50 to 11.30 1.30 to 3.30

Friday 8.30 to 10.00

10.00 to 11.30 2.10 to 3.30

Winnegance Weeks Street Grammar South Street Grammar Upper Grammar

Ninth Grade Morse High School Study Room A, Morse High

School

XI-XIII

VI VI VI VI

XI-XIII

MUSIC PROGRAM

MARGARET BAKEMAN, Director

Monday 8.30 to 10.30 Washington Street Grammar I-VIII

10.45 t 0 " - 3 ° Dummer Street I-IV 1.30 to 3.30 North Grammar V-VIII

Tuesday 8.30 to 9.30 Ninth Grade IX 9.30 to 11.30 Center Grammar V-VIII 1.30 to 3.30 North Primary I-IV

Wednesday 8.30 to 10.30 South Street Primary I-IV

10.40 to 11.30 Washington Street Primary I-IV 1-30 to 3.30 Morse High School (Music Ap­

preciation)

REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT 21

Thursday 8.30 to 9.30 Morse High School (Chorus) 9.35 to 11.30 Center Primary I-IV 1.30 to 3.30 South Grammar V-VIII

Friday 8.30 to 10.30 Weeks Street Grammar V-VIII

10.35 to 11.30 Weeks Street Primary I-IV (Alternating weeks with Engine

House). North Bath and Winnegance alternate Friday afternoons.

PENMANSHIP

MARGARET M. BLACK, Instructor

Monday School 8.30 to 9.30 Dummer Street Primary 9.40 to 11.30 North Grammar 1.30 to 3.30 Ninth Grade

Center Grammar Tuesday

8.30 to 11.30

1.30 to 3.30

Wednesday 8.30 to 10.30 i-3° to 3.30

Thursday 8.30 to 9.00 9.30 to 10.30

10.45 to 11.30 1.30 to 3.30

Friday 8.30 to 10.30 1.30 to 3.30

Weeks Street Primary and Weeks Street Grammar

South Primary

Center Primary South Grammar

Engine House, Marshall St. Washington Street Primary South Primary, overflow room Washington Street Grammar

North Primary and Center Grammar Winneganace and North Bath, alternate

Fridays.

Report of Superintendent

To the Members of the Board of Education:

GENTLEMEN :—I hereby submit my third annual report of the Public Schools of the City of Bath, and the same be­ing the twenty-fifth in the series of reports.

It is the aim of this report to place before the citizens, not only the things accomplished, but also to present for your consideration some of the present needs. It is also planned to give more statistical tables than usual to show the fi­nancial standing of the school department.

TEACHERS

We were fortunate in being able to retain nearly all our teachers for this year. The same spirit of harmony and helpfulness towards each other, and of loyalty toward the school officials which existed last year has prevailed this year. When so many have done satisfactory work, it would be unfair to speak of one or two, and not mention all.

We have adhered strictly to the rule of eligibility that re­quires the first appointment of teachers to permanent posi­tions in the elementary schools of Bath, that they shall be a graduate of a State Normal School. This has given us an opportunity to place teachers of such training and experi­ence as to add strength to our corps of teachers.

REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT 23

By reference to the table on the list of teachers, it will be seen that all 60 are high school graduates, of which number 20 are normal school graduates; nine college graduates. 11 of our teachers were trained at Gorham Normal, six at Farmington Normal, two at Castine Normal, and one at Boston Normal School.

The following changes in the corps of teachers occurred during the year:

Resignations—High School: Charles L. Smith, Principal Morse High School; Verna M. Corey, teacher of German; Lillian L. Lowell, teacher of Latin; Fannie C. Kendall, Supervisor of Penmanship. Bertha C. Jones, teacher of first and second grades at Upper Grammar School; L. Mil­dred Taylor, teacher of first and second grades, Upper Grammar School; Margaret W. Metcalfe, teacher of first and second grades, Dummer Street Primary School; Susan L. Reed, teacher of fifth grade, North Grammar School; Gertrude Gilman, Principal South St. Primary School fourth grade; Lizzie M. Allen, Principal of Wash­ington St. Primary School, third and fourth grades; Gor­don G. Holbrook, Principal of Bailey Evening School; Mrs. Abbie S. Starkey, teacher of sewing, Bailey Evening School.

Transfers—Nellie J. Marr from Center Grammar, 6th Grade to Assistant in Ninth Grade; Hazel H. Wing from first grade, Center Primary to principal of Washington St. Primary, third and fourth grades; Agnes E. Tarbox from Weeks St. Grammar, fifth grade, to principal of South Street Primary, fourth grade; James P. King from sub-mas­ter, Morse High School to principal of Morse High School.

Appointments—High School: James P. King, B.S., Prin­cipal of Morse High School; Carl B. Timberlake, A.B., Sub-Master of Morse High School; Beulah E. Withee, A. B., instructor in Latin; Marion E. Brown, A.B., instructor in German and history; Gladysmae B. Waterhouse, gradu­ate of Emerson School of Oratory, instructor in English; Margaret M. Black, graduate of Bay Path Institute, Super-

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visor of Penmanship. L. Mildred Taylor, graduate of Gor­ham Normal School, teacher of first and second grades, Upper Grammar School; Mary F. Day, graduate of Farm-ington Normal School, teacher of first and second grades, Dumrner Street Primary School; Pearl Raymond, graduate of Gorham Normal School, teacher of first and second grades, Upper Grammar School; S. Louise Libby, graduate of Gorham Normal School, teacher of fifth grade, North Grammar School; Olive M. Murray, graduate of Gorham Normal School, teacher of 6th grade, Center Grammar; Almira T. Sturtevant, graduate of Gorham Normal School, teacher of first grade, Center Primary School; Gladys J. McGillicuddy, graduate of Gorham Normal School, teach­er of fifth grade, Weeks Street Grammar School; James P. King, Principal of Bailey Evening School; Miss Nellie M. Conley, teacher of Sewing, Bailey Evening School; Miss Margaret M. Black, teacher of Penmanship, Bailey Evening School; Capt. Henry L. Thompson, teacher of Navigation, Bailey Evening School.

Leave of Absence—Miss Marcia M. Stinson, to teach and visit schools in New York.

BATH TEACHERS' CLUB

The Teachers' Club has held its meetings in the Morse High School Assembly Hall, and the Board has been invited to be present at these meetings. The following; is the list of officers and committees in charge of the meetings and the speakers:

List of Officers for the year 1915-1916.

President Miss Margaret J. Adams Vice-President james p. king Secretary and Treasurer Marcia M. Stinson Executive Committee, Miss Charlotte Cook, Miss Susan L

Reed and Mrs. Bertha C. Jones. First Meeting, Oct. 7, 1915: Social meeting with the fol­

lowing entertainment:

BIRD HOUSE EXHIBITION

REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL 25

Selection High School Orchestra Piano Duet Misses Cook and Sturtevant Solo Miss Dora Howard Selection by Quartet,

Misses Cook, Hawley, Hunt and Barnes Selection Orchestra

Committee in charge as follows: Miss Adams, Miss Cook, Miss Stinson, Miss Lawrence, Mrs. Jones and Mr. King.

Second Meeting, Nov. 18, 1915: Social meeting with en­tertainment as follows: Speaker, Dr. W. E. Kershner, il­lustrated talk on "Philippine Islands." School Orchestra rendered several selections.

Committee in charge as follows: Miss B. Hunt, Miss Barnes, Miss Foster, Miss Tarbox, Miss M. Hunt, Miss L. Mitchell, Mrs. Pickard, Miss Baker and Miss Ferguson.

Third Meeting, Dec. 8, 1915: Vocal solos. Misses Vir­ginia Cowles and Myrle Strong; Farce, "For the Love of a Bonnet," former pupils of Miss Blair; contest game, "An Exchange Party."

Committee in charge as follows: Miss Blair, Miss Hop­kins, Miss Day, Miss Douglas, Miss Bakeman, Miss Sey­mour, Miss Raymond, Miss Waugh, Miss Metcalfe, Miss Black and Mr. Corthell.

Fourth Meeting, Jan. 19, 1916: Reader for the evening, Miss Gladysmae Waterhouse of South Poland, a graduate of the Emerson School of Oratory; an advertisement con­test, conducted by Principal Smith; vocal solo, Leo Burke; auction, conducted by Mr. King; piano solo, Mr. Dunham of Bowdoin College; charades, High School Faculty.

Committee in charge as follows: Principal Smith, Miss Hogan, Miss Magoun; Miss Bowen, Miss Walton, Miss Lane, Miss Withee, Miss Brown and Miss Waterhouse.

Fifth Meeting, Feb. 10, 1916: Speaker, Dr. Payson Smith, State Supt. of Schools. Subject, "Aims of Educa­tion."

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Committee in charge was as follows: Miss Turner, Miss Marston, Miss Silsby, Miss Libby, Miss Magoun, Miss Dun-ton, Miss Mulligan, Miss Hawley and Miss White.

Sixth Meeting, March 10, 1916: An entertainment of musical and literary selections by pupils of the Weeks Street schools: Folk dance, pupils of Weeks Street Gram­mar; song, pupils of Weeks Street Primary; solo dance, Beatrice Nichols; cornet solo, Ernest Wexler; piano solo, Byron Adams; lecture on "Mt. Katahdin," Prof. Francis H. Merrill of Orono, Me.

Committee in charge was as follows: Misses Conley, Cook, Wright, Coombs, Trott. Liehtbody, Fisher, McGilli-cuddy, Wing and Supt. Flood.

Seventh Meeting, May 8, 1916: Selection, High School Orchestra; "Pyramus and Thisbe," played by Ninth Grade; "Hints to Teachers," Miss Florence M. Hale, State Director of Rural Schools.

Committee in charge was as follows: Misses Trask, Marr, Andrews, Duley, Hooper, Hennessy, Lake, Murray and Sturtevant.

TRUANCY

The report of the Truant Officer, E. L. Emmons, for the year ending June 16, 1916, is as follows: Whole number of cases investigated 631 Number of scholars named above returned by request

of parents 12 Truants returned to school 167 Absent on account of sickness 246 Absent for no reason 85 Absent on account of lack of proper clothing 52 Absent on account of moving n Discharged to go to work 2 I

Before the court for truancy 2

Parents before the court x

Parents fined n

REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT 27

Parents placed on probation I Of notices sent to parents 18 Committed to reform school I

TEACHERS' MEETING

The following program of the Sagadahoc County Teach­ers' Association was held at Bath on Friday, Mar. 17, 1916. It proved to be one of the best meetings held for some time.

General Session, Assembly Hall—9:30 to 10:30 A. M. Music High School Orchestra Prayer Business Music High School Glee Club "Some Elements of an Efficient School"

Superintendent C. N. Perkins, Waterville

Department Sessions—10:45 to 12:15 p. M.

Rural Schools, Room D, Chairman, Mr. H. A. Allan, State Agent for Rural Education

"Boys' Clubs" Mr. Ralph P. Mitchell, State Leader of Boys' Clubs

"Teaching a Country School" Miss Florence M. Hale, State Agent for Rural Education

Grade Schools, Room A, Chairman, Miss Charlotte Cobb, Bowdoinham

"Fashions in Arithmetic" Miss Gertrude L. Stone, Western State Normal School

"Composition and Technical Grammar" Superintendent G. A. Stuart, Rockland

Secondary Schools, Room C, Chairman, Mr. J. W. Taylor, State Agent for Secondary Education

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The program for this section calls for a round table con­ference. A detailed list of subjects for consideration ap­pears on a separate sheet. The main topics for discussion are as follows: Making instruction in certain subjects more effective—

Civics—Science—English Measuring the progress of pupils Conduct of the recitation How improve the study habits of pupils? School activities—physical—social School and community: How to bring them together

General Session, Assembly Hall, 1:45 to 4:00 P. M.

Music Eighth Grade Pupils, Bath Business Teaching Exercise in Music

Miss Margaret Bakeman, Supervisor of Music, Bath "The Human Touch" Dr. Arthur S. Phelps, Waterville Music Question Box

Conducted by State Superintendent Payson Smith

Officers for 1916-17

President Prin. Frances L. Garland, Topsham Vice-President James P. King, Bath Secretary and Treasurer Miss Nellie R. Turner, Bath Executive Committee, Miss Mildred Edwards, Topsham;

Annie M. Jenkins, Bowdoinham and Marcia M. Stinson, Bath.

7-5 PLAN

In treating the 7-5 plan of reorganization for the city, I propose to be brief and to confine myself mainly to the phases of it in regard to which, questions may arise. After

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studying the conditions of Bath it seems best to recommend the adoption of the 7-5 plan. Our present Ninth Grade is too large to be well handled. It is also too large for the present teaching force. What we need is a six room wing built onto the west side of the Morse High School building. Four rooms on the ground floor to be used for Junior High School work, and two large study rooms on the second floor for use for the High School pupils. This union of Senior High and Junior High would place nearly 600 pupils in this building and leave room for the elementary pupils of the city.

The plan provides for a Senior High School of three years, a Junior High of two years, to be preceded by seven elementary grades. Then provision should be made for of­fering some kindergarten training in connection with first grade work. There should be an eighth grade in the rural schools for the benefit of pupils whose training will be con­fined to the elementary work or who would be unable to come to the city for the first year of the Junior High. Pupils having completed the work of this grade will be entitled to admission to the second year of the Junior High which will correspond to the Freshman year of the prsent organization.

The Senior High School as a unit will include the three upper classes of Morse High. The organization of these classes will remain practically unchanged. New electives, however, to be offered particularly in the departments of Mechanical Arts and Domestic Arts.

As previously stated grade seven should be the highest in the city elementary schools. Instead of promoting the ninth grade pupils to the Freshman class in high school our present eighth and ninth grades would be united to consti­tute the Junior High. Junior High Schools have been es­tablished with marked success in many of our leading cities. With few exceptions the organization consists of six element­ary grades, a Junior High of three years and a Senior High

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of three years. Considering the school accommodations in Bath, the number, capacity and location of the buildings, and the large number of tuition pupils enrolled each year in high school, the 7-5 plan which provides for a Junior High of two years seems especially well adapted to meet local conditions.

In recommending 7-5 plan one of the chief aims would be to overcome the break between the grammar and high schools. We feel that this would be accomplished in the main by introducing practical subjects earlier in the courses. In making the readjustment special consideration should be given also to pupils who will be obliged to drop out of school particularly when having reached the compulsory school age limit, however, there will be no logical point at which a pupil can leave school: In other words the courses should be arranged in view of encouraging the pupil to re­main in school as long as possible.

A teacher could be assigned to each room for a part of the day and the class organization to be retained in as far as possible. The work of several teachers could be divided between the two schools.

As a part of the plan of reorganization the total require­ments should be put on a twelve year basis instead of thir­teen according to the present plan of nine elementary grades and four of high school. Nine grade systems are confined to New England and more especially to Maine, but they are being displaced by eight grade systems or by organizations with provision for junior high schools. When in full opera­tion this feature of the plan will tend to decrease the cost of maintenance of the schools.

Several factors have contributed toward the elimination of one grade. There has been a material gain in the primary grades in the past few years in penmanship and especially in reading, thereby effecting a saving in time Less time is also devoted to the so termed non essentials in arithmetic and to the more technical work in grammar. The

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teaching in general is more efficient and the grading more uniform.

The requirements of grade seven of the 7-5 plan are practically one year in advance of those of the course now in use. Thus the seventh grade of new system will be formed by promoting the present seventh. Grade six will include all sixth grade pupils and approximately 20 per cent, of the ablest pupils of grade five. This per cent, will be increased by approximately 20 as each of the successive grades are formed, whereby the elimination of one grade would be effected.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS AND GIFTS

Reports from the teachers of the different schools show that a number of gifts have been made to the schools of the city.

The following is a brief account of the gifts and improve­ments for the past two years:

Weeks Street Primary—Miss Wright, Principal. Pic­tures secured, Washington Crossing the Delaware; Sistine Madonna; The Shepherdess; Abraham Lincoln; Christ in the Temple; Helping Hand ; Divine Shepherd; In Fear and Trembling; framed, Here Comes the Train, and Can't You Talk. American Flag, one for each room given by the Par­ent-Teacher Association. Also Victrola and three records; 19 magazines given the school by Mrs. Crosman. Through the efforts of teachers and pupils, 14 records have been se­cured ; also 60 library books for school library; also cleared $42.58 from school entertainment which will be used the coming fall for playground apparatus.

Weeks Street Grammar—Miss Conley, Principal. As an entertainment given by the pupils and teachers the sum of $55.00 was cleared. Purchased the following: Pictures, Shep­herdess, Madonna of the Chair; The End of Day, Return to

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the Farm; Song of the Lark; Stratford on Avon; Golden Stair; Saint Mark's Cathedral. Victrola and 52 records. South End Parent-Teachers Association purchased 20 library books. Also presented 8 fine fountain pens as prizes for ex­cellence in penmanship and writing. With entertainment money purchased playground apparatus, consisting of 2 tether sets, 2 ring toss, basketball and cages, one 12 ft. shot. Picture, Concord Bridge, and The Spirit of '76.

Washington Street Primary—Miss Wing, Principal. Vic­trola from Parent-Teacher Association. Purchased 12 rec­ords, and one gift from Mr. Small. Pictures added, Sir Galahad, Angelus, Wake Up, Children of the Shell, Angel Heads.

South Street Grammar—Miss Stinson, Principal. Money earned by entertainment, candy sales and Elson Art Ex­hibit, spent for 21 records; nine framed pictures; New Prac­tical Reference Library of six volumes; 2 U. S. puzzle maps; 2 volumes of Flower Book of American Wild Flow­ers; 2 volumes of American Birds and Their Music; 100 Perry pictures; table for reference books; sash curtains for grade VI I I ; pencil sharpener; 42 dumb bells; Victrola and 21 records additional to 21 already reported. Titles of pic­tures as fallows: A large and small picture of Stratford on Avon; Tell Statue, Altdorf of Switzerland; The Lake; The Boyhood of Lincoln; Supper Time; Baby Stuart; Morn­ing; Good Shepherd, and Trinity on Avon.

South Primary—Miss Tarbox, Principal. Pictures, Wake Up; In Fear and Trembling; Albrahom Lincoln; Feeding Her Birds. Through efforts of teachers and pupils, purchased Victrola and 10 records.

Center Primary—Miss Hooper, Principal. Pictures, Wake Up; In Fear and Trembling; gift of Scene of Hol­land, and Madonna and Child.

Center Grammar—Miss Trask, Principal." Pictures, Con­cord Bridge; The Coming of the White Man; In Fear and Trembling; The Indian and the Lily; The Gleaners. By

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efforts of the teachers and pupils, secured Victrola and 12 records.

Ninth Grade—Miss Adams, Principal. Pictures, Signing the Declaration of Independence. Gift of $5.00 from the South End Parent-Teachers Association towards the Vic­trola. Purchased from the school entertainment money: $50.00 victrola and 16 records; radiopticon; flag of the State of Maine; music for orchestra and chorus.

North Primary—Miss Magoun, Principal. Pictures, Coming of the White Man; Pilgrims Going to Church; The Indian and the Lily; Abraham Lincoln; Age of Inno­cence ; Supper Time; In Fear and Trembling.

North Street Grammar—Miss Turner, Principal. Pic­tures, The Spirit of '76; Washington Crossing the Dela­ware. Through the efforts of the teachers and pupils, pur­chased Victrola and 32 records. Gifts of 40 records from friends of the school.

Dummer Street Primary—Miss Douglas, Principal. Pur­chased Victrola and 40 records. The North End Parent-Teachers Association gave nearly one-half the money for the Victrola; the remainder raised through the efforts of the teachers and pupils. Pictures, On the Beach; Madonna of the Chair; In Fear and Trembling; In the Moonlight; The Shepherd and His Flock; Feeding Her Hens; Can't You Talk. Gift of picture, Washington's Entry Into New York.

Upper Grammar—Miss Blair, Principal. Pictures se­cured as follows: Concord Bridge; In Fear and Trembling; The Coming of the White Man; Dance of the Nymphs; Wake Up; The Shepherdess. Gift of the picture Sir Gala­had from the Parent-Teacher Association. Gift of picture United States Frigate Constitution to the eighth grade room by the principal, Miss Blair.

Winnegance—Miss Ferguson, Teacher. Purchased Vic­trola and 24 records.

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North Bath—Miss Waugh, Teacher. At an entertain­ment cleared $7.00, purchased a large globe and combina­tion reading chart.

Mikelsky's Music Store presented a recprd with each Victrola purchased.

It is a pleasure to report that all the school buildings in the city have Victrolas except three.

PARETNS' VISITATION DAY

A Parents' Visitation Day was observed the first week in June with very gratifying results. Several hundred visitors were present. Much interest was shown in the exhibits from the departments of Manual Training, Domestic Sci­ence, Penmanship, Music, Drawing, and all the school branches. No changes were made in the daily program, and the work on exhibition was selected wholly from the daily exercises.

The importance of bringing the school and the home and community into close relationship cannot be overestimated. Both teachers and pupils receive much encouragement from the visits of the citizens.

SCHOOL FURNITURE

After investigation of the merits of movable school fur­niture, I am inclined to the belief that whenever we have need of purchasing more school furniture, we should do well to purchase the movable type of furniture, such as the Columbia or Moulthrop line. With this movable furniture, different arrangements of seating are possible as occasion may seem to require, and then, if for any reason, the room is wanted, clear of furniture, it is a very easy matter to move all the seatings out of the way. Especially in the rural schools where the school rooms are frequently used as neigh­borhood gathering places would such seating arrangements work out well. The first trial order of 42 desks has been placed by the Board for one of the rooms in Morse High

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WORK PERMITS

The last legislature passesd a new law regarding the is­suance of work permits to children between 14 and 16 years of age. A duplicate of each permit must be filed with the State department and the birth certificate upon which the permit is issued must be retained by the superintendent. Re­turns must be made by both the employer and the superin­tendent Who issues the permit. This enaibles the State to keep a close supervision over this child labor and the num­ber of children thus employed.

In a majority of cases there is no pressing necessity for the child to leave school and go to work, and such action on the part of parents is and should be discouraged.

Your superintendent has formulated the following course of action relative to the granting of work permits. Any child between 15 and 16 years of age who can pass the edu­cational test or who is in the sixth grade of the public schools will be granted a work permit provided his parents signify their assent to this by signing the papers. But in many cases parents are dissuaded from this course by hav­ing their attention called to the child's need of more educa­tion. No child between 15 and 16 years of age who cannot pass the educational requirtment will be given a work per­mit, and will be required to attend school unless excused therefrom by the superintendent for good and sufficient rea­sons.

No child between 14 and 15 years even though he may be able to pass the educational test prescribed, will be granted a work permit unless the family are in destitute circum­stances.

Only one case in the city has occurred the past year in which a child has been given the privilege to work under 15 years of age.

PARENT-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

The different Parent-Teacher associations of the city

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have been a great help to the school system the past year. They have brought the home and school closer together; certain problems have arisen which the association has set­tled to the interest of the school system; the improvement to the schools in giving school libraries, victrolas, prizes, etc.

In fact in all matters of school advancement the organiza­tion has done much good.

SCHOOL NURSE

In accordance with the recommendations of other city superintendents, I am recommending the securing of a school nurse in conjunction with the Community League. This nurse to hove charge, under the direction of the Super­intendent of Schools, of the prevention of epidemics of con­tagious diseases, of the elimination of the presence of ver­min in the heads of the pupils, of the promotion of better sanitary conditions in the clothes, and on the bodies of the pupils, and of the amelioration of diseased conditions in the bodies of the pupils. To accomplish this she should make several examinations of the pupils and pay many visits to the homes of the children who are afflicted. It seems to me that such work would contribute to the prevention of con­tagious diseases, and the increase in the average attendance in our schools. I consider in the absence of an appointed school physician, that no money would be spent more profit­ably by the city than that paid to a school nurse.

HIGH SCHOOL

In the High School a good scholarship standing has been maintained. There are in the school, and to some extent more than in the past, those pupils who do not apply them­selves, and who, therefore, do not get from the school all that the school can give them. There are, in fact, a few who are getting very little out of the school. On the other hand, the large majority of the pupils are earnest workers

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and those who come to graduation are prepared to go out into the world and make their way with reasonable success. In fact, so far as I can ascertain, there are none who have graduated from our High School in recent years who have not sooner or later found their way to a successful life work.

The standard of requirements for admission to colleges is constantly being raised, and we are successfully keeping pace with the progress. So far as can be determined but two pupils in the past four years have entered college and failed to go on. These two dropped out because of neglect of their college work (this fact was made known to us in correspondence with the deans of the two colleges). We have received, unsolicited, several communications from the various colleges expressing their satisfaction with the prep­aration our pupils have had. We have nver received a sin­gle complaint from any college against the preparation of pupils who went from this school, and there has never been any hesitancy on the part of the New England College En­trance Certificate Board in granting us the privilege of is­suing certificates for admission to college. At the same time we are endeavoring to keep the work in the several vo­cational courses up to such a standard that the amount of effort and application required of pupils taking these courses is equivalent to that required of pupils who are mak­ing preparation for higher institutions.

All the graduates of the four year commercial course of the 1916 class, we were able to place in some responsible of­fice in the city. The call for office girls has been more than the supply. This speaks well for our students.

The work of our high school has progressed finely under the efficient management of Principal King. The increase of our high scheel registration is a remarkable record for any city. It is as follows: Registration for the fall of 1913 was 249 Registration for the fall of 1914 was 284 Registration for the fall of 1915 was 332

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Approximate registration for the coming fall (1916) 402 This is an increase of 153 pupils in three years or 6 1 % . I believe the large increase due to the broadening of the

school curriculum to include five four year courses instead of two.

SPECIAL BRANCHES

The work in music has continued its excellent work under Miss Bakeman. The results with the High School Orches­tra and Chorus have been especially noteworthy.

For the past two years we have been using the Palmer Ssytem of Penmanship and from comparison with other schools we believe our pupils are good writers. The results of the system in the lowest grades however were not fully satisfactory, as too much time was spent upon the drills and the letter forms were not mastered sufficiently early to be used in the other subjects. We have endeavored to correct this weakness by the introduction of large letter forms.

The work in cooking and sewing has continued along the same lines as last year. We are endeavoring to make this work practical as well as educational. The work in man­ual training has continued allong the same line with the ad­dition of lathe work in the high school.

To know the excellent work done by our capable super­visors, you are referred to their reports, which follow this report.

MITCHELL SCHOOL

The Mitchell school building, the latest addition to our schools, is worthy of a passing notice and comment. This was begun in October, 1915, and completed in August, 1916, at a cost, including the lot, of $21,000. It is a brick build­ing, two stories in height. It contains six school rooms, each capable of seating without crowding forty pupils, and a spacious hallway. Each room is lighted from a solid bank of windows on one side only, thus securing plenty of light

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and no cross lights. Adjustable chair seats and desks, elec­tric lights, cement blackboards and adjustable curtains aid in rendering the rooms pleasant, comfortable, sanitary and serviceable.

The school rooms are heated by a large steam furnace with a modern system of ventilation, the halls and base­ments are also heated by steam.

Besides the furnace rooms, supply rooms and sanitaries, the basement contains two large sunny rooms for use as pupils playrooms in rainy or severe weather.

The building embodies the latest ideas of sanitation and serviceableness at a moderate cost and is a credit to the city.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

During the past three years the city has taken the for­ward step in the establishment of the following important measures:

1 Courses of study both Elementary ond High. 2 Manual Arts Course in High School. 3 Domestic Aras Course in High School. 4 Instructor in Penmanship. 5 Instructor in Sewing. 6 Establishment of Bailey Evening School. 7 Four year Commercial Course. 8 Department Heads for the High School. 9 Erection of a modern six room building.

io Removal of all old fashioned toilets anad the installa­tion of modern ones.

I I Installation of playground apparatus. 12 Wider use of the school plant. 13 Organization of Parent-Teacher Association. 14 Introduction of Manual Work in Sixth Grade. 15 Addition of pictures for school rooms. 16 Adoption of national system of office and school

records. 17 School census taken in a permanent form.

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18 Employment of College and Normal School Gradu­ates for all newly elected positions.

19 Improvement in school texts. 20 Installation of Course in Mechanical Drawing. 21 Establishment of new rules and regulations.

RECOMMENDATIONS AND PLANS

First—A reference to Table VII will show that some of our school buildings are still not what they should be in the matter of ventilation, lighting, etc. Some of these condi­tions were remedied last summer. I would recommend that the others, as soon as our finances allow, be remedied. A great improvement could be made in our seating and light­ing by simply rearranging the desks.

Second—The establishment of an ungraded school in the Center Primary building. This school should give special instruction to those pupils who do not fit into any grade, but who by instruction, and help in the subjects in which they are deficient, can be enabled to do grade work to ad­vantage.

Third—Some means should be taken to relieve the crowd­ed condition of the Old High School Building and Morse High School. In my opinion, the building of a six room wing on the west side of the Morse High, and the installa­tion of the 7-5 plan as recommended in this report, are the only solution of the problem for the future interests of the city.

Fourth—In order that medical inspection may accomplish its best results, some work needs to be done in following up cases needing attention, and by visiting the homes, secure for these children the treatment and care which the examin­ation shows to be necessary. This could best be accom­plished by a school nurse, and would require a lady of in­definite tact, and one devoted to her work.

Fifth—A reading circle should be planned for the encour­agement of professional reading and study on the part of

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the teachers. There is no teacher, however well trained, and experienced, who does not need to continue her study of educational problems.

Sixth—The question of suitable playgrounds not only for the school children during the school year, but for all the young people of the city is an important one. Our school yards are not of sufficient size to provide suitable play­grounds for the boys and girls who attend schools. Our High School students have no suitable playgrounds. It would be a wise move on the part of the city to take immediate steps to remedy this defect. There is an excellent opportunity for some public spirited citizen or citizens to confer a last­ing benefit upon the city by providing its children and young people with a public playground, including a swimming pool for the summer, and a skating pond for the winter.

Seventh—Some provision should be made the coming year whereby the salary schedule should be increased. The general upward trend of the salaries of teachers in other places must be met by this city, if we are to retain the serv­ices of the efficient teachers whom we must have in order to maintain the efficiency of our schools.

Eighth—Among the facts concerning the national health and hygenie which has been firmly established within the past few years, are these two: First—That it is better to remove the causes of disease than to cure the disease, and second—that the common house fly is one of the most dan­gerous animals because he serves as a carrier of disease. We therefore try to destroy the fly or at least exclude him from our dwellings. Why, then should the city permit the free entrance of these pests into the school rooms where they not only annoy the pupils and prevent them from do­ing their best work, but also are a menace to the health of the pupi's and teacher? I would recommend that at least two windows in every school room be fitted with screens.

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Ninth—Establishment of School Savings Banks in the different buildings of the city.

Tenth—Establishment of room for abnormal children. Eleventh—Purchasing of stereopticons for school use in

the grammar grades.

CONCLUSION

I would like at this time to express my appreciation of the friendly co-operation and better spirit prevailing in our corps of teachers during the year that is just passed. My relations with them have been pleasant and encouraging. They have, with very few exceptions, shown a laudable de­sire to improve what has been entrusted to them. They have labored under handicaps and without complaint when com­plaints would have been justifiable. Whether it is general­ly recognized or not, the city is under greater obligations to our teaching force than it can ever realize until it is too late to show any appreciation of those obligations.

I desire to thank the members of the Board of Education, individually and collectively, for kindnesses received at their hands during the year, and for their support of our plans for improvement. I trust that my future dealings with the Board may be as helpful and satisfactory.

Respectfully submitted,

CLARENCE N. FLOOD,

Superintendent of Schools. July 10. 1916.

Report of the Principal of the High School

To the Members of the Board of Education and Superin­tendent of Schools of Bath:—

I hereby submit my report of the Morse High School for the year ending July i, 1916.

In my report I wish to make clear the wofk and progress of the school during the past year and the apparent needs for the coming year.

The Morse High School during the past year, due to an efficient instructing staff has done more actual work than ever before and at the same time the discipline of the school has been improved. The Morse High School today ranks as a Class A high school, which means that its graduates com­pare favorably with the graduates from the high schools of much larger cities.

As far as possible we are trying to make the work in the Commercial and Manual Arts Courses fit the pupils for em­ployment in Bath.

The card system of records installed a year ago is very successful. The record of the wofk of the pupils is easily available and the loss and destruction of school books is re­duced to a minimum.

The attendance for the past year has been good. The register shows an average attendance of 91 per cent.

TEACHERS

James P. King, Principal Mathematics, Physics, Mechanical Drawing

Carl B. Timberlake, Sub-Master . . . English, Mathematics Viola G. Hogan English, History Alice M. Magoun French, History

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Beulah E. Withee Latin, History Mildren R. Bowen Commercial Branches Emma F. Walton Stenography, Typewriting Alzie E. Lane Science, Mathematics Marian E. Brown German, History Gladysmae Waterhouse English, Oratory Lilliam M. Lawrence Cooking Esther J. White Sewing Napoleon B. Corthell Manual Training Margaret Bakeman Music

I wish to thank the teachers publicly for their support and their individual efforts to raise the standard of the Morse High School.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

The Morse High School has been well represented dur­ing the past year in Music, Debating and Athletics. The success in music is due to the efforts of Miss Bakeman and the exceptional talent among the pupils. The Debating Team made a very good showing. This year it was neces­sary to train inexperienced pupils for our teams and their good showing was due to their efforts and the help of Mr. Smith, Mr. Timberlake and Mr. Flood, who gave valuable assistance after the resignation of Mr. Smith.

This year the School Committee appointed an Athletic Council to control the high school athletics which brought very good results. The athletic teams were coached by the principal and won the greater part of the games in which they took part. Due to careful arrangement of schedules and proper financing, the Athletic Council can report that at the end of the year 1916, there was a small balance in the treasury. I wish to mention the name of Mr. McCor-mick, the Y. M. C. A. Secretary as being a great help to the High School Athletics both morally and financially.

MECHANICAL, D R A W I N G ROOM

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GIFTS

The following books were presented to the Morse High School by the class of 1890:

Civilization Middle Ages; Growth French Nation; The Crusaders; Gaspard de Coliquy; Venetian Republic; Holy Roman Empire; Charlemagne; Mediaeval Europe; Na­poleon the First; History of Modern Europe; French Rev­olution ; French Revolution and First Empire; School Atlas English History; Thirty Years' War; Louis XIV; Short History of Germany; Spanish People; Frederick the Great and Seven Years' War; Peter the Great; Epitome of An­cient, Mediaeval and Modern History; Readings in Euro­pean History; Era of Protestant Revolution; Short History of Renaissance in Italy; Ascendency of France; Byron, Scott; Keats; Shelley; Wordsworth; Browning, E. B. ; Browning, Robert; Longfellow; Whittier; Holmes; Low­ell ; Harper's Cyclo. of U. S. History, 10 vols; Gardiner's Students' English History and MacNaly's Historical Chart.

GRADUATION

The graduation class consisted of 29 girls and 31 boys. Graduation was held in the Columbia Theatre and those who took part made it a success and were a great credit to the school.

Class Motto: "Nulli Secundi"

CLASS OFFICERS

President Paul Andrew Fitzgerald Vice-President James Wendell White Secretary-Treasury Helen Marion Child

HONOR PARTS

Valedictory Charlotte Ruth Burke Salutatory Margaret Stuart Miller Essay Margaret Gertrude Conley Essay Olive Marion Rowe

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PROGRAM

I Selection—'March Orchestra 2 Prayer Rev. Gould J. Brown 3 Salutatory Margaret Stuart Miller

4 Class Oration—"Nulli Secundi" Paul Andrew Fitzgerald

5 Essay—"The Proposed Pilgrim Tercentenary" Beatrice Evelyn Merrill

6 Reading—"A Pair of Lunatics"— W. R. Walkes

Mary Metcalf Monroe

7 Selection Orchestra 8 Essay—"Preparedness" Emile Louisa Craven

9 Reading—"Pigs Is Pigs"—Ellis Parker Butler John James Knubley Miller

io Essay—"Famous Trees" Margaret Gertrude Conley I I Class History—"The Story the Clocks Told"

Helen Marion Child 12 Quartet—"The Beautiful Ship From Toyland"—Friml

Messrs. Burke, McLellan, Miller, Hanson 13 Essay—"The Home of Shakespeare"

Olive Marion Rowe 14 Class Prophecy Rutherford Mitchell White 15 Class Will Leo Powers Burke

16 Valedictory Charlotte Ruth Burke 17 Class Ode—Tune of the "Perfct Day"

Elizabeth Herlyck Hayes 18 Awarding of Diplomas Mayor John Small 19 Selection—March Orchestra

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GRADUATES

WITH HIGHEST HONOR

Charlotte Ruth Burke Leo Powers Burke Fanny Green Helen Marion Child Margaret Gertrude Conley Louise Craven

Eula Mildred Fielding Beatrice Evelyn Merrill Margaret Stuart Miller Mary Metcalfe Monroe Olive Marion Rowe Dorothy Jeanette Totman

Ruby Mae Farrin

WITH HONOR

Harold Pearson Brooks Andrew Russell Cahill Paul Andrew Fitzgerald Sarah Josephine Flaherty Henry Wallace Hanson, Jr. Edward Addison Erskine H. Laton Jackson Percey Ridley Lowe Natalie B. Lemont J. Houghton McLellan

Hazel Wescott McPherson John James K. Miller Mildred Ellen Plant Mabel Elizabeth Rogers Roger Deering Skillings Charles Leo Thebeau Marion H. Titcomb Freeman Alfred Trott Margaret A. Washburn Rutherford M. White

William Adams Edwin Robinson Andrews Arthur Ralph Avery Thornton Wilton Bates Arthur Aaron Brown May Edna Footer Helen Catherine Haraden Marion Agatha Haraden Alonzo Jesse Harriman Thomasine Louise Crooker William Stanwood Cutting Sarah May Durgin Walter Morse Hill

Morton

Elizabeth Herlyck Hayes Austin Freemont Holbrook Ada Mae McCormick Frances Mae MacDonnell Leon Edward Mason George Herbert Pomeroy Keith Savage Beatrice Perry Shaw Roscoe Ham Shaw Ralph Duncan Warren Robert Weinblatt Wendell James White Helen Augusta Wright

F. Young

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The Senior reception and the Alumni banquet were held on the Thursday and Friday nights following graduation. They were very successful and enjoyable gatherings. The reunion of graduates was especially inspiring. In one case three generations were represented.

RECOMMENDATIONS

While statistics show that Bath has a much larger num­ber of pupils per thousand population than most cities, the increase from 330 to 400 pupils for the coming year make it necessary to increase the number of desks and chairs as the present accommodations are inadequate.

This increase in number of pupils also shows the im­perative need of at least one additional teacher for the com­ing year. The boys and girls of Bath have an exceptional opportunity clue to the high school curriculum including the Domestic Arts and Manual Arts Courses. The Manual Arts Course has been developed until now the pupils are ready for forge work and simple machine work. This will be the next step of progress in that course.

In closing, Mr. Superintendent, I wish to thank you and the Members of the Board of Education for your sincere co­operation and encouragement during the past year.

Respectfully submitted,

JAMES P. KING.

Morse High School Alumni Association

OFFICERS FOR 1916-1917 President—Charles C. Low. Vice-President—Miss Jennie R. Morse. Secretary and Treasurer—Miss Anne M. Robinson. Asst. Secretary and Treasurer—J. Gertrude Silsby. Executive Committee—Mrs. Harriet Reed Shaw, Mrs.

Emily White, Miss Josephine Swanton and Paul Fitzgerald.

Report of the Ninth Grade

To the Superintendent of Schools and Members of the Board of Education:—

GENTLEMEN :—I herewith submit the report of the Ninth Grade for the year 1915-1916.

The school year opened September 6, 1915, with an en­rollment of one hundred forty-five pupils. During the win­ter term one hundred forty-four were registered, and in the spring term one hundred forty-three. The total registration during the year has been one hundred fifty-one.

One hundred thirty-four pupils were graduated June 16, 1916, the largest class yet graduated from the Ninth Grade. The closing exercises were held in the Bath Opera House, all the literary parts having been awarded for rank. Fol­lowing is the program and list of graduates:

Music N I N T H GRADE ORCHESTRA

Chorus—The Pines of Maine—Set to "Panama Hymn" Mrs. H.H. A. Beach

Prayer REV. DAVID L. WILSON

Essay—Early Explorations and Settlements in Maine THELMA GWENDOLEN BROWN

Essay—Maine's Part in War MABEL RICHARDSON REDLON

Recitation—Returned Maine Battle Flags Moses Owen ELEANOR FRANCES MOULTON

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Chorus—Who Is Sylvia? Franz Schubert

Essay—Maine's First Governor LOUISE ALBERTA IRISH

Essay—A Few of Our Famous Men

MARJORY ELLEN MITCHELL

Violin Solo—Canzone Amorosa Nevin

JOHN ABEL LORD

Recitation—A Tragedy in Millinery Wiggin

GLADYS ELEANOR OLM

Recitation—Longfellow's First Poem Samuel Longfellow CYNTHIA MELISSA CROSMAN

Chorus—Anvil Chorus, "II Trovatore" Verdi

Recitation—My Lost Youth H. W. Longfellow

LAURA LUCY KENNEDY

Essay—Elijah Kellogg A N N I E ISABEL REED

Cornet Solo—Magnolia Serenade Missud KARCHER SHAW JACKSON

Recitation—The Lie Annie Hamilton Donnell MARION PURINGTON

Chorus—The Lost Chord Sullivan Recitation—The State of Maine William P. Frye

LORRAINE JESSIE EGGLESTON

Recitation—Here's to Old Maine State!

Adapted from Kipling by Florence Hale CHARLES SUMNER NEIL

Recitation—The Name of Old Glory Riley MARY ELIZABETH MUSSENDEN

Song—The Flag Kate Vannah HELNA MARGARET DANA AND CHORUS

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Distribution of Diplomas by Harry B. Sawyer, Member

Board of Education

Chorus—To Thee, O Country! Eichberg

Benediction

T H E CLASS

Helen Henderson Maine Artis Vivian May Baker Hazel Madeline Bates Martha Cameron Shaw Bates Bradford Belanger Annie Elizabeth Bickle Doris Devona Bishop Francis Wilmer Bishop William Blair Harold Allison Brown Thelma Gwendolen Brown Marion Helen Carlton Ethwold Frank Carter Ruth Mildred Chapman John Michael Clements Ella Margaret Congdon George Thomas Conway Corilla Adeline Coombs George Thomas Costain John Joseph Costello Dorothy Elsie Crooker Cynthia Melissa Crosman Thomas John Cummings Ambrose Michael Curran Elizabeth Ann Curran Celia Jennett Currier Helna Margaret Dana Carroll Earnest Davis Alice May Deering Maurice Raymond Deering Nellie May Doyle Margaret Smith Duley Eleanor Eaton Loraine Jessie Eggleston Louise Elezabeth Footer Cole Vincent Fraser Owen Alfred Freeman Cecil Leslie Fullerton Helen Florence Getchell John Wilson Gillespie Myer Gordon

Esther Green James Laurence Green Nellie Irene Green William Stanley Green Louis Wilbur Hagan Beatrice Bertha Hanson Marshall Bradstreet Haraden Edward Nolan Hartnett Elwood Allen Hathorne Edward Junius Hawley Thomas Sumner Hayes Ruth Lucille Heaton Beulah Lowell Houdlette James Vinal Hunnewell Bernice Lillian Hunt Louise Alberta Irish Karcher Shaw Jackson John Magnus Johnson Allan Loyall Jones Roland Edward Jones Glenn Channing Joyce Margaret Dorothy Keller Laura Lucy Kennedy Alfred Lewis King Lillian Louise King Herman Thomas Knight Eleanor Francis Landers Marion Luella Larson Harold Bailey Leeman Henry Alfred Legendre Robert Edward Linekin John Abel Lord Robert Rodger McInnes Ethel May McLellan John Lincoln McMann Mathew Worthley McPhee Bernice Mae McPherson Florence Olive Mallett Margaret Adelaide Mallett Nina Mildred Martin Alex Joseph Miller

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Gordon Ivan Miller Jennie Miller Marjorie Ellen Mitchell Vernon Snow Mitchell Alvah Augustus Morse Eleanor Frances Moulton Mary Elizabeth Mussenden Barrett Campbell Nichols Charles Sumner Neil Arthur Edward O'Hara Percy Walter Oliver Gladys Eleanor Olm Lillian Grace Parks William Charles Perkins Marcia Lillian Petlock Homer Patten Dorothy Elizabeth Pra t t Marion Purington Charles Wallace Quimby Mabel Richardson Redlon Barbara Allison Reed Bleike Sheldon Reed Annie Isabel Reed Mabel Frances Reed Margaret Elizabeth Reed Ruth May Reed

Catherine Cecilia Reynolds Elizabeth Hannah Rice Howard Melville Rice Bernice May Rodick Elmer Edward Robbins Camilla Loyall Ashe Sewall Ernest Lynwood Shepherd Lillian May Smith Lloyd Russell Smith Aramede Katherine Stacy Rose Viola Stover Anna Cleveland Swett George William Thistle Joseph Haviland Torrey Frank Stanley Tobey Thomas Edward Tracy Harriet Amelia Travis Gwendolen Vaughan Mabel Winifred W. Wallace Beatrice Daisy Washburn Raymond Reginald Whalen Wesley John White Cuthbert Burns Wilson Mabel Irene Woodman Marion Eleanor Worrey Phyllis Faustina Wyman

There was another change in the teaching force this year, Miss Marr taking Miss Kendall's place. All of her time was devoted to the Ninth Grade, a great improvement over former conditions, but with such a large class three teachers are not enough to do justice to each pupil.

An entertainment consisting of a play "The Finer Shades of Honor' and musical selections was given in April, and a victrola purchased for the school with the help of the South End Parent-Teachers Association. With the help of the Board of Education we also purchased a radiopticon and a State of Maine flag. I wish to express my thanks for these gifts as well as for the hearty co-operation.

Respectfully submitted,

MARGARET J. ADAMS.

MANUAL TRAINING ROOM

Report of Manual Training Instructor

BATH, MAINE, June 15, 1916.

To the Superintendent of Schools and Members of the

Board of Education:—

GENTLEMEN :—I have the honor to present to you my fourth annual report for the year just closed.

This department of our school opened Sept. 6, 1915 and closed today. There were at the opening of school 219 pupils in the grades, 6 from the parochial school, 4 from Winnegance mixed school, 9 from the junior class of the Morse High School, 16 from the sophomore class, and 18 from the freshman class, making a total of 272 boys. Since the opening of school 22 boys have left. Some of these have moved away and one has died. The classes this year were arranged as follows:

Monday 8.30 to 10, Weeks Street, 8th, 14 boys. Mondaj 10 to 11.30, South Street, 8th, 20 boys. Monday 1 to 2.10, Freshmen, 18 boys. Monday 2.10 to 3.30, Center Grammar, 7th, 14 boys. Tuesday 8.30 to 10, Center and Washington, 8th, 19 boys. Tuesday 10 to 11.30, Sophomores, 16 boys. Tuesday 1 to 2.10, Junior, 9 boys. Tuesday 2.10 to 3.30, South St., 7th, 17 boys. Wednesday 8.30 to 10, Washington and Weeks, 7th, 26

boys. Wednesday 10 to 11.30, North Grammar, 8th, 18 boys. Wednesday 1, Freshman. Thursday 8.30 to 10, North Grammar, 7th, 20 boys. Thursday 10 to 11.30, Sophomores. Thursday 1 to 2.10, Juniors. Thursday 2.10 to 3.30, Ninth Grade, 23 boys.

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Friday 8.30 to 10, Ninth Grade, 25 boys. Friday 10 to 11.30, Ninth Grade, 27 boys.

The course of study in the grades was the same as last year with a few exceptions. In the high school three classes were formed in the Mechanic Arts course instead of two as was formerly the case in previous years. You will notice by this report that the time allowed for Manual Training in these classes was broken somewhat which made it difficult to perform all the work planned. Six new Wells' lathes were installed in the high school this year. These have proven satisfactory and a good addition in equipment. A new gj-inder was also installed. The wheel was given to the school by H. L. Hopkins. The arbor was made at the Hyde Windlass Co. With the extra tools to care for I hardly know what we would have done without this new grinder. Many other changes have been made this year which have been a great benefit to this department. A new hardwood floor was laid in the Main room of the basement, the partition was changed, two tool cupboards were made, book shelves and step ladder for the office upstairs, 250 frames for the weaving classes, 25 picture frames for the various schools of the city, and many repair jobs were also done. Owing to the various changes in the High School, our annual exhibit this year was held at the various schools on Friday, June 9th. Considering the stormy weather and the fact that we deviated from the old custom, this exhibit was well attended at the various school buildings.

Some of the members of the Cosmopolitan Club came to me in the early spring and wanted me to co-operate with them and start a bird house contest. Four prizes were awarded by them. These houses were on exhibition June 12, at the Assembly Hall of Morse High School. There were 100 houses built and 95 of these were exhibited. The exhibit was well attended and proved a great success. The judges were Mr. C. P. Wethefbee, Rev. Gould J. Brown,

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Mr. Wm. White and Mr. A. E. Bishop. The prizes were awarded to Fred Douglas Armes, John Mclnnes, Laforest Mains, and Henry Le Gendre. This contest brought out much thinking and originality on the part of the boys. The school spirit has been excellent this year. The success of this department depends upon the co-operation of the Prin­cipals of the different schools and the excellent support of the Superintendent and the Board of Education, and I heartily thank you for the interest manifest.

Respectfully submitted,

NAPOLEON B. CORTHELL,

Instructor of Manual Training.

Report of the Bailey Industrial School

To the Superintendent of Schools and Members of the

Board of Education:—

I herewith submit to you the fifth annual report of the Domestic Science Department of the Bailey Industrial School for the year 1915-1916.

The total enrollment for the year in Cooking was 252: 66 from the Seventh Grade, 89 from the Eighth Grade, 77 from the Ninth Grade and 20 from the High School. The total enrollment in Sewing was 95: 77 from the Ninth Grade, and 18 from the High School.

Raffia work was taught in all of the Sixth Grades throughout the city. One hour a week was given over to the work, one-half hour while the supervisor was in the building and one-half hour with the regular grade teacher at some other time during the week. In the Washington Street Grammar School, where the fifth and sixth grades are in one room, both classes were given the work and the whole hour was 6pent while the supervisor was at the building. The children showed a great deal of interest in the work. They have made baskets of braided raffia, coat hangers, pic­ture frames, napkin rings, mats on frames and string bags.

The Seventh Grade have used Miss Morris' "Household Science and Arts" as a text-book in Cooking. Additional work has been dictated from time to time on subjects not taken up in the text-book. These notes with the recipes used each week were kept in loose leaf note books which were handed in and corrected frequently.

Written lessons were given every month on the work cov­ered in class. In laboratory the first year course as given by Miss Morris has been followed as nearly as possible. This

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includes a thorough study of the different food stuffs and the principles and methods of cooking fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, and carbohydrates, including sugar, starch, and cereals. At the end of the year the girls prepared lunch boxes and ices. Several meals were served during the year and each class invited their teacher to a luncheon which was planned, prepared and served by the girls. Throughout the whole year consideramle emphasis was laid upon house­keeping and the care of the kitchen.

The Eighth Grade also used Miss Morris' "Household Science and Arts'' as a text-book. Their work was supple­mented, not only by dictated notes but also by papers which were written on assigned subjects. The class reviewed the work done the previous year and covered as nearly as pos­sible the second year course in the text-book. As the course is very long it was necessary to condense it considerably to fit the needs of the pupils. The course included methods of cooking fruit, vegetables, sugar, cereal, scalloped dishes, creamed dishes, typical batters and doughs, milk, eggs, salads, the canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables, the serving of vegetables in new and attractive ways, the preparation of typical batters and doughs, cooking of meat and fish, preparation of simple desserts, salads, sandwiches and ices. Considerable emphasis was laid upon serving. Several meals were prepared and each class entertained their teacher at a luncheon.

The Ninth Grade course in Cooking was very much like the course followed by the Eighth Grade but as they were farther advanced more combinations were prepared. The principles of canning and preserving methods of cooking vegetables, preparation of typical batters and doughs, cook­ing of meat and fish, preparation of simple desserts, salads, sandwiches, and ices were thoroughly studied. At the end of the year a luncheon was served for Miss Adams by one division of the class.

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had considerable practice in the use of the machines. Each girl made a night gown, garment cover, pillow slip, and napkin case.

In the High School, Cooking was taught to one class made up of Freshman and Seniors. "Kinne and Cooley's, Foods and Household Management" was used as a text­book. The work was supplemented by use of Farmer's Bul­letins, dictated notes and the various reference books which the school owns. A great many papers were assigned on various subjects which the girls looked up in different refer­ence books. Frequent written examinations were given on the work covered and two practical examinations were given when the girls did individual work. In laboratory the work was principally with combinations which were suitable for meals. Each girl planned, prepared, and served a luncheon for four people at which people interested in the work were entertained. At the beginning of the year, the girls gave a tea to the High School faculty. Later in the year they entertained the retiring school board at luncheon with the assistance of the Monday evening night school class. During the entire year, credit was given to the girls for all work done at home and reported. A record was kept of all the reports and honorable mention was made of the girl and the classes which did the most home cooking.

High School Sewing was given to a class of Sophomores and Seniors. Kinne and Cooley's "Shelter and Clothing" was used as a text-book. As the different subjects were taken up, samples of the different clothes were collected and charts made. Each girl kept a note book in which were placed samples of the most common methods of finishing garments with the directions for doing the work. A great deal of time was spent drafting patterns which were later modified and used as well as machine made patterns Each girl made a night dress, kimona, combination, petticoat shirt waist, and dress. A great deal of improvement has been shown during the year.

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On Friday afternoon June 9, an exhibition was held at each of the grade rooms. The best raffia work from each class was exhibited. Each girl in the seventh and eighth grades cooked two things at home and put them on exhibi­tion at the school. The Ninth Grade girls each prepared one thing which was put on exhibition in the main room. The sewing exhibit was held in the Ninth Grade Assembly Room. A selection was made of the best work done by the Ninth Grade pupils and all of the dresses made by the High School pupils were exhibited.

In closing I wish to thank the Superintendent of Schools, Teachers, and Board of Education for their hearty co-opera­tion throughout the year.

Respectfully submitted,

LILLIAN M. LAWRENCE,

ESTHER J. WHITE,

Instructors in Domestic Science.

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DOMESTIC SCIENCE

OUTLINE OF COURSE STUDY

SEVENTH GRADE 36 Lessons

Fruit and Vegetables: Apple sauce, prune sauce, cran­berry sauce, baked apples, steamed dates, potato experiments, boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, baked stuf­fed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, scalloped onions, creamed po­tatoes. Beverages: Cocoa, coffee. Starch and Cereals: Crisp crackers, cream toast, milk toast, white sauce, hygienic and French methods, cream of potato soup, cream of tomato soup, cream of wheat with dates, rolled oats, boiled macaroni, scal­loped macaroni with tomatoes and cheese, boiled rice, steamed rice with raisins. Eggs: Egg experiments, goldenrod eggs, scrambled eggs, hard cooked eggs, dropped eggs, stuffed eggs. Simple Desserts: Plain blancmange, chocolate blancmange, ap­ple tapioca, strawberry whip, soft custard, baked custard, lemon jelly, coffee jelly, snow pudding, junket, bread pudding plain and chocolate, ambrosia, orange ice. Sandwiches: Jelly and nut, cheese and nut, cheese and olive, olive and nut. Sugar: Peanut brittle and fudge. Cheese: Welsh rarebit, cheese fondue.

EIGHTH GRADE 36 Lessons

Fruit and Vegetables: Canned tomatoes, baked stuffed to­matoes scalloped potatoes, delmonico potatoes, creamed toma­toes, creamed carrots. Starch and Cereals: Cream of wheat, corn meal mush, rolled oats, steamed rice with raisins, boiled rice, peach tapioca, macaroni with tomatoes, macaroni with cheese, crisp crackers, toast, cream soups. Sugar; Pinoche, fudge, peanut brittle. Batters and Doughs: Popovers, muffins, plain, corn meal, and graham, sour milk and sweet milk grid­dle cakes, baking powder biscuit, dumplings, short cake, dutch apple cake, apple dumplings, drop biscuit, hot water and sour milk gingerbread, raised bread, Parker House rolls, nut bread, snow balls, steamed graham pudding, butter cake and frosting lighting cake, chocolate cake, sponge cake, sugar cookies, oat­meal wafers, molasses cookies. Meats and Fish: Meat balls, cannelon of beef, scalloped clams, fish chowder, cottage pie. Eggs; Toamy omelet, orange custard. Salads: Egg, potato, fruit, salmon. Simple Desserts: Ambrosia, strawberry whip, custard sauce, snow pudding, coffee jelly, prune dainty, grand ice.

NINTH GRADE 36 Lessons

All of the eighth grade work and Batters and Doughs: Orange puffs, doughnuts, fruit cake, spice cake, cottage pud-

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ding, apple pie, custard pie, tarts, cheese straws, timble cases, cream puffs and filling, sponge drops, brownies, waffles. Meats and Pish: Lamb chops, sauted cod. Cheese: Welsh rarebit, cheese fondue. Ices: Frozen apricots. Sugar: Fondant, mints, chocolates, creamed walnuts.

HIGH SCHOOL

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Fruit : Preserved peaches, preserved plums, canned toma­toes, crabapple jelly, grape conserve, fruit cocktail, pickled pears. Vegetables: Pottsfield pickles, scalloped potatoes, scal­loped tomatoes, scalloped onions, creamed carrots, stuffed to­matoes, stuffed peppers, Delmonico potatoes, Turkish pilaf. Starch and Cereals: Crisp crackers, toast, creamed soups, scal­loped macaroni with tomatoes and cheese, boiled rice, steamed rice with raisins, cream of wheat with dates, rolled oats, wheatena, corn meal mush, sauted corn meal. Sugar: Fondant, mints, chocolates, creamed walnuts, stuffed dates, fudge, pinoche, peanut brittle, caramels. Batters and Doughs: Pop-overs, muffins, plain graham and corn meal, johnny cake, gin­gerbread, hot water and sour milk, sweet and sour milk grid­dle cakes, drop biscuit, baking powder biscuit, Dutch apple cake, dumplings, short cake, raised bread, Parker House rolls, nut bread, fruit rolls, cinnamon buns, butter cake, plain cake, chocolate cake, spice cake, fruit cake, sponge cake, sponge drops, lady fingers, cottage pudding, hermits, plain cookies, molasses cookies, peanut cookies, waffles, cream puffs, orange puffs, brownies, Marguerites, snow balls, steamer graham pud­dings, steamer cranberry pudding, emergency pudding, timbale cases, apple pie, custard pie, lemon pie, pumpkin pie, tarts, cheese straws, brambles, patty shells, doughnuts, beaten bis­cuit, Chinese tea cakes, banana fritters, Washington pie, calla lillies, orange cake, fairy gingerbread. Meat and Fish: Clam chowder, fish chowder, scalloped oysters, creamed oysters, sauted cod, croquettes, cottage pie, pork chops, meat balls, beef stew. Salads: Egg, cheese, tomato, cucumber, salmon, fruit, potato. Desserts: Fruit jelly, lemon jelly, coffee jelly, straw­berry whip, plume whip, floating island, rice pudding, tapioca cream, lemon sherbert, vanilla ice cream, orange ice, pineapple sherbert, frozen apricots, Invalid Cookery: Egg nog, caramel custard, egg lemonade, orangeade, junket, goldenrod eggs, dropped eggs, flour gruel, barley gruel, oatmeal gruel, Indian meal gruel.

ELEMENTARY COOKING

I. Sweet Milk Griddle Cakes Corn Meal Gems

II. Oatmeal with Dates Wheatena Coffee

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III. Fried Bacon Waffles

IV. Cream of Tomato Soup Imperial Sticks and Rings

V. Baked Haddock Drawn Butter Hallandaise Sauce Egg Sauce

VI. Delmonico Corn Starch Pudding VII. Cheese and Nut Salad

French Dressing VIII. Tuna Fish Salad

Cannelon of Beef IX. Stuffed Potatoes

Sherbert Fizz X. Buttercups

Vinegar Candy XI. Lyonnaise Tripe

Anna Potatoes XII. Rice Griddle Cakes XIII. Chocolate Cake—Boiled Icing XIV. Corn Meal Slappers XV. Parisian Sweets—Peppermint Drops XVI. Lemon Pie XVII. Banbury Tarts XVIII. Dutch Apple Cake XIX. Scottish Fancies—Sugar Cookies XX. Butterfly Salad XXI. Mock Scalloped Oysters XXII. Welsh Rarebit—Oyster Rarebit XXIII. Beet Salad—Mayonnaise Dressing XXIV. Russian Tea—Cheese and Nut Sandwiches XXV. Orange Ice ADVANCED COOKING

I. Cheese and Olive Canape—Canape Lorenzo Imperial Sticks and Rings

II. Fried Scallops—Philadelphia Relish III. Planked Shad Supreme—Hollandaise Sauce IV. Planked Beefsteak—Mashed Potato Trimmings V. Chocolate Cream Pie—Orange Tartlets VI. Calve Tarts—Delmonico Potatoes VII. Anna Potatoes—Apples a la Creole VIII. Lover's Knots—Sweet Potatoes en Casserole IX. Celery en Casserole—Veal Birds X. Orange Ice—Hot Water Sponge Cakes XI. Astoria Salad—Cauliflower Fritters XII. Molasses Snaps—Marshmallow Cake XIII. English Rolled Wafers—Fairy Gingerbread XIV. Orange Cake—Oatmeal Wafers XV. Sherbet Fizz—Hoe Cake

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XVI. Milk Sherbet—Cala Lillies XVII. Delmonico Corn Starch Pudding XVIII. Banbury Tarts—Parisian Sweets XIX. Dutch Apple Cake XX. Chinese Tea Cakes XXI. Maryland or Beaten Biscuit XXII. Nut Wafers—French Fruit Salad XXIII. Baked Bananas—Chocolate Cookies XXIV. Home Made Chocolates—Butter Taffy XXV. Vinegar Candy—Peanut Brittle

Report of Bailey Evening School

To the Superintendent of Schools and Members of the

Board of Education:—

G E N T L E M E N :—I hereby submit my first annual report of the Bailey Evening School of the City of Bath, the same being the third of the series of reports.

The Bailey Evening School of Instruction is an evening school where practical instruction is given and is conducted along the lines of continuation schools. No tuition charge is made and the classes are open to all who wish to attend. The instruction is made practical and as far as possible the work has a direct bearing on the occupation of the student. The instruction is more of an individual nature and the in­structors try to give each student work which will help him most in his daily work. This school is available by the wills of Misses Lucinda Bailey and Mary A. Wiggin and through their generosity many people of Bath have been taught to better fill their positions while others have obtained higher positions through its instructions.

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IN GENERAL

This is the third year of the school and a very successful one. The eagerness with which 500 students applied for en­rollment shows the demand for such a school in Bath. The school is fortunate in having good class rooms and accom­modations in such a fine building as the Morse High School.

The school opened for registration on September 23rd, and each applicant filled out a card which showed his age, occupation, address and the course of study he wished to pursue. These cards were kept on file during the year. The classes began October 4th and continued for a term of twenty-five weeks closing April 7th. No classes were held Thanksgiving night and economy required that the school be given a vacation of two weeks at Christmas time. Every teacher was required to keep a register which shows the complete attendance of each student in their classes.

A course in Navigation was added this year to the studies of last year and was well attended. To extend to the use­fulness of the school to the public, in general, a course of instructve lectures were given. This year the subjects for the lecture were made specific and adapted to the needs of Bath people.

COURSES OF STUDY

Courses of Study were offered in Mechanics, Mathe­matics, Shop Arithmetic, Mechanical Drawing, Machine Designing, Ship Drafting, Advanced Gregg Stenography, Elementary Gregg Stenography, Typewriting, Bookkeeping, Navigation, Elementary Sewing, Advanced Sewing, Ele­mentary Cookfin?. Advanced Cooking, Elementary Grade Work, Edvanced Grade Work, Manual Training.

LECTURE COURSE AT THE BAILEY SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIES

The following lectures were given on Friday nights by very able speakers obtained through the aid of the Univer-

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sity of Maine. The average attendance was about twenty and the lectures were greatly appreciated by those who at­tended :

Dec. 3, 1915—The Growing of Root Crops (Beets, Tur­nips, Carrots, Parsnips), Prof. E. F. Hitchings.

Dec. 10, 1915—Managing a Strawberry Plot, Prof. E. F. Hitchings.

Dec. 17, 1915—Poultry Housing and Feeding (Illustrat­ed), Extension Instructor in Poultry, William C. Monahan.

Jan. 7, 1916—Beautifying the Home Grounds, A. E. Leurie, U. of M.

Jan. 14, 1916—Electrical Power Plants and the Distribu­tion of Electricity in the State of Maine, Prof. W. E. Bar­rows.

Jan. 21, 1916—Poultry Breeding and Management, Wil­liam C. Monohan.

Jan. 28, 191(3—Asparagus and Salad Crops, Prof. E. F. Hitchings.

Feb. 4, 1916—Home Economics, Frances R. Freeman, Head of Domestic Arts Department.

Feb. 11, 1916—The Growing of Cane Fruits for Home Use, Prof. E. F. Hitchings.

Feb. 18, 1916—The Growing of Beans, Peas, Onions, and Tomatoes for Home Use, Prof. E. F. Hitchings.

Feb. 25, 1916—Incubation and Brooding, William C. Monohan.

March 3, 1916—Vine Crops in the Garden (Cucumbers, etc.,) Prof. E. F. Hitchings.

March 10, 191(5—Lecture on "Bees," O. B. Griffin of Caribou.

THE INSTRUCTING STAEE

The teachers of the school were elected by the Bailey School Committee of the Bath School Board and their sal­aries determined by that body.

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PRINCIPAL

James P. King was elected principal to succeed Gordon G. Holbrook who resigned. The principal has general supervision over all the classes and has charge of the lecture courses. The principal was instructor in Mechanical Draw­ing-

Mr. King is a graduate of the University of Maine from the department of Electrical Engineering. He taught two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is now principal of the Morse High School.

INSTRUCTOR IN MATHEMATICS

The courses in Mathematics and Shop Arithmetic were taught by Ralph W. Bragg. Mr. Bragg attended the U. S. Naval Academy in the class of 1910, and at present is em­ployed with the Bath Iron Works.

INSTRUCTORS IN DRAWING

The course in Machine Design was given by Mr. Fred W. Armes. Mr. Armes is a graduate of the University of Maine in the class of 1899, and is now the Bureau of Steam Engineer Chief Draftsman in the Government Office of the Bath Iron Works.

The class in Mechanical Drawing was taught by James P. King. Mr. King is a graduate of the University of Maine, in 1911, has served as assistant at the Massachusetts In­stitute of Technology, has been in the service of the Massa­chusetts Highway Commission and is now Principal of Morse High School.

The courses in ship drafting and developments were given by Mr. Walter R. Many of the Government Office at the Bath Iron Works. Mr. Many is a graduate of Cooper Union, New York, and has had broad experience in ship drafting and designing.

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INSTRUCTOR IN STENOGRAPHY

The Gregg system of Stenography was given by Miss Emma F. Walton, the stenography teacher of the Morse High School. Miss Walton is a graduate of the Portland High School and Gorham Normal School and has attended Simmons Summer School. Miss Walton has had consider­able experience in business school work.

INSTRUCTOR IN BOOKKEEPING

The course in bookkeeping was given by Mr. Charles C. Toothaker. Mr. Toothaker is a graduate of Bliss Business College and is now in the employ of the Torrey Roller Bushing Works of this city.

INSTRUCTOR IN COOKING

The teacher of the cooking classes was Miss Esther J. White. Miss White graduated from Pratt Institute in 1914, and has been instructor for two years in Domestic Science at the Morse High School.

INSTRUCTOR IN MANUAL TRAINING

Mr. N. B. Corthell instructed the manual training work. He is a graduate of the Castine Normal School, the Larson Sloyd School and the Franklin Union in Boston. He has been Manual Training teacher at the Morse High Scl»®ol for four years.

INSTRUCTORS IN GRADE WORK

Miss Mary H. Conley taught the elementary grade work. Miss Conley graduated from Gorham Normal School in 1911, and is now a teacher in the Bath Public Schools. Miss Nellie R. Turner gave the advanced grade work. Miss Turner is a graduate of Bath High School and has been

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Principal of a Grammar School in the City of Bath for twelve years.

INSTRUCTOR IN PENMANSHIP

Miss Margaret Black taught penmanship using the Palmer method. Miss Black is a graduate of the Teachers Training Class, Bay Path Institute, Springfield, Mass. She holds a teacher's certificate from A. N. Palmer Co.

INSTRUCTORS IN SEWING

The advanced class in sewing was taught by Mrs. Sarah P. Donnell. Miss Donnell spent several years in New York learning dressmaking in all its branches and then taking charge of various departments in dressmaking establish­ments in that city. She is now in business for herself in Bath.

The elementary class in sewing was taught by Miss Nel­lie H. Conley. Miss Conley began as an apprentice with Mrs. Thomas, has sewed for fourteen years with two local dressmakers, and is now in the suit and dress-making busi­ness for herself.

INSTRUCTOR IN NAVIGATION

The course in Navigation was given by Henry L. Thomp­son. Mr. Thompson received his knowledge of Navigation by experience as an officer and master of ocean steamers. He attended the public schools in New Bedford, Mass., also received an academic course in the school ship connected with the United States Revenue Marine Service, also served as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy during the war with Spain.

INSTRUCTOR IN MECHANICS

The course in Mechanics was given by Gordon G. Hol-brook. Mr. Holbrook is a graduate of the Massachusetts

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Institute of Technology from the department of Naval Architecture. He served for two years as assistant in­structor in that institution and is now employed by the Bath Iron Works.

OUTLINE OP STUDY

A brief outline of the ground covered in each of the courses of study is as follows:

MECHANICS

Elementary Mechanics: The work began with the consid­eration of the elementary principles of mechanics and then application to simple machines as, levers, wedges, screws, pulleys, etc. A brief review of trigonometry with practical problems was taken, and then the principles of resolution of forces and the application to machines and framed struc­tures. About sixty problems were solved and special stress laid on the proper analysis of the conditions of the problems, clear statements and the use of the slide rule in computa­tions.

Advanced Mechanics: The work in this course was a con­tinuation of the course in Mechanics of the previous year. Work began with a review of the beam theory and its appli­cations. The calculations for strength of shafting, keys and couplings were taken up and the use and comparison of the various practical column formulae. The design of machine parts and simple structures was studied with regards to strength calculation and then practical application. About thirty-five problems were solved covering the range of the principles involved.

MECHANICAL DRAWING

The class in Mechanical Drawing was held two nights a week and began with the use of the instruments, geometri­cal constructions, projections and intersections. The work

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closed with the drawing of simple machine parts as bolts, pulleys and bearings.

MACHINE DESIGN

The work in the course in Machine Design consisted in drawing and tracing designs of wrenches, couplings, pip fit­tings, stuffing boxes, valves, connecting rods, etc., the pro­jection of sections and surface developments. The methods employed were as near as possible in accordance with actual drawing room practice.

SHIP DRAFTING

The course in ship drafting began with a brief study of the principles of mechanical drawing and proceeded to the laying down of a vessel with the explanation of the relation of the different lines; methods of calculation for the finding of areas, displacement, etc., of a ship were discussed and studied.

STENOGRAPHY

The elementary class have studied the manual as far as the abbreviating principles. They have also had supple­mentary work from the Gregg Writer and the Gregg Exer­cise Book.

The advanced students in Gregg Shorthand have spent their time on taking dictation at speed varying from 75 to 100 words a minute. The books used have been The Eldridge Dictation Book, The Gregg Speed Practice and The New Universal Dictation Course.

TYPEWRITING

The students were instructed in touch-typewriting and the use and construction of the various makes of typewriting .machines in the school, and very satisfactory progress was attained. The preparation of business correspondence and

SEWING EXHIBIT, NINTH GRADE AND HIGH SCHOOL

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the subject of tabulation was taken up and it is considered that the students have made good progress.

BOOKKEEPING

The work in the course in Bookkeeping was in the Mod­ern Illustrated System and most of the pupils were able to nearly complete the course. Commercial Arithmetic was also included in the course with very good results.

SEWING

Elementary Sewing: The first lessons consisted in teach­ing how to use the sewing machine, to cut, to baste, to fit, and finish negligee house dresses and plain shirt waists. Later woolen anad linen skirts, fancy waists, afternoon or party dresses were made.

COOKING

Elementary Cooking: In the elementary cooking class, most of the term was spent on the preparation of plain dishes of general use in the home. The last three lessons were on salads and chafing dish dainties.

Advanced Cooking: In the advanced class fancy cooking was given such as plank steak, fish, salads, desserts and chafing dish dainties.

ELEMENTARY GRADE WORK

The beginners learned the four fundamental processes in arithmetic, long division and started fractions. They com­pleted "First Lessons in English for Foreigners" by Fred­erick Houghton and used Sara R. O'Brien's "English for Foreigners" as a supplementary reader.

The advanced class studied William E. Chancellor's "Arithmetic for Evening Schools" as far as square measure. This includes rapid work in addition, subtraction, multipli-

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cation and division; fractions, cancellation, factoring, deci­mals, bills and denominate numbers; as a reader and lan­guage book this class completed Chancellor's "Reading and Language Lessons for Evening Schools," and also read Chancellor's "History and Government of the United States."

Both classes had a writing and spelling lesson each ses­sion.

ADVANCED GRADE WORK

In the advanced grade work class, particular stress was placed on arithmetic and the examples were rendered as practical as possible. In grammar and spelling great care was taken with the words commonly misused with special work on capitals and punctuation.

MANUAL TRAINING

The course in Manual Training was open to regular stu­dents of the public schools who desired more time to put on their work, but many took the work who were not connect­ed with the day schools. Some of the models made were study lamps, sleds, small tables, bookcases, carved and in­laid glove boxes and sewing trays. Applied design was studied and the laying out and constructing of various wood­en joints.

NAVIGATION

The ground covered by the course of navigation during the past winter was from a day's work to a longitude by chronometer. Also position by bearings and the Sumners method was touched upon.

PENMANSHIP

The class in Penmanship was held one night of each week. The Palmer Method of Business Writing was the text used.

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The work began with a study of position and muscular movement. It ended with a careful study of form, size, slant and spacing of letters, words, and sentences.

MATHEMATICS

The course in Mathematics took up Algebra through sim­ple equations, special stress on the applications to the solu­tion of formulas, logarithms, the elements of trigonometry as applied to plane and oblique triangles, the simple me­chanical powers and elementary strength of materials. This course was given one night a week and could be taken sim­ultaneously with drawing and shop arithmetic.

SHOP ARITHMETIC

The work in Shop Arithmetic covered the use of Arith­metical tables, fractions, decimals, percentage and jointed with the mathematics course in the study of simple mechani­cal powers and strength of materials, relative to shop prob­lems. This class met one night a week.

A resume of the courses offered with the class nights and teachers is given below. All students who attended at least seventy per cent, of the class nights in a subject, received certificates of attendance at the end of the year stating that they had diligently pursued the subject taken and signed by the Superintendent of Schools and the Principal. One hun­dred and forty-seven students received these certificates at the close of the year, a few of them having received two or more certificates.

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Ship Draft ing W. R. Many Wed.-Fri . 7:15-9:15 7 Adv. Gregg Sten. Miss E. F. Wal ton Mon.-Thurs. 7:15-8:15 3 Ele. Gregg. Sten. Miss E. P. Wal ton Mon.-Thurs. 8:15-9:15 5 Typewri t ing H. E. Wi l l i ams Mon.-Thurs. 7:15-9:15 17 Bookkeeping C. C. Toothaker Tues.-Fri . 7:15-9:15 Nav igat ion H. L. Thompson Tues . 7:15-9:15 9 Elem. Sewing Miss Nel l ie M. Conley Wed.-Fri . 7:15-9:15 17 Adv. Sewing Mrs. W. R. Donnell Mon.-Fri. 7:15-9:15 11 Elem. Cooking Miss E. J. Whi te Mon. 7:15-9:15 10 Adv. Cooking Miss E. J. Whi te Tues. 7:15-9:15 10 Elem. Grade Wk. Miss Mary Conley Mon.-Thurs. 7:15-9:15 3 Adv. Grade Wk. Miss Nel l ie Turner Mon.-Thurs. 7:15-9:15 6 Manual Training N. B. Corthell Tues . -Thurs . 7:15-9:15 Penmanship Margaret Black Mon. 7:15-9:15

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SALARIES

The salaries of the instructing staff was as follows: Mr. King received ten dollars a week, two nights teach­

ing and two nights supervising. Messrs. Bragg and Armes each received Six dollars a

week for two nights teaching. Messrs. Many and Williams each received five dollars a

week for two nights teaching. Messrs, Toothaker and Corthell, Misses Walton, White,

Turner, Conley, M. Conley and Mrs. Donnell each received four dollars a week for two nights teaching.

Mr. Holbrook received seven dollars a week for two nights teaching.

Miss Black received two dollars a week for teaching one night.

Mr. Thompson received eight dollars a week for teaching one night.

RECOMMENDATIONS

The success of an evening school class depends largely on the instructor. Experience shows that much is gained by the instructor showing an interest in the daily occupation of his pupils. The instructor for an evening school class must be well informed along the lines of his instruction, and have the proper personality in order for his class to be a success. If it is expedient to give the night school a vaca-

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tion at Christmas time it would seem best to have it under­stood when the students register as it is at that time that the attendance falls with the least provocation.

The principal wishes to express his thanks to the Board of Education and the corps of teachers of the past year for their earnest work and co-operation. Also to the University of Maine, who have provided the lectures at the school and to the Bath Daily Times for their interest and their willing­ness to publish matter connected with the school work. It is felt that the Bailey School of Industries has fullfilled its pur­pose during the past year, and has established itself perma­nently among the institutions of Bath.

Respectfully submitted,

JAMES P. KING,

Principal.

Report of Supervisor of Music

To the Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools:—

DEAR SIRS:—It gives me pleasure to submit to you my sixth annual report of the work done in the Music Depart­ment of the Bath City Schools.

Early in the fall we put the "Progressive" Book I into the hands of the teachers of the first and second grades. This was all that was necessary for the first year, as the songs were taught by rote and later in the second year one at a time placed on the board for study. Another year it will be necessary to have books in the hands of the children of one grade so that a continuation study of the songs learned by rote may be made by actual vision. The Progressive Series has met with great favor here in Bath as it has in hundreds of other places in the U. S. since it was started two years ago. I was able to get ideas for primary work through my attendance at Summer School at Auburndale last year.

Following the written Theory Schedule for Grades III through VIII, written music was required in all the rooms at least once a week. These papers were saved in sets and put up in attractive form for exhibition. Each pupil began with the work of grade III and finished the requirements through his own grade if possible. Most of the grades ex­cept the eighth were able to do this. The pupils were given these sets at the close of school to take home.

The year has marked real progress for efficiency from the fact that I have been able to help some of the teachers twice as much as formerly by having them take the lesson now and then before me. In this way I have been able to see their weak points and spend time on them instead of

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wasting time on phases of the music that they could do as well as I. The teachers have responded finely and it has been a positive joy and often a profit to me, to work these things out with them.

About the middle of the year we adopted the Music Rank Sheet which simply means an individual study of the child musically. To better get at the estimate and to insure indi­vidual attention we marked each child on the following five points each month in the regular music period: ( i ) Writ­ten work according to the regular schedule; (2) Sight Sing­ing, estimated from Sight Singing Slips or new exercises in the book; (3) Rythmic Sense, based on the Time Studies: (4) Quality of Voice or Solo Singing, estimated from any familiar song chosen by the pupil. Any child now from Grade I through VIII is willing to sing a solo with no help except the pitch from the teacher, any time that he is called upon. (5) Ear Training, based on the ability to hear sim­ple melodies sung with a neutral syllable and either to write the notes on a staff or tell the syllable names of the same. In this way the ear is trained to detect the smallest intervals.

Any of these ranks that were hard for the teacher to esti­mate we worked out together in my visits to the room. The efficiency of any school system lies in the advanced efficiency of its teaching force each year. I feel that through a neces­sary application to points hitherto passed over in the music study of the child we have through this rank sheet increased the intrinsic value of music teaching force fifty per cent.

The pupils have taken part successfully in the various musical and school entertainments throughout the year, and given a great deal of pleasure to both parents and teach­ers. At the Sagadahoc County Convention, about twelve pupils from Grade VIII Weeks Street School and nine from Grade VI sang very acceptably. I also gave a "Progressive" lesson illustrating the work done in Grades I and II, using about 12 little folks from different rooms in the city. The

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M. H. S. Glee Club also sang at this convention, responding with an encore after insistent applause.

The music in the High School has been carried on in the same general way with this exception: We were obliged to make two separate classes for Music Appreciation as so many of the pupils wanted the course that had conflicts with other studies. It seemed a waste of time to give the same lesson over twice in one day and it could probably be avoid­ed another year by more careful attention to this subject in making out the High School schedule instead of getting everything else settled first and trying to put into odd study periods a subject that ioo or more pupils want to take. The course this year has been Orchestration and the students have most of them showed their thorough enjoyment of it by well prepared lessons and excellent note books, in which they kept, besides the notes on each lesson, pictures of the different instruments studied, sketches and pictures of the composers, etc. A list of something like 35 names was pub­lished in the paper for those who passed in the best note books. These books were examined by me twice during the year. We have had two written tests and a musical spelling match besides our regular thirty lessons, including the study of the violin, viola, violoncello, bass viol and harp belonging to the string family, the flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contra bassoon belonging to the wood-wind family, trumpet, cornet, French horn, trom­bone and tuba of the brass family, drums (kettle, snare and bass) cymbals and other instruments of percussion. The last few lessons dealt with the beginning of orchestration from earliest times and its development up to the present day. Of course in one lesson a week these subjects could not be covered exhaustively but an incentive to know more and a keener interest in musical things and people has been engendered in the minds and hearts of our High School pupils, which, is beginning to show results even in our three years of work along this line.

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The High School Chorus has met every Thursday and has done as well as can be expected from a body of students that has no graduation music as a goal for inspiration and incentive. We will never get the results of which they are perfectly capable until Bath gets in line with thousands of the big cities in the United States and has a well balanced chorus sing at its High School graduation.

The M. H. S. Glee Olub made its greatest success this year by its presentation of the Chinese Opera "little Al­mond Eyes," written by Mr. Will Macfarlane ami given at the Columbia Theatre, May 12. The performance was ex­ceptional in that no outside soloists were hired for the occa­sion but five of the club members, Misses Strong and Han­son, Messrs. Burke, McLellan and Miller did all the solo work. The parts were difficult and the acting very exact­ing, but the young people carried it off without a break in a most professional manner. The Glee Club numbered thirty-six this year, making nine on each soprano, alto, tenor and bass part. The costumes for the boys and soloists were hired from Portland, while the girls furnished their own. There were 13 pieces in the orchestra including those played by three boys who were former members of the Glee Club, also Miss Pauline Adams, violin; Mr. Small, double bass; Mr. Breton, cornet; Mr. Stacy, trombone and Mr. Harding, flute, were ready as ever to help the Glee Club without pay. The rest were members of the regular High School orches­tra. They all deserve great credit for their part in the per­formance and the close attention they paid to the baton was very gratifying. Credit is also due Miss Waterhouse for help with the expression work and to Miss Adams for help with the orchestra. Roughly speaking we took in about $254.00. Our expenses were as follows: $40.00 for rent of theatre, $6.00 for rental of orchestra score, about $11.00 for "Almond Eyes" scores and librettos, $44.00 for hire of cos­tumes; $12.00 for printing, $5.00 for expressage and inci­dentals, making a total of $118.00 expenses. A net gain of

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$124.00 came from sale of tickets and $12.00 from program advertising. Of this amount we have already paid out $25.00 for Victrola records used in the High School Music Appreciation course this past year, and $23.00 for hire of boat for our annual excursion to Boothbay and the Islands, to which we invited all the members of the orchestra and those who had helped us with "Almond Eyes," and the High School faculty. At the last meeting of the Glee Club in June, we voted $50.00 or more for a set of new High School music books so badly needed in the Assembly Hall.

This performance of "Almond Eyes'' attracted attention all over Maine, partly because Mr. Macfarlane is municipal organist of Portland, and partly because a High School dared to undertake so pretentious a work with pupils as soloists.

The Ninth Grade has been larger than ever this year, the chorus numbering about 135. The singing there and or­chestra, and hearty co-operation of Miss Adams, have been a constant joy. The Victrola earned from the proceeds of the annual entertainment, we hope to use in Appreciation Work next year. A glance at their graduation program will show that they were able to sing as hard a work as "The Anvil Chorus" from II Trovatore and the Lost Chord by Sullivan. They also sang for the old soldiers Memorial Day at the exercises at the Central Church. The Glee Club quartet also sang at this function.

As exhibition day was held this year June 9th in each sep­arate room, we worked out a little musical program for each room consisting of songs from the book, solos, duets, trios and small choruses. Many of the teachers too, showed to the parents some of the technical side of our school music.

At the close of' the year I was interested to take statistics from the Rank Sheets for the last month marked, which was May. I was glad to find 261 pupils who had a majority of E's (excellent—highest mark). The remaining one or two marks out of the five had to be G's or I did not count the

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name. 90 of these 261 had E in every detail. Quite a few had four E's and one F, showing a lack in just one phase, but those names I did not include.

In closing I would say that I feel we have made more progress toward an efficient music system than in any of the other five years I have been with you. I have been courte­ously and kindly treated by the school officials and teachers and cannot help but feel that Music is getting a nearer and dearer hold than ever before in the hearts and minds of our people of Bath.

Respectfully submitted,

MARGARET BAKEMAN,

Supervisor of Music.

Report of Teacher of Penmanship

To the Superintendent of Schools and Members of the

Board of Education:—

I herewith submit my first annual report as supervisor of penmanship in the Bath Public Schools.

The first four grades used "Writing Lessons for Primary Grades." The grammar grades all used the Palmer Manual of Business Writing.

A great deal of emphasis was placed on position and movement as they form the foundation of muscular move­ment writing. Although the results obtained this year do not reach my ideal, I am certain penmanship in Bath has been placed on a firm basis and in time will show results.

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All the teachers took the Palmer method normal training school course in accordance with the vote taken by the School Board July i , 1915. Ten of the teachers sent in every drill before the close of the school year June 16, 1916. A number of others have almost finished. T h e course will he continued next year giving all a chance to complete the work and obtain certificates. When the teachers have all learned through this course to execute muscular movement writing, we shall get some excellent results from the pupils.

The pupils in the grammar grades worked for Palmer Method Buttons. These buttons are given free by the A. N . Palmer Co. to all pupils who write satisfactorily the first 25 drills in the Palmer Manual. T w o hundred ninety-three pupils won Palmer Method Buttons.

The following is a complete list of pupils winning buttons.

NINTH GRADE Loraine Eggleston, Bernice McPherson, Earl Knight, An­

na Swett, Marjorie Mitchell, Martha Bates, Eleanor Moulton, Marion Purington, John Lord, Charles S. Neil, Barbara Reed, Ruth Carlisle, Nellie Green, Thomas Tracey, Marion Carlton, Thelma Brown, Helna Dana, Elizabeth Curran, Mary Mussen-dpn, Nellie M. Doyle, Harold Brown, Marcia Petlock, Mabel Redlon. Isabel Reed. Esther Green, Lillian Parks, Bernice Hunt, Ella Congdon, Henry Legendre, Margaret Mallett, Louise Irish, Harold Leeman, Bradford Belanger, Louis Hagan, Thom­as Cummings, Elwood Hathorn, Mabel Woodman, Elmer Rob-bins, Barrett Nichols, Carrol Davis, Ernest Shepard, Raymond Whalen, Eleanor Eaton, Gladys Olm, Margaret Duley, Karcher Jackson. George Conway, Camilla Sewall, Arameda Stacy, Bernice Rodick, Eleanor Landers.

WASHINGTON STREET GRAMMAR—Grades VII and VIII Thomas Morse, Deletra Rodgerson, Mary Costain, Bertha

Brown, Annie Shepherd, Mae Witter, Hazel Jones, Mary Hig-rins, Evelyn L. Goff, Daniel Tabor, Dorothy Furber, Bernard Plummer, Ruby L. Wilson, Fannie Oliver.

WASHINGTON STREET GRAMMAR—Grades V and VI Harriet Dunton, Flora Fraser, Lillian Rogers, Myrtle

Shepperd, Elmer McFarland, Stanwood Gilman, Harold Jones, Helen Powers, Harmon Smith, William Plummer, Brenton Ayer, Pauline Giles, Gertrude Bowie, Elizabeth Dugan, Emma Ayer, Thelma Kittridge, Charles Madden, Catherine Costain.

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NORTH GRAMMAR—Grade VIII

F r i e d a Mikelsky, Mary Brown, Franc i s Lord, Paul ine Olinto, Rose King , Goldie Sher idan, A. Comeau, Anna Conley, Carrol King.

NORTH GRAMMAR—Grade VII

Robe r t a Ba rke r , Lil l ian Miller, Nita Berry, Helene S tea rns , Marcia Moulton, Phi lemon Russell , Margare t McNeil, Donnell Carr , T h e l m a Stickney, The lma Ersk ine , Reuben Mann, Donald Small , Marga re t Cummings , Bernice Umberhind, Edna Hinckley, Raphae l Haley, George Cahill , Alice Smith, Caroline LeClair , Mary El lers .

NORTH GRAMMAR—Grade VI

R u t h Mart in , I r i s Lantz , E d n a Mary To tman , Mary B. Ha r r ing ton , E the l F . Grant .

NORTH GRAMMAR—Grade V

Madelyn Crosby, Carr ie E. Shaw. C E N T E R GRAMMAR—Grades VII and VIII

Louise Sull ivan, Ka th leen McCabe, Franc is Callen, Helen Thayer , Rachel Webs te r , Archie Miller, Doris Leavit t , Sophie Weinb la t t , Joseph ine F r e e m a n , Lena Green, Lau ra Mains, Mabel Skil len.

CENTER GRAMMAR—Grade VI

Marjor ie Smiley, J o h n Olinto, Margare t Lynch, John Moody, Ca the r ine E m m o n s , Annie Har t , Alice Orr, Har r ie t Green, Mildred Oliver, Mildred Dyer, Dora Gordon.

C E N T E R GRAMMAR—Grade V

J a m e s Moody, Byron Spinney, Madelyn Moody, George Staples , J e n n i e Pecce, Leona Swain, Mildred Cochran, Edward Brown, Gwendolyn McLellan, J o h n Murphy, Mary O'Brien.

SOUTH GRAMMAR—Grade VIII

I r ene Kingsbury , Lee Ricker , H a r r y J. Ward , Marjorie Mitchell , Joseph ine McCullough, Edward A. Cummings, Gert­r u d e L. Dut ton , Lil l ian W a r n e r , George E. Millett . Verna Hall , F lo r a Cooke, Roland Robinson, Pau l ine Pe ters , Sadie McCol-lough, Levera Burgess , Wi l l iam Dickson, Berniae Dunning, Carr ie McMann, Roland Crocker, Rudolph McRae, Alber t Day, Lee Shorey, Ca ther ine Smi th , Andrew F laher ty , Marguer i te Hoffman, Hazel Thompon.

SOUTH GRAMMAR—Grade VII

Ca the r ine Murray , Sidney Knigh t , Wi lbur Elgerly, Ea r l e W h i t t e m o r e , A. P res ton Haskel l , Edward True , Olive Gallant , F r a n c e s Pe te r s , J enn i e Costello, Joseph McDonald, Joseph Mel­rose, F lo rence Dunning , Angie M. Arsenaul t , Mary E. Oliver,

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Elsie Lake, Louis Taylor, Gladys Perkins, Marie A. Bernier, Adelaide White, Hallowell Rogers, Walter Morse, Merline Thompson.

SOUTH GRAMMAR—Grade VI

Madelyn Footer, Dorothy Welch, Pauline Kingsbury, Doris Green, Annie Quinn, Alexandrine Martin, Margaret Gal­lant, Leola Breton, Ralph Higgins, Frank Deering, Katherine Mayers, Priscilla Footer, Frederick Richards, Melvine Comeau, Warren Oliver, Florence Hoffman, Edward Gaudet, James Cur-ran, Stanley Robinson.

SOUTH GRAMMAR—Grade V

Elmer Blake, Bertha McCullough, Ella King, Edith Courser, Marie Green.

WEEKS STREET GRAMMAR—Grade VIII

Madelyn Rich, Margaret Coombs, Georgie Knight, Ruth E. Crocker, Napoleon Vachon, Harold Fielding, Jennie L. Burn-ham, Evelyn Norton, Virginia Emro, Kenneth Atwood, Lora Pinkham, Virginia McVey, Marguerite Cressey, Charlotte Rines, Dorothy Coombs, Nathalie McNeil, Mabel Pinkham, Wil-lard Sprague, Will is Mullen, Mildred Colby, M. Dowling George Colby, Ralph Small, Susie Robbins, Irene Lennox, Eleanor Bruce, Herbert Goddard.

WEEKS STREET GRAMMAR—Grade VII

Evelyn Robbins, Clifford Neil, Josie Rich, Caroline Swett, Anna Averill, Gladys Glidden, Dorothy Ingraham, Elizabeth Cressy, Murdick Murray, Edward Glidden, Horace Murray, Helen Jones, Oscar Hunt, George Moses, Anna Sanford, Marion Swett, Robert Seavey.

WEEKS STREET GRAMMAR—Grade VI

Adelaide Coombs, Glendon Brewster, Margaret Kennedy, Harry Cahoon, Dorothy Oliver, Dorothy Sheldon, Thelma Rich, Katherine Stinson, Carrie Crocker, Albert Redlon, Minnie Mur­phy, Marion Small, Ida McCabe, Hazel Bowker.

WEEKS STREET GRAMMAR—Grade V

Forrest Knight, Leona Hoyt, Doris Hutchins, Howard El­liot, Everett Crocker, Eleanor Lewis.

WINNEGANGE

Ardelle Bates, Marion Morse, Marion Bates.

NORTH BATH Mildred Ward.

PROGRESS PIN

Lena Green,

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Lena Green of the Center Grammar School won the Pro­gress Pin. This pin is offered for the first one hundred drills in the Palmer Manual.

The improvement in penmanship has been due largely to the grade teachers.

In closing I wish to thank the superintendent and teach­ers for the interest and hearty support which they have given to my work in penmanship.

Respectfully submitted,

MARGARET M. BLACK.

List of Text Books

Authorized for use in the Public Schools of the City.

READERS

No. Title Author or Editor

120 Seven Little Sisters Andrews 144 Ten Boys Andrews n o Carpenter Readers, Second and Third Baker 120 Blaisdell Readers 74 Baldwin Readers, Fifth 40 Ulysses Among the Pharisians Byrant 86 Geographical Readers, North America Carpenter 92 Geographical Readers, South America Carpenter

120 Geographical Readers, Europe Carpenter 120 Geographical Readers, Asia Carpenter

15 Story of the Aeneid Church 60 Cyr Readers, Fifth 41 Davis Readers, First

65 American History Stories Dodge 63 A Christmas Carol Dickens

35 Stories of American Life and Adventure Eggleston 30 Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans

Eggleston 40 Homer's Iliad Ginn & Co.

n o The Deserted Village Goldsmith iao Story of the English Gruebar !50 Story of the Greeks Gruebar 125 Story of the Romans Gruebar 116 The Story of Thirteen Colonies Gruebar

92 Stories of Other Lands Gruebar 30 Horace Mann Sixth Readers

55 Cyr's First

74 Cyr's Second

TEXT BOOKS 87 27 Cyr's Third 25 Cyr's Fourth 42 McGuffy's Fourth Reader 60 Heath's First Heath 55 Heath's Second Heath 30 Stepping Stones to Literature, Bk. VI 70 Stepping Stones to Literature Bk. V

1 2 0 Wide A-Wake 70 Harper Readers 75 Grandfather's Chair Hawthorne

105 Tales of the White Hills Hawthorne 55 Tanglewood Tales Hawthorne

i n Wonder Book Hawthorne 30 Jones, Third Ginn & Co. 45 Sketch Book Irving 2 0 Jones Readers, Second 50 Grades Literature Readers Judson

150 The Young American Judson

9 Franklin, Third 150 Adventures of Ulysses Lamb

" 3 Tales from Shakespeare Lamb 68 Lady of the Lake Scott

137 Evangeline Longfellow 105 Hiawatha Longfellow 96 The Courtship of Miles Standish Longfellow 62 Lays of Ancient Rome Macauley 40 Fables and Folk Stories Scudder

78 Hans Anderson Stories Scudder

25 The Story of Hiawatha Smith

33 Aesop's Fables Stickney 40 Classics, Old and New Ginn

9i Ward Readers, First

97 Ward Readers, Second 130 Ward Readers, Third 80 Ruth of Boston Otis

65 Mary of Plymouth Otis

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55 Richard of Jamestown Otis 120 Stephen of Philadelphia Otis 46 Colonial Children 48 Revolutionary Stories

2 5 0 Progressive Road Bk. I 281 Progressive Road Bk. II 2 4 0 Progressive Road, Bk. I l l 130 Progressive Road Bk. IV 160 Progressive Road Introductory III 150 Progressive Road Introductory IV 224 In Fableland Serl

2 0 Work A-Day Doings Serl

35 Blodgett's Second Ginn & Co.

35 Blodgett's Third Ginn & Co. 8 0 Carroll & Brooks, Fourth Appleton

105 Brooks' Fifth American Book Co. 96 Brooks' Sixth American Book Co. 2 0 New Era, Third American Book Co. 80 Brumbraugh's Fourth

GRAMMARS

140 Language Lessons No. 1 Metcalf & Bright 55 Language Lessons No. 2 Metcalf & Bright 75 Steps in English 2 McLean, Blaisdell & Morrow

350 Emerson and Bender Bk. I 362 Emerson and Bender Bk. II 269 Emerson and Bender Bk. I l l

ARITHMETIC

30 Arithmetic Problems 240 Progressive Arithmetic Bk. I l l 310 Progressive Arithmetic Bk. II 590 Progressive Arithmetic Bk. I 1.30 Watson & White Bk. I l l

Nichols Milne Milne Milne Heath

TEXT BOOKS 89

HISTORY

40 American History, Advanced Montgomery 150 New Century History of the U. S. Eggleston 25 U. S. History Gordy

180 American History, Elementary Montgomery 285 The Beginner's American History Montgomery 125 History and Government of Maine Stetson 110 Bourne and Benton, Advanced Heath 100 Wilson's History Reader McMillan

CIVICS

10 First Lessons in Civics Forman 72 Young Citizen Reinsh

GEOGRAPHY

147 Elementary Geography Morton 206 Advanced Geography Morton 200 Frye's Home Ginn & Co. 250 Frye's First Steps Ginn & Co. 125 Frye's Leading Facts Bk. II Ginn & Co.

PHYSIOLOGY

330 Introductory Physiology and Hygiene Conn 275 Elementary Physiology and Hygiene Conn

35 Wood, Hutchinson, Health Series MacMillan

MUSIC

331 Natural Music Course, Primer 219 Natural Music Course, First 210 Natural Music Course, Second 109 Natural Music Course, Third 212 Natural Music Course, Fourth 62 Beacon Song Collection

161 Cecilian Series Book 3 140 Silver Song Series Book 6

Griggs Griggs Griggs Griggs Griggs Griggs

Tufts Tufts

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145 Silver Song Series Book 7 Tufts 120 New Normal Music Course 1 200 Congdon's Music Primer 156 Enterpean 100 Familiar Song Classics

SPELLERS

10 Chancellor's Second MacMillan

105 Chancellor's Third MacMillan 130 Chancellor's Fourth MacMillan 160 Chancellor's Fifth MacMillan 140 Chancellor's Sixth MacMillan

155 Chancellor's Seventh MacMillan

150 Chancellor's Eighth

MISCELLANEOUS

MacMillan

160 Household Science Morris 4 0 0 Palmer Writing Books, Primaary 300 Palmer Writing Books, Grammar 291 Desk Copies 300 Miscellaneous 500 Library Books

Text Books in Use in Morse High School

SCIENCE

42 Chemistry Brownlee 33 Carhart & Chute's Physics

37 Physics Gorton 10 Walker's Physiology 4 0 LeConte's Geology 10 Young's Lessons in Astronomy

TEXT BOOKS, HIGH SCHOOL 91 40 Bergen's Foundations of Botany 75 Clark's General Science

HISTORY

68 Myer's General History 15 West's Ancient History 40 Webster's Ancient History 10 Myer's Greek History 22 Myer's Medieval and Modern History 17 Myer's Roman History 47 Higginson & Channing's English History 10 Ashley's American Government 25 History of U. S. Fiske

ENGLISH

50 Lockwood & Emerson's Composition and Rhetoric 80 Scott & Denny's Composition and Rhetoric, Advanced

i n Scott & Denny's Composition, Elementary 131 Buehler's Exercises in English 80 Tappan's English and American Literature 60 Sir Roger de Coverley Addison 20 Burke's Speech on Conciliation 23 Coleridge's Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner 27 Carlysle's Essay on Burns 20 Silas Marner 37 Macauley's Essay on Addison 75 Wooley Handbook of English 38 Mathew's American Literature 36 Gregg Applied Business English 79 Franklin's Autobiography 73 Washington's Farewell 70 Midsummer Nights Dream 76 Lays of Rome and Schrab 25 Milton L'Allegro 40 Ivanhoe Scott

92 CITY O]* BATH

60 Goldsmith, Grey and Burns 32 Macauley's Essay on Milton

103 Shakespeare's Julius Caesar 25 Shakespeare's Macbeth

150 Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice 96 Tennyson's Idylls of the King 44 Palgrave's Golden Treasury 74 Macauley's Life of Samuel Johnson 95 Scott's Quentin Durward

121 Irving's Sketch Book 114 Dicken's Tale of Two Cities 103 Stevenson Treasure Island 60 DeQuincey's Joan of Arc and The English Mail Coach 34 Duma's Monte Cristo

MATHEMATICS

20 Milne's High School Algebra 16 Well's Higher Algebra 6 Well's Trigonometry

26 Wentworth's Plane Geometry 50 Shultz's Plane Geometry 10 Wentworth's Solid Geometry 20 Moore's Commercial Arithmetic 10 Hart & Felt wan Solid Geometry

LATIN

71 Bennett's Latin Grammar 39 Kirtland's Fabulæ Faciles 25 Kelsey's Caesar 51 D'Coge's Cicero

5 Kelsey's Ovid 34 Comstock's Virgil 37 D'Coge's Latin Prose Composition 38 Bennett's Latin Prose Composition 30 Smith Latin Lessons

TEXT BOOKS, HIGH SCHOOL 93

DOMESTIC ART

24 Kinne & Cooley's Househeld Management 22 Kinne & Cooley's Shelter and Clothing 12 Reference Books for Domestic Art Library

SPANISH

24 Dowling's Written and Spoken 22 Spanish Reader Turrell 20 Umphrey's Spanish Prose 15 Spanhoodfd Elemealabuch Der

FRENCH

53 Le Francais Et Sa Patrie 75 Bruce's Grammaire Francais 64 Chardenal's Complete French Course 42 Heath's French Dictionary

108 LeRoy's French Method 50 Sicard's Easy French History 33 Francois' French Prose Composition 27 Labiche & Matin's Voyage of M. Perrichon 12 Fountain's Tour de la France 30 Dumas' La Tulipe Noire 10 Merimee's Colomba 24 Hugo's Quatrevingt Treize 30 Corneille's Le Cid 20 Coppee and Mauntpassant's Tales 52 Talbot's Le Francais Et Sa Patrie 39 Labiche & Matin's La Poudre Aux Yeux 35 Labiche & Matin's Moi 15 Michelets La Prise de la Bastile 28 Moiliere's Le Bourgois Gentilhomme 32 Regent's French and German Poems 55 Lectures Facile Bruce

94 CITY OF BATH

GERMAN

32 Frazer's German Grammar 10 Grueber's Marchen and Erzahlungen 15 Heath's German Dictionary 25 Seidl's Die Monate 28 Stor's Immensee 36 Bacon's In Vaterland 14 Kaupt's Das Kalte Herz 29 Well's Drei Kleine Lustspeile 23 Eschokke's Der Zerbrochene Krug 20 Heyse's L'Arrabbiata 23 Riehl's Der Fluch der Schonheit 14 Schiller's William Tell 27 Bernhardt's German Prose Composition 15 Harris' German Prose Composition

COMMERCIAL

25 Nearing's Economics 12 Money, Banking and Finance 47 Williams and Rogers' Modern Illustrative Bookkeep­

ing (Complete) 54 Williams and Rogers' Modern Illustrative Bookkeep­

ing (Introductory Course) 20 Gregg's Shorthand 48 Moore's Commercial Arithmetic 28 Bly's Commercial Law 40 Cutler & SoRelle's Rational Typewriting 33 Adams' Commercial Geography

MISCELLANEOUS

62 Webster's General History of Commerce 100 Cecilian Series Number IV 50 Hyde's Speaker and Reader 10 Mitchell's Speaker 5 Riddle's Modern Speaker and Reader

TEXT BOOKS, HIGH SCHOOL 95

2 Craig & Gunnison's Pieces for Prize Speaking i Frink's New Century Speaker

10 Gayley's Classic Myths i Gulick's Life of the Ancient Greeks 2 Webster's International Dictionary i Harper's Classical Dictionary i Standard Dictionary i Johnson's Private Life of the Romans i Sanborn's Classical Atlas

[8 Dictionary of English Language

TYPEWRITERS

11 Monarchs 12 Remingtons 4 Royals 3 Underwoods 2 Smith Premiers

General Statistics

TABLE I

Population between the age of 5 and 21 years 2958 Whole number of pupils enrolled in city schools . . . . 2046 Number of teachers in High School 10 Number of teachers in Grammar Schools 22 Number of teachers in Primary Schools 24 Number of teachers in Suburban Schools 2 Number of teachers in Bailey Evening School 16 Special teachers 5

SCHOOL CENSUS

1913 1914 1915 1916 Deere. Incre. Ward I 487 552 547 590 43 Ward II 627 €38 654 651 3 Ward III 461 448 417 446 29 Ward IV 265 296 275 303 28 Ward V 339 347 360 367 7 Ward VI 270 246 259 274 15 Ward VII 260 294 299 327 28

2709 2821 2811 2958 3 150 Number of boys between 5 and 21 1454 Number of girls between 5 and 21 1504 Number of boys in school between 5 and 21 985 Number of girls in school between 5 and 21 1061 Total number days present of all pupils 3I9>589 Average daily attendance 1769 Number of weeks of school 38

EXPENDITURES

1912 1913 1914 1915 I 9 T 6

$39>!l7 79 $39,545 62 $43>OI9 86 $44,244 02 $46,770 70

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TABLE II

APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOOLS 1916-1917

Salaries: Superintendent $1,600 00 High School 7,600 00 Grammar Schools 9,500 00 Primary Schools 9,55o 00 Rural Schools 850 00 Music Teacher 700 00 Manual Training Instructor 1,100 00 Penmanship Instructor 550 00

Bailey School of Industr ies: Domestic Science Teacher 650 00 Evening School Instruction 3,000 00 Evening School Special 500 00

Text-Books and Supplies 1,600 00 School Repairs 1,000 00 Special for Desks 485 00 Fuel and Janitors 7,75o 00 Manual Training, Power and Supplies 500 00 School Miscellaneous and Insurance i ,7°° ° °

$48,635 00

Estimated Receipts: Free High School $500 00 School Tuitions 1,200 00 School and Mill Fund 9,9oo 00 Common School Fund 10,250 00 Superintendent's Union 800 00 Manual Training 733 33 Domestic Science 900 00

98 CITY OF BATH

Evening School Refund 2,500 00 Day School Refund 500 00

$27,283 33

Net School Appropriation $21,351 67 Special for Mitchell School 3,000 00

Total Net School Appropriation $24,351 67

TABLE III

Aggregate Attendance of Each Grade

Grade

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

High School

Totals 22654 18804 13158 26210 28932 19678 20447 25635 25346 23319 9738 22822 2980 4117 318589

5029 6734 4526 6365

6033 4677 4331 3763

3300 2774 3662 3422

7084 7350 5975 5801

8964 6653 7055 6260

6172 6216 3)822

3468

5751

4681

4665

5350

25635

7657

5469

7138

5082

6015

4187

6654

6463

3390

2150

2911

1287

2030

1725

2306

3690

3216

3185

3246

3424

120

517

205

337

994

74

458

213

62

770

165

300

1000

174

705

177

826

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—2752S

—32089

—31572

—30326

—29733

—25342

—25179

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TABLE IV

Eye and Ear Test

No examined 137 115 79 168 155 129 145 112 140 150 59 131 26 19 320 1885 No. having eye trouble 16 14 12 30 19 13 12 16 32 17 6 29 1 2 25 244 No. having ear trouble . . . . 4 7 3 10 3 4 2 4 10 2 2 5 1 1 7 65 Total No. of defectives . . . 20 21 15 40 22 17 14 20 42 19 8 34 2 3 32 309 P. C. defectives, all kinds . 14.6 18.3 18.9 23.9 14.2 13.2 9.7 17.9 30 12.7 13.6 25.9 7.7 15.8 10 16.4

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TABLE V

Pupils for Year Ending July 1, 1916 ARRANGED BY GRADES AND SEXES

SCHOOL, Sex

Upper Grammar . and Dummer St. „ \ ,

Total

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Total

Center Grammar and Center Primary

Total

Boys

South Grammar Girls

and South Primary Total Boys

Weeks St. Grammar Girls and Weeks St. Primary ! Total

3 17 18 14 12 9 11 13 10 107 2 18 15 20 21 15 11 11 11 124 5 35 33 34 33 24 22 24 21 231

4 22 14 20 19 17 16 21 16 149 5 19 14 20 21 28 19 22 17 165 9 41 28 40 40 45 35 43 33 314

5 20 14 15 19 18 19 15 9 75 209 5 13 22 20 15 19 19 10 12 76 211 10 33 36 35 34 37 38 25 21 151 420

19 17 23 20 20 24 18 18 19 178 18 19 20 24 19 18 25 18 16 177 37 36 43 44 39 42 43 36 35 355

3 21 15 12 18 17 14 14 14 128 4 20 16 8 10 14 26 16 21 135 7 41 31 20 28 31 40 30 35 263

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Boys Girls

Total

3 11 9 10 14 47 1 8 11 9 13 42 4 19 20 19 27 89

North Bath Mixed

Boys Girls

Total

1 1 2 2 1 7 0 1 1 1 17 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 10 1 2 3 2 3 8 1 3 3 1 27

Winnegance Mixed

Boys Girls

Total

1 2 0 2 4 1 2 1 3 16 1 2 1 1 4 0 4 1 1 15 2 4 1 3 8 1 6 2 4 31

High Boys Girls Total

63 31 20 31 145 63 57 33 29 182

126 88 53 60 327

Totals Boys Girls

39 111 95 95 107 93 80 83 72 76 63 31 20 31 996 36 100 100 102 105 95 105 80 80 76 63 57 33 29 1061

Total registration for the city 2057

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TABLE VI Insurance on School Property

Company F i r e m a n ' s F u n d I n s . Co. New H a m p s h i r e F i r e I n s . Co. London & L. F i r e I n s . Co. Springfield F . & M. I n s . Co. P h o e n i x I n s u r a n c e Co. A e t n a I n s u r a n c e Co. Bos ton I n s u r a n c e Co. Amer i can I n s u r a n c e Co. L iverpool & L. & Globe I n s . Co. Qreen I n s u r a n c e Co. Amer i can C e n t r a l I n s . Co. W e s t e r n A s s u r a n c e Company H a m b u r g - B r e m e n F i r e I n s . Co. C e n t r a l N a t i o n a l F i r e I n s . Co. Caledonian I n s u r a n c e Co. G e r m a n i a F i r e I n s u r a n c e Co. Amer i can E a g l e I n s . Co. B r i t i s h A m e r i c a n A s s u r a n c e Co. W e s t c h e s t e r F i r e I n s u r a n c e Co. Al l iance I n s u r a n c e Co. F i r e m a n ' s F u n d I n s . Co. Ca ledonian I n s u r a n c e Co. F i r e m a n ' s F u n d I n s u r a n c e Co.

No. of Property Pol icy Amt . P r e m . E x p i r a t i o n

482024 $5,000 $26.50 J u n e 10 1917 M o r s e H i g h School 2346124 5.000 28.00 Sept . 19 1916 M o r s e H i g h School 992S999 4,000 22.40 Oct. 6 1916 Morse H i g h School

12184 1,500 8.40 Oct. 30 1916 M o r s e H i g h School 6627 1,500 8.40 Oct. 30 1916 M o r s e H i g h School 5433 1,500 8.40 Oct. 30 1916 M o r s e H i g h School

1601455 1,500 8.40 Oct. 30 1916 Morse H i g h School 1699467 2,000 11.20 Nov. 1916 M o r s e H i g h School

10400573 1,500 8.40 Nov. 1916 M o r s e H i g h School 448 1,500 8.40 Nov. 1918 M o r s e H i g h School

333022 2.000 11.20 Nov. 1916 M o r s e H i g h School 117905 2,500 14.00 Nov. 1916 M o r s e H i g h School

2289 2,000 11.20 Nov. 1916 Morse H i g h School 951197 2,000 11.20 Nov. 1916 M o r s e H i g h School

2394458 2,500 14.00 Nov. 1916 M o r s e H i g h School 3017 3,000 16.80 Nov. 28 1916 Morse H i g h School

405 2,000 11.20 Nov. 28 1916 Morse H i g h School 2635200 1,500 8.40 J a n . 1 1917 Morse H i g h School

12187 1,500 8.40 Jan . 2 1917 Morse H i g h School 58429 2,000 11.20 Jan . 2 1917 M o r s e H i g h School

654307 1,000 5.60 Jan . 2 1917 M o r s e H i g h School 2394464 2,000 11.20 Jan . 3 1917 M o r s e H i g h School

654308 2,000 11.20 J a n . 9 1917 M o r s e H i g h School

A g e n t

H . G. H o d g d o n E. W. H y d e E. W . H y d e D. M. H u m p h r e y s & Co. D. M. H u m p h r e y s & Co. D. M. H u m p h r e y s & Co. F . J . H i n c k l e y E. W. H y d e J a m e s B. D r a k e & Sons J a m e s B. D r a k e & Sons F r a n k A. S m a l l E. W. H y d e F r a n k A. Smal l H. T. S t evens E. W . H y d e E. S. Crosby Co. E. W . H y d e M o r s e B r o s , Co. M o r s e Bros . Co. E. S. C r o s b y Co. H. G. H o d g d o n E. W. H y d e H. G. H o d g d o n

$51,000 $284.10

No. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Aetna Insurance Company Nat ional Fire Insurance Co. Commonweal th Insurance Co. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.

N e w York Underwri ters Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Germania Fire Insurance Co. Hanover Fire Insurance Co.

Phoenix Insurance Co. N e w York Underwri ters Agency Germania Fire Insurance Co. German American Insurance Co. Connecticut Fire Insurance Co.

Germania Fire Insurance Co. Home Insurance Company German American Insurance Co.

Insurance Co. of North America Springfield Insurance Company American Central Insurance Co.

2726 1,500 11.85 5422 750 5.92 72448 750 5.92

.405774 3,000 23.70 482036 1,000 6.20

$7,000 $53.59 21344 750 5.93 2725 750 5.93 2982 250 1.98

360828 250 1.98

$2,000 $15.82 6216 750 5.93 21343 750 5.93 3004 750 5.93 11967 750 5.92 2218 1,000 7.90

$4,000 $31.61 3006 1,000 7.90 7041 1,000 7.90 11968 500 3.95

$2,500 $19.75 799827 750 5.92 12176 750 5.93 333006 1,250 11.00

$2,750 $22.85

Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 July 11, 1916

Property

Bath H i g h School Bath H i g h School Bath High School Bath High School Bath High School

Agent

E. S. Crosby Co. D. M. Humphreys & Co. D. M. Humphreys & Co. F. J. Hinckley H. G. Hodgdon

Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 Ju ly 11, 1916 July 11, 1916

Upper Grammar Upper Grammar Upper Grammar Upper Grammar

E. S. Crosby Co. E. S. Crosby Co. E. S. Crosby Co. James B. Drake & Sons

Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 July 11, 1916

North Grammar North Grammar North Grammar North Grammar North Grammar

D. M. Humphreys & Co. E. S. Crosby Co. E. S. Crosby Co. James B. Drake & Sons E. S. Crosby Co.

Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916

South Grammar South Grammar South Grammar

E. S. Crosby Co. D. M. Humphreys & Co. James B. Drake & Sons

Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 Ju ly 12, 1916

Weeks St. Grammar Weeks St. Grammar W e e k s St. -Grammar

James B. Drake & Sons D. M. Humphreys & Co. Frank A. Small

Norwich Union Fire Ins. So'ty 2 500 Germania Fire Insurance Co. 3005 1,000 No. British & Mercantile Inc. Co. 2956614 500 Connecticut Fire Insurance Co. 2237 1,000

Boston Insurance Company British American Assurance Co.

Hanover Fire Insurance Co. Connecticut Fire Insurance Co. Westchester Fire Insurance Co. Hamburg-Bremen Fire Inc. Co.

Westchester Fire Insurance Co. Connecticut Fire Insurance Co. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. Boston Insurance Company Westchester Fire Insurance Co.

3.95 7.90 3.95 7.90

Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 6, 1916 Oct. 9, 1916

Security Insurance Co. Hanover Fire Insurance Co. Home Insurance Co. Germania Fire Insurance Co.

$3,000 $23.70

1600163 500 4.65 July 12, 1916 2635192 500 4.95 July 17, 1916

$1,000 $9.60

July 17,

360830 500 3.95 Oct. 6, 1916 2236 1,000 7.90 Oct. 9, 1916

12184 750 4.20 Nov. 1, 1916 2277 1,000 8.80 June 1, 1916

$3,250 $24.85

June 1,

12180 750 7.42 Oct. 6, 1916 2241 1,100 7.59 Nov. 1, 1916

482035 250 2.75 July 11, 1916 1600162 750 6.9S July 12, 1916

12177 750 7.42 July 14, 1916

$3,600 $32.16

July 14,

5073 800 10.80 July 11, 1916 360827 1,000 9.90 July 11, 1916

6997 450 4.46 July 11, 1916 2983 1,000 9.90 July 11, 1916

Center Street Center Street Center Street Center Street

Dummer St. Primary Dummer St. Primary

North St. Primary North St. Primary North St. Primary North St. Primary

South St. Primary South St. Primary South St. Primary South St. Primary South St. Primary

D. M. Humphreys & Co. E. S. Crosby Co. D. M. Humphreys & Co. E. S. Crosby Co.

F. J. Hinckley Morse Bros. Co.

James B. Drake & Sons E. S. Crosby Co. Morse Bros. Co. Frank A. Small

Morse Bros. Co. E. S. Crosby Co. H. G. Hodgdon F. J. Hinckley Morse Bros. Co.

North Bath School D. M. Humphreys & Co. Winnegance School James B. Drake & Sons Erudition D. M. Humphreys & Co. Washington St. Primary E. S. Crosby Co.

$3,250 $35.06

TABLE VII

Heating, Lighting, Etc.

Ventila- Sanita- Fire Pro- School Name of Schood Heating Lighting U o n t i o n teotlon seating Yard

High School Old High Mitchell North Primary North Grammar Dummer Upper Grammar South Primary South Grammar Weeks . St. Grammar Center Primary Winnegance North Bath

Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Good

Excellent Poor Excellent Fair Good Fair Poor Poor Good Fair Poor Poor Poor

Excellent Fair Excellent Fair Excellent Excellent Fair Fair Good Fair Poor Fair Fair

Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Fair Fair

Excellent Poor Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent

Excellent Good Excellent Poor Good Excellent Good Fair Good Good Fair Fair Poor

Fair Good Good Good Good Good Fair Fair Good Good Poor Poor Poor

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Bailey School of Industries

ORDER OF RECITATIONS

E V E N I N G SESSION 7.15 TO 9:15 P. M.

TEACHER J. p. King Monday F Thursday F

G. a. Holbrook Monday B Thursday B R. W . Bragg Monday L Wednesday L F. W. Armes Tuesday F Friday F W. R . Many Wednesday F Friday E Miss E. F. Walton Monday A Thursday A H. E. Williams Monday P Thursday P C. C. Toothaker Tuesday G Friday G Miss E. J. White Monday SB Tuesday S Mrs. Wm. R. Donnell Monday I Thursday I Miss Mary Conley Monday C Thursday C Miss N. R. Turner Monday E Thursday E N. B . Corthell Tuesday N Thursday N B Miss N. M. Conley Tuesday I Friday I Miss M. M. Black Monday D Henry L. Thompson Tuesday D

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TABLE IX.

Bailey School of Industries

JAMES P. KING, B.S., Principal

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G. G. Holbrook R. W. Bragg R. W. B r a g g J. P. K i n g F. W. Armes W. R. Many Miss E. F. Walton Miss E. F. Walton H. E. Wi l l iams C. C. Toothaker H. L. Thompson Miss Nel l ie Conley Mrs. W. R. Donnell Miss E. J. Whi te Miss E. J. W h i t e Miss Mary Conley Miss Nel l ie Turner N. B. Corthell Margaret Black

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TABLE X

List of Teachers

TEACHERS Salary Grade Where Graduated

Clarence N. Flood, A.B. $1600 Sup*.

Charles L. Smith, A.B. 1500 Prln.

Viola G. Hogan 725 High

Alice N. Magoun 675 High

James P. King, B.S. 1100 High

Emma F. Walton 550 High

Alzie E. Lane, A.B. 650 High

Gladysmae B. Waterhouse 500 High

Beulah E. Withee, A.B. 600 High

Carl B. Timberlake, A.B. 1100 High

Hebron Academy Colby College

(Portland H. S. Harvard College Bath H. S. Bath H. S. Radcliffe P. C. Peabody H. S. University Maine Portland H. S.

J Gorham Normal [Business College Gardiner H. S. Bates College Rumford H. S. Emerson Oratory Coburn Classical Inst, Colby College Lancaster H. S. Bowdoin

Yrs. When Elected to Taught in Exp. Grad. Pres . Pos . Bath Since Teac.

1900 J u l y 1914 Sept. 1913 12 1905 1900 J u l y 1914 Sept. 1914 9 1907

1871 June 18S9 Sept. 1874 41

1875 Jan. 1909 Jan. 1909 21

Mar. 1915 Mar. 1915 3.5 1911 1906

1908 July 1914 Sept. 1914 8 1912

1905 July 1914 Sept. 1914 7 1909

1912 June 1915 Sept. 1915 1 1915

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Marion A. Brown, A.B. 600 High ( N e w Haven H. S. 1 Colby College

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Mildred R. Bowen, B.S. 700 High ( L y n n H. S. j S immons

1908 1914

July 1914 Sept. 1914 2

Margaret J. A d a m s 600 9 ( B a t h H. S. j Boston Normal

1886 1887

Aug. 1895 Aug. 1895 22

Susan M. Duley 500 9 ( B a t h H. S. IGorham Normal

1896 1899

July Mar.

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El len Blair El la J. D o u g l a s Marguerite H e n n e s s e y Margaret T. Mul l igan Ethe l F. H a w l e y Madelyn H u n t

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Florence Dunton 425 3 ( B a t h H. S. J Gorham Normal

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Effie C. Wright 440 3-4 ( B a t h H. S. j Farmington

1903 1912 Mar. 1916 Mar. 1916 2

Pearl Raymond 425 1-2 (Bowdoinham H. S. } Gorham Normal

1910 1913 Oct. 1915 Oct. 1915

L. Mildred Taylor 425 1-2 ( W i n d h a m H. S. j Gorham Normal

1908 1912

Marcia M. St inson 550 8 (Coburn Classical "j Gorham P. C.

1907 1909

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Mrs. Edna H. Pickard 425 6 ("Bates College

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Minnie E. Barnes Grace E. Lightbody Florence M. Andrews Carrie H. Trott Eleanor M. Ferguson

Hazel H. Wing

Laura A. Mitchell Grace C. Baker Jennie G. Silsby H. Emma Magoun Nannie E. Trask Martha E. Hooper

Mary F. Day

Gladys J. McGillicuddy

Nellie R. Turner Bessie M. Hunt Frostina E. Marston Jennie S. Foster Mable I. Lake Charlotte F. Cook

Mary H. Conley

Maude C. Seymour

Nellie J. Marr

425 7 Bath H. S. 400 6 Bath H. S. 400 5 Bath H. S. 425 1-2 Bath H. S. 425 Mixed Bath H. S.

440 1 (Bath H. S. 440 1 Gorham Normal 425 1 Bath H. S. 440 1-4 Bath H. S. 425 6 Bath H. S. 450 4 Bath H. S. 550 7-8 Non-graduate 450 4 Bath H. S.

425 1-2 (Kennebunk H. S. j Farmington Normal

425 5 Bath H. S. Gorham Normal

550 8 Bath H. S. 425 5 Bath H. S. 425 7 Bath H. S. 450 3 Bath H. S. 425 2 Bath H. S. 425 6 Bath H. S.

450

425

450

Bath H. S. Gorham Normal

3_4 Bath H. S. Gorham Normal

9 Belfast H. S. Castine Normal

1898 Aug. 1914 Sept. 1913 4 1910 July 1911 Sept. 1911 5 1905 July 1908 Sept. 1908 8 1903 July 1914 Sept. 1908 7 1908 July 1911 Sept. 1911 5 1908 1911 July 1907 Sept. 1907 9 1906 July 1914 Dec. 1890 26.5 1886 July 1909 Sept. 1904 19.3 1889 July 1904 Sept. 1892 24 1876 July 1996 Sept. 1884 34.3

July 1905 Feb. 1898 18 1893 Deo. 1915 Jan. 1916 2.5 1910 1914 Jan. 1911 Sept. 1910 1 1913 1915 June 1913 Sept. 1894 22 1893 July 1911 Sept. 1904 12 1902 June 1908 Sept. 1880 33 1877 June 1914 Sept. 1884 31 1883 Sept. 1911 Sept. 1901 17 1898 Dee. 1911 Dec. 1911 6 1908 July 1914 Sept. 1913 5 1910 1911 July 1914 Sept. 1913 4 1910 1912 July 1914 Sept. 1911 10 1908 1910 July 1909 Sept. 1909 2 111

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Bertha C. Jones

Sarah E. Coombs

Agnes E. Tarbox

Sara L. Libby

Almira T. Sturtevant

Olive M. Murray

Margaret Bakeman

Lillian M. Lawrence, B.S.

Napoleon B. Corthell

Esther J. White

Edith L. Hopkins

Evelyn Waugh

Margaret M. Black

425 1-2 Lincoln Academy Bath H. S.

1898 1907

July 1911 Sept. 1911 6.:

425 2 Farmington Normal 1910 July 1914 Jan. 1914 5

425 5 Topsham H. S. Gorham Normal

1909 1911 Sept. 1915 Sept. 1915 3

425 5 fWestbrook H. S. Gorham Normal

1908 1912 June 1915 Sept. 1915 1

425 1 (Morse H. S. |Gorham Normal

1913 1915 June 1915 Sept. 1915 1

425 6 Morse H. S. Gorham Normal

1913 1915

700 Music

Chelsea H. S. N. E. Conservatory of

] Music

1908

1910

July 1910 Sept. 1910 6

Simmons College P. C. Aug. 1914 Sept. 1914 2

600 Dom. Science , Simmons College 1914 July 1911 Sept. 1911 7

1100 Man. Train.

Castine Normal ] Boston Sloyd

1907 1909

July 1914 Sept. 1914 2

500 Dom. (Morse H. S. 1911 June 1914 Sept. 1914 3 Science ] P ra t t Inst. 1914

425 5-6 No. Haven H. S.

| Gorham Normal 1910 1914

Dec. 1914 Jan. 1915 2

425 Mixed (Winthrop H. S. ) Farmington Normal

1912 1915

July 1915 Sept. 1915 2

500 Pen. Bay Path Inst, manship

1914

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TABLE XI

Financial Statement J u l y 1, 1916.

I COMMON SCHOOLS

A. R E C E I P T S $36,972 06 A p p r o p r i a t e d b y t h e c i t y ( t a x ­

a t i o n $14,152 36 S t a t e F u n d a n d Mil l T a x 20,063 17 S t a t e Aid to S u p e r i n t e n d e n c e . . 800 00 Sale of books and supp l i e s 65 20 Tu i t i on 658 00 S t a t e Aid to D o m e s t i c Science . . 500 00 S t a t e Aid to M a n u a l T r a i n i n g . . 733 33

B. E X P E N D I T U R E S $36,961 44 1. Sa l a r i e s of T e a c h e r s $22,880 10

( a ) R e g u l a r T e a c h e r s 19,585 00 Uppe r G r a m m a r $1,825 00 D u m m e r S t 865 00 N o r t h G r a m m a r 1,825 00 N o r t h P r i m a r y . . 1,700 00 Cen te r G r a m m a r

and N i n t h G r a d e 2,925 00 Cen te r P r i m a r y . . 1,725 00 Sou th G r a m m a r 1,825 00 Sou th P r i m a r y . . 2,165 00 W a s h i n g t o n S t . . . 865 00 W e e k s St. G r a m ­

m a r 1,725 00 W e e k s St . P r i ­

m a r y 1,290 00 N o r t h B a t h and

W i n n e g a n c e . . 850 00 (b ) S u b s t i t u t e t e a c h e r s 195 10 (c) S u p e r v i s o r of Mus i c . . . . 700 00 ( d ) S u p e r v i s o r of D o m e s t i c

Science 800 00 (e ) S u p e r v i s o r of M a n u a l

T r a i n i n g 1,100 00 (f) S u p e r v i s o r of W r i t i n g . . 500 00

2. T e x t B o o k s 675 07 Stock r e a d i n g books 126 20 S u p p l e m e n t a r y r e a d i n g b o o k s . 106 06 Spe l l i ng books 30 0 0

A r i t h m e t i c s 35 60

114 CITY OF BATH

G r a m m a r s 82 00 H i s t o r i e s 70 80 Mus ic books 60 41 G e o g r a p h i e s 45 00 Outline maps 12 00 Palmer writing books 107

3. Supplies 3 6 3 9 8

Paper 175 25 Pencils and pens 45 08 Music Supplies 10 90

Miscellaneous 85 35 Kindergarten Supplies 47 40

4. Manual Training: Expenditures 770 01

Supplies, Shellac, Nails, etc 95 66 Power and Light 97 70 White Wood, Pine, etc . . . 154 72 Mahogany 5 00 Lathes, etc 345 12 Carpentry Work 10 16 Miscellaneous 61 65

5. Wages of Janitors 3,257 50 Upper Grammar and Dummer

St 520 00 No. Grammar and No. Primary 546 00 Center Grammar 494 00 Center Primary 390 00 South Grammar and Primary 520 00 Weeks St. Grammar and Pri­

mary 520 00 Washington St. Primary . . . . 135 00 Winnegance 76 00 North Bath 38 00 Wages for Summer Work . . . 18 50

6. Fuel 2,744 67 Upper Grammar 218 77 Dummer St 155 50 North Grammar 362 50 North Primary 225 25 Center Grammar 465 00 Center Primary 187 50 South Grammar 276 80 South Primary 265 25 Washington St. Primary 106 75 Weeks St. Grammar 215 20 Weeks St. Primary 145 50 Winnegance ' 80 45 North Bath 40 20

7. Repairs 2,572 37 Upper Grammar

School 50 00 Windows 18 35

(JENERAL STATISTICS

Sewer 8 65 L ight s 12 37 Fire Escape Door

and Steps 8 28 Repairs on Radi­

ator 2 35 Dummer Street Pri­

mary School . . . . 39 94 F l a g Pole 7 00 Blacksmith Work,

F lag Pole . . . . 1 15 Ceiling 22 40 Chimney 1 14 Doors 8 25

N o r t h Grammar School 224 65 Two Hardwood

Floors 185 Repairs on Walks

and Steps 24 0T) Moving D e s k s . . . 6 0 0 Batteries 2 46 Toilets 7 19

North Street Pri­mary School . . . 27 70 Windows 10 31 Ceiling 6 69 Fence 1 75 Fire Escapes . . . 2 95 Supplies 6 00

Ninth Grade School 325 53 Windows 6 53 Chairs 2 25 Fire Escape Steps

W e s t End 10 50 F i r e E s c a p e

D o o r W e s t End 4 25

D o o r , Frame, S tag ings , etc., Fire Escape . . 40 40

Cutt ing B r i c k Wall and Fi t -t i n g D o o r Frame 16 39

Water Pipe 1 50 Manhole Ring on

Boiler 55 Batter ies and Ex­

tension Cord . . 4 45 Fire Escape 232 30 Toi lets 6 41

city of bath

C e n t e r S t r e e t School 23 16 Lights in Supt'd

Office 12 03 Paint 4 48 Batteries 1 65

Furnace 5 00 South Street Pri­

mary School . . . . 507 43 Repairs on Toi­

lets 59 47 Outside Doors . . . 5 05 Moving Desks . . 9 69 Two Hardwood

Floors 175 00 Two Hardwood

Floors in Halls 19 65 Inkwells 8 09 Alteration in Toi­

let Room and Hardwood Floor 75 00

A l t e r a t i o n in Plumbing Toi­let Room . . . . 58 00

Mason Work and Material 18 46

Plumbing Work and Material . . 76 41

Springs on Doors to Toilets . . . . ! 61

South Street Gram­mar School 85 68 Clock 3 00 Toilets 18 61 Furnace, Radia­

tors and Toilets 32 59 Fnrnace Pipe . . . . 21 02 Desks 2 00 Mason Labor and

M a t e r i a l on Brick Pier . . . . 8 46

Weeks Street Gram­mar School 1,079 44 Moving Desks . . . 3 50 Windows 10 00 Building and la-

stalling Toilets Complete 1,025 00

C o n n e c t i o n t o Sewer Pipe . . . 17 56

Electric Lights . . 14 69 Water Pipe 6 60

GENERAL STATISTICS

Supplies 2 09 Washington Street

Primary 2 9 0

Windows a n d Steps 2 90

Weeks Street Pri­mary 8 32

M a r s h a l l Street School in Hose House 8 61 Door 2 00 Stove 6 61

Winnegance School 22 13 Moving Desks . . 2 00 Supplies 1 04 Chimney 19 09

Miscellaneous 166 88 Hardware, Sup­

plies, Paint, etc. 133 03 Repairs on Clocks 18 60 Repairs on Locks 8 95 Typewrit ing . . . . 4 00 Blueprinting 2 30

8. Janitor Supplies 349 33 Oil, Kerosene, etc 7 6 4 7 Brooms, Brushes , etc 27 92 Sweeping Compound 40 85 Washing Material 18 67 Electric Work 20 17 Toilet Paper and Paper Tow­

els 47 50 Trucking and Fre ight 19 00 Cleaning 27 50 Repair Work 15 00 Miscel laneous 56 25

9. Electr ic L ight s 112 50 10. Telephone E x p e n s e s 49 60 11. Truancy, E. L. E m m o n s 342 00 12. Superintendency . 1,654 45

Salary 1,600 00 Office Supplies 44 25 Repairs on Office 10 20

13. Miscel laneous 626 77 Team Hire 41 50 Print ing 247 50 Trucking, Fre ight and Ex­

press 60 90 Teachers' Travel ing E x ­

penses 20 25 Stamps and Pos tage 31 60 Athlet ic Expenses at High

School 41 57

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118 CITY OF BATH

Diplomas, Ninth Grade . . . 29 50 W. H. Smith & Co. School

Supplies 45 85 Miscellaneous 108 10

14. Insurance on Buildings as Itemized in Table VI . . . 553 09

Receipts for Common Schools $36,972 06 Expenditures for Common Schools.. 36,951 44

Excess of Receipts over Expen­ditures for current year . . . $20 62

Total registration in Common Schools for year, 1723. Average cost per pupil, based on total registration, $21.45.

I I HIGH SCHOOIi

A. RECEIPTS $10,194 76 Appropriated by the city $8,628 10 State Aid for Free High School 500 00 State Aid for Mechanic Arts . . . 133 33 State Aid for Domestic Arts 233 33 Tuition 700 00

B. Expenditures $10,180 73 1. Salaries of Teachers 7,701 50

Regular Teachers 7,131 50 Substitute Teachers 20 00 Domestic Science Teacher . . 350 00 Mechanic Aids Teacher . . . 200 00

2. Wages of Janitor 728 00 3. Cost of Text-Books 589 93

Commercial' Department . . 195 16 German Books 15 50 French Books 25 00 Latin Books 20 00 Algebra Books 39 49 Chemistry Supplies 65 52 Physics Supplies 42 10 Graduation Expenses 78 00 Printing 34 16 Miscellaneous 75 00

*• Fuel ' 826 50 Coal, 110 tons 797 50 Wood, four cords 24 00 Coal for Domestic Science . . 5 00

5. Electric Lights and Gas 75 00 6. Repairs 182 20

On Roof and Chimney 93 83 Electrical Work 8 93 Plumbing 10 00 On Book Case 14 24 Miscellaneous 8 87

GENERAI, STATISTICS 119

Shifting Desks 46 33 7. Miscellaneous 77 60

Gross Expenditures of the High School for the current year $10,180 73

Excess of Receipts over Expenditures for current year $** "3

Total registration for High School for the year, 330. Total cost per pupil based on total registration, $30.85.

HI BAILEY EVENING SCKOOI.

A. RECEIPTS (Tear ending July 1, 1916) $3,000 00

Appropriated by City $1,62130 State Aid for Evening School . . 1,378 70

B. EXPENDITURES (Tear ending July 1, 1916) $2,964 82

1. Salaries of Teachers $2,068 06 (a) Regular Teachers 1,948 04 (a) Substitute Teachers . . . . 10 00 (c) Special Instructor 110 02

2. Supplies 739 26 Books and Paper 56 43 Drawing Supplies 90 93 Domestic Science Supplies 31 96 Manual Training 66 00 Miscellaneous 75 68 Printing 19 25 Sewing Department 14 67 Heat and Gas 78 00 Lighting of Building 196 42 Exchange on Typewriters . . 20 00 Electrical "Wiring 5692 Drawing Instruments 34 00

3. Wages of Janitor 157 50 Excess of Receipts $35 18 Total enrollment in Evening School for the year, 414. Total cost per pupil based upon the total registration, $7.16.

IT DOMESTIC SCIENCE

EXPENDITURES $1,287 52 Salary of Instructor $800 00 Groceries 197 89 Light and Heat 136 75 Plumbing 11 13 Supplies 20 77 Print ing 16 45 Books 49 53 Raffia 11 00 Miscellaneous 20 00 Sewing Machines 24 00

R A F F I A WORK OF S I X T H G R A D E