Essex County, report of agent on work in, Evening schools, abstract of school returns of, Attendance and expense of supporting, Number of towns maintaining, for ten years, Everett, Alexander Hill, orations of, moral forces of, Failure of bill presented by, for better education of teachers, Everett, Edward, message in regard to Massachusetts share of surplus in treasury PAGE 247-263 ixxviii 70 70 466 468 469-471 441, 442 Daily life of school, interesting account of, quoted from report of superin- tendent, Health of, excellent, Hospital building, cost of, Increased number of pupils accommodated by, Males, new building needed for older, Statistics of, . Superintendent, Walter E. Fernald, M.D., Fire escapes, act relating to, in schoolhouses, Fitchburg, new State normal school to be established at, Financial statement of the Board of Education, 121-125 120 121 121 120 119 119 Fernald, Walter E., M.D., superintendent Massachusetts School for Feeble-minded. 119 438 439 150-157 Foster, Alfred Dwight, Massachusetts School Fund established under lead PAGE Assistant, Miss Amelia Davis, granted a year's leave of absence, Responsibility of, increased, wherever a boarding house is connected 26 Students, better preparation of, gratifying, Franklin County, agent's report of work in, Free public school and free public library, relation of, to each other, Fuller, Miss Sarah, principal of Horace Mann School, Fund, Massachusetts School, established, Apportionment of, to be made under intelligent direction, Income, act relative to distribution of, 435 Teachers, failure of bill directing that a portion of, should be appropriated for 468 Garrison, William Lloyd, words of, express spirit and temper of Horace Mann, Relief maps, importance of, 482, 483 Geometry, constructive plane, with illustrative problems in mensuration, ele- Grammar schools, expediency of studying Latin and French in, 420 464 461, 462 Greenough, James C., principal of Westfield Normal School, 32 34 29 PAGE Hallock, Mrs. Ella B., work of, in temperance, Hammond, Charles, present at Worcester Convention in 1844, Hampden County, report of agent on work in, Hampshire County, report of agent on work in, 139, 140-238 Hartwell & Richardson, architects of extension of Bridgewater Normal School, Importance of good physical health (see Physiology and hygiene), Admission to, decided by school committee, Boys, table showing larger number of, in farming towns, in, College preparatory courses, number of high schools maintaining, College, main object of high schools, not to fit pupils for.. . High school course and the college, cause of break between, pointed out, 420, 421, 254-259 Distribution of, with ratio of population having access to, table showing, 135, 136 69 133, 134 251, 252 68 67 420, 421 Girls, larger number of, than boys in, Instruction in, law relating to, Advanced courses of, demanded, Latin-scientific course best fitted for, thousand population, Manual training made part of high school system in towns of over twenty Normal schools, graduation from high school necessary to admission to, 52 66, 67 Pupils, large number of, leaving before completing course in, cause of, 252, 253 52 Schools that ought not to be treated as, 134 School committee shall determine number and qualifications of scholars to be Tuition, act relative to payment of, by towns not required to maintain, Hill, Frank A., Secretary of Board of Education, report of, Report of plan of State examination and certification of teachers by, 362-367 482 PAGE Horace Mann School for the Deaf, brief review of, . 111-115 Board of Education have given every opportunity to develop and perfect . Bond, Miss Annie E., record of, as an illustration of power of character, King, Rev. Dexter S., extract from circular letter of 1869, 115 115 114 115 125 111 Manual training in, Parents' wishes considered, Occupations of former pupils, Principal of, Miss Sarah Fuller, . Pupils, ability of, to learn, same as other children, Statistics of, . Howe Memorial Press, continue to issue publications in raised print, Hyde, Miss Ellen, principal of Framingham Normal School, Hygiene. See Physiology. 113 112 114 111 114 111 Howard, George, contractor for extension of Bridgewater Normal School, 24 116 172 26 Industrial drawing, elementary course in, Industrial education a condition for extending to fifteen the age of compulsory, Institutions, educational, an act to protect the name and credit of certain, 436 Institutions, reformatory, at Lancaster, Monson and Westborough, King, Rev. Dexter S., extract from circular letter of 1869 in regard to Horace Larsson, Gustaf, elementary course in Sloyd by, Latin and French, expediency of studying, before leaving grammar school, Latin-scientific course best fitted for high schools, Laurel Park, teachers' institute held at, Petition circulated by D. P. Dame for two weeks' duration of, Laws as published in 1892 not in force, Provisions that do not appear in, as published in 1892, Lectures, free evening, in towns and cities maintaining free evening schools,. Legislation, Massachusetts school, for 1893-94, Educational, reasons for great success of, . To lift standards of professional training, Legislative body of 1837, bad distribution of State's money by, Library, district school, suppression of, District superintendents, difficulty of uniting small towns to employ, MacDonald, J. W., agent of the Board, report of— Continued. . Boys, table showing larger number of, in farming towns, in, Large number of pupils leaving before completing course, cause of, Report of the Committee of Ten relative to courses of study for, Mann, Horace, first secretary of Board of Education, Asylum at Worcester built under lead of, . Elements of opposition to, in Massachusetts Teachers' Association, Mansfield, Daniel, represented Middlesex County at Worcester Convention in 1844, . Manual training, a condition for extending to fifteen the age of compulsory, Cities required to teach, as part of high school system, 476 466, 467 464 440 439 Deaf, importance of, in education of, . High, definition of, 142 In organization of, more satisfactory to give school full plant of its own and Massachusetts School for Feeble-minded at Waltham. See Feeble-minded. Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals authorized to make 444 Massachusetts Teachers' Association, organization of, an incident in the educa- tional progress of the State, 476 Composed of practical teachers, 477 Female teachers admitted as honorary members in 1865, Hagar, D. B., motion of, to admit women on same terms as men, Programme of fiftieth annual meeting of, Represented at Worcester Convention in 1844, Milton, a profound geographer, . Model school at Bridgewater, beneficial effect of, Monson, State Primary School at, Monument, resolve to provide for erection of, to mark site of first town meeting 464 483 23 lxxix 425 425-429 426 |