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

1909.

APPROVED BY

THE STATE BOARD OF PUBLICATION.

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CONTENTS.

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I. MEMBERS AND APPOINTEES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,.

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

ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION, ETC.,"

73-79

157-170

"SCHOOL

173-192

BOARD,

VII. REPORT OF JAMES W. MACDONALD, AGENT OF THE

"LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF MASSA-

CHUSETTS,"

VIII.-REPORT OF JULIUS E. WARREN, AGENT OF THE BOARD, "INDUS-

TRIAL EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,"

193-256

257-265

IX. - REPORT OF FREDERIC L. BURNHAM, AGENT OF THE BOARD For

THE PROMOTION OF MANUAL ARTS, "SUPERVISION AND THE

TEACHING OF THE MANUAL ARTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS," 267-296

X.-"INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS," AN AD-

DRESS BY GEORGE H. MARTIN, SECRETARY OF THE BOARD, 297-316

RECAP)

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REPORT OF VISITS TO NORMAL SCHOOLS IN OTHER STATES, BY

JOHN G. THOMPSON, PRINCIPAL, FITCHBURG STATE NORMAL

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XII. AN OUTLINE IN ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY, BY BRENELLE HUNT,

PRINCIPAL, STATE MODEL SCHOOL AT BRIDGEWATER STATE

XIII. REPORT ON SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR DEAF, BLIND AND FEEBLE-

XV. - ABSTRACT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES' RETURNS FOR 1907-08,

i-cxx

XVI. - INDEX,

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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

1909.

EX OFFICIIS.

HIS EXCELLENCY EBEN S. DRAPER, Governor.

HIS HONOR LOUIS A. FROTHINGHAM, Lieutenant-Governor.

1 Appointed March 10, 1909, to succeed Carroll D. Wright, deceased, who was appointed June 30, 1908, to succeed Caroline Hazard, resigned.

Deceased, April 28, 1909.