OF THE

BOARD OF EDUCATION:

TOGETHER WITH THE

FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

SECRETARY OF THE BOARD.

1880-81.

JANUARY, 1882.

BOSTON:
Band, Avery, & Co., Printers to the Commonwealth,

6664

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I. – REPORT OF BOARD OF EDUCATION .

7-14

II.- REPORTS OF VISITORS TO THE NORMAL SCHOOLS . . . .

17-41

Bridgewater .

17

Franuingham .

Salem

Westfield . .

Worcester . .

Massachusetts Normal Art School

37

III. - SECRETARY'S REPORT . .

45

Summary of Statistics .

Deaf-Mutes . . . . . .

American Asylum . . . .

Clarke Institution ..

Horace Mann School

Statistics of Deaf-Mute Beneficiaries .

Perkins Institution for the Blind . .

Income of Massachusetts School Fund

Analysis of the School Returns . . .

School Legislation.

Colonial Laws . . . . . . .

State Laws .

School Teachers ..

Superintendency .

Schoolhouses ..

Course of Study .

Courses of Studies for Elementary Schools

Means of Teaching . . . . . . .

Requisites of a Good Teacher . . . .

Necessity of Right Early Training . . .

98

Teachers' Institutes . . . .

102

Women as Members of School Committees

111

Normal Schools . . . .

112

Journal of Education · ·

113

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Agents of the Board . . . . . . .

114

District Supervision .

115

IV. – FINANCIAL STATEMENT

V. –THE MANUAL ELEMENT IN EDUCATION. By John D. Runkle,

LL.D. . . . . . . . . . . .

131

VI. -- REPORT OF GEORGE A. WALTON, AGENT OF THE BOARD . . 203

VII. – REPORT OF E. A. HUBBARD, AGENT OF THE BOARD . . . 226

VIII. - ANNUAL REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL ART EDUCATION. By Walter

Smith . . . . . . . . . . . .

243

IX. — FREE TEXT-Books. By William Connell, jun. . .

257

X. - SUPERVISION OF Schools in ONTARIO. By Dr. J. A. McLellan. 271

XI. – ABSTRACTS OF SCHOOL STATISTICS . . . . . . .

Index . . . . . . . . . . . cxxxv