379.744 738 1856/57 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1. Report of the Board of Education. 2. Report of the Visitors of the State Normal School at Framingham. 3. Report of the Visitors of the State Normal School at Westfield. 4. Report of the Visitors of the State Normal School at Bridgewater. 5. Report of the Visitors of the State Normal School at Salem. 6. Report of the Treasurer of the Board. 7. Report of the Secretary of the Board. 8. Abstract of School Committees' Reports. 9. Abstract of School Returns. 10. Index. 27575 TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Board of Education herein submit to the legislature their Twenty-First Annual Report. The great interest committed to their supervision has received their vigilant attention during the past year. They have continued to hold regular and special meetings, as their rules and circumstances required. They have, as usual, assigned various affairs to appropriate committees. An executive committee attends to business as exigencies arise between the meetings of the Board. A legislative committee confers with the committee on education appointed by the legislature. Examiners are chosen to examine candidates for scholarships, at large, and report to the Board for their final decision. The Board examine the testimonials of all applicants for scholarships in the sections, and in connection with the respective local senators, elect the most suitable candidates. The Board divide themselves into committees, as visitors of the four Normal Schools, whose reports are yearly published with the general report. The Board annually elect the secretary and treasurer, appoint agents under the legislative resolve, also appoint teachers of the Normal Schools, authorize changes and improvements in these schools and the school-houses, and regulate the distribution of appropriations made by the legislature for the expenses of these schools. The secretary and treasurer have faithfully discharged the duties of their respective offices the past year, and we refer to their reports for a full account of their transactions. |