Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 9, 1917, Page 8

Ly @he Manhattan Every miss this special RO 8 Dot rabrro 1, % Prmlzess Week 0clober 8§13 Throughout the land, from. Maine to Cahforma and Canada to the Gulf leadmg stores all over the country are devoting this' week to spec1al displays and values in . ot “Printzess” Coats and Suits. woman and miss who appreciates smart style and exceptional values cannot afford to ‘Printzess Week” dlsplay ,. "FIn addition to our Printzess garments we shall feature specnal values in some of our Excluswe High Class Suits and Coats. “Printzess Week” and flesh-only. styles. and values. 1S a ment of the'most delightful Women’s and 'Missés’ Suits. The styles are clever reproductions of expensive im- ported models, fashioned in WOOL VELCURS, CHIF- FON, BROADCLOTHS, POIRET TWILLS, FORDS, GABARDINES, in every' modish ;olor. Suit beautifully lined with silk and warmly interlined. Some elegantly fur trimmed and others semi-tailored with self cloth collar, cuffs and belts. 4 TWO WAIST SPECIALS FOR PRINTZESS WEEK At $2.95—assortment of Crepe-de-Chine Waists—new Fall models in fine ‘quality crepe—colors white At $5.50—a collection of Georgette, Crepe-de-Chine and Satin Waists in smart suit shades Fetching OX- Each - values are wonderful. Manha plum, Printzess Week--Dress Saleat$14.50 Silk and Serge Dresses in a splendid variety of new and becominyg styles. worth less than $20.00, and most of them are $22.00 and $25.00 values. represented, from Misses’ 16 to Women’s 44, and models from the smart serge tailored frock to a dressy satin with its Georgette sleeves for afternoén wear, ELEGANT AFTERNOON DRESSES $25 to $45 Sample Dresses in the true sense of the word—only one of a kind ette, Charmeuse, Meteor and Silk combinations. in embroidered effects and some Clever draped styles. At $29.50 occasions. At $45.00 - son Seal.. ‘ Beautiful beaded models—new ideas “ —- - FASHIONABLE FALL COATS SPECIAL VALUE—PRINZESS WEEK A comprehensive showing of the season’s smartest mod-- els, colorings and materials. At $19.50 belted styles. navy and black. med with Ko]msky Splendid values, ‘Not a Dress All sizes are The Dresses and fashioned in Georg-‘ A variety of models for Women and Misses, made in the famous Printzess way, which means smart style, elegant fabrics and per- fect fit and finish. At $25 00 New models that reflect the latest style o ideas, made of fine wool velours, Ker- sey cloth, Pom Pom and modish mixtures. made and trimmed, all the favored Fall colors. 2 Fur trimmed Coats in swagger new Handsome Coats for all Colors Taupe, brown, green, - Printzess Coats — the name alone guarantees the styles and values. High class, individual Coats, rich trim- Superbly lined with silk and interlined. terials are Bolivia, Silvertone, fine Velours and Cash- mere Broadcloth. Beautifully beet root, Muskrat and Hud- Ma- fashion ‘event of the utmost importance and affords a splendid oppor- tunity to those who have Fall apparel to buy. NEW FALL SUITS . PRINTZESS WEEK SPECIAL at $25 and $35 At these two prices we shall feature a wonderful assort- SPECIAL SHOWING OF Fur Coats, Mufts and Scarfs Furs are the fashion this year more so than ever before —and this year our fur styles are lovelier than ever. If you contemplate the purchase of a new Coat, Scarf or Muff, be sure to see our display. 121-125 Main Street '@ The Store That Sells Printzess Norwich Schools Becoming Gongested Primary Room at West Thames Street Building Has Been Overcrowded the Past Year—West Chelsea Schools ' Show Largest Increase in Membership—Annual Report of Superintendent Edward J. Graham. ° Several of the Norwich schools are -becoming congested through increas- ing_membership, according to the an- nual report of Edward J. Graham, su- perintendent of schools, made public Monday night. The primary room at the West Thames street school has teen overcrowded during the past Year and more room is needed at the High street and Mt, Pleasant street schools. In part the report is as follows: The first section of the report con- eiders, in a brief way, certain phases of the work and conditions in our schools for the school year 1916-17. TELLS DYSPEPTICS WHAT T0 EAT Avoid Indigestion, Sour Acid Stomach, Heartburn, Gas On Stomach, Etc. Indigestion and practically all forms of stomach trouble, say medical au- thorities. are due nine timés out of ien to an excess of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. Chronic “acid stomach” is exceedingly dangerous and sufferers should do either ona DX two things. Either :hey can a limited and often disagreeable dlat a.vold!n* foods that disagree with them. that Irritate the stomach and lead to excess acid secretion or they can eat as they please in reason and make it a practice to counteract the effect of the harmful acid and prevent the formation of ges, sourness or premature fermentation by the use of a little Bisurated Magnesia at_their meals. There is probably no better, safer or more rellable stomach ’antadld than Bisurated esla and it is widely Gised for this purpose. It has mo @izt on O he, sfomach and is not a tent. But a teaspoonful of powder or & couple of five grain tablats taken in a lfttle water with the food will neutralize the excess acidity which the whole cause of the trouble and the meal di- gests naturally and healtht: lly without need of pepsin pills or artificlal digess 2 few ounces of Bisurated Mag- nesia from any reliable ble druggist. Ask for either powder or tablets, 1t ‘never as a lgu flk or citrate and "ihe bisurated form 15 not a lazative. ‘fl'—ym-pluudnnm want ‘meal and ses if this 1anit n “what e’ b{vc advice you ever had o The second section contains the sta- tistics with reference to teachers, gn- rollment, , graduates, buildings and finance. The third part contains a list of the teachers, janitors and text- books. Accommodations. _The school buildings of the town are all in good repair. The property, equipment and furnishings are gs sat- isfactory as can be expected in old buildings. The West Chelsea schools are be- coming_congested. The primary room at the West Thames street school has been overcrowded during the past year. The High street and Mt. Pleas- ant street schools should have more room provided as soon as possible. i Most of the rooms in each building ihave two grades with two teachers working in the same room, at times, using a small class room, poorly light ed, ventilated and entirely unsuited for the work. Teachers capnot be ex- pected to get the best of results un- ‘der such conditions. Attendance. The enrollment and attendance of the various schools is tabulated in part IL On_September 30th the public school cnrollment was 3,009 with a member- ship during the year of 3,055.26 and an average attendancé of 2,846.51. ‘The largest increase in membership has been+in the West Chelsea schools. Delayed Opening. Our city was remarkably fortunate in escaping an epidemic of infantile paralysis during the summer and fall when the disease was prevalent to an dlarming extent in many parts of the state. The schools were opened three weeks later than the appointed time, in order to take all precautions pos- sible against the spread of the, dread- ed disease. Intelligent precaution by our city and town officers doubtless kept our children free from this dis- ease. Repairs. No extensive repairs were made in the school buildings during the year. The chief items were as follow: Two new steel ceilings in the West Thames street school, two in the Falls. and one in Broad street. The entirs interior of: the Falls school was paint- ed and refinished. A new granolithic walk was placed along the west side of ‘the West Thames ' street school property. that the upper grades in the Occum school ‘were so overcrowded that they could not be adequately cared for in that school. - As there were not pupils cnough to warrant opening and equip- ping another room, it was decided to transfer the eighth grade pupils to the Greeneville schoold It is iess expen- sive and miore satisfactory to trans- port these pupils than'to furnish an- other teacher and maintain another room. During the summer it was decided to close the Scotland Road'school and transport the pupils ' to-the Town street school. This closes the last out- lying one-room building in the town. Much better educational advantages are provided for these pupils by this change. Pupils_of the eighth grades in the Yantic, West Town and Town street schools are now permitted to attend Broadway school providing that they pay their own transportation. Promotions and Non-Promotions. The promotion sheets for the kin- dergarten and grades show the fol- lowi ;e’ 8 .3 3% 3 2F 23 288 B 35 EE EE_.E Sic 2F ZREEE HZES ZA Z&AZ Kindergarten to & Grade I ..... 316 201 115 36.3 Sub-Primary to Gonie £ ... 143 129 14 9.7 Grade I to Gra.de B ... 43 385 Grade II to l’lI 280 340 Grade IIT to IV 370 345 Grade IV to V. 357 337 Grade V to VI 342 310 Grade VI to VII 314 279 drade VIT to VIII 259 234 Grade VIII to High School 204 199 5 - 3,123 2,759 364 One hundred and fifteen kxndef‘ar~ ten and fourteen sub-primary pupils ‘were not promoted because of under- age; 92.1 per cent of the regular pu- pils were promoted. Spelling. . Three tests on the work of the year |- were sent out from the superintend- ent's office and given to all pupils in grades four to eight. The first test covered the work from September to December 16th. _This test was a selection of fifty words taken from the spelling book studfed. The sacond test was on.the work done from December to March 23-d. ‘The third covered the work of the vear. The results of each test were tab- viated and distributed to the teach- ers of the various buildings to show ‘what was accomplished. Special Penmanship Test. In order to d.t'l'llflllh the .achieve- ment of the fifth, in’ p,* M!{I‘dfi. nt‘l ‘was given to these In Septmbor. lflfl 1t . was found ‘l"v tnt was’ given by the t:c 'Fl: e R S under the direction of the superin- tendent of schools. The papers were sént to the office 2nd there scored for quality and speed. Since legibility 1s one of the first and most important requisites of quality, the papers were, therefore, first judged from that standpoint. The Houston scale Landwriting was used to. the qudlity. of penmanship. The papers were found to vary from 50 per cent. to 95 per cent. No pa- per was found to rate below 50 per cent. For critical analysis of the ‘merits and defects the papers were placed in three groups. tained the papers rated from 90 per cent. to 100 per cent. The second group contained the papers rated from 70 per cent. to 90 per cent. The third group contained papers rated from 50 per cent. to 70 per cent. Character of Letter Forms. The 90 Rper cent papers show the letters to be of the approved Palmer type. The letters are well construct- ed; distinction between turns and angles is clear; initial connection and final strokes are well made; and the proportions of letters are well kept. School- Traveling Libraries. During the spring term the Otis 1i- brary in co-operation with the school committee began sending small travel- ing libraries to the schools located In parts of the town farthest distant from the library. This work will be con- tinued during the coming year. These libraries contain books of travel, sciance, history and fiction, and will be a valuable supplement to the grade libraries which are being estab- iished in the schoolst Short Unit Evening Courses. The evening classes'in cooking and sewing which were established during the previous year proved so valuable that they have been continued during the present vear. Two classes of cooking, 20 members each, were fcrmed—one clementary and one advanced. These classes met Tuesday and Friday evenings—hours, 7.30 to 9. The members are given class_instruction by the teacher, but the directions are carried out by the members individually. The results obtained from these unit courses have been hizhly satisfactory. Community Canning. During the summer of 1917 the db mestic science rooms of the Broadwa. school were used by the members of the Housewives' league ds*a communi- ty canning center. Over 2,000 jars of jellies and canred prese-ves were. put up by the members. The work of the league has becn a splendid and pro- nounced success. Miss Grace E. Rogers, the school supervisor of . domestic science, had general charge of the work School Gardens. The school garden work begun in the schools last year was. taken up with renewed enerzy again during the spring. Over 500 pupils were enrolled among_ the garden workers. It is a splendid work ‘at an .opportune 'time, ‘when the attention of the.public is turned toward the high cost of lving for measuring determine The first group con-; and everyone is importuned to do his part to increase the amount of food products. The gardens were supervised by Gordon A. Harvle, under whose direc- tion the work last year was carried out so successfully. The work had a decided educational value as it was planned so that the rupils were taught what to do and how to do it. Captains of the differ- ent grades were elected in each school. Each captain kept In touch with the progress of work and reported the same to the supervisor at _stated times. This was of great assistance to the supervisor, who really 'had more gardens than one man could properly supervise. The city voted an appropriation of $500 for home and school gardens. The town school committea voted $100 for school giggden supervision. In these times the cconomic value for school children of this form of summer employment and training has great significance, when living condi- tions are becoming increasingly hard for nearly all classes of people. Visual Instruction. The use of the stereopticon pictures as a _means of instruction s now in use in each of the three largest gram- mar schools—Broadway, Greeneville and Mt. Pleasant streat. The lanterns cannot be used in the buildings where there is no electricity. In the build- ings where the lantern s in use a room is equipped in such a way that the room can be darkened and ready Afor nse in a few minutes. There are 607 slides and 600 stereo- sraphs on geographical material. The work.thus far has been entirely of a zeographical rature. It is hoped In the future to provide slides which will include historical as well as the geo- graphical work. Visual instruction is new and we have just made a_beginning in this valuable means of education. The visual impression left on the minds of the children Is much stronger and more lasting than that obtained Bv the study of the printed page. subjects presented are carefully stud- ied and used as a basis for the recit tion. The vurils are tanght to oh- serve and tell what they see and know about the picture. Tt is an excellent Means of creating and increasing in- terest. The work also develops the power of the pupil to express his thoughts In good languaze. Kindergartens. Kindergarten activities and the function of this work are based on certain principles and_aims, some of which I quote as folloWs: “The kindergarten is a social and educational link joining the home and the school. Its fundamental principles are the cultivation of proper relation- ships among family, community and school, the development 4o @ sense of interdependence, and the cultivation of a_spirit of kindness and co-operation. The kindergarten aims to develop each child physically, throagh, play, games and work; mentally, through cultiva- tion of attention and concentration by exercise of the -senses; morally, through' training in habits of obedi- ence,. promptness, industry, order, seif- control, respect, reverence. ‘It further aims to furnish the children with a mental background for the regular studies of the grades, by presenting to them 1in a simple way knowledge of form, color, size, number, and by teaching them to_ tell clearly their lit- tle storles of childlike observations and experiences.” In each of our kindergartens these principles and aims are being sought and realized. The kindergartens and first grade teachers, during the vear, have endeavored to correlate the work of the two departments so as to malke each more effective and interesting. Evening School. The work of the evening school yes very satisfactory, except in the num- ber of students attending. Since the beginning of the European war immi- gration has practically stopped. That left. the beginning classes with but few pupils in the foreign classes in English. Then, again, thers have been unusual opportunities for evening work in the shops. Because the even- ing school is composed largely of adults, these two conditions brousht about a much smaller attendance. Not- withstanding the small attendance, the school was never better nor more profitable for thcse who attended. An effort was made to start a for those pupils who had left before finishing the work of the gram- mar grades. The number of students who presented themeelves for such work was so small that the class was finally combined with the regular evening classes, Medical Inspection. Regular medical inspection is given in_all the public schools of the town. During the year, in accordance with the state law which reqpires the eyes of all pupils to be tested once in three years, a special eye test was given. Quite a large numher of pureils were found with defective vision. The prr- ents of all these pupils were notified of the conditions found and advised to consult an oculist. Many of the parents gave immediate attention to the matter. The responses were no- ticeable and gratifying. The pupils receive one physical ex amination during the vear. A recor is kept of each.child’s physical condi- tion and the record is passed on with the child as he is promoted from grade to grade. This record is espe- cially valuable to the new teacher, who may note anv facts which have an important bearing on the health and progress of the child in school. The record, going to the new teacher when the child is promoted, s her at once a fair idea of the child’s phy- sical condition. 21 During the year geveral cases of scarlet fever occurred in the schools, but through the careful attention of the school physician and nurse an epi- delnic was avoided. The physician or the nurse inspected the children in the school in which the disease occurred during each session of the day for a period of three weeks. As a result & inspection weork no school was closed by order of tke health officer during the school year. - This is the first vear that some grade or an entire school has not been closed on account of a contagious disease. While we had. the usual amount of sickness among the school children, vet no room suffered any loss of time due to being cloged. Our school nurse rendered vahfable service to the school system in the follow-up work. Through her closé re- iation with the pupils she was able to discover many things which escaped the attention of parents and physi- cians. This was true in many cases where the child had not been {ll enough to require the attention of a physician. Since medical inspeétion was introduced there has been a mark- ed improvement in general cleanliness and improved skin conditions In order that the' compensation of our teachers be made more nearly com- mensurate with the clranging economic conditions, the school committee grant ed a 10 per cent. increase in salaries to the grade teachers in response to their request. Economic conditions have changed =0 during the, vear and the high cost of living has so far exceelled the sal increases of the past few years it the present purchasing power of a salary has been actually decreased rather than increased. Most business houses have recognized the new, con- and have granted an increase principals, supervisors and I wish 1o express my hearty on for their co-operation and ir increasingly valuable work Whatever has been accomplished is largely due to the united efforts of the teaching body. The reports of the special super- visors, school physician and school nurse are appended. Kach one should be carefully read. In concluding this roport, T wish to express my gratitude to the town and city officials, to the fire department the police department. the health de- partment, the Otis library, the press for its eplendid supprt, and to thed members of the school conmittee for their most generous co-operation dur- ing the past year. Attended Tuberculosie Conference. There was an attendance of about 50 at the fourth annual New England tuberculosis conference under the au spic of the national assoctation for the study and prevention of tubercu- losis. the Vermont state board of health and the Vermont agsociation for the prevention of tuherculosis held at Rutland Oct. 4 and 5. Partleula attention was directed to the topic of tubcreulosis during war time. One of the speakers Friday, his topic A State War Program, was Dr. David R. Ly man of Wallingford, Conn. Mrs. Frederic A. Byrnes of Warren street, Norwich. attended the convern tion as one of the delegates from 11 cities in Connecticut appointed - by Governor Holeomb. Mrs. Robert B Camp)_ was the from New London, to attend Chappell (Rlizabeth del>gate appointed but she was unable Engagement Announced. The announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Mae Pierce of this city and Corporal S. J.. T 1, 102 Inf., U. 8. regi t, formerly o New Britaln. fow in ‘active servies with his regiment somewhers In France,