Coinciding with the opening of the United Shoe Manufacturing Corporation in Beverly came a local and state movement for industrial training in high schools. The first annual report of the newly approved school contained a brief history of the concept of industrial education in Massachusetts, followed by a detailed justification for creating such a school in Beverly.

Page 1..."BEVERLY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL"
Page 2..."REPORT OF BEVERLY COMMISSION ON INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION", "LEADING INDUSTRIES", "CONFERENCES WITH AGRICULTURISTS", "FARM PRACTICE SCHOOL"
Page 3..."CONFERENCES WITH SHOE MANUFACTURERS", "COMPLICATED CHARACTER OF SHOE MANUFACTURING", "MANUFACTURE OF MACHINERY", "CONFERENCES WITH MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINERY"
Page 4..."TYPES OF SCHOOLS FOR MACHINISTS' APPRENTICES"
Page 5..."THE BEVERLY PLAN"
Page 6..."CO-OPERATION OF UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY"
Page 7..."RECOMMENDATION THAT SCHOOL BE ESTABLISHED", BOARD OF ALDERMEN'S VOTE AND ORDER, MAY 18, 1909
Page 8..."EVENING INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL", "VALUE OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION"