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THE BEVERLY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER
To the Trustees of the Beverly Independent Industrial School:
Gentlemen I have the honor to submit herewith the fifth annual report of the
Beverly Independent Industrial School.
Having been officially associated with the school for only four months, my
knowledge of its work is necessarily limited and therefore disqualifies me
for making recommendations for its future. Even a limited acquaintance with
the school, however, is sufficient to convince one that we owe much to Superintendent
A. L. Safford who performed the arduous pioneer work that must have been necessary
to found such an institution, and to Superintendent R. O. Small under whose
able administration the school has become so firmly established in our community.
Evidences are by no means lacking that this school is supplying a real need
in this city. There are other needs, however, that are as real and as urgent
as that satisfied by the present Industrial School. The manner in which these
needs may best be relieved is not, however apparent. A report prepared by
Superintendent Small, with the cooperation of the Woman's Educational and
Industrial Union of Boston, furnishes valuable data, from the pupils' standpoint,
for guidance in this problem. A portion of the statistical tables and the
conclusions drawn there from are printed below for your consideration with
the hope that we may be led thereby to enlarge the scope of our work in industrial
education.