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C.\nThe Clarke & Stuart Co., Ltd., Printers.  BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n1911\nRetire December 31st, 1912.\nW. D. Brydone-Jack, M.D. A. C. Stewart Thos. Duke\nRetire December 31st, 1911.\nJ. D. Breeze Wm. H. P. Clubb George J. Dyke W. E. Flumerfelt\nEXECUTIVE BOARD\nChairman W.   D.   Brydone-Jack,   M.D.\nChairman School Management Committee Thos. Duke\nChairman Building Committee W. E.  Flumerfelt\nChairman Finance Committee W. E. Flumerfelt\nSuperintendent of Schools W. P. Argue, B.A.\nSecretary and Building Superintendent C. W. Murray\nAssistant Secretary Miss F. I. Parker\nStenographer Miss E. Balfour\nClerk Harold Hicks\nAttendance Officer James Inglis\nAttendance Officer N.  Jensen\nSTANDING- COMMITTEES\nSchool Management Building and Grounds\nThos. Duke, Chairman W. E. Flumerfelt, Chairman\nJ. D. Breeze George J. Dyke\nA. C.  Stewart Wm. H. P. Clubb\nW. E. Flumerfelt, Chairman\nThos.  Duke\nW. D.  Brydone-Jack,  M.D.\nThe Chairman of the Board is ex-officio a member of all Committees.\nDATE OF MEETINGS\nBoard\u2014Third Monday in each month at 8 o'clock p.m.\nManagement Committee\u2014Thursday preceding the 3rd Monday at 8 o'clock p.m.\nBuilding Committee\u2014Thursday preceding the 3rd Monday at 8 o'clock p.m.\nFinance Committee\u2014Monday evening after Board meeting. BOARD   OF -SCHOOL  TRUSTEES\nFROM 1886 TO 1910 INCLUSIVE\nDr. D. B. Beckingsale, Secretary\nJ. B. Henderson\nD. B. Charleson\n1887-1888\nJohn Devine, Secretary\nG. I. Wilson\nW.  J.  McGuigan,  M.D.\nWm. Brown\nA.  G.  Johnson\nG. F. Baldwin\n1888-1889\nG. I. Wilson\nJohn Devine\nC W. Murray\nWm. Brown\nA. H. B. Macgowan, Secretary\nG. F. Baldwin\n1889-1890\nG. I. Wilson\nChas. Whetham, M.A.\nC. W. Murray\nWm. Brown\nA. H. B. Macgowan, Secretary\nG. F. Baldwin\n1890-1891\nAppointed by the Lieut.-Governor\nJ. M. Browning\nG. I. Wilson\nHenry Collins\nAppointed by  the Council\nWm. Brown, Chairman\nA. H. B. Macgowan, Secretary\nC. W. Murray\nG. F. Baldwin\n1891-1892\nAppointed by the Lieut.-Governor\nB. Springer\nG. I. Wilson\nHenry Collins\nAppointed by the Council\nWm. Brown, Chairman\nA. H. B. Macgowan, Secretary\nC. W. Murray\nG. F. Baldwin\n1892-1893\nWm. Brown\nA. H. B. Macgowan, Secretary\nHenry Collins\nG. I. Wilson, Chairman\nWm. Templeton\nG. R. Gordon\n1893-1894\nA. H. B. Macgowan, Chairman\nC. W. Murray, Secretary\nJohn McAllister\nWm. Templeton\nC. C. Eldridge\nG R. Gordon\n1894-1895\nA. H. B. Macgowan, Chairman\nC. W. Murray, Secretary\nW. D. Brydone-Jack, M.D.\nWm. Templeton\nC. C. Eldridge\nG. R. Gordon\nC. F. Foreman\n1895-1896\nWm.  Templeton,  Chairman\nC. C. Eldridge\nG. R. Gordon\nC. F. Foreman\nA. H. B. Macgowan\nC. W. Murray, Secretary\nW. D. Brydone-Jack, M.D.\n1896-1897\nG. R.  Gordon, Chairman\nWm. Templeton\nC. C. Eldridge\nJ. J. Logan\nW. J. McGuigan, M.D.\nW. D. Brydone-Jack, M.D.\nC. W. Murray, Secretary\n1897-1898\nC.  C. Eldridge, Chairman\nMrs. C. Reid\nWm. Brown\nJas. Ramsay\nW. J. McGuigan, M.D.\nW. D. Brydone-Jack,  M.D.\nC. W. Murray, Secretary BOARD   OF  SCHOOL  TRUSTEES\nFROM 1886 TO 1910 INCLUSIVE\n1898-1899\nW. D. Brydone-Jack, M.D., Chairman\nW. J. McGuigan, M.D.\nC. W. Murray, Secretary\nC. C. Eldridge\nMrs. C. Reid\nWm. Brown\nJas. Ramsay -\n1899-1900\nC. W. Murray, Chairman\nG. R. Gordon\nJ. J. Banfield\nJ. J. Logan\nJas. Ramsay\nW. D. Brydone-Jack, M.D.\nW. J. McGuigan, M.D.\nJ. J. Woods, Secretary\n1900-1901\nC W. Murray, Chairman\nW. J. McGuigan, M.D.\nThos. Duke\nG. R. Gordon\nJ. J. Banfield\nJ. J. Logan\nJas. Ramsay\nJ. J. Woods, Secretary\n19O1-1902\nC. W. Murray, Chairman\nW. J. McGuigan, M.D.\nThos. Duke\nG. R. Gordon\nJ. J. Banfield\nW. D.  Brydone-Jack, M.D.\nJames   Ramsay,   Chairman   from   1st\nJuly, 1902, to 31st Dec, 1902\nGeo. S. B. Perry, Secretary\n1902-1903\nJ. J. Banfield, Chairman\nThos. Duke\nJas. Ramsay\nW. J. McGuigan, M.D.\nG. R. Gordon\nW. D.  Brydone-Jack, M.D.\nD. Donaldson\nC. W. Murray, Secretary\n1903-1904\nThos. Duke,  Chairman\nD. Donaldson\nW.  J.  McGuigan, M.D.\nJas. Ramsay\nWilliam Clubb\nJ. J. Dougan\nW.  B. McKechnie, M.D.\nW. P. Argue, B.A.,  Superintendent\nC. W. Murray, Secretary\n1904-1905\nW. B. McKechnie, M.D., Chairman\nWilliam Clubb\nJas. Ramsay\nJ. J. Dougan\nThos. Duke\nR. P. McLennan\nJ. B. Ferguson\nW. P. Argue, B.A., Superintendent\nC. W. Murray, Secretary\n1905-1906\nWm. H. P. Clubb, Chairman\nJas. Ramsay\nW. B. McKechnie, M.D.\nThos. Duke\nR. P. McLennan\nJ. B. Ferguson\nVictor Odium\nW. P. Argue, B.A., Superintendent\nC.  W.  Murray,   Secretary  and Building Superintendent\n1906-1907\nR.  P. McLennan, Chairman\nW. H. P.  Clubb\nJames Ramsay\nW. B. McKechnie, M.D.\nThomas Duke\nJ. J. Dougan\nV. W. Odium (Jan. to Oct.)\nCharles Hope (Oct. to Dec.)\nW. P. Argue, B.A.,  Superintendent\nC.   W.   Murray,   Secretary  and  Building Superintendent\n1907-1908\nChas. E. Hope, Chairman\nR. P. McLennan\nW. H. P. Clubb\nW. E. Flumerfelt\nThos.  Duke\nJ. J. Dougan\nJ. D. Breeze\n1908-1909\nJ. D. Breeze, Chairman\nChas.  E. Hope\nW. H. P. Clubb\nW.  E. Flumerfelt\nThos. Duke\nW. D. Brydone-Jack, M.D.\nJ.  J.  Dougan\n1909-1910\nW. E. Flumerfelt, Chairman\nW. H. P. Clubb\nThos. Duke\nW. D.  Brydone-Jack, M.D.\nJ. J. Dougan\nGeo. Dyke\nJ. D. Breeze t OFFCES .9     j\nVANCOUVER. B.C.\n68*:\njg^\n^^^\niiiMirr^HB :\n||Hp\n~~J           >      * ^-C-st.\nsHMB|\n^^glllC^'v\n--\u25a0 \"^*-i\ns^^p^*\n1'\nVancouver First High School L\nKing Edward High School, Fairview\nThos. Brotgh, b.a.\nPrincipal of\nBritannia High School\nGrandview\nS. W. Matthews, m.a.\nPrincipal of\nKing Edward High Schopl\nFairview BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nCHAIRMAN'S  ADDRESS\nTo the Board of School Trustees.\nGentlemen:\nIn submitting my report for the year 1910, I am sure you will\nagree with me when I state that greater advancement has been made in the\nschool life of the City during the year now closed than in any previous year\nsince the incorporation of Vancouver in 1 886, just twenty-four years ago.\nTo give some little idea of the marvellous growth of our school system\nduring the last twenty years I have only to draw your attention to the report\nof Mr. J. J. Banfield, who was Chairman of the Board in 1 903.\nMr. Banfield, in his report, says:\n'About thirty years ago the Hastings Mill Co., then in active operation with a staff of employees, forming the nucleus of the old Town of\nGranville, entered into negotiations with the Provincial Government and\nbuilt the first schoolhouse, the Government providing the teacher. At this\ntime 'there were some fifteen pupils within the limits of the district. The\nfirst trustees were Mr. R. H. Alexander and Mr. Jonathan Miller. The\nfirst teacher was Miss Julia Sweeney.\nThis school continued for a period of thirteen years, being conducted\nin the original building erected near the mill. On November 4th, 1886,\nthe Government officially recognized the change from Granville to Vancouver School District, and defined the boundaries of the school district to\nbe as on the official map of the City of Vancouver.\nAfter the advent of the Canadian Pacific Railroad development was\nrapid, and the following spring a new school of four rooms was built and\noccupied on Cordova Street East. The following schools were erected\nwithin the period of 1887 and 1893: Old Burrard Street School, old\nCentral School, Mt. Pleasant School, Central School (brick, of eight\nrooms), East End; West End, Mt. Pleasant and High School buildings,\nall of brick and eight rooms.\nThe number of teachers had increased to 37 in that period and the\nenrollment from 285 in 1886 to 2,175 in  1893.\nThis period also saw the organization of a High School, and also\nits affiliation with McGill University of Montreal. The High School was\nfirst opened in January, 1890, Mr. R. Law, B. A., being principal.\nIn 1887-88 the total teaching staff for the year was seven, divided\nbetween the three schools as follows: East School, three; West School,\nthree; False Creek School, one. -~ 10\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nThe old landmark now vacated, and lately used as School Offices\non the Central School Grounds, was erected in 1889, was Vancouver's\nfirst High School, and later used to accommodate classes from the Central\nSchool. The building has served its usefulness, and now the citizens must\ncongratulate themselves on having provided this splendidly modern and complete Office Building, in which we are now gathered for the first meeting,\nat this the close of another school year.\nThe year has been an eventful one, so many matters of moment have\ncome before us that it is almost impossible in a brief report to touch upon\nthem all.\nThe visit of the University Site Commission to our Province, a few\nmonths ago, was a matter of note, and more particularly to the lower\nMainland and greater Vancouver.\nIt is with a great deal of pride that we are able to state in this report\nthat the Provincial University will be located in our midst and will at once\nplace Vancouver in a commanding position educationally as nothing else\ncould do.\nThe Dominion Government Technical Commission were more than\npleased with their visit to our City at the scope of the work done in the\nCity Schools, and expressed their pleasure when visiting the different centres,\nand commented favorably on the construction of the School Buildings, at\nthe advance made in the Elementary and High Schools, especially with\nthe Manual Training and Domestic Science Departments, together with\nour system of Medical Inspection, and were agreeably surprised at the\nlarge attendance at our Night Classes and the instruction there given. The\nvisit of the Commission will tend towards bringing the public more in\nsympathy with this part of our work, and will eventually force our hands,\nso that very soon we will have in our midst Technical Education, as it is\nknown in Germany, England and the United States.\nA step in the right direction has been taken whereby our Attendance\nOfficers have been appointed Assistant Probation Officers to the Juvenile\nCourt, and will be an advantage both to the Juvenile Court, and especially\nto the schools.\nOur Night Classes have proved a greater success than was contemplated. The present attendance is 1,063, while the teaching staff has\nbeen increased to forty-five. The staff of teachers are the best that can\nbe procured, and are doing efficient and practical work. Too much praise\ncannot be given to Mr. J. Kyle, who has had charge of this important\nwork from its inception.\nThe McGill University College of B. C.\u2014The work of\nthe College during the year has been of a satisfactory nature; the attendance is 145, with 10 Professors. The courses taken up are three years\nin Arts and two years in Applied Science.  12 BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nAt the beginning of the year Dr. F. W. Brydone-Jack was appointed\nMedical Supervisor of Schools. This appointment was a step in the right\ndirection, and the Board were fortunate in securing such an efficient member of the profession to undertake this work. A thorough, painstaking and\ncareful scrutiny is ever being made, while a boon has been brought to many\nchildren. Dr. Brydone-Jack and his capable assistant have their hands\nmore than full in looking after the health and ailments of such a large number of pupils.\nThe attendance of pupils is ever on the increase. The attendance\nfor the month of October, 1910, was 9,943; for the same month in the\nprevious year, 8,845; an increase of 1,100 for the year. The estimate\nfor 1911 is 1,500 additional pupils.\nTeachers engaged December, 1910, 226, and for the previous year\n193; increase 33. The staff of teachers will be greatly increased when\nthe three new school buildings are opened. I refer to the Lord Tennyson,\nLord Nelson and Cecil Rhodes School Buildings, which will be ready\nfor occupancy in a few weeks. It is unfortunate that we have overcrowding in some districts. This state of affairs will exist for some time on\naccount of the rapid development of the City.\nShould the three By-Laws now before the Ratepayers carry,  viz.:\n1. School sites    $100,000\n2. Extension to King Edward and Britannia High\nSchools       295,000\n3. Additions and extensions to schools, new build\nings, walks, etc    57A000\n$967,000\nwe will be in a position to cope with the situation to a large extent. I\nwould advise immediate action, so that buildings may be started early\nand ready for occupancy for the beginning of next term.\nOne thousand pupils are now in attendance at the Mount Pleasant\nSchool. This is the largest attendance of any school in the Province.\nKitsilano School ranks second with 900 pupils.\nWe now have forty-three buildings in connection with the system,\ndivided as follows:\nSchool Buildings, proper  21\nSchool  Buildings,   temporary  11\nManual Training centres  5\nJanitors'   residences ,  6\nTotal         43  14\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nI would like to bear testimony to the work of our teaching staff.\nWhere so many teachers are engaged we cannot at all times count on perfect work being done, but I am led to believe, after careful consideration,\nthat we have as loyal, painstaking and efficient a staff as can be formed\nin any City. The Board, Teachers and Supervisors are in accOrd, and\nare working for the one end, viz., the elevating, uplifting and educating\nof the child.\nThe working out of a system, such as we enjoy, could not have been\naccomplished only with good officers. I must therefore compliment the\nBoard on having such men as C. W. Murray, Secretary and Building\nSuperintendent, who has been careful and painstaking in all his work.\nMr. W. P. Argue, Superintendent of Schools, has displayed marked\nability in watching over such a growing institution.\nDuring the year there have been eighty-eight meetings of the Board\nand Committees, as follows:\nNUMBER OF MEETINGS ATTENDED BY TRUSTEES\nCOMMITTEE   MEETINGS\nBoard Building Management Finance         Total\nR.-12 S.-9 R.-ll S.-26 R.-ll S.-7 R.-ll S.-l               88\nR.      S. R.      S. R.      S. R.      S.\nW. E. Flumerfelt\n(Chairman)     ...12     9 1 1     26 10     6 11      1           86\nJ.   D.   Breeze 117 0 0 117 110 47\nThos.  Duke   9    8 0 2 8    4 0    0 31\nGeo. J. Dyke 11     5 11 26 13 11 59\nW. H. P. Clubb.. 11    8 0 0 10    6 1     0 36\nDr.   Brydone-Jack .10     6 9 17 10 0     0 43\nJ. J. Dougan 10    3 9 20 3    3 10    1 59\nI  cannot conclude without asking  the  Board to  accept thanks  for\ntheir unfailing courtesies shown towards me during my term of office.\nW. E. FLUMERFELT,\nChairman. ||-*m \"4\n1\n1 I -\u00a7H 1\nH *$i    i\n*.1  r\nFt til'\n^*L\nT\"\"-^!     ^\n&\u00bb'.-\nE|l!:j \u25a0 16 BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nREPORT OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE\nGentlemen\\\nThe reports of the different departments for the year just closed will\nshow that greater advancement has been made than in any previous year.\nA comparison will show that in October, 1909, the pupils numbered\n8,845; in October, 1910, 9,942; showing an increase in numbers of\n1,097. There has been great difficulty in providing accommodation for\nthis number in the schools as the rooms were limited. Notwithstanding\nthat the Alexandra School, containing eight rooms, was opened in January,\n1909, it was crowded in October, and an eight-roomed addition is now\nunder construction and almost completed. The Lord Tennyson School, a\nnew school at the corner of Tenth Avenue and Cypress Street, will be\nopened in a few days, and this will relieve the Kitsilano and Fairview\nSchools to some extent. An eight-roomed school will be ready in February,\nsituated at the corner of Fourteenth Avenue and Alder Street. The Lord\nNelson School, situated at the corner of Templeton Drive and Bismarck\nStreet, containing four rooms, will also be ready in February. This school\nwill relieve, to some extent, Grandview and Macdonald Schools. Notwithstanding the buildings in the East, South and West of the City now\napproaching completion the schools of the City will be crowded until very\nextensive additions are made for school accommodation.\nIn December there were eighteen temporary class rooms in use.\nTaking November enrollment, and allowing for pupils who will enroll\nduring 191 1, 238 class rooms will be required, allowing forty-five pupils\nto the room, or if forty pupils are allowed to the room, 261 class rooms\nwill be required. There are at present 1 80 public school class rooms, with\ntwenty-eight rooms ready about February. This leaves 30 rooms to be\nprovided for on a basis of forty-five pupils to the room, or 53 rooms on a\nbasis of forty pupils to the room. For efficient teaching and from a\nhygienic standpoint forty pupils is considered to be a full number for a\nroom.\nAs you are well aware, both High Schools are crowded to overflowing, and it will be impossible to give High School education to the\nlarge number who will be ready to enter in August unless we can take\nimmediate steps to enlarge the High Schools.\nDuring the past year many substantial additions have been made to\nthe school equipment. Apparatus, etc., for science in the High Schools\nand for nature study in the Public Schools was purchased. Library books,\nsupplementary readers and kindergarten material were purchased for each\nschool. Each school has a good library, and four schools have pianos,\npurchased from the proceeds of concerts.    Mr. Kyle, while in Great Britain, New Alexandra School\ni-JgairT^-~rT    >.f- {'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. \u25a0\u25a0   \u25a0!      j-    j'\ng^fflSSffi^feF\nNew Lord Tennyson School BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nwas authorized to purchase pictures for the schools, and selected for each\nschool a picture of Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V and Queen\nMary; also a large number of other pictures, which, when framed and\nplaced in position, will do much to develop the taste of the pupils and\nbeautify the halls and class rooms.\nI can say that the success of the Manual Training in the King Edward\nHigh School and the pressing demand for the same opportunities for the\npupils in the East End led to the erection of a building on the Britannia\ngrounds and the purchase of an equipment similar to that of the King Edward High School. Mr. Hill, of Bristol, England, was engaged to take\ncharge of the new centre. There is a very strong demand for the extension\nof the work in both High Schools. The tendency of education along democratic lines is evidenced by the opening of University Classes at night in\nlarge cities, where education may be obtained by those who are unable to\nattend day classes. The demand for higher education for those who cannot\nattend day classes was very clearly shown in our City by the great success\nof the Night Classes established by this Board. The large enrollment, the\npractical character of the work, the earnestness and rapid progress of the\nstudents all indicate that the Board in establishing these classes has done\na great deal to improve educational facilities and benefit a large number\nof people. The effect on the moral and intellectual development of young\npeople of classes in Music and Art, which are both profitable and a source\nof pleasure, can hardly be overestimated.\nThe work of Medical Inspection has gone beyond the experimental\nstage and the work done by the Department is a source of satisfaction. Not\nonly has the system adopted worked smoothly, but it has produced excellent\nresults. One result is the establishment of a special class for unfortunate\nchildren, who, for some reason or another, are unable to advance by ordinary class instruction. Another result is that steps are being taken to see\nthat children whose parents are unable to provide Medical Attention are\nnot neglected. Children are an asset of the nation, and it is in the Nation's\ninterest to provide the best conditions for healthy growth.\nThe attendance at the schools has been fair during the year. The\nJuvenile Court was established in the City and our two attendance officers\nwere appointed Assistant Probation Officers. The Court has been a great\nbenefit to the City. The work among children cannot, however, be done\nas thoroughly as it should be until steps are taken to put a stop to the employment of children under the Compulsory School Age during school hours\nby the passing of a \"Childs' Labor Law.\"\nThe visit to our City of the Committee on Technical Education, etc.,\ntended to emphasize the necessity of a widening of the High School Course\nof Studies and the establishment at no very distant date of a large Technical\nHigh School. Such schools have been established for years in Europe and\nthe United States, and now Toronto and Winnipeg are erecting schools of\nthis class.    The Commissioners were very much pleased with the Manual II\nAngus Clark\nPrincipal of\nFairview School\nPrincipal of\nSimon Fraser School\nI\nG. W. Jamieson\nPrincipal of\nMt. Pleasant School\nHoisting the School Flag\nD. M. Robinson, b. a.\nPrincipal of\nModel School\nGeo. McKee\nR. S. Sherman\nPrincipal of\nSeymour School 20\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nTraining and Domestic Science work of our schools, and particularly with\nthe scope of the work in the Night Schools.\nThe choice of Point Grey as the site of the Provincial University\nis a matter for universal satisfaction, inasmuch as it makes possible ah educational system which for breadth and thoroughness need be second to none\non the continent.\nThe completion of the Board Offices is a matter of great satisfaction,\nas now much more and better work can be performed by the officials, and\nall stock in the stationery line can be kept as it should be, and there still\nbe storage for the desks, etc., in the basement.\nWith the increased number of teachers which will be required to cope\nwith the increasing number of pupils and the greater efficiency that is being\ndemanded each year from the schools the Board has heavy duties devolving\nupon it during the coming year to provide the room and equipment to meet\nthese demands.\nYours respectfully,\nJ.  D.  BREEZE,\nChairman Management Committee.  22\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nDRAWING\nW. P. Argue, Esq.,\nCity Superintendent,\nVancouver, B. C.\nDear Sir:\nSince taking over my present duties at the beginning of November, I\nhave been able to visit all the schools and review most of the year's work.\nThis has been possible as I had been in touch with the work of the Elementary Schools here for the\npast year.\nThe work of the Elementary Schools for the year in\nDrawing, Color and Geometry is very satisfactory.\nThe pupils in the Senior\nGrades are gaining power in\nreasoning in Geometry as is\nshown by the results of the\nmidsummer drawing examinations both in Entrance\nClasses and High Schools, but\nin some of the Intermediate\ngrades it needs more consistent teaching to be of use to\nthe children for their higher\nwork. More attention should\nbe given to original work.\nThe students can draw from\nobjects or copies with success,\nbut they should be able to\nuse what they have so\nlearned. Memory drawing or design gives the student the opportunity to\nexercise his own judgment and also the power to create for himself, and,\ntherefore, it should follow the copying and object drawing.\nA comprehensive exhibit of work, including all grades from the\nReceiving Class to the High School and Evening Classes, was shown at\nthe Vancouver Exhibition in August last, and most of this work is now\non view in the auditorium of the Aberdeen School.\nThere are now special teachers at both High Schools, and I hope\nthat when the extensions are added to these buildings provision will be made\nfor properly equipped art rooms as it is impossible to get on satisfactorily\nwith the more advanced work we hope to take up, while working in ordinary\nclass rooms. BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n23\nIt seems a pity that the students of the High School should have to\ndrop their art work at the end of the first year when they are just getting\nhold of the subject. To make up for this in some measure I hope to\nform classes for a further course in design and mechanical drawing in\nconjunction with the manual training and needlework classes. In this connection a class for copper repousee could also be arranged with advantage.\nThese subjects would be optional to those who had passed through the\nfirst year's course successfully.\nRespectfully submitted,\n(Signed) W. P. WESTON,\nSupervisor of Drawing.\nF.THE.L DIMGCK. 24\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nENROLLMENT AND AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FOR 1910.\nEnroll. Aver. Att.\nJanuary   9032 8039.62\nFebruary  9063 7554.45\nMarch.    9216 7896,40\nApril     9291 7969.34\nMay 9091 7753.30\nJune    8568 7343.52\nEnroll. Aver. Att.\nAugust   8743 8394.52\nSeptember    9755 8593.68\nOctober    9942 8838.85\nNovember   9961 8889.93\nDecember   \t\nEnrollment for the month of October for each year since 1897:\nYear. Enroll. Year. Enroll.\n1898 2724 1905  5609\n1899 3117 1906 6437\n1900 3393 1907 7370\n1901 3710 1908 7984\n1902 4087 1909 8845\n1903 4416 1910 9942\n1904 4994\nNumber of teachers on the Vancouver staff in December for each\nr since  1 902 :\nDecember, 1903\t\n1904\t\n1905\t\n1906.\t\n1907\t\n1908\t\n1909....:\t\n1910\t\nMales.\n.. 29...\n.. 30...\n..  29...\nFemales.\n.... 63...\n   71...\n.65.\n71.\n. 92.\n.103.\n.115.\n.128.\n.155.\nTotal.\n..92\n...101\n..112\n...130\n...150\n...173\n...193\n...226\nSpecial Instructors employed by the Board,   1910:\nManual Training  10\nDomestic  Science  6\nSupervisor  of Music  1\nSupervisor of Drawing  1\nSupervisor of Drill, etc  1\nDirector of Night Classes  1\nTeachers in Night Classes  44\nSpecial Officers employed by the Board:\nMedical Health Officer.\nNurse   \t\n \u2022 1\n     1\nAttendance  Officers     2\nNumber of Teachers holding the different grades of certificates:\nUniversity Graduate in Arts or Science 74\nAcademic Certificate!     7\nFirst-class   Certificate     7\nSecond-class   Certificate   69\nSpecialist's   Certificate  \u2014\n226 it\nATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD\nVancouver Public Schools Won by Model School\nBASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD\nVancouver Public Schools Won by Dawson School\nTOWNLEY CUP\nPresented by T. O. TOWNLEY, Esq., for Rifle School\nWon by Central .School Rifle Team\nBIRKS TROPHY\nY.M.C.A. Sports Relay Race. Won by Central School Team\nm\nNo. 5.\nNo. 6.\n1. \"Trorey\" Trophy 4.   \"Johnson\" Cup\n2. \"Henderson\" Trophy 7.   McMillan Trophy\nWon by Dawson School Rifle Teams\n'School Trustees Lacrosse Cup,\" won by Dawson School Lacrosse Team\n'McLennan\" Trophy, won by Strathcona School Rifle Team\n\"Daily World\" Championship\nLacrosse Shield.  Won by\nMount Pleasant School.\nSilken Banner presented by\nthe Princess of Wales\nWon by the Fairview Public\nSchool Drill Company\nThe \"Banfield Cup.\nWon outright by the Strathcona School Rifle Team 26\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nAttendance October, 1910.\nPupils Average\nAttending. Actual.\nAberdeen      400   347.45\nAlexandra   412   366.51\nCentral      668   595.82\nDawson      574   514.21\nFairview      680   614.52\nGrandview      620   542.35\nKitsilano     887   788.11\nMacdonald      453   399.54\nModel     660   591.64\nMt.  Pleasant   984   864.17\nRoberts      645   585.68\nSeymour      761   648.04\nSimon Fraser   515   458.53\nStrathcona    I   746   647.89\nKing Edward High School   627   579.88\nBritannia High School   166  157.36\nUniversity College   144   137.00\nTotal 9942 8838.85\nNo. 1\u2014S. NORTHROP\nSupervisor of Manual Training\nNo. 2\u2014C. W. MURRAY\nSecretary of School Trustees and School Building\nSuperintendent\nNo. 3\u2014W. P. ARGUE, B. A.\nSuperintendent of City Schools\nNo. 4\u2014W. P. WESTON\nSupervisor of Drawing\nNo. 5\u2014GEO. P. HICKS\nSupervisor of Music L 28\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nMUSIC\nW. P. Argue, Esq., B. A.,\nSuperintendent of Schools,\nVancouver, B. C.\nDear Sir:\nIn presenting this, my fifth annual report, one is reminded of the\nrapid flight of time and the necessity of being diligent if much is to be\naccomplished in the brief space of time allotted to us.\nDuring the year just brought to a close we have been endeavouring\nto systematize our work along the lines laid down in our Music Syllabus,\nwhich, I am pleased to say, has been favorably received by the Principals\nand Teachers generally.\nWith the rapid, growth of our work I find it impossible to give as\nmuch help in the class room as formerly, nevertheless, I am pleased to\nreport that I find the work generally in a healthy condition. It has been\nfelt, however, that better facilities for the musical education of our Teachers are needed; so many of them find music a difficult subject to teach. To\nmeet this need the Night Classes for the study of music have been organized, to which our Teachers are admitted free of charge, and it is pleasing\nto note that a large number are taking advantage of them.\nAt the end of the term the register showed sixty-seven Teachers and\ntwenty-six Normal Students on the roll.    Truly, this is encouraging. BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n29\nThe wisdom of the Trustees in organizing these classes is abundantly\nproven by the large number of persons attending them and the enthusiasm\nwhich they manifest in their studies. It shows plainly that a long-felt want\nis being met. Altogether there are two hundred and twelve persons enrolled\nin three classes, which are as follows: Monday evening, a class for beginners; Tuesday evening, a class for the study of choral music and the works\nof the great masters of music, and all that pertains to good choral singing.\nNeedless to say this is a large and enthusiastic class. On Thursday evening we have a class for the study of orchestral music, which numbers twenty-\nfive.\nThese classes are open to all persons above school age, irrespective\nof age or sex, on payment of a small fee.\nAltogether the year has been one of progress and the outlook for the\nfuture is full of encouragement.\nMy heartiest  appreciation  goes  forth  for  the  kindly sympathy  and\nco-operation of all concerned with the management of our schools.\nRespectfully submitted,\n(Signed) GEO.   P.   HICKS,\nSupervisor of Music.\nDrawn by Ormand Ellis 30\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nDRILL   REPORT,  1910\nW. P. Argue, Esq., B. A.,\nCity Superintendent,\nVancouver,   B.   C.\nDear Sir:\nI have the honor to submit a report on the subject of Drill, Physical\nExercises and Rifle Practice for the year  1910.\nPhysical Drill.\u2014During the year Physical Exercises have been\ntaught by me and continued by the teachers, who, I am pleased to report,\nhave used their best endeavor to assist me.\nThe subject of Physical Drill, as conducted at\npresent in our City Schools, is indeed a delicate\none, and requires a great deal of judgment for\nthe following reasons: Only a short amount of\ntime is available; both sexes, large and small,\nweak and strong, receive the same lesson;\namount of space in class room is limited; individual teachers must conduct the class lessons.\nI have therefore selected and arranged for\nthe various grades the most suitable exercises.\nThe following exercises are now in use : Breathing exercise; several sets of movements to\nstrengthen the arms; body exercises; shoulder\nSergt.-Major Bundy movements ;    combination   exercises   for   arms,\nDrill instructor body and legs, etc. BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n31\nIn the Primary Grades \"Active Movements\" have been adopted in\nwhich less rigidity is required, which are considered to be of more benefit\nto the pupils.\nDAILY MOVEMENTS.\u2014The Daily Movements of the pupils are now\nuniform, so far as it is possible, and while of a military nature they have\nbeen arranged from a school point of view. I feel that the same are the\nbest that can be used, and of most benefit to the teachers in the daily\nhandling of their classes; also helpful in the maintenance of discipline, and\nnone of which can very well be overlooked or dispensed with. The following constitute the movements as used daily:\n1. Standing at, ease When assembled\n2. Attention When   necessary\n3. Marching Stepping off with  left foot\n4. Position In desks\n5. Ready In desks\n6. Entering and leaving desks To left or right\n7. Marking time When necessary\n8. Marching  drill As  desired\n9. Straightening  of  lines By  covering\n10.     Right,  turn,  two For  dismissing\n1 1.     The turnings  (first method) For school purposes\n1 2.     Fire drill (From all positions)\nRlFLE PRACTICE.\u2014The Rifle Practice during the past year has\nbeen most successful. The Junior Teams have been dismissed and all\nschools, except the \"Aberdeen\" (primary grade), are now represented\nby an official team. Fifteen (15) teams are now receiving instruction in\nthe rudiments of rifle shooting and marksmanship. This is now the tenth\nyear in which the pupils have attended this subject after school hours.\nThe competition and general interest is still maintained. Several more\nminiature ranges have been provided at the schools where space permits,\nand have been greatly appreciated by the teams and others who desire\nto practice.\nFlRE DRILL.\u2014I am pleased to report that the important subject of\n\"Fire Drill\" is receiving proper attention, and that both teachers and pupils\nunderstand all requirements in case of emergency. 32\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nSCHOOL CONCERTS.\u2014Two individual school concerts, consisting\nof Music and Drills, were held during the year; the Simon Fraser School\nin February, and Kitsilano School in December. I am of the opinion\nthat these concerts were a decided success, as the items were more, specially\narranged as object lessons in order to be of benefit to all who took part.\nIn conclusion I desire to again take this opportunity to thank one and\nall for their assistance in maintaining general discipline in our City Schools.\nRespectfully submitted,\n(Signed)        A.   C.   BUNDY,\nSupervisor of Drill. BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nATTENDANCE REPORT\nW. P. Argue. Esq., B. A.,\nCity Superintendent,\nVancouver,   B.   C.\nDear Sir*.\nI have the honor to submit to you this, my fourth, annual report for\nthe year 1910.\nThere was a total of 2,031  cases investigated, made up as follows:\n1964 complaints that were reported from the\nvarious schools, 222 that were discovered on the\nstreets during school hours, and 67 that were given\nby the Medical Officer.\nIn January there were 1 75 cases; February,\n261 ; March, 197; April, 251 I May, 168; June,\n169; September, 196; October, 253; November\nand December, 292.\nOut of the complaints that were investigated\nfrom the schools truancy was discovered 1 50 times,\nthe same being in 22 of the street cases.\nThere were nine cases of infectious disease\ndiscovered that had not been reported.\nIt was necessary to bring the parents of\neleven children before the Police Magistrate for\nviolation of the compulsory clause of the Public\nSchools Act. Convictions were secured in five cases and small fines imposed. One case was dismissed and the others withdrawn after a warning\nhad been given by the Court. In passing here I might state that only the\nworst cases were dealt with in this manner and after every other means\nhad been tried without success. I think it would be to our advantage to\nhave such cases tried in the Juvenile Court; there it would be possible to\nhave the child appear, and then the Judge could size up the situation\nmuch better.\nJames Inglis\nAttendance Officer\nSince the inauguration of the Juvenile Court and Detention Home\nsome of our habitual truants have been attending regularly, they having\ngot into more serious trouble and are now on probation. 34 BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nThere are a great many young-looking children working in some of\nour departmental stores and laundries, and I would earnestly urge that\nthe matter be taken up with the Attorney General, so that we might receive\npower to enter such places during business hours for the purpose of questioning employees. The necessary authority could be obtained under the\npresent Factory Act.\nYours respectfully,\n(Signed) JAS. INGLIS,\nAttendance Officer.\nDrawn at Night Class by W. Brand BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n35\nDOMESTIC SCIENCE\nW. P. Argue, Esq., B. A.,\nCity Superintendent,\nVancouver,   B.   C.\nDear  Sir:\nI beg to submit the following annual report of the work done in the\nDomestic Science Department of the Public Schools for the year   1910:\nThe work in this Department may be reviewed under the following\nheads:\n1. The Elementary Sewing in the Intermediate Grades.\n2. The Elementary Domestic Science in the Senior Grades.\n3. The Domestic Arts in the High Schools.\nThe Elementary Sewing Course at present includes lessons on all\nthe various plain stitch forms, their use, sewing on buttons, hooks and\neyes, making eyelets, buttonholes, etc., darning, patching, etc., and the\nmaking of the apron and other articles which will be required in the coming\nCookery Classes. The work is planned for two years, and as the teachers\nbecome more familiar with the work the course may be broadened. As\nwas planned, the actual teaching is done by the regular grade teachers,\nwhile the boys are at Manual Training. The Sewing Supervisor visits\nthese classes regularly to ascertain progress or give help where it is needed.\nAs there are thirty-seven classes now having weekly classes in Sewing (an\nincrease of fifteen over last year), visits to capable teachers are made\noccasionally, while less adept teachers are visited every week.    The Super- 36\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nvisor is at the office weekly to help those who are weak. The progress\nmade has been very encouraging. The teachers have been conscientious\nand painstaking, and the pupils like the work. Cupboards for the storing\nof material and the exhibit of finished work have been put into a number\nof schools. We hope to shortly get them into all, so that parents and\nothers interested may be able to see what is being done in any school\nvisited.\nThe Elementary work in Domestic Science was continued during the\nspring term in the centres already established: Aberdeen, Model, Seymour,\nRoberts and Simon Fraser. In September\nanother centre, Alexandra, was opened and Miss\nM. Rath added to the staff. There are now\nthirty-eight classes receiving weekly lessons in\nDomestic Science. A uniform course of study\nwas adopted by the teachers in September, and\nalthough it will doubtless be subject to much\ndiscussion and many changes and it will take\nsome time before it can be regularly followed, it\nshould be a great help in systematizing the work.\nWhen there is an advanced course in the High\nSchool, as is planned for the near future, there\nwill be more opportunity of seeing the progress\nmade by the pupils. The work in Sewing is not\nallowed to drop here, but all spare minutes are\noccupied in making the equipment for new centres\nor in other work brought by the pupils themselves.\nThe Home Economics work in the High School is still confined to\nDomestic Arts, principally sewing. Although the pupils at present in the\nHigh Schools, as a rule, have had no elementary training, very good work\nhas been done. While, in some cases, the actual work has shown this,\nthe interest and endeavor shown by the pupils was very encouraging, and\nwhen the pupils now taking elementary work reach this stage the work will\nbe less laborious for both teacher and pupils.\nVery pretty and creditable exhibits of work were held at both High\nSchools in June and were visited by many interested. The Elementary\nClasses made a very good showing of the work done in the first year of\nthe course. At these exhibits refreshments made by the Cookery Classes\nwere served.\nThe Cookery Classes invited their parents and friends to class lessons\nin June and served the dishes made.\nAn exhibit of Cookery and Sewing was sent to the Vancouver Exhibition, but owing to its taking place in the summer vacation and the. character\nof our work it was difficult to make it as satisfactory as it might otherwise\nhave been.\nAll of which is respectfully submitted,\n(Signed) ELIZABETH  BERRY,\nSupervisor of Domestic Science.\nMiss Berry\nSupervisor of Domestic\nScience BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nManual Training Room\u2014Britannia High School\nMANUAL TRAINING\nW. P. Argue, Esq., B. A.,\nCity Superintendent,\nVancouver,   B.   C.\nDear  Sir:\nThe year that has passed has seen the opening of a new centre at\nthe Alexandra School and of a new building for the Fairview district. The\nlatter is already full, and it will probably be necessary to make provision\nfor a new centre nearer Point Grey to accommodate the children of that\ndistrict.\nThe staff of Instructors has been increased to seven in the Public\nSchool centres and two in the High Schools, the latter being engaged part\nof the time in teaching drawing. The year's work has been very satisfactory in both drawing and woodwork, and the Instructors have united in\nan effort to gain individuality and self-judgment in the production of the\nmodels and in the awarding of the marks. This, in my judgment, is one\nof the most important points in character forming, for which Manual\nTraining is so specially adapted.\nA collection of school work in Drawing, Domestic Science and\nManual Training was shown in August, 1910, at the Vancouver Exhibition, each centre contributing specimens. Several pieces from the King\nEdward High School were made as class models and these are being used\nto furnish the Supervisor's Office. 38\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nI cannot but reiterate my remarks of years previous regretting the\nlack of time to effectively carry out a High School Course, which will more\nfully prepare the boys who do not intend to continue their studies in the\nUniversity, but rather to enter some mechanical occupation. I trust the\nmembers of the School Board will endeavor to so amend the School Law\nas to allow optional courses in Vocational or Technical work, the Domestic\nArts, and Science and Art as opportunity affords and necessity demands.\nIf such be thought desirable and possible it would be well in planning the\nextensions of the Britannia and King Edward High Schools to so arrange\nthe building plans as to ensure proper accommodation for those branches.\nFaithfully yours,\n(Signed)        S.  NORTHROP,\nSupervisor of Manual Training. BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n39\nMEDICAL INSPECTION\nW. P. Argue, Esq., B. A.,\nCity Superintendent,\nVancouver,   B.   C.\nDear Sir:\nThe following report on the Medical Inspection of the Vancouver\nCity Schools for the year ending December 31st, 1910, is respectfully\nsubmitted:\nAs the object of Medical Inspection is to promote the health and\nwell-being of the pupils, everything which directly or indirectly concerns\ntheir health must be ever before us. The task of examining the pupils is\na long and a hard one and leaves but little time to\ninvestigate such important matters as lighting and\nheating, ventilation, sanitation, seating, exercises and\nhome surroundings, but we have attempted to look\ninto these matters as thoroughly as our time would\nallow us. The work has been made harder on\naccount of the many changes made in our plans and\nmethods, necessary because we wanted to find the\nbest way of accomplishing the work, but now we\nhave the work pretty well systematized, resulting in\nless loss of time and more thorough work. Beginning with the first month of 1911 our card system\nwill be in full swing. This system will act as a scho\ndirectory for each school; it will record the educational progress of each pupil through his entire\nschool course; it will indicate the different diseases\nand defects which may affect a child during his\nschool life ; it will keep track of all children excluded for any contagious disease, and will keep a\nrecord of the vision of each child for every year of his school course, so\nthat any eye trouble may be discovered and treated early. In 1910 an\nAct was passed by our Provincial Legislature instituting Medical Inspection\nthroughout our entire Province. The cards used and the medical information and examination required will be almost identical throughout the Province. The Act provides for a yearly examination of all pupils, and for\nteachers and janitors as well, so that the health of all concerned with school\nwork may be safeguarded.\nWe expect to visit the majority of the schools twice a month, but the\nsmaller schools only once a month. The Principal of the school will be\nnotified in advance, so that everything may be in readiness. At each visit\nthe following pupils will be examined:\n1. All children suffering from any skin eruption.\n2. Any child which a teacher may require to be examined.\nDr. F. W. Brydone-Jack 40 BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n3. One-half class for an examination of the skin, eyes, ears, nose,\nthroat, teeth, tonsils,  glands, heart,  lungs,  etc.\n4. One or two classes for an examination of the skin, eyes, ears,\nthroat, teeth, tonsils, etc., but not of the heart or lungs.\n5. Special examinations of the eyes, ears, throats, hearts and lungs,\netc.\nParents of children suffering from contagious disease or any physical\ndefect of eyes, ears, throat, teeth, lungs, heart, etc., will receive a \"Notice\nin a sealed envelope.\" Children suffering from contagious diseases will\nbe excluded from school. The parents of children suffering from contagious\ndiseases or from the more serious physical defects will be visited within a\nfew days of receiving the notice, and where necessary, the need for treatment explained. If in the interval between these visits any child develops\nsores, itch, ringworm, an unclean head, or any skin eruption of a doubtful\nnature the teacher will exclude that child from school, will direct him to\nvisit the School Medical Officer on the same or on the following day, and\nwill notify both the parent and the School Medical Officer in writing on\nthe same day as to the reason for the exclusion. Children so excluded for\ncontagious disease will only be permitted to return to school by presenting\na certificate from the School Medical Officer, who will have regular office\nhours for examining such cases. The Medical Department wishes to assume\nthe responsibility of getting these pupils returned to school as early as possible, but if a child is not ready to return to school within a reasonable time\nand is neglecting treatment, his case will be taken in charge by the Attendance Department. If a teacher suspects a pupil attending school of having\ncontracted an infectious disease, such as measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria,\nchickenpox, mumps, etc., he shall cause such a pupil to be immediately\nisolated and shall telephone the School Medical Department immediately,\nso that the child may be examined, and if infectious be excluded from\nschool. The class room, books, etc., used by such a pupil will then be\nsuitably disinfected or dealt with and his classmates will be frequently inspected for a certain number of days following, so as to prevent any further\nspread of the disease. If a child breaks out in an infectious disease, as\none of the above, after school hours on a day he attended school, or on\nthe following day, the teacher shall telephone this news to the School Board\nwhenever such a case is discovered, so that an investigation may be made\nand any necessary disinfection carried out.\nHeating and ventilation are closely related in our schools. The Central, Strathcona, Old Seymour and the Old Roberts Schools depend entirely on their heating for their ventilation. The rooms in such buildings\nare not efficiently ventilated. Hie air in such rooms usually shows that\ncarbon dioxide is present in large quantities, it being on an average 0.08%\nin each room. In two old schools, viz., the Mount Pleasant and the\nDawson, fans have been installed, which force extra amount of fresh air\nto each room, but owing to the construction of the buildings several of the BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES 41\nrooms are neither well ventilated nor properly heated. Certainly in these\ntwo schools the heating and ventilation could be greatly improved on, but\nit is doubtful if an efficiency such as is attained in the more modern buildings,\nsuch as the Lord Roberts, the Britannia and the Simon Fraser, can be\nobtained. The size of the class greatly affects the ventilation; a room\nwhich is perfectly ventilated for a class of forty would not be well ventilated\nfor a class of sixty or seventy. Owing to the rapid growth of the City it\nhas been frequently necessary to have classes much larger than they should\nbe, and consequently such class rooms were not as well ventilated as they\nshould be. Whether the ventilation is defective on account of large classes\nor on account of the system employed it has its effect upon both pupil and\nteacher, resulting in headaches, pale faces, and a loss in the power of concentration, thereby lessening the amount of school work done.\nThe amount of light and the direction from which it comes is most\nimportant for school work. In schools such as the Lord Roberts, the Seymour, the Aberdeen, the Alexandra, etc., the lights all enter from the left,\nand there is an abundance of it. In our schools nearing completion the light\nenters each room from the left side only, and there is even more of it than\nin the schools just mentioned. In these schools there is one square foot of\nwindow space for every four square feet of floor space, and as a result there\nwill be no better lighted schools in America today. In schools of the old\ntype, such as the Mount Pleasant, Dawson, Central and the Strathcona,\nthere are many rooms which are badly and improperly lighted. In these\nrooms the light enters from the right side and from the rear. As most\npupils write with the right hand such a light causes the hand to throw a\nshadow in which the pupil is compelled to write and unnecessarily strain\nhis eyes or else twist himself in his seat to get some light from the rear, and\nso render himself liable to curvature of his spine. In these rooms an unusually large number of pupils complain of eye-strain. The light from\nthe rear is particularly hard on the teacher. There is a constant glare in\nhis eyes, which some have found most distressing.\nThe sanitary arrangements in our more modern schools are, on the\nwhole, fairly satisfactory, but in the older schools many of the lavatories\nwill require to be completely replaced by modern arrangements, and in\nothers many improvements will be necessary. The common drinking cup\nis being abolished and drinking fountains will be installed in all our schools.\nThe common towel is also going, and other up-to-date and sanitary arrangements will be provided. For the last few years it has been the custom to\noil the floors of our schools. This effectually settled the dust problem,\nbut owing to the liberal way in which some of the janitors used the oil, and\ntheir forgetfulness to remove the dust which it collected, the oiled floors\nbecame a nuisance. Many a skirt was spoiled, and only a few days did\nit take the oil to spoil them. During the Fall term the use of the oil was\ndiscontinued, and now many of the janitors raise clouds of dust in their\nsweeping. Oil sawdust, etc., is used to keep the dust down; oiled brushes\nare also used, but do not seem to be universally satisfactory.     This dust 42 BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\ncauses a great deal of unnecessary work; it is hard on the lungs of the\nsweepers and it is unsanitary. Oil properly applied should be fairly satisfactory, and it should not spoil the teachers' skirts. Before applying it the\nfloors should be well washed with hot water and soda, and should then \u25a0\ndry thoroughly. Then apply the oil warm, in a thin even coat, over the\nfloors. The oil should be on the floors for at least a week before school\ncommencement. It should be applied twice a year, but where traffic is\ngreatest may. be applied three, or even four times a year. In regard to this\nmatter of sanitation, also in regard to heating and ventilation, it is the duty\nof each teacher to report any defect immediately and in writing, so that the\nmatter may be attended to before any harm results.\nA school child necessarily spends much of his time in his seat.    His\nhabitual attitude while sitting at his desk will have a decided effect upon j\nhis health, his spine and his eyesight.    It is a common thing, on entering a\nclass room, to see many pupils lounging over their desks, compressing their I\nchests and the lungs and heart inside; their eyes only three or four inches \/\nabove their exercise books in which they are busily writing resulting in congestion of the eyeballs  and excessive eyestrain,  conditions which lead to\nweak eyes, and even short sight, that incurable and often dangerous dis-j\nease, one shoulder often much higher than the other having a great tendency\nto spinal curvature.     It will require a great deal of attention on the part\nof the teacher to get these pupils to assume proper attitudes and make them >\nkeep in proper position.\nIn regard to the matter of physical exercise, there is an Instructor of\nPhysical Drill, who impresses on the children the necessity for an erect\nattitude and discipline. The children receive training in drills, marches\nand arm, head and body exercises. These exercises last from one to three\nminutes, and each class is exercised a number of times each day at the times\nwhen they are changing from one lesson to another. The windows are\nopened, the children get the benefit of fresh air, the muscles are relieved\nfrom their cramped positions and draw the blood from the brain, and so\nrelieve and refresh the mind. The pupils then resume their work with increased vigor. The exercises are very simple for the primary classes, but\nbecome more complicated in the higher classes. No apparatus is used. The\nexercises have been so planned that either sex, the weak and the strong, may\ntake part with no danger of overstrain. Whenever an occasion arises when\nthe exercise might not be beneficial to a pupil that pupil is excused. We\ndo not wish to give the children hard muscular exercises with apparatus in\ngymnasiums, such is necessary where there are no playgrounds. We feel\nhere that healthy outdoor games on our large grounds, with an abundance\nof fresh air, will do the children more good than class exercises in a stuffy\ngymnasium. While on the matter of exercise it would be well to require\nthat all pupils, before being allowed to take part in strenuous games like\nfootball, etc., should furnish a certificate that their heart and lungs are in\na good condition and can stand the strain. I would like to see this instituted\nin our High Schools, and then later apply to the Public Schools as well. BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n43\nImportant as is the school building, the ventilation,  the sanitation,\nlighting, etc., the conditions existing at the pupils' homes are even more\nimportant.    There healthy surroundings, sunshine, fresh air, good food and\ngood habits are necessary if the child is to be healthy and is to benefit by\nhis educational facilities.    The great majority of children have good healthy\nhomes, but there is a rapidly increasing number who live under the most\ndeplorable dirty and unsanitary conditions in tenements and cabins.    The\nCity is so prosperous as a whole and is progressing so rapidly that few\nrealize the number of extremely poor people and the conditions under which\nmany of them live.    The school nurse does a particularly good work in\nvisiting such homes where she will give a mother a little instruction on home\nhygiene, baby feeding and dressing, etc., so that the children may be the\nhealthier.    It is intended to give the girls in the higher grades one or two\ndemonstrations a year on \"The care of babies, feeding and dressing, modification of milk, a few practical points in home nursing, how to make mustard plasters, poultices, stupes, changing an invalid's bed, etc., and through\nthe Domestic Science Department lessons on invalid cookery, the making\nof rice water, gruels and other foods which invalids require.\"    Such a training will be of immense value to these little mothers of the future, will be\na help to their mothers, and will be a long step towards making the needy\nhome and its children healthy.    Many of the children in these homes suffer\nfrom physical defects, poor eyesight, discharging ears, enlarged tonsils and\nadenoids, chest complaints, skin diseases, etc., and are not in a position to\nhave treatment carried out.    It is necessary that these children receive treatment, and often treatment is required urgently.     However,  this matter is\nnow before the Vancouver Medical Association, and they will provide a\nsatisfactory solution to the difficulty.\nWe are now opening up a class for pupils suffering from physical\nnervous affections of such a nature that progress in the ordinary class is\nimpossible or very slow. A specially trained teacher will take charge of\nthis class and each child will receive special instruction. As the class grows\nit will be subdivided into classes for the blind, for the deaf, and for those\nsuffering from affections of the nervous system. Before long it may be\nnecessary to open up a class for pupils affected with ringworm, for this\ndisease necessitates a long absence from school in the majority of cases,\nand with the growth of the school population there will be an increase in\nthe number affected with ringworm.\nDuring the year First Aid .boxes were pMgfed in all the schools, and\nbeginning in 1911 lectures on First Aid will be given in the Night Schools\neach week until March 30th, 1911, and will commence again when the\nNight Schools reopen in the Fall. Thus an opportunity will be given to\nteachers, parents and others interested to avail themselves of this useful and\noften life-saving knowledge.\nThere is a By-Law now before the people which, if passed, will relieve the overcrowding of the new schools and will give the Board the funds\nto make the necessary alterations in heating, ventilation, lighting and sanitation. 44 BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nIn conclusion I must speak of the great help the School Nurse has\nbeen to me, of her long hours and thorough work, and her willingness to\ndo anything which might further the health and happiness of the school\nchildren. I must also express my gratitude to the Board of School Trustees,\nthe Officers and the Teachers in the schools for their interest and support\nin my work.\nSUMMARY\nNumber of schools (including Alexandra Orphanage)  17\nAverage attendance  9,000\nNumber of pupils examined . . \/  21,21 7\nNumber of pupils excluded . .     634\nNumber of pupils readmitted  504\nNumber of pupils still out  29\nNumber of homes visited (School Nurse)  574\nNumber of examinations at office  1,271\nSkin:\nAcne     10\nAlopecia  areata     3\nExzema     21\nFavus  1\nImpetigo  28\nItch     20\nPediculosis  (unclean heads)     565\nPsoriasis  3\nRingworm      17\nUnclean  236\nMiscellaneous     63\nDeformities:\nChest    15\nSpine  4\nMiscellaneous  21\nGland Disease:\nEnlarged cervical glands       380\nEnlarged thyroid glands (goitre)  .       107\nCirculatory System Diseases:\nAnaemia            323\nHeart trouble (organic and functional)           157\n-w- board of school trustees 45\nEar Disease :\nDeafness (with and without a discharge)     1 72\nTeeth:\nDefective teeth    2,569\nGum boils  10\nEye Trouble:\nDefective vision, eyestrain, etc  860\nShort sight  47\nSquint      50\nPink eye  12\nTrachoma      40\nMiscellaneous diseases  112\nMouth :\nMouth breathers (habit, adenoids not present)  45\nNose and Throat Trouble:\nHarelip      2\nCleft, palate  4\nEnlarged tonsils and adenoids  759\nUvula, absent  7\nUvula, bifid  (forked)     11\nMentally deficient  28\nScarlet fever, found attending school  7\nChickenpox, found attending school  10\nYours respectfully,\nF. W.  BRYDONE-JACK,\nSchool Medical Officer. \u25a0T!\n46\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nNIGHT   SCHOOLS\nFROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 1910\nDecorative Landscape Designed at Night Class\nW.   P.   Argue,   Esq.\nCity Superintendent.\nDear Sir:\nI have much pleasure in forwarding my report of the Night Schools\nfor   1910.\nThe syllabus of work for the Term 1910-1911 was considerably\nenlarged this session, and embraced classes in Geometry and Mensuration,\nShorthand, Advanced English, Advanced Bookkeeping, Sheet Metal\nWorking, Carpentry and Joinery, Forestry and Music.\nThe second week in October saw the classes in full swing, with 1,229\nstudents in all subjects.\nThe individual students numbered 1,063 and the Instructors 44.\nArithmetic  189\nEnglish  282\nMathematics      13\nBookkeeping (Elementary)  174\nBookkeeping   (Advanced)     24\nShorthand     50\nCooking      45\nDressmaking      40\nGeometry and Mensuration  24\nCarpentry and Joinery  24\nBuilding Construction  18 BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n47\nArchitecture      23\nQuantity Surveying  29\nDrawing and Design     39\nModelling     14\nMachine  Construction      40\nSheet Metal Working     18\nProspector's Course     18\nForestry      14\nMusic     131\nInstrumental      19\nDrawn at Night Class by G. Robson\nThere is every evidence of the classes being appreciated; that they\nwill do a great work is certain, but so far we have been working under\ndifficulties owing to the want of suitable accommodation. The rooms over\nthe new offices will be a great boon in this respect.\nThe payroll for October amounted to $1,066.25, and for November $1,529.00, and December $1,193.50.\nTaking them as a whole, the staff are enthusiastic and earnest. Many\nare sacrificing a great deal in order to help along the good work, and we\nare endeavoring to add to their number an Instructor in Shipbuilding, in\nApplied Mechanics, in Embroidery, Millinery, and First Aid to the Injured. 48\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nThus work extends, and I trust that in March I will be justified in\nsending a satisfactory report on the year's work.\nYours respectfully,\nJOHN KYLE, A.  R.  C. A.,\nDirector of Night Schools.\nDesigned and Painted at Night School BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n49\nSALARY  SCHEDULE\nProbation\n6 months.\n$55\n1st year\n$65\n1st year.\n$80\n1st year.\n$95\nJunior and   Intermediate.\n1st year.\n$60\n2nd year.\n$70\n2nd year.\n$85\n2nd year.\n$100\n2nd year.\n$65\n3rd  year.\n$70\nSenior  Grade.\n3rd year\n4th year.\n$80\nJanuary, 1911.\n4th and\nsucceeding years.\n$75\n5,th and\nsucceeding years.\n$85\nSecond   Assistants.\n3rd year.\n$90\nFirst   Assistants.\n4th and succeeding years.\n$95\n3rd year.\n$105\n4th and succeeding years.\n$110\nFirst Assistants  in  Schools  Where   Principals  Are   Free   From   Teaching\nClass, and Where the  First Assistant Teaches an  Entrance Class.\n1st year.\n$100\n1st year.\n$120\n2nd year.\n$105\n3rd year.\n$110\n4th year.\n$115\nPrincipals of Small   Schools.\n2nd year.\n$130\n3rd  year.\n$140\n4th  year.\n$150\nPrincipals   of   Large   Schools.\n5th  and\nsucceeding years.\n$120\n5th and\nsucceeding years.\n$160\n8th and suc-\nlst yr.    2nd yr.    3rd yr.    4th yr.    5th yr.    6th yr.    7th yr.    ceeding yrs.\n$160 $170        $180 $190 $200\n$130        $140\n$150\nMale  Assistants,   High   School.\n8th and suc-\nlst yr.    2nd yr.    3rd yr.    4th yr.    5th yr.    6th yr.    7th yr.    ceeding yrs.\n\u00abnn        *i9o        *1 sn        $i4n $150        $160 $170 $180\n$110\n$120\n$130        $140\nFemale Assistants, High School.\n1st year\n2nd year.\n$100 I\n3rd year.\n$110\n4th year.\n$115\n5th and\nsucceeding years.\n$120 50\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n1st yr.\n$95 $100\nPublic School   Manual Training  Instructors.\n7th and\n5th yr.     6th yr.     succeeding yrs.\n2nd yr.     3rd yr.     4th yr.\n*iAA $105 $110\n$115\n$120\n$125\n1st year.\n$65\nPublic School Domestic Science Instruction.\n5th and\n2nd year\n$70\n3rd year\n$7\n4th year. succeeding years.\n1. Schedule based on twelve monthly payments each year.\n2. A teacher going from any position on the staff to a higher position\nshall receive a salary equal to his former salary or such higher salary as\nthe schedule may call for.\n3. The Board of School Trustees shall deterimne what schools will be\nclassed as large schools.\n4. No schedule increase to go into effect without the same being recommended by the City Superintendent.\n5. Th salary of any teacher may be fixed at a sum not indicated in the\nschedule, by special, resolution of the Board.\nDrawn at Night School by A. Mazurkikwicz BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n51\nREPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE\nTo the\nSchool Board,\nVancouver,\nB. C.\nMr. Chairman and Gentlemen:\nIt is a pleasure, as well as a duty, to submit to you report of my Committee for the year just closed.    Such a vast amount of work, both general\nand detail, has presented that it would be impossible to do it justice in an\nordinary report.    I will attempt to deal only with the most salient of the\nvarious items to which thought has been given.    Let me preface by comparing the number of meetings held this and previous years.     (Comparisons\nin this case are not odious.)    In 1907 the total meetings of this Committee\nwere 8 (6 regular and 2 special), and the attendance of its members 5%.\nIn 1908, 15 meetings (7 regular and 8 special), and the attendance 12%.\nIn 1909,  18 meetings  (9 regular and 9 special), attendance 13%.    In\n1910, 38 meetings (12 regular and 26 special), and the attendance 33J4-\nAccording to this progression, and when we allow for more than double\nthe amount of buildings we have outlined for 1911  over 1910, it will be\nevident that a place on this Committee is no sinecure.    The primary care of\nyour Committee has been to provide ample accommodation, but, owing to\nthe unprecedented growth of the City and the consequently increase of over\n100 pupils per month, the task has been a most difficult one.    We greatly\nregret the over-crowding in almost all sections of the City, but under the\ncircumstances we did all that could of right be expected of us.     In our\nplans for buildings we hope for one year at least to obviate this difficulty,\nbut must bear in mind that Vancouver will increase its calls, because it is\ndestined to rank in population and education second to none in the Dominion.   Remembering how cheerfully the citizens have voted us monies in the\npast, we are grateful, and confidently look to them in the present instance.\nI will not say it would be a serious blow to Education not to vote these\nmonies, for the citizens of Vancouver are keenly alive to the needs, and\nthus can be trusted.\nDuring the early part of the year a great deal of time was spent in\ndeciding on the best sites. No pains or time was spared to get the best at\nthe best terms possible, and now we hand over our choice to the citizens\nthat are to be for their legacy.\nThe grounds around the Simon Fraser School, the Britannia, and\nothers, are attractive, and where trees, shrubbery and flowers are in evidence\nwill be monumental of the citizens' regard.\nYour Committee is giving careful attention to a system of beautifying\nthe school grounds, which we tipust our successors will perfect and speedily\napply to all the schools. There ought not to be in our City one school\nwithout ornamentation, no more than there should be a cheerless, bare\nschoolroom.    The flowers, as well as pictures, make much for culture and\nI BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nrefinement.    The only caution or reservation here is not to allow to shrubs\nand flowers any grounds actually necessary to recreation.\nThe planning of the school buildings has not only been a problem of\nconvention and efficiency, but also a problem of aesthetic training. The\nbuildings must be of the best, and at the least cost. Your Board thoughtfully arranged early in its year for the Building Inspector and its Medical .\nSupervisor to visit Seattle and Tacoma to study the best designs there and\nobtain the latest data as to methodsof heating, ventilation, equipment, sanitary arrangements, etc. Needless to say, this visit did splendid service, as\nis readily attested in the chemical and physical laboratories, advance in\nManual Training work, and, not least to teachers and pupils, the marked\nimprovement in the sanitary arrangements of our schools. In matter of\nlighting and ventilation, our new schools are models, and the older ones\nhave been in this respect modernized. Your Committee is satisfied that the\nlighting and heating systems are such as to concern the comfort and health\nof the pupils and win the admiration of our citizens.\nIt is a matter for congratulation that this year's buildings are all fireproof, being constructed of concrete. Besides the great advantage in matter\nof safety, there is saving in cost of insurance and of maintenance.\nThe schools built during the year were each of eight rooms, and cost\ntogether $240,000.00. We may give a brief description. The Lord\nNelson School, situated on Templeton Drive and Charles Street; the Lord\nTennyson School, between Tenth and Cypress; and (yet unnamed) one\non Fourteenth Avenue and Alder Street, have all two facades, and these\nwith the returns are faced with brick. Like most of the schools formerly\nbuilt, they are of the Renaissance design, the main entrance being adorned\nwith massive stone columns. They are all fully modern and very conveniently arranged. Being fire-proof, the cost of maintenance will be the\nminimum, and no need for fire-escapes, which are always more or less\nunsightly. In every case the toilets are of tiled floors and walls, the flushing is individual and automatic. The stairs are all fire-proof. I might call\nyour attention to the fact that the by-law calls for 18-inch per hundred\npulls, which would give us 6 feet, but we actually have 12 feet. The\ncorners of the steps are all nicely rounded off. Other buildings cost approximately $90,000.00. This description in the main answers for the Board\nRoom Offices. Your Committee would suggest that the parents and citizens\nbe cordially invited to visit and inspect these offices. Indeed, an evening\nmight well be set aside for this purpose.\nNeat wire fences are placed around the school grounds, except in the\ncase of the Britannia High School, where the stone retaining walls will be\nterminated above by an iron fence. All the new schools are provided with\nthermostats. Two of our schools\u2014the King Edward High School and the\nModel School\u2014have gymnasiums.\nWe have begun to use oil for fuel, but have not so far secured just\nthe quality of burner required.    This has been proved a saving in cost, will BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES 53\nbe cleaner, and will relieve the yards of those distressing wood-piles. To\ninsure greater protection against fire, the pipes in the basements have all\nbeen covered with asbestos.\nIn many cases the tram lines pass the school grounds, and to avoid\npossible accidents the gates on that side of the school are locked and teachers directed to dismiss their pupils through other gates, and always to attend\ncarefully in person, the dismissal. Other danger features received attention, notably, the bridge on Park Drive at Ninth Avenue, where, through\nthe foresight of your Board, a policeman is placed both morning and afternoon, and is to continue till the permanent bridge is constructed.\nYour Committee, on suggestion, waited on the Railway Commission\nre placing permanent bridges along Ninth Avenue and Templeton Drive, to\ncross the G. N. Railway. The Commission granted both requests and\nordered the work to be completed in six months.\nDuring the year an electric fire alarm system has been installed in the\nKing Edward High School and in the Model School. Under this system,\nif the temperature of the building in the vacinity of the detectors should\nsuddenly rise two degrees above the normal, the gong is rung, automatically,\nthereby showing there is danger, and the pupils, if in session, can at once be\ndismissed. In protection against fire\u2014so insuring the safety of all pupils\u2014\nthere is perhaps no city as well provided for as Vancouver.\nThe Chairman of the Management Committee, as well as the Chairman of the Board, will deal fully with Manual Training and Domestic\nScience, but we can preface their report by saying that for the former we\nare now providing separate rooms so as not to interfere with the regular\nschool work. (The Britannia High School Manual Training room has\njust been completed at a cost of $2,500.00, and is easily the best in the\nCity.) For Domestic Science, this will suffice: during the year we provided the most modern utensils and appliances for demonstrating the art\nand giving instruction.\nIn concluding as to what we have done, we must admit that not all\nhas been achieved that was asked for. Some of your Committee wished to\nsee gymnasium and swimming baths for the new schools; we were not all\nsatisfied that they were imperative\u2014indeed, the idea is growing that such\nfeatures do not greatly assist in the actual work of school.\nYour Board is well aware of our detailed needs for 1911:\nTenth and Cypress Street\u2014Extension to present school building. $ 92,000\nCharles and Templeton\u2014Extension to^present school building. . 81,000\nBlock 196, Kitsilano\u2014New school building       57,000\nBayswater Street\u2014New school building  57,000\nSouth Mount Pleasant\u2014Building and land  . 132,000\nKing Edward High School\u2014Extension to present school building         150,000 54 BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nBroadway and Lakewood\u2014New school building  32,000\nAlterations to existing school buildings  92,000\nSchool Desks  8,000\nWalks and Improvements to Grounds  2] ,000\nBritannia High School\u2014Extension to present school building. . - 145,000\nLand for School Site in the South Side  100,000\n$ 967,000\nFor your Board's information, we may define our plans for this year.\nAll grounds are to be improved and beautified, and cement walks are to be\nlaid around the schools. Old buildings will be renewed and in them the\nmore modern ventilating systems installed. Lavatories #re to be provided\nwith modern and up-to-date conveniences, and drinking fountains had of the\nmost sanitary kind known. The vacuum system of cleaning is to be used\n\u2014probably the Rotrex vacuum system.\nWe would offer your Board, then, suggestions for early consideration\nand advise action during the year: That all our schools should have direct\ncommunication with the city fire halls; that Janitors' residences be erected\non, or in, close proximity to the schools; that in future each new school be\ngiven a formal opening; that we lend every encouragement towards getting\na Technical School for Vancouver.\nMr. Chairman, this report cannot be complete without a reference to\nthose who gave direction or effect to the year's work. I wish to express\nmy appreciation of the uniform courtesy and consideration always shown\nus by the members of the Management Committee and of the Board, in both\ncases, for the valued advice or suggestions they have afforded the Building\nCommittee. I would further thank, for their zeal, diligence and unfailing\nconsideration, my colleagues, Geo. J. Dyke, W. E. Flumerfelt, Dr. W. D.\nBrydone-Jack. Not one of these gentlemen has spared time or toil. It is\nto be hoped their successors will prove as willing and successful, and earn\nthe like confidence of your Board. But those who give effect to our wishes\n\u2014the staff, if you will\u2014it would be hard to do them justice. Mr. Leech,\nArchitect, has shown an entire grasp of his work, though handicapped somewhat in taking office late in February. We have always found Mr. Leech\nprepared to advise on the minutest details; his appointment has proved not\nonly of great service to the Board, but a very marked saving financially, as\nthe entire work of his department for the twelve months ending February\n28th, 1911, will be less than 1.68%.\nDr. F. W. Brydone-Jack early in the year took up the duties of\nMedical School Supervisor, with Miss E. Breeze as Nurse. I voice the\nopinion of every member of the Board when I say his work has been most\nthoroughly and efficiently performed. Not alone has the up-keep of the\npupils had careful attention, but throughout the year the most valuable BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n55\nassistance has been given in matters of ventilation and sanitation. Schools\nformerly much at fault in these respects have been made fully modern. The\ngood results in this department will yearly become more apparent. In the\nnear future the sphere of work must be enlarged and further assistance\nprovided.\nThe Secretary, Mr. C. W. Murray\u2014I voice the estimate of every\nmember of my Committee, and of your entire Board, in saying\u2014that for\nefficiency, system and diligent care of details he could have no superior.\nHis work as Secretary, Supply Agent, and Building Inspector is quite\nonerous, but he is ever ready to advise or furnish any information required.\nHis wise counsel and ready suggestions result from long experience in matters relating to his office. To the assiduity and efficiency of Mr. Murray\nand our other staff members we owe largely the success achieved.\nIn conclusion, I can but hope we may, together, have opportunity to\nlabor in the cause of Education during this year.\nRespectfully submitted,\nJ. J. DOUGAN,\nChairman Building Committee, Grounds, Etc. 56\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n'        'I!\nTOTAL   EXPENDI1\nSchools\nTeachers'\nSalaries\nJanitors'\nSalaries\nMiscellaneous\nFuel\nWater\nRepairs\nInsurance      i\nHigh School\t\n$51,360.00\n1,985.00\n225.20\n$798.66\n96.00\n$1,781.00\n$774.00\n14,657.00\n1,115,00\n1,047.00\n85.03\n36.03\n105.60\n835.31\n64.00\n15,324.00\n23.99\n244.80\n48.00\n794.65\n144.58\nStrathcona\t\n17,502.50\n1,229.70\n29.89\n505.41\n57.20\n1,771.52\nMount Pleasant..\n20,425.00\n1,175.00\n100.29\n573.59\n67.20\n1,374.(11\n32.00\n14,160.00\n14,822.50\nlo.572.00\n14,842.00\n1,115.00\n870.00\n1,055.00\n1,115.00\n18.44\n94.34\n37.44\n17.44\n265.37\n563.53\n366.99\n297.17\n60.00\n100.80\n72.00\n67.20\n554.27\n869.53\n721.75\n519.86\n190.4D\n588.00\n577.00\n36.00\nModel \t\nKitsilano   \t\n14,805.25\n964.00\n222.49\n285.35\n24.00\n649.99\n110.00\nMacdonald\t\n8,477.50\n780.00\n35.14\n97.37\n24.00\n396.43\n10.00\nGrandview\t\n\u25a0   9,766.00\n850.00\n28.49\n269.55\n48.00\n590.89\n8,490.00\n6,713.14\n785.20\n680.00\n83.20\n25.24\n217.80\n490.05\n48.00\n9.60\n476.69\n615.80\n244.00    1\n189.85    1\nSimon Fraser\t\n9,695.00\n860.00\n25.44\n557.38\n48.00\n558.72\n2.60    1\nBritannia High...\n8,395.00\n720.00\n15.55\n427.13\n12.00\n447.84\n298.60    1\n$245,006.89\n$16,345.90\n$1,067.61\n$5,996.27\n897.60\n$12,959.06\n$3,262.03 :1 BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n57\nTHE   YEAR   1910.\n>1\nElectric\nLight and\nPower\nGas\nDomestic\nScience\nExpres-\nsage\nManual\nTraining\nPlay\nGrounds\nSupplementary\nPay Roll\nCadet\nCorps\nTotals\n'}\n$279.30\n$142.80\n$119.35\n$29.07\n$506.53\n$101.40\n$631.38\n$59,708.84\n5\n74.34\n57.71\n13.17\n14.25\n74.42 .\n17,912.06\nii\n30.30\n21.91\n16.50\n145.81\n26.55\n18,667.64\n2\n14.50\n103.15\n26.76\n36.90\n141.93\n6.75\n22,087.53\ng\n374.33\n22.56\n15.30\n206.04\n34.40\n25,407.00\na 1\n97.22\n20.66\n15.95\n91.36\n94 50\n46.50\n17.377.43\n4\n110.46\n23.50\n162.57\n13.75\n94.91\n30.65\n62.50\n19,248.38\n7\n157.73\n61.47\n221.24\n20.80\n186.81\n64.16\n19,870.56\n0\n164.37\n134.85\n431.89\n16.30\n.50\n110.76\n18,610.64\n7\n114.62\n20.55\n19.67\n44.88\n23.90\n18,125.27\n30.52\n.55\n6.16\n13.85\n19.75\n10,526.00\n5\n220.85\n23.25\n19.32\n37.55\n57.20\n-12,604.65\n54\n178.44\n47.58\n336 29\n11.45\n11,421.14\n8\n97.59\n13.35\n972.62\n41.60\n876.93\n22.50\n11,692.95\n3\n131.23\n84.57\n415.57\n54.25\n92.39\n76.10\n13,771.03\nj3\n66.06\n10.70\n266.03\n18.85\n5.75\n47.85\n11,494.94\n96\n$2,141.86\n$724.03\n$3,085.77\n$401.25\n$2,348.96\n$790.89\n109.00\n$631.38\n308,526.06\nManagement Salaries     12,460,00\nSchool Desks   6,639.13\nNight Classes  6,677.66\nCar Fares  484.30\nTelephone  982.50\nPermanent Improvements  244,180.49\nContingent  5,176.67\nTotal $585,126.1 58\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nSCHOOL TRUSTEES.\nExpenditure on Revenue Account for the Year Ended Ended\nDecember  31st,   1910.\nSalaries\u2014\nSuperintendent  and  Assistants $     3,850  00\nSecretary  and Assistants         3,840  00\nTeachers    245,115   89\nCaretakers            1 6,510  90\nOther Salaries         4,770 00\nMaintenance\u2014  $274,086  79\nHigh School   $    5,875  72\nCentral           2,094 56\nDawson           2,274 54\nStrathcona              3,324  53\nMt. Pleasant         3,821   82\nFairview            1,944  70\nRoberts         3,901   54\nSeymour            3,1 53  86\nModel           2,650 40\nKitsilano           2,318 65\nGrandview             2,012  99\nMacdonald            1,203  89\nAberdeen             2,089   73\nSimon Fraser         3,046  28\nClark   Drive         2,839  80\nEast High          2,258 78\nNew Schools  166 70\n 44,978 49\nTelephone Exchange    $        982  50\nCar Fares     442  50\nManual   Training   and   Domestic   Science\nEquipment         3,406  77\nCadet Corps  Band     440  85\nRents             1,040  00\nSolicitor      141   60\nContingent         4,538 25\n         10,992 47\nNight Classes     6,613  66\n$336,671  41\nInterest  and  Sinking  Fund     64,289  99\nExpenditure for Year     $400,961   40*\nUnexpended    Balance   of   Appropriations\nCarried   Forward   to   1911,   as   per\nNew School Act  10,715 09\n$411,676 49\nC. W. Murray,\nSec. Bd. Sch. Trustees.\nW. E. Flumerfelt, John   Kendall,\nChairman, 1910. City Auditor- BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\n59\nLIST  OF   TEACHERS\nWith Grade of Certificate and Date of Appointment.\nNAM\nAlex;\nCERTIFICATE\nDATE  OF APPOINTMENT\n. 2nd January,\n.B. A August,\n\u2022 B.   A August,\n.1st. . August,   1906\n1908\n1909\n1908\n1910\nler,  Irene B\t\nAnderson,  Emily\t\nAnstey, Arthur\t\nAnstie, Jennie K\t\nAstle,  Mabel C 2nd March,\nBain, Nellie   1st August,\nBaker, P. Edna B.   A January,\nBambrick, Charlotta 1st January,\nBawtinheimer, Lucy 1st August,\nBaynes,  Caroline 2nd August,\nBeath,   James 2nd February,\nBell, Edna B B.   A August,\nBentley, Nora B.   A August,\nBethune, Catherine 2nd September,\nBigney, Anna L 1st August,\nBowen, Winnifred 2nd August,\nBowles, Allen B. A January.\nBrodie, William S B.  A August,\nBrough,  Thos B. A August, 1904\nBrunton, Lulu B. A August, 1908\nBulyea, Lona 2nd August, 1910\nBurpee, Ethel B. A October, 1903\nBurpee,   Leila 1st January,   1904\nCairns,  Kate 2nd January,    1910\nCaldwell, R. A B. A November, 1910\nCameron, Alice B.  A August,  1909\nCampbell, Jessie L 1st October,\nCampbell, D. W B.  A August,\nCampbell, Norma 2nd January,\nCantelon, Jean M 1st November,\nCarter, Hilda M 2nd August,\nCaspell, E 1st August,\nCattell,    Dorothy 1st January,   1904\nChadwick, Clara 1st August,    1908\nChodat, Henri M.   A August,   1906\nChute, C. C 1st August,  1909\nClark, Angus 1st August,    1902\nClark, Margaret 2nd August,   1910\nClark, Ethel G 1st September,\nClements,  Mary 1st August,\nCode, L. B B.  A August,\nColbeck. Mrs. A. J 2nd March,\nCook,   Eva 1st January,\nCoombs, Mrs. F. A B.   A January,\nCowan, Susie 1 2nd August,\nCowperthwaite, F. M B.    A 1890-189'\nCox, Bertha C 1st January,\nCox,   Nellie 1st August,\nCraig,   Elspet'm B.  A August,\n1908\n1907\n1909\n1909\n1908\n1903\n1909\n1910\n1906\n1909\n1910\n1909\n1909\n1902\n1908\n1909\n1907\n1903\n1899\n1907\n1909\n1910\n1900\n1910\n1909\n1908\n1902\n1910\n1910\n1910\n2nd August, 1909\n. .April,    1902\n.August, 1910\n1908\nCrake,   Ethel  M. .\nCreech,   Wnjiifre-i 2nd.\nCreelman,   Amoiia      B. A. .\nCrombie, I. M  . B.   A August,\nCurrie, Katharine B 1st April,  1910\nDauphinee A. Joseohiue    1st January,  1910\nDavidson Augusta .1 2nd February, 1900\nDavidson,   Jessie 1st September,  1910\nDavidson, Lucretia 1st August,    1910\nDavidson,   J.   G.. . . , September, 1907\nDavison, R. L B. A August, 1909\nDavy, R. N B.  A October,  1906\nDe Bou, Ida M B. A February, 1908\nDenton,   V.   L B.   A August,   1908\nDickey, Alberta F Academic January,  1907\nDixon, Leah \"V 2nd January,    1907\nDobson, F. H. : B.  A August,   1907\nDole, H.  P B.   A January,   1910\nDonald, Sarah 2nd August,    1906\nDunning, J. T B.   A August,   1906\nDutcher, H. K September, 1907\nDyke,   Kathleen 2nd August,   1907 60\nBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nCERTIFICATE\nDATE OF APPOINTMENT\nNAME\nEldridge, Dorothy C 2nd January,\nElliott, Margaret 2nd    March,\nElmsly, Ada B 1st November,\nEvans,   C.   R 1st November,\nEvans,   Nellie  1st August,\nFisher, Jessie E  2nd January,\nFletcher, Eliz. E 2nd August,\nFrame, Emma M 2nd August,\nFrederickson,  Gertrude 2nd January,\nFrith, Lillian E 2nd January,\nFullerton. Florence 1st August,\nGale,  John  R 1st September,\nGeorge,   Eliz.   L 2nd August,\nGordon, C. J. M September,\nGourlie, Wm. G B.  A  August,\nGower, G. H B.  A August,\nGrady,   Mary  D 1st January,\nGranger,   Constance 2nd    January,\nGrant, Fannie 1 2nd December,\nGrant, D. A 1st August,\nGreenway,   Libbie 1st October,\nGrenfell,   Mary  E B.  A August,\nHamilton,   Margaret 2nd August,\nHamilton, J. A 2nd February,\nHarper, Lulu 1st January,\nHay, Alice 2nd    1897-1907-\nHemsworth,  E.  A 1st August,\nHenderson,  Jas M.  A January,\nHenry,   J.   K B. A August,\nHewton,   Sara 2nd August,\nHoffard, Ella 1 1st January,\nHolloway,   Mamie 2nd August,\nHornby,   Dulcie 2nd January,\nHuggard, Mrs. A.  C 1st January,\nJacks, Gertrude M 2nd August,\nJamieson, Anna B B.   A January,\nJamieson,   G.   W 1st August,\nJewett, F. A B.  A August,\nJohnson, Eliz. M 2nd August,\nJohnston,  Bessie 1st March,\nJohnston, D. B B.   A January,\nJohnstone, Marion B 2nd March,\nKelly, Minnie E 1st January,\nKendall, Geo. E November.\nKerr,   Ruby 2nd January,\nKing,  H.   B Academic January,\nKingston, Emily G 2nd August,\nLaird, Edna J 1st August,\nLangley,   Celia    Academic August,\nLaursen,   Lili 1st August,\nLawrence,  F 1st August,\nLawrence, Edith M 2nd November,\nLawson, Winnifred 2nd February,\nLeek,   Edith  L 2nd March,\nLe Sueur, Eva D 1st January,\nLewis,   Alice  M \\ 2nd August,\nLittle, D. C B.  A January,\nLindseth, Clara E 2nd October,\nMacdonald, Agnes 2nd August,\nMacdonald, Lucretia 1st September,\nMacfarlane, Minnie ,. 2nd May,\nMacgregor, Annabelle 2nd August.\nMackay,  Hattie A 1st April,\nMaclaren, Louise 1st November,\nMaclean,  Alice B.  A August,\nMacnaghten, R B.   A January,\nMaggs, A. B B. A August,\nMarch, A. C B. A August,\nMartin, John 1st January,\nMartin, J. M B.A August,\nMathews, S. W M.  A April,\nMaxwell,  Mary  E 1st August,\nMaycock,  Eliz.  J B. A January,\nMayers, F. J B. A November,\nMessinger, C. R\u201e B.  A August,\nMessinger, Mary I B. A.\n.August, 1910 BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES\nNAME CERTIFICATE DATE  OF  APPOINTMENT\nMilne, Helen 1st October, 1905\nMoody, Margaret B.  A August,  1909.\nMunn, D. W September, 1908\nMcAlpine, Sara 2nd October,   1900\nMcCallum,   Ada 2nd August,   1895\nMcCoy, Emma C B.  A August,  1910\nMcDonald, Christina 1st August,  1908\nMcDonald,  Edna C 2nd August,   1906\nMcDonagh, Wm 1st February,    1903\nMcEwen, Agnes 1st August,    1905\nMcEwen, Florence E 1st September, 1906\nMcGeer, Lucy 2nd June,    1902\nMcKee, Geo. E B. A \". .May,  1905\nMcKay, Minnie G 2nd March,   1891\nMcKenzie,   Grace 1st August,  1908\nMcKenzie, Mary L \u2022 B. A August, 1908\nMcKenzie, Margaret N 1st January,  1905\nMcKinnon,  Mary 2nd January,    1897\nMcLeod,  Lena B 1st August,  1910\nMcNair,   Muriel 2nd .July,   1905\nMcPherson,  Annie  R 1st September,    1910\nMcQueen,   Eliz.  D B. A December, 1907\nNeil, Mrs. A. B 1st August,    1908\nOlding, Eliz 2nd January,    1902\nPainter,    Emily 2nd January,    1909\nParkinson,  Madge 1st January,  1908\nPatterson,   Jean 1st January,   1907\nPattison,  Thos M.  A February,  1901\nPollock,   J.   R 1st August,   1910\nPreston,   Bessie 2nd January, 1910\nPurdy, Ruth O 2nd January,    1908\nReid, M. R. J 2nd August,   1907\nRines,  Alfred 1st August, 1908\nRobinson, D. M B. A January, 1894\nRobinson,  Geo.   E B. A August, 1893\nRoberts, T. H B.  A August,   1910\n^Robertson,    L B.   A August,   1901\nRoss, A. W B.   A January,   1909\nRoss, Mary E B.   A August,   1907\nSalter,  Mildred E 2nd January,    1910\nSaunders,  M.  B Academic August, 1906\nShaver, M. E 2nd February, 1904\nSherman,  R.  S 1st February,   1903\nSherrin, Alice 1st January,   1909\nShine, Mrs. A.  G 2nd April,   1903\nSinclair, Madge P 2nd August,   1910\nSmith,   Annie 2nd. . .\u2022 August,    1905\nSmith,  Edith  L 1st October,   1909\nSmith, Eva A 1st October,   1909\nSnider,    Emma 2nd August, 1909\nSparling,  R 1st February,   1901\nSparling, Ella Academic August, 1910\nSteeves, Eloise 1st August,  1910\n\u25a0Stephens, S.  R B.   A January,   1906\nStephens, Emma D 1st January,    1910\nSterns, Edith B B.   A August,   1910\nStewart, Edith L 1st August,  1910\nSt. James, Lea B.   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