than the usual annual repairs. During the past summer the following items received attention: defective ceilings were repaired, at an expense of about $180; the tops of tables in the recitation rooms were renewed by sandpapering and varnishing, at an expense of $150; Venetian shades were repaired, at a cost of about $75; window frames, ceilings, etc., were painted, floors were oiled and varnished, at a cost of about $500; mattresses were made over, at a cost of $100. MONEY RETURNED TO THE STATE TREASURY. The State inspector of boilers had suggested that new boilers would be required in the near future, and $1,500 had been added to the repair fund for that purpose. It was found that the old boilers could be used for another year by reducing the pressure, and so the $1,500 was turned back to the State treasury as an unexpended balance. MUCH-NEEDED REPAIRS. The State inspector has again suggested the necessity for new boilers, and we expect to need about $1,500 for that purpose. Two steam pumps are needed, one for pumping cold water to the tanks in the top of the buildings and the other for pumping hot water returning from the dormitory. Crushed stone is needed for renewing the walks and drives of the campus. STATISTICS. 1. Number of students registered Sept. 10, 1908: men, 12; women, 34; total, 46. 2. Number of students registered since Sept. 9, 1897: men, 68; women, 363; total, 431. 3. Average age of entering class when admitted: 20 years. 4. Number who have had experience as teachers: 9. 5. Residence of pupils: Barnstable County, -Barnstable, 8; Dennis, 1; Harwich, 2; Orleans, 1; total, 12; Dukes County, Gay Head, 1; Tisbury, 1; total, 2; Franklin County, Conway, 1; Norfolk County, -Walpole, 1; Suffolk County, Boston, 1; Worcester County,Barre, 1; Mexico, 2. 6. Occupation of pupils' parents: merchants, 4; carpenters, 2; fishermen, 2; poultry dealers, 2; cabinet maker, engineer, farmer, livery stable keeper, State officer, selectman, steward, watchmaker, each 1. SUMMER SESSION. The interest in the summer session continues to increase and to deepen. The number of applicants for 1908 was greater than the boarding accommodations of the village of Hyannis were able to supply, so that it was found necessary to advise some teachers to go elsewhere. The proportion of superintendents of schools and of supervisors of drawing and manual training teachers was very large, thus insuring that many more teachers will be influenced by the Hyannis work than just those who were present. The faculty of the summer session consisted of the following: W. A. BALDWIN, EDMUND F. SAWYER, MARY E. LAING, CHARLES P. SINNOTT, GERTRUDE E. BIGELOW, THEODORE M. DILLAWAY, MABEL KIMBALL BAKER, EDITH S. HASKELL, CHARLES H. MORRILL, CLARENCE F. CARROLL, CALVIN N. KENDALL, W. H. ELSON, Principal. Instructor in music, State Normal School, Formerly instructor in pedagogy, State Nor- Instructor in geography, State Normal School, Instructor in arithmetic, Boston Normal Supervisor of drawing, Buffalo, N. Y. Instructor in physical training, State Normal Supervisor of industrial work, Training Instructor in English, State Normal School, Instructor in manual training, State Normal School, Hyannis. Superintendent of schools, Rochester, N. Y. Superintendent of schools, Indianapolis, Ind. The following statistics may also be of interest: — 42 19 136 25 71 76 Number of students graduated from normal schools, CARROLL D. WRIGHT, Board of Visitors. On the eleventh day of February, 1908, Mr. Frank F. Coburn, for nearly eleven years the honored head of the school, entered into rest, after a long and wearisome illness. It is not the fortune of many to have lived and worked with such a man as Mr. Coburn. To have known him as a man is to have acquired a respect for real manhood; to have known him as a teacher is to feel increasingly the inspiration of the calling which he adorned for so many years; to have known him as a friend is to hold dear in remembrance all that real comradeship means. He was a great executive, clear sighted and judicial, a strong teacher, a "school man of excellence and ability. His calmness of speech and poise of manner were but the outward semblance of the serenity of spirit which characterized his whole life. At no time during the long years of martyrdom did he allow his infirmity to enter into the life of another. A cheery word and a pleasant smile greeted one always upon his threshold. His native city is better for his having lived in it, the normal school will always bear the impress of his personality, and in his untimely departure, the city, the State and the cause for which he labored have lost alike a splendid, honorable citizen, an inspiring teacher, and a refined, noble-spirited man. THE FACULTY. In April of the present year Mr. Cyrus A. Durgin, for ten years the head of the Bartlett Training School, was elected by the Board of Education to succeed the late Mr. Coburn as principal of the normal school. He brings with him to the new position an intimate knowledge of the school from its organization down to the present time, and, as a valuable asset, a long experience in training school work. During the year the school has lost the services of two of its valued teachers. In September Miss Mary Hussey was obliged to retire, on account of ill health; and a few weeks later Miss Mabel C. Bragg resigned, to accept a much more lucrative position elsewhere. Both teachers have contributed much to the growth of the school, and their retirement is a distinct loss. At the time of writing, the vacancies have not been filled. By vote of the Board, Miss Margaret Teague has been doing temporary work during the present term, in the department of physical culture. In September, 1908, Mr. Herbert D. Bixby, master of the Edmund J. Shattuck School of Norwood, Mass., was elected by the Board of Education to the principalship of the Bartlett Training School. Mr. Bixby was graduated from Tufts College, and later from the Lowell Normal School, and is especially well qualified to carry on the work of the training school. In June, 1908, Miss Mary C. Ladd, teacher of the first grade in the training school, resigned to be married; and Miss E. Belle Perham, for a number of years principal of the kindergarten, was appointed to fill the vacancy; while Miss Helen W. Noyes, principal of one of the city kindergartens, succeeded Miss Perham. Notwithstanding the numerous changes in the teaching force the school is in fine condition, and everything promises well for a pleasant and profitable school year. In the Gilbert E. Hood Training School, in Lawrence, Miss Lamprey and her assistants are doing the same excellent work which has always characterized the school. The faculty and students have never been more in earnest to promote the best interests of the school, and it is not too much. to expect that their efforts will meet with a generous share of success. RURAL SCHOOL. The ungraded school at North Tewksbury, under the charge of Miss Tirzah Morse, is already an efficient factor in our train |