2 THE NEW METHOD 



I beg leave to say that in this charge there is not 

 one word of truth. I have been furnished with only 

 one register annually, and that has been duly re- 

 turned with all the facts required by law. I can 

 easily prove this by inserting a statement by Mr. 

 Averill, who has for many years been the superin- 

 tending committee of the town. 



I have annually sent to Mr. Whittemore one school regis- 

 ter with the request that he would furnish me with answers 

 to the questions therein contained, and he has returned it, 

 promptly, with such answers. 



C. S. AvERiiviv, 

 Superintending School Committee of Milford. 



Instead of neglecting my duty in this respect, I 

 have done more than the law requires. I have, each 

 term, at my own expense, published one hundred and 

 fifty copies of the statistics required by law, together 

 with many other facts of interest, and have furnished 

 both the committee and each scholar with a copy, so 

 that every family that had a child in school might 

 have a complete record of every term. 



If any one has neglected his duty or failed to 

 understand it, the chairman of the committee is the 

 man. It was his duty to furnish the teachers of 

 District No. i with registers sufficient to record the 

 name of every scholar. This would require two in 

 the high school each term, but he has never fur- 



