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wharf, which we have shown changed 
into a shelter and Janding, and then 
makes a loop at the end of the park 
where the outlook is good over the har- 
bor. To inerease the effect of making 
this end of the park command the har- 
bor we have made this slightly the 
highest part of the land and have 
thrown out a semi-circular buttress 
from the sea-wall to give a lookout 
point. The differences in elevation 
over the park are, however, slight, ow- 
ing to our desire to economize in the 
amount of filling called for. 
The system of walks is designed to 
give the public the best possible use 
of the park, with no unnecessary walks 
and with as large an open space in the 
center of the park as possible. This 
open field is slightly hollowed, which, 
with the surrounding planting that we 
have shown, gives it a sense of being 
enclosed within the park. 
The masses of planting are arranged 
to shvt out as much as possible the 
traffic on Beach street and to give 
pleasing landscape compositions from 
variovs points of view within the park 
itself. We have shown the location 
for the boulder monument to Mascono- 
mo, also position for a bubble drinking 
fovntain. 
The fence along Beach street 
could well be constructed: of granite 
posts and iron chains which is appro- 
priate for ovr New England seaport 
towns. The fence along the top of the 
seawall and revetment should be of 
iron, designed to prevent little child- 
ren from falling through and also com- 
fortable for adults to lean upon when 
they look ovt over the harbor. 
The bandstand we think quite im- 
portant for the park, and we have 
placed it in the most prominent position 
and surrounded it with the road and 
walks. This will make an excellent 
place for band concerts on summer 
evenings. 
It seems to vs quite necessary to pro- 
vide some shelter. We have therefore 
shown such a building erected on the 
wharf. It provides a floor space 25 ft. 
by 40 ft., which is rather small. How- 
ever, this will serve to protect from 175 
to 200 people in case of sudden showers, 
and may be sufficient for the present. 
I'he profile and sections show the 
amount of filling required to carry out 
this plan. While the amount will be 
large it is the least that can be done 
to get a satisfactory result. The lowest 
point we show on the path on the south 
side is only 10 1-2 inches above your 
hizh tide of the 21lst,—record of which 
Mr. Allen kindly sent us immediately. 
We therefore feel that the filling could 
not be less; and if possible we should 
prefer to increase it by at least a foot 
on the east side of the band stand to 
iacrease the effect of this point. 
After your Commission has examined 
this preliminary plan, and if it is ae- 
cepted, we will send some plans show- 
ing details of construction. Before the 
bids for the work of filling are ealled 
for by you we should have worked up 
the planting plan enough to indicate 
on }lan and to specity where the tree 
pits and where the shrub beds are to 
be, in order to have sufficient depth of 
topsoil in these places and to be 
omical with it on areas where less 
will be required. 
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Parent-Teacher Association Heard 
Manual Training Discussed 
by Prof. Reed of 
Salem. 
The Manchester Parent-Teacher 
association held a very interesting 
meeting at the assembly hall of the 
Price Primary school Monday even- 
ing. The exhibit of work by the 
pupils, displayed in the kindergarten 
room, was greatly admired by the 
visitors. There were some fine spe- 
cimens of sewing by the girls, and a 
variety of sloyd articles made by 
the boys of the various grades. 
After the president, Mrs. D. T. 
Beaton had called the meeting to or- 
der and the report of the previous 
meeting had been read by Secretary 
Miss Anne Clark, it was voted that 
the president appoint two dele- 
gates to attend the State Convention 
to be held in Lynn in February, when 
the national president will be present. 
Miss Lothrop will represent the 
teachers and Mrs. Otis M. Stanley 
the parents. After this business Miss 
Brenda Cook rendered a_ beautiful 
vocal solo. 
The speaker of the evening, Prof. 
J. W. Reed of the Salem Normal 
school, was then introduced, and he 
spoke on Manual Training in the 
publie schools, emphasizing the need 
of the work in the lower grades and 
telling how very important the pa- 
per and eard-board work is for the 
children. 
The difference between a trade 
school and a public school, he said, 
is that the former teaches a specific 
trade to a boy, while the public 
schools give a training effective for 
both hands and brain, working to- 
gether. To interest the average child 
start at the home. What the teach- 
ers need today is co-operation of the 
parents. In manual training the 
boy must be given a reasonable 
amount of lee-way under a teacher’s 
skillful guidance, of course. To 
learn to draw useful articles is far 
more important than to draw 
pretty ones. Manual training has 
been found to be of great value in 
the cause of wayward children; get 
them interested in something and 
they will keep off the streets. 
The speaker displayed many speci- 
mens of work done by his pupils, in- 
cluding weaving, brass work and 
raffia. The work in every instance 
was perfect. He spoke of the play- 
erounds in Salem, where almost all 
the tilts, swings and even buildings 
were the work of boys. 
Following the address Miss Bren- 
da Cook sang very sweetly again. 
After the meeting: all adjourned to 
the kindergarten room when a social 
half hour was spent, refreshments 
being served. The following com- 
mittee was in charge of this feature 
of the evening’s program: Mrs. A. 
L. Sabin, Miss Nellie Leonard, Mrs. 
i Cleary, Mrs. F. J. Merrill, Mrs. 
Wm. Fleming, Mrs. 8. A: Sinnicks, 
Mrs. John Connors, Mrs. Edward 
Height and Mrs. Chas. Francis. 
At the next meeting, to be held 
in February, there will be an elec- 
tion of officers and reports will be 
presented. 
Some folks make themselves so 
lame kicking about things, that they 
tire themselves all out and never 
make anything out of life. It does- 
n’t pay. 
You are better than you seem; 
better than you believe yourself to 
be. So don’t give way to discour- 
agement. 
