. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending July 3, 1911 . yeach boy or girl granted a working certificate. In three months end-ing June 1, 205 certificates were issued, the recipients being enrolledas follows: High School, S; eighth grade, 37; seventh, 46; sixth, 65;fifth, 61; fourth, 39; third, 6; second, 3. Fraternal, Social, and Commencement Affairs. To regulate the expenses and the social functions incident to HighSchool life was one of the unpleasant school tasks of the presentdecade. For years there was agitation in Readin


. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending July 3, 1911 . yeach boy or girl granted a working certificate. In three months end-ing June 1, 205 certificates were issued, the recipients being enrolledas follows: High School, S; eighth grade, 37; seventh, 46; sixth, 65;fifth, 61; fourth, 39; third, 6; second, 3. Fraternal, Social, and Commencement Affairs. To regulate the expenses and the social functions incident to HighSchool life was one of the unpleasant school tasks of the presentdecade. For years there was agitation in Reading in regard to thepersonal expense incident to commencement and against the elabor-ate social functions attending this occasion. In order to minimizethe expense, the board decided, beginning with the class of 1905, touse caps and gowns. Social evils, however, multiplyed each year, social functions grew,and the number of fraternal and secret societies increased. In fact,the latter became so objectionable that in a communication to thepresident of the board the Faculty of the High School for boys pe-titioned for tf o


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