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P. 12'x22/

ANTE ROOM

A-ASSEMBLY HALL. P-PLATFORM.

OF THE

BOARD OF EDUCATION,

TOGETHER WITH THE

FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS,

OF

RHODE ISLAND,

JANUARY, 1885.

PROVIDENCE:

E. L. FREEMAN & CO., PRINTERS TO THE STATE,

1885.

CONTENTS.

I.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

II.

III.

REPORT OF BOARD OF

REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
OF R. I. SCHOOL OF

MANAGEMENT

DESIGN.

IV.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE NORMAL

SCHOOL.

V.

VI.

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE STATE

NORMAL SCHOOL.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE STATE NORMAL

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