Part 7

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Spelling and punctuation were changed only where the error appears to be a printing error. The punctuation changes are too numerous to list; the others are as follows:

Ditto marks in tables were replaced by the text they represent.

“last” changed to “Last” on page 54. (Last spring)

“accomodate” changed to “accommodate” on page 60. (accommodate the increasing numbers of students)