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WESTHAMPTON, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
1899
A
ANNUAL REPORTS 1
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
Westhampton, Mass.,
FOR THE
Year Ending March Ist, 1899
EASTHAMPTON, MASS., PRESS OF ENTERPRISE PRINTING CO. 1899.
Selectmen's Report.
HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES.
HIGHWAY BILLS, 1897.
S. D. Lyman
$47 17
W. H. Lyman
10 00
C. N. Loud
9 67-$ 66 84
SNOW BILLS.
H. L. Dodge
12 12
Franklin Howard
25 47
S. D. Lyman
21 72
A. T. Edwards
28 33
A. E. Damon
21 88
G. L. Hathaway
29 56
H. W. Montague
11 12
I. O. Shaw
10 64
C. Connors
10 37
P. A. Connery
17 50
L. W. Clapp
4 05
George Coleman
4 30
G. E. Knight
2.50
A. L. Searle
.75-$ 200 31
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HIGHWAY WORK BY D. S. BRIDGMAN, SUPERINTENDENT.
D. S. Bridgman, $219 95
G. A. Witherell 117 36
A. T. Edwards 65 48
F. Howard 47 27
W. Kingsley
49 81
A. J. Griffin
46 06
Almon Benson
17 75
J. Boucher
26 91
Orville Flint
15 24
A. Delisle
6 00
G. W. Coleman
7 58
L. W. Clapp
1 50
A. Labarge
5 17
F. A. Hathaway
22
F. Holdridge
7 33
G. Amlaw
5 75
F. C. Montague
5 83
A. Damon
1 75
G. Hathaway
6 92
C. Connors
6 50
Levi Burt
10 50
E. H. Montague
7 00
W. Adams
4 50
Lyman Bridgman
10
E. J. Burt
1 33
Cowles & Childs, 2500 feet chestnut plank
32 50
50 posts. 2 50
66
Railing
2 40
100 feet 6-inch Tile at 9c.
9 00
30 feet 4-inch Tile.
1 50
Delivering
1 00
Axle for Scraper
1 50
5
Paint for Scraper and Railing
3 35
Spikes and Grease 1 33
L. A. Howard's" bill
30 16
C. N. Loud, timber
9 00-$ 788 05
Paint and Oil
4 15
Paint brush
50
Painting railing
2 55
Scraper of Newkirk 6 50
Cowles & Childs, 37 posts
1 85
Spikes and Nails
1 26
Propping up bridge by H. M. Parsons
3 00
A. T. Edwards, 260 feet chestnut plank at 14c
3 64
Cowles & Childs, 370 ft.
at 13c 4 81
66 550 ft. hemlock plank at 8c 4 40
H. W. Montague, posts
35
C. Connors
60
G. W. Graves
1 50
G. Frisbee
2 25
A. E. Damon
64
E. Blaksley
3 75
A. J. Griffin
12 75
George Hathaway
3 32
H. A. Parsons
4 00
Johnny Gummer
3 00
F. C. Montague
1 50
Wm. Kingsley
15 42
Orville Flint
1 50
A. Fisher
3 40
L. Howard
3 00
D. S. Bridgman
73 30
E. P. Torrey
34 80
S. D. Lyman
11 49
6
F. C. Montague, Parsons bridge
10 35-$ 219 85
$1,274 78
SUPPORT OF POOR.
William Lawler at Northampton hospital $169 46 Isadore Howard at Worcester Hospital 169 46 Mrs. Duggan at Northampton almshouse 159 70 Mrs. Keating with James Moran 97 00
Annie and Kate Cassidy, Mrs. R. A. Pratt, board and clothing 9 74
Kate Cassidy, T. Edwards, clothing 12 35-$ 617 71
Heman Pittsinger, settlement Deerfield 62 30- 62 30
Total for support of poor
$680 01
State aid
44 00
Street and Wright fund
25 00
Thayer fund for parish
24 00
Dog fund for library
70 44
Street lamps
19 14
MISCELLANEOUS.
Westhampton Water Co. $5 00
Enterprise Printing Co., printing reports 28 15
Hampshire Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 14 25
F. W. Blaksley, Clark scholarship 6 42
A. D. Rice, express 55
Climax Road Machine Co., machine points 4 00 George Burt, Memorial Day appropriation 25 00 F. H. Judd, express and postage 3 35
A. D. Rice, postage 40
A. D. Rice, tax book 1 10
Westhampton · Water Co. 10 00
G. E. Knight, driving hearse 15 00
G. E. Knight, mowing cemetery 6 00
G. E. Knight, care town hall
11 25
A. K. Chapman, repairing scraper and postage 2 47
H. A. Parsons, sundries 2 31
F. C. Montague, wood for hall
13 00
A. D. Rice, express
25
Florence Machine Co., castings
9 93
Berlin Iron Bridge Co., guide boards
1 50
A. D. Rice, express
35
F. H. Judd, express and postage
6 02
G. L. Hathaway, wire fence 2 37
G. E. Knight, librarian 20 00
George Tower, wire fence
9 37
F. H. Judd, express
75
H. C. Williams, public water tub
3 00-$ 201 79
TOWN OFFICERS.
F. H. Judd, clerk
$15 00
66
sealer
5 00
66
elector 4 00
66
66
registrar
7 00
66
66
clerk's report
5 00
16
recording births, deaths and marriages 11 30
66
66
paid for returning births and deaths
2 25
66
66
office room
2 00-$ 51 55
A. K. Chapman, treasurer
25 00
66
66 election officer
1 50-$ 26 50
A. D. Rice, selectman
18 00
assessor
20 00
66
66 overseer of poor
5 50
66 registrar
6 00-
49 50
F. C. Montague, selectman
8 00
66
assessor
12 50
66
6'6
overseer of poor 5 00
66
60 registrar
6 00- - 31 50
Joseph Hathaway, selectman
8 75
66
assessor
8 87
66
66
overseer of poor
7 50
66
66
registrar
5 00-
30 12
Levi Burt, constable
2 00-
2 00
E. B. Bridgman, constable
2 50-
2 50
A. D. Montague, auditor
1 50-
1 50
John Pollard, election officer
1 50-
1 50
W. J. Lyman, meat inspector
13 50-
13 50
$210 17
TAXES.
State tax
$137 00
County tax
479 12
S. D. Lyman, collector 1896
44 03
Discount on taxes, 1897
123 95
66 " Thayer fund, 1897
25 00
S. D. Lyman, collector
42 36
Discount on taxes, 1898
123 97
Discount by Thayer fund, 1898
24 00-$ 999 43
100 00
Payment on Vault note 60 66 Notes borrowed money
2,400 00
Interest on notes 68 94-$2,568 94
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RECAPITULATION.
Highways
$1,274 78
Support of poor
680 01
State aid
44 00
Street and Wright fund
25 00
Thayer fund for parish
24 00
Dog fund for Library
70 44
Street lamps
19 14
Town officers
.210 17
Miscellaneous
201 79
Taxes
999 43
Payment on Vault note
100 00
Payment on borrowed money
2,400 00
Interest
68 94 .
Total Selectmen's orders
$ 6,117 70
School Committee's orders
1,924 69
Total expenditures
$ 8,042 39
Balance Feb. 3, 1898,
$1,837 28
Assessment
3,920 23
From Treasurer's Book
3,743 38 -- $ 9,500 89
Balance Feb. 1, 1899,
1,458 50
LIABILITIES.
Note at Savings Bank 800 00
A. D. RICE
Selectmen
F. C. MONTAGUE, of
JOSEPH HATHAWAY,
Westhampton.
Westhampton, Februarv 1, 1899.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find that they have drawn orders and have vouchers to the amount of six thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy cents, ($6,117.70).
A. D. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
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List of Jurors.
Dwight S. Bridgman,
George L. Hathaway,
J. Holland Kingsley,
Henry A. Parsons, Michael Connery, A. D. Rice,
Arthur T. Edwards.
Assessors Report.
Real Estate Valuation
$180,004
Personal Estate Valuation
36,822
Total Valuation Tax Rate $17.
$216,826 00
Real Estate Tax
3,060 20
Personal Estate Tax
626 03
Polls
234 00
Total Tax
3,920 23
Tax Levy
State tax
135 00
County tax
479 12
Schools
1,000 00
Highways
1,100 00
Support of Poor
500 00
Town officers
275 00
Vault note
100 00
Discount on taxes
100 00
Contingencies
200 00
Overlayings
31 11-$3920 23
A. D. RICE, F. C. MONTAGUE,
Assessors
of
JOSEPH HATHAWAY, ) Westhampton
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Treasurer's Report
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1899.
Dr.
Balance from last year $1,837 28
A. G. Jewett, int. on Wright fund 25 00
N. A. Kingsley 66
66 25 00
Easthampton Savings Bank, int. on Thayer Fund 34 53
Northampton Institution of Savings 2,000 00
Geo. Burt Memorial Day Funds returned 6 00
Harriet F. Judd, for organ 8 00
Trustees, estate of Whiting Street 52 50
State Treasurer, insane poor 254 19
:6 Inspection of animals 14 25
66 66 Corporation tax 22 19
66 66 National Bank tax
273 30
66 66 State Aid
39 00
66
Income Mass. school fund 750 43
66 Tuition of Children 50 00
Rent of Hall
3 00
County Treasurer, dog fund
70 44
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Town of Deerfield
84 30
F. H. Judd, int. on Thayer fund Amount of assessment
31 25-$5580 66 3920 23
Total
$9,500 89
Cr.
By paid orders of Selectmen
6,117 70 66 School Committee 1,924 69
Balance in treasury
754 09
Balance due from Collector 704 41-$9500 89
There is one note due the Northampton Institution of Savings of $700 00, leaving an actual balance in the town's favor of $758 50.
A. K. CHAPMAN, Treasurer.
Westhampton, Mass., Feb. 1, 1899.
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of eight thousand no hundred and forty-two dollars and thirty- nine cents ($8,042.39) for which proper vouchers are on file and a balance of cash on hand of seven hundred and fifty- four dollars and nine cents ($754.09).
Due from Collector, seven hundred and four dollars and forty-one cents ($704.41).
A. D. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
Town Clerk's Report.
FOR THE YEAR 1898.
BIRTHS. 1898
/ Jan.
6.
Marie Aladd Deflongchamp
2 Feb. 9. Raymond Chester Williams
3 Mar. 19. Victor Boucher
4 Mar. 18. Mary Levia Boucher
5 Apr. 24.
Annie Elizabeth Lyman
6 Apr. 27.
Myrtle Alice Amlaw Howard
7 June 5.
8 Oct. 30.
Cora Etta Harvel
9 Nov. 25. Lillian Alice Graves
Births recorded in recent years.
'88
'89
'90
'91
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
12
8
12
12
15
15
12
9
16
14
MARRIAGES RECORDED. 1898
April 20, Etienn Challet of Westhampton, Anelda Boucher of Westhampton
2 April 20, Frank W. Niles of Westhampton, Rose Nellie Pittsinger of Westhampton.
3 June 8, Francis A. Loud of Westhampton, Elsie K. Bartlett of Westhampton,
4 June 8. J. Augustus Pollard of Westhampton, Flora M. Kingsley of Westhampton.
Marriages recorded in recent years.
'88
'89
'90
'91
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
4
6
4
3
4
5
5
2
4
4
DEATHS-1898
1 Jan. 21. Charlotte A. W. Kingsley,
71-8-6
2 Mar. 14. Ella Grace Hathaway, 3-6-7
3 July 9. Annie Elizabeth Lyman, 2-15
y July 13. Myrtle Alice Amlaw,
2-14
5 Aug. 14. Ethel Beatrice Lyman,
1-2-28
& Sept. 15. Peter Gagnon,
68- - 21
/ Oct. 10.
Fred W. Clapp,
25- -
8Oct. 25.
Parmenas King,
72- - 13
9 Dec. 14.
Catharine C. Slattery,
58-7
10 Dec. 27.
Catherine N. McCarthy,
62
Deaths recorded in recent years.
'88
'89
'90
'91
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
5
5
4
5
13
12
10
11
5
6
Causes of Death : Pneumonia 1, Tuberculosis 2, Mar- asmus 2, Chicken Pox 1, Whooping Cough 1, Cerebral Hem-
15
orrhage 1, Bright's Disease 1, Found Dead 1. Mortgages of Personal property 9. All other papers 1.
DOGS LICENSED.
C. T. Williams
April 2 Chas Connors May 26
Nathan Damon, 2
13 J. H. Kingsley
30
F. C. Montague
14 W. J. Anderson June 13
A. L. Snow
20 F. J. Pomeroy 16
G. H. Coleman
23 H. M. Clapp
July 2
G. A. Witherell, 2
26
H. Haunton
20
Levi Burt 26
W. J. Lyman
22
S. A. Rust
27
M. G. Crandall
22
Jos. Hathaway
29 S. D. Lyman
22
F. H. Judd
30
Geo. Tower
Aug. 20
W. L. Collier 30
John Gravelin
31
A. D. Montague, Jr.
30
A. T. Edwards
Sept. 1
T. P. Elwell
30 E. A. Bartlett
23
Mrs. Pelton,
30
H. J. Payson
23
Henry Hathaway
30
E. W. Payson 23
A. D. Rice
30
Fred Laduc
24
I. O. Shaw
May 2 M. K. Parsons
21
G. W. Graves
2
C. H. Bartlett
26
P. Connors
3 John Gravelin 26
H. L. Dodge
3
M. J. Slattery 26
W. D. Wicks,
9 F. H. Judd
29
W. R. Lyman
14
F. Howard 30
H. W. Montague
18 Henry Hathaway Oct. 15
A. K. Chapman
20 A. J. Griffin
Nov. 12
L. W. Clapp
21 Two transfers.
25
A. S. Bridgman
30 P. A. Connery
16
Amount received from Licenses in former years.
'88
'89
'90
'91
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
$124
129
106
95
115
95
108
99
101
106
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
To cash received for 30 Licenses at $2 00 to June 1, 1898
$60 00
Less 30 fees at 20 cents
6 00
Due County June 1, 1898
$54 00
Cash rec'd for 22 Licenses at $2 00 to Dec. 1, 1898
$44 00
66
.. 66 1 License at 5 00 5 00
$49 00
Less 23 fees at 20 cents
4 60
Due County Dec. 1, 1898
$44 40
By County Treasurer's Receipt, June 1, 1898 54 00
66 66
Dec. 1, 1898 44 40
Whole amount received from licenses $109 00
66
returned from County Treasury 70 44
Respectfully submitted,
F. H. JUDD, Town Clerk.
Westhampton, Feb. 1, 1899. I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk for the year ending February 1, 1899, and find them correct. A. D. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
Report of the Joint School Board.
TO DISTRICT COMPRISING TOWNS OF EASTHAMPTON, SOUTH- AMPTON AND WESTHAMPTON, FOR YEAR ENDING JULY 1, 1898.
Received from State Treasurer $1,250 00
Credited to Superintendent's salary $750 00
to towns of district on basis of average total membership of schools of district for year end- ing July 1, 1898,
To Easthampton
$383 91
To Southampton
78 15
To Westhampton
37 94
$500 00 500 00
$1250 00 $1,250 00
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Received from towns of district on basis of average total membership for year end- ing July 1, 1898, Town of Easthampton, share Superintendent's salary, $575 87
Town of Southampton, share
Superintendent's salary, 117 23
Town of Westhampton, share
Superintendent's salary, 56 90
$750 00
$750 00
State Treasurer credited to Supt's salary,
750 00
$1,500 00
Paid Supt. salary for year ending July 1, 1898, 1,500 00
Net cost to Easthampton year ending July 1, 1898, $191 96
Net cost to Southampton year ending July 1, 1898, 39 08
Net cost to Westhampton year ending July 1, 1898, 18 96
$250 00
C. H. JOHNSON, Chm. Joint Com. C. N. LOUD, Secretary.
REPORT
of the
School Committee of Westhampton.
STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS, TEACHERS EMPLOYED, WAGES. CENTER SCHOOL.
Miss Myra E. Kingsley, Miss Harriet F. Judd. No. of pupils enrolled
28
Average membership
21.3
attendance
20.2
No. of pupils over 15 years
2
66 under 5 years
1
66
66 between 8 and 14
25
No. of weeks school
32
Wages paid teacher
$282 60
Fuel, H. M. Clapp
14 50
Janitor's services
4 50
Cleaning school house
3 50
E. P. Torrey, repairs
1 75
Orville Flint, repairs
1 75
C. N. Loud, repairs
3 75
Slating for blackboards
2 50
Water Co.
6 00
20
The Clark scholarship prize was awarded to Ellen Torrey.
Not absent during the year, Myron M. Clapp, Mabel L . Flint, Gilbert J. Flint, Dana E. Pelton.
Two of the pupils from this school, Lillian M. Parsons and Ida M. Pollard, entered the High School in Northampton at the commencement of the school year, and several other pupils are hoping to enter some High school at the fall term. Where there has been any failure to pass a satisfactory exam- ination for the High school, the defect has been in spelling, language and arithmetic, and your committee would suggest that in these branches especial care should be taken not alone in this school, but in every school where there are pupils in- tending to take a High school course, in order that these branches may be thoroughly understood.
There is in this school house a necessity for new black- boards and your committee hope to be able to put in slate in the near future.
NORTH-EAST SCHOOL.
Miss Ellen D. Leonard.
No. of pupils enrolled
25
Average membership
17
attendance
16
No. of pupils over 15 years
2
under 5 years 0
between 8 and 14 years
14
No. of weeks school
32
Wages paid teacher
$251 20
7 50
A. D. Montague, Jr., fuel 66 flag rope 92
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Cleaning school house
2 75
Making fires 1 75
We have been fortunate in securing the services of Miss Leonard during the past year, and find that the pupils have a better opportunity of making progress where one teacher can teach them for several consecutive terms than where two or three teachers have them. Several of the pupils in this school are preparing for the High school and are expecting to enter at the commencement of the school year, and we hope that the preparation they make will be so thorough that their standing in these schools shall be fully up to those who have graduated and of whose standing we have as a rule reason to be proud.
There seems to be a desire to destroy or to injure the property of the town at this school house; last year the build- ing was considerably damaged and a new flag rope was car- ried away. This year the rope has again been taken, causing considerable expense, not only for a rope but for taking down the pole to put in a new rope.
Let every tax payer feel that it is for his benefit to detect the thief and report him to the proper authorities.
NORTH-WEST SCHOOL.
Edith T. Shaw.
No. of pupils enrolled 8
Average membership .
attendance 6.5
No. of pupils over 15 years 0
22
66
“ under 5 years
0
between 8 and 14 years
5
No. of weeks school
20
Wages paid teacher
$120 00
Janitor's services
2 00
Repairs
3 80
We find by the register there were none in this school who were not absent or tardy. The average attendance was fairly good and we find very few tardy marks for the two terms.
New blackboards are needed in this school house, and we hope to put in some the coming year.
HILL SCHOOL.
Miss Harriet Judd, Miss Zelinda E. Hager.
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Average membership
17
No. of pupils over 15 years
2
66 under 5 years
1
6
6 between 8 and 14 years
13
No. of weeks school
32
Wages of teacher
$251 20
Fuel
15 00
Janitor's services
4 50
Cleaning school house
1
2 50
Repairs
2 75
The difference between the enrollment in this school and the membership is accounted for in the removal of several
No. of pupils enrolled
1 89
attendance
23
pupils from town during the year. Several children of school age we find have not attended school as the law requires. This should be remedied another year.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Miss Mary A. Lyman.
No. of pupils enrolled 25
Average membership
18.2
attendance 17.5
No. of pupils over 15 years
0
66 66 under 5 years 3
66 66 between 8 and 14
16
No. of weeks school
32
Wages paid teacher
$251.20
S. D. Lyman, repairs
2 25
C. N. Loud, repairs 3 45
For the first time in several years we find by the register there is no pupil we can call not absent nor tardy.
We find, however, with a record of twenty-five pupils enrolled, only eleven marks of tardiness for the whole year, and the record of attendance has been remarkably good, for which the parents as well as the teachers are to be com- mended.
EXPENSES.
1 Teachers' salaries $1,156 20 Loudville school 261 54
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Books, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., $4 68
J. L. Hammett Co., 13 17
Geo. S. Perry & Co., 5 10
S. W. Straub & Co.,
7 48
L. E. Torrey, order book
2 25
D. C. Heath & Co., 66 66 66
29 63
5 00
Ginn & Co.,
1 05
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
5 02
Enterprise Printing Co.,
1 25
Easthampton, paper, pencils, etc., Misc. books of reference
6 50-$ 121 31
Tuition, Easthampton school committee
50 00
66 Northampton school committee 60 00
H. L. Dodge, transportation pupils 76 00
Superintendent's salary
18 96
Fuel
36 00
Janitor's service
15 75
Cleaning school houses
8 75
Westhampton Water Co.,
6 00
Repairs
17 42
Express and freight
5 60
Postage and stationery
3 65
Sundries
2 75
A. D. Montagne, for services
6 50
F. D. Bridgman, 66
12 00
C. N. Loud, " 10 days
25 00
Bal. unpaid last year
41 26
$1,924 69
RESOURCES.
Town appropriation $1000 00 State school fund 494 43
40 18
25
State School fund teachers 256 00 Tuition 50 00
Balance from last year
232 12
$2,032 55
Orders drawn for payment of the teachers' salaries for the last term will be paid from the balance remaining at set- tlement Feb. 1st.
The town has received from the state this year $800 43
The $256 received from the state to be applied for in- crease of teachers' wages will be given only on condition that the towns shall pay for wages an amount not less than the average wages for the three preceding years, and in order to do this we shall need an amount not less than the town has raised the past year.
A. D. MONTAGUE, JR., - School
F. D. BRIDGMAN,
Committee.
C. N. LOUD, -
Westhampton, Feb. 1, 1899.
I have examined the accounts of the School Committee and find that they have drawn orders and have vouchers to the amount of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four dollars and sixty-nine cents ($1,924.69).
A. D. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
REPORT
of the
School Superintendent.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
GENTLEMEN :-
I respectfully submit the regular annual report of the Superintendent of Schools for the school year 1898-'99.
MONTHLY OUTLINES.
It has seemed advisable to introduce a system of monthly outlines for the guidance of the teachers. Owing to the dis- tance between the schools it is not practicable to hold month- ly teachers' meetings, and these outlines are designed to take the place of such meetings. At the first of each month, an outline of the work to be done by the pupils for that month is sent to each teacher. These outlines are posted in the school rooms so that all the pupils can see exactly what they are to do. The plan has been thoroughly tested in another town in this district and has been found to work very satisfactorily.
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The advantages are: that both teachers and pupils know ex- actly what they are to do, the work is laid out according to a definite plan, and the pupils feel, at the end of the year, that they have accomplished something definite. Also, if a teach» er comes in at any time, she knows exactly what to do and there is no loss from a break in the work.
At the end of each month, I shall give written or oral tests on the work of the month. It is not our purpose to hur- ry, but to go so slowly and thoroughly that the pupils shall thoroughly understand and know the work that is gone over.
For my convenience the classes are called grades, but no attempt is made to grade the pupils strictly, and it is not nec- essary that a pupil shall be in the same grade in all his stud- ies. He may be in any grade where he can work to the best advantage. For example: he may be in the fourth grade in geography, in the fifth grade in arithmetic, and in the sixth grade in reading. In this way a pupil can advance just as rapidly as he is able do the work. It is really the ideal plan of promoting pupils and one that can not be carried out in larger towns where the pupils are strictly graded. For this year I am not able to assign definite work in all the studies, because the classes in the different schools are not together now and it would be a loss to some of the pupils if the classes were brought together at once. A sufficient number of these monthly outlines will be sent to each teacher so that, if the parents desire, each pupil can take one home.
COURSE OF STUDY.
As many of the pupils go to high schools in other towns to complete their studies, it is necessary that the work done here shall be nearly the same as that done in the larger towns.
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It has seemed to me that a brief outline of the work that it is desirable to accomplish in the schools will be an advantage to all concerned.
FIRST YEAR.
Arithmetic :- Combinations of numbers to ten.
SECOND YEAR.
Arithmetic :- Write and read numbers to 100. Combin- ations, addition, subtraction and the even divisions to 20. Multiplication table, twos.
THIRD YEAR.
Arithmetic :- All the multiplication table. Addition and subtraction of numbers of three figures. Short division.
FOURTH YEAR.
Arithmetic :- Multiplication by two figures. Long divis- ion. Use of fractions having 2, 4, 8, 3 and 6 for denomina- tors. Dry and liquid measures.
Geography :- Forms of land and water as given in the first twenty pages of Frye's small book.
Language :- Part First of Hyde's First Book.
FIFTH YEAR.
Arithmetic :- Fractions. All tables in denominate num- bers. United States money.
Geography :- Frye's small book completed.
Language :- Part Second of Hyde's First Book.
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SIXTH YEAR.
Arithmetic :- Decimals. Percentage. Measurements and surfaces.
Geography :- The Americas with special attention to the United States.
Language :- Review previous work, or with seventh year. History :-. Eggleston's First Book.
SEVENTH YEAR.
Arithmetic :- Percentage : profit and loss, commission, interest. Denominate numbers. Mensuration, solids, cir- cles, cylinders, etc.
Geography :- Eurasia, Africa and Australia. Review continents.
Language :- Hyde's Second Book.
History :- American History through the Revolutionary War, in larger book.
EIGHTH YEAR.
Arithmetic :- Percentage : partial payments, etc. Pro- portion, Square root and applications. Mensuration.
Geography :- The American, English, German, French and Russian nations.
Language :- Hyde's Advanced or similar text book. Simple sentences, nouns, verbs, adjectives and other parts of speech, except pronouns in complex sentences.
History :- Finish American History.
NINTH YEAR.
Arithmetic :- Percentage: stocks, bonds, banking, etc. General review of all work. Algebra one term for those who
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intend to take a high school course.
Geography :- Review.
Language :- Pronouns. tences. Thorough review.
Compound and complex sen-
History :- Rapid review of American history. English history for those who intend to take a high school course.
Civil Government :- For those who do not take alge- bra or English history.
Physiology :- Hutchinson's.
Reading and spelling every day. Below the ninth year, teachers give instruction in temperance physiology, using text books in the upper grades.
The above table indicates the general order in which the subjects are taken up. It is impossible for all pupils to fol- low it exactly in years because some pupils may be able to complete the course in less than the given time, while others, who are absent a good deal, will require more than the time assigned.
Very respectfully,
W. D. MILLER.
ARTICLES
IN THE
Warrant for Town Meeting, March 7, 1898.
Article 1 .- To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2 .- To choose a Town Clerk.
Art. 3 .- To act on all reports presented at said meeting.
Art. 4 .- To choose all necessary Officers to serve the town the ensuing year.
Art. 5 .- To see if the town will accept the list of [Jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
Art. 6 .- To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
Art. 7 .- To vote "Yes" or "No" on the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
Art. 8 .- To raise money to put a new roof on the Town Hall.
Art. 9 .- To take action in regard to the collection of Taxes.
Art. 10 .- To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to borrow money to meet current expenses in anticipation of taxes.
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