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599 00
600 00
Laura W. Hopkinson, Assistant Grade II
415 00
450 00
Beulah Evans, Assistant Grade I
600 00
600 00
$2,262 92
Johnson School
Charlotte K. Dickens, Principal, Grade IV
$ 650 00 $
650 00
Isabelle N. Parker, Assistant Grade III
515 00
550 00
Jenny P. Haskell, Assistant Grade II
600 00
600 00
Julia J. Hubbard, Assistant Grade I
600 00
600 00
$2,365 00
Temple Street School
Mary A. Doyle, Principal, Grades III, IV
$ 646 75 $
650 00
Anna L. Doyle, Assistant, Grades I, II
597 00
600 00
$1,243 75
Training School
Ellen deS. Barrett, Principal
$ 399 25 $
800 00
Frances R. Rodigrass
350 00
Lelia Knight, Training School Pupil
56 00
Alice Lord, Training School Pupil
56 00
Gertrude Nealon, Training School Pupil
42 00
Elizabeth Goodwin, Training School Pupil
56 00
Gladys Barry, Training School Pupil
22 00
Hazel Weare, Training School Pupil
34 00
Grace Bowlen, Training School Pupil
22 00
Josephine Brown, Training School Pupil
22 00
Elizabeth Chase, Training School Pupil
22 00
Dora Felch, Training School Pupil
22 00
Hazel Langmaid, Training School Pupil
22 00
Jessie Norman, Training School Pupil
22 00
$1,147 25
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Moultonville School
Elizabeth A. Walsh, Principal, Grades I, II, III and IV .. $
650 00 $ £ 650 00
$ 650 00
Special Teachers
Florence M. Murphy, Drawing
$ 750 00 $
750 00
Elizabeth C. Adams, Music
594 00
600 00
Sara A. Chase, Domestic Science
718 75
750 00
Helen M. Varney, Assistant, Domestic Science
122 50
400 00
Eleanor N. Lowell, Assistant, Domestic Science
280 00
Abbie L. Goodrich, Substitute
27 50
Victoria M. James, Physiology and Hygiene
65 00
650 00
$2,557 75
Evening Schools
William P. Lunt, Supervisor, Kelley School
$ 63 00
Sara B. Chute, Supervisor, Atkinson School
51 00
Edith M. Merrill, Assistant
16 50
Gertrude Nelson, Assistant
16 50
Jenny C. Brown, Assistant
24 00
Vera Castelhun, Assistant
51 00
Cora O. Jaques, Assistant
58 50
Susan E. Lunt, Assistant
18 00
Ella M. Stevens, Assistant
18 00
Flora Pettigrew, Assistant
62 50
Catherine C. Lunt, Assistant
57 00
Goldia S. McArthur, Assistant
51 00
Retta V. Marr, Assistant
1 50
Leon E. Davis, Assistant
7 50
$ 496 00
Janitors' Services
James H. Brown, Jackman School
$ 630 82 $
650 00
Philippe Champoux, Kelley School
*** 657 24
650 00
Albert C. Chase, Moultonville School
25 00
Mrs. Annie Chase, Moultonville School
81 92
125 00
Charles B. Cressy, Assistant, High School
80 00
75 00
Joseph L. Dockam, Currier School
676 82
650 00
Dennis Finnegan, Curtis School
478 67
500 00
William Hughes, Davenport School
368 37
375 00
Dennis Lowell, High School
814 48
800 00
True D. Pike, Davenport School
3 37
John Robinson, Purchase St. School
319 73
325 00
Clarence C. Stevens, Bromfield St. School
185 79
500 00
*- Receive $1.00 per night for evening school sessions.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Charles W. Thurlow, Bromfield St. School
100 01
Mrs. Charles W. Thurlow, Bromfield St. School 132 18
16 00
Michael T .Carey Mrs. C. L. Bartlett
2 70
$4,573 10
Summary of Salaries
Administration
$ 3,129 52
High School
13,320 17
Grammar Schools
14,291 00
Primary Schools
12,409 27
Evening Schools
496 00
Special Teachers
2,557 75
Janitors
4,573 10
Total
$50,776 81
GENERAL EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION
James F. Carens, postage
$ 51 08
William C. Coffin, postage
44 24
Herald Press, printing 81 43
Library Bureau, office supplies
3 84
William C. Moore, travel, rent of Post Office box, etc. ..
37 27
New England Telephone Company, telephone service . .
130 04
News Publishing Company, printing and advertising
86 18
Edward H. Porter, traveling expenses
1 10
Benjamin W. Rust, traveling expenses
1 99
Sampson & Murdock, city directory
3 00
$ 440 17
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TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Wilbur Abbott, domestic science supplies $ 12 00
Harold W. Adams, domestic science supplies 55
Allyn & Bacon, text books 86 51
American Bank Note Company, diplomas 19 80
American Book Company, text books
708 57
American Express Company, express
D. Appleton & Company, text books 7 50
Edward E. Babb & Company, text books and supplies 716 55
F. J. Barnard & Company, rebinding text books 90 27
A. S. Barnes Company, text books 1 06
Milton Bradley Company, supplies
353 23
Anna F. Brooks, engrossing diplomas 18 25
46 50
Carter Ink Company, supplies
2 50
Century Company, text books
1 08
F. E. Coffin, domestic science supplies
1 90
Anson K. Cross, drawing supplies
12 25
A. B. Dick & Company, supplies
2 08
C. W. Dow, supplies
3 95
Eagle Pencil Company, pencils
18 14
Fisher & Company, supplies
3 09
Ginn & Company, text books
214 42
Globe Optical Company, science dept. High School
1 89
Goodridge Drug Store, supplies
8 00
D. A. Goodwin, domestic science supplies
70 09
Gould & Adams, supplies
1 20
John Graham Sons Co., domestic science, High School . .
74
Henry J. Green, science department, High School
2 31
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies
543 12
Houghton Mifflin Company, text books
76 14
Frank Hoyt, science department, High School 65 30
L. E. Knott Apparatus Company, science dept. High Sch. 114 14
D. H. Knowlton Company, text books 20 30
George A. Lang, domestic science supplies $
3 82
J. H. Larrabee, science dept., High School 2 50
J. B. Lippincott Company, text books 1 00
Little, Brown & Company, text books
7 01
Macmillan Company, text books 247 24
Manifold Supplies Company, supplies
3 00
F. W. Martin Company, diplomas
36 87
Neostyle Company, neostyle supplies
23 03
Newburyport Gas & Electric Company, science dept. 1 60
Est. D. F. Noyes, domestic science supplies 4 75
Osgood & Goodwin, domestic science supplies 2 50
20 46
Brown Instrument Company, science dept. High School
D. C. Heath & Company, text books 207 32
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
E. W. Pearson, science dept. High School
60
Est. George H. Pearson, supplies
11 83
Peoples Express Company, express 29 96
W. B. Porter, freight and teaming
63 96
H. W. Pray & Company, domestic science supplies Remington Typewriter Company, typewriters & supplies Romeyn Rivenburg, supplies
3 00
Scott, Foresman & Company, text books
3 38
A G. Seiler, text books
10 64
Silver Burdett & Company, text books
39 14
Horton C. Stevens, domestic science supplies
53 39
E. P. Stickney, domestic science supplies
76 49
Thompson, Brown & Company, text books
43 79
University of Chicago Press, text book
1 14
Yerxa & Company, domestic science supplies
1 79
- -
$ 4,280 41
MISCELLANEOUS
J. W. Barber, advertising 25 00
Blake & Curtis, janitor's supplies
16 60
Eben Bradbury, janitor's supplies 5 94
J. J. & H. J. Chase, repairs, locks, etc. 3 05
Dustbane Manufacturing Company, janitor's supplies
27 50
Herman Goldberger, subscriptions to periodicals 11 05
William M Horsch, domestic science equipment 15 15
Alvah T. Hoyt, repairs 2 14
S. J. Hughes, janitor's supplies 10 20
George H. Jaques, janitor's supplies
11 38
George T. Johnson, janitor's supplies
9 97
A. P. Marden, tuning piano 2 50
Monument Mills, janitor's supplies
66 35
Fred W. Peabody, rent of piano
10 00
L. L. Peavey, janitor's supplies
62 66
Perkins Lumber Company, repairs
35
E. C. Reade, janitor's supplies
19 10
Albert Russell & Sons Co., repairs
75
Sampson Laundry Company, laundry, domestic science . .
7 21
School Arts Publishing Company, subscriptions
00
Spar Light Company, janitor's supplies 3 13
G. M. Warner, janitor's supplies 25
West Disinfecting Company, janitor's supplies
20 00
-
$ 336 28
53 08
103 72
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TRANSPORTATION
Mass. Northeastern St. R'y. Company, school tickets 230 00
D. P. Newhall, transportation of his children 9 15
R. S. Norris, transportation of his children 7 75
$ 246 90
SUPPORT OF TRUANTS
Essex County Training School, support of truants
178 00
178 00
$ 5,481 79
FUEL
Cashman Bros, coal
$472 51
Jerome A. Chase, wood
110 00
George I. Little, wood
41 50
Edward Perkins Lumber Company, wood
16 50
Labor screening coal
5 30
Jere Healey, coal
2,463 00
$3,108 81
Cost
Salaries
Janitors
Fuel
Light
Repairs
Total
per pupil
Administration
$ 3,129.52
High School
13,320.17
$ 894.48
and Supplies $ 374.04 1,814.02
$ 546.75
$138.27
$ 545.08
$ 3,503.56 17,258.77
$ 1.85 45.90 (a)
Grammar Schools:
Currier School
3,923.00
642.82
287.54
472.70
40.12
99.78
5,465.96
29.39 (b)
Jackman School
6,680.00
630.82
551.00
460.00
16.60
183.61
8,522.03
27.38
Kelley School .
3,688.00
317.12
317.05
326.04
59.12
208.92
4,916.25
27.49
Primary Schools :
Bromfield St. School
2,430.76
208.99
221.93
207.00
65.25
3,133.93
24.65
Curtis School
2,309.59
478.67
186.82
205.24
63.65
3,243.97
30.51
(b)
Davenport School
2,262.92
374.44
237.03
241.82
64.71
3,180.92
28.92
Johnson School
2,365.00
208.99
201.77
151.70
45.64
2,973.10
24.82
Temple St. School
1,243.75
259.86
123.48
80.84
1.37
18.54
1,727.84
24.72
Moultonville School
650.00
106.92
27.58
27.90
3.37
815.77
48.28
Training School
1,147.25
317.12
211.30
326.03
208.91
2,210.61
19.27
Cooking
746.25
59.87
241.30
18.20
43.73
26.82
1,136.17
7.10
(b)
Sewing
402.50
26.07
428.57
3.05
Drawing
750.00
211.56
961.56
.51
Music
594.00
14.40
608.40
.32
Physiology and Hygiene
65.00
.03
Evening Schools
496.00
73.00
10.00
579.00
5.79
Transportation
246.90
246.90
Miscellaneous
44.59
329.95
374.54
Truants
178.00
178.00
Total $46,203.71
$4,573.10
$5,481.79
$3,108.81
$299.21
$1,864.23
Amount expended by the School Committee .. $56,258.60
Cost per pupil not including repairs . .. . $31.17
Cost per pupil including all charges .... 32.16
Total cost of Schools $61,530.85
(a). In computing High School costs Putnam figures are excluded.
(b). Includes the cost of transportation.
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65.00
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COMPARATIVE EXPENSES FOR TEN YEARS
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
Administration
$ 2,266.25
$ 2,347.80
$ 2,350.00
$ 2,467.50
$ 2,540.00
$ 2,598.92
$ 2,773.00
$ 2,674.00
$ 2,988.00
$ 3,129.52
Salaries :
LLIS High School Teachers
8,132.50
8,197.50
8,400.00
9,312.50
10,423.00
11,640.00
12,814.17
12,672.83
12,258.75
13,320.17
WIIEGG,
LISUJEGrammar School Teachers ..
12,006.40
12,697.78
13,451.97
13,730.49
14,096.01
14,345.14
14,382.30
14,179.00
14,286.66
14,291.00
E/.GU! Primary School Teachers ..
8,559.28
8,626.32
8,362.28
9,149.55
10,425.33
10,682.06
11,074.97
11,086.36
11,153.23
11,262.02
bJ'AI Training School Teachers ..
1,464.00
1,486.00
1,198.00
1,334.00
1,434.00
1,434.00
1,443.20
1,492.00
1,312.83
1,147.25
TINIEvening School Teachers
456.84
616.00
608.00
655.50
1,008.00
1,392.00
1,389.00
1,027.50
1,111.50
496.00
DISH.W
26/AJUSpecial Teachers
1,660.00
1,730.00
1,777.50
1,835.00
2,910.00
3,239.32
3,391.45
2,773.00
2,539.59
2,557.75
COOK! Janitors
3,094.60
3,100.99
3,117.96
3,222.50
3,525.92
3,952.35
4,059.33
4,252.46
4,204.50
4,573.10
Euél !!
3,447.82
3,051.33
2,749.46
2,95 9.15
2,675.33
4,061.58
2,939.97
3,442.33
2,867.62
3,108.81 *
Supplies and Miscellaneous
3,815.76
4,264.69
4,363.22
4,85 8.59
6,866.96
5,648.01
5,164.82
3,569.85
5,480.20
5,481.79
Total Expended by
School Committee
$44,903.45
$46,118.41
$46,378.39
$49,524.78
$55,904.55
$58,993.38
$59,432.21
$57,169.33
$58,202.88
$59,367.41
Light
166.88
215.32
213.64
164.50
215.29
299.44
367.99
311.34
328.63
299.21
Repairs
3,378.91
4,848.04
2,107.02
5,604.79
3,237.33
2,366.85
5,279.12
1,380.37
1,580.02
1,864.23
Total cost of schools ..
$48,449.24
$51,181.77
$48,699.05
$55,29 4.07
$59,357.17
$61,659.67
$65,079.32
$58,861.04
$60,111.53
$61,530.85
.
* Amount for fuel for 1916 not expended by the School Committee.
ANNUAL REPORT
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Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee of the City of Newburyport:
I have the honor to submit to you the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools for the year ending November 30, 1916. This report is, by the way the twenty-fifth in the series and might be made the opportunity of sum marizing the progress of the schools under a quarter of a century of super vision. But pressure of present duties and the desire to press on towards future possibilities have kept me from looking very far into the past. This report, while nominally the second issued over my signature, is really the first covering a full year of my work.
Review and Reiteration
Last year's report was in the nature of a preliminary survey of a some- what general character. It dealt for the most part with the larger features of school administration which stood out prominently in need of reform. The recommendations made at that time were presented in two groups :- (1) those involving no substantial increase in school expenses and (2) those requiring greater expenditures of money either for capital invested or for cost of maintenance.
It will be interesting to note that practically all of the reforms suggested in the first group have come to pass during the year. The rules of the School Committee have been revised, the number of sub-committees has been reduced from ten to three, a general course of broad, cultural content has been pro- vided in the high school, heads of departments have been recognized in that school, the revision of the course of study in the elementary schools, a matter of more than one year's work, is well under way, and a plan for the closer co-operation of the teachers in the high and grammar schools has been started. The one thing suggested a year ago which is as yet untouched is the plan for relieving the present rigidity of the promotion system in the elementary schools. These changes could not have been brought to pass without the support of the School Committee nor without the co-operation of the teachers.
The needs of the schools involving the spending of more money as out- lined a year ago are still to be met. If this were a matter of the School Committee alone it is very certain that the present report would chronicle substantial progress along these lines also. But to secure the necessary
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appropriations means convincing a larger constituency than my present audience. This larger audience, moreover, may not be supposed to have the intimate knowledge of the needs of the schools which would in itself compel action, and the acquisition of this knowledge by the people in general and by their representatives in the city government is necessarily a slow process. But the handwriting is on the wall nevertheless and it behooves the good people of Newburyport to heed the warning. It is not for the children whose parents can afford to provide them with advanced education elsewhere that the need is most pressing. It is for those who must leave school early to earn their own living. If we would offer equal opportunities, not the same opportunities, mind you, to all to get the kind of education they most need, and if we are to do as much for our children as other communities no better off than ourselves are doing for theirs, and last, but not least, if we are really desirous of protecting the health of our children we must subscribe heartily to the slogan :- Better school buildings, Opportunities in the high school for education in the practical arts, More money for the schools.
The following quotation is from a report of a committee appointed two or three years ago to examine the condition of the school buildings of our city. These statements for the most part are as pertinent today as they were then. The report runs as follows :- "There is no exaggeration in saying that a tour of inspection through the school buildings of Newburyport is extremely dis- heartening for the reason that so many minor repairs are badly needed, fallen plastering to be patched, leaky roofs needing repairs, halls and rooms suffer- ing for soap and water and paint, blackboards too high for the children to reach comfortably, desks needing planing and varnishing, etc."
Such a condition of affairs is surely not realized by the people of New- buryport or it would not exist. But if the culture in this city of honorable history and traditions is not to follow in the footsteps of its commercial prestige we must bestir ourselves. If our educational equipment is to be saved from its neglected, run-down-at-the-heel sort of appearance we need to do something right away. Comparisons with other places reveal all too clearly our unenviable position in this matter. This is something that con- cerns every parent; the responsibility for the situation rests upon each and every one of us. It is the duty of the Superintendent of Schools to inform those he serves of the needs of the schools but the meeting of these needs waits upon the action of the City Government. In his annual report of a year ago the Superintendent of Schools described the school buildings as an- tiquated, poorly lighted, and badly ventilated, supplied with decrepit and unhygienic furniture, and in the report of the Committee referred to above the statement is made with due emphasis that "school buildings noticeably out of repair, where the paint and plastering are shabby, and where the floors are dirty have a most demoralizing effect upon both teachers and pupils."
We take pride in the factories recently built to encourage the industrial growth of the city and point with satisfaction to the public spirit that made them possible. In this matter of better school buildings, something which concerns intimately the welfare of our children, ought we not to expect equal interest and support ?
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The situation is one that calls for careful consideraton. All that is needed can not be done at once. There is too much to do. The attempt to make our school buildings and equipment what they ought to be will require years of effort and should be based upon some well thought out, comprehensive plan. With the school buildings under the care of the Public Property Committee and with the Superintendent of Schools not reporting directly to them the needs above mentioned are naturally unknown to that committee. If the members of the City Council could see these matters as one who frequently visits the schools sees them the needed repairs and improvements would be made forthwith. Your Superintendent feels that this matter is of enough importance to warrant recommending a joint commission of the Public Property Committee and School Committee to consider what shall be done during the coming year and for a series of years to provide such school accommodations as will be a credit to the city.
All this means, of course, a larger expenditure of money for the support of our schools. But Newburyport ought not to begrudge this even if it calls for a slightly increased tax rate. We are spending less per pupil based on average membership of the schools than any other city but one in the State. And among 16 towns of about our size in population we stand at the foot of the list, as indicated in the accompanying table (see table 1). To quote from the report of last year "The important question should not be upon how slight an expenditure can the schools be run. That is a shortsighted and parsimonious policy. It would in time so limit the usefulness and efficiency of the schools as to make them utterly unable to serve their purpose. The question, on the contrary, ought to be how much money can be invested to advantage from time to time in the truly business enterprise of training future citizens." People of Newburyport! Whether we are to have more money for the support of the schools rests with you. For upon public opinion as determined by you depends what your representatives in the City Govern- ment can and will do.
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Course of Study
The report of last year suggested that the course of study in the ele- mentary schools might perhaps be of a rather too formal character. My first impression is fully borne out by the facts as they have been revealed by a more intimate acquaintance with the work of the schools. Subject matter of instruction that can be defended only because of the mental discipline it affords has no place in the course of study.
With the adoption in the primary grades of a new system of teaching number and the reorganization of the geography work in all grades from the fourth up the revision of the course of study is well under way. The new system of number is entitled "Number by Development" by John C. Gray, Superintendent of Schools in Chicopee, Mass. The course in geography really
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begins with the third grade but is not pursued in earnest until the next year. It starts with a study of the home locality, that is, with the geographical con- ditions that find exemplification in Newburyport and its surroundings. In the grammar grades lessons in world wide geography are being adapted to the new text books recently introduced. Detailed outlines for all this work, giving specific directions to the teachers, have been prepared by the Superintendent.
Time Allotments
An examination of the teachers' daily programs revealed the fact that the amount of time devoted to each of the several studies by teachers of the same grade in different schools varied greatly. Some were giving nearly twice as much time per week as others to certain subjects and in general there were wide variations all along the line. Classes differ from year to year, of course, and the school in one locality has a somewhat different problem than the school in another locality. But some standardization of the work within the system was clearly shown to be necessary. A system of time allotments (see table 2) for the various studies based upon their generally accepted educa- tional value and in keeping with contemporaneous educational practice has, therefore, been formulated, and teachers are expected to make their programs in accordance with this scheme.
Departmental Teaching
At the Albert Currier School the plan of departmental teaching was in- stituted in grades 7, 8 and 9 at the beginning of the present school year. Under this plan each teacher instructs in one subject or in a group of related subjects. This plan is not of recent development but at the present time it happens that a number of schools in this vicinity have just adopted depart- mental teaching, each one not knowing that such a step was contemplated by the other.
Departmental teaching is not being tried with the expectation that it will cure all the ills of the ordinary graded schools; but it is claimed by those who have had experience with it that this system of organization surely improves the results in the upper grades of the elementary schools. A teacher may master one or two subjects better than many and is thus given the opportunity of becoming more than ordinarily expert in some particular line. It is urged that departmental teaching improves discipline, for the ‘ movement of the pupil from room to room provides physical relief from the continuous confinement which tends to promote restlessness. Further, the departmental teacher is more likely to bring to her work the enthusiasm of the expert and this inevitably makes for increased attention on the part of the pupil. With pupils interested discipline becomes unnecessary.
Rigidity of Present Plan of Promotion
Reference is again made to the desirability of relieving the rigidity of our present plan of promotions in the elementary schools. This year, with the
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long delay in opening the schools, is, of course, not an opportune time for making any change of this sort. The matter is brought to your attention in this report, therefore, for the purpose of renewing the suggestion of a year ago. This problem of securing freedom of movement through the grades for the individual pupil without omitting any essential part of the subject matter of instruction is one that has vexed progressive school administrators for many years. To quote from last year's report, "No scheme for removing the barrier has yet been devised that is wholly satisfactory, for class teaching must always be a compromise. But anything that will make our present arrange- ment a bit more flexible will be vastly better than the mechanical routine to which we are now addicted." Current school reports from not far distant communities indicate that some of our neighbors are making experiments along this line that may prove interesting and of benefit to us.
Manual Training for Boys
Any discussion of the elementary schools that omitted to mention the need of manual training in the upper grammar grades would be incomplete. Such instruction must not be confused, however, with industrial or vocational training which is direct preparation for the trades. Manual training is a means of general education with the help of concrete materials and processes just as history and geography are means of education with subject matter of those studies.
Until the fact has been pointed out it is not generally realized that educa- tion may be acquired by some children more surely and economically in other ways than by the study of the printed page. "To put a child to his book" has been the expression from time immemorial for giving him an education. But in more cases than the general public is aware such an education fails to educate. Were it not for the fact that the out-of-school experience of children of both sexes contributes so much to their education, the serious weaknesses of a school system that is so completely lacking in opportunities for the boys to acquire training in handicraft would be more manifest.
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