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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The year 1913 has been a year of progress in the history of the library. All of the volumes have been carefully examined and out-of-date and useless books discarded. A careful study has been made of deficiencies in the various departments of literature and the want has been supplied as far as means would permit. The Dewey system of cataloguing has been adopted and various other changes made adding to the convenience of the public. The year has akso been notable for the formal transfer to the Trustees by the Melrose Woman's Club of the Mary A. Livermore library of sacred art, truly a unique and valuable addition. The Trustees have arranged with responsible parties in the southeast section of the city to deliver to them at stated intervals a certain number of books for the use of citizens in that part of the city, practically answering the purpose of a branch library.
The appropriation has been carefully expended and has not been exceeded in any department of the work.
CITY PLANNING BOARD.
By recent act of the Legislature, Cities and Towns having a population of over 10,000 have been authorized and directed to create a board to be known as the Planning Board, whose duty it shall be to make careful study of the resources, possibilities and needs of the City or Town, particularly with reference to conditions which may be injurious to the public health
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or otherwise injurious in and about rented dwellings and to make plans for the development of the municipality or town with special reference to the proper housing of its people. This Board is to make report annu- ally, giving information regarding the condition of the City or Town, and any plans or proposals for its development and estimate of the cost thereof. I need not dwell on the great benefits which may accrue from an intelligent and wise control and regulation of the growth and development of the City. Unhealthy and unsightly features can be avoided, and human lives, especially of children, can be saved, the public health conserved, and the general well being of the City promoted. An ordinance has been introduced into the Board of Aldermen and referred to a Committee thereof, for establishing such a Planning Board.
Gentlemen of the Board of Aldermen :-
Upon you devolve important responsibilities and duties, including the function of appropriating for all purposes, the confirmation of appointments to heads of departments, the enactment of such ordinances as the welfare of the people demands, and of such legislation as you may consider to be promotive of the public interest. In the discharge of these duties, I would recommend that you be governed by considerations as to how the public welfare may best be served, as to what is conducive to the interests of the City as a whole, as to what is right, and what the City can afford to do, with due regard to the interests of the tax-payers. In important work of this kind personal favoritism, enmity or jealous sectionalism should be discarded. In your deliberations take time enough to enable you to thoroughly understand any measure which may come before you before final action thereon. Let not your judgment be swayed by outside pressure, which might lead you into ill-advised expenditures, wastefulness, extravagance, or questionable projects. You may rest assured that I shall be glad to co-operate with you, in so far as my function as Chief Executive permits, in any laudable work which you may undertake, of benefit to the City, and I shall welcome your co-operation in return. While the City Charter distinctly separates the legislative and executive branches of the City Government lest one shall infringe upon the other, I am sure that the citizens can be best served when there exists a spirit of harmony between the two branches and when both can work together for the common good. Let us enter upon our duties with a firm determination to render to the people the best service of which we are capable.
And my fellow citizens, may I express to you, before closing, my ap- preciation of the confidence which you have reposed in me in electing me to serve a second term as your Chief Executive and to extend to you my assurance that I shall perform the duties of my office with an eye single to the well being of the community and the advancement of the interests of the people.
Government of the City of Melrose 1914
Mayor OLIVER B. MUNROE
President of the Board of Aldermen FREDERICK T. PEABODY
Clerk W. DeHAVEN JONES
Aldermen-at-Large
Ward
William A. Carrie, 22 York Terrace
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*J. Sydney Hitchins, 194 E. Foster Street
6
Leslie F. Keene, 33 Richardson Road
2
Frederick T. Peabody, 50 Florence Street
5
Edwin Thatcher Clark, 466 Pleasant Street
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John Dike, 112 West Emerson Street
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Joshua T. Nowell, 64 Nowell Road
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Ward Aldermen
Edward F. Cassell, 141 Melrose Street 1
Arthur T. Gage, 585 Franklin Street
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Alton W. Eldredge, 29 Nowell Road
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Angier L. Goodwin, 33 Reading Hill Avenue
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Jeremiah F. Lucey, 57 Whittier Street
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Harry C. Woodill, 306 West Emerson Street
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Sidney H. Buttrick, 87 Essex Street
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E. Greeley Clark, 109 Myrtle Street
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Arthur T. Mather, 110 Crescent Avenue
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Lorin A. Presby, 42 Trenton Street
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Jonathan H. Atkinson, 164 East Foster Street
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Arthur L. Marr, 158 Laurel Street
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Eugene L. Pack, 28 Irving Street
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Albert M. Tibbetts, 109 Meridian Street
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*Resigned-William T. Fahy elected for unexpired term.
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BOARD OF ALDERMEN-STANDING COMMITTEE FOR
Appropriations Hon. Sidney H. Buttrick, Chairman Aldermen Carrie, Hitchins, Keene, Nowell, Goodwin, Eldredge, Cassel'I
Education, Health and Charity William A. Carrie, Chairman Aldermen Atkinson, E. T. Clark, Gage, Lucey, Marr, Pack
Finance Angier L. Goodwin, Chairman Aldermen Dike, Buttrick, Eldredge, Cassell, Mather, Lucey
Highways J. Sydney Hitchins, Chairman Aldermen Nowell, Dike, Mather, Tibbetts, Gage, Woodill
Legal and Legislative Matters
The President, Carrie, Dike, Hitchins, Eldredge, Goodwin, Presby
Protection and Licenses
Leslie F. Keene, Chairman Aldermen Cassell, E. T. Clark, Tibbetts, Atkinson, Pack, E. Greeley Clark
Public Service Joshua T. Nowell, Chairman Aldermen Woodill, Buttrick, Keeene, Marr, E. Greeley Clark, Presby
Clerk of Committees VICTOR C. KIRMES
City Officers
City Clerk W. DeHaven Jones
Assistant City Clerk and Clerk of Committees Victor C. Kirmes
City Treasurer William R. Lavender
City Collector James W. Murray
City Auditor Edwin C. Gould
Assistant City Auditor William T. Wolley
Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works George O. W. Servis
Mayor's Clerk Blanche E. Nickerson
City Solicitor Arthur S. Davis
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Chief of Fire Department Joseph Edwards
Chief of Police George E. Kerr
Inspector of Buildings George L. Burgess
Inspector of Plumbing Andrew J. Burnett
Inspector of Food David O. Parker
Inspector of Slaughtering David O. Parker, Frank P. Sturgis
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar Earle B. Phelps, Robert N. Hoyt
Collector of Milk Samples Arthur L. Hayden
Inspector of Animals F. P. Sturges
Sealer of Weights and Measures Charles E. Merrill
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CITY OFFICERS
Superintendent Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth John J. Mccullough
Agent State, Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief Albert A. Carlton
Burial Agent Albert A. Carlton
Assessors Frank R. Upham, term expires 1916 L. Frank Hinckley, term expires 1917 William Morss, term expires 1915
Alden B. Smith
Assistant Assessors Merton G. Woodbury
Charles Roeder
Inspector of Wires Winthrop W. Moore
Board of Health Clarence P. Holden, M.D., Chairman Melvin A. Walter Grace French, Clerk
Arthur A. Hayden
City Physician Clarence P. Holden, M.D.
School Physician Arthur T. Gage
Edward L. Marr
Overseers of the Poor Adaline G. Reed, Chairman Bertram E. Lovejoy Grace French, Clerk
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Matron of Pratt Farm Mrs. F. E. Mann
Superintendent of Pratt Farm Frank E. Mann
Park Commission
Clarence T. Fernald, Chairman
Term expires 1915
Addison L. Winship
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Robert A. Perkins.
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1918
Harry N. Vaughn .
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1917
George J. Foster
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1916
School Committee
Lowell F. Wentworth, Chairman
Term expires 1915
Wallace R. Lovett
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1917
Arthur H. Damon.
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1917
Sarah A. Day.
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1917
William Coggeshall
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1915
Frank L. Welt .
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1915
Elmer O. Goodridge
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Isabelle Stantial.
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William A. Morse
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Sinking Fund Commissioners
Edward J. Kitching, Chairman
Term expires 1916
Franklin P. Shumway
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1917
Everett L. Fuller
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Trustees of Public Library
Edward M. Munyan, Chairman
Term expires 1917
William T. Atwood
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Rev. Paul Sterling
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1915
Mary L. Charles
66 1917
Neil A. Divver
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1916
Anna T. Bush
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1916
Cemetery Committee Willis C. Goss, Chairman
D. Lord
L. Henry Kunhardt
Edwin C. Gould, Clerk Roscoe A. Leavitt, Supt. Wyoming Cemetery
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CITY OFFICERS
Registrars of Voters
Edwin L. Cragin, Chairman
Term expires 1916 66
1917
John J. Keating Edwin J. Tirrell. W. DeHaven Jones, City Clerk, Ex-officio
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Engineers of Fire Department Joseph Edwards, Chief Edgar W. Mansfield, 1st Assistant Charles F. Woodward, 2d Assistant
Measurers of Wood and Bark, Weighers of Hay and Grain
Geo. L. Maidrand
Grace F. Gilbert
Frank E. Newell
George H. Walden
A. H. Sulis, Jr.
Fred H. Goss
M. H. Eagan
Charles B. Goss
Public Weighers of Merchandise
A. H. Sulis, Jr.
Alma Russell
Edwin Hilton
Geo. W. Jepson
Archie E. Jones
Herbert M. Wade
Edward A. Riley
Orietta Towner
James McTiernan
J. Osborn Leisk
Patrick G. DeCourcy John Dyer
Edward M. Caldwell
Herbert A. Lord
Richard Philpot
Geo. L. Maidrand
Isaac L. Slocomb
Edwin D. Swain
May H. Eagan Stanley H. Greenlaw
Field Drivers George W. Hoag-Harry C. Liscomb
Pound Keepers George W. Hoag-Harry W. Liscomb
Fence Viewers
Charles F. Woodward
Philip B. Carter Charles H. Everson
George W. Burke Daniel K. Collamore
Constables Charles E. Merrill Charles Roeder M. James Hanley
George E. Kerr George E. Burke
Dog Officer M. James Hanley
George Goodwin George M. Hall
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Keeper of the Lock-up George E. Kerr
Police Officers
George E. Kerr, Chief Redford M. Rand George E. Fuller
William H. Doherty
Christopher B. Thompson
Louis B. Heaton
Frank N. Pierce
Wallace B. Eaton Garfield Carpenter
Michael Reardon Albert A. McBeth
Reserve Officers
Garfield Carpenter Albert A. McBeth
Fred M. Kirmes
William A. Riley Edwin E. Spraker Archie E. Fish
Clement E. Burkhardt
Special Officers
Atwater B. Hathaway
Albert W. Mackenzie
M. James Hanley Edgar E. Sherburn John T. Russell
Burgess W. Grover Joseph A. Lavin
Special Officers to Serve without Pay
Frank C. Newman
George H. Cray
Ralph S. Cray
Martin Allison
Charles E. Merrill
Charles J. Wing
Roscoe A. Leavitt
George W. Hoag
Harry C. Liscomb
Planning Board
John C. F. Slayton
Seth K. Ames
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Harold Marshall
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E. Gertrude Copeland.
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Henry M. Ripley
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Victor A. Friend .
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Louisa S. Hunt.
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Dennis W. Fitzpatrick
Term expires 1917 66 66
1917
Agnes L. Dodge.
Harry Brown, Captain
Daniel J. Foley
Allston H. Pineo
ANNUAL REPORT of the
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
CITY OF MELROSE 1914
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1914
Name
Residence
Term expires
William Coggeshall
158 East Foster Street .
1915
Frank L. Welt
31 Malvern Street
1915
Lowell F. Wentworth
19 Bartlett Street 1915
Mrs. Isabelle Stantial .
146 Florence Street
1916
Elmer O. Goodridge
148 E. Foster Street
1916
William A. Morse
15 Auburn Place
1916
Mrs. Sarah A. Day
45 Ashland Street
1917
Wallace R. Lovett
12 Fairmount Street
1917
Arthur H. Damon
116 Hillside Avenue
1917
Lowell F. Wentworth, Chairman Isabelle Stantial, Secretary
Meetings of the Committee
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in the Committee Room, High School Building, on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, except during July and August, at 7.30 p.m.
Superintendent of Schools
John C. Anthony
14 Mt. Vernon Street Office: High School Building-Tel. Melrose 55
Secretary
Helen M. Aldrich
536 Lebanon Street
Tel. Melrose 1238-M
STANDING COMMITTEES
Mr. Morse
Finance and Supplies Mr. Goodridge Mr. Damon
Mr. Lovett
Schoolhouses and Janitors
Mr. Goodridge
Mr. Coggeshall Mr. Damon
Mr. Morse
Teachers and Salaries
Mrs. Day
Mrs. Stantial Mr. Coggeshall
Mr. Welt
Text Books and Courses of Study Mr. Lovett Mrs. Day
Mr. Welt
Mrs. Stantial
The Chairman of the School Committee is a member, ex-officio, of all standing committees.
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SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Legislative
Mr. Lovett
Mr. Goodridge Mr. Morse
Mr. Coggeshall
VISITING COMMITTEES
High School. School Committee
Franklin and Whittier Schools Mrs. Day
D. W. Gooch School Mrs. Stantial
Mary A. Livermore School Mr. Damon
Washington School. Mr. Welt
Lincoln School. Mr. Lovett
Winthrop School. Mr. Goodridge
Joseph Warren School. Mr. Morse
Sewall and Ripley Schools Mr. Coggeshall
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1914-15
FALL TERM 1914
Opens September 9th and closes December 23d at noon.
WINTER TERM 1915
Opens January 4th and closes February 19th.
SPRING TERM 1915
First Half: Opens March 1st and closes April 23d.
Second Half: Opens May 3d and closes June 23d.
FALL TERM 1915
Opens September 8th and closes December 23d at noon.
HOLIDAYS DURING TERM TIME.
Every Saturday, Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, June 17th, October 12th, and Thanksgiving Day with the half day preceding and the day following it.
"NO SCHOOL SIGNAL"
Notice of "No School" will be given by striking the number 22 four times upon the fire alarm, and by sounding the whistle at Factory No. 2 of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company.
The signal will be sounded at 7.15 a.m. for no session in the High School and at 8.30 for no morning session in all grades below the High School. In case there is to be no afternoon session, the signal will be sounded at 12.45.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee of Melrose,
Ladies and Gentlemen .:-
The following report of the public schools of the city is respectfully submitted for your consideration. This is the twenty-fifth in the series of annual reports by the Superintendent of Schools and the sixth by the present incumbent of that office.
CERTAIN FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND RELATIONS
It is the duty of His Honor, the Mayor and the Honorable, the Board of Aldermen, to make suitable appropriations for the support of public schools. It is the duty of the School Committee to see that such appro- priations are efficiently expended. So far as we know, never, in Melrose, has either of these bodies attempted to usurp the functions of the other.
It has been, and is, the policy of the School Committee, to set forth, for the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen, clearly and in detail, the finan- cial needs of the public schools and to furnish complete information con- cerning any items of expenditure in the past, or in those estimated for the future, in order that they may have an intelligent basis for their appro- priations. While expenditures for school purposes have seemed rela- tively large, yet the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen have invariably furnished enough so that the schools could continue at least on the same basis. We believe that this has been done because of the honest conviction of the appropriating bodies of the needs of the schools, but we believe also that it has been done because of the demand of the citizens, whose representatives they are, that there should be no retrenchment in this important branch of our public service.
PRESENT FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
The present financial condition of our city, however, is one which demands grave consideration. It is brought home to every citizen by the increasing tax rate, and by the able inaugural address of His Honor, the Mayor. It is causing intelligent citizens, properly enough, to question expenditures more closely than ever before. It presents to the Mayor and to the Board of Aldermen a most difficult problem. Most naturally, since the public schools expend so large a portion of the tax levy, the statement is already being made that this is the department where re- trenchment should take place. The total of the school appropriation encourages attack merely because of its bulk, and not, so far as we know, because of any particular item or extravagance.
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CURRENT CRITICISM OF COST
This desire for economy has led to certain statements, made, we believe, in good faith, yet, perhaps, without complete knowledge of statis- tical facts. Let us briefly examine three of the most common of these statements.
Criticism Number I .- That Melrose is the only city in the state which has regularly increased its school expenditures for the past three years.
The State returns show that during the last three years each one of the other thirty-two cities increased their current expenses for school purposes from five per cent to thirty-nine per cent. The average increase was nineteen per cent. The average increase for all the cities and towns in the state for the past three years was twenty-two per cent. The actual increase of the appropriation for the same purpose, for the past three fiscal years, for the City of Melrose, was 1.87 per cent.
This does not mean that Melrose had already provided maximum school facilities and had no need for further increase. Rather it means that we have had to be content with the minimum essentials required by the State, and it is doubtful if the community would be satisfied with less. It means also that we have not been able to provide for our children the practical courses which other cities are offering theirs.
Furthermore, this slight increase was made in two items,-tuition, made necessary by the fact that we have recently been obliged by the State to pay tuition for Melrose pupils who attend industrial schools,- and teachers' salaries, made up of increases on the regular schedule, and the fact that the maximum salary for lower grade teachers was last year raised from $650 to $700, more nearly to correspond to other cities and towns about us, who are paying for the same service from $750 to $850.
Criticism Number II .- That our school system costs relatively more than others.
The statistics at the end of this report give in detail the total cost per unit of school expenditure, and the average cost per pupil for the entire system, with the total cost and the average cost per pupil for elementary schools, and for the High School for each item. These tables summarize and compare as follows:
Average cost per pupil, State of Massachusetts. $41.05
Average cost per pupil, City of Melrose 38.84
Average cost per pupil, Elementary, State 37.25
Average cost per pupil, Elementary, Melrose 32.53
Average cost per pupil, High School, State 68.45
Average cost per pupil, High School, 33 cities. 71.66
Average cost per pupil, High School, Melrose 55.05
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Average cost per pupil for teachers' salaries, State. 28.40
Average cost per pupil for teachers' salaries, 33 cities . 31.33
Average cost per pupil for teachers' salaries, Melrose 26.09
Average cost per pupil for teachers' salaries, 44 large High Schools .. . 46.32 Average cost per pupil for teachers' salaries, Melrose High School . ... 38.45
If our expenses per pupil were equal only to the average for the State, our appropriation would be increased by $7,277. If High School instruc- tion cost as much in Melrose as in other High Schools of the State having over 300 pupils, our cost for that item alone would increase by $5,800.
Again we find that, on the basis of the amount per thousand of valu- ation appropriated for school purposes, Melrose stands number 168 in the list of 353 cities and towns, with an expenditure of $5.63 being pre- ceded by such communities as West Boylston, the highest, $10.53; Palmer, $8.21; Westfield, $8.04; Clinton, $7.92; Everett, $7.25; Chelsea, $6.89; Concord, $6.87; Chicopee, $6.81; Natick, $6.80; North Adams, $6.71; Wakefield, $6.45; Taunton, $6.43; Danvers, $6.32; Woburn, $6.28; North Andover, $6.15; Brockton, $6.15; Gloucester, $5.91; Haverhill, $5.89; Malden, $5.89; Arlington, $5.84; Revere, $5.82; Reading, $5.78; North Attleboro, $5.78; Somerville, $5.75; Weymouth, $5.75; Fall River, $5.71; Gardner, $5.64.
Criticism Number III .- That Melrose High School costs "more than it should."
The average cost per pupil in Melrose High School is $55.05. The average cost per pupil in the High Schools of the State is $68.45. The average cost for the 33 cities is $71.66. If it cost as much to educate Melrose High School pupils as it does in other cities of the Commonwealth, our appropriation would have to be increased by $12,823.80 for that school alone. In this connection a circular just sent out by the State Board of Education is of interest as showing, first, that education is primarily a State function, not merely a matter of local interest; and, secondly, that the State is properly bringing pressure to bear upon the communities to secure better educational advantages. This circular shows that, in the forty-four large High Schools in the State, the average cost per pupil for instruction alone, is $46.32, as against $38.45 for Melrose. It then goes on to say,-"In determining the number of High School teachers to be employed and the salaries to be paid, the following considerations are important :-
1. The number of teachers to be employed is of prime importance. Satisfactory results cannot be expected where the teachers are required to give instruction in too many subjects or to too many pupils.
2. The retention of the services of a competent principal who has learned the needs of the school and of the individual pupils is important. An experienced principal can do much to help inexperienced teachers.
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3. The retention of the services of experienced teachers is desirable, so far as the finances permit. It is especially unfortunate to have many changes in the teaching force in one year. There is a marked tendency in many high schools to provide increments to teachers' salaries so as to avoid wholesale changes."
It is nevertheless true that the total cost of our High School is large in comparison with the total cost of all our schools because of the large number in that department, due in turn to the high quality of our citizen- ship and their demands for higher education for their children. The High School is also abnormally large because of the abolition of the ninth grade three years ago, so that we have at the present time five classes distributed over the four years of the High School course. During this year of 1915 we are carrying our heaviest burden on this account. The High School will naturally decrease somewhat during the next school year, and again in the school year of 1916-1917, except as it is augmented by increase from families moving into Melrose from other places.
The statement is frequently made that "there are too many children in our High School." This is, of course, a matter in which each indi- vidual has a right to his own opinion. It is, nevertheless, a duty imposed by the State upon each community to furnish a High School education to its children. This is a responsibility which we have no legal right to shirk, and no moral right to curtail. The School Committee, even if they were so disposed, have no authority to refuse such an education to every Melrose pupil who has the ability, who obeys the rules of the school, and whose parents demand it. Further, we believe that our citizens as a whole, while they may regret the addition to the tax rate, yet are proud of a community whose standards for their children are so high. Such an attitude is a big asset to any city, and the Melrose High School, main- tained at its present standard, is a greater asset than a forty-cent reduction of the tax rate.
Again, the statement is made that we are offering more courses than necessary. As a matter of fact, we are offering little more than the standard which the State requires, except possibly in Spanish and Zoology. It is true that these courses might be eliminated, but we should be at the immediate necessity of providing classes in other subjects for these same students, at no reduction in cost. We would simply be forcing them to give up work which they desire for that for which they feel no need.
It is also true that we might materially decrease the membership in our High School by eliminating the Commercial Department, which comprises two-fifths of the entire membership. We do not believe, how- ever, that this would be considered desirable by a majority of our citizens, nor a measure of true economy for a city of our standing. Rather we believe that the community desires to see our practical courses de- veloped and extended instead of being reduced, and that our citizens would oppose limiting the educational opportunities of our city, both from business policy and spiritual conviction.
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Again, in this connection, it is claimed that the school authorities are urging children to remain in the High School who ought not to be there, or who would be better off at work. This is not true in the sense that they are trying to keep in school those children who are not fitted for the work, or who are not using their opportunities to advantage. It is true merely to the extent that the school authorities are trying to offer, with the limited means at their disposal, as complete opportunities as possible for all the children of the city, and this we believe to be their function and duty. On the other hand, the commercial course, two years ago, was re-organized so that each year presented certain subjects complete, in order that a pupil might leave at the end of the first, second, or third year, with certain commercial subjects mastered. Furthermore, a com- plete three-year course was offered, in which, during the third year, the greater part of the time may be put intensively upon book-keeping, or stenography and typewriting, as in private commercial schools, as it was thought that there was a demand for a shorter course. Up to the present time, however, the authorities have been unable to find enough pupils who desired to shorten their course, to justify the formation of these special classes.
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