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The people, not as the body politic, - the municipality, -but as individuals, as parents whose children fill (in theory) the schools of the town, constitute a very important, perhaps the most impor- tant, element in the success of the public schools. The proper and full discharge of their duties is fundamental in the matter. All the other conditions - adequate appropriation of money, employment of faithful and skilled teachers, suitable buildings, and intelligent supervision - fail, and must fail, in the accomplishment of the desired, best results, unless the parents and guardians perform their part unswervingly, with constant fidelity. No one need long pause to inquire what that part is. It has been said that boys are ever more ready to take up a marble than a book, and children generally to indulge in play rather than in study. The matter of attendance upon schools is not then to be left to the caprice of the child, but it becomes the parent's duty to make this attendance upon school the prime business of the child's life during the legal age, the adoles- cent period. These considerations bring the Committee to the statement, that to-day the greatest obstacle to the usefulness, the best possible results of the public schools, is absence, irregularity
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in attendance. After making generous allowance for sickness, more prevalent it may be than in former years, there remains a dis- couragingly large percentage of absentecism to be charged to the account of carelessness, indifference, or cupidity of parents and guardians. True, stress of circumstances in material things may have driven some to the supposed necessity of taking their children from school, a day now, and a week then, for the purpose of labor ; but even this condition, hard though it be, cannot be justly urged in excuse for depriving the child of that which the laws say the parent or guardian, the town or the Commonwealth, shall provide.
The law makes it incumbent upon persons having children under their control between the ages of eight and fourteen years, to annually cause such children to attend some public day school in the city or town in which they reside, at least twenty weeks ; which time shall be divided into two terms, each of ten consecutive weeks, so far as the arrangement of school terms will allow. Now, it is evident that this legal provision does not contemplate that the registering simply of a child's name at school shall fulfil the require- ment, -" shall cause such child to attend school." Here, and just here, arises the trouble, - the shortcoming the Committee complain of. The Committee also do complain and respectfully present, that of the whole number of children between the ages of five and fifteen years in the town the first of May, 1877, too many altogether have not even been enrolled at school. This matter calls for correction, - non-attendance as well as irregularity of attendance, - and the correction should come from the same source, - an awakening of those having children under their control to greater fidelity, a more sacred regard to the true interest, the future welfare, of these little ones. All should know and keep constantly in the foreground, that in this matter of common-school education, the parent or guardian is not the sole or principal party in interest, nor the one to be con- sulted wholly or mainly as to convenience or ease in placing the child at school and causing regularity in attendance. The child is concerned, and heavily concerned too, whether its youthful feet are turned into the paths of culture in useful learning, or into the paths of ignorance, too often leading to vice. The children of primary and grammar school age are not capable of exercising choice, and
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less capable of enforcing choice, as to whether they would enter upon a course of study that shall have for its object their best development, to ensure their happiness and usefulness in adult life. It becomes the parent's duty - it should be his happiest privilege - to direct and enforce compliance in this matter of school attendance, and to comprehend that half-time absence, scattered through a term, a year even, and continued from year to year through the whole school course, amounts to nearly a waste of the whole time, leaving a broken, disjointed career at school and little better at home. The instances of unbroken records of attendance through the schools are marvellously rare, more so than those interested in the schools, the parents of children, are aware, no doubt.
The Committee feel constrained to urge those having control of children of schoolable age to a greater fidelity in the discharge of their grave responsibility in placing the children in school, and then to more care in securing their prompt and regular attendance during the time their names are on the register. Assuring them that a so- called attendance, marred and broken, as is too often the case now, with tardiness and absence nearly equal to the days of attendance, is an injury to a pupil in a course of study, for which there is no expression.
The teachers remain the same as last year, with the exception of the North Grammar School, where the new teachers have performed their duties in a manner satisfactory to the Committee. During the year, the Committee and the schools sustained a most serious loss, occasioned by the removal from this town of the Chairman of the Committee, the Rev. J. E. O'Brien. The ripe scholarship, the earnest activity, and the breadth of view, tinctured by no narrowness, which characterized this gentleman while connected with the work of the Committee, rendered aid to the advancement of the schools of the town upon a wide basis, and we trust that the example thus fur- nished by him may beneficially influence education in succeeding years.
In consequence of the change of teachers in the North Grammar School, and by economy in all departments (which the times seemed to demand), the Committee are able to report, that notwithstanding the cutting down of the requested appropriation last spring, in the
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sum of four hundred dollars, they are still within the amount appro priated in the sum of one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and ninety-eight cents. There are also books on hand valued at one hundred and twenty-three dollars and ninety-eight cents.
During the ensuing year, the roofs of some of the school-houses must be shingled, and other unusual expenses met. The Committee respectfully recommend the following appropriations : -
For teaching,
$7,000 00
fuel,
450 00
care of rooms,
470. 00
incidental,
600 00
repairs, .
480 00
$9,000 00
Respectfully.
JAMES A. TOWER, Chairman. WINSLOW BATTLES. JAMES MOLLOY.
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EXPENDITURE FOR SCHOOLS, 1877-78.
FOR TEACHING.
Paid Thomas H. West, 1 year, . $1,000 00
Alfred N. Fuller, 13 weeks, . 290 79
William A. Copeland, 25 weeks, 500 00
Sarah E. Shankland, 38 weeks, 450 00
Alice A. Smith, 38 weeks,
375 00
Annie Veazie, 38 weeks, 359 98
Sarah V. Wilde, 38 weeks,
325 00
Emma H. King, 38 weeks,
285 00
Mary A. Molloy, 38 weeks, .
285 00
Emma D. Stetson, 38 weeks,
304 00
Isabelle G. Driscoll, 38 weeks, Kittie E. Sheridan, 38 weeks,
350 00
Mary E. Wren, 38 weeks,
285 00
Annie M. Wilde, 38 weeks, .
325 00
Isabel C. Beal, 38 weeks, .
266 00
Antoinette T. Smith, 13 weeks,
108 00
Cora F. May, 13 weeks,
78 00
Estelle M. Redington, 25 weeks,
200 00
Minnie M. Babbitt, 23 weeks,
140 00
Ellen P. Henry, 38 weeks,
304 00
Total,
· $6,580 77 .
Appropriation for Stetson High School, ·
$950 00
FOR FUEL.
Paid R. W. Turner & Co., for coal,
$290 00
Daniel Leahy, for wood,
24 38
R. T. & E. M. Mann, for wood,
11 25
Adam F. Jones, for wood, .
3 00
350 00
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Paid A. J. Swain, for wood, .
$3 07
Richard Stevens, for wood, . 3 25
William H. Smith, for charcoal,
3 00
sundry persons for shavings, and sawing wood,
30 15
Total,
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. $368 10
CARE OF ROOMS.
Paid Margaret Riley,
$250 00
Galen Hollis,
77 00
Lawrence Ormsby,
24 00
Godfrey Knights,.
20 00
Charles R. Piper, .
15 00
George W. Bump,
10 00
Mary Shields,
8 75
Total, ·
$404 75
FOR FURNITURE AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES, AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid J. A. Swasey, for labor on blackboards, $287 39
J. B. Thayer, labor and material, . 174 42
S. H. Peirce, for lumber,
106 96
Francis A. Stanley, for labor and material,
78 76
Morrison M. Alden, for labor and material,
111 31
J. L. Hammett, for books, &c.,
169 83
William Ware & Co., for books, &c., 74 02
Winslow Alden, for repairs, .
78 14
James F. Dargan, for census of school children, 20 00
Knight, Adams & Co., for books, &c., 25 65
L. Prang & Co., for books, &c.,
35 40
Nichols & Hall, for books, &c.,
52 77
Ginn & Heath, for books, &c.,
58 40
Thomas H. West, for services on books and mer- chandise, . 58 87
Daniel H. Huxford, for printing, .
26 25
J. B. Rhines & Co., for lumber, .
17 03
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Paid John S. Abbott, labor and material, $22 30
Old Colony Railroad Co., freight, . 23 91
Charles H. Higgins, labor and material, 36 15
Charles A. Wales, for merchandise and repairs,
75 73
Gilbert A. Tolman, for floor-brush and dusters,
12 75
Doane & Greenough, for merchandise, . ·
7 50
D. B. White, for merchandise,
21 61
Dole Brothers, for furniture, .
223 79
H. H. Francis, labor and material,
9 58
Daniel Leahy, labor and material, 18 50
A. C. Stockin, for merchandise,
10 56
D. G. Corliss & Co., for labor and material on steps, 17 56
A. J. Gove, for expressage, .
14 80
A. J. Gove, and sundry bills, 1 50 .
Brogman & Vinal, call-bell, .
1 50
Ira Copeland, for merchandise,
4 00
Richard Adams, labor, .
3 50
Winslow Battles, horse hire, .
6 00
Peter F. Rooney and others, removing snow,
9 50
John Wales, use of well two years,
6 00
Patrick Feeney, use of well, .
6 00
Thomas J. Hill, merchandise,
2 10
Charles Prescott, merchandise,
60
Lawrence Hayes, use of well,
3 00
Maynard & Noyes, merchandise,
3 00
Franklin Porter, merchandise,
3 79
Galen Hollis, for keys, .
1 00
Total,
. $1,920 89
Included in the above is cash refunded to the Town
Treasurer for books sold, . $353 73
Stock of books on hand, 123 98
Cash in hands of agent, or due for books, .
100 51
$578 22
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TOTAL EXPENSE OF SCHOOLS.
Paid for teaching, . .
. $6,580 77
for Stetson High School,
.
.
950 00
for fuel,
·
368 10
for care of school-rooms,
404 81
for miscellaneous expenses, .
. 1,920 89
Total,
. $10,224 57
Respectfully.
JAMES A. TOWER, Chairman, WINSLOW BATTLES, JAMES MOLLOY,
School Committee.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To the Selectmen of Randolph :
GENTLEMEN, - The Engineers of the Fire Department of Ran- dolph respectfully submit the following Report.
The expenses of the department have been as follows : -
POINEER HOOK AND LADDER, NO. 1.
For the year ending May, 1, 1877.
Paid 23 men, services one year, $12 each, $276 00
For the year ending March 1, 1878.
Paid N. E. Knight, steward's bill, . 10 25
$286 25
INDEPENDENCE ENGINE, No. 2.
For the year ending May 1, 1877.
Paid 50 men, services one year, $12 each, $600 00
For the year ending March 1, 1878.
Paid John B. McGrane, steward's bill, .
22 50
$622 50
FEARLESS ENGINE; No. 3.
For the year ending May 1, 1877.
Paid 50 men, services 1 year, $12 each, ·
$600 00
William A. English, steward's bill, ·
14 50
$614 50
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FIRE KING ENGINE, NO. 5.
For the year ending May 1, 1877.
Paid 50 men, services one year, $12 each, $600 00
Paid George B. Dench, steward's bill and oiling hose,
50 00
$650 00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Hunneman & Co., for repairs on Fire King and In-
dependence engines, . $535 00
Samuel Eastman, for hose, 475 97
James H. Cole, for one barrel of oil, 50 63
Walter Cartwright, for repairs, 24 35
William A. English, labor, 12 37
A. J. Gove, expressage, 10 86
Mary Sullivan, rent of land, Independence house, . 10 00
Josiah Clark, rent of land, Fearless house, . 10 00
J. N. Bullock, carting engine to Boston, and team about town, 9 00
P. Noyes, for pump,
8 00
M. M. Alden, material, .
6 06
D. B. White & Co., for supplies,
5 88
H. H. Francis, for labor,
5 75
Charles A. Wales, for supplies,
3 33
Charles Prescott,
3 51
Edward Lothrop, leather and chamois, .
2 00
William Campbell, for repairs,
1 75
George Bennett, for supplies,
1 10
Edward A. Perry, for repairs,
1 00
John Dooley, removing snow,
75
$1,177 31
Total expenses, · · $3,350 56
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Received for rent, and paid Town Treasurer,-
For Independence Hall,
·
$3 00
Fire King
2 50
$5 50
ORGANIZATION.
The department organized May 1, 1877, as follows :-
ENGINEERS. EDWARD E. LOTHROP, Chief.
Levi Wilbur, Louis Goeres, Assistant Engineers ; John Dooley, Jr., Clerk.
COMPANIES.
Pioneer Hook and Ladder, No. 1, 25 men, C. A. Wales, Foreman.
Independence Engine,
2, 50 men, James E. Nary,
Fearless Engine, 3, 50 men, Myron W. Hollis, “
Fire King Engine,
5, 50 men, Patrick Mullens, “
The department has responded promptly to the following fires and alarms :- May 14. Fire in the woods at Tower Hill. The whole department was present. Independence worked. August 6. Alarm. Joseph McMullen's shop, caused by the falling of a lamp ; extinguished without damage. December 24. Fire at Holbrook. Town-hall and meeting-house consumed. The department of Hol- brook being unable to subdue the conflagration, the authorities of the town requested immediate aid from Randolph. The entire fire department promptly responded ; all the engines and hook and ladder worked, and, by services rendered, a large amount of prop- erty was saved. January 4, 1878. George S. Wilbur's shed ; no damage.
CONDITION OF ENGINE-HOUSES, FIRE APPARATUS, HOSE. THE ENGINES.
The Fire King and Independence engines were thoroughly repaired the present year by Hunneman & Co. The stockholders of Fear- less claim that some repairs are needed on that engine, and we believe their claim is just. Judging from the expense incurred by
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the repairing of the Fire King and Independence engines, it would cost about three hundred dollars to put the Fearless in good order.
HOSE.
This department has a good supply of hose ; enough, we think, to meet any ordinary demand. The Engineers would recommend the town to appropriate one hundred dollars to purchase two fire extin- guishers to go with the hook and ladder. They are of the opinion that said addition would contribute largely to the efficiency of the department.
We would also renew our recommendation of previous years in relation to reservoirs, as we think the thickly populated localities of the town need more water-supply.
APPROPRIATIONS.
In asking for our appropriation last year, we estimated two hun- dred dollars to repair and paint engines. Upon careful examination by competent parties, it was ascertained that in order to put the engines in proper repair, it would cost about five hundred dollars. As some of the engines, without said repairs, would be useless to the town in case of fire, and in order to meet extra expense of repairing engines, we decided to dispense with painting and repair- ing engine-houses for the present year.
The Engineers recommend to the town, at the annual meeting, April 1, to make some provision for the pay of men for the ensuing year.
The amount asked for will consist as follows :-
Pay of men, . ·
$000 00
Repairs on Fearless Engine, .
300 00
Painting and repairs on houses,
100 00
Incidental expenses,
300 00
EDWARD E. LOTHROP, Chief,
LEVI WILBUR,
LOUIS GOERES, JOHN DOOLEY, JR., Clerk,
Engineers of Fire Department.
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DR. TOWN OF RANDOLPH, IN ACCOUNT WITH April, 1877.
To cash paid on town orders,
·
$2,980 34
interest on note of Jeptha Howard,
120 00
interest on note of Geo. H. Nichols, 12 00 ·
Balance,
9,501 74
May, 1877. To cash paid on town orders,
$3,499 08
Balance,
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.
.
7,776 92
$11,276 00
June, 1877.
To cash paid on town orders,
$4,187 89
Turner Library (dog-money, 1876),
379 33
interest on note of Prescott Wilbur,
23 25
Balance,
3,324 81
$7,915 28
July, 1877. To cash paid on town orders,
$2,231 08
Balance,
2,123 10
$4,354 18
August, 1877.
To cash paid on town orders,
$1,259 86
Balance,
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.
.
.
5,878 24
$7,138 10
September, 1877.
To cash paid on town orders,
$1,441 36
interest on town notes,
600 00
interest on note of L. Wentworth, . .
96 00
Balance,
.
.
4,913 06
$7,050 42
October, 1877.
To cash paid on town orders,
. $2,895 99
Randolph National Bank (note), .
5,000 00
interest on National Bank (note), .
32 09
Balance,
. 11,346 85
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.
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$19,274 93
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$12,614 08
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CHARLES C. FARNHAM, TREASURER. ' CR.
. April, 1877.
By cash received from Selectmen, as Transfer Committee, from town of Foxborough (pauper),
50 10
from town of Easton (pauper),
60 60
from board of T. Stevens,
130 00
from interest on note of R. Adams,
5 00
from check of H. C. Alden, ·
.
10,856 66
from town orders paid by H. C. A.,
445 12
from dividend on bank stock, . 48 00
from town of Braintree (pauper), 60 75
from interest on note of R. Adams,
5 00
from city of Taunton (pauper),
84 20
from balance in town order, .
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$12,614 08
May, 1877.
By cash balance,
$9,501 74
received from sale of school-books,
57 65
from licenses (liquor), .
500 00
from interest on note of R. Adams, .
5 00
from E. M. Roel (Collector, 1876), .
1,211 61
$11,276 00
June, 1877. By cash balance, . ·
$7,776 92
received from sale of school-books, .
138 36
$7,915 28
July, 1877.
By cash balance, .
$3,324 81
received from license (liquor), .
200 00
from E. M. Rocl (Collector, 1876), . .
. 829 37
$1,354 18
August, 1877.
By cash balance,
$2,123 .10
received from license (circus),
15 00
from Randolph National Bank,
. 5,000 00
$7,138 10
September, 1877.
By cash balance,
· $5,878 24
received from F. A. Stanley (lumber), .
·
.
12 18
from E. M. Rocl (Collector, 1877), . .
1,160 00
$7,050 42
October, 1877.
By cash balance, .
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.
48 00
from dividend (bank), .
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$4,913 06
received from E. M. Roel (Collector, 1877), .
14,313 87
$19,274 93
.
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$368 35
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DR. TOWN OF RANDOLPH IN ACCOUNT WITH
November, 1877. To cash paid on town orders, Balance,
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·
8,199 21
$12,900 19
December, 1877.
To cash paid on town orders,
$1,620 03
Endicott (State tax), ·
2,055 00
Endicott (National Bank tax),
2,352 24
interest on town note, ·
300 00
Churchill (license dogs, 1877),
386 35
Balance,
.
11,014 63
$17,728 25
January, 1878.
To cash paid on town orders,
$1,994 18
Balance, .
.
.
.
12,757 32
$14,751 50
February, 1878.
To cash paid on town orders,
$2,570 80
Endicott (bank tax),
6 32
Endicott (corporation tax), . ·
50 42
Turner Library (dog-money, 1877),
358 15
Balance,
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11,055 90
$14,041 59
March, 1878. To cash paid on town orders,
interest on notes of Patrick McMahon,
204 00
Eben Moulton,
54 00
Commonwealth,
600 00
note of town to
2,500 00
Endicott, licenses (liquor),
243 75
interest, Randolph Savings Bank, .
300 00
Corlies, Macy & Co.,
14 75
Treasurer (salary),
100 00
expense account, stamps, stationery, and returns of births, marriages, deaths, and election, .
92 25
Balance,
7,225 48
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$4,700 98
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$5,257 64
$16,591 87
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CHARLES C. FARNHAM, TREASURER-CONTINUED. November, 1877.
CR.
By cash balance, .
$11,346 85
received from E. M. Roel (Collector, 1877), .
1,365 12
from sale of school-books,
87 22
from H. L. Pierce (rent of Ponkapoag Pond),
1 00
from license (liquor),
100 00
$12,900 19
December, 1877.
By cash balance,.
$8,199 21
received from E. M. Roel (Collector, 1877), .
1,335 43
from Endicott (corporation tax),
1,458 93
from Endicott (National Bank tax),
3,929 27
from State aid, .
2,244 06
from licenses, dogs (1877),
386 35
from licenses (liquor),
175 00
$17,728 25
January, 1878. By cash balance,
$11,014 63
received from E. M. Roel (Collector, 1877), .
3,136 40
from Endicott (school fund), .
242 32
from Churchill (dogs, 1877), .
. 358 15
$14,751 50
February, 1878. By cash balance,
$12,757 32
received from E. M. Roel (Collector, 1877), .
1,075 85
from C. Wales (board of G. Noonan),
120 00
from Endicott (corporation tax),
37 72
from town of Braintree (pauper),
.
50 70
$14,041 59
March, 1878. By cash balance, ·
$11,055 90
received for rent of engine-houses,
5 50
from salt-marsh,
30 00
from sale of school-books,
70 50
from Stevens (board of T. Stevens),
130 00
from State aid overdrawn, .
103 68
from E. M. Roel (Collector, 1877), .
3,581 95
from town of Holbrook, .
1,143 62
from Selectmen, for town farm,
345 79
from Selectmen, for sale of cow,
45 00
from Selectmen, for sale of gravel, .
16 25
from Selectmen, for bills refunded, .
63 68
$16,591 87
The Auditors of the town of Randolph for the current fiscal year have attended to their duties, and find the accounts of the Town Treasurer correct, each item being accompanied by its corresponding voucher.
MARCH 20, 1878.
V. H. DEANE, FRANK MORTON, HALE S. HOWARD, Town Auditors, 1877.
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STATE OF TREASURY, MARCH 1, 1877.
DR.
3 Notes to Commonwealth, .
$17,500 00
1 Note to Randolph Savings Bank,
5,000 00
1 to Turner Free Library, 5,000 00
6 Notes to Patrick McMahon, . 3,400 00
1 Note to Lemuel Wentworth,
1,600 00
1 to Ebenezer Moulton,
900 00
1 to Lucy A. Wilbur, 500 00
1 to George H. Nichols,
200 00
1
66 to Jeptha Howard,
2,000 00
$36,100 00
Estimated amount of interest unpaid,
275 00
of bills 66
100 00
Unsettled tax-bill, H. B. Alden, collector,
80 24
Present town debt,
$36,555 24
Reduction of debt for the year 1877, .
$2,500 00
Value Randolph National Bank, Coddington Fund (8 shares), $1,600 00
Salt-marsh, Quincy, 66
500 00
Due from E. M. Roel, tax-collector, 1878, from Treasurer,
7,225 48
State aid due, .
4,000 00
School-books on hand,
123 98
Due from agent, for books,
100 51
from other towns, .
798 18
Board for person at almshouse,
85 58
Richard Adams, note and interest, .
858 06
Total,
$17,607 35 ·
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1894789
Respectfully submitted. 31.55624
CHARLES C. FARNHAM, Town Treasurer.
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STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
To the Selectmen of the Town of Randolph :
The undersigned, Trustees of Stetson School Fund, submit the following Report. No change having been made in our investments, we have only to repeat the list of last year ; viz. : -
10 shares Eliot National Bank, Boston (par), . .
$1,000
10
66 Webster National Bank, Boston (par), 1,000
10 Hide and Leather National Bank, Boston (par), 1,000
10 66 Shoe and Leather National Bank Boston (par), . 1,000
10 66 Exchange National Bank, Boston (par), .
1,000
10 60 Boylston National Bank, Boston (par),
1,000
. 10 66 Tremont National Bank, Boston (par), · 1,000
20
66 Old Boston National Bank, Boston (par), . .
1,000
13 Shawmut National Bank, Boston (par), . 1,300
13
66 Randolph National Bank (par), ·
1,300
$10,600
The annexed financial account exhibits our receipts and disburse- ments for the year, - the former just enabling us to meet the unavoidable expenses incident to the carrying on of the school, and lessen the balance against the treasury only about $70. We there- fore have to commence another year with a deficit of $220-88, which our Secretary, as usual, has advanced, to be provided for in the future ; whilst we must take into consideration the facts that neces- sary repairs on Stetson Hall, which has been entirely neglected, in that regard, this year, must be made the ensuing, and several expir- ing insurance policies renewed, as well as the certainty that the
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dividends on our stocks must fall considerably short of the sum realized in the present instance.
The rooms formerly rented to the Randolph Bank are still un- occupied, thereby cutting off that source of income. The possibility of improving our condition by any change in our investments, is now, as it has been for a long time past, entirely out of the question, in consequence of the generally depressed condition of monetary affairs.
As is clearly apparent, our expenditures cannot be reduced beyond a certain point, and the work intrusted to us properly per- formed ; and this minimum, it is quite clear to the Trustees, has now been reached.
Our other resources being entirely inadequate to meet the de- mands that will be made upon us the coming year, though, as will be the case, the most economical course possible be pursued, we are obliged to look to the town for the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars, which we respectfully recommend be appropriated for that purpose.
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL
Opened Monday, April 9, 1877, under the charge of Mr. V. H. Deane, as principal, and Miss Minnie E. Jones, assistant. Thirty-seven ap- plicants for admission were examined, and twenty-two - eight boys and fourteen girls - admitted, making the whole number of pupils in the school seventy-three, and entirely filling the seating capacity of the general school-room. At the commencement of the fall term, two girls and one boy were admitted, being, upon examination, found qualified to enter existing classes. Miss Jones's engagement having expired at the close of the previous term, Miss Harriet B. Stetson of Gloucester, a graduate of Vassar College, with several years' experience as preceptress in a prominent academy in this State, accepted a call to the position, which she has filled in a manner worthy of commendation. The average number of pupils in daily attendance during the year has been seventy. To this feature - the size of the school - we desire to call especial atten- tion, as showing its popularity and widespread influence, as well as the imperative demand existing in this community, in fact, as well as law, for a school of this grade and character. Nothing having
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