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83 20
for Isaac Holbrook and wife,
161 10
for Mrs. William H. Ainsley and family, 215 74
for Mrs. Luke O'Reilly,
124 20
for Lysander Holbrook, 18 00
for Mrs. Jonathan Hunt, . 96 25
for Mrs. John Carey and child, 84 86
for Mrs. Margaret Riley, .
37 64
for William Abbott,
6 85
$3,928 05
RELIEF OF POOR WHOSE MILITARY SETTLE- MENT IS IN RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK.
Paid for Lewis N. Weathee, at State Lunatic Hospital, $195 92
for Thomas F. Hand and family, 66 60
for James Meaney, · 50 52
for Ebenezer Holbrook,
155 86
for John E. Mann and family,
126 50
for Morris Kiley, board of child, 17 00
for Mrs. Francis Boyle and family,
158 00
30
Paid for Albert Howard, .
$68 13
for James Conley,
·
5 59
for George F. French,
3 50
for Lawrence Leavitt,
18 05
for Lorenzo Eddy, ·
4 00
for Albert W. Stetson and family,
73 30
for Mrs. Mary Mullins,
84 00
$1,026 97
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Paid for Louisa Poole, Holbrook, $127 50
for John E. Glover and wife, Quincy, 132 61
for Alvah Nightingale, Duxbury, 4 00
for Mrs. Nathaniel Nichols, Holbrook,
235 05
for Harriet L. Mansfield, Braintree, .
60 00
for Frederick Fowler, Easton, .
214 50
for Mrs. Bridget Hoye, Taunton,
54 00
for Lewis Crovo, Boston,
92 17
for Mrs. Wilfred N. Pendergrass and chil- dren, Holbrook, 165 00
for Rufus I. Jones, Holbrook,
8 00
for Mrs. Thomas Sanderson, Braintree, 70 01
for Lucius Hollis, Holbrook, 8 25
for Mrs. Eliza Brown and family, Holbrook, 4 05
for Mrs. H. S. Johnson, Boston, 4 00
$1,179 14
STATE PAUPERS.
Paid Colin Boyd, keeper of lockup, $142 12
Nathaniel Noyes, labor, 3 64
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Paid D. B. White & Co., supplies, .
$3 85
N. H. Tirrell, painting lockup,
8 00
F. F. Smith, charcoal,
3 60
D. B. White, coal,
13 75
Charles H. Belcher, supplies,
4 91
John B. Thayer, labor,
3 50
$183 37
The following sums of money have been paid to the sev- eral physicians for medical aid to persons under charge of the Overseers of the Poor, to April 2, 1888 : -
Dr. Thaddeus T. Cushman, .
.
$50 00
Dr. Charles C. Farnham, ·
9
50 00
Dr. Augustus L. Chase, 50 00
Dr. Emory A. Allen, 50 00
Dr. Warren M. Babbitt,
50 00
Dr. Frank C. Granger,
50 00
Dr. Oliver M. Sheridan,
50 00
$350 00
RANDOLPH, March 16, 1888.
The undersigned auditors of the Town of Randolph re- spectfully report that they have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, and find them correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn upon the Treasurer.
C. G. HATHAWAY, ELISHA MANN, JR., CHARLES F. McMAHON, Auditors.
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ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
APPRAISAL OF STOCK, FURNITURE, PROVISIONS, &C., March 1, 1888.
2 horses, $300 00
2 cows,
125 00
2 swine,
24 00
32 hens, . ·
25 00
8 tons English hay,
160 00
2 tons swale hay,
24 00
¿ ton salt hay,
6 00
1 road scraper,
175 00
2 horse carts,
125 00
1 farm wagon,
70 00
1 carryall, ·
85 00
1 two-horse wagon,
60 00
1 swing drag,
60 00
1 small drag,
6 00
1 mowing machine,
40 00
1 hay cutter and feed trough, .
8 00
2 gravel screens,
15 00
2 cart harnesses,
30 00
1 carriage harness,
10 00
1 pair double harnesses,
50 00
1 two-horse sled with shafts and pole,
50 00
1 stump puller and hook, .
25 00
4 draft chains,
10 00
2 grindstones,
8 00
1 carriage-jack,
2 00
6 baskets,
2 00
3 ploughs, ·
16 00
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1 harrow, $5 00
8 hay and manure forks, 5 00
4 shovels, 5 00
2 iron bars and 3 picks, 5 00
3 wood-saws and sawhorses, 4 00
4 hoes, 8 garden and hay rakes,
4 00
4 scythes and snaths, 3 00
2 handsaws, plane, and square,
4 00
1 bitstock and bits and iron vise, hammer, &c., 5 00
3 stone hammers and 32 drills, 42 00
40 flour barrels,
6 00
9 cords hard wood fitted for stove, . 72 00
4 tons coal, 28 00
60 bushels potatoes, 60 00
Garden vegetables, .
8 00
42 barrels flour,
25 00
52 pounds butter, 15 60
50 pounds lard, 6 00
250 pounds salt pork,
30 00
25 pounds corned beef,
2 50
50 pounds tripe,
5 00
40 pounds crackers,
3 20
42 gallons molasses,
21 00
44 gallons vinegar, .
11 00
1} bushels beans,
3 75
15 jars pickles and preserves,
3 00
350 pounds sugar, ·
24 50
20 pounds tea,
10 00
Spices,
2 00
5 pounds tobacco,
2 00
Grain and meal,
10 00
1 cooking range and furniture,
.
45 00
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1 small stove, $5,00
1 fire extinguisher, .
40 00
9 flat-irons, 4 00
3 boxes Davis soap,
12 00
1 sewing machine, . 16 00
50 yards dress gingham, .
. 5 00
Crockery ware,
40 00
Wooden ware,
15 00
1 ice chest,
12 00
Clothes wringer and tinware, .
15 00
10 hand, 3 hanging lamps, 3 lanterns,
8 00
1 clock, .
4 00
12 cuspadores,
6 00
26 iron bedsteads,
156 00
12 feather beds,
75 00
25 under beds,
36 00
80 sheets,
40 00
36 colored blankets,
36 00
26 white blankets,
26 00
64 pillow cases,
12 00
12 bed spreads,
12 00
36 comforters,
36 00
54 feather pillows,
32 00
40 towels,
5 00
5 tablecloths,
6 00
7 small and 4 dining tables,
2 00
1 black walnut extension table,
10 00
1 all-wool carpet,
22 00
60 chairs,
30 00
6 brooms,
1 50
1 churn,
4 00
Coal shovels and hoes,
5 50
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3 axes, .
.
$3 50
1 wheelbarrow,
3 50
1 tobacco cutter,
4 00
Shingles,
124 50
2 snow-ploughs,
30 00
1 sleigh,
25 00
1 carriage robe, 2 horse blankets,
8 00
$2,912 05
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1888.
The following estimate of expenses for the ensuing year is presented for the consideration of the town : -
For schools (see report of school committee) $8,375 00
Stetson High School (see report of trustees) 1,850 00
Miscellaneous town expenses, .
1,800 00
Highways, general repairs,
2,000 00 ·
Highways, special repairs,
1,000 00 .
Poor in almshouse,
2,000 00 ·
Poor outside,
3,600 00 .
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook, .
800 00
Military aid, ·
800 00
Fire department (see engineer's report )
Paving,
. 300 00
Removing snow, .
200 00 .
Town officers, .
2,000 00
Interest on town debt,
Respectfully submitted, JOHN B. THAYER, RUFUS A. THAYER, PETER B. HAND, Selectmen of Randolph.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
1887-88.
A
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
In accordance with the requirements of the law, and the near approach of the annual town meeting, the school com- mittee hereby make and submit to the citizens of Randolph a report of the present condition of the public schools.
The committee beg leave to state that the general condi- tion of the schools during the past year has been very pros- perous, and the school work has gone on quietly and without serious interruption.
They regret to have to note the retirement from the North Grammar School of Miss Alice A. Smith, who tendered her resignation November 4, to accept a more lucrative position at Dedham.
They follow her into her new sphere of duty with best wishes for happiness and success, and gladly record their appreciation of the good service which she has rendered. The vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Smith was filled by the promotion of Miss Ellen P. Henry from No. 3 ungraded school, as the committee felt that in her charge the high efficiency of the school would not be impaired ; and Mrs. Ann M. Belcher, a former teacher of No. 3 school, was temporarily placed in charge of the school, as the fall term was drawing to a close.
At the opening of the winter term on November 28, Miss Sarah C. Belcher was promoted from No. 5 ungraded school to No. 3, and Miss Rose M. Brady, a graduate of Stetson High School, was appointed in her place.
During the Christmas holidays, Miss Carrie L. Wilkins
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resigned her position at the North Primary School, where she had successfully taught since her appointment as teacher in 1882, and Miss Clara A. Tolman, a graduate of the Bridgewater Normal School, was appointed to fill the vacancy, and we are pleased to note that the new teachers are giving good satisfaction.
The time of graduation and promotion has been changed from the end of the winter term to the end of the spring term, to conform to the custom of the majority of the schools in the state ; and the committee feel that the change will prove to be a benefit to our school system, as it will induce scholars to finish the course of studies in the grammar schools, as many cannot afford to longer continue at school ; and those wishing to enter other schools, under our old sys- tem of graduation, would have to wait until September before they could do so, or else leave before graduating.
The graduating exercises this year will occur in June, and the promotions to higher grades will be made in Sep- tember.
The primary and grammar schools of the town have been in session the usual thirty-eight weeks, exclusive of vaca- tions, making the school year which this report covers, and which closed March 9; and these schools are as well organ- ized and as nicely classified as the nature of accommoda- tions at hand will warrant, as we cannot get the same degree of perfection in mixed schools that is to be found in the graded schools. It is true beyond a doubt that the pupils in our public schools to-day receive good care at the hands of their teachers, and many of us can look back to the long sessions of the past, during which the little children in the primary schools spent most of their time with folded arms, waiting patiently for school to close, and became so tired
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that the school-room had no charms for them. In the char- acter of the work now required of the children, and the frequent change of employment, there is a recognition of the fact that children should be treated as children, and that the mind that directs and governs them should be full of kindness and love, for these little ones look up to the teacher as a friend. When a large number of small chil- dren are gathered in one room, some attention must be paid to order and also to quietness, but our teachers do not feel that their chief business is to keep order in school; they know that by furnishing proper employment to children, and when that employment is presented in such a manner that they do not regard it as a task imposed, but as a pleasant duty to be performed, discipline will take care of itself, and the hours of school will flit by almost unnoticed.
The committee wish to call the attention of the parents to the seeming lack of interest displayed by many of them in the progress made by their children.
Only once a year many of them are aroused to anxiety and a display of interest, when their children fail of promo- tion. Had this interest been shown during the year, the teacher would feel encouraged in her work, and the pupils would be aroused to greater efforts.
If the parents, from personal observation, knew more about the manner in which the schools are conducted, there would be a stronger tie binding the home and school. The doors of our schools are open to no more welcome guests than the mothers and fathers of our pupils, and we hope that they will make them one visit at least, for if they make one they will surely make more, and it will give the teachers more satisfaction to know that their efforts are appreciated.
At the late fair of the Business and Improvement Society,
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there was a competition between the grammar schools for a drum, to be given to the school securing the largest number of votes. The prize was awarded to the Prescott Grammar School, but generous-hearted citizens of the north part of the town, knowing the disappointment felt, and the diligent work done towards securing the prize, presented the North Gram- mar School with a fac-simile of the drum awarded to the other school. The children march to the dressing rooms, procure their clothing, return to the school room, and there, under the direction of the teachers, properly clothe them- selves ; then, at the tap of the drum, march out of the build- ings, keeping time with the music.
By the enumeration of May 1, 1887, there were in the town at that time six hundred and fifty-two children between the ages of five and fifteen years, a decrease of thirty-three from the census of 1886. There has, without doubt, been more sickness this year than last to interrupt school attend- ance, especially among the smaller children ; and besides this, there are many parents who will keep their children out of school for the most trivial causes ; and we hope they will remedy this during the coming year, for pupils who attend irregularly not only derive very little positive benefit from school themselves, but disturb and lessen greatly the advan- tages of the other members of their classes.
We are pleased to state that the school buildings are in good order, the Tower Hill school-house having been repaired during the past year, and a new fence built on the west side of the North Grammar school-yard. During the coming year the blackboards in many of the schools will have to be re- paired, and, with other permanent repairs, will probably cost $200.
The financial statement following shows the aggregate cost
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of the schools, and, in detail, the manner in which the funds applicable to schools have been applied. And very favorable terms have been made in the purchase of books by exchange, and the net gain to the town in this way has been a consider- able one ; and there is an unexpended balance in the treasury of $127.85.
The committee respectfully recommend to the town to raise and appropriate for the support of the public schools the sum of $8,200 and the dog money.
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STATEMENT OF ATTENDANCE, 1887-8.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Whole No. enrolled.
Average membership.
Average attendance.
Percentage of attend-
Number over 15 years.
Number between 8 and
Number under 5 years. ¡Number not absent
during the year.
High School.
Hugh J. Molloy.
Ada B. Chandler.
95
80
75 93
41
30
Prescott Grammar.
Thomas H. West.
55
59
47,94
14
41
0
1
Isabelle G. Driscoll.
56
52
49 94
3
53
0
2
Kate E. Sheridan.
33
31
30 97
0
33
0
0
Mary A. Molloy.
38
34
33 97
0
38
0
1
Prescott Primary.
Mary E. Wren.
33
32
29 90
0
12
0
Kittie R. Molloy.
40
36
35 97
0
3
0
1
Sarah J. McGaughey.
60
39
36 92
0
0
7
North Grammar.
Joseph Belcher.
65
53
49 91
0
65
2
Ellen P. Henry.
39
34
29 85
2
35
2
North Primary.
Emma D. Stetson.
35
33
30 90
0
15
0
2
Clara A. Tolman.
32
29
22 75
0
5
0
No. 1. Ungraded.
Minnie W. Corliss.
44
32
28|87
0
40
1
4
66
3.
66
Sara C. Belcher.
37
33
25,76
0
22
2
0
5.
Rose M. Brady.
29
28
16 57
0
14 3
0
66
6.
Mary L. Howard.
41
38
33
87
0
24
4
3
Totals 732 634 566 89.2 60 432 17 18
ance.
14.
Ada H. Tucker.
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The following-named have been reported to the committee, and constitute the " Roll of Honor " in attendance : -
NOT ABSENT DURING THE YEAR.
Josephine L. Martin.
Charles Brady.
Carroll A. Capen.
Nellie Pope.
Dwight F. Thayer.
Joseph H. Clerk.
Joseph Purcell. Edith E. Holbrook.
Willie Clark. Lizzie Brady.
Thomas Good.
Carrie A. Devine.
John E. Devine.
Percy H. Paine.
NOT ABSENT DURING TWO TERMS.
Edward J. O'Brien.
Clifford Balkam.
Katie Boyle.
Charles E. Clark.
Robert W. Lenox.
M. Everett Baker.
Edward S. Stetson.
Annie A. Grady.
Leroy C. Holbrook.
Charles A. Boyd.
Mattie Sullivan. Nellie DeNeill.
Thomas Carroll.
Cornelius Good.
John Haney.
Nellie Rooney.
Teresa Pope.
Lilla Pratt.
Chester L. Paine.
NOT ABSENT DURING ONE TERM.
Peter Sullivan. Maude Mann.
Rose Donahoe.
John R. McGaughey.
Joseph Mahoney.
Eugene L. McAuliffe.
George E. Pierce.
Kittie Boyle.
Arthur Tracy. Nellie G. Prescott.
William Gallagher.
Ethel E. Roberts.
Julia Lennehan.
Maud A. Howard.
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Gordon R. Thayer.
Thomas Dunn.
Lillie M. Allen. '
Hattie I. Stetson.
Etta E. Stewart.
Howard W. Thayer.
Fannie Foley.
Maggie Good.
Willie Mahady.
John McAuliffe. Arnold Thayer.
Charles Perry.
Charles Powderly.
Alice Sullivan.
John Connors.
William Foley.
Gertrude Sullivan.
John Kelleher.
Louis Boyle.
Francis Mclaughlin.
Lee Porter.
John B. Purcell.
Richard DeNeill.
John Flaherty.
Charles Grover.
Thomas Uniack.
Nellie McAuliffe.
Charles W. Martin.
Isabelle Perry.
Frank Martin.
Nellie Forrest.
Annie Schraut.
Nellie Sullivan.
John Linnehan.
Kittie Smith.
Hannah B. Scanlan.
Thomas F. Devine.
Willie P. Jones.
Blanche B. Day.
Shirley E. Roberts.
Annie E. Tucker.
Henry J. Mann.
EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS, 1887-88.
FOR TEACHING.
Paid Thomas H. West, · $1,000 00
Joseph Belcher,
1,000 00
Isabella G. Driscoll, .
449 92
Kate E. Sheridan,
399 00
Mary A. Molloy,
380 00
Alice A. Smith,
231 49
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Paid Mary E. Wren,
$380 00
Ellen P. Henry,
388 32
Sara C. Belcher,
375 51
Mary L. Howard,
352 50
Minnie W. Corliss,
342 00
Emma D. Stetson,
342 00
Kittie R. Molloy,
352 50
Sara Jane McCaughey,
342 00
Carrie L. Wilkins, .
238 00
Mrs. Joseph Belcher,
30 00 2
Rose Mary Brady,
97 50 .
Clara A. Tolman,
75 00
$6,775 74
CARE OF ROOMS, 1887-88.
Paid Galen Hollis, on account 1886, $25 00
Margaret Reilly,
26 30
Lawrence Hayes,
6 66
Margaret Reilly, care and lighting,
21 84
Margaret Reilly, care and lighting,
21 44
Rose E. Stetson, care room,
5 00
Herbert C. Wilbur, 5 00
Galen Hollis,
25 00
Margaret Reilly, cleaning school-houses,
15 60
Mary Harty, cleaning school-houses,
15 60
May E. Ward, cleaning school-houses,
11 00
Labor of a boy 5 days,
5 00
Andrew E. Hayes, care room, .
2 60
Margaret Reilly, care rooms, &c.,
21 64
Rose C. Stetson, cleaning room, 5 00
Margaret Reilly, cleaning rooms,
21 04
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Paid Margaret Reilly, cleaning rooms, &c., $21 40
Galen Hollis,
33 33
Herbert C. Wilbur, care and cleaning,
10 40
Rose E. Stetson,
5 00 4
Margaret Reilly,
15 98
Margaret Reilly,
21 04
Colin Boyd, care committee-room,
6 00
Herbert C. Wilbur,
10 00
Margaret Reilly,
32 06
Caleb Stevens, care room and labor,
21 50
James Barry, care room, cleaning, and labor, . .
27 00
Galen Hollis, care rooms,
33 33
$470 76
BOOKS AND OTHER SUPPLIES FOR SCHOOLS.
Paid Edwin E. Babb & Co., books,
$11 26
Wm. Ware & Co., 3 00
Boston School Supply Co., bills,
245 45
Harper Brothers, merchandise,
8 30
Geo. W. Pollock, moulding board,
1 50
J. L. Hammett, bills,
15 08
Wm. H. Chaflin & Co., merchandise,
13 05
Geo. S. Perry,
22 11
Silver Rogers & Co., music chart,
7 50
Harrison Hume,
1 88
Harper Bros.
18 14
J. L. Hammett,
21 33
Boston School Supply Co.,
27 76
Wm. Ware & Co.,
67 85
Ginn & Co.,
.
.
2 67
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Paid J. L. Hammett, $5 95
Adams & Ingraham,
9 00
Harper Bros., 9 00
*
John B. Wren, supplies, . 6 55
Thomas J. Manning, pencil sharpeners, 3 50
J. L. Hammett, 8 75
Wm. Ware & Co.,
15 00
Harrison Hume,
2 63
Ginn & Co., .
8 00
Copperthwait & Co.,
7 50
$542 76
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Harrison Hume, books, $2 33
F. M. Ambrose, supplies,
32 01
Carl Schoenoff, books and supplies, 19 04
Thomas Hall, supplies,
18 05
Clark, Maynard & Co., .
5 23
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
22 11
Winckley, Dresser & Co.,
4 11
Ginn & Co., two bills, Nos. 800 and 227,
10 27
F. A. Spear, printing,
2 00
Harper Bros., 13 61
D. Appleton & Co.,
7 83
D. C. Heath & Co.,
8 58
J. W. Staniford & Co., .
4 65
Thomas Hall, merchandise,
5 37
Clark, Maynard & Co.,
8 70
-
Edwin N. Lovering,
6 46
Clark, Maynard & Co ..
24 30
Warren P. Adams,
5 25
50
Harrison Hume, $5 00
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
4 50
Carl Schoenoff, books,
6 1,1
Hugh J. Molloy, supplies,
3 74
Hugh J. Molloy,
2 48
D. C. Heath,
1 50
Corporate seal,
5 00
$228 23
GENERAL AND INCIDENTAL.
Edward A. Perry, labor and material, $10 75
Thomas Reilly, clearing snow three hours, ·
75
Deborah M. Jones, use of well two years, to '87, 6 00
Thomas Dolan, expenses purchasing school sup- plies, 4 90 ·
Maurice E. Scanlan, labor and posts,
1 30
John B. Wren, taking census of school children,
20 00
Andrew J. Gove, teams and expressage, . ·
8 60
Daniel H. Huxford, printing and advertising, '86, 17 50
Nathaniel Noyes, labor and material, W. Cor. . 6 23
Henry M. White, feather duster, 2 25 .
Daniel B. White, merchandise, 9 58 .
Edward A. Perry, labor, 1 00
Michael Mackedon, two door-steps, N. Gram., 4 00
Bernard Doonan, carting same,
1 50
Martin F. Smith, horse and cart, 7 loads gravel. 4 20
Peter Sheridan, two days' labor, .
4 00
Bernard Wren, two days' labor, .
4 00
Andrew E. Hayes, use of well, 1887,
.
3 00
Samuel W. Willard, repairing pump, 1 50 ·
N. H. Tirrell, painting fence, . .
8 00
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Nathaniel Noyes, repairs,
$6 02
N. Rosenfeld, curtains, &c.,
2 60
Charles A. Wales' bill,
43 49
Daniel H. Huxford, printing, &c., 1887,
13 50
Nathaniel Noyes, labor,
11 02
Charles H. Belcher, supplies, .
18 13
A. J. Gove, teams and expressage, .
17 00
John P. Rooney, truant officer, 1887, 20 00
Galen Hollis, truant officer, 1886 and 1887,
30 00
$280 82
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
Paid Thomas Reilly, sawing and splitting wood, $10 00
Daniel Leahey, for wood, Prescott, 25 00 ·
R. W. Turner, coal, 6 50
R. E. Stetson, preparing wood, 2 bills,
3 00
Daniel B. White, 42 tons of coal, 258 80
Andrew E. Hayes, preparing wood, .
2 00
Morton M. Holbrook, preparing wood,
2 75
Daniel Leahey, wood, N. S. & N. Gram., .
10 00
Edwin M. Mann, wood,
2 50
Eph. Wales, · ·
2 50
W. L. Mann, preparing wood, .
1 87
$324 92
PERMANENT REPAIRS.
Paid Eugene W. Campagna, labor and material for fence at N. G., $77 14
Henry H. Francis, shingling } Tower Hill school-house, 37 50
$114 64
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RECAPITULATION.
Paid care of rooms, .
$470 76
Books and other supplies, .
542 76
General and incidental,
280 82
Ex. Stetson High School, .
228 23
Fuel for schools,
324 92
Permanent repairs,
114 64
$1,962 13
Paid for teaching,
6,775 74
Total,
$8,737 87
FUNDS APPLICABLE TO SCHOOLS.
CR.
Town appropriation,
$8,000 00
Dog tax,
589 34
State tax,
196 38
Coddington fund,
80 00
$8,865 72
Expense of schools, .
8,737 87
Unexpended balance,
$127 85
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN B. WREN, THOMAS DOLAN, T. T. CUSHMAN,
Randolph, March, 1888.
School Committee.
.
.
·
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL FUND.
To the selectmen and inhabitants of Randolph the trustees of Stetson High School submit the following report : -
The funds remain invested as follows : -
10 shares Hide and Leather National Bank, $1,000 00
10 shares Eliot National Bank (par), ·
1,000 00
10 shares Webster National Bank (par), 1,000 00
10 shares Shoe and Leather National Bank (par), 1,000 00
10 shares Exchange National Bank (par), 1,000 00
11 shares Boylston National Bank (par),
1,000 00
10 shares Tremont National Bank (par),
1,000 00
10 shares Old Boston National Bank (par), 1,000 00
13 shares Shawmut National Bank (par), 1,300 00
13 shares Randolph National Bank (par),
1,300 00
$10,600 00
THE TURNER FUND.
City of Minneapolis Bond, $1,000 00
The only change is in the shares of Old Boston Bank, changed from 20 shares of fifty dollars each to 10 shares of one hundred dollars each.
The trustees have not received the bank tax paid into the State treasury by the banks, with the exception of the Ran- dolph Bank, which has paid the tax. We are credibly informed that the remaining banks will pay the whole amount due the Stetson School Fund in a short time, which will amount to four or five hundred dollars.
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The financial statement of the treasurer will exhibit the receipts and expenditures of the Stetson High School for the year ending March 1, 1888.
There were admitted to the school in March, 1887, thirty- three pupils :
Twenty-five in the English course.
Eight in the Latin course.
There were at that time ninety-five pupils of the several classes :
Number in the English course, 68.
Number in the Latin course, 27.
The number now in the school, March 1888, is 72.
The school opened on the twenty-eighth day of March, 1887, with Mr. E. N. Lovering as principal, and Miss A. B. Chandler and Miss A. H. Tucker, assistants. The spring term closed June 24,. 1887, followed with a vacation of ten weeks.
The fall term commenced September 5, 1887, with the above-named teachers, until October 21, at which time Mr. Lovering resigned to fill the vacancy in the high school in Winchester. The trustees filled the place occupied by Mr. Lovering, by the election of Hugh J. Molloy, a resident of Randolph and a graduate of Boston College.
The school board have made a change in the school year, which will commence in September instead of March, as usual. Such change will, of necessity, make the present school year one term longer than heretofore, closing in June, 1888, at which time the graduating exercises will be held in Stetson Hall.
That the trustees and teachers may be able to maintain the good standing of the school, the trustees would most
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respectfully ask the town to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars, in order that no embarrassment may arise in carrying on this school in the 4 best interest of the inhabitants of Randolph.
T. T. CUSHMAN. JOHN B. WREN.
Randolph, March, 1888.
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DR. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN ACCOUNT
1887.
To balance old account,
$5 02
April 1.
To dividends Eliot National Bank,
$30 00
Webster, .6 20 00
Hide & Leather National Bank,
25 00
Shoe & Leather
6. 25 00
Exchange
25 00
Boylston
30 00
Tremont
6.
20 00
Old Boston
66
.6
20 00
Shawmut
66
39 00
Randolph
65 00
April 25. Town appropriation for inside repairs of hall,
May 31. Town appropriation for school (in part),
Oct. 3. Dividends Eliot National Bank,
Webster 6.
25 00
Hide & Leather National Bank,
25 00
Shoe & Leather
66
66
25 00
Exchange
66
30 00
Boylston
66
.6
30 00
Tremont
..
25 00
Old Boston
66
66
25 00
Shawmut
39 00
Randolph
..
66
65 00
Oct. 24. Town appropriation (balance of),
1888.
Jan. 6. Tax on bank stock (in part) refunded by State, Amount received from rental of hall,
35 67
207 50
$2,946 19
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