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Charles D. Hill, groceries 81 73
F. W. Hayden & Co., groceries 67 99
C. Fred Lyons, groceries
58 10
Eugene Thayer, groceries
62 51
J. W. Palmer, groceries
57 31
N. E. Buck, grain .
65 54
H. F. Reynolds, groceries
28 58
J. B. Mahoney, vegetables McAuliffe & Co., medicine
19 00
Estate of F. Porter, medicine
20 15
B. C. Tirrell, clothing
20 75
Randolph Clothing Co., clothing and shoes,
43 81
P. H. Mclaughlin, dry goods
37 40
E. O. Connor, repairing shoes .
10 45
M. J. Collins
5 00
Frank A. Long, shoes
1 00
M. E. Scanlon, labor
35 05
R. E. O'Brien, labor
32 89
F. L. Stetson
4 40
James Riley, dressing hogs
3 00
Thomas B. Kelley .
8 15
J. N. McKay, seeds
1 07
Isam Mitchell, lumber 5 16 .
J. E. Linnehan, fish .
12 91
Wilson, Larrabee & Co., dry goods 4 80
James Fardy, farm wagon and labor
191 25
J. H. Clark, supplies 16 34
M. E. Leahy, labor
79 20
T. J. Grey & Co. .
42 00
Loring & Howard, curtains
4 80
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2 90
C. A. Lyman, eyeglass
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.
31 42
35
Paid Howard Randall, oil
$12 00
George F. Taylor, labor
6 50
F. M. French
28 40
C. H. Cole, pigs
16 00
Ray Drug & Chemical Co.
2 50
W. Crossley, newspapers
7 05
W. L. Pulson, labor
4 78
Taunton Lumber Co., lumber
5 94
J. T. McClellan, supplies
3 50
D. B. White, coal .
134 29
J. L. Adams .
1 50
Hayden & Lynch, ice
7 25
$2,368 55
DR.
Stock on hand, December 31, 1901 . $2,167 38
Salaries and supplies 2,368 55
$4,535 93
CR.
Stock on hand, December 31, 1902 . $1,952 75
Labor of town team
222 35
Sale of produce
304 98
Board of inmate
75 40
Net expense . ·
1,980 45 - $4,535 93
Appropriation, $1,800 00
Overdrawn,
180 45
PERSONS SUPPORTED IN THE AMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1902.
William Doyle 52 1/7 weeks
Bartholomew Gill .
52 1/7
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Aletta Veazie
52 1/7 weeks
Timothy Sullivan .
52 1/7
Emory Holbrook
52 1/7
Adelia French
52 1/7 ee
Joseph C. Stickney
52 1/7
Thomas F. Curran
52 1/7 et
Frank B. Kennedy
52 1/7 et
* Catharine Heaney
18 6/7
t Mabel Fairbanks
29 1/7
et
William P. Fox
31 2/7
et
¿ Peter Sutton
.
21 4/7
§ John F. Mckay .
6/7
|| Mary C. Wilkinson
11 6/7
et
Thomas Ward
20 1/7
William E. Fox
42 1/7
645 1/7
ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
Appraisal of stock, furniture, etc., December 31, 1902 :
2 pigs
$20 00
1 cow
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·
. 40 00
1 heifer
30 00
1 horse .
100 00
50 fowl
38 00
1 road scraper
75 00
1 two-horse farm wagon
175 00
1 farm wagon
30 00
1 carriage
.
.
.
10 00
* Died May 12, 1902.
+ Left July 23, 1902.
# Discharged August 29, 1902.
§ Died January 6, 1902.
|| Discharged August 13, 1902.
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1 swing drag .
$30 00
1 mowing machine
.
35 00
1 hay rack
23 00
5 tons hay
100 00
2 gravel screens
8 00
1 two-horse cart
75 00
1 set double harness
30 00
1 two-horse sled
40 00
1 tool chest .
5 00
1 hay cutter .
5 00
6 draught chains
12 00
1 carriage harness
5 00
1 grindstone .
4 00
3 baskets
1 50
1 peck measure
50
1 cultivator
8 00
2 plows
10 00
1 harrow
5 00
Forks, shovels and hoes
12 00
Iron bars and picks
5 00
1 stone roller
5 00
1 wheelbarrow
3 00
2 axes .
1 00
1 tobacco cutter
1 00
1 scythe and snath
1 00
Bitstock and bits
3 50
2 hand saws and planes
3 00
8 drills .
10 00
1 stone hammer
1 50
10 empty barrels
1 00
3 cords wood
21 00
14 ton coal
12 50
Vegetables
45 00
1 barrel flour
5 00
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¿ barrel crackers
$1 25
10 pounds butter
3 00
10 pounds lard
1 50
1 barrel sugar
13 50
3 pounds tea
1 50
4 pounds coffee
1 60
160 quarts preserves
4 50
6 pounds tobacco
3 00
Grain and meal
3 00
45 gallons kerosene oil
5 80
1 kerosene barrel
·
1 60
1 kerosene tank
10 00
100 preserve jars
8 00
4 screen doors
4 00
26 window screens
13 00
2 storm windows
5 00
1 boiler
1 35
1 washtub
75
1 oil stove
1 00
2 wood saws and horse
3 00
2 clocks
5 00
2 mirrors
2 00
Crockery ware
.
40 00
Lamps and lanterns
10 00
20 lamp chimneys .
2 00
1 ice chest
35 00
Wooden and tin ware
15 00
1 street lamp
.
5 00
5 cuspidors
2 50
20 iron bedsteads
70 00
4 feather beds
20 00
16 mattresses
48 00
55 sheets
23 00
28 blankets
28 00
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39
65 pillow cases
$18 00
28 bedspreads
21 00
5 comforters .
5 00
39 towels
5 00
7 tablecloths .
7 00
4 tables
4 00
1 walnut table
3 00
1 extension table
8 00
12 rockers
12 00
44 chairs
12 00
2 wool carpets
50 00
2 brooms and 2 brushes
2 00
1 feather duster
1 50
1 carpet sweeper
2 50
2 clothes wringers .
10 00
2 coal hods and shovels
2 00
1 fire extinguisher .
18 00
12 dry fire extinguishers
20 00
200 feet hose
22 00
1 hospital bed
30 00
8 snow plows
150 00
1 derrick and chains
125 00
1 sleigh
5 00
Robes and blankets
5 00
1 lawn mower
5 00
Range and boiler
50 00
Ladders
6 00
1 roll fence wire
1 00
7 cords manure
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.
35 00
$1,952 75
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POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for Hannah Leahy $101 01
Susanna Buckley 70 00
James B. Riley 70 00
Benjamin Eddy at East Bridgewater
75 75
Hannah McAuliffe and family at Hop- kinton . 159 96
Margaret Ward at Cambridge
3 40
Mary Chandler .
86 25
Mrs. William Carroll
112 00
Mary E. Smith and family
157 38'
Julia Ainslie and family
167 50
Mrs. George White and family
224 75
Mrs. John Treanor .
66 50
Mrs. John L. Burke and family .
97 25
John T. Manning and family
89 04
Elizabeth A. White
60 14
James F. Sutton and family at Lynn
17 75
Mrs. John C. Welch
16 00
Walter C. Wood and family at Holbrook,
20 00
Omer Cloutier and family .
18 50
Mrs. David Linfield .
35 00
A. C. DeForest at Abington
32 00
Alma E. Mann at Boston
15 00
Mrs. Bridget Kennedy at Holyoke
86 50
Frank S. Wood and family at New Bed- ford and Sharon .
127 76
Lucy Barrows and daughter at Stough- ton 165 71
Lewis Jones ·
.
109 18
John A. Sylvester
5 00
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41
Paid for Ernest W. Hayes at Boston City Hos-
pital $83 00
Frank Shea at Boston City Hospital 7 00
John L. Manning and wife 66 75
Florence DeForest at Brockton . 102 00
William Shields and family at Brockton, 41 32
Jennie Bacigalupo and family 179 00
P. H. Meaney and family
20 25
Mrs. Thomas Moore . 14 00
William R. Farquhar at Westboro In- sane Hospital 169 46
Annie E. Anderson at Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics 126 75
William McMath at Danvers Insane Hospital 169 47
Emma C. Lincoln at Medfield Insane Hospital
109 20
Mark E. Purcell at Medfield Insane Hospital 109 20
Timothy Donahoe at Medfield Insane Hospital 109 20
Thomas Kiley at Medfield Insane Hos- Hospital 109 20
Horace E. Holbrook at Taunton Insane Hospital 126 75
Joseph H. Crosby at Taunton Insane Hospital 126 75
Aid to sundry persons
184 50
$4,043 13
Appropriation, $4,000 00
Aid refunded, 175 10
Unexpended,
131 97
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POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Paid for William J. Fennell, Weymouth . $78 00
Hattie A. Shaw, Abington 35 24 ·
Margaret Glover, Quincy .
.
13 00
Robert Erskine, Stoughton
3 00
Olive M. Jones, Braintree 10 00
Dennis Donovan and wife, Canton
186 66
Bernard Purcell and family, Avon 575 01
Dale Nelson, Quincy
12 00
Alva M. Nightingale, Duxbury . 9 50
Samuel G. Beal and family, Quincy 67 97
John E. Dixon, Concord .
17 05
Arthur H. McNulty, Concord
.
34 14
Frank E. Wilder, Boston . 37 53
Emily F. Jackson, Brockton ·
73 00
Mrs. James Riley and family, Westboro,
110 00
$1,262 10
No appropriation.
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
Paid A. L. Chase, M. D. ·
$50 00
Visits made : Miss Fairbanks 1 ·
Mary Chandler 5
Philip Pierce 45
Mrs. George White .
9
Mrs. Blencoe 34
Elizabeth A. White ·
2
Paid C. C. Farnham, M. D. .
32 00
Visits made : Thomas Hand
12
Philip Pierce 12 ·
J. Bacigalupo
10
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43
Paid J. S. Sullivan, M. D. ·
$50 00
Visits made : Thomas Curran
3
Joseph Stickney
10
B. Gill . 3
W. Fox .
10
Catherine Heney .
13
· Charles Smith 7
Peter Sutton . .
3
Mrs. Riley ·
4
Paid Warren M. Babbitt, M. D. 25 00 .
Visits made : Mabel Fairbanks
18
Mrs. Wilkinson 11
Paid Estate E. A. Allen, M. D. ·
50 00
Visits made : Nellie Sloan . Mrs. Martin Smith .
37
23
Paid W. F. Holmes, M. D. .
50 00
. Visits made : Hugh Currie . 24
John T. Manning .
27
Paid F. C. Granger, M. D. .
50 00
Visits made : Mrs. John Treanor
·
38
Delia French
.
24
$307 00
Appropriation, $350 00
Unexpended,
43 00
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STATE PAUPER.
Paid for John Harrington
$18 40
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CASH RECEIVED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Sale of produce at almshouse . $276 23
Rent of town teams
28 75
Labor of town teams
222 35
Received from Water Commissioners
42 80
Received from Old Colony St. Railway Co.
33 00
Received from N. Y., N. H. & H. Railway Co.,
6 83
Received from Stoughton St. Railway Co.
.
278 00
Braintree Records .
3 00
Aid refunded poor out of almshouse
.
32 09
$923 05
RANDOLPH, February 7, 1903.
The undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Randolph, re- spectfully report that they have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find the same correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn on the Treasurer.
JOHN K. WILLARD. JOHN B. WREN. JEREMIAH J. DESMOND.
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ESTIMATES OF EXPENSES FOR 1903.
Schools (see report of School Committee) . $10,230 00
Stetson High School (see report of Trustees) 2,200 00
Town Officers 2,500 00
Miscellaneous 1,600 00
Tree Warden 100 00
Repairs of highways, including removal of snow,
3,000 00
Highway plant (note)
500 00
Fire alarm (note)
500 00
Street loan (note)
630 00
Street loan (note)
850 00
Poor in almshouse
1,800 00
Poor out of almshouse
4,000 00
Soldiers' relief
400 00
Soldiers' relief, Randolph and Holbrook 600 00
Military aid
250 00
Electric lighting
3,300 00
Interest on town debt
2,350 00
Treasurer's bond
120 00
Pay of Physicians
350 00
Board of Health
200 00
Lockup .
200 00
Fire Department (see report of Engineers)
2,262 00
Water Works (see report of Water Commis- sioners)
4,500 00
$42,442 00
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LIST OF JURORS, 1903.
Atherton, Winthrop B.
Publisher.
Alden, F. Wayland
Retired.
Alden, Arthur W.
Janitor.
Burke, James
Shoemaker.
Barrett, Redmond
Retired.
Clarke, George Melvin
'Agent.
Clarke, Melvin S.
Shoemaker.
Corless, Simon B.
Retired.
Donovan, Michael A.
Mechanic.
Eliott, George A.
Laster.
French, Fred M.
Insurance.
Forrest, Richard
Laster.
Flood, John T.
Insurance.
Foley, James
Shoemaker.
Galagher, Joseph C.
Cigar manufacturer.
Holbrook, Albert H.
Carpenter.
Jones, Rufus
Farmer.
Leahy, Joseph T.
Insurance.
Lovejoy, George A.
Agent.
Lyons, Walter H.
Agent.
Mann, Edwin M.
Farmer.
Mahady, William
Laborer.
Mclaughlin, Patrick H.
Dry goods dealer.
Murphy, Edward F. McAuliffe, Richard
Retired.
Niles, Isaac
Auctioneer.
Pope, David
Shoemaker.
Retired.
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Quinn, Edward
Undertaker.
Roberts, William R.
Farmer.
Reynolds, George A.
Farmer.
Roel, George A.
Mechanic.
Scanlon, Maurice E.
Farmer.
Snow, Hiram
Retired.
Spear, William B.
Painter.
Taber, Edwin A.
Farmer.
Stetson, Frank E.
Farmer.
Willard, John K.
Tallow dealer.
Purcell, John T.
Shoemaker.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, GEORGE H. EDDY, CHARLES H. THAYER,
Selectmen.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ROYAL T. MANN, CHAIRMAN. REDMOND P. BARRETT, SECRETARY.
ROYAL T. MANN
.
Term expires 1903
REDMOND P. BARRETT
·
Term expires 1904
JOHN E. McDONALD .
.
Term expires 1905
Trustees of Stetson School Fund. ROYAL T. MANN, Chairman. FRED M. FRENCH, Secretary.
ROYAL T. MANN
Term expires 1903 ·
REDMOND P. BARRETT
·
Term expires 1904
JOHN E. MCDONALD
.
. Term expires 1905
Superintendent of Schools. Dr. JOHN E. BRADLEY.
Office, School Committee Rooms. Tuesday and Thursday, 3 to 4 o'clock P.M.
Regular meeting of the School Committee last Friday of the month, 7.30 P.M.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Randolph :
The School Committee hereby make and submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1902.
The condition of the schools we believe is improving and they are a credit to our town, and by following well defined lines that have been carefully laid down they will be elevated to a still higher plane of usefulness.
The effect of our energizing Superintendent, Dr. John E. Bradley, who, knowing the needs of our schools, knows also the best methods of procuring them, has we think been the means of accomplishing much for the schools.
School census taken September, 1902, shows the number of children between the ages of five and fifteen to be 618, a decrease of 17 from the previous year.
The Prescott primary building has been reshingled and painted outside the past year ; together with refurnishing and painting inside the previous year, this building is now in ex- cellent condition, and will need very few repairs for several years ; the other school buildings are generally in good re- pair. Some of the school rooms need refurnishing, and your Committee have endeavored to use some of the appropriation for miscellaneous expenses for this purpose each year, thereby not incurring a large expenditure any one year.
The report of the Superintendent of Schools is subjoined, giving a detailed account of the condition and work of the schools for the past year.
A detailed statement of the expenditures in this depart-
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ment for the year ending December 31, 1902, is annexed to this report.
The Committee ask the town to raise and appropriate the following sums of money to meet the expenses of the schools for the year ending December 31, 1903 :
For teaching . $7,766 00
Care of rooms .
.
600 00
Fuel
500 00
Books and supplies .
900 00
Miscellaneous, incidental and permanent re- pairs 800 00
Transportation of pupils ·
.
. 100 00
Superintendent of schools
600 00
$11,266 00
Less estimate revenue from dog tax, State School
Fund, and Coddington Fund $700 00
State, for Superintendent of Schools 300 00
State, for salary of teachers
200 00
1,200 00
$10,066 00
Also for Stetson High School .
. $2,200 00
In conclusion we beg to inform you that our relations with the superintendent, teachers and janitors have been agreeable in every respect, and we have ever endeavored to act in the interests of the tax payers whom we represent, and for the welfare of the schools with which we are entrusted.
Respectfully submitted, ROYAL T. MANN, JOHN E. McDONALD, R. P. BARRETT,
School Committee.
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EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS 1902.
FOR TEACHING (38 weeks).
Paid Nelson Freeman $1,000 00
Joseph Belcher 1,000 00
Ellen P. Henry 449 92
Katherine A. Kiley
488 00
Katherine E. Sheridan
418 00
Mary A. Molloy 449 92
Mary E. Wren
399 00
Katherine R. Molloy
380 00
Clara A. Tolman
380 00
Lucie W. Lewis
380 00
Hannah F. Hoye
380 00
Sara C. Belcher
380 00
Fannie Campbell
380 00
Emma Stetson
380 00
Ellen E. McLaughlin
380 00
Katherine Riley
380 00
Katharine G. Woodbury, 4 months .
62 40
$7,664 24
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid John E. Bradley
$600 00
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Paid Boston School Supply Co.
$122 79
American Book Co.
110 08
Ginn & Co.
72 72
Silver, Burdett & Co.
50 46
Edward E. Babb & Co.
147 24
T. H. Castor & Co.
30 72
J. L. Hammett & Co.
102 26
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Paid Houghton, Mifflin & Co. .
$15 07
Globe School Book Co. .
2 28
D. C. Heath
1 65
De Wolff, Fiske Co.
8 35
C. H. Batchelder & Co. .
17 60
Esterbrook Steel Pen Co.
30 40
Continental Brush Co.
43 46
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
57 98
Carter Ink Co.
23 76
Thomas R. Shewell Co.
9 60
Emerson College of Oratory
4 20
Educational Publishing Co.
16 67
Nelson Freeman .
1 50
Joseph Belcher
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.
2 00
C. A. Lyman .
.
6 50
$877 29
CARE OF ROOMS.
Paid George M. Johnson
$123 00
John P. Rooney
·
.
294 00
Francis B. Thayer
50 40
Eleanor Holbrook
43 00
William Carroll
79 62
Arthur W. Alden
11 50
$601 52
FUEL.
Paid M. E. Leahy .
$223 67
Edward M. Mann
35 25
D. B. White .
328 25
William Carroll
5 50
M. L. Tirrell .
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3 50
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$596 17
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MISCELLANEOUS AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Daniel H. Huxford $91 60
Fred M. French, insurance
33 00
. William B. Spear, labor and stock Lyons Express
2 03
Mary F. Hayden, typewriting
4 45
Alfred Smith
9 00
Frank Libby, stock and labor
31 23
S. B. Woodman, kalsomining Frank J. Donohue, truant officer Nelson Mann, truant officer
20 00
William Carroll, labor
3 85
M. E. Leahy, labor and manure
19 00
Dexter T. Clark, repairing clocks
7 25
Frank W. Hayden, supplies
5 51
W. F. Barrett, school census
20 00
Francis B. Thayer, labor .
2 00
Gove's Express
12 96
James Fardy
50
C. Fred Lyons, supplies
17 38
Nichols Express
12 75
W. S. Brockway
4 00
W. A. Croak, labor and stock
4 60
Loring & Howard, supplies
53 00
A. C. Boyden, lecture expense . Charles Cole, labor .
5 00
J. White Belcher, insurance
25 00
James Hurley, labor and stock
3 50
William McElwain, blackboards
96 65
Arthur W. Alden, labor
6 00
James B. McDonald, labor and supplies 98 41
Katherine A. Kiley, supplies
40
E. A. Perry, stock and labor
28 20
41 24
125 00
20 00
4 00
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Paid C. H. Batchelder & Co., supplies
$16 50
J. B. Hunter, supplies 1 20
Joseph Belcher, cash paid
3 58
John P. Rooney, labor
68 65
E. W. Campagna, labor and stock
35.40
R. E. O'Brien, labor and stock . 53 68
John E. McDonald, cash paid :
4 00
$990 52
PERMANENT REPAIRS. Shingling Prescott Primary Building.
Paid B. F. Hayden, shingles and nails
$174 50
E. W. Campagna, labor 72 58
$247 08
Refunded for shingles, 84 M.
31 35
Net cost
$215 73
Paid W. B. Spear, painting Prescott primary $125 00
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
Paid Royal T. Mann, cash paid
$80 00
RECAPITULATION.
Paid for Teaching
$7,664 24
Superintendent's salary
600 00
Books and supplies
877 29
Care of rooms
601 52
Fuel
596 17
Permanent repairs
372 08
Transportation of pupils
80 00
Miscellaneous and incidentals
990 52
$11,781 82
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INCOME FROM FUNDS AND TAXES, ETC.
·
Wards of State, tuition
$112 50
Wards of City of Boston
33 80
State of Massachusetts school fund
344 76
Interest on Coddington fund, 1 year
64 00
State Treasurer, on acct. of Superintendent
300 00
State Treasurer, on acct. teaching
200 00
Dog licenses
.
442 56
Refunded on shingles
31 35
.
$1,528 97
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STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.
To the Citizens of Randolph :
There has been one change in the investment of this fund since our last annual report. We then held seven shares of the Hide and Leather National Bank, which bank has been consolidated with the State National Bank, and liquidated. In exchange we received four shares of the State National Bank and a cash dividend of $420; we have also received an additional dividend on the Old Shawmut Bank of $58.50 ; these two dividends have been deposited in the Randolph Savings Bank, thereby increasing that deposit to the amount of $1,398.83.
The fund now stands as follows, the valuation being at par :
10 shares National Bank of Redemption . $1,000 00
10 shares Elliot National Bank 1,000 00
4 shares State National Bank 400 00
10 shares Exchange National Bank ·
1,000 00
10 shares Boylston National Bank 1,000 00
10 shares Old Boston National Bank ·
1,000 00
10 shares National Shawmut Bank 1,000 00
6 shares, Webster National Bank 600 00
7 Northern Pacific and Great Northern 4 per cent bonds 7,000 00
Deposit in the Randolph Savings Bank 1,398 83
$15,398 83
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The investment of the Turner Fund has not been changed.
The Stetson Hall building has been reshingled the past year, also a new hardwood floor laid in the hall, which has proved to be very satisfactory to all parties who have leased it.
Relative to the work of the High School for the past year, see report of the Superintendent of Schools.
The report of the secretary, Fred M. French, Esq., is hereunto annexed.
Respectfully submitted, ROYAL T. MANN, JOHN E. McDONALD, R. P. BARRETT, Trustees of the Stetson School Fund.
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DR. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN ACCOUNT WITH 1902.
To balance of old account
$2 99
town appropriation for year
·
2,200 00
bank dividends, Eliot .
$70 00
Shawmut
60 00
Redemption
60 00
Exchange .
. 60 00
Boylston
50 00
Old Boston
40 00
Webster
·
27 00
State
. 24 00
391 00
Randolph Savings Bank, interest
43 60
interest on N. P. & G. N. bonds (balance)
215 00
rent of hall for year
·
144 00
bank tax refunded by town .
138 69
- $3,135 28
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THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
CR
1902.
By paying F. E. Chapin, salary for year . . $1,399 92
Nellie G. Prescott, salary for year 549 95
Alice R. McGann 549 96
Arthur W. Alden, care of schoolroom 84 00
Arthur W. Alden, extras 8 40
· Estate of Charles Doughty, lighting and supplies for schoolroom 2 years . 42 29
Estate of Charles Doughty, lighting and supplies for town hall 20 months
80 70
Andrew J. Gove, expressing
17 87
Charles H. Nichols, expressing
8 15
C. Fred Lyons, supplies .
23 97
Asa Knowles, tuning piano
.I 50
E. A. Perry, labor
18 50
Walter French, moving and repairing piano 16 00
Kingsbury Tibbetts, labor
2 00
George E. Crafts, musical instruction
75 00
James B. McDonald, labor and material,
52 52
R. E. O'Brien, labor and material .
28 28
Charles E. Lyons, labor and material
13 00
James Fardy, labor and material
2 10
Edward M. Mann, wood .
19 75
James E. Foley, Jr., decorating hall
3 00
A. W. Woodford, gilding ball
2 25
P. H. Mclaughlin, towels
75
H. C. Kendall, filling diplomas
5 25
Frank F. Smith, charcoal
IO 20
E. W. Campagna, stock .
1 00
Daniel H. Huxford, printing .
57 00
Trustees and Secretary for services
20 00
Balance
41 96
$3,135 28
FRED M. FRENCH,
Secretary.
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RANDOLPH, February 16, 1903.
The undersigned, Selectmen of Randolph, having this day made an examination of the accounts of the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund for the year 1902, find them correct.
The investments for the fund are as follows, viz. :
National Shawmut Bank, 10 shares . $1,000 00
Eliot National Bank, 10 shares 1,000 00
National Bank of Redemption, 10 shares 1,000 00
National Exchange Bank, 10 shares . 1,000 00
Boylston National Bank, 10 shares . 1,000 00
Old Boston National Bank, 10 shares 1,000 00
Webster National Bank, 6 shares . 600 00
State National Bank, 4 shares 400 00
7 Northern Pacific and Great Northern 4 per cent joint bonds at $1,000 7,000 00
Deposit in Randolph Savings Bank .
.
1,398 83
$15,398 83 .
We also find in the hands of the Secretary a $1,000 bond of the City of Minneapolis, Minn., the investment for the Turner Fund.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, GEORGE H. EDDY, CHARLES H. THAYER,
Selectmen.
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REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
RANDOLPH, December 31, 1902.
To the School Committee of the Town of Randolph :
Gentlemen,- I have the honor to present to you and through you to the people of Randolph a report of the schools under your charge for the school year ending June 30, 1902 ; also additional statistics and remarks relating to the work of the current year.
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1902.
Number of school buildings
7
Number of schools keeping separate registers 17
Number of regular teachers
19
Whole number of pupils enrolled
715
Whole number of boys
355
Whole number of girls
360
Average membership
645.42
Average attendance
599.05
Per cent of attendance (based upon average membership) 93.01
Number of pupils under 5 years of age
9
Number of pupils between 5 and 15
643
Number of pupils between 7 and 14
459
Number of pupils over 15
·
63
62
Number of pupils in -
First Grade
101
Seventh Grade 68
Second Grade . 72 ·
Eighth Grade . 68
Third Grade
74 Ninth (High School), 51
Fourth Grade
72
Tenth 27
Fifth Grade
78 Eleventh
15
Sixth Grade
73
Twelfth 15
Number of cases of truancy
.
20
Number who have not been absent
.
.
35
Number who have not been tardy
231
Number who have neither been absent nor tardy,
21
Number of grade promotions
562
THE WORK OF THE TEACHER.
I am glad to bear witness to the fidelity and earnestness of our corps of teachers. There is little danger that their work will be unduly emphasized. Its far-reaching conse- quences can scarcely be estimated. No other group of workers of equal number holds so intimate a relation to the general welfare as the teachers. Emerson wrote to his daughter : "It matters little what your studies are. It mat- ters much who your teachers are." If democratic govern- ment and democratic institutions are to be a factor in ad- vancing civilization and contribute to the popular well-being, it must be by the maintenance and improvement of popular education. No other foundations are so important as those which the teacher lays. The mental and moral development of her pupils is largely in her hands. Their future depends largely on what the school does for them.
The years of childhood are quickly past. For most, the serious business of self-support comes all too soon. But in the brief period of school life, the formative influences which determine character are principally exerted. To a large de-
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gree it is the office of the teacher to guide these influences. She not only instructs her pupils in the various branches which furnish an introduction to all subjects of study and to life itself, but she also moulds their habits of thought and expression and helps to form their ideals and standard of ex- cellence. The ambition and high purpose of the teacher are contagious. What wonderful results have they sometimes inspired her pupils to accomplish. How quickly will a su- perior teacher change the view-point and broaden the horizon of a group of pupils, filling their minds with enthusiasm for the highest and best things. She creates an atmosphere in which her pupils' intellectual and emotional powers unfold. It is as necessary that this atmosphere should be bright and sunny and stimulating as that a garden should have sun- shine. Feelings are even more contagious than ambition or
ideas. When the teacher is bright and buoyant, the pupils will catch the same spirit. If she is gloomy and depressed, they will be fretful and irritable. How can we expect that the children will be happy and grow in strength and beauty when the teacher is troubled and perplexed? We cannot over-estimate, therefore, the importance of having in our schools strong, high-minded, inspiring, sympathetic teachers. Superintendents and State inspectors will usually approve the work of the teacher who makes her pupils learn. They see the results which the good drill-teacher accomplishes. But the mother rejoices when her children have a teacher who gains their love and arouses their enthusiasm. And she is right. The subjects of instruction are important ; they should be faithfully and thoroughly mastered, but far greater consequences depend upon the even temper and cheerful spirit, the pride and pleasure in good work, the true stand- ards of excellence, the enthusiasm for the best things, the ambition and the will power which the best teacher will aim to develop.
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