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PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN,
OTIS L. SOULE, CHARLES H. THAYER,
Selectmen,
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
DR. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN ACCOUNT WITH
1907
To balance of old account
$0 90
town appropriation for year
$2,500 00
bank dividends. Atlantic
$60 00
bank dividends Old Boston
50 00
bank dividends, Webster & Atlas
48 00
bank dividends, Boylston 40 00
bank dividends, New England 35 00
bank dividends, State
30 00
$263 00
interest on N. P. & G. N. bonds 280 00 interest on Am. Telephone & Telegraph bonds 80 00 interest on Boston & Maine R. R. bonds 40 00 interest on deposit in Randolph Savings Bank 129 76 rent of hall for year 174 50
$3,468 16
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SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
THE STETSON HIGH SCHOOL FUND, CR.
1907
By paying F. E. Chapin, salary to Dec. 31 $1,399 92
Katherine F. Garrity salary to Dec. 31 549 96
E. M. Parker salary to March 31 159 20
Nellie M. Stearns salary to Dec. 31 390 76
Mary W. Henderson salary to Dec. 31 240 00
Rose G. Hand, musical instructor
75 00
Arthur W. Alden, janitor
139 00
Estate of Charles Doughty, lighting and sup- supplies 116 55
M. K. Hill, printing 5-4 50
Herbert W. Pratt, insurance 23 00
C. Fred Lyons, supplies 42 56
R. E. O'Brien, labor and material 38 50
G. F. Taylor, labor and material IO 75
E. W. Campagna, labor and material 2 13
D. B. White, coal 50 25
Frank F. Smith, charcoal
24 00
D. T. Clark, cleaning clocks 4 50
Edwin M. Mann, wood 32 00
E. A. Perry, labor 23 25
Henry Campbell. lettering 2 00
C. E. Lyons, labor and material 7 50
Trustees and Secretary, services two years 40 00
Balance 42 83
$3,468 16
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Randolph, January 27, 1908.
The undersigned have this day examined the accounts of the Secretary of the Stetson School Fund and find the same correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn. PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, OTIS L. SOULE, CHARLES H. THAYER, Selectmen of Randolph.
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REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
Randolph, December 31, 1907. To the School Committee and Citizens of Randolph :
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit my first an- nual report, the seventh in the series of superintendent's reports.
Statistics of the year follow :
SUMMARY FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1907.
Population of Randolph, census of 1905 4,034
Children between the ages of 5 and 15, school cen- sus, Sept. 1907 :
Boys
349
Girls
358
Total 707
Children between the ages of 7 and 14 (period of com- pulsory attendance) school census, Sept. 1907 : Boys
284
Girls
305
Total 589
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Number enrolled in schools :
Boys
348
Girls
38I
Total
729
Average membership
650.74
Average attendance
623.77
Per cent of attendance, based on average member-
ship 94.97
Number of pupils under 5 years of age
5
Number between 5 and 15
658
Number between 7 and 14 506
Number over 15
42
Cases of truancy
12
Number not absent
90
Number not tardy
461
Neither absent nor tardy
46
Number of grade promotions (returns incomplete ) :
Number of school buildings 6
Number of schools keeping separate registers 16
Number of regular teachers 18
Number of teachers who have graduated from college 4
Number who have graduated from normal school
5
Number who have attended normal school without graduation I
Number of different pupils attending high school during the year 1906-1907 90
Number graduated from high school in June 1907 7
Number admitted to high school during the year 39
Number graduated from the eighth grade in June 1907 57
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Table of Enrolment by Grades, 1906-1907
Schools
XII XI X
IX VIII VII VI V IV III II I Building Totals
STETSON HIGH
7
17
27 39
90
PRESCOTT
37
49
39 45
50 54
274
PRESTOTT Primary
42 51
93
NORTH SCHOOL
36
25
31
38
23
25 16
20
214
TOWER HILL
8 4 13
25
WEST CORNER
II II
33
Total for Grades
7 17 27
39
73
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70 83 73 98 73 95
729
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
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SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
ANNUAL ENROLMENT FOR SIX YEARS.
Year ending June 30, 1902 715
Year ending June 30, 1903 695
Year ending June 30, 1904 712
Year ending June 30, 1905 599
Year ending June 30, 1906 726
Year ending June 30, 1907 729
SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS, 1907.
These tests have been made by the teachers during the fall of 1907, in accordance with the law, using the direc- tions and apparatus prescribed by the State Board of Health, and furnished by the State Board of Education.
Inasmuch as there are many incompetents who attempt to correct errors of vision, parents are advised to consult the family physician when selecting a specialist to treat the eyes or ears of children.
The summary follows :
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
SUMMARY OF SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS, IN THE SCHOOLS OF RANDOLPH 1907-1908
Schools.
Grade.
No. of pupils
No. with Defec-
tive Eyesight.
No. with Defec-
tive Hearing.
No. Parents and
Guardians Notified.
Stetson High
101
27
5
9
Prescott
8
39
5
1 0
Prescott
7
38
2
1
3
Prescott
6
43
1
1
1
Prescott
5
49
8
0
8
Prescott
4
50
8
2
8
Prescott
3
40
9
0
9
Prescott
2
43
6
0
2
Prescott
1
52
2
1
0
North
7 and 8
North
6
North
5
194
52
13
31
North
.3 and 4
North
1 and 2
Tower Hill
1 - 4
16
0
0
0
West Corner
1
- 3
32
2
1
3
Totals
697
122
25
74
Enrolled.
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GENERAL CONDITIONS.
Three months observation of the pupils and their work leads to the belief that the children do not, as a whole, exhibit such pc. « as ought reasonably to be expected. Power of attention. and application is not what it should be. Understanding and expression in reading is often poor. Insight, grasp, thinking power are especially weak. Children come up to the grammar grades, and es- pecially to the high school, at too immature an age to be able to do the work properly.
The high school register shows that of a class of 39 pupils entering in September, 1906, 15 ranged in age from 13 years to 13 years and II months. Four others still younger ranged from 12 years and 2 months to 12 years and II months. One pupil who had already attended high school a year, was II years and 10 months old. He must, therefore, have entered at the tender age of ten years and IO months. The average age of this class was 14 years and 16-39ths of a month. For the entire school the av- erage was but a trifle over 14 years and 8 months,
(See report of the Principal of High School, Page 109, Randolph Town Report for 1906.)
At the opening of school in September, 1907, conditions were still worse. Averages for the four classes beginning with the highest were as follows:
Sixteen years, 7 4-13ths months; 15 years, 10-13ths of .
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a month; 14 years, II 7-25ths months; 13 years, 9 5-12ths of a month.
For the entire school the average age was 14 years, 7 35- 49ths of a month.
For this state of affairs, there is one chief cause. Children begin first grade work too early. Five years is too young for entrance upon the regular work of the first grade of a good eight grade system. A sub-primary grade with more or less kindergarten work would be of great advantage to the beginner. The value of this extra time would appear not merely in the first grade but all along the elementary course and through the high school. Failing such an ar- rangement, children for their own good should not be al- lowed to enter school until six years of age. This is the common practice in by far the larger part of the United States. Eight grade systems with entrance at six years are the rule west of the Hudson river.
Kindergartens, or sub-primary grades take care of children below that age if they go to school at all. (See Report, U. S. Commissioner of Education for 1906, Vol.I p. 330 and following.
The city of Providence has an eight grade system, but does not admit until the age of six. Boston has this year reduced its nine grades below high school to eight. In- quiry today at the office of the school department elicited the fact that while children are admitted to kindergarten at three and a half years, the great majority do not enter the first grade until nearly or quite six years old. The average age of entrance to Boston high schools was said
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to run from fourteen and one-half to fifteen years, instead of thirteen years and about nine months as at the Stetson High school this year.
It will be seen that the average age of that entire school just about equals the age of entrance to high school .in Boston.
As it will take some time to fully correct the present sit- uation, the remedy should be applied at the earliest possi- ble moment. I recommend the establishment next year of a sub-primary grade for beginners. .
If there are other reasons for unsatisfactory results which do not lie in the children themselves, we, who are responsible for the kind and quality of teaching, must re- double our efforts.
In closing I desire to express my hearty appreciation of the earnest co-operation and support of the Committee and teachers.
Respectfully submitted,
WATSON C. LEA ...
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TABULAR STATEMENT-YEAR OF 1906-1907.
School
Grade
Teachers
Total
Enrollment
Boys
Girls
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Pupils not abs't or t'dy
Grade Promotions
Stetson High
F. E. Chapin. ..
..... Bertha M. Munster .. Nellie M. Stearns ..... Katherine F. Garrity Mary W. Henderson .. Nelson Freeman ...... 37
19
18
35.20
34.65 98.42 10 30
Prescott
7
49
23
26
46.50
45.80 98.50 8 35
Prescott
6
Katherine A. Kiley ... Hannah F. Hoye .....
39
17
22
36.80
35.60 96.70 4 30
Prescott
5
Katherine E. Sheridan
45
18
27
39.00
38.00 97.00
4 .
Prescott
4
Mary E. Wren ...
50
27
23
48.06
46.24 96.00
1 42
Prescott
3
Ellen E. Mclaughlin.
54
30
24
48.50
46.19 95.00
6 42
Prescott
2
Fannie A. Campbell ..
42
21
21
36.80
35.30 96.00
1 32
Prescott
1
Kittie R. Molloy .....
51
29
22
44.00
42.00 95.00
2 37
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Stetson High
Stetson High
Stetson High
Stetson High
Prescott
8
90 32 58 84.18 80.39 95.49 8 75
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SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
North School
7 and 8
Joseph Belcher.
61
30
31
56.00
52.60 95.70
0 45
North School
6
Ellen P. Henry.
31
17
14
28.70
26.60 93.00
2 24
North School
5 Sarah C. Belcher ...
38
19
19
35.00
32.00 92.00
0 ..
North School
3 and 4
Fannie M. Devine ...
48
20
28
39.00
36.00 92.00
0 35
North School
1 and 2
Clara A. Tolman .....
36
21
15
30.00
27.00 90.00
0 21
Tower Hill
1
- 3 Katherine J. Riley ...
25
10
15
19.30
17.40 90.10
0 16
West Corner
1
- 3 Ina L. Parlin .. .
33
15
18
29.70
28.00 94.00
0 24
Totals
729 348 381 656.74 623.77 94.97 46
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APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE
Superintendent of Schools
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
ROLL OF HONOR.
A. Not absent or tardy during the year.
STETSON HIGH.
Ray French Hayden Robert Benedict Kelliher
Mary Alice Murphy
Mabel Louise Scott
Norman Ellsworth Jones Herford Payson Kenyon Michael J. O'Neil
John Russell Willard
PRESCOTT VIII.
Ralph Boyd
Anna Kane
William Kiley
Blanche Marcille
Elizabeth Sheehan
George Hollis Thomas Kennedy Mary Leahy Dorothy Piper Herbert Towns
PRESCOTT VII.
Thomas Desmond
Margaret Gill Svea Johnson Hugh McCabe
Edward Fahey Rosamond Hagney Henry Kiley Anna Morgan
PRESCOTT VI.
Kathleen Donovan Mary Hagney
Annie Lyons Marshall Leavitt
PRESCOTT V.
Aloysius Murphy May Morgan
Amy Whalen Annie Madigan
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PRESCOTT IV. Edward O'Brien
PRESCOTT III.
Walter Carney James Donovan Russell Towns
Marion Leavitt Viola Wood Mary Sheridan
PRESCOTT II. Anna Leahy
PRESCOTT I.
Majorie Brennan
John McCarthy
NORTH VII-VIII ..
Alberta E. Bustard
Alice M. Hayden
Jennie W. Mann
Mary Meaney Gertrude Niles
Gladys Mae Porter Florence Webster Catherine J. Williams Granville Wright Mahlon Wood
Charles G. Devine.
NORTH VI.
Lillian Converse
Sumner L. Eddy
1 NORTH V. None
NORTH III-IV.
None
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NORTH I-II.
None
TOWER HILL
Thomas G. Bates
Margaret J. Briggs
Anna Carroll
Eileen B. Cushman
Martha Gallagher
John C. Ryan
Maurice K. Ryan
W. Eastman Stearns
Elmer H. Perry
Martha J. Smith Marion A. Webster
WEST CORNER
Walter Larsen
Seth Mann
Sadie Patten 1
B. Not absent or tardy during two terms.
STETSON HIGH.
James Francis Cahill
John Joseph Mahoney
Joseph McMahon
Alice Coyle Dowd Winifred Frances McCabe Nora Mary O'Neil
Corinne Fay Tileston
PRESCOTT VIII.
Anna Decota Josephine Kehoe Joseph Murphy Charles Spence
Edmund Flaherty Frank Mullins Florence Roddan Leo Sullivan
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Ruth E. Brennan Ruth Briggs Louis Crovo Eugene Dickey Ardelle H. Perry
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
PRESCOTT VII.
William Brennan
Terence Dargan
Ella Heney Abbie Lyons Alice Shepard Marie Sullivan
Hazel Champion Harry Dolan Charles Kiley Joseph Rudderham May Spence Mary Tierney
PRESCOTT VI.
Evelyn Curtis Henry Mullins
Evelyn Carney Albert Powderly
PRESCOTT V
James Tierney
Alice Manning
PRESCOTT IV
Siegfried Bolin Marion Hurley
Mary Danto Barbara Hoye
PRESSOTT III
Henry Morgan
Anna Brown
PRESCOTT II
Anna Brady Louis Mulligan
Hattie Neary George McCabe
PRESCOTT I
Grace Donovan Chas. Marcille
Aurora Nelson Geo. Trombley
Lenora Bump
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NORTH VII-VIII
Mary Barry Edna G. Rhodes
Olive B. Mann J. Milton French
NORTH VI Henry Pinkerton
NORTH V
Rena J. Wrisley Herman C. McGrath
NORTH III-IV
John Bustard John Curry Allen F. Spear
NORTH I-II None
TOWER HILL
Anna Carroll
Walter A. Sherwood
WEST CORNER.
Elsie Taber
George Teed Elberta White
C. Not absent or tardy during one term.
STETSON HIGH
Winthrop Stanley Atherton Elizabeth Rose DeNeill Patrick Francis Gill
Marion Lucy Bailey Katherine Elizabeth Foley Charles Edward Hand
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Rhea Beatrice Hogan
Emma Cornelia Kelley
Mary Mahan
Marion Meaney
Charlotte Robbins
Josephine Mary Walsh
Elizabeth Barbara Holden Geraldine Beatrice Kennedy William Francis McAuliffe Edward Joseph Morgan Ruth Marie Rudderham Almira May White
PRESCOTT VIII
Annie Desmond
Florence Foster
Gertrude Henneberry
Agnes Kane William Sewall
Margaret Strickland
PRESCOTT VII
Doris Burrell *Leo Dench Lucien Hogan
Roy Robbins
Ellen Stanton
William Cunningham
Helen Sullivan Anna Walsh
PRESCOTT VI
Mary Desmond Blanche Farrell
Grace Foley May Long Agnes O'Neil Mary O'Neil
George Dolan Edward Foley Leo Kelliher Francis Mahoney Bernard Scannell Grace Brennan
Esther Sullivan
92
Joseph Crowley- Madeleine Dillon
Elizabeth O'Neil
Walter Farrell William Gill
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
PRESCOTT V
Jane Monroe Elmer French
Elizabeth Luddington
Gertrude Sullivan
Frank Desmond William Leahy Joseph Mulligan Edith Simmons
Helen Roddan
PRESCOTT IV
Dwight Boyd James Dowd
Joseph Dench Paul Faxon
Henry Dillon
David Good
Hazel Trombley
Alice Marcille
Marjorie Sullivan
Harold Jones William Lonergan Timothy O'Neil
PRESCOTT III
Arthur Brennan
Bernice Abbott
Walter Kelliher
John O'Brien
Anna Sullivan Adeline Murphy
John Purcell
John Devine
Letita Scannell Joseph Condon
Thomas Lyons
PRESCOTT II
Alice Desmond
Mary Clark Celia Devine Mabel Foster
Harold Kane Henry Gill
Frederick Mahoney Frank Mahoney Francis Mullany William Condon John Gill Theodore Luddington
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
PRECOTT I
Elizabeth Good Katherine Madigan Vincent Dolan Richard Walsh
Mary Henry Lillian Purcell Kenneth Hutchinson Milton Robbins
NORTH VII-VIII
Marion Hinckley
Walter G. Coddens ,
Joseph Heney
Frank H. Bromade
Ellis H. Mann
Anna Larsen
Edith B. Wright Charles H. Smith Frank Lyons Donald Cunningham William Meaney Elizabeth Larsen
Robert Gibson
NORTH VI
Arthur Lyons Elinor Smith William Mann
Edith Mahan Rena M. Libby William Carroll
NORTH V
M. Daisy McLea
Marion Truelson
Ralph E. DeForrest
NORTH III-IV
Hazel A. Hewins Vivian Shurtliff Carlton B. Lyons
Rosa L. Meaney George Beane James Mann
Dale Nelson
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SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
NORTH I-II
Carl Bustard
Mary Carrie
TOWER HILL
None
WEST CORNER
Harold K. Eddy Mabel E. Mann Leslie R. Chandler
Madeline Evans Mabel A. Mann
Willie Truelson
Total number of names on Roll of Honor 282.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL
Stetson, Hall, Randolph, Thursday Evening, June 27 1907.
PROGRAM.
Opening March.
Invocation,-
Rev. Manley B. Townsend.
Chorus .- "The Flower of Liberty" Marshall
Salutatory-
Marguerite E. Wales.
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Recitation-"Joam Decosta" Vernes Alice G. McCarthy.
Old Melody
Chorus-"Sun and Shadow" Words by O. W.Holmes
Famous Places of Massachusetts-
Elizabeth C. Brennan.
Soprano Solo-"Sing On" Denza
Mary J. Leahy.
The Jamestown Exposition-
Blanche I. Meaney.
Recitation-"Angel's "Wickedness" Corelli
Margaret H. Kelliher.
Chorus-"The Storm Fiend" Marshall
Thorwaldsen's Frieze
Presentation of Class Gift- "The Triumphal Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon" Elizabeth M. Vye.
Violin Solo-(a) "Melodrame" F. LeFort (b) "Mazurka in A Major" Ovid Musin
Carrie Louise Aiton.
Class Prophecy- Marguerite E. Wales.
Valedictory --
Mary J. Leahy.
Chorus-"Good-Night, Beloved"
Ciro Pinsuti Arr. by H. Wilson
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Presentation of Diplomas and the Turner Medals. Superintendent John E. Bradley, LL. D.
"America"
School and Audience.
CLASS OF 1907. S. H. S. LATIN COURSE.
Elizabeth Clare Brennan Alice Gertrude McCarthy Margaret Helena Kelliher Elizabeth Madeline Vye Marguerite Ella Wales
Mary Josephine Leahy
ENGLISH COURSE. Blanche Irene Meaney.
CLASS ORGANIZATION.
President, Mary J. Leahy.
Vice-President, Blanche I. Meaney.
Secretary, Margaret H. Kelliher. Treasurer, Elizabeth C. Brennan. Executive Committee. Marguerite E. Wales Elizabeth M. Vye
Alice G. McCarthy.
TRUSTEES OF STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Royal T. Mann Redmond P. Barrett Edward Long. Secretary of the Board, Fred M. French. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. John E. Bradley, LL. D.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
The work in drawing includes both freehand and me- chanical drawing. The freehand work trains the eye to see and the hand to represent upon paper with pencil or brush what the eye sees. In this work, we use as models, toys, common objects, and children in the pose lessons. The mechanical drawing is done from measurement of objects, with ruler and compass, sometimes using actual measurement and sometimes reduced measurements. In connection with the work, we have constructive and deco- rative design. The constructive design is the planning and construction of objects such as a box or envelope. Decorative design is the adding of ornamentation to ob- jects made, to make them more pleasing to the eye. This work also includes the study of color harmony. I con- sider design work very important, as it is the principle underlying all things that are made-of things that we use in our homes and the clothes we wear. By studying good design and good color we are able to buy articles of . clothing and for home use, that are in good taste.
The work shows improvement. We must consider how little time is given to drawing, compared with the time given to other studies. We must have a foundation be- fore we can do elaborate work successfully, and I am work- ing for a solid foundation.
Last, year, I introduced water color and brush work to a greater extent than before. The work is taken up in the
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fifth grade and up through the eighth. This work is ad- vancing. In the high school the seniors are to apply de- signs made, to leather and possibly brass.
CLARA L. HARLOW.
REPORTS OF TRUANT OFFICERS.
Randolph, January 22, 1908.
Prof. Watson C. Lea.
Dear Sir-I would respectfully submit the following as my report for the year 1907. During the year I have been called upon to investigate ten cases of absence from school, most of which I found were truancy, and were promptly corrected.
At the present time, everything is moving along in a very satisfactory manner.
Very truly yours, NELSON MANN, Truant Officer.
Randolph, January 26, 1908.
WATSON C. LEA, Superintendent.
Dear Sir-During the year 1907, I have been called upon to investigate seventeen cases of absentees from school and I found that the parents were at fault in most of the cases in keeping their children from school and I have had
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to threaten some of them with prosecution before I could get them to realize that they were obliged to send their children to school, and it had the desired effect also with the truants the same.
Yours respectfully, FRANK J. DONAHOE, Truant Officer.
GRADUATES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
June, 1906.
PRESCOTT SCHOOL.
Axel Bolin
Joseph B. Clark
Dorothy W. Faxon
Gertrude Henneberry
George M. Hollis
Anna Kane
William J. Kiley
Mary Leahy Blanche S. Marcelle
Frank Mullens Neal O'Keefe
Dorothy Piper
William Sewall
Charles A. Spence Leo Sullivan
Ralph N. Boyd Anna Decota William Gill Gertrude Hess Agnes Kane Josephine M. Kehoe Thomas Kennedy Anna M. Long James McDonald Joseph Murphy Elizabeth O'Neil Florence S. Roddan Elizabeth Sheehan Margaret E. Strickland Herbert A. Towns
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NORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Frank H. Bromade
Walter G. Coddens
Charles G. Devine J. Milton French Arthur Hagney Ellis H. Mann
Granville H. Wright Doris A. Bump
Mary Frances Hayes
Evelyn Mahan
Gladys Mae Porter
Edith B. Wright
Mary Meaney
Carroll A. Bump William A. Connell Roger W. J. Feeley Joseph Heney Harold Macauley Charles H. Smith Donald Cunningham Ida Wallace Flynn Alice M. Hayden Gertrude Niles Catherine J. Williams Mary Barry Alice McAuliffe
Catherine J. McDonald
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Report of Fire Department
Randolph, Dec. 31, 1907.
To the Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen-The following is submitted as the report of the Board of Engineers.
The department was organized May I, 1907, as follows :
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
C. A. Wales, chief ; D. J. Brennan, J. E. Blanche, M. F. Sullivan, assistants; W. A. Croak, clerk.
APPARATUS AND COMPANIES.
Hose wagon I-Frank Harris, driver.
Hose 2-P. Joseph Riley, driver.
Ladder Truck I-George Canaway, driver. Chemical Engine 1-J. E. Blanche, driver. Hose Co. 1-12 men, John P. Rooney, foreman. Hose Co. 2-12 men, George L, Stetson, foreman.
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Ladder Co. 1-12 men, Charles S. Dolan, foreman. Chemical Co .- 12 men, Edward F. Meany, foreman.
FIRES.
Jan. 9, 1907-Alarm at 6.35 A. M., from Box 45 for fire in the dwelling on Jones avenue, owned by T. B. Jones and occupied by Mrs. Patrick Meany; damage about $50; cause, overturned lamp ; all out, 7.17 A. M.
Feb. 13-Alarm at 6 P. M., from Box 61, for fire in dwell- ing on Gold street, owned by Mrs. Hugh Hickey and . occupied by William Allison. The building was de- stroyed; loss about $500; cause, accidental, all out sig- nal, 7.15 P. M.
March 21-Alarm at 2.47 P. M., from Box 28, for fire in grass and brush in rear of Edward Dolan, Union street ; all out signal 3.03 P. M.
March 22-Alarm from Box 29, at 1.35 A. M., for fire in building on Warren street, owned by heirs of Obed Jones and occupied by Robert Taylor as a grocery and provision store, and Fred A. Spear as a boarding house, with stable in the rear. This building was consumed. as was a small stable in the rear, the flames then at- tacked the large shoe factory only twenty feet away, owned by C. H. Collins of Boston, and occupied by the Royal Shoe Co. and William H. Denehey. This build- ing was nearly all destroyed. A determined fight was made to save a portion of the front, or north end of the building in order to save the .dwelling of Edward Mahon within 25 or 30 feet of the burning factory ..
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Three alarms were sounded, assistance was asked from Brockton and Holbrook. Brockton responded with steamer and hose wagon and eleven men; Holbrook sent hose wagon and eight men. Nine other buildings were set on fire by sparks from this fire, which required quick work on the part of the firemen for a time. The build- ings which were set on fire on their roofs were: Edward Mahon, dwelling; W. P. Sullivan, grocer. This build- ing was badly damaged, as it is located across Warren street. opposite the burning factory. Dwellings of M. J. Holden, Estate of Emily A. Spear (two dwellings). heirs of Dr. E. A. Allen, Estate of Johana King, C. A. and A. B. Wales, and Patrick O'Brien, half a mile away on Pleasant street. Visiting firemen were relieved from duty at about 5.30 A . M. They were served with re- freshments and sent on their homeward bound journey with many thanks from the Randolph fire laddies and citizens generally. The value of all the twelve build- ings endangered by the fire was about $70,000. The value of contents was about $35,000, making a total of $105,000. The insurance on the above was about $60,- 000. The damage or loss about $47,000. These figures are a little misleading perhaps, as the eight dwellings whose roofs had slight fires on them were damaged about $300.
April 19-On a still alarm firemen were called to the dwelling on Lafayette street, owned by Mrs. Ruth Green, and occupied by H. M. Clark ; cause, burning soot in chimney.
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SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
April 25-Chief Wales, with a few men, was called to woodland fire in rear of Central cemetery.
July 4-A small building was burned on Canton street by an incendiary, it is supposed; no alarm
July 8-Chief Wales, with a force of men, was called to woodland fire north of Pond street and east of North Main street.
Aug. 11-Alarm from Box 41, at 2.42 P. M., for fire in woodland near outbuildings of Christian Milanders on High street.
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