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Gentlemen :
I herewith submit report of the work done by the Police Department of the Town of. Randolph for the year ending December 31, 1925.
Calls answered and investigations made
$25
Summonses served
137
Cases settled out of court
75
Arrests
112
Arraignments in Court
167
Bound over to the Grand Jury
8
*Guilty in District Court
132
Appealed to Superior Court
9
¿Guilty in Superior Court
17
Pending in Superior Court
5
Acquitted
8
Placed on File
13
Placed on Probation
15
Fined
94
Committed to Lyman School
1
Committed to Concord Reformatory
1
Committed to House of Correction
7
Committed to State Prison
2
Net returns paid to Town Treasurer from fines over and above expenses of prosecution, $1,041.74.
PATRICK T. McDONNELL.
*Some convictions were secured on cases not arrest- ed, but sommonsed into court.
Includes eight cases bound over to the Grand Jury all of which were convicted in Superior Court.
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OF THE
Town Treasurer 1925
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Treasurer's Report
Water Department
Receipts
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1924 $3,118.25
Received from Water Commis- sioners
17,889.60
Interest 80.44
$21,088.29
Paid Water Commissioners' Or- ders $18,596.35
Paid Coupons, Town of Ran-
dolph Water Bonds 240.00
Cash in hands of Treasurer,
January 1, 1926 2,251.94
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$21,088.29
Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926.
We the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the accounts of John B. McNeill, Treasurer of the Water Commsisioners, and find same correct and the balance above stated. We have balanced cash and reconciled bank balance.
JAMES V. DONOVAN, M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM,
Auditors.
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Norfolk ss.
Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace.
John B. McNeill, Treasurer, in account with the Ran- dolph Water Loan Sinking Fund.
DR.
Interest on 4 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Bond
Coupons
$160.00
Interest on 5 Town of Randolph Bond
Coupons
200.00
Interest on 3 Boston & Maine R. R. Bond Coupons
135.00
Randolph Savings Bank, Interest
4.05
Randolph Trust Company
77.72
Sale of 3 Boston & Maine R. R. Bonds
2,636.25
$3,213.02
CR.
Deposit Randolph Trust Company
$3,208.97
Deposit Randolph Savings Bank
4.05
$3,213.02
State of the Randolph Water Loan Sinking Fund December 31, 1924.
Five Town of Randolph
Water Bonds
$1,000.00 each
$5000.00
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Four N. Y. N. H. & H.
R. R. Bonds $1,000.00 each 4000.00
Cash in Banks
5013.39
$14,013.39
Liabilities
Water Bonds due July 1, 1926 $10,000.00
Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926.
We, the undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the Sinking Fund and found same to agree as per statement above made. We have balanced cash and reconciled bank balance.
M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM,
Auditors.
Norfolk ss.
January 20, 1926.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace.
John B. McNeill, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Randolph DR.
Balance on hand December 31, 1924 $21,898.18
Received from
Town Notes anticipation
of revenue
$85,000.00
Town Notes Warren St .. .
2,300.00
School Bonds
71,000.00
Premium on Bonds
459.92
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Taxes 1922
106.88
Taxes 1923
7,828.24
Taxes 1924
30,161.46
Taxes 1925
73,720.88 111,817.46
Received from State Treasurer :
Civilian War Poll Tax
135.00
Corporation Tax Bus
1,384.99
Corporation Tax P. S.
2,212.92
Division of Sanatoria
16.43
Income Tax 1922
31.50
Income Tax 1923
157.50
Income Tax 1924
252.00
Income Tax 1925
19,166.36
Vocational Education
147.28
Tuition of Children
771.48
Mothers Aid
300.53
State Aid
1,410.00
Temporary Aid
2.555.14
National Bank Tax
277.29
Street Railway Tax
605.61
Soldiers Exemption
166.47
29,590.50
From Almshouse :
Board of Inmates
766.00
Sale of Produce
550.82
Use of Team
158.95
1,475.77
From Interest :
From Taxes 1922
16.83
From Taxes 1923
764.24
From Taxes 1924
922.76
From Taxes 1925
57.66
Deposits
577.66
2,339.15
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
From Highways Refund Powers
Bros.
414.00
Norfolk County Treasurer,
Contract 1924
8,032.05
Norfolk County Treasurer,
Contract 1925
3,333.00
State Treasurer
3,333.00
Received From :
Norfolk County Land Damages
$3,352.25
Norfolk County Dog Tax 1924
1,104.54
Norfolk County Dog Tax 1925
1,309.96
Interest Coddington Fund
86.45
Stetson High School Refund
485.00
Poor of other Towns-City of Chelsea
214.75
Soldiers Relief Town of Hol- brook
86.32
Moth Department
278.50
Poor out
169.00
City of Quincy Mothers Aid
53.33
Board of Health
316.10
Miscellaneous :
Auctioneers License
$2.00
Auto Dealers Gas Station,
Garage and Alcohol License
77.75
East Norfolk District Court
972.24
Dedham Court
69.50
Pedlers License
40.00
Division Standards
20.00
Bowling & Pool License
7.25
Liquor License
1.30
Junk Dealers License
50.00
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Inn Holders & Victualers
14.00
Piggery License 7.00
Oleomargarine Registration
1.50
Refunds Fire Dept.
15.00
Forest Fire Warden
5.00
Sealer Weights & Measures
43.14
Police Travelers Insurance
11.43
1,377.11
$349,786.34
CR.
Paid :
Selectmens Orders
$242,749.40
Notes Anticipation of Rev-
enue
85,000.00
Notes Water Loan
1,300.00
Notes Highway
1,500.00
Notes County Hospital
500.00
Notes No. Randolph School
1,000.00
Notes Fire Equipment
1,300.00
Notes Highway Loan 1923
1,300.00
Notes Highway Loan 1920
1,000.00
Notes Refunding Loan
1,000.00
Notes Stetson High School
1,500.00
To Abatements 1923
105.24
To Abatements 1924
569.54
To Abatements
502.78
To Separate Fund
2,603.42
Balance to 1926
7,855.96
$349,786.34
Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926 The undersigned Auditors of the Town of Randolph, Mass., respectfully report that we have examined the
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accounts of the Town Treasurer and find same correct- ly kept with proper vouchers and entries for all pay- ments and receipts. We have balanced Cash and re- conciled bank balance.
M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM,
Auditors.
Norfolk ss.
Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace.
STATEMENT OF THE MONUMENT FUND
-
Balance, Dec. 31, 1925
$247.39
Received Interest 11.23
$258.62
Paid M. Frank Pelissier, Labor
$26.00
William Adrian, labor and material
12.00
C. Fred Lyons brushes
3.11
Balance Randolph Savings Bank
217.51
$258.62
At the last Annual Town Meeting the Town voted to instruct the Town Treasurer to place the War Bonus Refund of $2603.42 together with the balance of the Welcome Home Fund in a special fund until appropri- ated by the Town.
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The following is a statement of the said fund :
STATEMENT OF MEMORIAL FUND
Received Welcome Home Fund $565.78
Soldiers War Bonus Fund 2,603.42
Interest on Deposit 83,28
$3,252.48
The Treasurer also holds the Coddington Fund of $1,900.00 on Deposit in the Randolph Savings Bank the interest of which is withdrawn annually and ap- plied to school purposes.
Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926.
We the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the Coddington Fund amounting to Nineteen Hundred ($1900.00) dollars on deposit in the Randolph Savings Bank, also the Special Fund amounting to Thirty Two Hundred Fif- ty Two Dollars and Forty eight cents ($3252.48) on deposit in the Savings Department of the Randolph Trust Company and the Soldiers' Monument Fund amounting to Two Hundred seventeen dollars and fifty one cents ($217.51) on deposit in the Randolph Savings Bank and find the same to correspond with the accounts of the Town Treasurer.
M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, Auditors.
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Norfolk ss. Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926. Sworn to and subscribed before me. JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace.
BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1925.
Cash on hand
$7,855.96
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
State Aid $1,092.00
Burial
Indigent
Soldier 60.00
Temporary Aid 813.66
Division of Sana- toria 121.41
Continuation and
Trade Schools 513.43 2,600.50
Town of Holbrook, Soldiers' Relief 57.50
City of Boston,
Poor Out
$406.05
Mothers' Aid 320.67 726.72
Norfolk County Land
Damages
94.50
Taxes 1922
$332.23
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Taxes 1923
2,057.90
Taxes 1924
14,082.35
Taxes 1925
50,737.50 67,209.98
Note Authorized at Annual
Town Meeting 1925-Unissued 5,000.00
$83,545.16
Notes Anticipation Revenue
$40,000.00
Rebuilding Stetson High
School, appropriation
9,605.28
School Equipment, appropria- tion 10,762.53
Assessors Maps, appropria- tion
500.00
Assessors appropriation, ob- ligations 575.00
Premium on Bonds to be
applied on payments of Interrest
259.92
Overlay 1922 $830.27
Overlay 1923
2,039.78
Overlay 1924
1,291.11
Overlay 1925
1,005.42
5,166.58
Salary Town Officers
2,069.98
State Fire Tower at Holbrook
200.00
Planting Shade Trees
100.00
Surplus Revenue
14,305.87
$83,545.16
Bonded debt of Town
113,400.00
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Highway Loan 1920
5,000.00
Highway Loan 1923
3,900.00
Highway Loan 1924
5,500.00
Highway Loan 1925
2,300.00
Water Extension Loan
4,800.00
Fire Equipment Loan
3,900.00
North Randolph School Loan
2,000.00
Stetson High School Loan
3,000.00
Refunding Loan
12,000.00
School Bonds
71,000.00
$196,945.16
$196,945.16
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School Bonds
Water Main Extension
Highway Loan, 1924
Highway Loan, 1925
North Randolph School
Fire Equipment
Highway Loan, 1923
High School
Highway Loan, 1920
Refunding
Total
1926
$5,000
$1,200
$1,500
$800
$1,000
$1,300
$1,300
$1,500
$1,000
$1,000
$15,600
1927
5,000
1,200
1,500
8 00
1,000
1,300
1,300
1,500
1,000
1,000
15,600
1928
5,000
1,200
1,500
700
1,300
1,300
1,000
1,000
13,000
1929
5,000
1,200
1,000
1,000
1,000
9,200
1930
5,000
1,000
1,000
7,000
1931
5,000
1,000
6,000
1932
5,000
1,000
6,000
1933
5,000
1,000
6,000
1934
5,000
1,000
6,000
1935
5,000
1,000
6,000
1936
5,000
1,000
6,000
1937
4,000
1,000
5,000
1938
4,000
4,000
1940
4,000
4,000
$71,000
$4,800
$5,500
$2,300
$2,000
$3,900
$3,900
$3,000
$5,000 $12,000 $113,400
Notes anticipation of Revenue
$40,000
Inside Debt Limit Outside Debt Limit
$96,800
$56,600
$153.400
Total Notes and Bonds outstanding Notes authorized-unissued
$5,000
153,400
158,400
1939
4,000
4,000
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1925
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Randolph :
The annual report of the School Committee of the Town of Randolph for the year 1925 is herewith sub- mitted and it is our hope and desire that every citizen of the town will take an even greater interest in all matters pertaining to the education of our children. The success of any elementary and high school system depends mostly upon two things, (1) an efficient corps of conscientious and sincere teachers with definite ob- jectives to attain, working under the supervision of the superintendent of schools, (2) the co-operation of par- ents with the school authorities. It is our belief that in the first we have in Randolph a very capable and efficient staff of teachers, hard working and ambi- tious, who are always willing to co-operate with any and all parents for the benefit of each individual child. Before every parent we place this request laying stress on the fact that it is not only your privilege but your duty to manifest an interest in the education of your child and assuure you of the hearty co-operation of the school authorities in order to insure success in the intellectual development of your child.
During the past few years we have been confronted with a constant demand for more school facilities due largely to a consistent increase in the school enroll- ment. Owing to this fact it was necessary for the first time to increase our staff of elementary school teachers with two extra and divide the first and sixth
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grades into a two platoon system with separate classes in the morning and afternoon. This condition will be relieved when the addition to Stetson High School is completed as it will then be possible to move the Junior High School classes to the new building.
A most important feature of our school system dur- ing the past year was the addition to Stetson High School. When Stetson High School is moved from its present quarters in the Town Hall to the new building Randolph will have a school that may well compare with the High Schools of any town of its size in Massa- chusetts. Provisions have been made for the latest and best equipment possible and the school will not be handicapped by lack of modern facilities and room as before. The building will accommodate both the Senior and Junior High School classes and will relieve the congestion in the elementary grades. Despite this we must be mindfful of the fact that Randolph can- not disregard its duty to replace the Belcher School with a modern building in the near future. Every town in the State is awakening to a realization that no longer can they ignore the demand for more and better school facilities and we must take our place in the endeavor to climb the ladder of success with our fast growing town.
During the summer vacation the two class rooms of the North Randolph School were plastered and painted which not only made the rooms much more present- able, but also solved the problem of heating this school. Before these rooms were finished all the heat went up to the roof of the building and as there was a very large air pocket underneath the roof it was practically
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impossible to heat the rooms in a satisfactory manner. The building in general is now in the best condition it has been since first occupied.
The exterior of the west corner was painted and a few necessary repairs made. This building is now in good condition and when the class room is painted it will not need any expenditure of money for some years to come.
The. School Committee has given much considera- tion to the question of providing a permanent school nurse. With the enrollment constantly increasing there is a natural increase in the demands for the ser- vices of a school nurse. Our present nurse, Miss Julia O'Leary, who is also the Visiting Nurse in Randolph has performed her duties splendidly but we felt that it was an injustice to expect her to assume the respon- sibility for duties required of a school nurse in a town that had almost twelve hundred children going to school. Miss Annie Desmond, R.N. of Randolph has been chosen for the position and we feel that with her experience as School Nurrse in the town of Hopedale she will discharge her duties in a very competent and efficient manner.
We are looking forward to the year 1926 to end the many discouraging conditions under which we have been laboring for nearly two years. Stetson High
17 t teach- will receive the benefits of a much needed improvement to our school system.
The School Committee takes this opportunity to ex- press our gratitude to the Building Committee for its
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faithful and sincere work in the rebuilding of Stetson High School and for the splendid co-operation it has been our pleasure to enjoy.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES R. KILEY, Chairman. JESSIE S. BEAL. FLORENCE S. RODDAN.
The School Committee recommends that the follow- ings sums be appropriated for school expenses during the year 1926 :
Stetson High School $15,750.00
Teaching Grammar Schools
33,935.00
Fuel
4,000.00
Books and Supplies
4,500.00
Care of Rooms
3,800.00
Transportation
2,900.00
Superintendent of Schools.
1,225.00
School Physician
100.00
Schol Nurse
1,400.00
Continuation and Trade School
1,200.00
General Expense
4,000.00
School Committee
300.00
$73,110.00
SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Received Appropriation for
Schools at Annual Town
Meeting $67,965.00
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Appropriation for Equipment . 11,170.53 Appropriation for N. Randolph School 2,000.00
$81,135.53
Paid :
Books and Supplies
$3,639.95
Care of Rooms
3,077.46
Fuel
1,404.05
General Expenses
3,482.26
Equipment
408.00
Stetson High School
15,522.00
Teaching
31,008.22
Nurse
600.00
Superintendent
1,224.36
Transportation
2,710.45
Committee
300.00
Physician
100.00
Trade and Continuation
Schools
1,027.27
No. Randolph School
1,133.55
$65,637.57
Unexpended
$15,497.96
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
F. M. Ambrose Co.
$41.60
Allyn & Bacon
12.32
American Book Co.
80.74
Edward E. Babb & Co.
1,655.42
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Demoyer & Gepper Co .. .
66.79
Dowling School Supply Co.
12.75
Ginn & Co. 352.89
Harris & Gilpatrick .
13.94
J. L. Hammett & Co.
59.89
D. C. Heath & Co.
116.44
Houghton Mifflin Co.
66.20
J. B. Lippincott
10.91
The Macmillan Company .
30.56
McIntosh Publishing Co ..
7.67
Oliver Ditson
15.02
Ryan & Buker
14.00
Regents Publishing Co. .
6.20
Warwick & York, Inc .. . .
59.74
American Book Company
160.24
American Book Company
147.25
The Macmillan Company .
18.27
Literary Digest
14.04
Charles J. Burnham
2.50
J. L. Hammett Co.
12.62
Hall & McCreary
26.00
D. C. Heath Co.
17.10
Ginn & Company
59.59
Allyn & Bacon
65.25
B. H. Sanborn
81.70
J. L. Hammett
68.55
E. E. Babb Co.
341.19
Warwick & York
2.57
$3,639.05
CARE OF ROOMS
Richard P. Condon
$841.11
William Mahady 841.11
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
George Smith
370.00
Frank H. Tileston
318.56
H. Willie Hayden
231.68
Martin Nugent
285.00
Mrs. George H. Eddy
190.00
$3,077.46
FUEL
L. J. Courtney
$28.00
Frank Diauto
753.47
J. T. Flannelly
5.00
M. E. Leahy
526.08
Esten C. Soule
67.50
Edwin C. Soule
24.00
$1,404.04
GENERAL EXPENSES
American Book Company
$53.30
Atlantic Clock Company .
14.00
American Railway Ex-
press Co.
7.16
Brockton Enterprise
3.75
John T. Boyle
36.00
Blanchard Print
15.68
Blue Line Transportation
Co.
1.00
Brockton
Transportation
Co. 1.23
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A. O. Christiansen 192.42
Richard P. Condon
88.00
Arthur Conrad
4.00
Earl Crockett
9.00
M. B. Claff & Sons, Inc. .
5.00
William H. Carroll
4.00
F. E. Chapin
5.50
Anson E. Cobbett
65.00
F. E. Chapin
40.77
Capen & Lane
2.75
G. B. Dolge Sofa Co.
13.00
James Dowd
32.00
James Fardy
25.75
George D. Finnegan
27.00
Ruth Giblin
18.60
Heywood-Wakefield
15.85
B. F. Hayden
37.95
Willie Hayden
53.00
Walter L. Hickey
136.60
Frank W. Harris
8.60
Thomas Hill
140.00
J. E. Jacobson.
4.00
Literary Digest Co.
31.56
Marshall W. Leavitt
14.25
Com. of Massachusetts,
Com'r Public Safety
8.00
Com. of Massachusetts,
Reformatory for Women
5.99
Com. of Massachusetts,
Reformatory for Women 6.42
William Mahady
30.00
Martin Diploma Co.
75.00
Bernard Moore
31.00
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Edward F. Murphy 15.00
James Milligan
17.80
J. B. McNeill
25.00
D. J. McDonald
5.50
N. E. Reed Company 11.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
17.08
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
12.50
C. A. Noyes Co.
1.25
Martin Nugent
18.00
Oliver Ditson Co.
1.26
Office Appliance Co.
24.62
R. E. O'Brien
156.63
H. P. Powderly
3.50
The Picture Shop
3.30
Remington Typewriter Co.
232.75
R. & H. Light & Power Co.
245.81
Science Service Co. .
5.00
C. R. Sims
8.18
George A. Smith
10.00
Stall & Dean Mfg. Co.
206.12
J. W. Taylor
143.65
F. H. Tileston
40.00
Underwood Typewriter Co.
12.13
Wadsworth Howland Co ..
5.73
Frank C. Walsh
.85
William F. Whitecross
118.93
Woodstock Typewriter Co.
50.00
Wright & Patten
2.00
E. C. Young Co.
9.84
J. T. Daly
6.00
J. Dowd
12.00
J. Fardy
11.50
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Brockton Gas Light Co .. . 22.77
R. & H. Light & Power
Co. .. 2.39
J. W. Taylor
155.26
A. O. Christiansen
65.82
R. & H. Light & Power Co.
10.81
Capen & Lane
30.75
R. & H. Light & Power Co. 7.92
Com. of Mass. Reforma-
tory for Women
10.63
Chandler Barber Co. .
1.21
Atlantic Clock Co.
9.20
Monument Mills
90.60
Underwood Typewriter
3.70
Office Appliance Co.
11.04
Remington Typewriter
1.92
F. W. Hayden
86.16
Ellen P. Henry, Supervis-
ing
95.00
Mary Connors, Supervising
95.00
Mary L. Mullen, Supervis-
ing
76.00
$3,482.26
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL
F. E. Chapin, Principal
$2,200.00
Hubert J. Powderly
1,800.00
Marshall Leavitt 1,740.00
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Winifred Brennan
1,500.00
Ruth Knight
1,310.00
Marie Allen
900.00
Grace King
840.00
Dorothy Conway
840.00
Ruth Giblin
840.00
Elizabeth Shaw
840.00
Edith Kurtz
600.00
Jane C. Good
600.00
Evelyn Goodwin
580.00
Eleanor McDonald
500.00
Naomi Maher
402.00
Catherine Morrissey
30.00
$15,522.00
School Equipment, Ryan
& Bunker, Inc. $408.00
TEACHING
C. A. Brennan, Principal. $1,742.19
H. F. Gilgan, Principal
1,641.88
Mrs. E. A. Powderly
1,299.98
Ellen E. Mclaughlin
1,249.82
Fannie A. Campbell
1,249.82
Ellen P. Henry
1,249.82
Kittie R. Molloy
1,249.82
Rachael C. McMahon
1,249.82
Grace M. Gilgan
1,249.82
Elizabeth G. Lyons
1,243.21
Clara A. Tolman.
1,236.67
Hannah F. Hoye
1,223.51
Maryr O'Brien
1,206.48
Ruth M. Lang
1,156.32
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Florence E. Caples
1,151.15
Alice A. Belcher
1,106.54
Florence G. Meisner 1,097.87
Marie Cormey
1,057.04
Mary L. Mullen
1,056.38
Anna K. Good
1,031.68
Ellen McGerigle
1,019.00
Dorothy Carney
967.00
Margaret Donovan
917.06
Mary E. Wren
723.58
Kathryn M. Desmond
378.88
Elizabeth Griffin
378.88
Grace Murphy
248.00
Mrs. Bessie McMahon
176.00
Mrs. Walter Burbank
72.00
Elizabeth Condon
50.00
Mrs. Mary Sweeney
32.00
Hazel S. Allenson, Draw- ing Supervisor 297.60
Emily Sanford, Drawing Supervisor
198.40
Rose G. Hand, Music
Supervisor
800.00
$31,008.22
NURSE
Julia M. Leary
$600.00
SUPERINTENDENT
Paid A. O. Christiansen $1,224.36
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TRANSPORTATION
Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co. $1,750.00 Stephen J. Hart 960.45
$2,710.45
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Jesse S. Beal
$100.00
Charles R. Riley
100.00
Florence S. Roddan
100.00
$300.00
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. G. V. Higgins $100.00
TRADE AND CONTINUATION SCHOOLS Town of Braintree, Con- tinuation $54.72
City of Boston, Trade 897.77
City of Boston, Continua- tion 74.78
$1,027.27
NORTH RANDOLPH SCHOOL
J. W. Taylor, contract. . $1,100.00 W. F. Whitecross 33.55
$1,133.55
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF STETSON HIGH SCHOOL
Our school sessions have been held in Stetson Hall since September, 1924. We have tried to make the best of the situation, and have succeeded in maintain- ing the standard of the school in a far higher degree than seemed possible when Stetson Hall became our temporary home. A saving sense of humor has not been out of place under the many disadvantages which have fallen to our lot. We have looked upon the mat- ter somewhat in the light of an adventure in our school life, such as few encounter. One may enjoy camping out, but he is glad to get back to the con- veniences of civilized life.
The class of 1924 in addition to its gift at the time of graduation has presented a charging desk to the school reference room; the cost of the desk was $75.00.
The class of 1925, forty members, the largest in the history of the school, has given to the school a table for the reference room at a cost of $54.00. An- other gift which is credited to the class of 1925 is a round oak table for the center of the reference room. The table was made to order and was purchased by the balance of the class of 1925 lunch fund, about $90.00. This table is five feet in diameter and is a very appropriate gift. A chair for the reference room has been given by the class of 1929 and another chair by 1928.
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Our enrollment this year has been 231. We num- ber at present 221. Inasmuch as the school will oc- cupy the new building before this report is issued, it may be well to look forward to our occupancy of our new quarters rather than to review the past. The four rooms in the old building which have been refinished have a standard seating capacity of 30 pupils each. The two class rooms on the first floor of the addition, south side, will each take care of 35 pupils. By using a part of the bookkeeping room of the second floor all our pupils may have desk room. We regret that the building does not contain a room for study pupils.
It seems best to assign to the junior high pupils the six rooms on the north side of the building in the new part, using the two basement rooms as class rooms. The six rooms used as home class rooms by the senior high school pupils will include the four rooms in the old part in the front, and the two rooms on the first floor of the addition. The two basement rooms, south side, are for science and cannot well be used for home- rooms. The two rooms on the second floor, south side of the addition are for stenography, typewriting and bookkeeping but, as has been said, the desks of the bookkeeping room may be used for home room pur- poses, though this is not desirable.
The junior high school plan is one of the many edu- cational innovations which have come to us from the western part of our country. The first city in Massa- chusetts to adopt the plan was Somerville, which has. at present four junior high schools. It is said that the "Western" junior high school of Somerville is the most. thoroughly equipped and in every way, the finest ex-
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ample of the junior high to be found in New England. The writer has made three visits to this school for pur- poses of observation. Here is a school of 1,000 pupils, who are taken from the 7th, 8th and 9th grades. The school offers courses in all the usual subjects offered to pupils who range in age from eleven to sixteen. There . are classes in wood-working, in metal working, in cook- ing, sewing, and typewriting, each in charge of a teacher who makes a specialty of her subject. Latin and French are added to the usual grammar school subjects. The physical needs of the pupils are in charge of specialists, who organize school athletics and direct the baseball, football and basketball, in addi- tion to regular physical exercises for all pupils. The principal of the "Western" junior high claims that the best feature of the school is not the prominence given to departmental teaching, which is about as marked as in our high schools, but in the development of a live school spirit and sustained interest, which manifest themselves on every side of the school life. The writer has nowhere else noted among pupils such en- thusiasm for school activities, both scholastic and extra curricula as was shown in this Somerville school. The school is more free to work out its problems in its own way, than would be the case if in the same build- ing with the senior high. The problem of keeping pupils interested in school during the years immedi- ately preceding their entrance to high school is in a large measure solved by the junior high plan; such a school should be so located as to be within easy walking distance of the homes of pupils.
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