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Attleboro, - Mass., 2 P. M., FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1894,
PROGRAMME.
Singing-" Songs of Welcome,"
Address to the Graduates,
Singing-" Blacksmiths' Chorus,"
Singing-" Pretty Village Maiden,"
Presentation of Diplomas,
Singing-" Now to the Lord,"
Singing-" Good Night,"
Chorus Rev. George E. Brightman Semi-Chorus Chorus Mr. S. M. Holman
Chorus Semi·Chor us
GRADUATES.
Ethel May Bliss, Lura Elsie Bullock,
Annie Mabel Cobb,
Jessie Willard Gardiner, Emma Frank Holmes,
Susan Edwards Knight,
Cora Lenore McNulty,
Jennie Francis Kirgan Perry,
Irma Dean Sadler, Ethel Eugenia Steward, Eva Lothrop Thurber,
Charles Gardner Adams, Joseph Morton Bates, Sylvester Charles Boitano,
Caroline Agness Bullock, Edith Lilian Claflin, Edith Louise Cole, Genevieve Gustin, Edith Rachel Johnston,
Josephine Lillian Mathewsou,
Fannie Taber Monroe,
Myra Louise Richardson, Winifred Nancy Stearns, . Anna Gertrude Sweeney, Lottie Sarah Taylor,
Fred Orville Balcolm, William Harry Blaney, Frank Lewis Briggs,
ANNUAL REPORT.
199
Daniel Stephen Callahan, Reginald Dean Fogg, Thomas Frederick French, Charles Williard Holmes, Ralph Porter Kent, Elmer Arnold Scott, Jr.,
Elmer Emmons Cobb,
Francis Albert Ford, Clarence Alfred Holbrook,
Fredric Safford Johnston,
George McNamee,
Charles Blanchard Thompson,
John William Veno.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Number of High schools,
" Grammar schools,
15-
" Semi-graded schools,
3
" Ungraded schools,
3
Whole number, one more than last year
27
TEACHERS.
Number in High school,
" Grammar schools,
" Primary schools.
18.
" Semi-graded schools,
3.
"
" Ungraded schools,
2
4€
" Drawing,
1
Whole number, two more than last year,
40
PUPILS.
Enrollment:
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
High school,
43
75
118
Grammar schools,
206
156
363.
Primary schools,
482
468
951
Semi-graded,
43
40
83.
Ungraded,
92
67
159
Total
866
806
1,674
Average Membership :
High school,
112.43
Grammar schools,
313.57
Primary schools,
651.77
Semi-graded schools,
75.66.
Ungraded schools,
106.79
Total Average Attendance : High school, Grammar schools,
1,260.22:
105.27
285.46
3.
" Music,
-
1
" Primary schools,
ANNUAL REPORT.
20!
Primary schools, Semi- graded schools, Ungraded schools,
583.04
68.86
91.33
Total
1,133.96
Per cent. of attendance based on average membership,
90.
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee consists of nine members, three of whom are chosen annually for a term of three years each.
ORGANIZATION.
The annual meeting for organization of the Board shall be held on the first Monday in April at 7.30 o'clock p. m.
The first business after the necessary preliminaries shall be the election by ballot, of a chairman and secretary. If deemed expedi- ent a superintendent shall also be elected by ballot. They shall elect of their own number on nomination three sub committees as follows :
1. Committee on Incidentals and Repairs.
2. Committee on Text Books and Supplies.
3. Committee on Qualifications of Teachers.
The persons first named on the several sub-committees as they shall be constituted shall be the chairmen of their respective com- mittees.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.
The regular meeting of the Committee shall be held on the first Monday of each month, at 7.30 o'clock p. m.
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ORDER OF BUSINESS.
At all regular meetings of the Board the order of business shall be as follows :
1. Reading of the records of the previous meeting.
2. Report of Committees.
3. Report of Superintendent.
4. Unfinished business.
5. Approval of bills.
6. New business.
QUORUM.
A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum at all meetings and no vote passed at any meeting shall be legal unless a quorum is present. The chairman and secretary shall have authority to approve the regular pay-roll of the teachers on those months in which school terms end, previous to the regular meeting of the Board.
DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
The Chairman shall take the chair at the hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee and shall perform the usual duties of pre- siding officer.
In the absence of the Chairman, the secretary shall call the meet- ing to order and a chairman pro tem shall be elected.
The Chairman shall call special meetings of the Board whenever he may deem it necessary, and also at the request, in writing, of any three members.
DUTIES OF SECRETARY.
The secretary shall keep a full and accurate record of the proceed . ings of the Board, and shall enter upon the record the names of those present at each meeting. He shall give due notice of regular and special meetings and perform other duties usually required of a secre- tary, or that may be required of him by the Board. He shall also pre- pare on or before the first Monday of each month, a pay-roll of the teachers employed in the schools during the preceding month, speci- fying the name and grade of each teacher and the amount due each. He shall also at the same time prepare a monthly pay-roll of the jan- itors employed by the Committee.
DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENT.
SEC. 1. The Superintendent shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office, and shall not engage in any other business or
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calling whatever. He shall keep the regular office hours appointed by the school board and shall have the general supervision of the schools and the teachers.
SEC. 2. He shall make the public school system a careful study and shall keep himself thoroughly informed of the discipline and methods of instruction in other places that he may be able to pre- scribe the most efficient means for the advancement of the public schools of the town.
SEC. 3. He shall visit and carefully examine into the condition and progress of each school as often as his other duties will permit- He shall attend to the promotion and classification of scholars and equalize as far as practicable the attendance at the different schools.
SEC. 4. He shall call a meeting of all the teachers at least once each term, and shall call other meetings as often as he may deem in desirable for the purpose of instructing the teachers in relation to their duties and for mutual consultation in matters touching the prosperity of the schools. He shall advise with the teachers in refer- ence to the course of instruction and discipline, see that the pre- scribed studies are carefully pursued, that no text books are used ex- cept those adopted by the Committee, and all orders issued by him shall be binding unless revoked by the committee.
SEC. 5. He shall investigate all cases of discipline or difficulty re- ported to him by teachers, parents or guardians, and take such action in the case as he may deem best. He sball exert his influence to se- cure general and regular attendance, and raise the character of each school, and so far as practicable, of each scholar.
SEC 6. He shall be the executive officer of the School Committee and the medium of all official communications between the Commit- tee and the teachers.
SEC. 7. He shall furnish to the teachers the necessary school reg- cisters, blanks, etc., and see that such registers are faithfully kept, and the required reports promptly and properly made.
SEC. 6. At each regular meeting of the School Committee he shall make a report of the condition and progress of the schools during the previous month. This report shall give the enrollment, membership, average membership, average attendance and all other items of im- portance of each school and shall contain also any recommendations or suggestions he may deem it desirable to make.
SEC. 9. He shall have the direction and control of the transfer of scholars from one school to another, and no scholar shall be trans- ferred except by a certificate of transfer signed by him. He shall consider every application for a transfer and shall investigate the
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reasons therefor. In doubtful cases he shall confer with the Chair- man or refer the matter to the Board.
SEC. 10. He shall, in case of the absence of teachers from sickness or other causes, provide substitutes. No one shall be employed as sub- stitute without his approbation, and all substitutes shall be employed at the expense of the absent teacher.
SEC. 11. He shall have charge of all text books and supplies, and see that they are properly distributed and economically used.
SEC. 12. In addition to the regular office hours prescribed by the Committee, he shall, whenever his other duties will permit, be at his office from 8.30 to 9.00 a. m. and from 3.30 to 4.00 p. m.
DUTIES OF TEACHERS.
SECTION 1. Teachers shall acquaint themselves with the rules of the school committee, and the course of study. They will be held strictly responsible for the carrying out of the same in all matters re- lating to their respective schools.
SEC. 2. Teachers are required to be in their respective school rooms and have them open for the admission of scholars at least fif- teen minutes before the specified time of beginning each session. In very cold or stormy weather they may admit pupils at an earlier hour provided that no pupil shall enter any school room unless it is in charge of some teacher at the time.
SEC. 3. Strict punctuality shall be observed in opening and closing the sessions of the schools. Five minutes before the ap- pointed time for school to begin, the pupils shall be called in by ring- ing the bell. At the appointed hour precisely a stroke of the bel- shall be given by the teacher at the desk, and the exercises shall im- mediately commence. Any scholar who is not in his seat at that time shall be marked tardy.
SEC. 4. Teachers shall be held responsible for the proper care of their respective building and rooms from the time of opening the same until the close of the afternoon session. They shall see that good order is maintained both in the school building and yard. They shall see that the furniture, apparatus, books, and all property be- longing to the town are used with proper care.
SEc. 5. Teachers are requested to pay proper atttention to the light, ventilation, temperature, and cleanliness of their respective rooms aud premises, and to report to the Superintendent any neglect of duty on the part of the janitors in this respect
SEC. 6. Teachers shall exercise careful and kind supervision over their pupils, and shall never inflict excessive wor unusual punish- ment. It is especially enjoined upon them to inculcate lessons of
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truth, purity, justice, honor, humanity, courage, politeness, tempar- ance and patriotism.
SEC. 7. Principals may suspend a pupil for flagrant or persis- tent violation of the rules, but in all such cases they shall immedi- ately notify the parent or guardian and the Superintendent of such action, stating the cause of said suspension.
SEC. 8 Teachers shall prepare themselves carefully, both as to matter and method for conducting each daily school exercise, and each teacher shall prepare and follow a programme of daily exercises, ons copy of which shall be kept in a conspicuous place in the school- room and another furnished to the Superintendent within two weeks. after the beginning of eich tern. This programme shall be faith- fully followed, and no change of, or departure therefrom shall be made without notifying the Superintendent of the same.
SEC. 9. All principals and teachers in charge of schools shall, at- the beginning of the school year in April, enter on the enrollment sheets of their registers furnished by the State the names and a , es in years and months of pupils in their respective schools, and later, shall add the names of any entitled to enrollment, with ages reduced to the same date. They shall faithfully keep all the records required by the regulations printed in the register.
SEC. 10. In case of the sickness of any teacher notice shall be promptly given to the Superintendent. No teacher shall withdraw from school during any part of its session, nor dismiss school before the regular hour without permission previously obtained of the Superintendent, except in an event of real emergency, and in the lat- ter case report shall be made as soon as possible.
Sac. 11. In no caso shall a substitute be employed without the consent of the School Board or the Superintendent, previously ob- tained Regular teachers shall in no case be absent from the room. nor engage in other work during recitations conducted by special teac ers, but shall preserve order, maintain discipline, and aid such special teachers as far as possible.
Sec. 12 Teachers shall not give notice, in school, of shows, nor permit any of their time to be occupied by book agents, lecturers, or exhibition men. They shall not allow a subscription or contribut tion to be solicited or taken in the school for any purpose whatever.
Sec. 13. Teachers shall not detain pupils longer than five min- utes after the morning session, nor more than thirty minutes after the close of the afternoon session.
Sec. 14. Teachers are required to have the monthly reports promptly made out and placed in the charge of the Superintendent by the Saturday preceding the first Monday of each month.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Sec. 15. Civility and kindness to pupils are required of teachers, No teacher shall wound the feelings of any pupil by distorting name, or by slighting or disparaging allusions to parents or friends.
DUTIES OF PUPILS.
Sec. 1. No child under five years of age shall be admitted to the schools, and no pupil shall be admitted to grade 1 except during the first week of the fall and spring terms unless qualified to enter some existing class.
Sec. 2. All pupils are required to be in their respective school rooms before the time of opening each session, and to be regular in their daily attendance, and no pupil shall be allowed to leave to take private lessons during school hours, nor take less than the prescribed number of studies, nor change from one prescribed course to another without permission of the Committee.
SEC. 3. No pupil shall attend school in a district other than tha in which he lives, and no pupil shall be transferred from one school to another without a permit from the Superintendent.
SEC. 4. The bell shall be rung five minutes before the time of beginning school, and all scholars who are not in their seats at the expiration of the five minutes shall be accounted tardy.
SEC. 5. Any pupil having been absent or tardy shall be re- quired to bring a written excuse from parent or guardian, and any pupil who has been absent five half days in a month (two tardy marks counting as much as a half day's absence) except from sickness or some imperative necessity, shall be sent to the Superintendent.
SEC. 6. Pupils shall refrain entirely from the use of tobacco and from profane and other immoral language. Any pupil violating this rule shall be liable to immediate suspension or expulsion from the school.
SEC. 7. Every pupil is required to be punctual and regular in attendance ; to be industrious, obedient, respectful, and kind and polite in deportment.
SEC. 8 Any pupil who shall cut, deface, or otherwise injure any School house, furniture, fence or outbuilding thereof, or who shall write any profane or obscene language, or draw obscene pictures on any public school premises shall be liable to suspension or other pun- ishment according to the nature of the offence.
SEC. 9. Pupils who shall be guilty of defacing or injuring any school property shall pay in full for all damage, in default of which they shall be suspended from school and shall not be allowed to re- enter wi hout permission from the Superintendent.
SEC. 10. Pupils shall not be allowed to assemble about the school buildings at an unreasonable time before the opening of
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school, and after dismission they shall immediately leave the school premises.
SEC. 11. If a pupil is unable from sickness or any other cause to perform satisfactorilly the work of his grade, such pupil may be transferred to the next lower grade by the Superintendent subject to the approval of the Committee.
SEC. 12. When a pupil can advance faster than his class he shall be allowed to do so; and he may be promoted to a higher grade at the beginning of a term if fully qualified to do the work of that grade. No snch promotion shall be made without the approval of the Superintendent.
DUTIES OF JANITORS.
SEC. 1. Janitors shall be held responsible for the faithful per- formance of their duties, and shall be under the control of the General Committee, through the Superintendent, as its agent. They shall at all times be courteous and obliging to the teachers in whose school-houses they serve, and shall cheerfully give heed to any reason- able request of the teachers as to the regulation of the temperature and ventilation, and the performance of other minor duties which may come within the scope of their work.
SEC. 2. All the school rooms are to be swept at least twice a week, after school, and the furniture dusted each morning, before school, and cleanliness and neatness shall be carefully observed about the school houses and premises.
SEC. 3. Janitors shall frequently visit the school rooms to take note of the temperature, which they shall endeavor to keep up to the standard at all times during the session of the school.
SEC. 4. No intoxicating liquor shall be used by any janitor on any of the school premises, and no smoking shall be permitted out- side the furnace rooms. No profane or indecent language shall be permitted by any janitor on or about the school premises.
SEC. 5. Principals and teachers shall report to the Superin- tendent the failure of any janitor to comply with any of the fore- going regulations.
ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS.
The public schools shall consist of Primary schools, Grammar schools, and a High school.
The Primary schools shall consist of four grades of one year each first, second, third and fourth.
The Grammar schools shall consist of four grades of one year each ; fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth.
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The High school shall consist of four grades of one year each minth, tenth, Junior and Senior.
SCHOOL YEAR.
The School year shall consist of forty weeks for the High and High Grammar schools, and thirty eight weeks for all other schools.
TERMS AND VACATIONS.
The winter term of all the schools shall begin on the first Monday after New Year's day aud continue twelve weeks. The spring vaca- tion shall consist of one week.
The spring term of all the schools shall begin on Monday after & week's vacation and shall continue as follows; The High and High Grammar schools, twelve weeks, and all other schools eleven weeks.
The fall term of the High and High Grammar schools shall begin on the first day after Labor Day in September, and of all other schools on the next Monday, and all schools shall close for the winter holiday vacation on the last Friday before Christmas.
TABLE SHOWING NAMES, GRADES, TEACHERS, MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE.
TEACHERS.
NAME OF SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Different scholars
Boys.
Girls.
-
-
1. Victor V. Thompson,
Bank street,
High.
118
43
75
112.43
105.27
93 6
2. Helen W. Metcalf,
3. Abby N. Arnold,
66
4. Susan M. Kelly,
5. Herbert E Walker,
Sanford street,
31 and 4th Grammar. 125
73
52
112 95
104.59
92 5
6. Rhoda C. Siate,
:
8. Hannah M. Pratt,
Second Grammar.
74
34
40
62.03
56 9
91.6
9. Susan K. McIntyre, Hattie R. JJewett,
46
33
13
39.74
36 35
91
11.
O. Cora Chatterton,
.
First Grammar.
64
38
26
60.62
55.2
91.1
12. Carrie E. Johnson,
66
53
28
25
38 24
34.40
90
14.
S. Elizabeth Barrows,
Fourth Primary.
50
29
21
46
41 74
90.75
15. May E Brown,
66
46
36
10
42 53
39 48
92.8
16. Lon B. Kimball,
Third Primary.
57
25
32
48 13
44 2
919
17
Cora L. Maynard,
50
24
26
44 74
40.79
91 07
18. Emma F. Bradley,
2d and 3d Primary. Second Primary.
55
31
24
43.42
40.42
93.1
registered.
Average membership.
Average attendance.
attendance
Per cent. of
7. Nellie M. Toothaker,
10.
66
13. Inez A. Huni,
19. Alice B. Fisher,
[Sanford street,
First Primary.
129
60
1 69
70 26
60.75
86.5
20. 21. Dora A. Sweet,
South Main street, Pine street,
31 and 4th Primary. 2 1 and 31 Primary.
40
21
19
38.35
35 17
91.7
49
22
27
43.61
38.91
89 43
22. 23. Annie A. Wheeler,
Ist and 2d Primarv.
74
35
39
43 8
38
86 75
21
11
10
44
42.375
96.00
24 25.
Mary A. Stephenson,
Semi-Graded.
31
16
15
30 42
27 83
91
26. Bertha L. Smith,
Primary Grades.
121
56
65
70
58.32
83
27. Hattin E. Shepard,
Semi-Graded.
29
16
13
25 49
23.39
92
28 29 30.
Minnie A Walker,
Primary Grad s. $6
125
60
65
68
58
85.2
R Grace Field,
Semi-Graded
23
11
12
19.75
17.64
89 31
31. Alice A. Estes,
City,
Primary Grades.
46
25
21
36 11
33 24
92.05
32 Clara F. Bourne,
Turnpike,
Ungraded.
68
42
26
46 4
38 8
83 6
33.
Roslyn Ferran,
57
31
26
37 6
34 23
91
34 Julia L. Merry,
Briggs Corner,
34
19
15
22.79
17.3
75
35
Florence M. Carlin,
Perry,
36. M. B. Hawes,
Farmers,
Primary Grades.
49
30
19
30 2
28 8
92
Abbie E Carpenter,
Pleasant street,
38
17
21
20.6
18.5
89 8
37. 38. H J Whitiemore, 39. Louise M. Goodrich,
Music Teacher,
Drawing Teacher,
Annie McNerney,
L. J. Herrick,
Bertha V Cobb,
Carpenter street, Dodgeville, is
Nellie E. Briggs,
Hebronville,
REPORT
OF THE
SEWERAGE COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
Your committee to whom was referred the matter of investigating and reporting a sewerage plan for the town respectfully submit the following report.
Immediately after the committee had organized we deemed it ad- visable to obtain a report upon the subject from an engineer who had been connected with the design and construction of works similar to those which would probably be needed in Attleborough. We selected Freeman C. Coffin, C. E., of Boston, Mass., as our engineer and his thorough and comprehensive consideration of the subject is subjoined to our report for your future consideration. In order to make ac- curate plans and estimates of a work of this kind it was necessary that correct measurements and elevations of the entire territory be placed in the hands of our engineer.
Fortunately a very considerable part of this data was already at hand on the plans on file at the town clerk's office. By supplement- ing this data with results of actual surveys as became nscessary we have been able to furnish our engineer with all the necessary inform- ation at a very small cost compared with the cost that would have been involved if it had been necessary to survey all the streets for which sewers are provided. The results of the work of the committee and our engineer may be stated in a general way as follows :
I. An accurate and very complete map of the village that will prove valuable to the town in many ways.
II. On the map is shown the location of all sewers and manholes
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necessary for a complete system of sewers for the villages of Attle- boro and Dodgeville.
III. A set of profiles of all streets in the village showing the pres- ent surface of the ground, the proposed locations of the sewers, their size and grade, and the locations of all manholes. Also any changes that may be necessary in the surface of the streets on account of the sewers.
IV. A thorough and intelligent report by our engineer on the- subject of a sewerage system for the town that may be divided for consideration into two parts :---
a. The arrangement of the system of piping, manholes and other details of construction necessary for efficiently removing the sewage from the village.
b. The methods of disposal of the sewage.
CONSIDERATION OF THE SUBJECT.
In discussing these results the items under Sections I, II and III call for little remark at this time beyond the statement that we believe these maps and plans will be found useful for many purposes besides their use in connection with the construction of a sewerage system. . For instance the map may prove valuable to the assessors, while the knowledge of the size and location of the proposed sewer in a given street will make it possible to proceed with the permanent improve- ment of the street long before the sewerage system is extended to that location by placing in the street to be improved the proposed sewer at the proper grade and extending connections for the houses on the street to the street lino. In streets where severs are to be of of small size and not placed at a great depth the cost will be very small compared with the cost of other parts of the system.
We are now for the first time, in a position where it is possible to make permanent improvements on any or all streets in town and know at the beginning that the water, sewer and gas pipes will not have to be disturbed. Under Section IV, which refers to the report of our engineer, we can add but littie in the way of information. The estimates we understand to be based on the results of similar wo k in other places. These estimates do not include the cost of land, rights of way or the cost of raising the grade of streets when necessary, or any land damages that may be caused by such change of grade. These are matters of which it is not advisable to make a separate estimate at the present time, but when the work of construction is undertaken the appropriation should be large enough to include the expense that will probably be caused by these items. The estimated cost of this
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