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SEC. 5. The Water Board shall, as often as once in each calendar month, meet and examine all bills and claims incurred by them in the prosecution of their duty and all claims
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approved shall be certified by them before payment of the same by the Town Treasurer.
The Water Board shall keep a full record of their pro- ceedings, and they shall at the annual town meeting make a report in detail to the town of their official acts and doings for the year preceeding, with estimates of expenditures and receipts for the year succeeding, and such suggestions and recommendations as may seem to them for the benefit of the town.
SEC. 6. The Water Board shall make all proper arrange- ments for the sufficient supply of water for use at fires, and for furnishing the same in the most efficient and suitable man- ner. They shall, in consultation with the Selectmen, arrange for such supply of water as may be required for operating any public fountains, or ornamental public water works, for flush- ing and cleansing public sewers and drains. for sprinkling streets. and for any other use clearly distinct from that of ordinary water takers.
SEC. 7. The Water Board shall have exclusive charge of the supply of water. may make all the necessary arrange- ments therefor. and such rules and regulations and rates as they may deem to be judicious.
SEC. 8. The following rules and regulations are hereby established. and, together with such rules, regulations and rates as shall. from time to time. be made by the Water Board. under the authority of the preceeding section, shall be con- sidered a part of the contract with every person who takes the water. and the fact of taking shall be considered as expressing assent on the part of the taker to be bound thereby.
Whenever any of them is violated. although two or more parties may receive the water through the same pipe. the water shall be cut off and not let on again, except by order of the Water Board, and on payment of one dollar. and in case of
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such violation, any payment made for the water by the person committing such violation, shall be forfeited.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
1. Applications for the use of water must be made in writing at the office of the Water Registrar in the prescribed form, and must state fully and truly the use to which it is to be applied.
. No water shall be supplied by takers to persons not. entitled to its use.
2. All persons taking the water shall keep the service pipes within their premises in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and they shall be held liable for all damages resulting from their failure to do so. They shall provide a stop and waste cock, to be properly located inside the building, and have the pipes so arranged that the water can be drawn from them whenever there is danger of its freezing.
3. They shall prevent all voluntary waste of water, and shall not allow water to run through their fixtures to prevent freezing, and there shall be no concealment of the purpose for which the water is used.
4. No alteration shall be made in any of the pipes or fixtures inserted by the town except by persons authorized by the Water Board, who shall be allowed to enter the premises to examine the apparatus, the quantity of water used and the manner of its use, and to ascertain whether there is any unnecessary waste.
5. The town reserves to itself the right, whenever the Water Board deems it necessary to repair the works, to shut off the water in whole or in part.
6. The Water Registrar or Superintendent, or their agents or assistants may enter the premises of any water taker
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to examine the quantity used and the manner of its use and to cut off the water for non-payment of rents or fines, or any violations of these regulations or for any other necessary pur- pose connected with the discharge of their duties.
7. Owners shall be responsible for water supplied to their premises. When water is supplied to more than one taker through a single service, the bill may be made either to the owner of the estate or by the direction of the owner to the tenants ; but in case of non-payment the water may be shut off, notwithstanding one or more takers may have paid their proportion to such owner or the town.
8. A taker may be required at any time to attach to the service pipes of his premises a meter of suitable size, when at the discretion of the Water Board it seems for the interest of the town. And in all such cases the rates for the current year shall be adjusted by the meter readings, even if a bill by fixture rates has already been settled.
9. All service pipes and stop cocks will be supplied and put down to the sidewalk line by the town. All work beyond the sidewalk line shall be done under the direction and approval of the Water Board by the water taker and at his expense both for labor and material.
10. In all cases of non-payment of water rent in thirty days after the same is due, or violating the above rules the water may be shut off. The sum of $1 will be charged for letting it on.
SEC. 9. The water rates and meter rents shall be payable semi-annually in advance on the first days of January and July of each year. All charges for specific supplies or supplies for fractional parts of the year shall be payable in advance and before the water is let on. In all cases where the consumption of water is ascertained by meters, any excess of the minimum rates shall be payable annually, quarterly or
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monthly, as may be required by the Water Board. £ Bills for the same shall be due when rendered.
SEC. 10. If any person shall turn on or turn off the water in any of the public water pipes or reservoirs without the license of the Water Board he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $3 nor more than $20 upon conviction thereof before a trial justice or court having jurisdiction of offenses arising under town by-laws.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The duties of the Board of Health in the Town of Attle- borough, as it exists to-day, are far greater and more exten- sive than they have been heretofore. With a rapidly growing population new dwellings are constantly erected, and a larger number of children are concentrated in our school houses. To properly meet the first condition, the Board is stronly im- pressed with the necessity of having an officer who can insist that only scientific and wholesome plumbing shall be allowed, and for the latter a greater responsibility of caring for the health of the pupils and preventing the entrance and spread of contagious diseases exists.
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
The Board again urges upon the Town that it be allowed to appoint an Inspector of Plumbing, and that an appropria- tion be made for his compensation. The Town by-laws pro- vide proper methods for this work, but with no inspector to enforce them, they are worthless.
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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
During the year forty one cases of diphtheria were reported to the Board of Health. thirty-seven of them in the months of October, November and December. Nearly all occurred in the Farmers school district. As soon as it was apparent that the health of the pupils attending that school was imperilled, the Board purchased an improved Formaldehyde gas regener- ator. the school house was closed and thoroughly fumigated, as were also the homes of the pupils where cases existed. Later the Pleasant street school house was closed and fumi- gated. By such means. and by the almost universal use of antitoxine by the attending physicians, the spread of the dis- ease was checked.
We again desire to express our most hearty approval of the course adopted by the State Board of Health of furnishing antioxine for the free use of physicians. With this agent many lives are saved and epidemics prevented.
A brief table giving the number of cases of diphtheria reported to the Board of Health of Attleboro since 1891, and the number of deaths and percentage of fatal cases each year, shows in a striking manner the beneficial effects of the use of antitoxine in this disease, by the constantly decreasing death rate :
Number of
Year.
Cases.
Deaths.
Percentage of Fatal Cases.
1891,
53
17
32
1892,
2
25
1893,
21
5
24
1894,
16
6
37
1895.
6
33
1896,
19
4
21*
1857,
32
4
12
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1898,
3
0
0)
1899,
41
4
10
* Beginning of the use of antitoxine.
Of the four fatal cases last year, we are informed that in two of them the serious nature of the disease was not recog- nized early enough by the parents for the successful use of antitoxine.
The Board earnestly urges physicians to report as cases of diphtheria, only those where the diagnosis lias been con- firmed by the result of the culture-tube test. A provisional quarantine should be established for each suspicious case to be broken or continued, as the culture-test determines. It would also suggest that the duty of physicians ends with reporting the case to the Board of Health, and that no public benefit follows the announcement of each case in the local newspapers.
During the month of August eleven cases of typhoid fever arose simultaneously in South Attleborough. A member of the Board visited the locality, but the source of the contagion was obscure. In these modern days of electric car excursions and bicycle rides, many opportunities exist for contracting fever away from home.
The filthy and dangerous habit indulged in by some, of spitting on the floors of street cars and in other public places, caused the Board to establish a by-law forbidding such custom and providing a suitable penalty.
The report of this Board for 1898 contains the following : " Many houses in the centre of the Town are not connected with the public sewer, and until a new system of sewerage is adopted must so remain. This necessitates frequent emptying of cesspools and vaults, and the carts thus employed pass through our streets, often sending forth vile odors, and frequently leaving portions of their contents along the high- way." Eternal vigilance fails to entirely correct this evil, but
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progress in this direction can be reported.
The usual tables of vital and marriage statistics are appended.
Respectfully submitted,
G. K. ROBERTS, Chairman. Board CHAS. E. BLISS, of
C. S. HOLDEN, Secretary. Health.
Contagious Diseases Reported by Physicians.
Disease.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
Diphtheria,
2
1
24
00
6
41
Scarlet fever,
2
1
3
1
4
6
1
18
Typhoid fever
1
11
12
Measles,
17
14
10
41
-
1
-
1
1
RETURN OF BIRTHS FOR 1899 Date and Sex.
SEX.
NATIONALITY OF PARENTS.
DATE.
Male.
Female.
Both American.
Both Foreign.
Father American.
Mother American.
Totals.
January,
15
=
11
10
1
2.1
February,
13
10)
8
9
I
23
March,
9
9
9
1
18
April,
11
11
12
6
2
22
May,
14
1
6
1
17
June,
10
8
9)
-
18
July,
11
6
1
9
1
17
August,
.
1
10
12
12
1
2
22
September,
11
October,
-
-
1
-
14
11
8
11
December,
-
-
Totals,
-
-
-
128
104
83
97
26
26
232
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
1
6
2
13
November,
25
-
-
19
10
8
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DEATHS.
Total number of deaths, exclusive of still births,
154
Number of still births,
3
DEATHS BY SEXES.
(Still births excluded.)
Males,
68
Females,
86
DEATHS BY AGES. (Still births excluded.)
TOTAL. MALE. FEMALE.
Deaths of persons under one year,
28
13
15
from one to two years,
5
3
2
from two to three years,
4
4
0
from three to four years,
3
0
3
from four to five years,
4
2
2
from five to ten years,
3
2
1
from ten to fifteen years,
0
0
0
from fifteen to twenty years,
7
4
3
from twenty to thirty years,
20
14
6
from thirty to forty years,
15
6
9
from forty to fifty years,
15
7
8
from fifty to sixty years,
11
3
8
from sixty to seventy years,
10
4
6
from seventy to eighty years,
18
4
14
Over eighty years,
11
2
9
Ages unknown,
0
0
0
154
68
86
Oldest male, 85 years ; female, 88 years.
DEATHS BY MONTHS. (Still births excluded.)
Deaths in January, .
11 July,
12
February,
12
August,
22
March,
11
September, 10
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Deaths in April,
17
October, 16
May,
17 November. 12
.June,
3.
December, 11
CAUSES OF DEATH.
CLASS I-ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Order 1-Miasmatic.
Diphtheria,
4
Cerebro spinal meningitis,
Whooping cough,
1
Typhoid fever,
3
Erysipelas,
1
Influenza.
2
Dysentary.
2
Cholera infantum,
13
CLASS II-CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Order 1-Diathetic.
Cancer.
9
Cerebral tumor,
2
Order 2-Tuberculosis.
Phthisis, 16
CLASS III-LOCAL DISEASES.
Order 1-Nervous System,
Cephalitis,
1
Apoplexy.
9
Paralysis.
1
Insanity,
1
Epilepsy,
1
Locomotor ataxia. 1
Order 2 -- Organs of Circulation.
Pericarditis, 1
Heart diseases, 11
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Order 3-Respiratory Organs.
Pneumonia,
13
Asthma.
2
Oedema of Lungs.
1
Order 4-Digestive Organs.
Gastritis,
4
Enteritis,
1
Stricture of intestines.
2
Jaundice.
1
Cirrhosis of liver,
1
Order 5.
Bright's Disease.
Order 6,
Diseases of uterus. 1
Order 7-Organs of Locomotion.
Pott's disease,
1
CLASS IV-DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Order 1-Of Children.
Still born,
3
Premature birth and debility,
9
Order 2-Of Women.
Childbirth.
3
Order 3-Of Old People. 1-
Old age,
CLASS V.
Order 1-Accident or Negligent.
Fractures and contusions,
4
Poison.
1
Drowning,
3
Fall.
Order 4-Suicide. 1
Wounds,
1
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MARRIAGES.
There were 221 marriages in town.
Both American,
138
Both foreign, One American,
25
58
Total, 221
ANN VALREPORT
18 9
OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF ATTLEBORO
Designed by George Nerney - High School, Second Year.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
EDUCATIONAL.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$27,000 00
Dog fund,
957 86 445 75
Tuition,
$28,403 61
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' salaries,
$23,047 75
Janitors' salaries,
2,751 14
Fuel,
1,885 11
Bristol county truant school, 114 70
School census,
45 00
$27,843 70
Balance,
559 91
$28,403 61
INCIDENTALS AND REPAIRS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, $3,000 00 Error, 1 75
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Old junk. $2 00
$3.003 75
Overdrawn.
1.124 05
$4.127 60
EXPENDITURE :.
George S. Perry & Co ..
$1 00
Reuben Coffin. 20 42
J. V. Curran.
40 50
Warren Parker.
115 50
Pike & Shaw.
71 50
J. W. Gifford Co ..
356 18
E. A. Fuller. 80 39
O. P. Richardson.
305 00
Attleborough Gas Light Co .. 26 00
George F. Goe.
225 77
Attleborough Press. 37 00
George H. Snell.
2 60
A. G. Slocum.
4 00
T. E. Perrin & Son.
24 07
Derby Desk Co ..
24 00
Win. Flynn. 16 00
Edward E. Babb & Co .. 70 24
G. T. Holmes.
35
A. A. French.
4 00
E. A. Wales. 1 00
H. P. Kent. 12 02
Frank E. Tingley.
0.50
M. Steinert & Son.
2 50
B. B. Hathaway. : 30
J. L. Tobitt & Co ..
08 43
Sun Publishing Co ..
6 50
George A. Sweeney. 6. 50
M. Carrie. 50 07
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M. S. Mead, $1 50
J. O. Tiffany,
50 08
W. H. Garner,
6 10
N. Perry & Co.,
182 75
George H. Herrick,
3 00
George S. Cash,
8 00
H. E. White,
231 28
M. F. Ashley,
12 03
The Chandler Desk Co.,
160 70
J. Harry Holden,
81 55
A. F. & F. Bray,
90
Amos E. Walker,
3 00
E. L. Freeman & Sons,
8 00
Standard Printing Co.,
7 25
B. P. King, 11 27
Wm. Webster,
6 00
George H. Hatton,
23 85
Methodist Society,
12 00
H. W. Hall,
6 50
E. W. Read,
2 50
W. J. Howland,
86
George W. Horton,
1 25
Gertrude Fears,
3 00
M. F. Appleton,
5 00
J. W. Meiklejohn, 9 00
W. H. Reeby, 4 00
A. A. Guild, 2 00
J. L. Hammett Co., 1 50
A. J. Jillson, 3 00
A. I. Atwell, 3 50
H. B. Wood & Co., 7 49
Bates Opera House,
37 50
C. B. Jenks, 4 59
A. B. Warren, 9 80
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ANNUAL REPORT.
S. R. Briggs,
$8 65
Nerney & Co.,
1 05
C. S. Holden, M. D.,
25 00
C. F. Holmes & Co,
289 08
Grant Bros.,
652 58
H. E. Carpenter,
341 04
Attleborough Furuiture Co.,
6 85
E. O. Dexter,
108 25
W. P. Kelly,
45 94
Josiah Sullivan,
3 75
W. Walker,
50
Mrs. F. Smith,
3 00
O. D. Case,
13 43
F. Mossberg Co.,
75
C. J. Carret,
2 60
H. A. Smith,
15 05
A. H. Tucker,
3 93
F. E. Goff,
7 40
$4,127 80
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$2,500 00
Books sold,
6 75
2,506 75
EXPENDITURES.
George S. Perry & Co.,
$153 27
Werner School Book Co.,
30 72
William Ware & Co.,
106 55
Boston School Supply Co.,
71 61
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
302 37
Nahum Perry & Co.,
12 20
Eagle Pencil Co.,
44 85
Educational Publishing Co.,
43 20
J. L. Hammett Co.,
372 89
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American Book Co.,
$157 52
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.,
6 90
The Morse Co,,
8 70
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
371 95
Ginn & Co.,
219 50
Maynard, Merrill & Co.,
3 36
Lea Brothers,
8 00
Zeigler Electric Co.,
20
Rand, McNally & Co.,
10 00
Caroline E. Howe,
15 00
H. P. Smith Publishing Co., 10 80
Sun Publishing Co,, 25 00
M. S. Mead, 65
New England Publishing Co. 50
Wadsworth, Howland & Co
6 00
A. V. Crawford, 6 00
Oliver Ditson Co.,
2 40
D. C. Heath & Co.,
34 60
J. H. Gray,
1 05
L. Taylor, 6 00
Amasa Walker,
24 80
Library Bureau, 5 04
Allyn & Bacon,
23 24
The Holden Book Cover Co.,
33 08
D. W. Hoff, 24 75
George A. Sweeney,
25
George H. Herrick,
6 00
L. P. Beers,
50 00
The Mayhew Publishing Co.,
50
Neostyle Co.,
5 00
Anthony & Cowell Co.,
27 50
Wyckoff, Seamens & Benedict,
95 15
B. P. King, 3 70
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 4 50
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T. E. Perrin & Son,
$36 69
E. A. Wales. 11 42
G. I. Simpson, 25 85
Samuel Ward Co ..
16 00
Providence Telephone Co ..
11 75
Standard Printing Co,,
20 25
Attleborough Press.
42 25
Herbert E. White & Co.,
1 19
A. F. and F. Bray.
86
Balance.
2,506 56 19
$2,506 75
TRANSPORTATION.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURE ..
Reuben Coffin,
362 90
Wm. C. Richardson,
246 00
T. E. Perrin & Son.
360 00
Seneca Cole,
280 00
Norton Street Railway,
50 00
81.298 90
Balance. 201 10
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation.
$1.200 00
EXPENDITURES.
J. O. Tiffany, salary, $600 00
W. P. Kelly. salary, 562 50
$1,162 50
Balance,
37 50
$1,200 00
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SUPERINTENDENT'S CLERK.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
Florence Everett,
$120 00
Alice I. Wetherell,
80 00
$200 00
RECAPITULATION.
RECEIPTS.
Educational,
$28,403 61
Text books and supplies.
2,506 75
Incidentals and repairs.
3,003 75
Transportation,
1,500 00
Superintendent,
1,200 00
Clerk,
200 00
Overdrawn,
325 35
$37,139 46
EXPENDITURES.
Educational,
$27,843 70
Text books and supplies,
2,506 56
Incidentals and repairs,
4,127 80
Transportation,
1,298 90
Superintendent,
1,162 50
Clerk,
200 00
$37,139 46
Examined January 25th, 1900, and found correct.
F. L. LEBARON, FREDERICK G. MASON. Auditors.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, --
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
OF
Committee on New School Building at Dodgeville.
Amount appropriated at meeting March,
1899, $12,000 00
Amount paid for land, $700 00
Karl H. Hyde, plans,
125 00
James Kiley, building walls, 30 00
July 31. James Kiley, building walls, 52 37
Duett Griswold, stone for wall, 49 38
Aug. 17. Geo. I. Parker, first pay-
ment,
1,000 00
Sept. 4. II. A. Smith, 37 80
14. Attleborough Sun, adver- tising bids, 4 50
Karl H. Hyde, survey, 9 85
Oct. 19. George I. Parker, second payment, 1,500 00
George I. Parker, extras, 18 50
Nov. 6. Geo. F. Bicknell, insurance,
45 00
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Dec. 14. William Flynn. pipe to dry wells. 4 00
83.576 40
31. Unexpended. 8.423 60
12.000 00
O. P. RICHARDSON.
Secretary of Committee.
Examinel January 30. 1900. and found correct.
BENJ. F. LINDSEY.
F. L. LEBARON. Auditors
FREDERICK G. MASON.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH :
The Committee to whom you have entrusted the care and direction of the Town's educational interests, elsewhere submit for your consideration a detailed statement of the receipt and expenditure of funds for the year ending December 31, 1899. We here ask your attention to a few words relative to the work attempted and accomplished in connection with our Schools, together with such recommendations as seem to your Committee as of vital importance.
THE YEAR.
The year which is covered by this report has been a year of changes and re-adjustment.
We have been confronted by the fact that our Town is rapidly increasing in population. Our material prosperity is daily inviting people from other towns to make Attleborough their home.
One of the first questions which is asked by these new- comers is this : "What about your schools? Are they as good or better than those which we are leaving?" Every where the demand is heard that our educational interests be made of first importance; that the methods used, and the teaching force be in harmony with the ideas of the closing days of the 19th century.
With the material growth of our Town there comes the imperative demand for increased educational facilities.
The school equipment which was adequate for a town of 5,000 inhabitants is lamentably meagre for a town which is pushing towards the town limit, and almost knocking at the doors of city honors and responsibilities.
Again the Town which would invite to its privileges the best classes of citizens must offer them school equipment and
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school management which is thoroughly modern. Some of the modern ideas of education may not be good; but the thinking world demands that their worth be tested by use.
It will be readily seen that the problems which are pre- sented the School Committee for solution are each year assum- ing larger proportions, and involving greater complexities. There is a call not only for increased expenditures, but greater care, and more intelligent consideration. Moreover, it becomes absolutely essential that in the department of instruction we secure the best professional service which is available.
In methods and in men, however, we believe that changes should be made only in response to a need, and not simply be- cause something new is soliciting approval.
A glance at the statistical tables, which may be found in connection with the Superintendent's report, will reveal the fact that our schools are rapidly increasing in size ; the num- ber of pupils for whose interests we must make provision is each year becoming greater.
Our educational plant to-day has reached such magnitude as to demand that attention which can be given only by a man of abundant vigor.
Again, those who have dealings with men know that at times is needed the inspiration of a new personality to stimu- late others to do their best work. This is true in school work. Teachers and pupils alike may be impelled to more efficient service simply by the presence of a new face, the sound of a new voice.
In obedience to this idea your committee decided to make a change in the superintendence of our schools.
We desire, however, in this public way, to gratefully acknowledge the fidelity of Mr. J. O. Tiffany, who has rendered many years of efficient service to the educational interests of our town.
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TEACHERS.
We have to chronicle a large number of changes in our teaching force. Some of these changes, we believe, reflect. credit upon the committee, others have been necessitated by causes entirely beyond their control.
Some of our best teachers are annually allured to other towns, not only by increased salaries, but also by the idea that they may find there a more certain way to professional advancement ánd preferment.
The changes in the High School were entirely voluntary on the part of the teachers. They were efficient, and we should have been glad to have retained them.
The work of the High School has been seriously hampered for years by the frequent changes in its head. This year it was not only decapitated, but lost nearly its entire body. The present faculty includes only one of the teachers who were in the school previous to September, 1899. We feel that, while it was not an easy task to fill the vacancies, nevertheless the work has progressed so well as to justify our choice, and that the present conditions promise better results in the future.
The change which occurred in the principalship of the Sanford street Grammar School seemed an essential one. and the committee was glad to find a man having not only ex- perience in school management, but also equipped for work by a broad collegiate training. Thus far the work done and the spirit which prevails seem to confirm the wisdom of our selection.
Parents at times question if we do, after all, secure any practical results from our schools.
In reply to this query, we would call attention to the cover of our report, which was designed by George Nerney, one of the pupils of the High School. A number of designs by different pupils were submitted to the committee. All were
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good-only one could be selected. It is gratifying to the committee that so much interest in this work was shown, and we feel that already we are seeing good results from our special departmental instruction.
Without attempting a detailed statement of each school. its work and its teachers. this much must be said: Our teachers. as a whole, are earnest, faithful and willing to co- operate with parents. committee and superintendent for the purpose of securing the best which is possible for the children entrusted to their care.
Parents are urged to know the teachers, and to manifest some intelligent, kindly interest in the work which is being attempted in our schools.
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