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garten. Those at Dodgeville and Hebronville are doing a good work for society. I should like to see one started at the St. Jean Plat also, where the children speak a foreign language very largely at home.
The following reports show the progress of the year in various directions. They all have the fault of under- stating it. I will add but a word with reference to the High School, because conditions there have not always been so good as now. It is doing an excellent work. The course of study is liberal and progressive, the teachers are competent, and a high tone of life is main- tained. The teachers wield an influence for good out of -chool by entering into the social, musical and athletic interests of the scholars; in school the pupils are studi- ous. or lerly and respectful.
REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr William P. Kelly, Superintendent of Schools :
I herewith present my second annual report as Prin- cipal of the High School.
The most encouraging feature of the year is the size and growth of the School. There have been enrolled to date one hundred and fifty pupils, the average mem- bership for the Fall term being one hundred and forty- two.
A comparison of the above membership with that of the corresponding period in 1899. shows a gain of twenty-three. Now sixteen of these pupils were entered as a ninth grade, but part of them were graduates of the Grammar School and were thus eligible to enter the freshman class of the High School, which they would have done had no ninth grade been formed. A con- servative estimate of the facts and figures establishes
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a net increase of thirteen over last year. To make room for the increased number of pupils, sixteen desks were added to the lower assembly room, so now the capacity of the High School is one hundred and fifty-two.
The Superintendent's statistical tables in last year's report show that the High School made no appreciable gain in numbers during the six years prior to September, 1899, and that the average membership for that time was one hundred and twelve. The Fall term of 1899 showed an increase of six per cent. over that average, while the Fall term of 1900 show, an increase of eighteen per cent. over the same average, and eleven per cent. over that of the preceding year. This is not phenomenal, still it is a substantial and very encouraging gain.
It may be of interest to note here that the average size of the High School in towns of our size in the State is about fifty per cent. larger than our own. One reason for such a condition is found in the exceptionally large number of positions for boys and girls in the shops of our town. Dollars look very attractive to the average boy of fifteen years, and there comes to many a pupil the time when study seems a grind, and, work in the shops, something much more delightful. This is the critical time for parents to decide whether it is quite necessary or wise for the child to leave his school. Too often the child tells me that his parents do not approve his leaving but still allow him to do so. So many children tell me long afterward that they made a mistake in leav- ing, that I wonder if the parents are far-sighted enough. Is not the fact forgotten that, under ordinary conditions, the earning capacity of the child is largely increased by a liberal education? Keep the child in school as long as possible. The future career of the child depends much on the start he gets. If a mistake is made in
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shaping that course, it is too often the parent who makes it, and later it is the child who suffers.
Attleboro has fallen into line with other progresive towns in establishing an elective course of study for its High School pupils. English is required each year, and in working for a diploma a pupil must, sometime during his course, do a certain amount of work in mathematics, science and history. Except for these restrictions, pupils are left free to choose from the subjects offered the ones which most appeal to their individual tastes. One happy result of this has already been noted in the fewer re- quests of pupils to change their studies.
The followng are the most important changes in the course of study :
I. The addition of Solid Geometry to the depart- ment of mathematics. This gives a continuous course in mathematics throughout the four years.
2. The addition of year courses each in Mediaeval and Modern, English, and American History. Civics is to be taught in connection with American History, and, as this course is placed in the Senior year, it ought to be most profitable and practical. For reference work in this department, some seventy new books of a historical nature have recently been placed in the school library, a much needed and welcome gift from the Richardson School Fund. Like English and mathematics, history is now offered for four years. The same is true of Latin, science, music and drawing.
3. The establishment of four commercial branches, -- Commercial Arithmetic, Bookkeeping, Stenography and Typewriting. The last two subjects were not offered this year, but they will be given next year. Commercial Arithmetic was elected by ten students and Bookkeep- ing by sixteen. The system of Bookkeeping taught is
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an up to date one, engaging the pupil in actual business transactions. The class are unanimous in their ex- pressions of approval of the work. One pupil says, "It is a pleasure to do the work. We buy and sell goods, pay and receive money, give and receive notes, checks and bills, and keep accounts with the bank." Another says, "The old method was a grind, but the new method is its opposite in every way." The design of the com- mercial branches is to give to students here at home what so many have felt it necessary to go to a Business College to obtain.
The library, which ought to be open to the students during the entire day, is now of necessity used as a recitation room twenty-two out of thirty periods each week. The room now occupied by the Superintendent could be used to advantage as a recitation room, and next year the need of it will be much more urgent. In- deed, the problem of accommodations for High School pupils will next year be a trying one, for the out-going class numbers but nine, while it is safe to say that fifty new pupils will enter the school.
It is earnestly desired that parents will be more frequent visitors.
Permit me inclosing to express my thanks to you and to the members of the School Committee for your efforts to promote the best interests of the school.
Respectfully,
WILBUR D. GILPATRIC.
REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SANFORD STREET SCHOOL.
Mr. William P. Kelly, Superintendent of Schools :
My second annual report is a report of progress, and a statement of two pressing needs.
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The school is in good working condition .- as good as existing circumstances permit. The spirit is good, and the majority of the pupils show interest and en- thusiasm in their work. They have shown especial appreciation of improvements that have been made and they take pride in cooperating with the teachers and school authorities in promoting the interests of the school.
The new course of study is simplifying and sys- tematizing the work, and there is a greater uniformity in the same grade under different teachers than there was last year. The results are very satisfacory thus far. When the course is fully in operation, coupled with im- proved plans for grading, the value of the school to the individual pupil will be greatly enhanced.
There is, however, one defect in the school system for which a remedy does not seem to be provided. So many new subjects have been introduced in recent years without adequate time being provided, that the course of study is in a somewhat congested condition. A heavy burden is put upon teacher and pupil to accomplish the required work in the given time, and the work is done, especially in the higher grades, under too high pressure. The teacher tends to become a taskmaster, and the pupil frequently becomes exhausted and discouraged under the nervous strain. Besides, the multiplication of sub- jects leads to superficiality and inaccuracy in the pupil and over-straining on the part of the teacher.
It is probable that a readjustment of the time allotted to different subjects would serve as a practical remedy, but a remedy that would strike more deeply at the root of the matter would be to extend the present eight-year course to cover eight and one-half years, or even nine years, if necessary. This arrangement, of course, should
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not prevent a class from accomplishing the full course in eight years, if they were competent to do so. Such classes, however, are rare. Nine full years give a better preparation for the High School, or for life, and afford a better opportunity for the development of those essen- tial elements of culture and character that cannot be out- lined in any course of study.
A second imperative need at the Sanford Street School is closer personal supervision on the part of the principal. The present amount of teaching required practically prohibits any close attention to the details of supervision, and scarcely leaves sufficient time for the duties of general administration. The principal, the sev- enteen teachers, and the seven hundred pupils should work as one school, the integral parts of a complete sys- tem. There should be a directing, personal influence upon which the teachers can rely, and which should be in close touch with the school life to a degree impossible for a busy superintendent. It is the hope of your present principal that the way may be opened for such super- vision, and that the present movement toward better courses and better grading may be continued, so that Attleborough may become as noted for its educational system as it is for its business enterprise.
Respectfully,
SHERBURN C. HUTCHINSON.
REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HEBRON- VILLE SCHOOL.
Mr. William P. Kelly, Superintendent of Schools :
I offer the following as my fifth annual report.
At the beginning of the Spring term Miss Broom- head's room containing Grades I and II, being over- crowded, Grade I, under the charge of Miss Gibson, was
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piaced in a hall outside the school premises.
Although the largest class which has been graduated went out in June, and an unusual number of pupils have gone to work, the attendance remains as large as ever.
The graduating class gave a fine copy of "The Har- vest Moon" as the class offering to the school.
The Committee had the building and fences painted during the summer vacation.
Through the earnest efforts of the teachers and the truant officer, regularity in attendance has been much improved.
Respectfully, JOHN R. KING.
REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE DODGE- VILLE SCHOOL.
Mr. William P. Kelly, Superintendent of Schools :
School opened January 1, 1900, with an enrolment of 120 pupils. The Spring term showed an increase of 45, 35 being due to the opening of a Kindergarten.
We regret that the attendance has not been entirely satisfactory. The home life of the children, so many of whose parents work in the mill, is such, that many and varied are the excuses for being absent. It is difficult to make the distinction between a reason and an excuse.
The new course of study has defined our work, and helped us greatly.
"All things come to those who wait." We had waited long, to a degree patiently, and at the beginning of the Spring term, teachers and pupils were delighted to leave the old school-house for the beautiful modern four-room building, in which we have continued work under such improved conditions.
We welcomed the Kindergarten, a new but decidedly
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successful feature. Kindergarten work is especially ben- eficial among foreign children, many of whom, otherwise, would enter the first grade without being able to speak the English language. The parents show much interest.
Miss Lucy C. Sweet, W. A. Streeter Post 145, G. A. R., Mr. W. H. Garner and Mr. Knight have each helped to adoin and educate by contributing pictures. To the G. A. R. we are also indebted for silk flags, presented to each room, at our Memorial exercises.
The old year has gone with its pleasures and its disappointments. What was not done, may not be, but we are looking eagerly to the new year and the new cen- tury to strive toward our ideal.
Respectfully, ALBERTA M. HAROLD.
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
Mr. William P. Kelly, Superintendent of Schools :
We sometimes hear certain persons make the re- mark, "I cannot draw." This is absurd. Given the inclination to attend to its study, and the patience to per- severe, provided there is no physical trouble, in course of time one may draw as well as another. That he may become an artist is another thing. Artists like poets are "born not made." Fortunately this remark is seldom heard in school. The confidence with which the young people undertake any new work in drawing is some- times surprising.
Last year the pupils of the City School built a four- room play-house, and designed and constructed the carpets, wall papers, and furnishings for it.
This proved to be so interesting and profit- able a line of work that similar houses are being planned
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at the schools in Hebronville. City. Mendon Road, Perry- ville and Briggs Corner. The boys and girls have devel- oped considerable taste and ingenuity in designing fur- niture and hangings, and it is hoped they will be lead to show as much thought in decorating their own homes. This matter of "applied art" seems to be the practical subject for school work. The children may not become artists, but each and all will have the opportunity to exercise taste and thought about manufactured goods. Why not start a museum of "arts and crafts" on a small scale: Good designs cannot be made without good models, and plenty of material could be obtained in the vicinity.
The Richardson Fund, with customary generosity, has provided new plaster casts for study and decoration. Friends have contributed liberally to the decoration of the Dodgeville School, and it is hoped that the newer buildings will not go unadorned.
It is a pleasant privilege to thus yearly acknowledge my indebtedness to the teachers and the Committee in aiding me to carry on the work which I sincerely hope may continue to prosper.
Respectfully.
DOROTHY G. RICE.
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Mr. William P. Kelly, Superintendent of Schools :
The music for the past year in all the schools has been very satisfactory. Pupils and teachers have worked in every respect faithfully to have it good.
Although it has been made elective in the High School, yet we have a large chorus, and are doing much better work than in previous years. The High and Grammar Schools are singing much standard sheet music,
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in addition to the songs and exercise found in their regular books, and the chorus effects are often inspiring.
The higher grades at Hebronville and two sixth grades at Sanford Street were advanced last September into the Introductory Third Readers and the music has since improved very much. New interest has been awak- ened with new material.
The semi-graded schools are doing well, but it is quite difficult to obtain satisfactory results with pupils of so many different ages in one class.
The music is commendable in all the schools, and I wish to thank the teachers for so kindly co-operating with me in my plan of work.
Respectfully.
LAURA S. ROBINSON.
REPORT OF THE PHYSICAL CULTURE SUPER- VISOR.
Mr. William P. Kelly. Superintendent of Schools :
The course in Physical Culture has remained un- changed since last year. except that it has been enriched with special third grade exercises bringing in the use of bean bags.
The Physical Culture work for the past year has been faithfully and earnestly carried on, under my direction, by the teachers with encouraging re its. which may be summed up as follows : The children have gained :
I. Greater power of mind to control and direct the body.
2. Power to co-ordinate, or ability to use many parts of the body at the same time.
3. Power to execute with more grace, ease, and economy of force new exercises, bringing
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in the use of apparatus.
4. Greater strength.
5. Greater speed, alertness and co-operation from their games.
6. Power to respond more quickly to demands made upon them.
7. Power to enjoy bodily activity rhythm.
In connection with one of the recommendations which I wish to make, I must mention the faulty sitting positions caused by misfitting seats, misfitting desks and poor lighting.
The wrong postures of those pupils who have been provided with properly adjusted furniture may be more permanently corrected than the attitudes of those who are less fortunate. Poor light causes round shoulders, near-sightedness and headache. Fatigue caused by the above conditions may be decreased by allowing the pupils to take some interesting physical work in a lower temperature and purer air.
With the hygienic aim of the work in view I recom- mend :
I. The greater use of adjustable furniture.
2. Better lighting of the school rooms at San- ford Street.
3. The use of filtered drinking water.
4. The use of disinfectants in unsanitary places 6
Arrests,
on school grounds.
5. The cleaning of floors and desks at least twice a year.
6. The disposing of all soiled and worn out books, which contain disease germs.
In concluding, I wish to express my thanks to the Committee for their encouragement, and for the outdoor
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apparatus at the Sanford Street School, and to the teach- ers for their faithful co-operation.
Respectfully.
CHRISTINA J. CARRET.
REPORT OF THE TRUANT OFFICERS.
Mr. Jillson
Mr. Curran
Mr. Parker
Total.
Number of different cases
investigated.
58
200
223
481
Causes.
Detained by parents,
13
4I
58
II2
Sickness,
16
III
60
187
Want of clothing,
3
20
42
65
Cases of truancy.
4
25
26
55
At work without certificate,
I
4
5
Over school age,
8
8
Revealed by school census.
2I
3
25
49
Committed to the truant school,
4
Put on probation.
2
Taken to school from street and homes,
22
"Age and Schooling" (labor) certificates issued,
16I
CONCLUSION.
The schools are better off than they were a year ago, and further gains are in sight. There is perfect unity of action in all branches of administration, and the results have been warmly commended on many sides. The loyal cooperation of as faithful a body of teachers as I ever knew, is largely responsible for the high esteem in which our people hold their schools. To the support of the Committee is due the credit for such administrative meas- ures as have directed their growth in the right direction.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM P. KELLY.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY-JANUARY, 1901.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1900-1901.
Charles E. Bliss, Chairman, 20 Peck street.
J. Harry Holden, Secretary, 140 County street.
William H. Garner,
Dodgeville.
Benjamin P. King,
17 First street.
Miss L. P. Beers,
171 South Main street.
Orville P. Richardson,
12 Florence street.
Dr. L. V. G. Mackie,
157 Pleasant street.
Joseph O. Tiffany, 16 Hope street. Harold E. Sweet, 7 Hope street.
SUB-COMMITTEES. Incidentals and Repairs.
O. P. Richardson, Chairman, William H. Garner.
Benjamin P. King. J. O. Tiffany. H. E. Sweet. Text Books and Supplies.
Benjamin P. King. Chairman. Miss L. P. Beers.
Dr. L. V. G. Mackie. Harold E. Sweet. J. O. Tiffany. Qualifications of Teachers.
Charles E. Bliss, Chairman. Dr. L. V. G. Mackie. Miss L. P. Beers. Harold E. Sweet.
J. O. Tiffany. J. Harry Holden.
Regular meetings-First Monday of each month at 7:30 p. m.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
William P. Kelly, 8 Prospect street.
Office at High School. Cor. Bank and Peck streets.
Office hours-8:30 to 9:30 a. m. daily.
3:30 to 4:30 p. m., Mondays, Wednes- days and Fridays. (Vacations and Holidays excepted.)
Telephone No. 58-2.
Superintendent's Clerk.
Alice I. Wetherell. 32 Sanford street. Office hours-8:30 to 12 a. m. 1 :30 to 4:30 p. m., on school days. "No School" Signals
Consists of four double strokes on the fire alarm. Given at 7 :45 a. m. ; they mean no morning Session. Given at 8:15 a. m .; they mean, no School for Primary grades that day.
Given at 11 :15 a. m. ; they mean, no Afternoon Ses- sion. Schools then in session to close at 1:00 p. m.
Dodgeville and Hebronville schools receive signals from the Mills.
Mendon Road and Turner Street Schools go by the Central Falls signals.
Calendar, 1901.
Winter term of 12 weeks, Jan. 7 to March 29. Vacation, I week.
Spring term of 12 weeks, April 8 to June 28. Vacation, 9 weeks.
Fall term of 16 weeks. Sept. 3 to Dec. 20. Vacation, 2 weeks.
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TEACHERS. (Jan. 1901.) High School.
Name.
Wilbur D. Gilpatric. Principal.
Abert E. Austin, Sub-Master.
Ambrose B. Warren. Assistant. Amy E. White. Assistant.
Grace H. Chamberlain, Assistant.
Ethel C. Jameson. Assistant.
Residence.
Opera House Hotel 62 North Main street. 62 North Main street 54 Dean street. 6 Hope street 54 Dean street.
Sanford Street.
Grades.
S. C. Hutchinson, Principal, VIII-VII 163 So. Main st Rhoda C. Slate,
VIII-VII 89 North Main street
Harriet C. MacNeil, VIII-VII 89 North Main street
Annie L. Goodrich, VIII-VII. 89 North Main street
Hannah M. Pratt,
VII. 87 Dean street
Susie B. Morse, VII. 87 Dean street
O. C. Chatterton ( Mrs.) VI, 205 South Main street
Annie A. Wheeler. VI. 96 Dean street
Susan K. McIntyre. (Mrs.) VI. 40 Bank street
Blanche G. Fuller, VI 89 North Main street Olive A. Swift, 23 East street 23 East street
Annabelle L. Troupe, .
Addie M. Swain, V. 53 Dean street Frances E. Donovan, 23 East street Mary E. McManus, IV. 82 Dean street Katherine I. Sweeney, III-II. Clara W. Hooper, II-I. 52 Holman street 89 North Main street 5 Second sereet
Bertha L. Mowry, Asst., II-I,
Isabel T. Kingston,
Farmers. V-IV-III, 62 North Main street
Mary E. Hatten. II-1. IO Deanville street
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Capron.
Mabel E. Wetherbee, III-II. 17 First street Florence M. Everett, Asst., III-II, 89 North Main street
Retta M. Barrett, I, 140 County street
Pleasant Street.
Flora E. Newell, IV-III, 22 East street
Edith M. Perry, II-I. 187 Pleasant street
Eva L. Thurber, (Asst.,) 11-1. Lindsey street
South Main Street.
Bertha F. Lewis, IV, 41 Pleasant street
Richardson.
L. Jean Herrick, III-II, 177 Pine street Hebronville
Eleanor M. Lillibridge,
Carpenter Street.
Abbey A. Kirmayer, III, 21612 Pine street
MI. Gertrude Mowry, II-1, 32 Carpenter street
Elizabeth R. Holbrook, 1, 21 West Maple
Dodgeville.
Alberta M. Harold, Principal, V-IV-III, 130 So Main st Blanche E. Carpenter, III-II, 200 South Main street Ada J. Smith, 1. 199 South Main street
Lelia M. Small, Kindergarten, Dodgeville
Florence L. Gould, Asst., 152 Union street
Hebronville.
John R. King, Principal, VIII-V. 68 Peck street Minnie A. Walker, IV-III, Pawtucket, R. I.
Sara A. Broomhead, II-I, Hebronville
Bertha E. Gibson, I, 797 Broadway, Pawtucket Kathrina S. Thayer, Kindergarten, Steere street Mabel E. Bethel, Asst., Hebronville
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south Attleboro.
Nellie F. Atwood.
Mary E. Farnes,
VI-VIII. V-IV-III.
South Attleboro 229 Benefit street Pawtucket, R. I. Hebronville
Clara F. Bourne. II-I.
Mendon Road.
Willard B. Atwell. I-VI. Hebronville
Turner Street.
Winfred A. Wheelock,
797 Broadway. Pawtucket, R. I.
Gertrude F. O'Connor. I-III.
27 Lawn ave., Pawtucket, R. I.
Briggs Corner.
Julia L. Merry. ( Mrs.) I-VIII. Briggs Corner
Marion H. Lillibridge, Asst .. Hebronville
Perry.
Elsie L. Lewis. I-VIII, 75 Park street
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Laura S. Robinson, Music, 22 Watson block
Dorothy G. Rice. Drawing. 130 So Main street Christina J. Carret. Physical Culture, II Ruthven street, Roxbury, Mass.
JANITORS.
Name. Schools. Residence.
George W. Horton.
High, 6 Perrin street
Warren Parker. Sanford street, 9 Grove street
Charles L. Fuller.
S. Main, Pine and 184 Union street Carpenter streets. Capron, 20 Prospect street
Wm. A. Small.
Walter E. Claflin.
Farmers, 144 Pleasant street
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Matthew Hudson, Pleasant street.
Mrs. Wm. H. Smith, Dodgeville.
Cambridge street Dodgeville B. B. Hathaway. Hebronville.
Hebronville
Albert J. Jillson, So. Attleboro,
South Attleboro
Seth H. Field, Perry, Briggs Corner
Bradford Dorrance, Briggs Corner. Briggs Corner
Reuben Coffin, Turner street, Central Falls, R. I. Isaiah Entwistle, Mendon Road, South Attleboro
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Warren Parker, 9 Grove street. J. V. Curran, Hebronville John W. Veno, Dodgeville. A. J. Jillson, So. Attleboro
GRADUATES-June, 1900. High School.
Eva Emily Cook, Elizabeth Monica Cooney, John Edward Cooney, Jr. Arthur Harold Gilmore, Hattie Evelyn Goff. Frank Emmons Guild. Esther Wilson Gould. Lulu Broadbent Joslin, Ermina Chester 6 Lincoln, Albert Arthur Livingston, Maude Evelyn Perry, Louis Earle Rowe, Lottie Annie Smith. Amy Luthera Solomon, Alice Luther Spencer, Alice Lydia Ward, Raymond Lee Wells, Ethel Rose Wolfenden.
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Sanford Street.
Frank Murray Adel. Harold Ezra Angell, Gladys Maria Angell, Harold Osborne Bigney, Grace Celie Brewer. Helen Mae Cook, Olga Adella Dahlgren, Lottie Alice Easterbrook. Irene Ella Ellis, Charles Sumner Ellis,
Lucy May Ellis. Ethel Maud Evans.
Raymond Edward Fenner. Charles Irving Gay, Maude Foster Gill, Willie John Hanna, Eugene Cleveland Healey. Russell Hinds, Ethel May Holbrook, Chester Augustus Howard,
Edna Johnson Jones. John William Kendall. Howard Bourn Luther. Vivene Newton Macker, Inez AAdelaide McDonald, David Jacob McMurray. Mary Elizabeth Nihan. Earle Clifton Newman. Alice Elizabeth Pond. Bernard Patrick Reddin,
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Zelotus Earle Riley, Elsie May Sanford, Anna Maria Schuckhart. Mary Louise Slattery, Martena Cecilia Steptowe, Alice Belle Thayer, Maysie Eliza Thomas, Seymour Benjamin Tooker, Alice Martha Torrey,
Alice Martha Torrey. Ella Louise Vanier, Grace Mabel Ward, Jessie Lillian Welch, Alice Mildred Wetherell. Sadie Alice Wheeler.
Arthur Marvott White. Ruth Morton Wilbur, Rena Ethel Woodworth.
South Attleboro.
Ray Waldo Shaw, George Marsland, Leon Lester Boyd, Jessie Clarkson, Frances Loretto O'Neil, James Joseph McGuire, James Rueben Orr.
Briggs Corner.
Annie Pearl Anderson, Amy Susan Merry. Clarence Jacob Brigham, Lewie Adelbert Vickery, Leroy Cuthbert Dears.
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Hebronville.
Mabel Annetta Atwell, Bertha May Gross, Herbert Alonzo Bethel, David Clifton Holbrook, John Joseph O'Brien, Bessie Adelaide Corey, Henry Francis Bliss, Harold Lincoln Bethel, Francis Leander Hibbitts. Herman Carlyle Ploettner.
TABLE FOR 1899 -- 1900.
High.
Grammar.
Primary.
Kinder- garten.
Total.
Pupils enrolled.
127
666
1292
119
2204
Average Membership,
113
591
1058
72
1834
Average Attendance,
107
546
938
57
1648
Per cent. of At'ndance,
95
92
8.8
77
90
Number of Schools,
1
12
23
2
38
Number of Teachers,
5
19
29
4
58
Teachers with Normal
or College course.
5
10
16
2
33
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS.
1898-9.
1899 1900.
Fall 1900.
Population of the town,
11335
C'ensus (between 5 and 15 years, ) School enrolment,
2133
2204
2119
Average membership,
1646
1834
1904
Average attendance,
1493
1648
1770
Per cent. of attendance based on average membership,
91
90
93
Number of schools,
36
38
39
Number of teachers,
53
58
60
Teachers with Normal or College preparation.
27
33
37
1703
1930
2100
Attendance Table for the School Year from September 5, 1899, to June 22, 1900.
NAME OF SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHER.
ENROLMENT.
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.
PER CENT. OF
ATTENDANCE.
High Sanford Street
66
VII-VI
Hannah M. Pratt,
37
39
76
70
65
91
O. Cora Chatterton,
35
42
77
70
64
92
26
19
45
42
38
90
66
V
Florence M. Meserve,
18
33
51
46
42
92
V
Annie McNerney,
25
24
49
43
39
91
..
..
V
Ethel E. Cass,
33
34
67
58
51
87
IV
Abbie E. Carpenter,
25
34
59
50
45
90
..
.
..
III
Mary E. McManus,
27
14
41
41
38
91
66
. .
II
Katherine I. Sweeney,
22
20
42
39
35
92
66
I
Alice B. Fisher,
32
41
73
50
43
84
Farmers
Mary B. Bartlett.
34
37
71
56
46
81
Capron
I
Bertha L. Mowry,
26
24
50
42
35
84
Pleasant Street
IV-III
Flora E. Newell,
20
28
48
46
42
91
II-I
Edith M. Perry,
31
37
68
55
50
90
South Main Street
IV
Bertha F. Lewis,
2'6
26
52
50
46
90
Pine Street
II
L. Jean Herrick,
28
16
44
40
37
92
I
Eleanor M. Lillibridge,
31
27
58
44
37
84
Carpenter Street
HII
Grace M. Tuxbury,
21
26
47
47
43
90
66
II-I
M. Gertrude Mowry,
42
45
87
65
57
88
Dodgeville
V-IV-III =
Blanche E. Carpenter,
23
19
42
35
32
91
I
Ada J. Smith,
29
40
69
45
39
88
Kindergarten
Lelia M. Small,
18
23
41
36
28
78
Hebronville
VIII-IV
John R. King,
25
19
44
36
34
94
III-HI
Minnie A. Walker,
28
24
52
39
36
91
II -- I
Sara A. Broomhead,
37
38
75
40
35
88
2
4
6*
35
30
86
66
33
45
78
36
28
79
South Attleboro
24
24
48
41
41
97
66
Grammar Primary All
Clara F. Bourne,
31
43
74
61
57
94
Mendon Road
Willard B. Atwell,
23
23
46
39
35
91
Turner Street
Grammar
Margaret H. Powers,
16
22
38
32
28
88
8
17
25
+
+
+
Briggs Corner
All
Julia L. Merry,
23
27
50
49
43
88
Perry
All
Elsie E. Lewis,
13
8
21
19
16
85
1081
1123
2204
1834
1648
90
. .
VI
Wilbur D. Gilpatrie, S. C. Hutchinson,
61
66
127
113
107
95
VIII-VII
75
76
151
136
128
94
VI
60
I-IV II-III
Retta M. Barrett,
30
28
58
44
40
89
[Alberta M. Harold.
28
26
54
44
38
88
I Kindergarten
Bertha E. Gibson,
Kathrina S. Thayer,
Susan K. MeIntyre,
Primary
Bertha E. Gibson,
*Pupils previously enrolled in other schools.
¡School closed Jan. 1900.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Effie M. Hunter,
£
Attendance Table for the Fall. Term, from September 4, 1900, to Dec. 21, 1900.
NAME OF SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHER .*
ENROLMENT.
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.
PER CENT. OF
ATTENDANCE.
High Sanford Street
VIII-VII
S. C. Hutchinson,
71
66
137
133
128
96
VII
Hannah M. Pratt,
37
33
70
66
62
95
O. Cora Chatterton,
36
37
73
69
65
95
VI
Blanche G. Fuller,
23
27
50
48
43
94
66
66
V
Addie M. Swain,
22
39
61
56
52
91
Olive A. Swift,
31
31
62
59
56
95
..
V-IV
Frances E. Donovan.
28
24
52
50
47
94
66
IV
Mary E. McManus,
35
17
52
46
43
94
III-II
Katherine I. Sweeney,
22
30
52
49
46
94
66
II-I
Clara W. Hooper,
40
44
84
68
62
92
Farmers
II-I
Mary E. Hattten,
16
17
33
26
24
90
Capron 66
III-II I
Retta M. Barrett,
23
19
42
39
36
94
Pleasant Street
IV-III
Flora E. Newell,
26
27
53
47
45
95
II -- I
Edith M. Perry,
30
24
54
53
50
94
South Main Street
IV
Bertha F. Lewis,
22
30
52
49
46
93
Richardson
III-II
L. Jean Herrick,
26
26
52
49
46
94
66
I
Eleanor M. Lillibridge,
28
26
54
48
45
93
Carpenter Street
III
Abbie A. Kirmayer,
30
22
52
48
49
94
II
M. Gertrude Mowry,
21
21
42
39
37
94
Dodgeville
V-IV-III
Alberta M. Harold,
19
22
41
39
36
91
66
III-II
Blanche E. Carpenter,
22
20
42
38
34
90
66
I
Ada J. Smith,
21
32
53
41
35
84
Kindergarten
Lelia M. Small,
23
17
40
30
24
81
Hebronville
V-VIII
John R. King,
12
13
25
22
20
93
IV-III
Minnie A. Walker,
22
21
43
39
35
91
II-I
Sara A. Broomhead,
18
27
45
38
35
92
I Kindergarten
Kathrina S. Thayer,
23
26
49
33
25
76
South Attleboro
VI-VIII V -- IV-III
Mary E. Farnes,
21
23
44
43
42
96
66
II-I
Clara F. Bourne,
13
20
33
32
30
96
Mendon Road
All
Willard B. Atwell, -
22
22
44
40
39
98
Turner Street
All
Margaret H. Powers,
29
35
64
42
35
84
Briggs Corner
All
Julia L. Merry,
33
30
63
58
51
89
Perry
. All
Elsie E. Lewis,
8
11
19
17
15
90
1039
1080
2109
1904
1770
93
68
81
149
142
138
97
VI
VI
Susan K. McIntyre,
21
24
45
43
40
95
V
Mabel E. Wetherbec,
41
27
68
60
57
95
I
Elizabeth R. Holbrook,
19
26
45
41
38
92
Bertha E. Gibson,
23
24
47
35
31
88
Nellie F. Atwood,
14
19
33
29
28
95
66
*For a full list of the Teachers see the Directory of Teachers in the Appendix.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Wilbur D. Gilpatric,
.
2.45
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS.
Valuation.
Town of Attleborough, 1900, $7,086.770 00
School property, (real) 142,500 00
Appropriation.
Rate of taxation, (per $1,000) $ 17 30
Raised by taxation for school maintenance, 39,850 00 High School.
Number of graduates, 1900, 18
Number graduating from Grammar Schools, 69
Number entering High School,
50
Per cent. entering High School,
72
School Year.
Length including legal holidays, 1921/2 days
Census.
Population of Attleborough, 1900,
II.335
School census September, 1900:
Boys
Girls
Total
Number between 5 and 15,
1013
1087
2100
Number between 7 and 14,*
707
774
1481*
School enrolment, Fall Term 1900:
Number between 5 and 15,
940
992
1932
Number between 7 and 14,*
716
785
I501*
(*Compulsory ages.)
AUDITORS' REPORT.
The undersigned Auditors respectfully report that they have examined the books and reports of the Water Commissioners, Registrar, Commissioner of Sinking Funds, Tax Collectors, School Committee, Town Treas- urer, Overseers of the Poor, Trustees of Public Library, Selectmen, and find them neatly and correctly kept, their books and reports agree with the books of the Town Treasurer.
The Town Treasurer's bocks and report agree with the Selectmen's order and also to amount received from Collecors of Taxes and other sources.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDERICK G. MASON, F. L. LeBARON,
Auditors.
2.47
INDEX.
Armory Expense
16
Appropriations Recommended 43
Assessors' Report 85
Births, Marriages and Deaths I4I
Board of Health
131
Collector of Taxes 80
Current and Incidental Statement
16-29
Enforcement of Liquor Law
28
Engineers of Fire Department 89
Fire Department
22
Floating Debt and Uncollected Taxes II
Inspector of Cattle and Milk 129
Inspector of Kerosene Oil I13
Jury List
37
Librarian's Report 119
List of Town Officers 3-8
Overseers of Poor
IOI
Park Commissioners 125
Public Library Trustees :17
School Committee 185
Sealer of Weights and Measures
II3
Selectmen's Report 9-36
Sinking Fund Commissioners
77-80
Soldiers' Relief
34
State Aid 32 Street Sprinkling 29 Superintendent of Schools 207
Superintendent of Streets
46-52
Town Treasurer's Report
53-75
2.18
Town Bonds and Notes 73
Town Entrance to Sewers 54
Town Interest 57
Town Licenses
53, 65
Town Receipts 53, 63
Town Expenditures 60, 70, 72
Tri-Centennial Committee 79
Water Department 143
Gen. Ref. 974.48 A88
10843
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