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Treasurer's Report.
1901.
DR
March 1.
To cash in town treasury,
$ 3 67
66 25.
Bequest from estate of Royal Keith, 200 00
June 3.
Fines and catalogues, 66
3 90
Sept. 3.
1 02
Dec. 1.
1 26
1902.
March 1.
Fines and catalogues,
1 98
Rebate on books, Cash from dog fund,
255 30
$473 53
1901.
CR.
April 11.
By paid W. E. Jones, stove,
$23 00
66 11.
W. E. Jones, Stovepipe and hardware, 4 40
12. H. D. Noyes & Co., papers and maga- zines, 20 00
66
12.
Library Bureau, binders and racks,
12 95
66
23.
A. F. Jones, wood,
00
June
3.
Alice E. Luther, librarian,
20 00
66
3. Repairs on clock,
75
3.
Ink, mucilage and supplies,
64
66
3.
Express, 35
Cataloguing books,
3. 90
3. Shoveling snow and carrying wood, 35
July 9.
D. L. Brownell, book, 3 00
Sept. 14.
Alice E. Luther, librarian,
20 00
66
6 40
66
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Oct. 4. By paid W. R. Wallis, kindling, 1 00
28. F. H. Bird, agent, insurance for 3 yrs., 30 00
Nov. 1. Small, Maynard & Co., book, 72
3. C. B. Beach & Co., books,
9 50
Dec. 9. Express,
35
66 11. Geo. L. Cook, labor,
95
66 24 Freight,
63
66
31. Baker & Taylor Co., books, 162 90
1902.
Jan. 2. Alice E. Luther, librarian, 20 00
2. Bringing in wood, postage, supplies, etc., 81
March 1. Alice E. Luther, librarian, 20 00
1. Carrying wood, stationery, etc., 85
1. Cataloguing books, 2 30
Cash in town treasury,
000 00
Cash in hands of Trustees from estate of Royal Keith, 110 18
$473 53 CHARLES P. PIERCE, Treasurer.
L. B. SAXTON, Auditor.
Report of Librarian.
Whole number of books in library,
4,025
Number added during the year,
170
Number issued during the year,
7,984
Average number issued on Wednesday,
90
Average number issued on Saturday evening,
92
Number of magazines issued during the year,
400
Amount of fines for the year,
$6 48
Balance of fines March 1, 1901,
27 16-
$33 64
Amount collected for fines,
7 16
Catalogues sold,
1 00
Paid to treasurer,
$8 16
Amount collected for fines,
7 16
Balance due March 1, 1902,
$26 48
ALICE E. LUTHER, Librarian.
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$363 35
Town Clerk's Report.
Births.
Whole number,
60
males,
30
females,
30
60
American parentage,
16
mixed parentage,
11
foreign parentage,
33-
60
Marriages.
Whole number,
21
American birth,
18
foreign birth,
24
42
residents of Douglas,
30
residents elsewhere,
12
42
first marriage,
37
second marriage,
5-
42
Deaths.
Whole number,
41
males,
23
females,
18
41
foreign birth,
5
American birth,
26-
41
50
Number under 1 year,
11
between 1 and 5,
6
5
10,
2
10
20,
0
20
30,
3
30
40,
1
40
50,
5
50
60,
0
60
70,
3
70
80,
2
80
90,
90
100,
3-
41
Dogs Registered.
Whole number,
142
132 males
at $2.00,
$264 00
7 females
at 5.00,
35 00- $305 00
E. N. JENCKES, Town Clerk.
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BY=LAWS
OF THE
Town of Douglas.
ARTICLE I.
TOWN MEETINGS.
SECTION I. Every warrant for a Town Meeting shall be served by posting attested copies of the same at least ten days before the time of the meeting to be held under it in three public places, as follows : At the Post-Offices at East Douglas and Douglas Centre, and one on the schoolhouse in South Douglas.
SECTION 2. In town meetings, all persons present shall, on request of the moderator, as far as practicable, be seated.
SECTION 3. No motion shall be entertained at an ad- journed meeting, for the reconsideration of any vote passed
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at the original meeting, or at any adjournment of the same, unless notice of such motion shall have been given at such original meeting, or at any adjournment of the same ; but this by-law may be suspended in any particular case by a vote of three-fourths of those present and voting.
SECTION 4. When any one addresses the Chair, he shall rise and stand uncovered.
SECTION 5. The duties of the presiding officer not specially provided for by law, shall be determined by rules of parliamentary law contained in Cushing's " Manual," so far as they are adapted to town meetings.
ARTICLE II.
SECTION I. The annual Town Meeting shall be held on the third Monday of March in each year.
SECTION 2. The fiscal year, so far as the accounts of the several town officers are concerned, shall close on the first day of March; and all accounts shall be made up to that time.
SECTION 3. SELECTMEN The Selectmen shall have the general care and custody, direction and management of all the property of the Town, in all matters not otherwise provided for. They shall count the cash belonging to the Town, in the Town Treasurer's possession, and examine and fully verify his bank deposit standing in the name of the Town, on the first day of March each year, and certify to the Town, in their annual report, that they have done so ; and if everything connected therewith is found correct, they shall declare that the amounts agree with
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the Treasurer's report regarding the same, or otherwise, as they shall find it.
They shall, in ample time before policies expire, see to the renewal of all fire insurance on the Town's prop- erties, and shall keep such property properly insured.
They shall print the by-laws of the town in full in each annual report of the Town Officers.
SECTION 4. TREASURER. The Town Treasurer shall not use any money or funds belonging to the Town, in the pay- ment of any of his own or any other person's private bills or obligations, nor for any other purpose, except for pay- ing Town notes, interest on Town notes, and the State and County taxes, except on orders signed by at least a majority of the Board of Selectmen.
He shall give no Town notes, except the same are ap- proved and countersigned by at least a majority of the Board of Selectmen. He shall prepare and deliver to the Board of Selectmen, on or before the fifth day of March of each year, a full statement, in detail, of all receipts and payments of money by him as Town Treasurer, showing the balance of his account on the first day of March, with a statement of the property of the Town in his possession, and all notes or other obligations given by him or by his predecessors, and outstanding against the Town on the first day of March of each year, stating to whom each note is payable, when due, and the rate of interest said note or other obligation is drawing. He shall keep all Town notes that have been paid and cancelled, and all cancelled bank checks, and all orders drawn by the Selectmen, and other valuable documents or papers belonging to the Town, or relating to the affairs of the Town in his depart- ment, which shall be always subject to the inspection and
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examination of the Selectmen ; he shall give his bond within five days after his election, to the Town Clerk for his custody and safe-keeping, which shall first be subject to the approval of the Selectmen endorsed thereon in writing.
SECTION 5. Money belonging to the Town, if deposited by the Treasurer or the agent, on the devise of Moses . Wallis; shall be deposited in some bank or Trust Com- pany, allowing interest on daily balances, and the interest on said deposits credited to the town.
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ARTICLE III.
CONCERNING TRUANT CHILDREN AND ABSENTEES FROM SCHOOL.
SECTION I. It shall be the duty of the School Com- mittee of the Town to appoint two suitable persons to be designated as "Truant Officers," who shall, under the direction of said Committee, inquire into all cases coming under this article, and shall alone be authorized, in case of violation thereof, to make complaint and carry into exe- cution the judgment thereof.
Truant officers so appointed shall at all times be subject to removal by the School Committee, and their compen- sation shall be fixed by the School Committee, and shall be paid from the Treasury of the Town.
SECTION 2. The Worcester County Truant School at West Boylston, Mass., is hereby assigned as the place of confinement, discipline and instruction of persons con- victed under the provisions of this article. 4
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SECTION 3. Any child between the ages of seven and fifteen years, who is an habitual truant, or is found wan- dering about the streets or public places of the town, hav- ing no lawful occupation or business, not attending school, or growing up in ignorance, shall, upon conviction thereof, be committed to the Worcester County Truant School at West Boylston, Mass., for such term as the Justice or Court having jurisdiction may determine.
SECTION 4. Truant officers appointed as herein pro- vided, are authorized and empowered to take into custody any such child, and place him in the school to which he shall have been assigned by the School Committee of the town.
ARTICLE IV.
PENAL LAW.
SECTION I. ' No person shall play at any game of ball or football, or throw ball, or stones, or snow-balls in the streets within the limits of the East Douglas fire district.
Nor shall any person deposit within any street or public places any ashes, cinders, fish or any waste-matter what- ever, except by the consent of the Selectmen ; nor set or plant any trees within the limits of the streets or high- ways of said town, without the consent of the person having the care of said streets and highways.
SECTION 2. No person shall course, coast or slide upon the streets or sidewalks of the town upon any hand-sled, board, jumper, or otherwise, except at such places and under such restrictions and regulations as the Selectmen shall designate and require.
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SECTION 3. No person shall wheel, drive, or draw any coach, cart, hand-barrow, sled, bicycle, or other carriage of burden or pleasure (except children's hand-carriages, drawn by hand), or drive, or permit any horse, neat cattle, or sheep under his care to go or stand upon any sidewalk, or stand upon any street-crossing, so as to obstruct public travel.
SECTION 4. No person shall behave himself in a rude and disorderly manner, or use any indecent, profane or insulting language in any street, highway, or other public place in the town, or near any dwelling-house or other building not his own, therein, or be or remain upon any sidewalk or fence contiguous to a highway or street, or upon any doorstep, portico, or other projection from any such house or other building, nor in any church, meeting- house, railroad depot or platform, public hall or entrance thereto, to the annoyance or disturbance of any person ; nor shall any person, at, near, or upon any such dwelling- house, building, sidewalk, doorstep, portico; fence or pro- jection, or any such meeting-house, public hall, railroad depot or platform, or entrance thereto, commit any nui- sance, or by any noise, gesture, or other means, wantonly or designedly drive or frighten any horse in any street, highway or public place in the town.
SECTION 5. PENALTIES. Any person violating any of the provisions of the preceding by-laws, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars ($10) for each offence, to be forfeited and paid to the Town, unless when differ- ent provision is made by the laws of the Commonwealth.
SECTION 6. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or annulled at any meeting called for the purpose, by a vote of two-thirds of those present and voting thereon.
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SECTION 7. If these by-laws be adopted by the town and approved by the Court, all by-laws heretofore adopted by the Town and now in force, inconsistent with these by- laws, shall become null and void.
These by-laws shall be in force when approved by the Court.
A. F. BROWN, - Committee.
WILLIAM ABBOTT, JOHN M. RAWSON,
DOUGLAS, MASS.
Adopted April 26, 1897.
C. H. BACHELER, Town Clerk of Douglas.
By a vote at the same time and place Mr. William Abbott was authorized to present these by-laws to the Court for approval.
C. H. BACHELER, Town Clerk.
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Annual Reports
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
Town of Douglas,
FOR YEAR ENDING
March 1, 1902.
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PRESS OF CHARLES J. BATCHELLER, EAST DOUGLAS, MASS. 1902.
School Committee.
E. N. Jenckes,
C. J. Batcheller,
Term expires March 1, 1904 1904
Edward Knapp, 1904
Harold Church,
1903
Chas. S. Caswell,
1903
Paul F. Ela,
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S. F. Root,
1902
A. J. Thayer,
1902
Fred A. Place,
1902
Organization.
Chairman, Dr. Paul F. Ela.
Clerk, Fred A. Place.
Dr. Paul F. Ela.
Superintending Committee, - S. F. Root, C. J. Batcheller.
·Purchasing Agent,- C. J. Batcheller.
Truant Officers,- 2 S F. F. Young,
M. H. Balcome.
Supt. of Schools, Francis S. Brick, Uxbridge, Mass.
Office hours at Douglas schools, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 4.30.
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Appropriations and Receipts.
Appropriation for public schools, and for transportation of pupils,
$5,000 00
Books and supplies, 300 00
Repairs, 50 00
Superintendent,
375 00
State school fund,
638 08
Town school fund, (interest),
56 48
Books and supplies sold,
7 15
New books and supplies on hand, 179 79
Received for tuition of out of town pupils, 6 00
$6,612 50
Expenditures.
Teachers,
$3,518 00
Superintendent,
270 00
Janitors,
516 05
Transporting pupils,
639 00
'Truant officers,
22 00
School committee,
150 00
Purchasing agent,
25 00
Books and supplies, $273 96 Books and supplies sold, 7 15-
Total cost of books and supplies, 266 81
Fuel, 504 13
Coal on hand,
22 80 --
481 33
School census,
10 50
Diplomas,
1 00
General school expenses,
65 08
Repairs,
109 58
$6,074 35
Balance unexpended, $538 15
Statistics.
The statistical report covers the year from Sept. 1, 1900, to Sept. 1, 1901.
Number of public day schools, 10
Number of persons in the town Sept. 1, 1901, be- tween 5'and 15 years of age, 304
Number of persons in the town Sept. 1, 1901, be- tween 7 and 14 years of age, 239
Number of different pupils in all the schools for the year ending June 15, 1901, 354
Number attending school under 5 years of age,
8
Number attending school over 15 years of age, 21
Number attending school between the ages of 7 and 14, 260
Average membership of all the schools,
284
Average attendance of all the schools,
240
Number of different pupils attending the High school during the year, 26
The per cent. of attendance based on the average membership,
84++
Aggregate of months all the schools have been kept during the year, 87.7
Average number of months all the schools have been kept during the year, 8.75
Whole number of female teachers,
9
Whole number of male teachers,
1
Average wages monthly of female teachers, $35 66
Average, wages monthly of male teachers, 90 00
Report of the School Committee.
To the School Committee of Douglas,
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit my first annual report of the Douglas school under the new district system of Uxbridge and Douglas.
POLICY.
Coming to you as I did in the latter part of the year, I have very little to offer as a report. I have studied the schools carefully and made very few changes thus far, those that I have made have been in addition to the good work already done. I have found your schools in excellent condition, both as to method and discipline, and this fact has made it easy for me to keep up the work without loss of time or effort. What changes are to be made here will be carefully considered and planned, and will of course, be a matter of growth.
FUNCTION OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The function of the public schools to-day should be to equip thoroughly for life. In general this is considered under three heads, viz : First, that which should furnish so called practical knowledge. Second, that which should aim to develop mental power, train to correct habits of thinking, quicken perception, sharpen judgment, strengthen reason. Third, that which aims at the formation of character.
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If the first is rationally followed out the second follows as a natural result. The work of developing and training follow the proper instruction of the various branches. For example, in number work and Arithmetic rapidity and accuracy should be aimed at ; in English, clearness and fertility and the power to carry the same into daily work should be the aim ; in Reading, the power to think and express accurately and intelligently the subject matter ; in Geography, the power to recognize conditions of location and climate and to apply the same to location in political Geography and to vitalize through daily events the Geography of the book which is so often dead matter.
TEXT BOOKS.
In carrying out the various functions of the public schools two things are pre-eminently necessary, viz ; good and sufficient text books and good teachers.
During my short period of office I have spent considerable time in overhauling the text book supply and calling in all that are not in use. As a result, I find only one subject is com- plete in equipment, Geography. The Reading subject is par- tially equipped while the English is nearly devoid of uniformity and lacks sufficient books. In Spelling there is but one book for all grades, published in 1880. In English three or four different text books are used, very few of which are in good condition. In Reading there are several different kinds and none in sufficient number, all in very poor condition. Reading now a days without supplementary work is a practical failure. Reading the same pieces over and over again is fatal to the interests and deadens the power to think. I would therefore, recommend that a sufficient sum of money, possibly $250 be especially appropriated to place the text book question on solid footing once for all. Without good and sufficient books we cannot have good schools.
METHODS AND PERSONALITY OF TEACHING FORCE.
The other element in a good school system is the personality
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of the teaching force. . Handsome buildings and expensive apparatus do not make good schools. They aid in facilitating the work, but good teachers only make good schools. It is the spirit and composition of the teaching force that effect the strength and virtue of the instruction in our schools. Good preparation, good equipment, good and faithful service are the elements required in teaching. In these later days there is a growing demand for teachers who are vigorous and gentle, who know the latest methods and possess the old time power in handling a school and awakening the enthusiasm of the pupils.
The average citizen however, has very little idea of the amount of exhaustive labor, both to brain and body, which the faithful, conscientious teacher has to perform each day. The day's work is not done when the hour of closing comes. Ex- amination papers have to be looked over and corrected, class records kept, rank cards filled out, work prepared for the next day and teachers' meetings to attend. All of which ought to make our people more in sympathy with our faithful workers. This can be done in a measure by visiting, by learning methods and curicula of work before criticising, and by co-operating in every possible way. {In this connection I wish to congratulate you on your teaching forces. It is strong, faithful, willing and efficient. )
HOME AND SCHOOL.
The home and school are too widely separated. Yet they have a common interest-the child. More visiting should be done, not on special days, but on ordinary days when the workman may be seen at the bench under normal conditions. Mothers should visit the schools of their children and learn something of the condition and teacher under whose influence and training their children sit daily. Fathers should look to it that their boys are existing in the right atmosphere, both in school and out. A closer acquaintance and better understand-
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ing is needed all around. Great efforts are being made to keep the parent informed continually of the progress of the child, but no plan of information or report is half as valuable as a personal acquaintance and an occasional meeting of parents and teachers in the school room in the presence of the children.
DRAWING.
Drawing in our public schools is no longer considered a non-essential. Both as a training factor and an element of concrete knowledge it is pre-eminently an essential. The use of it enters all walks of life and a pupil's education is hardly complete without it. I do not believe, however, that drawing can be successfully taught without a teacher. To this end, therefore, I would recommend that an appropriation be made and an effort made to unite with other towns in employing a special drawing teacher.
NEW ROOMS.
The following are the list of pupils in the East Douglas schools during the winter term :
Grade I, Miss Wixtead, 45
Grade II, Miss Johnson, 40
Grade III, Miss Abbott, 38
Grade IV-V, Miss Buffington,
30-18
Grade V-VI, Miss Wyman, 27-16
Grade VII, VIII, IX, Miss Sparks, 38-10
It will be noticed that there are two classes in grade V doing the same work in different rooms. This is the result of re- grading. After the re-grading was completed it was thought- wise not to unite them.
Next fall the following condition based upon the figures of this year will exist, allowing for a few changes in non-promo- tion :
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Grade I, Miss Wixtead,
40
Grade II, Miss Johnson,
45
Grade III, Miss Abbott, 40
Grade IV, 38
Grade V, Miss Buffington,
30 and 5 non-promoted 35
Grade VI, Miss Wyman, 40
Grade VII, VIII, IX, Miss Sparks.
16, 13, 8, 37
The High school will lose two and receive ten. Its number this fall will be thirty. It will be readily seen that a new room will need to be opened and the grade indicated be pro- vided for.
DOUGLAS SCHOOL.
The Douglas Center school contains 19 pupils which this winter we have graded into five grades. This is a very ex- cellent school and the possibility of a strong school here is very great. It is my impression that the school will grow larger. In view of this and the fact that it represents an im- portant center I would recommend that considerable repairing be done, viz : a cellar dug and furnace put in, some double windows provided, and the walls and blackboards painted.
SOUTH DOUGLAS SCHOOL.
This school contains 13 pupils which has been graded into five grades. The work done is good. The building inside however, needs brightening up. The walls are dark and dingy, a few new blackboards are needed. The flag and flag pole also need repairing.
NEW COURSE OF STUDY.
We are at work at present on a new course of study, the first draft of which we will submit to your Com. early in May, and which, if accepted, we will issue to the teachers in typewritten form.
Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS S. BRICK.
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To the Superintendent of Schools of Douglas : -
It is with pleasure that the annual report of Douglas High School is hereby respectfully submitted.
Notwithstanding small numbers and necessarily short reci- tation periods, the interest of the pupils in their work has been well maintained, and fairly satisfactory results have been ob- tained in nearly all of the studies.
In accordance with your request this report will be devoted chiefly to the present needs of the school, one of which is a re- vision of the course of study. The courses accompanying this report, after receiving your corrections and the approval of the School Committee, could be put in operation next September and printed either in the next annual report or in a separate pamphlet for distribution to those interested.
The new school building has proved itself to be an im- portant factor in the progress of the schools Its influence would be still further increased by the addition of suitable pic- tures, engravings or statuary. Thanks to your suggestion, the schools themselves are becoming interested in the matter and will, probably, soon invite the co-operation of the parents and other friends of the school in their first attempts to make the rooms more attractive.
We also require a few text books ; and we especially need some reference books, particularly unabridged dictionaries.
LABORATORIES.
During the present year considerable individual laboratory work is being done by the class in physics. They are hindered by lack of suitable room with desks and cupboards for storing materials and apparatus, and by the fact that at present there is not time for the instructor to give personal supervision to the work of each. A combined physical and chemical laboratory with store-room, sink, and water supply, one that would supply all of the needs of the school could be made at comparatively
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slight expense by taking for the purpose one corner of the large basement and separating it from the rest by a board partition.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. H. STODDARD, Principal.
Report of Superintending Committee.
In accordance with the vote of the last town meeting the School Committee effected a union with Uxbridge in a superin- tendency district. By the terms of the union the superintendent gives to Douglas two-fifths and to Uxbridge three-fifths of his time, the towns paying toward his salary in the same proportion, $600 and $900 respectively.
. At a joint meeting of the two committees, held in Uxbridge in April, Mr. Chas. H. Bates was elected Superintendent, and on his resignation at the close of the fall term, Mr. Francis S. Brick.
Mr. Brick's qualifications for the position include a thorough education and extended experience in school work, both as in- structor and supervisor. He came to us from a similar superin- tendency district in the western part of the state.
The superintendent's salary is fixed by the state at not less than $1,500. To each superintendency district the State returns $1,250 annually, of which $750 must be used toward the super- intendent's salary, and the balance in paying teachers' salaries. This money does not become available until after the actual completion of one year from the time a superintendent enters on his duties, and will be paid over by the State on or before November 1.
The actual increase in expense to each district therefore, in employing a superintendent, is the difference between $1,250 and $1,500, or $250, and of this amount the town of Douglas will raise $100 and Uxbridge $150.
Your attention is respectfully invited to Mr. Brick's report, which follows, and particularly to the matter relating to an ap- propriation for books and supplies. You will notice that your superintendent finds our stock of books defective except in the
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way of geographies. During the last two years we have been completing the introduction of a new text book in this subject. This has been accomplished with no increase in the general ap- propriation for books and supplies, which has been only $300. Of this amount, owing to the constant watchfulness of your pur- chasing agent, we have this year expended only $266. For next year we ask an appropriation of $500 to enable us to carry out the suggestions of the superintendent. By spending this amount this year we expect to materially increase the efficiency of our equipment and at the same time to make it possible to get along in following years with a reduction of expenses for books.
We recommend the following appropriations :
For the support of schools and transportation of pupils,
$5,000 00
Books and supplies,
500 00
Superintendent's salary,
300 00
Repairs,
100 00
In conclusion, we congratulate you upon the change from non- professional supervision to the present regime of a thoroughly trained and efficient professional superintendent, a change which is already justifying itself by improved conditions in our schools.
PAUL F. ELA. SOLOMON F. ROOT,
C. J. BATCHELLER,
Superintending Committee.
FLAG DAYS.
Jan.
1.
The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863.
Jan.
17.
Franklin's Birthday, 1706.
Feb. 12.
Lincoln's Birthday, 1809.
Feb. 22. Washington's Birthday, 1732.
March 4. Inauguration of President.
March17. Evacuation of Boston, 1776.
April 2. Jefferson's Birthday, 1743.
April
9.
Lee's Surrender, 1865.
April 19.
Battle of Lexington, 1775.
April 27.
Grant's Birthday, 1822.
May 4. H. Mann's Birthday, 1796.
May 23 Foundation of Jamestown, 1607.
May 30. Memorial Day, 1866.
June 14. U. S. Flag Adopted, 1777.
June 17. Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775.
July 4. Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Sept. 5.
First Continental Congress, 1774.
Oct. 17.
Surrender of Burgoyne, 1777.
Oct. 18. Surrender of Cornwallis. 1781.
Oct. 12. Discovery of America, 1492.
Nov. 25. Evacuation of New York, 1783.
Dec. 16.
Boston Tea Party, 1773.
Dec. 21.
Landing of Pilgrims, 1620.
Dec. 24. Treaty of Ghent, 1814.
Dec. 25. Christmas.
Sept. 17.
U. S. Constitution Adopted, 1787.
Sept. 18.
Surrender of Quebec, 1759.
School Calender, 1901=2.
HIGH SCHOOL, 1901.
Spring term opened March 25.
Fall term opened September 3. Winter term opened December 2.
Closed June 28. 66 November 22.
March 14.
1902.
Spring term opens March 24.
Fall term opens September 2.
Winter term opens December 1.
March 13.
OTHER SCHOOLS, 1901.
Spring term opened March 25.
Closed May 24.
Fall term opened September 3. Winter term opened December 2.
November 22.
February 27.
1902.
Spring term opens March 24. Closes June 20.
November 22.
Fall term opens September 2. Winter term opens December 1.
February 27.
HOLIDAYS.
April 19. May 30.
Thanksgiving. Christmas recess.
Closes June 20. 66 November 22.
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