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Pipe used from stock on hand, 59 67
Paid by selectmen for issuing notes, 15 00
$2,572 58
Credit by material not used, 14 67
Net cost to town,
$2,557 91
Twelve houses were connected with the main on this extension ; these, with 15 other services, make 27 servic- es added for the year with a total of 528, of which 505 were in use Jan. 1, 1914.
ESTIMATES FOR THE COMING YEAR.
Expense.
Gross expense,
$3,944 16
Bond payments,
3,500 0℃
Note payments,
500 00
Interest payments,
2,760 00
Construction,
250 00
$10,954 16 -
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Income.
Water rates,
$5,350 00
Light Dept., rent,
300 00
Appropriation for construction,
250 00
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Appropriation water for municipal use,
2,171 00
Appropriation Maintenace,
1,266 21
Cash on hand,
1,616 95
-$10,954 16
We recommend that the town ap- propriate for water for munici- pal use,
$2,171 00
For Construction,
250 00
For Maintenance,
1,266 21
$3,687 21
Construction.
G. G. Davis, team,
$155 75
F. L. Parker, supplies,
35
J. P. Titcomb, engineering, "Bear Hill" street, 18 60
J. P. Titcomb, engineering, Locust St.,
17 50
W. A. Bailey, supt., payroll,
335 12
Jonah & George, supplies,
8 37
Builders' Iron Foundry, supplies,
31 50
A. McInnis, freight and trucking,
8 98
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National Lead Co., lead,
121 92
A. O. Nicol, teaming,
19 00
B. & M. R. R., freight,
131 77
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies,
82 94
H. L. Bond & Co., jute,
16 28
R. D. Wood & Co., pipe, gates, and boxes,
1,115 79
F. C. Williams, stock and labor,
2 50
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R. G. Watkins, contract laying wa- ter main, 826 54
I. B. Little Co., supplies, 4 80
National Meter Co., meter connec- tions, 9 60
J. L. Howe, stock and labor, 50
G. P. Anderson, supplies, 31 21
Norwood Engineering Co., hydrants, 81 00
Sargent Coal Co., supplies, I 20
W. A. Bailey, carfare and expense, 2 50
Zenas Lovell & Co., supplies, 9c
$3,024 62
Appropriation, Locust St., $2,500 00
Appropriation, general, 100 00
Received for team and labor,
197 48
Received for laying service pipe, 178 95
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1913.
58 02
$3,034 45
Unexpended,
9 83
$3,024 62
MAINTENANCE. Repairs.
G. P. Anderson, supplies, $30 77
Trustees cemetery, supplies,
I 87
O. F. Bennett, supplies, 3 62
N. L. Howe, stock and labor,
I 42
G. G. Davis, team,
5 50
Deane Steam Pump Co., repair parts, 24 30
H. McInnis, freight and trucking, 2 64
S. E. Woodbury, stock and labor, 4 80
Guy Bros., repairs on boilers,
7 55
I. B. Little Co., supplies, 26
W. A. Bailey, supt., payroll,
4 67
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National Meter Co., supplies,
8 84
D. Ray, repairs, 42 30
Stillman Carmichael Co., repair parts, 2 55
Jonah & George, supplies, I 25
Sargent Coal Co., cement,
3 70
E. H. Alexander, supplies,
3 00
W. Hf. Scott, express paid,
2 35
W. A. Bailey, expense,
50
Scannell Boiler Works,
53 12
$205 0I
Fuel.
Light Department, fuel,
$1,513 90
$1,513 90
Oil and Waste.
G. P. Anderson, oil and waste, $217 24
Walker Carriage Co., oil, I 20
Eastern Hard Fibre Co., oil, 50
A. McInnis, freight and trucking,
9 85
$228 79
Supplies to Station.
G. P. Anderson, supplies, $62 64
W. H. Scott, express paid, 2 IO
A. McInnis, freight and trucking, I 44
Zenas Lovell & Co., supplies, 7 37
F. C. Williams, stock and labor,
I 50
$75 05
Salaries.
W. A. Bailey, superintendent,
$550 00
W. A. Bailey, commissioner, 12 50
G. A. Titcomb, commissioner,
12 50
W. H. Scott, commissioner,
12 50
$587 50
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Station Wages. Geo. G. Hall, engineer, $936 00
$936 00
Office Expense.
Merrimac P. O., stamps and box rent, $30 80
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service and rental,
45 47
Merrimac Job Print, printing,
32 20
Sargent Coal Co., coal,
67 50
G. P. Anderson, supplies,
10 00
I. B. Little Co., supplies,
85
W. H. Scott, supplies and express,
2 00
A. B. Sawyer, supplies,
35
O. F. Bennett, supplies,
3 21
Zenas Lovell & Co., supplies,
70
H. H. Story, supplies,
3 80
$196 88
Bonds, interest and insurance
Bond payments,
$3,500 00
Interest payments,
2,850 OC
Insurance on boilers,
79 20
$6,429 20
Total,
$13,196 95.
Cost of Construction.
Cost to Jan. 1, 1913
Pumping station,
$6,631 74
Boilers,
3,473 70
Pumps,
5,889 06
Coal Shed,
339 60
Road to station,
272 00
Suction pump,
2,369 86
Pipe line,
24,778 33
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Pipe laying,
11,982 03
Clearing land,
620 08
Stand pipe,
6,165 21
Investigating committee,
2,344 12
Meters,
3,074 90
Engineering,
3,000 00
Freight and express,
245 99
Miscellaneous,
961 93
Salaries,
1,500 00
Land,
3,475 34
Service pipe,
6,970 20
Reservoir at station,
137 99
$84,232 08
Additions, 1913.
Pipe line,
$1,526 14
Pipe laying,
826 54
'Engineering,
36 10
Miscellaneous,
10 05
Service pipe,
249 36
$2,648 19
Total,
$86,880 27
BALANCE SHEET.
Receipts.
Appropriation for construction,
$100 00
Appropriation, Locust St. exten- sion,
2,500 00
Appropriation, hydrants, etc.,
1,775 00
Appropriation, maintenance,
1,751 79
Light Dept., rent,
300 00
Oil and waste,
160 15
Team and labor,
197 48
Office expense,
81 56
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Supplies to station,
29 77
Miscellaneous,
9 3I
Water rates,
5,472 42
Service pipe,
178 95
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1913,
2,257 47
$14,813 90
Expended.
For construction,
$3,024 62
For maintenance,
10,172 33
Cash balance Jan. 1, 1914,
1,616 95
$14,813 90
Dr.
To accrued interest and
unpaid
bills,
$1,248 58
Cr.
By cash on hand,
$1,616 95
By fuel on hand,
385 94
By supplies on hand,
38 98
$2,041 87
WILLIS H. SCOTT, GEORGE A. TITCOMB, WARREN A. BAILEY, Board of Water Commissioners.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
ESSEX SS.
To John J. Minahan, one of the Constables of the Town of Merrimac, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal vot- ers of the Town of Merrimac to meet in Sargent Hall in Merrimac, on Monday, March 2nd, next, at 6 o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely :
Aricle I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To give in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Two Selectmen who shall be Overseers of the Poor for a term of one year, one Assessor for a term of one year, one Assessor for a term of two years, one Assessor for a term of three years, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one School Committee for a term of three years, one Trustee of Cemeteries for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, one Trustee of Kim- ball Park for three years, one Commissioner of the Water Board for three years, one Commissioner of the Municipal Light Board for three years, three Constables, three Sur- veyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark, three Fence Viewers, three Field Drivers, one Tree Warden, one Auditor of Accounts, also to give in their votes on the same ballots Yes or No on the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" In voting under this article the polls will be open- ed at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at two in the afernoon.
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Article 3. To fix the time of payment of taxes and see what discount if any the town will allow for the prompt payment of taxes; also to fix the compensation of the Collector.
Article 4. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to charging interest on uncollected taxes.
Article 5. To see if the town will authorize its Collec- tor of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes which a town treasurer may use when appointed a collector of taxes in accordance with Section 78, Chapter 25, of the revised laws.
Article 6. To determine what sum of money shall be raised to defray the necessary and usual charges and ex- penses of the town for the ensuing year and make appro- priations for the same.
Article 7. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen or a ma- jority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year be- ginning, January Ist, 1914, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor payable within one year from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present muni- cipal year.
Article 8. On petition of Edward Hennessey and others to see if the town will vote to instruct its Municipal Light Board to extend the Street Lighting service on Water St., to a point near the residence of Leban M. Bailey and ap- propriate a sum of money to pay for same.
Article 9. On petition of Isaac A. Williams and others to see if the town will vote to instruct its Municipal Light
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Board to extend its street lighting service on Merrimac St. from the residence of Isaac A. Williams to a point near the residence of Archie Eaton and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same.
Article 10. On petition of Joseph B. Lasky and others to see if the town will instruct its Water Commissioners to raise the rates for any water service.
Article 11. On petition of W. A. Wood and others to see what action the town will take to regulate the speed of automobiles through the town.
Article 12. To see if the town will appoint a commit- tee to bring in a list of appropriations to be voted upon at the annual town meeting of 1915.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to bring in a Ist of names for the town officers to be voted upon at the caucus for nominations of town officers for 1915.
Article 14. To see if the town will petition the Direc- tor of the Bureau of Statistics for an audit of its accounts in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 598, Acts of 1910, and amendments thereof.
Article On petition of Clifton B. Health and oth- ers to see what action the town will take regarding the making of needed improvements in the fire alarm system, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers, and to make an appropriation for the same.
Article On petition of Robert O. Patten and others to see if the town will vote to instruct its Municipal Light Board to establish continuous electric light service and to appropriate the necessary amount to carry same into ef- fect.
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof in seven public places in
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said town of Merrimac at least seven days before said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Merrimac this nineteenth day of February, 1914.
JAMES W. BAILEY, JOHN K. SARGENT, STEPHEN L. KELLY, Selectmen of Merrimac.
A true copy. Attest.
JOHN J. MINAHAN, Constable.
By virtue of the above warrant to me directed, I hereby notify and warn the legal voters of the town of Merrimac to meet at the time and place and for the purposes therein expressed.
JOHN J. MINAHAN,
Constable.
Merrimac, Mass., February 19th, 1914.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Subject to Correction
State Board of Health Merrimac Water Analysis. (Parts in 100,000.) 1913
DATE OF
APPEARANCE
ODOR
Number
Collection
Exam'tion
Turbidity
Sediment
Color
Cold
Hot
Residue on
Evaporation
Free
Albu-
Chlorine
Nitrates
Nitrites
Hardness
Iron
Oct 1913
112399
30
none
none
00
none
none
5.50
.0000
.0010
.48
.0280
.0000
2.9
.004
Welis
110650
26
none
none
.00
none
none
6.20
.0000
.0012
.49
.0200
.0000
2.2
,000
Wells
108013
8
v slight v slight
.00
none
none
6.20
0002
.0020
.48
.0180
.0000
2.1
.012
Wells
107900
17
none
none
.00
none
none
6.30
.0004
.0014
.52
.0160
.0000
2.2
008
Wells
106369
5
none
none
,00
none
none
6.40
.0004
.0008
.55
.0180
.0000
2.2
.008
Wells
105137
1
7
none
v slight
.00
none
none
5.50
.0016
0024
,51
. 0240
.0000
2.6
.010
Wells
.
AMMONIA
Nitrogen As
minoid
Remarks
Aug 1913
July 1913
May
March 1913
Jan 1913
SCHOOL REPORT.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
We hereby respectfully submit our report for the past year, together with the reports of the Superintendent, Prin- cipal of the High School and Music instructor.
The school committee was organized after the March town meeting with
H. C. MANNING, Chairman,
R. H. SARGENT, Secretary, F. C. GRANT, Purchasing Agent.
On December 15, 1913, Mr. Manning, having resigned from the board, Mrs. Ellen M. Murphy was elected to finish the term.
During the past year there have been several changes in teachers, as some have resigned to accept more lucrative positions. The vacancies at the High School have been filled very creditably by Mr. C. C. Putney, as principal, and Miss Lyons, as assistant in charge of the commercial department. There have been changes in the seventh and eighth grades also. These grades have not progressed in a very satisfactory manner ; but we are striving and ask the parents of the children attending these grades to co- operate with us, to. bring these two grades up to the stan- dard of the other grades, which we feel are doing excel- lent work.
Your committee has given particular attention to the school rooms, all of which have been thoroughly cleaned, the ceilings whitened and the walls varnished. This has given the rooms a cheerful and tidy appearance. The
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High School has been shingled on the east side, (the west side having been shingled a few years ago,) at a cost of one hundred and eighty-five dollars. The building is now in good repair.
The entries in the High School need heating. As they are exposed to the west, it makes it difficult to regulate the temperature in the rooms. Also, the students have to pass through the entries going to their classes and without their wraps on, it subjects them to colds. This state of af- fairs could be remedied by the addition of a steam heater and avoid forcing the furnaces as at present. This could be installed at an estimated cost of two hundred and fifty dollars.
Your committee recommends that this be done.
The Center building is in the same condition as has been reported time and again; the two front rooms are pleasant and attractive, but the rooms in the rear are not what they should be for school purposes, being neither attractive nor sanitary. It is only a question of time when there will be a call for this building to be replaced by a more commodious, up-to-date structure. Room will have to be provided for the eighth grade, as that grade now occupies room that is needed for High School pur- poses.
At the Prospect School a new heater has been installed and the ventilating system changed to conform with the requirements of the State inspector. This work was done by Mr. O. F. Bennett of Haverhill, he being the lowest bidder ; his bid was one hundred and seventy-nine dollars. The furnace is two sizes larger than the old one. The ver- andah of this school is nearly rotted away. We would recommend that a covered structure be built which would preserve the steps and also add to the appearance of the building. The estimated cost of such a structure is two hundred and fifty dollars.
The shoolhouse at the Port is a problem to your com-
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mittee. Why this bulding has not been kept up, we do not understand, as one member of former committees was from this part of the town. The front wall is crowded in; the underpinning is cracked and crumbling away and is liable to tumble at any time; the roof needs shingling all over; the floors in the shoolroom and entry are in bad condition and need relaying; also the building needs paint- ing. The estimated cost of these repairs is five hundred dollars.
RALPH H. SARGENT, FREDERICK C. GRANT, ELLEN M. MURPHY, School Committee.
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
per
monthı
High School Principal Edward F. Cunningham (resigned), $IIO 00
High School Principal C. C. Putney, 100 00
Assistant Katherine G. Little, 50 00
Assistant Louise A. Morrison, 45 00
Assistant Debora Brown (resigned), 45 00
Assistant Annabelle Lyons,
50 00
Eighth Grade,
C. Irene Barteau (resigned), 47 50
I. H. Kiersted (substitute),
Annie F. Simington (resigned), 50 00
Seventh Grade,
Grace MacIlwain (resigned), 45 00
George Anderson (substitute),
A. Marguerite Williams, Sixth Grade,
44 00
Myra E. Worster,
47 50
Fifth Grade,
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Anna M. Kelly, Fourth Grade, May M. Smilie, Third Grade,
42 50
42 50
Mary A. Hughes,
42 50
Second and First Grades,
Julia M. Noyes,
50 00
Mrs. Clara Twombly ( substitute),
Merrimac Port School,
Annie M. Sargent,
42 50
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Receipts.
General Appropriation,
$7,700 00
Transportation Appropriation,
950 00
Superintendent Appropriation
375 00
Mass. School Fund,
952 55
From State for Superintendent,
437 50
Extra Appropriation for Shingling,
150 00
Due rfom State on account of minor wards,
I47 00
Tuition received from Salisbury,
40 00
Dog Tax,
139 44
Total
$10,891 49
Expenditures.
School Committee office expenses,
$16 62
Superintendent's salary,
595 00
Truant Officer,
20 00
Incidentals,
33 43
Supervisors' salaries and expenses,
235 00
Principal's salary,
1,060 00
Assistant Teachers-High School,
1,390 00
Assistant Teachers-Elemenetary,
3,610 18
Text Books-High,
243 80
Text Books-Elementary,
35 80
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Stationery and Supplies-High,
281 61
Stationery and Supplies-Elementary,
228 02
Janitor-High,
250 00
Janitor- Elementary,
587 42
Fuel-High,
262 14
Fuel-Elementary,
239 90
Repairs-High,
252 98
Repairs-Elementary,
584 37
Transportation,
868 25
Tuition
30 00
Sundries,
8 20
New Equipment,
33 34
Total,
$10,866 06.
Receipts,
· $10,891 49
Expenditures,
10,866 06
Unexpended $25 43
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Merrimac :
I have the pleasure of handing you my second annual report as superintendent of your schools. Such a report must of necessity cover in a very general and limited way, the work, progress and standard of the schools.
Teachers.
Last summer Mr. Edward F. Cunningham, the principal, and Miss Deborah Brown, teacher of the Commercial De- partment, in the High School, resigned for more lucrative positions. The former going as principal of the Walpole, Mass. High School and the latter as commercial teacher in the Amesbury High School. These positions were filled by the election of Mr. Clifton C. Putney, submaster of the Westborough High School as principal and Miss Anna- belle Lyons of Amesbury. Mr. Putney came to us highly recommended by the Westboro School officials. He has a breadth of knowledge and general experience that makes him a very valuable man. Miss Lyons is a grad- uate from the Salem Business School with summer work in the pedagogy of her subjects at Rochester, New York.
The grades, the seventh and eighth, made vacant during the summer, by the resignation of Mrs. McIlwain and Miss Barteau were filled for the opening of the fall term by the election of Miss A. Marguerite Williams for the seventh and Miss Anne Simington for the eighth grade. Miss Williams is a graduate from the North Adams Normal School and has had considerable teaching experience. The rest of the corps are teachers who have been with us one or more years.
Salarics.
Our salaries are not commensurate with the demands of
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the times, nor do they with the high cost of living and par- ticularly with the high cost of board in !Merrimac, secure and retain in our schools for any length of time the teacher that is thoroughly interested in her work and is growing professionally. Teachers who are looking for increased responsibilities and increase in salaries must take cog- nizance of the fact that their attitude towards profes- sional reading and study is becoming a considerable fac- tor in estimating their qualifications for advancement. I have been asked within a few weeks to recommend some- one for a position in a high school and for a position in the grades paying respectively nine hundred dollars and one thousand dollars. Teachers demanded for these posi- tions were those who were thoroughly alive to their pro- fessional development and who have been, and are doing professional reading and study. Such work is worth big- money to any teacher.
Perhaps in Mrrrimac as in similar towns we may not be able always to get the best, but we do hope to have in our schools teachers reasonably well equipped for their work and who are morally and professionally strong. None- others are suitable to be leaders and living examples for our children. Anything short of this is a case of the blind leading the blind. We cannot afford to gamble with the mental and soul development of our children.
Schools.
On the whole the work in the High School is strongly progressive in all departments. The pupils are increas- ingly interested and an excellent spirit prevails throughi- cut the school. The work is well under way for an ad- vance standard in the immediate future.
In comparison with other towns having about the same population, our High School ranks high in its enrollment
Two new Underwood typewriters have been added to the Commercial Department this year. This makes seven
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machines now in use. With the large classes that are tak- ing the commercial course more machines are still needed. The typewriters are in almost constant use in the same room where other recitatons are being held ; consequently the noise from the machines cannot help but be very annoying to teacher and pupils and interferes and de- tracts from their work. With the development of our commercial work it becomes almost imperative to make some arrangement for a room for typewriting alone. And further as our commercial work is developed, and its scope enlarged more room will be needed. The entire building could well be utilized for high school purposes alone.
The laboratory facilities are meager and somewhat crude. I have previously recommended a temporary make-shift by the introduction of sinks, running water and cabinets beneath the tables. This could be done at a small cost and would add greatly to the facility and despatch of the laboratory work. Further our apparatus for both the chemical and physical laboratory is very limited and some- what antiquated. So that on the whole we are at present very poorly equipped both in facility and material.
The department of modern language is being strength- ened and the conversational method of teaching introduced. To my mind this is the only correct way to teach these subjets. The ear should be as intensely trained in the use of the French letters, combinations and words as the eye in translating the French into English. Both should be emphasized by much written work in French. The work in any modern language at least, should be sufficiently extended in time and periods to make it usable and work- able to any boy or girl completing a course in these sub- jects. Anything short of this is, I believe, largely a waste of time on the part of the pupil.
The seventh and eighth grades are rather large for the best results. The other grades are normal in their en-
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rollment. Two years ago the first and second grades were combined. This year there is an enrollment of fifty-four pupils. This is too many for any one teacher. Public statutes, chapter 42, Section 17,-In every public school having an average of fitfy pupils, one or more female as- sistants shall be employed unless the town votes other- wise .- It seems to have been the concensus of opinion in our general court that a room of fifty pupils is too large for one teacher. Experience bears this out and the room of twenty-five to thirty pupils is considered sufficiently large for one teacher even when there is only one grade. Two grades, as in this room, and particularly of the first grades, decidely intensifies the situation. It would seem as if these grades should be separated this next fall. This of course means an additional teacher with the necessary attendant expense of about five hundred dollars. This with what seems to be an inevitable increase in salaries is going to add considerable to the pay-roll next year.
There is a way in which a considerable portion of this expense may be met. By closing the Port school and transfering the pupils to the Center Shool. As the en- rollment of this school is small, being about fifteen or six- teen, it would simply be in line with the policy of the town in past years. The money thus saved for teacher and running expense of the school would perhaps quite pay for the additional teacher at the Center. And further if the Port School is maintained there must be a considerable sum of money laid out upon it in the way of repairs to put it into good habitable condition. Because of the very large tax rate which the town now has, the above "modus operandi" has been suggested.
Books.
In the lower grades the Aldine is the basal reader fol- lowed by the use of the Cyr and Jones Readers and other supplementary reading! matter. The lower grades are
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very well equipped with reading material. The upper grades are not. Evidently the school equipment in the recent past at least, has received but little attention. Now this last year an effort was started to put our school equip- ment into good shape. With the limited amount of money it is going to take two or three years to do this. Last year the lower grades were well equipped. This year the upper grades will receive the most attention. And thus we are in hope that by the opening of the fall term to have all grades reasonably well supplied with the neces- sary school material. It is impossible to pinch the outlay this year in some line without next year having to add just so much the more extra or endeavor to do our work handicapped by a poor equipment. Unfortunately books are short-lived and will wear out. Pupils do not take the same care of their books as they would if purchased directly by their parents. And furthermore some parents seem to think that because they pay taxes their children should not be held responsible for the misuse of books and school property. Possibly this theory is correct. But it takes money to carry it into execution. The Hamilton arithmetics introduced last fall are giving excellent satis- faction. A change should be made this coming year in the language and grammar text books. These now in use are not suitable nor adapted to our use. A book containing as nearly as possible the essentials only should be adopted. It would seem advisable to put spelling books into the hands of every pupil from the third or fourth to the eighth grades inclusive. And further that spelling should be made a distinct feature in the com- mercial course in the High School. Montgomery's United States and English history is in use in the grammar and high school.
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