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THE HIGH SCHOOL.
As this school retains the same efficient corps of teachers as last year, and as no change has been made in the course of study, I need add nothing to what I have previously said in commenda- tion of its work. The school maintains its former high standard of excellence, and well deserves the hearty support which it re- ceives from the town.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
In these schools I am pleased to report a marked improve- ment in the amount and character of the work done. The wis- dom of allowing five years, instead of four, for the work required in these schools, is very apparent. The teachers are, to a great degree, relieved from the nervous strain which was a result of the feeling that more work was required of them than could be well done.
The change from an eight to a nine years' course has per- mitted us to use more freedom in promotions, and this tends to a feeling of encouragement among the pupils. When we allowed only four years for the work in the grammar schools, over 60 per cent of the pupils required at least five years to do the work. This showed that many were held back at some point in their course through the schools, and obliged to repeat a year's work. This was discouraging, and gave rise to dissatisfaction among pupils and their parents. This trouble has been largely removed by lengthening the grammar school period to five years. There is a visible improvement in the time and attention given to read- ing and writing, and the results obtained in these important branches are more satisfactory.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
These schools are of the greatest importance in our school system. If that is true which is often asserted, that the public school is the foundation of our national liberty, it is as true that the primary school is the foundation of our school system, and that faults in teaching, committed or permitted in them, can never be corrected in the higher grades.
Here the child receives his first impressions in school life; here he receives his first ideas of school, order and discipline; and here he acquires habits of attention and application, which, as
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they are good or bad, will make his school life a success or a failure. The greatest care should be taken to secure the very best talent as teachers in these grades, since so much depends upon the na- ture of the work to be done. In these grades, good work has been done in all branches, but special improvement is to be no- ticed in writing and reading.
As soon as the child enters school and has learned to recog- nize the first word taught him, he begins to learn' to write by copying the word, which is written on the board by his teacher. The success of this method depends upon the power of imitation, which is always strong in children. But as the imitative faculty is not equally strong in all children, and as no child can imitate perfectly, we cannot depend upon this alone to make good writers. The eye must be trained to see correctly, and the hand must be taught to obey the will; and it is only by keeping these facts in view that good results are obtained. '
In teaching reading we work with two objects in view : first, that the pupil may be able to get the thought of the sentence by silent reading, or as commonly expressed, "by reading to him- self;" secondly, that he may be able to give proper expression to that thought by reading the sentence aloud. During the first years of a child's life in school, the parent is very likely to judge of his school work by the progress which he makes in reading, and is likely to rest satisfied if the child reads aloud, fairly well, the lesson which he has that day read in the class. This is a good test, but it is not enough. The child should also be able to read silently a sentence, paragraph or story from his book, then close the book and give the thought in his own words. This is the best test of a pupil's ability to read understandingly.
This is the line of work in reading now pursued in our pri- mary grades, and should be kept in view by the parents who ex- amine their children in reading.
THE COUNTRY SCHOOLS.
In my last report I mentioned at some length the needs of these schools in the way of maps, globes and charts. I can only say that the needs have remained about the same during the year. Each one of these five schools should be supplied with a primary reading-chart, a good globe, and a complete set of maps. During a recent visit to one of these schools I found that the only wall maps in the school were a set of Colton's Outline maps, published in 1859.
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PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
In my last report I gave considerable attention to this sub- ject, and in the revised course of study which was given to the teachers in September, we have the following outline for this branch. This course is essentially the same as that suggested by Mr. Prince of the State Board of Education, in his "Courses of Study," and his book is in the hands of the teachers, and is used in the preparation of the oral lessons given by them.
GRADE I.
Period 1 .- Parts of the human body. (Prince, page 196.)
Period 2 .- Parts of the body and movements. (Prince, page 196.)
GRADE II.
Period 1 .- Organs of senses. (Prince, pages 196-197.)
Period 2 .- Organs of senses. (Prince, page 197.)
GRADE III.
Periods 1 and 2 .- Parts of body, movements of parts, health of parts, uses of parts. (Prince, page 197.)
GRADE IV.
Periods 1 and 2 .- Study of bones, muscles, skin, nerves and blood, with functions of each. (Prince, pages 175-176-177.)
GRADE V.
Periods 1 and 2 .- Structure of bones and skin. Names of larger bones and muscles. Clothing, care of body, cleanliness, etc.
GRADE VI.
Periods 1 and 2 .- Circulation of blood and respiration. (Prince, pages 175-176.)
GRADE VII.
Periods 1 and 2 .- Digestion; foods : kinds and uses.
GRADE VIII.
Period 1 .- Nervous system and special senses.
Period 2 .- Special lessons on uses of stimulants and nar- cotics. (Prince, pages 181-187.)
GRADE IX.
Periods 1 and 2 .- A careful review of the subject. Pupils to be furnished with text-books.
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In addition to, or perhaps it is better to say, in preparation for, the special lessons on stimulants and narcotics in the eighth grade, the effect of tobacco and alcohol upon the different parts and organs of the body is taught as these subjects are taken up in the lower grades.
EVENING SCHOOL.
At the opening of this school in November, it was hoped that a large number of pupils would take advantage of the oppor- tunity offered them to attend. But only twenty-three presented themselves as pupils. During November and December the average attendance was eighteen, but a number were affected by the epidemic early in January, and during that month the atten- dance was only twelve. Unless greater interest is shown another year, I think the money could be more profitably expended in some other way.
DRAWING.
Last June, Mr. H. T. Bailey, agent of the State Board of Education, made an examination of the work in this department, and spoke in very favorable terms of the results which had been reached under the direction of Miss L. R. McLauthlin. The Committee were unable to retain the services of this teacher, and since September the work has been done under the supervision of Miss E. M. Folsom. Before Miss McLauthlin left Milford, she prepared a course of study in drawing which is included in our re- vised course, and which Miss Folsom has closely followed in her work in this branch of study.
REPAIRS MADE UNDER ORDERS FROM THE STATE BOARD OF INSPECTION.
Early last April Officer J. A. Moore, of the State Board of Inspection of Public Buildings, visited Milford, and examined twelve of our schoolhouses. Shortly after his visit the Commit- tee received instructions from the chief of the department, call- ing for additional stairways to be used as means of escape in case of fire, improved sanitary conditions in the out-buildings, and better means of ventilation in the schoolrooms.
All this was in accordance with Chaps. 149 and 426 of the Acts of 1888. The Committee caused to be inserted in the war- rant for a special town meeting held in May, an article asking for a special appropriation to carry out these instructions. The
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town voted $1000 for this purpose. With this money the Com- mittee have complied with that part of the orders relating to fire escapes and out-buildings. Additional stairways were placed in the South Grammar, North Grammar, Park, and Town House buildings. The out-buildings were thoroughly repaired, and two new ones built at the North Purchase Primary school.
VENTILATION.
Under the orders calling for better ventilation, the Commit- tee have placed window-ventilators in all the single-room build- ings, in the Town House, the South Grammar, and in three reci- tation rooms at the High School. These ventilators are arranged to admit fresh air at the top of the windows, and by giving an upward direction to the currents of cold air, to prevent the cold draughts from falling upon those pupils seated near the windows. I think they are doing all that we expected of them, and in the country schools where there are but few pupils will perhaps fur- nish all the ventilation needed. In the larger schools, where the average attendance is 40 to 50, other means of supplying fresh air must be provided.
On the twenty-eighth of last January, State Inspectors Moore and Brown made tests of the condition of the air in the rooms at the South Grammar and Park Schools. The test con- sists in ascertaining the proportion of carbonic acid gas contained in the air of the' room. In pure air this gas is present in the proportion of four parts in one thousand. It has been decided that eight parts in one thousand is the limit to the amount which should be allowed in our schoolrooms. In the eight rooms exam- ined on the twenty-eighth of January, the best results were ob- tained in room No. 1 at the South Grammar school. In this room, two window-ventilators had been open all the morning. The attendance was thirty-two, and the tests showed sixteen parts in one thousand. In the seven other rooms the amount found varied from twenty to twenty-nine parts per thousand.
On the third of February the members of the Committee re- ceived the following notice :-
To Geo. G. Parker, Geo. E. Stacy, Geo. L. Cooke, Robert H. Cochran, John J. Duggan and Charles Mackin, as they are School Committee of the Town of Milford, County of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts.
Gentiemen :-
In compliance with the provisions of the Statutes of the Common- wealth relating to the inspection of factories and public buildings, on the
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twenty-eighth day of January, 1890, I inspected the building known as the Park School Building, Milford, and you are hereby notified that it appears to me, after a careful inspection, that further and different sanitary provi- sions and means of ventilation than those now provided are required in said building, in order to conform to the provisions of Chapter 140 of the Acts of the Legislature of the year 1888. And you are hereby directed to provide better and additional means of ventilation in said building by means of brick or metallic flues or ducts, aided by heat or mechanical means.
All of which is to be done subject to the approval of this department.
JOSEPH A. MOORE,
Inspector of Factories and Public Buildings.
Approved.
RUFUS R. WADE,
Chief Inspector.
Similar orders were received regarding the South Grammar school. I am informed that in order to comply with these in- structions, and obtain certificates of approval from the Board of Inspection, it will be necessary to provide an apparatus which will supply 30 cubic feet of pure warmed air per minute for each occupant of the room, or, in a room of which the seating capacity is 50, 1500 cubic feet of air per minute; and by means of brick or metallic ventilating flues or ducts, provide for the exhaustion or removal of an equal amount of air. The apparatus must also be able to maintain the temperature of the room at not less than 67 degrees Fahrenheit.
This, then, is what we are required to do, and the question arises, How can this be accomplished? The Park building, the two upper rooms of the South Grammar building, and several other schoolhouses of the town, are now ventilated by means of Robinson ventilators, which, at the time they were put in, were considered the best in use. As these ventilators admit only cold air to the rooms, they are inadequate to meet the present de- mands, which require that the supply of fresh air shall be warm on entering the room, in order to avoid the danger arising from cold draughts.
In the last report of the State Board of Inspection, a num- ber of systems are mentioned in favorable terms. I will here make mention of three: The Smead System, the Fuller & Warren System, and the Mahoney-Smith System. The proprietors of these systems all claim to be able to secure the required results, although they differ somewhat in the means employed.
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At present we are prepared to give only a rough estimate of the necessary expense to be incurred in making these changes. A correspondence was opened with the Fuller & Warren Co., and their agent, after an examination of the Park School building,. has informed us that the expense of introducing their apparatus for warming and ventilating the building would be from $3,000 : to $3,500, and that, if the system is to include sanitary closets in the basement, an additional sum of from $800 to $1000 will be needed. The letter containing this estimate reached us while the report was in press, and too late to be used by the Committee in making their estimate as given on Page 4.
FREE TEXT-BOOKS.
Last year I mentioned the fact that many of our books had been in use for a number of years and must be replaced by new ones. A large number of new books have been bought this year for this purpose. In the Secretary's report it is stated that last year's bills to the amount of $247.95 were paid from the appro- priation for this year. The greater part of this amount was for text-books and supplies. On this account the expense for this purpose is larger this year than usual. With the present school registration the yearly outlay for school supplies will be about $1,500, or one dollar for each pupil registered.
An examination of the books in the various grades has shown the following facts: The books remain in the rooms and are used by the several classes as they pass through the grades. The result is that the books in any one room are worn only in that part which contains the subject pursued in that room. For. instance, Greenleaf's Complete Arithmetic is used in each of the five grammar grades, but we find that of the books in the fifth grade only the first 50 or 60 pages are soiled, while the remain- der of the books are in good condition. In the sixth grade the books are soiled from the 50th to 100th page. To remedy this. evil, and to secure all the service possible from the books in use, I would suggest that when a child is furnished with a book, he should continue to use it as long as he needs such a book, or until it is unfit for use; and that when promotions are made the teach- ers be instructed to transfer with the pupils such books as will be needed in the grades to which they are promoted. In this way all parts of the book will be equally used, and each pupil may be held responsible for the condition of the books assigned to him.
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RESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS.
The following teachers resigned during the year :-
Miss M. F. Aylward, resigned in August.
Miss E. S. Rogers, July ..
Miss H. A. Smith, July.
Miss L. R. McLauthlin,
July.
Miss A. M. Plunkett, " September.
The following teachers were appointed :-
Miss B. J. McLoughlin at Bear Hill.
Miss K. F. Tully at Braggville.
Miss L. Gilfoyle at Town House.
Miss A. M. Ames at South Grammar.
Miss E. M. Folsom, teacher in Drawing.
The following transfers were made :-
Miss M. J. Kelly, from No. 3 to No. 2, South Grammar.
Miss E. O. Taylor, from No. 4 to No. 3, South Grammar. Miss J. F. McGann, from Bear Hill to No. 4, Plains. Miss E. E. Wilson, from No. 4, Plains, to Purchase Grammar.
Miss A. B. Chapin was granted leave of absence in October on account of sickness, and since that time Miss S. M. Gorman has acted as substitute in Miss Chapin's place, in No. 1, Claflin School. During the summer term Miss L. Smith was absent on leave and her place was supplied by Miss B. J. McLoughlin.
In conclusion, I again thank the members of your Committee for their hearty support and co-operation during my term of ser- vice.
Respectfully submitted,
S. F. BLODGETT,
Superintendent.
TABLE I. Showing the total cost of each school and the average cost per pupil, based on average number belonging.
SCHOOLS.
Number of
Rooms.
Average No.
Belonging.
Total Cost.
Average
Cost
per Pupil.
High
5
128
$4696 52
$36 69
Park Grammar ..
4
176
2812 99
15 98
Plains Grammar and Prim.
4
170
2919 71
17 17
So. Grammar ..
4
146
2789 80
19 10
Purchase Grammar
1
26
623 65
23 98
Claflin Primary .
4
147
2473 92
16 82
Town House Primary.
2
105
1198 17
11 41
Chapin St. Primary .
2
124
1317 60
0 62
West St. Primary.
2
74
1008 53
13 62
Fountain St. Primary.
1
20
476 76
23 83
Hoboken Primary.
1
29
511 72
17 64
Purchase Primary.
1
27
601 40
22 27
Silver Hill, all Grades
1
15
568 73
37 91
City, all Grades. .
1
13
508 88
39 14
Bear Hill, all Grades.
1
18
479 96
26 66
Braggville, all Grades.
1
19
487 95
25 68
Deer Brook, all Grades.
1
15
482 80
32 18
Evening School, all Grades
1
18
332 00
18 44
TABLE II. ITEMIZED REPORT OF THE SCHOOLS FROM JAN. 1, 1889 TO JAN. 1, 1890.
SCHOOLS.
Gradc.
Total
Enrolment.
Belonging.
.Average Daily
Per cent. of Attend.
Half Days'
Absence.
Cases of
Cases of
Cares of
ment.
Cases of
Truancy.
Visits by
Committee.
Visits by
Visits by
Others.
ness of
Teachers.
TEACHERS.
HIGH.
173
128
124
97
1006
155
71
2
1
35
30
12
H. W. Lull. M. A. Parkhurst. I. B. Essex. N. Pickering.
PURCHASE GRAMMAR.
5-9
39
26
23
$ 9
637
39
27
1
-1
1
10
10
2
E. E. Wilson.
8 & 9
73
39
31
97
404
26
22
26
K. E. Edwards.
PARK GRAMMAR.
6
54
49
47
95
1044
50
67
1
1
20
22
2
S. R. Broderick.
.
5
62
49
16
95
916
36
58
2
4
18
30
1
L. Madden.
8 & 9
4-4
27
26
98
277
25
** 8
1
26
17
C. V. Sadler.
SOUTH GRAMMAR.
G
44
41
94
819
1:9
132
3
8
29
9
E. O. Taylor.
5
12
41
38
92
826
132
2
6
26
20
A. M. Ames.
7 & 8
40
25
2-4
90
398
53
62
4
3
32
10
M. F. Devinc.
5 & 6
52
46
93
1026
140
30
10
4
30
10
M. E. Cochran.
3 & 4
49
46
13
94
949
66
12
5
23
3
J. I .. Devine.
1 & 2
53
49
93
1271
158
23
8
2
23
8
J. F. McGann.
4
40
38
36
94
820
86
37
12
2
18
10
3
35
33
94
822
18
61
5
2
19
3
CLAFLIN.
2
13
3.7
31
9.3
719
47
28
18
51
K. Mc Namara.
1
42
41
38
93
871
54
5
3
19
35
1
K. Chapin.
3 & 4
16
43
41
96
54i
85
53
1
24
131
1 & 2
65
62
53
93
1878
19
18
2
23
57
3 & 4
60
51
49
93
940
135
40
10
23
35
S. E. She don.
CHAPIN STREET.
1 & 2
85
73
67
7.6
2139
39
8
7
1
22
E. A. Devine.
-
--
--
---
-1
14
34
33
97
485
110
95
2
3
25
11
2
M. J. Kelly.
PLAINS.
59
39
37
602
35
27
2
22
14
2
11. M. Broderick.
-
1
-
A. B. Chapin. L. Smith.
-
-
TOWN HOUSE.
A. L. Bell. L. Gilfoyle.
--
Average Number
Attendance.
ance to Number
Belonging.
Tardiness.
Dismissal.
Corporal Punish-
Superintendent.
Cases . f 'Jarai-
--
+
WEST STREET.
3 & 4 1 & 2
32 47
31 43
30 41
97 95
418 714
27 38
27
3
1
15 15
35 23
N. M. Conely. M. F. Kırby.
FOUNTAIN STREET.
1-4
20
19
96
309
29
10
36
8. E. Inman.
1-4
34
27
25
93
756
87
20
6
1
1
21
M. L. Minon.
PURCHASE PRIMARY. HOBOKEN.
1 & 2
31
29
27
732
6
1
11
16
A. A Comoy.
SILVER HILL. CITY.
Grades.
15
13
12
92
273
42
13
10
8
1
N. F. Gorman.
BEAR HILL.
IIV
22
18
16
01
5,70
41
15
I
BRAGGVILLE.
21
19
0.7
320
8+
18
3
10
K. F. Tully.
DEERBROOK.
15
13
12
02
342
29
66
11
19
M. E. Whitney.
'Totals,
1512
1250
1176
94.1 24387
2180
1482
122
64
15
630
691
23
--
20
15
13
89
547
97
2L
2
10
30
E. M. Waters.
11
B. J. McLoughlin.
-
3
TABLE III. TEACHERS AND SALARIES.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
RESIDENCE.
SAL- ARY.
HIGH.
H. W. Lull,
Claflin St.
$1700.
M. A. Parkhurst,
Court Square,
550.
L. B. Essex,
Franklin St.
500.
N. Pickering,
Jefferson St.
500.
PARK GRAMMAR.
Grades 8 and 9, Grade 7, Grade 6, Grade 5,
K. E. Edwards,
Summer St.
600.
H. M. Broderick,
15 Pine St.
398.
S. R. Broderick,
15 Pine St.
342.
L. Madden,
West St.
342.
SOUTH GRAMMAR.
Grades 8 and 9,
C. V. Sadler,
25 Pine St.
600
Grade 7,
M. J. Kelly,
High St.
378.
Grade 6,
E. O. Taylor,
Otis St.
342.
Grade 5,
A. M. Ames,
Fruit St.
342.
. PLAINS GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY.
Grades 7 and 8,
M. F. Devine,
9 Beach St.
600.
Grades 5 and 6,
M. E. Cochran,
East Main St.
378.
Grades 3 and 4,
J. L. Devine,
9 Beach St. Hayward St.
342.
CLAFLIN PRIMARY.
Grade 4,
A. B. Chapin,
174 Main St.
468.
Grade 3,
L. Smith,
Pearl St.
342.
Grade 2,
K. McNamara,
Central St.
342.
Grade 1,
K. Chapin,
174 Main St.
342.
TOWN HOUSE PRIM.
Grades 3 and 4,
A. L. Bell, L. Gilfoyle,
Highland Square, High St.
342.
CHAPIN ST. PRIMARY.
Grades 3 and 4,
S. E. Sheldon,
Franklin St.
342.
Grades 1 and 2,
E. A. Devine,
9 Beach St.
342.
WEST ST. PRIMARY.
Thayer St.
342.
Grades 1 and 2,
Pond St. 342.
FOUNTAIN ST. PRIM. Grades 1 to 4, PURCHASE PRIM.
S. E. Inman,
Taylor St. 377.
Grades 1 to 4.
M. L. Minon,
High St.
414.
PURCHASE GRAM.
Grades 5 to 9,
E. E. Wilson,
Main St.
432.
HOBOKEN PRIMARY. Grades 1 and 2, UNGRADED.
A. A. Conroy,
East St.
342.
Silver Hill,
E. E. Waters,
Carroll St.
414.
City,
N. F. Gorman,
Main St. 414.
Bear Hill,
B. J. McLoughlin,
Main St. 342.
Braggville,
K. F. Tully,
East Main St.
342.
Deer Brook,
M. E. Whitney,
Grant St.
342.
Drawing,
Franklin St.
400.
School St.
$4 night.
S. M. Gorman,
Main St.
$4 week when
B. F. Powers,
Main St.
emp. &# Assis't.
E. Flaherty,
Hayward St.
Assistants and Substitutes.
E. M. Folsom, S. F. Blodgett,
Evening,
342.
Grades 1 and 2,
Grades 3 and 4,
N. M. Conely, M. T. Kirby,
342.
Grades 1 and 2,
J. F. McGann,
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL, 1889.
Knowledge is not wisdom, but it makes the higher wisdom possible .- Dr. Pullman.
Chorus *- Praise Be to God,
Modern Samsons,
High School Days,
C. H. Rinck Hartwell B. Spaulding
Eliza A. Flaherty,
Sadie F. Toomey,
Lottie M. Waterman, A. Louise Whitney,
Florence Ethel Whitney.
Knowledge, like the fairy's wand, ennobles whatever it touches .- Prof. I. P. Cooke.
Chorus-The Erl King,
Why Do They Come?
Combustion : Heat and Flame, John E. Burke,
James E. Fitzgerald,
P. Joseph Martin,
John J. Casey,
Richard P. Hoey,
Thomas J. Murphy.
Lulu E. Haskins
Schoolhouses are less expensive than rebellions .- Garfield.
Chorus-Lightly My Bark,
Our National Flower,
Nellie A. Goldsmith
Our Country: Her Natural Resources,
H. Theodora Clark, Clara F. Conely,
Frederick A. Gould, Mabel L. Mayhew,
James Lester Morgan.
New England, Ethelwyn Blake
Presentation of Diplomas, Chairman G. G. Parker Chorus-Ode, Written by Sadie F. Toomey
Music by Arthur Foote.
*Accompaniments by Essie G. Wilber, '90.
The worth of your knowledge is to be measured by the extent to which it educates your higher nature and elevates you in the scale of manhood .- Prof. Cooke.
Dr. Callcott Agnes T. Connolly
Heroes and Heroines,
Minard
GRADUATES OF 1889.
COMPLETE FOUR-YEAR DIPLOMAS.
ENGLISH, FRENCH AND LATIN.
Ethelwyn Blake,
James Edward Fitzgerald,
Nellie Abbie Goldsmith, Patrick Joseph Martin,
Hartwell Ballou Spaulding, Lottie Marion Waterman.
ENGLISH AND FRENCII. -
Lillian Angeline Bradford, John Edward Burke, Hattie Theodora Clark, Clara Frances Conely,
Agnes Theresa Connolly, Eliza Agnes Flaherty,
Frederick Arthur Gould, Lulu Eunice Haskins,
Mabel Louise Mayhew, Thomas Joseph Murphy.
PARTIAL DIPLOMAS.
(Given for incomplete courses.) ENGLISHI, FRENCII AND LATIN.
John Joseph Casey, Richard Patrick Hoey, Mabelle Agnes Tarbell, Sadie Filomena Toomey,
Amy Louise Whitney,
Florence Ethel Whitney.
CLASSICAL.
James Lester Morgan.
SCHOOL CALENDAR.
WINTER TERM .- High School :- Begins Dec. 30, 1889. Closes March 21, 1890. Vacation, one week. Other Schools :- Begin Jan. 6. Close March 14. Vacation, two weeks.
SPRING TERM .- High School :- Begins March 31. Closes June 20. Vacation, ten weeks. Other Schools :- Begin March 31. Close June 6. Vacation, twelve weeks.
FALL TERM .- High School :- Begins Sep. 2. Closes Dec. 19. Vacation, one week.
Other Schools :- Begin Sep. 2. Close Dec. 19. Vacation, two weeks.
WINTER TERM .- High School :- Begins Dec. 29. Other Schools :- Begin Jan. 5, 1891. SCHOOL SESSIONS.
HIGH SCHOOL .- November to April, 8.30 A. M., to 1. 30 P. M. April to November, 8 A. M. to 1 P. M.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS .- 9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1.30 to 4 P. M.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS .- 9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1.30 to 3.30 P. M.
COUNTRY SCHOOLS .- 9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1 to 3.30 P. M.
HOLIDAYS .- Fast Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day, and the Friday following Thanksgiving Day.
This year Washington's Birthday falls on Saturday.
STORM SIGNALS .- The steam whistle at B. H. Spaulding's factory, two blasts sounded four times (11-11-11-11). When this signal is sounded at 8. A. M., there will be no morning ses- sion. When it is sounded at 12.30 P. M., there will be no after- noon session. When it is sounded at 8 A. M., and not repeated at 12.30 P. M., there will be an afternoon session.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER, SS.
To either Constable of the Town of Milford, in said County,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, quali- fied by law to vote in Elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the third day of March, 1890, punctually at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following articles, namely :-
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. All officers to be voted for upon one written or printed ballot, and the use of the check list.
Article 3. To bring in their ballots "Yes" or "No," in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of . intoxicating liquors in this town?"
Article 4. To hear and act upon the reports of Selectmen, School Committee, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Engineers of the Fire Department, and any other officers and committee of said Town.
Article 5. To raise and appropriate such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses for the year ensuing.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the current year.
Article 7. To determine when all taxes shall be collected and paid into the treasury the year ensuing, and to fix the com- pensation of the Collector of Taxes for collecting the same.
Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money to pay town debt, or any part thereof; or take any action in relation to said debt.
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Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate one hundred dollars towards defraying the expense of Memorial Day.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appoint the Selectmen to take charge and control of all legal proceedings in which the Town shall be interested.
Article 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Chapter 298 of the Acts of 1889, and if so, how much.
Article 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to build an addition to the barn at the Town Farm and make other necessary repairs thereon, or take any action in rela- tion to the same.
Article 13. To see if the Town will grant the free use of the Town Hall one night in each week, in the interest of temper- ance and labor.
Article 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to extend the Lincoln street sewer from where it now ter- minates to the Milford & Hopkinton railroad.
Article 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate one hundred dollars to defray the expenses of the parade drill of the Fire Department.
Article 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to establish a Fire Alarm Telegraph, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to extend the concrete sidewalk on East Main street, to Medway street.
Article 18. To see if the Town will establish a police force of not less than four men, and make an appropriation for the same.
Article 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to purchase new settees for the Town Hall.
Article 20. To see what action the Town will take in regard to a Town seal.
Article 21. To see if the Town will accept and allow the re- port of the Selectmen on the laying out of an extension of Vine street.
Article 22. To see if the Town will accept and allow the re-
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port of the Selectmen on the laying out of an extension of Park- hurst street.
Article 23. To see if the Town will establish a salary for any or all of the Town Officers, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to paint the Town House, and to fit up suitable offices therein for each board of Town Officers, in which to do Town business.
Article 25. To see if the Town will reimburse Hannah Crowley for sidewalk betterment paid in 1888, in excess of the amount which was required by law.
And you are hereby directed to serve This Warrant by post- ing up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and at the Post-Office in said Town; also cause an attest- ed copy to be published in the Milford Daily Journal, Milford Daily News, Milford Gazette, and the Milford Times, newspapers printed in said Town, two Sabbaths at least before the time set for said meeting.
Hereof Fail Not, and make due return of this warrent with your doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Milford, this fourteenth day of February, A. D., 1890.
E. L. WIRES, Selectmen AMARIAH A. TAFT, S of Milford.
A true copy. Attest :
O. D. HOLMES,
Constable of Milford.
INDEX.
Appropriations . · · 4
Assessors' Report
27
Auditor's Report
74
Board of Health, Report of
· 38
Collector of Taxes, Report of
28
Fire Engineers' Report
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48
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
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39
Selectmen's Report .
6
Town Clerk's Report
67
Town Officers, List of
2
Town Park Commissioners' Report -
·
66
Town Treasurer's Report .
· 30
Trustees of Town Library, Report of .
· 60
Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, Report of
· 64
School Committee, Report of . 1 ·
Superintendent of Schools, Report of . 7 .
Town Warrant
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