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ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT MILFORD MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL YEAR 1915-16 FISCAL YEAR - 1916
H. SCAMMAN.
SCHOOL CALENDAR.
WINTER TERM .- High School began January 2, 1917. Other schools began January 8, 1917, and All schools close February 23, 1917. Vacation one week.
SPRING TERM .- All schools :- Begin March 5, 1917. Close April 27. Vacation one week.
SUMMER TERM .- All schools :- Begin May 7, 1917. High School closes June 27, 1917. Vacation nine weeks. Other schools close June 22, 1917. Vacation ten weeks.
FALL TERM .- All schools :- Begin September 4, 1917, and Close December 21. Vacations :- High School, one week. Other schools, two weeks.
HOLIDAYS .- Lincoln's Birthday, February 12, for exercises in all of the public schools ; Washington's Birthday, February 22, exercises in the schools, Wednesday afternoon, February 21; Good Fri- day, April 16; Patriots' Day, April 19, exercises in the schools Wednesday afternoon, April 18 ; Memorial Day, May 30, exercises in the schools Friday, May 25; Labor Day, Monday, Septem- ber 3; Columbus Day, October 12, exercises in the schools Thursday, October 11; Thanksgiv- ing Day and the following Friday, November 22 and 23.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHN V. GALLAGHER,
CHARLES W. GOULD,
JOHN C. LYNCH,
JOHN E. SWIFT,
GEORGE E. STACY,
ALFRED B. CENEDELLA,
Term expires 1917 Term expires 1917 Term expires 1918 Term expires 1918
Term expires 1919 Term expires 1919
ORGANIZATION. GEORGE E. STACY, Chairman. ALMORIN O. CASWELL, Secretary.
SUB COMMITTEES. Rules and Regulations.
GEORGE E. STACY
JOHN C. LYNCH
Finance.
JOHN V. GALLAGHER CHARLES W. GOULD
Repairs and Fuel.
GEORGE E. STACY
ALFRED B. CENEDELLA Books and Supplies.
JOHN C. LYNCHI
JOHN V. GALLAGHER
Teachers and Salaries.
JOHN E. SWIFT
CHARLES W. GOULD
ALFRED B. CENEDELLA.
SUPERINTENDENT. ALMORIN O. CASWELL. The superintendent is a member of each sub-committee ex-officio.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The regular meetings of the committee are held on the first Friday of each month at 8 p. M .; after March 5, 1917, in the new committee room at the George E. Stacy school.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.
Office at the high school building. Office hours from 8 to 9 A. M. and 4 to 6 p. M. on school days. Monday evenings, 7 to 9. After March 5, 1917, the superintendent's office will be on the first floor of the new George E. Stacy school.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High school .- 8 A. M. to 1 P. M.
Grammar schools .- 9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1.30 to 3.30 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 P. M.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL. Adopted January 1, 1908.
22 repeated three times on the fire alarm.
At 7.30 A. M .- No morning session for all schools, including the high school.
At 8.00 A. M .- No morning session below the high school. At 8 30 A. M. - No morning session for grades below the fifth. At 12.30 P. M .- No afternoon session for all grades.
Between 12 45 and 1 p. M .- No session for grades below the fifth.
At 6.30 P. M .- No session of the evening school.
When the no school signal is sounded in the morning and not repeated in the afternoon, there will be an afternoon ses- sion.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee again calls to the attention of the citizens of Milford the report of the conditions and the needs of our schools for the ensuing year. The following report of the Superintendent of Schools, which has been adopted by the School Committee, gives so much in detail that it is not neces- sary to enlarge upon the subjects presented.
The Committee, however, wishes to call the attention of the town to the fact that the cost of all supplies has in the past year nearly doubled, and wages and other expenses have increased to such an extent that we must ask for an increased appropriation, believing, as we do, that Milford will not hesi- tate to meet the situation in a just and liberal manner.
The following appropriations are earnestly desired :-
APPROPRIATION FOR REGULAR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Salaries
$51,123 00
Fuel
4,500 00
Supplies
4,000 00
Care
4,277 00
Incidentals .
2,500 00
Supervision
2,400 00
Medical inspection .
500 00
Repairs
2,500 00
Transportation
1,400 00
Carriage hire
550 00
Night school
650 00
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$74,400 00 Special appropriation for State-ordered repairs . $1,000 00
GEORGE E. STACY,
For the Committee.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
General appropriation
$70,050 00
Extra income, tuition, etc. . 1,331 83
Special heating appropriation
2,000 00
$73,381 83
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries of teachers . $45,159 06
Fuel
4,223 94
Supplies .
4,139 69
Care
3,527 70
Incidentals
2,374 70
Supervision
2,260 00
Medical inspection
507 88
Repairs
2,743 93
Transportation
1,330 83
Carriage hire
556 05
Night school
693 50
$67,517 28
EXTRAS.
Insurance
$1,336 14
New heating systems,
Park and Plains
Grammar . 500 00
Rewiring transformer
to high school 214 35
2,050 49
$69,567 77
Balances :-
Regular $2,314 06
Heating
.
1,500 00
3,814 06
$73,381 83
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ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES.
Fuel :-
Charles S. Mullane . $ 175 73
L. H. Barney estate . 629 97
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co.
1,069 54 ·
B. Vitalini .
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1,258 85
Milford Coal Co.
. 1,89 85
$4,223 94
REPAIRS-Carpenter work :-
Waters & Hynes $ 76 28
P. L. Sarty . 166 59
H. E. Trask
6 00
F. C. Townsend
377 00
H. H. Lent & Co.
144 42
$770 29
Painting :-
E. F. Porter
$543 99
Eldredge & Son
405 56
Cass Bros. .
15 96
965 51
Plumbing : -
Clark Ellis & Sons . $107 99
J. E. Higgiston
71 51
Staples & Gould
455 30
H. S. Chadbourne
8 70
643 50
Curtains : -
Avery & Woodbury Co.
21 45
Electrical :-
W. C. Tewksbury
15 62
Masonry :-
A. P. Clarridge
$50 95
Peter Consigili
45 00
95 95
Engineering :- J. F. Damon
84 30
Miscellaneous repairs .
147 31
$2,743 93
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Supplies :-
G. M. Billings $ 31 20
Cahill News Agency
23 10
Hinn & Co. .
260 31
Little, Brown & Co. 105 94
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. 156 90
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
109 94
American Book Co.
316 31
Scott, Foresman & Co.
34 60
Underwood Typewriter Co.
35 00
Milton, Bradley Co.
215 63
J L. Hammett Co. .
433 61
E E. Babb & Co.
1,030 00
Allyn & Bacon
161 71
A. N. Palmer Co.
179 00
Macmillan Co. 118 08
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co. 3 03
D. C. Heath & Co. . 32 82
Royal Typewriter Co.
56 00
V. C. Henderson & Co.
7 00
James M. Sullivan . 57 28
Remington Typewriter Co. .
200 00
Silver, Burdett & Co.
15 10
David Farquhar ·
124 34
Gregg Publishing Co.
104 10
Phonographic Institute Co. 34 49
Central Scientific Co.
134 15
Wadsworth, Howland Co. .
160 05
$4,139 69
Incidentals :-
A. O. Caswell (sundries account) $ 43 57
Milford Water Co. . 425 70
E. W. Harmon 4 00
Cheney Bros. 69 92
Milford Electric Light & Power Co. 80 87
Milford Gas Light Co. 38 04
G. M. Billings 182 50
Milford Journal Co.
2 00
ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURES, 1915.
1% - CARRIAGEHIRE.
3.5%-INGIDENTALS
5.6%-REPAIRS
2.1%-TRANSPORTATION. 1%-MEDICAL INSPECTION .
TEACHERS'
7%-FUEL:
5% - SUPPLIES.
650
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5.5%-JANITOR SERVICE.
3.3 % - SUPERVISION
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SALARIES
C.O.AYERY.'18.
The graphs on this and the opposite plates show what per- centage of the total expenditures for general school purposes each item of school support cost in 1915 and 1916.
ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURES, 1916.
3.5% INCIDENTALS 4.6% REPAIRS. .8% CARRIAGE HIRE .
1.9% TRANSPORTATION
.7%
6.1% FULL MEDICAL INSPECTION.
. 66.6%
6.% SUPPLIES. % JANITOR SERVICE
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3.3% SUPERVISION.
1.2% NIGHT SCHOOL.
TEACHERS'
SALARIE'S
It will be readily seen that the shares of most items (on a percentage basis) remain but slightly changed.
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American Seating Co. $ 10 80
II. S. Chadbourne
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13 82
Wm. Davoren
18 25
Adams Express
7 94
Library Bureau
15 70
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
4 11
W. S. Marden
6 86
Office Appliance Co.
7 70
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
347 20
Casey Tea Store
3 75
George A. Sherborne
46 26
West Disinfecting Co.
44 00
Wm. Johnston Teaming Co. 13 75
C. H. Kimball
15 35
F. M. Whittemore
9 79
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. .
2 16
M. H. S. Athletic association
100 00
R. D. Kimball Co.
90 65
Bertha S. Draper
10 50
Mary E. Larkin
12 50
Annie Lawless 4 08
Sherborne-Coughlin Express Co. 19 70
Avery & Woodbury Co. 93 77
Germo Manufacturing Co. . 87 01
State inspector of boilers
18 00
H. I. Dallman Co. .
86 55
Frank J. Jameson Co.
150 13
C. L. Barnard .
4 00
Milford Furniture Co.
5 63
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
16 44
George T. Johnson Co.
60 10
J. F. Barrett 114 75
Adams, Cushing & Foster
38 50
J. Allen Rice Co.
48 35
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$2,374 70
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TREASURER'S STATEMENT OF GEORGE E. STACY SCHOOLHOUSE BOND ISSUE.
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January 1, 1916. Balance on deposit in Mer-
chants' National Bank, Worcester ·
$70,618 39.
Accrued interest on deposit from January 1, 1916
1,164 54
$71,782 93.
CR.
Webb Pink Granite Company on account
$14,890 00
Dillon Brothers, contractors, on account .
42,000 00
W. L. Collins and Wendell T. Phillips, archi- tects' fees
1,410 48
Johnston Teaming Co.
52 70
Chester F. Williams
13 35
Paul Doane
150 00
Staples & Gould
600 00.
Jolın B. Henderson
231 20
Hugh Ray .
271 58
Henry W. Gaskill
20 00.
$59,639 31
Balance on hand December 30, 1916, drawing in- terest at Merchants' National Bank, Worces- ter, Mass. . $12,143 62.
RECAPITULATION.
General appropriation $70,050 00
Extra income, tuition, etc. 1,331 83
Special heating appropri- ation . 2,000 00
$73,381 83.
Drawn for regular school
purposes . $67,517 26
Extras
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1,550 49
$69,067 77
Balance .
2,314 06
$71,381 83
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Drawn, (Heat. appropria-
tion ) .
$ 500 00 .
Balance
1,500 00
$2,000 00
$73,381 83
Stacy School balance from
1916 . $70,689 39
Interest for 1916 . 1,164 54
$71,782 93
Drawn (Stacy School ac-
count)
. $59,639 31
Balance
. 12,143 62
$71,782 93
Regular balance .
$73,381 83
Stacy School balance ·
.
71,782 93
Total balance
$145,164 76
At a meeting of the school committee held January 29, 1917, the reports of the secretary and superintendent were read and accepted and will constitute a part of the report of the committee to the citizens of Milford.
ALMORIN O. CASWELL,
Secretary.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Number of public schools 55
Number of school buildings 21*
Number of teachers employed . 71+
In High school .
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131
In Grammar schools
15
In Primary schools ·
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41
Special teachers .
2
Number of children in town September 1, 1916, be- tween 5 and 16 years of age, as reported by the census enumerator :-
Number of boys 1471
Number of girls ·
1494
Total number between 5 and 16 years 2965
Total number in September, 1915, between 5 and 16 years of age .
2920
Increase · .
45
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE (1915-)916).
Number enrolled between 7 and 14 1750
Total enrollment 2469
Average membership in all the schools · 2235.5
Average attendance 2113.3
Per cent of attendance . 94.5
Number of cases of tardiness in all the schools 1794
Number of cases of dismissal in all the schools 908
Number of cases of corporal punishment in all the schools 22 ·
Number of cases of truancy in all the schools ·
33
Visits by superintendent ·
761
Visits by committee
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51
Visits by others
1717
*Includes one not yet in use and one rented.
¡Includes two supervisors and two assistants in crowded rooms.
#Includes one half time teacher in the High school.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Honorable School Committee of the Town of Milford.
Gentlemen :
My sixth report as your Superintendent of Schools --- the thirty-ninth of such reports in Milford-is hereby re- spectfully submitted.
A special attempt has been made to make this report brief and to the point in an unusual degree.
We are now, I am confident, at the beginning of a new era of progress in things educational in Milford. With the opening of the George E. Stacy school, an account of which will be found in the following pages. the problems of over- crowding, necessitious maladjustment, and hand-to-mouth methods in the assignment of pupils to schools and rooms, are over for the present, but only for the present, as the new school opens with 12 out of 13 school rooms occupied, and the prospect of every seat in the building occupied next September. The new school offers excellent quarters and a splendid opportunity for household arts, with a cooking room and sewing labratory for the girls, and manual train- ing room for the boys ; and for the first time in Milford, we are in a position to offer something modern in the way of manual work for the latter. Also it is possible in the new school to organize the seventh, eighth and ninth grades along the lines of modern practice elsewhere.
STATISTICS
The statistics on the preceeding page will repay a care- ful reading.
Comparison of the school attendance records as of
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September, 1915 and 1916; and June, 1915 and 1916, shows the usual healthy increase in the school population.
Enrolled, September, 1915. 2334
Enrolled, September, 1916 2391
Gain 57
Total enrollment, 1914-'15 2327
Total enrollment, 1915-'16. 2469
Gain . 142
This gain is 87 larger than the corresponding one of a year ago, and 58 larger than the corresponding one of two years ago. Certain healthy conditions of survival and per- sistence of attendance, and the proportions of the sexes in the High school remain about the same as one and two years ago.
Graduated from the Grammar schools in June, 1916 164 Entered the High school (of the above) 145
Survival-90% (as compared with 80% one year ago, and 90% of two years ago).
Present enrollment of Freshman class (not counting out-of-town pupils), 139.
Persistence-90% (as compared with 96% one year ago, and 98% of two years ago).
Entire Freshman Class entered the High School in September 157
Still in High School 150
Persistence-95%.
The percentage of boys in the High School is still note- worthy.
Number of boys enrolled. 146
Number of girls enrolled 210
Total 356
The percentage of boys in the total enrollment is 41%
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(as compared with 45% of one year ago, and 43% of two years ago).
An analysis of the age-and-grade table records the fol- lowing proportion of boys and girls in the entire public school system :
Number of boys enrolled. 1168
Number of girls enrolled. 1223
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The percentage of boys in the total enrollment is 48.85%, of girls, 51.15%.
The attendance roll of honor bears the names of 156; pupils. This fact constitutes an achievement on which the pupils concerned, as well as their parents, are to be con- gratulated.
A freshman class of 157 entered the High school in the fall, again "the largest class in the history of the school."
THE HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OUTLOOK FOR NEXT SEPTEMBER
Present now-Post graduates 2, seniors 43, juniors 90, sophomores 71, freshmen 150. Total 356.
356 - 42 (seniors) - 150 (present freshman class trans- ferred to Stacy school) + 150 (re-entering from Stacy School in September) = 314.
314 - 46 (15% for shrinkage) + 15 (probable attend- ance from out of town) = 283, a number that can work comfortably, but not too comfortably, in the present High school.
GEORGE E. STACY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE FORE- CAST
March 5 to July 1, 1917-150 ninth graders plus 123 eighth graders, plus 174 seventh graders = 447 (eleven rooms).
From September 1, 1917 :- 123 new ninth graders plus 174 eighth graders, plus 216 seventh graders = 513. De- ducting 10% for shrinkage, 513-51=462 (12 rooms).
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INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Milford was one of the few places that began the fall: term of the current school-year on the date set, without loss of time. In view of all the circumstances and all the evi- dence at hand, it was thought that the children would be at least as safe in school as on the streets, and the event has- justified this decision. There have been but three cases in town, two abortive cases of children under school age, and one, a child in school. The latter is again in school, doing well. Also, Milford has been comparatively free from epi- demics of other children's diseases during the year, a state of things for which the Board of Health, school physicians and local physicians as a whole, are in some measure, at least, responsible, and on which the town's people are to be congratulated.
MUSICAL FESTIVAL
A musical festival was given by the children of the public schools, in the Town Hall, Friday evening, June 2, 1916.
The local press referred to the matter in the following terms :-
"SCHOOL CHILDREN HEARD IN TOWN HALL CONCERT
"Their proficiency in song was demonstrated last even- ing before an audience of over 1000 persons, their parents and friends, by pupils of all the grades in Milford schools, under the direction of Miss Elizabeth McNamara, the su- pervisor, in Town hall.
"The occasion was the annual musical festival by the children, who were assisted by Miss Conely as accompanist and Henry Volk, violinist; with Miss Mary McNamara as- soprano soloist and Miss Dorothy Lilley, contralto soloist,. in the second part of the entertainment, a cantata, 'Sum- mer,' in which the children of the three advanced grades. participated.
"The children showed the benefits of their training in
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"One of the Eight."-High School Dramatics.
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every number. Their attack was refreshing and the volume in the ensemble numbers left little to be desired, while the selections by the younger pupils pleased the audience mightily."-Milford Daily News, June 3, 1916.
"Pupils of the graded schools of Milford gave a fine pro- gram last night in the Milford Town house, under direction of Miss Elizabeth McNamara, supervisor of music in the public schools, and the event was one of much interest and pleasure to the large audience in attendance. The program complete was one which indicated the excellence of the training at the hand of Miss McNamara, the children giving an especially good account of themselves in the various numbers."-Milford Daily Journal, June 3, 1916.
"Students of the Milford schools gave a real satisfying demonstration of their musical training last night in the town house. They are a real credit to the community which is providing them with instruction-and by that token, like- wise, their ability reveals the attention which their instruc- tor, Miss McNamara, gives to this phase of their education."
-Editorial in Daily Journal.
The program comprised two songs or folk dances by each of the first six grades, and a violin solo by Henry Volk, in the first part, and a pretty cantata "Summer," in twelve numbers, by Grades VII. and VIII, with Misses Mary Mc- Namara, soprano, and Dorothy Lilley, contralto, assisting.
HIGH SCHOOL DRAMATICS
The High school students fully sustained their reputa- tion of the previous year, in "One of the Eight," given in Odd Fellows' Hall; Friday evening, March 3, 1916.
The following account appeared in the Milford Daily News of March 4, 1916 :-
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PRESENT COLLEGE DRAMA, · "ONE. OF THE EIGHT"
Odd Fellows hall, Coolidge block, was taxed to its ca- pacity last night by a crowd that assembled to witness the four-act college drama, "One of the Eight." given by the
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Senior class of Milford High school, for the benefit of the school library fund.
The attendance was one of the largest that ever as- semblied in the hall. All the tickets were sold several days ago, but demand kept up to last night.
The drama was a marked success, every member of the cast doing especially well. The four-acts went off without a hitch and not one of the cast needed to be prompted, so well were they coached by Misses Mary E. Larkin and Mary M. Fitzpatrick, teachers at the school.
For the past several weeks members of the cast worked hard and rehearsed faithfully under the direction of the coaches and this work was apparent last night for the play was one of the best delivered, most interesting and most pleasing ever given by local high school pupils.
The play was of college life, dealing with the crew, and was full of good excitement and fun. The cast follows :-
Henry Brooks Read Kimball
Mr. Brooks Francis Sherman
Mrs. Brooks Miss Frances Clarridge
Helen Baldwin
Miss Ina Nelson
Bab
Miss Claire Hogan
Jack Chillingworth
George Larkin
Guy Marks
Michael DeFilippis
Caleb Weston John O'Brien
Ned Andrews
Charles Goucher
Mollie Runskool Francis Hickey
Bill Carter Fred Clarridge
Prof. Dixon
John Murphy
Amy Miss Gertrude Spaulding
Between the acts, a picked chorus sang "The Postil- lion," "The Bridal Chorus," and "Forget-Me-Not," under the direction of Miss Elizabeth McNamara, supervisor of music in the local schools. Following the play there was dancing until one o'clock, the High School orchestra, under the direction of Frank Dillon, providing music.
The committee in charge was Miss Alice Kane, Miss
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Helen Lebossierre, Miss Anna Healey, Miss Margaret Grady, John Gaffney, Miss Ida Barry, Miss Doris Barnard and Jere Murphy.
A second performance was given in Odd Fellows' Hall, under the auspices of the Quinshipaug Woman's Club, for the benefit of the playground fund, and a substantial sum was realized.
THE GEORGE E. STACY SCHOOL
For some years an unduly large amount of administra- tive time and effort have been necessarily expended in grap- pling with the problem of over-crowding in the grades, and, of late, in the High school. Doing the best we could, as- signments of pupils to rooms and buildings had to be left in too many cases until September. As early as 1912 it became apparent that more school room, centrally located, would best solve several difficulties: (1) overcrowding ; (2) necessitious maladjustments and hand-to-mouth methods of assignments of pupils; (3) lack of room for manual training and household arts. In 1913, $75,000 was appropriated for a new school and a later appropriation added $8000 to this sum.
The site selected faces Spruce Street, the Town Park, and the present High school lot; and comprises properties formerly owned by Michael McKeague, Mrs. E. F. Bullard, Mrs. Harriette Barber and the Holbrook estate. This site was selected on account of its central location, and prox- imity to the park for play-ground purposes. The building was planned with the view of housing all the seventh, eighth and (possibly) ninth grades and being able to develop a modern intermediate school.
The style of architecture of the new George E. Stacy school is a modern adaptation of Roman classical archi- tecture and the simple lines of the design give a massive, dignified and refined appearance to the building that is in harmony with its surroundings and is a very appropriate style for school buildings.
The exterior is constructed of our famous local build-
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ing product, Milford granite. The granite is rock face ashlar with hammered surfaces for mouldings and reveals. Milford granite seems to be adapted to this architectural style and assists in harmonizing the various surrounding structures. In giving a description of the exterior of the building it would not be proper to omit mentioning the name carved in the parapet. In fact the inscription, "George E. Stacy School, MCMXVI," is worth studying as a good ex- ample of clean-cut free style Roman classical lettering.
The roof is the so-called flat roof construction and the rain and snow water is conducted down the interior of the building in large iron pipes. This will practically eliminate the danger from snow slides and falling icicles.
The illustrations, showing the floor plans, give a good idea of the arrangement of rooms. It is anticipated that the wide corridor extending the length of the building will prove of much value in maintaining discipline during routine work, as well as at such times as a panic might occur.
While many more pupils will attend the Stacy school than are attending any other school in the Town, the par- ents need feel no danger from a panic among the children as the committee has taken particular pains to provide ade- quate means of control and the same high standard of quick and safe exit of all the children will be maintained in this building as has been in vogue in Milford during the past few years. Among the precautions taken was the pro- vision for four large exits from the first floor. The stairs are constructed of iron with slate treads and terrazzo land- ings. The stairs are enclosed in brick walls and kalamein screens, glazed with wired glass. The exit doors are pro- vided with a simple device so that when a child pushes against, or is pushed against a brass rod fastened on the inside of the door, the rod releases the lock and the doors open. The bolts are very appropriately named "Anti-Panic Bolts" and, while they cost more than the ordinary devices, the committee feels that the additional money is well ex- pended.
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There were many other safeguards provided by the committee throughout the construction of the building that cannot be alluded to in the short space allotted to this article, and yet they will mean much toward the safety, health and convenience of the pupils and teachers.
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