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We humbly pray that the following appropriations will be granted for the schools :-
FOR REGULAR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Salaries.
$52,000 (0
Fuel 6,000 00
Supplies 5,000 00
Care
4,500 00
Incidentals 2,000 00
Supervision (superintendent and at-
tendance officer) . 2,500 00 ·
Medical inspection . 600 00
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Repairs
$3,000 00
Transportation .
.
1,500 ( 0
Carriage hire
600 00
Night school
800 00
- $78,500 00
FOR UNPAID BILLS.
General for regular school purposes . ·
6,765 45 Special, state ordered repairs . $708 80
Special, to finish state ordered repairs
791 20
1,500 00
$86,765 45
GEORGE E. STACY, For the School Committee.
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SECRETARY'S REPORT.
GENERAL ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$70,000 00
Extra income, tuition, etc.
1,456 00
$71,456 00
EXPENDITURES. For Regular School Purposes.
Salaries of teachers
$47,830 61
Fuel
.
4,680 66
Supplies
1,785 03
Care (Janitors' salaries)
4,327 50
Incidentals
1,599 53
Supervision
2,294 60
Medical inspection
509 00
Repairs
1,054 72
Transportation
1,367 40
Carriage hire
594 00
Evening school
595 50
-- $66,638 55
Furnishing Stacy School.
Avery & Woodbury Co., 113 shades, 11 teachers' desks, 24 teachers' chairs $ 664 50
H. I. Dallmon Co., mats
171 68
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, pupils' desks and chairs 2,591 80
C. J. Lundstrom Mfg. Co, book cases . 110 25
Chemo Co., soap dispenser
2 00
Collins & Phillips, balance of architects' fee 160 00
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Bernhard Boiler Co., vacuum
cleaning system $550 00 .
Library Bureau, shelving .
32 32
Staples & Gould, balance on hardware 215 32
F. J. Luby, electrical con- tract 165 00
II. H. Lent, fence 78 00
W. C. Tewksbury, electrical work installing lights 76 00
Balance
$4,816 87 58
$71,456 00
SPECIAL ACCOUNT, STATE ORDERED REPAIRS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation $4,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Waters & Hynes, on account $3,696 16
W. T. Phillips, on account 303 84
$4,000 00
STACY SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1917 $12,143 62 1
Interest
140 37
-- $12,283 99
EXPENDITURES.
Dillon Bros , balance on con-
tract
$9,942 85
Eldredge & Son, painting contract . 389 00
Collins & Phillips, architects' fees 188 00
Luchini & Manzani Co., gra- ding contract · 1,093 75
H. L. Stearn Desk Co., desk
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and chair . $ 51 15 Middlesex Co, Ho. of Cor.,
Mats . 39 67
Bissell & Blunt,
treating
floors
448 74
Clark Ellis & Sons, fire ex- tinguishers 51 00
J. S. Ranahan, pressure redu- cing valve 64 18
Rochester Germacide Co, soap dispenser 2 50 J. B. Hunter Co., letters and numbers for doors 11 34
$12,282 18
Balance
1.81 $12,283 99
UNPAID BILLS.
Pay roll, teachers and janitors $1,260 23
For Fuel.
L. H. Barney estate
$238 57
Milford Coal Co.
192 90
B. Vitalini ·
· 812 71
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co. 195 49
1,439 67
For Supplies.
The Macmillan Co. . $ 59 48
American Book Co. . 258 12
David Farquhar 108 25 .
A. N. Palmer Co. 32 00 .
Allyn & Bacon 223 29
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.
130 40
Houghton, Mifflin Co. 52 08
J. L. Hammett Co. . 116 60
Thompson Brown Co. 28 12
L. E Knott Apparatus Co. . 42 40
Milton Bradley Co. . 133 26
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Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.
$ 308 60
D. C. Heath & Co. . 42 32
Ginn & Co
314 45
Wadsworth, Howland & Co. 259 21
E. E. Babb & Co.
1,126 64
-1-3,235 22
For Care.
Pay roll, teachers and janitors
109 50
For Incidentals.
Dillon Bros. . $25 00
Luchini & Manzani Co.
17 27
Milford Daily News Co.
8 35
F. J. Jameson-
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58 28
A. & E. Burton Co. .
47 40
156 30
For Supervision.
Raphael Marino
35 00
For Repairs.
Clark Ellis & Son
$270 16
Eldredge & Son
·
78 07
J. F. Damon
·
60 80
Dillon Bros.
5 50
409 53
For Transportation. Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry.
Co
120 00
Total for regular school purposes ·
$6,765 45 For State Ordered Repairs.
Due Waters & Hynes, balance on contract $663 84 Due W. T. Phillips, architect's fees 44 96
Total for State ordered repairs. $708 80
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ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES.
Fuel :-
L. H. Barney
$ 617 00
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co.
1,782 32
Milford Coal Co.
1,553 84
Benj Vitalini
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$4,680 66
REPAIRS-Carpenter work :- -
H. H. Lent
$ 95 93
P. L. Sarty
34 85
· Waters & Hynes
173 30
$304 08
Painting :-
Cass Bros.
$68 65
Eldredge & Son
31 73
100 38
Plumbing :-
Clark Ellis & Sons
$ 25 26
Staples & Gould
189 90
J. S. Ranahan. .
14 85
J. E. Higgiston ·
35 95
265 96
Miscellaneous : -
American Seating Co.
$ 15 22
Avery & Woodbury Co.
117 08
C. L. Barnard
7 00
H. S. Chadbourne
.
13 57
Thos. E. Glennon
5 35
E. F. Hodgson
206 10
W. C. Tewksbury
·
384 30
$1,054 72
Supplies :-
Allyn & Bacon
$ 36 30
Macmillan Co.
63 88
David Farquhar
17 20
E. E. Babb & Co.
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700 83
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19 98
727 50
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Samuel Ward Co. $ 1 85
L. E Knott Apparatus Co. ·
34 36
Office Appliance Co. .
·
14 96
Thomas Nelson & Sons
6 00
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.
10 62
Milton Bradley Co.
91 50
Benjamin H. Sanborn Co.
54 89
J. Q. Adams & Co.
12 00
Cahill News Agency
24 15
J. L. Hammett Co.
145 59
Oliver Ditson Co.
13 54
Wadsworth, Howland Co.
3 20
E. A Merriam
7 50
Cheney Bros. ".
48 90
A. Taylor
8 00
Boston Paper Board Co.
115 00
Silver, Burdett Co.
6 15
Cass Bros.
20 50
Smalley, Kivlan & Onthank
29 15
James E. Macuen
1 00
James M. Sullivan
90 10
Royal Typewriter Co.
7 00
Remington Typewriter Co.
5 00
Cook, Vivian Co.
6 40
Emerson & Co
6 40
Underwood Typewriter Co.
9 00
G. M. Billings
49 50
Library Bureau
3 09
Phonograph Institute Co.
46 02
Central Scientific Co. .
69 45
Eastern School Specialty Co.
26 00
$1,785 03
Incidentals :-
G. M. Billings . $ 149 60
Library Bureau
31 00
Milford Water Co.
482 08
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. .
61 24
Milford Electric Light & Power Co. 169 28
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Milford Gas Light Co. $ 26 56 ·
Milford Journal Co. 13 78 .
Sher borne$Coughlin Co.
51 (0
Davoren's Express 10 00
Raymond Sharp
2 25
George A Sherborne
33 25
H. S. Chadbourne
64 24
C. E Cooney .
1 90
Italian Mission
56 45
C. H. Kimball .
22 98
Mass. Reformatory for Women
21 12
Clark Ellis & Sons
57 87
F. M. Whittemore
28 00
West Disinfecting Co.
17 50
Milford Furniture Co.
5 63
Milford II. S. Athletic Asso.
100 00
George T. Johnson Co.
12 00
A. Taylor
8 00
H. A. Dallman Co.
10 35
J. A. Tyler
75
Auto Sales Co.
3 85
Merrill W. Allen, State inspector of boilers
22 00
Bertha S. Draper
22 50
D. M. O'Brien .
9 00
Helen Mowrey
12 50
J. A. Broderick
10 75
Walcott & Co. 3 26
Curtiss-Draper Co.
43 64
Massachusetts State Prison
31 25
Fred L. Miller .
95
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$1,599 53
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RECAPITULATION.
RECEIPTS.
General appropriation . $70,000 00
Extra income, tuition, etc.
·
1,456 00
Appropriation for State ordered repairs 4,000 00
Stacy School account . 12,283 99
$87,739 99
EXPENDITURES.
For regular school purposes
$66,638 55
Furnishing Stacy school,
etc.
4,816 87
State ordered repairs
4,000 00
Stacy school account
12,282 18
Balance general acc't. $ 58
Balance Stacy acc't .. 1 81
2 39
$87,739 99
UNPAID BILLS.
General, for regular school purposes . $6,765 45
State ordered repairs
708 80
$7,474 25
At a meeting of the school committee held February 1, 1918, 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.
TEACHERS 67.6%
2 % INCIDENTALS .
. 8% CARRIAGE 1.7% REPAIRS HIKEL
2 % TRANSPORTATION .
SALARIES
8.2 % FUEL
6.7% SUPPLIES
6.6% CARE.
3 % SUPERVISION. 700925 IHDIN%8.
G. MC DERMOTT.
ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURES, 1917. For the explanation see the following page. L
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EXPLANATION OF GRAPH.
For a number of years the proportions of the several items of regular school support (percentages of of the whole) have remained practically the same.
A comparison of the analyses for 1916 and 1917, shows changes in the percentages as follows :-
1916
1917
Inc.
Dec.
Explanation.
Incidentals
35
2
1.5
Repairs
4 6
1.7
2.9
No regular summer repairs done.
Fuel
0.1
8 2
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Weather, more rooms to heat and higher price of fuel.
Supplies
6
6.7
U.7
Increase in school population and in the prices of supplies. Another (15 room) school.
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Night School
1.2
0.8
0.4
Teachers' Salaries 66.7
67.6
0.9
Small attendance and reduction in the teaching force. More teachers and salary increase.
ANALYSIS OF COSTS FOR REGULAR SCHOOL PURPOSES-1917. (Upon which the_graph upon the preceding page is based.)
Salaries.
Expenditures for 1917
. $17,830 61
Fuel. $4,680 66 1,439 67
Supplies $1,785 03 3,285 22
Care. $4,827 50 109 50
Incident. Supervis. Med. Ins. Repairs. Trans. $1,599 53 $2,294 60 $509 00 35 00 156 30
$1,054 72 $1,367 40
Unpaid Bills for 1917
) ,1,260 23
409 53 120 00
$594 00 $595 50 $66,638 55 6,765 45
Total Costs
. $49,090 84
$6,120 33
$5,020 25
$4,487 00
$1,755 83
$2,829 60
$509 00 $1,464 25 $1,487 40
$. 94 CO $595 50 $73,404 00
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.
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Care
5 2
6.6
1.4
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C. H. N. S. Total.
HIGH SCHOOL CAST OF "SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER."
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Number of public schools 60
Number of school buildings 20 a
Number of teachers employed *72 .
In High school $13
In Grammar schools
11
In Primary schools
47
Special teachers .
Number of children in town April 1, 1917, between 5 and 16 years of age, as reported by the cen- sus enumerator :-
Number of boys 1,468
Number of girls . 1,523
Total number between 5 and 16 years · 2,991
Total number in September, 1916, between 5 and 16 years of age . .
2,965
Increase 26 .
SCHOOL. ATTENDANCE (1916-1917).
Number enrolled between 7 and 14 1,780
Total enrollment 2,469
Average membership in all the schools 2,296.8
Average attendance o
2,175
Per cent of attendance 94.7
Number of cases of tardiness in all the schools
2,595
Number of cases of dismissal in all the schools
1,05%
Number of cases of corporal punishment in all the schools 11
Number of cases of truancy in all the schools
50
Number of visits by the superintendent .
768
Number of visits by the school committee 39
Number of visits by others . 1,245
*Includes one half time teacher in the High school.
¡Excludes the principal of the High school aud the music supervisor om leave of absence ..
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools.
To the Honorable School Committtee of the Town of Milford.
Gentlemen :- .
My seventh report as your Superintendent of Schools- the fortieth of such reports in' Milford-is respectfully submitted.
STATISTICS.
The reader should not fail to give the summary of sta- tistics on the preceding page a careful reading and ex- tended consideration. Following are some of the signifi- cant outstanding facts :
Pupils enrolled September, 1916. 2391
Pupils enrolled September, 1917. 2495
Gain. 104
Total enrollment for the school year 1915-1916. 2469 Total enrollment for the school year 1916-1917 2493
Gain. 24
Grammar School Graduates June, 1917 104
Entered the High School (of the above) 104
Survival-100% (as compared with 90% one year ago, 80% two years ago, and 90% three years ago).
Present enrollment of Freshman Class (not counting- out-of-town pupils), 88.
Persistence-84.6% (as compared with 90% last year, 96% two years ago, and 98% three years ago).
Entire Freshman Class entering the High School in September. 110
Still in High School. 94
Persistence-85.4% (as compared with 95% one year ago and 96% two years ago).
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There is still a somewhat unusual percentage of boys in the High School.
Number of boys in the High School January 18, 1918 142 Number of girls in the High School January 18, 1918 205
Total. 347
Percentage of boys in the total enrollment is 40% (as compared with 41% last year, 45% two years ago, and 43% three years ago).
The attendance roll of honor bears the names of 155 pupils (as compared with 156 pupils the previous year).
ATTENDANCE FORECAST OF HIGH SCHOOL. *
Enrollment of the High School (as January, 1918)- Senior, 78; junior, 62; sophomore, 113; freshman, 94. Total. 347.
347 - 78 (seniors) = 269; 269 - 40 (15% allowance for shrinkage) = 229; (in three upper classes-resident in High School.
ATTENDANCE FORECAST OF THE GEORGE E. STACY SCHOOL. *
124 Ninth graders plus 191 eighth graders plus 220 seventh graders equals 535. 535 minus 50 ( 10% allowance for shrinkage) equals 485 pupils, or 12 rooms.
* The attendance forecast for September, 1917, made in June. 1917, was 2.513. The actual attendance in Mil- lord was 2,495, a difference of only 18. This indicates that these forecasts are fairly dependable.
DOING OUR BIT.
The World War has, from the first, and especially since the United States of America entered the lists on the side of the Allies, brought home to us all, as never before. the consciousness of country, and kindled anew what Archbishop Ireland has so beautifully called "Weal-
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love, tender and strong,-tender as the love of son for mother, strong as the gates of death."
For almost four years the civilized nations of the world have been battling with the "blond beast"' of Nietzsche. As the issue has been made clear, we have learned,-the lesson has been borne in upon us over- whelmingly,-the difference in the symbol eagles, and in common with .Americans everywhere, Milford men and women have borne a sturdy and an honorable part. With them, shoulder to shoulder, have stood the young Ameri- cans in our schools, and done their bit.
Military drill has been maintained in the High School. (See Mr. Quirk's report.)
School Gardening and Home Economics have made a splendid beginning.
Last summer saw nine boys in the High School farming squad. (See Mr. Quirk's report.)
On three occasions the High and Stacy schools have marched as a guard of honor for the soldiers leaving for camp. (See Mr. Quirk's report.)
The schools contributed nearly $85 for Belgian Relief, etc., and,
There are 45 stars in High School service flag.
Four members of the senior class in the High School have qualified to enter M. I. T. in the new mid-year course. (See Mr. Ouirk's report.)
The sale of Government Thrift Savings Stamps is be- ing vigorously pushed in the schools in town.
A Milford branch of the Junior Red Cross is under way.
A suggested formal reading course on "Why the War?" and a patriotic reading course are under con- sideration.
The teachers are tabulating the industrial statistics of the registrants in this S. S. L. B. district.
"Tag-the-shovel" day was observed by the children in the Milford schools.
The school children, under Miss McNamara's direc-
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tion, will assist in the Committee of Public Safety Bene- fit Concert in the Opera House, February 10, 1918.
HIGH SCHOOL DRAMATICS.
After several most successful seasons of well rounded and finished productions, Senior Dramatics seem well es- tablished at the High School.
The presentation of "She Stoops to Conquer" last spring was the most ambitious and in many ways the most successful dramatic attempt yet made, and reflected much credit upon the participants and their trainer, Miss O'Con- nell, of the High school.
The program follows :-
CAST OF CHARACTERS In the Order of Their Appearance.
Mrs. Hardcastle. Frances Carter
Mr. Hardcastle.
Joseph Morelli
Dolly. Eva De Pasquale
Tony Lumpkins. Fred Niro
Kate Hardcastle. Dorothy Lilley
Constance Neville Elizabeth Mears
Slang. Karl Behrens
Dick Muggins Eliot Reeby Aminadab . Clare Gordon
Tom Twist . Timothy Ahern
Barmaid. Eva De Pasquale
Stengo, the Landlord. . Fred Goodnow Of the "Three Jolly Pigeons"
Young Marlow Joseph Bruce
George Hastings
Edmund Welch
Diggory . Fred Goodnow
Karl Behrens Roger ..
Dick Timothy Ahern
Thomas Eliot Reeby
Mathew
Clare Gordon
Servants at Hardcastle
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Jeremy, Marlow's Servant Karl Behrens Sir Charles Marlow Fred Prince
THE GEORGE E. STACY SCHOOL.
The George E. Stacy School was opened in March, 1917, as forecasted in last year's report, with the principal and corps of teachers and the double program then indi- cated. The new school has been in operation nearly a year now, and the building has been not only a source of pride to residents and visitors alike, but the bright, fresh, sunny rooms, alluring in form, color scheme and decora- tions have made an appeal to the children that has brought out a splendid response in improved bearing, manners and carriage-a livelier school interest and a more energetic attack on the part of the pupils.
Under the strong leadership and with the earnest co- operation of the principal and corps of teachers the school has gone far towards the goal of ideal modern school con- ditions.
The heating and ventilating systems have proven ade- quate.
On the professional side, events have been especially favorable to the development of a closer articulation of the High and Stacy schools, and to the development of the latter as a Junior High School. With a certain readjust- ment of courses and the extension of manual work for the boys, such plan becomes an established fact.
On the material side :- The rear lot should be gravelled, the drive relaid out, the front yard should be relawned, a suitable sidewalk laid along the street in front, and cement walk and approaches made in the front yard itself.
A suitable flagpole in the yard between the two schools with daily ceremonies of raising and lowering the flag, conducted by pupils, would be in the line of progress.
CARE OF SCHOOL FURNITURE.
At the opening of the Stary School a special appeal
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was made to the students to respect the school furniture and school property generally, by refraining from marking or defacing, and the pupils at .this school responded splendidly. A recent inspection of the pupils' desks and chairs failed to show a single scratch or mark of any kind.
EVENING SCHOOL.
Attendance at the evening school was the smallest in years, few attending except under compulsion, and it was a constant uphill fight, even in the cases of these.
It is a fact, little appreciated and apparently hardly understood that the school authorities cannot enforce the attendance of minors, 14-16, at day school when not em- ployed, or of illiterate minors at night school when em- ployed, as contemplated in the labor laws, unless the fac- tories return to the school office the cards of those whose employment has ceased "within 48 hours" as the statute prescribes, not from 48 days to 48 weeks as has sometimes. happened.
The writer still hopes to see the evening school prop- erly supported and come to mean what it should mean in a community of 14,000 people.
Principal Moore's report will be found farther on.
SCHOOL GARDENS.
Last summer your committee wisely responded to the food conservation appeal and made possible supervised school gardens for the children of Milford, by the employ- ment of Misses Esther M. Fuller and Helen Lebossiere of the Milford High School and the Framingham Normal School.
The front and rear lawns of the Stacy School were cultivated, the children of Grades V and above doing the work under supervision. Creditable crops were raised, and a large number of individual home gardens were cul- tivated. September 27, 1917. Misses Fuller and Lebossiere conducted an exhibition and sale of school and home-
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grown and canned fruits and vegetables that was a rous- ing success and won wide and intelligent recognition.
The exhibition was in the Town Hall, in the after- noon, and included many tables of vegetables raised by the children. The local Public Safety Committee con- iributed $50 for prizes. Messrs. Gardner Metcalf and Patrick E. Sweeney were the judges.
Miss Fuller, in co-operation with the Food Conserva- tion Committee of the Quinshipaug Woman's Club, Mrs. R. B. Greene, chairman, had general charge of the exhibit.
There was also an exhibit of canning and the demon- stration of the cold pack method. The local Red Cross had an exhibit of bandanges, surgical dressings, sweaters, etc.
There was an exhibition table of wheat substitutes in charge of Mrs. Charles Holmes and Miss Mallie Gleason.
Other features were a table of Italian dishes arranged by Mrs. W. A. Murray and Mrs. F. T. Cahill, a food table in charge of Mrs. J. J. Duggan, Mrs. R. H. Perham and Mrs. E. J. Livingston, and a bcok-and-pamphlet section in charge of Mrs. J. H. Birch.
Mrs. R. B. Greene had charge of a display illus- trating the comparative values of foods expressed in terms of calories, loaned by the Woman's Municipal League of Boston.
At 4 o'clock Mrs. H. S. B. Darling of Brookline gave a most interesting address on "Drying," illustrated by samples of fruits and vegetables treated by the method outlined.
The list of prize winners among the children follows:
Vegetables :- Squash-Merrill Bandy, 1st; E. Lord, Ist; Bryant Hill, 2nd.
String Beans, green :- Lillian Demers, 1st; James Judge, 2nd; yellow :- Lillian Cook, 1st; Betty Malmquist, 2nd; shell :- Merrill Bandy, 1st; Lima :- Mary Sweeney, 1st.
Beets :- E. Lord, 1st; Paul Duggan, 2nd.
Turnips-Early :- Earl Bandv. 1st; Lincoln Cook, 2nd; late :- Paul Duggan, 1st; Lincoln Cook, 2nd.
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Carrots-Round :- E. Lord, 1st; Catherine Carroll, 2nd; long :- James Smith, 1st; Dorothy Peckham, 2nd.
Cabbage-Curley :- Federica Colanti, 1st; Lincoln Cook, 2nd; winter :- Loweil Collins, 1st; Richard Mann, 2nd.
Tomatoes :- Mabel Hedberg, 1st; Edmund Tighe, 2nd.
Pumpkin :- L. Cook, 1st; Hazel Ray, 2nd.
Potatoes :- John Broney, 1st; Merrill Bandy, 2nd. Onions :- Merrill Bandy, 1st; Paul Duggan, 2nd.
Corn-Early :- Merrill Bandy, 1st; Lowell Collins, 2nd; late :- Pasquale Sevini, 1st; Emma Colabello, 2nd.
Chinese Cabbage :- Paul Duggan, 1st.
Peppers :- Frederic Taylor, 1st.
Radishes :- Michael Stone, 1st; Morris Stone, 2nd.
Special prize for best group exhibit :- Paul Duggan.
Prizes for Canning-String Beans :- Lowell Collins, 1st; Joseph Touhey, 2nd.
Grape Conserve :- Mary Sweeney, 1st.
Jelly :- Mary Gifford, 1st.
MILFORD TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
During the year of 1917 the following meetings of the Milford Teachers' Association took place :
January 29, Business Meeting.
April 12, Business meeting. It was voted to give $50 to the Company M Relief Fund.
June 18, Business Meeting. Following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Thomas J. Quirk, President ; Hannah E. Callanan, Vice-President : M. H. McConnachie, Secretary : Mary E. Mullane, Treasurer : Evelyn C. Cur- ran, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Sadie A. O'Connell, Chairman of the Social Committee.
June 21, Social. This meeting of the Association was one of the most interesting conducted during the year. Invited by Miss M. F. Devine, the president of the Teachers' Association, Mr. George E. Stacy, the ever- genial chairman of the School Board, came up to the Mil-
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ford High Assembly Hall, thinking it was the farewell meeting of the Association before the summer vacation, Great was his surprise when he saw an easel covered with an American Flag brought to the stage, and greater still was his wonderment when he saw the flag removed and his own picture there. Miss M. F. Devine presided at the meeting and presented the gift to Superintendent A. O. Caswell for the School Department. Mr. Caswell, in turn, gave the gift to Mr. T. J. Quirk, principal of the Stacy School. Following the presentation of the gift there were remarks by the members of the School Committee. Miss Margaret McNamara gave a few piano solos and Mr. Leary of Hopedale sang. A collation followed.
October 5, Lecture on "Salesmanship in the Schools of Boston" by Miss Isabel Craig Bacon, director of the teaching of Salesmanship in the Boston Schools.
November 16, Lecture on "Echoes from Abroad" by Miss Adele Waldmeyer, a teacher of languages in the New- ton High School.
December 8, Lecture on "Education" by Mr. Burr F. Jones, an agent of the State Board of Education.
December 21, Business Meeting.
MUSIC.
On November 19, 1917, Miss Elizabeth McNamara: was voted an indefinite leave of absence, at her own re- quest, so that she might enjoy a much needed rest and: achieve a complete restoration of health.
No one has been selected to take up Miss McNamara's- work meanwhile, a course dictated by the financial condi tion of this department. The teachers are carrying on the- work as they are able, without supervision.
CHANGES IN TEACHERS.
Leave of Absence :-
Mr. Christopher A. FitzGerald, the genial and effi -. cient principal of the High School, left us for Camp Devens on an indefinite leave of absence. Mr. FitzGerald'
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received a number of substantial testimonials of the es- teem of his teachers and pupils.
Miss Elizabeth McNamara, Supervisor of Music, was granted an indefinite leave of absence last fall, to recover her health.
Principal Thomas J. Quirk of the George E. Stacy School was made acting principal of the High School, on the departure of Principal FitzGerald. Mr. Quirk has at . tacked his problem with a vigor, understanding and pro- fessional spirit that are making themselves felt for good in the High School.
Upon Mr. Quirk's transfer to the acting principalship of the High School Mr. John B. O'Leary, A. B., Holy Cross, . 1915, with special work in Clark University in 1916, and a year of successful experience in St. Francis' College, Brooklyn, N. Y., was made acting principal of the Stacy School.
Left the Service, High School :-
On January 29, 1917, Miss Anne C. Donlan of the High School accepted a position in the Springfield, Massa- chusetts, High School of Commerce.
At the close of the school year 1916-'17 Miss Florence M. Whittemore of the High School left us to accept a position in the Commercial Department of the Quincy High School.
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