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Peabody, Robert Swain. An Architect's sketch book .
141.23
Schauffler, Robert Haven. The musical amateur: a book on the human side of music. 145.28
Smith, Nora Archibald. Home made kindergarten 214.9
RELIGION. PHILOSOPHY.
Dinsmore, Charles Allen. The new light on the old truth . 1134.14
Black, Hugh. Comfort 1134.13
Grenfell, Wilfred T. The adventure of life. Being the William Belden Noble lectures for 1911 1137.4
Hyde, William DeWitt. Five great philosophies of life 1137.3
Palmer, George Herbert. Problem of freedom 1137.5
Royce, Josiah. Sources of religious insight. Lectures delivered before Lake Forest College on the foundation of the late William Bross . 1134.15
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FICTION.
Alexander, Miriam. Beyond the law 753.3
Allen, Frances Newton Symmes. The plain path . 753.1
Allen, James Lane. The doctor's Christmas eve . 753.20 Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman. The marshal 752.5
Atkinson, Eleanor. Greyfriar's Bobby 753.11
Bangs, John Kendrick. Little book of Christmas 752.8
Bangs, Mary Rogers. High Bradford . 757.25
Barclay, Florence L. Following the star 754.24
Barr, Amelia E. Maid of old New York
753.13
Bennett, Arnold. Hilda Lessways
757.26
Bjornstjerne, Bjornson. The fisher lass
917.30
Bryant, Marguerite. Christopher Hibbault : Road maker
753.5
Castle, William R., Jr. The green vase .
753.6
Child. Richard Washburn. Jim Hands .
753.19
*Coolidge, Asenath Carver. Between two Rebellions
754.24
Davis, William Stearns. Friar of Wittenberg
753.21
*Day, Holman. The skipper and the skipped .
754.20
Deland, Margaret. The voice
752.1
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The lost world
752.12
Dragoumis, Julia D. Tales of a Greek Island
917.29
Erskine, Payne. The mountain girl
755.23
Farnol, Jeffrey. The money moon .
754.19
Freeman, Mary E Wilkins. Butterfly House
754.14
Hopkins, William John. Conserning Sally. .
752.7
Lancaster, Hewes. The one and the other
753.9
Lincoln, Joseph C. Cap'n Warren's wards .
754.8
The Postmaster 753.23
Little, Frances. Lady and Sada Sen. Sequel to Lady of the Decoration
752.9
London, Jack. Adventure
754.21
Lucas, E V. London Lavender
752.3
Martin, Helen R. The fighting Doctor
753.8
Mason, A. E. W. The turnstill
753.25
Munger, Dell H. Wind before the dawn
755.24
Nicholson, Meredith. A Hoosier-Chronicle
753.12
Palmer, Frederick. Over the pass
753.18
Sedgwick, Anne D. pseud. Tante.
753.16
Sienkwick, Henryk. In desert and wilderness . 753.24
Smith, F. Hopkinson. Arm chair at the Inn .
755.22
Stevenson, Burton E. Mystery of the Boule Cabinet
753.23
Stewart, Charles D. The wrong woman .
753.17
Sullivan T. R. Heart of us. *754.23
917.26
Schauffler, Rachel Capen. The goodly fellowship
Tompkin, Juliet Wilbor. Pleasures and palaces; being the home
making and adventures of Marie Rose . 753.4
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Vachell, Horace Annesley. Blinds down 753.15
Vance, Louis Joseph. The bandbox
753.10
Van Dyke, Henry. The unknown quantity
752.6
Van Loan, Charles E. The ten thousand dollar arm; and other tales of the big League . 917.28
Van Slyke, Lucille Baldwin. Eve's other children
752.11
Waller, Mary E. Sanna of the Island town . 752.2
Wells, H. G. Marriage
752.2
Wemyss, Mary C. E. Prudent Priscilla 752.10
Wentworth, Patricia. The Devil's wind
753.26
Williamson, C. N. and A. M. Guests of Hercules 753.7
Wright, Harold Bell. Their yesterdays
752.4
MISCELLANEOUS
Babcock, Lilian W. Pin money suggestions . 1537.10 Beesley, Lawrence. Loss of the Titanic: The story and its lessons 1531.5
Burroughs, John. Time and change 1537.11
Contents-The long road; The divine abyss; The spell of the Yosemite; Throught the eyes of the geologist; Holidays in Hawaii; The old ice flood; The friendly soil; Primal energies; scientific faith; "The worm striving to be man;" The phantoms behind us; The hazards of the past; The gospel of nature.
Clarke, Helen Archibald. The poet's New England . 1531.3
Crook, Colonel W. H. Memories of the White House: Being personal recollections of Colonel W. H. Crook. Sometimes body guard to Lincoln, since disbursing officer of the Executives 1337.13
Grant, Robert. Convictions of a grandfather 1532.23
Hillis, Mrs. Newell Dwight. The American woman and her home 1337.12
Read, George H. Last cruise of the Saginaw 1531.6
Smyth, Herbert Weir, Editor. Harvard essays on classical subjects. Contents :- The new criticism of Roman art; By assistant Professor of Classical archaeology; Notions of humanity among the Greeks, by Charles Burton Gulick, Professor of Greek; An ancient letter-writer-Alciphoron, by Carl Newell Jackson, Assistant Professor of Greek; Greek and Roman tendencies, by C. H. Moore, Professor of Latin; Some aspects of an ancient city, by M. H. Morgan, late Professor of Philology; Plato and pragmatism, by C. P. Parker,Professor of Greek and Latin; Ovid and the spirit of of metamorphosis. by E. K. Rand, Professor of Latin; Greek conceptions of immortality from Homer to Plato, By H. W. Smyth, Eliot Professor of Greek literature. .
1532.24
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Storey, Moorfield. Reform of legal procedure . 1533.20 Wilson, Calvin Dill. Working one's way through college and university : A guide to opportunities to earn an education at American colleges and universities 1533.19
Winter, William. Shakespeare on the stage POETRY.
153.14
Musgrove, Eugene R., Editor. White hills in poetry; An anthology, wth an introduction by Samuel M. Crothers, and with illustrations from photographs 1426.20
Norton, Grace Fallow. Little Gray songs from Saint Joseph's . 1436.15
WORKS OF REFERENCE. PERIODICALS. PAMPHLETS.
*Adams, Charles Francis. The Trent affair. An historical retrospect. (Pamphlet ) . B.M 6.13
*American Church silver of the seventeenth and eighteenth centu- ries. With a few pieces of domestic plate. Exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, July to December, 1911. Boston . Ref. R.R
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh edition, with index. 29 vols. Ref. R.R.
Harper's Monthly magazine. Vols. 122-123, for 1911.
Encyclopaedia of etiquette What to write; What to wear; What to do; What to say. A book of manners for every- day use . Ref. R.R.
Pierce, Robert Morris, Editor. * Dictionary of aviation . Ref. R.R.
*Dictionary of hard words . Ref. R.R.
*Wilhelm Tell, by Johann C. F. Von Schiller. The idea- phonic texts for acquiring languages. Series 1. German texts for English readers Ref. R.R. St. Nichols. Vols. 38,1 38ª for 1911.
*Ticonderoga. A memorial tablet at Ticonderoga. ( A Pamphlet ) B.W.6.14
*Reed, William Howell. Heroic story of the United States Sani- tary Commission. 1861-1865. (A pamphlet. ) P. B. 6.11 *Lawrence, Robert Means. Rev Amos Adams, A.M. (1728- 1775.) Patriot minister of Roxbury, Massachusetts. And his American ancestry. (A pamphlet ) . P. B.6.12
BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS.
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, Translator. Story of a cat. Translated from the French of Emile De La Bedolliere 831.16
Brown, Abbie Farwell. John of the woods . 1241.12
Their City Christmas 1241.7
Brown, Alice. Secret of the clan 1241.13
Brown, Helen Dawes. Two college girls . 1241.17
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Bruce, Mrs. C. G. Kashmir. (Peeps at many lands ) . 831.26
Bryant, Sara Cone. Best stories to tell to children . 1241.3
Burgess, Thornton W. Mother West Wind's children 831.20
Old Mother West Wind 831.19
Cooke, Edmund Vance. The story club 1241.4
Craik, Dinah Maria (Miss Mulock ). Little lame Prince . 831.18
Dowd, Emma C. Polly of the Hospital Staff
841.24
Fox, Frank. Australia. (Peeps at many lands ) .
831.25
The British Empire
831.24
Oceania
831.23
Greenaway, Kate. Under the window : Pictures and rhymes for children 1241.2
Hare, Christopher. The good Knight: Without fear and without reproach. Retold from the old chronicles of the Loyal Servitors and others . 831.22
Hodges, George. Castle of Zion. Stories from the Old Testa- ment 1241.10
Saints and heroes. To the end of the middle ages . 831.23
Hoyt, Elizabeth. Little Chum Club 1241.15
Hoyt, Elizabeth. Editor. Santa Claus dolls 1241.5
Johnson, Owen. Stover at Yale 841.23
Keiffer, Harry M. Recollections of a drummer boy . 1241.9 Lagerlof, Selma. Further wonderful adventures of Nils 842.15
Lang, Mrs. Andrew. All sorts of stories book. Edited by Andrew
Lang . 832.24
Lovejoy, Mary I. Doll's story book
1241.6
Mabie, Hamilton Dwight and Stephens, Kate. Heroines every child should know. Tales for young people of the world heroines of all ages . 831.17
Price, Overon T. The land we live in. The boy's book of Conservation 831.15
Rhys, Ernest. English fairy book 1241.11
Rolt-Wheeler, Francis. Boy with the U. S. Census . 844.22
Boy with the U. S. Survey. With thirty-seven illustrations from photographs taken by the U. S. Geological Sur- vey 1235.24
Seawell, Molly Elliot. Son of Columbus
1241.14
Smith, E. Boyd. The sea shore book: Bob and Betty's summer with Captian Hawes . 1241.8
Smith, Mary P. Wells. Boy captive of old Deerfield . 846.20
Webster, Jean. When Patty went to College 1241.16 .
Winter, Milo. Billy Popgun . 1241.1 ·
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
OF THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1912
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
HENRY E. WARNER, Chairman, Term expires 1914 EDWARD R. FARRAR, Secretary, Term expires 1913 Mrs. ELIZABETH W. BLODGETT, Term expires, 1915 Superintendent of Schools C. S. LYMAN
Supervisor of Drawing and Manual Training WALTER F. BRACKETT
Supervisor of Cooking and Sewing MRS. ABBIE P. SMITH Supervisor of Music MRS. HARRIET J. BARTLETT
Teachers Lincoln Grammar Grades VII-VIII MARION H. COOK
Lincoln Grammar Grades V-VI DOROTHY H. HAVILAND Lincoln Primary Grades III-IV JEAN G. ALLAN Lincoln Primary Grades I-II HATTIE B. HEATH
South Primary Grades I-II-III GERTRUDE E. BROOKS
Special Teacher ELIZABETH R. CUSHING
Truant Officer JAMES T. LAIRD
Janitors Lincoln EDWARD BANNON South EDMUND R. DAVIS
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
At the close of the Spring Term Miss Chapin resigned her position as teacher, and closed her connection with the Lincoln Schools, after a service of forty-three years. So long a service in the schools of the Town is not only most unusual in these days, but it is also indicative of the interest in the affairs of the Town which has been shown by other members of the same family.
In recognition of Miss Chapin's long service and interest and devotion to our schools the committee adopted the following :-
Lincoln, Mass., June, 1912.
RESOLVED :-
In accepting the resignation of Miss Carrie B. Chapin from her position as Principal of the Grammar School at the end of the present school year, after a continuous period of 43 years of teaching in the schools of Lincoln, the Committee feels that the long and faithful service she has rendered the Town should receive special recog- nition.
Her devotion to the highest interests of her pupils, her endeavor, while instructing their minds, to set before them right views of life, to secure respect for rightful authority, both in the school room and out of it, and her sense of responsibility for the proper use and care of all school property, have placed the Town in her debt be- yond the power of her salary to repay.
There are many now engaged in the active duties of life whose lives bear the impress of her influence, and who gratefully acknowledge the debt that they owe to her.
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Her life in the community has always been such as to strengthen and never to impair her influence in the school- room, and is a strong argument for a lengthened tenure of the teacher's office.
To the Town she has given the best years and strength of her life, and it is fitting that honorable mention should be made at this time of the high character and full meas- ure of the service she has rendered.
VOTED: That a copy of the foregoing resolution be sent to Miss Chapin by the Secretary, and that the reso- lution be published with the Report of the Committee in the Town Report.
Miss Marion H. Cook was elected to take Miss Chapin's palce, and she began her work with the Fall term.
The plan of shorter hours for the school sessions, re- ferred to in the last report, has been continued. As will be seen by the report of the Superintendent this plan is showing beneficial results.
We are fortunate in our corps of teachers and the school work is progressing harmoniously, and we believe efficiently.
The report of the Superintendent and the usual sta- tistics are appended.
HENRY E. WARNER, EDWARD R. FARRAR, ELIZABETH W. BLODGETT.
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Summary of School Expenses
Superintendent and Teachers
·
$4,849.00
High School Tuition .
1,636.50
High School Transportation
673.60
Janitors
620.70
Water rates
139.11
School Supplies
392.74
Repairs, etc.
95.56
Fuel
489.81
Miscellaneous
46.23
Medical Inspector
200.00
$9,143.25
Barges and Transportation
2,047.35
.
Total .
$11,190.60
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of the Town of Lincoln :-
At the end of another school year we are glad to report a steady growth towards greater educational efficiency. Each year the teachers are working a little more effec- tively and the children are gaining more in power. Al- though we know our schools are far from perfect, it is ever our aim to keep our educational curve rising slowly towards perfection even though we know the schools will never reach that mark. We are constantly trying with a good degree of success to reduce friction and waste to a minimum. Even after the long vacation, when most of the children enter other school rooms and take up new tasks, both teachers and pupils slip quickly into the harness, and very soon all are working as easily as if there had been no long break. This means that the wheels of the school system are running smoothly.
We are familiar with the severe criticism which the press and public speakers often launch against the public schools, and although we know that much of this criti- cism is foolish and unreasonable, yet some of it is just and should be gladly received. We believe that the public schools are so strong and have such a magnificent history that they can rise above the severest criticism. The free public school is the only institution that can properly train and assimulate our heterogeneous popula- tion.
Co-operation
Our schools are, I believe, in better condition than · ever before. The spirit of co-operation, so fully mani-
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fested among all our teachers, is bringing about excel- lent results in all departments. The spirit, which the children show towards their work, is of the right kind and that which makes for a good school. There seems to be a general disposition to obey the school rules and regulations, so that the general atmosphere of the rooms is such, that a visitor naturally feels that everything is going well. There is still some friction on the barges, but we believe it is slowly being reduced. The barge question has been and always will be very difficult to handle satisfactorily to all. There are times when each family and each individual must be willing to yield in- dividual good to the general good of all.
The Playground
The playground activities have had a large share in the success of the past year. Some of the recesses have been devoted to organized play, the teachers going out with the children, organizing all of them into suitable and convenient groups, regulated by size and strength and often by sex. Then these groups have been taught a variety of active games, which give the children much needed, vigorous exercises and a great deal of pleasure. The teachers make sure that all the children have an active part in these games.
Various ball games are the favorite sports: for the larger boys baseball in the Spring and during the rest of the year football in modified form to suit season and weather conditions; basket ball among the larger girls; medicine ball throwing among all the boys and girls; and the rubber hand balls for the very small children. A large variety of very interesting ball games has thus been learned, and the children play them so much that the balls are fast wearing out. We can assure the giver of these balls that his gift has been thoroughly appreciated.
Running games, the tug-of-war, and other games where
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the team of children and not the individual is the unit, have been taught. On stormy days these various games in modified forms are played indoors, the older pupils in the basement and the younger ones in the rooms and corridors.
To encourage initiative in the children and to prevent any group depending too much upon the teachers, we have many recesses for free play, merely telling the chil- dren to be sure that all have a chance to play. By giving the balls and other apparatus to different children many have been encouraged to assume leadership so now there are many leaders who can quickly form teams amd run a game.
Miss Cushing, who has been especially interested in this department writes, "The past year shows what a little organizing of play can do towards improving the attitude of the children towards games and to each other. In our school it has done much to help the playground spirit, so that the so-called playground troubles are very, very few."
The afternoon before Thanksgiving was chosen for Field Day, at which time teams from the different rooms took part in a variety of races and games and tugs-of- war. This field day was greatly enjoyed by both pupils and teachers, and stimulated their interest in playground activities.
We are fortunate in having so good a school yard for all kinds of games. In winter it is suited for coasting, which the children greatly enjoy after every snow storm. With a little work a place for skating can be prepared. We are all ready to work on a skating rink as soon as we have suitable weather.
School Physician
The school physician and the nurse under his direction are doing much for the physical comfort and health of
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the children. The nurse is showing the children how to keep clean and neat, and free from some of the physical troubles which beset so may children. Both parents and children should gladly welcome this aid to physical im- provement. There are still too many children whose eyes and teeth need attention, but the parents do not realize the importance of remedying these defects.
Short Sessions
In our last year's report we told of trying a shorter session in our schools; beginning at 8.45 A.M. and closing at 1.15 P. M. with a recess of fifteen minutes beginning at 10.15 A.M. and another beginning at 11.45 A.M. This plan has been continued for three days a week through- out the year, excepting that recently we lengthened the second recess to twenty minutes. On Wednesdays and Thursdays we lengthen the school day so as to close at 2. 15 P. M. and the second recess is from 12.00 M to 12.45 P. M. This gives one and a half hours for each class in manual training and cooking.
The teachers all report that they like the plan. They say, "The pupils are getting up speed, they work harder, are more energetic and show less fatigue at the end of the day." One teacher added, "The children just love school, and some of them don't care for vacation." One of the new teachers said, "Last year my work seemed to drag. The last part of the day the children were listless and inattentive. I have none of this trouble in Lincoln." One primary teacher said "I find time enough for all the regular work but some days I should like ten minutes for extra work."
As I go about the schools each week, I notice very little inattention, scarcely any fooling away of time. The children are all busy, studying or reciting. They are alert, interested in their work and eager to do their best. They are gaining good habits of study and the
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ability to concentrate their minds on the work in hand. This is a great gain.
The Special Teacher
The special teacher continues to be a great success. The pupils, singly and in small groups, go to her daily for instruction and help. She shows them how to study, calls their attention to the most important points in the lesson, and tries to impress upon each child that these points must be thoroughly learned. She drills pupils on subjects in which they are especially deficient. In this way she is a great aid to the pupils and also to the regular teachers. Some backward children have caught up with their classes, while a few children with special ability and a desire to study have been able to skip a grade. I believe the special teacher is worth much more to our schools than her salary indicates.
The Manual Training
Mr. Brackett reports that the boys are doing much better work than ever before. In each class they are more earnest, and all desire to do a good piece of work. The various articles, which they have made, will bear close inspection. Many of these articles are constantly on exhibition, and we are always glad to have visitors examine them. Last spring one of the boys made a wireless telegraph instrument, which worked well, and received first prize at Framingham Fair for mechanical models showing skill.
Cooking and Sewing
Mrs. Smith writes, "Under the new schedule of work- ing hours the lessons in my department are going on systematically and with marked improvement, both in cooking and sewing. The children each year seem more ambitious and anxious to excel.
"The work in the sewing classes begins with the younger
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girls learning the stitches and the weaving of baskets. As skill is gained, useful articles of clothing are made, and the course ends in the eighth grade with the cutting and making of dresses. One aim, kept before the girls, is to use material which will simplify laundry work in the homes. One especially skilful girl in grade VI has finished the work of her grade, and is now making dresses for her baby sister.
"The cooking is as popular as ever. Our object is always to teach the girls to make everyday foods, which are as nourishing and as economical as possible."
The seventh and eighth grades have done much good work in canning fruits and making jellies, both for class . use and for the homes. The eighth grade filled a large order for canned tomatoes. The money received for this work was put into cook books for the girls' homes, where we hope the girls will continue their good work.
Some kind friends of the school have given the classes vegetables and fruits, which have enabled them to cook a large variety of dishes. Other friends furnished cocoa which the cooking classes served hot during the cold months to the pupils who bring their dinners.
In March a luncheon was prepared by the girls in grade eight, and served to a company of mothers, who joined Mrs. Blodgett in responding to an invitation to test the school cooking. The following menu was served, and all were much pleased to find the girls able to prepare so good a lunch.
MENU
Bisque Soup
Croutons
Creamed Chicken
Rissoto Baked Onions
Riced Potato
Cranberry Sauce
Pickled Peaches
Lettuce and Tomato Salad
Rolls
Pudding Candy
Coffee
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Home Gardens
In their home gardens the children produced a good quantity and quality of vegetables, some of which were presented to the cooking classes.
At the Framingham Fair the pupils exhibited the best products of their work in manual training, cooking, sew- ing and gardening in competitionwith many children from other Towns. They won prizes in all these depart- ments. We hope to send in a better exhibit next year.
Attendance
The attendance has been the best for a number of years, as the following table will show :--
Percent of High
Year
Average Average Enrollment Membership Attendance Attendance School Attendance
1907
117
103
96
92.7
22
1908
115
107
96
89.2
23
1909
150
139
128
92.6
19
1910
141
127
117
91.9
20
1911
159
147
136
92.4
22
1912
159
151
142
94.0
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The two highest grades contain about twice as many pupils as they did the first year of my supervision. We have also a large number of pupils attending high schools. This would indicate that the Lincoln children are re- maining longer in school.
In closing I wish to commend the teachers for their good work and hearty co-operation, and to thank the members of the committee, collectively and individually, for their continued support and confidence.
Respectfully submitted,
C. S. LYMAN,
Superintendent of Schools.
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ROLL OF HONOR
The following pupils have been neither absent nor tardy for the time designated :----
For Two Years
Holgar J. B. Jensen. Alice Robus.
Esther O. Cousins. Emily Robus.
For One Year
Evelyn M. Cousins.
James Farrar.
James Corrigan.
Robert Donaldson.
Belva Gallent.
Marjorie Doherty.
Mildred Sims.
Marie Connors.
Reynold Bowles.
Richard Corrigan.
Lyman Cousins.
For Two Terms
John H. Coane.
Thomas T. Giles.
J. Redman Hartwell.
Wm. C. Peirce, Jr.
Warren A. Rice.
Ruth Farquhar.
Doris Farrar.
Kenneth Hamilton.
Andrew Weir.
Carl Nelson.
Edna Wetherbee.
Elizabeth Giles.
Gladys Hamilton.
Harriet Peirce.
Marion Rocks.
Eliazbeth Connors.
Raymond Langille.
Alden Farrar.
Malcolm Donaldson. Bertha Chapin.
Richard Nelson.
Helen Pierce.
Helena Sherman.
Louisa Monella.
Roy Sims.
Chester Bates. William Robus.
Royden Berger.
For One Term
Bertha V. Bowles.
Arthur Butcher.
Kate A. Connors.
William S. Bowles. Ethel M. Cousins.
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Ralph H. Bamforth. Edward F. Boyce. Leonard Crowley. Louis Cook.
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