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We think that it is for the interest of all parties that the release proposed be made, if the land on which the school house stands be released to the Town.
MOORFIELD STOREY, JULIUS E. EVELETH, CHARLES S. WHEELER.
George Clarendon Hodges, Counsellor at Law,
31 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
February 17, 1914.
Dear Mr. Storey :-
On behalf of the First Parish of Lincoln, I suggest as a fair settlement of the differences between the Parish and the Town, in regard to the Common:
That the decision of the Land Court stand;
That the Town release and quitclaim to the Parish the land lying westerly and northerly from the middle line of the Bedford Road, excepting therefrom the parcel to which title in the Town was registered under the Land Court's decision;
That the Parish release and quitclaim to the Town the land lying easterly and southerly of that middle line of the Bedford Road, and
That as a part of the mutual releases, it be understood and agreed that, thereafter, the Parish and its successors shall maintain, substantially as hitherto, the tract re- leased to them and use the same for parochial purposes only, and the Town shall. maintain, substantially as hitherto, the tract released to it, and use the same for civic purposes only, and, without acquiring under the mutual releases any rights of way over the tract quit- claimed to the Parish, may continue its use thereof substantially as heretofore, for purposes of access to the parcel of land excepted from its release to the Parish-
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that being the parcel to which title in the Town was registered by the decision of the Land Court.
This would release to the Parish on the west of the Bedford Road a small tract purchased by the Town, and in turn would release to the Town on the east of the Bed- ford Road, a tract, (in my judgment, rather larger ), now belonging to the Parish under the deed of Flint to Brown and others in 1745. In stating the relative dimensions I have taken no account whatever of the land actually occupied by the church edifice on the one side or by the Town Hall on the other.
Under this plan there would be no change in the use of the Common.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE CLARENDON HODGES.
Moorfield Storey, Esq.,
53 State Street,
Boston, Mass.
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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Trustees have the honor to submit the following statement, and financial showing, as respects the doings of the Library for the year just closed.
CHARLES F. ADAMS, Chairman Trustees.
DR.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF LINCOLN LIBRARY FOR YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1914.
CE.
RECEIPTS.
PAYMENTS.
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1913 ...
97.00
Paid L. J. Chapin, salary "
·
From
Town Treasurer, Appropriation
Town Treasurer, Dog Tax
..
Codman Fund
George G. Tarbell Legacy
217.55
C. E. Lauriat, books
204.28
George Russell Legacy
46.45
C. E. Lauriat, magazines
69.40
Julia A. Bemis Fund
47.52
E. J. Hunter, carrying books
26.00
R. D. Donaldson, labor
46.09
John H. Pierce Legacy
5.97
Edison Electric. Co., services
45.20
Edison Electric Co., lamps
2.88
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
20.24
Library Art Club
11.00
David Farquhar, binding books
15.75
Lincoln Water Works
10.00
G. L. Chapin, insurance
24.00
F. W. Coburn, book .
3.25
L. R. Bazley, repairs on lights
4.30
J. F. Farrar & Son, labor
6.50
G. N. Bean, wood
4.00
Jas. L. Chapin & Son, sundries
.70
Library Bureau, sundries .
2.91
J. T. Laird, sharpening lawn mower
1.25
by Librarian for sundries
21.26
J. F. Farrar, clerical work
10.00
C. S. Wheeler, Treasurer, coal .
121.60
Balance in Treasury
93.16
$1,386.32
E. G. Chapin, salary
200.00
L. J. Chapin, income "Pierce Fund," three years .
21.28
E. G. Chapin, income "Pierce Fund," three years
21.27
43.75
200.00
Town Treasurer for Janitor
.
.
JOHN F. FARRAR, Treasurer.
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$1,386.32
.
94.27
Abbie J. Stearns Legacy .
Sale of books and fines
19.53
$200.00
500.00
314.28
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STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1914
Number of volumes in Library, Feb. 1, 1913, 9,675
Increase by purchase,
190
Increase by gift, 5
Increase by binding periodicals,
13
Total increase
209
Number of volumes rebound,
52
Number of volumes withdrawn, replaced by new editions, 6
Number of volumes in Library, Feb. 1, 1914, 9,884
Total delivery of books for year, 7,895
Largest delivery in one day (April 16),
122
Smallest delivery in one day (Dec. 30), 39
Number of days Library was open, 103
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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Gifts of books, periodicals, etc., have been received from the following persons :- Hon. C. F. Adams, Doubleday, Page Co., Mr. Geo. Farrar, Lieutenant C. E. Gilpin, Mr. Arthur E. Horton, Mr. Franklin McNeagh, Mrs. Harriet C. Richardson, Mr. J. Waldo Smith, Mr. H. S. Sears, Miss Bertha Scripture, Miss Anna Tarbell, Secretary of Treasury Department, Washington.
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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY
ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY FOR 1913.
BIOGRAPHY.
Agassiz, Alexander. Letters and recollections: With a sketch of his life and work, edited by G. Agassiz . 641.5
Albee, Helen R. The gleam . 641.8
Barr, Amelia E. All the days of my life: An autobiography. The red leaves of a human heart . 644.2
Barrows, Isabel C. A sunny life: The biography of Samuel June Barrows 632.18
DeKoven, Mrs. R. Life and letters of John Paul Jones. 2 vols. 631.22 Disraeli, Benjamin. Life of B. Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. 2 Vols. 643.15
Edgecumbe, Richard, Editor. Diary of Frances Lady Shelley, 1787-1817 632.19
Egan, Maurice Francis. Everybody's St. Francis 643.16
Horne, C. Silvester. David Livingstone
643.17 Hunt, Caroline L. Life of Ellen H. Richards
643.19
La Follette, Robert M. La Follette's autobiography: A personal narrative of political experiences 644.5
Lodge, Henry Cabot. Early memories
641.2
London, Jack. John Barleycorn 632.20
McCarthy, Justin. Our book of memories. Letters of Justin McCarthy to Mrs. Campbell Praed 643.20
Meade, George. Life and letters of George Gordon Meade: Major General United States. 2 vols. 644.1
Miur, John. Story of my boyhood and youth 634.20
Norton, Eliot. Letters: with biographical comment by his daughter Sara Norton, and M. A. DeWolfe Howe 2 vols. 641.3 Parker, David B. A Chautauqua boy in '61 and afterwards. Edited by Torrence Parker 644.4
Pennington, Patience. A woman rice planter: With an intro- duction by Owen Wister 641.6
Pickett, George E. Heart of a soldier; as revealed in the intimate letters of George E. Pickett, C. S. A. .
644.3
Pickett, Mrs. George E. Pickett and his men .
636.10
Pillsbury, Albert E. Lincoln and slavery . 641.7
Powell, E. Alexander. Gentlemen rovers
414.24
Smalley, George W. Anglo American memories
643.18
Washburn, Stanley. Nogi: A man against the background of a great war 537.4
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HISTORY.
Adams, Charles Francis. Trans-Atlantic solidarity: Lectures delivered before the University of Oxford in Easter and Trinity terms, 1913 352.12
"'Tis sixty years since." Address of Charles Francis Adams, Founder's day, January 16, 1913. University of South Carolina 352.13
Coburn, Frank Warren. Battle of April 19, 1775 : In Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville, and Charlestown, Massachusetts ·
356.12
Hudson, Charles. History of the town of Lexington, Mass., from its first settlement to 1868. Revised and continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society 351.4 Lamson, Daniel S. History of the town of Weston, Mass. . 351.5 Lang, Andrew. Short history of Scotland . 355.14
Morse, Edwin M. Causes and effects in American history: The story of the origin and development of the nation . Rhodes, James Ford. Lectures on the American Civil War: delivered before the University of Oxford, in Easter and Trinity terms, 1912 ·
348.7
Thayer, William Roscoe. Short history of Venice .
352.11
Vital Records of Lincoln, Mass., to the year, 1850 . 351.7
Vital records of Lexington, Mass., to January 1, 1898 . 351.8
Young, Bowman. Battle of Gettysburg .
355.15
TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION.
Bryce, James. South America: Observations and impressions 446.23
Castle, William R. Hawaii, past and present . 411.18
Collier, Price. Germany and the Germans: From an American point of view
411.17
Crawford, Mary Caroline. Romantic days in the early republic Elmendorf, Dwight L. A camera crusade; through the Holy Land 421.20
446.22
Enock, C. Reginald. Secret of the Pacific .
436.30
Franck, Harry A. Zone policeman 88: A close range study of the Panama Canal and its workers
421.21
Irving, Washington. Captain Bonneville. 2 vols. . 447.6
Kendall, Elizabeth. Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia . 447.5
Laut, Agnes C. Through our unknown Southwest. The wonderland of the United States. Little known and unappreciated. The home of the cliff dweller, the Hopi, and the forest ranger 414.21
355.15
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Meriwether, Lee. Seeing Europe by automobile: A five- thousand-mile motor trip through France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy, with an excursion into Andorra, Corfu, Dalmatia, and Montenegro 446.21
Morley, Margaret W. Carolina mountains . 414.23
Stock, Ralph. Confessions of a tender foot. Being a true and unvarnished account of his world wanderings . 414.22
White, Stewart Edward. Land of footprints 447.5
SCIENCE. USEFUL ARTS.
Curtiss, Glenn H. and Post, Augustus. The Curtiss aviation book
144.25
Farmer, Fannie Merritt. New book of cookery 141.25
Hortico, Louis. Art in France
143.27
Koester, Frank. Electricity for farm and home .
137.27
Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture .. Fifty-ninth
annual report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. Together with the twenty-fourth annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station 214.10
Munroe, James Phinney. New demands in education 147.26
Neil, Marion Harris. How to cook in casserole dishes 131.8 Robinson, John H. Principles and practise of poultry culture 112.12
Rosenau, M. J. The milk question
144.24
REGLIGION. PHILOSOPHY.
Gordon, George A. Revelation and the ideal 1137.7
Kaufman, Herbert. Do something! Be something! A new
philosophy of human efficiency .
1123.14
King, Henry Churchill. Religion as life . 1137.8
McAfee, Cleland-Boyd. The greatest English classic: A study of the King James version of the Bible and its influence on life and literature 1137.6
McComb, Samuel. Prayer, what it is, and what it does. The
latest conception of the oldest force in the world . 1137.9
Rauschenberg, Walter. Christianizing the social order 1134.16
FICTION.
Bacon, Josephine. Daskam. The inheritance 752.15
Barclay, Florence L. The broken halo
764.7
Blackwood, Algernon. A prisoner in fairyland
751.28
Brown, Alice. Vanishing points 751.1
Burnett, Frances Hodgson. T. Tembarom
764.4
Cather, Willa Sibert. O pioneers
751.26
Carleton, William. New lives for old
751.4
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Churchill, Winston. Inside the cup
751.9
Crockett, S. R. Patsy
752.24
Davis, Richard Harding. Red Cross girl
752.14
Farnol, Jeffery. Amateur gentleman
751.17
Gale, Zona. Christmas 751.6
Glasgow, Ellen. Virginia
751.12
Hallard, Alys. On the Branch; from the French of Pierre De Coulevain
751.3
Harrison, Henry Sydnor. V. V's. Eyes
751.18
Houseman, Lawrence. King John of Jingals: Story of a monarch in difficulties
751.22
Howells, William Dean. New leaf mills
752.21
Hutchinson, A. S. M. The happy warrior
752.26
Irvine, Alexander. My lady of the chimney corner
751.19
Jacobs, W. W. Odd craft
751.20
Johnston, Mary. The long roll
752.25
Lincoln, Joseph C. Mr. Pratt's patients
751.14
Rise of Roscoe Payne
752.20
Lippmann, Julie M. Making over Martha
764.6
Locke, William J. Stella Maris
751.4
London, J. Smoke Bellew
752.17
Martin, Edward Sandford. Reflections of a begining husband
764.10
Merwin, Samuel. The citadel
752.22
Mitchell, S. Weir. Westways: A village chronicle
764.1
Montgomery, L. M. The golden road
764.5
Montague, Margaret Prescott. Linda
752.23
Oppenheim, E. Phillips. The mischief maker
751.8
Porter, Eleanor H. Pollyanna
764.4
Porter, Sidney (O. Henry ). Four million
751.24
Porter, Sidney (O. Henry ). Options .
751.29
The trimmed lamp Voice of the city
752.19
Richards, Laura E. Miss Jimmy .
751.16
Scott, Gertrude Fisher. Jean Cabot at Ashton
752.13
Sidgwick, Ethel. Succession .
761.1
Silberrad, Una L. Karen of Lowbole
751.23
Sinclair, May. Flaw in the crystal
752.16
Singsmaster, Elsie. Gettysburg stories of the red harvest and the aftermath 751.5
Stratton-Porter, Gene. Laddie
751.25
Thompson, Adele E. Brave heart Elizabeth: A story of the Ohio border
751.21
Tompkins, Juliet W. Ever after
751.11
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey. The Coryston family 764.9
Mating of Lydia
751.2
752.18
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
Alcott, Louisa M. Aunt Jo's scrap bag. 6 vols. . 838.5
Under the lilacs . 838.4
Arthur, E. B. Sonny boy's day at the Zoo . 1242.6
Collins, Francis A. The wireless man : His work and adventure on land and sea 846.25
Bicknell, Leona Mildred. How a little girl went to Africa: As told by herself
1238.16
Baldwin, James. The Sampo; hero adventures from the Finnish Kalevala
846.22
Barbour, Ralph Henry. Crofton chums
838.6
Burgess, Thornton W. Adventures of Johnny Chuck Adventures of Reddy Fox . 1242.5
Craik, Dinah M. Adventures of a Brownie; as told to my child 846.24
Demetrius, George. When I was a boy in Greece . 1238.17
Douglas, Amanda M. Red house children at Grafton 1242.9
Dowd, Emma C. Polly of Lady Gay cottage . 1241.18
1242.11
Eaton, Walter Prichard. Boy scouts of Berkshire
838.7
Fraser, Chelsea Curtis. Every boy's book of handicraft, sports, and amusements; worth while plans for the general activities of the modern boy, be he handy or unhandy
1242.19
Harris, Garrard. Joe the book farmer; making good on the land 1242.12 Hawkins, Chauncey J. Ned Brewster's year in the big woods Hough, Emerson. Young Alaskans in the Rockies . 1242.7 1242.16
Johnston, Annie Fellows. Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman . Maeterlinck, Mme. Georgette (Leblanc. ) Children's blue
1242.17
bird; translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos 1242.1
Lindsay, Maud. Mother stories
1241.21
Maule, Harry E. Boy's book of new inventions
1241.19
Moulton, Louise Chandler. Bed-time stories 1241.23 More bed-time stories 1241.24
Otis, James. . Boy scouts in a lumber camp 1242.13
Pyle, Howard. The wonder clock . 1241.25
Richards, Laura E. Little master
1242.18
Roberts, Charles G. D. Feet of the furtive
1241.20
Rolt-Wheeler, Francis. Boy with the U. S. fisheries .
1241.26
Sabin, Edwin L. With Carson and Fremont
838.8
Schultz, James Willard. With the Indians in the Rockies
1241.27
Smith, E. Boyd. Railroad book : Bob and Betty's summer on the railroad 1242.3
Smith, Mary P. Wells. Boy captive in Canada 846.24
1221.27
Tappan, Eva March. American hero stories European hero stories . 1221.28
House with the silver door .
1242.15
1242.4
Dudley, Albertus T. The half-miler
More mother stories
1241.22
146
Tomlinson, Everett T. Boy sailors of 1812: A story of Perry's
victory on Lake Erie in 1813 1242.10
Young minute man of 1812 1227.23
Young sharpshooter: Story of the Peninsular campaign in 1862 1242.8
Wells, Carolyn. Patty's social season . 1242.14
Wood, Charles S. "Don't give up the ship" 1227.24
GENERAL LITERATURE.
Arnold, Gertrude Weld. Mother's list of books for children . Benson, Arthur Christopher. Along the road. Contents :-
1537.15
Old England. An Autumn landscape. St. Govan's. A ruined house. St. Anthony in the Fells. Antiquities and amenities. Mottoes. On being interrupted. De- mocracy. Absent-mindedness. Peace. Conversation. Art and life. Sympathy. Jealousy. Home truths. Superstition. Letter-writing. Vulgarity. Sincerity. Resolutions, Publicity and privacy. Experience. Res- ignation. The wind. Use of poetry. War. On mak- ing friends. Compulsory Greek. Gambling. Hymns. Preachers and preaching. The younger generation. Reading. Biography. Gossip. Tactfulness. The inner life 1536.20 Briggs, Le Baron Russell. College life: Essays reprinted from "School, College, and Character," and "Routine and ideals" 1537.20 1537.18
Brooks, John Graham. American syndicalism . Crothers, Samuel McChord. Humanly speaking. Contents :-
Humanly speaking. In the hands of a receiver. The contemporaneousness of Rome. The American tempera- ment. The unaccustomed ears of Europe. The toryism of travellers. The obviousness of Dickens. Spoiled children of civilization. On realism as an investment. To a citizen of the old school . 1537.12
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield. A Montessori mother 1316.15
Hornaday, William T. Our vanishing wild life: Its preserva- tion and extermination 1334.28
Hunter, George Leland. Home furnishings: Facts and figures about furniture, carpets and rugs, lamps and lighting fixtures, wall papers, window shades and draperies, tapestries, etc. 1325.29
Lee, Gerald Stanley. Crowds: A moving picture of democracy; in five boooks. Crowds and machines. Letting the crowd be good. Letting the crowd be beautiful. Crowds and heroes. Good news and hard work . 1316.16
Mckeever, William A. Training the boy . 1537.19
Martin, Edward Sandford. Unrest of women 1536.21
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Martin, Edwin C. Our own weather: A simple account of its curious forms, its wide travels and its effects .
1316.17
Needham, Mary Master. Folk festivals: Their growth and how to give them 1537.14
Northend, Mary H. Colonial homes and their furnishing
1531.7
Pennell, Elizabeth R. Our house: and London out of doors . 1537.16
Porter, Gene Stratton. Moths of the Limberlost: With water colors and photographic illustrations from life . 1531.8
Repplier, Agnes. Americans and others. Contents :- Question of politeness. Mission of humour. Goodness and gayety. Nervous strain. Girl graduate. Estranging sea. Traveler's tales. Chill of enthusiasm. Tempta- tion of Eve. "Greatest of these is Charity." Customary correspondent. The benefactor. Condescension of borrowers. The grocer's cat 1537.13
Robinson, Mrs. W. S. Warrington pen portraits 1537.17
Schofield, William Henry. Chivalry in English literature:
Chaucer, Malory, Spenser, and Shakespeare . 1316.14
Smith, William Hawley. All the children of all the people; a study of the attempt to educate everybody 1536.19
Talbot, Frederick A. Lightships and lighthouses 1533.21
Walton, George L. Calm yourself
1536.18
PERIODICALS. REFERENCE.
Atlantic monthly magazine for 1911, 1912. Vols. 107, 108, 109, 110.
Century magazine for 1911, 1912. Vols. 81, 82, 83, 84.
Harper's magazine for 1911, 1912. Vols. 124, 125.
St. Nicholas for 1911, 1912, 1913. 3 vols.
Britannica year book, 1913 Ref.R.R
DRAMA.
Kennedy, Charles Rann. The necessary evil: A one-act stage play for four persons . 1436.16
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1913
NCOL
A PRI
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
HENRY E. WARNER, Chairman, Term expires 1914 ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, Secretary, Term expires 1916 MRS. ELIZABETH W. BLODGETT, Terms 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 Teachers Lincoln Grammar Grades VII-VIII ABBIE H. BOWLBY
Lincoln Grammar Grades V-VI KATHARINE E. WORKS
Lincoln Primary Grades III-IV HELEN M. BOWKER Lincoln Primary Grades I-II HATTIE B. HEATH
South Primary Grades I-II-III HELEN P. JONES Special Teacher PRISCILLA O. AMES
Truant Officer JAMES T. LAIRD
Janitors Lincoln EDWARD BANNON South PATRICK J. LENNON
Note-Mr Edward R. Farrar, whose term expired last year, was a member of the committee for nineteen years, and during sixteen years he was the secretary.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
When the schools opened for the Fall term it was with five new teachers. These new teachers have taken up their work with enthusiasm and efficiency, and we doubt if there has ever been a time in the history of the Lincoln schools when the teaching force has been animated by an equal spirit of co-operation, harmony, and interest in the work.
Nevertheless, such frequent changes in the teaching force as we have experienced in the last few years are to be deplored. The chief cause for these changes has been the offer of larger salaries elsewhere. As a rule teachers' salaries are much too small. The fact that we, as a community, have accustomed ourselves to paying small salaries should not blind us to the real situation.
The fact that so many of our teachers have been offered higher salaries to go elsewhere, although a pleasing recognition of the efficiency of our teaching force, shows that if we wish to continue that efficiency we must pay for it.
We feel that the time has come to meet this matter squarely, both in fairness to the teachers and to protect our schools.
We wish to take this occasion to condemn most strongly the action of those school authorities who seek to tempt a teacher to desert her classes during the school year. A willingness to demoralize the work of another school and to weaken the sense of responsibility and devotion which is the proud characteristic of the teaching profession, merits public condemnation.
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The accompanying report of the Superintendent calls attention to the increase in the number of pupils. At the Centre School the pupils are divided into four rooms, each room being in charge of a separate teacher. There is one large room in the building which has not been fitted up as a class room as yet, which can be so fitted at any time. If that were to be done, it would necessitate another teacher to take charge of it. While there is a fifth teacher regularly employed at this school, her work is such that it could not well be com- bined with having charge of a class room. We hesitate to add another class room until it is clear that attend- ance will continue sufficiently large to make that neces- sary, but unless there is soon some change in this respect we fear that it must be done.
The South Primary School last year had an average membership of 20. At the present time there are 30 pupils in that school. We see no present likelihood of discontinuing that school and therefore the building must be kept in proper condition for school purposes. In addition to the incidental repairs necessary in a building of that character and age, the heating appara- tus is worn out and defective. We are advised that it is beyond repair, and that a complete new heating apparatus must be installed. We should be glad to leave that in the hands of the Selectmen, but we wish to make it clear that the matter should be taken care of before the opening of the Fall term, and unless it is attended to in some other way, we shall feel obliged to get it done.
The Fall term opened with an increase in the number attending High School, which has caused a correspond- ing increase in expense, both for tuition and transporta- tion. Although this expense forms a considerable part of our total school expenses, it is doubtless cheaper than it would be to maintain a high school in the town,
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and it gives the pupils the advantages of a somewhat wider horizon and more varied opportunities, as well as putting them in competition with larger numbers. It is gratifying to know that their work in the High Schools in Concord and in Waltham compares favorably with that of the other pupils.
The report of the Superintendent and the usual statistics are appended.
HENRY E. WARNER, ELIZABETH W. BLODGETT, ANTHONY J. DOHERTY.
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SUMMARY OF SCHOOL EXPENSES
1912-1913
1913-1914
Superintendent and teachers, $4,849.00
$4,447.00
High School Tuition,
1,636.50
2,188.75
High School Transportation,
673.60
631.95
Janitors,
627.00
615.55
Water Rates,
139.11
128.07
Fuel
489.81
361.55
Medical Inspector,
200.00
200.00
Repairs, etc.,
95.56
148.04
School Supplies,
392.74
549.75
Barges and Transportation,
2,047.35
2,596.61
Miscellaneous,
46.23
53.76
$11,196.90
$11,921.03
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of the Town of Lincoln :-
Herewith I submit my seventh annual report as Sup- erintendent of the Lincoln schools.
Change of Teachers
It became known among school meh that we had in Lincoln good schools and a model school building. Visitors were attracted to our schools, and last June our teachers were offered much larger salaries than we were paying to go elsewhere. Thus we lost all but one of our regular force, Miss Heath being the only one to remain with us. She has been in the Lincoln schools seventeen years and is now on permanent tenure.
So many vacancies made it necessary for your sup- erintendent to look about very carefully in order to secure suitable teachers who could take up the work in such a masterful way that there would be little loss to our schools. As we had an excellent corps of teachers last year, this was no easy task. But we were so fortu- nate as to secure teachers, who are so ambitious, con- scientious and earnest in their work, that the schools have gone along smoothly and with very little loss. Of course, even under the best conditions, it takes time for teachers to get used to a new school, strange pupils and an unfamiliar locality and community. They must learn the needs and peculiarities of the pupils and the Town. It is remarkable that so many new teachers should so quickly and easily slip into the life of the school and community, and that there should be no jar to the school machinery. The discipline is good.
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