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Cost of pumping, figured on pumping station expenses, power, salaries, interest, repairs and renewals, and depreciation. $184 per million gallons pumped. Rainfall, 25.94 inches.
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Statistics Relating to Distribution System
Mains
1. Kind of pipe used, cement lined, cast iron, wood stave, galvanized iron.
2. Sizes, 11/2" to 12".
3. Extended during the year, 300 ft.
4. Discontinued during the year, none.
5. Total now in use, 26,571 miles.
6. Number of hydrants added during the year, 2.
7. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 125.
8. Number . of stop-gates added during the year, none.
9. Number of stop-gates now in use, 133.
10. Number of blow-offs, 30.
11. Range of pressure on mains, 40 pounds to 102 pounds.
Services
12. Kind of pipe, galvanized iron and cement lined.
13. Sizes, 3/4" to 4".
14. Discontinued, none.
15. Number of service taps added during the year, 6.
16. Number now in use, 338. 17. Average length of ser- vice, 12'-+ -.
Water Report PROFIT AND LOSS Year ending December 31, 1918.
Dr.
, Cr.
To Expense,
$1,112.76
Water,
$12,765.50
Power,
1,831.32
Salaries,
1,481.00
Interest,
2,535.00
Repairs and Renewals,
2,555.44
Net Gain,
3,249.98
$12,765.50
$12,765.50
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Construction,
$186,032.97
Bonds outstanding,
$67,000.00
Cash,
3,756.22
Town of Lincoln for loan, 1912,
4,787. 51
Coal on hand,
350.00
Surplus,
146,080.68
Wire for pipe thawing,
300.00
Sinking fund,
24,050.00
Water bills uncol'td. 1915,
23.19
1916,
29.50
.
1917,
114.39
1918,
3,211.92
$217,868.19
$217,868.19
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WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT
OUTSTANDING BONDS
Issue of 1900, due 1930,
$23,000.00
Issue of 1902, due 1932,
9,000.00
Issue of 1903, due 1933,
5,000.00
Issue of 1904, due 1934,
5,000.00
Issue of 1906, due 1936,
14,000.00
Issue of 1907, due 1937,
4,000.00
Issue of 1907, due one each year,
4,500.00
Issue of 1911, due one each year,
2,500.00
$67,000.00
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1919
Lincoln, Feb. 1. 1919.
Contagious diseases officially reported during the year :-
Pulmonary . 2
Influenza . . . 66
MARTIN M. WELSH. R. D. DONALDSON, CHARLES E. CLARK, Board of Health.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT
The Tree Warden submits to the Town his report for the year 1918 :-
During the past year the work of this Department has been confined principally to Moth-Work, creosoting, Gypsy Moth nests on our roadside trees, and trees in the Cemetery. This work continued until the middle of May when we started spraying operations.
All the roadside trees were sprayed and about two hundred acres of woodland with very good results. We also sprayed a large number of orchards with the small power sprayer.
The roadside thinning and cleaning, a certain amount of which we do each year, has been omitted this year on account of the shortage of labor, but must be done in the coming year as it is very essential to the Moth-Work and to the looks of our roadsides. The total expenditure of this Department, $2,995.05, of which there has been returned to the Town Treasurer $1,986.29 on account of private work, leaving a net cost of $1,008.76. I recommend that $2,500.00 be appro- priated for Moth and Tree Work.
JOHN J. KELLIHER,
Tree Warden.
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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Trustees on the following pages submit the report of the Treasurer and Librarian for the year ending December 31, 1918.
The Library has sent during the past year a great many books to Camp Devens. Books to the soldiers over-seas were sent through the Boston Public Library.
The Library has also done what it could to help the Food Administration in its efforts to conserve food.
The Trustees ask for an appropriation of $500.00 and the Dog Tax.
C. LEE TODD, Chairman of the Trustees.
DR.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF LINCOLN LIBRARY FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1918
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RECEIPTS
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1917.
$162.19
Paid to R. D. Donaldson, Labor ..
$4.03
Received from Interest on Deposit.
2.37
Library Bureau, Sundries. ..
2.17
Librarians for Fines and Sales of Books.
36.84
R. A. Shepard, Postage Stamps. . .
1.50
Codman Fund
Town Treasurer, Bal. of Dog Tax, 1917.
17.40
L. J. Chapin, Cash paid for Window.
7.00
Town Treasurer, on acc. Dog Tax, 1918.
250.00
Paid by Librarians for Sundries ..
11.17
Town Treasurer, Town Appropriation ...
500.00
Librarians for Reseating Chairs.
8.80
Middlesex Institute for Savings ..
217.39
Paid to E. B. Farrar, Clerical Work ..
10.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Telephone.
20.78
.€
Edison Electric Co., Light.
51.63
Trust Funds as follows :-
31.00
George G. Tarbell Legacy .. .
$181.81
George Russell Legacy
37.75
Julia A. Bemis Fund. ...
59.79
John H. Pierce Fund. ..
55.14
Abbie J. Stearns Fund.
. 125.12
459.11
Librarians, Income of Pierce Fund. . .
55.14
Lydia J. Chapin, Salary .
250.00
Elizabeth G. Chapin, Salary.
250.00
C. Lee Todd, Treas., for Janitor
200.00
C. Lee Todd for Liberty Bonds.
200.00
Total of Expenditures.
$1,515.98
Balance on hand. 173.07
.
The Codman Fund is invested in five shares of Boston & Albany R. R. stock. The Library also owns $200 U. S. Liberty 4th 4}s. The securities are in the keeping of Sinking and Trust Fund Commissioners.
JOHN F. FARRAR, Treasurer.
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·
..
65.70
C. E. Lauriat Co., Books .. ..
191.85
Isabel T. Peirce, Substitute.
70.51
.
..
. .
$1,689.05
$1,689.05
. .
43.75
H. T. Spencer, Window Shades
3.40
..
. .
..
. .
. .
. .
Lincoln Water Works, Coal.
72.00
Arthur F. Chapin, Agent, Magazines. ..
10.00
E. J. Hunter, Carrying Books.
Lincoln Water Works, Water Rate.
(Being Amount of Social Library Fund with Interest)
EXPENDITURES
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STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1919
Number of volumes in Library, February 1, 1918,
10,684
Increase by purchase,
126
Increase by gift,
8
Number of volumes in Library, January 1, 1919,
10,818
Total delivery of books for year,
7,561
Largest delivery in one day,
137
Smallest delivery in one day,
31
Books delivered, fiction,
3,154
Books delivered, non-fiction,
2,572
Books delivered, juvenile.
1,835
Number of days Library was open,
100
Gifts of books, periodicals, etc., have been received during the year, from Miss Annie Bartlett, Miss Addie Campbell, Mr. Emile Carbonel, Mrs. Scott Doten, Mrs. W. Harrington, Miss Hattie B. Heath, Mr. Otto H. Kahn, Mrs. H. Palmer, Jr., Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Miss Bertha Scripture, Mr. William H. Sherman, Mr. J. Waldo Smith, Mrs. James J. Storrow, Miss Mabel Washburn.
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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIRBARY
Accessions to the Library for 1918
FICTION
Adams, Samuel Hopkins. Our square and the people
in it
931.26
Barbusse, Henri. Under fire: Story of a squad. 1034.24
Barr, Amelia E. An Orkney maid.
1034.23
Benson, E. F. An Autumn sowing.
921.27
Birmingham, G. A. The Major's niece.
915.36
Blindloss, Harold. Girl from Kellor's.
1026.25
Bosher, Kate Langley. Kitty Canary.
1017.25
Brown, Alice. Flying Teuton and other stories
1033.26
Cable, George W. The Chapdelaines.
1022.25
Cable, George W. Lovers of Louisiana
917.31
Connor, Ralph. The Major
932.24
Copplestone, Bennet. Lost naval papers
1011.26
Dillon, Mary. Comrades
1011.23
Dodge, Henry. The yellow dog
915.35
Ford, Sewell. Shorty McCabe looks 'em over.
1027.30
Green, A. Mystery of the hasty arrow.
932.23
Grey, Zane. U. P. trail 915.32
Gilbreath, Olive. Miss Americana
1026.27
Kelland, Clarence Budington. The source
1034.22
Locke, William. The rough road.
917.32
McCall, Sidney. Sunshine beggars
1024.27
McFee. Aliens
1017.26
McHarg, William, and Balmer, Edwin. The Indian drum
936.25'
Marshall, Archibald. Abington Abbey
915.33
Mitchell, J. A. Drowsy.
931.25
Nicholson, Meredith. A reversible Santa Claus
1027.19
O'Brien, Editor. Best short stories of 1917: And the year book of the American short story. 1011.25
Ollivant, Alfred. Boy Woodburn: a story of the Sussex Downs 1017.24
. Pier, Arthur Stanwood. The Son decides: the story of a young German-American 1024.29
931.23
Cooper, Elizabeth. Heart of OSonoSan
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Poole, Ernest. His second wife
1034.25
Porter, Eleanor H. Oh, money! money!
921.26
Porter, Gene Stratton. Daughter of the land 915.13
Pryce, Richard. Statue in the wood.
926.20
Rinehart, Mary. Amazing interlude
921.25
Long live the King
1013.25
Sinclair, May. Tree of Heaven
723.25
Swinneton, Frank. Nocturne
915.34
Tarkington, Booth. Seventeen
932.25
Tinyare, Marcelle. To arms! La veillée des armes.
724.24
Train, Arthur. The earthquake
1026.28
Walpole, Hugh. The green mirror: : a quiet story.
1034.22
Watts, Mary L. The Boardman family.
1033.25
Weir, F. Roney. Merry Andrew
744.25
Wells, Carolyn. Vicky Van
1024.28
Weston, George. The apple tree girl: the story of little
1024.20
Miss Moses who led herself into the promised land White, Stewart. Simba
1011.24
TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION
Cooper, Clayton Sedgwick. Brazilians and their country Franck, Harry A. Vagabonding down the Andes: be-
423.19
ing the narrative of a journey mostly afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires
421.24
London, Charmian K. (Mrs. Jack London). Our Hawaii Reade, Arthur. Finland and the Finns.
422.19
423.21
Richardson, Robert Charlwood. West Point: an inti- mate picture of the National Military Academy and of the life of the Cadet 365.3
Ross, Edward Alsworth. . Russia in upheaval.
422.20
Seton, Ernest Thompson. The Arctic prairies: a canoe journey in search of the Caribou, of 2,000 miles: being the account of a voyage to the region north of Aylmer Lake 423.22
Stuck, Hudson. Vogages on the Yukon and its tribu- taries. A narrative of summer travel in the interior of Alaska 423.20
BIOGRAPHY
Davis, Charles Belmont. Adventures and letters of Richard Harding Davis
Blackwell, Alice Stone, Editor. Little grandmother of 636.20
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the Russian revolution: reminiscences and letters of Catharine Breshkovsky 636.19 Clark, John Spencer. Life and letters of John Fiske. 2 vols. 636.22
Holmes, John Jay. Life and letters of Robert Collyer, 1823-1912. 2 vols. 532.2
Morley, John, Viscount. Recollections. 2 vols. 532.1 . . Rothschild, Alonzo. "Honest Abe": a study in integrity based on the early life of Abraham Lincoln. 636.18
Schultz, James Willard. Bird woman (Sacajawea). The guide of Lewis and Clark; her own story: now first given to the world by J. W. Schultz. 636.18
Tolstoi, Leo. Journal of Leo Tolstoi 636.21
HISTORY
Hazen, Charles Downer. Alsace-Lorraine under German
rule 365.4
Catskill water supply, 1905-1917. A general
description and brief history 352.15
USEFUL ARTS
Albaugh, Benjamin F. The gardenette: or city back yard gardening, the sandwich system
214.14
Blanchan, Neltje. Bird neighbors; an introductory ac- quaintance with one hundred and fifty birds com- monly found in the gardens, meadows and woods about our homes. (New Nature Library.)
Jordan, David Starr, and Evermann, B. W. American food and game fishes: a popular account of all the species found in America north of the Equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture 121.8
King, Caroline B. Caroline King's cook book. 146.33
Mackay, L. Gertrude. The housekeeper's apple book: over two hundred ways of preparing the apple .... 137.30 Partridge, Pauline Dunwell and Conklin, Hester Martha. Wheatless and meatless days 147.30
Rogers, Julia A. The tree book: popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America, their uses and cultivation 121.9
Rose, Mary Swartz. Everyday foods in war-time .. ..
146.34
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EUROPEAN WAR AND ALLIED SUBJECTS
Aldrich, Mildred. On the edge of the war zone: from
the battle of the Marne to the entrance of the Stars and Stripes 1331.17
Angell, Norman. America and the new world state .... 1535.27
1311.7
Beith, Ian Hay, Major. All in it: "K. (I.)" Carrieson .. Bell, Bernard Iddings. Right and wrong after the war: an elementary consideration of Christian morals in the light of modern social problems
1321.16
Dawson, Coningsby. Glory of the trenches: an inter- pretation 1321.19
Out to win: story of France in America. ..
1321.11
Eddy, Sherwood. With our soldiers in France.
1311.4
Empey, Arthur Guy. First call; guide posts to Berlin
1321.7
Fosdick, Harry Emerson. Challenge of the present crisis 1311.6
Fraser, Helen. Women and war work ..
1321.8
Gerard, James W. Face to face with Kaiserism
1331.22
Grow, Malcolm C. Surgeon Grow: an American in the Russian fighting 1331.24
Hopkins, Albert A. Our army and how to know it; our navy and how to know it. 1321.9
Kautz, John Iden. Trucking to the trenches: letters from France, June-November, 1917 1321.18
Lauder, Harry. A minstrel in France.
1537.24
Lauzanne, Stephen. Fighting France.
1321.17
Leathem, W. H. The comrade in white.
1311.5
Lees, G. Frederic, Translator. Crusader of France: letters of Captain Ferdinand Belmont of the Chas- seurs Alpins (August 2, 1914, December 28, 1915), translated from the French
1321.5
Letters from an American soldier, Edwin Austin Ab- bey, 2d 1321.13
Norton, Grace Fallow, Translator. Odyssey of a tor- pedoed transport
1321.14
Peat, Harold R. Private Peat.
1321.16
Schreiner, George Abel. Three years in warring Cen- tral Europe 1331.23
Stuermer, Harry. Two war years in Constantinople: sketches of German and young Turkish ethics and politics 1331.25
Tiplady, Thomas. The Cross at the front: fragments from the trenches 1311.3
123
Usher, Roland G. Winning the war: sequel to "Pan Germanism." 1321.10
Wells, H. G. In the fourth year: anticipations of a world peace 1321.15
Whitehair, Charles S. Out there. 1321.12
Wright, Richardson. Letters to the mother of a soldier 1337.22
MISCELLANEOUS
Carroll, Robert S. Mastery of nervousness, based on the re-education of self 1535.26
Hagedorn, Herman. You are the hope of the world .. 1536.31
Lansbury, George. Your part in poverty. 1317.18 Marden, Orison Swett. How to get what you want .... 1336.26
Nasmyth, George. Social progress and the Darwinian
theory: a study of force as a factor in human re- lations 1535.28
Olgin, Moissaye J. Soul of the Russian Revolution. 1331.20
Poole, Ernest. "The dark people"; Russia's crisis. 1331.21
RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY
Glover, T. R. Jesus of history 1122.16
Hankey, Donald. The church and the man 1137.15
JUVENILE
Barbour, Ralph Henry. Keeping his course 1224.28
Church, Alfred J. The Acneid for boys and girls, told
from Virgil in simple language. 1224.27
Collins, A. Frederick, and Collins, Virgil D. Boy's book of submarines 1212.27
Dowd, Emma C. Polly and the Princess 1212.28
Little, Frances (Fannie Caldwell Macauley). Camp
1212.25
Jolly: or the secret finders in the Grand Canyon .. Newbold, Henry. Book of the happy warrior
835.25
Olcott, Frances Jenkins. Bible stories to read and
tell. One hundred and fifty stories from the Old Testament with references to the Old and New Testaments, selected and arranged, by F. J. Olcott Olcott, Frances Jenkins. Tales from the Persian genii Scott, E. C. Elizabeth Bess, "A little girl of the sixties" Sweetser, Kate Dickinson. Ten American girls from
history: 1, Pocahontas, the Indian girl of the Vir- ginia forest: 2, Dorothy Quincy, the girl of Colonial
1211.24
1211.25
1212.29
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days who heard the first gun fired for Independence; 3, Molly Pitcher, the brave gunner of the battle of Monmouth; 4, Elizabeth Van Lew, the girl who risked all that slavery might be abolished and the Union preserved; 5, Ida Lewis, the girl who kept lime rock burning; a heroic life saver; 6, Clara Barton, "The angel of the battlefields"; 7, Virginia Reed, Midnight heroine of the plains in pioneer days in America; 8, Louisa M. Alcott, author of "Little women"; 9, Clara Morris, the girl who won fame as an actress; 10, Anna Dickenson, the girl orator
Wells, Carolyn. Patty Blossom.
1224.26
1214.26
-. Two little women on a holiday.
1214.27
Wells, H. G. Floor games.
1234.27
Williams, Hawley. Straight ahead.
1212.26
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1918
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, Chairman, Term expires 1919 CONRAD P. HATHEWAY, Secretary, Term expires 1921 AMOS R. LITTLE
Term expires 1920
Superintendent of Schools CHARLES H. MORSS
Supervisor of Manual Training and Drawing WALTER F. BRACKETT
Supervisor of Sewing and Cooking ALICE C. JUDGE
Teachers Grammar Grades VII-VIII ANNA L. STRID
Grammar Grade VI MARION E. DAVIS
Grammar Grade V GLADYS E. WINNING
Grammar Grades III-IV LOUISE M. DUCLOS
Primary Grade II JENNIE M. WHEATON
Primary Grade I HATTIE B. HEATH
Attendance Officer MATTHEW H. DOHERTY
Janitor EDWARD BANNON
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term begins Thursday, January 2, ends Wednesday, April 16; fifteen weeks.
Spring Term begins Monday, April 21, ends Friday, June 28; ten weeks.
Fall Term begins Tuesday, September 2, ends Friday, De- cember 19; sixteen weeks.
Winter Term begins Monday, January 5, 1920.
Length of school year, 1918-19, thirty-six and one-half weeks.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
In the past year the committee had to engage the services of a superintendent to fill the vacancy made through the resig- nation of Mr. Thomas E. Benner, who entered the service of the United States and left early in May. Mr. Charles H. Morss was engaged for this position and assumed charge at the opening of the schools on Sept. 3rd.
Several changes in the teaching department have been made also during the past year. Miss Helen C. Strong, principal and teacher of the seventh and eighth grades, resigned to ac- cept a much better position and very material increase in salary. Miss Gladys Tyler and Miss Georgianna Keith also resigned to accept positions elsewhere. Miss Isabel Brooks was engaged early in the summer to fill one of these vacancies. She remained, however, less than three weeks, having been offered a position elsewhere. To fill the extra vacancies Miss Gladys E. Winning was engaged to teach the fifth grade; Miss Louise M. Duclos the combined third and fourth, and Miss Marion E. Davis the sixth grade. Miss Strid was transferred from the sixth grade to the combined seventh and eighth grades to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Miss Strong. Owing to the resignation of Mrs. Abbie P. Smith, supervisor of sewing, and Mrs. Bertha Joslin, supervisor of cooking, these two positions were again combined and Miss Alice C. Judge engaged to supervise both.
Lincoln, like many other towns and cities, was obliged to close its schools owing to the influenza epidemic, thereby los- ing several weeks of the fall session. In order, however, to make up in part for this lost time, it has been decided to con- tinue the spring term two weeks longer, closing June 27th, instead of June 13th, as scheduled.
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The problem of school transportation is ever present. At the beginning of the school year, the School Committee, with the School Superintendent, studied carefully the various barge and automobile routes and made minor changes which seemed necessary. Against strong opposition, these changes have been kept in effect. The routes as laid out are so arranged as to best serve the majority of the pupils, and the maximum of transportation service is now given for the money appro- priated, and to continue the transportation as now arranged will require the sum of four thousand dollars for the year, exclusive of the High School transportation.
During the past year the tuition in Concord High School has been advanced from eighty to ninety dollars per pupil.
The railroad transportation also increased slightly.
The number attending the Concord High School at the be- ginning of the present year is thirty. Of this number it is expected four only will graduate the coming June. The new class to enter Concord in September next will be by estimate from fifteen to eighteen. It will be noticed, therefore, that the tuition cost for the present year will of necessity call for a very material increase.
The committee has been able to keep practically within the appropriation granted the past year. The present year, however, presents a very different situation. It is the unanimous opinion of the committee, supported and urged by the super- intendent, that if we are to get good teachers and efficient work from our teaching force, we must pay the salaries that such work commands, for in no other way will we be able to prevent the too many changes heretofore occurring in our teaching force. For the reason of the anticipated increases in the salaries of the teachers, of the High School tuition and of the transportation, together with the amount required for the replacement of books as recommended by the superintend- ent, the committee feels that they will require for the run-
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ning of the schools for the current year the sum of eighteen thousand dollars.
The report of the superintendent and a summary of the school expenses for the past year is annexed hereto.
Respectfully submitted,
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, AMOS R. LITTLE, CONRAD P. HATHEWAY.
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SUMMARY OF SCHOOL EXPENSES FOR YEAR 1918
Appropriation
$15,500.00
Salaries of Superintendent and Teachers.
5.524.87
High School Tuition
3.515.67
High School Transportation
555.70
Transportation of Children (Local)
3,156.00
Incidental Repairs on School Building
55.35
Barges, Repairs, etc.
73.95
Janitor Service
500.00
Fuel
516.80
Water Service
58.41
School Physician
200 0)
Supplies
693.21
Miscellaneous
292.14
$15.142.10
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of the Town of Lincoln :-
Since September the work of the school has suffered so many interruptions from the epidemics of influenza and the minor ills that there is very little upon which to base a report of work accomplished. The new school year opened Septem- ber 3, but on account of the severity of the epidemic, it was decided to close on the twenty-fifth after only seventeen days of session, although there were no cases among the children, and the general health was excellent. When work was again resumed, October 21, the attendance was so poor that results were entirely unsatisfactory. On December 10 a case of in- fluenza was discovered in the school. This exposure led in a few days to several more cases among both children and teachers, and schools were again closed and the vacation ex- tended to January 2. So out of a normal term of eighty days of uninterrupted work we had only fifty-three days with many interruptions.
Four grades, the first, second, fifth and sixth, are now of sufficient size to require a separate room each, so that we have only two rooms of mixed grade, one having grades three and four, the other grades seven and eight. The teaching force is organized as follows :
Name
Grade
Graduate of
Began Service
Charles H. Morss
Superintendent
Harvard
Sept., 1918
Anna L. Strid
Grades VII, VIII Grade VI
Marion Davis
Gladys E. Winning Louise M. Duclos Jennie M. Wheaton
Grade V Grades III, IV
Grade II
Hattie B. Heath
Alice C. Judge
Walter F. Brackett
Grade I Domestic Science Manual Training
Framingham Nor. Jan., 1918 Framingham Nor. Jan., 1919 Lowell Normal Sept., 1918 Framingham Nor. Oct., 1918 Framingham Nor. Oct., 1917
Quincy Training Concord High Normal Art
Sept., 1897 Sept., 1918 Sept, 1909
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Of the class room teachers only one has been in the service of our schools more than two years and the majority have seen service with us less than one year.
To secure greater uniformity of results departmental teach- ing has been started in a small way in the upper grades. The Superintendent has taken charge of the arithmetic and also teaches one class in history. The penmanship of all the classes is in charge of Miss Strid. The advantage to the pupil of continuing under the same teacher through a series of years is obvious and need not be dwelt upon. The plan, however, for its successful accomplishment, necessitates the permanence of the teaching force and that can be secured in only one way, by paying them sufficient salaries so tempting offers from other places will not lure them from us. The frequent change of teachers that has been the rule rather than the exception for a number of years is sufficient explanation of any defect that we may find in the work of the school.
All the rooms of the building are now in use, even the do- mestic science room being used for recitation purposes on the days when not used by the teacher of domestic science. This room is needed every day for some classes and it could be so used if the cooking equipment were removed to the girls' playroom. This playroom is entirely unsuited for the purposes of play unless it be in the warm weather when all the windows can be opened. It could, however, be made to accommodate the domestic science classes in the same manner as the playroom for the boys was turned into a manual train- ing room.
The cooking room needs additional equipment to enable each girl to get practice in the various lessons. Since the re- moval of the individual kerosene stoves the experimental work has suffered. Classes of twelve and fourteen girls cannot well work over one coal range, each doing some experiment; and the result is that some gain the experience while the others
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learn by looking on-not the most advantageous method. Now that the electric current has been brought to the building it would not be a difficult matter to install a half dozen electric hot plates, so that each group of two could take all the experi- ments of each lesson and perform them for herself. These experiments would not take the place of the lessons on the range which some seem to fear would be the result of intro- ducing modern methods. We are now conducting cooking classes as chemistry was taught half a century ago, one tries an experiment and the rest observe. In no study is it truer than in domestic science that "we learn to do by doing."
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