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Richardson, T. C., Weston. .
150
1.80
1.80
Rodman, Emma, Nahant.
5,000
60.00
60.00
Rogers, Edward H ......
1,025
12.30
10,500
126.00
138.30
Root, George F., Chicago
600
7.20
7.20
Shaw, Nellie S., Woburn. .
100
1.20
1.20
Sherman, Herbert A., Weston.
70
.84
. 84
Smith, Eugene H., Waltham.
100
1.20
1.20
Smith, Eliza A., Portsmouth, N. H.
200
2.40
2.40
Stewart, Frank, Waltham. .
100
1.20
1.20
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y ..
600
7.20
7.20
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92
Storrow, James J., Boston. .
4,000
48.00
132,000
1,584.00
1,632.00
Storrow, Helen O., Boston.
3,500
42.00
42.00
Stow, Nathan B., Heirs of, Concord. .
180
2.16
2.16
Sweet, Benjamin D., Boston. .
3,500
42.00
42.00
Thorndike, Sturgis H., Boston. .
2,000
24.00
24.00
Walker, Bruce A., Wisconsin. ..
150
1.80
1.80
Warren, William R., Heirs of, New York
30,000
360.00
360.00
Western Union Tel. Co .. .
1,953
23.44
23.44
Weston, Town of ...
850
10.20
10.20
Wheeler, Frank, Est., Concord.
2,000
24.00
24.00
Wheeler, Harvy C., Boston. .
1,500
18.00
18.00
Wheeler, Henry A., Weston ..
100
1.20
1.20
Wheeler, H. N., Heirs of, Cambridge ...
400
4.80
4.80
Wheelwright, Mary C., and
6,492
77.90
12,000
144.00
221.90
Cabot, Henry B., Exrs .. . .
-
White, Ellen, Waltham ...
1,000
12.00
12.00
White, John, Auburndale.
100
1.20
1.20
White, Robert, Lexington.
1,000
12.00
12.00
Woodhull, John H ......
6,500
78.00
78.00
Worcester, Alice, Waltham.
500
6.00
6.00
.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT
During the past year the work has been carried on as for- merly, creosoting Gypsy Moth nests on our roadside trees and trees in the Cemeteries, this work continued until the middle of May, when we started spraying operations. All the road- side trees were sprayed and about two hundred acres of wood- land with very good results, we also sprayed a large number of orchards with the small power sprayer. We were very fortu- nate this year in having good weather during the spraying season, and also in being able to obtain the help of the High- way Department as men and horses are hard to get at this season of the year when everybody is busy. The roadside thinning and cleaning, which consists of cutting the brush and removing the dangerous limbs and dead wood from trees along the roadsides, was done on a good many of our highways this year.
The total expenditure of this department is $3,425.94 of which there has been returned to the Town Treasurer $1,508.66 on account of private work, leaving a net cost of $1,917.28 to the Town.
I recommend that $2,500 be appropriated for Moth and Tree Work.
JOHN J. KELLIHER,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Water Commissioners Present herewith their annual report :-
During the year 1919-20 twelve regular and two special meetings were held, at which all the members were present. The Board was organized with the choice of W. H. Sherman as chairman and S. Smith as secretary.
The Water Works are not in as good a financial condition as in the last few years, because the Board has bought three carloads (3000 feet) of six inch pipe and laid about 1500 feet. In June, lightning struck the cement lined pipe on Sandy Pond Road, and damaged, it to such an extent that it was renewed from the hydrant at the Scully place to the foot of the hill at Miss Georgia Weston's. Considering that this pipe had been in the ground forty-four years, twenty-three of which it had been pumped through, some of it was in very good condition, but where a few lengths were good, the next few would be bad, so bad that there was difficulty in finding a sound length to calk onto. During this renewal the water takers along this line were shut off about two weeks, thus being put to considerable inconvenience. Therefore the Board de- cided to replace the remainder of the old pipe on this road and tried to let out the work to a contractor. The pipe was bought, delivered and some of it distributed, but no satisfactory arrange- ments could be made for laying it, so that after about two hun- dred feet was put in by the Town, the ground froze solid and the pipe remains for future laying.
Another pipe which has caused much trouble and exorbitant expense for its extent and duration of service, is the wooden
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pipe in South Lincoln. The only so far discovered way to repair this pipe is to patch it, which method is difficult, par- ticularly in winter, uncertain and unsatisfactory. At present the end of this pipe is discontinued because a leak could not be stopped. The Board believes that the Town would gain if this wooden pipe were replaced, because the whole line could be renewed for not much more money than the cost of repair- ing leaks that have already occurred there, and it is probable that their frequency will increase.
The electric pump has been depended upon for all the pump- ing, and is in good condition. If it should break down for a longer period than it takes the Town to drain the reservoir. there is a probability that the Town would be without water until it could be started again.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN, SUMNER SMITH, J. J. KELLIHER, Water Commissioners of Lincoln.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918
Lincoln Water Works, Lincoln, Middlesex County, Mass.
General Statistics
Population by census of 1915, 1310. Date of construction, 1874. By whom owned, Town of Lincoln. Source of supply, Sandy Pond, Lincoln, Mass. Mode of supply, Pumping.
Pumping Statistics
Rumsey Triplex Pump, 101/2" x 12" 25 horse-power motor. Power, electricity.
Power furnished by the Edison Electric Illuminating Com- pany of Boston. Average static head against which pump works, 148.5 feet. Average dynamic head against which pump works, 160 feet. Rainfall, 40.25 inches.
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Statistics Relating to Distribution System
Mains
1. Kind of pipe used, cement 12. Kind of pipe, galvanized lined, cast iron, wood iron and cement lined. stave, galvanized iron.
2. Sizes, 11/2" to 12".
3. Extended during the year, none.
4. Discontinued during the year, none. T
5. Total now in use, 26,571 miles. Hydrants replaced, 2.
6. Number of hydrants added during the year, none.
7. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 125.
8. Number of stop-gates added during the year, 2.
9. Number of stop-gates now in use, 135.
10. Number of blow-offs, 30.
11. Range of pressure on mains, 40 pounds to 102 pounds.
Services
13. Sizes, 3/4" to 4".
14. Discontinued, 2.
15. Number of service taps added during the year, 4.
16. Number now in use, 340. 17. Average length of ser- vice, 12'+.
18. Meters now in use, 14.
Water Report PROFIT AND LOSS Year ending December 31, 1919.
Dr.
Cr.
To Expense,
$ 53.15
Rates,
$10,727.98
Power,
1,577.63
Meter,
838.20
Salaries,
1,729.00
Sundry,
115.48
Interest,
2,495.00
Repairs and Renewals,
4,981.43
Net gain,
845.45
$11,681.66
By Water
$11,681.66
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Construction,
$186,037.27
Bonds outstanding,
$66,000.00
Sinking Fund,
26,800.00
Town of Lincoln for loan 1912,
4,787.51
Coal on hand,
350.00
Surplus,
149,472.55
Wire,
300.00
Water bills uncol'td. 1915
23.19
1916
29.50
1917
82.09
1918
1,371.25
1919
3,173.39
Cash on hand,
2,093.37
$220,260.06
$220,260.06
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1919
The town has been free from contagious diseases during the year with the exception of the following cases reported :
Scarlet Fever 2
Influenza .
Respectfully submitted,
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1
MARTIN M. WELCH, R. D. DONALDSON, Members of Board of Health.
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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, 1919.
The increased price of books and of the running expenses of the Library due to the generally higher cost of labor and materials makes necessary the request for a larger appropria- tion than was asked for last year.
The Trustees ask for an appropriation of $700.00 and the Dog Tax.
C. LEE TODD,
Chairman of the Trustees.
DR.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF LINCOLN LIBRARY FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1919
CR.
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1919.
$173.07
Paid for Stamped Envelopes
$ 1.58
From Interest on Deposit
.81
to L. E. Bazley, Electrician
2.60
Cash Received for Fines and Sale of Books .. .
33.67
Mac Rae,
Plumbing .
2.00
Dog Tax for 1918 ..
293.55
66
" Langille Bros., Labor
10.40
Income from Liberty Bonds.
8.30
1.86
Codman Fund
43.75
" Library Bureau, Cards
4.33
Trust Funds :-
" E. B. Farrar, Clerical Work
10.00
" Lincoln Water Works
10.00
George Russell Legacy . .
37.68
E. J. Hunter, Carrying Books to June 4. .
29.00
John H. Pierce Legacy ..
55.02
Julia A. Bemis Fund ...
60.52
Abbie J. Stearns Fund ..
125.22
458.22
66
David Farquhar, Binding Books. 66
68.04
Waltham Coal Co., Coal.
115.00
Charles S. Smith, Coal.
282.19
C. E. Lauriat Co., Books.
274.54
" Librarians, Income from Pierce Fund.
55.02
66 " Lydia J. Chapin, Salary .
250.00
Elizabeth G. Chapin, Salary.
250.00
Total of Expenditures.
$1,501.15
Balance on hand
10.22
$1,511.37
The Codman Fund is invested in five shares of B. & A. R. R. stock and is paid direct to Trustees of Library.
JOHN F. FARRAR, Treasurer.
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.
.
$1,511.37
.
2.45
Town Appropriation
500.00
.6 " Pilgrim Press . .
.
.
18.09
Edison Electric Ill. Co., Light.
48.10
Arthur F. Chapin, Agent, Magazines
65.95
" N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Telephone ...
.
George G. Tarbell Legacy $179.78
EXPENDITURES
" R. D. Donaldson, Labor ..
103
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1920
Number of volumes in Library, January 1, 1919
10,818
Increase by purchase
171
Increase by gift
22
Increase by binding periodicals
11
Number of books withdrawn
88
Number of books rebound
67
*Destroyed by fire
10
Number of volumes in Library, January 1, 1920
10,924
Total delivery of books for year
9,449
Largest delivery in one day
151
Smallest delivery in one day
29
Number of books delivered, fiction
3,942
Number of books delivered, juvenile
2,757
Number of books delivered, non-fiction
2,750
Number of days Library was open
103
Gifts of books, periodicals, etc., have been received during the year from Mr. James E. Baker, Miss Annie Bartlett, Miss Carrie B. Chapin, Mrs. E. Flint, Mrs. W. Harrington, Henry W. Palmer Esq., Miss Jennie I. Peirce, Miss Bertha Scripture, Mrs. Charles S. Smith, Mr. J. Waldo Smith, Capt. Geo. G. Tarbell, Miss Georgie Weston, Mrs. C. Wilcox.
The usual number of bulletins, reports, etc., have been re- ceived from various Public Libraries and other institutions.
* Burning of house.
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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Accessions to the Library for 1919
FICTION
Altsheler, Joseph A. Masters of the Peaks: A story of the great North woods
937.24
*Arnim, M. A., Countess, Russell. Christopher and
Columbus 715.29
Bassett, Sara Ware. The Harbor road.
726.40
Birmingham, G. A. The Island mystery.
723.27
Bosher, Kate Langley. His friend Miss McFarlane
926.24
Brown, Alice. The black drop
726.39
Canfield, Dorothy. Home fires in France.
726.31
Carlsen, C. L. Son of Pio'.
925.36
Clifford, Mrs. W. K. Miss Fingal.
1015.27
Connor, Ralph. Sky Pilot in No Man's land.
1016.27
Conrad, Joseph. Arrow of gold.
725.28
Cooke, M. B. Cricket
726.35
Cooper, James A. Cap'n Jonah's fortune: A tale of Cape Cod
1016.28
Curtis, Mrs. J. Challenge to Adventure.
917.36
Dillon, Mary. The American
1017.27
Dodge, Louis. A runaway woman
935.26
Dunbar, Ruth. The swallow
726.37
Farnol, Jeffrey. Our Admirable Betty
932.26
Grey, Zane. Desert of wheat
932.27
Harben, Will N. Hills of refuge.
937.26
Harland, Marion. Carrington's of High Hill.
726.41
Harris, Cora and Leech, F. H. From sunup to sun- down 726.33
Hope, Anthony. Secret of the tower
914.26
Hughes, Rupert. Cup of fury: A novel of Cities and shipyards 925.35
Hurst, Fannie. Humoresque: A laugh on life with a tear behind it 715.26
105
Ibanez, Vincent Blasco. Four horsemen of the Apoca- lpse . 936.26
Ibanez, Vincent Blasco. Shadow of the Cathedral. 725.29
King, Basil. City of comrades
725.30
Laing, Janet. Before the wind.
927.27
Lewis, Sinclair. Free air
726.42
Lincoln, Joseph C. Shavings
926.21
MacGrath, Harold. Yellow typhoon
726.38
Mackenzie, Compton. Sylvia Scarlett
927.26
Marshall, Archibald. Clintons, and others 928.22
Richard Baldock
925.34
Martin, Helen R. Maggie of Virginsburg
1025.30
Merrick, Leonard. Actor-manager
914.25
£
Conrad in quest of his youth
1015.27
Position of Peggy Harper
917.37
Merwin, Samuel. Passionate Pilgrim
935.28
Norris, Kathleen. Sisters
917.35
Ostrander, Isabel. Twenty-six clues
1015.28
Parker, Gilbert. Wild Youth and another
725.27
Porter, Eleanor H. Dawn
1026.29
Prouty, Olive Higgins. Good sports
912.22
Star in the window
917.33
Richards, Laura E. Daughter of Jehu
715.27
Rinehart, Mary Roberts. Dangerous days
928.21
Love stories 926.25
Snaith, J. C. The undefeated. 715.28
935.27
Vellotton, Benjamin. Heart of Alsace
937.25
Waller, Mary E. Out of the silences.
926.22
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey. Elizabeth's campaign.
926.23
Wells, Carolyn. The diamond pin Joan and Peter
726.33
927.25
Weston, George. You never saw such a girl.
935.29
White, William Allen. In the heart of a fool.
723.26
BIOGRAPHY
Adams, Henry. Education of Henry Adams: An auto- biography 532.4
Botchkareva, Maria. Yashka: My life as peasant, offi- cer, and exile 646.8
Davis, Arthur N. The Kaiser as I knew him. 646.7
Terhune, Albert. Lad: A dog
106
Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason. A labrador doctor. 646.12 Harris, Julia Collier. Life and letters of Joel Chandler Harris 646.3
Hasanovitz, Elizabeth. One of them Chapters from a passionate autobiography 646.6 Hudson, W. H.
Far away and long ago: A history of my early
life 646.4
Laughlin, Clara E. Foch the man: A life of the supreme Commander of the Allied Armies, with appreciation by Lieut .- Col. Eduoard Requin of the French High Commission to the United States 645.18
Lecomte, Georges. Georges Clemenceau: the Tiger of France
547.18
Livingstone, W. P. ..
Christina Forsyth of Fingo-land. Story of the loneliest woman in Africa 646.10
Low, A. Maurice. Woodrow Wilson: an interpretation 646.9
Roosevelt, Theodore. Autobiography 532.5
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey. A writer's recollections. 2 vols. 646.5 Washburn, Charles G. Theodore Roosevelt. The logic of his career 645.17 Wiggins, Lida Peck. Life and works of Paul Laurence Dunbar 645.16
Richards, Laura E. Joan of Arc. 646.11
FOURTEEN
HISTORY
Emerson, Edward Waldo. Early years of the Saturday Club, 1855-1870 364.3
Levine, Isaac Don. Resurrected Nations. Short his- tories of the peoples freed by the great war and statements of their National Claims 364.4
EUROPEAN WAR AND RELATED SUBJECTS
Aldrich, Mildred. Peak of the load: The waiting months on the hilltop, from the entrance of the Stars and Stripes to the second victory on the Marne. .. ... 1522.18 -. When Johnny comes marching home .. 1311.12
Anderson, Isabel (Mrs. Larz Anderson). Zigzagging .. 1522.15
107
Copplestone, Bennett. Silent watchers: England's Navy during the war; what it is, and what we owe to it .. Dawson, Coningsby. Living bayonets: a record of the last push 1512.21
1522.17
1522.22
Deland, Margaret. Small things Gibbs, A. Hamilton. Gun fodder: the diary of four years of war 1331.27
Huard, Frances Wilson. With those who wait.
1522.19
Husband, Joseph. A year in the Navy. 1311.9
Morganthau, Henry. Ambassador Morganthau's story ..
1537.25
Powell, E. Alexander. The Army behind the Army ....
1311.11
Sibley, Frank P. With the Yankee division in France .. 1311.8 Simonds, Frank H. History of the world war. 3 vols ... 361.5
Swan, Carroll J. My Company
1522.16
Whitlock, Brand. Belgium. 2 vols ..
1321.21
Wile, Frederic William. Explaining the Britishers. Story of England's mighty effort in liberty's cause as told by an American 1311.10
TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION
Hudson, W. H. Idle days in Patagonia. 412.27
MacMillan, Donald. Four years in the white North. 422.21
Muir, John. Steep trails 423.24
O'Connor, Elizabeth P. Herself - Ireland 423.23
RELIGION, ETHICS
Carroll, Robert S. The soul in suffering: A practical application of spiritual truths 1125.23
Dresser, Horatio W. On the threshold of the spiritual world: A study of life and death over there. 1132.11
Lewis, Frank Grant. How the Bible grew: The story
as told by the Book and its keepers 1125.24
POETRY, DRAMA
Kipling, Rudyard. Years between. 1436.27
Maeterlinck, Maurice. The betrothal: Sequel to the Blue Bird. A fairy play in five acts and eleven scenes 1436.25
Noyes, Alfred. The new morning 1436.26
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MISCELLANEOUS
Bradish, Prudence. Mother-love in action 1522.25
Burroughs, John. Field and study . 1522.21
Camp, Walter. Keeping fit all the way: how to obtain
and maintain health, strength, and efficiency. 1317.19
Cobb, Ernest. The hen at work: A brief manual of home poultry culture 213.21
Dean, Edward Owen. Opportunities in farming.
213.20
Gillinlan, Strickland. Sunshine and awkwardness .. . .. Morgan, A. Compiler. Selected readings: designed to impart to the student an appreciation of literature in its wider sense 1336.27
Paine, Albert Bigelow. Dwellers in Arcady; story of an abandoned farm 1336.26
Palmer, F. E. My lady's house plants: the complete instructor and guide to success with flowers and plants in the home, and a remarkable chapter on the ideal sun parlor 1337.29
Poole, Ernest. The village. Russian impressions. 1317.20
Sayre, Francis Bowes. International Administration ... 1522.20
Steiner, Edward A. Uncle Jo's Lincoln 1333.26
Wells, Caroline. Such nonsense
1512.20
JUVENILE
Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin. Stories for every holiday. 843.18
Blanchard, Amy E. Girl Scout of Red Rose troop. 845.26
Brown, Edna A. At the Butterfly House. 843.15
Burgess, Thornton W. Adventures of Bobby Coon. 848.3
Adventures of Bob White. 813.28
Adventures of Jimmy Skunk.
848.3
Adventures of Ol' Mistah Buzzard.
813.27
Happy Jack 845.23
Mother West Wind "where" stories
845.24
Carey, A. A. Boy Scouts at sea.
843.20
Chase, Mary Ellen. Girl from the Big Horn Country ..
811.24
Collins, A. Frederick. Boys' Airplane book. 1221.30 Handicraft for boys 1236.29
1211.26
Colum, Padriac. Boy who knew what the birds said ...
834.26
Crump, Irving. Boys' book of firemen
Boys' book of policemen 834.27
Dyer, Walter A. Pierrot, dog of Belgium
825.29
1337.28
109
Eastman, Charles (Ohiyesa). Indian heroes and great chieftains
1236.28
Every Child's Mother Goose 845.25
Fabre, Jean Henri. Story book of science 843.24
Forrester, Isola L. Kit of Greenacre farm
811.25
Goday, Mercedeo. When I was a girl in Mexico
1215.30
Gollomb, Joseph. That year at Lincoln High.
1235.25
Hagedorn, Hermann. Boy's life of Theodore Roosevelt Harris, Joel Chandler. Uncle Remus returns.
1233.27
Holland, Rupert S. Lafayette, we come !.
1237.30
Hunt, Clara Whitehall. Little house in the woods. 1235.26
Johnston, Annie Fellows. Little Colonel in Arizona 847.23
Little Colonel at boarding school
847.22
Little Colonel's Knight comes riding 847.25
Little Colonel's maid of honor 847.24
Lanier, Henry W. Book of bravery: Being true stories in an ascending scale of courage. 2 vols 1221.29
1237.28
Mason, Alfred Bishop. Tom Strong, Lincoln's Scout: A story of the United States in the times that tried men's souls 834.28
Mathiews, Franklin K. Boy Scouts book of stories. . .. Morley, Margaret Warner. Donkey John of Toy Valley
1215.29
Perkins, Lucy Fitch. Belgian twins
843.22
French twins
843.21
Cornelia
825.30
Pier, Arthur Stanwood. Hill top troop.
834.25
Ponsonby, Arthur and Dorothea. Rebels and reformers; biographies for young people 845.29
Pyle, Katharine. Counterpane fairy
1215.28
Quirk, Leslie W. Boy Scouts of Black Eagle patrol ...
845.30
Roberts, Charles G. D. Jim. Story of a backwoods police dog Neighbors unknown
843.26
845.28
Rogers, Julia E. Earth and sky every child should know: easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time or place
845.27
Wild animals every child should know .. 825.31
Roy, Lillian Elizabeth and Islington, M. F. Wood craft boys at Sunset Island 811.22
Saxe, Mary S. Our little Quebec cousin. 811.21
Schultz, James Willard. Lone Bull's mistake 1236.27
Scott, E. C. Loyalty of Elizabeth Bess .. 1212.30
Seaman, Augusta Huell. Melissa-over-the-fence
1233.25
1237.29
Lee, Albert. At his country call.
834.24
110
Smith, Mary P. Wells. Five in a Ford. 1235.27
Young Puritans in captivity 843.17
Sterrett, Frances R. Rebecca's promise 811.20
Tomlinson, Everett E. Three young Continentals. 836.27
Scouting with General Pershing 843.19
Usher, Roland G. Story of the Pilgrims
848.1
Verne, J. The mysterious Island.
811.26
Wallace, Dillon. Bobby of the Labrador. 811.23 . Grit-a-plenty 844.24
Warde, Margaret. Nancy Lee's namesake 843.16
White, Eliza Orne. The blue aunt.
843.23
MAGAZINES
Atlantic Monthly Magazine. 1917, 2 vols. 119-120. 1918, 2 vols. 121-122.
Harper's Monthly Magazine. 1917-1918, vols. 136-137.
St. Nicholas. 1915-1916-1917-1918, 4 vols.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1919
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, Chairman, Term expires 1922 CONRAD P. HATHEWAY, Secretary, Term expires 1921 AMOS R. LITTLE
Term expires 1920
Superintendent of Schools CHARLES H. MORSS
17
Teachers
Junior High Grades VII-VIII-IX ESTHER L. MILES ANNA L. STRID
Grammar Grade VI MARION E. DAVIS
Grammar Grades IV-V GLADYS E. WINNING
Primary Grade III LOUISE M. DUCLOS
Primary Grade II JENNIE M. WHEATON
Primary Grade I HATTIE B. HEATH
Manual Training and Drawing ROLAND B. HOUSTON
Sewing and Cooking ALICE C. JUDGE
Attendance Officer JOHN J. KELLIHER
Janitor EDWARD BANNON
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term begins Monday, January 5, ends Friday, April 9; fourteen weeks.
Spring Term begins Monday, April 26, ends Friday, June 18; eight weeks.
Fall Term begins Tuesday, September 7, ends Friday, De- cember 24; sixteen weeks.
Winter Term begins Monday, January 3, 1921.
Length of school year, 1919-20, thirty-eight weeks.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
During the past year several changes of more or less moment were decided upon, and put into effect by your Committee. The most important being the establishment of a ninth grade or "Junior High School." The experiment of retaining the pupils who were to go to Concord or Waltham High Schools for the first year of high school work was determined upon, and the plan from observations to date is working out very satisfactorily, and your Committee understands has the approval of the parents generally.
To put this plan into effect it was necessary to make certain changes in the class arrangements. The necessary room was provided by moving the cooking and sewing classes to the girls' basement, where very convenient and well equipped cooking and sewing quarters are now provided.
The room vacated, although not all that is desired, was fitted up for the Junior High Class.
This change made necessary the employment of an extra teacher, and Miss Esther L. Miles engaged to assist in teaching the advanced class.
The Committee during the year were also notified of the retirement of Mr. Walter F. Brackett who had been instructor of manual training in our schools for upward of twelve years. His position was filled by Roland B. Houston, who gives in- struction also in drawing, giving two days each week to our schools.
The above changes were the only ones made in the teaching staff during the year; all the other teachers having been re- engaged and retained. This fact to your Committee has been
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one of very great relief and satisfaction, and of very material benefit to the schools generally, and is what your Committee has been striving to bring about for some time.
As to the school finances, the Committee submit the follow- ing :
The Committee foresaw the general demands on the part of the teachers throughout the country for better salaries, and were satisfied that our town was no different from many others in this respect, and that this situation would have to be met and very material increases made in the teachers' salaries if we were to obtain and retain an efficient teaching staff. To date the Committee have met this situation by an increase to the teachers of an amount considerable above that in effect hereto- fore. All our grade teachers, with the exception of Miss Miles, are now paid a salary of $1,000 per year, Miss Miles being paid $1,050. At the present time our teaching force consists of seven grade teachers, manual training and drawing teacher, and teacher of sewing and cooking, also the fact must be known that Mr. Morss, the superintendent, is regularly engaged in giving instruction to the advanced grades the greater part of the school day.
To make the changes necessary to provide the room for the ninth grade, necessitated additional expense, both for the equip- ment of the room and for providing a course of study, although this should be considered as a permanent or overhead charge. The same was paid from the school appropriation, and charged against the item for supplies in the tabulation of expenses annexed to this report, and accounts for the increase in the amount of this item over that of last year, last year's supply item being $693.21, a difference of over $1,800.
Another charge against the school appropriation that hereto- fore was met from the general fund of the town is that of "Repairs on Buildings." The largeness of the amount of the item over that of last year is due to the fact that a bill of $610.38 for these repairs and changes was entered against the
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