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Oct. 27. McDorcher, John and Maggie.
Whole number of births, 126.
Birthplace of fathers : Braintree, 17; other places in Massa- chusetts, 36 ; British Provinces, 31 ; Ireland, 14 ; Maine, 5 ; Rhode Island and England, 4 each; Scotland, 3; New Hampshire, 2; Italy, Vermont, Germany, Norway, France, Kansas, and Russia, 1 each ; unknown, 3.
Birthplace of mothers : Braintree, 25 ; other places in Massa- chusetts, 35; British Provinces, 37; Ireland, 11; England, 6 ; Maine, 3; New Hampshire and Scotland, 2 each ; Vermont, New York, Sweden, France, and Russia, 1 each.
American parentage : fathers, 66 ; mothers, 67.
Foreign parentage : fathers, 57; mothers, 59. Unknown : fathers, 3.
PARENTS' NAME.
William and Jennie (Bradford) Roscoe W. and Mabel A. (David) George and Selina (Tucker)
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DEATHS.
AGE.
1891.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
I.
M.
D.
Jan. 2. Rose H. O'Rourke.
Braintree.
-
6
5. Johanna (Fleming) Penny.
Newfoundland. 58
-
-
7. Susan S. (Harris) Penniman.
Braintree.
85
7
18
10. Margaret (Henry) Donaldson.
Ireland.
75
28
16. Sarah Billings.
Braintree.
-
1
21. Alton Phinney.
66
1
28
21.
Fanny G. Drew.
Boston.
20
10
-
24. Elihu Alden.
Vermont.
84
6
6
24. Lewis F. Fountain.
Braintree.
-
2
27. Andrew Gott.
Ireland.
65
28. Hannah A. (Little) Bowles.
Wareham.
40
9
21
28. Mary E. (Frazer) King.
Nova Scotia.
23
-
28. George L. Palmer.
Brookline.
44
7
28
Feb.
2. Joseph L. Condon.
Braintree.
-
1
4. Catherine (Decoste) Drell.
Nova Scotia.
22
5
-
13. Frederic Bunker.
Braintree.
44
4
22
15. Thomas P. O'Connor.
66
1
-
14
17. Deboralı P. White.
83
11
17
17. Mary A. (McCue) Condrick.
Weymouth.
26
3
4
Mar.
9. Catherine L. (French) French.
Boston
75
1
9
17.
George W. Jones.
Randolph.
49
6
23
17. Patrick Hennessey.
Ireland.
68
18. James Newton Tower.
Braintree.
62
18. Lindsey Pratt.
Weymouth.
78
4 10
30. Stephen S. Arnold.
Braintree.
81
5
26
30. Martha J. (Nichols) Creelman.
Vermont.
62
6
-
31. Frederic E. Hill.
Braintree.
16
21
Apr.
12. E. Augustus Wild.
60
50
6
10
20. Joseph W. Thayer.
66
75
8
14
29. John F. Renn.
Prussia.
73
2
27
30. Hannah F. Spear.
Braintree.
29
3
20
30. Joseph Longbottom.
England.
65
S
7
May
1. Mary E. Spear.
Maine.
27
6
13
8. Irene (Thayer) Bunker.
Braintree.
SO
3
10. Hubert Cote.
Nova Scotia.
31
16. Mary (Sullivan) Flynn.
Ireland.
68
-
-
19. Louise (Rose) Barry.
Rhode Island.
38
5
14
28. Thomas Jones.
N. H.
89
9
9
30. James J. Crowe.
Boston.
37
11
June 1. James S. Holbrook.
Braintree.
85
4
9
-
22. John C. Daggett.
Braintree.
-
-
-
217
1891.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y.
M.
D.
June 3. Lucy M. (Rogers) Torrey.
Holbrook.
26
10
4. Alphonsus Wallace.
Braintree.
2
9
11
11. Rose E. (Littlefield) Rolfe.
Maine.
30
8
21
July 3. Marcia G. Child.
66
60
2
3
4. William F. Geanne.
Braintree.
2
7. William R. Wild.
77
7
14
8. Thomas J. Murray.
Cambridge.
-
-
14. John J. Cullinan.
Maine.
5
4
3
17. Michael Dejon.
Braintree.
10
13
20. Jeremiah Mahoney.
Ireland.
31
2
-
-
21
22. William Hayden.
66
63
10
25
25. Catherine L. Hennessey,
66
1
-
19
25. John Freel.
Ireland.
59
3
8.
28. Peter Coughlin.
66
28
Aug. 2. George F. Wixon. Davis.
66
-
-
10
5. Mary A. Bowman,
66
-
4
2
8. Maggie M. Cullinan.
3
8
11. Simon B. Morell.
66
-
3
3
12. John Carver.
England.
70
4
6
20. Edward J. Carroll.
Braintree.
2
6
.
66
1
7
23. John W. Mahoney.
66
-
3
23
9
29
25. Albert W. Carver.
66
5
22
27.
John H. Starr.
8
-
6
28. Thomas McGuire. .
66
9
28
29. Jeremiah L. Levangie.
66
9
15
29. Francis L. Rogers.
66
1
14
31. Rosie A. (Carter) Norwood.
Maine.
32
9
27
Sept. 16. Brown.
Braintree.
18.
Harold S. McLean.
66
9
18
23. Ernest J. Lane.
66
.
3
5
Oct.
2.
Sarah D. (Frazar) Mansfield.
Duxbury.
81
-
-
-
1
18
6. Hannah R. (Melville) Merrill.
Salem.
62
2
-
9. Maud Sherwood.
N. Brunswick. -
3
9
16. Sophia (Colby) Morrison.
N. Hampshire. 90
7
13
21. Mary J. Coleraine.
Weymouth.
33
S
4
21. Julia (Griffin) Griffin.
Ireland.
44
23. Frank M. Trask.
Maine.
31
4
13
31. John Reynolds.
Ireland.
19
-
-
2. Katy Agnes Walker.
Quincy.
3
15
5.
John H. Cote.
Braintree.
22.
Maggie L. Rogers.
24
23. John Doherty.
Braintree.
4
4
3.
20. William Marcheu.
Braintree.
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AGE .-
-
1
22
11
218
1891.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y.
M.
D.
Nov. 7. Murdic King.
Nova Scotia. 73
-
-
11. Sally (Wilmarth) Hayward.
Attleborough. 85
20
13. Elliot Shaw.
Braintree.
25
6
25
17. Luke A. Mulligan.
66
7
20. Catherine Leahy.
Nova Scotia.
6
-
-
20. Ellen (Higgins) Sullivan.
Ireland.
58
10
.5
26. Francis Starr.
Braintree.
3
-
12
27. Lucinda (Stoddard) Penniman.
62
10
3
30. Frieda A. Record.
Maine.
7
7
24
6. Fred Holland.
Edgartown.
5
7
6
7.
Margaret T. Starr.
Braintree.
15
6
12
18. Catherine J. Ahearn.
66
18
6
16
23. Samuel W. Hollis.
Braintree.
67
1
8
24. Edward O. Griffin.
16
5
4
24.
Jane (Mason) May.
England.
42
25.
Elizabeth Hennessey.
Braintree.
27
25.
Sophia B. (Palmer) French.
Boston.
61
6
19
27. Mary H. (Dyer) Jackson.
Braintree.
63
2
18
29. Sally N. Edson.
Bridgewater.
72
6
21
29. Elizabeth F. (Hayden) Arnold.
Braintree.
81
6
14
30. Sarah R. (Littlefield) Thayer. Edward Reed.
66
74
10
2
Stillborn, 6.
Whole number of deaths in 1891, 116.
Of the above 30 were under 1 year; 10 between 1 and 10; 5 between 10 and 20; 11 between 20 and 50; 8 between 30 and 40 ; 6 between 40 and 50; 5 between 50 and 60; 13 between 60 and 70; 10 between 70 and 80; 10 between 80 and 90. Over 90 there was 1; stillborn, 6 ; unknown 1; average age 35 years.
Of the deaths, 26 were born during the year 1891. .
Males, 65 ; females, 51 ; single, 65 ; married, 32 ; widowed, 19.
Born in Braintree, 62 ; other places in Massachusetts, 21; Ire- land, 10 ; British Provinces and Maine, 7 each ; England, 3 ; Ver- mont and New Hampshire, 2 each; Rhode Island and Prussia, 1 each.
Birthplace of parents : Fathers, Braintree, 16, other places 'in Massachusetts, 31 ; Ireland, 27; British Provinces, 18; Maine, 9; England, 5; Vermont, New Hampshire, and Scotland, 2 each ; Prussia, France, and Rhode Island, and unknown, 1 each.
Dec.
15.
Fannie E. (Howe) Craibe.
Boston.
52
-
7
66
-
1
19. -.- Patterson.
-AGE.
-
219
Mothers : Braintree, 17, other places in Massachusetts, 31; British Provinces, 24; Ireland, 21; Maine, 8; England, 6 ; New Hampshire, 5; South America, Germany, France, and Vermont, 1 each.
American parentage : Fathers, 61 ; mothers, 61. Foreign parent- age : Fathers, 55 ; mothers, 55. Buried in Braintree, 34; Wey- mouth, 41; Quincy, 18; Randolph, 8; Boston, 6; Maine, 4; Plympton, Marshfield, Brookline, Dighton, and Wisconsin, 1 each.
Causes of death : Consumption, 18; dysentery, diarrhea, and cholera infantum, 14; pneumonia and influenza, 14; heart failure and disease, 11 ; cancer, 8 ; diphtheria, 7 ; paralysis, 5 ; stillborn, 6 ; meningitis, 4 ; typhoid fever, premature birth, and convulsions, 3 each ; congestion of lungs, railroad accident, and Bright's disease, 2 each ; laryngitis, diabetes, inanition, nephritis, bronchitis, gan- grene, melitis, congestion of the brain, old age, hepatitis, asthma, ceretritis and unknown, 1 each.
S. A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
TOWN RECORDS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the town of Braintree, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the town hall, in said Braintree, on Monday, the second day of March, 1891, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Ar- ticles, namely : -
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the reports of the several town officers, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 158 of the Acts of 1871 and choose a board of road commissioners ..
ART. 5. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year, and also to vote on the following question as required by Chapter 54 of the Acts of 1881, namely : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money for any purpose.
ART. 7. To see if the town will accept the jury list as made by the Selectmen.
ART. 8. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $150 and pay the same to the General Sylvanus Thayer Post, G. A. R., for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of me- morial services on Memorial Day.
ART. 10. To see how the town will vote to pay the members of the fire department.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to purchase one thousand feet of new hose.
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ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to charge interest on all taxes that remain unpaid after a certain date.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to pay the interest on the water bonds and for the sinking fund established for the payment of said bonds.
ART. 14. To see if the town will take any action on the petition of the Old Colony Railroad to abolish the grade crossing on Elm Street.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote an appropriation to paint the town house and to furnish new seats for the Town Hall.
ART. 16. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to paint the almshouse.
ART. 17. To see what action the town will take on the report of the committee on the claim of E. Bannon for bounty and State aid.
ART. 18. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to widen Quincy Avenue and Commercial Street as ordered by the County Commissioners.
ART. 19. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to drain River Street.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to amend or annul Sec- tion 5 of Article 2 of the By-Laws of the town, namely : No final vote shall be reconsidered unless public notice of the intention to move a reconsideration has been given to the Moderator within one hour after the vote has been declared.
ART. 21. To see if the town will choose a committee to revise the by-laws of the town and report such alterations as they may deem necessary for the best interests of the town.
ART. 22. To elect six trustees of the Thayer Academy : two to serve for one year, two to serve for two years, and two to serve for three years.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to build new school- houses to provide additional accommodations for the pupils in the Pond and Union districts, and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 24. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for conveying pupils to and from the public schools.
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ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to build additions to the Pond and Union schoolhouses, and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 26. To see if the town will authorize the Water Commis- sioners to make such extensions of water-pipes as the said com- missioners 'may think proper.
ART. 27. To see if the town will accept Mount Vernon Avenue, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 28. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow on the credit of the town such sums of money as may be appropriated for the purpose of building new schoolhouses or en- larging the present school buildings.
ART. 29. To choose any committee, or hear the report of any committee and act thereon.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to repair a drain on Elm street, and appropriate money for the same.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and at- tested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing once in the Braintree Observer.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant, with your do- ings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
ANSEL O. CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, J. FRANKLIN BATES, Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, SS. . BRAINTREE, Feb. 28, 1891.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Braintree herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in
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said town of Braintree, seven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have caused the said warrant to be published in the Braintree Observer once, before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE' FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
A true copy.
Attest : SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, March 2, 1891.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Ansel O. Clark was appointed to check the list, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Horace Faxon was appointed to take charge of the ballot box, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Upon ballot, by the use of the check-list, Francis A. Hobart was elected Moderator, and was sworn by Town Clerk.
Articles 2, 3, and 4 laid on the table.
Article 5 taken up.
Voted, To proceed to the election of the following town officers on one ballot, namely : Town Clerk; Town Treasurer; three Selectmen, who shall be Assessors and Overseers of the Poor ; one Water Commissioner for three years ; two School Committee for three years ; one School Committee for two years ; three Auditors ; two Trustees of the Thayer Public Library ; three Fence-viewers ; and thirteen Constables. And also, at the same time, vote on the question, " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" Moderator declared the polls open at 8 hours 15 minutes A. M.
Moderator appointed S. A. Bates and C. W. Fearing to assort and count the votes, and they were sworn.
Voted, That a committee of ten be appointed by the chair to report what appropriations are necessary to be made to defray the expenses of the town the ensuing year. G. H. Arnold, A. O. Clark, J. T. Stevens, A. E. Avery, T. A. Watson, F. E. Arnold, C. C. Mellin, F. O. Whitmarsh, Horace Abercrombie, and Daniel
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Potter were appointed said committee. Nathaniel F. Hunt was appointed to assist in checking the list, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, That the polls be closed at 12 hours 30 minutes P. M., and at that time they were declared closed. The tellers having com- pleted their work, the moderator declared the result of the ballot as follows, namely : -
Whole number of ballots, 281.
For Town Clerk - Blanks, 3; Richard L. Arnold, 1 ; Samuel A. Bates, 277, and he was declared elected, and sworn by the Moderator.
For Town Treasurer - Blanks, 4 ; Peter D. Holbrook, 277, and he was declared elected and sworn.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor -Blanks, 41 ; A. J. White, 1; Nathaniel F. Hunt, 275 ; Ansel O. Clark, 265; J. Franklin Bates, 261, and Nathaniel F. Hunt, Ansel O. Clark, and J. Franklin Bates were declared elected and sworn.
Water Commissioner - Blanks, 5; T. Haven Dearing, 276, and he was declared elected, and accepted the office.
School Committee for three years - Blanks, 5; L. H. H. John- son, 279 ; E. Augustus Wild, 278, and they were declared elected, and accepted the office.
School Committee for two years - Blanks, 2; Henry L. Dear- ing, 279 ; and he was declared elected, and accepted the office.
Auditors - Blanks, 3; Daniel Potter, 280; Alverdo Mason, 280; L. Willard Morrison, 280, and they were declared elected, and sworn.
Trustees of Thayer Public Library -Blank, 1; Nathaniel H. Hunt, 281; E. Watson Arnold, 280, and they were declared elected and accepted.
Fence-viewers - Freeman G. Crosby, 281; John V. Scollard, 281; Josiah Penniman, 281, and they were declared elected. Freeman G. Crosby and John V. Scollard were sworn.
Constables -James J. O'Keefe, 1; Thomas Fallon, 26 ; Hor- ace Faxon, 269; Edwin L. Curtis, 270; Albert Hobart, 274; Henry M. Storm, 268 ; Benjamin C. Perry, 273 ; James R. Qualey, 275 ; Benjamin J. Loring, Jr., 265 ; Conrad Mischler, 278 ; David J. Collins, 273 ; Thomas Penniman, 264 ; J. Frank Holbrook, 271 ;
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James A. Reynolds, 276 ; John Kelley of Quincy Avenue, 268 ; and Horace Faxon, Edwin L. Curtis, Albert Hobart, Henry M. Storm, James R. Qualey, Benjamin J. Loring, Jr., Conrad Misch- ler, Thomas Penniman, J. Frank Holbrook, James A. Reynolds, and John Kelley were declared elected, and sworn.
Benjamin C. Perry and David J. Collins were declared elected and declined to serve.
Voted, to choose one constable in place of David J. Collins who declined.
Upon ballot, with the use of the check-list, Thomas Fallon was elected constable and sworn.
" Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" Whole number of ballots, 241: Yes, 83; No, 158.
The following officers were chosen by hand vote : -
Voted, to choose three Measurers of Grain.
J. Marcus Arnold and John L. Delano were chosen, and sworn ; C. Herbert Doane was chosen, and declined to serve.
Voted, to choose five Weighers of Hay.
Martin L. Tupper, J. Marcus Arnold and Peter B. Lawson were chosen, and sworn ; James H. Finegan and George F. Hussey were chosen, and declined.
Voted, to choose three Measurers of Lumber.
Martin L. Tupper and George H. Holbrook were chosen, and sworn ; Henry Gardner was chosen, but did not qualify by taking the oath of office.
Voted, To choose one Measurer of Leather.
Albion C. Drinkwater was chosen, and sworn.
Voted, To choose five Measurers of Wood.
J. Marcus Arnold, Martin L. Tupper, Edward M. Wight, and William Allen were chosen, and sworn; Edward W. Hobart was chosen, and declined.
Voted, That the Selectmen appoint three Field-drivers and a Pound-keeper, if in their judgment it be found necessary.
Article 23 taken up.
The committee on the educational needs of the town submitted the following report, namely : -
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
The committee which was appointed by the town of Braintree January 28, 1891, to examine into the educational needs of the town has performed its duties and submits the following report :
The chief educational need of this town is, without doubt, larger and more modern school buildings in the north, south and east sections ; but while we have made the fullest examination of the needs of all sections, we find the wants of the north and south sections are so much more pressing, and will require the expenditure of so large a sum of money at once, that we have thought it best to limit our recommendations to the former sections and leave the question of increasing the school facilities at East Braintree until next year or the year after.
We feel sure that the success of the plan that we shall recom- mend will, if carried out, be so striking that the town will make a similar improvement at East Braintree within two years.
We have in all our investigations fully appreciated the import- ance of deciding on a plan that would look to future as well as to present needs.
In order to get a broad view of the whole question, free from the influence of sectional feeling, or of self interest, we have en- deavored not to give undue weight to any plan to which any mem_ ber of this committee was either wholly or in part committed ; and, starting at the bottom, we have tried to obtain information from all sources, both within and without the town, that would enable us to arrive at a wise decision ; and a brief statement of the plan we have pursued to obtain this information will not be out of place, as it will give confidence that our recommendations are not based c i 'he ideas of any individual, or on any partial view of the question, but on the fullest and broadest view that we are capable of taking.
As we desired to study every plan that has been proposed, one of our first steps was to insert a notice in the Braintree Observer as follows : -
"The committee appointed by the town at the last town meeting to consider the educational needs of the town want to give the matter the most impartial consideration, and request those of our
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citizens that have given the matter any attention to write and for- ward to T. A. Watson, chairman of the committee, East Brain- tree, a brief statement of what they consider the best plan of increasing the capacity of our schools with the advantages they claim for their plan.
" As the time is short, a prompt response is necessary, and all who submit their plans may be assured that the most careful con- sideration will be given their communication, as the committee have no bias toward any plan, and will decide on that which seems best to them.
"THOMAS A. WATSON, " Chairman of Committee."
While waiting for answers to this notice we have visited and carefully inspected all the school buildings of the town, occupied or unoccupied.
We have prepared a map of the town with the location of the home of every scholar marked on it, so that the distribution of school population could be seen at a glance, and have found this map of great assistance in making our decision.
We have had prepared a table giving the fullest statistics of the occupied schools, which has enabled us to base our calculations on facts.
We have fully discussed the whole question with our school offi- cials, and with many of those of our citizens who have taken special interest in school matters.
We have carefully consulted with the agents of the State Board of Education and other educational experts, in order to ascertain the best and latest ideas of those whose business it is to study ed- ucational matters.
We have visited a few of the most modern schools in eastern Massachusetts.
We have consulted the State educational documents, and have, in fact, neglected no available source of information.
The responses to our Observer notice were not as numerous as could have been wished, but there were enough of them to give a full statement in favor of each of the plans that have been dis- cussed during the last year or two.
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There are four of these plans that have been advocated, and we will consider each in turn.
The first plan that we will consider is that recommended in the report of the committee that was appointed to confer with the School Committee last summer. It is, in brief, to build four-room additions to both Pond and Union schools, making each of them an eight-room building, at an estimated expense of $18,000.
There are serious objections to this plan. The first that we will mention is, that whether $1,000 or $10.000 is spent in altering an old building, the new must be adapted to the old, and the character of the old is sure to be impressed on the new.
The Union and Pond buildings are old-fashioned, and would have to be so altered as to leave very little of the old structure be- sides the shell, but that little would affect the character of the whole injuriously. We think every man who has attempted any extensive alterations in old buildings will agree with us that the results are almost invariably unsatisfactory.
Another objection to this plan is that it will render the two main schools of the town uninhabitable while the alterations are going on ; and if for any reason the work should be delayed, a thing always likely to happen, several hundred children might be obliged to lose months of schooling.
Another serious objection is an educational one. It is the group- ing in one building of large numbers of children of the primary and grammar ages.
While it is true that this is done at present in each of these schools, yet it is done on a much smaller scale than will be the case when the contemplated enlargements are filled, as we should expect them to be in a few years, and the evil results from this mixing of the primary and grammar children will increase with every year's growth.
Our opposition to this is heartily indorsed by Mr. Prince, the agent for this district of the State Board of Education ; he assures us that bad results have always followed such mixing, and he con- siders that it is contrary to the best modern school practice.
Another objection to this plan is, the small size of the lots on which the present buildings stand. We can of course enlarge them by exercising our right of eminent domain; but to do so, would
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turn out several families from their homes, and of course create much ill-feeling. Still another objection is, that the plan makes no provision for the High School, but leaves it necessary to imme- diately build a high school building.
Weighing these objections against what advantages this plan may possess we consider that the objections are so serious that we must unhesitatingly reject this plan that recommends building additions to the Pond and Union schools.
Plan number two is, to put another story on each of these schools ; but we condemn this plan because it would be a cheap makeshift, and, as it would not give a sufficient increase in capacity to provide for the increase of much more than one year, it would be a waste of money. This plan is not as cheap as it might appear to be, as the State Police would require expensive fire escapes. As this plan has nothing to recommend it except its apparent cheapness, we unhesitatingly reject it.
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