USA > Massachusetts > Norfolk County > Braintree > Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1902 > Part 10
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10
The language work is closely related to reading, hence, dur- ing these years the child is taught to tell in his own way the stories he has read, and about things he has seen. This is to give him a good working vocabulary and to develop his power of expressing thought. When he is able to write, he is required to put on paper these same stories and descriptions. He is also required to write letters, and stories of events in his own life. These stories and letters are criticised by teacher and class- mates and in this way he is taught to avoid grammatical errors, and at the same time his expression is improved. During the fifth and sixth years he is taught the sentence and its parts. By the seventh year he is ready to take up the definite study of
·
216
technical grammar, and the study of this is carried on to the end of the eighth year.
Because of its supreme importance, nothing is allowed to in- terfere with this language and grammar work in the grammar schools. The English language is the one subject of a child's school course that he must use every day of his life, hence it is the duty of the public schools to give all their students a good working knowledge of the language.
Number work is begun in a concrete form in the first year, but the child is not permitted to deal with numbers greater than he can understand. Of these numbers he is taught to form a mental picture. Little or no abstract work is required of him until he has learned the true meaning of number, and also learned to form this mental picture of the numbers with which he is dealing. In the solution of problems he is taught to make a definite statement of each step. He is not bothered with mathe- matical puzzles, but is given plain, straightforward problems and the relationship of the numbers in these problems is carefully taught him. By this process he is taught to reason clearly and accurately. Thus, at each step, there is a combining of that which he knows, with that for which he is seeking. Later in his course he is taught and drilled in the ordinary business methods ·
of solving business problems.
The high school course, as arranged last year by my pre- decessor and the present principal of the school, gives instruction in three courses,-the classical, which fits for admission to any of the regular colleges ; the scientific, which prepares pupils to enter scientific schools, or the Mass. Institute of Technology ; and a business course, designed to give a preparation for a com- mercial life. In order that the school might properly do the work of these courses, a sixth teacher was necessary. The ad- dition of this teacher to the former corps increases somewhat the expense of the running of the school. In each of its depart- ments, honest, faithful work is being done by the teachers. The school is cramped for room, and better and more commodious quarters should be provided for it in the immediate future.
Some of our school buildings are becoming overcrowded and more room must be arranged for very soon.
No course in our schools is of more educational value than
217
manual training or sloyd work, and it is a matter of regret that the work in this department is confined to one building. It cultivates inventive power and trains to accuracy the mind, eye and hand. It trains the child not only to think, but to put his thought into effect by making things. Books make a boy a dreamer, manual training teaches him to make his dreams real. We hope that in the near future the children of the Monatiquot and Penniman schools may be given the advantages now enjoyed by the Jonas Perkins school only.
I desire to express my appreciation of the aid of the school committee, and the hearty co-operation shown me in all my work.
Respectfully,
J. A. MACDOUGALL,
Superintendent of Schools.
Jury List.
As prepared by the Selectmen, February 5th, 1903.
Arnold, J. Marcus
Arnold, Richard L.
Bates, Frank Albert
Bates, Charles S.
Bates, Louis F. Bailey, William H. H.
retired
Barbour, John
manufacturer
Bond, Francis D.
Cain, Daniel E.
Cain, Thomas J.
Cavanagh, Charles E.
Cook, Alfred A.
stone mason
Collins, David A.
Cuff, John W.
clerk
Currier, William H.
machinist
salesman
piano worker
clerk
piano worker
salesman
merchant
clothing dealer
jobber barber
Gallivan, Daniel J. Gore, Henry W. Green, Worth A. Gutterson, William B. Harding, Charles E. Hart, Louis J.
merchant clerk
plumber manufacturer plumber
clerk machinist
stable keeper building mover
merchant
Doane, Henry W.
Dolbiere, Harry E.
Drinkwater, Horace R. Dustin, Eugene A.
Dyer, Brainard T. Ellis, Walter F.
French, Azel R. Gage, R. Allen
bookkeeper shoe worker grocer paper hanger merchant
220
Hannaford, Charles S. Hayward, Francis E.
real estate and insurance
florist
Heath, Vernon S.
shipper
Hobart, Albert R.
roofer
Hobart, Arthur L.
electrician
Hollis, Albert F. .
reporter
Hollis, L. Bradford
retired
Holmes, William L.
retired
Howland, Walter H.
machine operator
Hunt, Nathaniel F.
retired
Keith, Arza H.
manufacturer
Kelley, Hiranı H.
manufacturer
King, James H.
shoe worker
Lawson, Peter B.
bookkeeper
Leben, L. Francis
machinist
Lothrop, Charles M.
store keeper
Mathewson, Emor H.
shoe worker
McRae, Augustus
carpenter
Morgan, Frank H.
broker
Morrison, Alva S.
retired
Newcomb, Willie A.
shoe worker
Palmer, Frank H.
editor
Patten, Harry L.
clerk
Penniman, N. Allen
superintendent almshouse
Pierson, Edward O.
railroad employe
Pratt, Stillman F.
editor
Prescott, Eben
editor
Potter, Daniel
retired
Robery, John P.
contractor
Ross, William A.
manufacturer
Sampson, George E.
real estate and insurance
Shaw, Willie H.
salesman
Southworth, Alfred
clerk
bookkeeper
Stevens, George W. Stark, William F.
electrician
Sullivan, Edward J.
merchant
Summers, William B.
draftsman
Thayer, Franklin D.
broker
Thayer, Louis W.
merchant
221
Thayer, Elmer F. Tilden, Sidney A. Tuttle, G. Henry West, John W.
farmer
engineer engineer
salesman
White, Jonathan F. White, Hartley L.
bookkeeper
civil engineer
Whitman, Henry B.
Woodsum, Wilford F.
harness maker clerk
Warrant
FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections therein to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit :
Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall ;
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis avenue ; Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen street ; on Monday, the second day of March, 1903, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their re- spective Precincts their votes on one ballot for a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Over- scers of the Poor, three Highway Surveyors, three Auditors, three Fence Viewers, a Tax Collector, a Tree Warden, two mem- bers of the Board of School Committee for three years, one Water Commissioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for three years, and one member of the Board of Health for three years, and fifteen Constables.
Also to vote Yes or No upon the question, Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxcating liquors in this town ?
Also to vote Yes or No on the following Article, namely : Shall Sections one to fourteen inclusive, of Chapter twenty-eight of the Revised Laws authorizing cities and towns to lay out public parks within their limits, be accepted ?
The polls shall be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at 12 o'clock M.
224
You are further directed to notify and warn said inhabitants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the ninth day of March, 1903, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the fol- lowing Articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderater to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To choose all. other Town Officers except those elected by ballot.
ART. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the several Boards of Town Officers and of any committee and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the majority of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of Taxes, and issue notes of the Town therefor. Also to see if the Town will hold the Treasurer harm- less on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said Bank or Banks being designated by the Select- men. Also to see if the Town will continue to pay for the bond of its Treasurer.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes after a certain date.
ART. 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Schools and for transporting pupils to and from the same.
ART. 7. To see what sums of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways, town ways and bridges. Also for repairs and building sidewalks and stone road, removal of snow and watering streets.
ART. 8. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for support of the poor.
ART. 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for support and maintenance of the Fire Department, purchase of new hose, etc,, and for painting of the three houses.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a new
225
ladder truck for use in the north part of the Town and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for operating expenses of the Electric Light Department, for connecting new consumers, etc.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to continue its Night Police and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Memorial Day.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for Hydrant Service.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Water Loan Sinking Funds.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the payment of notes, and for the payment of interest on the same.
ART. 17. To see what suins of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Town Officers.
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Thayer Public Library and for the distribution of library books.
ART. 19. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for supplies and repairs of the Town Hall and for the services of a janitor.
ART. 20. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
ART. 21. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for abatements of taxes.
ART. 22. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for insurance on Town buildings.
ART. 23. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the support of the insane in hospitals; for the payment of State Aid and Military Aid, and for Soldiers' Relief as provided by Sections 18 and 19 of Chapter 79 of the Revised
226
Laws and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
ART. 24. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the payment of court fees and expenses in criminal cases.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will accept the jury list as prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Academy street, so called as a town way, as made by the Select- men leading westerly, from Washington street to Tremont street and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Bellevue Road so called, as a town way, as made by the Select- men leading southerly from Commercial street to Stetson street and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended by the Tree Warden.
ART. 29. To see if the Town desires to take any action in relation to building concrete sidewalks and raise and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of removing rubbish from the highways under the direction of the Board of Health.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 37 of Chapter 19 of the Revised Laws and apply the pro- visions of Chapter 19 and the rules thereunder to the police and fire forces of the town, said Chapter 19 being entitled "Of the Civil Service."
ART. 32. So see if the Town will vote to extend the water system in and through Mayflower Park to the Holbrook town line and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on French's Common for a playground and for the protection of adjoining property.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in each precinct in said Town of Braintree seven days at least before said second day of
227
March, 1903, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer and Reporter.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the twenty-eighth day of February, 1903.
Given under our hand at Braintree this tenth day of Feb- ruary in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. PARKER HAYWARD, WARREN B. KEITH,
Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy Attest :
CHARLES A. HOBART, Constable of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss. BRAINTREE, February 10, 1903.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as therein expressed, to meet at the time and place for the purposes therein mentioned.
CHARLES A. HOBART, Constable Braintree.
1
Index.
PAGE.
Almshouse, Inmates
84
Appropriations of 1902
69
Assessors' Account
122
Assets of Town
135
Auditors' Report
146
Births of 1902
5
Court Fees and Expenses
114
Deaths of 1902
15
Debt and Sinking Fund
143
Debt of Town
136
Dog Tax Account
145
Electric Light Department, Report of
155
Electric Light Loans
132
Expenditures of 1902 .
73 135
Fire Department, Report of . .
165
Fire Department Expenditures
115
Grand Army Appropriation
92
Health, Report of Board of .
173
Highway Surveyors, Report of
67
Highway Expenditures
98
Hospital Account
91
Incidental Expenses
92 151
Insurance Account
Insurance Expenditures
118
Interest Account
128
.
Financial Statement of Town
.
230
PAGE.
Jury List Prepared for 1903 . 219
Liabilities of Town
131
Library, Report of Trustees of Thayer
167
Library, Gifts to
169
Night Police . , .
113
Notes Outstanding
.
134
Marriages of 1902
10
Metropolitan Parks
129
Old Home Week
119
Orders drawn
120
Out Door Poor
85
Poor Department Expenditures
82
Records of Town
19
School Committee, Report of
205
School Statistics
209
School Expenditures
73
School Fund .
139
Selectmen, Report of
67
Sinking Fund Accounts
141
Soldiers' Aid .
91
Smallpox Case, Expenditures
110
Soldiers' Relief
90
Stone Road, Expenditures
102
State Aid Account
91
Street Watering
112
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
207
Snow Account
97
Tax Collector's Account
137
Taxes, Collection and Abatement
118
Thayer Public Library, Report of
167
Town Clerk's Report .
3
Town Hall Expenditures
114
Town Officers of 1902 .
2
.
231
PAGE.
Town Officers, Pay of
96
Town Records
19
Town Debt
136
Town Treasurer's Report
125
Tree Warden .
110
Vote of Representative District
60
Vote at State Election
57
Vote at Town Election
28
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting of 1903
223
Water Commissioners, Report of .
179
Water Department, Report of Superintendent
188
Water Extensions .
190
Water Finances-Treasurer's Report
199
Watering Streets
196
١
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.