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197 299 141 181 334
94.5 90. 91.9 92.2 87.5
11 12 21 20
3 6 2
49
72
Mabel L. Bates Elizabeth B. Pray
1
A
10
Q
72
Totals
138
145
136.2
123.3
1152
91.2
74
18
313
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL.
Clara E. Shay
.
1 A
15 7
15 7
14.23 6.4
12.32 5.59
253 108
86.12 85.15
25 5
2 1
62
71
Totals
22
22
20.6
18.9
361
85.6
30
3
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Josephine Foster
4
4 4
3.587 3.51 2 56 3.63
57 64 61 47
89.5 87.8 85. 90.6
9 4 5 3
3 1 3 0
0 0 0 0
37
71
Totals
15
15
15
13.3
229
88.2
21
7
37
1
49
51
48.05
41.70
920 374
91. 91.6 88.5 86.1 79.3
15
27
72
77
0
Visitors.
Holidays.
3
25
2
1
32 29
681 46
71
4 4 3 4
3
4
Enrolled During Term.
for Term.
for Term.
Attendance.
19 56
6
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PROGRAMME OF GRADUATING EXERCISES OF HIGH SCHOOL.
1. Chorus-March, " To Our Flag," James
2. Salutatory - With Essay, " The Louisiana
Purchase." George Weston Gammon.
3. Essay -" Schoolmasters in Literature," Olive Sophia Horte.
4. Chorus-" Trip, Trip," Marzials
5. Essay-" The Wild Flowers in Poetry and Legend." Lida Alice Tupper.
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6. Essay-" Radium ;" with Valedictory.
7. Chorus-" Excelsior " Carl Henry Bangs.
8. Address. Pinsuti
Hon. W. W. Stetson.
State Superintendent of Education, Maine.
9. Presentation of Diplomas. Rev. C. F. Hill Crathern, Chairman School Committee.
10. Chorus -- " Hunting Song " Gilchrist
LIST OF GRADUATES.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Allen, Gertrude Brtlett
Chamberlin, Harriet Anna
Gammon, George Weston Horte, Olive Sophia
McCabe, Cecelia Brady
Nelson, Sadie Christina
Bangs, Carl Henry
Drinkwater, Helen Victoria
Glover, Esther Reynard
Kelley, Georgiana Hopkins
Moir, Eva Adeline
Qualey, Helen Gertrude
Tupper, Lida Alice.
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
Abell, George L.
Kibble; Olive I.
Adams, Ada E.
Lothrop, Anna E.
Annis, Clara I.
Levangie, Anna
McGurn, John E.
Bates, Elva S. Belcher, Hazel G. McPhee, John F. Belyea, Fred McPhee, Mary G. Bird, Edna M. Novelline, Caroline, M.
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Blake, Walter T. Borden, Adelia E. Brett, Roy C. Burrill, Minnie E. Cobb, Arthur C.
Packard, Marguerite F. Porter, Ellerta L. Phillips, Pansy J. Qualey, Fanny May Reynolds, Mary A.
Carver, Lena L.
Colton, Dean W.
Coose, Mabel G.
Dreghorn, Margaret
Devine, Susie M.
Shay, Marguerite H. Smith, Jenny J.
Dill, Ethel L.
Stevenson, William C.
Forsythe, James I.
Stocker, Robert H. Tirrell, Bessie M.
Gage, Mila Albertine
Tobey, Marion B.
Gogan, Mary F.
Waters, Charles R.
Howland, Dudley P.
Welsh, Wilbert E. Weston, Israel P.
Wood, Charles Hiram.
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
Aitkin, Harry J.
Moore, Robert H.
Avery, Edward
Morgan, William B.
DeNeil, Joseph P.
Raasch, Vesta A.
Doane, Alice M.
Smith, Helen M.
Dundon, John W.
Strathee, Florence V.
Hebb, Jessie E.
Sullivan, Thomas H.
McDowell, Elsie
Trufant, Esther L.
Miller, Bessie Loring
Trufant, Laura E.
Warren, Frances M.
PENNIMAN SCHOOL.
Brown, Jessie M.
Call, Frank J.
Vigneau, Lena K.
Hinkley, George A.
Watson, Fred B. Gallivan, Margaret
Holmes, Arthur L.
Davenport, Gladys Kline
Newnham, Alice Eva
De Young, Mary Helen Munroe, Rachel A.
Donahoe, Patrick
Morrison, Harold M. Nixon, Helen Andrews Wilson, Stanley L.
Johnson, Rose M.
Rogers, Grace Helene Rowell, Ida I. Shaw, John W. F.
French, Otis H.
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In last year's report, I recommended that a general plan be adopted in the matter of furnishing school accommodations for the children of the town, and that the first step in this plan should be the erection of a grammar school at South Braintree. It is exceedingly gratifying to the school committee and myself to be able to report that this part of the plan is being carried out and that a fine brick building is now in course of construction and will be ready for occupancy when schools open in Septem- ber. In the selection of a site for the new schoolhouse, much care and thought was exercised by the committee having this matter in charge, and the one chosen seemed to be the only one available that answered all the required conditions.
This school which has been named the " Noah Torrey School," and, together with the Pond School, will furnish accommodations for South Braintree children some time to come, and will leave the Monatiquot building for the High school and for the children of the north part of the town.
In the matter of teachers, we have had many more changes than occurred last year. In June Miss Thayer resigned to go to Somerville, Miss Caldwell to go to Providence, and Miss Wallace to go to Gardner. At the end of the fall term Mr. Severance, Miss Dearborn and Miss Bertha Thayer left us for places that pay larger salaries. All these changes in our High school occurred because of lack of funds to pay salaries necessary to retain them. I trust that the town will soon realize that these frequent changes make serious breaks in the school work, and that it would be good business economy to give the school com- mittee more funds for this department of the school work.
The general plan of work outlined two years ago is being closely followed. This plan makes reading the most important subject during the first four years of the course, so that by the end of the fourth year a child is able to read fluently and get the meaning out of any book using words in common use. In the first year a little number work of a concrete nature is done, and during the second, third and fourth this subject receives in- creasing attention. At the end of this time the child is ex- pected to know thoroughly the four fundamental rules, and the multiplication table, and to have a fair working knowledge of very simple fractions. Much drill is given to make the children
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rapid and accurate in these operations. The chief work in Eng- lish during the first year is to enlarge the child's speaking vocab- ulary, and to give him a correct use of ordinary words in tell- ing stories and in conversation. In the second year he is re- quired to write the stories as well as tell them orally so that he may be led to acquire a writing vocabulary, and the ability to write correctly.
The aim of the work of these four years is to give the child possession of the working tools that he is to use during the remainder of his school life. These consist in a ready knowedge of the old fashioned three "R's " without which he can do but very unsatisfactory work in the upper grades.
From the fifth grade the course is arranged for the purpose of developing the child's mental powers and for the imparting of knowledge.
In this course the one thing lacking is the manual training. No system of schools can give children a training or education that is either symmetrical or properly efficient without giving manual training equal prominence with literary subjects. A small additional expenditure would enable us to do a good work in this regard.
In reviewing the work of the year I consider that it has been on the whole efficient and fairly satisfactory. The winter of 1903 and 1904 was exceptionally severe, and for this reason the attendance was much poorer than usual. There were also more than the usual number of cases of measles and other chil- dren's diseases. These account for the lower average member- ship and average attendance we should like.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. MACDOUGALL,
Superintendent of Schools.
NOAH TORREY SCHOOL.
H. W. GORE, JR., ARCHITECT, 110 TREMONT ST., BOSTON.
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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 Ave .; Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen St .;
on Monday, the sixth day of March, 1905, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective precincts their votes on the official ballot for a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers 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 member of the Board of Health for three years, two Trustees of Thayer Public Library for two years, one Water Commissioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for three years, and fifteen Constables.
Also to vote Yes or No upon the question, Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?
The polls shall be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at twelve o'clock M.
You are further directed to notify and warn said inhabitants qualified to vote as aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall in said
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Braintree on Monday, the thirteenth day of March, 1905, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To choose all other Town Officers except those elected by ballot.
ART. 3. 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 its 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 Selectmen. Also to see if the Town will continue to pay for the bond of its Treasurer and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for grading the grounds of the Noah Torrey school.
ART. 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for painting school buildings.
ART. 8. 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 roads, removal of snow and watering streets.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new stone crushing plant and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Highland avenue, so called (leading easterly from Washington
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street to Hancock street,) as a Town way, as made by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same
ART. 11. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Sherbrooke avenue, so called, leading easterly from Washing- ton street about seven hundred feet,) as a Town way, as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Brockton avenue, so called (leading easterly from Middle street to Arnold street,) as a Town way as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same. Also, if accepted, to see if the Town will name said avenue River street.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Miller avenue, so called, (leading westerly from Liberty street about four hundred feet) as a Town way as made by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Oak street, so called (leading northerly from Front street about five hundred and fifty feet,) as a Town way, as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
ART. 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
ART. 16. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the payment of State Aid, Military Aid and for Soldiers' Relief as provided by Sections 18 and 19 of Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws, and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
ART. 17. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for support and maintenance of the Fire Department and for the purchase of new hose.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to extend its fire alarm system to the corner of Washington and Hancock streets, near the house of Alexander Downey, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to extend its fire alarm system to the corner of Plain and Grove streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART 20. 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 21. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights from the corner of Pond and Town streets to the junction of Granite, West and Franklin streets and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable street lights on Academy street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable street lights on Cochato road and Storrs avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable street lights on Oak street, East Braintree, and raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to continue its night police and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 26. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of court fees and expenses in criminal cases.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for hydrant service.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the Water Loan Sinking Funds.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will pass the necessary votes for the extension of the main water pipe line on Washington street to the Holbrook line and to provide for the payment of the same.
ART. 30. 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 Town debt, and on loans in anticipation of taxes.
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ART. 31. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Town Officers.
ART. 32. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
ART. 33. 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. 34. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Thayer Public Library and for the distribution of books.
ART. 35. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for supplies and for repairs of the Town Hall and for the services of a Janitor.
ART. 36. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for insurance on Town buildings.
ART. 37. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for abatement of taxes.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended by the Tree Warden.
ART. 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended by the Board of Health.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on the Town Lands.
ART. 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on Plain Street Ceme- tery.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes after a certain date.
ART. 43. To see if the Town will accept the Jury List as prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 44. To see if the Town will vote to take in fee, a lot of land adjoining French's Common for a public playground.
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 sixth day of March,
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1905, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer- Reporter and Braintree Bee.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the fourth day of March, 1905.
Given under our hands at Braintree this eighth day of Feb- ruary, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.
B. HERBERT WOODSUM,
J. PARKER HAYWARD,
R. ALLEN GAGE,
Selectmen of Braintree.
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Index.
Page.
Almshouse, Inmates
84
Appropriations of 1904
57
Assessors' Report
.
57
Assets of Town
115
Auditors' Report
124
Births of 1904
5
Deaths of 1904
13
Debt and Sinking Fund
115
Debt of Town
113
Dog Tax Account
54
Drawbridge Account
70
Electric Light Department, Report of
145
Expenditures of 1904 .
62
Financial Statement of Town
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115
Fire Department, Report of
172
Fire Department Expenditures
62
Grand Army Appropriation
81
Health, Report of Board of
163
Highway Surveyors, Report of
55
Highway Expenditures
68
Incidental Expenses
76
Insurance Account
122
Insurance Expenditures
80
Interest Account
111
Jury List prepared for 1903
173
Library, Report of Trustees of Thayer
167
Library, Gifts to
168
Night Police
81
Notes Outstanding
113
Marriages of 1904
.
9
Metropolitan Parks.
60
Orders Drawn
175
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202
Outside Poor Relief
85
Poor Department Expenditures
82
Records of Town
17
School Committee, Report of
177
School Statistics
184
School Expenditures
92
School Fund
120
Selectmen, Report of
55
Sinking Fund Accounts
117
State Aid
101
Soldiers' Relief
99
Stone Road Expenditures
.
73
State Aid Account
101
Street Watering
73
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
183
Snow Account
73
Tax Collector's Account
123
Tax Collection and Abatement
101
Town Clerk's Report .
3
Town Hall Expenditures
102
Town Officers of 1904
2
Town Officers, Pay of
103
Town Records
17
Town Debt
113
Town Treasurer's Report
109
Tree Warden
104
Vote of Representative District
53
Vote at State Election
46
Vote at Town Election
24
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting of 1905
195
Water Commissioners, Report of
129
Water Department, Report of Superintendent
137
Water Pumping Record 1904
140
Water Finances-Treasurer's Report .
144
Watering Streets ·
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142
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