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Superintendent Whitcomb, Lowell,-"The equal of book study in educational value."
Superintendent Danforth, Greenfield,-"Trains eye, hand and brain ; makes for power ; appeals to child's interests."
Superintendent Spaulding, Newton,-"Very great, it ought to be a part of the elementary course throughout."
Superintendent Edgerly, Fitchburg,-"Teaches accuracy and close observations."
Superintendent Parkinson, Waltham,-"Necessary to balance the literary curriculum."
· Superintendent Safford, Beverly, -"Indispensable to a sound education. Pupils must be taught to do things, to make things, not merely to know about things."
Superintendent Wheeler, Everett,-"Saves some pupils who would otherwise drop out. Trains in accurancy, right is right; wrong is wrong; hence its moral value."
Superintendent Parlin, Quincy, -"Miny children - never find themselves until they begin to use their hands in some manual art."
Superintendent Jacoby. Milton, -"It contributes to the three-fold development of the child, physical, mental and. morai."
Superintendent Gordy, Springfield,-"Trains the brain' through the eye and hand; it encourages the non-boyish boy ;: it develops motor power and executive ability; it brings the learner into sympathetic touch with the world of reality."
Superintendent Thompson, Wakefield,-"Almost as valu- able as one of the three R's."
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Credit is due to the Jonas Perkins School Association for the marked improvement in the appearance of the grounds and building at East' Braintree. At a considerable expenditure of money the name Jonas Perkins School has been placed upon the building in large gilt letters, and very pretty clumps of shrubbery set in the grounds. Certainly the thanks of the citizens of the towu are due this association for the good work which it is doing.
We are also under obligation to the Blue Hill Nursery. As soon as the Noah Torrey School was completed, Mr. Heur- lin, the proprietor of the nursery very kindly offered to donate and set out all the shrubbery necessary to ornament the grounds, and at the proper time in the fall he put his kind offer into execution.
The importance of this beautifying of our school yards cannot be over estimated. It cultivates in the pupils a taste for the beautiful, and furthermore it makes them more careful to keep the place in good order.
The cost of paint on the Monatiquot, Jonas Perkins, Pond and Union buildings; the new flag poles in the lawns of the Jonas Perkins and Noah Torry Schools, the grading and seed- fing of the yard at the Pond School, and the painting of the in- terior of the Monatiquot building, have vastly improved the appearance of the buildings of the town.
Last year the prevalent children's disease was measles, this year scarlet fever and mumps with an occassional case of - diphtheria have interfered with the regularity of attendance Scarlet fever became so prevalent in South Braintree last. spring that your committee thought it advisable to close the Pond School during the month of June.
The work of the year has been, on the whole, good. Teachers have been faithful, patient and bonest in their ,efforts to give the children a fundamental knowledge of the essentials in education, and also to fix habits of honesty, industry and carefulness. Mistakes have been made. It is not always possible for a teacher to learn the characteristics of all the children in her school at once, and for this reason a method other than the best may for a time prevail. But our teachers
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have shown tact and aptness in adapting their methods to the children, and more than a moderate degree of success has crowned their efforts.
I wish to thank the committee for the support and coopera- tion given me during the year; the teachers for their loyal endeavor to carry out my suggestions and the parents for sup- port of our school system.
Respectfully submitted, J. A. MACDOUGALL, Superintendent of Schools.
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STATISTICS.
Number of children in the town between 5 and
15, Sep 1, 1905 1160
Number of children in the town between 7 and
14, Sept 1, 1905 830
Number of pupils enrolled in public schools 1515
during year ending June 30, 1905
Number enrolled during four months ending Dec. 22, 1905 1431
Average membership for year ending June 30, 1905 1289
Average membership for four months ending Dec. 22, 1905 1345
Average attendance for year ending June 30, 1905 1149
Average attendance for four months ending De5. 22, 1905. . 1237,7
Percentage of attendance for year ending June 30, 1905 86.
Percentage of attendance for four months ending Dec. 22, 1905. 90.
Number of regular teachers employed previous to Sept. 1, 1905 36
Number of special teachers employed previous to Sept 1, 1605 3.
Number of teachers keeping sepa- rate registers previous to Sept. 1,1905 31
Number of schoolhouses in use previons to Sept. 1, 1605 7
Number of class rooms including sloyd room at Jouas Per- kin's school 37
Number of class rooms now in use including sloyd room in Jonas Perkin's school and laborato- ries in High School
41
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Number of pupils graduated from
the grammer schools June 1905
95
Number of above who entered
high school in Sept 82
Total expenditures for year endiug Dec. 31, 1905
$32,756.58
Expenditures per pupil, based on enrollment 21.52
Expenditure per pupil based on average membership 25.41
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STATISTICS
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1905.
HIGH SCHOOL.
TEACHERS.
Room
Grade-Highest at Top
No,. of Names on
Enrollment Sheet
Total No. of Pupils
Enrolled D ring Year
Average Membership
Average Attendance
for Year
No. of Half-day
Absences uring Year
Perc. of Average
No. of Tardinesses
No. of Dismissals
No. of Truancies
No. of Days of School
du ing the Year plus Legal Holidays
W. E. Severance. 15 wks )
Ernest L. Collins, 25 .
1
XII
16 2:
42
42
75
15.7 20.6 63.1 67.5
14.7 19.3 33. 63.8
430 71.2
93.6 93.7 93.6 94.5
14 41
14 5!
Elsie M. Dearborn 15 " Marv Morton,
1
-
Totals
155 156 139.9 131.6 1565 93.9 230 193
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
Frank C. Heald, 21 wks }
1
VIII
40
42
40.4
37 2
899
93 8 160
30
(1 34
193
V. S. Milliken, 19 “
2
VIII
13
15
14.7
13.4
441 904
91.8 89.5
48 52
17
1
45
193
Margaret E. C. Bannon
3
VII
39
42
36.2
32.8
1321
90 3 134
21
66
193
Annie D. Pickels, 27 wks } Edna Scott, 18 "
1
VI
51
54
45.6
41.7 2171
86.4|104
28
U
46
193
M. Etta Murphay
V
24
27
23.2
20.5 1004 48.9 2311
86.1 138
69
(1 10
#176
Totals
274 296 265.9 240 1 9843 89.7 733 232
6 323
* School closed on account of scarlet fever.
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
Victoria P. Wilde, Prin. ¿
6
30 2×
32
0
92 188.5 188.5
Nellie E. Boiles
8
44
51
36
188.5
Ruby J. Kenty
7
47
48
16
188.5 188.5
Nellie F. Monk
1
III
57
78
47.6
1456
138
C6 27
2
60
188.5
3
11
39
50
:75
34.3
124>
84
12
66
188.5
2
I
44
51
4
62
188.5
1
A
45
45
40.7 32.9
85.4 25 6
1×31 1330
77.5
29
1
0 42
189
Stoyd
30,7 17. 44 2 4.4 47 5 51
28.7 25.1 39.5 40)
828 908 1745 558
93.7 93.2 89.3 93 93,1 92.
180 83 8.8 36 259 190
08
Irene A. Holbrook
5
IV
53
59
44.3
1178
91.4 88.1
55
45 32
2
92
18%
Vandelia Dexter, 22 wks ) Jennie Carberry, 18 “
V
56
62
55.2
23.2
792
42
21
1
VII
24
27
24.8
22.4
181
25 "
53
71
49
No record kept.
194
Bertha Thayer, 16" Della A. Hastings. 24 ** Florence G Perkins Clara Cornell, 10 weeks Alice R. Pierce, 30 ..
IX
74
122
Attendance
.
Totals
387 423 355.5 320.5 11082 89,6 947 467 12 429
Grace M. Ward, Ass't
6
VII VI
2
54
Helen A. Foss Ora Conant Marguerite Sumner Mrs. Signo Wilbar
86
71
19
27
27
25.3
for Year
Visitors
Bertha T. Davis
16
Josephine Colbert
VI
CON
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PENNIMAN SCHOOL.
TEACHERS.
Room
Grade -- Highest at Top
No. of Names on
Enrollment Sheet
Total No. of Pupils
Enrolled During Year
Average Membership
Average Attendance
for Year
No. of Half-day
Absences During Year
Perc. of Average
No. of Tardinesses
No. of Dismissals
No. of Truancies
No. of Days of School
during the Year plus Legal Holidays
Clara Rowley, Prin.
1
VIII VII
14
15
14.8
14 17.8
171 169
13 30
24 18
45
195
L. May Whitney
2
VI
15
20
16.2
14.9
467
887 504
46
5
59
189.5
Mabel T. Knight 1
4
II
22
25
21.3
18 2
916
89.1
49
16
50
187
Lena E. Buck
A
A
21
16.9
17.1 13
700
88,2 75.9
15
1
39
195
Totals
167 199 166.4 146 5153 89.3 439
271 13 225
POND SCHOOL.
Sarah L Arnold, Prin.
IVI III
17 36
52 40 51 56
47 1 35 42.4 46.5
41.9|1793 31.7 1134 37.7 1648 38.5 2708
88.6 90.1 8.2 82.8
49 39 82 48
22 29 13
1 64 72 85 108
*171.5 ¥1 71.5
Rosalie S Bayley
Annie M. Brooks
45
*172
Helen A. Cuff, 29 wks. } Ellen Delay, Sub. 11 -
3
Harriet M. Hill
39
40
25.
18.6
986
74.9
56
*164
Totals
216 239
196. 168.3 8269
85. 413
66
385
* Schools closed on account of scarlet fever.
UNION SCHOOL.
Avis A. Thayer
IT III
26 225 26 33 36
27 28 29 39
25.' 23. 24.3 32.6 24.6
23.5 21.1 1011 22.5 369 630 29.4 19.1|1059
92. 91.3 92 3 90. 77.6
38 43 60 40 66
17 10
G 304
188
Hannah C. Whelan Mabel L. Bates
Elizabeth B. Pray
A
190
Totals
146 159 129.7 115.6 3839 88.6 247
56
6 720
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Josephine Foster
IV III
4
4
103
189.5
4
4
2
3
3
4
4
13.5
216 194 155 175
85.5 87 85. 88.
16 4
4 0
Totals
19
19
19.
13.
750 86.4
14
2
2G
191.5
Harriet C. Taylor
IV
15
15
21
25
21.1
19.6
552
72
7
Jessie Barber, Subst.
1
19
27
22.1
787
75
9
6 0
V
23
27
22.2 12.7
19.9 11.4
95.9 91.5 92.3 88.3 89.7 02.4
48
91
146 45
5
18
21
19.1
for Year
4. 4. 3. 4.
3.42 3.48 2.6
11
8
5
· 188
2 7
126 191 99
190
49
*171
270
Attendance
Visitors
246
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL.
1
TEACHERS.
Room
Grade-Highest at Top
No. of Names on
Enrollment Sheet
Total No. of Pupils
Enrolled During Year
Average Membership
Average Attendance
No. of Half-day
Absenees During Year
Perc. of Average
No. of Tardinesses
No. of Dismissals
No. of Truancies
Visitors
No. of Days of School
during the Year plus Legal Holidays
Clara E. Shay
I
15
20
16.75 4.25
1.9|
856 378
74. 45.
50 25
35 15
55
188
Totals
23
28 21.
14.1 1234 65. 75 50
STATISTICS
FOR THE FALL TERM ENDING DECEMBER 23, 1905.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Ernest L. Collins,
Florence G. Perkins Alice R. Pierce Mary Morton Annette W. Goddard Clara V. Ewing, 8 wks Mrs. Clara Lord, 7 wks J
XIII XI| x IX
16 19 49 89
17 19 49 91
16.18 19 47 81
15.5 45 18.4
42 45.6 107 77.8 222
96.1 96.8 96.8 9,.1
16 4 18 56
17 88 41 26
Totals
173 176 163.2 157.3 416
96.5 94
92
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
Josephine Colbert M. Etta Murphay
3
48
70
4
VIII} VII VI| V
21 27 22 28
23 27 23 29
21.8 25.8 21.7| 26.3
21.1 21.4 214 19.9 216 25 191
99
96-8 93.8 91.7 95.1
31 13 2 6
8 10 17 5
21
70
Totals
98 102
95.6 90.2 765
94.3 52
40
70
A
8
8
12.2
for Year
for Year
Attendance
247
. JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
TEACHEES
Room
Grade-Htghest at Top
No. of Names on
Enrollment Sheet
Total No. of Pupils
Enroiled During Year
Aver .ge Membership
Average Attendance
Absences During Year
Perc. of Average
o. of Tardinesses
No. of Dismissals
No. of Truancies
No. of Days of School
during the Year plus Legal Holidays
Victoria P. Wilde, Prin.
6
VIII VII
24
25
24.5| 23,4
1461
95 5| 91.6
19 33
11
01 39
70
Grace M. Ward, Ass't.
32
32
29.9
27.4
309
Nellie E. Bolles
8
VI
50
50
48,7
45
535
92.4
62
30
0
14
70
Ruby J. Kenty
7
V
46
48
45
42
432
93
77
29
(
18
70
Irene A. Holbrook
5
IV
44
45
44.4
41.4
404
93.2
11
15
1
33
70
Nellie F. Monk
4
III
41
41
39.1
35 5
4×5
90
31
5
28
70
Helen A. Foss
3
II
46
46
45.2
43.1
427
95.1
14
8
29
70
Ora Conant
2
I
54
56
50.4
44.7
863
88
18
5
1
35
7 1
Marguerite Sumner
1
A
33
33
24.2
25.5
382
> 7
9
0
()
1×
70
Mrs. Signo Wilbar
Sloyd
Totals
370
376 356.4 328
3983 91.7 279 123
2 214
NOAH TORREY AND POND.
Frederic A. Galvin, Prin.
VIII VII VI
36 46
36 46
34.7 44.1 42.5 38.9 22.3 36.2
33.7 40 9 40.2 35.9 20 4 33.9
465 246 312
90.6
9
23
€9.5
sarah L. Arnold
IV
38
38
41.7
39 4
317
94 5
14
51
69.5
Annie M. Brooks
II
50
50
48.3
44 3
345
91.8
19
2
69
69
Kathryn F. Royal
I
51
51
50.2
40.8
471
00.3
27
0
5%
69
Harriet M. Hill
A
26
26
21.1
16.8
177
79.2
13
0
37
70
Totals
397 399
380 346.3 3445 91.6 154
65
1 475
PENNIMAN SCHOOL.
Clara Rowley, Prin.
VIII VII VI
18 16 22
19 16
18 5 15.4 20 2 13.7 17.4 24.3|
17,5 14.8 18.8 12.7 16.9 22 5
1 6 82 235 154 6: 224
95.5 96.3 91 5 91.7 97.1 92.9
12 5
14 10 12
1
16
70
Maud G. Carlton
21
17
4
10
3
1
2.7
70
Mabel T. Knight
II
20
21
18 91.
17.9
175
93.2
34
25
=
47
70
Lena E. Buck
A
17
17
15.3
16.9 13.6
236 106
92 89.2
6
1
0
6
69
Totals
172 177 16.2 151.6 13<9 93.3 138
1 4 120
0
73
69.5
Margaret, E. C. Bannon
11
9
1
63
69.5
Edna F. Sc tt
43
44
()
35
69.5
Jennie Carberry
V
41
42
0 27
(9 5
Lucille Goddard
mix.
23
23
12 22
7
39
(9.5
Rosalie S. Ba ley
III
43
43
22
1
14
70
V
14
15 20
11
Harriet C. Taylor
IV
'20
25
25
17
7
0)
I
20
42:2
18.4
0
16
12
10
10
14
97 1 92.6 94.2 91.9
12
9
Attendance
25
()
Visitors
for Year
for Year
No. of Half-day
136 432 344
93.6
0 0 ====== 0
=0
1
248
UNION SCHOOL.
TEACHERS
Room
Grade-Highest at Top
No. of Names on
Enrollmer t Sheet
Total No. of Pupils
Enroll d During Year
Average Membership
Average Att. ndance
No. of Half-day
Absences During Year
Perc. of Average
No. of Tardinesses
No. of Dismissals
No of Truancies
No. of Days of School
during the Year plus Legal Holidays
Avis A. Thayer
IV
25
29
26.2
24 5
255
33
119
70
Hannah C Whelan
11
29
34
32.3
30.1
315
93.3
27
14
75
70
Mabel L. Bates
I
35
37
35.3
32 6
387
18
95
78
70
Elizabeth B. Pray
A
29
31
27 91
22.7/ 366
8 14
35
3
75
70
Totals
144 157 143
130.6 1465 91.5 128 118
347
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Josephine Foster
IV III
4
4
2
G1
71
4
6
0
II
4
4
3
3
2
0
Totals
15
17
16.
13.7 293
86.
9
2
61
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL.
Clara E. Shay
I
17 15
17 15
15. 11.4
13.1 228 8,> 322
87.6 76.9|
17
6 3
50
70
Totals
32 32 26.4
21.9 550
82.
21
9
JANITORS
High and Monatiquot, John H. Macandrew, West st., Braintree .. Jonas Perkins, William Orr, Front street, East Braintree. Noah Torrey, F. F. Tupper, Central ave., South Braintree. Penniman, Omer Hollis, Union street, South Braintree. Pond, John Whitty, Pearl street, South Braintree. Union, Edward O. Pearson, Washington street, Braintree. South, Mrs. J. W. Stetson, Mayflower Park.
Southwest, Willie P. Reed, Pond street, South Braintree.
5
III
26
26
21.3
20.7
132
03.6 96 2
15
·2 1
82. 89. 87. 86.
4
0
I
3.9 5.2 4. 3.
3. 4.6 3.5 2.0
99 75 64 55
A
4
Visitors
for Year
for Year
Att ndance
249
Graduation Exercises
OF THE
BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL.
Wednesday, June 28, 1905.
1 PROGRAM.
1. Chorus,-Damascus Triumphal March . Costa
2. Salutatory,-with Essay, "The Musical Temperament." Friede Winn.
3. Essay,-"The Dictators of Our Nation," Agnes Teresa Lyons.
4. Glee Club,-"Sweet and Low" Barny
5. Essay,-"Misguided Philanthropy," Agnes Gertrude McCarthy.
6. Essay,-with Valedictory, "The Uprising in Russia." Loretta Marie Smith.
7. Chorus,-"Bells of Selville," Jude
8. Address, Rev. David N. Beach, D. D. President of Bangor Theological School.
9. Pesentation of Diplomas, Rev. C. F. Hill Crathern, Chairman, School Committee. 10. Chorus,-"Pilgrims' Chorus," Wagner
GRADUATES.
Baldwin, James Thomas Dam, Eva Martha
Hennessey, Christina Alexsis
McCarthy, Agnes Gertrude Robinson, Florence Octavia Smith, Loretta Marie
Black, Mary Eliza Glover, Jennie May Lyons, Agnes Teresa
McKenney, Marion Doe
Smith, Fred William Helen Burr Warren
Winn, Friede
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MONATIQUOT SCHOOL
*Allen, John Edward *Atkinson, John James
*Briggs, Harold Burnside
*Brown, Sarah Jane Brown
* Butler, Milton Shirley
*Kidder, Emerson Merrill
*Bennett, Bertelle Fay
*Bennett, Frederick Thomas
*Bird, Mabel Ida
*Burnham, Grace Estelle
*Coose, Ernest Blaine
*Condon, Ina Marie
Coy, Lester Hayden
*Parker, Edith Maud
*Perry, Elizabeth Gladys
* Pratt, Charles Henry
*Porter, Emily Susan
*Shaw, Harriet Strong
*Simond«, Ira Autumna
*Southwick, William Edward
*Stevenson, Hazel Jane
*Stocker, Lillian Mary *Sypher, Edna Newall
*Thayer, Alice Elizabeth
*Thompson, Orilla Frances
*Wales, Elizabeth Louise
*White, Elmer Gardner
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL
*Atkins, William Dunlop
*Avery, Stetson
Billings, Ralph Gregorey
*Condrick, Margaret®
*Creswell, Lilla Gertrude
* McCarthy, Frances Margaret
* McCarthy, William Enos
* McRae, William
*Mitchell, Mary McMillard
*Hughes, Mary Fullerton
*Hurd, Morrison Lois
*Jennings, Albert Wenshy
*Kelly, Rosie Snow
*Kent, Winifred Leslie
*King, Helen Marguerite *Loring Beatrice
*Lyons, Christopher Henry
*Monaghan, Ethel Jennette
* Monghan, Victor Paul *Nott, Alice Vivian
*Chamberlain, Stephen
*Dillon, James Patrick
*Dennehy, George Lewis
*Finnegan, Louise May *Fisher, Milton Edward
*Forbush, Mildred May
*Gagan, Catherine Gertrude
*Grover, Grace Irene Hill, Olive Eugene
* Hill, Ruth Winnifred *Hill, George Eaton
*Hollinshead, Lillian
*Houston, William Henry
*Hughes, Edward Dallas
*O'Brien, Thomas
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*Dailey, Lewis Colby
*Delorey, Frances Christiana
*Dundon, Bessie Isabella
*Dundon, Jennie Harriet
*Emerson, Arthur Tinney
*Grodfrey, Caroline Pearl Howe, Iva Bernice
*Horseman, Gertrude Viola
*Lawson, Blanch Hollis
*Locke. Louise Annie
*Raasch, Amelia Pauline
*Robbins. Robert Cameron
*Robinson, Elmer Bliss
*Rymarezick, Lyal Beldon Spear, Mildred
*Sullivan, Mary Wentworth, Augustus Towns
West, Howard Cameron
*Wilson, Alice Gage
Wright, William Russell
PENNIMAN SCHOOL
* Arnold, Henry S.
*Burns, Elmo
*Call, Wilbur
*Jordling, Edward T.
*Clark, Howard
Newcomb, Laura
*Deyoung, Annie J.
*Stevens, Frank G.
*Donahue, Margaret
* Wilson, Gardner
McLellan, Mary E.
*Entered High School.
*Drinkwater, Frank C.
*Gallivan, Agnes M.
NOAH TORREY SCHOOL
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DEDICATION
OF THE NOAH TORREY SCHOOL-HOUSE South Braintree, Mass. MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1905, At 10.30 A. M.
Guest of Honor : LIEUT GOVERNOR GENERAL CURTIS GUILD.
Music by Cuff's Orchestra.
PROGRAMME OF DEDICATION
Rev. C. F. Hill Crathern, Chairman of the School Board, Pre- siding.
Musical Selection, March " America Forever." . Orchestra Antiphonal Song, " Battle Hymn of the Republic." The School A Word of Welcome, The Chairman Prayer of Invocation, Rev. F. W. Burrows, First Church Fresentation of Keys, Mr. F. Eugene Dyer, Chairman of Build- ing Committee.
Reception of Keys, The Hon. B. Herbert Woodsum, Chairman Board of Selectmien.
Reception of Keys, Mr. Herbert F. Kneeland, for the School Board.
Presentation and Unveiling of Portrait of the late Doctor Noah Torrey, Mr. L. Thurlow Torrey The Gift of Mr. N. Gleason Torrey.
Musical Selection, overture-" Brier Rose." Orchestra A word of Greeting to Braintree's distinguished guest, Liel.t. Governor Guild, Col. A. C. Drinkwater Address, General Curtis Guild, Lt. Governor of Massachusetts Musical Selection, Mazurka -- " La Carina." Orchestra
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DEDICATORY EXERCISE
The Pupils and Parents are invited to respond in unison.
Chairman : In the name of God, Amen.
. Response-We dedicate this house.
Chaíaman : In the name of " Our Country " whose flag is the symbol of " Life, Liberty and Happiness, Response-We dedicate this house.
Chairman : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts whose Fathers founded the institutions of learning and religion that have made the Republic great, Response- We dedicate this house.
Chairman : In the name of the Town of Braintree, whose citi- zens have given ungrudingly for more than two centuries, to the cause of popular education, Response-We dedicate this honse.
Chairman : In recognition of the value and in loyalty to the principle of the Public School System,
Response-We dedicate this house.
Chairman : In the conviction that the investment of treasure and influence by Citizens and Teachers will bear increasing interest in the lives and characters of the youth of Braintree. Response-We dedicate this house.
Chairman : To the highest citizenship in the town, the state- and the nation, that calls for honest service in time of peace and heroic sacrifice in time of peril,
Response-We dedicate this house.
Chairman : To the eternal principles of Truth, Justice, Right- eousness and Temperance,
Response-We dedicate this house.
Chairman : For the cultivation among children of the love of everything beautiful and pure and genuine and good in Nature, Art and Life,
Response-We dedicate this house.
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DEDICATION OF THE NATIONAL FLAG
PRESENTED BY THE TORREY FAMILY.
Prayer of Invocation, Rev. A. E. Kirk of M. E. Church
Unfurling of the Flag, Ruth Torrey Song : "Star Spangled Banner," Led by the Orchestra, The Audience and the School.
INSPECTION OF THE BUILDING. RECEPTION TO PARENTS BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND TEACHERS.
OFFICIALS AND TEACHERS
BRAINTREE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Rev. C. F. Hill Crathern, Chairman. Mrs. A. M. Brooks. Colonel A. C. Drinkwater. Mr. Herbert F. Kneeland. Mrs. Carrie F. Loring. Mr. Thomas A. Watson.
James A. MacDougall, Supt.
TEACHERS OF THE NOAH TORREY SCHOOL.
Frederick A. Galvin, Principal. Grade VIII. Margaret E. C. Bannon, Grade VII. Edna L. Scott, Grade VI. Jennie Carberry, Grade V. Lucille Goddard, Grade V-VI. Sarah L. Arnold, Grade IV.
Rosalie S. Bayley, Grade III. Annie M. Brooks, Grade II. *Kathryn Royal, Grade I. *Harriet M. Hill, Kindergarten. Grace Hackett, Drawing. George E. Crafts, Music.
*Pond School Building.
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FACTS OF INTEREST
At the Annual Town Meeting March 14, 1904 the Appropria- tion Committee recommended the erection of a New School Building in Precinct One and the appointment of a Com- mittee of seven to procure plans and specifications and report at an adjourned meeting.
The Town voted the recommendation and the Moderator B. Herbert Woodsum, appointed as that Committee Messrs. F. Eugene Dyer, William C. Harding, Otis B. Oakman, H. W. Borden, J. Parker Hayward, Paul Monaghan, George H. Holbrook.
On April 14th, the committee reported. The Town voted to accept their recommendations and appropriated $36,000 to carry them out. The same gentlemen were appointed a Building Committee.
The committee organized, April 21, 1904 with F. Eugene Dyer, Chairman, and Otis B. Oakman, Sec'y. A Building Site on Pond street was purchased of Messrs. Andrew and Lewis Dyer.
Architect : Henry W. Gore, Jr., of Braintree.
Builders : Hapgood, Frost & Co., Boston.
Steam Heating Plant: Walter B. Ross, Boston.
School-house Furniture : American School Furniture Co., Boston and Grand Rapids.
Electric Clock System : Standard Electric Time Co.
Telephone System and Electric Lighting : Supt. Mercer of the Braintree Electric Light Department.
Grading of School-house Grounds: William May, Braintree after plan by White & Wetherbee.
.. Julius Heurlin, Landscape Gardener of The Blue Hill Nursery has kindly agreed to ornament the grounds with Shrubs without expense to the town.
The building is of red brick with limestone trimmings.
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 yon 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 fifth day of March, 1906 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 Warp- en, two members of the Board of School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three 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 one o'clock P. M.
You are further directed to notify and warn said inhab- itants qualified to vote as aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the twelfth day of March, 1906 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 meeting.
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
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therefor. Also to see if the Town will hold its Treasurer harmless 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 Tohear and act upon the reports of the several boards of Town ( fficeis 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 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.
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