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Pratt & Pratt, printing. ..
29 75
B. F. Dyer, expenses. 21 88
Hartford Steam Boiler Ins. Co., insurance 145 00
T. B. Stoddard, labor 2 25
Woodsum's Ex. Co. 1 70
Robert Gibson, labor.
10 00
John Kelley, services.
100 00
Hooper, Lewis & Co., supplies. 7 50
M. A. Minchin, postage.
21 40
$1,579 1912
PUMPING STATION, LITTLE POND.
Pay of men as per pay rolls ..... $140 871/2
American Steam Gauge Co., supplies 6 75
S. F. Brown, supplies . 13 73
Harris Oil Co., supplies. 17 48
C. H. Hobort, supplies. 13 92
135
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies. 6 71
Woodsum Coal Co., sup-
plies
257 04
H. H. Thayer, labor. 20
27 10
A. J. Richards, supplies. . . Lumsden, Van Stone & Co., supplies 8 83
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., sup- plies
55 54
Crosby Steam Gauge Co., supplies 4. 50
C. Callahan Co., supplies. . . 2 86
W. H. Heath, supplies. . .
1 00
Town of Braintree, electric light 59 58
Greenwood Mfg. Co., supplies. J. F. Sheppard & Sons, sup- plies
17 59
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., sup- plies 25 52
Manzell Brothers, supplies ... 28 00
Bergeron & Peterson, supplies. 28 70
Coffin Valve Co., supplies. .
'3 40
Curry Oil Co., supplies. 4 66
B. D. Litchfield, labor 25 20
H. W. Borden, labor 235 38
Edward Shay, labor 2 05
Repairs on pumps
335 43
Night engineer 182 00
Day engineer
731 50
$3,496 581/2
GREAT POND STATION.
$162 611/2
Pay of men as per pay rolls. .... Woodsum Coal Co., supplies. 1,088 28
H. H. Thayer, labor. 2 97
Hodge Boiler Works, supplies. 60
R. Allen Gage, carting and freight 6 84
1,231 04
136
R. Minton, supplies 207 54
W. H. Heath, supplies 1 75
S. F. Brown, supplies 13 73
The Crane Co., supplies ... . 65 The Greenwood Mfg. Co., sup- plies 31 83
Woodsum's Ex. Co., supplies. 2 50
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies.
2 84
C. W. H. Moulton, supplies. .
2 00
E. H. Tarbell, supplies. ..
6 10
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., sup- plies 29 92
Curry Oil Co., supplies.
9 00
C. Callahan Co., supplies ..
1 43
Repairing pump
189 61
Night engineer
550 40
Day engincer 56 00
$2,366 601/2
SERVICE OUTSIDE STREET LINES.
Pay of men as per pay rolls ......
$462 051/2
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies.
140 02
7 50
H. H. Thayer, supplies. . . . A. M. Byers, supplies. 25 52 . Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., supplies 115 31
J. B. Rhines & Co., supplies. . 26
Mueller Mfg. Co., supplies. .
263 78
R. Allen Gage, freight. . Chapman Valve Co., supplies
9 47
24 38
Coffin Valve Co., supplies. . 1 25
Rensellaer Mfg. Co., supplies 67 40
Woodsum's Ex. Co., supplies
1 65
$1,118 591/2
RENEWED SERVICE IN STREET.
Pay of men as per pay rolls. . Chadwick-Boston Lead Co.,
$30 741/5
supplies 35 22
$65 961/2
137
SERVICE WORK IN THE STREET.
Pay of men as per pay rolls .... $263 221/2 Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., supplies 195 46
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies. 70 82
Mueller Mfg. Co., supplies. . 35 52
R. Allen Gage, freight. 7 03
Woodsum's Ex. Co.
2 00
$574 051/2
HYDRANT REPAIRS.
Pay of men as per pay rolls . $39 62
Coffin Valve Co. 15 25
Rensellaer Mfg. Co. 54 60
$109 47
SERVICE REPAIRS IN STREET.
Pay of men as per pay rolls. $65 871/2 $65 871/2
MAIN PIPE REPAIRS.
Pay of men as per pay rolls ..... $197 62 $197 62
MAIN PIPE EXTENSION.
Pay of men as per pay rolls. $1,460 62
R. Allen Gage, carting. 76 13
Citizens Gas Light Co., sup- plies 1 60
Laflin Rand Co., supplies. .. . 49 45
Alex. Clark & Co., repairing tools 34 42
Rensellaer Mfg. Co., supplies
80 00
The Greenwood Mfg. Co., sup- plies 5 83
James Sypher
7 75
U. S. Pipe & Foundry Co., pipe 1,495 80
S. F. Brown, supplies. . 6 54 Chadwick-Boston. Lead Co., supplies 30 80
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies. . 51 47
Curry Oil Co., supplies. ... 5 22
138
City of Quincy, supplies. ... 4 50
C. W. & G. W. Nightingale,
supplies 2 56
Robert Gibson, supplies 7 50
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$3,320 19
MAYFLOWER PARK EXTENSION.
H. L. White, surveying and plans $189 70
Engineering News, advertising. . . 13 80
Engineering Record, advertising. . 13 20
G. W. Prescott & Sons, printing. . 5 00
Pratt & Pratt, printing. 5 75
Pay of men as per pay rolls. . . . 3 00
$230 45
STABLE.
Ambler & Hobart, supplies $142 77
H. W. Mansfield, supplies 85 38
T. J. Cain, supplies. 63 04
C. H. Hobart, supplies.
16
J. B. Rhines & Co., supplies 2 06
H. B. Whitman, supplies
36 90
Joshua Wilkins, horse 200 00
H. H. Thayer, labor. 11 75
C. G. Anderson, labor 11 35 .
Thomas South, labor 25 60 .
Geo. Walsh, labor 6 80
Richard Belyea, supplies 75
Edward Shay, labor
28 00
METERS.
Pay of men as per pay rolls ..... $2 95
National Meter Co., meters. . 1,820 00
Thompson Meter Co., meters 8 40
Hersey Meter Co., meters .... 30 80
Waldo Brothers, supplies .... 44 98
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., sup- plies 2 40
$614 56
189
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies. 39
R. Allen Gage, freight. 3 48
Woodsum's Ex. Co .. 2 70
$1,916 10
READING AND INSPECTION OF METERS.
Pay of men as per pay rolls
$489 65
Lucius A. Qualey. 2 00
$491 65
SETTING METERS.
Pay of men as per pay rolls.
$34 371/2
Lynch & Bubour 76 30
J. E. Ludden. 37 10
Louis F. Bates
52 50
O. M. Rogers.
42 12
$242 391/2
· METER REPAIRS.
Pay of men as per day rolls
$9 25
National Meter Co. 40 21
H. R. Worthington
38
$49 84
NEW STREET TO GREAT POND.
White & Wetherbee, boundary stone
$4 50
$4: 50
TOOLS.
Walworth Mfg. Co 2 70
R. Minton
35 36
Edward Shay
30 75
W. H. Cobb
9 58
Alex. Clark & Co. 10 25
Richard Belyea
50
R. Allen Gage.
95
Harold L. Bond.
80
Eagle Oil & Supple Co.
5 50
$96 39
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY. W. F. Maybury $1,125 00 $1,125 00
140
SUPERINTENDENT'S EXPENSES.
W. E. Maybury $17 15 $17 15
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Maintenance $1,579 191/2
Pumping Station, Little Pond. 3,496 581/2
Great Pond Station
2,366 601/2
Service outside Street Lines
1,118 591/2
Renewed Service in Street
65 961/2
Service work in the Street
574 051/2
Hydrant Repairs. 109 47
Service Repairs in the Street. 65 871/2
Main Pipe Repairs.
197 62
Main Pipe Extension.
3,320 19
Mayflower Park . Extension.
230 45
Stable
614 56
Meters 1,916 10
Reading and Inspection of Meters
491 65
Setting Meters.
242 391/2
Meter Repairs
49 84
New Street to Great Pond.
4 50
Tools
96 39
Superintendent's Salary
1,125 00
Superintendent's Expenses
17 15
$17,682 19
209 orders drawn on Treasurer
amounting to $17,682 19
REPORT OF WATER REGISTRAR. For the Year 1906.
Amount of water charged .
$20,686 44
Amount of pipes, etc., charged ... 1,335 60 Water rates uncollected Jan. 1, '06 781 47 Pipes, etc., uncollected Jan. 1, '06 392 76
Summons charged 4 00
Credits.
Collections, water, pipes, etc.
$21,669 16
Collections, summons
4 00
$23,200 27
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Abatements 74 79
Water rates uncollected Jan. 1, '07 963 29
Pipes, etc., uncollected Jan. 1, '0? 489 03
$23,200 27 H. A. MONK, Registrar and Collector. Braintree, Mass., Jan. 21, 1907.
Have examined the Water Register from January 1, 1906, to January 1, 1907, and find the amounts as above classified to be correct.
(Signed)
W. A. MCKEAN, DANIEL POTTER, Auditors for 1906.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Water Commissioners of the Town of Braintree :-
Gentlemen' :- The Superintendent of the Water Department respectfully submits his annual report for the year ending December 31, 1906.
Fifty-five service pipes were laid during the year. Kind of pipe, size and number of feet laid as follows:
Feet.
Inches.
Five-eighths-inch lead pipe.
1,362
8
Three-fourths-inch lead pipe.
26
9
Three-fourths-inch galvanized iron pipe
1,469
6
One-inch galvanized iron pipe.
66
0
One and one-fourth-inch galvanized iron pipe
284
0
Two-inch galvanized iron pipe.
118
6
Total service pipe in system December 31, 1906, 99,071 feet, 8 inches=18 miles, 4,031 feet.
Total number of service connections, 1,490.
Six-inch pipe in Hayward street running west
203
6
248
6
941
6
462
6
163
6
621
0
21
0
Six-inch pipe in Shaw street running north
from dead end to Belmont street ..... Six-inch pipe in Cotton avenue running east from dead end to 3-4 in. connection
50
6
282
6
from Quincy avenue to dead end ..... Four-inch pipe in Prospect avenue running east from Fountain street to dead end Six-inch pipe in West street running from Hydrant No. 183 to dead end. ... Six-inch pipe in Park avenue running east from Quincy avenue to Columbia road Six-inch pipe in Columbia road running south from Park avenue to dead end .. . .. Six-inch pipe in Cedar Cliff road running west from dead end to dead end. .. Four-inch pipe in Belmont street running east from Shaw street.
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Three-fourths-inch pipe in Cotton avenue run- ning east from end of six inch to dead end
205
0
One-inch pipe in Belmont street running east from four-inch main to dead end. . . .
91
0
HYDRANT BRANCHES.
Six-inch pipe in Hydrant Branches
20
0
EXTENSION OF MAINS DURING 1906.
Three-fourths inch pipe
205
0
One-inch pipe
91
0
Four-inch pipe
269
6
Six-inch pipe
2,705
0
Six-inch pipe in Hydrant Branches.
20
0
DISTRIBUTION MAINS IN OPERATION
December 31, 1906.
Sixteen-inch pipe
255
0
Twelve-inch pipe
12,688
6
Ten-inch pipe
10,502
4
Eight-inch pipe
10,476
0
Six-inch pipe
107,671
9
Four-inch pipe
14,934
6
Two-inch pipe
5,514
11
One and one-fourth-inch pipe
287
7
One-inch pipe
2,237
9
Three-fourths-inch pipe
904
10
165,473
2
Thirty-one miles, 1,792 feet, 4 inches.
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NUMBER, LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF VALVES SET IN CONSTRUCTION DURING 1906. W. E. MAYBURY, SUPERINTENDENT.
Valve l No.
Street.
Location and Position.
4" | 6"
285| Hayward
On west line of Quincy Ave,
1
1
286|West
309 ft. west of Hydrant No. 183.
1
287 | Prospect Ave.
On east line of Fountain Street.
1
288| Park Ave.
On east line of Quincy Ave.
1
289 Belmont
On east line of Shaw Street.
1
CONSTRUCTION.
Turn to Open.
Bell or Spigot.
Maker.
Left.
Bell.
Renssalaer Mfg. Co.
NUMBER, LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF HYDRANTS SET IN EXTENSIONS.
1906.
Hydrant No.
Street.
Location and Position.
Nozzle.
2 Hose.
1 Steamer.
Length of
Hydrant
| ft. in.
208|West
In front of Mr. F. T. Macomber Est.
1
8
6
209|Columbia Rd.
In front of Mr. John Shuman's.
1
3
6
210|Cedar Cliff Rd.
In front of Mr. J. W. Davy's.
1
8 0
CONSTRUCTION.
Turn to Open.
Bolted or Bell.
Frost Case.
Maker.
Left.
Bolted.
No.
Coffin Valve Co.
Branches.
Total Number of Valves in Operation Dec. 31, 1906, 289 Total Number of Hydrants in Operation Dec. 31, 1906. 210
Valve Size.
PUMPING RECORD FOR 1906.
Gallons
Pumped at
Little Pond.
Gallons
Pumped at
Great Pond.
Total
Gallons
Pumped.
Hours run
Little Pond.
Hours run
Great Pond.
Total time.
Coal used
Little Pond.
Coal used
Great Pond.
Total Coal.
Gallons
pumped
with 100 1bs.
of Coal.
January,
10,253,050
7,010,844
17,263,894
251-00
214-55
465-55
53,862
38,497 37,537
92,359
18,692
February,
7,542,470
6,645,918
14,188,388
209-30
196-50
406-20
48,263
85,800
16,537
March,
3,131,074
12,938,084
16,069,158
79-55
359-10
439-05
12,619
67,019
79,638
20,177
April,
16,055,196
16,055,196
403-05
403-05
60,306
60,306
26,623
May,
18,255,840
18,255,840
428-45
428.45
65,678
65,678
27,795
June,
18,338,260
319,165
18,657,425
452-25
7-15
459-40
66,380
1,350
67,730
27,927
July,
10,542,275
6,308,056
16,850,331
226-00
189-00
415-00
41,554
28,666
70,220
24,010
August,
9,505,202
7,401,943
16,907,145
239-30
207-15
446-45
38,514
36,335
74,849
22,601
September,
8,986,795
7,968,494
16,955,289
229-00
212-45
441-45
37,890
39,130
77,020
22,014
October,
8,985,339
7,661,425
16,646,764
242-25
212-40
455-05
42,601
36,400
79,001
21,071
November,
7,195,740
8,534,709
15,730,449
225-25
219-45
445-10
38,660
38,940
77,600
20,271
December,
7,947,356
8,778,193
16,825,549'
228-55
220-40
449-35
40,500
42,060
82,560
20,379
Total, Daily Average
126,738,597 347,229
73,566,831 201,553
200,305,428 548,782
3215-55 8-48
2040-15 5-35
5256-10 14-22
546,827 1,498
365,934 1,002
912,761 2,500
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Largest Day's pumping was April 14, 707,070 gallons. Smallest Day's pumping was Nov. 4, 407,785 gallons.
JOHN W. MULCAHY, Engineer.
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STREET WATERING.
The Department finds the use of water for street watering somewhat in excess of 1905.
The South Section 1,526,500
The North Section 2,139,000
The East Section 2,123,800
5,789,300 gals.
Table of Meters in Use Dec. 31, 1906.
Kind and Size.
1/2" or 5/g "
3/4'
1" | 11%"[
2""
3"
4"
Totals
Crown
39
2
2
1
1
1
46
Empire
656
2
1
659
Gem
4
4
Worthington Hersey
1
1
2
Lambert
1
1
658
39
3
3
7
1
1
1
713
Water Supplied Through Meters.
917 Families.
3668 Persons.
699 Taps.
713 Meters.
1 Railroad Tank.
1 Round House.
1 Railroad Stand Pipe.
3 Shoe Factories.
1 Car Shop.
5 School Houses.
13 Green Houses.
1 Foundry.
1 Hotel.
1. Bakery.
75 Stables.
1 Elevator.
1 Academy.
5 Club Houses.
20 Stores.
1 Old Folks Home.
1 Poultry Farm.
Water Supplied Through Meters.
1 Electric Supply Mfrs.
3 Railroad Stations.
1 Tannery.
3 Church Motors.
1 Coffee Motor.
2 Public Halls.
1 Fish Market.
1 Oil Works.
3 Dentists.
1 Wash House.
1 Printing Office.
2 Post Offices.
1
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PUMPING STATIONS.
There has been a new floor laid at Little Pond Station, also ventilating windows cut through foundation and floor. The machinery is in good condition.
The machinery at Great Pond Station is in good condition.
A new set of tubes has been put into boiler at Great Pond Station, also a few minor repairs to same.
STAND PIPE.
In the judgment of your superintendent it would be well to have the Stand Pipe cleaned out, carefully scraped inside and outside, all leaks calked and pipe painted two coats of paint both inside and out.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. MAYBURY, Superintendent.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1906
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
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Report of School Committee
The School Committee held a Special Meeting on Thursday, January 17, 1906, to consider the report of the Superintendent and to prepare its annual financial statement.
It was voted that the report of the Superintendent be adopted by the committee and presented to the town as embody- ing its own official findings and recommendations.
The financial statement for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1906, is herewith submitted :
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation
Expended
Refund
Unexpended
Balance
Overdrafts
Net Unexpen- ded Balance
Teachers' Salaries:
Appropriation
$20,000.00
School Fund
200.00
Dog Tax
884.96
$21,084.96 $21,090.88 $111.70* $105.78
$105 78
Janitors' Salaries
2,930.00
2,930 00
Superintendent's Salary
1,500.00
1,500.00
Text Books and Supplies
1,800.00
1,798.80
1.20
1.20
Incidentals for Schools
550.00
555.74
6.34
.60
.60
School House Repairs and In- cidentals
1,200.00
1,194.33
1.67
7.34
7.84
Fuel
2,200.00
2,198.50
1.50
1.50
Conveyance of Pupils
1,500.00
1,693.75
194.551
.80
.80
Totals
$32,764.96 $32,962.60 $314.26
$117.22
$117.22
* Tuition of Pupils.
+ Sale of car tickets.
It was also voted to ask the Town for an appropriation of $36,590.00 to meet the financial needs of the schools for the ensuing year.
The increase in the amount asked for this year is due almost entirely to the extra teachers required owing to the growing population of the schools, and to the increased cost of supplies.
The actual cost per scholar to the Town is even less than
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it has been in any previous year and the average cost in the State is much larger than the per capita cost in the Town.
The amount required is based upon the following estimates :
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1907. -
Teachers' and Superintendent's Salaries (Dog Tax
and School Fund not included) $25,000 00
Janitors' Salaries 2,990 00
Text Books and Supplies
2,000 00
Incidentals
1,000 00
School House Repairs and incidentals
1,500 00
Repairs on South-West School.
250 00
2,200 00 Fuel
Conveyance of Pupils
1,650 00
$36,590 00
In providing transportation facilities for all children living beyond a mile from the school house the Town is assuming heavy financial responsibilities. A large number of children live off the electric car lines of travel and must be carried by private or stable team which involves additional expense.
In reducing the amount necessary to the minimum, in order to carry out the instructions of the Town, the committee will need this year the sum of $1,650.00.
The Sloyd System has been introduced into the Noah Torrey Building with most gratifying results.
It should be extended as soon as possible to the Monaliquot and the Penniman Schools.
The school population is increasing so rapidly in the first precinct that it is a question of immediate concern whether it is not advisable to enlarge the South-West School in order to accommodate the children living between Town Street and the Randolph line.
It may be necessary also in the near future to utilize the school building on West Street for the convenience of children living in the neighborhood of "Rosedale" or the "Five Corners."
The committee are fortunate in having secured the services of Mr. John C. Anthony as Superintendent of Schools.
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Mr. Anthony is a man of large experience and we are con- fident that the Public Schools of Braintree will maintain a high standard of excellence under his direct supervision.
The committee regret to report the resignation of two valued teachers at the close of the year 1906.
Miss Annie M. Brooks has been a most faithful and suc- cessful teacher for fifteen years and Miss Helen Foss for five years. The schools suffer a distinct loss in their retirement. We have lost also by death an honored and efficient janitor in Mr. John Whitly, who for several years did excellent service at the Pond School.
We began the school year in September with almost an entirely new corps of teachers in our High School owing to the fact that during the summer vacation our old teachers had been secured by other Towns at increased salaries.
The committee are glad to acknowledge the interest and co-operation of a large number of citizens in school affairs during the past year.
(Signed)
C. F. HILL CRATHERN, Chairman, MRS. A. M. BROOKS, ALBION C. DRINKWATER, HERBERT F. KNEELAND, MRS. CARRIE F. LORING, THOMAS A. WATSON.
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Report of Superintendent
To the School Committee of Braintree :
I herewith submit my first annual report, which is the twenty-second in the series of Superintendents' reports.
I find that the school population of the Town of Braintree has steadily increased during the past few years. In 1900 it was 1,308. This fall it was 1542. At the close of this report . will be found a few statistics, showing the relative increase in population and expenses during the past year. These figures show that, instead of an average membership of 1,289, as last year, we must now reckon on an average membership of at least 1500 before the close of the present year.
The increase in school population affects particularly the amounts paid for teachers, and for books and supplies. This increase in population is not regularly distributed throughout the schools, but is usually congested in certain rooms. This means that the overflow rooms must be provided for by extra teachers. During the past term such provision had to be made at South Braintree and at East Braintree, in the first and second grades. At South Braintree an endeavor was made to relieve conditions by abandoning the kindergarten at the South-west School, and sending back to that building the 18 second grade children of that district who were attending the Noah Torrey School. This, however, was not sufficient, and a new room had to be opened at the Pond School, to take the remainder of the overflow from the second grade, and twenty from the first grade. At East Braintree, as no extra room was available, an extra teacher was engaged to give one-half of her time to the first, and one-half to the second grade. This arrangement is not satisfactory, but is the best that can be done at present. As nearly as can be estimated, this increase will continue in the lower grades, and is rapidly making itself felt in the upper classes. At least one new room must be provided at the Jonas Perkins School next year for the upper grades, and one for the lower. The increase at the South end of the town will mean another new room there, and possibly the re-opening of the
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building in the Five Corners district, as the increase in the school population there is rapidly increasing the cost of trans- portation. The appropriation for the coming year should be made with these facts in mind.
During the past three or four years the cost of books and supplies has risen, in the market, from 10 to 25 per cent. and even more. Within the past two months, the price of pencils has gone up from 10 to 25 per cent. on different grades. Beyond this, the school population has largely increased, and the number in the commercial department at the high school has steadily grown. The maintenance for that department alone, for blanks and forms, stationery and typewriters, is another extra expense, although one that is decidedly worth while. Meanwhile no increase has been made in the appropri- ation to offset any of these facts, for at least nine years. The annual cost for books and supplies, per pupil, is now $1.16. In 1898 it was $1.50. In surrounding towns it is from $1.40 to $3.90. Considering occasional changes that are necessary, the wear and tear on books, the increased cost, and the large amount of supplies needed, even when the greatest economy is used, $1.50 to $2.00 per pupil is not an exorbitant amount to pay for these items in the course of a year.
The following changes have taken place in the teaching force during the year.
High School. Resigned-Mr. Collins, Miss Perkins, Miss Pierce, Miss Goddard. Appointed-Mr. A. W. Small, Miss Rachel Currey, Miss Grace A. Johnson, Miss Grace I. Bartlett.
Monatiquot Grammar. Resigned-Miss Murphay. Trans- ferred-Miss Colbert. Appointed-Miss Margaret F. Magoley, Miss Jennie A. Farwell.
Jonas Perkins. Resigned-Miss Kenty. Appointed-Miss Lucile Goddard, Miss Elizabeth S. Hall.
Noah Torrey and Pond. Resigned-Mr. Galvin, Miss Scott, Miss Royal. Transferred, Miss Goddard. Appointed- Mr. H. R. Williams, Miss Josephine B. Colbert, Miss Etta G. Phillips, Miss Jennie V. Dreghorn, Mrs. Helen A. Mansfield.
Penniman. Resigned-Miss Carlton. Appointed-Miss Mildred H. Tavender.
The introduction of Sloyd at the Noah Torrey School has
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met with the enthusiastic approval of the children and parents of that part of the town. Considering the length of time that it has been taught there, excellent results have been attained. Manual training has passed the stage of argument and defense. It is no longer a "fad." It has proved its value, and is an established part of the American school system. If it is to be continued in our town, it is only fair that all the children of the upper grades should receive like instruction.
The last legislature passed a law which requires medical inspection in all the Public Schools of Massachusetts. To help to carry out the provisions of this law, three of our prominent physicians, Dr. C. M. Marstin, Dr. Henry L. Dearing, and Dr. R. F. Burleigh, members of the Board of Health, offered their services, free of expense, until the town can act in the matter. The School Committee gratefully accepted this public spirited offer, and the physicians were duly appointed. It is their duty to see that all the conditions surrounding the children in the public schools are healthful. To this end they must inspect buildings, janitors, teachers and children, when they consider necessary. In no case will these physicians, as medical inspect- ors, treat children, or prescribe for them. It is their function merely to debar from school those children whose presence is a menace to the health of others, and to notify the parents in cases where medical attendance is desirable, in order that the regular family physician may be called.
At the December meeting of your Committee, it was voted to change the vertical system of writing then taught, to the medial system. This is in accordance with the present move- ment in educational circles, as about nine-tenths of the school children of New England and all students in commercial col- leges are taught some system of medial writing. This method retains the open letter of the vertical, while it slants at one-half the angle of the old Spencerian, thus keeping what are consid- ered the best features of each. It is hoped by its use to obtain a legible, rapid, flowing, commercial handwriting.
In closing this report, I wish to acknowledge the hearty welcome given me by the townspeople, the very apparent friend- liness of children and teachers, and the encouragement and in- telligent support constantly given me by your Committee.
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They have made the beginnings of my new position exception- ally pleasant.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. ANTHONY, Supt. of Schools.
STATISTICS.
Number of children in the town between 5 and 15, Sept. 1, 1905. . 1,160
Number of children in the town between 5 and 15, Sept. 1, 1906. 1,226
Number of children in the town between 7 and 14, Sept. 1, 1905. 830
Number of children in the town between 7 and 14, Sept. 1, 1906. 863
Number of pupils enrolled in the public schools during year ending June, 1906.
1,484
Number of pupils enrolled in the public schools during fall term, 1905.
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