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APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS AT CHELMSFORD, MASS., MARCH 1, 1890. .
4 horses
$800 00
2 2-horse carts
200 00
1 1-horse cart. 42 00
2 sets double harness
140 00
1 Champion road scraper
225 00
4 horse blankets
12 00
2 2-horse sleds
80 00
1 Kimball road scraper
42 50
1 jigger
30 00
. 1 Chicago scraper
9 00
2 plows
12 00
Wheel and tires
2 00
14 picks
10 00
6 00
Whiffletrees, eveners, and yoke
4 50
2 rush hooks, 2 hoes
1 50
3 forks and hook
1 25
16 drills, 2 spoons.
10 00
3 iron bars, 3 chains
9 00
Repairs for scraper
5 00
Wedges, axes, axle-grease, and junk.
3 50
.
5 hammers
.
Amount carried forward. $1,645 25
$2,728 88
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Amount brought forward. $1,645 25
Large saw and stable tools
7 00
Lead reins and collar 1 50
6 shovels.
4 50
2 lanterns, 3 pails.
2 25
2 scythes and scoop scraper .
4 00
Cart spear and rocker
2 50
1 drag
1 25
1 yoke
1 25
Bridge plank.
10 .00
2 steel rakes
75
1000 lbs. English hay
10 00
Lot bedding . .
$1,695 25
J. P. EMERSON, D. P. BYAM, ELISHA H. SHAW,
Appraisers.
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
A. W. Holt, new floor at almshouse $ 20 00
$ 20 00
A. W. Holt, repairing basement-floor school-
· house No. 1.
17 50
17 50
A. P. Bateman, shingles and boards, school- house No. 5.
11 54
J. Q. Battles, labor and material, school- house No. 5.
6 62
Jonathan Larcun, labor and material, school- house No. 5.
7 99
A. L. Brooks & Co., lumber, school-house No. 5.
1 90
28 05
Seth Sampson, labor and expenses, school- house No. 8.
83 46
Geo. H. Smith, labor ind expenses, school- house No. 8 C. B. Coburn & Co., oil and paint, school- house No. 8. Silver & Gay, oil and paint, school-house No. 8.
34 00
5 70
61
11 37
Geo. E. Spalding, repairs, school-house No. 8, N. J. Wier & Co., stove and pipe, school- house No. 8. .
57 00
Chas. W. Flint, time and expenses.
9 04
201 18
Geo. H. Smith, labor at armory at .North Chelmsford
2 00
2 00
$268 73
. .
5 00
.
25
INSURANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
H. C. Church & Son, agents.
$192 00
Elisha H. Shaw, agent .. 40 00
N. W. Norcross & Co., agents .
214 00
Chas. W. Flint, time and expenses
4 00
$450 00
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERIES.
Centre, L. K. Howard, labor and expense ... $27 00
Wm. Grimwood, trimming hedge ...
6 00 33 00
North, Arthur H. Sheldon, labor and expense,
15 37
15 37
South, Daniel P. Byam, labor.
12 00
12 00
West, Dawson Pollard, labor
75
Geo. W. Bussy, labor.
4 95
Geo. F. Snow, expense
2 00
7 70
$68 07
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR-LAW.
Alfred Day, services and expenses . . ... . . $25 50 $25 50
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Wm. L. Gordon, collecting 1887 and '88. . . . $24 01 Wm. L. Gordon, abatements for 1888. 60 75 $ 84 76
Martin Robbins, collecting $15,000.93 at 11% %, tax 1889. 165 00 165 00
$249 76
STATE AID.
Paid under chapter 301, statutes of 1889. $570 00 under chapter 279, statutes of 1889. 146 00 $716 00
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TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
Paid E. H. Warren, services and expenses as treasurer .
$75 00
E. H. Warren, services as committee on cemeteries
6 00
$81 00
H. B. Proctor, services as committee on cemeteries
3 00
3 00
Wm. Fletcher, services as committee on cemeteries
3 00
3 00
George A. Parkhurst, services and ex- penses as town clerk
61 20
George A. Parkhurst, services and ex- penses as registrar .
14 00
75 20
N. B. Edwards, services and expenses as registrar
18 75
18 75
E. T. Adams, services as warden, Pre- cinct 1.
6 00
6 00
E. R. Marshall, services as warden, Pre- cinct 1
6 00
6 00
J. E. Warren, services as clerk, Pre- cinct 1.
6 00
6 00
A. P. Perham, services as inspector, Pre- cinct 1.
3 00
3 00
A. W. Holt, services as inspector, Pre- cinct 1.
3 00
3 00 1
W. S. Simons, services as teller, Pre-
cinct 1.
3 00
3 00
B. O. Robbins, services distributing bal- lots, Precinct 1.
3 00
3 00
N. A. Glidden, services distributing bal- lots, Precinct 1.
3 00
3 00
J. P. Emerson, services as constable, Precinct 1.
6 00
6 00
C. H. Dutton, services as warden, Pre- cinct 2.
6 00
6 00
Arthur H. Sheldon, services as warden, Precinct 2.
6 00
6 00
Fred K. Ripley, services as clerk, Pre- cinct 2.
6 00
6 00
George Hyde, services as inspector, Pre- cinct 2.
3 00
George Hyde, services distributing bal- lots, Precinct 2.
3 00
6 00
Amount carried forward
$239 .95
.
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$239 95
Amount brought forward
Paid John F. McManomin, services distribut- ing ballots, Precinct 2. John F. McManomin, services as in- spector, Precinct 2.
3 00
6 00
A. G. Parkhurst, services as warden, Precinct 3.
3 00
3 00
Win. Kiernan, services as warden, Pre- cinct 3.
6 00
6 00
Wm. H. Brown, services as warden, Pre- cinct 3.
3 00
Wm. H. Brown, services as inspector, Precinct 3.
3 00
6 00
M. H. Winship, services as clerk, Pre- cint 3.
6 00
6 00
Wm. H. Corrigan, services as inspector, Precinct 3.
3 00
3 00
Samuel Naylor, services as teller, Pre- cinct 3 James C. Boswell, services as teller, Pre- cinct 3.
3 00
3 00
J. H. Whidden, services as constable. . . .
10 00
10 00
Daniel Sleeper, services as constable. . .
6 00
6 00
Alfred Day, services as constable .. .. L. K. Howard, services as selectman ....
22 00
22 00
85 00
14 00
99 00
L. K. Howard, expenses as selectman ... Charles W. Flint, services as selectman . Charles W. Flint, expenses as selectman, R. W. Dix, services as selectman . .
16 00
64 00
21 00
·
R. W. Dix, expenses as selectman .....
9 00
30 00
John Q. Battles, services as selectman. . John Q. Battles, expenses as selectman . George F. Snow, services as selectman. .
15 00
60 00
George F. Snow, expenses as selectman.
13 00
58 00
Charles W. Flint, services as assessor ...
81 00
Charles W. Flint, expenses as assessor. Charles W. Flint, making copy of valua- tion list for the State
18 00
106 30
R. Wilson Dix, services as assessor. . .
6 00
R. Wilson Dix, expenses as assessor
2 00
8 00
John Q. Battles, services as assessor. ...
30 00
John Q. Battles, expenses as assessor ...
10 00
40 00
Geo. F. Snow, services as assessor.
38 00
Geo. F. Snow, expenses as assessor
12 00
50 00
L. K. Howard, services as assessor.
40 00
L. K. Howard, expenses as assessor.
6 00
46 00
Amount carried forward
$875 25
·
3 00
3 00 1
48 00
45 00
45 00
7 30
..
$ 3 00
.
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Amount brought forward.
$875 25
Paid Geo. E. Spaulding, services as truant officer.
.$ 2 25
2 25
32 84
32 84
Alfred Day, services enforcing dog law . . James P. Emerson, D. P. Byanı, and E. H. Shaw, services as appraisers .... Ziba Gay, E. F. Richardson, and Henry
9 00
9 00
S. Perham; services as auditors ....
9 00
9 00
$932 34
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Vox Populi Press, 700 copies school and town report ..
$75 48
$75 48
E. H. Warren, repairing safe lock
2 25
2 25
Bacheller & Dumas, tax books
9 00
9 00
Chelmsford
1 00
1 00
M. R. Warren, order book
6 50
6 50
Marden & Rowell, printing
6 88
6 88
Dawson Pollard, labor on water trough at West Chelmsford
3 40
3 40
Geo. F. Snow, labor on water trough at West Chelmsford
2 00
Geo. F. Snow, perambulating town lines.
4 00
6 00
J. Q. Battles, material and expenses on shelves for voting.
19 00
J. Q. Battles, prepared oak wood for commit- tee room .
6 00
25 00
H. H. Wilder & Co., repairing furnace, Centre Hall
2 10
2 10
L. K. Howard, reporting 13 deaths .
3 25
L. K. Howard, perambulating town lines.
3 00
6 25
R. Wilson Dix, perambulating town lines ... Arthur H. Sheldon, reporting 16 deaths. . ...
4 00
4 00
N. B. Edwards, reporting 20 deaths
5 00
5 00
G. F. Dyar, officers' badges etc.
2 00
2 00
F. G. Pratt, painting and lettering guide boards .
2 00
2 00
G. E. Spalding, care of Armory and Hall, N. Chelmsford
51 00
51 00
$210 86
. .
3 00
3 00
Thos. E. Symmes, surveying at West
AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, AND EXPENDITURES.
ACCOUNTS.
Appropria- tions.
Expendi- tures.
Surplus.
Deficit.
Schools, appropriation
$ 5,700 00
School fund.
167 19
Dog tax.
408 69
Tuition non-resident pupils
3 50
Teaching
$ 5,431 20
Care of houses .
296 53
Fuel .
School incidentals.
400 00
369 96
30 04
Free text-books, appropriation. . Receipts.
31 69
626 70
4 99
Support of poor, appropriation .. Receipts.
1,594 50
3,600 51
293 99
Highway, appropriation Receipts
10 00
3,366 47
643 53
State aid, receipts
526 00
570 00
$
44 00
Repairs of public buildings, ap- propriation . .
300 00
268 73
31 27
Relief of indigent soldiers and sailors, appropriation .
100 00
Relief of indigent soldiers and sailors, receipts.
32 50
146 00
13 50
Town officers and committees, appropriation
900 00
932 34
32 34
Collection and abatement of tax- es, appropriation
300 00
249 76
50 24
Miscellaneous expense, appro- priation .
300 00
Miscellaneous expense, receipts.
178 00
210 86
267 14
Enforcement of liquor law .
150 00
25 50
124 50
Insurance of public buildings ... Examination and repair of bridge over Stony Brook, North Chelmsford .
600 00
600 00
Fitting up and furnishing room in school building at Centre. Apparatus, maps, and globes for public schools.
300 00
253 13
46 87
Care of public cemeteries
300 00
68 07
231 93
$19,802 07 $17,367 65
$2,524 26 $
89 84 2,434 42
2,434 42
$19,802 07 $19,802 07
$2,524 26 $2,524 26
Appropriations
. $16,850 00
Amount of orders · $17,367 65*
Receipts. .
2,952 07
Surplus. 2,434 42
$19,802 07
$19,802 07}
L. K. HOWARD, CHAS. W. FLINT,. R. WILSON DIX, JOHN Q. BATTLES, GEO. F. SNOW,
Selectmen.
* This includes highway board and hay bill at Town Farm.
150 00
133 63
16 37
450 00
450 00
4,000 00
368 26 $ 183 39
600 00
2,300 00
AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the account of the Treasurer for the year end- ing February 28, 1890, and find his receipts and payments properly entered and vouched for, and a balance of eighteen hundred and sixty nine dollars and eighty-three cents ($1869.83) in his hands.
We have also examined the vouchers in the hands of the Select- men, and find receipts amounting to sixteen thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars and six cents ($16,730.06), vouching for orders drawn on the Treasurer, of which sixteen thousand seven hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-one cents ($16,719.31) has been paid by him, leaving ten dollars and seventy-five cents ($10.75) out- standing.
We find :
Cash in treasury .
$1,869 83
Tax of 1888 uncollected
$ 44 21
Interest uncollected .
4 38
Tax of 1889 uncollected
2,443 85
Interest uncollected
71 30
2,563 74
School books, etc., on hand
153 12
Due from the State :
For State aid to January, 1890.
570 00
State aid for January and February
97 00
Relief to January, 1890
60 00
Relief January and February
18 00
Armory rent.
150 00
895 00
$5,481 69
Outstanding orders
$ 10 75
Kimball fund and interest
122 64
Silver fund and interest .
123 00
Liabilities (estimated)
800 00
Abatements (estimated)
100 00
1,156 39
Balance of assets
$4,325 30
ZIBA GAY, E. F. RICHARDSON, HENRY S. PERHAM,
Auditors.
CHELMSFORD, March 4, 1890.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby re- quired to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet at the Town Hall, at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the seventeenth day of March current, being the third Monday in said month, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator.
ART. 2. To hearreports of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of collecting the taxes.
ART. 4. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways, and bridges.
ART. 5. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 6. To act in relation to the list of jurors prepared by the selectmen.
ART. 7. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow such sums of money as may be required for the demands upon him, in anticipation of the taxes of the ensuing year, and payable therefrom.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors for the current year.
ART. 10. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to act as their agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the ensuing year.
ART. 11. At the request of J. A. Parkhurst, J. H. Whidden, A. G. Park- hurst, Samuel Naylor, and others, to see if the town will vote to dig a well at the school-house at West Chelmsford, put a pump in the same, make an appropriation therefor, or act in relation thereto.
ART .. 12. To see if the town will vote to accept the gift of two hundred dollars in trust from Ervin W. Sweetser and Edwin H. Warren, as executors under the will of Adams Emerson, the income to be expended in care of said Emerson lot in Chelmsford Centre cemetery.
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ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to accept the gift of two hundred dollars in trust from Ervin W. Sweetser and Edwin H. Warren, as executors under the will of Adans Emerson, the income to be expended in general improvements in Chelmsford Centre cemetery.
ART. 14. At the request of Perley P. Perham, William L. Gordon, William J. Stevens, and others, to see if the town will vote to have a new valuation of real estate taken; also decide, by vote, the way it shall be taken, and raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000) for same, or act in relation thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up at- tested copies thereof at the post-offices in the Centre of the town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelmsford, and at the school-house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this seventh day of March, in the year of onr Lord eighteen hundred and ninety.
L. K. HOWARD, JOHN Q. BATTLES, R. WILSON DIX, GEO. F. SNOW,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing Warrant, by posting up true and attested copies of the same at the places above mentioned, more than ten days before the day of holding said meeting.
JAMES P. EMERSON,
Constable of Chelmsford.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1890.
LOWELL, MASS. : VOX POPULI PRESS: 130 CENTRAL STREET. 1890.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
As required by Chap. XLVI, Sect. 8, of the Statutes of the State, your School Committee here- with submit their annual report.
At their first meeting, J. A. Bartlett was elected chairman; Wm. L. Gordon, secretary; and Geo. F. Snow, superintendent and book agent, for 1889.
It was voted by the Committee to have three terms of school, to consist of twelve weeks each. This vote has been carried out so far as possible in all the schools, but the prevailing epidemic caused the Centre schools to be closed for one week in the winter term, and the school at No. 5 was also closed two weeks for another cause. During the year past, the male teachers in both the Cen- tre and North High schools have resigned. The teacher in the school at the North Village also .
resigned ; the one at the South Village left to take charge of the new Intermediate school at the Centre, one at No. 5 also resigned, and in all these schools satisfactory new teachers have been en- gaged. On account of the small number of schol- ars at the West Village (No. 9), the Committee thought best to consolidate the two schools, which was accordingly done. Whether another school will
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have to be opened in No. 9 in the Spring, will be * a question for the new Committee to determine. · Last year, the town appropriated $150 to fit up the Fourth or Intermediate school-room at the Cen- tre, which was done, and the new school opened under the charge of Miss Gertrude C. Byam, who continued in charge until her health demanded a change, and Miss Mary C. Rogers, from the Salem Normal School, took charge during a part of the Winter term. This school filled a want long felt by the other schools in the building, especially relieving the Primary school of overcrowding, and made a more distinct grading in the schools, result- ing in better work and a raising of the standard in all the schools in the building.
The matter of attendance in the schools, to which the Committee called the attention of the parents last year, we are glad to say has improved, and, except for the Winter term when so much sickness prevailed, will make a better showing this year.
The special appropriation made for the purchase of apparatus, etc., for the schools, has placed the schools on better footing than ever before, and we hope that the town will see the wisdom of making a small appropriation (say $150), each year, for the same purpose.
Complaint has been made this year (as it is every year) that the town pays too high salaries to its" teachers. The last report of the State Board of Education shows that the average salary per month
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paid male teachers in Middlesex County is $1 35.14, of female teachers in the same to be $49.66; that of the town of Chelmsford to be $82.83 and $34.33 respectively. We think no further comment is needed on that head.
The matter of this town uniting with some other towns under the new law regarding employment of a Superintendent of Schools for two or more towns, has been informally discussed by members of your Committee, and as other towns about us are mov- ing in the matter, we have no doubt that this question will be brought before the town erelong, for their action. Last year, the town very generously increased the appropriations, as asked for by your Committee, and we have been enabled to give longer terms of schools than before. We believe all the money appropriated by the town, entrusted to our care, has been judiciously expended and has con- served the best interests of the town in every way. We consider that three terms of twelve weeks each is about the right length, and as little as the town should have in its public schools.
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We know that the schools have steadily made good progress, and are rapidly gaining in every way. With the large number of schools now main- tained by the town, it can not under the existing school laws expect to maintain them at any less expense, and at the same time keep pace with the progress that is going on all about us. Some one has wisely said that "Whatever we would have ap-
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pear in the state, we must first put into the pub- lic schools." It is truly said that the permanence of a free state depends on the general intelligence of its people, and the general intelligence of its people must depend on the quality of its free schools, in great measure. Your Committee would, therefore, respectfully ask that the town continue the same appropriations for educational purposes that were made last year, and will endeavor, on their part, to see that the town receive the full benefit of every dollar so appropriated by them and entrusted to care of your Committee. We ask this for the reason that smaller appropriations can mean only one of two things, viz .: smaller salaries for the teachers, or less schooling for the scholar. Smaller salaries for the teachers will result in the loss of many of our best teachers, and we believe that shorter terms of school will be deplored by all par- ents in the town.
Respectfully submitted by,
J. A. BARTLETT, Chairman. WM. L. GORDON, Secretary. R. WILSON DIX,
R. S. RIPLEY,
JOHN H. WHIDDEN,
RILEY DAVIS,
ROBERT FLETCHER,
GEO. A. BYAM,
FRANK C. BYAM,
School Committee.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Chairman and Gentlemen of the School Committee:
In making this, my third annual report, I consider it neither necessary nor expedient to weary you by a repeti- tion of the suggestions made in former reports.
The educational interests of the town have suffered no decadence during the year; neither have they had the advantage of any extraordinary exaltation. If any change has marked the work, as compared with other years, it has been of a gradual character, and doubtless more im- portant than apparent.
In regard to the general character and work of the schools, I believe that they have never been in better condition than now. The fact that our teachers have been chosen with so much care from the best sources at command, has been of great advantage. Many of them are natives of the town, and honored by all who know them. Their work makes no loud appeal to public favor ; it is not of the kind which is trumpeted through the public prints, or which the general public can be expected to weigh with nicety. Hence it is that I have always felt bound to guard the reputation of teachers with especial care, and whenever any cause of real dissatisfaction has occurred, to treat it with the greatest discretion.
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The standing of the schools is quite conclusively shown by the comparison of our pupils with those coming to us from neighboring towns. The latter, in nearly every instance, fall below the grade to which they are accredited. I shall not in this report individually criticise teachers or schools. Such personal criticism, at one time quite cus- tomary, is fast becoming a custom more honored in the breach than in the observance. I think that duty should be discharged in a more private manner, in perfect free- dom and candor, as becomes the official relation between teachers and Superintendent, and that it only becomes me, at this time, to offer such details as shall give the Com- mittee and citizens of the town a good understanding of the general condition of the schools, and the manner in which their appropriations have been expended.
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT.
The schools of the town have been in charge of a class of teachers who have proved themselves faithful and con- scientious in the discharge of duty. Good order, with a few exceptions, has prevailed in the school-room, and a spirit of harmony, cheerfulness, and industry has charac- terized the pupils.
The few cases of dissatisfaction which have come to my knowledge seem to have arisen from misunderstandings, or from a misguided notion on the part of parents, growing out of minor mistakes and shortcomings on the part of teachers. Parents sometimes seem to think that their rights and duties are opposite and antagonistic to those of teachers. Teachers not infrequently have a similar feeling. Nothing could be more erroneous or injurious. The rights, duties, and interests of parent, pupil, and
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teacher lie in the same channel, along the same course, and tend to the accomplishment of the same result,-the complete development of the pupil, mentally, physically, and morally, and, I might say, socially.
When the efforts of all concerned are combined for the accomplishment of this result, in a cheerful, friendly, for- bearing spirit, that does not claim or require perfection, but frankly admits the imperfection of human nature, while they strive continually to overcome in themselves and to overlook in others, then will the true ideal of school man- agement be reached.
I consider a good, friendly feeling between the teacher, his pupils, and their parents, of the greatest importance, and know of no better way of bringing about this happy state of affairs than by a better acquaintance each with the other. If this can be extended to the home of the child, as well as to his peculiarities of disposition and tempera- ment, by the teacher, and to the school-room with its necessary requirements and restrictions, by frequent calls of the parents, the result will be most helpful and encour- aging.
Parents and friends should gain a closer intimacy and sympathy with teachers by recognizing the value of their work, by words of encouragement and counsel, and by every proper means assist in giving strength and character to our public-school system, that its efficiency may be a guaranty of its permanency and ability to successfully encounter any criticism that may be brought against it.
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
The number of schools s is unchanged, the Grammar school at the West Village having been suspended, and an
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Intermediate established at the Centre. We now have two Primary, two Intermediate, two Grammar, two High, and seven Mixed schools.
Twenty-one teachers were employed during the year, six vacancies, by resignation, having occurred. Of these four were men, and seventeen women; four were collegiates ; three Normal-school graduates; five had received a partial Normal course; seven were graduates of our own High schools, and two had received academic education.
ATTRACTIONS.
Many of the schools have musical instruments, and teachers who are able to put them to good use, as well as teach vocal music. Most of them have also daily exer- cises in calisthenics, gesture, wand, and flag drills. These add to the comfort and health of the pupils, and tend to make school-life successful, cheerful, and happy.
FREE TEXT BOOKS.
The free text-book system has been in operation abou five years. Our records show that there are on han and in use more than thirty-five hundred volumes. TI original average cost per book was about fifty cents. This includes all text-books charged and delivered to the various teachers on requisition, in accordance with your directions. There is also much other school material, such as blank, copy, and drawing-books, maps, globes, charts, reference books, papers, slates, pencils, etc.
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