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A three-year diploma will be granted to all who desire, pro- vided three years' satisfactory work has been done, irrespective of the subjects chosen. At the end of four years' satisfactory work. a four-year diploma will be granted.
CONCLUSION.
In closing this report, I wish to thank all with whom I have been associated for their unfailing courtesy and sympathetic co- operation.
FREDERICK L. KENDALL,
Superintendent.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Pupils who have been neither absent nor tardy for one or more terms :-
CENTRE HIGHI.
No. of terms.
Anna Bliss,
2
Roberta Greenleaf,
·
2
Edith Hagerman,
2
Addie Wright,
Laura Dutton.
Ethel Wright,
1
CENTRE 2d INTERMEDIATE.
Marion Ad uns, 3 ·
Zora L. Feindel, 2
Leon S. Holt, .
1 Mark W. Reed,
Edith M. Bliss,
1
Grace Atwood, 1
Helen M. Knowlton, 1
John J. MeGillian, . 1
Elizabeth Byam, 1
LeRoy E. Dutton, ·
1
CENTRE 1st INTERMEDIATE.
Ruth E. Adams, 3
Hosmer W. Sweetser, 2 .
1 Ada E. Ross, . 2 Ethel P. Parker, ·
Nellie R. Redman, .
1
Jessie R. Chamberlin, 1
Charles B. Perham, 1
CENTRE 2d PRIMARY.
Abbott W. Russell, 3 ·
Frederick Russell, . 3 ·
1 . Ella M. Burns, 2 Leroy C. Bliss. .
Alfred L. Douglas,
1
Charles E. Douglas,
1
. E. Roy Kittredge, . R. Hazel Knowlton, 1
Ida R. Lovering, 1
Arthur C. Robbins, . 1
CENTRE 1st PRIMARY.
Agnes Eaton, . 2
Helen Lord, 2
Frederick 'langley, ·
2
Rachel Marshall,
. 2
Ann Dix,
1
Ralph Howland,
1
Elsie Perham, 1
Mabel Severance,
·
.
1
Arthur Adams,
1
Francis Dutton,
1
Olive Eaton, .
1
Emma Holt,
1
Katie Greenleaf,
1
Eva Perham, .
1
Alberta Wilson,
·
Lester Stearns,
1
Harry Dix,
1
Bertha Bartlett,
1
CENTRE 2d GRAMMAR.
William Adams, 3
Alta Byam,
·
3
Winthrop Center,
3
Ethel Hagerman,
3
Florence Feindel,
2
Goldie Hunt. .
2
William Robbins,
22
Lucy Byam,
2
Leroy Allen, .
2
Louise Adams. ·2
Catherine Sheehan, 2
Warren Robarge,
2
Emma Glidden,
Breck Emerson,
1
Hattie Dryden, 1
Sidney Dupee,
.
1
.
1
Adelbert Adams,
·
2
·
CENTRE 1st GRAMMAR.
Chester Allen, 2 .
.
2
No. of terms.
1
1
1
·
Percy Redman,
16
No. of ternis.
NORTH ILIGII.
Gladys E. Swain, .
3
Florence Queen, 2
Hubert Bearce, 1
Stewart Mackay, .
1
NORTH 2d INTERMEDIATE.
Anna Mackay, . ·
2
Rose Wright, .
·
. 2
NORTH 1st INTERMEDIATE.
Nellie L. Butterfield, . 1
Winnie L. Polley, .
·
Į
Jennie B. Wright, . . 1
NORTHI 2d PRIMARY.
Arthur McComb, 1
Mildred Queen, 1
Clifford Queen, 1
Irene Smith, . 1
NORTHI 1st PRIMARY.
John W. Bridgford, 1 .
Ruth M. Scribner,. 1
William G. Spillane, .
1
Luzern II. Lowell, .
1
Edward J. Duffy, ·
1
Alfred Davis, . ·
.
Alvin H. Polley, ·
1
Willie Welch, . 1
Bertha II. Piggott, . .
1
WEST GRAMMAR.
Gustaf Flodin,
1
No. of terms.
WEST PRIMARY.
Annie E. Westberg, 3
· Carl B. Dewell, 2
Vernon E. Newman, .
1 Victor E. Olsson, . ·
C. August Olsson, . .
Eric A. Westberg, . 1
Charlie W. Olsson, . 1 Beda M. Westberg, 1
Helen Dewell, 1
Carl E. Westberg, .
1
1
Chester F. Brown, . . David I. Olsson, 1
IIarrison D. Mason, 1
William A. Miller, . ·
1
SOUTH.
Minnie B. Penniman,
.
1
Lily E. Fish,
.
.
1
GOLDEN COVE.
Olive Carll,
.
1
Leo L. Jones, .
1
Harry A. McKinley,
.
.
1
EAST.
Edith H. Earle,
.
1
Harold Severance, .
·
1
SOUTII ROW.
Arthur E. Redman,
.
1
1
1
2
Julia A. Atherton, .
.
1
ITEMIZED STATISTICS.
With the exception of the first item. these figures are for the year ending Feb. 28, 1900 ..
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Membership.
Membership.
Average
Per Cent. of
Tardinesses.
Dismissals.
Centre, High
Charles W. Averell, 1 term
Elsie M. Dearborn, 1 term
41
34.06
93.2
36
11
D. Howard Fletcher, 1
2 terms
39
37.4
94.8
47
48
2d Grammar
Helen G. Fulton ..
40
36.0
94.0
32
107
1st Grammar
Lena E. Bliss, 2 terms.
40
31.9
92.5
48
25
1st Intermediate ..
Lizzie F. Webber.
42
35.8
90.7
25
12
2d Primary
Grace C. Litchfield.
25
26.7
85.9
62
15
1st Primary.
Grace Elma Mansfield.
.37
24.2
87.0
322
33
Grammar
Josephine Eaton
43
39.0
89.7
208
168
2d Intermediate.
Gertrude A. Jones
46
45.0
88.3
140
122
1st Intermediate ..
Ethel L. Stratton
50
45.5
86.7
297
48
Bertha M. Allen, 2 terms.
73
58.0
83.2
259
14
1st Primary
Laura G. Hoyt
26
23.1
88.6
68
13
West, Grammar
Bertha H. Long
49
43.5
91.3
43
8
Primary
Agnes Naylor
40
29.1
86.1
63
21
South ..
Mrs. A. H. Park
37
29.4
90.0
53
1
Golden Cove.
Hattie M. Hall.
East.
Susan B. Marshall, 1 term
32
35.6
86.6
81
23
Bessie M.Coburn, 1 term
South Row
Ada M. Reed, 2 terms.
23
14.9
77.9
117
144
Whole Town,
7228
6:28.561
88.7
1948
868
2d Intermediate.
Ethel E. Kimball, ? terms
45
39.4
90.1
43
North, High.
Arthur W. Trubey I
Elinor L. Coburn, 1 term.
2d Primary
Alice A. Kennedy, 1 term
Susan B. Marshall, 1 term.
*This item includes those who have been enrolled since the summer vacation of 1899.
-
Attendance.
*'Total
Lillian S. Copeland,
S. S. McFarlin, 1 term.
Marion Gee, 1 term.
CENTRE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr. F. L. Kendall, Superintendent of Schools :
I ask your consideration of the following, my first annual re- port as Principal of the Chelmsford Centre School.
ENROLLMENT.
Forty pupils have been enrolled since September, of whom sixteen are girls and twenty-four boys. One boy has left school to go to work ; one girl has entered the New Haven High School on our certificate, and one girl from our first-year class has entered, by examination, the corresponding class of the Lowell High School.
STUDIES.
The following table will show the distribution of work in the school :
Name of Course.
No. of Pupils.
Recita- tions per Week.
Name of Course.
No. of Pupils.
Recita- tions per Week.
Beginning Latin.
I4
5
Beginning Greek.
4
5
Cæsar
6
5
Xenophon.
I
5
Cicero.
3
5
Chemistry
13
5
Beginning
French .
2
5
Algebra
16
5
Advanced
French .
4
5
Geometry
14
5
Commercial
Arith.
Ist Division English .
and Bookkeeping
6
3
2nd
66
S
5
English History ....
7
1
5
Greek and Roman History . . ...
2
5
American History .. .
I
5
8
4
1
At present, as is seen by the table, instruction is provided in sixteen subjects. Next year, to meet the State requirements of a four-year course, all the foregoing studies must be continued, and, in addition, Virgil, Homer, Solid Geometry, and College Require- ments in English must be introduced. Although these studies will cover the law, I feel that the school would be more efficient if it could offer courses in Physical Geography, Botany, Business Law and one more class in English. A Course of Study for the school may be found in the Superintendent's report. In order to teach the course satisfactorily, more assistance will be needed.
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HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANCE.
A Course of Study for the High School, which should meet the requirements of the State law and still be within the power of two teachers, could be drafted. Such a course, however, which would necessarily require all the pupils to take the same studies, or to fol- low one or two prescribed courses, would be contrary to the best thought of our time. No one would assume that every boy and girl in town should be fed, throughout a period of years, according to some one or two standard bills of fare. Although a few might thrive on their prescribed fare, many would pine away for lack of proper nourishment. I believe there is as great need of providing the pupils some choice in their mental food. In the lower grades, the course must be prescribed, but when some tastes have been developed, the High School ought to furnish the opportunity of working along the line of greatest power.
Again, the work could be limited to two teachers by sending the fourth year pupils to Lowell. This would not seem to me wise. No two courses of study fit perfectly into one another, and any pupil passing from one school to another, loses some time in acquiring the new customs. The dread, moreover, of entering a new school tends to stop the advancement of a bright pupil.
Although the expense of sending the fourth year .to Lowell would be slightly less, at present, than more assistance in the High School, the advantage to the town would be far less. It is a matter of pride to a town to be able to prepare, at home, all its children for the College or Technological school, for the Normal school, or for business. This we shall be able to do if we can introduce the course herewith presented.
ENGLISII.
I feel that the pupils of this school lack ability to express themselves with accuracy and vigor. I intend to give instruction in English to every class, next year.
CHEMISTRY.
The equipment provided for the study of Chemistry this year, has promoted a strong interest in the subject. I recommend that the laboratory be moved to the girls' basement. This can be done at slight expense, and would provide us with water. The room where the laboratory now is, could be used for desks.
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BOOKKEEPING.
The new " Budget " system of Book-keeping which you intro- duced, has proved a great help, both in the interest of the pupil and in economy of teaching force. I think that any pupil who has faithfully done the work of that course, has a knowledge of accounts sufficient to handle any ordinary set of books.
COMMERCIAL LAW.
I wish that the principles of law which underlie all business transactions might be added to the commercial course.
MILITARY DRILL.
I think the Military Drill, introduced last year into the school, should be continued. It seems to me to be an experiment, the value of which cannot be told in any one year. If the drill seemed to foster a military spirit, a love for fighting for the sake of fighting, I should recommend the abolition of the company. But I believe steadiness of purpose, a power of concentration, and the habit of quick obedience, are fostered by the drill. All the boys want to become officers, and the officers recently, of their own volition, signed a pledge agreeing to behave in all places in a manner becom- ing an officer. I hope the company will be supported as long as the effect on the boys' characters is salutary. The power of reduc- ing to the ranks any officer who is guilty of a serious school offence, or whose scholarship is neglected, should be in the power of the Principal, or of the school authorities.
LIBRARY PRIVILEGE.
I wish to express my thanks to the Librarian of the Adams Library for his attention to our needs. The teachers have been permitted to take and to keep many books at a time. Such a privi- lege is a great help, especially in teaching History and English.
HIEATING OF BUILDING.
Several days this winter we have had difficulty in securing proper heat for the building, and a few times we have been obliged to send home the smaller children. In my opinion, this is in no wise the fault of our janitor. He has been at the school early in the morning and has had good fires some days when we could not keep warm. I believe a complete set of double windows would secure us against
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the cold. The system is capable of heating and ventilating the building, and the double windows would pay for themselves in a short time by a saving in coal.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
I know that all the teachers in the building feel their indebted- ness to Dr. Chamberlin for the active interest he showed in the school so long as he remained upon the Board. I wish to thank the Committee for its hearty co-operation in all my work.
With a word of appreciation to you, Mr. Superintendent, for your many kindly suggestions, I am,
Respectfully,
D. HOWARD FLETCHER.
NORTH CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
· MR. FREDERICK L. KENDALL,
Superintendent of Schools;
In presenting to you my fourth annual report of the North Chelmsford High School, I deem it appropriate to state a few facts relating to the conditions under which we have been obliged to work in the past.
First. The immaturity and mediocrity of the pupils, caused by their crowding in the lower grades, and their premature admis- sion to the High School.
Second. The limitations in culture and methods which this state of things imposed on the teacher.
Third. The more or less hasty adjustment to meet the demands of the impossible in education, seething with vague speculations and "glittering generalities."
The High School will enter upon a new era with the beginning of the next term. The interest and generosity of the citizens, and the untiring zeal of the building committee, have made it possible for the school to move into new quarters.
In this beautiful and commodious structure, surrounded by all those influences which mean so much in education, supported by a sufficient corps of teachers in the lower grades, and under your able supervision, the school will have an opportunity to uphold the traditions of the past, and to build up an institution which shall give to the pupils the kind of training which they need, and which the State demands.
I take this opportunity or renewing my expressions of gratitude to all who have contributed to the success of the school. I appre- ciate the many kind words of encouragement from the citizens, the co-operation of the School Committee, and the cheerful willingness and ability of my assistant.
Thanking you, also, Mr. Superintendent, for your courtesy and assistance, this report is respectfully submitted.
ARTHUR W.TRUBEY, Principal of High School.
North Chelmsford, Feb. 22, 1900.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Adams Library
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.,
FOR THE
Year Ending February 28, 1900.
LOWELL, MASS. : COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1 900.
LIBRARY REPORT.
The Trustees of the Adams Library organized, for their seventh year, April 1, 1899, by re-electing Mr. J. Adams Bartlett, Chair- man, and Miss Emma J. Gay, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. L. H. Sargent was re-elected Purchasing Agent, and Messrs. J. A. Bartlett, A. H. Davis and Rev. Wilson Waters were chosen a committee to select magazines and periodicals for the reading room. Mr. Bartlett also was chosen a Prudential Committee to act in matters relating to the library building, and Messrs. Waters and Davis were chosen to have general oversight of the library and reading room. Mr. A. Heady Park was chosen to attend to the transportation and care of books for the South Chelmsford patrons of the library, and Mr. Charles H. Greenleaf was re- elected Librarian.
The library, divested of the stimulus attending the few first years of its establishment in its beautiful home, now seems to have settled down into its normal work in the community, and it is gratifying to note that the circulation has increased over the pre- ceding year, notwithstanding the library was closed eight sessions in May, owing to the prevalence of scarlet fever, and it is yet more gratifying to note an improvement in the character of the circulation.
The library has been open 194 sessions, and the circulation has been 10,642, an increase of 184 over last year. Of this circulation 67 per cent. has been fiction, general works S per cent., travels and description 6, history 6, literature 4, biography 3, natural science 2, useful arts, fine arts, religion and philosophy, and sociology I per cent. each. The number of borrowers has been 472, a slight de- crease from the preceding year. The number of volumes pur- chased is 298, of which 19 went to replace worn out books. From the State of Massachusetts S6 volumes have been received, also 10 volumes from the United States government and I volume each from the American Union League Society and the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Society. The library is likewise indebted to the following individuals who have donated one volume each, viz. :- Frederick A. Fisher, Esq., Mrs. A. H. Park, Mr. C. E. A. Bartlett,
Mr. Luke Blanchard, Mr. J. Adams Bartlett, Mr. Charles H. Greenleaf.
The whole number of volumes now in the library is 6,032.
Additional gas fixtures, much needed in the book room, have been provided, the expense being confined to the cost of the fittings, the labor of erecting the improvement having been done, without charge, by the Librarian.
We are glad to call the attention of the town to the recent ben- efaction of Mr. Amos F. Adams, the generous donor of the library building, who has further manifested his interest in the library by surrounding the lot, in part, with a handsome granite curbing and providing needed concrete sidewalks.
In conducting the affairs of a library like ours the labor in- volved must be largely gratuitous, for which no acknowledgment can be made.
Our report, however, would be incomplete without mention of the generous services of Mrs. N. B. Lapham, of South Chelmsford, who has continued her care of the books called for by the borrowers of that section of the town.
The contribution of articles, papers, and documents of historic interest, especially those relating to and connected with the earlier history of the town, is earnestly solicited.
A valuable nucleus of such a collection has already been do- nated to this department by public-spirited individuals, and it is hoped that this appeal will result in yet larger gifts of like character.
There are, undoubtedly, many such relics in the possession of residents of the town. The library, with its well-supplied accom- modations, would seem to be a fitting place for their care and preservation.
The Ttreasurer's account shows the following financial condition of the library :-
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand March 1, 1899. $ 36 32
Town appropriation for 1899 Soo 00
Sale of duplicate books .
4 47
Sale of borrower's cards
I 70
Sale of finding lists. 2 00
Fines 11 82 -
$856 31
EXPENDITURES.
C. H. Greenleaf, Librarian and Janitor $240 00
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., books. 71 40
Baker & Taylor Co., books. 207 46
A. R. Taylor, book. 2 70
Magazines and periodicals.
F. J. Barnard & Co., repairing and binding.
55 95
H. L. Parkhurst, coal.
112 00
Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing Co., gaso- line, etc. 48 39
H. R. Barker Manufacturing Co., gas fittings 22 49
H. C. Sweetser, lumber for staging
I
10
Melville Walker, cleaning gas pipes and fixtures 3 15
G. T. Parkhurst, printing 8 00
Bartlett & Dow, supplies
4 35
C. L. Bruce, supplies
2 33
C. B. Coburn & Co., supplies
2 00
G. E. Maker, bulletin frame
1 75
R. W. Crocker, cleaning dry well 2 00
C. S. Fulton, repairing clock. .50
A. H. Park, transporting books to and from South Chelmsford. 13 00
E. J. Gay, stamps and postal cards I 64
L. H. Sargent, expense I 46
C. H. Greenleaf, supplies
5 29
Freight and express 5 59
Balance to new account 28 35
$856 31
Respectfully submitted, J. ADAMS BARTLETT, Chairman. EMMA J. GAY, Secretary and Treasurer. ALBERT H. DAVIS, A. HEADY PARK, WILSON WATERS,
LUTHER H. SARGENT,
Trustees.
14 41
H. L. Parkhurst, removing ashes 1 00
REPORT OF THE NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY AS- SOCIATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1900.
RECEIPTS.
From Town of Chelmsford for purchase of
books .
$150 00
From Town of Chelmsford for running expenses .
250 00
From insurance dividend
11 44
Mrs. T. J. Adams
2 00
sale of catalogues.
9 00
fines.
II 69
$434 13
EXPENDITURES.
For electric lights.
$ 12 00
fuel.
17 15
new shelves
30 14
freight and express
5 84
printing ..
4 00
Library Art Club
5 00
insurance
33 00
library supplies.
17 62
books, appropriation for 1899
149 63
books to replace.
8 86
repairs and binding
54 65
Librarian's services.
75 00
66 assistant
10 00
IO So
transporting books to West Chelmsford balance to new account. 44
$434 13
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The library has been open 152 sessions during the year and the circulation has been 6678, an increase of 1254 above the circulation of the previous twelve months. The number of borrowers was 345. The number of books added has been 160 by purchase and 17 by donation. In recataloguing the library and preparing a new ac- cession book, some corrections were made in the numbering. These corrections reduced the number of volumes, as given last year, to 3446. With the 167 volumes. added during the past year, the number now on the shelves is 3623.
The bi-weekly service to West Chelmsford has proved a great accommodation to borrowers there, and Miss L ... A. Allen is once again entitled to the thanks of the community for attending to the distribution of the books in that section.
ZIBA GAY, President.
OTIS P. WHEELER, Secretary.
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