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Grammar .- The sentence. Kinds of sentences. Phrases and clauses. Analysis of simple sentences. Metcalf's Gram- mar, Part I.
Arithmetic .- Percentage and its applications, simple in- terest, measurements, ratio and proportion. Smith's Inter- mediate, Chapter II.
Geography .- The earth's form and size, directions, land, water, surface of continents, climate, races of men, zones of plant and animal life, minerals, commerce. People, surface, climate, and products of the United States. Special study of the New England, Middle Atlantic and Southern States. Frye's Grammar School.
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History .- From the early discoveries to Washington's ad- ministration.
GRADE VIII
Reading -- See Course in Reading.
Language .- Continue the work outlined for the seventh grade.
Grammar .- Kinds, forms and uses of all the parts of speech. Rules of syntax. Analysis of sentences. Metcalf's Grammar, Part II.
Arithmetic. - General review, measures, percentage, pro- portion, business applications. Smith's Advanced.
Geography. - Central and Western States. Possessions of the United States. Other countries of North America. South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia. Frye's Grammar School.
History-From Washington's administration to the pres- ent time.
GRADE IX
Reading .- See Course in Reading.
Language .- Frequent composition exercises based upon history, geography, or nature study. Review the work out- lined for the seventh grade.
Grammar .- Continue the work outlined for the eighth grade. Metcalf's Grammar, Part III.
Arithmetic. - Business applications, mensuration, the metric system, and review work. Complete Smith's Ad- vanced.
Algebra. - Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, factoring, simple equation. Second half of the year.
Geography .- Review topically. First half of the year.
History .- Topics for review: Territorial growth, eight weeks; wars, three weeks; slavery, eight weeks; inventions, four weeks; recent history, three weeks; civil government, welve weeks.
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COURSES OF STUDY IN THE CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOLS
LATIN COURSE
FIRST YEAR
*English 5
* Algebra 5
*Latin. 5
* Ancient History 3
Mediaeval and Modern History or 3
Drawing. 2
SECOND YEAR
*English 5
*Geometry 5
** Caesar 5
Mediaeval and Modern History or 3
* Ancient History 3
THIRD YEAR
*English 4
*Cicero
5
French I, or German I .. 5
Physics or Chemistry 5
*Review Mathematics 5
English History 3
Drawing 2
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FOURTH YEAR
#English 4
* Virgil 5
*Review Mathematics 5
5
Chemistry or Physics.
5
French II or German II .
English History 3
ENGLISH COURSE
FIRST YEAR
*English 5
* Algebra
5
Physiology 1/2 yr., Botany 72 yr., or
5
Bookkeeping 3
* Ancient History or. 3
*Mediaeval and Modern History 3.
Drawing 2
SECOND YEAR
* English 5
*Geometry 5
*Mediaeval and Modern History or. 3
* Ancient History 3
Bookkeeping or 5
Physiology 1/2 yr., Botany 1/2 yr. 5
THIRD YEAR
* English 4
Astronomy 1/2 yr., Geology 1/2 yr., or 5
*Review Mathematics. 5
*Physics or #Chemistry 5
French I, or German I. 5
*English History or .. 3
American History and Civics 3
Drawing
2
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FOURTH YEAR
*English 4
* American History and Civics or 3
* English History 3
* Chemistry or *Physics 5
French I or II, German I or II. 5
*Review Mathematics or 5
Astronomy 12 yr., Geology 1/2 yr. 5
The figures indicate the number of recitations a week, and also the number of credits assigned to each study.
The studies marked with a star are required, the others are elective.
English, Latin, Algebra and Geometry will be offered every year.
The following subjects will be offered every other year:
1908-1909 AND EVERY SECOND YEAR THEREAFTER
Ancient History 3
Bookkeeping 5
German I 5
French II. 5
Physics or Chemistry 5
English History 3
Advanced Drawing 2
Review Mathematics 5
1909-1910 AND EVERY OTHER SECOND YEAR THEREAFTER
Mediaeval and Modern History 3
Physiology and Botany 5
French I. 5
German II. 5
Chemistry or Physics 5
American History and Civics 3
Elementary Drawing 2
Astronomy and Geology 5
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REGULATIONS
I. Seventy credits will be required for graduation.
II. No credits will be allowed for unsatisfactory work or for subjects only partially completed, except that students in the English Course may substitute two years of Latin for an equivalent amount of elective work.
III. Examination work shall count one-third in determining the final rank in any study.
IV. Students who fail in any subject shall take it again the following year if it is offered.
V. No student will be allowed to drop a subject without reasons satisfactory to the Principal and to the Superintendent.
VI. A class will not be formed in a subject if the number desiring to take it is too small.
VII. A student's choice of studies will be subject to the program of recitations as made out by the Principal.
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ROLL OF HONOR
Pupils who were neither absent nor tardy for one or more terms during the year ending in June, 1908:
CENTRE SCHOOS Grade VI
High
No. of Terms
Catherine E. Feindel . 3
Bernice M. Knowlton 3
Frank P. Blakely 1
Olive F. Carll.
1
Elizabeth Chamberlain 1
Carrie B. Knowlton. 1
Thomas E. Sheehan 1
Elizabeth F. Warren. 1
Grade IX
Irene C. French 3
Ella A. Rose 3
Arthur N. Carll 2
Ruth Emerson
2
Abbott W. Russell 1
Gertrude L. Scoble 1
Grade VII
Dorothy E. Hayes 3
Miriam E. Warren 3
Ruth E. Whittemore 3
Catherine M. Green 2
Blanche L. Spaulding 2
Lucy J. Comber 1
Rachel F. Fletcher 1
Elmer R. Hill. 1
G. Pansey Jones 1
Ruth H. Lane 1
Earl Lovely 1
Mary E. Sheehan. 1
No. of Terms Bertha E. Crandell 2
Leonard T. Perry
2
Emma V. Fifield 1
Earl H. Hesseltine 1
Grade V
Herbert F. Rose. 3
Ira A. Spaulding 3
Adella Parkhurst
2
Harry F. Parkhurst 2
John Sheehan 2
George Chapman 1
Kenneth Douglas 1
William H. Goodell. 1
Herbert McQuarrie 1 Charles H F. Winship .. 1
Grade IV
Charles A. Ellis 3
Francis L. DeKalb 1
Grade III
Faye Wilson 3
Donald F. Adams 1
Dorothy C. Emerson 1
Charles Hills. . 1
Ralph G. Knowlton. 1
Margaret McQuarrie
1
Harry L. Russell .
1
Grade II
Arthur G. Ellis 2
Maybelle F. Stearns
2
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No. of Terms
Ruth N. Corr . 1
Marguerite Donahue 1
Lillian F. Lane 1
Grade I
Eva Rose. 3
Beatrice H. Armstrong 1
Lillian Genest . . . . 1
Andrew L. Sheehan
1
Clayton B. Stuart.
1
Leo F Stuart.
1
NORTHI SCHOOL
High
Adele E. Smith 2
Paul G. Hudson. 1
Etta M. Malorey 1
Gertrude M. Quigley 1
Esther A. Reid.
1
Grade IX
Bessie E. Scribner. 1
Grade VIII
Helen Hayward 1
Grade VII
Mary A. Murphy 3
Bertha L. Wright 3
Paul L. Callah'ın
2
Arthur W. Polley 2
Marshall E. Blakesley 1
Mary L. Boucher. 1
Flora M. Durant 1
Mildred Foote. 1
J. William Ryan 1
Ruth Scribner
1
Grade VI
Edward E. Boucher 2
Della Bacon. 1
Ella Crockett 1
Grace Demers 1
Olive Welch .
1
Grade V
Harry O. Forrest 3
No. of Terms
John Murphy . 3
Otis R. Wright. 3
Harold Warner 2
Clarence M. Bacon 1
Isabell M. Carpentier 1
Marv G. Garvis 1
Doris E. Luke 1
Willis L. McComb 1
Anna Savoie 1
Harold D. Vasselin 1
Grade IT
Joseph Donovan 3
Florence Boucher
Leo Boucher.
Eddie Cook
· )
John Dunigan 2
Harold Hodge
Hi!ma Hodge
Leo Ryan.
Joseph Tansey 2
Margaret Abbott 1
Levina Brulie 1
Margaret Daley. 1
Stephen Holland 1
Versa Jordan 1
Leroy Lakin 1
Rena Luke 1
Josephine McEnaney 1
Mildred Ward.
1
Grade III
Leda Boucher
Edna Daniels
Thomas Murphy 2
Gerald Ryan 2
Viola Abbott 1
Myrtle Daniels 1
Bessie DeCarteret 1
Lena Demers 1
Florence Pinel . 1
Albert Spaulding 1
Mildred Stevens 1
Weldon Stevens 1
153
Grade Il
No. of Terms
Ethel M. Dixon 3
Bruce W. Adams.
Edna G. Dixon
Jennie Durant
John Miner
2
Frank Welch
2
Edgar A. Allard
1
Donald Callahan
1
Seymour Davis.
1
Helen MI. Quigley
1
Ruth M. Ward .
1
Grades 1 and 2
James Dunigan 2
Mary A. Garvis 1
George Mitchell
1
John Tansey
1
Ellen Walsh
1
David Welch
1
Grade I
Nellie DeCarteret 2
Birtwell Ball
1
Beatrice I. Boucher
1
Frank Garvis
1
Frederick L Ryan
1
Mary E. Welch
1
WEST GRAMMAR
Clarence Burne. 2
Emil Anderson . 1
Bernice Brown 1
Clarence Spaulding
1
WEST INTERMEDIATE
Alberta A. Miller 3
Walter T. Monahan
3
Bertha F. Billson
2
Albert J. Burne
1
Esther T. Lavin 1
Marion L. Marshall 1
Emma S. Miller.
1
Harold F. Miller.
1
Edith E. Nystrom 1 Joseph P. Roark 1
No. of Terms
Thomas E. Roark
1
Flora Tucker
1
WEST PRIMARY
Mollie Nelson. 2
Annie Lundgren.
1
llelga Lundgren
1
Alice Miller.
1
Margaret Nelson
1
Paul Roark
1
EAST GRAMMAR
Roy A. Merrill 1
Anna Ohlson 1
Henry C. Shedd. ..
1
EAST PRIMARY
Roy Arnott .
Bertie Brown
1
Walter Dyer
1
Ruth Kappler
1
Cy Merrill
1
Arthur Nelson
1
Helen Tremblay
1
SOUTH PRIMARY
William D. Fish ?
Arthur Paignon
1
Henry Adamson
1
Dorothy Fish
1
Gerard Kennedy
1
Ellen Paignon.
1
Hazel Winning
1
GOLDEN COVE
Ralph G. Boyd 3
Walter Mckinley
2
Alice Burns .
1
William Felch.
1
NORTH ROW
Andrew E. Blaisdell 1
Fannie L. Blaisdell
1
Helen E. Blaisdell.
1
Byron I. Bullock
1
Joseph Woodhead
1
STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING IN JUNE, 1908
SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Pupils Under 5
Pupils Be-
tween 5 and 15
Pupils over 15
Pupils be-
tween 7 and 11
CENTRE
H. H. Rice, Principal
High
.
.
44
40.5
37.1
91.5
0
9
35
4
Alice J. Potter . .
High, IX
25
21 7
20.8
95.7
0
16
9
19
Susan S. McFarlin
VII
35
26.1
24.4
93 6
0
30
5
23
J. Irena Gurney . .
VI .
28
26.9
24.6
91.4
0
28
0
27
Esther B. Douglas
V
41
37.9
35.2
92 9
0
41
0
41
Alice M. Douglas
III, IV .
35
31.4
29 2
93.0
0
35
0
35
Grace C. Lichfield
I, II ..
56
44.7
40.6
90.8
1
55
0
23
NORTH . .
E. G. Royce, Principal
High, IX.
35
32.4
30 3
93 5
0
14
21
7
Irena M. Crawford
VII
38
30 3
27 7
91.3
0
37
1
33
Emma G. Holt ..
VI, VIII ..
33
29 9
27 9
93 4
0
31
2
24
V
46
41.3
37.6
91.0
0
46
0
45
May D. Sleeper
IV .
44
41 4
38.2
92 2
0
44
00
47
Margaret C. Gookin.
II .
42
32 2
30 2
93.7
0
42
0
26
Mary K. Prince .
I .
28
32 0
28.7
89.7
U
28
0
9
Catherine E. McDermott.
I.
36
33.3
29.8
89.5
7
29
0
5
WEST
Bertha H. Long.
VII-IX ...
35
18.9
17.6
93.1
0
30
5
24
Agnes Naylor ...
IV-VI.
32
30.8
29.3
94.9
0
32
0
32
Ena G. Macnutt
I-III ..
36
33.1
30 4
91.4
1
35
0
44
Katherine M. Quinn
III .
49
37.7
35.1
93.3
0
49
154
. . .
17
Marion E Chase
Georgianna M. Clark.
Gertrude A. Jones
Ella A. Hutchinson
EAST
Daisy E. Vose
V.VIII
30 46
26.1 37.1
23.3 34.6
89 3 92.9
0
29 44
0
27
SOUTH
Irene F. Norton. .
26
20.8
18 2
87.5
0
26
0
23
Emma M. Graham
I-IV.
25
21 5
193
89 7
2
23
0
16
GOLDEN COVE
Gertrude B. McQuade.
I-IV .
28
21.7
19.7
90.0
1
27
0
18
SOUTH ROW ..
Katherine L. Shea
I-V.
24
16.6
13.1
79.0
0
24
0
19
NORTH ROW . .
Mary H. Ort.
I-IV.
17
11.5
10.5
91 3
0
17
0
12
Totals for 1907-1908.
914
777.8
713.4
91.8
14
821
79
628
Totals for 1906-1907.
917
775.2
696.4
89.8
8
844
65
629
Totals for 1905-1906.
882
750 9
685.3
91.3
1
811
64
626
Totals for 1904 1905.
865
718.4
642.5
89 4
800
58
594
Totals for 1903 1904.
830
690.6
622.1
90.1
6
759
65
573
Totals for 1902-1903.
862
702.0
627.9
89.4
6
782
74
563
Totals for 1901 1902
850
671 0
600 0
89 4
17
767
62
532
Totals for 1900-1901
828
677.7
605 2
89.7
6
749
73
538
Totals for 1899-1900
772
631 4
556,0
SS 1
10
702
60
527
.
1 29
Sara M. Devine.
I-IV
2
V-VIII
. .
-
155
TEACHERS, FEBRUARY 27, 1909
SCHOOL
GRADES
TEACHERS
WHERE EDUCATED
BEGAN WORK
CENTRE .
High
*H. H. Rice, A, B ...
*Alice J. Potter, A. B. .
Boston University . . . Middlebury College, Vt ... Radcliffe College. .
Sept., 1903 Jan., 1907 Sept , 1905 April, 1879
VI ..
*Frances J. Amsden
Sept , 1908
IV and V.
* Flora W. Campbell .
Sept., 1908
II and III
*Eva M. Godfrey. *Grace C. Litchfield
Bridgewater Normal Plymouth Normal, N. H ... Froebel Normal Kindergar- ten, Providence, R. I . ..
Sept .. 1896
NORTH . .
High and IX. . * Walter B Pierce, A. B. .. *Mary W. Cross, A. B .. . *Irena W. Crawford, A. B ..
Bates College.
Sept , 1908
Bates College.
Sept, 1908
Tufts College.
Sept., 1907
VIIand VIII . * Gertrude A. Jones . .
Salem Normal.
VI .
*Ella A. Hutchinson.
Framingham Normal ..
V.
*May D. Sleeper
North Chelmsford High ... Lowell Normal. .
April, 1889 Sept., 1905 March, 1907 Sept., 1907
IV
*Emma G. Holt
III
* Katherine M. Quinn
Lowell Normal ..
Sept , 1905
II .
* Margaret C. Gookin
Lowell Normal ..
Jan., 1907
I and II * Mary K. Prince. .
Gorham Normal, Me.
Sept, 1907
1 .
*Catherine E. McDermott ..
Lowell Normal.
Sept , 1905
WEST
VII - IX
*Bertha H. Long .
Salem Normal.
April, 1896
IV - VI.
*Agnes Naylor *Ena G Macnutt.
North Chelmsford High. .. Lowell Normal ..
April, 1880 Sept., 1906
EAST
I - IV ...
V - VIII *Anna M. Porter *Hannah H. Sleeper . .
Johnson Normal, Vt. .... North Chelmsford High ...
Sept., 1908 Dec., 1908
High and IX . .
* Marion E. Chase, A. B
VII and VIII. * Susan S. McFarlin .
Framingham Normal. West Brookfield High .
Sept, 1908
I
156
I - III .
SOUTH V - VIII I - IV . · GOLDEN COVE.
*Bethia S. Keith. *Emma M. Graham ..
Bridgewater Normal .. . Lowell Normal ...
Sept., 1908 Sept., 1907
I - IV
*Gertrude B. McQuade
Lowell Normal ..
Sept., 1907
SOUTH ROW
I - IV
*Katherine L. Shea
Lowell Normal.
Sept., 1907
NORTH ROW ..
I, III - V
*Eliza Spaulding ..
Lowell Normal.
Sept., 1908
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC ..
Mary B. Raynes ...
School of Methods.
Sept., 1902
SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
*Bertha G. Bartlett
Normal Art School
Sept , 1907
SUPT. OF SCHOOLS
*F. L. Kendall, A. M
Carleton College, Minn. Harvard College ...
Aug . 1899
157
Graduates
158
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE CHELMS- FORD HIGH SCHOOL
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1908
Motto : " Nihil sine labore."
PROGRAM
Selection.
CHELMSFORD ORCHESTRA
Invocation.
REV. WILSON WATERS
Salutatory Essay-" Girls of the Past and Present." ETHEL P. PARKER
Songs-a " The Rosary." Nevin
b " Dry Yo' Eyes." Landsberg
SCHOOL CHORUS
Essay-" Success."
RUTH E. ADAMS
Selection.
CHELMSFORD ORCHESTRA
Essay-" Little Things."
ELLEN A. CUDWORTH
Musical Selection-" Doris." Nevin
Violin-M. MARION ADAMS 'Cello-RUTH E. ADAMS Voice-DELLA B. BAKER Piano-BERNICE M. KNOWLTON
Essay-" Glimpses of Norway." A. AUGUSTA PAASCHE
Song-" Nursery Rhyme Suite." Custance
SCHOOL CHORUS
159
Valedictory Essay-" Toward the Setting Sun." MARK W. REED
Presentation of Diplomas.
SUPT. F. L. KENDALL
Benediction.
REV. L. L. GREENE
Selection.
CHELMSFORD ORCHESTRA
GRADUATES
FOUR YEARS' COURSE
Mabel Marion Adams
Della Bertha Baker
Catherine Ellen Dunn
Raymond Walter Dutton
Carrie Blanche Knowlton
Anna Augusta Paasche
Ethel Pauline Parker
Mark White Reed
THREE YEARS' COURSE
Ruth Elizabeth Adams
Harlan Bridgham Brown
Fred Edmund Carll
Ellen Achsa Cudworth
Guy Gardner Files Bernice May Knowlton
CLASS OFFICERS
President
Secretary
Treasurer
.
Raymond W. Dutton Catherine E. Dunn Ethel P. Parker
160
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE NORTH CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1908
Motto: " In nobis victoria est."
PROGRAM
March.
ORCHESTRA
Invocation.
REV. D. A. HUDSON
Salutatory Essay-'' Modern Russia."
NELLIE LORRAINE BUTTERFIELD
Songs-a " In Dreams I've Heard the Seraphs Fair." Faure b " Sweet and Low." Barnby
SEMI-CHORUS
Essay-" Relation of Education to Crime." ELIZABETH FRANCES FLYNN
Piano Solo.
JOSEPH FREDETTE
Oration-"' Need of a Larger Navy."
JESSE SARGENT BUTTERFIELD
Song-" Up and Away." SEMI-CHORUS Geibel
Essay-" The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte." RUTH MILDRED RICHARDSON
Valedictory Essay-" Idylls of the King." VERONICA GERTRUDE LOWE
Presentation of Diplomas.
SUPT. F. L. KENDALL
161
Benediction.
Selection.
REV. E. T. SCHOFIELD ORCHESTRA
GRADUATES
FOUR YEARS' COURSE
Ruth Mildred Richardson
Veronica Gertrude Lowe
Nellie Lorraine Butterfield
Jesse Sargent Butterfield
THREE YEARS' COURSE
Elizabeth Frances Flynn
CLASS OFFICERS
President . Veronica Gertrude Lowe .
Vice-President
. Jesse Sargent Butterfield,
Secretary and Treasurer · Nellie Lorraine Butterfield
162
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
TEACHING
CENTRE
L. Mabel Bates, 3 4-5 weeks $ 45 60
Marion E. Chase, 40 weeks 524 00
Alice M. Douglass, 11 1-5 weeks 134 40
Esther B. Douglass, 15 weeks.
187 50
J. Irene Gurney, 15 weeks. 180 00
Grace C. Litchfield, 38 weeks
532 00
Susan S. McFarlin, 38 weeks
532 00
Alice J. Potter, 40 weeks . 524 00
Herbert H. Rice, 40 weeks.
1,050 00
Frances, J. Amsden, 23 weeks
276 00
Flora W. Campbell, 23 weeks
276 00
Bessie K. Emerson, 1 week
9 00
Eva M. Godfrey, 22 weeks
264 00
4,534 50
NORTH
Georgiana M. Clark, 16 weeks 240 00
Irena M. Crawford, 40 weeks
436 00
Margaret C. Gookin, 38 weeks
414 50
Emma G. Holt, 38 weeks
467 50
Ella A. Hutchinson, 38 weeks
498 00
Gertrude A. Jones, 38 weeks
486 50
Catherine E. McDermott, 38 weeks
452 50
Mary K. Prince, 38 weeks
410 50
Katherine M. Quinn, 38 weeks
422 00
Elmer G. Royce, 16 weeks
400 00
May D. Sleeper, 38 weeks
479 00
Mary W. Cross, 24 weeks
360 00
Walter B. Pierce, 24 weeks
600 00
5,666 50
163
WEST
Bertha H. Long, 38 weeks
486 50
Eva J. Macnutt, 38 weeks 414 50
Agnes Naylor, 38 weeks 532 00
1,433 00
EAST
Sara M. Devine. 26 weeks 312 00
Daisy E. Vose, 15 weeks 180 00
Anna M. Porter, 23 weeks
276 00
Hannah H. Sleeper, 12 weeks
132 00
900 00
SOUTH
Emma M. Graham, 38 weeks
403 00
Irene F. Norton, 15 weeks
157 50
Bethia S. Keith, 22 1-5 weeks.
266 40
826 90
NORTH ROW
Mary H. Ort, 15 weeks
150 00
Eliza Spaulding, 23 weeks 207 00
357 00
GOLDEN COVE
Gertrude B. McQuade, 38 weeks
. ..
372 50
372 50
SOUTH ROW
Katherine L. Shea, 38 weeks
384 00
384 00
MUSIC
Mary B. Raynes, 38 weeks.
494 00
494 00
164
DRAWING
Bertha G. Bartlett, 40 weeks 400 00
400 00
SUPERINTENDENT
Frederick L. Kendall 1,215 42
1,215 42
CARE OF SCHOOLHOUSES
Aubrey E. Chadbourne
38 00
Fred Chandler
500 00
Charles H. House
84 42
Rose E. Osterhout ..
38 00
Roy Paignon.
15 00
Edgar R. Parker
133 35
Owen Scollan
509 05
A. H. Sherman
83 00
Thomas Smith.
115 00
A. F. Whidden
330 00
1,845 82
FUEL
Henry Cox.
11 34
Warren Berry
12 74
Clarence G. Nickles
250 75
J. Marinel, Jr
473 81
Wm. C. Edwards
246 74
Harry L. Parkhurst.
662 44
J. C. Osterhout.
4 38
1,662 20
INCIDENTALS
North Chelmsford Fire District
10 00
Lowell Gas Light Co
6 48
Courier Citizen Co.
3 45
165
Mr. Grover 10 00
F. L. Kendall
33 52
Nellie L. Butterfield
23 45
Knowlton Press
20 71
E. R. Marshall
1 25
L. Gaudette
9 10
Smith & Brooks
87 75
D. F. Small.
3 54
Aubrey E. Chadbourne
1 00
Napoleon Lemay
10 00
S. W. Parkhurst
20 12
Emerson & Metcalf
6 63
Michael Scollan
1 25
Lowell Electric Light Corp
1 00
American Express Co
2 09
George F. White.
3 52
George H. Wilson
2 50
257 36
TRANSPORTATION
Mary B. Raynes.
52 00
Mrs. Fred Merrill
95 00
Thos. Newbold .
4 98
Benjamin Bogdonoff
178 50
J. C. Sheehan
280 50
Boston & Northern St. Ry. Co
285 00
Lowell & Fitchburg St. Ry. Co
5 00'
Thos. Brown ..
9 23
Bertha G. Bartlett
24 00
Fred Armitage
106 /50
John Agnew
7 18
Patrick Flynn
7 13
James Reid
6 03
1,061 05
166
APPARATUS
Derby & Morse. 3 75
Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co 5 04
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co 6 81
Manhattan Electric Co. 9 61
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co
20 02
45 23
FURNITURE AND REPAIRS
F. L. Kendall . . 8 26
Leonard Spalding
15 00
Derby & Morse.
2 85
F. G. Pratt.
90
Adams Hardware & Paint Co
1 90
Emerson & Metcalf
4 88
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
264 40
Bartlett & Dow
39 37
W. T. S. Bartlett
6 40
Ervin E. Smith
13 16
I. H. Knight
5 00
J. C. Osterhout
17 75
Adams & Co.
60 20
Chelmsford Foundry Co
17 34
Staples Bros .
55
Fred Chandler
2 10
A. H. Sherman
2 75
Charles Parkhurst
20 08
J. W. Stevens 5 05
J. C. Hobbs. 70
Aubrey E. Chadbourne
3 75
W. A. Mack & Co
25 15
Thos. H. Murphy & Co 10 06
H. E. Ellis 4 50
Ole Linsted.
296 25
C. H. House
10 75
Philip Donahue
3 50
C. B. Coburn & Co 19 97
H. W. Tarbell. 172 15
167
Lockwood Mfg. Co.
69
American Electrical Works
1 80
Boston & Maine R. R. Co
25
W. McLarney & Co
94 56
A. F. Whidden .
2 14
Emma M. Graham
75
Thos. Smith
3 54
H. R. Barker Mfg. Co
1 00
Geo. W. Raynes.
6 05
Leighton & Graham
45 53
Gookin Furniture Co
44
Geo. W. Wright
5 40
Amasa Pratt & Co
25
A. W. Holt.
17 22
S. W. Parkhurst.
3 77
D. F. Small
1 90
E. T. Adams
16 23
1,236 54
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
F. L. Kendall
21 77
American Book Co.
148 52
Samuel Ward Co
2 50
Parkhurst Press
24 97
Rand, McNally & Co
25 36
T. H. Lawler.
4 80
American Express Co.
2 15
Ginn & Co.
102 89
Oliver Ditson & Co
6 66
Milton Bradley Co.
14 79
E. E. Babb & Co
501 97
Thompson, Brown & Co
29 49
Boston & Maine R. R.
3 70
Buckland Printing Co 2 25
J. L. Hammett Co.
6 25
Little, Brown & Co.
6 40
American Express Co
6 50
C. B. Coburn & Co.
19 00
168
A F. French & Co . 1 00
White, Smith Music Co .. 1 00
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co 5 95
Derby & Morse. 5 35
Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co 1 04
Davis Print Co. 25
Masury, Young & Co 27 50
F. G. Baldwin 2 70
C. F. Scribner. 1 50
Knowlton Press 3 00
Bartlett & Dow. 2 29
D. C. Heath & Co. 16 63
F. J. Barnard & Co. 19 10
Harry C. Kittredge. 1 00
Silver, Burdett & Co.
18 14
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 25 97
J. P. Lippincott Co. 3 20
Adams Hardware & Paint Co 7 00
Home Educator Co., Inc. 6 00
Charles Scribner's Sons 9 95
1,088 49
REPAIRS AND GRADING AT NORTH
P. T. McMahon & Co
312 00
H. R. Barker Mfg. Co 31 00
343 00
GRADING AT EAST
H. W. Tarbell
99 93
99 93
GRADING AT WEST
Fred L. Fletcher 27 75
H. W. Tarbell
218 15
245 90
MEDICAL INSPECTION
Dr. A. G. Scoboria.
150 00
ar. F. E. Varney
150 00
300 00
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
ACCOUNTS
Appropriations and Receipts
Expenditures
Surplus
Deficit
Teaching, Care and Fuel.
$18,000 00
Superintendent ...
562 50
Tuition of State Children. .
183 50
$2,091 84
382 34
State Treasurer, account of Superintendent and Teachers
937 50
Tuition from Surrounding Towns.
26 00
2 00
G. F. White, Damage.
00
1 05
Sale of Books
1 05
597 84
Dog Licenses.
597 84
57 36
Incidentals .
200 00
257 36
61 05
Transportation
1,000 00
1,061 05°
4 77
Apparatus .
50 00
45 23
236 54
Furniture and Repairs .
1,000 00
1,236 54
11 51
Text Books and Supplies . .
1,100 00
1,088 49
7 00
Repairs and Grading, North
350 00
343 00
07
Grading, East .
100 00
99 93
54 10
Grading, West. .
300
00
90
Medical Inspection
300 00
300 00
$24,710 39
$24,769 34
$678 34
$737 29
Net Deficit.
58 95
58 95
$24,769 34
$24,769 34
$737 29
$737 29
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7
Annual Report
of the
Trustees of the Adams Library
and the
North Chelmsford Library Corporation
of the
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
For the School Year Ending Feb. 27, 1909
Report of the Trustees of the Adams Library
The Trustees of the Adams Library submit the following report :-
At the meeting of the Board for organization at the begin- ning of the year, the following officers were re-elected : Mr. J. Adams Bartlett, Chairman ; Mr. Albert H. Davis, Secretary ; and Rev. Wilson Waters, Treasurer. Committees were chosen as formerly for carrying on the work of the Library. The Treasurer's account for the year accompanies this report.
The Trustees are pleased with the growing efficiency and usefulness of the Library, and again they notice an increased circulation as shown in the statistics furnished by the Librarian.
Of making many books there is no end. The number and intelligence of those who read books increases. There is a heavy responsibility laid upon those who have the work of selecting from a bewildering multitude of books some which they deem most fitting to be placed within the reach of the average reader.
In the purchase of books for a library such as ours, three things are to be considered; 1st, the needs of the library, to make it efficient to all classes of readers; 2d, the wishes of the public, as expressed in the kind of books called for; 3d, the amount of money to be spent. With us this last, as in most cases, is very much less than we wish it were. The Treasurer's account printed each year in connection with this report shows
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the amount which the Trustees, by careful economy, are able to reserve for the purchase of books out of the Town's appro- priation for the maintenance of the library. Added to which have been, as the accounts show, a few small donations of money by individuals. The meagreness of the total sum sug- gests an opportunity for friends of the Library to place in the hands of the Trustees such amounts as they may be able to give for this worthy purpose.
As to the desires of the library's patrons concerning the character of the books to be purchased, care is taken to meet all proper demands, and the Librarian is always pleased to have suggestions. These come sometimes in capricious or very general forms: " a book of funny stories," or " a book on Panama." An attempt to be more explicit may give the wrong title or the author's name misspelled. It will save trouble to name, when possible, the title and author correctly.
With a limited appropriation for purchase of books, the judgment of the Librarian is greatly taxed in making the best selection. The popular demand must of course be more closely heeded in a library whose books are for general circulation than in a reference library used principally by students. This must be the case also where the library is dependent on town support instead of endowment. And when the demand for fiction and the lighter forms of literature is much the stronger, the library must go without many works of reference and specialties which would greatly enhance its value to the student or investigator.
Regarding the first of the three considerations named above, the question arises as to the relative importance of the library's functions as an educator and an entertainer. The first is, of course, the higher, though both are important, and they are to some extent identical. The problem is to keep the proper balance and proportion between the two.
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