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1,500 00
Memorial Day
125 00
108 39
16 61
Draining Mt. Pleasant Street . Receipts .
945 00
Preparing Records of Interments
50 00
50 00
Gravel Road, Acton Street
3,000 00
2,571 33
428 67
Military Aid, Receipts
240 00
501 00
261 00
State Aid, Receipts .
1,128 00
1,028 00
100 00
Power Sprayer
550 00
550 00
Janitors North and Centre Fire House .
120 00
120 00
Repairing Canal Road
200 00
190 59
9 41
Band Concerts .
250 00
250 00
North Chelmsford School House Receipts
10,984 29
10 984 29
$96,753 15
$95,006 31
$6,380 70
$4,633 86
Net Surplus
1,746 84
1,746 84
$96,753 15
$96,753 15
$6,380 70
$9,380 70
Appropriations
$79,192 17
Expenditures Surplus . .
$95,006 31
Receipts . .
17,560 98
1,746 84
96,753 15
$96,753 15
EBEN T. ADAMS, JOHN J. DUNN. D. FRANK SMALL, CHARLES F. DEVINE, CHARLES LYONS, Selectmen.
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100 00
107 26
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100 00
1,193 26
148 26
Annual Report
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
and the
Superintendent of Schools
of the
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
for the
School Year Ending February 29th, 1912
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-1911=1912
HERBERT E. ELLIS
Term expires 1912
JOHN E. HARRINGTON
Term expires 1913
JOHN J. MONAHAN
- Term expires 1914
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
BENJAMIN E. MARTIN
Report of the School Committee 1911-1912
We submit, herewith, our report for the fiscal year ending February 29, 1912, together with that of the Superintendent of Schools, Benjamin E. Martin.
SUPERINTENDENT
For several years our Superintendent of Schools has also had charge of the schools of Carlisle and Dunstable, the three towns forming what is known as a union, each town paying its share of his salary and the State paying a sum equal to the amount paid by the towns. This arrangement Chelmsford has outgrown. First the State aid was withdrawn, the valua- tion of the town having passed the mark set by the State, then the added valuation meant increase in population, greater number of scholars, more school buildings and more teachers, thereby adding materially to the duties of Superintendent of Schools. Last year your committee recommended that the town withdraw from the union and employ a Superintendent alone, he giving his full time to the town. This was made possible at our last annual meeting when you appropriated $1500 for Superintendent of Schools.
Since the beginning of schools in September we have had a Superintendent in and out among our schools every school day of the week having only the school problems of the one town demanding his attention.
We were fortunate in being able to retain Mr. Benjamin E. Martin who had so ably directed the schools affairs of the
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union for the previous year and the result obtained under his careful guidance are certainly worthy of your commendation.
TEACHERS
There have been quite a number of changes in the teach- ing force during the year brought about principally by our teachers being able to get higher salaries elsewhere. Larger towns more fortunately situated financially have in the past drawn heavily from our teaching force and no doubt will con- tinue to do so in the future.
Some of our best teachers have been with us year after year, a fact we have much appreciated, but many have gone to better positions and higher salaries. We deplore the fact that we must loose these teachers, but it is of no little satisfaction to know that we have had for a time at least teachers whose ability has been recognized by people much better able to judge than we.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
The long talked of school building in North Chelmsford has become a reality, for during the year there has been com- pleted the one on the hill in Highland Avenue, the best build- ing the town has ever build. It cost a lot of money but what that is worth having does not come high. Money well invested in good school buildings and school grounds will return to the town a higher rate of interest than any other form of invest- ment. Let the good work go on, this building will meet the needs of this part of the town for the present, but Chelmsford Centre must have another building in the very near future and steps should be taken at once to make this addition possible.
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APPROPRIATIONS
We respectfully recommend that the sum of $30,350 be appropriated for the support of schools for the fiscal year ending Feb. 28, 1913, in items as follows :
Teaching $18,500 00
Care
2,400 00
Fuel .
2,000 00
Superintendent
1,600 00
Incidentals
400 00
Transportation
1,900 00
Apparatus. .
50 00
Furniture and repairs.
1,500 00
Text books and supplies
1,700 00
Medical attendance
300 00
$30,350 00
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT E. ELLIS,
JOHN E. HARRINGTON, JOHN J. MONAHAN,
School Committee.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
TEACHING
Superintendent
Benjamin E. Martin. $1,408 30
- $1,408 30
Centre
Flora W. Campbell, 15 weeks 195 00
Cora E. Crawford, 15 weeks.
180 00
Irene M. Crawford, 5 weeks .
65 00
Ida M. Gardner, 39 2-5 weeks
563 60
Eva M. Godfrey, 30 weeks.
505 50
Emma M. Graham, 14 weeks
168 00
Elmer E. Harris, 40 weeks
1,100 00
Susan S. McFarlin, 30 weeks.
446 50
May Farnham, 22 weeks. 275 00
Florence M. Stites, 23 weeks
287 50
Helen B. Lyon, 19 weeks.
247 00
Ruth G. Butters, 40 weeks ..
572 00
Eliza Spaulding, 23 weeks
287 50
4,892 60
North
Mary W. Cross, 40 weeks. 600 00
Margaret C. Gookin, 38 weeks. 505 50
Frank E. Holt, 40 weeks.
1,060 00
Ella A. Hutchinson, 38 weeks 562 50
Gertrude A. Jones, 38 weeks.
543 50
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Julia E. King, 15 weeks $ 180 00
Grace M. McCue, 38 weeks 403 00
Catherine McDermott, 38 weeks 543 50
Mary K. Prince, 31 weeks. 367 50
Katherine M. Quinn, 37 9-10 weeks
485 20
Martha G. Roark, 38 weeks
429 50
Mary D. Sleeper, 38 weeks. 524 50
Camille Fitzgerald, 23 3-5 weeks 306 80
Genevieve Jantzen, 23 weeks.
276 00
Laura B. Desmarais, 23 weeks
299 00
Bessie A. Gates, 5 weeks.
75 00
Mary Underwood, 7 4-5 weeks
94 00
$7,255 50
West
Ruth Crowell, 16 weeks. 160 00
Catherine Dunn, 38 weeks
391 50
Bertha H. Long, 38 weeks
543 50
Kathryne Howarth, 23 weeks
299 00
1,394 00
East
Laura B. Desmarais, 14 3-5 weeks
182 50
Hannah H. Sleeper, 37 weeks 436 50
Rose C. Geary, 23 weeks. 253 00
872 00
South
Mary L. Martin, 15 weeks.
150 00
Edwina P. Quincy, 5 weeks 55 00
Mabel Haggerty, 231/2 weeks
235 25
Ruth D. Crawford, 25 1-5 weeks.
252 75
Mildred L. Ellis, 10 weeks ..
110 00
803 00
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North Row
Eliza Spaulding, 14 weeks
$147 00
Ruth Adams, 25 1-5 weeks. 252 75
$399 75
Golden Cove
Gertrude B. McQuade, 15 weeks.
172 50
Iva E. Kew, 23 weeks. 241 50
414. 00
South Row
Ivy E. Kew, 14 1-5 weeks
149 10
Regina Frappier, 23 weeks
253 00
402 10
Drawing
Bertha G. Bartlett, 40 weeks. 504 00
504 00
Music
Mary B. Raynes, 37 weeks. 481 00
481 00
Substitute Teachers
Ethel Park, 7-10 week
5 25
Helen Halloran, 1-5 week
2 00
Helen Osgood, 4 weeks
29 50
Mary Carey, 2-5 week.
3 50
Esther E. Dame, 4-5 week
7 00
Leslie White, 2 weeks. 26 00
Rosalie Roark, 3 weeks. 30 00
Frances W. Reed, 112 week
15 00
Gertrude B. McQuade, 1 week.
10 00
Edna Currier, 1 1-5 week
12 00
140 25
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MEDICAL INSPECTION
Dr. F. E. Varney. 150 00
Dr. A. G. Scoboria 150 00
$300 00
APPARATUS
Central Scientific Co ..
22 74
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co 25 70
48 44
TRANSPORTATION
E. Paignon, Jr. 332 50
John Sullivan
285 00
S. Hartson Nickles 360 00
J. C. Sheehan
327 75
Mrs. F. W. Merrill .
143 50
Lowell & Fitchburg St. R. R.
130 00
Boston & Northern St. R. R.
80 00
Bay State St. R. R. 145 00
Mary B. Raynes
37 00
Bertha G. Bartlett.
40 00
Gertrude A. Jones
6 15
1,886 90
CARE OF SCHOOL HOUSES
James Byam 500 00
Howard Bullock 22 00
A. H. Coombs. 25 00
Charles H. House 95 00
A. G. Quist. 315 00
Thomas Smith .
75 00
Owen Scollan
550 50
Edward Fallon 225 00
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Rufus Wood . 47 50
165 00
Walter Lee
115 00
Ira Spaulding
15 00
2,150 50
FUEL
Clarence G. Nickles 28 08
John P. Quinn.
37 50
Harry L Parkhurst
979 16
James P. Dunnigan
823 10
William C. Edwards
193 04
2,060 88
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
D. Appleton & Co. 1 86
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
28 83
S. H. Davis Co. 47 00
Frederick H. Brown
4 50
Silver, Burdett & Co.
42 72
James Byam.
6 00
D. C. Heath & Co.
161 80
C. B. Coburn Co.
5 10
J. L. Hammett Co
17 26
Ginn & Co .. 579 97
Alleyn & Bacon .
23 32
E. E. Babb & Co.
59 40
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
13 05
G. C. Prince & Son
10 50
Parkhurst Press
7 65
Milton Bradley Co.
445 32
C. C. Bechard & Co
75
American Book Co.
148 96
Masury Young Co
94 50
Oliver Ditson Co
5 57
B. E. Martin
10 24
1,723 84
Alfred H. Simpson
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FURNITURE AND REPAIRS
Philip Donohoe.
1 00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins.
.409 17
Almon W. Holt
2 50
Philip Donohoe
50
McLarney & Co.
58 38
Edward Fallon
24 88
James Burns & Son
10 16
Adams & Co.
109 90
O. E. Coon.
14 00
Miner & O'Neil
21 10
Chas. T. Melvin
50 45
W. A. Mack
2 15
I. H. Knight.
2 00
I. L. Bradley
5 95
James Kiberd
5 20
Thomas H. Murphy
153 22
Chas. Loucroft.
36 00
Edwards & Monahan
480 37
Amasa Pratt Co.
5 55
Bartlett & Dow.
7 70
Chas. Parkhurst
11 56
Bon Marche Dry Goods Co.
3 00
Masury Young Co
24 00
Welch Bros.
9 75
John B. Emerson
17 71
F. W. Hodges
3 00
Elias F. de LaHaye.
235 00
1,173 20
INCIDENTALS
E. T. Adams.
$15 09
B. & M. R. R.
4 45
American Express Co.
3 65
John B. Emerson
15 74
Owen Fallon
50
132
Benj. C. Bemis. 4 65
Chelmsford Foundry Co.
1 13
The Gilbride Co.
1 25
Gertrude McQuigley.
15 00
Knowlton Press.
25 00
James F. Leahey. 7 00
Wm. Driscoll.
3 00
Geo. F. Fellows
3 00
Geo. Parker
2 00
J. C. Osterhout
22 38
Ervin E. Smith Co.
4 38
S. W. Parkhurst. 19 41
Jos. P. Rock.
1 00
Thos. Smith
3 74
Wm. McClure.
24 00
A. H. Coombs
1 75
Courier-Citizen
12 00
Charles H. House
5 40
A. G. Quist. 1 25
Lowell Sun
21 90
Parkhurst Press
28 15
Geo. H. Wilson.
6 75
Edward Fallon
1 00
Mathilda Pearson
2 00
Salois & Leath.
4 00
Elvira Columb
2 40
Wm. P. Proctor Co.
6 71
John F. McManomin
1 05
Napoleon Le May
20 00
E. R. Marshall.
1 25
Walter Lee.
7 25
R. C. Wood
2 00
Jos. Fallon
1 00
D. F. Small
10 47
M. Steinert & Sons Co.
2 50
Owen Scollan
3 00
Fred Chandler
3 90
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Benj. E. Martin $ 42 17
Miner & O'Neil. 4 40
Bartlett & Dow. 9 20
North Chelmsford Fire District 33 21
Lowell Gas Light Co.
11 11
Lowell Electric Light Co.
5 49
C. B. Coburn Co. 11 82
Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co
1 87
Frank E. Holt
1 98
E. L. Stearns
50
A. G. Scoboria.
51 50
F. E. Varney
80 50
E. Seeton ..
50
Thompson Hardware Co
4 86
Geo. E. Hutchins
1 00
$593 21
GRADING AT NO. CHELMSFORD, PRINCETON ST.
Smith & Brooks.
14 00
Charles Hale ..
20 34
Geo. F. Cutler
30 60
James Walsh & Sons
160 03
Elias F. De LaHays
75 00
299 97
FENCE AT EAST CHELMSFORD
Chas. E. Loucroft.
260 00
Perley F. Gilbert .. .
15 00
275 00
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
ACCOUNTS
Appropriations and Receipts
Expenditures
Surplus
Deficit
Teaching, Care and Fuel
$22,000 00
$27,769 58
$230 42
Superintendent .. .
1,500 00
1,408 30
91 70
Tuition of State Children.
145 50
145 50
Tuition of Other Children
75 75
75 75
Damage to Books
65
65
Reimbursement on Account of Transportation.
75
6 75
Dog Licenses
579 09
579 09
Incidentals.
350 00
593 21
$243 21
Transportation
1,500 00
1,886 90
386 90
Apparatus . .
50
00
48 44
1 56
Furniture and Repairs
1,500 00
1,773 20
273 20
Text Books and Supplies
1,700 00
1,723 84
23 84
Medical Inspection.
300 00
300 00
Grading at North Chelmsford, Princeton St ..
300 00
299 97
03
Fence at East Chelmsford ..
325 00
275 00
50 00
Net Surplus ..
$30,332 74
$30,078 44 254 30
$1,181 45
$927 15
254 30
$30,332 74
$30,332 74
$1,181 45
$1,181 45
.
.
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Superintendent's Report
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF CHELMSFORD,
Gentlemen :
I have the honor to submit to you my report for the year ending February 29, 1912. This, my second report, is the thirty-eighth in the series.
Your attention is called to the following items in the report :
School Calendar. Statistics. Sight and Hearing Tests. Buildings. The Problem of Our High Schools.
The Course of Study. Textbook Changes. Attendance. Thrift. Vaccination. Teachers. Conclusion.
Special reports :
School Physicians. Supervisor of Music. Supervisor of Drawing. Centre School Principal. North School Principal.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1912-1913
March 22, 1912-First eight grades close for two weeks' vacation.
March 29, 1912-Ninth grades and High Schools close for one week's vacation.
April 8, 1912-All schools open for spring term.
April
28, 1912-Patriotic exercises, one hour.
April
19, 1912-Patriots' Day, holiday.
May
24, 1912-Emerson exercises, half hour.
May 29, 1912-Patriotic exercises, half hour.
May 30, 1912-Memorial Day, holiday.
June 14, 1912-Flag Day exercises, half hour.
June 20, 1912-Centre High School graduation.
June 21, 1912 - North High School graduation.
June 21, 1912-All schools close for summer vacation, ten weeks.
Sept. 3, 1912-All Schools open for fall term.
Oct. 11, 1912-Historical exercises, one hour.
Oct.
12, 1912-Saturday, Columbus Day, holiday.
Nov. 1, 1912-Bryant exercises, half hour.
Nov. 27, 1912-Thanksgiving exercises, one hour.
Nov. 28, 1912-Thanksgiving recess.
Dec. 2, 1912-Schools open.
Dec. 13, 1912-Whittier exercises, half hour.
Dec. 13, 1912-First eight grades close for two weeks' vacation.
Dec. 20, 1912-Ninth grades and High Schools close for one week's vacation.
Dec. 30, 1912-All schools open for winter term.
Feb. 12, 1913-Lincoln exercises, one hour.
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Feb.
21, 1913-Washington exercises, one hour.
Feb. 22, 1913-Saturday, Washington's birthday, holiday.
Feb.
24, 1913-Lowell exercises, half hour.
Feb. 27, 1913-Longfellow exercises, half hour.
March 14. 1913-All schools close, first eight grades for two weeks, Ninth grades and High Schools for one week.
March 24, 1913-Ninth grades and High Schools open for spring term.
March 31, 1913-First eight grades open for spring term.
April 18, 1913-Patriotic exercises, one hour.
April 19, 1913-Saturday, Patriot's Day, holiday.
May 23, 1913-Emerson exercises, half hour.
May 29. 1913-Memorial Day, holiday.
June 13, 1913-Flag Day exercises, half hour.
June 19, 1913-Centre High School graduation.
June 20, 1913-North High School graduation.
June 20, 1913-All schools close for summer vacation, ten weeks.
Terms for all purposes, will be determined by vacations.
Term lengths for the school year 1912-1913
Fall term :
First eight grades, 15 weeks.
High schools and ninth grades, 16 weeks.
Winter term :
All schools, 11 weeks.
Spring term :
First eight grades, 12 weeks.
High schools and ninth grades, 13 weeks.
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STATISTICS
Population of Chelmsford, 1910. 5,010
Valuation, 1911
$4,419,940
1910-1911
Number of boys between the ages of five and fifteen 495
Number of girls between the ages of five and fifteen 448
Total 943
Number of boys between the ages of seven and fourteen. 345
Number of girls between the ages of seven and fourteen 312
Total 657
Illiterate minors over fourteen years of age
0
Number of different pupils enrolled. 994
Average attendance 819
Teachers employed *35
Average attendance for 1879-'80 353
Average attendance for 1889-'90. 341
Average attendance for 1899-'00 556
Average attendance for 1909-'10 .
786
*Two special teachers.
STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING IN JUNE, 1911.
SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
GRADES
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent of
Attendance
Pupils
Under 5
Pupils Be-
tween 5 and 15
Over 15
Pupils Be-
tween 7 and 14
CENTRE .
Elmer E. Harris
High.
44
40.07
38.85
94.55
0
15
29
5
Ida M. Gardner ..
21
20.16
18.76
92.58
0
15
6
7
Susan S. McFarlin.
VII, VIII ..
46
40.22
38.34
95.32
0
43
2
34
Cora E. Crawford.
VI
38
34 66
32 29
93.15
0
32
3
29
Flora W Campbell
IV, V ..
49
42.92
38.88
90 56
0
49
0
47
Eva M. Godfrey .
II, III ..
47
42.80
39 46
91.03
0
47
0
38
Emma M. Graham.
I ...
34
28.36
25.71
90.69
1
33
0
7
NORTH
Frank E. Holt.
High and
29
25.47
28 42
91.87
0
13
16
5
Irena M. Crawford.
IX
16
13.33
11.83
88.51
0
11
5
6
Camille Fitz-Gerald.
Gertrude A. Jones.
VIII
32
27 47
24.64
89 82
0
29
3
27
Julia E. King
VII .
35
31.46
29.32
93.18
0
35
0
32
Ella A. Hutchinson.
VI.
33
32 9
31 05
94.4
0
33
0
31
Mary D. Sleeper
V ..
39
38.06
35 96
94.46
39
0
39
Katherine M. Quinn.
IV
41
36 59
34.93
95 46
0
41
0
41
Martha G. Roark
IV .
31
27.46
26 29
95.7
0
31
0
31
Mary K. Prince. ..
III.
46
40.46
38.59
95 3
0
46
0
44
Margaret C. Gooktn
II.
*64
41.51
38 95
93 8
0
63
1
38
M. Grace McCue
I, II
+39
36.5
33 6
92.
0
4
0
2
Catherine E. McDermott.
I.
*76
41.17
37.41
90.8
1
74
1
27
..
.
..
. .
.
Pupils
140
Mary W. Cross ..
Ruth G. Butters. .
WEST
Bertha H Long. Catherine E. Dunn Julia E. Fernald Ruth Crowell
VII-IX ...
24
2
19
IV-VI ....
. 26
21 26 22 07 37.59
19.94 20.8
93.79 94.23 91.22
0 0
22 25
0
25
I-III .
43
0
25
EAST
Laura B. Desmarais Hannah H. Sleeper .
V-VIII. .. I-IV
23
16 85
15.95 33.07
94 67 91.43
1
41
0
28
SOUTH
Mary L Martin . .
V-VIII ....
20
17.77
16 89
95 02
0
20
0
20
Elizabeth R. Cushing
Edwina P, Quincy .
I-IV .
25
22 68
21.29
94.11
0
20
0
17
Mildred L. Ellis .
-
GOLDEN COVE
Gertrude B. McQuade. .
I-IV
37
32.35
28.72
88.6
0
37
0
19
NORTH ROW .. .
Eliza Spaulding
I-V
19
17.17
15 94
95.57
1
18
0
14
SOUTH ROW ...
Ivy E. Kew.
I-IV ..
20
15 3
13 68
89 34
0
20
0
13
Totals.
1039
880.62 818.85
90.29
4
922
68
693
Duplicated Names.
45
Net total different pupils enrolled .
994
.
0
23
0
23
42
36.01
34.29
0
43
*Some of these pupils transferred later to Miss McCue's room.
" All but four of these pupils came from Miss Gookin's room and Miss McDermott's room
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TEACHERS, FEBRUARY 29, 1912
SCHOOLS
GRADES
TEACHERS
WHERE EDUCATED
BEGAN WORK
CENTRE.
High.
Elmer E. Harris.
Harvard College
Sept., 1909
(Resigned February 23) Charles A. Holbrook. (Substitute)
Yale College.
Feb., 1912
Ida M. Gardner.
Boston University .
Sept., 1910
Ruth G. Butters.
Tufts College. .
Sept., 1910
Susan S. McFarlin.
Framingham Normal.
April, 1879
Eliza Spaulding .
Lowell Normal
sept.,
1908
May Farnham .
Farmington Normal, Me ..
Sept , 1911
Helena B. Lyon ...
No. Adams Normal.
Oct., 1911
Eva M. Godfrey.
Plymouth Normal, N. H ..
Sept., 1908
I ...
Florence M. Stites
Lowell Normal ..
Sept , 1911
NORTH ...
High and IX ..
Frank E. Holt.
Amherst College.
Sept., 1910
Mary W. Cross
Bates College.
Sept., 1908
Camille Fitz-Gerald
Radcliff College .
April, 1911
VIII.
Gertrude A. Jones ·
Salem Normal ..
Sept., 1899
V.
May D. Sleeper.
No. Chelmsford High
Sept., 1905 March, 1907
IV.
Genevieve E Jantzen.
Lowell Normal
Sept., 1911
II and III. . I and II ...
Martha G. Roark . .
Lowell Normal
Sept., 1910
Catherine E. McDermott ..
Lowell Normal
Sept.,
1905
HIGHLAND ..
IV and V .. ..
Katherine M. Quinn .
Lowell Normal
Sept., 1905
III.
Mary A. Underwood . .
Lowell Normal
Jan .. 1912
II
Margaret C. Gookin . ..
Lowell Normal
Sept., 1907
I.
M. Grace McCue
Lowell Normal
Sept., 1909
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VII
Laura B. Desmarais.
VI
Ella A. Hutchinson.
St. Ann's Acad., Marlboro. Framingham Normal
Sept , 1909
High and IX .. VII and VIII. VI and VII ... V . III and IV .. II and III.
WEST ..
VII-IX IV-VI . I-III .
Bertha H. Long . Catherine E. Dunn .. Kathryn E. Howarth .
Salem Normal Lowell Normal Framingham Normal .. . .
April, 1896 Sept., 1910 Sept., 1911
EAST
V-VIII .. I-IV ..
Rose C. Geary . Hannah H. Sleeper ..
Lowell Normal No. Chelmsford High.
Sept , 1911 Dec .. 1908
SOUTH
V-VIII. I-IV.
Ruth D. Crawford . Mabel E. Haggerty ..
Lowell Normal Lowell Normal
Sept., 1911
Sept., 1911
GOLDEN COVE
I-IV ..
Ivy E. Kew
Lowell Normal
Nov, 1909
NORTH ROW
I, II, III, V ...
Ruth E. Adams.
Lowell Normal
Sept., 1911
SOUTH ROW
I-IV.
Regina B. Frappier. .
Lowell Normal
Sept., 1911
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
Benj. E. Martin.
Brown University .
Aug., 1910
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143
144
SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS
The results of these tests are given below. They show about the same conditions as last year. A large part of the cases needing treatment receive the attention of the parents. There are quite a few children, however, who are retarded, mentally or physically, because of neglect on the part of the parents.
School
Number Enrolled
Defective in Eyesight
Defective in Hearing
Parents or Guardians Notified
Centre.
266
36
8
30
North
292
24
4
28
Highland
116
3
0
3
West
109
8
7
13
East
56
9
0
8
South
44
9
2
7
Golden Cove.
37
2
0
2
North Row
12
2
0
2
South Row
16
0
0
0
Totals .
948
93
21
93
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BUILDINGS
With the opening of the new Highland School building the congestion at North Chelmsford was relieved. It is hardly probable that there will be need of more room for the grades there for several years. At the High School, unless a change is made in the nature of the work, they will get along as they have, though it is hardly conducive to the best results for recitations to be held in the hall, as is necessary. If a change in the nature of the work should be made it might be possible to utilize more space on the lower floor of the Town Hall building.
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Conditions at the Centre are much worse. More room must be provided in the very near future. An extra room was needed for the grades last fall and the Ninth grade room was taken, the latter grade moving to the recitation room over the High School. This move necessitated the use of the room used as a laboratory, for recitation purposes. A single visit would afford convincing evidence that this is very undesirable both because of the lack of space and the nature of the work performed. Something ought to be done at once to better conditions there.
The other grades at the Centre are accommodated well and, probably, will require no more room than at present for three or four years.
All the other schools in town have ample room for the present needs.
Some of the buildings need repairs but this matter has been brought to your attention.
THE PROBLEM OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
A real problem exists in connection with our high schools. It is an absurdity for a town such as Chelmsford is to maintain two co-equal high schools. The best work cannot be done in either owing to limited equipment and teaching force, while at the same time the expense is maximum. One should be radically changed, or abolished. Something more directly beneficial could be established in its place.
Except for the item of initial expense I should have no hesitancy in recommending that a new building be constructed, capable of accommodating all ninth grade and high school pupils in the town, located in the vicinity of the Centre. Some such building will be necessary in the near future in order to make room at the Centre, as I have mentioned above. An industrial school could then be established at the North village. Pupils who wished for a regular high school course could be transported to the Centre and those desiring an industrial
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course could be transported to the North village. By a simple arrangement of time one barge could do all the transporting, the expense of transportation would be small, and there would be no unreasonable hardship imposed upon anyone.
Looking at it, without prejudice, with the financial in- terests of the town and the well-being of the pupils in mind, this would seem like a reasonable proposition.
Already eight day pupils and twelve night pupils, from Chelmsford, have availed themselves of the privileges of the Lowell Industrial School, entailing an expense of $550 upon the town for tuition, and the work is just begun. Many more will accept the opportunity, and still others would if the advantages were offered in the town.
Last year I expressed the opinion that our high schools were not serving a wholly useful purpose, especially the one at the North. Recently I asked the principals to collect some statistics, which I suggested, that I might have definite data upon the subject. The following tables express the results of their investigation, approximately. It was impossible to obtain data that was absolutely correct and complete, but the tables are fairly accurate.
NORTH SCHOOL
Number entering Grade VIII
Number from Grade VIII who entered Grade IX
Number from Grade VIII who entered Freshman ( lass
Number from Grade VIII who entered Sophomore Class
Number from Grade VIII who entered Junion Class
Number from Grade VIII who entered Senior Class
Register of 1902 - 1903
25
17
14
10
6
5
Register of 1903 - 1904
24
12
7
6
4
2
Register of 1904 - 1905
16
8
4
2
2
1
Register of 1905 - 1906
16
11
6
2 2
2
1
Register of 1906 - 1907
14
12
10
4
3
2
Register of 1907 - 1908
13
6
4
2
2
Register of 1908 - 1909
26
20
11
1
Register of 1909 - 1910
16
15
10
Register of 1910 - 1911
32
20
Totals. .
182
121
66
30 .
19
11
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Total number of pupils entering Grade VIII from 1902 to 1910. Total number of pupils who left school :
182
(1) During or upon completing Grade VIII . 63
(2) During or upon completing Grade IX 35
(3) During or upon completing Freshman Year 25
(4) During or upon completing Sophomore Year 7
(5) During or upon completing Junior Year .. 5
Total not entering Senior Class of the 182
135
Entered College
Entered Normal or Normal Art Schools
Entered a Finish- ing School
Entered other Prepar. atory Schools
Entered Commer- cial College or Became book- keepers, etc.
Entered Drafting School or became Drafts- men
Entered Mills, Shops, Stores or other laboring positions
Entered Indust- rial School
Re- mained at Home
Moved away
Remain Unac counted for
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