Town annual report of Chelmsford 1912, Part 5

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Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
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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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...


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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 First the State aid was withdrawn, the valua- tion of the town having passed the mark set by the State, then the added valuation meant increase in population, greater number of scholars, more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


128


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


130


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


131


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


133


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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4


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


142


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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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


147


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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