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Class of 1914 PERGE MODO "EVER ONWARD"
Thursday Evening, June 25, Town Hall
PROGRAM
GRAND MARCH
Under the Banner of Victory
Germania Orchestra
V. Blon
PRAYER
Rev. E. A. Robinson
Geibel
SONG 'Tis Morn
High School Chorus
SALUTATORY E:SAY
Value of Education
1
Blanche Lydia Spaulding
SELECTION
From Tannhauser
Wagner
Orchestra
ESSAY Conservation of Our Forests
Marjorie Sparling Armstrong
COMMENCEMENT SONG Murray
Semi-Chorus
ESSAY
Suffrage Question
Mary Catherine Green
CONCERT WALTZ "June" Orchestra
Baxter
SONG The Quaker Adams
Girls' Chorus
VALEDICTORY ESSAY Events of Consequence in U. S. History
Miriam Emerson Warren
SELECTION
(a)
Spring Dreams
(b)
The Secret
Orchestra
King
Gautier
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Supt. B. E. Martin
SINGING CLASS ODE
Words by Elmer Robert Hill
BENEDICTION
Rev. L. L. Greene
SELECTION
LaCinquantaine
Orchestra
Gabriel-Marie
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CLASS ODE
Words by ELMER ROBERT HILL
Forever onward roll the years ;
We follow after in their wake.
Our High School dear, before we go May we thy cherished blessing take. To thee we render up our thanks For thy protection, thy good care, For golden days of youth with thee For comradeship's ennobling share.
Our father's God and ours, Oh grant That we go forth with steadfast heart To do thy will, and precepts keep ; In every struggle, do our part. Though years may pass, as time rolls on, The mem'ries of this parting day, 'Twill ever be our aim to keep, While "Ever Onward" in Life's way.
CLASS ROLL
ELMER ROBERT HILL, President
MARJORIE SPARLING ARMSTRONG, Vice-President MABEL MINNIE PAIGNON, Secretary-Treasurer
ADELBERT BARBER ADAMS
MARY CATHERINE GREEN
CATHERINE BROWN HAMMOND
GERTIE PANSY JONES
BLANCHE LYDIA SPAULDING
MIRIAM EMERSON WARREN
FLOWER IRIS
COLORS BLUE AND GOLD
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
MR. BENJAMIN E. MARTIN,
Superintendent of Schools,
Chelmsford, Mass.
DEAR SIR :
I respectfully submit the following report concerning the music in the schools of Chelmsford.
As the aim of music in the public schools is to develop appre- ciation and enjoyment of good music in the children, to give some voice training and to teach the reading and interpretation of music, it is the endeavor of your Supervisor to bring about the best possible results.
In my last report, I gave a general idea of the work taken in the different grades. Each year, from grade one to the High School, definite principles are taught. As fast as the child has conquered the old and is ready to grasp the new, these principles are presented in a logical order.
We are working especially hard this year for good quality of tone. Deep breathing exercises and voice drills are given.
I visit most of the schools once a week. In rooms having the four lower grades, I give two lessons, combining the first with the second and the third with the fourth. With the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades in a room, I combine all the grades, therefore giving but one lesson. In schools such as these, the plan of the work differs necessarily from that of a graded school.
Both High Schools have chorus work once a week. At the North High, the first term, we had a Girls' Chorus and a Boys' Chorus. Now we have two mixed choruses, taking in one, the freshmen, in the other, the sophomores, juniors and seniors.
The success of the work depends to a great extent on the way plans are carried out by the grade teacher. I believe
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that the teachers are constantly working to bring the school music to the highest possible standard. 1
I wish to acknowledge the kind co-operation of the Superin- tendent, teachers and pupils.
Respectfully submitted,
M. MARION ADAMS,
Supervisor of Music.
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MANUAL ARTS
MR. BENJAMIN E. MARTIN,
Superintendent of Schools, Chelmsford, Mass.
DEAR SIR :
The object of the drawing course is to help the children to appreciate the beauties about them, and to train them to desire to make their lives and homes more idealistic.
We have followed the same general course through all of the grades, taking the simplest work for hand control in the pri- mary grades, and advancing through the upper grades, taking free hand drawing from objects and nature, construction and applied design, color and design, and picture study.
In the High Schools we have taken more advanced work along these same lines. We also have a class at the Centre in mechanical drawing from which the boys may gain practical help for future work.
The Sewing Course is planned so that the girls may do plain sewing and make their own clothes. They learn the common stitches that every woman should know, and choose their own practice work, which must, however, include the essentials.
We have Manual Training classes in the upper grades, which
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include basketry and wood work. At the Centre new tools and benches have been provided, and we hope the boys may learn how to make their own plans and work out their own projects, as well as to do repair work about their homes.
It is necessary for the regular teachers to do much of the hard work, and in every case they have done this very con- scientiously and faithfully.
I wish to thank the Committee, Superintendent, and teachers, for their patient and helpful assistance in carrying on this course.
Respectfully yours,
JESSIE ATWOOD, Supervisor of Manual Arts.
REPORT OF THE COURSE IN HOUSEHOLD ARTS
ยท MR. B. E. MARTIN,
Superintendent of Schools,
Chelmsford, Mass.
DEAR SIR :
Following is the report for the Household Arts work in the schools in Chelmsford for the year 1914-1915.
The course has continued and progress made since last year.
The courses now given have been extended to include pupils of the seventh and eighth grades as beginners, and the work continued in the High School on a second year basis, thus broadening the scope and purpose of this study.
The aim is to give to each class the necessary and simple fundamental principles in the instructions as to foods and their classification ; as starches, sugars, proteins, fats and oils, as well as mineral matter. Water and milk are studied and
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their relation to health. Types of nutrients are also studied and how to obtain good values for money expended.
The principles of cookery are considered ; as related to food composition ; in the preparation of foods for the diet ; as effected by heat; toward wholesome living and uses.
The processes or methods of cookery are taught and how to conserve and use fuels.
Practice is given in manipulations or the handling of food materials ; care of the same and costs and the preparation of simple dishes and meals. Combinations as to food values ; nutrition in relation to the cost of living, for values received, are taught.
Many common food-stuffs are used and combined to make the work of practical and educational value. The work con- sists of both instruction and application in practice.
Housekeeping is important and so is taught as to care of the fire, room, sink and the various utensils and material used. Table setting and serving as practical arts in the home and to gain standards in presenting and serving foods for the table.
The number of pupils taking the course in the High School is seventy-one, that of the Grammar School sixty-four. The pupils have shown appreciative interest and co-operation in their work and efforts.
The object of such courses in the school is to aim for an intelligent control and efficiency in that centre of all normal living, the home and to make the individual more resourceful as a member of the same.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUISA A. NICHOLASS
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REPORTS OF SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
MR. B. E. MARTIN,
Supt. of Schools, Chelmsford, Mass.
DEAR SIR :
I have to report the following diseases in the schools of Pre- cincts I and 4 :
Anaemia
5
Adenoids
8
Blepharitis
I
Cardiac Disease I
Defective Speech
3
Enlarged Tonsils
I6
Impetigo
6
Mental Deficiency 7
Pediculosis
IO
Infantile Paralysis I
Whooping Cough several cases
Disease of Lungs 2
A large number of children have diseased teeth. Some have received proper attention.
Hygienic conditions are fair in most buildings with the ex- ception of the Centre.
Very respectfully,
ARTHUR G. SCOBORIA, M. D. School Physician. Precincts I and 4.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
MR. BENJAMIN E. MARTIN,
Superintendent of Schools, Chelmsford, Mass.
DEAR SIR :
I respectfully submit the following report of my annual in- spection of the schools for the year 1914.
Whole number inspected 488
Deseased Teeth
I77
Pediculosis 40
Defective Nasal Breathing 48
Enlarged Tonsils 4I
Condition Sub-normal
4I
Adenitis
4
Disease of Eye Lids
5
Impeltigo
2
Anaemia
4
Scabies
I
Mental Deficiency
I4
The children have been very free from general sickness and contagious diseases.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED E. VARNEY, M. D.,
School Physician.
Precincts 2 and 3.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the 'Adams Library
AND THE
North Chelmsford Library Association
OF THE
Town of Chelmsford
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1914
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Report of the Trustees of the Adams Library
The Trustees of the Adams Library respectfully report that on the Saturday following the Town Meeting of 1914 they met at the Library and chose the following officers :
CHAIRMAN
ALBERT H. DAVIS
SECRETARY -
EDWIN R. CLARK
TREASURER
WILSON WATERS
LIBRARIAN
MRS. E. R. CLARK
The usual committees were chosen to carry on the work of the Library. There has been much need of shelf-room to ac- commodate the increasing number of books. Shelves to hold about 2000 volumes have been placed in the basement, which will relieve the congested condition of the stock-room. This however can be only a temporary expedient.
By the will of Miss Mary B. Proctor, who died recently, the Library is the recipient of a life-size, three-quarter length oil portrait of her father Thomas Parker Proctor, a native of this town, who was much interested in the Adams Library, which has benefited by his generosity in the past. Subject to certain contingencies, the will also provides that the Library shall receive the sum of $10,000 on the death of a sister of Miss Proctor.
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The problems of the public library are specially related to the successful serving of an increasing number of patrons, scattered over a widening area. A library is a sort of univer- sity extension. In these days libraries and librarians are associated together for mutual helpfulness. Magazines are published especially to advance their efficiency. The Mass- achusetts Library Club has its meetings, which perhaps bene- fit more particularly the large city libraries. There have lately been instituted what are called neighborhood meetings, in which the trustees and librarians of the smaller libraries in a certain region meet to compare notes on their work and ex- perience for mutual help. It is hoped that one will soon be held in Chelmsford.
The juvenile department of the Adams Library is receiv- ing attention with the idea of adding much to its usefulness. A large number of books are now loaned to the public schools for use in their various departments of study.
The library is a most efficient extension of the school, all the more effective because the child comes to it voluntarily and not by compulsion, it continues through life, whereas school years are limited in number, and also the scope of its teaching and influence are boundless, and its instructors are the choice minds of the ages.
Arrangements have been completed for sending books to 1
East Chelmsford. On the first day about 70 books were sent there, in the same way that they have been for years sent to South Chelmsford.
A good supply of books was loaned to this Library by the Amherst College Library for use in connection with the Agri- cultural Extension School held in Chelmsford during five days in January (1915) and proved to be of much value and interest to those in attendance at the school, and quite a number were called for later at the Library.
Through our librarian books may be had on application from the Boston Public Library or others, giving our patrons the benefit of books which a small library cannot keep on its shelves.
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There is now and then some question as to the transmis- sion of disease by library books. In some libraries the practice of spraying or disinfecting all books returned to the library has been tried and found impracticable. Those who have studied the matter say that the liability of thus contract- ing disease is very small, and one need not fear it even as much as in receiving paper money, which none of us refuse to do. . Moreover the law provides for the proper disinfecting or burning of books which have been in houses where any con- tagious disease is reported by physicians.
The circulation for the ten months ending December 31, 1914, has been 13,593, of which 77 per cent has been fiction, 23 per cent general literature. There have been 98 new cards given out. The attendance in the reading room is about 15 per day on which the library is open.
The number of new books purchased is 266
Many books have been repaired. Books rebound number 225
Magazines bound-volumes 19
Books donated-volumes . 19
Books bought to replace those worn out. 35
Books worn out and not replaced .
20
The library has been open to the public fifteen hours each week.
The number of volumes in the library is. .10916
DONATIONS
Mrs. A. H. Park. 11
State of Massachusetts
8
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The amount of the "Joseph Warren Fund " is $1,029.03 and that of the " Adams-Emerson Fund " is $129 68. No money has been drawn from either of these funds.
OTIS P. WHEELER,
ALBERT H. DAVIS, A. HEADY PARK, FRANCES CLARK, WILSON WATERS, EDWIN R. CLARK,
Trustees.
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF THE ADAMS LIBRARY
RECEIPTS
Balance .
$ 9 68
Received from the Town
1,000 00
1,009 68
EXPENDITURES
Gas ..
$ 57 51
Periodicals
62 75
Binding
45 28
Plumbing
25 00
Water District
16 44
Fuel .
108 50
Transportation of books to S. Chelmsford
13 00
Printing.
22 00
Hardware and sundries
14 50
Work on grounds.
27 75
Librarian.
300 00
Books .
279 01
Book-shelves.
25 35
Postage
76
Water
6 00
Balance on hand
5 83
$1,009 68
WILSON WATERS, Treasurer.
180
Report of the Directors of the North Chelmsford Library Corporation
The Directors of the North Chelmsford Library Corpora- tion submit the following report of the doings of the Corpora- tion for a period of ten, months ending December 31, 1914:
The Town having decided to end its fiscal year on Decem- ber 31, it is our intention to submit to the members of the Library Corporation, at its next annual meeting in March 1915, the question of a change in its By-Laws, which will cause its fiscal year to a close likewise December 31st, thus enabling us to make future reports for the full twelve months business for a corresponding period.
The library has been opened 128 sessions during the ten months covered by this report and the circulation for this same period was 13,627 volumes, fiction as usual predominating. Our circulation as reported a year ago was 13,634 volumes for twelve months, indicating that we are still maintaining the steady increase, which it has been our pleasure to report for the last few years.
We are able also to report a constant addition to the number of borrowers, having now a total of 481 persons who actively use and enjoy the privileges of our library.
We have added during the last period 203 new books and have a total of 6,812 now available.
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Our rapid growth in circulation is now becoming apparent in the wear and tear of our books, consequently increasing the labors of the Librarian in maintaining the necessary high standard. As a result of her careful attention, but 125 books were sent to be rebound during the period covered by this report, but it will be necessary to send a much greater number unless our borrowers recognize the importance of necessary care in the handling of our books, while in their possesion.
It has been reported by the Librarian, and noticed in certain instances by the Directors, that proper care has not been given our books by some of our borrowers, and it is our intention to see that extreme cases are properly dealt with in the future.
No repairs or alterations to the building have been re- quired, except that the older portion was re-shingled last fall, the necessity for which we noted in our report of a year ago.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY T. RIPLEY H. ELLEN SARGENT SARAH E. SHELDON
:
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TREASURER'S REPORT
North Chelmsford Library Corporation 1914
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand .
$ 27 39
Town appropriation.
700 00
Receipts from fines, catalogues, etc ..
3 75
$ 731 14
EXPENDITURES
Librarian and janitor
$ 225 00
Books.
213 02
Printing.
18 50
Carrying books to West Chelmsford.
7 60
Fuel . .
46 25
Electric light
16 54
Supplies.
17 91
Cleaning
9 11
Repairs .
30 36
Insurance.
36 10
General expense
7 45
$ 627 84
Balance on hand
103 30
$ 731 14
STEWART MACKAY, Treasurer.
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting At Town Hall, Chelmsford Center
Monday, February 1, 1915
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To the Constable of the Town of Chelmsford, in said County, GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in the Town Hall, at Chelmsford Center, on Monday the first day of February, current, being the first Monday of said month. at eight o'clock in the forenoon. The polls will be opened at 8.15 A. M. and closed at 1.15 P. M .; and they are then and there to act upon the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Article 2. To bring in their votes for one Town Clerk, one Assessor, one School Committee, two Trustees of the Adams Library, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Park Commissioner, one Selectman, one Overseer of the Poor, all for three years; Town Treasurer and Collector of
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Taxes; three Auditors, one Constable, and one Tree Warden, all for one year. Also to vote on the following question : " Shall license be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this town?" All on one ballot.
Article 3. To choose all other Town officers necessary to be chosen by hand vote, or act in relation to the same.
Article 4. To hear reports of Town officers and Committees, or act in relation thereto.
Article 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the current year.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year; also in such other matters which may arise requiring in their judgment, the action of such agent, and to employ counsel therefor.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to be paid to the North Chelmsford Fire District for hydrant service for the current year, or to act in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to be paid to the Chelmsford Water District for hydrant service for the current year, or act in relation thereto.
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Article 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and ninety and 39/100 dollars ($190.39) with which to pay the County of Middlesex for specific repairs on Acton Road, or act in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of one hundred thirty dollars ($130.00) to defray the expenses of the chairman of the Board of Select- men for the municipal year 1914, or act in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500 00) for the purchase of fire hose and equipment for the North Chelmsford Fire Department, or act in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars to provide a Fire Alarm signal system for the Center Village, said money to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen and the fire engineers duly appointed for the Center Village, or act in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to change the num- ber of Constables from one to two, or what other number, or act in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see what action, if any, the Town will take relative to the salary and compensation of the members of the Board of Selectmen and the Overseers of the Poor, or act in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to rent or let for social meetings the fire house, so called, at North Chelmsford to such persons and under such terms as they may deem advisable, or act in relation thereto.
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Article 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for the purpose of publishing the History of Chelmsford prepared by Henry S. Perham and Rev. Wilson Waters at the request of the Town by vote under Article 13 at the annual town meeting of 1907. The income from the sale of the book to revert to the town, or act in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see what action, if any, the Town will take relative to the oiling of Streets in said Town or act, in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) for the purpose of fencing and putting in condition the new ad- dition to the West Chelmsford Cemetery. The expen- diture of this money to be in charge of the Cemetery Commissioners, or act in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the purpose of grading the grounds at the Highland Ave. School Building at North Chelmsford. The expenditure of this money to be in charge of the School Committee, ur act in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) to pay the purchase price of land adjoining the land on which the school building at the West Village now stands. Said land to be used for school purposes or act in relation thereto.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at Postoffices in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelms-
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ford, and at the School House East Chelmsford, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifteen.
D. FRANK SMALL, A. HEADY PARK, KARL M. PERHAM,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing Warrant by posting up true and attested copies of the same at the places above mentioned more than seven days before the day of holding said meeting.
HUBERT H. RICHARDSON,
Constable of Chelmsford.
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Index
PAGE
Aggregate of Appropriations, Receipts and Expenditures 120
Annual Report of the School Committee 123
Buildings and Grounds . 125
Financial Report of the School Board .
128
School Committee 1914. 139
124
Summary of Receipts and Expenditures
22
Appointed by the Selectmen.
7
East Chelmsford Fire Apparatus
98
North Fire Apparatus
97
South Fire Apparatus
97
Westlands Fire Apparatus
98
Weights and Measures
100
Appraisal Personal Property at Town Farm
89
Assessors' Report.
103
Board of Health Report
101
Collector's Report on Tax of Chelmsford Water District
75
Collector's Report on Tax of North Chelmsford Fire District
76
Dogs Licensed for the Year 1914
10
Highway Property Appraisal. .
93
Joint Primary, September 22, 1914
33
Property Appraisal of Moth Department 99
Report of Auditors. 107
Report of the Directors of the No. Chelmsford Library Corporation. 180
Treasurer's Report. 182
Report of Inspector of Animals 118
Annual Town Meeting, 1914.
95
Appraisal Centre Fire Apparatus
190
Report of Inspector of Meats and Provisions
112
Report of Selectmen
43
Adams Library
Acton Road
Care and Improvement of Cemeteries
Cattle Inspection.
Chelmsford Water District
Chlorinda H. Parkhurst, Accident
Collection and Abatement of Taxes.
Damages on Acton Road
East Chelmsford Fire Protection
Expenses of Chairman of Selectmen
Fire Hose and Equipment
Highways
Hydrant Service .
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
Janitors North and Center Fire Houses
List of Jurors, 1914
Loans and Interest
Lowell Industrial School
Meat Inspection
Memorial Day
Military Aid .
Miscellaneous
Moth Department.
North Village Library
Officers for Caucus, Primaries, State Election and March Meeting
Officers and Committees
Outside Poor
Plans for New School House
Public Parks
Receipts at Almshouse
Repairs of Public Buildings
Report of Street Lights
66
Sealer of Weights and Measures
67
Sinking Fund 61
62 64 67
61 62 65 63 65 66 64 64 46 62 67 66 71 63 63 63 62 66 56 58 62
55 52 51 65 60 51 60
191
State Aid , 67
Support of Poor. 49
Town History 65
Tree Warden 59
Trust Funds 68
Village Clock 63
Westlands Fire Protection
64
West Chelmsford Cemetery. 65
. Report of Superintendent of Moth Work. 119
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners
116
Report of the Forest Warden 113
Report of the Park Commissioners for 1914 82
175
Treasurer's Report. 179 79
Report of Tax Collector
Report of Town Clerk.
11
Births Recorded in 1914
11
Deaths Recorded in 1914 19
Marriages Recorded in 1914
15
Report of Tree Warden.
74
State Election, November 3, 1914
37
Results of Vote for Representative 41
Special Town Meeting, May 4, 1914 31
Superintendent of Schools' Report-
Age and Grade Distribution Table. 150
Calendar Days. 144
Conclusion 158
Extension of Library facilities. 158
General Statistics. 145
Graduation Exercises Centre High School. 165
Graduation Exercises North High School. 161
Our High Schools. 155
School Organization and the Individual Child 156
Report of the Principal of the No. High School . . 159
Report of the Principal of the Centre High School. . 163
83
Report of Town Treasurer 122
Sealers of Weights and Measures
Report of the Trustees of the Adams Library
192
Report of the Supervisor of Music. 167
Report of the Supervisor of Manual Arts. 168
Report of the Course in Household Arts 169
Reports of School Physicians 171
School Calendar 1914-1915 142
School Statistics for the Year Ending in June, 1914. 146
Teachers, December 31, 1914. 148
The Work of the Elementary Schools 152
Town Officers 3
Warrant 183
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