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and only the principal and one or two others have known the school for a year or more, much ground gained at the end of any year is lost and must be regained. I, therefore, very earnestly endorse the efforts of the School Board to establish a salary scale that will secure us reasonable permanence in our teaching force, and I urge that very serious consideration be given to every recommendation made to this end. I would point out that the record of losses from our faculty is prima facie evidence that we are not meeting Regulation No. 18 of the Regulations of the State Board, upon obedience to which our standing as an approved High School depends. This Regulation reads : "Reasonable efforts shall be made to retain for a term of years the services of those teachers who prove their usefulness to the school." There is also much food for thought in the grading and salaries of the clerical service of the state. To be rated in Grade III in this service one must have ability to pass with a general average of 80 per cent. examinations in Spelling, Letter Writing, Penmanship, Accuracy in Copying Printed Matter, Transcribing Rough Draft, Rapid Computation and Arithmetic. A regulation states: "It shall be prima facie evidence that a position is in Grade III if the salary is more than $780 and not more than $1200 per year." No teacher in the High School, except the Principal, receives more than $1200 per year. This would seem to be good prima facie evidence that their positions in the service of education are on a par with those in Grade III in the clerical service. Could any situation in the entire public service be more absurd ?
An examination of some data of the present year would be of interest, I think. Although our total enrollment of one hundred and fifty-six is seven less than that of last year, on account of the great difference in the number of students leaving school, our present membership, one hundred and fifty, is eight more than the membership was at this date a year ago, showing a real gain. The number of boys and girls enrolled is the same. The new pupils enrolled number sixty-six in the Freshman class and two in the Sophomore class. The number in the Freshman class is significant. There are twenty in the Senior class this year. The number in the class to graduate next year is twenty-two. The difference between the number of pupils entering and those passing out in the next two years will be such, probably, that next year the enrollment will be about one hundred and eighty and the year following two hundred. Only the unusual losses
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of last year prevented the enrollment from going to one hundred and eighty this year. When it passes two hundred, by State regulation, another teacher must be added to the faculty.
Seventy pupils enrolled in the Commercial Course, eighty- six in the Preparatory and General Courses, There are thirty-two classes, eight of them divided into two divisions, making forty instruction periods daily. The principal has four. Each teacher has either four or five instruction periods and one or two periods for consultation or supervision in the laboratory or study hall. Eighty-five is the largest number of pupils any teacher has in all her classes. Fifty-six is the smallest number. The largest class division has thirty-eight pupils. Five have more than thirty pupils. Eight have between twenty and thirty. Eighteen have from ten to twenty. Nine have less than ten. The smallest class, in first year Spanish, has three pupils. Mr. Holbrook teaches the largest class. Limited by the present salary scale in our power to command the services of teachers of experience, we are unable to comply strictly with one of the regulations of the State Board for approval of High Schools, that one which states that no class of more than thirty pupils shall be instructed by a teacher of less than two years' experience. We have but one assistant who has had more than a year's experience, and in her department there is no class as large as thirty.
The per cent. of attendance in this, a normal year, is ninety-seven. It was about ninety-two at the same time last year. A study of the standing of the pupils by classes at the end of the third month shows clearly how the difficulties of last year affected the younger pupils, especially the Freshmen, so that this class, now Sophomore, has at present the lowest class record. It shows also the very good start that the present Freshman class has made. The table shows the number of each grade per hundred of all marks given in the class :
A
B
C 29
D
Senior
20
47
4
Junior
.33
36
10
21
Sophomore
11
31
30
28
Freshman
14
47
33
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Great care has been given to working out the best possible daily schedule of recitations, a task of much difficulty in a school of this size, in which few classes can be separated into
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divisions. Double periods in Bookkeeping and Senior Stenog- raphy have been introduced. The first year class in French is organized in two divisions, and each of the three upper classes in English meets in two divisions in the same period so that they can be brought together on occasion by their teachers. While a rearrangement of the schedule must be worked out to make Spanish, which has taken the place of German, available to both Commercial and Preparatory students, these points and several others of excellence should be preserved, if possible. Commercial Geography has been extended from a half to a full year of work, and Commercial Law has been added for a half year. Although twice as much time is assigned to singing, a rotation of periods has been established by which the interference with recitation periods is much less than it was last year.
The school has been very much disappointed to see nothing being done upon the Athletic Field, after our expectations were aroused to a high point of enthusiasm last Spring. We have, however, with assistance kindly given us by the Grange, nearly completed one tennis court, and shall finish it by some means for use the coming season. We held an inter-class track meet and used this half finished court for the track, and even a cold drizzling rain could not dampen the enthusiasm. We are going to have a "Snow Meet" just as soon as we get the snow. But how about baseball ? Must we ask the Wilmington, Billerica, Littleton and Westford teams to go all the way over to West or North Chelmsford to play on private grounds, over which our right of control may always be doubtful? We shall play ball somewhere surely, but never with the overwhelming spirit of enthusiasm that is so desirable until we receive a visiting team upon our own home grounds. Attention to the physical welfare of our pupils, the healthy development of body and character as well as of mind is recognized by all teachers as part of our pleasant duty, and we ask confidently for the encouragement and support which the Town only can give us in the early development of the grounds of the High School for outdoor exercise and sport.
There are many things upon which it is a pleasure to report every year, the social activities, the progress of our young grad- uates in the colleges, etc., but I feel that I have taken more than my allotted space in reporting the progress of the school, and asking for such proof of appreciation and recognition of the good work of the faculty as would be shown by measures taken
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to keep it reasonably intact year by year, and to provide it at an early date with the promised opportunity to lead the pupils of the school in those forms of outdoor activity and sport with- out which the full development of life and character is hardly possible.
Before closing I want to congratulate our Alumni Associa- tion on the fine start it has made upon a life of joy and usefulness, and to solicit the interest of the Association in a project of listing all the past members of the High School of the Town who served in the great war and placing upon the walls of the building a tablet in memory of their service. Such a permanent memorial, in giving which both Alumni and school might join, is due to these men, in whose preparation for the great service the Chelmsford High School had some small share.
Grateful recognition of your kind assistance and encourage- ment is always due from the faculty of the High School and is loyally rendered by them, and we are conscious always of the hearty interest and support of the School Committee, which makes us all feel that we are doing our little share in a grand piece of team work in the service of education.
Respectfully submitted,
EVAN W. D. MERRILL, Principal.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Mr. Walter K. Putney, Superintendent of Schools,
Chelmsford, Mass.
Dear Sir: In previous years, only three days a week have been given to the supervision of music in the schools. This year, five full days are given to that subject, continuing the use of the Weaver System.
A teachers' meeting was held in November, and the work throughout the eight grades was explained and planned. A seating plan of music, originated by T. P. Giddings of Minne- apolis, was discussed. This scheme has been productive of ex- cellent results in many places, and it seems wise to adopt it. In general, the plan offers a just reward for efficient and successful work on one hand, or a loss of standing for poor work, lack of effort or inattention, on the other.
At the beginning of the fall term a Girls' Glee Club, a Boys' Glee Club and an orchestra were organized at the High School. The pupils must have a certain standing in their studies in order to become members of these clubs and the orchestra. On the part of the pupils, the time given for these organizations is entirely out of school hours.
Last May, I attended the Eastern Supervisors' Conference, held at Hartford, Connecticut. It is worth much to become personally acquainted with people higher up in the profession and to be a part of the great brotherhood of musicians repre- sented at such a conference.
I wish to thank the pupils, teachers, Superintendent and Committee for their faithful co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
M. MARION ADAMS,
Supervisor of Music.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.
Mr. W. K. Putney,
Superintendent of Schools,
Chelmsford, Mass.
Dear Sir: The examination of children in the schools showed the following : Tonsils, 23; adenoids, 23; strabismus, 4; anemia, 1; rickets, 4; chorea, 1; defective speech, 1; blepharitis, 2; cleft palate, 1; mental defects, 2.
Many minor cases of illness among the school children have been decided upon.
Very respectfully, ARTHUR G. SCOBORIA, M. D.
Mr. W. K. Putney,
Superintendent of Schools,
Chelmsford, Mass.
Dear Sir: The annual inspection of schools has been made as usual and with gratification at the gradual improvement in the personal appearance of the pupils who, with a few excep- tions, take an interest in their cleanliness, the condition of their teeth, and the removal of tonsils and adenoids.
The schools have been free from any epidemic of sickness. I find the teachers willing and anxious to co-operate. Many par- ents show too little interest in the welfare of their children. This could be partly overcome by a school nurse who would visit the homes and accomplish much by personal interviews with parents. I hope that you will use your influence to get an appropriation for a school nurse.
Very truly yours,
FRED E. VARNEY, M. D.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES, CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
Class of 1919 Motto : "Be Good-Do Good-Make Good." Class Flower : Brown Daisy. Class Colors : Brown and Gold.
PROGRAM.
March-"High School Cadets" Sousa
CHELMSFORD ORCHESTRA
Invocation
REV. WILLIAM ARNOLD MOORE
"A Morning Ramble" Veazie
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
Salutatory Essay-"Good Roads"
HOMER BATTLES PARK
Essay-"The Stone That Fits"
ALYSE MARGUERITE ROBARGE
"In Spain" Di Chiara
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
Essay-"The Good and the Harm in Moving Pictures" ANNA FLORENCE HOOLE
Selection-"Il Trovatore"
CHELMSFORD ORCHESTRA
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Essay-"Woman's Part in the Work of Today" CHRISTIAN MACPHERSON BROWN
Presentation of Class Gift
ETHEL EMMA TETLEY, President 1919
Acceptance
ELEANOR LOUISE WARREN, President 1920
" America Triumphant"
Demarest
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
Valedictory Essay-"Young America's Opportunity" HATTIE JANE BLAISDELL
Address
ALFRED E. STEARNS, Principal Phillips Andover Academy
Conferring of Diplomas
ULYSSES J. LUPIEN, Chairman of School Committee
Selection-"Suite de Ballet" R. Gruenwald
a. "Dance of the Nubians" b. "Solo Dance"
CHELMSFORD ORCHESTRA
Class Ode
WORDS BY ALYSE M. ROBARGE MUSIC BY MARION VASSELIN
Benediction
REV. E. AMBROSE JENKINS
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CLASS ODE.
This is the day that we've longed for, For which we have struggled and sighed. We are proud that we've all done our duty ; 'Tis worth while to us that we've tried. Our paths will be many and varied ; We cannot remain where we've stood ; So our motto to help us to battle Is, "Be good, do good, and make good."
CHORUS.
"Be good." "Tis easier said than done, But when the good fight is fought and won, You will be happy for what you've done ; So be honest in word and deed.
"Do good." Have a smile for every man And, as you pass, lend a helping hand, While all the time do all you can ; There are always some in need.
"Make good." Seize all your chances ; Beware of idle fads and fancies ; Hard work the joy of life enhances ; Strive and you will succeed.
ALYSE M. ROBARGE.
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CLASS ROLL.
Ethel Emma Tetley, President.
Homer Battles Park, Vice President. Christian MacPherson Brown, Secretary. Guy St. Clair Peverill, Treasurer.
CLASS HONORS.
Hattie Jane Blaisdell Anna Florence Hoole
Christian MacPherson Brown Homer Battles Park Alyse Marguerite Robarge
Clarence George Audoin Beatrice Jeannette Brown
Elsie Sarah Burne
Natalie Velma Christianson Grace Vivian Cogger
Ruth May Davis* Marion Esther Downs
Esther Elizabeth Fox
John Joseph Henry Hehir
Thomas Francis Hehir
Agnes Loretta Hogan
Molly Lofstedt 1
John Thomas McTeague Gertrude Vera Morrill
Odlaug Bergliota Olsen Oscar Einar Reis Eva May Rose
Gladys May Sargent
Grace Winifred Scoble
Ruth Asenath Smith
Lillian Elizabeth Stewart Catherine Agnes Tucke
Marion Vasselin
*Not absent nor tardy during her entire High School course.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE CENTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Program
Invocation
REV. WILSON WATERS
Concert Exercise-"A National.Prayer"
Composition Salutatory-"The History of the Stars and Stripes."
HAROLD DUNSFORD
Song-"American Hymn"
Recitation-"The Unfurling of the Flag" BERNICE ELIZABETH SWEET
Composition-"The Territorial Development of the United States"
MARVIN OSWALD JOHNSON
Song-"America the Beautiful"
Recitation-"Legend of Bregenz"
MARGARET KATHERINE MULLIN
Composition-"The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the United States"
MARGARET TERESSA MCCOY
Recitation-“In Flanders Fields, America's Reply, The Returning Soldiers' Addendum"
CHARLES ALFRED SARGENT
Song-"To Thee, O Country"
Recitation-"Vive La France"
ESTHER GRACE PERHAM
Composition-"A Story of the Maize"
LUCIA WILMA PERKINS
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Recitation-"Edith Cavell"
MABEL ANNA WHITBECK
Composition Valedictory-"A History of Chelmsford" MARJORIE BARTLETT SCOBORIA
Song-"Commencement Day"
Presentation of Class Gift
JAMES BARTHOLOMEW CARR
Presentation of Diplomas
REV. C. H. ELLIS
Song-"The Star Spangled Banner"
CLASS AND AUDIENCE
Benediction
REV. G. H. NICKERSON
Class Colors-Red, White and Blue Class of 1919 Motto-"For God and Country"
Names of Graduates
Charles Walter Alcorn Eva Jennie Allard
Margaret Katherine Mullin
Charles Edmund Murphy
Robert Leroy Bartlett
Florence Inga Olsen
Philip Walton Park
Barbara Alice Parkhurst Lillian May Pearson
Lucia Wilma Perkins Esther Grace Perham Elsie Verna Purcell Margaret Elizabeth Robbins Milton Ennis Rounds
Pauline Marion Juiris
Charles Stillman Kneeland Laura Marcotte Margaret Teressa McCoy
Ruth Evelyn McMaster Boyd Amos McCrady Claude Thomas Mulaniff
Charles Alfred Sargent Helen Lucy Sargent Mary May Smith Marjorie Bartlett Scoboria
Beatrice Mildred Stewart Bernice Elizabeth Sweet Mabel Anna Whitbeck
Charles Winters
Roland Lewis Blackadar Lyman Andrew Byam James Bartholomew Carr Frederick Albert Dane Ernest Edward Dickinson Elizabeth Marion Donahue Harold Dunsford Marvin Oswald Johnson
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE PRINCETON ST., HIGHLAND AVE. AND WEST GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Program
Invocation
REV. E. AMBROSE JENKINS
Music-"Keller's American Hymn" CHORUS
Recitation-"In Flanders' Field" FLORENCE E. NYSTROM
Recitation-"Schools of Old Times" HILDA B. DUNIGAN
Recitation-"In School Days" JOHN P. TUCKE
Recitation-"Darius Green and His Flying Machine" H. MARGARET BUCHANAN Music-"America the Beautiful" CHORUS
Recitation-"Planes and Submarines" RAYMOND G. KINCH
Recitation-" Americanism" MADELINE B. LUPIEN
Music-"Commencement Song" CHORUS
Presentation of Diplomas HERBERT WATERHOUSE
Music-"The Star Spangled Banner" CHORUS AND AUDIENCE
Benediction
REV. E. AMBROSE JENKINS
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Graduate Class of 1919
PRINCETON STREET SCHOOL
Arthur Henry Brake
Agnes Vernon Brown
Helen Margaret Buchanan James Patrick Cassidy
Russell Winfield Davis
Frederick William Gatenby Alexander Alphonse Gervais Jennie Bernedette Greenwood Norman Leland Hadley
Raymond Gabriel Kinch
Reginald Joshua L'Herault
Helena Grace Merrill George Moore Annabelle May Phillips
Abbie Blanche Reno
Charles Elliott Robinson
Bertha Martha Stevens
George Gregory Tokas
HIGHLAND AVENUE SCHOOL
Hilda Beatrice Dunigan
Basil John Larkin
Alexander MacDonald
Helen Elizabeth McTeague
Ralph Edgar Moody Alfred Gerrel Murphy John James Victor Skrtich
John Parker Tucke
WEST SCHOOL
Clara Grace Ellinwood Leo Lacourse
Madeline Beatrice Lupien
Eleanor Ruth MacNaughton Raymond Eugene Nelson Florence Ethel Nystrom Mabel Westberg
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ROLL OF HONOR.
The Following Pupils were not Abent or Tardy During the Year Ending June, 1919.
Edward H. Blakeslee
Frederick A. MacElroy
Pauline Brendel
Helena Merrill
Harold B. Bryant
Mildred H. Nystrom
Isilore Deputat
Leslie James Reid
Lewis H. Felch
Marjorie B. Scoboria
Esther Fox
George G. Tokas
James H. Kershaw
John S. Toms
Gertrude Long
Doris B. Washburn
Pupils not Absent During the Year Ending June, 1919
James Francis Curry
Adams B. Dutton
Fred E. Daniels
Mary Manseau
Ruth Davis
Rose Ethel McGovern
Edward Deputat
Guy Peverill
Emilia Deputat
Roy G. Rose
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Year Ending, June 20, 1919.
Fall Term Ending, December 19, 1919.
SCHOOL
Aggregate
Attendance
Average
Daily
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Per Cent. of
Attendance
SCHOOL
Average
Daily
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Per Cent. of
Attendance
High:
Freshman
7450
44.95
56
48.24
93.18
Freshman Sophomore
62.64
71
64.72 96.78
Sophomore
4668
28.12
37
30.01
93.71
Junior
4529
27.31
34
29.16
93.65
Junior
21.39
23
22.08 96.87
Senior
5276
31.78
36
34.10
93.19
Senior
20.25
21
20.94 96.70
Total
21923
132.16
163
141.51
93.43
143.07
156 147-445 97.01
Center:
I
4452
27.65
53
34.155 80.954
I
35.01
40
37.76 92.71
II
3292
20.447
29
23.664 86.405
I-II
26.62
31
28.11 94.7
III
3873
24.05
34
26.93
89.34
II-III
30.58
39
32.29 94.7
IV
4363.5
27.10
40
29.95
90.48
IV
23.18
31
24.34 95.23
V
5416.5
33.64
40
37.04
90.82
V
41.02
47
42.96 95.48
VI
6063
37.66
50
42.45
88.71
VI
45.20
57
48.02 94.12
VII
5840
36.27
45
40.5
89.56
VII
37.96
46
39.36 96.44
VIII
5541.5
34.42
41
37.87
90.88
VIII
33.04
35
34.27 96.41
Total
38841.5 241.237
332
262.559 88.393
272.61
326
287.11
94.97
Princeton St.
I
5106
31.71
47
37.13
85.46
I
29.32
38
32.4
90.49
II-III
5615.5
34.87
48
39.15
89.07
II
27.16
32
29.24|92.8
III-IV
5799.5
36.02
43
40.88
88.11
III
22.16
: 24
23.21 95.47
V
3690 .
22.91
31
24.67
92.86
IV
23.49
28
25.22 93.14
IV
5081.5
31.56
36
34.45
91.62
V
21.70
24
22.25 97.5
VII-VIII
6021
37.39
45
39.91
93.68
VI
21.94
26
23.12 94.89
VII-VIII
45.79
51
47.85
95.69
Total
31313.5
194.46
250
216.19
90.13
191.56
223
203.29
94.28
Highland Ave:
I-II
5939.5
36.83
47
40.86
90.27
I-II
44.94
53
48.37
92.9
III-IV.
4405.5
27.36
37
29.03
94.24
III-IV
29.71
32
30.94 96
V-VI
4864.5
30.21
35
32.47
93.03
V-VI
29.21
32
30.74 95
VII-VIII
3452
21.44
24
23.22
92.28
VII-VIII
27.65
31
29.51
93.6
Total
18661.5
115.84
143
125.58
92.45
131.51
148
139.56
94.37
West:
I-III
3437.5
21.55
28
25.71
I-III
21.74
25
23.6
92.1
IV-V
1852
11.61
17
12.36
83.81 93.93
IV-V
13.6
15
14.31
95.04
VI-VIII
3351.5
21.01
24
22.41
93.77
VI-VIII
19.68
22
20.71
95.02
Total
8641
54.17
69
60.48
90.5
55.02
62
58.62
94.05
East:
I-II
27.22
31
30.05 89.63
III-V
26.25
30
28.22 92.95
Total
9145.5
57.88
81
67.46
85.91
53.47
61
58.27
91.29
South: I-IV V-VII
3165 1819.5
19.78
34
23.03
85.06 89.46
I-IV V-VII
24.01 15.19
30 16
15.86
95
Total
4984.5
31.15
51
35.74
87.26
39.20
46
43.34 91
Golden Cove: I-IV South Row: I-VI
3890
24.16
39
27.76
87.01
I-IV
31.31
35
34.01
92.06
3846.5
24.81
36
25.94
95.63
I-V
20.70
27
21.95
94.40
Totals
141247
875.867|1164 963.22
90.93
938.45 1084 993.59 94.45
34.51
47
40.47
85.27
5453 3692.5
23.37
34
26.99
86.56
I-II III-V
27.48 87
11.37
17
12.71
Attendance
Attendance
38.79
41 39.705 97.69
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TEACHERS DURING YEAR 1919.
Note-This list shows teachers in present grades, except in cases of those who have left the service.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Began Service
Ended Service
Evan W. D. Merrill, Principal
Sept. 4, 1916
Chas. A. Holbrook, Sub-Principal
Feb., 1912
Malcolm D. Hylan
Dec. 31, 1918
June, 1919
Anna S. G. Costello
Jan. 14, 1918
March, 1919
M. Gertrude Roughsedge
Sept. 1918
Evelyn C. Silva
May 28, 1918 June, 1919
Helen M. Nutter
Sept., 1918
June, 1919
Lucy T. Phillips
Sept., 1918
June, 1919
Alice J. Fairbanks
Sept., 1918
June, 1919
Fred Holmes
Sept., 1919
Elizabeth W. Hawkes.
March, 1919
Edith D. Sprague
Sept., 1919
Gladys E. Hartshorn
Sept., 1919
Winifred T. McMahon
Sept., 1919
Harriet G. Husted
Sept., 1919
Martha C. Neal
Sept., 1919
CENTER GRAMMAR:
VIII Susan S. McFarlin
April, 1879
VII Hazel M. Stevens
Sept. 4, 1917
Nov. 15, 1919
VII Mrs. Eva L. Dobson (Substitute)
Nov. 15, 1919
VI Ella P. MacNear.
Sept., 1918
June, 1919
VI Clara P. Kress
Sept., 1919
V Helena B. Lyon.
Sept., 1911
IV Marjorie C. Steutemann
Sept., 1918
June, 1919
IV Mary J. Campbell
Sept., 1919
III & IV Eva M. Godfrey
Sept., 1908
II & III Esther A. Reid
Dec., 1911
I
Eva M. Large
Sept., 1917
PRINCETON GRAMMAR:
VII & VIII Gertrude A. Jones.
Sept., 1899
VI Ella A. Hutchinson
Sept., 1905
V Mary C. Sleeper
March, 1907
IV Genevieve E. Jantzen
Sept., 1911
III Alice M. Flynn
Sept., 1917
II
Katheryn E. Howarth
Sept., 1911
I
Catherine E. McDermott
Sept., 1905
HIGHLAND GRAMMAR:
VII & VIII Gladys Jenkyn Sept., 1918
VI & V Berangere M. Roy
Sept., 1919
VI & V Helen M. Wells Sept., 1918
June, 1919
III & IV Margaret C. Gookin
Sept., 1907
June, 1919
III & IV
Marie T. Hearn
Sept., 1919
I & II M. Grace McCue
Sept., 1908
June, 1919
I & II Marguerite McGuinness
Sept., 1919
Oct., 1919
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WEST GRAMMAR:
VI & VIII Bertha H. Long
April, 1896
IV & V Ruth A. Whittemore Sept., 1918
I & III Genevieve A. Callahan Sept. 4, 1917
EAST GRAMMAR:
III-V Edith Mylott
Sept., 1918
June, 1919
III-VI Mary M. Murphy
Sept., 1919
I-II
Mary A. Mckeon
Sept., 1918
June, 1919
I-II
Marguerite DeLorme
Sept., 1919
SOUTH GRAMMAR:
I-III Elsie S. Wilder
Oct. 10, 1916
V-VII Alice Cole
Sept., 1918
June, 1919
IV-VII
Ruth F. Murphy
Sept., 1919
SOUTH ROW:
I-VI Margaret C. Garvey
Sept., 1918
June, 1919
I-VI
Helen A. Castles
Sept., 1919
GOLDEN COVE:
III-IV
Helen A. Brady
Nov. 15, 1919
I-II
Marion C. Bradley
Sept., 1919
SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING:
Lydia Des Ormeaux
Dec. 29, 1919
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC:
M. Marion Adams
Sept., 1906
TABLE OF AGES.
Under
5 yrs.
6 yrs .- 4 m.
6 yrs .- 4 m.
7 yrs .- 4 m.
7 vrs .- 4 m.
8 yrs .- 4 m.
8 yrs .- 4 m.
9 yrs .- 4 m.
9 yrs .- 4 m.
10 yrs .- 10 m.
10 yrs .- 4 m.
11 yrs .- 4 m.
11 yrs .~ 4 m.
12 yrs .- 4 m.
12 yrs .- 4 m.
13 yrs .- 4 m.
13 yrs .- 4 m.
14 yrs .- 4 m.
14 yrs .- 4 m.
15 yrs .- 4 m.
15 yrs .- 4 m.
16 yrs .- 4 m.
16 yrs .- 4 m.
17 yrs .- 4 m.
17 yrs .- 4 m.
18 yrs .- 4 m.
18 yrs .- 4 m.
19 yrs .- 4 m.
Grade I
34
41
34
19
3
2
133
II
9
49
41
18
3
2
1
121
III
11
48
41
37
8
4
149
IV
9
36
39
21
9
4
2
120
V
20
29
31
14 36
21
11
4
124
VII
18
22
41
10
2
93
VIII
1
23
30
25 29
15
9
2
1
71
II
10
17
12
2
41
III
1
7
9
5
1
23
IV
11
7
2
1
21
34
50
92 117 118 136 106 109 119
90
47
43
18
4
1|1084
-
2
1
105
VI
26
25
High
I
15
1
1-
2
83
8
1 1
5 yrs .- 4 m.
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Financial Report of School Committee.
1919.
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION.
HIGH SCHOOL.
E. W. D. Merrill, Principal, $1,540.00
Charles A. Holbrook
1,200.00
Malcolm C. Hylan.
600.00
Fred Holmes
440.00
Elizabeth W. Hawkes
640.00
Alice J. Fairbanks.
4.20.00
Harriet C. Husted.
90.00
Edith D. Sprague.
270.00
Lucy T. Phillips.
480.00
Gladys E. Hartshorn
300.00
Helen M. Nutter
462.00
Martha C. Neal
320.00
Evelyn C. Silva.
450.00
Winifred T. McMahon
400.00
M. Gertrude Roughsedge 850.00
Anna S. G. Costello.
200.00
$8,662.00
PRINCETON STREET.
Gertrude A. Jones.
$ 810.00
Ella A. Hutchinson.
740.00
Mary D. Sleeper .
740.00
Gertrude E. Jantzen
698.00
Alice M. Flynn.
195.00
Katherine E. Howarth.
698.00
Catherine E. McDermott.
731.00
$4,612.00
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CENTER SCHOOL.
Susan S. McFarlin.
$ 810.00
Hazel Stevens
535.00
Eva L. Dobson, Substitute.
120.00
Ella P. MacNear
330.00
Helena B. Lyon.
710.00
Clara P. Kress. .
280.00
Marjorie G. Steutermann
330.00
Mary J. Campbell
260.00
Eva M. Godfrey
740.00
Esther A. Reid.
680.00
Eva M. Large
610.00
$5,405.00
HIGHLAND AVENUE SCHOOL.
Gladys Jenkyn
$ 710.00
Helen L. Wells.
360.00
Berangere S. Roy
240.00
Margaret C. Gookin
420.00
Mary McGuinness
240.00
M. Grace McCue
360.00
Marie T. Hearn.
240.00
$2,570.00
WEST SCHOOL.
Bertha H. Long
$ 760.00
Ruth Whittemore
610.00
Genevieve A. Callahan
610.00
$1,980.00
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Ruth F. Murphy
$ 180.00
Elsie S. Wilder
610.00
Alice Cole
330.00
$1,120.00
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Viola H. Howker, Substitute
Mary Duffy, Substitute
$ 13.62
8.92
$ 22.54
FAST SCHOOL.
Edith M. Mylott.
$ 390.00
Mary A. Murphy.
260.00
Mary A. Mckeon. .
330.00
Marguerite De Lorme.
250.00
$1,230.00
GOLDEN COVE SCHOOL.
Marion C. Bradley
$ 240.00
Alice M. Flynn. .
395.00
Helen C. Brady, Substitute.
90.00
$ 725.00
SOUTH ROW SCHOOL.
Margaret C. Garvey
$ 360.00
Helen A. Castles. 260.00
$ 620.00
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
M. Marion Adams.
$ 720.00
SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
Ruth B. Moseley $ 120.00
Total for Teaching
$27,786.54
SUPERINTENDENT.
Walter K. Putney $2,000.00
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JANITORS.
C. O. Robbins, High. $1,080.00
John Mattson, Princeton Street.
864.00
Edward Fallon, Highland Avenue 550.00
Charles A. Lull, West. . 550.00
W. E. Vickery, Center 840.00
R. Robertson, East. 350.00
J. F. Parker, South .
350.00
R. C. Wood, South Row 200.00
Charles Stearns, Golden Cove.
200.00
$4,984.00
NEW EQUIPMENT.
Underwood Typewriter Co.
$ 180.00
Remington Typewriter Co.
40.00
Royal Typewriter Co.
75.25
Edward E. Babb Co ..
88.00
Central Scientific Co.
131.00
F. D. Pitts Co.
22.77
HEALTH.
Arthur G. Scoboria, M. D.
$ 175.00
Fred E. Varney, M. D.
125.00
$ 300.00
UPKEEP.
F. G. Pratt. $ 70.93
Tucke & Parker Co.
37.30
F. R. Dickinson .
29.80
W. A. Mack.
42.75
Sawyer Carriage Co.
5.00
Pratt & Forrest.
41.12
Bartlett & Dow
2.72
Wmn. P. Proctor Co.
.78
G. A. Hill Co ..
3.60
Major W. Boulter
262.82
E. R. Marshall
4.53
$ 537.02
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Hobson, Lawler Co. $ 37,96
E. E. Smith Co
15.40
E. J. Fay. 59.46
C. O. Robbins. 1.40
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins.
235.40
Electric Maintenance Co. 59.29
W. B. Knight. 39.00
N. E. Electric & Supply Co. 10.96
Adams & Co.
61.70
C. B. Coburn Co.
1.69
Underwood Typewriter Co
6.86
E. E. Babb & Co.
4.57
Fletcher & Donovan.
19.75
Hartley & Kelliher
78.50
F. W. Santamour
.60
E. F. De La Haye, cementing floor of garage and grading 215.06
E. F. De La Haye, cement steps, Highland Avenue School 38.50
James Kibert, painting Highland Avenue School building 434.54
G. Gaudette, labor and expense 71.45
Lewis Fisk, labor and expense 85.80
$1,874.78
FUEL.
Fuel contracts of 1918, delivered in 1919.
H. L. Parkhurst Coal Co .. $ 387.78
Oscar Spaulding, 401/s cords wood. 401.25
T. J. Ducharme, sawing 22.00
P. Heon, sawing 4.80
S. Gillie, sawing. 12.00
A. Schwartz, sawing 12.00
H. Gilmore, sawing 4.80
J. J. Dunn, hauling . 60.00
W. L. Stevens, handling.
2.50
A. E. Downing, handling 18.00
N. Chelmsford Coal Co., coal. 405.00
$1,330.13
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Fuel contracted for and delivered in 1919.
N. Chelmsford Coal Co., coal. $3,354.01
J. A. Haley & Son, coal. 179.86
Harry L. Parkhurst Coal Co., wood
49.00
$3,582.87
TRANSPORTATION.
E. Whitcomb $1,425.00
E. Paignon
400.00
F. X. Lupien 140.00
J. Sullivan 500.00
Lewis Fisk
1,000.00
Lewis Fisk, extra, in Summer
100.00
George Gaudette
976.50
George Gaudette, extra, in Summer 100.00
A. O. Guerin.
125.00
J. W. Stevens.
6.00
E. Whitcomb, extra.
45.00
George Gaudette, expenses
7.81
Lewis Fisk, expenses.
45.83
Brennan & Kenney
12.00
E. J. Fay
1.00
E. E. Smith Co ..
63.98
Martin Robbins & Son, insurance
120.06
F. R. Dickinson .
107.51
J. W. Maguire Co., overhauling Pierce-Arrow truck. .
676.35
F. G. Pratt, painting trucks.
174.00
N. Chelmsford Machine & Supply Co.
14.86
Bay State Street Ry. Co.
104.00
Donovan Harness Co.
10.95
Sawyer Carriage Co.
29.85
Village Shop
1.68
Stewart Mackay, truck registrations.
4.00
C. H. Jack.
2.50
New England Electric & Supply Co.
7.90
Parkhurst Press
3.50
Butler Repair Shop.
28.30
C. O. Robbins .
33.04
Standard Oil Co.
967.76
Pitts Auto Supply
1,548.14
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Noyes Buick Co
$ 197.53
Lowell Buick Co.
13.22
Lowell & Fitchburg St. Ry. Co.
60.00
$9,053.27
BOOKS.
E. E. Babb & Co .. $ 139.77
Ginn & Co ..
167.60
American Book Co.
470.28
MacMillan Co.
195.85
D. C. Heath & Co.
5.65
B. H. Sanborn Co.
40.45
Phonographic Institute Co.
6.57
C. E. Merrill Co.
1.99
H. M. Rowe Co ..
.70
Allyn & Bacon
39.00
W. B. Knight.
420.43
J. C. Winston Co.
24.83
Scott, Forsman & Co.
12.48
Silver, Burdett & Co.
4.03
Gregg Publishing Co.
43.34
Little, Brown Co.
7.49
C. C. Birchard & Co ..
13.92
A. P. Smith Music Co.
6.09
P. R. Dillon Pub. Co.
2.00
D. H. Knowlton Co.
.50
$1,602.97
SUPPLIES.
Dowling School Supply Co.
$ 502.64
E. E. Babb & Co ..
648.30
Central Scientific Co.
162.34
Ginn & Co.
.65
L. E. Knott Co ..
3.15
W. B. Knight.
151.21
Wright & Potter Co.
1.45
Remington Typewriter Co.
4.00
J. L. Hammett Co.
32.18
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Boston Music Co ..
$ .58
Underwood Typewriter Co.
10.50
W. K. Putney
1.84
The Prang Co ..
4.58
Martin Engraving Co.
127.80
Office Appliance Co.
14.90
Gertrude Roughsedge
2.40
Parkhurst Press
15.25
Library Bureau
9.90
$1,693.67
MISCELLANEOUS.
New England Electric & Supply Co.
$ 55.70
C. O. Robbins.
129.21
Chelmsford Water District.
66.67
Lowell Electric Light Corp.
516.54
E. H. Gillie .
4.00
N. Chelmsford Fire District.
43.01
Lowell Gas Light Co.
52.42
E. E. Smith Co.
421.09
Noyes Buick Co.
7.89
Parkhurst Press
19.10
E. T. Adams
50.30
Donovan Harness Co.
4.85
E. C. Silva.
9.93
Mrs. F. E. Richardson.
33.35
Bartlett & Dow
28.15
A. G. Pollard Co ..
5.85
Courier-Citizen Co.
18.00
H. I. Dallman Co.
27.16
Tucke & Parker Co.
68.64
Lewis Fisk.
1.96
John Mattson
9.00
George Gaudette
7.56
Edward Fallon
.55
District Police, Building Inspection
4.00
C. A. Lull.
8.02
N. Chelmsford Machine & Supply Co.
.31
H. L. Schwartz
4.00
J. S. Byam.
8.00
W. B. Knight.
10.91
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Adams Hardware Co.
$ 3.59
W. C. Hinckley .
2.40
Safety Tire Shop.
2.00
Lactance Gaudette
25.00
John F. Parker
2.25
$1,649.16
ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES.
Walter E. Vickery, freight
$ 20.26
P. H. Haley, stamped envelopes.
18.83
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
85.39
Office expense, freight, express, postage, etc.
61.90
Superintendent, expenses, hiring teachers, etc.
125.24
Clerical work of School Committee.
125.00
$ 517.37
Total Miscellaneous
$2,166.53
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES AND BALANCES, 1919.
Appropriation
Expended
Balance
Deficit
Superintendent
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
Teaching
28,443.00
27,786. 54
$ 656.46
Janitors
5,004.00
4,984.00
20.00
Transportation
8,090.00
9,053.27
$963.27
New Equipment
500.00
537.02
37.02
Books and Supplies
2,500.00
3,296.64
796.64
Health
250.00
250.00
Miscellaneous
1,500.00
2,166.54
666.54
Upkeep
2,000.00
1,874.78
125.22
Fuel
5,200.00
3,582.87
1,617.13
Fuel, 1918 Contracts
1,340.00
1,340.00
1918 Receipts
864.99
864.99
$57,691.99
$56,861.79
$3,293.67
$2,463.47
Balance . . $3,293.67
Deficit .. 2,463.47
Net Balance
$ 830.20
Unpaid Fuel bills, contracted 1919, not delivered $606.50
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INDEX.
Aggregate of Appropriations, Receipts and Expenditures
48
Annual Town Meeting
7
Births Recorded in Chelmsford in 1919
16
Deaths Recorded in Chelmsford in 1919
21
Dogs Licensed for the year 1919
23
List of Jurors
81
Marriages Recorded in Chelmsford in 1919
19
Officers of the Town of Chelmsford
.3
Reports of
Appraisers
61
Assessors
59
Auditors
Board of Health
Cemetery Commissioners
Finance Committee
Fire Engineers
Fish and Game Warden
Forest Warden .
Inspector of Animals
Inspector of Slaughtering
74 75 72
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
78
Selectmen
24
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector
50
Trustees of Adams Library
68
Special Notice
23
Special Town Meetings
12
State Election .
14
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting.
83
The Late David Frank Small Frontispiece
Chelmsford Roll of Honor. Insert before School Report
INDEX OF SCHOOL REPORT.
Aggregate of School Expenditures
46
Financial Report
38
Graduation Exercises of
Chelmsford High School
26
Center Grammar School
30
Princeton Street, Highland Avenue and West Grammar Schools. 32
Reports of
High School Principal 18
School Committee
4
School Physicians
25
Superintendent of Schools
8
Supervisor of Music
24
Roll of Honor
34
School Calendar
3
School Committee
2
School Statistics
35
Teachers during 1919
36
Table of Ages.
.
.
37
64 74 77 87 80 79 78 75
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