Town annual report of Chelmsford 1919, Part 7

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Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
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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


6


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.


38


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


40


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


41


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


42


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


43


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


44


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


. 45


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


46


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


47


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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