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Cash on hand, Jan., 1913. To amounts received.
$1129 91
Commercial light.
$13463 72
Town buildings
332 40
Jobbing account
1506 91
Power
2131 44
Appropriations :
Notes
$1850 00
Interest
2500 00
Maintenance
1500 00
Depreciation
2040 00
Revenue (Interest)
38 00
-$7928 00
Note issue
2000 00
Miscellaneous
114 00
$27476 47
$28.606 38
CR.
By paid
Commissioners orders
$21621 08
Matured notes
1850 00
Interest on loan
2538 00
$26009 08
Balance Jan., 1914.
$2,597 30
The Treasurer has the following bills for collection :- For light. $2382 56
For jobbing 626 80
$3009 36
ELECTRIC LIGHT LOAN.
HELD BY
Amount.
Rate, Date of Issue. No
Notes.
Maturitios.
Chelsea Savings Bank.
13,000
4
Oct.
1, 1903|13 notes 10-22 1914-1926 inc
Malden Savings Bank
2,000
4
2 notes 24-25 1927-1928 inc
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept.
3,000
4
3 notes 26-28 1929-1931 inc
Malden Savings Bank. .
5,000
4
Dec.
15, 1903 5 notes 29-33 1915-1919 inc
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept ...
2,000
4
' 1904 2 notes 34-35 1920-1921
Holliston Savings Bank ..
4,000
4
4 notes 36-39 1922-1925 inc
State of Massachusetts.
4,000
4
May
1, 1905
4 notes 40-43 1926- 1929 inc
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept ..
2,000
4
Dec.
15, 1906 2 notes 44-45 1930-1931
Cemetery Trust Funds, Ipswich .....
2,000
4
June
30, 1908
2 notes
1-2 1934-1935
Malden Savings Bank
2,000
4
15,1909
2 notes
1-2 1936-1937
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept.
2,000
4
30, 1910 4 notes 21-241931-1934 inc
Five Cent Savings Bank, Lynn ...
5,000
4
Oct.
1, 191010 notes
3-13 1914-1923 inc
Sinking Fund. Ipswich Water Dept .. Ipswich Savings Bank.
5,250
4
Dec.
30, 191021 notes 4 24 1914-1934 inc
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept.
1.900
4
June
29, 1912 1 note
24
$100.00 ea.yr
George A. Schofield ...
2,000
4
. .
30, 1913 1 note
41
1914
Sinking Fund, Ipswich Water Dept. ..
2,000
4
1 note
40
$100.00 ea.yr
Total,
$62,650
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·
3,500
4
1910 7 notes 14-20 1924-1930 inc
North Avenue Savings Bank ...
2,000
4
15, 1907 2 notes 46-47 1932 1933
..
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT REPORT.
Commissioners' Report.
To the citizens of Ipswich,
Gentlemen ;-
The Water and Municipal Lighting Commissioners submit their twentieth annual report, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1913.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
On pages 4 to 16 inclusive, will be found a detailed account of the receipts and expenditures of the department for the year 1913. The figures given show a healthy and substantial growth, and give ample evidence of the great success of this public utility established after a hard contest twenty years ago.
We estimate the receipts for 1914 to be $19,000.00, and the expenditures, outside of new lines, Interest $7480.00, Sinking Fund $4,146.45, Maintenance $5,000.00.
During the past three years we have paid all the expenses of the department, including sinking fund, interest and maintenance from the earnings of the department, also we have been giving free hydrant service to the Town, We are able to continue this course this year and we do not ask for any appropriation from the tax money.
The following table shows the assets and liabilities of the Water Department, Jan. 1, 1914 :-
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WATER DEPARTMENT;
ASSETS.
LIABILITIES-
Value of Plant (cost) $216,214 00 Bonds
$160,000 00
Water Rates due
4,861 11 Notes 27,000 00
Services due
222 09 Bal. excess of assets
110,823 26
Cash on hand
3,220 19
Cash in Sinking Fund
73,305 87
$297,823 26
$297,823.26
Of the excess of assets shown above $44,164.23 has been raised by taxation during the past twenty years, the balance $66,659.03 is actual earnings.
We believe that the actual value of the plant today is more than the cost, therefore we have not deducted anything for depreciation. The following 1913 bills which came in after the close of the year are unpaid. American Express Co. $2.90. Ames Iron Works $30.05 A. i. Savory $73.90., Lunkenheimer Co. $454.25. Total $561.10
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Pages 17 to 27 inclusive of this report, give a full account of the receipts and expenditures of this department. We indorse the recommendation of a special power rate of 8 cts per k. w. hour, as we did the recommendation for shorter hours and one rest day a week for the employees.
We again call your attention to the rapid strides this depart- ment has made in ten years, and to the fact that the outlook for the future is for an ever increasing success.
The following table shows the assets and liabilities of this depart- ment for the year 1913.
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT.
ASSETS.
LIABILITIES.
Value of Plant (Cost)
$91,508 40 Notes
$62,650 00
Due for light
2,382 56 Excess of assets
35,036 68
Due for jobbing
626 80
Material and supplies Cash
571 62
2,597 30
$97,686.68
$97,686.68
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The following bills for 1913 were received too late for pay- ment:
A. G. Osborne $55.85, C. S. Tyler $1.50, J. A. Huckins $9.00, American Ex. Co. $1.62, Bessemer Ex. . 90, John A. Brown $45.20. Total $114.07.
We regret to say that the first serious accident, since the installation of the plant, has occurred this year. An action against the town has been begun on account of the accident, but has not yet been tried. We feel, after an investigation of this matter, that the town may be able to show that it was not responsible for the accident.
In closing we thank the employees of these departments and the citizens in general for their hearty cooperation at all times in the making of our work a success. We appreciate the fact that, the voters have seen fit to recognize this work by promptly reelecting each member at the expiration of his term, and we hope to merit and receive your confidence and support in the future.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. SCHOFIELD, GEORGE H. W. HAYES, WILLIAM H. RAND, Commission
Water and
Municipal Light
Ipswich, Jan. 1914.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the Clerk of the Water and Electric Light Commissioners and find them to agree with the Town Treasurer. I have found bills with vouchers for all payments. I also have examined carefully the different Securities and Deposit Books which comprise the Sinking Fund and find them correct, making the total Sinking Fund $73.305.87.
ARTHUR H. WALTON, Auditor.
Annual Report
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Ipswich
MASS.
U.
di
1634
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1687
For the Year 1913
Charles G. Hull, Printer 8 Cogswell Street, Ipswich, Mass. 1914.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
George H. W. Hayes
Term Expires 1915
George E. MacArthur
1916
George W. Tozer
66
1914
ORGANIZATION.
George H. W. Hayes, Chairman John P. Marston, Superintendent Frederick S. Witham, Clerk
SPECIAL
Dr. George E. MacArthur, Frederick S. Witham, George H. W. Hayes,
School Physician
Purchasing Agent Labor Certificates W. B. Atkinson, J. R. Richards, Truant Officers G. H. W. Hayes, G. W. Tozer, General Repairs
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GENERAL REPORT.
The School Committee herewith submits to the cit- izens of the town its annual report. The Committee presents to the town the reports of the Superintendent of Schools and of the Special Instructors as a part of its re- port, ratifying the suggestions therein made, except in so far as the Committee may herein. make other suggestions. It may be that the reports of the Superintendent of Schools and of the Special Instructors may be sufficient without any special report of the Committee.
There have been some changes in the personel of the teaching force in the graded schools during the past year, due principally to the fact that the teachers in this
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department of our schools were able to command more compensation for their work in other places. This acts to the detriment of our schools and the Committee de- cided that in order to retain efficient teachers it was necessary to raise the salaries of the graded school teachers.
Commencing with the present school year the salaries of the teachers in the graded schools in the center of the town were raised to a minimum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) with a maximum of five hundred and fifty dollars ($550.00) excepting in some cases of principals of schools whose salaries were raised to six hundred and seventy-five dollars ($675.00) and in these cases a question of a further adjustment, if any, was postponed until the time for the election of teachers for another year.
The Committee also felt that there should be a re-adjustment of salaries of the assistant teachers in the high school for the same reason, and an increase was made in certain instances in the salaries in this depart- ment of the teaching force.
By paying the teachers salaries which would average well with those paid in surrounding towns, your Committee is of the opinion that the services of capable teachers will be retained, and competent teachers may be secured in filling vacancies as they may occur.
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The trustees of the Manning School have conveyed to the town the building and grounds known as the Manning High School and High School grounds, and this valuable property is now the property of the Inhabitants of Ipswich. It will now devolve upon the town to keep this property in repair and to provide for its maintenance. By virtue of the vote of the trustees all the net income of the remaining property of the trustees is to be turned over to the town for the support of this school. Your Committee is unable to state the exact amount of this income, but this will appear annually in the report of said trustees.
Your Committee would recommend to the town that a new heating plant be installed in this building, as the present plant is inadequate to properly heat the building. The amount recommended for this work will be found in the financial statement of the Committee for appropriations for the coming year.
There are also other alterations and changes that your Committee would like to have made in this building, but do not feel that the town should incur extensive expenditures at the present time.
Your Committee has made some considerable necessary repairs, and installed heating plants, in some of the graded schools and believes that all these school buildings are now in good condition, so that but little work will be necessary thereon this year and probably
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for some years to come. Therefore no large appropria- tions will be required this year for repairs. Yet no matter how carefully your Committee may plan, unlooked-for damage to the school property presents itself, which must be cared for and must be repaired. We trust that only a small amount will be necessary to be expended this year.
The time is rapidly approaching when a new school building must necessarily be erected in the center of the town to supply the needs of the school depart- ment. We would recommend that the town consider the purchase of land and the erection of an eight-room school building for graded school work. The teaching of the grades would be more beneficial to the scholars and the care of such building more economical to the town. Some of the smaller schools could be discontin- ued. We trust the town will seriously consider this recommendation.
Many of the scholars in the graded schools are hampered in their advancement because of the inability of their associates to perform an equal amount of work. In many places certain rooms are set apart in which to give backward pupils individual instruction. Your Committee is of the opinion that the School Department would be more efficient if we had certain rooms that could be used for this purpose, and trust that the de- partment at an early date can have accommodations for
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this work. Scholars would be admitted to such rooms from all grades, and were a new eight-room building erected, your Committee would have ample room for this work.
Your Committee has made all endeavors to increase the efficiency of your schools. While we do not claim that they are perfect, we think improvement has been shown and hope to further increase the efficiency of our Department.
The Manual Training and Domestic Science depart- ments have aroused enthusiasm in the scholars, and your Committee feel that these departments should be con- tinued and so recommend.
We ask the parents to visit the schools and show in- terest in the school department, criticise the work if they will and make recommendations for changes to the Com- mittee wherever deemed necessary or advisable.
The Committee would welcome the citizens at their meeting and will endeavor to carry out their wishes.
Respectfully submitted,
George H. W. Hayes George E. MacArthur George W. Tozer
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GENERAL EXPENSE.
J P Marston, supt $640
expense 16
Luther Wait, postage
5 56
W B Atkinson, truant officer 40
G E MacArthur, superintending repairs 50
S Ward Co, book 2 60
N E Tel & Tel Co, telephone
18 11
J R Richards, truant officer
40 50
G E MacArthur, school physician
225
G W Tozer, superintending repairs 52 90
C G Hull, fitting up Industrial School 25 printing reports 80
Ipswich Chronicle, printing 42 50
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G H W Hayes, labor certificates
97 75
writing school report 10
superintending repairs
25
W Read & Sons, supplies
15 07
D A Grady, team
2
First Dept Store, cases
1 50
A D Mallard, trucking
21 76
T Gauld, trucking
2 25
Bessemer Express, expressing
65
G W Smith, taking census and expense
33
G Dexter, cuts and photographs
40 35
$1487 50
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
J P Marston
480
Emma G Gardner
560
Alice E Perkins
660
Ruth Adams
390
Burt Robinson
510
S Isabel Arthur
660
L Maude Schofield
270 25
Esther Tenney
150
Marion Perley
250
Anna R Hartford
457 50
Eva A Willcomb
482
Arthur H Tozer
400
Florence H Russell
350
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W W Lunt
800
A Madeline Hawkes
600
Gertrude L Murphy
270
Ruth Carens
470
Grace S Phillips
432 50
Elsie C Green'
470
Annie P Wade
470
Clara F Managhan
270
Hilda Joyce
470
Emma W Brown
470
Bertha I Porter
470
Augusta N Appleton
476
Alice G Burnham
146 25
Alice V Leonard
270
Katherine Sullivan
660
Nellie T Sullivan
482
Elena Perkins
262
Cora H Jewett
305
Winnifred Flemming
328 35
Edith Daniels
41 60
Lydia Harris
. 202 35
Stella McCormick
2 25
Katharine C Baker
48 15
Perry E Tubman
340
Ursula Bailey
220
Maude Denton
200
Helen G Regan
200
$15196 20
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TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
E E Babb & Co
$1075 70
Ginn & Co 69 79
American Book Co
5
A N Palmer Co
5 51
J A Blake
3 96
P P Caproni & Bros
2 55
D E Measures
6 91
Chandler & Barber
195 96
Ross News Co
50
Peoples Express Co
6 15
American Express Co
9 58
Tozer & Starkey
78 84
J W Goodhue
45 22
Burt E Robinson
37 59
G H Lord
1 20
S F Canney .
150 77
Silver Burdett Co
6 90
. Thompson Brown Co
F
3 33
Geo T Johnson Co
18 80
T G Gauld
50
L E Knott Co
38 68
Houghton Mifflin Co
1 46
Bessemer Express Co
1 80
Milton Bradley Co
38
W N Prescott
1 40
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B G Hiller
3 52
Allyn Bacon & Co
2 88
S Wentworth
5 36
H O Whittier
95
D Appleton & Co
1 25
D C Heath & Co
1 49
H B McArdle
2 00
H W Phillips
53 50
Kenney Bros & Wolkins
2 36
P E Tubman
2 68
J L Hammatt Co
· 88 49
J F Pope & Son
26 92
W A Hall
2 91
Ward's
13 35
$1976 14
TRANSPORTATION
Highway Dept D A Grady
$262 50
261
Bay State Ry Co
,550
$1073 50
JANITORS
J H Baker
$275
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F B Saunders
490
Smith E Hayes
270
Joseph Johnson
270
E L Darling
165
B R Horton
80
G W Smith
100
James Ryan
40
H L Choate
3 50
J R Small
1
Walter Sheppard
130
Cora H Jewett
12
$1836. 50
FUEL AND LIGHT.
C L Lovell
447.14
CC Caldwell
428 60
George Fall
639 12
JR Small
+
D S Perley
12:50
J J Ryan
: $1536 36
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
Trustees Manning School Fund $1140
C F Chapman 30
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Irving Brown
13 50
Robert Spencer
60 40
LE Willcomb
2 35
J H Lakeman
226 41
A L Lord
1
40 80
S F Canney
265 28
D A Grady
28 50
A H Plouff
31 18
W G Hayes
162 68
Geo B Robbins Co
12 50
George Tibbetts
2
C W Harvey
10 58
John Goodhue
54 74
G H Lord
4 62
Water Dept
89 58
P F Bussell
7 45
Albert F Tenney
1 35
W A Webber
190 45
W H Rand
145 42
S Wentworth
2 40
C F Chapman
1 25
J B Mitchell
32 00
Somerville Brush Co
48
H W Phillips
10
A Staniford
120 80
J H Baker
6
G W Hills
138
Reuben Andrews
338 96
Elmer C Smith
33 35
Wm Goditt
117 54
John Peters
11
87 09
J A Brown
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EVENING SCHOOL.
GENERAL EXPENSES.
D C Heath & Co, text books
$57 92
American Book Co, text books
8 64
Edward E Babb & Co. supplies
14 17
Ward's, supplies
2 61
Ipswich Chronicle, printing
3 00
Walter Sheppard, janitor
11
$97 34
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
J P Marston
$22 00
Perry E Tubman
22
S Isabel Arthur
22
Emma W Brown
22
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OTHER EXPENSES.
Manning School Tax by special appro
$1304
Bessemer Express
60
$1304 60
$28502 85
Balance unexpended
4 56
$28507 41
RECEIPTS.
Balance 1912
$ 121 41
Appropriation 1913
25550
Refund
32
1304
Special appropriation
1500
$28507 41
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INSURANCE.
G A Barker
$60
American Fire Insurance Co
90
Westchester
90
Cogswell & Safford
15
$255 00
DIPLOMAS AND GRADUATING EXERCISES.
F W Martin Co
$53 55
Ipswich Chronicle
46 50
Chas A Glover
13
C S Tyler
13
$126 05
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TP Thomas
37 50
Edward E Babb & Co
7 75
A P Hills Co
10
T G Gauld
4
P P Kierce
7 50
Joseph Johnson
6 25
F R Schaller
8 50
A C Damon
2 35
W P Reilly
50
T H Reedy
10 95
W N Prescott
2 48
G A Whipple
5
G W Smith
4 75
J F Perkins
4
W A Mitchell
36
J J Ryan
5
E S Hutchins
22 10
Walter G Brown
20 40
F B Saunders
2 50
B R Horton
2 25
$3656 06
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS.
W G Hayes
$11 19
A E L Scotton
6 35
George Haskell
10
John Goodhue
40
A C Damon
24
J F Wippich
3
$54 94
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Bertha I Porter
22
Maude H Denton
22
Winnifred Flemming
22
Anna R Hartford
22
Eva A Willcomb
20
Annie P Wade
22
Helen G Regan
22
Elsie C Green
22
Mary E Jordan
22
Ruth M Carens
22
Lydia S Harris
22
Katharine F Sullivan
22
Nellie T Sullivan
22
$372 00
$469 34
Unexpended balance
1030 66
$1500 00
Appropriation
$1500 00
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Ipswich,
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1913.
There are no notable events to record.
I renew previous recommendations. As before I ask that new desks replace the old desks in the High School. The old desks have been in use since 1874 and many of them were used for grade pupils and are too small for older pupils.
I also ask that new physical and chemical laborato- ries be provided for this school.
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I also recommend that the town build an eight room modern school-house. This would contribute to the efficiency of the graded schools.
I believe the graded schools should close at 3:30 p. m.
New recommendations follow.
First: That at least one more teacher be provided for the High School. The enrollment is one hundred and ninety-two and five teachers are not enough. Book- keeping is in the course but there is no one to teach it.
Second: That a school be opened for grade pupils who fail of promotion and therefore need special atten- tion. A summer school.
I also recommend that a new set of readers be pur- chased for the grades, and that apparatus for physical development be purchased for the grade schools and instruction in physiology be made more efficient by the use of Gulick's Hygiene Series.
The excellence of the exhibition of Drawing, Pen- manship, Sewing, Cooking and Manual Training is an evidence of the good work in these departments.
The Supervisor of Music has attended to his duties with the usual satisfactory results. Under the direction of Mr. Tozer the pupils contributed much food for dis- tribution among Ipswich families for Thanksgiving.
In this Commonwealth are three hundred and fifty- four towns. Of these two hundred and sixty-five rank
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above Ipswich in the amount appropriated to the sup- port of public schools for each $1000 of valuation.
There is much to commend in the efforts of the teachers and school officials for the betterment of the schools.
Very respectfully, John P. Marston, Superintendent.
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Honor Pupils In Manning High School For Year Ending June, 1913.
Olga Edwardson Edith F Elwell Leander H Hills Gladys L Scott Inez Smith Marion G Todd Helen J Blodgette Susie F Bowen John L Glover Hope D Jewett Laura F Jewett Maynard S Jewett Dorothy C Kelly Dorice Reed Eva K Russell Hazel W Savory Helen C Smith Elizabeth L Wait Laura H Webber Edward F Wells Henry L Wilson Ruth L Dow
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Mildred E Hobbs Helen F Miller Mildred D Mitchell Olive Ryder
Ruth E Bishop
Esther E Brown
Gladys W Burnham
Dorothy L Gerry
Alton H Littlefield
Caroline E Mayes
Rebecca S Robinson
Gertrude Sheppard Ruth Sperling
Beatrice Johnson
Edith H Joyce
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GENERAL SUMMARY OF STUDENTS.
Grade
Boys
Girls
Total
-
8
29
42
71
7
35
42
77
6
51
43
94
5
44
34
78
4
50
51
101
3
35
41
76
2
51
30
81
1
63
64
127
High School:
Seniors
15
21
36
Juniors
7
23
30
Sophomore
21
26
47
Freshmen
35
43
78
Post Graduate
1
.897
From:Rowley, 36
705
191
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CALENDAR-1914.
February 20
March 1
April 24.
May 3
June 23
June 24
Winter Term Closes Spring Term Begins Spring Term Closes Summer Term Begins Graded Schools Close High School Closes
June 25 Graduation High School in Town Hall, 8 p.m.
September 9
December 23
January 4, 1915
Fall Term Begins Fall Term Closes Winter Term Begins
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NO SCHOOL SIGNALS.
2 blasts at 7.30 a.m. No morning session in any school. 2 blasts at 8 a.m. No morning session in first four grades. 2 blasts at 11 a.m. All schools close at 12 m.
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DRAWING REPORT.
Mr. John P. Marston, Superintendent of Schools,
Dear Sir:
In accordance with your request I submit the following report.
With a few exceptions the same outline of work has been followed as was used last year.
The plan of work is as follows:
January and February.
Object drawing in chalk, crayon, pencil or water color according to subject and grade.
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March and April.
Freehand printing, pose drawing and booklet mak- ing, correlating with subjects studied in geography.
Study of birds in lower grades and illustrations of folk-lore.
May and June.
Study of spring flowers as to shape and color and in the upper grades a careful study of formation of parts and their use in design.
September and October.
Nature drawing. Fall fruits and flowers, or leaves in their autumn coloring and in connection with this the study of color.
November and December.
Designing of useful articles and the construction of the same from paper, cardboard, cloth, or raffia accord- ing to grade.
The study of famous pictures was resumed this year, taking one picture every two months.
The pupils seem to take as zealous an interest in their work as usual and results show effort on the part of nearly every one.
The work in the High School is as good as can be expected under the present conditions. Forty-five min- utes are devoted every two weeks to mechanical draw- ing and forty-five minutes every week to freehand draw-
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ing. If we could have a special room for drawing and more time, we could accomplish more.
I wish to take this opportunity of thanking the School Board, Superintendent and Teachers for their generous support and co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
Florence H. Russell, Supervisor of Drawing.
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TRUANCY REPORT.
To the School Committee of the Town of Ipswich: Gentlemen:
l hereby submit my report as truant officer for the year ending December 31, 1913.
86 complaints from school teachers.
5 complaints from citizens.
1 complaint from school committee.
From the 86 complaints from school teachers I have returned 15 to school.
I found 5 on the street and sent them to school.
I sent to school 7 children who by law should at- tend.
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Three cases where children did not have proper clothing and shoes I reported to the Overseers of the Poor and to the teachers.
From my experience I would suggest that an officer should have sufficient pay to give much more time to the work. . There is need of much more work to keep in school those children who are within the school age.
Some days ten calls have been made and for the present salary of $40.00 per year one cannot afford to properly attend to the duties.
Respectfully submitted,
John R. Richards, Truant Officer.
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COOKING AND SEWING REPORT.
Mr. John P. Marston,
Superintendent of Schools,
Dear Sir:
In accordance with your request I submit the following report of the work in cooking and sewing.
A slight change has been made from last year's programme in the amount of time given to this work. Instead of having in the seventh and eighth grades one period weekly for each subject throughout the entire year, it was decided, as the boys have but one period a week for manual training, to give the girls only the same amount of time. As a result of this, cooking is taught
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one half of the year and sewing the remaining half. As before, one hour each week is devoted to sewing in the fifth and sixth grades. In the High School both subjects are optional and this year pupils of all four High School classes have been eligible.
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