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500
4
Oct.
1,
1910
1 note
1923
Sinking Fund I W D
3,500
4
Oct.
1, 1910
7 notes
1924-1930
Ipswich Savings Bank
3,000
4
Dec. 30,
1910
12 notes
1923-1924
Sinking Fund I W D
1,000
4
June 29,
1912
1 note
$100 each year
Geo A Schofield
1,200
4
June 30,
1914
1 note
$100 each year
Sinking Fund I W D
1,100
4
June 30,
1913
1 note
$100 each year
1,200
4
June 30,
1914
1 note
$100 each year
1,300
4
June 30,
1915
1 note
$100 each year
1,400
4
June 30,
1916
1 note
$100 each year
1,500
4
June 30,
1917
1 note
$100 each year
1,600
4 June 30,
1918
1 note
$100 each year
4,500
5 July 1,
1919
9 notes
1923-1931
3,500
4 Dec. 15,
1921
7 notes
1923-1929
5,000
43/4 Dec. 4,
1922
5 notes
1923-1927
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Ipswich Savings Bank Sinking Fund I W D E E Currier
$56,303
Held by Chelsea Savings Bank Malden Savings Bank Sinking Fund I W D
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
MANAGER'S REPORT
I would recommend the Town appropriate $11 137.00 for street lights.
The following table will show the number of meters in- stalled and the increased amount of sales for the last year. Sale of Current
Year
No. of Services and Power
1918
648
$23.859.75
1919
700
29,238.74
1920
772
34.201.04
1921
892 35.938.17
1922
984
41.246.53
I desire to call your attention to the number of meter installed and the increase of our power load this year which comes mostly in the day time. At the present time we have a number of industries that are wholly dependent on the Town for power to operate their plants, and I feel the time has come when the Town should safeguard themselves and also these industries against any possible shut down that might occur at our plant. Therefore I would recommend that a transformer station large enough to care for the Town be installed to meet any emergency that may arise.
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
The following table will show the output at the station and the distribution of the same :
Total K W generated
579070
Total K W accounted for Com Light
227945
Total K W accounted for Power
133157
Total K W street lights
95765
Total K W town buildings
7738
Total K W auxiliary lights
8800
Total K W accounted for
473405
Total K W unaccounted for
105665
Loss .182 579070
ARTHUR H. WALTON, Manager.
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
The Municipal Water and Light Commissioners submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1922. WATER DEPARTMENT
The expenditures for the year 1923 are estimated as follows :
For interest payment $8,210.50
For general expenses 10,000.00
For hydrant service 2,250.00
For sinking fund 5,490.49
$25,950.99
The Board recommends the amount for hydrant service be raised and appropriated from the tax levy, the balance be taken from the earnings of the Water Department.
We wish to report that four extensions have been in- stalled this year namely, Little Neck, Eagle Hill, Town Farm Road, and Hayward's extension the cost of which will be found in tables in this report.
ELECTRIC LIGHT REPORT
The Board recommends that the Town raise and appro- priate for street lights the sum of $11,137 namely,
801 40 watt lamps at $12.00 $9,612.00
15 300 watt lamps at $75.00 1,125.00
8 200 watt lamps at $50.00 400.00
$11,137.00
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
We would recommend no appropriation be made to Electric Light Department for Town buildings as the vari- ous departments include in their budgets recommendations. for the same.
We would recommend that the Electric Light Commis- sion be authorized to use any unexpended balance in the operating account as they deem fit.
It is the desire of the Commission to bring to the atten- tion of the Town the number of services connected and the increase of revenue of our power load the last year, with good prospects of further demand the coming year.
With the number of industries dependent on the Town wholly for their power at the present time, with our station the only means of supply, we feel that we should put our- selves in position to care for any emergency that may arise by installing a transformer station large enough to care for the Town. Through the kindness of Mr. Hayward he has offered to the Town through the Commission a piece of land suitable for this purpose and we believe this offer should be accepted and a transformer station be installed. By so doing we believe we can relieve the Town from making any large expenditures at our station which we believe will be required very shortly, and care for any emergency that may arise or any increase demand in current that may be re- quired.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR H. WALTON, CHARLES A. MALLARD, J. E. COLE, JR., Water and Light Commissioners.
February 1, 1923.
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT
This is to certify that I have examined the books and accounts of the Water and Electric Light Department and of the Treasurer of the Sinking Fund and find them correct. FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor. Ipswich, January 3, 1923.
TOWN of IPSWICH.
ANNUAL REPORT
- OF THE -
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
USA
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
51634
FOR THE YEAR
1922.
CHARLES G. HULL, PRINTER NO. 8 COGSWELL STREET, IPSWICH, MASS 1923,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HERBERT W. MASON Term Expires 1925
DR. GEORGE E. MACARTHUR 1925 MARY U. JOHNSON
1924
RALPH W. BURNHAM
66
1924
HOWARD N. DOUGHTY 1923
LESLIE E. MILLARD
66
66 1923
ORGANIZATION.
Herbert W. Mason Chairman George W. Tozer. . Clerk
George E. MacArthur, M. D. School Physician
Martha J. Stewart, R. N School Nurse
George W. Tozer Attendance Officer
JOSEPH 1. HORTON. Superintendent and Purchasing Agent Office . Manning School Building Office Hours School Days from 3.30 to 5.00
EDUCATION.
General Expenses.
Joseph I. Horton, superintendent $2750 00
George W. Tozer, cler !: 400 00
Dorothy Shaw, clerk 6 00
George W. Tozer, truant officer
300 00
Stanley A. Hull, printing reports
586 00
B. L. Goss, printing 12 75
Charles G. Hull, printing
23 75
George A. Schofield & Son, printing
72 95
H. S. Bowen, printing 15 00
Wright & Potter Printing Co., printing 4 06
J. H. Lakeman, P. M., postage and box rent 24 17
New England Tel. Co., telephones
183 49
Joseph I. Horton, car fares
33 06
D. A. Grady, use of auto 84 50
George W. Tozer, taking census
100 00
George E. MacArthur, M. D., physician
500 00
American Railway Ex. Co., express
13 06
F. E. Wood, express
20 04
Neostyle Sales Agency, supplies
24 38
James R. Barrie, stamp pad
3 00
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A. W. Woods, supplies
1 50
Moody Kimball, Register fee 1 00
Blaisdell's Express, express
3 68
Charles S. Garrett, supplies
90
Keystone View Co., supplies
27 00
S. M. Spencer Mfg Co., supplies
1 77
Dimond-Union Stamp Co., supplies
85
George Tibbetts, express
50
B. W. Scotton, express
2 50
$5195 91
Teachers' Salaries.
(Day School.)
Ralph C. Whipple
$1533 30
Lois E. Mann
1080 00
Elizabeth C. Ferguson
1480 00
Helen N. Damon
1330 00
Theresa R. Whittemore
1550 00
E. Margaret Allen
1590 00
Helen J. Blodgett
1590 00
Robert D. Conary
1620 00
Katherine F. Sullivan
1600 00
Abby L. Smith
1224 50
Leroy W. Jackman
1240 00
Mary D. Hamelin
1220 00
Gertrude R. Sheppard
1100 00
Eva W. Merriam
720 00
Marion E. Brown
1200 00
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Lucy Ardell Kimball
1150 00
Annie P. Wade
1170 00
Hazel M. Weare
1138 00
Dorothy Darling
970 00
Amy Stanford
996 00
Anne E. Friend
1096 00
A. Pauline Charles
812 00
Grace A. Bowlen
1070 50
Frances P. Trussell
1064 50
Addie S. Cook
1100 00
M. Gretchen Hamilton
440 00
Marian A. Whelan
357 50
Althine L. Hodgkins
480 00
Ruth A. Lord
480 00
Constance Brady
400 00
Ethel M. Archer
1020 00
Margaret T. Reilly
955 00
Alice D. Moran
1100 00
Ruth Joyce
1000 00
Sara C. Houghton
972 00
Augusta Grenache
1141 88
Lydia S. Harris
1150 00
Belle D. Rogers
1100 00
Nellie T. Smith
1470 00
Carrie Ladd
1000 00
Martha J. Stewart
1000 00
Winifred Millard
1138 50
Lena J. Atherley
968 00
Abby Fellows
1100 00
Arthur H. Tozer
900 00
Ernst Hermann
165 00
Sara Abbott
660 00
Arthur W. Gould
1535 53
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Hattie W. Brown
460 00
Mrs. Ralph C. Whipple
58 00
Hilda J. Schofield
54 00
Grace Mansfield
8 00
Cora Jewett
8 00
Mrs. William Black
8 00
Mrs. Francis Wade
8 00
Fannie Harmon
28 00
$51,810 21
Teachers' Salaries.
(Excning School.)
Katherine F. Sullivan
$44 00
Nellie T. Smith
44 00
Katherine Reddy
10 00
Leroy W. Jackman
6 00
$104 00
Text Books and Supplies.
The World Book Co.
$ 63 48
Houghton Mifflin Co.
129 93
Harvard University Press
1 50
Teachers' College .
16 30
American Book Co.
446 58
Ginn & Company
276 47
F. M. Ambrose & Co.
195 19
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Allyn & Bacon
33 74
The John C. Winston Co.
43 81
G. P. Putnam's Sons
1 75
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
312 02
Hinds, Hayden & Eldridge, Inc.
8 54
The Macmillan Co.
134 30
Lyons & Carnahan
82 74
Little Brown & Co.
69 62
D. C. Heath & Co.
116 14
Silver Burdett & Co.
26 03
Oxford University Press
7 84
J. B. Lippincott Co.
16 36
Doubleday, Page & Co.
1 35
The University Pub. Co.
80
Charles Scribner's Sons
19 50
The School Arts Magazine
6 10
Perry Mason Co.
9 60
Princeton University Press
2 60
F. J. Barnard & Co.
171 91
McKnight & McKnight
3 43
The Outlook Co.
25 80
Popular Science Monthly
8 00
National Geographic Society
9 00
The Palmer Co.
63
Laidlaw Bros., Inc.
18 67
Pi Kappa Delta, Ripon College
5 00
University of Chicago Book Store
5 46
March Bros.
2 35
Eastman Roman Slide Co.
9 50
Edward E. Babb & Co.
1247 60
J. L. Hammett Co.
716 50
Dowling School Supply Co.
431 59
Harris & Gilpatric
93 79
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Kee Lox Mfg Co.
14 25
Wadsworth-Howland Co.
1 00
Milton Bradley Co.
38 07
Spaulding-Moss Co.
22 56
George P. Brown & Co.
11 23
Chicago Apparatus Co.
1 96
Canney Lumber Co.
51 77
J. B. Hunter Co.
38 62
Edward Perkins Lumber Co.
17 26
Pitman & Brown Co.
71 02
N. J. Bolles
41 40
Charles S. Garrett
9 49
Hiller & Co.
26 48
Oliver Ditson & Co.
152 21
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
149 51
Royal Typewriter Co., Inc.
68 79
Underwood Typewriter Co., Inc.
210 00
Remington Typewriter Co., Inc.
2 50
Edgar S. Werner Co.
1 95
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
83 05
Manifold Supplies Co.
10 50
W. A. Cuffe
50
Keystone View Co., Inc.
3 99
Riley Optical Instrument Co.
22 74
The Horace Partridge Co.
103 98
Lois E. Mann
75
A. T. Thompson & Co.
20 00
Einer & Amend
12 53
A D. Handy
89
Neostyle Sales Agency
56 61
A. Rothe
₹ 90
$6019 03
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Tuition.
City of Beverly, School Dept. $227 27
$227 27
Transportation.
D. A. Grady
$1516 00
W. E. Garrett, Jr.
725 00
Walter K. Chapman
450 00
Edmund Wile
280 00
$2971 00
Support of Truants.
County of Essex $210 57
$210 57
Janitor Service.
Fred B. Saunders
$1300 00
William J. Wallace
632 50
George W. Tozer
400 00
Mary E. Saunders
210 00
Burton Cunningham
105 00
Ella M. Wells
86 00
I. E. B. Perkins
450 00
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Wm. F. Rutherford
150 00
John S. Kimball
360 00
$3693 50
Fuel and Light.
A. H. Peatfield
$234 60
Lathrop Bros.
232 37
Coastwise Coal Co.
334 50
Charles L. Lovell
96 00
George Fall
33 12
Whitney & Kemmerer
328 08
I. E. B. Perkins
6 00
D. S. Perley
23 00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
480 84
Samuel C. Gordon, cartage
59 00
Electric Light Dept.
214 70
$2042 21
Buildings and Grounds.
Manzer & Damon, carpentry
$ 77 69
Arthur W. Gould, carpentry
349 02
Robert Irvine, carpentry
7 75
Frank P. Trussell, carpentry
8 35
Wm. H. Cann, carpentry
54 15
W. A. Banfill, painting
6 60
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George H. Clapp, painting
225 25
George W. Hills, painting
220 39
R. L. Purinton, plumbing
21 70
A. J. Brennan, plumbing
147 45
Wm. H. Rand, plumbing
20 00
Ruggles-Klingemann Mfg Co., plumbing
23 50
Martin W. Dugan, plumbing
4 00
George Hayes, plumbing
24 20
Charles L. Lovell, cement
2 75
Wm. G. Horton, cement
1 95
Canney Lumber Co., lumber
149 92
Reformatory for Women, flags
31 98
Mass. State Prison, brushes
61 54
L. E. Willcomb, supplies
45
Frank J. Jameson, supplies
144 55
Water Dept., water
358 04
United Sweeping Comp. Corp., dustbane
37 70
John Tupper, supplies
9 75
A. C. Damon, supplies
3 40
Fred N. Bodwell, labor
28 00
Samuel C. Gordon, teaming
174 75
W. Castella Henderson, repairs
14 54
J. J. Merrill, electric wiring
1061 86
Walworth Mfg Co., supplies
3 50
John W. Goodhue Corp., supplies
131 75
I. E. B. Perkins, repairs
2 00
Ipswich Mills, supplies
75
A. I. Savory, supplies
16 64
Standard Electric Time Co., supplies
17 53
B. H. Davis, supplies
1 75
Stanley Jaslovich, cleaning vaults
67 00
F. E. Wood, trucking
2 59
James F. Perkins, trucking
1 50
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Henry S. Spaulding, services
5 00
Philip Ewing, labor
6 50
C. F. Chapman & Son, supplies
3 16
Spencer F. Gwinn, supplies
1 00
Frank R. Schaller, piano tuning
18 00
John S. Kimball, labor
4 00
Zina Goodell Corp., repairs
3 25
Wm. B. Richards, teaming
9 00
Joseph A. King, repairs
1 35
B. F. Goodwin & Son, moving building
125 00
Arthur H. Blanchard, supplies
5 60
Austin L. Lord, masonry
158 00
Smith & Russell, frame
75
A. F. Foote, Commissioner, inspection
2 00
J. B. Hunter Co., supplies
70
Warren F. Howe, labor
5 00
Tougas & Tougas, supplies
95
$3865 50
Furniture and Furnishings.
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies $171 86
W. Castella Henderson, repairs 50 00
$221 86
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Rent.
Mrs. William H. Rand
$25 00
Nettie A. R. Johnson
40 00
$65 00
Diplomas and Graduating Exercises.
Martin Diploma Co., diplomas
$37 60
Zaner & Bloser Co., diplomas 83 80
Markam H. Stackpole, services 25 00
Herbert W. Mason, cash paid for prizes
27 50
Newman's Dept. Store, ribbon
3 20
C. S. Tyler, ribbon
2 60
$179 70
Insurance.
Damon & Damon
$278 60
G. A. Barker
152 29
F. A. Brown & Co.
76 80
Charles S. Garrett
64 80
Edward C. Brooks
64 80
Glen Falls Ins. Co.
64 80
$702 09
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Total expenditures $77307 85
Unexpended balance 1 13
$77308 98
Appropriation $75000 00
Appropriation unpaid 1921 bills 446 12
December appropriation 1862 51
Balance from 1921 35
$77308 98
Receipts for the year have been as follows:
Comm. of Massachusetts, Income Tax. $7860 00
Comm. of Massachusetts, Vocational Education 80 00
Town of Rowley, Tuition 6396 25
City of Boston, Tuition 85 10
Insurance Refund .
12 00
Telephone Refunds. 73 02
Sale of Furnace 60 00
$14566 37
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Burley School Addition.
William H. Cann, contract
$42002 77
William H. Cann, extra work
777 46
Andrews, Rantoul & Jones, architects
4271 52
J. J. Merrill, electrical work 409 26
Arthur W. Gould, carpentry
73 50
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, equipment
1900 00
Water Dept., supplies
8.0 81
George H. Clapp, painting
150 00
F. E. Wood, trucking
9 88
Frank J. Jameson, shades
186 70
Samuel C. Gordon, grading
39 15
Total expenditures. $49901 05
Unexpended balance 98 95
$50,000 00
Appropriation $50,000 00
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Ipswich, Mass., January 15, 1923.
To the Citizens of Ipswich :-
Your Committee herewith submits its report of the condition of our schools, together with such re- commendations as, in its judgment, will best meet present needs, and contribute most fully to their further usefulness and growth.
The overcrowded condition of the past year has been but partially overcome. The building of the Burley School additions gave us six more rooms, and afforded a much needed relief for that section of the Town. But, with the exception of a few of the lower grades, the situation is far from satisfactory. Most of our school buildings are still overcrowded, and measures look- ing to the relief of this congestion must be undertaken before a great while. The Town should adopt, after full investigation and discussion, some constructive policy, or building program, that will adequately provide for our rapidly growing school pop- ulation.
More than this, there is a decided objection on the part of many parents to sending their smaller children to these anti- quated and unsanitary school buildings. These facts have been repeatedly pointed out by your Committee in times past. At
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last the parents and friends of the schools are awakening to the real needs of the situation. They realize that this is no longer a theory, but an actual condition which must be met and rem- edied.
The consensus of opinion seems to be that the group of buildings known collectively as the Payne School should be the first to receive attention. This is rapidly becoming a congested district. The buildings are old and unsanitary. They have long since passed the possibility of repair, unless it be at an expense far in excess of their present value. The children attending these schools are compelled to suffer such discomforts as no grown person would endure or tolerate for an instant. The lo- cation, too, is full of peril to these young children.
A good four-room building, possibly of the bungalow type, would not only add to the attractiveness of the neighborhood, but would furnish adequate and comfortable accommodation for the children of this section for many years to come. We re- commend this proposal as a matter deserving serious and im- mediate consideration.
Another proposition which, in the opinion of your Commit- tee, should be taken under consideration by the Town, is to se- cure an option on the County House property, so called. A committee should be chosen by the Town who should inquire into this matter, and after a thorough investigation of the prop- erty and its possibilities as a school location, should report, with recommendations, back to the Town. This should be done at once, - before it is too late. No community can afford to let the opportunity to secure such an ideal location slip through its hands by reason of indifference or lack of interest in local im- provement. Few places, indeed, hold so many attractive fea- tures in combination as are to be found here; and the Town should make every possible effort to secure for its own use and
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behoof such a valuable property. Whether it is needed for im- mediate use or not, makes little difference. It is the fact that we possess such a property, and may use and improve the same as necessity and an enlightened public sentiment may dictate, that counts. But it could be used for High School, or a combi- nation of school purposes, to the great advantage of this com- munity.
Your Committee has had under consideration for some time the desirability of introducing the kindergarten, or sub-primary, as a valuable accessory to our school system. At the earnest re- quest of many parents, your Committee has reached the conclu- sion that such a school would be helpful in many ways and make for progress in the grades above. A room in the Burley School has been provided and work will be begun as soon as weather conditions are sufficiently improved.
The lease for the right of way through the land of Mr. Wil- liam H. Rand expired last September. He declined to renew the same, as this plot of land was needed for building pur- poses.
The Town should acquire some right of way as an exit from the rear of the school grounds to Manning Street, and thereby reduce the possibility of accident to the hundreds of children who attend the Manning and the Winthrop schools. The Com- mittee should be authorized to secure such a way at the coming Town Meeting.
Repairs at the Manning School are urgently needed. Pro- vision for relaying one or more floors should be made this year, and slate blackboards should replace those whose usefulness has long since passed. The building itself also needs painting.
In conclusion, let us say that all the recommendations of last year, excepting those referring to the Burley School, are of full force and binding at the present time.
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We gratefully acknowledge the support our fellow towns- men have given us, and bespeak for our schools the same steady growth and progress that has characterized their past.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT W. MASON DR. GEORGE E. MACARTHUR RALPH W. BURNHAM LESLIE C. MILLARD HOWARD N. DOUGHTY MARY U. JOHNSON
School Committee of Ipswich.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
To the School Committee of Ipswich,
Gentlemen :-
This report of the condition and progress of our schools is the twenty-first in the series issued from the office of Superintendent of Schools, and is herewith submitted for your consideration.
TEACHERS.
Our schools have been extremely fortunate in that very few changes have taken place in the teaching force during the past year.
Early in September Miss Lois Mann, the principal's assist- ant in the Senior High School, asked to be released from her contract in order to accept a position nearer home where she could give her care and attention to an invalid mother. Of course, her request was granted. Mrs. Raymond Lord, who had previously taught in the High School, was elected to fill the vacancy.
Miss Mann possesses those rare qualities of mind and heart
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which fit her most admirably for the work in which she is en- gaged. By her scholarship and ceaseless devotion to her work, she aroused the interest of her pupils, and at the same time se- cured their good-will and esteem. Most of these will remember her as the one who inspired them to higher ideals, and to whose faithfulness their own future success may in large measure be attributed. We regret the loss of her services and influence in our schools. But we wish her the complete success which she so richly deserves. Her leaving was a matter of duty and not of money; we have nothing but admiration for such loyalty and devotion.
Mrs. Merriam of the Junior High did not care for a re-elect- ion as she wished to be nearer Boston where her husband is at- tending a medical school. Miss Gretchen Hamilton was elected to fill this position, and Miss Marian Whelan was chosen as an additional teacher for this overcrowded school.
At the Burley School, Mrs. Nellie T. Smith, the principal, took charge of the newly made sixth grade, and Miss Althine Hodgkins was elected to fill the position made vacant by Mrs. Smith's promotion. Miss Margaret Riley was transferred from the Candlewood School, which was closed in September, to a position in the New Burley.
With the exceptions noted above, there have been no changes either in the personnel or the positions held.
ENROLLMENT.
The present enrollment is a little less than estimated at the beginning of the year. This is due to the fact that the French school reopened its doors and withdrew twenty-five or thirty pupils from the public schools. This, however, effected the at- tendance of only a few to the lower grades; and even in these
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classes, the teachers have as many pupils as they can care for advantageously.
All the grades above the second are still in an overcrowded condition. New desks have been put down in many of the rooms, and still there are no vacant seats. Had it not been for the increased accommodations furnished by the Burley School, the housing of all the school children would have been a very serious matter.
Nearly all the classes number more than forty pupils each, and in one instance-that of the third grade in the Dennison School-there are seventy-six pupils crowded into a single room.
The Junior High School has the largest enrollment in its history. The seventh grade alone numbers more at the present time than did the whole school five years ago.
The enrollment in the Senior High School shows a decided gain over previous years. Let this statement suffice at this point, as I wish to have something more to say in reference tc this schocl later on in this report.
The Linebrook School suffered some losses during the fall term, but has recovered sufficiently of late to fully justify its continuance. In fact, this community would suffer in many ways by the closing of this school, even if it were within a rea- sonable distance from our central schools. As it is, all seem contented, prosperous, and happy. A real homelike atmos- phere pervades and the teacher's work is fully appreciated by the community in which she labors. She has a rare opportu- nity for worthwhile service; she realizes it, and is trying hard to exert a most wholesome influence upon the school and homes of that neighborhood.
Owing to the fact that no boarding place for a teacher could be secured in the Candlewood District, we were obliged, very much against our inclination, to close this school early in
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
September. This we did in the full knowledge and belief that such procedure was against sound public policy, and would of necessity exert an adverse influence upon the future of this community. But in spite of all regard for the best interest of these people, the well being of the children, physically, morally, and intellectually considered, in spite of sentiment and the long cherished hope that my old neighborhood might always main- tain her educational position among the smaller divisions of the Town, in spite of all these considerations, we were obliged to bow to the inevitable and close the school.
ENROLLMENT OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES FROM 1916 TO THE PRESENT TIME.
Grade
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
I.
130
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