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18 George Henry Jefferson
19 Henry Chadbourne Ward
20 Harold Hanson Paige
2I Dec.
4
Chester Arthur Robinson Clifford Lawrence Eaton Stillborn
I6 19 25
Helen Augusta McDonald
Marcus Shaw Farrington
Kenneth James Washburn
William and Emma Young Leon B. and Rosa S. Shaw William H. and Asenath L. Briggs.
25 1894
May 7
*Edward Austin Curley
Thomas F. and Mary Jane Morley
*Correction to record of 1894.
Albert H. and Sarah E. Parker Edward F. and Mary L. Morrison William R. and Ellen Huzzey Harry S. and Beryl Raymond George W. and Lizzie A. Morse Albert H. and Addie M. Butler. Philip E. and Caddie E. Corson Eli and Nancy M. Clark Herbert C. and Mary M. Hawn Frank and Bernhardine Leibsch Thomas W. and Flora B. Merrick Arthur and Emma Turcotte William F. and Mary Ryan Albro L. and Mary Hazelton John T. and Annie Erwin Otis M. and Henrietta A. Surrey Stephen H. and Alice O'Neill Adelbert H. and Addie M. Johnson
Cornelius S. and Lucretia A. Kilton Arthur B. and Henrietta Peirce Lawrence and Sarah J. Fitch
Earl Livingston Millard
5
9 George S. McCausland Erna Favette Raymond
Joseph and Margaret M. Bender. John and Bridget Mooney Harrison W. and Eva B. Faunce Richard L. and Helen F. Clark Ernest I. and Edith A. Reed
Clifford S. and C. Maude Hicks John M. and Amanda Dimmick John M. and Amanda Dimmick Horace L. and Ida Lee
Edward H. and Addie E. Gale Ernest and Jennie M. Barlow Antoine and Teresa
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DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1900.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Disease. '
Jan.
7
Augusta Rudolph (1 hour)
.
Arterio schlerosis
12
Franklin T. Wetherbee
Chronic heart disease
12
Lucy R. Standish
74
I
I
16
Elizabeth A. Peckham
66| II
6
Anaemia
19
Milton F. Thomas
I
Cerebral meningitis
19
Ellen Sullivan
83
2I Martha H. Wood
38
6
Heart failure
26
Harrison O. Gibbs
69
3 8
29
Michael Connor
70
Pneumonia
29
Patrick J. Crowley
35
5 19
Feb.
I
Laura M. Young
6
6
Pertussis
2
Albert G. Pickens
81
3 9 Senility
6
Eliza Alden
85
5
Apoplexy
II Catherine H. Grover
81
24
Paralysis
12
Sophronia Griffith
92
II 2I
Pneumonia
16
John Thomas O'Donnell
39
Acute alcoholism
17
Percy G. Tobey
19
8
13
Pneumonia
18
Edgar Francis Swift
40
4
Frozen to death
18
Maurice Driscoll
26
9 18
Phthisis pulmonalis
19
Caroline Thomas
68
I -
Pulmonary oedema
2I
Horatio Cole
77
3
Heart disease
23
- Benson
I
Mar.
2
Gilhema Sylvia
6
Pneumonia
7
Martha W. Whitcomb
51
II
Cancer
S
Jane A. Risley
83
La grippe
8
Lewis R. Thomas
7I
- II
Bronchitis
II
Sarah B. Tillson
54 1- 22
Cerebral hemorrhage
II
Leroy Edwin Gibbs
3
IO 9
Croup
18
Elizabeth Thomas
60
10 18
Cerebral hemorrhage
67
6 17
Euremic coma
20
Dennis Sullivan
96
Arterio schlerosis
2I
Sidney W. Smith
40
6
Pulmonary tuberculosis
23
29 Samuel McMann
65
2
26
Angina pectoris
31
Mary L. Beisicker
49
I
9
Phthisis
31
Mary E. Tillson
60
17
Cancer
31 Julia Leighton
60
Pneumonia
April I Robert M. Thomas
80
6 20
Syncope
3
Jane F. Ryder
78
7 5
Pneumonia
4
Francis Reed
SI
9 19
Dropsy
7
Mary A. Wilbur
75
9 8 La grippe
7
Lizzie Mackintosh
35
6 20
Septic peritonitis
S
Jeremiah W. Reed
80
9 2 Paralysis of bladder
II
George Warren Austin
24
3 24
Pneumonia
12
Emma D. Wyman
44
Exhaustion
I3
Charles W. Englestead
81
I 28
Heart disease
15
Nancy W. Morse
77|-|27
-
I
8
Capillary bronchitis
24
Nellie Catherine Lyons
49
Cerebral hemorrhage
2 Augusta Morse
Uraemic poisoning
9
Ellen Doran
78 -
79
Pneumonia
Hyputrophy of prostate
Phthisis pulmonalis
Y. M. D.
- Job
Jaundice
19 Mary P. Sherman
85
DEATHS - Continued.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Disease.
April 16
Horatio N. Wilbur
88
4II
Senility
2I
Jeremiah R. Fogg
67
7 13
Heart disease
22
Mercy Swift
S7
715
23
Caroline J. Sparrow
74
4
2
Heart disease
24
Alice Thomas
49
9
I
Pneumonia
30
Lottie N. Crosby
28
9
6 Inanition
May
I
Stephen D. Drew
87
7
2 Chronic nephritis
II
Elbridge H. Macomber
65
2
5
Apoplexy
I2
Mary Finney Pease
77
14
Paralysis
22
Anna A. Lakey
36
Tubercular peritonitis
23
Emma B. Washburn
55 4|14
Phthisis pulmonalis
26
Lydia Smith Bryant
80 10|14
Heart disease
28
Levi J. Seavey
77
2 I2 Heart disease
28
Lorenzo T. Miller
78
20
Inflammation of kidneys
June
2
Henrietta Washburn
75 3 II
Apoplexy
5
Mary B. Gurney
64
II 20
Cancer
6
Isabella P. Hathaway .
56
3
18
Chronic rheumatism
7
Rachel W. Thomas
86
Senile exhaustion
9 Nora T. McCarthy
I7 -
15
14
Laura F. White
8
9
7 Typhoid fever
15
Lucretia B. Church
76
5|21
Apoplexy
19
Josiah Kinnicutt
8I
7 19
Carcinoma
24
Llewellyn J. Atwood
27
Lucy C. Bryant
69
7
5 Cerebral hemorrhage
29
Annie Laura Turnbull
32
II
Pulmonary tuberculosis
3
Peter Washburn
80 II
S
Arterio schlerosis
5
Nathaniel F. Ryder
55
8 20
Bright's disease
12
Sarah J. Packard
44
2 16
Tuberculosis of throat
18
Henry Denham
88|II |26
Cystitis
31
Augusta W. W. Manwaring Joseph Lord
33
7
3
3
Chester L. Myricks
4
16
Cholera infantum
4
Lucy C. Gifford
9
II 25
Burn
7
Bradford C. Burgess
61
4
4 Paralysis
12
Thomas J. Fenno
49
2
2
Pulmonary tuberculosis
13
Susan Emeline Fuller
8
16 Nephritis
15
Chester T. Riley
I
II7
Meningitis
I5
Abbie M. Barrows
67 I
2
Heart disease
16 John Botellroy
7
19
Carroll R. Washburn
41
Natural causes.
17
Perez S. Doty
72
Heart disease
20
Eugene Pontus
9 IO
Sunstroke
Sept.
3 Henry H. Sylvester
7
.5
Albuminaria
5 Lora Tabo
6
Muco enteritis
74
5 2I
Cancer
9
9 Jerome Brisbois
50 -
Suicide
IO
Verna Barrows Ellis
Tonsilitis
July
2
Grace F. Bicknell
44
Pernicious anaemia
-
7|24
Convulsions
Aug. I
Phthisis
-
41 3 22
Brights disease
3 Ruth W. Ellis
6 Benjamin F. Tripp Male
Stillborn
-
Drowning
24
5
Pneumonia
8
Y. M
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DEATHS - Concluded.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Disease.
Sept. 13
Melville L. Matthews
Heart disease
15
Gustava Wilhelmina Thorson
56
4 24
16
Araby Minasian
Enteritis
20
Patrick Henry Pittsley
5
4
Cholera infantum
30
Anna S. Washburn
80
IO 26
Senile exhaustion
19
James Mansfield
44
-
6
Locomotor ataxia
20
Lucy M. Breach
2
2II
Cerebral meningitis
2I
Benjamin Franklin Sherman
168
4 26
Cancer
23
Harriet C. Beals
63
IO
Cirrhosis of liver
26
Mary A. Bryant
72
I 19
Pulmonary oedema
28
Silver Caron
-
Oct.
3
Mary T. Leonard
71
IO
Probably apoplexy
4
Mercie H. Smith
56
IO
7
Phthisis pulmonalis
7
Isaac Thompson
85
2 20
Paralysis
IO
- Keith
3 -
13
Charles E. Colpritt
5
13
Heart disease
22
Edward W. Lowe
33
5
3
Apoplexy
15
Josiah C. Tribou
73
15
Strangulation
17
Amelia F. Randall
62
2 25
Apoplexy
Nov.
5
Christian Tardgy
37
Pneumonia
6
Maria R. Pittsley
73
Senile debility
9
Edson Orrin Ewell
I
I
-
Heart disease
16
Joseph Nichols, Jr.
74
- I2
Cancer
19 Mercy S. Keyes
70
3 14
Heart disease
21
Sarah M. Brett
74
5 14
Complication of diseases-
22
Mary A. L. Jones
72
5
6 Pneumonia
29
Adolphus Legere
43
9
Pneumonia
Dec.
I
Carrie R. Eldridge
58
I II
Cancer
1
Emily Rose
211
Potts disease
2
Mary Madeline Monks
I
CO
Intestinal indigestion
8
Marcus M. Thompson
160
7 Intestinal indigestion
13
Mercy Cobb
88
8 Senile debility
19
Winslow Pratt
70
I
7
Angina pectoris
2I
Mary Malvina Smith
47
-
27
Uraemic coma
24
William H. Calrow
86
6 24
Softening of the brain
-
6
8
Hernia
-
Y . M. D.
39 II
7
Cancer
7
-
II
8
1
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SUMMARY.
From the records of marriages, births, and deaths during the year 1900 :
MARRIAGES.
Number of marriages recorded 77
Number of licenses granted
71
Oldest groom .
68
Youngest groom
18
Oldest bride 55
-
Youngest bride 15
First marriage .
134
Second marriage
·
. 19
Third marriage
.
.
.
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BIRTHS.
Number recorded
. 136
Males
80 Females ·
. 56
DEATHS.
Number recorded 137
Number occurring in town
. 110
Males
62 Females 75
Under 1 year .
·
18 Between 30 and 40 years, 10
Between 1 and 5 years,
5 Between 40 and 50 years, 14
Between 5 and 10 years,
5 Between 50 and 60 years, 9
Between 10 and 20 years, 2 Between 60 and 70 years, 19
Between 20 and 30 years, 5 Between 70 and 80 years, 26 Between 80 and 90 years, 22 Between 90 and 100 years,
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DOGS.
Number licensed in 1899 . . 412
Males . 354 Females 58
ABSTRACT FROM THE RECORDS.
The following is an abstract from the records showing the action of the town at the various meetings holden during the year 1900 :
MARCH 5, 1900.
The Annual Meeting was called to order by the Clerk at S A.M.
Warren B. Stetson was chosen Moderator and duly sworn.
It was voted that when the meeting adjourns it be to meet in Town Hall on Saturday, March 9, at 1 P.M.
The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers for the year, and made choice of the following :
For Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector : Amos H. Eaton. For Selectman for three years : Charles W. Kingman.
For Assessor for three years : Charles W. Kingman.
For Overseer of Poor for three years : Sylvanus Mendall. For School Committee for three years : Annie Davis Deane, Nathan Washburn.
For Auditor : William R. Mitchell.
For Board of Health for three years : Thomas S. Hodgson. For Municipal Light Board : Henry W. Sears.
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For Trustees of Public Library for three years : Joseph E. Beals, David G. Pratt, Warren B. Stetson.
For Tree Warden : Samuel N. Shiverick.
For Fish Wardens: Charles W. Kingman, Albert T. Savery, Edwin F. Witham.
For Fence Viewers: Chester E. Weston, Wallace M. Tinkham, John N. Main.
For Constables : Leander M. Alden, Benjamin W. Bump, Josiah T. Carver, Williston B. Chandler, George W. Ham- mond, Bradford Harlow, Samuel Hathaway, Herbert L. Leonard, Everett T. Lincoln, Samuel S. Lovell, John M. Luippold, William McAllister, Sylvanus Mendall.
The vote on the question of license was :
Yes
182
No
. 316
Blanks
. . 84
Total vote
582
ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 10, 1900.
The following named persons were chosen to serve as Field Drivers :
George S. Clark, Wallace M. Tinkham, Augustus H. Soule, Amos Bucknam, Clarence C. Porter, Winslow Pratt, James A. Burgess, Lorenzo D. Carter.
The following were chosen' Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark :
Emery F. Atwood, Joshua K. Bishop, George S. Clark, Nathaniel A. Shurtleff, Isaac E. Perkins, Benjamin C. Shaw,
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Albert F. Mitchell, Nathan B. Maxim, George H. Vaughn, John L. Benson, Harrison W. Atwood, John B. LeBaron.
Mr. Joseph E. Beals reported verbally that not enough had been done by the committee on the History of the Town to warrant a written report. The Committee had met and portions of the work had been distributed to sub-com- mittees.
Voted that Thomas Weston of Newton be added to the Committee on the History of the Town.
Mr. Savery, Chairman of the Committee on Sewerage, reported verbally that the Committee, at the suggestion of the State Board of Health, had employed Freeman C. Coffin as engineer, who had made plans and a report, both of which had been submitted to the town at a previous meeting. The plans had been accepted by the State Board and it only remained now for the town to build the sewer agreeably to the plans.
Voted that the Treasurer be authorized under the direction of the Selectmen to hire not more than $40,000 in anticipa- tion of taxes, to be paid out of the taxes of 1900.
Voted to indefinitely postpone a motion to furnish scho- lastic caps and gowns for the graduating classes of the Grammar and High Schools.
The Chair ruled that no action could be taken by this meeting on a motion to accept Chapter 344, Acts of 1899, making eight hours a day's work for all employees of the town.
Voted to postpone to the next annual meeting a motion to take or purchase the land described in Art. 22 of the warrant.
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Voted that the proceeds of the dog licenses for the present year, and of all other licenses not belonging to special departments, be appropriated for the support of the Public Library.
Voted to adjourn to meet Wednesday, March 21, at 7 P.M.
ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 21, 1900.
Voted that the action of the town, whereby action under Article 22 of the warrant was postponed to the next annual meeting, be reconsidered.
Voted that the whole matter be committed to a committee of five to be appointed by the Moderator, said committee to be empowered to obtain further sewerage plans to be pre- sented at a future meeting.
The Moderator appointed : James M. Coombs, Lyman P. Thomas, Joseph A. Shaw, George R. Sampson and William A. Andrews.
Voted to accept " An Act to better define the limits of the Middleborough Fire District," passed by the Legislature of this year.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to establish and record the grades for such streets within the Fire District as they may deem best from time to time.
Voted to lay on the table a motion concerning building of the sewer under Article 23.
The Selectmen reported the laying out of Star avenue as a public way, which was accepted.
Voted to pay the Moderator $15 for his services.
Voted to add to the list of jurors as published the follow- ing names : Fred C. Sparrow, Hiram Whittemore, Herbert
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W. Cornish, Charles F. Cole, Horace A. Vaughan, Isaac M. Foye, Lorenzo Wood.
Voted that the list as amended be accepted.
Voted to lay on the table a motion to accept Chapter 254 of the Acts of 1897.
Voted to lay on the table a motion to adopt any or all the provisions of Chapter 50 of the Public Statutes, and of Chapter 245 of the Acts of the year 1892, and the amend- ments thereto.
Voted that Charles M. Thatcher be added to the Commit- tee on Town History.
Voted to accept the report of Committee on Town Barn.
Voted to accept the reports of town officers and commit- tees as published in the Town Report.
Adjourned to meet at 7.30 P.M. in two weeks.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 4, 1900.
Meeting called to order at 7.30 P.M. by the Moderator.
Voted to choose Nathaniel S. Cushing, Jr., as Measurer of Wood, Lumber and Bark.
Voted that $9,950 be added to the amount to be raised by tax or otherwise.
Voted that the corporation and bank tax, estimated at $7,000, be deducted from the sum of the appropriations and additions, viz. : $85,920.
Voted that the Treasurer, under the direction of the Select- men, be authorized to hire the sum of $10,000, and to issue therefor town notes to that amount, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 4 per cent. per annum, $5,000 to be made payable on the first day of November, 1914, and $5,000
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on the first day of November, 1915 ; that $5,000 of the above be denominated "School House Loan," $1,200 be denomi- nated " Electric Light Loan," and $3,800 be denominated " General Improvement Loan."
Voted that the sum of $68,920 in addition to the State and County tax be assessed upon the polls and estates of the town, and the tax committed to the Collector to be col- lected according to the by-laws of the town.
Voted that this meeting be dissolved.
The following is a list of the appropriations made at the Annual Meeting and its several adjournments :
Support of schools . . $21,500 00
Repair of school buildings
.
· 1,000 00
Repair of concrete walks
. 200 00
Support of poor and insane
8,500 00
Forest street schoolhouse
300 00
Board of Health
500 00
Military aid
800 00
Soldiers' relief
3,000 00
Town Officers
3,000 00
Incidental expenses
2,500 00 .
Post 8, G.A.R. 200 00
Town House Committee
500 00
Town note due
5,055 00
Interest on bonds and notes
3,500 00
Highway Department
. 13,000 00
Night watch and police
800 00
Sewers . ·
2,200 00
Sprinkling streets . .
.
· 300 00
.
.
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To pay lighting bond . $1,500 00
interest on light bonds
3,340 00
suburban lighting 375 00
construction electric light plant
785 00
salary Municipal Light Board 150 00
salary School Committee
150 00
Water supply
.
1,500 00
Moderator's services
15 00
Concrete walk
300 00
Suppression of crime
1,000 00
$75,970 00
Add, as per vote
9,950 00
$85,920 00
Deduct corporation and bank tax
7,000 00
$78,920 00
Deduct loan
. 10,000 00
Amount assessed
. $68,920 00
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 21, 1900.
The meeting was called to order at 6.30 P.M., and the warrant read by the clerk. Warren B. Stetson was chosen to act as Moderator.
Voted to locate three fishing places : one at the Shovel Works Dam, one at Muttock and one at Star Mills. That we sell at auction, at once, the right to fish at two places, to be paid for at within ten days of the time of sale.
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Voted that Charles F. Cornish be selected to sell the ale- wives at auction.
Mr. Cornish at once proceeded with the auction, selling the herring to John B. LeBaron for $125.
Voted that $1,000 be appropriated for the suppression of crime.
Voted that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to retire and nominate a committee of three to expend the appropriation and report to this meeting after the annual meeting adjourns.
The committee appointed by the Moderator was : Augus- tus M. Bearse, Matthew H. Cushing, James A. Burgess.
Adjourned till the close of the annual meeting.
At 9 P.M., when the annual meeting closed, the special meeting was reopened, and the committee reported as follows :
" Your committee appointed to nominate a committee for the suppression of crime in the town of Middleboro, present the following names for that committee : Elmer B. Cole, Alvan P. Vaughan, Everett Lincoln.
Respectfully submitted,
A. M. BEARSE.
M. H. CUSHING.
J. A. BURGESS.
The action of the committee was adopted, and report . accepted.
Voted that the committee for the suppression of crime be authorized to draw from the appropriation, subject to the approval of the Selectmen.
At 9.10 P.M. the meeting adjourned.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.,
FOR 1900.
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INCORPORATED
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MIDDLEBORO, MASS. : MIDDLEBORO GAZETTE OFFICE. 1901.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Organization, 1900-1901.
REV. W. C. LITCHFIELD, Chairman.
ASHER J. JACOBY, Secretary.
Members.
JOANNA T. LEONARD
Term expires, 1901.
B. J. ALLAN
Term expires, 1901.
WARREN H. SOUTHWORTH
Term expires, 1902.
REV. W. C. LITCHFIELD
Term expires, 1902.
NATHAN WASHBURN
Term expires, 1903.
ANNIE D. DEANE
Term expires, 1903.
Superintendent of Schools. ASHER J. JACOBY. Office, Room 7, Town Hall. Office Hours, school days : Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 4 to 5 P.M. ; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 to 9 A.M.
The regular meetings of the Committee are held in Room 7, Town Hall, on the first Thursday of each month, at 7:30 P.M.
All bills against the School Department should be sent to the Secre- tary's office not later than the Wednesday preceding the first Thursday of each month.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Middleborough :
With the passing of another year the School Committee present for your perusal and inspection the annual report of the standing and condition of the schools of the town for the year ending December 31, 1900.
We earnestly ask your careful consideration of the re- ports of the Superintendent of Schools and the Principal of the High School, together with the tables annexed. We trust no parent will pass hastily over the pages herewith presented, the information they contain, the suggestions offered, and the recorded results of the faithful supervision and teaching our schools have received the past year. Our schools may well be a matter of pride to everyone, for, by comparison with those in other towns of equal population and resources, we find they rank among the best in the Commonwealth, and this at a cost considerably less than the average per pupil in the State.
Your attention will be called to certain school buildings by an article in the warrant for the annual town meeting ; your Committee make no suggestion regarding action thereon, trusting the citizen voters to act for the highest welfare of all concerned.
Your Committee wish to call attention to reference in last year's reports of the Superintendent and Principal of the
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High School regarding High School accommodations; the same is presented this year with increased force. As evi- dence that enlarged facilities for High School work have become a necessity, we point to the yearly increasing at- tendance upon the same, as also upon the crowded condition of the lower grades occupying the same building. Could something be done to take the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades from the present building, it would then be suffi- ciently large for the ninth grade and High School with its present needs and future prospects for some years.
During the year 1900, $60,264,030 were given by per- sonal donation and bequest to educational institutions, libra- ries, art museums and galleries, charities, and churches. A splendid contribution to the closing year of the nineteenth century ! There may have been, under the head of educa- tional institutions, some High School endowed, but the record of it is not in the hands of your Committee. The suggestion we offer is this. Let some citizen of Middle- borough, or some person whose childhood home was here, who has the heart to do the town a lasting good, begin the twentieth century with a donation in behalf of a High School fund. Who will be the first to enroll in this desirable work ?
Your Committee call attention to the subject of music and to the superior work that has been done since September last in our schools by Mr. H. J. Whittemore and his son. One member of the Committee visited the schools at Beachmont, where these gentlemen have had supervision of the music for · some time, previous to our acceptance of their proposition to come here and present their methods for inspection and
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practice. We are pleased to say that the matter has our approval upon trial, as well as that of the Superintendent, Principal of the High School, and other teachers. We recommend the continuance of their valuable work to be extended to all our schools in town.
We are gratified to note the increasing interest on the part of parents and friends of the pupils as shown by their fre- quent visits at the schools. Visitation encourages both teacher and pupil to strive for larger and better results; it interests the parent in his child's work as no mere report card can do. Too many parents are content that their child- ren "go to school," and show no further interest in the matter. This is not to be charged against parents as reck- less disregard for their children's welfare, but it does savor of a lack of thoughtful, direct responsibility in the vital matter of education and a personal knowledge of how that education is being imparted by the teacher and received into the mind of the child.
A recent writer defines education thus : " Education re- sults not from highly differentiated methods, but primarily from the play of mind upon mind, heart upon heart, will upon will." Our schools exist for the purpose of fitting the child for good citizenship. Accepting the definition of the writer just quoted, we must first consider the mind, heart and will of the teacher; the mind should be well filled and resourceful, the heart sympathetic and kind, the will strong, with the gift of leadership. These qualities in a teacher can- not be entirely foreign to the individual. They may be cul- tivated, enlarged and trained, but there must be the natural gift, to some degree, born with the successful teacher.
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The century just closed has given more to the world than any century in the past. Notably is this true in our country regarding the matter of common schools and the purpose for which they exist. The century now opened can do no better in advancing this work than by adopting the definition of education referred to and applying it to every branch of our educational system in every department thereof, from the first grade in our primary school to the highest course of study in the university.
Your Committee wish to commend the work of the Super- intendent, given without extra compensation and at a sacri- fice of time which he might very largely take as his own, in the matter of a training class which furnishes us with some of our successful teachers ; we also desire to recognize his faithful and conscientious labor in the advancement of our schools.
We hereby express our appreciation of the devoted appli- cation of the Principal of the High School and his assistants to their work. We recognize the work on the part of all the teachers of the schools as their best efforts, believing whoever does his best cannot wholly fail in the work in which he is engaged.
The following appropriations, in the judgment of the Com- mittee, are needed for the schools :
For support of schools, including current ex- penditures and Superintendent's salary . $22,850 00
Music, special teacher 500 00
Ordinary repairs, alterations, and permanent im-
provement of school property .
1,000 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CURRENT EXPENDITURES.
DR.
Balance from last year
$391 73 ·
Appropriation .
. 21,500 00
Town of Freetown, tuition ·
84 00
Town of Lakeville, tuition
421 00
State Board of Lunacy and Charity,
tuition
. 279 50
City of Boston, tuition · .
35 0.0
Tuition
100 00
.
$22,811 23
CR.
Instruction, superintendence, care of
buildings, and fuel .$18,495 17
Books, stationery, and school sup-
plies 1,612 76
Sundries 441 04
Conveyance to High School 352 84
Conveyance to elementary schools 1,522 70
County of Plymouth, board
16 71
22,441 22
Balance
$370 01 Transferred to appropriation for ordinary repairs, alterations, and permanent improvement of school property 363 29
Unexpended $6 72 . .
8
SCHOOL COMMITTEE SALARIES.
DR.
Appropriation
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