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The admission of pupils to the school and their promotion in, and graduation from, the school are governed by the fol- lowing regulations :-
1. Graduates of the Middleborough elementary schools and of other approved schools shall be admitted to the High School upon their certificates of graduation. For all others, whether previously connected with the Middle- borough schools or not, a High School entrance examination
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shall be held prior to the opening of the schools in Septem- ber. Persons receiving an average of Excellent, Good or Fair, at said examination, shall be admitted to the first-year class in the High School.
2. The Principal of the school may, with the approval of the Superintendent, return to the elementary schools any pupils who are found to be unprepared for High School work.
3. It shall be the duty of each teacher to make and re- cord, at the end of each week or month, upon blanks pro- vided for the purpose, a careful estimate of each pupil's work in the different branches of study. These estimates are to be based on the fidelity and success with which the pupils do their assigned work, and also on their success in meeting the various oral and written tests which have been employed as an element of teaching. The estimates shall be indicated by letters according to the following scale of rank : 90 to 100, or E., Excellent ; 80 to 90, or G., Good ; 70 to 80, or F., Fair; 60 to 70, or L., Low; 50 to 60, or P., Poor; below 50, or V. P., Very Poor.
4. The Principal may, from time to time, subject the pupils to such examinations as will indicate their progress and be helpful to both teachers and pupils. Whenever the estimates of such examinations are combined with the teach- er's estimates, the former shall count one-third and the latter two-thirds.
5. Pupils absent on account of sickness may have credit for the lessons lost, providing such lessons are made up to the satisfaction of the Principal ; but pupils absent for reasons other than sickness may be deprived of this privilege.
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6. To be promoted, a pupil's marks must average Excel- lent, Good, or Fair; but pupils falling below Low in any · subject must repeat the subject, and in two subjects must repeat the year's work.
7. Pupils who have satisfactorily completed any one of the prescribed courses of study will, at the discretion of the School Committee, be graduated therefrom. At graduation, diplomas will be awarded at public commencement exercises.
8. At the end of each school month a report of the record of attendance, scholarship and conduct of each pupil shall be made to the parent or guardian of such pupil, on a card provided for the purpose.
These courses of study are subject to such changes as circumstances may require.
No person can enter a normal school in Massachusetts or the Middleborough Teachers' Training Class without a diploma of graduation from an approved high school, or evidence of an equivalent education.
EXHIBIT H. REGULATIONS FOR PROMOTION OF PUPILS.
Elementary Schools.
1. There shall be no daily marking of pupils, except for attendance, and no stated or previously announced examin- ations or tests of their proficiency.
2. It shall be the duty of each teacher to make and record, at the end of each week or month, upon blanks provided for
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the purpose, a careful estimate of each pupil's work in the different branches of study. These estimates are to be based on the fidelity and success with which the pupils do their assigned work, and also on their success in meeting the va- rious oral and written tests which have been employed as an element of teaching. The estimates shall be indicated by letters according to the following scale of rank : 90 to 100, or E., Excellent ; 80 to 90, or G., Good; 70 to 80, or F., Fair; 60 to 70, or L., Low; 50 to 60, or P., Poor; below 50, or V. P., Very Poor.
3. The Superintendent may, from time to time, subject the pupils to such examinations as will indicate their pro- gress and be helpful to both teachers and pupils. Whenever the estimates of such examinations are combined with the teacher's estimates, the former shall count one-third and the latter two-thirds.
4. Pupils absent on account of sickness may have credit for the lessons lost, providing such lessons are made up to the satisfaction of the teacher ; but pupils absent for reasons other than sickness may be deprived of this privilege.
5. To be promoted a pupil's marks must average Excellent, Good, or Fair.
6. Pupils, whose weekly marks average Low, Poor or Very Poor, may, upon the request of the parent or guar- dian, try a written examination to be prepared by the Super- intendent, and held during the last two weeks of school in June. If at such examination the pupil's average is Excel- lent, Good, or Fair, he or she shall be promoted. No pupil shall be kept in the same grade for a period longer than two
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years, without the approval of the Superintendent, to whom all the facts in the case have to be reported.
7. Promotions shall be made in all the schools on a day designated by the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall notify each teacher at least two weeks in advance of the date fixed. Individual promotions may be made with the approval of the Superintendent, whenever the best in- terests of the pupils require them.
8. At the end of each school month a report of the record of attendance, scholarship, and conduct of each pupil shall be made to the parent or guardian of such pupil, on a card provided for the purpose.
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APPENDIX.
LIST OF TEACHERS, FEBRUARY, 1901.
Teachers' Training Class, Asher J. Jacoby, 71 Pearl street.
HIGH SCHOOL. Main Street, near Town Hall.
Walter Sampson, Principal, 46 North Main street.
Isabelle M. Briggs, 69 Centre street.
Leonard O. Tillson, 11 North street.
Susan M. Briggs, 23 Webster street.
MAIN STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. High School Building.
Room.
Grade.
4. Edgar M. Copeland, Prin., 9 .. 23 Webster street.
3. Sophie S. Hammond, 8. 3 Rock street.
2. Emma Lois Herrick, 7. 23 Pierce street.
1. C. Augusta Thomas, 6. 8 Court End avenue.
UNION STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Union Street, near Centre.
Room. Grade.
2. Alma L. Hodgdon, Prin., 5 & C. 23 Webster street. Florence L. Dean, Ass't, 4 Southwick street.
1. Bessie M. Gibbs, D & 4 22 School Street.
Mattie M. Bennett, Ass't, 8 Pierce street.
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SCHOOL STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL. School Street, near Centre.
Grade.
Room.
3. Lucy P. Burgess, 3. 2 Myrtle street. Emma N. Phinney, Ass't., 24 Pearl street.
2. Edith Willis, 2.
41 Forest street.
1. Eleanor A. Barden, Prin., 1. Pearl street.
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FOREST STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Forest Street.
Room.
Grade.
2. A. Belle Tenney, 2. 65 Oak street.
1. Delia K. Kingman, 1. 11 Forest street.
WEST SIDE GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Room.
Grade.
3. Frances M. Perry, Prin., 5-7. 210 Centre street.
2. Myra L. Atwood, 3 & 4. 212 Centre street.
1. Estelle E. Herrick, 1-2. 23 Pierce street.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Pleasant street - E. Frances Dunham, N. Middleboro.
Plymouth street - Lizzie W. Wade, Rock.
Purchade - Lena M. Baldwin, 18 School street. Nemasket - Elizabeth Landgrebe, Middleboro.
Thompsonville - Mary E. Deane, Middleboro. Soule - Carrie E. Soule, Eddyville. Waterville - C. Florence Hathaway, 16 Benton street.
Green - Bertha E. Vaughn, Rock, Mass.
Fall Brook - Ruby L. Howes, 33 Pierce street. Thomastown - Lucy E. Merrihew, 22 East Grove street.
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S. Middleboro - Veretta F. Shaw, South Middleboro. Highland - Grace E. Bailey, 31 Webster street. Rock -Florence I. Reed, 80 Centre street. Wappanucket - Bessie L. Thomas, Middleboro.
MUSIC. H. J. & H. E. Whittemore, Hyde Park.
MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL STORM SIGNALS. REVISED APRIL, 1897.
For all Schools.
The Signal, 2-1-2, will be given four times upon the fire alarm bell and whistle at 7.45 A.M., for suspension of the morning session, and at 12.30 P.M., for suspension of the afternoon session.
For Grades I-V.
The Signal, 2-1-2, will be given four times upon the fire alarm bell and whistle at 8.15 A.M., for suspension of the morning session, and at 1 P.M., for suspension of the after- noon session.
ASHER J. JACOBY, Supt. of Schools.
CHARLES W. KINGMAN, Chief Eng. Fire Dept.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1901.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Winter term (twelve weeks) begins January 7. Winter term ends March 29.
Vacation, one week.
Spring term (eleven weeks) begins April 8. Spring term ends June 21. Vacation, eleven weeks.
Fall term (fifteen weeks) begins September 9. Fall term ends December 20.
Vacation, two weeks.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Same as the elementary schools, with the following excep- tions :
Winter term (thirteen weeks) begins December 31, 1900. Fall term (sixteen weeks) begins September 3.
ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT
FOR THE
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
TO BE HELD IN THE TOWN HALL, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1901.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Art. 2. To choose all necessary town officers. The fol- lowing officers to be voted for on one ballot, viz. : one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, thirteen Con- stables, three Fish Wardens, one Auditor, three Fence View- ers and one Tree Warden, all for one year each ; one Select- man, one Assessor, for three years ; one Overseer of the Poor for three years ; three Trustees of the Public Library, all for three years each; two members of the School Committee, each for three years ; and one member of the School Com- mittee, for two years, to fill a vacancy ; one member of the Municipal Light Board, for three years, and one member of the Board of Health, for three years. The polls for the elec- tion of these officers will be open at half-past eleven o'clock A.M., and will not be closed before three o'clock P.M.
Art. 3. To vote by ballot, " Yes " or "No," in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this town ? "
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Art. 4. To raise such sums of money by tax or otherwise as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the current year, appropriate the same, and to act on any- thing in relation to the assessment and collection of taxes for the year.
Art. 5. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money in anticipation of taxes the present year, or for any other purpose.
Art. 6. To hear the reports of any of the officers of. com- mittees of the town and act thereon.
Art. 7. To allow accounts against the town, or act thereon.
Art. 8. To see if the town will vote that the yards of per- sons chosen Field Drivers shall be town pounds so long as they remain in office, provided they shall be chosen pound keepers.
Art. 9. To dispose of the money received for "dog licenses," and all other licenses the present year, and act thereon.
Art. 10. To see if the town will pay the expense of a Night Watch in the Four Corners village, and act thereon.
Art. 11. To see if the town will appropriate any money to be expended by Post 8, G. A. R., on Memorial Day, and act thereon.
Art. 12. To see if the town will pay their School Commit- tee for their services the ensuing year, and act thereon.
Art. 13. To see if the town will authorize their Overseers of the Poor to sell a certain wood lot known as the "Has- kins Lot," containing ten acres, more or less, and act thereon.
Art. 14.To see what action the town will take in relation to sprinkling the streets, and act thereon.
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Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to pay the members of the Municipal Light Board for their services the present year, and act thereon.
Art. 16. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to concrete or other sidewalks, appropriate any sum of money for the same, and act thereon.
Art. 17. To see if the town will buy a lot at North Middle- borough and build a two-room schoolhouse thereon, or build two new schoolhouses on the lots now occupied, raise and appropriate money for the same, and act anything thereon.
Art. 18. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to build a fence on two sides of the Forest street school lot and put the grounds in proper con- dition, and act anything thereon.
Art. 19. To see what action the town will take in regard to disposing of its right to take alewives for one year, or a term of years, and act thereon.
Art. 20. To see if the town will increase the supply of power at the electric station, and to raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art 21. To see what action the town will take in regard to changing the name of Neck street to Marion Road, under the petition of Clifford R. Weld, and others, and act thereon.
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of reseating the Town Hall, and act thereon.
Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Town Hall committee to grant the free use of the Town Hall for the purpose of holding public meetings for the discussion of political and economic questions, upon petition signed by
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twenty-five resident voters of said town, and act thereon. (On petition of A. H. Dennett and ten others.)
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to furnish scholastic caps and gowns for the use of the graduating class in the grammar and in the high schools, and appropriate money for the same, and act thereon. (On petition of A. H. Dennett and ten others. )
Art. 25. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to take such action as may be necessary to compel the various electric street railway companies operat- ing electric railroads in this town to erect and place waiting rooms or booths for the shelter of the patrons of said rail- roads at the intersection of cross streets with said railroads outside the limits of the fire district of said town, and act thereon. (On petition of A. H. Dennett and ten others. )
Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen that, in case any application in the future be made for a franchise, to be granted for the operation of a street railway by electricity or by any other motive power, upon any of the streets of this town, the said Board of Se- lectmen demand, as part of the consideration for the grant- ing of said franchise, that said applicants shall, for them- selves and their successors, agree to carry all children living contiguous to such railways to and from school free, and act thereon. (On petition of A. H. Dennett and ten others. )
Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to amend the by- laws of the town so as to forbid any official of the town holding any office of trust or emolument in any corporation holding or securing a franchise from this town, and act thereon. (On petition of A. H. Dennett and ten others. )
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Art. 28. To see if the town will vote that, hereafter, all public work be done by day's work, and not by contract. (On petition of A. H. Dennett and ten others. )
Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to pay for labor on public work a minimum wage of twenty-five cents per hour. (On petition of A. H. Dennett and ten others. )
Art. 30. To see if the town will accept Chapter 344, Acts of General Court of the year 1899, making eight hours a day's work for town employees. (On petition of A. H. Dennett and nine others. )
Art. 31. To see what action the town will take in regard to purchasing another street sprinkling cart, appropriate any money for the same, and act thereon.
Art. 32. To see what action the town will take with regard to establishing a police department.
Art. 33. To hear the report of the special committee on sewerage, and act thereon.
Act. 34. To see what action the town will take with refer- ence to House Bill No. 175, now pending before the Legisla- ture, entitled : "An Act to Establish a System of Sewage Dis- posal for the Town of Middleborough."
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INDEX.
Abstract from the Records
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Assessors, Report of
Auditor, Report of
Births, Record of .. .
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Board of Health, Report of .
Cemetery Trust Funds .
Clerk, Report of
Collector of Taxes, Report of
Deaths, Record of
Debt, Statement of
Estimate for a Tax, 1901
Fish Wardens, Report of
Highways, Report of Superintendent of Streets
Inspector of Animals, Report of .
Jurors, List of
Library, Report of Trustees of .
Marriages, Record of
Military Aid, List of Persons Receiving
Municipal Light Board, Report of
Municipal Light Loan Sinking Fund, Account of
Officers, List of
Poor, Report of Overseers of
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School Committee, Report of
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Financial Statement
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
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Statistics of Schools
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Principal of High School, Report of
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Supervisors of Music, Report of
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27 69 77 64 84 74 23 25 33 26
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21 45 7 55
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School Committee, Report of (continued)-
Truant Officers, Reports of
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Teachers' Training Class 48
Graduates of Elementary Schools . 49
Courses of Study in Middleborough High School 50
Regulations for Promotion of Pupils List of Teachers
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Selectmen, Report of
State Aid, Lists of Persons Receiving
Streets, Report of Superintendent of .
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Taxes, Report of Collector of
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Treasurer, Report of , . .
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Tree Warden, Report of . .
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