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In September we tested and classified the voices in the various schools, assigning to each pupil his proper place with reference to range of voice.
While we believe the teachers without any exception have conscientiously co-operated with us, and, we think, with scarcely an exception have a good general knowledge of music, yet many of them are lacking in that positive knowl- edge of staff representation with reference to its application in the schoolroom which is so necessary if the best results are to be realized.
In addition to our regular visits to each school we feel that the occasional meeting of the teachers by grades or together will be very helpful, and we hope to have an opportunity to meet them early in the next term.
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There are classes in the higher primary and lower inter- mediate where, owing to evenness of grade, the singing will compare favorably with the city schools where music has been taught many years. In the High School, owing to cer- tain conditions, less evenness is noticeable ; about fifty per cent of the pupils being somewhat in advance of the others and may be termed "Seniors in Music," and these pupils are really entitled to some advanced work both in voice culture and in the practice of more difficult music.
We appreciate the commendatory expressions of the parents in connection with the singing at the Graduation Exercises of the High and Grammar Schools, but we feel quite sure that still better results can be obtained in the future, and we shall not be satisfied until in the public schools of Middleborough music shall rank with the other branches in the high stand- ard of excellence so well recognized by the educators of the surrounding towns.
Respectfully submitted,
H. J. AND H. E. WHITTEMORE.
MUSICALE, TOWN HALL, FEBRUARY 27, 1901. PUPILS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MIDDLEBORO, MASS.
AFTERNOON PROGRAM.
Exercises and Songs by III. Grade :
a. Oh, Winter Time.
b. Take the World's Treasures.
c. A Song of Washington.
d. The Winter Time is Ended. Exercises and Songs by I. Grade : a. Hot Mud Pies.
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b. Sight Reading Exercises.
c. Once I Got Into a Boat.
d. Three Little Sisters.
Exercises and Songs by II. Grade :
a. Twenty Froggies. Exercises, etc.
b. Echo Song.
Exercises and Songs by Consolidated Classes :
a. Fairies' Song.
b. Bird Song.
c. The Leafy Boughs are Nodding.
EVENING PROGRAM.
1. Scale interval drill ; three-part exercises in chords ; sing- ing by syllable (four parts) ; chorus, anthem, "Now to the Lord."
2. Exercise Songs, By pupils of the lower grades.
3. Part Song,-(1) "Isle of Beauty," High School Glee Club.
(2) "Spring's Bright Glances."
4. Full Chorus,-" On Lofty Alps," " Morning Hymn," " Evening Song," " Vesper Hymn" (heard in the distance).
5. Exercise in vocal harmony,-Songs : "The Nightingale," " Fancies," Sixth Class.
6. Chorus with duets, -" O Thou Whose Power,"
Arranged from Whittaker.
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7. Reading,-" Flash, the Fireman's Story," Miss Blanche Ellis.
8. Four-Part Song, -- "O Who Will O'er the Downs so Free," Glee Club.
9. Full Chorus,-(Introit ) "The Lord is Great."
10. Remarks by Rev. W. C. Litchfield, Chairman of School Committee, at the close of which the audience will please join with the chorus in singing "America."
MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MUSIC SUPERVISORS' TIME SCHEDULE.
High School, every Thursday, 8.20-9.05.
Grammar School, Grade 9, alternate Thursdays, 10.15-10.45. Grammar School, Grade 8, alternate Thursdays, 9.45-10.15. Grammar School, Grade 7, alternate Thursdays, 9.15-9.45. Grammar School, Grade 6, alternate Thursdays, 9.45-10.15. Union street School, Grade 5, alternate Thursdays, 9.10- 9.40.
Union Street School, Grade 4, alternate Wednesday, 3.00-3.30.
School Street, Primary, Grade 3, alternate Wednesday, 1.50-2.25.
School Street Primary, Grade 2, alternate Wednesday, 2.35-2.58.
School Street Primary, Grade 1, alternate Wednesday, 1.30-1.50.
Forest Street Primary, Grade 2, alternate Wednesday, 11.35-12.00.
Forest Street Primary, Grade 1, alternate Wednesday, 11.10-11.35.
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West Side School, Grades 6, 7, 8, alternate Wednesday, 10.00-10.35.
West Side School, Grades 3, 4, 5, alternate Wednesday, 9.30-10.00.
West Side School, Grades 1, 2, alternate Wednesday, 9.00- 9.30.
Suburban Schools.
Pleasant Street, every third Friday, P.M.
Plymouth Street, ce
Friday, P.M.
Purchade,
Friday, P.M.
Nemasket,
Thursday, A.M.
Thompsonville, pe
Thursday, A.M.
Soule,
ce
Thursday, A.M.
Waterville,
Thursday, A.M.
Green,
ep
Thursday, A.M.
Fall Brook,
Friday, P.M.
Thomastown, ce
Friday, P.M.
Wappanucket,
Friday, P.M.
South Middleboro,
ce
Thursday, A. M.
Rock,
ce
Thursday, A.M.
Highland,
Thursday, A.M.
EXHIBIT D. REPORTS OF TRUANT OFFICERS.
MIDDLEBORO, MASS., December 31, 1901.
Mr. CHARLES H. BATES, Superintendent :
Dear Sir,-I herewith present my report for the year 1901 : Number of cases investigated
· 22
of cases of truancy 6 .
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Number of cases prosecuted 0 ·
of cases of conviction 0
of cases on probation
0
Yours respectfully,
EVERETT T. LINCOLN, Truant Officer.
MIDDLEBORO, MASS., December 26, 1901. Mt. CHARLES H. BATES, Superintendent :
Dear Sir,-I herewith present my report for the year 1901 : Number of cases investigated 11
of cases of truancy
0
of cases prosecuted .
.
. 0
of convictions .
.
.
0
on probation
0
Yours respectfully,
S. S. LOVELL, Truant Officer.
MIDDLEBORO, MASS., December 31, 1901. Mr. CHARLES H. BATES, Superintendent :
Dear Sir,-I herewith present my report for the year 1901 : Number of cases investigated 4 .
of cases of truancy .
0
of cases prosecuted ·
0
of convictions .
0
on probation
0
Yours respectfully,
GEORGE W. HAMMOND,
Truant Officer.
. ·
. · .
.
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EXHIBIT E. TEACHERS' TRAINING CLASS. Names of Pupils, 1900-1901.
Alden, Betsy, Graduate of Middleboro High School.
Baker, Lizzie Winifred,
Whitman ce
Besse, Lottie Newell, ce Middleboro ce
Caswell, Pamelia Forrest,
Middleboro ce
Frummerin, Bertha Olivia, Brockton
Hennessy, Anna Evelyn, ce W. Bridgewater ce
Kirkpatrick, Viola Louise May, " Middleboro Re
Lindquist, Ella Adelaide,
ce Brockton
Tinkham, Lottie Willis,
Middleboro
All of the foregoing named persons completed the course, and were granted certificates of graduation June 21, 1901.
Names of Pupils, 1901-1902.
Perry, Maud Barker, Graduate of Middleboro High School.
Rose, Angie Louise, Middleboro ce
Russell, Josie L. D., " Wareham ce
EXHIBIT F. GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE MIDDLEBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, Wednesday, June 19, 1901, at 8 P.M., Town Hall.
PROGRAM.
Prayer.
Rev. George W. Stearns.
Singing ·
School Chorus. Greeting Song
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Recitation . The Legend Beautiful Eva F. Harlow.
Piano Solo.
Nellie E. Dunham.
Recitation . Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech Graduating Class.
Singing
Birds Awakening Semi-chorus.
Recitation . The Independent Spirit of the Puritans Harry W. Sears.
Recitation .
Bobby Shaftoe
E. Maude Perkins.
Singing ·
. Merry Farmer Boy School Chorus.
Recitation . . Selection from " Eben Holden " Harold C. Bailey.
Singing
a. The Spinner b. Home Sweet Home Semi-chorus.
Recitation
The New South
Ernest S. Pratt.
Recitation . The Bridge-keeper's Story Leah E. Auger.
Address.
Supt. Asher'J. Jacoby.
Presentation of Certificates of Graduation.
Rev. W. C. Litchfield, Chairman of School Committee.
Singing
Come to the Fair
School Chorus.
Benediction.
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Main Street Grammar School.
Lea E. Auger,
Eva F. Harlow,
Bessie J. Bettencourt,
Cora A. Keedwell,
Isabel F. Bettencourt,
Agnes C. Maddigan,
M. Alice Clark,
M. Elizabeth Merrihew,
Gertrude V. Coates,
Edith G. Cody,
Sarah E. Murtagh, E. Maude Perkins,
Ella I. Cudworth,
Christena Pratt,
Maude DeMaranville,
Louise B. Pratt,
Blanche C. Dudley,
Harriet E. Pushee,
Nellie E. Dunham,
Ethel L. Ryder,
Ruth E. Eaton,
Rose Standish,
Phebe E. Elliott,
Clara G. Thomas,
Elizabeth F. Thompson,
Ethel F. Tillson,
Mildred K. Glidden,
Harold C. Bailey,
George L. Hathaway,
Le Roy H. Leggee,
Arthur C. McAllister,
Ernest S. Pratt,
Harry W. Sears,
Roswel Stearns, I. Bradford Thomas,
Leon Fine.
Highland School. Ethel M. Smith.
Rock.
Joseph F. Westgate.
Hattie E. Westgate,
Mamie J. Tinkham,
Arthur J. Bryant,
Ernest P. Chace,
Harold R. Clark,
Edward C. Doherty,
Ralph A. Dustin, John E. Erickson,
Emma F. Elwell,
Ada E. Ford,
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Thomastown School. Ethel E. Arey.
Thompsonville School. George W. Quindley. Wappanucket School. Anna W. Frost.
Waterville.
Idella M. Bryant.
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APPENDIX.
LIST OF TEACHERS, FEBRUARY 1, 1902.
Teachers' Training Class, Charles H. Bates, 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.
Grace Allen, 65 Pearl street.
MAIN STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. High School Building.
Room. Grade.
4. Edgar M. Copeland, Prin.,
9. 23 Webster street.
3. C. Augusta Thomas,
8. 8 Court End avenue.
2. Gertrude Pratt, 7. 26 Oak street.
1. Ruby L. Howes, 6. 33 Pierce street.
UNION STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Union Street, near Centre.
Room. Grade.
2. Florence L. Dean, Prin., 5 & C. 4 Southwick street.
Laura A. Holmes, Ass't, 120 Centre street.
1. May L. Stone, D & 4
3 Rock street.
Mattie M. Bennett, Ass't,
8 Pierce street.
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SCHOOL STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL. School Street, near Centre.
Room. Grade.
3. Lucy P. Burgess, 3. 2 Myrtle street.
Emma N. Phinney, Ass't,
24 Pearl street.
2. Edith Willis, 2. 103 So. Main street.
1. Eleanor A. Barden, Prin., 1. Pearl street.
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.
4. Francis M. Perry, Prin., 7-8. 210 Centre street.
3. Mabel E. Davis, 5-6. 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 - Lena M. Baldwin, Middleboro. Plymouth Street - Bessie L. Thomas, Middleboro. Purchade - Calista F. Hathaway, 16 Benton street. Nemasket - Elizabeth Landgrebe, Middleboro. Thompsonville - Mary E. Deane, Middleboro. Soule - Carrie E. Soule, Eddyville.
Waterville - A. Delle Alden, Middleboro. Green - Bertha E. Vaughn, Rock, Mass.
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Fall Brook - Mary C. Breckenridge, 10 Southwick street. Thomastown - Lucy E. Merrihew, 22 East Grove street. South Middleboro - Veretta F. Shaw, South Middleboro. Highland - Grace E. Bailey, 31 Webster street. Rock -Florence I. Reed, 80 Centre street.
Wappanucket - Lottie N. Besse, Middleboro.
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 afternoon session.
CHARLES H. BATES, Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES W. KINGMAN, Chief Eng. Fire Dept.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1902.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. Winter term (twelve weeks) begins January 6. Winter term ends March 28. Vacation, one week. Spring term (eleven weeks) begins April 7. Spring term ends June 20. Vacation, eleven weeks. Full term (fifteen weeks) begins September 8. Full term ends December 19. Vacation, two weeks.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Same as the elementary schools, with the following excep- tions :
Spring term (twelve weeks) ends June 27.
Fall term (sixteen weeks) begins September 2.
HOLIDAYS.
May 30, Plymouth County Teachers' Convention, Thanks- giving day and the day following.
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.
PLYMOUTH, SS.
To Sylvanus Mendall, or either of the Constables of the Town of Middleborough, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall of said town, on Monday, March 3, 1902, at 8 o'clock A.M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
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 Constables, three Fish Wardens, one Auditor, three Fence Viewers, and one Tree Warden, all for one year each ; one Selectman, one Assessor, for three years ; one Overseer of the Poor for three years; three Trustees of the Public Li- brary, all for three years each ; two members of the School Committee, each for three years ; one member of the Muni- cipal Light Board, for three years, and one member of the Board of Health, for three years. The polls for the election of these officers will be open at half-past eleven o'clock A.M., and will not be closed before half-past three o'clock P.M.
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Art. 3. To vote by ballot " Yes " or " No," in answer to the question : " Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this town ?"
Art. 4. To raise such sums of money by tax or other- wise as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the current year, appropriate the same, and to act on anything 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 report of any of the officers or 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 li- censes," 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 Com- mittee for their services the ensuing year, and act thereon.
Art. 13. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to sprinkling the streets, and act thereon.
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Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to pay the mem- bers of the Municipal Light Board for their services the present year, and act thereon.
Art. 15. So 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. 16. To see if the town will build a new schoolhouse at North Middleboro on Pleasant street, raise and appropri- ate money for the same, and act thereon. (On petition of Percy W. Keith and eleven others. )
Art. 17. To see if the town will build a new schoolhouse in the Soule District, and act anything thereon. (On peti- tion of A. H. Soule and twenty-five others. )
Art. 18. 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. 19. To see if the town will take any action in regard to the protection of its public shade trees from the ravages of the elm leaf beetle, brown-tail moth, or any other shade tree destroying insect, appropriate a sum of money to carry the foregoing article into effect, and act anything thereon.
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Section 335, Chapter 11, of the revised laws of Massachusetts, whereby the Town Clerk may be chosen for a term of three years, and act thereon.
Art. 21. To see if the town will permit the use of any money received for damages at the gas house, caused by the abolishing of the grade crossing, to be used to reduce the amount necessary to be hired for the purchase of gas engines, and act thereon.
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Art. 22. To make any additions to the drainage system on the west side of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad as voted at a town meeting held October 9th, 1901, appropriate money for the construction of the whole of the same, and to determine how said money shall be raised, and act thercon.
Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Sections 29 to 32, inclusive, of Chapter 102 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, whereby junk dealers may be licensed, and act thereon.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors as posted by the Selectmen, and act thereon.
Art. 25. To see what action the town will take on the question of maintaining a Chief of Police for another year, and act thereon.
And you are further directed to serve this warrant by causing it to be published in the " Middleboro Gazette " and the " Middleboro News," seven days at least before the time herein specified for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant and of your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Middleborough this nineteenth day of February A.D. 1902. .
ALBERT F. SAVERY, EDWIN F. WITHAM, CHARLES W. KINGMAN, Selectmen of the Town of Middleborough, Mass.
INDEX.
Page
Assessors, Report of
5
Auditor, Report of
101
Board of Health, Report of .
24
Cemetery Trust Funds .
96
Collector of Taxes, Report of
68
Debt, Statement of
101
Estimate for a Tax, 1902
64
Fish Wardens. Report of
22
Inspector of Animals, Report of
23
Jurors, List of
66
Library, Report of Trustees of
45
Military Aid, List of Persons Receiving
56
Municipal Light Board, Report of
59
Municipal Light Loan Sinking Fund, Account of
99
Officers, List of
3
Poor, Report of Overseers of ·
53
School Committee, Report of Financial Statement
14
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
25
Statistics of Schools
41
Principal of High School, Report of
42
Supervisors of Music, Report of
47
Truant Officers, Reports of
51
Teachers' Training Class
.
.
53
Graduating Exercises of Elementary Schools .
53
Graduates of Elementary Schools . List of Teachers
.
55
Selectmen, Report of
9
State Aid, Lists of Persons Receiving
56
Superintendent of Streets, Report of .
.
29
.
.
57
.
.
105
2
Town Clerk, Report of .
72
Abstract from the Records
82
Births, Record of
75 78
Deaths, Record of
Marriages, Record of
72
Summary .
81
Town Physician, Report of
58
Treasurer, Report of
92
Tree Warden, Report of
42
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