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3. Repairs on other buildings.
The Suburban buildings have been placed in good condi- tion, a large part of the appropriation for repairs having been expended upon them. This was greatly needed, and it is a pleasure to note that they are now in a better condi- tion than they have been for many years. The following repairs were made :
Nemasket, house painted, shingled, interior painted and grounds graded.
Thompsonville, interior painted and walls kalsomined.
Waterville, interior painted, walls kalsomined, halls re- paired and new steps added.
Green, house painted.
Thomastown, house painted and chimney retopped.
Rock, house painted and fence repaired.
South Middleboro, house painted and shingled and grounds graded.
Wappanucket, house painted, interior painted and walls kalsomined.
Pleasant Street, well driven.
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4. Drawing.
This study has been given more attention since the advent of the drawing supervisor.
The teachers meet the supervisor at stated times, when the work of the month is outlined, suggestions given, and criti- cisms on work submitted made.
The results in this branch of work are now more satisfac- tory than formerly.
5. Music.
The supervisor of music visits each suburban school once in two weeks.
Good progress is being made, and the future work will show the result of careful training. The musical interest has been increased on account of placing in these schools so many organs since the opening of the fall term. At that time but two of these schools had organs, Waterville and Thomastown. Hon. David G. Pratt presented an organ to each of the schools in North Middleboro, Plymouth Street and Pleasant Street. The people of the Soule neighborhood placed an organ in that school ; Rock secured one by means of a successful school fair; South Middleboro by contribu- tion of the pupils and a future entertainment and through the generosity of interested parties the remaining schools, Green, Purchade, Nemasket, Thompsonville, Wappanucket, Highland and Fall Brook, have been presented school organs. Thus within a few months has been brought to pass this grand result.
6. Change of teachers.
Probably no year has seen so many changes in the Subur- ban corps.
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There have been in all 10 resignations, 13 appointments and 8 transfers.
The Suburban schools are an important factor in our sys- tem of schools, and it has been our policy to secure for them as good teachers as possible. To do this it has been neces- sary to raise the salaries of many of the positions, so that at the present time the pay of the Suburban teachers is more nearly equal to the salaries of the Central teachers than ever before. To fill acceptably a suburban teacher's position requires a greater ability as an instructor and a disciplinarian, a wider knowledge of studies, a greater amount of time for preparation than in a central position. In justice to the teacher her salary should be regulated by the responsibility and requirements of the position.
Nearly all the vacancies of the past year have been filled by teachers of experience.
IN GENERAL.
'The work along some lines could be improved by the adoption of more progressive text-books. The manner of presentation of subjects and the methods of work in the more recent books are far superior to those which have been long in use. This is a subject which will call for consideration the present year.
It is especially gratifying to note the interest in the schools as shown by the large number of visitors enrolled on the school registers. Last year 2036 names were registered in the Central schools and 1241 in the Suburban schools.
The special days- Thanksgiving, Christmas, Washing-
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ton's Birthday and Memorial Day exercises -are always interesting, and serve to bring the home and school nearer together.
Last June a parents' day was observed, when specimens of the children's work in the various studies were on exhibi- tion. Although stormy, the schools entertained many visi- tors.
It is hoped a more elaborate exhibition may be given the present year in May or June in the Town Hall.
The co-operation of the Cabot Club in the work of our schools is much appreciated. Through their courtesy, the teachers attended their annual reception, and also two lec- tures under their auspices.
The present year the same courtesy has been extended, and the teachers have been invited to attend the reception and a course of three lectures on art.
The school work is stimulated and unified by teachers' meetings, of which 49 are scheduled the present year; 8 principals' meetings, 9 general monthly meetings and 32 grade meetings.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
1. Repairs.
The Thompsonville building and the Forest Street building need painting. The interior of Fall Brook building should be renovated. The recitation rooms in the Union Street building should be painted and the walls kalsomined so they may have the same appearance as the main rooms. A teach- ers' dressing room should be added in the School Street building by taking a section in the second grade room. The
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blackboards should be placed in good working order by a thorough renovation.
2. Suburban school seating.
One suburban school should be furnished each year with adjustable seats and desks. In eight years all would be thus equipped. School wall clocks and extra chairs should be furnished those schools now lacking such equipment. I recommend that the largest suburban school, the Green, be thus equipped the present year.
3. Extension of drawing work.
I recommend that the services of the drawing supervisor be extended to two days each week instead of one. Much better results could be obtained and the work given to all classes in the High School under such an arrangement.
4. Commercial course for High School.
I recommend the room now used by the sixth grade be given to the use of the High School, an additional teacher engaged, and a commercial course added to the curriculum.
5. Eye test.
I would call attention to the practicability of supplying the teachers at the beginning of the next school year with test type cards for testing the eyes of the pupils. If defect- ive vision is found the parent will be advised to consult a physician or specialist.
6. Introduction of school saving bank.
The habit of thrift is an important factor of success. To cultivate that trait school saving banks have been organized in many larger and smaller towns than Middleboro with great success. Such a subject is worthy of consideration.
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CONCLUSION.
I believe that a good school system has been organized in Middleboro as the result of years of conscientious and tire- less work on the part of the teachers and school officials. I trust this organization will become stronger and more effect- ive in its broadening work, and that the same spirit of har- monious co-operation will encourage the work of the future as it has been a stimulating influence in the past.
CHARLES H. BATES,
Superintendent of Schools.
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr. C. H. BATES, Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir,-I have the honor of submitting my annual report of the High School. The year has been a successful one. Good progress has been made in all departments. We have, however, labored under difficulties, which will be increased next year unless some relief is given. Larger accommodations for the schools and an increased teaching force are our greatest needs.
Our total enrollment since September 1 is 174. Our enrollment at the beginning of the present term was 170. This shows a very small decrease. If this rate of decrease continues until the end of the year, and the usual propor- tion of the graduates of the elementary schools enters the High School, we shall have at least 200 pupils enrolled next fall. It will not be possible to accommodate them comfort- ably in our present quarters.
I find that the teaching force in the high schools of Massachusetts averages one teacher for every 25 pupils, exclusive of special teachers, 200 pupils would thus entitle us to 8 regular teachers, an addition of three to our present teaching force. At present the principal is obliged to teach every period during the school session. He should have some time in which to become better acquainted with the work of the school. The trustees of the Peirce estate have kindly furnished us with one teacher, as they did last year.
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A few changes have been made in our curriculum during the year. A year's course in German has been introduced. The courses in Physics and Chemistry have been lengthened to one year in each case. Drawing is optional for the men- bers of the two higher classes. The fact that many have availed themselves of this opportunity is a proof of the popu- larity of this course. Other changes should be made if we are to meet the growing requirements of the colleges, and keep pace with the secondary schools of our size. There should be a more elastic curriculum. The course in English should be strengthened by having more recitation periods per week. The course in French should be lengthened to three years, that in German to two years. A business course of four years should be added. These changes are impossible without more teachers.
The graduating exercises were held in the Town Hall, Friday evening, June 26. The class numbered 24, the largest in the history of the school.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER SAMPSON, Principal of High School.
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Mr. CHARLES H. BATES, Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir,- In presenting this my second report of music in the public schools, I have only the highest words of praise for both teachers and pupils for the good work being accom- plished. The plan, as outlined one year ago, is being grad-
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ually carried out, and will, I am sure, speak for itself in a very few years, While the lower grades are all well started on work as outlined in " The Normal Music Course," we find it more difficult to get results from the upper grades to correspond. Still, with their previous training, the showing up to the present time is very gratifying.
The High School has improved steadily, and later, in con- cert, will give the townspeople a chance to hear some of their work. We could do much better work if we had room to take the school as a whole, and not in sections, as at present. The suburban schools are improving along all lines, and with the help of organs (we have, by contributions, concerts and friends, been able to place one in each school) greater inter- est and still better work will result.
Respectfully yours, AUSTIN M. HOWARD, Supervisor of Music.
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
To the School Board of Middleboro:
The following is submitted as my first annual report : Friday of each week is devoted to supervising drawing in the Middleboro public schools. In the High School, the supervisor gives one forty minute lesson every week to those pupils of the junior and senior classes who care to take draw- ing. In the other village schools, the supervisor gives a les- son once in two weeks, the regular grade teachers giving three other lessons in the interim.
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The topics for the year's work are the fall flowers and fruit, the making of decorated booklets, object drawing, mechani- cal drawing, construction and design.
Nature Work : In the first, second and third grades, the grasses and flowers were drawn with water color paint, which had already been mixed by the teacher. The small child gains a freedom in using the brush which is not obtained with a lead pencil ; for if he does not hold his brush lightly the results are not satisfactory even to himself, while the heavy black line, which he makes with a lead pencil, pleases the child,- however painful it may prove to the teacher. In the middle grades, we used colored pencils in drawing the flowers and in the three highest grades,- the most difficult medium of all for school work,- the black lead pencil.
Booklets : Paper cutting has been given in the first, sec- ond and third grades in connection with the illustrated book- lets. The first grade have been making the " Chicken Little " story, wholly in paper cutting, no writing at all. The sec- ond grade have been illustrating a short poem, " Paper Doll Land," which called for paper patterns, made by the chil- dren, around which they had to learn to draw an even line and then color the dolls with pale water color. The third grade have been illustrating a nonsense rhyme called " Ani- mals from Berne," which in addition to the paper patterns and flat washes, calls for a surface design of small flowers in water color. The fourth grade have been making decora- tions for a booklet, "Forget-me-not," in colored pencil, and the fifth grade, " Aster and Golden Rod," also in colored pencil. The sixth grade illustrated "The Barberry Bush,"
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by Jones Very. The seventh grade, Helen Hunt Jackson's "September." The eighth grade, " Indian Summer," by Dora Goodale, and in the ninth grade, the pupils made illustra- tions in color of quotations from "Hiawatha," which they used in making a "Hiawatha Calendar."
Object Drawing : At present most of the classes are work- ing on object drawing. The first grade on imaginative draw- ing, things as the children remember them ; the second, third, fourth and fifth grades on things as the pupils see them ; and in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grades, things as the pupils see them, but, in addition to this, some theory as to why the objects appear as they do.
High School : The work in the High School began, as it did in the grades, with a great deal of practice in drawing fall flowers and fruits, much emphasis being made on training the eye to see correctly space divisions. The pupils next worked on landscapes, learning to see the differences in light and dark, translating photographs into pencil drawings, in prep- aration for out-door sketching. At present, they are making working drawings, the drawings being made as practical as possible,- something that the pupils may be really called upon to make.
Rural Schools : The work for the rural schools has been very similar to that of the village classes. Each school is divided into two divisions for the drawing, a primary and a grammar division. At present, the grammar classes are working on the problem of a waste paper basket, which I hope some of the pupils will be able to really make out of heavy colored
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cardboard. The problem involves three processes, - work- ing drawing, construction and decoration.
I wish to thank the superintendent and teachers for their hearty co-operation with me in the work.
Respectfully submitted,
ISABEL SEWALL.
February 1, 1904.
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STATISTICS.
ABSTRACT OF STATISTICS.
VALUATION.
Assessed valuation of the town, 1903 $4,168,715 00
Approximate value of schoolhouses and lots . 74,000 00
Approximate value of other school property . 4,000 00
COST OF SCHOOLS.
Amount available for school purposes $27,340 07
Total cost of the schools for the year
27,285 01
Ordinary expenses
26,278 41
Percentage of assessed valuation expended for the schools · ·
.0066
Average cost per pupil, based on average
$22.79
membership . .
.
POPULATION.
Population of the town, 1900 (U. S. census),
6,885
SCHOOL CENSUS.
Sept. 1, 1902. Sept. 1, 1903
Number of boys between the ages of 5 and 15 ·
533
559
Number of girls between the ages of
5 and 15 . .
514
531
1,047
1,090
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Increase
43
Number of boys between the ages of 7 and 14 . ·
360
407
Number of girls between the ages of 7 and 14 .
359
375
719
782
Increase
63
Number of illiterate minors over 14
years of age
0
0
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE.
Central.
Suburban.
Total.
Whole number of pupils
enrolled .
881
465
1,346
Average membership ·
792
361
1,153
Average daily attendance,
729
320
1,049
Percentage of attendance,
91
88.6
90.8
Number half days' absence, 20,360
14,252
34,612
Number of cases of tardiness,
718
373
1,091
Number of cases of dismissal,
506
305
811
Number of cases of truancy,
9
0
9
Number attending with-
in the year over 15 years of age ·
144
7
151
Number attending with-
in the year between
7 and 14 years of age,
524
330
854
.
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STATISTICS OF EACH SCHOOL.
SCHOOLS.
Room.
TEACHERS.
Grades.
Total
Membership.
Average
Membership.
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
High
Walter Sampson, Prin.
10-13
168
I53
147
96
Leonard O. Tillson
Grace Allen
Isabelle M. Briggs
Josephine A. Pickering
C. W. M. Blanchard, Prin.
9
59
54
51
94
3
Sara E. Chase
8
46
37
35
93
2
Bertha E. Vaughn
7
58
52
49
95
I
Veretta F. Shaw .
6
41
39
37
93
Union street
2
Florence L. Dean, Prin. .
5
90
81
75
93
I
Catherine M. Brehant .
4
64
59
54
91
School street
3
Lucy P. Burgess
3
73
62
58
93
2
Elizabeth Landgrebe
2
36
35
32
91
I
Eleanor A. Barden, Prin.,
I
48
38
34
90
Forest street
2
A. Belle Tenney, Prin.
2
34
26
23
87
I
Flora M. Clark
I
33
30
27
89
West Side
4
Francis M. Perry, Prin. Mabel E. Davis
5-7
28
26
24
92
2
Myra L. Atwood
3-4
34
29
27
93
I
Estelle E. Herrick
I-2
50
38 28
33
88
Pleasant street .
Lena M. Baldwin
mixed
29
23
82
Plymouth street,
Bessie L. Thomas
66
28
23
20
87
Nemasket
Maude B. Perry
66
23
19
18
94
Soule
Carrie E. Soule
66
32
26
23
89
Waterville
Bessie B. Bailey
66
24
19
16
84
Green .
A. Delle Alden
66
48
36
33
90
Fall Brook
Katherine Bryan
66
24
17
15
88
Thomastown
Lucy E. Merrihew
66
38
33
30
92
So. Middleboro,
N. Louise Kimball
6
44
35
31
88
Highland
Grace E. Bailey .
60
34
31
27
87
Rock
Florence I. Reed
60
30
27
24
89
Wappanucket
Lottie N. Besse
66
27
22
21
95
·
Emma N. Phinney, Ass't.,
6-8
34
31
29
93
3
Calista F. Hathaway
38
27
25
90
Thompsonville .
Mary E. Deane
24
17
15
88
Purchade
.
Calista F. Hathaway, Ass't
Mattie M. Bennett, Ass't.,
Main street .
4
Average
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ENROLLMENT TABLE FOR NOVEMBER.
1895
Central. 662
Suburban. 337
Total. 999
1896
669
360
1,029
1897
686
391
1,077
1898
724
389
1,113
1899
727
384
1,111
1900
781
408
1,189
1901
860
401
1,261
1902
840
385
1,225
1903
863
405
1,268
Enrollment December, 1903,
852
430
1,282
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STATISTICAL EXPENSE TABLE FOR TEN YEARS.
Year.
Fuel.
Books and Supplies. $1,701 07
Incidentals.
Transportation, Elementary Schools. $1,072 43
Transportation, High School.
1894
1895
$865 02
1,674 16
2,899 03
1,338 25
437 74
1896
947 75
- 1,227 53
595 12
1,416 35
420 37
1897
1,000 01
1,262 88
445 28
1,660 45
404 73
1898
989 89
1,335 84
420 38
1,440 35
335 63
1899
1,215 54
1,439 00
437 93
1,447 75
307 27
1900
1,072 98
1,612 76
441 04
1,522 70
352 84
1901
1,303 84
1,938 98
504 69
1,560 90
474 27
1902
690 55
1,822 85
725 10
1,739 60
524 99
1903
2,385 17
1,065 42
439 72
1,827 80
693 47
.
·
.
·
.
·
·
$899 05
$351 88
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE, 1894-1903.
1894. 30
1895.
1896. 31
1897. 33
1898. 33
1899.
1900. 34
1901. 37
37
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Number of pupils,
1201
1233
1211
1232
1262
1179
1236
1277
1308
1346
Average number,
940
974
948
968
1024
1045
1107
1122
1185
1153
Av. daily attendance, 860
890
881
901
950
959
1016
1038
1038
1049
Percentage
91.5
90.9
92.5
92.8
92.7
91.7
91.7
92.5
90.0
90.8
No. 2 daysabsence, 29,529 28,591 26,623 27,310 27,540 31,136 32,803 34,156 40,957 34,612
No. cases tardiness, 3009
1710
1143
1142
1131
1195
1165
1188
1431
1091
No. cases dismissal, 2497
1659
1321
1483
1495
1061
1107
1116
1186
811
No. cases truancy,
23
12
38
21
19
14
15
26
17
9
No. pupils in High School .
159
146
153
159
159
126
138
133
147
168
40
1902.
1903
Number of teachers,
31
33
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STATISTICS.
Number of visits of Committee to Central schools, 43
Number of visits of Committee to Suburban schools 37
Number of visits of Superintendent to Central schools 368
Number of visits of Superintendent to Suburban schools 153
Number of visitors to Central schools 2,036
Number of visitors to Suburban schools 1,241
Total number of visitors to all schools 3,277
Cost per pupil for text-books, High School $2 80
Cost per pupil for text-books, elementary schools, $0 16
Cost per pupil for text-books and supplies
$0 78
Cost per pupil in State
$1 60
Number of weeks for High School
40
Number of weeks for Central upper elementary grades .
40
Number of weeks for elementary schools
.
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TEACHERS.
Number of teachers employed, including assist- ants, January, 1904 39
High School, men, 2; women, 3; total . 5
Grammar schools, men, 2; women, 9; total 11
Primary schools, women 7 .
Suburban schools, women 14 . .
Special teachers, music and drawing
.
2
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TEACHERS' TRAINING CLASS.
Whole number of pupils enrolled, 7; residents, 5; non-residents, 2
Special student
7 1
SCHOOLHOUSES AND SCHOOLS.
Number occupied January, 1904 19
Number of rooms, not including recitation rooms, 33
Number of recitation rooms · .
High School rooms . . . .
4 5
Grammar school rooms, grades 4-9 . .
.
9
Primary school rooms, grades 1-3 · .
8
Suburban school rooms, mixed grades ·
.
14
Number of houses heated by steam, 1; by fur- nace, 9 ; by stoves, 9.
CHANGES OF TEACHERS.
JANUARY 1, 1903, TO JANUARY 1, 1904.
Resignations. Sara E. Chase, Main street, Grade VIII. Gertrude Pratt, Main street, Grade VII. Elizabeth Landgrebe, School street, Grade II. Laura A. Holmes, Union street, Grade V. Frances M. Perry, West Side, Grades VI .- VIII. Mabel E. Davis, West Side, Grades V .- VII. Estelle E. Herrick, West Side, Grades I .- II. Carrie E. Soule, Soule.
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Pamelia F. Caswell, Waterville. Grace E. Bailey, Thompsonville. Robert Cushman, Jr., Fall Brook. Bertha S. Keith, Wappanucket. Marion Atherton, Nemasket. Belle C. Butler, Thomastown. Lillian Small, Thomastown. Evelyn C. Perry, Thomastown. Fannie M. Pease, South Middleboro.
Appointments.
Henry F. Wilson, West Side, Grades VII .- IX. Ina E. Cobb, West Side, Grades VI .- VII.
Lillian M. Tinkham, Main street, Grade VIII. Edith F. Rockwell, Nemasket.
Marion Atherton, Nemasket.
Helen A. Hammond, Thompsonville. N. Louise Kimball, South Middleboro. Effie D. Williams, Wappanucket.
Bertha S. Keith, Wappanucket.
Bessie B. Bailey, Waterville.
Kate C. Morrison, Highland.
Belle C. Butler, Thomastown. Lillian Small, Thomastown. Evelyn C. Perry, Thomastown. Katherine Bryan, Fall Brook. Fannie M. Pease, South Middleboro. Isabel Sewall, Drawing Supervisor.
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Transfers.
Bertha E. Vaughn, from Grade VI. to Grade VII., Main street.
Veretta F. Shaw, from South Middleboro to Grade VI., Main street.
Mattie M. Bennett, from Union street, Grade IV., to Grades I .- II., West Side.
Calista F. Hathaway, from Purchade to Union street, Grade V.
Maude B. Perry, from Nemasket to Union street Grade IV. Lena M. Baldwin, from Pleasant street to School street, Grade II.
Mary E. Deane, from Thompsonville to Soule.
Lottie N. Besse, from Wappanucket to Purchade.
Lucy E. Merrihew, from Thomastown to Pleasant street.
Grace E. Bailey, from Highland to Thompsonville.
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICERS.
Everett T. S. S. Lovell. George W. Lincoln.
Hammond.
Number of cases investigated,
5
86
6
truancy,
4
3
0
prosecuted,
0
0
0
conviction,
0
0
0
on probation,
0
0
0
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TEACHERS' TRAINING CLASS.
NAMES OF PUPILS, 1903-1904.
Allen, Etta Winslow, Graduate of Middleboro High School.
Deane, Faye Hamilton,
Hathaway, Lucy Simmons, ee Fall River
Landgrebe, Annabel,
Middleboro ce
ee ee
LeBaron, Alice Broadley, ce
Roberts, Ethel Frances, ce
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MIDDLEBORO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING EXERCISES. Town Hall, Friday Evening, June 26, 1903.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
PRAYER - Rev. Eben Tirrell.
SALUTATORY AND ESSAY - " The True Woman's Influence," Mary Alma O'Hara.
ESSAY - " The Village Problem," Ruth Harriot Peirce. ORATION - " Trusts," Henry Edgar Libby. ESSAY - " The Advantages of Physical Culture," Florence Evelyn Cox. CLASS WILL -
Isabelle Morton Smith.
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CHORUS -" Morning Invitation." ESSAY - "What Everyone is Seeking," Mariquita Putnam Eddy. ESSAY -"A Heroine of the Revolution," Mary Pickens Glidden.
FRENCH DIALOGUE - Scene II. from the Charade " Facilite,"
Faye Hamilton Deane. Mattie Kingman Dunham. Annabel Landgrebe. Lottie Allen Thomas.
ESSAY - "The Power of Trifles," Ruth Pierce Wood.
VOCAL SOLO - Selected,
Lewis Edwin Herne.
ESSAY -" Lovers of Birds,"
Lizzie Eaton Bump.
DEBATE-" Resolved : That Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished," Aff. : Hattie Richmond Dunham. Neg. : Wayland Fairbanks Chace.
TRIO - "Be Glad Lass and Lad."
ESSAY -" Grandmother's Story," Etta Winslow Allen.
ESSAY - " Shakspeare's Heroines," Louisa Burt Wood. RECITATION - " Statue Scene from ' A Winter's Tale,'" Blanche Eleanor Ellis.
CHORUS - " The Old Guard," ORATION - " Our Lumbering Interests," Theodore Stephen Davis.
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ESSAY - "The Madonna in Art," Alice Broadley LeBaron.
CLASS PROPHECY, James Cargill Murray. ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY- "Our Debt to Error," Helen Porter Wood.
CLASS ODE - Sung by Class, Written by Marjorie Louise Ryder.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS,
Rev. W. C. Litchfield, Chairman of School Committee. BENEDICTION.
CLASS OF 1903.
Classical Course.
Theodore Stephen Davis.
Lewis Edwin Herne.
Ruth Harriot Peirce.
Blanche Eleanor Ellis. Annabel Landgrebe. Marjorie Louise Ryder.
Helen Porter Wood. Louisa Burt Wood.
Ruth Pierce Wood.
English Latin Course.
Etta Winslow Allen. Faye Hamilton Deane.
Mattie Kingman Dunham. Mary Pickens Glidden. Henry Edgar Libby. Mary Alma O'Hara.
Wayland Fairbanks Chace. Hattie Richmond Dunham. Mariquita Putnam Eddy. Alice Broadley LeBaron. James Cargill Murray.
English Course.
Lizzie Eaton Bump. Isabelle Morton Smith.
Florence Evelyn Cox. Lottie Allen Thomas.
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CLASS ODE. By Marjorie Louise Ryder.
Our happy school days now are past, The future lies ahead ; Let us start out with purpose true, And by the wise be led.
Happy days we've passed together, Some of sorrow, too, But may the good that we have gained Last till our life is through.
Chorus : For the happy days of schoolday life, For the Class of 1903, We'll ever keep a memory sweet, As we sail life's boist'rous sea.
MIDDLEBOROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS GRADUATING EXERCISES, 1903. Friday, June 19, at 8 P.M., Town Hall.
PROGRAM.
OVERTURE,
Orchestra.
PRAYER,
Rev. S. M. Cathcart.
SINGING -" We are Nymphs of the Ocean Spray," School. RECITATION - "Sunshine Johnson,"
Rose Pasztor.
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VOCAL SOLO -"Bid Me to Love," Lester Allen. RECITATION - " The Dandy Fifth," John Howes. SINGING - Four-Part Exercises, School.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, Orchestra. RECITATION - "Mr. Slocum,"
Irene Sullivan. SINGING - " Madeleine," School.
VIOLIN SOLO - " Confusion Schottische," Emma Farrar. RECITATION - " The Little Black-eyed Rebel," Isabelle Pratt.
SINGING - "The Bugler," Double Quartette.
RECITATION - " Watermillions," James Sheehan. PIANO SOLO - " Concert Waltz," Gertrude Batchelder.
RECITATION - " Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," Clara Cushing.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, Orchestra. SINGING - "Revel of the Leaves," School.
PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF GRADUATION, Rev. W. C. Litchfield, Chairman of School Committee. BENEDICTION.
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CLASS OF 1903. Main Street Grammar School.
Gertrude M. Batchelder,
Lester H. Allen,
Florence M. Bryant,
Harry R. Belmont,
C. Louise Cashon,
Jessie L. Chace,
Anna E. Cushing,
Clara B. Cushing,
C. Delle Eaton,
Emma J. Farrar,
Rose M. Fine,
Katharine G. Hayden, Flora F. Howe,
Lizzie S. Leggee,
Hazell F. Norton,
Margaret J. Mccluskey,
Glen W. Perkins,
Della E. McCormick,
Louis T. Perkins,
Florence Mckeown,
Grace M. Moore,
C. Ruth Norris,
Harry E. Purdon, Harry A. Romsey, Gordon A. Shaw, James J. Sheehan,
Rose M. Pasztor,
Charlotte E. Perkins,
F. Gordon Shurtleff,
Lucinda H. Pierce, Isabelle L. Pratt, Mildred L. Pratt,
Edgar H. Stafford, Jr., Winfield W. Weatherby, Harold S. Wood,
Bessie P. Strobridge,
Lizzie G. Ryder, Irene L. Sullivan, Susie R. Thomas,
Amy E. Swift, Grace F. White,
Margaret M. Whitty.
W. Frederick Boucher, Ralph H. Caswell, Kenneth L. Childs,
L. Olof Collins, L. Sumner Eaton, Nahum W. Ellis, John G. Howes, David Mullins, Chester D. Norris,
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Highland School.
Minnie F. Russell, Lizzie F. Smith.
Arlena F. Tinkham,
Rock School. Sadie E. Field. South Middleboro School.
Elvira E. Garney,
LeRoy M. LeBaron,
Mildred A. Thomas, Charles E. Reed,
Herbert L. Wilber.
Thomastown School. Sarah E. Benson.
Wappanucket School. Shirlie C. Clark.
Waterville School.
Bernard C. Bryant, Leslie W. Bryant, Frederick G. Fies.
LIST OF TEACHERS, FEBRUARY 1, 1904. TEACHERS' TRAINING CLASS. Charles H. Bates, 103 South Main street. HIGH SCHOOL. Main Street, near Town Hall.
Walter Sampson, Principal, 46 North Main street. Leonard O. Tillson, 11 North street. Grace Allen, 4 Southwick street. Isabelle M. Briggs, 69 Centre street. Josephine A. Pickering, 19 Oak street.
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MAIN STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. High School Building. Grade.
Room.
4. Clifton M. W. Blanchard, Prin., 9. 5 North street.
3. Lillian M. Tinkham,
8. Rock.
2. Bertha E. Vaughn, 7. Rock.
1. Veretta F. Shaw, 6. South Middleboro.
UNION STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Union Street, near Centre.
Room.
2. Florence L. Dean, Prin., Calista F. Hathaway, Ass't,
1. Catherine M. Brehant, Maude B. Perry, Ass't,
5. 4 Southwick street. 16 Benton street.
8 Southwick street.
6 Myrtle street.
SCHOOL STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
School Street, near Centre.
Room.
3. Lucy P. Burgess, Emma N. Phinney, Ass't,
2. Lena M. Baldwin,
2. 19 Webster street.
1. Pearl street.
FOREST STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Forest Street.
Room.
Grade.
2. A. Belle Tenney,
2. 65 Oak street.
1. Flora M. Clark,
1. 18 Forest street.
WEST SIDE GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Room.
Grade.
4. Henry F. Wilson, Prin., 8-9. 210 Centre street.
3. Ina E. Cobb, 6-7. 37 Oak street.
Grade.
3. 2 Myrtle street. 24 Pearl street.
1. Eleanor A. Barden, Prin.,
Grade.
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2. Myra L. Atwood,
1. Mattie M. Bennett,
3-5. 46₺ No, Main st. 1-2. 8 Peirce street.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Pleasant Street-Lucy E. Merrihew, 23 East Grove street.
Plymouth Street - Bessie L. Thomas, Wareham street.
Purchade -Lottie N. Besse, 152 Centre street.
Nemasket- Edith F. Rockwell, 37 Oak street.
Thompsonville - Helen A. Hammond, Thompson street. Soule -Mary E. Deane, Thompson street.
Waterville - Bessie B. Bailey, 23 Forest street.
Green- A. Delle Alden, 75 South Main street.
Fall Brook -Katherine Bryan, Courtland street.
Thomastown - Anna Hill, Chestnut street.
South Middleboro -N. Louise Kimball, South Middleboro.
Highland -Kate C. Morrison, Rock.
Rock -Florence I. Reed, 121 Centre street.
Wappanucket - Effie D. Williams, 78 Centre street. SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Music - Austin M. Howard, 66 Everett street.
Drawing - Isabel Sewall, Natick, Mass.
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.
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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.
CHARLES H. BATES, Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES W. KINGMAN, Chief Eng. Fire Dept.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1904. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Winter term (twelve weeks) begins January 4.
Winter term ends March 25.
Vacation one week.
Spring term (eleven weeks) begins April 4.
Spring term ends June 17.
Spring term of upper grammar grades ends June 22.
Vacation twelve weeks.
Fall term (fifteen weeks) begins September 12.
Fall term ends December 23.
Vacation two weeks.
Vacation upper grammar grades one week.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Same as the elementary schools, with the following ex- ceptions :
Winter term (thirteen weeks) begins December 28, 1903. Spring term (twelve weeks) ends June 24.
Holidays.
February 22, April 19, May 30, Plymouth County Teach- ers' Convention, Thanksgiving and the day following, Visita- tion day in May and November.
INDEX.
Page
Assessors, Report of
.
.
.
5
Auditor, Report of
SI
Board of Health, Report of
.
.
40
Cemetery Trust Funds .
56
Collector of Taxes, Report of .
·
84 107
Estimate for a Tax, 1904. .
.
.
.
.
·
·
24
Jurors, List of
67 60
Library, Report of Trustees of
.
.
Military Aid, List of Persons Receiving
.
70 76 56
Municipal Light Loan Sinking Fund, Account of
Officers, List of
Plymouth Street Schoolhouse Building Committee, Report of
Poor, Report of Overseers of
School Committee, Report of
Financial Statement
.
.
Superintendent of Schools, Report of .
18
Statistics of Schools
.
.
.
Principal of High School, Report of .
.
Supervisor of Music, Report of
·
.
Supervisor of Drawing, Report of
.
.
Changes of Teachers
Truant Officers, Report of
Teachers' Training Class ·
Graduates of Elementary Schools List of Teachers
.
.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of .
25
Selectmen, Report of
·
.
.
9
.
.
.
Fish Wardens, Report of
23
Inspector of Animals, Report of
.
Municipal Light Board, Report of
.
.
3 105 71 109 5
.
35 29 30 31 42 44 45 48
.
51
.
.
.
.
2
State Aid, Lists of Persons Receiving Superintendent of Streets, Report of
69
27
Town Physician, Report of
75
Town Clerk, Report of .
87
Abstract from the Records
ST
Marriages, Record of
93
Births, Record of
97
Deaths, Record of
100
Summary .
103
Treasurer, Report of
51
"Trce Warden, Report of
45
.
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