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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING AND MANUAL TRAINING.
Mr. Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir-It gives me pleasure to make my second annual report on the work in the department of drawing and manual training.
There has been little change in teaching appearance drawing and color during the past year, but other lines show marked changes, caused by the movement in favor of industrial work in the schools which is spreading very rapidly throughout the country. Not only the foremost educators but manufacturers and business men are beginning to feel the need of some sort of training which will make the children more skilful in the use of their hands, more careful and exact in all their work, that they may be better prepared to fill satisfactorily the positions which will be open to them. One prominent business man said, when speaking on the subject from the business man's point of view, at a recent convention, "Our schools fit for clerks and book- keepers rather than good, honest work." The children are grow- ing up with a distaste for any kind of manual work. Many manufacturers have to send abroad to find men competent to fill some of their best paying positions.
There are many lines of work which will help to give the training needed. The best kind is that which satisfies some de- mand or need felt by the child or which is of vital interest to him.
In November and December the outline for the drawing course calls for constructive drawing and design, and all the work which has to do with these two subjects has shown changes resulting from this movement. This year, instead of making what are to the children meaningless working drawings of uninteresting objects, we drew accurately and constructed real things which were of use either to them, their parents or friends. A child will always be more interested and try harder to do his best when he is making something which he knows is of worth.
Everything made was of some commercial value and just before Christmas a sale was held. That this proved a success was due to the enthusiastic interest of both teachers and pupils. An en- tertainment was furnished by the pupils and admission charged. The children designed the arrangement of text and Christmas motif for the posters and tickets. The latter were printed on the -
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mimeograph and painted by the children. The sale was well attended and brought in over ninety dollars. This is better from an educational point of view than giving the things away, as it makes the children realize that they can make things of real worth, and it makes them more careful and accurate as careless work is not saleable. It also is of value in a practical way by paying for the materials used and thus showing that the indus- trial work can be run on a wholly or partly self-supporting basis after the necessary tools are provided.
The following will give some idea of what has been done along these lines. In the High school an arts and crafts class which meets in the afternoon once in two weeks made articles of tooled leather, and the drawing class made illuminated mottoes and candle shades. In the ninth grade one hour each week has been allowed for manual work. The boys have a whittling class which meets from three to four in the room fitted up for the pur- pose in the Union Street school. The girls give the same time to sewing. The boys made pencil sharpeners, frames for post cards, and folding table screens which were decorated in the drawing class. The girls made aprons, dish towels, holders, fancy bags and kimonas.
The following articles were made in the other grades in con- nection with the constructive drawing :- memorandum pads mounted and in book form, candle shades, collar, veil and clipping cases, covers for laundry lists, telephone call cards, calendars, match strikes, sachet pockets, bookmarks, frames, broom holders, twine cases and stationary cases. The materials used in these grades were cardboard covered with decorative paper, and raffia. The aim was to make the articles beautiful in shape, proportion, color and decorations as well as useful. In addition to this the third and fourth grades are making villages on the sand table representing the scenes studied about in industrial geography and history, and the first and second grades are furnishing a doll's. house.
Last spring the work in decorative design was carried out in the same way. Instead of making a design on paper for some imaginary thing, an object to be decorated was first made or pro- cured and the decoration applied to it; in this way the child sees whether what he has done is practical or not, and whether it is right and beautiful. If the result is an object of real worth he takes pains to make his work more accurate and is not satisfied until he has done his best. This was done in every grade pro- vided the design was good enough to make the object to which it. was to be applied more beautiful. In the lower grades borders
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for towels, handkerchiefs and paper napkins were designed and applied with dye. The middle grades designed decorations for china fish plates, china and wooden bowls and tiles. The best -of these designs were painted on the china with mineral paints and fired, the pupils paying for the materials and firing. The grammar grades made designs for table covers, sash curtains and sofa pillows, applying their designs with dye by means of black printing or stencilling. A pupil in the seventh grade made a curtain for the bookcase in that room which won a prize in the School Arts Competition. The eighth grade pupils made a design for a piano cover which will be applied by the same pupils in the ninth grade this year and used on the piano in their room.
An exhibition of the work of the year was held the last of May. Many complete sets of work were on the tables and nearly every child was represented by some bit of color work, drawing or design.
If a certain amount of time could be allowed each week in every grade for industrial work its efforts upon the child would be such that favorable results would be seen not only in the draw- ing and manual work, but along all lines.
Last spring Mr. Frederic L. Burnham, Agent of the State Board of Education for the promotion of Manual Arts, visited all the schools at the center and West Side, and selected some of the work in designs to be used as illustrations in the Industrial course at the Hyannis Summer School. He also visited some of the schools again this fall, and gave a talk on School Room Decoration before the teachers and members of the school board.
I wish to thank the Superintendent and School Board for their interest and also the teachers for their hearty co-operation and the spirit with which they have carried on the work.
Respectfully Submitted,
MARY L. COOK,
Supervisor of Drawing and Manual Training.
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APPENDIX.
VALUATION. COST OF SCHOOLS. POPULATION. SCHOOL CENSUS. STATISTICS. TEACHERS. SCHOOL HOUSES AND SCHOOLS. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICERS. EXPENSE TABLE.
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF HIGH SCHOOL. GRADUATING EXERCISES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
CHANGES OF TEACHERS. LIST OF TEACHERS JAN. 1, 1908. SCHOOL CALENDAR. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. TEACHERS' PAY DAYS. SCHOOL SESSIONS. FIRE SIGNAL.
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ABSTRACT OF STATISTICS.
Valuation.
Assessed valuation of the town, 1907
Approximate value of school houses and lots
Approximate value of other school property
$4,410,609 00 100,000 00 8,000 00
Cost of Schools.
Amount available for school purposes
$33,215 63
Total cost of the schools for the year
33,035 84
Ordinary expenses
32,010 04
Percentage of assessed valuation expended for the schools .00749
Average cost per pupil, based on average mem- bership
25 38
Population.
Population of the town, 1905 6,888
School Census.
Sept. 1, 1906. Sept. 1, 1907.
Number of boys between the ages of 5 and 15
643
668
Number of girls between the ages of 5 and 15
598
592
1,241
1,260
Increase
19
Number of boys between the ages of 7 and 14
456
486
Number of girls between the ages of 7 and 14
409
418
865
904
Increase
39
Number of illiterate minors over 14 years of age
0
Statistics.
Number of visits of Committee to Central schools
6
Number of visits of Committee to Suburban schools
67
Number of visits of Superintendent to Central schools
801
Number of visits of Superintendent to Suburban schools
152
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Number of other visitors to Central schools
1,960
Number of other visitors to Suburban schools 991
Total number of visitors to all schools
3,977
Number of pupils promoted in June in Central schools 724 Number of pupils not promoted in June in Central schools 93
Number of pupils promoted conditionally in June in Central schools 28
Number of pupils promoted in June in Suburban schools 335
Number of pupils not promoted in June in Suburban schools 46
Number of pupils promoted conditionally in June in Suburban schools 30
Teachers.
Number of teachers employed, including assistants, January, 1908 43
High school, men, 2; women, 5; total
7
Grammar school, men 3; women, 6; total 9
10
Suburban schools, women
15
Special teachers, music, 1 ; drawing, 1; total
2
School Houses and Schools.
Number occupied January, 1908 21
Number of rooms
44
High school rooms 9
Grammar school rooms, grades 4-9
11
Primary school rooms, grades 1-3
8
Suburban school rooms, mixed grades
15
Number of houses heated by steam, 1; by furnace, 8;
by stoves, 12; by steam and furnace, 1 -
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Primary schools, women
30
School Enrollment and Attendance.
Central.
Suburban.
Total.
Whole number of pupils enrolled
1,108
483
1,501
Average membership
875
386
1,261
Average daily attendance
825
347
1,172
Percentage of attendance
94.2
90
92.9
Number or half day's absence
23,949
14,276
38,225
Number of cases of tardiness
1,330
924
2,254
Number of cases of dismissal
656
386
1,042
Number of cases of truancy
18
26
44
Number of cases of corporal punish- ment
143
16
159
Number attending over 15 years of age
163
3
169
Number attending between 7 and 14 years
619
385
1,004
Enrollment Table for November.
Central.
Suburban.
Total.
1895
662
337
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
1904
891
400
1,291
1905
907
410
1,317
1906
933
420
1,353
1907
938
404
1,342
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICERS.
Everett T. Lincoln.
S. S George W. Lovell. Hammond.
Number of cases investigated
5
63
6
Number of cases of truancy
2
10
0
Number of cases prosecuted
0
0
0
Number of cases on probation
0
0
0
Number of cases of conviction
0
0
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE, 1894-1907.
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
Number of teachers.
30
31
. 31
33
33
33
34
37
37
38|
. 39
39
40
43
Number of pupils . .
1,201
1,233
1,211
1,232
1,262
1,179
1,236
1,277
1,308
1,346
1,376
1,368
1,482
1,501
Average number.
940
974
948
968
1,024
1,045
1,107
1,122
1,185
1,153
1,188
1,211
1,268
1,261
Av. daily attendance.
860
890
881
901
950
959
1,016
1,038
1,038
1,049
1,095
1,133
1,188
1,172
Percentage
91.5
90.9
92.5
92.8
92.7
91.7
91.7
92.5
90.0
90 8
92.2
93.5
93.7
92.9
No. half days absence.
29,529 28,591 26,623 27,310 27,540 31,136 32,803 34,156 40,957 34,612 35,563 36,498 32,348 38,225
No. cases tardiness .
3,009
1,710
1,143
1,142
1,131
1,195
1,165
1,188
1,431
1,091
1,521
1,553
1,679
2,254
No. cases dismissal
.
2,497
1,659
1,321
1,483
1,495
1,061
1,107
1,116
1,186
811
1,090
1,116
1,263
1,042
No. cases truancy.
23
12
38
21
19
14
15
26
17
9
14
15
33
44
No. Pupils in High School
126
138
133
147
168
174
200
205
200
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STATISTICAL EXPENSE TABLE FOR TEN YEARS.
Year.
Fuel.
Books and Supplies.
Incidentals.
Transportation. Elementary Schools.
Transportation. High School.
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
1904
1,711 99
1,353 12
582 10
1,662 30
875 20
1905.
1,649 32
1,529 60
600 78
2,052 20
683 80
1906.
.
1,478 80
1,975 82
589 64
1,375 18
765 12
1907.
2,138 24
1,829 38
476 45
1,398 53
511 59
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STATISTICS OF EACH SCHOOL. YEAR ENDING JUNE 21, 1907.
SCHOOL.
Room.
TEACHER.
Grades.
Total
Membership.
Average '
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
High . . ...
..
Walter Sampson, Prin ..
10-13
200
177
170
96
Leonard O. Tillson
Grace Allen ..
Mabel F. Barnum .
Anastacia G. Leahy
Clara E. Parker ..
Olive W. Sullivan .
9
52
49
46
95
Grammar .
2
Marion W. Sisson
8
50
42
41
95
1
N. Louise Kimball
7
62
51
48 94
Main Street.
1
Eleanor A. Barden, Prin.
1
38
34
31 89
Primary .. . . .
2
Mabel C. Reid .
2
48
40
37
91
4
Karin L. Ekman, Prin.
6
1 60
56
53
95
3
Myra L. Atwood.
5
46
43
40
95
2
A. Belle Alden.
5
29
25
23
93
1
Mande B. Perry.
4
34
28
27
94
School Street.
1
Lucy P. Burgess, Prin.
3
44
36
33
94
2
Lottie N. Besse .
3
44
39
36 93
3
Effie P. Williams
4
47
38
36
94
2
Betty Alden ..
2
50
38
34
90
1
Flora M. Clark, Prin
1
42
33
30
90
4
Carl D. Lytle Prin
8-9
33
30
27
93
3
Elizabeth R. Pratt
5-7
43
42
40
94
2
Eliza McTaggart
3-4
44
42
39
93
1
Mattie M. Bennett
1-2
53
42
37 86
Pleasant Street .. .
Lucy E. Merrihew
mixed
47
35
30
86
Plymouth Street ..
Alice B. LeBaron.
22
16
15
91
Purchade
Grace A. Tinkham.
38
31
27
86
Nemasket ..
Grace S. Hathaway.
22
17
15
83
Thompsonville
Maude DeMaranville
66
17
13
12
98
Soule . .
Mary E. Deane.
41
35
30
87
Waterville
Christena Pratt
66
31
24
21
91
Green ...
Bessie B. Bailey.
66
40
28
25
89
Fall Brook.
Katherine Bryan
26
21
20
95
Thomastown
Ethel M. Harvey
39
37
34 93
So. Middleboro
Hattie M. Chace.
54
44
28
88
Highland
Annabel Landgrebe
28
24
21
89
Rock . ..
A. Blanche C. Dudley
66
39
33
31
95
Wappanucket
Faye H. Deane.
18
17
15
91
Marion Road
Katherine M. Cole.
66
17
13
12
89
Main Street .
3
E. M. F. Perrin, Prin
Union Street.
Forest Street.
West Side ..
66
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GRADUATING EXERCISES MIDDLEBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
Town Hall, Friday Evening, June 21, 1907, at Eight o'clock. Choruses accompanied by High School Orchestra.
Class Motto: Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum Class Color: Brown and Gold Class Flower: Oxeye Daisy
Order of Exercises.
Prayer. Rev. G. E. MacIlwain.
Salutatory and Oration - The Duty of an American Citizen. Herbert Lester Wilber.
Essay - Fame.
Ruth Willis Holloway.
Cornet Solo - Selected. Kenneth Lawrence Childs.
Class Will. Charlotte Elizabeth Perkins.
Chorus - A Warrior Bold.
Recitation - What William Henry Did. Katharine Goodnow Hayden.
Vocal Solo - Heart Dreams. Lester Howard Allen.
Essay - Camp Joe Hooker. Mildred Leonard Pratt.
Declamation - Decoration Day. Chester Stewart Lyon. Chorus - Estudiantina.
Essay - Longfellow in Literature. Mildred Andrews Thomas.
Vocal Solo - § a The Open Secret. 2 b To Thee. Irene Lucy Sullivan.
Recitation - The Start. Clara Benson Cushing.
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Violin Solo - Selected.
Emma Jane Farrar.
Oration - Popular Government.
John Vincent Sullivan. Chorus - The Vision.
Class Prophecy. Edgar Horatio Stafford, Jr.
Essay and Valedictory - The Power of Concentration. Isabel Luther Pratt.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Rev. W. C. Litchfield, Chairman of School Committee. Benediction.
Principal : Walter Sampson. Assistants.
Leonard O. Tillson. Jennie G. Allen.
Mabel F. Barnum.
Anastacia G. Leahy. Clara E. Parker. Olive W. Sullivan.
Instructor in Music : Austin M. Howard.
Instructor in Drawing: Mary L. Cook.
Class of 1907. Classical Course.
Clara Benson Cushing. Mildred Andrews Thomas.
Katharine Goodnow Hayden. Herbert Lester Wilber.
English-Latin Course.
Ralph Harrub Blanchard. Charlotte Elizabeth Perkins.
Lewis Sumner Eaton.
Louis Turner Perkins.
Emma Jane Farrar.
Isabel Luther Pratt.
Ruth Willis Holloway.
Elmer Allen Sisson. -
LeRoy Morse LeBarron. Irene Lucy Sullivan.
Bertha May Lyon. John Vincent Sullivan.
Harold Sparrow Wood.
English Course.
Lester Howard Allen. Mildred Leonard Pratt. Kenneth Lawrence Childs. Charles Edward Reed. Lillie Russell Rogers.
Shirlie Cushman Clark. Nahum Wilber Ellis. Mary Shaw.
Chester Stewart Lyon.
Edgar Horatio Stafford, Jr.
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Class Ode. By Harold Sparrow Wood.
Many a class has parted bere before, And each one as it went its onward way Has carried with it since the days of yore High resolutions for the coming day.
And now as we in turn shall drift apart, Each one to face life's trial and life's test, Let this our aim be from the very start - Not equal to, but higher than the rest.
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MIDDLEBOROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Graduating Exercises, 1907. Wednesday, June 19, Eight P. M., Town Hall.
Program.
Music - Sentinel March.
Caroline L. Jones, Verna L. Francis.
Prayer.
Rev. William D. Goble.
Singing - Drift My Bark. School. -
F. Kucken.
Recitation - The Whistling Boy. F. E. Brooks.
Wills S. Tate.
Violin Solo - Souvenir des Alpes. Ad Herman.
Katherine A. Tikiob.
Recitation - A Leak in the Dike.
Cary.
Lucretia B. Swift.
Recitation - When the Minister Comes to Tea.
Fred D. Pittsley.
Trio - Chase au Lion. Kolling. Mertie E. Philbrook, Beatrice E. Gammons, Gladys M. Elliott. Recitation - Jim Brown's Prompt Obedience. W. B. Alden.
Cornelius F. Harrington.
Piano Solo - Tremolo, Grande Etude de Concert. Louis M. Gottchalk,
Sarah A. Vaughan.
Recitation - A Voice From a Far Country.
Maud G. Churbuck.
Singing - The Fall of the Leaf. School.
G. A. Macfarren.
Recitation - The Swan Song. Dorothy E. Snow.
Violin Solo - Barcarolle et Tarantelle. C. N. Allen.
Marion H. Thomas.
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Dialogue - The Rival Orators. Charles F. Ellis, Henry F. Smith. Singing - Once Again the School Day Hath Flown. Franz Abt. Presentation of Certificates of Graduation.
Rev. W. C. Litchfield, Chairman of School Committee. Benediction.
Class of 1907.
Main Street Grammar School.
Timothy E. Anderson.
Edward A. Ramsey.
George M. Barden
Fred D. Pittsley.
Edward A. Begley.
Lysander Richmond.
Guy W. Brackett.
Ralph E. Ryder.
Etta M. Bruce.
Gilbert M. Simmons.
Caroline S. Buck.
Joanna L. Sinclair.
Ralph E. Burden.
Dorothy E. Snow.
David W. Burgess.
Chloe S. Tallman.
Ruth G. Caswell.
Wills H. Tate.
Maude G. Churbuck.
Lawrence H. Thomas.
Marcella M. Dignan.
Marion H. Thomas.
Carlton M. Dunham.
Waldo S. Thomas.
Gladys M. Elliot.
Katherine A Tikiob.
Joseph R. Erickson.
Susie B. Tinkham.
Ella B. Fickert.
Sarah A. Vaughan.
Beatrice E. Gammons.
Gertrude E. Gay.
Cornelius F. Harrington.
Flora Joy.
Frederick G. Maddigan.
J. Clark Wilmot. Clinton E. Page.
Mertie E. Philbrook.
West Side Grammar School.
Helen Anderson. Mildred W. Ashley.
Bernard S. Howes. Caroline L. Jones. C. Elmer Leggee.
Alfred A. Auger.
Charles F. Ellis.
Edna M. Nourse.
Roy V. Fagerburg.
Henry F. Smith.
Verna L. Francis.
Lucretia B. Swift.
Clara B. Howe.
Forest Thomas.
Thomastown School.
Florence I. Guilford. Helen L. Thomas.
Minnie E. Westgate. Annie H. Wilber. Margaret O. Wood.
Grace W. Leonard.
John Malcolm.
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Ruth Bliss.
Waterville School. Helen E. Shaw. Green School. Sadie McCrillis.
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CHANGES OF TEACHERS. January 1, 1907, to January 1, 1908.
Withdrawals.
Emmet 'M. F. Perrin, Principal of Main Street Grammar school.
Elizabeth R. Pratt, West Side school.
Olive W. Sullivan, High school.
Mabel F. Barnum, High school.
Eliza McTaggart, West Side school.
Karin L. Ekman, Union Street school.
Effie D. Williams, School Street school.
Veretta F. Shaw, Union Street school.
Katherine M. Cole, Marion Road school.
Appointments.
Ruth N. Hart, High school.
Bertha Munro, High School.
Galen W Flanders, School Street school.
Ethel A. Wentworth, School Street school.
Cyril D. Randall, Principal West Side school.
Mabel Morey, Thompsonville school.
Josie L. Russell, Thomastown schoo.
Lela I. Smith, Highland school.
Grace E. Baker, Fall Brook school.
Grace A. Tinkham, Purchade school.
Transfers.
Myra L. Atwood, from West Side school to Grade 5, Union Street school.
Eliza McTaggart, from Purchade to West Side school.
Carl D. Little, from West Side school to School Street school.
A. B. C. Dudley, from Rock to Union Street school. Ethel M. Harvey, from Thomastown to West Side school. Katherine Bryan, from Fall Brook to West Side school.
Maude De Maranville, from Thompsonville to Marion Road - school.
Annabel Landgrede, from Highland to Rock school.
NOTE .- Transfers in central schools caused by the occupancy of the new School Street building are not given.
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LIST OF TEACHERS JANUARY 1, 1908.
High School.
Main Street, Near Town Hall.
Walter Sampson, Principal, Pearl Street.
Leonard O. Tillson, 11 North Street.
Grace Allen, 19 Pierce Street.
Anastacia G. Leahy, 19 Everett Street.
Clara E. Parker, 65 Pearl Street.
Bertha Munro, 23 Webster Street.
Ruth N. Hart, 23 Webster Street.
School Street Grammar School.
School Street.
Room.
1. Carl D. Lytle, Prin. 9.
2. G. W. Flanders, Sub-master
7-9.
16 Arlington Street ..
3. Marion W. Sisson
8.
23 Forest Street.
4. N. Louise Kimball
7.
10 Southwick Street.
5. Ethel A. Wentworth 6.
75 South Main Street.
6. A. Delle Alden
7. Myra L. Atwood,
5-6. 28 School Street.
4. 6 Myrtle Street.
Union Street Primary School.
Union Street.
Room.
Grade.
1. Lucy P. Burgess, Prin., 3. 2 Myrtle Street.
2. Lottie N. Besse, 3. 15 Union Street.
3. A. Blanche C. Dudley,
4. 7 West Street.
Main Street Primary.
Main Street, Near Congregational Church.
Room.
1. Eleanor A. Barden, Prin.,
1. 85 Pearl Street.
2. 110 South Main Street.
2. Mabel C. Reid,
Grade.
5. 75 South Main Street.
8. Maude B. Perry,
Grade.
109 Centre Street.
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Forest Street Primary School.
Room.
Grade.
1. Flora M. Clark, Prin.,
1. 18 Forest Street.
2. Betty Alden,
2. 114 South Main Street.
West Side Grammar and Primary School.
West End Avenue.
Room.
Grade.
4. Cyril F. Randall, Prin.,
6-7-8. 9 West End Avenue.
3. Ethel M. Harvey,
4-5.
210 Centre Street.
2.
Katherine Bryan,
2-3.
126 South Main Street.
1.
Mattie M. Bennett,
1.
8 Pierce street.
Suburban Schools.
Pleasant Street-Lucy E. Merrihew, 22 East Grove Street.
Plymouth Street-Alice B. LeBaron, 6 Southwick Street.
Purchade-Grace A. Tinkham, 11 Courtland Street.
Nemasket-Grace S. Hathaway, 37 Oak Street.
Soule-Mary E. Deane, Thompson Street.
Waterville-Christena Pratt, East Main Street.
Green-Bessie B. Bailey, 23 Forest Street.
Fall Brook-Grace E. Baker, 88 Pearl Street. Thomastown-Josie L. Russell, Chestnut Street.
South Middleboro-Hattie M. Jones, 3 Maple Avenue. Highland-Lela I. Smith, Highland Street. Rock-Annabel Landgrebe, North Street.
Thompsonville-Mabel Morey, Thompson Street.
Wappanucket-Faye H. Deane, 63 Oak Street.
Marion Road-Maude DeMaranville, Lakeville.
Special Teachers.
Music-Austin M. Howard, 66 Everett Street. Drawing-Mary L. Cook, 71 Pierce Street.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1908-1909.
Opens.
Winter term, Dec. 30, 1907.
Spring term, March 30.
Fall term, Sept. 8.
Winter term, Jan. 4, 1909.
High School.
Closes.
March 20, 1908. June 19. Dec. 23.
March 26, 1909.
Vacation one week. Vacation eleven weeks. Vacation to Monday, Jan. 4,1909. Vacation one week.
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Grammar Schools.
Central Schools, Grades 7, 8 and 9.
Opens.
Closes.
Winter term, Dec. 30, 1907.
March 20, 1908. Vacation one week.
Spring term, March 30.
June 19, Vacation eleven weeks.
Fall term, Sept. 8. c. 23. Vacation to Monday, Jan.
4, 1909.
Winter term, Jan. 4, 1909.
March 26, 1909. Vacation one week.
Elementary and Suburban Schools.
Opens.
Closes.
Winter term, Dec. 30, 1907.
March 20, 1908.
Vacation one week.
Spring term, March 30. June 12.
Vacation twelve weeks.
Fall term, Sept. 8.
Dec. 23.
Vacation to Monday, Jan.
4, 1909.
Winter term, Jan. 4, 1909.
March 26, 1909. Vacation one week.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
April 20, October 30, Plymouth County Teachers' Convention, Thanksgiving and the day following. Two visitation days.
TEACHERS' PAY DAYS.
January 24, February 21, March 20, April 24, May 22, June 12, October 2, October 30, November 25, December 23.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High from 8.15 a. m. to 1.15 p. m.
Central elementary from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and 1.30 p. m. to 3.30 p. m.
Suburban, morning session from 9 a. m. to 12 m. Afternoon session from 1 p. m. to 4 p. m., during September, October, April, May and June : from 1 p. m. to 3.30 p. m. during November, December, January, February and March.
FIRE SIGNALS.
Two strokes of gong-pupils will march out without hats and coats.
Two strokes, followed by one-pupils will march out with hats and coats.
Fire drills shall be given at least once a week.
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MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL STORM SIGNALS REVISED FEBRUARY, 1908.
FOR ALL SCHOOLS.
The signal, 2-1-2, will be given four times upon the fire alarm bell and whistles at 7.45 a. m. for suspension of the session of the High school and the morning session of the Elementary schools, and at 12.45 p. m. for suspension of afternoon sessions.
FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
The same signal at 8.15 a. m. closes all schools below the High school, and at 8.30 a. m. the schools in the Chapel, Union Street, Forest Street buildings and the schools on the first floor of the West Side building for the forenoon session. The same signal at 1 p. m. closes the schools closed by the 8.30 a. m. signal for the afternoon session.
CHARLES H. BATES, Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES W. KINGMAN, Chief Engineer of Fire Department
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ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
To be Held in the Town Hall, Monday, March 2nd, 1908.
Article I. To choose all necessary town officers, the following officers to be voted for on one ballot, viz : One moderator for one year, one treasurer, one collector of taxes, eight constables, three fish wardens, one auditor, three fence viewers, one tree warden, all for one year each; one selectman, one assessor, one overseer of the poor, three trustees of the Public Library, two members of the school committee, one member of the Municipal Light Board, and one member of the board of health, all 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.
Art. II. To vote by ballot " Yes " or " No", in answer to the question, " Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Art. III. 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 anything in rela- tion to the assessment and collection of taxes for the year.
Art. IV. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning Jan. 1st, 1908 in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof, all debts incurred under author- ity of this vote to be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. V. To hear the report of any committees, or officers of the town, to appoint any committees, and act thereon.
Art. VI. To allow accounts against the town and act thereon. Art. VII. To see if the town will vote that the yards of per-
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sons chosen Field Drivers shall be town pounds so long as they remain in office, provided they shall be chosen pound keepers.
Art. VIII. To dispose of the money received for dog licenses, and other licenses, the present year and act thereon.
Art. IX. To see if the town will pay the expense of a night watch in the Four Corners, and act thereon.
Art. X. 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. XI. To see what salary the town will vote to pay the School Committee, the members of the Municipal Light Board, the Tree Warden and the Auditor, for their services the ensuing year, and act thereon.
Art. XII. To see what action the town will take in relation to sprinkling the streets, and act thereon.
Art. XIII. To see what action the town will take in relation to concrete or other sidewalks, appropriate any sum of money for the same, and act thereon.
Art. XIV. To see what action the town will take in regard to disposing of its rights to take alewives for one year, or a term of years, and act thereon.
Art. XV. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors as posted by the selectmen and act thereon.
Art. XVI. To appoint a committee on appropriations and act thereon.
Art. XVII. To see if the town will vote to instruct its select- men to assess an annual rental for the use of sewers and act thereon.
Art. XVIII. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to institute, defend, or compromise suits for or against the town during the ensuing year, and act thereon.
Art. XIX. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Over- seers of the Poor to establish a piggery and collect the swill in this village and act anything thereon. (By request of the Board of Health.)
Art. XX. To see if the town will vote to reimburse Josiah T. Carver the sum of $120.00 for his defence in an action at law brought against him while he was a police officer of the town of Middleboro, and act thereon. (By request.)
Art. XXI. To see if the town will vote to appropriate any sum of money for the payment of one or more school physicians,
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in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 502, Acts of 1906, and act thereon.
Art. XXII. To see if the town will elect a committee for the suppression of crime, appropriate money for the same and act. thereon.
Art. XXIII. To see if the town will vote to increase the. number of assessors and act thereon. (By request.)
Art. XXIV. To see if the town will vote to amend Article 2 of the By-Laws of the Town so that said article shall plainly designate the time of posting printed notices for a town meeting and act thereon. (By request.)
Art. XXV. To see if the town will vote that when the town adopts the recommendations of committees calling for the appro- priation of money, the report of the committee containing such recommendations shall be copied upon the records of the meeting at which such recommendations are adopted, and act thereon. (By request.)
Art. XXVI. To see if the town will vote to dispose of the whole or any part of its electric light and gas plant and act thereon. (By request.)
Art. XXVII. To see if the town will vote to lay new gas mains of suitable size and act thereon. (By request.)
Art. XXVIII. To see if the town will vote to adopt a curfew law for the Four Corners village and act anything thereon. (By request.)
Art. XXIX. To see if the town will vote to observe " Old Home Week " in the year 1908, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry on the same. Choose the necessary committees and act anything thereon.
INDEX.
Page.
Assessors', Report of .
9
Almshouse Building Committee, Report of
32
Auditor, Report of
86
Board of Health, Report of
48
Cemetery Trust Funds
82
Collector of Taxes, Report of
77
Committee to Build School Building
93
Committee on Appropriations, Report of .
48
Committee on Improving Electric Light Plant
114
Fish Wardens, Report of
30
Inspector of Animals, Report of
31
Jurors, List of
24
Library, Report of Trustees of .
115
Military Aid, List of Persons Receiving
23.
Moths, Report of Superintendent
47
Municipal Lighting Plant, Report of .
94
Municipal Light Loan Sinking Fund, Account of
85
Officers, List of
3.
Poor, Report of Overseers of
.
.
34
Robinson, Everett . . .
7
School Committee, Report of
122 .
Financial Statement
5
Superintendent of Schools, Report of .
16
Secretary of the School Board, Report of Statistics of Schools .
33
Principal of High School, Report of
21
Supervisor of Music, Report of
23
Supervisor of Drawing, Report of
24
Changes of Teachers
40
Truant Officers, Report of
30
Teachers' Training Class
67
Graduates of Schools
34
List of Teachers
41
Public Exhibition of School Work
34
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
28.
Selectmen, Report of
12
State Aid, List of Persons Receiving
22
Superintendent of Sewers, Report of .
46
Superintendent of Streets, Report of
38
Town Clerk, Report of
53
Abstracts from the Records .
53
Births, Record of .
66
Marriages, Record of
69
Deaths, Record of
73
Summary
76
Treasurer, Report of .
79
Tree Warden, Report of
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37
Town Warrant, follows School Report
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