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The high school classes are as usual small, and in many cases the most talented pupils do not take drawing, as their other studies take so much of their time, and no credit is given for their work in drawing.
The high school course is planned primarily for those pupils intending to go to Normal School, to give them a good foun- dation in the fundamental principles of appearance drawing and designs, and as much skill as the time for practice allows.
Nearly all the teachers now understand the drawing they have to teach fairly well and use some individuality in teach- ing it. The results are always better when this is true, for the better a teacher understands a subject and the more of her own individual thought she uses in giving that subject to the children the better she will teach it and the better her results will be.
Respectfully submitted, MARY L. COOK, Supervisor of Manual Arts.
167
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Mr. Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir :- During the past year much work has been accomplished in the Music Department of our schools.
Sight Reading is receiving special attention and drill.
To develop confidence and self reliance in the pupil we are requiring individual singing in all the grades.
Through competition in their individual work they uncon- ciously create enthusiasm of the highest standard.
Success in this work depends on the interest of the children, and the children's interest depends on the ability and per- sonality of the teacher, and sincerity in her efforts to make the work attractive.
The improvement in voice work is particularly noticeable. The daily practise in breathing exercises and vocal drills is laying a foundation for the proper use of the vocal organs.
The High School Chorus is doing good work; in fact much better work has been done the past term than during the two previous years.
Music now being an elective study requires the pupil to do his or her part of the work or be transferred to the Spelling Division.
All chorus numbers are now taught first by syllables thus eliminating "singing by ear".
For the interest and support of the Superintendent and School Committee I am sincerely grateful.
Respectfully submitted,
H. O. WETHERELL,
Supevrisor of Music.
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168
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF PENMANSHIP.
Mr. Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir :- I hereby submit the following report of the penmanship work in the Middleboro Public Schools.
I visit the School Street, Union Street, Forest Street and West Side Schools every three weeks and meet the teachers from the suburban schools once a term.
Last year the Palmer Method of Writing was introduced in the West Side School for a thorough trial. It was found satisfactory and a complete adoption of the system has been made in all our schools.
Thirteen of the teachers have already been awarded the Palmer Teachers' Certificates and they deserve special mention and credit. I meet the other teachers of the village once a month for further practice and instruction and they are hoping to receive certificates from the Palmer Company during the present school year.
There is a great deal of interest and enthusiasm shown among the pupils and many of them have already received the Palmer Pen for good writing, and are now working for the higher awards.
It is noticeable that the pupils who do the best work are those who assume an easy, healthful position at their desks, and are also the ones who write most rapidly and legibly.
Respectfully submitted, LOUISE H. SCOTT,
Supervisor of Penmanship
169
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Middleboro, Mass., Jan. 1, 1915.
To the Schcol Committee of Middleboro:
I herewith submit my annual report. The absence of diseases of a contagious nature among the school children this year has facilitated the work done by the School Physi- cian. The small number of Hypertrophied Tonsils and Adenoids reported, as compared with previous years, shows that parents are becoming cognizant of the fact that children suffering from these defects need medical or surgical atten- tion. The larger number of cases of Defective teeth reported this year, is due to the fact that I have given them special attention, as Pathologists now believe that Defective teeth are incompatible with the proper moral and physical devel- opment of the child.
Grateful acknowledgement is made to the Superintendent of Schools, the Principal and Teachers for their cooperation.
The results of the physical examinations are found below :
Sub Primary.
Number of pupils examined
126
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
8
Adenoids
66 66
15
Defective teeth
66
66
1
1
Grade I.
Number of pupils examined
101
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
13
Adencids
66
66
25
Strabismus
66
1
Impetigo
16 66
1
66
13
Defective teeth
66 66
31
Chorea
.
170
Grade II
Number of pupils examined
95
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
10
Adenoids
66
66
66
4
Defective teeth
66
66
25
Strabismus
1
Grade III
Number of pupils examined
94
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
9
Adenoids
8
Defective teeth
66
38
Enlarged glands
66 66
1
Eczema
1
Grade IV
Number of pupils examined
91
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
11
Adenoids
6
Defective teeth 66
28
Grade V
Number of pupils examined
99
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
12
Adenoids
66
66
5
Defective teeth
66
66 66
20
Enlarged glands
66 66
2
Grade VI
Number of pupils examined
71
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
10
Adenoids
3
Defective teeth
20
Tuberculosis of joint
1
Grade VII
Number of pupils examined
80
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
5
Adenoids
6
Defective teeth ·
66
24
Enlarged glands
66
1
66
66 66
66 66
66
66
66
171
Grade VIII
Number of pupils examined
89
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases Adenoids 66 Defective teeth 66 66
24
High School.
Number of pupils examined
240
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
7
Adenoids
66 66
2
Defective teeth
66
66
31
Anemia 66
66
1
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS. Wappanucket School.
Number of pupils examined
16
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
1
Adenoids
1
Defective teeth
66 66
5
Thompsonville School.
Number of pupils examined
21
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
3
Adenoids
66
66
3
Defective teeth
66
66 66
6
Deviated septum
1
Green School.
Number of pupils examined
46
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
4
Adenoids
4
Defective teeth 66 66 66
11
South Middleboro School.
Number of pupils examined
32
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
1
Adenoids
66
1
Defective teeth
66
10
Eczema 66 66
1
66
66
66
9
9
172
Fall Brook School.
Number of pupils examined
30
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
3
Adenoids Defective teeth 66
16
4
6
7
Pleasant Street School.
Number of pupils examined
39
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
3
Adenoids 66
2
Defective teeth 66 66 66
14
Plymouth Street School.
Number of pupils examined
21
Adenoids
66
66
2
Defective teeth 66 66 66
4
Purchade School
Number of pupils examined
32
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
3
Adencids
66 66
2
Defective teeth
66 66
13
Highland School.
Number of pupils examined 16
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
1
Adencids
66 66
1
Defective teeth
5
Rock School.
Number of pupils examined
44
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
3
Adenoids 66
2
Defective teeth
8
Waterville School.
Number of pupils examined
33
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
2
Adenoids 66 66
1
Defective teeth 6 66 66
5
66
66 66
173
Soule School.
Number of pupils examined
28
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
3
Defective teeth 66
5
Thomastown School.
Number of pupils examined 34
Hypertrophied tonsils-number of cases
3
Defective teeth 60 66
7
*Pulmonary tuberculosis 66 66
1
*Excluded from school
SUMMARY.
Number of pupils examined in the Central Schools 1086
Number of pupils examined in the Suburban Schools Total 1439
353
Number of cases of Hypertrophied tonsils, Central Schools 93
Number of cases of Hypertrophied tonsils,Suburban Schools 25 Total 118
Number of cases of Adenoids, Central Schools
71
Number of cases of Adenoids, Suburban Schools Total
90
Number of cases of Defective teeth, Central Schools 266
93
Number of cases of Defective teeth, Suburban Schools Total
359
Number of cases of Tuberculosis of joint
1
Number of cases of Deviated septum
1
Number of cases of Anemia
1
Number of cases of Eczema
2
Number of cases of Chorea
1
Number of cases of Enlarged glands
4
Number of cases of Strabismus
2
Number of cases of Impetigo
1
Number of cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
1
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. BURKHEAD,
School Physician.
19
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REPORT OF THE ATTENDANCE OFFICERS.
Middleboro, Mass., Dec. 30, 1914.
Mr. Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir :- I herewith submit my report as School Atten- dance Officer for the year ending Dec. 23, 1914.
Number of cases investigated 43
Number of cases of truancy
2
Number of cases prosecuted 0
Number of convictions 0
Number on probation
0
Fourteen cases investigated were in the Suburban schools.
Yours respectfully,
S. S. LOVELL, School Attendance Officer.
Middleboro, Mass., Dec. 30, 1914.
Mr. Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir :- I herewith present my report for the year 1914.
Number of cases investigated
29
Number of cases of truancy
3
Number of cases prosecuted
0
Number of convictions
0
Number on probation
0
Yours respectfully, EVERETT T. LINCOLN, School Attendance Officer.
175
ABSTRACT OF STATISTICS. VALUATION.
Assessed valuation of the town $4,965,765.00 Approximate value of school houses and lots $102,000.00 9,500.00
Approximate value of other school property
COST OF SCHOOLS.
Amount available for school purposes
$46,077.63
Total cost of schools for the year
45,788.13
Ordinary expenses
43,819.74
Percentage of assessed valuation expended for schools 0092
Average cost per pupil based on average membership $31.11
POPULATION.
Population of the town, 1910 (U. S. Census) 8,234.00
CENSUS REPORT.
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
Number of children between 5 and 6 years of age 183
Number of children between 7 and 13 years of age 558
Number of children between 14 and 15 years of age 169
910
SUBURBAN DISTRICT.
Number of children between 5 and 6 years of age
72
Number of children between 7 and 13 years of age
379
Number of children between 14 and 15 years of age
95
546
Total
1456
Number between 5 and 15 in 1913
1351
176
SCHOOL VISITS. Year Ending June 19, 1914.
School Committee and Superintendent, Central Schools Suburban Schools
626
130
756
Other Visitors
Central Schools
1298
Suburban Schools
610
1908
Supervisor of Music, Central Schools
416
Supervisor of Music, Suburban Schools
150
Supervisor of Manual Arts, Central Schools
547
Supervisor of Penmanship, Central Schools
216
PROMOTIONS.
Year Ending June 19, 1914. HIGH SCHOOL.
Number promoted 137
29
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Number promoted
764
Number not promoted
44
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Number promoted
387
Number not promoted
31
Number promoted in all the schools
1288
Number not promoted in all the schools
104
Percentage of promotion
92.5
Percentage of non-promotion
7.5
Percentage of promotion, 1913
89.8
TEACHERS.
Number of teachers January, 1915
45
High School, men 2, women 6, total
8
Grammar Schools, men 2, women 9
11
Primary Schools
11
Suburban Schools, men 1, women 12
13
Special teachers, Music 1; Manual Arts 1; Penmanship 1; total 3
Number not promoted
177
SCHOOL HOUSES AND SCHOOLS.
Number occupied January, 1915
20
Number rented
1
Number of rooms not including recitation rooms
37
High School rooms
11
Town House rooms
2
Grammar School rooms
11
Primary School rooms
8
Portable buildings
1
Suburban School buildings occupied
13
Suburban School buildings unoccupied
3
Number of houses heated by steam 2; by furnace 9; by stoves 8; by steam and furnace 1.
SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS.
No. Defective Defective Examined Sight Hearing
High School
245
19
3
Town House School
89
8
4
School Street School
353
27
4
Union Street School
152
5
0
Forest Street School
83
2
0
West Side School
152
17
2
Pleasant Street School
39
3
1
Plymouth Street School
21
4
2
Purchade School
33
10
0
Thompsonville School
21
0
0
Soule School
18
0
0
Waterville School
26
1
0
Green School
50
7
1
Fall Brook School
31
3
3
Rock School
45
2
0
Thomastown School
34
13
5
South Middleboro
30
6
2
Highland School
16
1
0
Wappanucket School
16
3
0
178
ENROLLMENT TABLE FOR NOVEMBER.
Central
Suburban
1895
662
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
1904
891
400
1,291
1905
907
410
1,317
1906
933
420
1,353
1907
938
404
1,342
1908
934
438
1,372
1909
946
407
1,353
1910
965
423
1,388
1911
956
449
1,405
1912
1,002
440
1,442
1913
1,067
421
1,488
1914
1,110
455
1,515
Enrollment in High School, Nov., 1913
217
Enrollment in High School, Nov., 1914
243
Gain
26
Enrollment in Central Elementary Schools, Nov., 1913
-850
Enrollment in Central Elementary Schools, Nov., 1914 867 Gain
17
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE.
Central
- Suburban
Total
1912
1913
1914
1912
1913
1914
1912
1913
1914
Whole number of pupils enrolled
1079
1178
1141
513
501
494
1592
1679
1635
Average membership
898
956
1029
410
410
407
1308
1376
1436
Average daily attendance
838
909
971
373
385
374
1211
1294
1345
Percentage of attendance
93.
95.
94.4
90.
94.
92.6
92.
94.7
93.6
Cases of tardiness
999
1003
874
740
518
516
1739
1521
1390
Cases of dismissals
912
1043
601
244
243
244
1156
1286
1245
Cases of truancy
4
22
13
11
1
8
15
23
21
Cases of corporal punishment
4
10
12
14
9
13
18
19
25
Number attending over 15 years of age
160
172
195
12
9
15
172
181
210
Number attending between 7 and 14 years of age
666
646
715
407
374
391
1073 1020
1106
179
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE 1895-1914.
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
Number of teachers
31
13
33
33
33
34
37
37
38
39
39
40
43
44
45
45
44
43
44
44
Number of pupils
1,233
1,221
1,232
1,262
1,179
1,236
1,277
1,308
1,346
1,376
1,368
1,482
1,501
1,492
1,503
1,534
1,502
1,592
1,679
1635
Average number
974
948
968
1,024
1,045
1,107
1,122
1,185
1,153
1,188
1,211
1,268
1,261
1,275
1,286
1,290
1,318
1,308
1,366
1436
Av. daily attendance
890
881
901
950
959
1,016
1,038
1,038
1,049
1,095
1,133
1,188
1,172
1,178
1,218
1,213
1,233
1,211
1 294
1345
Percentage
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
92.9
94.7
94
93.5
92.5
94.7
93.6
No. cases tardiness
1,710
1,143
1,142
1,131
1,195
1,165
1,188
1,431
1,091
1,521
1,533
1,679
2,254
1,319
1,400
1,381
1,383
1,739
1,521
1390
No. cases dismissal
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
1,206
1,167
1,101
1,191
1,156
1,286
1245
No. cases truancy
12
38
21
19
14
15
26
17
9
14
15
33
44
41
48
21
23
15
23
21
No. pupils in High School
126
138
133
147
168
174
200
205
200
171
184
181
191
193
200
220
181
STATISTICS OF EACH SCHOOL. YEAR ENDING JUNE 19, 1914.
SCHOOL
TEACHER
Grades
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
High
Walter Sampson, Prin.
10-13
220
207
202
97
William A. Harthorne.
J. Grace Allen
Irene M. Crawford.
Edith H. Rand.
Esther E. Morse
Susie W. Eastham.
8
48
44
43
97
Fred N. O'Coin
7-8
54
46
45
96
P. Henry Lynch ..
7
51
44
43
96
Martinia K. Donahue.
6
53
46
43
95
Hattie M. Jones
5-6
48
46
43
94
Faye H. Deane.
4
47
44
42
94
Myrtie A. Shaw.
4-5
46
45
44
94
Anne H. Andrews
3
41
38
35
92
Erna L. Cornish
3-4
48
37
35
95
Union Street
Eleanor A. Barden, Prin ..
1
45
39
37
93
Laura A. Bump.
S. P
39
33
31
95
Lottie N. Lang
2
50
43
40
93
Bessie B. Bailey .
3
30
25
24
95
Forest Street
Flora M. Clarke, Prin.
S.P.
53
49
38
88
Alice M. Ward.
1
37
30
28
93
Mattie M. Bennett.
2
43
36
33
93
West Side.
Mermie S. Miller, Prin.
6-8
38
34
32
94
Lucy E. Merrihew
4-5
37
31
29
93
Etta W. Toothaker
2-3
48
43
40
91
Annabel Landgrebe
S.P 1
65
59
54
91
Pleasant Street
Myra A. Andrews
Mixed
31
29
26
90
Plymouth Street.
Elsie Landgrebe.
22
19
18
96
Purchade.
Alma A. Knowlton
38
34
32
93
Thompsonville.
Edith M. Eldridge.
28
23
21
93
Soule. .
Mary C. Azevedo
38
33
29
89
Waterville
Maude DeMaranville
66
52
37
28
89
Green. .
Mabel E. Stearns.
51
47
43
90
Thomastown
C. Harold Stuley
48
37
34
91
Fall Brook
Alta E. Battles
66
45
35
33
94
So. Middleboro
Irene J. Hatch.
31
30
28
84
Highland
Jessie M. Seaver
21
19
18
93
Rock ..
Mary R. Burke
61
47
43
92
Wappanucket
Annie Golden .
66
28
19
17
89
Average Daily
Leonard O. Tillson. .
School Street.
Harry L. Edgcomb, Prin.
182
GRADUATING EXERCISES MIDDLEBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
Town Hall, Friday Evening, June 19, 1914, at eight o'clock. Choruses accompanied by High School Orchestra. Class Motto: Success Consists in Constancy to Purpose. Class Colors: Navy Blue and Gold. Class Flower: Fleur-de-lis.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
PRAYER Rev. Frederick T. Kenyon. SALUTATORY AND ESSAY
English Ideas of the United States Flora Gardner Porter.
RECITATION The Last Leaf
Helen Elizabeth Lincoln Perry. The Red Scarf
CHORUS CLASS STATISTICS
VOCAL SOLO
Lillian Rachel Foye. (a) A Rose Once Grew. (b) Snowflakes. Wilma Marsena Osgood.
ORATION
True Heroism
CHORUS
The Parade Peaches
RECITATION
Gladys Ashley Lovell.
CORNET SOLO
Marguerite
Aurelia Gladys Berry.
DECLAMATION Washington and the Nation
Alfred Franklin Tinkham.
GIRLS' TRIO CLASS PROPHECY
The Swallow Part I
Melvin Leonard Southwick.
CLASS PROPHECY Part II
Walter Edmund O'Hara.
ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY The Ideal Citizen Bernice Madison Reed.
SINGING OF CLASS ODE Written by Arleen Florence Cross.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Granville E. Tillson, Chairman of School Committee: BENEDICTION
Clifton Alfred McCrillis.
183
CLASS ODE.
(TUNE OF "MY MARYLAND").
Dear M. H. S., we leave you now, As we journey on our way, But fondly dwell on memories sweet, Which remain with us for aye, Remembering all the work and fun, The battles lost, the victories won, Our teachers, faithful, kind and true, Who've labored hard to help us through.
Our task of life has just begun. Shrink not till the race is run. Let's have the motto of our song, "Learn to labor and be strong." Then turn not back, though hard the fight, But push along with will and might, And may the merits still be seen Of the dear old class, fourteen.
So, classmates true, we now must part. Each into the world must go, But bravely on with noble heart A fuller work we then shall know. Then, classmates, hail the future life With greater glories, pain or strife, And may our friendships never die, But cling to us, a faithful tie.
CORPS OF TEACHERS.
Walter Sampson, Principal.
Leonard O. Tillson Wm. A. Harthorne Jennie G. Allen
Edith H. Rand Esther E. Morse Irene M. Crawford Susie W. Eastham.
Instructor in Music: Harrison O. Wetherell. Instructor in Drawing: Mary L. Cook.
184
CLASS OF 1914.
ENGLISH-LATIN COURSE.
Austen Lucas Beals Mary Dorothea Begley Mendall Lothrop Boehme Edith Frost Mildred Scott Giddings William Arthur Lewis Rachel Mostrom
Walter Edmund O'Hara Wilma Marsena Osgood Roy Francis Perkins Bernice Madison Reed Hannah Lucille Shaw Melvin Leonard Southwick Jennie Wilbur.
ENGLISH COURSE.
Leon Verdell Alden Aurelia Gladys Berry Bertha Warren Bradford Earle Edward Caswell Everett Linwood Caswell Arleen Florence Cross Henry Murdock Cushing Minnie Leonard Davis Josiah Myron DeMaranville Katherine Mackay Dowling Lillian Rachel Foye Bessie Frances Leonard Adele Lillian Levey Gladys Ashley Lovell
John Jackson Martin Ralph Joseph Mccarthy Clifton Alfred McCrillis Ralph Joseph McQuade Charles Spurgeon Miner Helen Elizabeth Lincoln Perry Flora Gardner Porter Sara Olive Reed Julia Sampson Gladys Elizabeth Shaw Minnie Howard Shurtleff Annie Margaret Sinclair Clarence Edwin Soule Alfred Franklin Tinkham
Melville Otis Wilkins.
185
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE MIDDLEBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Assembly Hall, Friday afternoon, June 19, at two o'clock.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
MARCH
School Chorus. School
MORNING INVITATION Veazie
PRAYER
Rev. Oscar J. Aldrich.
RECITATION-Aunt Sophronia Taber
Flora Forsberg.
SELECTED Clyde Thomas.
SELECTED Dorothy Fessenden.
PIANO DUET-The Pretty Perfumer Blake
Marguerite Robinson, Ethel Shaw.
RECITATION-Sumner's Tribute to William Penn Doris Wood.
CELLO SOLO-Reverie Dunklen
Thalia Stetson.
RECITATION-The Vagabond George Tillson.
Trowbridge
RECITATION-Selected.
Elmer Dewhurst. School Chorus.
Nightingale and the Rose.
RECITATION-The Rising of 1776 Catherine Bates.
VIOLIN SOLO-Adoration Telma
Mildred Taylor.
RECITATION-Swan Song Brooks
Mirian Bassett.
PIANO SOLO-Irresistible Concert Waltz Doris Holmes. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES. Granville E. Tillson, Chairman of School Bcard. School Chorus.
UP AND AWAY , Geibel
186
CLASS OF 1914.
SCHOOL STREET SCHOOL.
Grace B. Abbott
Mildred A. Taylor
. Catherine Bates
Clyde S. Thomas
Ralph E. Belcher
George L. Tillson
Madeline P. Burgess
Mearl A. Tribou
Robert D. Carlisle
Sarah M. Weeman
Eunice F. Caswell
Doris M. Wood
Elizabet M. Creedon Lillian A. Cronan George P. Deane
Beatrice F. Alger
Donald T. Dempsey
Ruth M. Bryant
Elmer T. Dewhurst
Ernest S. Churbuck
Helen F. Dunham
Joseph W. Cooper
Margaret W. Drew Flora E. Forsberg
J. Francis Creedon Paul W. Dunham George I. Dunham
Ralph B. Gregory
Marjorie A. Dinsmore
Ilda M. Hartling
Philip S. Hutchinson
Mabel Hemmingson
Leroy N. Gay
Louisa Hunt
Sylvester Greene Gerald A. Harrington
Eleanor C. Johnson John S. Johnson Arlene M. Lougee
Roger C. Keedwell
Frederick W. Lakay
Francis J. Maddigan
Reginald A. Maxim Albert V. McManus John F. Mahoney
Beatrice L. V. Martenson Mae A. McGrady James E. Murphy
Henry M. Palker
Stella M. Norris
Wilfred M. Pasztor
Dorothy C. Norris
Doris M. Penniman
Lois E. Perkins Leo Quigley Marguerite I. Robinson
Fred A. Pratt Laurence R. Robinson
Ethel H. Shaw
Earle P. Robinson
Mabel J. Shaw
Alice J. Roht
Raymond M. Staples
Nellie L. Shaw
Bradford S. Thomas
Thalia Stetson
Lura A. Thomas
Charles Erickson Dorothy Fessenden
Gladys Hammerton
Dcris A. Holmes
Mary Fred
Ethel F. Morrill
Miriam A. Bassett
187
WEST SIDE SCHOOL.
Olive M. Brackett Gertrude L. Heath Delena McLeod
Elsie M. Sawyer John F. J. Houlihan Warren F. White Albion L. Cline
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
THOMASTOWN SCHOOL. Benjamin C. Shaw
HIGHLAND SCHOOL.
George H. Jefferson Inez R. Vickery
THOMPSONVILLE SCHOOL.
Winifred S. Deane Ida M. Hanson
SOUTH MIDDLEBORO SCHOOL.
Gladys D. White Bessie S. Sisson
Elmer C. Hatch
SOULE SCHOOL.
Annie V. Curley Marian E. Soule Mildred A. Soule
Thomas F. Curley Meloin L. W. Austin Colombo Guidoboni
Harold M. Robinson
188
CHANGES OF TEACHERS.
Jan. 1, 1914 to Jan. 1, 1915.
WITHDRAWALS.
Irena M. Crawford, High School *William A. Harthorne, High School
Mattie M. Bennett, Forest Street Schcol
Annie Golden, Wappanucket School Mary C. Azevedo, Soule School Blanche W. Williams, Forest Street School Edith M. Eldridge, Soule Schcol *Died Nov. 28, 1914
APPOINTMENTS.
Marion L. Smith, Town House School
Helen R. Towers, High School .
Mary H. Head, School Street Schcol Blanche W. Williams, Forest Street School Grace E. Bailey, Thomastown School E. Marie Richardson, Wappanucket School Irene L. Sullivan, Forest Street School *Louise H. Scott, High School
Blanche G. Carey, Soule School *Acting Teacher
TRANSFERALS.
Harry L. Edgcomb from Principalship of School Street school to Principalship of Town House School
Fred N. O'Coin, from Grades 7 and 8 School Street School to Principalship of School Street School Mabel E. Stearns, from Green School to Thompsonville School
Edith M. Eldridge, from Thompsonville School to Soule School
C. Harold Stirley, from Thomastown School to Green School Alice M. Ward, from Grade 1 Forest Street to Grade 2 Union Street School
189
LIST OF TEACHERS JANUARY 1, 1915. HIGH SCHOOL.
MAIN STREET NEAR TOWN HALL.
Walter Sampson, Principal, 79 Pearl Street
Leonard O. Tillson, 11 North Street
J. Grace Allen, 65 Read Street Edith H. Rand, 69 Centre Street Esther E. Morse, 25 Webster Street
Susan W. Eastham, 3 Rock Street
Helen R. Towers, 65 North Main Street
*Louise H. Scott, 25 Webster Street *Acting Teacher
TOWN HOUSE SCHOOL. TOWN HOUSE.
Harry L. Edgcomb, Principal, 7 Rock Street Marion L. Smith, Assistant, 23 Webster Street
SCHOOL STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Grade
Fred N. O'Coin, Prin.
7 6-7
Tispaquin St. 46 N. Main St. 4 Reland St.
Martimia K. Donahue
6
Hattie M. Jones
5
Myrtie A. Shaw
5
Anne H. Andrews
4
Faye H. Deane
4
Bessie B. Bailey
3
Erna L. Cornish
3
56 Everett St. 5 Summer St. 77 So. Main St. 63 Oak St. 23 Fcrest St. 11 Benton St.
UNION STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Grade
Eleanor A. Barden, Prin. .
1
85 Pearl St.
Laura H. Bump, Sub Primary
67 Pearl St.
Lottie N. Lang, Ass't Prin.
2 . 15 Union St.
Alice M. Ward
2
18 Pearl St.
FOREST STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
FOREST STREET.
Grade
Flora M. Clark, Prin. Sub Primary Irene L. Sullivan 1
18 Forest St. 114 So. Main St.
Mary H. Head
190
WEST SIDE GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOL. WEST END AVENUE.
Grade
Minnie S. Miller, Prin.
5-6
1
Lucy E. Merrihew
3-4
Etta W. Toothaker
1-2
Annabel Landgrebe, Sub Primary
-1
248 Centre St. 22 East Grove St. 141 Centre St. North St.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Pleasant Street-Myra A. Andrews, 77 So. Main Street Plymouth Street-Elsie M. Landgrebe, North Street
Purchade-Alma A. Knowlton, 3 Rock Street
Thompsonville-Mabel E. Stearns, Thompson Street Soule-Blanche G. Carey, Cedar Street Waterville Maude DeMaranville, Lakeville Green-C. Harold Stirley, Plymouth Street Fall Brook-Alta E. Battles, 5 Myrtle Street Rock-Mary R. Burke, Rock
Thomastown-Grace E. Bailey, 46 No. Main Street South Middleboro-Irene J. Hatch, 36 North Street Highland-Jessie M. Seaver, Wareham
Wappanucket-E. Marie Richardson, 3 Rock Street
SUPERVISORS.
Manual Arts-Mary L. Cook, 23 Webster Street Music-Harrison O. Wetherell, 33 Pearl Street
Penmanship-Louise H. Scott, 25 Webster Street
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High School from 8.15 to 1.15 Town House School from 8.15 to 1.15
Central Elementary Schools from 9 A. M. to 12 M. and from 1.30 p. M. to 3.30 P. M.
Half-time plan from 9 A. M. to 11.45 A. M., and from' 1.15 P. M. to 4 P. M.
Four-hour plan from 9 to 11 A. M., and from 1.30 to 3.30 P. M.
uburban Schools from 9 A. M. to 12 P. M. and from 1 p. M. to 3.30 P. M.
191
STORM SIGNALS.
Revised September 1914.
The signal, 2 1 2, will be given upon the fire alarm bell and by whistles at 8.15 A. M. for the suspension of the morn- ing session of the Central Elementary Schools, and at 12.30 P. M. for the suspension of the afternoon session.
There are no signals for the High School and Town House School.
SCHOOL CALENDAR. HIGH AND TOWN HOUSE SCHOOLS.
Opens Closes Vacation
Winter Term 1915, Jan.
4, Mar. 26, One week
Spring Term 1915, April
5, June 25, Ten weeks
Fall Term 1915, Sept. 8, Dec. 23, One week
Winter Term 1916, Jan.
3, Mar. 24, One week
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Opens Closes Vacation
First
Term 1915, Jan. 4, Feb. 26, One week
Second Term 1915, Mar. 8, April 30, One week
Third Term 1915, May 10, June 25, Ten weeks
Fourth Term 1915, Sept. 8, Oct. 29, One week
Fifth Term 1915, Nov. 8, Dec. 23, One week
First Term 1916, Jan. 3, Feb. 25, One week
Holidays, Feb. 22, April 19, May 31, Sept. 28, Oct. 12, Nov. 25-26, Feb. 22, 1916.
192
INDEX TO SCHOOL REPORTS
Appointments and Transfers 188
Attendance Officers, Report of 174
Changes in Teachers 188
Fire and Storm Signals. 191
High School, Report of Principal of . 162
Manual Training, Report of Supervisor of . 164
Middleboro High School, Graduating Exercises. 182
Middleboro Elementary Schools, Graduating Exercises. 185
Music, Report of Supervisor of . . 167
Penmanship, Report of the Supervisor of . 168
School Committee, Report of
127
Report of the Secretary. 130
Superintendent of Schools, Report of . 144
Supervisors 190
Schools, Cost of'. 175
School Physician, Report of. 169
School Statistics 175
School Enrollment
179
School Sessions 190
Teachers, List of 189
193
ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF THE TOWN OF
MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS., Monday, March 1, 1915.
Article 1. To choose all necessary Town officers, the fol- lowing officers to be voted for on one ballot, viz :- One mod- erator for one year, cne town clerk for three years, one treas- urer, one collector of taxes, eight constables, three fish war- dens, 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 mem- bers of the School Board, cne member of the Board of Health, and one member of the Municipal Light Board, 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.
Article 2. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question "Shall license be granted for the sale of intox- icating liquors in this town?"
Article 3. 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 any- thing in relation to the assessment and collection of taxes for the year.
Article 4. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning January 1st, 1915, in anticipation of revenue 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 authority of this vote shall be paid from the revenue of the present municipal .
Article 5. To hear the report of any committees or cfficers of the town, to appoint any committees, and act theron.
year.
194
Article 6. To allow accounts against the town and act thereon.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote that the yards of persons chosen Field Drivers shall be town pounds as long as they remain in office, provided they shall be chosen pound keepers.
Article 8. To dispose of the money received for dog licenses, and other licenses, the present year, and act thereon.
Article 9. To see if the town will pay the expenses of one or more night officers in the village, and act thereon.
Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate any money to be expended by Post 8, G. A. R., on Memorial Day, and act thereon.
Article 11. To see what action the town will take in relation to sprinkling the streets, and act thereon.
Article 12. 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.
Article 13. To appoint a committee on appropriations and act thereon.
Article 14. 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.
Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to be expended for the employment of a District Nurse.
Article 16. To see if the town will appropriate money for Band Concerts the coming season, and act anything thereon.
Article 17. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to disposing of its rights to take alewives for one year, or a term of years, and act thereon.
Article 18. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to be expended for the maintenance of the Middle- boro Athletic Field and Play Grounds.
Article 19. To see if the town will take any action toward revising its by-laws, making additions thereto, and making suitable building regulations, and act anything thereon.
195
Article 20. To see what action the town will take regard- ing the laying out and constructing a way for travel from Cambridge Street to Sumner Avenue, to go by tunnel under or by bridge over the tracks of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., lessees, to appropriate money for the same and act any- thing thereon.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote that a committee of three be appointed by the moderator to find out and report to the town as soon as possible, employing counsel if neces- sary, what the liability of the town is under Chapter 503, of the Acts of 1912, and the Chapter 671 of the Acts of 1913, and the standing of Alexander R. Gurney under those Acts, appropriate money therefor and act anything thereon.
Article 22. To see if the town will appropriate money for the Plymouth County Farm Bureau.
Article 23. To see if the town will adopt a uniform scale of wages for the employees of the Highway Department and act thereon.
Article 24. To see if the town will accept Bourne Street, Court End Avenue, Pearl Street, Sproat Street, Rice Street and Warren Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen.
Article 25. To see what action the town will take to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the George Wash- ington Memorial Building at Washington, D. C.
196
INDEX
Assessors, Report of.
109
Auditor's Report.
30
Board of Health, Report of.
36
Chief of Police, Report of.
87
Cemetery Trust Funds. .
94
Collector of Taxes, Report of
92
Department for Suppression of Gypsy and Browntail Moths.
20
Election Officers.
25
Fish Wardens, Report of .
35
Forest Warden, Report of
34
Inspector of Slaughtering.
33
Inspector of Animals
34
Jurors, List of .
22
Middleboro Public Library
55
Report of Librarian.
54
Report of Treasurer .
111
Municipal Lighting and Power Plant Report of Superintendent.
112
Overseers of the Poor, Report of.
126
Selectmen, Report of .
19
Soldiers' Relief
19
State Aid.
19
Military Aid.
39
Superintendent of Streets.
26
Town Clerk, Report of .
77
Births.
83
Deaths
72
Marriages.
86
Summary.
3
Town Officers.
96
Town Treasurer, Report of .
Trustees under will of Thomas S. Pierce, Report of .
106
Tree Warden.
28
Town Warrant. 193
50
School Reports
10
.
.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of .
57
Municipal Light Plant, Report of.
Inspector of Milk.
5
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