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The total consumption for the year was 570,453,000 gallons of which the high service was 341,962,000 gallons, or 60%, and low service was 228,491,000 gallons or 40%.
POND ELEVATIONS AND STORAGE DEPLETION.
Plate 1 is the customary chart showing pond elevations and resulting fluctuations in storage volume from July 1905 to December 1918.
In July, 1917, for the first time since these records have been kept, Great South Pond reached an elevation of 106.0 or full pond, and the available storage in Great and Little South Pond was nearly 855 million gallons.
During the first five months of 1918 the pond level and con-
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sequent storage volume did not change materially, but since April there has been a pretty uniform rate of fall, until in De- cember Great South Pond reached an elevation of 103.2, as compared with 106.0 of July 1917, eighteen months earlier. The available storage on January 1, 1919 was about 520 mil- lion gallons.
By reference to Plate I it will be seen that the year 1910 with a rainfall of 38.88" was the year of lowest rainfall since 1905, with the exception of the rainfall of 34.92" in 1918. Our chart would seem to indicate that the low rainfall in 1910 was reflected by low ponds in 1911 even with normal rainfall in the latter year. If it should prove that the unprecedented low rainfall of 1918 is a forecast of pond elevations for 1919, we may perhaps expect lower ponds during the ensuing. year than any we have yet known.
The following table shows the average daily water-shed yield and the average daily consumption for each year since 1908.
Year
Av. Daily Use
Av. Daily Yield
1908
1,220,000
1,174,000
1909
1,267,000
1,295,000
1910
1,251,000
1,056,000
1911
1,310,000
1,023,000
1912
1,370,000
1,505,000
1913
1,307,000
1,291,000
1914
1,383,000
1,368,000
1915
1,301,000
1,254,000
1916
1.115,000
1,485,000
1917
1,294,000
1,486,000
1918
1,563,000
1,027,000
Average,
1,307,000
1,269,000
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SCHEDULE.
Showing number of feet of each size of pipe and number and size of gates, blow-offs and hydrants.
Size in inches
LENGTH OF PIPE IN FEET
No. of Gates
No of Check Valves
No. of Air Cocke
No. 10 in. B. O.
No. 8 in. B. O.
No. 6 in. B. O.
No. 4 in. B. O.
No. 2 in. B. O.
No. 11/2 in. B. O.
No. Hydrants
30
80
1 1
1
1
18
7,424
4
8
1
16
16 424
12
13
2
3
14
10,352
11
1
9
3
12
11,230
28
6
1
15
10
36,034
58
2
8
1
3
32
8
30,236
76
6
1
2
40
6
59,261
164
12
4
3
72
4
74,583
183
7
3
3
7
59
3
6,629
11
1
1
2
21/5
458
2
43.800
100
3
5
2
11/6
382
2
1
1
1,407
7
3/4
985
2
-
-
--
299.485
659
3
73
3
1
9
10
18
1
228
20
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PUMPING STATION.
The Pumping Station record on the following page shows the usual information relating to water pumped, coal used, etc.
PUMPING RECORDS, 1918.
The pumping station records shown on this page give in detail the amount of water pumped, fuel used, etc., at the pumping station during the year 1918.
MONTHS
Hours run fuel used
Total lbs. No. gallons pumped
Number Gals. low service
Rain in inches
Average t'mperature Daily aver- age water Min. pumped Max. gallons
Daily aver- age fuel pounds
January
383
76,700
34,831,000
22,469,000
4.59
30.42
14 87
1,158.329
2474
February
3833/4
50,015
35,131,000
21,946,000
2.95
37.
19.2
1,293,473
1786
March
3421/2
61.875
30.839,000
20,904,000
2.52
46.50
29.29
1,023,595
1996
April
2781/2
51,895
25,375,000
15.977,000
6.22
56.89
38.86
843,858
1674
May .
3231/4
59,875
29,925,000
16,674,000
.53
75.22
54.
.995,162
1931
June .
3353/4
59,155
31.155.000
19,614,000
2.95
75.56
57.46
1.070.580
1971
July .
3391%
59,875
31,703,000
19,929,000
2.64
82.45
65.77
1,054,308
1931
August
3221/4
61,140
29,816.000
18,549,000
1.61
81.
66.41
991.552
1972
September
282
53,781
25,716,000
18.027,000
3.63
71.3
55 63
883,714
1792
October
264
54,270
23,602,000
18,419,000
.71
65 67
48.8
784,885
1750
November
24834
55.945
21.999,000
19,386,000
2.25
53.
39.56
755,971
1864
December .
2503/4
51,020
21,870.000
16,597,000
4.32
43.4
32.
727,287
1645
3,754
695,546
341,962,000 *
228,491,000
34.92
Hours run
Total Ibs. Fuel used
No. gals. pumped
Av. No. gals. to 1 lb. coal
Average duty for year
New pump Old pump
3753
ยท
1
695.346 200
341,884.000 78,000
507
399
30,400,000 23,900,000
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.
.
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* 3% allowed for slip
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WATER ANALYSIS.
In accordance with their usual custom the State Depart- ment of Health have made their regular analysis of water dur- ing the year 1918 and a copy of these analyses are appended herewith.
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR E. BLACKMER, Superintendent.
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WATER ANALYSIS, 1918.
APPEARANCE
RESIDUE ON EVAPORATION
AMMONIA
NITRO- GEN AS
NAME
DATE OF
COLLECTION,
TURBID- ITY
SEDI- MENT
COLOR
TOTAL
LOSS ON
IGNITION
FIXED
FREE
TOTAL
IN SO-
In Sus-
pension
CHLORINE
Nitrates
Nitrites
OXYGEN
HARDNESS
IRON
--
1917
None
None
.00
0024 .0212 .0192 .0020
.67
0.5 .002
Little South
139573
Nov. 21
None
None
.00
.0016 .' 134 .0120 .0014
.65
0.3 .005
Great South
1918
None
V. Slight
.00
2.80 0.80 2.00
.0020 .0196 .0172 .0024
.69
0.3
001
Little South
140199 Jan. 24
None
V. Slight
00
3.45 1.20 2.23
.0042 .0246
0:222 .0024
.80
0.3 .005
Great South
140871 Mar. 21
V. Slight
V. Slight
.02
2.45 1.00 1.45
.0012 .0158 .0124
0034
66
0.2 .003
Little South
140872 Mar. 21
V. Slight
V. Siight
.05
3.00 1.10 1.90
.0018 .0164 .0130 .0034
.62
0.2 .004
Great South
141460 May 21
V. Slight
V. Slight
.00
2.40 1.00 1.40
.0008 .0186 .0150 .0036
.62
0.2 .003
Little South
141461
May 21
V. Slight
None
00
2.75 1.00 1.75 .0006 .0148 .0140 .0008
.60
0 2 .010
Great South
142528 July 25
None
V. Slight Sand Slight
.01
3.85 1.45 2.40
.0016 .0210 .0200 .0010
.70
0.5 .012
Great South
142529 July 25
V. Slight
Little South
143416 Sept 18
V. Slight
. Slight
.10
2.95 1.30 1.65 .0024 .0%16 .0202 .0014
.74
0 2 .017
Little South
143417 Sept. 18
None
V. Slight
07
3.05 1.30 1.75 .0100 .0242 .0204 .C038
74
...
0.2 .028
Great South
141143 Dec. 2
V. Slight |V. Slight
.10
5.85 1.55 4.30 .0016 .0158 .0152 .0006
72
0.6 .006
Little South
144444 Dec. 4
V. Slight
V. Slight
.10
3.25 1.55 1.70 .0021 .0146 .0120 .0026
.70
0.3 .006 .
Great South
..
..
05
010
.
1.00 1.80
.0024 .0240 .0168 .0072
.73
...
..
CONSUMED
ALBUMINOID
OF
No.
POND
139572 Nov. 21
.
. . ..
140198 Jan. 24
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2.8
LUTION
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE COMMISSIONER
OF
PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending Dec. 3 I
1918
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REPORT OF FIRE COMMISSIONER
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To The Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :-
The records of the Department accompanying the report for the year 1918 show a greater number of calls answered than for any previous year for some time past.
In addition to calls for service at fires, three calls for the Pulmotor were answered, one of these being for drowning ac- cident and two for service at the Jordan Hospital, and atten- tion is called to the fact that the Department responded to four calls outside the Town limits, a call for the train wreck on the Middleboro branch of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., and one for a flooded cellar at the Plymouth Electric Light Company.
The calls for the Pulmotor, train wreck and services at the Electric Light Plant emphasize the value of a well equippe.l and well organized department ready at all times to respond to calls for assistance in times of emergency.
ORGANIZATION
The apparatus at the Central Station and manned by the Permanent Force have answered all first alarms during the past year, with the Call men assigned to the Central Station answering the alarms covered by this station, and the Call men at the North Station answering the alarms covered by the North Station.
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ROSTER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Fire Commissioner, Chief of Department, Deputy Chief of Department,
Robert C. Harlow Albert E. Hiller Clifton Hatton
CENTRAL STATION.
Combination B-Hose and Pumping Engine.
Captain-Fred W. Paty (Permanent) Lieutenant-John M. Holmes (Call)
PERMANENT MEN
E. C. Chandler
P. W. Gardner
A. A. Raymond
C. T. Shaw A. Terry E. G. Gardner
G. A. Wood ,
CALL MEN.
L. F. Battles
F. Manter
W. W. Baker
F. H. Donlavey
E. Downton
E. F. Nutter
W. E. Hurd
V. J. Peterson J. Sampson
D. Sullivan
Ladder Company No. 1.
Captain-H. F. Robbins (Permanent)
Lieutenant- L. Hedge (Call)
CALL MEN.
G. J. Anderson J. E. Beauregard G. C. Bunker R. Fogarty
C. H. Hatton
A. Morse
H. Reinhardt
C. Alden
1
E. K. Morse
A. E. Nickerson
L. White
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Combination A (Chemical and Hose) and Combination D (Chemical and Hose) quartered at the Central Fire Station responds to still alarms with members from the Permanent Force.
Steamer No. 1 quartered at the Central Station responds for Second Alarm Fires.
NORTH STATION.
Combination Engine and Ladder Company, No. 2.
CALL MEN.
Captain-Henry Cash
W. F. Delano
N. W. Gray
E. C. Hardy
W. S. Pierce
Lieutenant-John Stephan
J. Ruprecht
R. Thom
H. P. Webber
B. Wolf
HOSE
The usual inspection, testing, and repairs to the hose in the Department has been made and five hundred feet of new hose added to replace that unfit for service.
HYDRANTS.
The hydrants under the care of the department were given the proper inspection and preparation for freezing weather con- ditions by the permanent members of the organization.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
A new set of batteries was purchased during the year and the relay carefully cleaned and overhauled. It will be neces- sary this coming year to replace several circuits of the over-
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head Signal System so that this important branch of the de- partment may be maintained at its highest efficiency.
BUILDINGS.
The buildings of the department have received the necessary care and attention, and there has been no expense except for maintenance.
INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS, ETC.
Inspection of hotels and lodging houses as required by the State Police was made by the Chief of Department and re- ports filed at the State House as required by law.
Licenses to build and operate garages have been granted in accordance with the State regulations and inspections made of those in operation.
Permits to sell fireworks, firecrackers, etc. were again with :- held on advice from the State authorities.
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FIRE RECORD.
During the year 1918 the department has answered 34 bell, 94 still alarms. Of this number, three were for the Pul- motor. The causes of alarms were as follows:
Out of Town,
4
Overheated stoves, 4
Gas Leaks,
Cigarettes, 2
Careless use of matches,
Incendiary and supposed,
Frozen water pipe,
2 Lightning, ?
Sparks from stove,
1 Sparks from locomotive, 2
Kerosene lamps,
1
Electric light wires, 2
Automobile,
3
Ashes from pipe, 3
Brush and rubbish,
30
Train wreck,
1
Candles,
2
Pulmotor,
3
Soot in chimney,
27
Needless and false,
2-1
Overheated furnace,
3
In addition to the above the "No School" Signal was sound- ed 29 times and "Liberty Loan" Rally Call 8 times.
HOW EXTINGUISHED
MONTHS
Pony Chemical
Chemical Engine
Hydrant Streams
Pump Steamer
No Action
Pul- motor
January,
2
2
1
2
1
February,
2
4
1
March,
3
2
1
2
April,
8
4
1
1
May,
2
4
3
June,
1
1
?
July,
1
3
1
September,
2
2
October,
1
2
1
November,
1
3
1
15
December,
5
1
3
1
Totals,
35
40
5
6
39
3
6
2
1
11
August,
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ALARMS-FIRE LOSSES-INSURANCE.
ALARMS
VALUES INVOLVED
TOTALS
INSURANCE
MONTHS
| Still
| Bell
| Pulmotor
! Total
Value of Buildings
Loss on Buildinge
Valne of Contents
Loss on Contents
Values Involved
Loss on values Involved
Buildings
Contents
JANUARY
5
3
8
22,500.00
$ 3,500.00
$ 13,000.00
$
500.00
$ 35,500.00
4,000.00
$ 17,500.00
5,100.00
FEBRUARY
6
1
7
7,700.00
590.00
6,550.00
1.500.00
14,250.00
2,090.00
3,500.00
3,800.00
MARCH
6
8
3,300.00
154.00
1,400.00
None
4,700.00
154.00
2.100.00
500.00
APRIL
13
14
2,200.00
200.00
600.00
175.00
2,800 00
375.00
1.800.00
None
MAY
9
9
15,500.00
170.00
5,300.00
None
20,800.00
170.00
9,000.00
1,500.00
JUNE
2
10
4,500.00
5.00
3,900.00
None
8.400.00
5.00
3.500.00
2,000.00
JULY
14 12
26
2,000.00
225.00
2,025.00
25.00
4,025.00
250.00
1,200.00
None
AUGUST
4
1
3,600.00
1,425 00
2,000.00
100.00
5,600.00
1,525.00
2,400.00
None
SEPTEMBER
3
1
4
7,000.00
50.00
20,800.00
None
27,800.00
50.00
4,500.00
15,750.00
OCTOBER
4
4
1,800.00
25.00
400.00
None
2,200.00
25.00
1,500.00
None
NOVEMBER
10 13
23
None
None
None
None
None
None None
Noue
Nore
DECEMBER
9
1
10
None
None
None
Node
None
None
None
TOTALS
91 34
3
128
70,100.00
6,344.00
55,975.00
2,300.00
126,075.00
8,644.00
47,000.00
28,650.00
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EXPENDITURES FOR 1918.
The expenditures for the maintenance of the department for the year were as follows :
Salaries and Wages-
Permanent Force,
$11,600 36
Call Force,
1,725 84
Other Employees, 113 09
Total Salaries and wages,
$13,439 29
Horse and auto hire,
19 25
Equipment and repairs,
1,795 73
Hydrant Service,
31 05
Fuel and light,
762 32
Maintenance, buildings and grounds,
183 90
Other expenses,
320 35
Total,
$16,551 89
Credits received for damages to Hydrants, etc.,
115 03
Total expenditures,
$16,436 86
.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1919.
An appropriation of $19,630.00 will be necessary to main- tain the department at its present efficiency during the year 1919, apportioned as follows :
Salaries and Wages-
Permanent Force, $13,775 00
Call Force,
1,755 00
Other Employees,
100 00
Total Salaries and
wages,
$15,630 00
Equipment and repairs,
2,850 00
Hydrant Service,
100 00
Fuel and light,
650 00
Buildings and grounds,
200 00
Other expenses,
200 00
Total,
$19,630 00
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The co-operation and spirit of the men in the service which has helped to maintain the efficiency of the department has been appreciated.
Respectfully submitted, ROBERT C. HARLOW, Commissioner.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
For the Year Ending Dec. 31,
1918
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY
William M. Douglass, Chairman,
Term Expires 1919
Helen F. Pierce, M. D., Secretary, 1921
Walter D. Shurtleff, M. D., 1930
The regular meetings of the School Board are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
Superintendent of Schools, Charles A. Harris.
Office open from 8.30 to 12 a. m., and 1.30 to 4 p. m. every school day. Saturdays, 10 to 12 a. m.
Office hours of the Superintendent of Schools, 4 to 4.30 p. m., Mondays and Fridays. 7 to 7.30 p. m. every Wednesday.
Attendance Officer, John Armstrong.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL.
2-2 sounded and repeated at 7.15 indicates no session at the Senior and Junior High Schools.
2-2 sounded and repeated at 8.15 indicates no morning session in other schools.
2-2 sounded and repeated at 1 p. m. indicates no afternoon session.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
We present herewith financial statement for 1918, and bud- get for 1919.
In these days of soaring prices it is hardly necessary to explain these increases, a large part of which is to be applied to teachers' salaries, and the balance is caused by raise in car fares.
The committee sustained a loss during the year when the Chairman, Mr. Edward W. Bradford, was compelled to resign, in order to take up Red Cross work in Greece and the Balkans.
We anticipate that next year we will be compelled to ask for enlarged school facilities in the north end of the town. This is a matter of which we have spoken before as a possibility in the near future. We now feel that we will be unable to wait longer than next year for the new building ..
Following is the report of the School Superintendent and School Physician which we submit for your attention.
HELEN F. PIERCE, WALTER D. SHURTLEFF, WILLIAM M. DOUGLASS.
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FINANCIAL REPORT
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated March 23, 1918,
$115,000 00
Appropriated Dec. 14, 1918,
5,000 00
Appropriated Dec. 14, 1918,
700 00
Murdock Fund, 16 60
$120,716 60
PAYMENTS.
General Expense,
$5,273 47
Teachers' Salaries,
73,867 73
Text Books and Supplies,
7,463 11
Tuition,
124 38
Transportation,
2,459 28
Support of Truants,
41 16
Janitors' Services,
7,604 82
Fuel and Light,
10,219 17
Maintenance,
11,474 57
Furniture, etc.,
655 57
Diplomas and Graduation,
128 50
Medical Inspection,
1,403 00
$120,714 76
Unexpended Balance,
$1 84
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated Jan. 25, 1919, $3,100 00
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PAYMENTS.
General Expenses,
$265 69
Teachers' Salaries,
336 93
Text Books and Supplies,
633 94
Transportation,
219 90
Janitors' Services,
27 85
Fuel and Light,
1,240 90
Maintenance,
237 43
Furniture, etc.,
86 65
Medical Inspection,
47 20
$3,096 49
Unexpended Balance,
$3 51
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Budget for 1919
General Expenses-
Superintendent,
$2,800 00
Clerk,
850 00
Truant Officer,
180 00
Printing, Postage, etc.,
400 00
Telephone,
40 00
Travelling Expense,
200 00
Automobile Expense,
700 00
Freight and express,
300 00
School Census,
100 00
All Other,
100 00
$5,670 00
Teachers' Salaries-
Day (on present basis),
$84,000 00
Additional,
2,000 00
Evening,
1,200 00
$87,200 00
Text Books and Supplies-
Text and Reference Books,
$3,500 00
Paper, blank books, etc.,
3,500 00
Industrial Training Supplies,
500 00
Domestic Science Supplies,
1,500 00
Typewriters,
300 00
Tuition,
$9,300 00 $200 00
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Transportation-
Carfares,
$3,500 00
Carriages and autos,
1,700 00
$5,200 00 $50 00
Support of Truants,
Janitors' Services-
Day,
$8,090 00
Evening,
110 00
1
$8,200 00
Fuel and Light-
Coal and Wood,
$10,000 00
Gas and Electricity,
400 00
$10,400 00
Maintenance-
Hedge School Painting,
$500 00
Burton Sanitaries,
1,000 00
Cornish Sanitaries,
300 00
Mt. Pleasant Sanitaries,
100 00
Lincoln Street Sanitaries,
25 00
Lincoln Street, shingled,
300 00
Cold Spring, repairs,
200 00
Floor on manual training room,
400 00
Flags and flagstaffs,
100 00
Janitors' supplies,
1,200 00
Telephones,
175 00
Ashes removed, etc.,
300 00
Covering steam pipes, Morton,
100 00
All other,
3,300 00
$8,000 00
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Furniture and Furnishings-
Desks,
$500 00
Other,
500 00
1
$1,000 00 $130 00
Diplomas and graduation,
Medical Inspection-
School Physician,
$500 00
School Nurse,
900 00
Supplies and expenses,
250 00
Dental clinic, .
500 00
$2,150 00
$137,500 00
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Plymouth :
I herewith submit for your consideration my sixth annual report.
With the school system of Plymouth consisting of three dis- tinct units: (1) The Elementary Schools, (2) The Junior High School, and (3) The Senior High School, and with ap- propriations adequate for maintaining same, the responsibili- ty for efficiency rests upon the school officials in charge of this important work, provided the department is unhampered in carrying into execution the policies which the committee deems best for the welfare of the schools.
The generosity of the townspeople, as manifested at the regular and special town meetings, toward the public schools cannot be over emphasized. When we consider that the pres- ent payroll is more than $95,000, whereas ten years ago approx- imately $50,000 paid all expenses of maintenance, one cannot but realize the attitude of the community toward the schools.
The recent vote of the town to increase the salaries has en- abled the department to retain efficient talent, and the feeling among the teachers, nearly ninety in number, is evidence of their appreciation of the generosity of the voters.
Each year it has been the plan to incorporate something in- to the school system that makes for progress. The longer school day, so generally approved, was adopted by the Schoo! Board for the Senior and Junior High Schools. This plan meeting opposition, permanent adoption of the longer school day for the Junior High School was delayed, pending the pro- duction to the opposition of evidence sufficient to show its
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advantages, and its general adoption in places progressive edu- cationally.
It is conceded by educational experts that the length of the school sessions at our Senior High School is conservative. All evidence at hand from those in charge of educational systems elsewhere is to the effect that our change at the Junior High School is not only a decidedly progressive step, but that the length of sessions elsewhere are in excess of the plan for Plym- outh.
In the report of the Special Commission on Education, which was filed with the legislature on Wednesday, January 29th, the longer school day was recommended.
Some of the advantages of the longer school day, permitting directed study, are as follows:
1. It affords an opportunity to teach the pupils how to study.
2. The school work is done under the supervision of the person most skilled in directing it-the teacher.
3. The school work is done in the institution specially equipped and fitted for study.
4. The work is done during the day.
5. It leaves the evening for the home, for the family, for social culture, recreation and entertainment. The evening does not belong to the school.
6. Pupils are under the teacher's influence longer.
7. The alternate recitation and study periods minimize fatigue.
8. It obviates study under unfavorable conditions.
9. It minimizes fatigue pursuant to evening study.
10. It reduces the amount of eye-strain due to evening. study.
11. It enforces preparation by every pupil.
12. The plan divides the pupils' days into three distinct parts :
(a) time for work, (b) time for recreation, (c) time for sleep.
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NEW BUILDING.
Some relief ought to be considered for the overcrowded con- dition in the north part of the town. The erection of a school building between the Knapp and Cornish buildings would afford relief at the Knapp and Hedge buildings and would simultan- eously solve the problems at Cold Spring and Alden Street. It certainly would be unwise to postpone this matter longer. With a building in this vicinity the school children of Plym- outh could be conveniently housed for a long period.
This new building could fittingly be named the Thurber School in honor of the late Miss Elizabeth Thurber, who was a member of the Plymouth School Committee 1887 to 1908.
TEACHERS.
In spite of the constant changes in the teaching corps, the efficiency of the school work is very satisfactory. Although few changes occur annually, fifty-two teachers have entered the ser- vice of the town during the incumbency of the writer.
By acts of 1914, teachers who have served in the public schools of the town for three previous consecutive years are on tenure, and are not subjected to annual elections.
The teachers already on tenure are as follows :
Helen G. Annis
Laura E. Brown
Arline M. Avery
Annie S. Burgess
Frances I. Bagnell
Mary M. Dolan
Addie L. Bartlett
Mabel F. Douglas
Gertrude C. Bennett
Agnes V. Eaton
L. A. M. Black
Helene E. Field
Grace Blackmer
Ruth M. Gammons
Grace N. Bramhall
Cora W. Gray
Walton E. Briggs
Charles A. Harris
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Lucy L. Hildreth Lydia E. Holmes Flora A. Keene Grace L. Knight.
Susan M. Quinn Mary E. Robbins Ella F. Robinson Teresa A. Rogan
Maude H. Lermond
Hazel A. Ross
Helen H. Linnell
Elizabeth H. Sampson
Charlotte E. Lovering.
Catherine W. Sampson
Elizabeth Mackenzie
Bertha H. Smith
Bertha E. McNaught
Helen D. Stranger
Grace R. Moor
Jennie F. Stratton
M. Alice Morong
Susan C. Thomas
Augusta M. Morton
William C. Whiting
Florence I. Murray
William I. Whitney
Jean Murray Katharine A. O'Brien
Katherine G. Zahn
Other teachers in service are as follows:
Hazel E. Barstow
Mildred Holmes
Hazel Bates
Helen F. Holmes
Crescentia Beck
Mary L. Jackson
Beatrice Bennett
Helen F. Klocker
Nina M. Brayton
M. Adeline Lahaise
Estella Butland
Ruth W. Lane
Alice M. Cagney
Margaret F. Lennon
Mary L. Cappannari
Marion F. Leonard
Gladys L. Cobb
Agnes A. Lisk
Margaret Longfellow
Amanda E. Collette M. Etta Cooney Florence B. Corey Beatrice Curran Gertrude Darling
Anne M. Mackinnon
Ethel M. Frizzel Helen Getchell
Ruth Mansfield W. I. Mayo, Jr., J. A. W. Pearce Mary J. Pimental Alice A. Preston
Ruth O. Hamilton Elizabeth Hett
Dorothy Reed
Marion Reynolds
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Helen E. Shurtleff Della Spencer Emma L. Squires
A. Ruth Toombs M. Florine Tucker Helen H. Worth
EVENING SCHOOL.
Evening schools were in session from October 15, 1917 to April 2nd, 1918.
Knapp School.
Number of males enrolled,
52
Number of females enrolled, 30
Average number belonging,
71.17
Average evening attendance,
60.01
Per cent of attendance,
84.31
The record of the evening schools from October 31, 1918 to Jan. 1, 1919, follows :
Number of males enrolled,
44
Number of females enrolled, 17
Average number belonging,
51.86
Average evening attendance,
43.94
Per cent. of attendance,
84.73
THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
The vacation school was held at the Burton building for a period of six weeks. There was an entering group of 116 pupils classified as follows :
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Grade 4,
23
Grade 5,
44
Grade 6,
22
Grade 7,
22
Grade 8,
5
116
SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS.
The tests of sight and hearing, have been made by the teach- ers, as required by law.
2,375
Number found defective in eyesight,
233
Number found defective in hearing, 37
Number of parents or guardians notified, 209
SCHOOL CENSUS, 1918. (April 1).
5 to 7 years, males, 218
5 to 7 years, females, 243
461
7 to 14 years, males, 858
7 to 14 years, females, 843
1,701
14 to 16 years, males, 174
14 to 16 years, females, 192
360
2,528
Illiterates, 16 to 21 years,
Males, 54
32
Females,
86
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES A. ,HARRIS.
Number of pupils examined,
In Memoriam
Dizzie E. Mitchell
Weather in the Plymouth Schools 1892-1918 Died Derember 16, 1918
Beatrice G. Sham Trarher in the Plymouth Schools Sept. 1918-Dec. 1918
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