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$3 00
3 hammers,
2 50
1 spade,
75
1 grub axe,
1 00
3 drills,
1 75
4 lanterns,
2 00
1 broom,
50
$11 50
TOOLS FOR PIPING.
1 2-inch die plate,
$6 00
2 2-inch drills, 1 80
2 2-inch taps, 2 50
2 W. I. wrenches for sidewalk shut-off,
3 83
33
2 14-inch taps, $2 26
1 1-inch tap,
94
1 14-inch die plate for 2-inch and 14-inch, 4 00
1 2-inch drill for ratchet,
90
2 14-inch drills,
1 20
1 1-inch drill,
53
2 14-inch reamers,
2 26
1 1-inch reamer,
94
1 &-inch reamer,
63
1 2-inch Stanwood cutter,
98
1 expander,
5 00
1 gate wrench,
2 50
1 B. Miller patent die ratchet plate, with 22 dies, 4 12
1 Miller's ratchet pipe cutter, 3 40
1 18-inch Stillson wrench,
1 60
1 24-inch Stillson wrench,
2 40
2 pairs Brown's tongs,
1 20
1 15-inch Coe's block wrench,
1 00
1 wall vice,
8 10
1 wall hinge vice,
3 00
2 packer's sleeve ratchets,
4 05
1 iron crow, 9 60
1 2-inch Walworth cutter,
1 46
$76 20
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CR.
Paid Interset on water loan, $1,001 87
E. E. Lawrence, engineer's services, 337 80
J. Albert Walker & Co., coal, 479 83
E. E. Lawrence, drawing coal,
31 50
C. R. Bartlett, drawing coal,
22 50
L. H. Stearns, drawing coal, 7 00
W. G. Wales, drawing coal, 5 00
E. E. Lawrence, wood, 58 18
C. R. Bartlett, wood,
58 50
The Clinton Oil Co., oil,
3 50
George S. Dixon, oil
5 00
34
Paid Washburn & Garfield, packing, $6 70
Washburn & Garfield, pipe and fittings, 7 69
Michael Loughman, two wrenches, 3 25
Cunningham Iron Co., boiler castings, 8 78
Knowles Steam Pump Co., valve springs, 9 12
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe and fittings, 105 26
William Allen & Sons, hand hole plate, 2 75
Braman & Dow, packing, 5 75
E. E. Lawrence, piping, 23 75
E. E. Lawrence, trenching, 18 05
E. E. Lawrence, repairing leaks, main pipe, 15.00
E. E. Lawrence, solder, 1 00
Paid Revere Rubber Co., valves,
11 59
D. S. Thurston, shovels,
2 00
Wilson & Holden, cement,
2 25
George W. Hudson, filling trench,
75
W. L. Reed, digging trench,
1 00
W. W. Prescott, digging trench, 1 17
1 00
F. J. Tucker, digging trench,
James B. D. Shago, inspecting boiler,
2 00
Duncan & Goodell Co. brass wire and file,
92
C. Johnson, pipe,
1 00
F. S. Hunt, brick,
3 00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight,
2 60
American Express Co.,
2 60
E. E. Lawrence, labor on boiler,
4 00
C. R. Bartlett, trenching,
10 00
Thomas Fenner, trenching,
7 75
L. A. Taylor, fixing leaks in main, 27 00
L. M. Hanff, painting stand pipe,
34 63
$2,333 04
DR.
Received from State Sanitorium, water rent for the year ending January 1, 1903, $1,000 00
Received and due for water rent from patrons for year ending January 1, 1903, 720 48
Received and due for service connections for year ending January 1, 1903, 74 07
Due for coal furnished Town, (6 tons) 50 00
$1,814 55
Leaving a balance against the Water Department of
$518 49
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MAINTAINANCE OF WATER DEPARTMENT. CR.
Paid interest on water loan to Jan. 1, 1903, $1,0001 87
engineer's services,
337 80
for coal,
479 83
for freight on coal,
66 00
for wood,
116 68
for oil.
8 50
for packing and supplies,
12 21
Cunningham Iron Co., boiler castings,
8 78
William Allen & Sons, hand hole plate, 2 75
Revere Rubber Co., valves,
11 59
Wilson & Holden, cement,
2 26
L. A. Taylor, repairing leaks,
27 00
for boiler inspection.
2 00
E. E. Lawrence, repairing leaks,
15 00
Duncan & Goodell, brass wire,
60
George W. Hudson, filling trench,
75
W. L. Reed, digging to stop leak,
1 00
W. W. Prescott, digging to stop leak, 1 00
F. J. Tucker, digging to stop leak,
1 17
F. S. Hunt, brick, 3 00
$2,099 78
DR.
Received from State Sanitorium, water rent,
one year, to January 1, 1903, $1,000 00
Received and due from patrons for water reut, one year, to January 1, 1903, 720 48
Received and due from patrons for service con- nections, one year, to January 1, 1903, 74 07
Due from Town, coal furnished,
50 00
Due from Town, on account of 18 hydrants, @ $25.00, 450 00
Due from Town. on account of supplying pub- lic building with water, 20 00
Due from Town, on account of supplying two watering places, 10 00
Due from Town, on account of supplying foun- tain in cemetery, 10 00
$2,334 55
Leaving a balance in favor of the Water Department of $234 77
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES R. BARTLETT,
Rutland, March 1, 1903.
Superintendent.
36
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts and vouchers of the Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, Collector of Taxes, and Treasurer and Superintendent of Water Department, for the year ending March 1, 1903, and that I find the same correct.
A. F. BROWN, Auditor.
Rutland, March 1, 1903.
37
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR.
The sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) was appropri- ated by the Town for the repairs of roads and bridges.
I submit bills in details of the expenditures.
In the month of April,
$216 59
66
May,
375 12
66
June,
317 58
66 July,
36 97
66 66
August,
97 77
66
66 September, 66 21
.. October,
45 63
November,
40 50
$1,196 37
I have in my possession the following list of tools belonging to the Town :
2 road machines,
1 hand scraper,
6 round pointed shovels,
1 square pointed stone shovel,
4 stone rakes,
1 bog hoe,
4 picks,
1 striking hammer,
2 iron bars,
2 stone forks,
1 brush scythe,
1 plow,
4 hoes,
FRANK D. FORBUSH, Highway Surveyor.
38
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF FREE PUB. LIBRARY
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RESOURCES.
Unexpended balance from last year, $28 99
Appropriation,
68 77
Received from non-residents for use of Library and
from fines and cards. 10 16
$107 92
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Mrs. E. J. Prouty; librarian, $78 00
for papers and magazines, 5 00
for new books, 5 73
express and supplies, 1 71
$90 44
Balance unexpended, in hands of Trustees, $17 48
The number of books taken from the Library the past year was 3,062.
Only eight books have been bought this year.
Fifty-four volumes were added by grant, from the State, and the following named persons have kindly donated :
Mrs. M. L. Miles, 1. Mrs. Tibballs, 4.
Mrs. Hewings, 9. Friend, 2.
Woman's Education asssociation. 11. From the State, 10.
Mrs. Jas. Munroe, of Lexington, has given St. Nicholas Magazine. Miss Addie M. Dean, of Tipton, Iowa, McClure's Magazine. Mrs. Moulton, the Youths' Companion.
Mrs. S. E. Munroe, the Christian Herald.
Your Trustees would ask for the appropriation of the entire Dog Fund, as the Library needs to be new catalogued.
Respectfully submitted,
W. C. TEMPLE, MRS. SARAH MUNROE, Library MRS. H. R. SPAULDING, }
Trustees.
39
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Inventory of the Fire Apparatus belonging to the Rutland Fire Brigade :
1 two-horse reel, with 1,000 feet of hose,
4 Nozzles and pipes,
2 hydrant wrenches,
2 monkey wrenches.
2 hose shackles,
4 axes, .
1 hand pump, with 50 feet effective hose, also 50 feet defective hose,
1 suction hose 8 feet long,
1 nozzle,
1 spannier,
1 iron bar,
1 ladder hook,
100 feet one.half inch rope,
1 low express wagon (single),
1 ladder truck, with two extension ladders and four roof ladders, 1 30-foot ladder,
22 fire pails, in good order,
1 traverse runner sled for ladders,
24 arm chairs,
10 bracket lamps,
1 hand lamp, 1 stove, 5 cuspidors,
1
1 dust pan and brush,
2 hand lanterns,
2 horse blankets,
1 bell for tower, Ladder and pails at North and West Rutland.
40
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
Of the Town of Rutland, for the Year ending March 1, 1903
FELLOW CITIZENS : -
We herewith respectfully submit our annual report : SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Population of the Town, according to the United States Census, 1900, 1,334
Number of persons in Town between five and fifteen years of age, as per School Census of September 1, 1902, 271
Number of pupils enrolled since September 1, 1902,
281
Average membership for the year,
226.1
Average attendance per year,
190.9
Per cent. of attendance, 85.1
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Teachers' salaries,
$2,500 00
Transportation, 1,000 00
Supervision,
250 00
Raised by taxation,
$3,750 00
AMOUNTS RECEIVED
State, toward Superintendent's salary, $250 00
County, one-half dog fund,
68 76
Town of Holden, text books,
2 95
City of Boston, tuition.
87 50
Town of Oakham, tuition,
13 50
State Board of Charity, tuition,
17 50
Lyman School, tuition,
70 30
West Rutland S. School, wood,
2 50
Transferred from State School Fund account, Amount overdrawn,
$513 01
758 35
30 58
$5,051 94
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EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' salaries,
$2,342 50
Books and supplies,
243 57
Supervision,
365 25
Transportation,
1,382 15
Janitors,
294 31
Fuel,
3.28 56
Oil,
6 15
Printing,
23 14
Sundries,
32 53
Repairs and furnishings,
33 78
$5,051 94
BILLS APPROVED. TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Frank P. Ayer,
$201 50
Edith I. Brown,
224 00
Jennie R. Burnham,
126 00
Jennie S. Gilbert,
108 00
Annie M. Jenness,
320 00
Lucy M. Grant,
272 00
Grace E. Damon,
102 00
G. Harold Ellis.
330 00
Elsie P. Newcomb,
210 00
Bertha L. Gleason,
190 00
Edith Claflin,
99 00
E. Mabel Heald,
160 00
$2,342 50
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
American Humane Education Society,
$ 2 66
E. E. Babb & Co.,
11 87
Ginn & Co.,
24 06
Rand, Mc'Nally Co.,
11 01
J. L. Hammett & Co.,
80 01
Funk & Wagnalls Co.,
19 25
University Pulishing Co.,
14 40
Werner School Book Co.,
29 95
Holden School Committee,
$ 1 75
42
George F. King & Co.,
12 00
Town of Oakham, 2 16
Allen-Bacon Co.,
3 34
Gaylord Bros.,
1 75
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
25 36
D. C. Heath & Co.,
4 00
. $243 57
SUPERVISION.
H. J. Jones, superintendent,
$300 00
E. W. Ward, committse,
21 25
W. C. Temple, committee,
18 00
George S. Putnam, census enumerator,
15 00
William F. Moore, truant officer,
6 50
Louis M. Hanff, truant officer,
4 50
$365 25
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
Michael Gleason, last year,
$26 25
Joel Stone, last year,
5 00
Dellar Laton, last year,
76 00
Erford Cowden,
5 20
Stephen P. Allen.
160 00
Elsworth E. Preston,
192 00
C. A. Spooner,
228 00
Dellar Laton,
160 00
Granville Lombard,
9 00
Dennis A. Smith,
38 50
Walter A. Wheeler,
27 50
Horace E. Smith,
172 20
Robert Ploetz,
157 00
Warren G. Wales,
81 00
Myron D. Potter,
5 00
Michael Gleason,
39 50
$1,382 15
JANITORS.
E. W. Ward, Centre, G. H. Miles, Centre, North and West Rutland,
$176 07
102 24
16 00
$294 31
43
FUEL.
Centre, North Rutland, West Rutland, two years,
$291 93
10 00
26 63
$328 56
Oil,
6 15
PRINTING.
F. S. Blanchard & Co.,
$16 39
E. H. Tripp, 6 75
$23 14
Sundries,
32 53
Total for support,
$5,018 16
REPAIRS.
Louis M. Hanff, contract on W. Rutland house, $13 50
Masury, Young & Co., floor dressing, 7 50
F. S. Hunt, lumber,
76
Repairs on Centre school house,
12 02
$33 78
$5,051 94
STATE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT.
1902.
March 1. Balance on hand,
$362 54
Received from State, 395 81
$758 35
1903.
March 1. Transferred to general account,
758 35
APPROPRIATIONS.
The Committee would recommend that the Town raise and ap- propriate for the support of the Public Schools the sum of $4,000.
AVAILABLE BY LAW FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
The income received from the State School Fund. Money received from the State for the benefit of the High School. Money received by the Town for tuition.
Amount due from the State on Superintendents' salary.
44
SCHOOL CENSUS.
Mr. George S. Putnam was appointed enumerator, and the fol- lowing is his report :
Number of boys between the ages of five and fifteen, 151
Number of girls between the ages of five and fifteen, 120
271
Number of boys between the ages of seven and fourteen, 112 Number of girls between the ages of seven and fourteen, 79
191
Total, 462
ROLL OF HONOR.
The pupils named below were neither absent nor tardy for the number of terms specified :
CENTRE SCHOOL. One term : Frank Maynard, Fannie Miles, Joseph Murphy, Nora Gleason, Catherine Putnam, Bernice Hunt, Esther Wheeler. Annie Welch, Louise Skinner, Myrna Miles, Louis Maynard, Grace Smith, Helen Murnar, Edith Scott, Charlotte Drury, Rhetta Miles, Winnie Rich, Georgia Rich, Frank Carroll, Harry Parks, Helen Hadley, Henry Smith, Albert Wales.
Two terms : Esther Wheeler.
WEST RUTLAND SCHOOL. One term : Fred Coté, Melvina Befort, Edith Bigelow, Herbert Bigelow, Ira Cheever, Maud Had- ley, Ruth Hadley, Annie Nicholson.
NORTH RUTLAND SCHOOL. One term : Alfred Buss, Mabel Goodwin, Leon Handy, Greta Moulton, John Moulton, Edward Buss.
Three terms : Olive Buss.
IN CONCLUSION.
The report of Mr. Jones, our Superintendent, embraces the work of the schools.
The increase in appropriation that the Committe have asked for seems to be necessary on account of the large number of children who require transportation.
D. P BUTLER, D. A. SMITH, W. C. TEMPLE.
School Committee.
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Superintendent of Schools
FOR
The Central Worcester District.
TOWNS: Holden, Oakham, Paxton, Rutland, Worcester County, Mass. March, 1903.
THE CENTRAL WORCESTER DISTRICT.
The district was formed July 16, 1900. The services and salary of the superintendent are shared as follows : Holden, five-tenths ; Oakham, two-tenths ; Paxton, one-tenth ; and Rutland, two-tenths. The superintendent's year begins Aug. 1. Thirty-three teachers are employed in thirty-one schools. The chairman of the joint commit- tee is Jesse Allen of Oakham, and the secretary is Mrs. Marion E. Warren of Holden. The names of the members of the various com- mittees, with the expiration of their respective terms. are shown below :
HOLDEN.
James A. Holden, chairman, -
-
Term Expires 1903
Mrs. Martha E. Graham, -
-
-
-
1903
T. Walter Howe, -
-
-
-
-
1904
Mrs. Marion E. Warren, secretary,
1904
Mrs. Addie M. Holden,
1905
William J. Powers, -
-
-
-
-
- 1905
OAKHAM.
Term Expires
Jesse Allen, chairman, -
1903
H. W. Lincoln, - - -
- 1904
Mrs. Minnie L. Woodis, secre tary, -
1905
PAXTON.
Term Expires
Mrs. C. F. Flint, -
1904
Lewis S. Clapp, chairman, -
-
-
-
- 1905
Mrs. E. P. Keep, secretary,
-
-
1906
RUTLAND.
Term Expires
William C. Temple, secretary,
1903
Dr. David P. Butler, chairman, -
-
-
- 1904
Dennis E. Smith, -
-
-
1905
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ANNUAL REPORT.
To the School Committees of Holden, Oakham, Paxton, and Rut- land :
I herewith present the third annual report of the superin- tendent of schools for the Central Worcester District, and ask the attention of the committees and the citizens of the several towns to its contents. As in former reports, subjects of interest to the district as a whole are first presented. other matters being treated later under the heading, "The Towns in Particular."
In my second report, I described in some detail the various activities which employ the time andenergies of your super- intendent. The year now closed has been filled with similar activities. Nearly all the school days have been spent in the school-rooms, the time being divided in the proportion speci- fied on the preceding page. Evenings, Saturdays, and all but four weeks of the school vacations have been largely devoted to the various duties of the position, aside from that of school visitation.
Like the previous years of my work as your superintend- ent, the one covered by this report has been made very pleas- ant by the good will of the thirty-one groups of children met twice each month, by the loyal co-operation of my fellow workers in the schools, by the confidence and support of able committees, and by the kindness of the people of the towns.
ATTENDANCE.
The tables here inserted show the facts of attendance in the various schools by terms. The "Summary of Attendance" shows the attendance of the year by towns. Comparing this
STATISTICAL TABLES.
HOLDEN.
SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
TERMS, 1902-03
No. Weeks
in Term
Average
Membership
Attendance
Per Cent. of
Per Cent.
for Year
No. Cases
of Tardiness
High School.
A. K. Learned, Prin. Marion E. Bascom.
Spring .. Fall
11
39.6 46.5
35.3 41.5
90.0 90.0
10
Assistant
Winter .
12
47.0
41.7
88.7
89.6
11
Alma M. Atwell
Spring. .
12
26.0
23.0
88.4
7
Center, Grammar.
Alma M. Atwell
Fall
16
33.0
29.0
87.8
37 9
Margery A. Rice
Spring ..
12
32.5
28.8
88.6
64
Center, Primary .
Margery A. Rice
Fall
16
27.1
23.7
87.5
45
Margery A. Rice
Winter .
8
27.2
22.7
83.4
86.5
24
M. Bessie Tidd
Spring ..
12
16.7
15.9
95.7
17
Jefferson, Higher
Helen L. Smith.
Fall
16
20.5
20.1
93.5
55
Helen L. Smith
Winter .
8
21.0
16.8
80.0
89.7
26
Clara K. Bascom
Spring ..
12
28.4
26.1
92.1
40
Jefferson, Room 4
Clara K. Bascom
Fall
16
35.9
33.0
91.7
58
Clara K. Bascom
Winter .
8
30.4
23.5
77.2
87.0
27
Elizabeth Hoxie
Spring ..
12
38.8
35.3
91.0
32
Jefferson, Room 3.
Elizabeth Hoxie
Fall
16
40.4
33.7
86.0
28
Elizabeth Hoxie
Winter .
8
39.2
31.6
80.0
85.7
26
Esther C. Hendricks .
Spring. .
12
36.0
34.1
94.8
22
Jefferson, Room 2
Esther C. Hendricks .
Fall
16
28.1
24.9
88.1
12
Esther C. Hendricks .
Winter .
8
25.4
18.3
71.7
84.5
18
Mary L. Gove
Spring ..
12
31.1
28.5
91.6
1
Jefferson, Room 1
Mary L. Gove
Fall
16
29.7
25.5
85.5
9
Mary L. Gove
Winter .
8
18.6
11.4
61.2
79.4
17
Florence L. Johnson.
Spring. .
12
33.8
31.9
93.5
6
Chaffin, Grammar.
Florence L. Johnson.
Fall
16
37.9
34.4
90.7
4 3
Mabel C. Reid
Spring. .
12
27.2
25.3
92.9
Chaffin, Primary ..
Mabel C. Reid
Fall
16
37.4
33.6
87.9
Mabel C. Reid
Winter .
8
35.5
28.8
80.8
87.2
6
1
Alice Frye
Spring ..
12
28.9
26.5
91.0
30
Grammar
1
1
Alice Frye
Winter .
8
29.4
24.5
83.0
87.7
17 11
Quinapoxet, Primary
1
Lillian A. Warner Lillian A. Warner
Winter .
8
23.7
18.8
78.9
83.9
20
North Woods
1
Lillian G. Ryan
Winter .
8
19.9
17.5
87.6
92.8
12
Florence Kirby.
Spring. . Fall .
12
21.0
18.8
88.0
1
Springdale
Maud F. Findeisen
16
23.0
20.1
86.8
30
Maud F. Findeisen ..
Winter
8
21.3
16.8
79.2
84.7
2
Dawson
Catherine E. Crowe .. Margaret A. Dolan
Spring ..
12
18.7
17.8
94.5
3
Margaret A. Dolan
Winter .
16.2
13.0
76.5
86.5
13
Sadie I. Packard
Spring. .
12
23.2
22.7
98.4
9
Sadie I. Packard
Fall
16
21.1
19.9
94.8
18
Sadie I. Packard
Winter .
8
21.7
20.1
92.3
95.2
20
Ellen R. Bohan .
Spring .. Fall
16
21.4
18.0 21.0
95.1 90.2
19
Clare H. Groby
Winter .
8
22.0
15.6
71.3
85.5
15
co
Unionville
Clare H. Groby.
Fall
16
18.8
16.7
88.0
10
Fall
16
23.4
20.7
86.1
13
Margaret G. Fleming. Lillian G. Ryan
Spring .. Fall
12
14.8
14.3
96.6
1
16
20.5
19.3
94.3
29
Florence L. Johnson.
Winter .
7
34.1
30.7
90.0
91.4
Quinapoxet, /
Alice Frye
Fall
16
31.0
28.1
89.0
Lillian A. Warner
Spring . .
12
27.9
24.4
86.8
Alma M. Atwell
Winter .
8
28.0
26.0
92.8
89.7
10
16
South
12
18.3
Average
Attendance
PAXTON.
SCHOOL
TEACHERS
TERMS, 1902-'03
No. Weeks
in Term
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per Cent. of
Attendance
Per Cent.
for Year
No. Cases of
Tardiness
Grammar
Rachel W. Cornwell .. Jennie R. Burnham . .
Spring .. Fall
14
13.3
11.7
88.2 92.5
52
Jennie R. Burnham ..
Winter ..
7
18.6
16.4
87.8
89.5
48
M. Alice Converse.
Spring . .
14
19.9
18.2
91.4
44
Intermediate
M. Alice Converse.
IFall
12
25.4
23.3
91.8
37
1
M. Alice Converse
Winter ..
8
22.8
18.6
81.9
88.4
50
Lulu M. Baker
Spring .. Fall
12
30.6
28.0
91.2
36
Lulu M. Baker.
Winter ..
8
25.1
20.5
81.5
88.3
32
RUTLAND.
High School
G. Harold Ellis, Prin. Spring Edith L. Claflin,
12
27.8 35.8 29.2
23.8 32.6 23.9
85.7 90.4 82.1
86.1
57 83
Jennie R. Burnham
Spring
12
45.8
40.5
88.4
32
Center, Grammar.
Elrie P. Newcomb.
Fall
12
51.5
45.1
89.7
42
Elrie P. Newcomb.
Winter ..
8
45.8
34.9
77.9
-85.3
19
Center,
Bertha Gleason
Fall .
12
44.0
37.7
85.3
124
Intermediate (
Bertha Gleason
Winter ..
8
41.6
28.7
68.8
80.0
66
Annie M. Jenness
Spring ..
12
42.2
33.7
77.0
30
Center Primary ..
Annie M. Jenness
Fall
12
47.1
41.7
88.3
59
Annie M. Jenness
Winter ..
8
39.3
26.5
67.0
77.1
60
Grace E. Damon
Spring ..
12
33.2
27.3
82.7
112
North Rutland.
Mabelle Heald
Fall ..
12
33.1
30.1
91.0
27
Mabelle Heald.
Winter. .
8
22.6
17.9
79.2
84.3
29
West Rutland
Lucy M. Grant.
Spring . . Fall ..
12
35.0
34.0
97.0
10
Lucy M. Grant.
Winter ..
8
35.0
33.0
94.0
94.0
12
OAKHAM.
Center, Grammar.
Florence E. Bothwell. Spring .. Florence E. Bothwell. Fall .. Florence E. Bothwell. Winter ..
10 11
18.8 21.2 20.5
17.7 20.2 18.2
95.0 93.0 91.0
93.0
50
Minnie M. Mellen
Spring ..
10
17.0
16.0
96.0
18
Center, Primary ..
Minnie M. Mellen
Fall
11
17.0
16.4
96.5
15
Minnie M. Mellen
Winter ..
11
14.3
13.5
94.3
95.6
12
1
Lena R. Edmands.
Spring
10
9.0
8.8
98.0
1
Coldbrook
Blanche Packard
Fall
11
9.8
9.3
94.0
1
Blanche Packard
Winter ..
11
8.9
8.1
91.0
94.3
0 4
S
Blanche Packard
Spring
11
17.7
16.4
92.9
2
South
Mrs. Minnie Woodis .. Fall
11
17.3
15.7
90.6
4
Mrs. Minnie Woodis .. |Winter ..
5
16.0
14.0
87.5
90.0
4
Althea Russell
Spring
10
17.9
17.2
96.0
5
West.
Althea Russell
Fall .
11
18.7
17.9
94.7
10
Althea Russell
Winter ..
11
19.5
17.0
87.2
92.6
11
14
28.5
26.2
92.2
21
Primary
Lulu M. Baker.
Jennie B. Gilbert
Spring .
12
37.3
32.2
86.0
93
Assistant
Fall Winter ..
12
10
12
19.7
18 2
91.0
22
Lucy M. Grant.
12
32.0
29.0
17
10
11
28
128
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SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCE.
HOLDEN
OAKHAM
PAXTON
RUTLAND)
Total
No. enrolled since September 1, 1902. .
560
89
85
281
1015
Average membership for year
473.1
81.2
68
226.1
848.1
Average attendance for year
417.2
75.5
60.4
190.9
744.0
Per cent. of attendance for year
89.3
93.1
88.7
85.1
89.1
Per cent. of attendance for last year. .
90.0
93.5
86.6
87.6
89.4
summary with the one of last year, there will be noted an increase of all the items but one in the "Total" column, though some of the towns show losses. The "per cent. of attendance" is slightly decreased in all the towns except Paxton. It is well to realize the meaning of this item. The average per cent. for the district, 89.1, means that the equiv- alent of more than one day of school in every two weeks is lost on account of the absence of pupils. Some of this loss is, of course, unavoidable, but I am convinced that much of it might be prevented by due care in the matter on the part of parents. The teachers are instructed to ascertain the rea- son for every case of absence, and to record in the register whether the case is excusable or not. The reasons rendered confirm fully the words of Secretary Hill:
There are scores of reasons assigned for the non-attendance of children at school that cannot, in any fairness, make the absence necessary. They are reasons that parents or pupils may readily over - come by a little extra pains, a little greater sturdiness, a little more self-denial, a little greater forethought, a little higher conception of duty.
The indifference of many parents to the value of school privileges has led to the passage of compulsory attendance laws. The law of Massachusetts includes the following provi- sions :
Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session, subject to such
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exceptions as to children, places of attendance and schools as are provided for in section three of chapter forty-two, and sections three, five and six of this chapter. The superintendent of schools, or, if there is no superintendent of schools, the school committee, or teachers acting under authority of said superintendent or committee, may excuse cases of necessary absence. . . . Every person having under his control a child as described in this section shall cause him to attend school as herein required, and if he fails for five day sessions, or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months while under such control, to cause such child, whose physical or mental condition is not such as to render his attendance at school harmful or im- practicable, so to attend school, he shall, upon complaint of the truant officer and conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of more than twenty dollars.
I have the names of fifty-six children reported by the teach- ers as absent for more than ten half-day sessions within a period of six months, without a reason which makes the ab- sence necessary. The parents of such children are plainly subjects for the action of the courts.
The "Roll of Honor," printed in the several town reports, shows the appreciation of many parents and pupils of the benefit of regularity in school attendance. Due recognition should also be made of the many pupils who are equally faithful, but whose necessary absence caused the omission of their names from the list. In fact, it is a small minority of parents and pupils who are seriously delinquent in the matter under consideration. It is for this minority that the compulsory attendance laws are framed. I strongly recom- mend the enforcement of these laws.
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FINANCIAL FACTS.
The following table, compiled from data at hand, will be found to contain some interesting figures :
HOLDEN
OAKHAM
PAXTON
RUTLAND
1. Valuation of town
$1,310,479
$330,025
$302,937
$669,332
2. Valuation per child of aver- age membership
$2,769.98
$4,064.35 $4,454.95
$2,961.22
3. Raised by taxation for schools last year
$8,000
$1,200
$1,200
$3,750
4. Taxation for schools per thousand of valuation. .
$6.10
$3.63
$3.96
$5.60
5. Taxation cost per child of aver. membership per year
$16.89 180
$14.78 160
$17.65 170
$16.58 160
6. No. of school days in year .. 7. Taxation cost per child of aver. membership per day
$ .093
$ .092
$ .104
$ .103
The best test of the financial ability of a town with regard to school expenditures is the valuation behind each child of the average membership of its schools. The average valua- tion for each pupil in the average membership of the public schools of the State is $7,319. Comparing the amounts oppo- site the second item in the table with this sum, it will be seen that our towns are comparatively poor.
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