Town annual report of Rutland 1900-13, Part 13

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 970


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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


35


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


41


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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