Town annual report of Rutland 1900-13, Part 38

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


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Town of Berlin, for aid for Samuel Stratton 52 00


Charles Parker, for aid for Frank Forward 32 70


P. S. O'Connor, for services 3 00


Transporting a pauper to Tewksbury 6 50


$691 06


Received from James White Estate


6 50


Total expense of supporting poor the past year $684 56


Respectfully submitted,


DAVID F. SMITH, Overseers JOHN W. MUNROE, of


JOSEPH E. WARE, Poor


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REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR


Sixteen hundred dollars ($1600.00) being the amount appropriated by the town for the repairs of road and bridges.


I give below the amount expended each month :


In the month of April


$338 77


May


401 53


June


250 72


August


66 40


September


255 56


October


190 90


$1503 88


Lumber for bridges


76 25


Gravel


20 60


Tools and blacksmithing


8 45


$1609 18


THE LIST OF TOOLS BELONGING TO THE TOWN ARE AS FOLLOWS :


2 road machines


1 plow


6 shovels


4 picks


1 stone hammer


2 iron bars


6 hoes


3 drills


1 fork


1 brush scythe


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK D. FORBUSH,


Highway Surveyor


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REPORT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT


The work of the Department has been about the same as last year. We have had only one large leak this year, and only a few small ones, making the expense in that line very small. The large leak was at the State Sanatorium, which they had to repair.


When this leak was repaired it was found that there was about 650,000 gallons going out per month, which will account for some the water that is not accounted for by the use of the patrons.


You will see by the report that we have 13 months credited to the Water Department from the State Sanatorium, we have done this so the Collectior's and Registrar's aecounts will agree hereafter. We have at present 98 services


Number not metered 50


Number metered 48


We have pumped about 33,894,987 gallons


Greatest amount in one day 256,429 gallons


Greatest amount in one week 878,400 galloms


We have run through the meter at State Sanatorium 19,817,950 gals. There has about 2,931,586 gallons gone through meters of town patrons.


30 FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Dr.


Braman, Dow Co. $50 26


New England Iron Works 10 00


Ben. Connor, labor on leak


75


Central Supply Co., supplies


6 57


Marsh Ice Co., coal screenings


23 50


W. M. Ramsey, inspector


7 00


H. Calkins, wood


6 25


John Cellee, labor on trench


3 20


Rutland Grocery Co., supplies


7 17


Jack Moriarty, labor on leak


88


Arthur Sanderson, labor on leak


2 00


John Connor, labor on trench 53 72


P. S. O'Connor, sharpening picks and drills 3 25


Williams' Express, dynamite and express 2 05


Neptune Meter Co., meters 42 00


66 66 repairs 35


American Express Co.


1 15


Knowles Pump Works, repairs


12 06


E. Russell Norton, coal


431 87


Mike Scott, labor on leak


1 60


M. M. Smith, wood


10 00


Mike Nihin, labor on trench


28 65


Brewer & Co., supplies


1 45


E Viner, repairs at pumping station


28 26


labor, pumping


520 04


trucking 50


31


E. Viner, labor on leaks $ 4 89


labor on trench 1 38


6. repairs on watering tubs 1 01


16


66 for wood 5 00


B. &. M. Railroad, freight 233 60


66 66 demurrage


11 00


F. B. Connor, drawing coal


17 80


P. W. Meader, drawing coal


126 10


R K. Pratt, coal


136 50


O'Toole, labor on ditch


1 75


G. H. Miles, labor on leaks


5 39


66


blasting powder


60


66


turning of water


1 00


66


.6 telephoning to Boston


35


66 fixing watering tub


1 25


66


66 work at pumping station


3 00


66


66 cash paid Mike Nihin


20


66


66 labor on new work


8 60


66


·· machine oil


1 00


78


66 fixing meter


25


66


express


25


66


66 carting pipe


75


66


66 installing meters


2 50


66


66 freight


25


66


66 reading meters, etc.


25 00


66


Supt. salary 25 00


Interest on water loan 715 63


Total expended


$2585 36


66


postage


32


Cr.


Bill rendered State Sanatorium for 13 months from Jan. 1, 1910 to Feb 1, 1911 $2636 11


Bills rendered J. W. Munroe, collector for town patrons, from Jan. 1, 1910 to Jan. 1, 1911 1346 26


Bills rendered for pipe fittings and all extras besides water 70 61


Meters on hand 33 60


From Town appropriation, for hydrant


350 00


public building 20 00


watering tubs 10 00


66


cemetery fountain 10 00


$4476 58


Bills approved for year ending Mar. 1, 1911 Balance in favor of town


2585 36


$1891 22


Amount of bills rendered for collection


$4052 98


Amount of bills paid to March 1, 1911


25×5 36


Making cash balance of


$1467 62


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE H. MILES, Superintendent


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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Appropriation


$233 22


Paid Librarian, salary


$100 00


E. H. Tripp, printing


2 50


Denholm & Mckay Co., books


113 70


$216 20


Balance unexpended


$17 02


The Librarian has received from fines, etc.


$6 65


and has paid for express and supplies 4 85


Balance in her hands $1 80


Number of books circulated the past year was 4198.


The following organizations have generously contributed to pur - chase material for the reading table :


The Firemen


$10 00


Ladies' Union


2 00


Christion Endeavor


1 50


The Grange


3 00


Home Relief


3 00


$19 50


And the following named persons have contributed Magazines.


Mrs. Menges Mrs. Converse


Mrs. Drury Mrs. Catherine Munroe C. W. Dodge


About one hundred volumes of new books have been purchased the past year.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, Trustees SARA B. DRURY, of MARY A. CONVERSE, Library


34 REPORT OF THE TREASURER


Edwin H. Crosby, Treasurer, in account with the inhabitants of the town of Rutland, Mass., for ten months to Feb. 1, 1911.


Dr.


Cash on hand March 1, 1910 $287 86


Received of J. W. Munroe, Collector


16897 60


66 Overseer, Estate Jas. White 6 50


Geo. H. Miles, hall rents 183 30


old iron, etc.


12 30


bricks 20 00


Central District Court fines


14 68


Interest on bank deposits


16 00


State Treas., corporat'n tax, balance on last year


66 66


public service


3 31


66


91 98


66


National Bank tax


1 63


66


60 Reimbursement for loss of


taxes on land used for public institutions 266 46


66


66


High School tuition


500 00


66


66 Income School Fund


930 73


6


66


One-half compensation in- spection of animals 44 50


County Treas,, dog fund


222 34


Jesse Allen, Supt. Schools account


312 50


L. M. Hanff, School supplies


21


City of Boston, Tuition of children


169 00


Wor. County Ins. for Savings, temporary loan 2000 00


Peoples Savings Bank, temporary loan 4500 00


Boston & Maine R. R , freight claim 2 00


Discount on Water Department bill 40


Total


$26843 03


03


State aid


358 00


66 Transportation of paupers


1 50


35


Cr.


Paid State Treasurer, State tax $1045 00


Road tax 58 00


County Treasurer, County tax 675 00


Selectmen's orders 19643 08


H. Edward Wheeler, Treas. Pro-tem, Feb. 1, 1911 5421 95


Total $26843 03


Respectfully submitted,


EDWIN H. CROSBY,


Treasurer


H. Edward Wheeler, Treas. Pro tem, in account with the inhabi_ tants of the town of Rutland, Mass.


Dr.


Received Cash on hand February 1, 1911 $5421 95


J. W. Munroe, collector 4026 73


George H. Miles, hall rents 49 00


Edward H. Leonard, school supplies


66


Peoples Savings Bank, temporary loan


500 00


Interest on deposits


13 87


Town of Oakham, tuition


12 00


$10024 21


Cr.


Paid Selecttmen's orders


$10018 11


Cash on hand to balance 6 10


$10024 21


RUFUS HOUGHTON CEMETERY FUND


In Five Cent Savings Bank $100 00 Intrest accrued 4 04


$104 04


Paid W. C. Temple, Treas. Rural Cemetery Association Balance in bank


4 04


$100 00


Respectfully submitted H. EDWARD WHEELER,


Treas., Pro tem


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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT


Ending March 1, 1911


1903 Taxes committed


$52 72


$50 72


Unpaid $2 00


1904


66


64 51


56 51


4 00


1905


66


37 97


9 77


28 20


1906


66


111 23


76 65


34 58


1907


66


548 39


272 64


275 75


1908


3458 94


1715 53


1743 42


1909


66


8011 25


5275 32


2735 93


1910


66


14690 66


9447 73


5242 93


$26971 68


$16904 87


$10066 81


1903


Interest


$13 68


Abatements


1904


66


10 70


$4 00


1905


66


1 23


1906


66


17 24


1907


66


68 61


1908


66


185 37


"


11 25


1909


66


240 66


66


18 25


1910


37 24


66


42 12


$574 73


$75 72


Paid Treas.


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WATER ACCOUNT


Bills Received


Unpaid


Jan. 1, 1909 to July 1, 1909


$13 88


Paid $13 88


July 1, 1909 to Jan. 1, 1810


237 42


152 70


$84 72


Extras


45 58


39 38


6 20


Jan. 1, 1910 to July 1, 1910


670 67


559 13


111 54


July 1, 1910 to Jan. 1, 1911


675 59


457 16


218 43


Extras


25 03


21 45


3 58


$1668 17


$1243 70


$424 47


Sanatorium 12 months end-


ing Mar. 1, 1911


2443 81


$3687 51


Old water bills


413 18


13 66


399 54


$3701 17


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN W. MUNROE, Collector .


REPORT OF TOWN AUDITOR


This certifies that I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Water Commissioners and Selectmen, and found them to be correct.


CLIFFORD J. GRAY,


Rutland, March 14, 1911


Auditor


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REPORT OF


THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Of the Town of Rutland, for the year ending March 1, 1911


STATISTICS


Number of persons in town between five and fifteen years of age, as per school census September 1, 1910 206


Number of pupils enrolled since September 1, 1910 256


Average membershp for the year


223


Average attendance for the year


201.3


Per cent. of attendance 91


For the attendance by schools and terms, see the statistical table in the Superintendent's report.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT APPROPRIATIONS


Town appropriation


$4200 00


State for Superintendent


312 50


State, for High School


500 00


State, Income Mass. School Fund


930 73


City of Boston, tuition and transportation


169 00


Received for supplies


87


Town of Oakham, tuition


12 00


$6125 10


Overdrawn


185 53


$6310 63


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TOTAL EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS


Salaries of teachers


$3109 10


Transportation


1570 30


Supervision


460 00


Books and supplies


258 55


Repairs


71 96


Janitors


352 05


Fuel


423 15


Sundries


65 52


$6310 63


BILLS APPROVED TEACHERS SALARIES


Edward H. Leonard, Principal High School


$897 50


Miss Edith Peck. Asst. High School


176 00


Miss Mary Harwood, Asst. High School


240 00


Miss Edith W. Smith, Center Grammar


127 60


Miss Evelyn M. Morrow,


121 00


Miss Mildred Munsey, 66


44 00


Miss Marguerite Coydevant,


77 00


Miss Eva Allen,


Center Intermediate


242 00


Miss Nellie K. Bishop, 66


132 00


Miss Bessie Bartlett, Primary


374 00


Miss Katheryne McGrath, North Rutland


350 00


Miss Carlotta E. Hoenemann. West Rutland


108 00


Miss Helen Moran, West Rutland


220 00


$3109 10


TRANSPORTATION


Matthew Cullen


$360 80


Horace E. Smith


291 60


Dennis A. Smith


293 40


Weston R. Upham


244 50


Deler Laton


165 00


Mrs. Julia Davis


-168 00


George H. Rice


46 00


Lyman A. Baker


1 00


$1570 30


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SUPERVISION


Charles L. Randall, Superintendent


$400 00


Louis M. Hanff School Committee 25 00


Dennis A. Smith


66


10 00


William C. Temple 66 66


10 00


George S. Putnam, school census


15 00


$460 00


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES


E. E. Babb & Co. $77 68


J. L. Hammett & Co. 90 00


American Book Co.


24 41


Ginn & Co.


54 04


Knott Apparatus Co.


5 72


Silver, Burdett & Co.


3 20


D, C. Heath & Co.


2 00


Orville Brewer & Co.


1 50


$258 55


JANITORS


George H. Miles, Center Schools


$320 00


Francis Ware, West Rutland


16 50


Roy Handy, North Rutland


3 50


Mrs. Julia Davis, North Rutland


12 05


$352 05


FUEL


Center two-thirds fuel and sundries


$391 15


Joseph E. Ware, West Rutland


21 00


George M. Davis, North Rutland


11 00


$423 15


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REPAIRS


William H. Jefferson, shingles $46 68


A. C. Codding, labor and material 20 28


Duncan & Goodell Co., coat hooks 2 00


C. T. Oliver, labor 3 00


$71 96


SUNDRIES


Charles L. Randall, postage, office supplies, etc. $16 19


Louis M. Hanff, postage, express, telephone, etc. 5 75


F. S. Conant, repairing blocks 2 00


Walter Sargent, cleaning West Rutland School 2 91


Addie Blanchard, cleaning, No. Rutland school 3 15


Freight, express and supplies 3 50


C. H. Batchelder & Co., canvas for stools 4 00


H. D. Bray, washing windows, W. Rutland 1 75


George H. Miles, cash paid for repairing furnace 1 75


Denholm & McKay Co., water coolers, pails, etc. 16 32


Mrs. Elsie L. Nourse, washing towels 2 20


$59 52


STATE SCHOOL FUND


Received from State Treasurer $930 73


Transferred to general account for school bills 930 73


SCHOOL CENSUS


Mr. George S. Putnam was appointed enumerator, and reported as follows :


Number of boys between the ages of 5 and 15 119


Number of girls between the ages of 5 and 15 87


206


Number of boys between the ages of 7 and 14 93


Number of girls between the ages of 7 and 14 86 179


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REPAIRS


The town appropriated $300 for repairs or alterations on the Public Building. The entire amount and a little more was used in making a change in the school lavatories, doing away with the crematory system which had been condemned by the State Build- ing Inspector.


The change was made at the suggestion of the State Inspector, and was approved by him upon completion.


The account of expense on this work is :


Town appropriation $300 00


Received from sale of old brick


20 00


66 old iron and cement 12 30


$332 30


Overdrawn


41 68


$373 98


Paid G. H. Miles, plumbing work and material $260 78 C. T. Oliver, carpenter work 31 30


Marsh & Co,, cement 20 90


Wm. H. Maynard, mason work


17 86


W. H. Sawyer, lumber


21 85


P. S. O'Connor, teaming


9 95


E. Viner, gravel 25


B. & M. R. R., freight 2 14


American Express Co. 45


Brewer & Co., varnish and shellac 6 50


George W. Hudson, labor 2 00


$373 98


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CALENDAR-1911-12


SPRING TERM -- April 3 to June 23, inclusive, 12 weeks.


FALL TERM-High School, beginning August 28, grades Sep. 5 to Nov. 24, inclusive, 13 and 12 weeks.


WINTER TERM-Dec. 4 to Dec. 22, inclusive, 3 weeks. Jan. 1 to Feb. 16, inclusive, for grades, and to March 22, inclu- sive, for High School.


Making 34 weeks for the Grades and 40 weeks for the High School.


Your Committee has been obliged to overdraw the appropriation by about $185, which is accounted for by the increase of the Center Building expense over last year over $170.


To offset this there is over $100 worth of coal on hand.


The schools in the Center have for several years been overcowded, additional school room must be provided, the report of Superinten- dent Randall gives several plans for providing this room.


Respectfully submitted,


DENNIS A. SMITH, - School WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, LOUIS M. HANFF,


Rutland, March 1, 1911.


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REPORT OF THE


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


Holden, Mass., March 7, 1911


TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF RUTLAND,


GENTLEMEN :


In my third annual report I wish to review briefly the work of the past year and the present condition of the schools, and present in some detail the urgent need of better school accommodations in the immediate future at the center.


Subjoined to this report and forming a part of it will be found the reports of the High School Principal and School Physician, the Table of Statistics, and the Roll of Honor, for all of which I ask your care- ful consideration.


TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS


Four teachers have left our schools during the past year, several others have served in the Grammar School for a short period only during the present school year. Of these teachers one had been identified with the town for three years and deserves especial mention. Miss Nellie K. Bishop is a superior teacher; it was with genuine regret that her resignation was received, though we congratulate her upon her appointment to a better position.


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The strength of the schools is in their teachers, we can improve the quality of our schools only when we are able to offer such induce- ments to good teachers that they will be willing to remain with us for more than one year, constant changes will destroy both the good work and the discipline of any school.


The result of a more liberal policy in regard to salaries may be seen by all in our own High School. By increasing the salary of the the High School Principal sufficient to secure a competent man, the school has at once become successful. A similar course should be followed in the Grammar School, you would immediately see satis- factory results; believe me, it would be a good investment.


Your teachers in service at the present time are doing very com- mendable work. The High School, the Primary and Intermediate, and both districts are in good condition. The Grammar School has been a constant problem, not because of the unruly nature of the pupils, they are no worse than other boys and girls of like ages, but because of the large numbers in the room, and because the appropria- tion has not allowed us to employ an experienced teacher with an estab- lished record as a good manager. We have been obliged to hire either an experienced teacher who has never made a success or a young teacher with no experience. Miss Marguerite Coydevant, a graduate of Boston University, who completed the last term as a sub- stitute teacher in this school, made an excellent beginning and will, I hope, remain the next term as the regular teacher.


I recommend, then, in the center schools the paying of such salaries as will attract teachers of a few years experience, and will enable us to retain them for several years. It will further enable us to promote, both in position and salary, such young teachers as have had a year's successful experience in our districts.


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HIGH SCHOOL


At the beginning of the school year the course of studies of the high school was revised, and a printed copy placed in the hands of each pupil. This is a valuable step, as it systematizes the high school work and allows the pupil to make his choices of studies to better advantage. This course of studies will be printed after the report of the high school principal.


It will be advisable to equip a room in the basement as a laboratory, it is now recognized that a science room is as necessary for high school work as any other recitation room.


INCREASE OE SCHOOL YEAR


It would be a great benefit to the schools of this town if the school year could be increased in the common schools to thirty-six weeks, it would too, to a slight extent, be equivalent to an increase in salaries for the teachers. I recommend such an increase.


MUSIC


For two years I have advocated employing a special teacher of music. I will not repeat what I said in my report of last year but will again call your attention to page 46 of 1909 Report. If it is impossible to hire both a competent regular teacher and a music teacher, then I say give me the more efficient regular teacher, but the town which fails to enable the school board to give the pupils the benefit of this musical training is making a grevious and irremediable mistake. The cost for this town would be $170 per year, with perhaps an expenditure the first year of $50 for books.


VACCINATION


The following statute, without the exception, has been a school law since 1855. The exception dates from 1898 :


" A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate granted for cause stated therein, signed by a regular practising physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination."


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State Agent, George H. Martin, in a recent report says : " Nothing could be plainer or more mandatory, yet outside the cities the en- forcement by school authorities has been singularly lax. One of the salutary effects of medical inspection is the new life which it has put into this old law."


All parents who have children approaching the school age should see that this law is complied with.


BETTER SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS


If you will glance at the table of statistics under the columns headed Total Enrollment and Present Enrollment, you will see that there have been in the three center schools during the present school year 152 pupils, and that there are now 131, the decrease being mainly among the first grade pupils in the primary room who withdraw from school in the winter term.


The burden placed upon the teachers is far greater than they should be required to bear; the difference in nerve strain upon a teacher with 35 pupils and with 45 is almost inconceivable. When the teacher is destraught and overtired she cannot do for her school what she is expected to do. So it is virtually for the pupils and not for the teacher that I am urging this matter.


The law obliges us to place an assistant teacher in a room which has 50 pupils. Several times this has become necessary, but at the best it is a poor plan, it simply covers the law. Two teachers cannot work to advantage in a school unless there is a recitation room.


To hire an assistant then from time to time, placing her in the room where there are over 50 pupils, is but to temporize. What dif- ference whether there be 48 pupils in a room or 51 ? In both cases the room is overcrowded and the teacher is overworked, to the consequent detriment of the pupils.


Let us face the issue squarely, we need more room.


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This congested condition of the schools seems permanent and must be relived. The results of it are more manifest in the grammar room, on account of the of the age of the pupils, but are very much the same in the other two rooms.


A permanent relief can be granted only by obtaining another room and forming another school, thereby making four schools below the high school. Even with four schools each school will be large, as there would be from 32 to 38 pupils in a room, certainly all that should be given to a teacher.


Several agents of the State Board of Education have expressed sur- prise that no plan had been adopted for relieving the congested con- dition of these three schools.


PROPOSED PLANS FOR RELIEF


If then it is plain that this condition is permanent and that some means should be found for alleviating it, let us consider what action it is possible for the town to take. Upon careful consideration during the past year three plans appear feasable, two of which would give permanent relief and one only temporary.


These proposed plans are :


First .- To build a new high school house, leaving all the school rooms in the town building for the use of the common schools.


Second .- To build an addition on to the East side of the present building.


Third .- To build a one-room or " district " school house in that section of the town from which the largest number of scholars are now transported, opening a third rural school.


Irrespective of price the first plan is the best, there should be a new high school building. It will be the ideal solution of the difficulty and will prove most beneficial to the high school, increasing efficiency of the school, and without doubt increasing the numbers .. It will


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too allow the use of the present high school room for the opening of the fourth school, and will give the recitation room for other purposes, as for example, the use of the Town Officers, thereby allowing the use the present basement room for the location of the vault which must necessarily be built.


This solution, as I have said, is ideal but would cost at the lowest estimate $15000. If the town feels able to assume the expense then I most heartily recommend this plan, viz. Plan I.


The third plan, that of opening another district school, would I fear hardly pay. The relief would be but slight, some seven or eight from each room, and might come in such a way that the room which was most crowded would lose to the new district the fewest pupils. Furthermore, it is likely that even with a school house placed in the South section of the town, it would still be necessary to transport some of the pupils. Therefore I would dismiss this plan, Plan III, as possible but not advisable.


The second plan proposed, that of building an annex on to the east side of the town building has much in its favor. It is compara- tively inexpensive. It would not deface the architecture of the build- ing. It would allow a good room for opening a fourth school. It would allow a room for the use of town officers. It would give op- portunity for building a vault in the basement room, also for fitting up a portion of this room as a laboratory.


Considering expense as well as practicability I recommed this plan, Plan II, to you, and through you to the citizens of Rutland.


STATISTICS


I am pleased to note that there is a slight increase in the per cent. of attendance over the record of last year. The average per cent. in . the State is I think 91.


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Regular attendance on all school sessions is a most important habit for pupils to form. Parents and guardians can do much for the child if they impress upon him the fact that nothing but ill health must keep him from school. Teachers and parents are requested to en- courage the pupils to strive to have their names on the Honor Roll.


I saw in a recent report the name of a child who had been perfect in attendance for nine years. The few words stating this fact speak volumes both for child and parents.


In closing allow me to express appreciation of the unfailing loyalty of the teachers and support of the committee.


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES L. RANDALL, Superintendent


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REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL


TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


DEAR SIR :


In my report at this time last year I could express only my im- pressions and my hopes for the future. Since then I have had an opportunity to become acquainted with the school and its members and can now speak from experience.


The handicap that was bound to attend the change of teachers in the middle of the year was largely overcome by the attitude of the pupils. From the first they showed an earnestness and endeavor that had to bring results. The close of school in the spring found the three classes in excellent condition, having made good progress and being in shape to begin this new year well.




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