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In any particular in which the work of the Junior High School can be extended the coming year to provide for various types of pupils, I believe that therein is the place for greater emphasis, and emphasis means expense. For in these days, expense is not only justified, but it is our duty to make it, if it leads to keeping young Americans in school and making them more efficient for our country in whatever direction they are by nature best adapted. Our responsibility in Swampscott is very plain. Our children as a rule do not leave school at the first legal oppor- tunity. They leave only when they have floundered around in the 7th, 8th, or 9th years of school, and becoming misfits and over age leave
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because there is no place for them or because they are railroaded out by a system that has been based too much on the principle of the survival of the fittest.
To meet this need our work must be gradually extended in the direction of Manual Training, shop-work, study of vocations, real business train- ing, Domestic Science, Housekeeping, and purely technical and college preparation. For the immediate future I recommend :
That the work in Manual Training be made more vital to the boys of this school by transferring the equipment to the Junior High School building. At the present time 70 per cent of the classes at the High School building in Manual Training are composed of boys who go back and forth from the Hadley building. This is a tremendous waste of time and educational control. It is the purest economy to make this change.
In this connection I further recommend that boys in Manual Training classes be required to make articles or repairs available for the department, always providing that the instructor believes them sufficiently prepared to under- take any given task. In the coming year I recommend that Domestic Science be extended to include cooking, dressmak- ing, housekeeping, and dietics, and that a course of sufficient length and intensity be offered to girls, to be worth some- thing to them commercially, after they have completed it.
For the purpose of better serving the pupils in purely pre- paratory directions I recommend the extension of the French courses to the 7th year and the introduction of Spanish in the 9th year.
I have said that expense in perfecting the Junior High School is justifi- able, but in the preceding recommendations I have considered only those matters which may be adopted without extra considerable expense.
Costs.
The following table of costs differs somewhat from that of former years. The reason is that with the introduction of the Junior High School a great many items previously charged to High School accounts are now so closely related to Elementary School expense that separation under the present system prescribed by the State is impossible. This fact prevents a consistent comparison with the same units of a year ago. It is to be hoped that the State Board will adopt some method of classifying expense under this new division of years.
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1916
1917
Increase. Dec. %
1,358
1,345
I3 I
Average membership . Amount expended for the support of the schools
. $60,019 41 $64,317 41
$4,298
7.1
Average membership of High School ·
288
280
8
2.8
Average membership of Elem. Schools
1,070
1,065
5
.4
Total cost per unit of average membership
$44 19
$47 82
$3.63
8.1
Cost of conducting
High School per unit of av. membership .
$69 87
$77 80
$7.93
II.3
Appropriation asked, 1918, $66,500 00
Expended, 1917, $64,317 41
$2,182 59
3.4
Membership for January, 1918, 1,408
For January, 1917
1,398
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In Appendix D to this report, as in former years, I have compared cer- tain data of the Swampscott schools with those of a number of other towns. The basis for selection is a classification made by the state a few years ago in which these towns were grouped as being similar in valua- tion, size and general type. The item to which I would call your atten- tion is that of the per capita cost of education. As was the case last year, this item for Swampscott continues to be the lowest in the list. By referring to the table of last year, I find that in all cases but one the per capita cost increased. Barnstable is a few cents lower this year than in 1915-1916.
Conclusion.
Commissioner Smith at a recent public meeting in Swampscott stated that he had heard it said, conversationally, that of all the school systems in this part of the state Swampscott's was the most democratic. By this it was meant that vital interest and loyalty to the schools were shared by all classes and types of citizens. I feel that this is true and that the belief is shared by my associates in the teaching staff. It was only last year in my report that I expressed in these words, the hope that this might grow to be the case : "But in order that our whole educational structure may be developed beautifully and efficiently, it is most necessary that the faith of the community shall be strong in the work that we are doing." Even the rumor that this condition exists is exceedingly gratifying.
Let me assure the parents through you that we are endeavoring to show our appreciation of their interest and loyalty to the cause of education by seeking to be of proper service to every child of every parent.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLARD M. WHITMAN,
Superintendent of Schools.
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APPENDIX A. Census and Attendance Statistics.
SCHOOL YEAR, SEPTEMBER, 1916, TO JUNE, 1917.
Number of boys 5 years of age or over and under 16 699
Number of girls 5 years of age or over and under 16
659
Total
1,358
Number of boys 5 years of age or over and under 7 .
147
Number of girls 5 years of age or over and under 7
138
Total
285
Number of boys 7 years of age or over and under 14 Number of girls 7 years of age or over and under 14
459
425
Total
884
Number of boys 14 years of age or over and under 16
93
Number of girls 14 years of age or over and under 16
96
Total
189
Total enrollment in the schools
1,456
High School enrollment
292
Elementary School enrollment .
· 1,164
Average membership .
1,378
Average daily attendance
1,301
Per cent of attendance
· 94.4
APPENDIX B.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, FALL TERM, 1917. ALL SCHOOLS.
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per cent of Attendance
September
1,371
1,333
97.3
October
1,382
1,330
96.4
November
1,378
1,322
96.2
December
1,365
1,26I
91.9
The normal distribution of membership among the several schools was as follows, showing comparison with Fall Term, 1916 :-
School
1916
1917
Variation
Per cent Variation
High
285
217
-68
-23.8
Hadley
591
578
-13
- 2.2
Clarke
290
307
+17
+ 6.0
Machon
161
163
+ 2
+ 1.2
Palmer
60
109
+49
+81.7
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APPENDIX C Report of Attendance Officer
ABSENTEES
January
February
March
April
May
June
Sept.
October
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Complaints received .
10
6
23
4
4
3
17
44
23
17
151
Visits made .
15
IO
31
6
5
5
21
63
31
25
221
Cases of truancy .
2
O
3
0
0
O
3
9
7
3
2
Inexcusible absences
3
3
9
3
O
I
6
IO
3
6
44
Apprehended on street
O
O
3
O
0
2
I
0
0
6
Enforcement of labor law
O
O
O
O
2
9
7
2
20
Cases reported to Supt. of schools .
I
2
4
O
I
O
5
7
7
O
27
Cases reported to State Board of Charity
O
0
4
0
4
Cases brought in court
0
O
3
O
3
Cases put on probation
O
0
O
O
I 1
Cases com. Essex Count. Train. School
O
0
O
O
2
O
2
-
*Probation violated committed to Essex County Training School.
O
*1
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APPENDIX D Comparison of the Cost of Swampscott Schools with Other Towns, 1916-17
(This classification of towns is taken from the Report of the State Board of Education and based on similiarity in size and valuation)
TOWN
Population 1916
Valuation April 1, 1916
Tax Rate 1916
Average Member- ship
Total Amount Available for Support of Schools
Cost per Pupil from Total Expendi- ture
Comparative Standing of Same Among 353 Cities and Towns
Amount Expended for Schools on Every $1,000 of Valuation
Standing of Same Among 353 Cities and Towns
Average Membership in High Schoo
Cost per Pupil in High School
Milton
8,600
$35,438,639
$14 20
1,425
$93,123 96
$65 35
43
$2 62
336
309
$89 63
Wellesley
6,439
21,825,867
12 00
1,068
67,611 21
63 31
48
3 07
324
184
123 27
Lexington
5,538
10,218,746
23 00
1,18S
56,779 53
47 79
139
5 17
208
244
79 16
Winchester . .
10,005
19,752,125
18 40
1,6$4
$6,513 03
51 37
113
4 32
278
371
82 02
Barnstable . ·
4,995
9,304,2$3
18 10
917
41,493 64
45 25
155
4 36
276
142
SS 84
Falmouth . .
3,917
20,614,439
10 20
709
47,254 09
66 65
41
2 25
342
114
142 56
Swampscott . .
7,345
16,517,900
20 00
1,378
59,365 62
43 08
176*
3 59
307
269
S2 94
Canton
5,623
7,038,466
18 So
662
33,537 15
50 66
119
4 69
246
171
66 54
Hingham
5,264
9,015,358
19 70
S89
48,448 68
54 50
96
5 08
217
308
71 55
43 74
4 64
.
*Note that the per capita cost of education in Swampscott is lower than any of these towns with which it may be compared and lower than the average for the State.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
1917]
APPENDIX E GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE
Swampscott High School CLASS OF 1917
June 26, 1917
Hadley School Hall, Swampscott, Massachusetts PROGRAM
I. SALUTATORY-"Democracy" Sally Shreve Pickering
2. CHORUS-Selections from "Aida" . Verdi
3. ESSAY-"The Good Results of the War" Daniel Francis Pierre
4 . PIANO SOLO-Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 13. . · Liszt
Esther Sampson
5. ESSAY-"Autocracy in Germany" Donald Hersey Chase
6. CHORUS-"The Village Blacksmith" . Noyes
Obligato by Minnie E. Blocksidge
7. ADDRESS Samuel J. Elder, Esq.
S. VALEDICTORY-"True Patriotism" Emily Catherine Acker
9. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Rev. Edward Tillotson, Chairman of the School Committee
IO. PRESENTATION OF THE PHILLIPS MEDALS Principal George W. Low
II. CLASS SONG
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DIPLOMAS
Five Year Course
Emily Catherine Acker Walter Edward Carr
Kenneth Ivory McKennon
Ellen Gertrude Maitland
William Edgar Carter, Jr.
Pamelia Stetson Peabody
Donald Hersey Chase Marjorie Coulthurst Albert Ellis Devitt
Alan Edward Ricker
Alice Louise Flagg
Edward Howard Rock Esther Sampson
Louise Whiting Foster
Marion Catherine Smith
Elizabeth Goldsmith Goodwin
Robert Alfred Smith
Nina Eleanor Graves
John Harold Stevens
Marion Beatrice Harlow
Francis Joseph Turner
Dorothy Drew Honors
George Edward Vance
Alice Hortense Hoyt
Philip Bessom Warnock
Francis William Johnson
Hazel Belle Watts
Francis Thomas Kain
Josephine Lampard
Henrietta Agnes Weber Dorothy Isabelle Webster
Four Year Course
Arvid Simmons Anderson
Bernard Bornstein
Florace Goddard Marden
Henry Archibald Butt
Irene Grace Miller
Sherwood Lewis Morrill
Thirza Felt Palmer
Daniel Francis Pierre
Richard Fleming, Jr.
Frederick Hutchinson Pomeroy
Ernest Fritjof Reinholm
Dorothy Charlotte Hall Velma Jones
Freda Charlotte Sherin
Dorothy Streamberg
Marion Harvey Underwood
CLASS SONG
Parting from thee, O Swampscott High School, Fore'er to leave thy portals fair, Starting are we on life's long journey, Ever our best to do or dare.
Gathering from thee, inspiration, As we each climb to our goal ; Schoolday friendships, faithful, constant, Comrades true in heart and soul.
Wandering o'er life's storm-swept prairie, Sometimes, perhaps, tho' far astray, Our thoughts of thee, O Alma Mater, Will keep us steadfast on our way.
Words by Freda C. Sherin Music by Esther Sampson
Raymond Joseph Carroll Lyle Cate Walter Francis Delano
Florence Doris Libby
Leonard Nelson Kennedy Philip Leawood
Sally Shreve Pickering
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1917]
APPENDIX F
GRADUATION EXERCISES
CLASS OF 1917
Hadley Grammar School
Hadley School Hall
Friday Evening, February 9, 1917
PROGRAM.
"Hymn of Peace" Beethoven
"Clang of the Forge"
Rodney
Hadley School Choral Club. "THE LITTLE PRINCESS" A Play for Children and Grown-up Children In Three Acts by Frances Hodgson Burnett
ACT. I. At Miss Minchin's Boarding School
ACT. 2. A Garret at Miss Minchin's
ACT. 3. In Mr. Garrisford's Study
" The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls " Webbe
" Welcome Pretty Primrose " Pinsutı
Presentation of Class Gift
Edward Joseph Dempster, President of Class of 1917
" Recessional " . Huss
Presentation of Diplomas
Rev. Edward Tillotson, Chairman School Committee
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"THE LITTLE PRINCESS"
CHARACTERS
Sara Crewe
Miss Minchin
Becky
Ermengarde
Inez Dow Virginia Knowlton Mildred Connell
Lottie .
Lavinia
Janet .
Margaret Acker Anna Fitzpatrick Elizabeth Delano
Jessie .
. Bessie George . Bernetta Moore
Donald
Herbert Conner
Amelia
Ruth Brown
Mr. Carmichael .
Edward Dempster
Mrs. Carmichael
. Alice De Veau
Mr. Carrisford
Richard Hills Horace R. Parker, Jr.
Ram Dass
. Joseph Strong
Emma
. Julia Haseltine
James .
. Patrick Cryan
Servant
. Leroy Durkee
and a Rat
Graduates of February, 1917
Margaret Goodwin Acker
Mary Beatrice Glidden
Ruth Sarah Brown
Edgar Victor Groome
Margaret Elizabeth Cafferty
Julia Helen Heseltine
Mildred Mary Connell
Richard Hills
Herbert Winslow Conner
Doris Steere Howland
James Henry Coville
Enid Keyzer
Patrick James Cryan
Virginia Knowlton
Elizabeth Josephine Delano
Bernard Lancelot Mahoney
Alice Katharine DeVeau
Bernetta May Moore
Edward Joseph Dempster
Raymond Hall Owen
Inez Nellie Elizabeth Dow
Horace Rowell Parker, Jr.
Leroy Dana Durkee
Doris Lillian Rideout
Eleanor Farrell
Marjorie Marie Stiles
Anna Margaret Fitzpatrick
Joseph Pinsent Strong
Edgar William Thomas
Howard Francis Foran Bessie May George
Theodore Wilson Wyman
Officers
President
Edward Dempster
Vice President
Enid Keyzer
Secretary
Eleanor Farrell
Treasurer
Herbert Conner
Hadley School Choral Club
President Enid Keyzer
Vice President
Charles Flagg
Secretary-Treasurer
Mary Glidden
Accompanist Herbert Irvine '16
Margaret Cafferty . Marjorie Stiles
Mazie
Lilly
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APPENDIX G School Directory. School Telephones.
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Clarke
2127
Hadley
2067
High
2574
Machon
4858
Palmer
1954
Teachers.
High School.
George W. Low, Principal
Nellie L. Hadley
Ethel M. Fletcher
Ruth Everett
Harriet M. Dillon
M. Helen Vaile
Emily A. Cunningham
Roy H. Walch
A. Lillian Rideout
Mary F. Davis
Maebelle Adams
Carrie J. Fish
Georgia S. Williams
15 Bay View avenue 42 Farragut road 4 Durham street, Boston 19 Andrew road 150 Redington street 17 Ingalls terrace 3 Essex street, Lynn 25 Cedar Hill terrace
15 Farragut road 74 Paradise road 117 Paradise road 121 Norfolk avenue 72 Middlesex avenue
Junior High School.
Elizabeth P. Dame, Assistant
Marion Collyer
Louise E. Hoch
Ada C. Bundy
Lena Jenkins Emily McFadden
Anna A. Lowe Mary E. King M. Helen Vaile
Roy H. Walch
259 Humphrey street 259 Humphrey street 169 Humphrey street 95 Banks road 38 Rockland street 187 Burrill street 22 Beach avenue 38 Rockland street 17 Ingalls terrace 25 Cedar Hill terrace
Hadley School.
Elizabeth P. Dame, Principal
Eva L. Knowlton VI
Pauline Flagg VI
Frances Gould V
Mabel Verry IV Marion Newcomb III Katharine Y. Prescott II
Dorothy Jasinsky I
198 Humphrey street 978 Humphrey street 7 Nichols street, Danvers 304 Broadway, Everett 60 Greenwood avenue 23 Huron street, Lynn 94 Walker road
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Clarke School.
Alice L. Shaw, Principal
Jean G. Allan, VI
Alice T. Durgin, VI
Mabel S. Knight, V
E. Jane Owen, V
Amy Fenwick, IV Edith A. Farnum, III
Marjorie M. Grey, II
Anna F. Willey, I
9 Farragut road 42 Farragut road
45 Pleasant street
43 Norfolk avenue 90 Norfolk avenue 255 Burrill street 133 Norfolk avenue 255 Burrill street 56 Rockland street
Machon School.
Elsie M. Hussey, Principal and IV
Isabel O. Delorey, III
M. Elizabeth Williams, II
Mabel I. Colby, I
I22 Norfolk avenue 84 Greenwood avenue 4 Chapman street, Beverly 67 New Park street, Lynn
Palmer School.
Louise C. Stanley, Principal and Grades II, III Blanche E. Doyle, IV, V.
Jessie Martin, I
149 Humphrey street 149 Humphrey street 5 Elmwood terrace
Supervisor.
East Dedham, Mass.
Robert W. Gibb, Music Leave of absence for military duty Assistant Bandmaster, Camp Devens, Ayer
Joseph Kershaw, Substitute Music Supervisor
Helen Foster, Domestic Science
Lulu M. Dix, Drawing
Leave of absence 1917-1918
Marion R. Jones, Substitute Drawing Supervisor S. Perry Congdon, Manual Training
Charles F. Cuddy, Physical Training
Boston, Mass. 41 Thomas road 40 Paradise road
Janitors.
Fred M. Wardwell, High James Warnock, Hadley Leverett Holder, Clarke Abram Stone, Machon
Arthur McNamara, Palmer
23 Ingalls terrace 179 Burrill street 19 Elmwood road 84 Pine street 802 Humphrey street
School Physicians.
Dr. Ralph E. Bicknell Dr. Loring Grimes Dr. Howard K. Glidden
Dr. Harry M. Lowd
High and Palmer Clarke Hadley Machon
Attendance Officer.
Charles W. Burrill
263 Burrill street
Hyde Park, Mass. 269 Humphrey street
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TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
1917]
Report of the Town Engineer.
To the Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN :- Herewith I submit my fifth annual report of the services rendered by the engineering department for the various town departments for the year ending December 31, 1917.
The Engineering Department has had charge of the following line of work: The designing and superintending of the construction of all drains and sewers, together with the specifications and estimates of the same; the establishing of street lines and curb grades for curbstones and granolithic sidewalks ; all data and plans relating to the laying out of streets for acceptance as public ways, and all engineering questions which come before the boards of the several departments,
During the past year the estimates approved by this department have amounted to $36,000, and all contracts under our charge have been com- pleted according to the specifications therein described.
Storm Water Drainage.
The Marshall street concrete conduit has been extended to Puritan road. To complete the Marshall street drain system, this concrete conduit should be extended about 175 feet to the present stone culvert in Humphrey street.
The Thomas road drain has been replaced by a 20-inch pipe and the water diverted through Shaw road to the Mudge brook conduit.
The small stone culvert across Harrison avenue has been replaced by a larger concrete one and the grade lowered at this section. It is necessary that the brook which flows through private property should be lowered to conform with an established grade to obtain the desired results.
It is imperative that all storm water channels opened and enclosed should be at all times free from all deposits which would obstruct the free flow of water to the sea.
Sewers.
The sewer system of the town has been extended in the following streets : Humphrey street, Greenwood avenue, Hillcrest circle, Greenwood terrace, Roy street, Lodge road, Banks road, Essex street, Cedar Hill terrace, and Bay View avenue, and conforms with the plans and specifi- cations furnished the contractor by this department.
The contract for a portion of the Eastern Intercepting Sewer has been awarded and construction begun. This section is the most expensive one, being a cut of twenty-eight feet through the divide which separates the eastern and western sections of the town.
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The new concrete pumping station has been completed in accordance with the plans which will install all pumps and motors of a horizontal type in a clean and dry chamber.
Continuous Sidewalks.
Lines and grades have been given in the various streets as designated by the Board of Selectmen for the laying of 1,321 feet of curbing, 2, 102 square yards of granolithic sidewalks, 371 square yards of tar sidewalks, and 7,962 square feet of parking.
This required a careful study of curb grades, and stone bounds have been set at the initial points of all established street lines within the limits of the work.
Selectmen's Department.
Data and estimates have been furnished at various times for use in the Selectmen's department and plans submitted for their approval.
Assessors' Department.
The sectional plans of this department have been brought up to date and a card index of each sectional plan.
Town Survey.
The co-ordinate survey of the town has been extended when it did not interfere with the construction work of the town, and to date there are completed eighteen sectional sheets of 1,500,000 square feet each.
In conclusion, I wish to express my deep appreciation of the courtesies shown me by the various departments and by private engineers, who have kindly furnished me with much private data, thereby greatly assisting the work of this department.
Respectfully submitted,
1
WALLACE W. PRATT,
Town Engineer.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1917.
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FIRE ENGINEERS' REPORT.
1917]
Board of Fire Engineers' Report.
To the Board of Selectmen :
The Board of Fire Engineers submits herewith its report for the year 1917 and recommendations for 1918.
The present board assumed charge May Ist and organized with George P. Cahoon as Chairman, Wiear L. Rowell and Horace R. Parker, Clerk.
Acting as a joint committee with the Selectmen, an American LaFrance combination six cylinder motor hook and ladder truck was purchased by the board, and the truck was delivered at Swampscott on December II and accepted and placed in service, December 15, at the New Ocean street engine house. The old horse-drawn truck was turned over to the LaFrance people as part of the contract price, and the horses were turned over to the Highway Department.
The work of connecting the fire alarm whistle on the Town Hall with the underground cable from the headquarters was completed by R. W. LeBarron, of Arlington, early in the fall. During the summer the Game- well Company retimed the several boxes of the system and at the same time reduced the number of rounds in most of them from four to three.
In view of the large amount of property owned by the E. R. Grabow Co., which, if destroyed, would constitute a loss of revenue for the town, the Board has felt that it would be a matter of insurance for the town if an eight inch main was laid in the driveway that runs across the property from Humphrey street to Puritan road, thus permitting the plac- ing of two hydrants in the rear of the New Ocean House. The Water Board has estimated the cost of such a main and hydrant connection at $2,761.25. The Board has not approached the owners of the property regarding the matter, and has no idea as to whether they would be willing to assume any portion of this expense. Neither is it ready, on account of the demands for the most rigid economy, to offer the plan as a recom- mendation, but rather as a suggestion, to be considered at some future time when conditions and time will warrant it.
On the night of Friday, November 2, while responding to an alarm of fire at the Lincoln house, Combination B, driven by Captain Fred G. Greenough, collided with a tree at the corner of Burrill street and Thomas road. The apparatus was not put out of commission and continued on to the fire. The full extent of the damage to the machine consisted of the breaking off of a lantern bracket, the breaking of two lanterns, the bend- ing of the suction hose and bending of the mudguard. The total cost of repairs was $21.20, the American LaFrance Co., being paid $19.70 for lanterns, holders, bolts and nuts, J. R. North, $1.50 for labor. The hose and mudguard were bent back into shape by the permanent men of the department.
As a result of this accident charges were prefered against Captain
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Greenough, and after being given a public hearing he was discharged from the department. Acting upon the authority of the Civil Service Commis- sion, Frank W. Oulton, who has been a member of the department since September 1, 1904, and a permanent man since September 1, 1912, was appointed captain to fill the vacancy. By the same authority, Harold L. Jacobs, who has been a member of the department since December, 1913, was appointed temporary driver, pending an examination to be held at such time as the Civil Service Commission may designate. In this con- nection it may be well to state that hereafter a man who desires a position as a permanent member of the department must be one who is familiar with motor apparatus and capable of running the same, as with the one day off in five every man must be available as a spare driver of any of the pieces of kit. The fact that all are of the same make, makes such a require- ment less arduous than it would be with several kinds to keep track of at all times.
The department has been particularly fortunate in regard to the work- ings of the draft, only one man, a call member, Charles E. Kezer, being taken in the draft so far. Several other members are, however, liable and one permanent man, Thomas S. Leadbetter, has already enlisted and awaits the call to service, a fact which should be borne in mind by those who are contemplating making application for examination.
During the year it was found necessary to spend quite a sum of money on the Phillips Beach house on account of a leak which developed in the roof over the side entrance. A new furnace flue pipe was also required to remove all danger of fire. The cost of these repairs was $95.25.
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