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526.3
12
66
1,079.0
334.0
1
.
285,952.8
23,059.6
25,780.4
860.3
517
Total number of feet
335,653.1
Total number of miles
63,570
Gates .
517
6 in. Blow-offs
7
Hydrants
382
4 in. Blow-offs
. 10
Valves, 12 in.
2
2 in. Blow-offs
1
Automatic Air Valves
.
6 Check Valve (14 in.)
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1
313 feet of 1 in. pipe taken out of East street and replaced with 14 in. galvanized iron pipe.
Accompanying this will be found the report of the Engineer of the Pumping Station.
In conclusion, I desire to thank the Water Board for their advice, courtesy, and ready co-operation ; also the employees of this Department for their zeal and the efficient manner in which they have discharged their duties.
Respectfully submitted,
IVERS M. LOW,
Superintendent.
Feet. 250.0
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. GREAT POND, WEYMOUTH, WATER ANALYSIS, (PARTS IN 100,000).
DATE OF
APPEARANCE.
ODOR.
Residue on Evaporation.
AMMONIA.
NITROGEN AS
ALBUMINOID.
NUMBER.
Collection.
Examination.
Turbidity.
Sediment.
Color.
Total.
Fixed.
Free.
Total.
In Solution.
In Suspension
Chlorine.
Nitrites.
Nitrates.
Oxygen Consumed.
Hardness.
1905
1905
52690 Jan. 11 Jan. 13
Very Slight
Very |Slight
.62
Faintły Vegetable. Faintly Vegetable and
4.10 2.40 1.70
.0014 .0158 .0148 .0010 .55 .0060 .0001
0.84
0.5
Great Pond.
53596 |Apr.
3 Apr. 5
Very Slight
Slight
.75
Vegetable. Faintly Vegetable and Distinctly Vegetable. Unpleasant. Unpleasant. Distinetly Vegetable. Very Faintly Vegetable.
3.40 1.95 1.45 .0040 .0206 .0154 .0052 .56 .0020 .0001
0.75
0.3
Great Pond.
55078 June 30 July
3
None
Very Slight
.66
57364 Oct. 1 Oct. 11
Very Slight
Very Slight
.43
Faintly Vegetable.
3.85 1.70 2.15 .0042 .0172 .0166 .0006 .63 .0010 .0000
0.46
0.5
Great Pond.
273
TAKEN FROM.
Cold.
Hot.
Loss on Ignition.
Distinctly 3.75 1.95 1.80 .0032 .0180 .0158 .0022 .58 .0060 .0000
0.65
0.5 Great Pond.
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
January 1, 1906.
To the Board of Water Commissioners and Superintendent of Water Works :
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith submit my report for year just ended.
I have continued the practice of getting right after repairs as soon as required, and will say that everything about Pumping Station is in fairly good condition, with exception of old boiler.
The new boiler which was installed the latter part of the year of 1904, and was started for the first time on January 25th, 1905, and after same was thoroughly tested and slight leaks made tight, was put on regular work, and has proved a very good boiler for the Station, handling the whole plant during the summer when Station was running at its fullest capacity at different times ; and, though plenty large for one pump, is a good boiler for the future, and on examining the following records of the performance of both engines, you will note a gain in economy (that is, gallons of water pumped per lb. of coal, on total coal used during the year) and most of the work was done with new boiler. I have changed all pipes and fittings leading from boiler-feed pumps to hot-well, to brass pipe and brass fittings, instead of iron, as same was con- siderably corroded.
Other changes and repairs to piping, valves and pumping appar- atus were made as soon as they were required.
The new Hydraulic Valve recently installed is working very satisfactorily, and is of great help when changing from high service pumping to low service pumping, with engines running, which I have to do several times in the day during the summer months.
From my data of measurements which I have taken at Great Pond, I find that pond was at its highest point on, or about, April 13th, it being on this date two inches above what is called high water, and at its lowest point on, or about November 24th, it being on that date fifty-three inches below high water.
Yours Respectfully, C. B. KLINGEMANN, Engineer.
RECORD OF BLAKE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1905
Separate Days Pumping ..
H. M.
H. M.
Rev.
Gals.
Ft.
٥
Lbs.
Lbs.
Lbs.
Lbs.
Gals.
Gals.
Ft. Lbs.
Ft. Lbs.
January .. ...
28
135 25
4 50
264,090
9,243,150
154
92º
6,055
25,195
31,250
4,756
296
367
37,96),903
47,960,903
*March . .. ..
1
3 55
3 55
7,857
274,995
161
98°
80
700
780
101
352
393
47,301,490
52,707,375
April
30
140 20
4 41
269,855
9,444,925
153
98°
5,560
26,050
31,610
4,224
299
362
38,120,553
46,245,325
May ..
21
125 55
6
00
244,641
8,562,435
151
96°
2,890
23,410
26,300
3,368
325
366
40,979,747
46,014,927
June ..
..
20
123 45
6
11
224,560
7,859,600
151
98°
2,245
20,695
22,940
2,745
343
380
43,129,885
47,797,080
July
22
176 50
02
333,710
11,679,850
142
105°
2,440
28,350
30,790
4,205
379
412
44,873,856
48,738,090
August ..
23
138 00
6 00
258,951
9,063,285
145
104°
2,850
22,800
25,650
3.284
353
397
42,704,125
48,047,528
September ..
23
112 25
4
53
211,790
7,412,650
154
100°
3,775
19,825
23,600
3,008
314
374
40,312,292|
47,981,916
October .....
November ..
30
121 45
4 04
215,663
7,548 205
153
92º
5,330
22,340
27,670
3,796
273
338
34,793,843 43,060,299
December ...
Totals and averages.
198
1078 20
5 24
2,031,117
71,089,095
152
989
31,225
189,365
220,590
29,487
322
375
40,820,403
47,550,405
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Against Pump.
Hot-well.
Wood :
Coal in Pounds.
Rising Steam, Bank-
ing Building.
Pumping.
Total Coal.
Ashes.
No. Gallons Pumped per
lb. of Coal for Total Coal.
lb. of Coal while Pump- No. Gallons Pumped per
Average Duty in Foot
lbs. per 100 ibs. Coal on
Average Duty in Foot
Pounds per 100 Pounds
of Coal while Pumping.
MONTHS.
Number Hours Pumping.
Average Number Hours
Pumping.
Total Number Revolutions
per Month.
Total Number of Gallons
Pumped per Month.
Average Dynamic Head
Average Temperature of
Lbs. of Wood.
COAL CONSUMED.
ing Fires and Heat-
ing.
Total Coal.
February ....
....
* Testing New Boiler.
275
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RECORD OF DEANE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1905
Separate Days Pumping.
Number Hours Pumping.
Average Number Hours Pumping.
Total Number Revolutions
Total Number of Gallons
Average Dynamic Head
Average Temperature of
Lbs. of Wood.
10
Coal in Pounds.
Rising Steam, Bank-
ing Fires and Heat-
ing Building.
Pumping.
Total Coal.
Ashes.
No. Gallons Pumped per
lb. of Coal on Total Coal.
lb. of Coal while Pump- No. Gallons Pumped per
Average Duty in Foot lbs.
per 100 lbs. Coal on Total
Average Duty in Foot lbs.
per 100 lbs. Coal while Pumping.
January .. ...
31
H. M. 115 10
H. M. 3 43
Rev. 214,487
Gals. 7,507,045
Ft. 153
Q 92°
Lbs.
Lbs. 6,040
Lbs. 21,170
Lbs. 27,210
Lbs. 3,510
Gals. 276
Gals. 354
Ft. Lbs.
Ft. Lbs. 35,166,039 45,206,124
February ...
Marclı . . .. . .
31
149 50
4 50
280,343
9,812,005
155
94°
5,665
28,165
33,830
4,480
290
348
37,473,246 45,025,673
April .. . . . ..
21
123 05
5 52
226,923
7.942,305
151
95°
2,550
21,810
24,360
3,108
326
364
41,026,544
45,804,418
June. ..
28
121 55
4 21
219,220
7,672,700
152
97º
2,995
20,275
23,270
2,790
330
378
41,889,077
47,941,745
July. ..
30
146 30
1
53
264,770)
9,266,950
143
104°
2,760
23,815
26,575
3,610
349
389
41,546,665
46,360,636
August .... ..
18
100 10
5 34
183,320
6,416,200
147
103º
2,240
16,955
19,195
2,457
334
378
40,962,226|
46,354,281
September ...
9
42 30
4
43
77,147
2,700,145
153
99°
1,385
7,175
8,560
1,096
315
376
40,222,960
47,995,025
October .....
31
152 50
4 56
277,020
9,695,700
155
96°
4,995
26,085
31,080
4,155
312
372
40,318,037 48,036,472
November ..
31
122 20
3 57
211,750
7,411,2 0
155
91°
5,225
22,925
28,150
5,668
263
323
34,009,099
41,786,553
Totals and averages.
230
[1,074 20
4 45
1,954,980
68,424,300
152
97º
33,855
188,375
222,230
28,874
308
363
39,000,837 46,008,727
276
MONTHS.
per Month.
Pumped per Month.
Agamst Pump.
Hot-well.
Wood :
COAL CONSUMED.
ing.
Coal.
May . ..
December .. .
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE J
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
1905.
WEYMOUTH MASS. : GAEZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1906.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Term Expires.
William A. Drake, Chairman
March, 1906
F. E. Loud, Secretary
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March, 1906
H. F. Perry
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March, 1907
Charles H. Willoby .
March, 1907
Mary F. Holbrook
March, 1908
J. A. Cushing .
March, 1908
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STANDING COMMITTEES.
Text-books .- Mrs. Holbrook, Messrs. Drake, Willoby.
Supplies .- Messrs. Loud, Cushing, Drake.
Teachers .- Messrs. Perry Drake and Mrs. Holbrook.
Fuel .- Messrs. Cushing, Perry.
Repairs .- Messrs. Cushing, Willoby.
Finance .- Mrs. Holbrook, Willoby.
Regular meetings of the Committee are held the first Tuesday in each month at the Water Commissioners' Room, East Wey- mouth.
SUPERINTENDENT.
Abner A. Badger, 786 Commercial street, East Weymouth, Mass. Office hours : Monday at close of school, Athens. Tues- day at close of school, Jefferson. Wednesday at close of school, Howe. Thursday at close of school, Hunt. Monday, Tuesday, Friday, 4.30 to 5.30 at home.
SCHOOL CALENDAR.
Winter term begins January 1, 1906. ends March 23, 1906, 12 weeks. Spring term begins April 2, 1906, ends June 22, 1906, 12 weeks. Fall term begins September 4, 1906, ends December 21, 1906, 16 weeks. Winter term begins December 31, 1906, ends March 22, 1907, 12 weeks.
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HOLIDAYS.
Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL 2-2.2.
At 7.30 a. m. no school in any grade during the a. m. At 8 a. m. no school in grades I and II. At 11.45 a. m. no school in grades I and II during the p. m. At 12.45 p. m. no school in any grade during the p. m.
To the citizens of Weymouth :
Your School Committee has the honor to submit herewith its annual report, together with the report of the Superintendent of Schools and the appended statistics.
The first of April we were again confronted with the resignation of the Superintendent of Schools. Mr. John C. Anthony, after a service of only four months, which promised to be of exceptional value to our schools, tendered his resignation, in order to accept a position paying a much larger salary than Weymouth could con- sider. Mr. Anthony closed his labors here May 1st. After an extended canvass and numerous interviews with candidates we were of a unanimous opinion that in order to obtain a capable and efficient Superintendent of Schools who would stay with us a reasonable time, a salary averaging, at least, that which other towns in this state were paying would have to be provided. With our experience of five changes in the office of school superin- tendent within as many years, we think that the town should be congratulated on having a corps of teachers which has the ability to carry on the work and maintain the standing of our schools as well as it has.
A vote was passed fixing the salary at $1,800 per annum. We wish to further emphasize the fact that even at this figure we are several hundred dollars below that which the position demands and other places similar to Weymouth are paying. their Superin- tendents.
Mr. Abner A. Badger was elected to fill the vacancy in April and entered upon the duties of the office the first of May. At the present writing we are of the opinion that once again we have an efficient head to our school system and that progress will be main- tained toward that perfection which it is our aim to steadily approach.
Mr. Badger received special training for his profession in the
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Farmington State Normal School from which he is a graduate. He is also a graduate from Bowdoin College. He has a record of success as a teacher and has been Superintendent of schools in Skowhegan, Me., and for several years has held a similar posi- tion in Walpole and Medfield, from which he resigned to accept the superintendency of Weymouth. While we may have made a fortunate selection, we are constantly menaced with the danger that a smaller salary than the place demands may at any time de- prive us of his services.
The number of teachers who have resigned, below the High School, to accept more lucrative positions has been about the average for several years. While the salaries of the teachers below the High School are not as large as they average in the state, for towns and cities about the size of Weymouth, fortun- ately your Committee has not been hampered in obtaining com- petent teachers for these positions.
All the teachers in the High School should receive more com- pensation in order to enable us to retain our valuable instructors, and therefore compete more efficiently with the schools in our class. There are no positions in town where frequent changes in our teaching forces are so detrimental to good results, or so far reaching in their ill effects as the High School. The aim of your Committee will be to get the best for the money in every instance.
At present we have an enthusiastic, hard working and loyal corps of teachers which, with very few exceptions, it would be unfortunate to lose.
The High School was never in a better condition, the work done there receives the hearty commendation of those who have visited the school with the object of studying the methods and results. During the coming year it may be possible with the advice of the Principal and Superintendent to improve and strengthen the weak places and make this school still more worthy of the pride and support of our citizens.
It is our pleasure to record an increasing interest, on the part of our citizens, in school room and school ground decoration. We learn that the pubile school association has decided to make a beginning the ensuing year in this line of work. An attempt was made over two decades ago to improve the yards by planting flowers and shrubs where it would not interfere with the play
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grounds, and the results, in some cases, were gratifying. The work was done under the direction and co-oporation of the school committee and the improvement associations and in a few instan- ces by private contributions.
The association is having plans of the high school grounds drawn by a landscape gardener which will be submitted to your committee for approval. This line of work is commendable and no doubt something will be done to improve and beautify this lot. The hearty cooperation of the school committee is tendered. Among these evidences of interest in this question none were more gratifying, than the decision of the members of the disbanded young mens Christian Association to make the high school the beneficiary of its surplus fund, amounting to nearly three hundred dollars. A special committee has made a very judicious expen- diture of this money, and, as a result, there have been added to the decorations of the assembly hall three large pictures and six pieces of statuary, which will serve as a source of enjoyment and inspiration, and a constant reminder of the generosity of the donors.
A marked improvement in music and drawing, during the year is noticeable. Possibly no single study has shown such satisfac- tory results as drawing. Under the instruction of Miss Hackett, whom we regret to learn has accepted a position, in the Boston schools, paying a much larger salary than we felt justified in con- sidering. It would not only be a satisfaction to the committee and teachers but of profit and pleasure to our citizens if there was a more general attendance upon the frequent exhibitions of draw- ing in the several schools and a study of the results obtained.
Owing to the increase in the number of pupils in East Wey- mouth it became necessary to open another school in the small room in the Franklin Building. This additional expense was not contemplated at the beginning of the year, but will have to be considered as a permanent school in the future, as every room in this ward is crowded and a careful estimate of those who will enter another year make it probable that still another school will have to be provided for next September. The same ratio of increase for two years more will bring before you the question of a new building for this part of the town. Various propositions for enlarging some of the buildings now in use have been consid- ered by members of the Committee, but that which would be most
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desirable would be a new twelve room building to take the place of the Franklin and Bicknell school houses.
The reconstruction of the interior of the Howe School Building was carried out under the direction of a Special Committee con- sisting of Messrs. Loud aud Cushing, with the Superintendent of schools. The plans were drawn by an architect and submitted to the State Police for approval. Work was commenced immediately after the close of the school year in June.
The two north rooms were much too small and the heating very unsatisfactory.
The new plan takes the hall from the front of the building, allowing nearly all that space to be added to the small rooms. The plans necessitated the tearing out of the old partitions and the construction of a large amount of new work. One heavy portable furnace was added to heat the halls and to augment the heating of the north rooms. The results have been very satis- factory. A new hard pine floor was laid in one room and a suffi- cient amount of slate black boards added for the entire building. Modern hat and coat racks have been fitted up in the halls and a toilet room for the teachers provided. All of the interior, includ- ing the walls, ceilings, desks and seats have been painted or varnished. The proper lighting of the room required a change in several windows and the addition of new ones. The appropri- ation asked for by the Committee was $1,500.00 for these repairs and changes. In excess of that amount we have expended $95.00, made necessary in order to conform to the requirements of the State Inspectors, which could not be anticipated at the commencement of the year.
The usual amount of repairing has been done the past year. We repeat, from year to year that owing to an insufficient amount of money we have been obliged to adopt a policy in repairing the old buildings that is not for the best interests of the town. In many instances it has been a system of patching rather than re- pairing. For a more detailed statement, under this head we refer you to the itimezed report of the town accountant.
Owing to the increase in the number of pupils in the Franklin building quite a number of new seats and desks had to be pro- vided and as the seats and desks in one room were very poor it was decided to newly furnish the room; as this bill amounting to
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$150 has not been rendered or paid, it will not appear in the the report this year.
The question of school supplies has always been one that has caused the school officials as much if not more study than any other. While our account exceeds our estimate we feel that every expenditure has been for a necessity and that a much larger amount could have been judiciously expended, and we recommend that you consider once again the question of allowing all school children the exclusive care and custody of permanent supplies. It may be proper to remind you that this question has heretofore been disapproved by the voters in town meeting. In these days of intelligent effort for the suppression of contageous disease ought we not to cheerfully bear the additional expense of removing this constant menace to health in our schools.
The manual training work in wards four and five, of which a detailed account was given in our last annual report, has been carried on under the same management as that of last year. More of the citizens have become interested, among the number The Stetson Shoe Co., which has contributed $100 for the sup- port of the work, believing it to be a good business investment. Mr. Moore has continued as the instructor of the classes at the Fogg Library. At the Pratt School there have been two changes. In July Mr. Wessborg resigned to accept a much better position in Michigan. Mr. Charles A. Smith began the work in September but resigned in October to accept a similar position in Albany, N. Y. ; Miss Pearl C. Blair was engaged to fill the vacancy. At the Pratt, both the boys and girls in the 5th, 6th and 7th grades receive the instruction, but at the Fogg Library only the boys from the 7th, 8th and 9th grades are taught, while the girls receive instruction in sewing under the direction of Miss Rock- wood.
The educational value of manual training or industrial work is too well known to require discussion here. Your committee heartily endorses the work being done at South Weymouth and wishes funds were available for carrying on the work in all the schools.
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The expenditures for support of schools during the year are as follows :
Instructors
.
$33,671 29
Janitors
3,678 80
Fuel
4,538 87
Includes remodelling
Repairs Howe School House
4,946 44
$1,595.75
Incidentals
276 80
Supplies
4,904 40
Miscellaneous Exp.
577 95
Evening Schools
.
.
.
61 00
Superintendents
1,828 80
Total
$54,484 35
Appropriation
$64,879 39
Expended
54,484 35
Bal. unexpended Dec. 31, 1905
. 10,395 04
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
Appropriation
$2,180 80
Expended
1,841 00
Bal. unexpended Dec. 31, 1905
339 80
The appropriotion at the last town meeting for the support of Schools was as follows :
Balance from 1904 . . $12,543 72
Appropriation March 13, 1905
51,500 00 ·
One-half dog tax
636 12
Old junk
3 80
E. R. Sampson, act. piano
57 00
Hall-rent, High School
4 00
Settees
75
City of Boston
.
.
9 00
State Children
125 00
Total
$64,879 39
Expended
54,484 35
.
.
.
.
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1905
$10,395 04
.
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·
.
.
.
.
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TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
Balance from 1904
$ 680 80
Appropriation March 13, 1905
1,500 00
Total .
.
$2,180 80
Expended
1,841 00
Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1905
$ 339 89
The estimates for the ensuing year are for
Teachers' salaries .
$34,500 00
Superintendent's salary
.
1,800 00
Janitors and cleaning
3,800 00
Fuel
4,500 00
Repairs .
3,500 00
Supplies
3,500 00
Miscellaneous
600 00
Incidentals
275 00
$52,475 00
Transportation of pupils . .
$2000 00
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. DRAKE,
F. E. LOUD,
J. A. CUSHING, H. F. PERRY, MARY E. HOLBROOK,
School Committee.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee of Weymouth :
I have the honor to submit the annual report of the Superin- tendent of Schools the twentieth in the series.
This report is necessarily brief as my knowledge does not extend over the whole of the year, having begun my duties here in May. My predecessor was here hardly long enough to get a general idea of the situation yet his work was so well done and his plans were so well outlined that I have been able to accom- plish more in these few months than would have been possible otherwise.
In a town covering as much territory as Weymouth does it is a difficult task to become thoroughly in touch with every phase of the work in the short space of one year, even, so I may not have the correct solution of all the educational ills that confront Wey- mouth. From my observation, however, it seems to me that the conditions were never any better for securing satisfactory results. It is very natural that a town composed of several villages should sometimes during its history develop more or less of the sectional feeling, but I am very glad to say that Weymouth seems disposed to look for the good of the greatest number. This is as it should be. Not South Weymouth, or North Weymouth, or East Wey- mouth but Weymouth should be the slogan now and for all time. This spirit will soon place the town where she ought to stand, not only educationly but morally and ethically. It seems to me that no one thing has contributed to this state of things more than the Central High School, located in a beautiful building situated in what will be, in a few years, the center of the population. The centralizing of the high school did more for the cause of educa- tion here in Weymouth than everything else that has been done during the last twenty-five years.
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The greatest harmony and good will exists between the pupils and teachers which is very essential for good healthy constructive work. The whole end and aim of the public schools is to devel- op better boys and girls, better men and women, better citizens, therefore it is of the utmost importance that the teachers should be men and women of the highest types of manhood and woman- hood. There is no more sacred profession than teaching ; how essential then that the teacher should be a strong, robust, healthy, inspiring person full of sympathy and with the highest ideals. As the teacher so the school and as the school so the nation, is a very true saying.
The regular school work has had very few interruptions and that at the beginning of the year due to the cold stormy weather. The Weymouth Fair having been held this year before the open- ing of the schools in September did more to improve the school work of the fall term than most people realize.
TEACHERS.
The usual number of changes in the teaching force has occurred during the year and two teachers have been added to the corps so that sixty-four teachers are now employed. The corps as a whole is very much stronger than it was one year ago and we trust that another year may see a greater gain in that direction. Every child in town has a right to the best instruction possible and it is our business to see that he has it. Each year of service should add to the efficiency of every teacher and only such teachers should be retained in the service of any town. Where there is growth there is life.
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