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185 35
County dog fund.
223 39
Otis W. Soule, Clerk Second District Court. . .
463 50
State Treasurer, loan of Town note .
8,000 00
State Treasurer, on account of State highway,
2,667 04
Corporation tax of 1894
88 43
Corporation tax, 1895.
1,679 03
Estate of Emma Hayden
58 05
National Bank tax, 1895
267 46
Military aid 20 00
State aid
1,879 00
Interest for money on deposit
110 04
66
" 1891
49 52
66
" 1892
90 26
66
" 1893
531 87
66
" 1894.
4,853 28
Tax bill of 1895 for collection
26,390 83
$56,829 39
ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
SCITUATE, December 31, 1895.
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct and properly vouched.
FRANCIS B. LEE, Auditor.
Taxes collected of 1890
1 21
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR YEAR 1895.
DATE.
NAMES OF PARTIES.
RESIDENCE OF EACH.
AGE.
PLACE OF MARRIAGE.
Jan.
1,
Mabel Spencer,
Scituate,
19
Feb.
21,
Lydia Louisa Sharp,
Cohasset,
28
John Monahan,
Norwell,
29
21,
Mattie O'Neill.
Scituate,
22
Scituate,
26
22,
Maria W. Hardwick,
Scituate,
20
Fred D. Graves,
Scituate,
37
66
26,
Eva L. Litchfield,
Scituate,
25
Worcester,
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Theodore F. Andrews,
Hyde Park,
29
Scituate,
Fred. Charles John Barnard,
Scituate,
30
Beechwood,
Cohasset,
J. Charles Peirce, "
North Scituate,
Rev. C. D. Greeley, Scituate. Rev. W. Walter Jubb, Fall River, Mass. Rev. Ignatius P. Egan, Cohasset. Rev. A. D. Spaulding, North Scituate. Rev. T. Richard Peede, Worcester, Mass.
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May
5,
William T. Colman, Harriet J. LaBree, Percival S. Brown,
Scituate,
Scituate,
June
5,
Hattie F. Cottle,
Joseph Henry Merritt,
Scituate,
27
Norwell,
18
Scituate,
28 38
Aug.
4,
Helen Frances Wilson,
Scituate,
Scituate,
19
North Scituate,
12,
Nina G. Gordak,
Scitnate,
19
Middleboro,
58
28,
Jennie D. McIntosh,
Middleboro,
42
Braintree,
30
Sept. 4,
Isabelle Louise Horton,
Braintree,
28
Scituate,
44
66
18,
Henrietta Apts,
Scituate,
40
Oct.
23,
Agnes L. Jellows,
Nov.
6,
Beulah E. Tilden,
Scituate,
22
Scituate,
30
Scituate,
23
Scituate,
34
Cohasset,
Scituate, 21
Brockton,
29
Dec.
24,
Bessie G. Hobson,
Scituate,
21
Scituate,
23
25,
Minnie D. Jellows,
Scituate,
17
Rev. Watson Weed, Scituate.
Rev. John Sharp, Beechwood, Cohasset. Rev. T. Thompson, Norwell. Rev. Charles Ferguson, Scituate. Rev. A. D. Spaulding, North Scituate. Rev. A. D. Spaulding, North Scituate. Rev. Watson Weed, Scituate. Rev. A. D. Spaulding, North Scituate.
Rev. Ignatius P. Egan, Cohasset. Rev. W. H. Thompson, East Boston. Rev. Joseph Osgood, Cohasset. Rev. Joseph Osgood, Cohasset. Rev. G. A. Phinney, Boston. Rev. Ignatius P. Egan, Cohasset.
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North Scituate,
Melvin F. Waterhouse,
Boston,
33
Scituate,
Scituate,
22
Marshfield, 26
East Boston,
Elmer E. Mott,
5,
Jeanie Reed,
Perez L. Young,
25,
Malvina H. Litchfield,
Milford F. Mealy,
Boston,
Thomas A. Patterson,
Scitnate,
21
Scituate,
Beechwood, Cohasset,
Scituate,
23 20 22
12,
Lizzie Mabel Peirce,
Scituate,
Elmiran F. Clapp,
Scituate,
Harry E. Bates,
William F. Atwood,
North Scituate,
Joseph Abbott Eaton,
Scituate,
Hiram C. Litchfield,
Alfred R. Damon,
Cohasset,
Cohasset,
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1895.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME.
January
9,
Dorothy May Ferguson,
13,
Ruth Clapp,
24.
Elsie Doherty,
66
30.
Mary Jane Frazier,
Frank O. and Elizabeth A., James and Martha A., William and Mary J., Henry A. and Mary A.,
Ransom. Dickens. McDonald. Pelrine. Riordan.
February
3,
George Doherty,
John and Jane,
Nee. Ford.
March
1,
Frederick David Flynn,
Joseph and Mary, William and Edith M.,
Lake.
Burleigh.
42
6
20.
Bertha Velora Whorf,
66
27,
April
2,
24.
May
3, Anna Elizabeth Murphy,
11.
Elsie Franklin Dorr,
24,
Sabine Welch,
27,
June
2,
17.
19. Raymond Mills Hobson,
20, Walter Vinal Cushman,
66
29,
Lucy Elizabeth Walker,
John E. and Mary E., William and Carrie E., John and Mary E., George and Elizabeth R., Edmund, Jr., and Annie L., Elijah T., Jr., and Olive J., Joseph L. and Bessie I., -- Genie W.,
S. Russell and Lottiella,
-
Lee. Quinn. Silva. Mitchell. Jenkins. Mills.
Tharby.
14.
Mary Edith Walling,
17,
Willis Eugene Merritt,
19. Marion Elizabeth Rogers,
Francis E. and Fannie L., Frederick W. and Helen A.,
Clapp. Briggs. Stickle.
Mary Elizabeth Richardson, Clarence Vinal Curtis, Margaret McCarthy,
George M. and Sadie M., William P. and Sarah M., Albert B. and Gertrude M., Jerry and Mary E.,
Patterson. Murphy. Gettings.
Charles Roger Jason, Mary Elizabeth Landers, Florence Josephine Clapp,
5,
Frank Fallone,
Charles and Georgianna,
July
7, 11,
11,
11, 15, 21,
August
31, 4, 27,
Margaret Etta O'Hern,
Edwin Tobias Osborne,
Edna Josephine Osborne,
Everett W. and Mary,
Edward and Bridget T., Cassius M. and Clarisa,
Frederic T. and Clara B. V., Charles T. and Isabelle,
Warren I. and Annie E.,
William A. and Margaret E.,
Joseph H. and Annie C., Henry and Mary W.,
Theodore F. and Mabel,
Joy K., Jr., and Nora,
George P. and Joan.
George A. and Edith E.,
George P. and Joan, John and Mary, Joseph P. and Emma E.,
Grassie. Bates. Cushman. Damon. O'Brien. Ward. Cole. Stewart. Buckley.
Burgoyne. Burgoyne.
Quinn.
Mann. Elliott.
Northey 43
Hines.
McCarty.
McLeod.
Reuwee.
Spencer.
Lucha.
Newcomb.
Newcomb.
1894.
February March
1,
May
8, 18,
Julia Frances Vargus, Litchfield, Jolın Alden Maddock, Eva Frances Jenkins, Genevieve Frances Hoar, Joseph Francis Curran, Orville Thomas Burrows, Helen Josephine McIntire,
September
3, 3, 24,
25,
Eugene Reedy Westlake,
October 2 3,
24.
Pauline Murray,
Everett Lester Whittaker,
November
29, 6, 10,
Florence Genevieve Brown,
Adelbert Arthur Howe,
10,
14.
Charles Everett Webb, Andrews,
December
17. 10,
Harold King Gannett,
Edith Frances Mott.
22,
Elwood Fuller Litchfield,
Phyllis Mott, Harold Touhy, Eileene May Murphy,
Newcomb. Delaney. Mitchell.
.
Antoine F. and Kate, Luther C., Jr., and Hattie M., . Thomas J. and Florence M., George C. and Marietta B., Matthew and Bridget G., John, Jr., and Mary F., Harry J. and Fannie G., James and Catherine A., Maurice and Mary A., Everett W. and Mary,
Edward Ward, Jr.,
Howard Elliott Bailey,
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1895.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Jan. 8,
Laura Hayward, Annie McDonough,
Paralysis,
82
2
-
** 16.
Bright's Disease,
56
-
“ 21,
Ralph C. Cambell,
Gastro Enteritis,
-
3
7
" 28,
Margaret M. Bailey, Deborah Merritt, Mary L. Welch,
Paralysis,
81
6
--
-
" 24,
" 28, Barnabas W. Briggs, Caleb Bates,
Old Age,
79
-
11
" 6,
John Cushman,
Phthisis,
68
2
17
George and Judith:
Thos. & Mabel Litchfield. John and Sarah Maylan. - Lizzie Cambell. James and Annie Dias. Asa and Lucy Litchfield. Peleg and Mary Collier. Joseph and Miriam. John and Sally.
Feb. 15,
Paralysis, Apoplexy,
65
6
62
Old Age,
89
9
8
Mar. 3,
PARENTS' NAMES.
44
April 8, June 6, " 22, July 9, Aug.14,
William Gaston Vinal, Caroline L. Weeks, Raymond Mills Hobson, Thomas L. Prouty. Benjamin Merritt, Elizabeth C. Young,
Dropsy, Infantile,
Heart Disease,
68
1
13
Epileptic Fit,
72
Peritonitis,
66
11
4
" 21,
" 27,
Eliza Ann Vinal,
Bright's Disease,
69
2
14
" 28,
Roxanna Newcomb,
" 30,
Mary N. Bates,
Olá Age,
83
9
30 Reuben & Polly Gardner. Isaiah and Hannah.
Sept. 11, " 20, Oct. 1,
Thomas E. Mann,
Old Age,
74
10
Apoplexy,
74
6
26
Davis and Alice L.
Pneumonia,
52
-
4,
Margaret McCarthy,
Marasmus,
5
10
Old Age,
91
11
Cholera Infantum,
-
7
Paralysis,
87
8
Cholera Infantum,
9
26
Nov. 3,
Dorothy May Ferguson,
93
3
8
Lewis and Lucy Studley.
" 24.
John Briggs Peirce,
63
4
2
Nathaniel and Sophia.
" 29.
Melzar Vinal,
Typhoid Fever & Hepatic Stillborn,
55
4
John and Abigail.
" 29,
Grassie,
" 29,
Grassie,
Stillborn,
8
Dec. 1,
5,
Edmund Landers,
Plithisis,
69
Patrick and Mary.
Abdomonical Tumor,
54
7
10
Benjamin F. and Almira.
" 31,
Agnes Isabel Newcomb,
Plıthisis
28
7
21
G. W. and E. A. Merritt.
-
20 81
10
-
-
3
George O. and Emeline. Elisha & Rhoda Woodbury Josephi L. and Bessie I. Luther and Thankful. Benjamin and Sally. John and Lydia Jennings. Aaron and Sally Hobson.
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4.
Dolly Square Young,
11.
16,
Sarah L. Seaverns,
6 14 8 Jacob and Hannah Pratt. Francis E. and Fannie L. Luther and Hannah Smith. Charles and Georgianna R.
" 13,
Joan Newcomb,
Old Age,
Neuralgia Heart, [Abscess
Mary Grassie.
Mary Grassie.
Pneumonia,
Albert B. and Gertrude M.
Clarence V. Curtis,
5,
Emma Hayden,
Pneumonia,
General Debility,
78
-
23 Robert and Mary Vinal.
Davis C. Litchfield, Julia Stanley,
Thomas and Mary Flynn. Jerry and Mary E.
Willis E. Merritt,
46
THE FOLLOWING WERE BROUGHT TO TOWN FOR INTERMENT.
AGF.
DATE.
NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Jan.
16,
Marg't F. Donovan,
28
9
26
March 10,
Catherine H. Vinal,
83
6
Ada A. Briggs,
43
3
Wolfboro, N.H.
15,
Ellen A. Cudworth,
44
-
Taunton.
17,
Clarissa Sherman,
82
8
-
Hingham.
April
9,
William A. Cook,
2
8
13
Boston.
June
6, 9,
Frank L. Taylor, John Rourke,
82
-
-
66
20,
Elijah V. Barnes,
77
9
10
Worcester.
July
22,
Jas. W. Cudworth,
70
3
27
Cohasset.
66
24,
Frances Antoine,
68
8
Cohasset.
Sept.
7,
Annie P. Jason,
1
1
17
Cohasset.
66
9,
Mary E. Antoine,
5
25
Cohasset.
25,
Rhoda H. Jackson,
71
6
-
Boston.
Nov.
21,
Martha G. Brown,
91
5
-
Essex.
Dec.
10,
Sarah V. Bailey,
60
8
-
Chelsea.
66
12,
Wilbur A. Young,
33
11
13
Boston.
6
7
Brockton.
Marshfield.
27,
Peleg F. Clapp.
60
5
2
Boston.
Boston.
Aug.
7,
Annie J. Roderick,
-
PLACE OF DEATH.
Boston. Boston.
-
14,
41
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SUMMARY.
Whole number of births in Scituate for 1895 46
Males 22
Females. 24
Number of births recorded 49
Number of marriages recorded . 19
Number of certificates issued. 17
Number of deaths for the year 35 ·
Males. 16
Females 19
Brought to Town for interment.
19
Whole number recorded for the year 54
Number of dogs licensed for 1895 126
Males 117
Females 9
Amount received for the same
$279 00
CHARLES MANSON, Town Clerk.
SCITUATE, Dec. 31, 1895.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
In accordance with their prescribed duties, the School Committee hereby present their annual Report :
The Town voted at the annual meeting to unite with Duxbury, and Marshfield, in employing a Su- perintendent of Schools. Mr. Edgar L. Willard, a graduate of Brown University, and of the Normal School of Providence, R. I., was unanimously elect-
ed to the position. He entered upon his work in June, and from that time to this, has discharged faithfully all his duties. A detailed account of the condition of the schools will be found in his report.
Attention was called last year as to the unfitness of the present accommodations for the scholars of the West Grammar School. A Committee was appointed at the April meeting, to present plans for utilizing the building, and making it suitable for the present number of pupils (62.) At the next annual meeting this Committee will present plans for your consideration, which we hope will be adopted. The Committee did what they could
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to render the school-room suitable for use in the Autumn by placing ventilating boards in the win- dows, and a galvanized iron jacket around the stove, which afforded partial relief, but it did not change the overcrowded condition of the room. As an urgent petition was presented to the School Com- mittee that something more should be done, the hall over Mr. Studley's store, at North Scituate, was fitted up, and the fifth grade transferred to it. Miss Grace Otis was placed in charge. This has added an increased expense which could not bo avoided.
The experiment of abolishing in the High School the morning recess, and shortening the hour at noon, by dismissing the school at 2.30 P.M., instead of 3 P.M., has been tried and works with satisfac- tory success. High schools in other towns have adopted this change with good results. Johnson's Cyclopedia, of eight volumes, at a cost of $56, has been placed in this school, also Webster's Interna- tional Dictionary, the old one having been in the school a number of years, is badly tattered and torn.
The graduating exercises were held in the Town Hall, June 2Ist. The essays were of a high order and much enjoyed by a crowded audience. A pleasant feature of the occasion was the presentation of a fine engraving of James Russell Lowell, by the class to the school. The music for the evening was furnished by the Albion Quartet, of Boston. Mr. Frederic T. Bailey,
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of the School Committee, in a brief address, pre- sented diplomas to the following graduates: - Jose- phine Ignatia Barry, Lucius Lee Bonney, Martha Adelaide Clapp, Charles Francis Curran, Charles Thomas Dalby, Lilliette Cushing Jenkins, Winnette Grey Litchfield, George Albert Mallory, Emily Clif- ton Merritt, Henry Dean Sampson.
In conformity with the State law, all the school buildings are now supplied with flags. Four were presented, and the rest were provided at the expense of the Town. The cost of repairing the flags and halyards has been quite large, and will be larger in the future. In inclement weather, when the flags are not upon the staffs, they are draped in the rooms, and prove an ornament, as well as to serve to remind the pupils of their country and teach the lesson of loyalty and patriotism.
Attention is called to the law in reference to contagious diseases.
Chapter 198 of the Acts of 1885, provides " that the School Committees shall not allow any pupil to attend the public schools while any member of the household to which such pupil belongs, is sick of small-pox, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, or during a period of two weeks after the death, recovery, or removal of such sick person, and any pupil coming from such household shall be required to present to the teacher of the school the pupil desires to attend, a certificate from the attending physician, or Board of Health, of the facts necessary to entitle
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him to admission in accordance with the above reg- ulation."
Whilst the school-houses are in good condition they need constant repairs and attention to keep them so. The North Main Street school-room has, been whitened and painted. One or two more of the school-rooms must be attended to the coming year. The High School building ought to have a coat of paint upon the outside. Some of the blackboards have been renovated the past year, and those of the old High School-room taken and put up elsewhere, however there is still greater need of more, especially in the primary schools.
The teachers remain the same except in the West Grammar School; Mr. Ernest H. Leavitt, of Hing- ham, succeeded Miss Tupper. He has charge of
three grades in this school. The Egypt School, after being closed for nearly two years, was re- opened in September, and Miss Sara Pratt appoint- ed its teacher.
The work of the schools has gone on smoothly, and much credit is due both teachers and pupils for the harmonious work of the past year. No report of the Superintendent, or the Committee of the schools, can inform parents of their condition like a personal visit. For this reason, they must not expect to find in these pages all they ought to know of the school interests of their children. And, duty aside, no scene is more attractive and beauti- ful in our village than the bright, happy, intelligent
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faces lighted up with the animation and interest which comes from the hearty co-operation of teach- ers, parents, Superintendent and Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
JULIA E. WEBB, CLARA M. SKEELE, FREDERIC T. BAILEY,
School
Committec.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Great'st Number En-
rolled During any One Tertu.
AVERAGE
MEMBERSHIP.
AVERAGE
ATTENDANCE.
PER CENT.
High,
Julius N. Mallory, Mrs. Julia A. Neely,
62
58.6
54
.93
East Grammar,
Mrs. Clara L. Bedell, Grace Mallory,
78
75
70
.93
Louise E. Tupper,
63
60.9
55.4
.91
North Main street,
Mrs. Mary L. Newcomb,
42
39.5
36
.91
High street,
Josephine G. Ward,
24
21
19
.90
South street,
Kate W. Skeele,
26
22
20.8
.95
Highland street,
Margaret F. Sullivan,
18
15
14
.93
Willow street,
Carrie W. Litchfield,
37
30
28
.93
Brook street,
Gertrude Gardner,
42
35
33
.94
Central street,
Hattie M. Ferguson,
27
21
19.2
.91
Charles street,
Sara Pratt,
12
11
9.8
.89
West Grammar,
Ernest H. Leavitt, Grace Otis,
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee:
In accordance with your request, I hereby submit my re- port, hoping that you will think, as I myself do, that it will be appropriate, on account of my short term of service, to make it brief. In it I will make no attempt to give statis- tics, as I think your chairman already has done that, but will include only the statistics for the term ending Decem- ber 20, 1895.
SCHOOL WORK.
Upon taking charge of the schools several months ago, I found them, as a rule, in good condition, with enthusiastic teachers doing good work.
But, owing to the lack of a definite course of study, the results did not seem to be what might be attained if the teachers could follow some definite and systematic lines of work.
Acting upon your suggestion, as well as upon the wish also of the Marshfield and Duxbury committees, I tried to make a general outline of study for each grade in all the ordinary branches to be taught in the common schools.
This outline of study met with your approval, as it also did the committees of Marshfield and Duxbury, and was adopted in October last by the Boards of the three towns. So that now this is the basis of the work done in all the schools in the the district.
It might be well to say here that this does not represent the amount of work now being done, but rather what it is
hoped may in the future le done. It is hoped, too, that the definiteness of the course and the convenience of having it in printed form will aid greatly both the teachers and myself in the work.
As was inevitable in taking up a new course of study, some confusion was manifest. The classes could not at once exactly conform to it. In time, however, this evil will dis- appear, so that teachers of the same grades will practically be doing the same amount of work.
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Most of the school buildings are in good repair, but some are in need of paint and whitewash on the inside, while many need more blackboard room, or the old boards put in better condition.
In one case certainly something must of necessity be done to provide for more room. I refer to the West Grammar School. This school has, until the removal of one grade, been taxed to its utmost limit, seats being placed so close to the door and teacher's desk that it was next to impossible to open the door or go between the desk and the front of the room. Moreover, the hygienic condition of the room, even now with the reduced number of pupils, is not up to the standard required by the State.
ATTENDANCE.
Our per cent. of attendance is too low, as the statistics will show; In part, this may be attributed to sickness or equally good reasons, and is of course excusable, but yet, in many cases, it seems as if the attendance might have been more regular. Slight pretexts should not be allowed to keep a child away from school. By frequent absence, an injury is done, not only to the child, but also tothe class of which he is a member.
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Excusals before the close of the session are in some schools too numerous and ought to be checked. Irregular -. ity of attendance, whether in the form of tardiness, ex- cusal or absence, in the ordinary sense of the word, is the greatest hindrance to the work of a teacher and must result in broken work, poor recitations, slow progress, and inevit- ably loss of interest and power of application.
Parents alone have it in theirpower to remedy this evil.
While the Truant Officer has not been called upon by me to perform any service, several cases of truancy have come to my notice. In every case the parent, rather than the child, was at fault.
For the benefit of any who may not have had their atten- tion called to the law on this point, I would like to quote from Chap. 47, Sec. 1, as amended by Chap. 464, Acts of 1889, and Chap. 384 of 1890:
" Every person having under his control a child between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall annually cause such child to attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides, and such attendance shall con- tinue for at least 30 weeks of the school year, if the schools are kept open that length of time, with an allowance of two weeks for absences not excused by the Superintendent of Schools, or School Committee, and for every neglect of such duty the person offending shall, upon the complaint of the School Committee, or any Truant Officer, forfeit to the use of the public schools of such city or town, a sum not exceeding $20.00."
I earnestly solicit the aid of every father and mother in our community in getting every child of school age into school, and in keeping them in regular attendance.
My plan has been to use every mild means in this work before calling upon the officers of the law, believing
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that the results obtained in this way are better for all con- cerned, than in one of external force of the law.
It is my sincere desire to work with the parents in this way, hoping that they will not be remiss in their duty, and assuring them that I shall endeavor not to be remiss in mine.
TEACHERS' MEETINGS.
With the single exception of the month of November, these meetings have been held each month.
The meeting was omitted then on account of the numerous breaks in school-work caused by the convention at Whitman, and the institute at Hanover, the latter being attended by every one of our teachers.
At these meetings various phases of school-work have been discussed, while criticisms, and suggestions have been given in regard to methods of teaching.
Classes have been taught for criticism and suggestion, by Mrs. Bedell, Miss Gardner, Miss Litchfield, and Miss Skeele. I regard this as the best feature of our meetings. In each case the teacher has taken the subject she pre- ferred to teach. This not only gives her the benefit of the criticism of all the other teachers, but, also, at the same time, she imparts additional knowledge to those others who may not have given so much attention to this particular branch of study as she has.
TEACHERS.
The teachers are, as a body, faithful and earnest in their work, and are inspired by more than mere mercenary mo- tives.
I would like through this report to ask the citizens to compare the salaries of our teachers with those of other towns. You, as a Committee, I have no doubt, pay all you can, without exceeding the appropriation for that purpose.
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If we could have a larger appropriation, it would not be so necessary as it now is to let every good teacher leave be- cause she can do better elsewhere. Scituate is increasing in valuation. Let the appropriation for our public schools keep pace with this increase.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the teachers for their sym- pathy and support, for their hearty co-operation, for the good spirit in which they have taken all suggestions and criticism, and for their faithfulness in acting upon them.
I wish also to express my appreciation to the Committee for their cordial support in all lines of my work, and trust that I may have it in the future.
Respectfully submitted,
EDGAR L. WILLARD,
December 31, 1895.
Superintendent of Schools.
SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL.
JULIUS N. MALLORY, Principal.
MRS. JULIA A. NEELY, Assistant.
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Course of Study.
FRESHMAN.
TIMES PER WEEK.
SOPHOMORE.
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ARTICLES IN WARRANT
FOR SCITUATE TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1, 1897.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To hear the Annual Report of the Selectmen and other Town Officers, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To fix the rate of wages for removing snow the cur- rent year.
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