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rub the sum of $2,500.00 in full for service and expenses in enforcing the liquor law in this town for the past year, ending this date.
To be paid when the trustee process now existing in a suit against said Harrub shall be dissolved. or become of no effect.
ART. 21 .- To see what action the Town will take con- cerning the enforcement of the liquor law in the town of Scituate.
Voted, To pass over.
ART. 22 .- Votcd, That official ballots shall hereafter be used at town elections as provided in Sections 364 and 365 of Chapter II of the Revised Laws.
ART. 23 .- Voted, That the Town Treasurer be author- ized to execute and deliver, in the name of the town, the building mentioned in Article 23 in the warrant when he · shall be satisfied that the Satuit Library has become a per- manent Public Library.
ART. 24 .- To see if the town will purchase Union Hall from the Methodist Society.
Voted, To pass over.
ART. 25 .- Voted, That the town pay $2.00 per day for work done on the Highway.
ART. 26 .- To see what action the town will take in ref- erence to re-building the road in North Scituate called Hol- let Street. leading from the Cohasset town line to the junc- tion of the road running from North Scituate station to North Scituate Beach.
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate $2,000 to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor, the work to be done by the day; that the Tree Warden be instructed to act in regard to preserving the trees along said road.
Article 27 .- Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $50 to relay the bridge and clear out the gutter
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near the dwellings of Abner S. Dalby and David S. Studley.
Article 28 .- Voted, That article 28 be referred to the committee already chosen, Jonathan Hatch, Stephen Litch- field, Jr., and Henry T. Bailey.
Article 29 .- Voted, To pass over.
Article 30 .- Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate $200 to repair the Town way known as "Ticknor Court."
Article 31 .- Voted, That article 31 be referred to the Selectmen.
Article 32 .- Voted, That the schoolhouse in Greenbush be used as a hose house.
Article 33 .- To see what action the Town will take as regards selling or disposing of its vacant schoolhouses.
Voted, That the Town keep them.
Voted, That the Highland Street Schoolhouse be used as a tool house, if the land does not revert back to the original owner.
Article 34 .- In regard to a horse lawn mower for the Jenkins School.
Voted, No.
Article 35-Voted, That the Town place two hydrants on Blossom Street, between Gannett Street and Lincoln Mill, when the water company shall lay the water pipes.
Article 36 .- Voted, That the Town do raise and appro- priate· $225 to build a sidewalk on Blossom Street, between the Lincoln Mill and the residence of Mr. W. H. Litchfield, and to gravel Blossom street the same distance.
Article 37 .- Will the Town instruct the Road Commis- sioners to keep the sidewalks of the town free from snow.
Voted, To pass over.
Article 38 .- Voted, To pass over.
Article 39 .- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $500.00 for drinking fountains, or act thereon.
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate $1,200.00 for drinking fountains. A committee was chosen to act thereon, Henry T. Bailey, John J. Ford and William H. Burke.
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Article 40 .- Voted, To pass over.
Article 41 .- Voted, To pass over.
Article 42 .- Voted, To pass over.
Article 43 .- Voted, To pass over.
Article 44 .- Voted, To pass over. Article 45 .- Voted, To pass over.
Article 46 .- Voted, To pass over. Voted, To take up Article 2.
Voted, That the Town Report be accepted as printed.
Voied, That the Moderator be paid $5.00 for his services,
Voted, That the meeting be dissolved.
(Attest. ) JETSON WADE, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, OCT. 30, 1903.
EDWARD O. COOK chosen Moderator.
Article 2 .- Voted, To raise and appropriate $5,000.00 to gravel the new road, to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor.
Yes, 45; no, 3.
Article 3 .- Voted, to raise and appropriate $3,000.00 for. the purposes mentioned in Article 3, Fire department.
Article 4 .- Voted, To change the close of the financial year from Dec. 31st, to Jan. 31st.
Article 5 .- Voted, To raise and appropriate $3,239.03, subject to the order of the Harbor and Land Commissioners.
Article 6 .- Voted, That the town of Scituate do instruct its Selectmen to sign a release or releases to indemnify and save harmless the Commonwealth against all claims and demands for damages under this article. State highway.
Article 7 .- Voted, To raise and appropriate $400.00 for a public watering fountain at Dr. C. H. Davies' corner.
Article 8 .- To see what action the Town will take in re-
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gard to the report of the committee appointed by the Town at the last annual meeting to consider matters in dispute between the Town and certain property owners at the Sand Hills.
Voicd, To accept the report of the committee.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to act in accord- ance with the report of the committee.
Article 9 .- Voted, To pass over.
Voted, To adjourn the meeting.
Owing to the fact that no way was provided at this meet- ing by which the several amounts of money should be ap- propriated, the votes are of no effect.
The vote to change the time of closing the financial year is illegal, because it is not in accordance with the by-laws of the Town.
(Attest. ) JETSON WADE,
Town Clerk.
STATE ELECTION:
Pursuant to a warrant duly executed, the legal voters of Scituate met at the Town hall, Tuesday, the 3rd day of November, 1903, at 8 o'clock in the forenoon, and gave in their ballots, as follows :
Whole number of votes cast,
388
John L. Bates,
Governor. 212
Thomas F. Brennan,
2
John C. Chase,
I
Oliver W. Cobb,
3
William A. Gaston,
141
Blanks, 29
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Lieutenant-Governor.
John Quincy Adams,
Curtis Guild, Jr.,
4 207
William F. Merrill,
5
Richard Olney, 2nd,
119
Moritz E. Ruther,
3
Blanks, 50
Secretary.
Olof Bokelund,
3
John F. Coyle,
3
Alfred L. Cutting,
4
Ezekiel M. Ezekiel,
IOI
William M. Olin.
212
Blanks,
65
Treasurer and Receiver-General.
John A. Billings,
4
Edward S. Bradford,
204
Napoleon B. Johnson,
6
Frederick A. Nagles,
2
Thomas C. Thatcher,
IO5
Blanks, 67
Auditor.
John H. Hagan,
3
Joseph Orr,
3
Alfred E. Steele,
4
Francis X. Tetrault,
104
Henry E. Turner,
2II
Blanks, 63
Attorney-General.
John A. Anderson,
I
William J. Carroll,
7
Henry M. Dean,
7
John J. Flaherty,
98
Herbert Parker,
209
Blanks, 66
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Councillor.
210
Roland C. Nickerson, Edwin Sawtell, 9 Joseph R. Smith, William Swindlehurst, Blanks, 143
20
6
Senator, First Plymouth District.
Henry O. Cook,
5
Thomas H. Dunn,
2
Elisha T. Harvell,
194
Thomas Mannix,
I4I
Roland D. Sawyer,
6
Blanks, 40
Representative in General Court, and Plymouth District.
Ernest L. Bonney,
199
John J. Ford,
158
John W. Tower,
4
Blanks, 27
County Commissioners.
Edmund Daly, I02
Jacob Hersey,
9
Jeremiah O'Fihelly.
2
Harry D. Stewart,
4
Lyman P. Thomas,
202
Blanks. 69
Register of Probate und Insolvency, Plymouth County.
Edward N. Gormley.
8
Walter L. McConney,
8
Walter F. Stephens,
IIO
John C. Sullivan,
Blanks, 74
Register of Deeds, Plymouth County.
H. Edward Morgan,
I
Benjamn F. Peterson, I02
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George N. Tyler, John B. Washburn,
Blanks,
T
7 207 71
County Treasurer, Plymouth County.
George B. Cushman,
6
Albert Davis,
198
George B. Hobart,
105
Leonard Thompson,
14
Blanks, 65
An act to provide for joint caucuses or primaries of all political and municipal parties :
Yes, 103; no, 47; blanks, 238.
Meeting dissolved.
JETSON WADE, Toren Clerk.
TOWN CLERKS CONVENTION.
At a meeting of the Clerks of the several towns compris- ing the Second Plymouth Representative District, held Nov. 13th, at 12 o'clock noon, 1903, at Marshfield it was ascer- tained that the vote for representative was as follows :
Whole number of ballots, 1,222
Ernest L. Bonney, 704
John J. Ford, 391
John W. Tower. 46
Blanks, 81
Ernest L. Bonney having a majority of votes returned was declared elected, and his certificate was made out in ac- cordance therewith.
A true copy, (Attest) JETSON WADE,
Torem Clerk of Scituate.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE YEAR 1903.
January 27, Percy T. Mann, 28, of Scituate, and Fostina A. Linscott, 23, of Scituate; married by Chas. C. Tilley, Hyde Park, in Scituate.
January 31, Peter E. Olson, 36, of Scituate, and Char- lotta Wilkchmina, 33, of Scituate; married by C. F. Johans- son, clergyman, in Boston.
January 27, Clifton C. Newcomb, 20, of Scituate, and Florence G. Roberts, 21, of Scituate; married by C. Y. De- Normandie, Kingston, in Kingston.
February 4, Robert J. Dwyer, 36, of Scituate, and Jane J. Lucy, 34, of Scituate; married by Joseph P. Lawless, priest, in Cohasset.
February 8, John T. Ward, 40, of Scituate, and Emma E. Varrell, 25, of Rye, N. H .; married by Joseph Lambert, in Rye, N. H.
February 24, George W. Brown, 36, of Scituate, and Ada - M. Miller, 23, of Scituate; married by Burton A. Lucas, clergyman, in Marshfield.
April 12, J. Edward Gillis, 24, of Scituate, and Margaret E. Barry, 22, of Scituate : married by Wm. H. McDonough, priest, in Cohasset.
April 29, Eugene C. Jellows, 28, of Scituate, and Mary A. Gately, 28, of Cambridge; married by Thomas W. Cough- lan, priest, in Watertown.
May 4. Edward J. Dunn, 42, of Scituate, and Margaret M. Driscoll, 38, of Scituate; married by Wm. H. Mc- Donough, priest, in Cohasset.
May 27, Thomas Cameron, 53, of Scituate, and Lydia Beech. 40, of Scituate; married by Frank Park, minister, in Cohasset.
May 30. Merriam Newton Lovering, 22. of Scituate, and Sadie M. Spooner. 25, of Scituate: married by Chas. A. Crane, minister, in Boston.
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June I, Peter Stephen Somers, 20, of Scituate, and Ethel J. MacElvenney, 23, of Scituate; married by Albert D. Spaulding, minister, in Scituate.
June 30, Walter Littlefield, 25, of Norwell, and Alice May Merritt, 24, of Norwell; married by Arthur W. Cleaves, minister in Scituate.
June 30, James A. O'Connor, 25, of Scituate, and Mary F. Curran, 29, of Scituate ; married by Wm. H. McDonough, priest, in Cohasset.
July 28, John Dempsey. 32, of Scituate, and Rose Halla- han, 28, of Boston: married by A. D. Malley, priest, in Boston.
August 27. William Fanning. 23, of Hyde Park, and Lillian G. Wheeler, 17, of Scituate: married by Edward W. Virgin, clergyman, in Dedham.
September 6, James J. Barry, 32, Scituate, and Margaret J. Wherity, 28. of Scituate; married by Wm. H. Mc- Donough, priest, in Cohasset.
September 16, John Beach, 22, of Scituate, and Elizabeth Robinson, 24, of Norwell; married by Arthur W. Cleaves, minister, in Scituate.
September 20, Harry P. Henderson,. 21. of Norwell, and Edna Estelle Clapp, 23, of Scituate: married by Edward H. Keens, clergyman, in Norwell.
October 20, Chester E. Goodwin. 26, of Reading, and Ella M. Seaverns, 23, of Scituate; married by Albert D. Spauld- ing, minister, in Scituate.
November 9, Asa H. Josselyn of Rockport, and Cora F. Trommer, 29, of Scituate ; married by Rev. Loren A. Chven- ger, in Boston.
November 21. Fred R. Maitland, 25, of Cohasset, and Elenor B. Pierce, 20, of Scituate ; married by Frank Park, minister, in Cohasset.
November 26, Charles A. McDermott, 43, of Milton, and
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Julia E. Burke, 33, of Scituate; married by Wm. H. Mc- Donough, priest, in Cohasset.
December 2, Wilbur A. Carter of Scituate, and Martha M. Lincoln of Cohasset; married by Frank Park, minister, in Cohasset.
December 8, Albert G. Marchant, 27, of Scituate, and Annie Patterson, 21, of Scituate; married by Albert D. Spaulding, minister, in Scituate.
December 24, John Olson, 32, of Scituate, and Gertrude Carter, 29, of Scituate; married by Milo H. Gates, rector,
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BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR INTERMENT, 1903.
1903
NAME.
AGE. Y. M. D.
PLACE OF DEATH.
Jan.
17
Feb.
2
Anthony Gonsalves
47
Cohasset
23
Joseph H. Vialle
37
Foxborough
March
1
Frank M. Vinal
36
18
Waltham
6
Blanch M. Chubbuck
27
10
14
Boston
April
22
Albert W. Dubois
72
Braintree
May
20
Abbie M. Damon Mary Monahan
79
Norwell
Aug.
22
Silvius H. Little
78
2
6
Whitman
Sept.
26
Albert Murdock
59
Hopedale
Oct.
14
Harry W. Wyman
31
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Boston
29
Harriet Ford Manson
37
2
15
Nov.
4
George T. Wilbur
59
11
30
8
George H. Manson
71
6
2
16
1902
Oct. 23
Lucy G. Jenkins
81
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New Rochelle, N. Y.
Lucy White Drew
88
2
8
Brockton
Norwell
June
13
27
Mary L Beale
84
Danvers Hospital
69
1
20
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE YEAR 1903.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
Jan. 13
15
Richard Hoar
Mathew and Bridget
Lee O'Brien Linehan
25
Louise Litchfield
Everett E. and Annie E.
25
Walter Foster
Charles A, and Annie.
McAlroy
28
Thomas Francis Connally
Thomas and Annie
Ryan
30
William W. and Mary
Wyman
Feb.
2
A. W. and Nora
Reardon
10
John A. and Mary T.
Buckley
March
25
William J. and Lillian
Mansfield
April
4
Edwin Curran
John and Mary F.
Ward
22
Alice Katherine Doherty
Henry A. and Mary A.
Reardon
22
Barbara Theresa O'Neil
O'Donnell
24
Raymond Parker Crane
Litchfield
May
9
Louis Joseph Murray
King
25
Clifton C. and Florence G.
Roberts
June .
10
27
Arthur Herbert Lane
July
6
Richard Sumner French
Henry E. and Vesta L.
18
Margaret Louisa Damon Dorothy Cecilia McDermott
John H. and Mary Henry T. and Florence
Turner Saunders
Sullivan
Ferguson
29
2 Joseph Arthur Romeo Brown
12
5 Thomas Richard Gill Ina Bailey Litchfield
20 Florence Ida Edelstein
T. H. and Emma P. Daniel E. and Elizabeth W. Leonard and Edith Henry and Mary WINIFRED Joseph and Clara James T. and Mary Theresa Charles M. and Costella E. Simon and Minnie
.Renwell Boucher Balfe Vinal Cohen
La RUEE
1
7
Harry Allen Newcomb George Albert Newcomb Cecilia Osborn Stephen Litchfield 3d
Everett W. and Mary Stephen R. and Sadie Arthur and Charles H. and Bertha A.
Burgoyne Pratt
Sumner Reed
Norris
18
21 22 28
Ruth Evelyn Fitts Kenneth Joseph Best William Ward Sarah Edith Murdock John Dunbar Webb
Aug.
Evelyn Lee Whiting
Irving E. and Grace M.
Charles Marshall Hunt Alice Margaret Blanchard Charles Adelbert Thompson Litchfield
Charles Curran
Henry P. and Mary J. J. Frank and Addie F. Gideon and Victoria
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13
Sept. 2 4
Maud Catherine Webb John James Fuller 5 Gladys Agnes Hyland
15 Edmund Earle Jenkins
16 Anna Margaret Gillis
William Wade Damon, Jr.
Oct.
23 12 Louise Ward 15 Mathew Lawrence Brown
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Nov. 3 Nathaniel Tilden
4 Jacob Berson
11 Alma Jenkins
Dec.
3 Henry Irving Davis
5
Earle Whitford Merritt
Fred and Catherine F
James I. and Bridget M. Edgar L. and Annie A. George C. and Etta R. J. Edward and Margaret E. . William W. and Flora C. Joseph A. and Augusta G. William A. and Margaret E. Charles H. and Miriam Samuel Berson James S. and Emma Nahum I. and Minnie James H. and Martha E
Joyce Dineen Goldrick Damon Barry Ney Dubois McCarthy Cooper
· Walling Spooner Litchfield
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DEATHS RECORDED IN THE YEAR 1903.
DATE.
NAME OF DECEASED.
AGE. Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Cancer of uterus
Jan. 21
28
Louisa Pratt Hobart
81
2
15
Feb.
7
Permelia R. Bates
77
11
21
12
Mary Ann Osborne
81
10
6
14
Caroline B. Ellms
76
4
18
Old age
18
Charles H. Trommer
24
William W. Gordak Daniel Langdon
80
8
Paralysis
March
1
Abbott Litchfield
26
5
Epileptic Coma
14
Walter Litchfield
62
5
Grippe
19
Charles H. Mott
45
5
Pneumonia
21
Margaret Duffy
76
Old age
26
Harold D. Young Edelstein
Premature birth
29
John Joseph Manley
63
9
6
April
19
B. B. Wisner Litchfield
73
9
24
19
Patrick Kane, Jr.
29
20
Edward A. Cole Horace Lichfield Abigail F. Hobson
63
9
Carcimonia Accidental
29
61
1
15
Paralysis of heart
14
S. G. Wyman Lee
52 9
22
21
Mary Woodworth
47
6
Goitre
June
6
Mary Supple John H. Young
77
4
22
21
Jane W. Fletcher
78
10
11
23
Hannah A. Merritt ..
69
6
2
Disease of heart
26
Joseph Bailey
80
9
16
27
Margaret E. Lane
27
-
11
Spinal apoplexy Exhaustion
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PARENTS' NAMES.
Henry Pratt and Clara Nichols Asa Cook and Permelia Hersey Amasa Hyland Barker Baker and Rhoda Hatch Peter Trommer and Karen Benson Dr. Wm. Gordak and Martha H. Merritt Thomas and Deborah Hine George and Caroline J. Dalby Marshall H. and Maria F. Jacobs Henry and Mary Pettis Andrew Kennedy and Frank L. and Elizabeth C. Jenkins Himau and Ida
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Marshall and Sophia Merritt Patrick and Hannah Burke Augustus and Paulina Brown Marshall and Sophia Merritt John F. Burchmore & Abigail Gannett John and Nancy Webb Nathan Colby Seth W. Gray and Susan E. Apthorpe Stephen D. and Catherine E. Pratt William Hudson and Clarissa Strong
Ephraim and Rebecca Hatch Joseph Morse and Betsey Corser Norton Curtis and Mary Chesbrook Joseph and Sarah Dana John Meehan and Elizabeth Branagan
May
9
Marcina Paul Brown Mary C. Clapp Mary Ann Flanders
79
6
18
Celebral Hemorrhage Drowning Disease of heart
21
57
-
22
23
78 2
20
Celebral apoplexy Pneumonia
-
76
Heart disease Old age
15
Clara L. Bedell
58
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-
-
,
33
27
Pheumonia
56
4
Brights disease
28
28
-
1
Peritonitis
Disease of heart
33 -
12
Cyaussis Nenatorum
2
,
Locomotor ataxia
Pnumonia
Cardic dropsy
Cancer of liver
July 1 3
Charles Norris Draper Anna C. Hammond
59
-
10
Annette Sheple
79
9
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11 Hannah C. Nourse
61
6 29 Diabetis
11 Susan E. Cole
75 5
13 Celebral anemia Heart Disease Depressive Insanity
Aug. Sept.
4 4
John James Fuller
11 Barbara Theresa O'Neil
4
15
Cholera infantum
17
John Garvey
97
Old age
27 11
Charles Curran
5
Cholera infantum
Oct.
Henry Pettis
75
Rheumatism
23
Selina B. Merritt
53 9
26
Operation for ovarian cyst
Nov.
2
Nellie Marks
19 11 21 Typhoid fever
8
Mary Antoinette Brehm
78
11
21 Pneumonia
18
George W. Rrown
37
7
14
6
Ellen M Mitchell
61
-
11
Carcinoma
22
Jesse Alma Cole
4
2
4
Convulsions
James and Ann Bailey
Caleb Lincoln and Elizabeth Robbins Jesse Blaker and Hannah Woodley Ambrose and Mary Tafts
James McDonald & Catharine McLane George A. Scott and Nancy James and Bridget Dineen Henry P. and Mary O'Donald
John and Mary Ward David and Polly Disher Asa S. Curtis and Catharine Rich Augustus R. and Mary A. Martin Amos Sumner and Elizabeth Darling George H. and Lydia B. Burrows Josiah Hunt and Syrena Glover Henry T. and Maud Elliot
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52
-
25
Valvular disease of heart Apoplexy Carcinoma
21
22
Elias Fowler Charlotte E. Merritt Annie M. Roberts
70 61
43
1
Cancer of Pancreas Premature birth
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Typhoid fever
Dec.
SUMMARY.
Number of births in Scituate for the year 1903, Males, 27
Fmeales, 18
Whole number recorded for the year.
45
Number of marriage licenses issued, 26 27
Number of marriges recorded,
Number of deaths for the year,
Males, 21
Females. 26
Brought to town for interment, I5
Brought to town for interment in 1902 and not then recorded. I
Whole number recorded for the vear.
66
Number of dog licenses for the year.
144
Males, I2I
Females, 22
Breeder's license, I
Amount received for the same, $402 00
Less Town Clerk's fees, paid into the county treasury,
$373 20
ENROLLED MILITIA, MAY 1, 1903. Number of citizens between the age of 18 and 45 years of age liable to be called on to per- form military duty. 461
REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE TOWN OF SCITU-
ATE, DEC. 31, 1903.
Males, 687
Females, 29
JETSON WADE, Tow Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Scituate
FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 31,
1903.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Scituate-
The presence of contagious diseases and the consequent closing of some of the schools by the Board of Health, has interfered somewhat with the progress of the schools during the year. Herein lies one of the disadvantages of a union school. Under the old system of small schools, scattered among the different villages, the presence of disease in any particular locality did not necessarily affect the schools as a whole. . But the many advantages of the present system far outweigh its disadvantages. Indeed, it is probable that our schools, as a whole, were never before in the prosperous condition they now are. This is particularly true of the High school and the higher grades of the two union schools, where there seems to be a willingness to work, and a desire to excel, which shows the enthusiasm of the teachers, and augurs well for the future of these schools. Scituate has many teachers worthy of larger salaries than they now re- ceive. It is a pleasure to note that Marshfield and Duxbury have recognized the merits of our music teacher, Mrs. Stod- dard, and have secured her services for these towns. While Marshfield and Scituate employ Duxbury's drawing teacher, Miss Ford, so that now all three towns have the same special teachers. The committee, believing that it is not for the best interests of the town to continue the practice of train- ing our own teachers, has decided not to allow any more trainers at the Hatherly school. If a person, after observ- ing a short time, is given a position and succeeds as a teacher, the chances are that she will never take a course of study
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at a normal school. But it goes without saying that the same person, if she had taken such a course, would be not only a more valuable acquisition to the teaching force, but also more eligible for a position elsewhere, and consequently able to command a better salary. The work done at a normal school differs as materially from this superficial training as the technical training of a physician differs from that of a quack.
The ninth grade was kept in the grammar schools this year. The first grades were placed in rooms by themselves, under separate teaching. Miss Bryant teaches this grade at the Hatherly, and Miss Gillis has charge of that grade at the Jenkins. The rapid progress made by these scholars demon- strates beyond a doubt that the closer the grading the more rapid will be the progress of the pupils. The school census shows that there were on Sept. I, four hundred and twenty- nine chidren in Scituate, between the ages of five and fifteen, and two hundred and ninety-nine between seven and four- teen. The schools opened in September with forty-eight in the High school, two hundred and twelve at the Jenkins, one hundred and ninety-nine at the Hatherly, and twenty- three at the High school in regular attendance.
Mr. Dennison resigned his position as principal of the High school at the close of the school year. The com- mittee elected to this position Mr. E. R. Clarke, who had already demonstrated his ability, both as a teacher and a disciplinarian, while principal of the Hatherly school, and who, on examination, was found to be qualified for the promotion. His work in the new field has been very satis- factory, having been characterized by that same earnest, conscientious effort which was so apparent last year at the Hatherly.
The principalship of a large school like the Hatherly, is a position which seems to call for a man rather than a woman. But the committee preferred to have a first class lady teacher
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in this position, than to take the chances of getting a third- rate man. Miss Simmonds, therefore, was elected principal. Her work has been above criticism, and we hope to be able to retain her another year. ·
The conveyance of scholars has been quite an item of ex- pense this year, as the ninth grade has made a greater num- ber to be conveyed. A contract was given to Messrs. Graves, Brown and Hatch, to convey the children to and from the two union schools for one year for $2,990.00. It afterward was considered necessary to make the Willow street route a permanent one, instead of for the winter only. This made transportation not provided for, and so an arrangement was made whereby the committee agreed to pay nine dollars per week, additional, for the North Main street route during the winter term. In order to carry out the instructions given the committee by vote of the Town, a clause was in- serted in the contract, giving the High school girls living on these routes the privilege of riding during the winter, on any of the school coaches, as far as the service in either di- rection. Many have availed themselves of this privilege, riding as far as the Hatherly school on the various barges. and thence to the High school on the coach, returning on the centre route.
To improve the sanitary condition of the High and Hath- erly schools, which has long been a just cause for complaint, the committee had a toilet room put in the High school for the use of the girls; also one at the Hatherly for the use of the lady teachers. We wish to have a suitable number of toilet rooms put in the basement of this building to accom- modate the whole school, and thus do away with the present arrangement, which, in a school as large as this, cannot be kept in such a condition as not to be liable to be a source of disease among the pupils.
The underpinning of the Hatherly was pointed with ce- ment in the fall, at an expense of about $28.00. During the
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Christmas vacation a portion of the plastering fell from the ceiling in the upper hall and was repaired.
The furnaces at the Jenkins school were repaired in the fall at an expense of $86.00. It is probable that the burning of large quantities of green wood during the coal famine of last season, hastened the necessity of these repairs.
The cesspool at the Jenkins school, though large enough ordinarily, for a building of twice its size, was found to be inadequate, because of the imperviousness of the soil, and there was a constant overflow of waste water on the lawn. It, therefore, was imperative, in order to preserve the heatlh of the school, that something be done, and done quickly. The committee, accordingly, had a system of drainage put in, which seems to have solved the problem. It consists of a trench in which a drainpipe is laid with open joints, connect- ing the cesspool with a second catch basin, and from this other trenches ramify in various directions. The whole trench was filled with small stones, and the surface sodded It seems to work admirably and to be especially adapted for this kind of soil. The entire cost of this work was about $186.00.
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