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2,500 00
Treasury Department,
2,000 00
Tax Collector's Department,
2,900 00
Assessors' Department,
6,300 00
Assessors' Plans,
1,000 00
Law Department,
1,200 00
Town Clerk's Department,
1,650 00
Engineering Department,
1,000 00
Planning Board,
1,000 00
Election and Registration,
1,300 00
Maintenance of Town House,
3,000 00
Maintenance of Town Hall,
7,000 00
Police Department,
27,600 00
Fire Department,
35,279 00
Sealing Weights and Measures,
3,150 00
Moth Suppression,
5,000 00
Tree Warden's Department,
2,500 00
Forest Warden's Department,
4,000 00
Inland Fisheries,
200 00
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance,
10,159 63
Health Department,
18,000 00
Health Department, for 1927 bills,
594 34
Public Sanitaries,
3,000 00
Sewers,
6,000 00
Street Cleaning,
5,000 00
Roads and Bridges,
40,000 00
Hard-Surfacing Streets,
7,500 00
Gurnet Bridge Tax,
1,005 29
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Sidewalks,
7,000 00
Sidewalks; Granolithic,
6,000 00
Snow and Ice Removal,
5,000 00
Street Sprinkling,
6,000 00
Street Lighting,
18,000 00
Harbor Master,
450 00
Pensions for Town Laborers,
800 00
Public Welfare, including Mothers' Aid,
27,000 00
Soldiers' Benefits,
6,500 00
School Department,
249,000 00
Sexton,
200 00
Miscellaneous Account,
3,200 00
Water Department, Maintenance,
28,000 00
Water Department, Construction,
5,000 00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries,
11,500 00
Burial Hill Cemetery,
2,000 00
Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and South Pond Cemeteries,
300 00
Town Debt and Interest,
82,000 00
Total for Article 5,
$661,038 26
Art. 6. Plymouth Public Library, (Including Dog Tax $1,815.51),
Art. 7. Manomet Public Library,
750 00
Art. 8. Park Department, for Parks,
Training Green and Public
Camping Places,
11,750 00
Art. 9. Park Department, for Public Playgrounds, 7,000 00
Art. 10. Memorial Day,
550 00
Art. 11. July Fourth and Forefathers' Day,
2,000 00
Art. 12. Band Concerts,
500 00
Art. 13. Plymouth County Aid to Agri- culture, 250 00
Art. 14. Rifle Range,
125 00
Art. 15.
Town Forest, Reforesting and
Improvement,
2,000 00
8,500 00 .
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Art. 16. Inspection of Buildings, 1,000 00
Art. 17. Fire Alarm Signal System, 20,000 00
Art. 18. Water Street Extension, Con- struction, 10,000 00
Art. 20. Lothrop Street, Easterly from Railroad, 1,000 00
Art. 22. Alvin Road, Construction and Sidewalk, 3,000 00
Art. 23. Sidewalks on Cliff St., Sandwich Road and River St., 1,000 00
Art. 24. Beaver Dam Road, Hard-Surfacing, 2,500 00
Art. 25. Shore Road, Hard-Surfacing, 2,500 00
Art. 26. Head of the Bay Road,
1,500 00
Art. 27. Surfacing Right-of-Way at Town Hall, 2,000 00
Art. 28. Surfacing Parking Place at
Town Hall, 2,000 00
Art. 29. New Westerly Highway, Dam- ages and Grading, 35,000 00
Art. 30. New High School Building. If a bond issue is authorized there must be an appropriation in the current year, 7,000 00
Art. 31. High School Improvements and Alterations, (Estimated), 15,000 00
Art. 32. Acquiring Land on Union Street for School House Purposes, 7.500 00
$805,463 26
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LIST OF JURORS Prepared by the Selectmen of Plymouth, Mass., for 1928
Adams, Richard W., River St., Mason. Adamson, William, Billington St., Standish Mill Emp. Alexander, Earl, 65 Alden St., weaver. Alsheimer, Albert P., 58 Summer St., rivet maker. Anderson, Robert, 12 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Armstrong, Robert, 5 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Armstrong, William, 370 Court St., machinist. Armstrong, William H., 1 Massasoit St., plumber. Austin, Arthur E., 2611/2 Court St., designer. Bagnell, George F., 33 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Bain, James, 11/4 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Baker, Harold W., 8 Chilton St., store manager. Barnes, George C., 9 Washington St., clerk. Bartlett, Cornelius, River St., Caretaker.
Bennett, G. Vernon, 208 Court St., clerk. Bennett, Harry T., 125 Sandwich St., laundryman. Besse, Loring P., 66 Sandwich St., carpenter. Beytes, Leon H., 430 Court St., civil engineer. Bittinger, Fritz John, 140 Court St., Mgr. Editor. Bosworth, Leslie F., 427a Court St., engineer. Brenner, Henry, 191 Standish Ave., laborer. Brewster, Wm. W. 2nd, 8 So. Spooner St., foreman. Briggs, James A., 10 Lothrop St., percher. Briggs, Lyman W., 28 Oak St., clerk. Brink, Otto, 17 Standish Ave., dresser. Butland, Elmer E., 4 Massasoit St., clerk. Cameron, William, 51 So. Spooner St., foreman. Carr, Charles F., 26 Middle St., laborer. Cash, Henry T., 49 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Cash. Willis F., 411 Court St., Cordage Emp. Cassidy, Bernard W., 18 Oak St., clerk.
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Coakley, Dennis P., 75 Samoset St., weaver. Cole, Charles F. Jr., 128 Sandwich St., machinist. Costello, Thomas J., Cedarville, laborer. Dale, Lawrence L., 96 Court St., clerk. Damon, Harold S., 258 Court St., Second mate. Dennehy, Jeremiah F., 47 Samoset St., finisher. Dickerson, Charles W., 8 Mayflower St., salesman. Donovan, Richard J., 33 Allerton St., weaver. Douglas, Harold E., 127 Sandwich St., clerk. Ellis, Elton P., 27 Mayflower St., carpenter. Erickson, Charles H., 85 Samoset St., weaver. Fox, George H., 7 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Freyermuth, John J., 18 No. Spooner St., Mill Emp. Gardner, John H., 51 Allerton St., chauffeur. Gardner, William H., 13 Brewster St., engineer. Gellar, Peter Jr., 59 So. Street, dresser. Gifford, Alfred N., 17 Allerton St., salesman. Girard, Raymond F., 76 Standish Ave., electrician. Gleason, Frank E., 197 Court St., clerk. Goddard, Harrison F., 14 Chilton St., clerk.
Goldthwaite, George A., 3 Whiting St., woodworker. Goodwin, Bernard J., 281/2 Middle St., electrician. Gordon, Samuel, Summer St., farmer. Graham, William J., 1 Murray St., weaver. Grandi, Charles J., 10 Brewster St., Cordage Emp. Gray, Norman W., 362 Court St., salesman. Griffin, Chester D., 92 Sandwich St., machinist. Griffin, Edward P., 102 Warren Ave., illustrator. Gunther, Herbert E., 23 Standish Ave., asst. foreman. Hadaway, Augustus S., Chiltonville, carpenter. Hagen, Frank A., 16 Atlantic St., foreman. Hall, Fred Y., 39 So. Spooner St., plumber. Hanson, George, 4 Phoenix Ct., loom fixer. Harlow, Benamin G., Oak Ridge, laborer. Harriman, William H., 150 Court St., salesman.
Haskell, Chester B., Cedarville, cranberry grower. Hay, Donald G., 68 Oak St., printer.
Plymouth Seventeen
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Hemmerly, William H., 11 Bartlett St., chauffeur. Hertel, Fred U., 32 No. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Higgins, Lawrence E., 156a Sandwich St., gardener. Holmes, Charles B., Allen Court, painter. Holmes, Isaac T., 189 Court St., poultry raiser. Holmes, Lyman A., 149 Summer St., cranberry grower.
Holmes, Roland T., 11 Whiting St., clerk.
Hultenius, Axel, 37 Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Jewell, Albion G., 5 Chilton St., musician.
Kierstead, Russell B., 1 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp.
Leach, George A., Clifford Rd., farmer.
Lewis, Warren E., 28 Whiting St., foreman.
Loring, Bernard D., 18 Clyfton St., musician.
Luce, Arthur H., 17 Clyfton St., retired. Lumb, Fred, 11 Fremont St., harness raiser.
Lumb, Thomas, 66 Samoset St., weaver.
Luther, Nathaniel C. L., 30 Whiting St., machinist.
Maloney, Matthew E., 4 Court St., Ice Co. employee
Matinzi, Ralph F., 285 Court St., Sup't. Boys' Club. McCosh, John A., Manomet, clerk.
McEwen, Thomas G., 18 Fremont St., cloth examiner.
McNeil, H. Gordon, 21 So. Spooner St., clerk.
Morrison, Henry E., 53 Russell St., weaver.
Morse, Arthur L., 21 Mayflower St., clothier.
Morton, Louis, 4 South St., Cordage Emp.
Muthig, Louis J., 193 Court St., clerk.
Norton, Thomas E., 16 Vernon St., weaver.
O'Connell, John J. Jr., 6 Phoenix Ct., laborer. Paty, George L., 68 Samoset St., Cordage Emp. Perkins, Isaac H., 19 Mayflower St., mason.
Perkins, Thomas M., Newfields St., painter.
Peterson, Harold W., 234 Sandwich St., chauffeur. Phillips, George L., 38 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Pierce, Charles H., River St., fisherman.
Pierce, William S., 1 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp.
Pratt, Ernest B., 62 Court St., laborer.
Pratt, Henry L., 121 Court St., Cordage Emp.
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Priestley, Edmund J., 9 Russell Ave., weaver. Radcliffe, George, 101 Sandwich St., machinist. Raymond, Charles H., 41 South St., rivet maker. Richard, John B., 21 Brewster St., barber. Richardson, Robert, Ship Pond, fisherman. Rogan, Joseph S., Newfields St., clerk. Rosenthal, George J., 54 Samoset St., clothier. Sampson, Harry G., 4 Bradford St., weigher. Sampson, Ossian M., 47 Pleasant St., tack maker. Sears, Harold P., 9 Bay View Ave., clerk. Sears, Luther F., 240 Sandwich St., Cordage Emp. Sgarzi, William, 354 Court St., garage man. Shaw, Elwood A., 70 Court St., retired.
Sink, Sidney L., 6 Lewis St., telephone inspector.
Smith, Charles H., 119 Summer St., carpenter.
Snow, George F., 64 Court St., chauffeur.
Strong, Warren P., 27 Allerton St., insurance agt. Swanton, James S., 54 Allerton St., carpenter. Swift, Russell, Cliff St., farmer.
Taylor, Herman, Brookside Ave., weaver.
Thom, George S., 1 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp.
Wall, Seth E., 158 Court St., Cordage Emp.
Warnsman, Edward C., 28 Bay View Ave., insurance agt. Webber, Charles Jr., 28 Centennial St., percher. Whiting, Roger W., 215 Sandwich St., machinist. Wirzburgher, Edward, Nicks Rock Rd., steam fitter. Zandi, Ettore, 20 No. Spooner St., Cordage Emp.
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, HENRY W. BARNES, JR., WALTER E. BENT, FRANK EASTWOOD, FRANK C. SMITH, Selectmen of Plymouth.
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INDEX
Abstracts of Records of 1927 6
Appropriations on Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 253
Assessors' Report
95
Balance Sheet 236
Births
57
Board of Health
148
Bonds
241
Building Inspector
114
Cemetery Department
141
Cemetery Funds
242
Deaths
64
Fire Commissioner
135
Forest Fire Warden
103
Forestry Committee
144
Inspector of Milk
157
Inspector of Plumbing
158
Inspector of Slaughtering
156
Jurors
256
Licenses Issued
71
Marriages
50
Measurer of Wood and Bark
113
Moth Suppression
146
Park Commissioners
115
Playgrounds
116
Police Department
89
Public Library
119
Public Welfare Report
98
Report of Advisory and Finance Committee
18
Report of Supt. of Streets and Town Engineer
41
Report of Town Clerk
49
School Report opp. 260
Sealer of Weights and Measures
107
Selectmen's Report
37
Tree Warden
147
Town Accountant
159
Town Officers, 1927
3
Town Planning Board
132
Water Commissioners
75
Special index for school reports at the end of the School Report.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1928
Winter Term,
Begins Tuesday, Jan. 3-ends Friday, April 27
Recess-Monday, Feb. 27 thru Friday March 2
Holidays : Wednesday, Feb. 22 Thursday, April 19
Spring Term,
Begins Monday, May 7-ends Wednesday, June 27
Holiday : Wednesday, May 30
Fall Term,
Begins Wednesday Sept. 5-ends Friday, Dec. 21
Holiday : Friday, October 12
Thanksgiving Recess-Nov. 28-30 inclusive Teachers' Convention Visiting Day
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL 2-2 On Fire Alarm Code
At 7.15-for Junior and Senior High Schools.
At 8.15-for Grades I-VI-no school for morning ses- sion.
At 11.15-One session, Grade Schools closing at 12.30.
At 12.15-for Grades I to VI-no school for afternoon session.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Frederick D. Bartlett, Chairman,
Term Expires 1928
Fannie T. Rowell, Secretary,
1930
MEMBERS
Edward R. Belcher,
1929
*Burt H. Corey, Albert L. Mellor,
1930
1929
A. Perry Richards,
1928
The regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
Supt. of Schools, Anson B. Handy.
Office open from 8.30 to 12 a. m. and 1.15 to 5.00 p. m., every school day. Saturdays, 10-12 a. m. Every Monday, 7.00 to 7.30 p. m.
Office hours of the Superintendent of Schools, 8.00 to 9.00 a. m., and 4.00 to 5.00 p. m. every school day, except as special duties may prevent. Special appointments may be made at other times.
Attendance Officer, John Armstrong.
. *Died February 3, 1928.
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IN MEMORIAM
Burt Homard Corey
MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FROM
MARCH 1924 TO FEBRUARY, 1928
A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The matter of utmost importance in the School De- partment at this time is the need of increased accommo- dations for the Senior and Junior High Schools. The condition has been developing for some time. The Com- mittee report for 1925 said,-
"It seems proper at this time to call the attention of the Town to the probable necessity in the near future of additional accommodations at both the Senior and Junior High Schools. The attend- ance here is increasing at a much faster rate than the general school population, and is now more than four hundred in each school. It was neces- sary this last year to install one hundred portable desks in the main room at the Senior High School to relieve the situation there."
The report of the Senior High School Principal for that year also called attention to the condition.
In the 1926 report the Committee again referred to the matter as follows:
. but relief from the congested condi- tion of both High Schools, to which reference was made last year, would seem the more urgent need of the Town. This condition is referred to more specifically in the Superintendent's report this year.
Besides shortage of room both of these structures lack much that is considered essential in present day school buildings, and the situation seems to call for a comprehensive survey to determine the best thing to do."
Conditions in 1927 have been worse and for the future no relief seems possible without additional classrooms, together with an assembly hall and a gymnasium.
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Believing, therefore, that the matter should be sub- mitted to the Town in concrete form at the earliest prac- ticable time the Committee in the early part of 1927 en- gaged Professor Jesse B. Davis of Harvard and Boston Universities to make a survey of the educational and building needs of the two High Schools.
Professor Davis has had wide experience in school problems, as teacher, administrator and supervisor, is a frequent consultant of towns on their school needs and of architects specializing in school house construction.
Professor Davis' report in its essential parts has been published in the local paper.
On the strength of this report the Committee em- ployed the Frank Irving Cooper Corporation, Architects of Boston, at an expense of $500.00 to make preliminary sketches based on Professor Davis' recommendations and to meet with his approval. The general plan outlined in these sketches is approved by the Committee and the architects have now been engaged at a cost of $2,000.00 additional, to furnish plans and specifications in such detail as to allow close estimates on the cost of building.
The latter action is in accordance with the vote of the Town at a special meeting December 17th, 1927, appro- priating $2,000.00 for the purpose.
The aggregate of $2,500.00 is a part of the architect's fee if the Town accepts the plans and constructs the building.
It is expected that plans and close estimates of cost will be available for consideration and action at the 1928 Annual Town Meeting, and it is the hope of the Com- mittee that the Town will authorize the carrying out of the project.
The cost of the new building and necessary changes in the present ones is not known at this time, but is not expected to be more than $325,000.00.
The Superintendent's report discusses the problem and proposed plan in more detail, and the Committee en-
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dorses his report and commends it to your careful con- sideration.
Attention is also directed to what the principals of the two High Schools say in their reports, relative to the matter.
Standard Electric Time Company clocks and secondary clocks have been installed at three schools at a cost of $2,500.00.
At the Hedge School and Junior High School it is now possible to have uniform time through the building and to have the bells ring automatically instead of being rung according to a boy's watch. The principal no long- er needs to keep her mind on ringing bells nor the teach- er on the question as to whether her time is the same as that in the office. Confusion in passing has been elimi- nated. At the Junior and Senior High Schools second- ary clocks were connected with the master clock. A tel- ephone system was connected with the clock system in the Senior High School, thus permitting the principal to talk with any of his teachers in any of the rooms.
Owing to the increased number of pupils two addi- tional teachers were found necessary at the Junior High School.
Mr. George C. Marsden, principal of the Senior High School for five years, resigned at the end of the last school year to accept the principalship of the Milton High School.
Mr. Wayne M. Shipman, principal of the Walpole High School, was unanimously chosen to succeed Mr. Marsden. Mr. Shipman has had some twenty years' experience as teacher and principal.
Mr. George A. Burgess resigned as janitor of the Lincoln Street and South Street schools, and was suc- ceeded by Mr. Fred J. Smith, who also is assistant jani- tor at the Senior High School.
New electric lights have been installed at the Alden Street, Cold Spring and the Knapp schools. Several of these rooms were very much below the standard, and on
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days school work was carried on with difficulty. At Russell Mills six large windows replace three small ones, doubling the amount of light received. New lights have also been installed in the assembly room and corridor of the Senior High School, and additional current has been provided at both High Schools and the Hedge School.
A telephone has been installed at the South Street School.
Chemical toilets have been placed in two schools. At the Alden Street, Cliff Street and Russell Mills these chemical toilets have replaced the old, unsanitary, out- door toilets. No child in these schools has to go out-of- doors to a toilet. The moral and health menace of the old fashioned toilet has been eliminated. A similar toilet should be installed at Cedarville, although it will mean a small addition to the building, which was not necessary in these other schools.
Extensive painting was carried on at the Senior and Junior High Schools, at Manomet, Mt. Pleasant and Ced- arville schools.
A new heater of the jacketed type has been installed in the Cedarville School, contributing much to the heating and ventilating.
Sheet metal working tools have been purchased for the use of the Junior High School.
A substantial, five foot wire fence of the "Anchor Post" type has been erected at the Lincoln Street and Cornish and Burton play grounds, and on the northwest- erly side of the Hedge School lot, total length 833 feet.
FIRE PROTECTION
An item of $3,000.00 in the 1927 budget was intended for the installation of a sprinkler system in the Junior High School basement, but in the judgment of the State Inspector of Buildings fire escapes, on other buildings were more essential, and the appropriation was there- fore used for the latter purpose as specified below.
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Fire escapes have been added to the Cornish and Knapp schools which permit ready exit from the second floor on either side of these buildings. Another was add- ed to the Senior High School, which leads from the chemistry laboratory on the third floor and meets escapes from the second floor. At the Mt. Pleasant School a fire partition was placed in the two halls. In all the larger grade schools the fire-doors leading to the base- ments were provided with glass re-enforced with wire netting. Thus all the school buildings are now reason- ably protected from danger of fires in so far as the safety of pupils is concerned.
Increased water supply at the Hedge School. A large 6" main has been brought into the building and larger pipes leading to the toilets and drinking fountains per- mit a steady supply of water at all times. Formerly at recess when the toilets were being flushed the drinking fountains on the upper floors received no water.
The fire escapes were erected by J. B. Holt & Company of Brockton and have been approved by the State Inspector of Buildings.
The cost plus the expense of additional water supply at the Hedge School and a few small items was $4,721.85.
In view of the radical change in the heating of the two High Schools, as contemplated in the proposed building plan, no item for fire protection is put in the 1928 bud- get.
FREDERICK D. BARTLETT, EDWARD R. BELCHER, A. PERRY RICHARDS, ALBERT L. MELLOR, FANNIE P. ROWELL,
School Committee
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FINANCIAL REPORT
RECEIPTS
Appropriation March, $250,950 00
Income from Trust Fund, 20 34
$250,970 34:
PAYMENTS
General Expenses,
$8,781 47
Teachers' Salaries,
153,941 44
Text Books and Supplies,
13,390 57
Transportation,
15,990 47
Janitor Service,
11,525 35
Fuel,
10,367 14
Repairs and Maintenance,
21,629 32
Equipment,
4,428 31
Medical Inspection,
7,571 18
Tuition,
1,285 60
Total,
$248,910 85
Unexpended Balance, $2,059 49
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR 1928
General Expenses-
Superintendent's Salary,
$4,200 00
Secretary,
1,500 00
Truant Officer,
300 00
Stationery and Postage,
500 00
Telephone,
150 00
Traveling Expense,
400 00
Automobile Expense,
500 00
Freight and Express,
250 00
School Census,
200 00
All Other,
300 00
8,300 00
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Teachers' Salaries-
Day,
$154,050 00
Substitutes,
1,000 00
Evening,
1,000 00
Americanization,
1,800 00
Summer,
450 00
158,300 00
Text Books and Supplies-
Text and Reference Books, $6,000 00
Paper, Blank Books, Etc., 4,000 00
Manual Training Supplies,
1,000 00
Domestic Science Supplies,
1,000 00
All Other (including Athletic Supplies)
950 00
Tuition and Transportation,
2,000 00
Transportation-
Automobile (pupils),
$12,500 00
Car Fares,
4,000 00
16,500 00
Janitors' Service-
Day,
$12,700 00
Evening,
300 00
13,000 00
Fuel and Light-
Coal and Wood,
$11,500 00
Gas and Electricity,
1,300 00
Maintenance-
Salary of Building Supervisor, $2,600 00
General Repairs, 10,000 00
Flags and Flagstaffs, 100 00
Janitors' Supplies,
650 00
Telephones,
350 00
Ashes, etc., removed,
500 00
All Other,
500 00
.
12,800 00
14,700 00
12,950 00
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Furniture and Furnishings-
Manual Training,
800 00
Typewriters, All Other,
600 00
1,000 00
2,400 00
Rent,
Diplomas and Graduation,
150 00
Medical Inspection-
Physician,
$1,500 00
Nurse and Assistant,
2,500 00
Dental Hygienist,
1,700 00
Dental Clinic,
900 00
All Other,
900 00
7,500 00
Total Payments,
$249,000 00
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee:
I herewith submit my second annual report as Super- intendent of Schools.
In my report of last year I called your attention to the serious conditions at the Junior and Senior high schools and that they needed special study before a recommenda- tion was made. This has been done with the assistance of Professor Jesse B. Davis, a man of wide experience and training and a specialist in secondary education. His report is given in full and should be read by every citizen together with the reports of the School Committee, the Principal of the Senior High School, the Principal of the Junior High School, and the special report of the Super- intendent.
IMPROVEMENTS
Many improvements in the buildings have been made, the more important being the following: making the buildings safer from possible fire, increasing the lighting facilities, painting exteriors, replacing out-of-door toilet facilities with chemical toilets, installing uniform clock systems. These are described fully in the report of the committee :
The more important changes in other lines of school work are the following :--
1. The adoption of the Self-Help English Lessons from third grade to the sixth inclusive. This book, which replaces an old series, has proved very successful in many of the best educational centers.
2. New Supplementary Readers have been adopted. Pupils are reading more books than ever. Frequently first grade pupils read from twelve to eighteen books.
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The newer books are not only interesting in their content but are attractively illustrated. The pupils and teachers have appreciated this new material.
3. New maps have been purchased for all the schools. With one exception no school had had new maps of Europe since the World War. Other maps had been in use for at least thirty years and some longer. Some bore the mark "Edition of 1875." One map still being used had the following :
"North America-published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Ed- ucation appointed by the Society for Promoted Christian Knowledge and of the National So- ciety."
No evidence of when this map was published can be obtained from two of the present companies making maps.
4. Better Classification of Pupils.
By using the results of intelligence tests and standard subject tests, together with the teachers' estimate of a child's ability, the pupils were carefully graded in June. Instead of retaining in the sixth grade the over age pupils who had not obtained the usual stand- ard, they were advanced to a special group at the Junior High School where they are receiving a type of education fitted to their needs. Socially they are with those of their own approximate chronological age.
In October another standard intelligence tests was given. The results checked very closely with other results in about seventy-five per cent of the cases. In cases of radical difference the principals and teachers have made a careful study of the individual. As pupils have shown their ability they have been ad- vanced, or if failing to do their work, have been de- moted.
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