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10 Tripp, Juliet
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12 Stoddard, Julia A.
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22 Oedema of lungs
13 Clark, Maria B.
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3
1 Carcinoma
21 Gifford, Emily F.
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11
Heart disease
28 Jenney, Charles F.
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15 Pulmonary oedema Phthisis
May
3 Scammons, Henry R.
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5
1 Hanna, John T.
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S
22 Cancer of larynx
1 Rogers, Sophia P.
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3 29 Fracture of hip Heart disease
9 Lomba, Charles
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6
Heart failure
13 Pardee, Charles Elmer
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5 Appendicitis
13 Rose, Joseph
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17
Peirce, Eliza B.
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25 Alves, Christian
15 69
9
15 Oedema of lungs
11 Pratt, Susan A.
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3 Pneumonia
July 5 Parkinson, Margaret
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1 Heart disease
17 Pearce, Frederick S.
944 3
18 Old age
25 Bessette, Leo Raymond.
3
27 Hemorrhage
31 Blanchette, Armand
3
Cholera infantum
Aug. 3 Gibbs, Mary E.
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5
9 Anaemia
8
Lahue, Gladys A.
1
20 Hereditary disease
18 Bacelles, John
Shaw, Amelia J.
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10 28 Heart disease
83 8 Senile dementia
April
4 Grimshaw, Elizabeth A.
2 Hydrocephalus Cancer of stomach Uraemia
10 Smith, Ellen A.
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Chronic nephritis
June 2 Gifford, Lydia C.
8 : 13 Gangrene Hemorrhage
12 Bumpus, Jeremiah
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28 Howard, George F.
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DEATHS-CONTINUED.
Date
Name
Disease
y
m
d
Aug.
4
Sawin, Catherine H.
88
1
Natural causes
11
Livsey, Arabella L.
71
8
22
Carcinoma
16
Taber, Howland P.
5
5 Gastro-enteritis
16
Pacheco, Louisa
4
7 Gastro-enteritis
16
"Howland, Hazel Edith
6
Malnutrition
20
Gularte, Bento N.
8
Cholera infantum
20
Brightman, Lucy A.
74
5
6
Apoplectic shock
23
Sylvia, John
3
20
Cholera infantum
23
Parker, Earl
11
7
Gastroenteritis
26
Connell, Thomas E.
10
7
Ileo-colitis
30
Peary, Joseph
5
5 Cholera infantum
Sept.
1 Gularte, Marianno N.
8
15 Cholera infantum
Aug.
24
Breaker, Charles L.
39
227 Epilepsy
Sept.
5
Walker, Simeon J.
39
Tuberculosis
Aug. 14
Wheeler, Martha
73
Acute gastritis
16
Brownell, Giles E.
88
5
4 Hemorrhage
30
Baldwin, William
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Enteritis
Oct.
2
Pearce, Lois M.
92
3
7 Hemorrhage
7
Worsley, Andrew
14
6
11
Pneumonia
10
Harris, Eliza A.
73
17 Heart disease
Aug. 20
Hoye, Michael
65
Meningitis
Nov. 2
Allen, Rebecca S.
70
9
Carcinoma
12
Thayer, Charles N.
79
Heart disease
22
Knipe, Charles O.
62
9
Meningitis
23
Gething, Margaret J.
21
11
Phthisis
25
McGowan, Beatrice L.
73
4
24
Senility
28
Dunn, Esther D.
70
5
10
Diabetes
1
Bourgeois, Delphine
44
Pneumonia
Dec.
7
Hammond, Clinton P.
20
6 Malignant Tumors
14 Taber, Mary A.
88
11
Heart disease
27
Gifford, Arthur F.
55
10
15
Tuberculosis
31
Mello, Irene B.
1
7
Bronchitis
31
Sweet, Ellen P.
70
1
Pneumonia
Sept. 15
Sisco, Francis
86
1
28 Endocarditis
Lannon, Paul
9
Entero colitis
3 Intestinal obstruction
27
Charry, Phebe A.
Age
REPORT OF THE
Sewer Commissioners.
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REPORT OF THE SEWER COMMISSIONERS.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Fairhaven.
GENTLEMEN :- The Sewer Commissioners wish to present their annual report.
At the regular town meeting we asked for an appropriation of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), which was granted. We have endeavored to keep within the appropriation, but found that with the strictest economy we were unable to do so.
It was deemed advisable at the beginning of the year to re- shingle the power house, and we found this called for new con- ductors, as the old ones were rotted out so badly, probably due to the action of the salt atmosphere rather than faulty con- struction.
Small repairs have been made on the main engine and boil- ers, the repairs being called for by the new inspection laws re- cently passed.
The sewers are doing the work they were designed to do, but continual additions have been made, until the limit is nearly reached.
There have been several complaints from the abutters drain- ing into the Centre street ejectors, which are called upon to do very heavy duty at times.
There have been two breaks at the Pease District station, corner of Bridge and Main streets, one of which the Shone Co. replaced free of charge.
Early in the summer the main engine at the power station must be rebuilt. This is absolutely necessary, as it would be foolish to stave this off any longer. New heads and check valves must be put on the air cylinders, new piston rings and stems, and possibly it may be necessary to rebore the cylinders.
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The wear on every moving part of the engine must be taken up. No estimate can fairly be put on this work, as until the engines are taken apart it cannot be ascertained what repairs will be needed. During the time required to make these re- pairs it will be necessary for the abutters using the Shone sys- tem to use great discretion in regard to the amount of roof water emptied into the sewer, as we shall have only the small auxiliary compressor to do the work with.
The board would request that you insert an article in the warrant at the annual town meeting, as follows :
"To see if the town will vote that on all new sewer systems that may be built hereafter, shall be assessed one-half the cost on the abutters of such sewers, and one-half on the town. And on all extensions of any system already built the assessment shall be two-thirds the cost of such extensions on the abutters and one-third upon the town."
The object of the board is to have some uniform way of as- sessment which will be more equitable to all, and at the same time simplify the work for future boards.
We would suggest that you make the same appropriation for maintenance as last year, three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), making no special appropriations for the repairs to engine, the same to be paid for as all minor repairs. Later in the year, if needed for maintenance, another appropriation may be made at some special town meeting.
Respectfully submitted for the board,
GEORGE T. THATCHER, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
To the Citizens of Fairharen:
The Board of Health respectfully submits its annual report for the year 1907.
The board organized in March, 1907, with the choice of Charles P. Maxfield as chairman ; Joseph B. Peck as secretary ; Dr. William H. Thayer as medical inspector. On May 9, 1907, Dr. William L. Peters was elected a member of the board and chosen secretary to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph B. P'eck.
There have been reported to the board by physicians during the last twelve months, only seven cases of contagious and infectious diseases, viz. :
3 scarlet fever,
2 measles,
2 diphtheria.
This shows the smallest number of cases reported to the board for many years. The board would respectfully request of all physicians practicing in the town that they make a report to them, in accordance with the law, of all cases of contagious and infectious diseases. Cards for this purpose are supplied by the board.
The board received more complaints concerning the unsani- tary conditions existing in many dwellings than ever before. Upon notice to the owners of such tenements, the nuisances were abated.
There have been inspected by William H. Staples, inspector
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of slaughtered animals, who was appointed by the board, as the law directs, 144 slaughtered animals, viz. :
137 swine, 5 beef animals, 1 sheep, 1 calf.
One cow, which was found infected with tuberculosis, was condemned. All the slaughter houses were found to be in a sanitary condition, and no animals unfit for food were sold, within our knowledge.
The board still recommends that no license be granted to any person or place where the Jews can slaughter under the license of others.
Dr. D. C. Ashley, general inspector of animals, reports as follows :
"During the year 1907 I have made an inspection of the cattle, sheep and swine owned within the limits of the town, and have caused to be killed and buried, or rendered, 10 tuberculous cows, an increase of two over last year.
"I have also made two inspections of the barns, or abodes of cattle, and in a great many cases have found a decided improvement over the conditions existing last year; yet in many cases have ordered many improvements to be made, which in most cases have been made. Two or three barns have been condemned by the Board of Health and myself as being unfit for dairy barns. Since my last report, six head of cattle were brought into the town from outside the state, which I located in East Fairhaven, and at once placed them in quarantine and tested them with tuberculin before allowing the owner to sell them.
"The dealers in milk are learning the fact that careful and cleanly handling is greatly to their advantage, as it warrants a quicker and surer sale, especially as they find out that the consumers demand such conditions, and there is an improve- ment in the handling methods all along the line. Yet there are plenty of chances left where improvements may be made, which I hope will soon be adopted.
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"The bacteriological test will soon be in force, which will cause a radical change in the cleanliness of your milk supply, which will be welcomed by all intelligent people, whether producers or consumers."
No cases of the foot and mouth disease have been found within our jurisdiction the past year.
There have been 126 permits or licenses granted this year to persons who desired to take clams or quahogs from polluted waters of the town and use same for bait only. Because of non-compliance with the law under which the permit was granted, seven of these permits or licenses were revoked.
In order to make all the conditions of living in town as sanitary as possible, the board recommends, as formerly, the collection of all swill and garbage by a responsible person licensed by the town, who will make at least two visits weekly to all residences where application has been made to him. Water-tight cans with suitable covers must be used in moving such matter, and thus the conditions will be rendered more healthful.
Notices in regard to expectorating upon the sidewalks and in public places were posted and were generally observed. No complaint in regard to this matter was brought to the attention of the board.
The board wishes to call the attention of the public to a very important notice (Chap. 80, Sec. 78, of the Public Statutes) :
"When a householder knows that a person within his family is sick with smallpox, or any other disease dangerous to the public health, he shall immediately give notice to the selectmen or board of health of the town in which he dwells. If he refuses or neglects to give such notice he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ($100.00) one hundred dollars."
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES P. MAXFIELD, WILLIAM L. PETERS, WILLIAM H. THAYER, M. D.
INDEX
Auditors' reports
18,58
Births
63
Board of Health, Report of
73
Collector of Taxes' Report
5
Deaths
66
Debt and Interest
46
Fire Department
34
Fire Engineers, Report of
53
Highways :
21
General Highways
21
Mill Road
21
South Pleasant Street
21
Cottage Street
22 22
Incidentals
Board of Health
41
Soldiers' Relief
41
List of Town Officers
3
Marriages
61
Police Department
36
Poor Department
27
Almshouse
28
Outside Poor
29
Present Town Debt
47 48
Recapitulation
45
Selectmen's Report
55
Sewers :
30
Maintenance
30
Bridge Street
30 30 31
Oxford
Cottage Street
69
Superintendent of Streets' Report
50
Street Lights
46
Town Hall
43
Treasurer's Balance Sheet
16
Treasurer's Report
12
Tree Warden's Report
51
Salaries
Adams Street
31
Sewer Commissioners' Report
38
Laurel Street
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT 1907
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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
1893-1907
President
HENRY H. ROGERS
1893-
Vice-Presidents
WALTER P. WINSOR
1893-94
GEORGE H. TABER
1895-96
GEORGE H. TRIPP
1897-98
THOMAS A. TRIPP
1899-00
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM
1901-02
JOB C. TRIPP
1903-04
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM
1905-06
FREDERICK B. LYMAN
1907-
Treasurers
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM
1893-94
MRS. LIZZIE F. NYE
1895-96
WALTER P. WINSOR
1897-
Secretaries
THOMAS A. TRIPP
1893-94
MISS ELLEN H. AKIN
1895-96
MRS. SARAH C. ANTHONY
189-798
MRS. LIZZIE F. NYE
1899-00
DON C. STEVENS
1901
DREW B. HALL
1901-
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Standing Committees 1907-1908
Book Committee :--
H. H. Rogers, President ; F. B. Lyman, Vice-President ; G. H. Tripp, Mrs. Anthony, Mrs. Nye.
Finance Committee :-
W P. Winsor, Treasurer; James L. Gillingham, Mrs. Winsor, W. E. Benjamin, E. L. Besse.
House Committee :-
T. A. Tripp, Miss Akin, Mrs Broughton, J. C. Tripp, G. W. Stevens.
Trustees
Miss Ellen H. Akin
1893-
Edmund Anthony, Jr. .
1902
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony
1893-
William E. Benjamin
1893-
Edward L. Besse
1893-
Mrs. Cara R. Broughton
1893-
James L. Gillingham
1893-
Frederick B. Lyman
1904-
Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye
1893-
Henry H. Rogers
1893-
Don C. Stevens
1893-01
George W. Stevens
1893-
George H. Taber
1893-01
George H. Tripp
1893-
Job C. Tripp
1902-
Thomas A. Tripp
1893-
Charles W. White, Jr.
1902-04
Mrs. Mary G. Winsor,
1893-
Walter P. Winsor,
1893-
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1907.
To the Trustees of the Millicent Library :
I have the honor of presenting the librarian's report for 1907.
Growth in Volumes.
The additions for the year number 821 volumes; 294 vol- umes were withdrawn, leaving a net gain of 527, which added to the 17,846 last reported, makes a total of 18,373. Of the 821 volumes, 561 were new titles, and 48 additional volumes, making 609 volumes of new matter; and the remaining 212 were additional copies. 315 volumes of fiction, both new and old, were among the 821; and 154 of "junior" books, partly fiction, and so included in the 315.
Besides the more obvious duties of lending books, attending to the periodicals and binding, the staff and book committee have listed and examined 787 new books, reading critical re- views, and the books themselves in the numerous doubtful cases. Of the 787 titles, 561 were accepted and 226 returned to the dealer. Even at three hours for the reading of each of the 300 doubtful ones, and one hour for the remainder, an av- erage of four to five hours daily goes to this examination, a large part of which is done outside the building. This careful reading not only selects for us those new books which will in the long run attract the most readers and give us the best re- turn on the investment, but serves also to keep the staff ac- quainted with the new additions, and so enables them to advise intelligently our readers.
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Binding.
705 volumes in poor condition were thoroughly examined, of which 294 were rejected and 411 rebound. Very numerous minor repairs were made in the building by the regular force.
Registration.
377 persons received borrowers' cards; adult residents of Fairhaven, 131, of school age, 97 ; residents of New Bedford, 27, and of other places, 122. These names bring the total regis- tration in five and a half years up to 3,317.
Home Use.
The home use of bound books was 37,452 volumes, and of current periodicals 7,142, a total of 44,594. Taking $1.20 as the average price per volume to the public (in both 1906 and 1907 it was $1.02 to the Library), it would have cost the people of Fairhaven $44,902 to read the books circulated if each reader had been obliged to buy each book for himself; and likewise, periodicals at a piece valuation of 12 cents used 7,142 times would have amounted to $857.04. That is, thus broadly reckoned the Library furnished the town with $45,759 worth of home reading. And this sum takes no account of the very large amount of reading in the building, nor of the reference work.
But even this unusual service in a town of forty-five hundred inhabitants can be bettered by the adoption of some of the newer methods of library extension, such as the "duplicate pay collection," and the lending of books in outlying districts from stations or other distributing agencies.
The Building.
Numerous repairs have been made to the building, which is in good working condition, though careful consideration of the
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heating plant and interior decoration is needed. Unusual repairs have been required by the boiler, the chimneys, window frames and floors.
The Staff.
In the spring, Mr. William O. Sawyer became janitor. With this exception the working force remains the same as for several years ; and no member has been incapacitated by illness for a single day.
The Library has been represented at the meetings and on the executive boards of various local library clubs.
To the Trustees the staff has to offer the most sincere thanks for their continued confidence and support.
Very respectfully,
DREW B. HALL, Librarian.
14 January, 1908.
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APPENDIX 1 Growth 1907
Volumes January 1
17,846
Volumes added
821
Volumes withdrawn
294
Net gain
527
Net total December 31
18,373
APPENDIX 2 Registration 1902-07
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
Total
Fairhaven, adult
877
231
185
101
138
131
1663
Fairhaven, school age
264
112
104
193
146
97
916
New Bedford
99
61
20
30
30
27
267
Other places
106
92
31
56
122
471
Totals
1346
496
340
380
378
377
3317
APPENDIX 3 Library Staff LIBRARIAN
DREW B. HALL
July, 1901-
ASSISTANTS (alphabetical order)
FLORA H. LEIGHTON
January, 1903-
EDA M. PERRY ANNIE THOMPSON
February, 1905- .
December, 1891-
JANITOR
WILLIAM O. SAWYER
April, 1907-
PAGE
DANA H. GILLINGHAM
August, 1905-
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APPENDIX 4 Classified Additions and Withdrawals, and Circulation, 1907
WITH- DRAWALS
CIRCULATION
ADDITIONS
Adult
Young People
Total
Per cent.
Per cent.
New titles
Add. copies & volumes
New titles
Add. copies & volumes
Adult
Young People
Fiction
130
117
23
45
315
38.4
104
124
19.531
6,331
25,862
58.
General Works
6
11
17
2.
1
6,779
363
7,142
16.
Philosophy
9
3
3
17
2.
-
245
152
397
.89
Religion
32
2
9
47
5.7
2 12
491
764
1,255
2.8
Sociology
3
2
1
1
1
65
8.
5
897
118
1.015
2.27
Fine Arts
41
3
6
3
53
6.4
964
375
1,339
3.
-
8.
15
1,346
1,003
2,349
5.2
Travel
48
2
12
1
66
8.
1,326
746
2,072
4 6
16
1
1
3
27
3.3
1
13
498
458
956
2.1
History
46
1
3
1
51
6.3
2
645
243
888
2.
Totals
467
200
73
81
821
115
179
33,590
11,004
44,594
.
9
1.
192
194
43
.42
Language
3.
514
255
769
1.7
Natural Science
23
2
29
11
1.3
71
52
123
.27
Music
9
-2
Literature
39
1
11
66
.36
3
47
12
189
Useful Arts
56
15
45
55
Periodicals
44
44
.1
Adult
Young People
Total
Biography
667 vol.
154 vol.
3
3.5
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FAIRHAVEN SCHOOL REPORT
1908
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
GEORGE W. STEVENS,
DANIEL W. KENDRICK,
Term expires 1908 Term expires 1908
THOMAS A. TRIPP,
Term expires 1909
LEWIS E. BENTLEY,
Term expires 1909
JOSEPH K. NYE,
Term expires 1910
GEORGE H. TRIPP,
Term expires 1910
Chairman, THOMAS A. TRIPP.
Secretary and Superintendent. FRANK M. MARSH.
Superintendent's Office Hours,
Town Hall S Wednesday, 4.00-5.00 P. M. 2 Wednesday, 7.00-8.00 P. M. High School Monday, 8.30-9.30 A. M. 2 Monday, 12.00-1.00 P. M.
Appointments may be made for other hours.
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CALENDAR.
1907.
Tuesday, Dec. 30
Friday, Feb. 21
Tuesday, March 3 Friday, April 24 Monday, May 3 Friday, June 26 Tuesday, Sept. 8 Thursday, Nov. 26 Monday, Nov. 30 Friday, Dec. 18 Tuesday, Dec. 29
All schools re-open
1908.
All schools close. Mid-winter vacation All schools re-open All schools close. Spring vacation All schools re-open All schools close. Summer vacation All schools re-open All schools close. Thanksgiving recess All schools re-open All schools close. Christmas vacation All schools re-open
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING, February 19, 1908.
VOTED-That the report of the Superintendent of Schools be accepted and adopted as the report of the School Committee.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Fairharen:
In accordance with custom and in compliance with the regulations of your board, I submit the annual report of the superintendent of schools, which, in brief, outlines the essential facts concerning the department over which you have charge. The accompanying financial statements and statistical tables furnish detailed information relating to the various phases of school organization.
It is necessary again to report that the problem of providing adequate accommodations for the pupils is a real and difficult one. Since the publication of the last report, temporary and partial relief has been afforded by the re-opening of the old high school building. The joint committee appointed by the town decided that the only immediate relief could be best secured by making the necessary alterations and repairs on the old high school building. In order to make this building suitable for primary and grammar school purposes, the large upper room had to be divided into two rooms and each provided with blackboards. The entrances and exits were obliged to be re-arranged and new and more adequate sanitary accommodations provided, together with much interior painting and calcimining, involving a total expenditure of six hundred dollars, for which there had been no estimate or appropriation. This building now accommodates the preparatory class and a fourth grade, which has to be conveyed back and forth from the Oxford school at the expense of the department. Although this fourth grade has been removed from the Oxford building,
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it is still necessary to have, outside of the regular class rooms, a third grade in the corridor, in charge of an additional teacher. This arrangement has been highily unsatisfactory, both on account of the lack of blackboard facilities and on account of improper light and inadequate heat.
At the Rogers school, the pupils in two fourth grades, two fifth grades and two sixth grades have been comfortably accommodated, while an enrollment in the seventh grade of sixty at the beginning of the year necessitated putting part of this grade in the eighth grade room, leaving still a large and difficult grade of fifty-one pupils. The large assembly hall is the only available space left for the principal's assistant to conduct recitations, and for the sewing classes to carry on their work. Since two classes will be advanced from the Washing- ton Street school to the Rogers school and only one class leave the Rogers school, it will be necessary to provide for another room for the pupils of this additional grade which cannot be accommodated at the Rogers. It will be necessary for your board to provide accommodations for this additional class in the center of the town, which could only be done by renting a suitable room or sending them to the old high school building, and hiring a room at Oxford to accommodate the grade which is now being transported at considerable expense to the old high school building. Whatever arrangements are made will of necessity be temporary and more or less unsatisfactory. Results such as are expected in the Fairhaven schools cannot be accomplished at Oxford until more adequate accommoda- tions are provided. The two first grades, two second grades, and two third grades take all the available space at the Wash- ington street school. The New Boston school accommodates twenty-five pupils in the first four grades at East Fairhaven. At the High school, during the fall term there has been an enrollment of (147) one hundred forty-seven.
The management and work at the High school has been conducted with increasing effectiveness along the lines originally
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laid down. At the beginning of the present school year the botanical laboratary was equipped and organized so that the courses in the botanical and biological sciences may be offered. The addition of this course, and the extension of the work in the other sciences, together with the increasing number of pupils, made it necessary to add another teacher to the corps. The courses in art and sewing, which were interrupted before the close of the year, have been taken up with new vigor and made more effective by allotting more of the teachers' time to these subjects. The course in manual training-sloyd, wood- turning and mechanical drawing-have become better organized and better results have been accomplished. The work in physical education has been conducted in a rational and effective manner, aiming not so much at spectacular results in gymnasium or on the athletic field, but having for its particular aim the development of physical and moral fibre and self- control, which will stand the boys and girls in good stead later on in the heat of the day. The courses in domestic science have been conducted as formerly with the constant aim of making the lessons here learned exert an influence towards more hygienic and healthful living. The lunch department has been conducted as formerly and has resulted in more real good, both to the pupils and to the organization of the school, than is fully realized. Because of the continuance in service of the teachers, and the gradual adjustment of the pupils to the new conditions and new requirements, the work in the commercial, general and college preparatory courses is being accomplished with greater economy and with more normal results.
I wish to commend to your attention all those efforts and influences which have been exerted by teachers and pupils towards a more manly bearing in and about the school build- ing, and especially in connection with field sports and inter- school relations. I have taken pride publicly and privately in commending the manifest tendency of the High school pupils to play fair, even at the expense of losing.
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The grammar and primary schools have been conducted on the same basis as in previous years, and with results which, for the most part, are satisfactory and commendable. The intro- duction of better organized physical training in all the schools, as carried on by the teachers, has the promise of producing excellent results, and it is hoped that patient and persistent attention to this branch of the elementary work may accom- plish something towards overcoming many of the defects of carriage and prepare the way at least for better physical development on the part of our growing boys and girls.
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