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2
105
590
II 73
Frank P. Cambra
2
195
1790
29 86
Joe Costa
2
50
350
7 60
Manuel C. Carrallo
2
I35
2025
32 24
Joe Cambra
2
75
2400
36 65
Jesse Rodriques Cabral
2
I25
1275
21 60
Marion Rodriques Cabral 2
75
J.580
25 17
William B. Cary
2
2 00
Manuel Catatra
2
305
6 27
Herbert I. Carr
2
380
3325
53 87
Manuel Costa
2
2 00
Leon F. Cash
2
2 00
Nathaniel J. Crossman
2
2 00
Manuel F. Dutrea
2
35
I200
19 29
Seth Dutrea
2
85
I280
2I II
Allen Davis
400
5 60
Dighton Stone Lining Co.
5600
I3300
264 60
Antone Dutrea
2
70
1700
26 78
Frank G. Dutrea
2
2 00
Dighton Rock Park, Old
Colony St. Ry Co., Boston
2500
19450
307 30
Antone F. Dutrea
2
525
9 35
Lester A. Dehro
2
2 00
John C. Davis
2
2 00
A. W. Emery
2
150
4 10
79
ANNUAL REPORT.
Poll
Per.
Real.
Total.
John W. Earle
2
1000
8910
140 74
Ralph Earles
2
1085
24 89
William A. Eddy
I5
2 2I
Manton A. Eddy
2 .
325
4 55
William P. Eddy
2
2 00
Leilla P. Eddy
335
3950
59 99
Mary J. Enos
50
IIOO
16 10
John A. Enos
2
2 00
Joseph D. Esquelra
2
700
II 80
John F. Turcore
2
2 00
George E. Francis
2
2 00
Mary E. Francis
I700
. 23 80
Jacob E. Flye
2
2 00
Henry R. Fuller
2
2 00
Manuel Fruters
2
35
200
5 29
Manuel P. Frank
2
I25
I 75
Heirs of James Goff
500
7 00
Shubael F. Goff
2
2 00
Mary A. Goff
500
7 00
Manuel Grassie
2
IIO
I375
. 22 79
Phebe Gough
2275
31 85
William H. Gardner
2
500
9 00
Carl P. Gordon
2
70
I200
19 78
Manuel George
2
50
800
13 90
Joe Grassie '
2
2 00
William J. Grant
2
.
2 00
Frank R. Grant
2
100
3 40
Frank Grassie
2
2 00
George W. Gardner
2
255
5 57
Emma E. Gardner
2935
41 09
Edward I. Gardner
2
2 00
Harold B. Gardner
2
IO0
3 40
So
ANNUAL REPORT.
Poll
Per.
Real.
Total.
Amanda Garfield
1000
14 00
Manuel C. Galante
2
2 00
Jennie C. Galante
675
9 45
Edmund Hathaway
2
. 100
5285
77 39
Howard P. Hathaway
2
85
1675
26 64
Daniel H. Horton
2
100
3010
45 54
Henry F. Horton
2
220
6155
86 17
John Hayes
2
2 00
Almond B. Horton
2
2 00
Harriet E. Horton
1400
19 60
Eugene B. Haskins
2
2 00
Edward B. Haskins
2
2 00
Eugene B. and Edward B. Haskins
550
7 70
Harry E. Hathaway
2
2 00
Herbert L. Horton
2
560
1550
31 54
George L. Horton
2
320
6 48
Blanche Horton
2000
28 00
David C. Harris
2
2 00
James B. Handy
2
2 00
Walter E. Hamilton
2
2 00
William Hamilton
2
2 00
Edward E. Hamilton
2
2 00
Estate of Allen Ingalls Henry Wood adm'r
1650
23 10
Henry B. Jones
650
9 10
Jack Joseph
IO0
I 40
Joe Jocinto
2
2 00
Charles Kidder
2
200
4 80
Clara King
1075
15 05
Edward J. Logan
2
2 00
Estate of Nancy Lewis
650
9 10
Estate of Capt. Allen Luther
1185
16 59
SI
ANNUAL REPORT.
Poll
Per.
Real.
Total.
Arthur Luther
2
2 00
Henry A. Luther
2
2 00
Edward P. Lincoln
1050
14 70
August Lupont
2
2 00
William H. Lee
2
2 00
William O. Lee
2
I60
2825
43 79
Manuel M. Loregata
2
2 00
Sophia Mackee
I575
22 05
Fred Millard
2
I25
1525
25 IO
Frank Mendosa
2
285
5 99
Frank Mendosa, Jr.
2
2 00
Meriam J. Montero
2
650
II IO
Manuel P. V. Mouirie
.2
325
I400
26 15
Antone P. V. Monrie
2
I20
II50
19 78
Widow of
Manuel S. Medrios
2
825
I 75
Joseph F. Milliken
2
250
3025
47 85
Joseph P. Mello
2
706
2250
43 39
Joe Magill
2
65
2150
33 OI
Frank Machdo
2
IO0
3 40
John A. Megus
2
2 00
Abbie J. Megus
650
9 10
Simeon D. Nichols
2
2 00
Mary E. Nichols
5IO
1450
27 44
Lorenzo M. Oldmixon
2
215
2050
33 7I
Joseph E. Oliver
2
2 00
Earnest Oldmixon
2
2 00
Heirs of David Perry
I60
2 24
Clothier Pierce
2
I50
960
. I7 54
George H. Phillips
2
300
I575
28 25
Edward D. Perry
2
1175
24 05
·
1
82
ANNUAL REPORT.
Poll
Per.
Real.
Total.
Lewis E. Perry
2
2 00
Edward D. Perry and Annie J. Waldron
1740
24 36
Amanda M. Perry
750
IO 50
Hiram O. Palmer
2
75
2425
37 00
Estate of Emily Palmer
625
8 75
Joseph S. Pitts
2
75
I600
23 45
Eliza F. Pitts
I-700
23 80
Josiah T. Place
2
550
5925
92 65
Antone D. Perry
2
95
I350
22 23
· Manuel C. Perry
2
100
650
12 50
Manuel Pushake
2
2 00
Antone A. Perry
2
975
15 65
Amanda M. Perry and
Annie J. Waldron
2150
30 IO
Eugene Perry
2
2 00
Antone V. Perry
2
I325
20 55
Joe Souza Phillips
2
2 00
George A. Richmond
2
2 00
Franklin Richmond
2
2 00
Aseneth Richmond
1000
14 00
Joseph W. Rose
2
I340
4010
76 48
Joe Enos Rose
2
330
3325
53 17
Joseph D. Rose
2
2 00
Frank Rogers
2
200
450
II IO
Antone Rogers
2
I300
20 20
Joseph Rogers
2
2 00
Julius G. Romero
2
750
2600
48 90
Rev. A. J. Rich
2
2 00
Frank Rose
2
2 00
Manuel Rodriques
2
95
II25
19 08
1
83
ANNUAL REPORT.
Poll
Per.
Real.
Total.
Harry H. Bush
2 00
Albert Rotch
2
2000
30 00
Estate of O. P. Simmons
5150
72 10
Frank Perry Suite
2
185
2175
35 04
Manuel F. Sylvia
2
340
IIOO
22 16
Albert A. Simmons
2
435
2025
36 44
Joseph E. Sears
2
285
3475
54 64
Sarah R. Sears
2265
31 71
Andrew B. Simmons
2
IO0
3 40
David S. Smith
725
10 15
Heirs of Charles N. Simmons
I 2005
172 27
Charles G. Simmons
2
2 00
Walter F. Simmons
2
2 00 .
Walter F. Simmons
2
2 00
Dr. Joseph B. Sayles
2
750
2675
49 95
Dianna Sherman
300
4 20
Frederick J. Swan
2
2 00
James N. Smith
2
1000
2600
52 40
Charles H. Smith
2
2000
7830
139 62
Joe Enos Souza
2
165
7 II
Mary B. Souza
975
13 65
Manuel Enos Souza
2
950
15 30
Nathan E. Simmons
75
I 05
Joseph Swasey
2
700
II 80
Antone Swasey
200
2 80
Arthur F. Sprague
2
60
1475.
23 49
Elmer Shove
2
2 00
John Sears
2
600
IO 40
Joe Pery Suite
2
I35
1825
29 44
Franklin B. Simmons
250
3 50
Manuel De Mat Sylvia
2
. 205
325
9 42
84
ANNUAL REPORT.
Poll
Per.
Real.
Total.
Albertus F. Simmons, Treas.
of Baptist Society
75
I 05
Frank Simmons
2
400
7 60
Manuel Simmons
2
2 00
Manuel Souza
2
2 00
Victor R. Sheaves
2
I400
19 60
Albertus F. Simmons, Treas.
of Baptist Society
1500
21 00
Joe Sylvia
2
2 00
Alfred Sylvia
2
2 00
Estate of Cyrus Talbot
John W. Kendall, Exor.
650
9 10
Frederick W. Talbot
2
350
350
II 80
James A. Talbot
2
IIO
I350
22 44
J. Chester Talbot
2
200
800
16 00
Charles H. Talbot
2
100
1670
21 84
Estate of Charles W. Turner
4960
69 46
Andrew W. Turner
2
1385
1520
42 67
James G. Tompkins
2
I262
2975
61 32
Heirs of Hannah Talbot
500
7 00
Joe Cabral Tores and Manuel Simmons
I300
18 20
Joe Cabral Tores
2
2 00
John Thompson
2025
28 35
Annie A. Tinkham
45
6 30
Estate of Edward R. Talbot
3320
46 48
George W. Tew and
Florence A. Pratt
800
II 20
Sumner R. Terry
2
2 00
Manuel P. Davis
2
2 00
John Jacobs
2
2 00
85
ANNUAL REPORT.
Poll
Per.
Real.
Total.
Robert R. Vance
2
5850
83 90
Whitfield Vincent
2
2 00
William Y. Whitmarsh
2
2 00
Lydia H. Whitmarsh
1800
25 20
Estate of William B. Whitmarsh
1000
14 00
Marshall D. Waters
2
1000
16 00
Forest A. Whitmarsh
2
I190
5285
91 65
Wilfred F. Whitmarsh
2
2 00
Estate of Nancy Whitmarsh
3150
44 IO
Susannah V. Whitmarsh
2040
28 56
Robert W. Whitmarsh
2
3600
52 40
Ferdinand Waldron
2
150
4 10
Annie J. Waldron
25
35
Robert W. Whitmarsh, Treas.
Pedo Baptist Congre- gational Society
4230
59 22
·George A. White 2
2 00
Howard S. Wood
285
2400
37 59
Herbert N. Walker
2
25
2 35
Elizabeth A. Walker
4150
58 10
Nathaniel D. Walker
2
2 00
Frederick I. Walker
2
2 00
Heirs of Mary Ware
250
3 50
Capt. Joseph H. Whelden 2
400
1325
26 15
Obed T. Watson
2
2 00
Edward A. Watson
2
2 00
Estate of William Walker 2
2275
31 85
Devisees of will of
Thomas B. Witherell
3195
44 73
William Wood
2
2 00
John Wood
2
675
II 45
86
ANNUAL REPORT.
Poll
Per.
Real.
Total.
Joseph Wood
2
-
830
13 62
Erford A. Waters
2
2 00
Antone Costa Walnit
2
I200
18 80
Joe Walker
2
2 00
NON RESIDENTS.
Names.
Residence.
Real.
Tax.
Sarah B. Davis, Fall River
1800
25 20
Joseph Carpenter, Fall River
5 00.
7 00
J. S. Potter, Fall River
1450
20 30
Andee Trembly, Fall River
I50
2 10
Horridge D. Bailey, Fall River
100
I 40
F. G. Lavella, Fall River
I600
22 40
George W. Hunt, Taunton
175
2 45
John T. Wade, Taunton
2660
37 24
John T. Wade and Elmer J. Wade, Taunton
375
5 25
Elmer J. Wade, Taunton
335
4 69
J. Mordica Lincoln, Taunton
700
9 80
Heirs of William J. Walker, Taunton
150
2 10
John E. Blake, Taunton
20
28
Devisees' of William Reed, 2d, Taunton
20
28
William E. Walker, Taunton
160
2 24
Horatio Godfrey, Taunton
200
2 80
Heirs of H. B. Lothrop, Taunton
125
I 75
Hope Pierce, Taunton
25
35
Mary W. Westcoat, Taunton
200
2 80
Heirs of Lyman Briggs, Taunton
I575
22 05
Phillip E. Crane, Taunton
I20
I 68
Estate of Jacob H. Horton, Taunton
200
2 80
William S. Walker, Taunton
550
7 70
87
ANNUAL REPORT.
Names. Residence.
Real.
Tax.
George W. Hart, Jr., Taunton
I20
I 68
Heirs of Alexander H. Williams, Taunton
840
II 76
Lucretia Ashley, Taunton
250
3 50
Heirs of William E. Manchester, Taunton
50
70
Thomas Brown, Taunton
200
2 80
Mrs. Herbert T. Washburn, Taunton
50
70
Charles E. Mason and Cora Mason, Taunton 1750
24 50
Eliza Crowell, Taunton
150
2 10
Antone Sylvia Boya, Taunton
200
2 80
William D. Marvel, Taunton
75
I 05
George A. Crane, Taunton
225
3 15
Taunton Yacht Club, Taunton
2850
39 90
Patrick Hennessy, Taunton
275
3 85
John H. Wheeler, Taunton
105
I 47
James E. Haskins, Taunton
40
56
Wayne M. Truman, Taunton
300
4 20
Mechanics Co-operative Bank, Taunton
600
8 40
Estate of George D. Elms, Taunton
420
5 88
George E. Wilbur, Taunton
1630
22 82
Stiles and Hart Brick Company, Taunton
4365
61 II
Patrick Barry, Attleboro
950
13 30
Homer E. Whitmarsh, Amherst, Mass.
200
2 80
Roza D. Whitmarsh, Amherst, Mass.
I250
17 50
Nathaniel H. Rose, Taunton
60
84
Clifford N. Goff, Rehoboth
400
5 60
Roman Catholic Church, Taunton
550
· 7 70
William A. Walker, Taunton
I20
I 68
Francis J. Wheeler, Rehoboth
1185
16 59
Edward F., Henry G. and Elkanah Wheeler, Rehoboth
75
I 05
Edward F. Wheeler, Rehoboth
640
8 96
88
ANNUAL REPORT.
Names. Residence.
Real.
Tax.
Heirs of George E. Goff, Rehoboth
150
2 10
George F. Parker, Rehoboth
60
84
Estate of George H. Goff, Rehoboth
1565
21 91
William B. H. Horton, Rehoboth
100
I 40
Susannah S. Pierce, Rehoboth
30
42
Heirs of Frederick E. Francis, Rehoboth
260
3 64
David W. Francis, Rehoboth
1760
24 64
Arthur C. Horton, Rehoboth
30
42
F. J. Wheeler and David W. Francis, Rehoboth
30
42
Heirs of Nathaniel B. Horton, Rehoboth
50
70
Arthur F. Rose, Rehoboth
150
2 IO
Florence R. West, Rehoboth
740
10 36
Edward F. Wheeler and Frederick E. Francis, Rehoboth
250
3 50
E. Emma Emerson, Pawtucket
860
12 04
Heirs of Morris Quirk, Somerset
100
I 40
Heirs of John A. Burgess, Somerset
450
6 30
Leonard P. Chace, Somerset
500
7 00
Thomas Dean, Somerset
30
42
Heirs of Jonathan S. Buffington, Somerset
50
70
George Babbitt, Somerset
700
9 80
Heirs of Walter O. Buffington, Somerset
55
77
Frank Vallette,
100
I 40
Lewis B. Codding, Brockton
2050
28 70
Leroy.J. Chace, Swansea
705
9 87
John E. Chace, Swansea
100
I 40
Andrew J. Chace, Swansea
420
3 88
Heirs of Abbey E. Williams, Swansea
100
I 40
A. A. Case, Swansea
35
49
Mrs. Daniel Wilbur, Swansea
1850
25 90
89
ANNUAL REPORT.
Names. Residence.
Real.
Tax.
Heirs of Eben Eddy, Swansea
700
9 80
Andrew T. Pierce, Swansea
125
I 75
Antone Perry, Swansea
35
49
H. Frank Lawton, Swansea
60
84
George R. Fearing, Newport, R. I.
200
2 80
William F. Wheaton, East Providence, R. I.
35
49
Henry J. Spooner, Providence, R. I.
4250
59 50
Louis N. Drape, Fall River
4200
58 80
James J. Meade, Brooklyn, N. Y. Personal Estate 210
4350
68 84
Otis H. Kelton, Providence, R. I.
200
2 80
Thomas A. Briggs, Providence, R. I.
250
3 50
Theodore H. Bliss, Providence, R. I.
3475
48 65
Charles H. Chace, Swansea
200
2 80
Heirs of Barzilla Crane, Berkley
I700
23 80
Emma C. Nichols, Berkley
20
28
Bowker Fertilizer Company, Boston
350
4 90
Ethel Nicholls, New York City
3000
42 00
Emily E. Fraser, New York City
2600
36 40
Clothier Edminster, Freetown
I25
I 75
William Clark, Jr., Providence R. I.
1275
17 85
Old Colony Railroad Company, Boston
3750
52 50
Heirs of John Gilmore, Raynham
100
I 40
Mary E. Callahan, Bridgewater
975
13 65
Mrs. Alfred W. Reed, New Boston, N. H.
250
3 50
Heirs of Sarah L. Godfrey, Fort Payne, Ill.
150
2 10
Mary A. Talbot, Lynn
225
3 15
Fannie B. Pratt, Boston
2500
35 00
Mrs. George Burney, New Bedford
I200
16 80
Charles Pierce, Dartmouth
275
3 85
90
ANNUAL REPORT.
Names. Residence.
Real. Tax.
Estate of Frederick S. Brown, Provi- dence, R. I.
250
3 50
Frank B. Simmons, New York
250
3 50
Albert Hardy, Taunton
100
I 40
Sylvanus J. Chace, Swansea,
625
8 75
William M. Chace, Swansea
300
7 00
William Hodgman, Swansea
125
I 75
Estate of Stephen Eddy, Swansea
50
70
Alden B. Gooding, Lewis Centre, O.
I5
2I
George B. Bullock, Attleboro and Abbey E. Slater, Rehoboth
800
II 20
Edmund H. Baker, Springfield
495
6 93
Heirs of Lyman L. Slade
150
2 10
Poole Lot, owner unknown
50
70
Fannie R. Dow, West Newton
150
2 IO
Addie W. Mosher, New Bedford
IO0
I 40
Algernon H. Barney, Providence, R. I.
1650
23 10
Lewis H. Goward, Taunton
250
3 50
Mary W. Briggs, Washington, D. C.
IIO
I 54
Estate of Samuel F. Barnes, New Haven, Ct. 450
6 30
Clarence Cobb, New Haven, Ct.
175
2 45
Abigail B. Phillips, Taunton
I200
16 80
Emma Eroien, Philadelphia, Penn.
200
2 80
Southern Massachusetts Telephone Co.,
Boston, Personal Estate,
5360
75 04
The Narragansett Milling Company, East Providence
200
2 80
Heirs of Sarah B. Simmons, Brockton
350
4 90
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Electric Railway Excise Tax.
FOR 1910.
The Old Colony Street Electric Railway Company, excise tax for the road on the public highway for the year ending Sept. 30, 1910, at 21/4 per cent. on gross receipts, $1433 88
The following tax omitted in the annual assessment was assessed on the Real Estate of Harold B. Gardner of 100 dollars, tax, $1 40
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Table of Aggregates.
For the Town of Dighton of polls, property, taxes, as as- sessed April Ist, 1910 :
Value of Personal Estate,
$233,97I
Real Estate.
Buildings,
$588,627
Land,
332,598
$921,225
Total Valuation,
$1,155,196
State Tax,
$1,705 00
State Highway Tax,
74 58
County Tax,
1,57I 34
Town Tax,
14,810 00
Overlayings,
246 09
-$18,407 OI
Deduct Corporation and Bank Tax,
1,188 27
$17,218 74
Rate per cent. on $1,000,
$14 00
Number of Polls,
523
Number of Dwelling Houses,
497
Horses,
293
Cows,
380
Neat Cattle other than Cows,
50
93
ANNUAL REPORT.
Swine,
42
Sheep,
I5
Fowls,
3,197
Residents on Property,
504
Non-Residents,
150
Poll Taxes only,
232
Acres of land,
12,936
GEORGE E. GOODING,
Chairman of Assessors of Dighton.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL
COMMITTEE
OF
DIGHTON, MASS.,
For the Year 1910.
TAUNTON. HARRINGTON PRESS. 1911.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
School Committee.
Rev. A. Judson Rich, Dighton, George H. Walker, Dighton,
E. Ellsworth Lincoln, North Dighton, Andrew W. Turner, Dighton, Harry W. Pardey, Segreganset,
Josiah S. Place, Dighton,
Term expires 1913 Term expires 1913 Term expires 1912 Term expires 1912 Term expires 1911. Term expires 1911
ORGANIZATION.
E. Ellsworth Lincoln, Chairman. Andrew W. Turner, Secretary.
COMMITTEES.
Supervision-Turner, Rich, Pardey.
Books and Supplies-Walker, Place.
Teachers and Text Books-Music and Drawing-Turner, Rich, Lincoln. Repairs-Place, Walker, Pardey.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. John C. Davis, Dighton, Mass.
TRUANT OFFICER. Josiah S. Place, Dighton, Mass.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN. Dr. Joseph B. Sayles, Dighton, Mass.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
School Calendar.
Winter term, 10 weeks, Monday, Jan. 2, 1911, to Friday, March 10, 19II.
Spring term, II weeks, Monday, March 20, 191I, to Fri- day, June 2, 19II.
Fall term, 15 weeks, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 19II, to Friday, Dec. 15, 19II.
Winter term, 10 weeks, Monday, Jan. 1, 1912, to Friday, March 9, 1912.
Spring term, II weeks, Monday, March 19, 1912, to Friday, June 1, 1912.
HOLIDAYS.
Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Decoration Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
MEETINGS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The regular monthly meeting of the school committee is held on the Friday preceding the first Saturday in each month.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Report of School Committee.
To the Citizens of Dighton :-
At the regular meeting of the School Committee, held Feb. 3, 19II, the report of the Superintendent was accepted and adopted as the report of the School Committee.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of the same amount as last year, $8,000 for all school purposes.
Respectfully submitted, E. ELLSWORTH LINCOLN, Chairman.
ANDREW W. TURNER, Secretary.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Financial Statement.
RECEIPTS.
Total balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1908,
$425 23
Total appropriations for school purposes, 8,000 00
Share in income Massachusetts school fund,
I,I27 81
From the state for district supervision,
437 50
From the state for tuition of state wards,
64 50
Bristol County dog fund,
322 90
Total receipts,
$10,377 94
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers,
$4,910 65
Janitors and fuel,
956 II
Repairs and incidentals,
1,23I 87
Books and supplies
324 56
High school transportation,
406 00
High school tuition,
1,278 90
Music and drawing,
477 24
Supervision,
611 69
Medical inspection,
36 75
Total expenditures, $10,233 77
Total balances unexpended Dec. 31, 1910, $144.17.
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Superintendent's Report.
To the School Committee of Dighton :
I am presenting at this time my third annual report as Su- perintendent of Schools, together with tables of attendance, statistics, etc., containing information of value in regard to each school.
The year just passed has been one of substantial progress. We are working under better conditions than ever before. Our school buildings are in a better state of repair, our teachers are better trained and more permanent, better material is being supplied with which to work, and there seems to be more of the spirit of co-operation between the home and the school.
There are some desirable things, however, which can be ac- complished by united effort, and it is my purpose in this report to make some recommendations along lines which I believe to be for the good of the school system as a whole.
ENROLLMENT.
The total membership for the year ending June, 1908, was 383; June, 1909, 399 ; and June, 1910, 395. This is a little less than last year, but the North and South Primary and the South Intermediate rooms are overcrowded and something should be done to better conditions in these rooms.
ATTENDANCE AND TARDINESS.
The percentage of attendance for the year ending June, 1908 was 91.2 ; June, 1909, 93.3 ; and June, 1910, 91.5. . There
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are still a few cases where parents take advantage of every opportunity to evade the attendance laws and although their own children are the ones who are deprived of the full benefit of the schools, it is our duty to compel attendance except where there is a legal excuse.
The average number of tardinesses in 1908 was 3.8; 1909, 2.6; and in 1910, 3.8.
We have been unfortunate in having several cases of scarlet fever among school pupils during the year covered by these statistics and it has affected these figures but, notwithstanding this, the records are good both in attendance and punctuality.
AGE AND SCHOOLING CERTIFICATES.
During the year ten age and schooling certificates have been issued to children between fourteen and sixteen years of age.
The legislature of 1910 amended the law relating to certifi- cates so that it is now necessary to show by physician's certifi- cate or otherwise that the child is in sufficiently sound health and physically able to perform the work he or she intends to do.
Certificates can be granted only under the following condi- tions :
1. The child must have reached his fourteenth birthday and be able to read and write sufficiently well to take up the work of the fourth grade.
2. An employment ticket must be presented properly filled out by the person or firm intending to employ the child. Blanks will be furnished by the superintendent of schools.
3. A certificate from some physician must be presented of the nature above stated. Blanks will be furnished by the su- perintendent of schools.
4. A certificate showing the child to be fourteen must be secured from the records of the city or town in which he was
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born, or from the records of the church in which he was bap- tised.
5. The child and the parent or guardian both must appear before the one granting the certificate, the child to be ex- amined and measured and the parent or guardian to take oath to the facts stated in the certificate.
HEALTH OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
In accordance with statute and instructions issued by the State Board of Education, the yearly examination of school pupils has been made by Dr. Joseph B. Sayles, school physi- cian. The following is his report :
REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
The general condition of the pupils, from a physical stand- point, also as to cleanliness, shows a vast improvement over the preceding years. Loathsome skin diseases and vermin have pretty much been exterminated and the parents of all pupils suffering from any abnormality have been notified in accordance with the school laws now in force.
CASES REPORTED.
Cleft Palate, I. Post Nasal Catarrh, 4.
Scrofula, 3.
Chronic Appendicitis, I.
Spinal Curvature, 5.
Affection of Lungs, 8. Enlarged Glands, 5.
Deformity of Chest, 3.
Malnutrition, 7. Faulty Assimilation of Food, 8. Strabismus, 2.
JOSEPH B. SAYLES, School Physician.
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REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
During the year each building has been overhauled and re- pairs made wherever needed. Upon investigation it was found necessary to shingle the North Dighton building at a consider- able expense.
I am very glad to say that we have new seats and desks at the Broad Cove, Brick, Flat Rock, Fish and Williams schools. These desks are modern, adjustable ones of the most approved pattern. Each pupil will be measured and his seat and desk set at the proper height. The obsolete desk with pupils sitting in cramped positions and others with their feet not touching the floor, is a thing of the past in the above mentioned schools. I am sure that the new furniture will prove an inspiration to both pupils and teachers.
THE CORRECT SCHOOL .AGE.
Much has been said and written in regard to the proper age. to enter school, the number of hours per day the pupil should be in school, and the proper number of years in the elementary school course. Many towns and cities have raised the entrance age from five to six years which is generally accepted as a wise regulation.
Prof. John Tyler has given the following answer to the question : At what age shall I first send my child to school ?
"It depends. The natural school is the home. Growth is the first business of the child, and in the home he ought to grow best. He ought to live in an atmosphere of hopefulness, cheer, courage, kindliness, courtesy and refinement. He must absorb these until they become a part of him. And only the mother herself can furnish these.
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The school is a human, artificial device to make good the deficiencies of home and surroundings. When every child was brought up in a large family on an old-fashioned farm the sole responsibility of the school was text-book learning. The home furnished nature study, physical and manual training, morals and religion. Open air and the spur of necessity did the rest.
If people lived under such conditions to-day the child, until he were ten or eleven years old, would be better off at home. If the child lives in a city flat or in a house with a yard as big as a pocket handkerchief, with an irritable father, a tired, ner- vous mother, and an army of nurses and governesses to vex and worry him, the sooner he is sent to kindergarten the better. He cannot possibly 'grow and wax strong' and develop a steady, strong nervous system under such home surroundings.
"If the system of training in the lower grades of our schools were so planned that they would furnish plenty of time for play in the open air, and thus promoted a healthy growth and devel- opment, the average child would be better off at school than at home after he is seven years of age. But, unfortunately, the lower grades in most of our schools hinder growth rather than promote it.
"Between a home whose educational efficiency has been ham- pered or crippled by modern civilization and culture and the school which will make of the child a disembodied spirit and altogether neglect his physical well being throughout the lower grades, the children of the rising generation are badly situated.
"Much depends on the individual child as well as the school and home. The 'only' child will be better off at school than at home, even in early childhood. He must learn in childhood to live comfortably with his mates and to form friendships, for this art will soon become impossible for him.
"The nervous child will be better off at home until nine or ten years old if the home conditions favor growth and develop-
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ment of steady nerves. Otherwise, he had probably better go to school. The best place for him would be a New England hill farm, with wise and cheery grandparents.
"The conclusion of the whole matter seems to be that the chief business of the child is to grow. The center of education is in his muscles and not his brain. Pulmonary and digestive capacity is far more important than mental capacity.
Whether a child should be sent to school or remain at home depends, then, upon whether his home or the school can best promote these inestimable virtues."
Your Committee has passed the following regulation in re- gard to new pupils :
"No child under seven years of age, who has not previously attended school and is prepared to enter some class already formed, shall be allowed to enter school except during the first two weeks of the fall term, except on written permission of the Superintendent of Schools."
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