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By this regulation new beginners are allowed to enter school only during the first two weeks in the fall term. This saves the school from being constantly interrupted during the year by the formation of new classes and will prove a bene- fit both to those who are in school and to those whom it keeps out until they have a better opportunity to develop physically.
SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
In last year's report, we find the following statement : "Some of the schools are overcrowded while others are small, the tendency being toward the central schools, and a readjustment of school accommodations in the southern part of the town seems advisable." I can only repeat this recommendation.
The South Dighton school should be enlarged by the addi- tion of another room and the Flat Rock school consolidated
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with it in accordance with the petition of the parents. When this is done, each teacher will have two instead of three grades and the efficiency of the work materially increased. Some action must be taken in the near future and the sooner it is taken, the sooner the pupils will receive the benefits.
CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS.
When we ask for the one thing most needed for educational advancement in the town, we must answer consolidation of schools. While this is a matter which will probably never be forced upon the people of any community by the School Com- mittee, it is bound to come here as it has come elsewhere through the demand of the people for better educational op- portunities for their children.
The same force which has discarded the stage coach for the electric car and the tallow candle for the electric light will create a sentiment in its favor.
According to the state report, the amount expended for con- veyance of pupils for the school year 1888-1889, was $22,- 118.38; ten years later, in 1898-1899, it was $127,409.22; in the last report, 1909-1910, it was $310,422.15. I am quoting these figures because they seem to show the general attitude toward consolidation in the Commonwealth.
So much has been said in the past and is being said at the present time for and against the consolidation of schools that it might be well to mention some of the arguments pro and con.
Advantages.
I. It permits each teacher to have fewer grades and con- sequently fewer classes and more time for each recitation.
2. It inspires pupils to do better work on account of the friendly competition existing in larger classes.
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3. There is a greater interest and pride in the schools on the part of parents and pupils, and the boys and girls are not so anxious to leave school at the earliest possible moment.
4. It results in better attendance, better teachers, better buildings, better appliances.
5. It affords protection to young children who would other- wise be obliged to walk some distance to school.
Disadvantages.
I. Long rides in bad weather.
2. More hours away from home and eating cold lunches at . school.
3. Difficulty in securing proper person to carry children.
4. Decrease in value of property in the neighborhood of a closed school.
Unless children can be carried in a proper conveyance, cov- ered and protected from the weather and the team driven by a competent person, consolidation should not be undertaken. In order that they might have the proper kind of conveyance, some towns have purchased their own wagons. When any number of children remain at school during the noon hour at least one teacher should be on duty during that period. The argument as to the decrease in value of property is of doubtful merit. It will depend upon the attitude of a prospective pur- chaser toward consolidation of schools and his attitude will probably depend to some extent upon the ages of his children. It will depend upon whether he prefers to have his children ride some distance to a graded school or walk unprotected to the nearest rural school. So much depends upon the circum- stances connected with each locality where consolidation has been accomplished, that conclusions must not be hastily reached. The opinions of those most familiar with the subject are that
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there is no decrease in property valuation. The customary experience where consolidation has been attempted seems to be to meet with resistance at first but the people who are bit- terly opposed at the start are unwilling after a fair trial to re- turn to the old way.
It is an important subject and one concerning which we should not be hasty in forming conclusions. However, it can never be successfully accomplished and should never be un- dertaken except with the co-operation of the majority of the parents interested.
TESTS OF SIGHT AND HEARING.
Following is the result of the sight and hearing tests which have been conducted in accordance with directions issued by the State Board of Health :
North Grammar
North Intermediate
North Primary
South Grammar
South Intermediate
South Primary
Brick
Broad Cove
·Flat Rock
Fish
Segreganset
Williams
Total
Number tested . Defective eyesight . . Defective hearing. . .
19
29
47
25
40
16
30 24 20
15
20
335
322
1 0
3 0 3
1
1
6 1 7
50 4 1 4
1
1
1
7
2
1
29
54
0
1
1
3
2
0
10
15
Parents notified .
1
8
2
1
33
26
0
2
2
LIBRARY.
An immense amount of good is being done by the library trustees by carrying out the plan of placing a box of library . books in each school in town and exchanging it for another when pupils, parents, and others have had an opportunity to read what they desired.
Total Last Year
0 1
1 2
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Although this plan may be more fully explained by the lib- rary trustees under whose direction it is carried out, it is so closely related to school work that I take the liberty of saying that it has not only made the library more accessible to the people, but I believe that its influence upon the lives of the boys and girls is farther reaching than any of us imagine. They appreciate the opportunity as a reference to the library report will show.
The following letter has been selected from several received from different teachers in the town:
"The present plan of distributing library books among the schools, is, I think an excellent one, and I hope that it will be continued after the new library is completed.
It means that the boys and girls will read a better class of books than it would otherwise be possible for them to read. It will help them to take for their ideals or heroes higher and better types than those found in the "Wild West Series," which I find so prevalent among the older boys.
Most boys want something to read and when nothing is furnished by the school or town, having read all of the home books, they will resort to this cheaper series. I find in almost all cases it is only when they cannot get the better books that they read the poorer ones. The only way to prevent their reading undesirable books is to provide them with something better, which the distributing library does.
I suggest that the books for my room have more stories of men who did and became something worth while; stories of men who are noted for their construction and service rather than their destruction and selfishness.
2. That the books be changed as often as possible.
3. That stories of animals, and modern inventions, per- haps technical magazines be added."
MARY W. MATHESON.
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TEACHERS.
During the past year there have been five changes in the teaching force, more than there should have been ; but it seemed impossible to prevent it. All of our teachers come to us with a normal training or its equivalent and the work they are doing compares favorably with the work in places much larger than our town. We have been able to make arrangements with the Bridgewater Normal School, so that two members of the graduating class are sent here, one to the North Primary and one to the South Primary School for their training. These students act as assistants to our teachers and the town pays the car fare only. As the number registered in each of these rooms is too large to reasonably expect one teacher to do good work with, the arrangement is of material advantage to the town, at a very small expense. In the last report of the State Board of Education, we find the following in regard to the size of schools :
"One improvement of school conditions, which all interested in the welfare of the schools are trying to effect, is the les- sening of the number of pupils to a teacher. This, in spite of the difficulties in the way, is being slowly accomplished. Schools of over 50 pupils, once so common in city schools, are now rare to find outside of the large cities; and even in the larger cities there has been a great change for the better.
In statistics recently published of the number of pupils per teacher in 23 cities, it is shown that in 14 cities the average membership was less than 35, and that the highest average reported was but 40.8.
The returns for the State at large show that, while the increase in the average membership of the schools in the past twenty-five years is 70 per cent., the increase in the number of teachers is 83 per cent., and this in spite of the fact that many of the rural schools have been consolidated.
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It is hoped that ere many years it will be forbidden by law for any teacher to have more than 30 pupils."
RECOMMENDATIONS.
For your consideration I will make the following recom- mendations :
I. The gradual consolidation of schools as fast as the sen- timent of the parents will allow.
2. The increase of teachers' salaries to a minimum of four hundred dollars.
3. The gradual revision of the course of study along more practical lines.
EVENING SCHOOL.
At the December meeting of the School Committee, a peti- tion was received signed by about twenty-six young men ask- ing the Committee to establish an evening school, and the Committee by formal vote went on record as favorable to the plan.
The following is the statute in regard to evening schools :
Any town may, and every city or town of ten thousand or more inhabitants shall, maintain annually evening schools for the instruction of persons over fourteen years of age in orth- ography, reading, writing, the English language and gram- mar, geography, arithmetic, industrial drawing, both free hand and mechanical, the history of the United States, physiology and hygiene, and good behavior. Such other subjects may be taught in such schools as the school committee consider expedient.
There seemed to be considerable doubt as to the power of a school committee to establish an evening school in towns of less than ten thousand inhabitants without a vote of the town.
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The matter was accordingly referred to a town meeting with the result that action was postponed to the next annual meet- ing in March.
TEACHERS' MEETINGS. .
The usual number of teachers' meetings have been held with a discussion and study of subjects of school adminis- tration. Instead of the usual district meeting in February, a state teachers' institute was held in Dighton for the towns of Berkley, Dighton, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Freetown, Dartmouth and Westport. About one hundred seventy teachers were present and listened to an interesting program which was of great assistance to the teachers. A copy will be found in this report.
CONCLUSION.
For the spirit of harmony which has prevailed, for the co- operation of teachers, and for the great interest in the public schools by parents and citizens, I wish to express my appre- ciation and satisfaction.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN C. DAVIS, Superintendent.
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Report of Supervisor of Drawing.
Mr. John C. Davis, Superintendent of Schools:
It gives me pleasure to submit my fourth annual report of the work in drawing in the public schools of Dighton.
The course of study continues the same this year as last with few changes. Possibly more emphasis has been placed upon mechanical drawing, greater exactness and accuracy be- ing demanded, and the results are better in this respect than heretofore, especially in the intermediate grades.
Improvement is evident in the color work which shows greater freedom and more harmony and refinement of color.
The constructive problems this year in the middle grades were ·blotter pads of cardboard and paper, and waste baskets of reeds which will be of regulation size for use in the home or school, also book covers for language work of oak-tag and paper, which will be decorated later. The grammar grade problem is a flexible notebook cover made of cardboard and vellum for holding compositions on history, geography or other language work.
If some time could be allowed for constructive work each week all through the year much more could be done and more satisfactory results obtained. In the last report of the Mas- sachusetts Board of Education is an outline for a course in Maunal Arts for the first nine grades, prepared by Mr. Fred- eric L. Burnham, Agent for Promotion of Manual Arts. In this outline much more time is demanded for constructive work, or work which will train the hand as well as the eye and ae- velop the brain and thinking power of the children.
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The children are very much interested in constructive prob- lems, being eager to work upon them in all their spare mo- ments.
An exhibition of the work in drawing was held in the South Dighton School last February, at the Teachers' Institute. The lower grades especially showed much improvement.
I wish to express my appreciation of the interest, enthusi- asm and faithful work of the teachers and thank the Super- intendent and the School Board for their interest and gener- osity in supplying materials.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY L. COOK, Supervisor of Drawing.
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Report of Supervisor of Music.
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To the Superintendent of Schools :
I herewith submit my annual report on music in the public schools of Dighton.
The work under the present system has shown rapid ad- vancement in all the grades. 1
By means of the books introduced last year, the pupils are becoming acquainted with and learning to appreciate music of a high standard.
It is my belief that the place of music in the schools is not as a special study, but as a foundation study. Its purpose is not merely for recreation and entertainment but to be a strong influence in character building.
Music, when taught as it should be, requires the exercise of more mental faculties than any other subject in the school curriculum.
The sight singing demands a thorough knowledge of the technicalities as expressed in staff notation, the power of con- centration to be able to sing with accuracy, the ability to make rapid decisions and a perfectly controlled will power.
During the past term the standing of each pupil, in music, has been recorded upon the report cards.
By means of written examinations and individual sight sing- ing, the teachers are able to mark with definiteness.
I wish to thank the Superintendent and the Committee for their interest, helpfulness and kindly appreciation shown in the
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work. I also wish to express my appreciation of the hearty co-operation and the earnest, faithful work of the teachers.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGIANA E. TAYLOR, Supervisor of Music.
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Report of Truant Officer.
To the School Committee of Dighton:
Thirty-two cases have been reported to me during the year by the superintendent and teachers.
These have been investigated and I have found the parents willing to comply with the law.
Respectfully submitted, JOSIAH S. PLACE, Truant Officer.
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TABLE A. Attendance Statistics, 1909-1910
SCHOOLS.
Boys
Girls Total
Enrolment
under 5 yrs.
Enrolment
5 to 15 yrs.
Enrolment
over 15 yrs.
Enrolment
7 to 14 yrs.
Membership
Average
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Absence
Number of
Tardinesses
Tardinesses
Number of Dismissals
Number of
Visitors
Number of
Supt's visits
North Grammar
13
4
17
0
15
2
15
19
15.2 14.4
94.4
148
78 5.1
38
29
32
North Intermediate . .
15
12
27
0
27
0
27
30
23.5 22.2 94.5
216
41
1.7
26
26
28
North Primary
20
20
40
0
39
1
29
45
33.5 30.7 91.7
466
91
2.7
37
29
26
South Grammar
24
17
41
0
39
2
33
45
34.3 31.9 93.1
406
76
2.2
59
23
21
South Intermediate .
25
20
45
0
45
0
44
52
37.4 34.8 92.9
460
122 3.3
155
30
24
South Primary .
24
21
45
0
45
0
26
60
44.4 40.0
770
110
2.5
48
72
24
Brick ..
14
6
20
0
20
0
17
21
16.1
14.9
92.9
192
13
.80
7
26
11
Broad Cove.
23
10
33
0
33
0
26
34
27.7
24.6 88.5
518
163
6.
20
5
11
Fish ..
18
4
22
0
22
0
14
25
17.3 15.1 87.5
349
157
9.1
12
9
. 9 -
Flat Rock ..
6
11
17
0
17
0
17
19
17.4 15.1 86.8
400
120
6.9
6
53
19
Segreganset. ..
15
7
22
2
20
0
18
23
20
18.2 90.6
319
181
9.1
42
3
10
Williams . ..
.
208
140
348
2
341
5
280
395
303.5 277.8 91.5
4376 1166
3.8
484
367
231
Total,
..
.
.. .
·
11
8
19
0
19
0
14
22
16.7
15.9
95.4
132
14
.83
34
62
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ENROLMENT.
Av. No. of
Total
Membership
90.0
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TABLE B. Rank of Schools in Attendance and Punctuality. 1909 -1910
ATTENDANCE.
PUNCTUALITY.
Rank.
School.
Per cent.
Rank.
School.
Average,
1
Segreganset,
95.4
1 Brick,
.80
2
North Intermediate,
94.5
2 Segreganset,
.83
3
North Grammar,
94.4
3 North Intermediate,
1.7
4
South Grammar,
93.1
4 South Grammar,
2.2
5 Brick,
92.9
5 South Primary,
2.5
6
South Intermediate,
92.9
6 North Primary,
2.7
7
North Primary,
91.7
7 South Intermediate,
3.3
8
Williams.
90.6
8 North Grammar,
5.1
9
South Primary,
90
9 Broad Cove,
6
10
Broad Cove,
88.5
10 Flat Rock,
6.9
11
Fish,
87.5
11 Williams,
9.05
12
Flat Rock,
86.8
12 Fish,
9.07
TABLE C. Changes of Teachers.
RESIGNATION.
SCHOOL.
APPOINTMENT.
Lida M, Mann,
No. Grammar.
Mary W. Matheson.
Lena B. Albrecht,
No. Intermediate,
Annie M. Pierce.
Maude D. Tilden,
No. Primary,
Florence B. Corey.
Edith F. Soverino,
Broad Cove,
Cora M. Walker.
Mildred E. Macomber
Segreganset,
Hazel A. West.
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TABLE D. TEACHERS, 1909-1910.
SCHOOL.
TEACHER.
WHERE EDUCATED.
ELECTED
WKS. OF SERVICE
North Grammar
Lida M. Mann
Gorham, Me.,Normal Scho'l
1906
36
North Intermediate
Lena B. Albrecht
Hyannis Normal School
1908
36
North Primary
Lucy M. Paull
Wellesley College
1900
15 }
Maude D. Tilden
Bridgewater Normal Scho'l
1910
21 5
South Grammar
Myra H. Dean
Taunton High School
1907
36
South Intermediate
Catherine T. Liberty
Weymouth High School
1908
15 ł
Helen H. Lane
Bridgewater Normal Scho'l
1910
215
South Primary
Taunton High School
1905
36
Brick
Mary E. White
1908
36
Broad Cove
Edith F. Soverino
1909
36
Fish
Myra M. Hall
1909
36
Flat Rock
Elizab'th A. Richards
1909
36
Segreganset
Mildred E. Macomber
Taunton High School
1908
36
Williams
Marie J. Knobel
Bridgewater Normal Scho'l
1909
36
Music
Georgianna E. Taylor
American Institute
1907
36
Drawing
Mary L. Cook
Mass. Normal Art School
1907
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Mabel W. Emery
Bridgewater Normal Scho'l 16
66
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HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS. 1910-19II.
TAUNTON HIGH SCHOOL.
CLASS OF I9II.
Lillian Seekell
Edward F. Waldron
Roy F. Walker CLASS OF 1912.
Helen B. Cole Sarah T. Place C. Grafton Atwood
Eleanor A. Horton Aignes M. White Lester C. Lee Arthur G. Whalen
CLASS OF 1913.
Nellie J. Ripley Frank R. Walker
Ruth E. Staples Anna L. Baham
Clyde B. Drinkwater CLASS OF 1914.
Elmer H. Chadwick
Lincoln F. Dunlap
Ruth P. Walker
Ralph H. Lincoln
Ruth Haskins
Harry H. Chase S. Palmer Marble Alice E. Tweedy
FALL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
Viva Faye Richardson Myron T. Briggs . Elliot D. Cole Mary Rose
Class of 1911
66 1914
66 6. 1994
66 1914
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Financial Report of the School Committee For the Year 1910.
TEACHERS.
1910
Feb. 4. Pay Roll, four weeks,
$571 00
Mar. 5 Pay Roll, four weeks,
538 00
Apr. I. Pay Roll, four weeks, 540 10
May 6. Pay Roll, four weeks,
538 00
June 6. Pay Roll, five weeks,
672 50
Sept. 30.
Pay Roll, four weeks,
540 00
Nov. 2. Pay Roll, four weeks,
548 65
Dec. 2. Pay Roll, four weeks,
557 40
Dec. 16. Pay Roll, three weeks,
405 00
Total, $4,910 65
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ..
Mar.
4. Milton Bradley, supplies,
$3 20
4. Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, pencil boards, 3 00
4. J. L. Hammett Co., hangers and liners, 7 33
Apr. I. E. E. Babb & Co., supplies,
5.41
May 6. American Book Co., readers,
16 40
6. E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies,
12 88
6. Wright & Potter, age certificates,
53
6. C. T. Bagnall, printing,
I 50
6. Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies, 7 80
June
3. Davol Printing House, printing,
I 27
3. E. E. Babb & Co., readers,
5 58
.
3. American Book Co., readers, 80
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Aug. J. C. Davis, freight, express and supplies, 13 40
Sept. 3. E. E. Babb & Co., books, 3 35
30. E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies, 87 73
Nov. 7. Davol Printing House, physician's certifi- cates, I 25
2. E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies, 60 18
2. H. A. Briggs, delivering supplies and ex- press, 5 30
Feb.
5. H. A. Briggs, carting supplies,
70
5. American Book Co., books,
19 95
5. E. E. Babb & Co., supplies,
23 07
Dec. 2. Ginn & Co., book,
23
2. E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies,
33 77
2. Houghton, Mifflin Co., readers, 5 68
2. J. L. Hammett Co., diplomas, 4 25
Total,
$324 56
REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
1910
Jan. I. A. W. Turner, mowing school, yards, hal- yards and incidentals, $8 15
I. A. F. Sprague, labor and stock, 3 06
I. Mrs. W. T. Lee, cleaning Segregansett school, 2 40
Apr. I. H. A. Briggs, grading school yard, etc., 6 10
I. H. P. Hathaway, repairs South school, 3 18
May 6. H. P. Hathaway, repairs Fish and Flat Rock schools,
6 50
6. H. W. Leonard, use of well, 3 00
June 3. Memorial Hall, Feb. 25, 1910, 4 00
Aug.
J. C. Davis, postage and incidentals,
23 06
Sept. 3 Julia E. Dean, use of well, 3 00
3. Roland G. Briggs, setting glass, 4 28
3. Geo. H. Walker, curtains and cleaning, 18 49
3. H. S. Crowell, use of well, 1909. 3 00
3. Mrs. Jos. White, cleaning school houses, 7 35
3. Roland G. Briggs, labor, 3 78
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Mar. 5. J. T. W. Reed, kindling, 6 78
Sept. 30. Mrs. Louis Frazier, cleaning No. Dighton school house, 7 00
30.
A. F. Sprague, labor and materials No. Dighton school, 325 00
30. A. F. Sprague, labor, less towers, 2 60
Nov. 2. Geo. Glinn, work No. Dighton school yard, 2 00
2. J. S. Place, cleaning yards, etc., II 50
2. Roland G. Briggs, labor Broad Cove school 17 90
2. Manuel Frates, sawing wood, etc. 3 00
2. Mary Dever, cleaning school houses, 9 50
2. Mrs. John Stanley, cleaning school houses, 3 00
2. Mrs. Joshua Reed, cleaning school houses, 3 00
2. Geo. H. Walker, labor and material,
13 78
2. H. A. Briggs, mowing yard, etc.,
2 00
Feb. 5. John Holt, setting glass,
I 00
5. R. G. Briggs, labor and material,
24 12
Mar. 5. C. V. Saunders, lumber,
5 05
Oct. 12. Mrs. Hathaway, cleaning school house,
2 25
I2. Mr. Hathaway, labor,
I 25
Sept. 30. ·C. C. Marble, use of well,
3 00
Dec. 2. Presbrey-Field Co., pump, etc., for Brick school, 8 85
2. H. C. Briggs, taking census, 20 00
2. J. S. Place, Truant Officer, 1908-1909, 30 00
2. C. H. Smith, lumber,
19 50
2. B. I. Hathaway, use of well, 1909-1910,
3 00
2. Cummings & White, labor and material, furnaces,
30 00
Dec. 31. Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, seats and desks for Brick, Broad Cove, Fish, Flat Rock and Williams Schools,
520 00
31. Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, 134 sq. ft. black- boards for Segreganset school, 25 46
Dec. 31. D. D. Andrews, miscellaneous supplies, 9 35
3I. A. F. Sprague, grading school yard, I3 50
1
1
June I. Harrington Press, school reports, 4 00
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3I. J. S. Place, plastering, I 50
3I. R. G. Briggs, labor, 3 63
Total,
$1,231 87
FUEL AND JANITORS.
19IO
Feb.
4. .Pay Roll, six weeks,
$41 50
Mar. 5. Pay Roll, four weeks, 32 00
Apr. I. Pay Roll, four weeks, 32 00
I. H. W. Horton, wood, Fish school,
5 00
I. Staples Coal Co., 6,000 lbs. coal,
24 00
I. Thomas Roas, splitting wood,
I 00
I. Manuel Fretas, sawing wood, 80
8. Pay Roll, 36 00
May 6. Pay Roll,
32 00
6 A. W. Turner, 3-4 cord wood,
3 75
2. S. D. Jones, kindlings,
2 00
6. Harry H. Chase, cutting wood,
I 00
June 6. Pay Roll,
79 60
Sept. 30. Pay Roll.
32 00
30. C. C. Marble, 2 cords wood,
2 00
30. Staples Coal Co., 64,480 lbs. Lehigh Egg at $6.75, 187 II
Nov. 2. Chas. H. Smith, wood,
5 00
2. S. D. Jones, kindlings,
6 00
2. H. A. Briggs, carting coal,
II 20
2. Pay Roll,
32 00
June
4. A. W. Turner, wood,
I3 50
Dec. 2. Pay Roll,
38 00
2. Henry W. Horton, wood,
89 45
2. S. D. Jones, kindlings,
6 00
2. Staples Coal Co., 39,760 1bs. Lehigh Egg at $6.75, 134 20
I6. Pay Roll, 81 00
3I. M. Hathaway, wood in 1909, 28 00
Total,
$956 II
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HIGH SCHOOL TUITION.
Apr. I. Fall River, four pupils, Nov. 15 to Feb. 6, $60 00 June 3. Fall River, four pupils, Feb. 7 to Apr. 24, 60 00
Nov. 2. City Taunton, tuition for year 1909-1910, 1,098 90
Dec. 2. City Fall River, four pupils, Sept. 19, 1910
to Nov. 28, 1910, 60 00
$1,278 90 , Total,
HIGH SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.
Mar. 4. A. L. Briggs, tickets, Sept .- Oct., $4 00
May 6. Old Colony St. R. R. (50 tickets), 125 00
June 3. C. G. Staples, car fare, Ruth, 4 00
Sept. 6. C. G. Staples, car fare, Ruth, 4 00
6. Viva Richardson, car fare,
15 00
30. Old Colony St. R. R. (50 tickets),
125 00
Dec. 31. Clothier Pierce, school tickets Apr. and May, 1909, 4 00
31. Old Colony St. R. R. (125 tickets), 125 00
Total,
$406 00
SUPERVISION.
Feb. 7. J. C. Davis, salary for January,
$48 13
Mar. 9. J. C. Davis, salary for February, 48 13
Apr. 4. J. C. Davis, salary for March, 48 12
May 9. J. C. Davis, salary for April. 48 12
June 8. T. C. Davis, salary for May, 48 13
July 30. J. C. Davis, salary for June, 48 12
Aug. 30. J. C. Davis, salary for July,
48 13
Sept. 19. J. C. Davis, salary for August,
48 13
Oct. 14. J. C. Davis, salary for September,
56 67
Nov. 16. J. C. Davis, salary for October,
56 67
Dec. 31. J. C. Davis, salary for November and De- cember, 113 34
Total,
$611 69
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ANNUAL REPORT.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
June 3. Ripley & Briggs, formaldehyde, $1 75
Dr. Sayles, services school physician as
per contract, 34 00
Dec. 2. Ripley & Briggs, petroleum,
I 00
..
Total, $36 75
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
Feb. 4. Pay Roll, four weeks,
$47 20
Mar.
4. Ginn & Co., music readers, 21 75
5. Pay Roll, four weeks, 47 20
Apr. I. Pay Roll, four weeks,
47 20
May 6. Pay Roll, four weeks,
47 20
June 3. Myra M. Hall, tracing paper,
65
6. Pay Roll,
59 00
Sept. 30. Pay Roll,
47 20
Nov. 2. Oliver Ditson Co., song books,
6 30
2. Milton Bradley, drawing material,
IO 28
2. Pay Roll, 47 20
Dec. 2. Pay Roll, 47 20
2. Chas. E. Mather, supplies,
I 80
2. Cook-Vivian Co., paper
I 45
2. White, Son Company, paper,
I 68
2. D. F. Munroe Co., Kraft paper,
72
2. J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
7 81
16. Pay Roll,
35 40
Total,
$477 24
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Statistics.
1910.
Population, 1910, 2,235
Valuation, $1, 155, 196.00
Tax rate per $1,000, 14.00 Total amount raised by taxation for school purposes, $8,000 00
Total cost to town per pupil, based upon average
membership, 1909-10, 23 99
Total expenditure per pupil, .1909-10, 28 96
Total expenditure per pupil in Bristol County, 09-10, 29 49
Total expenditure per pupil in state, 09-10, 33 43
Average wage of female teachers per month, Bris- tol County, 58 35
Average wage of female teachers per mo., State 61 82
Average wage of female teachers per mo., Dighton, 44 83
Number of schools in town, I2
Average length of school year in Dighton, 1909-1910, 8.9
Average length of school year in Bristol County, 09-10, 9.4
Average length of school year in state, 09-10, 9.3
Per cent. of attendance, 1909-10, 91.5
Per cent. of attendance in Bristol County, 1909-10,
93
Per cent. of attendance in state, 1907-08, 93
Number of children in town between 5 and 15 years Sept. 1910, 370
Number of children in town between 7 and 14 years Sept. 1910, 287
Number of illiterate minors over 14 years, O
Number of pupils attending high school, Sept. 1907, 3I
Number of pupils attending high school, Sept. 1908, 36
Number of pupils attending high school, Sept. 1909, 23 Number of pupils attending high school, Sept. 1910, 27
Total high school expense, $1,684 90
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Teachers' Institute.
MEMORIAL HALL, DIGHTON, MASS., FEBRUARY 25th, 1910. PROGRAM.
9.50 a. m. Opening exercises. 10.00 a. m. to 10.35 a.m. The Recitation. Mr. Prince. 10.40 a. m. to II.25 a. m. The New Basis of Method. Mr. Snedden.
II.35 a. m. to 12. 25 p. m. Language, Grades I-4. Miss Katharine H. Shute, Boston Normal School. Geography, Grades 5-9.
Charles P. Sinnott, Bridgewater Normal School.
Intermission. Luncheon at 25 cents a plate will be provided. I.25 p. m. to 2.15 p. m. Geography and Nature Study, Grades I-4.
Mr. Sinnott. Language and Grammar, Grades 5-9. Miss Shute.
2.25 p. m. Physiology and Hygiene.
Miss Annie S. Crowell, Hyannis State Normal School.
Members of School Boards and the Public are cordially in- vited to attend the exercises. It is hoped that there will be a large attendance of parents to hear the general addresses.
DAVID SNEDDEN, Commissioner of Education. JOHN T. PRINCE, Agent of the Board.
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