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April 23. Fred L. Hull of Raynham and Bella K. Lewis of Dighton, by A. Stanley Muirhead.
May 1. Alfred A. Horton of Dighton and Mary Ellen Moffatt of Taunton, by Oscar J. Aldrich, Minister.
May 6. Charles A. E. Sears of Dighton and Lila Louise Palmer of Somerville, by William H. Dyas, Minis- ter.
June 20. Manuel P. Cambra of Dighton and Maria Pereira of Warren, R. I., by Philip A. Cronan, R. C. Priest.
June 30. Howard Payne Tweedy of Taunton and Bessie Edlair Tinkham of Dighton, by A. Stanley Muir- head.
July 3. Percival Case Morse and Lucy Merton Paull . both of Dighton, by A. Judson Rich, Clergyman.
July 16. Alfred Winfield Sherman of Dighton and Han- nah Griffith of Fall River, by Elias B. Kinkley
July 29. Frank Albert and Clara Rogers both of Digh- ton, by E. Sousa de Mello, R. C. Priest.
Sept. 1. John William Harrison of Taunton and Ella French Burt of Dighton, by Ralph J. Magee, Minister of the Gospel.
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Sept. 7. Francis Oliver of Bristol R. I. and Mary Carey of Taunton, by E. Sousa de Mello, R. C. Priest.
Sept. 9. Joseph Bell of Dighton and Mary Allison Britton of Rehoboth, by E. R. Caswell, Minister.
Sept. 16. Winthrop Earle Tinkham of Raynham and Lillian Lucinda Seekell of Dighton, by A. Lincoln Bean, Minister.
Sept. 17. Manuel Aniorel and Maria Moira both of Dighton, by A. Stanley Muirhead.
Sept. 23. John P. Andrew of Dighton and Emma Sylvia of Taunton, by A. P. Santos, R. C. Priest.
Oct. 12. George Leonard Borden Jr. and Mary Loretta Hamilton· both of Dighton, by E. Sousa de Mello, R. C. Priest.
Oct. 19. John Torquato Andrade of Fall River and Mary Delia Perry of Dighton, by E. Sousa de Mello, R. C. Priest.
Oct. 31. Jules Louis Chaussabel of Dighton and Martha de Poortere of Taunton, by Edwin A. Tetlow.
Nov. 3. Louis Francis Frajer of Dighton and Malvina Gertrude Stevens of Taunton, by John W. Quirk, R. C. Prieśt.
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Nov. 16. Tony Costa Walnuts and Mary Costa both of Dighton, by E. Sousa de Mello, R. C. Priest.
Nov. 26. Thomas Rose of Dighton and Mary E. Sim- mons of Somerset, by Benjamin D. Scott, Minister.
Dec. 23. Elwood L. Horton and Lillian Isabelle Emer- son both of Dighton, by John P. Richardson, Clergyman.
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REGISTER OF BIRTHS IN 1914
Date Name
Jan. 2 Roy Stead
17 Sylvia
18 Kenneth Somerville Cameron
Feb. 4 John Sylvia
10 Agnes Elizabeth Marsden
17 Marian Enos
24 Elinor Goodell
24 Robert John Nesbit
Mar. 1 Forse
11 Bradbury
17 Everett Preston Smith
April 1 Tucker 1 Howard Willis Andrews
Name of Parents
Walter V. and Edith H. Stead Joseph N. and Mary Sylvia William J. and Isabelle
Cameron
John P. and Charlotte Sylvia Thomas and Agnes Marsden John and Belle Enos
Trenor F. and Marian Goodell
Joseph A. and Amelia Nesbit
Joseph M. and Estella L. Forse Frank and Charlotte Bradbury Preston F. and Ella S. Smith
Francis E. and Leora M. Tucker Joseph Willis and Martha Howard Andrews
6 Still born
7 Antone Tavis
19 Robiera 27 Perry
May 1 John Costa 4 Almeda 9 George William Chaplin
Antone C. and Mary A. Tavis Frank M. and Mary R. Robiera
Antone and Jessie Perry
Manuel and Mary Costa
Manuel C. and Marie Almeda George W. and Marguerite J. Chaplin
11 Charlotte Mary Chisholm Hugh J. and Jessie Chisholm 24 John Santos
31 Vance Kenneth Beckwith
June 20 Joseph Davis 21 Madeiros
Antone and Patrosina Santos Herbert V. and Mary E. Beckwith Patrick J. and Mary Davis Peter and Annie Madeiros
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Date
Name
July 1 Joseph White
10 Elizabeth Munro Lee
12 James Sztalgara 27 Rosie Cordeia
16 Sylvia 12 Ruth Bailey Wade
30 Parmenter
Sept. 2 Dorothy Leona Enos
3 John Costa
5 Elizabeth Annie McGuinness
21 Philip Clark
Oct.
1 Herbert L. Ballou
2 Goulart
4 Cabral 3 Joseph Perry
12 Still born 29 Roton
Nov. 2 Jessie R. Cabral
6 Alves 9 Helen June Moody
10 Cecilia Vierra
10 Maria Conceicas Vierra
10 Sawyer 15 Florence de Motta 23 Josephine White
Name of Parents
Joseph and Helen White William Henry and Grace Louise Lee
John and Kate. Sztalgara Frank and Emolina Cordeia
Aug. 15 Ernest Hathaway Atwood Herbert F. and Sadie C. Atwood
Antone and Mary F. Sylvia Louis Arnold and Mattie Bailey Wade Antone C. and Mary Parmenter George and Evelyn F. Enos John and Mary Costa John and Gladys McGuinness
Philip A. and Effie H. Clark Ai W. and Annie ·Ballou Antone and Carrie Goulart Manuel C. and Mary I. Cabral Eugene and Mary Perry
John and Anna Roton Joseph R. and Isabelle Cabral Frank S. and Mary A. Alves Ralph Alphonso and Julia Agnes Moody
Manuel and Marianna Vierra Manuel and Marianna Vierra James and Rose Emma Sawyer Antone and Alice de Motta Manuel and Lena White
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Date Name
Dec. 5 Herbert Henry Simmons
6 Amelia Cabral
15 Furnando P. Furtado
22 John Albert Doherty
April 30 Dorothea Mary Donahue
Names of Parents.
Charles B. and Grace H. Simmons Manuel and Mary Cabral
Manuel P. and Mary Furtado
Arthur and Jane Doherty
John and Grace A. Donahue
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DEATHS REGISTERED DURING YEAR 1914
Date. Name.
Age. Cause of Death.
Y. M. D.
Jan. 6 Francisco Pereira Silva
15 George A. Staples
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6
3 Chronic Nephritis
26 Florence Moreira
4
Broncho Pneumonia
5 Broncho Pneumonia
Feb. 7 Rita Vierra
Mar. 3 Elvira Cote 1
9 Scarlet Fever
10 Robert Rowlands 80
9 Chronic Nephritis
13 Bradbury
2 In.usisception
17 George A. White 53 2
25 Brights Disease of
Kidneys
31 Manuel Costa
2
10
Scarletina Scarletina
April 5 Francisco Pereira Silva 6 Jose Caetano Costa 6
4
Scarletina Stillborn
7 Frank P. Silva
4
Scarletina
11 Louisa M. Cowing
82
8 Arterio Sclerosis
17 Mary Silva Rebeira
5 Premature Birth
21 Charles Lemieux
44
10 Accidental inhala- 9
tion of Smoke
21 David Donaghy
71
Accidental Gunshot Wound
May 5 Francisco Motta Robeiro 1
7 Bronchitis
2 7 Loss of Spinal Fluid
8 Manuel Fonseca
3 Acute Indigestion
32
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June 20 Madeline Guatorex 21 4 8 Tuberculosis
21 Stillborn
23 Mary Mason Chase 71
4 27 Carcinoma of Stomach
Broncho Pneumonia
Aug. 1 George S. Palmer 67
6 John O'Connell 76
14 Dinij Barboza
2
22 Anna Botelho Ferreira
Sept. 6 Colin Chisholm 1
10 Mary G. O'Brien 79
28 Ida May (Olney) Hathaway 38
29 Maria da Costa Nogueira
61
11 24 Septicaemia
29 Nancy Thayer Rose 84 10 14 Catarrhal Euleritis
Oct. 6 Edwin Frederick Blinn 2 11 8 Membranous Croup
8 Mary Ellen Coe Horton
69
12 Stillborn
16 Aldine M. Silva
9
Acute Cerebral Meningitis
16 Franklin A. G. Read 59
29 John Bogle 65
30 Joao Gracia 6
Nov. 5 BetseyAnn (Baker) Sprague 77
13 George M. Peterson 63
16 William Z. Whitmarsh 74
17 Joseph Weldon 68
Dec. 9 Maria Concercao Vierra
19 Cecilia Vierra
25 Calvin N. Gullives 68
30 Vance Kenneth Beckwith
9 Edward A. Searle 60
4 1 Lobar Pneumonia Acute Alcoholism Broncho Pneumonia
12 Catarrhal Enteritis 6
8 Cerebral Hemorhage
16 Chronic Nephritis
3 5 Dilatation of Heart 29 Gastro Enteritis
1 9 Gastro Enteritis 6
17 Paralysis
7 Cerebral Meningitis
8 Acute Gastritis
11 Thomas Meakin 74
4 15 Pericarditis Arterio Sclerosis
2 21 Acute Indigestion 21 Enteritis
6 27 Entero Colitis Senility
2
18 Pneumonia
5 10 Peritonitis
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DOG LICENSES
Marguerite L. Whipple 1
George Tweedy 1
Charles S. Chase 1 Wm. W. Macker 1
D. D. Andrews 1 George Rose 1 fe.
A. F. Simmons 1
James O'Brien 1
Walter Knott 1
L. O. Martin
1
Wm. W. Tinkham 1 Geo. Reed 1
Herbert I. Carr 1 Louis H. Carr
1
John L. Boomer 1 Wm. A. Eddy
1
Hugh Chisholm
1 fe. Melancy White
1
John A. Bailie
1
John Thwaites 1 fe.
Edgar Essex
1 W. W. Crossman
1
J. Chester Talbot
1 Henry Lincoln
1
Jesse Codding
1
John Murray
1
Louisa F. Anthony 1
Frank Dutra
1
Edmund Hathaway
1
Arthur T. Pierce 2
1
Wm. T. Brightman 1 Emily E. Frazer
Ella Burt 1 Elmer H. Chadwick
1 fe.
William Shaw 1 Fred O. Walker
2
Patrick J. Brady 1
A. Ellery Briggs
1
A. G. Bosworth 1. Robert Donaghy
1
C. C. Marble
1 Viola Card 1
B. I. Hathaway
1 James F. Mullen
1 fe.
Mrs. Marshall Waters 1 Daniel Smith
1
W. H. Williams
1 fe.
John P. Cambra
1
1 m.
William Longworth 1 H. L. Horton 1
Manuel Andrews
1 G. H. Townsend 1
J. G. Romero 2 Everett F. Horton 2
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Clifford T. Wheeler
1 Wm. A. Colwell 1
D. H. Glover
2 Howard S. Wood 2
Albert F. Wheeler
1 W. Olis Lee
1
Ethel D. Eddy
1 Joe Perry Dupont 1
Joseph Carpenter 1 John Perry Dupont 1
Charles Drinkwater 1 Bernice Pierce
1
Frank Bradbury
1 John T. Adams
1
William Marsden.
1 Henry W. Horton 1
Ralph Thornley
1 Elwood L. Horton 1
James Luther
1 fe.
Elizabeth Rose
1
Amy A. Smith
1 Herbert W. Pierce
1
Mrs. D. Thurber Wood 1
Geo. B. Glidden
2
Eliot Walker
1
Henry Potter
1
Manuel White
1
Mrs. E. F. Wesselhoft 2
Leslie Horton 1
Nathan Pierce
1
Chas. W. Cole
1 fe.
Joe Costa
1
C. B. Gay
1
Jos. A. Bullard
1 fc.
Chas. R. Richards
1 Seth Dutra
1
Mrs. B. E. Dary
1 Joe Perry Suite
1
John Grant
1 fe.
Mrs. S. D. Nichols
1
James Moon
1
Lester M. Briggs
1
Antone Vera
1
Jesse Roderick
1
William Robert
2 Anna O'Connell
1
Leon E. Simmons
1 fe.
1 m.
Manuel Luis
1 fe. Antone Goulart 1
2 m.
Joseph Oliver
1 fe. Lincoln B. Jackson 1
Antone de Motta
1 Frank E. Tinkham . 1
Jos. S. Wood
1 Manuel D. Sylvia 1
Frank Mendosa
2 Louis Hrdro
1
Joe Dever
1 Frank Alves
1
Clinton Potter
1 Arthur R. Weacock 1
Manuel George 1 Manuel Cabral
1 fe.
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Manuel F. Rose
1 J. S. Corey 1 fe.
Manuel Pachic
John Barbosa 1
Charles Seriall
1 M. Gaughan 1
E. A. M. Hathaway
1 Mrs. Melville Anderson 1
Manuel Cabral
1 Frank Rogers
1
Manuel Perry 1 fe. Joe D. Rose 1
Andrew Marshall
1 Jesse Humbre 1
Charles Simmons
1 fe. Howard A. Horton 1
Joe Megill 1
Leon F. Cash
1 fe.
A. T. Westcoat
2
Charles H. Adams 1
E. T. Cocker
1 fe. Wm. H. Thomlinson
1
Chas. R. Briggs
1
Ella Waldron 1
Joseph Sylvia
1 Manuel M. Frank
1
Percy C. Morse
1 Frank M. Roberio 1
Manuel Perry 1 Frank Machado
1
Jesse Horton 1 George E. Goff
1
E. E. Lincoln
2 Joe Grace 2
John Lassen
1 Manuel Catabia 1
Frank F. Monteiro 1
Lyman J. Emerson 1 m.
1 fe.
Frank Fortado 1 fe.
F. J. Wyatt 1
Joseph Mello
1 Antone P. V. Marie 1 fe.
Marian Rodericks
1 William Wiles 1 fe.
Frank Rose
1 Joe Madeiros
1
Joseph Santos
1 R. H. Mclaughlin 1
George F. Hathaway 1
Charles D. Knowlton 1 m.
1 fe.
Manuel B. Frates 1 Frank Batelho 1
Byron Waldron 1 Annie Knowles 1
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF
DIGHTON
For the Year Ending December 31, 1914.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Joseph K. Milliken, North Dighton,
Ralph Earle, Dighton,
George H. Walker, Dighton,
George A. Clark, Dighton, Term expires 1916.
Josiah S. Place, Dighton,
Samuel N. Codding, North Dighton,
Term expires 1915. Term expires 1915.
Term expires 1916.
Term expires 1917.
Term expires 1917.
ORGANIZATION.
Josiah S. Place, Chairman. Joseph K. Milliken, Secretary.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Mortimer H. Bowman, Dighton, Mass.
ATTENDANCE OFFICER. Howard C. Briggs. SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Dr. J. L. Sanborn.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter term, 11 weeks, Monday Jan. 4, 1915 to Friday March 19, 1915.
Spring term, 10 weeks, Monday March 29, 1915 to Fri- day June 4, 1915.
Fall term, 15 weeks, Tuesday Sept. 7, 1915 to Friday Dec. 17, 1915.
Winter term, 11 weeks, Monday Jan. 3, 1916 to Friday March 17, 1916.
Spring term, 10 weeks, Monday March 27, 1916 to Fri- day June 2, 1916.
HOLIDAYS.
Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
DATE OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The regular monthly meeting of the school committee is held at 7.45 P. M. on the Friday preceeding the first Saturday of each month.
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Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Dighton:
I have the honor and pleasure in presenting to you this my fourth annual report. In this brief statement an effort has been made to indicate, in a slight degree, what has been accomplished and also what is desirable for the future.
It is our constant purpose, in all the methods pursued and plans formulated, to give the pupils the best the town has to offer, and to so train them that they will take pleas- ure in rendering the nation their highest service.
The opening of the fall term found three new teachers in charge of schools. Each had received a normal training before entering upon her work.
It can be safely affirmed that the work of the past year has been one of consistent progress. No special change in any line of work has been attempted. The teachers employed have manifested commendable earnestness, even when unexpected and trying circumstances have arisen. This fact again proves what has been so often affirmed that the success of the school depends upon the teacher. The discipline of every school has been a success. The new teachers have brought to their work enthusiasm and a determination to succeed. Therefore in order to secure the highest degree of service the conditions under which they labor should be made as favorable as possible. We think the teacher should be considered a real member of
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the community in which she works. We appreciate the interest the parents are taking in our schools and the sympathetic cooperation they have given those who in- struct their children. We have observed with much pleasure those who are rendering instruction under these circumstances and express our appreciation of their pa- tience and fidelity. To attempt to relieve the pressure by teaching the grades a half day each is not advisable. Wherever this has been attempted results have proved unsatisfactory. Time and progress lost in the primary as well as in the upper grades must be made up somewhere before the high school is reached. A very high percent of those that fail in the secondary schools is composed of those, who for some reason, have not been thoroughly qualified in all studies pursued in the grades. Frequently this weakness extends down to the lowest grades. The remedy is to give each teacher only as many pupils as can be well taught and in addition to insist that some home work shall be done and the pupils considered schoolchil- dren as long as they remain in school.
Efficiency in the school room can usually be measured by the instructor's training and experience. We continue to hold the opinion that the school should not be an ex- periment station. The teacher should be paid a living wage and not less than two years training beyond the high school required. But to education and training must be added certain natural qualifications without which success is impossible. It would be wiser to have the services of a live, well trained teacher for a year and at the end of that time accept a city position than to retain a less desirable teacher for several years.
One commendable feature of our school work is apparent in the increasing number of those who are either attending the high school or looking toward that institution. It is
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also an added pleasure to know that others are planning a college course. The high ideal of life and service as a compensation to those who seek the higher education is finely expressed by Dr. Lemuel H. Murlin, President of Boston University, in these words. "The truly educated man will feel that he owes such a debt to society, that he must give back to it the service of all the years of his life after leaving college. Many reasons are given to justify the time and money spent in securing an education. The opportunity for social recognition and enjoyment, the bet- ter preparation for a special profession, or trade, or calling, in life, the greater appreciation with which the work of life is accomplished-all these are the by-products of the educational process, and not its end and aim."
A table prepared by the Massachusetts State Board of Education several years ago says that the average child leaving school at fourteen years of age began work at $4 per week and at the end. of the 26th. year received $12.75 per week. The high school graduate began with $10 per week and when twenty-six years old received $31 per week.
For sometime there has been quite a free discussion relative to the best length of the school year in the grades below the high school. Opinion has fluctuated between the extremes of six and nine years. Local conditions, labor movements, and educational perspective have entered into the discussion as largely as personal opinion. But in final analysis these are and ever must be a secondary considera- tion. The first thought must be given to the welfare of the pupil, not only the present but the future. Further- more the parent has the right to insist that the child's interests shall be most highly conserved. Again, the city with its thoroughly graded schools, fine equipment and forty weeks of compulsory attendance can accomplish more during the school year than the rural town with its
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thirty-six or less weeks of attendance and its many limita- tions. Considering the demands made upon the country school, it seems never to have seriously occurred to the proper authorities to increase the number of weeks in the country school to forty so as to equalize it in one respect with the city. Under best conditions, the pupil from the rural district on entering the city institutions is handicap- ped, at first at least, by not being in possession of as com- plete a fit as his city classmate. As time passes he partial- ly outgrows this by developing a vigor of thought. The plea that the ninth grade is largely given to reviews and in rare cases to the marking of time proves nothing. If the criticisms were true, the remedy lies, not in shortening the course, but in broadening the instruction. Under a real live teacher it is impossible for the pupil to mark time, only. More evidence is coming to the front continually, that in all schools, vocational, continuation, trade and ·special, more time is needed for a better preparation for any of the duties of life. Already the pressure is being felt, from those who employ large numbers of men and women, for more thorough training, not only in the tech- nique of the work that is to be performed, but for the cultural knowledge that ever must form the foundation of most successful employment. The public school should be a place where the child should be prepared, without haste and without waste, for the public duties of life. The child that can complete a course in eight or even seven years, need not mark time at any stage of his training. The grades should always be flexible enough to allow such bright pupils to advance as rapidly as possible. It is not an especial honor to complete a nine year course in seven years, nor is it a disgrace to take nine years to perform the same task. Like speed in any department of life, it is an advantage and little else. In any school, the greatest
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danger is to the pupil that thinks he can do the work in half of the required time. This produces indolence; and it is to be expected that the patient persistent toiler will pass such on the road of life.
To express appreciation of the cordial relations that have existed between members of the school committee, superintendent and teachers, is a pleasure,. This spirit is very essential in maintaining high standards and securing proper advancement.
Respectfully submitted,
MORTIMER H. BOWMAN,
Superintendent of Schools.
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Report of School Physician
DIGHTON, MASS. Jan. 28, 1915.
To the School Committee of Town of Dighton Mass.
Gentlemen:
I have examined all pupils in schools of Dighton and find health conditions good. Several special cases have been investigated and all parents notified when necessary. Teachers and pupils are doing all they can to improve general health conditions in the schools.
I find the following diseases: .
Enlarged Tonsil,
7
Catarrh of Throat,
1
Head Nits, 31
Weak Eyes,
1
Unclean Scalp,
4
Skin Disease, 1
Cross Eyes,
1
Mentally feeble,
2
Mary Frates case investigated, found to be mentally feeble.
Respectfully submitted,
J. L. SANBORN, M. D
School Physician.
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Report of Supervisor of Music
To Mr. M. H. Bowman, Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir :-
I am gladly submitting a report of my second year's work in Music in the Dighton schools.
The course of study in the Music so far has remained the same as that of last year in musical theory, voice cul- ture, rote songs, and book work. But in the upper grades we have been able to go more rapidly over the review subject matter, and consequently shall be able to extend the course of study beyond that of last year. This would have been impossible but for the hard and diligent work on the part of the teachers and pupils.
In the rural schools, the same course of study has been followed. Since the First Reader is too simple for the upper grade children, we have been able to find extra sets of books that would furnish supplementary song material for the Brick, Fish, and Segreganset schools. The others have not been so fortunate. We feel that an extra set of books would be greatly appreciated in the Broad Cove school; as there, we have sufficient numbers for three part music-which the First Reader does not permit because of its necessarily narrow scope. The introduction of such a book would create greater interest in the children's work.
For such material, I should suggest the Intermediate Reader, gotten out by the same publisher as of the other New Educational Music Reader, now in use throughout the town schools. This book will offer sufficient material in one, two, and three part drill-and is especially good in its two and three part selections as preparatory material for the Fourth Reader. * It would also be advisable to introduce this book in other rooms, if the present distribu- tion of grades remains the same.
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Again I wish to express my thanks and appreciation of the kind cooperation of all teachers and school officials.
VIOLET T. PETERSON,
Supervisor of Music.
January 23, 1915.
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Report of Supervisor of Drawing
To Mr. M. H. Bowman, Supt. of Schools, Dighton:
In presenting my report, it seems well to give a general outline of the course in drawing, which has been followed in the schools during the past year, in order to give the parents and school committee a better idea of the many branches of our work and its relation to the other school studies.
The fall work in all grades consists of nature study, the drawing of grasses and flowers, fruits and vegetables and the study of color, the spectrum, value from light to dark and color harmony.
November and December is the time for planning and constructing various articles for Christmas, from the little paper boxes, etc., of the primary classes, to the more use- ful articles of the grammar grades, whisk broom holders, candy boxes, stencilled linen bags and book covers, were made this year by the latter. Working drawings and designs for these objects were thought out and made by the pupils themselves.
During mid-winter object drawing is undertaken; in which work the eye is trained to see and the hand to repre- sent, exactly and correctly, proportion, size and shape. Special interest has been shown in this work and much outside work has been done at home.
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The primary grades during the winter, divide their time between illustrative drawing, or the drawing of boys and girls at play and at work, free hand cutting of the same, and paper constructive work, such as doll furniture, etc.
In the spring, birds and animals are pictured, also the opening of buds. Design, landscapes, and gardening pictures are introduced and with nature drawing end the year's work.
Drawing has been used in connection with history, geography and reading this year more than ever, in the designing of covers for lesson papers and in illustrating them whenever possible.
I extend my thanks to all the teachers for their enthu- siasm and earnest efforts in working with me this past year.
Respectfully submitted,
MARJORIE BROWNELL.
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Report of Truant Officer
DIGHTON, MASS., Jan. 1, 1915.
To the School Committee, Dighton, Mass.
Gentlemen :-
I herewith submit my report for the year ending Dec.31, 1914. In investigation of cases brought to my attention by the Supt. of Schools and Teachers, I have made 109 (one hundred and nine) visits to parents. The provisions of the new law that went into effect Sept. 1, 1913, are not well understood, which in part accounts for the large number of visits. I find in most cases a disposition to comply with the law. Parents are coming to realize what a handicap it is to their children in later life not to have the best education that circumstances allow. I wish to extend my thanks to all who have been of assistance to me in the performance of my duty.
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD C. BRIGGS
Attendance Officer.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
DIGHTON, MASS., Feb. 6, 1915.
Mr. M. H. Bowman, Dighton, Mass.
Dear Sir :-
Below, I am giving you report for you to incorporate into your report as the Financial Report of the School Committee for the year ending Dec. 31, 1914 :- .
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation made at March meeting 1914, $9,500 00
Income from Mass School Fund, 1,313 36
Income from Dog Licenses, 352 55
Allowance from State for Supt's Salary, 500 00
Tuition of State Wards,
· 38 00
Special Appropriation in Nov.
1,100 00 1
Total Receipts, $12,803 91
EXPENSES.
Salary of Supt. of Schools,
$660 00
Expenses of Supt. of Schools,
14 75
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Teachers' Salaries,
6,080 25
Text Books, 218 56
Supplies, 103 53
Janitors, Including Charge of Truant Officer,
735 00
Fuel, 571 93
Repairs, Including Cleaning of
Yards and School Houses, use of
Wells and Water and Grading of Yard at South Dighton, 357 45
Dr. Sanborn's contract for Medical Services, for 1 year and one third of a year, 1
66 65
Transportation,
792 55
Tuition at High and Technical Schools, 3,091 20
Miscellaneous,
21 00
Total Expenses,
$12,712 8'7
Outlay for New Desks,
52 20
Making the total altogether
$12,765 07
of Expenses, Unexpended Balance,
38 84
Cost of 36 pupils at High School in- cluding all transportation charges,
$107 88 per pupil 20 25 “
Cost of 436 pupils at Grade Schools, Cost of Books and Supplies for 436 pupils,
73 " 6
Owing to the demands from Taunton and Fall River for advance payments of tuition, the present year has to bear an expense for tuition for more than 36 weeks.
Yours truly,
J. W. MILLIKEN.
TABLE A. ATTENDANCE STATISTICS, ETC., FOR THE YEAR 1914
SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
Wages
No. of Boys
No. of Girls
Total
Enrolment
Enrolment
Enrolment
Enrolment
7 to 14 years
Membership
Membership
Average
Attendance
- Per cent of
Attendance
Number of Visitors
No. Grammar
Eva A. Fuller
$16.67
17
19
36
0
36
1
32
36
34.5
32.7 42
94.8
127
No. Intermediate
Muriel A. Rogers
14.00
24
25
49
0
49
0
49
49
44
95.5
107
North
Florence B. Corey
12.00
32
18
50
0
- 5
0
17
50
43
37
85 97.9
102
. So. Grammar
Sarah C. Guello
16.67
21
14
35
0
29
6
24
35
29
28.4
20
95.2
93
So. Primary A
Harriet E. Whiting
14.00
20
16
36
0
36
0
36
36
33.2
32.3
97.3
140
So. Primary B Brick
Sarah G. Cummings
10.00
18
10
28
0
28
0
23
28
27
24
88.8
126
Cora M. Walker
13.00
25
21
46
0
46
0
40
46
41.1
38.2
92.9
46
Broad Cove Fish
Alice L. Rounds
10.00
Clara Mentzer
10.00
13
9
22
0
22
0
17
22
19.3
17.7
91.7
42
Flat Rock
Mary H. Jones
10.00
11
14
25
0
25
0
20
25
21
18.7
89
77
Segregansett
Katheryn Campbell
10.00
10
8
18
0
18
0
14
18
17.6
16.4
93.2
52
Williams
Emma F. Chase
10.00
12
9
21
0
21
0
14
21
19.6
17.6
89.8
44
ANNUAL REPORT.
So. Intermediate
Helen H. Lane
12.00
14
11
25
0
25
0
25
25
21
Mabel W. Emery
16.00
32
25
57
0
57
0
31
57
51
48.4
94.9
166
10.00
、
Marjorie Brownell, Supervisor of Drawing, $5.56 per week'
Violet J. Peterson, Supervisor of Music, $6.25 per week.
17
97
Primary
Agnes E. Paine
12.00
Under 5 Years
5 to 15 Years
Over 15 Years
Total
Average
.
Muriel C. Goodwin
18
ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE B
SHOWING AGE AND ASSIGNMENT OF PUPILS BY GRADES
Schools
I
II
II]
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
1-
No. Grammar
11.9
12.1
13.5
14.3
No. Intermediate
8.6
9.8|10.8
No. Primary
6.3
6.8
So. Grammar
12.5
12.8 14.3
So. Intermediate
11.3|12.1
South Primary A
9
10.4
So. Primary B.
6.5
8
Brick
6
8.510.5
11
11
13
Broad Cove
7.5
8.2
8.9
9.7 11.2 11.6
12.7
Fish
6.9
7.3
7.8
9.5|11.6 11.7
11.5
13.5
14.6
Flat Rock
6
8
10
10
10
12
12
Segreganset
6
7
8
10
10
13
Williams
5.8
7
7.8 13.5
9.6
12
13.8
-
19
ANNUAL REPORT.
TABLE C
SHOWING NUMBER AND ASSIGN- MENT OF PUPILS BY GRADES
Schools
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VIIVIII
IX
·
No. Grammar
7
12
11
6
No. Intermediate
21
14
21
No. Primary
40
12
- So. Grammar
14
11
9
So. Intermediate
14
13
So. Primary A
21
20
South Primary B
31
28
Brick
1
7
3
3
2
3
Broad Cove
14
3
9
8
8
4
2
1
Fish
5
2
2
4
2
2
1
1
2
Flat Rock
7
4
5
1
3
1
Segreganset
5
1
3
2
4
1
Williams
4
3
3
1
1
4
1
20
ANNUAL REPORT.
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS.
Fall River, B. M. C. Durfee.
Dalton P. Crossman, Class 1915.
Lester W. Simmons, Class 1916.
Joseph R. Sanborn, Class 1915.
Elliot F. Walker, Class 1916.
J. Wesley Hampton, Class 1916.
Wm. T. Brightman, Class 1917.
Elizabeth L. Palmer, Class 1916.
Weston S. Earle, Class 1918.
Fall River, Technical.
Harold Adams, Class 1917.
Percy B. Simmons, Class 1918.
Gertrude E. Barker, Class 1918.
Burton F. Simmons, Class 1918.
Willis Barlow, Class 1918.
Elsie M. Ward, Class 1918.
Taunton.
Lynton Drinkwater, Class 1915.
Warren Lincoln, Class 1917.
Ruth Walker, Class 1915.
Ethel Moon, Class 1917.
Manuel Mendoza, Class 1916.
Edith Staples, Class 1916.
Russel Phillips, Class 1917. Charles Rose, Class 1917. Hazel Sherman, Class 1917.
Velzora Briggs, Class 1917.
Ruth Butler, Class 1917.
Russell L. Wood, Class 1917.
21
ANNUAL REPORT.
Dorothy Childs, Class 1917.
Bertha Cole, Class 1917.
Carl Gordon,
Class 1917.
Russell G. Horton, Class 1917.
Manuel DuPont, Class 1918. Roy Horton, Class 1918.
Evelyn Knott, Class 1918. Molly Place, Class 1918.
Hazel Lee,
Class 1917.
Arthur Staples, Class 1918.
CHANGE OF TEACHERS.
Resignation- School Appointment
Florence B. Corey North Primary Agnes E. Paine
Alice L. Rounds Fish Clara Mentzer
Sarah G. Cummings Brick
Muriel C. Goodwin
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