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High school,
1,700.00
School supplies,
475.00
Transportation,
990.00
Books, etc., for High school,
50.00
Salary of superintendent of schools,
450.00
$7,215.00
For the School Committee,
CHAS. J. WILLIAMS, Chairman.
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Graduating Exercises of Acton High School, CLASS OF '99, At the Town Hall, Thursday Evening, June 15th, at Eight o'clock.
PROGRAMME.
1. March, Orchestra
2. Prayer, Rev. Bernard Copping
3. Song, "The Loreley" School
4. Address, Mr. Henry Whittemore Prin. of Framingham Normal School.
5. Song, "Recessional" Class of '99
6. Conferring of Diplomas, Supt. Andrew S. Thomson
7. Music, Orchestra
GRADUATES.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
Mary Lizzie Burroughs,
Jennie Purner Fletcher, Vera May Knowlton,
Genie Evelyn Fletcher, Alla Blanche Hesselton, Ruth Louise Piper, Marion Wood.
ENGLISH COURSE.
Maud Virginia Colburn,
Harlan Lewis Richardson,
Charles Henry Richardson, Elaine Climena Symonds,
Sidney Stephen Shattuck.
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Superintendent's Report.
To the School Committee :
GENTLEMEN : The passage of another year makes it my duty to report to your honorable body and, through you, to the people of the town of Acton, the progress made by our schools during this period.
Heretofore the report which the School Committee has made to the State has covered a fiscal year from March to March. Hereafter it will cover a school year from September to June. The reason for the change is explained in a circular issued in 1898, from the office of the Secretary of the State Board of Education, portions of which read 'as follows :
"The new school census, (Chapter 496, Acts of 1898, Section 13,) is to be taken for the first time in September, 1899. It is recom- mended that, in all towns and cities that do not already require it, school registers shall be opened and enrolment lists begun at that time, and that thereafter school attendance facts shall be determined for a school year beginning at that time. The attendance facts for a majority of the children in the State are already determined for such a school year. In 1895 most of the towns and cities in the State, through the chairinen of their School Committees or their Su- perintendents of Schools, expressed themselves in favor of such a school year. The change is feasible and desirable and the time is ripe for it.
In the school returns to be made to the State Board of Education on or before April 30, 1901, it is desired that school attendance data from every town and city shall cover the school year that ends in June, 1900. Towns and cities that can report on or before April 30, 1900, attendance data for the school year ending in June, 1899, or on or before April 30, 1899 attendance data for the school year end- ing in June, 1898, are requested to do so.
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If in changing to the new school year recommended there is a duplication of returns to the State because of the overlapping of school years, there is no objection so long as the returns made cover a full year.
Money returns of school expenditures must be made up, as here- tofore, from the fiscal years of the towns and cities, whatever those fiscal years may be. The fact that money returns and attendance returns do not and, under the present conditions, cannot cover pre- cisely the same year throughout the State, does not materially impair the usual conclusions that are drawn from the relations of the one set to the other."
The school census was taken in September, 1899, as is now re- quired by the State. At the end of this report may be found a tabu- lated statement showing the enrolment in each of the schools both for the year beginning September, 1898, and ending June, 1899, and for the fall and winter terms of the present school year. Your at- tention is called to the following statistics :
Number of boys in town between 5 and 15 years, census of 1899, 135
Number of girls in town between 5 and 15 years, census
of 1899,
144
Total,
279
Number of boys in town between 7 and 14 years,
99
girls " 66 7 and 14 years, 114
Total,
213
Whole number enrolled in all the schools,
327
between 5 and 15 years,
294
66 66 8 and 14 «
185
66
over 15 years,
33
under 5 years,
none
Average membership of all the schools,
31.05
attendance
· 28.95
Per cent. of attendance of all the schools,
92.8
Number of public schools,
9
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TOWN OF ACTON.
The present year is proving one of unusual prosperity. The work being accomplished in our schools is very progressive and the stand- ard of the grades has materially advanced. The improved arrange- ment of the schools enables the teachers to do more satisfactory work than could be done in previous years.
All the schools of the town have been concentrated into the three larger villages. Thus there have been formed in each of the villages three schools with three grades in each room. This establishment of nine grades below the High school is a project which for some time has been regarded with favor by the School Committee.
The formation of the Ninth Grade is going to work with good re- sults upon our High school by completing in the Grammar schools. the work which ought to he done there. We shall now be able to prepare pupils to grasp more comprehensively the High school studies.
The union of the North Acton school with that of the Center has worked to the advantage of the pupils of both schools. The pupils of the northern district are brought into competition with pupils from other parts of the town, and a spirit of emulation is aroused which spurs pupils on to their best efforts. The advantage to the Center lies in the incentive of larger classes and in the better arrangement of the schools where the teachers have three grades instead of four.
After much careful consideration and the abandonment of several proposed schemes for the relief of the South Acton schools the School Committee determined to rent the Central Hall for the use of the Grammar school. Though some expense was involved in se- curing this hall the improvement in the South schools warranted the outlay. The location of the hall is not all that can be desired but is the best which could be obtained and will answer the purposes of the Grammar school until the Town sees fit to build a new High school building and thereby leave the present building for the use of the graded schools.
The South primary is too numerous for the room it occupies, but a large class is to be promoted to the Intermediate at the end of this school year, which will relieve the primary for next year. Owing to several double promotions in the Intermediate school, the class which is to be promoted from the Intermediate to the
-
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Grammar school is rather large and therefore it seems as if the pupils will be much more evenly distributed between the three schools the coming year.
The West Acton schools have continued with another year of prosperity. For a time, during the winter term, both in South and West Acton, the prevalence of diphtheria made the attendance very small.
In the work of the year an effort has been made to drill more thoroughly upon the essentials of knowledge, which every citizen in our republic must know in order that he shall perform well the duties of life.
The subject of reading has been given considerable attention. The principles of the Rational system of reading are gradually being introduced into the primary schools. This system combines the good points of the phonic method and the sentence method. Many of the larger schools are obtaining excellent results from this system.
Its final adoption can be no mistake. In last year's report the importance of reading was emphasized and I would again make emphatic this branch of learning. A little greater incentive to home reading might be aroused by having a contest between the pupils of the different ninth grades, and a medal awarded to the best reader. Such a contest could be conducted by impartial judges and become a source of inspiration to many who would not otherwise develop themselves in this line.
The study of grammar has been confined almost entirely to the last three grades in the Grammar school. Much valuable time can be wasted in trying to teach the technical rules of our language to children before they come to the age of reason. If a child has acquired the habit of using correctly ordinary English sentences, the rules of grammar can be taught in a much shorter time than has been formerly supposed. The importance of the study of language is due to the fact that every spoken or written sentence bears the mark of scholarship or betrays weakness in training. A strong effort is being made to get more freedom of expression and a more accurate use of the idioms of the English language.
The teachers are making an especial effort to help the children gain a mastery of the fundamental processes of arithmetic. Speed and accuracy are very important accomplishments in dealing with
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number work. Reasoning power develops surprisingly fast when the operations are performed with little loss of energy. When the mechanical work of arithmetic is performed almost by reflex action, the whole energy can be concentrated upon the reasoning process involved in the solution of the problem.
We have made material progress with our music work in the schools this year. We were favored in securing the services of Miss Marian Brown of Littleton, as supervisor of the music in this town. Miss Brown was so situated that she could give her time at a comparative slight compensation. The work in music has taken on a progresssve form and the teachers are being greatly assisted by the aid of a specialist in this valuable field of development and culture. Many persons disregard the developing power of musical training. There are few studies in our school curriculum which demand such close attention on the part of the children, and give so good a com- bined training for the eye, the ear, and the voice, as does music, as it is taught in our public schools today. Music also quickens the receptive faculties and stimulates elevating emotions.
The establishment of a ninth grade made it necessary to remodel the course of study in the High school. The new course is some- what broader than the previous course, as it embraces a four years' course in English, four years of history, and considerable more time to be devoted to the natural sciences.
Two courses are offered, the classical and the general. The studies of the classical course are all required and point directly to the Bachelor of Arts course in college. Tne general course offers a free elective list, requiring only the most essential studies, as English, mathematics and history. A student who takes the general course, if he elects Latin, German and French may prepare for college as well as by the classical course. There are very few of the colleges, and none of the larger ones, that now require Greek for admission. We believe that if a student goes through our schools and maintains a good standing he is fitted to enter almost any of the colleges of our country.
To prepare for Normal school a student should take Latin and one modern language, devoting all the time possible to history and the natural sciences.
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In order to offer so large a list of studies it is necessary to resort to several alternating subjects, one coming one year and the other the next. When a third teacher shall be added to the teaching force of our High school we can have these courses offered every year, beside several studies, such as drawing, supplementary to more fundamental branches.
I submit the course of study as established.
COURSE OF STUDY FOR ACTON HIGH SCHOOL.
CLASSICAL.
Periods per week.
Periods per week.
Algebra
3
*Algebra 3
English
3
*English 3
G. and R. History
3
*G. and R. History 3
Physiology and Botany
3
*Latin, Physiology and Botany
3
Latin
4 Latin 4
Business Arithmetic 4
Geometry
4
*Geometry
4
English
3
*English 3
History
3
* History 3
Latin
4
Geology and Phys. Geog'y. one-half year each
3
Latin
4
I German or French
3
English
3
*English 3
Physics (or Chemistry)
3
*Physics or Chemistry 3
French or German
3
Eng. History or U. S. History
3
Latin
4
I French or II German
3
Greek
4 Latin
4
French or German
3
Adv. Math. 4
English
3 *English 3
Latin
4 *Chemistry or Physics 3
3
Review Mathematics
2
French or German 3
3
French or German
3 Pol. Economy ¿ and Ast. Į Latin 4
Rev. Math. 3
*Themes.
Greek
4 U. S. Hist. or Eng. History
Greek
4
GENERAL COURSE. 1
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TOWN OF ACTON.
NOTE 1. Pupils taking the General Course are required to elect studies which have sixteen recitation periods per week.
NOTE 2. Starred subjects in the General Course are required.
NOTE 3. . All studies in the Classical Course are required.
NOTE 4. Alternates :
German and French Physics and Chemistry Mediæval and United States History.
NOTE 5. The Junior and Senior years have parallel courses in Eng-
lish. Different books are read in two successive years.
NOTE 6. The books read in the last two years are those required for entrance to the New England colleges. As this require- ment changes for each year, teachers must plan the work for each class according to the time when the class will be prepared to enter college.
THE HIGH SCHOOL MONITOR, a literary and local record, was be- gun this year, when the first number appeared in December. The paper is issued monthly and is edited by the pupils of the school. . The paper has a two-fold purpose : it gives a definite aim and prac- tical value to daily theme writing ; it also gives experience in con- ducting a real business enterprise. The paper reflects credit upon the school and the pupils should be encouraged by teachers, friends and parents to exert their power and increase their interest in a movement so in harmony with the object of secondary schools.
The statutes in regard to the vaccination is not being complied with. Almost every year contagious diseases make inroads upon our schools. Certainly, every precaution should be taken to pre- vent especially dangerous forms of disease. If compelling a strict conformance to the law seems too radical a step, a rule should be passed making it necessary for a child who enters school for the first time to present a certificate of vaccination from a practising physician, or else a statement showing that the child is not in a fit condition for vaccination.
There has been a greater change of teachers in the town during the last year than serves the best interests of the schools. Miss Florence Day, who for the last four years served so faithfully and
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with so much enthusiasm in the Center primary, was compelled, on account of failing health, to give up her school a few weeks before the spring term closed. Miss Day was a teacher who gave her whole life to her school and it is with much regret that we hear of her delicate health.
Miss Florence Moran, who had taught the West Acton Intermediate school last year, was unable on account of the state of her health to · resume her duties this year.
The several vacancies were filled in September by the following teachers : the Center primary by Miss Cora Warren, the West Intermediate by Miss Catherine Sweeney, the South Intermediate by Miss Eva Brewer, the South primary by Miss Anna Chase, the South Grammar by Miss Edith Marrow. Miss Ella Miller, the for- mer teacher of the North Acton school, was transferred to the Center Intermediate. Miss Mary Burke did not return after the schools were closed on account of diphtheria, and Miss Mary Ran- dall was secured for the place.
At the close of the fall term Miss Edith Marrow of the South Grammar school was offered a more lucrative position in high school work for which she was well fitted. Her request for release was granted and her position was filled by Miss Eva Barton of Stoneham.
During the summer we had reason to mourn the death of our good friend and worthy Committeeman, Dr. Hutchins. His friendly advice and encouraging words are greatly missed. For many years Dr. Hutchins devoted a great deal of energy to the advancement of public enterprises. Any movement which tended to promote the ethical conditions of the community would be sure to have his hearty support. Knowing how he is missed in his public relations, makes us appreciate, in some measure, the void in the lives of those with whom he has been more intimately associated.
In closing this, my second and last report as superintendent of the schools of Acton, I wish to express my approbation of the masterful and businesslike manner in which the work of this com- mittee is transacted. It has been a great pleasure to work with a committee capable to cope with difficulties which arise and so thoroughly in sympathy with school betterment.
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TOWN OF ACTON.
The evidence on the part of the teachers of devotion to duty and of singleness of aim in promoting the weal of the schools, in gen- eral, and of the pupils, in particular, has been an unfailing source of gratification.
The appreciative support of the townspeople has been a constant encouragement and incentive.
Yours respectfully, ANDREW S. THOMSON. é
ATTENDANCE REPORT FOR ACTON, 1898-99.
NAME OF SCHOOL.
GRADES.
Number of weeks of
school.
Number enrolled.
Average Membership
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attend-
Number between 5
Number between 8
and 14.
Number over 15.
High
9-12
36
52
48.5
46.7
96.0
23
19
29
So. Grammar
4-8
36
36
26.5
24.5
92.0
35
30
1
So. Primary
1-3
36
54
44.9
41.9
93.3
54
15
Center Grammar
5-8
36
28
26.0
23.9
92.0
28
28
Center Primary
1-4
36
41
33.4
31.4
94.0
41
22
No. Acton School
1-7
36
23
21.0
19.0
90.0
23
17
West Grammar
7-8
36
19
16.18
15.29
94.0
16
15
3
West Intermediate
4-6
36
29
28.91
26.05
90.0
29
27
West Primary
1-3
36
45
34.07
31.87
94.4
45
12
Totals
324
327
31.05
28.95
92.8
294
185
33
ance.
and 15.
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STATISTICS FOR FALL AND WINTER TERMS, 1899-1900.
NAMES
OF
Number enrolled.
Average
Membership.
Attendance.
Attendance.
7 and 14.
5 and 15.
Number over 15.
High School, So. Grammar, 9, 8, 7
Y.
31
29.2 17.9
27.3 17.0
93.0 95.0
4
7
24
20
1
27
25.9
24.6
94.5
27
27
4-12
9
11
4
48
43.7
38.4
87.7
29
48
West Grammar,
8-10
13
3
25
23.2
22.0
94.3
23
25
7- 9
11
11
West Intermediate
5- 6
10
22
21.6
20.1
94.6
21
21
1
4- 8
9
4
3
West Primary,
2- 8
7
7
39
35.0
31.4
90.0
18
39
1-20
5
11
Center Grammar,
8- 8
13
6
22
20.0
18.8
94.0
11
22
7-10
13
2
6
Center Intermed.
5-11
11
1
38
35.7
32.8
92.0
34
34
Center Primary,
2-11
7
7
33
30.3
25.5
84.7
23
33
1- 9
6
3
305
26.2
25.8
92.03 204
276
25
2- 7
7
1-17
6
1
9- 6
13
5
6- 8
12
3
9- 4
14
4
6-12
11
4-14
9
9
3-13
8
2
Average
Per cent. of
Number between
Number between
14
20
6-15
11
So. Intermediate,
3-25
8
So. Primary,
3-11
8
SCHOOLS.
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TOWN OF ACTON.
LIST OF TEACHERS.
Name of School.
Teacher.
Appointed
Educated.
Salary
HIGH .- Principal, Assistant,
Walter DeVault,
1899
Brown '98
Year. $1000 500
Florence Fletcher,
1895
Fram'ham Norm.
Week.
South Grammar,
Eva Barton,
1899
Smith
10.00
South Intermediate,
Eva M. Brewer,
1899
Everett Normal
10.00
South Primary,
Annie B. Chase,
1899
Fram'ham Norm.
10.00
Center Grammar,
Sara G. Small,
1898
Salem Normal
10.00
Center Intermediate,
Ella L. Miller,
1899
Fram'ham Norm.
10.00
Center Primary,
Cora E. Warren,
1899
10.00
West Grammar,
Mary A. F. Randall,
1899
Brown '99
10.00
West Intermediate,
Catherine Sweeney,
1899
Salem Normal
10.00
West Primary,
Harriet H. Gardner,
1889
10.00
SCHOOL CALENDAR .*
1900.
March 26. - All schools open Spring term.
June 15. - Common schools close Spring term.
June 22. - High school closes Spring term. September 4. - All schools open Fall term. November 23. - Common schools close Fall term.
November 28. - High school closes Fall term.
December 3. - All schools open Winter term.
December 21. - All schools close for Christmas vacation.
December 31. - All schools open.
1901.
March 1. - Common schools close Winter term.
March 15. - High school closes Winter term. March 25. - All schools open Spring term.
June 14. - Common schools close Spring term. June 21. - High school closes Spring term.
* Calendar subject to change.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Roll of Honor
FOR FALL AND WINTER TERMS 1899-1900.
Number after name indicates number of terms not absent or tardy.
High School :
Ethel M. Quimby, Winifred G. Chandler, Maud B. Priest (2), Flora B. Reed, Lizzie J. Brown, Ella M. Keith, Ethel B. Hastings.
South Intermediate :
Karl Jones (2), Benjamin Sawyer (2).
South Primary :
Russell Quimby, Kenneth Reed, Irving Brewster, Howard Quimby.
West Grammar :
Crosby Hoar, Isabella Green, Eva Lawrence (2), Richard Kinsley (2), Harold Littlefield, Frank Morrison, Fred Easterbrook, Carl Hoar, Eugene McCarthy.
West Intermediate :
Clara Richardson (2), Pansy Nickerson, Annie Kinsley, Ralph Lawrence, Frank Moan, Vera Charlton, Idelle Meade.
West Primary :
Elmer E. Boyce (2), Kenneth R. Charlton (2), Ella M. Schnair, P. Joseph Schnair (2), Zara Schnair (2), Charles W. Schnair (2), G. Ernest Smith, Edward Gough, Marion Nickerson, Edward A. Moan.
Center Grammar :
Arthur Wayne (2), Mable Thompson, Lester Blodgett, Bennie Reed.
Center Intermediate :
Alfred B. Harris, Henry Mekkelsen, Carl L. Thompson, Leonard D. White, Arthur F. Harris, Gaylon M. Spinney, Forest R. Spinney, Leonard D. White, H. Irving Worden.
Center Primary :
Arnold Lincoln (2), Bertha Mekkelsen, Ida Mekkelsen, Varnum Tuttle, Arthur Morse, Sarah Wood, Maud Harris.
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Music Teacher's Report.
To Mr. A. S. Thomson, Superintendent of Schools of Acton :
DEAR SIR :- In all the schools I found the scholars more or less deficient in the rudiments of music, but a large proportion having good voices.
The children have shown great interest and given excellent atten- tion to instruction so that there has been a marked improve- ment in their singing.
The teachers have heartily cooperated with the instructor and thereby added much to the success attained.
The interest shown by the children is proof of their love for music, and its cultivation and development may well prove a part of the school work.
MARIAN M. BROWN, Musical Instructor.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Department of School Supplies.
To the School Committee :
The annual report of the expense account of this department is respectfully submitted.
D. C. HEATH & Co.
March 30. 5 Walsh intermediate arithme-
tics,
$1.75
Less 1-6,
.29-
$1.46
April 1,
32 dozen writing books,
24.00
Less 1-6,
4.00-
20.00
Sept. 5. 12 Walsh arithmetics,
3.60
Less 1-6,
.60-
3.00
Nov. 3. 9 dozen writing books,
6.75
Less 1-6,
1.12
5.63
$30.09
J. L. HAMMETT CO.
March 18. 1 Johnson map, U. S. spring roller, 4 copper ink fillers,
$3.00
4.60 - $7.60
March 29. 100 sheets Botany mounting pa- per,
.75
100 Cornhill pads,
3.50
5 reams medium drawing pa- per, 00, 6x9, 2.00
5 reams medium drawing pa- per, 00 12x18, 8.00
200 blank books, No. 140,
8.00- 22.25
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TOWN OF ACTON.
April 8. 5 Robinson Crusoe, $1.80
10 fractional discs,
.96- $2.76
April 20. 8 No. 3, Courtship of Miles Standish, 1.05 postage,
.09- 1.14
May 6.
6 Round the World, B. C. 1,
1.92-
1.92
May 5. 2 dozen No. 30, rulers,
.54
200 spelling blanks, No. 120,
2.00
9 gross Gillett's pens, No. 1046, 2.40
5 gross Eagle pens, No. 2,
2.00
11 reams, No. 27, letter,
7.70
100 lbs. arithmetic paper,
3.00
200 Cornhill pads,
7.00
2 dozen Treasury mucilage,
1.40
50 reams H. 3, practice paper,
22.50
10 gross H. B. pencils,
7.20
¿ case white crayons,
3.00
3 gross J. L. H. pens, No. 1,
1.80
1 gross penholders,
.72
1 dozen Carter's ink,
4.50
2 lbs. rubber erasers, No. 120,
1.50
2 dozen number cards,
.48
60 dozen colored pencils,
12.50
$80.24
Credit 1 dozen Carter's ink,
4.50-
75.74
May 6.
1 set 8 excelsior map boards, 1 ‹‹
cases,
20.00-
40.00
May 9.
17 reams, No. 27, letter,
11.90-
11.90
April 27.
Repairing pencil sharpeners,
.25-
.25
May 29.
1 box Falcon pens,
.45
200 tags,
.54
2 dozen Treasury ink,
6.00-
6.99
July 29.
1 Geography Gazeteer, Lipp,
6.67
1 Biography
6.66
1 Webster Int. Dictionary,
8.50
3 globes, No. 210,
9.00-
30.83
Sept. 11.
5 reams H. L. paper,
2.25
6 dozen, No. 30, rulers,
.80- 3.05
20.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Sept. 12.
12 Zoology note books, 1 copper ink filler,
$ .90
1.15- $2.05
Sept. 20. 23 blocks Centennial Illustrat- ed maps,
6.90-
6.90
Sept. 18. Repairing pencil sharpener,
.50-
.50
Sept. 22. 12 packages colored paper, No. 211,
1.92-
1.92
Sept. 22.
250 Baldwin report books,
4.25-
4.25
27.
Repairing pencil sharpeners,
.15-
.15
28. 6 dozen, No. 33, rulers,
.63
10 packages folding paper, No. 211,
1.60
1 block Centennial Illustrated maps,
.30-
2.53
Oct. 23.
100 No. 140, blank books,
4.00
3 reams 6x9, 00, medium draw- ing paper,
1.20
8 packages 4x4 colored paper,
1.28
2 dozen small globes,
5.00-
11.48
Nov. 10.
3 dozen White's drawing books, No. 1,
2.70
¿ dozen boxes Little artist,
1.20
5 dozen table cards,
1.80-
5.70
Nov. 11.
1 dozen White's drawing books, No. 2,
.90
1 dozen Daisy scissors,
1.00
10 In Mythland,
2.70-
4.60
Dec. 4.
1 dozen White's drawing books, No. 2,
.90-
.90
Jan. 2.
144 sheets colored paper,
4.32
Credit 8 packages colored paper,
1.28-
3.04
Jan. 18.
15 Round the World, No. 1,
4.80-
4.80
Jan. 31.
¿ dozen Excelsior compasses,
.54-
.54
$253.79
SILVER, BURDETT & Co.
April 3. 12 Systematic ex. blanks, Less 1-6,
$3.00
.50- $2.50
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TOWN OF ACTON.
April 6. 36 Stepping Stones to Litera- ture, No. 2,
$14.40
Less 1-6,
2.40-
$12.00
Sept. 5.
3 Wards Primers,
1.08
3 1st Readers.
1.08
3 Manuals,
1.08
Less 1-6,
.54-
2.70
Sept. 9.
10 Stepping Stones to Litera- ture, No. 2,
4.00
Sept. 9. 40 Stepping Stones to Litera- ture. No. 1,
12.00
$16.00
Less 1-6,
2.66-
13.34
Sept. 23.
6 Stepping Stones to Litera- ture, No. 1,
1.80
Less 1-6,
.30-
1.50
Oct. 9.
4 A. & C. pitch pipes,
1.00
.03 --
1.03
Oct. 28.
postage, 40 2nd Music Readers, part 1, Less 1-6,
14.40
2.40-
12.00
$45.07
GINN & Co.
April 27.
6 Prince arithmetics, No. 1,
1.20
12 "
" 2,
2.40
$3.60
Less 1-6,
.. 60-
$3.00
Sept. 7.
2 White & Goodwin Anabasis,
3.00
2 Collar & Daniel Greek Com- position,
1.80
$4.80
Less 1-6, .80- 4.00
$3.24
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Sept. 9. 18 Montgomery American His- tory,
$18.00
Less 1-6,
3.00-
$15.00
1.50
Setp. 22. 1 White and Goodwin anabasis, 1 Collar & Daniel Greek Com- position,
.90
3 Goodwin Greek Grammars,
4.50
Less 1-6,
1.15-
5.75
Oct. 6.
5 Prince Arithmetics, No. 8,
1.00
.
Less 1-6,
.17-
.83
Oct. 10. 12 Montgomery American His- tory,
12.00
10 Water Babies,
3.50
Less 1-6,
2.58-
12.92
Nov. 14.
1 Wentworth School Algebra, Less 1-6,
.19
$ .93
postage,
.09-
1.02
Jan. 9.
4 Wentworth School Algebra,
4.48
Less 1-6,
.75
$3.73
Express,
.15-
3.88
Jan. 9.
5 Cyrs Primers,
1.20
Less 1-6,
.20-
1.00
$47.40
AMERICAN BOOK CO.
May 4.
50 Natural advanced Geog- raphies,
62.50
Less 20%,
12.50
$50.00
Credit by old books,
12.50- 37.50
$6.90
$15.50
1.12
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Sept. 8. 12 Webster Primary Dictiona- ries,
$5.76
Less 20%,
1.15-
$4.61
Sept. 8. 35 Natural elementary Geog- raphies,
21.00
Less 20%,
4.20
$16.80
Credit by old books,
4.20-
12.60
Sept. 15.
12 Webster Primary Dictiona- ries,
5.76
Less 20%,
1.15-
4.61
Jan. 3.
6 Story of the Romans,
3.60
6 Webster Primary Dictiona- ries,
2.88
$6.48
Less 20%,
1.29-
5.19
$64.51
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & Co.
May 18.
6 Riverside Primers,
1.53-
1.53
Oct. 28. 20 Lady of the Lake, postage,
5.10
.12-
5.22
$6.75
EDWARD E. BABB & Co.
Sept. 16. 7 Tans Physical Geography, 1st book, Less 1-6,
7.70
1.28-
6.42
Sept. 21. 2 Tans Physical Geography, 1st book, Less 1-6,
2.20
.17- 1.83
$8.25
94
ANNUAL REPORTS
THORP & MARTIN.
Sept. 25. 1 tube mimeograph ink, $ 1.50- $1.50
$1.50
DEWOLF, FISKE & Co.
Sept. 23. 5 Routledge French Dictionaries,
2.50- 2.50
$2.50
W. A. CHARLES.
April 29. Music books,
1.15-
1.15
$1.15
C. J. WILLIAMS.
Nov. 21. Supplies,
$1.50-
1.50
1
$1.50
EXPRESS AND FREIGHT CHARGES.
Paid W. A. Charles
.60
R. Howe,
1.41
C. L. Bradford,
.15
W. S. Warren,
.15
T. Evans,
5.25
A. L. Noyes,
16.03-
W. A. DeVault,
.40-23.99-
23.99
$486.50
Credit supplies sold,
3.29
$483.21
The supplies now in the supply room are valued at $75.
CHARLES J. WILLIAMS, Purchasing Agent.
95
TOWN OF ACTON.
Town Warrant.
For Annual Meeting, March 26, 1900.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MIDDLESEX SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton, in the County of Middlesex, GREETING :
You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Acton, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of March, A. D., 1900, at 11.30 o'clock A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, as they may think proper, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will accept the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee and other Town officers.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town officers and com- mittees, and fix salaries.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the report of any committee chosen to report at this meeting.
ART. 5. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the due observance of Memorial Day.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept the jury list as re- vised by the Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the repairing of roads and bridges the present year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipation of taxes the current year.
96
ANNUAL, REPORTS
ART. 9. To vote Yes or No in answer to the question : Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in Acton the present year.
ART. 10. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of Memorial Library the present year.
ART. 11. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of schools the present year, and act anything thereon.
ART. 12. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for school supplies the present year.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will raise a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor laws.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will maintain street lamps the present year, or act anything thereon.
· ART. 15. To see if the Town will accept the laying out or relocating by the Road Commissioners of the road from Boxboro to South Acton; in West Acton from a point near the house of Eugene L. Hall to a point near the house of W. H. Lawrence.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will accept the widening and straightening by the Road Commissioners of the road from South Acton to Stow, near the house of Mrs. Davidson and Bowles.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the road leading from a point near the house of Daniel Hennessey northerly to the Acton Centre road.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to hold but one Annual Town meeting instead of two.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will rescind all action taken on Articles 21 and 22, in Warrant of April 3, 1899, and accept ordinance in reference to Cemetery Trust Fund, or take any action thereon.
ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take in reference to the collection of taxes the present year.
ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take in reference to furnishing crushed stone for its roads.
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ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to build a new bridge near the Powder Mills on the road leading to Concord, or act any- thing thereon.
ART. 23. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for Town charges.
The polls will be open by 11.45 o'clock, A. M., and may be closed at 3.45 o'clock P. M.
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting cop- ies, attested by you, in the following places : one in each of the Post Offices in the town, one at each of the railroad stations in the town, one in each of the stores of C. H. Mead & Co., M. E. Taylor & Co., H. A. Littlefield, Tuttle & Newton, one at the office of F. J. Hastings & Co., and one at the Nagog House, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with you doings thereon, to the Selectmen or Town Clerk, on or before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Given under our hands, in Acton, this tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand and nine hundred.
E. FAULKNER CONANT, WILLIAM F. STEVENS, DAVID C. HARRIS,
Selectmen of Acton.
INDEX TO CONTENTS.
PAGE
Town Officers
3
Town Clerk's Report
5
Town Meetings, 1899
5-16
Births
17
Marriages
19
Deaths
20
Dogs Licensed
22
Report of Selectmen
..
24
List of Jurors
45
Road Commissioners
46
Treasurer's Report
49
Overseers of Poor,
54
Library Trustees,
59
School Report,
63
Organization,
65
School Calendar,
66
Committee,
69
Financial Statement,
72
High School Graduation Exercises,
74
Superintendent's Report,
75
Statistical Tables,
83
Roll of Honor,
86
Music Teacher's Report,
87
Department of School Supplies,
88
Town Warrant,
95
REFERENCE BOOK ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01720
WELLS BINDERY, INC.
OCT
1976
WALTHAM, MASS. 02154.
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