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Yes, 72
No, 26
A ballot was taken, using check list, on preference for Town House lot, and the result thereof declared as follows :
For Vaughan lot, 68
For present Town House lot, 44
Motion by Alfred M. Shaw to raise and appropriate the sumn of ten thousand dollars for the purpose of building a new town building.
Lost by viva-voce vote.
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On motion of T. T. Vaughan, voted, that the Treasurer. with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the pur- pose of meeting the expense of a new town building, and to issue notes of the town therefor. Said notes shall be made payable in accordance with Section 13, Chapter 27, Revised Laws and amendments thereto, the first payment to be made not more than one year from the date of issue of the first note, and the entire loan shall be payable not more than ten years after the date of issue of the first note. Notes issued under authority of this vote to bear interest at a rate not to exceed five per cent., payable semi-annually.
Voted by written ballot, using check list :
Yes, 83
No, 23
Motion by T. T. Vaughan, that the Moderator be instructed to appoint a building committee of five to execute the above vote.
Voted unanimously.
Under the above vote the Moderator appointed the following building committee :
T. T. Vaughan. J. J. Ryan, Carlton Shurtleff, Frank E. Bar- rows, Seth C. C. Finney.
Art. 23.
Motion by J. J. Ryan, that the Park Commissioners be in- structed to secure an option on Triangle Park and report at some future town meeting.
Voted unanimously.
Art. 24.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dol- lars for the use of the Park Commissioners in securing land along the shore of Sampson's Pond.
Art. 25.
Voted. that the Park Commissioners be instructed to acquire the Bay State Hall lot.
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Art. 26.
Voted, that consideration of this article be postponed in- definitely.
Art. 27.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars for the purpose of taking or purchasing, under the Park Act, land for enlarging the playground on the rear and side of the High School lot, and adjoining the same, and for the improvement of said land taken.
Art. 29.
Voted, that the Road Commissioners be instructed to investi- gate the matter of closing the little-used roads in town, and report at the next town meeting.
(Special Town Meeting, July 2nd.)
George P. Lincoln and T. T. Vaughan appointed Tellers and duly sworn.
Art. 1.
For Moderator-
Ellis G. Cornish,
1
Total number of ballots cast,
Art. 2. 1
Voted to sell the Town Hall at public auction.
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to arrange for the sale of the Town Hall as speedily as possible, reserving the use of it for town purposes until the new hall is finished.
On motion of Seth C. C. Finney, voted, that the town appro- priate thirty-five hundred dollars for the construction of a town hall and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men, to borrow not to exceed thirty-five hundred dollars, and to issue ten notes of the town of three hundred and fifty dollars each therefore ; said notes to be payable, the first not more than one year after the date of issue of the first note, and one annu-
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ally thereafter, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from the date of issue of the first note. Said notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually.
The above vote was taken by written ballot, using check list, as follows:
Yes, 36
No, 11
TOWN MEETING, NOVEMBER 4.
George P. Lincoln and Ellis D. Atwood appointed tellers and duly sworn.
Art. 1.
For Moderator: Seth C. C. Finney, 1; Frank E. Barrows, 1; Ellis G. Cornish, 2.
Art. 2.
For Herring Committee: Alton H. Griffith, James W. Lewis, George H. Powers.
Art. 3.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars for the use of Old Home Week Association.
Art. 4.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dol- lars for the purpose of macadamizing the highway leading from the present macadam road on Centre street to the junction of Centre, Main and West streets.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER DURING THE YEAR 1913.
Jan. 19. James S. Hudson and Alberta M. McFarlin.
Feb. 22. Percy W. Shurtleff and Mrs. Lena M. Morgan of Middleboro.
Mar. 22. Clinton W. Baker of Plympton and Cora H. Wade.
May 29. Charles Davis and Elisabeth N. Lary.
June 28. Vetrend Couture and Frances Crozier.
July 12. James T. Chanter and Rosie Alves, both of Plymouth.
Nov. 30. Elverson E. Atwood and Lillian J. Weightman.
DOG LICENSES ISSUED IN 1913.
Anderson, C. T. (f)
Braddock, Arthur
Andrews, Mrs. J. L.
Braddock, Ellsworth (1f)
Andrews, Z. W. Braddock, James B. (2)
Appling, Henry E.
Braddock, Sumner
Atwood, Albert F. Broullerd, Edaire (1f)
Atwood, Elverson E. Bump, J. M.
Atwood, Henry A. (3)
Bumpus, A. L.
Atwood, Lucien W. Bumpus, Ira B.
Atwood, Lucius Burbank, Arthur G.
Basset, Charles S.
Burgess, Harvey C.
Blaker, John T.
Burgess, Henry P.
Bourgett, John
Cassidy, W. H.
Braddock, Ammon
Cole, Frank H.
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Corriea, Manuel
Dimond, Robert E.
Donnelly, Charles Dube, Alfred (1f)
Shaw, Edward C. (2)
Dupuis, Wm. S.
Shaw, Ellsworth V.
Garnett, Melvin
Shaw, Isaac W. (If)
Gomes, Dolfino
Shaw, Obed H. (2)
Griffith, Mrs. B. M.
Shurtleff, Oliver L.
Harjii, Weelos
Silva, P.
Hayden, Annie (f)
Slugg, Sara A.
Hollander, Setti
Southworth, T. M.
Holmes, Charles H.
Story, Nelson
Holmes, E. Standish
Thomas, Bert L. (2)
Holmes, Jesse A.
Thomas, Mrs. F. M.
Holmes, P. J.
Thomas, Ira E. (2)
Holmes, William E.
Thomas, Levi T.
Johnson, William S.
Thomas, Luther E.
Judway, George
Thomas, Silas
Kaski, Antti
Thomas, William T. (2)
Kennedy, James P.
Letender, Louis
Lewis, Richard C.
Tillson, Wilfred A. € Torrey, Harry A. (5f, 1m) Vaughan, J. A.
Lomba, Charles
Wade, Arthur H.
McHenry, Samuel
Ward, Fred A. (1f, 1m)
Morris, P. E.
Warren, D. C.
Morrison, M. J.
Washburn, George F. (1f)
Palm, Andrew
Wehkamaki, Erik
Peterson, A. W.
White, C. W.
Petty, Albert F.
White, George E.
Perkins, C. C.
Whitten, George L.
Pink, Henry S.
Winberg, Nelson B.
Powers, George L.
Pratt, E. F.
Wrightington, William (Unknown) 1m
Richards, E. A.
Rickard, Frank R. Rowe, E. J., Jr. Ryan, J. J.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR 1913.
Date.
Name.
Parents' Names
Nativity of Parents.
Jan.
17
John D. Shaw
Helen F. Praddock
66
20
Mildred Lillian Bassett
Charles S. Bassett
Annie Fryes
Newfoundland
27
Lawrence Willard Robinson
George H. Robinson
Dorchester
Mar.
23
Avelino*
Oracio Avelino
Cape Verde Is.
66
31
Katherine Sybil Murray
Neil D. Murray
Nova Scotia
April
10
(Stillborn)
66
10
John Snow Mosher
Eldred S. Mosher Harriet. G. Snow
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia
May
17
Lizzie Gonsalves
Joseph B. Gonsalves
Cape Verde Is.
66
21
FrederickEllsworth Shaw
Ellsworth V. Shaw
Carver
Anna K. Shurtleff
Carver
31
William Edwin Ericson
Elias Ericson
Finland
June
1
George Everett Thomas
Luther E. Thomas
Emma J. Thomas
Otto Halunen
Finland
Hannah Niemi
Finland
6
Otto Halunen
Finland
66
19
David Mansau
Adelard Mansau
Canada
July
7
George Leo Anthony
Leo M. Anthony
Assyria
Sept.
3 Theron Metcalf Cole
Frank H. Cole
Carver
66
19
Mary Louise Belanger
Canada
Fall River
Clarence F. Baker
Yarmouth
66
24 Ernest Franklin Jefferson
Carver
Middleboro
Oct.
6 Manuel Pina
Cape Verde Is.
66
30 Archibald Alexander McNayr
Archibald McNayr
Bessie A. McCauly
Cape Breton
Nov.
12 Marjorie Evelyn Baker
Clinton W. Baker
Cora H. Wade
Carver
Dec.
2
Gilbert J. Dionne
Canada
Rosana J. LeFlame
Canada
17
Wesley Warren Shurtleff
Russell F. Shurtleff
Carver
Bertha J. Parker
Plympton
66
Mary Barrows Washburn 18
George B. Washburn
Carver
Alice Robinson
Marion
66
22
(Stillborn)
Ida J. Pavola
Finland
Carver Carver
Hannah Niemi
Finland
Annie Ducas
Fall River
Mary F. LeBlanc
Nova Scotia
Florence J. Shaw
Plympton
August Belanger Louise Gagnier
Chatham
Jennie E. Eldredge Lcon W. Jefferson
Edna F. Archer Antone Pina
Catherine Fateire
St. Helena
Nova Scotia
Kingston
*Born in New Bedford.
Plympton Carver Chatham
Jessie J. Garnett
New Brunswick
Carlotta Silvia
Cape Verde Is.
Reba A. Griffith
Carver
Inusensra Gomez
Cape Verde Is.
6
21 Phyllis Virginia Baker
DEATHS RECRDED IN CARVER FOR 1913.
Name.
Age M D
Birthplace.
Names of Parents.
Date.
Cause of Death
Burial Place.
John McGregor
53
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Nova Scotia
Jan. 12
('arcinoma of Stomach Union Cemetery
Rebeeea Cole
78 11 11
Attleboro
William MeGregor Margaret. MeLeod Luther Richards Lydia Chase Geo. W. Robinson Grace Hemenway
Feb. 21
Heart disease
Lakenham Cemetery
George H. Robinson
28 3 11
Dorchester
Mar.
9
Tuberculosis of lungs
Lakenham Cemetery
Howard Vesper Holmes
3
4 20
('arver
Jesse A. Holines
19
Broneho pneumonia
Carver Cemetery
John Peters
0
3
0
New Bedford
Harry Peters
28
Bronchitis
[heart Union Cemetery
James M. Jefferson
67 9 20
Middleboro
Benjamin Jefferson
April 24
Mitral regurgitation of Middleboro (Central)
Lawrence W. Robinson
0
5
4
Carver
Experience Freeman Geo. H. Robinson
July
1
Tubereular meningitis
Lakenham cemetery
Dellema Billiveau
59
2 24
Canada
Eugene Lamcaux
Aug.
3
Anasarea
Middleboro (St. Mary's)
Jennie E. Robbins
19
8 14
East Bridgewater
Philip Abbie
Howe Richmond
Sept.
12
Carcinoma Uteri
Lakenham cemetery
Peter Clancy
15
-
Oct.
1
Alcoholism
Lakenham cemetery
Y
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Blanele E. Vinol
Carrie
Jessie J. Garnett
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JURY LIST, 1913-1914.
Albert F. Atwood.
Henry A. Atwood.
Ellis D. Atwood. Herbert F. Atwood.
Frank E. Barrows. J. Myrick Bump. Anson F. Cornish.
Fred A. Dimond.
Alton H. Griffith.
Henry S. Griffith. Jesse A. Holmes.
Robert W. Holmes.
Arthur L. Mckay.
William E. Holmes.
Leonard S. Powers.
William M. Shaw.
Oliver L. Shurtleff.
Edward Slugg.
James W. Thomas. Frank F. Tillson.
Ichabod W. Tillson.
James A. Vaughan.
George E. White.
Nelson B. Winberg.
ELLIS G. CORNISH, HERBERT A. STANLY, SETH C. C. FINNEY,
Selectmen of Carrer.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Dr.
Jan. 1. 1913, balance,
$164 01
Appropriation,
7,300 00
Dog Fund,
206 63
Return from State Supt. acct.,
250 00
High School Pupils,
48
Mass. School Fund,
952 55
Balance Benjamin Ellis School Fund
20 00
Income from Ellis School Fund,
100 00
Overdraft,
27 20
$9,020 87
Cr.
Paid-
Superintendents' salary,
$600 00
Teaching,
5,397 80
Attendance officers,
18 50
Medical Inspection,
50 00
Janitor service,
354 00
Transportation,
1,608 35
Supplies and incidentals,
529 10
Fuel,
181 53
Repairs,
254 29
Cleaning buildings,
27 30
$9,020 81
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TEACHING.
Benjamin S. Tubman,
$607 50
Harold P. Marston,
341 25
Viola L. Merrifield,
616 25
Adelaide S. Kenney,
396 00
Lulu Pratt,
36 00
Mildred H. Spooner,
55 00
Helene Field,
344 00
Marie W. Goodhue,
264 00
Ruth O. Leavis,
132 00
Ellen F. White,
288 00
Madeline H. Sears,
300 00
Marion Lyon,
135 00
Helen F. Norton,
288 00
Alice M. Russell,
135 00
Catherine Burgess,
276 00
Miriam H. Braley,
135 00
Anne S. McFarlin,
160 80
Inez M. Bailey,
438 00
Helen Burgess,
300 00
Ruth Holloway,
150 00
$5,397 80
Chester W. Humphrey, Superintendent's salary,
$600 00
James W. Lewis, attendance officer, 17 50
Nehemiah G. Swift, attendance officer, 1 00
$18 50
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Lawrence M. Chase, M. D., $50 00
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JANITOR SERVICE.
George E. Blair. two buildings.
$130 00
Edwin C. Churchill.
90 00
Ichabod W. Tillson.
:2 00
Harold Dunn,
18 00
Marie W. Goodhue.
12 00
Ruth O. Leavis.
6 00
Antonio Carron.
16 50
Helen F. Norton.
8 00
Antonio Thibault.
1 50
$354 00
TRANSPORTATION.
Jamies S. McKav.
$682 35
James Lees. 550 00
Deborah Tillson.
288 00
Leo Farrise. 18 00
William C. Richards.
10 00
$1,608 35
SUPPLIES AND INCIDENTALS.
.J. L .. Hammett. one chair, $4 15
Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies. 203 64
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., chemicals. 8 41
Benjamin S. Tubman. 3 24
American Seating Co .. desks and chairs. 143 18
Nehemiah G. Swift. setting desks. 1 00
Chester W. Humphrey. 14 duplicator and supplies. 11 61
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John E. Jordan, supplies, 10 40
John W. Lincoln, one dict. of facts,
4 90
Houghton, Mifflin Co., histories, 4 00
Eldred S. Mosher, express and carting,
25 07
Ginn & Company, one class book,
29
Ellis G. Cornish, cash paid T. E. Blanding, 11 75
Standard Printing Co., envelopes,
1 50
C. C. Birchard, books and express,
19 27
Fred Dube, clearing lot, 80
Albert Dube, clearing lot,
2 60
Peter Bolduc, clearing lot,
2 60
Elijah Douglas, clearing lot,
2 60
Ellis G. Cornish, clearing lot,
8 25
Marie Goodhue, broom and clock,
1 40
Ezimaell Dube, clearing lot,
1 80
Viola L. Merrifield, paper,
20
John G. Allen, programs,
12 00
Ellis G. Cornish, freight and carting,
3 01
George E. Blair, clock,
1 00
James A. Vaughan, auto and basins,
1 25
Wright & Potter, record sheets,
6-1
Webster E. C. Vaughan, wire, ladder and pails,
17 93
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight,
1 44
Ellis G. Cornish, expenses looking for teachers,
6 50
$529 10
FUEL.
William P. Weeden, sawing
$17 70
Oliver L. Shurtleff, wood,
9 00
Isadore McFarlin, wood,
5 50
James A. Vaughan, wood,
6 00
Alonzo D. Griffith, freight and carting desks and seats, 11 47
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Eugene Wrightington, sawing, 8 80
Theron M. Cole, wood, 55 50
Gustavus Atwood, paid McGregor sawing and housing, 90
Byrant & Soule, one and a half tons coal,
13 88
Otis Linton, housing wood, 3 00
J. Myrick Bump, wood, 31 50
Ellis G. Cornish, paid A. P. Robbins cutting pine wood, - 75
Jesse A. Holmes, kindling,
2 75
Ichabod W. Tillson, sawing,
8 75
Harold Dunn, housing and splitting, 1 50
Nancy A. Shaw, wood, 16 00
$181 53
REPAIRS.
George E. Blair, painting three buildings and repairs, $56 75
James W. Lewis, repair of pumps, 4 00
Webster E. C. Vaughan, glass, paint and brushes, 31 85
George E. Blair, pump, points and driving, 8 00
George E. Blair, repairs on several buildings,
7 05
Seth C. C. Finney, auto for pump,
1 00
Leonard S. Powers, repair buildings,
4 50
Nelson F. Manter, repair doors,
2 00
Orville K. Griffith, grading,
1 93
J. K. and B. Sears & Co., doors and window,
9 84
Charles H. Kennedy, paper for three buildings and hanging, 17 05
George Donner, driving pump,
3 60
Carlton Shurtleff, filling well,
75
T. W. Peirce Co.,
2 41
Waldo Brothers, two bags pulp plaster,
1 70
John E. Jordan, pumps, pipe and glass, 15 80
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Jones Brothers, curtains, 14 30
Gustavus Atwood, repairs,
15 81
Ellis G. Cornish, repairs,
6 50
Ellis G. Cornish, paid six men and team 2d one and a half hours clearing lot, 32 10
American Seating Company, 4 50
Charles C. Perkins, repairs, 8 00
William C. Richards, repairs,
2 25
E. B. Atwood, two windows,
2 60
$254 29
CLEANING.
Helen S. Petty,
$4 00
George E. Blair,
10 50
John Rioux, 1 50
Arthur Marchand,
1 50
Henry Durand,
1 50
Isadore Morissette,
1 50
Elsie Halonen,
6 80
$27 30
MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL FUND.
Received from State, 1913
$952 55
Paid-
Harold P. Marston,
$105 00
Viola L. Merrifield,
65 00
Ruth Holloway,
50 00
Inez M. Bailey,
50 00
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Miriam H. Braley,
45 00
Alice M. Russell,
45 00
Marion Lyon,
45 00
Anne R. McFarlin,
48 00
Ruth O. Leavis.
44 00
Helene E. Field,
45 00
Adelaide S. Kenney.
12 00
Lulu Pratt.
36 00
Balance.
362 55
$952 55
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following names are those of pupils who have had per- fect attendance for one or more terms.
Three terms-Grace Gardner, Evelyn McFarlin. George Per- kins. Anna Cornish, Homer Griffith. Priscilla Shaw. Howard Gardner, May Stanly.
Two terms-Leonard Shurtleff. Marjory Griffith. Avis Shurt- leff. Dorothy Linton, Minnie Blair, Esther Cornish, Hazel Griffith. Lucy Kennedy. Leonard Atwood, Carlton Atwood. Davis Atwood. Gladys Eames. Madeline Shaw. Elizabeth Atwood. Eunice Atwood. Myrtle Gardner. John A. Blaker. Henry Rob- bins. Ruth Shaw, Lorimer Cassidy.
One term-Theodore Cahoon. Carrol Griffith. Arm Johnson, Mary Johnson, Eleanor Washburn. Walma Johnson. Alice Lees. William Winburg. Ralph Washburn. Merton Griffith. Ida Bas- sett. Carrie Washburn, Frank Washburn, Reynold Eastman. Laura Havden, Alden Stringer. Bertha Garnet. John Peckham. Ella Peckham, Ruel Thomas, Myrtle Perkins. Bartlett Collings. Norman Story. Clara Caron, Paul Story. Clara Lee. Bertha
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Peckham, Emma Parker, Bessie Parker, Alice Caron, Hattie Eames, Lawrence Atwood, Frances Cornish, Lena Kennedy, George P. Whitton, Alton Kenney, Harold Dunn, Irene Lavers, Roy Atwood, Charlotte Atwood, Hazel Thomas.
RECORD OF ATTENDANCE.
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per Cent. of
Attendance
High School,
38
33
30
90
Center Grammar,
16
14
13
93
North Primary,
15
13
12
88
East Carver,
32
23
19
83
Center Primary,
17
17
15
92
North Grammar,
28
25
22
89
Bates Pond,
23
22
18
91
South Grammar,
16
15
14
93
South Primary,
26
22
19
86
Pope's Point,
16
14
12
83
The increase in cost of transportation is due to increase in the number of scholars from North Carver, and two from Plympton, for which Carver will be reimbursed.
The income from the logs taken from the High School lot will pay a large part of the expense for clearing the same.
ALICE G. SHAW, CHARLES C. PERKINS, ELLIS G. CORNISH, School Committee of Carver.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Carver : -
The school superintendency district of which Carver is a part comprises the towns of Carver, Lakeville, Rochester and Rayn- ham. In the four towns there are thirty-three schools and thirty-six teachers. Of this number twenty-two were teaching in the district for the first time in September, and sixteen were teaching their first schools. In addition to these changes since last June there have been five since the beginning of the fall term, making twenty-seven from the close of schools in June, to the beginning of the winter term. Advance in school work is very difficult under these conditions. It is unfortunate that such frequent changes occur, but we do not pay sufficient salary to prevent them. This is not saying that we do not pay as much as we can well afford, it is stating the reason for the changes.
There is a scarcity of good teachers. So great has this been that in several rooms in the Brockton schools there were no regular teachers during the fall term. The teaching was done by students from the Bridgewater Normal School, who were sent out for practice teaching during the last year of their course. The Commissioner of Education said recently that the nine normal schools of the state could not supply the demand for teachers. They graduated 797 students in June, 1913: Fitch- burg 135, Bridgewater 134, Salem 105, Framingham 105, West- field 9%, Lowell, 70, Worcester 66, North Adams 55 and Hyan- nis 30.
Some of the normal schools specialize along particular lines : Salem in training for commercial teaching, Framingham some- what in household arts, Bridgewater in preparation for upper
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grade work and departmental teaching, North Adams in agri- culture and household arts, Fitchburg in training young men for teachers of practical arts, Hyannis in practical arts. Hyannis also has a one-year course for training teachers for country schools. All Massachusetts normal schools require for admission the preparation given by a first-class high school. The requirements in teaching at present are such that it is unwise to attempt it without normal school training for grade work, with the addition of college training for high school work.
The demand for teachers shows that there are abundant oppor- tunities for employment in the teaching profession. Any bright, intelligent and energetic young man or woman graduating with high standing from a Massachusetts normal school is sure of immediate employment and good salary.
For schools such as ours there are four classes of teachers available : those that graduate from normal schools but without experience except that obtained from practice teaching before graduation, graduates of high schools without other education or training, those who have taught several years with but mod- erate success, and those who have taught several years successfully, and who for special reasons accept positions such as we can offer. There are good teachers in each class, but those in the latter are without question the most desirable, but they are rarely obtainable. Next to those the normal graduates, although with- out experience, have proved the best.
We are employing this year eight teachers who are graduates of normal schools, six from Bridgewater two from Framingham, also one having a partial course at Bridgewater.
Miss Ruth Holloway of Lakeville is at the North Grammar school. She has twenty pupils in grades VI-VIII. This is six less than last year. There are probably five in this school to enter the ninth grade next year.
Miss Inez M. Bailey is at the North Primary school. This is her third year in that school. She has twenty-five pupils in
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grades I-IV thirteen more than last year. Good work is being done in this school and it shows the advantage of continuous work by one teacher. The reading was especially commended by the teacher of reading from Bridgewater Normal School who visited several schools in town.
Miss Miriam H. Braley of Middleboro is at the Center Gram- mar school. She graduated from Bridgewater Normal School in June, 1913. She has twenty pupils in grades V-VIII. There are six more than last year. There will probably be four to enter the ninth grade next year.
Miss Alice M. Russell is at the Center Primary school. She graduated from the Bridgewater Normal School in June, 1913. She has thirteen pupils in grades I-IV, three less than last year.
Miss Marion Lyon of Brockton is at the South Grammar school. She is also a graduate from Bridgewater Normal in 1913. She has fourteen pupils in grades V-VIII, one less than last year. There will probably be three to enter the ninth grade in the fall.
Mrs. Anne R. McFarlin taught the South Primary school until the close of the fall term, and was succeeded by Miss Amy L. Felton of Norton. She has twenty-four pupils in grades I-IV, the same number as last year.
Miss Ruth O. Leavis is at the Bates Pond school. She is a graduate of the Bridgewater Normal school in 1913. She has twenty pupils in grades I-VI, the same number as last year.
Miss Helene E. Field is at the Popes Point school. This is her second year in the school, and she is doing good work. She has twenty-two pupils in grades I-VII, six more than last year.
Mrs. Adelaide Kenney taught the East Carver school until the latter part of the fall term, and was succeeded by Mrs. Lulu Pratt. She has twenty-one pupils in grades I-VIII, nine less than last year.
Mr. Benjamin S. Tubman, who was principal of the High School for two years, resigned at the close of the school in July
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to take up grammar school work. Mr. Harold P. Marston was elected to the position. Miss Viola Merrifield is serving her third year in the school with excellent success. There are thir- teen in the ninth grade, eight in the fourth class, eight in the third class, six in the second class, and two in the first class. There are twelve in the eighth grade, most of whom will enter the ninth grade in the fall. The total number in the High School and ninth grade combined is thirty-seven, the same as last year.
When the ninth grade was first entered in the High School there were but three High School classes, and at no time since has there been the full four years of High School work carried on. Some times a class has been so small that two years could be combined. Now, however, the four classes are represented, and cannot be combined. Another year the entire time of two teachers will be needed for the High School work alone, not because of the number of pupils, but the number of subjects. This year the periods for recitation are too short to do the work properly. Other provision will have to be made for the ninth grade. A plan which would care for this grade for the next school year would be to have no class leave the Center Primary school at the close of the school year in June, but continue there another year. The school is small at present, and the pupils now there and those to enter in the fall could be easily cared for. No class would then enter the Center Grammar school in the fall, thus there would be no more grades than at present. The eighth could continue as the ninth, and the other eighth grade pupils, eight in number, could be added to it. This would make twenty-eight in all, which could be accommodated by the addi- tion of more desks, although the room would be somewhat crowded.
I would call attention to two new educational laws passed by the last Legislature. The one regarding employment of minors is probably fairly well known. The essential features are these :
Every child between fourteen and sixteen years of age, if
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physically and mentally able. must attend school all the time the public day schools are in session : or be regularly employed for at least six hours per day; or have permission from the superintendent of schools to be profitably employed at home.
An Employment Certificate is necessary for any kind of ent- ployment for a child between fourteen and sixteen years of age, employed away from home.
An Employment Certificate is obtained from the superin- tendent of schools or from a person authorized by him to issue them. In this town they are issued by the secretary of the School Committee.
To secure an Employment Certificate :
First-Obtain promise of employment from some employer, which must be given in writing on a promise to employ ticket.
Second-Obtain a physician's Certificate of Health, on the back of the promise to employ ticket.
Third-Obtain a School Record ticket from the teacher of the last school attended. This record cannot be obtained unless a child has attended school for at least 130 days since becoming thirteen years of age.
Fourth-Take the tickets thus obtained to the one authorize l to issue employment certificates, and obtain such a certificate.
Necessary blanks are furnished by the person issuing employ- ment certificates.
A new employment certificate is necessary for every change of employment and employer.
When applying for an employment certificate procure one of the following proofs of age, in the order given :
A birth certificate. or a certified copy.
A baptismal certificate, or a certified copy.
A passport or immigration record, or a certified copy.
The record of age as given in the register of the first school attended in Massachusetts.
The statement of a physician, not the family physician, that he believes the child in question to be at least fourteen years
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of age. This statement of the physician must be accompanied by a signed statement from the parent or guardian, giving the name, date and place of birth and residence of the child, and stating that he is unable to obtain any other accepted proof of age.
No person between sixteen and twenty-one years of age can be employed in any factory, workshop, manufacturing mechan- ical or mercantile establishment without an Education Cer- tificate. This is issued by the person issuing employment cer- tificates.
There are a large number of employments for which cer- tificates cannot be given to persons between fourteen and sixteen years of age; also a less number to those between sixteen and eighteen years of age; and one, work in or about any bar-room or saloon, to those under twenty-one years of age.
Another law is that relating to compulsory savings by teachers. It is known as An Act to Establish a Retirement System for Public School Teachers. It is too long to give more than a brief summary of it, which is as follows :
All teachers entering service in the public schools of Massa- chusetts for the first time after July 1, 1914, thereby become members of the Teachers' Retirement Association. Member- ship is compulsory for all such teachers. All others may be- come members.
All members of the association shall be assessed not less than three nor more than seven per cent. of their salary ; but without regard to the amount of salary or rate of assessment the assess- ment shall not be less than $35 nor more than $100 per annunì.
The assessment shall be deducted from the salary before it is paid to the teacher. This fact must be stated to a teacher when making a contract with him.
To receive a pension a teacher must be sixty years of age, and must have taught in the public schools of the state for fifteen years, five of which must have been immediately before his retirement.
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The Retirement Association is controlled by a board of seven members : the state insurance commissioner, the state bank com- missioner, the commissioner of education, three members of the Retirement Association, and one other person.
The funds of the association shall be in the custody of the treasurer of the Commonwealth.
The age of compulsory retirement is not less than sixty and not more than seventy.
The object of the law is compulsory savings for old age, and there is no question about its ultimate benefit, although it will not be received until a teacher becomes sixty years of age.
Those who have reached positions paying from $700 to $900 can easily afford the assessment, but it is a heavy tax on those just beginning work. Many of them are in debt for their education.
This year the rate of assessment is fixed at five per cent. of the salary. A teacher receiving $700 would be assessed $35. But the teacher just beginning work must pay the same assess- ment. Our salary for beginners is $11.25 per week, $405 per year, $1.30 per day, less than is paid for the cheapest kind of day labor.
The deduction of $35 per year from the present salaries means paying $10.25 per week for beginners, and most of our teachers are beginners. Suitable teachers cannot be found for that salary. The cost of a course at a normal school is not less than $250 per year, and graduates pay from $500 to $1,000, according to the length of their course, for the preparation for their work.
Seeing that the application of the law means practically a reduction of a dollar a week in salaries, for a benefit to be re- ceived sometime in the future, and that they would be placed at a disadvantage in competition with other towns that would raise salaries on account of the reduction, towns have already begun to vote to raise salaries to take effect in September, 1914. In the school district, comprising Brewster, Yarmouth and Dennis, the first two towns have voted a flat increase in all salaries of
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$50, and the third has voted an increase equal to the amount of the assessment in the salaries of beginners, and in all others who join the annuity association. Two of the towns of this district have included the cost of the assessments in their esti- mates of expenses for another year. The third has not yet held its meeting for making the annual report.
It would cost this town $315 to make the increase in the salaries of the elementary teachers. As it is not possible to get suitable teachers for less than we now pay, I would strongly recommend that it be made.
The sight and hearing tests showed twenty-four children de- fective in sight, and eight in hearing. In twenty-six the defect was sufficient to need medical attendance, and in these cases the parents were notified of the fact. Some of the defects could be easily remedied if attended to in time, but become serious if neglected.
Respectfully submitted, C. W. HUMPHREY, Superintendent.
Carver, Mass., January 1, 1914.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1914-1915.
Fall term-Sept. 29, 1913, to Dec. 19, 1913, 12 weeks. Winter vacation-Dec. 19, 1913, to Dec. 29, 1913, 9 days. Winter term-Dec. 29, 1913, to March 20, 1914, 12 weeks. Spring vacation-March 20, 1914, to March 30, 1914, 9 days. Spring term-March 30, 1914, to June 19, 1914, 12 weeks. Summer vacation-June 19, 1914, to Sept. 28, 1914. Fall term-Sept. 28, 1914, to Dec. 18, 1914, 12 weeks. Winter vacation-Dec. 18, 1914, to Dec. 28, 1914, 9 days. Winter term-Dec. 28, 1914, to March 19, 1915, 12 weeks. Spring vacation-March 19, 1915, to March 29, 1915, 9 days. Spring term-March 29, 1915, to June 18, 1915, 12 weeks. Summer vacation-June 18, 1915, to Sept. 27, 1915.
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