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$3,030 00
Superintendent ..
676 33
Janitors
356 00
Fuel
512 79
Transportation
618 00
Text books and supplies
261 84
Incidentals ..
231 31
Balance, Feb. 1, 1908
205 24
$5,891 51
Teachers :-
Gunnar J. Leufgren
$375 00
B. W. Sanderson
300 00
Mabelle E. Davis
450 00
Elizabeth I. Ham
432 00
Mary E. Dudley
387 00
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Margaret A. Spalton
$189 00
Annie V. Phillips Mabel O. Tracy
42 00
Jessie E. Cook
162 00
Grace Hartman
162 00
Alice Coffin
288 00
Frank H. Lowell
110 00
$3,030 00
Fuel :-
Wm. Johnston & Co.,
$430 29
Phillip S. Coffin
27 00
L. Francis Thayer
50 50
Edward H. Taft
5 00
-
$512 79
Transportation :-
Alfred I. Barrows
$237 00
George M. Taft.
144 00
David E. Hill
112 00
M. & U. St. Ry. Co.
120 00
M., A. & W. St. Ry. Co.
5 00
$618 00
Superintendent :-
Superintendent
$676 33
Received from State for year
416 66
Net cost for year
$259 67
Incidentals :-
Frank Reed, tuning piano twice
$4 00
C. S. & S. S. Hudson, glass and putty 40
Jacob R. Brown, glass and labor
3 00
Joseph Dudley, services at graduation A. C. Eldredge, painting Albeeville School House.
30 00
E. A. Harding, gravel, carting and grading 3 22
Wm. H. Bennett, repairs and painting at East Mendon
66 92
Mary Hogarth, cleaning, 2 years.
10 00
Eldredge & Son, 12 gals. floor dress- ing, I gal. asphaltum 9 90
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133 00
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H. W. Brown, repairing lawn mower $ 75
Clark Ellis & Sons, conductor, labor, door check 15 75
H. F. Taylor, freight, cartage, travel- ing expenses, etc 27 77
H. J. George, services as district com., as secretary taking school census, labor and postage 21 90
George Scriven, services as district com., and carting steam fitters' tools
4 25
Frank H. Wood, services as district com
I 25
George Whiting, care of lawn and cleaning 3º 75
Steere & Brown, oil, soap, broom,etc. 3 45
$231 31
Janitors :-
George Whiting
$320 00
Jessie E. Cook
9 00
Grace Hartman
9 00
Alice Coffin
18 00
$356 00
Text Books and Supplies :
Oliver Ditson Co.
$1 20
F. W. Martin
75
Elizabeth I. Ham
I 35
Benjamin H. Sanborn
6 67
Rand, McNally & Co
4 60
L. E. Knobb Apparatus Co
9 32
G. M. Billings
8 75
H. F. Taylor
3 90
J. L. Hammett
45
Edward E. Babb Co
168 02
Ginn & Co
17 93
D. C. Heath & Co
16 00
F. W. Draper & Co
7 10
Milton, Bradley & Co
I 60
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
5 10
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
9 10
$261 84
Respectfully submitted, FRANK H. WOOD, HERBERT J. GEORGE.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MENDON :
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my sixth annual report, which is the fourteenth of the superintendent of schools.
There is little that is new to chronicle in the work of the past year, for aside from a change of teachers, there have been no radical departures in courses or methods. This does not mean that the schools have stood still ; it means that the year has been profitably spent in working out the details of the plan inaugurat- ed when the building at the Centre was opened, some time ago.
A period has been reached in the development of our schools, when it seems desirable to lengthen the period of instruction by the introduction of a ninth grade.
The purpose of this, is not primarily for the purpose of fur- nishing a better preparation for the high school, although it will certainly do that. It is for the purpose of giving those pupils who do not enter the high school, or who do not finish the course, an added year of instruction in the so-called English branches.
A source of discord between school and home during the past year has been due to the misunderstandings concerning the provisions of the law concerning Medical Inspection.
The following explanation may be of service to the parents. The purpose of the law is two-fold; first, to insure that the chil- dren are in a condition of health, which enables them to success- fully do the work of the grade in which they are placed ; second, to prevent the spread of contagion by promptly diagnosing and excluding all cases that are at all suspicious. The medical in- spector's decision concerning exclusion, length of quarantine, and re-admission is final, the teacher's responsibility ending when the case has been called to the attention of the school physician. The eye and ear tests are made by the teachers, whose duty ends when the parent has been notified of the defect found. This would seem to be the weakest part of the law, for it sometimes happens that the parents are unable or unwilling to remedy the defects which are called to their attention, and as the
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school physician is forbidden to prescribe for any of the chil- dren, the child is compelled to attempt to keep up to grade while physically unfit. The danger of permanent injury to eye or ear from this neglect is great, and the future usefulness of the pupil is thus impaired. Town or state should have the power of pro- viding the necessary medical attendance, thus assuring the child his full development.
The question of introducing courses in Agriculture in the small high schools has been much discussed the past year, and it is probable that the present Legislature will be asked to provide the means of offering such instruction to the children of the smaller towns. As many of the questions relating to the subject are as yet unsettled, it would seem the part of wisdom to wait before seriously discussing the question as applied to the Mendon high school.
There have been two changes in the teaching force the past year, Mr. Gunnar J. Leufgren resigning the principalship of the high school to accept a more lucrative position in a private school in Buffalo, and Miss Margaret Spalton resigning to be- come principal of a school in her home city.
The places have been most satisfactorily filled by the election of Mr. Burton W. Sanderson as principal of the high school and Miss Mabel O. Tracy to the intermediate school. As this report goes to press, I have to report the resignation of Miss Hartman from the East school, and the election of her successor, in the person of Miss Gertrude Farmer, a recent graduate of the Lowell Normal school.
I am pleased to mention the growing interest on the part of the high school boys in athletics, and the very gratifying interest on the part of the townspeople in their success. Permit me to suggest that the school is primarily a place for work, and to call attention of the parents to the rule prohibiting a boy not doing passable work in his studies playing on any team calling itself the high school team.
Please accept my thanks for the many favors shown me dur- ing the past year. I would also express my appreciation of the very kindly interest of the parents and townspeople in the work the teachers are doing. This co-operation is a very valuable as- sistance in carrying on the work of education.
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT F. TAYLOR, Superintendent.
SCHOOL REGISTER STATISTICS, SEPTEMBER, 1906, TO JUNE, 1907.
SCHOOLS.
Average member- ship.
Average Attend- ance.
Per Cent. of Attend- ance.
ment.
Enroll-
Total
Total Days of Absence
Tardy|
Dis- miss'd
Corporal Punish- ment.
Visits by Superin- tendent.
Visits by Others.
High
27.73
25.93
93.86
28
319.5
538*
39
0
37
33
Grammar
31.55
29.13
92.32
34
427.5
45
27
0
48
39
Intermediate
41.1
38.1
92.5
43
509.5
69
18
2
38
28
Primary
26.63
23.88
89.67
30
495.
44
13
0
33
32
East
13.7
13.56
99.
15
28.
0
0
0
20
117
Albeeville
13.1
10.9
83.
16
324.5
446+
34
0
14
14
Summary
153.81
141.5
92.
166
2094
1142
131
2
190
263
* Most of these tardy marks due to failure of the car connections.
+ Most of these due to indifference.
Boys.
Girls.
Totals.
Number between five and fifteen,
74
77
151
Number between seven and fourteen,
48
65
113
Number over fifteen,
7
6
13
School Census Statistics, Sept., 1907.
Number of children in town between five and fifteen, ·
71
72
143
Number of children in town between seven and fourteen,
·
.
43
56
99
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TEACHERS, DECEMBER, 1907.
SCHOOL.
TEACHERS.
WHERE FITTED.
High,
Grammar, Intermediate, Primary, East, Albeeville,
Burton W. Sanderson, Mabelle E. Davis, Elizabeth I. Ham, Mabel O. Tracy, Mary A. Dudley, Gertrude Farmer, Alice G. Coffin,
Bates College. Mt. Holyoke. Edward Little High School. Johnson Normal. Mendon High School.
Lowell Normal.
Mendon High School.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1907-1908.
FALL TERM, 14 Weeks.
WINTER TERM, 12 Weeks.
SPRING TERM, 10 Weeks.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
Lower Schools, High School 40 Weeks.
Sept. 9, 1907. Sept. 3, 1907.
Dec. 13, 1907. Dec. 20, 1907.
Dec. 30, 1907. Dec. 30, 1907.
Mar. 20, 1908. Mar. 27, 1908.
April 6, 1908. April 6, 1908.
June 12, 1908. June 19, 1908.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1908-1909.
FALL TERM, 14 Weeks.
WINTER TERM, 12 Weeks.
SPRING TERM, 10 Weeks.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
OPENS.
CLOSES.
Lower Schools, High School 40 Weeks,
Sept. 14, 1908. Sept. 8, 1908.
Dec. 18, 1908. Dec. 18, 1908.
Jan. 4, 1909. Dec. 28, 1908.
Mar. 26, 1909. April 2, 1909.
April 12, 1909. April 12, 1909.
June 18, 1909. June 25, 1909.
Graduating Exercises of the MENDON HIGH SCHOOL
AT THE Unitarian Church, Friday Evening, June 21, 1907.
March
FRANK H. LOWELL.
Song, All Hail Land of the Free, C. J. Rice
SCHOOL.
Essay, Literature Versus Fiction, NINA MARION BURR.
Essay, Importance of Current Events in a High School Cur- riculum,
KATHERINE AGNES HARRINGTON.
Song, The Clang of the Forge, .
Paul Redney
SCHOOL.
Essay, National Hymns, FLORENCE JOANNA ALDRICH.
Address, The Continuous Education, REV. ELBERT W. WHITNEY.
Song, The Bells of Seville, SCHOOL.
W. H. Jude
Presentation of Diplomas, SUPERINTENDENT HERBERT F. TAYLOR.
Song, Star of Descending Night, L. O. Emerson SCHOOL.
GRADUATES. Latin Course-Florence Joanna Aldrich, Nina Marion Burr, Kath- erine Agnes Harrington.
Motto-Success Crowns Endeavor. Colors-Gray and Pink.
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following pupils have been neither absent nor tardy for the consecutive terms specified.
THREE YEARS.
Moses Coleman-Grammar.
TWO YEARS.
Lois Congdon, Charlotte A. Snow-High. Sumner Coleman-Grammar. Gladys Blood, Charles Holbrook-Intermediate. Hilda Thayer-East.
FIVE TERMS.
Agnes Harrington-Grammar. Margaret Turnbull, Doris Thayer-East. ONE YEAR.
Beatrice Taft-Grammar. Benjamin Eldredge-Intermediate. Margaret McTurk, Lyman Cook-East.
WINTER AND SPRING TERMS. Edith Hoberg, Forrest Lowell-Intermediate. Martha Lowell, Herbert C. Forbes-Primary. Frank Phillips-East.
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FALL TERM.
Charles V. Driscoll, George E. Sprague, Katherine Harring- ton-High.
Mabel Robinson, Nina Taft, Edward Taft, Edward Kins- ley-Grammar.
Edith Kinsley, Bernice Barnes, Ernest Parkinson, Thomas Flooks-Intermediate.
Ernest R. Goss, Isabella Harrington-Primary.
Harold Frens, Carl Frens, Raymond Mckeowne, Thomas McTurk-East.
WINTER TERM.
Pearl Cromb-Grammar.
William Turnbull-East.
SPRING TERM.
Leslie Burr, Harriet Forbes, Nina Taft, Charles Fleming, Edward Kinsley-Grammar.
Mildred Arrand, Evelyn Thompson, George Aldrich, Clement Holbrook-Intermediate.
Bertha Barnes, Carl F. Hoberg, G. Kenneth Taft, Esther El- dredge, Charles H. Gillis, Ernest R. Goss, Lora E. Thompson- Primary.
George Ferris, Grace Ferris-Albeeville.
TOWN WARRANT.
Worcester, ss .- To the Constable of the Town of Mendon, in the County of Worcester, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Mendon, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Mendon, on Monday, the second day of March next, punctually at 9 o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To hear the reports of the several town officers and committees and act thereon.
ARTICLE 3. To bring in their votes for the following offi- cers-A Town Clerk for one year; three Selectmen for one year ; three Assessors, one for three years, one for two years and one for one year; three Overseers of the Poor for one year ; a Town Treasurer for one year; a Collector of Taxes for one year; an Auditor for one year; one Highway Surveyor for one year; one Constable for one year ; three Fence Viewers for one year; one Trustee of the Taft Public Library for two years ; one School Committee for three years; also to bring in their votes, "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall li- censes be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" all on one ballot, designating the office intended for each person voted for.
ARTICLE 4. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ARTICLE 5. To raise such sums of money as are necessary to defray town charges and make appropriations for the same.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors as reported by the Selectmen, or make any alteration in the same.
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ARTICLE 7. To see what measures the town will adopt to secure the speedy collection of taxes.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treas- urer to hire money to pay current expenses for the municipal year commencing March 2, 190S, in anticipation of the collec- tion of the taxes.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will continue communi- cation by telephone with Milford, as security against destruction by fire, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate any sum of money for Memorial day services and appoint a committee to expend the same.
ARTICLE II. To see if the town will authorize the Town Clerk to make a copy of the second book of records of births and deaths, or act in any way in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see what action the town will take rela- tive to actions that have been or may be brought by or against the town.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to reconsider the vote establishing the price list of rental of town hall and establish a new price list, or take any action in relation thereto.
The polls may be closed at I P. M. 5-
And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the following places in said town, seven days at least before time of holding said meeting, viz :- At the post office, and on the guide-board near the school- house in Albeeville, and at the post office in South Milford.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen or Town Clerk, before the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Mendon, this seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.
MOSES U. GASKILL, FREEMAN C. LOWELL, HENRY W. GASKILL.
Selectmen of Mendon.
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