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Garland The forester's daughter G233.4
Green Forsaken inn G795.6
Grey Light of the western stars G845.5
Grundy Patricia plays a part
G999
Harrison Captivating Mary Carstairs
H319.3
Harrison A lad of Kent".
H322
Hartman. · The white sapphire H333
Havens Old valentines H386
Hay A knight on wheels. H411.4
Rice The Honorable Percival. H 462.6
Holland The heart of Sally Temple. H736
Hopkins Burbury Stoke.
H795.4
Hornung
Stingaree.
H815
Herrick Clark's field
H866.6
Hutchinson The clean heart H975.2
Jerome Passing of the third floor back J56.2
Johnston Hagar J72.8
Johnston The witch J72.9
Jordan Carmen and Mr. Dryasdust. J83
Kester The fortunes of the Latbrays K42.3
Lee The women in the alcove. L478.7
Lincoln Cap'n Dan's daughter L738.13
Lincoln Kent Knowles: Quabaug L738. 14
Lincoln The Inan inside L739
Lippmann Martha and Cupid L766.2
Locke The fortunate youth 1814.8
London The valley of the moon L847.12
Lubbock Deep sea warriors 1.927
Lucas Listener's lure 1933
214
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Lutz The best man L975
Lyall Knight-errant L981.7
Lynde Honorable Senator Sage-brush L988.7
Mason The witness for the defence M398.7
Merwin
Anthony the absolute ..
M575.1
Merwin The charmed life of Miss Austin
M575.2
Mitchell Westways
M682.14
Montgomery Chronicles of Avonlea. M788.6
Mundy Rung ho. M965
Norris Saturday's child N856.3
O'Brien New men for old 013
Knibbs Overland Red. .095
Page The land of the spirit P133.9
Paine Adventures of Captain O'Shea P146.5
Paine The wall between P146.6
Palmer The last shot P173.4
Pier The women we marry P615
Porter Miss Billy-married P847.4
Porter Henry of Navarre, Ohio P844
Rhodes Bransford in Arcadia R476
Richards Upto Calvin's. R516.5
Richmond The twenty-fourth of June R533.6
Rinehart The after house R579.7
Roberts
A sister to Evangeline
R643.4
Roe The primal lure. R699.2
Scott Counsel for the defence
S427.1
Sinclair North of fifty-three
S616
Skrine Bedesman 4. S629
Stanley The keeper of vineyard S786
Tarkington Penrod T186.8
Van Schaick Sweetapple Cove V278
215
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Vorse The heart's country V955.2
Wallis Idonia W'214
Wason And then came Jean W'319.2
Wells Anybody but Anne W'452.3
Westrup Tide marks W 538.3
Williamson Guest of Hercules, gift W 729.11
Wright Eyes of the world W'949.6
BOYS AND GIRLS -FICTION.
Altsheler The Texan triumph JA467.7
Altsheler The guns of Bull Run JA469.8
Altsheler The guns of Shiloh JA469.9
Bakewell True fairy stories JB168
Brown When Max came. JB814.3
Burgess Mother West Wind's children JB956.2
Canfield The white Seneca. JC223
Coe and Christie Story hour readers JC672.1
Mongiradini Pinocchio under the sea. JC714.2
Curtis A little maid of Province Town JC978. 1
Cutting Heart of Lynn JC991
Drummond The monkey that would not kill ... JD795
Eaton Boy scouts in the Dismal swamp JE14
French Pelham and his friend Tim. JF873.3
Gilchrist Helen and the uninvited guests JG467.1
Grierson The book of Celtic stories. JG848
Grierson Tales from Scottish ballads JG848.1
Grinnell Jack the young cowboy JG868.6
Hamp Dale and Fraser sheepmen JH229
Hall The golden arrow JH178
Hall In the brave days of old JH178.1
Hinkson The great captain. JH663
216
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Horsford Stories of our holidays .. JH817
Hough Young Alaskans in the Rockies JH837.2
Inman Wulnoth the wanderer J157.1
Irving Stories and legends. J172.1
Kennedy Told in a little boy's pocket. JK35
Kirkland The boy editor JK59.2
Knapp
The boy and the baron JK67
Lang 'Tales of Troy and Greece. JL255.16
Matthew Fairy stories from Spain JM438
Pearson Voyage of the Hoppergrass JP362
Perkins The Irish twins JP449.2
Pendleton In the camp of the Creeks JP398.1
Rhys English fairy tales. JR479.1
Seaman Jacqueline of the carrier pigeons JS438
Stockton 'The queen's museum JS886.4
Tomlinson Young sharpshooter JT595.19
Wallace Wilderness castaways JW 191.1
W esselhoeft
Laddie, the master of the
house.
JW 515.1
Williston Japanese fairy tales JW 736
Wilson Tad Sheldon, boy scout JW 749
Zollinger A boy's ride JZ86. 1
BOYS AND GIRLS-NON-FICTION.
Baldwin Old Greek stories J290B181
Cartwright The seven champions of Chris- tendom J290C329
Clay Stories from King Arthur and his Round table J398C619 '
Du Puy Uncle Sam, wonder worker J504D945
Mitton
The book of stars for young
people
J523M685
217
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Shafer Harper's beginning electricity J537S525
Reed Nature study-birds. J598R 324
Knox All about engineering J620K74
Verrill Harper's gasoline engine book. J621V 55
Fraser Every boy's book of handicrafts, sports and amusements J680F842
Hall The handy boy J680H174.2
Bailey The children's book of games and parties. J793B155
Boy scouts of America.
Handbook for
scout masters.
J796B789. 1
Cave The boy scout's hike book J796C378
Cave Boys' camp book J796C378. 1
Gale The children's Odyssey
J800H766
Richards In my nursery J821R516
Mackay Patriotic plays and pageants for young people J822M153.2
Perry When mother lets us act.
J822P46
Shoemaker Colonial plays for the school-
room J822S559
Skinner Little dramas for primary grades ... J822S628 Stevenson Children's classics in dramatic form, v. 1, 2. 3. J822S848
Lang The true story book J900L255
Grierson The children's book of Edin- burgh J914.1G848
Mitton The book of London J914.2M685
Finnemore Switzerland J914.94F514
Wheeler Story of Napoleon J920N216
Richards Florence Nightingale J920 N687
218
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Moores The story of Christopher Colum- bus J921C726.2
Stories of the Middle Ages J940. 1S147
Hare Portrait book of the kings and queens of Great Britain J942H274
Landor An explorer's adventures in Tibet. J951.5L26
Moran Kwahu the Hope Indian boy J970.1M829
Grinnell Beyond the old frontier J978G86
GENEALOGY.
Vital records of Abington, Mass., gift GA149
Vital records of Brockton, Mass., gift GB864 Vital records of Dunstable, Mass., gift GI)926 Vital records of Kingston, Mass., gift GK55
Vital records of Reading, Mass., gift GR287
Vital records of Tewksbury, Mass., gift GT354 Vital records of Wakefield, Mass., gift GW 147
Vital records of West Bridgewater, Mass., giặt GW 526
BIOGRAPHY.
Adams Heroines of modern progress. CA212
Cornish Jane Austen BA933
Barnabee Reminiscences
BB259
Dickinson Robert Fulton, engineer and artist, gift BF974.1
James A small boy and others, gift BJ27
Li Hung Chang Memoirs, gift BL727
Logan Remimiscences of a soldier's wife, gift .. BL831
Cook Life of Florence Nightingale, 2v., gift .. BN687
Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt; an auto- biography BR781.2
219
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Benson Ruskin, a study in personality, gift ... BR956
Steiner Against the current, gift BS822
Stewart Letters of a woman homesteader BS851
PHILOSOPHY.
Munsterberg Psychology and industrial
efficiency, gift 150M969
Gruenberg Your child to-day and to-mor- row 173G886
Eliot Some roads towards peace, gift 172.4E42
Herrick My boy and I 173H566
Mckeever Training the girl 173M154.1
RELIGION
McComb Prayer, what it is and what it
does . 217M129
Banks The Bible and the spade 220.9B218
Raymond Suggestions for the spiritual life, gift 233R269
Cornelison The natural history of reli- gious feeling, gift 248C814
Eddy Miscellaneous writings, gift 289.91E2.1
Eddy Rudimental divine science, gift 289.91E2.2
Eddy
Life of Mary Baker Eddy, gift ... 289.91 W 666
SOCIOLOGY.
Laughlin Latter-day problems, gift. 304L374
Antin They who knock at our gates 325 A 632
Gaines The new Cushing's manual of parliamentary practice. 328C1c
Shattuck
Woman's manual of parlia-
mentary law
328S533
Ray
An introduction to political par-
ties and practical politics
329 R 263
220
REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Brown Through the mill. 331.3B877
Abbott
Women in industry, gift
331.4A231
Weaver Vocations for girls 331.4 W 363
Fillebrown A B C of taxation 336.2F485
Farwell Village improvement.
352F247
Conyngton How to help. 361C768
Folks Care of destitute, neglected and
delinquent children.
362.7F666
Wood The history of General Federation of women's clubs 367W 877
Snedden Problems of educational readjust- ment, gift 370.4S671
Poulsson
Finger plays for nursery and
kindergarten
372P875.1
Clapp
The courtesies, a book of etiquette ..... 395C589
Holt
Encyclopedia of etiquette.
395 H758
Autobiography of a happy women. 396 A 939
Burrell
Work and programs for women's
clubs.
396B969
LANGUAGE
Carr
Guide to the United States for the
Jewish immigrant
428C311
Carr
Guide to the United States for the
Jewish immigrant (in Yiddish)
428C311.1
Carr
Guida degli stati uniti per l'immigrante
italiano
428C311.2
Carr
Przewodnik po Stanach Zjednoczonych
do uzytku Polskich imigrantow. .... 428C311.3
Chancellor Reading and language lessons for evening schools 428C454
221
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Hulshof Reading made easy for foreigners ... 428H917 Polyglott Kuntze L'Italiano in Inghilterra. ... 4>8K96 Lynch and Shields American Red Cross textbook (in Lithuanian) 428L987
Lynch
American Red Cross textbook (in
Polish).
428L987.1
Lynch
American Red Cross textbook
(in Italian)
428L987.2
La marina nella, guerra Italo-Turca, 1911-12, gift. 428M337
Mauron Nouvelle grammaire anglaise.
428M457
Otto
Elementary English grammar for
Greeks
428091
Otto
Kleine englische Sprachlehre
428091.1
Prior How to learn English 428 P958
Clarke Common difficulties in reading French 445C597
SCIENCE.
Williams Miracles of science
509W 721
Palmer Practical mathematics,
Part 1.
Arithmetic with applications ... 511P174
Part 2.
Geometry with applications ..
.513P174
Part 3.
Algebra with applications ...
512P174
Part 4.
Trigonometry and logarithms ... 514P174
Morgan
How to build a 20-foot bi-plane
glider ..
533M848
Kahlenberg Chemistry and its relation to daily life 540K12
Stevens
The fungi which causes plant
disease
589S844
222
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Fabre
The life of the fly
595F123.2
Reed
Camera studies of wild birds in their
homes
598R324.2
Reed
American game birds
598R324.3
USÉFUL ARTS.
Hood For girls and the mother of girls ... 612 6H777
Delano American Red Cross textbook . 613D337
Overlock The working people, their health, gift 613096
Sadler 'The science of living 613S126
Fletcher Fletcherism, what it is. 613.2F613
Bolton Exercises for women 613.7B694
Harris
Audel's answers on practical engi-
neering
621.1H313
Hitt Electric railway dictionary, gift
621.33H6762
Goldingham Oil engines ... 621.4G619
Hirshfeld Gas engines for the farm 621.4H669
Powell Windmills and wind motors ......
621.4P882
Thatcher Simple soldering, both hard and soft 621.4T367
Page Questions and answers relating to modern automobile design, driv- ing and repair
625P133.1
Whittingham That farm 630 W 626 Peets Practical tree repair 634P375
Pinchot Training of a forester 634 P64
Barnes The suburban garden guide
635 B261
Joos Success with hens. 636J81
Robinson Our domestic birds 636 R658
Root A B C and X Y Z of bee culture 638R782
223
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Meehan Fish culture 639MI494
Osborne The family house 640081 Williams Harper's household handbook 640 W 725
Hill Cooking for two. .641H646
Child The efficient kitchen. 643C536
Hicks The craft of hand-made rugs. 645 H631
Hunter Home furnishing 645H945
Shackleton Adventures in home making 645S524
Gifford Needlework. 746G458
Thompson The railway library, 1913, gift ... 656T475.2
Cowan Window backgrounds 657C874
Moody Men who sell things. 657M817
Ney Bookkeeping simplified 657 P685
Belding Commercial correspondence. 658B427
Dwyer The business letter 658D993
Hollingworth Advertising and selling 659H741
McClure Making built-in furniture. 684M128
Noyes Design and construction in wood 684N952
FINE ARTS.
Bailey Art education 707B155
Adams Flower gardening 716A212
Lewer The china collector 738L671
Hayden
Chats on cottage and farmhouse
furniture
749H414
Singleton The furniture of our forefathers. 749S61
Knackfuss Durer 750K67
Knackfuss Rembrandt 750K67.1
Sonneck The star spangled banner, gift 784S699
AMUSEMENTS.
Blain Games for all occasions.
793B634
Ordway The handbook of conundrums
793065
224
REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Knowles Alone in the wilderness 796K73 Little Tennis tactics 7961778
LITERATURE,
Portor The greatest books in the world 807 P853
Pearson The humorous speaker. 808.7P362
Blackstone New pieces that will take
prizes in speaking contests 808.8B631
Davis Three minute readings for college girls.
808.8D262
Davis Three minute declamations for college men 808.8D262.1
Edmund Toaster's handbook 808.8E24
Clark Continental drama of today 809C593
Dukes Modern dramatists
809D877
Branch Rose of the wind 811B816
Rittenhouse Little book of modern verse 811 R613 Peabody The wolf of Gubbio 812P352.2
Burton New American drama, gift 813.5B97
Edwards Our common road 814E26
Couch Oxford book of Victorian verse
821C853 Henley Poems, gift 821H514
Meredith Poetical works, gift .821M559
Watson The muse in exile
821 W 343.1
Gregory
New comedies, gift
822G822
Mackaye Sappho Phaon, a tragedy
822M15.1
Shaw Misalliance, Fanny's first play 822S534.1
Benson Beside still waters, gift 824B46.2
Chesterton Alarms and discursions, gift 824C525
Chesterton Tremendous trifles 824C525. 1
Masson The best stories in the world 827M421
225
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Rabindranath Tagore Gitanjali (Song offerings) 891T128
TRAVEL.
Davis A day in old Athens 913.38D261
Shackleton Unvisited places of old
Europe
914S524
Hissey
A leisurely tour in England
914.2H673
Osborne As it is in England. 914.2081
Goldring Along France's river of romance; the Loire 914.4G621
Batcheller Royal Spain of to-day 914.6B328
Graham Changing Russia, gift 914.7G73.1
Hapgood Russian rambles.
914.7H252
Dole The spell of Switzerland .914.94D663
Brown A child of the Orient 914.96B878.1
Poe Where half the world is waking up 915P743
Munson Jungle days ... 915.4M969 Lukach The fringe of the East 915.6L.954 Lee Across Siberia alone 915.71477
Edwards The Barbary coast. 916.1E26
Crawford Thinking black 916.7085
Carson
Mexico, the wonderland of the
south
917.20321
Putnam The Southland of North America917. 28P989 Schauffer Romantic America. 917.3S313
Wu Tingfang America through the spec-
tacles of an oriental diplomat 917.3T588 Tullock Worcester, city of prosperity ... 917. 44 W 921 Pennington A woman rice planter 917.5P414 Packard Florida trails 917.59P119
226
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Carpenter The climate and weather of
San Diego, California, gift ......... 917.94C295
Stuck Ten thousand miles with a dog sled 917.98S32
Underwood Alaska, an empire in the making 917.98U56
Forrest A tour through South America 918F728
Peck The South American tour 918P366
Peixotto Pacific shores from Panama 918P379
Fraser The amazing Argentine 918.2F842
HISTORY.
Usher Pan-Germanism 940U85
Innes
A history of England from the earliest
times to the present day
942158
Casey
The declaration of Independence ... 973.3C338
Pearson Records of the Mass. volunteer
militia during the War of 1812-14, gift 973.5M414
Famous adventures and prison escapes of the Civil War 973.7C397
Whitcomb History of the second Mass. battery, gift 973.7M41.13
Beard
Contemporary American history,
1877-1913
973.8B368
Jenkins
The old Boston post road
974.4J52
Bradley
The story of the pony express.
978B811
Dellenbaugh Breaking the wilderness
978D357
Bishop Panama gateway. 986B622
Haskin The Panama canal 986H351
Fitchett
The new world of the South,
Australia in the making, 2v
994F546
227
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REFERENCE.
New International Encyclopedia, v. 1-6 R030161
American year book, 1913 R317.3A51
New England business directory and gazetteer, 1914 R917.4S912
FRENCH BOOKS.
Balzac Le cure de village FB1.5
Bordeaux La peur de vivre FB727.2
Brieux Les avaries, gift FB853
Droz Une femme genante. FD793
Dudevant Consuelo, 3v FD86.8
Dudevant Claudie FD86.9
Fabre Xaviere. FF123.3
Hugo L'homme qui rit 3v FH87.20
Maupassant La maison Tellier FM452
Rosny L'aiguille d'or FR822
Sandeau Mademoiselle de La Seigliere. FS4.3
Theuriet Raymonde FT34.8
Aucassin et Nicollette FM622
Annual Report of the Sinking Fund Commissioners.
To the Citizens of Southbridge:
We respectfully submit our report for the year ending Dec. 31. 1914, and recommend that the town appropriate for the ensuing year the sum of $750.00.
The funds are deposited in the following banks: Amherst Savings Bank, $ 830 04
Clinton Savings Bank,
861 46
Fitchburg Savings Bank. 757 26
Leicester Savings Bank, 727 88
Leominster Savings Bank,
1,061 20
Salem Five Cent Savings Bank,
861 46
Southbridge Savings Bank,
1,853 63
Ware Savings Bank, 750 00
Webster Five Cent Savings Bank,
640 00
Worcester County Institution for Savings,
652 80
Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank, 765 00
Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank,
706 56
Worcester Peoples Savings Bank,
932 08
City of Augusta Water Bonds,
16,000 00
Total,
$27,399 37 We invested $750.00 in the Ware Savings Bank
230
REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
and $640.00 in the Webster Five Cent Savings Bank. Respectfully submitted, ISIDORE LEBLANC, LOUIS G. DUPUIS, F. E. CHICOINE, Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Annual Report Of The CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
We submit the report of the superintendent as a part of our own and recommend that the town appro- priate for the ensuing year the sum of one thousand dollars.
MORRIS H. MARCY, MICHEAL D. MORRILL, ADOLPHE PELOQUIN, CLARENCE E. MORSE, W. M. EDWARDS, J. H. DESROSIER. Cemetery Committee.
Superintendent's Report.
Cemetery funds invested as follows: Natick Five Cent Savings Bank, $1,000 00 Dedham Institution for Savings, 1,000 00 Springfield Institution forSavings, 1,000 00 Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,000 00 Athol Savings Bank, 1,000 00
Ware Savings Bank, 1,000 00
Worcester County Institution for Savings, 1,000 00
Webster Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,014 25 Leominster Savings Bank, 1,000 00
232
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Millbury Savings Bank, 1,000 00
Southbridge Savings Bank,
2,576 33
Gardner Savings Bank,
1,000 00
Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank,
1,00 000
Amherst Savings Bank,
1,000 00
Leicester Savings Bank,
1,000 00
Salem Five Cent Savings Bank,
1,000 00
Northampton Savings Bank,
1,000 00
North Adams Savings Bank, 1,000 00
Worcester Peoples Savings Bank. 1,000 00
$20,590 58
Cemetery Funds.
RECEIPTS
Sale of lots,
$175 00
Perpetual care,
300 00
475 00
Cemetery Improvements. RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$800 00
Fixing lots,
50 00
Interest,
754 92
1,604 92
EXPENDITURES.
Account overdrawn Dec. 31, 1913, 125 00 Orders drawn, 1,204 30
1,329 30
Balance,
275 62
Respectfully submitted, L. WESLEY CURTIS, Supt.
PROPOSED HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Superintendent of Schools
and Supervisors
·
OF THE
Town of Southbridge, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
JANUARY 1, 1915
حسرة
ORGANIZATION
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS.
1914-1915
A. B. WELLS, Chairman PITT HEBERT, Vice Secretary DR. CHARLES A. TETRAULT DR. F. A. WALD ALBERT J. THIBAULT GEORGE L. TULLY
Office of Committee: TOWN HALL BUILDING Regular monthly meeting: first Tuesday evening
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS: F. E. CORBIN Office : TOWN HALL BUILDING Office Telephone : 365-W. House Number : 365-R. Office Hours : Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 4 to 5 P. M. Monday and Wednesday evenings, 7 to 7.30 P. M.
ATTENDANCE OFFICER : MARGARET G. BUTLER Office hours as above
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN : CHARLES A. TETRAULT
Term Division of School Year: 1914-1915 Fall Term, August 31 to December 19, 1914. Sixteen weeks. Winter Term, January 4 to March 27, 1915. Twelve weeks. Spring Term, April 5 to June 26, 1915. Twelve weeks.
Report of the School Committee.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTHBRIDGE :
The School Committee herewith submit the following report of the finances of the School Department of the town for the year closing December 31, 1914, together with their recommendations of appropriations for the coming year. As to all matters connected with the policy and management of the schools, the Committee refer to the Report of the Superintendent of Schools, Mr. F. E. Cor- bin, which is hereby submitted as a part of our report.
Financial Statement.
High School.
RECEIPTS.
Balance January 1, 1914, Appropriation, Tuition from other towns,
$1,464 08
6,000 00
250.00
$7,714 08
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries of teachers,
$5,495 00
Books and incidentals,
997 04
$6,492 04
Balance January 1, 1915,
$1,222 04
Common Schools.
RECEIPTS.
Balance January 1, 1914,
771 98
Appropriation,
22,500 00
Tuition from other towns,
57 00
Car tickets sold,
47 00
$23,375 98
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries-Superintendent and teachers,
$18,076 73
Janitors,
2,044 75
Fuel,
1,674 64
Transportation,
1,539 00
Tuition to other towns,
37 50
$23,372 62
Balance January 1, 1915,
$3 36
239
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Contingent Schools. RECEIPTS.
Balance January 1, 1914,
17 67
Appropriation,
4,700 00
Books and supplies sold,
86 86
$4,804 53
EXPENDITURES.
Books,
257 02
Supplies,
1,101 58
Repairs,
1,268 56
Incidentals,
2,176 27
$4,803 43
Balance January 1,1915,
$1 10
Evening Schools. RECEIPTS.
Balance January 1, 1914,
$
10 34
Appropriation,
1,000 00
$1,010 34
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers,
$680 50
Janitors,
38 00
Fuel and lights,
23 98
Incidentals,
232 86
$975 34
Balance January 1, 1915,
$35 00
Apparatus.
RECEIPTS.
Balance January 1, 1914,
$ 4 81
Appropriation, 300 00
$304 81
240
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
EXPENDITURES.
Apparatus, chemicals, works of reference and tools,
$284 67
Balance January 1, 1915,
$20 14
Estimates for the Ensuing Year.
High School, $7,500 00
Common Schools, 25,700 00
Contingent Schools,
5,000 00
Evening Schools,
1,000 00
Apparatus,
300 00
- -$39,500 00
Owing to the new form of town accounting any school balance cannot be accredited to the school department, thus we are obliged to call for a larger sum than we should have called for under the old system.
Respectfully submitted in behalf of the Committee,
A. B. WELLS, CHAIRMAN.
Superintendent's Report.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF SOUTHBRIDGE :
GENTLEMEN :-
I have the pleasure to present to you my thirteenth annual re- port, it being also the thirtieth of the series of reports issued by the superintendents of the public schools of this town. Throughout this report, the year relative to attendance extends from September 1913 to July 1914; the year relative to expenditures from January 1914 to January 1915.
STATISTICS.
1. POPULATION AND VALUATION.
Population of town, census of 1910,
12,592
Assessed valuation of town,
$7,734,468
Number of polls, 4,107
Rate of taxation, $21 00
Valuation of school houses and lots,
$127,900
Valuation of other school property, $6,880
II. SCHOOL HOUSES.
School houses, occupied, 10
School houses, unoccupied,
1
School rooms, occupied, 25
School rooms, unoccupied,
5
Number of sittings, 1,463
III. TEACHERS.
Number of male teachers, 3
Number of female teachers, 33
Number of special teachers, females, 3
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Number of teachers in evening schools,
males, 4; females, 13; 17
IV. PUPILS.
Number of children in town September 1, as reported by the census enumerator :
1913
1914
Between the ages of 5 and 15,
2266
2134
Between the ages 7 and 14,
1637
1659
Total enrollment, September to June,
1011
1162
Average number belonging,
842.8
992.5
Average daily attendance,
783.2
924.99
Per cent. of attendance,
92.9
92.31
Number under 5 years of age,
4
5
Number over 15 years of age,
103
126
Number between 5 and 15,
908
1022
Number between 7 and 14,
638
700
Number enrolled at Notre Dame,
785
703
Number under 5 years of age,
3
4
Number over 15 years of age,
0
3
Number between 5 and 15,
782
696
Number between 7 and 14,
599
510
Average number belonging,
750
655
Average attendance,
652
607
Per cent. of attendance,
87
92
Number of teachers,
14
12
Number enrolled at Sacred Heart,
458
437
Number under 5 years of age,
24
0
Number over 15 years of age,
1
0
Number between 5 and 15,
432
437
Number between 7 and 14,
407
354
Average number belonging,
441
375
Average attendance,
401
360
Per cent. of attendance,
93
94.8
Number of teachers,
8
9
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Number enrolled at St. Mary's,
203
248
Number under 5,
0
0
Number over 15,
19
21
Number between 5 and 15,
184
215
Number between 7 and 14,
131
175
Average number belonging,
188
236
Average attendance,
173
224
Per cent. of attendance,
92
95
Number of teachers,
7
Evening Schools.
Per Cent. Number
Members Enrolled
Average Membership
Average Attendance
of Attend- ance.
of Evenings
Mechanic Street, boys,
100
86
75
88
30
River Street, boys,
48
41
34
84
30
Mechanic Street, girls,
82
69
64.51
94.13
30
River Street, girls,
60
52.5
47.65
90.67
30
River Street, high,
23
13.05
11.59
90.67
30
Cost Per Pupil.
Total expenses for the grades,
$23,375 98
Cost per pupil based on total enrollment,
20 11
Cost per grade pupil based on average membership,
23 54
Total expenses for high school,
6,492 04
Cost per pupil based on total enrollment,
55 02
Cost per pupil based on average membership,
60 65
Physical Tests.
Children examined,
1123
· Eyes defective,
155
Ears defective,
10
Parents notified,
82
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Change of Teachers.
The following is the list of the changes of teachers from Jan- uary 1, 1914 to January 1, 1915.
Month
Teacher
June.
Robert Baker,
June.
Teressa Stevens,
June. Cecilia Delehanty,
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