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III. The pupil must present himself or herself for examination before examiners recommended by the New England Education League and approved by the School Committee of Brookline. For such examination a fee will be charged.
For each lesson of one hour a week, requiring an hour's practice each day, school credit to the amount of two hours a week is given.
While this seems a radical departure from former customs, we must admit that the serious study of music is distinctly educational and, as such, is deserving of consideration.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. The most important educational prob- lem now agitating the public mind is the matter of Industrial Edu- cation. The state is taking active steps to establish independent Trade or Vocational schools in cities or districts in the state.
The first Commission on Industrial and Technical Education, appointed for one year by Governor Douglas more than two years
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ago, made an important report (in April, 1906) on the need of in- dustrial education and industrial conditions in Massachusetts.
Secretary Martin of this Commission made a most comprehensive report on the character and force of educational tradition derived from the problems and ideals which inspired the founders of public education in early New England. He traces admirably the way in which the defects in her generally excellent system of education have come about in the changes in social and industrial conditions. To any one interested in this matter of school history, I recommend the careful reading of this report.
Governor Guild's Commission on Industrial Education, consisting of five persons, was appointed on Aug. 1, 1906, to serve for three years. This commission was organized in September, and it has been at work since then in the endeavour to carry out the provisions of the statute under which it was appointed.
The commission has worked out a provisional plan, together with the principles on which it is based. These are briefly set forth by Professor Hanus as follows : -
" The progressive development of all high-grade industries requires skilled workmen, possessing 'industrial intelligence,' - that is, com- prehensive insight into and intelligent interest in their several trades, - as well as skill. The present conditions of productions are usu- ally unfavorable to the training of such workmen in the shop or fac- tory, and sometimes render such training impossible. All industries, whatever their grade, need more men than are now obtainable, who are capable of acting as foremen, superintendents or managers,- men possessing the comprehensive insight, interest and skill neces- sary for the organization and direction of a department or a shop. In general, such men, whether workers, foremen or superintend- ents, are now developed only by chance, and they are then self-made men, possessing the merits but also the shortcomings of their training.
" Meanwhile boys (and girls) are not only not directed toward the trades in our existing schools, but are actually often directed away from them by their academic traditions. On account of the youth of the children up to the end of the grammar school period and be- cause of the general education which the existing schools supply, the schools have not concerned themselves with the development of a vocational purpose, nor with the training which points toward the realization of that purpose. Up to the age of fourteen the whole of a pupil's time is required for the general education on which his vocational training should be based.
" In every democratic society the schools provided by the public should meet the needs of all classes. The existing public high schools serve to give a general education to those pupils whose cir- cumstances permit them to devote several years more to such edu- cation, and at the same time those schools offer preparation for ad- mission to college or some higher technical school. The manual training high schools - or so-called technical high school - intended
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originally to train recruits for the trades - are really in most cases institutions for general education, like the academic high schools ; but, unlike them they serve to give a certain class of pupils a general high school education with the help of manual training, or, like them, to prepare their pupils for higher training in some college or engineering school.
" Boys are not wanted in most of the skilled industries until they are sixteen years of age. The total result is a great number of boys and girls from fourteen to sixteen years of age, who are at work in various kinds of juvenile occupations in which they learn no trade, are subject to little if any beneficial general education, and often to much harmful education from shifting experience and envi- ronment. Large numbers of these children would be in school if the school promised preparation for some life pursuit. These years are of little economic value to such children, and there is little increase in the economic value of most of them as time goes on.
" These years and the subsequent years are, however, valuable for industrial education ; but there is at present no agency whereby this education is provided, save here and there to a limited extent, and then chiefly by philanthropy.
" The need of industrial schools to supplement the existing school system and to meet a new educational need which has developed with the evolution of our industries and commerce, is therefore clear. Such schools would receive pupils fourteen or fifteen years of age who declare their intention to learn a trade, and would, therefore, be parallel to the existing public high schools, but inde- pendent of them."
Having worked out a general plan, the commission has devoted much time to explaining it to the citizens of the State. Many meet- ings have been held in towns and cities for that purpose, and more are to follow. At these meetings much interest in the subject has been developed ; and several communities are now taking active steps to see what can be done for the establishment and maintenance of the industrial schools proposed.
My object in bringing this matter to your attention is that we may be considering in what manner, if any, Arlington shall take part in this movement in the future. The only feasible plan that presents itself at the present time is in the formation of a union school with some of the neighboring Towns in which industrial con- ditions are similar to ours, for the teaching of the mechanics arts and agriculture. The State offers to pay one half the expense of main- tenance of these schools in towns which appropriate five dollars or more for every thousand dollars of valuation for the support of schools.
Industrial training differs from manual Training in that it looks toward immediate and direct application to the affairs of life. Cooking and sewing are forms of industrial education. Wood work- ing and pattern making as pursued in manual training courses
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are forms of work pursued for their educational value only. It is safe to predict as a result of the work of the Industrial Commission the establishment of a large number of special trade schools similar in character to the State Textile Schools. The effect of this move- ment is bound to be felt in our elementary schools and it is quite within the bounds of reason to predict that a strong demand will soon come for a lengthening of the daily school session with at least one hour a day devoted to manual work for every pupil.
It is greatly to be hoped that the pendulum will not swing too far in this matter and the public get the impression that the main pur- pose of school life is the ability to earn a living. The chief aim of schools is to train good citizens and prepare for life in the broadest sense.
In closing I wish to say a word of commendation for the teachers who are using their utmost endeavors to make our schools among the best. We have many true teachers in our corps. The true teacher is a lady born and bred; she is a cultivated lady whose cul- ture has cost her a deal of time and money. She has great skill in the management of children which means that she loves children down deep in her heart. Children look to her as their leader and friend and feel that they have her sympathy when they try but fail. She has common sense in abundance. It governs all her actions; it tempers both her rewards and punishments. In her immediate presence, under her guidance, through her inspiration, all school vic- tories are won. She prepares her daily work with care and study. She is loyal and faithful to the directions of her superiors and gives herself without reserve to her work.
To this high ideal I believe your teachers heartily subscribe, and in their behalf I promise you the best that it is within their power to give.
Respectully submitted,
JOHN F. SCULLY, Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Mr. John F. Scully, Superintendent of Schools :
I herewith present my report as School Physician for the year ending December 31, 1907.
The total number of pupils examined is 1,382, a considerable increase over last year. Of these 269 were examined as to vaccin- ation. A satisfactory scar was found in all but 10 cases. These were required to be vaccinated.
Forty children were temporarily excluded from school. Five each were suffering from tonsilitis, sore throat and pediculi; three each from headache, mumps, scabies and impetigo contageosa ; two.
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each from conjunctivitis, chicken-pox and scarlet fever; one each from epilepsy, diphtheria aud fracture of the upper arm. Two were sent home for neglecting to be vaccinated, and two who were known to have been exposed to scarlet fever were excluded till there was no possibility of their developing the disease.
The fumigation of a school room has been necessary in two cases, both in January. The provisional diagnosis of diphtheria having been made in a child at the Cutter school, the pupils were at once dismissed and a thorough fumigation carried out. A case of scarlet fever having appeared in the Russell school all pupils in the room were carefully examined, then dismissed for the rest of the week. The room was meantime fumigated.
Special examination of the eyes and ears of every pupil by the teachers as required by a recent statute is proving valuable in detecting unsuspected cases of defective vision and hearing. Many cases have been referred for treatment. Another defect which is so common and evident that it requires only the most superficial exam- ination to demonstrate is neglected teeth. More than sixty per cent of the children examined by me have been found to have poor teeth. It is to be deplored that parents do not realize to what an extent the health and development of the child depends on proper food, good teeth and thorough mastication.
The health conditions in the schools at the present time are good, and by the exercise of judicious care we hope to secure their con- tinuance.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M. D.
REPORT OF THE TRUANT OFFICER.
Mr. John F. Scully, Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir :-
I herein present my second annual report as truant officer, of the Town of Arlington, Mass., the year ending December 31, 1907.
Number of calls. 327
Number of truants 32
Kept home by parents. 138
Kept home by sickness. 137
Kept home for lack of clothes 18
Kept home on account of bad weather 4
Taken to school 10
Respectfully submitted,
WM. T. CANNIFF,
Truant Officer.
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TEACHERS IN ARLINGTON, JANUARY, 1908.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Name.
Grade.
Address.
Began Service.
Ira W. Holt.
.Principal .. 362 Mass. Ave
.1892
Alfred L. Morgan . . Sub-master. . 364 Mass. Ave. .1906
Angelina L. Weeks Assistant. . 66
1 Newman Way .1898
Sarah J. Bullock.
7 Bartlett Ave. 1903
Pearle E. Cheney. .
7 Pelham Ter 1905
Mabel E. Bowker.
66
. .
88 Hancock St., Cambridge 1906
Myrtle C. Dickson.
22 Greenville St., Roxbury. 1906
Florence S. Ames.
.
32 Addison St. 1907
Ella Somerby 66
. 369 Mass. Ave. 1907
Ninth Grades.
Martha E. Randall IX. 12 Beach St., Waltham. 1905
Helener G. Robertson IX. 23 Whittemore St. 1906
Isabella Howe. IX. .. 107 Oxford St., Cambridge 1907
RUSSELL, SCHOOL.
Harriet P. Ryder
Principal .. 125 Pleasant St. 1907
* Augusta A. Jackson. VIII. . . 108 Mass. Ave., E. Lexington. . . 1905
Sarah E. Gile. VII & VIII. . . .
7 Swan St .. .1905
Dorothy E. Connor. VII . . . .
163 Mass. Ave., Boston .. 1907
Louisa R. Warren VI ....
81 College Ave., Medford 1873
Emily M. Rogers VI.
39 Day St., W. Somerville 1905
Nellie A. Grimes V. .
13 Swan St. 1894
Mae Blackmar V ..
32 Addison St .. 1906
Elizabeth L. Geer IV ..
12 Pinckney St., Boston 1884
Anna M. Newell III.
19 Wyman St. 1903
Myrtle M. Davis .II. & III. . ..
355 Mass. Ave.
.907
Sarah L. Gifford .. I. & II. .. . 1069 Boylston St., Boston. 1893
Elizabeth A. Day. I. .. 613 Mass. Ave. 1884
CROSBY SCHOOL.
Mary F. Scanlan. . Principal, VIII.
20 Whittemore St. 1873
Carrie L. Minott. VII.
13 Swan St. 1902
Jennie M. Cottle. VI . . .
12 Rutland Sq., Boston. 1903
Ursula B. Hanna V .. 15 Spencer Ave., W. Somerville 1904 Amelia J. Bisbee. . IV .. 33 Russell St. . 1902
Sara M. Henderson III ..
Appleton St. 1901
Esther G. Hatch. II.
58 Paul Revere Road. 1901
Annie W. Cobb. .I .... 301 Mass. Ave. 1903
Ellen E. Sweeney
Special Class. . 245 Mass. Ave. 1906
CUTTER SCHOOL.
Jennie A. Chaplin, Principal, VIII .... 27 Bartlett Ave .1884
+Bessie A. Conway VIII. 37 Flint St., Somerville. 1905
Eva G. Jones VII .... 1022 Mass. Ave 1899
Katherine E. Russell VI ..
33 Russell St 1901
Mary L. Morrison V.
15 Water St 1906
Carolyn M. Young. IV 15 Water St .. 1902
Florence R. Norton .. III . .
15 Winter St., Melrose 1905
Antoinette L. Canfield. II
424 Mass. Ave. 1897
Josephine Davidson I
67 Crescent Hill Ave. 1898
Florence M. Jepson Assistant. .
65 Jefferson St., Newton
1907
.
* Assists principal of Crosby School also.
t Assists principals of Locke and Crosby Schools also.
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LOCKE SCHOOL.
Began
Name.
Grade.
Address. Service.
Martha Wentworth, Principal, VIII . .. .
16 Woodbridge St., Cambridge .. 1897
Lura P. Fitch. . VII ....
77 Wollaston Ave .... 1907
Bertha M. Wright. . VI ....
37 Worcester St., Boston. 1906
Philena A. Parker. . V. . .
27 Elmore St ...
1906
Minnie E. Foster. IV. . .
8 Durham St., Boston 1907
Lucy E. Evans. III
58 Paul Revere Road. 1889
Alice M. Bean . II ... . 1218 Mass. Ave. 1895
Mabel Darrahı. I. 53 Irving St. 1905
Bessie M. Hartshorn Assistant. .
22 Linnean St., Cambridge 1907
A. Miller Craig
343 Pleasant St., Milton
1907
PARMENTER SCHOOL.
Susan F. Wiley. Principal, IV
424 Mass. Ave, 1901
Alice S. Rand
III. 13 Thorpe Place, Somerville. 1907
Grace B. Tibbetts. II .. 226 Pleasant St. 1906
Helen M. Dow .I .. . .. 424 Mass. Ave. 1904
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STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1906-1907.
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
GRADES.
Enrolled for
Year.
Membership
June 1, 1907.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
HIGH SCHOOL.
All.
188
160
169.3
163.5
96.4
NINTH GRADES.
Martha E. Randall.
IX.
47
42
44.
42.3
96.1
Isabella H. Howe.
IX.
45
38
41.1
38.5
93.6
Helener G. Robertson
IX.
45
38
39.3
37.9
96.4
137
118
124.4
118.7
95.4
RUSSELL SCHOOL.
Augusta A. Jackson.
VIII.
50
45
44
41.9
95.3
Sarah E. Gile ...
VII ..
43
39
40.8
38.9
95.5
Louisa R. Warren
VI-VII
43
88
40.8
38.9
95.5
M. Alice Connor.
VI.
48
46
47.3
45
95
Emily M. Rogers.
V.
45
39
39.7
37.3
94
Nellie A. Grimes.
V.
44
42
41.5
39.4
94.9
Elizabeth L. Geer.
IV ...
36
38
36.4
34.4
94.2
Mae Blackmar.
III-IV
36
35
32.4
30.8
95
Anna M. Newell ..
HI
40
39
36.2
34.7
95.2
Sarah L. Gifford.
II ..
44
42
39.4
36.8
93.9
Myrtle M. Davis.
33
34
30.7
28.2
92.4
Elizabeth A. Day
I.
40
39
37
33.4
90.1
502
476
466.2
139.7
94.2
CROSBY SCHOOL.
Mary F. Scanlan.
VIII.
26
19
21.9
/20.6
94.9
Carrie L. Minott
VII.
27
26
25.5
23.7
92.7
Jennie M. Cottle.
VI.
36
24
26.6
25
93.2
Ursula B. Hanna.
V.
38
36
34.2
31.4
93.9
Amelia J. Bisbee.
IV
43
36
37.2
34.3
91.4
Sara M. Henderson
III
33
30
30.2
27.5
92.3
Esther G. Hatch
II.
48
42
41.5
38.2
91.9
Anna W. Cobb
I.
57
53
50.2
43.5
86.2
308
266
267.3
244.3
91.8
CUTTER SCHOOL.
Jennie A. Chaplin.
VIII
33
29
31.4
29.7
95.8
Eva G. Jones .. .
VII.
32
28
29.3
28
95.8
Katherine E. Russell.
VI.
47
39
42.4
39.9
94.9
Mary L. Morrison
V.
40
37
36.5
34.8
95.1
Caroline M. Young.
IV.
48
46
44.9
42.5
94.3
Florence R. Norton.
III
49
44
43.4
41.5
95.8
Antoinette L. Canfield.
51
52
49.1
46.9
94.7
Josephine Davidson
I ..
53
45
47.4
43.5
91.8
355
320
324.4
306.8
94.8
LOCKE SCHOOL.
Martha Wentworth.
VIII
37
32
34.2
32.9
96.2
Sarah N. Phelps.
VII.
31
27
26.9
25.3
93.3
Bertha M. Wright.
VI
50
40
41
38.3
93.3
Philena A. Parker
V.
50
47
45.9
43.6
95.1
Helen C. Gray.
IV
45
40
38.8
36.7
94.6
Lucy E. Evans.
III.
44
44
42.3
40.2
95.1
Alice M. Bean.
II.
50
46
43.8
41
93.5
Mabel Darralı.
I
47
43
40.3
36.9
91.7
354
319
313.2
294.9
94.2
Daily
1I.
I-II.
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STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1906-1907-Concluded.
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
GRADES.
Enrolled for
Year.
Membership
June 1, 1907.
Average
Membership.
Average
Daily
Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
PARMENTER SCHOOL.
Susan F. Wiley ..
IV-III
50
47
47.1
43.8
93
Grace B. Tibbetts
III-II.
43
40
40.3
36.4
90.1
Helen M. Dow .
I
32
28
26.2
23.3
88.6
125
115
113.6
103.5
90.5
1,969
1,774
1778.2
1683.4
93.9
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COST OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN ARLINGTON.
HIGH SCHOOL. 11 room, brick building, replaced 2 room, wooden building ; opened in fall of 1894. Cost: Land, new site ..
$12,310 95
Building, grading and furnishing, including new laboratory and manual training rooms . 77,678 81
$89,989 76
RUSSELL SCHOOL. 12 room, brick building, replaced 4 room wooden building, which was burned aud a 2 room, wooden building, known as the " Adams School"; opened in the fall of 1873. Cost:
Land to increase size of old lot
Building and furnishing.
$713 25 57,910 79
$58,624 04
CROSBY SCHOOL. 8 room, brick building, replaced 2 room, wooden building; opened in fall of 1896. Cost :
Land to increase size of old lot $6,000 00
Building, grading and furnishing 39,156 08
$45,156 08
LOCKE SCHOOL. 8 room, brick building, replaced 4 room, wooden building; opened in the spring of 1899. Cost: Land for play-ground
$4,051 00
Building and furnishing
28,560 10
$32,611 10
CUTTER SCHOOL. S room, brick building, replaced 4 room, wooden building; opened in the spring of 1901. Cost: Land to increase size of old lot . $2,698 64
Building, grading and furnishing. 42,388 06
$45,086 70
PARMENTER SCHOOL. 4 room, new, wooden building; opened in fall of 1904. Cost:
Land
$5,000 00
Building, grading and furnishing.
18,298 15
$23,298 15
TOWN OF ARLINGTON, 1900 TO 1905.
INCREASE IN POPULATION, VALUATION, EXPENDITURES AND SCHOOLS.
Population 12.4 per cent
Valuation . . 15.9 per cent
Town grant and state taxes 29 per cent
Amount expended for schools. 40.5 per cent
INCREASE. 1900 TO 1905.
PUPILS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.
Grades 1 to 8. . 24.5 per cent
High School and Grade 9 . 22.3 per cent
Russell and Parmenter districts. 20 per cent
Crosby district. 0 per cent
Cutter district 43 per cent
Locke district. 52 per cent
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A TABLE SHOWING THE POPULATION, VALUATION, EXPENDI- TURES FOR SCHOOLS, AND THE AMOUNT EXPENDED FOR EACH $1,000 OF VALUATION FOR A TERM OF YEARS.
Population.
Valuation.
Schools.
1895
6,515
$7,718,905
$31,969
$4 14
1896
6,932
7,851,663
35,985
4 57
1897
7,349
8,074,093
35,514
4 40
1898
7,767
8,323,510
35,080
4 21
1899
8,185
8,843,061
37,140
4 20
1900
8,603
8,748,206
39,066
4 46
1901
8,817
9,044,659
41,876
4 63
1902
9,031
9,548,542
43,633
1 57
1903
9,244
9,820,719
50,373
5 11
1904
9,458
9,885,975
53,172
5 40
1905
9,668
10,136,110
56,720
5 60
1906
9,668
10,340,490
59,745
5 76
1907
10,300
10,887,550
58,868
5 41
GRADUATION EXERCISES.
ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN.
Thursday Evening, June 20, 1907. Town Hall, Arlington.
PROGRAMME.
Prayer,
Rev. James Yeames ..
Address by Class President, Grayson Blandy Wood.
Heaven and the Earth Display, From Mendelssohn's "Athalie" Chorus of Seventy.
Essay. An Antithesis : Lady Macbeth and Ophelia, Mary Gertrude Whilton.
The Daffodils,
King Hall
Girl's Voices.
Selection. Flower scene from " Hamlet," Ophelia : Catharine Schwamb.
Selection. Trial of Queen Katharine from " Henry VIII," Leneler Frances Cotton.
The Boy and the Bee, Semi-chorus. Essay. Wit and Wisdom : Rosalind and Portia, Louise Spofford Hooker
Caldicott
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Lullaby,
Lorin Webster
Semi-chorus. Soprano Obligato by Mrs. Herbert W. Reed.
Scenes from " As You Like It,"
Rosalind. Dorothy Bullard. Celia Mary Rose Connolly. Orlando. Frank Howard Guibord.
It was a Lover and His Lass,
From 1639 Mss. in Edinburgh Library. Sung in " As You Like It."
Girls' Voices.
Class Essay,
Paul Chapin Squire.
Song. Lovely Rose,
Senior Class.
Presentation of Diplomas,
Chairman of School Committee.
Bridal Chorus from " The Rose Maiden," F. H. Cowen
School.
Accompanist.
Ernest Weston.
GRADUATES.
Elsa E. Anderson.
Dorothy Bullard.
Clara J. Livingstone. Gertrude C. McCue.
Mary R. Connolly.
Catharine Schwamb.
Leneler F. Cotton.
Paul C. Squire.
Frank H. Guibord.
John M. Taylor.
Marion S. Hill.
Mary G. Whilton.
Frank W. Hodgdon, Jr.
Grayson B. Wood.
Louise S. Hooker.
SPECIAL STUDENTS.
Mabel D. Pettengill.
Maude G. Babson. Alice M. Tracy.
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE NINTH GRADE. ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. .
Cotting Hall, High School Building, Thursday, June 20, 1907.
PROGRAMME.
Music. Lovely June,
Full Chorus. Carl Bohm
Essay. History of our High School, Jennie R. Savercool.
Gymnastics.
Girls.
Vincent
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Declamation. 5 (a) Selelection from the Declaration Independence,
2 (b) Tribute to Thomas Jefferson, G. F. Hoar
John Wiggins.
Music. English Boating Song,
Boys' Chorus.
Recitation.
a)
Seaside Goldenrod,
Celia Thaxter
(b) The National Flower, Arlena L. Pike.
Lucy Larcom
Gymnastics.
Boys.
Recitation. Selection,
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Music. Lullaby,
Girls' Voices.
Recitation. Sir Galahad, Alfred Tennyson
Dorothy H. Black.
Essay. Aims and Ambitions of the Class,
Thomas H. Carens,
Music. Yoeman's Wedding Song,
Prince Poniatowski, Arr. Full Chorus.
Presentation of Diplomas.
CLASS OF 1907.
Eric I. Anderson.
Edwin B. Dallin.
Lillian H. Bacon.
Madeline M. Dalton.
George H. Barker.
F. Leo Dalton.
Grace A. Barr.
Mary E. Danforth.
Harriet L. Bartlett.
Dorothy E. Dawes.
Roger Bell. Theodore Bell.
Grace F. Donnelly. Andrew A. Dresselly.
Eliza H. Bitzer.
Margaret E. Duffy.
Eleanor Bisbee.
Edith P. Estabrook.
John B. Bisbee.
Andrew Gillespie.
Dorothy H. Black.
Isabel Gratto.
Mildred L. Boulcott.
Rena Gray.
Emily Bower. George H. Bowker.
Ethel Hatfield.
Michael M. Burke, Jr.
Donald R. Hill.
Elizabeth P. Burns.
Harriet Holt.
James J. Canniff.
Mildred Horrocks.
Thomas H. Carens.
Edith C. Huntley. Rhoda Johnson.
Nellie A. Clare.
Willard Joseph.
John E. Cronin.
Walter Jukes.
Elsie J. Kanaly.
Lillian M. Crowe.
John Hatfield.
Ward F. Chick.
Mildred Wyman.
L. B. Marshall
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Ralph L. Kanaly, Jr. Edward F. Kenney. John A. Kilmer. Blanche E. King.
Kathleen C. Lemmon. Helen A. Lyons. Katherine M. Lyons. Alexander D. Macdonald. William Mahoney.
Louise M. Robinson. John E. Robinson. Ruth Roop. Max Rosen.
Jennie R. Savercool.
Gertrude J. Schnetzer.
W. Richard Sears.
Grace E. McDonnell. Arthur F. McGarry.
Herbert E. Stone.
Mildred McKay. Rose F. Meehan.
Bernice G. Miller.
Charles L. Münch. Daniel Murphy.
Grace E. Sweeney. Alma H. Tenneson. Sadie M. Tenneson. William J. Toomey. Martin J. Walsh.
Katharine O'Donnell.
Beryl O'Hara.
Horace Webber.
Mildred Osgood.
Mildred Whilton.
Arlene L. Pike.
Ruth E. White.
Paul J. Power.
Chester R. Whitman.
Corolyn Whittemore.
Jennie N. Prince. Harlan L. Reycroft.
John Wiggins.
Lillian H. Richardson.
Edith N. Winn.
Philip Wood.
Mildred Wyman.
Adrian H. Robinson.
Elizabeth Yerrinton.
Katharine V. Richardson.
Edna E. Richardson.
Wyman W. Smart. Alice E. Smith. Ella M. Soderlund.
Mary H. Sullivan.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1907.
I herewith submit the report of this department for the year end- ing Dec. 31, 1907.
In my last report I called the attention of the citizens to the urgent need of more adequate vault room for the preservation of Town Records. etc.
An appropriation of $1,300 was made for this purpose at the March meeting of 1907, and a new vault was built and equipped with all steel fittings, making the safe keeping of valuable records, papers, etc., an absolute certainty.
A fuller report of the vault will be found in the Selectmen's Re- port, under whose supervision the vault was built.
BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1907.
Total number of births registered
223
Females
109
Males
114
Born in Arlington
196
Born in other places
27
The parentage of the children born was as follows :
Born in United States, both parties
179
Born in Foreign Countries, both parties
177
Born in United States, one parent
49
Born in Foreign Countries, one parent
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