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Mason .... 1054 Massachusetts Ave.
Coughlin, Cornelius J ..
Market Gardener. . . 47 Norcross St.
Crosby, Nelson B.
Commissions
10 Davis Ave.
Currier, Bert S.
Insurance.
82 Claremont Ave.
Dale, William P.
Shipper
71 Brattle Lane
Damon, Frederick W
Oil Dealer
.275 Broadway
Danforth, Samuel G.
Manufacturer
16 Devereaux St.
Davis, Charles E.
Station Agent
.7 Nourse Rd.
Davis, Homer L .. Buyer 23 Wellington St.
Dinsmore, Robert S. Conductor 52 Mystic St.
Doane, Foster P.
Salesman
243 Lowell St.
Doane, Warner S. Clerk. 51 Rangeley Rd.
Dodge, Henry D. Engraver 12 Windemere Ave.
Doe, George I. Retired 44 Jason St.
Dolloff, Levi M. Milk. . . . 1068 Massachusetts Ave.
Donahue, John J Cement Blocks . 49 Brattle Lane
Duff, John J .. Spring Maker . 12 Henderson St. Ice Dealer . . 301 Massachusetts Ave.
Durgin, Winfield S.
Dyer, Humphrey . Retired 19 Varnum St.
Eaton, Joseph H. Produce. 97 Paul Revere Rd.
Fessenden, Edward S. Asst. Treasurer 14 Water St.
Frost, Harold L. Forester 93 Brantwood Rd.
Crosby, Edgar
Market Gardener .
.88 Lake St.
Dallin, Cyrus E ..
Sculptor.
69 Oakland Ave.
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LIST OF JURORS
Name
Occupation Residence
Fowle, George M.
Bookkeeper . 21 Trowbridge St.
Gale, Clarence E.
Sales Agent.
82 Wollaston Ave.
Giles, Harvey E. Harness Maker. . 14 Whittemore St.
Grannan, William D Undertaker 14 Wyman Ter.
Gray, Edwin W Manager. 30 Bartlett Ave.
Grossmith, Charles W.
Druggist 26 Lakeview
Hesseltine, Ernest.
Bookkeeper . 38 Russell St.
Hildreth, Nathan L.
Insurance
104 Medford St.
Hilliard, R. Walter Insurance 25 Norfolk Rd.
Holt, Ira W. Teacher . . . 362 Massachusetts Ave.
Hood, John C. Retired .. 111 Pleasant St.
Hyde, William J.
Bookkeeper 19 Glen Ave.
Jenkins, Richard O.
Case Maker
19 Harvard St.
Jewett, Joseph D.
Merchant
1
20 Jason St.
Kimball, Samuel E. Retired . 121 Lake St ..
Lear, Harry C ..
Dry Goods. 21 Albermarle St.
Lenk, Oscar C ..
Auto Supplies
.53 Broadway
LoPresti, Frank .
Barber
. 64 Mystic St.
Lowe, George H. Contractor 21 Cleveland St.
Lusk, John T. Compositor ... 22 Crescent Hill Ave.
MacMillin, Charles M. . Glass. .95 Jason St.
Marston, Alfred T Accountant. 20 Hopkins Rd.
Marvin, Louis G .. Printer 17 Norcross St.
Merrigan, William Chauffeur 31 Central St.
Miller, George H .. Jeweller . 66 Walnut St.
Morton, Edward F Farmer 103 Spring St.
Moseley, Herbert C. Mortgages 76 Gray St.
Norton, Benjamin A Woolens 51 Academy St.
O'Brien, Timothy. Mason. 56 Palmer St.
Paine, Charles A. Salesman .. 921 Massachusetts Ave.
Parker, Charles A. Foreman 135 Lake St.
Parsons, Clarence T. Broker 207 Appleton St.
Peirce, Charles A. Market Gardener. . . 11 Appleton St. Perkins, Arthur E. Office Supplies . . 119 Eastern Ave.
Pitcher; Osborne E. Bond Broker 20 Draper Ave.
Prescott, A. Dwight W. . Clerk 260 Broadway
Puffer, James P .:
Clerk.
110 Broadway
Purcell, Edmund J. Market Gardener . 109 Broadway
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Name
Occupation
Residence
Reardon, Edmond .
Florist. .
895 Massachusetts Ave.
Reiche, J. Carl .
Insurance
12 Gray St.
Ross, Malcolm
. Carpenter
49 Brattle St ..
Sawyer, George A. Carpenter -. 5 Wyman St.
Sawyer, John H. Furniture 24 Maple St.
Schnetzer, Florentine
Jeweller
184 Appleton St.
Schwamb, Clinton W
Mouldings
27 Peirce St.
Smith, Fred S ..
Agent .
10 Jason St.
Stratton, George C.
Salesman
17 Orchard Ter.
Sunergren, Adolph F.
Illustrator
15 Glen Ave.
Swett, Warren P.
Salesman. 56 Claremont Ave.
Taft, W. Allen .
Lumber
44 Academy St.
Tappan, Daniel L.
Farmer. .
. 269 Massachusetts Ave.
Teel, George A ..
Engraver.
26 Bartlett Ave.
Tewskbury, George C.
Bookkeeper.
45 Claremont Ave.
Thorpe, William H.
Superintendent
.30 Russell St.
Trow, Albert W Retired 21 Russell Ter.
Waage, John C ..
Painter
16 Centra1 St.
Wilder, Frederick G. Clerk 15 Jaso 1 St.
Woodend, John E.
Jeweller
72 Crescent Hill Ave.
Woodman, Charles W .. Lumber. .. 1140 Massachusetts Ave.
Speakman, Fred W
Stair Builder
15 Everett St.
Spooner, Walter
.Lumber. 42 B. . rantwood Rd. .
Swadkins, Jason A.
Engineer. .52 Tufts St.
REPORT OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
JANUARY 1, 1918.
The following report is submitted by the Board of Regis- trars of Voters for the year ending December 31, 1917.
During the past year, as in the preceding year, extra sessions of the Board were necessary, owing to the primaries previous to the Constitutional Convention, sessions for the Convention, and the meetings for the State Primaries and the State Election.
The duties of the Board are each year becoming more exact- ing, and requiring more of the time of the Registrars. The coming year these requirements will be even more exacting, as the Board will be called upon, if the recommendations of the Selectmen are adopted, to make a new voting district, and a sub- division of the town. This means a revision of our present Voting List, and a division of said List into two or more parts, if the Town votes to establish these Precincts.
The Law requires that no name once placed on the List shall be removed from the List, except in case of death, without first notifying the party whose name is to be removed, and giving him an opportunity to be heard.
The total number of registered voters December 31, 1916, was 3307, classified as follows:
Men
3150
Women
157
3307
During the last year at the various meetings the numbers of names added to the List were as follows:
February 14
28
February 16
29
February 24
34
April 7
9
September 19
11
107
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October 17
19
October 19
27
October 27
88
October 24
15
260
During the year 224 names were dropped from the List on account of death or removal from Town.
The total number of women voters reported a year ago was 157. Since that time sixteen names have been added, making the list at this time, 173.
The revised list January 1, 1918, is as follows:
Whole number registered
3359
Whole number of men 3186
Whole number of women
173 3359
Number of assessed polls in the Town 4977
EBEN F. DEWING, Chairman. EDWARD N. LACEY, DANIEL F. AHERN, THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Clerk,
Registrars of Voters.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROBBINS LIBRARY.
To the Town of Arlington:
The Trustees of the Robbins Library submit their annual report. The circulation shows a gain of 2,868 with a total of 56,902 as compared with 54,034 in 1916. The Children's Room shows a gain of 2,005 with 17,896 as against 15,891 in 1916.
The attendance in the Reading Room shows a loss on week days of 1,641 - 22,662 as against 24,303 in 1916, and a gain on Sundays of 569 - 2,916 as against 2,347 in 1916.
The attendance in the Children's Room has risen from 11,090 to 11,304, a gain of 214, with a further gain of 239 on Sundays, 2,479 as against 2,240 in 1916.
There has been a gain of 150 in books taken from the Stock Room, 37,122 as against 36,972 in 1916. The use of periodicals. shows a loss of 312- 2,386 as against 2,698.
There was a gain in books and periodicals loaned from the Arlington Heights Branch, 4,045 as against 3,554 in 1916. There was a loss of 396 in books and periodicals sent from the Centre to the Heights - 775 in 1917 as against 1,171 in 1916. The Postal Reserve shows a loss of 183 - 782 in 1917 as against 965 in 1916.
The East Arlington Branch was opened for use February 15, 1917, with Miss Mildred L. Marsh in attendance. After serving for seven months she resigned September 22 to take an office position in Boston and Miss Eva M. Smith took her place. Miss Marsh rendered important service in the establishment of the Branch and will be gratefully remembered in connection with it.
During this time, 1,109 books were sent from the Centre to the East Branch and 5,422 books and magazines sent out from' the Branch. ' Visitors and readers at the Branch were 5,368 - 384 being visitors. A library of Italian books was borrowed for several months from the Massachusetts Free Public Library Commission.
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Owing in part to the opening of the Branch, 252 more cards were given out than in 1916 -- 1,084 in 1917 as against 832 in 1916. The falling off in the number of readers at the Centre is doubtless due to the large amount of time given by Arlington women to Red Cross work, and to the fact that High School pupils are employing their spare time in working. There has been a gain in interest and attendance in the Children's Room. Six months' trial of removing book covers justified the adoption of that policy. Six special exhibits of books were made during the year: 1, Birds and Nature; 2, Wildflowers and Garden Books; 3, Butterflies and Trees; 4, Ten Volumes of Children's Library of Work and Play; 5, Little Cousin Series; 6, Christmas Books.
Although no special observance was made of the fact, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the dedication of the Library came on November 29, 1917.
The Library has tried to co-operate with the authorities in the matter of Food Conservation by installing a Food Thrift shelf in the Stack Room. It did its share for the Camp Library Fund by raising among its friends the amount asked, $750. There were collected and shipped for the soldiers and sailors, 403 books and 277 numbers of magazines.
Miss M. Linda Black, after eleven years of faithful service, accepted a promotion in the library of the Twentieth Century Club. We have used taxicabs for the transfer of books with entire satisfaction, and note with pleasure the success of the East Arlington Branch.
The Library has been enriched by the gift of several war books from the Over-Seas Club, and books by other donors, and by gifts from Mrs. Charles O. Gage, Miss Mary J. Jacques, Mrs. Harold Rice, and art books from Mrs. N. C. Nash of Cambridge. The editor of the Advocate has continued to send us a file of that paper.
ยท Exhibitions of photographs, etc. have been given in addition to those reported hitherto.
January. No. 204. Great War in Europe. No. 2.
January. No. 205. Pictures in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Part VIII.
February. . No. 206. German Color Prints.
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February and March. No. 207. Monsters of the Microscope.
March. No. 208 .. Masters of Color. Part I. French and Belgian.
April. No. 209. Pictures by European Artists from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
April and May. No. 210. Verona. No. 2. The Art of Ve- rona.
May and June. No. 211. Pictures in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Part IX. English School.
June and July. No. 212. Petrograd and its Environs with Riga, Reval and Helsingford.
July. No. 213. Pictures for Children by Leslie Brooke.
July and August. No. 214. Pictures in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Part X. English School. 19th Century.
August. No. 215. Sir Anthony Van Dyck, a Selection from his Paintings.
September. No. 216. Four and Twenty Toilers.
October. No. 216. Apples.
October. No. 217. South America.
November. No: 218. Kindergarten Lithographs.
December. No. 219. Warsaw and Cracow, with War Scenes
in Poland.
December. No. 220. Advertising Posters.
Respectfully submitted.
SAMUEL C. BUSHNELL, CYRUS E. DALLIN, CHARLES A. KEEGAN,
WILLIAM A. MULLER,
JAMES P. PARMENTER, ARTHUR J. WELLINGTON,
Trustees.
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LIBRARIAN'S STATEMENT.
LIBRARY HOURS.
Open daily, except Sunday, 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. Children's Room, 10 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Sundays, except in August, for readers only, 2.30 to 5.30 P.M. Closed on holidays.
LIBRARY HOURS, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS BRANCH.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday .- 1.30 to 6, 7 to 8.30 P.M. August .- Open on Saturdays only.
Closed on holidays.
Books left at the Branch on Tuesday and Saturday, between the hours of 1.30 and 3.00 P.M., will be exchanged, and will be ready for delivery from 7.00 to 8.30 P.M. of the same day.
A limited number of books are kept at the Branch and may be circulated from there.
LIBRARY HOURS, EAST ARLINGTON BRANCH.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday .- 1 to 6, 6.30 to 9 P.M.
August .- Open on Saturdays only.
Closed on holidays.
Books left at the Branch on Tuesday and Saturday, between the hours of 1 and 3 P.M., will be exchanged, and will be ready for delivery from 6.30 to 9.00 P.M., of the same day.
STATISTICS.
Annual Library report for year ending December 31, 1917. Robbins Library, Arlington, Mass. Free for lending and reference.
Number of branches 2
Days open during year (Central Library) 303
Hours open each week for lending (Central Library) 66
Hours open each week for reading (Central Library) 69
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LIBRARIAN'S STATEMENT
Adults Children Total
Number of volumes at beginning of year 24,816
4,315 29,131
Number of volumes added by purchase
469
147
616
Number of volumes added by gift
100
0 100
Number of volumes replaced or found
19
12
31
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn
111
34
145
Number of volumes transferred to East Branch 278
0 278
Total number at end of year
25,055
4,440 29,455
Number of volumes fiction lent for
home use. 26,330 14,486 40,816
Total number volumes lent for home
use 39,006 17,896 *56,902
Single numbers of periodicals lent for home use 2,371 15 2,386
Largest delivery in one day, February 24 432
Number of new borrowers registered during the year 1,084
Number of copies of newspapers and periodicals cur- rently received 122
Number of persons using Library for reading and study 38,659
Attendance in Reading Rooms on week days 22,662
Attendance in Children's Room on week days 11,304
Attendance in Reading Rooms on Sundays 2,916
Attendance in Children's Room on Sundays 2,479
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS BRANCH.
Number of volumes at beginning of year 1,264
Number of volumes added during year by purchase 44
Number of volumes added during year by gift 2
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn during year 6
Total number at end of year 1,304
Number of books lent for home use from Branch 1,781
Number of periodicals lent belonging to Branch 2,264
Number of books and periodicals received by basket from Central Library in 1917 775
Number of copies of newspapers and periodicals cur- rently received
29
*Includes 1,884 sent to Branches.
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EAST ARLINGTON BRANCH.
Number of volumes at beginning of year, February 15 . 278
Number of volumes added during year by purchase 337
Number of volumes added during year by gift 15
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn during year 5
Total number at end of year 625
Number of books lent for home use from Branch 4,549
Number of periodicals lent belonging to Branch 873
Number of books received by basket from Central Library in 1917
1,109
Number of copies of newspapers and periodicals cur- rently received 31
Receipts From
Payments For
Unexpended balance
Books $1,157.16
Local taxation $5,200.00
Periodicals 399.55
Endowment funds 2,686.48
Binding 497.33
Fines and sale of
Salaries, library
publications 353.00
service, janitor
Other sources 800.40
service 4,910.10
Heat 540.25
Total
$9,039.88
Light
470.07
Other expenses
1,055.71
Balance on hand 9.71
Total
$9,039.88
LIST OF PERIODICALS.
A. L. A. Booklist.
Bird Lore
American Boy.
Birds and Nature.
American Cookery.
Book Review Digest.
American Forestry.
Bookman.
American Review of Reviews. Boys' Life.
Architectural Record.
Catholic World.
Arlington High School Clarion. Art World.
Century.
Christian Endeavor World.
Atlantic Monthly. *Donated.
Congressional Record .*
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LIBRARIAN'S STATEMENT
Christian Science Journal *. Countryside Magazine.
Current Opinion.
Delineator.
Education.
Educational Review.
Etude.
Everyland.
Forum.
General Federation Magazine. Good Housekeeping.
Good Roads Magazine.
Harper's Monthly.
Harvard Theological Review. Harvard University Gazette .* Hibbert Journal.
House Beautiful. Illustrated London News. Independent. Indian's Friend. Industrial Arts Magazine. International Journal of Ethics.
International Studio. John Martin's Book.
Journal of the American Irish Historical Society. Keramic Studio.
Ladies' Home Journal. Library Journal. Life. Literary Digest. Little Folks. Living Age. Manual Training Magazine. Massachusetts Magazine. Mayflower Descendant. *Donated.
Medford Historical Register. Modern Priscilla.
Munsey's Magazine.
Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin .*
Musical Courier.
Musician. Nation.
National Geographic Maga- zine. New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
New England Homestead.
Nineteenth Century and After.
North American Review.
Official Gazette, U. S. Patent Office .*
Our Dumb Animals .* Our Fourfooted Friends .*
Outing. Outlook.
Photo Era.
Pictorial Review.
Pilgrim Notes and Queries.
Popular Mechanics.
Popular Science Monthly.
Practical Engineer.
Public Libraries.
Raja-Yoga Messenger .*
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.
Safety Engineering .*
St. Nicholas.
School Arts Magazine.
School Review.
Scientific American.
Scientific American Supple- ment. Scientific Monthly.
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Scribner's Magazine.
Theosophical Quarterly .*
Social Service Review .*
Unpopular Review.
Spectator.
World's Work.
Yale Review.
Survey. Theosophical Path .*
Youth's Companion.
LIST OF NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PERIODICALS.
America .*
Arlington Advocate.
Arlington Weekly News.
Sacred Heart Review .*
Boston Daily Advertiser.
Somerville Journal.
Boston Evening Transcript.
Springfield Republican.
Cambridge Chronicle.
Unitarian Advance .* Universalist Leader .*
Christian Science Monitor .*
Current Events.
Woman Citizen .*
Living Church .*
Woman's Protest Against Woman Suffrage .*
New York Times Book Review. *Dpnated.
Remonstrance Against Wo- man Suffrage .*
Christian Register .*
Watchman Examiner .*
We have received reports or bulletins, or both, from the public libraries of the following places: Andover (Memorial Hall Library); Baltimore, Md. (Enoch Pratt Free Library); Boston; Boston Children's Friend Society; Brookline; Cambridge; Canton; Chelsea; Clinton (Bigelow Free Public Library); Concord; Erie, Pa .; Everett (Shute Memorial Library); Fair- haven (Millicent Library); Gardner (Levi Heywood Memorial Library); Hartford, Conn .; Lancaster; Malden; Man- chester, N. H .; Marblehead (Abbot Public Library); Massa- chusetts (Free Public Library Commission); Milton; New York; Newton; Northampton (Forbes Library); Providence, R. I .; Quincy (Thomas Crane Public Library); Somerville; Taunton; Wakefield (Beebe Town Library); Waltham; Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Osterhout Free Library); Winchester; Winthrop (Frost Library Building); Woburn; Worcester.
Respectfully submitted,
ELIZABETH J. NEWTON, Librarian. Arlington, December 31, 1917.
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TRUSTEES ROBBINS LIBRARY.
ART FUND. 1917.
Principal of Fund, January 1, 1917 Accumulated Income
$25,000.00
3,795.66
$28,795.66
Receipts.
Interest on
$500 Turkey Hill Land Purchase Loan
of 1913
$20.00
$2,000 Water Loan of 1914 Notes
80.00
$2,000 Street Loan of 1915 Notes
80.00
$6,000 Water Loan of 1912 Bonds
240.00
$6,000 Sewer Loan of 1916 Notes
240.00
$4,000 Water Loan of 1913 Notes, June
85.00
$2,000 Water Loan of 1913 Notes, December
42.50
$4,000 Water Loan of 1916 Notes
160.00
$4,000 Schouler Court Land Purchase
160.00
$2,000 Sewer Loan of 1917
40.00
Savings Bank Deposit
25.61
1,173.11
$29,968.77
Payments.
Reimbursements to Town Treasurer for payments made 10.00
$29,958.77
Investments.
Five Water Loan of 1912, dated Decem- ber 2, 1912, due serially, commencing December 2, 1918 $5,000.00
One Water Loan of 1913, dated June 30, 1913, due June 30, 1918 2,000.00
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Four Schouler Court Land Purchase of 1914 Notes, dated April 13, 1914, due serially, beginning January 1, 1925 One Turkey Hill Land Purchase of 1913 Note, dated November 1, 1913, due November 1, 1918 500.00
$4,000.00
Two Water Loan of 1916 Notes, dated June 30, 1916, due serially, beginning June 30, 1919
4,000.00
Three Sewer Loan of 1916 Notes, dated December 15, 1916, due serially, be- ginning December 15, 1918
6,000.00
Seven Sewer Loan of 1917 Notes, dated June 1, 1917, due as follows: No. 227, June 1, 1924; No. 228, June 1, 1925; No. 241, June 1, 1918; No. 242, June 1, 1919; No. 243, June 1, 1920; No. 229, June 1, 1926; No. 230, June 1, 1927 7,000.00
Deposit in Arlington Savings Bank, Book No. 20095 1,458.77
$29,958.77
SAMUEL C. BUSHNELL, CYRUS E. DALLIN, CHARLES A. KEEGAN, JAMES P. PARMENTER, WILLIAM A. MULLER, ARTHUR J. WELLINGTON, Trustees.
MYRON TAYLOR, Treasurer. GEORGE McK. RICHARDSON, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1917.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Arlington:
During the past year we have endeavored to maintain the high standard of work in our schools that Arlington citizens have always demanded. War conditions have forced us to ex- ercise rigid economy in our general expenditures and have pre- vented our making certain needed improvements in our build- ings and equipment. But we feel that our schools are yielding substantia! returns even though the unusual conditions sur- rounding us force us to progress conservatively.
Last spring the School Committee recommended additional school accommodations, but the citizens, partly because of dissatisfaction with the proposed site and partly because of disinclination to build while labor and materials are so ex- pensive, voted negatively. The inevitable occurred when more children applied for admittance to our elementary schools last September than there were places for. The only solution was a longer school day, with two classes using one room in alternating periods. By this device, we are housing twenty-one classes in the Crosby, a sixteen-room building, six classes in the Par- menter, a four-room building, and eleven classes in the Cutter, an eight-room building. This method applied further would take care of our increasing school population for a short time, if the citizens feel disposed to suffer the annoyance which the somewhat irregular school program occasions in the homes. The superintendent and teachers assure us that the children are suffering no loss educationally.
The Junior High School appears to have become an estab- lished part of our school system. Throughout the country, junior high schools are becoming installed and nowhere are they being discontinued. Both parents and teachers seem to feel that this institution effectively meets the needs of children between the ages of twelve and fifteen.
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During the past year, the Board of Health and the School Department have employed a nurse, part of her time being given to Board of Health matters, and the balance to the public schools. This co-operative action by the two departments has been entirely satisfactory, but each feels that there is more work to be done than can be accomplished by one individual. We have come to regard our school nurse as a valuable and necessary addition to our forces, and we desire to continue the position permanently.
For the third successive year, it has devolved upon us to elect a new high school principal. Mr. Wallace, who has been with us one year, resigned last August to accept a position as director of the training classes at the Salem Normal School.
After a careful consideration of fifty candidates, the Com- mittee selected Mr. Carl D. Burtt who for many years had been a valued member of the Lowell High School faculty. Although Mr. Burtt has been with us but a short time, he has caused us to feel full confidence that our High School is in safe hands.
It was with great regret that we accepted the resignation of Miss Heard, our music supervisor, last June. Her many years of efficient service had made her a valued public servant, and her splendid personality had won the high regard of her fellow- workers. We were fortunate to procure as her successor, Miss Grace G. Pierce of Middleboro, Mass. Miss Simonds, super- visor of domestic science, left us in May to accept a position with the Norfolk County Farm Bureau. We appointed as her successor Miss Harriet R. Pennell of the Newton Vocational School, who is maintaing the high standards established by Miss Simonds.
There has been much changing in the teaching force. This is an annual occurrence. Much of it cannot be helped, being beyond our power to control, but such of it as is due to the attraction of higher wages elsewhere is to be deplored and de- mands our attention. Such a large "turn over" as our reports show every year would appall the director of an industrial organization. Is it not probable that it is equally as expensive to our schools?
It will be necessary for us to request a larger appropriation for salaries. Our usual modest increase will not be sufficient
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to meet the legitimate requests of our teachers, who, like other wage earners, are obliged to pay war prices for food, clothes, and lodgings.
With regard to the rest of the budget, the only increase asked for is for fuel. The cost of books and all other supplies has ad- vanced tremendously, but we shall keep within the amount appropriated for these purposes last year.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL N. QUIMBY, Chairman.
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SUMMARY OF PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR YEAR 1916-1917
.
High
Junior High
Crosby
Cutter
Locke
Russell
Par- menter
Totals and Averages
Enrolled for year
664
501
688
351
666
351
202
3423
Average number belonging
664.8
436.3
603.2
310.9
597.3
352.9
189.4
3134.8
Average daily attendance .
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