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USE
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of volumes of fiction
lent for home use 97,006
45,419
142,425
Total number of volumes
lent for home use. 128,229
64,774
193,665
Pictures circulated 472
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REGISTRATION
Number of borrowers registered during year .1,835
Registration period, years 5
Number of periodicals and newspapers currently received : Titles 117
Copies
177
Number of publications issued during year : Book lists 10
Number of staff, library service (including part- time) 12
Number of staff, janitor service 3
FINANCE
Receipts from :
Trust Funds
Income Balance,
Jan. 1, 1929
$250.81
Local taxation
$22,780.00
Dog tax from county
. 2,472.91
Income from funds, 1929.
3,246.54
From other sources "Book ac-
count gift"
500.00 28,999.45
Grand total
$29,250.26
Payment for :
Library operating expenses :
Books and periodicals $6,329.30
Bindery
2,272.33
Salaries, library service 13,914.06
Salaries, janitor service
1,550.00
Heat
643.00
Light
640.96
Furniture, equipment 234.00
Maintenance, grounds, building. . 848.84
Other expenses
1,520.95
Books, "Book account gift" 500.37
Trust Funds, Balance Dec. 31, 1929. . .
28,453.81 $796.45
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Arlington :
Your School Committee, during the year 1929, sus- tained the loss of two of its members, through the death of Mr. William M. Hatch and the resignation of Mrs. Joseph W. Downs. Their places were filled by the ap- pointment, by a joint committee of the Board of Select- men and the School Committee, of Mr. Denis A. McCarthy and Mr. Clair E. Turner. Mrs. C. A. Hardy, who had given six years of faithful and helpful service to the com- mittee, retired at the end of her term in March. She was succeeded by Mrs. E. N. Lacey.
In addition to the large amount of routine business that must be attended to in a school system as large as ours, the housing problem has constantly engaged the committee's attention. The growth of the town, so rapid in recent years, has put us, in spite of generous provision by the citizens of the town, three or four years in arrears of our schedule. We have asked, for four years in suc- cession, for relief in the Cutter District. Increased ac- commodations at the High School, planned for the pres- ent year in our report to the town several years ago, will not be available until next year, and in the meantime the pupils in our High School must suffer from overcrowding and the use of makeshifts that will greatly hamper the efficiency of the school. In spite of this handicap, the standing of the graduates of 1929, both in the passing of college examinations and in the record made in the col- leges during the present year, is a gratifying proof of the quality of work that is being done in the Arlington High School. We earnestly request the most careful consider-
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ation both of the report of the Superintendent of Schools and of that of the Committee on Additional School Ac- commodations. Your School Committee finds little pleas- ure in coming each year before the town with the request for an increased appropriation, both for expense of teach- ing and administration and for housing. But we cannot escape the plain facts of the steady growth of our school population, and the Committee feels that it is simply ask- ing what the parents of our school children have a right to demand when it insists that every child in our schools is entitled to a seat, not in a basement room or in a port- able, but in a building properly lighted, heated and venti- lated. We are still forced to hold classes in basement rooms at the Cutter, Crosby and Hardy Schools, and in portables at the Peirce and the Russell. There is no use in attempting to dodge the fact that we shall need addi- tional buildings, or enlargement of present buildings, every year for several years to come.
The Committee records its appreciation of the long and efficient service of Miss Elizabeth L. Geer, Principal of the Parmenter School, who closed by retirement this year a term of forty-five years as teacher and principal. Her faithfulness and efficiency and her interest in her pupils will be gratefully remembered by the parents and children of the Parmenter district.
For the Committee,
A. H. RICE. Chairman
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
January, 1930
To the School Committee and Other Citizens of Arlington :
For five years, the reports of the Superintendent of Schools were filled with material considerations : improved business methods, economies effected, reor- ganization of departments, introductions of needed additional features and the ever present problem of additional accommodations. It gives me great satisfac- tion to report that for the past two years it has been possible for the Superintendent to give the major por- tion of his time and thought to the less material but more important business of the supervision of educa- tion. During this year, it has been possible to give more attention to supervision in the secondary schools, due to the appointment of a skilled Primary Supervisor who makes it unnecessary for the Superintendent to give so much personal attention to the primary work.
As a result, all of the supervisory forces of the department, including Principals and High School Department Heads, have been organized by the Super- intendent to carry out with him a definite supervisory program designed to improve the service of teachers and the results obtained by pupils. Impressions which have come from the interchange of pupils with other school departments, from the reports of those who know of the work of this school department, and from the expressions of appreciation by visiting school peo-
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ple who know of school conditions elsewhere, all seem to indicate that the standards of expectation from our teachers and the degree of achievement by our pupils are considered high.
These pleasing results are obtained not wholly by supervision but in part by care in the choice and place- ment of teachers. Each vacancy is filled only after a thorough canvass of the entire field of available candi- dates has been painstakingly made and only after the combined judgment of Principals and Superintendent, and often Supervisors or Department Heads, has been brought to bear in choosing the best candidate.
In addition to these two great aids to superior service, namely, improved supervision and careful selection of teachers, the greatest forward looking improvement during the year has been the continued introduction of the Three Track Course of Study. This is now functioning in the third grade and will enter the fourth grade in September. With this organization the apt pupil, instead of skipping a grade, proceeds more rapidly than in the regular course, thus finishing the elementary school one year earlier, and the slower pupil, instead of repeating the work of one or more grades, proceeds more slowly, taking a year or two longer to complete the elementary school. However, he gets the work more thoroughly than would otherwise be possi- ble and would probably not take as long as under the old plan of repeating the grade. Students are rated on the basis of the course being pursued, so it is pos- sible for a pupil to receive A and B grades even though following the retarded or C course of study, and equally possible though not so desirable for a pupil in the accelerated or A course of study to get B and C grades. Opportunity is provided for pupils to trans- fer from one group to another according to the type of work they prove themselves capable of doing. Extra
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helping teachers are provided to give individual instruction to pupils who find it most difficult to make progress.
Although it has not yet been possible to introduce the Three Track Course of Study into the Junior High School, the extra helping teachers have been provided in these schools to help backward pupils. It is hoped that two or three such teachers can be provided later for the same service in the High School.
Other needs which should be provided in the immediate future are outlined below.
A Vocational or Trade School is needed as a part of the High School program. Two years ago the Junior High School courses in manual work were re- vised with the intention of preparing boys for entering a trade school course. These Junior High School boys will be ready to enter High School this fall, and the mechanic arts courses in the High School should be revised to suit their needs. This would necessitate building the Vocational School unit as the first part of the proposed new High School building project.
A plan of work for the secondary schools is needed, such that the more apt and more ambitious students can progress at more rapid rate instead of having to mark time in classes waiting for slower pupils. This could be worked out to save money for the Town and at the same time be a spur to the ambition of the pupil of normal capacity. It would serve the same purpose in the secondary school as the Three Track System does in the elementary school and would supply the individ- ual need of the more apt student as the extra helping teacher does for the backward pupil.
A Supervisor of English is needed for the entire school department above the primary grades. English
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is the only subject required of all pupils in all years from the primary through High School; there are many more teachers of English than of any other subject in the curriculum; English forms the background of sev- eral of the other secondary school subjects; and there is a greater lack of uniformity in English teaching than in any other subject. These are some of the rea- sons why special supervision of English (more than the Superintendent or Principals can give) should be pro- vided. The correlation and articulation of work in the several other secondary subjects have been worked out between the Junior High Schools and the High School by enlisting the aid of the High School Depart- ment Heads to work with the Principals and the Super- intendent in the supervision of the several subjects. The same thing is being attempted in English, but the field is so large, the teachers so many, and the problems so numerous that it is more than the High School Eng- lish Department Head can reasonably be expected to undertake unless relieved of her High School teaching program. This would virtually make her a Supervisor of English.
There are other needs which affect only the mate- rial equipment of the School Department.
We need additional High School accommodations, including Trade School rooms, larger gymnasium and auditorium, and more class rooms. We need the Trade School rooms first as explained above. If they can be provided this fall (September 1930) the rooms now be- ing used for manual arts can be adapted for class room use, while waiting for the additional class rooms to be built. We need the gymnasium and auditorium next, since the present quarters are entirely inadequate for the needs of the High School grown to its present en- rolment. If the new gymnasium and auditorium could be ready for use by September 1931, a few class
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rooms could be set up temporarily in the present auditorium until the class room section of the new building could be ready in September 1932.
In the meantime, it will be necessary to provide relief for the Cutter School. Request has been made each year since 1925 for a building to relieve this school. Something else has come in the way each time. This school has now grown to over 750 pupils, which is 200 more than it can be reasonably expected to house. There are twenty-four classes,-sixteen in regular rooms, three in the basement, three at the old Parmen- ter building, one in the auditorium, and one in a small library room. None of these rooms is a proper one for a class, except the Parmenter rooms which are too far from the Cutter district to expect small children to go to school. If relief to the Cutter is delayed much longer, it will be necessary to build two schools instead of one to relieve the situation. Since there are three classes in each intermediate grade, but four classes in each primary grade, by September 1932 there will be twenty-eight classes for the Cutter School even without any increase in the number of homes.
The Hardy School needs relief by the erection of a new building farther out Lake Street. This school is just "two jumps behind" the Cutter. There are now twenty-two classes with the same condition as to class groups as noted for the Cutter, and there will be twenty-six groups in September 1932. The moving of the two-room portable from the Peirce School will give only partial relief. Before a school can be built to relieve either the Cutter or Hardy Schools, the situa- tion in each school will be desperate.
After these two elementary schools are relieved of overcrowding, attention must be given to Junior High School Center where the facilities are not properly
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adapted to the Junior High School program. An addi- tion to the Junior Center building is necessary to pro- vide a gymnasium, better Household Arts rooms for the girls, and adequate rooms for the work of the Industrial Arts classes and the Continuation class.
Crosby School and Junior High School West will be the next to claim attention. Crosby School has three classes in basement class rooms and should have some relief from this condition.
Junior High School West is filled to capacity and soon will be crowded again. With an increased num- ber of class groups coming along in the elementary schools, the West will soon have ten classes in each of the three grades instead of eight. By that time (not later than 1935) there will be the need of a new Junior High School building on the opposite side of Massachu- setts Avenue from the Junior High School West build- ing. This should be so designed that it could be added to as the section grows in the size of the Junior High School population.
Besides these building needs we have great need for improvement of playgrounds in size, surface, and protection by fencing. The Junior High School East needs for a playground part of the Tappan land on Tufts Street across from the school. The Parmenter, Locke, and Crosby play yards very badly need protec- tion by fences, and the Peirce and Russell play yards sadly need improvement. The Peirce playground will probably be improved after the building addition is finished. .
It had been hoped to keep this report free from discussions of economies and expenses, but the greater interest in such questions this year seems to make it necessary to introduce a few comparative statements.
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1. Of all of the twenty-two school departments in towns lying north and west of Boston, neighbors of Arlington, only one has a higher percent. of increase in school population since 1922; yet four have a higher percent. of increase in expenditure for school support and sixteen have a higher percent. of increase in per pupil cost.
2. In actual cost per pupil, eight of our neigh- bors have a higher cost than Arlington, and the State average is only slightly lower than Arlington's per pupil cost.
3. Compared with all the 355 communities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Arlington stands thus :
25th in rank in size of student membership,
98th in rank in valuation per pupil in net aver- age membership,
219th in rank in expenditures for school support from local taxation per $1000 valuation.
4. Compared with all the 79 towns in Massachu- setts of 5000 or more population, Arlington stands as follows :
2nd in rank in size of student membership,
14th in rank in valuation per pupil in net average membership,
52nd in rank in expenditures for school support from local taxation per $1000 valuation.
5. In comparison with other departments within the Town of Arlington itself, a tabulation of increased
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expenses for the most important Boards and Depart- ments shows that the percentage of increase in expense for the school department is less than that for any other department, except the Board of Health.
It does not seem necessary to burden this report with tabulations of facts supporting the above asser- tions. It may be sufficient to state that these tabula- tions have been carefully worked out and are on file in the School Committee office.
In the report one year ago, the Superintendent urged that those who had children in school and, in fact, all citizens of the town to bring freely to Princi- pals or Superintendent any questions, misunderstand- ings or dissatisfactions they might have.
I wish here to repeat the request and can assure all parents that, contrary to an opinion often held and expressed, neither the Superintendent nor any principal or teacher will allow his dealings with any pupil to be affected in any way because of compliance with this request.
Before closing this report, I wish to say that I deeply appreciate the helpful guidance of the School Committee, the able co-operation of principals and supervisors, and the unselfish devotion of the staff of teachers and other workers in the school department.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) CHESTER A. MOODY, Superintendent of Schools.
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The following tabulations of membership and attendance are a part of the Annual School Report, as required by vote of the Town :
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1928-1929
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled
for Year
Average
Membership
Average
Daily
Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
HIGH SCHOOL
X-XI-XII. . .
989
911.7
856.3
93.9
JUNIOR HIGH CENTER
SCHOOL,
IX.
91
86.7
81.8
94.4
VIII
84
83.9
79.0
94.1
VII
81
78.8
75.2
95.4
Industrial Arts
67
56.0
46.9
83.8
Continuation .
12
13.7
11.7
85.4
335
319.1
294.6
92.3
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, EAST
IX
128
128.9
123.0
95.4
VIII
149
142.8
136.1
95.3
VII
164
157.4
150.9
95.8
441
429.1
410.0
95.5
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WEST ..
IX
204
200.3
192.3
96.0
VIII
208
202.2
192.7
95.3
VII
247
248.5
238.1
95.8
659
651.0
623.1
95.7
CROSBY SCHOOL :
Hazel G. Beckett
VI
30
27.8
26.6
95.8
Mary E. Burns
VI
30
28.5
27.2
95.4
Helen G. Currier
VI
29
28.8
27.2
94.6
Shirley L. Cook.
V
29
26.2
24.9
95.1
Helen I. Knowles
V
30
27.5
26.3
95.4
Bessie Ryder .
V
31
28.3
26.8
94.5
Myrtie E. Annis
IV
38
36.9
34.9
94.6
Josephine E. Grover .
IV
32
32.1
30.1
93.6
Sara M. Henderson ..
III
31
29.6
27.6
93.2
Hazel Webber
III
26
24.9
23.2
93.2
Lottie C. Bailey
III
33
31.6
29.5
93.4
Marion L. Marshall .
II
28
27.9
25.5
91.4
Gertrude L. Toomey .
II.
29
28.5
26.9
94.6
Marion B. Johnson ..
II
34
28.8
26.7
92.7
Edith F. Grant.
I
42
35.4
31.5
89.0
Eleanor M. Swann
I
25
24.6
22.6
91.9
Annie W. Cobb.
24
22.2
20.4
91.9
Anne Hyland
24
20.9
17.6
83.9
Anne Hyland .
22
21.1
17.7
83.6
Ruth G. Truesdale . .
10
9.3
8.5
92.2
577
540.9
501.7
92.8
I
Kindergarten
Kindergarten . Special
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ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1928-1929
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled
for Year
Average
Membership
Average
Daily
Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
CUTTER SCHOOL :
Alice G. W. Daniels . .
VI
32
32.3
30.3
93.9
Francese S. Curtis .
VI
33
32.9
31.1
94.4
Mae F. Merrill
VI
33
32.1
30.6
95.3
Hazel B. Hurd.
V
38
38.2
36.0
94.3
Margaret D. Coombs
V
37
37.6
35.4
94.3
Marion Ramsdell
IV and V
38
36.6
34.1
93.0
Bessie M. Mack
IV
38
38.1
35.8
93.9
Louise Barber
IV
39
38.4
35.7
93.1
Doris Irvine.
III
37
38.7
36.0
93.1
Hazel E. Ripley
III
37
36.5
32.9
90.2
Margaret E. Miller
III
38
38.5
36.1
93.6
Arline Avery
II.
37
37.9
34.5
ยท 91.0
Mary L. Forster
II.
42
39.8
36.4
91.4
Jane M. Lynch
II.
41
35.7
32.4
90.6
Gladys Sawyer
I.
34
34.6
31.1
89.8
Pauline Berry
37
35.1
31.1
88.6
Ida C. Hunt.
I.
35
37.2
33.3
89.4
Dorothy B. Fifield .
I.
31
31.4
27.6
87.9
Catherine D. Stevens
41
33.8
31.7
93.8
Catherine D. Stevens
43
36.7
34.0
92.6
Agnes G. Foley
11
10.5
9.5
90.5
752
732.6
675.6
92.2
HARDY SCHOOL :
Norine McKenney
VI
27
28.7
27.7
96.6
Helen M. Fogg
VI
29
28.5
27.2
95.2
Anna M. Holland .
VI
29
28.9
27.6
95.4
Alice W. King.
V
40
33.2
31.1
93.5
Catherine E. Enright
V
39
32.2
30.4
94.6
Mae S. Thatcher.
IV and V
3
25.4
23.7
93.3
Esther Wakefield .
IV
39
33.4
31.2
93.2
Margaret B. Condon .
IV
41
32.3
30.6
94.7
Caroline Casella .
III.
35
32.5
30.5
93.9
Esther M. Thomas .
III
35
36.1
33.7
93.3
Elizabeth L. Holton .
II
34
33.7
29.2
88.1
Mildred H. Moore.
II
34
31.1
28.8
92.8
Frieda Mikels .
II
37
34.7
32.4
93.2
Ellen E. Sweeney
I.
38
34.2
31.5
91.9
S. Evelyn Stewart. .
38
35.2
31.6
89.7
Marion L. Smith.
40
34.5
30.1
87.2
Kindergarten .
37
28.8
25.4
88.2
Dorothy N. Berry .
36
32.3
27.9
86.4
Anna G. Shaw.
Kindergarten . Special
8
7.5
6.9
91.9
619
583.2
537 5
92.2
I.
Kindergarten . Kindergarten . Special
Dorothy N. Berry .
I. I.
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ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1928-1929
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled
for Year
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
LOCKE SCHOOL :
Bertha W. Richards .
VI
33
30.2
28.6
94.4
Helen Roberts . .
VI
33
30.5
28.6
93:9
Gertrude B. Brad- street.
V and VI
15
15.6
14.7
94.5
Dorothy Sodnowsky .
V
31
29.8
27.6
92.8
Hilda W. Kurvinen .
V
32
30.8
29.2
94.8
Miriam Braley .
V
29
28.0
26.0
92.9
Gladys G. Levesque .
IV
32
30.8
28.6
92.8
Edna MacArthur.
IV
31
31.5
29.4
93.5
Florence W. Cromwell
III
40
35.4
33.8
95.6
Carrie L. Horr
III
38
34.0
31.8
93.5
Lillian M. Lyons.
II.
34
30.9
28.5
92.3
Amy D. Young.
II.
23
19.3
17.9
92.9
Myrtle M. Davis .
I.
40
35.5
31.6
88.9
Helen P. Rhodes. .
I.
41
37.1
33.3
89.6
Dorothea Johnson.
Kindergarten .
30
25.5
22.5
88.3
Dorothea Johnson. Lillian W. Balcom
Kindergarten . Special
11
9.7
8.8
90.3
562
513.1
473.9
92.4
PARMENTER SCHOOL :
Vera E. Rogers
VI
27
28.0
26.9
95.8
E. Mildred Gillis
V
25
23.6
22.0
93.4
Mildred A. Evans.
IV
33
35.0
32.4
92.6
June E. Simmons
III
34
35.9
33.9
94.4
Grace B. Tibbetts.
II
37
36.1
33.5
92.9
Helen M. Dow . .
1.
36
35.9
33.6
93.5
Louise H. Dorflinger
Kindergarten
28
26.4
23.8
90.1
220
220.9
206.1
93.3
II.
31
31.7
29.8
93.9
Juliette H. Howard
38
26.8
23.2
86.5
Daily
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ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1928-1929
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled
for Year
Average
Membership
Average
Daily
Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
PEIRCE SCHOOL :
Blanche M. Dow
VI
24
24.6
23.5
95.4
Agnes V. Eaton.
VI
25
24.9
24.0
96.1
Marguerite J. Alley
V.
27
27.1
25.5
93.8
Frances Moran ..
V.
29
28.1
26.9
95.7
Dorothy A. Brown
IV
24
25.9
24.3
93.8
Alice R. Charter.
IV
27
23.6
22.6
96.1
Agnes M. McCabe
III.
28
28.1
27.1
96.2
Grace L. Snow .
III
26
30.9
29.7
95.9
Greta N. Gilchrest
II.
35
35.3
33.3
94.3
Marie A. Sheehan
II.
36
37.3
35.1
94.3
Una G. Beebe
I.
46
37.0
34.5
93.2
Jessie M. Baumes
I ..
37
35.1
33.2
94.5
Mary Lawler.
Kindergarten .
25
26.5
24.6
92.8
Mary Lawler
24
22.3
19.6
88.3
Beth A. Easter
Kindergarten . Special
7
7.0
6.6
94.0
420
413.7
390.5
94.4
RUSSELL SCHOOL :
Caroline L. Minott. .
VI
25
23.5
22.4
95.6
Daisy K. Kelsey . .
VI
27
23.5
22.3
94.9
Kathryn A. Beaton .
30
31.9
29.9
93.7
Catherine V. Foley .
V.
35
32.5
30.9
95.2
Effie M. Pottle.
IV
31
31.9
29.9
93.8
Lisle M. Collins
IV
34
30.4
28.8
94.7
Ruth MacCarlie
III
25
25.3
23.6
93.2
Mabel C. Pond
III
23
23.8
22.7
95.4
Marjorie F. Davis
II
26
23.3
21.7
93.0
May P. Browne. .
II
24
24.1
22.6
93.8
Grace E. Fettretch . .
I.
33
31.2
29.1
93.1
Mary A. Chater
33
28.9
26.3
90.7
Louise H. Dorflinger .
Kindergarten .
44
39.3
34.6
88.0
390
369.6
344.8
93.3
Totals and Averages.
5,964
5,684.9
5,314.1
93.5
I
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP (Year ending June)
.
Year
High School
Junior High Center
Junior High East
Junior High West
Crosby
Cutter
Hardy
Locke
Par- menter
Peirce
Russell
Totals
1925
616.7
494.8
368.5
887.1
469.1
502.0
195.7
187.0
390.7
4,111.6
1926
721.7
606.2
420.6
532.6
527.6
367.3
525.4
186.9
219.8
369.1
4,477.2
439
1927
767.1
675.4 *
507.6
521.7
574.3
495.4
561.2
189.1
269.4
401.3
4,962.5
1928
782.3
748.3 *
569.6
552.9
646.1
534.0
514.4
191.9
342.3
365.0
5,246.8
1929
911.7
319.1
429.1
651.0
540.9
732.6
583.2
513.1
220.9
413.7
369.6
.5,684.9
** 1929
1,035.8
298.0
472.5
646.8
528.8
721.7
648.6
503.3
239.9
486.2
358.8
5,940.4
*Including Junior High School unit at old Parmenter buildings.
** Fall Term.
REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
For year ending December 31, 1929
During the past year we have planted on our streets 450 new trees (400 maples and 50 lindens) and this year if we wish to tree the new streets that were finished last year and replace those that have died or were broken it will take about 600 trees. Many requests have been received for the removal of some of our best shade trees on account of interference with entrances to their property or for business reasons. In all cases . that I thought were reasonably just I called a public hearing and in each case there were no objections and the trees were removed.
Several of our large trees were deemed to obstruct, or incommode travel and were ordered removed by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Public Works as a safety measure for the public. In all there were 41 large trees removed.
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