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Received of Board of Selectmen on account of quahaug permits, 200 00
Received of J. B. Steele for use of hearse out of town, 2 00
J. B. Steele for lease of Herring brook, 1 00
Received of J. B. Steele for auction- eer's license, 2 00
Received of N. P. Clark for sand and hardening for state road, 25 00
Received of N. P. Clark for use of road machine and roller, 5 00
Received of State Treasurer, State highway loan fund, 5,057 75
Received of J. F. Walker, taxes on 1907 in full, 92 11
Received of J. F. Walker, taxes on 1908, 204 31
Received of J. F. Walker, taxes on 1909, 1,129 40
Received of W. F. Nickerson, taxes on 1910, 4,018 77
Received of Second District Court, fines for quarter ending December 31, 1910, 1 00
$15,268 28
EXPENDITURES.
Paid orders from Selectmen,
$9,259 41
Paid orders from School Committee, 4,362 73
Paid orders from Second District Court, 134 54
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Paid bounty on crows, hawks, etc., $40 00
Paid interest on note Cape Cod Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, April and October,
45 00
Paid Public Library, Town appropriation,
25 00
Paid State tax,
660 00
Paid repairs of State Highway,
169 00
Paid County tax,
504 81
Taxes abated 1907,
64 29
Jan. 20, cash in treasury,
3 50
$15,268 28
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. T. DILL,
Treasurer.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
I, the undersigned, Auditor of the Town of Eastham, have this day examined the accounts and vouchers of the Select- men, Treasurer and School Committee, together with the foregoing statements, and find them correct.
GEORGE H. CLARK,
Eastham, Jan. 21, 1911.
Auditor.
RECOMMENDATIONS
We would recommend the following appropriations for the
ensuing year :
Miscellaneous,
$800 00
Schools,
2,050 00
Roads,
200 00
Bridges,
50 00
Snow,
100 00
Poor,
300 00
Moths,
40 00
Surety on Bonds,
30 00
$3,470 00
NATHAN P CLARK, H. M. SULLIVAN, CLARINGTON SMITH,
Selectmen of Eastham.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
BIRTHS RECORDED.
1910
Name of Child. Name of Parents.
Feb. 6. Walter Wilton Knowles,
March 9. Jennie Douglas Rogers,
April 5. Myrtle May Ramph,
April 20. Nellie Frances Horton,
Walter and Edith L. B.
May 3. Harrison Franklin Ullman, Harry H. and Edna.
May 10. Elizabeth Louise Howes, O.nmund and Edna F.
May 20. William Wallace Worth, Charles and Jennie.
Oct. 18. Matilda Ann Reynolds,
George and Matilda.
MARRIAGES RECORDED.
Name.
Residence.
April. Harry Charles Ramph, Alice H. Daniels,
Battleship New Hampshire. Eastham.
Nov. Stanley M. Walker, Edna M. Dill,
Eastham.
Eastham.
Nov. Raymond S. Higgins, Harriet E. Runnells,
Wellfleet.
Eastham.
Eastham.
Dec. George Davis Knowles, Eliza Jane Higgins, Orleans.
Henry and Angie.
Charles and Florence.
Harry C. and Alice H.
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DEATHS RECORDED. 1910
Name. Cause of Death. Age.
Jan. 25. Simeon Perry,
Myocarditis, 80y 6m
Feb. 15. Orien Higgins,
Valvular Disease of the Heart, 79y 7m 6d
April 19. Rosaltha D. Smith,
May 14. Harriet K. Runnels,
Cancer of Colon, 73y 11m 19d Organic Abdominal
Disease,
70y 10m 12d
June 13. John A. Clark,
Carcinoma of
Breast,
75y 11m 28d
July 18. Sophia R. Sparrow,
Rupture of Right
Lung,
53y
5m 12d
Sept. 28. * George T. Pattison, Tuberculosis of
Lung,
67y
DOG LICENSES.
Number of dogs licensed, 45
Male. Female,
42 3
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE T. DILL,
*Died in Pennsylvania.
Town Clerk.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Trustees of the Public Library respectfully submit their report, together with the report of the Treasurer and Librarian :
We are glad to note the increase in circulation of books during the year. This we believe largely due to the greater interest and pleasure the children have shown in the library and we wish to thank our librarian for making the children's department so successful.
The exhibition of work from the different grades in our schools has been most satisfactory and pleasing to the towns- people as well as to the children. The trustees appreciate the efforts of the teachers in making this a success.
RECEIPTS.
Jan. 1. Cash in treasury,
$9 89
Feb. 10. Dividend from New England Trust Co., 245 00
July 3.
66 262 50
Town appropriation, 25 00
Gift from Mr. Snow, New Bedford, 5 00
$547 39
EXPENDITURES.
Jan. 11. De Wolfe Fiske Co., books, $38 06
Jan. 22. M. L. Sullivan, cataloging, 1 13
Feb. 10. Geo.T.Dill, per cent. on disburse-
ments, 7 26
Mar. 26. S. B. Clark, librarian, 26 00
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Apr. 1. Library of Congress, cards, $1 47
A. May Knowles, magazines, sup- plies, 33 13
May 12. A. W. Jones, fire extinguisher, 17 75
June 8. S. B. Clark, librarian, 52 00
June 30. Library Bureau, card catalogue,
56 20
July 15. Hurd & Smith, sundries,
15 15
Capt. Clarington Smith, transportation books, 25 00
Aug. 1. F. L. Sullivan, one book, 1 00
A. M. Knowles, mat,
4 08
Sep. 24. S. B. Clark, librarian,
39 00
S. B. Clark, expenses to library meet- ing, 5 45
Oct. 29. A. M. Knowles, express and book, 1 50
Library Congress, cards, 5 00
A. M. Knowles, Home Economics, 8 00
Frank Ellison, labor and stock,
2 28
Dec. 3. Mrs. C. B. Nickerson, care of books, De Wolfe Fiske Co., books, 43 08 E. C Clark, wood, 1 00
5 00
Dec. 31.
George H. Clark, incidentals,
24 46
33 65
C. W. Myricks, labor at library, S. F. Brackett, transportation books, gasolene, etc., 20 74
S. B. Clark, librarian,
40 50
A. T. Newcomb, insurance policy No. 84,676, 6 50
W. D. Paine, magazines,
23 95
Cash in treasury, 9 05
$547 39
ALMOND NICKERSON, Chairman. A. MAY KNOWLES, Secretary. MRS. RACHEL D. HORTON.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
IN TRUST.
Robert C. Billings Fund, $14,000 00
Income to be used for the support of the Eastham Public Library.
RECEIPTS.
Jan.
1.
Cash in treasury,
$9 89
Feb. 10. Received New England Trust Co. dividend, 245 00
July 30. Received New England Trust Co. dividend, 262 50
Received Town appropriation,
25 00
Received of Laura Snow of New Bedford (dona- tion), 5 00
$547 39
EXPENDITURES.
Paid order of Trustees,
$538 34
Cash in treasury, 9 05
$547 39
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE T. DILL,
Treasurer.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Number of books in Library,
2,922
Added during year,
Circulation :
Adult fiction,
2,703
Adult non-fiction,
272
Adult magazines,
603
Juvenile fiction,
1,174
Juvenile non-fiction,
434
Juvenile magazines, Total,
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5,223
Largest number at one time,
97
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1910,
$0 56
Received from fines, 10 48
$11 04
Paid for mending material, etc.,
$1 87
Express and freight,
1 30
Back numbers of magazines,
2 70
Record sheet and postage,
1 08
Date stamp,
70
7 65
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1911,
$3 39
MRS. SARAH B. CLARK,
Librarian.
104
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ACCESSIONS TO LIBRARY.
Adrift on an Ice-pan, Ailsa Page,
Anne of Avonlea,
Aunt Amity's Silver Wedding,
Awakening of Helena Richie, * Bacon is Shakespeare, J Bar B Boys,
J Betty Wales B. A., J Betty Wales & Co., J Boy with the U. S. Survey, J Boys and Girls of '77,
Butterfly Man, J By Reef and Trail, Certain Rich Man, Court of Inquiry,
J Crimson Sweater, Calling of Dan Matthews,
J Captain Chub,
* Cyrus Hall McCormick,
Danger Mark, J Dave Porter at Star Ranch, Deep Sea Warriors,
Depotmaster, Doctor's Lass, J For the Norton Name, Foreigner,
Forty Minutes Late,
J Free Rangers, Friendship Village,
J Frolics at Fairmount, J Girls at Fairmount, Girl of the Limberlost, Going Some,
W. F. Grenfell Robert Chambers L. Montgomery Ruth Stuart Margaret Deland Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence Edwin L. Sabin Edith Dunton (Margaret Warde) Edith Dunton F. Rolt -- Wheeler Mary Wells Smith Geo. B. Mccutcheon Fisher Ames, Jr. William A. White Grace S. Richmond Ralph Barbour Harold B. Wright Ralph Barbour Herbert Casson Robert Chambers E. Stratemeyer Basil Lubbock Joseph C. Lincoln Edward C. Booth Hollis Godfrey (Ralph Connor) Charles Gordon F. Hopkinson Smith J. Altsheler Zona Gale Etta A. Baker Etta A. Baker
Gene S. Porter Rex Beach
J Juvenile, * Gift
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Goose Girl, J Grandpa's Little Girls, X
J. Grandpa's Little Girls and Their Friends, X Half A Chance, Hard Pressed,
Henry Hudson,
* History of the Telephone,
J Jack Hall at Yale,
J Janet at Odds,
J Janet, Her Winter in Quebec,
John Marvel, Assistant,
Keziah Coffin,
Kilmeny of the Orchard,
Land of Long Ago, (Eliza C. Hall) Mrs. E. C. Obenchain J Last of the Chiefs, Joseph Altsheler
Little Sister Snow, (Frances Little) Mrs. Macauley
Little Maid of Boston Town, (Margaret Sidney) Mrs. Lothrop Lord Loveland Discovers America, C. N. and A. M. Williamson Lost Ambassador, E. P. Oppenheim Man Outside, Wyndham Martyn Mass. Minute Men of '61, George Nason * Mass. Monuments (soldiers, etc.) Master of the Vineyard, Alfred S. Roe Myrtle Reed Mind and Work, Mistress of Shenstone, L. H. Gulick Florence Barclay Modern Chronicle, Winston Churchill My Lady of the North, Randall Parrish My Lady of the South, Old Rose and Silver, Randall Parrish Myrtle Reed Anthony Partridge Kirk Munroe Arthur McFarlane Ellen Glasgow
Passers-by, J Ready Rangers, J Redney McGaw, Romance of a Plain Man, E-3
Harold MacGrath Alice T. Curtis Alice T. Curtis Frederic S. Isham Fred M. White Thomas A. Janvier Herbert N. Casson Walter Camp Anna C. Ray Anna C. Ray Thomas N. Page Joseph C. Lincoln L. Montgomery
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Rosary, Set in Silver, Shepherd of the Hills, J Sidney at College, J Sidney, Her Senior Year, Silver Horde,
Stradella, Splendid Hazard, J Story of Oliver Cromwell, Susanna & Sue,
There She Blows,
To the Credit of the Sea, J Tom, Dick and Harriet, Top of the Morning,
Trail of the Sour-dough,
Truxton King, J Une' San in Japan, Uncle Sim, Uncle Wash, His Stories,
Vergilius, Wild Olive,
Winding Waters,
Window at the White Cat,
When a Man Marries,
White River Raft,
Why Worry,
Library of Home Economics, 12 volumes : Care of Children,
Chemistry of Household, Food and Dietetics, Home Care of the Sick,
House, Household Lacteriology,
Florence Barclay C. N. and A. M. Williamson Harold B. Wright Anna C. Ray Anna C. Ray Rex Beach F. Marion Crawford Harold MacGrath H. E. Marshall Kate D. Wiggin James C. Wheeler Lawrence Mott Ralph Barbour Juliet Tomkins May K. Sullivan George B. Mccutcheon Etta B. McDonald Fred P. Lake John T. Moore Irving Bacheller Basil King Frances Parker Mary R. Rinehart Mary R. Rinehart Lewis B. Miller George L. Walton
Alfred C. Cotton Margaret Dodd Alice P. Norton Amy E. Pope Isabel Bevier S. Maria Elliott
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Household Hygiene, Household Management, Principles of Cookery, Personal Hygiene, Study of Child Life,
Textiles and Clothing,
S. Maria Elliott Bertha Terrill Anna Barrows Maurice Le Bosquet Marion F. Washburne Kate H. Watson
Bacon is Shakespeare, Cyrus Hall McCormick, and History of the Telephone were gifts from the authors, Mass. Minute Men of '61 and Mass. Monuments of Soldiers, etc., were from the State.
MRS. SARAH B. CLARK,
Librarian.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF EASTHAM
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1910.
OF EAS
TOWN
INC
LAUSET 1629.
1651.
HYANNIS, MASS. : F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS. The Patriot Press. 1911.
SCHOOL ORGANIZATION.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ELDAD HIGGINS, Chairman. MRS. ANNIE J. MOORE, Secretary, WM. F. KNOWLES,
Term expires 1912
1911
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DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT,
LORING G. WILLIAMS.
CORPS OF TEACHERS. December 1910.
ROSE M. BUNNELL, Grammar School
MARIE M. TANNER,
Intermediate School
FLORENCE W. KEITH, Primary School
JANITOR. FRANK ELLISON.
TRUANT OFFICER. FRANK ELLISON.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.
R. W. MARVEL, M. D., H. D. HATCH, M. D.
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Pupils Attending Orleans High School.
Caroline Nickerson,
Bernice Moore,
Lawrence Horton,
Effie Clark,
Ruth Dill,
Bessie Gill,
Lawrence Walker,
Selma Moore,
Susan Nickerson,
Bernard Collins,
Erma Nickerson.
No High School Graduates in 1910.
Ninth Grade Pupils.
Helen V. Steele,
Maynard Dill,
Shirley L. Brackett,
James P. Brewer.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Report of the School Committee of the Town of Eastham for the year ending Dec. 31, 1910, to which is appended the Report of the Superintendent :
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance of State School Fund of 1909, $0 81
Received in 1910 from Massachusetts School Fund, 1,233 35
Received in 1910 Town's appropriation for schools,
1,800 00
Received in 1910 refunded dog tax, 71 36
Received from City of Boston for tuition, 1910,
177 00
Received from City of Boston for transportation,
47 85
Received from State, rebate on Superintend- ent's salary, 77 59
Received from State, rebate on teachers' salaries,
51 72
Received from State, rebate on High School tui- tion, 356 80
Received from Mrs. G. F. Swift, gift for furni- ture, 500 00
Excess of expenditures over receipts, 46 25
$4,362 73
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EXPENDITURES.
Paid Superintendent's salary,
$169 65
Paid Teachers' salaries,
1,350 00
Paid Janitors' salaries,
198 00
Paid transportation to High school,
480 00
Paid
for South pupils,
428 40
Paid
for North pupils,
396 00
Paid for sick pupils,
1 50
Paid Town of Orleans for High School tuition,
356 80
Paid for books and school supplies,
221 36
Paid for incidental supplies,
9 41
Paid for taking School Census,
5 00
Paid for repairs,
127 98
Paid for cleaning three school-houses,
15 00
Paid for fuel,
103 63
Paid for furniture from Mrs. G. F. Swift's gift,
500 00
$4,362 73
ELDAD HIGGINS,
Mrs. ANNIE J. MOORE,
WILLIAM F. KNOWLES, School Committee of Eastham.
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STATISTICS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1910.
1. Population of Town, census of 1910, 518
2. 1900, 502
3. Gain in population during past ten years, 16
4. Loss in Barnstable County during past ten years, 285
5. Number of persons between ages of 5 and 15, boys 42, girls 35, Total,
77
6. Number between 7 and 14, boys 35, girls 28,
Total, 63
7. Illiterate minors over 14 years of age,
0
8. Whole number of pupils enrolled for the year, 89
9. Number enrolled in Orleans High School, 11
10. Number of State children,
0
11. Average membership, 80.73
12. Increase over preceding year, 8.98
13. Average attendance,
75.80
14. Increase over preceding year,
12.01
15. Percentage of attendance,
93.09
16. Increase over preceding year, 3.85
17. Number of half-day absences, 1,920
18. Decrease, 181
19. Tardiness, 91
20. Decrease, 44
21. Total membership (including High School), 100
STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCE FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1909-10.
Name of School, Grades and Teacher
Where Educated
Term
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Attendance
Percentage of
Attendance
Absences
Tardinesses
Dismissals
Visits by School
Officials
Visits by Others
Eastham Grammar Grades VII, VIII, IX Rose M. Bunnell
Fall
27
26.75
25.32
94.62
225
14
15
10
35
Winter
27
26.33
24 33
92.30
218
11
21
7
19
Pennsylvania Normal Mansfield, Pa.
Spring Year
25
22.83
20.53
90.12
249
12
10
6
41
27
25.40
23.50
92.50
692
37
46
23
95
Fall
22
20.98
20.28
96.40
110
9
2
8
34
Winter
23
21.90
20.70
94.90
121
10
8
6
28
Spring
22
21.00
19.27
93.00
112
7
10
5
51
School
Year
23
21.20
20.00
95.00
343
26
20
19
113
Eastham Primary
Fall
39
37.20
35.55
95.65
232
8
6
7
23
Winter
37
34.70
32.50
93.63
235
14
4
5
13
Spring
38
33.50
28.86
86.03
418
6
7
6
49
Year
39
35.13
32.30
91.77
885
28
17
18
115
Fall
88
84.93
81.15
95.55
567
31
23
'25
92
Winter
87
82.93
77.53
93 61
574
35
33
18
90
Spring
85
77.33
68.66
89.71
779
25
27
17
141
Year
89
80.73
75.80
93.09
1,920
91
83
60
323
Eastham Intermediate Grades IV, V, VI Marie M. Tanner
Gloucester Training
Grades I, II, III Florence W. Keith
Bridgewater Normal
Three Schools
Average
Half Day
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Pupils Who Have Been Neither Absent Nor Tardy.
TWO TERMS.
Eastham Grammar-Rebecca A. Knowles, Lenora S. Spar- row, Eleanor B. Gill, Amiee G. Horton.
Eastham Intermediate-George Runnels.
Eastham Primary-William Henry Runnels.
ONE TERM.
Eastham Grammar-Albina H. Brewer, Catherine Carey, Ralph G. Steele, Florence D. Fulcher, Carrol D. Tyler, El- wood S. Johnson.
Eastham Intermediate-Thos. Ellis, Gladys Daniels, Clif- ton Hopkins, Beatrice H. Rogers, Roger Cole, Earle Horton, John Fulcher, Frank Crane.
Eastham Primary-Carrol Osman Gross, Carl Burnham Gross, Virginia Nickerson, John Bernard Crosby, Ina May Nickerson, Abbie Gertrude Steele, Vesta Lincoln Gross, Anna Habash, Barbara Keehlwetter, Emma Fulcher, Abbie F. Nickerson.
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1910-11.
Fall term-September 6 to December 16, 1910, 15 weeks (Vacation, two weeks).
Winter term-January 2 to March 17, 1911, 11 weeks (Vacation, two weeks).
Spring term-April 3 to June 9, 1911, 10 weeks
Total, 36 weeks
Fall term, 1911, will open September 3.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Eastham :
MRS. MOORE AND GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor to sub- mit my third annual report upon the condition and needs of your schools.
PROGRESS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
For the past few years Eastham has been making history for its schools more rapidly than usual. Nor is the past school year an exception.
A broader outlook upon educational needs by the citizens has made it possible for the School Committee to advance so rapidly the needs of the schools. Great satisfaction must be felt by all that our buildings are so well advanced and equipped so far with what is considered modern both in furniture equipment and in books and supplies.
To review for a moment some things which may have been reported in previous reports. The buildings are a unit located centrally ; transportation of pupils from north and south to centre, with a barge conveying High School pupils daily to Orleans High School; repairs upon buildings and outbuildings ; new floor in Grammar room, and by the gen- erosity of Mrs. Swift, who presented the schools five hundred dollars, the committee have been able to furnish the three
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schools with new desks and chairs and large, commodious desks for teachers. This is a most valuable acquisition toward the appearance of the rooms and the comfort and physical health of the children. In behalf of the School Committee and the people of the town I wish to express our gratitude for this munificent gift. The establishment of the third school and the adoption of a ninth grade are already beginning to prove the wisdom of such a step by lifting the school standard and by a great increase of efficiency. It does not require an expert to see that this is true upon now visiting our schools.
And does this lifting of standard and this increase in school efficiency pay sufficiently to warrant the investment ? In answer I quote the following :
"It is not easy for taxpayers to realize that the money put into the education of the common people comes back in increased tax- paying within fifteen years and continues as a permanent income. A child who gets little out of the public schools will pay little or no tax through life and will be liable to make a personal draft upon the taxpayers as a pauper, criminal or weakling.
"The more a child gets out of the public schools the more tax will he pay and the less liability is there that he will become a burden upon the taxpayers. When all exceptions are eliminated the fact stands that the taxpaying of the ordinary man is largely in proportion, directly or indirectly, to what is given him in the elementary school and to what he gets out of it."
Some new books and methods which are being introduced are : Gulick Hygiene Series ; Chancellor Speller ; Aldine Reading Method; Free Arm Movement in Penmanship, using "Clark's Penmanship " as a manual. The New Edu- cational Music texts, combined with these improvements, in
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buildings, furniture, books, methods, etc., an especially well trained and experienced teaching force, with the true teach- ing spirit, and the children are having excellent opportunity for the right kind of development.
In addition to the progress in books and methods, the past year has seen a decided advance in manual work.
Much was done throughout the schools in braiding, weav- ing, sewing, mat making, cutting, folding, construction work, basket making, cane seating, drawing and painting.
Progress in sanitation has been made by the use of indi- vidual drinking cups, porcelain fauceted water containers, and the abolition of the common hand towel, it being sub- stituted by paper towels.
IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED.
There is still a field for improvements and the work should be continued as fast as possible, consistent with good judgment and reason. The buildings need painting outside, the additional room, for the installation of a heater to heat all the rooms, needs to be considered. This would give opportunity for real industrial work.
And by no means last among improvements needed is the grading and laying out of the school grounds, planting trees, plants and shrubs, seeding to lawn grass, and kept by the janitor as a part of his duties.
The school and school grounds should be the most beauti- ful spot in the town-not alone for that which is external but for its influence upon the inner life of the child.
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TEACHERS.
The year 1909-1910 opened with three teachers and three schools :
Rose M. Bunnell, Grammar,
Marie M. Tanner, Intermediate, Florence W. Keith, Primary.
The success of the year was due to the untiring efforts and self denial of these teachers. And we were very fortu- nate in securing their services for the coming year.
The teacher is a potent influence upon attendance, and especial attention has been given to attendance during the past year. As a result there has been a decided decrease in half day absence and in tardiness, and a marked increase in percentage of attendance.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The intention of the law imposes many and varied duties upon the Medical Inspector. The purpose of the State in educating all of its children to the best advantage of both, requires that the physical condition be normal and healthy, that waste of pupils' time and public money may be avoided. The State requires at least a thorough examination of every school child once a year. Among other things to be looked for in this examination are : Defective eyesight and hearing (tests to be given by teachers), skin disease, adenoids, en- larged tonsils, decayed teeth, condition of the hair and scalp, any affection of throat and lungs, curvature of spine, and any symptoms which may develop to the disadvantage of the child or the school. The condition of the water supply and
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the sanitation of school rooms and outbuildings should be under the supervision of the Medical Inspector.
While there is as yet no way to force the treatment of children for ailments discovered, yet by reporting and con- sulting with the parent the Medical Inspector has a great opportunity for bringing about the remedy and removing the obstacles which otherwise might cling to the child.
Enough time should be given to this work to examine and have a close oversight of the physical condition of every school child.
PROPOSED CHANGE IN HIGH SCHOOL COURSES.
In the High School, and this may apply to our ninth grade as well, and in dealing with it here I have both classes of pupils in mind, is felt a demand for what would seem to be more practical courses.
In an interview recently with Mr. J. W. MacDonald, Agent of the State Board, he strongly urged the necessity of agricultural instruction on Cape Cod.
Mr. Warren, Agent of the Board, says in the last State report : "It (agriculture) is the most important phase of industrial education. The chief courses should relate to agriculture and domestic arts and should directly serve to build up the industrial, social and civic interests of the country. The State has a right to expect zeal in the promotion of agricultural, industrial and house- hold education, and efficiency in every direction."
To many the idea of getting much from Cape Cod soil is. absurd, but if we take the matter under consideration we shall agree, I am sure, that our soil is not a barren waste after all. With the application of scientific principles to the
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various branches of agriculture our soil will yield abundant- ly. Root crops, asparagus, small fruits, apples, peaches, hay, dairy products, pork, poultry, eggs, etc., are well adapted to our soil and climate.
The salvation of Cape Cod must be through its schools. The majority of our children will find profitable and congen- ial employment at home when they are once convinced and have proven to their own satisfaction that the soil will yield in direct proportion to the amount of life, buoyancy, know- ledge and skill that he puts into the work. Then a man skilled and expert in some one branch of farming will find abundance.
Emerson says :
"If a man can write a story, paint a picture, compose a song or make a mouse trap better than anyone else the world will make a beaten track to his door."
Boys and girls, all honest labor is honorable. Not what you do but how well you do it. Let us consider the oppor- tunities which lie all around us.
In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of the work done by teachers and pupils and the good will and support of all making for the success of the year.
Respectfully,
LORING G. WILLIAMS.
Eastham, Jan. 6, 1911.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT, 1911.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, BARNSTABLE, SS.
To Walter F. Nickerson, Constable of the Town of Eastham in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Eastham, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Eastham, on Monday, the 6th day of February next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
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