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"I once had a sweet little doll, dears" Nevin
"Laughter Land" Marzo
GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
4 A Victorious Spirit # HELEN CARLETON
Processional March Tracy
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
5 A Backward Look
# WILLARD COREY DOWNING
"The Rose and the Nightingale" CHORUS
Lehnert
6 Adventures in the Dictionary · . (Valedictory) * MADELEINE THRESSA WEHRLE
Conferring of Diplomas WALTER S. PARKER Chairman of the School Committee
BENEDICTION BY REV. MARION FRANKLIN HAM
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC ARTHUR HAROLD TOZER
ACCOMPANIST GERTRUDE RUTH LITCHFIELD
* Scholarship Honors + Class Honors # Faculty Honors
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OLASS OF 1914
COLLEGE COURSE
Dorothy May Alger
Marion Weld Jewett
Grace Ursula Bancroft
Fred Russell Kingman
Emma Jeanne Bangs Helen Carleton
Elsie Josephine McLeod Annie Whelton Quillen
Joseph Abraham Coleman
Eugene Alton Richardson
Willard Corey Downing
Gould Bishop Ruggles
Herbert Ludwig Esterberg
Doris Annie Fish
Alan Frank Howard
Paul Henry Howard
GENERAL COURSE
Marie Isabella Morren Badger Melvin C. Lane
Lester Eames Batchelder
Gertrude Ruth Litchfield
Mildred Flora Bennett Abbie Irene Bokleman
Annie Elizabeth McCoy Effie Grace McKay
Ruth Althea Buck
Robert McKenna Ashley Lowell Merrill
Mary Louise Burke
Muriel Moulton Chellis
Maude Madeleine Mitchell
Emma Lutetia Moore
Harry Leslie Dodge Arthur Leonard Doucette Carrie Arline Dustin Joseph Russell Duby Gladys Winship Emery Esther Grace Fay Lester B. Hutchinson Helen M. E. Johnson Laura Belle Joy Marion Louise Kidder
Richard Baxter Nichols James A. Park Edna Power Mabel Esther Sherman
Caleb Francis Stevens Helen Frances Sullivan John Thomas Wall
Harold Lovejoy Weston Ralph Edgar Wilson
Mildred Anna Tuttle Madeleine Thressa Wehrle Margaret Elizabeth Whittier
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READING HIGH SCHOOL IVY DAY EXERCISES CLASS OF 1914
High School Hall, Tuesday Afternoon, June Twenty-third AT THREE O'CLOCK
CLASS MOTTO-"To be, and not to seem"
PROGRAM
1 Address of Welcome and Presentation of Class Gift * MARION WELD JEWETT
2 Announcement of Class Elections
1 Most Popular Boy 12 Neatest Girl
2 Most Popular Girl 13 Neatest Boy
3 Prettiest Girl 14 Cutest Girl
4 Handsomest Boy 15 Class Athlete
5 Class Out-up 16 Most Fickle
6 Most Original 17 Faculty Pet
7 Jolliest Girl 18 Class Flirt
8 Jolliest Boy
19 Wittiest Girl
9 Most Dignified 20 Wittiest Boy
10 Most likely to succeed 21 Class Sport
11 Greatest Talker
t GERTRUDE RUTH LITCHFIELD
3 Vocal Solo
DORIS ANNIE FISH
4 Class Prophecy
t GOULD BISHOP RUGGLES *PAUL HENRY HOWARD
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5 Presentation of Athletic Medals
Fred R. Kingman
Herbert L. Esterberg
Paul H. Howard
Lester B. Hutchinson
Willard C. Downing
Alan F. Howard
Ralph E. Wilson
Melvin O. Lane
6 Awarding of Prizes
* RALPH EDGAR WILSON
7 School Song
The audience will please adjourn to the grounds in the rear of the building by way of the Sanborn Street side for the
PLANTING OF THE IVY
8 Ivy Oration HERBERT LUDWIG ESTERBERG
9 Acceptance of the Spade THOMAS BURNS, President of 1915
Informal Reception in the Hall after the Exercises
CLASS OFFICERS
Harry Leslie Dodge, President
Herbert Ludwig Esterberg, Vice President Madeleine Thressa Wehrle, Treasurer Emma Jeanne Bangs, Secretary
CLASS DAY COMMITTEE Elsie Josephine McLeod, Chairman Alan Frank Howard Maude Madaleine Mitchell
Joseph Abraham Coleman Eugene Alton Richardson
* Faculty Honor t Class Honor
270
ANNUAL CONCERT READING HIGH SCHOOL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1914 HIGH SCHOOL HALL
1 The Storm Fiend
CHORUS
2 The Shepherd Lady
THE GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
3 The Great Divide . Louis Maurice R. H. S. ORCHESTRA
4 Aunt Saphrinia Taber at the Opera MISS MARION L. KIDDER
Swiss Vespers
b The Midshipmite
CHORUS
6 Overture : The Magic Sceptre R. Gruenwald R. H. S. ORCHESTRA
7 La Spagnola THE GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
8 Oy Pringle's Detective Experience MISS DOROTHY M. CURRELL
9 Ciribiribin CHORUS
Director-ARTHUR HAROLD TOZER
Accompanist-GERTRUDE R. LITCHFIELD, 1914
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HIGH SCHOOL READING ·
Tuesday Evening, March 10, 1914 GIRLS' GLEE CLUB CONCERT
PROGRAM
Andante Finale .
Leschetizky
MISS GERTRUDE LITCHFIELD
La Spagnola
Row us, row us swift
GLEE CLUB
Tale of the Turtle Dove
MISS RUBY FORBES
Forget-me-not Carmena
GLEE CLUB
Reading
MISS DOROTHY CURRELL
The Shepherd Lady
GLEE CLUB
Cantata
The Legend of Bregenz
PROLOGUE
LEGEND
EPILOGUE
MISS GERTRUDE LITCHFIELD, Pianist
MR. ARTHUR HAROLD TOZER, Director
272 CHRISTMAS CHAPEL DECEMBER 23, 1914
1 Responsive Reading. Ps. XCVI.
2 Hymn-" Lord, Thy Glory fills the Heavens" SCHOOL
3 The Lord's Prayer SCHOOL
4 Gloria
. SCHOOL
5 Carols a Silent Night b The First Nowell
GLEE CLUBS
6 Reading MR. DONALD MORSE
7 Solo
MISS RUBY FORBES
8 Selection . HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
9 Reading .
MISS DOROTHY CURRELL
10 Carol-"God rest you merry Gentlemen"
11 Selection
. HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
273
HIGHLAND SCHOOL CONCERT Tuesday Evening, April 21, 1914 GIVEN BY CLASS OF 1914
MR. ARTHUR HAROLD TOZER . Director
Part One-Prize Speaking Contest
#CHARLOTTE BOODY recites "From the Valley of the Shadder"
AUGUSTA LIVERMORE recites "Poor Little Joe"
* ALICE MURPHY recites "Mr. Brown has His Hair Cut"
LEO KENNEDY recites . "Whip-poor-Will"
MARION SAWYER recites "The Widow's Light"
.
WARREN KILLAM recites "Spartacus to the Gladiators"
+First Prize, Half Eagle Gold Piece *Second Prize, Two Dollars
Part Two-A Cantata "THE LADY OF SHALLOTT" Words from Tennyson Music by Wilfred Bendall
Choruses are sung by Graduating Class Solos are rendered by Miss Ruby Forbes Miss Marion Rodden is at the Piano
274
PUPILS GRADUATING FROM HIGHLAND SCHOOL JUNE 25, 1914
BOYS
GIRLS
Allen, Lawrence W.
Bancroft, Ethel G.
Ambler, Arley A.
Blaisdell, Jessie
Ballou, Arthur F. L.
Boody, Charlotte H.
Bangs, Gerald W.
Boyce, Mary L.
Beacham, Herbert M.
Cobb, Elizabeth A.
Cummings, John E.
Cooper, Kathryn D.
Deferrari, William S.
Cooper, Mildred E.
DeLong, George G.
Currell, Effie E.
Dill, Elbridge G.
Curtis, Mildred L.
Ellis, Louis A.
Desmond, Eleanor V.
Fowler, Fred K.
Eaton, Doris G.
Gibbons, Walter S.
Fay, Margaret B.
Gleason, Clement T.
Goodridge, Helen M.
Haag, Leslie J.
Green, Mary A.
Hill, William H.
Hobson, Gladys
Kennedy, Leo F.
Hutchinson, Rachel
Killam, J. Warren
Judkins, Thelma
MacKillop, Allan D.
Keith, Edna L.
Manning, Gerald G.
Kelch, Eva I.
Marchetti, Frank F.
Kelso, Alice I.
McCoy, Walter R.
Lane, Edna L.
Melonson, Augustus A.
Livermore, Augusta H.
Melonson, Edward J.
Magnus, Reta J.
Morin, Harold J.
McLeod, Marion M.
Newhouse, Charles W.
Meekins, Ella M.
Nickerson, Frank A.
Melonson, Ella M.
O'Brien, John R.
Mullett, Marion A.
Parmalee, Albert O).
Murphy, Alice M.
Ratcliffe, Harland R.
Parker, Luthera E.
Richmond, Ernest D.
Partelow, Mildred O.
Riessle, Bertram E.
Quinlan, Marion M.
Rowell, Walter L.
Sawyer, Marion R.
Sargent, William H.
Simpson, Aletha L.
Scanlon, Walter A.
Spillane, Ellen A.
Shepardson, Francis B.
Stevens, Marion L.
Stacy, Gordon A.
Surrette, Gladys A.
Stevens, Eugene L.
Symonds, Frances E.
Towle, Harold O.
Turner, Beatrice K.
Trevor, Frederick A.
White, Sylvia O.
Watters, William D.
Wilson, Gertrude E.
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STATISTICS OF SCHOOL CENSUS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN BETWEEN 5 AND 15 YEARS
September, 1899
832
1900
853
6 6
1901
890
6 6
1903
967
1904
938
6.
1906
1022
66
1907
997
.6
1908
1005
66
1909
1029
66
1910
1030
66
1911
1013
1912
1048
1913
1121
1914
1059
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN BETWEEN 7 AND 14 YEARS
September, 1899
648
1900
648
1901
680
1902
636
1903
682
66
1904
758
66
1906
759
6 6
1907
723
1908
695
1909
737
66
1910
708
1911
784
66
1912
745
1913
778
1914
771
1902
915
1905
972
.
1905
698
276
Length of school year, 1913-1914
10 month Number of days lost from stormy days, etc. 14 days Actual length of school year
9 months
Number of different pupils enrolled for the year ending June, 1914
1291
AVERAGE NUMBER IN EACH OF THE TWELVE GRADES FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
YEAR
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
SP. TOTAL
1899
120
103
102
87
108
75
93
68
56
46
17
23
5 903
1900
127
136
66
107
89
98
66
82
49
37
36
28
34
21
4 1008
1903
127 . 114
129
131
116
116
95
91
109
86
79
61
53
54
4
1123
1905
129
118
130
124
105
104
88
100
85
76
45
48 4 1156
1906
118
129
110
150
114
123
109
96
110
78
82
58
50
6 1212
1908
123
111
120
128
97
138
97
118
92
75
75
47
5
1226
1909
133
113
118
124
119
93
116
108
110
79
68
75
53
9 1237
1911
112
113
114
103
127
97
125
100
99
78
69
58
6 1201
1912
134
111
109
111
116
129
87
126
87
84
66
63
5 1228
1913
155
130
110
94
120
130
115
99
117
72
64
56
4 1266
1914
169
132
130
109
88
128
130
124
97
78
65
53
7 1310
103
104
86
109
97
93
63
61
53
31 9 1050
1901
177
102
108
77
105
117
98
100
70
56
64
1902
142
126
90
109
127
120
100
93
100
88
72
63
42 5 1166
1907
120
119
116
105
121
120
109
88
108
116
98
42
25 5 978
87
97
64
61
86
14 0 907
1904
62 7 1250
1910
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DEC. 31, 1914, WHERE EDUCATED, YEAR WHEN APPOINTED
ALSO ENROLLMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 23, 1914
School
Grade
Teachers
Where Educated
Year When
Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Cases of
Tardiness
Cases of
Dismissal
High
IX-XII
..
A. L. Safford, Principal and Supt.
Bates College ..
1913
$2500
315
305.8
281.3
91.9
578
71
Harry R. Howe ..
Harvard University .
1914
1100
Boston University ..
1910
1000
Marion Corliss . .
Wellesley College.
1913
650
Abbie H. Evans .
Radcliffe College .
1913
650
Ruth A. Finberg ..
Radcliffe College ..
1913
1000
Alice M. Lombard
Bay Path Institute.
1907
1000
E. Frances Greenhalgh
Bay Path Institute.
1914
600
Josephine M. Minihan .
Radcliffe College ..
1913
650
Mary W. Sawyer ..
Wellesley College ...
1912
750
Elizabeth W. Whitman.
Brown University
1913
650
...
.
...
Louise A. Berthold.
Tufts College ...
1914
600
Highland . .
VIII
N. H. State Normal
1899
750
43
40.7
37.5
92.1
32
14
VIII
N. H. State Normal, Hyannis.
1905
700
41
40.2
37.3
92.8
33
8
VIII
Alice E. Hood .
Concord Training School
700
14
40.1
37.8
94.2
68
7
VII
L. Evelyn Williams
Lowell Normal .
1914
625
15
43.5
39.9
91.7
65
7
..
VII .
Sadie V. Johnstone
Farmington Normal.
1913
575
45
42.3
39.4
93.1
80
57
Mabel P. Williams.
Lowell Normal ..
1911
650
14
41.5
38.5
92.4
108
13
VI
Ethel M. Reed .
Farmington Normal
1913
550
14
41.9
38.
00.7
75
34
VI
..
Marjorie O. Symmes
1913
43
42.8
40.1
93.7
54
6
Dorothy M. Carlisle
Concord Training School
1911
550
51
49.2
14.
91.3
37
8
Salem Normal ..
1890
675
44
43.
39.8
92.6
23
8
Alberta R. Doyle
Salem Normal
1911
575
44
40.5
37.8
93.4
20
9
Phoebe Doran
Salem Normal.
500
37
34.9
32.5
93.
42
13
Emily Searway
Washington Normal
525
38
35.2
32.8
92.5
35
8
Joyce L. Fielder
Salem Normal ..
1908
600
40
39.
36.8
95.2
19
8
Anna P. Reid, Principal.
Reading High School.
1884
675
41
39.
3.1.
87.
19
10
Ethel J. Bent
Connecticut State Normal
1911
600
39
36.9
32.
87.
30
1
Marion II. Morgan
1904
600
63
58.
51.
87.4
25
1
Mabel A. Porter
1911
575
€2
54.5
47.8
87.4
70
5
Ada E. Dow, Principal.
Lowell Normal ..
1909
675
56
52.
46.7
89.3
10
5
Alda L. Parker.
1914
575
54
48.
42.
87.5
28
17
Lowell St ..
III-IV.
Castine Normal ...
1914
600
28
2.1.
23.
94.8
0)
0)
1-11
Caryl M. Porter ..
Rust Kindergarten
1911
575
34
29.2
26.8
91.3
26
8
Chestnut Hill .. ..
A. Isabelle Parker .
1911
575
31
27.9
25.3
91.5
5
3
Annie B. Parker, Drawing.
1892
500
Eunice N. Baneroft, Sewing
1908
:50
1914
500
Alice L. Tucker, Manual Training.
1910
500
1910
400
. ..
.
..
. .
.
#
...
. .
..
..
Alice Barrows, Principal .
Bridgewater Normal .
1880
1100
Fannie C. Whittemore.
VII
.
Mabel I. Mathewson
1912
600
=
41.1
38.7
94.1
19
25
VI
....
V
. .
Centre.
M. Grace Wakefield, Principal
111
IV .
LV
V .
Union St.
II .
11 .
1 . ..
.
Prospect St.
I-II
. .
III-IV
Westfield Normal.
Hannah B. Sargent, Principal.
I-II-III .
Dean Academy ..
Arthur H. Tozer, Music.
.. Myrtle D. Wells, Clerk ..
.
..
.....
Emma S. Page, Assistant
1902
Fitchburg Normal ..
Boston Normal ..
550
.
....
. .
1913
1913
Bridgewater Normal
Rust Kindergarten.
..
. .
Agnes M. Gilmore
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER
1914
Number of absences reported to me
163
Number found to be truants
54
Number reported by parents as ill
55
Number kept out by parents to work or otherwise
48
Number reported insufficiently clad .
6
Put on probation
0
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM KIDDER, Truant Officer.
LIST OF JANITORS WITH THEIR SALARIES, DECEMBER 31, 1914
(Per week)
Clement Gleason
$18 00
$936 00
William Kidder
16 25
845 00
Jesse N. Hutchinson
17 00
884 00
Mrs. Ara Pratt
8 50
442 00
Sylvanus L. Thompson
194 00
Timothy Cummings
144 00
Alfred Ells
72 00
OTHER SALARIES
E. Dalton Richmond, M. D., Medical Inspector
$200 00
William Kidder, Truant Officer
104 00
William H. Killam, Census Enumerator
50 00
278
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1914
RECEIVED
Regular appropriation
$40,500 00
Tuition from North Reading
1,766 25
Tuition from J. W. Manning
20 00
Tuition of State Minor Wards
31 20
Tuition of Boston Minor Wards .
62 50
Reimbursement Industrial Schools tui- tion
127 50
Rent of John St. Schoolhouse
66 00
Rent of High School Hall
3 00
Telephone tolls
12 57
Sale of books
9 42
$42,598 44
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS :
Typewriters
.
$600 00
Special repairs
.
. 1,050 00
$1,650 00
Grand total
$44,248 44
EXPENDITURES
Amount expended 1913
Amount expended 1914
Teachers' and Superin- tendent's salaries
$28,510 27
$28,463 70
Janitors' salaries
3,276 00
3,474 50
Other salaries :
Truant Officer
$150 00
$104 00
Medical Inspector 200 00
200 00
Census Enumerator
100 00
65 00
450 00
369 00
Transportation of pupils
867 25
850 00
Tuition paid :
Truant School
36 70
Industrial Schools
191 10
408 50
227 80
279
.
280
Books
$1.274 48
$1,291 17
Supplies for pupils
1,914 29
1,771 34
Apparatus for teaching
6 60
290 00
General expenses : Printing and adver- tising
135 19
157 51
Office supplies and
stationery
50 80
40 39
Telephones
136 27
124 46
School Committee
expenses
87 75
30 80
Superintendent's
21 85
4 65
Law enforcement
and police service
4 00
Lectures and public meetings
37 44
473 30
357 81
Fuel
2,937 43
3,153 74
Building maintenance :
Light
211 73
147 06
Water
244 84
291 76
Removal of ashes
43 15
122 01
Janitors' supplies
385 87
397 24
885 59
958 07
Repairs :
Buildings
1,687 99
813 08
Furniture
140 98
232 18
Grounds
403 12
163 35
2,232 09
1,208 61
$43,055 10
$42,596 44
Special repairs and al-
terations
$2,670 00
$1,162 81
Unexpended balance, 1914 .
489 19
$44,248 44
expenses
281
DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES 1914
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS :
Bay State Street Railway Co., ticket books $750 00
Borthwick, James, barge service 100 00
$850 00
TUITION PAID TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS :
City of Boston
$313 00
City of Somerville .
50 00
Town of Wakefield
45 50
-- $408 50
BOOKS :
Adams, J. Q., dictionaries $26 00
Allyn & Bacon, text books 98 69
American Book Co., text books 20 80
American Express Co., expressage Appleton, D. & Co., text books 10 80
10 40
Babb, Edward E. & Co., text books 381 27
Barnard, F. J., rebinding books 47 60
Barnes Co., The A. S., books 66
Bobbs-Merrill Co., books 3 00
Century Book Co., books 8 37
Clark Co., W. B., books 4 37
Cummings' Express, expressage
5 04
Ditson, Oliver, music
28 86
Fisher, Carl, music
15 80
Ginn & Co., books .
390 10
Gregg Publishing Co., books
80 44
Heath, D. C., books
52 68
Lane, Melvin C., books .
1 50
Little, Brown & Co., books
59 65
Milton Bradley Co., books
2 71
Palmer Co., The A. N., books 20 13
Schmidt, Arthur P., music 7 48
Silver, Burdett Co., books
11 74
282
University of Chicago Press, books $1 08
Wilson, George F., music 2 00
$1,291×17
SUPPLIES FOR PUPILS :
American Express Co., expressage $8 97
Atkinson, Mentzer & Co., paper . ·
58 S2
Babb. Edward E. & Co., supplies . 489 63
Bay State Paper Co., paper 4 88
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
1 11
Chandler & Barber, manual train- ing supplies 19 58
Cummings' Express, expressage 28 03
Eagle Pencil Co., pencils
60 53
Fairbanks Co., postal scale
5 60
Frost & Adams, charcoal 1 57
Hammett. J. L. Co., supplies
487 87
Holden Patent Book Cover Co., note book . 9 00
Knott, L.E. Apparatus Co., supplies
102 87
Marine Biological Laboratory, biol- ogy supplies .
3 85
Milton Bradley Co., paint
30 97
Palmer Co., The A. N., penman- ship supplies
40 40
Palmer & Parker, manual training supplies 77 22
Parker & Page, manual training supplies
236 33
Plymouth Sales Co. 3 01
Rockport Fish Market, biology sup- plies 4 32
Smith, Fred, biology supplies
40
Stuart-Howland Co., supplies 21 39
Ward, Samuel, supplies 2 75
West Disinfecting Co., soap dis- penser 1 50
Whitall-Tatum Co., supplies . . 2 62
283
Wilkinson, A. J., manual training
supplies
$58 42
W. H. Willis, supplies
9 70
$1,771 34
APPARATUS FOR TEACHING :
Thompson, A. T. & Co., reflectro-
scope
$290 00 $290 00
GENERAL EXPENSES :
Printing and Advertising :
Macey-Stetson-Morris Co., report cards
$24 15
Twombly, W. E. & J. F., printing 133 36
$157 51
Office Supplies and Stationery :
Allen Bros., rubber stamps . $3 30
Babb, Edward E. & Co., supplies 1 99
Charles, M. F., envelopes .
80
Hammett, J. L. Co., supplies .
6 05
Hill, Edward L., cards
7 50
Library Bureau, cards
2 60
Remington Typewriter Co., carbon paper ·
9 00
Ward, Samuel, rubber stamps 5 60
Wilkinson, A. J. & Co., scissors 3 55
$40 39
Telephones :
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. $124 46
$124 46
School Committee Expenses :
Edgerley & Bessom, renting chairs
$6 50
Gilmore, Agnes M., ribbon for di- plomas 9 50
Lombard, Alice M., postage .
1 34
Long, Richard W., engraving di- plomas
13 46
$30 80
284
Superintendent's Expenses : Safford, A. L., postage $4 65 $4 65
Fuel :
Bancroft, Wendell & Co., coal and wood
$917 48
Boston & Maine R. R., freight 512 45
Hanscom, E. C., teaming coal 56 77
Russell Coal Co., coal 597 65
Sweetser, Percy N., coal
1,004 39
Wakefield, Charles, wood
45 50
Zwicker, Jason, wood
19 50
$3,153 74
BUILDING MAINTENANCE :
Light :
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co., gas $19 84
Municipal Light Board, light . 127 22
$147 06
Water:
Reading Water Works
$291 76
$291 76
Removal of Ashes :
Cail, W. F., carting
$5 00
Cummings' Express, carting
65 76
Thompson, S. L., carting
4 75
Wilkinson, A. J., ash barrels
33 00
Zanni, Angelo, carting .
13 50
$122 01
Janitors' Supplies :
Adams Co., cheese cloth
$1 92
Allds, Warren, cleaning compound 3 00
Albany Supply Co., disinfectant 4 38
American Express Co., expressage 4 60
Atkinson, G. H. Co., supplies ·
4 00
Cook, A. S., cheese cloth
1 75
Babb, Edward E. & Co., supplies . 2 00
Blake Bros., Wonder-mist
2 50
285
Burton, A. & E. Co., brushes $63 83
Dallman, H. I., brushes 11 00
Doughty, Henry O., floor spray 55 90
Dustwax Mfg. Co., dustwax . 6 25
Francis Bros., supplies .
81 21
Hannaford, Mrs. Margaret, brooms 5 10
Jameson, Frank, supplies 24 11
Knox & Morse, supplies . 13 75
Masury-Young, disinfectants
27 13
Munroe, D. F., toilet paper
7 50
N. E. Petroleum Specialties Co., soap 4 32
Somerville Brush Co., brushes 10 60
Talbot Chemical Co., Ta-Bo 9 00
Wallace, Fred, supplies . 3 19
West Disinfecting Co., disinfectant 34 00
Wilkinson, A. J., clamps
16 20
$397 24
REPAIRS :
Buildings :
Adden & Parker, plans .
$75 00
Burgess, R. P., mason work 1 50
Clapp, R. D., repairs
65 30
Fife, T. C., repairs
215 57
Francis Brothers, repairs
127 44
Hodge Boiler Wks., repairing boiler 9 72
Hodson Bros., setting glass
11 40
Johnson, Henry R., plans
25 00
LeFave, J. A., labor
51 63
Maxwell, J. M., electrical repairs 11 95
Ordway, O. O., repairs . 1 75
Stewart & Robertson, repairs
196 55
Thompson, S. L., repairing gutters 2 00
Wilkinson, A. J., supplies
18 27
$813 08
286
Furniture :
Allen Shade Holder Co., repairing shades $29 34
Barnes Co., Henry K., charging fire extinguishers . 6 00
Caproni, P. P. & Bro., repairing cast . 1 25
Cook, W. F., paint
75
Charles, M. F., repairing clocks
3 00
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., chairs .
52 50
Jackson, Charles S., repairing chairs 9 60 Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies and varnish 24 15
Kidder. Mrs. William, repairing flags . 12 88
Murphy, J. A., repairing clocks
3 00
Pratt.Daniel's Son, repairing clocks 19 50
Remington Typewriter Co., adjust- ing machines . 3 85
Underwood Typewriter Co., tables
48 00
Wilkinson, A. J., supplies 15 86
Woburn Carpet Cleaning Co., clean- ing rugs 2 50
$232 18
Grounds :
Carter. M. M., dressing .
$16 00
Devaney, Matthew, labor 31 25
Hanscom, E. C., teaming 29 85
Mulroney, T. A., repairing concrete 27 00
Palmer. Mrs. Emily, bay trees 25 00
Irving, J. W. S., loam 3 00
Stock, George C., cleaning cesspools 12 50
Surrette, Theodore, labor 2 75
Sweetser, Percy N., teaming
16 00
$163 35
Total
.
$42,596 44
287
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS EXPENDED
TYPEWRITERS :
Underwood Typewriter Co., type- writers . $600 00
$600 00
REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS :
Hodson Bros., tinting Highland $100 00
Horne, Daniel, painting Centre 166 31
Park, H. L., alterations Centre
80 00
Roundy, E. J., shingling Chestnut
Hill . 156 50
Stokes, H. D., painting Chestnut
Hill . .
60 00
Unexpended balance for shingling Union St. School $487 19
$562 81
$1,650 00
MEDIAN SALARY OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS OF OVER 5000 INHABITANTS WITH OTHER DATA FROM A SPECIAL RE- PORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1913
By "Median Salary" is meant the middle salary in a group of salaries arranged in order from the lowest to the highest. The median amount does not differ greatly from the average
Median Salary School Tax
of Elementary Teachers
per $1,000
Valuation per Pupil
1
Brookline.
$830
$2.01
$28,815
2
Milton
700
2.88
16,509
3
Arlington
675
5.66
6,121
4
Winchester
675
4.67
7,741
5
Watertown
650
4.33
8,757
6
Winthrop ..
650
4.20
8,041
7
Dedham .
650
4.37
7,996
8
Swampscott
615
2.96
14,662
10
Framingham
600
5.25
5,626
11
Natick.
600
5.28
4,742
12
Norwood.
600
3.40
8,635
13
Whitman
600
6.68
3,983
14
Rockland
600
6.93
3,749
15
Belmont
600
4.77
7,684
16
Abington
600
9.18
3,306
17
Wellesley
600
2.90
16,509
18
Attleborough
532
4.51
7,187
19
Revere.
575
5.75
5,077
21
Maynard.
575
6.02
4,926
22
Leominster
570
5.89
5,837
23
Marblehead
559
3.94
7,426
24
Clinton
551
6.60
4,404
25
Peabody
550
5.24
5,258
26
Weymouth.
550
7.26
3,675
27
North Attleborough
550
5.41
5,862
29
Wakefield .
525
6.19
4,261
29
Danvers
525
6.55
4,357
30
Andover
525
5.12
5,778
31
Easton.
525
4.12
5,769
32
Westfield
520
6.90
4,166
33
Needham
512
5.44
3,143
34
Reading
500
5.62
5,048
35
Milford
500
4.62
4,924
36
Fairhaven
500
5.65
3,978
37
Adams.
500
7.67
3,592
38
Methuen.
500
5.40
4,241
39
Greenfield
500
4.87
5,987
40
Ware .
500
6.99
4,337
41
Braintree
500
6.92
4,400
42
Saugus
500
7.26
3,639
43
Stoneham
500
6.23
4,454
44
Hudson
500
7.07
3,552
45
North Andover
500
5.52
5,755
46
Westborough
500
5.47
4,543
47
Southbridge
480
5.16
5,162
48
Montague
478
7.90
3,717
49
Gardner
475
6.26
4,718
50
Spencer
475
6.61
4,414
51
West Springfield
475
5.16
4,385
52
Chelmsford
475
5.71
5,449
53
Winchendon
473
5.83
4,218
54
Franklin.
469
6.32
4,081
55
Mansfield
465
5.13
5,137
56
Stoughton .
463
5.80
4,212
57
Amesbury
462
4.55
7,164
58
Northbridge
462
7.39
3,304
59
Webster
460
3.87
9,251
60
Great Barrington
456
5.03
5,048
61
Amherst. .
450
5.13
4,396
62
Palmer
440
7.83
3,658
63
Ipswich
420
4.20
6,271
64
Athol
418
6.50
3,685
€5
Middleborough
418
6.39
3,627
66
Northampton
414
4.00
5,765
67
Orange
396
7.45
3,708
68
Blackstone
390
7.61
1,997
69
Grafton .
387
8.08
3,388
70
Bridgewater
380
6.33
4,244
20
Plymouth
575
4.76
5,562
9
Concord
615
4.69
6,253
289
COST PER PUPIL IN AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP FOR TEACHERS' SALARIES, 1912-1913, FROM REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
1 Brookline
$53 47
2 Milton .
30 94
3 Wellesley 27 89
4 Winchester 24 35
5 Watertown . 23 84
6 Concord
23 16
7 Clinton
23 12
8 Fairhaven
22 97
22 82 9 Dedham
10 Arlington
22 34
11 Easton
22 24
12 Winthrop
21 83
13 Great Barrington
20 99
15 Stoneham
20 56
16 Attleborough
19 96
17 Belmont
19 83
18 Swampscott
19 53
19 Leominster
19 39
20 Natick 19 36
21
Amesbury
19 26
22 Webster
19 07
23 Rockland
18 90
24 North Attleborough
18 78
26 Needham
18 57
27
Norwood
18 15
28 Bridgewater
18 15
29 Southbridge
17 81
30 Abington
17 80
31 Peabody
17 76
32 North Andover
17 76
33 Whitman
.
17 62
25 Montague
18 62
14 Wakefield
20 79
290
34 Braintree
17 48
35 Westborough
. 17 41
36 Andover
17 37
37 Revere
17 22
38 Greenfield
17 10
39 READING
17 08
40 Adams
17 05
41 Plymouth
16 87
42 Ware
16 63
43 Chelmsford
16 57.
44 Ipswich
16 44
45 Westfield
16 41
46 Danvers
16 23
47 Palmer
16 07
48 Winchendon
16 05
49 Spencer
15 92
50 Easthampton
15 80 .
51 Framingham
15 63
52 Middleborough
15 36
53 Milford
15 28
54 Mansfield
15 07
55 Gardner
14 14
56 Orange
14 10
57 Methuen
14 01 .
58 Stoughton
13 82
59 Saugus
13 79
60 Franklin
13 70
61 Hudson
13 55
62 Weymouth
13 45
63 West Springfield
13 23
64 Blackstone
13 23
65 Athol
13 16
66 Amherst
13 14
67 Marblehead
13 02
68 Northbridge
12 93
69 Maynard
11 97
70 Grafton
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE BUDGET, 1915, AS PRESENTED TO THE TOWN FINANCE COMMITTEE
Teachers' and Superintendent's salaries $31,000 00
Janitors' salaries .
3,525 00
Other Salaries-Truant Officer Medical Inspector Census Enumerator
375 00
Transportation of pupils S50 00
Tuition paid-Truant School
100 00
Books .
1,250 00
Supplies for pupils
1,800 00
Apparatus for teaching
200 00
GENERAL EXPENSES :
a Printing and advertising
b Office supplies and stationery
c Telephones
d School Committee's expenses 450 00
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