Town of Tewksbury annual report 1917-1925, Part 26

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 978


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Wells, Carolyn-Marjorie's Busy Days jW24-46


Wentworth, Patricia-A Marriage Under The Terror . W25


Webster, Jean-Daddy Long Legs W26-22


Webster, Jean-Dear Enemy


W26-23


Wharton, Edith-The House of Mirth W32-2 White, Stewart E .- The Silent Places W35-17


White, Stewart E .- The Rules of the Game W35-18


White, Stewart E .- The Forest . W35-21


White, Stewart E. & Adams, Samuel H .- The Mystery W35-26


White, Stewart E .- The Blazed Trail W35-27


White, William A .- A Certain Rich Man W35-30


Wiggin, Kate D .- Bird's Christmas Carol (2c) jW36-1


Wiggin, Kate D .- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm jW36-13


Wiggin, Kate D .- Susanna and Sue


W36-23


Wilson, Harry L .- The Spenders . W37


Wilson, Harry L .- Ruggles of Red Gap W37-1


Wilkins, Mary E .- The Yates Pride W40-2


Wilkins, Mary E .- Jerome W40-8


Wister Owen-Lady Baltimore W52-5


Wood, Robert W .- How to Tell the Birds From the Flowers. jW53-10


Weyman, Stanley J .- Sophia W69-10


Yeats, W. B .- The Secret Rose Y4-30


NON-FICTION, 124


Philosophy Ethics


Dresser, H. W .- The Power of Silence 170-D6


Gesuing, John F .- Stevenson's Attitude To Life 170-G1


Lubbock, Sir John-The Use of Life 170-L1


Quigley, Dorothy-Success is For You 170-Q


RELIGION


Bible


Frazer, J. G .- Passages From The Bible 220-F1


Stalker, Rev. James-Life of St. Paul 225-S


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Doctrinal


Jefferson, Thomas-The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth . . 232-J Van Dyke, Henry-The Lost Boy 232-V


Devotional


Stevenson, Robert L-Prayers .248-S


Sermons and Pastoral


Thoburn, Helen-Christian Citizenship For Girls 254-T


Mythology


Firth, Emma M .- Stories of Old Greece 291-F1


Homer-The Story of Ulysses 291-H


SOCIOLOGY Political Economy


By A New York Broker-The Art of Investing 332-6B


Greene, Thomas L .- Corporation Finance .336-G


Woman


Sherwood, Mrs. John-Manners and Social Usages .395-S


SCIENCE


Miller, Kempster B .- American Telephone Practice 537-M3 Hugo, Richard Meyer-Public Ownership and The Telephone in Great Britain 537-M4


USEFUL ARTS Medicine and Hygiene


Davison, Alvin (M. S. Ph. D.)-The Human Body and Health .. 613-D


AGRICULTURE


Maur, Saint Kate V .- A Self Supporting Home 630-S1 Ashmont-Kennel Secrets . 636-A2


CHILD WELFARE


Griffith, J. P. C .- The Care of the Baby 649-G


RAILROADS


Johnson and Huebner-Railroad Traffic and Rates, Vols. 1 & 2 656-J


FINE ARTS Architecture


Hooper, Charles E .- The Country House 729-H Ware, John F. W .- Home Life 729-W


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AMUSEMENTS


Winter, William-Shadows of the Stage 792-W1 Shaw, Bernard-Captain Brassbound's Conversion 793-S


LITERATURE American Poetry


Burt, Mary E. (edited by)-Poems Every Child Should Know (2c) j808-B4


Stevenson, Robert L .- A Child's Garden of Verses j808-S


Brine, Mary-Grandma's Attic Treasures 811-B1


Frost, Robert-North of Boston 811-F30


King, Harriet E. H .- Sermon in the Hospital 811-K3


Nesbit, Wilbur D .- A Friend or Two 811-N


Thaxter, Celia-Idyls and Pastorals 811-T11


Van Dyke, Henry-Music and Other Poems 811V


Wiggin, Kate D. & Smith, Nora A. (edited by)-The Posy Ring 811-W8


American Essays


Andrews, Mary R. S .- The Perfect Tribute 814-A2


Emerson, Ralph W .- The Conduct of Life . 814-E


Mabie, Hamilton-My Study Fire 814-M


American Humor


Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens)-Christian Science 817-C18


Cobb, Irvin-Speaking of Operations 817-C24


Holley, Marietta (Josiah Allen's Wife)-My Wayward Pardner 817-H3


English Poetry


Burke-Burke on Conciliation 821-B11


Browning, Robert-The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Other Poems 821-B8


Greberl, W. H .- Bob Ballads and Savoy Songs 821-G1 t. Milton, John-Milton's Ode on the Morning of Christ's 1 . Nativity 821-M7


Oxenham, John-Bees in Amber . 821-0


Palgrave, Francis T .- The Golden Treasury 821-P


Spenser, Edmund-Spenser's Faery Queen 821-S3


Scott, Sir Walter-The Lady of the Lake 821-S6


Van Dyke, Henry-Tennyson's Idylls of the King 821-T6


Earl, John-The Deeds of Beowolf 821-03E


English Drama


Shakespeare, Wm .- Julius Caesar .822-S1 Shakespeare, Wm .- Seven Ages of Man from As You Like It 822-S3


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English Essays


Addison, J .- Sir Roger De Coverly Papers 824-A1 Boynton, Henry W .- Carlyle Essay on Burns 824-C9


Macaulay, T. R .- Lord Clive 824-M11


English Miscellany


Goldsmith, Oliver-The Deserted Village 828-G1


Greek Literature


Church, Rev. A. G. (M. A.)-The Story of the Iliad . 883-C


TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION


General


Birmingham, G. A .- From Dublin To Chicago .910-B8


Rand, McNally-Dollar Atlas of The World 912-R1


England


Tozier, Josephine-Among English Inns 914-T3


Hubbard, Elbert-Little Journeys To The Homes of English Authors .914-2H5.


Morris, William-Little Journeys To The Homes of English Authors 914-2M


Baedeker-London and its Environs 914-21B


Other European Countries


Baedeker-Belgium and Holland 914-93B1


Baedeker-Switzerland 914-94B


Baedeker-Paris and its Environs 914-436B1


Davis, Richard H .- About Paris 914-436D


China


Weale, B. L. D .- Manchu and Muscovite 915-1W1


Africa


Patterson, Lt. Col. J. H .- The Man Eaters of Tsavo 916-8P


North America


Davis, Richard D .- The West From A Car Window 917-8D


ยท Kolb Bros. Pub .- The Grand Canyon of Arizona


.917-9K


Shackleton, Robert-The Book of Boston 917-44S1 Rossiter, Wm. S. (Edited by)-Days and Ways in Old Boston . 917-44R Melville, George W .- In the Lena Delta 919-8M


BIOGRAPHY


Mabie, Hamilton & Stephens, Kate (Edited by)-Heroines Every Child Should Know 920-M5


Schurz, Carl-Reminiscences of (Vols. 1, 2 & 3) . 920-S18


Ellis, Edward S .- Life of Crockett . 923-C21


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Waleszewski, K .- Life of Peter The Great 923-P11 Parker, David-A Chautauqua Boy in '61 and Afterwards 923-P12 R. Vallery, Radot-The Life of Pasteur 923-P13 Bigelow, John-The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. . 928-F5


HISTORY Ancient


Abbott, Jacob-Histories of Cyrus The Great & Alexander The Great 930-A


Botaford, George W .- A History of the Ancient World 930-B Myers, Van Ness Philip-Ancient History 930-M


Greece


Timoyenis, T. T .- History of Greece 938-T


Europe


Robinson, James Harvey-History of Western Europe 940-R


Robinson, James Harvey & Beard, Charles A .- Outlines of European History Vol. II .940-R1


Webster, Hutton-Early European History 940-W1


Current History


Butterfield, Wm. A. (Pub.)-"Mademoiselle Miss" 940-9B2


Beck, James M .- The Evidence in the Case as to The Moral


Responsibilty for the War


940-9B13


Curtin, Thomas-The Land of Deepening Shadows .940-9C2


Dawson, Coningsby-Carry On .940-9D7


Empey, Guy-Over The Top .940-9E2


Fernau, Hermann-Because I am a German 940-9F1


Gibbons, Hyde-And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight 940-9G5


By A German-I Accuse 940-9G6


Gatlin, Dana-The Full Measure of Devotion 940-9G7


Hay, Ian-All In It .940-9H


Hay, Ian-Getting Together 940-9H1


Hay, Ian-The Oppressed English .940-9H8


Palmer, Frederick-My Year of the Great War 940-9P


By An English American Governess-What I Found Out In The House of A German Prince .940-9S


Wister, Owen-The Pentecost of Calamity 940-9W3


English History


Hume-History of England Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 942-H4 Pope, Jessie-How England Grew Up .j942-P


German History


Bernhardi, F. von-Germany and The Next War 943-B2


Topham, Anne-Memories of the Kaiser's Court .943-T2


Usher Roland-Pan-Germanism 943-08U


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North American and Indians


Parkman, Francis-The Conspiracy of Pontiac and Indian Wars . 970-P7


Pratt, Mara-America's Story For Children 970-P10 Pratt, Mara-America's Story For American Children (2c) .. 970-P11


United States History


Southworth, Gertrude V .- Builders of Our Country


(Books 1 & 2) j973-S3


Hill, Frederick T .- On the Trail of Washington .973-3H


LIST OF DONATIONS


Farmers' Bulletins. 60.


Our Dumb Animals. Year's Subscription.


American Issue. Year's Subscription.


Woman's World. Year's Subscription.


Country Gentleman. Year's Subscription.


National American. Year's Subscription.


Dearborn Independent. Year's Subscription.


Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Vol. 58. The International Jew.


Proceedings of Encampment Department of Mass. G. A. R. 1920.


Thirty Fourth Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Officers and Enlisted Men of the United States Naval Service who died during the World War. 1920.


Acts and Resolves of Mass. 1920.


Annual Report of the Board of Free Pubic Library Commission.


America's Munitions. 1917 and 1918.


Proceedings of Encampment Dept. of Mass. U. S. W. V. 1920.


Annual Report of Secretary of War. 1920.


Journal of the Senate, Extra Session. 2c.


Thirteenth Annual Report of the Statistics of Municipal Finances. American Pheasant Breeding and Shooting. 2c.


Proceeding of the State Conference on Immigrant Education in Mass. Industries. Jewish Activities In the U. S.


Public Refuses to Pay-Editorials from the Boston Herald on the Railroad and Building Situation.


Smithsonian Institution. Bulletins 15. The Stories of Ireland. Dunn & Lennon.


Manual for the General Court. 1920.


Miscellaneous. 75.


ABBIE M. BLAISDELL,


Librarian.


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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


MIDDLESEX SS :


To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in said County :


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury, on Monday, the 6th day of February, 1922, at nine o'clock a. m. to act on the following articles :


ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot a Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of Poor, three members of the Board of Health, a Town Treasurer, an Auditor, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden and Constables, all to serve one year. One Highway Commissioner, to serve for three years and one School Committee, two Trustees of the Public Library and one Park Commissioner, to serve three years; one Assessor to serve three years. The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at 9 o'clock a. m., and close at 4 o'clock p. m., and to vote on the following ques- tion : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of cer- tain non-intoxicating beverages in this town?" Yes; No.


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ART. 3. To hear reports of Town Officers and Commit- tees and act thereon.


ART. 4. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation to defray necessary expenses for the current year, and make appropriations for the same.


ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs, for the ensuing year, to aid in support of the Public Library.


ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen. to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.


The vote to be as follows :


Voted :- That the Town Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1922, and to issue a note or notes therefor, paya- ble within one year, and debt or debts incurred un- der this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.


ART. 7. To see what compensation the Town will vote for the collection of taxes, and at what rate and from what date interest shall be charged on taxes of 1922 unpaid after November 1. 1922, or to take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to borrow. if necessary, a sum not exceeding one twenty-fifth of one per cent. of the current year's valuation, such sum of money to be used in the suppression of the Gipsy and Brown Tail Moths, and not to be expend-


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ed before December 1st next, and to be raised in the tax levy of the year 1923.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $225.00 for the proper observ- ance of Memorial Day, and appoint a committee to expend the money. Said committee to be taken from members of the G. A. R., Spanish War Veter- ans, and American Legion.


ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to institute suits on behalf of the Town or de- fend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- priate the sum of $150.00 or some other amount, and elect a director for demonstration work in agri- culture and home economics, the money to be ex- pended by, and the director to serve in co-operation with the County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics, under the provisions of Chapter 273, General Acts of 1918; it being understood that $50 of this amount shall be used to provide local paid supervision of boys' and girls' club work.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of twelve hundred dollars from the electric light appropriation of 1921 to instal fourteen electric lights from the junction of Main and Chandler Streets to the residence of L. E. Small on Pine Street, pro- viding the abutters of said streets pay to the Lowell Electric Light Corporation the same amount to help construct the line, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART 13. To see if the Town will transfer from the un- expended balance of the 1921 Electric Light appro-


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priation a sufficient amount to extend the electric lights from Almont to the junction of North and Main Streets, thus completing the circuit from Lowell via North Tewksbury to the Centre.


ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to instal electric lights on old Main Street from Lynch's Corner to Callahan's Corner, and make appropriations for same, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to instal electric lights on Trull Road from Andover Street to Main Street, and make appropriation for same or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to instal three electric lights on French Street, and appropriate money for same, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 17 To see if the Town will vote to instal one elec- tric light on Main Street near the residence of Frank Smith.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to instal electric lights on Shawsheen Street, from Corner of Main and Shawsheen Streets to Burtt's Crossing, and make an appropriation for same, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to place four gas lights on Chandler Street, from the present terminal of the Main to the junction of Chandler and East Streets, and appropriate money for same, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to instal one electric light on Summer Street, near the residence of Mr. Garland, and make appropriation for same, or take any other action relative thereto.


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ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to place one elec- tric light on Main Street on the Easterly side of the railroad crossing at Wamesit, and make appropria- tion for same, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $150.00 to purchase a Lungmotor, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 23. To see what sum of money the Town will ap- propriate for pruning and repair of public shade trees throughout the Town.


ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take rela- tive to the purchase of a new Fire Truck or Chassis and to see if the Town will vote to dispose of the old truck or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1500 for oil or other binder.


ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1000 to repair East Street from the Centre to the State Infirmary.


ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to repair Rogers Street from Main Street, to the residence of Mr. Walsh, and appropriate money for same, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum not exceeding $200.00, to provide band concerts on the Centre Common during the summer months, and choose or appoint a committee to expend the money, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $500.00 to rebuild the bridge over Strong-water brook, or take any other action relative thereto.


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ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue Old Andover Street, between the residences of Mr. Kittredge and Mr. Hilton, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to widen and re- pair French Street, and remove dangerous corner near old powder house.


ART. 32. To see what action the Town will take to re- imburse the Town Treasurer for loss of taxes of 1920 on personal property of the Avery Chemical Company.


ART. 33. To see what action the Town will take to re- imburse the Town Treasurer the sum of $1372.82, the amount of overpaid interest in 1921.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and leave one hundred copies for the use of the citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, 10 days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due returns of this War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid :


Given under our hands this seventeenth day of Janu- ary, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.


IRVING F. FRENCH, WILLIAM H. KELLEY, JEREMIAH K. CHANDLER, Selectmen of Tewksbury.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


TOWN OF TEWKSBURY


TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


FOR THE


FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31


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FINANCIAL REPORT FOR YEAR 1921, SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Receipts


Balance Jan. 1st, 1921


$ 400.73


Appropriation


29,578.86


Special for Nurse


720.00


Reimbursements from State :


53.25


Tuition of State Children. Supervision


580 00


High School Tuition.


1,980.16


High School Transportation


934.28


Vocational School


216.25


Income Tax School purposes.


2,157.12


U. S. Government, Interest on Bonds.


38.25


D. Gott for tuition.


16.50


Mrs. Larrabee, sale of material.


130.12


Mrs. Larrabee, rent of hall.


58.00


A. E. Foster, miscellaneous collections. ..


2.90


$ 36,866.42


Expenditures


Teachers


$ 13,274.92


Fuel and Janitors


4,279.56


Supervision


990.00


Transportation


4,998.75


Books and Supplies.


1,813.91


Tuition


5,374.59


Mass. Retirement Fund.


480.00


Medical Inspection


100.00


School Nurse


432.00


School Houses


2,704.53


Miscellaneous


563.42


$ 35,011.68


Balance Jan. 1st, 1922.


$ 1,854.74


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The School Committee recommend the following sums be raised to cover expenses for year 1922:


Unpaid bills


$ 2,296.66


Teachers


13,520.00


Supervisors


1,200.00


Supervision (Supt. of Schools)


990.00


Fuel


1,700.00


Janitors


2,672.00


Transportation


5.195.00


H. S. Tuition.


4,850.00


School Houses


1,800.00


Books and Supplies


1,800.00


Insurance


202.50


Medical Inspection


100.00


Nurse


900.00


Miscellaneous


500.00


$ 37,726.16


Balance to credit unexpended. $ 1,854.74


Recommended for Town to raise .. .$ 35,871.42


The following sums are expected from the State, but do not revert to the School Fund.


On Acct. of School Fund. $2,350.00


On Acct. of Supervision. .. 580.00


On Acct. of H. S. Transp. 850.00


On Acct. of H. S. Tuition ... 2,425.00


$6,205.00


The report of the School Work for the past year will be found under the Superintendent's report.


MAY L. LARRABEE, ARTHUR A. FOSTER, HECTOR JACKSON,


School Committee.


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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT


To the School Committee of Tewksbury.


Lowell, Mass., Jan. 9, 1922. Mrs. Larrabee and Gentlemen :-


I hereby submit my ninth annual report which is the thirty-first in the series of Superintendents' Reports. The past year has been a successful one in most respects when you consider that the teacher shortage still prevails to such an extent that it has been a most difficult task to fill vacancies in the teaching force in a satisfactory manner.


Teachers. The only change among the supervision this year has been in case of Mr. Frank Hatch of Fitchburg Normal School who resigned as teacher of Manual Training. Mr. Hatch had done ex- cellent work. He is succeeded by Mr. George Robeson who taught successfully in Tyngsboro last year.


Miss Marion Mclellan, principal of the Foster School last year resigned at the close of the school year.


Miss Mary C. Rogers, a teacher of wide experience and of apparently good recommendations was secured for the position. Miss Beatrice Symonds resigned from the sixth grade in order to teach nearer her home. Miss Lucy Desmond who had recently taught in Lowell succeeded Miss Symonds in grade six where she is doing satisfactory work.


Miss Ethel M. Hadley, successful teacher of Shawsheen primary, resigned at the close of the school year to be married. Miss Ruth Tingley, a native of Tewksbury, a graduate of Lowell Normal, and a teacher of several years successful experience, has been selected for the position.


At the West School Miss Laura Byron, a recent graduate of Lowell Normal School, began the term in September but left early in the term to teach in Rhode Island near her home. Miss Lucia Waite, an experienced teacher is now in charge of the school, doing satisfactory work. The rest of the teaching staff remain as last year.


The teacher situation is still serious. The number of students now in attendance at the training schools of the state is nearly nor- mal. When those now students in the Normal Schools graduate the shortage will begin to be relieved, but it will probably be several years before the normal supply of teachers is available.


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Salaries. The salaries in Tewksbury were raised last January so that they are now practically equivalent to those paid by the neigh- boring towns. I look for no marked change in the salary schedule, but do recommend that the schedule be placed on the $50 basis, that is starting $850, $950 etc., instead of $800, $900 etc. This is because the state re-imbursement begins with $750, $850, etc.


Health. At the annual meeting of 1921 an appropriation was made to hire, together with the towns of North Reading and Tyngsboro, a school nurse. Since this date a law was passed making such action compulsory. Mrs. Margaret Michaud was secured, and is now spend- ing three days per week in Tewksbury in accordance with agree- ment. She is faithful and conscientious in her duties and her work will prove beneficial to the pupils. Several cases of correction have already occurred.


Standard scales for weighing the pupils have been placed in each building. Containers and a supply of liquid soap have also been placed in each of the school houses.


North. The number of pupils increased to such an extent last year that an assistant was engaged for the North School. During the summer vacation a partition was removed thus making the two small class rooms into one large one. Desks and seats were placed in this room and it is now used as a primary school for the first three grades. Miss Lillian Allard, the former assistant, has been elected teacher of this school.


The North School is now, therefore, on the same basis as the Shawsheen, viz. each a two room building, used by the State as train- ing schools.


Foster School. Six grades are taught at this school with five teachers in charge, two teachers together have three grades, as per ex- ample, Miss Flynn has grade five with one half the work of grade four, and Miss Sullivan has grade three with half the work of grade four. This arrangement makes the number of pupils in these two rooms large. There should be eight rooms at the Center to ac- commodate the eight grades. I suggest that you give this matter your careful consideration. Perhaps a portable school near the Foster building would prove a solution to the problem.


Physical Training. That physical training by a special instructor will soon become compulsory in the schools of Massachusetts seems evident. Physical exercises are now conducted in the rooms by each teacher. It seems advisable to make plans for securing at some time in the near future land for an addition to the playgrounds of the Foster School.


Vacation. Many schools throughout the country are employing what is called the "eight week" plan. This means that after the Christ- mas vacation the schools will be in session eight weeks then a vacation of one week, and so on till the close of the year in June. This division


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of the work is claimed to be beneficial to both pupils and teachers. You will see by the school calendar that a decision has been made to try this plan in Tewksbury this year.


REPORT OF CLUB WORK IN TEWKSBURY-Boys' and girls' club work was started for the first time this year as a result of an appropriation of $50 for that purpose by the annual town meeting. Miss Marie McPherson of Lowell was employed as local leader. There were two canning clubs with a membership of 15 and a mixed club containing nine in the garden project, two in pig and one in corn. Ten meetings were held with the clubs and two of them won banners for making a 100% finish. All the members were visited at their homes on an average of three times during the summer. Arthur Trull won a two day trip to the State College because of his excellent work in the garden club. Home Economics Clubs are now being organized and the interest in all club projects is increas- ing every week.




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