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ART. 36. To see if the Town will vote to put up for bids any articles that are to be bought or sold that exceed $50.00.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the employing of laborers from nearby towns and cities, and employ only men living in and paying taxes in Tewksbury.
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ART. 38. To see if the Town will vote to sell the Town teams and hire the road work done, same to take effect in 1927.
ART. 39. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Tax Collector to print on the Tax Bills the amount of each appropriation and the approximate percent- age that each department bears to total appropria- tion.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $4500.00 to remodel the fire station so as to include two new doors, a tower, also a lighting and water system, and a five room tene- ment, the work to be put up for bids for contractors in Town, or take any other action relative thereto.
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 ninth day of January- in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.
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, 1925
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1925
The year just ended has been rather a strenuous one for your Committee. The addition to the Foster School has been completed, and the report of the School Building Committee will be found in detail elsewhere in the Town Report.
The members of the School Committee, at this time, express their thanks and appreciation to Mr. Henry M. Billings, chairman of the Building Committee and to Franklin F. Spaulding, secretary. To the late Mr. Benjamin Spaulding we are greatly indebted for his advice and strenuous work on this Committee and know that he will be missed by us all.
The heating of the Shawsheen School has been a serious problem. Your Committee asked for the sum of $2431.00 to install a steam heat- ing plant. After a conference with the State Inspector, they found that it would be necessary to remodel the basement, but to do this $2000.00 more would be needed. We are indebted to Inspector Cobb for his expert advice regarding remodeling the furnace and changing the piping and feel sure that the plant will now give satisfaction. The building should be painted inside and the roof repaired.
At the North School this year the attendance has increased rapid- ly and we fear that another year will bring a very congested condition. Therefore, we are asking for a committee to investigate the matter, and report at the next Town Meeting.
During the summer, your Committee held a hearing regarding the closing of the West School, which they felt to be for the best in- terest of the Town. There was so much opposition that they voted to indefinitely postpone the matter.
Respectfully submitted,
HECTOR JACKSON, Chairman MAY L. LARRABEE ARTHUR A. FOSTER, Secretary.
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FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1925
Receipts
Reimbursements from the State:
Supervision
$ 580.00
High School Transportation
2,837.90
High School Tuition
3,916.86
Interest on Bonds
38.25
Rebate on Insurance
30.22
Total
$ 6,823.23
Expenditures
Teachers
$ 17,159.50
Fuel and Janitors
6,418.2 +
Supervision
1,225.08
Transportation
6,744.42
Tuition
8,106.40
Books and Supplies
1,791.10
School Nurse
815.00
Medical Inspection
200.00
Mass. Retirement Fund
588.50
School Houses
1,679.49
Miscellaneous
1,184.07
Total
$ 45,911.85
The School Committee recommend the following sums be raised to cover expenses for the year 1926:
Teachers
$ 17,000.00
Supervision
1,500.00
Superintendent
1,225.00
Health
1,100.00
Fuel
2,700.00
Janitors
3.755.00
Transportation
8,700.00
Tuition
8,400.00
Books and Supplies
2,500.00
Insurance
760.00
School Houses
1,800.00
Miscellaneous
1,000.00
$ 50,440.00
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of the Town of Tewksbury,
Mrs. Larrabee and Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my thirteenth annual report which is the thirty- fifth in the series of Superintendents' Reports. The year has been a successful one, and with the occupation of the New Foster Building your schools are in the best condition known for several years.
Teachers and Supervisors. The only change among the super- visors was caused by the resignation of the Supervisor of Drawing, Miss Gladys Pillsbury of your own town. Miss Pillsbury has always given satisfaction, her loss from our schools is regretted.
In the selection of Miss Elizabeth Ward of Springfield, a graduate of the art department of Skidmore College, I believe that we have been fortunate. While Miss Ward has had but one term of service she. has won the cooperation of both teachers and pupils by the sensible, sympathetic manner in which she has conducted her department.
But three teachers have left town during the year, Miss Marion Adams to teach in Worcester and Miss Marguerite Tellier and Miss Anna Mulligan, both to teach in Lowell. You may judge of the esti- mation in which Miss Tellier was held by the fact that she was at once placed at the Bartlett School as one of the Training Teachers connected with the Lowell Normal School. The Principal of the Normal School secured Miss Catherine Graham for the vacancy at the North. For the vacancy caused by Miss Tellier's resignation Miss Sarah O'Brien was secured, and for the additional teacher needed at the Spaulding School Miss Margaret Flynn was chosen. Both of these young teachers were highly recommended, not only by the Normal School, but by the teacher of one of our own Training Schools, I am pleased to note that each is doing satisfactory work. Miss Marguerite Benson who succeeds Miss Adams at the Foster has taught for me in Dracut for several years.
Foster School. The completion and renovation of the Foster School gives us as well equipped a building as one can find in the State. There are eight good rooms, each well lighted, and well heated and ventilated, and, with one exception, well equipped with modern, adjustable furniture. The building is not as valuable, financially, as though built of brick, but from a practical view point of school use the building is just as good and as useful as though built entirely new, and of the most expensive material. The financial report of the Build-
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ing Committee will be given elsewhere, but it seems to me not out of place for me to say here that I consider that this Building Committee did a valuable piece of work for the school children of Tewksbury by making possible for them this modern building., and that the Com- mittee saved the town a large sum of money when one considers that a new building containing besides the eight rooms, a hall, a manual training room, and a lunch room, would have cost certainly three times as much as the expenditure on the present Foster School.
Water. In connection with the above topic I wish to call to your attention the fact that the water supply has as yet been unsatisfactory, and we are now obliged to bring drinking water into the school at a considerable daily inconvenience and a considerable yearly expense.
The town of Dracut is to make the attempt of redriving a con- demned well, and safe guarding it against further pollution. If this experiment proves a success I hope that we may make a similar at- tempt at the Foster next year.
North. I have known this school twelve years. When I first knew it there were twenty pupils in one room with two small rooms built on to the original one-room building for the convenience of the student-teachers from the Normal School.
Today there are seventy-one pupils with two teachers and grade eight transported to the Foster School. There is no more room than formerly, but the two small rooms have been thrown together by the partial removal of the partition. This seems about all that can be done in-as-much as the present building consists of an old type one- room school, with the addition apparently in the form of a "lean-to". What we term the primary room is filled to the point of overflowing. Something should be done soon; if possible before September of next year. There are several possible solutions of the problem; one, the easiest, to transport more pupils to the Foster; another, the best, to dispose of the old building and build a new, compact four room build- ing, all of which would be used by the regular and training teachers now at the school; a third and cheaper plan, would be to erect a one- room building well lighted and heated, so near the present building that the same water and the same toilets could be used. This plan would allow the smaller rooms to be used for the normal students as originally planned.
The situation at the North seems to me to be of sufficient im- portance to demand the appointment of a committee to make investi- gation of the situation and needs of this section, and report their find- ings at a subsequent meeting.
New Furniture. Modern adjustable furniture is demanded for the pupil of today. There are but two schools in town with the old time non-adjustable school desks, one is the North where about thirty
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five desks are of the old type, and the other is in one of the rooms at the New Foster where fourteen old type desks may still be found. I recommend that new, adjustable standards be secured where needed.
Playground. Now that the school at the Center will remain per- manently on the site so long occupied by the Foster School it seems wise to secure the field lying to the north west of the school grounds. For several years this field has been occupied by the school, but rental has been paid annually. If the town owned the lot it could be improved at a small expense and made a suitable playground and athletic field. It is possible that the Parent Teachers Association may be able to assist in this matter.
Parent Teachers Association. Tewksbury has had for several years a prosperous, well attended association, keen to learn the prob- lems of the school and anxious to help in the solution of them. I quote from the report recently sent me by Mrs. Mary E. Mahoney, presi- dent of the Association.
"Tewksbury has had a Parent Teacher Association for four years.
'The object of the Association is to promote high standards of home life, and co-operation between parents and teachers, in order to secure the best physical, mental and moral development of the child.'
The school needs the help of the home. The home needs to know the school and to see children as the school sees them. It is only when parents and teachers are intelligently co-operating that educa- tion can be entirely successful.
There are in this country 14,000 Associations with almost a million members.
The Tewksbury Parent-Teacher Association meets once a month, the first Tuesday, in the Town Hall. The first part of the evening is devoted to a business meeting-then an entertainment, and usually a speaker-followed by refreshments and a social hour.
Some of our activities have been the giving of prizes to the child- ren for perfect attendance during the school year-helping to organize a Boy Scout Troop-a gaining of a promise to place danger signs near each school in town.
We have ninety members, we hope to grow. Our aim is to have every person in Tewksbury, who is interested in the school child, a member, that means every adult in Tewksbury."
West School. This district differs from others, here we have a modern, well equipped building, but with a small number of pupils. Last summer it was voted to discontinue this school and transport the pupils to the Foster, as it was believed that there would be but fourteen pupils attending in September. Upon request of many of the parents a hearing was granted by the committee and the vote to close the school was rescinded. You will notice from the Table of Statis- tics that the total enrollment this year is eighteen, the present enroll-
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ment is seventeen. The saving in school expenditure would have been considerable had it seemed best to close this school.
Barge Routes. A larger barge is run from West district this year, thereby carrying all the pupils who are more than a mile from school. A large class from the North in the eighth has again made it necessary to transport from this village to the Foster.
Club Work. The Middlesex Farm Bureau has continued with club work among the Tewksbury pupils. You can judge of what is being done from the d'rectors report, from which I quote.
"In the 4-H club activities- 71 boys and girls were enrolled in the clothing, lunch box, poultry, garden, canning and calf clubs under the leadership of Omar Blanchard, Harper Gale, Mrs. E. P. Mc Laren, Mrs. C. E. Foster and Miss Velma Trull.
"Accomplishments were shown at the Centre in the Spring Achievement program held in conjunction with the Extension Ser- vice Movies, while in North Tewksbury, a program was held at the school. Club members also exhibited at the Middlesex North Agri- cultural Society.
"Helen Flint, Alice Crosby and Evelyn Fuller were awarded a trip to the Massachusetts Agricultural College for their outstanding work.
"The Junior Director for the town is Velma Trull who is also the secretary of the 4-H Alumni club."
Teachers Club. I am pleased to report that the teachers of Dracut and Tewksbury have organized for the purpose of sociability and pro- fessional growth. Miss Spaulding of Dracut is president and Miss Eagles of Tewksbury is secretary, there is a membership of over fifty.
I am ambitious for my teachers and am always gratified when they take any step looking toward professional advancement as I be- lieve this does.
Banking. A banking business has been carried on with the Mechanics Savings Bank of Lowell. You will note from the' statis- tics that a very considerable sum has been deposited in a year, in fact an average of $51 per week for each banking week.
Both the bank and the school is much pleased with the results.
Visual Education. The last mail brought to my desk a pamphlet under the caption, "The Eyeway of Teaching History is the Highway of Successful Learning", which means that the mind more easily re- tains what it has seen. During the year we were able to secure a good picture machine for the use of our schools. Valuable lessons in his- tory, geography and health are being given.
Graduation. On Tuesday evening, June 23, 1925, after a pleasing program Mr. Hector Jackson, Chairman of the School Board, pre- sented diplomas to the following pupils: Merle Lola Burgess, Eileen Clare Carmody, Nellie A. Chase, Alice McBride Clancy, Dorothy May
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Davis, Anna S. Haas, Ruth Fletcher, Bertha Marion Flint, Helen Ger- trude Flint, Mary Julia Furtado, Marion Elizabeth Guyer, Gertrude Alice Kane, Louise MacPherson Kelley, Rachel L. Lynsky, Marie G. Parsons, Mary L. Pupkis, Thelma Louise Small, Max Abrams, Billy Barousky, Harris M. Briggs, John Joseph Croteau, John Patrick Ma- honey, Wilfred James McCoy, Herbert Parker, Alexander Pinkos, Ken- neth Harold Pollette, James William Roberts, Matthew Stevenson, Algird A. Suskis, James J. Toothaker, Edward Wener.
Of these thirty-one graduates 25 entered high school, 3 moved from town, and 3 are at liome or are working,
High School. There were enrolled in September 1925 at the Lowell High School the following pupils from Tewksbury. Max Abrams, Mary Barousky, Francis Battles, Roberta Bisbee, Doris Blake, Beatrice Bolton, Mildred Bolton, Julia Botos, Harris Briggs, Merle Burgess, Eileen Carmody, Harold Carson, Dorothy Chambers, Alice Clancy, Ellen Clancy, Annette Cote, John Croteau, Dorothy Davis, Ralph Duley, Janice Farmer, Robert Farmer, Ethel Fletcher, Ruth Fletcher, Bertha Flint, Marion Foster, Alfred Forget, Evelyn Fuller, Mary Furtado, John Gale, Thelma Gale, Ruth Garland, Anna Gelinas, Marion Guyer, Anna Haas, Olive Haines, James Hallett, Bar- bara Johnston, Ruth Jordan, Gertrude Kane, James Katsirebas, Louise Kelley, Herbert Larrabee, Dorothy Lavell, Raymond Livingston, Wil- liam Livingston, John Mahoney, Beatrice Marr, Viola Marr, Wilfred McCoy, Dorothy Mountain, Pauline Mountain, John Nash, Louise O'Connell, William O'Neil, Herbert Parker, Marie Parsons, George Peterson, Edward Pineau, Alexander Pinkos, Harold Roberts, James Roberts, Churchill Rood, Bernice Roper, Grace Roper, Ruth Sawyer, Robert Sawyer, Carrie Scarlett, Dorothy Small, Thelma Small, Daniel Sullivan, James Toothaker, John Trull, Velma Trull, Mary Watson, Charles Wener, Raymond Zambeck, Helen Blake, George Davies.
Conclusion. Let me call to your attention the reports and tables which following form a portion of this report, I again wish to ex- press my appreciation of the loyal cooperation of teachers and super- visors, and the cordial support of the School Board.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES L. RANDALL,
Superintendent.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
To the Superintendent and School Board of Tewksbury:
The requisition of education is two fold; 1, that the child be made accomplished; 2, and happy. Undoubtedly the question has often been asked. "What does school music offer toward this end?"
I believe I am not exaggerating when I say no less than fifty per cent of the first graders cannot sing a tune when they enter school. The first work, is to help these little folks to find their singing voices. This done, the next step is to give them a repertoire of beautiful, childlike songs and a high standard of tone quality and interpreta- tion. Hand in hand with this instruction goes the music appreciation lesson thro which the child becomes acquainted and learns to love good music. As he advances, sight reading is added to his music ac- tivities: he learns to orient himself on a page of music, and to read his tunes intelligently, as he does his stories. He is also given the opportunity of chorus singing, that most vital and inspiring phase of music work. Thro all the years of his school life, his musical educa- tion may go hand in hand with his academic and technical work. Whether he be a performer or appreciative listener only, he has ga ned a social and civic asset as valuable in maturity, as in youth.
Pupils entertained the Parent-Teachers twice during the season of 1924-25. The first was a Fete of the Nations presenting folk songs and dances. The second was a play presenting Mother Goose rhymes in action and song. Dec. 9th the Foster and Spaulding schools pre- sented a Christmas entertainment. The money is to be used to pur- chase playground necessities, and records in the music appreciation course of the Music Education Series. A certain percent of these re- cords are songs from the Music Education Series, that is, the music books which are used in the school. These serve as a bridge between singing by the pupils and intelligent listening to the classics. We all enjoy listening to familiar scores. From that idea this course is de- veloped. Songs the child knows are given, one with soprano voice, another violin or trumpet, another introduces the rhythmic side, so something new is introduced, while they are enjoying something familiar. Gradually the ensembles are introduced, until all the attri- butes of music are adequately represented. Two cases, that is 26 re-
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cords are to be purchased. This will give a good start to the course and also give us records to continue our yearly music memory con- test in the seventh and eighth grades.
We are gradually realizing our aims and desire of a standardized and interesting course in music and music appreciation which go hand in hand.
Respectfully submitted,
ISABEL M. GREGORY,
Supervisor of Music.
REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
The past year has shown the amplified results over previous years of the continued co-operation of a good school nurse.
We have examined and charted some four hundred children, in- spected the school buildings and have sent reports to the parents, where treatment seemed advisable. The under nourished children have almost without exception shown improvement and with the introduction of a lunch room system, which is now under considera- tion and, which I heartily endorse, giving the children, who come from a distance, a chance to have warm food at noon, during the cold months. I believe we are making another step in improving the health of our school children.
The nurse has followed up the cases of very bad teeth and tonsils, and through the co-operation of the Lowell hospitals, and clinics, and her personal care of the children, to and from these clinics, we have seen worth while results.
Respectfully,
HERBERT M. LARRABEE,
School Physician.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING
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195 Nesmith Street, Lowell, Mass. January 9, 1926.
Mr. Charles L. Randall,
Superintendent of Schools,
Tewksbury, Mass.
Dear Sir:
It is with pleasure I present to you my first annual report of the work in Drawing in the Tewksbury Schools.
Education in Art today is not complete if the scholars are offered only a smattering of water color, a bit of crayon and pencil technique, and a few rules of perspective, which never go any farther than just the theory. Art education must have a definite influence on the Stu- dent and be of some very definite value to him, just as the other sub- jects that he studies.
There are many elements in a complete art education, and so my work includes many phases. The lower grades have problems invol- ving color, crayon work, weaving, paper tearing and cutting, object drawing, construction work and design. The upper grades make a more complete study of color and design, and are taught printing, painting and perspective. By applying these problems to daily life, they have a more practical and lasting benefit. Holiday work, health posters, advertising problems and handicraft all have their place in the grades. At Christmas time every grade made window decorations, and many gifts. These gifts included blotters, calendars, boxes, greet- ing cards and envelopes. By making the courses varied I hope that every child will discover a medium best suited to his own expression. In this way his interest will be sufficiently stimulated and his work will become a pleasure.
I want to thank you, Mr. Randall, for your worthy advice, and-the teachers for their interest, cooperation and enthusiasm in my work.
Respectfully submitted,
ELIZABETH G. WARD,
Supervisor of Drawing.
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REPORT OF MANUAL TRAINING
Mr. C. L. Randall,
Supt. of Schools,
Tewksbury, Mass.,
Dear Sir :- I have the honor to submit the following report of the Manual Training work in the Foster School.
Owing to the size of the classes the work has been limited to the seventh and eighth grades since Sept. The seventh grade is continu- ing the schedule of projects which were begun last year. The boys are making towel racks foot stools, toys, etc. These boys also do repair and construction work about the building.
Grade eight is allowed to select their own work as far as possible. The boys are making medicine cabinets, tabourets, toys, hall trees and tool boxes.
Last year a schedule of projects was started in the sixth grade. These are to continue thru the remaining years of the course. The boys begin with the simplest articles or exercises and continue thru more difficult projects, giving the boys experience in tool processes, manipulation and care as well as lumber uses and terms. We also do some plan reading and any boy who shows proper interest is allowed to select his own work.
When we moved into our new shop we had no equipment except some benches. Now we have a tool closet, and a black board. An old closet has been built into a teachers desk. Tool racks have been built in the stock room and lockers for class projects have been built under the tool closet.
We have under construction a mitre box table, a finishing table and closet, a first aid cabinet, a clamping and gluing stand. This has all been done by the boys, mostly of the eighth grade, as well as putting up curtains in the hall. Last Spring we also refinished most of the desks in the seventh grade room.
It is not my intention to turn out carpenters, as some think, but rather to teach the boys to have a fair working knowledge of wood- working. That, if they desire to follow that line of work, will have a good background. But if not, they will have a knowledge of crafts- manship which will be of value in their own homes. All of which will contribute toward our goal of better American Citizenship.
Yours respectfully,
Tyngsborough,
January 8, 1926.
GEORGE R. ROBESON,
Instructor of Manual Training.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF SEWING
Mr. Charles L. Randall, Superintendent of Schools, Tewksbury, Mass.,
Dear Sir:
I take pleasure in presenting to you, my report of the work in Sewing in the Tewksbury school.
The girls in the seventh grade have hemstitched towels, made articles of underwear, aprons, handkerchiefs, curtain tie backs, bags and are working on dresses.
The girls in the eighth grade made towels with Italian hemstitch- ing, articles of underwear, dresses for smaller children, burlap bags, bureau scarfs, blouses, aprons and are working on dresses.
I wish to take this opportunity of expressing my sincere apprecia- tion of the hearty co-operation of the Teachers and Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
January 11, 1926.
LENA M. COBURN.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
January 8, 1926.
To the Superintendent and the School Committee of Tewksbury:
As School Nurse I submit the following report January 1st to .
December 31st.
I have made two hundred and eighty-five visits to the schools. Every child in school has been weighed and measured every two months and a record sent home. In September sixty eight per cent of our children were under weight: by the end of October almost every child had made a substantial gain. I believe this is due to the estab- lishment of regular habits that come with the opening of school and to the serving of milk in school.
I have made one hundred and fifty-one visits to the homes and the parents have been willing to co-operate with me in obtaining cor-
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rection of defects in their children. I have taken one hundred and twenty-seven children to Dental clinics. I have taken six children to the hospital for the removal of tonsils and adenoids and have obtained corrections in vision for seven children.
Twenty-six children were successfully vaccinated in school this Fall. Dr. Larrabee has examined one hundred and ninety seven child- ren this Fall. I tabulated the defects found and will try to get as many corrections as possible. I have done one hundred and three · simple dressings in school.
I have used the new lantern and given three illustrated talks on Health subjects.
The measles are hard to control and we have had many cases but I think the epidemic is almost over.
Respectfully submitted,
EMMA P. MACLAREN.
School Nurse.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term, 8 weeks: January 4, 1926 to February 26, 1926. Early Spring Term, 8 weeks: March 8, 1926 to April 30, 1926. Late Spring Term, 8 weeks: May 10, 1926 to June 29, 1926. Fall Term, 16 weeks: September 7, 1926 to December 24, 1926.
No-School Signal
Time: 7.45 A. M. Given by Whistle at State Institution.
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TABLE OF STATISTICS
School
Teacher
Preparation
Length of
Service
Length of Service in Town prior Sept. 1925
Total Enrollment
Membership
Average
Percent of
Attendance
No. of Boys
No. of Girls
No. of Boys
No. of Girls
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
in Grade VII
No. of Pupils Amt. Money Dep. in in Grade VIII
1925, Jan. 1, 1926.
Foster,
Gr. VIII ..... Ethelyn Howard
Salem Normal
14 |31%
40
39
38
97
11
12
10
42 1$ 122.71
Foster,
Gr. VII. . ..
M. Marguerite Benson Gorham Normal
5
42
41
40
96
17
15
17
40
117.25
Foster,
Gr. VI. . .
Elizabeth Flynn
Lowell Normal
11
11
42
40
39
97
24
18
110.20
Foster, Gr. V ..
. Ruth Piper .
Plymouth Normal
4 .
2
36
34
32
94
25
11
36
Foster,
Marion Piper
Plymouth Normal
2
1
29
26
24
95
10
19
29
Foster,
Gr. III. .
..
Lowell Normal
616
3
34
33
31
94
17
17
34
136.44
Foster, Gr. Il.
Sarah O'Brien
. Lowell Normal
37
34
30
87
1
20
16
37
144.33
Nettie Eagles
Salem Normal
25
38
28
24
84
14
9
4
4
38 16
16
15
10
6
114.66
Shawsheen, I, II, III. Ruth Tingley .
Lowell Normal .
9
4
25
20
19
95
3
4
11
7
12
4
9
44.71
North, IV, V. VI, VII. Eva L. Hersey
. Catherine Graham
Lowell Normal
2
39
38
34
91
9
7
11
12
18 3
10 6
5
3
114.14
Music
Isabelle Gregory
Fealten School
7
7
-
Drawing
Elizabeth Ward
Skidmore College
0
0
Sewing
Lena Coburn
Special
S
8
6
5
478 |438
410
94 | 37 | 28
| 200| 177|
29
87
73
59
| 56
54 |61
| 47 | 40 |$1,509.40
.
·
17
14
31
30
29
98
15
15
1
Gorham Normal
17
7
35
33
32
97
16
18
1
9
S
13
01
78.57
North, I, II, III ..
West, I, II, III IV ... Sarah Loupret
Lowell Normal
2
1
18
18
18
94
4
6
4
4
Manuel Training
. George Robeson
Special
17 1/2
32
24
21
88
6
2
15
9
Spaulding. Gr. I Spaulding. Gr. I. II
Margaret Flynn
Lowell Normal
159.89 38.58
Shawsheen, IV, V, VI. Miriam Wiggin
Brewster Academy
11
78.90
. .
.
Sch. Bank year Jan. 1,
in Grade V
in Grade VI
in Grade IV
in Grade III
in Grade II
over 14
in Grade I
7 to 14
7 to 14
5 to 7
5 to 7
Attendance
Average
42
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Dorothy Dickinson
INDEX TO TEWKSBURY TOWN REPORT YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
Assessors' Report 14
Exempt Property 15
Schedule of Town Property
16
Table of Aggregates
15
Auditors' Report . 17
Assessors
39
Board of Health
30
Cemetery Trust Funds
44
Collection of Taxes
40
Tax Title Account 41
Cutting Brush
44
Demonstration
43
Extension for New Electric Lights
43
Fire Department
37
General Account
33
Highways
17
Inspection of Meats and Animals 40
123
Incidentals 28
Interest 37
Memorial Day 30
Moth Account, Jan. 1, to Nov. 30. 1925, incl. 30
Moth Account, Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, 1925, incl.
34
Parks and Commons 36
Addition to Foster School 41
Police
36
Public Library
31
Salaries
27
Schools
19
State Aid
26
Street Lighting
31
Summary
45
Town Hall
32
Tax Title Account
41
Town Hall Payments
39
Tree Warden
35
Trust Funds
47
List of Town Officers 2
Report of Board of Appraisers 65
Report of Board of Health 68
Report of School Building Committee 75
Report of the Chief of the Fire Department 71
Report of Highway Commissioner 66
Report of Inspector of Animals 70
Report of Middlesex County Extension Service 72
124
Report of Inspector of Meats and Provisions 70
Report of Moth Department 74
Report of Overseers of the Poor 65
Report of Park Commissioners 67
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
71
Report of Tree Warden 73
Report of Town Clerk 7
Births Recorded for the Year 1925 7
Deaths Recorded for the Year 1925 11
Marriages Recorded for the Year 1925 9
Recapitulation · 13
Report of Trustees of Public Library 80
Books Added to the Library, 1925 84
Books Replaced 92
Librarian's Report 82
List of Donations 95
Summary 45
Table of Estimates 64
Tax Collector's Report 55
Tax Collector's Report 1916 to 1924 incl. 57
Tax Redemptions .55
Town Jury List, 1926 79
Treasurer's Report 48
Financial Condition of Town January 1, 1926 53
Financial Condition of the Town for the last Ten Years 54
Trust Funds 47
Warrant for Town Meetings 98
125
INDEX TO REPORT OF TEWKSBURY SCHOOL COMMITTEE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
Report of School Committee
108
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Report of Supervisor Music,
115
Report of Supervisor of Sewing
119
Report of Supervisor Drawing
117
Report of School Nurse
119
Report of School Physician
116
School Calendar
120
School Superintendent's Report
1:10
Table of Statistics
121
Financial Report
109
Report of Manual Training
118
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