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Report of Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
The following is respectfully submitted:
The increase in the amount of Trust Funds shows con- tinued interest in the perpetual care of burial lots, three lots being provided for the past year, and others will soon be placed under such care.
The work done the past year can be seen by visitors to the several cemeteries. The Commissioners feel that the new gates purchased for the West Cemetery add much to the general improvement of the grounds. Those persons interested in the North and West Cemeteries who would like a change in the names of such cemeteries are requested to send in a list of such names as would be appropriate and desirable.
The S. A. R. markers, purchased by the town last year, have been placed at the graves of the following Revolutionary soldiers, all being at Concord, April 19, 1775, the first three in Captain Minot's Company, and the last two in Captain Under- wood's Company:
Buried at Fairview-First Lieutenant Zaccheus Wright, who was also Captain of Company 8, Sixth Middlesex Regiment, and Captain at battle of White Plains; Sergeant William Hildreth; Corporal Hosea Hildreth; Sergeant-Major John Parker, who was also at Bunker Hill in Captain Joshua Parker's Company.
At North Cemetery-Sergeant John Wright.
Of the men from Westford at "Concord fight." the graves of one Lieutenant Colonel, two Captains, three First Lieutenants. one Second Lieutenant, five Sergeants, two Corporals, one Drummer and sixteen privates are now marked. Of this num- ber, eight were at Bunker Hill, and four at White Plains. Of the remaining graves marked, three of the men were at Bunker Hill, one at White Plains, eleven in miscellaneous service, and nine in the War of 1812.
The Commissioners would recommend that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the coming year, the same to be expended for the care and improvement of the various cemeteries.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount Received For Care of Lots.
Mrs. J. W. Abbot, Fairview, care of tomb $10 00
Miss Lucy M. B. Abbot, Fairview 1 00
Mrs. John Baker, 330, E. D. 1 00
Mrs. W. F. Balch, 109, W. D .. 1 00
Edmund Barton, 40 and 41, W. D 2 00
Mrs. Agnes Beebe, 234, E. D 1 00
Joseph Bennett, 61, E. D. 1 00
Ai Bicknell, two lots, Fairview 2 00
Edson G. Boynton, 333, E. D. 1 00
Augustus Bunce, 11 and 12, W. D.
2 00
William Burnett, 37, E. D.
1 00
Income from Sally B. Burrill fund, Fairview
3 52
Mrs. S. A. Butterfield, 334, E. D.
2 00
Mrs. J. T. Butterworth, 236, E. D
1 00
Income from Francis Caldwell fund, Fairview
88
Mrs. Frank Calvert, 26, W. D
1 00
John Carmichael, 68, W. D.
1 00
John B. Carmichael, 345, E. D
1 00
Mrs. Clara P. Carkin, 145 and 338, E. D
2 00
Warren E. Carkin, 232, E. D.
5 00
Mrs. Alice Carrick, 328, E. D.
1 00
William R. Carver, 106 and 107, W. D
2 00
C. A. Chamberlin, 53, W. D .. and one in Fairview
3 00
P. G. Collins, 35, W. D
1 00
Miss Annie L. Coolidge, 65, W. D.
1 00
Edward Craven, 63, W. D.
1 00
Mrs. E. B. Currier, 266, E. D.
1 00
Horace M. Caunter, 226, E. D ..
1 00
Mrs. John Caunter, 21 and 22, E. D
2 00
Miss Alice L. Davis, 10. W. D
1 00
Mrs. Mary A. Davis, 364, E. D
1 00
Jonathan Davis, Fairview 1 00
Income from C. S. Dodge fund, 165 and 166, E. D 1 75
J. C. Decatur, 268, F. D 1 00
Amount carried forward $59 15
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Amount brought forward $59 15
Burt W. Decatur, 64, W. D 1 00
Mrs. S. E. Drew, 43, E. D. 1 00
Mrs. A. E. Dupee, 144, E. D 1 00
Mrs. Rachel Dupee, Fairview
1 00
Mrs. W. P. Edwards, 66, E. D
5 00
Alonzo B. Falls, 62, W. D.
1 00
Mrs. A. M. Felch, 257, E. D.
1 00
Mrs. Emily A. Fletcher, Fairview
1 00
F. L. Fletcher, 83, W. D ..
1 00
Mrs. Julia A. Fletcher, 69, W. D
1 00
John M. Fletcher, 76, W. D
1 00
J. W. Fletcher, 154, E. D.
1 00
Mrs. Lucy J. Fletcher, 92, W. D
1. 00
Mrs. B. Foote, 22 and 23, W. D.
2 00
William E. Frost, 17, E. D.
1 00
Mrs. Louisa Garbett, 55, E. D.
1 00
August Gardel, 368, E. D
1 00
George Q. Gilson
1 00
L. S. Gilson, 60 and 75, W. D., 320, E. D
3 00
William Gower, 42, E. D.
1 00
Mrs. S. E. Green, Fairview
1 00
John Greig, 14, W. D.
1 00
Income from J. B. Griffin fund, Fairview
5 67
Mrs. Abby Hamlin, 366, E. D.
1 00
George P. Hamlin, 111, W. D
1 00
Income from C. and C. A. Hamlin fund, 56 and 57, E. D. 3 79
George E. Harris, 27, W. D.
1 00
W. O. Hawkes, 112, W. D.
1 00
Income from M. Hennessey fund, 239, E. D.
1 89
Miss C. E. Hewitt, 116, W. D
1 00
Mrs. Ellen Hildreth, 87, W. D., and one in Fair- view 2 00
Mrs. Frank C. Hildreth, Fairview
5 00
Miss Helen C. Hildreth, 115, W. D
1. 00
H. V. Hildreth, 42 and 43, W. D. 2 00
Amount carried forward. $114 50
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Amount brought forward $114 50
Frank Hindle, 336, E. D. 1 00
E. H. Holt, 39, W. D. 1 00
Mrs. G. F. Horne, 16, E. D 1 00
Income from Samuel Horne fund. 2 82
Francis Hosiner, 325, E. D.
1 00
S. G. Humiston, 136 and 142, E. D 2 00
G. W. Hunt, 341, E. D. 1 00
Edmund J. Hunt, 367, E. D. 1 00
Mrs. Mary A. Hunt, 53, E. D.
1 00
Miss A. L. Johnson, 60, E. D
1 00
Andrew Johnson, 158, E. D 5 00
Miss R. E. Luce, Fairview
1 00
Mrs. J. H. Laws, 114, W. D.
1 00
George A. Leland, 247, E. D.
1 00
George F. Millis, 57, W. D.
1 00
George C. Moore, 343, E. D.
2 00
Miss Laura E. Mace, 30, E. D
1 00
F. Morton, 331, E. D.
1 00
Mrs. Mary F. Morse, 58, E. D.
1 00
James L. Moss, 242 and 243, E. D
12 00
Frank E. Miller, 36, W. D.
1 00
Income from E. D. Metcalf fund.
1 50
J. M. Osgood, 6, E. D
1 00
Lewis P. Palmer, 31 and 32, E. D
2 00
Mrs. H. S. Parker, Fairview.
1 00
Parker & Buxton, 365, E. D
1 00
Income from J. M. Parker fund.
1 74
William Petherick, 339, E. D.
1 00
Miss Sarah Prescious, 47, E. D.
1 00
Edward Prescott, 25, W. D.
1 00
Mrs. Frances A. Prescott, 167 and 168, E. D., and one in Fairview 3 00
Income from Nathan P. Prescott fund, 347, E. D .. : 13
William Prinn, 67, W. D.
1 00
Income from Mary A. Putnam fund, North Cemc- tery 3 86
Amount carried forward. $174 55
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Amount brought forward. $174 55
Carrie E. Read. Fairview. 1 00
George G. Reed, 70, W. D. 1 00
Income from Sarah S. Reed fund, West Cemetery 3 79
Mrs. Anna Richardson, 74, W. D.
1 00
MI. T. Richardson. Fairview
1 00
Miss Sarah Richardson, two lots in Fairview 2 00
Income from Sarah F. Richardson fund 1 89
Mrs. F. K. Ripley, 2, E. D. 1 00
Alrs. Nancy Sargent, 59, W. D.
1 00
William Saville, Fairview 1 00
Mrs. Charles J. Searles, 66, W. D 1 00
Mrs. George Scrutton, 375, E. D. 1 00
Mrs. David H. Shattuck, 322, E. D.
5 00
Miss M. Shaw, 355, E. D.
1 00
Miss Clara A. Smith, 95, W. D
1 00
J. F. Spaulding, 346, E. D.
1 00
Richard Stancomb, 340, E. D
1 00
James Stewart, 138, E. D.
1 00
F. O. Stiles, 41, E. D.
1 00
Thomas Symmes, two lots in Fairview
2 00
Albert Taylor, 258, E. D
1 00
S. L. Taylor, 101, W. D., 222, E. D., and one in Fairview 3 00
Mrs. S. H. Trumbull, Fairview
1 00
J. A. Walkden, 15. E. D
1 00
William Welch, 18, E. D. .
1 00
Income from Sarah E. P. Wells fund, West Ceme- tery 3 01
Isaac G. Wheeler, 105, W. D.
1 00
. Mrs. Mary. J. Wheeler, 77, W. D
1 00
C. E. Whidden, Whiting lot, Fairview
2 00
William Whigham, 54, E. D.
1 00
Mrs. E. J. Whitney, 28 and 29, E. D
2 00
George H. Whitney, 159, E. D.
5 00
Mrs. Hiram Whitney, 100, W. D.
1 00
Mrs. Wm. M. Whitney, 21, W. D., and one in Fair- view 2 00
Amount carried forward.
$229 24
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Amount brought forward. $229 24
Income from C. M. Wiley fund, Fairview. 3 52
Income from Luther Wilkins fund, 88, W. D 2 64
Samuel Willis, 20, W. D. 1 00
William T. Willis, 19, W. D. 1 00
John Wilson, 146, E. D. . 1 00
Myron J. Woods, 155, E. D.
1 00
William L. Woods, 148, E. D.
1 00
A. A. Wright, 34, W. D.
1 00
Mrs. F. C. Wright, 59, E. D.
1 00
Gilman J. Wright, 28 and 29, W. D.
2 00
G. P. Wright, 25, E. D.
1 00
N. H. Wright, 46 and 47, W. D.
2 00
W. M. Wright, 24, E. D.
1 00
Income from V. B. Wright fund 94
$249 34
EXPENSES.
Fairview :
Paid A. P. Richardson and others, for labor
$260 50 -
Paid for 500 lbs. top dressing
9.50
11/2 tons top dressing
52 50
Lawn mower
3 00
Grass cutter
50
Grass seed
1 71
$327 71
North Cemetery:
Paid B. F. Nutting for labor.
$10 00
W. H. H. Burbeck, for labor. 2 50
$12 50
West Cemetery :
Paid for iron gates for entrances
$51 18
One-half ton top dressing
17 50
Paint stock 1 70
M. F. Hutchins, care of cemetery. 8 00
M. F. Hutchins, for labor
1 75
J. T. Colburn, for labor 7 00
A. J. Angel, for labor.
6 00
:
$93 13
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General expense:
Postage stamps for notices $5 00
Oil, etc 75
$5 75
$439 09
Amount appropriated by the town.
$200 00
Unexpended balance in the town treasury, 1900.
62 22
Amount received for care of lots 249 34
$511 56
Amount expended
439 09
Balance in hands of Town Treasurer $72 47
TRUST FUNDS HELD FOR CARE OF BURIAL LOTS.
Sally B. Burrill fund.
$100 00
Mary A. Putnam fund.
100 00
Samuel Horne fund 50 00
Clara M. Wiley fund
100 00
Joseph B. Griffin fund
100 00
Edwin D. Metcalf fund
50 00
Sarah S. Reed fund.
100 00
C. and C. A. Hamlin fund
100 00
Varnum B. Wright fund.
25 00
M. Hennessey fund
50 00
Sarah E. Richardson fund
50 00
James M. Parker fund
50 00
Sarah E. P. Wells fund
100 00
Luther Wilkins fund
75 00
Nathan P. Prescott fund
50 00
Charles S. Dodge fund
100 00
Francis Caldwell fund
50 00
$1.250 00
GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, Chairman, MELBOURNE F. HUTCHINS, GEORGE T. DAY, Secretary, Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX SS.
To either Constable of the Town of Westford, in said County, GREETING :
You are hereby required, in the name of the Common- wealth aforesaid, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections, and also in Town affairs, to meet at the Town House, in said Westford, on Monday, the seventeenth day of March, being the third Monday in said month, at eight o'clock A. M. The polls will be opened at 8.15 o'clock A. M., and may be closed at 1 o'clock P. M .; and they are then and there to act upon the following articles, to wit :
1st. To choose a Moderator.
2d. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, for one year; one Selectman, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, two School Committee, one Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds, all for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library, one for one year and one for three years ; Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, two Constables and one Auditor, all for one year ; also to vote on the following question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? " all on one ballot.
3d. To hear the report of the Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.
4th. To hear the report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards, and act in relation to the same.
5 th. To hear the report of the Overseers of the Poor, and act in relation to the same.
6th. To hear the report of the School Committee, and act in relation to the same.
7th. To hear the report of the Trustees of the Public Library, and act in relation to the same.
8th. To hear the report of the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds, and act in relation to the same.
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9th. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Auditor chosen to audit the accounts of the Town Officers, and act in relation to the same.
10th. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors as reported by the Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.
11th. To see if the Town will determine the compensation of the Tax Collector, and act in relation to the same. 12th. To raise and appropriate money to repair Roads and Bridges.
13th. To raise and appropriate money for Town Debts and Charges.
14th. To raise and appropriate money for Public Schools.
15th. To raise and appropriate money to pay tuitio. of High School scholars, residents of the Town, at Westford Academy.
16th. To raise and appropriate money for support of Poor.
17th. To raise and appropriate money for School Text Books and Supplies.
18th. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the written direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time to meet the demands on the treasury, and act in relation to the same.
19th.
To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year, also the rate of interest on taxes remaining unpaid at a time to be fixed by vote of the Town, and when and how said taxes shall be paid into the treasury, and act in relation to the same.
20th. To choose all other Town Officers necessary to be chosen by hand vote, and act in relation to the same.
21st. By request of the Veteran Association, to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50) to commemorate Memorial Day, and act in relation to the same.
22d.
By request of the citizens of Graniteville, Forge Village and Brookside, to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Seventy-Five Dollars ($75) for the pur- pose of distributing books from the Public Library in these three villages, and act in relation to the same.
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23d. To see what action the Town will take in the suit of Henry O. Keyes for injury to horse on the highway on August 16, 1899, and act in relation to the same.
24th. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agents in any suit or suits that may arise during the current year; also in such other matters which may arise, requiring in their judgment the action of such agent, and act in relation to the same.
25th. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to give official names to the streets in the several villages and to all roads leading to adjoining towns, and report the names and localities in the next Town Report, to be accepted or revised at the next annual meeting, and act in relation to the same.
26th. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to paint the Town House and fence around the Town House lot, and act in relation to the same.
27th. By request of the School Committee, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($125) to paint the Forge Village School ยท House, and act in relation to the same.
28th. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 335, Chapter 11, of the Revised Laws, in regard to choosing the Town Clerk for a term of three years, and act in relation to the same.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up true and attested copies at the Town House and each Depot in said Westford, eight days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands and seals, this first day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and two.
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, WESLEY O. HAWKES,
A True Copy. Attest : Selectmen of Westford.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD, MASS.,
FOR TIE
SCHOOL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1902.
WES
TOWN
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LOWELL, MASS .: COURIER-CITIZEN CO., PRINTERS.
1902.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1901-1902.
A. R. CHOATE, Chairman
Term Expires 1904.
H. M. SEAVEY, Secretary
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1904.
GEO. H. HARTFORD
6 1903.
FRANK H. HILDRETH
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1902.
ELBERT H. FLAGG
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1902.
66
1903.
JOHN C. ABBOT
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Superintendent of Schools, H. E. RICHARDSON, Residence, Littleton Depot.
Report of the School Committee.
To the Citizens of Westford : -
Your committee respectfully submit to you this report, together with that of the Superintendent of Schools.
We believe that good work has been accomplished in the schools, through our competent Superintendent and able corps of teachers, and that the cause of education has been advanced.
In September last a ninth grade was established, thus better fitting the pupils for entering the Academy, or rounding out the education of those who are not able to continue in school work.
Drawing and water colors have been introduced into the schools, which add to the interest and help to cultivate the artistic nature of the child. We believe that art and music tend to develop the moral character, which should be one of the functions of the school.
It is surprising as well as interesting to note with what correctness and rapidity even the younger pupils read music at sight, under the able instruction of our Supervisor of Music, and as carried out by the teachers. Their individual singing, minus all traces of embarrassment, seems to be as natural as reading from the reading book.
The Superintendent's report will cover the educational part more in detail.
As to the school buildings, the committee would report that they are in good condition at the present time, with the exception of a little paint and a few minor repairs.
The Forge Village Schoolhouse has been raised and a cellar with a cemented bottom built, in which a large new furnace has been placed. The old chimney was taken down and a three-flue chimney built in its place, to give means for ventilation. The outbuilding has been set back from the schoolhouse over a new stone and cement vault. The committee found much more to be done than they had at first anticipated, as they also took into consideration the liability of having to enlarge the building at some future time.
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New furnaces have been placed in the Graniteville School- house, the old ones being insufficient for heating the building, besides being a continuous expense, amounting to forty or fifty dollars per year for repairs. The new ones have proven entirely satisfactory.
It will be necessary to provide some accommodation for the eighth and ninth grades before another school year, as the seating capacity of the room which the Trustees have so kindly allowed us the use of will be inadequate. We hope the day is not far distant when our town will have a more commodious building at the Centre to provide for the higher grades.
A. R. CHOATE, J. C. ABBOT, G. H. HARTFORD, F. H. HILDRETH, E. H. FLAGG, H. M. SEAVEY, School Committee.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
INCOME.
Balance unexpended from 1900. $ 55 85 Appropriation .. 6,000 00
From State on account of Superintend- ent of Schools . 250 00
Income Massachusetts School Fund ...
638 08
From Westford Academy for services of music teacher 25 00
Tuition of scholars at Westford Acad- emy.
1,500 00
$8,468 93
EXPENDED.
Teachers $5,225 41
Fuel . 581 93
Janitor service and cleaning 521 55
Transporting scholars 508 50
Tuition scholars Westford Academy .. . 1,500 00
$8,337 39
Balance unexpended. $131 54
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED SCHOOLS.
Appropriation .
$600 00
Amount expended 559 93
Balance
$40 07
EXPENSE OF SUPERVISION.
Salary paid by Town. $780 00
Rebate from State. 625 00
Net cost to Town
$155 00
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
Schools. $6,000 00
Tuition scholars at Westford Academy . 1,500 00
Text books and school supplies . 700 00
$8,200 00
Superintendent's Report.
To the Westford School Committee.
Gentlemen :-- My second annual report as Superintendent of Schools is herewith respectfully submitted.
The year has passed without large or striking incidents, but it has been a twelvemonth of earnest effort on the part of teachers and school officials to hold to the results of the past and to acquire something more. I most gladly acknowledge the hearty co-operation of teachers and the school committee in this endeavor and for the success obtained.
In June nearly one-half of our corps of teachers resigned, but it is with pleasure that I commend the general earnestness and efficiency of the present corps. Schools are what they are because teachers are what they are -- devoted, hard-working, qualified, for " As is the teacher so is the school." Unfortu- nately, owing to the attractions of higher salaries elsewhere, we frequently lose teachers just when their services have become most valuable to us.
Two facts enter into oft-repeated experiences : first, frequent resignations, or refusals to return because higher salaries are offered elsewhere; second, our disadvantage in the search for desirable teachers because the salaries are low. No one can blame teachers for wanting to better themselves, but these stub- born facts make the task of maintaining a high standard by no means easy. You, gentlemen of the committee, I am glad to know, appreciate these difficulties, and is it not possible to lessen to a degree the inducements for such frequent changes ?
It is a source of gratification to know of the high standing of our Academy graduates who entered college and normal school during the past year. Report comes to us that they are well equipped for their work and are taking honors. This indi- cates that our young people possess the ability and have the requisite preparation to enable them to successfully compete with the best in higher institutions of learning.
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The high standard reached last year in the eighth grade has been maintained, and we are glad to report the successful formation of a ninth grade, which has materially improved our school organization. In September the majority of the eighth grade pupils were advanced to the Academy, because of lack of seating capacity of the grammar room, so that marked results from the formation of an additional grade cannot be expected at least for another year.
The discipline and general character of the work in the Centre schools are much improved and deserve commendation.
The unsettled state of affairs at Nabnasset has been cor- rected and good progress is now being made.
It is gratifying to report the excellent management of the Forge Village schools. The large number of children in the primary school, with three grades, makes it in many ways the most difficult position in town, and one that none but a particu- larly strong teacher can fill acceptably. Miss Phillips, the present teacher, is fully meeting all the requirements.
The Graniteville schools are in good condition and second to none in town. In November, at the close of the fall term, Mr. Burr J. Merriam, Principal of the grammar school, resigned to accept a better position in New Hampshire, and Mr. F. H. Saunders, of Rhode Island, was elected temporarily to fill the vacancy.
Hoping that parents and patrons will come into closer sympathy with our schools by knowing some things now engag- ing much attention, the following paragraphs are written,
Reading .- In all our school work I believe that reading is of greatest importance. By reading is meant not only the ability to read but the formation of a right habit in reading and a desire to read good books. To secure the desired results in this direc- tion a large supply of reading material is necessary. Years ago one book for each pupil was thought sufficient, but now every pupil reads several books in each grade, and many books are selections from the best English classics and all have more or less literary merit.
We have during the past two years added quite largely to our reading list in all grades.
In this way pupils not only read a large amount of the best literature in school, thereby forming a taste for good reading,
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which in the higher grades is supplemented by similar books taken from the public library, but are acquiring a valuable habit which will be of no small benefit all through life. The apprecia- tion of good literature is showing itself even among the younger pupils.
Believing that " The best is none too good for the children," the following are in use in carrying out the course.
Grade I .- Cooke's " Nature Myths," Grimm's " Fairy Tales," " Hiawatha Primer," Kingsley's " Greek Heroes," Stickney's " Fairy Tales," Scudder's "Folk Stories and Fables," Ander- sen's "Fairy Tales," " Aesop's Fables," "Stepping Stones to Literature," No. 1, Cyr's Primer, Cyr's First Reader.
Grade II .- " Seven Little Sisters," Andrews, "Story of Lincoln," "Story of the Pilgrims," "Story of Washington," " Little Folks of Other Lands," "Story of Ulysses," Baldwin's "Fairy Stories and Fables," " In Mythland," "Story of Robert Fulton," Cyr's Second Reader, Riverside Primer, " Stories for Children," Eclectic Readers, Cooke's " Nature Myths," " Aesop's Fables."
Grade III .- " Robinson Crusoe," " Sories Mother Nature Told Her Children," " Each and All," " Seven Little Sisters," Andrews, " Stories of Marquette and Joliet," " Story of La Salle," " Story of Lincoln," " Around the World," Book I, " Andersen's Stories," "Stepping Stones to Literature," Vol. 2, Longfellow's " Challenge of Thor," " The Daffodils," Wordsworth, " Story of the Amber Beads."
Grade IV .- " Ten Boys," Andrews, " Stories from the Iliad," ' Legends of Norseland," Pratt, "Stories of Norse Mythology," " Independence Bell," " Yorktown," Whittier, "Song of Mar- ion's Men," Bryant, "Nathan Hale," Finch, "Feats on the Fiord," Martineau, "Horatius," "Stories from the Odyssey."
Grade V .- " American Indians," Starr, " American History Stories," Pratt, Eggleston's "First Book in American History," Hawthorne's " Wonder Book," "Story of Roland," Longfellow's " Hiawatha," Selections from " Miles Standish," Selections from "Lady of the Lake" " Ivanhoe," Longfellow's " Skeleton in Armor," " Sir Galahad," "The Children's Crusade," Longfellow, " Tales of Chivalry."
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