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2 00
Turner, Miss Lizzie, 203, E. D.
1 00
Tuttle, Mrs. N. L., 7 and 8, E. D.
1 00
Walkden, J. A., 155, E. D.
1 00
Welch, Mrs. Wm., 10 and 11, E. D.
2 00
Wheeler, Miss Delia, 137, E. D.
1 00
Wheeler, Mrs. M. J., 77, W. D.
1 00
Whigham, Wm., 54, E. D.
1 00
White, Wm., 96, W. D.
1 00
Whitney, Mrs. George H., 159, E. D.
1 00
Willis, Samuel, 20, W. D. 1 00
Woods, Myron J., 155, E. D. 1 00
Woods, Wm. L., 148, E. D.
1 00
Wright, Andrew S., 28 and 29, W. D.
2 00
Wright, F. C., 59, E. D.
1 00
Wright, N. H., 46 and 47, W. D.
2 00
Wright, Mrs. W. M., 24, E. D.
1 00
Wyman, W. W., 376, E. D.
1 00
York, Ellsworth, 234, E. D
1 00
York, J. E., 296, E. D.
8 00
$ 157 00
WESTLAWN.
Colburn, C. D., for Amos Day lot
$2 00
Cutter, Miss M. E., Littleton, for Cutter
lot. 1 00
Amount carried forward $3 00
91
Amount brought forward $3 00
Leighton, Mrs. A. R., Hollis, N. H. 1 00
Leighton Miss Ida E., for Leighton lot. . 2 00
Prescott, Miss Ida L., Milford, Mass., for Samuel Prescott lot 1 00 Watson, S. B., for Day lot 2 00
$9 00
HILLSIDE.
Marsh, Mrs. J. F., Malden, Mass., for Nutting lot $1 00
Worcester, Mrs. I. S., for Hezekiah Cum- mings lot 1 00
Worcester, Mrs. I. S., for James Wright lot 1 00
3 00
NON-RESIDENTS.
Abbot Estate, L. M. B., Groton, Fairview 1 00
Adams, C. L., South Chelmsford, 199 and 200, E. D. 2 00
Adams, Mrs. C. L., South Chelmsford, 201, E. D. 1 00
Bailey, Mrs. John, Lowell, 51 and 52, W. D. 2 00
Buxton, Mrs. J. C., Lowell, 365, E. D., and one in Fairview 2 00
Carpenter, Eugene, Newton, 336, E. D.
1 00
Carrick, Mrs. Alice, Worcester, 328, E. D.
1 00
Chamberlain, C. A., Boston, 15, N. D., 53, W. D.
8 00
Chamberlain, Mrs. E. H., Cheraw, S. C., 224, E. D. .
1 00
Crockett, Mrs. H. C., North Chelmsford, 255, E. D. 5 00
Crockett, H. C., North Chelmsford, 325, E. D. 1 00
Coolidge, Miss Annie L., Lowell, 65, W. D. 1 00
Craven, Mrs. Emily L., Lowell
1 00
Cummings, George W., Lowell, 147, E. D. 1 00
Davie, Wm. M., North Chelmsford, 32, W. D. 1 00
Amount carried forward
$29 00
92
Amount brought forward $29 00
Davis, Miss Alice L., Somerville, 10, W. D. 1 00
Decatur, Burt W., Roseville, Cal., 64, W. D. 1 00
Dix, Mrs. Henry, Charlestown, 327, E. D. 1 00
Dugdale, R. J., Anaheim, Cal., 243, E. D. 1 00
Edwards, Mrs. George, Lowell, 71, W. D. 1 00
Felch, Mrs. A. M., Westford, 257, E. D.
1 00
Felch, Samuel, Chelmsford, 240, E. D.
1 00
Folland, L. S., Manchester, N. H., 22 and 23 W. D .. 2 00
Griffin, F. A., Lowell, 349, E. D. 8 00
Hamlin, George P., Boston, 111, W. D.
1 00
Harris, George E., Rockland, 27, W. D. 1 00
Heywood, Edwin E., Arlington Heights, 337, E. D., 47 S. D. 2 00
Hindle, Frank, Chelmsford, 336, E. D.
1 00
Hildreth, Helen C., Harvard, 115, W. D.
1 00
Holt, Mrs. E. H., Lowell, 39, W. D.
1 00
Horne, George F., Somerville, 16, E. D.
1 00
Hunt, George W., Lynn, 341, E. D. 1 00
Hunt, Mrs. James, East Pepperell, 53, E. D. 1 00
Hutchins Estate, Samuel M., Lowell, 54, W. D. 1 00
Hutchinson, Francis, Chelmsford, 82, W. D. 1 00
Johnson, Miss Almira L., Melrose Highlands, 60, E. D. 1 00
Kierstead, Sanford, Waltham, 156, E. D. 8 00
King, Mrs. A. M., Beeville, Tex., 21, W. D. 1 00
Laws, Mrs. J. H., Somerville, 114, W. D. 1 00
Longbottom, Walter, Arlington Heights, 249, E. D. . 1 00
Longley, Albert W., Chicago, Ill., lot in Fairview 1 00
Moore, George C., North Chelmsford, 343, E. D. 2 00
Moss, James W., Boston, 242, E. D.
1 00
Osgood, Mrs. John M., Racine, Wis., 6, E. D.
1 00
Osgood, Josiah A., Sierra Madre, Cal., for John Osgood lot. 1 00
Parker, O. A., Waltham, Fairview
2 00
Peck, Mrs. S. E., Elizabeth, N. J., 94, W. D. 1 00
Amount carried forward
$79 00
93
Amount brought forward $79 00
Petherick, Wm. H., Leominster, 339, E. D. 1 00
Read, Miss Carrie E., Barre, Fairview 1 00
Reed, George G., Lowell, 70, W. D. 1 00
Richardson, M. T., New York City, Fairview 1 00
Ripley, Mrs. F. K., North Chelmsford, 2, E. D. 1 00
Saville, Wm., Boston, Fairview 1 00
Schooner, Mrs. Louis, Bradford, 178 and 179, E. D. . 1 00
Scrutton, Mrs. George, Lowell, 375, E. D. 1 00
Shea, Mrs. J. Frank, Newfield, Me., 262, E. D. 1 00
Smith, Allen G., Littleton, 90, W. D. 1 00
Spaulding, J. F., Lowell, 346, E. D. 1 00
Stancomb, Richard, Leominster, 340, E. D. 1 00
Stiles, F. O., Littleton, 41, E. D.
1 00
Stiles, H. S., Mayville, N. Y., 135, E. D.
1 00
Sweatt, Miss Jessie M., Boston, 254, E. D.
1 00
Trumbull, Mrs. S. H., Beverly, Fairview 1 00
Wheeler, Isaac G., Allston, 105, W. D. 1 00
Willis, Wm. T., Lowell, 19, E. D. 1 00
Woodbury, Edgar H., Littleton, 311, E. D. 1 00
Wright A. A., Hudson, 34, W. D. 1 00
Wright, Mrs. Emma E., Lowell, 25, E. D. 1 00
$269 00
EXPENSES.
FAIRVIEW.
Paid C. N. Richardson and others $177 75
W. H. Johnson, labor 98 25
W. H. Johnson, painting fence and hearse house 18 82
C. H. Bicknell, for loam
25 00
D. H. Waller, for loam 1 25
Amount carried forward $321 07
94
Amount brought forward $321 07
Wright & Fletcher, for paint, oil, etc. 8 59
Wright & Fletcher, for fertilizer, grass seed, etc. 7 95
Wright & Fletcher, for lawn mower, file, etc. 4 20
$341 81
WESTLAWN.
Paid W. H. H. Burbeck, care of cemetery . $12 00
W. H. H. Burbeck, care of lots as per bill 25 00
G. T. Day, for scraping and painting fence 7 00
G. T. Day, for 32 gals. paint. 6 25
G. T. Day, for paint and labor on fence around the Col. Robinson lot 1 75
$52 00
HILLSIDE.
Paid W. H. H. Burbeck, care of cemetery $10 00
W. H. H. Burbeck, care of lots, as per bill 9 00
$19 00
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for 300 stamped envelopes, etc. $7 05
Courier-Citizen Co., stamping Town seal on envelopes 1 00
Courier-Citizen Co., printing 200 notice cards
1 75
Amount carried forward $9 80
$412 81
95
Amount brought forward $9 80
$412 81
Courier-Citizen Co., for 175 ad- dressed envelopes 1 25
G. T. Day, for painting and gilding markers in Westlawn, Hillside and Wright Cemeteries
3 50
Express from Lowell
35
14 90
Amount expended.
$127 .1
Amount received from Town
$200 00
Received for care of lots
269 00
$469 00
Amount expended
427 71
Amount in hands of Commissioners
$ 41 29
PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS.
NAME.
CEMETERY.
FUND.
J. W. P. Abbot
Fairview
$100 00
Cyrus Babbitt
50 00
Sally B. Burrill
66
100 00
Mary E. Brigham
100 00
Mary E. Brigham (Kittredge lot)
66
100 00
Susan A. Butterfield
66
100 00
Francis Caldwell
66
50 00
John Carmichael
66
50 00
John B. Carmichael
66
100 00
Elisha Case
66
50 00
Wm. Chandler
Hillside
100 00
George Davis
Fairview
50 00
Charles L. Dodge.
100 00
Cephas Drew
66
50 00
George Drew
66
50 00
Amount carried forward
$1,150 00
96
Amount brought forward
$1,150 00
Edmund F. Dupee.
Fairview
50 00
Rachel Dupee
50 00
Win. Z. Dupee
66
50 00
Daniel Falls
66
50 00
Abijah Fletcher
50 00
Andrew Fletcher
66
100 00
Charles H. Fletcher
66
50 00
Julia A. Fletcher
50 00
Sherman D. Fletcher
50 00
Sherman D. Fletcher.
Westlawn
50 00
Charles H. Follansbee
Hillside
100 00
George Q. Gilson
Fairview
50 00
Joseph B. Griffin
100 00
Timothy L. Griffin lot, by
Viola Griffin Whithead . .
50 00
Theodore H. Hamblett
50 00
C. & C. A. Hamlin
66
100 00
M. Hennessey
50 00
Henry Herrick
Westlawn
100 00
Samuel Horne
Fairview
50 00
Silas Lawrence and Mrs. Drake
Westlawn
100 00
Francis Leighton
50 00
Isaiah Leighton
Fairview
100 00
Mazuzan and Whitney
200 00
Edwin D. Metcalf
50 00
John M. Osgood
95 25
James M. Parker
50 00
Fletcher Peckens
66
50 00
Prescott & Babbitt
66
100 00
Abram Prescott tomb
Westlawn
50 00
Charles H. Prescott
100 00
Joseph H. Prescott
50 00
Frances A. Prescott
Fairview
50 00
Nathan P. Prescott
66
50 00
Amount carried forward
$3.445 25
66
66
97
Amount carried forward
$3,445 25
Mary A. Putnam
Hillside
100 00
Polly Quigg.
Fairview
50 00
Abijah C. Reed
66
50 00
Anan Reed
Westlawn
50 00
Sarah S. Reed
66
100 00
Annie Richardson
Fairview
50 00
Olive A. Richardson
50 00
Samuel Richardson
66
50 00
Sarah Richardson
50 00
Sarah E. Richardson
66
50 00
Nancy Sargent
50 00
C. Frederick Seifer
66
50 00
Levi Snow
100 00
Salmon L. Snow.
100 00
Sarah E. P. Wells
Westlawn
100 00
Hiram Whitney
Fairview
100 00
Clara M. Wiley
66
100 00
Luther Wilkins
75 00
John Wilson
50 00
Capt. Ezekiel Wright
Westlawn
50 00
N. H. Wright
Fairview
100 00
Varnum B. Wright
25 00
$4,945 25
GEORGE T. DAY, Chairman. W. H. H. BURBECK. DAVID L. GREIG.
Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
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Finance Committee Report.
To the Voters and Taxpayers of Westford:
The Finance Committee elected at the last Annual Meeting to report its recommendations relative to appropriations to be acted upon at the next Annual Meeting for the proper and economical maintenance of the several departments of the Town, submit the following recommendations. In making up this estimate, we have placed in separate columns the amounts asked for and the amounts recommended.
Amounts Amounts Asked for. Recommended. $1,000 and Dog Tax $1,000 and Dog Tax
Art. 9 Public Library. .
10 Public Burial Grounds 100
100
12 Town Hall 1,000
1,000
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14 Roads and Bridges 4,000
4,000
66
15 Roads in Centre of
See Recommendations
Town 2,500
Below.
66 16 Town Debts and
Charges 8,000
7,500
66
17 Support of Poor
1,200
1,200
66 18 Public Schools
9,000
9,000
66 19 High School 2,600
2,600
66
20 School Text-Books 700
600
21 Salary School Supt. 850
850
22 School Repairs, etc. . .
850
600
66 23 Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
800
800
24 Fire Department
450
400
26 Fire Extinguishers 200
150
Amount carried forward $33,250 $29,800
99
Amount brought forward $33,250
$29,800
Art. 27 Medical Inspector of Schools
50
50
66
32 Memorial Day
500
500
66
35 Transporting Library
Books
75
75
Notes Payable
3,550
3,550
Interest on same
1,000
1,000
Hydrants
1,600
1,600
County Tax
2,350
2,350
State Tax
2,750
2,750
$45,125
$41,675
Less Income
$9,785
Poll Taxes
1,300
-- $11,085
$11,085
Rate, $18.50 $34,040
$30,590
Rate
$16.50
On account of the generous offer of Mrs. M. Elizabeth Whitney to grade and prepare the land adjacent to the Wm. E. Frost School for a park and playground, at an expense amounting to many thousand dollars, and also to maintain the same, thus relieving the Town forever from any cost of construction or maintenance of this playground, we find it is absolutely necessary that the streets be graded and drained at the time this work is done, as the surface water and drainage of the street must be conveyed into drains that will be required to be laid through these grounds for this purpose. These repairs on the roads are ordered by the County Commissioners, and as the time expires this year, we, therefore, believing it is the wisest and most economical method to pursue, recommend that the sum of three thousand ($3,000) dollars be borrowed by the Town, with yearly payments on the principal, under Article 15, to be ex- pended for this purpose.
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The amount recommended will make a tax rate of $16.50 on $1,000.
This statement we submit to you for your careful consider- ation.
GEORGE T. DAY, JULIAN A. CAMERON, SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, WESLEY O. HAWKES, ELBERT H. FLAGG, Finance Committee.
Westford, Mass., March 8, 1910.
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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 Commonwealth 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 twenty- first day of March, being the third Monday in said month, at 7.45 o'clock A. M. The polls will be opened at eight o'clock A. M., and may be closed at one o'clock P. M .; and they are then and there to act upon the following articles, to wit:
1st. To choose a Moderator.
2nd. To bring in their votes for one Selectman, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, two School Committee, one Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds, one Trustee of the Public Library, all for three years; Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, two Constables, one Auditor and one Tree Warden, 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.
3rd. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 423 of the Acts of 1909 entitled, "An act relative to the sale of ice cream, confectionery, soda water and fruit on the Lord's Day."
4th. To hear the report of the Finance Committee, and act in relation to the same.
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5th. To hear the report of the Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.
6th. To hear the report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards, and act in relation to the same.
7th. To hear the report of the Overseers of the Poor, and act in relation to the same.
8th. To hear the report of the School Committee, and act in relation to the same.
9th. To hear the report of the Trustees, and raise and appro- priate money to meet the expenses of the Public Library, and act in relation to the same.
10th. To hear the report of the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds, and act in relation to the same.
11th. 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.
12th. To hear the report of the Selectmen in regard to, and see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the purpose of, renovating the Town Hall, and act in relation to the same.
13th. To see if the Town will determine the compensation of the Tax Collector, and act in relation to the same.
14th. To raise and appropriate money to repair Roads and Bridges.
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15th. To raise and appropriate or borrow money for the specific repairs of the roads at Westford Centre, as ordered by the County Commissioners, and act in relation to the same.
16th. To raise and appropriate money for Town Debts and Charges.
17th. To raise and appropriate money for support of Poor.
18th. To raise and appropriate money for Public Schools.
19th. To raise and appropriate money for High School purposes.
20th. To raise and appropriate money for School Text Books and Supplies.
21st. To raise and appropriate money for the salary of the Superintendent of Schools, and act in relation to the same.
22nd. To raise and appropriate money for repairs and mainten- ance of, and miscellaneous expenses incurred in con- nection with the various schoolhouses, and act in relation to the same.
23rd. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for destruction of gypsy and brown tail moths, and act in relation to the same.
24th. To raise and appropriate money to meet the expense of the Fire Department, and act in relation to the same.
25th. To see if the Town will vote to install additional hydrants for fire protection, and authorize the Selectmen to enter into a contract therefor with the Westford Water Company, and act in relation to the same.
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26th. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars to purchase extinguishers and other apparatus, the same to be placed with the Forest Wardens in the various parts of the Town and used for extinguishing forest and building fires, and act in relation to the same.
27th. To raise and appropriate money for medical inspection in the Public Schools, and act in relation to the same.
28th.
To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year beginning February first in antici- pation of the collection of taxes of said year such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
29th. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensu- ing 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.
30th. To choose a Finance Committee.
31st. To choose all other Town Officers necessary to be chosen by hand vote, and act in relation to the same.
32nd. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars to commemorate Memorial Day and provide for the dedication of the Monument to be presented to the Town, by Col. Edwin D. Metcalf of Auburn, N. Y., and act in relation to the same.
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33rd. To see if the Town will accept the proposed gift of M. Elizabeth Whitney relative to making into and maintaining as a playground, the premises adjacent to the William E. Frost School, and act in relation to the same.
34th. To see if the Town will vote to publish annually in the Town Report, a list of the new books added to the Library during the year, and act in relation to the same.
35th. By request of the citizens of Graniteville, Forge Village, and Parkerville, to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of seventy-five ($75) dollars for the purpose of distributing books from the Public Library in these three villages, and act in relation to the same.
36th. 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, and act in relation to the same.
37th.
To see if the Town will appropriate money for the suppres- sion of the liquor traffic in town and instruct and authorize the Selectmen to employ or appoint Con- stables or Police Officers to enforce the law, and act in relation to the same.
38th. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to offer a reward of one hundred ($100) dollars for the arrest and conviction of any person or persons setting forest or other fires in Town, 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.
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Hereof fail not, and make due 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, this Twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ten.
OSCAR R. SPALDING, ANDREW JOHNSON, Selectmen of Westford.
A True Copy. Attest:
Constable of Westford.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD, MASS.
FOR THE
School Year ending February 1, 1910
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LOWELL, MASS. COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS 1910
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1909-1910.
ALBERT R. CHOATE, Chairman Term Expires 1910.
HENRY B. READ
Term Expires 1910.
WALTER C. WRIGHT, Secretary Term Expires 1911.
JOHN SPINNER Term Expires 1911.
CHARLES O. PRESCOTT Term Expires 1912.
T. ARTHUR E. WILSON
Term Expires 1912.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
ARTHUR B. WEBBER, Littleton, Mass.
COMMITTEE ON TEXT-BOOKS.
CHARLES O. PRESCOTT, HENRY B. READ.
TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
WALTER C. WRIGHT.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
EDSON G. BOYNTON, CHARLES EDWARDS.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
CYRIL A. BLANEY, M. D.
Report of the School Board.
To the Citizens of Westford :-
The School Board herewith submits its annual report, to- gether with the reports of the Superintendent of Schools, the Principal of the High School, Supervisor of Music, Supervisor of Drawing, Medical Inspector and Truant Officers.
We feel that the schools have made excellent progress dur- ing the year under the supervision of Mr. A. B. Webber, Super- intendent of Schools, and we wish to thank the teachers for their hearty co-operation with him in making the year successful.
In behalf of the children attending the W. E. Frost School and their parents, the Committee again desires to express its sincere appreciation of the interest and kindness of Mrs. John C. Abbot, Miss Ella Hildreth and Mrs. Julian A. Cameron in so generously providing hot soup and cocoa for the children of the school, at the noon recess, during the cold weather.
Many of these children come from a distance, which necessi- tates their leaving their homes at a comparatively early hour, and as they do not return to their homes until well towards the close of the day, it will be readily understood how great a benefit these hot lunches are to them. It stimulates their school work and helps in their mental and physical development. The suc- cess of experiment during the past two winters fully convinces the Committee that it is a good thing for the Town to continue and it feels greatly indebted to these ladies who have so generously un- dertaken and supported the movement, and to the teachers for their hearty co-operation in the work.
ALBERT R. CHOATE, Chairman, HENRY B. READ, JOHN SPINNER, CHARLES O. PRESCOTT, T. ARTHUR E. WILSON, WALTER C. WRIGHT, Secretary .
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TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED.
High School
$277 38
The William E. Frost School
96 94
The Sargent School
115 82
The Cameron School
92 33
Nabnasset School
44 79
Parkerville School
10 92
Stony Brook School
2 11
$640 29
EXPENSE OF SUPERVISION.
Salary paid by the Town
$850 00
Rebate from State 625 00
Net cost to Town. $225 00
TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation . $600 00
Amount expended 657 22
Balance overdrawn $ 57 22
Average cost per pupil for the year 1909-1910 $ 1 38
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 1910-1911.
Schools $9,000 00
High School 2,600 00
Text-books and supplies 700 00
Miscellaneous 750 00
$13,050 00
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Financial Statement.
INCOME.
Balance unexpended $ 102 51
Appropriation, schools 8,000 00
Appropriation, High School 2,600 00
State Treasurer, tuition of children 9 00
From State on acct. of Supt. of Schools 250 00
Income from Mass. School Fund
1,127 80
- $12,089 31
EXPENDED.
Tuition for scholars at High School $2,600 00
Teachers 6,399 15
Transportation 1,759 80
Fuel
9844 44
Janitor service, cleaning, etc. 997 75
$12,741 14
Balance overdrawn $ 651 83
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
Gentlemen of the Committee:
I have the honor of submitting to you, as Superintendent of Schools of this Town, my fourth annual report, it being the eighteenth in the series of such reports.
Our teaching force has experienced less change than usual, except in the Academy. Miss Genevieve E. Jantzen, a graduate of the Lowell Normal School, succeeds Mr. Charles Edwards at Nabnasset and has been notably successful. Miss Addie Burn- ham, a teacher of several years successful experience in Essex, Mass., has been added to the corps at the William E. Frost School and is doing good work.
The corps of teachers at the Academy has materially changed. Miss Bartlett resigned in June to accept a more lucrative position and her place was filled by the appointment of of Miss Bertha M. Lawrence, of Campello, Mass. In December, Miss Babbitt resigned for personal reasons and the Trustees appointed Miss Bertha Norris, formerly a teacher in Bennington, Vt.
The spirit of the pupils has decidedly advanced in some cases, but many seem to regard attendance as purely voluntary, and work quite optional. This attitude has led to some criticism. There are those who take little satisfaction in the increased enrol- ment and feel that there has been a lowering of ancient scholarly standards; that the unfit are admitted and retained in the school. They say, "Raise the requirements for admission. Require the graduates of the grammer school to pass a rigid examination in order to be admitted. In this way you will weed out the unfit at the very beginning."
Easy and simple as this plan seems the best educational opinion is against it. In the first place it is absolutely impossible to separate the so-called "fit" from the "unfit" by means of writ- ten examination. Such a plan rigidly enforced would have robbed the world of many of its most useful and most famous
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men. The plodder, who, with the greatest effort cannot do more than passing work if he even succeeds in doing that, will gain far more, and will in many cases prove himself a far more useful mem- ber of society than will the brilliant but lazy boy, who fritters away his time and his opportunities.
The consensus of opinion at the National Superintendents' Association held in Chicago, where this topic received careful consideration, was that, in general, even the most unpromising pupils derive immense benefit from their connection with a good high school; that the most valuable result of any course of study is not a definite quantity of knowledge gained, but the uplift, the outlook and the inspiration which the school puts into the life of the pupil.
I firmly believe that a pupil who, after faithful and consci- entious work, has gotten out of the grammar school course all that there is in it for him, should be admitted to the Academy. No pupil, however, should be allowed to remain in the Academy who habitually fails to improve the opportunities offered him. On the other hand, I believe that the most stupid pupil should be al- lowed to remain so long as he earnestly desires to learn, and puts forth an honest effort. Work should be found for him which he can do with satisfaction to his teachers, and profit to himself.
The home must co-operate with the school in seeing that attendance is punctual and unbroken. The statistics show a gain, but condition far from satisfactory. This phase of the matter rests primarily with the parents, and to them we look for the fullest support.
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