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III. In selecting students to be educated in said seminary under the foregoing provisions, reference shall be had to the circumstances of their parents and guardians, and the selections shall be, so far as practicable, of those who would not otherwise be likely to secure the advantages of such a school.
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IV. The said trust fund shall be called :- The Sabra Carter Scholarship.
And the said party of the second part hereby promises and agrees to and with the said party of the first part, that if any money is realized from the said estate of said testatrix, on account of property now considered of doubtful value, the net amount thereof, after paying all reasonable and proper expenses and charges, shall be additional to said sum of five thousand dollars and shall be paid over to the said party of the first part, to be by it held in trust upon the said terms and con- ditions, which shall be applicable alike to all said trust property, and that all income to be derived, by the said party of the first part, from the investment of said trust property, shall enure to the said party of the first part and shall be its absolute prop- erty.
In witness whereof the said party of the first part has caused this indenture to be signed in its behalf by its president and treasurer, and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed; and the said party of the second part has hereunto set his hand and seal in his capacity of administrator as aforesaid, the day and year above written.
NORTHFIELD SEMINARY, by H. M. MOORE, President, GEO. E. KEITH, Treasurer.
[Corporate Seal.]
CHESTER W. CLARK, Administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Sabra Carter.
[Seal.]
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At a meeting of the trustees of the Northfield Seminary duly called and held at Boston on Saturday, the twenty-third day of July, A. D. 1904, a proposed form of contract, between this corporation and Chester W. Clark as administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Sabra Carter in conformity to the terms of a decree of the Supreme Judicial Court of this Commonwealth, was read and considered. Whereupo.1, it was voted that the terms thereof be approved and that the president and treasurer be authorized to execute the same in the name and in behalf of the corporation and to affix the corporate seal thereto.
Attest:
A. S. MOORE, Secretary pro tem.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Public documents received 38 volumes
Presented by James H. Bridge 1
Number of books purchased during the year 182
Number of books for circulation 2,997 Number of books taken out during the year . 4,553 Number of persons taking out books 367
The Library has been supplied during the year with the "Century" and "St. Nicholas" magazines.
ANNA T. SHELDON,
Librarian.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation $350 00
Interest Benj. Buck fund 20 00
From fines 10 53
Cash on hand January 1, 1904
6 80
Transferred from interest account
26 79
$414 12
Expended :
Anna T. Sheldon, salary $100 00
De Wolfe Fiske & Co. 209 26
W. B. Eames, repairing books
13 51
Amount carried forward $322 77
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Amount brought forward $322 77
Chas. B. Osbon, labor 4 00
D. K. Colgate, labor 11 49
Thomas Hale, labor
2 50
George Lane, Jr., labor
1 65
W. H. Carter, wood
5 00
Library bureau 14 13
Guy Nichols, labor
7 25
Mrs. Mary Kernon, cleaning
3 00
Francis Brothers, stove
25 00
Expended by treasurer
9 77
$406 56
Cash in hands of treasurer $7 56
LIST OF BOOKS PURCHASED FOR THE LIBRARY DURING THE YEAR 1904.
Fiction.
AN26K-A Kidnapped Colony M. R. S. Andrews B134P-Pursuit of Phyllis . J. H. Bacon
B192A-American Short Stories Charles S. Baldwin B272BE-Belle of Bowling Green Amelia E. Ban
B124V-Vergilus Irving Bacheller
B812H-High Noon Alice Brown
B874R-Red Leaguers S. F. Bullock C124P-The Prodigal Son Hall Caine
C274I-Incomparable Bellairs A. E. Castle
C477CR-The Crossing Winston Churchill C766S-The Seiners John B. Connolly
C836F-Fort Amity
A. T. Quiller-Couch
C836T-Two Sides of the Face A. T. Quiller-Couch
C854WH-Whosoever Shall Offend F. Marion Crawford
D264ME-Memoirs of a Baby Josephine Daskam
D299FA-Falaise of the Blessed Voice
W. S. Davis
D366U-Uther and Igraine W. Deeping D374C-The Common Way Margaret Deland
D585R-Rose of Old St. Louis Mary, Dillon
EL44-Elizabeth and Her German Garden
EL44A-Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen F234E-Evans of Suffolk Anna Farquhar F764M-Monsigny J. M. Forman
F834C-Christmas Eve on Lonesome . John Fox, Jr. G424F-Flowers of Youth R. R. Gilson G464D-The Deliverance Ellen Glasgow
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G764UN-The Undercurrent Robert Grant
G834D-Deacon Lysander Sarah P. M. Greene G834W-Winslow Plain Sarah P. M. Greene G994J-John Maxwell's Marriage S. Groynn H214G-The Georgians W. N. Harben
H224M-My Friend Prospero H. Harland H236H-The Homebuilders K. E. Harriman H242L-Little Union Scout J. C. Harris
H314P-Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope Hawkins
H434C-The Common Lot
Robert Herrick
H774T-The Torch H. M. Hopkins
H878Q-Queen of Quelparte A. B. Hulbert H835SO-Son of Royal Langbirth W. D. Howells
J154D-Dialstone Lane W. W. Jacobs
J234G-The Golden Bowl (2 vols.) Henry James J234A-The Ambassadors Henry James
J424D-Defense of the Castle T. Jenks
J654S-Sir Mortimer
Mary Johnston
K625T-Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling
L244N-Nancy Stair , E. M. Lane
L844S-The Sea-Wolf Jack London
L854S-Sixty Jane J. L. Long M126L-Lady of Loyalty House J. H. McCarthy
M174M-The Man on the Box H. MacGrath
M284D-Dorothy Vernon of Hadden Hall . Charles Major
M284F-Forest Hearth Charles Major
M584I-In the Bishop's Carriage M. Michelson M784S-Shipmates in Sunshine F. F. Moore M945F-The Frontiersmen M. N. Murfree P144B-Bred in the Bone Thomas N. Page P224L-Ladder of Swords Gilbert Parker
P544A-American Prisoner E. Phillpotts
P544C-Children of the Mist E. Phillpotts P874B-By-ways of Braithe F. Powell
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R254L-Lavender and Old Lace Myrtle Reed
R254M-The Master's Violin Myrtle Reed R364L-Lovey Mary Alice Hegan Rice
R445A-The Affair at the Inn K. D. W. Riggs
R914RS-Rose Island W. C. Russell
SP34C-Close of the Day Frank Spearman
SCO85L-Last Hope H. S. Scott SCO85T-Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories .. H. S. Scott ST94N-Napoleon Jackson Ruth M. Stuart
ST94R-River's Children Ruth M. Stuart
SI64M-Manassas U. Sinclair
T376M-Monarch the Big Bear Ernest Seton Thompson
T424M-The Masquerader K. C. Thurston
W215T-Trixy Elizabeth Stuart-Phelps Ward W242S-Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop,
A. Warner
W554D-Descent of Man Edith Wharton W335B-Bethany T. E. Watson
W2460-The Old Helmet Susan Warner
W246M-My Desire Susan Warner
W246ME-Melbourne House Susan Warner
W585S-Silent Places
S. E. White
W694B-Beulah Augusta J. E. Wilson
W694ST-St. Elmo Augusta J. E. Wilson
V84H-Henderson Rose E. Young
Juvenile Fiction.
JB284P-The Prairie Schooner William E. Barton JR284W-When Boston Braved the King . . William E. Barton TB594B-Bonny Leslie of the Border Amy E. Blanchard JB591GE-The Gentle Pioneer Amy E. Blanchard JB594L-The Loyal Lass Amy E. Blanchard
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TB726M-Midshipman in the Pacific C. T. Brady JC244B-Bear Stories M. H. Carter JC244A-About Animals M. H. Carter JC244C-Cat Stories M. H. Carter
JC244L-Lion and Tiger Stories M. H. Carter
JC244P-Panther Stories M. H. Carter
JC244S-Stories of Brave Dogs M. H. Carter
JD852E-Elinor Arden, Royalist M. C. DuBois
JD914H-Heart of Happy Hollow P. L. Dunbar
JH395BC-By Conduct and Courage G. A. Henty
JL5540-On Hyacinth Hill
M. F. Leonard
JL844C-The Call of the Wild Jack London JL914FN-Five Little Peppers at School. Mrs. W. H. Lothrop JL774S-Soldier of tlie Valley N.Lloyd
JM366T-Tillie H. R. Martin
JM584M-The Madigans M. Michelson
JM927BI-Big Cypress Kirk Munroe
JM927BL-Blue Dragon Kirk Munroe
JP222H-Hope Hathaway F. Parker JP614B-Boys of St. Timothy's A. S. Pier JQ44B-Baby Felton Quarter-back L. W. Quirk
JR344R-Ruth Campbell's Experiment N. Rhoades JT594TW-Two Young Patriots E. T. Tomlinson
JT594W-Washington's Young Aids E. T. Tomlinson JT594T-Three Young Continentals E. T. Tomlinson
JT594TH-Three Colonial Boys E. T. Tomlinson
JT594WI-With Flintlock and Fife E. T. Tomlinson
JT594F-Fort in the Forest E. T. Tomlinson JV194W-Wheat and Huckleberries Charlotte M. Vaile
JW156W-Wood-carver of 'Lympus
M. E. Waller
JW396W-When Patty Went to College . J. Webster JW616C-Courier of Empire J. H. Whitson JW7360-Outlook Story Book for Little People,
L. Winnington
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Biography.
B-AN24-Life of John A. Andrew (2 vols.) H. G. Pearson B-B854-Story of a Labor Agitator .J. R. Buchanan B-B664-Reminiscences of Sixty Years (2 vols.). G. S. Boutwell B-G454M-Life of William E. Gladstone (3 vols) .... J. Mosley B-H654-Autobiography of Seventy Years (2 vols.) George F. Hoar B-L514L-Recollections and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee, R. E. Lec
B-M214S-Life of William McKinley E. Stratemeyer B-P534M-Life of Jack Philip E. S. Maclay B-R674R-Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen Jacob A. Riis B-R674L-The Man Roosevelt F. E. Leupp B-SCH34-Forty-five Years Under the Flag W. S. Schley
JB-SM54J-Captain John Smith T. Jenks. B-W244F-Charles Dudley Warner Mrs. J. T. Fields
JB-W274MI-Youth of Washington S. W. Mitchell
Miscellaneous.
300-L84-People of the Abyss Jack London 353-C59-Presidential Problems . Grover Cleveland
J398-C88-Famous Legends E. G. Crommelin 352-ST3-Shame of the Cities L. Steffens 331-G42-Methods of Industrial Peace N. P. Gilman *500-H77-Scientific American Reference Books, A. A. Hopkins
591-B65-Training of Wild Animals F. C. Bostock 730-ST9-Appreciation of Sculpture R. Sturgis 2790-B3841-Recreation and Handicraft for Girls,
L. and A. B. Beard
811-F45-Songs and Other Verse . Eugene Field 811-F45L-Little Book of Western Verse Eugene Field 811-F45S-Second Book of Verse Eugene Field® 811-F45LO-Love-songs of Childhood Eugene Field 811-F45W-With Trumpet and Drum Eugene Field
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J740-SA5-Art Crafts for Beginners F. G. Sanford 811-V28-Music and Other Poems Henry Van Dyks J814-R44-Is There a Santa Claus? . Jacob A. Riis. 814-P58-Whittier-land S. T. Pickard
814-W17-Hermits Wild Friends M. A. Walton 820-W48-Temper of the Seventeenth Century in English Lit- erature B. Wendall 817-H72S-Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition,
Marietta Holley 824-H24-Choice of Books Frederick Harrison 914.6-C87-Adventures in Spain S. R. Crockett 914.7-B46-Russian Advance A. J. Beveridge 914.8-V89-Swedish Life in Town and Country, O. G. Von Heidenstam 914.9-B66-Belgium Life in Town and Country,
D. C. Boulger 915.2-K12-Awakening of Japan Okakura-Kakuzo 915.2-K77-Japanese Life in Town and Country. . G. W. Knox 915.11-H18-Korea A. Hamilton 915.2-B81-Heart of Japan .C. L. Brownell 915.4-C73-Indian Life in Town and Country .... H. Compton 917.5-J62-Highways and Byways of the South .... C. Johnson. 917.29-N51-Around the Carribean and Across Panama, F. C. Nicholas
915.6 -- G18-Turkish Life in Town and Country, L. M. J. Garnett
920-L13-Great Masters .J. Lafarge 951-G87-Corea, the Hermit Nation W. E. Griffis 970-W85-Stepping-stones of American History,
J. A. Woodburn
972-N72-From Empire to Republic A. H. Noll 973-H13-Memories of a Hundred Years,
Edward Everett Hale 973.2-F54-New France and New England .J. Fiske·
REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE ON WHITEFIELD SCHOOL.
The members of the committee as chosen at the town meet- ing of April 27, 1903, met shortly after that date and organized by the choice of James E. Kelley as chairman, and Howard M. Horton as secretary.
The first business before the committee was the selection of a site for the proposed school house.
Two locations were considered: one at the corner of Mid- dlesex Avenue and Federal Street, and the other on Middlesex Avenue, near the residence of Joseph E. Doucette.
After a careful examination of both locations, a majority of the comittee decided in favor of the latter.
Accordingly it was voted to purchase three acres of land of Sylvester Carter, paying for the same the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Preliminary drawings for the proposed school house were received from Edgar S. Wells, North Wilmington; E. O. Wil- son, Boston; Penn Varney, Lynn; and Robert Allen Cook, Milford.
While all the plans were of a high order of merit, it was the unanimous opinion of the committee that the sketch submitted by Mr. Cook was in some respects superior to the others.
Complete plans and specifications having been prepared, figures were called for for the construction of the building complete, except the heating apparatus.
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The following bids were received :-
Edgar S. Wells, North Wilmington $9,414 00
Stewart & Robinson, Reading 9,954 00
Frank W. Greydon, Woburn 10,194 00
Dillon Bros., Milford 9,436 00
Simon Porter, Reading 9,940 00
J. M. L. Enman, Winchester 10,200 00
Lewis Walten, E. Milton 11,627 00
Henry R. Johnson, Reading 12,836 00
As all the above bids were in excess of the amount avail- able for the work, it was decided to call a town meeting to see what action the town would take in regard to an increased appropriation.
At this meeting, held August 5th, 1903, it was voted not to increase the appropriation.
It was necessary, therefore, that all the bids be rejected.
At this time, two of the members of the committee, Messrs. Kelley and Gowing, resigned, and shortly afterwards Messrs. Stack and Sargent also resigned.
The vacancies having been filled by the election, by the Board of Selectmen, of Ellis E. Carter, Caleb S. Harriman, Arthur W. Eames and Lawrence C. Swain, the original plans were revised and new bids called for.
The bids received were as follows:
G. E. Brown Co., Woburn $7,995 00
Edgar S. Wells & Son, North Wilmington 8 510 00
Frank W. Greydon, Woburn 8,750 00
Stewart & Robertson, Reading 8,313 50
J. Henry McEwen, Winchester 8,350 00
J. M. L. Enman, Winchester 9,422 00
Simon Porter, Reading 8,818 00
Dillon Bros., Milford 8,515 00
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The Brown Co., having furnished a bond in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, with sureties satisfactory to the committee, a contract was signed with them for the construc- tion of the building, complete, except the heating apparatus, for the sum of seven thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars:
Proposals for the heating apparatus having been called for, the following bids were received :-
Fuller & Warren Co. $1,245 00
Magee Furnace Co. 1,190 00
Smith & Anthony 1,148 00
Boynton Furnace Co.
1,019 00
Some delay was experienced in awarding the contract for the heating apparatus, as the figures submitted were in excess of the amount available, but as it was not feasible to obtain better figures and have the plant satisfactory to the State Inspector, it was thought best to make a contract with the Boynton Furnace Co., they being the lowest bidders.
The town having voted to name the new school building "Whitefield School," we have placed a suitable inscription on the front entrance, a special design having been prepared for the same by Mr. Cook.
The building having been completed, it became necessary to have a further appropriation for the purpose of furnishing it, so that it might be used for school purposes at the opening of the fall term.
At a town meeting held August 20, 1904, it was voted to raise one thousand dollars for the furnishing of Whitefield School, cementing cellar, grading lot and building well.
Owing to an informality in the vote at this meeting, this sum did not become available until November.
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Two rooms of the building have been furnished, the cellar has been cemented, the well dug, and a pump and trough placed in position, but the grading was not entirely completed before the ground became frozen.
This can be completed at slight expense in the spring, and we would recommend the re-appropriation of the unex- pended balance for that purpose.
It will also be necessary to raise the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of making final payment on heating apparatus.
In conclusion, the committee desire to say that the utmost harmony has prevailed among all parties concerned in the con- struction.
No contractor has shown a disposition to shirk in any degree the conditions of his contract.
We also desire to call the attention of the citizens of the town to the fact that not one dollar has been paid for extra labor or material of any kind.
We feel that great credit is due the architect, Mr. Robert Allen Cook, for the careful and exact drawings and the full and complete specifications furnished by him, which have pre- vented any dispute in regard to extras.
The financial statement is as follows :-
Original appropriation
$10,000 00
Paid Sylvester Carter
$750 00
Robert Allen Cook 450 00
G. E. Brown Co. 7,837 00
E. Van Norden Co. 26 00
A. H. Whidden & Son
111 15
Boynton Furnace Co.
800 00
$9,974 15
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Unexpended Balance
$25 85
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Special appropriation for furnishing,
cementing cellar, grading lot and putting in well and pump $1.000 00
Paid for Gravel
$19 80
Labor on grading
254 82
Shovels
2 55
Cement for cellar
84 50
Lumber
3 60
Labor on cellar
81 30
Putting in well
65 00
Platform for well
2 50
Pump and pipe
7 50
Watering trough
5 00
School furniture
415 17
Clocks
9 50
$951 24
Received from G. E. Brown Co., for
cleaning out cellar $5 25
HOWARD M. HORTON, ARTHUR W. EAMES, ELLIS E. CARTER, CALEB S. HARRIMAN.
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TOWN WARRANT.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Middlesex, ss.
To William E. Swain, Constable of the Town of Wilmington :- Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner provided in Sect. 2, Art. 1 of the By-Laws, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington qualified by law to vote in the town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the sixth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at ten o'clock A. M., "and may be closed at four o'clock P. M. for the election of officers." and to act upon the following articles, namely :-
Art. 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Selectmen "who shall also act as Assessors and Overseers of the Poor," Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one School Committee for three years, Constable, Auditor, three Fence Viewers, one Cemetery Committee for three years, one Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years, one Sinking Fund Commissioner for two years, two Trustees of the Public Lib- rary for three years; also to vote upon the following question, viz .:- "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town? Yes or No."
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Art. 3. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
Art. 4. To hear reports of Committees and act thereon.
Art. 5. To see how much money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of schools, for school books and supplies, for salary of Superintendent of Schools, for salary of School Committee, for highways, roads and bridges, for the support of the poor, for repairs of public buildings, for care and improvement of cemeteries, for support of the Public Library, for police, for salary of town officers, for printing, for outstand- ing indebtedness, for notes payable, for interest, for removing snow, for miscellaneous expenses, for military aid, for abate- ment of taxes, for Fire Department, and for state and county taxes.
Art. 6. To see how much money the town will raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and determine how the same shall be expended.
Art. 7. To see what method the town will adopt for the collection of taxes and determine the compensation of the Col- lector.
Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of building an addition to the Library building under the direction of the Library Trustees, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 10. To see if the town will take any action in regard to celebrating the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary
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of the incorporation of the town, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 11. To see if the town will take any action in regard to the observance of Old Home Week, or do anything in rela- tion to the same.
Art. 12. To see how much money the town will raise and appropriate to suppress the gypsy and brown tail moths, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 13. To see if the town will amend its by-laws by striking out the whole of Section 12, of Article 1, and inserting in place thereof, the following words and figures to wit .:-
"Sect. 12. A contract or appropriation invo ving an expenditure of a sum exceeding two hundred dollars shall not be made, except at the annual town meeting, unless the affirmative vote thereon shall be equal, in number, to one-fourth of all the registered voters of the town."
Art. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for the payment of final claims on the Whitefield School building.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to transfer such trust funds as are held in trust for the Public Library to the care and control of the Trustees of said Library, or do anything in rela- tion to the same.
Art. 16. To see what action the town will take in regard to the purchase of an additional pair of horses for the use of the Highway and Fire Departments.
Art. 17. To see what action the town will take in regard to the improvement of Church Street, and determine the amount of money to be expended thereon.
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Art. 18. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to pay the employees of the Highway Department weekly, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 19. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors revised by the Selectmen.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at time and place of said meting.
Given under our hands and the seal of the town thi; fif- teenth day of February, A. D. 1905.
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WHITEFIELD FIM
HERBERT N. BUCK, EDWARD A. CARTER. EUGENE G. SHAW, Selectmen of Wilmington.
A True Copy -- Attest:
WILLIAM E. SWAIN, Constable of Wilmington.
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