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J. W. Baldwin, services at polls,
6.00
$889.12
TOWN OFFICERS.
MODERATOR.
C. E. Peck,
$5.00
$5.00
E. W. Wall,
$60.00
$60.00
F. W. Green,
$71.80
W. H. Day,
45.31
C. C. Beebe,
20.00
$137.11
ASSESSORS.
A. A. Phelps,
$56.12
J. S. Morgan,
57.50
W. H. McGuire Jr.,
10.00
W. F. Gibson, assistant,
5.00
$128.62
REGISTRARS.
E. M. Scott,
$12.00
James Egan,
12.00
H. M. Green,
12.00
E. W. Wall,
12.00
$48.00
,
TREASURER.
SELECTMEN.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
H. G. Webber,
$71.00
V. H. Deming,
41.25
C. P. Bolles,
25.75
$138.00
TREE WARDEN.
$24.50
$24.50
J. W. Baldwin, in part,
$75.00
$75.00
C. G. Robbins,
$1.50
A. F. Friend,
4.00
$5.50
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
LOUISA WEBSTER.
J. W. Chamberlin, care, $324.00
INEZ ANDERSON.
J. H. Farr, care and supplies, $ 32.34
L. L. Farr, wood,
30.00
L. L. Farr, care,
103.61
Hattie Day, milk,
2.55
Mrs. Sydney Fosburg, care,
46.50
J. F. Chamberlin, care,
34.28
Jesse Carew, care,
52.21
F. W. Green, moving to Chamberlin, 1.00
F. W. Green, moving to Monson,
3.00
$305.49
CATHERINE BEARDSLEY.
Aid,
$120.00
M. A. Maynard, wood and coal,
11.00
$131.00
J. ROBERT COOTE.
Northampton Insane Hospital, $45.50
F. W. Green, casket, 15.00
$ 60.50
(Refunded by Thomas Coote, $15.00.)
C. G. Robbins,
TAX COLLECTOR.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
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JASON JONES.
City of Worcester, aid, $ 6.00
MICHAEL LINNEHAN.
F. W. Green, telephone to Dr. Breck, $ .15
UNKNOWN MAN.
$15.00
John Deto, hack, $3.00
Washburn's Undertaking Establishment, coffin, 4.00
F. W. Green, services, 2.00
$ 9.00
(Refunded by town of Ludlow.) JOHN R. DEVINE.
City of Springfield, aid,
$ 1.35
HATTIE ARNO AND CHILD.
City of Springfield, aid,
$ 4.90
L. W. PHELPS.
$84.96
Northampton Insane hospital, (Refunded by W. L. Phelps.)
LILLIAN M. LINCOLN.
Northampton Insane hospital,
$127.67
FENNER M. ANGEL.
Northampton Insane hospital,
$125.35
MRS. MATILDA ROGERS.
Northampton Insane hospital,
$83.10
F. W. Green, taking to Mercy hospital,
5.00
$ 88.10
A. L. BLISS.
Town of Brookfield, aid,
THOMAS LINNEHAN.
Mercy hospital, care,
$12.00
C. G. Robbins, care,
1.00
D. W. Mowry, care,
2.00
F. W. Green, taking to Mercy hospital, 5.00
F. W. Green, taking to Monson, 4.45
Jesse Carew, care and preparing for burial,
10.65
Town of Monson, burial, $15.50
$50.60
$20.00
John H. Clune, burial, (Refunded by the State.) ALEX ARNO CHILD.
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MARTHA CATNEY. (State Pauper)
H. G. Loomis, coffin, $12.00
FRED BAKER.
F. A. Fuller, supplies,
$ 6.34
J. M. Pease, wood, 2.50
$8.84
PROSPER LUSSIER FAMILY.
Wright, Thayer Co., wood and coal, $ 5.05
M. Dauette, supplies, 9.02
Moise Roberge, house rent,
9.00
$23.07
TRAMPS.
C. G. Robbins, one tramp, .50
F. A. LINCOLN.
Town of Palmer, aid,
$13.00
CARRIE ANDERSON.
C. G. Robbins, board and clothing, $43.68
MEMORIAL DAY.
C. E. Peck, $50.00
J. S. Morgan, 25.00
$75.00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
A. M. Seaver, labor,
$320.39
Edward Evans, labor,
5.65
Alden Bros., bridge plank,
106.01
H. H. Burbank, labor,
339.28
H. M. Green, labor,
31.37
E. C. Clark, labor,
1.18
W. H. McGuire, labor,
74.32
W. F. Morgan, labor,
128.05
F. W. Green, freight on sewer pipe,
1.08
Fred C. Phelps, labor,
222.63
A. A. Phelps, labor,
99.49
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M. A. Maynard, sewer pipe, $ 22.20
P. H. LaBroad, labor, 48.93
Thomas Powers, labor,
18.75
F. F. Marcy, lumber,
3.50
F. D. Benton, planking Red Bridge,
14.50
F. D. Benton, fixing water tank,
1.00
Seymour & Newell, pulling in drain,
297.50
M. A. Lane, painting bridges,
15.00
E. A. Day, gravel,
3.33
A. J. Cleland, labor,
60.07
The Cutler Co., pipe for tank,
3.06
D. H. Eaton, labor,
58.07
L. J. Potter, gravel,
4.50
D. W. Mowry, labor,
1.00
F. A. Fuller, bridge paint,
5.40
$1,886.26
SCHOOLS.
Supervisor of music,
$ 150.00
Repairs,
215.93
Supplies,
1,165.37
Superintendent,
500.94
Transportation,
371.71
High School tuition,
792.40
Ludlow tuition,
5.00
Care schoolhouses,
194.75
Teachers' wages,
3,973.48
Joint school district,
14.84
$7,384.42
LIBRARY ACCOUNT.
H. R. Johnson, books,
$64.86
Silver Burdette, books,
32.29
A. H. Bartlett, catalogues,
3.75
J. W. Baldwin, librarian,
24.00
F. W. Green, exchanging books,
9.10
$134.00
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STREET LAMPS.
C. F. Fuller, care, $72.00
James Stephens, care and supplies,
13.51
A. J. Bryant, care and supplies, 78.35
Globe Gas Light Co., one lamp,
4.50
F. A. Fuller, supplies, 36.74
$205.10
CARE OF CEMETERIES.
A. J. Bryant, Adams, $ 6.00
L. L. Farr, Glendale, 7.00
C. W. Vinton, East Wilbraham,
10.00
$23.00
CHLOE BLISS STEBBINS BURIAL LOT.
Adams Cemetery.
E. L. Keyes, care, $1.75
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR GRAVEL.
Fred C. Phelps, Tinkham road,
$407.00
A. M. Seaver, Glendale road, 407.00
$814.00
STATE AID, CHAPTER 374, ACTS OF 1899.
William Butler,
$48.00
Francis M. Davis,
48.00
J. C. Moody,
60.00
William S. Tiffany,
32.00
Elmira M. Crockett,
48.00
Gilbert P. Warfield,
72.00
James M. King,
42.00
Addie S. Speight,
48.00
$398.00
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SUMMARY.
Contingent,
$ 889.12
Town Officers,
621.73
Paupers,
1,455.16
Memorial Day,
75.00
Highways and Bridges,
1,886.26
Schools,
7,384.42
Library,
134.00
Street lamps,
205.10
Care of cemeteries,
23.00
Care of Chloe Bliss Stebbins lot,
1.75
Special appropriation for gravel,
814.00
State aid,
398.00
--- $13,887.54
RESOURCES.
Due from State of Massachusetts, state aid, $435.00
Due from State of Massachusetts, state paupers,
15.00
Due from town of Wales, paupers,
8.84
Due from Mr. White, apples on Town Farm,
5.00
Uncollected taxes,
1,587.70
Cash in treasury,
581.89
$2,633.43
LIABILITIES.
Outstanding bills, estimated,
$100.00
The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations :
Highways and bridges,
$2,000.00
Schools,
3,400.00
School repairs,
200.00
Paupers,
1,000.00
Contingent expenses and town officers,
1,500.00
Street lights,
250.00
Care and repairs on cemeteries,
50.00
Library,
25.00
Tuition,
800.00
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The selectmen also recommend the adoption of the following by-law :
SECTION 1. Licenses granted by the Secretary of the Com- monwealth to dealers in coal and coke under and pursuant to Chapter 484 of the Acts of 1903, shall be for the period of one year, and the license fee therefor shall be one dollar.
F. W. GREEN, Selectmen W. H. DAY, of
C. C. BEEBE, Wilbraham.
List of Jurors.
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Ethelbert Bliss,
Edgar H. Keith
J. A. Calkins,
William H. Kellogg,
A. A. Phelps,
James S. Morgan,
L. J. Potter,
W. A. Mowry,
J. L. Rice,
Henry Clark,
Jerome Pease,
E. M. Nichols,
James Stephens,
D. W. Mowry,
Charles W. Vinton,
Henry I. Edson,
W. M. Green,
Clarence P. Bolles,
William Kaullman,
J. M. Perry.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Treasurer of the Town of Wilbraham, for the year end- ing Feb. 25, 1904, and find them correct as reported.
L. J. POTTER, Auditor. Wilbraham, Mass., March 3, 1904.
Treasurer's Report. FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1904.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 21, 1903, $1,163.46
From W. M. Green, collector, 1902, 1,094.43
State Treasurer, support state paupers,
17.50
Inspection animals,
26.00
Reimbursement of expense,
maintenance insane, 267.00
Account Superintendent of Schools, 319.15
Corporation tax,
1,198.22
National bank tax, 141.42
State aid,
448.00
Burial state pauper,
15.00
Street railway tax,
917.80
Income of Massachusetts
school fund,
929.86
M. Wells Bridge, treasurer, dog fund,
217.21
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 3 months' note, 1,000.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 3 months' note, 1,000.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 3 months' note, 500.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 2 months' note, 500.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 2 months' note, 1,000.00
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From Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., interest, $12.64
Andrew Anderson, care Carrie Anderson, 6.00
Town of Monson, tuition, 60.00
Springfield & Eastern Street Railway Co., repairs on culvert, 21.25
L. E. Taft, stone, 1.00
A. A. Phelps, grass from town farm, 1903, 18.00
H. W. Cutler, geography, 1.10
V. H. Deming, glass, schoolhouse, dis- trict No. 8, 1.20
Charles Lynch, voters' list, .25
James W. Fuller, town history, 2.00
Mrs. J. M. Davis, tuition Earl Davis, 14.00
Town Ludlow, aid Alex Arno's child, 9.00
Thomas W. Coote, casket, Robert J. Coote, 15.00
Trustees Free Public Library, interest
Henry Cutler legacy, 53.38
Town of East Longmeadow, tuition,
3.25
Town of Ludlow, tuition, 5.78
Town of Hampden, supplies Sup't united district, 1.80
Town of Longmeadow, supplies Sup't united district,
1.80
E. H. Sanborn & Co., refund,
.68
E. H. Brewer, town history, 2.00
M. Ecker, peddler's license, 6.00
W. L. Phelps, care L. W. Phelps, 84.96
Police Court, Springfield, fines, 43.00
F. A. Fuller, sewer tax, 22.00
A. E. Bell fund, interest, 1.40
Hiram Danks, cemetery lot fund, interest, 3.52
Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund, interest, 10.59
F. M. Angell, old plank, 10.00
A. A. Phelps, grass from town farm, 1903, 18.00 Free Public Library, fines, etc., 3.21
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From J. M. Perry, interest town loan, $ 78.50
J. W. Baldwin, collector, 1904, 9,007.26 $20,273.62
The amount of the Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund is $300, deposited in Springfield Institution for Savings, book No. 136,333.
The amount of the Hiram Danks cemetery lot fund is $100.00, deposited in the Springfield Institution for Savings, book No. 166,502.
Of the cash in the treasury $188.35 is due the town library.
EXPENDITURES.
M. Wells Bridge, Treasurer, county tax, $ 817.91
State Treasurer, state tax, 700.00
State Treasurer, repairs state highways, 139.65
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., note,
1,000.00
66 66 66 . 500.00
66
66 500.00
66 1,000.00
66
1,000.00
Discount Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., note, 11.38
Discount Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., note, 11.38
Discount Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., note, 5.75
Discount Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., note, 4.24
Discount Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., note, 8.75
Discount renewal Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., note, 12.78
Discount renewal Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., note,
4.17
State aid,
3.98
Assessors' abatement, 1902,
88.18
Selectmen's orders, 13,489.54
Balance in treasury, Feb. 26, 1904, 581.89
-- -$ 20,273.62
E. W. WALL, Treasurer.
Trust Funds.
ABNER E. BELL FUND.
NORTH WILBRAHAM, MASS., DEC. 3, 1901.
Received from the town of Wilbraham the sum of forty dollars, the same being in full for land damage awarded by the County Com- missioners, June 25, 1901, by reason of relocation of highway in North Wilbraham in their decree dated April 3, 1901. The amount to be deposited in some savings bank in trust for the town of Wilbra- ham and Abner E. Bell, the interest to be paid annually to said Abner E. Bell during his life by reason of his life tenancy in that portion of the late Henry Cutler's estate. At his decease the prin- cipal to revert to the town of Wilbraham for the use of the Public Library, according to the terms of the will of the late Henry Cutler.
E. W. WALL, Trustee of the Town of Wilbraham and Abner E. Bell.
'The sum of forty dollars is deposited in the Springfield Institu- tion of Savings in the City of Springfield, Book No. 158,877.
E. W. WALL.
CHLOE BLISS STEBBINS FUND-ESTABLISHED 1897.
This is a contribution of three hundred dollars, made by Solomon Bliss Stebbins of Boston, from money given to him by Chloe Bliss Stebbins of Wilbraham, said sum to be held by the town as a memo- rial of her regard for its association with her long life dwelt therein, and in which she died Feb. 20, 1897. The income of the fund is to be paid annually, one-third to the overseers of the poor for the relief of the poor of the town ; one-third to the managers of the town library to aid in its support, and one-third to secure perpetual good care of the graves in the town burial ground of Eber and Elizabeth Bliss Stebbins, and their children, buried in the same range.
THE HIRAM DANKS CEMETERY LOT FUND - ESTAB- LISHED 1903.
This is a fund of one hundred dollars, left by the will of Hiram Danks, the income only of which to be paid to the treasurer of the town of Wilbraham for the perpetual care of the Hiram Danks burial lot in Wilbraham cemetery.
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures.
The following measures were brought to the office and sealed :
For F. A. Fuller, May 25th, 7 dry measures, 8 liquid meas- ures, 3 counter scales, 2 platform scales.
For B. F. Green, May 28th, 1 milk measure.
Went out and sealed:
For Collins Manufacturing Company, June 29, 4 platform scales.
For N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R., lessee, June 29, 2 platform scales.
For James Eagan, July 1, 1 platform scales, 3 counter scales, 5 dry measures. 4 liquid measures.
Went out :
For American Express Co., 1 platform scales, October 1.
JAMES EGAN, Sealer.
Report of the Board of Assessors. FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1904.
Appropriations,
Highway and bridges,
$2,000.00
Schools,
4,000.00
Repairs on schoolhouses,
400.00
Tuition high school pupils,
800.00
Music instruction,
150.00
Support of paupers,
800.00
Care of cemeteries,
100.00
Memorial Day,
75.00
Care and winding town clock,
25.00
Graveling highway,
400.00
$8,750.00
Staet tax, 1903,
$700.00
County tax, 1903,
817.91
Road tax,
139.65
Overlayings,
187.20
$1,844.76
Total tax, -
$10,594.76
Appropriated from money in treasury :
Contingent expenses and town officers,
$1,500.00
Street lights,
200.00
Town library,
25.00
$1,725.00
Raised by taxation, 1903,
$10,594.76
Appropriated from treasury, 1903,
1,725.00
Total amount raised and appropriated,
$12,319.76
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Number of polls at $2.00-401,
$802.00
Value of assessed personal estate,
$265,257.00
Tax on assessed personal property,
2,652.57
Value of assessed real estate, Tax on assessed real estate,
714,019.00
7,140.19
Total tax, town, county, state,
$10,594.76
Total property assessed,
$979,276.00
Rate of total tax per $1,000, $10.00.
Number dwelling houses,
286
Horses,
289
Cows,
540
Acres of land,
12,956
Sheep,
1
Neat cattle, other than cows,
219
Swine, 33
A. A. PHELPS,
Assessors
J. S. MORGAN. of
W. H. MCGUIRE JR., Wilbraham.
Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library.
Number of volumes in library, last report,
1774
Number of volumes added, 263
Number of volumes in library Feb., 1904,
2037
Number of books loaned from library during past year,
1818
RESOURCES.
Appropriation by the town,
$25.00
Income Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund,
3.53
Income Henry Cutler legacy,
53.38
Fines and cards,
3.21
Balance on hand, Feb. 21, 1903,
237.23
$322.35
EXPENDITURES.
H. R. Johnson, books,
$64.86
Silver Burdett & Co., books,
32.29
F. W. Green, transportation of books,
9.10
Librarian.
24.00
A. H. Bartlett, list of new books,
3.75
Balance on hand February, 1904,
188.35
$322.35
The legacy from the estate of Henry Cutler is deposited as follows :
$500 in Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank, book No. 55,481. $500 in Springfield Institution for Savings, book No. 145,815. MINNIE M. MORGAN, Trustees H. W. CUTLER, Free Public FRANK R. GURNEY, Library.
Report of School Committee.
The School Committee respectfully submit their annual report : The revenues of the current year have been as follows : Appropriation for school purposes, $4,000.00
School repairs,
400.00
Tuition, high school, 800.00
Music,
150.00
Dog fund 1903,
217.21
Interest on town loan,
78.50
From state school fund,
929.86
State, account superintendent of schools,
319.15
J. M. Davis, tuition, 14.00
Town Ludlow, supplies Supt. united district, 5.78 East Longmeadow, supplies Supt. united . district, 3.25
Longmeadow, supplies Supt. united dis- trict,
1.80
Hampden, supplies, Supt. united district, H. W. Cutler, geography,
1.10
V. H. Deming, broken glass,
1.20
Due from state, account Supt. schools,
323.46
Due from town of Monson, tuition,
165.00
$7,412.11
EXPENDITURES.
TEACHERS' WAGES.
Mary E. Mack,
$312.00
Ida M. Blair,
119.00
Fannie C. Pease,
204.00
1.80
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Effie Morgan,
$316.00
Martha Bowdish,
360.00
Charlotte S. Sibley,
300.00
Jessie E. Burnham,
300.00
Stella M. Greene,
312.00
Eva S. Morse,
312.00
Hannah G. Hammond,
312.00
Mrs. Warner H. Bell,
133.36
Rose C. Smith,
333.12
Grace E. Thompson,
96.00
Mima Smith,
240.00
Mabel Applin,
96.00
Elizabeth Wells,
228.00
$3,973.48
SCHOOLHOUSE REPAIRS.
C. W. Vinton,
$95.50
H. Foote & Co.,
1.75
V. H. Deming,
4.10
F. D. Benton,
5.75
M. Pero,
11.50
George Calkins,
1.00
E. S. Keyes,
94.38
M. Wright,
1.95
$215.93
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Mary L. Poland, S. & E. R. R. tickets,
$ 47.87
Theadore Gebo,
62.00
J. A. Bennett,
22.40
Clarence E. Pease,
72.00
Anson Soule,
167.44
$371.71
Salary Superintendent of Schools.
$500.90
Salary Supervisor of Music,
150.00
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CARE OF SCHOOLS.
Minnie Metcalf,
$ 4.00
C. G. Robbins,
.75
H. G. Webber,
1.50
George R. Stephens,
26.25
A. J. Bryant,
3.00
M. E. M. Mack,
11.10
A. F. Smith,
8.50
Ida M. Blair,
7.00
Fannie Pease,
11.50
Effie Morgan,
18.50
Martha Bowdish,
12.40
C. P. Bolles,
7.75
Stella M. Greene,
3.80
John Hitchcock,
6.10
Mrs. Richard Trombley,
4.00
C. W. Vinton,
8.65
Flora Vinton,
1.50
Bertha M. Farr,
9.45
Mrs. J. H. Farr,
4.00
W. V. Baldwin,
15.00
Robert J. Backus,
18.75
V. H. Deming,
11.25
$194.75
SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
L. L. Farr,
$ 35.00
F. R. Rindge,
55.00
Library Bureau,
3.50
Springfield News Co.,
23.69
Public School Printing Co.,
4.50
D. C. Heath & Co.,
6.94
Ginn & Company,
237.06
Milton Bradley Co.,
5.94
Mary L. Poland,
9.88
Wesleyan Academy,
.60
Henry Holt & Co.,
3.27
Benj. H. Sanborn,
72.25
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James Stephens,
$ 2.50
J. L. Hammette & Co.,
157.58
Jason Butler,
25.00
A. H. Bartlett,
13.45
H. G. Webber,
79.70
H. M. Bliss,
76.00
Ethelbert Bliss,
22.00
Silver Burdett & Co.,
14.00
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
21.96
Allen Tollman Co.,
3.24
Mackmillan Co.,
.99
Charles W. Seaver & Co.,
2.34
Scarborough Co.,
30.00
Massery Young & Co.,
7.50
Rand, McNalley & Co.,
123.81
Maynard, Merrill & Co.,
.50
C. N. Robler & Co.,
.40
American Book Co.,
8.92
D. Appleton & Co.,
10.01
C. G. Robbins,
9.25
Sibley & Ducker,
3.65
C. W. Vinton,
2.00
W. D. Fuller,
2.50
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
13.96
A. H. Bosworth,
1.10
J. W. Baldwin,
22.50
Henry R. Johnson,
.57
C. F. Peck,
1.75
F. A. Fuller,
7.91
V. H. Deming,
3.25
A. J. Bennett,
25.00
W. H. Day,
11.00
F. A. Gurney,
3.40
$1,165.37
HIGH SCHOOL TUITION.
Wesleyan Academy,
$732.40
Palmer High School,
60.00
$792.40
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TOWN OF LUDLOW.
Tuition of Earl Wood, $5.00
Total expenditures,
$7,384.42
Value of books and supplies on hand, March 1, 1904, $ 200.00
Value of books and supplies in schools, (es- ยท timated) , 1,000.00
$1,200.00
We recommend the coming year an appropriation of $4,000 for school purposes, $400 for repairs, $800 for high school tuition.
Respectfully submitted,
H. G. WEBBER, VERNON H. DEMING, School
C. P. BOLLES, Committee.
Names of students attending Wesleyan Academy at expense of the town of Wilbraham :
Eunice Bates,
William V. Baldwin,
Ruth Bates,
Clarance Edson,
Hazel Bolles,
Walter Green,
Minnie Coote,
Raymond Gurney,
Ruth Green,
Chas. B. Hitchcock,
Ethel Lombard,
George LaBroad,
Ethel Mowry, Hector Lussier,
Alice Perry,
Ernest Powers,
Dora Miller,
Thomas Powers,
Lilly Rice,
Roderick Merrick,
Laura Rice,
Allen Robb,
Alice Thompson,
William Thompson,
Edward Wicker.
Attending Palmer High School :
Marion Demond, Elmer Demond, Raymond C. Fuller.
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HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.
The town having voted to pay the tuition at the Wesleyan Acad- emy for high school instruction of such children as are duly qualified, the following regulations have been adopted :
1. Examinations shall be given by the Wesleyan Academy to those candidates only who are recommended by the Superintendent of Schools.
2. No candidate shall be recommended by the superintendent for examination unless he has satisfactorily completed in course or by examination the studies of the "Course of Study " for the public schools of Wilbraham.
3. Examinations shall be given by the Wesleyan Academy in Arithmetic, English, Grammar, Geography, United States History and Spelling.
4. All who shall pass these examinations shall receive from the Superintendent of Schools a certificate which shall entitle the person named therein to tuition at the expense of the Town of Wil- braham, in the Wesleyan Academy in the Academic, Classical, In- dustrial Science, or Latin Scientific Courses.
5. All students educated at the expense of the Town of Wil- braham in the Wesleyan Academy shall be under the rules and regu- lations of that institution.
H. G. WEBBER, VERNON H. DEMING. . School
C. P. BOLLES, Committee.
TABLE OF MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE.
No. of School.
WHOLE NUMBER OF PUPILS.
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Year.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Year.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Year.
1
15
10
7
15
13.09
7.92
6.12
9.04
12.55
7.46
5.23
8.41
2A
20
21
18
21
16.30
19.90
17.30
17.83
13.64
17.90
14.77
15.44
2P
34
27
25
34
32.55
25.22
23.21
26.99
29.61
23.03
19.91
24.18
3
28
22
22
28
24.90
21.27
22.69
22.99
23.13
20.70
19.28
21.00
4A
18
16
15
18
17.07
15.20
14.90
15.70
15.97
14.53
13.70
14.73
4P
13
16
16
16
10.40
14.53
15.07
13.33
10.00
13.80
12.90
12.23
5
15
15
16
16
14.90
14.50
14.60
14.70
14.62
14.10
13.20
13.97
6
18
17
21
21
16.67
16.67
18.83
17.39
15.27
15.17
16.37
15.60
7
20
17
15
20
17.05
15.78
13.67
15.47
15.75
14.26
11.50
13.84
8A
21
20
18
21
20.09
18.70
15.37
18.04
18.43
17.92
12.47
16.27
8I
18
29
28
29
16.92
24.79
25.41
22.37
14.79
22.89
21.93
19.87
8P
33
36
32
36
31.34
32.43
25.33
29.70
28.18
29.67
19.80
25.88
Report of the Superintendent of Schools.
To the School Committee of Wilbraham:
GENTLEMEN : The customary report of the schools is herewith presented.
Schools
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average Attendance
Per cent.
of
Attendance
Tardy Marks
1
9
7.2
6.7
92.9
8
2
21
20.8
16.6
86.9
57
2
28
24.3
21.7
88
32
3
22
21.4
20.1
92.5
22
4
15
15.1
14.2
93.8
43
4
17
14.9
13.6
90
33
5
17
16
14.8
93.5
124
6
16
17.5
15.6
90.5
80
7
17
15.3
13.4
89.1
91
8
20
16.4
15.7
90.1
48
8
27
25.7
23.1
89.5
33
8
32
25.8
85.8
85.8
33
Total
241
220.4
261.3
90.2
604
The large number of tardy marks demands serious attention.
These marks are nothing in themselves and we care nothing about them, except as they stand for indifference or distracted at- tention on the part of the offender and an incorrect sense of propor- tion in the home, and it is true that the habitually tardy child gives evidence of these conditions.
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To my mind, the school, which is the children's workshop, will never occupy its proper place in his thinking, so long as his parents give it a secondary position in the management of the household affairs. If they hurry the wage earner that he be not a mo- ment late in store or factory, and leave the chores to be dallied over, or apportion so much work to the child that he cannot reach school in season, his interest will wane and the value of the school will in- evitably deteriorate.
It will be remembered that in past years, I have pointed out the impossibility of thorough work by a superintendent, when so large a portion of time must of necessity be spent in getting from one place to another.
The state had long recognized the fact that this district was large enough to form two, and was even more than twice the size of some in the commonwealth, but no plan which did not involve the division of some town could be devised.
Last winter Tolland and Sandisfield appealed to the state for some town, or towns, to unite with them in the formation of a district and it was suggested that they, the adjoining district of Agawam, Granville and Southwick, and our five towns would form three dis- tricts of tolerable size.
This plan was accordingly adopted and ratified in the April meeting and the dissolution of the old and formation of the new unions went into effect, July 1.
This change has given Wilbraham a larger proportion of time and has brought to view many weak places which had heretofore been unsuspected, or, for lack of time, allowed to pass without cor- rection. In fact, this year has been in some ways, a revelation to me and, in the light of a better acquaintance, some changes have been effected, while others are under contemplation.
At present, the most important question before us is that of a separation of the more advanced from the younger classes and the union of the former under one or more teachers.
Several years ago, before we abolished the custom of admit- ting unpaid assistants into our schools, for observation of methods and for training, we had, in the school in North Wilbraham, a young woman who had proved her ability and given promise of be- coming an efficient teacher.
The principal needed help and so, for a time, the recitation
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periods were divided and we had two teachers at work in the same room.
The next term, the room was separated into two parts, by a slight partition, and this assistant was hired to take care of the younger classes. Two or three pupils from No. 3 were advised to join the ninth grade here and the results seemed to prove the advisa- bility of the experiment. Apparently the money of the town was more wisely expended by a combination of parallel classes, under one teacher, than by a division among several teachers, each of whom must defraud younger children in order to accomplish the work.
I believe that when boys and girls have reached the last two or three years of their public school life, it is better, for all concerned, that they be separated from the primary classes and pursue their studies with those of their own age, under the care of a teacher specially trained for the upper grades.
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