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Inventory of personal property at Town Farm, Feb. 18, 1899.
1 pair oxen,
$145 00
4 cows,
130 00
2 pigs,
6 00
50 hens,
20 00
10 cords manure and plaster,
45 00
15 bushels ashes,
3 00
3 plows,
12 00
1 cultivator,
4 50
15 tons English hay,
135 00
2 tons mixed hay and bedding,
20 00
2 bags meal,
1 90
1 bag cottonseed meal,
1 20
1 bushel barley,
1 00
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8 bushels rye, 6 80
12 bushels corn, 6 00
50 lbs. pop-corn, 12 bushels oats,
7 00
6 bushels beans, 6 bushels salt,
11 00
1 riding wagon,
50 00
1 pung, 6 00
1 mowing machine,
25 00
1 horse rake, 18 00
3 ladders and hooks,
6 00
1 ox-cart and wheels,
23 00
1 hay fork, blocks and ropes,
7 00
2 whiffletrees and chains,
2 00
1 evener,
1 00
6 pitchforks,
1 00 .
3 rakes,
50
3 manure forks,
1 50
2 drag rakes,
75
2 harnesses and blankets,
5 00
2 curry combs and brushes,
50
2 ox-yokes, rings and staples,
6 00
1 pair ox-wheels and cart,
7 00
1 horse work wagon,
15 00
4 potato diggers,
1 00
5 hoes,
1 00
2 garden rakes,
50
2 corn hooks,
25
4 shovels,
2 00
2 picks, 1 wheelbarrow,
5 00
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3 iron bars, 1 25
7 ox-chains, 6 00
5 scythes and snaths,
2 50
1 manure digger and sprinkler,
50
1 hay cutter,
4 00
1 drag, 1 grindstone,
4 00
1 spike and 1 spring tooth harrow,
14 00
1 ox-sled, 1 pair steelyards, 14 00
35 cords fitted wood,
122 00
4 wood saws, lumber and shingles,
19 00
4 axes, chest and tools,
8 00
1 set measures, 5 baskets,
3 50
1 rubber hose, 2 bushels peas,
5 50
1 crosscut saw,
1 50
Stone tools and hammer,
4 00
4 iron wedges and hammer,
2 00
8 beds and bedding,
40 00
33 chairs, 8 tables,
16 00
5 mirrors, 1 lounge, 5 sad irons,
3 50
2 clocks, 1 watch, 3 oil cans,
5 00
6 storm windows,
6 00
26 window and door screens,
5 00
6 stoves and fixtures,
34 00
3 bureaus, medicine, 2 1-2 bbls. flour,
18 75
Tea, coffee, sugar and spice,
4 50
Soap, tobacco and matches,
1 75
Cream of tartar, saleratus, etc.,
75
5 bushels onions, 5 00
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Grass and garden seeds,
3 00
600 lbs. salt pork, 42 00
50 lbs. fresh pork,
3 50
Tin, crockery and glassware,
30 00
1 washing machine and tubs,
3 00
1 churn, knives and forks,
5 00
4 pork bbls., 6 pails,
2 50
1 scalding tub,
50
200 lbs. cabbage,
2 00
125 bushels potatoes,
50 00
10 gallons pickles,
3 50
10 bushels carrots,
3 50
25 bushels beets,
8 75
10 bushels turnips,
2 50
10 bushels parsnips,
6 00
100 lbs. lard,
8 00
5 lbs. butter,
1 00
5 bbls. apples,
12 00
40 lbs. salt salmon,
3 20
60 cans fruit,
12 00
8 casks cider and casks,
32 00
4 casks vinegar and casks,
20 00
$1,346 35
D. W. SPENCER, Appraisers. D. W. GUPTILL, S
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INMATES OF THE TOWN FARM.
Sarah A. Gorham,
88 years,
52 weeks board.
George W. Chadbourre,
54
66
52
Emma M. Tibbetts,
41
50
Josephine Tibbetts,
15
52
Alvin J. Tibbetts,
· 12
66
52
Chester T. Tibbetts,
5
50
Melvin Sheppard,
54
20
Perley Holmes,
'
55
52
Edna C. Tibbetts,
8
52
A. W. Steavens,
5 days.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
A. B. SPENCER, Treas.,
In account with LEWIS C. FLAGG, Col.
March 1, 1898. Bal. due on 1897 tax, $3149 31
CR. By cash and bills, 3149 31
DR. To taxes committed in 1898, 19164 12
CR. By cash on 1898 tax, 13520 82
Bal. due on 1898 tax,
$5643 30
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A. B. SPENCER, Treas.,
In account with the TOWN OF BERWICK.
DR. March 1, 1898.
To cash and bills in treasury, $ 591 78
Deeds of property and non-resident taxes,
101 81
Bal. due on 1897 tax, .
3149 31
Resources March 1, 1898, $3842 90
From State, dog license,
177 13
School Fund and Mill tax,
1594 32
Free High School,
125 00
Railroad and Telegraph tax,
1 25
Damage of dogs, 6 00
Free High School, 125 00
Insurance Co., damage on Rochester
Street schoolhouse, 33 32
George Hall, for standing grass on Lord place,
3 00
John N. Haines, for old plank,
2 00
For licenses, 15 00
From W. D. Spencer, tuition and books sold, 9 92
L. K. and H. F. Brackett, cemetery fund, 75 00
Mrs. McGovern, board of husband, 18 00
Lewis C. Flagg, on 1898 tax, 13525 82
$19548 66
Hiram and James Lord have deposited in the treasury
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of the town, if the town adopts the article to receive it, $100 00.
CR.
By paid Interest on Town Bonds, $ 660 00
County Tax, 1897, 1104 74
State Tax, 2616 97
on orders drawn in 1898,
13589 58
Deed of B. F. Hodsdon lot, recording same,
4 20
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bills paid in treasury, 1120 46
in deeds and non-resident taxes,
95 64
Treasurer's commission,
97 74
Cash to bal.,
258 81
$19548 66
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION.
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LIABILITIES MARCH 1, 1899.
Bonds of April 1, 1895,
$8000 00
Bonds of April 1, 1897,
8500 00
Note of John O. Roberts,
1000 00
Note of James L. Woodsom,
1000 00
County Tax, 1898,
1104 74
Interest on bonds due April 1,
660 00
Interest on notes to March 1, 1899,
220 83
Outstanding orders,
2113 92
$22599 49
RESOURCES.
Cash in treasury,
$ 258 81
Bills paid after books closed,
1120 00
Non-resident taxes and deeds,
95 64
Bal. due on 1898 tax,
5643 30
$7117 75
Bills paid after books closed,
1120 00
$5997 75
Balance against town March 1, 1898,
$16602 74
A. B. SPENCER, Treasurer.
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After carefully examining the foregoing accounts, I find they are correctly cast and properly vouched.
JOHN H. EMERY, Auditor.
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STATE OF MAINE.
YORK, SS.
To Lewis C. Flagg, a Constable in the town of Berwick, in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town of Berwick, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the town house, in said town, on the four- teenth day of March, A. D. 1899, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose a Clerk for the year ensuing.
ART. 3. To choose three or more Selectmen and As- sessors for the year ensuing.
ART. 4. To choose a Treasurer for the year ensuing.
ART. 5. To choose a member of the Superintending School Committee.
ART. 6. To choose a Superintendent of Schools for the year ensuing.
ART. 7. To choose a Road Commissioner for the year ensuing.
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ART. 8. To choose an Overseer of the Poor for the year ensuing.
ART. 9. To choose a Town Agent for the year en- suing.
ART. 10. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 11. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the support of poor and incidentals.
ART. 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the support of highways and bridges.
ART. 13. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the support of common schools.
ART. 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the support of a free high school.
ART. 15. To see what sunt of money the town will vote to raise for free text books and supplies.
ART. 16. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the repair and insurance of school- houses.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of eight hundred and four dollars for electric lights.
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to pay Triumph Engine Company.
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ART. 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to assist Littlefield Post, No. 8, G. A. R., in defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to fence the schoolhouse lot in Division No. 1, and raise a sufficient sum of money to pay for the same.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to locate and maintain three incandescent electric lights on Dawson street, and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to pay for the same.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to locate and maintain two incandescent electric lights on Railroad avenue, and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to pay for the same.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to accept one hundred dollars from Hiram Lord of Berwick, and James Lord of Lebanon, the interest of the same, at four per cent., to be laid out under the direction of the municipal officers of the town of Berwick to keep their burying lot in repair. The said lot is situated in Evergreen ceme- tery, in the town of Berwick, Me.
ART. 24. To see if the town will choose three com- missioners to take the inventory of the town of Berwick, and submit the same to the municipal officers of the town.
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ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of six hundred and sixty dollars to pay the interest on town bonds.
ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to maintain an electric light near residence of Albert H. Winn, Bridge street. and one near Tom Knox's, Rochester street, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay for the same.
ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to reduce the pay for oxen and horses employed on the highway from three dollars a pair per day to two dollars.
ART. 28. To transact any other business which may legally come before said meeting.
The selectmen give notice that they shall be in session for the purpose of revising and correcting the list of voters, at the town house, at two o'clock in the afternoon, on the day preceding the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Berwick, this fourth day of March, A. D. 1899.
S. M. WENTWORTH, r Selectmen J. M. RUSSELL, of
C. R. GOODWIN, Berwick.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1899.
MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
E. F. GOWELL, for three years, chairman,
C. E. HILTON, for two years,
A. C. FERGUSON, for one year, resigned,
J. E. HOBBS, elected by the committee,
W. D. SPENCER, secretary ( ex-officio ).
The progress of the schools for the year has been especially noticeable on account of the more extended influence of the teachers, and the increased respect and regular attendance of the pupils. At the beginning of the fall term several changes in the outside districts neces- sitated the employment of a few new teachers. As there were comparatively few applicants who appeared to take the examinations required, the vacancies were filled by
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persons who had had no previous experience. In accord- ance with the established custom, these persons were given the management of the smaller schools. - Twenty different persons were engaged as instructors during the year, only three of whom were non-residents. There have been sixteen distinct schools maintained ; the gram- mar schools for thirty-six weeks and all others for thirty. The vacations have been arranged as nearly as possible to suit the convenience of the pupils. There have been but few instances where the terms have been interrupted by contagious diseases. The pupils have manifested an unusual interest in their studies, and in several cases chil- dren under school age have been found in attendance. A greater consideration has been shown in the care of school property than heretofore. Parents and friends of the children have helped to make the work more pleasant.
AMOUNT AVAILABLE.
Appropriation for common schools, $3100 00
Received from state for common schools, 1594 32
Balance from last year 66
316 00
Tuition for non-residents,
15 00
$5025 32
AMOUNT EXPENDED.
Prior bills, 25 51
Teachers,
3591 00
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3
South Berwick, tuition, 99 00
North
21 00
J. E. Hobbs, transportation,
60 00
G. A. Frost, wood and coal,
259 12
Mathews Brothers, wood,
26 75
Charles Doran,
38 51
A. H. Proctor, 66
14 00
I. L. Clark,
12 00
Harrison Webster,
12 00
C. S. Hussey, 66
11 50
S. B. Abbott, 6 €
7 50
A. J. Guptill, 66
6 75
Paul Hussey,
2 50
James Staples,
2 50
J. A. Place, 6€
2 00
Oscar Fields, fitting, «
1 10
J. O. Roberts, janitor,
82 50
D. F. Butler,
39 00
Ernest Hammond, janitor,
15 00
Ralph Downs, 66
15 00
Ernest Hooper, 66
9 00
C. E. Hobbs, 6 6
5 00
R. L. Clement, 4 50
J. F. Chick, 66
4 50
Oscar Fields, 3 00
G. E. Chick, 6€
3 00
Annie Ross,
66
3 00
Louis Boucher, € 6
1 50
4
Iva Littlefield, janitor, Almira Goodrich, " L. J. Ross,
1 50
1 50
1 50
$4382 24
Balance in favor of town,
$643 08
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
This school has been under the same management as last year. The largest number of students registered was forty-six. At the close of this school year there will have been graduated eighty-nine in all, and of these thirty-nine since 1893. The conditions were never more favorable, nor the prospects more encouraging, than at present. In accordance with the state law, fuel and text- books were furnished free. The names of the graduated class are as follows : CLASSICAL COURSE, Lily Belle Mills ; ENGLISH COURSE, Alice Arvilla Lord ; MIXED COURSE, Grace Helen Berry, Bertha Olive Guptill, S. Ethel Guptill, Lula Marcia Pike, Anna May Spence, Ralph Wilbur Stillings, Bessie Ethel Webster, Celia Margaret Winn. There was a large entering class.
AMOUNT AVAILABLE.
Appropriated by town, $900 00
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Received from state,
250 00
tuition,
10 00
$1160 00
AMOUNT EXPENDED.
Teaching,
$1134 00
Balance in favor of town,
$26 00
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TEXT BOOKS.
During the past year changes have been made in as- tronomy, book-keeping, Latin and physical geography text-books. This account represents the strictest econo- my in every department.
AMOUNT AVAILABLE.
Appropriation,
$300 00
Credited by exchange,
17 29
Balance from last year,
6 85
Received for books sold,
1 70
$325 84
AMOUNT EXPENDED.
American Book Co.,
$83 66
Ginn & Co.,
58 89
Werner School Book Co.,
33 90
D. C. Heath & Co.,
28 64
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Maynard, Merrill & Co.,
24 56
J. L. Hammett Co., 17 86
J. D. Montgomery,
9 50
Free Press Publishing Co.,
8 50
Expressage,
7.10
Silver, Burdette & Co.,
6 20
W. D. Spencer, postage, 3 56
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 3 12
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.,
2 49
Boston School Supply Co.,
2 10
D. H. Knowlton & Co.,
1 50
Myra Wentworth,
75
T. H. Castor & Co.,
70
Balance in favor of town,
$32 81
REPAIRS.
During the year seven buildings have been painted outside, one has been shingled, one has been plastered, two have been provided with stoves, and two with cur- tains.
AMOUNT AVAILABLE.
Appropriation, $300 00
Received from insurance, 33 32
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$293 03.
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Balance from last year,
27 93
Received for old building in Div. 1, 15 00
$376 25
AMOUNT EXPENDED.
Bragdon & Schulmaier, painting, $146 50
Daniel Hodsdon, stoves and piping, 30 66
Mathews Brothers, shingles, 27 38
A. B. Spencer & Son, supplies, 20 84
Chandler Chair and Desk Co., supplies, 20 70
I. L. Clark, plastering, 14 65
Frank Guptill, shingling, 11 87
N. H. House. Furnishing Co., supplies, 11 65
J. A. Bragdon, painting and replacing castings, 10 50
George Moore, supplies, 9 49
S. A. Seavey, supplies, 7 33
C. W. Banfill, cleaning vaults, 6 00
A L. Tuttle, labor and stock, 4 38
Melissa J. Downs, cleaning, 3 68
H. R. Schulmaier, replacing castings, 2 50
J. W. Sanborn, table, 2 50
A. A. Glidden, cleaning well,
1 50
A. Carter & Son, curtains,
1 50
J. E. Frost, labor on pump, 1 25
G. W. Snow, electrical apparatus, 1 20
W. D. Spencer, bill of sale of old building in Div. 1, 1 00 F. E. Stone, electrical apparatus, . 90
Great Falls Gas Light Co., 90
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Boston & Maine R. R., freight, A. J. Guptill, fixing curtains, 50
60
S. M. Wentworth, fixing door, 50
J. L. Stone, fixing pipe,
45
38
E. A. Tibbetts & Son, supplies, A. L. Stackpole, cartage,
30
$341 61
Balance in favor of town,
$34 64
STATISTICS.
Spring Term.
Fall Term.
Winter Term.
No.
SCHOOL.
No.
TEACHER.
Attendance
Average.
Weekly
Weeks.
Attendance
Average.
Weekly
Wages.
Weeks.
Attendance
Average.
Weekly
Wages.
Weeks.
TOTALS.
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Sullivan High,
I
- George W. Snow,
43
40
$ 22 50
12
46
41
$ 22 50
14
43
$ 22 50
10
$810 00
2
First Grammar,
3
John O. Roberts,
43
39
18 00
12
4I
38
18 00
14
39
3
Second Grammar,
4
Bertha B. Grant,
28
24
38
35
7 00
10
40
36
7 00
12
40
7 00
8
210 00
5
Cross Road Pr'y,
6
Myra Wentworth,
14
14
7 00
10
17
16
6 00
10
16
14
7 00
10
130 00
6
Berwick St.
Minnie C. Clark,
41
38
7 00
42
40
7 00
IC
32
27
7 00
10
210 00
Rochester St. “
9
Belle L. Libbey,
33
30
7 00
10
20
19
7 00
II
16
13.
7 00
9
210 00
7 8
10
Annie H. Downs,
43
37
7 00
10
40
37
7 00
II
32
25
7 00
9
210 00
Kindergarten,
60 00
9
Division 1,
6 00
10
120 00
14
13
17
16
7 00
II
15
12
7 00
9
210 00
13
Evelyn C. Harrington,
24
22
7
5
6 00
10
8
6 00
10
8
6
6 00
10
120 00
14
Jennie B. Clarke, Belle E. Chick, Mary D. Clarke,
16
14
7 00
10
15
13
7 00
II
12
II
7 00
9
210 00
14
18
Georgiana M. Durant,
17
14
7 00
10
14
13
6 00
II
13
12
6 00
9
120 00
19
Carrie S. Twombly,
20
Maud Wakefield,
8
7
6 00
IO
10
8
7 00
10
IO
7
7 00
10
140 00
Grace B. Guptill,
3 50
10
388
346
$148 00
385
351
$148 00
$149 00
$4725 00
.
8
7 00
9
200 00
9
000
6 00
10
II
IO
7 00
II
10
8
7
7 00
10
210 00
II
7 00
10
10
9
7 00
13
8,
17
70 00
15
..
10,
60 00
16
66
11,
21
Lizzie B. Smith,
3 50
10
3 50
IO
35 00
.
2
Clara A. Lord,
9 00
12
9 00
14
9 00
10
324 00
18 00
10
8 00
IO
288 00
8 00
12
38
34
8 00
14
35
Intermediate,
70 00
E. Gertrude Downs,
13
10
6 00
10
6 00
IO
9
1,
10
3,
66
1I
4,
4.
12
15 16
Grace B. Guptill,
II
12
Lida M. Place,
60 00
E. Gertrude Downs, Bessie Webster,
7 00
IO
10
10,
Il,
Bessie B. Grant,
648 00
Wages.
COURSES OF STUDY.
FIRST GRADE.
Representative School: Rochester Street Kindergarten. First Year.
Reading .- List of simple words prepared by the teacher, including study of sound, form and meaning ; primer may be used after first term.
Penmanship .- Small letters and short words at first ; capital letters later.
Spelling .- Short words in connection with the reading. Arithmetic .- Combination of numbers I-10 in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Exercises .- Making chains, perforating cards, laying sticks and seeds.
Second Year.
Reading .- First reader with supplementary work.
Penmanship .- Use practice-paper with copies.
Spelling .- Words selected from text-books used.
Arithmetic .- Combinations of 10-15 from blackboard ; after first term, numbers continued from 15-30 in primary book ; teach the fractions 12, 13 and · 14, also pint, quart, cent, dime, and days in the
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week ; writing and reading of numbers to in- clude 300; Roman numerals to include 50 ; in slate work 200 is the limit.
Exercises .- Sewing cards and clay-modeling.
SECOND GRADE.
Representative School : Rochester Street Primary.
First Year.
Reading .- Second reader with supplementary work.
Penmanship .- Vertical system, No. I.
Spelling .- Oral lessons from text-books used.
Arithmetic .- Continue the use of primary book with the study of Roman numerals and the tables.
Second Year.
Reading .- Second reader completed with supplementary work.
Penmanship .- Vertical system, No. 2, using practice-paper. Spelling .- Oral and written lessons from text-books used. Arithmetic .- Reading and writing numbers to three pe- riods ; tables to include 12's ; Roman numerals to include 1000; take through division in primary book; teach seconds, minutes, hours in a day, months in a year, inches in a foot and feet in a yard.
Geography .- Begun and studied as far as southern states.
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THIRD GRADE.
Representative School: School Street Intermediate.
First Year.
Reading .- Third reader with supplementary work.
Penmanship .- Vertical system, No. 3, using practice-paper.
Spelling .- Written exercises from spelling-book.
Arithmetic .- To fractions and review.
Geography .- Begin primary book at North America and take as far as Europe.
Grammar .- Study of exercises without book.
Second Year.
Reading .- Third reader completed with supplementary . work.
Penmanship .- Vertical system, No. 4, using practice-paper.
Spelling .- Written exercises from spelling-book.
Arithmetic .- Common and decimal fractions and review.
Geography .- Primary book completed with supplementary work from chart.
Grammar .- Language lessons.
FOURTH GRADE.
Representative School: School Street Second Grammar.
First Year.
Reading .- Fourth reader with supplementary work.
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Penmanship .- Vertical system, No. 5.
Spelling .- Written exercises from spelling-book.
Arithmetic .- Primary book completed. Geography .- Advanced book with map-drawing. Grammar .- Primary book.
Declamation .- Two exercises a term.
Second Year.
Reading .- Some standard biographical or historical text- book.
Penmanship .- Vertical system, No. 6.
Spelling .- Written exercises from spelling-book.
Arithmetic .- Advanced book to measures of surface; de- vote a part of the time to mental work.
Geography .- Complete advanced book.
Grammar .- Advanced book through etymology.
History .- Complete primary book.
Declamation .- Two exercises a term.
FIFTH GRADE.
Representative School : School Street First Grammar.
First Year.
Reading .- Complete fifth reader and review.
Penmanship .- Vertical system, No. 7. Spelling .- Twenty words a day with their definitions ; may be selected from text-books used.
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Arithmetic .- Complete advanced book and review. Grammar .- Review advanced book from the first. History .- Complete advanced book and review. Declamation .- Two exercises a term. Composition .- Two essays a term.
Second Year.
Reading .- Geographical text-book.
Penmanship .- Supplied by book-keeping and essays. Arithmetic .- Commercial with mental drill. Grammar .- Technical study of language. Physiology .- Complete primary book.
Book-keeping .- Elementary course with business forms. Declamation .- Two exercises a term.
Composition .- Two essays a term.
SCHOOL REGULATIONS.
APPROVED, MARCH 14, 1898.
Superintendent of Schools.
SECTION I. The superintendent of schools shall have power to examine, certificate, and, when inexpedient for the committee to hold meetings for such purpose, employ teachers ; select and purchase text-books, apparatus and appliances, and have care of the same; provide necessary fuel and utensils for the schools ; have the custody and care of schoolhouses and superintend authorized repairs; direct the truant officers in the performance of their duties; deter- mine what description of pupils shall attend each school, classify them and transfer them from school to school; select and employ some responsible person to transport pupils when necessary ; approve all school-bills of which he is cognizant in the name of and for the committee; and be subject to the committee for instructions and advice in all matters of school interest, except those delegated to him by the statute laws of the State.
Teachers.
SEC. 2. Every teacher shall, constantly, keep a copy of these regulations in his possession or at his desk for refer- ence.
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SEC. 3. Every teacher shall, before the first day of April every year, or in the case of a new teacher before commencing his duties as such, secure from the proper source a legal certificate.
SEC. 4. Every teacher shall be deemed to be engaged for one year, the committee reserving the right to remove any teacher on account of incompetency, or for such other cause as in their judgment may appear adequate.
SEC. 5. No teacher shall at any time suspend his school unless from sickness or other inevitable occurrence without the consent of the committee or the superintendent acting as their agent ; if for any reason a portion of any term is to be made up, it shall be done upon the following Saturdays, or at such times as designated by the superintendent.
SEC. 6. Every teacher permitted to attend any institute or other scholastic convention, shall be required to be pres- ent throughout its entire daily session.
SEC. 7. Every teacher shall be present at his school- room at least ten minutes before the opening of each session.
SEC. 8. Every teacher is to instruct his pupils to leave the schoolhouse and grounds when through the daily ses- sions, unless there be some sufficient cause for so remaining.
SEC. 9. Every teacher is to give immediate notice to the superintendent of any repeated misconduct on the part of an ungovernable pupil.
SEC. 10. Every teacher shall, as far as possible, at the beginning of each term give notice in writing to the super- intendent of all books and apparatus required.
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SEC. II. Every teacher shall be held accountable for injury or loss of school property, seats, desks, apparatus and books in their custody, unless seasonable notice or ex- planation be given to the superintendent.
SEC. 12. Every teacher shall, at the close of each term, present to the superintendent an inventory of all books in his custody, stating whether the same are properly labelled ; and this inventory shall be returnable with the regular school register within three weeks from the close of such term.
SEC. 13. Every teacher, at the close of each term, shall suggest any changes or repairs that in their opinion may appear advisable.
SEC. 14. The rights of teachers as regards the govern- ment of pupils by all lawful methods shall not be abridged by any construction of these regulations.
Holidays.
SEC. 15. All holidays, except those legally made such in Maine, i. e., February 22, May 30, July 4, Labor, Thanks- giving and Christmas days, shall be subject for their ob- servance by the schools to the discretion of the committee.
Pupils.
SEC. 16. Every pupil injuring or losing school property, seats, desks, apparatus or books, shall be held responsible for such injury or loss through his parent or guardian.
SEC. 17. Every pupil who persists in unruly conduct to the annoyance and detriment of the school, shall be dealt with by the committee.
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SEC. 18. Every protracted absence of a pupil must be accounted for by a written excuse from parent or guardian before such delinquent can be reinstated.
School-bills.
SEC. 19. Every school-bill, to be recognized by the municipal officers, shall bear the signature of the superin- tendent.
SEC. 20. All creditors of the town are hereby advised to present all school-bills within four weeks of the contrac- tion of any indebtedness on the part of the town.
Effect.
SEC. 21. These articles shall be known as the Regula- tions of the Berwick Schools, and shall go into effect when. approved by the committee.
HIGH SCHOOL COURSES.
CLASSICAL. ENGLISH. MIXED. First Year .- First Term.
Algebra. Arithmetic. Latin.
Algebra.
Algebra.
Arithmetic.
Arithmetic.
Book-keeping. Latin.
Second Term.
Algebra. Civil Government. Latin.
Algebra.
Algebra.
Civil Government.
Arithmetic.
Civil Government. Latin.
Third Term.
Algebra. Civil Government. Latin. Rhetoric.
Algebra.
Algebra.
Civil Government.
Rhetoric.
Civil Government. Latin.
Second Year .- First Term.
Geometry.
Geometry.
Geometry.
Cæsar.
Rhetoric.
Cæsar.
Greek.
Greek History.
Greek History.
Rhetoric.
Second Term.
Geometry.
Geometry.
Geometry.
Cæsar.
Physics.
Cæsar.
Greek.
Roman History.
Roman History.
Latin Composition.
Third Term.
Geometry.
Geometry.
Cæsar.
Greek.
Latin Composition.
Physics. Botany.
Geometry. Cæsar.
Botany. Rhetoric.
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Third Year .- First Term.
CLASSICAL.
ENGLISH. MIXED.
Anabasis.
Physical Geography. Physical Geography.
Cicero.
Zoology.
Cicero.
Higher Algebra.
English History.
Rhetoric.
Greek Composition.
Second Term.
Anabasis.
Physical Geography. Physical Geography.
Cicero.
English History.
Higher Algebra.
Reviews.
Greek Composition.
Third Term.
Anabasis. Political Economy.
Political Economy.
Cicero. Mineralogy.
Cicero.
Mineralogy. Reviews.
Mineralogy. Physics.
Fourth Year .- First Term.
Iliad.
French.
French.
Æneid.
English.
Æneid.
Greek History. Reviews.
Geology.
Geology.
Reviews.
Reviews.
Second Term.
Iliad.
French.
French.
Æneid.
Astronomy.
Æneid.
Roman History.
Chemistry. Reviews.
Chemistry. Reviews.
Third Term.
Iliad.
French.
Æneid. Chemistry.
Reviews. Reviews.
French. Æneid. Chemistry. Reviews.
Reviews.
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Cicero. Physics.
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There has been an attempt to make the high school course practical as far as it is possible. Composition, elo- cution and music are taught in all courses.
RECOMENDATIONS FOR 1899.
Changes in the state laws with regard to the expendi- ture of school funds necessitate frequent changes in the town appropriations, but the several amounts here recom- mended are practically the same as those of last year. The present law demands an extra fund for supplies, which, of course, can only be approximated ; the size of the other funds cannot safely be decreased without detriment to schools. Running them, as we try to do, upon the narrow margin of public economy, it appears that their administra- tion has been financially successful under the present sys- tem. We cannot afford to cut down our appropriations even in the existing state of the town's affairs.
For common schools,
$3000 00
free high school,
900 00
" text-books, 300 00
" general repairs,
300 00
supplies, 100 00
$4600 00
The subscriber hereby affirms that the above statement is correct according to his best knowledge and belief.
W. D. SPENCER, Supt. of Schools.
Dated at Berwick, Maine, February 17, 1899.
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