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22.50
E. A. Cassidy
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Paid Frank G. Putnam
labor on highway,
$ .60
Walter E. Jewett
1.05
Cyrus A. Leet
6.10
Peter Peno
66
10.05
Levi N. Allen
1.20
W. H. Ainsworth
66
26.50
H. E. Tutherly
4.60
Chas. A. Fisher
66
1.90
Allen P. Messer
66
21.68
J. H. Fogg
66
.50
Wooster J. Bailey
66
66
4.75
Geo. J. Ainsworth
66
8.25
Amos D. Johnson
5.00
James B. Bartlett
3.60
Geo. A. Richardson
66
6.90
$ 744.53
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
PAID
C. A. Rice, labor at fire, Rand's Block $ 1.00
G. H. Stowell, pay roll for firemen 1,121.74
Ora D. Blanchard, cash paid for labor, fire at Ainsworth's woods
2.75
Claremont Water Works Co.
1,677.83
Marshall S. Rossiter, cash paid for labor at fires, Ains- worth's and Paper Mill lots
8.05
H. C. Fitch & Son, coffee and lunches for firemen
12.50
B. E. Griffin, labor and material on fire alarm 15.32
4,00
Marshall Harlow, labor of men at fire, Ainsworth's woods John Doxter, labor at fire, Paper Mill lot
1.00
E. L. Wheeler, labor on truck, making brake, painting, varnishing and repairing ladders Geo. H. Stowell for spanners
24.50
9.00
rubber packing and express
3.00
66
12 rubber coats and caps
42.00
66
making same
2.00
66
coal, engine house
20.45
66
chemicals for fire alarms
55.63
bolts, jars, glass and putty, monkey
wrench, screw driver, lanterns, refined iron, oil, jack chain, etc. 24.66
E. C. Lewis, drawing steamer to fire one year
30.00
Sears Bros., teams to fires and drawing hook and ladder truck 34.50
$ 3,089.93
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66
5.25
Chas. W. Watts
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TOWN OFFICERS.
PAID
Burt Chellis, services as moderator Mar. 14-15, 1893 $ 20.00 F. F. Haskell, recording births and deaths, year ending Jan. 1, 1893 44.55
S. J. Roberts, Jr., services as selectman Mar. 1 to 14,1893 22.75 O. D. Blood, services as policeman to Apr. 1, 1893 60.00
Geo. W. Boyd โ from Feb. 1, '93 to
Feb. 1, '94 712.00
Austin M. Webster, services as policeman from May 1, '93, to Feb. 1, '94
James L. Deane, 66 522.00
to Apr. 1, '94 30.00
Marshall S. Rossiter, selectman
463.75
Frank P. Huntley 6.
131.25
Ora D. Blanchard 66
227.50
E. F. Houghton, on school board
150.00
E. S. Bailey
66
25.00
Hermon Holt
100.00
O. C. Sargent 66
75.00
M. S. Rossiter, overseer of poor
150.00
F. F. Haskell, town clerk
150.00
O. B. Rand, town treasurer
100.00
F. F. Haskell, election officer
15.00
F. F. Haskell, returning births and deaths
65.00
Dudley T. Chase, board of health
150.00
E. F. Houghton
125.00
F. C. Wilkinson
66
100.00
Geo. W. Paul, collector of taxes
400.00
Ira Colby, supervisor
12.00
Geo. H. Stowell
12.00
Erastus C. Bailey
60
12.00
H. W. Parker, auditor
5.00
E. J. Tenney
5.00
I. D. Hall
5.00
Geo. H. Burrill, extra policeman July 4, 1892
5.00
$ 3,894.80
SEXTON'S SERVICES.
PAID
Geo. H. Burrill, sexton's services and ringing bells
$ 225.00
Wm. D. Morgan
53.50
$ 278.50
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DAMAGE BY DOGS. AND BILLS PAID UNDER NEW LAW.
Josiah Wilson,
damage to sheep, 1889
$ 5.00
A. C. Ward,
hens, 1892 2.00
C. V. Paddock Jr., examining Jarvis sheep, spring of
1891
1.00
Grovenor Putnam, damage to sheep,
6.92
Geo. T. Roundy,
hens,
3.68
Kimball Perry,
2.16
Wm. 'J. Cleary,
turkeys,
6.49
G. P. Rossiter,
66
sheep,
14.70
T. B. Rossiter,
66
66
10.81
Chas. H. Dole,
6.
17.30
Moses Harrington,
66
hens,
3.89
Gawen Gilmore,
sheep,
1.73
E. M. Young,
hens
1.29
Chas. A. Fisher,
sheep,
2.59
Geo. Mann,
66
hens
3.46
Luther F. Gould,
1.29
S. T. Hale,
66
1.73
Lizzie S. Stowell,
66
1,29
Michael Readon,
66
sheep,
8.65
Russell Jarvis,
66
216.56
John S. Farrington,
5.19
Walter H. Ainsworth,
66
5.62
$ 324.00
VALUATION.
Value.
Polls,
No. 1,587
$ 158,700
Real Estate,
1,805,850
Horses,
947
80,626
Oxen,
100
4,204
Cows,
1,200
25,776
Other Neat Stock,
308
4,277
Sheep,
2,166
6,052
Hogs,
77
959
Fowls,
160
80
Carriages,
12
11,056
Stock in public funds,
1,000
Stock in banks,
151,800
Surplus capital of banking institutions,
44,000
.65
James Caffrey,
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Money on hand at interest on deposit, Stock in trade, Ferry,
$ 129,600
203,700
1,000
372,950
Mills, factories and their machinery, Aqueduct, Toll Bridge,
32,600
4,400
$ 3,038,630
AMOUNT OF TAXES.
The amount of tax required to be assessed by law and by vote of Town, was as follows :
For State tax,
$ 6,825.00
County tax,
9,005.66
School,
6,800.00
Stevens High School,
2,950.00
Highways and Bridges,
7,596.58
Incidentals,
2,500.00
Town Officers,
2,000:00
Debt and Interest,
4,500.00
Fire Department,
1,000.00
Street Lights,
3,000.00
Support of Poor,
800.00
Hydrants,
1,750.00
Memorial Day expenses,
150.00
American Band,
500.00
Repairing School Houses,
500.00
Building School House at West Claremont,
1,500.00
Add Percentage,
1,798.44
$ 53,175.68
The rate of taxation was $1.75 on $100.00
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES OF TOWN HALL.
RECEIPTS.
For rent of hall,
EXPENSES.
$ 165.00
. wood,
85.00
cleaning hall and incidentals,
17.10
cash paid G. H. Burrill, care of hall,
195.50
66 agent of hall,
25.00
$ 487.60
Net profit to town,
$ 290.40
$ 778.00
For gas,
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REPORT OF OVERSEER OF POOR.
Due from County, March 1, 1893, $ 180.03
Drawn from Town Treasury, 4,719.54
$ 4,899.57
CONTRA.
Due from County, March 1, 1894,
$ 1,274.89
Cash received from County and paid into Town Treasury, 3,080.36
Town aid,
544.32
$ 4,899.57
AID TO DEPENDENT SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Drawn from Town Treasury, $ 1,632.96
Due from County, March 1, 1893, 36.75
$ 1,669.71
CONTRA.
Received from County and paid into Town
Treasury, $ 939.46
Town aid,
353.00
Due from County, March 1, 1894,
377.25
$ 1,669.71
Cost of supporting Town Poor,
897.32
MARSHALL S. ROSSITER, Overseer of Poor.
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Amount of six per cent bonds outstanding
March 1, 1894, issue of 1873, $ 71,000.00
Amount of four per cent bonds, issue of 1889, 25,000.00
Amount of coupons outstanding, due and unpaid, March 1, 1894, Note given People's National Bank, Jan., 1893,
99.00
Lottery Bridge, 3,000.00
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1894,
Fiske Free Library Building, 2, 124.60
Balance of interest due on bonds and not pre- sented for payment, 555.00
$ 101,778.60
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ASSETS.
Due from county, Cash in treasury, *Due from Collector, School land rent due,
$ 1,652.14
1,569.89
2, 111.43
56.00
Net indebtedness of the town,
$ 5,389.46
96,389.14
March 1, 1893,
$ 97,269.44 $ 88.54
*Due from Geo. W. Paul, 1892, taxes,
1893,
2,022.89
Treasurer's Report.
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RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury March Ist, 1893, $ 03 From Sullivan County, Oct. 1893, support of poor, 3,080.36
aid of soldiers, 939.46
45.00
From State insurance tax,
1,094.54
Savings Bank tax,
10,143.57
66 Literary fund, 1,223.41
From interest on Tappan fund,
Licences on billiard tables,
I 30.00
M. S. Rossiter for lumber, 48.00
F. F. Haskell, licences on dogs, 316.00
O. B. Way, rent of Fiske Free Library building, III.39
Holt, Boyd and Osgood, fines and fees, 213.72
E. C. Lewis, overpaid on Billings and Paulette bills, 3.80
Circus licences, 31.00
Geo. H. Burrill, rent of town hall, 540.40
O. D. Blanchard, grass on Wheeler land, 25.00
O. D. Blanchard, fines and fees, 8:39
F. F. Haskell, overpaid on town clerk's services, 20.00
Claremont Gas Light Co., overpaid, 25.00
3.00
Peddlers licences, 17.50
D. T. Chase, fees,
1.50
People's National Bank,
Geo. W. Paul, taxes, 1892,
1,665.96
interest an taxes, 1892, 21.15
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66 taxes 1893,
51,214.04
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66 interest on taxes in 1893, 45.81
$ 79,922.63
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Railroad tax,
1,830.00
Austin T. Cowles, overpaid on bill,
7,124.60
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DISBURSEMENTS.
For Support of schools,
$ 7,300.00
Incidentals,
11,350.89
Fire Department,
3,089.93
Highways and bridges, 1892-3,
744.53
1893-4,
9,932.83
Support of poor,
6,352.50
Damage by dogs,
324.00
Ringing bells and sexton's services,
278.50
Town officers,
3,894.80
Notes and interest, People's National Bank,
5,421.40
Interest on bonded debt,
4,855.00
Tappan fund,
1,830.00
Stevens High School,
4,173.41
Discount on taxes,
544.84
Abatement of taxes,
1, 129.45
State tax,
6,825.00
County tax,
9,005.66
Building and repairing School Houses,
1,300.00
Amount in treasury,
1,569.89
$ 79,922.63
PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Stevens High School building and lot, $ 25,000.00
Town Hall,
12,000.00
Selectmen's building, lobby and furniture,
1,500.00
Engine House,
2,000.00
Steam fire engine, heater and carriages,
4,000.00
500.00
Hose, Library building, 9,000.00 Spring of water, 300.00
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One piano, 1 Two hearses,
$ 200.00
800.00
Town safes, and furniture,
250.00
Fiske Free Library,
5,000.00
Road Machines,
200.00
Estimated value of lease land,
750.00
Whiskey, rum and brandy,
431.00
Hook and ladder truck and extension ladder,
500.00
New Hampshire Law Reports,
250.00
Execution against Charles N. Nichols,
405.00
Stone crusher,
800.00
Snow roller,
I 50.00
Wheeler land,
1,000.00
$ 65,036.00
Report of Treasurer
OF FISKE FREE LIBRARY TRUSTEES, for year ending February 15, 1894.
RECEIPTS.
For rent from H. W. Parker,
$ 62.00
66 H. Judkins,
112.50
66
Misses Real,
1 00.00
66 66 E. W. Tolles, assignee,
32.00
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H. C. White,
95.83
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B. F. Thrasher & Son,
41.66
J. B. Kennedy,
62.52
For fines and catalogues sold,
46.00
Total
$ 552.51
EXPENSES.
For Librarian, to Abbie Field,
Incidentals
II.74
Repairs on building,
27.99
Water,
8.00
Fuel,
26.33
Lights,
7.00
Replacing worn out books,
68.56
Rebinding books,
66.50
Total expenses,
441.12
Balance deposited in Town Treasury,
III.39
$ 552.5I
FISKE FUND.
During the past year $118.51 have been expended for books.
There is now in the Treasury $707.32, which will doubt- less be used in replenishing the Library at an early day.
OSMON B. WAY, Treasurer.
February 15, 1894.
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$ 225.00
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TAPPAN FUND.
Collected and paid into the town treasury eighteen hun- dred and thirty dollars, the same being from $20,000.00 in registered town bonds, and $ 10,500.00 in notes secured by mortgage on real estate.
As the fund now stands there is invested:
In town bonds, $ 20,000.00
In notes secured by mortgage, 10,500.00
MARSHALL S. ROSSITER, ) FRANK P. HUNTLEY,
ORA D. BLANCHARD,
Committee.
JAMES P. UPHAM,
DANIEL W. JOHNSON,
EDWARD J. TENNEY,
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
During the year ending March 1, 1894, there have been ten alarms of fire, viz:
March 20, 1893, 12:30 p. m., A. T. Cowles' blk., High St .; very small damage.
May 10, 12:15 p. m., pine woods, Junct. near Norrington's house.
June 3, 2 o'clock p. m., Sankee house near depot; damage slight.
June II, 2 o'clock p. m., woods near ball ground.
June 19, 1:15 o'clock a. m., stump fence, Hanover street July 4, 12:30 o'clock a. m., pile of lumber near Fair View.
July 8, 5:15 o'clock p. m., Scott Leighton's barn, Bible Hill. The firemen responded promptly and' succeeded in saving house, shed, etc.
Aug. 1, 7'o'clock a. m., Mr. Morgan's, West Claremont; no alarm.
Dec. 14, 10:45 o'clock, a. m., building occupied by Kim- ball's bakery; slight damage.
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Jan. 10, 1894, 7 o'clock p. m,, town hall; no damage.
Jan. 13, 2:15 o'clock a. m., H. S. Osgood's house. Damage to house and furniture about twenty-five hundred dollars.
Feb. 4, 9:45 o'clock p. m., car house at Claremont Junction; no alarm.
There have been seven hydrants added to the hydrant system during the past year, making fifty-two in all, at a rental of eighteen hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum.
There have been applications for hose to be kept in differ- ent sections of the village, which your engineer feels would be bad policy for the town to establish. If one section had them all sections would have the same right to have them. This would necessitate a large outlay for hose or would scat- ter what we have so that they would not be available at any one point. With the fire alarm, there has been no complaint from any one part of the village but that the hose have been prompt at the fire with experienced firemen to handle them. Should there be no more hydrants added there will be need- ed eighteen hundred and twenty-five dollars for rental of same and about eight hundred dollars additional to pay the fire department.
G. H. STOWELL, Chief Engineer. .
Report of Trustees OF STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL FUND.
The amount of this fund in the hands of the Trustees is the same as reported last year, $10,000, with interest at six per cent. from March Ist, 1893. The income for the year 1893, $600, will be collected and paid into the town treasury as soon as it shall be needed.
The Paran Stevens Legacy of $40,000 still remains unpaid. There has been some advance toward a settlement of the Stevens Estate since our last report, and there was good rea- son to expect a final decree during the present month, but the sudden and unexpected death of Arthur Leary, executor under the will of Henry Leiden Stevens, and trustee for Mary Fiske Paget, has postponed a decision until a new ex- ecutor and trustee is appointed after notice, and this re- quires additional time as some of the parties are in Europe. There is now apparently good reason to expect the payment of the legacy within the coming year. If however anything should arise to further postpone payment, it is not suggested from any quarter that there can be any doubt as to its ulti- mate payment with interest.
The case now stands in order for trial and will undoubted- ly be reached at an early day.
THE ALDEN LITERARY PRIZE FUND,
consists of the real estate bequeathed by the late Mrs. Mary J. Alden, and $1,059.21, deposited in the Sullivan Savings Institution. We have received during the last year for rent $144; for interest, $36.33; and paid for prizes $120; repairs of Alden house $22.29; water rent $8; and care of the Alden lot in the cemetery $2.
GEORGE L. BALCOM, Trustees Stevens JOHN L. FARWELL, } High School Fund. Claremont, N. H., Feb. 28, 1894.
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Report of the Treasurer
OF STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1894. Stevens High School Committee Dr. To Town of Claremont.
1893, March 2,
For cash on hand,
$ 1,007.23
Rec'd for annual appro. school use,
2,950.00
Literary Fund, 1,223.41
Tuition collected from non
resident pupils,
99.00
by sales of old books, etc.,
16.55
$5,296.19
Interest on the Stevens Fund due Mar. I, but not yet paid, $600
CONTRA-
By paid Teachers, viz.,
Prof. M. C. Smart,
$1,500.00
Miss Florence K. Bailey,
500.00
Miss Nellie C. Lewis,
350.00
Miss Harriet L. Goodrich,
200.00
Miss Jane R. Cutler,
450.00
Miss Addie M. Walker,
I55.00
Madam Constance C. Bauer,
I 50.00
$3,305.00
H. Ladieu, salary as janitor,
$200.00
extra work, brooms, etc.,
16.50
$ 216.50
Fuel-by paid Geo. H. Stowell for coal,
$127.95
C. H. Hubbard & Co. coal, 108.92
Cutts for wood, 6.25
$243.12
Gas Light-by paid Claremont Gas Light Co. $6.00
$6.00
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School Supplies-
By paid R. A. Atherton,
$ 6.25
Franklin Educational Co., 15.89
" Sugar River Paper Mill Co., 10.45
Chas. H. Wilson & Co., 547.39
$579.98
Incidentals-
By paid John Taylor, work, $ 6.40
John Tyler, water rent,
8.00
Heywood & Co., Mdse.,
1.29
E. W. Prouty, broom,
.60
Fay, Thompson & Fay, printing, 17.00 A. J.McPherson,
17.30
John Burns, plumbing work,
38.00
Music for Graduating exercises, 14.00
John T. Barnard, work,
4.50
Sullivan Machinery Co.,
8.86
F. & J. W. Jewett, oil and barrel, 5.58
James A. Cowles, work,
3.43
Miller & Putnam, sundries, 30.55
Geo. H. Stowell, 7.60
$163.II
Making total expenditures for the year,
4,513.71
Cash now on hand, 782.48
$ 5,296.19
HERMON HOLT, Treasurer S. H. S. Com.
We, the undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Claremont have examined the foregoing accounts of the Town Treasur- er, Selectmen, Highway Agent, Overseer of the Poor, Treasurer of Stevens High School Committee, the Financial Agent of the Fiske Free Library, the Committee of the Tappan Fund, the Alden Literary Prize Fund, and find the same correct, with proper vouchers.
HERMON HOLT, E. B. HEYWOOD, Auditors. E. J. TENNEY,
Report of Health Officers.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF CLAREMONT :
The undersigned Health Officers of the town, hereby sub- mit the following report :
The Health Officers were appointed by the Selectmen on the 17th day of June, 1893, and were duly qualified and entered upon their duties June 19th.
Dudley T. Chase was appointed chairman and Edward F. Houghton secretary.
The Board established rules and regulations relating to the public health, which were approved by the Selectmen, recorded in the Town Clerk's office, posted in two or more public places in town and published in both the papers in the village.
Printed copies of the rules were distributed in most of the public places in town and given to citizens generally.
The Health Officers have received over one hundred and thirty complaints and in nearly every case the complaint was well founded.
In some few cases verbal notice was sufficient to cause the nuisance complained of to be abated, but in most of the cases it was necessary to issue a written notice and order, which was personally served on the offending party by one of the Health Officers or by the Constable.
Occasionally a second notice and order became necessary and in five cases prosecutions were commenced for wilful neglect and violation of the rules and the laws of health.
Two of the parties, after proceedings were commenced, came forward and complied with the requirements of the Board, and the complaints were withdrawn. In one instance the respondent was fined ten dollars and costs, by the jus- tice, which has been paid. Two other cases were tried in the justice court and fines of five and twenty dollars were in- posed with costs, and appeals were taken to the trial term of the Supreme Court, held in October last, and at the request of the respondent were continued to the April term and are now pending.
The most general complaint has been the want of proper drainage and it has become a serious question whether the compact part of the village can be kept in a healthy, sanitary condition without public sewers.
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The great increase of aqueduct water used in the village, and the consequent increase of drainage from sinks, water closets and stables and the great ] number of cesspools will soon make the soil a hotbed of corruption and we look for the early arrival of some epidemic disease, that will deci- mate the population, unless some measures are taken imme- diately to establish a system of sewerage in the compact part of the village.
All sink drains and water closets should be connected with a public sewer and no privy vault or cesspool should be tolerated. All stables should be provided with dry earth for absorbing the liquids therein and all stables ?should be thoroughly cleansed and the manure removed beyond the limits of the village at least once a week during the summer months.
No water from wells in the compact part of the village should be allowed to be used for domestic purposes, as we are well assured that such water is already polluted and unfit for use.
We cordially thank the portion of the community that has given countenance and support to the Health Officers in the discharge of their unpleasant and always disagreeable duties.
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We are convinced that, had all parties complied promptly with the reasonable requests of the Health Officers, all the expenses of counsel and attorney fees would have been saved and the personal charges of the Health Officers would have been reduced one-half.
The expenses of the Board have been as follows : Services of Health Officers, $ 381 93
Less Witness Fees received, 6 93
$375 00
Counsel and Attorney fees,
$ 67 00
Less fines and costs,
II 50
55 50
Tolles' Dump for rubbish,
3 00
Printing and Advertising,
26 50
$ 460 00
Respectfully submitted
DUDLEY T. CHASE,
EDWARD F. HOUGHTON, M. D.,
Health
F. C. WILKINSON,* D. V. S.,
Officers
Claremont, N. H., Feb. 10, 1894.
REPORT OF Stevens High School Com. 0
Stevens High School has just entered upon its second quarter of a century, its twenty-fifth anniversary having been passed at the close of the last school year. During this period nine hundred and eighty-two different pupils have been enrolled as members of the school, two hundred and seventy-two of whom have graduated, and ninety-five have taken a collegiate course. Many of the alumni are occupying positions of honor and usefulness in remote parts of the world ; but it is a pleasant fact that a large proportion of them have settled in our own midst, are among our most worthy citizens, and are giving character to our town and['reflecting honor upon the school.
The teachers from first to last, almost without exception, have been men and women of rare ability, morality and learning, who have left a lasting impress for good on every hand.
The committees during these twenty-five years have been com- posed of many of our best citizens, who have manifested much zeal and interest in the school's welfare. The inhabitants of the town have also shown their appreciation by being unusually ready to re- spond cheerfully to calls for financial aid. The school has been yearly broadening its scope till to-day it stands on a higher plane than ever before. The course of study has been quite largely ex- tended to meet the requirements of recent advancements made by most colleges, no less than to give opportunity for all our pupils to receive a more broad and thoroughly practical education.
This has made necessary the raising of the standard for admis- sion. It is gratifying to this committee that the Board of Educa- tion, teachers and pupils in the lower grades are manifesting a cheerful determination to aid in this "advanced movement. Great praise is due the Grammar school for successful efforts in this di- rection. It is hoped that the standard will continue to rise in future years till the schools in Claremont are equal to any in the land.
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The number of pupils in attendance the past year has reached higher figures than in any previous year in the school's history, the whole number in the fall term being one hundred twenty-two, and in the winter term one hundred nineteen. There has also been an advanced showing with respect to average attendance, punctuality, scholarship, deportment and other conditions which indicate the up- ward trend of the school.
To meet these growing wants, the corps of teachers has been increased ; but even now the force is too small to allow of admitting to our curriculum several much desired departments.
The present board of teachers are as follows :
M. C. Smart, A. M., Principal and teacher of Ancient Lan- guages.
Miss Nellie C. Lewis, teacher of Mathematics.
Miss Florence K. Bailey, teacher of History and English Liter- ature.
Miss Jane R. Cutler, teacher of Sciences.
Madam C. E. Bauer, teacher of Modern Languages.
Miss Addie M. G. Walker, teacher of Drawing and Music.
The Committee refer with special pride to these very able in- structors.
Mr. Smart has been four years at the head of the school. He is a man possessing broad and advanced thought, ripe scholarship, industrious habits, clear and forcible methods in imparting knowl- edge and superior executive and disciplinary qualities. Under his leadership the school is becoming broader in scope, higher in aim, more thorough and practical in method, and is to-day recognized as an institution of high standing and much promise.
Miss Lewis graduated from Stevens High School in 1882, since which time she has been almost continuously employed as teacher. She is popular, energetic, thorough and conscientious, and, being an efficient disciplinarian, has done a noble work for the school.
Miss Bailey, also a graduate of this school, and later of Smith College, is thoroughly equipped for a broad field of educational work. She has been teacher here nearly four years and has filled various positions in a very able and pleasing manner.
Miss Cutler has been employed only one year, but has proved herself a teacher of good abilities. She is a graduate of Smith Col- lege, class of 1892. Her work has been highly satisfactory.
Madam Bauer is well known in this community as a lady of rare culture, and a popular teacher of the French and German languages. Her advantages have been of unusual excellence and her experience large and successful. Her instruction in French in this school has been full of profit and enjoyment to her large and enthusiastic classes.
Miss Walker adds another Stevens High School graduate to our list of successful teachers. She is managing the departments of
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drawing and music alike creditable to herself and pleasing to her pupils.
In presenting this brief report the Committee desire to impress upon the citizens of the town the great merit and far-reaching influ- ence of this school. It is worthy of our pride and zealous care. Few schools of its grade in any town are superior to this, or doing better work in fitting for college or in preparing for useful business life.
In the general prosperity which has come to Claremont the last decade, Stevens High School can be brought well to the front as an active factor in the progressive march.
But, notwithstanding the work which is of a high and satisfactory character, these times and advancing conditions are already calling for enlarged facilities. It is probable that at no distant day addi- tional rooms will be required to accommodate the growing number which are asking for admission. The laboratory needs modernizing. The heating, ventilation, drainage and water supply will demand attention. More books of reference and apparatus of various kinds are imperatively called for. A course in German will be necessary to meet the requirements for entering most colleges. Elocution and Oratory should have a special teacher. A thorough Business De- partment would supply a much needed and useful feature.
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