Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-21
EVERYTHING HARMONIOUS
 IN CENTRAL DISTRICT
No Opposition to Ticket-Reports of Officials Approved-$e,5o 800 of Debt Paid.

The ballots of 39 legal voters of the Central school district cast in the an- nual election held Monday and unani- nous for the single ticket in the field reelected the three members whose terms were expiring, and also the clerk, treasurer and collector. The polls were open from 4 o'clock to 730 D. m. in the town hall, H. II. Pettis. being moderator, Cornelius J. Downes checker, and Tyler D. Buy box tend CT.
 At 7.30 Moderator Pettis declared the polls closed, directing Mir. Downes and MT. Guy to proceed to a side room to count the votes. These two return ed in a few moments reporting to the meeting which was then in progress that there had been 39 ballots cast, and all for the following ticket, which Moderator Pettis declared elected:
 Members of the Board of Education For Three Years: Amos A. Brown ing. Jonathan H. Allen. Henry A. Tir- rell; clerk Chauncey B. Woodworth; treasurer, Francis J. Leavens; collec- tor, Thomas A. Robinson.
 After he had declared the polls clos ed Moderator Pettis called the school meeting to order, Clerk c. B. Wood worth keeping the records. The re- port of Treasurer Francis J. Leavens was first called for which was pre- sented by Mir. Leavens with the certih- cate of the auditors. c. B. Woodwork and Guy B. Dolbeare. attached. A sum- mary of his financial transactions was read by Treasurer Leavens and &C., cepted, in which he showed that s9, 800 of the mortgage debt had been paid off in the year, reducing the mortgage to $1S,000, which he said it was expected would all be paid off in the next two years. His summarized report fol- lows:
 Receipts-Balance on hand last year $951.41, from tax collector 24,593.77, tuition outside pupils $1,212.92, sup plies sold $56.02, rebate on interest S3O. state for library s60 state for schools town of Norwich s1s,o00; total s47,- 770.50.
 Expenditures-Paid on loan 39,b0o, interest $SS7, insurance $1S0, treasurer $250, sprinl<ling tax s10.44 tax eollec- tors commission s305.22 town of Nor wich $3,492, orders $31 ,670.36, total of s46,2s5.02, leaving balance on hand of $1,475.4S.
 The annual report of the board was presented by the chairman, Amos A. Browning, quoting figures from Su- perintendent Bishops report, among which were the following: School houses ,, schoolrooms 31. schoolroems occupied 27, sittings 1,2oO, pupils en- umerated Q90s-19os) 1852, pupils en- umerated (1s07-1sos) 1,503, gain 4s; number of different pupils registered decrease 3S, grade teachers 26, kinder garten and assistants 10, average num- Der pupils for each grade teacher 34.
 As to the school buildings, he said. we believe they are now in at least reasonably good condition and repair. Matters of sanitation, comfort, protec- tion against fire, capacity for the pu- pils' needs, have all received attention as occasion has arisen. More in detail he gave some of the thuhgs which have quite recently been done in the way of repairs by quoting from Superintendent Bishops report as follows:
 At Broadway the retaining wall be- gun in the rear of the playground for the purpose of enlarging it was ex- tended to the southern boundary of the lot. A portion of the fence on the southern boundary was reconstructed and an addition made to the seats upon the girls playground. The roof of the old part of the house was painted and the gutters thoroughly repaired. A new leader from the middle of the gutter on the north side was thought neces sary and was put in. A new hard wood floor was laid in Room No. 8 and new ucbkS anu CIldlrS DTOYlQ6Q for the pupils in that room.
 The teachers reception room was improved by laying a hard finished floor and providing a rug and shades. Electric lights were placed in Room No. 4, and in the superintendent's of flee.
 At Broad street the teachers recep- tion room was refnished. the walls in parts of the house repaired and paint ed and ffha cellar fraafad fn roaf of white wash. Provision was made for the introduction of electric lights in the principaPse school room, in the basement and over each teachers desk.
 At Hobart avenue a new fence was constructed on tn southwest side of the lot.
 At Laurel Hill the walls. of the ished and some changes made in the basement that were much neededd.
 The blackboards and furniture in all the buildings were inspected and such improvements made as were found necessary.
 We have in our district, continued MT Browning. a strong teaching force. The teachers have been sufficient in number and many of them are experi- enced and possessed of superior quali- fcations for their work. One evidence of this Is the desire od pupils from oth- CT districts and towns to secure the advantages which the schools os the Central district afford. Upon the whole, we can but commend to the patrons of our schools the advantages they afford for our boys and girls, and vantages are faithfully made use of. It has been the purpose of the board of education to carefully safeguard the interests of the district All questions