The following changes In the corps
of teachers are noted; George Mac
farlane, a graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania, was elected as Bitb
master and teacher of the sciences;
Katherine DeMeritt, teacher of French
and German; Margaret Tupper, teach
er of history; and Margaret Ueach,
teacher of the commercial branches.
The New Building
As In well known the town had
some time ago reached a point where
the limitations of the old building Had
been forced upon its attention, and
with a wisdom and generosity une
qualled in its history this troublesome
problem was finally solved, by mak
ing an appropriation of $55,000 for a
new building.
A representative committee, con
sisting of the following members,
Gustavus D. Bates, Edward Mullan,
George A. Hammond, Charles W.
Bradway, Rlfrhard Gorman, John O.
Fox, Silas M. Wheelock, Lucius H.
Fuller, Omer LaRue, William S. John
son and John F. Carpenter, was ap
pointed to act for the town in the mat
ter, and they secured a suitable lot
for the new building, at a reasonable
price, centrally located and having ad
vantages unsurpassed by any High
school location In the state.
The committee employed a school
architect of repute, who designed a
plan for a building In every way adapt
ed to our needs, and at. a price, when
completed, not exceeding the amount
appropriated by the town.
It Is no exaggeration to say that
this building will stand for many gen
erations as a monument to the pub
lic spirit and generosity of the tax
payers of Putnam i and a testimonial
to the judgment and gbod sense of
the members of the building commit
tee, who devoted so much time and
energy to this public service.
