Hatfield Annual Town Report 1906-1914, Part 19

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Publication date: 1906
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348


Acres of land,


9,258


State tax,


$3,377 00


County tax,


1,947 26


50


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Town tax, Overlayings,


23,693 00 615 44


$29,632 70


Estimated bank and corporation tax,


1,000 00


Excise tax,


768 11


Omitted assessment,


316 08


Value of property exempt from taxation under


Chapter 490, Acts of 1909.


Literary institutions,


$76,152


Church property,


31,650


$107,802


Respectfully submitted,


EDSON W. STRONG, P. W. MULLINS, L. H. KINGSLEY,


Assessors of Hatfield. .


Report of Sinking Fund Commission


We have the following amounts placed to the cred- it of the Sinking Fund:


Boston & Maine Railroad Bonds,


$3,000 00


N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad Bonds,


2,000 00


Springfield Street Railway Bonds, 1,000 00


Town of Hatfield Water Bonds,


7,000 00


Union Trust Co., Springfield,


2,251 55


Springfield Institution for Savings,


1,010 08


Springfield Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,033 96


Northampton Institution for Savings,


1,100 30


Florence Savings Bank,


1,195 14


Nonotuck Savings Bank,


419 23


Haydenville Savings Bank,


326 62


Easthampton Savings Bank,


321 05


$20,657 93


M. J. RYAN, E. S. WARNER, L. J. PELISSIER, Sinking Fund Commissioners.


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I have this day examined the accounts of the Sink- ing Fund Commissioners and find them correct.


JAMES L. DAY, Auditor.


Hatfield, Mass., March 2, 1914.


List of Books Added to the Library Since March 1, 1913


Children's Books.


The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes,


Beatrix Potter.


The Tale of Benjamin Bunny


Beatrix Potter.


The Tale of Pigling Bland, The Tale of Tom Kitten,


Beatrix Potter.


The Tale of Tiggy Winkle,


Beatrix Potter.


The Tale of Mr. Tod,


Beatrix Potter.


The Tailor of Gloucester,


Beatrix Potter.


The Adventures of Peter


Cottontail,


Thornton W. Burgess.


The Story of the Teasing Monkey,


Thornton W. Burgess.


The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum,


Thornton W. Burgess.


Young People's Books.


How Other People Live. (Pictures of many Lands).


Wigwam Evenings,


The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp,


Manuel in Mexico,


Kathleen in Scotland,


H. C. Barnard. C. A. and E. G. Eastman.


Thornton W. Burgess. Etta B. McDonald. Etta B. McDonald.


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Beatrix Potter.


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Donald in Scotland, Betty in Canada, Marta in Holland, Fritz in Germany,


Etta B. McDonald.


Etta B. McDonald. Etta B. McDonald. Etta B. McDonald.


Girls' Books.


Betty Tucker's Ambition, A Little Maid of Provence Town, Glenloch Girls at Camp West,


Nancy Lee's Spring Term, Nobody's Rose,


Polly-Anna, Faith Palmer at the Oaks,


The Colonel's Experiment,


Angelina W. Wray.


Alice T. Curtis.


Grace M. Remick.


Margaret Ward. Adele E. Thompson. Eleanor H. Porter.


Lazelle T. Wooley. Edith B. Delano.


..


Boys' Books.


Ned Brewster's Bear Hunt, The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp, The Young Trappers,


Chauncey J. Hawkens.


Thornton W. Burgess. Hugh Pendexter.


Adult Fiction.


Told in the Hills, The Sanctuary, 'The Moving Finger, The House of Happiness, The Lady and the Pirate, Inside of the Cup, Big Fellow, Laddie, The Taste of Apples, Westways,


March E. Ryan. Maude H. Peterson. E. P. Oppenheim. Kate L. Bosher. Emerson Hough. Winston Churchill. Frederic Palmer. Gene Stratton Porter. Jeannette Lee. S. Weir Mitchell.


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Desert Gold, The Broken Halo, The Iron Woman, Woman thou gavest me, The Amateur Gentleman, Old Rose and Silver, Threads of Gold and Silver, Sunshine Jane, Love Affair of a Homely Girl, The Riverman, Shadow, Ranching for Sylva,


Judgment House,


Janet Ward, Sally Castleton, Southerner,


Hand-made Gentleman,


Wilsam, Gold Trail, V. V.'s Eyes,


One Million Frances, Maggie Pepper, Golden Web,


Jim Hands, Glory of the Conquered, Pictures of Polly, Friar Tuck, Mrs. Red Pepper,


Impossible Boy, Green C, Freebooters of the Wilder-


ness,


Cage, "Charge it," The Best Man, Andrew the Glad, The Bugles of Gettysburg,


Zane Gray. Florence Barclay. Rex Beach. Hall Caine. Jeffrey Fernold. Myrtle Reed. Myrtle Reed. Anne Warner.


Jean L. DeForest.


Stewart Edward White.


Harold Begbie. Harold Bindloss.


Gilbert Parker.


Margaret Sangster. Crittenden Merriott. Irving Batcheller.


S. C. Nethersole. Harold Bindloss. Henry Sydnor Harrison. Arnold Frederics. Charles Klein. Anthony Partridge. R. W. Childs. Susan Gaskell. Mary K. Courtney. Robert A. Wason. Grace S. Richmond.


Nina W. Pulman. J. A. Meyer.


Agnes C. Loret. Harold Begbie. Irving Bachellor. Grace L. H. Lutz. Maria T. Daviess. LaSalle Corbell Picket.


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Stella Maris, The Eagle's Mate, The People's Man, T. Tambarom, Waitstill Baxter, Within the Law, A Garden of Spices, The Manager of the B. and A., The Flying Girl,


William J. Locke. Anna Alice Chapin. E. P. Oppenheim. Frances H. Burnett. Kate Douglass Wiggin. Bayard Vaillard. A. Keith Fraser. Vaughan Kester. Edith VanDyne.


Other Books.


Gold,


Stewart Edward White.


Uncle Sam Wonder Worker,


Life of Raphael,


The Friendly Road,


Mr. Pratt's Patients,


W. A. DuPuy. Henry Strachey. David Grayson. Joseph Lincoln.


American Highways and By-ways of


the Pacific Coast, Crowds Jr., Home Furnishings,


Shelter and Clothing, Signs and Seasons,


Leaf and Tendril,


Bird and Bough,


C. Johnson. Gerald Stanley Lee. Hunter. Kinne. John Buroughs. John Buroughs. John Buroughs.


John Buroughs.


Winter Sunshine, Little talks with mothers of little people, Music Lovers Encyclopedia. Lullabies of Many Lands. Book of Home Building and Decora- tion.


Desired Woman, Partners, Golden Road, Miss Billy, Miss Billy's Decision,


Harben. Margaret Deland. Montgomery. Porter. Porter.


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Miss Billy Married, Way Home, My Lady of the Chimney Corner,


Porter. King.


Irvine.


Adult Fiction.


Southener, Happy Hawkins,


Lonely Queen,


Where there's a Will,


Right of the Strongest,


Honor of the Big Snows,


Call of the Cumberlands,


Wilderness trail,


Hager, Bella Donna,


Freckles,


Garden of Allah,


Frank Williams. Mary Johnson. Hichins. G. S. Porter. Hichens. Mary E. Waller.


Daughter of the Rich,


American Ideals, Character and Life, H. W. Mabie.


Cracow. The Royal Capitol of Ancient


Poland,


Leonard Lepsky.


The Song Lore of Ireland,


Redfern Mason.


Romance of old New England Churches, John James Audibon,


The Country School,


Farm Boys and Girls,


A Hermit's Wild Friends,


Mary C. Crawford. John Burroughs. Clifton Johnson. L. H. Bailey. Mason A. Walton.


Literary Pilgrimages of a Naturalist, Winthrop Pachard.


Wild Flowers every Child Should Know, F. W. Stack.


Trees Every Child Should Know, Birds Every Child Should Know, Stories of Great Musicians, Hoosic Valley. Musical Sketches.


Thomas Dixon. R. A. Wason. H. C. Bailey. Mary K. Rinekart. Frances N. Greene. James O. Curwood. Charles N. Buck.


Julia E. Rogers. Neltjie Blanchan. Katherine L. Scobey.


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Reminiscences of Jostin McCarty.


(2 volumes.) Nathan Sites Hills,


Broken Wall,


Health, Strength and Happiness,


Science and Health,


College Girl of America,


Country Life Movement,


How to Grow Vegetables,


Manuel of Practice Farming,


S. M. Sites. Edward A. Steiner. Saleeby. Mary Baker Eddy. M. C. Crawford. Liberty H. Baily. Allen French. J. McLennon.


Abraham Lincoln, the Boy and the Man.


Panama Canal,


American Child,


Farmer boy who became a Bishop. Government Positions.


Logan Marshall. Elizabeth McCracken.


ANNUAL REPORT


-OF THE-


School Committee


-- AND


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Superintendent of Schools


-OF THE-


Town of Hatfield


-FOR THE-


Year Ending March 1, 1914


School Organization


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Arthur R. Breor, Chairman,


John F. O'Dea, Secretary,


Thaddeus Graves,


Term expires 1916 Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


Clinton J. Richards,


22 Prospect Avenue, Northampton Telephone 858-W


SCHOOL PHYSICIANS


A. J. Bonneville, M. D., (Center and North Hatfield schools.)


C. A. Byrne, M. D., (Hill, Bradstreet and West Hat- field).)


TRUANT OFFICER S. W. Kingsley.


SCHOOL CALENDAR


Spring Term begins March 30, 1914, ends June 5, 1914. Fall Term begins Sept. 8, 1914, ends Dec. 18, 1914. Winter Term begins Jan. 4, 1915, ends March 19, 1915. Spring Term begins March 29, 1915, ends June 4, 1915.


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Report of School Committee


The work done by our schools for the past year has been on the whole very satisfactory. All depart- ments have worked together in harmony. Our teach- ing force is one of the best we have ever had. To have good schools we must have good teachers and to have good teachers we must pay salaries large enough to at- tract and keep them. It is poor economy to engage any who are not the best that we can afford.


The Hill school building has been completely re- paired both inside and out. The porch has been re- paired, the outside wood-work painted, new floors and ceiling have been added, and with the new shades and freshly tinted walls it contains the two most attractive school rooms in town.


Minor repairs have also been made on all the other school buildings in town. More extensive repairs will be needed before many years. The heating, ventilat- ing and sanitary arrangements are not entirely satis- factory, and new seats and desks should be placed in at least two rooms, but the Committee do not feel like ask- ing for any special appropriation for repairs at this time.


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At the beginning of the year we had more than one hundred pupils at the Center for whom we had no pub- lic school accommodations. By the courtesy of the Trustees of Smith Academy the four upper grades are cared for in two rooms at the Academy building. The first and second grades are given half time work, the first grade attending the forenoon session at the Center First Primary and Hill Primary, and the second grade taking their places in the afternoon with the same teachers. This is not a satisfactory arrangement for either pupils or teachers, but it seemed to be the best solution of the difficulty. If for any reason it should be necessary to follow this plan for the whole or any part of another school year, we believe that enough teachers should be hired so that they may not have to do double work, and that the part time pupils may have a somewhat longer session.


NEW BUILDING.


It may be in order to give here a brief summary of what has been done to provide suitable accommoda- tions for the Hatfield Center children.


At the last annual meeting a committee was ap- pointed to investigate school conditions and make rec- ommendations for the action of the town. . The com- mittee consisted of the Selectmen-John E. Porter, Michael W. Boyle and John J. Betsold; the School Committee-Arthur R. Breor, Thaddeus Graves, and John F. O'Dea; and three others appointed by them- Matthew J. Ryan, Oscar E. Belden, and Herbert D. Smith.


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This committee organized with Arthur R. Breor, Chairman, and Oscar E. Belden, Secretary, and ap- pointed as a sub-committee Messrs. Boyle, Belden, and Breor to make special investigations. After looking into local conditions and visiting several buildings in other towns the sub-committee reported to the full com- mittee. After careful consideration it was decided to recommend an eight room building to be erected on the vacant lot opposite Smith Academy, and Mr. Karl Put- nam, Architect, of Northampton, was asked to present preliminary plans to a special town meeting held Tues- day, Jan. 20, 1914.


At this meeting the sum of $40,000 was appropriat- ed by a unanimous vote for the construction of an eight-room building as shown by Mr. Putnam and rec- ommended by the Committee.


At the time of writing this report, the specifica- tions are in the hands of contractors for bids on con- struction, and it is the hope of the Committee that we may have the building ready for use for the next school year.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


For Fiscal Year Ending March 1, 1914.


Resources.


From Town:


General Appropriation,


$7,100 00


Repairs,


500 00


Dog Fund,


137 44


$7,737 44


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From Tuition:


City Wards,


$ 33 50


145 83


Northampton, Whately,


95 66


$274 99


From State:


School Fund,


$ 848 01


Superintendent of Schools,


572 91


$1,420 92


Total Resources,


$9,433 35


Expenditures.


Salaries:


Teachers,


$5,109 00


School Committee,


65 00


Supervisor of Music,


232 00


Janitors,


763 25


Supt. of Schools,


649 59


Truant Officer,


6 00


Books and supplies,


682 80


Fuel,


495 82


Repairs,


1,059 09


Transportation,


172 06


Miscellaneous,


105 81


Total Expenditures,


$9,340 42


Balance Unexpended, $92 93


ARTHUR R. BREOR, Chairman.


$6,824 84


TEACHERS AND ENROLLMENT, OCTOBER, 1913


SCHOOLS


TEACHERS


Home Address


Salary


per week


Grode I


Grade II


Grade III


Grade IV


Grade V


Grade VI


Grade VII


Grade VIII


Grade IX


Totals


Center Grammar


Venice A. Hough


Cambridge


$ 13.00


I8


8


10|15


51


Marguerite A. Flaherty


Hadley


00


Center 1st Primary


Constance C. Breor


Hatfield


12.50 33 24


57


Center 2nd Primary


Sarah V. Kiley


Hatfield


12.50


31


31


Center 3d Primary


Margaret A. Ryan


Hatfield


13.00


35


35


Hill Grammar


Pearl N. Sadd


Broad Brook, Ct.


12.00


26


26


Hill Primary


Gladys L. Rice


Granby, Ct.


12.00 28 22


50


West Grammar


Margaret B. Sazama


Northampton


10.00


82 8 3


23


West Primary


Lena H. Proulx


Hatffeld


10.00|10


4 11


8


33


North Grammar


Nellie T. O'Brien


Natick


12.00


5


2


7


16


North Primary


Christine Hibbard


North Hadley


12.00


6


3 9


3


2


21


Bradstreet


Gladys V. Rand


Johnson, Vt.


12.00


7


3 12


2


7


31


Supr. of Music


Maud E. Boyle


Hatfield


5.00


Totals


$149.00 84 56 63 46 41 22 25 20 17


374


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Superintendent's Report


The end of another year finds the schools of Hat- field in excellent working condition so far as the some- what limited accommodations will permit. It is prob- able that the action recently taken by the town in pro- viding for a modern eight-room building at the Center marks the greatest advance towards better school con- ditions ever made in any year in its history. That such a building was necessary will be apparent to any who will consider the number of pupils to be cared for and the present inadequate accommodations.


Since 1905 the average annual birthrate has been a little more than 72. In 1911 our schools were begin- ning to feel the effect of this larger birthrate. The actual school enrollment in October of that year was 315. In October 1912, it was 340, and in 1913 it had risen to 374. Two-thirds of these pupils attend at the Hill and Center schools. If the enrollment continues to increase as indicated by these figures, the town will have 500 children in its schools within a few years.


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RURAL SCHOOL EFFICIENCY.


The large problem to be solved by school officials is how to increase the efficiency of our school system- to get the largest possible returns for the money and effort expended. This involves several elements, in- cluding the means used, the agencies employed, and the results as shown in the character and attainments of pupils. By considering some of these elements of effi- ciency in what would be an ideal system we may by comparison get a clearer idea of local conditions and needs.


1. The School Grounds should be ample to fur- nish pupils opportunity for exercise and play without using the highway or trespassing on private property. They should usually be fenced and some attempt should be made to add to their attractiveness by means of in- expensive trees, shrubs and vines.


2. The School Building should be well-built and attractive. The rooms should be large enough to seat all pupils at single adujstable desks. The light should come from only one or two sides of the room, either all from left or from left and rear, the window space be- ing at least one-fifth of floor space. Adequate heat and ventilation should be provided either by a furnace in basement or by a jacketed stove. The walls should be appropriately tinted and adorned with a few well- chosen pictures. Sufficient room should be afforded to care for clothing not needed in the school room. There should be an abundant supply of pure water for drink- ing and cleanliness. Separate sanitaries or outbuild-


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ings should be provided, and so built and cared for that they may not be a menace to either the health or morals of pupils.


3. The Equipment should include all books and supplies necessary to carry on the work called for in the course of study. Some of the other articles need- ed are wall maps, sets of dry and liquid measures, and simple tools and apparatus required for work in practi- cal arts.


4. The Janitor service in a two-room building is much simpler than in the larger buildings, but the working efficiency of any school depends in large meas- ure on the care that is given to the building. That it should be kept clean and decent and that a temperature of about 68 degrees should be maintained in the school room during cold weather, will be readily admitted- but not so easily realized unless the janitor knows his business and attends to it.


5. The Course of Study should emphasize a thor- ough knowledge of those subjects which have been found by universal experience to be fundamental and necessary.


The Boston School Committee in a recent report makes this statement, which applies as well to Hatfield as to Boston: "The School Committee has long felt that one of the most important matters to which its most earnest and careful attention should be directed is the raising of the elementary schools to a higher standard of efficiency and the teaching of the fundamentals of education, more especially the three R's, more thor-


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oughly, more practically and more successfully than they have ever been taught before to make sure that each boy and girl shall, upon leaving the elementary schools, be able to express his thoughts clearly and in- telligently both by spoken and written words; to spell correctly; to write legibly; and to perform quickly and accurately the simpler processes of arithmetic that are in common use."


To these fundamentals should be added those other subjects which give broader views of life and its oppor- tunities. If it is a mistake to neglect the three R's, it is also a mistake not to attempt to give the child at least a speaking acquaintance with the more liberal branches. A well balanced course of study should fit a child to live as well as to get a living. It must in- clude music, literature, and art, as well as history, geog- raphy, elementary science, hygiene, and civics. And in all these studies, incidentally, if not as separate exer- cises, the principles of good morals and correct conduct must be taught and exemplified.


It is coming to be generally recognized, also, that education of the hand is nearly as important as that of the head. Our State Board of Education is emphasiz- ing the work in practical arts and our most successful teachers are proving that the introduction of such work does not take away from the other branches but rather supports and vitalizes them.


6. The School Officials, consisting of Committee and Superintendent, constitute an important element in the system. In their administrative and supervisory capacity they are given a large measure of responsi-


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bility. They should have the ability not only to inter- pret public opinion but to give it form and direction to some extent. They should have good business sense and be able and willing to give something more than the odds and ends of time to school affairs.


7. The State is becoming every year a more im- portant factor in the development of the rural school. Many towns have been encouraged if not forced to adopt progressive measures through State influence. Through the administration of the State funds the Board has made it possible for towns to secure better supervision, teachers and equipment. And the end is not yet.


8. The Community is the court of final appeal. It can make or mar the success of any school official, teacher, or system. It pays taxes to support the schools and furnishes pupils for them. In the long run the community will get the kind of school it wants. For the character of a school is determined not so much by externals as by the attitude of the citizens, pupils and teachers towards one another and the work to be done. If the schools in any town are not what they ought to be, it is either because the people do not understand the conditions, or else do not have sufficient interest to attempt to remedy them.


9. The Teacher is the most vital and important factor in the whole school system. Though all the oth- or elements of efficiency are supplied, they count for nothing with an inefficient teacher in charge. Con- versely, a good teacher will make up in large measure for many deficiencies in other parts of the system. He


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should be a person of broad culture, generous education, and thorough training. But training and education count for but very little without the natural qualifica- tions which every successful teacher must possess. Some of these are health, character, tact, adaptability, a love for children, capacity for growth, and a willing- ness to work. The most successful rural teachers are generally those reared in the country, who understand and like the country, and who are not using their places simply as stepping stones to city positions.


It is difficult to secure and retain teachers having the qualifications mentioned for the salaries that the smaller towns can afford to pay. There is a possibili- ty that this may be remedied in part by a bill now be- fore the State Legislature which provides for a pre- mium to be added to the salaries of rural teachers of proved efficiency.


10. The Pupils' improvement-physical, mental, and moral-is the final test of the efficiency of a school system. If the schools do not turn out well-equipped pupils as their product, then an analysis of the situa- tion will show weakness in one or more of the elements of efficiency. And just in proportion as these nine ele- ments are effective will any school system be able to produce boys and girls who will have capacity for wholesome living, helpful service, and intelligent citi- zenship.


TEACHERS' MEETINGS.


A meeting of the teachers of the elementary schools of the district was held at Hatfield early in the


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fall term. At this meeting plans for organizing and carrying on the work of the grade schools were out- lined and discussed.


Later in the season a high school conference was held at Deerfield. This conference included those en- gaged in high school work in several adjoining rural districts together with their superintendents.


In February of this year, the third and last district meeting was held at Hopkins Acadamy, Hadley. Ev- ery teacher in both the elementary and high schools of the district was present. Questions of common inter- est to all the schools were considered. An exhibit of penmanship and practical arts was one of the features of this meeting.


Mr. Julius E. Warren and Mr. Clarence D. King- sley, agents of the State Board of Education, Mr. W. E. Riley, of the Lowell Normal School, Miss Hannah P. Waterman of the North Adams Normal School, and Prof. W. R. Hart of the Mass. Agricultural College were among those who contributed to the success of the meetings.


TEXTBOOKS.


The Merrill Spellers were introduced this year in all the elementary schools of the superintendency union of which Hatfield forms a part. Less words are being taught and special attention is given to those most of- ten misspelled. To stimulate the interest in spelling a contest was arranged for the winter term between the Hatfield Center and the Hadley Center Grammar


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Schools. The Hatfield pupils, accompanied by their teachers, went to Hadley one afternoon on a special car and the Hadley pupils plan to return the visit sometime during the spring term.


The Woods Hutchinson Physiologies have been used for a year in one town of the District with excel- lent results. I would recommend that these books be introduced in place of the series now in use.


It will be necessary to buy new histories for the grammar grades the coming year, and this would be a favorable time to change for a better book. Another elementary history text for the sixth grade should also be provided.


The New Frye Geographies are giving good satis- faction in the lower grades. It is proposed to finish the introduction in the upper grades during the coming school year.


Hardly a school is provided with sufficient wall maps, and there is only one really good globe in town. Such useful adjuncts to the study of geography and history should surely be available for every school.


Pupils generally bring from home much of the ma- terial used for the practical arts work, but to carry on the work properly in some lines it may be necessary to supply some simple tools, utensils, and supplies. The cost of these is trifling compared with the value derived from their use.


HEALTH.


The health of pupils should be safeguarded at all points, for without health education is of little value.


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Several suggestions made in the superintendent's re- port for 1911-12 have not yet been carried into effect, but we hope to see practically all adopted in the near future.


Hatfield is fortunate in having two very efficient and faithful Medical Inspectors. It is largely through their action that we have been able to hold contagious diseases in check so successfully during the past two years. They have also assisted in the effort necessary to secure compliance with the law relating to vaccina- tion.


NEW LABOR LAW.


A new law passed by the last state legislature re- quires every person under twenty-one working in a shop, store, or factory to have a certificate issued by the school superintendent of the town in which the person lives. Four forms of certificates are issued: (1) Spec- ial Home Permits for persons 14 to 16 years of age to engage in profitable employment at home; (2) Employ- ment Certificates for persons 14 to 16 who wish to work in a shop, store, or factory; (3) Working Certificates for persons 16 to 21 who cannot read and write Eng- lish, and (4) Working Certificates for persons 16 to 21 who can read and write English. The law provides that the superintendent may appoint some one in each town to act for him in issuing certificates. For the convenience of Hatfield people, Mr. L. H. Kingsley has kindly consented to serve in this capacity.




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