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The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City, The Bobbsey Twins at Home Laura Lee Hope
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Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's Laura Lee Hope Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's, Laura Lee Hope Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bells, Laura Lee Hope Little Red Riding Hood and Other Fairy Stories, Lang Prince Darling and Other Fairy Stories Lang The Princess on the Glass Hill and Other Fairy Stories. Lang
Dick Wittington and Other Fairy Stories Lang
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Stories Lang
Cinderella and Other Fairy Stories Lang
Jack the Giant Killer and Other Fairy Stories Lang
Tales and Tags
Peter and Polly in Spring
Peter and Polly in Summer
Peter and Polly in Autumn
Peter and Polly in Winter
A. J. L. Rose Lucia Rose Lucia Rose Lucia
Rose Lucia
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My Book of Ten Fables The Riley Reader Moni, the Goat Boy Arabella and Araminta Stories
Rosalie G. Mendell
Johanna Spyri Gertrude Smith
A Child's Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson Tommy Snooks and Other Mother Goose Rhymes, Wright
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS
Harper's Magazine
American Magazine
Everybody's Magazine .
Good Housekeeping
National Geographic
Popular Mechanics
World's Work
Review of Reviews
Saint Nicholas Boys' Life The American Boy John Martins
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
Town of Hatfield
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1919
School Organization
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Oscar E. Belden,
Term expires 1921
John F. O'Dea, Chairman
Term expires 1920
Adam J. Smith, Secretary
Term expires 1922
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Theodore W. King, Hadley, Mass.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
A. J. Bonneville, M. D., (Center and North Hatfield schools).
C. A. Byrne, M. D., (Hill, Bradstreet and West Hat- field schools).
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
S. W. Kingsley
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Term opens Jan. 5, 1920, closes March 30, 1920 Term opens April 9, 1920, closes June 18, 1920 Term opens Sept. 7, 1920, closes Dec. 17, 1920
Report of School Committe
The School Committee have had the several mat- ters pertaining to the schools before their attention during the school year. In anticipation of having the same high standard of instruction in the schools for this school year as previously, attention and consid- eration was given to retaining the teachers who were doing such excellent work.
It was necessary to use further resources than had been assigned to this department and to make arrangements based upon the increase in another financial year. In so doing it was possible to retain the teachers who could keep the school up to the high standard.
Since then the General School Fund Law has been passed. This furnished one thousand dollars reim- bursement this year. The law also provides for a much greater reimbursement based upon the in- creased salaries.
The increase in the salaries is practically taken care of by this reimbursement. The appropriation of an amount equal to what was appropriated last year with the appropriation of an amount equal to the reimbursement would provide the resources for the maintenance of the schools. The appropriation of the two is necessary because of the increase in all items of school expenditure.
The minor repairs to school buildings were made during the summer. The school buildings are in good condition, with the exception of the one at the West. which the committee have reported as not satisfactory as a school building.
Financial Statement
For Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 31, 1919 RESOURCES
From State:
Superintendent of Schools ... $625.00
School Fund
962.07
General School Fund
1,030.00
$2,617.07
Tuition :
Northampton $147.00
Town Appropriation
14,000.00
Tickets
289.14
Dog Fund
63.06
EXPENDITURES
Salaries:
Teachers
$12,044.00
Janitors
1,964.04
Supervisors
436.62
Superintendent of Schools
935.60
School Committee
65.00
Books and Supplies
462.07
Fuel
2,366.78
Repairs
378.21
Transportation
300.10
Miscellaneous
87.18
Total expenditures $19,037.70
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee and Citizens of the Town of Hatfield:
The increase in all items of school expenditures may seem to demand consideration at this time, but in reality the principal consideration is the relation of this increase to effective teaching and to keeping the schools up to the same high standard.
TEACHERS
The same teachers that taught in the Center School last year were in their respective positions for this school year and it is due to that fact that there has been the same excellent work. The two changes from one school to another were based upon the spe- cial adaptation to the particular grade. The vacancies that existed in June were filled by normal graduates who had the training for effective teaching.
TEACHERS' SALARIES
The question of teachers' salaries is of as great concern to the schools as to the teachers. Although an increase has already been made it has not been any greater in proportion to other items of school expenditure and other costs.
Other places have increased their salaries and it still leaves the same relation between towns with the same chance to go to better paid positions.
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The increase in teachers' salaries has to apply to those who are in the positions and to those who are newly appointed, if it is hoped to retain the majority of those at work and to secure teachers of competent ability to fill vacancies. This question is of too vital interest to the schools to be overlooked.
It is quite generally understood that the number taking up teaching has greatly decreased and the increase in salaries has to be based on the supply and demand as well as upon the fact that increases had not been made in proportion to other changes.
GENERAL SCHOOL FUND LAW
The State realizes the importance of the pupils being taught by teachers of competent ability and consider apparently that the State is concerned in this matter. With a view to having teachers with educational qualifications appointed in the schools the General School Fund Law was passed. It provides for the reimbursement to the town of one hundred dollars for every teacher who receives as salary six hundred and fifty dollars, one hundred and fifty dol- lars for every teacher who receives seven hundred and fifty dollars, who is a graduate of an approved normal school or college, and has had one year's ex. perience, or who possesses preparation and teaching experience accepted in lieu thereof; two hundred dol- lars for every teacher who receives eight hundred and fifty dollars, who is a graduate of an approved normal school or college or who possesses preparation and teaching experience accepted in lieu thereof.
This law establishes six hundred and fifty dollars as a minimum salary upon which reimbursement is based, and reimburses one-half of each hundred dollar
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increase provided it is based upon educational quali- fications and experience.
READING
Reading is the most important work of the school, both in content and in developing the ability of the pupil. It also serves in the comprehension of the other studies.
The method of teaching reading that was in use had not proven as effective in advancing all of the pupils as is possible with other methods, and it did not serve as a basis for advanced work in upper grades.
The Progressive Road to Reading was adopted and has been in use in the first grade since the beginning of the school year. Special attention has been given to its use and the result as is evident even thus far proves the advantage of its use. It helps the pupil to make continued progress for what is learned, serves as a basis for further advancement. The power ac- quired through the phonetic drills makes the pupil self-reliant, is more interested in the stories and makes closer application. The use of the phrases improves the expression and indicates a clear comprehension of the reading matter.
Whatever advantage a method may have it is only as it is well used and that the teaching is good that the results are secured.
The teachers have manifest a keen interest in the use of the method and are entitled to the credit for the results and advancement already accomplished. There are the books for the higher grades in the same series which are interesting and instructive and the same should be provided. There are introductory books so the transition for one reader to another is not so great.
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ATTENDANCE
The increase in the per cent of attendance for the months of the fall term has been such as to make it a marked improvement in all the school.
In reality it has been of a high standard. It has not been below ninety per cent in a single school for any month during the fall term, and several of the schools have had as high as ninety-eight for some of the months during that time. The pupils have received the advantage that regular attendance is to their work and advancement.
Special attention is being given quite generally to presenting to pupils the advantages of staying in school after they reach the compulsory attendance age. It is a fact that the pupils that leave school as soon as they get to be fourteen years of age are the ones that have been absent a great deal up to that time. These are the pupils that really need all they can get from their school work.
Therefore this matter is of sufficient importance for it to receive sufficient attention for it to be thor- oughly understood and for regular attendance to apply to all pupils.
DRAWING
Beginning last September it was possible to secure the services of a drawing supervisor and Miss Ranlett was appointed. She is a graduate of the Boston Normal Art School and had the practice training in this work.
The work has consisted of the teaching of the les. sons by the supervisor and by the teachers following the directions. It has been very well done. Teachers have found it helpful and have expressed their earnest approval.
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It was found by the supervisor, as is stated in her report, that the work in drawing had been going on very well as taken up by the regular teachers, and it was possible to do much more than where there had been no supervision in drawing for some time.
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Pupils should be taught to read as well as being taught how to read. There should be books at hand for reading in addition to the regular textbook. Books which are of high standards of literary merit and genu- inely interesting to children of the different grades should be accessible.
Sets of different books made up into small libraries of about twenty books each can be used for this pur- pose. After being used in one school for about a month the books could be taken to a different school and an- other set supplied. With several such small libraries each school can be kept supplied and each child would have access to several different, books each year.
These libraries are of greater need in the two- room schools because of the greater number of grades in a room and the less time that a teacher would have with each separate grade.
The arrangement for the use of books at the library in the Center is very helpful.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion I wish to praise the teachers for their devotion to their work and to making the teach- ing effective and express appreciation for their loyalty to the profession. I wish to express appreciation to the committee for their consideration of all matters of school interest.
Respectfully submitted,
THEODORE W. KING
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING
To the Superintendent of Schools:
Work in drawing this year has been profitable and interesting. Although there was no supervisor during the previous year, the grade teachers had not allowed the year to be wasted. Since I have been teaching in your schools I have endeavored to bring to the pupils the best methods of teaching representa- tion. The fundamentals of good design and composi- tion, and the appreciation of beauty in nature, civic, and home life. I have tried to make the work of such a nature as to promote constructive thinking and develop imagination, accuracy, good workmanship, and self-reliance.
Drawing is not primarily to develop artists. though that is of course sought, and I have found several students of considerable ability, it is to give an added means of expressing their thoughts, that is the picture language, which is universal. Accuracy a necessity to certain professions, is acquired to a greater degree from drawing than from any other subject while some other problems accent the pupil's ability to carry a project through to a successful con- clusion unaided.
One of the features of the drawing this year has been to correlate it to the other subjects of the cur- riculum, thereby increasing interest in both. Another phase has been the construction work undertaken by the upper grades just before Christmas, which re- sulted in games and useful articles, suitable for gifts or for use in the home.
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I wish to express my sincere thanks to the grade teachers and Miss Allair for their hearty co-opera- tion in all our undertakings, for I feel that their in- terest has largely served to vitalize and carry on our work.
BESSIE DAVIS RANLETT,
Supervisor of Drawing
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
In submitting a report I will say that the course in music is being conducted along lines similar to those of former years.
The teaching of rote songs, begun in the first and continued in the second and third grades, is in reality a presentation of subject matter. The child learns the use of the singing voice, tones of the scale com- bined with words, development of rhythm and inter- pretation of song.
As the child advances in grade, subject matter is presented more definitely. Thorough memorizing of scale and chromatic tones and intervals, a knowl- edge of symbols represented, and development of rhythm enables the pupil to read at sight with good interpretation any song within his grade.
During the past year we began word reading with simple exercises in the second and third grades with fairly good results.
Great possibilities in the field of school music are presenting themselves each day. One feature which is being developed with great results is the school orchestra. We are now forming an orchestra and although we have a small number to begin with we hope that it will encourage the study of different in- struments, for the sake of the great pleasure and benefit derived from any branch of music, both in school and home.
We may say that with the hearty co-operation and faithful work of our grade teachers and the ready response of the school officials in furnishing necessary material, progress has been made in our music course during the past year.
MAUDE E. BOYLE.
January 23, 1920.
Teachers and Enrolment, January, 1920
SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
Home Address
Salary
Total
1 2 3 4 5 678
Mary L. Allaire, Prin.
Hatfield
$1050
Theresa Nolan
850
26
26
Margaret A. Ryan
850
35
35
Center
Sarah V. Kiely
850
35
35
Regina M. Fortsch
850
32
32
School
Laura F. Jubinville
850
41
41
Mrs. Mary B. Powers
850
42
42
37
37
Mildred Pease
850
34
34
Hill Primary
850
34
34
650
34
34
West Primary
Helen K. Breor
Hatfield
650
7
5
6
2
20
North Grammar
Katherine Doyle
Northampton
650
12|
7
6
7
7
2
2
31
Bradstreet
Nellie E. Salvas
Bradstreet
850
4
4
4
2
1
15
Supr. of Music
Maude E. Boyle
Hatfield
380
8
5
4
17
Supr. of Drawing
Bessie D. Ranlett
Lowell
228
Totals
100 97 61 64 50 51 45 31| 499
North Primary
Anna Shannon
Hatfield
650
17
9|
8
34
Catherine C. Brace
Florence
650
13
850
Lena H. Proulx
850
Constance Breor
West Grammar
Grace O'Brien
Northampton
7
32
Hazel Powers
Pupils by Grades
64
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
INDUSTRY
PROSPERITE
៛
Town of Hatfield
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1920
HERALD JOB PRINT
1 NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
Finance Committee
Your Finance Committee, economizing by leaving out all new road construction, recommend the following appro- priations :-
Eighth payment and interest, new school house loan $3,125.00
Article 5-Highways :
Ordinary repairs, highways and bridges .. 2,500.00
Patching, oiling and repairs stone roads ... 4,500.00
Article 6-Necessary town expenses :
Contingencies 1,300.00
Bonds-Town officers 100.00
Memorial Hall-Care of 150.00
Salaries-Town officers
2,000.00
Poor-Care of
1,000.00
Interest
2,000.00
Insurance 345.00
Inspection 200.00
Tree Warden 200.00
Fire Department 300.00
Schools-Maintenance of 25,000.00
Article 7-Memorial Day 120.00
Article 10-Care of Cemeteries 100.00
Article 11-Public Library 750.00
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100.00
Article 14 -- School Physicians
Article 17-Regarding a new schoolhouse at West Hatfield, we advise that a sum not ex- ceeding in the aggregate $15,000 be raised, and arranged to be paid over a series of years ; to be acted on by the voters, raised and appropriated this year 5,000.00
Articlce 18-Hampshire Farm Bureau 150.00
Article 19-Smith Industrial School
250.00
Article 22-Street Lighst 4,300.00
$53,490.00
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN C. RYAN, HUGH McLEOD, GEORGE S. BELDEN,
Finance Committee.
Articles in the Warrant
For Town Meeting, February 7, 1921
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Hampshire, ss.
To L. H. Kingsley, one of the Constables of the town of Hatfield, in said County, Greeting :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Hatfield, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Hatfield on Monday, the 7th day of February, next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following named ar- ticles, to wit :-
Article 1-To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2-To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year :- Town Clerk ; three Selectmen ; one Assessor for 3 years; Town Treasurer; one School Committee for 3 years; one Water Commissioner for 3 years; one Sinking Fund Commissioner for 3 years ; one Trustee Public Libra- ry for 3 years; Auditor; Tree Warden; Elector under the Will of Oliver Smith; Tax Collector ; Farm Bureau Direc- tor ; six Constables ; and to vote on the question-"Yes" or "No"-Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of certain non- intoxicating beverages in this town? All the foregoing to be voted for on one ballot.
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The Polls will be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and be kept open at least four hours, and for such longer time as the majority of the voters present shall direct, but in no case shall they be kept open after the hour of eight o'clock in the evening.
Article 3-To hear the reports of the various town offi- cers and committees and act thereon.
Article 4-To receive and pass on town accounts.
Article 5-To take action in relation to maintenance and repairs of highways and bridges the ensuing year, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 6-To take action in relation to raising money and appropriating same to defray the necessary expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Article 7-To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for Memorial Day.
Article 8-To take action in relation to support of the poor for the ensuing year, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 9-To revise and accept the list of Jurors re- ported by the Selectmen.
Article 10-To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for care of cemeteries for the ensuing year.
Article 11-To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the Public Library for the ensuing year.
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Article 12-To see if the town will take a lease of Smith Academy buildings and grounds for the purpose of main- taining therein a town high school, and act anything there- on
Article 13-To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Article 14-To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate money for the employment of one or more School Physicians, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 502, Acts of 1906.
Article 15-To see if the town will vote to increase its Finance Committee from the present number of three mem- bers to five, or to act anything in relation thereto.
Article 16-To see if the town will vote to employ a School Nurse, and raise and appropriate money for same.
Article 17-To see if the town will vote to build a new school house at West Hatfield, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for same, or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 18-To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for support of the Hampshire County Farm Bureau.
Article 19-To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the payment of tuitions of Hatfield children at- tending the Smith Industrial School.
Article 20-To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for supplies and maintenance of the Fire Depart- ment.
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Article 21-To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate money for Tree Warden and Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth work.
Article 22-To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for Street Lights, and authorize the Selectmen to make a one-year contract with the Am- herst Gas Company.
Article 23-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for purchasing a motor truck for highway and transportation work.
Selectmen's Report
To the Citizens of Hatfield :-
In accordance with the requirements of the Statutes of Massachusetts, the following report for the year ending December 31, 1920, is respectfully submitted.
STATE AID
State Aid paid to two persons
$78.00
POOR EXPENDITURES
City of Northampton $399.00
City of Holyoke 356.25
Chas. A. Byron, med. attce. 69.00
Farren Hospital
53.88
$878.13
Hampshire Co. Sanatorium 444.35
OLD BILLS
Wiswell, sup. $4.25
H. W. Wolfram, labor 14.00
Belden Bros. 7.00
S. W. Kingsley, police, lab. on fence
59.25
Foster-Farrar, sup. 15.31
P. J. Whalen, lab. tree warden, 18 and 19 293.97
G. E. Morton, lab. on trees 12.25
Chas. A. Byrne, poor ast. 13.00
$419.03
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INSURANCE
H. L. Howard $179.90
Boyle & Mullins 921.60
$1,101.50
BONDS-TOWN OFFICERS
Boyle & Mullins, for treasurer $40.00
Boyle & Mullins, water commissioner 12.00
Boyle & McGlynn, collector 50.00
$102.00
TOWN OFFICERS
C. E. Warner, auditor, 18 and 19 $20.00
E. L. Graves, part salary as col. 1918 150.00
E. L. Graves, asst. registrar 2.00
Joseph E. Godin, ballot clerk 20.00
Dennis E. Holley, ballot clerk 11.00
Robert J. McGrath, ballot clerk 16.00
Charles I. Stowell, ballot clerk
20.00
Marian C. Billings, ballot clerk 5.00
Mary R. McGlynn, ballot clerk 5.00
John W. Kiley, services selectman (1919) 150.00
Edw. A. Breor, services selectman (1919) 75.00
Wm. H. Dickinson, services selectman (1919) 75.00
John R. McGrath, assessor 180.75
L. H. Kingsley, assessor 257.00
John McHugh, elector, 1919 10.00
Thos. W. Ryan, registrar of voters 25.00
R. W. Weber, registrar of voters 25.00
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L. A. Billings, registrar of voters 25.00
L. H. Kingsley, town clerk and clerk of Board of Selectmen 500.00
L. H. Kingsley, treas. and registrar of voters
225.00
Peter L. Baline, sealer of weights and measures .. 100.00
H. L. Pellam, dog officer and police duty
28.25
$1,925.00
ORDINARY REPAIRS-HIGHWAY AND BRIDGES
Thos. J. Ryan, services as superintendent $756.00
M. B. Ryan, labor .243.00
Joseph T. Ryan, labor 31.50
Fred T. Bardwell, labor and team 271.50
F. G. Vollinger, labor and team 306.00
John T. Powers, labor and team 164.00
H. D. Smith, coal and team 31.69
J. S. Bardwell, team and labor 35.00
M. H. Dwight, team and labor
40.00
John L. Boyle, team and labor
56.00
C. H. Crafts, team and labor
202.00
Scott Harris, team and labor 14.50
O. Belden Sons, team and labor
29.25
Wm. H. Dickinson, team and labor 58.00
E. A. Breor, team and labor 28.00
P. T. Boyle, team and labor 48.00
16.00
Jacob Englehardt, team and labor
16.00
C. E. Pfuffer, team and labor
36.00
A. L. Strong, Est., plank and posts
706.05
E. N. Dickinson, labor
6.00
John J. Betsold, labor
3.50
Joseph Sadoski, labor 10.50
Geo. P. Englehardt, labor 22.00
J. F. Chandler, labor 10.56
A. H. Strong, team and labor
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G. E. Morton, labor 10.50
John Jandinski, labor
22.50
L. H. Wigiht, labor 8.00
John Vachula, labor 13.50
Chas. Filipek, labor 4.50
H. L. Stoddard, labor 33.00
George Zapka, labor
4.50
John F. O'Dea, labor
8.00
Barbara Chandler, labor 4.38
E. W. Strong, gravel
15.00
M. W. Boyle, common
25.00
Thos. W. Ryan, sand 2.25
C. I. Stowell, common
60.00
Geo. Eberlein rep.
14.50
Wm. P. Boyle, rep.
17.10
Wm. T. Fitzgibbons, rep.
8.63
R. Mahoney, rep. 6.90
Foster-Farrar Co., sup. 14.07
P. F. O'Leary, signs 18.00
S. E. Briggs, filing saws 1.75
$3,433.13
SCHOOL EXPENDITURES
Theodore W. King, as superintendent $90.00
Norman J. Bond, as superintendent 951.42
Mary L. Allaire, as principal 655.50
Mary B. Powers, as teacher 950.36
Margaret A. Ryan, as teacher 910.00
Sarah V. Kiley, as teacher 740.00
Lena H. Proulx, as teacher 910.00
Constance C. Breor, as teacher 730.00
Theresa Nolan, as teacher 484.50
Regina M. Fortsch, as teaecher
484.50
Laura M. Jubinville, teacher 484.50
Hazel Powers, teacher 484.50
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Mildred Pease, teacher 484.50
Catherine B. Brace ,teacher 864.75
Nellie E. Salvas, teacher 864.75
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