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24 American Book Co., $3.46
100 Longmans, Green & Co., 5.15
101 Ginn & Co., 6.91
102 Ginn & Co.,
3.74
140 Silver, Burdett & Co.,
3.20
149 Houghton Mifflin Co.,
8.15
251 E. E. Babb & Co.,
20.67
259 Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co.,
6.68
264 E. E. Babb & Co.,
2.91
292 A. N. Palmer Co.,
2.99
293 The Macmillan Co.,
9.19
297 The American Book Co., 6.29
298 Ginn & Co., 1.69
299 Longmans, Green & Co., 12.80
302 Longmans, Green & Co., 5.15
391 Longmans, Green & Co., 5.26
395 American Book Co., 3.51
399 E. E. Babb & Co.,
5.77
$113.52
GRADED SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
31 A. N. Palmer Co.
$4.06
34 E. E. Babb & Co., 1.14
96 Milton Bradley Co., 3.15
121 E. E. Babb & Co.,
1.00
146 E. E. Babb & Co.,
.88
152 E. E. Babb & Co.,
3.65
229 Electric Express Co.,
5.19
65
237 Allyn & Bacon,
1.23
248 E. E. Babb & Co.,
109.35
252 E. E. Babb & Co.,
7.50
254 E. E. Babb & Co.,
14.70
255 A. P. Stewart,
2.55
286 Electric Express Co.,
1.31
296 E. E. Babb & Co.,
5.50
304 American Book Co., 1.53
311 Milton Bradley Co.,
.31
314 Milton Bradley Co., .80
354 E. E. Babb & Co., 3.98
385 A. N. Palmer Co.,
6.50
393 E. E. Babb & Co.,
.51
396 E. E. Babb & Co.,
.56
397 E. E. Babb & Co.,
.56
398 E. E. Babb & Co.,
1.49
400 E. E. Babb & Co.,
12.27
419 Gage Bros.,
2.92
$192.64
GRADED SCHOOL JANITORS.
21 C. A. Roper,
$24.50
22 Fred Bissel,
1.50
44 Mrs. Vinnie Basnor,
16.00
63 C. A. Roper,
24.55
76 C. A. Roper,
24.00
119 Mrs. Vinnie Basnor,
16.00
129 C. A. Roper,
24.00
150 Harold Wolliscroft,
7.50
167 C. A. Roper,
25.30
203 C. A. Roper,
24.00
211 Mrs. Vinnie Basnor,
14.75
214 Harold Wolliscroft,
3.83
221 John H. Noyes,
5.00
231 Fred Bissel,
1.50
239 Charles H. Filer,
5.00
246 Mrs. Vinnie Basnor,
6.00
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267 C. A. Roper,
17.00
336 Mrs. Vinnie Basnor,
1.50
339 C. A. Roper, 25.00
378 Harold Wolliscroft,
5.50
381 C. A. Roper,
24.00
426 C. A. Roper,
24.00
443 Mrs. Vinnie Basnor,
28.00
$348.43
GRADED SCHOOL FUEL.
116 G. W. Sherman, Est.,
$7.50
130 W. L. Styles,
4.50
289 George E. Hitchcock,
8.00
336 Mrs. Vinnie Basnor,
2.00
338 B. E. Perry,
10.00
347 F. J. Hamilton,
215.18
349 E. H. Davenport,
3.50
356 W. L. Styles,
69.00
392 E. H. Davenport,
8.12
433 Booth Bros.,
27.00
442 B. E. Perry,
7.50
443 Mrs. Vinnie Basnor,
7.05
$369.35
GRADED SCHOOL MISCELLANEOUS.
26 C. B. Dolge & Co.,
$7.50
64 E. B. Taylor,
2.70
70 Electric Express Co.,
1.50
119 Mrs. Vinnie Basnor,
.50
309 C. B. Dolge & Co.,
7.50
330 F. N. Lawrence,
.35
348 F. D. Moon,
.75
352 G. E. Hitchcock,
.65
357 F. D. Moon,
.25
390 E. B. Taylor,
2.15
$23.85
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GRADED SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.
118 John H. Noyes,
$1.50
135 C. W. King,
2.25
215 Kenney Bros. & Wolkins,
95.60
218 C. H. Filer,
4.02
226 Boston & Albany R. R.,
2.42
232 Squier & Co.,
16.24
235 H. C. Maddocks,
7.70
236 W. B. Grout,
6.70
238 G. W. Daniels,
9.00
290 Whitcomb & Faulkner,
3.60
300 R. F. Bradway,
.95
431 H. C. Maddocks,
1.55
$149.53
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
213 R. V. Sawin,
$12.50
338 R. V. Sawin,
25.00
$37.50
GRADED SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.
16 Springfield Street Railway, $100.00
20 Artemas Whitney,
22.50
54 Stella S. Stanton,
8.00
55 H. F. Freeman,
40.00
58 H. M. Jewett,
6.00
59 Bertie A. Barnes,
14.50
60 Thomas Killian,
40.00
65 Artemas Whitney,
11.25
68 B. E. Perry,
24.50
90 Artemas Whitney,
15.00
115 H. M. Jewett,
6.00
116 G. W. Sherman, Est.,
32.00
120 W. H. Greene,
40.00
128 Stella S. Stanton,
8.00
1281% A. Whiteny,
11.25
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131 Thomas Killian, 40.00
141 H. F. Freeman, 35.00
1.42 Bertie A. Barnes, 16.00
166 Artemas Whitney, 18.75
174 Bertie A. Barnes,
10.00
178 Springfield Street Railway,
100.00
188 H. F. Freeman,
40.00
189 B. E. Perry,
52.50
190 H. M. Jewett,
5.25
198 Thomas Killian,
35.00
200 G. W. Sherman, Est.,
14.00
201 Artemas Whitney,
7.50
204 Bertie A. Barnes,
6.50
206 W. H. Green, 17.50
207 Stella Stanton,
7.00
210 C. B.Theberge,
39.80
227 Eugene Mulcare,
57.50
256 Springfield Street Railway,
100.00
265 F. N. Lawrence,
11.00
330 F. N. Lawrence,
44.00
380 F. N. Lawrence, 55.00
382 Bertie A. Barnes,
15.00
384 B. E. Perry, 20.00
418 C. B. Theberge,
38.20
420 F. N. Lawrence,
33.00
425 G. W. Sherman, Est.,
28.00
427 Stella S. Stanton,
13.00
428 H. M. Jewett,
13.00
429 Thomas Killian,
65.00
438 B. E. Perry,
8.00
$1,324.50
HIGH SCHOOL GENERAL EXPENSES.
94 R. V. Sawin .70
241 F. A. Wheeler,
12.64
423 F. A. Wheeler,
10.53
$23.87
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HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.
9 G. F. Kenney,
$160.00
10 Eugenia Prescott,
57.50
11 Helen Thayer, 70.00
12 Lucy Tripp, 65.00
13 Ruth Conner,
8.00
48 Helen Thayer,
70.00
49 Eugenia Prescott,
57.50
50 Ruth Conner,
8.00
52 G. F. Kenney,
160.00
53 Lucy Tripp,
65.00
77 Ruth Conner,
8.00
80 Eugenia Prescott,
57.50
81 Helen Thayer,
70.00
82 Lucy Tripp,
65.00
83 G. F. Kenney,
160.00
123 Eugenia Prescott,
57.50
124 Helen Thayer,
70.00
125 Lucy Tripp,
65.00
126 G. F. Kenney,
160.00
127 Ruth Conner,
8.00
159 G. F. Kenney,
160.00
160 Helen Thayer,
70.00
161 Lucy Tripp,
65.00
162 Eugenia Prescott,
57.50
173 Ruth Conner,
8.00
192 Ruth Conner,
8.00
193 G. F. Kenney,
160.00
194 Eugenia Prescott,
57.50
195 Lucy Tripp,
65.00
196 Helen Thayer,
70.00
272 Helen Thayer,
70.00
273 Lucy Tripp,
65.00
274 G. F. Kenney,
160.00
275 Ruth Conner,
10.00
276 Helen Chase,
55.00
315 Ruth Conner,
10.00
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319 G. F. Kenney,
160.00
320 Helen Chase,
55.00
321 Lucy Tripp, 65.00
322 Helen Thayer,
70.00
363 Ruth Conner,
10.00
364 Helen Thayer,
70.00
365 Lucy Tripp,
65.00
366 Helen Chase,
55.00
367 G. F. Kenney,
160.00
405 Helen Thayer,
70.00
409 Helen Chase,
55.00
410 Lucy Tripp,
65.00
413 G. F. Kenney,
160.00
414 Ruth Conner,
10.00
$3,603.00
HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS.
15 Silver Burdett & Co., $21.40
25 R. V. Sawin,
10.50
28 Bulletin Mensuel, .75
29 Boston Music Co.,
4.25
32 Silver Burdett & Co., 2.77
33 Silver Burdett & Co., .28
69 Oliver Ditson Co., 2.06
72 Ginn & Co.,
4.31
73 American Book Co.,
1 12.23
260 Ginn & Co.,
10.43
261 D. C. Heath & Co.,
8.17
262 Oliver Typewriter Co.,
.50
266 American Book Co.,
13.58
294 Manual Arts Press,
3.25
295 Ginn & Co., 4.80
306 Macmillan Co.,
1.29
340 Electric Express Co.,
.53
342 Electric Express Co.,
.46
373 E. C. Bradway,
3.50
374 Oliver Ditson Co.,
4.14
$109.20
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HIGH SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
17 E. E. Babb & Co., $1.69
23 Electric Express Co., .15
27 Whitcomb & Faulkner, 1.90
35 Valley Press, 1.40
57 Morgan Crossman & Co., 1.85
99 Oliver Ditson Co., 3.50
104 Oliver Ditson Co.,
.96
106 E. E. Babb & Co.,
10.20
117 Rumford Supply Co.,
1.89
121 E. E. Babb & Co., 1.93
143 G. F. Kenney, 9.50
147 E. E. Babb & Co.,
2.87
163 E. E. Babb & Co.,
3.72
177 Neostyle Co.,
.96
230 Electric Express, 4.19
231 Fred Bissel,
.50
234 Electric Express,
.67
237 Allyn & Bacon,
1.23
249 E. E. Babb & Co.,
96.06
250 Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., 14.30
253 E. E. Babb & Co.,
2.70
263 E. E. Babb & Co.,
8.06
286 Electric Express,
.45
287 Electric Express,
.30
307 E. E. Babb & Co.,
3.85
308 E. E. Babb & Co.,
.53
310 E. E. Babb & Co.,
4.92
312 E. E. Babb & Co., 1.05
331 Riker-Janes,
4.85
350 E. E. Babb & Co.,
2.55
351 E. E. Babb & Co.,
1.04
358 E. E. Babb & Co.,
.43
386 Milton Bradley Co.,
3.50
394 Underwood Typewriter Co.,
4.50
401 American Book Co.,
2.31
416 G. F. Kenney,
4.55
$205.06
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HIGH SCHOOL JANITOR.
19 W. E. Wetherell,
$24.00
62 W. E. Wetherell,
24.00
95 W. E. Wetherell, 24.00
133 W. E. Wetherell,
24.00
168 W. E. Wetherell,
24.00
209 W. E. Wetherell,
24.00
271 W. E. Wetherell,
13.00
337 W. E. Wetherell,
26.00
383 W. E. Wetherell,
27.50
435 W. E. Wetherell,
26.00
$236.50
HIGH SCHOOL FUEL.
271 W. E. Wetherell,
$2.00
288 G. E. Hitchcock,
8.00
337 W. E. Wetherell,
1.15
338 B. E. Perry,
4.00
347 F. J. Hamilton,
201.95
355 W. L. Styles,
15.00
$232 .. 10
HIGH SCHOOL MISCELLANEOUS.
61 Webster & Southbridge Gas & Electric Co.,
$3.46
67 R. V. Sawin, 2.27
97 Webster & Southbridge Gas & Electric Co., 2.49
136 Webster & Southbridge Gas & Electric Co.,
2.27
137 Electric Express Co.,
.90
138 Electric Express Co., 1.15
139 E. E. Babb & Co.,
16.00
144 Whitcomb & Faulkner,
3.50
148 Morgan Envelope Co., 11.00
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175 F. Edgar Brown, .50
176 Webster & Southbridge Gas & Electric Co., 1.30
209 W. E. Wetherell, .35
219 Webster & Southbridge Gas & Electric Co., .75
247 Webster & Southbridge Gas & Electric Co., .75
270 H. C. Maddocks, 1.75
329 E. E. Babb & Co.,
4.00
334 Webster & Southbridge Gas & Electric Co., 3.87
343 Electric Express,
.20
346 Whitcomb & Faulkner, 4.75
353 Electric Express, .84
389 Webster & Southbridge Gas & Electric Co., 1.19
$63.29
HIGH SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.
30 H. C. Maddocks, $1.00
71 Parker-Hamer Electrical Co., 2.30
75 John H. Noyes,
2.10
143 G. F. Kenney, 18.18
233 Electric Express,
.20
145 Parker-Hamer Electrical Co.,
.50
270 H. C. Maddocks,
2.40
$26.68
HIGH SCHOOL SUNDRIES.
179 Ruth Conner,
$2.00
199 A. F. Jacobs,
23.50
216 Valley Press,
8.00
220 S. J. Pentland,
2.50
291 New England Library
Binding Co., 13.50
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301 M. Anna Tarbell,
1.00
303 Adolph Lindstedt,
5.00
313 Valley Press, 163.95
341 Electric Express,
1.04
$220.49
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL GENERAL EXPENSES.
240 F. A. Wheeler, $4.51 $4.51
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR'S SALARY.
14 Leslie E. Abbott,
$109.00
51 Leslie E. Abbott,
108.00
89 Leslie E. Abbott,
108.00
122 Leslie E. Abbott,
109.00
170 Leslie E. Abbott,
108.00
197 Leslie E. Abbott,
108.00
225 Leslie E. Abbott,
109.00
244 Leslie E. Abbott,
54.00
245 John G. Glavin,
54.00
285 John G. Glavin,
108.00
316 John G. Glavin,
109.00
369 John G. Glavin,
108.00
403 John G. Glavin,
108.00
$1,300.00
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL LECTURERS, ETC.
224 L. E. Abbott, $2.27
422 F. A .. Wheeler .51
$2.78
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS.
45 M. J. Abbey, $ .75
46 Orange-Judd Co., .75
47 Dobson-Evans Co., .88
258 Orange-Judd Co., 2.48
305 R. F. Bradway,
2.00
$6.86
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. VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
56 Capital Nurseries,
$1.15
74 Morgan Crossman & Co., 2.80
92 Leslie E. Abbott, 1.25
93 Leslie E. Abbott,
5.55
103 Johnson's Bookstore, 1.82
105 Leslie E. Abbott,
1.43
164 Leslie E. Abbott,
1.20
202 Library Bureau,
1.95
205 Leslie E. Abbott,
2.96
217 Library Bureau,
1.75
300 H. E. Wright & Sons.,
.55
332 John G. Glavin,
1.33
345 Massachusetts Agricultural College, .
5.00
375 John G. Glavin,
.63
377 A. P. Stewart, 3.50
387 R. V. Sawin,
1.00
436 Clarence Brown,
1.00
$34.87
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
257 E. C. Bradway, $5.55 $5.55
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL NEW EQUIPMENT.
3491% W. C. Davenport, $23.67 $23.67
This is to certify that I have examined the accounts of the school Committee and find them correct.
EDWARD J. PRINDLE, Auditor.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT, 1917.
For the convenience of the voters the committee submits the following estimates of the needs of the schools for 1917, together with its recommendations.
Elementary School Appropriations Needed for 1917.
General Expenses.
School Committee :
Salary,
$70.00
Expenses
$20.00
School Superintendents : Salary,
600.00
Expenses,
50.00
Expenses of Instruction :
Supervisors' Salaries,
250.00
Teachers' Salaries,
3,200.00
Textbooks,
100.00
Supplies,
200.00
Operation of School Plant:
Janitor Service,
350.00
Fuel,
400.00
Miscellaneous Operating Expenses,
50.00
Maintenance of School Plant,,
250.00
School Physician,
25.00
Transportation,
1,250.00
Total,
$6,815.00
It is estimated that there will be received during the year the following sums available for support of schools :
Unexpended balance Mass. School Fund Distribution 1916, $525.65
Mass. School Fund Distribution 1917,
1,300.00
State Grant on Account of School Superintendent,
375.00
Tuition and Transportation State Wards,
500.00
Total,
$2,700.65
Accordingly, the town is asked to appropriate for elementary school support an amount equal to the differ- ence between $6,815.00 and $2,700.65, or $4,114.35.
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Hitchcock Free Academy.
As was stated in last year's school report, Hitchcock Free Academy is maintained as a town high school with money coming from three sources:
The income from the Instruction Fund in the hands of the Trustees.
The annual grant of $500.00 from the State.
Tuitions received from other towns and reimbursed to them by the State.
As the financial statement on a preceding page shows, the income during. 1916 has been sufficient to de- fray the expenses of the Academy, and there is a balance on hand of $517.31. We are confident that the income of the school will be sufficient for its needs during 1917.
Vocational Agricultural Department.
Your committee recommends an appropriation of $700.00 plus the State grant towards the support of the school and the amounts received as tuition for pupils attending the school from other towns.
Respectfully submitted, ROBERT V. SAWIN, MARTHA E. STREETER, W. C. DAVENPORT, School Committee of Brimfield.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee of Brimfield :
Herewith is submitted for your consideration my fifteenth annual report as superintendent of schools.
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The West Brimfield school has been equipped with new seats and desks. At the Center schoolhouse a large supply cupboard has been built in the main corridor, and smaller textbook cupboards in each schoolroom. These fill a long felt want.
Important repairs made at the Academy are not properly recorded among the activities of the school com- mittee, as that building is cared for by the Board of Trustees of the Academy.
SCHOOL GROUNDS.
During the past two years considerable work has been done on the yards of the three public school build- ings in use in town. At East Brimfield a tar walk has been put in, extending from the street to the schoolhouse door, and a row of seven maples set out along the street front. At West Brimfield maples have been planted along the two sides of the yard facing the highway. At the Center school considerable energy was expended two years ago in carting away gravel, bringing in loam and fertilizer, and setting out rows and beds of shrubbery. This was done by the citizens under the direction of the Extension Department of the State Agricultural Col- lege, and bid fair greatly to improve the appearance of the grounds.
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Except for the walk at East Brimfield all the im- provements mentioned above have been made without cost to the town. It seems to me that this year the town may reasonably be asked for a small appropria- tion to be used on the yards.
At the Center school if the shrubbery beds at the front and sides of the building are to develop so as to be attractive, they must be protected so that they will not be run over, especially during the winter when the borders of the beds are not well defined. I recommend that a substantial pipe fence be put around them. At the time the shrubbery was set out an offer was made of the gift of a quantity of loam to be used on the front yard at the school if it should be reseeded. If the offer still holds good, and by making use of it the yard can be grassed over, the appearance of the yard will be still further greatly improved.
At East Brimfield the grading done for the walk left a depression on each side which should be filled in. A new culvert is needed where the driveway passes from the highway into the school yard, and measures should be taken to drain the water off the northwest corner of the yard.
At West Brimfield the south side of the yard is cov- ered with stones taken from the highway. These should be removed.
I can think of no way in which a small expenditure of money will add more to the attractiveness of the town, than that suggested above. The schoolhouses are con- spicuous objects. The one at West Brimfield is passed by thousands daily on the Boston and Albany trains ; the one at the Center cannot fail to be noticed by anyone passing through the village; the one at East Brimfield is also on the main traveled road. They should all be given attractive settings.
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SCHOOL LUNCHES.
During the past term the school committee received a communication from the Home Making Committee of the Brimfield Council, petitioning that hot lunches, or at least a hot drink be furnished the children attending the Center school who do not go home during the noon recess.
Undoubtedly a hot lunch, especially during the win- ter months, would be benificial to the children; still cer- tain practical difficulties would be encountered in under- taking to provide for them.
There are over fifty children at the schoolhouse during the noon hour. It goes without saying that the teachers of the building need the time for their own dinners, and cannot be expected to undertake the task of supervising the serving of hot lunches. Some one must be secured from the outside.
The expense of the service cannot be met out of the school budget. Statute law provides that "The select- men of the town may provide meals or lunches free, or at such price, not exceeding the cost, as they may fix, for children attending its public schools, and towns may appropriate money for this purpose." I think no one would challenge a slight expenditure for equipment. Possibly hot lunches which were incidental to a course in cooking given pupils of the school would be legitimate. But regular provision of hot lunches for fifty children could hardly be incidental to a course in cooking taken by a dozen girls. Lacking a specific appropriation for the purpose, I fail to see how the school department can meet the expense incurred in furnishing the lunches.
It seems to me also impractical to provide for the hot lunches by voluntary contributions of supplies from the parents of the children. The daily task of getting in the supply of milk for cocoa, or the material for a soup, etc., the uncertainty as to the quantity that would be brought, the varying ability of the parents to con- tribute, would result in much work and confusion.
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It is doubtful also if many parents would be willing to pay for the lunches, either day by day, or with a cash deposit at the beginning of the term sufficient to cover the cost for the term.
The petition from the Brimfield Council was accom- panied by a promise of aid in providing the lunches. Ac- cordingly, it seemed best to the committee to offer to the Council the use of the basement of the Center school, and to cooperate to the extent of furnishing some other facilities, but not to assume the cost or the responsibility of serving the lunches until the feasibility of the plan has been proved by actual trial.
If the trial works out well, and it is shown that there is sufficient demand to warrant the committee in so do- ing, then an appropriation should be asked for from the town to meet the expense of providing material and se- curing help to serve the lunches.
If lunches are to be served at the expense of the town, the schools at East Brimfield and West Brim- field should share in proportion with the Center school, and plans should be made to give to the children of those schools also the benefits coming therefrom.
I assume that, if an appropriation should be made by the town for this purpose, the board of selectmen would delegate the school committee to have charge of its expenditure.
HITCHCOCK FREE ACADEMY.
During the fall term a catalog of Hitchcock Free Academy was issued under the joint auspices of the Trustees of the Academy, its alumni association, and the school committee. As this contained a statement of the course of study and quite a full account of the school activities, there is less occasion for any extended refer- ence to the Academy here.
The resignation of Principal Kenney, who had long been identified with the school, and had conducted it so
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ably and successfully, was a matter of general regret. The school has been fortunate in securing to succeed him one who is so well prepared both by training and experience to carry on the distinctive lines of work Mr. Kenney had established. Mr. Edmands has taken up the work without causing any appreciable break in its continuity.
THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
The enrolment in the Vocational Agricultural De- partment is small, only six at present. In view of that fact the question arises as to the desirability of contin- uing it. I believe that the school is worth all and more than it is costing the town. The net cost for the year as shown in the financial statement, has been $627.74. This is considerably less than $100.00 per pupil, in the average membership of the school during 1916. That is, the cost per pupil to the town is not excessive.
There is promise of a larger enrolment another year if the school is continued. It seems to me that a reason- able policy for the town will be to allow the State to determine the question of the school's continuance or discontinuance. As long as the State thinks it wise to contribute so heavily as it does towards the support of the school, I believe that the town should stand by.
A report by the instructor on the work of the school follows:
REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTOR.
Following are the membership and attendance sta- tistics for the year Aug. 31, 1915,-Aug. 31, 1916.
Total Enrolment, 12
Average membership,
11
Average attendance, 10
For the Fall term ending Dec. 1, 1916.
Total enrollment, 6
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This enrollment at first sight looks small, but as four (4) students intend to enter in March the enroll- ment will be increased to a favorable amount.
During August a change was made in instructors. Mr. John G. Glavin was appointed as successor to Mr. Leslie E. Abbott. The project work for the year was therefore brought to a close under Mr. Glavin's super- vision.
The projects for the year were two (2) in poultry, six (6) in home garden, four (4) in fruit, one (1) in po- tatoes, one (1) in dairying, one (1) in stock raising. Cost accounting was practiced on all of the above pro- jects. The returns from all work made a grand total of $2,544.72.
One of the projects returned as much as $608.24, while others returned amounts as high as $427.93.
Prizes amounting to $49.75 were won in the fall. One boy won as much as $30.50 in stock and vegetable judging.
The students attended the Oxford Fair, New England Fair, Sturbridge Fair, Palmer Fair, and also the Nation- al Dairy Show. As some of the fairs were quite a dis- tance from the school all of the students did not have a chance to attend them, but the close proximity to the National Dairy Show gave every student a chance to see the best representatives of the different breeds of " livestock in the country.
The students took part in the judging contests at the different fairs and carried off many prizes in both stock and vegetable judging.
A demonstration team was organized to demonstrate the Babcock test for butter-feet, and a two day demon- stration was given at the National Dairy Show and their team's excellent work won praise from the Washington authorities.
Demonstrations were carried on among which was one, to explain the new Apple Grading Law. This dem-
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onstration gave the farmers a chance to understand just what was wanted in the different apple packs, and also to receive the correct interpretations of the law.
The Agricultural Instructor has charge of the boys and Girls Club Work in Brimfield and he also acts as local agent for the Hampden County League.
A very pleasing exhibit was obtained from the boys and girls in club work, and was so neatly arranged at the Grange Fair, that one would hardly think that it was wholly the work of boys and girls.
Meetings and demonstrations in Dairying, Farm Management, Orcharding and in other phases of Agri- culture have been outlined for the coming year in co- operation with the Hampden County League and the ex- tension service of the State College at Amherst.
On account of the large area under the supervision of the County Agents, it is impossible for them to get in touch with the individual farmers, and so it is through the Agricultural Instructor, acting as the local agent for the county representative, that the individual farmer is benefited.
The Agricultural Instructor in his spare time is al- ways willing to help the farmers of his community in any way that he may, and the school is always open to the farming community, to give them help.
JOHN G. GLAVIN, Agricultural Instructor.
THE SUPERVISORS OF MUSIC AND DRAWING.
It is only in recent years that the schools of Brim- field have had the benefit of expert supervision in draw- ing and music. Under the guidance of Miss Ash and Miss Conner, both of them enthusiasts, the pupils have made rapid progress in these branches. Reports on their work follow:
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REPORT OF THE MUSIC SUPERVISOR.
To Mr. Wheeler, Superintendent :
I am pleased to report steady progress in Music in the Brimfield schools. The Primary room in the center, because of its smallness, has not much volume, but the pupils are working well and gaining in pitch: this is still the greatest difficulty to overcome in the center schools.
The Intermediate room is making a strenuous effort to bring up the marks there, and the result has been very satisfactory, due to the efforts of both teacher and scholars, it is a pleasure to work with them.
The Grammar room has enjoyed the new Readers put in this year and are showing maked improvement in their singing.
In the East Brimfield schools, the same gain is ap- parent. The Primary room with its increase in numbers, is showing more enthusiasm, and the Grammar room, though with so few is doing first class work.
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