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Latin 5 (composition one period a week)
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English 4
Study of rhetoric and composition. Many themes re- quired. Class reading of Merchant of Venice. Outside reading of, and report on, two books from college en- trance list.
Algebra 3 (College entrance requirements completed)
French or German 4
Music 1/2 Drawing 1/2 (elective)
Third Year
Latin 5 (composition one period a week)
English 4
Brief history of English Literature. Careful study of Boswell's Life of Johnson and Carlyle's Essay on Burns. Special attention to history of literary period to which these writings belong. Study of books includes subject matter, form and structure. Outside reading of, and re- port on, two books from college entrance list.
Plane Geometry 4
Physics 4 French or German 4 Music 1/2 Drawing 1/2 (elective)
Fourth Year
Latin 5 (composition one period a week)
English 4
Review of rhetoric. Careful study of Burke's Concilia- tion and Milton's Lycidas, Comus, L'Allegro and Il'Pen- seroso. Special attention to history of literary period to which these writings belong. Study of books includes subject matter, form and structure. Outside reading of, and report on, the remaining books of the college en- trance list.
Advanced American History and Civics 3
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Mathematics Review 2 Ancient History Review 2 French or German 3 Music 1/2 Elective : Solid Geometry 1/2 Drawing 1/2
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Public Schools.
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1909
April 5 Monday April 19, Monday
June 17, Thursday, 8 P. M.
June 18, Friday
June 21-23, Monday-Wednes- day
June 23, Wednesday, 8 P. M.
June 25, Friday, 8 P. M.
Spring term begins Patriots' Day. Holiday Grammar school graduation Spring term ends in grade schools Final examinations in high school
High school graduation High school reception
Summer Vacation
September 6, Monday
September 7, Tuesday
November 25, Thursday
November 26, Friday
December 17, Friday
Labor Day. Holiday Fall term begins
Thanskgiving Day. Holiday
Special holiday Fall term ends
Recess
High School, one week Grade Schools, two weeks
1910
December 27 (1909), Monday
January 3, Monday February 22, Tuesday
March 25, Friday
Winter term begins in high school Winter term begins in grades Washington's Birthday. Holi- day Winter term ends
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One Week Recess
April 4, Monday
Spring term begins
April 19, Tuesday
Patriot's Day. Holiday
June 16, Thursday, 8 P. M.
Grammar school graduation
June 17, Friday
Spring term ends in grade schools
June 20-22, Monday-Wednes- day
Final examinations in high school
June 22, Wednesday, 8 P. M.
High school graduation
June 24, Friday, 8 P. M.
High school reception
Terms
High School
Grades
1909
Spring
12 weeks
II weeks
Fall
15 weeks
15 weeks
1910
Winter
13 weeks
12 weeks
Spring
12 weeks
II weeks
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STATISTICS.
Population, 1905 .
2,220
Number of families, 1905 · 505
Children between five and fifteen years of age, September 1, 1'909:
Males 169
Females I71 340
Children between seven and fourteen years of age, September 1, 1908:
Males I2I
Females II4
235
Valuation, 1908
Valuation of school property
$2,212,099.00 28,000.00
Tax rate per $1,000. .
16.30
Total cost for support of schools
14,306.60
Total cost for repairs and improvements .
16.47
Total cost received from outside sources and expended for the support of schools, in- cluding dog tax of $18.51 . 1,902.1I
Amount raised by taxation and expended for · support of schools 12,404.49
Amount per $1,000 of valuation raised by tax- ation and expended for support of schools 5.60* Amount per $1,000 of valuation raised by tax- ation and expended for repairs and im- provements . .0074* ·
Total expenditure per pupil for support of schools . · ·
40.96*
Total cost to town per pupil for support of schools . 35.52* *Approximate
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TEACHERS. March 1, 1908-February 28, 1909.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
NAME.
DATE OF FIRST ELECTION.
RESIGNED.
SALARY.
EDUCATION.
High. High.
Principal. Assistant.
Frank Y. Hess.
July, 1907.
$1,200.00
Harvard University. Brown University.
High.
Assistant.
Louise A. Thacher. Abbie F. Burns.
Nov., 1907.
500.00
Burdett Business Oollege.
Wayland.
VIII., IX.
Mary E. Frye.
Oct., 1907.
550.00
Farmington (Me.) Normal.
Wayland.
VI., VII.
A. May Bowley.
Dec., 1908.
418.00
Framingham Normal. Framingham Normal.
Wayland.
III.,-V.
Florence M. Rose.
July, 1907.
450.00
Nov., 1907.
Feb., 1908.
418.00
Garland Training School.
Wayland.
I., II.
Ellen B. Ferguson.
Frances M. Frost.
450.00
Cochituate.
Principal, VIII., IX.
Meritt Jenkins.
Aug., 1906.
1,000.00
Tufts College.
§ Margaret E. Kerrigan.
Aug., 1907.
June, 1908.
400.00
Cochituate.
VI., VII.
June, 1908.
450.00
Cochituate.
IV., V.
Sept., 1898. Nov., 1891.
450.00
Cochituate.
III., IV.
450.00
Cochituate.
II.
Marie L. Leach.
Nov., 1903.
450.00
§ Jessie L. Hale.
July, 1907.
July, 1908.
450.00
Cochituate.
I.
Lucy E. Reynolds.
Aug., 1908.
450.00
Mary J. Stickney.
June, 1908.
200.00
Supervisor of Drawing.
Supervisor of Music. Sloyd.
Rachel I. Harvey. Agnes F. Boland. Philip E. Perry. Marie E. Fiske.
July, 1907. Oct., 1908. Oct., 1908.
400.00
Massachusetts Normal Art. Massachusetts Normal Art. Boston Conservatory. Sloyd Training School, Boston.
Framingham Normal.
Sewing.
Margaret Loring. Miss Stoughton.
Mar., 1908.
600.00
§ Bessie M. Brackett.
Jan., 1907.
June, 1908.
500.00
Boston University.
Aug., 1908.
500.00
Boston University.
High.
Assistant.
§ Mary M. H. Milliken.
July, 1907.
Nov., 1908.
500.00
Framingham Normal.
Alta M. Eaton.
M. Grace McNaney. Mary D. Fullick. Grace C. Loker.
Fitchburg Normal. Johnson (Vt.) Normal. Framingham Normal. Wayland High School. Framingham Normal.
Johnson (Vt. ) Normal. Framingham Normal.
Aug., 1903. July, 1908. Aug., 1904.
200.00
150.00
Alice M. Hersey.
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS. 1907-1908.
ENROLLMENT.
VISITS.
SCHOOL.
GRADES.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Under 5
Years.
5 to 15
Over 15
7 to 14
Total
Membership.
A verage
Average
Attendance.
of Attendance. Per Cent
Half Days
Absence.
Tardinesses.
Dismissals.
Length of School
in Months and
By Parents
Patrons.
Super-
School
Committee.
High Wayland
VIII., IX.
8
12
20
0
15
5
13
20
16.7
15.8
94.6
341
107
13
9-9
24
27
2
Wayland
VI., VII.
13
9
22
0
22
0
19
23
22.
20.5
93.I
523
48
15
9-9
28
34
2
Wayland
III., IV., V.
19
I7
36
0
36
0
36
39
33.3
30.6
91.8
1040
26
I6
9-9
40
31
2.
Wayland
I., II.
12
IO
22
0
22
0
8
26
17.3
15.1
87.2
841
17
6
9-9
42
25
2
Cochituate
VIII., IX.
12
19
3I
0
3I
0
20
31
27.6
26.I
94.6
494
J32
63
9-9
19
47
I
Cochituate
VII.
IO
18
28
o
26
2
24
28
23.9
22.9
96.2
321
21
I2
9-9
I7
33
2
Cochituate
V., VI.
27
21
48
0
48
0
48
48
43.4
41.7
96.
612
30
26
9-9
64
34
2
Cochituate
3I
22
53
0
53
0
53
57
50.3
48.I
95.7
592
74
6
9-9
77
29
2
Cochituate
14
13
27
0
27
0
15
32
25.5
24.3
95-3
449
74
I3
9-9
80
17
3
Cochituate
17
20
37
3
34
O
IO
40
30.6
28.5
93.I
792
67
27
9-9
79
27
I
Totals
188
191
379
3
318
58
246
407
359.2
329.5
94.3
6671
934
220
9-9*
489
33I
24
4
51
0
63
58.6
55.9
95.2
666
338
23
9-12
19
27
5
25
30
55
0
Years.
Years.
Years.
and
Days.
intendent
*Not including High School.
III., IV.
II.
I.
Membership.
RANK OF SCHOOLS IN ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY. 1907-1908.
ATTENDANCE.
PUNCTUALITY.
RANK.
SCHOOL.
PER CENT.
RANK.
SCHOOL.
AVERAGE TARDINESS.
I. Cochituate, Grade VII. ·
.
.
.
96.2
I. Cochituate, Grades V .- VI.
. .69
2. Cochituate, Grades V .- VI.
.
.96
2. Wayland, Grades III .- IV .- V
.78
3. Cochituate, Grades III .- IV.
95.7
3. Cochituate, Grade VII.
.
· .87
4. Cochituate, Grade II.
95.3
4. Wayland, Grades I .- II.
.
98
5. High .
5. Cochituate, Grades III .- IV.
.
1.47
6. Wayland, Grades VIII .- IX.
94.6
6. Wayland, Grades VI .- VII.
.
.
2.10
7. Cochituate, Grades VIII .- IX.
94.6
7. Cochituate, Grade I.
.
.
.
2.18
8. Wayland, Grades VI .- VII.
·
.
93.1
8. Cochituate, Grade II.
· . 2.89
9. Cochituate, Grade I. .
93.1
9. Cochituate, Grades VIII .- IX.
.
. 4.78
10. Wayland, Grades III .- IV .- V.
91.8
IO. High
·
.
. 5.75
II. Wayland, Grades I .- II.
·
.
87.2
II. Wayland, Grades VIII .- IX.
.
.
6.40
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
.
·
95.2
Public Schools.
ROLL OF HONOR, 1907-1908.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR ONE YEAR
School
Grade
Name
Wayland
VI.
Edwin Baxter Damon
Wayland
VI.
James Sumner Draper
Wayland
VII.
Jennie Henrietta Jaeger
Wayland
V.
Jennie L. Alward
Cochituate
VII.
Eleanor Burr Marston
Cochituate
VII.
William James Sullivan
Cochituate
V.
Ernest Herbert Damon
Cochituate
VI.
Fayette Scotland Dudley
Cochituate
V.
Mary Katherine Sullivan
Cochituate
III.
Alfred Clayton Dayton
Cochituate
IV.
Charles Emerson Morse
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATION. WAYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS.
TOWN HALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1908, AT 8 P. M.
PROGRAMME
1. CHORUS, " Under Freedom's Flag " SCHOOLS
2. RECITATION, "The Summons on Mount Marcy " PHILIP FRANCIS O'BRIEN
3. ESSAY, " An Incident of True Heroism " MARY MARGARET DONAHUE
4. CHORUS, " 'Tis Morn " SCHOOLS
5. RECITATION, " The Ride of Jennie McNeal " PAULINE MARGARET CORMAN
6. ESSAY, "The Legacy of Our Forefathers " VIOLA ADELAIDE BANKS
7. MANDOLIN SOLO, Selected DORA ISABELLE BOND
8. RECITATION, " The Roman Sentinel " JOHN RICHARD CURTIN
9. RECITATION, " The Legend of the Organ Builder " ETHEL ERNESTINE CHESSMAN
10. RECITATION, " Thrush, the Newsboy " MARY FESSENDEN BUONCORE
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11. CHORUS, " Awake ! Awake ! For the Spring Has Come " SCHOOLS
12. CLASS PROPHECIES, Wayland GRACE MARION BEMIS
13. CLASS PROPHECIES, Cochituate LEORA MAE GAUL
14. CHORUS, " Let the Hills and the Vales Resound " SCHOOLS
15. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
WAYLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Motto : " Deeds, Not Words." Colors : Blue and Silver
GRADUATES.
Viola Adelaide Banks Grace Marion Bemis
Mary Fessenden Buoncore Martha Etta Byam
John Richard Curtin Philip Francis O'Brien
Richard Joseph O'Brien
COCHITUATE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Motto : " Work and Win " Colors : Crimson and Cream.
GRADUATES.
Dora Isabelle Bond *Grace Florence Burke Ethel Ernestine Chessman Pauline Margaret Corman Leora Mae Gaul
Mary Margaret Donahue Colburn Henry Scott *Norman Baker Tyrrell
Ethelyn Stanton Williams
* With honor.
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. WAYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS.
HIGH SCHOOL HALL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1908.
PROGRAMME.
1. SOLDIERS' CHORUS. From "Faust" Gounod
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
2. PRAYER REV. E. T. CURNICK, D. D.
3. VALEDICTORY ADDRESS, " The Significant Life " FRANCES MARGARET DAVITT
4. ESSAY, " Chemistry and Life " GEORGE SCOTT FOWLER
5. ESSAY, " Fads " FLORENCE GERTRUDE WHITE
6. CHORUS, " The Stormfiend " HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
Roeckel
7. ORATION, " The Growth of Liberty " WILLIAM THEODORE GAUL
8. ESSAY, " Pearls " BERTHA SERENA CHANDLER
9. THE PILGRIMS' CHORUS . · Wagner HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
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10. CLASS PROPHECY
GERTRUDE ROSE CHANDLER
11. ESSAY, " The Knights of King Arthur's Round Table" CAROLINE BLAIR DAMON
12. PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT FRANCIS FOSTER STEARNS
13. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT FOR THE SCHOOL ALBERT ZEPHERIN LEMOINE
14. THE ANGELS' SONG
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
-
15. CLASS HISTORY ANNA CECILIA FORD
16. CLASS WILL ANNIE DOUGLAS MACCULLY
17. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS EDWARD M. BENNETT
Chairman of the Wayland School Board
18. CHORUS, " Hoist the Sail " Broome
Class Motto : "Make Life Significant "
GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 1908.
Bertha Serena Chandler George Scott Fowler
Gertrude Rose Chandler
Caroline Blair Damon
Frances Margaret Davitt
Anna Cecilia Ford
William Theodore Gaul
Annie Douglas MacCully
Francis Foster Stearns Florence Gertrude White
GRADUATES WITH THE DISTINCTION OF CREDIT.
Frances Margaret Davitt Anna Cecilia Ford
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EXTRACT FROM RULES AND REGULATIONS.
ATTENDANCE.
I. Excuses for absence may be granted by the teachers for the following causes only :- The pupil's sickness or physical disability, death in the family or other extreme emergency, contagious disease or quarantine.
Note. Lack of clothing, helping at home, running errands, visiting, and the like, are not accounted sufficient cause for absence.
2. In case of extreme necessity, the superintendent may grant excuses for special cause.
3. Any pupil not in his seat at the stroke of the last bell, promptly at the hour for school to begin, shall be considered tardy.
Exception. Pupils who are late because of the late arrival of barges or electric cars shall not be considered tardy, unless they loiter or delay after arrival.
4. Excuses for tardiness may be granted at the discretion of the teacher.
5. Any pupil having been absent shall be required to bring a written excuse from parent, or guardian, stating the reason for the absence. In case the written excuse is not brought, the absence will stand unexcused.
6. All absences excused must be so recorded in the register.
7. When a pupil is apparently absent without sufficient cause, the teacher shall notify the truant officer promptly.
8. Pupils under five years of age will not be admitted.
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9. Children will be admitted to the first grade only at the beginning of the fall term, except by special permission of the school committee. ("The beginning of the fall term" will include the first two weeks.)
IO. Pupils who enter a school in town for the first time must present a vaccination certificate properly filled out and certified, or a certificate stating that the pupil is an unfit sub- ject for vaccination, before being admitted.
II. Pupils who are perfect in attendance and punctuality for any school month may be dismissed one hour before the close of school on the afternoon of the last school day of the school month.
12. Any pupil outside of school age, less than seven or more than fourteen years of age, who is absent unexcused for more than five whole days or ten half days in any period of six months may be suspended until assurance is given of regular attendance.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
I.
WAYLAND: High School-8.45 A. M. to 1.15 P. M. (Ten minutes for recess.)
Grades- 8.45 A. M. to 2.15 P. M. (Fifty-five minutes for re- cesses, physical culture, and intermission.)
COCHITUATE: Grades- 9.00 A. M. to II.30 A. M.
1.00 P. M. to 3.30 P. M. (Twenty-five minutes for recesses and physical cul- ture.)
2. The school hours as indicated must be strictly observed.
3. Pupils in the first grade may be dismissed at recess during the first and second school months, and fifteen min- utes before the close of the session thereafter.
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4. The bell shall be rung five minutes before the beginning of the school session, and the pupils shall at once enter the schoolroom and take their seats ready for work. The last bell promptly on time shall be the signal for the school exer- cises to begin.
5. The door shall be opened at least fifteen minutes before the beginning of the school session.
6. Teachers may detain pupils after school or in extra session for the purpose of making up lost time or deficiency in lessons or application for a time not to exceed one-half hour in the grades and one hour in the high school, except in case of pupils who are carried by barge.
Note :- Pupils in the grades at Wayland may go home for luncheon at intermission on condition that they are not tardy for the afternoon session.
TRUANT OFFICER.
I. It shall be the duty of the truant officer to investigate fully each case of truancy to take such action as the circum- stances warrant and the law directs, and to report the results of his investigation to the teacher and to the superintendent.
2. He shall exert all possible influence with the parents and guardians to secure the regular attendance of their chil- dren.
3. He shall present an annual report of his doings to the school committee on the Ist day of March of each year, giving the number of cases investigated and the action taken thereon, together with such additional information as he may deem advisable, or the school committee may require.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The following directions conform to and are designed to aid in complying with the law relating to medical inspection, Chapter 502, Acts of 1906.
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I. The teacher shall give the tests for sight and hearing and send notices to parents or guardians according to the directions in Portfolio A-XIII-1, 2.
2. Each teacher shall immediately refer to the school physician each child "who shows signs of being in ill health or of suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, un- less he is at once excluded from the school." (Sec. 3, Chap. 502.)
3. Whenever a teacher excludes a pupil from school be- cause he shows signs of being in ill health or of suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, he shall send notice to the parent or guardian and to the superintendent of schools. In the case of any infectious or contagious disease the super- intendent of schools shall at once notify the board of health. (Sec. 4, Chap. 502.)
4. Each teacher shall refer to the "school physician for examination and diagnosis every child returning to school without a certificate from the board of health," or from the attending physician, "after absence on account of illness" from any infectious or contagious disease "or from unknown cause." (Sec. 3, Chap. 502.)
5. The "school physician shall make a prompt examina- tion and diagnosis of all children referred to him" and shall send a "notice of the disease or defects, if any, from which the child is found to be suffering, to his parent or guardian." (Secs. 2 and 4, Chap. 502.)
6. The school physician shall make "such further exam- ination of teachers, janitors, and school buildings as in his opinion the health of the pupils may "require." (Sec. 2, Chap. 502.)
7. Whenever a child is examined by the school physician and found to show "symptoms of small pox, scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox, tuberculosis, diptheria or influenza, tonsilitis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies, trachoma," or pediculosis, "he shall be sent home immediately, or as soon
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as a safe and proper conveyance can be found, and the board of health shall be notified" by the school physician. (Sec. 4, Chap. 502.)
8. The school physician shall keep a record and report to the school committee the result of each examination and diag- nosis as required by section 2 of Chapter 502, Acts. of 1906.
9. The superintendent of schools shall keep on file a record of all reports made to the school committee by the school physician.
Note :- When a child who has been ill with scarlet fever returns to school within a period of eight weeks from the beginning of his illness, he may be referred to the school physician even though he should bring a certificate of re- covery. This should be done in every case when it appears that the desquamation has not entirely ceased.
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EXTRACTS FROM SCHOOL LAWS.
ATTENDANCE.
(Revised Laws, Chapter 44.)
By chapter three hundred and twenty, Acts of 1905, sec- tion one of Chapter forty-four, is amended, in part, as fol- lows :-
From section I. "Every child between seven and four- teen years of age, and every child under sixteen years of age who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language, shall attend some public school in the city or town in which he resides during the entire time the public schools are in session. . . . " Every person having under his control a child as described in this section shall cause him to attend school as herein required, and if he fails for five day sessions or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months ... to cause the child to attend school he shall ... be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars . . . "
The attendance of a child shall not be required: (a) "If attending a private day school approved by the school com- mittee," or is being "otherwise instructed ... in the branches of learning required by law;" (b) "If he has already acquired such branches of learning;" (c) "If his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient."
TRUANCY. (Revised Laws, Chapter 44.)
From section 3. "A child between seven and fourteen years of age who wilfully and habitually absents himself from
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school ... shall be deemed to be an habitual truant, and . may, if a boy, be committed to a county truant school . and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls
From section 4. "A child between seven and sixteen years of age who may be found wandering about the streets or public places, ... having no lawful occupation, habitually not attending school, and growing up in idleness and ignor- ance, shall be deemed to be an habitual absentee, .. . and is liable to commitment as in section three.
From section 5. "A child under fourteen years of age who persistently violates the reasonable regulations of the school which he attends, or otherwise persistently misbehaves therein, so as to render himself a fit subject for exclusion therefrom, shall be deemed to be an habitual school offender . . . " and be liable to commitment as in section three.
EMPLOYMENT.
(Revised Laws, Chapter 106.)
By chapter two hundred and sixty-seven, Acts of 1905, sec- tion twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and six is amended so as to read, in part, as follows :
Section 28. "No child under the age of fourteen years and no child who is over fourteen and under sixteen years of age who does not have a certificate as required . .. certifying to the child's ability to read at sight and to write legibly simple sentences in the English language shall be employed in any factory, workshop or mercantile establishment.
"2. No certificate (age and schooling) . . shall be ap- proved by any person for a minor under the age of sixteen years who intends to be employed in a factory, workshop or mercantile establishment, unless such person is satisfied that such minor is able to read at sight and to write legibly simple sentences in the English language."
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From section 29. "No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed in a factory, workshop or mercantile establish- ment unless his employer procures and keeps on file . .. an age and schooling certificate. . . . "
From section 30. "An age and schooling certificate shall be approved only by the Superintendent, or by a person au- thorized by him in writing. .. . "
From section 32. "The age and schooling certificate of a minor under sixteen years of age shall not be approved and signed until he presents to the person who is authorized to approve and sign it an employment ticket duly filled out and signed . . . "
Children between fourteen and sixteen years of age who apply for an age and schooling certificate must bring an em- ployment ticket properly filled out by their intending employ- er and be accompanied by employer or custodian. Employ- ment ticket blanks may be procured from the superintendent.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. (Revised Laws, Chapter 75.)
From section 51. "The board of health . .. shall give immediate information to the school committee of all con- tagious diseases .. . reported to them."
(Revised Laws, Chapter 44.)
By chapter three hundred and seventy-one, Acts of 1906, section six of chapter forty-four is amended to read as fol- lows :
Section 6. "A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate signed by a regular practicing physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a mem- ber of a household in which a person is ill with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infectious or contagious disease, or of a household exposed to such con-
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tagion from another household as aforesaid, shall not at- tend any public school during such illness until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the city or town, or from the attending physician of such person, stating that the danger of convey- ing such disease by such child is passed."
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(Acts of 1906, Chapter 502.)
From section I. "The school committee of every city and town in the Commonwealth shall appoint one or more school physicians, shall assign one to each public school within its city or town, and shall provide them with all proper facilities for the performance of their duties .. . "
From section 2. "Every school physician shall make a prompt examination and diagnosis of all children referred to him as hereinafter provided, and such further examination of teachers, janitors and school buildings as in his opinion the protection of the pupils may require."
From section 3. "The school committee shall cause to be referred to a school committee for examination and diagnosis every child returning to school without a certificate from the board of health after absence on account of illness or un- known cause; and every child in the schools under its juris- diction who shows signs of being in ill health or of suffering from infectious or contagious disease, unless he is at once excluded by the teacher .. . "
From section 4. "The school committee shall cause notice of the disease or defects, if any, from which any child is found to be suffering to be sent to his parent or guardian. Whenever a child shows symptoms of smallpox, scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox, tuberculosis, diphtheria or influenza, tonsilitis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies or trachoma, he shall be sent home immediately or as soon as safe and proper
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