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A new regulation was made last year by the New Eng- land College Board, which quoted is as follows :- "A school which has not sent within the required time at least two stu- cents to one or more colleges represented on the Board, but meets with the approval of the Board in respect to curriculum. staff and equipment, may, for the purpose of establishing a record, send one or more students without examinations, on the certificate of its principal, to some one or more colleges represented on the Board."
In accordance with the regulation. I sent a record of our curriculum, staff and equipment to the Board last April, and Wayland High School was granted the above privilege for the
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period of one year. As none of last year's graduates ex- pressed a desire to enter any of the colleges represented by the Board, I communicated again last month with the Secre- tary of the Board as to our standing, and the following reply was received :- "I think it very certain that the Board will de- cide to give you the privilege at any time in the future of sending specimen students, provided your curriculum, staff of teachers, and equipment do not change unfavorably in the meantime." ,
At present we have certificate privileges with Massachu- setts Agricultural College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and for all State Normal Schools. Our privilege with Wor- cester Polytechnic Institute was renewed last month for a period of three years.
The fact remains that entrance to any college may be made whenever examinations are passed. Tht certificate sys- tem is a privilege which removes the strain of examinations when the pupil, in the judgment of the principal, has shown himself capable of undertaking college work. In either case the preparation in high school should be the same. A diploma is not a certificate to college, and no principal should consci- entiously grant a certificate until he feels that his candidate could pass college examinations were they taken. An average of 85 per cent. in a subject should be maintained in order to secure proper certification to college.
Since a large number of our pupils do not plan to go on to higher institutions of learning, the fundamental purpose of this High School should be to give the student something which makes the time spent worth while. It is essential that the training in high school should turn out men and women who shall be more useful in themselves, better neighbors, and loyal and more helpful citizens.
To this end. I believe all of your teachers are bending their best efforts.
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My thanks are due the pupils for their favorable attitude, and my teachers for their energy and earnest co-operation, all of which have made possible the success thus far attained.
In conclusion, allow me to express my thanks to the School Committee and yourself for the cordial support which you have given us in our efforts.
Respectfuly submitted, W. HERBERT MOORE.
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REPORT OF GRAMMAR MASTER
Mr. F. H. Benedict, Superintendent of Schools, Wayland, Mass.,
Dear Sir :- I herewith present the annual report for the Cochituate school.
The total enrolment of pupils is 181, a gain of 4 since last year. The average per cent. of attendance is very high, which may be accounted for by the improved facilities which the school offers.
During the year the school has held a special visiting day, or Parents' Day, when all parents and friends of the school were invited to visit us in the different class rooms and see the regular work of the school. The teachers greatly appre- ciate the efforts of parents and friends in showing their in- terest and co-operation with the school by visiting us in such numbers.
The graduating class of 1912 presented the school with a beautiful relief of the Declaration of Independence, and the class of 1913 are planning to present the relief entitled the Treaty of Peace of 1783.
The boys of the five upper grades are showing their inter- est in a military company to be formed on a basis similar to that of cadets in High School. Drill guns are being made by the boys in the manual training department.
In behalf of the teachers of the school, I wish to express our gratitude for the co-operation of parents, and the hearty support of the superintendent and committee.
Respectfully submitted, LEROY K. HOUGHTON.
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REPORT OF THE MUSIC SUPERVISOR.
Mr. Frank H. Benedict, Superintendent :
I herewith submit my annual report of the music.
The Course of Study indicates that certain definite prin- ciples will be taught in each grade.
The status of muisc in public education has completely changed, and the requirement for the grade work is far greater than ten years ago.
This past fall we have done a great deal of individual work. and find that the results are excellent. By the use of the individual slips the teacher finds wherein each pupil needs the most help as to time, pitch, and reading. Thus every pupil in the grade is obliged to learn to read music.
The time is fast coming when Harmony and Musical In- terpretation will be taught in all High Schools. At the pres- ent time the subjects are taught with marked success in some of the larger towns and cities. I wish that the subject of Harmony might be introduced in Wayland High. My time is limited to one day a week, but the program could be arranged so that we could make a beginning in this work.
In closing I wish to thank the teachers, committee, and superintendent for their hearty co-operation.
Respectfully submitted. AGNES E. BOLAND.
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REPORT OF DRAWING AND MANUAL TRAINING
To the Superintendent of Schools :--
I take pleasure in submitting my annual report of draw- ing and manual training in the Wayland Schools.
The drawing has been carried on along similar lines as last year, with such changes as thought advisable to make the subject more interesting to the pupil. In the fall much time was devoted to nature study in color and pencil. At Christmas special work was done for gifts. During the win- ter term the time has been devoted to pictorial, object drawing and design. In the upper grades the boys have worked on room interiors, and the girls have copied drawings of simple gowns, planning pleasing color schemes of good color har- mony. In design the pupils have planned cover decorations for note-books or compositions, co-relating with regular school work whenever possible. In the lower grades more time has been devoted to constructive work and paper cutting.
In the High School the periods have been extended from one to two periods, which has made it possible to accomplish much more. In the free-hand drawing the time has been given to pictorial drawing, nature study, and design. The first year work in mechanical drawing has been devoted to geomet- ric problems, lettering, simple working drawings, and pros- pective sketches from the working drawings. The second year work has included lettering, details of building construc- tion and simple house plans.
In the manual training department the interest of the boys has been excellent. In the grades the regular problems adapted to the age of the pupil have been followed with sev- eral new models added to the course. In the ninth grade sev- eral boys are doing creditable work in furniture construc- tion. In the High School the boys have been working on fur-
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niture to furnish a reception room on the first floor of the building. The hangings to be made by the girls in the draw- ing department.
The pupils have worked together on the problems, and have displayed a keen interest in the products, and have done excellent team work.
I wish to thank the Committee and Superintendent for their support, and also the teachers for their willing co-opera- tion.
Respectfuly submitted WILLIAM BROOKS HAZELTON.
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REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICERS
To the Superintendent of Schools :
I herewith submit the following report of absences and truancy for the year beginning March 1, 1912, and ending March 1, 1913.
Number of absences reported, IO
Number of cases investigated IO
Number of absences for legal reasons 3
Number of absences to work at home 5
Number of truants
2
Respectfully submitted,
H. G. DUDLEY. Truant Officer.
Mr. Benedict, Superintendent of Schools,
Dear Sir :- During the past school year, I have had one case of absence to investigate, and found no case of truancy.
Respectfully submitted,
J. C. VINCENT, Truant Officer.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
March 28, Friday
Winter term ends Recess of One Week.
April 7, Monday
Spring term begins
Memorial Day, Holiday
Grammar School Graduation
Grammar Schools Close
High School Graduation
High School Closes
Summer Vacation
September 3, Wednesday October 13, Monday
November 25, Tuesday
to December 1, Monday
Thanksgiving Recess
December 19, Friday
Schools close for Christmas Recess
December 30, Tuesday
High School begins
January 5, Monday February 23, March 27, Friday
1914 Grammar Schools begin Holiday Winter term ends
Recess of One Week
April 6, April 20, Monday
June 19, Friday
June 24, Wednesday evening, June 25, Thursday
Spring term begins Holiday
Grammar School Graduation
High School Graduation Closing functions of High School
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May 30, Friday
June 12, Thursday
June 13, Friday,
June 18, Wednesday.
June 19, Thursday
Fall term begins Holiday
TOWN OF WAYLAND
ENROLMENT, FEB. 1, 1913
School
Grade
Number
School
Cochituate, Room I
I.
30
30
Room 2
II.
25
25
Room 3
III.
20
IV.
I6
36
Room 4
V.
I7
VI.
19
36
Room 5
VI.
I2
VII.
22
34
Room 6
VIII.
I3
IX.
I5
28
Wayland,
Room I
I.
18
II.
8
26
Room 2
III.
I3
IV.
I4
*V.
I5
42
Room 3
VI.
II
26
Room 4
VIII.
9
IX.
14
23
High School-First Year
2I
Second Year
23
Third Year
I4
Fourth Year
II
69
Total
375
VII.
I5
*Fifth Grade work is performed in Rooms 2 and 3.
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School Census.
Number of boys between the ages of five and fifteen I72
Number of girls between the ages of five and fifteen I62 Total 334
Number of boys between the ages of seven and fourteen I24
Number of girls between the ages of seven and fourteen II2
Total 236
Number of illiterates
0
Report of Eye and Ear Examinations
Number of pupils enrolled
375
Number found defective in eyesight
46
Number found defective in hearing
5
Number of parents or guardians notified
26
Average Age of Pupils in the Different Grades, September, 1912
Primary-Grade I.
5 years 10 months
Grade II.
7 years 4 months
Grade III.
8 years 9 months
Grade IV.
8 years 1 month
Grammar-Grade V.
IO years
2 months
Grade VI.
II years
4 months
Grade VII.
12 years
Grade VIII.
13 years II months
Grade IX.
14 years
High-Grade X.
14 years II months
Grade XI.
15 years 10 months
Grade XII.
16 years 4 months
Grade XIII.
17 years 5 months
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ROLL OF HONOR 1911-1912.
Perfect in Attendance-for One Year.
Class
Junior
Freshman
Name *Mary Evangelin Lyons. Wesley Mackenna
Freshman
Charles Ashley Williams
Grade
IX
IX IX
VIII
VIII
VIII
VI V V
III
II
Lewis Samuel Russell George Franklin Dickey Katherine Louise Dolan Mildred Boucher Ruth Gladys Felch Eugene Nelson Sanders Jennie Gertrude Bain Mary Connors Margaret Leadbetter Wallace Holland Clara Louise Bain
*Perfect in attendance for three years.
IX
VIII
VIII
VII
VII
V
Roger Wendell Farrell Eleonore Evelyn Fecteau Edith Olivine Lesitre Bertha Lillian Post Pearl Wilhelmina Wignot Marguerite Eugenia Bull Laura Harriette Bowles Addie Elizabeth Tripp Raymond Charles Doherty
Teresa Marion Corman Taivo Andrew Erickson William McKinley Harvey ,
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III
Charles Edward Magorty Marion Neal Elphege Moses Plosse Mildred Rose Fecteau Helen Viola Smelty +Roger Elwyn Valentine Thelma Thordis Lyon John. Jacob Foley Francis Katherine Donahue Forest Alonzo Carson Minnie Frances Yeager
+Perfect in attendance for five years.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
Class of 1912
PROGRAM
Music
Orchestra
Prayer
Rev. Sidney Crawford
Song, "Sailing"
High School Chorus Marks
Salutatory
Mary Donahue
Class History Philip Francis O'Brien
Violin Solo, Beceuse, Op. 20
F. Renard
Mr. Edward Hoey
Essay, "Uncrowned Kings" Leora May Gaul
Essay, "The American Humorist" Mary Jane Metcalf
Song, "De Little Pickaninny's Gone to Sleep" Johnson High School Chorus
Essay, "The Red Cross Society" Mary Fessenden Buoncore
Class Prophecy
Grace Burke
S
Vocal Solos-
(a) "If Laws Severe" From "The Jewess"
(b) "Night Shades Are Falling" Pinsuti
Ernest Wilson Schleicher
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Presentation of Class Gift John Richard Curtin
Acceptance of the Gift Cornelius John Maguire
Essay and Valedictory Norman Baker Tyrrell
Songs-
(a) "Sweet Genevieve"
Tucker
(b) "Greeting to Spring" High School Chorus
Strauss
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Motto: "Non scholae sed vitae discimus." Class Colors : Orange and Black.
Graduates
Mary Fessenden Buoncore
Grace Burke
John Richard Curtin
Mary Donahue
Leora May Gaul
Mary Jane Metcalf
Willard Blackmer Morrell
Philip Frances O'Brien
Ernest Wilson Schleicher
Colburn Henry Scott
Norman Baker Tyrrell
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE WAYLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Class 1912
PROGRAM
Prayer
Rev. Albert A. Felch
Song, "Santa Lucia' ' From Neapolitan Barcarolle
Grammar School Chorus
Recitation, "The Pride of Battery B" Eleonore Evelyn Fecteau
Recitation, "How the King Lost His Crown" Hazel Louisa Moffett
Piano Solo, "Le Tourbillon' Tito Mattei
Edith Olivine Levitre
Class History and Presentation of Class Gift Pearl Wilhelmina Wignot
Recitation, "The Indian Chieftain"
Edward Everett
Francis Raymond Gladu
Flag Drill Cochituate Grammar School Song, "The Flower of Liberty" L. B. Marshall Grammar School Chorus
History of Wayland Leland George Hollingsworth
ยท Recitation, "The Shannon and the Chesapeake" George Franklin Dickey
Duet and Chorus, "The Hawthorn Tree" Alfred Wooler Pearl Wilhelmina Wignot Francis Raymond Gladu
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Recitation. "Independence Bell"
Helen Daniels Neale
Tennis Drill Wayland Grammar School
Song, "Morning Invitation" G. A. Veazie Grammar School Chorus
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS WAYLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Motto: "Today, not tomorrow." Colors: Garnet and Silver. Flower: The Red Rose.
Graduates
George Franklin Dickey
Katherine Louise Dolan
Mary Elizabeth Agnes McManus
Hazel Louisa Moffett
Harry Paul O'Brien
Merna Alice Reeves
Lewis Samuel Russell
Norman Stanley Sweetland
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COCHITUATE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Motto: "It is what one does, as much as what one knows, that brings success." Colors : Silver and Green. Flower: The White Rose.
Graduates
Bessie Beach
Carl Ross Dunham
Roger Wendell Farrell
Eleonore Evelyn Fecteau
Francis Raymond Gladu
Leland George Hollingsworth
Lillian Genevieve Mary LeFrance
Edith Olivine Levitre
Raymond Francis McPartlin
Helen Daniels Neale
Valeda Mary Jane Plosse Bertha Lillian Post
Charles Lorenzo Smith
Pearl Wilhelmina Wignot
Alice Ernestine Williams
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Extract From Rules and Regulations
ATTENDANCE
I. Excuses for absence may be granted by the teach- ers 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 causes 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 con- sidered 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. Excuse for tardiness may be granted at the dis- cretion 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.
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7. When a pupil is apparently absent without suf- ficient cause, the teacher shall notify the truant officer promptly.
8. Pupils under five years of age will not be admitted.
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 un- fit subject for vaccination, before being admitted.
JI. 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.
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SCHOOL SESSIONS
I. WAYLAND : High School-8.45 A. M. to 2.30 P. M. (Thirty minutes for recess. )
Grades
8.45 A. M. to 2.30 P. M. (Noon recess forty minutes. Twenty-five minutes for recesses, physical culture, and intermission. )
COCHITUATE: Grades 9.00 A. M. to 11.30 A. M.
1.00 P. M. to 3.30 P. M. (Twenty-five minutes for recesses and physical culture. ) )
2. The school hours as indicated must be strictly ob- served.
3. Pupils in the first grade may be dismissed at recess.
4. The bell shall be rung five minutes before the be- ginning 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 exercises to begin.
5. The door shall be opened at least fifteen minutes before the beginning of the school session.
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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, or longer by per- mission of the committee or superintendent.
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 investi- gate fully each case of truancy, to take such action as the circumstances 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 children.
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.
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MEDICAL INSPECTION
The following directions conform to and are designed to aid in complying with the law relating to medical in- spection, Chapter 502, Acts of 1906.
I. The teacher shall give the tests for sight and hear- ing and send notices to parents or guardians, according to the directions in Portfolio A-XIII-I, 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, unless he is at once excluded from the school." (Sec. 3, Chap. 502.)
3. Whenever a teacher excludes a pupil from school because he shows signs of being in ill health, or of suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, he shall send no- tice to the parent or guardian and to the superintendent of schools. In the case of any infectious or contagious disease, the superintendent of schools shall at once notify the board of health. (Sec. 4, Chap. 502.)
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 exami- nation and diagosis of all children referred to him," and shall send a "notice of the disease or defects, if any, from
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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 ex- amination 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 physi- cian and found to show "symptoms of smallpox, scarlet fever, measels, chickenpox, tuberculosis, diphtheria or in- fluenza, tonsilitis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies, trachoma," or pediculosis, "he shall be sent home immedi- ately, or as soon as a safe and proper conveyance can be found, and the board of health shall be notified" by the 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 diagnosis 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, section one of Chapter forty-four, is amended, in part, as follows :
From Section 1. "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 sen- tences 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 days 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": (2) "If he has al- ready acquired such branches of learning"; (c) "If his physical or mental condition is such as to render such at- tendance 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 school shall be deemed to be an habitual
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truant, and may, if a boy, be committed to a coun- ty truant school and, if a girl, to the state indus- trial 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 an idleness and ignorance, 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 mis- behaves therein, so as to render himself a fit subject for ex- clusion 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, section 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 establish- ment.
2. "No certificate (age and schooling) . shall be approved by any person for a minor under the age of six-
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teen years, who intends to be employed in a factory, work- shop, 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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