Official reports of the town of Wayland 1912-1914, Part 18

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 776


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7.25


G. F. Marston


4.89


American Water Supply Company


4.00


$918.34


Incidentals


A. W. Atwood


$18.71


Louisa A. Nicholass


24.62


The Surburban Press


4.25


William S. Lovewell


5.11


A. F. Putney


6.00


E. G. Lee


31.50


E. W. Jennison


1.35


Lewis and Abely


3.00


G. F. Marston


5.40


W. H. Moore


18.08


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F. H. Benedict


$11.77


E. I. Clark


4.50


The Tudor Press


31.75


J. H. Moore, Janitor


8.00


Wayland Water Board


30.00


C. W. Fairbank


10.50


Somerville Brush Co.


11.35


J. C. Vincent


10.00


Fred H. Marsden


12.00


Fiske and Co.


2.00


Henry G. Dudley


15.90


Howe and Co.


.15


F. J. Bigwood and Son


1.50


Henry C. Doughty


10.00


American Seating Company


24.00


C. S. Williams


1.42


Edward E. Babb and Co.


.98


Samuel Ward Co.


6.00


$309.84


Recapitulation


Salaries of Teachers


$10,442.68


Transportation


2,676.90


Fuel, Light, Power


1,137.10


Salaries of Janitors


966.70


Supplies


918.34


Supervision


800.00


Incidentals


309.84


Repairs


341.92


Committee Salaries and Expenses


179.67


$17,773.15


Receipts


Town Grant


$16,000.00


Tuition, State Wards


393.40


Tuition, Natick


19.00


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Tuition, Boston


$7.50


State Grant-Superintendent


625.00


Donation Fund Income


8.00


Dog Fund


158.94


$17,211.84


Total expenditures


$17,773.15


Total receipts


17,211.84


Overdrawn


$561.31


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Report of Superintendent of Schools


To the Wayland School Committee:


Gentlemen :- The sixteenth annual report of the Super- intendent of Schools is herewith submitted. It is the fourth during my term of service. The report is abbreviated some- what. Certain tables have been omitted and the reports of the Grammar Master and Special teachers, together with briefs relating to the school attendance and medical inspec- tion laws, heretofore included, have been eliminated. The omissions have been made on advice of the Committee.


Your schools are well organized, equipped, and are in general stongly disciplined. The pupils in the grades are doing work that calls for few special reports to parents. In some cases double promotions have been possible. The general tone of the work in the high school is strong. There are individuals who are not putting forth efforts commensu- rate to their natural powers. These are a source of anxiety and constant study to us that we may awaken them to a realizaton of self power and to arouse them to take a look at their future possibilities. Parents are notified each half term by report cards and each month by a special mailing card if work is unsatisfactory. To these reports I respectfully call the attention of the interested parties that all pupils may realize the highest benefits attainable through your high school.


We have had some changes in the teaching staff the current year. In this connection there is a consideration worthy of your attention. Although there has been an increase in the salary of your grade teachers of fifty dollars recently no change in the attractiveness of salaries and the larger administra-


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tion connected with schools of the larger municipality can be noted, nor can we hope to lessen the demand for our teachers from these sources. But there is on the other hand a notice- able increase in the salaries of teachers in towns from which we have been able to draw formerly. Consequently when vacancies occur we shall be obliged more and more to seek teachers of less maturity and experience than heretofore. It is well to bear this in mind in your future deliberations. Wayland knows the strong mature teacher and will likely demand and provide for same.


The manual training classes are doing more interested and careful work this year than heretofore. We must re- member in inspecting the products of this department that many articles turned out are the first attempts of such con- struction and must of necessity bear the crudeness of the learner unless the Master puts on finishing touches. I am opposed to his so doing for I believe the work should represent the boy's own efforts. The measure of the work of this de- partment lies in the improvement made through the lessons.


A few pieces of work were taken to the Framingham Fair and a goodly number of premiums were awarded our work- manship. This has stimulated the interest in more careful work.


The value of the manual training department may be in- creased by placing sewing machines at the disposal of the sew- ing teachers and by purchasing a motor circular saw, and turn- ing lathe for the boys. Consideration should also be given to the introduction of cooking courses into the ninth grade and high school. Some of our girls can devote their time and energies far more profitably to some such lines than to Latin. Stenography. Typewriting and the like.


Miss Roland's music classes have made a marked gain in ability to read the past three years. This has been accom- plished through the individual work. The pupils enjoy this method now that it is established.


The pupils of the Commercial Department are working very hard in most cases. Miss Barrett holds them to high


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standards. Stenography is one of the most difficult, if not the most difficult subject offered by the high school if it be mastered for business efficiency, calling as it does for accuracy of memory, alertness of mind, familiarity with a large vocabu- lary, skill in chirography, accurate orthography, and the final transcription, very dependent upon sentence construction.


Wayland High School has a graduate who has passed the Harvard examinations under the new plan. We expect others now in school to continue the standard set so that no anxiety need be felt by any of the citizens lest the school fail to fit for college whether entrance be necessary by examination or by certificate.


Should a boy or girl fail to realize the task of fitting for college and neglect his work failure will result. Parents need to realize that school means toil and that late hours, indif- ference, lack of physical vigor, and a determination not to do home studying are great handicaps to success. Sometimes we have desire without ambition. Parental ambitions are needed but unless injected into the being of the boy are not adequate. School boys and girls need strong, vigorous, watchful, unrelenting watchfulness at home through out the later years of their school life. The first care of high school pupils should be their school work. Too often it is their last.


The removal of the two old buildings is, in my opinion, greatly to the advantage of the children from the standpoint of morality and good citizenship. This is especially true of the old Cochituate building. To have had this building longer constantly in the eyes and minds of the children, falling into rapid decay, neglected, in disfavor, I believe would have been most unwise.


Last May the Cochituate School gave an entertainment in Grange Hall which netted the school forty-eight dollars. Eight dollars were spent for rental of Grange Hall and one for tickets. Twenty-five dollars were given the Treasurer of the Park and Playground Association, one and a half dollars were expended for a shelf in the lower hall of the school build- ing, and twenty-one and a half placed in the Natick Five


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Cents Savings Bank subject to the order of the School Com- mittee. Thus the school has over eighty dollars to its credit and it is hoped that the same will soon be expended in the purchase of suitable statuary for the building.


Last June the graduating class of the Cochituate School presented the school the frieze "The Treaty of Peace."


The number of pupils in the Cochituate District has been calling for and is still calling for consideration relative to the advisability of closing one of the rooms. Considering the large number of children in the Wayland school and the num- ber of grades to a room it seems more advantageous to your school children should those children that can as cheaply and easily attend the Cochituate school be transferred and the usual number of rooms opened in the fall unless there should be much falling off in numbers.


Fewer notices of delinquencies in work or behaviour have been sent by mail than in any year since my term of service began in this District. This is very gratifying to us and likely as gratifying to parents.


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK H. BENEDICT, Superintendent of Schools.


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Report of the High School Principal


Mr. Frank H. Benedict, Superintendent of Schools.


Dear Sir :- My third annual report of the Wayland High School is herewith presented for your consideration.


Of the eleven graduates of the High School last June, six were admitted to higher institutions of learning. Two are attending the Framingham Normal School, one is at Waltham Business College, one at Lowell Textile School, one at Sim- mons College, and a sixth passed examinations for Harvard University.


Thet total enrolment of the High School this year is seven- ty-five which is an increase of six pupils over the total registra- tion of last year. This regular increase of pupils is very gratifying and it is hoped that it will continue for it makes the school more useful to the community.


There have been few, if any, changes in the curriculum and administration of the school this year. Our aim is for steady and consistent improvement. The average scholarship is not as high as it should be or as high as I hope we shall make it. To the average high school pupil school work must come first. if he is to get the most out of his course. The daily attendance also may be improved.


Punctuality and regular attendance on the part of all do much to improve individual standing and so the average scholarship of the class. We endeavor to keep the parents in- formed as to the progress of their children by report cards sent out at the middle and end of each term. May I ask parents to interest themselves in these reports and if the cards are not received at the expected time, kindly communicate with the principal.


We often find that pupils are failing in some of their sub- jects because they are apparently trying to do too many things. It has been our plan this year, when we found such conditions existing, to advise the dropping of one or more subjects even though it may mean five, or possibly six years to complete


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the course. I believe it is of far greater educational importance that a pupil should take but three subjects, if necessary, in a year and master them thoroughly than to try to take too many subjects and fail in half of them. Business men ask the high schools for young people who will attend regularly to business, who can do something well, do it cheerfully and do it when they are told.


In my. report last year, I stated at some length the rela- tion of our school to the New England College Examinations Board and also, I enumerated the institutions with which we have the certificate privilege. After the publication of that report, I received word from the Secretary of the College Board to the effect that our school had been granted the privilege of sending pupils, upon the certificate of the Principal, to any of the colleges represented on the Board, during the year ending December 31, 1914. It is our desire to have one or two graduates enter some of these colleges in the meantime.


The position of the school as regards its ability to prepare pupils for college would seem to be much strengthened. Those graduates who last June were certified to various higher in- stitutions are carrying their work with very creditable ranks. Also, in view of the fact that one graduate passed his examina- tions to Harvard University, the following statistics for the Harvard admission examinations of 1913 may prove interesting :


Admitted without conditions (old plan) 262


Admitted with conditions (old plan)


155


Admitted (new plan) 197


Total number admitted


614


Refused admission (old plan)


163


Refused admission (new plan)


65


Total number refused admission 228


It will be noted that of the eight hundred forty-two candidates over one-fourth were refused admission. The acndidate from our school was successful under the new plan


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by which one must present evidence of an approved school course satisfactorily completed before he is allowed to try the examinations.


The installation of running water for drinking purposes upon both floors of the building has proven not only a great convenience but also an improvement of the sanitary condi- tions of the school. The graduating class of 1913 presented the school with two hundred ice-cream plates and two hundred spoons to be used at school functions. The stage of the school hall has been furnished with electric lights and tem- porary electric foot-lights by a donation of the Ladies and Knights of Honor. We are duly grateful to them.


In order that the science department may keep up its efficiency in this age of practical training, it is necessary that from time to time a careful renewal and addition of laboratory apparatus should be made.


We believe that the commercial department is accom- plishing better work than ever before. We have three type- writers, but another may be necessary during the next year in order to do the work systematically.


Music in the high school is being much handicapped by the poor condition of the piano. A new piano is needed and we hope to start a fund for that purpose through the efforts of the pupils. The senior class have stated their interest in this matter, and also we hope to give a musical entertainment by the school with the special object of raising money for a piano.


By the presentation of the play "Pygmalion and Galatea" in February, the senior class accomplished something which should be of lasting educational value to them.


In closing, I wish to express my appreciation to my fellow-teachers who have made possible the service of the school to the town. May I also acknowledge the debt the school owes to you and the School Committee for your cordial support.


Respectfully submitted,


W. HERBERT MOORE, Principal of High School.


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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, 1913 and ending March 1, 1914.


Number of absences reported 9


Number of cases investigated 9


Number of cases with legal excuses 6


Number of cases for miscellaneous reasons 3


Number of truants


0


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY G. DUDLEY, Truant Officer.


Mr. Benedict, Superintendent of Schools,


Dear Sir :- During the past school year I have had one case only of absence to investigate. I found no case of truancy.


Respectfully submitted,


J. C. VINCENT, Truant Officer.


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SCHOOL CALENDAR


1914


February 23, Monday


Holiday


March 27, Friday


Winter term ends


Recess of One Week


April 6, Monday


April 20, Monday


Spring term begins Holiday


June 18, Thursday Evening 8 p. m. Grammar School Gradu- ation


June 26. Friday Evening, 8 p. m. High School Graduation Summer Vacation


September 8, Tuesday


Fall term begins


October 12, Monday


Holiday


November 26, Thursday,


Holiday


November 27, Friday


Special Holiday Fall term ends


High School Recess of One Week Grammar School Recess of Two Weeks 1915


January 4, Monday


Winter term Grammar Schools begin


February 22, Monday


Holiday


Winter term ends


March 26, Friday Recess of One Week


April 5, Monday


Spring term begins


April 19, Monday


May 31, Monday


Holiday Holiday


June 17, Thursday Evening, 8 p. m.


June 18, Friday


Grammar School Gradua- tion Closing Functions of Gram- mar Schools


June 23, Wednesday Evening, 8 p. m. High School Graduation June 24, Thursday Closing Functions of High School


December 18, Friday


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ENROLMENT, FEB. 1, 1914


School


Grade


Number


School


Cochituate, Room 1


I


28


28


Room 2


II


21


7


28


Room 3


III


14


IV


15


29


Room 4


V


19


VI


11


30


Room 5


VI


5


VII


22


27


Room 6


VIII


22


Wayland,


Room 1


I


16


II


18


34


Room 2


III


9


IV


16


25


Room 3


V


13


VI


19


VII


12


44


Room 4


VIII


14


IX


9


23


High School


X


27


XI


17


XII


17


XIII


14


75


Cochituate Registration


175


376


Wayland Registration


126


Total


301


Note-The fifth grade in the Wayland School works in Rooms 2 and 3.


School Census


Number of boys between the ages of five and fifteen


162


Number of girls between the ages of five and fifteen 147


Total 309


:


IX


11


33


III


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Number of boys between the ages of seven and fourteen 142 Number of girls between the ages of seven and fourteen 127


Total


262


Number of illiterate minors


0


Report of Eye and Ear Examinations


Number of pupils examined


312


Number found defective in eyesight


32


Number found defective in hearing


9


Number of parents or guardians notified


18


ROLL OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE 1912-1913


Arabella Barrette


Grade


I


Laurence Erickson


Grade I


Trueman Lloyd Sanderson


Grade


I


Imbi Erickson


Grade


II


Stanley Yaskuka


Grade II


Leonard Francis Tetreault


Grade


III


George Elton Blanchard


Grade IV


Lillian Irene Johnson


Grade IV


Minnie Frances Yeager


Grade IV


Wallace Holland


Grade IV


Francis Ward


Grade


Edward Francis Foley


Grade


V


Ellen Sullivan


Grade V


Illien Sullivan


Grade V


Marion Raymond Bent


Grade


VI


Amos Bird


Grade


VI


Esther Frances Commo


Grade VI


Teresa Marion Corman


Grade VI


Margaret J. Leadbetter


Grade VI


*Roger Elwyn Valentine


Grade


VII


Thomas Doherty


Grade VI


George Gustave Bogren


Grade IX


Margaret Elizabeth Dolan


Grade IX


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High School


¡Mary Evangeline Lyons Katherine Evangeline Dolan George Franklin Dickey Leland George Hollingworth Hazel Louisa Moffett Helen Daniels Neale * Perfect in attendance for six years. + Perfect in attendance for four years.


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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1913 PROGRAM


Music Selected


Orchestra


INVOCATION


Song. "Over the Fields of Clover" Adam Geibel


High School Chorus


Salutatory and Essay Hazel Burke Magorty


Class History


Emma Louise Ford


Song, "Oh, My Love's Like a Red Rose" G. M. Garrett


High School Chorus


Essay, "Domestic Science" Hilda Mary Reeves


The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet" Winifred Marjorie Fay and Mary Evangeline Lyons Song, "Springtime Revelries" Horatio Parker


High School Chorus


Essay, "The Development of the Gas-Engine" Cornelius John Maguire


Class Prophecy Harriet Ednah Richardson


Piano Solo. Polonaise Brilliant, Op. 35 Edwin J. Decevee Mary Evangeline Lyons Presentation of Class Gift Esther Damon


Acceptance of Gift Roy Wentworth Moffett


Valedictory


Robert Lowell Moore


Song, "Summer Fancies" H. M. Ingalls


High School Chorus


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Presentation of Diplomas Class Song


Words and Music by Mary E. Lyons


Dear old Wayland High,


It grieves us to say good-bye To thee, ever faithful friend, With thy ready aid to lend; Cares, joys, we bring to thec, As to Him who patiently Hears and helps untiringly Nor e'er can be repaid.


Others shall fill our place, Each to share our boundless grace ; Oh, teach them in thy patient way Nihil Sine Labore; Teach them that which they should know Each the proper way to go, That all honors they may owe, To dear old Wayland High.


Chorus Then shall our voices resound with thy praise, And parting breathe a sigh, For the lessons learned and the days that we spent, In dear old Wayland High.


Motto: "Nihil Sine Labore" Graduates


Esther Damon Alfred Edward Davieau Winifred Marjorie Fay


Emma Louise Ford Mary Evangeline Lyons Hazel Burke Magorty Cornelius John Maguire Robert Lowell Moore Hilda Mary Reeves Harriet Ednah Richardson Gertrude Louise Richardson


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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE WAYLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS


June 12, 1913


PROGRAM


Piano Solo, "Moonlight on the Hudson" Wilson


Mildred Gwendolyn Ames


INVOCATION


The Angel's Song Braga


School Chorus


A Tribute to Massachusetts Lodge


Anna Elizabeth Bent


Scenes from "The Courtship of Miles Standish" Longfellow


Miles Standish Allen Suther Barry


John Alden George Murray Burke


Priscilla Mullins Agnes Anselm Supple


Messenger Alfred Clayton Damon


Yachting Glee Culbertson


Reba Estelle Sandford


Eugene Nelson Sanders Hester May Massie Alfred Bowles Alward


Woman's Love Anon


Emily Naucissa Curtin


Violin Solo, Martha Anthony Oliver Schmeltz


Selection from Henry V


Shakespeare


Arthur Boylston Nichols, Jr.


The Lost Chord


Arthur Sullivan


Miserere Verdi


School Chorus


The Present Crisis Lowell


Sidney Harold Metcalf


Piano Solo, "The Bell of the Valley Wenzel


Ruth Gladys Felch


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Presentation of Gift to Cochituate School George Gustave Bogren


Vocal Solo, "The Awakening of the Rose" Masse


Marguerite Eugenia Bull


Good-Night, Good-Night, Beloved Arranged by Wilson School Chorus


Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Frank C. Remick


CLASS SONG


Motto: "Life is too short for aught but high endeavors" Colors: Gold and Green Flower: White Rose Graduates


Sidney Harold Metcalf


Arthur Boylston Nichols, Jr.


Thomas James Ward Mona Greta Moffett


Helen Josephine Foley


James Robert Metcalf


Alfred Bowles Alward


Ruth Gladys Felch Margaret Elizabeth Dolan Mildred Amy Boucher


Emily Naucissa Curtin Eugene Nelson Sanders


Hester May Massie Reba Estelle Sandford


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COCHITUATE GRAMMAR SCHOOL


Motto: "Non scholae sed vitae discimus" Colors: Blue and Gold Flower: White Rose


Graduates


Mildred Gwendolyn Ames Allen Suther Barry


Anna Elizabeth Bent


George Gustave Bogren Laura Harriett Bowles Marguerite Eugenia Bull George Murray Burke Ernest Louis Cormier Alfred Clayton Damon Ernest Herbert Damon Anna Frances Magorty Anthony Oliver Schmeltz Mary Katherine Sullivan Agnes Anselm Supple


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Extract From Rules and Regulations


ATTENDANCE


1. 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 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.


7. When a pupil is apparently absent without suf- ficient cause, the teacher shall notify the truant officer prompt- ly.


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).


10. 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.


11. Pupils who are perfect in attendance and punctu- ality 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.


Truant Officer


1. 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 first 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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SCHOOL SESSIONS


1. 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 min- inutes. 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.




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