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18.76
16.75
5.74
1.50
95
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
General Administration:
Dec. 1. A. A. Norris, inspection
$3.24
C. A. Roak, inspection 1.12
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases:
Dec. 1. G. F. Marston, supplies
8.13
E. E. Sparks, medical services
18.00
E. E. Sparks, medical services
7.50
N. C. Griffin, rent
14.00
Tuberculosis :
Sept. 1. W. C. Neal, guarding patient
3.00
W. F. Evans, guarding patient
3.00
Philip S. Ide, medical services 9.00
Other Expenses:
May 1. C. A. Roak, fumigating
13.25
June 1. C. A. Roak, spraying
12.82
July 1. George Evans, cans
2.25
Sept. 1. C. A. Roak, spraying
4.97
F. J. Bigwood and Son, team hire
4.00
Dec. 1. W. S. Bigwood, fumigating
10.12
A. A. Norris, fumigating
3.00
C. B. Doldge Co., disinfectants
6.25
F. G. Bigwood and Son, team hire
4.00
Dec. 30.
C. A. Roak, burial of dead animals
1.00
6.00
C. A. Roak, fumigating Dr. Frank Bigwood, inspection of slaughtering
18.00
F. J. Bigwood and Son, team hire
1.00
$218.64
WALTER S. BIGWOOD, Clerk. Wayland Board of Health.
96
TOWN OF WAYLAND
Inspector of Animals
To the Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- I submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1914.
One cow affected with tuberculosis was quarantined, killed and carcass disposed of by rendering.
One cow affected with mange was quarantined and dis- posed of.
There have been no cases of foot and mouth disease reported as yet.
Resectfully submitted,
FRANK BIGWOOD, M. D. C.
Inspector.
97
REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
Report of the Surveyor of Highways
General Highway
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Expenditures
3,446.63
Balance
$53.37
Pay Roll
Men
Horses
Days
Hours
Days
Hours
C. W. Fairbank
42
12
148
21
$338.51
A. S. Lyon
13
3}
30.23
T. Bowles
21
1}
47.69
N. Tetreault
25
4
63.35
E. Newton
24
1
54.28
C. Gay
20
61
46.84
W. Smith
22
3
50.34
M. Desmond
17
3
39.09
F. Hannon
23
3
52.59
L. Dunham
31
4
70.87
P. Shea
7
15.75
H. Wyatt
18
3
36
6
96.48
F. Latour
22
3
50.34
D. D. Griffan
22
4
45
118.13
W. Lawrence
27
3
54
6
143.72
I. Damon
19
38
99.75
W. Bemis
10
5
23.91
C. Spear
2
1
5.34
M. Temple
32
31
5
119.58
J. Perodeau
8
18.00
J. Barrett
5
7
13.22
J. McDonald
22
42
50.78
E. Grover
32
4
72.88
N. Bouret
10
22.50
J. Donahoe
10
22.50
98
TOWN OF WAYLAND
Men
Horses
Days
Hours
Days
Hours
J. Ploss
4
2}
$9.71
R. Moulton
1
2.25
L. Fraiel
3
6
1.97
W. C. Rich
49
6
89
4
262.33
R. Yetton
37
4
84.37
J. F. Malloy
29
63.00
E. Eagan
21
47.25
J. Eagan
18
4
37
97.12
E. G. Lee
22
4
45
118.12
W. White
32
4
73.12
H. Lee
28
4
64.12
A. Tetreault
30
67.50
M. Damon
3
6.75
C. Smith
29
4
66.37
F. Moore
19
4
43.87
W. S. Lovell
8
16
42.00
Mrs. Baldwin
20
40
104.87
T. Clark
2
4.50
P. Jennings
11
24.75
H. K. Ranney
6
13.50
R. Carroll
7
4
16.87
P. Maguire
11
24.75
O. Porter
1
2.25
M. W. Hynes
10
17
47.99
W. Sullivan
1
2.25
E. Newton
2
4.50
G. E. Sanderson
3
4
7.88
Schedule of Bills
B. and M. R. R., freight
$.25
J. Breck and Sons, supplies
21.81
Lovells Grocery, supplies
4.90
Surburban Press, printing
2.35
F. J. Bigwood and Son, team
2.00
H. C. Haynes, lumber and labor
33.74
99
REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
A. S. Morse, gravel
76.50
G. G. Jennison, signs
2.00
Union Lumber Co., lumber
2.01
W. F. Evans, posts
1.75
H. C. Haynes, lumber and labor
5.75
F. Haynes, signs
2.20
I. A. Lupien, supplies
4.14
P. Garvey, labor
12.42
A. S. Morse, gravel
35.95
R. Farwell, tending lanterns
3.80
J. F. Cummings, tending lanterns
3.50
A. W. Attwood, fuel
3.60
I. A. Lupien, auto service
1.50
I. A. Lupien, lantern
1.00
Union Lumber Co., lumber
25.03
H. C. Haynes, lumber and labor
19.80
Framingham Construction Co., Culvert
150.00
L. H. McManus, labor
2.25
H. C. Haynes, lumber and labor
10.93
J. C. McKay, repairs
2.40
Miss A. P. Loring, gravel
6.30
G. Richardson, gravel
9.60
H. C. Haynes, lumber and labor
3.00
Town of Weston, roller
10.00
Concord Road
Balance Feb. 28, 1914
$47.02
Appropriation
3,000.00
County Treasurer
1,786.33
Notes
2,500.00
$7,333.35
Expenditures
7,33.80
Balance Dec. 31, 1914
2.55
100
TOWN OF WAYLAND
Pay Roll
Men
Horses
Days
Hours
Days
Hours
W. C. Rich
158
7
295
5
$844.13
M. W. Hynes
138
177
1
604.87
M. Temple
10
42
21
1
55.45
H. Lee
33
41
75.52
A. Tetreault
11
24.75
E. Eagan
45
89.40
C. Smith
148
7
336.23
J. H. Carroll
51
21
115.46
P. Maguire
22
42
50.77
W. White
31
41
71.02
E. Newton
136
7
308.97
P. Jennings
150
1
$337.78
J. F. Malloy
110
1
247.7 9
R. Carroll
99
3
223.61
C. McElroy
12
27.00
H. K. Ranney
1
2.25
W. Cormier
30
30.06
R. Yetton
19
1
42.90
M. Murphy
3
42
8.01
G. Harrington
48
4
109.13
F. Davidson
54
4
109
286.13
M. Damon
69
155.39
J. Sayers
7
3
16.59
E. G. Lee
50
2
200
4
263.83
W. H. Dusseault
120
270.70
Flagg
1
2.25
Ring
12
4
28.12
C. Dusseault
23
4
52.87
J. Donahoe
109
62
247.08
W. Sanderson
36
81.00
\V. S. Lovell
64
128
336.32
J. Eagan
34
4
69
181.13
W. Sullivan
46
2
104.08
W. F. Maynard
5
11.25
101
REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
Men
Horses
Days
Hovrs
Days
Hours
S. Guibord
50
2
$113.07
A. Eagan
35
78.75
P. Shea
56
6
127.69
E. Corcoran
49
110.24
J. LaFrance
3
6.75
T. Hynes
5
11.25
E. W. Small Metcalf
5
4
11.38
J. Brown
34
76.50
E. Porter
20
4
46.13
B. Perry
20
4
46.13
Peter
5
4
12.38
F. Hannon
32
72.01
T. Magorty
16
4
37.13
George
4
1.13
A. W. Atwood
19
4
39
102.38
O. Porter
15
4
34.88
Schedule of Bills
Lovells Grocery, supplies
$9.63
Warren Foundry and Mch., Co., drain pipe
39.00
M. Parmenter, gravel
20.90
M. W. Hynes, gravel
39.00
M. W. Hynes, gravel
12.40
J. Parmenter, gravel
17.20
G. A. Foote, cement
2.25
J. Parmenter, gravel
18.00
Town of Weston, roller
90.00
J. M. Curtin, teaming
4.50
I. A. Lupien, supplies
6.81
Lovells Grocery, supplies
4.68
W. Stearns, repairs
11.60
A. W. Atwood, fuel
21.00
M. W. Hynes, gravel
4.80
J. Parmenter, gravel
15.50
W. C. Rich, expenses
4.65
2
4.50
102
TOWN OF WAYLAND
T. S. Sherman, gravel
$26.40
Lovells Grocery, supplies
16.25
H. C. Haynes, lumber and labor
25.35
F. J. Bigwood and Son, team
$2.00
T. S. Sherman, gravel
75.60
N. Foley, cutting trees
8.00
T. S. Sherman, gravel
67.05
Lovells Grocery, supplies
15.90
C. H. Spring Co., drain pipe
30.40
H. F. Parmenter. digging ditch
15.00
L. H. McManus, supplies
1.25
F. J. Bigwood and Son, team
1.00
F. J. Bigwood and Son, team
2.50
P. Garvey, labor
106.19
F. A. Houdlette znd Son, drain pipe
39.00
W. Stearns, repairs
11.95
G. A. Foote, pipe and supplies
9.65
L. H. McManus, labor and supplies
1.00
A. W. Atwood, teaming
2.00
J. C. Alward, gravel
7.50
School Street
Receipts Notes
$3,500.00
Expenditures
3,399.94
Balance, Dec. 31, 1914
$100.06
Pay Roll
Horses
Days
Men Hours
Days
Hours
C. W. Fairbank
77
5
183
4
$485.28
L S. Dunham
69
4
156.38
J. Perodeau
69
12
155.67
J. LaFrance
54
4
122.63
E. Grover
73
4
165.38
H. Derrick
74
62
168.33
L. Celorier
56
126.00
J. H. Carroll
66
62
150.33
103
REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
Horses
Days
Men Hours
Days
Hours
F. Latour
72
21
$162.70
J. McDonald
25
1
56.08
M. Loker
23
3
52.59
C. McEnroy
59
5μΈ΅
134.30
D. D. Griffin
51
6
103
4
271.69
J. Barrett
60
41
126.44
T. Bowles
8
18.14
IV. Webster
44
6
100.69
N. Tetreault
21
32
48.22
W. Lawrence
46
4
93
244.11
J. Ploss
8
2
18.56
I. Damon
8
16
42.00
P. Maguire
4
9.00
C. Gay
20
6
46.69
C. Spear
2
4
5.63
R. Moulton
1
6
3.94
J. Lynn
2
4.50
Wilbur
3
6.75
N. Gladu
9
5
21.66
A. S. Lyon
11
1
25.03
H. Wyatt
3
21
6
5
17.39
Schedule of Bills
Robinson & Jones, drain pipe
$25.65
Robinson & Jones, drain pipe
5.13
Robinson & Jones, cement
3.80
N. Perodeau, supplies
13.41
Wright & Son, tool box
14.53
G. G. Jennison, signs
3.00
Fiske & Co., dynamite
1.35
Union Lumber Co., lumber
39.91
Fiske & Co., dynamite
5.55
N. Perodeau, supplies
16.34
M. J. Maloney, supplies
1.10
C. S. Williams, supplies
1.00
2
104
TOWN OF WAYLAND
W. E. Wilson, gravel
$44.55
M. J. Maloney, supplies
.55
Wright & Son, labor
20.82
W. E. Wilson, gravel
34.95
Fiske & Co., dynamite
4.50
W. E. Wilson, gravel
20.55
J. C. McKay, repairs
14.95
P. Garvey, labor
21.19
W. E. Wilson, land damage
20.00
E. C. Grover, land damage 50.00
D. D. Griffin, land damage
36.00
G. L. Loker, land damage
35.00
R. Porter, land damage
20.00
Main Street
Balance, March 1, 1914
$81.99
Expenditures
60.91
Balance, Dec. 31, 1914
21.08
Schedule of Bills
E. G. Lee, teaming
$7.89
Std. Oil Co., supplies
19.72
B. & M. R. R., freighr
1.64
A. W. Atwood, team
50.
Waltham Trap Rock Co., stone
8.53
P. Malloy & Son, teaming
21.88
A. W. Atwood, bill
.75
CHARLES W. FAIRBANK,
Surveyor of Highways
105
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Overseers of the Poor
The Overseers of the Poor during the past year visited their charges as required by law, both at Worcester and out- side and submit the following report:
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Salaries
125.00
Reimbursements
185.62
$1,510.62
Expenditures
$1454.68
Balance $55.94
At Franciscan Home, Worcester, Mass. board, medical attendance and
clothing
426.85
Mrs. Wilfred Celorier
Board of Children 160.00
Having settlement in Wayland and residing there 452.11
Having settlement in Wayland and residing elsewhere 124.70
Residing in Wayland with settlement elsewhere 33.38
Dr. P. S. Ide, services
16.10
Dr. E. E. Sparks, services
12.00
106
TOWN OF WAYLAND
Framingham Hospital
32.00
Mass. General Hospital
21.25
General Administration and Salaries
148.18
Miscellaneous Expenses
17.11
Total expenses
$1,454.68
Respectfully submitted
STEPHEN C. CORMIER, Chairman. HOWARD C. HAYNES, Clerk, THOMAS W. FROST,
Overseers of the Poor
1914-1915 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
POR
TED
LAND
EAST SUDBURY 1780
n
$1835
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1914
MAUGUS PRINTING COMPANY WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS 1915
109
SCHOOL OFFICERS
School Officers
1914-1915
COMMITTEE
Arthur B. Nichols, Chairman, Wayland ( term expires 1915)
Frank C. Remick,, Cochituate (term expires 1916)
Philip S. Ide, Secretary, Wayland
( term expires 1917
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Frank H. Benedict, Cochituate.
TRUANT OFFICERS AND JANITORS
J. Charles Vincent, Wayland.
Henry G. Dudley, Cochituate.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
O. A. Dudley, M. D., Saxonville.
111
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Financial Statement
March 1-December 31, 1914 Salaries of Teachers
W. Herbert Moore
$1,085.00
Elizabeth G. Hodge
572.50
Katherine E. Barrett
591.25
Inez E. Bowler
330.00
M. Gladys Ferguson
262.50
Russell E. Tupper
692.65
Mabel C. Whitten
445.00
Abbie M. MacNiff
102.75
M. Beatrice Shea
187.50
Effie Moore
236.25
Julia F. Hastings
225.00
Ethel M. Hamilton
465.00
Marie L. Leach
426.25
Lucy E. Reynolds
263.42
Grace C. Loker
220.00
M. Elizabeth Burke
200.45
Sarah H. Caldwell
217.00
Lea J. Benjamin
187.50
Sylvia E. Prescott
426.25
Agnes E. Boland
155.00
William B. Hazelton
542.50
Substitutes
Margaret A. Fiske
$96.00
Grace F. Barker
10.00
M. Elizabeth Burke
12.00
Grace C. Bond
101.29
112
TOWN OF WAYLAND
Eleanor L. Phelps
$12.50
Jane Noel
16.00
Janet McNamara
54.00
Mary C. Fullick
5.80
$8,141.36
Salaries of Janitors
Henry G. Dudley
$416.60
J. Charles Vincent
416.60
$833.20
Salary of Superintendent
Frank H. Benedict
$666.60
$666.60
Transportation
Everett G. Lee
$196.00
Alexander Sauer
300.00
Thomas Hynes
580.00
E. J. Gazard
217.50
Alexander Holmes
270.00
Frank J. Bigwood & Son
172.50
Middlesex & Boston St. Ry. Co.
450.00
$2.186.00
Repairs
J. C. Massie
$30.05
Howard C. Haynes
599.39
Fiske and Co.
20.23
D. C. Ryan
44.30
F. C. Remick
14.07
C. S. Williams
7.18
William Smeltz
15.00
T. Weld Frost
455.80
Andrew Dutton Company
20.65
Morris Shain
4.80
American Seating Company
42.20
. $1.253.67
113
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Fuel Light and Power
Samuel McKenna
$5.00
Robinson -Jones Company
525.00
A. W. Atwood
562.50)
William S. Lovell
30.00
The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston
20.45
$1,142.95
Supplies
J. L. Hammett Company
$32.07
Ginn and Company
45.28
Lyons and Carnahan
2.78
American Book Company
88.69
The Browne-Bradford Co. (Inc.
20.00
Chandler and Barber
50.49
Edward E. Babb and Company
479.18
F. L. Goldsmith and Company
92.60
Russell E. Tupper
1.75
William S. Lovell
14.29
C. C. Birchard and Company
5.03
New England Reed Company
4.20
L. E. Knott Apparatus Company
21.34
D. C. Heath Company
6.45
Benjamin H. Sanborn Company
3.36
Silver, Burdett and Company
.25
L. C. Smith and Brothers
12.50
I. A. Lupien
28.48
5908.74
Incidentals
George T. Johnson Co.
$6.00
American Water Supply Company
8.00
E. G. Lee
42.50
L. Frank Gear
16.88
Bigelow and Dowse Co.
4.75
Louisa A. Nicholass
13.88
The Bradford-Browne Co. Inc.
20.00
114
TOWN OF WAYLAND
A. W. Atwood
13.70
E. W. Jennison
5.00
Howe and Company
.70
Russell E. Tupper
1.12
Samuel F. Ward and Company
2.75
Anna F. Brooks
8.95
The Tudor Press
18.75
W. H. Moore
8.85
Frank H. Benedict
31.22
Enterprise Rubber Company
15.00
J. M. Moore, Agent
10.50
Remington Typewriter Co.
2.00
Etta Griffen
1.00
The Suburban Press
1.75
F. J. Bigwood and Son
1.00
Arthur B. Nichols
12.00
Napoleon Perodeau
.40
Henry G. Dudley
10.00
Howard C. Haynes
3.00
$289.70
School Committee Salaries and Expenses.
Arthur B. Nichols
$41.66
Frank C. Remick
41.66
Philip S. Ide, Clerk
50.00
Philip S. Ide
9.20
$142.52
Receipts
Town Grant
$14,500.00
Tuition, State Wards
398.35
Tuition, Natick
19.00
Tuition, Boston
21.50
State Grant-Superintendent
625.00
Chandler and Barber
1.16
$15,565.01
115
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Recapitulation
Salaries of Teachers
$8,141.36
Transportation
2,186.00
Fuel, Light, Power
1,142.95
Salaries of Janitors
833.20
Supplies
908.74
Salary of Superintendent
666.60
Repairs
1,253.67
Incidentals
298.70
Committee Salaries and Expenses
142.52
$15,564.74
Balance
$ .27
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TOWN OF WAYLAND
Report of Superintendent of Schools
To the Wayland School Committee:
Gentlemen :- The seventeenth annual report of the Super- intendent of Schools is herewith submitted. It is the fifth during my term of service. The reports of the Truant Officers, and High School Principal are presented herewith.
The attendance has been unusually good the current year, about all that can be expected. There has been little tardiness in the grades and less than usual in the high school. Punctu- ality and the keeping of school appointments are acts of in- tegrity and should assist in the building of good business habits and strength of character. Parents and teachers cannot urge too strongly and insistently the keeping of school appointments and the performing of school duties conscientiously.
Thus far the current year there has been less need than usual for sending each month the special deficiency notices to parents. This indicates that a pride of scholarship is develop- ing among the students. The High School deficiencies are almost invariably caused by a lack of home study, inattention to work in school, and finally discouragement. For most of our students one or two hours of home study is absolutely necessary if good high school work is done. Early in the year parents should give especial attention to the special de- ficiency notices.
It is a pleasure to state to you here as has been done verbally heretofore, that the schools are in efficient hands this year. We have had a very large number of changes for a year past. This tends to lessen the efficiency of the school". especially if the new comers are not efficient. In securing teachers to take the vacant desks the past season, we have employed two trained but inexperienced women. It has been some years since this has been done.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 117
The townspeople should understand fully that the previ- ous maximum salary of $550 for the Cochituate grades and $600 for the heavier Wayland grades is no longer as high a maximum as in the past. Cities and other towns have in- creased the maximum relatively more the past three years than has Wayland. The first of last July the Teachers' Retirement Act went into effect. This means that every person who enters the service of the Commonwealth in the capacity of a teacher for the first time must pay to the State Retirement Board not less than thirty-five dollars annually. Salaries in places here- tofore paying only a living wage must increase the wages to meet this demand. This will operate eventually to increase the wages all along the line. So then if Wayland is to employ as able and experienced teachers as in the past, the maximum salary must be advanced. This cannot be done without a larger appropriation.
Certain much needed repairs and improvements have been made the past season. The Wayland Building has been re- paired somewhat inside, shingled, and painted outside. The well-being of the property is therefore safe-guarded and the appearance is certainly improved.
The Cochituate School property has been much im- proved in appearance and the grounds in usefulness through the disappearance of the last vestige of the old building. The old cellar has been filled and the grounds well graded. A much needed drain has been put in to care for surface water that threatened the schoolhouse basement. About the build- ing used for playground purposes, several loads of gravel have been used to make the basement entrances fairly dry in wet weather.
The athletic field at Wayland has been greatly improved through the expending of funds raised for that purpose by the Park and Playground Association.
Last year I made a plea for a new heating and ventilating plant at the Wayland building. We started school this year with the old plant.
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TOWN OF WAYLAND
The ventilation of some of the Wayland rooms has been a serious problem ever since I have known the school building. We are obliged to stop every hour in the grade rooms, open the windows, and give physical drills in order to keep the air suf- ficiently invigorating for work and comfort. Besides this air- ing, the rooms are thoroughly aired at all recesses. This is not all. Some of the High School rooms in cold weather be- come overheated in order to warm others. Then again, in mild weather, so great a fire has to be maintained in order to have any heat that some rooms are very hot. Whenever the fires in the furnaces are shaken down, ashes in no small measure come into the rooms.
This year, thus far, we have lost a week of time because of the heating plant. The boiler leaked for some time before the Christmas Recess. Although every means was taken to re- pair the leakage without stopping school, the leaking kept on. Early in the week of the Christmas recess, the boiler was taken down and apart. It was hoped that it could be repaired That was found impossible, so that a new one has been put into the service. In so far as the rooms heated by the hot water system are concerned, the plant is satisfactory.
The furnaces heat the major part of the building. They are worn out and should be replaced or thoroughly overhauled. Inasmuch as upwards of seven hundred dollars were ex- pended on them two summers ago with only partial success, it seems inadvisable to pay out more on them. Furnaces, that have been used nearly eighteen seasons and have in the mean- time had to be worked for long periods to their full capacity, cannot last always.
We shall be fortunate indeed if we get through this winter without further losses and further expense due to the much- worn furnaces.
In my last report the fund raised for decorative work in the Cochituate building had not been expended. The sum was then over eighty dollars. This sum, with interest, was spent last March under the direction of the writer and Mr. F. C. Remick. The statuary, pedestal, and brackets cost more than
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was available. Mr. Remick and the writer shared in meet- ing the excess expended.
Friday afternoon, May 8, the Washington bust from the Houdon Statue and the Lincoln bust from a statue by Max Bachmann and the Minerva Giustiniani were unveiled. The programme was as follows :-
Music-"Love's Old Sweet Song" Molloy
Eighth and Ninth Grades
The Story of Minerva Adapted from Ovid
Illken Sullivan
Presentation of Minerva Jennie Donahue
Tribute to Lincoln-Unveiling
Warren L. Bishop
Unfurling of Flag
Alton C. Schleicher
Gettysburg Speech
Lauretta Cormier
Lincoln
Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Grade
Music-Star Spangled Banner
The School
Tribute to Washington-Unveiling Ovila Paul
Unfurling of Flag
Lillian Cormier
Declamation-Patriotism
Alice Dunham Curtiss
Singing of America
School and Visitors
Last year, some one unknown to the writer, placed in the Committee's hands the sum of thirty dollars to be offered in the form of prizes to pupils for improvement in work, or for excellence attained. Prizes were offered and awarded as follows :-----
Improvement in Penmanship, Wayland, Grades eight and nine First $4 Arthur Moore Second 3 William Conway Third 2 Tom Drew Fourth 1 Andrew Tower
Excellency-High School, Seniors and Juniors English Cmposition First $5 Marjorie Elms Second 3 Elizabeth Smithson Third 2 Helen Damon Typewriting
First $5 William Ford
Second 3 Gertrude Potvin Third 2 Alfred Bogren
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We acknowledge the school's indebtedness to the donor of the prize funds and extend the gratitude of all concerned to him.
The High School, under the direction of Miss Boland, gave a Minstrel last spring. The proceeds have been placed in the Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, subject to the order of the Committee. This fund is for the purpose of purchasing a piano for the High School Hall. The amount realized is $37. The graduating class of 1914 gave to this fund the sum of $45. The School Bank Account is now $82.
December 17, the children of the Wayland grades gave an entertainment for the purpose of raising money to furnish a rest room for the Wayland School. Forty-five dollars and seventy-five cents was received. The sum of $45.25 is subject to your order for such furnishings as may seem to you most desirable.
There have been no experiments of late in your schools dealing with any of the advance theories and practices relating to the making of the schools of greater practical value to the boys and girls who leave school to go to work during the last years of the grammar school and early years of the high school or for those who do not continue to study beyond the high school. Several years ago a commercial course was established in the High School. Wood-working for the boys during the last four years in the grades and first two years of High School, with sewing for the grade girls began something like seven years ago.
I recommend that the wood-working department be strengthened by the addition of a motor, lathe, and saw, and that sewing machines be provided for the grade girls.
A strong plea may well be made, did space permit, for the establishment of courses in practical arts for the girls of the High School. Our young women need lessons in dressmaking, millinery, cooking, fabric values, purchasing and using of all household commodities, and general household management.
Agricultural courses, pattern making, mechanics, and so on are being offered in some High Schools of regular standing
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while schools specializing along these lines have been established.
We may well consider these modern changes in school work and study more thoroughly in their relation to our own system.
There are those who believe that every High School should offer some line of practical arts for both the young women and men. Others are as firm in the belief that the smaller High Schools should not try to include them, but make the courses strong as given at present, give to each sub- ject a more practical turn or flavor, make the first two years very general, keep hold of all the boys and girls for the first two years. After the first two years' influence, those who show marked scholarship should remain in the home school and pre- pare for the higher institution and influence the others to enter schools offering courses in practical arts as given in the High Schools in the larger centers, the small High School that may be specializing along some line, or else turn them toward the Trade School.
State-aided industrial schools offer good courses at present and the town and state must pay the tuition of those who wish to attend them.
One of the modern administrative subjects that is receiv - ing much attention is known as the Six and Six Plan, or the Junior High School. The last years of the Grammar School are organized on the basis of the High School. Courses are offered for different groups and there is departmental teaching. It is thought that the instruction will thus be strengthened, the organization better suited to the age of the boys and girls, and that thereby the High School and grades will articulate better and thus bridge over a crucial period in the life of the young people when something seemingly ends and a new thing begins. Thus the number leaving school work will be lessened.
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I wish to thank you for your cordial support the past year, the parents for their faith in the schools, the teachers for their unremitting efforts to do all possible for each child, and the town for its generosity in supplying the schools with sufficient working tools.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK H. BENEDICT, Superintendent of Schools.
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