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It is now possible to keep the rooms at an even tempera- ture and well ventilated. These conditions are among and the first essentials for good work by both pupils and teachers. The separation of the main hall into two classrooms is proving a great aid in the management of the high school. Much time is saved and confusion avoided in the changing of classes at the end of periods. Many of the alumni naturally express re- pret at the loss of the old assembly hall with its stage. But this room was too large for a recitation room and was no longer large enough for ordinary school plays or meeting of like character. The main room will easily accomodate for morning assembly a greater number of pupils than the Hlich School will probably have for many years to come.
We have had three meetings of the Athletic Club this vear and this room is fully adequate for the purpose.
The new arrangement also makes it possible to have the tvpewriting room always under the supervision of a teacher
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We hope that provision will be made soon for equipping the commercial room with regular business desks. I believe that these desks would do much in improving the business course.
I think it is fitting to call attention to certain good re- sults of our business course. During the last four years it has been our regulation that pupils in this course must, before graduation, complete all groups prescribed in the commercial work. Also the greater and more important part of the course is required during the last two years when it is hoped that students really desirous of making use of the business training will concentrate their most earnest efforts. Last June four of the eleven graduates were students of the com- mercial course and three, with no other training than that of the High School, are this year holding good positions, while the fourth is taking advanced training at Burdett Business College. The other seven graduates entered the following higher institutes of learning ;- one at Harvard, two at Tufts, one at Framingham Normal School, two at Wentworth In- stitute, and one at the Framingham Business School.
In order to show the various choices made by the pupils leaving Wayland High School, I am including in this report statistics regarding graduates and non-graduates of the school during the last five years ending with June 1916. During this time we have recorded fifty-eight graduates and fifty-three non-graduates.
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GRADUATES OF WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 1911-1916
Class
Number in
Graduating Class
Enter College
Enter
Normal School
Enter
Business School
Enter
Technical School
School for Nurses
Teaching
Business
Percentage of
class training
beyond high school
1912
11
1
2
0
3
1
*1
3
63.6
1913
11
2
2
1
1
1
0
4
63.6
1914
12
1
4
0
1
0
1
5
50.0
1915
13
3
3
2
1
0
0
4
69.2
1916
11
3
1
2
2
0
0
3
72.7
Totals
58
10
12
5
8
2
2
19
(* Entered another line of work after two years of successful teaching.)
Under the heading "Business," I have grouped those graduates who have finally entered some line of employment without any special training beyond that of the high school. It will be noted that the percentage of graduates choosing more advanced school work has increased during the last two years. Three of the ten who have entered college during the last five years are at Harvard and Radcliffe upon examination.
Enter
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NON-GRADUATES, 1911-16 Reasons for leaving Wayland High School
Class in High School
To attend
other schools
To enter
employment
Moved
from town
Failure in
school work
Totals
1st Year
1
-29
15
22
2d Year
4
5
16
3d Year
2
4
5
11
4th Year
2
1
1
4
Totals
4
10
13
26
53
In Table II, I have tried to show as faithfully as possible, the number of non-graduates and the apparent reason for their leaving school during the period of 1911 to 1916. It is a dif- ficult problem to assign exact reasons why some pupils leave school. Failure to do good work and the resulting failure to be promoted with the class seems to be a principal reason.
But the reasons for failures are various. Many poor scholars have to repeat the work of several grades but are finally allowed to pass on and try high school work. Many of them after a few weeks or months realize their inability to do the work and drop out. There are, however, a greater number who really have ability to do high school work, but they simply do not or will not seize, until too late, the oppor- tunities open to them in a high school education.
Again failure is often due to irregular attendance at school or to lack of concentration due to the fact that outside interests are allowed to divert the mind of the pupil from his studies. We have few, if any, failures from pupils whose chief business is to attend school regularly and who do their school work first.
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It may be noted that the majority of cases of leaving school because of failure appears during or at the end of the first yaer. Of the twenty-six who left school after failing in high school only two are known to have continued school work. One finally went to business school and one to trade school. As might be expected, the greater number who leave to go to work are in the two middle years. All of the thirteen who moved from town did so because the business of the family changed and all continued high school work elsewhere. Of the four who left and attended other schools, two went to Cam- bridge High and Latin School, one to Boston College High, and one to study telegraphy at Framingham Business School.
The total enrolment of the high school this year is sixty- three. Many high schools within manufacturing communities report their enrolment smaller this year because of the easy and attractive prices paid for labor.
One of the things which we are aiming to improve by a large percentage before the end of the school year is the daily attendance. Illness of pupils makes very bad work of a school record, but there should be no tardiness. Tardiness is a bad habit and there are few excuses that can be offered for it. It detracts much from the recommendation that can be given a pupil either for college or for a business position. There are certain schools in the state which place great importance upon this matter and pupils are required to return to school on Sat- urday and do work of any kind for a time proportionate to their poor record of the week. I sincerely hope that parents will co-operate with us in improving our records for tardiness by seeing that their children 'cave home in time to reach school before the beginning of the session.
A new Mehlin piano was placed in high school hall last June. I take pleasure in thanking in behalf of the school, all those who contributed in any way towards obtaining this ex- cellent piano.
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I wish to thank you and the School Committee for your cordial support during the past year, and the teachers for their earnest co-operation in working for the best interests of every pupil.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM H. MOORE.
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Report of School Physician
F. H. Benedict, Superintendent :-
Since my election as School Physician I have examined 334 children in Wayland schools, as follows:
Wayland, ---- 173.
Defective teeth,-77 cases.
Diseased tonsils and adenoids in most of them,-12 cases. Pediculosis,-6 cases.
DETAILS OF THE GRADES
WAYLAND CENTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL
Grade
Defective teeth
Disease of
tonsils
Pediculosis
Number examined
in Room
1 2 3 co 20 H | Room
I-II
15
1
1
26
111-IV-V
24
5
4
40
VI-VIII
17
3
1
30
3
VIII-IX
4
2
0
21
High
X-XI-XII-XIII 17
1
0
56
I have found a number of cases of heart disease, but as they were usually functional and would disappear later I have not alarmed the parents by sending them cards.
The Wayland school building is in good condition, sani- tary and kept clean. The teachers seem to take pride in keep-
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ing the rooms bright and cheerful. The arrangement of this building does much credit to somebody, for it seems hardly anything more could be desired to make the children well and happy. From the standpoint of a physician I can suggest nothing.
Total number of pupils examined, 161. Defective teeth, 116 cases.
Diseased tonsils, 17 cases.
Pediculosis, 13 cases.
DETAILS OF THE GRADES
COCHITUATE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Room
Grade
Defective teeth
Disease of
onsils
Pediculosis
Number examined
in Room
1
I
11
4
0
21
2
II
18
1
4
19
3
III-IV
31
5
2
34
4
V
16
2
1
25
5
VII-VI
26
3
3
36
6
VIII-IX
15
2
3
26
This building is well cared for by the janitor, and the teachers keep the rooms in good condition. There is almost an entire absence of the school-room air, showing lack of ven- tilation, so common in many schools. The toilets are not so well ventilated as they ought to be, as in a warm day one gets too much unpleasant odor in the hall. I do not think it can be remedied unless some radical changes are made in the man- ner in which the bad air is taken from the boy's toilet room.
During the year a card system, similar to that used all
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through the state has been adopted. One card will last all through a child's school life, so that at graduation it will be easy to trace progressive health or disease.
I think it proper to state that every child in town has re- ceived a personal examination, except a few who may have been absent on account of sickness. In every case requiring it, I have sent the parents the cards furnished by the Common- wealth for that purpose.
Respectfully submitted, W. H. SYLVESTER, School Physician.
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Report of Supervisor of Drawing and Manual Training
To Mr. Frank H. Benedict, Supt. of Schools, Town of Way- land,
Dear Sir :- I have the honor of submitting to you the an- nual report of the Manual Training and Drawing Depart- ments of the Wayland schools.
DRAWING
I wish to say that I found the drawing in the schools at an unusually high standard. In my work this year I have fol- lowed the course suggested by the state in order to get pro- gressive and well balanced results.
MANUAL TRAINING
As with the drawing, the Manual Training was found to be in as good condition as in any town of similar advantages.
The older boys, those of the upper grammar grades and the high school, have had a number of highly practical projects to work out. Among these has been the laying of a maple floor in the basement of the High School building. In prepa- ration for laying this floor the boys also had practice in the use of cement. In the next half these boys will finish a room on the second floor of the High School building. This work will require the fitting of window frames, door casings, mop boards, and moulding.
The first year classes are showing an aptitude for their
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work which promises well for them in their more advanced work in Manual Training.
One thing I wish to suggest for the Industrial Depart- ment of Wayland is the facilities for a more varied course. The leaders in this are advocating not simply a course in cabi- net making, but a course that will involve the element of many industries such as metal working, pottery making and weaving.
In closing, I wish to express my appreciation to the teachers who have so heartily and patiently co-operated to make the work in drawing a success. I also express my thanks to you for your helpful and constructive criticism.
Respectfully submitted, EARLE S. RUSSELL, Supervisor of Drawing and Manual Training.
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Report of Attendance Officers
Cochituate, Mass., Dec. 27, 1916.
To the Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir :- During the past year I have had but two cases of absence to investigate and have found no case of truancy.
Respectfully submitted, HENRY G. DUDLEY.
Wayland, Mass., Jan. 1, 1917. Mr. F. H. Benedict, Supt. of Schools,
Dear Sir :- During the past year I have had two cases of absence to investigate and I have found no case of truancy.
Respectfully submitted, J. C. VINCENT.
APPENDIX
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School Calendar
1917.
January 2, Tuesday-Winter Term begins. High School.
January 8, Monday-Winter Term begins. Grades.
February 22, Thursday-Holiday.
March 30, Friday-Winter Term ends.
RECESS OF ONE WEEK
April 9, Monday-Spring Term begins.
April 19, Thursday-Holiday.
May 30, Wednesday-Holiday.
June 20, Wednesday-Grammar School Graduation.
June 27, Wednesday Evening, 8 P. M., High School Gradua- tion.
SUMMER VACATION
September 10, Monday-Schools Reopen.
October 12, Friday-Holiday.
November 29, Thursday-Holiday.
November 30, Friday-Holiday.
December 21, Friday-Fall Term ends.
CHRISTMAS RECESS
1918
January 2, Wednesday-Winter Term begins. High School. January 7, Monday-Winter Term begins. Grades.
CHART I AGE AND GRADE PROGRESS CHART.
Age, Grade
5 6 7
8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Total
1
26
3
2
I
32
11
17
15
7
39
3
II
IO
5
I
30
IV
I
5
12
6
1
25
V
2
23
8
2
2
I
VI
2
13
7
4
I
27
4 |
14
10
6
5
I
40
I
5
5
12
I
I
25
1
1
11
8
4
I
25
X
2
5
2
I
17
XI
I
6
8
5
3
23
XII
I
2
2
2
7
XIII
I
5 ! 6
2
2
16
Total
26 24 33 32 36 27 28 23 33 28
21
15 II
5
2 344
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38
VII
VIII
IX
CHART II REGISTRATION OF MINORS
Below Age of Truancy
Required to be in School.
Ages
5
6 Total
7
8
9
TO
II
I 2
13
Total
14
15
Total
Total
M
15
16
31
19
I7
I 5
18
20
14
16
119
23
IL
34
184
F
IO
19
24
18
IO
26
IO
14
1 6
18
II2
I7
23
40
176
25
30
55
37
27
41
28
34
30
34
231
40
34
74
360
.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
141
Subject to Employment
Grand Total
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TOWN OF WAYLAND
CHART III
REPORT OF EYE AND EAR EXAMINATIONS
Number of children examined 349
Number found defective in vision
31
Number found defective in hearing
7
Number of parents or guardians notified
23
CHART IV
ROLL OF STUDENTS PERFECT IN ATTENDANCE 1915-1916.
Albert Crawford
Grade II
John J. Foley
Grade VI
Thomas McEnroy
Grade VI
*Dennis J. McSweeney
Grade VI
Thomas Linnehan
Grade VII
Muriel M. Perry
Grade VII
Illien Sullivan
Grade VIII
*Margaret Leadbetter James Linnehan
Grade X
Ralph Puffer Norris
Grade X
William J. McSweeney
Grade X
** Alfred C. Damon
Grade XII
*
Two years
** Four years
CHART V
ROLL OF GRADUATES-HIGH SCHOOL
Bessie Beach George Fraklin Dickey Katherine Louise Dolan
Grade IX
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Roger Wendell Farrell Francis Raymond Gladu Leland George Hollingworth Ruth Hoyle Helen Daniels Neale
Harry Paul O'Brien Bertha Lillian Post Alice Ernestine Williams
WAYLAND GRAMMAR
Dorothy Ellis George Tatnall
George Dwight
Mary Margaret Connors
Mary Irene Casey
Ralph Herbert Johnson
Margaret Josie Leadbetter
Eleanor Drew Marjorie Morrell
COCHITUATE GRAMMAR
Jennie Elizabeth Donahue Esther Frances Commo
Mildred Rose Fecteau
Marion Rose Phylis
Inez Mitchell Dudley Ethel Smith Martin Alexander Holmes
Marion Ellen Neal Thomas Walden Doherty Marion Raymond Bent Teresa Marion Corman Charles Edward Magorty
Ellen Margaret McSweeney
Thomas Joseph Garvey Jennie Daphne McEnroy
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CHART VI ORGANIZATION OF TEACHING STAFF, JANUARY 1, 1917
Name
School
Department
Elected
Salary
Education
W. Herbert Moore
Prin. High Math. Sci. Hist.
19II
$1450
Dartmouth College
Elizabeth G. Hodge
High Latin, French
1912
750
Boston University
Sarah Dow
High English, Hist. Ger
1916
650
Bates College
Hazel A Irwin
High
Commercial
1915
750
Simmons College
Ethel M. Hamilton
Wayland
Grades VIII-IX
1912
650
Goddard Seminary
Julia F. Hastings
Wayland
Grades V. VI VII
1914
625
Framingham Normal
Jane Noel
Wayland
Grades III-IV-V
1916
525
Framingham Normal
Mabel C. Whitten
Wayland
Grades I-II III
1910
625
Johnson Normal
Russell E. Tupper
Cochituate
Grades VIII IX
1914
1000G
Hyannis Normal
Sarah F. Caldwell
Cochituate
Grades VI VII
1914
575
Bridgewater Normal
Sylvia F. Prescott
Cochituate
Grade V
1911
600
Quincy Training School
Helena M. Coleman
Cochituate Grades III-IV
1915
550.
Framingham Norma:
Marie L. Leach
Cochituate
Grade II
1903
575a
Framingham Normal
Janet M. McNamara
Cochituate Grade I
1914
550
No. Adams Normal
Earle S. Russell
Supervisor Drawing-Sloyd
1916
400
Gorham Normal
Marjorie A. Evans
Supervisor Drawing
1916
200
Mass. Normal Art
Agnes E Boland
Supervisor Music
1904
200
N.E. Conservatory of Music
Frances Leighton
Supervisor Sewing
Practice Teacher
Framingham Normal
Hazel Sweetland
Cochituate Sewing
Practice Teacher
Framingham Normal
TOWN OF WAYLAND
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Extract from the Rules and Regulations
ATTENDANCE
1. Excuses for absence may be granted by the teachers for the following causes only : The pupil's sickness or physi- cal disability, death in the family, contagious disease or quar- antine.
2. The superintendent of schools is authorized by law, or the teachers if authorized by the superintendent or school committee, to excuse absences for other causes than named in Article I. The number of absences thus excused cannot exceed seven days or fourteen half days of absence in any six months.
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 cars or barges shall not be considered tardy.
4. Any pupil having been absent shall be required to bring a written excuse from the parent or guardian, stating the reason for the absence. In case the written excuse is not brought the absence will stand unexcused.
5. Pupils under five years of age will not be admitted.
6. 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 in- clude the first four weeks.)
9. Pupils who enter a school in town for the first time
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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."
10. 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 month.
11. Boys and girls between the ages of fourteen and six- teen are now required by law to attend school or be profitably employed.
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 minutes. Twenty-five minutes for re- cesses, 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 recess 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 begin- ning of the school session, and the pupils shall at once enter the schoolroom and take their seats ready for work. The last bel! promptly on time shall be the signal for the school exer- cises to begin.
5. The door shall be opened at least fifteen minutes be- fore 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 permission 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.
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Report of the Building Committee for the Wayland Center School
In accordance with a vote of the Town at an adjourned Town Meeting called for February 9th, 1916, a special Town Meeting was called for April 5th to hear and act on the re- port of a special Committee appointed to investigate the needs of adequate fire protection in the Wayland School.
A Committee of the undersigned citizens was uected to carry out as nearly as possible and advisable, in the opinion of the new Committee, the recommendations of the special Com- mittee. For the purposes of carrying out the work, the Town voted unanimously to appropriate and raise the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.), to appropriate and assess of this amount one thousand dollars ($1,000.), to borrow the remain- ing seven thousand dollars ($1,000.) on bonds or notes of the Town.
The Committee employed Mr. Harrington Barlow as architect and supervisor of the work.
The plans were drawn by the architect and approved by the District Police. The work was divided into three parts and their importance arranged in the order named.
1. Heating and ventilating.
2. Plumbing.
3. Remodeling of building.
Specifications were drawn up by the architect for each of the separate parts of the work and first-class contractors in each line were permitted to bid.
The bids in the form of sealed proposals were opened in
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the presence of all the members of the Committee and the con- tracts were awarded without dissent to the lowest bidder in each case.
For 2-12 section American Ideal Boilers-direct and in- direct steam heating and ventilating system complete-bids were received from the following firms :
Buerkel & Company, Inc. Cleghorn Company Ingalls & Kendricken, Inc.
Isaac Coffin Company
Lynch & Woodward Walworth-English-Flett Company
The bids ranged from six thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($6,225.) to five thousand dollars ($5,000). The contract was awarded to Messrs, Lynch & Woodward at five thousand dollars ($5,000.).
For a complete system of latest type flush sanitaries speci- fied in the plumbing contract, bids were received from the fol- lowing firms :
A. L. Hersum
Buerkel & Company, Inc.
D. J. Foley & Son Orren C. Poole
R. H. James & Company Tucker & Company William H. Mitchell & Son Company
The bids ranged from fourteen hundred and three dollars ($1403.) to nine hundred and eighty-eight dollars ($988.). The contract was awarded to Messrs. William H. Mitchell & Son Company for nine hundred and eighty-eight dollars ($988.).
For the mason and carpenter or general contract work, bids or estimates were received from the following concerns :
Charles Wright
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Coughlin & Gallagher Framingham Construction & Supply Co. H. C. Haynes Morris & Mulqueeny S. A. Barry Wayland Construction Company
The bids ranged from thirty-eight hundred and forty dollars ($3840.) to twenty-three hundred dollars ($2300.). All the bids for this work were in excess of the amount of money at the disposal of the Committee. The reasons for this appeared to be the indefinite nature of the work, the age of the building, and the continually increasing cost of materials to be used.
It was foreseen that to do a creditable piece of work many jobs that could be estimated in advance would come up as the work proceeded. The Committee felt that, since they did not have available enough money to award a contract, it would be advisable to have the work done by the day with the hope of reducing the cost as they went along. The Committee, there- fore, asked for figures for day work and obtained figures for carpenter labor at from $5.30 to $4.50 per day and for common labor from $3.00 to $2.50 per day. The Committee finally arranged with Howard C. Haynes, the lowest bicder both on the contract basis and on the day basis, as follows :
To do the work under the supervision of the architect at not over $4.50 per day for carpenter la- bor, not over $2.50 per day for common labor, lowest prevailing rate for mason labor and all materials at prevailing retail prices.
In accordance with the recommendations of the special Committee, the use of the third floor for class-room purposes was discontinued. The stairs to the third floor, however, were straightened to comply with orders of the district police and heating apparatus installed so that this floor could be used for
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school purposes if thought advisable at any future time.
The former school hall was divided into two class rooms and a typewriter room. This arrangement has made possible, we believe, a great improvement in the administration of the High School.
Doors were established between all class-rooms, the hall downstairs divided by smoke partitions and a fire alarm sys- tem was installed.
The manual training room was placed in the basement. The manual training boys under the direction of their teacher laid the floor, installed the benches and did a very creditable piece of work. It was thought best to replace the eleven two feet square brick pillars in the basement with Lally columns.
The bricks in these columns and all others removed from old walls were used in the building of new partitions; and most of the lumber and sheathing taken down was used for new construction. Everything possible was done to keep down the cost without impairing the efficiency of the work.
The heating and ventilating system installed in the build- ing is of the best type. The sanitaries also are of the most approved type. Throughout the building, the work done is of a kind that will, we believe, prove satisfactory and economical in the long run.
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