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Alarms Answered by Cochituate Department
Mar. 13. Box 23, Lakeview Cemetery, grass fire.
28. Box 36, Edgar Loker barn.
28. Engine House, H. C. Mulligan, wood fire.
66 28. Still alarm, C. B. Williams, wood fire.
April 25. Box 34, false alarm.
May 11. Sidney Loker, wood fire.
16. Met. Water at Gate House, grass fire.
Oct. 24. Engine House, Robinson & Jones, wood fire.
Dec. 22. Box 36, Isaac Damon House.
Forest Fire Warden, Special
December 31 1914, Balance 14.40
December 31, 1915, Knight & Thomas, repairs 1.66
$12.74
CHARLES POTVIN, Chief, HOWARD C. HAYNES, District Chief, WILLIAM STEARNS,
EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER, GEORGE CELORIER.
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Report of Superintendent of Moths
Pay Roll from Jan. 1st, 1914 to Dec. 31, 1915
Daniel Graham
$665.00
William Sanderson
429.72
Archie Walker
299.74
George Felch
18.00
Fred Graham
101.24
Edward Damon
186.74
Coughlin William
165.36
$1,865.80
Schedule of Bills
Daniel Graham, Expense account
$4.18
H. M. Baldwin: Storage of sprayer
10.00
Lovell's Grocery : Supplies
4.40
D. Graham : Expense account
3.91
L. H. McManus : Repairs
7.80
Thos. Hynes : Horses for sprayer
49.38
L. H. McManus : Gasoline
9.93
Thos. Hynes, Horses for sprayer
57.75
L. H. McManus : Gasoline
8.30
L. H. McManus : Gasoline
9.65
Thos. Hynes : Horses for sprayer
65.63
A. W. Atwood: Teaming
3.00
Lovell's Grocery : Supplies
5.88
F. J. Bigwood and Son: Team
1.00
D. Graham : Expense Account
11.33
A. W. Atwood: Horses for sprayer
53.25
J. C. Massie : Repairs
1.50
L. H. McManus : Gasoline
5.95
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTHS
Alice Haynes : Sending moth notices
2.50
M. W. Hynes: Stamps 6.40
A. W. Brownell: Moth notices
1.75
F. J. Bigwood and Son: Team
1.00
$324.49
DANIEL J. GRAHAM, Local Superintendent.
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Board of Health
The Board of Health respectfully submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1915.
Contagious Diseases
Cases
Diphtheria
4
Whooping Cough
20
Typhoid Fever
1
Chicken Pox
10
Measles
6
Tuberculosis
3
Infectigo Contagion
4
Dr. Frank Bigwood was appointed Inspector of Slaugh- tering.
All stagnant water was sprayed with mosquito oil for the prevention of malaria.
Balance on Hand
$ 35.36
Appropriation
300.00
Total
335.36
Overdraft
24.02
Expenditures
$359.38
Expenditures
March 3
Fred C. Bean, 1914 Bill
$ 8.40
Frank Bigwood, 1914 Bill
44.50
April 2
Waldo Lawrence, inspection 4.00
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Howard Newman, inspection
4.00
John L. Corcoran, inspection
4.00
Warren Lawrence, auto hire April 16
2.00
Waldo Lawrence, inspection
4.00
Howard Newman, inspection
4.00
John L. Corcoran, inspection
4.00
Warren Lawrence, auto hire May 3
2.00
Dr. Bigwood, inspecting of slaughtering
19.50
Howard Sherman, fumigating
4.79
May 19
Waldo Lawrence, inspecting
4.25
John L. Corcoran, inspecting
4.00
John L. Corcoran, expenses June 3
1.00
Walter Corcoran, spraying
4.50
John Corcoran, inspecting July 6
4.00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
3.07
W. S. Lovell, mosquito oil
3.85
Suburban Press, printing
1.50
Fiske & Co., hose
2.70
Howard Sherman, inspecting
4.00
Waldo Lawrence, inspecting
6.00
John Corcoran, inspecting and expenses
8.50
C. B. Smith, hose hire
5.00
Aug. 3
Howard Sherman, inspecting
2.00
Walter Corcoran, spraying
2.25
John T. Corcoran, inspecting and supplies Aug. 18
7.00
City of Boston, 1914 Bill
68.57
E. Newton, hose hire 2.50
Aug. 31
Howard Sherman, burial of dead animal 2.00
Waldo Lawrence, inspecting of contagious disease 2.00
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Eddie Foley, burial of dead animal
1.00
John L. Corcoran, salary and inspecting of contagious disease
29.00
Walter Corcoran, spraying
1.00
C. B. Doge, disinfectant Nov. 14
6.50
Waldo Lawrence, inspecting
8.00
Howard Sherman, inspecting
8.00
Neil Foley, fumigating
2.00
John Corcoran, fumigating
14.00
Dec.
Waldo Lawrence, fumigating
6.00
John Corcoran, fumigating
7.00
P. S. Ide, medical service
3.00
E. E. Sparks, medical services
15.00
Robinson and Jones, coal
8.00
Peck and Davieau, supplies
3.00
$359.38
JOHN L. CORCORAN, Secretary.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
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Overseers of the Poor
The Overseers of the Poor during the past year visited their charges both at Worcester and outside and submit the following report :
Receipts :
Balance
$55.94
Appropriation
1,500.00
Reimbursements
29.84
Salaries
150.00
Expenditures
1,725.85
Balance
$9.93
At Franciscan Home, Worcester,
board and clothing
$346.52
Mrs. Wilfred Celorier
192.00
Having a settlement in Wayland and residing there
510.23
Having a settlement in Wayland and residing elsewhere
295.44
Residing in Wayland with Settlement elsewhere
252.27
State of Mass.
62.75
Transportation to Worcester
6.00
Salaries and Expenses
60.64
Total Expenses
$1,725.85
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS W. FROST, Chairman, HOWARD C. HAYNES, Clerk, WALTER S. BIGWOOD.
$1,735.78
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
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SUDBURY 1780.
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TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1915
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School Officers
1915.
COMMITTEE
Frank C. Remick, Chairman, Cochituate Deceased Ernest E. Sparks, Appointed, Cochituate Term expires 1916 Phillip S. Ide, Chairman, Wayland Term expires 1917 George F. Poutasse, Secretary, Wayland Term expires 1918
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Frank H. Benedict, Cochituate.
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS
J. Charles Vincent, Wayland. Henry G. Dudley, Cochituate.
CENSUS ENUMERATORS
J. Charles Vincent, Wayland. Henry G. Dudley, Cochituate.
JANITORS
J. Charles Vincent, Wayland. Henry G. Dudley, Cochituate.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
O. A. Dudley, M.D., Saxonville.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of Wayland,
Economy in school administration should always be measured by the results obtained. Education, an ever changing and always broadening line of endeavor, should never be made to suffer by a too narrow sense of economy for thereby we might defeat the end which we are seeking.
Because of Wayland's liberal attitude toward the schools we have buildings that are a credit and an ornament to the town, far more comfortable and better fitted than most of our neighboring cities and towns. Because of the good taste and generosity of some of our town's people the buildings are artistic and appeal to the children.
But teachers are the prime requisite of a school. As their years of service increase so does their value in any school system and so in common justice should their salaries increase.
It is the aim of your Committee to so encourage teach- ers as to establish a solid and result-getting system of edu- cation, to increase if possible the attractiveness and com- fortableness of the buildings, and to advance conservatively educationally-this requires money.
We wish the people would read carefully the report of the superintendent of schools and other officers : that espe- cial attention be given to that part of the superintendent's report wherein he refers to the heating and ventilating of the Wayland building.
Not only are cracked furnaces wasteful and unhealth- ful, but the roaring fires necessary at times to properly heat the building are a menace to life and property. Knowing the pressing nature of the town's needs in other directions your Committee will refrain from asking for an appropria-
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tion for a heating plant as long as the janitor's ingenuity can keep the furnaces together. When he fails we hope that the people will co-operate with us and secure a plant that will be a credit and a saving to the town.
It is the opinion of the Committee that the agricultural course does not fill any urgent need in this town and we recommend that it be discontinued.
The Playground Association was allowed to use the basement of the Wayland School during the summer vaca- tion.
The good that can be accomplished by a supervisor of playgrounds cannot be over-estimated. On the playground better than elsewhere can be taught the spirit of fair play, the power of team work, and the great value of repeated and sustained effort. The idle hours are the mischief breed- ing ones.
Most all cities and towns are now maintaining play- ground supervision. Because of the zeal and generosity of Mrs. Walter B. Henderson, Wayland's children enjoyed this privilege last summer. It is the wish and recommendation of your Committee that the people give the Playground As- sociation their hearty support. A report of the Association is included in this report.
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP S. IDE, Chairman, GEORGE F. POUTASSE, Secretary, ERNEST E. SPARKS.
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REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF PLAYGROUND
Report of Director of Playground Association
Mention of the Playground should be made in this re- port. The facts in brief are as follows :
The equipment, director and assistants cost close to $300.
There were over eighty children who participated in the activities of the Playground. The average attendance was over fifty.
There were but two contributions received, one of $25 and another of $2. Further contributions would be wel- come.
It is the desire of those interested in the Playground to be ready to open it up promptly at the close of school and continue until Labor Day. In order to continue this work an appropriation is necessary.
It has been found most desirable to have school children have supervision in their play, during the long vacation, and wherever possible, either vacation schools or Play- grounds have been established.
Wayland is fortunate in having such an exceptionally beautiful Playground at its disposal.
Only those who spent the summer there will know how much some kind of a building is needed, but no doubt that will come in time.
J. L. C. HENDERSON, A Director of the Playground Association.
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TOWN OF WAYLAND
Financial Statement
1915
Salaries of Teachers
W. Herbert Moore
$1,418.75
Katherine E. Barrett
518.75
Hazel A. Irwin
262.50
Elizabeth G. Hodge
768.75
M. Gladys Ferguson
700.00
Russell E. Tupper
918.75
Mabel C. Whitten
600.00
M. Beatrice Shea
312.50
G. Priscilla Harriman
187.50
Julia F. Hastings
600.00
Ethel M. Hamilton
618.75
Janet M. McNamara
539.08
Marie L. Leach
550.00
M. Elizabeth Burke
343.75
Helena M. Coleman
187.50
Sylvia E. Prescott
568.75
Lea J. Benjamin
312.50
Sarah F. Caldwell
206.25
Agnes E. Boland
200.00
William B. Hazelton
676.68 $10,490.76
Salary of Superintendent
Frank H. Benedict $808.36 $808.36
Salaries of Janitors
J. Charles Vincent
$500.00 500.00 $1,000.00
Henry G. Dudley
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Salaries of School Committee and Expenses
Estate of Frank C. Remick
$20.83
George F. Poutasse
60.00
Philip S. Ide Ernest E. Sparks
53.50
30.89
$165.22
Transportation
Alexander Sauer
$760.00
Thomas L. Hynes
766.00
E. J. Gazard
172.50
Thomas Ward
112.50
Alexander Holmes
342.00
Frank Bigwood and Son
247.00
Middlesex & Boston St. Railway Company 682.80
$3,082.80
Supplies
Chandler and Barber
$64.95
Edward E. Babb & Company
315.27
Fairbanks and Son
.70
Charles E. Merrill Company
10.90
Mckinley Publishing Company
1.12
Silver, Burdett & Company
7.17
Remington Typewriter Company
51.50
J. L. Hammett Company
15.70
William S. Lovell
1.40
Samuel Russell
1.00
Benj. H. Sanborn & Company
4.64
Smith-Patterson Company
7.75
Ginn and Company
82.68
F. L. Goldsmith
121.66
C. C. Birchard
.52
George Boonisar
.60
Colby and Company
1.56
F. J. Barnard and Company
33.45
Milton Bradley and Company
97.23
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L. E. Knott Apparatus Company
60.17
Allyn and Bacon
4.90
American Water Supply Company
4.00
D. C. Heath and Company
1.48
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
3.31
C. S. Williams
4.50
Ethel M. Hamilton
1.80
$899.96
Fuel-Light-Power
The Edison Electric Illuminating
Company of Boston
$43.80
A. W. Atwood
555.50
Robinson and Jones Company
108.75
George R. Richardson
6.00
William S. Lovell
84.00
H. F. Parmenter
6.00
J. W. Doon and Sons
250.23
$1,054.28
Repairs
Chandler and Barber
$1.08
C. W. Fairbanks
65.61
E. W. Small
46.75
The Fiske Corporation
.75
L. H. McManus
2.40
S. P. Ringer
12.00
T. Weld Frost
22.18
L. C. Massie
15.49
Howard C. Haynes
7.20
R. W. Coolidge
1.00
Andrew Dutton Company
19.75
Remington Typewriter Company
40.00
F. J. Barnard and Company
32.25
Morris and Mulqueeny
170.00
L. C. Smith and Brothers
6.00
Henry G. Dudley
5.00
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Dutton and Clarke
5.50
E. W. Jennison
1.40
$454.36
Incidentals
Bradford-Browne Company
$20.00
George F. Marston
3.97
F. C. Beane
.50
Henry G. Dudley
14.40
A. W. Atwood
51.03
J. Charles Vincent
37.00
Louisa A. Nicholass
36.64
Watson-Hallett and Company
16.69
E. W. Jennison
1.95
The Fiske Corporation
2.20
The Middlesex County Training School
26.00
William S. Lovell
2.82
The Suburban Press
29.75
Bigelow and Dowse
4.50
Howe and Company
.80
Wayland Water Board
30.00
Agnes E. Boland
12.00
F. W. Martin Company
18.50
Cochituate Grange
10.80
W. H. Moore
5.16
Frank H. Benedict
20.51
Andrew Dutton Company
2.25
F. J. Bigwood and Son
4.50
$351.97
Receipts
Balance
,27
Sale of paper and books
.83
Sale of Junk
1.05
Donation Fund
8.00
Refund-Chandler and Barber Co.
15.97
Tuition-Town of Natick
28.50
Tuition-City of Boston
23.50
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Tuition and Transportation, State Wards 419.12 One half of Dog Fund 185.47
State, on Account of Superintendent 625.00
Town Grant
17,000.00 $18,307.71
Recapitulation
Salaries of Teachers
$10,490.76
Transportation
3,082.80
Fuel, Light, Power
1,054.28
Salaries of Janitors
1,000.00
Salary of Superintendent
808.36
Supplies
899.96
Repairs
454.36
Incidentals
351.97
Committee Salaries and Expenses
165.22 $18,307.71
Special Appropriations and Expenditures
Support of South Middlesex County Junior Agri- cultural Extension Bureau
$200.00
Paid Edward H. Howard, Treasurer
200.00
Wayland School-Bill for New Boiler
$267.69
Paid The Fiske Corporation
267.69
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the Wayland School Committee,
Gentlemen :- The eighteenth annual report of the Su- perintendent of Schools is now due. I take pleasure in pre- senting my sixth annual report. Your attention is especial- ly directed to the reports of Attendance Officers, School Physician, Special Teachers, and High School Principal.
School reports are generally more or less of a formality. Efforts are frequently made to lift them out of the ordinary by a discussion of some pedagogical or psychological phase of education, or by outlining a policy of progressive educa- tion, or by elucidating some administrative policy of local interest only, or by defending some administrative or edu- cational policy that is being tried out and under severe criticism.
We have no new policy to defend or to outline and discussions of pedagogy and psychology are not believed to be pertinent to the occasion, hence this report meets the intention, simply ordinary and to a considerable degree a formality.
The Junior High School concerning which there is so much said of late and which is being adopted as a part of the administrative plans in several localities does not seem a possible feature in our school system for some years on account of the building and transportation prob- lems, the latter of which is costly and the former a fixed matter until such time as our population makes altered or increased housing conditions imperative.
An examination of the vocational activities in school administration is a matter well worth your attention. It is some years since the first work of this kind was intro- duced into the schools of Wayland and since that time no
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advancement has been made with the exception of ex- tending the shop work somewhat.
The boys of the four upper grammar grades and those of the Freshman and Sophomore high school classes have been given shop work, the course offering lessons in wood handicraft. The girls of the four upper grammar grades have been given lessons in sewing and to a small extent lessons in cutting and fitting. The high school does not offer courses in vocational work to the girls unless we choose to call the Commercial Course of this type.
There are seventy-six boys taking Manual Training this year. The yearly cost of this instruction is approximately $580. This sum includes cost of instruction, cost of lumber and other material, upkeep of equipment, and transporta- tion of Cochituate classes from the Grammar School. There might be added a proportion of the heating and janitor ex- pense, and a proportion of the interest on the plant. The yearly cost per pupil is $7.63 on this basis. The cost per lesson per boy is $ .20. Some of the articles made are of considerable value. No accounting has been made of this value in estimating the cost of the course per pupil.
There are fifty-six girls taking the courses offered in sewing. These courses are given by girls from Framing- ham Normal School who are ready for practice teaching. The room teacher supervises the room and the girls are carefully supervised by the Normal School. This service cost the town the sum of $36.60 the past year. This amount is the sum paid by the Normal School for transportation of our practice teachers. The cost per pupil for the year is $ .65. The cost per lesson per pupil is $ .011/2. The town has not furnished any of the materials necessary for this work and our equipment has been brought from home with the exception of one sewing machine which was purchased with funds raised for the purpose by the Cochituate School.
Funds are on hand for another machine and three cutting tables which have been ordered. Two machines and some cutting tables are needed for the Wayland School.
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It is fair to observe that this department should be as well supported by the town as are the vocational courses for the boys. We may well ask if we should not give some vocational work for the girls of the high school as well? Lessons in household arts may be given the girls as are the sewing lessons.
Last year the town appropriated the sum of $200 that Wayland might become a part of a district for the purpose of increasing agricultural interest on the part of our boys and girls. This district was under the direction of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, the United States De- partment of Agriculture and in part supported by them. The towns of Natick, Wayland, Framingham, Sherborn, Holliston, and Middlesex County Training School united in employing F. A. Castle to conduct the work of home and school gardening with side projects such as poultry raising and pig culture.
Mr. Castle's report is incorporated in this report.
The results have not been commensurate with the expenditure nor do they promise to be. The interruptions to the school work have been considerable but have been so managed that we feel the educational side of the project has offset the losses to other work.
We should understand in judging the work that it is of an educational nature and so cannot be measured in the dollars and cents measure so that the actual products of the children are very much secondary. We must take into consideration also the fact that this line of education is in its infancy and will be much improved later.
In my opinion the projects have been too large for the ordinary boy or girl to begin on. Had the work been well established previously the older ones could well have un- dertaken the larger projects. The prize giving element is a hindrance to the educational value for I firmly believe that a thing once started should be completed in order to have good educational results. As soon as a project began to show signs of not being in the hopeful prize class it
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was allowed to fade away in a swamp of weeds and ne- glect, not in every case but too often.
There is need of a strong home interest before this kind of work can succeed and a strong home organization to push the work for all work of an educational sort needs close follow up work and interest. We have not had this in- terest or this organization and the regular teachers have not had time and energy for such work. We have reason to doubt the value of this extension work for Wayland even if pushed vigorously. Because it is valuable in one community does not insure its value in a community of this sort.
The District or County Vocational school offering courses in agriculture and domestic science suited to the farm home is an institution that can give the agricultural instruction needed by those of communities like this and others differently organized who may wish such instruction and it is an institu- tion that can reach out for the extension work needed by those who are not able to leave the home or who wish only part courses.
We have tried to take advantage of the Agricultural College extension work of Club Canning offered girls or boys. Here too the follow-up work must be done after the demonstrator has been and formed the Club and given the demonstration lesson. In fact few girls can take one lesson and recall enough definitely to give courage to tackle a very hard canning proposition at home.
This year for the first time two of our students have taken advantage of the act which permits students to attend State Aided Vocational Schools at the expense of the resident town. Two girls are attending the Newton Vocation School and Wayland must pay the tuition of $150 each per year. The State reimburses for half that amount.
The following report as to expenditures of the school funds in my hands is herewith submitted :
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Cochituate Sewing Machine Fund :
Amount Received $61.26
Expenses-Hall $4.50
Tickets 2.75 7.25
Net Assets $54.01
April 10, 1915, Cash for Singer Sewing Machine 23.04
Balance on Hand 30.97
One more machine and three cutting tables have been ordered in accordance with your direction.
Gift of Class of 1915 to Cochituate School :
Amount of gift $21.00
Cash for stereoscopes and views $21.00
Wayland Rest Room Fund
Net Receipts $45.25
Cash for Art Square
$17.50
Cash for Settle Cushion 13.25
Cash for curtains
8.38
Cash for finishing materials
5.66
Other expenses
.46
45.25
The boys of the grammar room of the last school year merit much commendation for their able work in cleaning the walls and ceiling of the rest room and for their work in tinting same. Previous high school classes of the manual training courses merit commendation for work in making the settle and a chair while the young ladies of the gram- mar room made the curtains.
The piano fund now amounts to $98.36. This sum is the gift to the High School from the classes of 1913, 1914, and the proceeds of an entertainment and the interest to date. The condition of the piano is such that the school needs an instrument of fair grade very much. It will also be an acquisition to the hall for all gatherings. Some means should be taken for adding to this fund enough to
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place at your disposal a sufficient sum to purchase an instru- ment, either a new one of good grade or one of the many second-hand instruments of better grade that has not been used to injure its tone or materially lessen its wearing qual- ities. I understand that the present Senior Class contem- plates adding to this fund to a goodly measure.
The furnaces of the Wayland heating plant give us much anxiety as well as the ventilating system in its deca- dent days. We shall be fortunate if we do not some day find that schools must be closed indefinitely while extensive repairs are made on this plant. The hot water heater that was put in last winter is of great assistance In warming the building but it is not adequate and it adds nothing to the ventilating of the rooms.
I believe that if the parents really knew the conditions under which their boys and girls work even after the janitor has done his best and the teachers have done their best as to ventilating their rooms that we should have no question in regard to getting something done. The boys and girls of the high school are called upon to sit in rooms that are overheated one period and go to another room for the next period with the temperature perhaps fifteen degrees less. Room B is often eighty with windows opened as much as it is possible to have them and not have students in drafts: The next period they may be called upon to sit in room E with the temperature at sixty or seventy with windows closed and all possible heat turned on. Or if the heat is shut off in room B the temperature may fall ten degrees in as many minutes, even more. These extremes are in cold weather of course but not uncommon during the win- ter months. The mixing of cold and hot air cannot be controlled from the rooms and a visit to the basement or a call upon the janitor must be made in order to do this. Cold fresh air cannot be admitted except through the win- dows. Consequently the teachers have to control the ven- tilation and temperature of their rooms by the window
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method. The rooms of the second and third floors are the most seriously hampered in these matters.
Fire drills have been established in the Wayland school. For some years effective drills have been the regulation in the Cochituate school. This subject has been before pre- vious committees for discussion but an effective signalling system has not as yet been established in the Wayland building without which a drill cannot be made of great service in time of need. Hence I have not forced the teachers to hold a drill that could be only partially success- ful and orderly. In establishing the one now in force it has been done in the expectation that either an electric system for this purpose would be established or a gong system if more desirable. Our present drills can not be of great service until some such signalling system is established in this building. The electric system will cost in the vicinity of $100 if the lighting of the upper floor and one or two rooms as you have suggested are carried out.
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