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Sept 1
John O'Rourke, labor, 4 hrs. 1.50
Harry Craig, 1 day, 3 hrs. 4.13
John Donahue, labor, 3 days, 1 hr. 9.38
John Yeager, labor, 5 hrs. 1.88
Walter Bigwood, labor, 1 day, 4 hrs. 6.00
Oct. 1 Walter Bigwood, labor, 7 hrs. 3.50
Harry Craig, labor, 7 hrs. 2.63
John O'Rouke, labor, 3 days, 2 hrs. 9.75
George Phylis, labor, 1 day, 2 hrs. 3.75
H. G. Dudley, labor, 1 day 4.00
John Yeager, labor, 3 days, 2 1-2 hrs. 9.94
Nov. 5 Napoleon Perediau, sythe 1.00
W. M. Todd Co., fittings 1.86
The Suburban Press, printing 10.30
Natick Water Dept., jute and sleeve 8.96
Joe Peredeau, labor, 3 days, 4 hrs. 10.50 John Yeager, labor, 3 days 9.00
John O'Rouke, labor, 4 days, 5 hrs. 13.86
Walter Bigwood, labor,
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7 days, 7 hrs. 31.50
Nov. 21 John O'Rourke, labor,
7 days, 4 hrs. 22.50
Joe Peredeau, labor, 9 days, 6 hrs 29.25 W. Bigwood, 8 days, 3 hrs. 33.50
Dec. 5 W. T. Smith, labor at reser- voir, 22 days 66.00
W. C. Neal, labor, 2 days, 5 hrs. 7.87 Joe Peredeau, labor, - day, 4 3-4 hrs. 4.75 John O'Rouke, labor,
4 days, 2 hrs. 12.75
Walter Bigwood, labor,
4 days, 2 hrs. 17.00
Dec. 29 Walworth Mfg. Co., service boxes, fittings 19.47
C. S. Williams, supplies 2.73
Robinson & Jones, charcoal .16
James McKay, jobbing
7.55
M. J. Maloney, repairing boots
.40
Central Supply Co., gate pipe and curb cocks 76.37
Walter Bigwood, telephone
3.95
John O'Rouke, labor,
1 day, 2 hrs. 3.75
Walter Bigwood, labor,
1 day, 2 hrs. 5.00
$951.75
CONSTRUCTION AT SHORE ACRES
May 15 Tenny Morse & Co., galv. pipe 130.37 Tenny Morse & Co., cast iron pipe 257.85
June 4 Walter Bigwood, freight 12.92
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Walter Bigwood, labor 3.00
June 20 Harry Craig, labor, 4 days, 1 hr. 12.38
John Donahue, labor, 4 days, 1 hr. 12.38
Walter Bigwood, labor, 4 days, 1 hr. 16.50
July 2 Walworth Mfg. Co., service boxes 17.47 D. D. Griffin, carting pipe 13.50
Tenny Morse & Co., hemp and fittings 14.50
Harry Craig, labor, 2 days, 6 hrs. 11.25
Walter Bigwood, labor, 2 days, 4 hrs. 14.00
John Hibbard, labor, 10 days 30.00
John Yeager, labor, 7 days 21.00
John Donahue, labor, 6 days 18.00
July 18 John O'Rourke, labor,
10 days, 6 hrs. 32.25
John Donahue, labor,
6 days, 5 hrs. 19.87
John Hibbard, labor, 2 days, 4 hrs. 7.50 John Yeager, labor 12 days, 6 hrs. 38.25
Walter Bigwood, labor, 4 days 16.00
Albert Bond, old lead 16.74
Aug. 1 John Yeager, labor, 12 days 36.00
John Donahue, labor,
7 days, 4 hrs. 22.50
John O'Rouke, labor, 1day, 3 1-2 hrs. 4.31
W. Bigwood, labor, 1 day, 2 hrs. 5.00
Harry Craig, labor, 2 hrs. .75
Sept. 1 Harry Craig, labor, 3 1-2 hrs. 1.31
John O'Rourke, labor, 3 1-2 hrs. 1.31
John Donahue, labor, 4 hrs.
1.50
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Oct. 1 John Yeager, labor 1 day 3.00
Nov. 5 Framingham Water Dept., plug .65 Robinson. & Jones, coke & charcoal 2.30 John Yeager, labor, 4 hrs. 1.50
$795.86
WALTER BIGWOOD, Supt.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
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Jan. 1, 1917, Balance
Feb. 7, 1917, Appropriation
$171.26 200.00
$371.26
Mar. 7 Frank F. Ames, labor
16.25
Apr. 4 Frank F. Ames, labor 18.75
Sept. 5 Frank F. Ames, labor 21.38
Oct. 3 Frank F. Ames, labor
22.13
Nov. 7 Frank F. Ames, labor
20.63
Dec. 5 Frank F. Ames, labor
31.50
Dec. 5 Wayland Construction Co., teaming 6.00
Dec. 19
Frank F. Ames, labor
19.50
Dec. 31
Frank F. Ames, labor 39.75
$195.89
Jan. 1, 1918, Balance
$175.37
FRANK F. AMES,
Tree Warden.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
The accounts of the financial officials have been examined and approved.
JAMES H. CARROLL,
Town Auditor.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Wayland, Mass., January 7, 1918.
Platform scales over 5,000 1bs.
3
Platform scales under 5,000 lbs.
12
Counter scales
10
Beam scales
4
Spring balances
16
Computing platform scales
8
Slot weighing scales
1
Avoirdupois weights
91
Liquid measures
43
Oil measuring pumps
2
Yard measures
2
Reweighed packages
4
Coke and charcoal
3
Coal in wagons
3
Coal in bags
3
Flour in bags
4
Butter in 1bs.
4
Meats
5
Bread
3
Miscellaneous packages
25
Dry commodities
55
Sealing fees
$16.57
HERBERT DUDLEY, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Molasses measuring pumps
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REPORT OF HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS
Jan. 1, 1917, Balance
$678.47
Feb. 7, 1917, Appropriation
5,000.00
Mar. 23, 1917, State Treasurer
61.43
Dec., 1917, Excise Tax
877.32
$6,617.22
Expenditures
6,376.70
Jan. 1, 1918, Balance
240.52
PAY ROLL
C. W. Fairbanks, 166 days, 7 hrs.
$491.32
T. Garvey, 51 days, 2 1-2 hrs.
148.42
H. Clark, 6 days
15.00
C. Gay, 13 days, 4 hrs.
36.25
N. Tetreault, 59 days, 1-2 hr.
167.66
C. W. McEnroy, 45 days, 2 hrs.
129.50
L. Dunham, 6 days
16.50
R. Porter, 8 days, 4 1-2 hrs.
22.91
J. B. Charbonneau, 46 days, 4 hrs.
134.29
J. Ploss, 12 days, 2 hrs.
35.36
C. Maguire, 1 day
2.50
N. Gladu, 3 days
9.00
H. Wyatt, 31 days, 1 hr.
89.29
W. Ford, 10 days
30.00
W. F. Lawrence, 40 days, 4 hrs.
117.22
H. Bent, 2 days
5.00
W. Bond, 3 days
9.00
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J. Perodeau, 45 days, 2 hrs. 133.47
D. D. Griffin, 37 days, 5 hrs.
110.10
F. McEnroy, 4 days
12.00
W. Griffin, 3 days
9.00
W. C. Neal, 1 day
3.00
T. L. Hynes, 102 days, 1 hr.
306.58
L. T. Hynes, 85 days, 3 hrs. 237.31
185.19
O. Porter, 66 days, 1 hr.
183.04
A. Eagan, 71 days, 1 1-2 hrs.
197.94
E. Eagan, 44 days, 4 1-2 hrs.
119.91
F. Davidson, 6 days
18.00
G. McFadden, 21 days
52.50
F. Moore, 13 days
32.50
H. Carter, 12 days, 3 hrs.
37.13
G. Sherman, 15 days
37.50
E. Hynes, 21 days
62.50
T. Dowey, 9 days
22.50
T. Maynard, 1 day
2.50
A Sherman, 11 days, 4 hrs.
28.75
J. Brainard, 55 days, 4 hrs.
154.54
J. Malloy, 58 days
162.00.
W. Randolph, 27 days
77.00
H. Lee, 30 days
90.01
A. Gleason, 7 days, 5 hrs.
19.06
M. Barbogg, 12 days
36.00
C. Harrington, 16 days
46.50
J. Eagan, 6 days, 4 hrs.
19.50
J. Bryden, 1 day
3.00
W. Hynes, 7 days
21.00
W. Rich, 3 days
9.00
TEAMING
C. W. Fairbanks, 162 days, 5 1-2 hrs. 276.86
T. L. Hynes, 196 days, 1 1-2 hrs, 582.32
T. Dowey, 9 days 27 .. 00
M. W. Hynes, 65 days, 3 hrs.
123
M. W. Hynes, 49 days
169.00
J. W. Eagan, 6 days, 4 hrs.
22.75
G. Sherman, 15 days 45.00
A. Sherman, 11 days, 4 hrs.
34.50
A. Gleason, 7 days, 5 hrs.
22.88
C. Harrington, 12 days
23.50
A. W. Atwood, 11. days
31.50
H. Wyatt, 65 days, 3 hrs.
104.87
W. Lawrence, 81 days
137.47
D. D. Griffin, 77 days, 2 hrs.
131.91
J. I. Bryden, 1 day
3.50
F. Davidson, 6 days
21.00
W. C. Rich, 3 days
10.50
SCHEDULE OF BILLS
Feb. 9 Good Roads Mch. Co., bolts
$8.50
Apr. 4 The Fiske Co., shovels
3.75
Puritan Cement Co., bound stones
124.00
Mrs. Edward Carter, gravel
18.15
Jos. Breck & Sons, supplies
19.05
45.00
Apr. 17 Mrs. Edward Carter, gravel H. Parmenter, stove W. Stearns, repairs
12.00
May
2 Mrs. Edward Carter, gravel Wayland Cons. Co., cement
1.05
May 16 T. Irving, gravel
31.20
May 28
J. Bolton, gravel
21.60
T. Irving, gravel
41.25
June 20 Robinson & Jones, cement
1.42
M. J. Morris, labor
148.72
July
2 H. C. Haynes, building fence
119.85
July 18 Union Lumber Co., lumber E. W. Marston, labor
7.90
Aug. 1 T. Irving, gravel
10.20
H. C. Haynes, labor
5.60
Oct. 3 H. C. Haynes, repair bridge
15.66
1.00
19.80
22.52
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A. S. Russell, repair bridge 2.03
Nov. 21
J. I. Bryden, freight bill
1.43
H. C. Haynes, labor and supplies
18.30
F. Haynes, labor and supplies N. E. Road Mch. Co., J. Bolton, gravel
14.55
Dec. 1 J. Bolton, gravel
9.90
H. C. Haynes, labor and supplies
14.30
I. A. Lupien, supplies 3.30
Dec. 19 J. C. McKay, repairs
41.56
Dec. 31 Lovell's Grocery, supplies
2.10
COCHITUATE ROAD
Jan. 1, 1917, Balance
$249.95
Feb. 7, 1917, Appropriation
1,500.00
Nov. 10, Notes
3,000.000
$4,749.95
Expenditures
4,364.76
Jan. 1, 1918, Balance
$ 385.19
May 2 Pay roll
194.94
Robinson & Jones Co., supplies
13.58
C. B. Williams, gravel
8.25
C. B. Williams, water cart
2.00
May 16
Pay roll
15.75
Natick Street Dept., roller
40.00
C. E. Dearborn, labor
11.53
Sept. 5 Pay roll
80.67
Joseph Breck & Sons, supplies
25.34
G. F. Marston, supplies
1.00
M. J. Maloney, supplies
.55
Sept. 15 Pay roll
114.91
F. Diehl & Son, pipe
315.00
G. F. Marston, supplies
.50
The Good Roads Mch. Co.
15.05
9.21
18.50
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Barbour & Stockwell Co.
35.50
Oct. 3 Pay roll 238.09
Waterhouse Bro., labor
20.00
Robinson & Jones, supplies
10.95
Oct. 17 Pay roll
225.83
F. Diehl & Son, brick
33.60
M. J. Maloney, supplies
1.20
J. C. McKay, repairs
7.45
Nov. 7 Pay roll
12.17
Nov. 21 Framingham Cons. Co.
33.00
Natick Street Dept.
24.00
F. Diehl & Son, balance Framingham Cons. Co.
2,000.00
Dec. 5 Pay roll
12.82
C. S. Wright & Son, labor
11.50
Robinson & Jones
.75
Dec. 19 Framingham Cons. Co., balance
856.33
E. POND STREET
Feb. 1917, Appropriation
$900.00
Expenditures
608.83
Jan. 1, 1918, Balance
$291.17
Nov. 7, 1917 Pay roll
133.50
Nov. 7, 1917 J. W. Doon & Son Co.
22.33
Nov. 21, 1917 Pay roll
209.50
Nov. 21, 1917 Natick Street Dept.
56.00
Dec. 5, 1917 Pay roll
187.50
CHARLES W. FAIRBANK, Surveyor of Highways.
2.50
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ANNUAL REPORT
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NATICK, MASS. PRESS OF NATICK BULLETIN 1918
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SCHOOL OFFICERS. 1917
COMMITTEE
George F. Poutasse, Chairman, Wayland Term expires 1918 Ernest E. Sparks, Acting Chairman, Cochituate
Term expires 1919
Llewellyn Mills, Secretary, Wayland Term expires 1918
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Frank H. Benedict, Cochituate
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS
J. Charles Vincent, Wayland Henry G. Dudley, Cochituate
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN W. H. Sylvester, M. D., Natick ..
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Wayland :
Your School Committee begs to submit reports from Superintendent of Schools, Principal of High School and School Physician for your careful reading, the same are in- structive and the recommendations are worthy of your best thought. We believe Wayland should hold her own with other towns of the Commonwealth in regard to her schools, and feel the money spent for education as being one of the town's best assets. The problem of keeping an efficient teaching staff becomes more and more difficult unless we can be assured of sufficient money to pay salaries in accord with the unusual conditions we are all meeting at this time, and it is hoped we shall have your support in this matter. We have had a great many changes in our force this year, but have full complement at this time and matters are moving smoothly.
The fuel question has been a serious one for most schools, this year, but we are fortunate in having a supply to keep us warin this winter, and with the exception of a few extreme days our schools have been comfortable.
We trust the report of the School Physician in regard to the children's teeth will be helpful and that parents will not ignore the advice given.
As you know, our Board lost its chairman, Mr. Poutasse when he went to France with the American Expeditionary Forces, and we have felt his loss very much, and we pray he
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and all our Wayland boys may return to us well and strong after the world war is over.
Respectfully, DR. E. E. SPARKS, Acting Chairman, LLEWELLYN MILLS, Secretary School Committee of Wayland.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1917
SALARIES
School Committee-
George F. Poutasse
$50.00
$50.00
Teachers-
W. Herbert Moore
$906.25
George D. Richert
ยท 543.75
Helen Sprague
15.00
Hazel A. Irwin
468.75
Mrs. A. G. Williamson
82.80
Mrs. J. J. Healy
18.00
Elizabeth G. Hodge
623.75
Sarah H. Dow
406.25
Doris E. Pitman
262.50
Katherine I. McGrath
240.50
Mabel C. Whetten
647.13
Russell E. Tupper
1,023.67
Jane C. Noel
564.92
Julia F. Hastings
647.13
Ethel M. Hamilton
671.90
Sarah F. Caldwell
606.04
Sylvia E. Prescott
621.66
Helena M. Coleman
343.75
Marie L. Leach
359.38
Janet McNamara
580.84
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Nina P. Trueman
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210.00
Almira E. Fuller
144.72
Beulah E. Mabie
65.00
Agnes E. Boland
209.36
Earle S. Russell
250.00
Marjorie A. Evans
186.50
Clement Downs
150.00 $10,849.25
Superintendent-
Frank H. Benedict
$791.64
$791.64
Janitors-
J. P. Stewart
$124.98
Henry G. Dudley
375.02
J. Charles Vincent
525.00
$1,025.00
Transportation ---
Alexander Sauer
$791.00
J. Fred Wheeler
273.00
Thomas Ward
220.00
Alexander W. Holmes
380.00
Frank Bigwood & Son
240.50
Andrew Paul (E. E. Jennison)
168.00
Harry Carter
35.00
George Richardson
225.00
Middlesex & Boston St. Ry. Co.
580.50
$3,253.00
Supplies-
Fairbanks & Son .68
Publisher Aus Nah und Fern 2.00
American Water Supply Co. of N. E. 5.50
Edward E. Babb & Co.
177.23
American Book Co. 40.62
Ginn & Company
79.10
Frost-Adams Company
3.86
D. C. Heath & Company
29.62
H. S. Chadbourne
1.20
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Chandler & Barber Company
33.89
Oliver Ditson Company
8.15
The Literary Digest
6.75
Allyn & Bacon
8.49
Silver, Burdett & Company
3.52
Remington Typewriter Company
2.15
Dowling School Supply Company
77.90
The Riverdale Press
2.16
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.
46.36
L. C. Smith & Brothers
.15
The MacMillan Company
28.46
F. J. Barnard Company
28.20
J. L. Hammett Company
2.83
Newton Lumber Company
44.00
Charles May & Son Company
1.25
$619.17
Fuel, Light, Power-
The Edison El. Il. Co. of Boston
$36.79
A. W. Atwood
203.97
Dexter & Carpenter, Inc.
648.71
Robinson & Jones Co.
301.73
George Richardson
15.00
Waltham Coal Company
190.10
Boston & Maine Railway Company
393.65 $1,789.95
Repairs-
C. R. Cole
$27.46
The Fiske Corporation
12.81
The Natick Machine Company
1.40
J. C. Massie
21.32
D. W. Richardson
7.05
D. J. Foley
17.60
T. Weld Frost
30.68
L. H. McManus
2.00
A. W. Atwood
1.00
Wm. H. Mitchell & Son Company
1.00
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Union Lumber Co.
16.29
S. A. Barry 2.65
J. A. French
15.00
Walter S. Bigwood
47.00
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co. 212.75
Henry G. Dudley
4.50
$420.51
Incidentals-
Wayland Water Board
Benjamin R. Parker
.40
W. S. Daniels
5.00
Louisa A. Nicholass
20.88
A. W. Atwood 44.27
The Fiske Corporation
29.14
Remington Typewriter Co.
50.00
H. I. Dallman Company
20.75
Ethel M. Hamilton
1.80
L. H. McManus
4.80
The George T. Johnson Company
21.25
Chandler and Barber Company
1.80
M. S. Shea 5.00
The Wason Company
11.50
Middlesex County
9.43
The Suburban Press
38.50
Wayland Construction Company
.75
Howe & Company
2.45
E. W. Jennison
3.90
F. W. Martin Company
22.50
W. Herbert Moore
5.67
Warren D. Valentine
5.75
Hazel A. Irwin
.84
Frank H. Benedict
47.76
Agnes E. Boland
12.00
H. W. Flagg
5.50
Colby & Company
1.26
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Masury-Young Company
11.00
Reynolds & Son
4.75
J. Charles Vincent
12.22
American Water Supply Company
5.00
Llewellyn Mills
1.50
Fairbanks & Son
.68
Cochituate Grange
8.00
F. J. Bigwood & Son
1.00
William S. Lovell
24.00
$471.06
RECEIPTS
Town Grant
$17,700.00
Dog License
140.85
City of Boston, Tuition
27.00
State-Transportation and Tuition
572.55
State-Account of Superintendent
625.00
State-Vocational Reimbursement
150.00
Income Donation Fund
8.00
Sales ---
Lumber-M. T. Department
19.84
Tickets, Books, Paper 8.80
On Account of Damages to School Property 18.35 $19,270.39
RECAPITULATION
Salaries-
School Committee
$50.00
Teachers
10,849.25
Superintendent
791.64
Janitors
1,025.00
Transportation
3,253.00
Supplies
619.67
Fuel, Light, Power
1,789.95
Repairs
420.51
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Incidentals
Balance
471.06 $19,270.08 $ .31
MEDICAL INSPECTION
Town Grant
$50.00
W. H. Sylvester, M. D.
50.00
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Wayland School Committee :
Gentlemen :- The Annual Report of the Wayland School Department is herewith presented for the eighth time bearing my signature. It is the twenty-first in the series from this office.
The unusual times through which we are passing, the great unstableness of the hour, affecting all business and social life so extensively as to be almost beyond the comprehension of any one, must of necessity bear more or less potently upon child welfare and child training.
Some have thought that the schools should be run as here- tofore and earnest pleas have been made for education along established lines, conforming only to the plans and dreams of yesterday. While we may agree that our youth must be edu- cated as thoroughly as in years gone by, and possibly more !. thoroughly regarding business efficiency yet there seems to be ground for the belief that educational institutions must re-organize, re-model, curtail, economize and at the same time become more efficient in the upbuilding of character, citizen- ship, intelligent producers and consumers. We should there- fore dream our educational dreams for Wayland but stand ready at all times to conform to the needs of the hour as such are revealed to us by time and we should hold ourselves ever in readiness to grasp and perfect methods of instruction and economy that are sure to develop provided the same shall con- form to the needs of Wayland schools.
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A review of the first six years of school work seems to indicate that possible changes except in the way of economy are slight. Good citizenship in a democracy needs emphasis. The inestimable value of perfect health and the causes in early life that retard development and leave weaknesses that in later life afford breeding places for disease will claim attention from the public in some form of educational activity for these early years.
The later years of the grammar schools and all of the high school life must be scrutinized with a view to making not only the expenditure of the money to maintain these institu- tions that school life may be available to all yield a return but also that the years of the boys and girls thus spent shall be profitable to every individual. Tremendous changes must come in our methods and facilities for industrial training. We must not be satisfied with producing alone the theorist and idealist but those who shall be expert workmen in the field of labor-the farm, the shop, and the home. Education must elevate all forms of the world's work and make worth while commercially the becoming of an expert in every line of toil necessary for human existence and happiness.
Small towns may not hope to maintain courses of any great value in strictly trade lines. The cost of instruction, equipment, and materials for giving courses along any one line are high. Only small groups in small towns desire the same trade. Hence the relationship between cost and product are such as to prohibit. We must in all probability look to the larger community for our trade schools.
There are certain matters to which your attention has been especially called and to which we should call the attention of our citizens. These are not new to any one but may have been overlooked as applying to schools.
That there are no longer enough young men for all the peace time work of today is evident. The schools are feeling
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this already and will be called upon to do so much more if con- ditions creating the shortage do not soon change. The smaller school which draws upon the young and inexperienced men and the larger school that employs young submasters are indeed hard pressed whenever a vacancy appears. We need therefore to look forward to a time when women will of neces- sity be employed as heads of our schools. We may not approve of such employment but we must prepare ourselves to be satisfied.
At present no one has been found to succeed Mr. Downs in the Manual Training Department. Were the work of the year not thoroughly organized for this instruction and much accomplished on projects by our boys I should advise making no further attempt to secure a man for this work. Consider- ing the cost of materials and the difficulty of securing compe- tent instructors for the shop it will be well for you to consider closing the : hop temporarily another school year, or until such time as instructors are available and the cost of the department reduced.
There seems no other message to give you in regard to teachers' salaries than to report that the salaries must be sub- stantially increased or the town must be satisfied with younger and less efficient teachers than have been employed thus far and also to be satisfied to have many and frequent changes in the teaching force. While this is a subject of general interest to the citizens of Wayland and of especial interest to the parents of children in school, it is of vital importance to the children themselves and they have no voice in the decision. Wayland schools are maintained for the children and should be as good as the town can afford. The decision to stand for higher wages to school employees in order to maintain the standards of the past is yours and mine only to the extent of laying the situation before the voters. The schools are Way- land's schools maintained for Wayland boys and girls and can- not reach a level above that which the citizens in general wish to support.
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The increasing cost of transportation and the need of pay- ing your janitors and school physician higher salaries, the in- crease in the cost of fuel and other supplies add greatly to the burden of administration as well as to the burden upon the tax payers. We have reduced the amount of supplies used some- what the past two years. Parents should impress upon their children the need of being judicious in their treatment of books and in the use of other school supplies. All should assist in every way possible to lessen school expenses so long as the wel- fare of the boys and girls is not materially jeopardized.
We have fewer high school students registered the current year than during the past six years. Seven and eight years ago the registration was in the fifties. This condition is found to be as in Wayland throughout the State in general. Colleges and Normal schools have reported fewer students. We may expect the year following to register even fewer and also we may find that inroads will be made in the grammar school registration. The cost of living, the higher wages for young people, the great need of the world for productive labor from every available source are calling urgently for our young people. The immedi- ate comparative value of one or two years in school and the financial advantage sure to accrue by beginning productive ser- vice at once place a balance on the side of work now that is quite convincing to many a youth who has practically the deci- sion to make by himself.
Last year we changed our system of grading from a nine-grade to an eight-grade system. I am pleased to report that this change is working to the advantage of the Wayland Center school children. As the sub-primary room at Cochit- uate took the place of the former first grade, and rather more since the age of admission is lower, the change to the Cochit- uate children while of less value than to those of the other school brings no disadvantages but gives a few months of kindergarten training.
It is a pleasure to report that those who have entered col-
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lege from Wayland are doing exceptionally good work. We have retained the "Entrance without Examination privilege on Trial" to date. Since we now have the required three stu- dents who entered college the past three years in colleges that admit by certificate whose records are satisfactory our school is again eligible for a place in the three year list of schools granted the right to send students to college by certificate.
All of our commercial graduates have been placed and the reports from them are very gratifying.
The times warrant a study of the possibility of shortening the Commercial Course so that students may take only com- mercial subjects the third year. If any find it possible to make records sufficiently intensive and comprehensive as to guar- antee success in offices, the granting of diplomas should become effective after the third year. Ordinarily we should not con- sider such a change. The extra year of study and the courses offered along with the strictly commercial subjects are very valuable to the office worker. Besides many of the students are too immature to stand the strain of the necessary intensive and prolonged commercial study.
After six years of service Mr. W. H. Moore resigned from the High School. Mr. Moore's extremely gentle nature, his great love for the work, his kindly fatherly interest in all the students, his self-sacrificing spirit, his great heart, his pa- tience with those who have found the way of study difficult, his fine scholarship and rare teaching ability have endeared him to the students and to the community. I am sure that I speak for all in wishing him the best of fortune in his newly chosen field of labor.
For the second consecutive year Miss Hodge has been ill for several weeks and out of the service. She will return to the work after the holidays. While an interruption of this length is not well for her courses, yet Miss Hodge is so val-
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uable a woman to have in the school that I commend her to your patience and confidence.
We have lost some tried and valuable teachers the cur- rent year. The Misses Leach, Dow, Irwin, and Mrs. Caldwell have accepted much more lucrative positions.
The State Free Library Commission is offering towns courses in the use of the Library. Through the interest of Mr. Francis Shaw the Wayland Schools were given an opportu- nity to give three groups of students six lessons in Library work. The classes were most ably conducted by Miss Frances Wiggin. We feel that the course is very valuable and that the town may well consider offering such instruction every other year. The Library Trustees made every need available for making the lessons effective and agreeable to all concerned.
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