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T. H. Harrington, Interest on Bank Deposit
9.55
W. C. Gorman, Interest on Bank Deposit
21.32
Tax Collector, Advertising Sales
31.50
Schools
State Treasurer, Vocational Tuition
186.92
Transportation
29.00
Transportation
82.40
Tickets and Breakage
34.07
178
$2,258.65
186.76
State Tuition From State
Corporation Tax
1,809.14
Bank Tax
518.22
Income Tax 1922
34.00
Income Tax 1923
170.00
Income Tax 1924
272.00
Income Tax 1925
1,452.47
Highways
23.75
Military Aid
132.00
State Aid
600.00
Civilian War Poll Tax Refund
36.49
Additional Assessments
544.87
$8,879.52
To Assessors' Warrant
7,000.00
Balance to Surplus Account
$1,879.52
Investment of Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 1925 Maria F. Spofford Fund, 1933-1938 Liberty Coupon Bond, 41/4 % $100.00
Trial Balance
Surplus Account
$4,462.22
Abatements
999.00
Estimated Receipts
1,879.52
Insurance
41.43
Legal Claims
79.97
Auditor's Incidentals
17.06
Town Clerk's Incidentals
30.99
Treasurer's Incidentals
1.79
Tax Collector's Incidentals
7.68
Assessors' Incidentals
12.75
Registration and Election Incidentals
118.50
Sealer's Incidentals
.91
Town Hall Incidentals
2.03
Town Clocks
13.50
Tax Collector's Salary
180.51
Election Officers' Salaries
242.00
Police Department
6.39
Moth Department
1.04
Tree Warden
44.10
Sidewalks
5.30
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Snow Removal Street Lighting Poor Department Memorial Day Soldiers' Benefits
1,737.81
26.27
752.20
4.31 322.68
State Aid
48.00
Park Commissioners
61.63
Lake View Cemetery
3.71
North and Center Cemeteries
.12
Reserve Fund
2.23
Selectmen's Salaries
150.00
Tax Collector's Salary
154.48
Pumping Engine, Fire Department
267.25
Water Department
1,671.75
Connecticut Path Water Main
107.24
Drainage, Board of Health
690.00
State Road Sidewalk
2.67
Legion Hall Sidewalk
400.00
Highway Department Building
6,000.00
War Memorial
1,250.00
Surplus War Bonus
1,197.04
Cochituate School Addition
43.62
Cochituate Playground
57.50
Redecorating Town Hall
25.41
General Cemetery
.
16.72
Library
82.73
Survey Lake View Cemetery
29.00
Tax Notes
90,000.00
School House Bonds
5,000.00
Water Main Extension Notes
2,000.00
School House Notes
22,000.00
Fire Department Equipment Notes
6,000.00
Poor Trust Funds
4,300.00
Library Trust Funds
2,000.00
Cemetery Trust Funds
13,150.00
Cemetery Funds Income
842.99
Poor Funds Income
175.25
Total Credits
$168,719.30
Uncollected Taxes 1923
$1,124.82
Uncollected Taxes 1924
7,682.59
Uncollected Taxes 1925
38,255.94
Fire Department Overdraft
656.60
Board of Health Overdraft
37.19
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Oiling Overdraft Balance Account Notes and Bonds Investment Trust Funds L. R. Gerald Discrepancy Cash
569.89
35,000.00
18,950.00
47,113.02
19,329.25
Total Debits
$168,719.30
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BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1925
Assets
Cash
$17,811.01
Accounts Receivable
Uncollected Taxes 1923
1,124.82
Uncollected Taxes 1924
7,682.59
Uncollected Taxes 1925
38,255.94
$64,874.36
Liabilities
Anticipation Revenue Notes $90,000.00 . Abatement Taxes-Overlay 999.00
Unexpended Balances
Selectmen's Salaries $150.00
Tax Collector's Salary 154.48
Water Department 1,671.75
Fire Dept. Equipment 267.25
Conn. Path Water Main
107.24
Drainage 690.00
State Road Sidewalk 2.67
Legion Hall Sidewalk 400.00
Highway Dept. Bldg. 6,000.00
War Memorial 1,250.00
Cochituate School Add'n 43.62 Library 82.73
$111,987.38
Cochituate Playground 57.50
Redecorating Town Hall 25.41
General Cemetery 16.72
Survey Lake View Cemetery 29.00
Overdrafts
Fire Department Board of Health Oiling
656.60 Surplus
10,948.37 10,104.42
37.19 Surplus War Bonus
1,197.04
59.89 Reserve Fund
2.23
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L. R. Gerald Discrepancy 47,113.02
$113,251.06
$113,251.06
Net Fixed Debt
Debt Account $35,000.00
School House Bonds
$5,000.00
Water Department Notes
2,000.00
School House Addition Notes
22,000.00
Fire Dept. Equipment Notes
6,000.00
$35,000.00 Trust Funds Account
$35,000.00
Cemetery Funds to Invest Cash Securities
Poor Trust Funds
$4,300.00
$500.00
Library Trust Funds
2,000.00
18,950.00 Cemetery Trust Funds
12,150.00
$19,450.00
$19,450.00
1,018.24
842.99
Poor Funds Income
175.25
$20,468.24
$20,468.24
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Cash
Cemetery Funds Income
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS 1925
Receipts, Balances Refunds and 1924 Transfers $490.98
Appro- priations $400.00
Expendi- tures
Balances Dec.31,'25
Abatement of Taxes
$435.21
$327.19
$999.00
Selectmen's Salaries
500.00
350.00
150.00
Collector's Salary
1,000.00
665.01
334.99
Treasurer's Salary
500.00
500.00
Town Clerk's Salary
100.00
100.00
Auditor's Salary
150.00
150.00
Assessors' Salary
1,175.00
1,175.00
Overseers Poor Salaries
150.00
150.00
Election Officers' Salaries
350.00
108.00
*242.00
Registrar's Salary
100.00
100.00
Moderator's Salary
10.00
10.00
Dog Officer's Salary
15.00
15.00
Sealer's Salary
50.00
50.00
Game Warden's Salary
50.00
50.00
Incidentals, Selectmen
27.50
50.00
77.50
Incidentals, Auditor
25.00
7.94
* 17.04
Incidentals, Town Clerk
1.00
200.00
170.01
*30.99
Incidentals, Treasurer
75.00
73.21
*1.79
Incidentals, Collector
160.00
152.32
*7.68
Incidentals, Assessor
100.00
87.25
* 12.75
Incidentals, Registrar and Election Officers
200.00
81.50
*118.50
184
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Incidentals, Sealer Insurance Legal Claims Surety Bonds
50.00
49.09
*. 91
1.200.00
1,158.57
*41.43
500.00
420.03
*79.97
81.50
275.00
356.50
Reserve Fund
2.19
1,000.00
999.96
2.23
Town Hall
30.00
500.00
527.97
*2.03
Town Clocks
50.00
36.50
*13.50
Town Reports
400.00
400.00
Surplus Account
10.716.44
7,041.30
7,653.32
10,104.42
Estimated Receipts
8,879.52
7,000.00
1,879.52
Surplus War Bonus
1,197.04
Police Department
16.00
2,500.00
2,509.61
*6.39
Fire Department
1,800.00
2,456.60
0 656.60
Moth Department
1,800.00
1,798.96
*1.04
Water Department
10.18
6.498.25
4,835.68
1,671.75
Tree Warden
300.00
255.90
*44.10
Board of Health
500.00
537.19
0 37.19
Inspection 'Animals
150.00
150.00
Highways and Bridges
7,000.00
6,011.50
$ 988.50
Oiling
5,123.85
6,000.00
11,993.74
o 569.89
Railings
500.00
324.98
s 175.02
Sidewalks
4.50
. 500.00
499.20
*5.30
Snow Removal
3,500.00
1,762.19
*1,734.81
Street Lighting
4,100.00
4,073.73
*26.27
Poor Department
1.200.00
447.80
*752.20
Memorial Day
400.00
395.69
*4.31
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Soldiers' Relief State Aid School Department
45.00 36.00
800.00 1,000.00 38,500.00 250.00
522.32 988.00
*322.68 *48.00
Vocational Tuition
96.06
District Nurse
1,500.00
1,500.00
Medical Inspection Schools
150.00
150.00
Library
17.56
1,385.86
3,600.00
4,920.69
82.73
Park Commissioners
250.00
188.37
*61.63
Aid to Agriculture
300.00
300.00
General Cemetery
76.62
152.25
212.15
16.72
Lake View Cemetery
400.00
396.29
*3.71
North and Center Cemeteries Interest
364.39
5,500.00
5,864.39
School House Bond
1,000.00
1,000.00
Special Appropriations Fire Dept. Equipment Water Main, Connecticut Path
9,000.00
8,732.75
267.25
3,000.00
2,892.76
107.24
Drainage Board of Health
690.00
690.00
State Road Sidewalk
.30
500.00
497.63
2.67
Pond Street
30,000.00
30,000.00
Legion Hall Sidewalk
400.00
400.00 6,000.00
Highway Dept. Building
6,000.00
War Memorial
1,250.00
1,250.00
School Addition
24,000.00
23,956.38
43.62
Playground
80.00
1,000.00
1,022.50
57.50
Redecorating Town Hall
50.00
24.59
25.41
400.00
399.88
*. 12
397.50
38,897.50 346.06
4.00
75.00 50.00 29.00
Survey Cemetery o Overdrawn s Balance transferred to Sherman's Bridge
* Balance to Surplus
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JURY LIST
Town of Wayland
Name Address Occupation
Alfred Alward, Plain Street, Laborer Oliver E. Ames, Main Street, Carpenter Lewis N. Atwell, Pleasant Street, Farmer Albert H. Beck, Trainingfield Road, Banker Albert Bond, Pond Street, Shoemaker Philip Burbank, Sudbury Road, Advertising James H. Carroll, Pond Street, Bookkeeper Ernest I. Clark, Pond Street, Meat Cutter John W. Corman, Pond Street, Street Car Conductor
William H. Coughlin, State Road, Laborer Edward T. Damon, Pond Street, Salesman George O. Dowey, Moore Road, Farmer Arthur Heard Dudley, Harrison Street, Carpenter Joseph A. Duseault, Main Street, Street Car Conductor Edward A. Fairbank, Main Street, Salesman James Fox, Sherman Bridge Road, Farmer - Wilbur C. Gorman, Shawmut Avenue, Salesman Daniel J. Graham, Main Street, Moth Superintendent Edwin F. Greene, Cochituate Road, Treasurer Theodore H. Harrington, Pemberton Road, Carpenter Walter B. Henderson, Plain Road, Insurance William W. Hildreth, Pemberton Road, Foreman Alexander W. Holmes, Pond Street, Farmer Leonard T. Hynes, Old Sudbury Road, Laborer Waldo L. Lawrence, School Street, Farmer Alexander J. Lizotte, Plain Street, Machinist William C. Loring, State Road, Artist Alpheus Lucier, Main Street, Carpenter Albert B. Marchand, Plain Street, Grocer William R. Mather, Main Street, Retired James C. McKay, Main Street, Blacksmith Wesley L. MacKenna, Cochituate Road, Farmer
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Kenneth E. Morrell, Old Sudbury Road, Farmer Josiah A. Morrill, Plain Street, Farmer Alvin B. Neale, Main Street, Street Car Conductor Robert B. Parker, Jr., Lincoln Road, Farmer Peter Ploss, Plain Street, Tag Maker Herbert K. Ranney, Plain Road, Laborer George Richardson, Connecticut Path, Farmer Edmund H. Sears, Island Road, Retired Allan B. Sherman, Concord Road, Farmer Everett W. Small, Concord Road, Carpenter Arthur E. Stevens, Pond Street, Watchman Lester R. Thompson, Main Street, Salesman Clarence S. Williams, Pemberton Road, Leather Merchant
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE
TED
LA
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1635.
EAST SUDBURY
FOUNDED
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TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
NATICK. MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1926
SCHOOL DIRECTORY
School Committee
Llewellyn Mills 1926
Mrs. Grace C. Bond 1927
Paul B. Davis 1928
Paul B. Davis, Chairman 1925
Llewellyn Mills, Secretary 1925
Frank H. Benedict, Superintendent Office Hours: By appointment Authorized to Grant School Certificates Frank H. Benedict School Physician
Ernest E. Sparks, M. D. .
School Nurse
Mrs. Mary F. McNeil Attendance Officer. Edward F. Dorsheimer Janitors
Thomas Metcalf James R. Morton
School Calendar 1926
Schools open Jan. 4, 1926.
Schools close Feb. 19, 1926. Vacation-1 week.
Schools open March 1, 1926.
Schools close April 16, 1926. Vacation-1 week.
Schools open April 26, 1926.
Schools close June 25, 1926.
Schools open September 7, 1926.
Schools close December 23, 1926.
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HOLIDAYS
May 31, September 6, October 12, November 25-26.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Wayland Grammar School, June 24. Cochituate Grammar School, June 24. High School Graduation, June 25.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
In our annual report to the town, we wish to say that 1925 has been a good one for the schools of Wayland, and while we have not obtained the perfection which we all desire, still we can look back and hope to profit by our experience.
In completing the addition to the Cochituate school, we have made good progress in giving to that end of our town a building well equipped to take care of us for some time to come, and we consider the money well spent in enabling the superintendent and teachers to so arrange their classes for the best interests of our children, and we trust that all of our townspeople will make an effort to look over the new building.
Beginning with the school opening in September, we added two new teachers-Mr. McBay in the High School, and Mrs. Fiske to take charge of the new room at Co- chituate. Mr. McBay has been a great help in relieving Mr. Allen, and also has assisted Miss Merithew and Miss Henderson in taking care of the large classes entering the High School. Our registration in the High School (al- most 100) is the largest in the history of the school, and it looks as though it would go over the hundred mark next September.
We have been able to give the athletics better super- vision, and while the High School football team did not win many games, we think the boys were all very much benefitted by being taught to play a clean game, and that to win is not all there is in the game.
We are still hoping that in the near future a build- ing, which can be built on the playground, may become a reality, as it is very much needed-one equipped with gymnasium, shower bath, etc., and also to take care of the school lunch, which has become over-crowded in our present building.
Our budget requirement for 1926 is a large one, but
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we must have money to carry on the work, and the Way- land High School building needs repairs that cannot wait, if we are to maintain a building in good condition.
Transportation
Is and probably will continue to be a very hard and ex- pensive proposition, but we believe the matter has been handled in a good way during the past year.
The health of our children has been looked after carefully. The "Schick" test for diphtheria has been given to all who wished it, at no expense to the parents. This seems to be a move in the right direction to help stamp out that very dangerous disease.
Our teaching staff, from Superintendent to the first grade teachers, have co-operated in loyal service to the children, and with continued loyalty on the part of the parents, we see no reason why the schools should not continue to advance in useful service to the town.
Respectfully, School Committee
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1925
Salaries-
David J. Allen
$2,437.50
A. Marion Simpson
1,627.50
Florence C. Wilder
906.25
Mildred A. Henderson
550.00
Maude E. Merrithew
1,658.75
Louis R. McBay
525.00
Mary Kerr
1,670.25
Eleanor Partridge
1,302.25
Sylvia E. Prescott
1,423.75
Janet M. MacNamara
1,423.75
Jane Noel
916.25
Jane Noel Campbell
507.50
Ethelyn Morrill
1,423.75
Athena J. Lee
1,393.00
Mabel S. Draper
1,413.25
Catherine Graham
759.00
Elizabeth Smith
415.00
Mabel C. Whitten
1,424.24
Margaret B. Fiske
420.00
Frank H. Benedict
1,450.00
Agnes E. Boland
350.00
Alta A. Corbin
1,000.00
Marjorie E. Skinner
560.00
Mary P. Sayward
442.00
Mildred W. Carver
204.00
Substitutes :
Gertrude Deane
10.00
Ellen Ferguson
15.00
Mabel Hammond
10.50
Margaret B. Fiske
120.00
$26,358.49
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Janitor Service -- W. E. Reeves Thomas Metcalf James R. Morton
$26.00
800.00
800.00
$1,626.00
Transportation-
James Ferguson
$1,903.95
Alexander W. Holmes
420.00
George Sherman
720.00
Earle G. Parsons
462.00
Alexander Sauer
1,140.00
Frank J. Bigwood
342.00
J. Fred Wheeler
318.00
Middlesex & Boston St. Railway Company
852.40
$6,158.35
Repairs-
Remington Typewriter Co.
$127.50
Natick Plumbing & Heating Co.
81.79
D. W. Richardson
53.25
Arthur V. Deane
4.50
Charles S. Brackett
8.60
Albert Bond
9.83
James Linnehan
217.71
C. A. Lockhart
14.30
W. M. Todd Company
64.02
S. H. Davis Company
29.00
Royal Typewriter Company
78.00
F. J. Barnard & Company
54.95
Heywood-Wakefield Company
79.80
W. B. Badger & Company
4.00
C. Warren
1.75
Walter C. Smith
196.00
The Fiske Corporation
5.43
John D. Bemis
1.80
F. E. Callahan
24.50
Northeastern Metal Company
130.00
J. Comer Jones Power & Pump Company
26.80
Smith, Patterson Company
60.00
$1,273.53
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Incidentals-
The Wayland Water Board
$22.50
The N. E. Tel. & Tel.
31.04
Edward F. Dorsheimer
25.00
Andrews Paper Company
54.50
Howe & Company
6.25
James R. Morton
19.20
Thomas Metcalf
5.75
Somerville Brush Company
10.25
Karl T. Benedict
7.10
Gibbs Express
3.15
Albert Bond
15.00
The Natick Bulletin
18.00
Suburban Press
7.00
C. A. Benson & Company
1.35
Edward T. Sullivan
15.00
Agnes E. Boland
20.00
Llewellyn Mills, Jr.
15.00
A. W. Atwood
3.50
Martin Diploma Company
28.95
Colby & Company
1.45
Natick Printing Company
3.50
The Fiske Corporation
29.04
Frank H. Benedict
134.00
Hercules Kalon Company
7.50
Natick Plumbing & Heating Co.
1.00
Lynch & Woodward, Inc.
1.50
Fred. C. Beane
2.15
David J. Allen
7.67
$496.35
Supplies-
Silver, Burdett & Co.
$8.35
Underwood Typewriter Co.
1.25
Denoyer-Gepert Company
51.73
The Macmillan Company
134.98
The Phonographic Institute
2.51
C. C. Birchard & Company
7.96
Wright & Potter
4.17
South Western Publishing Co.
72.03
Milton Bradley & Company
73.82
Iroquois Publishing Company
11.80
A. N. Palmer Company
5.98
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J. L. Hammett Company
258.60
Houghton Mifflin & Co.
45.74
Royal Typewriter Company
10.50
Frost & Adams
2.84
Ryan & Buker
2.07
Benj. H. Sanborn & Company
25.64
The Literary Digest
16.20
Ginn & Company
284.39
Edward E. Babb & Company
265.86
Remington Typewriter Company
4.50
The Office Appliance Company
21.51
The Gregg Publishing Company
1.88
The American Book Company
32.86
McKinley Publishing Company
1.02
Harris & Gilpatrick
24.04
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.
52.16
Oliver Ditson Company
34.99
Allyn & Bacon
40.53
Jacobus Pneumatic Ink Well Co.
19.83
D. C. Heath & Co.
84.72
Colby & Company
2.40
Lyons & Carnahan
8.45
Natick Printing Company
9.00
L. C. Smith & Brothers Type- writer Company
4.00
$1,627.81
Fuel, Light, Power-
The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston
$162.40
William A. Jepson Corporation
223.86
Boston & Maine Railroad
150.42
G. L. Kilmer
15.00
George V. Evans
71.67
Castner, Curran & Bullitt Co.
461.52
A. W. Atwood
122.10
$1,206.97
School Committee Salaries-
Llewellyn Mills
$50.00
Paul B. Davis
50.00
Grace C. Bond
50.00
$150.00
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Expenditures
Salaries
$26,358.49
Janitor Service
1,626.00
Transportation
6,158.35
Supplies
1,627.81
Fuel, Light and Power
1,206.97
Repairs
1,273.53
Incidentals
496.35
School Committee
150.00
$38,897.50
Income
Town Grant
$38,500.00
Dog Fund
298.36
Donation Fund-Income
8.00
F. H. Benedict-Refund
2.43
Transferred from Revenue Account
88.71
$38,897.50
Health Account
Expenditure
Income
Ernest E. Sparks
$150.00 Town Grant $150.00
Mary F. McNeil 750.00 Town Grant 750.00
$900.00
$900.00
Vocational Tuition
Expenditures
Income
City of Boston $346.06
Town Grant
$250.00
Transferred from Revenue Account 96.06
$346.06
$346.06
November and December bills outstanding. Not
presented by City of Boston.
Receipts Apportioned to Estimated Income
F. H. Benedict, cash from sale of bus tickets, breakage, damage to books, sale of paper Tuition-Ahlman
$34.07
82.40
Transportation-William Lawlor 29.00
State Wards-Tuition and Transportation
186.76
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State-General School Fund-Part I
3,120.00 Refund from State-One-half 1924 Vocational Tuition 186.92
Total
$3,639.15
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Wayland:
Following is my sixteenth report as Superintendent of the Wayland School System. It is the twenty-ninth in the series presented by Union Superintendents.
It is gratifying to report that the opening of one of the rooms provided by the addition of the new wing to the Cochituate School meets the present needs of the School in so far as housing is concerned. It is also pleas- ant to note that the seating requirements as anticipated have proven real rather than imaginary. We could not have cared for all the Cochituate children without the additional room the current year.
We should find satisfaction while paying for this wing in the fact that every legal requirement as to fire hazard has been met through fire escapes, smoke screens, and double exits from all class rooms. In considering the expense per room we should charge several thousand dollars of the cost to the original building cost, as the old part did not meet the requirements now demanded by law and public safety regulation.
We are fairly secure in planning for another year of work in the Cochituate building without the opening of the second new room. A general review of the situation indicates that after one more school year the second room will be in service. It is used as it is for general school purposes and for some public interests. You will ob- serve by consulting the registration statistics that one of the rooms has two grades. This room is now at full seating capacity and has in it three more seating's than are desirable. You will also note that the sixth grade is so large that an overflow division works with the seventh grade teacher. With the exception of the fourth and fifth grades, all other single grades about fill a room, or exceed the seating capacity of a room. From this analysis and on account of the prospective incoming
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classes the judgment is formed that after another year the eighth teacher will be needed in the Cochituate School.
The High School has registered 98 this year. The number attending High School from Cochituate fills two busses to capacity. Each bus conveys 34. Five grammar school children are also transported. In order to get on with two busses one bus takes a load of children to the Cochituate School returning to Cochituate. The children of the District so served have formerly been registered in the Wayland School. There have also been accommo- dated with these children those children of the District who attend the Cochituate School but who have formerly been transported by public conveyance. Hence the cost of transportation for the additional numbers attending the High School from Cochituate is about one-half the cost of maintaining one bus on the routes from Cochitu- ate and Old Connecticut Path, including Old Stone Bridge Road, to the Wayland Center building. This expenditure cannot be lowered so long as the number of children at- tending High School from Cochituate remains as it is. There will be an increase another year. The promise at present is eight. The number is very problematical, since we cannot estimate the number that will drop out of school to go to work. It has been a negligible number the last and current school years. High School registration promises to go over the hundred mark another year.
I have discussed at some length the transportation situation and the High School registration prospects for two reasons.
First of all, our people should realize that the ever- mounting transportation expenditure is one that causes the School Officials much study and anxiety. The wish to serve the children reasonably as to conveyance and the desire to serve the town reasonably as to transportation costs are incompatible conditions. The transportation facts, plus individual demands for extending routes here or there to satisfy personal desires or to gratify some whim, present a truly ever-present and knotty executive problem. Our desire is to satisfy all patrons of routes, but this is near perfection, an impossibility to attain.
There is no prospect of lowering the transportation expenses. Towns are not required to transport High School students by law. Some towns do not, but these
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towns are always served by public conveyance of some sort. It is unthinkable that Wayland should consider reduction of transportation expenses through this means.
Wayland is now expending over $6,000 for transpor- tation of children to and from school. This item is reck- oned as an educational expenditure by all statisticians. Should it not be rated as a tax upon the citizens for en- joying the blessings of country life ?
My second reason for dwelling upon the transporta- tion cost and the High School registration prospect and facts is on account of the High School situation as to rooms.
A High School that has for years had a maximum registration of seventy, and most of the time a registra- tion in the fifties, and then suddenly reaches the 100 mark calls for an increase in the number of teachers. You have seen fit to add another teacher to the force this year to assist in the class room, in supervision of the basement and grounds, and to care for such physical training as can be done without winter quarters for same. The school has work sufficient for a full time class room teacher. There are courses that should be given groups. of boys in the shop and in the class room of a type not leading to college, office, or normal school that may well occupy half the time of a sixth teacher. Two men be- sides the Principal may be employed in connection with the school to great advantage. They should offer physi- cal training and athletic supervision, courses in arts and crafts, and leave one of the women assistants free time for a small measure of physical training for our young ladies.
To do this rooms must be provided. We who work in close connection with the Wayland School cannot lose sight of a great building necessity-a building that shall have rooms for courses in household arts, physical train- ing, luncheon serving and eating, recreation parties for both school and public, and laboratories for Chemistry and Physics. Until such accommodations are forthcom- ing the school must be organized and the work carried along on all but traditional lines rather than upon the modern plan.
It is gratifying to report that our recent graduates in college, normal school, and office are making good records.
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The Parent-Teacher Association again announces that funds will be provided for awarding the annual scholarship. The four years formerly agreed upon for so doing closed last June. This is a worthy way to inspire competition in school achievement and to assist some one of our young people toward further developmental activities.
One of the living questions with school administra- tors that is difficult to solve is the housing and boarding of our teachers. Cochituate has no problem, since Natick offers the usual large town facilities for so doing and transportation is to date satisfactory from Natick to Cochituate.
The teachers employed at the Center have an alto- gether different problem. They should reside in Way- land. Such residence is all but a school necessity. Pro- vision of homes for teachers is not purely a teacher prob- lem. It is a vital community problem. Every community must provide living accommodations for teachers unless commuting is reasonably possible. The first question a candidate asks is: "What about living conditions?" If living conditions cannot be assured that are desirable and reasonable, "reasonable" defined as being not more costly than in city and large town, our salaries, however attrac- tive, will not secure high grade teachers or retain same if home life for them in the town is not good.
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