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JOHN J. LINNEHAN, Milk Inspector.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
December 30. 1932.
Number of Cows inspected
397
Number of Young Stock
104
Number of Pigs
739
Number of Goats
15
Number of Dog quarantined
11
Number of Dogs killed of Rabies
2
Number of Goats killed of Rabies
2
Respectfully submitted,
F. J. BIGWOOD, Inspector of Animals.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
As Inspector of Slaughtering for the unexpired term of W. C. Neal of 1932. I have inspected the carcasses of 26 animals and found them all in healthy condition.
Signed. WARREN F. LAWRENCE. Inspector of Slaughtering.
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REPORT OF WAYLAND DISTRICT NURSE
Madam President and Members of the Wayland District Nursing Association :
I hereby submit my twelfth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1932.
One child was sent to a health camp at the expense of the Association.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health offers free to Wayland pre-school children a monthly health examina- tion. The future health of your boys and girls depends very much upon these most important first years of life, so make the most of this chance to safeguard your child's health and take advantage of this opportunity. A date will be set later.
It is hoped that the Organization will be able to resume the Dental Clinic next year. At the present time it is one of our most needed health projects. Due to unemployment, many parents have found it impossible to attend to their children's teeth.
Nursing visits
683
Cases opened during the year
89
Prenatal visits 18
Deliveries attended
3
Advisory visits
91
Friendly visits
30
Welfare visits
69
Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. McNEIL,
District Nurse.
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REPORT OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
To the Citizens of the Town of Wayland :
Materials
The past year there has been used 59,516 gals. of bitumin- ous material on our highways, 42,761 gals. of Tarvia, and 16,755 gals. of cut back and asphaltic oil. 28,974 gals. of tar used was on Chapter 90 maintenance roads.
Fencing
Eight hundred feet of cable guard rail was constructed on Concord Road to replace wooden fence. Seven hundred and eighty-four feet of wooden fence was replaced in various parts of the Town caused by decay or destruction by machines.
Culverts
Two hundred feet of pipe was laid on Millbrook Road to remedy a bad situation at High Street. Four culverts were constructed across roads where stone culverts had become inadequate.
The dry bridge on Millbrook Road was replaced by one of cement four feet square.
There has been one hundred and thirty men employed at one time or another on the regular work of the Highway department.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR H. DUDLEY, Highway Surveyor.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
The following is a summary of the number aided during the year.
Number of adults aided
82
Number of children aided
123
Total 205
Number aided here, settlement elsewhere
85
Number aided here, settlement here
93
Number aided elsewhere, settlement here
27
Number aided under Mothers' Aid law
3
Number in State institutions
1
Respectfully submitted,
RONALD S. CAMPBELL,
MARTIN A. HOLMES, THOMAS W. FROST.
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
January 19, 1933.
Your attention is again called to the fact that the law pro- viding for the relief of persons of seventy years or older is not a "Pension"-it is "Old Age Assistance".
The need of such assistance must be determined by a thorough investigation along many lines. One of these is the ability of the family to support. The intent of the law is to enforce family responsibility and not to substitute the State for the family.
Number of cases aided during 1932 21
Number of cases not allowed for various reasons 6
Number of deaths during the year 2
RONALD S. CAMPBELL,
Agent.
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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
Appropriation for 1932
$350.00
Expense for 1932
268.71
Unexpended balance
$81.29
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN B. WRIGHT, CAMILE PERODEAU, FRANCIS R. GLADU.
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
Following is a report of the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service as developed during the year in Wayland.
A great deal of interest was manifested by the local fruit growers and market gardeners and many requests were received for individual farm visits. Motion pictures were taken in the town that will be used in promoting better spraying methods the coming year. A general fruit meeting was held and also a meeting on apple storage.
Fifteen visits were made to individual dairymen and poultrymen.
Judges were furnished for the Cochituate Grange Fair.
Wayland farmers attended meetings of various kinds at the Extension office. Conspicuous among these are Joseph Decatur and Ronald Campbell. Mr. Decatur grew 28 acres of potatoes with an average yield of 380.99 bushels an acre. Mr. Campbell grew 8 acres which averaged 368.45 bushels. Mr. Decatur has been carrying on some experimental tests in potato varieties and fertilizers.
There were 25 women in attendance at the meetings of the homemaker's day series. This group has been active in Exten- sion work for a number of years. They passed along informa- tion to 206 others, and they report 368 practices which have been improved.
In child guidance work 15 women have been in attendance, and these women passed information to 64 others, as well as adopting 191 new practices in respect to their relationships with their children.
Clothing, handicraft, food, poultry, garden, and canning were the projects in which boys and girls were enrolled. They worked under the leadership of Mrs. Joseph Decatur, Henry
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Hardy, Stanley Hewitt. Miss Beatrice Chute, and Elmer Bigwood. There were 47 members.
The Wayland Clothing Club exhibited their work at a meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Association and at the Natick Fair. All six members participated in the County dress contest. Muriel Moran was awarded a two-day trip to the State College for clothing work. Ruth Decatur received this trip for being highest in the County in music work.
Three members attended the County Camp at the State College.
Francis Hartin was a prize-winner for handicraft at the County rally. He also received a two-day trip to the State College for his handicraft work. Alexander Hardy and John Lindstrom took part in the County handicraft contest in Waltham.
The town committee has F. C. Benedict as chairman : and Mrs. Decatur. Mrs. Frank Draper. and Mr. Henry Hardy as members.
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REPORT OF 200th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF WASHINGTON
The United States George Washington Bicentennial Com- mission in celebrating the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington was entirely in keeping with the idea expressed by the Congress of these United States, and every State had its own officers. Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of Cambridge was chairman for Massachusetts. Hon. Joseph B. Ely, Governor of Massachusetts, was honorary chairman with a staff of sixteen from different sections of Massachusetts representing the Commission. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Wayland was given the honor of appointing a Committee to serve during the year 1932. They felt the three patriotic societies of the Town should care for and suitably observe any event.
Mrs. Nellie Rice-Fiske to represent Wayside Inn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was made chairman ; Arthur Heard Dudley, Commander of Charles H. Alward Post, No. 133, American Legion Incorporated, and Mrs. Evelyn Alward, President of the Charles H. Alward Unit, were also appointed, and later on many more were added to this com- mittee.
Falling in line with towns and cities throughout the Com- monwealth, the festivities opened with a Colonial Ball in Town Hall on February 22nd, 1932. Brigham's full Orchestra gave a concert from 8 till 9. At the conclusion all were invited to stand and unite in singing two verses of America by special request from the Commission at Washington. This was fol- lowed by Grand March and Circle led by John J. Erwin and Mrs. William Hastings, followed by nearly one hundred couples. Many were in Colonial costumes and presented a colorful appearance as' they marched up sixteen couples abreast. Dance orders included Waltz, Polka, Schottische, Contra, Quadrille. At eleven o'clock delicious refreshments were served by a
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caterer, after which dancing continued. This party was financed by the Committee and in no way was benefitted by the appro- priation the Town made of $150 at the Annual Meeting in March.
As the new George Washington Memorial Highway was to pass directly through our Town we were called upon to pur- chase the Bronze Tablet and place in a conspicuous position either on a block of granite or a public building in the center of the Town. There seemed to be but one suitable place-"the little common opposite the old meeting house"-and it was the desire of your committee to place it on something suitable to the era it represented. What could be more suitable than two old millstones, the one resting on the ground the gift of Henry Ford to Mrs. Fiske, the upper one, bearing the bronze tablet, a gift from Mrs. Fiske. This stone had ground corn by four generations of the Rice family from about 1750 to 1878, being owned and used by Eliakim, Ezekiel, Samuel and Alonzo Rice in that part of Wayland later called Cochituate.
As the line of march laid out by the Commission was due to arrive in Wayland on June 10th, 1932, at 10 A. M., the inhabitants were notified to assemble and greet George Wash- ington (Lawrence Hart). On his arrival where he addressed the gathering surely all were pleased with the reception given him. After he departed, the Cavalcade which had toured the length of the State bearing the State Dignitaries arrived and the dedication exercises took place which consisted of the fol- lowing :
Patriotic selections by the school children under the direction of Mr. Schleicher.
Address of welcome, John Leavitt, Chairman, Board of Selectmen.
Oration on George Washington by Stacy B. South- worth, Head Master, Thayer Academy, Braintree. Presentation of Tablet to State by Mrs. Nellie Rice- Fiske.
Acceptance, John H. Agnew representing His Excel- lency Governor Ely.
Unveiling by Kendall Dickey and Kenneth Campbell who are descended from the earliest settlers of the Town.
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The millstones were most artistically draped by Mr. and Mrs. Lizzotte. Each and every one had done their bit to add to the attractiveness of our Town. Even the weather man had sent his best sample.
Your committee thanks the townspeople for giving them such loyal support and such a large number appearing in cos- tumes of so long ago, all adding much to the affair.
NELLIE RICE-FISKE, Representing Wayside Inn Chapter, D. A. R. ARTHUR HEARD DUDLEY, Commander of Legion. EVELYN ALWARD, President of Auxiliary.
February 11, 1933.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY
School Committee
Warren L. Bishop Dorothy C. Stone Llewellyn Mills
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
Organization
Llewellyn Mills, Chairman
Dorothy C. Stone, Secretary
Frank H. Benedict, Superintendent
Ernest E. Sparks, M. D., School Physician
Mrs. Mary E. McNeil, School Nurse
Mrs. Mary E. McNeil, Supervisor of Attendance
School Calendar 1933
Schools close February 17
Recess of one week
Schools open February 27
Schools close April 13 Recess of one week
Schools open April 24
Schools close June 16
High School Graduation, June 20 Summer Vacation
Schools open September 6
Schools close December 22
Holidays
April 14 May 30 October 12 November 30 and December 1
1934 Schools open January 3
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
In making a report for the last fiscal year, your Com- mittee would say that our appropriation was on a basis of $4,000.00 less than we had asked for from the Finance Com- mittee, and we have lived within this appropriation by cutting the teachers' salaries 10% on September 1st, and the school janitors, 5%. We have also been able to purchase fuel at a very low figure, and have only purchased books and supplies that were absolutely needed. Repairs and replacements were cut to a minimum. This enabled us, as we say, to "balance our budget."
We might add at this time that the Superintendent, Princi- pal of the High School, teachers and janitors, have cheerfully accepted their cut in pay, and have also carried heavier burdens without complaint.
We know that the cities and towns of the state are clamor- ing for smaller school expenditures. The budget which we have prepared this year recognizes the necessity of bringing down our costs to a minimum. Our request made to the Finance Committee is on this basis.
The school buildings of Wayland, as you know, are being used to their maximum capacity. We would call your attention to the fact that for the last school year, we have an increase of almost 12% in the number of children registered in the ele- mentary schools, and some relief is absolutely necessary.
The Building Committee, appointed by the Town at its last meeting, have given very careful consideration to this subject, and we trust that when their report and recommendations are presented to the Town at its annual meeting, that no hasty decision will be made.
The reports of other school officers follow, and trust you will give them careful consideration.
LLEWELLYN MILLS, WARREN L. BISHOP, DOROTHY C. STONE, School Committee.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1932
Salaries
Mary Kerr
$1,640.50
Eleanor Partridge
1,399.25
Florence I. Holmes
1,171.25
Evelyn Littlefield
1,158.00
Janet M. MacNamara
1,389.25
Drusilla Goodwin
1,449.25
Jane Noel Campbell
1,384.25
Ethelyn Morrill
1,399.25
Leah G. Fleming
617.50
Sulo A. Kempainen
1,304.50
Mabel S. Draper
1,449.25
Elizabeth Smith
1,399.25
Gertrude Macdonald
1,399.25
Julia B. Smith
965.00
Elizabeth H. Partridge
40.00
Mrs. Agnes Decatur
5.00
Mrs. Mabel Hammond
15.00
Ernest W. Schleicher
386.00
Marguerite E. Peaslee
665.50
Frank H. Benedict
1,691.66
David J. Allen
2,895.00
A. Marion Simpson
1,690.50
Maude E. Merrithew
1,690.50
Mildred A. Henderson
1,347.50
Francis R. Gladu
1,930.00
Margaret C. Robbins
1,401.00
Janie C. Foster
1,642.25
Mrs. Helen R. DeMerritt
97.50
Edward P. Dowling
95.00
Winifred Blackmer
13.10
Thomas Metcalf
980.00
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James Morton Mary E. McNeil Mary E. McNeil
980.00 580.00 54.00
$36,325.26
Transportation
Blue Ribbon Garage
$5,013.37
Thomas L. Hynes
960.00
George N. Sherman
420.00
Frank J. Bigwood
342.00
Alexander Sauer
720.00
Helen Carter Wheeler
380.00
*Field and Cowles
66.24
*William S. Lovell
35.72
*Blue Ribbon Garage
39.52
*Marie R. Hynes
66.34
*F. J. Bigwood
44.00
8,087.19
*Insurance
Books
The Macmillan Company
$14.68
Oliver Ditson Company
7.65
Boston Music Company
13.42
The Gregg Publishing Company
19.24
The Bruce Publishing Company
5.37
Charles M. Lamprey
13.45
Doubleday, Doran and Company
12.68
Iroquois Publishing Company
16.74
Benj. H. Sanborn & Company
22.34
Silver, Burdett and Company
9.30
Scott, Foresman & Company
1.50
The John C. Winston Company
24.30
Row, Peterson & Company
6.19
Hall and McCreary Company
2.67
Prentice-Hall, Incorporated
17.13
Allyn and Bacon
66.57
Houghton Mifflin and Company
7.72
D. C. Heath and Company
100.11
American Book Company
30.66
Edward E. Babb and Company, Inc.
20.19
Ginn and Company
135.74
547.65
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Supplies
Ena Tillson
$2.03
Gregg Publishing Company
4.97
Scott, Foresman and Company
10.49
A. B. Dick Company
22.07
G. W. Myers
4.00
Andrews Paper Company
109.20
School Service Bureau
1.90
Milton Bradley Company
40.80
Webster Publishing Company
8.57
Charles M. Homeyer and Company
3.86
Martin Diploma Company
36.00
Royal Typewriter Company
4.00
L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriter Co.
4.00
Underwood, Elliott, Fisher Company
5.00
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
3.88
J. L. Hammett Company
240.03
Edward E. Babb and Company, Inc.
378.73
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, Inc.
80.36
Central Scientific Company
24.18
Remington Rand, Inc.
3.75
Wright & Potter Printing Company
4.18
Underwood Typewriter Company
5.00
996.98
Miscellaneous of Operation
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
$34.85
Philgas Company
29.36
Howe and Company
13.67
The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston
248.37
Leveille's Marlboro & Boston Express
1.75
Hercules Kalon
12.50
A. W. Atwood
61.00
The Suburban Press
11.00
Colby and Company
3.12
F. S. Webster Company
1.50
Anderson Express Company
1.20
Lockhart Hardware Company
2.34
420.66
Repairs, Replacements, Upkeep
Wear Proof Mat Company
$21.33
Edward E. Babb and Company, Inc.
8.72
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The Fiske Corporation
13.91
George E. Massie Julius Wahl
12.00
5.00
C. Warren
9.88
Ralph Hersey
8.79
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
16.90
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
14.70
Lockhart Hardware Company
6.10
J. C. Massie
28.10
J. L. Hammett Company
.50
Thomas Metcalf
1.59
Natick Plumbing and Heating Company
62.72
E. W. Marston and Son
10.95
A. B. Dick Company
3.15
John Ploss
13.50
Dura Binding Company
71.70
James H. Whitehead
1.50
George V. Evans
5.00
Underwood Typewriter Company
35.00
McLellan Awning & Shade Company
51.86
Royal Typewriter Company
40.00
442.90
Miscellaneous
New England Tel. and Tel.
$65.83
Wayland Water Board
30.00
Fairbanks and Son
1.10
Plunket Chemical Company
73.80
The C. B. Dolge Company
4.11
Samuel M. Lindsay
25.00
Thomas L. Hynes
3.00
Anderson Express Company
1.20
The Holmerden Company
19.50
Gibbs Express
1.00
C. W. Fairbank
5.31
229.85
Fuel
Boston & Maine Railroad
$53.55
A. W. Atwood
112.30
N. E. Coal and Coke Company
263.43
City Fuel Company
639.99
1,069.27
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New Equipment
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
$30.10
Edward E. Babb and Company, Inc.
107.70
137.80
General Control
Frank H. Benedict
$110.69
David J. Allen
25.80
136.49
Health
James T. Bolton
$ .90
B. W. Johnson
27.39
Natick Printing Company
7.00
Bates Stationery Company
2.20
37.49
Special Appropriation
Ernest E. Sparks
$135.00
Total
$48.431.54
Recapitulation
Income
Town Grant
$48.000.00
One-half Dog Fund
390.22
Income Donation Fund
8.00
Refund-Insurance
33.40
Refunds
6.01
$48.437.63
Special Town Grant
135.00
Total
$48,572.63
Expenditures
Salaries
$33.999.60
Transportation
8.087.19
Book's
547.65
Supplies
996.98
Miscellaneous of Operation
420.66
Repairs. Replacements. Upkeep
442.90
Miscellaneous
229.85
Fuel
1,069.27
New Equipment
137.80
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General Control Health
1,882.15 752.49
$48,566.54 $6.09
Balance
Income on Account of the School Department Credited to Estimated Receipts Account
State-General School Fund, Part I
$4,270.00
Tuition of State Wards
433.64
152.00
Transportation, State Wards Tuition, Wards City of Boston
16.26
Total
$4,871.90
Toll and Other Collections
12.38
Grand Total
$4,884.28
Expenditures
$48,564.28
State Income and Other Income
4,892.28
Educational Expenses from Tax Levy
$43,672.00
Income from State-Reimbursement on Account of
Vocational Tuition for year ending August 31, 1932 $323.91
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Wayland School Committee :
It is an esteemed honor to present my twenty-third report. It is the thirty-sixth in the series of reports from this office.
The statistics compiled for the Annual State Returns show a high school enrollment of 123, the same as last year. There are 47 more children enrolled in the elementary schools than last year. an increase of nearly 12%. A study of these statistics indicates that another year the High School enrollment will be about 140. These comparisons are made to indicate to you that the providing of space in our rooms to care for our boys and girls is each year becoming more and more complicated, already very near the point that not another student can be accommodated.
It is a pleasure to report to you that our teachers are carrying a heavier burden of work than heretofore cheerfully and vigorously with reduced compensation besides giving material aid to children in a quiet way.
The number of boys in the high school who would be working if work were available for them is much increased. These young men are not especially interested in much of the work we have to offer them. Our young ladies are provided with courses in household arts. Our boys have no such choice. They must either take commercial or college preparatory sub- jects of a combination of same.
As it seems to us that some provision should be made for these young men we are recommending that a reasonable course of employment be given them in physical education and that credit toward graduation be granted for same. We should pro- vide for a time requirement and a standard of attainment com- parable to requirements for academic subjects. We believe this plan as briefly outlined to be a creditable experiment in educa- tion.
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The very best work that the school offers some of our boys is given them on the athletic field. It is not play but very inten- sive work for a considerable period of time. There is no credit given. The hope of victory is high. The thrill of victory often carried off by opponents. Added to the depression of defeat is the chagrin engendered by thoughtless criticisms of those who would have them win. I hope that we may add the zest of winning diploma credits to this very worthy line of education offered our high school boys.
We have reason to be highly pleased with the records of our graduates in college and normal school. It is a very great personal joy to me to note the successes of our graduates.
Miss Ena Tillson has again been getting her practice work in our schools ; this year working with the high school girls.
Respectfully submitted, FRANK H. BENEDICT, Superintendent of Schools.
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REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Supt. Frank H. Benedict.
Cochituate. Mass.
Dear Mr. Benedict :
I herewith submit to you my fifteenth annual report as Principal of the Wayland High School.
The maximum enrollment of the school to date is 123 students. Of these 60 are boys and 63 are girls.
The present enrollment is 113 students. Of these 55 are boys and 58 are girls.
The following tabulation shows the present enrollment by classes :
Boys
Girls
Total
Freshman
20
14
34
Sophomore
19
18
37
Junior
7
14
21
Senior
5
8
13
Post Graduate
4
4
8
Total
55
58
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You will note that there are eight of last year's graduating class back in school for additional work. These students have not been able to find work and prefer to attend school to being on the street. In normal times it is a rare thing that students come back for extra work. Many schools have the students who are planning to enter college return for extra work. At Wayland these students do the extra work after school hours with the teachers and are able to go to college at the end of four years of work. I cannot say how much longer the school will be able to continue this policy.
The organization of the school is about the same as it has been for several years. In addition to the work of last year
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Miss Tillson is giving work in Physical Education to the girls and Miss Blackmer is making it possible for students to receive special work in subjects that they did not do in regular class work. Miss Blackmer is doing practice work in the high school and the grades.
The point that I wish to bring especially to your attention is the need for more rooms in which to do the work of the school. I have called your attention to this for a number of years but no new rooms have been provided. I am using rooms that were never intended for classes.
At present there are a few extra roll seats but in another year or so, I can see that I cannot assign all the students to roll seats. Something should be done at once to provide more rooms for the high school.
For some years the classes in Chemistry and Physics have gotten the laboratory work in these subjects done as best they could in space intended for six students. This year the Chemistry class has 27 students in it. The larger part of this class is not doing individual laboratory work. The few students who have some prospect of going to college are doing laboratory work in order to qualify for college in a laboratory science. It looks as though this sort of thing will have to continue until better space is provided for the work.
A similar situation holds in Typewriting. There are 13 typewriters and no more can be used in the present typewriting room. This year there are more students asking for the work than can be seated in the class. If this condition holds next year, the thing to do is to drop from the class those students whose record indicates that they have little prospect of doing the work.
Sincerely yours, DAVID J. ALLEN.
Wayland, Mass., January 2, 1933.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
January 16, 1933.
Mr. Frank H. Benedict,
Supt. of Wayland Schools, Cochituate, Mass.
Dear Mr. Benedict :
I herewith have the honor of submitting my report as Physician of Wayland Schools for the fiscal year of 1932.
Each student was carefully examined and the defects if any were noted and recorded. There seemed to be a smaller percentage of tonsil and adenoid cases than in previous years.
Unless the dental clinic can be continued the teeth are soon going to show the need of much dental work. Skin infections like scabies and impetigo have been quite numerous. These two diseases require the faithful co-operation of parents and students in order to eradicate the same.
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