Official reports of the town of Wayland 1942-1944, Part 15

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 594


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The amount of General Relief has continued to be low and every effort has been made to protect the interests of the Town.


During the year we lost the services of John W. Seavey who moved out of town and resigned. Mr. Gustaf M. Blom- gren was appointed to fill the vacancy and has served with fidelity, enthusiasm, and efficiency since his appointment.


The financial facts relating to the department will be found in the usual reports of the Town Treasurer and the Town Accountant. There is appended a statement showing the gross expenditures and reimbursements in the various categories of aid together with the operating expenses and the statistics of this department.


Statement of Expenditures


GENERAL RELIEF


Gross Expenditures


$ 9,180.97


Reimbursements


3,901.13


Net Cost $ 5,279.84


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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Gross Expenditures Reimbursements


$39,300.04


35,516.28


Net Cost


$ 3,783.76


AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN


$ 2,042.55


Gross Expenditures Reimbursements


1,956.96


Net Cost


$ 85.59


ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE


Gross Expenditures


$ 3,228.84


Reimbursements


637.24


Net Cost


$ 2,591.60


Total Gross Expenditures


$53,752.40


Total Reimbursements


42,011.61


Total Net Cost


$11,740.79


Statistics


1942


1943


General Relief


Cases January 1


30


19


Cases December 31


19


15


Average monthly Unemployable Case Load


21.0


15.4


Average gross expenditures per month


per case


$35.92


$52.40


Average monthly Employable Case Load


4.3


.83


Average gross expenditures per month per case


$36.40


$42.44


Total gross expenditures


$11,896.08


$9,180.97


Medical, hospital, etc. in above


$3,564.51


$916.41


Total net cost after reimbursements


$5,715.01


$5,279.84


Old Age Assistance


Cases January 1


88


92


Cases December 31


92


81


Average monthly Case Load


89.3


88.7


Average gross expenditures per month


per case


$32.70


$36.87


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1942


1943


Total gross expenditures


$35,029.26


$39,300.04


Medical, hospital, etc. in above


$1,875.67


$2,545.68


Total net cost after reimbursements


$5,899.98


$3,783.76


Aid to Dependent Children


Cases January 1


3


3


Cases December 31.


3


2


Average monthly Case Load


3.33


2.17


Average gross expenditures per month


per case


$64.80


$78.56


Total gross expenditures


$2,565.95


$2,042.55


Medical, hospital, etc. in above


$151.43


$208.15


Total net cost after reimbursement


$1,151.44


$85.59


CARLISLE D. SCOTLAND, G. M. BLOMGREN, J. SIDNEY STONE.


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REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS


To the citizens of the Town of Wayland :


The Board of Road Commissioners was organized with Joseph H. Decatur as Chairman.


Albert E. Potvin was unanimously appointed Superin- tendent of Highways.


We have held many meetings throughout the year and with the Superintendent have inspected the highways and equipment at various times.


It is the board's opinion that the superintendent has again this year done an excellent job with the money and manpower available. If sufficient funds are appropriated it is our inten- tion to grade and surface additional roads this year to the end that we may have better roads and at an ultimate saving to the town.


We are now preparing a list of projects for submission to the Town Committee on Post War Planning for their consider- ation.


Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH H. DECATUR, Chairman, WILLIAM J. SCOTLAND, BENJAMIN W. JOHNSON, Jr.


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REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


General Maintenance work, done under the Highway appropriation, consisted of cleaning drainage systems, gravel- ling, mowing, brush cutting, street cleaning, and repairing of guard rails.


Bituminous materials, amounting to 32,202 gallons, were used for surface treatment on the following streets :


Connecticut Path East


Mitchell St.


Damon St.


Oak St.


French St.


East Plain St.


Harrison St.


West Plain St.


King St.


Pine Brook Rd.


Lake Rd.


Plain Rd.


Lakeview Rd.


Pleasant St.


Lincoln Rd.


Waltham Rd. Willard St.


2,000 ft. of Plain Road was gravelled and surfaced.


The Sidewalk Construction appropriation was used to com- plete a section of sidewalk on Concord Road.


In addition to the General Maintenance of Chapter 90 roads, sections' of Commonwealth Road and Cochituate Road were surface treated. The old wooden guard rail on Common- wealth Road between Rice Road and the Natick line has been replaced with cement guard posts.


I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Road Commissioners for their co-operation during the past year.


Respectfully submitted,


ALBERT E. POTVIN. Highway Surveyor.


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REPORT OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE IN WAYLAND


This is a report of the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service in the town of Wayland for 1943.


Because of war conditions, the Staff of the Extension Ser- vice had to devote a great deal of time this year to overhead organization work pertaining to machinery rationing, food dis- tribution orders, farm labor and other regulations, as issued by our Government, and establishing the number of war units on certain farms for Selective Service Boards. An attempt was made to see to it that these regulations were explained and applied to local conditions.


Wayland poultrymen have been sent information on price ceilings, the feed situation, and other emergency policies. Also, they have been sent circular material on up-to-date production practices. They have been advised concerning keeping records, improving ranges, disease control and reducing wastes. Several have been visited concerning specific problems.


Individual farmers have been advised on farm management problems. Information and material has been furnished dairy farmers on bangs disease control by calfhood vaccination and control of mastitis through a sanitation program. Samuel Cut- ler, Island Pond Road, is developing a farm plan, the objective being to raise as much legume pasture and dry roughage as is possible through fertilizing, liming and reseeding to legumes and mixed grasses including ladino clover and alfalfa.


Cooperation was given the Wayland Garden Club in their program on Victory Gardens. A twilight orchard meeting was held at the farm of Joseph Decatur attended by fruit growers throughout the county.


Mrs. Leslie B. Reid, as Town Chairman for Women's Extension Work, arranged for monthly meetings for home- makers. Several foods demonstrations on "School Lunch" and "Meat Extenders" were given, as well as a four-meeting uphol- stery project.


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Two canning demonstrations were planned by Mrs. Charles Harrington.


Boys and girls of Wayland carried on one hundred seventy- two 4-H projects during the year in clothing, food, canning, garden, poultry, dairy, handicraft and pig raising.


Mrs. Leslie Reid was 4-H chairman of the town committee of which all leaders are members. 4-H leaders were: Miss Eleanor Curley, Mrs. Charles Harrington, Mrs. Frank Moore, Mrs. Harriet Potter, Mrs. Albert Sanderson and Mrs. Lois Sherman. Other members of the committee were Miss Mabel Draper and Sulo Kampanien.


Elmer Bigwood headed up a 4-H committee in Cochituate. Leaders were Mrs. Charles Buswell, Mrs. Fred Gelinas, Mrs. John Beatson and Maurice F. Welch. Other members of the committee were Fern Taylor, Rev. David Angell, Mrs. John Handrahan and Albert Lizotte.


A rally was held for all members during the winter. In the spring an exhibit and program was held at the Wayland High School. The program consisted of demonstrations by both boys' and girls' clubs. A blue ribbon was awarded to Mrs. Potter's club on their demonstration. In Cochituate an exhibit was held at the Catholic Parish House. In the fall there was an exhibit of canned products in Wayland while Cochituate members exhibited at the Cochituate Grange Fair.


Bettie Harrington and Nancy Hunes attended Camp Mid- dlesex. Mrs. Charles Harrington was councillor. Mrs. Leslie Reid made Camp Middlesex possible by volunteering to be the camp cook when no one could be found for that position.


Harold Carver was awarded twenty-five chicks on his fine - poultry work.


Paul Starrett was third in the County Pig Contest and was awarded $10.00 by the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture.


Barbara Reid was the state winner in the Clothing Achieve- ment Contest which carried with it the honor of representing Massachusetts at the National 4-H Congress held at Chicago. While there she was awarded a $200.00 scholarship.


Club leaders and members appreciate having the privilege of holding their meetings at the Wayland Town House.


JOSEPH DECATUR.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


Massachusetts


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943


SCHOOL DIRECTORY


School Committee


Mrs. Ellen B. Ferguson Allan R. Finlay Cornelius J. Maguire


Term expires 1944 Term expires 1946 Term expires 1945


Organization


Mrs. Ellen B. Ferguson, Chairman


Allan R. Finlay, Secretary


Alfred R. Kenyon, Superintendent


Ernest E. Sparks, M. D., School Physician


Mrs. Mary McNeil, R. N., School Nurse


Mrs. Mary McNeil, Supervisor of Attendance


SCHOOL CALENDAR


1944


Monday, January 3 Schools open


Friday, February 18


Schools close


Monday, February 28 Schools open


Friday, April 7 Holiday


Friday, April 14


Schools close


Monday, April 24 Schools open


Tuesday, May 30 Holiday


Wednesday, June 21 High School Graduation


Friday, June 23 End of School year


Summer Vacation


Wednesday, September 6


Schools open


Thursday, October 12 Holiday


Wednesday noon, November 30


Thanksgiving Recess


Monday, December 4


Schools open


Friday, December 22 Schools close


Christmas Vacation


Tuesday, January 2


1945


Schools open


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NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL


It is the policy of the School Department to order the no-school signal only in the most severe weather conditions or when the transportation system is disrupted. At other times parents are expected to use their own judgment in sending children to school.


SCHOOL ENTRANCE


Children may enter the first grade if they are five years and six months of age on or before September 1 of the current school year. Consequently children will be admitted to the first grade in September 1944 if born on or before March 1, 1939. Certificates of birth and vaccination are required at the time of entrance.


COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE


All children must attend school between the ages of seven and sixteen. Certain exceptions may be made by written per- mission of the Superintendent of Schools for children who have reached the age of fourteen and have completed the sixth grade.


EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS


Employment permits, sometimes called "School Cards," are required for all persons under twenty-one years of age who are employed in manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile, and certain other work. These may be obtained at the office of the Super- intendent of Schools. The minor must appear in person and present a birth certificate or other suitable evidence of age.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE For the Year 1943


To the Citizens of Wayland :


During 1943, war conditions increased materially the prob- lems of school administration. Our Town is to a considerable extent an agricultural community. The need for maximum food production in the face of farm labor shortages placed a real responsibility on our schools to fill the gap. Under the leadership of policies laid down by the Governor and the Massa- chusetts Department of Education, and, after consulting with state farm leaders and school officials in other agricultural com- munities, your school committee laid out a program of coopera- tion with the farmers in this area. Beginning last September, and extending through the harvest season, the opening and clos- - ing hours of the high school were changed, permitting those students, who volunteered, to devote the bulk of each afternoon to farm work with a minimum of interference in the regular school program. We are pleased to receive reports that through this cooperation, crops were successfully harvested. We regret that the carrying out of this program interfered with the regular fall athletic schedule but are confident that the students appre- ciate the valuable contribution which they have made to the war effort as a result.


Further progress was made during the past year in the text- book renewal program throughout the school system. New textbooks have now been acquired in the grade schools for all subjects except geography and history. Replacements among high school textbooks have likewise been largely completed. We feel confident that an examination of these new books by par- ents will confirm your committee's opinion as to their high quality, and particularly their up-to-date character.


With the opening of the school year last September, the teaching program in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades of the Center school was modified somewhat along departmental lines. Each of the three teachers in these grades selected cer-


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tain subjects which he or she now teaches in all three grades. The teachers change rooms for this purpose during different periods. This system offers the advantages of permitting teachers to select those subjects which each one particularly enjoys teaching, and then to specialize in them. It should per- mit an economy in time devoted to classwork preparation by teachers, and increase the general satisfaction derived from teaching. Pupils should benefit to the extent that these advan- tages lead to improved teaching results. This system was inaugurated on a trial basis. To date it appears to be working well.


During the past year the Wayland grade schools were visited by Miss Alice Beal, Supervisor of Elementary Educa- tion for the state. Your committee is pleased to note that her subsequent report commented favorably on the educational progress in the Wayland grade schools since her previous visit.


It was with real satisfaction that your committee was able to grant an important ncrease in teachers' salaries during 1943. The salaries of all teachers who have served in the schools since before the general salary reduction of 1932 were raised to the maximum salary levels existing prior to that time. Salaries of the newer teachers were increased to levels more competitive with war-born opportunities in other fields. Your committee fully recognizes, however, that despite these increases, our teachers, in common with all other earners of semi-fixed salar- ies, continue to face many difficult problems as the result of war- generated rises in cost of living and taxes.


In view of the increased number of young children living on Oxbow Road in North Wayland, and the fact tha these children had to walk some distance to the nearest bus station on Concord Road during the dark winter mornings of War Time, the North Wayland school bus was rerouted, beginning Septem- ber 1943, to cover the circuit of Concord, Oxbow, and Sher- man's Bridge Roads.


As outlined in more detail by accompanying reports of school officials, the school dental clinic materially expanded the amount of dental work accomplished in 1943. We are strongly in favor of furthering this program to the maximum extent permitted by funds available and by the limited time which may be devoted to this service by Dr. Rawding, whose excellent work and spirit of cooperation are greatly appreciated by your com- mittee.


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This report would not be complete without an expression of the school committee's sincere appreciation of the cooperative spirit shown by the school officials, teachers, janitors, and others connected with the school system in the performance of their regular work, and the extra services willingly given during the trying war conditions of 1943.


CORNELIUS J. MAGUIRE, ELLEN M. FERGUSON, ALLAN R. FINLAY, School Committee.


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR 1943


Regular Appropriation


$67,673.00 2,246.96


Total


$69,919.96 69,202.81


Expenditures


Unexpended Balance $


717.15


Summary of Receipts


General School Fund, Part I


$5,060.00


Tuition and Transportation of


State Wards


882.36


Telephone Reimbursements


4.70


. Total Receipts


$5,947.06


Summary of Receipts and Expenditures


$69,202.81


Expenditures Receipts


5,947.06


Net Cost of Department to the Town


$63,255.75


Expenditures


General Control


Superintendent's Salary


$ 1,875.00


Other Expenses


734.38


Instruction


Teachers' Salaries


44,526.90


Textbooks


1,510.51


Supplies


1,699.87


Operation


Janitors' Salaries


3,939.16


Fuel


2,302.61


Miscellaneous


1,815.73


Maintenance


Repair and Replacement


1,479.31


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Transfer


Outlay


Buildings and Grounds New Equipment Other Agencies Transportation Health


275.83


509.39


8,059.00


128.53


Libraries


247.58


Sundries


99.01


Total Expenditures


$69,202.81


Teachers' Salaries as of December 31, 1943


David J. Allen


$ 3000.00


A. Marion Simpson


1750.00


Maude E. Merrithew


1750.00


Francis H. Gladu


2000.00


Janie C. Foster


1650.00


M. Rita Murphy


1400.00


Mildred A. Henderson


1750.00


Francis J. Claffey


2000.00


Marguerite E. Peaslee


750.00


Grace V. Conley


1400.00


Ernest W. Schleicher


475.00


Mary Kerr


1700.00


Eleanor W. Partridge


1450.00


Mary V. Horan


1450.00


Doris G. Currier


1450.00


Edith M. Lindsay


1250.00


Marjorie M. Lareau


1300.00


Jane N. Campbell


1450.00


Leonice Beatson


1200.00


Ethelyn R. Morrill


1450.00


Alfred A. Bracy


2100.00


Mabel S. Draper


1450.00


Dorothy M. Falvey


1375.00


Ellen M. Rowe


1200.00


E. Elizabeth Crowley


1375.00


Molly F. Decker


1400.00


Hope C. Bancroft


1375.00


Frances D. Irvine


1300.00


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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


To the School Committee of Wayland :


I submit herewith my third annual report as Superintendent of Schools.


ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERSHIP


School Year


1940-41


1941-42 777


1942-43 721


Pupils Enrolled


754


Non Resident Pupils


6


7


12


Aggregate Attendance


109442


113257


103566


Average Daily Attendance


635


660


607


Average Membership


695


712


673


Further details regarding enrollment may be found in the tables included with the report. The decrease in the High School is much greater than in the elementary school and due largely to the increase in general employment.


"SCHOOL CARDS"


The Superintendent's office has the responsibility for issuing Home Permits and Employment Permits, required by law for all minors aged 16 to 21 who go to work in industry and for all minors aged 14 to 16 who are permitted to leave school for work at home or elsewhere. Those permits com- monly called "School Cards" have been issued during the year as follows :


Age


14-16


16-21


Total


Home Permits


2


0


2


Employment Permits


28


148


176


Total issued


30


148


178


Permits were issued to 76 boys and 102 girls. The total of 178 include 129 issued to different minors and to 49 minors who had already been issued a card in 1943.


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TEACHER CHANGES


This past year has been one of changes. Thirty-six per- cent of the teachers left. The list includes three high school teachers, five elementary teachers, and one elementary principal. Six left for teaching positions in Needham, Boston, Belmont, Exeter, N. H., Revere and North Attleboro. Two left to enter business and one to be married.


Of the new teachers one is a beginner and seven have had experience elsewhere. One position was discontinued because of reduced enrollment.


TESTING PROGRAM


Once a year we plan to give standard tests in the elemen- tary schools. The results are used for the purpose of deter- mining the effectiveness of the teaching program in general and the progress of individuals in particular.


REPAIRS


One major repair job was completed with the painting of the sash and trim of the Cochituate building. The roadway at the high school was also repaired. Minor repairs were made on all buildings as needed.


RECOMMENDATIONS


In making these recommendations I am fully aware of the stress of the times and the fact that it is probably inadvisable at this time to make some of the following changes. However they are needed to improve the school system.


Cochituate


1. The Cochituate building needs to be painted throughout on the inside, and the ceilings improved.


2. Facilities and additional space should be provided so that a more complete physical education program can be car- ried on during the winter months.


3. The stairs and railings should be replaced at once.


Wayland Center


1. The Center building should be painted both inside and out.


2. The lighting system should be repaired and improved as soon as possible.


High School


1. The trim and sash should be painted this coming summer.


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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS


Junior Red Cross continues its effective work. Among the products have been an afghan and Christmas boxes.


War saving stamps are sold in all schools. Sales to pupils during the past year have amounted to $5,110.00.


CONCLUSION


Included with my report are the reports of the High School Principal, the School Physician, the School Nurse, and those of the Art, Music, and Physical Education supervisors and several statistical tables of general interest.


Your interest and assistance in the problems of the school system are most commendable, and I am glad to express my appreciation of them at this time.


Respectfully submitted, ALFRED R. KENYON, Superintendent of Schools.


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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL


To the Superintendent of Schools :


I herewith submit to you my twenty-sixth annual report as Principal of the Wayland High School.


The maximum enrollment is 144 students-69 boys, 75 girls.


The present enrollment is 128 students-60 boys, 68 girls.


The present enrollment is distributed to courses and classes as shown by the following tabulation.


Courses


Freshman Class


Sophomore Class


Junior Class


Senior Class


Totals


Boys


Girls


Boys


A Girls


U Boys


co Girls


4


3


24 24


Commercial


12


9


7 10


1


4


1


5


21 28


General


3


2


1 0


6


4


5


6


15 12


Home Economics


2


2


4


Totals


25 20


13 16


12 18


10 14


60 68


Classes


English I


51


Bookkeeping I


21


English II


34


Bookkeeping III


11


English III


19


Jr. Business Training 23


English IV


23


Com'l Geography


18


Boys


Girls


Boys


Girls


College


10


9


5


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French I


23


Commercial Law


17


French II


12


Type I


27


French III


6


Type II


12


Latin I


26


Salesmanship


10


Latin II


11


Stenography I


11


Social Study I


18


Stenography II


9


Social Study III-IV


16


Business Practice


11


U. S. History


23


Clothing


12


Arithmetic


17


Food


4


Algebra I


30


Home Management III 5


Algebra II


10


Home Management IV 6


Plane Geometry


10


Drawing


9


Solid Geometry


7


Physical Ed. Boys


41


Trigonometry


8


Physical Ed. Girls


30


Biology


18


Chemistry


23


General Science


34


Respectfully submitted,


DAVID J. ALLEN,


Principal.


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PROGRAM OF STUDIES, HIGH SCHOOL


In order to receive a diploma in one of the four courses listed, a student must complete the required work and enough elective work to give eighty credits.


At the opening of school, a student should have at least enough subjects to give twenty credits, and at no time shall his program of studies be less than fifteen prepared recitations per week.


The election of Physics, Chemistry, French, and Mathe- matics in the third and fourth years should be made in accord- ance with the requirements of the higher institution which the student wishes to enter.


A student who expects to enter another school after grad- uation should elect subjects which meet the requirements of that school.


A change from one course to another will not be permitted during the school year. At the beginning of the school year, a change may be made on application of the parent or guardian. The reason for such change must be satisfactory to the school authorities.


In order to be promoted from the Freshman Class to the Sophomore Class, 15 credits are needed; from the Sophomore Class to the Junior Class, 35 credits are needed ; from the Junior Class to the Senior Class, 571/2 credits are needed; and 80 credits are needed for graduation.


A student who has received a "D" grade in a subject will be given credit for this subject, but he may be refused permis- sion to continue this line of work. In the case of a required subject such as English, he may have to repeat the subject.


Algebra 1 must be taken before Plane Geometry. Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Plane Geometry must be taken before Solid Geometry and Trigonometry. Algebra 1 and Plane Geometry must be taken before Physics and Chemistry.


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COLLEGE COURSE


First Year Credits


REQUIRED SUBJECTS


English 1 Algebra 1


5


5


Latin 1


5


Social Study 1 or


General Science


5


Music


1/2


1


Physical Education ELECTIVE SUBJECTS


Clothing 5


Second Year Credits


REQUIRED SUBJECTS


English 2 5


Plane Geometry


5


Latin 2 5


French 1


5


Music 1/2


Physical Education


1


ELECTIVE SUBJECTS


Foods


5


Biology


5


Social Study 2


5


Third Year


Credits


REQUIRED SUBJECTS


English 3 5


French 2 5


Algebra 2


21/2


Chemistry or Physics


5


Music


1/2


ELECTIVE SUBJECTS


Trigonometry or


Solid Geometry 21/2


Social Study 3-4 5


Physical Education


1


Fourth Year


Credits


REQUIRED SUBJECTS


English 4 5


U. S. History


5


Music 1/2


ELECTIVE SUBJECTS


Physics or Chemistry 5


Social Study 3-4 5


French 3 5


Physical Education 1


GENERAL COURSE


First Year Credits


REQUIRED SUBJECTS


5


General Science


5


Music


1/2


Music


1/2


Physical Education


1


Physical Education 1


ELECTIVE SUBJECTS


ELECTIVE SUBJECTS


Bookkeeping 1 5


Algebra 1


5


Plane Geometry 5


Social Study 1


5


Typewriting 1 21/2


Business Training


5


Commercial Geography 5


Clothing


5


French 1 5


Foods 5


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Second Year Credits


REQUIRED SUBJECTS


English 1


English 2 5




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