Official reports of the town of Wayland 1954-1956, Part 45

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1954
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 702


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Upon this study the committee begs leave to submit the following report and recommendations.


SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS


The committee's recommendations are set forth below in the full report together with an explanation and statement of the reasons for each. The recommendations may be summarized as follows:


A.


The traditional form of New England Town Government should be retained.


B.


An Executive-Secretary should be appointed pursuant to General Laws ch. 41, §23A, to act for the Selectmen in any matter which they may assign to him relating to the administration of the affairs of the town and, with the approval of the Selectmen, to perform similar executive and administrative duties on behalf of other boards.


The Executive-Secretary would be the senior executive and administrative official in the town government, subject to the directions of the Selectmen. He should relieve the Selectmen of unnecessary detail by gathering information and holding preliminary discussions with citizens in preparation for Selectmen's meetings, by disposing of routine matters, and by acting for the Selectmen in the initial handling of complaints and requests for assistance.


The Executive-Secretary should also perform similar executive and administrative duties for the Highway Commissioners, Planning Board and other town agencies requiring assistance. He should superintend the preservation of town records and the keeping of books and accounts, all in the new Town Hall, and he should therefore be in charge of all administrative and clerical employees.


The appointment of an Executive-Secretary to whom these tasks were assigned would relieve elected officials of burdensome routine and


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enable them to concentrate on important decisions and long range policies. It would provide greater assurance that the decisions of elected officials were carried out in day to day operations. It would centralize and thereby strengthen and improve "housekeeping" and other administration; for like reasons it would point the way to greater coordination of the work of the several boards and departments. It would provide citizens with one responsible official, on duty daily in the Town Hall, with whom they could take up any problem relating to town services. Finally and most important, the appointment of an Executive- Secretary would provide the Selectmen with better facilities for the over-all coordination of town affairs.


In order to carry out this recommendation the Town should vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint an Executive-Secretary pursuant to General Laws, ch. 41, §23A.


An appropriate salary cannot be fixed for the position without more knowledge concerning both the exact duties to be delegated and the qualifications of the available men. Consequently, an appropriation should be made in the budget for 1957 but the salary should be fixed by the Personnel Board when more details are available, in accordance with the Wage and Salary Classification Plan and subject to the action of the Town at the next annual meeting.


C.


More adequate engineering services should be made available to the Selectmen, the Planning Board and the Highway and Water Commis- sioners either by employing a Town Engineer or by contracting for the regularly assigned time of a professional engineer associated with an established firm.


The choice of alternatives depends upon the relative cost and qualifications of the men available under either method. The decision should be made by the Selectmen and Finance Committee upon the recommendation of the present committee, but an adequate appropria- tion should be included in the budget for 1957.


The provision of adequate professional engineering services would facilitate the work of the Highway Department in bringing town roads up to the needs of a growing community. It would relieve the Planning Board of technical engineering details for which it has neither training nor experience. It would supply the professional field work necessary to make sure that developers actually carry out the plans approved. Conversely, it would enable the Planning Board to give much better service to contractors and private home builders interested in Wayland.


D.


The Town should accept the provisions of General Laws, ch. 48 § §42, 43 and 44, and place the Fire Department under control of a Chief of the Fire Department, appointed by the Selectmen. The Chief of the Fire Department would be a full-time officer. He would supplant the Board of Engineers and perform all the functions previously performed by the Chief or Assistant Chief, the Clerk or Assistant Clerk, or any other engineer or Fire Department official. The budget should appropriate money for a salary commensurate with the salary of the Chief of Police.


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Virtually all up-to-date communities have placed their permanent fire departments under a single full-time chief instead of a board of engineers.


E.


The Tax Collector should be designated Town Collector and charged with sole authority and responsibility for receiving all monies due the Town except payments from other governmental units and pay- ments due the Board of Public Welfare.


The offices of Tax Collector and Treasurer should be combined at an appropriate future date such as might occur if the town should lose the services of either incumbent.


These changes would eliminate unnecessary paper work and provide for the safer handling of town monies.


F.


All town records, payrolls and books of account (except those of the Board of Public Welfare) should be kept in the new Town Hall unless absolutely necessary for use in the field in the conduct of town business. Similarly, all clerical work should be performed in the Town Hall under the direction of the Executive-Secretary.


This recommendation serves three purposes. First, it reduces the risk of loss or destruction. Second, it will be more convenient for citizens to know that they can find all records in a central location. Third, centralization would provide the economies and efficiency of proper office management.


G.


The committee should be continued for the following purposes -


(1) Assisting town boards and departments in carrying out the recommendations of this report;


(2) Investigating the alternative methods of obtaining the services of a professional engineer and making a recommendation to the Selectmen and Finance Committee;


(3) Studying methods of securing better health services at lower cost with special reference to the possibility of joining the Weston- Wellesley health unit or a similar cooperative arrangement with other neighboring communities;


(4) Studying the opportunities for the coordination of fire and police protection including the joint operation and/or use of facilities ;


(5) Reporting to the Town at the next annual meeting on the progress made in carrying out the recommendations now presented.


Respectfully submitted,


THOMAS F. LINNEHAN ROBERT R. MILLER ROBERT M. MORGAN CAROLINE L. WHITSIDE ARCHIBALD COX, Chairman


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


The mechanical rabbit of better schools continued to race in front of your School Committee in 1956, as it has in years past and, let us hope, always will. This year, however, we believe the elusive creature's lead was cut by several paces.


Most dramatic step in the constant effort to edge up on our quarry was the Town's vote February 15 to acquire six school sites, thereby providing land for the schools' inexorable expansion and setting a widely publicized example of intelligent planning and action for other communities in the Commonwealth. Major credit for this step belongs to the painstaking work of the School Site Committee.


Construction of elementary schools on two of those sites was authorized by the Town August 15 and is now going forward under the direction of the School Building Committee. We pray they will be completed by next September; for our enrollment projections indicate that by then we shall need virtually every one of the twenty-eight classrooms the two schools will contain - and, it may be well here to warn, still more classrooms will probably be needed the following autumn. In addition, active work on the educational specifications of the new high school, completion of which by 1960 now seems impera- tive, is well under way by the School Department staff.


Another important step forward was the substantial improvement in our faculty salary schedules made possible by the Town's vote on our budget at the Annual Meeting. As a consequence, not only are we better able to reward competent and faithful service by our staff, but also we now stand in a somewhat stronger position in the fierce competition with other schools - private as well as public - for experienced, skillful teachers. For understanding help in working out essential details of applying the pay increases, we express warm thanks to the Finance Committee.


In other vital areas too we believe we have been making progress. For example, the college preparatory program of the High School has this year been subject to particular review and in a number of respects has been strengthened. Similarly, our instrumental music program has been reorganized and substantially improved. The Superintendent's report, which follows this brief report of ours, tells more about these matters.


Suffice it in conclusion to say that while much remains to be done, your School Committee and the eager, industrious and able staff of your School Department are constantly working to make our schools better, aware of and comforted by the interest and staunch and intelligent support so widespread in the Town. And in that work, may we add finally, we shall welcome the Committee's imminent enlargement; for with the enormous growth of the Town our labors have become increasingly arduous, and a five-member Committee should be able to share them more easily.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN B. BUTLER, Chairman CORNELIUS J. MAGUIRE WILLIAM A. WALDRON


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SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, 1956 - 1957


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


JOHN B. BUTLER, Chairman Term expires 1958


CORNELIUS J. MAGUIRE Term expires 1957


WILLIAM A. WALDRON Term expires 1959


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND SECRETARY TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


EDWARD J. ANDERSON Office, High School, Wayland ELmwood 8-4351


SCHOOL PHYSICIAN


ERNEST H. DAMON, JR., M.D. OLympic 3-1231


SCHOOL DENTIST


JOSEPH P. FOURNIER, D.D.S. TRinity 2-3211


PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES


MARIAN E. HOWES High School


MARIAN E. HOWES Cochituate School


LOUISE M. McMANUS Happy Hollow School


MARY E. McNEIL Center School


ATTENDANCE OFFICER


LEWIS A. OXFORD ELmwood 8-2581


CUSTODIANS


GEORGE F. DICKEY, Head High School


PETER POLITO High School


JAMES J. MCDONALD Center School


FRANK J. KANE Cochituate School


JOHN MORAN Happy Hollow School


DANIEL J. HOUSTON High and Cochituate School


CLERICAL AND SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


PATRICIA M. NAVIN, Secretary Superintendent's Office


ARPENA LAZARIAN, Bookkeeper Superintendent's Office


KATHARINE HODGES, Secretary High School Office


MURIEL LANGLEY, Secretary Elementary Schools


DOROTHY BOWERS, Cafeteria Director Superintendent's Office


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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1957


Schools reopen January 2


Winter Vacation February 18-22


Good Friday April 19


Spring Vacation April 22-26


Memorial Day Holiday May 30


Schools close June 20


Schools open


September 9


Veterans Day


November 11


Thanksgiving Vacation


November 28-29


(minimum day November 27)


Christmas Vacation


December 23-January 1


(Schools reopen)


January 2


SCHOOL ENTRANCE


Any child who is five years and eight months of age on September first of the current school year may be admitted to the first grade. Pupils under the age of seven years who have not previously attended school shall not be permitted to enter later than thirty days after the opening of school in September except by special permission of the Superintendent. Certificates of birth and vaccination shall be required at the time of entrance.


NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL


In the event of exceptionally severe weather conditions or when the transportation system is disrupted, WBZ and WKOX will broad- cast the no-school announcements between 7:00 and 8:00 A. M. In addition, five blasts will be sounded on the fire alarm in Wayland and Cochituate at 7:00 A. M. for "no school, all schools" and 7:30 A. M. for "no school elementary schools only."


We feel these signals are clear and, therefore, urge parents to refrain from flooding the Telephone Office and homes of School Department personnel with telephone calls.


On days when the signal is not used weather conditions may warrant the non-attendance of certain children. Lack of normal health would tend to make it advisable for parents to keep the child at home. Since weather reports are not always reliable, and since the School Department desires to render the maximum education service by having the schools open the greatest number of days, storm signals will not be used on ordinary rainy or snowy days or when there is reasonable doubt.


A good education can be built on good health. Safeguard health by keeping your child home when, in your estimation as a parent, conditions warrant.


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ORGANIZATION OF TEACHING STAFF, JANUARY 1, 1957


Name


Degree Level


Position


Elected


Junior-Senior High School


W. MAXWELL GRIFFIN


6th year


Principal


1952


ROBERT A. ANDREOTTI


Bachelor


Mathematics


1955


RUSSELL J. ARMSTRONG


Bachelor


English


1956


OUIDA L. BAILEY


Master


Science


1955


RUTH W. BAILEY


Master


Library


1955


EDWARD C. BARRY


Bachelor


Science


1955


FRANCIS J. BOTTARI


Master


English, Social Studies


1955


CHARLES P. BOWERS


Bachelor


Physical Education


1956


ALBERT W. BURNS


Master


English


1954


LUCILLE CHAMPAGNE


Master


History


1953


FRANCIS X. CORCORAN


Bachelor


Mathematics


1955


JULIAN J. DEMEO


Bachelor


Mathematics


1956


DOLORES A. DEPIERO


Bachelor


English


1956


JANIE C. FOSTER


Bachelor


Home Economics


1929


WILLIAM F. FRARY


Master


Special Class


1953


ELSIE T. FREEMAN


Bachelor


English, Social Studies


1955


DOROTHY J. GILMORE


Master


Business Education


1954


FRANCIS R. GLADU


Bachelor


Mathematics


1928


ANTONIO R. GUCCIARDI LILLIAN M. JONES


Master


Latin


1956


Master


Art


1950


LIONEL G. LAGUARDIA


Master


Driver Ed., Shop 1955


DOROTHY M. MOSS


Master


Science


1956


JOSEPH T. MOYNAHAN


Master


English, Social Studies


1954


JOSEPHINE P. MULA


Bachelor


Physical Education


1956


RALPH M. PEARSON


Master


Shop


1949


JAMES E. REID


Master


Asst. Prin. and Latin


1955


ARMANDO S. ROSSI


Master


Business Educ.


1953


RALPH S. SALVATI


Master


Science, Dir. of Athletics


1949


MARIANNE M. SANDERSON Master


Mathematics


1955


ROBERT H. SCOTLAND


6th Year


History


1956


MARY T. SELLERS


Master


History


1956


ANN B. SHIELDS


Master


French


1950


LOUIS J. TARIS


Master


Science


1956


REED K. TAYLOR


Bachelor


English


1955


HELEN E. TIMSON


Master


English, Social Studies


1952


CLARA N. ZULLO


Bachelor


Music


1955


Center Elementary School


WILLIAM E. MAXSON


Master


Principal


1956


ANNE S. CONCANNON


Bachelor


Second


1953


ROBERT B. DESROSIERS


Bachelor


Fifth


1956


JANET HAINES


Bachelor


First


1956


BEVERLY A. JEBB


Bachelor


Third


1956


WILMA J. KRESEL


Bachelor


Fourth


1956


ELEANOR LANDRIGAN


Bachelor


First


1955


FLORENCE J. LINDENBERG Bachelor


Fifth


1955


DONNA M. MANNING


Bachelor


Fourth


1956


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DORIS H. SALAK


ANN M. WILLIAMS


Master Bachelor


Second Third


1954 1954


Cochituate Elementary School


WALTER F. DOUCETTE


Bachelor


Principal


1956


NELSON F. ASHLINE


Bachelor


Sixth


1956


JANE N. CAMPBELL


Normal School


Second


1916


JACQUELINE E. DURBIN


Bachelor


Special Class


1949


ELIZABETH S. GLADU


Normal School


Fourth


1953


FRANK GUARINO, JR.


Bachelor


Sixth


1955


ANNE M. KEANE


Bachelor


Third


1955


HARRIET S. MICHELSON


Bachelor


Fifth


1953


ETHELYN MORRILL


Normal School


First


1920


MARGARET MURPIIY


Bachelor


First


1956


MARY E. NEAL


Bachelor


Fourth


1951


MARILYN PERIL


Bachelor


Second


1956


JEANNE PLESSIS


Bachelor


Third


1955


DOROTHY C. WALSH


Normal School


Fifth


1955


Happy Hollow Elementary School


DANIEL A. FRUMERIN


Master


Principal


1954


KATHERINE C. BARRON


Bachelor


First


1955


MARJORIE A. BURTON


Bachelor


Third


1956


JOAN M. CONNELL


Bachelor


Second


1956


PATRICIA A. DALTON


Master


Fifth


1953


ESTHER B. FARRELL


6th Year


Third


1956


EVA M. GATELY


Normal School


Fifth


1944


ALICE M. HALL


Bachelor


First


1953


ANN P. HARTIG


Bachelor


Second


1955


MARJORIE HEMENWAY


Bachelor


Fourth


1956


BEATRICE R. JOSEPHS


Bachelor


Second


1956


MARGARET J. MICHAUD


Bachelor


Fourth


1956


PAULINE V. NATALE


Bachelor


Second


1955


FLORENCE C. SHOHL


Master


Sixth


1947


SELMA L. STEINBERG


Bachelor


Third


1954


M. EDWARD SULLIVAN


Bachelor


Sixth


1956


Specialists


MARJORIE A. BALL


Bachelor


Physical Education


1954


MARY E. MARTIN


Bachelor


Art


1956


LEWIS A. OXFORD


Master


Guidance


1953


LUCY PARKER


Bachelor


Music


1953


PAULINE N. RADFORD


Bachelor


Music


1947


SALLY H. SINAIKO


Master


Speech and Hearing


1956


EDMUND H. WRIGHT


Master


Music


1956


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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE October 1, 1956


Grade


21 &


BOYS


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


over Totals


1


15


73


6


94


2


14


103


9


1


127


3


15


67


12


94


4


9


63


12


2


86


5


18


54


11


2


85


6


8


45


8


1


1


62


Spec.


1


2


2


4


1


2


4


1


1


18


7


1


8


43


9


1


63


8


1


11


49


13


1


82


9


11


31


9


6


57


10


8


13


7


1


1


30


11


8


15


6


29


12


1


15


10


26


Total Boys


15


87 124


86


96


75


69


68


71


56


41 30


24


11


853


236


21 &


Grade GIRLS


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


over


Totals


1


17 66


4


87


2


19


54


6


79


3


17


61


2


80


4


25


73


5


1


104


5.


19


63


8


90


6


14


37


2


53


Spec.


4


1


1


1


1


8


7


1


17


30


6


1


55


8


13


34


2


3


52


9


11


31


2


2


46


10


9


27


5


41


11


11


23


3


37


12


5


14


19


Total Girls


17


85


75


92


94


87


64


46


52


43


44


35


17


751


GRAND TOTAL 1,604


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ENROLLMENT TRENDS


School Year


1


2


3


1


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


SP


1-6


7-9 7-12 10-12 1-12


1951-1952 127


106


138


106


91


83


85


64


64


58


52


54


651


213


377


164


1028


1952-1953 141


127


111


147


110


94


93


84


65


58


57


42


730


242


399


157


1129


1953-1954 167


151


129


127


132


117


86


91


74


57


49


51


823


251


408


157


1231


1954-1955 170


164


155


130


120


125


123


82


87


67


47


46


7 864


292


452


160


1323


1955-1956


219


176


174


168


117


120


131


23


79


72


57


15


14


974


333


507


174


1498


1956-1957 181


206


176


190


173


116


117


34


103


71


66


45


26


1042


354


536


182


1604


1957-1958 254


181


212


190


183


173


118


116


123


91


63


58


26


1193


357


569


212


1788


1958-1959 225


254


186


285


183


183


176


117


107


108


81


55


26


1316


400


644


244


1986


1959-1960


265


225


261


201


274


183


187


174


108


94


96


81


26


1409


469


730


261


2165


1960-1961


301


265


232


281


193


274


187


185


160


95


83


84


26


1546


532


794


262


2366


1961-1962 239


301


273


250


270


193


279


185


170


141


84


73


26


1526


634


932


298


2484


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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, WAYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS Gentlemen:


This is the sixtieth annual report of the Superintendent of Schools. In his fifty-ninth report to you he outlined the school housing needs for the immediate years ahead. Therefore, this report will not be con- cerned with the need for additional classrooms, but will consider the most important part of education - what is being taught in the classrooms.


The people of Wayland have given the strongest support to their schools during the past year. Six school sites were purchased, two fourteen room elementary schools were authorized and construction begun, and a substantial upgrading of the teachers' salary schedule has made it possible for the Superintendent to recruit many excellent teachers to complement the fine faculty already in existence. The people of Wayland can be proud of the quality of the teaching staff and the education their boys and girls are receiving. This could not be possible without the support and confidence of the people in their teachers.


A serious classroom shortage existed at the elementary level when school opened in September. The co-teacher arrangement worked out by the staff made it possible to avoid half day sessions. A careful review of the program being carried on through the co-teacher arrangement is most encouraging. There is an indication that the children involved in co-teacher classes, even though some classes contain forty-odd children, are receiving superior instruction. It is the Superin- tendent's belief that the co-teacher classroom program may offer real advantages in the education of elementary school children. A complete report will be made to you at the conclusion of the present school year.


Parents are vitally concerned about what is being taught to their boys and girls, and no doubt, some people believe that the schools do not stress the fundamentals of learning enough. The Superintendent wants to assure you that the teaching staff is making evey effort to insure that the fundamentals are taught thoroughly in all grades from one through twelve.


The first grade is probably one of the most important years in the life of a child. It is important that a proper approach to learning be made during the child's first year in school.


In order that you may know better the teaching taking place in the first grade a typical weekly schedule follows :-


GRADE ONE


Time for Days per Week Week


71/2 Hrs. 5


Reading Skills


Includes phonics, oral and silent reading,


basic texts and supplementary materials


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Speech


Oral expression, phonics and dramatization Penmanship Also cultivated in other subjects


1 Hr. 5


Arithmetic


21/2 Hrs. 5


Social Studies


A. Home, farm or school units


в. Citizenship, practical application for first grade, election of leaders, class planning and evaluation


11% Hrs. 3


1 Hr. 2


Science and Health


212 Hrs. 5


Physical Education and Recess


21/2 Hrs.


5


Art and Music


3 5


A careful review of a typical first grade program indicates a real emphasis on the three R's, and rightly so, as a mastery of the funda- mentals at an early age is essential for advancement through the grades.


The typical third grade program which follows demonstrates the progress from grade one to grade three with additional emphasis being placed on the mastery of material. Reading continues to consume an important part in the school day.


Time for Week


A. Phonics and analysis of reading


31/2 Hrs.


B. Oral and silent reading


4 Hrs.


C. Spelling


11/4 Hrs.


D. Language


123 Hrs.


E. Arithmetic


21/2 Hrs.


F. Geography and Social Studies


114 Hrs.


G. Science


1 Hr.


H. Art 1 Hr.


I. Music


50 minutes


J. Physical exercise 50 minutes


By the time a boy or girl reaches the fifth grade reading is so integrated with English, spelling, social studies and other subjects that it is hard to distinguish between reading and other studies.


Oral reading in grade five emphasizes self-confidence, poise, articu- lation and enunciation. About two-thirds of the time given to reading is for silent reading with the following objectives:


(1) Information (2) Research (3) Organization, Locating, Selecting and Evaluating material (4) Pleasure


More emphasis is placed on achievement in various subject areas at the fifth grade level than at lower grade levels. The typical time allotment for basic subjects besides reading, follows:


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212 Hrs. 5


Time for Week


A. Spelling


21/2 Hrs.


21/2 Hrs.


21/2 Hrs.


D. Social Studies


212 Hrs.


E. Arithmetic


31/2 Hrs.


Elementary teachers are currently working on curriculum studies to improve still more the instruction at all grade levels. An arithmetic committee composed of twenty teachers is in the process of reviewing the teaching of arithmetic and will report to you in the near future. During the latter part of the last school year a teacher committee drew up curriculum outlines on the teaching of science in the elementary grades. This material is currently being used in all grades. A definite system and course of studies in handwriting has been adopted and is being taught in grades one through eight.


The instrumental music program in the elementary grades has made substantial progress since school opened in September. Small groups are given instructions on a number of instruments, mainly, flutes, clarinets, trumpets or cornets, trombones, drums and violins. The instruments have been provided by the parents. Additional instruments not normally provided by parents need to be purchased by the School Department so that a well rounded band and orchestra may come into existence.


At this writing more than one hundred boys and girls are active in the instrumental music program.


The secondary school curriculum has seen the greatest change and improvement during the last year. With the employment of additional teachers in the junior and senior high school, it has been possible to build a program which, it is felt, is better suited to meet the needs of Wayland's young men and women. The seventh grade junior divi- sion has been carried through to the eighth grade so that both seventh and eighth grade students are now divided into more homo- geneous groups according to ability and purpose. Every effort has been made to insure excellent scholastic preparation for every youngster planning to enter college as well as for those youngsters who plan to terminate their education upon graduating from high school.


The foreign language program has been expanded with added offerings in Latin and French. The eighth grade Latin program has proven to be extremely sound. Those students who studied Latin in the eighth grade last year are doing extremely well as ninth graders. This makes it possible for those youngsters who wish to take two languages to do so without overlapping programs.


In the areas of science, tremendous strides have been made over the past year and one-half with the development of additional facilities for biology and junior high school science. Science laboratory courses are offered in physics and chemistry on a double period basis. The laboratory courses are extremely important for those youngsters preparing for entry into college. The science fair held during the last school year was extremely successful and demonstrates an unusual interest in science on the part of many high school boys and


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B. English


C. Science and Health


girls. Plans are going forward to continue the science fair on a still broader basis in 1957.


The lay-teacher committees in science and mathematics are actively engaged in determining the needs in the two areas in order to make sure that Wayland High School graduates will be able to compete on even terms with the graduates from any secondary school program, both in college and in industry.


The lay members of the committees have made a comprehensive survey of the townspeople and have enlisted the aid of nearly one hundred people who are qualified to give demonstrations, talks, and work with individual students on science projects. Many of those who volunteered their assistance are now working with students and teachers on a variety of projects. This, we believe, is a most important development in science instruction and holds promise for the future.


The mathematic courses have been studied carefully with sub- stantial improvements made at the high school level. The course in advanced mathematical topics instituted a year ago in grade eleven has now advanced into grade twelve, and those students who are capable of studying advanced algebra and calculus are given the opportunity. This is one of many attempts to provide for and meet the needs of the more capable students in all subject areas. To meet the needs of technically inclined students, a course in engineering drawing was opened in September. This is a more advanced course than has been offered previously to students who possess the ability and desire to study more advanced engineering drawing techniques.


In the areas of physical education, driver training and instru- mental music, additions to the staff have made it possible to expand and improve existing programs. All sixteen year old students are now able to take the behind-the-wheel portion of the driver training course. Instruction in instrumental music is being carried out without interruption of the academic program.


The course of studies at Wayland High School is set forth below. It is designed to meet the entrance requirements of the leading colleges.


It is to be noted that English is a required subject at each grade level and that three years of history and two years of mathematics are required of each student for graduation. Latin as stated pre- viously, is offered for those capable students in the 8th grade who wish to accelerate their academic program.


The Superintendent expresses deep appreciation to the School Committee for the many hours given to the study and consideration of vital educational issues which have been brought before the Com- mittee during the past year. The improvements in the educational program outlined above were the results of your actions and support.


Respectfully submitted, EDWARD J. ANDERSON, Superintendent.


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CLASS OF 1956


OFFICERS


President, Paul W. Senory


Secretary, Mary Jane Fabisak


Vice-President, Paul B. Bradley


Treasurer, Agnes P. Houston


GRADUATES


Kathleen Marie Andrews


John L. Laughlin


Carol Ann Archer


Carolyn Dawn LeDrew


Nathalie Anne Baker


Carol E. Lindbohm


Barbara Louise Beal


Joan Margaret Lizotte


James Vance Berry


Allan Leigh Lynch


Paul B. Bradley


John Cargill MacKeen


V. Eileen Bresse


Ralph Burton Marotte, Jr.


Rita Louise Brosseau


Nancy Louise McEnroy


Elizabeth Willard Cusumano


Eleanor Lucille Perrin


Carol Nancy DeWolfe


Grace Catherine Regan


Diane Dudgeon


Barbara Anne Roche


Marilyn Jane Dusseault


Paul William Senory


Carol Dyer


Janet Lee Shepard


Mary Jane Fabisak


Judith Ann Simoni


Paul Clifford Gladu


Maryann E. Smith


Donald P. Graves


Fred Tassinari


Carole Marlene Haugh


Joan Grace Tewksbury


Marilyn June Heizmann


John Earl Thorburn


Ronald Francis Houghton


Doris Elizabeth Thorne


Agnes Patricia Charlotte Houston


Rachel Wheelock


Paul LaSalle Keating


Barbara Wilbur


Robert Keefe


Claire Esther Witzell


Bruce V. King


AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS


Good Citizenship Award to Eileen Bresse.


Charles H. Alward Social Studies Award to Mary Jane Fabisak.


Reader's Digest Award to Mary Jane Fabisak.


The Bausch and Lomb Award to Mary Jane Fabisak. Cochituate Mother's Club Scholarship to Carol Archer.


Wayland Woman's Club Scholarship to Mary Jane Fabisak. Kiwanis Club Scholarship to Eileen Bresse.


Wayland Junior-Senior High School P. T. A. Scholarship to Allan Lynch, Kathleen Andrews, Agnes Houston.


Cochituate P. T. A. Scholarship to Robert Keefe.


Frank I. Schofield and Lura E. Schofield Scholarship to John MacKeen.


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COURSES OFFERED AT WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL


School Year 1956 - 1957


9


Required Subjects


English 9 (5)


General Science


(5)


Social Studies 9 (5)


Algebra or General


Mathematics I (5)


Physical Education


(1)


Elective Subjects


Latin I


(5)


Latin II


(5)


General Business Training


(5)


General Shop ** (5)


Household Science (5)


High School Art I (4-5)


General Art (1)


Music Appreciation (4-5)


10


11


Required Subjects


English II (5)


United States History (5)


Physical Education


(1)


Driver Education


(Clrm. Instr.) ( 12)


Physical Education (1)


Elective Subjects


Elective Subjects


Latin III (5)


French II (5)


Chemistry with Lab. (5)


Physical Science (5)


Algebra II


(5)


Algebra II and Trig. (accelerated) (5)


Typing I


(21/2)


Typing II


(21/2)


Elective Subjects


French III


(5)


Trigonometry


(21/2)


and


Solid Geometry (21/2)


Solid Geometry


(21/2)


and


Advanced Topics (21/2 )


Physics with Lab. (5)


Physical Science


(5)


Consumer Economics


(5)


12


Required Subjects


English 12


(5)


Problems of American Democracy (5)


Physical Education


(1)


244


Latin II (5)


Latin III (5)


French I (5)


Biology with Lab. (5)


Typing I (21/2 )


Bookkeeping (5)


World Civilization (5)


General Shop ** (5)


Home Management (5)


Required Subjects


English 10 (5)


Geometry or General Math. II (5)


Mixed Chorus (1) High School Art I (4-5)


Stenography I (5)


Typing I


(21/2 )


Girls' Chorus (1)


General Art (1)


Commercial Law and Salesmanship (21/2)


Stenography II (5)


Orchestra


(1) Music Appreciation (4-5)


Band


(1) Engineering Drawing I (5)


Driver Education (Clrm. Instr.) * (1/2)


Mixed Chorus (1)


Home and Family Life (5)


High School Art II (4-5)


Girls' Chorus


(1)


General Art (1)


General Art (1)


Rud. of Music


(21/2)


Rud. of Music


(21/2 )


and


and


Harmony


(21/2 )


Engineering Drawing I (5)


Engineering Drawing I (5)


Mixed Chorus (1)


Mixed Chorus (1)


Girls' Chorus (1)


Girls' Chorus (1)


Orchestra (1)


Orchestra (1)


Band


(1)


Band (1)


Notations : * Open First Semester to Pupils of age 16 by January. Open Second Semester to pupils of age 16 by June. ** Includes woodworking, sheet metal, home mechanics, electrical and welding experiences.


Office Practice


(5)


General Shop **


(5)


General Shop ** (5)


Home and Family Life (5)


High School Art II (4-5)


Orchestra


(1)


Band


(1)


Harmony


(212)


245


INDEX


Animal Inspector, Report of 160


Board of Assessors, Report of the 214


Statistical Report 214


Board of Fire Engineers, Report of the 169


Location of Fire Alarm Boxes Red Sheets


Board of Health, Report of the


156


Board of Selectmen, Report of the 57


Building Inspector, Report of 167


Cemetery Commissioners, Report of the 161


Chief of Police, Report of 224


Civil Defense Director, Report of 221


Commissioners of Trust Funds, Report of 218


Committee to Study Town Government, Report of 228


Drainage Committee, Report of 222


Finance Committee, Report of the


38


Budget for 1957 41


Highway Surveyor, Report of 219


Inspector of Plumbing, Report of 218


Jury List - 1956 150


Mosquito Control in Wayland - 1956 158


Moth Superintendent, Report of


162


Nursing Service, Report from


157


Officers of the Town of Wayland


3


Park Department, Report of 220


Planning Board, Report of


165


Public Library, Report of the


163


Results of Town Election, March 5, 1956


72


Results of Referendum as voted on


Ballot of State Election


134


Road Commissioners, Report of


219


Sanitation Inspector's Report 157


226


Board of Public Welfare, Report of the Statistical Report 227


School Department Report:


School Committee 231


School Organization, 1957 - 1957 232


Calendar and Information 233


Awards and Scholarships 243


Courses offered at Wayland High School 244


243


Enrollment Trends 238


Membership by Age and Grade


236


Organization of Teaching Staff, January 1, 1957 234


Superintendent of Schools, Report of 239


Tax Collector, Report of the 212


Town Accountant, Report of the:


Receipts 171


Expenditures 176


Recapitulation 195


Reserve Account 197


Excess and Deficiency 198


Water Available Surplus 198


Water Rates and Meter Accounts Receivable 199


Water Miscellaneous Accounts Receivable 199


Balance Sheet


200


Town Clerk's Report:


Births 135


Marriages


143


Deaths 147


Dog Licenses - 1956


149


Town Treasurer, Report of 204


Trust Fund Accounts 205


Reserve Fund for Investment 208


Maturing Debt and Interest


209


Insurance


211


Tax Titles 211


Veterans' Services Department 163


Votes Enacted at Special Town Meeting, February 15, 1956 59


Votes Enacted at the Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1956 74


Votes Enacted at Special Town Meeting, March 7, 1956 114


Votes Enacted at Adjourned Annual Town Meeting,


March 14, 1956 116


Votes Enacted at Special Town Meeting, August 15, 1956


124


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting


9


Water Commissioners, Report of 155


Class of 1956, Wayland High School





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