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At present we are at work trying to arrange a program of studies which will be better adapted to the needs of the pupils. This new program of studies we hope to publish in the near future and make use of it in the next school year.
In conclusion, we wish to thank our assistants for their faithful and hearty co-operation. We also wish to mention favorably our janitor for his assistance in various ways.
Respectfully submitted,
LE ROY M. HANDY.
Graduating Exercises Plainville High School JUNE 18, 1912.
March Alice May Burton, Pianist
Song-With Hearts of Hope School
Sullivan
Prayer Rev. William J. Kelley
Salutatory-"Speed" Wesley H. Burton
Song-Let Our Voices be Glad
School
Lecocq
Class History
T. Edward McQuade
Violin Solo
Wesley H. Burton
Prophecy
Pauline J. Collier
Song-Fiddle and I Goodeve
School
Valedictory-"Clara Barton"
Estelle W. Barden .
Song-A Night in May
Girls' Chorus
Silver
Presentation of Diplomas Superintendent Ernest P. Carr
Song-My Native Land
School
Heartz
Benediction
Rev. William J. Kelley
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GRADUATES 1912
A
General Course Thomas Edward McQuade General Course
GRADUATES OF PLAINVILLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, JUNE, 1912
Marion L. Barney
Eurilla G. Franklin
Annie M. Benker
Ernest E. Munroe
Florence P. Brown
Merritt S. Northrup
Marion S. Brown
Annie Rubyck
Owen B. Brunner
Clara M. Rudolph
Lillian M. Dyer
Chester A. Sanford
Ray E. Evans
Howard E. Stolworthy
George W. Fisler
Edna B. Worthington
Pauline Julia Collier Business Course Estelle White Barden General Course Wesley Hopkins Burton
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Roll of Honor
'The following pupils have not been absent nor tardy dur- ing the year for the number of terms opposite their names. Where no number is indicatd the record is for one term.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Clarice Bartlett, 3,
Isabella H. Bartlett,
Malcolm H. Greene,
Eda I. Barney,
Irene H. Greenwood, 2,
Howard P. Bigelow,
Lillian E. Hancock,
Lillian V. Bigelow,
Alice E. Herring,
Lawrence F. Blackwell,
Ruth L. Hinton,
Ivy D. Burton,
Alma L. James, 2,
Ruby E. Burton, 3,
Ruth C. King,
Wesley H. Burton,
Grace E. Clark,
Raymond N. Smith, 2,
Arthur W. Evans,
Victor I. Zilch, 2.
GRADES 7 and 8.
Florence P. Brown, 3, Margaret E. Englebert,
Marion S. Brown, 3, Ray E. Evans,
Edward J. Butler, 2, Helen Nash.
Joseph A. Dietz,
Albertus J. Greene, 3,
Merrit S. Northrup, 3.
GRADES 5 and 6.
Lorne E. Ayer, Raymond L. Baxter,
Ralph L. French, 2,
Harold G. Morgan,
Irene Butler, Mary E. Dorset,
Frank Stolworthy,
Francis A. Dorset,
Evangeline A. Wolf,
Grace H. Englebert, 2, Bernard H. Zilch,
Herman S. Fielding, 2, Catherine V. Zilch.
George F. Gardner, 3,
Clarice Nash, 2,
William P. Owen,
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GRADES 3 and 4.
Mabel Ayer,
John C. French, 2,
Earle F. Barney,
John H. Goodall,
Helene E. Burton,
William Hancock,
Helen L. Chadwick, 3,
Carlton M. Greene,
Helen G. Coombs,
Steven Rubyck,
Harold E. Corey,
Dorothy Somerville,
George W. Dyer, 3,
William Stierli,
Frank C. Fisher, 3,
Margaret E. Zilch.
GRADES 2 and 3.
Katherine Bialas, 2,
Beatrice V. Burton,
Lillian M. Fielding,
Marion D. Olney, 2, Anna L. Sargent, Kimball H. Sargent, .
Leonard W. Somerville.
GRADE 1.
Alice Fisher, Edmund Goodall, 2,
Ruth R. King, Herbert Thompson, Russell White.
Report of the Supervisor of Music
Mr. Ira A. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools.
DEAR SIR :- After having given a report of one line of work, year after year, it is difficult to present to you and the School Committee anything that may seem to be new.
Although we work always with the same end in view, we are constantly devising new schemes that will help to in- terest the pupil and make this branch of study a pleasure as well as a profit.
'The object of this study is, to give to each child, as much as possible, the power to appreciate and love music, to teach those things in relation to music, which will help him to understand and get for himself, that which is in the written sheet before him, and so obtain for himself some of the rich treasures to be found in the great storehouse of the world's music.
In many ways the past year has been an exceedingly profitable one and one interested in the progress of music in our schools can see how much more the pupils of to-day can do in this branch than they could even a few years ago.
Of course the change of teachers in nearly every room must of necessity hinder the work in some degree, but all of the teachers are so interested and co-operate so readily and cheerfully that the work has progressed.
The new books purchased for the High School are very much enjoyed, and the interest manifested by the school is exceedingly gratifying. All pupils have elected music this year except those few who have been unable to develop the perception of tone. The bass is particularly good, both in tone, quality and volume.
The pupils of the Seventh and Eighth Grades have each purchased at a small sum a little book called "One Hundred and One Best Songs." This book has been much enjoyed. Many bought extra copies for friends at home.
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At the graduation of the Eighth Grade last June there was an opportunity for all to hear and appreciate what goo.l work is done in that room. This of course only showed their ability in singing, while beside this they have a very fair knowledge of the technical part of music and music appre- ciation.
In conclusion-The mission of music is not only to give the child a knowledge of music, but to give him recreation and inspiration, so he may feel that "Music washes away from the soul the dust of every day life."
Thanking you, the School Committee and the teachers for hearty co-operation, I am
Yours truly, MARTHA C. TISDALE.
Report of Supervisor of Drawing
Mr. Ira A. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools, Plainville, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- In this practical age, when every one is a specialist, a vague slip-shod manner of thinking or express- ing one's self in words or works is fatal. While the aim of all the studies in our schools is to correct vagueness of thought and inaccuracy of statement or expression, more than any other study does drawing promote this aim; from the very first comes the training in observation, judgment, carefulness and accuracy. The first two years are spent in training the observation for shapes, sizes, color, etc. In the next two, the aim is to form a sense of proportion, without which all future work is handicapped; in the later years the aim is closer observation, more accurate work, training the memory and better manual power, and by the time the grades are finished the average child should be able to draw any common shape, object or flower in its different positions and proper proportions from memory, and should besides, be alive to the beauties of the world about him. In order to do this, drawing should be used in connection with other studies and in constructive work, in paper, cloth and wood, as a natural expression of ideas of shapes, etc., and also as a means of applying knowledge of design and color.
In the High School, the aim remains the same, with more complex problems and more difficult mediums of expres- sion; there are four classes or divisions here, all the first year boys and any others who may elect it are doing some sort of mechanical drawing. There is a class in jewelry- making, a class in house-hold arts, and one in freehand drawing, which has been studying lettering and pen and ink sketching and applying this work to the making of posters and ilustrated quotations, etc. The class in house- hold decoration have designed and stenciled objects for home use and are designing a room and its rugs and fur-
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nishings in color ; the interest shown in drawing in the High School is a great gratification, four-fifths of the pupils are in the different classes.
I would suggest that drawing be made compulsory for the first two years with credit given and that more time be allowed for it, with eighty minute periods instead of forty.
The same interest and enthusiasm for the work prevails in the town and teachers and pupils continue to make the teaching of drawing a source of pleasure.
Respectfully submitted, MABEL BRIGHAM,
Teacher of Drawing.
Report of Special Teacher and Supervisor of Industrial Education
Mr. Ira A. Jenkins, Superintendent of Schools.
DEAR SIR :- I very gladly submit my first report as special teacher and superivisor of industrial education.
In previous reports by our former superintendents, the work of this department has been commended, and some information of the kind and amount of work accomplished has been given, so that our patrons are not unfamiliar with its variety and needs.
It has been inspiring to watch the steady progress we have made the past two years.
INDIVIDUAL. ,
I believe that, as far as possible, the nature of each child should be studied. The first and fundamental lesson of child life is that of subordination to his superiors, and the adap- tation to environment, both physical and social; the second is that of gaining thought from environment; the third is that of the expression of his own individuality in terms of physical activity ; and the fourth is that of co-operation, or the voluntary experssion or repression of self for the public welfare.
There is hope for every child. All do not mature at the same rate or in the same way.
With limited time, with a course of study to be followed, and with a large class, no regular grade teacher can possibly discover the real need of every child. She can not give too large a proportion of time to one or two backward children without being unfair to the rest of the class.
Especially in the primary classes some children lack cour- age and self-confidence, because of the newness of school-
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life. Others fear lest they fail in the presence of their more confident class-mates.
This evil is overcome in the small classes with the special teacher. Such classes are composed of children whose needs are common. The pupils and teacher are brought into closer sympathy. The child gains self-confidence and soon surprises all concerned by his readiness of expression. After a few days he is sometimes able to take his place in the regular class.
The special teacher helps children who, through physical incapacity, mental deficiency, or as the result of absence from school are not up to grade. There has to be much intensive teaching and constant, untiring drill with such children. Special help is given pupils of the seventh and eighth grades one hour each day, except Friday, and to those of the other grades one-half hour three or four times a week.
INDUSTRIAL.
Industrial education has become a permanent factor in our school system. Each upil spends from one-half to one hour a week in manual training.
WOOD WORKING.
During the past year the boys have repaired and shellaced the remaining old desks in the grammar room. As there are about forty boys in the intermediate and grammar rooms and we had only one set of tools, woodworking had to be discontinued, and baskeary was taught.
At the last Town Meeting the sum of one hundred dollars was appropriated for the industrial department. Imme- diately the boys of the seventh and eighth grades began to build work-benches. They have completed three benches, each twelve feet long.
During the fall many new tools have been purchased, so that now a class of twelve boys can work to advantage.
Since Christmas all the boys of the four upper grades have been working with tools. Each boy is making some original project.
Grreat enthusiasm and interest is expressed by the boys and it is hoped that their contributions to the next school exhibit will help prove their apprepriation to the town for opportunities now afforded them. So eager are the boys
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and girls to finish a basket, a piece of woodworking or some article of sewing that a group of workers may be found in the manual training room almost any time outside of school hours.
COOKING.
There are two courses in cooking, elementary and ad- vanced.
In the lementary class the girls have been taught food values and the preparation and cooking of simple, homely dishes, such as vegetables, cereals, simple deserts and salads, sauces and bread. They are responsible for the care of the stoves, utensils, table and pantry.
The advanved class has had technical and practical work with fish, shell-fish, meats, cake, bread-making, pastry, etc. Uusually one or two girls make the purchases, so that they become accustomed to prices and brands of materials used in the common household.
Much attention is paid to the value of each kind of food and the most nutritious and sanitary preparation of the same. A definite outline is followed and each girl keeps a note-book. Almost all the girls have carried their recipe books home some time during the year to repeat a lesson at home. It is interesting and inspiring to hear their reports at our informal conferences before or after class.
We have a good equipment, but are greatly inconvenienc- ed by lask of space.
SEWING.
In the intermediate room sewing is taught by the regular teacher, while the boys are having woodworking. They are taught the different kinds of stitches, basting, running, hem- ming, etc. Besides making these stitches, each girl made a set of doll's clothes, an apron and cap for herself.
Dresses were made by the girls of the seventh and eighth grades. This gave the girls practice in cutting, basting, stitching, gathering and fitting. The use of the sewing machine was taught. How they are hemstitching and em- broidering towels and center-pieces.
The High School girls have made garments from ready- made patterns. Some of them are learning to draft their own patterns. This requires accuracy in taking dimensions and following the charts.
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I wish to thank all those who have interested themselves in this branch of the school. Sevveral parents have pro- vvided tools for their boys. One father was so interested that he gave practical and useful suggestions concerning the plan and materials for the benches, while they were being built. All the tools have been purchased by a member of the School Committee at a very low cost, thus enabling us to have a larger equipment than we anticipated.
The teachers and pupils have shown a very willing and helpful spirit of co-operation, which has made the work a pleasure.
Respectfully submitted, JENNIE ST. CLAIR DICKSON.
Report of the School Physician
Superintendent Ira A. Jenkins :
DEAR SIR :
I hereby submit to you my report on the health of the schools of Plainville, and the sanitary conditions of the school buildings.
The health of the student body has been good, and the school work little interfered with by sickness. An out- break of scarlet fever late in the fall threatened to close some of the grades, but prompt action by the Board of Health and the disinfection of the school building prevented a break in the work of the pupils. This is the second outbreak in the student body. Because of this and the fact that the focus of infection in each outbreak has not been located, it is desirable, in my judgment, during the com- ing recess to call in all school books and disinfect them and the book-room thoroughly.
Certain changes should be made in the sanitary arrange- ments of the school buildings. The toilet facilities should be modernized and made to meet the needs of hygienic conditions necessary for the best health of the student body.
To meet modern conditions and hygienic needs, a medi- cal and dental inspection of the student body is desirable. This should be made at the opening of the school year in order to get the best results from the individual pupil and from the school work. If such a plan be possible, I recom- mend that the School Board put it in force this next school year.
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT LOWELL RICH,
School Physician.
Plainville, Mass., January 31, 1913.
LIST OF TEACHERS JANUARY, 1913.
School Grade
Name
Where Educated
Date of Appt.
High
Prin. Leroy M. Handy
Clark College
1912
Radcliffe
1910
Asst. Ellen J. Whitcomb
Pierce Shorthand
1911
Grammar
7-8
Anna H. Ware
Plainville High
1886
5-6
Vivian N. Taft
Framingham Normal
1912
Primary
Prin. Jennie S. Dickson Industrial Work
Salem Normal
1910
Cambridge Training
( Hyannis Normal
3-4 Florence R. Brasser
Miss Symonds
1912
Training School
2-3 Dora E. Cole
Goddard Seminary
1912
1
Marion H. Jewett
Miss Symonds
1910
Training School
New England Conservatory
1903
Music Drawing
Mrs. Martha C. Tisdale Mabel Brigham
Normal Art Boston
1902
Asst. Eudora E. Ripley
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 1912.
School
Total No. Member- of ship
fe- males males 5-14
No. of Pupils Pupils Over bet. 15
bet. 7-15
Average Av. Member- At. ship
Per Cent Days of At- tendance
Absent
Cases of tardiness
Cases of Dismiss- al
High
46
25
21
25
9
20
41.3
39.2
94.9
426
39
0
Grades 7-8
30
14
16
29
27
1
26.9
25.6
94.8
281
15
24
Grades 5-6
51
28
23
51
50
1
42.5
38.9
91.5
654
118
17
Grades 3-4
42
18
24
42
41
0
35.8
34.2
95.5
341
29
0
Grades 2-3
42
22
20
42
28
0
33.4
30.3
90.7
619
46
104
Grade 1
32
20
12
32
4
0
29.1
25.4
87.2
677
63
13
·
Totals
243
127
117
221
159
22
20.9
193.6
92.6
2998
310
158
,
1
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Statistics.
Population of Plainville, census 1910 1,484
Valuation of town, April 1, 1912 $856,657 00
Whole tax of town, 1912. $18,014 14
Total expenditure for schools, 1912. $9,503 26
Number of children in town between the ages of 5 and 15, census of September, 1912 :
Boys
109
orls
113
222
Number of children in town between the ages of 7 and 14 (compulsory school age), census of September, 1912 :
Boys
85
Girls
95
180
Number attending school during the year be- tween 5 and 15:
Boys
Girls
106
221
Number attending school during the year be- tween 7 and 14:
Boys 79
Girls
80
159
Whole number of months all the schools were kept during the year, 1911-12 : 55 12-20
Average number of months all the schools were kept . 9 5-20
Average number of months all the schools of the state were kept during 1910-11. ...
9 7-20
Number of months the high school of Plainville was kept during the year, 1911-12 9 15-20
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Average number of months the high schools of the state were kept during the year, 1910-11
Percentage of attendance of all the schools of state for 1910-11, based on the average men- bership 92
Number of pupils graduated from the high school in June, 1912 :
Boys
2
Girls 2
-
Number of pupils graduated from the grammar school, June, 1912 : Boys
Girls 9
Number of pupils, graduating from the gram- mar school in June who entered the high school in September :
Boys 6 Girls
IMPORTANT SCHOOL LAWS.
Chapter 514.
SECTION 56. No child under the age of fourteen years, and no child who is over fourteen and under sixteen years of age who does not have a certificate. certifying to the child's ability to read at sight and to write legibly simple sentences in the English language shall be employed in any factory, workshop or mercantile establishment ......
No child under the age of fourteen years shall be em- ployed at work performed for wages or other compensa- tion, to whomsoever payable, during the hours when the' public schools of the city or town in which he resides are
9 6-20
4
16
13
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in session, or be employed at work before six o'clock in . the morning or after seven o'clock in the evvening. But minors to whom the provisions of this section apply shall be permitted to work on Saturdays between the hours of six in the morning and seven in the evening in mercantile establishments.
Chap. 310. Acts of 1911.
SECTION 1. No illiterate minor between the age of six- teen and twenty-one years shall be employed in a factory, workshop, mechanical or mercantile establishment unless his employer procures and keeps on file, accessible to the truant officers of the city or town and to the district police and inspectors of factories and public buildings, a certificate showing that such minor is sixteen years of age or over. Said certificate shall give the place and date of birth of such minor and his personal description. The printed form of the certificate shall be preserved by the chief of the dis- trict police and shall be approved by the attorney-general. .In Act to Provide for the Temporary Exclusion from the Public Schools of Pupils who have been Exposed to In- fectious or Contagious Disease.
Chap. 215. Acts of 1907.
SECTION 6. A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate granted for cause stated therein, signed by a regular practising physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a member of a household in which a person is ill with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles or any other infectious or contagious disease, or of a household exposed to such contagion from another household as aforesaid,, shall not attend any public school during such illness until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the city or town, or from the attending physician of such per- son, stating that danger of conveying such disaease by such child has passed.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1913.
Winter term of all schools began December 30, 1912.
Winter term of all schools closes March 21.
Spring term of all schools begins March 30.
Spring term of all common schools closes June 6. (Ten weeks. )
Spring term of High School closes June 2 (Twelve weeks. )
Fall term of all schools begins September 1.
Fall term of all schools closes December 19. (Sixteen weeks. )
High School graduation, June 19.
HOLIDAYS.
February 22, April 19, May 30, October 12, Thanksgiv- ing Day and day following.
PAY DAYS. 1
January 24, February 21, March 21, April 25, May 23, June 6, June 20, September 26, October 24, November 21, December 19.
STORM SIGNALS.
'Three double blasts, 2-2-2, of the whistle at Schofield, Melcher & Schofield's factory at ?: 15 a. m. signifies no morning session. The same signal at 12:05 signifies no afternoon session.
Two double blasts, 2-2, of the whistle at ?: 15 signifies no morning session, with the exception of the High School The same ignal at 12:05 signifies no afternoon session.
Ninth Annual Report
OF THE
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Clerk: Theodore E. A. Fuller.
Town Treasurer: Walter E. Barden
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health: Nathaniel C. Grant, Eugene S. Whiting, Fred W. Northup.
Assessors:
J. Fred Thompson, William E. Blanchard,
Frank E. Barney,
Term Expires 1914 Term Expires 1915 Term Expires 1916
School Committee:
Rufus King, Gardner Warren, Charles C. Root,
Term Expires 1914 Term Expires 1915 Term Expires 1916
Water Commissioners:
John P. Zilch, William H. Nash, Charles N. Moore,
Term Expires 1914 Term Expires 1915 Term Expires 1916
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Trustees of Public Library:
John T. Goff, Fred W. Northup,
James H. Shannon,
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916
Tax Collector: Oliver P. Brown.
Auditor: Harry B. Thompson.
Constables:
E. Wright Sargent, James F. Crotty, Charles J. Quirk.
Tree Warden: Harlie E. Thompson.
Fence Viewers:
Charles N. Moore, George Stolworthy.
Field Drivers:
E. Wright Sargent, James F. Crotty
Measurers of Wood and Lumber:
Edward C. Barney, Sylvester Smith. George B. Greenlay.
APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
Superintendent of Streets: Eugene S. Whiting.
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Milk Inspector: John J. Eiden.
Fire Police:
Joseph H. Sharpe, Frank W. Gardner,
J. Horace Cheever, Perry Cook.
Fire Warden: R. Percy Rhodes.
Deputies:
Sylvester Smith, George B. Greenlay.
Special Police: Hermon S. J. Loud.
Registrars of Votes:
Percy E. Fisher, Theo. E. A. Fuller,
Handel P. Fisher, Earl B. Thompson.
Fire Engineers:
R. Percy Rhodes, Fred W. Northup,
Edward H. Nelson.
Dog Officer: E. Wright Sargent.
Inspector of Animals, Meats and Slaughter-Houses. Charles N. Moore.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures J. Fred Thompson
APPOINTED BY THE SCHOOL, COMMITTEE
Superintendent of Schools Ira V. Jenkins
School Physician Herbert Lowell Rich, M. D.
Truant Officer E. Wright Sargent
Advisory or Financial Committee Walter E. Barden, Chairman William E. Blanchard, Secretary Herbert E. Thompson John P. Zilch
George D. Graham George B. Greenlay
Nathaniel C. Grant
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, ss. :
To either of the Constables of the Town of Plainville :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are heerby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Plainville, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Plainville, on Monday, the tenth (10) day of March, A. D. 1913, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
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