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1. In proposed Article XXI, towns of twelve thou- sand inhabitants or more may be divided in forming representative districts. No precincts, however, in such towns may be divided. In taking the census the special enumeration of legal voters shall specify the number residing in each precinct of such towns. Under existing Amendment XXI no town may be divided and no speci- fication of the number of voters in a precinct is required.
2. The division of a country into representative dis- tricts and the apportionment of representatives to dis- tricts therein is to be made by "The county commis- sioners or other body acting as such or, in lieu thereof, such board of special commissioners in each county as may for that purpose be provided by law, ... " Under Article XXI as it now stands the division and appor- tionment is made by "The mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston, the county commissioners of other coun- ties than Suffolk,-or in lieu of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston, or of the county commissioners in each county other than Suffolk, such board of special
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commissioners in each county, to be elected by the peo- ple of the county, or of the towns therein, as may for that purpose be provided by the law, ... " " The time for assembling of such commissioners, board or body for the purpose of making such division and apportionment is also changed, from the first Tuesday of August next after each assignment by the Legislature of the number of representatives to each county, to a time within thirty days after certification by the Secretary of the Common- wealth to such commissioners, board of the number so assigned, or within such other period as the General Court may by law provide.
3. Under the proposed Articles, each special enum- eration shall be the basis for determining the districts, senatorial, representative and councillor, for the ten- year period beginning in the fourth January following said special enumeration and the present division of dis- tricts is to remain in effect until January, 1939. Under the existing amendments the ten-year period is the period between the taking of each census. (Thus, the next redivision based upon the next census in 1935 would, under the proposed Articles, affect those elected in 1938 to hold office beginning in January, 1939, instead of affecting those elected in 1936 to hold office beginning January, 1937. Under existing amendments representa- tion of newly created districts begins in January of the second year after each ten-year census, whereas under the proposed article it would begin in January of the fourth year thereafter.) The number of representatives (240). senators (40), and councillors (8), is not changed.
4. The Legislature may limit the time within which a division of representative, councillor or senatorial dis- tricts may be questioned by judicial proceedings. The existing amendments contain no provision that itself limits or authorizes the Legislature to limit such time, which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 17, 1928, 182 votes in the affirmative and 48 in the negative, and at a joint session of the two Houses held May 26, 1930, received 155 votes in the affirmative and 88 in the negative, be approved?
173
YES 76
NO
Blanks 275
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QUESTION NO. 2 Law Proposed By Initiative Petition
Shall the proposed law which amends the General Laws by striking out Chapter 138, Section 2A, which section provides that, "No person shall manufacture, transport by air craft, water craft or vehicle, import or export spirituous or intoxicating liquor as defined by Section three, or certain non-intoxicating beverages as defined by Section one, unless in each instance he shall have obtained the permit of other authority required therefor by the laws of the United States and the regu- lations made thereunder," which law was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 110 in the affirmative and 123 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 11 in the affirmative and 26 in the negative, be approved ?
YES
177
NO
263
Blanks
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QUESTION NO. 3 Law Proposed By Initiative Petition
Shall the proposed law which amends General Laws, Chapter 131, by inserting therein a new section number 59A, which in substance makes it a misdemeanor pun- ishable by a fine of fifty dollars for any person to use, set or maintain any trap or other device for the capture of fur-bearing animals which is likely to cause con- tinued suffering to an animal caught therein and which is not designed to kill the animal at once or take it alive unhurt, except traps or other devices for protection against vermin, set or maintained within fifty yards of any building or cultivated plot of land to the use of which the presence of vermin may detrimental, which law was disapproved in the Senate by a vote of 12 in the affirmative and 24 in the negative, and in the House of Representative by a vote of 48 in the affirmative and 167 in the negative, be approved ?
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205
YES
191
NO
128
Blanks
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERKS' MEETING
A record of the doings of the Clerks of the 11th Norfolk Representative District of the Towns of Fox- borough, Franklin, Norfolk, Plainville and Wrentham.
On the 14th day of November, 1930, the Clerks of the Towns above mentioned met in the Selectmen's Rooms at Franklin and examined and compared transcripts of the record of votes cast on the 4th day of November in said Towns, for Representative in the General Court for the 11th Norfolk Representative District, in said County, and did ascertain that Ernest A. White was duly elected and issued certificates of his election, one of which was sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, at Boston and one was delivered to a constable of the Town of Foxborough to be served on the said Ernest A. White.
Tabulation of Votes
Francis S. Russell
Ernest A. White
Blanks Total
Foxborough
252
1036
82
1370
Norfolk
85
222
20
327
Plainville
117
390
17
524
Wrentham
154
496
58
708
Totals
1479
3105
320
4904
Witness our hands at Franklin, this 14th day of November, 1930.
John W. Richardson, Town Clerk of Foxborough.
Michael J. Costello, Town Clerk of Franklin.
George F. Campbell, Town Clerk of Norfolk.
Arthur W. Washburn, Town Clerk of Plainville. Franklin A. Dunlop, Town Clerk of Wrentham.
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN,
Town Clerk.
Franklin
871
961
143
1975
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LICENSES RECEIVED BY TOWN CLERK FOR THE YEAR 1930
Dogs-Number licensed 203
Amount $533.00
40.80 Less fees
Amount turned over to County Treasurer
$492.20
10 Common Victuallers at $ 3.00 each and one at 1.00
$31.00
2 Inn Holders
at
5.00 each
10.00
1 Amusement
at 2.00 each 2.00
2 Sunday Amusement
at
3.00 each
6.00
1 Antique
at 2.00 each 2.00
1 Auctioneer
1 Pool and Billiard
at 5.00 each
5.00
11 Bus
at 3.00 each
30.00
10 Lords Day
at
1.00 each
8.00
8 Sale of Gasoline
2 Motor Vehicle Junk at 15.00 each
.02
$239.02 Amount turned over to Town Treasurer .
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN.
Town Clerk.
30.00
Overpayment of dog license
at 5.00 each 5.00
at 10.00 each 110.00
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1930
Date Name
Parents
Jan. 6-Arlene Phyllis Avery, Clarence P. - Elsie R.
Jan. 9-Raymond Robert Fulton, Jr.,
Jan. 23-Howard Robert Henrich, Raymond R. - Ruth K.
Feb. 27-Arthur Edward Dion, Frank V. - Avis H.
William A. - Leah P. Mar. 3-Irene Zorine Marie Mailly.
Mar. 20-Stillborn. Raoul J. - Yvonne E.
Apr. 4-Agnes Martha Bucka,
Ernest - Agnes C.
May 22-Carolyn Whiting Freeman,
James A. - Hilda W.
June 26-Eleanor Catherine Cronin,
May 23-Joseph Edward Gaulin, Joseph F. - Anna L.
Stephen - Margaret D.
Aug. 7-Mildred Arleta Franklin, Jesse W .. Jr. - Frances W.
Aug. 16-Charles Francis Turner,
Earl Joy - Ann B.
Aug. 19-Miriam Charlotte Gardner,
Sept. 25-Lucy Isabel Sharron,
Oct. 24-Eva DeRoy Rainville. Nov. 6-Charles William Kessler,
Byron E. - Estelle B. Arthur J. - Ida H. L. Phillip - Eva DeRoy
Frederick P. - Greta F.
Dec. 4-Wilfred Ronald Everton, William R. - Lillian C.
A true copy. Attest :
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN, Town Clerk.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1930
Date Name
W. H. Wakefield, Jr.
Jan. 1. Russel Logan Betts Lillian E. Jakubajtis
John Rex Shepler
Jan. 30. Harry J. LaRose Gladys V. Harker
H. Newton Clay
Feb. 23. Alexander T. Wickman Eva L. Miller
John Rex Shepler
Apr. 20. William August Weber Margaret Mary Schronim
John Rex Shepler
June 2. Winslow Hudson Rogers Mildred A. Follett
Arthur W. Dycet
June 14. Ernest Lucius Maxcy Ruth Jeannette Gardner
Samuel T. Clifton
June 28. Richard Garry Berkley Carolyn Adeline Laura Elwell
Frank R. Doore
June 28. Clifford E. Dyer Elinor G. White
John Rex Shepler
July 4. Kimball H. Sargent Winifred Madeliene Andrews
S. T. Lippincott
July 5. LeRoy B. Wilson Eunice A. Perry
Eber Eldon Craig
July 12. Alec H. Fredrickson Elsie Greenhalgh
John Rex Shepler
Ang. 6. Leslie W. Cheney Gladys W. Whittaker Sept. 1. Ralph E. Wight Barbara M. Ruggles
M. Oakman Patton
Sept. 15. Raymond H. Parkhurst Natalie Whitcomb
E. E. Jones
Sept. 15. Willard Sherman Marjorie Bennett
John Rex Shepler
Nov. 18, Alfred Patnaude Marie Herscop
Dennis J. Maguire
Dec. 8. Howard E. Rioux Dorothy E. DuPell
Walter C. Pierce
A true copy. Attest :
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN, Town Clerk.
Married by
DEATHS RECORDED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1930
Date
Name
Yr Mo Da
Cause of Death
Jan. 2
Albert Byron Pond
78
4 -9
Arterio Sclerosis
Jan. 15 Mary Ann Eiden
74
10
8
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Jan. 27
Elizabeth Caroline King
88
6
30
Cancer of Breast
Mar. 31
Nettie Emily Crockett
52
1 25
Coronary Embolus
April 12 Emma Louise Adams
79
1
28
Carcinoma of Uterus
May 13 Fred Washington Gardner
70
11
5
Tuberculosis of Lungs
May 16 Agenora Thalia Morse
83
11
28
Acute Bronchitis
May 30
Valentin Devriendt
68
9
1
Carcinoma of Stomach
June 21
George Irving Abendroth
70
8
22
General Arteriosclerosis
June 22
Harriet N. Blake
86
4 10
Myocarditis
June 17
Julius Theodore Fink
43
5
5
Aug. 30
Nettie Sophia Falk
77
4
18
Sept. 15
Lewis Martin
78
3
26
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Oct. 26 Henry Winslow Bliss
81
11
28
Valvular Disease of Heart
Oct. 31
Edith May Butler
68
10
5
Broncho-Pneumonia
Nov. 4
Margaret A. Bliss
65
7 24
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nov. 16
Martha Josephine Grove
76
. 10
Lobar Pneumonia
A true copy. Attest:
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN, Town Clerk.
4
Apparently Cerebral Hemorrhage Arteriosclerosis
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JURY LIST Town of Plainville, Massachusetts - 1930 - 1931
Name
Address
Occupation
Adams, George H.,
Cottage St.
Jeweler Machinist
Anderson, Chester A., South St.
Merchant
Averill, Frank W.,
South St.
Jeweler
Barney, Frank E.,
Spring St.
Jeweler
Bennett, Philip A., Broad St.
Jeweler
Blanchard, William E., Walnut St.
Jeweler
Desjardines, Herman R., Bugbee St.
Jeweler
Dodge, John W., Warren St.
Watchman
Loud, Harry W.,
Pleasant St.
Laundryman
McNeill, James E.,
Bacon Square
Farmer
Rines, Millard M., South St.
Jeweler
Sweeting, Fred, Witheral Place
Toolmaker
Telford, Clarence F.,
Pleasant St.
Farmer
Washburn, Arthur W., George St.
Toolmaker
Whittaker, John W.,
Warren St.
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
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SCHOOL OFFICIALS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
CHARLES H. PEASLEY, Chairman. Term expires 1933 Telephone North Attleboro, 121-W.
FRANK O. PATTON, Secretary. Term expires 1931 Telephone North Attleboro, 507-R-2.
RUFUS KING.
Term expires 1932 Telephone North Attleboro, 392.
Meeting of the School Committee is held in the office, Town Hall Building, on Wednesday preceding the third Thursday of the month.
Union Superintendent of Schools, Norton and Plainville
LAURENCE G. NOURSE Residence Telephone, Norton, 66. School Telephone, North Attleboro, 385-R.
The superintendent may be reached at the office at the Town Hall Building every Tuesday, and other days by appointment.
Authorized to Issue Work Certificates
CHARLES H. PEASLEY Telephone North Attleboro, 121-W.
School Physician DR. N. C. BULLARD Telephone North Attleboro, 337-J.
School Nurse
MRS. RUAH M. HARRIS Telephone North Attleboro, 1138-R.
Attendance Officer
ELMER C. PEASE
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1930 - 1931
Elementary and High Schools
First term opens September 9, 1930
First term closes December 24, 1930 Second ter mopens January 5, 1931 Second term closes February 20, 1931 Third term opens March 2, 1931 Third term closes April 24, 1931
Fourth term opens May 4, 1931
Fourth term closes :
Elementary Schools-June 19, 1931
High School-June 26, 1931
Holidays for all schools:
October 12 November 11
Thanksgiving Day and the day following
January 1
February 22
April 19
May 30
School Sessions :
High School : Regular session, 8 to 1:30; extra session 1:30 to 3:30.
Grammar School: 9 to 12 and 1 to 3.
Primary School : 9 to 11:45 and 1 to 3.
No School Signals :
7:15 A. M .- Three double blasts on fire alarm system signifies no school for all pupils for the day.
7:30 A. M .- Same signal signifies no school for elementary school pupils.
11:45 A. M .- Same signal signifies no school in the afternoon and all pupils will stay in school one hour longer than usual and then be dismissed for the day.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
January 1, 1931.
To the citizens of the Town of Plainville :
We have been very fortunate this year to retain our high school staff intact. However, in the grades we have had many changes-Miss Forsberg and Miss Rob- bins being the only teachers to return. We have, how- ever, secured good teachers for the rest of the grades. Miss Woods has taken charge of the sixth and seventh grade room. In the primary school, Miss Tuttle was placed as principal and teaches the fourth grade. Miss Howard, Miss Fuller and Miss Ahola were secured for the first, second and third grades respectively.
The work of the schools has been carried on very successfully so far with no loss of time due to epidemics or other causes.
The seats and desks in some of the rooms, especially the high school, are so old and poor that they cannot be patched up to serve much longer. This will necessitate quite an expenditure to replace them, as equipment of that kind is expensive.
Your committee was instructed to bring into the town meeting estimates for renovating the urinals in both buildings. This we are doing but we feel that, with the present fine care on the part of the janitor, there is no real immediate need of any temporary action being taken by the town. We would recommend that no temporary expenditure be made but that the town make a complete change to a flush system when it is financially able to do so.
We would call your attention to the fact that the town received from the state and other sources the sum of $7,647.96 making the net cost to the town for support of schools for the year 1930 only $19,128.00.
Our financial report follows :
Money Available for Schools
Appropriation
Interest on Town School Fund
36.81
$26,856.00
$26,892.81
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Expended
General Expenses
School Committee
Superintendent, Salary
$ 1,600.00
Expenses of Instruction
134.35
Salaries, High and Elementary
15,811.86
Books and Supplies, High and Elementary
1,694.86
Operation of School Plant
Janitor
Fuel
1,528.00
Miscellaneous
1,491.16
Maintenance
379.22
Health
710.04
Transportation
439.63
New Equipment
2,690.00
296.84
Balance
$26,775.96 116.85
Budget For 1931
We recommend for 1931 that the sum of $27,500.00 be appropriated according to the estimated budget.
General Expenses
Superintendent, Salary
$ 1,600.00
Expenses
140.00
Expenses of Instruction
Salaries, High and Elementary
16,385.00
Books and Supplies, High and Elementary
1,500.00
Operation of School Plant
Janitor
1,664.00
Fuel
1,500.00
Miscellaneous
441.00
Health
885.00
Transportation
415.00
New Equipment
2,675.00
295.00
$27,500.00
Maintenance
Expenses
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The town received during 1930 from the State on account of Schools :
General School Fund, Part 1 $3,115.20
2,644.33
General School Fund, Part 2
774.39
For Superintendent
1,054.00
For High School
$7,587.92
From the Town of Wrentham for Tuition
60.04
$7,647.96
Total
Total Expenditure for 1930 $26,775.96
7,647.96
Receipts from outside sources
Net Expenditure by Town of
$19,128.00
Plainville
The receipts for 1931 are expected to be approximately the same as those stated above for 1930.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. PEASLEY, Chairman. FRANK O. PATTON, Secretary, RUFUS KING.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Planiville School Committee :
I have the pleasure of submitting to you my seventh annual report as Superintendent of Schools and the twenty-fifth in the series of reports. In the report for 1929 I gave a detailed presentation of the duties, responsibilities, and activities of the Superintendent of Schools as I conceived them. I believe that account gave a definite outline of the work of the executive agent of the School Committee and one that is in accordance with the general practice and the approved theory of the duties of that position. During the past year I have endeavored to continue the practice as outlined. I shall confine this year's report to the following major items : 1. Brief record of some educational achievements. 2. Outline of certain major educational objectives. 3. New school activities. 4. Special recommendations.
The main school activities and general school pro- cedure have progressed during the past year according to the standards set up in previous reports. I shall report only one effort in this field. During the first week in December a series of achievement tests were given to all pupils in grades three to eight. This was used for the purpose of giving the teachers further in- formation on the results of their work. It was given to supplement and not replace the regular check-up work of each teacher and the general tests given by the super- intendent. Each teacher has used the results of this survey to help individual pupils discover the particular methods or procedures or specific field of facts in which he was weak and in which he, therefore, needed further study. It was also given to see in which divisions in each subject the class needed further drill. Thus the class is able to spend time to advantage on items really needed and not to waste time on items which were evidently well known. The results made possible com- parison with the tentative standards set by the records of the results of similar tests with large groups of pupils. The test used was the Public School Achievement Test for this year. Similar tests have been devised for sev- eral years past and have been used for similar purposes
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in thousands of schools. The general report which I have received from the teachers has been that the record made by the pupil has been surprisingly similar to the record in their own testing program, and that the use of the tests has been of value to them in diagnosing the needs of the class in general and of the individual pupil. The following table shows the general results. In read- ing the comparison of the scores with the tentative standards shows that the lower grades were slightly higher than the standards and the upper grades slightly lower. In both tests in arithmetic the scores were below the standards. In language usage and in spelling the scores which were made in these schools were decidedly higher than the standards. A careful examination by each teacher of her room is giving her much valuable information as to the work requiring the greatest amount of attention.
Reading
Grade
3
4
5
6
7 8
14
27
35
35
46 48
Plainville Score
15
25
33
41
47 53
Standard Score
Arithmetic Computation
Grade
3
4
5
6
7 8
10 21
30
39
41 51
Plainville Score
11
25
34
46
53 59
Standard Score
Arithmetic Reasoning
Grade
3
4
5 6
7 8
6
12
Plainville Score
8
13
18
23
29 35
Standard Score
Language Usage
Grade
7 8
3
4
5 6
39
57
59
61
68
72
Plainville Score
18
30
36
42
51 57
Standard Score
28 34
16 19
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Spelling
Grade
Plainville Score
3
4
5
6
7 8
Standard Score
23
56
65
71
86
76
27
37
57
72
84
96
It is certainly worth while for everyone to keep in mind what are the definite goals or objectives for which they are striving. For a number of years a very excel- lent summary of the major activities of life and, there- fore, principles for school endeavor have been set up as follows: 1. Health. 2. Command of Fundamental Pro- cesses. 3. Worthy Home Membership. 4. Vocation. 5. Citizenship. 6. Leisure. 7. Ethical Character. The fol- lowing definitions of the aims of education are worth considering. They are only a few of the great number which might profitably be quoted.
1. Education is the re-making of life .- Kilpatrick.
2. Education is not the storing of knowledge, but the development of power .- Orcutt.
3. The true aim of education is the attainment of hap- pines's through perfect virtue .- Aristotle.
4. Teaching may be defined as the awakening of an- other's mind, and the training of its faculties to a normal self-activity .- F. H. Palmer.
5. The end of education is triple: (1) to develop the mental faculties, (2) to communicate knowledge, and (3) to mould character .- Thiry.
After studying the above general objectives it would be well to consider some of the specific items or topics which are being studied by our teachers. 1. The need for the solution of the problem of the wise use of leisure time is one of the greatest problems before the world today. With the great increase in the amount of leisure time, especially for industrial workers, and with the enormous increase of commercialized agencies giving opportunities for the use of leisure time, the need is very evident. Some specific endeavors to interest people in constructive activities are very desirable. A more fundamental approach to the problem will show that the whole education of the youth has a decided effect upon how their leisure time will be spent. Education must be broad enough to develop within the pupil standards of
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life and interests which will remain with him after he leaves school and will control his leisure time. I saw a a good example of the importance of this problem by the number of discussions on this question at the last annual meeting of the Department of Superintendents of the National Education Association. The one event that will longest stay in the minds of the superintendents present was the enormous pageant put on at Atlantic City. Sev- eral thousand pupils and teachers took part in this very spectacular event. The whole theme of the pageant was to demonstrate the importance of wise choice in the use of leisure time by the youth of the country. 2. The un- derstanding of mental health or hygiene will do much to solve many problems which confront the teacher in working for the fullest development of the individual pupils. Only recently have the studies in this field pro- gressed sufficiently that it is generally known what important part is played in the development of the child by so many factors which were not well known or were disregarded in the past. Among these are the child's fears, the wrong or the perverted point of view towards society, the idea of over self-importance, or the idea of personal inferiority. The secret of many driving forces such as initiative, the sense of civic and social responsi- bility and many others which play a vital part in the adjustment to life have a very strong foundation in the mental habits of early childhood, and in the activities of the very critical age at the time of high school train- ing. There is a large opportunity for study and effort in this field. 3. The immediate aim of preparation for college as one of the chief standards of high school is a very important factor in the school. Due to the present circumstances very little can be done at the present time to offset the evil of setting up the college entrance examination system as a standard. This is a definite goal to prepare for and must continue to be one. There is need, however, for a very careful consideration of the needs in a small high school for the large number of pupils who are not planning to enter college. Whether this preparation should be definitely vocational through extending commercial training and other vocational edu- cation depends largely on the resources available. A wider point of view and objective in the training of the high school pupils for meeting future situations than that of college preparation is essential for a large part
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of the high school pupils. 4. An analysis of the objec- tives of education will very readily show that one of the definite points of view that must be kept in mind in the activities of the school is that pupil development is the goal. The place of the teacher and the pupil is decidedly changed with this point of view. The part of the teacher is no longer to dispense facts and the pupil to absorb them as fully as it may be possible for him. The part of the pupil is self-activity. He will learn and develop by experiencing and mastering for himself the experiences of the past. The teacher is in this plan the general manager, the director, and the guiding force. It takes much greater skill and preparation, much great- er effort and work on the part of the teacher to act in this capacity than merely to give out information and trust to desire of each pupil as to how much he will gain from the facts given. This point of view has brought forth many new terms in education, such as "The Unit Mastery-Technique," "The Problem Project Method," "The Socialized Recitation," "The Group Study Plan," "Supervised Study," and many others. They may be considered as various forms of the expression of the fundamental principle that the pupil learns by doing. 5. The study of individual pupil needs and progress has taken the form of many special activities such as the permanent school record, achievement tests, psycho- logical tests, plans for pupil advisers, plans and methods for carrying out the objectives of education. The more fully these endeavors are carried out, the better will the schools be able to say that it is doing its proper function in helping each child to develop to the fullest extent possible his own abilities and to prepare for his participation in adult life.
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