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$500 75
Town of Groton
133 25
Town of Athol.
55 31
City of Worcester
50 00
$739 31
The Overseers have received for their services :
Henry D. Mowry
$100 00
Paul D. Manning 25 00
Orlan F. Chase .
25 00
HENRY D. MOWRY, PAUL D. MANNING, ORLAN F. CHASE, Overseers of Poor.
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Annual Report of WILLIE R. WALLIS, Agent
ON THE
DEVISE OF MOSES WALLIS To the Town of Douglas For the Year Ending March 1, 1915.
The agent charges himself with amounts due the town March 1, 1914, as follows :
Notes due the town
$2,325 00
Accrued interest. .
54 61
Deposited Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. and interest 37,831 29
Cash in hands of agent. 22 90
$40,233 80
1914
March 1 Cash in hands of agent. $22 90
April 30 Interest, R. I. H. Trust Co .. . 223 70
May 29 Frank Duval. 25 50
July 9 R. I. H. Trust Co 3,000 00
August 8 Wm. H. Evans
24 00
Oct. 31 Interest, R. I. H. Trust Co .. .
730 88
Nov. 2 Town of Douglas. 3,040 00
Dec. 12 John C. F. Bates 6 00
26 Ordeal Casey .. 30 00
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1915
Jan. 16 David Lunn
$30 00
Feb. 17 Est. R. H. Baton .
105 76
27 Interest, R. I. H. Trust Co .. . 533 74
$7,772 48
Agent has paid out as follows :
1914
April 30 Int. Dep. R. I. H. Trust Co. .
223 70
July 9 Loaned Town of Douglas . . .. 3,000 00
Oct. 31 Int. Dep. R. I. H. Trust Co . 730 88
Nov. 2 Dep. R. I. H. Trust Co.
3,112 40
1915
Feb. 27 Agent, care Devise. .
75 00
Dep. R. I. H. Trust Co
96 76
Int. Dep. R. I. H. Trust Co. . 533 74
$7,772 48
NOTES DUE THE TOWN MARCH 1, 1915.
Maker of Note
Paid by
Principal
Interest
Salina Casey
Ordeal Casey
$500 00
$3 30
Potter M. Bates
John C. F. Bates
100 00
2 25
Frank Duval
125 00
7 50
Frank Duval
300 00
18 00
David and Amos Lunn
David Lunn
500 00
10 33
Edward M. Southwick
Wm. H. Evans
400 00
12 78
John Vallier
Agnes Govin
300 00
18 45
$2,225 00
$72 61
RECAPITULATION.
Cash in hands of agent
$22 90
Cash received during year
3,261 26
Interest received, R. I. H. Trust Co.
1,488 32
$4,772 48
Cash paid out during year :
Deposited R. I. H. Trust Co.
$3,209 16
Interest deposited R. I. H. Trust Co
1,488 32
Care of Devise
75 00
Cash in hands of agent.
0
4,772 48
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Notes due the town $2,225 00
Accrued interest on notes . 72 61
Deposits R. I. H. Trust Co. and interest to date $39,528 77 0
Cash in hands of agent
$41,826 38
Value of Devise March 1, 1914
40,233 80
Net gain for the year
$1,592 58
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIE R. WALLIS, Agent.
The foregoing accounts have been examined and found to be correct, and the assets are fully accounted for by the notes and cash balances.
A. T. BYRNES, Auditor.
February 28, 1915.
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Report of Tax Collector.
For 1914.
Douglas, Mass., March 1st,1915.
The Assessors of Douglas for the year 1914 com- mitted to me on the 1st day of August 1914, the Col- lector's book with warrant to collect and pay over to the Treasurer of said Town of Douglas the sum of .. $23,032 45
On Sept. 16th, Dec. 1914 and Feb. 24th, 1915, special assessments 45 17
Total $23,077 62
I have collected and paid over to the Treasurer of said town, in cash and abatements, the sum of $22,492 82
Balance $584 80
March 1st, 1915, cash on hand
446 07
Leaving balance uncollected of. $138 73
Interest collected to March 1st, 1915. 13 61
By vote of the town March, 1902, the names of all delinquent tax payers are to be printed each year in the town report, and are as follows :
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LIST OF DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS.
Moses H. Balcom. $ 3 23
Arthur C. Snow $2 00
Fred L. Bruno.
2 00
Wm. Williamson 18 04
Heirs Peter Germain . 3 28
John Wauska 2 41
Lucien Hudgins
2 00
Adelbert Ward 3 07
Albert Hudgins 2 00
Belle Turner.
11 15
Thos. Howard 4 46
Edgar S. Hill.
38
Frank Jacino ..
2 82
Frank B. Clark
31 16
Chas. La Plant
2 00
Ernest Perigal.
. 23
Walter Paine. .
3 07
Frank Donaldson 4 92
Michael Rizzutti.
11 43
Mrs. Etta Phillips
11 48
Philip Revord ..
2 00
Joseph P. Love.
4 10
Heirs Zilpha Rawson
1 15
Heirs Willis Sherman . 10 66
John C. F. Bates 2 87
Jerry Casey . 2 00
Respectfully submitted,
E. P. HEATH, Collector.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT
For the Year 1914.
I have the honor to submit to the Town of Douglas the fol- lowing as the report of work done in spraying and pruning the town trees.
PLACING SIGNS ON TREES.
W. E. Carpenter, 12 days, 3 hrs $4 50
team 1} days. 2 25
SUPPLIES.
W. R. Wallis-50 sign boards 2 00
tacks and nails. 19
$8 94
SPRAYING.
W. E. Carpenter, 17 days, 1 hr. at $2 50
team 17 days, 1 hr. at . 1 25
$64 17
L. Matt, 16 days, 1 hr. at $2 50. 40 28
F. Trinque, 16 days, 1 hr. at 1 80. 29 00
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SUPPLIES.
W. R. Wallis, 500 lbs. lead $29 30
stopcock 40
$163 15
CONTRA.
Private work
$32 00
200 lbs. lead on hand. 11 72
$43 72
Total cost. $119 43
PRUNING.
W. E. Carpenter, 12 days $30 00
W. E. CARPENTER, Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF
Road Commissioner.
Frank Revard, 23 loads gravel
$ 1 15
W. H. Parker, 187 loads gravel.
9 35
W. H. Parker, 972 ft. plank
24 30
Louis Matte, 16 hours
3 20
Good Roads Machinery Co., 2 sets of section for
Scraper .
16 00
Freight on same.
W. R. Wallis, 1531 ft. Chestnut
42 18
53 lbs. Spikes
1 32
4 Pick handles
80
309 ft. Chestnut timber
73
16 Sleepers
48 00
1 Bag Cement.
50
22 ft. Oak and Maple
88
1 Ash pole
1 00
2 Bush Scythes
1 50
2 Bush Snathes. 1 80
1 Sledge Handle .
15
Henry Jarvis, 1 horse, 17 hours
2 12
Harley Barton, 8 hours. .
1 60
Charles McKay, sharpening pick and bars ; repairing scraper and chain .
10 25
Frank Amadon, 5 loads gravel.
25
Alfred Parker, 178 hours .
35 60
2 horses on cart, 138 hours
41 40
2 horses on scraper, 40 hours
15 00
Robert Lunn, 245 hours .
49 00
Louis Signet, 52 loads gravel.
2 60
Nelson Place, 58 hours
11 60
1 horse, 42 hours . 5 25
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B. R. Thompson, 67 hours $13 40
C. Lunn, 29 hours.
5 80
A. S. Hall, 37 loads gravel 1 85
Edgar Parker, 61 loads gravel 3 05
Henry Chase, 13 hours . 2 60
Myron Chase, 29 loads gravel
1 45
George Adam, 17 loads gravel
85
George Chandler, 40 hours
8 00
Albert Frank, 8 hours.
1 60
Charles Maynard, 64 hours 44 loads gravel
: 20
Walter Thompson, 18 loads gravel .
90
William Buxton, 6762 hours .
135 30
Palmer Converse, 202 hours
40 40
2 horses on cart, 17 hours
5 10
1 horse on cart, 182 hours ..
22 75
2 horses on scraper, 4 hours
. 50
Arthur Morse, 31 hours .
6 20
Frank Francis, 122 hours
24 40
D. Dunleavy, 145 hours
29 00
2 horses on scraper, 74 hours.
27 75
2 horses on cart, 71 hours
21 30
Stephen Copp, repairing scraper
75
D. Dudley, repairing scraper ; sharpening picks ; iron bars, .
5 75
Frank Revard, 435 hours
87 10
A. B. Simmons, 246 hours.
49 20
Charles Stevens, 215} hours
43 10
Henry Jarvis, 1035{ hours
310 65
1 horse, 239 hours
29 88
2 horses on cart, 675 hours
202 65
2 horses on scraper, 252 hours
94 50
L. Titus, 97 hours .
19 40
Mitchell Foster, 38 hours
7 60
Fred Berry, 197 hours.
39 40
Nelson Roberts, 46 hours
9 20
Joe Matte, 414 hours .
82 80
Louis Falloni, 947 hours
189 40
John Falloni, 427₺ hours
85 50
Edward Lafleur, 122 hours 2 horses on scraper, 122 hours
45 75
F. J. Kenyon, 183 hours. .
36 60
2 horses on cart, 139 hours
41 70
1 horse on cart, 44 hours 5 50 .
30 00
Roy Kenyon, 150 hours
24 40
12 80
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Gordon Kenyon, 13 hours
$2 60
Phil Snow, 32 hours. 6 40
17 40
Fred Dupont, 24 hours 2 horses on cart, 24 hours
7 20
$2182 34
REPAIRING STONE ROAD.
Palmer Converse, 452 hours
$ 9 10
1 horse, 21 hours
2 62
Peter Casey, 35₺ hours
7 10
Albert Houghins, 272 hours
5 50
Louis Falloni, 842 hours
16 90
Henry Jarvis, 37 hours.
11 10
2 horses on cart, 94 hours.
28 20
95 loads sand
9 50
1 horse, 5 hours
62
William Buxton, 94 hours .
18 80
Nelson Roberts, 11 hours
2 20
Alfred Parker, 24 hours
4 80
2 horses on cart, 24 hours
7 20
Frank Revard, 8 hours
1 60
Robert Lunn, 8 hours .
1 60
Lyman Arnold, 7 hours
1 40
W. R. Wallis, 62 ft., 8in., tile pipe
12 40
$ 140 64
ROAD SUPPLIES.
1 Pick.
50
1 Round point pick
60
1 Mattock
50
6 Contractor's shovels
5 40
2 Iron bars
1 80
I Keg 6in. spikes
2 50
395 ft., 3in. plank
11 06
3ft., 18in. tile pipe . .
1 95
$ 24 31
HENRY JARVIS,
Road Commissioner
Mr. Stowe, 87 hours
4 80
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
and Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
FOR THE
Year Ending March 1, 1915
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WHITINSVILLE, MASS .: PRESS OF EAGLE PRINTING CO. 1915.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
MRS. W. E. SCHUSTER
Term expires March 1, 1915
66
1, 1915
ERWIN E. CARPENTER
WILLIE MANAHAN
66
66
66 1, 1916
CHARLES J. BATCHELLER
66
66
66 1, 1916
HENRY KENDALL.
66
66
1, 1916
FRANK E. JONES
66
66
66
1, 1917
WALTER PARKER
66
66 1, 1917
CORNELIUS F. McLAREN
66 1, 1917
SUPERINTENDING COMMITTEE
MRS. W. E. SCHUSTER C. F. McLAREN
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS CHARLES M. PENNELL, A. M.
PURCHASING AGENT
CHARLES J. BATCHELLER
TRUANT OFFICERS
ALEX R. JOHNSON
CHARLES M. PENNELL
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1, 1915
W. L. CHURCH
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1914-15
FALL TERM
All schools opened September 8, 1914, and closed December 18, 1914, 15 weeks.
WINTER TERM
High School and Douglas Center schools opened December 28. All other schools opened January 4,1915. High and Grammar schools close March 26, 1915. 13 and 12 weeks respectively. All others close March 19, 1915. 11 weeks.
SPRING TERM RECOMMENDED
All schools begin April 5, 1915. High School closes June 25, 1915, 12 weeks. Grammar schools close June 18,1915, 11 weeks. All other schools close June 11, 1915, 10 weeks.
"NO SCHOOL" SIGNAL
Three blasts of the whistle at 7. 45 A. M. indicate "no school" for the morning session.
Three blasts of the whistle at 11.45 A. M. indicate "no school" for the afternoon session.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Total amount appropriated by Town $8.575 00 Total amount received from State 2,332 82 Received from Town of Sutton for tuition. . 49 00
Total receipts .
$10,956 82
Total amount expended from March 1, 1914 to February 28, 1915. $10,683 51
$10,683 51
Unexpended balance. .
$273 31
GENERAL EXPENSES.
School committee expenses . $34 77
Superintendent's salary 680 04
Expenses for superintendence and enforce- ment of the law
29 97
$744 78
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION.
*Night school teachers' salaries.
$120 00
Other expenses including supplies, text books 28 25
High School Principal's salary 915 00
High School teacher's salary. 594 33
Elementary school teachers' salaries. 4,760 17
Text books for High School 102 39
Text books for elementary schools
158 05
Stationery, supplies and miscellaneous ex- penses for High School 21 57
For elementary schools
287 58
$6,987 34
EXPENSES OF OPERATING SCHOOL PLANTS.
Wages of janitors, &c., High School $37 44
Wages of janitors, &c., elementary schools .. 722 69
Fuel, High School 46 14
Fuel, elementary schools 843 18
Miscellaneous expenses, High School. 32 22
Miscellaneous expenses, elementary schools 232 43
$1,914 40
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MAINTENANCE
Repairs, &c., High School $2 81
Repairs, &c., elementary schools
357 08
$359 89
AUXILIARY AGENCIES.
Health .
$53 00
Transportation 578 00
$631 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Sundry expenses . $46 10
$46 10
*$66.00 was paid in above amount for night school teachers' salaries for night school of last year.
In asking for the following appropriations for the coming year, we have divided the different items under separate heads to con- form with the State Board of Education's forms.
General expenses, including superintendent's salary, expenses of school committee and enforcement of the law $400 00
Expenses of instruction, including teachers' salaries, text books and supplies, and night school, also miscellaneous expenses in connection with the schools . 5,050 00
Expenses of operating school plants, including janitors salaries, fuel and miscellaneous expenses in con- nection with operating school plants. 2,000 00
Maintenance, repairs, &c., of school buildings 400 00
600 00 Auxiliary agencies including health and transportation Miscellaneous expenses (sundries) 50 00
Contingent fund, asked for to meet unexpected con- tingencies that may arise during the year. 300 00
Manual training and domestic science .
$8,800 00
MRS. WALTER E. SCHUSTER, CORNELIUS F. McLAREN,
Superintending Committee.
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REPORT OF
School Committee.
The School Committee submit the following report for the year ending March 1, 1915 :
During the summer, Miss May Murphy of Grade V resigned and Miss Edna Dillon of the Bridgewater Normal School was elected to fill the vacancy. During the fall term Miss Dillon re- signed to accept a position in Fall River and Miss Mialma Jenckes, a graduate of Wellesley College, was elected to fill the vacancy.
During the fall term Mr. Thomas, principal of the High School resigned. The Committee appointed Miss Alice M. Pierce of Mount Holyoke College to the position of principal, and Miss Almira R. Wallace, of Bates College, as assistant. In South Douglas also we had a vacancy to fill and Miss S. May Butterworth was appointed during the summer to this position.
These few changes have been all that we have had to make, and your Committee feel that the present corps of teachers are deserving of commendation, not only for their loyalty toward the Committee but for their painstaking care and work in connection with the schools.
SUMMER SCHOOL.
During the summer experiment was made of conducting sum- mer work for the school children under supervision.
Through the kindness of the Hon. W. S. Schuster land was placed at the disposal of the School Board for gardening. We obtained the services of Mr. Richard Moore, a practical gardener and offered the boys the privilege of having gardens for the sum- mer. We regret that not more of the boys went in for this work.
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William Yongsma deserves honorable mention for his garden. If further interest is manifested and the Committee able to do so we may try this plan another season.
For the girls we secured the services of Miss Etta Johnson who taught them sewing and embroidery. This class was very successful and the girls were very much interested in the work. After school opened in the fall there was an exhibit of the work from both the classes, and awards were made for the work done in both departments.
PARENT-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
This is a work that deserves the support of every parent and tax payer in the town.
One great trouble with the schools of the country has been a lack of mutual understanding between the parents and the teachers and school authorities. Whether we realize it or not, the home plays a very inportant part in the education of the child. Without the sympathetic influences of home life the boy or the girl has little ambition to acquire an education and whatever occu- pation the child follows today after leaving school, the more edu- cation he has, the better fitted he is to fill the position, and earn promotion. Therefore your Committee cannot urge you too strongly to allow the child to stay in school as long as possible.
We feel that our High School which has done such good work this last year, is deserving of a larger attendance. After careful consideration the course of study has been revised to meet present day conditions. It is not a loss of time on the part of the child, for the more education, the more earning power. It is not the fact that he or she has studied Ceasar or Virgil, or Geometry that gives this added earning power but that for four years they have had to study and think and reason out things for them- selves.
In the Parent-teachers Association papers relating to matters educational and instructive are read. Subjects are brought up for discussion, both from the view point of the parent and of the teacher.
The following are the officers of the Asssociation, any one of whom will be glad to give further information regarding the work of the association.
Pres. Mrs. Walter Carpenter, Vice Pres. Mrs. Ralph E. Dud- ley, Treas. Mrs. Laura H. Pierce, Sec'y. Mrs. Ida Terrill.
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REPAIRS, ETC.
The ceilings in the High School Building, especially on the lower floor are in very bad condition. The settling of the building and the constant walking overhead have caused the ceilings to crack and break off leaving a very untidy appearance. These breaks have been patched from time to time, and upon consulting experts we have decided to start in making a permanent repair of the ceilings. A beginning was made in Grade IV room, where a metal ceiling was put up, the room was then painted and new shades furnished. We feel now that we have made a real begin- ning, and hope to add at least one room each year, thus spread- ing the cost over several years and at at the same time making a permanent improvement.
During the summer the school building in South Douglas was papered and painted inside and supplied with much needed new shades.
At the suggestion of Mrs. Vose, an organ was provided at Douglas Center, which has proved very useful.
We hope this coming year to add electric lights in the halls, cellar and High School rooms, also a telephone. Both of these improvements are now accepted as necessities and not a luxury. We also hope to find a place in the building for an emergency or rest room, where if a child is taken ill, he can have absolute quiet until the physician can reach him and make proper disposition of his case.
In additon to the above there are several repairs, which, thanks to the efficiency of Mr. Johnston, the janitor, have been put off or temporarily fixed for several years past.
During the summer vacation, the High School building was painted which adds greatly to the appearance as well as preserving same.
Necessary repairs are really an economy. We have good school buildings and it is our duty to keep them so. Postponement of necessary repairs simply means increased cost when they are made, and if they are necessary they must come eventually.
HEALTH.
In bringing the matter of health to your notice, we feel that its importance cannot be too much impressed on your minds.
The laws of the state say all children must be either vaccinat- ed or certified as being unfit for vaccination.
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We ask you to go a step farther, and safe-guard your neigh- bors' children as your own.
An epidemic is an awful thing to contemplate and although our school physician, Dr. Clark, and health officer Mr. Francisco Bowen, carefully follow up all reported cases, you, the parents must also contribute your share.
If your child has a sore throat, a fever or a rash, anything in fact that strikes you as important, it is your duty to see to it that the disease will not be communicated to other children.
Before allowing the child to mingle with others, know that he has no contagious disease. We safeguard the children in school to the best of our ability by requiring from them after an absence on account of sickness, a health certificate. Do your share and consult a physician before allowing them out among other children. The small cost of knowing that everything is all right amounts to nothing compared to the frightful cost of lives of an epidemic.
MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE
These subjects are receiving much attention today in the educational world, and many towns have already demonstrated their practical value. Should it seem wise to introduce such into our schools the coming year, the expense must come heaviest at the outset, in the way of equipment, but once introduced the running expenses will prove a smaller item.
CONCLUSION.
The cost of education is, like all other necessities, going up. Our standards are higher. We are demanding from our teachers, as well as from all other class occupations, efficiency, and efficiency costs money. The standard set by the State Board is higher and employers of labor are demanding more from our graduates, and we must supply these demands or acknowledge that we have not done our duty.
In the past our town has been willing to give to the schools whatever has been asked and undoubtedly will continue to do so in the future.
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It is the same in the management of the schools as in any other business enterprise, very hard to foretell at the beginning of the year exactly what expenses will be necessary the coming year. For this reason your committee have asked for an appropriation for contingencies. This contingent fund can be carried over from year to year if not needed and looks far more business-like than the word "overdrawn."
In conclusion your committee wish to express their thanks to our superintendent, teachers and janitors for their support in their different positions.
We call your attention to the reports from the superintendent, High School principal and music supervisor for further details in their respective departments.
MRS. WALTER E. SCHUSTER, CORNELIUS F. McLAREN,
Superintending Committee
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Superintendent's Report.
To the Members of the School Committee of Douglas, Mass. :
I herewith submit my fourth annual report of the public schools of the town of Douglas.
The school year 1913-14 was, perhaps, as successful a year as our schools have ever had. The attendance was good and the interest on the part of the parents, teachers and pupils was highly satisfactory. Several of the schools reported perfect attendance day after day. Truancy has become almost a negligi- ble quantity. The sentiment of the town strongly favors regular- ity in attendance, and the pupils have assumed this attitude toward school work.
No great amount of sickness has occurred, the town being one of the most healthful in the state. The school buildings are for the most part, well lighted, ventilated and heated. The sanitary conditions in and about the buildings seem to be very nearly per- fect.
A proper amount of exercise, both in and out of school on the part of the pupils is advocated by the teachers. Advice concerning care of the teeth and eyes, a proper amount of sleep and rest, nourishing diet and such other suggestions as make for better health on the part of the pupils, is freely given and insisted upon.
The eye and ear tests have been given by the teachers as heretofore, resulting in a slight improvement over past years. Such defects as were detected were recorded and the parents notified with the advice that specialists be consulted with a view to correcting the defects.
The number of changes in the corps of teachers has been few .
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PARENT TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
A parent-teachers association has been formed with Mrs. L. L. Carpenter as president. Three or more meetings have been held at the High School building. The attendance has been most en- couraging and the interest manifested argues well for the ultimate success of the organization. Current matters related to various school activities and interest are discussed, papers and clippings are read and the needs and possibilities of the schools for increas- ed usefulness to the community are carefully considered.
THE MANUAL ARTS.
It has come to be recognized that something of the nature of manual work is a necessity in our schools as constituted to-day. In school systems in which the most careful thought and super- vision have been given, statistics compiled and measurements in efficiency are made, it has come to be recognized that manual work both for boys and girls is an economic necessity. Manual work in the schools is no longer a fad or an experiment. It has been so thoroughly tested that almost all the best schools have manual work in some form in its course of study.
The modern home no longer affords an opportunity for the boy or the girl to acquire the much needed training from the father or the mother as formerly. In recent years the drift from rural communities toward the village and the city has become so pro- nounced, conditions in the home have greatly changed. The vast amount of work needing to be done in and about the rural home does not exist in the village or city home with its few rooms and its scarcity of land and out buildings. The introduction of the Manual Arts into the schools is an attempt to make up in part for the loss sustained by the changed conditions in home life.
The school with its complex equipment of apparatus and courses of study should equip boys and girls for life far more effectively than ever before. The demand for efficient workers was never so strong, or so exacting as to-day. If our school does not meet this demand, there must be an infusion of something unseen, either in method or control, perhaps both.
Our own town, in which most of the people are dependent on the work of their hands, I believe, would profit greatly by the introduction of manual work in the schools. A teacher could doubtless be employed a day or two a week, who could handle successfully the manual work for the boys as well as the domestic science for the girls, together with drawing for all, both freehand and mechanical.
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The expense of the equipment would not be great and, I be- lieve the gain in usefulness on the part of the boys and girls ed- ucated in our schools would soon become apparent ..
I should like to have the town make an appropriation for such a course at the annual town meeting this spring. I believe the returns would fully justify the additional expense incurred in maintaining the schools.
MUSIC.
Music in the schools has been under the supervision of Mrs. A. G. Vose of Woonsocket as formerly. The pupils manifest good interest and are learning to read rapidly and accurately. They are coming to have an appreciation for good music and are making commendable progress. The musical festival given in the spring gave the people an opportunity to see and hear for themselves the nature of the work being done. Another festival will be given in the near future. All who can are advised to at- tend.
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