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This is a cost per pupil, based on the average membership, of $46.14, and as the average for the State in Group III, which in- cludes all towns of approximately the same population and valu- ation as Douglas, is $68.78, we are still considerably below the average, ranking as the 170th out of the 231 towns of this group.
The itemized expenditures are as follows:
Expenses of School Committee $115 87
Superintendent's salary
1,200 00
Superintendent's traveling expenses. 237 45
High School Principal's salary .
1,987 50
High School assistants' salaries 2,403 63
Elementary School teachers' salaries 14,800 70
Books 807 63
Stationery, supplies and other expenses of instruction 879 78
Janitor service 2,448 15
Fuel 1,478 55
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Miscellaneous expenses of operation. 250 15
Repairs
2,995 48
Promotion of health 418 00
Transportation
777 00
Tuition
14 00
Sundries
599 63
New equipment
373 88
Miscellaneous auxiliary agencies.
181 28
Total
$31,998 68
During the past year repairs have been made costing nearly $3,000, the greater part of which sum was expended in constructing cement floors, laying drainage pipes, repairing the roof, and install- ing two new metal ceilings at the high school building. An extra schoolroom also was made out of the former office of the selectmen in the old town hall, and the roof of the South Douglas schoolhouse was re-shingled.
The coming year we plan to install two more metal ceilings in the present high school building, which will complete the last of the eight steel ceilings to be thus installed in this building.
We intend also, with the aid of the Village Improvement So- ciety, to beautify with lawns, walks and shrubbery the grounds of the Douglas Center school building.
The following appropriations are asked for the ensuing year:
General Expenses, including Superintendents salary, expenses of School Committee and Attendance Offi- cer $1,500 00
Expense for instruction, including teachers' salaries, textbooks and supplies, and miscellaneous expenses of instruction 22,500 00
Expense for operating school plants, including janitors' salaries, fuel and miscellaneous expenses of opera- tion 5,000 00
Maintenance repairs, etc. 1,000 00
Auxiliary agencies, including promotion of health and transportation 2,000 00 .
Fuel, janitor's salary and insurance at new High School building 3,000 00
Total asked for $35,000 00
WILLIAM T. LOOMIS, ARTHUR E. RAWSON, HARRY STOCKWELL, LILLIAN G. CARPENTER, JOHN B. CHAPDELAINE, BAYLIS ALDRICH,
School Committee.
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee:
I herewith submit my eleventh annual report of the schools of Douglas, it being the twenty-fifth in the series of Superintendents' reports of this district.
ATTENDANCE.
The last school census showed there were in Douglas 590 chil- dren between the ages of five and sixteen years, which is twenty- two more than for the previous year. The average attendance was 488, an increase of thirty-eight over that of the year before, and the per cent. of attendance 94.94, an increase of one per cent., and two per cent. higher than the average for the state.
The total enrollment was also 103 more than that of five years ago, and the average attendance 113 more, or an increase of 25 per cent., which shows that the school population has more than kept pace with the increased population of the town.
Some of the lower grades were so crowded last fall that we were obliged to open another school in the Cottage Street building, putting an additional teacher in charge of the overflow from the fourth and the second grades.
As the seventh and eighth grades are to be transferred to the new high school building next fall, four rooms at the present high school building will be vacated, and the four schools now housed in the Cottage Street buildings will be transferred to the vacated rooms, where all pupils can be accommodated without congestion.
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THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The present membership of the high school is the largest in its history, there being fifty-eight pupils enrolled there.
Of course, all eyes are turned to the new high school building, which will be ready for occupancy next September, where there will be adequate accommodations for recitations, manual training and domestic science classes, which are now being conducted in three distinct buildings.
Not only will the new building furnish ample accommodations for the high school, as well as for the upper grades, but the fine facilities provided will attract more pupils to the upper grades and to the high school, and will tend to hold them until they have completed the high school course.
In this connection it is eminently proper that we should express the thanks of the school officials, teachers, pupils and their parents to the generous donors of the new high school building for their splendid gift to the town and to the cause of education. It is a benefaction not only to the present but to future generations.
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
At the opening of the schools in September, arrangements were made with the Supervisor of Music, whereby she could devote a day and a half each week to vocal music in the schools, instead of one day a week as heretofore, and this has resulted in increased interest and improvement in this subject by the pupils.
Next year the time given to this work by the Supervisor should be extended to two full days, and attention also given to instru- mental as well as to vocal music in the high schools and the upper grades.
The Supervisor of Drawing also should be engaged for two days a week instead of one as at present, and more time given to this important subject.
MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
It is gratifying to note that a regular instructor in manual training is now employed in our schools, and much interest is being manifested and commendable results attained by the boys in this department.
In domestic science also the excellent work of the Supervisor is apparent in making this subject attractive and popular with the girls of the high school and the two upper grades. We predict, with the improved facilities for teaching it in the new high school building, it will be even more popular and practical.
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SCHOOL SAVINGS.
From January 1, 1925, to January 1, 1926, the school children of Douglas deposited in the Uxbridge Savings Bank $701.71. There were 273 depositors, the majority of them being in the lower grades.
If more interest were manifested by the pupils of the higher grades and the importance of early saving were seriously con- sidered by them, it would tend to life-time habits of thrift and com- petency.
THE EIGHTH GRADE.
I want to repeat what I said in my last report about eighth grade pupils attending the East Douglas school, instead of that grade at Douglas Center, where there are five grades in one school, and it is manifestly impossible for the teacher to do justice to eighth grade pupils. This arrangement will be all the more desir- able when the new high school building, to which the eighth grade at East Douglas is to be transferred, is opened.
TEACHERS.
On account of the exacting qualifications we require for teach- ers in the schools of Douglas, it has become increasingly difficult for us to obtain first class teachers for the salaries we can afford to pay, especially in the upper grades, and this year it has been more difficult than usual, as there is a scarcity of such teachers in Massa- chusetts.
Fortunately a somewhat limited supply has been available in the neighboring state of Maine, and it was in that direction that the Superintendent turned his eyes last summer when a shortage of five teachers in the schools of Douglas confronted him.
After considerable labor, by judicious selection, he secured the needed teachers, and he believes that he has performd his duty to the schools of Douglas, as all these teachers seem to be doing good work in their various schools.
In conclusion, I desire to express my appreciation to members of the School Committee, to parents and all others who have shown their interest in and co-operation for the welfare of the schools.
Respectfully submitted,
C. L. JUDKINS.
February 4, 1926.
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STATISTICAL STATEMENT
Assessed valuation, May 3, 1922. $2,492,560
Population, census of 1925. 2,377
No. persons in town between 5 and 16 years of age, April 1, 1925-boys 278, girls 312. 590
No. persons between 5 and 7 years of age-boys 50, girls 63 113
No. persons between 7 and 14 years of age-boys 194, girls 197 391
No. persons between 14 and 16 years of age-boys 34, girls 52 86
Total enrollment in all the public schools during school year ending June 19, 1925. 548
Average membership for school year 514
Average attendance for school year 488
Per cent. of attendance.
94.94
No. school buildings in use.
6
No. teachers required by the public schools.
17
No. special teachers.
4
No. teachers graduated from college.
3
No. teachers graduated from normal school
10
No. weeks high school was in session. 40
No. weeks grades were in session 38
No. pupils graduated from high school. 7
No, pupils graduated from grammar school. 29
Attendance for School Year Ending June 19, 1925.
SCHOOL
TEACHERS
Enrolment
Under 5 years
Between 5-7 years
Between 7-14 years
Between 14-16 years
Over 16 years
Av. Membership
Average Attendance
Per cent. of Attend.
No. Tardinesses
No. Dismissals
High. .
C. W. Holmes. ..
56
0
0
4
14 38
49.85
46.78
93.77 124
16
Effie M. Stanhope ..
Helen J. Harriman .
29
0
0
7
211
1 27.81
26.59
95.74
41
11
7 . ..
Ethel M. Wellington ..
39
0
0
28
10
1
34.70
33.37
95.58
48|
13
6. ...
Eunice L. Buffington.
43
0
0
37
4
1
42.10
41.26
98.00
27
9
5 ...
Ida Z. Jacobs.
46
0
0
39
7
0
44.74
43.18
96.50
41
1
4 .
Helen L. Bradley .
58
0
0
57
1
0
54.70
52.50
97.35
85
6
May C. Buxton .
52
0
0
51
0
1
48.87
47 32
96.85
22
5
Etta H. Johnson.
48
0)
0
48
0
0
46.13
44.78
97.08
10
5
48
0
18
28
0
0
45.91
44 19
94.88
9
2
Douglas Center 5-8 Gertrude M. Smith.
25
0
0
21
4
0
22 52
20.40
90.17
25
19
41
0
3
34
0
0
36.34
31.29
85.95
21
7
South “
Mixed Myra H. Jillson . .
21
0)
2
15
1
0
19.09
17.18
89.98 130
24
W. Douglas, Mixed
Nellie B. Bowen .
1
16
0
2
10
4
0)
10.49
9.52
90.77
17
0
Totals .
554
0
34 402
69
42
514.
488.
95.
671|120
·
2 .
.
·
Daisy E. Sweet.
32
0
9
23
0
0
30.30
29.78
95.17
71
..
1 b .. .
Mollie H. Kelley . ..
1 a ...
1-4 Edith L. Dixson ..
.
Grace Kelliher.
10
E. Douglas 8 . .. ...
Mary E. Murphy . .
3
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Rank of the Schools in Attendance and Punctuality for Year ending June 19, 1925.
Rank
ATTENDANCE
Per Cent. of Attendance
Rank
PUNCTUALITY
Per Cent. of Tardiness
1
East Douglas, 6
98.00
1
East Douglas, 1-a
.05
2
.
2
97.08
3
3
.12
4
66
3
96.85
4
Douglas Center, 1-4
.16
5
66
5
96.50
5
East Douglas, 66 66
5
.25
7
66
7
95.58
7
Douglas Center, 5-8
.31
9
66
1-a
94.88
9.
East Douglas,
8
.40
10
High
93.77
10
4
.42
11
W. Douglas, mixed
90.77
11
W. Douglas, mixed
.43
12
Douglas Center, 5-8
90.17
12
High
.64
13
So. Douglas, mixed
89.98
13
East Douglas, 1-b
.65
14
Douglas Center, 1-4
85.95
14
So. Douglas, mixed
1.88
Average,
94.94
Average,
.42
Average for State
93.00
6
.17
6
8
95.74
6
66
7
.31
8
1-b
95.17
8
97.35
2
2
.06
3
4
NOTE-No record of tardiness is kept by the state. Above 1%, however, is regarded as unsatisfactory.
LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1926.
NAME
SCHOOL
HOME ADDRESS
GRADUATE OF
When appointed in town
C. W. Holmes
High
East Douglas
Brown University
1918
Eleanor C. Bailey Rosa H. Hodgkins
Winthrop, Me.
Colby College
1925
Waterville, Me.
Smith
1925
Audrey Jones
East Douglas, 8
Lubec, Me.
Machias Normal
1925
Muriel A. Rollins
Winthrop, Me.
Moses Brown
1925
Eunice L. Buffington
6
East Douglas
Douglas High
1890
Ida Z. Jacobs
5
Concord
Fitchburg Normal
1922
Hazel W. Porter
Houlton, Me.
Presque Isle Normal
1925
May C. Buxton
3
Douglas
Worcester
1916
Etta H. Johnson
2
East Douglas
Douglas High
1889
Eve L. Houghton
2-4
Whitinsville
Fitchburg Normal
1925
Mollie H. Kelley
East Douglas
Douglas High
1908
Daisy E. Sweet
1-b
Wheelock Training School Middlebury, Vt. High
1900
Gertrude M. Smith Edith L. Dixson
Douglas Cent. 5-8 1-4 S. Douglas, mixed
Douglas
Worcester Normal
1918
Myra H. Jillson
Douglas
Worcester Normal
1924
Mary E. Grogan
Worcester
Worcester Normal
1925
*Edna C. Gauch
Worcester
N. E. Conservatory Music
1925
Beatrice Cheek
Pawtucket
Rhode Island
1925
t Edwidge Lacouture
Domestic Science
Millbury
Framingham Normal
1923
#Raymond Alexander
Manual Training
Upton
Worcester Trade School
1925
t Supervises also in Uxbridge, Blackstone and Millville.
*Supervises also in Auburn.
#Teaches also in Uxbridge and Auburn.
12
4
1-a
1916
Douglas
W. Douglas, mixed Music Drawing
7
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Report of High School Principal
To the Superintendent and School Committee :
The total enrollment in the high school in September was 59. The present membership is 58. This loss of only one member is one indication of the good general conditions prevailing in the high school. The average membership for the first four months was 57.58; the average attendance, 55.48; giving a per cent. of attend- ance of 96.35. During these four months there were 32 cases of tardiness, or less than one-fifth of one per cent.
Constant effort is made to impress upon the minds of the pupils the value of punctuality and regularity of attendance, as well as the other "cardinal school virtues." We try to get the pupils to realize that these "school virtues" are not merely of temporary value for the convenience of school officials, but that they are the sterling qualities of the good citizen throughout life. Furthermore, however engrossed we may be in the task of trying to secure stand- ard intellectual progress in the prescribed curriculum, we try never to lose sight of the great central fact in education, that conduct and character are incomparably more valuable than any mere book knowledge.
We should like to see more boys in the high school. There are only 15 at present; next year, however, we expect 16 more boys to enter, while only 8 more girls are expected. The total enrollmnt expected next year is about 70.
The present enrollment by subjects is as follows :
English
58
Freshman Algebra
24
Beginners' Latin
40
General Science
24
Geometry 13
French (2d year) 16
Physics
16
14
Physical Geography 13
Modern History
7
Virgil
3
Bookkeeping 4
Typewriting
10
Manual Training
7
Domestic Science
12
We hope the unprecedented popularity of Latin this year will not prove to be a passing fancy. There ought to be a good class in Caesar next year, and we hope most of the Freshmen each year can be persuaded to begin the subject.
One more subject, mechanical drawing, should be added to the curriculum. Several boys who recently graduated and took up technical work were greatly handicapped by their ignorance of this subject.
Another great improvement in the high school would be the beginning of a school library. Mr. Morse, State High School Supervisor, recently published the statement that he thought no high school should be rated in Class A unless there is an annual appropriation for the addition of a few books each year to the school library.
Another recommendation would be only to repeat what I wrote in my last report in regard to one session for the high school. The last valid objection to one session will be removed when the school moves into the new building.
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE W. HOLMES,
Principal.
Eighth Annual Report, January 14, 1926.
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Graduation Exercises
OF THE DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL
Douglas Town Hall, Friday Evening, June 19, 1925, at 8 o'clock
PROGRAM
March Uxbridge High School Orchestra Miss Helen L. Murphy, Director
Invocation
Rev. A. Avery Gates
Chorus-The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Towner The Fountain Towner
Salutatory-Nitrogen and Its Relation to Life
Essay-A Story of the Drama
William F. Wesanen Catherine A. Kostka Orchestra
Selections § Victory Overture (Ascher)
Slavonian Dance (Bartholdy)
Essay-Vocational Guidance
Essay-Labor and Capital
Chorus-Freedom, Our Queen Soloists-Ethel Aldrich
Marilda T. Leduc Jeremiah J. Kelley Parker
Pauline Loomis Paul Olson
Essay-Lincoln's Greatest Achievement
Selections
Simple Aveu
(Thome ) \
Frances R. Larkin
Orchestra
Entre Act (Thomas) S
Essay-The Spirit and Service of the Scientist
Song-Waterlilies
Valedictory-Reconstruction
Harold W. Buxton Double Quartet Joseph St. Andre
Class Song
Presentation of Diplomas Supt. Clarence L. Judkins
Selection-March, Happy and Gay Orchestra
Marshals-Marie Wesanen, '26 Albert Wright, '26
Accompanists :
Mae Anderson, '26 Alice LaCourse, '26 Elinor Dunleavy, '26
CLASS ROLL
Jeremiah James Kelley Joseph William St. André Frances Roseanna Larkin William Frans Wesanen Marilda Teresa Leduc Harold Wallis Buxton Catherine Agnes Kostka
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Courses of Study in Douglas High School
Approved by the State Board of Education Adopted by the School Committee
IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER, 1925.
Classical
General
FRESHMAN YEAR
English 5
English 5
General Science 5
General Science 5
Latin 5
* Algebra 5
Algebra 5
* Business Arithmetic 5
* Manual Training 1
*Community Civics 5
*Domestic Science 1 Music 1
*Domestic Science 1 Music 1
Drawing 1
SOPHOMORE YEAR
English 5
English 5 *French 5
Latin 5
Geometry 5
*Geometry 5
*French 5
*Ancient History 5
* Ancient History 5
* Bookkeeping 5
*Typewriting 4 Music 1
*Typewriting 4 Music 1
*Drawing 1
Drawing 1
JUNIOR YEAR
English 5
English 5
*Physics 5 Latin 5
*Physics 5
*Modern European History 5
*French 5
*French 5
* Algebra A2, 5
*Physical Geog. & Astronomy 5
Review Geometry 21/2 Music 1
*Typewriting 4 Music 1
*Drawing 1
*Drawing 1
SENIOR YEAR
English 5
*Drawing 1 English 5
*Chemistry 5
*Chemistry 5
*French 5
American History and Civics 5
* French 5 American History and Civics 5
Solid Geometry 21/2
Trigonometry 21/2
Music 1
*Commercial Geography 5 Music 1 Drawing 1
Figures after subjects denote periods per week. The star (*) before subjects denotes electives.
*Latin 5
*Manual Training 1
*Drawing 1
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Report of Supervisor of Music
Mr. C. L. Judkins, Superintendent of Schools, Uxbridge, Mass .:
DEAR SIR :
I submit with pleasure my report for my first half-year's supervision of music in the Douglas schools.
Our common wish for the establishment of a school orchestra is a hope deferred, and has found a temporary substitute in an operetta reflecting a fine quality of native juvenile musical talent. Those who shared the success of the operetta were chiefly members of the freshman and sophomore high school classes, supplemented by a few valuable additions from the junior class.
A general survey of the first half-year's work shows the teachers of the primary grades making practical and tangible progress in teaching rote-songs to their lovable little charges. Books and charts, where available, were of pronounced assistance.
Standard development is shown in classes challenged with the greater difficulty of two and three-part music.
My major objective has been to teach musical symbols and marks of expression; acquaintance with measures and note values; ability to recognize well-known melodies sung with solfeggio.
I am grateful for the constant and genial supervision of Mr. Judkins, for the cordial co-operation of the School Board, and the personnel of the teaching force; for the docile and friendly spirit of the children; for the kindly spirit of the townspeople.
Respectfully submitted,
EDNA C. GAUCH,
February 8, 1926.
Supervisor of Music.
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Report of Supervisor of Drawing
Mr. C. L. Judkins, Superintendent of Schools:
DEAR SIR :
The following is a report of my work as Drawing Supervisor in the schools of Douglas and East Douglas for the past six months. The work of the grades has included Representation, Construction and Design.
The most important aim of Representation in the grades is to develop a readiness to illustrate idea, however crudely, and a habit of using drawing commonly as a language. There are two types of lessons: (1) Imaginative drawing, which includes the pupil's power to conceive a clear mental picture and his ability to express this idea intelligently in a drawing; (2) Drawing from objects, which includes observation and drawing for increased knowledge. We have taken the following for our subject matter: People, ani- mals, toys, plants, etc.
The ultimate aim of Design is the development of good taste and awakening of an appreciation of the beautiful. Without definite training, this appreciation comes only to the few. Training in the lower grades (before the child's aesthetic sense is developed) con- sists for the teacher in arousing a lively interest in laws of order. We have Design as manifested in nature and in manufactured objects in our every day world, and in leading the child to the joy of using this orderly arrangement as basis of his own creative attempts to achieve a pleasing and satisfactory decoration.
The grammar grades have devoted most of their time to the study of the theory of design and color. This was applied to Christ- mas cards (block prints), tea tiles, stencil designs for doilies and desk sets.
The Construction work is for the purpose of increasing manual skill forming habits of accuracy and neatness and developing the child's powers of expression. The work in the primary grades con- sists of simple processes of folding, cutting and pasting.
The high school class has made designs for a leather pocket- book. We have also studied good lettering and have applied it to posters, etc.
I wish to thank the Superintendent, Principal and teachers for their co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
BEATRICE M. CHEEK,
February 9, 1926.
Supervisor of Drawing.
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Report of Domestic Science Teacher
Mr. C. L. Judkins, Superintendent of Schools:
DEAR SIR :
It is with pleasure that I submit my third annual report as Supervisor of Cookery and Sewing in the public schools of East Douglas.
My general aim throughout the course has been to teach the pupils to prepare and serve a meal in a practical and economical way.
My sub-aims in the course for the year are as follows:
1. To give the pupil a practical and economical knowledge of cookery.
2. What different foods do for the body.
3. How they should be combined.
4. Sources of foods.
5. Food selection.
6. Care of foods.
7. Table etiquette.
8. Cleanliness.
9. Household duties :
1. Dish washing.
2. Sweeping.
3. Work of keeping room clean and sanitary.
SEWING.
The first half of the year the seventh grade girls were taught the first stitches, back -stitching, hemming, overcasting, overhand- ing and blanket stitching. These stitches were applied in the mak- ing of a laundry bag.
For Christmas gifts the girls made Japanese crepe napkins, dusting caps, fancy and kitchen aprons.
The project for the last half of the year is the making of the cooking uniform for next year. This project introduces the care and operation of the sewing machine, plain and French seams and bias bindings.
I wish to take this occasion to thank Miss Etta Johnson for the use of her sewing machine, which she has so generously allowed the sewing classes to use again this year.
In closing my report, I wish to express my appreciation of the co-operation of the principals and teachers, and to thank you and the committee for your generous help.
Respectfully submitted,
February 3, 1926.
EDWIDGE LACOUTURE,
Teacher of Domestic Science.
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Report of Instructor of Manual Training.
Mr. C. L. Judkins, Superintendent of Schools :
MY DEAR MR. JUDKINS :
I herewith submit my first report as Supervisor of Manual Training in the public schools of East Douglas.
At the present time there are about forty pupils enrolled in the course. Of this number, about three-fourths are from the seventh and eighth grade. These students all receive instruction for an hour and a half a week, or a total of sixty hours during the school year.
When the time given to this subject during the pupil's school career is considered, it can readily be seen that we can hope to do no more than touch upon the fundamentals of the subject and to provide a background for more advanced study in this field.
The work so far this year has been largely elementary, as it seemed advisable to stress at the start the proper use and care of the tools, rather than to attempt the construction of large and com- plicated projects. When the pupil has once mastered the use of the tools, the other results will follow in their proper order, and the quality of the work will more than offset any time spent in these elementary exercises.
The first project we completed was a plant-stand, which, although very simple in design, brought in the use of the saws, jack-plane, square, marking guage, knife and rule. It also served to impress upon the pupils the need of accurate and careful work, which is one of the most important things to be considered in any work of this kind.
Our second project, and the one upon which most of the boys are now working, is a wall book-rack in a very attractive model. This calls for even more careful work than did the plant stand and brings in the use of the block-plane, compass saw, spoke-shave, back-saw and chisel, in addition to the tools used in the first project.
The boys are very much interested in their work, and, taken as a whole, show quite a bit of ability, which should be encouraged in every possible way.
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The work-shop is very well equipped for one of its size at the present time. The only tools which are really needed in addition to the present equipment are a mitre box and an electric glue-pot, both of which would soon pay for themselves in the better results obtain- able and in the time saved.
May I thank you at this time for the helpful suggestions which you have given me during the past few months, and also for the interest shown in our work?
Respectfully submitted, RAYMOND ALEXANDER,
Instructor of Manual Training.
Upton, February 1, 1926.
Report of School Physician
Mr. C. L. Judkins, Superintendent of Schools:
DEAR SIR:
Following is the report of medical inspection of school children for year 1925:
Pupils examined
530
Vaccinated
83
Enlarged glands
61
Defective teeth
270
Enlarged tonsils
154
Adenoids
90
Heart
4
Mentality (backward children) .
4
Nervous system
2
Spine
1
Defects corrected
16
. . .
.. ...
. .....
JOHN J. QUINN,
School Physician.
February 15, 1926.
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Report of School Nurse
Mr. C. L. Judkins, Uxbridge, Mass. :
MY DEAR MR. JUDKINS:
As per your request, enclosed you will find school nursing report for year ending December 31, 1925.
Assisted School Physician in examining 530 pupils and vacci- nating 83 pupils, made 208 home visits, referred to School Physician 36, and sent 16 to hospital by reference from physician.
During July of this year (1925), with the co-operation of School Committee and School Physician, and, of course, the parents, we were able to get 57 of the new pupils starting in September vac- cinated and examined during the summer, which greatly facilitates work the first month of school. We hope to be able to do it every year.
Respectfully yours,
ALICE T. RICE, School Nurse.
February 9, 1926.
Report of Instructor in Sewing
Mr. C. L. Judkins, Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR :
The sewing class this summer proved to be one of great inter- est. The Project Method was used, and each girl made something very useful.
The work was a credit to the girls and very satisfactory to their instructor.
The parents gave their hearty co-operation, which added much to the work.
Respectfully submitted,
ETTA H. JOHNSON,
Supervisor of Sewing.
August 1, 1925.
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RESULTS OF THE TESTS FOR VISION AND HEARING.
Number of pupils tested. 528
Number found defective in eyesight. 21
Number found defective in hearing. 3
Number parents or guardians notified
24
ATTENDANCE OFFICER'S REPORT.
Number of cases investigated .
73
Number absent on account of sickness.
31
Number absent on account of truancy.
2
Number absent for other causes. 73
Number absent returned to school.
5
THOMAS P. RITCHIE,
Attendance Officer.
January, 1926.
EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES
Issued January 1, 1925, to January 1, 1926.
Number Persons Issued Certificates.
Number Certificates Issued.
Educational (literate) 42
Educational (literate) 44
Educational (illiterate).
1
Educational (illiterate) 1
Special home permits
2
Employment
17
Employment .
16
Summer vacation.
2
Summer vacation
2
Special home permits
2
Total
63
Total 66
Mr. C. W. Holmes has been appointed by the Superintendent of Schools to issue certificates, and these may be obtained by those entitled to them by making application to Mr. Holmes.
MEMBERS OF TEACHERS' RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION.
C. W. Holmes, Edith L. Dixson, Daisy E. Sweet, Ida Z. Jacobs, Audrey Jones, Muriel A. Rollins, Hazel W. Porter, Eve Houghton, Myra Jillson, Eleanor Bailey, Rosa H. Hodgkins, Mary Grogan, Edna Gauch, Raymond P. Alexander, Edwidge Lacouture.
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SCHOOL BANNERS.
The school banner awarded for excellence in attendance and punctuality each month has been won for the past year as follows:
Per Cent. Attendance
Number of Tardinesses
January,
East Douglas, 4
.98.31
12
February,
West
66
0 ..
96.80
0
March,
East
66
4.
.97.67
5
April,
66
66
7 ..
.99.59
6
May,
6. .
99.70
7
June,
West 66
0.
100.00
0
September, East
66
2-4.
.99.57
7
October,
6
66
1-a.
99.58
1
November,
66
66
6.
99.79
0
December,
66
2-4.
99.42
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HONOR ROLL.
Pupil neither absent, tardy, nor dismissed for 7 years: Harriet Conrad
Pupil neither absent, tardy, nor dismissed for 5 years : Albert Dansereau
Pupil neither absent, tardy, nor dismissed for 4 years: Evangeline Dansereau
Pupils neither absent, tardy, nor dismissed for 3 years: John Pompa, Catherine Bombara, Lillian Johnston
Pupils neither absent, tardy, nor dismissed for 2 years:
Ruth Crockett, Anna Bacca, Helen Aldrich, Yvonne Belanger, Michael Zifcak, Jacob Kolumba, Walter Klisiewicz, Stephen Bombara, Florence Carter, Helen Wojtalick.
Pupils neither absent, tardy, nor dismissed the past year. Edward Buxton, Esther Williamson, Elizabeth Neslusan, Henry
Thomas, Annie Bombara, Louis Bruno, John Nedrosick, Katha- rine Crockett, Mary Duda, Mildred King, Annie Jabrocki, Anita Cassista, Eleanor Olson, John Stanick, Normand Therrien, Stephen Biros, Andrew Cencak, Irving Adams, Stephen Macurga, Kate Bacca, Rhoda Bonville, Rose Cassista, Sophie Mezaros, Mary Stan- ick, Stanley Bloniasz, Leo Doyon, Woella Cassista, Chester Woj- talick, Stephen Stanick.
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