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Clifford Lunn, 7 hours at 45c per hour
3 15
H. Wylie, 221/2 hours at 45c per hour.
10 13
Layfette Taft, 5 hours at 45c per hour
2 25
Henry Hindon, 5 hours at 45c per hour.
2 25
Henry Mowry, 5 hours at 45c per hour ..
2 25
Napoleon Bruno, 4 hours at 45c per hour ..
1 80
Charles Minior, 6 hours at 40c per hour. 2 40
3 60
Earl Ballou, 71 hours at 45c per hour . ...
31 95
Henry Ballou, 54 hours at 45c per hour ... 24 30
John Caswell, 61 hours at 45c per hour .... 27 45
26 10
Noval Dixson, 71 hours at 45c per hour ....
31 95
Everett Joslin, 80 hours at 45c per hour ...
36 00
Ralph Converse, 7 hours at 45c per hour ...
3 15
Oliver Blanche, 18 hours at 45c per hour ... Joe Godard, 10 hours at 45c per hour.
4 50
Larberde, 32 hours at 45c per hour .
14 40
Hartwick Lawson, 12 hours at 40c per hour
4 80
Henry Lambert, 12 hours at 45c per hour ..
5 40
S. K. Foster, 12 hours at 45c per hour
5 40
J. W. Shaw, 16 hours at 45c per hour.
7 20
Paul Chase, 24 hours at 45c per hour.
10 80
Fred Fowler, 23 hours at 45c per hour. ...
10 35
Oliver Thomas, 10 hours at 45c per hour ...
4 50
Frank Yacino, 24 hours at 45c per hour ...
10 80
William Western, 1012 hours at 45c per hour Fred Noult, 6 hours at 45c per hour.
2 70
Ralph Aldridge, 32 hours at 45c per hour. .
14 40
Tom Howard, 7 hours at 45c per hour .....
3 15
Urbin Peters, 31 hours at 45c per hour. . . .
13 95
Peter Foggett, 15 hours at 45c per hour.
6 75
Henry Foggett, 34 hours at 45c per hour ...
15 30
Donald Wheeler, 12 hours at 45c per hour. .
5 40
Warren Wheeler, 31 hours at 45c per hour.
13 95
Frank Revard, 4 hours at 45c per hour .....
1 80
W. J. Caswell, 27 hours at 45c per hour .... Clarence Mowry, 21/2 hours at 45c per hour James Mutychuk, 8 hours at 45c per hour. .
3 60
Arthur Nault, 18 hours at 45c per hour
8 10
Albert Krosier, 9 hours at 45c per hour.
4 05
Steve Krosier, 7 hours at 45c per hour.
3 15
James Foloni, 9 hours at 45c per hour
4 05
Peter Vallier, 8 hours at 45c per hour.
3 60
Joe Grioolsky, 8 hours at 45c per hour
3 60
Leo Pertire, 9 hours at 45c per hour.
4 05
Albert Valcourt, 64 hours at 45c per hour. . 28 80
Edward Buxton, 43 hours at 40c per hour .. 17 20
Fred Bruno, 26 hours at 45c per hour.
11 70
D. E. Caswell, 8 hours at 45c per hour.
Stanton Putnam, 58 hours at 45c per hour ..
8 10
4 73
12 15
1 13
46
Thomas Pariseau, 29 hours at 45c per hour 13 05
Leon Sochia, 20 hours at 45c per hour ..... 9 00
Joseph Guylate, 14 hours at 45c per hour ... 6 30
Edward Vallier, 8 hours at 45c per hour ... 3 60
Marvin Southwick, 14 hours at 45c per hour 6 30
Harold Southwick, 14 hours at 45c per hour 6 30
E. S. Chase, 21 hours at 45c per hour ..... 9 45
E. S. Chase, 21 hours at 45c per hour .. 9 45
Henry Chase, 10 hours at 45c per hour. . 4 50
William Plant, 4 hours at 45c per hour .. . .
1 80
Carl Simmons, 54 hours at 45c per hour ... 24 30
Earl McCann, 81 hours at 45c per hour .... 36 45
Irvin Smith, 59 hours at 45c per hour ..... 26 55
Louis Eldridge, 52 hours at 45c per hour ... 23 40
Arthur Rawson, 99 hours at 45c per hour .. 44 55
Paul Rawson, 81 hours at 45c per hour ....
36 45
Harold Rawson, 40 hours at 40c per hour .. 18 00
Charles Dudley, 77 hours at 45c per hour .. 34 65
Total labor
$1,546 29
SUPPLIES.
W. R. Wallis, 5 shovels.
$5 00
Charles L. Church, 3 shovels
3 00
Total
$8 00
Grand Total
$1,554 29
W. H. DUDLEY,
Superintendent of Highways.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
and Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1926
A.
S
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INCORPO
WHITINSVILLE, MASS. PRESS OF EAGLE PRINTING CO. 1927
HAYWARD-SCHUSTER MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL EAST DOUGLAS
DOUGLAS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
BAYLIS ALDRICH.
Term expires 1928 66 1928
ARTHUR E. RAWSON
JOHN B. CHAPDELAINE
66 1929
DR. PAUL ELA.
66 1929
WILLIAM T. LOOMIS.
1927
LILLIAN G. CARPENTER
66
66
1927
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS C. L. JUDKINS
PURCHASING AGENT
W. T. LOOMIS
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS
DOUWE DEJONG
C. L. JUDKINS
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
HIGH SCHOOL.
Winter term-December 27, 1926, to March 25, 1927, 13 weeks. Spring term-April 4, 1927, to June 24, 1927, 12 weeks.
Fall term-September 6, 1927, to December 16, 1927, 15 weeks. Winter term-December 26, 1927, to March 23, 1928, 13 weeks. Spring term-April 2, 1928, to June 22, 1928, 12 weeks.
Thanksgiving recess-November 24 to November 28. Christmas vacation -- December 17 to December 27. Spring vacation-March 24 to April 2.
GRADES.
Winter term-January 3, 1927, to March 25, 1927, 12 weeks. Spring term-April 4, 1927, to June 17, 1927, 11 weeks.
Fall term-September 6, 1927, to December 16, 1927, 15 weeks. Winter term-January 3, 1928, to March 23, 1928, 12 weeks. Spring term-April 2, 1928, to June 15, 1928, 11 weeks.
Thanksgiving recess-November 24 to November 28. Christmas vacation-December 17 to January 3. Spring vacation-March 24 to April 2.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL.
Three blasts of the whistle at 7:45 A. M. closes all schools for the morning session.
The same signal at 11:45 A. M. closes all schools for the after- noon session.
The signal at 11:13 denotes that there will be a single session. In this case the session will be lengthened one hour in the first and second grades, and one hour and a half in the others.
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Report of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The School Committee submits the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1926:
The expenditure for the schools was $35,083.07, which although there were many unforeseen expenses, is only $83.07 in excess of the appropriations.
We received from the State as reimbursement for teachers' sal- aries $7,017.88, for tuition of State wards $185.25, for Superin- tendent's salary $773.34, making a total of $7,976.47.
This is a net cost of the schools to the Town of $27,106.60.
The itemized expenditures are as follows:
Expenses of School Committee. $61 70
Superintendent's salary 1,284 00
Superintendent's traveling expenses. 201 04
High School Principal's salary.
2,145 50
High School assistants' salaries. 2,874 67
Elementary School teachers' salaries 16,478 14
Books, High School 418 95
Books, Elementary Schools
768 13
Supplies, High School
430 01
Supplies, Elementary Schools
983 00
Janitor service, High School.
656 00
Janitor service, Elementary Schools.
2,138 06
Fuel, High School
300 27
Fuel, Elementary Schools
1,413 63
Miscellaneous expenses of operation, High School
186 02
Miscellaneous expenses of operation, Ele- mentary Schools
227 21
Repairs, High School
217 77
Repairs, Elementary Schools
1,057 84
Promotion of health, High School.
45 40
Promotion of health, Elementary Schools ... 472 60
Transportation, pupils in town
962 00
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Transportation, pupils in other towns 59 00
Tuition, Trade Schools 89 46
Tuition, Elementary Schools 30 00 Miscellaneous auxiliary agencies, High School
230 25
Miscellaneous auxiliary agencies, Elemen-
451 99
tary Schools
654 67
New equipment Insurance
245 76
$35,083 07
During the year we made repairs amounting to $1,275.61, and the coming year we should install modern toilets in the Main Street school building, which will cost approximately $2,500. This may seem a large expenditure, but the old system is in such poor condi- tion that several hundred dollars will be necessary to put it in proper working order, and even then the remedy is only for the time being. If water is once introduced, it will probably be a long time before this system requires any great attention in the way of repairs, and even then the upkeep ought to be less than with the present system, which is far from satisfactory at its best.
As there were only seven pupils in attendance at the West Douglas school we closed that school last September, transporting the pupils first to East Douglas, and afterwards, on account of the over crowded conditions there, to Douglas Center, where there are fewer pupils than there have been for several years.
We have also placed liability insurance on the school busses, as a protection to the children who are being transported to the schools.
The new High School building-a most generous gift to the town-was completed last November, and the High School and the seventh and eighth grades moved into their new quarters the first of January. We certainly feel grateful to the donors of our new building, one of the best in the State, for their liberality and their interest in the schools.
The following appropriations are asked for the ensuing year :
General expenses, including Superintendent's salary, expenses of School Committee and Attendance Officer $1,700 00
Expense for instruction, including teachers' salaries, textbooks and supplies, and miscellaneous expenses of instruction 24,200 00
Expense for operating school plants, including janitors' salaries, fuel and miscellaneous expenses of opera- tion 6,000 00
Maintenance repairs, etc. 1,300 00
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Auxiliary agencies, including promotion of health and transportation 2,300 00 New equipment 3,000 00
Total asked for $38,500 00
WILLIAM T. LOOMIS, ARTHUR E. RAWSON, DR. PAUL ELA, 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 twelfth annual report of the schools of Douglas, it being the twenty-sixth in the series of Superintendents' reports of this superintendency district.
ATTENDANCE.
The school census taken last October showed there were in town 640 children between the ages of five and sixteen, an increase of 50 over that of last year, and an increase of 140 over the number reported five years ago, and of 215 over that of ten years ago. Surely, although the adult population of the town has not greatly increased, the school population has.
The average membership of the schools last year was 521, the average attendance 502, and the per cent of attendance 96, being the highest, so far as I have been able to discover, in the history of the schools.
As a matter of comparison it may be well to mention that the average per cent of attendance for the State is 93.
The per cent of tardiness is about the same as for last year, and although this is considerably less than the average for the State, there are still too many tardinesses in certain schools, in which the teachers, pupils and their parents should make a deter- mined effort for improvement.
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THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
Considerable attention has been given in print and otherwise to the new High School building, all of which it merits, and I will only say in addition that in its external appearance, in the grounds surrounding it, and in its internal appointments and equipment it is certainly a fine school plant, hardly surpassed by any similar structure in the State.
The following from the Worcester Gazette of December 9 describes the building in detail:
"The Douglas Memorial High School building, situated in East Douglas at the junction of Depot and Martin Streets, on a com- manding eminence overlooking the town, will be open to the public for inspection Thursday, December 16, from 2 until 8 P. M.
"The building is the gift of William L. Hayward and Walter E. Schuster of East Douglas, Harry Hayward of Franklin, and Mrs. Marie Schuster Smith of Kansas City.
"It is of the Colonial style of architecture, constructed of brick and limestone, and cost approximately $140,000. The architects were Ritchie. Parsors & Taylor of Boston, and the constructor, W. E. Germain of Millbury. It was started last July and has just been completed and furnished.
"The High School and the seventh and eighth grades, compris- ing 150 pupils, will move into the new quarters during the Christ- mas vacation. The building is an up-to-date structure in every respect, including all that is modern in school architecture and equipment, and provided with program clocks, telephone system and electric fixtures.
"There is a main school-room, seventh and eighth grade school- rooms, recitation-room, bookkeeping and drawing-room, typewrit- ing-room, chemical and physical laboratories, domestic science and manual training rooms, a principal's office and a lady teachers' room, all furnished and equipped in the best possible manner.
"The spacious grounds, consisting of four acres, have been partially leveled for playgrounds for both boys and girls, and these will be completed as soon as the weather permits. The lawns in front of the building have been seeded and ornamented with shrub- bery, under the supervision of landscape gardener, George T. Matthewson of Worcester.
"A stone wall with cement cap runs the entire length of the grounds. and separates them from the street, along which a gran- olithic sidewalk has been constructed extending to a considerable distance above and below the building.
"The building committee were: William L. Hayward, Walter E. Schuster, Gilbert W. Rowley, F. J. Libby, Frank E. Jones, William T. Loomis, Francisco Bowen, John B. Chapdelaine, Jr., and Paul D. Manning."
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In this connection I wish to publicly thank the Worcester Suburban Electric Co. for the fine electric range which it generously presented to the domestic science department of the school.
With the use of this and the gas plant equipment of the school the needs of the domestic science department, so far as heat for cooking is concerned, are certainly provided for.
We invite the parents of the pupils attending the schools of this building, and all others interested, to visit the building and see the pupils at work in the various rooms.
SCHOOL SIGNAL FOR ONE SESSION.
Hereafter, if it is decided to change the hours of the schools on account of stormy weather, the whistle will blow at 11:15 A. M. to denote that there will be a single school session.
In this case the morning session of the first and second grades will be lengthened one hour, and that of the upper grades an hour and a half.
SCHOOL SAVINGS.
The pupils of the Douglas schools deposited in the Uxbridge Savings Bank last year $851.49, which is $149.78 more than the deposits of the previous year, and this reflects credit on the pupils for their efforts in saving and in the formation of habits of thrift and economy.
MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
There are 41 pupils of the seventh and eighth grades and the freshman class of the High School who are doing work in manual training, 28 girls of the eighth grade and first year of the High School who take lessons in cooking, and 24 of the seventh grade who are being instructed in sewing.
Manual training and domestic science are required of all pupils of the two upper grades and of first year High School pupils, who do not take the classical course.
The work in these two departments is evidently as popular as cver, and the interest of the pupils, with a few exceptions, is unabated.
SPELLING CONTEST.
The Worcester Telegram-Gazette inaugurated a spelling con- test last spring among pupils of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of thirty towns of Worcester County, and in the prelim- inaries held in Uxbridge among thirty pupils from four towns, Douglas pupils acquitted themselves well, one of them being
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awarded the medal as winner in the contest, and being selected as one of thirty pupils from as many towns for the final contest at Worcester. In this contest our delegate was the twenty-first to be "spelled down."
Again at the spelling contest held in Millbury, February 4th, among twenty-two pupils from the seventh and eighth grades of twelve towns, an East Douglas girl won the gold medal award by the Telegram-Gazette to the best speller.
To be a good speller is not the whole of an education, but it is certainly a desirable accomplishment, and no one who is not pro- ficient in spelling can be called well educated.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
A Teachers' Institute was held at Whitinsville in April, which all of our teachers attended, being greatly benefited. They also attended one county convention, were present at several teachers' meetings held by the Superintendent, and listened to addresses at other teachers' meetings by Superintendents from neighboring towns.
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
As stated in my report of last year, I recommend that the instructor in music be engaged for two days a week instead of a day and a half, as at present. The time given to this subject is not enough, especially since we have recently added another school, and since the schools are now some distance apart. Moreover, the Super- visor is giving instruction out of her own time to a High School orchestra which she has organized.
One day a week is too short a time for the Supervisor in Drawing also to give instruction to all the schools, and some of them are visited by her but once in two weeks. I hope we can find a way to meet the expense of employing the Drawing Supervisor two days each week.
COMMERCIAL TEACHER FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
More and more as our High School grows in membership,-it being nearly three times as large as it was ten years ago,-it becomes evident that commercial subjects should receive proper attention, as there seems to be a desire on the part of the pupils for these subjects.
If the funds available will allow, I should like to see a teacher of bookkeeping, shorthand and typewriting added to the teaching force of the High School next fall.
In concluding this report I wish to express my thanks to School Committee, teachers, pupils and parents, all of whom have contributed to a greater or less degree in making the work of the schools a success.
Respectfully submitted,
C. L. JUDKINS,
Superintendent of Schools.
February 12, 1927.
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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, Oct. 1, 1926-boys 278, girls 312. 640
No. persons between 5 and 7 years of age-boys 50, girls 51 101
No. persons between 7 and 14 years of age-boys 218, girls 211 429
No. persons between 14 and 16 years of age-boys 57, girls 53 110
Total enrollment in all the public schools during school year ending June 18, 1926. 554
Average membership for school year
521
Average attendance for school year
96.35
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.
9
No. weeks High School was in session
40
No. weeks grades were in session. 38
No. pupils graduated from High School. -1
No. pupils graduated from Grammar School. 29
Per cent. of attendance. 502
Attendance for School Year Ending June 18, 1926.
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.
61
0)
()
5
32
23
57.28
54 59
95.33 87 13
Rosa HI. Hodgkins.
Eleanor C. Bailey.
E. Douglas S. .
Audrey Jones . ..
28
0
0
10
15
3
24 03
23.58
98 13
7
2
7
Muriel A. Rollins
41
0
()
23;
17
35.95
34.88
96.56
69
18
6.
Eunice I .. Buffington
44
0
34|
8
1
49.29
41 64
98.23
17
0
..
5 ..
Ida Z. Jacobs. .
54
0
0)
48
3
0
47.44
46.58
98.23
23
0)
..
4
) Lola II. Dudley . 1
57
O
54
0)
0
52.83
51.14
96 81
31
10
2
Etta H. Johnson.
54
0
51
0
26
0
0
24.881
24 44
98.22
71
0
la.
Mollie H. Kelley.
47
0
20
26
()
0
44.58
42 23
94 56
18
0
1 b.
Daisy E. Sweet.
29
0)
11
18
()
0)
27 55
25.99
93.30
35
6
Douglas Center 5-8 Gertrude M. Smith
23
0
0
19
28
29.21
27.10
92.22
26
15
W. Douglas, Mixed Mary E. Grogan
14
1
2
()
0
7 65
7 18
93.83
58
5
South "
Mixed Myra II. Jillson
13
0
11 0-
9
4
0
12.93
12.15
93.95
68
10
Totals
571
1
44 400
821
27.521.
502.
96.
547
85
0
47
0)
0
45.26
43.63
96.40
11
0
2 & 4 ...
Eve L. Houghton
26
95.91
15
5
66
1-4 Edith L. Dixson
32
N
20.89
19.89
94.92
11
1
§ Hazel W. Porter.
1
48
May C. Buxton.
48.63
46.64
15
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Rank of the Schools in Attendance and Punctuality for Year ending June 18, 1926.
Rank
ATTENDANCE
Per Cent. of
Attendance
Rank
PUNCTUALITY
Per Cent. of Tardiness
East Douglas, 6
98.23
1
East Douglas,
4
.07
66
5
98.23
2
66
66
8
.08
3
2&4
98.22
3
66
66
2
.08
4
8
98.13
4
5
66
1-a
.11
6
66
7
96.56
6
66
66
5
.13
7
66
4
96.40
7
Douglas Center, 5-8
.15
8
66
66
2
95.91
8
East Douglas, 3
.16
9
High
95.33
9
Douglas Center, 1-4
.24
12
So. Douglas, mixed
93.95
12
East_Douglas, 7 -
.54
13
W. Douglas, mixed
93.83
13
2 & 4
.79
14
East Douglas, 1-b
93.30
14
So. Douglas, mixed
1.48
15
Douglas Center, 1-4
92.22
15
W. Douglas, mixed
2.04
Average,
96.35
Average,
.45
Average for State
93.00
10
Douglas Center, 5-8
94.92
10
.37
11
East Douglas, 1-a
94.56
11
East Douglas, 1-b High
6
.09
5
3
96.81
.41
NOTE-No record of tardiness is kept by the state. Above 1%, however, is regarded as unsatisfactory.
LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1927.
NAME
SCHOOL
HOME ADDRESS
GRADUATE OF
When appointed in town
C. W. Holmes
High 1-
East Douglas
Brown University
1918
Eleanor C. Bailey
Winthrop, Me.
Colby College
1925
Rosa H. Hodgkins
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
East Douglas
Douglas High
1890
Ida Z. Jacobs
Concord
Fitchburg Normal
1922
Lola H. Dudley
East Douglas
Boston Normal
1926
May C. Buxton
66
3
Douglas
Worcester
1916
Etta H. Johnson
2
East Douglas
Douglas High
1889
Myra H. Jillson
2-3-4
Douglas
Worcester Normal
1924
Mollie H. Kelley
1-a
Douglas High
1908
Daisy E. Sweet
1-b
Wheelock Training School
1916
Gertrude M. Smith
Douglas Cent. 5-8
Douglas
Middlebury, Vt. High
1900
Edith L. Dixson
Douglas
Worcester Normal
1918
Mary E. Grogan
S. Douglas, mixed
Worcester Normal
1925
*Edna C. Gauch
Music
Worcester
N. E. Conservatory Music
1925
Beatrice Cheek
Drawing®
Pawtucket
Rhode Island School of Design
1925
t Edwidge Lacouture
Domestic Science
Millbury
Framingham Normal
1923
# Francis E. Swett
Manual Training
Grafton
Middlebury College
1926
1 Supervises also in Uxbridge, Blackstone and Millville. * Supervises also in Auburn. #Supervises also in Uxbridge and Auburn.
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7
6
5
4
East Douglas
1-4
Worcester
PHYSICAL' LABORATORY
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Report of High School Principal
To the Superintendent and School Committee :
The greatest need of the High School has been met in a mag- nificent manner. The advantages of being housed in one of the finest school buildings in the country is evident on every hand, at every moment of the school day. The donors of this building, through architect and engineer and equipment, have provided all that comfort and convenience demand for educational effort; they have done more, they have stimulated educational effort beyond measure by making the building a temple of beauty, in which every student or teacher finds work more attractive because of beautiful surroundings.
The needs of the school, however, like those of the family, are ever increasing. Three more typewriters were bought this year, but we need still more. We need a school library, especially an encyclo- pedia; we need wall maps, and hundreds of dollars' worth of equip- ment for physics. The greatest demand for the immediate future is for another teacher, and to this need I wish to devote the rest of this paper.
The total enrollment in the High School this year is 70, of whom 30 are boys. Seven are to graduate this year. Fifteen is the approximate number to graduate next year, and 75 is a conserva- tive estimate of the total High School attendance.
The distribution by subjects this year, grouped under the names of the teachers doing the work, is as follows:
The Principal :
Junior and Senior English. 24
Chemistry 24
American History and Civics 24
Geometry 7
Miss Bailey :
Sophomore English 16
Freshman English 27
22
Beginners' Latin 16
Cæsar 17
Ancient History 16
Miss Hodgkins :
Beginners' Algebra 16
Beginners' French 15
General Science 24
Business Arithmetic 22
Commercial Geography 20
Typewriting 5
A little study of the above reveals the urgent need of another teacher.
First, as to the Principal's schedule: In chemistry, not more than 16 at a time can be handled in the laboratory, and as a rule two periods are required for an experiment. Eleven periods a week 'are needed for the two divisions in chemistry, but only nine are available. This makes 24 periods a week necessary for me, in the laboratory and recitation work of my four subjects. During one period a day I take charge of the home room, where over 40 pupils from all classes are then studying. It is possible, during this period, to do a little work with some of the delinquents, or something towards preparing assignments, reading papers, note-books, etc., but the great bulk of the week's extra-classroom work is thrown into the late afternoon, and much of it into the evening. A science teacher has to spend many entire afternoons in the laboratory preparing for experiments.
As to the second teacher's work, she also has to spend her only free period in charge of over 40 pupils in study room. This teacher ought to be able to take over one, at least, of the upper English classes, and should not have to teach history in addition to Latin and English.
As for the third teacher, so far from having any daily free period, she has a class in typewriting after school hours. This is necessary because there are only six typewriters to accommodate 20 or more using them. Since these pupils are scattered in many different classes, they cannot all get in their typewriting period during the six periods.
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