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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the drainage pipes on Northeast Main Street, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 17. To hear the report of the School Addition Study Committee.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, to be raised in the Tax Levy of 1956, by transfer from available funds or borrowing as provided by Chapter 44, General Laws, as amended, for the purpose of extending the Water Main on Oxford Road in Douglas Center with a six-inch Main, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Assessors to use twenty thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars of Free Cash in the hands of the Treasurer to reduce the Tax Levy for the year 1956, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay unpaid bills in the following Departments or accounts: New Town Hall Maintenance; Old Town Hall Maintenance; Health Department; Street Lighting Account; O.A.A. Account; School Department; Library Account.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to make any increase in salaries of Town Employees (elective or appointive) retroactive to January 1, current.
Article 22. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
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THE POLLS WILL CLOSE AT SIX O'CLOCK P.M.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Office at East Douglas and at the Insurance Office, formerly the Post Office at Douglas, SEVEN days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
GIVEN under our hands this thirty-first day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six.
ROBERT J. FROST, Chairman LOUIS A. CALLAHAN WILLIAM J. WALLIS Selectmen of Douglas, Mass.
Douglas, Massachusetts February 1, 1956
A true Copy, ATTEST:
HARRY S. BROWN Constable of Douglas
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
GLAS
0
S
746
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1955
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The School Committee submits the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1955.
The appropriation for the Schools amounted to
$110,257.00
The expenditures amounted to
110,256.58
We have been informed that these reimbursements to the town have been authorized:
General School Fund
$22,577.89
Union Superintendent's Salary
1,866.68
School Transportation
10,185.00
Tuition and transportation-State Wards
870.38
Special Class
80.00
Receipts :
Sale of Supplies
.90
Sale of School Furniture
25.00
Tuition from other towns
363.48
35,969.33
This reduces the Net Cost of the Schools to
$74,287.25
EXPENDITURES OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT For the Period Ending December 31, 1955
1955
1955
1956
EXPEND-
BUDGET ITURES BUDGET
GENERAL EXPENSES:
School Committee, Superinten- dent's and Secretary's salaries
$5,675.00
$5,704.61
$5,950.00
EXPENSES FOR INSTRUCTION:
Teachers, High School
22,300.00
22,547.14
25,716.65
Teachers, Elementary
39,400.00
39,365.25
42,766.65
Substitute Teachers
600.00
666.50
600.00
Special Teachers
2,560.00
2,596.16
2,700.00
Home Instruction-Special Class
500.00
157.62
2,600.00
Text Books
2,300.00
2,272.59
2,500.00
Supplies
2,200.00
2,308.89
2,300.00
Visual Education
300.00
87.07
300.00
$70,160.00 $70,001.22 $79,483.30
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1955
1955
1956
EXPEND-
BUDGET IDTURES BUDGET
EXPENSES FOR OPERATION:
Janitors
2,950.00
2,861.23
3,000.00
Fuel
585.00
693.52
585.00
Lights and Power
450.00
415.51
450.00
Telephone
600.00
665.59
600.00
Water Department
36.00
36.00
36.00
$11,987.00 $12,174.57 $12,270.00
$4,000.00
$3,334.86
$2,000.00
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
AUXILIARY AGENCIES :
Health
$1,935.00
$2,191.81
$2,095.00
Transportation
400.00
848.21
1,300.00
Tuition
Athletics
600.00
498.76
600.00
Miscellaneous
300.00
482.39
300.00
Mowry Fund Assistance
300.00
295.50
300.00
$16,335.00 $17,173.92 $19,795.00
INSURANCE
100.00
135.20
100.00
NEW EQUIPMENT
2,000.00
1,732.20
2,000.00
TOTAL
110,257.00 110,256.58 121,498.30
SCHOOL COMMITTEE:
WILLIAM J. DUNLEAVY, 1957
Chairman
NORMAN S. JUSSAUME, 1956 WINIFRED V. SALO, 1956 HAROLD BUXTON, 1957
JOSEPH T. ROCHE, 1958
VIOLA VECCHIONE, 1958
Secretary
$7,366.00
$7,502.72
$7,599.00
Janitor Supplies
12,800.00
12,857.25
15,200.00
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1955-1956
Days
September
18 Schools open September 7
October
20 October 12-Columbus Day Holiday
November
18 November 4-Teacher's Convention November 11-Armistice Day
November 24-November 25-Thanksgiving Recess
December
16
December 22-January 3, 1956-Christmas Recess
January
21
February
16
February 17-February 27-Mid-Winter Vacation
March
21
March 30-Good Friday
April
16 April 13-April 23-Spring Vacation
May
22 May 30-Memorial Day Holiday
June
16
Schools close approximately June 22
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Schools are in session from 8:45 to 2:40 P.M.
The office of the superintendent of schools is open from 8:45 A.M. to noon and 1:00 P.M. to 3:15 P.M.
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
7:15 AM .- 3 blasts of the Haywood Mill whistle, repeated- No school in all schools-All day
11:30 A.M .- 3 blasts of the Hayward Mill whistle, repeated- One session, in which case schools will close at 12:15 P.M. 7:00 A.M .- 7:28 A.M .- 7:45 A.M .- 8:15 A.M .- WTAG broadcast of "no school" bulletins
Since weather reports are not always reliable, and because the school department wishes to render maximum educational service by having schools open the greatest number of days, storm signals will not be used when there is reasonable doubt. Weather condi- tions may warrant the non-attendance of certain pupils who at the moment lack normal health. This would tend to make it advisable for parents to keep the child at home.
Good health is essential to sound education. Care for your child's health by keeping him at home when in your opinion as a parent his health interest would be best served.
For admission to the first grade in the schools of Douglas, the parent or guardian must present a birth certificate showing that the pupil is at least 5 years and 9 months old on September 1st of the current year.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
December 27, 1955
To the Members of the School Committee:
I wish to submit my third annual report as superintendent of the Douglas Public Schools.
Since the teachers are the most vital factors of a school system, let me begin by saying that our staff, in general, is accomplishing good work. It is encouraging to note that through increased salary compensation an effort is being made to compete with other com- munities for better teaching candidates. Last summer, four of our teachers, 20 percent of the staff, resigned and took positions with higher salaries. To replace them the following were elected: Miss Alice Samborski to teaching-principal of East Douglas Elemen- tary, Mr. Richard Henderson to grade 5, Mr. Joseph Mainville to grade 5 and 6, Mrs. Edith McTeer to grade 1 and 2, all at East Douglas Elementary and Mr. Lawrence Wheater, social studies at Douglas High.
Provision has been made to teach a group of exceptional chil- dren in the special class at the Sutton Elementary School. The possi- bility of establishing a remedial reading program is being investigated.
From our census findings it appears that our incoming 1st grade group will be about the same number as this year. And since our present over all enrollment is less than a year ago, we will not be crowded except in the High School. At this level we are increasing in numbers, from 202 to 214, as of October 1, 1955 and with a senior class of only 24 leaving in June, 1956 and a present 6th grade of 46 entering junior high in September, 1956 we will be handicapped because of lack of adequate space. Of course, we can get along, but the pupils will be at a disadvantage.
During 1955 we have been "surveyed" by both professionals and by laymen. It is unfortunate that more emphasis has not been placed on the reports of the professional consultants. Recently the opinon seems to be that an addition to the present high school building should be constructed. Since I was asked to make a recom- mendation to this committee as to what facilities should be provided in this construction I have submitted the following:
1. An all purpose Homemaking Laboratory.
2. General Shop space.
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3. A Biology-General Science demonstration room.
4. A laboratory for Chemistry-Physics classes.
5. Provision for gymnasium and locker rooms.
6. Provision for auditorium-cafeteria space.
7. Administration unit containing general secretary's office, and offices for superintendent, high school principal, guidance counsellor, and Health Clinic.
8. Additional storage space.
Alterations for present building should be:
1. Convert present Room A to combination study hall- library.
2. Convert present labs to standard classrooms.
3. New lighting fixtures throughout.
4. New heating (boiler) system.
5. Refinish all wooden floors.
6. Improve toilet facilities.
Now, all these facilities are essential. None is less important than another.
I believe an architect skilled in school construction can arrange the gym-auditorium-cafeteria problem so that one area will serve for all purposes.
A good high school today teaches not only the writing, reading, and arithmetic which many of us experienced in our youth, but, in addition has the task of teaching those principles which help to prepare the pupils for adult living. We have students in our high school who may go to institutions of higher learning, we have pupils who may go to work shortly after graduation, and we have boys and girls who may not even complete our high school course. We are trying to meet the needs of all these pupils with facilities that are primarily for those who will continue their training after graduation. Our seventh and eighth grade pupils should have a broader program. The new addition must provide this opportunity.
Another condition that must be remedied is the heating and lighting problem of our high school. Our present boiler will prob- ably carry us until a new one for the entire new unit is installed. Our budget does not provide for this replacement, nor for alterations to our present lighting. If the addition is not voted, we should seriously consider correcting these two deficiencies during this summer.
During the year, much testing and guidance work has been done. The results have indicated that we should expect average results from the approximately 500 pupils in our schools. The test battery that was administered by Boston University Test Service in January 1955 to all juniors will be given by Mr. Duprey this January. The scoring and analyzing will be done by B. U.
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The interscholastic program of the high schcool boys has been broadened to include basketball. The school spirit has been notice- ably improved. The girl cheerleaders appear as attractive and skillful as any group I have seen this year. The boys' baseball team per- formed very creditably and was in the play off for the league cham- pionship.
The facilities of the High School typewriting room have been made available two nights a week for a 15-week adult typewriting course taught by Miss Kelliher of the faculty. About 12 students are utilizing this opportunity for instruction.
A new permanent record form has been adopted and is now be- ing printed for use in January. It will be a complete record of the child's achievement from his entrance into Douglas schools through grade 12 and provides for post high school follow up as well as job experience information.
Our milk program has grown so that this year we have about twice as much milk sold as in the first year of the program. If the proposed new high school facilities include adequate kitchen equip- ment there should be an opportunity for a hot lunch program which would be very desirable for all the pupils who come by bus and for high school pupils who have only a short lunch period and many of whom now eat very little for lunch.
During the summer vacation, two more rooms at the East Douglas Elementary School were equipped with modern movable fur- niture and the oiled floors were covered with linoleum. In the im- mediate future the Douglas Center School will be equipped with movable furniture, and the floors will be washed, sealed and waxed. Recently, the motor on the heating unit in this school burned out and had to be replaced. The usual interior painting was done at the high school, the trim at East Douglas Elementary was painted, and the first aid room was equipped with water for a sink. Maintenance repair work was done at all buildings. A fence and backstop were installed at the East Douglas Elementary yard.
The budget shows an increase of about 10 per cent. The average increase for Worcester County towns will be 14+ per cent according to a statistical report available to superintendents of schools. Most of our increase is in salary expenses. The increasing school costs are indicated by the increase in tuition rates we pay other towns for educating pupils who can not be cared for in our schools. You will note that our reimbursements for this year were greater than for a year ago.
To all school personnel, to the parents and friends of our school children, and to you committee members who have been most help- ful during this year, I express my sincere appreciation.
Cordially yours,
A. C. WETHERELL,
Superintendent of Schools
Age-Grade Table
BOYS-OCTOBER 1,1955
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21 Total
Grade
1
3
18
2
. .
..
.
4
24
5
33
3
. .
2
19
4
1
26
4
.
.
2
19
2
23
5
. .
.
. .
1
12
6
19
6
·
.
1
10
18
3
.
2
20
2
3
1
3
30
9
16
10
. .
11
10
7
2
1
20
12
1
11
1
13
total
3
22 28
26
25
25
26 34 22 23 20
14
15
2
285
. .
. .
.
.
.
.
. .
. .
. .
. .
4
10
1
1
. .
·
7
8
5
2
22
7
28
8
11
16
. .
.
.
. .
32
. .
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Age-Grade Table GIRLS - OCTOBER 1, 1955
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Total
Grade
1
3
13
1
. .
. .
.
22
2
.
3
17
2
24
3
2
11
10
1
24
4
20
5
20
6
18
7
15
8
20
9
7
4
.
10
6
4
11
11
12
Total
3
18 29
15
25
20
19
17 19 21
11
4
11
212
.
3
20
1
4
16
3
15
2
4
13
1
2
10
2
1
8
12
11
10
11
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ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT
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Attendance for the School Year Ending June 1955
SCHOOL
TEACHERS
No. of pupils
5-7 Years
7-14 Years
14-16 Years
Over 16 Yrs.
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per Cent of
Attendance
Number of
Tardiness
Number of
Dismissals
High
Seniors
James Tivnan
31
31 18
30.31
28.24
93.14
79
37
Juniors
Jean Kelliher
22
4
21.32
19.62
92.36
15
Sophomores
Norman Duprey
30
26
4
30.77
30.08
96.15
94
Freshmen
Matthew Towle
35
19
13
3
36.00
33.29
92.48
22
42
Grade 8
Robert Kirby
31
27
4
30.00
28.50
94.50
24
2
Grade 7
Elinor Dunleavy
26
25
1
25.43
24.00
94.38
14
21
Grades 7 & 8
Roberta Wagner
28
27
1
27.10
25.83
95.29
16
14
Elementary 6
Robert Watson
35
34
1
35.41
33.62
94.95
Elementary 5
& 6
Horace Killam
31
31
32.10
30.73
95.76
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Elementary 5
Edith Marsh
35
35
34.76
33.16
95.38
9
6
Elementary
Alice Samborski
29
29
28.42
26.45
93.08
15
10
Elementary 3
Florence Seagrave
38
38
36.62
34.47
94.13
9
7
Elementary 2
Alice Libby
30
2
28
31.00
29.32
94.59
27
5
Elementary 1 & 2
Edith Hill
27
14
13
27.71
25.71
92.77
6
17
Elementary 1
Mae Dermody
29
28
1
31.76
29.14
91.75
22
6
Douglas Center 1 & 2
Thelma Murphy
27
13
14
26.28
24.53
93.41
8
4
Douglas Center 3 & 4
Edith Dixson
29
29
26.90
25.52
94.86
6
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List of Teachers, January, 1956
NAME
SCHOOL
HOME ADDRESS
GRADUATE OF
WHEN APPOINTED IN TOWN
Ralph E. Dudley
High
Douglas
Worc. Polytechnic Inst., B. U., Harvard, M.I.T.
Boston University
1948
Norman Duprey
High
No. Grafton, Mass. Worcester, Mass.
Bates College
1954
Matthew Towle
High
East Douglas
Boston College
1952
Jean M. Kelliher
High
Springfield, Mass.
Regis & Springfield Coll.
1952
Robert Twiss
High
Webster, Mass.
Boston University
1954
Lawrence Wheater
High
Providence, R. I.
Washington & Lee Univ.
1955
Robert Kirby
Grade
8
East Douglas
Clark University
1954
Elinor Dunleavy
Grade
7
East Douglas
Boston University
1932
Roberta Wagner
Grade
7 & 8
East Douglas
E. Naz. Coll. & B. U.
1944
Edith Marsh
Grade
6
Dudley, Mass.
Worcester Normal
1942
Richard Henderson
Grade
5
Worcester, Mass.
Clark Univ. & B. U.
1955
Joseph Mainville
Grade
5 & 6
Marlboro, Mass.
Holy Cross & Clark Univ.
1955
Alice Samborski
Grade
4
East Douglas
Tufts College
1939
Florence Seagrave
Grade
3
Woonsocket, R. I.
R. I. Coll. of Education
1953
Edith Hill
Grade
2
No. Grafton, Mass. Whitinsville, Mass.
Bridgewater Normal
1955
Mae Dermody
Grade
1
East Douglas
Worcester Normal
1944
Edith Dixson Thelma Murphy
Grade
3 & 4
Douglas
Worcester Normal Lowell S. T. C.
1948
Grade
1 & 2
Douglas
Charles W. McCabe
Music Supervisor
Sutton, Mass.
B. U. College of Music
1951
Clarice Lunt
Art Supervisor
Uxbridge, Mass.
Mass. School of Art
1948
Band Instructor
East Douglas
1931
Frank O. Dodge W. L. Rinehart
Writing Supervisor
Weston, Mass.
Univ. of Pittsburgh
1933
ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT
Worcester S. T. C.
1949
Edith McTeer
Grade
1 & 2
1942
1940
Constance Flower
High
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DOUGLAS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
December 14, 1955
To the Superintendent and School Committee:
I herewith submit my second annual report as principal of Douglas Memorial High School, grades seven through twelve.
In June 1955, there were 30 graduates. The honor students were Marie Baillargeon, Barbara Buxton, Patricia Cahill, Nancy Laincz, Alan Norton, Gail Spooner and Paul Spratt.
The D.A.R. Good Citizenship award was won by Barbara Buxton.
The D.A.R. History Award for Grade 8-Carol Roche.
The Reader's Digest Award to the highest honor student was given to Gail Spooner.
The Becker Award for excellence in commercial subjects was awarded to Barbara Buxton.
The Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award in recognition of superior work in scientific scholarship was awarded to Gail Spooner.
The Douglas Alumni Scholarship was won by Alan Norton.
The Mollie Kelly Scholarship Fund sponsored by the Teachers' Club was given to Barbara Buxton.
Graduates of 1955 continuing their education are:
Marie Bailargeon at Salter Secretarial School.
Barbara Buxton at Salter Secretarial School.
Mary Buxton at School of Practical Nursing.
Louise Gove at Salter Secretarial School.
Edward Hughes at Pratt & Whitney Apprentice School.
Nancy Laincz at Salter Secretarial School.
Stanley Mielnicki at Wentworth Institute.
Alan Norton at Worcester Junior College. Gail Spooner at Middlebury College.
Mr. Towle, the Driver Training Instructor, announces that 22 students took both class room and road training. They each passed their drivers examinations and received their licenses. We are thank- ful to Mumford Motors and Mr. Howard Lekberg for the use of the automobile for their program.
In the Spring of 1955, Douglas was accepted into the Southern Worcester County Baseball league. This league includes schools of
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approximately our own size. Under the coaching of Mr. James Tiv- nan our team finished in a tie for second place with a record of seven wins, three losses. This fall the school department has ob- tained the use of the Whitinsville Community Gym three after- noons a week. So for the first time since 1941, Douglas High School will have a basketball team. Mr. Robert Kirby is coaching the team. This is our year for getting started in basketball again, and we are not too optimistic about our chances for a winning season. Next year we hope to get into the Southern Worcester County League in basketball.
During 1955 our testing program was as follows: the Junior Class had the Boston University battery of tests in conjunction with Sutton High School; the 7th and 8th were given the California In- termediate I. Q. test. The Senior Class were given the Division of Employment Security-General Aptitude Test Battery by the State Employment Office represented by Miss Jennie Holbrook.
During 1955, the following teachers in the High School took courses for Graduate Credit and Professional Improvement:
Mr. Dudley Mr. Towle
Mr. Twiss
Mr. Duprey
Miss Kelliher Miss Dunleavy
Mrs. Wagner
Mr. Kirby
At this time, when we read and hear so much about juvenile delinquency, I think we should be very grateful for the behavior of our young people. The parents, the teachers and the school must be doing good work in turning out responsible, happy and useful citizens.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH E. DUDLEY, Principal
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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
Douglas, Massachusetts January 10, 1956
Mr. Alliston C. Wetherell
Superintendent of Schools Douglas, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Wetherell:
The following is my seventeenth annual report as School Nurse in the Town of Douglas.
It is well recognized that the nurse is the key person in a school health program. Every school has tremendous opportunities to pro- mote the health of its pupils and of its community. The conditions under which the pupils live in school, the help which they are given in solving their health problems, the ideals of individual and com- munity health which they are taught, the information and under- standing they are given of themselves are factors which develop attitudes and behavior conducive to health, happiness, and success- ful living. In all its efforts the school must consider the total per- sonality of each student and the interdependence of physical, mental, and emotional health. The total health of the total child in his total life situation is the permanent objective of any school health pro- gram.
Although the parents have the primary responsibility for the health of their children, the health needs of children cannot be met unless co-operation exists between the home and the school. The school health team includes the administrators, teachers, physicians, nurses, etc. The nurse is the liaison between the home and the school, interpreting to the school, conditions found in the home which have a definite bearing on the mental and physical health of the child. The nurse also interprets to the parents in the home ex- istence of conditions observed by the teacher which need attention.
The objective today is to have the parents present at the health examinations. If the parent is unable to be present, the nurse inter- prets the health findings of the examination to the parent in the home.
HEALTH EXAMINATIONS
Written invitations are sent to parents to attend the examina- tion of their child. The appointment system is used. It is most gratifying to see the number present at these examinations increasing
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each year. This year there were 136 children examined in the ele- mentary grades. One hundred and twenty-eight parents or 94.1% attended the health examination. The average length of time spent with each pupil was 13.6 minutes. This number does not include first grade pupils who are examined at the Well Child Conferences. The Well Child Conference Report may be found in my report to the Board of Health. On the secondary level, 107 pupils were examined. The parents of three of this group attended the examination. It is felt that on this level the pupils do not need their parents present for the examination. Pupils should have the experience of discussing with the physician and nurse any condition he wishes to. The total number examined by the school physician was 245. The number examined by their own family physician was 15. The total number found to have physical defects, including dental, was 135.
Dental
135
Cardiac 4
Emotional or social. 49
Posture
22
Nutritional
21
Feet
8
Nose and Throat
4
Other defects
24
Eye and Ear (diseases)
17
The above figures spell out that the emotional and social defects exceed the physical defects. Generally speaking emotional defects are not corrected as easily as physical. Many times they are not rec- ognized as remedial.
DENTAL EXAMINATIONS
Miss Marion Holden, a dental hygienist from the State Depart- ment of Public Health, examined the teeth of all the students in grades 1 through 8. From a total of 365 children examined, 135 were found to have dental defects. The parents of these children were notified through a double card system. One card was to be signed by the parent stating that he would take his child to a dentist. This card with the parent's signature was to be returned to the child's teacher. The second card was to be taken to the dentist and signed by him stating that the child was receiving dental care. One hundred and twenty cards have been returned bearing the parent's signa- ture. We are fortunate in having this service made available without charge through the State Department of Public Health. More follow- up is necessary in order to evaluate this program.
VISION TESTING
The Massachusetts Vision Test was used in screening the vision of the children on the elementary level. Pupils in the Junior and Senior High School have not been tested this term. The total num- ber tested was 350. The number retested was 12. The number fail- ing the test was 10. Of the number failing the test, six were tested
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