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Residence, 67 West street.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The regular meetings of the committee are held on the first Friday of each month in the committee room at the George E. Stacy School.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.
JOHN M. FRENCH, M. D.,
Office and residence, 2 South Main street. Telephone 38. JOHN V. GALLAGHER, M. D., Office, 64 Main street. Telephone 127-W ..
Residence, 104 Spruce street. Telephone 275.
SCHOOL NURSE.
MRS. MARY E. NAUGHTON, R. N.
Residence, Hartford Ave., North Bellingham, Mass.
CLINICAL DENTIST.
JOHN A. CLEARY, D. M. D., Office, Red Cross Rooms, Room 11, 211 Main street. Residence, 31 Pearl street. Telephone 823-J. ATTENDANCE OFFICERS.
RAPHAEL MARINO, Office, 144 Main street. Residence, 27 Court street.
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ALMORIN O. CASWELL, Office. George E. Stacy School. Tele- phone 505. Residence, 89 Congress street. Telephone 646. 1
TUITION RATES.
High School, $1.50 per week. Grades, 75 cents per week.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High School-8 A. M. to 1 p. M.
George E. Stacy School :
High School Section -- 8 A. M. to 1 P. M.
Grammar School Section -- 8.45 to 11.45 A. M., and 1.30 to 3.30 P. M.
Plains District-8.45 to 11.45 A. M., and 1.30 to 3.30 p. M.
Grammar Schools-9 to 12 A. M , 1.30 to 3.30 P. M.
Primary Schools-9 to 12 A. M., 1.30 to 3.30 p. M.
Country Schools-9 to 12 A. M., 1 to 3 P. M.
Evening Schools-7.15 to 9.15 P. M.
Continuation Schools-1.15 to 5.15 p. M.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL. 3 repeated four times on the fire alarm.
At 7.30 A. M .- No morning session for all schools, including the High School.
At 8.00 A. M .- No morning session below the High School.
At 8.30 A. M .- No morning session for grades below the fifth. At 12.30 p. M .- No afternoon session for all grades.
Between 12.45 and 1.00 r. M .- No session for grades below the fifth.
At 6.30 P. M .- No session of the evening school.
When the no-school signal is sounded in the morning and not repeated in the afternoon, there will be an afternoon ses- sion.
Report of the Committee.
Again it becomes necessary to make report ;to the town of the condition and needs of the school department. The fol- lowing report of the Superintendent of Schools, which has been adopted by the School Committee, gives quite a detailed account of requirements and needs for the ensuing year. The laws quite recently passed by the Legislature necessitate an increased expense. The increase in the number of children that must be provided for requires more rooms and more teachers. Of course education is costly, but education gives life its value. Who will demur? "A word to the wise is suffi- cient."
After a careful and extended consideration by the School Committee, the following appropriations are considered imper- atively necessary : ---
Salaries
$99,776 00
Fuel .
8,500 00
Supplies
7,000 00
Care (janitors' wages)
7,800 00
Incidentals
2,500 00
Supervision :---
Superintendent
$3,000 00
Attendance officer.
600 00
Clerk
624 00
4,224 00
Health :-
Medical inspection
$1,000 00
Nurse
1,200 00
Supplies
50 00
2,250 00
Repairs
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.
4,500 00
Transportation
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.
3,500 00
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Carriage hire
$650 00
Night school
800 00
$141,500 00
Continuation school .
3,000 00
Back bills
189 26
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$144,689 26
GEORGE E. STACY, For the Committee.
Secretary's Report.
GENERAL ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$135,225 00
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' Salaries
$96,897 67
Fuel .
8,316 27
Supplies
5,893 70
Janitors' salaries
7,736 23
Incidentals
3,866 91
Supervision :-
Sup't of Schools $3,009 29
Attendance officer . 600 00
3,609 29 1
Health :-
Medical inspection
$1,000 00
School nurse
520 00
Supplies
13 50
1,533 50
Repairs
2,699 39
Transportation
3,401 94
Carriage hire
609 72
. Evening school
658 50
Balance
1 88
$135,225 00
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES.
Fuel :- L. H. Barney estate $ 650 46
Laura A. FitzMaurice 33 00
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co.
5,584 99
Milford Coal Co. .
96 67
James Solari
4 50
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Benjamin Vitalini
$1,946 65
Total
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$8,316 27
Repairs :-
Waters & Hynes .
$526 74
Johnson Service Co.
4 85
Clark Ellis & Sons
521 80
G. & C. Merriam Co.
16 00
F. A. Gould
277 43
H. S. Chadbourne Co.
31 61
F. C. Albee
3 95
Office Appliance Co.
8 00
Frank V. Weaver
5 00
Peter Consigli
73 75
E. F. Porter
608 75
W. C. Tewksbury Co.
142 43
Robert Costa
50 00
Eldredge & Son
142 53
T. E. Morse Co. .
5 00
American Seating Co.
23 40
Avery & Woodbury Co. .
114 47
C. L. Barnard
9 25
John E. Higgiston
69 88
Dillon Bros.
50 55
E. F. Lilley
4 00
J. F. Damon
10 00
Total
$2,699 39
Supplies :-
Mittag & Volger
$ 42 50
Dowling School Supply Co.
641 00
American Book Co.
234 31
J. Fischer & Bro. .
10 33
Churchill, Grindell Co.
3 15
D. C. Heath Co. .
83 13
Oliver Ditson Co.
1 65
Remington Typewriter Co.
5 68
Underwood Typewriter Co.
257 .07
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Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
$ 404 70
E. E. Babb & Co.
1,908 54
Thomas Nelson & Sons
3 00
J. L. Hammett Co.
116 15
Rand, McNally Co.
138 86
D. A. Fraser
57 00
Milton Bradley Co.
203:26
Milford Furniture Co.
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.
9 64
C. C. Birchard Co.
11 25
Ryan & Buker
102 69
White, Smith Publishing Co.
6 70
Royal Typewriter Co.
229 75
Lloyd A. Noble
2 00
Atlantic Monthly Press
5 20
· C. J. Lundstrom Mfg. Co.
59 40
Paine Publishing Co. ·
4 20
Warwick & York, Inc.
3 15
A. S. Barnes Co. .
2 79
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge
74
Ginn & Co.
·
278 68
W. O. Hartshorn
9 75
Teachers' College
3 44
American Seating Co
12 59
Commercial Paste Co.
13 33
Yawman & Erbe .
3 24
H. L. Stearns Co. .
28 00
Standard Electric Time Co.
2 85
Allyn & Bacon .
46 22
F. M. Ambrose Co.
.
38 60
D. Farquhar
332 00
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
187 86
The MacMillan Co.
53 63
B. L. Makepeace, Inc.
10 78
A. N. Palmer Co .
20 79
Wadsworth, Howland Co.
222 62
The Literary Digest
9 60
Hopkinson & Holden
.
3 57
L. C. Smith & Bros. Type. Co.
1 00
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Office Appliance Co.
$14 12
WV. S. Marden
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1 74
Crowell & De Witt
7 53
Shea Bros.
41 87
Cahill's News Agency
2 05
Total
$5,893 70
Incidentals :-
Elizabeth Erickson
$125 00
G. M. Billing's
214 75
A. O. Caswell, sundries account .
153 23
Milford Water Co.
517 05
Milford Gas Light Co.
32 44
Milford Elec. Light & Power Co.
282 72
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
83 54
H. S. Chadbourne Co.
·
91 20
M. H. S. Athletic Association
100 00
F. & D. Co.
2 75
Reformatory for women .
.
31 37
Frank J. Jameson
.
63 75
Massachusetts State Prison
.
94 03
Milford Furniture Co.
·
7 50
Rochester Germicide Co. .
32 00
Avery & Woodbury Co. .
83 69
Sherborne Coughlin Express Co.
20 95
William Foster
18 00
Masury Young Co. .
86 73
Rita M. Daigle
272 61
George W. Wood ..
6 00
Boston Store
9 00
Alfred F. Foote
18 00
Dillon Bros.
35 00
Cullen & Moore
7 20
Lewis Hayden
151 04
W. J. Walker
188 80
F. E. Mann & Son
151 04
Henry A. Daniels
151 04
J. F. Hickey
151 04
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W. F. Clancy .
$151 04
T. E. Morse Co.
73 87
D. M. O'Brien
6 00
Framingham Normal School
.6 39
Boston Regalia Co.
52 69
Hopkinson & Holden
22 40
C. F. Hovey Co. .
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.
23 00
Fred J. Luby
55 38
Mitchell Woodbury Co.
28 12
City of Worcester
14 28
Emerson & Co.
90
Treasurer, Worcester County
8 57
Milford Daily News
18 30
C. H. Kimball
19 50
F. A. Gould
205 00
Total .
$3,866 91
UNPAID BILLS ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$5,981 44
EXPENDITURES.
Wadsworth Howland Co.
$ 180 46
Benjamin Vitalini
1,060 45
I. H. Barney estate .
838 20
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co.
1,989 99
E. E. Babb & Co.
1,216 40
American Book Co. .
142 85
Ginn & Co.
307 03
Shea Bros.
54 69
Milford Water Co.
72 12
Milford Daily News .
15 90
Waters & Hynes
25 35
E. F. Lilley .
2 00
M. & U. St. Ry. Co. .
76 00
Total .
$5,981 44
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DENTAL CLINIC ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Milford Red Cross Dental Clinic As- sociation
$994 20
Balance
5 80
$1,000 00
CONTINUATION SCHOOL ACCOUNT .*
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$2,400 00
EXPENDITURES.
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co.
57 72
Frank L. Cahill
41 90
Rita M. Daigle
6 39
A. O. Caswell
47 04
Raphael Marino
8 60
Library Bureau
7 60
Office Appliance Co. .
· 13 25
Clark Ellis & Sons
116 14
Waters & Hynes
5 24
F. L. Miller & Son
6 91
Milford Water Co.
12 21
Teachers' salaries
.
541 60
G. M. Billings
37 50
Avery & Woodbury Co.
24 13
Current Events
-
5 25
Hopkinson & Holden
9 19
. C. F. Hovey Co.
7 67
J. B. Lippincott Co. .
4 99
Fred J. Luby
16 62
Mitchell Woodbury Co.
9 37
Rand McNally Co. ,
1 26
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
6 16
Milford Elec. Lt. & Power Co.
2 58
Milford Gas Light Co.
.
1 37
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Emerson & Co.
$ 5 94
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
.
1 40
F. A. Gould
6 82
Crowell & De Witt
21 29
Shea Bros.
2 40
H. S. Chadbourne Co.
4 70 .
Cutter & Wood Supply Co-
1,099 50
George H. Locke
79 00
A. L. Bemis .
56 25
E. E. Babb & Co.
131 65
Balance
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Total .
$2,400 00
*Milford will be re-imbursed in the sum of $425.74.
UNPAID BILLS, 1921.
A. O. Caswell (sundries account) $57 89
Frank J. Jameson .
44 11
L. A. Nicholass (transportation) 23 57
Worcester Co. Training School 6 57
$132 14
*Worcester Trade School (tuition fees) 57 12
$189 26
* Milford will be reimbursed in one- half this sum.
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ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURES, 1921.
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ACHERS'S 71.59 SALARIES ST
288% INCIDENTALS 1.19% HEALTH
6.14FUEL
4.401SUPP 5.701CARE 2.50% TRANSPORT 2.001. REPAIRS .45% CARRIAGE HIRE
2.67+ SUPERVISION 48% NIGHT
Expenditures for General School Purposes, 1921 $135,223 12 Unpaid Bills, 1921 132 14
Total Costs for General School Purposes upon which the above graph is based . $135,384 26
Summary of Statistics.
Public schools .
61
School buildings
.
.
.
20
Teachers employed . . .
76
High school .
13
Elementary .
63
(Including two special teachers.)
Number of children in town April 2, 1921 (est ) :-
Boys .
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· 1493
Girls .
. 1490
Total
2983
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE-DAY SCHOOL, 1919-1920.
Number enrolled, 7 to 14
· 1859
Total enrollment
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2544
Average membership
.
. 2443.39
Average attendance
. 2303.24
Per cent of attendance
94.26
Cases of tardiness
2301
Cases of dismissal
1023
Cases of corporal punishment
17
Cases of truancy
41
Visits by superintendent
.
504
Visits by committee
44
Visits by others
1233
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE-CONTINUATION 1st AND 2d QUARTERS-1921-1922.
SCHOOL.
Boys.
Girls.
Number enrolled
57
67
Total, 124
Average membership
. 38.5
52.47
90.97
Average attendance
36.9
51
87.9
Per cent of attendance
. 93.2
97.2
96.6
Cases of tardiness
·
8
13
21
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M. H. S. FOOTBALL TEAM, SEASON OF 1921
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Casos of dismissal
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0
2
2
Cases of corporal
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0
0
0
Cases of truancy
4
8
12
Visits by Superintendent
4
8
12
Visits by Committee
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0
0
0
Visits by others
2
4
6
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the Honorable School Committee of the Town of Milford.
Gentlemen :---
I have the honor to present my eleventh report as superintendent of your schools, the forty-fourth of such reports in Milford.
STATISTICS
The following statistics indicate certain robust and un- usual conditions in our school system, and are worthy of close examinations :-
Pupils enrolled September, 1920 2,455
Pupils enrolled September, 1921
2,684
Gain 229
Total enrollment, 1919-1920 2,472
Total enrollment, 1920-1921 2,544
Gain
72
Grammar Graduates, June 1920 141
Entered High School (of the above) 139
Survial
98.6%
Compared with the records of previous years :-
1 yr. ago- 85.5%
2 yrs. ago 90%
3 yrs. ago 94.8%
4 yrs. ago 100%
5 yrs. ago 90%
6 yrs. ago 80%
7 yrs. ago 94%
Present enrollment of Freshman class not counting out of town pupils 135
Persistence 97.1%
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Compared with records of previous years :-
1 yr. ago 97%
2 yrs. ago 94%
3 yrs. ago 96.6%
4 yrs. ago 84.6%
5 yrs. ago
90%
6 yrs. ago
80%
7 yrs. ago
90%
Entire Freshman class entering High School in Sept- ember
149
Still in High School 143
Persistence 96%
Compared with the records of previous years :-
1 yr. ago
97 %
2 yrs. ago 94%
3 yrs. ago 96%
4 yrs. ago
85.4%
5 yrs. ago
95%
6 yrs. ago
96%
Sept. 1921 Jan. 1922
Enrollment of entire High School.
Postgraduates
3
Seniors
45
45
Juniors
67
64
Sophomores
98
98
Freshmen
149
144
. 359
353
Persistence
98%
An inquiry into the relative persistence of boys and girls through the four years High school course indicates a somewhat greater survival among girls than among boys, as might have been expected.
The percentage of boys in the High school, for many years noteworthy, is now 50%, the highest since these records were kept.
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Previous years :-
1913-1914
43%
1914-1915
45%
1915-1916 41%
1916-1917 40%
1917-1918
43.5%
1918-1919
49%
1919-1920
. 45%
ATTENDANCE FORECASTS High School
Present enrollment 353
Less 1922 Graduates 48
305
Plus Freshmen (Stacy VIII) .. 189
494
Resident in High school 282
212
Query-Where shall we put these 212 next September ? Stacy School
VII to VIII 223
VI to VII 265
12 Rooms Decently 488
OUTSTANDING FEATURES
Two outstanding features of the period covered by the present report are : (1) The increase in enrollment, referred to farther on, and (2) the establishment of the continuation school in Milford, including, since January 1, 1922, a practi- cal arts shop for boys. A resume of the reports of Mr. Chil- son and Mrs. McIntyre will be found in subsequent pages of this report and merit the careful consideration of all interested in the public schools. The realization of manual training for even a small group of boys is the culmination of an ideal long ¡cherished by the writer and it is hoped
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that this work may at an early date be extended so as to include all boys in the Stacy school.
FINANCIAL
Although we began the fiscal year 1921 with the lar- gest school appropriation in the history of the town and although we came through with small balances in the spec- ial appropriations and practically came through in our gener- al appropriation (there was a deficit of about one-tenth of one per cent.) the facts, (1) that prices for school 'sup- plies receded very little during the year (hardly at all ex- cept the prices of school papers), (2.) the prices of school books remained throughout the year at the new high prices established about a year ago, and (3) the further fact that we had 229 pupils more to educate during the second half of the year 1921 than during the previous year necessitated self-denial and the practice of the most rigid economy dur- ing the year. As pointed out elsewhere, the extra enroll- ment of more than 200 pupils referred to has meant real congestion during the second half of 1921 and, on any decent basis of housing, and with any sort of regard for a proper teacher-load, calls for six or seven more school rooms. This, of course, suggests six or seven more teach- ers. A large proportion of this increase in enrollment is in the High and Stacy schools.
A LARGER BUDGET FOR 1922
Everything points to a still further increment in school population for the school year 1922-1923 (see forecast for September above). On a very conservative estimate we shall next September have a further increase of 100 over the present enrollment ; now 229 plus 100 equals 329 more than the enrollment upon which last year's budget was estimated. The cost of educating 329 pupils at $50 per .capita equals $16,450. The committee asks for an increase of only $6,679.15! It will be noted that Milford's per capita expenditure for education last year was only a little more than $50. This is much less than many other towns in
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Milford's class, so it will be readily seen that, while we are asking for large amounts of money, having in mind only the sum asked for, with no thought for the new scale of living and the reduced purchasing power of the dollar, it is apparent on the other hand that, having due regard to the present cost scale, we are expending essentially less per capita than we were doing ten years ago, and have fallen considerably behind other towns of the same rank as Milford.
A "FIFTY CENT DOLLAR"
What a Dollar Would Buy in 1910 and 1921
1910
1921
Ratio
Teachers' Time
2.1 hours
.87 hours
41.43%
Supt.'s Time
1.59 hours
.93 hours
58.4%
St. Ry. Tickets
40 rides
20 rides 50.%
Janitor's Time
.05 of a week
.031 of a week
621/2%
Fuel 275 lbs. hard coal
143 lbs. hard coal
52%
Repairs
Carpenter's Time
2.12 hours
.9 hours
42%
Materials
33%
Supplies
4 pkgs. 10 lb. Comp.
1.61 pkgs. 10 1b.
osition Paper
Comp. Paper 40%
6 2-3 pkgs. 6 x 9
3 1-3 pkgs. 6 x 9
Arithmetic Paper
Arithmetic Paper
50%
3.6 gross Pens
1.54 gross Pens
43%
The budget for 1922 is based on less than half the in- creased number of teachers that will probably be needed for September; on practically the same expenditures as last year in the items of fuel, care (janitors' wages), trans- portation, carriage hire, and night school. With regard to supplies :- we were only able last year to get through with the amount expended for supplies by the practice of every sort of rigid economy. We are using the same titles (and
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some ofthe same text-books) in geography and arithmetic that we have used for the last eleven years. New titles in these subjects should be introduced and the schools fully equipped therewith. Properly to do this and otherwise equip with ordinary supplies will cost $9000 (est.). The committee asks for $7000, an increase of about $1000. The committee fully believes that this entire supplies program should be carried out but, having in mind Milford's finan- cial condition, asks for the smaller sum, which will pro- vide for a full realization of a part of the project or the be- ginning of new introductions, to be completed later. In regard to repairs :- the east half of the Plains Primary school must be shingled this year. The High school roof needs considerable repairs and every wooden school in town but one needs painting. To make the ordinary emergency repairs of a school year and do a fraction of the above special repairs will require the amount asked for, $4500. The amount asked for incidentals is less by $1300 than one year ago because a special charge for insurance, amounting to $900, is not necessary this year, and the item of clerk hire, formerly charged to incidentals, is now charg- ed to supervision. The item of supervision appears about $600 more than a year ago as a result of charging to that partial appropriation a salary item that was formerly charg- ed to incidentals. The item for health is larger than last year owing to the securing of a full time registered nurse.
A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING NEEDED
Because of the present congestion and the prospect of still greater congestion in the immediate future, the time has come when another school building must be provided in Milford, and incidentally, if one line of suggestion now being considered is followed, the reproach of the present quality of one or two schools now in use and the ancient noisome conveniences connected therewith can be removed. The suggestion referred to contemplates (1st step) renovating and modernizing the South school and adding another four-room unit; (2d step) the addition of
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another six-room unit. The present enrollment of classes at the South school, the table of statistics, and the attend- ance forecasts for the High and Stacy schools for Septem- ber indicate (1) more crowded conditions at the south end than at present ; (2) a student battalion of from 150 to 200 for the High school, or Stacy and High schools "with no place to go" at the beginning of school next September. Here then is a twofold problem; twofold as it affects two distinct localities and twofold in the impelling reasons for a new building. More. room must be provided in the central part of the town, and make what haste we may, we shall hardly escape a transition period of temporary quarters and arrangements, most diff :- cult and unsatisfactory always. At the south end
of the town more room is needed juantitatively, and better room is woefully needed. The time has come when the town of Milford ought in decency to pro- vide altogether better quarters for its school children than the Chapin Street and "Brick" schools. With the adoption of the suggestion referred to, the solution of this two-fold problem becomes comparatively easy, orderly, and logical. The remodeled "Brick" school, with eight rooms, will take care of four or five grades expected to be there next Sept- ember, and three of four seventh grades that could be held back from the Stacy school in next September's adjustment, thus making room for the contemplated overflow in the High and Stacy schools at the opening of the next school year. For September 1923, the same arrangements could be made and possibly the first three grades expected at the Chapin Street school could be housed in the still further enlarged "Brick" school, with fourteen rooms. The under- signed recommends this to the School Committee and citi- zens as, up to the present moment, altogether the best suggestion that he knows of.
I recommend more and better school rooms, and I particularly recommend the above plan.
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RELOCATION OF THE COOKING SCHOOL
At the beginning of the fall term, the classes in cook- ing began their work in the new cooking room in the base- ment of the George E. Stacy school. The change from the physical laboratory at the High school has long been desirable, and owing to the present crowded conditions of the High school, became absolutely necessary, on ac- count of the number of Physics classes, as well as the necessity of using the physical laboratory in the afternoon to prepare work and experiments for the next forenoon. The new room has been fitted out with a soapstone sink, gas range, hot water heater, nine tables with individual cookers, supply room with shelves, and such other new equipment as was absolutely necessary. By a careful inter- locking of programs both the regular day classes in cook- ing and the Continuation school classes in cooking have been able thus far to use these quarters. The room is attractive, sunny, and altogether an improvement over the old quarters.
CONTINUATION SCHOOL
When it was found at the close of 1920 that Milford had had more than 200 minors 14 to 16 years of age work- ing under employment certificates or home permits, it was seen that Milford, for the year 1921, would automatically come under the provisions of the law authorizing the est- ablishment of Continuation schools. There was a consul- tation with the state authorities and the sum of $2400 was asked for and secured at the March town meeting. The Town of Milford will be reimbursed in a portion of this sum. The school was opened October 3, 1921 and has continued to date. Its pupils include all holders of employment cer- tificates or home permits employed in Milford, including. four from out of town. Under the statute all the minors enumerated above must attend school four hours per week while employed, and twenty hours per week when not em- ployed. By the further provision of the statute these minors when not employed may be placed in regular day
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school in cities and towns not maintaining twenty- hour classes. As in regular day school, we were able, in case of the girls, fully to comply with the law and offer both general improvement course- es (English, History, Arithmetic, Geography, etc.) and Household Arts and Home Economics. In case of the boys we were obliged to defer the manual half of the work until later. Owing to certain economies that we were able to effect such as (1) having the Superintendent act as Director) ; (2) securing teachers who were able to take all the work in the classes and whom we could secure for part time, thus avoiding extending our classes unduly to keep teachers employed; (3) deferring the manual work until later as already suggested; and (4) the fact that our term began somewhat later than that of the regular day schools we were able to operate these two schools, and with the saving thus effected make a start towards a boys' practical arts shop. A universal sawing machine, band saw, joiner and grinder- all motor driven-and vises and tools and a certain amount of stock for fifteen boys, was secured. Under Mr. Chilson's direction a partition has been built ac ross. the boys' play room, continuous benches are to be built around the walls, and the boys are to work out and develop their own courses in practical arts and jobbing under Mr. Chilson's direction.
Naturally, there has been a considerable amount of extra work for the attendance officer in connection with attendance at the Continuation schools. For the greater part of the fall term, however, interest was keen and the attendance phenomenal (especially at the girls' school). The writer takes this opportunity to thank the various employ- ers of labor in Milford for their cooperation in securing at- tendance at the Continuation schools, and, more especially, for the polite and generous way in which they have, on the whole, met the most delicate part of the whole prob- lem-the Continuation school teachers' visits at the factor- ies for the follow-up work.
For the boys' school we were fortunate in securing the
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services for two and one-half days a week of Mr. Albert W. Chilson of Milford, who has charge of the Manual Train- ing and Mechanical Drawing in the Hopedale schools. The girls' school is in charge of Mrs. John L. McIntyre, a grad- uate of Bridgewater Normal School, and a teacher of sev- eral years of practical experience.
A resume of Mr. Chilson's account of his work follows :
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