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Very truly,
WILLIAM P. CLARKE, Auditor.
ANNUAL
SCHOOL REPORT
Milford, Massachusetts
School Year 1921-22 Fiscal Year 1922
"VOTED :- That the report of the Superintendent of Schools and accompanying documents be adopted as the re- port of the School Committee to the Town of Milford."- ERecords of the School Committee Meeting of Wednesday Even- ing, January 17, 1923.
School Calendar.
Term. Winter,
School.
Begins.
Length of Term.
Closes.
Length of Vacation.
High,
Jan. 2, 1923,
8 weeks,
Feb. 23, 1923,
1 week.
Grades,
Jan. 8, 1923,
7 weeks,
Feb. 23, 1923,
1 week.
Spring,
All,
Mar. 5, 1923,
8 weeks,
Apr. 27, 1923,
1 week.
Summer,
High,
May 7, 1923,
8 weeks,
June 29, 1923,
9 weeks.
Grades,
May 7, 1923,
7 weeks,
June 22, 1923,
10 weeks.
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Fall,
All,
Sept. 4, 1923,
16 weeks,
Dec. 21, 1923,
1 week High school
2 weeks Grades
Holidays : Lincoln's Birthday, February 12, exercises in the schools; Washington's Birthday, February 22, exercises in the schools, Wednesday, February 21; Good Friday, March 30; Patriot's Day, April 19, exercises in the schools, Wednesday, April 18; Memorial Day, May 30, exercises in the schools, Tuesday, May 29; Labor Day, September 3, the last day of the summer vacation; Columbus Day, Oc- tober 12, exercises in the schools, Thursday, October 11; Thanksgiving Day and the day following, No- vember 29 and 30, exercises in the schools, Wednesday, November 28.
School Committee.
PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION.
Name.
George E. Stacy, (Ch.) Alfred B. Cenedella, Esq.,
Member of Committees on Repairs and Fuel, Finance, Teachers and Salaries.
Office. Telephone. Residence.
Telephone
Term expires.
76 School,
976-M
1925
Green Block, 787-M
45 Bancroft Ave., 782- W 1925
John V. Gallagher, M. D.
Repairs and Fuel, Books and Supplies.
64 Main,
127- W 9 State,
127-Y
1923
Herbert W. Shaw, D D. S. Rules and Regulations,
211 Main,.
4.3-M
78 Purchase, 88
A
John C. Lynch, Esq.,
Teachers and Salaries. Rules and Regulations, Books and Supplies.
Green Block, 97-M
305 Main,
207
1924
John E. Swift, Esq.,
Finance,
Collins Block, 95
Parker Hill Ave., 498-M
1924
Teachers and Salaries. 311
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Rules and Regulations, Finance, Repairs and Fuel, Books and Supplies, Teachers and Salaries,
Mr. Lynch, Mr. Swift, Mr. Stacy, Dr. Gallagher, Mr. Swift, Mr. Cenedella,
Dr. Shaw. Mr Cenedella. Dr. Gallagher. Mr. Lynch. Dr. Shaw.
1923
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SUPERINTENDENT, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR OF THE CONTINUATION SCHOOL. ALMORIN O. CASWELL.
The superintendent is a member of each sub-committee ex-officio.
Superintendent's office-George E. Stacy School. Tele- phone 505. Office hours from 8 to 9 A. M. and 4 to 5.30 P. M., Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Thursday evenings, 7.30 to 8.30.
Residence, 89 Congress street. Telephone 646.
CLERK.
RITA M. DAIGLE,
Office hours from 5 to 6 P. M. (Saturdays 8.30 to 12). 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, 6 Main street. Telephone 127-W.
Residence, 9 State street. Telephone 127-Y.
SCHOOL NURSE.
MRS. MARY E. NAUGHTON, R. N.
Residence, 31 Forest street, Milford, Mass.
DENTAL CLINICIANS.
WILLIAM J. CLANCY, D. M. D., Office, Room 11, 224 Main street. Residence, 145 West street. Telephone 415- W
FRANCIS X. KELLEY, D. D. S., Office, Room 11, 224 Main street. Residence, 18 Cherry street. Telephone 78-R
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ATTENDANCE OFFICERS.
RAPHAEL MARINO, Office, 144 Main street. Residence, 27 Court street. Telephone 804 M.
ALMORIN O. CASWELL, Office, George E. Stacy School. Tele- phone 505. Residence, 89 Congress street. Telephone 646.
TUITION RATES.
High School, $2.25 per week, Grades, $1.25 per week, payable four weeks in advance.
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 1.20 to 3.50 P. M.
Town Grade Schools-8.45 to 11.45 A. M., and 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-8 to 12 A. M., 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 7.45 A. M .- No morning session below the High and Stacy Schools.
At 8.00 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 p. 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 are we called upon to make report to the town of the condition and needs of our schools. The following report of the Superintendent of Schools has been adopted as the School Committee's report to the town.
The increase in the number of school children in the town requires added accommodations, and increased expense- Read this report carefully, and be prepared to act as your duty to your children calls. They cannot go this way but once. Now or never !
The following budget, carefully and economically estima- ted, will be required for the coming year :-
BUDGET FOR 1923.
Salaries of teachers
. $106,205 00
Fuel .
.
.
.
8,000 00
Supplies
.
.
.
8,500 00
Care .
.
.
.
8,000 00
Incidentals
3,000 00
Supervision :-
Supt. of schools
$3,000 00
Clerk
624 00
Attendance officer
700 00
4,324 00
Health :-
School physicians
$1,000 00
School nurse
1,200 00
Incidentals
100 00
2,300 00
Repairs
5,000 00
Transportation
.
·
3,000 00
Carriage hire
.
.
900 00
Night school
.
.
700 00
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Continuation school
.
$3,500 00
Dental clinic
2,500 00
$155,929 00
GEORGE E. STACY, For the Committee.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
GENERAL ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$141,500 00
Special appropriation
5,000 00
$146,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' salaries
$100,135 92
Fuel .
7,91.3 89
Supplies
7,963 18
Care (Janitors' salaries)
7,872 32
Incidentals
3,174 64
Supervision :-
Supt. of Schools
$2,884 51
Attendance officer
617 46
Clerk
467 91 .
3,969 88
Health :-
Medical inspection
$1,000 00
School nurse
1,200 00
Supplies .
84 53
2,284 53
Repairs
·
5,281 16
Transportation
.
.
3,044 65
Carriage hire
877 42
Evening school
651 50
New equipment
1,999 05
Special repairs
1,035 00
Transferred to continuation school
account .
187 23
Balance
109 63
.
.
.
.
$146,500 00
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES.
Fuel :-
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co. . $4,458 02
.
.
.
IO
Whitney & Kemmerer
$892 76
B. &. A. R. R. Co.
.
483 42
B Vitalini
847 00
Town of Milford .
689 51
Milford Coal Co. .
293 49
A. V. G. Pond
133 00
Milford Gas Light Co.
40 41
T. Murphy & Sons
24 40
Louis Marino
27 38
Laura Fitzmaurice
20 00
James Solari
4 50
Total
$7,913 89
Repairs :-
Avery & Woodbury Co. .
$ 36 73
Clark Ellis & Sons
269 75
The Gamewell Fire Alarm & Tel- egraph Co. .
9 87
Frederick A. Gould
867 36
W. P. Jones Electric Co. .
103 73
Waters & Hynes .
1,460 21
The Johnson Service Co ..
12 42
Thomas F. Maher
452 00
Peter Consigli
160 00
Robert Costa
50 00
Eldredge & Son .
186 72
W. J. Maguire Co.
232 37
John E. Higgiston
9 03
Clinton L. Barnard
8 50
E. F. Porter
424 00
American Seating Co.
51 61
George N. Newton
10 00
J. S. Ranahan
29 65
T. E. Morse Co.
881 36
L P. Pratt
.
25 85
Total
$5,281 16
III
Supplies :-
Remington Typewriter Co.
$ 9 07
E. E. Babb & Co. .
.
3,411 41
C. C. Birchard & Co.
15 12
H. S. Chadbourne Co.
37 46
Milton Bradley Co.
395 38
Oliver Ditson Co.
39 64
Clark Ellis & Sons
·
21 52
Mitchell Woodbury Co.
9 45
Office Appliance Co.
16 62
F. M. Rich
3 00
Rand McNally Co.
1 56
Silver Burdett Co.
10 75
Werber & Rose
255 00
Holden Patent Book Cover Co.
6 43
J. R. Lyman Co. .
2 68
Dowling School Supply Co.
.
747 20
David Farquhar .
466 50
J. L. Hammett Co.
338 57
Thomas Nelson & Sons
.
3 00
Laird & Lee, Inc. .
60
The Macmillan Co.
.
1 20
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
.
83 75
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
.
152 27
J. B. Lippincott Co.
·
2 88
Funk & Wagnalls
60 00
W. S. Marden .
8 54
Ryan & Buker
209 42
L. C. Smith Bros. Typewriter Co.
60 00
Mittag & Volger
83 00
Ginn & Co.
261 45
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. ·
29 04
Boni & Liveright, Inc.
15 48
Crowell & De Witt
11 42
F. M. Ambrose Co.
245 70
S. A. Eastman Co.
3 46
Osborne Office Furniture Co. .
45 00
Casey - Bigley Co. .
11 90
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.
.
.
.
.
I 2
Allyn & Bacon
$ 70 50
American Book Co. ·
.
391 06
Frontier Press Co.
11 50
H. L. Stearns Desk Co.
6 00
John C. Winston Co.
.
6 90
The Bruce Publishing Co.
.
1 33
Emerson Publishing Co. .
.
18 66
Charles Scribner's Sons
19 81
A. N. Palmer Co. .
19 53
Adams, Cushing & Foster
.
4 08
National Survey Co.
.
11 85
Hopkinson & Holden
42 32
Andrews Paper Co.
35 00
D. C. Heath Co. .
1 50
G. & C. Merriam .
64 00
Shea Bros.
48 79
F. B. Sturtevant .
22 10
Underwood Typewriter Co.
4 50
Scott Foresman Co.
1 13
Royal Typewriter Co. ·
25
Harris & Gilpatric
106 90
Total
$7,963 18
Incidentals : -
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
$ 7 50
Russell Sage Foundation
3 20
Teachers College .
7 46
Ward Co
95
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y.
22 50
West Disinfecting Co.
.
.
45 75
The Boston Store ·
12 61
W. O. Hartshorne .
10 00
Dillon Bros.
35 00
Alfred F. Foote, Commissioner
18 00
L. A. Recchiuto
6 00
A. O. Caswell (sundries account)
241 97
John E. Higgiston
3 50
Frank J. Jameson
·
124 50
.
.
.
13
G. M Billings
$217 50
Mass. Division of the Blind
·
17 27
Yawman & Erbe Co.
7 54
Mass. State Prison
68 02
Fuller & Wilson .
24 95
William Foster ·
51 75
Peter Scartissie .
.
7 50
Mass. Reformatory
60 70
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
152 75
Milford Gas Light Co.
106 90
Milford Electric Light & Power Co.
285 84
Milford Water Co.
692 41
Milford High School A. A.
200 00
F. & D. Co.
134 60
C. H. Kimball
38 75
H. S. Chadbourne Co.
38 38
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co.
2 25
The Charlescraft Press
2 80
Mary E. Naughton
25 95
Avery & Woodbury Co.
9 75
J. Allen Rice & Co.
13 75
Cahill's News Agency
3 92
Milford Daily News
29 50
City of Worcester
367 83
County of Worcester
54 01
S. A. Eastman Co.
1 00
Emerson & Co.
17 28
Standard Electric Time Co.
2 80
Total
Special Repairs :-
E. F. Hodgson & Co.
$665 00
Waters & Hynes
200 00
T. E. Morse Co.
170 00
Total
$1,035 00
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.
$3,174 64
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New Equipment :-
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
$118 20
Avery & Woodbury Co. .
556 .50
Theodore Kundtz Co. ·
492 00
American Seating Company
632 25
H. L. Stearns Desk Co. .
200 10
Total .
$1,999 05
(No unpaid bills for 1922.)
UNPAID BILLS ACCOUNT (From 1921.) RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$189 26
EXPENDITURES.
A. O. Caswell (sundries account) $57 89
Frank J. Jameson
.
44 11
City of Worcester
57 12
County of Worcester
.
6 57
Louisa A. Nicholass
23 57
Total .
$189 26
CONTINUATION SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation .
$3,000 00
Less balance to town treasury
80
$2,999 20
Transferred from General Account
187 23
$3,186 43
EXPENDITURES.
Teaching
$2,407 00
Janitor service
128 02
Clerical service
20 54
Supervision .
. .
105 84
Attendance officer
22 54
A. O. Caswell (Sundries Account) .
9 74
.
.
15
Canvas Products Co.
$ 6 49
B. C. Wood .
20 80
Ryan & Buker
10 50
Casey Bigley Co.
6 16
E. E. Babb & Co.
25 25
Crowell & De Witt
26 79
G. H. Locke .
9 26
Milford Water Company
23 86
Milford Electric Light & Power Co.
13 97
Shea Bros. ·
84 78
Milford Gas Light Co.
. .
.
9 59
Fred L. Miller
·
.
.
2 28
E. C. M. Nason
2 98
Avery & Woodbury Co.
15
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co.
39 49
Fuller & Wilson
1 00
Frederick A. Gould .
58 89
W. P. Jones Electric Co.
76 58
C. H. Kimball
1 00
Library Bureau
6 35
W. S. Marden
11 49
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
10
Withington Grocery Co.
1 18
H. S. Chadbourne Co.
21 50
J. B. Lippincott Co.
7 81
Cahill's News Agency
3 20
Mass. State Prison .
6 25
Sherman's Laundry .
.
·
4 55
S. A. Eastman Co. .
10 50
Total .
$3,186 43
DENTAL CLINIC ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries
$1,050 00
Professional Form Service .
·
7 50
.
.
.
.
.
.
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G. M. Billings
$ 2 50
Milford Daily News
.
2 40
Clifford A. Cook
80 00
The S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co. .
212 78
Milford Electric Light & Power Co.
6 00
Milford Gas Light Co.
4 50
Martine Willow Furniture Co.
·
28 00
Globe- Wernicke Co.
36 00
H. L. Stearns Desk Co.
.
92 03
Library Bureau
36 75
T. E. Morse Co.
61 00
$1,619 46
Balance
380 54
$2,000 00
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ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURES, 1922.
TEACHERS 69
221% INCIDENTALS 1.60% HEALTH
5.52%FUEL
5.70%SUPPLI
5.50% CARE
0.46% NICHT SCHOOL
2.10% TRANSPORTATION
0.61% CARRIAGE HIRE 3.70% REPAIRS 2.80% SUPERVISION
SETH THS S
BOYD D LEWIS-123.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
1921-1922 Jan. 1. 1923
Public schools
60
62
School buildings
19
20
Teachers employed :
High school
13
15
Elementary schools
62
63
(Including two special teachers)
75
79
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN APRIL 1, 1922.
Boys
1595
Girls
.
1495
Total
.
.
.
3090
PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, 1921-1922.
Number enrolled 7 to 14 years of age
1834
Total enrollment
2738
Average membership
2625
Average attendance .
·
.
.
247.4
Per cent. of attendance
94.2
CONTINUATION SCHOOL.
School class rooms .
2
School manual rooms
2
Teachers employed .
5
CONTINUATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
1921-1922
Jan. 1, 1923
Boys. Girls. Total.
Boys. Girls. Total.
Number enrolled, 65
81
146
50
60
110
Average membership, 43.7
55.41
99.11
43.2
47.42 90.62
Average attendance, 41.6
53.48
95.08
41.3
46.81 88.11
Per cent of attendance, 95.2
96.1
95.1 95.3
98.8 97.20
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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 twelfth annual report as superintendent of your schools, the 45th of such reports in Milford.
STATISTICS
The following statistics merit careful examination :-
Pupils enrolled September, 1921 2,684
Pupils enrolled September, 1922 2,764
Increase, 80
Total Enrollment, 1920-1921, 2544
Total Enrollment, 1921-1922, 2,738
Increase, 194
Grammar Graduates, June, 1922, 185
Entered High School (of the above) 164
Survival 88.6%
Present enrollment of the Freshman
class, counting only Grammar graduates, 161 Persistence 98.2%
(The highest previous record was 97.1% in 1919-1920)
Enrollment of the entire Freshman class
entering the High school in September, 1922 Still in the High school, at date, 170
173
Persistence 98.2%
(The highest previous records was 97%, in 1919-1920)
Enrollment of the High School.
September, 1922.
January, 1923,
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Boys. Girls. Total
Seniors
30
36
66
30
35
65
Juniors
31
41
72
31
40
71
Sophomores
65
50
115
63
50
113
Freshmen
90
83
173
89
81
170
Totals
216
210
426
213
206
419
Persistence
98.3%
(98% one year ago.)
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In the High School enrollment as of Jan. 1, 1923, as shown above, there are 213 boys, or 50.83%, and 206 girls, or 49.17%. The percentage of boys is, therefore, slightly higher than the record rate of a year ago.
ATTENDANCE FORECASTS
High School :-
Present enrollment 419
Loss by graduation 50
369
From Stacy School
196
565
Less est. shrinkage (13% last year
73
492
Present enrollment
419
Uses in Stacy 3 rooms
Prospective increase
73
Needs in Stacy 2 rooms.
Stacy School :-
Present enrollment 419
Loss by graduation 196
223
From seventh grades
260
483
Less est. shrinkage, (14 % last year 67
416
Need in Stacy 11 rooms
Rooms needed
16 rooms
Rooms available 14 rooms
Needed (net)
2 rooms
2 1
The present use of the Stacy sewing room as a school room cannot be continued indefinitely. If this use, has to be discontinued, then three more rooms will be needed. South School :-
From Chapin Street, grade III 33
From Oliver Street, grade IV, 41
From West Street, grade IV, 30
From South School, grade IV, 19
90
From South School, grade V, ..... 81
204
Need
5 rooms
Available
4 rooms
Needed (net) 1 room
The above forecasts are based entirely on children already in the middle and upper grades, and take no account of the usual normal increases in the lower grades, particu- larly in the first grade.
In the High school there are home rooms in the Library and two Laboratories, and classes in the Assembly Hall, be- sides three home rooms in the Stacy school; the Stacy school is using all the other regular class rooms, the sewing room and portable No. 2. From the forecasts given above, with allowances made for shrinkage at the actual rates experi- enced last year, it appears that we shall need three, and possibly four, more school rooms for next September. Steps should be taken at once to provide this room. Moreover, the costs of providing them with suitable furniture for teachers and pupils should be included in the forthcoming budget.
CROWDED SCHOOL ROOMS
While the congestion was more obvious and spectacular in the High and Stacy schools, there were many intolerably
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overcrowded schoolrooms in the lower grades. Attention is called to the following cases in point :--
Grade
Enroll- ment Member-
Av.
Av. Attend-
Spruce Street,
IV
48
46.8
45.3
III
43
42.28
41.55
II
51
45.38
45
I
38
38
36.6
Park,
VI
45
44.31
43.42
V
48
47.18
46.42
South,
V
48
48
46.73
Claflin,
IV
47
46.2
44
III
42
42
40.8
Oliver Street,
III
47
47
46
II
46
46
43.8
I
44
4.4
42.7
West Street,
I & II
39
39
38
The following comparisons indicating enlightened prac- tice with reference to the teacher-loads in various grades and our necessitous overloads speak for themselves.
Proper Number Milford's Practice Overload. for Teacher.
In Grades
(in certain schools) (as shown in the preceding table)
I.
25 to 28
38-44
10-16
II.
30
44-51
16-21
III-V
30 to 35
(III) 42-47
7-12
(IV) 47
12 -- 17
(V) 48
13
VI.
38 to 40
45
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ship.
ance.
There is but one remedy, if we are ever to realize effec- tive, decent practice-MORE SCHOOL ROOM!
There is no doubt that the above conditions in certain schools have contributed very largely to the number of pupils now below grade.
ONE SESSION FOR THE FIRST GRADE As a means of securing more room in certain sections
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of the town, and at the same time correcting the crowded conditions already referred to, in the first grade, I call your attention to the feasibility of the two-platoon sysem for that grade. It is a matter of simple arithmetic to see and understand that a teacher can do more for three divisions of nine each in three hours than she can for six divisions of nine each in five hours : moreover she can do more for three nines in three hours than she can for five nines in five hours, because, whereas, working with nine out of 27 in the short session, she is reacting nervously to the disturbance of only 18 at their desks, and that only for three hours, whereas, working with nine out of 45, she is reacting to the disturb- ance of 36 at their desks, and that for five hours. Aside from the by-product of room economy, with the accompaning savings of fuel in the cold months and janitor service the year around, and conservation of teacher-vitality, the argu- ment, for the first grade, is all on the side of the smaller class for the shorter school day, with the resulting saving to the children in time for play.
MANUAL TRAINING FOR THE BOYS IN THE STACY SCHOOL
For many years Milford has provided a good course in Household Arts and Home Economics for the girls in grades V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (elective), and done nothing in the way of Manual Training for' the boys. We now have the shop, equipment and instructor. Courses should at once be offered the boys of the eighth grade, while these courses should be given to the boys of both the seventh and eighth grades from next September on.
SPRUCE STREET FIRE
Fire broke 'out betweeny the basement ceiling and the floor of Miss Kennedy's room in the Spruce Street School at a few minutes past nine Wednesday morning, Dec. 13, 1922. Owing to the presence of mind of the principal, Miss Ellen M. Waters, and her assistants, Misses McDermott, Gallagher and Kennedy, and the perfection of their practice
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fire drills the children all marched out of the building in less than one minute. The fire department quickly responded to te still alarm sent in by Mr. Allen E. Dudley, and, with the aid of the chemical engine, the fire was soon extinguished. The damage amounted to about $100.00. Repairs were promptly made and the schools reopened, grades II and IV the following Monday ; gr .des I and III the following Wed- nesday.
One fire in a school building brings home to us, as no amount of theoretical consideration can, the fact that school buildings are not fire proof; and even though the teachers and children should be fortunate enough to escape death or accident, there would certainly be, in the event of any con- siderable fire, serious financial loss. This leads up to the question :- ought we not to carry insurance on all school buildings, or ought not the town to carry blanket insurance on all public buildings ?
An investigation of rates shows that buildings could be covered as follows, Stacy, $20,000; Spruce Street, $10,000; Park. $10,000; South, $10,000; Claflin $15,000; Plains Gram- mar. $10,000, and Plains Annex $5,000, at a flat rate at the following total costs :-- one year, $555.00; three years, +1,387.50; five years, $2,220.00. This entire matter is earn- estly suggested to the attention of the tax-payers.
HIGH SCHOOL
In his third annual report as principal of the High School, Principal Thomas J. Quirk notes that the school pro- gram contains ninety-five different classes, the largest num- ber, in the history of the institution, that the students are more settled in their school work and that the unrest of pre- vious years seems to have vanished.
Mr. Quirk further comments as follows :
"During the past year, the senior class held two very successful dances for the benefit of the M. H. S. A. A. The receipts of which amounted to $75.40. The annual May party was held on May 5 and the proceeds, $27.70 were given to the school to assist in adding the third plate to our Honor Roll.
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The seniors staged "A Lion Among Ladies," in the Assem- bly Hall, May 21, and the comedy was a great success. Miss Ruby F. Sutherland had charge of the affair and the follow- ing members of the class of 1922 took part: Viola Nelson, Alice Hardiman, Mabel Anderson, Catherine Carroll, Henry Barbadoro, George Feeey, Water Wall and Bradley Ford. The sum of $78.80 was netted and donated to the Honor Roll Fund. The proceeds of the June issue of the Oak, Lily and Ivy, were used to buy sweaters for the members of the foot- ball and baseball teams.
"Forty pupils were graduated on June 28. The list of graduates and of the graduation exercises will be found in subsequent pages of this school report. The addresses were given in a very eloquent fashion and received well-merited applause. The musical numbers of the program were in charge of Miss Helena F. Swift, our Music Supervisor, and were excellently rendered.
"At the graduation exercises it was pleasing to an- nounce that the four Delano Patrick Prizes for the best essays on "Will Disarmament End War." were won by pupils of our school: Nicholas Mastroianni, first prize, $20; Leslie Calkin, second prize, $15; Teresa Julian, third prize, $10: and George O'Sullivan, fourth prize. $5. This is the first time, I think, that our school has captured all of the Patrick. prizes and the English department is to be congratulated on the achievement. The Dr. John V. Gallagher gold medal given annually to the boy making his "M" in athletics at least three times and obtaining also the highest scholastic standing of those eligible for the prize was awarded to Her- bert Grayson. This award was well earned and the applause given him made clear his standing in this community. The special book prize given by the class of 1917-interest from Liberty Bonds-for the best average in Latin, History, and English, was won by Leslie M. Calkin, class of 1922.
"Miss Donna K. Adams, secretary of the 1922 class, has just informed me that eight members of her class went to college, two to normal school and seven to business college. This is indeed an excellent record for the class. Statistics
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show that ten of the fifteen students in her class who took the college and technology courses, went to institutions of higher learning. The students who took the college entrance examinations in June passed very creditably.
"Considerable progress has been made during the past year in the physical side of education and I ardently hope that even more may follow in the future. The 1922 baseball team had a very successful season, and scored victories over many of our rivals. Mr. Francis C. Berry, sub-master of the school, directed the team, and its success is entirely due to him. Captain Tighe worked very harmoniously, with him and proved to be an able leader. Our football team won seven of its ten games. Coach Timothy Ryan and Captain Mainini carefully drilled the boys and gave us one of the best teams in years. Milford won all of its games in the Midland League except the last, that with Needham. It is pleasing to report that all attendance records at our football games were broken this year and thatj our team had the whole-hearted support of this community. Hockey and basketball will be taken up this winter, thirteen games of basketball having been arranged. The addition of these two sports should furnish physical development for many more boys.
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