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A visualization of these so-called Special Classes is best given by these statistics :
AMERICANIZATION
SPECIAL CLASSES
Teacher
Subject
Enroll-
Average
Average
Pct.
ment Membership
Attendance Atten.
Bondsville
Miss Austin
Advanced English
21
19.59
17.76
90.65
Miss Griffin, Penmanship, Arith.
23
18.26
18.02
98.04
Miss Chapin,
Domestic Science
45
41.
39.
95.12
Mrs. Hayes
Home Nursing
14
11.
9.
82.
Total
103
89.85
83.78
93.24
Thorndike
Miss Hill
Domestic Science
21
19.
17.
89.47
Miss Shea,
Home Nursing
17
12.
9.
75.
Total
38
31.
26.
83.87
Three Rivers
Miss Hartnett, English, Arithmetic
14
10.
9.
90.
Miss Flynn®
21
18.
17.
94.44
Total
35
28.
26. 92.86
Summary
Bondsville,
103
89.85
83.78
93.42
Thorndike
38
31.
26.
83.87
Three Rivers
35
28.
.26
92.86
: Total
176
148.85
135.78
91.22
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At the end of the year, closing exercises were held in each village. Certificates showing sixty (60) hours of attendance in the Regular Americanization Classes were granted as follows :- Bondsville 54; Thorndike 52; Three Rivers 32; Total 132. Certificates were also given those attending the Special Classes.
According to our records, through our arrangement with them, thirty-three (33) went to Springfield to take out their first papers.
In the opinion of the State Department of Education, Palmer has done one of the most successful pieces of Americanization work in the State. The State Director has so stated upon several occasions.
It is strongly hoped that nothing will happen to inter- fere with the good work that has been, and is being, done. No field of education, it is believed, offers greater possibil- ities for usefulness than does this Americanization field.
A brief financial statement is hereby appended :
AMERICANIZATION
Appropriation,
$3,500.00
Expenditures
Salaries:
Bondsville,
$1,081.19
Palmer,
248.00
Three Rivers,
709.43
Thorndike
1,008.52
$3,047.14
Books and Supplies:
Palmer,
$28.15
Three Rivers
47.78
Thorndike,
120.83
Bondsville.
85.43
$282.19
$3,329.33
Balance,
$ 170.67
Our reimbursement from the State for expenditures for the education of the adult immigrant for the year begin- ning Septemer 1, 1920, and ending August 31, 1921, was $1,941.43.
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It was voted at the last annual Town
Playgrounds Meeting to appropriate $3,500 for play- ground work and place it in the hands of the School Committee.
Playgrounds were opened at five (5) centers on July 5-Palmer, Wire Mill, Three Rivers, Thorndike and Bondsville-and were in operation for seven (7) weeks.
The attendance was good, very good, in spite of the fact that July was an oppressively hot month. The average attendance at each session on each playground was :- Three Rivers, 126; Thorndike, 89; Bondsville, 65; Palmer, 62; Wire Mill, 43; Total, 384.
The total attendance at each playground for the entire period of its activity was :-
Palmer
Wire Mill
Three Rivers
Thorn- dike
Bonds- ville
Total
Girls
2,411
1,574
5,240
3,362
2,508
15.095
Boys,
2,241
1,680
4,105
3,305
2,406
13,737
Combined
4,652
3,254
9,345
6,667
4,914
28,832
PSYCHOLOGY
It seems wise to here incorporate a part of the special report of the School Committee to the Town at the last Town Meeting, dealing with the psychology that under- lies playground work. It reads as follows :- "There may be a question of the benefit in the minds of some and we, consequently, wish to incorporate in our report a little of the psychology back of this work. Playground work, like all work that has no immediate measure of dollars and cents in profits and losses, has in the minds of many only a visionary, if any, value. The things of greatest real val- ue in life cannot be measured by such a yardstick.
"All who know child nature know that great care and excellent judgment must be employed in bringing up chil- dren. Environment of the best kind must be provided. The formation of the right sort of habits is vital, as all of us are largely merely creatures of habit. Habit formation is largely a matter of environment and as a natural corrol- lary, the better the environment ( the better is the chance of right habit formation.
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"With all due respect to the schools, the bulwark of our nation, the child through play of the right kind learns more about the spirit of fairness, honesty, co-operation, and justice than he ever can or will through formal lesson. In fact, the one thing that impressed the world in sizing up our soldiers in the World War was the possession of this spirit, which was acquired mostly from participation in America's games of play.
"The instinct to play is natural in all animal form. All animals do not, nevertheless, play the same games. What they play depends upon what they are taught to play. Each has its own, and in turn, teaches it to its own. All people have the instinct to talk; what they talk depends upon what they hear. An American and a Chinaman have the same instinct of speech; there is a vast difference in their language, nevertheless. Further analogies-they exist ad infinitum-are unnecessary. Suffice it to say that God gives the instinct and man should provide the means."
"GIVE THEM A PLACE TO PLAY".
In the language of the poet, Dennis A. McCarthy, an ir- refutable argument is presented :
Plenty of room for dives and dens (glitter and glare and sin), Plenty of room for prison pens (gather the criminals in),
Plenty of room for jails and courts (willing enough to pay),
But never a place for the lads to race; no. never a place to play;
Plenty of room for shops and stores (Mammon must have the best), Plenty of room for the running sores that rot in the city's breast; Plenty of room for the lures that lead the hearts of our youth astray, But never a cent on a playground spent; no, nevr a chance to play!
Plenty of room for schools and halls, plenty of room for art; Plenty of room for teas and balls, platform, stage and mart. Proud (is the city-she finds a place for many a fad to-day,
But she's more than blind if she fails to find a place for the boys to play.
Give them a chance for innocent sport, give them a chance for fun-
Better a playground plot than a count and jail when the harm is done; Give them a chance-if you stint them now, to-morrow you'll have to pay A larger bill for a darker ill, so give them a chance to play.
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PLAYGROUNDS.
The expense this year was heavier than it will be next year, in that, as there was little, much permanent equip- ment had to be purchased.
Briefly outlined, the statement of expense is :
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation,
$3,500.00
Expenditures :
Salaries,
$1,717.25
Permanent Equipment and Installation, 1,460.65
Supplies and Incidentals, 323.98 $3,501.88
-$1.98
Balance,
(" _Overdrawn.
A class in French, under the direction of
French Class Madame Langevin, was in operation dür- ing the winter and spring. There was an enrollment of thirty-three (33) students. The average attendance was twenty-one (21). The number who gave evidence of having done sufficiently satisfactory work to receive certificates from the University Extension De- partment of the State Department of Education was fif- teen (15).
This State Department offers a fine opportunity for the enlargement and enrichment of one's education. The School Department will gladly arrange any desired course or courses if there is sufficient demand for it or them.
In full explanation of the work Hampden County Improvement League done under the auspices of this League and the School Depart- ment, I am giving in toto Mr. Ed- lund's report. While some of it covers work not dis- tinctly school, a complete incorporation seems advisable in rder that Palmer citizens see for once at least what they are getting in return for the small appropriation they make annually. The report reads :
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"HAMPDEN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE REPORT, 1921 and REPORT OF TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE 1921
"December 9, 1921 "To the Voters of Palmer:
"By vote of town meeting, Palmer appropriated $400 for 1921 to the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, a body of nine men and women appointed by the County Commissioners to carry on 'extension work in agricul- ture, home-making and country life.' This work of the Trustees in Hampden County is carried on with the co- operation and backing of the Hampden County Improve- ment League, which in turn has the backing of an affil- iated organization, the Hampden County Farm Bureau.
"This report is a brief statement of work done in Pal- mer through the joint efforts of the Trustees and the League during the year 1921 (that is, up to the present date) not alone with the town appropriation but also with other funds available for the work from the county, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and private sub- scriptions.
"In accord with the custom of previous years, and by agreement with representative leaders in Palmer, the town appropriation itself was used entirely for club work. To the $400 appropriated, $183.84 was added, represent- ing the unexpended balance of the 1920 appropriation, making a total available for the year of $583.84.
"Club projects in Palmer this year were three in num- ber, and all were unusually successful. Club work was carried on in gardening, canning and baby beef.
"In the garden work 126 boys and girls were enrolled under the local leadership of John E. Hurley, Miss Lucy Austin and Miss Phyllis E. Greene, who were paid from the town appropriation in the amounts stated below.
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Every one of these boys and girls completed all the re- quirements of the garden club work for the season, which is a splendid record and which makes Palmer, from this point of view, the banner town of the county. While many of the gardens were small, the total results were substantial. The land under cultivation amounted to 308.41 square rods and the vegetables produced were worth $670.00. The cost of production were $175.41, giving a total profit of $494.59, an average per member of slightly under $4.00.
"In the canning club work, 101 boys and girls were en- rolled under the leadership of Miss Greene and Miss Aus- tin. In Three Rivers, a group of advanced canners started out under the leadership of Miss Ardelle Hinds through the courtesy of Mr. F. A. Upham, Agent of the Palmer Mills, where Miss Hinds was emplyed as welfare worker; and when Miss Hinds left this position in the middle of the season, her place was filled by her success- sor, Mrs. Barbara Conant.
"The 48 boys and girls who turned in complete reports at the end of the season's work, has canned 23061/2 quarts of fruits, vegetables, soups and meats, and 226 jars of jams, jellies and preserves. The total value of these pro- ducts was $1,302.88, and as the total cost was $470.34, the profit amunted to $832.54, an average for each mem- ber reporting of $17.34.
"At the end of the canning and garden club seasons, exhibits of the products were held in each of the four villages. All these exhibits made a creditable showing of the young people's work and most of them were well at- tended by parents. Supt. Hobson helped to make these exhibits a success by making available $30, which was distributed in cash prizes to the boys and girls showing the best work. In connection with each of the exhibits, the judging and awarding of the prizes offered opportu- nity for a program of interest to everyone. The exhibit
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at Palmer Village was particularly deserving of commen- dation both in the quantity and quality of the products as well as in the good taste displayed in their arrange- ment and the fact that so large a percentage of the boys and girls in the Palmer Village clubs were represented.
"At the Hampden County Improvement League Junior Club tent at the Eastern States Exposition, Palmer was represented by a garden club exhibit and by two 100 jar exhibits of canning, one from Palmer Village and the other from Bondsville. There were also a number of in- dividual entries, and the following Palmer boys and girls were awarded individual prizes: Helen Dunn, Blanche Coache, Stephanie Wilk, Mary McKelligett, Arline LeGro, Isabel West and Thomas Roche.
"Rachel Duffy, Ruth Stone and Lester Stone were the three Palmer contestants in the Baby Beef Project. Each of these young people did excellent work, all three win- ning prizes in the show ring competitions in the Eastern Hampden Club, Rachel Duffy winning 5th; Ruth Stone, 6th ; and Lester Stone, 11th. In addition, Ruth Stone won 5th in the Special Prize for business management offered by the S. M. S. Ranch of Stamford, Texas, from which all the Hampden County baby beeves came; while Rachel Duffy won 6th and Ruth Stone 7th place in the special prizes for business management offered by Samuel Rus- sell, Jr., of Middletown, Conn. Including the prize money. and the sale prices of the steers at the Eastern States auction sale, Rachael's net profit for the club season was $72.57; Ruth's $73.47 ; and Lester's, $15.35. All through the season, Ruth and Rachael were very closely matched. The animals they drew at the beginning were practically equal in value, weight and quality. The places the two girls won in the prize competitions were as close as they could be and the net profit at the end of the year differed only 90 cents. No two individuals in the entire Hampden County contest were more closely matched throughout the entire season, so that the competition between them
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attracted especial attention not only in Palmer but else- where.
"In connection with the club work, County Club Leader Otis E. Hall (up to December 8) made 14 trips, totalling 81/2 days' time, during which he made 42 home visits; and Miss Flora Miller, Assistant Club Leader, made 5 trips, totalling 21/2 days time. Altogether, 232 boys and girls were enrolled in the three club projects and the es- timated value of their products was $6225.35, not includ- ing prize money won at the Eastern States Exposition and the local exhibits. The greatest value of the club work is not in money value, but lies in the building of character and in the practical lessons of ownership, pro- duction, and co-operation, which club work teaches.
"In co-operation with the Palmer Branch of the Hamp- den County Farm Bureau, as well as in individual visits to persons not members of the Farm Bureau, the County Agricultural Agent, Joseph H. Bodwell, and the County Horticultural Agent, William H. Wolff, have spent (up to December 8) 20 days in Palmer. They attended 4 meet- ings of the Farm Bureau with a total attendance of 58. The subject of study at the extension school was 'Soil Fertility ;' and as a result of the discussions held, a num- ber of farmers will undertake definite tests in various methods of soil treatment on their farms during the coming year.
"During the year, the projects covered by the two agricultural agents in Palmer included corn, potatoes, and orcharding. Mr. L. L. Stone carried a corn variety test ; Mr. Joseph Dumas carried potato tests in the course of which two meetings were held at his farm with an at- tendance of 21; and 6 orchard men, F. A. Upham, A. S. Geer, William Miner, Joseph Dumas, D. E. Miller and George Bennett, carried on various orchard practices which all have agreed will lead to increased crops in ap- ples or peaches during the coming year, the present year having been so unfortunate for orchardists throughout
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this entire region of New England as not to permit of actual measurements of results except in the way of pre- paration for larger crops in the future. The number of trees in these 6 orchards is well up in the thousands.
"In the home-making department, Miss Minnie Price made 9 trips, requiring 7 days of time and Miss Alice Knowlton, 14 trips requiring 9 days of time. Miss Knowl- ton as the Clothing Specialist, brought about the organ- Ization in Three Rivers of a clothing efficiency group of 7 women under the leadership of Miss Ardelle Hinds and cf a group of 17 women in Thorndike and Bondsville un- der the leadership of Mrs. J. J. Kelley. In Thorndike, there was also a group of 13 women who took the milli- nery course.
"Miss Price as the County Home Demonstration Agent co-operated with the Palmer branch of the Red Cross in nutrition work at the Palmer Grammar School in the establishment of a school lunch. Miss Price, also, gave talks on diet in relation to health at Thorndike, Three Rivers and Bondsville.
"In connection with administrative problems, speaking engagements, publicity, legislative activities, etc., the League Managing Director made 6 trips to Palmer, total- ling 3 days' time. This brings the total item which mem- bers of our central staff gave directly to the town of Pal- mer to at least 50 days, much more than the equivalent in value of the total town appropriation.
"The actual expenditures from the town appropriation were as follows:
John E. Hurley, general supervision of club work, $100
Phyllis E. Greene. Garden and Canning Leader, 200
Lucy C. Austin, Garden and Canning Leader 200
Flora M. Miller, Ass't. County Leader for actual time spent in Palmer, 18.75
Total, $518.75 There is held in the Trustees' treasury to the credit of the town of Palmer $65.09.
The report as given takes no account of the general
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county-wide activities of the Trustees, the League, and the Farm Bureau, which nevertheless, affect the welfare of every town in the county, including such work as edu- cational and publicity work carried on through the news- papers and the League's monthly magazine, 'The Hamp- den;' legislative activities and especially this year active support of the bill establishing the State Police and the bill creating a standard bushel box measure, both of which became a law; the market reporting service on wholesale and retail prices of food stuffs made possible for eight months through the co-operation of the State Department of Agriculture; the recent establishment of the League's Clothing Efficiency Bureau to carry on this type of activity in all parts of the county ; the exhibits at the Eastern States Exposition of both League and Farm Bureau work which were held for the first time this year, and which reached and interested thousands of people from all the towns of the county ; and the constant day by day service from the office in answering telephone in- quiries and office calls and sending out letters and bulle- tins on the wide ranging subjects falling within the ex- tension work' field.
"On behalf of the Trustees for the County Aid to Agri- culture and these co-operating organizations, I am glad t present this record of the work in Palmer for the year 1921, and to ask for a continuance of direct support through town appropriation for the coming year. The amount this past year was only $400 as compared with $500 the year before. Is it too much to request that the amount during the coming year be advanced to $600, which is at the rate of $50 a month ?
Mr. A. S. Geer has been the League Director for the town of Palmer during the past year and has been re- elected for 1922. Mr. F. A. Upham has been a member cf the Executive Committee of the League during the past year, and his work has now been recognized by the County Commissioners in appointing him as one of the
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Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture. Mrs. S. P. Goodale of Thorndike has been the representative in the home-making department of the League. "Respectfully submitted, "R. C. Edlund,
"Managing Director."
HEALTH WORK
The health work done in our schools the past year has been along broader lines than in years previous. A beginning only in what should be done has been made.
A school nurse has been working in our School Nurse schools since November, 1920. Some ex- dence of the amount of work done, the following statis- tics covering a period of time of ten (10) school months- November, 1920, to November, 1921-are given:
Number Home Visits,
446
Number School Visits,
173
Number Treatments at Home.
11
Number Pupils Examined, Affections :
3,226
Skin Diseases,
227
Parasitic Affections,
470
Enlarged Tonsils,
334
Adenoids,
56
Defective 'Vision,
464
Defective Hearing,
110
Tuberculous Disease,
7
Orthepedic,
10
Defective Teeth,
380
Miscellaneous,
26
Total, 2,084
First Aid aad Dressings,
239
Number Eyes and Ears Examined,
2,077
Temperatures and Histories,
179
Weighing and Measuring,
424
Notices Sent to Parents,
527
Throat Examination,
179
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Examination,
500
Exclusions,
89
WEIGHING AND MEASURING
Last spring the pupils in the Thorndike Grammar
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School were weighed and measured. The work was done under the direction of Dr. Chadwick of the Westfield State Sanatorium, the Hampden County Tuberculosis As- sociation, and the School Department.
This table gives the results :
Grade
Nor- 7 to 10 per cent.10 per cent or More Total
mal
Under Weight Under Weight
per cent of Grade Under Wght.
1
5
6
6
17
70
2
26
7
17
50
48
3
17
5
23
45
62
4
15
6
21
42
64
5
15
8
21
44
66
6
15
8
13
36
58
8 & 9
11
4
8
23
52
Total
120
48
124
292
Per Cent
41.1
16.4
42.5
This table shows that two hundred ninety-two (292) children were weighed and measured. Of these, one hun- dred twenty (120), or forty-one and one-tenth (41.1) per cent., were children of normal weight; forty-eight (48), or sixteen and four tenths (16.4) per cent, were from seven (7) to ten (10) per cent. under weight; one hun- dred twenty-four (124), or forty-two and five-tenths (42.5) per cent., were ten (10) per cent or more under- weight. The total number of children seven (7) per cent or more under weight was one hundred seventy-two (172), or fifty-eight and nine-tenths (58.9) per cent. These figures are rather alarming. If there is as much in malnutrition as is claimed, surely there is a need in this school for some sort of nutrition work.
A comparison with figures obtained by Dr. Chadwick in the Westfield schools is interesting :- Normal, one thousand nine hundred fourteen (1914), or sixty-seven and seven-tenths (67.7) per cent .; seven (7) to ten (10) per cent. underweight, three hundred forty-five (345), or twelve and two-tenths (12.2) per cent .; ten (10) per cent. or more under weight, three hundred sixty-nine (369) or twenty and one-tenth (20.1) per cent .; total, two thousand eight hundred twenty-eight (2,828).
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SCHOOL LUNCHES
For about fifteen (15) weeks the past winter, under the direction of the Palmer Branch of the American Red Cross, hot soups and cocoa were served at the Palmer Grammar School during the noon hour. Approximately one hundred twenty-five (125) children patronized this warm lunch every school day. The expenses exceeded the income by about one hundred eighty (180) dollars. The reason for this was that the charge was only five (5) cents per article, a charge that could not pay for the labor and materials in soups of such excellent nutriment value. The failure to raise the price was not due to poor business judgment, but from a desire to keep the price where every child could afford to patronize and thereby get what he needed to help an otherwise cold lunch.
This year it is being operated by the School Depart- ment on a still further experimental basis, the financial hazard being assumed by the Red Cross. The great ex- pense incurred is that of labor. With this eliminated, the soups could be sold probably at a smaller charge than at present and still the cost of the materials be amply pro- vided for.
There is no question but that in our schools where there are many pupis who bring their lunch the provision of something warm is a public duty. The results ob- tained, physically and mentally, more than offset the cost. At the Palmer Grammar School, more than one hun- dred (100) pupils stay during the noon hour.
It would appear that it is as reasonable to suppose that the effect of what a child eats at school is as important as- the effect of keeping the building clean. No one ques- tions janitor service. Why is it not as legitimate a charge to pay someone to prepare and serve soup? It is. The public is not accustomed to so look upon it and, therefore questions it.
An apprpriation of five hundred (500) dollars will do all that needs to be done.
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BILLS PAYABLE
A vote at Town Meeting a few years ago requires every department to report bills payable and receivable.
The School Department has some to report. This is its third offence in more than ten years. An over-run- ning of an appropriation ought not, theoretically, occur ; yet, practically, it cannot be avoided at times in the best interests of all concerned. When it does occur, there should be a reason, good and valid.
There are two reasons which, in the main, account for the over-expenditures :- (1). In view of the predicted coal shortage, coal in excess of the usual amount was stored in our schools. (About 65 tons, at a cost of $950.00 in excess was purchased This was a poor move from the standpoint of over-running; a good one from the standpint of being forearmed for an emergency.) (2) Conditions at the Wire Mill School in the matter heat, ventilation, and lavatory facilities needed immediate attention. (A careful investigation revealed that the amount ($2,000.00) originally deemed sufficient was sad- ly insufficient. The work needed to be done and, while being done, should be properly done. The Committee de- cided to go ahead in this matter, fully cognizant that it would mean a reporting of bills payable, because wisdom and duty seemed to demand immediate action.)
The amount of the bills payable is $2,846.65.
RECOMMENDATIONS
I make four recommendations:
1). That a new high school building be erected at once, ample in size and suited in design for a needed ex- pansion of curriculum and for a wide community use,
2). That an appropriation of $500 be made for the establishment of lunch rooms in schools needing same.
3). That the playground work begun this year be continued.
4). That the Committee recommend to the Town
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an appropriation of $600 for work carried on under the direction of the Hampden County Improvement League.
CONCLUSION
This report is slightly lengthier than that of last year. It is, nevertheless, so short that much that much that should be said is left unsaid. Possibly, much that has been said could have been left unsaid wihout distinct loss. However that may be, it is said in the best interests of the Palmer Schools, as viewed by your Superintendent.
The same frankness that has always characterized these reports has been found herein. While always frank, they are, nevertheless, always impersonal.
In concluding your Superintendent desires to express his appreciation of the generous, cordial support and the latitudinous treatment accorded him by the School Com- mittee; of the active co-operation and staunch loyalty of the teachers; of the fairness and "backing" of the public.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFTON H. HOBSON,
Superintendent of Schools.
Palmer, Mass., December 12, 1921.
Appendix A. GENERAL STATISTICS I. Population
Census of 1920,
9,896
School Population, April 1, 1920, 5 to 16 years of age,
2,625
School Population, April 1, 1921, 5 to 16 years of age,
2,725
II. Pupils
Number of Children in Town, April 1, between:
1919-1920
1920-1921
Ages 5 and 7,
572
632
Ages 7 and 14,
1,540
1,688
Ages 14 and 16,
513
405
2,625
2,725
Aggregate Enrollment, Sepatember to June,
2,261
2,522
Average Daily Attendance,
1,981.10
2,203 62
Average Number Belong,
2,074.46
2,287.50
Per Cent. of Attendance,
95.41
96.77
Average Number of Pupils per Teacher:
In High School,
17.47
20.76
In Other Schools,
39.37
36.49
B. ATTENDANCE STATISTICS Attendance by Schools. 1920-1921
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per Cent. of
Attendance
Tardiness
Enrollment
High,
207.64
201.90
97.00
20
225
Palmer Grammar,
634.28
603.65
95.17
153
669
Three Rivers Grammar,
599.18
574.5
96.44
120
675
Thondike Grammar
340.79
335.27
98.38
48
365
Bondsville Grammar,
364.02
353.53
97.12
79
380
Wire Mill,
98.32
93.03
94.60
32
127
Palmer Center,
22.34
21.85
97.80
14
25
Forest Lake,
20.93
19.89
93.00
5.
29
Totals
2,287.50
2,203.62
96.77
471
2,522
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E. TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR 1921 Appropria-
Account
tion $ 6,620.00
$ 7,223.33 72,072.06
0.00
$ 7,223.33 72,072.06
Textbook's
& Supplies
6,000.00
5,889.20
0.00
5,889.20
Transportation
5,440.44
5,708.00
0.00
5,708.00
Janitors' Services
5,890.00
5,566.86
0,00
5,566.86
Fuel & Light
8,650.00
9,516.71
0.00
9,516.71
Maintenance
of B. and G.
2,250.00
2,475.11
0.00
2,475.00
Rent
425.00
245.00
0.00
245.00
Repairs
3,000.00
2,582.29
2,846.65
5,428.94
Music, Manual
Training & D.,
3,890.00
3,564.13
0.00
3,564.13
Commercial
7,110.00
7,271.74
0.00
7,271.74
Furniture &
Furnishings
2,000.00
1,374.97
0.00
1,374.97
Other Expenses
2,765.00
3,612.41
0.00
3,612.41
Special:
Heating
1,700.00
2,100.77
0.00
2,100.77
Americanization
3,500.00
3,329.33
0.00
3,329.33
Continuation
2,500.00
2,359.27
0.00
2,359.27
Bill's Payable
3,506.94
3,506.94
0.00
3,506.94
$138,400.00
$138,398.12
$2,846.65
$141,244.77
Playgrounds
3,500.00
3,501.88
0.00
3,501.88
$141,900.00
$141,900.00
$2,846.65
$144,746.65
F. BILLS PAYABLE AND RECEIVABLE
The accounts of the School Department were closed on Tuesday, December 20, 1921.
At that time, the bills payable and receivable were as follows: Bills Payable:
R. E. Faulkner, Special Repairs, Wire Mills,
$2,846.65
Bills Receivable
Town of Monson, Tuition, $1,548.40
Town of Ware, Tuition
400.00
Thomas Landers, Tuition,
62.50
P. J. Keyes, Tuition,
62.50
Robert Mullen, Tuition,
25.00
$2,098.40
Bills Paid
Bills Payable
Total
Gen'l Expenses
$ 0.00
Teachers' S'laries
73,153.06
TABLE OF COST-EIGHT YEARS COMPARED
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
General Expenses
$2,452.79
$2,982.08
$3,140.73 .
$ 3,395.49
$ 3,796.43
$ 4,264.67
$ 5,810.64
$ 7,223.33
Teachers' Salaries,
$18,869.14
25,293.18
26,966.07
29,193.71
32,668.48
42,830.68
57,474.37
72,072.06
Textbooks and Supplies,
2,212.99
1,971.55
2,338.14
2,441.52
3,485.86
4,075.97
5,356.89
5,889.20
Transportation,
2,294.00
2,635.40
2,723.68
3,156.00
3,478.46
4,341.01
4,925.60
5,708.00
Janitors' Services,
2,067.25
2,517.50
2,579.01
2,615.50
3.196.00
3,708.08
4,424.34
5,566.86
Fuel and Light,
3,205.61
3,680.17
4,113.00
4,784.96
6,567.72
5,131.47
7,274.27
9,516.71
Maintenance of Buildings & Grounds
913.48
1,323.95
922.05
1,646.04
2,122.82
2,381.11
2,103.05
2,475.11
Repairs,
1,195.53
505.20
1,627.78
982.53
1,551.09
1,574.07
1.352:58
2,582.29
Music, Manual Training & Drawing
1,849.53
1,895.48
1,971.94
2,230.05
1,500.75
2,163.97
3,532.61
3,564.13
Other Expenses,
894.69
1,098.52
910.16
1,198.37
1,836.26
2,452.72
2,547.73
3,612.41
Furniture and Furnishings,
843.18
937.44
5,596.73
654.14
474.10
777.19
1,929.80
1.374.97
Rent,
104.50
22.50
175.00
810.00
75.00
308.00
245.00
Commercial,
2,603.46
2,840.49
3,577.48
3,418.02
3,720.97
4,312.31
5,537.94
7,271.74
Special Heating,
791.28
2,100.77
Bills Payable.
3,506.94
Total,
$39,506.20 $47,694.46 $53,671.77
$55,716.33
$65,208.94
$78,088.25
$103,369.10
$132,709.52
Americanization,
885.73
1,349.45
788.93
61.75
237.38
3,329.33
Vacation School,
94.07
Playgrounds,
3,501.88
Continuation School
2,359.27
$39.506 20
$48,580 19
$55.115.29
$56,505.26
$65,270.69
$78,088.25
$103,606.48
$141,900.00
Average Membership,
1,584.16
1,671.26
1,719.17
1,791.77
1,868.41
1.972.98
2,144.93
2,169.90
Average Attendance,
1,534.44
1,617.31
1,650.00
1,717.09
1,702.31
1,886.54
2,044.19
2,104.23
Cost per pupil based on aver- age membership,
$24.94
$28.54
$30.06
$31.10
$34.90
$39.58
$48.19
$61.16
Cost per pupil based on aver-
age attendance,
$25.74
$29.49
$31.31
$32.45
$38.31
$41.38
$50.57
$63.07
*Short fiscal year-ten months only
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COST PER SCHOOL
High
Palmer
Three Rivers
Thorndike
Districts
Office $6.931.64
Total $7,223.33
Genenal Expenses,
$
80.55
$
51.67
$ 49.59
$
$
Teachers' Salaries,
10,467.79
18,520.74
15,991.43
11,660.86
5,298.38
72,072.06
Textbooks and Supplies,
1.516.56
1,297.70
1,261.69
754.24
835.07
223.94
5,889.20
Transportation
2,270.50
2,759.26
43.76
38.49
38.49
557.50
5,708.00
Janitors' Services,
1,319.96
1,365.96
1,201.62
762.96
776.36
140.00
5,566.86
Fuel and Light
723.66
3,534.97
2,281.99
1,495.97
1,287.07
193.05
9,516.71
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds,
310.80
753.90
693.05
268.79
385.96
62.61
2,475.11
Repairs,
442.85
650.30
164.36
165.65
211.05
948.08
2,582.29
Music, Manual Train g, Drawing
168.13
906.89
804.82
Other Expenses
7.47.23
577.65
604.85
680.70
661.69
341.90
3,564.13
Furniture and Furnishings.
112.75
76.85
731.27
599.65
529.49
553.54
3.612.41
Rent,
5.00
15.00
225.00
135.00
225.00
3.50
90.60
1,374.97
Commercial
7,271.74
245.00
Special:
7,271.74
Heating,
2,100.77
2,100.77
Bills Payable,
1,117.41
783.78
243.95
539.41
233.99
499.48
88.92
3,506.94
Day Schools
$28,655.70
$31,294.67
$24,297.38
$15,614.17
$16,914.46
$8,821.98
$7,111.16
$132,709.52
Playgrounds,
3,501.88
Americanization,
3,329.33
Continuation
2,359.27
Total
$141,900.00
Average Membership,
213.74
644.47
477.37
315.7
374.9
143.72
2,169.9
2,169.9
Cost per pupil based on
Average Membership,
$134.07 .
$48.56
$50.90
$49.46
$45.12
$61.38
$3.28
$6161.
$ 40.45 10,132.86
Bondsville 69.43
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