Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts 1930, Part 6

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Article 33. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money to grade and fence any land purchased as an addition to the Four Corners Ceme- tery, or take any other action relative thereto.


Article 34. To see if the town will vote to author- ize and direct the selectmen to take necessary legal ac- tion to provide for the assessment upon abutting estates of any part of the cost for the construction of new side- walks voted to be built by the town.


Article 35. To see if the town will vote to purchase a 11/2 ton truck for the use of the highway department


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to replace the present Reo truck, and raise and appro- priate money for the same.


Article 36. To see if the town will vote to pur- chase a 1/2 ton truck for the use of the highway depart- ment to replace the present Ford truck, and raise and appropriate money for the same.


Article 37. To see if the town will vote to number all buildings and erect street signs on all streets in the several villages of the town, erect guide posts at all cross roads, raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 38. To see if the town will vote to spray all elm trees in the town, raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 39. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $750.00 to provide and maintain quar- ters for Edward T. Goodreau Post No. 1813 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.


Article 40. To see if the town will vote to pur- chase a forest fire booster pump and hose for use by the Forest Fire Warden and raise and appropriate the sum of $1500.00 therefor.


Article 41. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money to defray the expenses of the Superintendent of Streets in attendance upon the Na- tional Convention of the Road Builders Association in January, 1932.


Article 42. To see if the town will vote to improve the whole or any part of the highway running from the Depot Village to the Village of Thorndike, known as Thorndike Street and the Thorndike Road, appropriate


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$20,000.00, or any sum of money, therefor and raise said sum by taxation or otherwise, or take any action rela- tive thereto.


Article 43. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate any sum of money for the granting of adequate assistance to deserving citizens of the town in need of relief and support seventy years of age or over under the provisions of Chapter 402 of the Acts of 1930, and for expenses to be incurred in connection with the grant- ing of such assistance, or take any action relative there- to.


Article 44. To see if the town will vote to purchase from the Otis Company its sewers laid and constructed in public streets and in land owned by said Company in the Village of Three Rivers, raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor, or take any action relative there- to.


Article 45. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the improvement of highways as fol- lows: (a) Oil or otherwise harden the Enfield Road from a point on the Bondsville-Forest Lake Road to the Palmer-Ware town line; (b) Gravel and oil or otherwise improve State Street in the Village of Bondsville; (c) Gravel and oil or otherwise improve Charles Street in the Village of Three Rivers; (d) Improve and harden with suitable material Bridge Street in the Depot Village; (e) Improve and oil Gay Avenue in the Village of Thorn- dike; (f) Improve and oil Harvey Avenue in the Village of Thorndike; (g) Harden or otherwise improve Rock- view Street in the Depot Village; (h) Improve and harden the Baptist Hill Road from the Boston Road to property of R. C. Newell; (i) Gravel and oil Crawford Street in the Village of Bondsville; (j) Harden and oil or otherwise improve the highway leading from Palmer


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Center to Lake Thompson and the highway on the north- erly and westerly sides of said lake.


Article 46. To see if the town will vote to install and maintain additional electric lights as follows: (a) 2 lights on Orchard Street in the Depot Village; (b) 3 lights on the Palmer-Bondsville Road from Four Corners to Dutton's Bridge; (c) 1 light on State Street in Bonds- ville between property of Adam Broton and John Kulig.


Article 47. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for new sidewalks as follows: (a) Side- walk with suitable curbing on the easterly side of Park Street in the Depot Village between Pearl and Pinney Streets; (b) Sidewalk with curbing on the southerly side of Rockview Street in the Depot Village; (c) Sidewalk with curbing on the road leading from Thorndike to Three Rivers from property of John White to Four Corners ; (d) Cinder walk on North Street in Three Rivers; (e) Cinder walk on easterly side of the Belchertown Road in Three Rivers from the railroad crossing to property of James Hartnett; (f) Sidewalk with curbing on Hill Street, Thorndike, from the bottom of the hill at the Four Row to the top of the hill; (g) Sidewalk with curbing on the westerly side of Grove Street in the Depot Village; (h) Tar sidewalk along the present curbing on the westerly side of High Street in the Village of Bondsville from the Polish Hall to Spring Street; (i) Resurface the present sidewalk on Main Street in the Village of Bondsville from Parent's Corner to Spring Street; (j) Install curbing along the walk on the southerly side of Squier Street in the Depot Village in front of property of Louis E. Chan- dler.


Article 48. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to petition the County Commissioners to dis- continue that part of the highway leading from the old Boston Road, easterly of the electric light station, across


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the Quaboag River to Monson, between the boundary line of the Town of Monson at the bridge over said river and the intersection of said highway with said old Bos- ton Road, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 49. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $10,000.00, or any sum, to defray the town's share of the cost of constructing a new bridge over the Ware River near Forest Lake to replace the present bridge known as Whipple's Bridge, raise said sum by taxation or otherwise, or take any action rela- tive thereto.


Article 50. To see if the town will vote to accept the conveyance to it by Clara B. Ellis et als. of a certain tract of land situate on the southwesterly side of Wood- land Street in the Depot Village, said tract of land being a strip 5 feet in width and extending along the south- westerly side of said Woodland Street from Rockview Street to Holbrook Street, as described in deed from said grantors to the town dated January 29, 1928, and re- corded with Hampden County Deeds, Book 406, Page 520.


Article 51. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Ruggles Street in the Village of Three Rivers from property of John Jajuga to Oak Street and from Oak Street into the Swift River, and raise and appro- priate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 52. To see if the town will vote to author- ize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borow money not to be paid from the revenues of the current financial year, to meet expenses incurred or ap- propriations made under any of the articles of this war- rant.


Article 53. To see what action the town will take regarding the appointment of a town director to repre-


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sent the town as a member of the directors for the Hamp- den County Improvement League and Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture.


And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof in some one pub- lic place in each of the four villages of the town known as the Depot Village, Thorndike, Three Rivers and Bonds- ville, seven days at least before the holaing of said meet- ing, and by publishing an attested copy thereof in at least two issues of the Journal-Register, a newspaper published in said Palmer, the first publication to be not less than seven days before the holding of said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the holding of said meeting.


Given under our hands this tenth day of January, A. D. 1931.


LUDWIK MARHELEWICZ, WILLIAM B. KERIGAN, DAVID B. SMITH,


Selectmen of Palmer.


A true copy, Attest :


MICHAEL COLLINS,


Constable of the Town of Palmer.


TOWN OF PALMER


SCHOOL REPORT


For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1930


Report of School Committee


The School Committee submits as its report, the report to it of The Superintendent of Schools.


The report contains most of the necessary imformation, desired by the citizens, on School affairs.


G. A. MOORE, Chairman.


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School Committee, 1930 --- 1931


DR. GEORGE A. MOORE, Chairman CLIFTON H. HOBSON, Secretary


M. Rachel Holbrook


Term expires 1933


Dr. George A. Moore


Term expires 1933


Robert E. Faulkner


Term expires 1932


Dennis J. Horgan


Term expires 1932.


John F. Shea Clifford Foster


Term expires 1931 Term expires 1931


Regular meetings of the School Committee are held at 7.30 p. m. on the Tuesday before the last Friday of each school month.


All bills must be in the hands of the Superintendent. on the Monday before the above date.


Superintendent of Schools, Clifton H. Hobson Office, High School Building, Telephone 54. Office Hours :- 8 a. m. to 12 m., 1 to 5 p. m. Saturdays, 9 a. m. to 12 m.


ATTENDANCE OFFICERS


Patrick McKelligott, Depot. T. J. Crimmins, Depot


Jeremiah Kelley, William Smith,


Arthur Bennett,


John P. Donahue,


Daniel Dunn


Thorndike Three Rivers Forest Lake Bondsville Depot


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JANITORS


Patrick McKelligott,


Palmer


William Matrow,


Palmer


Jeremiah Sullivan,


Palmer


Herbert Blanchard,


Palmer


Jeremiah Kelley,


Thorndike


John P. Donahue,


Bondsville


William Smith,


Three Rivers


Daniel Dunn,


Wire Mill


ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS


February 18, 1930-


Mrs. Holbrook, Dr. Moore, Mr. Shea, Mr. Foster, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Horgan.


March 25, 1930-


Mrs. Holbrook, Dr. Moore, Mr. Foster, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Shea, Mr. Horgan.


April 1, 1930-


Mrs. Holbrook, Dr. Moore, Mr. Shea, Mr. Foster, Mr. Faulkner.


April 22, 1930-


Dr. Moore, Mr. Shea, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Horgan.


May 27, 1930 ---


Mrs. Holbrook, Dr. Moore, Mr. Horgan, Mr. Shea, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Foster.


June 24, 1930-


Dr. Moore, Mr. Shea, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Foster.


September 23, 1930 ---


Mrs. Holbrook, Dr. Moore, Mr. Shea, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Horgan.


October 21, 1930-


Mrs. Holbrook, Dr. Moore, Mr. Shea, Mr. Horgan, Mr. Faulkner.


November 18, 1930-


Dr. Moore, Mr. Shea, Mr. Horgan, Mr. Faulkner.


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December 16, 1930-


Mrs. Holbrook, Dr. Moore, Mr. Horgan, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Shea.


CALENDAR HIGH SCHOOL


Winter Term:


Begins December 29, 1930; ends February 20, 1931 Spring Term :


Begins March 2, 1931; ends April 24, 1931


Summer Term :


Begins May 4, 1931; ends June 26, 1931


Fall Term ;


Begins September 8, 1931; ends December 18, 1931 Winter Term:


Begins December 28, 1931; ends February 19, 1932 Spring Term :


Begins February 29, 1932; ends April 22, 1932


Summer Term :


Begins May 2, 1932; ends June 30, 1932


OTHER SCHOOLS


Winter Term:


Begins December 29, 1930; ends February 20, 1931 Spring Term:


Begins March 2, 1931; ends April 24, 1931 Summer Term:


Begins May 4, 1931; ends June 12, 1931


Fall Term:


Begins September 8, 1931; ends December 18, 1931 Winter Term :


Begins December 28, 1931; ends February 19, 1932 Spring Term :


Begins February 29, 1932; ends April 22, 1932 Summer Term :


Begins May 2, 1932; ends June 16, 1932


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VACATIONS-ALL SCHOOLS


Winter-


February 21, 1931, to March 1, 1931, inclusive Spring-


April 25, 1931, to May 3, 1931, inclusive Summer-


(Grades) :


June 13, 1931, to September 8, 1931, inclusive (High) :


June 27, 1931 to September 8, 1931, inclusive Fall-


December 19, 1931, to December 27, 1931 inclusive Winter ---


February 20, 1932, to February 28, 1932, inclusive Spring ----


April 23, 1932, to May 1, 1932, inclusive Summer-


(Grades) ;


June 16, 1932, to September 5, 1932, inclusive (High) :


June 30, 1932, to September 5, 1932, inclusive


HOLIDAYS


Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Convention Day, Armis- tice Day, Thanksgiving (with day following).


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Report of Superintendent of Schools


To the School Committee of the Town of Palmer:


Gentlemen :- I herewith present my twentieth annual report as Superintendent of Schools in Palmer. This is the thirty-eighth in the series of reports issued by the superintendents of the town.


INTRODUCTION


This report will be brief. A few of the matters which should be presented will be crowded into as small a space as possible. The temptation, in writing a report of this nature, is to elaborate. The temptation though hard to resist, will be.


ATTENDANCE


The attendance statistics for the school year of 1929- 1930 show a marked improvement over the previous year. Our percentage a year ago-95.43%-was, for us, very low. This lowness of percentage was due to an epidemic: of measles and influenza.


Our percentage of attendance for 1929-1930 was: ninety-seven and twenty-six hundredths per cent. (97.26%). This is a high percentage and bespeaks much for the Palmer schools in this particular. Palmer's per- centage in attendance has always been high. Usually, the State issues a State-wide rating. This year we have not received such a rating.


In the five previous years, out of three hundred


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fifty-five (355) towns and cities in the State, we ranked between fourth (4th) and sixteenth (16th).


Last year, out of an average membership of two thousand sixty-two and four hundredths (2,062.04), there were four hundred and sixty (460) pupils perfect in at- tendance-neither absent nor tardy. In other words, a little better than twenty per cent. (20% ) of the average membership were perfect. Each year we average a per- centage of twenty per cent. (20%), which means that one out of every five pupils maintains a perfect record. There are few, if any, school systems in the State which equal this. In fact, our attendance averages so well, year in and year out, that locally it is taken as a matter of fact. Other towns and cities often inquire how we can secure such good results.


Figures, in themselves, mean nothing. They are purely and solely valuable in what they indicate. In at- tendance, a high percentage indicates that wholesome and high standards of punctuality and regularity have been, and still are being, inculcated in Palmer boys and girls. These two things are an important part of char- acter.


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Summarized, the statistics are as follows:


1929-1930


Enrollment


Average


Membership


Average


Attendance


% of


Attendance


Tardinesses


High


353


330.878


322.950


97.60


288


Thorndike Street


280


247.829


240.908


97.21


13


Park Street


379


343.114


331.088


96.49


31


Three Rivers


242


213.653


207.732


97.22


26


Wenimisset


151


133.434


129.434


97.00


22


Thorndike


262


252.634


246.909


97.73


13


Bondsville


319


306.490


299.671


97.76


6


Quabaug


192


179.912


174.634


97.07


19


Palmer Center


32


28.477


27.394


96.19


5


Forest Lake


28


25.619


24.999


97.50


3


2,238 2,062.040 2,005.719 97.26 426


HEALTH WORK


The health work done in our schools is commendable. Year in and year out, for the past ten years, excellent work has been done, not only in the usual health meas- ures, but also in many which may be classified as unusual. A sure indication of good health of Palmer children is the high percentage of attendance attained.


A large percentage of our pupils from


Diphtheria. first grade to the senior year in high school have been immunized. A few years ago, a clinic was run in which wholesale immuniza- tion, so to speak, was given. Each year since, an op- portunity is offered to the pupils in the first grade and, in fact, to all others who have not been immunized but desire to be given the Toxin Anti-Toxin. As a result,


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seventy-nine and thirty-five hundredths per cent. (79.35%) of our enrollment have been immunized.


This year the usual follow-up clinic was


Tuberculosis. given in September. In September, 1928, a State clinic examined one thou- sand five hundred eighty-three (1,583) children. Re- ports were furnished us by the State indicating those who were ten per cent. (10%) underweight, suspicious, or Hilum cases. Since then, there have been two follow-up clinics, one each year, conducted by the State. Every school month, those who were reported as needing at- tention are weighed. Careful follow-up is made. Parents are advised as to methods to be pursued in the best inter- ests of the child. Without any question, many pupils who later on would develop a type of tuberculosis which would prove fatal are discovered in time to prevent such a catastrophe.


These two clinics-Tuberculosis and Diptheria-will be responsible for a healthy continuation of life to many local boys and girls. Parents should be grateful. The public takes everything which the schools do for granted ; it is part of their job. Were a private agency to do such valuable work as has been done by these two clinics, com- mendation would be heaped upon it.


The schools are the greatest social agency existent in any town or city. Sometimes, they seem to be the most unappreciated and least understood agency operating in any community.


The report of the last Tuberculosis clinic was as follows :


Report of the Re-examination of the Children in the Schools of Palmer


Number of children recommended for re-examination 78 Number of children re-examined 69


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Number of children improved 51


Number of children unimproved 18


Number of children recommended for sanatorium 2


Number of children recommended for summer camp 9


Number of children X-rayed 61


Number of children tested 61


Number of children reactors to test 59


Number of children non-reactors 2


Each fall a thorough physical examin-


Physical ation is given each child in our schools. Examinations. A continuous card is kept for each pupil. Whenever difficulties are noted, notices are sent home. These are followed up by a personal home visit by the school nurse when advice, recommendation, and, if necessary, exhortation are given.


Child Health Day was observed Friday,


May Day. May 9. Programs were run in every school in which every room participated. Games, songs, playlets, all centering around health, made up the program. Tags were given for teeth and physical fitness. Physical fitness, as specified by the State, includes such matters as teeth, heart, tonsils, lungs, posture, weight, etc. One hundred per cent. (190%) was required to secure such a tag. As can readily be seen, the acquisi- tion of a physically-fit tag was not an easy matter. Den- tal certificates showing good condition of teeth earned a teeth tag.


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A summarization of the statistics is here given :


School


Enrollment


Physically-Fit


Tags


Per Cent


Teeth Tags


Per Cent


Thorndike Street


243


78


32%


110


45%


Park Street


337


189


56%


257


76%


Three Rivers


197


23


11%


20


10%


Wenimisset


134


33


24%


33


24%


Thorndike


250


19


7%


12


1%


Bondsville


304


23


7%


2


.6%


Quabaug


177


51


28%


38


15%


Palmer Center


32


9


28%


2


6%


Forest Lake


25


2


8%


3


12%


1,699


427


25%


477


28%


More than nine hundred (900) people visited the schools. Excellent co-operation from parents was secured.


Miss McAdam, who has been our school nurse Nurse. since such a position was created in 1921, gave up her position September 1, 1930. Miss McAdam did unusually fine work. She knew local con- ditions very intimately. She was very tactful in her ap- proach to parents and, consequently, secured maximum co-operation. Much of the success of our health work is due to her "all-round" efficiency as a school nurse.


Miss Teresa Frydryk succeeded her. She has as- sumed the responsibility of her office with the right sort of attitude. She is continuing the fine work of her pre- decessor. She will "fit nicely into the picture." She rendered very valuable assistance to the Palmer Com- munity Service during the Month of December.


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PROMOTIONS.


The promotion statistics for the last two years are here compared :


Promoted


No. of Pupils


Uncondi- tionally


Promoted Condi-


Not


tionally Promoted 1929 1930 1929 1930 1929 1930 1929 1930


Grade 9


120


140


113


137


6


1


1


2


8


154


147


121


119


25


23


8


5


7


177


157


137


120


28


29


12


8


6


169


183


122


135


43


42


4


6


5


196


187


139


146


45


35


12


6


4


212


196


158


138


40


45


14


13


3


212


207


177


178


15


18


20


11


2


249


224


201


188


16


16


32


30


1


232


218


194


185


10


12


28


21


1721 1659 1362 1346


228


221


131


92


For the school year ending in June, 1929, the per- centages were :- Promoted Unconditionally, 79.14% ; Promoted Conditionally, 13.25% ; Not Promoted, 7.62%.


For the school year ending in June, 1930, the per- centages were :- Promoted Unconditionally, 81.13% ; Promoted Conditionally, 13.32% ; Not Promoted, 5.55%.


A comparison of percentages indicates that a larger number of pupils were promoted unconditionally in 1930 than in 1929. The per cent, Not Promoted was 5.55%. In view of the fact that a nationally accepted percentage of non-promotions, where ideal conditions exist, is 7%, it is evident that, with 5.55%, we are doing better than even the idealist expects.


EXAMINATIONS.


The results obtained in Mid-Year and Final Examin- ations since their inception in 1922 are given :


COMPARISON


No. Taking


Tests


H


No. Av'g Better


Than 70%


Percent


No. Av'g Less


Than 70%


Percent


No. Av'g Bet'n


60% & 70%


Percent


No. Av'g Bet'n


50% & 60%


Percent


No. Av'g Less


Than 50%


Percent


Mid-Year


1922


984


361


36.69


623


63.31


200


20.32


188


19.11


235


23.88


Final


1922


961


521


54.21


440


45.79


172


17.90


111


11.55


157


16.34


Mid-Year


1923


877


558


63.63


319


36.37


174


19.84


82


9.25


63


7.18


Final


1923


790


649


82.15


141


17.85


80


10.13


36


4.56


25


3.16


Mid-Year


1924


893


722


80.85


171


19.15


103


11.54


50


5.60


18


2.01


Final


1924


846


754


89.11


92


10.89


59


6.99


21


2.48


12


1.42


Mid-Year


1925


1000


901


90.10


99


9.90


66


6.60


25


2.50


8


.80


Final


1925


982


915


93.18


67


6.82


39


3.98


16


1.62


12


1.22


Mid-Year


1926


1045


959


91.77


86


8.23


57


5.45


22


2.11


7


.67


Final


1926


1008


952


94.44


56


5.55


35


3.47


19


1.88


2


.19


Mid-Year


1927


1076


1017


94.52


59


5.48


38


3.53


15


1.39


6


.56


Final


1927


1008


970


96.23


38


3.77


23


2.28


5


.496


10


.99


Mid-Year


1928


1028


989


96.21


39


3.79


25


2.43


10


.973


4


.38


Final


1928


994


951


95.68


43


4.32


27


2.71


8


.81


8


.81


Mid-Year


1929


1046


1024


97.89


22


2.11


18


1.72


3


.286


1


.09


Final


1929


1029


992


96.40


37


3.60


24


2.33


9


.870


5


.48


Mid-Year


1930


1029


999


97.08


30


2.91


18


1.75


7


.680


5


.48


Final


1930


998


966


96.79


32


3.20


21


2.10


4


.400


7


.70


17,594 15,200


86.45


2,394


13.60


1,179


6.70


631


3.58


585


3.32


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SCHOOL SAVINGS.


The report of School Savings for the last school year, 'September, 1929, to July, 1930, is as follows :


Number of Collections


Number of Deposits


Amount of Deposits


School


Thorndike Street


34


5,889


$1,253.37


Park Street


34


10,541


2,524.61


Three Rivers


31


3,191


1,058.28


Wenimisset


31


2,565


453.73


Thorndike


33


3,694


1,010.46


Bondsville


31


3,283


788.30


Quabaug


32


3,119


732.89


Palmer Center


34


259


44.13


Forest Lake


33


614


93.36


293


33,155


$7,959.13


The combined School Savings from date of inception, November 1, 1921, to July 1, 1930, are :


Number of Deposits


Amount of Deposits


Thorndike Street


30,098


$ 6,786.94


Park Street


67,605


17,500.99


Three Rivers


27,218


10,041.31


Wenimissett


12,270


2,769.85


Thorndike


24,807


8,745.70


Bondsville


30,967


8,743.83


Quabaug


12,636


4,776.68


Forest Lake


2,671


592.36


Palmer Center


1,711


297.56


209,983


$60,255.22


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STATE READING PLAN.


This plan has been used in our schools for six (6) years. A selected list of books is furnished by the State Library Commission, a division of the State Department of Education. Certificates were issued for the reading of five (5) books from this list. Each year nearly every school secures one hundred per cent. (100%), which means that every pupil from Grades 4 to 9, both inclusive, reads the required number of books.


This year, due to the misunderstanding of one of the teachers who is new to the system, one school fell far short of one hundred per cent. (100%).


The results for last year are here given:


Enrollment Certificates


Per Cent.


Thorndike Street


241


241


100


Park Street


120


120


100


Three Rivers


89


89


100


Wenimisset


87


87


100


Thorndike


197


148


75.12


Bondsville


209


209


100


Quabaug


91


91


100


Forest Lake


5


5


100


1,039


990


95.28


Some may wonder why the schools interest them- selves in such a plan as this. The answer is simple. The sole reason is an attempt to inculcate the habit of read- ing the right kind of literature. Habits control a large part of every person's life. In this machinized age, leisure, upon the part of everybody, is becoming greater and greater. The use of one's leisure is what "makes or breaks a man". It is the schools' job to give certain at- titudes and habits which will carry over into the leisure hours, providing therein profitable employment of one's


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time and mind. There is no better safeguard than the habit of reading right books.


HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT


The enrollment in the high school this year is the largest within the history of the school. An increase of one hundred (100) pupils over that of last year was reg- istered in September.




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