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$864.53
Paid Thirty-two Beneficiaries,
295.00
Unexpended Balance of 1922,
$569.53
MARTHA BISBEE, A. J. POLMATIER, MRS. CORNELIUS SHEEHAN.
Treasurer's Report
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand, $4,879.95
Received from State,
Income Tax, General Purposes, 1919, 6.75
Income Tax, General Purposes, 1920, 47.25
Income Tax, General Purposes, 1921, 283.50 Income Tax, General Purposes, 1922 1,310.48 Income Tax, School Fund, 6,835.00
Massachusetts School Fund,
4,139.95
Corporation Tax, Public Service,
256.07
Corporation Tax, Business,
1,104.58
Mothers' Aid, 513.53
Tuberculosis Subsidy,
50.71
Vocational Tuition,
73.13
Temporary Aid,
22.12
Inspection of Animals,
24.25
Civilian War Poll Tax,
54.00
Highways, 2,053.47
Reimbursement for Taxes,
15.12
School Superintendent,
966.63
Tuition for State Wards,
986.05
National Bank Tax,
654.38
Street Railway Tax,
447.01
State Aid,
280.00
Soldiers' Exemption,
38.14
Penalty, Section 2, Chapter 280,
8.46
High School Tuition,
757.14
Refund Teachers' Retirement,
10.00
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County of Hampshire, Acct. Silk Mill Bridge, 1,000.00
Northampton Street R., Acct. Silk Mill Bridge, 1,000.00
Dog Refund,
204.39
Tuition City of Boston,
1,301.45
Tuition, Town of Plainfield,
400.00
Tuition, Town of Chesterfield,
250.00
Tuition, Town of Hawley,
100.00
Tuition, Town of Goshen,
150.00
Temporary Loans,
30,000.00
Silk Mill Bridge Loan,
4,000.00
Whiting Street Fund, Principal,
5,523.39
Whiting Street Fund, Income,
791.67
Collins School Fund,
1,135.92
A. S. Hills Fund,
337.50
Saunders Fund,
169.00
Water Department,
3,000.00
Sidewalk Assessments,
509.25
Licenses,
30.00
Refunds,
58.60
Taxes, 1919,
159.58
Taxes, 1920,
1,769.61
Taxes, 1921,
4,394.14
Taxes, 1922,
28,879.62
Interest on Taxes,
355.25
Haydenville Cong. Society,
108.75
Sale of School Tickets,
42.35
Poor Accounts Paid,
327.36
Rent of Town Hall,
57.00
Rent of Piano,
16.00
District Court Fines,
427.00
Interest on Deposits,
232.62
Sale of Materials,
19.45
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Rent of Grange Hall,
70.00
Refund on Water Bond Interest,
100.00
$112,737.57
EXPENDITURES
Contingent,
3,826.16
Director of Accounts,
12.00
Library,
189.35
County Aid to Agriculture,
150.00
Memorial Day,
50.00
Vital Statistics,
/1.00
County Tax,
2,631.76
Whiting Street Fund,
295.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Work,
161.49
Silk Mill Bridge,
6,938.06
Court Fees,
155.05
Fire Department,
248.50
Street Lights,
1,860.80
A. S. Hills Fund,
280.50
Sinking Fund,
1,000.00
School Account, 1923,
2,997.08
Schools,
27,649.19
Sidewalks,
1.50
Poor Account,
2,278.57
State Aid,
237.00
Interest on Notes,
3,507.18
Interest on Water Bonds,
2,100.00
Loans,
21,250.00
Mothers' Aid,
1,497.50
Town Scales,
463.07
Highway, Chapter 80,
4.915.87
Highway, Chapter 80, Material,
217.80
Highways,
2,096.79
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State Tax, 3,360.00
Civilian War Poll Tax,
1,719.00
Repairs on State Highway,
268.00
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1923,
20,309.35
TOWN ASSETS
Balance in Treasury,
$20,309.35
Due in Taxes, 1920,
758.30
Due in Taxes, 1921,
3,894.49
Due in Taxes, 1922,
9,368.89
Due on Sinking Fund,
27,194.00
Due on Pauper Account, 979.15
Due, Northampton Street Railway,
734.51
Due from State, on Mothers' Aid,
28.00
$63,276.69
LIABILITIES
Due Haydenville Savings Bank, Loan of 1922, $25,000.00
Due First National Bank,
Balance of Cone Bridge, 9,000.00
Due Trustees of Meekins Library, Balance of Concrete Bridge Loan, 500.00
Due Haydenville Savings Bank,
Silk Mill Bridge Loan, 4,000.00
Water Bonds Outstanding, 50,000.00
$88,500.00
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ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE LOANS ACCOUNT
Balance from 1921, 15,000.00
Borrowed from Haydenville Savings Bank, 25,000.00
Paid Haydenville Savings Bank, Balance of 1921 Loan, Due on 1922 Loan,
$40,000.00
15,000.00
25,000.00
$40,000.00
STATEMENT OF WATER DEBT
Water Bonds,
$50,000.00
Less Sinking Fund, 25,774.00
$24,226.00
INCOME FROM COLLINS SCHOOL FUND
Dividend from 20 Shares of Northampton National Bank Stock, $320.00
Dividend from 20 Shares Hampshire County Trust Company Stock, 120.00
Dividend on 12 Shares of Mechanics National Bank Stock, 240.00
Dividend on 21 Shares of First National Bank Stock of Greenfield, 210.00
Dividend on 21 Shares of First National Bank Stock of Northampton, 168.00
Due at Haydenville Savings Bank, 72.99
$1,130.99
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PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
On Deposit at Haydenville Savings Bank
I. F. Baker Fund,
$300.00
L. C. Graves Fund,
200.00
W. F. Warren Fund,
100.00
H. W. Warner Fund,
100.00
$700.00
STATE AID, 1922
January,
$20.00
February,
20.00
March,
20.00
April,
20.00
May,
20.00
June,
20.00
July,
20.00
September,
20.00
October,
14.00
November,
14.00
December,
29.00
$217.00
INTEREST
Paid First National Bank, $500.00
Paid Haydenville Savings Bank, 1,363.43
$1,863.43
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AVAILABLE
Appropriation,
None Made
Interest on Taxes,
355.25
Interest on Deposits,
232.62
$587.87
MARY L. CARTER,
Treasurer.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1922
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Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of the Town of Williamsburg :
Your School Committee beg leave to offer their Annual Report as follows :
The resources for the support of schools during the year 1922 amounted to $29,858.28, of which $27,644.17 was ex- pended, leaving a balance of $2,214.11.
During the year 1923 it will be necessary to install entire new toilet facilities in the Haydenville Grammar School. This work cannot be put off, as the health of the teachers and pupils is endangered by the conditions that exist at present.
The High School is suffering from lack of room to properly conduct the classes. One class is forced to recite in the Assembly Hall without any facilities for class room work. It would be wise to consider the erection of a second story over the Assembly Hall to provide the required room.
Owing to social conditions it was considered advisable to close the Searsville School and transport the pupils to the James School. This change has resulted in better social conditions and the pupils have shown marked improvement in their work.
We cannot help expressing our sincere appreciation to all connected with school administration. The members of the 1922 School Committee were under a big handicap by
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not having any member of previous Committee to guide them, but we have found the Superintendent, Teachers and Janitors filled with the spirit of co-operation which is re- flected in the excellent work now being done in our Schools.
Respectfully submitted,
J. CLARK FOSTER, SUSAN H. WHEELER, WALTER H. THAYER,
School Committee.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
SCHOOL RESOURCES
Town Appropriation, $19,000.00
Collins School Fund, 1,053.00
Undrawn Interest from Collins School Fund, 72.99
Tuition paid by surrounding Towns, 900.00
Tuition and Transportation City of
Boston Wards, 1,301.45
Tuition of State Wards, 986.05
Hyde-Sanders Fund, 169.00
Superintendents Fund, 966.63
Reimbursement for Vocational Education, 73.13
Refund Dog Tax, 204.39
Rent of Grange Hall (? years), 70.00
Massachusetts School Fund, 4,139.95
Sale of Street R. R. Tickets, 42.35
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Sale of Grass, 10.00
High School Grant, 757.14
Haydenville Congregational Society, (for fence),
108.75
Town of Chesterfield (supplies),
3.45
$29,858.28
EXPENDITURES
Teachers,
$15,835.00
Teachers' Retirement,
483.00
Janitors,
1,591.75
Janitors' Supplies,
230.65
Repairs,
365.21
Sundries,
728.20
School Room Supplies,
335.27
Books,
593.47
Transportation,
2,586.10
Music and Penmanship,
949.70
Fuel,
1,019.80
Physical Welfare,
690.10
Smith's Agricultural School,
352.50
Freight and Cartage,
49.87
Insurance,
66.25
Superintendent of Schools,
1,250.00
Union Expenses,
186.29
Electric Lighting and Power,
56.01
Truant Officers,
25.00
School Committee,
250.00
$27,644.17
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Teachers
Amount
Retirement
Mildred G. Atherton,
$285.00
$15.00
Josephine G. Cahill,
1,072.00
Fannie I. Campbell,
684.00
36.00
Archibald G. Coldwell,
690.00
Ethel Curry,
1,000.00
Mrs. Herbert Clapp,
5.00
Nelle A. Dolan,
1,000.00
Anne T. Dunphy,
1,500.00
Ralph M. T. Johnson,
456.00
24.00
Rachel V. Hemenway,
447.50
25.00
Jennie V. Kiely,
950.00
50,00
Clarence J. Larkin,
437.00
23.00
Mrs. W. A. Metcalf,
45.00
M. Evelyn Nash,
570.00
30.00
Flora L. Mansfield,
1,235.00
65.00
Helen O'Brien,
285.00
Fay R. Page,
400.00
Ethel H. Packard,
319.50
18.00
Elizabeth J. Purrington,
950.00
50.00
Katherine V. Riley,
1,072.00
Helen G. Ryan,
600.00
Vernon D. Stiles,
375.00
20.00
Alma C. Smith,
426.00
24.00
Mae Elizabeth Toole,
456.00
24.00
Mrs. Grace West,
575.00
30.00
C. Ruth Warner,
49.00
.
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$15,835.00
$483.00
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Janitors
Henry Dansereau,
$519.50
G. Vernon Warner,
1,040.00
Rachel V. Hemenway,
11.50
Viola Morrill,
6.25
Helen L. Kellogg,
14.50
$1,591.75
Janitors' Supplies
Standard Oil Co.,
$18.30
R. F. Burke,
69.11
C. B. Dolge Co.,
34.50
H. S. Packard,
7.16
J. A. Sullivan & Co.,
2.00
P. H. Littlefield,
2.25
Foster-Farrar Co.,
12.50
J. L. Hammett Co.,
8,50
Central City Chemical Co.,
4.00
W. J. Sheehan & Co.,
72.33
$230.65
Repairs
P. & F. Corbin,
$ .66
Readsboro Chair Co.,
14.40
G. Vernon Warner,
8.20
Ward E. Shumway,
5.25
J. A. Wattie,
2.25
P. J. Murphy,
45.90
George H. Warner,
6.00
B. L. Dobbs,
4.00
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Bisbee Bros.,
8.88
P. H. McAvoy,
5.05
C. L. Hyde,
49.09
Bradford Lumber Co.,
39.15
F. B. Smith,
2.00
J. A. Sullivan & Co.,
.65
Alvin Payne,
7.00
Fred Sanderson,
2.00
J. F. Downer,
88.80
George I. Churchill,
11.20
Henry Dansereau,
11.00
Puro Drinking Fountain Co.,
7.20
John J. Trainor,
12.00
Graves Garage,
3.00
Fairbanks Co.,
.27
Parsons Electric Shop,
8.20
Vernon D. Stiles,
14.00
W. J. Sheehan & Co.,
9.06
$365.21
Sundries
N. E. Telephone & Tel. Co.,
$17.50
Gazette Printing Co.,
27.00
Helen Nash Hinds,
62.00
Northampton Commercial College,
14.00
L. A. Merritt,
12.27
Metcalf Printing Co.,
16.00
Puro Drinking Fountain Co.,
43.20
Fred W. Sanderson,
50.00
G. Vernon Warner,
.30
Wickwire-Spencer Steel Corp.,
294.43
Town of Williamsburg,
38.00
Alfred F. Foote,
4.00
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Kingsbury Box & Printing Co.,
15.85
M. Evelyn Nash,
2.25
Foster-Farrar Co.,
1.25
Carrie' J. Goodhue,
40.00
P. H. McAvoy,
18.00
W. J. Sheehan & Co.,
56.25
J. C. Foster,
2.50
Thacker-Craig Paper Co.,
7.40
Cecil C. Loomis,
6.00
$728.20
School Room Supplies
J. L. Hammett Co.,
$316.14
Oval & Koster,
13.72
Wright & Potter Printing Co.,
3.82
Walter J. Tremblay,
.81
Bridgman & Lyman,
.28
T. M. Carter,
.50
$335.27
Books
American Book Co.,
$47.83
Ginn & Co.,
151.22
Macmillan Co.,
9.16
John C. Winston Co.,
110.24
J. B. Lippincott Co.,
2.88
Anne T. Dunphy,
1.05
Lyon & Carnahan,
27.56
Bridgman & Lyman,
2.70
Nat'l Home & School Assn.,
29.75
F. E. Compton & Co.,
55.00
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Webster Publishing Co., 8.50 Allyn & Bacon, 21.45
E. E. Babb & Co.,
3.20
Iroquois Publishing Co.,
4.79
D. C. Heath & Co.,
28.52
J. L. Hammett Co.,
89.62
$593.47
Transportation
Northampton Street R. R. Co.,
$770.00
Mrs. James Stone,
354.00
Matthew Waller,
180.00
Henry Goodwin,
474.00
S. A. Clark,
343.00
L. H. Cranston,
41.10
Ruth Smart,
36.00
Clarence A. Nichols,
360.00
John Aldrich,
28.00
$2,586.10
Music and Penmanship
C. Ruth Warner,
$931.00
A. A. Westrich,
5.00
C. C. Birchard & Co.,
13.70
$949.70
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Fuel
Lenihan Brothers,
$282.50
Harry Warner,
24.00
Helen L. Kellogg,
4.00
John H. Graham,
489.25
Edward Guyette,
7.00
Thomas Dolan,
20.55
Chas. H. Wheeler, M. D.,
49.00
G. M. Bradford,
10.00
Silas Snow,
46.00
W. A. Leduc,
87.50
$1,019.80
Physical Welfare
Mary G. Lenihan, R. N.,
$450.00
Chas. H. Wheeler, M. D.,
133.50
J. G. Hayes, M. D.,
98.50
W. J. Sheehan & Co. (Nurses Supplies),
2.91
T. M. Carter (Nurses Supplies),
5.19
$690.10
Smith's Agricultural School
Tuition,
$352.50
Freight and Cartage
Raymond A. Warner, $49.87
Insurance
W. M. Purrington,
$66.25
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Superintendent of Schools
L. A. Merritt,
Union Expenses,
$1,250.00 186.29
$1,436.29
Electric Lighting
Mill River Electric Light Co., $56.01
Truant Officers
John J. Trainor, B. L. Dobbs,
$15.00 10.00
$25.00
School Committee
Susan H. Wheeler,
$75.00
Walter H. Thayer,
75.00
J. Clark Foster,
100.00
Superintendent's Report
To the Citizens and Members of the School Committee :
The annual report of the Superintendent of Schools is herewith submitted.
From January to June, 1921, Williamsburg had fifteen schools in operation. In June the school at Searsville was definitely closed, although it had been closed a number of different times when there were epidemics of disease among the pupils. In view of the fact that these children could be given many advantages at the Helen E. James School that were not possible at Searsville, and because sickness could not be controlled at Searsville, it was to the benefit of all that this school was closed.
Every year there are some changes in the teaching staff, and this year they were as follows : Miss Fannie Camp- bell of the high school faculty resigned in June, and Miss Mae Toole was appointed to her position ; Mr. Ralph John- son was appointed to the department of mathematics and science in the high school; Mrs. Grace West resigned as teacher of the first two grades at Williamsburg, her work being taken up by Miss Ethel Packard. At the Mountain street school Miss Alma Smith resigned and Miss Mildred Atherton is now the teacher there. Mr. Vernon Stiles was appointed to teach the seventh and eighth grades at Will- iamsburg and to act as director of the playground there. Miss Evelyn Nash resigned as the teacher of grades seven and eight at Williamsburg. Mr. Coldwell resigned at Hay- denville and Mr. Clarence Larkin has been appointed prin-
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cipal of that building. Miss Helen Ryan, because of illness, asked for a year's leave of absence and Miss Fay Page has been doing the work with her classes. In September Mrs. W. A. Metcalf was appointed the regular substitute for Williamsburg.
At the opening of schools in September the enrollment in all schools was larger than that of a year ago. In Hay- denville the largest class was Miss Purrington's, with 55, and the average there was a fraction over 40 per room. At Williamsburg the largest was 39 and the average 35. When it is remembered that one teacher to 30 pupils is the ideal ratio, it will be seen that our teachers are doing splendid work in caring for this heavy enrollment, and at the same time maintaining the same high standards of previous years.
The high school enrollment has also increased but the teaching problems have been cared for by the addition of a fourth teacher to the faculty. This new teacher has also made it possible to broaden the high school work in mathe- matics and science.
Following out a definite policy adopted in 1920 when it was decided to change the course of study, the course in reading was changed to the Winston Method. The course in language and grammar was changed to the course based on the Miller-Kinkead text the same year. In 1921 the course in arithmetic was revised. During 1922 the course in geography was changed also and the work made more definite. Courses in manual training and domestic science have failed to materialize because of the high cost of equip- ment and teachers and the lack of classrooms where this work could be carried on. In September Miss Ruth War- ner was appointed as supervisor of our new course in pen- manship. This work has been successful and many of our children have shown great improvement in writing. Some time in May there will be an exhibition of the work in
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writing, and it is hoped that many parents and friends will come to see it.
The work in music has been carried on as usual with good progress. The details of the work are given in Miss Warner's report.
Our school nurse has also had a busy year, and much good has been accomplished. Her report gives the work as it has been done.
Last June, when it was found that a number of chil- dren wished to come to summer school to make up work which they had missed because of sickness or other rea- sons, it was decided to hold summer school at Haydenville. Miss Cahill and Miss Riley were appointed as teachers and forty-two children were enrolled. Five weeks were spent in study and all but three pupils were promoted to their proper grades without conditions. This work was of great benefit to these children.
In closing permit me to thank the members of the school committee, the teachers, parents, and children for their co-operation and help during the year of 1922.
Respectfully submitted,
L. A. MERRITT.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 3, 1922
:
SCHOOLS
Boys
Enrolled
Girls
Enrolled
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per Cent of
Attendance
Aggregate
Attendance
Williamsburg High,
30
49
76.7
72.5
94
13,673
Grammar,
13
13
25.1
23.6
94
3,506
Intermediate,
16
17
29.2
27.4
94
4,589
Second Primary,
10
18
25.6
24.2
95
4,053
First Primary,
16
10
27.9
25.4
91
4,257
Searsville,
17
13
24.3
19.9
82
3,348
Haydenville High,
Grades 7 and 8,
18
13
25.9
24.9
96
4,155
Grammar, 5 and 6,
19
16
35.8
33.1
93
5,522
Intermediate,
16
21
37.4
34.9
93
5,796
Third Primary,
21
20
39.0
37.0
95
6,201
Second Primary,
21
14
34.8
32.9
94
5,461
First Primary,
34
22
48.9
44.4
91
7,423
Mountain Street,
9
9
17.6
14.5
83
2,443
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Elementary Schools
First term
Opens Sept. 4, 1923, Closes Dec. 21, 1923,
16 weeks
Second term
Opens Jan. 7, 1924, Closes Mar. 15, 1924,
10 weeks
Third term
Opens April 1, 1924, Closes June 7, 1924,
10 weeks
Total, 36 weeks
High School
First term
Opens Sept. 4, 1923, Closes Dec. 21, 1923,
16 weeks
Second term
Opens Jan. 7, 1924, Closes Mar. 22, 1924,
11 weeks
Third term
Opens April 4, 1924, Closes June 28, 1924,
15 weeks
Total,
40 weeks
The usual holidays will be observed.
68 CENSUS APRIL 1, 1922
Number of persons five to sixteen years of age, 456
Males 254. Females 202.
Number 5 to 7 years of age, 100
Males 58. Females 42.
Number 7 to 14 years of age, 30
Males 160. Females 140.
Number 14 to 16 years of age, 56
Males 36. Females 20.
Number of resident pupils attending school, 424
Number over 16 attending school,
26
Males 5. Females 21.
:
Number of teachers employed, 16
Number graduated from colleges,
4
Number that have college training, 1
Number graduated from normal schools, 8
Number that have received normal training, 3
Number graduated from secondary schools only, 3
Music and Penmanship Report
To the Superintendent and Members of the School Board :
Herewith I submit for your approval my report of music and penmanship in the schools of the Town of Will- iamsburg for the year 1922.
Music is the art of arranging tones into forms of beauty or expression in accordance with those laws of com- bination or composition. The effort employed in obtaining pleasing results leads to the intellectual satisfaction in the performance of an emotional delight in the result. Alacrity in reading syllables is well accomplished and much stress is laid on applying the tune to the words more quickly, espec- ially in all the grades above the third.
The teachers of the third and fourth grades have classes which are a credit to them as well as to the schools. These little people, after a thorough study of a song, are able to apply the words to the tune with very little effort. A great deal of individual work has been done the past year which has been very beneficial. The fifth and sixth grade classes especially show results of independence and desire to do for themselves. Exceptionally good two-part singing has been rendered by them, showing the ability to read readily as well as to interpret the songs in a splendid way, thus rec- ognizing the beauty of the combination of tones. The fourth and fifth grades are also doing splendid work.
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The first two grades in both villages are doing very satisfactory work, and in spite of the difficulties with which the primary teachers in Haydenville have to contend, very commendable work in both theory and song material is being accomplished.
The Mountain Street School has a very encouraging class of over twenty and much enthusiasm has been shown by both teacher and pupils. In the closing of the Searsville School, the pupils were given a great opportunity, to be with those boys and girls of their own grades and thus accomplishing the work of their grades.
The Grammar Schools have wonderful materials this. year, and for absolute daring in attacking really difficult three-part songs, cannot be excelled.
High School music is progressing quite rapidly, but with one chorus practise a week, there cannot be realized as much as formerly, when there were two hours a week. Nvertheless, we have splendid material and by constant, patient effort, and practise, hope to bring our standards up to other years. We have a meeting of all the girls and boys separately on alternating weeks, and some good glee club work has been done, especially with the boys, who have shown a great deal of enthusiasm.
There is no subject in the school curriculum more nec- essary than penmanship, and the ability to write well. Last September the regular study of Palmer Method was intro- duced, and thus far is well proving its worth. It is abso- lutely impossible to produce a class of good writers if the effort to improve be confined to twenty minutes daily of careless, slovenly practise.
The healthful posture demands that feet be flat on the floor, that the pupils sit well back in center of seats, with
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hips touching back of seats; that backs be erect and that both arms be wholly on the desk when writing. The right arm rests on the large muscle in front of the elbow, and the ends of the third and fourth fingers with the wrist well off the desk. The penholder is held lightly with the pointer finger directly above the pen point, thumb slightly under- neath, and the middle finger completes this easy position by resting against the pen, thus steadying the penholder. The penholder leaves the hand close to the knuckle of the first finger, with the top of the holder pointing somewhere between the shoulder and the elbow.
With these helpful directions in view, teachers and pupils alike are endeavoring earnestly to improve in pen- manship. As yet, in the lower grades, not a great deal of stress has been laid on the careful study of letter formation, but more particularly on the easy, free arm motion, which is very gradually becoming a habit. Repetition is very esesntial and we much now persistently, faithfully and con- tinually hold the pupil to his "best work," in all his writ- ing, for we must break the old habit before we can estab- lish the new.
Since September there have been sixty-one pupils, from the fifth through the eighth grades, to whom the A. N. Pal- mer Company of New York has awarded Palmer Method Buttons for the free arm motion, increased speed, ease and legibility in writing, good posture and neat work on the first twenty-five drills in the Palmer Method of Business Writing Manual. This has been a means of great encour- agement to the pupils. Those receiving buttons are now very ambitious and desirous to obtain Palmer Method Progress Pins and improvement certificates, and those who were unsuccessful in this attempt, are trying earnestly for the Palmer Method Button.
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With the assistance of the Superintendent and the teachers, it is my earnest desire to hold an exhibition of penmanship in the latter part of May, that the untiring efforts of teachers and pupils may be made manifest to our public.
It is a real pleasure to work with teachers and pupils, when you know keen interest and a desire to do well is the keynote of their ambition. When this interest is carried throughout the week, excellent results are bound to follow. And at this time, please allow me to thank all the teachers, superintendent, and the school committee who have so con- scientiously assisted in the promotion of these subjects.
Pupils, also, your efforts have been far from tireless, and I now extend my hearty thanks to you for your willing- ness.
Respectfully submitted, C. RUTH WARNER,
Supervisor.
Report of School Physician
Mr. L. A. Merritt,
Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir :- Below you will find my annual report as School Physician :
The whole number of pupils inspected, 198
Number not vaccinated, 22
Number having badly decayed teeth, 12
Number having diseased tonsils and adenoids,
8
This is a great improvement over what we have found in past years. Many children have had their throats cleaned up, and, thanks to the school dentist, the teeth of the chil- dren are in much better shape than formerly. This is really a great improvement.
There is a general agreement, that in order to be well, the mouth, including the teeth, tonsils and adenoids, must be kept in good condition. Most of the diseases of children are infections. Practically all the germs of these infections enter the body through the mouth and nose, many of which might be excluded from the body if all the structures of the mouth and nose were in a perfectly healthy state. Disor- ders in the teeth may disable by causing tooth ache and gum boils locally and by causing multiple aches and inflam- mations in distant parts of the body. Any one can see this. Decayed teeth and enlarged tonsils are set right out in front where they can be seen. But seeing them and reporting them to parents is one thing, and doing something about them is another thing.
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