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Books
295.01
308.55
Salaries
750.00
Income of Pierce Fund, paid to Librarian.
54.41
Total Expenditures
$1,562.54
Balance, January 1, 1929
716.96
$2,279.50
$2,279.50
The Codman Fund is invested in five shares of Boston and Albany stock.
The Trustees also hold Liberty 414's to the amount of
$200. The securities are in the custody of the Town Treasurer.
JOHN F. FARRAR, Treasurer.
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Dog Tax Return
Town Appropriation
1,250.00
George G. Tarbell Legacy
155.24
411.05
George Russell Legacy.
$ 13.74
John H. Pierce Legacy.
54.41
8.50
Income from Liberty Bonds
43.75
Income from Trust Funds
In Memoriam
MISS LYDIA J. CHAPIN
Assistant Librarian Librarian Librarian Emerita
From 1884 to 1929
MISS ELIZABETH G. CHAPIN
Assistant Librarian Librarian
From 1902 to 1929
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Trustees submit on the following pages the reports of the librarian and treasurer for the year ending December 31st, 1928.
The Trustees ask for an appropriation of five hundred dollars plus the dog tax for the year ensuing.
GEORGE G. TARBELL JOHN F. FARRAR C. LEE TODD ANTHONY J. DOHERTY
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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS
Annual Report of the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1928
Library open Wednesday and Saturday from 3 to 9 P. M. except legal holidays.
Number of volumes at beginning of year 11,758
Number of volumes added by purchase
131
Number of volumes added by gift
7
Number of volumes withdrawn during the year
1
Number of volumes at the end of the year
11,895
Number of volumes of fiction lent for home use 2,949
Number of volumes of non-fiction lent for home use 920
Number of volumes of children's books lent for home use 1,126
Number of magazines lent for home use 715
4,995
Total number of volumes lent for home use
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Largest number of volumes lent in one day Smallest number of volumes lent in one day Number of days library was open
22
101
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Accessions to the Library for 1928
FICTION
Bromfield, Louis. A good woman. 771.8
Buchan, John. Witchwood
771.12
Bronson, F. W. The old Nick
771.16
Byrne, Donn. Crusade. 941.14
Biggars, Earl Derr. Behind that curtain 942.2
Beck, L. Adams. House of fulfilment 942.24
Byrne, Donn. Destiny bay :
941.25
Cather, Willa. Death comes for the Archbishop
771.11
Connelly, James B. The book of Gloucester fishermen.
771.25
Comfort, W. L. Samadhi
941.5
Cooper, Courtney R. The golden bubble
941.15
Cannon, Cornelia J. Red Rust.
941.22
Curwood, James O. The plains of Abraham
942.6
Christie, Agatha. The mystery of the blue train
942.18
Dutton, Charles J. The clutching hand.
941.7
De La Roche, Mazo. Jalna
771.1
Deeping, Warwick. Kitty
771.23
Deeping, Warwick. Old Pybus
942.8
Ertz, Susan. Now east, now west
771.14
Farnham, Mateel Howe. Rebellion
771.4
Farnol, Jeffrey. Guyfford of Weare
942.19
Gibbs, Phillip. Out of the ruins
771.22
Gentleman with a duster. Julius
771.17
Grey, Zane. Forlorn river
771.24
Grey, Zane. Nevada.
941.23
Gielgud, Val. Old Swords.
941.12
Galsworthy, John. Swan song
942.9
Hart, Francis Noyes. The Bellamy trial.
771.6
Hurst, Fannie. A president is born 771.7
Hay, Ian. The poor gentleman
771.26
Hill, Grace L. Crimson roses.
942.5
Kaye-Smith, Sheila. Iron and Smoke.
941.18
Lehman, Rosamond. Dusty answer.
771.19
Lock, Wm. J. The kingdom of Theophilus
941.10
Larsen, Auker. The philosopher's stone.
942.14
Lane, Rose Wilder, Cuidy.
942.15
Morrow, Honore Willsie. With malice toward none
942.10
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Marsh, George. Under frozen stars 942.21
Mccutcheon, George B. Blades 942.23
Norris, Kathleen. Barberry bush. 771.5
Nason, Leonard C. Sergeant Eadie 941.11
Oppenheim, E. P. The light beyond 771.9
Oppenheim, E. P. The fortunate wayfarer 942.4
Ostenso, Martha. The mad Carews. 941.17
Oemler, Marie Conway, Sheaves 942.1
Prouty, Olive Higgins. Conflict
771.3
Phillpotts, Eden. The Jury
941.9
Preedy, George. General Crack
942.13
Parrish, Anne. All kneeling.
942.17
Ruck, Berta. Money for one.
941.6
Sedgwick, Anne D. A childhood in Brittany
Rhode, John. The murders on Praed Street
941.20
Rosman, Alice Grant. The window
Eight years ago.
771.10
Suchow, Ruth. The Bonney family
942.2
Salten, Felix. Bambi.
941.12
Tooker, H. V. The 5.35, a novel of suburban life
941.1
Turnbull, Margaret. Rognes march.
942.3
Thompson, Sylvia. The battle of the horizons
941.24
Verne, Jules. Michael Strogoff . 941.13
771.2
Wright, Harold B. God and the grocery man.
771.13
Westcott, Glenway. The grandmothers
771.15
Wilder, Thornton. The bridge of San Luis Rey
771.20
Williams, Ben Ames. Splendor. 771.21
941.3
Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Wm. Fortune's Maggot.
941.21
Wentworth, Patricia. Anne Belinda
941.8
Walpole, Hugh. Winters moon
941.16
Whiting, John D. Storm fighters
941.19
Wren, P. C. Beau Ideal.
942.7
Wharton, Edith. The children 942.11
Wister, Owen. When west was west. 942.20
942.16
Strachey, Ray. Shaken by the wind
941.4
Woolf, Virginia. To the lighthouse
Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Lolly Willows.
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JUVENILE BOOKS
Adams, Katharine. Midwinter 833.31
Adams, Peter. Cork ships. 848.16
Crump, Irving. Boys' book of airmen 848.10
Driggs, L. La T. . Adventures of Arnold Adair 848.11
Emerson, Caroline D. A Wat-tub tale 848.14
Ferris, Helen. Edited by. Girl Scout stories 1746.13
Harper, Theo. Acland. Siberian Gold 833.28
Lamprey, L. Children of ancient Gaul 835.31
Lofting, Hugh. Dr. Dolittle's garden 815.38
Lownsbery, Eloise. The boy knight of Rheims
833.33
McNeeley, Marion H. Rusty Ruston
848.12
Meigs, Cornelia. The trade wind
833.27
Merit Badge pamphlets (Boy Scout books).
1746.14
Miller, Elizabeth C. Children of the mountain eagle.
833.29
Moon, Grace. Madita
833.30
Morley, Christopher. I know a secret.
833.32
Putnam, David Binney. David goes to Baffinland
835.30
Smith, Nora A. A truly little girl
C.S. . 43
Spyre, Johanna. Castle wonderful
848.13
Terhune, Albert Payson. Water
835.32
Theiss, Lewis E. Keepers of the sea
835.34
Thomas, Lowell. Boys' life of Colonel Lawrence.
835.33
Upjohn, Anna Milo. Friends in strange garments.
C.S. . 42
Washburn, Bradford: Among the Alps with Bradford. 835.29
848.15
West, James. Lone scout of the sky TRAVEL
Frank, Harry A. The fringe of the Moslem world.
438.11
Hobart, Alice Tisdale. By the city of the Long Sand .. 438.5
Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore, Sr., and others.
Cleared for strange ports 438.9
Seabrook, W. B. Adventures in Arabia.
438.8
Sharp, Dallas Lore. The better country 438.7
Thomas, Lowell. Count Lucknor, The sea devil 438.6
Walter, Ellery. The world on one leg 438.10
BIOGRAPHY
Durant, Will. Transition 637.20
Edib, Halide. The Turkish ordeal 647.13
Fuess, Claude M. Rufus Choate. 637.19
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Hapgood, N. and Moskovitz, H. Life of Alfred Smith ... 647.12
Hudleston, F. J. Gentlemen Johnny Burgoyne. 647.8
Irwin, Will. Herbert Hoover 647.10
Johnson, Gerald W. Andrew Jackson 637.14
Lauder, Sir Harry. Roamin' in the gloamin' 647.11
Ludwig, Emil. Genius and character. 647.6
MacDougall, Alice Foote. Autobiography of a business woman 637.18
Maurois, Andre. Disraeli. 637.21
Morrow, Honore Willsie. Father of Little Women 547.20
Morrow, Honore Willsie. Mary Todd Lincoln
647.9
Russell, Phillips. John Paul Jones
617.26
Stoddard, H. L. As I knew them 647.7
Ticknor, Caroline. Mary Alcott. 637.15
Vestal, Stanley. Kit Carson 637.17
Winston, Robert W. Andrew Johnson. 637.16
HISTORY
Quinn, Vernon. The exciting adventures
of Capt. John Smith. 365.7
Van Loon, Henrick. America
336.15
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
Jones, E. Stanley. Christ of the Indian Road 1136.23
Keller, Helen. My Religion 1136.24
Sheppard, H. R. L. The impatience of a parson 1136.25
ARTS AND SCIENCE
Bailey, L. H. Standard cyclopedia of horticulture Ref. R.R.
Book of the dead. Murals from Egyptian tombs. 138.6
Forbush, Edward Howe. Birds of Massachusetts and other States 121.14
Masefield, John. Poems
1427.14
MISCELLANEOUS
Beck, L. Adams. The way of power 1318.9
Brownell, Baker. The new universe. 1318.8
Bruce, W. Addington. Your growing child 1318.7
Erskine, John. The delight of great books 1318.10
Slattery, Margaret. Two words 1327.30
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1928
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, Chairman, Term expires 1931
EDITH B. FARRAR (MRS.), Secretary, Term expires 1930
GEORGE G. TARBELL, Term expires 1929
Superintendent of Schools CHARLES M. ROBINSON HAROLD R. FRENCH (after Jan. 14, 1929)
Teachers Junior High School-Grades VII-VIII-IX MARION D. PARKER HELEN M. SMILEY MURIEL E. SWASEY
Grade VI. MYRTLE C. ALLEN (MRS.)
Grade V. MARY P. LENNON
Grade IV. THELMA E. GODDARD
Grade III. FLORENCE JACKSON
Grade II. THELMA SANDERSON
Grade I. JOSEPHINE C. DOHERTY (MRS.)
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Manual Training E. W. BURCKES
Typewriting RUTH M. ROBINSON (MRS.)
School Physician DR. HENRY A. WOOD
School Nurse DOROTHY C. SNELLING (MRS.)
Attendance Officer JOHN J. KELLIHER
Janitor EDWARD GRAF
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Mid-Winter Term, begins Tuesday, January 2, 1929, ends Friday, February 15, 1929; seven weeks.
Winter Term, begins Monday, February 25, 1929, ends Friday, April 12, 1929; seven weeks.
Spring Term, begins Monday, April 22, 1929, ends Friday, June 14, 1929; eight weeks.
Fall Term, begins Wednesday, September 4, 1929, ends Friday, December 20, 1929; sixteen weeks.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Again, the committee regrets to have to report a number of resignations in the teaching force in the past year. It became necessary to engage new teachers for the second, third and fifth grades as also two teachers for the Junior High School. These resignations being due, however, to changes of occupation and advancement rather than to in- sufficient salaries paid by Lincoln.
Also another important announcement is the resignation of Mr. Robinson, as Superintendent, to take effect on Jan- uary 12, 1929.
Mr. Robinson has been connected with our schools for a period of about six years as Principal and Superintendent devoting his best time and energies to this work, intro- ducing such practical methods as were found necessary and applicable to our school system and its problems. While we regret the going of Mr. Robinson, at this time, yet, such a move was one to be expected as the position of Superin- tendent of schools of a small town like Lincoln is consi- dered at best as a stepping stone only to a more advanced position including quite naturally a much larger salary.
Mr. Robinson takes with him the best wishes of the Committee and we feel also of the people of the Town as a whole for his complete success in his new position.
To fill the vacancy for the balance of the year caused by Mr. Robinson's resignation, the Committee was able to secure the services of Mr. Harold R. French who has had a long experience in teaching and in the position of Prin- cipal of other schools and is at present, the Principal of a
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large school in Bristol, Conn., being on leave of absence for a year to permit him to take special work at Boston University. The Committee feels that it was quite fortu- nate in being able to secure the services of Mr. French at this time, as they will now have an opportunity to interview candidates and select a permanent man to take up his duties as Superintendent at the beginning of the school term in September.
The past year, application by Petition by a number of the residents of the Town was made to the committee, re- questing that the school session in the first and second grades be shortened and these grades dismissed at 12:30 P. M. instead of 1:45 as at present. On this matter, the committee deemed it advisable to give a public hearing in order that the sentiment of those having pupils in these grades might be known. After this hearing and further inquiry of those that would be effected by this change, the committee arrived at the conclusion that there was no general demand for this change at this time, and this out- side the fact that such a change would entail an added ex- pense for transportation. In its decision the committee was supported whole-heartedly by the Superintendent.
There have been coming to the Committee each year requests to set aside the rule now in force and applicable for several years to the time and age at which a child may enter school at the beginning of the school year in Septem- ber. The Committee by way of experiment varied this rule and on a follow up of these cases, the result was anything but satisfactory. Several of these children had to repeat the first year's work, others were withdrawn during the year because of ill effects on their health and only a small minority were able to accomplish the year's work. Finally the committee concluded that the entry age of six years appeared to be the most productive of gain and the most
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beneficial to the child. It seems too much to expect a child of immature age or mind to complete satisfactorily the first year's work as now required. Of course, as in all cases, there are exceptions, yet the greater number comes within the average. Following along this line, the committee have voted to set the age at which a child may enter the school at the opening of the school term in September as six years on January 1, of the year following, that is, a child becoming six years of age on January 1, may enter at the opening school session of the previous September. This limitation of age is in line with the average requirement throughout the State.
Transportation
No important changes in the transportation arrange- ments occurred during the past year, the present arrange- ments apparently meeting all requirements and working out advantageously.
School Buildings
Other than repairs in connection with the heating of the South School, very little out-lay was necessary the past year. It is proposed, however, to complete arrangements as originally intended for the installation of a toilet and bowl in what is now set apart as the nurses' room in the South School and also to provide for a supply of hot water to this room.
Now that the South School grounds are being used generally by the younger people of the town for games and other recreational purposes, it is proposed to install a drinking bubbler in the rear of this building.
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The attention of the committee has been called to the lack of play-ground equipment at both schools and to the not too safe condition of such equipment as is now in use. It is intended to give this matter especial attention this year and if possible provide additional equipment in so far as practicable and in any event to see to it that the equipment now in use is put in the best possible condition. Other than as stated above, both buildings and equipment are in very good condition.
Finances
Of the appropriation for the current year about five hun- dred and sixty dollars was unexpended. This being occasioned principally by reason of so many changes in the teaching force. The new teachers having been employed at less than the maximum salary and those leaving, if not on maximum salary, if they continued, would be entitled to the annual increase. This is not a saving that the com- mittee enthuses over, in so far as it is applicable to, this particular department of the schools, but is none the less a saving.
It will be noted that during the past year, all school ex- penses and more especially the repairs to buildings were provided for and paid out of the regular school appropria- tion and not as heretofore by the Selectmen from the mis- cellaneous fund in their hands. In this way the full cost of the schools to the town is now reported under school ex- penses.
The committee in making its budget for the year 1929 is able to reduce the appropriation required from that of last year and would ask that the sum of $36,000. be allotted for school expenses for this year.
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Herewith annexed is a summary of receipts and expendi- tures on account of the schools for the year 1928, as also reports of the Superintendent and School Nurse.
Respectfully submitted, A. J. DOHERTY EDITH B. FARRAR GEORGE G. TARBELL
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Expenditures on Account of Schools for 1928
Salaries $16,925.00
Expenses of Superintendent 168.72
Books and Supplies 1,079.18
Operating Expenses 574.36
Fuel
826.40
Repairs
850.27
Health
1,016.18
Local Transportation
5,527.00
High School Transportation
2,259.94
High School Tuition
6,538.21
New Equipment
168.77
$35,934.03
Receipts on Account of Schools for 1928
Sale of Supplies $ 9.35
Lincoln Grammar School Fund 61.21
City of Boston-Tuition. 378.26
State of Massachusetts :--
Vocational Education 363.22
Tuition of State Wards.
1,968.78
High School Transportation 2,193.08
Part I, Chap. 90 (Income Tax)
2,034.00
7,007.90
Net cost of Schools to Town
$28,926.13
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Lincoln School Committee:
I hereby submit my sixth annual report as Superin- tendent of Schools for the year ending December 31, 1928.
Teachers
Many changes occurred in the teaching force during the past year; in fact, five of the nine regular teachers were new to the Lincoln schools in the Fall.
Miss Thelma Sanderson of Wayland is teaching Grade II in place of Miss Dorothy Linfield, who went into the Watertown system. Miss Sanderson is a graduate of Framingham Normal and taught last year in Rehoboth, Mass.
In Grade III, Miss Florence Jackson of Hardwick, Mass., replaces Miss Ruth S. Mills, who married. Miss Jackson, a graduate of North Adams Normal School, has been teaching several years in Ludlow, Mass.
Miss Olive Case of Grade V was replaced by Miss Mary P. Lennon of Lincoln, Mass. Miss Lennon graduated from the Fitchburg Normal School and taught last year in Lynn.
Miss Helen M. Smiley of Baldwinville is teaching English and Latin in the Junior High School in place of Miss Evelyn Wadleigh, who went to a better position in Glens Falls, N. Y. Miss Smiley taught in the Cummington Junior High School last year after graduating from Boston University.
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Miss Marjorie Manser of the Junior High School was replaced by Miss Muriel E. Swasey of Exeter, N. H., a graduate of the University of New Hampshire.
Although it is unfortunate to lose so many teachers in one year, the new ones obtained are certainly upholding the high caliber of the Lincoln teaching force.
Attendance
A study of the attendance percentages for the year 1927- 28 shows higher averages than the previous year, and this in spite of the fact that there were two epidemics in the Spring.
All previous records for perfect attendance were broken last year. 41 pupils in the schools did not miss a single day during the entire year. This number when compared with 18 the previous year and 12 the year before, is cer- tainly a number to be proud of.
The following pupils were not absent during the year 1927-28. One star denotes perfect attendance during 1926- 27; and two stars signifies perfect attendance for 1925-26 and 1926-27 :
I Clarence La Valley Rita Foreman
II Wilbur Lavoie William Macomber Helen Pedersen
III Lancelot Dean James Cunningham
IV Dora Cook Olive Foreman Ada Nelson
** Norma Recchia
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V Evelyn Carlson Thomas Coan William Dean Roland Cook
VI *William Clark
VII Anna Buchanan Ruby Poland Grace Porter ** Natalie Recchia James Boyce Thomas Burke
** Allan Montgomery Franklin Recchia
VIII Alena Butcher *Irene Christie Jean Chapman Jeanne Macomber
Sophie Mutucieski George Dean William Howard *Chester Peck Elmo Poland
IX Avis Abbott Marion Butcher Elizabeth Coburn Jean Donaldson *Ethel MacLean Lillian Whittaker James Lennon Donald MacAskill
Percentage of Attendance for 1927-28
Grade
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
Aver.
IX
94.40
98.15
96.55
*100.00
99.66
*100.00
98.00
*100.00
*97.68
94.22
97.99
VIII
*100.00
*100.00
*99.42
96.19
96.12
97.99
97.14
97.38
96.66
*97.61
97.91
VII
98.68
98.34
98.54
98.75
96.91
97.83
*100.00
96.04
93.96
93.75
97.32
VI
96.69
95.53
95.86
96.03
96.12
95.46
93.96
96.55
93.19
91.46
94.93
V
97.82
96.82
95.38
94.44
95.05
96.86
91.09
93.97
84.39
94.92
93.89
IV
98.61
98.27
98.74
96.96
*100.00
95.65
93.18
96.14
81.78
90.91
95.00
III
98.10
97.65
97.82
94.64
92.53
90.12
90.00
94.61
83.89
86.27
92.56
II
94.87
95.45
98.05
95.77
95.19
97.07
94.36
95.50
71.43
95.07
93.28
I
93.71
91.94
95.92
91.04
89.38
78.02
87.53
89.37
83.84
91.01
89.45
Average .
97.10
96.91
97.36
95.98
95.66
94.34
93.92
95.44
87.42
92.80
95.03
-
*Indicates banner attendance for month.
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Merit Prizes
Merit prizes were again awarded in the Junior High School on the basis of these five points :
1-Scholarship; 2-Leadership; 3-Responsibility; 4- Cooperation ; 5-Conduct (including attitude).
A first prize of five dollars to a boy and a girl is given by an anonymous donor ; and a second prize of two dollars and a half each is given by the American Legion.
The prizes were awarded as follows :
Girls
First Prize
Avis Abbott
Boys Albert Enman, Jr.
Second Prize
Jeanne Macomber
Edward Flint
Honorable Mention
Alfreda Craig
John Algeo
Other Awards
At the Commencement Exercises in June, Lillian Whit- taker of Grade IX was awarded an Underwood Typewriting Certificate for typing thirty perfect words per minute for fifteen minutes. She had not touched a typewriter before September and was able to successfully pass this examina- tion in April.
Charles Palmer Davis medal was awarded in memory of the founder of the school newspaper entitled, "Current Events", to the pupil receiving the highest mark in a Cur- rent Events examination in June, covering all topics dis- cussed between February 1st and June 1st. The medal was awarded to Albert Enman, Jr., who received a mark of 96%. Honorable Mention was made to Elizabeth Farrar with 92%, and Louis Stoffel with 90%.
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School Exhibition
On Friday evening, June 8, 1928, the Center School exhibition was held in the various class rooms. Regular class work was carried on for an hour from 6.45 to 7.45 P. M. Pupils were dismissed at noon on that day.
Grades One and Two of the South School had their exhi- bition and classroom demonstrations the previous after- noon from one to two o'clock.
The graduation exercises of the ninth grade were held at the Town Hall on Thursday evening, June 14, 1928. The program and list of graduates may be found at the end of this report.
School Play
Under the direction of Miss Wadleigh, the school play, "Polly Wants a Cracker," was given on Friday evening, April 13, 1928. The proceeds from this fifth annual play were used to purchase portable seats for the assembly room and for the promotion of visual education in the schools. The cast of characters was as follows :
Jeffrey Wayne, a business man Albert Enman, Jr. Marie Pratt-Wayne, his wife Avis Abbott Mary Wayne, his daughter Jean Donaldson Thomas Livingstone Pratt, a college boy Fred Craig Inspector Doran, a detective David Todd
Lucerne Neville, an actress Elizabeth Coburn Nora, the housekeeper Virginia MacFarland
Property Manager James Lennon Business Manager Donald MacAskill
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High School
At the present time there are 49 pupils for which the Town is paying tuition in high or vocation schools. These are divided as follows: Concord, 31; Waltham, 14; Wes- ton, 1; Boston Trade, 2; Newton Vocational, 1.
Every one of the 16 members of last year's ninth grade went on to high school. In fact, Lincoln should be proud of the number of pupils not only going on to high school, but also graduating from the same. The following chart shows the number going from Grade IX to high school during the past five years :
In
Year
Grade 9
To High or Trade School
At Home or to work
Grad. or are now in High S.
1924
10
9
1
8
1925
19
18
1
14
1926
23
23
0
22
1927
21
19
2
17
1928
16
16
0
16
Total
89
85
4
77
The increase in the high school enrollment in the past few years has been not only from a larger number enter- ing, but also from the fact that more have completed the high school course. This is as it should be. We have tried to impress upon pupils the fact that they should plan to complete the high school course at least, as there is little excuse in these days for a pupil dropping out of school at a very early age.
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Health
The schools have been visited by two epidemics during the past year. During February and March, whooping cough was quite prevalent, especially in the first grade. An epidemic of measles occurred during the month of May. The attendance percentages indicate very clearly which grades were visited by these epidemics.
Dr. Edward Frye of Boston again conducted his fourth season of the dental clinic from January 27, 1928 to May 18, 1928. As usual, it proved to be a great success. A detailed account of the clinic is given in the nurse's report.
Cocoa was served in both schools from January 9 to March 23, 1928, at a total expense of $125.20. The Lincoln Grange contributed $100 of this amount, the balance com- ing from parents and pupils.
T. A. T. diphtheria inoculation clinic was held in the South School on November 20, 27 and Dec. 4, 1928. The entire work was done by the school physician, Dr. Wood.
Report Cards
In the Fall, new report cards were printed for the Lincoln schools. A simple card containing only the ele- mentary subjects was devised for the first four grades. An inovation was made on the card for the upper grades. In addition to the complete list of subjects taught in those grades, we find some spaces for school citizenship marks. The latter is grouped under five headings: (1) Health Habits, including particularly posture in school and the daily callisthenics; (2) Cooperation, which together with number 3 determine the conduct in school; (3) Courtesy ; (4) Industry, indicating whether or not a pupil is trying to do his school work as well as he can; and (5) Prepara- tion, signifying whether or not a pupil prepares his home
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