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Term begins - January 4, 1939
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Your School Committee, in presenting a report of the condi- tion of the school system for the year, recognizes that there are certain fundamental facts upon which you desire informa- tion. The annual presentation of some of these facts would mean only repetition of statements of previous years; others are adequately stated in the statistical information pre- sented; but obviously the intimate details of the tasks of pro- viding the earlier education of approximately three hundred children of the Town would require more space in an annual report than justified by their importance. It is sufficient to call attention to the fact that the records and accounts of the Committee are open for inspection to any person inter- ested to examine them, as are also the more detailed reports that are made to the state.
Although there have been several unanticipated demands on the repair, maintenance, and transportation items, the Committee has been able to keep its expenditures within the limits of the appropriation made for its use and is happy to report an unexpended balance of $525.66.
Larger allowances for the 1938 appropriation will have to be made for several items as the urgency of certain building repairs, the replacement of a school bus, and the increase in high school enrollment are all situations that must be met.
As there have been no changes in the teaching force during the year there has been a continuity and co-operation in the actual school work that has reacted to increase in a measure each teacher's efficiency. The morale of the teaching staff is excellent and to the Superintendent and teachers the Com- mittee is, and the townspeople should be, extremely grateful for their continuing faithfulness and attention to their duties. Our teachers have sensed the high ideals of their profession and have kept in pace with the best educational trends.
Of these educational trends, perhaps the one which offers the most to a small system such as Lincoln's is that which Dean Holmes of Harvard University calls Realism. In simple terms this means an insistence on getting actual results in the case of every individual pupil in each specific study or
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activity instead of being content to go only through the mo- tions. It has been the idea of the Committee and Superin- tendent to see that this policy of realism is pursued to the point where it is of the greatest practical value to the pupils and the changes of the past few years in the curricula and methods have been so intended. The Committee has found that the teachers have thus understood its desires and through diagnostic and remedial methods of teaching have helped to establish Lincoln well in the front rank of the smaller school systems.
Individually each teacher seems to have fostered a bond of mutual understanding between herself and each child. By making her classroom bright and cheerful pupil activity seems to have been stimulated. Furthermore, each teacher seems to have conscientiously tried to understand and guide each child's individual development. Such effort on the part of our teachers spells continued success in our educational plan.
Tied up very closely with the problems of the teacher is the subject of School-Home relationship. The Committee has in the past given its encouragement to the many efforts that have been made for a closer bond between school and home, and is now happy to give its support and encourage- ment to the newly formed Parent-Teacher Association. The possibilities of service of such an organization to child, parent, and teacher are manifold, especially if the high ideals and purposes of the founders are kept undimmed by the haziness that may be caused in any organization by petty differences.
The School and Home are equally responsible partners in the learning process of the child. Unless there is co-operation there is much wasted effort; the needs of the child are not obvious; the usefulness of the knowledge learned is not fully recognized; the school's control of the child may seem like repression; and the child's real joy in learning may be dulled.
In the Committee Report of last year it was urged that parents visit the schools more frequently. It is gratifying to report that this desired interest in the school work has in- creased during 1937. Needless to say it is the Committee's wish that it continue. Full co-operation of school and home can be obtained only if the problems of each can be seen and discussed.
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In previous years the Committee has called attention to the additions to the school system necessary to make it a modernly equipped plant. The handicap of these physical shortcomings does not become any less as the years go on. It is only through the versatility of the Superintendent and teachers in meeting the usual needs in unusual ways that the quality of instruction has been maintained at its high standard.
There have been added various articles of equipment dur- ing the year; a new electric range, curtains for darkening a room to allow the use of a stereopticon, and new laboratory equipment. Thus in a small way some of the disadvantages of a building lacking assembly hall and gymnasium are being met.
It must be obvious to everyone that Lincoln is growing; new homes are being erected in all parts of the Town. In 1920 there were 281 homes in Lincoln; in 1936 there were 409, and several more have been built during the past year. Eventually, if this increase continues, the need for new school rooms will exist.
A decreased birth rate, a decrease in the number of state and city minor wards, and an increase in the number of children attending private schools have served to prevent our school enrollment from reaching the point of actual crowding. The greater increase seems to be reflected in the senior high school enrollment which has changed from 38 pupils in 1920 to 59 at the present time.
Your Committee hopes you will heed the signs as they occur and be awake to the needs of your schools. It is well said that the principal product of the Town of Lincoln is its children; our task is to make them healthy and strong in character and intellect that they may be prepared for happy and useful living in this complex civilization.
ROLAND C. MACKENZIE, M.D., Chairman, GLADYS DE YONGH HERMAN, THOMAS J. ROUNER.
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FINANCIAL SUMMARY General Schools
Average Expenditures For 8 Years
Expended in 1937
Estimated For 1938
Salaries
$19,045 97
$19,876 75
$20,311 00
Supt. & Comm. Expenses
.
140 76
144 33
117 00
Fuel
739 09
691 68
757 00
Books and Supplies
934 09
830 73
885 00
Health
647 84
701 76
711 50
Operating expenses
460 88
435 64
474 56
Repairs
1,004 07
622 06
1,799 00
Local transportation
5,860 49
4,202 05
4,305 26
High school transportation
2,481 71
2,590 38
2,934 00
High school tuition
5,407 00
6,937 89
7,210 00
Playground
58 68
New equipment
368 87
373 75
144 85
Reserve
.
Totals
$37,149 45
$37,407 02
$39,700 00
Appropriation 1937
$37,700 00
Unexpended balance
292 98
Vocational Education
Expended 1937
Estimate 1938
Tuition
$782 89
$768 40
Transportation
319 43
251 60
Totals
$1,102 32
$1,020 00
Appropriation 1937
$1,335 00
Unexpended balance
232 68
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, FISCAL YEAR 1937
Grammar School Fund
$36 77
City of Boston, Tuition for wards
125 40
City of Boston, Transportation for wards 33 80
Com. of Mass., Tuition for wards
266 16
Com. of Mass., Transportation for wards
80 40
Com. of Mass., Part I, Chapter 70
2,110 00
Com. of Mass., High school transportation
2,855 78
Com. of Mass., Vocational tuition
507 22
Com. of Mass., Vocational transportation
496 60
Miscellaneous, Damage to School Property, etc.
7.67
Total
NET COST OF ALL SCHOOLS TO TOWN
$6,519 80
$31,989 54
50 83
Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1937
GIRLS
Age
Grade
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Totals
I
10
1
11
II
5
8
1
14
III
4
11
2
17
IV
1
11
4
16
V
1
3
7
11
VI
4
6
1
11
VII
5
10
2
17
VIII
2
11
5
18
IX
2
8
2
12
Totals
15
13
13
14
11
18
13
15
13
2
127
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Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1937 - Continued
BOYS
Age
Grade
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Totals
I
3
9
12
II
13
1
14
III
5
5
5
1
16
IV
3
12
1
16
V
2
11
2
15
VI
1
5
2
2
10
VII
2
5
3
1
11
VIII
7
3
1
1
12
IX
2
2
4
1
9
Totals
3
9
18
9
19
14
9
7
14
5
6
2
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Distribution of Minors October 1, 1937
5 Years or Over and Under 7
7 Years or Over and Under 14
14 Years or Over and Under 16
Registration of minors Ages as of Oct. 1, 1937
Boys
21
107
24
Girls
28
111
31
-
-
Totals
49
218
55
Distribution of above minors
As of Oct. 1, 1937
In public day schools
27
187
45
In vocational school
0
0
In private schools
6
30
Not enrolled in school
16
1
Totals
49
218
55
Graduates 1937
Leo Algeo
Loretia Foreman
Theodore Bartlett
Suzanne Fradd
Arthur Boyd
Ralph Goodnow John Herman
Alfred Butcher
Annie Cirasso
Christine Kinsler
Dorothy Coan
George Matherson
Jeanne Cole
Jean Murphy
Jean Decola
Mary Murphy
Helen Enman
Henry vander Voort
Helen Ford
Arnold Waite
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Lincoln School Committee:
Submitted herewith is my ninth annual report as Superin- tendent of Schools.
Personnel
It is gratifying to report that no changes have been neces- sary in the teaching personnel during the past year. As I have stated in a previous report continuity of teaching service is a tremendous advantage to a school in increased efficiency and strengthened morale. I am grateful to the teachers for the steady and enthusiastic co-operation which they have given unreservedly to all efforts to maintain a high standard for our schools.
A word of praise should also be given to the two janitors who are valued members of the staff. On them rests the responsibility for clean, comfortable buildings and I am glad to record that their duties are faithfully performed.
Transportation
Four buses now transport 194 pupils (85% of our member- ship), to and from school and travel a distance of 98.7 miles daily.
These buses are inspected every two months by the Regis- try of Motor Vehicles and a certificate of inspection is filed with the Superintendent of Schools.
Transportation is provided for pupils attending Concord, Weston, Wayland, and Waltham high schools. Twelve pupils in the north part of Town are transported to Concord by the Lovell Bus Line.
High School Tuition
The Town is now paying tuition for 56 pupils in the fol- lowing high schools:
Concord 50 pupils
Waltham 4 pupils
Wayland 1 pupil
Weston 1 pupil
Three boys are attending Waltham Trade School.
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Of General Interest
Our third annual Open House was held November tenth, and this year it was dedicated to Horace Mann, the Father of the American Public School. The work exhibited in each grade was based on the life and times of Horace Mann.
Over three hundred people accepted our invitation to attend and fifty-seven per cent of our pupils were represented by their parents.
The Lincoln League of Women Voters again co-operated with us in furnishing and serving refreshments. We are grateful to them for the time and effort expended and we appreciate the good will thus expressed.
This annual "Open House" has done a great amount of good in bringing together the parents and the teachers. Working as they are for the welfare of Lincoln children it is desirable that such opportunities for meeting should occur more frequently. It is our hope that the newly formed Parent-Teacher Association may afford such opportunities and thus be the means of fostering closer co-operation between the homes and the school.
On January fifteenth, the pupils presented a Music Festival in the Town Hall. The program of thirty-eight numbers was composed of selections regularly used in our class work. Selections were also given by the harmonica band. This band, by the way, which started quite innocently as a hobby, has now attained the dignity of a "problem" for it has thirty- nine members.
Thirteen pupils are now taking lessons on some musical instrument during regular school time. An orchestra com- posed of these pupils has made a few public appearances and made a creditable showing.
A school paper, The Lincoln Review, has already made its appearance and three more issues are planned for this school year. This paper, edited by the pupils, is planned to give them an opportunity to publish their regular work.
Two years ago French was introduced in our schools in all grades above the third. The progress made in this study has been satisfactory. The work done in grades four through nine is largely oral. It comprises simple conversation, vo- cabulary drill, French songs, French games, sentence forma-
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tion, the reading of easy stories, and (in the upper grades) the fundamentals of French grammar.
Dictation exercises are given in order to train the ear and to teach spelling. Answering questions based on the stories read fosters idiomatic expression. Dictation begins in the fifth grade, reading in the sixth; the fourth grade work is confined to vocabulary, songs, and simple sentences.
In the seventh grade a large part of the time is spent in reading. The eighth grade uses a workbook which gives training in phonetics, grammar, and sentence structure. The ninth grade divides its time between grammar and reading.
For the past several years we have attempted to eliminate home work from all grades in the Lincoln schools. In grade nine, where it cannot be wholly eliminated, it has been greatly restricted. In order to accomplish this we divided our junior high school day into three periods of 100, 90, and 85 minutes each and the elementary school day has been divided into periods of 80, 90, and 105 minutes each.
This arrangement allows pupils to do practically all neces- sary study under the direct supervision of the teacher of the subject being studied. Home work may be assigned in special cases such as that caused by absence from school or for other good reasons.
This is the fourth year we have used the above plan of three periods and generally speaking it has been successful.
I am grateful to your Committee for the co-operation ex- tended to me during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL F. HOLLORAN, Superintendent of Schools.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the School Committee of Lincoln:
A report of school nursing for the year ending December 31, 1937, is herewith submitted.
Schools have been visited daily. There have been 240 office calls for first aid or advice; 82 pupils have been taken home from school because of illness; 171 home visits have been made to check on absent pupils, and 16 visits with pupils were made to a doctor's office or hospital clinics.
I assisted Doctor Wood with the annual physical examina- tion of each pupil, and sent notice of any defect to parents. Each pupil was weighed and measured four times during the year and scalps were examined frequently.
The diphtheria toxin-anti-toxin was given by Doctor Wood to twelve school children and seven pre-school chil- dren. The von Pirquet Test was given by Doctor Martin of the Middlesex Sanitarium to seven school children.
The annual Summer Round-Up usually held in May was postponed as our pre-school children were examined at the "Well Child Conference" held at the Town Hall during April and May.
The Lincoln Dental Committee, Mrs. Robert Loring, chair- man, conduct the Dental Clinic two mornings each week with Doctor William Cosgrove of Lexington as dentist. Ninety-two per cent of the pupils received dental certificates either from the clinic or family dentist.
The Lincoln Red Cross was most generous in providing for dental work on many children.
Respectfully submitted,
MARION N. OBER, R.N., School Nurse.
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WARRANT
NOTICE:
Business Meeting, Monday, March 7, at 7.30 P.M., 1938
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County:
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln, qualified to vote in Town Meeting for the transaction of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lincoln, on Monday, the seventh day of March next at 7.30 o'clock P.M., then and there to act on the following Articles, except Article 1, and also to meet in said Town Hall on Saturday, the twelfth day of March next, at 12 o'clock Noon, then and there to act on the following Article 1, by posting a copy of this Warrant, by you attested, in each of the Post Offices, and in some other public place in said Town seven days at least before the seventh day of March next:
The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March 12th, will be open at 12 o'clock Noon, and may be closed at 7 o'clock P.M.
Article 1. To bring in their votes for the following Town Officers, and any other Officers required by law, to be elected by Australian Ballot, viz .:
One Moderator for one year.
One Town Clerk for one year.
One member of the Board of Selectmen for three years.
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One member of the Board of Assessors for three years.
One Treasurer for one year.
One Collector of Taxes for one year.
One Auditor for one year.
Two Constables for one year.
One member of the School Committee for three years.
One member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Tree Warden for one year.
One member of the Trust Fund Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Trust Fund Commissioners for one year.
One member of the Trustees of the Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures for three years.
One member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for one year.
Five members of Planning Board, one member for one year, one member for two years, one member for three years, one member for four years, and one member for five years.
Article 2. To bring in their votes for any committees, commissioners, trustees and other officers, required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
Selectmen
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Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
Selectmen
Article 4. To appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town, and enact anything in rela- tion to the same.
Selectmen
Article 5. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.
Selectmen
Article 6. To determine the compensation of the Collec- tor of Taxes for the ensuing year.
Selectmen
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1938, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Selectmen
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Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $809.24 to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto and including Chapter 400, Section 25 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936, or take any action in relation thereto.
Selectmen
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,234.64 to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of making alterations and constructing additions in and to the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital in Waltham and Lexington.
Selectmen
Article 10. To see if the Town will amend Article 1, Section 2 of the By-Laws of the Town by substituting a comma for the period at the end thereof and adding "and by sending notice of such meeting to each registered voter at least 7 days before the time appointed for such meeting."
Selectmen and By Petition
Article 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to replace the 4" pipe on Virginia Road with an 8" main starting at the No. Great Road and continuing approximately 2,750 ft. along said road, using balance from PWA Water Project on Bedford Road to pay for it.
Water Commissioners
101
WARRANT
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to replace the 4" water main on Lexington Road with an 8" pipe, starting at Trapelo Road and continuing along for a distance of approximately 5,000 ft. and appropriate money for the same.
Water Commissioners
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article VII of the Town By-Laws making the water year coincide with the fiscal year or take any action relative thereto.
Water Commissioners
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chap- ter 2, Section 12, Article A and Chapter 4, Section 17 of the Town Building Code or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to extend street lighting on No. Great Road from the Lexington to the Con- cord Town line and on Virginia Road from No. Great Road to the Concord line, appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
By Petition
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Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Modera- tor to appoint a committee of five to study the advisability of providing a recreational house, with recommendations for its location, size, cost, and report at a future Town Meeting.
Selectmen
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept Beaver Pond Road and that section of Upland Field Road extending from Beaver Pond Road to Station Road as shown on map, dated Nov., 1935, Plan of Lots, belonging to Mary Wilson and Estate of Emmaline A. Wilson, on file with the Selectmen.
Selectmen
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to celebrate the Fourth of July next, appropriate the sum of $225.00 therefor, appoint a committee, or take any action relative thereto.
By Petition
Article 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to appoint a Police Officer for Traffic duty at the inter- section of Bedford Road and Concord Turnpike, appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
By Petition
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Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to increase the membership of the School Committee from 3 to 5 members or some larger number or take any action relative thereto.
By Petition
HEREOF FAIL NOT
And make due return of this WARRANT with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at or before the time for the meet- ing aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 14th day. of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight.
SUMNER SMITH, HERBERT G. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, JR., Selectmen of Lincoln.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Assessors, Report of
48
Auditor, Report of
96
Cemetery Commissioners, Report of
85
Town Treasurer, in account with
86
Collector of Taxes, Report of
92
Health, Report of Board of
80
Library, Report of Trustees of Statistics
Treasurer, Report of
117
Middlesex County Extension Service, Report of
82
Nursing Committee, Report of
118
Overlay Reserve
62
Planning Board, Report of
78
Recreation Committee, Report of
77
School Committee, Report of
119
Calendar
121
Expenditures and Receipts
125
Information about Teachers
132
Membership by Age and Grade
126
School Nurse, Report of
131
School Superintendent, Report of
128
Teachers, List of 120
Selectmen, Report of 63
Board of Appeals, Report of
67
Building Inspection Department, Report of 71
Finance Committee, Report of 69 76
Fire Engineers, Report of
Inspector of Animals, Report of
75
Old Age Assistance, Report of Board of
74
Superintendent of Streets, Report of
73
Town Clerk, Report of
8
Annual Meeting, March 7, Proceedings of
13
Annual Meeting, March 7, Warrant of
Births
Deaths 45
47
Licenses-Dog and Sporting
46
Marriages
44
Special Town Meeting, September 30
28
State Election, November 8 35
State Primaries, September 20 21
18
Town Officers 4
Town Treasurer, Report of 111
Tree Warden, Report of 84
Trust Funds Commissioner, Report of 107
Warrant of 1939 133
Water Commissioners, Report of 87
Town Treasurer, Report of Water Department Accounts 91
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43
Jury List
Town Election, March 12
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1938
Moderator
JOHN TODD
Town Clerk WILLIAM H. DAVIS
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