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possible in the mastery of specific skills and in the development of his own innate creative talent.
The Creative Arts Program presented last summer for children in grades three to seven proved to be a milestone in the Museum's con- tinuing search for new and better ways of presenting the arts to youngsters. Incorporating the most successful features of the 1957 Day Camp, sparked by the ingenuity and enthusiasm of its small staff, our summer program was an unqualified success. In each three week term, the program was based on a single broad theme which served not only as a source of fresh ideas, but was actually central to every phase of activity. The children developed a broader and more dis- criminating appreciation of a variety of art forms; they explored new media; they discovered new talents, new means of creative ex- pression; and they developed specific skills and techniques.
In 1958 seven local communities were represented in our Scholar- ship Classes for teen-agers. High school students were enrolled from Bedford, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston. These students were chosen by their High School Art Super- visors on the basis of aptitude and serious interest in advanced art study . At the Museum they worked in a studio-like atmosphere and explored the creative possibilities of many different media. The high caliber of their work was demonstrated in the paintings and drawings which they contributed to our recent exhibition of student work.
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In conclusion I should like to express my deep appreciation to all the volunteers who have contributed this year, as always, to the success of our program and to name a few to whom the Museum is parti- cularly indebted.
As co-chairmen of "The Festival of the Big Top" on June 7, Mrs. Calvin Bartlett and Mrs. David Greenewalt contributed immeasurably to the entertainment of 4,000 children and adults and very tangibly to the Museum's building fund.
Mrs. John Lincoln continues to perform a multitude of indispen- sable services as librarian, manager of the sales desk, receptionist and organizer of our file of reproductions and reference materials.
The staff joins me in extending special thanks to Mrs. Henry Hoover and Mrs. Richard Thorpe, retiring hospitality co-chairmen, who have served and graced this institution for two years as our official hostesses.
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EXHIBITIONS IN 1958
Paintings by PAT JONES, January 12-February 9
"Painters' and Sculptors' Drawings", January 19-February 9
"Preview '58", New England painters, exhibited at Symphony Hall,
January 20-February 5; exhibited at the Museum, February 9- March 9
Paintings and drawings by MARY MEIGS, February 9- March 6 Watercolors by LAURENCE. SISSON, February 9-March 9
"The Land of Israel", paintings by NATHANIEL JACOBSON, March 9-April 16 "The Loved & The Lonely", photographs by JOHN BROOK, March 16-April 13 "Younger Europeans", painting exhibition circulated by the American Federation of Arts, March 13-April 2
"Connecticut Artists", paintings, drawings, sculpture, April 6-April 24 "A Decade in Review", paintings, sculpture from England, France,
Italy and the U.S., April 27-June 1
Paintings by RICO LEBRUN, June 15-July 20
"Italian Art of the 20th Century", exhibition of paintings, sculpture, drawings, circulated by the American Federation of Arts, June 15-July 20
Paintings by BIGANESS LIVINGSTONE, September 7-October 12
Paintings by MARY SLOANE, September 7-October 12
Exhibition of paintings from De Cordova Collection at Symphony Hall, October 21-November 8
Lithographs by HONORE DAUMIER, from the Benjamin Trustman Collection, October 19-November 16
Sculpture by RICHARD FILIPOWSKI, October 19-November 23
Paintings and drawings by ACHI SULLO, November 30-December 28
Art from the End of the Line", paintings by San Diego artists, November 23-January 4
EVENTS IN 1958
Lecture by TURE BENGTZ, "The Craft of Drawing", January 23 Gallery talk by FREDERICK WALKEY, "Preview '58", February 13
Lecture by THOMAS MESSER, "Levels of Reality in Contemporary Art", February 23
Lecture by LAURENCE SISSON, "The Fear of Representing", March 9 Gallery talk by FREDERICK WALKEY, "A Decade in Perspective", May 23 Gallery talk by FREDERICK WALKEY, "A Decade in Review", May 29 Concert by the BELMONT CHORUS, May 3
Concert by the LEXINGTON MUSIC CLUB, May 9
FESTIVAL OF THE BIG TOP, June 7
Puppet show & Party for parents, teachers, children, September 13 Violin and piano concert, TAN CRONE and HAZEL WEEMS, October 18 Childrens' Concert by the CONCORD ORCHESTRA, November 23
Gallery talks by MARGARET FINCH on the Daumier exhibit, October 26, November 2 and November 23
Morning coffee, film, gallery talk on the Daumier exhibition, Novem- ber 5
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Spring film series:
"Mr. Hulot's Holiday", March 28 "Open City", April 18 "Alexander Nevsky", May 16 "My Little Chickadee", June 13
Children's Dance Concert by the DANCE CIRCLE OF BOSTON, December 13
CLASSES IN 1958
At the close of 1958 there were 321 adults and 297 children enrolled in a total of 41 different classes at the Museum.
The following is a list of all the instructors who taught at the Museum for one or more terms in 1958:
CAROLYN ANSLOW, painting ADELE ARCHER, dance
ALAN BARNETT, photography
HARRIS BARRON, pottery & mosaics
ROSALYN BARRON, mosaics DAVID BERGER, watercolor MARGARET BOOTH, dramatics MARY ALLEN BRAMHALL, painting ALICE BRUNTON, painting CALVIN BURNETT, painting
KING COFFIN, watercolor & drawing
LORING COLEMAN, painting JOSEPH COLETTA, painting JOHN EVANS, music KATHLEEN FLETCHER, drawing ROBERT GRADY, painting JOAN HART, painting WILLIAM HEGELHEIMER, painting
ARTHUR HOENER, painting
FLORENCE HOLLINGSWORTH, jewelry & silversmithing JUNE JUDSON, dramatics JEAN KENT, painting MARY LUFT, painting
ALICE LURIO, sculpture
ANNE MALONE, metalworking JOAN MURRAY, jewelry FOSTER NYSTROM, watercolor & drawing
JOHN F. O'NEILL, painting
ELIZABETH PRINCE, metalwork BARBARA SISSON, dramatics DONALD STOLTENBERG, painting NORMA STROKE, sculpture RUTH WHEELER, dance WILLIAM WYMAN, sculpture GEORGE YPHANTIS, painting
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ADDITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION IN 1958
GIFTS:
"Painting Number Two", painting by Gyorgy Kepes, given to the Museum by Charles D. Childs in memory of Margaret Brown "Painting" by Jack Wolfe, given to the Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Schwaab
"Thistles", painting by Graham Sutherland, given to the Museum by Mrs. Culver Orswell in memory of Margaret Brown
"Red Standing Figures", drawing by Henry Moore, given to the Museum by Mrs. Culver Orswell in memory of Margaret Brown
"Figure 1956", painting by Franz Kline, given anonymously to the Museum in memory of Margaret Brown
"Number One, 1954", painting by Milton Resnick, given anonymously to the Museum in memory of Margaret Brown
Untitled painting by Nino Caffe, given to the Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Max Wasserman
"Half Past Three", painting by Attilio Salemme, received by the Museum from the Gloria Vanderbilt Museum Purchase Fund Untitled painting by Frank Benson, given to the Museum by Edward Kenway
"Painting" by John Von Wicht, given to the Museum by Maud Morgan in memory of Margaret Brown
"Seashore", painting by Paul Maxwell, given to the Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Foell
PURCHASES :
"Outlook from Mt. Desert", watercolor by John Marin
"Untitled Painting", by Yutaka Ohashi
"Pastoral", painting by Achi Sullo
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DeCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK Statement of Income and Expense for 1958
INCOME
Trust income
A Trust
$8,800.00
B Trust
59,558.63
$68,358.63
Dues from Associates
11,552.13
School tuition
Adult classes
14,159.87
Childrens' classes
8,615.05
22,774.92
Contributions
796.07
Sale of art supplies, books
4,170.71
Admissions
7,946.85
Interest on savings
846.26
*Miscellaneous income
1,393.84
Total Income
$117,839.41
EXPENSE
**
Operating Expense
Administrative salaries
37,195.68
Administrative expenses
509.79
Teachers' salaries
Adult classes
10,436.00
Childrens' classes 6,326.00
16,762.00
School supplies
1,930.04
Equipment
3,044.69
Supplies
3,468.30
Utilities
4,591.77
Insurance, taxes
4,139.53
Loan repayment, interest
4,528.08
Postage
1,720.94
Publicity
3,405.41
Exhibitions
2,394.08
Events (lectures, films,
concerts, festival)
5,247.02
Park maintenance
1,686.83
Cottage
1,311.46
Books, supplies purchased for resale
3,403.20
Purchase of works of art
923.40
Library
576.40
Appropriations to reserve funds
6,800.00
Miscellaneous
234.22
Total operating expense $103,872.84
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Capital Expense
Construction of rest rooms
$1,610.81
Repair of cottage
2,386.77
Construction of garage
7,949.56
Repair of gallery floor
840.41
Total Capital Expense
$12,787.55
Total Expense
$116,660.39
Excess of income over expense $ 1,179.02
* Miscellaneous income includes $551 received from the sale of chests and paintings from the collection of Julian de Cordova
** No attempt has been made to allocate to the expense of school operation any part of administrative expenses and salaries or other overhead items
DeCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK
BALANCE SHEET, December 31, 1958
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS:
RESERVES
Warren Institute
for Savings $2,693.69
Accessions un-
restricted
855.50
Accessions
restricted 2,928.24
Building fund
14,000.00
Exterior equip- ment depreciation
3,000.00
Interior equipment depreciation 1,500.00
Building main-
tenance 1,310.51
Cottage main-
tenance 1,000.00
reserves 4,000.00
$13,587.82
Total Reserves
$34,594.25
PAYROLL ACCOUNT
IMPREST FUNDS
Payroll
Post office,
2,032.39
IMPREST ACCOUNTS
petty cash
185.00
Total imprest funds
Post office,
185.00
WORKING CAPITAL
9,587.82
petty cash
$46,399.46
$46,399.46
Total Savings
$30,594.25
Corporate reserve $10,000.00
Cambridge
Savings Bank 18,129.38
Cambridgeport
Savings Bank 9,771.18
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
General Checking
Account $9,587.82
Allocated to
Newton Waltham Bank
2,032.39
2,217.39
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SCHOLARSHIP FUND
LINCOLN SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND
Alice E. Garrison William G. Langton
James F. Gray, member ex officio
Barbara G. Davis, Chairman
Less than three years ago the Lincoln Scholarship Fund was estab- lished with a gift of $1000 given by Miss Fanny S. Campbell to build a permanent fund as a community responsibility. Assets have grown to more than four times the amount of the original gift. In addition, a total of $1,850 has been awarded to eight promising Lin- coln students.
High school age seniors or graduates, planning further education or specialized training, are eligible. Awards are made on the basis of scholarship, good citizenship and financial need. Payments are made to the schools in equal installments at the beginning of each semester. 1958 winners are Valerie V. Chodsky, Melanie C. O'Reilly, and Marilyn K. Swanson.
Thanks to a growing understanding in Lincoln of the increasing importance of providing assistance to qualified students, the response to the 1958 appeal for funds was especially gratifying. One hundred eighteen contributions were made by individuals and organizations. The latter included the Lincoln Grange, the First Parish Church, and the Youth Council of the Lincoln Parents League. The Lincoln School Association sponsored movies raised over $250, and it is hoped they will become a tradition for scholarship fund raising. The DeNormandie Fund has grown to $750, and the 4-H Horse Club Fund to $375.
To provide continuity and improved efficiency, the administrators recommended that the terms of committee members be extended from one to three years, and that they be staggered. An article was entered in the 1958 warrant, and the Town voted to accept the change.
The creation of a permanent fund provides the opportunity for voluntary support of a vital phase of our community development - the education of our youth. Gifts and bequests are welcome at any time during the year. It is hoped that through the generosity of the townspeople the fund will grow sufficiently so that, before long, awards may be made from interest on the principal.
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School Committee
Report
to the
Town of Lincoln
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1957-1958
SCHOOLS, LIBRARY AND RECREATION
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1959-1960
September 1-4
Monday-Friday
Staff Organization and Workshop
8
Tuesday
School Opens
October
12
Monday
Columbus Day
November
26-27
Thursday-Friday
Thanksgiving Recess
December
18
Friday
Christmas Vacation Closing
January
4
Monday
School Resumes
February
22-23
Monday-Tuesday
Winter Vacation
24
Wednesday
School Resumes
April
18-19
Monday-Tuesday
Spring Vacation
May
30
Monday
Memorial Day
June
23
Thursday Friday
Commencement School Ends
27-July 1
Monday-Friday
Staff Workshop
July
4
Monday
Independence Day
5
Tuesday
Summer Session Starts
August
5
Friday
Summer Session Ends
Additional Calendar Data
191 School Days.
It is planned to dismiss school at 12:00 o'clock on Wednesday to permit faculty meetings, private pupil lessons, dentist and physician's appointments, club meetings, etc.
Kindergarten morning and afternoon sessions will reverse on February 1, 1960.
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7
Monday
Labor Day
20
Wednesday
School Resumes
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SCHOOL ORGANIZATION LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOL ORGANIZATION SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term Expires
Dr. Perry J. Culver, Chairman
1961
(Mrs.) Elizabeth Donaldson
1960
C. DeWitt Smith
1959
Meetings : Regular: First Monday of each month: 7:30 P. M. at the Superintendent's Office. CL. 9-9400
Called: Third Monday of each month usually and other meetings as stated: time and place designated.
All regular meetings open. Items for the agenda must be in the office of the Superin- tendent by 3:00 o'clock on the Thursday prior to the Monday meeting.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS James F. Gray, Lincoln Road, CL. 9-9558 Office at Smith School, CL. 9-9400, ext. 1
SECRETARIES TO SUPERINTENDENT
(Mrs.) Clara Powers, Financial Secretary (Mrs.) Dorothy Anker
PRINCIPALS Harry T. Burke, Smith School, CL. 9-9400, ext. 5 Robert L. Filbin, Hartwell and Center Schools, CL. 9-9400, ext. 7
SECRETARIES TO PRINCIPALS Solvay Valentine, Smith School (Mrs. ) Doris Bardsley, Hartwell and Center Schools
CUSTODIANS
Jerome Griffin, Smith School
Walton West, Smith School
Harold Cuttell, Center School
Edward Moffett, Hartwell School
SUPERINTENDENT - OFFICE HOURS 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday - Friday Saturdays and evenings by appointment.
SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS
8:15 A.M. to 4:15 P.M., Monday - Friday
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No-School Signals
Local signals will be given on our fire alarm system:
7:15 A. M. 3 -- 3 - -
3 repeated at 7:30 A.M. 3 -- 3 -
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Radio station announcements will be read between the period of 6:30 and 7:30 A. M. On stormy mornings, if convenient, tune in on two or more stations since it is not always possible to get messages through to several stations in the brief time allotted us. Please refrain, too, from tying up local phone lines to school officials and bus operators during the morning hour, 6:30-7:30. We try to contact all of the following when it is necessary to announce "No School":
WBZ WEEI
1030K
WHDH
850K
590K WNAC
680K
Announcements regarding "No School" are made by the Lincoln Superintendent for the Lincoln Elementary Schools (Grades K-8) only.
Announcements for the Regional High School are made by the Regional Superintendent and will be designated "Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School".
Pupils should listen for the announcement which concerns them as there will be times when the High School will operate even though the Elementary Schools are closed.
During extremely stormy or cold weather, parents are urged to exercise their own judgment in sending the younger children.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Perry J. Culver, Chairman Elizabeth C. Donaldson
C. DeWitt Smith
During 1958 there has been considerable advance in the school committee's policy of providing excellent education for the children of Lincoln. £ Improved morale of pupils and teachers suggests this, and the achievement tests confirm that the students are more nearly realizing their individual potentials.
The procurement of a superior and permanent faculty, additional supplies, transportation, wider curriculum and continuing expansion of the physical plant to meet the needs of a rapidly growing school population has resulted in a budget increase of $76,402. over the 1958 budget. Instructional salary items represent $51,283. of the increase, yet the Lincoln median salary of $5100. is the same as the state median. Administrative, operational, and summer program salary increases account for an additional $13,264. Well aware of the effect of a large school budget on the town's tax rate, every effort has been made to bring about economies in the budget without jeopardizing the curriculum or school buildings. £ Opening of the Hartwell School has obviously increased the budget but within proper ratios to pupils, space, staff and operation.
There have been a number of changes in personnel during the year. John Carman, who had given twelve generous and devoted years to the school committee, moved away from Lincoln. Mr. C. DeWitt Smith was appointed to fill Mr. Carman's place. Mr. Robert Filbin, of Peterborough, N. H., was appointed principal of the Hartwell and Center Schools. The Lincoln Elementary Schools now have a strong and capable administrative staff. Fourteen new staff members, in- cluding a librarian, have been added to the faculty for replacements and for additional classes.
Educational advances have kept pace with the growing school system. The summer workshop was continued during 1958. Under the direction of Mr. Filbin, the teachers of the lower grades were trained in better techniques for teaching reading and spelling and reviewed the curriculum before entering the Hartwell School. In addition, more than 90 children came to summer classes for 5 weeks for remedial work in reading, which enabled them to start September classes in better standing. French was added to the curriculum for the third, seventh and eighth grades. The first of a five year plan for development of a school library and teaching of library science was begun. This year the sixth grade experimented success- fully with a week of outdoor education along with their teachers at the Sargent Camp in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
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The impact of Bedford Air Base housing on the school system had been anticipated for the previous two years. The school committee has had a number of conferences with officials of Hanscom Field, State Department of Education and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Whether or not the Lincoln School Committee will ad- minister the Hanscom Field Elementary School in the future has not been established.
An agreement was made with the Air Force and H. E. W. to educate approximately 90 Air Force students during this current school year when they occupy the Hanscom Field houses. Aware of the pressure of more children in the school than had been anticipated even one year earlier, the appointment of a new school building needs committee was requested and approved by the town. This committee is engaged with an architect on plans for a school addition to meet space needs by the fall of 1960.
In the belief that a long range program for land acquisition and use, building needs, maintenance programming and budget fore- casting is vitally necessary for proper and economical growth of the school system, the school committee has appointed an advisory com- mittee to study and report on the problems.
A school system can only be vigorous and healthy if it has the full support of a well informed populace. To this end an improved public relations program has been undertaken. Visitors, as usual, are always welcome at school committee meetings. A special effort has been made to discuss the decisions of the committee with repre- sentatives of the League of Women Voters and the press. A start has been made on establishing written policy and rules and regulations. To keep the townspeople informed, a publication, "The Weathervane", has been inaugurated. An open hearing on the 1958 elementary school budget was sponsored by the League of Women Voters in February 1958.
The school committee tries conscientiously to carry forth the wishes of this community for superior schools. The committee fully realizes the importance of the investment by the community in the town's future and is dedicated to the task of providing the best educational opportunities most economically.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
James F. Gray, Superintendent
The 1958 school enrollment was estimated to be 754 pupils. 762 enrolled on September 1st, with an expected enrollment of 772 pupils during the school year. The additional children brought
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several groups over the twenty five per pupil average established by policy. For several years past, three sections graduated from the eighth grade and four entered kindergarten, and there was the neces- sity for dividing one section, because of population increase, thus making the normal expected growth two classrooms per year. In 1958, however, five sections entered kindergarten and three sections required division, which placed an additional load on available classrooms. The requested addition to the William Hartwell School will bring re- lief to space needs.
The William Hartwell School, named after the first settler in Lincoln, was opened in September 1958 to 301 pupils. It houses five sections of kindergarten, four first grades and four second grades and also contains remedial reading, conference, health, audio-visual, faculty, multipurpose, and administrative rooms. It was a most valuable addition to the school system. As previously planned, the housing of the majority of the primary children in one unit proved to have many educational and administrative advantages. Lincoln should be proud of this school for many years to come.
Concerted efforts were made to recruit qualified teachers. There were fifteen faculty positions to fill and over sixty nine letters of inquiry to colleges and universities were sent. These netted 478 applications that required 294 personal interviews. We were very fortunate in obtaining outstanding teachers who strengthened the faculty and curriculum and proved the hypothesis that "the quality of a school is directly dependent on the quality of the classroom teacher".
Three special areas received new staff members - these were music, library and modern language. The music program was consolidated under one supervisor until such time as the departmental load warranted an additional teacher. The committee and administration felt that in order to have a sound and successful library program, a staff member, specifically trained, was necessary and that such an important phase and investment should not be left to part-time parent or teacher help.
With the school enrollment going well over the seven hundred mark and the opening of a new school, it was necessary to split the admin- istrative load and employ another full time principal for grades one through four. Mr. Robert Filbin, Assistant Superintendent of Peter- borough, N. H. consolidated schools, was elected. Mr. Filbin brought with him an excellent background in supervision and remedial reading. This combination gave added strength to our primary sections.
Students are now placed into sections according to achievement or a modified homogeneous plan. In grades one through six, the pupils' general over-all achievements, maturity and abilities were the prime factors in placement. In the Junior High School sections, pupils
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were grouped according to achievement in the various subject areas in Mathematics, English and Social Studies. The over-all results of this method proved successful enough to warrant further refinements and continuance.
Pupils in grades one through four, who did not respond to the new McKee basic reading system, which assumes a "functional phonics" and sight recognition approach, were introduced to the Anna Gillingham system, which places a greater emphasis on the alphabetic-phonetic attack to reading.
The Rheinhart Handwriting System was discontinued, due to in- creased costs, and the Stone-Smalley system was introduced in all grades. Under this new system, the classroom teacher is directly responsible for all instruction and a faculty committee checks monthly by evaluating samples of their every day work the progress of each child's handwriting. The majority of students will change from the manuscript to cursive writing in the fourth year. Children whose coordination is poor, or who demonstrate a higher degree of pro- ficiency in manuscript, will be encouraged to continue with manuscript and will be taught to read cursive.
Early in the fall the Lincoln, Sudbury and Regional social studies teachers and administrators met to formulate a twelve year social studies program. Several major changes were made that should result in a more concentrated course than the "shotgun" spread previously given history and geography. Teachers' outlines and guides are now being developed and should be available early in 1959. It was agreed to examine the entire language arts program and develop a similar twelve year program as soon as possible, with perhaps the summer workshop being devoted to this complex problem.
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