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LIBRARY
A total of 1,677 books were added to the library col- lection of which 621 were gifts and 1,056 were purchases.
We were very sorry to lose Mrs. Curtis Chapin who left in October to take a research position in Vermont under a Ford Foundation grant. We were extremely lucky to get as a replacement Mrs. Donald Donaldson, who, as a volunteer, had been working closely with Mrs. Chapin and was trained in all her duties. Mrs. Howard Kent has made the children's room an exciting and pleasant place to come to and has many eager helpers among the children. At Hallowe'en and Christmas the large round lights in the room were turned into Jack-o-lanterns and Santa Claus and his helpers which made lighting the lights a joy.
For the first time in many years the library had a large indoor Christmas tree given by Mrs.Kent and trimmed entirely by ornaments made by the children.
This year Mrs. Kent will have regular story hours on Saturday mornings at 11 o'clock twice a month. The chil- dren are eagerly looking forward to these after listening to her during the Summer Playground where she told stories once a week during July and August.
As was the case last year, we cannot be grateful enough to the band of volunteers who come regularly each week to help us at the desk, and with typing, processing and filing. This year they helped in the laborious and difficult job of taking inventory. The inventory figures will be found in the tables of library statistics.
We are also extremely grateful to the eighty-three donors who have given books, plants, tropical fish and a number of other things needed by the Library.
Suburbia, by Robert C. Wood, a Lincoln author, was the subject of our first discussion group: Author, editor and critic, and was enjoyed by all who attended. We hope to have more of these meetings in 1960. We have started a Great Books group for the first time in Lincoln and the response has been enthusiastic.
All in all, 1959 has been a good year and we expect 1960 to be even better.
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GIFTS
Mrs. Lawrence Anderson Mr. Lawrence Anderson
Miss Virginia Armstrong
Miss Margaret Avery Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bliss Mr. Philip Booth Mrs. Paul Brooks
Mrs. Donald Brown
Mrs. Robert Brown
Mrs. Roger Burke
Dr. and Mrs. Bradford Cannon
Mrs. Walter Caskey
Carlson Florists
Mrs. John R. Caswell
Concord Bookshop
Mrs. Paul Cook
Mrs. Thomas Cope
Mrs. Robert M. Cunningham
Mrs. Bruce Daniels
Mr. George Davol
DeCordova Museum Mrs. Donald Donaldson
Mr. Robert Donaldson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eaton
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bradlee Emmons Mrs. James J. Faran Mrs. Norman Fradd
Mrs. Richard Fleck
Miss Doris Grason
Miss Kathie Grason
Mr. Frank Hancock Mrs. Norman Hapgood
Miss Jeanne Healey
Mrs. Stanley Heck
Mrs. Elliott Hedge
Mr. Christopher Hurd Mrs. John Irwin
Mrs. Howard Kent
Mr. Charles Kindleberger
Mrs. R. B. King
Mrs. William King
Mrs. William Langton Larry's Flowers League of Women Voters of Lincoln Lincoln 4-H Horse Club Lincoln Garden Club
Lincoln Scholarship Fund Mrs. John Loud
Mrs. Robert Maroni
Mrs. Paul E. Marsh
Mrs. Spencer Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Meriam Mrs. John Monks
Mrs. Thomas Morse
Mrs. Donald Natoli
Mr. David Nason
Mrs. Thomas Newbold
Miss Hazel Newton
Mr. Thomas Norton
Mrs. Edward Parish
Mrs .. George Peterson
Mr. Charles Phillips
Mrs. William Preston
Miss Margaret Rathbone
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. W. Richardson Mrs. H. Rohig
Mrs. R. J. Ruocco
Mr. Clement Sawtell
Mrs. Richard Schroeder
Miss Grace Secoy
Mr. Oliver G. Selfridge Mrs. Benjamin Shambaugh Mrs. John Sisson
Mrs. Howard Snelling
Mr. Earle B. Street
Mr. and Mrs. George Tarbell
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thiessen Mrs. Maryalice Thoma
Mrs. Quincy Wales
Mrs. R. L. Wales
Mrs. Henry Warner
Mrs. J. B. Warner
Mrs. John White
Mrs. William Wilson
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VOLUNTEERS
Mrs. Lawrence Anderson
Mrs. Bradford Cannon
Mrs. Thomas Cope
Doris Grason
Mrs. Sarah England
Mrs. Norman Fradd
Andrea Loewenstein
Mrs. William Grim
Mrs. Nathaniel Gerson
Mrs. Norman Hapgood
Mrs. Henry B. Kane
Mitty Parish
Mrs. John Lincoln
Mrs. Robert Loesel
Mrs. Donald Natoli
Mrs. George Peterson
Mrs. Eliot Pierce
Mrs. Howard Snelling
Mrs. John Stewart
Mrs. Arthur Thiessen
Mrs. Quincy Wales
Mrs. Henry Warner
Mrs. Robert White
Mrs. Thomas Worthington
EXHIBITS
4-H Clubs - Activities
DeCordova Museum - Japanese art exhibit
Cub Scouts - Library Week
Mrs. John White - Patriots' Day
Houghton Mifflin - Preparation of a book for publishing Mrs. Howard Kent - Pilgrim Thanksgiving
Model stage set competition
Margaret Avery
Marla Buerger
Electa Kane
Barbara Neumann
Nancy Neumann
Anne Norton
League of Women Voters - United Nations Day
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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Hours open : Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 2:30 to 8:30 P.M. Thursday and Saturday 10:30 to 5:00 P.M. Closed Tuesdays and legal holidays.
STATISTICS, 1959 February 1 - December 31, 1959
Inventory
Adult non-fiction
7,140 vols.
Adult fiction
3,730
Total
10,870 vols.
Juvenile non-fiction 1,788 vols.
Juvenile fiction 3,132
Total
4,920 vols.
Total number of volumes as. of
December 31, 1959
15,790 vols.
Acquisitions
Books purchased
1,056
Books given 621
Total acquisitions, 1959 1,677
Books discarded 53*
Books lost
109
New members
238
Total membership
1,710 **
Amount of fines
collected $885.65
No. of days open
234
Major weeding took place in 1958 when the Library was closed. At that time 1590 books were discarded.
This is not an accurate number. There are many family cards covering several members who use the Library.
Circulation
Adult non-fiction
5,515
Adult fiction 9,908
Juvenile 19,932
Periodicals
636
1959 Total circulation
35,991
1958 Total circulation
30,412
Increase over 1958
5,579
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BEMIS FUND
LINCOLN LIBRARY ADDITION BUILDING COMMITTEE
Charles A. Bliss
Secor D. Browne
John A. Carley Edwin M. Cole
Morley M. John
Roland C. Mackenzie Alice G. Meriam
A. Bradlee Emmons, Chairman
The Lincoln Library Addition Building Committee has essentially completed its mission. The rejuvenated Library opened for business in February of 1959, and an official opening ceremony was held in June.
At the present time accounts are being closed and certain roofing deficiencies are being investigated.
It is believed that a few dollars will be returned to the Town when the committee dissolves.
TRUSTEES OF BEMIS FUND FOR FREE PUBLIC LECTURES
Thomas Winship Paul Brooks Mabel H. Todd, Chairman
Since the Bemis Lectures were established in 1893, the number of evening courses, entertainments and other activities available to the citizens of the Town has greatly increased. In view of this fact and the limited size of their budget, the Bemis Lecture Trustees are con- tinuing their policy of presenting a small but varied series of lectures, each of distinguished quality in its field. The trustees welcome comments and suggestions.
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LINCOLN RECREATION COMMITTEE
John Barnaby Mary Belanger Ruth Burk John Garrison
Ernest Johnson Joseph B. Kessel Elin Lennon Earle Street
Albert Avery, III, Chairman
Summer Program
An average of 150 children participated in the Lin- coln Playground program during the six weeks that it was in operation. The first week the attendance averaged 175, the second through the fourth week, 150, and the last two weeks averaged 100.
The Staff included Diane Furber, Supervisor; Judith Sherman, Arts and Crafts Instructor; Richard Bingham, Tennis Instructor; and Cynthia Natoli and Albert Avery, Junior Assistants.
The Playground's official hours were 9:30 - 4:30 but due to children being dropped early and picked up late, the Staff was on duty from 8:30 - 5:30 most of the time.
The children were divided into three groups: - 5 and 6 year olds, 7 and 8 year olds, and 9 - 12 year olds. Two activity groups were run in the mornings from 9:30 - 10:30, and 10:30 - 11:30. The 9 - 12 year olds had a free period from 11:30 - 12 during which time there were stories and songs for the younger children. The most strenuous game playing was done in the morning, with the afternoon reserved for dramatics, music, dancing, apparatus work, arts and crafts, shop and other quiet activities.
Special Activities included the play "Hansel and Gretel" put on by our children, Pirates Day, the Bicycle Rodeo, participation in the Fourth of July Parade, the Children's Theater productions and the trip to the Stone- ham Zoo. Mrs. Jones, the Smith School librarian, and Mrs. Kent of the Lincoln Library held story hours once a week each.
This year for the first time, Lincoln was represented in the New England Junior Tennis League and the Junior Wightman Cup League. A total of nine boys earned awards in the NEJTL and six girls earned awards in the JWCL. Lincoln won the trophy for having the most participants of
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any group in the New England Junior Tennis League. Dick Bingham did a splendid job with our youngsters in so far as the tennis program was concerned.
Due to the growing popularity of Walden Pond as a spot for swimming instruction by organized groups within Middlesex County, Lincoln was allotted a period of only four weeks for instructional purposes. Our quota of 210 children per day was filled and a number were turned down because of late registration. It is the feeling of the committee that the Town should begin earnestly searching for a spot within the town for this activity.
Once again we enjoyed a most successful Softball Program under the able leadership of Earle Street and John Garrison. This year we had five teams contesting for the championship honors.
The annual Fall Tennis Tournament was under the direction of Fred Walkey and Bill Swift, who did an out- standing job of getting the matches played before the snows fell. More young people participated this year than ever before and we hope that parents as well as the young folks will join in the tournament.
Winter Program
The Saturday Basketball Program was extremely success- ful. The 5th and 6th grade boys under the coaching of Albert Nelson split two games with Belmont Hill youngsters. Al is to be commended for his fine work every Saturday with these boys. High Schoolers and Junior High Schoolers played on Saturday afternoons.
The Badminton Program was under the leadership of Ruth and George Burk again this year, and although only a few of the townspeople participated the season was thoroughly en- joyed by those who did take part. We hope that more citi- zens of the Town will join in another year.
The Committee wishes to thank the School Committee and the School Staff for the cooperation shown our group. Without the help of these people our program would not have been possible. Many other individuals and groups were helpful to us and we would be remiss in our thanks without including a "thank you" to them too.
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DeCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Quincy Adams, President
William N. Swift, Vice President
A. Bradlee Emmons, Treasurer Elizabeth J. Snelling, Clerk
Paul W. Cook, Jr.
Stanley Heck George Wells
Museum policy in 1959 was not essentially different from that of other years. It was marked, however, by more ambitious exhibition programs, and by some curtail-
ment of school activity. The latter was brought about by lack of physical space within the Museum. The educa- tional program has proved during the life of the Museum to be immensely successful, but the physical space allocated to it is makeshift at best, and inadequate to meet the demand for classes. It is impossible within the present limits to expand this branch of the Museum activity, or even in some instances to continue the scope of offerings of previous years.
The Directors acknowledge with gratitude the loyal support of the members of the staff, the friends and the associates of the Museum.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Frederick P. Walkey
In 1959 the Museum's basic program of classes, ex- hibitions and events followed the pattern established in previous years. The exhibition schedule gave almost equal emphasis to new talent on the local scene and to inter- national trends in art. Half the exhibitions presented in 1959 featured work by comparatively young New England artists and the remainder featured the widest geographical and historical spread in our exhibition history archi-
tecture and furniture from Denmark, religious arts and crafts from Britain, 300 years of Japanese woodcuts, paint- ings from California, Washington and Oregon, a national drawing show, and English, French and German prints of the 19th and 20th centuries. Attendance at our exhibitions
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last year exceeded the previous record by about 20%.
The pressures for additional classroom space mounted in 1959. Although the demand for classes continues to grow, we have been operating at maximum capacity for more than two years, and at the beginning of each new term we are obliged to turn away greater numbers of disappointed applicants. A Building Needs Committee appointed by the Board of Directors in the fall has performed a major ser- vice for the Museum in conducting a careful study of our space requirements and making specific recommendations for expansion. Members of the Building Needs Committee are Chairman John Haartz, Mrs. Charles Fitts, and Richard Thorpe.
In addition to its customary schedule of art classes for young people and adults, the Museum again last year offered Scholarship Classes for high school students and a special Creative Arts Summer Program for children. High schools in seven neighboring towns participated in the 1959 Scholarship Program. The students admitted to this program were selected by their High School Art Super- visors on the basis of aptitude and interest and attended once-a-week classes at the Museum for advanced art study. The Creative Arts Program provided instruction in the lively and fine arts for children in grades 3 to 7 four mornings a week for a six-weeks term in June and July. Offered in 1959 for the third consecutive year, this pro- gram is unique in the Boston area and is perhaps the Museum's most spectacularly successful experiment in art education for young people.
During 1959 we made substantial progress in coordina- ting our educational activities with art instruction in neighboring public and private schools. Members of the Museum staff conferred with Art Supervisors from 12 schools in a series of meetings held to explore ways in which the Museum can most effectively serve the schools. Gallery talks at the Museum and the services of a visiting lecturer were made available on a regular basis to all schools. Frequent visitors to the galleries in 1959 were the classes of Mrs. Michael Horn, Art Supervisor of the Lincoln schools, and those of John Black, Art Supervisor of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. Illustrated lectures on Greek, Roman and Indian art were presented for history classes in the 8th and 9th grades in Lincoln and Sudbury. Port- folios on various aspects of art were prepared by the
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Museum for classroom use and were circulated last fall in the Lincoln and Lexington public schools, the Middlesex School, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, and in the Sunday School of the First Parish Church in Lincoln.
A number of important works of art were added to the Museum's own collection last year. Some of these were acquired by Museum purchase and others were the generous gifts of friends. We are grateful to the donors listed below for their gifts to the collection in 1959 :
Mr. & Mrs. Constantin Pertzoff, "Flight Number Two", watercolor by George Grosz; Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel L. Josephs, "Paris Cafe", oil painting by Henry Schwartz; Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Agoos, "Man with Tablets", oil painting by Bernard Chaet;
Mr. Edward Kenway, "Chickadees", lithograph by Stow Wengenroth;
Mr. & Mrs. Max Wasserman, 2 linen wall hangings by Henry Moore; Mrs. M. Cruise, "Dahlias", oil painting by Jacob Epstein.
The Associate Council was revitalized and expanded in 1959 to coordinate all volunteer activities on behalf of the Museum. The Council has already proved its value by sponsoring a number of special activities at the Museum and supplying the impetus for a fresh spurt in the growth of our Associate membership. We are sincerely grateful to the members of the Council listed below:
Mrs. Elliott Hedge, Chairman
Mrs. Richard Bailey
Mrs. Elliott V. Grabill
Mrs. John C. Haartz, Jr. Mrs. David B. Lawrence, Assistant Membership Chairman Mrs. William C. Lemander, Festival Chairman 1960 Mrs. Victor A. Lutnicki, Hospitality Chairman Mrs. William McKennan, Membership Chairman Mrs. Gordon Osborne, Park Development Chairman Mrs. Constantin Pertzoff, Music Chairman Mrs. C. DeWitt Smith, Art Rental Chairman Mrs. Andrew M. Wales, Publicity Chairman
There are many other individuals to whom we are in- debted for services rendered in 1959. Notable among these
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are the members of the Lincoln Garden Club who enabled us to present the flower show, "East Meets West", at the Museum in conjunction with our spring exhibition of Japanese prints and paintings. Proceeds from the flower show have been reserved for plantings in the park.
We are grateful to Mrs. Elliott V. Grabill and to the committee that assisted her in producing the unfor- gettable "Dreams of Glory Ball" on the Museum's lawn last spring.
The staff joins me in thanking David Robinson of Lincoln, who works part-time at the Museum and takes over for the rest of us on Sunday afternoons and on weekday evenings when classes are in session. David officially represents the Museum for a large section of our class and gallery going public, and he serves in this role with considerable distinction.
Our newspaper coverage in Boston and the suburban area was more comprehensive this year than in any previous year . I wish to express my appreciation to local members of the press, particularly, for their courtesy to this institution and its representatives.
Finally, I thank the Directors for their guidance and backing, the members of the staff for their unfailing support, and the many friends in Lincoln whose interest and assistance are indispensable to the welfare of this institution. In 1960 the Museum celebrates its 10th anniversary ; I am confident that the community support which has sustained us through a decade of progress will continue to expand in the next decade as the Museum broadens its services to the arts and the community.
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DeCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK
Statement of Income & Expense for 1959
INCOME
Trust income A Trust
$9,400.00 61,090.54
$70,490.54
Associate Contributions
10,560.50
School tuition
Adult classes
12,278.01
Children's classes 9,132.50
21,410.51
Contributions
737.45
Sale of art supplies, books
4,128.14
Admissions
5,227.26
Interest on savings
1,120.02
Miscellaneous income
1,756.31
Total income
$115,430.73
EXPENSE
Operating Expense*
Administrative salaries
41,297.32
Administrative expense
2,356.57
Teachers' salaries
Adult classes
9,869.12
Children's classes
6,902.31
Scholarship classes
315.00
17,086.43
School supplies, equipment
2,529.04
Equipment
2,887.56
Supplies, maintenance
4,129.71
Utilities
5,153.89
Insurance, taxes
3,756.19
Loan repayment, interest
4,330.08
Postage
1,423.03
Publicity
3,944.07
Exhibitions
5,143.46
Events ( lectures, films, concerts,
dance, flower show)
4,971.15
Park maintenance
3,706.83 **
Cottage
1,037.76
Purchase of works of art
1,774.83
Books, supplies purchased for resale
5,590.96
Library
638.54
Miscellaneous
601.13
Total operating expense
$112,358.55
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DeCORDOVA MUSEUM
Expenditures from Reserves :
Repair of pianos (taken from Interior Equipment Reserve Fund) $1,175.00
Architect's Drawings ( taken from Building Fund) 1,327.10
Roof repair (taken from Building Maintenance Fund) 235.00
Accessions ( taken from Accession Fund ) 1,500.00
Jeep ( taken from Exterior Equip- ment Fund) 2,000.00
$6,237.10
Total Cash Payments
$118,595.65
Excess of expenditures over income
Appropriation to reserve funds
$ 3,164.92 $ 7,357.12
* No attempt has been made to allocate to the expense of school operation any part of administrative salaries, ex- penses or other overhead items.
* Includes $1335.05 for major repairs to walls and $600 taken from proceeds of Flower Show for plantings in park.
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DeCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK BALANCE SHEET, December 31, 1959
ASSETS
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Cambridge Savings Bank
$18,749.02
Cambridgeport Savings Bank
10,098.88
Warren Institution for Savings
6,866.37
$35,714.27
GENERAL CHECKING ACCOUNT
Merchants National Bank
4,147.09
PAYROLL ACCOUNT
Newton Waltham Bank
2,200.00
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
1,202.78
STOCK
250.00
IMPREST ACCOUNTS
Post Office & Petty Cash
185.00
$43,699.14
LIABILITIES
RESERVE FUNDS
Corporate Reserve
$10,000.00
Accessions Unrestricted
1,105.50
Accessions Restricted
1,428.24
Building Fund
14,780.02
Exterior Equipment
2,250.00
Interior Equipment
1,575.00
Building Maintenance
2,325.51
Cottage Maintenance
1,750.00
Park Maintenance
500.00
$35,714.27
IMPREST FUNDS
Payroll, petty cash, post office
2,385.00
WORKING CAPITAL
5,599.87
$43,699,14
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Deductions from and additions to Reserve Funds in 1959
Res. Funds 12/31/58
Deductions 1959
Additions 1959
Res. Funds 12/31/59
Corporate
Reserve
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
Accessions Unrestricted
855.50
$ 250.00
1,105.50
Accessions Restricted
2,928.24
$1,500.00
1,428.24
Building Fund
14,000.00
1,327.10
2,107.12
14,780.02
Exterior
Equipment
3,000.00
2,000.00
1,250.00
2,250.00
Interior
Equipment
1,500.00
1,175.00
1,250.00
1,575.00
Building Maintenance
1,310.51
235.00
1,250.00
2,325.51
Cottage
Maintenance
1,000.00
750.00
1,750.00
Park
Maintenance
500.00
500.00
$34,594.25
$6,237.10
$7,357.12
$35,714.27
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LINCOLN SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND
William G. Langton M. Frances Vitale John B. Davis, ex officio Barbara G. Davis, Chairman
The growth of the Lincoln Scholarship Fund continued steadily in 1959. However, in order to relieve the pressure of a greater percentage of qualified students attempting to meet rapidly increasing educational costs, it is imperative that the Fund grow proportionately in capital assets and funds available for annual awards.
Assets are now almost five times the original gift of $1,000, given by Miss Fanny Campbell less than four years ago to establish a permanent fund. In addition, almost $3000 has been awarded to twelve promising Lincoln students, $1,100 of it in 1959, the largest amount yet awarded.
The response to our annual appeal for funds was gratifying, though less than last year in spite of the greater need. One hundred individuals contributed $1,030. Contributions from community organizations brought the total to $1,408.50. The 4-H Horse Club, Lincoln School Association, Youth Council of the Lincoln Parents' League, Lincoln Grange #129, and the American Legion Post #84 supported the Fund, the first three sponsoring special fund raising projects which helped to publicize the fund and its need.
High school seniors and graduates, who are residents of Lincoln, are eligible. Awards are made on the basis of good citizenship, financial need, and scholarship. 1959 winners were Cynthia Chapin, Massachusetts College of Art (Teacher training) ; Dennis Foley, Tufts University (Engineering) ; Peter Fournier (Science) and Carleton Huff (Agriculture), both attending the University of Mass.
With the hope of further aiding a greater number of qualified students, the Administrative Committee purchased for the Lincoln Library four volumes recommended by Mrs. Thoma and the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Guid- ance Department, describing Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans. We hope to supplement this material in the future.
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The creation of the 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 any time of the year.
As yet, awards have been primarily for the freshman year, as this is when students need the greatest help to establish themselves. It is hoped, however, that with more participation in fund raising by a greater number of community organizations, we will be able to renew annually awards to those most qualified.
Our goal is to stimulate civic pride in Lincoln's educational aid program, and thereby broaden the base of our financial support.
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School Committee
Report
to the
Town of Lincoln
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1958-1959
SCHOOL ORGANIZATION
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1960 - 1961
September 6 - 9
Tuesday-Friday
Staff Organization and Workshop
September 12
Monday
School Opens
October
12
Wednesday
Columbus Day
November 11
Friday
Veterans Day
November 24-25
Thursday-Friday
Thanksgiving
December 22
Thursday
Christmas Vacation
January
3
Tuesday
School Resumes
February
22
Wednesday
Washington's Birthday
March
6
Monday
Spring Recess Begins School Resumes
March
13
Monday
April
19
Wednesday
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