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So far, the steady growth of the Scholarship Fund has kept pace with the growing needs. The Committee and surely the Scholarship students are most grateful for all who have made this possible.
The Committee also wishes to thank Christo- pher Hurd, who served two years on the Committee with great understanding and enthusiasm. Mr. Hurd resigned in May because of ill health. He is succeeded by Charles Whittier Calkins, Jr., ap- pointed by the Town Moderator.
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TRUSTEES OF BEMIS FUND FOR FREE PUBLIC LECTURES
Paul Brooks Elizabeth Harney Thomas Winship, Chairman
The 71st year of the Bemis Lecture Series pro- vided, as usual, a most varied fare of entertainment and information for Lincoln residents.
On October 23, 1964, Mr. William C. Powell, Public Information Chief at the United Nations, pre- sented a vivid picture of the United Nations' activ- ities and problems.
On December 4, at Smith School, many dedicated sports enthusiasts braved the elements in order to hear Bud Collins, the Boston Globe sports columnist, describe this year's Olympics held in Japan. Slides were shown and a good deal of amusing commentary given on the events, participants, and surroundings. The question and answer period which followed was partic- ularly lively and amusing.
The following month, on January 15, Isaac Asimov, science fiction writer and Professor of Bio- Chemistry, regaled us with delightful anecdotes of how, why and what he writes. The young people in the audience, and there were many, were most atten- tive and responsible.
The final program will be a first in several respects. A dramatic reading of "Dear Liar", an adaptation of the letters of George Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, written and performed by a well known actor and director of the Boston Arts Festival, Jerome Kilty, and his wife, Cavada Humphrey, will be presented in the new Brooks School auditorium on April 2, 1965.
The Trustees welcome suggestions from the towns- people on possible guests for future programs and would also like to thank the town for its continued interest.
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DeCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK
Victor A. Lutnicki, President
In its fifteenth year the DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park added approximately 5.74 acres to its land area by purchase from the Weston Estate. This protracted transaction involved two of the Museum's neighbors and other townsmen. Without their patience, persistence, and generous inter- est in the Museum, the acquisition of this much needed additional land area might not have been possible.
The additional acreage did come rather un- expectedly and required a reassessment of the Museum's expansion plans. The addition of build- ing facilities that embraced the use of the en- larged site was thought more appropriate than the design first decided upon. This change, together with the less-than-hoped-for balance in the Devel- opment Fund, has unfortunately delayed the building program for as much as a year. It is, however, being vigorously pursued.
The Board lost a talented and loyal member when John Lincoln moved his residency to Provi- dence. It heartily endorsed the Selectmen's choice of Francis S. Andrews as John Lincoln's successor . Mr. Andrews has been an active and generous supporter of the Museum's program and will strengthen the Museum's policy-making body.
There is no test of a Museum's program more revealing than the attendance and participation of the community it endeavors to serve. By this ex- acting standard, DeCordova in 1964 continued to im- prove upon its established success as a unique and valued part of the lives of an increasing number of people. In design and execution this program stands to the credit of the Museum's Executive Director, Frederick P. Walkey, and his staff. In
this much deserved acknowledgment, specific men- tion must also be made of the Assistant Director, Foster H. Nystrom, and the Assistant to the Direct- or, Miriam Jagger.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Frederick P. Walkey
My report will be briefer and more personal this year than in previous years. Instead of carefully detailing the past year's events, it seems appropriate to make an assessment of over- all growth and development now that the Museum has been open for more than fourteen years.
From the early and recent history of the Museum I want to single out two men for special recognition. In honoring these two, I believe that I honor all the citizens of the Town and every board member with whom I have served, be- cause these men epitomize the character and spirit of Lincoln as I have known it.
Dr. Robert DeNormandie was the President of the Board of Directors when I became Executive Director in 1949, and he served the Museum with dedication until his death in 1952. I have never known a more forthright, direct and warmly human person. I remember him with the greatest affection, for he saw the Museum through the ini- tial years, a time when every action taken was a trail blazer and every action was subjected to careful scrutiny by the Town. A quality which Dr. DeNormandie shared with his successor and one which distinguished his medical career was a de- votion to professional standards, and every de- cision on Museum policy was governed by his in- sistence on excellence. Considering both the geography and the time, the policy of the new Museum was courageously progressive. To estab- lish a new institution which fostered the cause of modern art in a small New England town in 1949 reflected a community and a citizenry unique in their time. Now that modern art has become so universally and popularly accepted, it is hard to realize that only fifteen years ago the situa- tion was completely reversed.
In 1951 the mantle of Board leadership passed from the remarkable Doctor to J. Quincy
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Adams. Quincy, who had been an original member of the Board, was to give twelve more devoted years to the Museum as President. I know that its success and welfare were supremely important to him. Through all that time he was unwavering in his devotion to the ideals set forth in the be - ginning; many times I relied on his unfailing support to push the Museum program forward.
In citing the outstanding contributions of Dr. DeNormandie and Mr. Adams, I hope to point up an attitude which has been present in Lincoln throughout the Museum's history. The Museum was conceived to have a central role in Lincoln's cul- tural life and to give leadership to the whole area. To succeed, it needed the active support of the people in this community and others. The
success, measured by any standard, which the Museum has achieved, is the result
of the direct participation of hundreds upon hundreds of people from Lincoln and beyond. The membership of more than 1800 families from 88 communities in Massa- chusetts and from eleven states demonstrates the esteem in which it is held and the role it plays in the region.
Circumstances have combined to give Lincoln a good museum and arts center. They have also imposed a responsibility on the Town to assure that the progress made to date continues. Lin- coln is a small town, and a good museum is a po- tentially large burden. Imaginative planning, continued cooperation from the townspeople, and a community-held sense of mission will be re- quired to expand this unique institution. A few small university towns can boast of a similar community advantage, but in general, such in- stitutions are found only in large cities. Julian DeCordova made a remarkable gift to the Town. The Museum has not yet, however, received
any significant additional capital bequests. I do not think it inappropriate to suggest that any citizen who wishes to further enrich his com- munity might think about enlarging the DeCordova endowment, establishing a named fund for the pur- chase of art works, or endowing the music program. There are other ideas worth exploring, and members
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of the Board of Directors are always available to discuss them.
This year, for the first time, I feel that we have really turned a corner. For six years we have been talking and planning expansion, but now the prospect of building a modest addition is actually a reality. The need for expansion has been spelled out in every DeCordova report for the past half-dozen years, but it may be helpful to restate it. We need to expand two aspects of the Museum simultaneously - work space and class space. The office, storage and ser- vice space in the present building is inadequate. The existing classrooms are too small and two few to offer even the minimum program to be expected of an "art cen- ter". Transferring classes from their present locations to new rooms will immeasura- bly improve the internal Museum operation. Those who contribute to the building of the new studios are not merely supporting the art instruction program, but helping us to ex- pand the whole physical plant and thereby improve the ef- ficiency of the Museum opera- tion. Money has come from hundreds of people in many communities, but in the final analysis the great- est proportion must come from Lincoln. The Museum is owned by the Town and governed by its citizens, and it will be an outstanding arts center if the Town is determined to make it so ...
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DECORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK
Board of Directors, December 1964
Victor A. Lutnicki, President
Eliot Hubbard, III, Vice President
Janet Daniels, Clerk
Stanley Heck, Treasurer
Paul W. Cook, Jr., Assistant Treasurer
Dana W. Atchley, Jr.
Francis S. Andrews
Administrative Staff, December 1964
Frederick P. Walkey, Director
Foster H. Nystrom, Assistant Director
Miriam Jagger, Assistant to the Director Ann Alcott Lummus, Associate Secretary Carol B. Allen, Registrar
Barbara Adolph Gold, Curatorial Assistant Cordelia Molloy, Bookkeeper
Arthur Mazmanian, Graphic Designer
Karl Lahnstein, Building Superintendent
Floriy Campobasso, Caretaker
Hugh Parsons, Custodian
Associate Council, December 1964
Mrs. Everett A. Black, Chairman Mrs. John P. Stevenson, Secretary
Mrs. Albert England, Jr., Music Chairman
Mrs. Henry Hoover, Garden Club Representative Mrs. Hayden Mason, A. I. M. Representative Mrs. Max M. Mason, Auction Chairman
Mrs. Robert L. Moore, Lincoln Area Chairman
Mrs. Robert L. Niles
Mrs. Leopold Peavy, Artists-at-Work Day Chairman
Mrs. C. DeWitt Smith, Membership Chairman
Mrs. Theodore Tucker
Mrs. Raymond Tunnell, Assistant Lincoln Chair- man
Mrs. Charles Wadsworth, Hospitality Chairman
Mrs. John W. White, Film Chairman
Mrs. Robert Booth, Flower Arrangements Chairman
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Mrs. Charles Crumm
Mrs. Robert Grady
Mrs. John R. Ehrenfeld, Acton Chairman
Mrs. Ascher Shapiro, Arlington Chairman
Mrs. Herbert C. Lee, Belmont Chairman
Mrs. Edwin Campbell, Carlisle Chairman Mrs. Richard Adler, Concord Co-Chairman Mrs. James Skinner, Concord Co-Chairman Mrs. Richard I. Miller, Lexington Chairman Mrs. Robert Bunshaft, Newton Chairman
Mrs. William Stenzel, Sudbury Co-Chairman Mrs. Clarence G. Fauntleroy, Sudbury Co- Chairman
Mrs. John Beard, Wayland Co-Chairman Mrs. Hugh Leney, Wayland Co-Chairman Mrs. G. Lane Johnson, Wellesley Chairman Mrs. Joseph Gardella, Weston Co-Chairman Mrs. Radcliffe Edmonds, Weston Co-Chairman Mrs. Haig Tatosian, Bedford Co-Chairman Mrs. Robert King, Bedford Co-Chairman
Mrs. Arthur Vershbow, Print Club Chairman
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DeCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK Operating Statement for 1964
Operating Income:
Trusts
$75,093.02
Associate Contributions
27,514.00
Tuition from Classes
38,492.58
Receipts from Films,
Concerts, Benefits
19,501.65
Other Income (Sales, Services, Misc.) 17,466.24
Interest on Savings
4,167.73
Total Operating Income
$182,235.22
Operating Expense :
Administrative Staff
(Salaries, Benefits) School
68,669.21
(Expense, Salaries)
29,506.45
Operating Expense of
Museum and Park
81,922.91
Total Operating Expense
180,098.57
Net Gain for 1964
$ 2,136.65
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1964
Assets :
Savings Bank Accounts
$108,365.44
Checking Account
505.39
Imprest Accounts ( Payroll, Petty Cash, Post Office)
4.313.15
Total Assets
$113,183,98
Liabilities:
Corporate Reserve Fund
10,000.00
Building Fund (Receipts from Benefits)
12,718.08
2nd Decade Fund (Receipts from Campaign) 66,905.65
Depreciation Funds (Reserves
for capital expenditures to
replace equipment and repair buildings, roads, parking) Imprest Funds
13,417.79
Working Capital
5,957.46
Total Liabilities
$113,183,98
Total Allocations to Funds in 1964 Total Expenditures from Funds in 1964
$ 17,851.36 $ 23,500.44
4,185.00
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1963 - 1964
SCHOOLS
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1965-66
September 1
Wednesday
September 2
Thursday
September 3 September 6
Friday
Monday
September
7
Tuesday
September 8
9
Thursday
September
10
October
12
November
11
November
24
November
29
December
22
January
3
Monday
February
21
February
28
April
18
April
25
May
30
June
22
Wednesday
N. B. : Within the regular school year, classes end noontime on Wednesdays with the exception of the weeks in which there are holidays: in those instances, Wed- nesdays are full days of school.
Kindergarten morning and afternoon sessions will reverse on Monday, January 31, 1966.
SUMMER SCHOOL - 1966
June
29
July
27
Wednesday Wednesday
Summer School Opens Summer School Ends
****** *
Local signals will be given on our fire alarm system 7:15 a.m. 3-3-3, repeated at 3-3-3
7:30 a.m.
Radio announcements will be read between the period of 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Please refrain from tying up local phone lines to school officials and bus operators. (WCOP. ... 1150K; WBZ .... 1030K; WEEI .... 590K; WNAC. .680K; WHDH .. .850K;
WEZE .... 1260K; WMEX .... 1510K)
Announcements regarding "NO SCHOOL" are made by the Lincoln Superintendent of Schools for the Lincoln Elementary Schools ( grades K-8) only. Announcements for the Regional High School are made by the Regional Superintendent of Schools and will be designated "Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School".
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Teacher Workshop Teacher Workshop Teacher Workshop Labor Day Teacher Orientation
Wednesday
Teacher Orientation Teacher Orientation
September
Friday Students Report for Classes Holiday - Columbus Day Tuesday Holiday - Veterans' Day Thursday Wednesday Vacation (Begins at Noontime ) Monday Classes Resume Vacation (Begins at Noontime) Wednesday Classes Resume Vacation Week Classes Resume Vacation Week Monday Monday Monday Classes Resume Holiday - Memorial Day Monday Monday Classes end at Noontime
SCHOOLS
LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOL ORGANIZATION
Term Expires
School Committee
Perry J. Culver, M. D., Chairman
1967
(Mrs.) Helen Gilfoy 1966
C. DeWitt Smith
1965
Meetings : Regular : First Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m. Office of the
Superintendent. 259-9400
Called : Third Monday of each month usually, and other meetings as stated. Time and place to be designated.
All regular meetings open. Items for the agenda must be in the Office of the Superin- tendent by 3:00 p.m. on the Thursday prior to the Monday meeting.
Superintendent of Schools
Robert L. Filbin Center School 259-9400
Superintendent's Office Staff
(Mrs. ) Mary Ann Wilson Secretary
( Mrs.) Harriett Parks
Financial Secretary
(Mrs. ) Mary Bufton Clerk-Typist
Hours : Office of the Superintendent - 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday Friday; Saturdays and evenings by appointment.
Principal, Smith School
Stefan Vogel
259-9402
Office Staff
(Mrs. ) Solveig Parsons Secretary, Smith School
(Mrs. ) Ruth Gaynor
Principal, Hanscom School
Robert A. Leach
274-7720
Office Staff
(Mrs.) Lucille Needham Secretary, Hanscom School
( Mrs.) Lorraine Wells
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Principal, Hartwell School
(Mrs. ) Joan B. Warren 259-9404
Office Staff
( Mrs. ) Doris Bardsley Secretary, Hartwell School ( Mrs. ) Kathryne Palmer
Resigned in 1964: (Mrs. ) Mary Bach, Hanscom School (Miss) Frances R. Gardella, Superintendent's Office
Hours - School Offices
8:15 a.m. - 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday
Administrative Assistant
George Drake Center School 259-9401
School Nurses
( Mrs. ) Alice E. Garrison, R. N.
259-9407
Lincoln Schools
274-7723
(Mrs. ) Gladys Crumb, R. N. Hanscom School
Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds
John J. Carroll
Center School 259-9401
Custodians
John Biondo
Brooks School
Nelson Palumbo
Brooks School
Ralph Weatherbee
Center and Smith Schools
Festus Armstrong
Hartwell School
Harold Cuttell
Hartwell School
Atwell Williams
Hartwell School
John Florio
Hanscom School
Daniel O'Leary
Hanscom School
Harold Swift
Hanscom School
Oscar De Conto
Smith School
Resigned in 1964: Frank Cole
Telephone Numbers
Office of the Superintendent
259-9400
Offices of the Principals :
Hartwell School
259-9404
Hanscom School
274-7720
Smith School
259-9402
Brooks School
259-9408
Administrative Assistant
259-9401
Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds
259-9401
Nurses :
Lincoln (Mrs. Garrison)
259-9407
Hanscom (Mrs. Crumb)
274-7723
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Perry J. Culver, M. D., Chairman Helen Gilfoy C. DeWitt Smith
In this era of national concern with im- proving education, the townspeople of Lincoln should inquire into the quality of education in the Lincoln Public Schools. There are no ob- jective standards by which a school system may be measured; but there are many indications that professional educators and other informed critics have a high regard for the Lincoln Schools.
Visitors from many near and distant places are directed here by the State Board of Education and the neighboring university Schools of Educa- tion. Graduate students of school administration at the Harvard School of Education have made a thorough study of the Lincoln Schools and report that our school system is one of the best in New England. The quality of educational environment in Lincoln is well known to prospective teachers. In 1964 there were more than three hundred appli- cations for teaching positions in Lincoln from the best students of the schools of education; only thirty places were available.
Perhaps the most concise description of the Lincoln Schools can be quoted from the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine of July 26, 1964. "Evo- lution + Innovation = Excellence. This kind of school system had to happen. Educators for years
have been moving toward new methods which both serve the slow and challenge the quick, at no sacri- fice to the progress of the average learner. But it required a unique combination of community en- thusiasm and teacher enlightenment to finally bring it ." Neither the faculty, the administration nor the school committee are complacent about our pres- ent status, but are working more diligently than ever for better and better education for each pupil.
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Opening of the new Brooks School with its core of invaluable central facilities such as auditorium, flexible large class teaching spaces, art, music and science areas has added an im- measurable impetus to our striving for excellence. Both the faculty and students radiate an enthusiasm for learning which has permeated the whole system. The campus plans of a lower primary school at Hart- well, a middle school at Smith and an upper school at Brooks is about to be realized.
Beauty in the environment has not been over- looked. The architect planned for flexibility, economy, durability and beauty. A lovely setting for our schools is being achieved through the ef - forts of Mr. Max Mason, the Landscape Committee, and generous help from the services (Park and High- way) of the Town.
Improvement in quality of physical facilities is being more than matched by advancement in curri- culum and faculty. Fourteen senior members of the faculty are now on full calendar year contracts. This makes it possible for them to devote all of their energies and skills to guiding the profession- al growth of the younger faculty and in shaping an
even better curriculum. Innovation of multi- discipline classes which will decompartmentalize education, the institution of periods for indepen- dent study that will lead to habits of lifelong education and possibly planning for the year round utilization of the school plant are all products of a faculty which looks beyond the immediacy of the next day's classes. The library, which is the foundation for learning, will continue to be one of the prime projects in our long-range planning.
Quality education costs money; and generally people get about what they pay for. Your school committee submits that the Town of Lincoln is re- ceiving full value for what it spends.
The following table shows that over the last five years almost all of the increase in the per pupil cost of education has gone into salaries.
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BUDGET PER PUPIL COST DATA, 1961 1965
Categories
1961 Budget 10/60- 894
1962 Budget 10/61- 920
1963 Budget 10/62- 971
1964 Budget 10/63- 973
1965 Budget 10/64- 1006
Instruction Salaries
$333.73
$373.22
$412.15
$437.37
$472.65
All other Salaries
58.39
52.34
49.69
56.45
67.86
Total
Salaries
392.12
425.56
461.84
493.82
540.51
All other
Costs
133.05
134.52
131.59
143.82
143.34
Total Town Budgets
$525.17
$560.08
$593.43
$637.64
$683.85
.
This is as it should be. Wise administration by the Superintendent and staff have improved the custodianship over non-salary expenditures so that we are able to increase the material support of our edu- cational program without significant increases in the per pupil cost.
The Hanscom school is growing apace in size and quality. This continues to please both the families and staff of L. G. Hanscom Field and the citizens of Lincoln; moreover, the presence of the Hanscom school in the Lincoln System helps to bear the cost of school wide administration.
Throughout this report it has been implied or explicitly stated that Lincoln has become a leader in elementary education because of the interest and sup- port of all of its citizens. We should like to recognize particularly the School Building Needs Com- mittee, the Finance Committee, the Selectmen, the Ex- ecutive Secretary of the Town, the Landscape Com- mittee, the Recreation Committee, the Lincoln School Association, the Library Board of Trustees, the Board of Health and the many volunteers who have contri-
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buted countless hours to the Schools. Thanks to all who have given much time and thought to our joint goal. We are moving closer to it in our quest for greatness in education.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Robert L. Filbin
The year 1964 has seen a number of signifi- cant changes in the Lincoln Schools. For the first time in the history of the town the student enrollment has exceeded a thousand pupils. The October 1st enrollment count showed 1006 children. A similar kind of trend has been taking place at Hanscom School which is operated by the Lincoln Schools. The student enrollment there was 646
pupils on October 1st. It is anticipated that there will be approximately 1033 pupils at Hans- com School by December of 1965 due to new housing which is being constructed for personnel stationed at Hanscom Field. This will bring the total school population to a number well over 2000.
With the completion of the new Brooks School in the fall of this year the concept of a campus school system with a Primary School, a Middle School and an Upper School became a reality. This substantial building with its specialized teaching spaces for Science, Art and Music, its adequate general classroom wing and a large auditorium lecture hall makes it possible to carry on the edu- cational program of the schools more effectively. The present buildings, including Center School, will accommodate up to 1300 children at which point addi- tional buildings will be necessary.
The increase in the number of students at Hanscom School calls for a new building to be com- pleted by the school year 1965-66. This building, which will be erected at the present Hanscom site, will be paid for by the federal government. At present it is in the design stage and construction is not expected to begin until July of 1965.
The number of school personnel has increased significantly. The total number on the profession-
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al staff is 108 and on the non-teaching staff 27; a total of 135. It is expected the staff will increase in proportion to the student enrollment.
Important additions to the faculty this year were Mr. Joseph Fallo, formerly Assistant Science Co-ordinator of the Lexington Public Schools, as Elementary Science Co-ordinator for the Town and Hanscom Schools, and Miss Carol Williams, elemen- tary music teacher for the Town and Hanscom Schools. Other staff changes within the schools are reported by the school principals in their reports which appear in another part of this report.
The schools were recognized nationally in July of this year by the publication of two arti- cles in the Chicago Tribune. Written by Ruth Moss, Feature Writer for the Tribune, they were entitled "The Lincoln Schools - Evolution + Inno- vation = Excellence" and "The Battle to Make Words Behave" . The former was reprinted by special per - mission from the Tribune as an edition of the "Weathervane" and mailed to residents of the Town late in the fall. This article dealt with the over-all school program and organization. The latter article dealt with Lincoln's reading program.
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