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WILLIAM C. WHITING.
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ANNUAL
GRADUATION EXERCISES.
PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1917
HIGH SCHOOL HALL
Evening of June Twenty-eighth
Nineteen Hundred Seventeen
Program
March, "Boys in Khaki" Bennett
SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
Invocation
REV. ERNEST PUGH
Overture, "Sweet Brier Overture" Laurendeau
SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
Salutatory and Essay, Through Eastern Eyes. RUTH WARREN MORTON
Essay, The Awakening of Russia. NETTIE LOUISE COHEN
Chorus, Conquest of the Air Schaikowsky
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Essay, Songs of the Nations.
EDITH LANMAN
Essay, Our Debt to France. GLADYS EDNA THOMAS
Songs, (a) "I heard a thrush at eve". Cadman
(b) "Passing By" Purcell
(c) "My Native Land" Suppe
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Oration and Valedictory, King Labor.
WALDER JULIUS ENGSTROM Concert Number, "Angelus" Massenet
SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
Presentation of Diplomas.
DR. WALTER D. SHURTLEFF
Chorus, "Recessional"
Schneker
SCHOOL CHORUS
Presentation of Prizes Singing of Class Song
CLASS OF 1917 .
Class Song. 1.
The time is drawing near, dear friends, When all must say good-bye, And each his separate pathway wend From dear old Plymouth High For four short years we've toiled here, Each one his best to do; But quickly now the time draws near To change old times for new.
Chorus. Farewell ! Our high-school days are fled, The happiest we have seen : In years to come we'll ne'er forget Our class, nineteen seventeen.
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2.
Rare moments are forever gone, Our happy school days o'er ; With mem'ry fond we look upon Pleasures, ours no more. To answer duty's call, we launch Our craft on life's deep sea ; But ever with true hearts and staunch
We will remember thee.
Chorus.
Farewell! The time to part has come To leave each well-known scene ; And may success, in years to come, Follow nineteen seventeen.
Words by Charlotte W. Bumpus. Music by Hazel Perkins
CLASS OF 1917.
"Impossible is Un-American"
Walter Augustus Anderson William Bussell Axford Mildred Frances Bagen James Francis Barlow Harold Irwin Bartlett Wilfred Earle Bartlett Eleanor Hastings Beaman Sarah Spooner Bent
Caroline Frances Gooding Bodell John Fiske Brown Oliver Warren Bates Brown Charlotte Warren Bumpus Kenneth Warren Burgess Anna Christina Carleton Albert John Cavicchi Nettie Louise Cohen
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Florence Mae Dale Jennie Deans
Donald Dyer
Walder Julius Engstrom
Mary Grace Frawley
Margaret Hallinan Gerety
Margaret Burnadette Girard
Dorice Adams Hall
Ruth Cleveland Kierstead
Sarah Gertrude Rogan Fred Myron Rowell
. Edith Lanman Irene Marguerite Marshall Samuel Abie Miller
Edna Lilith Morton
Edwin Howard Morton
Ruth Warren Morton
Mercedes Geraldine Murphy Dorothe Mae Nutter
James O'Brien
Warren Henry Peck
Carleton Starr Perkins Lillian Hazel Perkins
Geoffrey Daniel Perrior, Jr.
Mildred Louise Quartz
Alberto Max Ransden Leslie Everett Ray Maurice Benjamin Resnick
Ethel May Scott Charlotte Louise Sears Simon Shoman Gertrude Viola Smith Hilda Smith Stevens Gladys Edna Thomas Chester Warren Ward John Mason Washburn
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REPORT OF PRIMARY SUPERVISOR
Mr. Charles A. Harris,
Superintendent of Schools,
Plymouth, Mass.
Dear Sir :
During the past year our efforts have been devoted to better teaching. Our aim is to so organize the work that we may de- velop individuality, that we may teach the child, not the class.
We have a good course of study and a liberal supply of text- books, both of which are of the greatest value to the school. The buildings are sanitary, and for the most part well lighted, heat- ed, and ventilated, so that the health and comfort of the pupils are well cared for. The number of pupils per teacher is more nearly ideal than ever before, a matter of vital importance to the efficiency of the schools.
The need of doing things thoroughly and intensively has been emphasized. Each teacher has been provided with a Plan Book in which to keep a record of daily programs, and the programs have been arranged to provide work for every group of children, that the greatest good may come to the greatest number. Frequent periods for relaxation and physical exercise have an important place on the programs, as the chief business of small children is to play and grow, in order to develop strong, healthy bodies and correspondingly active minds.
Nothing in the school curriculum has been so subject to change as penmanship, and nothing so difficult to find as a method adapted to the primary grades. It has been proved, however, that free-arm movement in writing can be obtained in the lowest grades, and for that purpose the Clark system has been followed. The instructions in this method are so definite
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and systematic, that, with correct teaching, it is sure to prepare pupils for the work of the higher grades.
It seemed necessary also to select one of the best developed methods of teaching arithmetic, providing each pupil above the first grade with a textbook. This has not only proved benefi- cial in teaching the subject, but has saved much eye strain.
Visiting schools to observe methods of particular excellence, teachers' meetings which permit of frank discussions of methods and comparisons of work done, with suggestions as to the cor- rection of errors, professional reading, and model lessons by teachers whose work is notably successful, all help to increase the efficiency of the teaching force.
But the real success of the school depends upon the ability and enthusiasm of the teacher. The school is what the teacher is. This is particularly true of the primary teacher, and, her life is one of self-sacrifice for this reason. The child does not come to school merely to learn reading and arithmetic and the other studies. Life is his great problem which the school must help him solve. The primary teacher realizes her duty and en- deavors to train the child to think and act for himself, to form habits of self-control, thoughtfulness, industry, and regard for others. She aims to develop his power of application, concen- tration and originality. With infinite patience she helps him build up his character that he may gain a sure foundation for good citizenship, and never was the need of perfecting the Amer- can citizen more pressing than it is at the present time.
Respectfully submitted,
ELIZABETH H. SAMPSON,
Primary Supervisor.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF HOME AND SCHOOL GARDENS.
Mr. Charles A. Harris, Superintendent of Schools, Town of Plymouth, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit the first report of the work in Home and School gardens.
The success of the Home and School gardens was due mainly to the support of Mr. Harris, Superintendent of Schools and that of the Public Safety Committee and also to the enthusias- tic efforts of the young gardeners. Early in May, talks were given in the various grades urging the children to plant home gardens, and instructing them in the selection of seeds and proper location of plots. In the Junior High School, seeds were tested and the percentage of germination estimated. Soils from the different gardens were brought in and the litmus paper and ammonia water tests were applied to detect sourness, indicating the need of lime. The composition of fertilizers were studied familiarizing the students with their ingredient chemicals and their function in plant production.
Toward the last of May actual garden work began. The two school gardens were ploughed and work began in earnest. In- struction was continued in the schools until the last of June. Then on July 1 inspection of Home and School gardens was undertaken. The pupils had been previously supplied with cards for recording the location and size of their gardens, the variety of seeds planted and the date of planting. Two hundred and forty Home Gardens and twenty-one School Gardens were enrolled in the Home and School Garden Contest, forty-five of
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which were cared for by girls and two-hundred and sixteen, by boys. Of this number thirty-seven girls and one-hundred boys successfully continued throughout the summer. The School Garden Supervisor made on an average three visits to each Home Garden during the summer. Some received more visits according to the need of the individual case. The School Gar- dens were visited nearly every day during the planting season and about three times a week during the rest of the summer.
During his visits the Supervisor taught the young farmers what to plant, kept them encouraged during the trying times when their gardens were flooded with continued rain, explained to them the remedies for pests, and assisted them in applying these remedies, instructed them in the succession of crops, in- stilled in them a desire to increase their knowledge of agricul- tural line by urging them to plant for profit.
Accurate records were kept of the gardens by a card system. Those gardens were marked "excellent" whose appearance showed zealous and untiring care and whose crops were the product of interested effort. Others were rated "good," "fair," and "poor" according to the judgment of the Supervisor con- cerning their interest and effort expended. Of the two hundred and sixty-one gardens visited in July, 92 per cent. showed im- provement at the time of the second visit, 70 per cent. were rated "excellent."
In the spring, much difficulty was experienced in obtaining fertilizers and seeds due to the fact that many who wished to plant found it difficult to obtain the funds necessary to pur- chase them. Some gardeners who were confronted with this obstacle tried to settle the question by planting without ferti- lizer at all. This was later corrected by putting on top-dress- ing and working it into the soil. The fault had its good ef- fects, however, for it taught the gardeners as perhaps nothing else would, that if they wished to have good crops they must supply the plants with food. The seed difficulty was overcome in part, by the Supervisor buying seeds and distributing them
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where the case was urgent. Thirty-seven dollars worth of seed was bought and of this amount all but $4.20 was later collected from the boys and girls.
The hearty co-operation and interest manifested by the par- ents throughout the summer was a source of much encourage- ment to the Supervisor. Among the many cases that came be- fore the Supervisor's notice during the summer which set forth the fact concretely that the end aimed at in the Home and School Garden project had attained material form, is manifest in the statement of one of the parents who said that when the Home and School Garden project was advocated, she feared that it was only a passing whim and would die with the heat of the summer and gave her consent to her son's undertaking rather reluctantly, but now endorses the plan, as the Nelson Street Garden proved not only a source of healthful employ- ment for her boy but it afforded her many of the succulent vegetables of the summer in their season and. furthermore the high cost of living holds no terror for her because her son has harvested over ten bushel of excellent potatoes.
The principal aims of the Home and School Garden project were to stimulate the child's love for gardening, and to form ? connecting link between the school and the home, as, in many cases, its educational advantages are often greater than its economic advantages.
There were two School Gardens-the Girls' Garden at the Junior High School yard on Sandwich Street, cared for by three girls and the Boys' Garden at Nelson Street Playgrounds conducted by eighteen boys. The Girls' Garden was divided into three plots measuring approximately twenty by twenty feet and was planted and cared for by Florence Leland, Paul- ine Davee, and Doris MacMann. The latter was awarded the blue ribbon for the best kept garden. This garden attracted much attention because of the variety of vegetables it offered. Florence Leland planted over half her garden with beans and from three-quarters of a quart, harvested six quarts of dried beans.
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The Boys' Garden, located at Nelson Street, was a plot of over an acre. This was divided into seven gardens measuring 20 feet by 200 feet, four plots measuring 10 feet by 200 feet and four plots measuring 25 feet by 25 feet each. The small- est plots were planted late with turnips and cabbage on account of the character and situation of the land. The larger gar- dens were planted with almost every variety of vegetables. Among the varieties of vegetables to be found at the garden were potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, brussells sprouts, beets, tur- nips, winter and summer squash, cucumbers, celery, onions, radish, corn, pumpkins, lettuce, carrots, yellow-eyed, kidney, arlington, cranberry, butter and green string beans.
A typical garden and one that won first prize was that of George Banker. In it was planted 1 3-4 bushels of potatoes, 200 cabbage plants, 1 dozen tomato vines, several rows of beets, turnips, onion, carrots and a bed of cucumbers.
Twice during the summer, members of the Food Conserva- tion Committee visited the School Gardens to judge the best garden. For July, George Banker's, John O'Keefe's, and Alfred Muthig's gardens were considered the best. For August, the best gardens were those of Banker, Beever, Gunther, Muthig and Schiel.
Besides the vegetables that were used in their season, the boys harvested over 60 bushels of potatoes. Banker harvested 16 bushel; Prince, 5 bushel; Beever and Gunther, 8 bushel; Cavallini, 10 bushel; O'Keefe, 3 bushel; Armstrong, 5 bushel; Wall and Doten, 8 bushel ; Lyons, 4 bushel, and Schiel, 4 bushel.
The following is a list of vegetables harvested since Sept. 15:
P. and H. Prince-18 doz. corn, 1 bu. dried beans.
C. Prince-20 doz. corn, 5 bu. potatoes.
G. Banker-150 head cabbage, 16 bu. potatoes, 1-2 bu. beets, 1-2 bu. carrots.
Cavallini-8 bu. potatoes.
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Beever and Gunther-8 bu. potatoes, 50 hd. cabbage, 50 bchs. celery, 30 doz. corn.
O'Keefe-30 hd. cabbage, 3 bu. potatoes, 10 doz. corn.
Armstrong-5 bu. potatoes, 50 doz. corn, 60 hd. cabbage.
Doten and Wall-8 bu. potatoes, 2 bu. tomatoes, 100 hd. cab- bage.
Lyons-4 bu. potatoes, 100 hd. cabbage, 50 doz. corn.
Slade-50 doz. corn, 3 barrel cabbage.
Schiel-4 bu. potatoes, 1 bu. tomatoes, 10 qts. beans.
On Sept. 13, an exhibition of School Garden products was held in the South Street Engine House and was a decided success. There were over 70 individual displays and 40 of them showed from 6 to 8 different varieties of vegetables. Some of the uncommon varieties were citron, German black radish, white cucumbers, ground cherry, cherry, plum and pear tomatoes, both yellow and red, okra, kohl-rabi, endive, winter lettuce, garlic, Italian squash, egg-plant, and gumbo. An ex- hibit of potatoes by Arthur Fihelly, attracted much attention. The boy ploughed the land and took entire care of the garden. He harvested over 60 bu. of potatoes. An exhibit of unusual carrots by Willis Collins was much enjoyed, as was also the dried beans of Paul and Harold Prince.
The following is the list of those who won prizes which were offered by the Public Safety Committee :
Your Supervisor believes that the Home and School Garden project has now been established and would recommend its con- tinuation in future seasons. The boys and girls are very much interested and it will not be difficult to have Plymouth School Gardens second to none in the country.
FRED L. SHEA,
Supervisor of Home and School Gardens.
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PRIZE WINNERS.
For Best Display-1st prize, Edith Leghnaghi, $1.50; 2d prize, Clementina Ortallina, $1.00, Charles Hurle, $1.00; 3d prize, Robert Cappilla, $.50.
For Potatoes-1st prize, Arthur Fihelly, $1.50; John Mc- Goff, $1.50. 2d Prize, William Walsh, $1.00; William Resnick, $1.00; Robert Watson, $1.00; Irving Robbins, $1.00. 3d prize, Clifton Sampson, $.50; Bernard Chadwick, $.50.
For Squash-1st prize, Willis Collins, $1.50. 2d prize, Royal Burgess, $1.00. 3d prize, Austin Fratus, $.50; Caesar Corsini, $.50.
For Peppers-3d prize, Lena Ortani, $.50.
For Tomatoes-1st prize, Francis Baker, $1.50. 2d prize, Theodore Barke, $1.00. 3d prize, Elio Baietti, $.50; Viola De- sautell, $.50; William Cavallini, $.50.
For Celery-1st prize, Rosina Camvaro, $1.50.
For Pumpkins-1st prize, Bernard Sampson.
For Beans-Yellow eyed, 1st prize, Paul and Harold Prince, $1.50. Arlingtons, 3rd prize, Florence Leland, $.50. Cal. Pea Beans, 3d prize, William Stephens and Joseph Busi, $.50.
For Parsnips-2d prize, Robert Priestly; $1.00.
For Egg Plant-3rd prize, Malcolm Bruce, $.50.
For Corn-2d prize, Clifton Bourne, $1.00.
Best School Garden-1st prize, George Banker, $5.00. 2ยช prize, Harvey Gunther and Granville Beever, $3.00. 3d prize, Alfred Muthig, $2.00. 4th prize, Howard Schiel, $1.00.
Best Home Garden-1st prize, Milton Perkins, $5.00. 2d prize, Doris Arthur, $3.00. 3d prize, Doris Clark, $2.00. 4th prize, Francis Pease, $1.00.
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REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Mr. Charles A. Harris, Superintendent of Schools :-
I respectfully submit the following report from January 1, 1917 to January 1, 1918.
Cases of
Truancy
Cases of
Siekness
Other Cases
Absentee
> Investigated
Alden Street School,
0
3
3
Allerton Street School,
0
1
0
1 -
Burton School,
1
11
32
44
Cold Spring School,
1
1
3
5
Cornish School,
3
3
51
57
Chiltonville Grammar School,
2
0
3
5
Chiltonville Primary School,
4
0
5
9
Hedge School,
10
9
123
142
High School,
3
1
5
9
Individual School,
2
y
25
34
Knapp School,
10
6
46
62
Knapp Evening School,
0
0
3
3
Lincoln Street School,
1
0
2
3
Mount Pleasant School,
11
8
32
51
Nat. Morton School,
9
22
53
84
Oak Street School,
0
1
2
3
Spooner Street School,
1
4
38
43
South Street School,
0
4
10
14
South Pond Village School,
0
0
1
1
576
266
Cases investigated for Superintendent's office,
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Employment certificates investigated,
27
Number of Homes visited, 869
Total number of investigations, 869
Found on Street and taken to school,
3
Number of visits to schools, 84
Number of habitual absentees brought to court, 1
I wish to thank the Superintendent and teachers for the kind assistance which they have given me during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN ARMSTRONG,
Attendance Officer.
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TEACHERS' DIRECTORY FOR 1917-1918.
Name of Teacher, School, and Teacher's Address.
Annis, Helen G., Lincoln St. Primary, 102 Allerton.
Avery, Arline M., Cornish, 28 Allerton.
Bagnell, Frances I., Cornish, 5 Spring St., North Plymouth.
Barrows, Esther, Long Pond, 6 Oak.
Bartlett, Addie L., Cornish, 22 Pleasant.
Bates, Hazel, Hedge, 15 Clyfton.
Bedell, Helen J., High, 31 Russell.
Bennett, Beatrice, Morton, 19 High.
Bennett, Gertrude C., Cold Spring, 12 Stafford.
Black, L. A. M., Manomet, Manomet.
Blackmer, Grace, Burton, 5 Warren Ave.
Bramhall, Grace N., Hedge, 12 Sever.
Brayton, Nina, Elementary and Morton, 19 Franklin.
Briggs, Walton E., High, 5 Lothrop.
Brown, Laura E., 5 Holmes Terrace. Burgess, Annie S., Knapp, 37 Union. Butland, Estella, Manomet, 4 Massasoit.
Cagney, Alice M., Mt. Pleasant, 11 Lothrop.
Cappannari, Mary L., Spooner St., 51 Water.
Christie, Margaret L., Cornish, 401 Court. Coffin, Almira B., High, 2 Sever. Collette, Amanda E., High and Morton, 11 Sever. Cooney, M. Etta, Cornish, 11 Lothrop. Corey, Florence B., Hedge, 133 Court. Curran, Beatrice, Morton, Warren Ave. Darling, Gertrude, High, 21 Chilton.
Dolan, Mary M., Morton, 11 Lothrop.
Douglas, Mabel F., Cold Spring, 200 Court.
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Eaton, Agnes V., Oak Street, 19 High. Field, Helene E., Hedge, 38 Union. Flavell, Paulyle W., High and Morton, 145 Court. Gammons, Ruth M., Hedge, 19 Franklin. Garvin, Eva M., Knapp, 27 Mt. Pleasant. Gray, Cora W., Wellingsley, 133 Court. Hamilton, Ruth O., High, 2 Sever. Hett, Elizabeth, Morton. Hildreth, Lucy L., Hedge, 133 Court. Holmes, Helen F., Cornish, 28 Chilton. Holmes, Lydia E., Knapp, 261 Court. Holmes, Mildred, South Pond, 135 Summer. Jackson, Mary L., South St., 7 North Green. Keene, Flora A., Knapp, 34 North. Klocker, Helen, Knapp, 9 Sever. Knight, Grace L., Mt. Pleasant, 133 Court. Lahaise, M. Adeline, Elementary and Morton, 12 Sever. Lennon, Margaret F., Cedarville, Bournedale, R. F. D. Leonard, Marion F., Morton, 9 Sever. Lermond, Maude H., Knapp, 31 North. Longfellow, Margaret, Cornish, 64 Court. Lovering, Charlotte E., Cornish, 12 Sever. Linnell, Helen H., Mt. Pleasant, 72 Warren Ave. Mackenzie, Elizabeth, High, 5 Winter. Mansfield, Ruth, Mt. Pleasant, 38 Union. Mayo, W. Irving, Jr., High, 10 Park Ave. McNaught, Bertha E., Hedge, 6 Samoset. Miller, Mary R., High, 27 Russell. Mitchell, Lizzie E., Mt. Pleasant, 27 Mt. Pleasant. Moor, Grace R., Lincoln St. Primary, 110 Sandwich. Morong, M. Alice, Knapp, 133 Court. Morton, Augusta M., Mt. Pleasant, 162 Sandwich. Morton, Mary A., Russell Mills, Plymouth, R. F. D. Murray, Florence I., Morton, 11 Lothrop. Murray, Jean, Cornish, 11 Brewster.
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O'Brien, Katharine A., Morton, 23 Nelson. Paulding, Eunice B., Morton, 12 Sandwich. Pearce, John W. A., High, 26 Oak. Preston, Alice A., High, 5 Winter. Quinn, Susan M., Burton, 147 Main, Kingston.
Robbins, Mary E., Vallerville, 7 Water.
Robinson, Ella F., Hedge, 12 Sever. Rogan, Teresa A., Burton, Newfields.
Ross, Hazel A., Morton, 38 Union.
Sampson, Elizabeth H., Hedge, Clifford Rd.
Sampson, Catherine W., Chiltonville Primary, Clifford Rd. Shea, Fred L., Morton. Smith, Bertha H., Oak St., 22 Pleasant.
Smith, Helen W., High, 18 Allerton.
Spencer, Della, Morton, 215 Sandwich. Stiles, Leonora, Morton, 38 Union. Stranger, Helen D., Cliff St., 186 Sandwich. Stratton, Jennie F., Morton, 5 Winter. Sturtevant, Edna M., High, 27 Russell. Thomas, Susan C., Alden St., 200 Court. Tucker, M. Florine, Morton, 22 Allerton. Whiting, William C., High, 3 Lothrop. Whitney, William I., Knapp, 6 North. Zahn, Katherine G., Knapp, 320 Court.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the School Committee of Plymouth :
I submit for your approval my eleventh annual report.
No special work has been taken up this year as has been cus- tomary in the past, but the regular business of the department has gone on as usual.
As a result of the tests of the usefulness of the cloth win- dow screens made last year and fully detailed in the annual report of the work of 1916 four more rooms in the Cornish building have been equipped with these screens and they are proving satisfactory. We now have seven rooms screened and if a few more can be added each year they should soon be exercising a noticeable influence on the welfare of the chil- dren both mental and physicial. All rooms are not suitable for screening chiefly on account of the lighting, but any room which is properly lighted could be satisfactorily equipped. It is to be hoped that the advantages of this method of introduc- ing fresh air into school rooms will not be lost sight of in the future.
What Medical Inspection Includes.
If Medical Inspection in our public schools is to amount to anything it must be more than perfunctory examination of pupils and record of defects, although that is about all that the law requires. To be really helpful, it must include super- vision and regulation of the hygienic conditions under which the children work, and make special arrangements for the care and instruction of those which it finds physically or men- tally handicapped.
We have made a beginning here, but only a beginning, nor
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can we go far until we realize as a community that money spent in this work is merely invested, to be paid back with interest in health and efficiency of our future citizens.
What more is Medical Inspection doing for our school chil- dren than inspecting and recording defects and what more can we do?
Through informal talks given to groups of teachers gathered at some of the large school centers, the school physician has tried, by reporting something of the wonderfully inspirational and yet intensely practical material offered at the three day session of the American School Hygiene Association in Albany last June, to bring new and helpful suggestions for the promotion of child welfare to at least some of the grade teachers. Such talks should be given oftener as they enlist the interest of the teachers in the work of the school physician and assure their cooperation.
School Nurse.
Through the school nurse a large number of treatments are . given the children at the schools. This means caring for cuts, burns and abrasions, dressing ulcers and eruptions, washing out sore eyes and cleansing discharging ears for those who would otherwise receive no treatment. Many of these children would have to remain away from school for weeks if they were not cared for by the nurse. As it is impossible for her to see all those who need attention every day she visits many homes and shows the mother how to carry out the treatment there.
It is also a part of the work of the nurse to see that children who are seriously handicapped by adenoids and enlarged ton- sils are relieved, and for those whose parents are not able to provide treatment she arranges to have the work done at the hospital at a nominal cost.
She sees that children get to the free Dental Clinic main- tained by the School Department, dispenses tooth-brushes and powder, takes children who need special treatment to Boston
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