Town annual report of Rutland 1900-13, Part 43

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 970


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19 13


Michael J. Scott, locating service boxes 3 12


Wilson & Holden, cement 2 00


C. W. Putnam, labor painting stand pipe 12 25


Michael Nihin, labor on leaks


1 75


B. & M. R. R., freight 50 13


John J. Welch, wood


24 07


James E. O'Connor, cartage and sharpening picks


9 20


66


carting hose to and from depot


8 50


Edward Viner, cartage


50


66


wood


3 75


Michael Loughman, wood


8 50


Clarence W. Griffin, oil, chimuey, etc.


1 38


Louis M. Hanff, services as superintendent


66


reading meters


25 00


66


labor painting stand pipe


17 50


60


66 new connections


8 25


postage, telephone, etc.


5 900


rent of storage shed


5 00


George H. Miles, installing meters, etc.


10 55


Frank D. Forbush, blasting


6 00


$2538 18


Interest paid on water loan


561 00


$3099 18


Cr.


Bills rendered Rutland State Sanatorium for water from Feb. 1, 1912 to Feb. 1, 1913 $2429 77


Bills rendered Charles J. Campbell, collector for town patrons, Jan. 1, 1912 to Jan. 1, 1913


1668 61


Bills rendered for construction work, pipe and fittings 279 50


Meters, pipe and fittings on hand 52 00


25 00


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Town appropriation, hydrants


$350 00


66 public building 20 00


6.


watering troughs


10 00


66 Cemetery fountain


10 00


$4819 88


Bills approved and paid to March 1, 1913


$2538 18


Interest paid on water loan 561 00


3099 18


Balance in favor of the town


$1720 70


Amount of bills rendered


$4429 88


Total expense 3099 18


Cash balance $1330 70


COST OF OPERATING THE WATER SYSTEM FOR THE YEAR


Enginner's salary, pumping $576 15


Compensation for repairs at pumping station and leaks in mains


55 99


Cost of fuel


891 59


Freight and cartage


168 89


Material for repairs at pumping station and stand pipe


191 74


Labor on repairs and leaks


125 17


Superintendent's salary


50 00


Incidentals


15 08


One-tenth cost of cylinders


32 00


Rent of storage shed


5 00


Interest on water loan


561 00


$2692 61


Respectfully submitted,


LOUIS M. HANFF,


Superintendent


Rutland, March 1, 1913


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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


Appropriation $166 52


Received from last year's appropriation


35 96


Received from Fourth of July committee


22 81


Total $225 29


Paid Librarian, salary $100 00


Denholm & Mckay Co., books


102 21


E. H. Tripp, Printing


2 50


Total


$204 71


Balance unexpended


$20 58


The Librarian has received from fines etc. $4 48


and has paid for express and magazines 4 48


The circulation of the Library has been 3886


The following named organizations contributed to purchase periodicals for the reading table :


The Firemen $10 00


The Grange


3 00


Home Relief


3 00


Ladies' Union


2 00


Christian Endeavor


1 50


Total $19 50


Magazines have been given by :


C. W. Dodge


Mrs. Sara Drury


Mrs. Mary Converse


Mrs. Morris Menges


Miss Catherine Munroe


Mr. Hubbles


Books have been given by :


Miss Sarah Bartlett 1


Miss Madeline Russell 3


Miss Mary Tripp 6


Pliny M. Howe 2


Mr. Heald 1


About 75 volumes have been added of the Library by purchase.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, ) Trustees SARA B. DRURY, of


SADIE P. MORRIS, S Library


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REPORT OF THE TREASURER


H. Edward Wheeler, Treasurer, in account with the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland, Mass., for the year ending March 1, 1913.


Dr.


March 1, 1912, cash on hand $279 80


Rec'd of J. W. Munroe, collector


1662 77


C. J. Campbell


22048 18


George H. Miles, hall rents


151 65


M. H. Scott,


117 25


Interest on bank deposits


82 72


Merchants Nat'l Bank, temporary loan


10000 00


A. B. Celle, cement


1 50


Victor Nostrom, slaughter license


1 00


George E. Sharpe, 66


1 00


Henry Converse, for chemicals


4 00


County Treasurer, dog fund


103 71


W. C. Temple, School Sup't account for {} year


286 46


State Treasurer, ¿ compensation for ins. of animals 42 35


protection against forest fires 250 00


66


corporation tax, public service 9 81


66 66


business 45 21


66


National Bank tax 1 77


66 66 State Aid


318 00


66


6. High School tuition 500 00


66


66 reimbursement for loss of taxes


on land used for public in- stiutions 272 06


66 66 income Mass. School Fund


1102 55


Wor. Five Cents Savings Bank, temporary loan


7500 00


B. & M. R. R., reimbursement for forest fires Marsh Ice Co., coal L. M. Hanff, coal 17 50


16 50


14 80


Total


$44830 59


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Cr.


Paid State Treasurer, State tax


$1187 50


road tax 30 68


County Treasurer, County tax


731 00


Selectmen's orders 41655 84


Cash on hand to balance


1225 57


$44830 59


RUFUS HOUGHTON CEMETERY FUND


In Five Cent Savings Bank


$100 00


Interest accrued 4 04


$104 04


Paid W. C. Temple, Treas, Rural Cemetery Association


4 04


Balance in Bank


$100 00


Respectfully submitted,


H. EDWARD WHEELER,


Treasurer


43 REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR


FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1813


During the month of March 1912 the former Tax Collector J. W Munroe collected and paid to the Treasurer, Taxes to the amount of $1662 77


1903 Tax


Amount committed to collect


$9 31


Interest collected 4 84


$14 15


CR.


Paid Town Treasurer


$14 15


1904 Tax


Amount committed to collect


$8 77


Interest collected


4 03


$12 80


CR.


Paid Town Treasurer


$12 80


1906 Tax


Amount committed to collect


$9 09


Interest collected


3 09


$12 18


CR.


Paid Town Treasurer


$12 18


1907 Tax


Amount committed to collect


$89 30


Interest collected


4 92


$94 22


CR.


Paid Town Treasurer


$94 22


1908 Tax


Amount committed to collect


$264 99


Interest collected


40 81


$305 80


CR.


Paid Town Treasurer


$305 80


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1909 Tax


Amount committed to collect


$509 00


Interest collected


86 68


595 68


CR.


Paid Town Treasurer


$569 43


Abated Tax


26 25


$595 68


1910 Tax


Amount committed to collect


$2167 52


Interest collected


221 43


$2388 95


CR.


Paid Town Treasurer


$2371 30


Abated Tax


9 35


Uncollected Tax


8 30


$2388 95


1911 Tax


Amount committed to collect


$5446 69


Interest collected


134 57


$5581 26


CR.


Paid TowN Treasurer


$3311 66


Abated Tax


37 12


Uncollected Tax


2232 48


$5581 26


1912 Tax


Amount committed to collect


$17680 35


Interest collected


24 90


$17705 25


CR.


Paid Town Treasurer


$10955 22


Abated Tax


65 97


Uncollected Tax


6684 06


$17705 25


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WATER ACCOUNT


Bills Received


Paid


Due


July 1, 1909 to Jan. 1, 1910


$25 47


$2 50


$22 97


Jan. 1, 1910 to July 1, 1910


24 22


1 25


22 97


July 1, 1910 to Jan. 1, 1911


42 64


16 19


26 45


Jan. 1. 1911 to July 1, 1911


58 56


58 56


July 1, 1911 to Jan. 1, 1912


176 00


174 85


1 15


Jan. 1, 1912 to July 1, 1912


611 81


568 95


42 86


July 1, 1912 to Jan. 1, 1913


1056 80


884 09


172 71


$1995 50


$1706 39


$289 11


EXTRAS


July 1, 1911 to Jan. 1, 1912


$19 86


$18 86


$1 00


Jan. 1, 1912 to July 1, 1912


59 90


59 90


July 1, 1912 to Jan. 1, 1913


219 60


186 50


33 10


$299 36


$265 26


$34 10


Sanatorium water, twelve months Old water bills


$2429 77


$2429 77


294 54


294 54


$5019 17


$4401 42


$617 75


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES J. CAMPBELL,


Collector


REPORT OF TOWN AUDITOR


This certifies that I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Water Commissioners and Selectmen, and found them to be correct.


CLIFFORD J. GRAY,


Auditor


Rutland, March 12, 1913


46 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE Of the Town of Rutland, for the Year Ending March 1, 1913


STATISTICS


Number of persons in town between five and fifteen years of


age, as per school census September 1, 1912 192


Number of pupils enrolled since September 1, 1912 243


Per cent. of attendance 92.1


For the attendance by schools and terms, see the statistical table in the Superintendent's Report.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


APPROPRIATIONS


Town appropriation


$4600 00


State, Superintendent's salary


286 46


Income Massachusetts School Fund


1102 55


State, for High School


500 00


Due from Boston, tuition


142 50


Due from State Board of Charity


52 50


$6884 01


TOTAL EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS


Salaries of teachers


$3786 00


Transportotion


1750 50


Supervision


477 92


Books and supplies


423 18


Janitors


672 34


Fuel


494 00


Sundries


83 91


Repairs


29 38


$7617 15


Overdrawn


$933 13


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BILLS APPROVED


TEACHERS SALARIES


Edward H. Leonard, Principal High School $1085 00


Miss M. Lillian Symonds, Asst. 40 00


Julius Warren 66 66 143 00


Miss Gertrude Theobald 264 00


Miss Marguerite Coydevant, Grammar, Center 132 00


Miss Ruth W. Bartlett


198 00


Miss Agnes Morrison


66


42 00


Miss Eva Allen, Intermediate, Center


132 00


Miss Gladys Dean 66


242 00


Miss Helen Moran, 1st Intermediate, Center


374 00


Miss Bessie Bartlett, Primary Center


132 00


Miss Gertrude Lovett 242 00


Miss Katheryne McGrath, North Rutland 120 00


Miss Margaret Kennedy יי


242 00


Miss Agnes Gilway, West Rutland


120 00


Miss Margaret Power "


208 00


Mrs. Ruth B. Dwelly, Music Teacher


70 00


$3786 00


TRANSPORTATION


Matthew Cullen


$445 50


Horace E Smith


292 40


George N. Jenkins


295 20


Weston R. Upham


259 40


Julia L Davis


181 50


Deller Laton


212 00


George H. Rice


64 50


$1750 50


SUPERVISION


Charles L. Randall, Superintendent


424 92


Louis M. Hanff, School Committee


22 00


William C. Temple, School Committee


10 00


Dennis A. Smith, School Census


18 00


Tuant Officer


3 00


$447 92


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BOOKS AND SUPPLIES


J. L. Hammett & Co.


$141 59


E. E. Babb & Co.


179 22


Ginn & Co. 37 25


American Book Co.


8 18


Milton Bradley & Co.


3 85


L. E. Knott Co.


15 94


D. C. Heath & Co.


9 85


Allyn Bacon & Co.


3 00


Houghton Mifflin Co.


13 36


Henry Holt & Co.


6 79


A. M. Palmer Co.


96


L. A. Barnes


3 19


$423 18


FUEL


Center Building fuel and two-thirds Public


Building Sundries


633 84


North Rutland wood, Geo. M. Davis


20 50


West Rutland wood, Jos. E. Ware


18 00


$672 34


JANITORS


George H. Miles, Center Schools


$180 00


Michael H. Scott


180 00


Francis Ware, West Rutland


5 50


Julia L. Davis, North Rutland


17 50


Miss M. Power, West Rutland


11 00


$394 00


REPAIRS


George H. Miles, Center laboratory


$29 30


SUNDRIES


Walter H. Sargent, Cleaning W. R. School $4 95


Arthur F. Fales, Cleaning W. R. School


4 60


Clark Sawyer & Co., Waste Baskets


4 50


Edw. Moulton, Clocks


10 00


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H. W. Calkins, Cartage $1 84


Boston & Maine Railroad Freight 73


Barnar & Sumner Co., Berlap etc. 2 04


Rose Gikes, Cleaning N. R. School 1 00


Miss Clara Bascom, Writing Diploma 1 50


Duncan, Goodell Co., Hardware 1 60


C. W. Griffin, Supplies 1 40


C. A. Hanson, Tuning and Repairing Piano 5 00


Miss. Grammo, Cleaning W. R. School 3 00


C. E. Snow, Repairing Clocks


3 00


C. L. Randall, Office Supplies, Postage 17 23


Louis M. Hunff, Express, Postage and Telephone


3 52


E. H. Tripp, Printing School Reports 7 00


Prouty Dodge Co., Printing 6 35


E. H. Leonard, Cash Paid Graduation 2 00


Miss Julia L. Davis, Cleaning N. R. School 1 85


Miss Julia L. Davis, Cash Paid for Brooms 80


$83 91


STATE SCHOOL FUND


Received from State Treasurer $1102 55


Transferred to general account for school bills 1102 55


SCHOOL CENSUS


Mr. Dennis A. Smith was appointed enumerator, and he reported as follows.


Number of boys between the age of 5 and 15


105


Number of girls between the age of 5 and 15


87


1 92


Number of boys between the age of 7 and 14


75


Number of girls between the age of 7 and 14 60


135


CALENDAR-1913-14


SPRING TERM-Tuesday, April 1 to June 21, inclusive. High School to June 27, inclusive, 12 and 13 weeks.


FALL TERM-Tuesday, Sept. 2 to Nov. 22, 12 weeks.


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WINTER TERM-Dec. 1 to Dec. 19, 3 weeks. Dec. 29 to Feb. 13 inclusive for grades, 7 weeks, and to March 20, inclu- sive for High School. Making 40 weeks for High School and 34 for grades.


The over draft is much larger than any year for some time, but seemed unavoidable as coal had to be bought March 1912, there being none on hand, this year we have over $200 on hand, which will help out next year.


It is impossible to secure good teachers at former wages, as in every line of work all want increased wages.


Transportation cost more. Supplies are higher.


If the present standard of the schools is to be maintained the appropriation must be increased.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE,


GEORGE N. LAPHAM, School LOUIS M. HANFF, Commttiee


51 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


Holden. Mass., March 8, 1913


TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF RUTLAND,


GENTLEMEN :


Your schools have been in good condition during the past year. Your teachers have uniformly done good work. There has been a small increase in number of pupils, nineteen more than last year. Only two teachers are with us now who were here a year ago. Changes which occurred at the close of the last school year, were in all cases I think, due to promotion elsewhere. Of the teachers who have left our service Miss Bessie Bartlett deserves especial mention. After spending four years in the primary school of her native town she has made a record as a teacher of the younger grades which is hard to surpass. All connected with the schools wish her the best of success.


While your schools are as I have stated in good condition to-day, here is one change which should be made which will do much to in- crease the efficiency of your upper grade and high school.


HIGH SCHOOL AND NINTH GRADE. For several reasons I believe that it would be better for the children of the ninth grade to be mem - bers of the high school. The average age of this grade September 1912, was 14 years 2 months, there were five pupils over 15 years of age at that time. This grade is now called a preparatory class and are doing at least half their work in high school subject, for example, Latin, Algebra and Civics are studied.


I advise the re-adjusting the work in such a manner that there will be but eight grades below the high school, this could well be done so


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that the proposed change could be instituted at the beginning of the next school year. There are at present two teachers in the high school and four in the grades. I would keep the same number of teachers but would have three for the high school and three for the grades. I would make the "new" room a recitation room of the high school. This change would enable us to enrich the high school course and would without doubt keep a larger number of pupils in the high school for the entire course, something highly desirable.


I have long felt that we should give to the boys and girls who are not going to college or normal school, some studies more practical for everyday life; this we have been unable to do, as our two teachers can do no more than meet the legal requirements and fit for college. With three teachers the course could be enriched with more practical subjects which would give " mental discipline " and would also be valuable in after life, agricultural, commercial, and manual subjects for the boys, with sewing and domestic science for the girls.


State Agent, Clarence Kingsley, who now has charge of high schools has given this plan unqualified endorsement. State Agent, Warren, who is especially interested in the grades, has considered this matter carefully, coming to Rutirnd twice for this purpose, and heartily ap- proved of it.


State Agent, Rufus Stimson, who has charge of agricultural work, has been to Rutland twice, at the invitation of your superintendent, to present the subject of agricultural education. I was disappointed that so little interest was manifested in this scheme, for I believe it would be a splendid thing for the town as well as the school, and would enable us to command the services of a high salaried man, as the state pays two-thirds of his salary. At present but eight boys with their parents have expressed a determination to take up this work if an opportunity is granted, too small a number to assure success. It is possible that greater interest may be shown later and that this line of work may be taken up another year.


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DISTRICTS. Both the one-room schools are in good condition, though the school at the North has too many pupils for one teacher. You will see from the table of statistics a total enrollment of forty, while all through the year there have been thirty-eight, a large schoo if there were no more than two grades, an impossible one with all grades. I mean by this that no teacher can do for the pupils what we can reasonably expect should be done for them in the one-room schools. If this large number is to be permanent some remedy must be found for the over crowded condition. Several plans present themselves :


1st. The building could be enlarged for two schools; you will find such a building in Chaffin district town of Holden.


2nd. The building could be enlarged by a small addition, large enough for a small recitation room. It is a waste of money to em- ploy two teachers in one room, but an assistant teacher could well be used if there was a recitation room, this could be accomplished as cheaply as possible by building a woodhouse, and a porch at the entrance, and then utilizing the space now taken by entry and wood- shed for a recitation room.


3rd. A portable school house could be secured and placed either in the school yard or in some place in the village.


I believe that some action will be necessary by another Fall.


HEATING. I have recently made an attempt in the one-room school in Dawson, to find a remedy for the lack of heat distribution and ventilation which prevails with the customary wood stove placed in one end of a district schoolroom.


A jacket just as high as the barrel shaped stove and of six inches larger radius has been placed around the stove and fitted closely to it. A hole fourteen inches square has been cut beneath the stove and small holes whose aggregate area equals the aperture beneath the stove have been made in the top of the jacket, when a window is lo wered as remote as possible from the stove a simple heating and ventilating system is achieved.


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It takes but an elementary knowledge of the laws of physics to see that this simple device furnishes heating by convection and must therefore prove successful.


I visited the school in question the coldest day of the past winter to see the working of the system. Both teacher and older pupils gave no uncertain testimony to its success, An eighth grade girl in the back of the room said, " It is just as warm here now as anywhere in the room."


The cost of this contrivance is less than ten dollars. I would recom- mend that something similar be used in your two district schools before another winter.


MUSIC. Music has been taught in your schools during the past year. When you estimate the work done in music you must con- sider that the pupils of all grades had to start at the beginning. I con- sider this first year's teaching a success and call your attention to the report of the supervisor which follows.


BANKING. In May, 1912, such arrangements were made with the Worcester County Institution for Savings that a pupil could deposit right in his own school any sum from one cent up with perfect safety. When this sum reaches in amount three dollars it is placed on interest and a real bank book is issued to the pupil.


One Hundred Eighty-three Dollars and Forty-one Cents have been deposited by the Rutland pupils since the inception of this system in May. All expense is borne by the bank, it costs neither the child nor the town a penny.


Not alone is the spirit of thrift inculcated, but the child learns something of business methods as he makes out his own deposit slips and keeps his own bank books.


POTATO CLUB. The potato club was successfuly carried out with seed furnished by the State College, and an exhibit was held in Octo- ber under the auspices of the grange.


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I look forward to a further encouragement of home gardening projects for the coming year, and hope that the exhibit in the Fall will also show results in other kinds of vegetable raising, also in flower growing, sewing and cooking. As in other years I ask the co-opera - tion of the local grange.


INSTITUTES. January 15, 1913, a teachers institute was held in Holden, under the direction of State Agent, Julius E. Warren. The speakers were Miss Hannah P. Waterman, from North Adams Nor- mal School, and Mr. William E. Riley, from Lowell Normal School.


The meeting was a great success, especially helpful were the writing lessons given by Mr. Riley, with the teachers of the district for his pupils. New inthusiasm in writing was shown at once in the schools.


OTHER REPORTS. I wish to call your attention to the report of the High School Principal, Music Supervisor, School Physician, and Truant Officer, which follow, also to the Table of Statistics, the Roll of Honor and the Honorary Mention.


With acknowledgement for the hearty support of the past year this report is,


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES L. RANDALL,


Superintendent


56 REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL


TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS,


DEAR SIR :


While the past year has not differed materially from last year it has in a way been the real test of the present system. The class which was graduated last June was in part the product of the system in use before the adoption of the added year and the uniform course of study. The class which graduates next June will have had the benefit of these changes during almost its en- tire course, and if their preliminary work furnishes a reliable basis for judgment the results should be even more gratifying than the results attained by the earlier class.


Each year I find that the number of parents who have visited the High School in session is very small. In fact I have pre- viously been able to say that the only visitors who were parents were also school officers. The past year, in addition to these, one mother has found it possible to spend part of a day with us, In view of the importance of the High School in the training of the pupils this seeming lack of interest is very discouraging. By sending monthly deficiency reports as formerly and by making reports in the middle of the term as well as at the close I have tried to keep the parents informed, but these are poor substitutes for a short time spent in school where the effort of individual pupils may be judged in comparison with that of others.


From the table of statistics it will be seen that the attendance for the past year has not been as good as last year. It is a fact that the bulk of the absences has been by members of the two


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lower classes. Of 306 half-day absences since September 208 or 68% have been by members of these two classes. By classes 7% have been by Seniors, 25% by the Juniors, 33% by the Sophmoresand 33% by the Freshmen. This seems to be ex- plained in part at least by the fact that the members of the lower classes do not take their school work as seriously as do those of the upper classes, and secondarily by the fact that their parents do not yet realize what even a single day's absence may mean. Of course part of the work missed may be made up but there is sure to be some loss, and as each day's lesson is a link in the chain, sooner or later that loss will be felt. Naturally as the number of absences increases this loss in- creases.


During the present term the old selectmen's room has been put in shape for us to use for laboratory purposes. The result is already evident and the progress made is superior to that made under the plan we were formerly obliged to use. While not perfect the new arrangement shows that we have advanced at least one stage.


A word at this time in regard to the so called home study would perhaps not be out of place. To some parents this is no doubt an institution which if not so designed nevertheless does prove burdensome to them especially when carried down into the grades. In the high school few of the pupils can prepare all their lessons in school. The amount of study they must do out of school hours must be determined by the success they attain. The lessons are assigned neither for the quick nor for the slow scholar but for the average, consequently the brighter pupils will be able to prepare their lessoas in shorter time than some of their classmates, while those who find difficulty must spend a longer time. Strangely perhaps the pupils who learn more quickly are the ones who spend the greater amount of time in


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study and the ones who are the slowest and are getting the poorest results are the ones who neglect their work. To be sure each pupil has some time to study in school, but since there is always a class reciting in the room, this time is not equal to time at home, for few pupils of high school age have learned to con- centrate themselves sufficiently.


Although the plan of the agricultural course has not met with the necessary approbation, I think the idea of a third teacher in the high school should be taken seriously. At present we are teaching eight periods every day. If, as I understand, the State Board is to limit the number to six, it will be impossible for us to offer the courses we do now. Courses are now com- bined or given in alternate years but should the time be reduced some courses would have to be left out. With the school at its present point of efficiency it would be a misfortune to take that step, which would probably mean that a graduate of this school would have to spend a year in some other school before being admitted to any higher institution.


The first objection to an additional teacher would be the in- creased cost. If however the ninth grade were made a pre- paratory year for the high school and the eighth grade seated with the present sub-grammar school no extra teacher would be required and the cost would be no more than at present.


The advantages of such an arrangement would be numerous. In the first place three teachers could teach the necessary sub- jects with greater chance for specialization. In the second place some subjects as Latin, Algebra and English now taught both in the ninth grade and the first year in high school could be combined or given in alternate years, thus saving several pe- riods a week. In the next place it would be possible to secure a teacher fitted to teach such subjects as commercial or other vocational branches. Furthermore such a plan would make it


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possible for those wishing to go to higher schools to be properly prepared while those who did not wish such subjects could have a good course without them. In the fifth place the periods could be lengthened or the teachers could have a spare period now and then to help individuals, either of which would be to the advantage of the school. Finally and perhaps not the least important point would be the probable solution of the question of discipline in the grammar room. For these reasons such a change seems to me both advisable and necessary.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD H. LEONARD, Principal


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REPORT OF MUSIC SUPERVISOR


MR. C. L. RANDALL, Superintendent of Schools,


DEAR SIR :


Music occupies a distinctive place in education, and is recog- nized as an important part of the course of study.


No matter what system is used, the one great aim for the average child is to be able to sing with enough feeling and com- prehenson to enable him to derive enjoyment from this branch.


The music period should be a bright spot in the day's regular routine ; one to be looked forward to with pleasure and a sense of appreciation.


Each year children enter our schools who are unable to sing more than two or three notes, and occasionally there is a pupil without power to locate the tones of the scale or to comprehend their relationship. Experience has proved that these little ones can be taught the scale in good tune, besides learning many songs before they leave the primary grade. The enjoyment does not come from the mere naming of notes, but from the. ability to hear and reproduce the tones represented by the notes


As in every other study in the school course, individual at- tention must be given to the preparation of the lesson, and the recitation is made by the individual ; so the same should be true in music, and the child is encouraged to work individually.


The majority of the pupils are interested in their school music, and I am pleased with the enthusiasm which prevails and the progress shown.


I take pleasure in acknowledging here the courtesy extended ine by the teachers ; also for the kindiy reception and advances made by the children, which is so helpful to one entering upon new duties.


Respectfully submitted,


RUTH B, DWELLEY,


Supervisor of Music


61


ROLL OF HONOR


Two YEARS


Dorice Moulton


ONE YEAR


Albina Celle, Leonard Cullen, Pearl Booth, Helen Welch, Ruth Adamson, Albert Cullen, Lena Celle, Margaret Cullen, John Deangelis, Bertha Davis, Edith Handy, Joseph Deangelis.


Two TERMS


Harry Ryan, Edith Peabody, Esther Peabody, Herbert Peabody, Harriet Tucker, Helen Murphy, Hazel Sargent, Lloyd Viner, Irving Buck, Walter Burke, Freeland Dingley, Bertha Eccleston.


ONE TERM


Luke Berk, Frank Calkins, Willard Campbell, Gladys Hill, Malcolm Bulfinch, Marian Welch, Nellie Nash, George Campbell, Bernard Jenkins, Eleanor Upham, Martha Tucker, Emily Bliss, Mary Mirtin, James Curtis. Earl Gliden, Marjorie Viner, Stannie Morasky Cecilia Curtir, John Clark, Morrill Forbush, Ruth Forbush, Oliver Davis, Walter Putnam, Joseph Bowen, Eva Hatstat, Joseph Scott, James Scott, Raymond Gleason, Rufus Putnam, Elizabeth Wheeler Mary Lyons, Margaret Welch, Raymond Dame, Lila Strong, Gene- vieve Davis, Nina Handy, Alice Hatstat, Joseph Powe, Tyne Taiple, Douglas Viner, Florence Tucker, Florence Wheeler, Ruth Allen, Joseph Miles, James Martin, Chamberlain Williams, Ruth Lyman, Catherine Scott, John Martin, Fred Bacon, Frank Brooks, Clifford Gray, Veronica Deangelis, Mark Burke, Evelyn Ware, Paul Booth Francis Ware.


ONE TERM


Frederic Holbrook, Inez Taylor. Arthur Verrier, Anastatia Karp, Raymond Richards.


62


HONORABLE MENTION


Frank Brooks, Frank Maynard, Fannie Miles, Bernice Putnam, Clara Robinson, Hazel Taylor, Mattie Jordan, Ethel Gray, Joseph Scott, Gladys Hill, Margaaret Welch, Walter Burke, Ella Scott, Albert Cullen, Frank Calkins, Elizabeth Wheeler, Elizabeth Cannon, Florence Wheeler, Bertha Eccleston, Grace Welch. Louis Jackson, Harold Sanford, Amelia Kehoe, Cathrine Scott, Leo Myers, Agnes Martin, Howard Allen, Marjorie Viner, Ruth Wheeler, Bertha Richards, Harriet Fiske, Josephine Karp, Eva Hatstat, Clarence Bigelow, Genevieve Davis, Mildred Locke.


TABLE OF STATISTICS


SCHOOL


TEACHER


EDUCATED AT


Number of weeks


service


Salary


Total


Enrollment


Present


Enrollment


Per cent. of


Attendance


Number of Pupils


No. of visitors


No. of Bank


Depositors


Am't of


Deposits


HIGH


Edward H. Leonard Julius E. Warren, Jr. Gertrude Theobald


Dartmouth


40


$1100| 38


36 96.4


0


0


0


12


11.00


28


11.00


GRAMMAR


Marguerite Coydevant Ruth Bartlett Agnes Morrison


Boston University


11


11.00


Boston University*


16


11.00


Worcester Normal


6


11.00


27


25


91.6


12 44


5


$11.92


SUB GRAMMAR


Eva S. Allen Gladys F. Dean


Cushing Academy Framingham Normal


22


11.00


26


23


90.


22


12


14


$31.93


INTERMEDIATE | Helen G. Moran


Worcester Normal


34 |11.00| 45


45


92.


39 |31|17 |$35.37


PRIMARY


Gertrude. Lovett


Wheelock Kindergarten Westfield Normal


22


11.00


40


35


94.


25


27


14


$19.06


WEST


Agnes Gilway Margaret Power


Worcester Normal Worcester Normal


12


10.00


22


10.00|


27


21


85.


17 32


15


$42.50


NORTH


Katharine S. McGrath Margaret Kennedy


Worcester Normal


12


10.00


22


11.00


40


38


90.


32 18| 25 $42.70


*Not a Graduate


Figures based on Record since September Total number of Pupils 243


Total Deposits $183.41


12


11.00


Bessie H. Bartlett


12


11.00


Worcester Normal


7 to 14


Dartmouth Smith


NOV 1971 WESBY


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