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CLOVERDALE ROAD
21 Dragged once, scraped once, 10 yds. gravel to fill mud- hole.
CHARNOCK HILL ROAD
22 Dragged twice, scraped three times, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 200 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Curve widened.
MUNICIPAL ROAD
23 Patched.
LONGMEADOW ROAD
24 Dragged twice, scraped twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 225 ft. long x 13 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 200 ft. long x 13 ft. wide x 6 in.deep.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 13 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
3 Sections graveled 140 ft. long x 13 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
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WHITEHALL ROAD
25 Treated with oil.
1 Section graveled 200 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
LAKE AVENUE
26 Scraped twice, entire length treated with 1 gal. oil per sq. yd.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 42 ft. long x 15 in.
PINE PLAIN
27 Dragged twice, scraped twice, 5 yds. gravel used to fill mudhole. 1 boulder removed.
ELM AVENUE
28 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 200 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 140 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
BIGELOW STREET
29 Dragged once, scraped once.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
30 OVERLOOK COURT PRINCETON STREET
31 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 160 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
GLENWOOD PLACE
32 Brush cut.
MILLBROOK STREET
33 Scraped once.
1 Section graveled 300 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 125 ft. long x 10 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
CORP. FARM PLACE
34 No work reported. MOULTON MILL ROAD
35 Dragged twice, scraped twice, brush cut. POMMOGUSSETT COURT
36 No work reported.
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CAMPBELL COURT
37 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
KENWOOD DRIVE
38 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 180 ft. long x 13 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 170 ft. long × 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 225 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 200 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep. 800 ft. treated with oil.
WALNUT ROAD
39 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
EMERALD ROAD
40 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 875 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 125 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 5 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 160 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
IRISH LANE
41 Dragged twice, scraped twice, 1000 ft. treated with oil, 18 yds. gravel used.
1 Section graveled 400 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 4 in. deep. KENWOOD PLACE
42 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
WARE ROAD
43 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 750 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 5 in. deep. 1 Corrugated iron pipe 24 ft. long x 14 in. installed. TURKEY HILL ROAD
44 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 160 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 135 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep. DRURY LANE
45 Scraped.
PROSPECT STREET
46 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 190 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
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BARROCK HILL
47 Dragged twice, scraped twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 5 in. deep. MORRIS SWARTZ ROAD
48 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 120 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
PLEASANTDALE NO. 1
49 Dragged twice, scraped three times.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28 ft. long x 14 in. installed.
PLEASANTDALE NO. 2
50 Dragged twice, scraped three times.
1 Section graveled 200 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 24 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28 ft. long x 14 in.
CRAWFORD STREET
51 Dragged once, scraped twice, 10 loads used. 1 pipe relaid.
CAUSEWAY STREET
52 25 yds. gravel used.
EAST HILL
53 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 175 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 160 ft. long x 14 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Corrugated iron pipe 28 ft. long x 14 in. installed.
OAK HILL ROAD
54 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
REUBEN WALKER ROAD
55 Dragged twice, scraped twice, brush cut.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long × 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long × 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
OLD WOOD ROAD
56 Scraped, brush cut, 50 yds. gravel to fill mudhole. 1 Boulder removed.
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BRIGHAM ROAD
57 Scraped once, brush cut, 10 yds. gravel to fill mudhole.
EDSON AVENUE
58 Entire length treated with oil and sanded. .
DAVIS STREET
59 Dragged twice, scraped twice.
1 Section graveled 150 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
1 Section graveled 100 ft. long x 12 ft. wide x 6 in. deep.
LIST OF TOOLS ON HAND DEC. 31, 1934
Axes 4
Push Brooms 3
Bars
5
Forks
8
Coke Forks 2
Hammers, Stone 18
Hammer Handles 24
Pick Handles 24
Torches 12
Lanterns 6
Russell Road Plow
1
Mattocks 7
Pouring Pots
1
Pails
1
Picks 22
Syracuse Plow
1
8 Qt. Water Can
1
Bull Points 2
Frost Wedges 2
Rakes, Iron 6
8
Rakes, Wood
Chapter 81 Drags 2
Champion Iron Drag 1
Scraper Blades
1
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Little Western Grader 1
Adams Grader 1
Sand Screens 2
Bush Scythes
12
Snaths 12
Brush Hooks 2
Shovels, Short Round
18
Shovels, Short Square 5
Pruners 2
Pitch Forks 1
Tool Boxes 2
Shovels, Long Handle 3
Compressor Drills 24
Striking Hammers
1
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE R. WILLIS, Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1934 Appropriations :
Public Welfare
$5,575 00
Mothers' Aid
780 00
Old Age Assistance
1,200 00
EXPENDITURES
Town Cases :
Charlton Home Farm Association $615 34
State Infirmary 273 00
City of Worcester
678 76
City of Salem
804 50
City of Somerville
40 00
Town of Clinton
440 08
Town of Holden
109 00
Town of Leicester
18 00
Holden District Hospital
225 00
Four cases aided in Rutland
123 92
Three cases Medical Aid in Rutland .
54 00
Miscellaneous
88 37
C.W.A. and E.R.A. Expenses
375 35
$3,845 32
Outside Case Aided in Rutland :
One Webster Case
$53 35
State Temporary Aid :
Case No. 1
$1,040 00
Case No. 2
535 54
Case No. 3
171 14
$1,746 68
Old Age Assistance :
One Rutland Case
$312 00
One Rutland Case in Worcester
186 67
Four State Cases
916 00
$1,414 67
Mothers' Aid :
One Rutland Case
$780 00
Respectfully submitted, LAWRENCE E. SMITH, MATTHEW J. CULLEN, LOUIS M. HANFF,
Rutland, Jan. 1, 1935 Board of Public Welfare.
REPORT OF THE CHARLTON HOME FARM ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1934 RECEIPTS
On hand January 1. 1934
$3,693 88
From Inmates' Board and Boarders
13,759 75
From Farm Products Sales
1,180 65
$18,634 28
EXPENDITURES
H. D. Sargent and Wife
$1,800 00
Help, inside and outside
1,305 10
Groceries
1,258 94
Meat and Provisions
1,664 92
Grain and Fertilizer
2,227 68
Coal
459 22
Oil and Gasoline
346 95
Clothing
476 80
Architect's Fee
474 60
Miscellaneous
1,629 05
Supplies
1,303 24
Telephone
60 25
Hardware
280 94
Electricity and Supplies
228 66
Tobacco
406 56
Stock
250 00
Medical Attendance
94 00
Fire Equipment
134 02
Total
$14,400 93
Balance in favor of the Association .
$4,233 35
Of this amount, deposited in the Barre Savings Bank
$2000 00
In Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank
1,200 00
In Warden's hands 200 00
In Checking Account
833 35
SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT Worcester and Leicester Banks, Dec.
1933 $4,809 88
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Worcester Dividends to Oct. 1, 1934 . . 130 84
Leicester Dividends 36 13
$4,976 85 $2,000 00
1934, Deposited in Barre Bank
1934, Deposited in Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank 1,200 00
Dec. 1, 1934 $8,176 85
During the year there were inmates from Ashburnham. Auburn, Brookfield, Charlton, East Brookfield, Hardwick, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Oakham, Paxton, Princeton, Rut- land, Sterling, Warren, Westminster, West Boylston, West Brookfield, and none from Berlin, Boylston, Dana, Hubbards- ton, Holland and New Braintree.
The Appraisal made in December, 1934,
shows
Real Estate $18,000 00
Personal 7,896 95
Our Warden and Matron continue to make improvements in and about the institution for which they deserve much credit.
Respectfully submitted, PERCY E. COLLINS,
President.
LOUIS M. HANFF, Secretary and Treasurer.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
I have met with the Officers of the Charlton Home Farm Association each month of the year ending December 31, 1934, and audited all bills and found them correct, for which checks were drawn and signed by the Treasurer, President or Vice President.
Total Receipts $18,634 40
Total Expenditures 14,400 93
$4,233 35
The Savings Bank Account on Dec. 31, 1934
$8,176 85
CARL F. DAVIS, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
We have pumped during the past year 83,547,100 gallons of water of which 27.188,309 gallons were used by State Sana- torium and 25,408,237 gallons by Veterans' Hospital.
The two stand pipes were painted inside and out and will materially retard corrosion and deterioration.
About four hundred feet of 2 inch pipe was laid on Edson Avenue to replace old 1 inch pipe.
Two new connections were made this year and five re- newals, making a total of 188 active services.
Under a C.W. A. project the chimney at the pumping sta- tion was taken down, and the brush along the pipe line cut.
We wish to recommend that some official action be taken by the town to insure the collection of water rents.
This coming year we hope to be in a position to replace a large number of services and lower same to protect from freezing.
The water level December 31 is at high water mark.
The Financial Report of the Water Department for year ending December 31, 1934 :
BILLS RENDERED
State Sanatorium $3,214 59
Veterans' Hospital
3,004 73
Collector, June 1 2,014 19
Collector, December 1
1,636 25
Total
$9,869 74
EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT
Frank Carroll, superintendent $1,440 00
Frank Carroll, telephone and postage 10 61
Gardner Electric Light Co. 2,939 99
Union Water Meter Co. 194 17
Washburn Garfield Co. 175 67
Gould Pump Co.
2 11
Neptune Meter Co. 27 75
Brewer & Co. 360 32
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Boston & Maine R. R.
6 00
Wallace & Tiernan Co. 1 74
Eddy Valve Co.
5 69
Builders' Iron Foundry
43 74
Prouty Printing Co.
9 75
P. L. Rider
1 25
Hewitt Rubber Co.
1 85
C. E. Prescott
3 00
E. L. LaBaron Co.
19 80
Finan's Express
2 65
N. I. Griffin
39 50
Cheney Grain Co. 10 00
J. C. Cutter
3 84
Smith Green Co. 1 00
6 50
E. D. Marsh
95 40
Putnam, Boquist & Bell
400 00
L. Arms
16 00
A. Dufault
8 50
Clarence Boquist
9 60
Carl Boquist
77 40
M. Mosio
1 35
C. Hatstat
9 60
WV. Connors
86 20
W. Mattson 66 60
A. Shank 13 60
13 60
Interest
635 00
Total
$6,739 78
C. Fitzpatrick
JOHN COLLINS, C. EDWARD VINER, LLOYD H. CAMPBELL, Water Commissioners.
Sumner & Dunbar
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEERS
The Fire Department answered eleven calls for building fires, two for automobiles, making a total of thirteen calls for the year ending December 31, 1934.
Appropriation Expended :
$650 00
W. R. White, Custodian $ 86 40
Rutland Garage, Gas and Oil 32 88
Rutland Garage, Repairs 12 10
Rutland Garage, Storage of Truck 20 00
Rutland Garage, Trucking 6 10
E. D. Marsh, Coal
107 61
Omar Bedell, Clearing Hydrants of Snow 1 80
Fred Mueller, Same
3 15
D. J. Fitzgerald, Gasoline, Gloves
3 46
Gardner Electric Light Co.
31 40
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
38 50
Sidney Hopps Estate. Gasoline
3 52
Justin A. McCarthy Co., Chemicals
10 50
Nellie I. Griffin, Hand Axe
1 35
Nellie I. Griffin, Alcohol, Supplies 5 73
C. E. Boquist, Labor on Truck
20 25
Christie & Thompson, Brakes Lined .
10 13
Linscott Supply Co., Piston Rings ...
7 74
Robert Many, Chemical Hose
38 00
Sterling Motor Truck Co., Gaskets, etc. 7 11
Paul Holleman, Valve
35 00
Paul Holleman, Truck Repair 84 10
Gardner Electric Light Co., Thawing Pipes 15 00
C. L. Bigelow, Paint and Brush 3 25
Comm. of Public Safety, Boiler Insp. 5 00
Unexpended
$590 08
$59 92
Respectfully submitted, FRANK E. MATTHEWS, Chief, JOHN COLLINS, Assistant Chief, FRANK J. BROOKS, Clerk, LOUIS M. HANFF, PATRICK D. MURPHY,
GEORGE R. MIXTER.
REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS
During the year there have been tables built and placed in the grove for the use of picnic parties, benches and spring- house have been painted and the grounds mowed and cleared of brush.
The Commissioners hoped to build one or two open fire places and complete the driveway, this, however, could not be done owing to lack of sufficient funds.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation
$75 00
Expenditures :
J. C. Cutter Lumber Co., Lumber, Paint, Etc. $14 76
Nellie I. Griffin, Grass Seed 3 60
Clarence T. Oliver, Carpenter Labor 17 28
Warren G. Wales, Mowing 9 25
HI. Edward Wheeler, Mowing Brush 28 00
$72 89
Unexpended $2 11
Respectfully submitted,
MARK A. PUTNAM, HAROLD I. JUDKINS, Jr., LOUIS M. HANFF,
Park Commissioners.
Jan. 1, 1935
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The police department reports the following statistics of its activities for the year of 1934, the work being done in con- junction with the State Police.
Number of Arrests, 19 Investigation of Motor Vehicle Accidents, 10 Number injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents, 6 Complaints Investigated, 30 Motor Vehicle Transfer Permits, 27
The records also show 6 licenses and 2 registrations re- voked and 5 licenses and 2 registrations returned by the Reg- istry of Motor Vehicles during the past year.
Of the arrests two were for violation of the liquor laws and both resulted in convictions.
Respectfully submitted,
ARNOLD C. WELLER, Acting Chief of Police.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
Town of Rutland
NDED
FEB
23, 17/3
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HOME OF RUFUS PUTNAM 1781-1788
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1934
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ORGANIZATION
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Rev. Wallace Hayes, Chairman
Term expries 1935
F. Eugene Marsh, Secretary
Term expries 1936
Margaret A. Griffin
Term expires 1937
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
James R. Childs Holden 12 or 209
SCHOOL NURSE
Amreau B. Blood, R. N. Holden 12 or 121
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
William T. Knowlton, M. D. Holden 246
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Mark L. Reed Rutland 22
SCHOOL CALENDAR
High School :
Winter Term 12 weeks Jan. 2, 1935 to Mar. 22, 1935
Spring Term 12 weeks Apr. 1, 1935 to June 21, 1935
Fall Term 16 weeks Sept. 3, 1935 to Dec. 20, 1935
Winter Term 12 weeks Dec. 30, 1935 to Mar. 20, 1936
Elementary Schools :
Winter Term 10 weeks Jan. 7, 1935 to Mar. 15, 1935
Spring Term 10 weeks Apr. 1, 1935 to June 7, 1935
Fall Term 16 weeks Sept. 3, 1935 to Dec. 20, 1935
Winter Term 10 weeks Jan. 6, 1936 to Mar. 13, 1936
HOLIDAYS
January 1, February 22. April 19, May 30, Labor Day, October 12, November 11, Thanksgiving Day and the.day following.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
1-1-1 Three blasts on the siren at 7.30 A. M. means no school for the day.
1-1-1 Three blasts at 11 A. M. means no afternoon session.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Rutland :
The members of the School Committee are pleased to submit this annual report, and also to state that the year has been concluded with marked success.
Probably the facts about an increasing enrollment should be called to your attention as an important phase in school work. Legislation is proposed for the year to increase the school age from fourteen to sixteen years. This would natu- rally add to our already increasing enrollment, and indicates the need for more room.
One of the striking needs of the town is added school room. Either we should build a primary school to include the first six grades, and leave this present edifice for the upper six (i. e. the seventh and eighth grades and the present high school) or we might reverse the order and move these upper grades to some new location. We cannot go on as we are and take in more pupils. Then, too, we must abandon West Rutland school property, and these two grades must be absorbed up here.
A matter of real concern to the committee is the way the High School has been dismissed whenever a town meet- ing is to use the Grange Hall, or for purposes of election business. This, together with dismissal occasioned by stormy weather, because the building cannot be heated, is a problem of no small concern. The school program is materially handi- capped whenever it is broken into by outside interests.
The citizens of the town are invited to join with the committee in praise of our teaching and supervisory staffs. They have done their work well under trying circumstances and poorly equipped property.
TRANSPORTATION ROUTES Cost per day
C. E. Prescott $12 00
R. W. Temple 6 00
M. H. Wheeler 4 50
Viilo Taipale 4 75
Dellar LeTendre 4 00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SCHOOL DEPART- MENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1934
Town Appropriation
$24,300 00
General Control : Superintendent $ 641 00
Instruction :
Teachers $12,627 05
High School Books
324 01
Grade School Books
248 64
Supplies
366 41
Operation of School Plant :
Janitor and Fuel-Center $2,196 45
Janitor-West Rutland
189 00
Fuel-West Rutland
245 90
Janitors' Supplies
103 84
Maintenance :
Repairs
$806 12
New Equipment
385 70
. Auxiliary :
Health
$ 464 00
Transportation
5,508 20
Miscellaneous
107 45
$24,213 77
Balance
$86 23
INCOME CREDITED TO SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Tuition : State Wards and Towns $ 803 75
Salary of Superintendent 386 67
High School Grant
1,000 00
Part I-School Fund (Income Tax) 2,550 00
Part II-School Fund
4,820 80
$9,561 22
Total cost
$24,213 77
Credits
9,561 22
Net cost
$14,652 55
Respectfully submitted, WALLACE HAYES, Chairman, F. EUGENE MARSH, Secretary, MARGARET A. GRIFFIN.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Holden, Mass., Dec. 31, 1934 To the School Committee of Rutland :
I have the honor to submit my seventeenth report on the condition of our schools, this being the thirty-fifth in the series since the formation of the present School Union. The reports of the School Nurse and the School Physician which follow, will indicate the health program in our schools. I am glad to commend them for their faithful service in home and school. The tables of statistics will show our organiza- tion, enrollment and attendance and other matters of record.
There are but two changes to record in the teaching forces, Miss Eleanor E. Knox replacing Miss Wall in the Home Economics Department and Miss Merle Connelley suc- ceeding Mr. Condon in Grades V and VI. I feel that the spirit of loyalty and cooperation has never been more in evidence than at the present time, both among our teachers and the pupils and between the home and the school. This healthy condition is in no small measure due to the devotion of the School Committee to the welfare of our children, and to their careful study of school problems and intelligent sup- port and backing. It is well known that a school is as good as its teachers. Differing in the way in which they teach and in their personalities, we expect them to think alike in the goals and objectives they set for the child. Agreeing on the types of attitudes, habits and learning, we expect them to use their own resourcefulness in securing these attain- ments. Let us respect our children and have faith in them. Let us respect the parents of these children they have en- trusted to our care, and cooperate with them. Almost with- out exception we can make contacts with the parent and gain their sympathetic support by visiting the home, by in- viting parents to the school, by keeping criticism from the ears of the child, by explaining the kind of help we need from the parent or by explaining the nature and types of home work.
We may think of education in many ways. One is to consider it as a business, the most important to be conducted by town, state or nation. The taxpayers are the owners, the
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School Committee the Directors and the Superintendent the executive agent of the Board of Directors. Then we may take a very different point of view, the professional, and con- sider education as Guided Growth. Our teachers are helping young children to acquire right habits of daily living. and to develop these habits and attitudes into the fine character of worthy manhood and womanhood. The ideal of the public school, working with the home, the church, and all positive forces in the community, is to guide our youth into the sort of life summarized by the seven objectives : a sound mind in a sound healthy body, a home life that is happy. unselfish and democratic, the ability to think, study and act wisely. the skill needed to earn a good living. the wise use of leisure, an informed citizenship, and a fine spiritual character that is trusted and admired.
The problem of housing is still before us, and with the steady growth in enrollment and the unsatisfactory condition of the present school plant, it will need to be considered seriously. The heater at West Rutland has been completely overhauled and the rooms re-decorated. but we still have the extra transportation involved in housing Grades VII and VIII in that part of town. Conditions at the Center have been improved by making part of the dining room into a laboratory and class-room. We are changing the old labora- tory into a room for the girls and providing a similar room for boys at the other end of the building. We have some new equipment for the Home Economics classes, new texts in sev- eral subjects, and additional lockers for the high school. Mr. Kelsey in his report will tell of the increased enrollment in the high school and of developments there. It seems to me imperative that something should be done to provide ade- quately for our schools. For several years we have consid- ered plans and discussed the subject from every angle. The proposal to build a six-room schoolhouse for the elementary grades and to combine the six upper grades as a six-year high school was an excellent one, and the plans as shown were good. We would then be able to separate grades V and VI, take grade II from its present poorly lighted and venti- lated quarters, offer some exploratory and practical arts courses, provide a more efficient heating system, place more emphasis on the health and physical education programs, reduce the amount of transportation, and in every way raise
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the standards of our work. Even with the few changes we have just made, we note a decided improvement in working conditions and in the morale of the school.
We thank everyone who has helped through gifts or service to make the year more successful. Boy Scout work and the 4-H Clubs have a close and helpful correlation with the school program and merit our hearty support. Mr Kelsey and Mr. Marsh are actively interested. At the Lead- ers' Conference in Worcester Mr. Marsh addressed the 4-H groups on "Helping the Boys to Make Their Best Better." Robert Marsh was chosen by the 4-H campers at West Brookfield to bring the spirit of 1933 to the county camp of 1934. In the annual poster contest conducted by the American Humane Education Society, Mary Cunningham won a silver medal and Alphonse Matta received honorable mention.
There was a Teachers' Institute this year in Holden conducted by the State Department of Education. Our teach- ers attended this meeting and the County Convention in Worcester. The high school teachers also attended a series of six lectures given by Dr. Moore of the State Department of Health. This is counted as a course for credit in Hygiene and Health. Each year there is a Conference at the Teachers' College in Worcester for School Committee members where problems of school administration and finance are discussed. We have joined with Paxton to form a Teachers' Club and have affiliated with the State Teachers' Federation. We are proud to report 100% membership for the third year in the National Education Association.
I want to express my appreciation of the unfailing sup- port of the School Committee and the devotion and loyalty of our teachers.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. CHILDS.
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REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
To the Superintendent of Schools :
In the seven years that I have been making these reports, I have mentioned the increased enrollment; gaining slowly but steadily each year and this past year seems to be no exception. At the end of December 1934 the high school students numbered sixty-four, an increase of nine over last year and twenty-eight more than seven years ago.
The graduating class of 1934 consisting of seven boys and seven girls is probably an indication that those receiving their diplomas in the future classes will number a dozen or more. The scarcity of work is having its effect in keeping students in the four higher grades of our educational system. Each year we are glad to report that some are fortunate enough to continue their studies in higher institutions of learning, and among these institutions entered by members of last year's class are Massachusetts State College, Worces- ter Polytechnic Institute and Bridgewater State Teachers' College.
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