Town annual report of Rutland 1933-40, Part 9

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1933
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1180


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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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