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1.25
2.25
1000
Letter Heads, Athlectic Association
1.00
1.50
2.75
400
Letter Heads, Lincoln School
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1.50
1.90
$117.00
$178.99
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$2.75
$181.74
WOODWORK OF A PRACTICAL NATURE FOR THE SCHOOL'S.
Desk repaired.
Desks changed and repaired.
5 frames.
Desk repaired.
Banner pedestal painted and shellaced.
Chair repaired for Supt. Office.
3 frames, Greenwood School.
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Chair repaired Franklin School.
Chair repaired Franklin School.
100 pamphlet holders. Pictures framed-High School.
Bulletin board for outside of Woodville School.
Braces for school room window boxes.
Bulletin board for Kosmos Club.
Bulletin board for Warren School.
Bulletin board for High School, R. O. T. C.
Door repaired for Fan room Lincoln School.
Outside door of Manual Training room repaired.
Table for 1st grade room.
BOOKBINDING
353 volumes rebound:
Approximate cost of material $17.60
Market value of rebinding 125.00
SEWING
The following is the report of the sewing teacher as presented.
"When sewing was first made a part of the course of study in the schools the aim was largely educational, a training of hand and eye with no very definite industrial value. Today the pendulum has swung far in the opposite direc- tion and training of the child must equip her to meet the practical problems in the every day world and to develop the thought content in each lesson, as well as to train the pupils in industrial efficiency; also to call forth the best efforts from the class, thus making the subject an important factor in honesty of pur- . pose.
School sewing in the past meant making models, but now the girls are interested in making articles of real value.
The following details are pursued, such as the training of the body to assume and keep correct position, training of the fingers to handle properly the imple- ments used, training of the eyes to quick and accurate perception, also correct description by giving oral and written specifications of the work done Naturally all these details are preliminary to the actual work. Thoroughness in this is a safe-guard against awkwardness and mistakes that otherwise would waste time and material. The course progresses to practical applications in making wearing apparel and articles of household art. Incidentally the girls have kept the school flags in repair.
Crocheting has been introduced by having the girls crochet the lace and yokes for the garments that are being made in the class lesson.
The machine work not only includes stitching but the study of the machine in detail. It is my desire to have more work accomplished on the machine.
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In order to do this it is necessary to have more machines. The machine work can progress but very slowly as we have but one machine for a class of twenty- . eight pupils, whereas the number of machines should average one for each six girls.
In addition to the skill acquired in the making of clothing, this branch of do- mestic art developes the personal attributes, as perseverance, judgment and accuracy."
AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS
"The agricultural and home economics work under the direction of the school department may be divided into four classes: Junior clubs; High School class work: School Garden Army and the Community Gardens.
The Pig Club has been dropped from the club list in town. Few children took interest in it and the results, unless the project is maintained year after year, are too uncertain. Much credit is due William H. Darling of Green- wood who has been a pig club member from the beginning and who has gone into the work rather extensively. He is the sole surviving member.
The remaining lines of work are as follows: garden, poultry, canning, home economics, and home handicraft. The clubs require practical manual labor, a record of the money involved, and a story of the inember's experiences.
A comparative synopsis of the finished club work for the years 1918-1919 and 1919-1920 is given below. At the present time the outlook for 1921 is far less promising. It looks as though the home economics clubs would be barred from our schools so far as paid supervision is concerned. These, as the table shows, are among our most important clubs.
1918 - 1919
1919 - 1920
No. of Pupils Finishing Work Product
Value of Product
No. of Pupils Finishing Work Product
Value of Product
Garden
8
$245.87
27
$939.68
Poultry . :
3
*
8
$912.78
Pig, spring.
6 1779 1bs.
$302.43
0
*
Pig, brood sow
2
*
*
1
*
*
Home Handicraft.
46
$470.50
Home Economics.
54 72 garments
$216.00
112 75 garments
$375.00
1226 loaves
$208.42
5202 loaves
$936.38
Canning.
68 3369 quarts $1,684.50
45 2460 quarts $1,330.19
141
$2,657.22
239
$4,964.53
*Not large enough to warrant inclusion.
The Agricultural Class Work in the High School is confined to one group of Juniors who are taking a course in horticulture. They are dealing almost en- tirely with fruits.
A resume of the more important achievements of club members (including High School pupils) during the past year follows:
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Garden. A one hundred percent finish was made in this club. This was an extraordinary feat.
Three Wakefield boys, (Frederic Snyder, Edward McManamin and Edward Corcoran) won all the places on the Middlesex County vegetable judging team. This team lost the state championship by a fraction of one percent.
A collection of vegetables from several members won third place for towns at the New England States Fair.
A number of entries were made at the Waltham County Fair. Five prizes (one 1st, two 2nds and two 4ths) were secured.
There were 117 entries at the local exhibit in the Town Hall.
George Riley won the town championship.
Poultry. This was our second year's experience with a poultry judging team The competition at the Boston' Poultry Show was by county teams. Philip Pasqualino and Everett N. Bennett won places on the Middlesex County team which consisted of six members. This team won third at the Boston Show, while Everett Bennett tied with one of his team-mates for sixth individual place. Ernest Banks of Greenwood took third prize on a feed hopper.
The poultry championship of the town went to Eleanor Crabiel of Green- wood. She stood second in the county and her record surpassed any previous record in the county.
Canning. Miss Doris Nelson had general supervision of the canning clubs. About 340 jars were exhibited in the town hall in September. Two prizes were won at the New England States Fair by individuals. Three were won at the Waltham County Fair.
The demonstration team was composed of Frances Munier, Alice Anderson and Elsie Nutile. They demonstrated at our fall exhibit.
The best all-round competitor in the clubs was Lillian Fisher of the High School.
Home Economics. As in canning, Miss Doris Nelson had general super- vision of these clubs. At the Warren School, Miss Bessie David, and at the Green- wood School, Miss Josephine Rourke, took local charge of the clubs in home economics in those schools. The town championship in bread making was awarded to Eleanor Winkler.
The best garment maker was Hazel White.
The percent finish in this club was remarkable. One hundred and thirteen pupils started and only one failed to finish.
A team in biscuit making was formed which demonstrated at the spring ex- hibit. Virginia Ulrici and Gladys Dagnino were the Warren School girls who were on this team.
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A bread-making team, composed of Helen Corbet, Nellie Sheehan and Catherine Donegan, demonstrated at a conference in Boston.
Home Handicraft. This was our first year in Home Handicraft Club work. Much of the work was very gratifying. The High School basketry club under the direction of Miss Isabelle M. Hirst and the Hurd School raffia club with Miss Grace A. Jenkins as leader did exceptionally good work under trying difficul- ties.
A demonstration team, composed of John Burgess and Edwin Ure of the Lin- coln School, did excellent work.
John Burgess was awarded the county championship in this club and spent å week at the summer camp in Amherst. His workmanship and skill in wood- working were of high order.
This coming year looks rather badly for these clubs because of the lack of any settled policy of supervision for them. At least four of these clubs have been entirely dropped. I believe this to be a big mistake.
The most important forward step of the year was the formation of the High School Agricultural and Home Economics Club, more commonly known as the High School Achievement Club. This is a combination of all the achievement· clubs in the High School into one central club. The club is the first of its kind in Massachusetts and its career is watched with much interest.
Myrton Fuller of the High School is the towns first representative on the County Junior Council at Waltham.
The School Garden Army carried on again. Harold Arey, Principal of the Warren School, took charge of this branch of the work. In a number of the school districts volunteer committees helped do this supervision work.
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The number actually finishing their work, by schools, is herewith given. Green- wood 32, Lincoln 29, Montrose 26, Hurd 23, Franklin 19, Prospect Street 14 Warren 9, Woodville 3, Hamilton 3, Total 158. All schools, with the exception of the Warren, Hamilton and Prospect Street, show an increase over last year, while Greenwood was not included last year. The total gain is 28 gardens.
The Community Gardens did not make large returns to the workers this year. The weather was against the gardeners to a trying degree. Forty-seven reported an average net income of seventy-five cents. About $18.40 worth of produce was raised per plot as against $26.07 last year.
The various districts, with the approximate number of paid gardens on each, follows: Center 49, Woodville 42, Greenwood 41, North Ward 30, West Side 9. Total 171. Last year the total was 203."
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CHANGES IN TEACHING FORCE
The following changes in the teaching force have taken place this year:
Resignations HIGH SCHOOL
Anne Carroll, Science To Newton
Grace Emerson, Mathematics To Melrose
Hazel Andrews, History .To Lynn
Lucy Phillips, Science To Webster
GRADES
Marion Eilis, Franklin, Grades 1-2-3 Illness
Ruth Willey, Franklin, Grade 2 ... To Boston
Mary L. Geary, Greenwood, Grade 5 To Boston
Deceased
M. Annie Warren, Warren
. Principal
Elections
HIGH SCHOOL
Lucy T. Phillips, Arlington Science
Elise Brecker, Wareham. Science
Helen Crocker, Manchester, Mass Mathematics
GRADES
Harold B. Arey, Bristol, R. I. Warren, Principal
Helen Vance . Hurd, Grades 5-6
Harriet E. Salmon, Newbury . Woodville, Grade 1
Elizabeth Guarnaccia, Quincy
Woodville, Grade 4
Grace Riley, Halifax, Mass
Woodville, Grade 5
George E. Hayes, Marlboro Woodville, Principal
Mildred Stone, Weymouth. Warren, Grade 8
CONCLUSION
In conclusion I wish to express my gratitude to the people of Wakefield for the interest they take in the schools. Very few towns in the Commonwealth do more in proportion to their ability than do our citizens. It is a pleasure to work in such a community.
) I also want to thank the School Committee for their hearty support, and the teachers and principals for their loyal co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLARD B. ATWELL.
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Report of High School Principal
January 28, 1921.
Mr. W. B. Atwell, Superintendent of Schools,
Dear Sir :
Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Principal of the High School.
The enrollment at the opening of the school this year was as follows:
Boys
Girls
Total
Post Graduates .
3
2
5
Seniors.
37
65
102
Juniors.
59
65
124
Sophomores.
61
88
149
Freshmen
84
.
85
169
244
305
549
This shows a decrease of thirty-six pupils as compared with the enrollment of last year, the losses being in the Senior and Freshmen classes.
We were very fortunate in not losing more than three teachers from our faculty, but in two cases, before we could get the regular teachers, we had several sub- stitutes, which has made it very hard for the pupils. In the case of the History teacher we had four substitutes before we procured a regular teacher.
We were very much pleased with the appearance of the building at the open- ing of school. I can see a marked difference in the attitude of the pupils. The majority appreciate what has been done and show their appreciation by the care they are taking of the building. They are doing much better work than they did previously and I believe it is due in part to the improved condition of the building. If the repairs of the building mean so much to the pupils, what would be the effect if we had a new building where we had plenty of room and facilities for doing the work as it should be done?
We have more active school organizations than we have had for some time. Last April the Dramatic Club gave a very successful play at the Princess Thentre.
Miss Sharkey wrote a play entitled "Tony the Mender" which was given by members of the school in connection with Better Speech Week. Several schools have presented this play during the year. .
A Boys' Glee Club of forty members has been organized and is instructed by Mr. Fulton. The Club has appeared before the public on several occasions and did very creditable work.
A Girls' Glee Club is being organized and will be under the charge of Mr. Jones.
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The High School Orchestra has furnished music on several occasions and their work is greatly appreciated.
When we consider that most of the rehearsing for these school activities must be done in the evening, or in some place outside of the school building, and under conditions that are not the most attractive, one wonders what could be done if we only had the proper facilities.
We have had a successful year in athletics. Most of the pupils of the three upper classes belong to the athletic association and pay five cents each week. We support baseball, football, hockey and track. Our great handicap is this: Most of our games are played on the common and we find it hard to pay es- penses, for the public enjoys watching the various contests, but does not care to support them. We need an enclosed athletic field.
This year we have had Military Drill three times a week instead of once. The results have been very satisfactory. Sergeant Ernest M. Monroe, U. S. A., is in charge, and I feel sure that we will show such proficiency in military tac- tics at the end of the year that we will have a R. O .T. C. unit in our school next year.
Our greatest need at present is room, room to do experimental work. The Freshmen who take General Science have no opportunity to do experimental work, and that part of the work is the most important. The same holds true with Botany and Biology. These courses are greatly handicapped because they have no place to do experimental work. We lack nearly everything to make these courses of practical value to the pupils.
Last year we had the largest graduating class in the history of the school. . Of the one hundred and nine graduates, sixty-seven took the college or general courses, and of these sixty-seven, forty-one pursued their education in higher institutions of learning. The following is a list of those pupils and the insti- tutions they entered.
Selma Roach
Simmons College
Ruth Woodbury
Simmons College
Wilbur Batten
Bates College ·
Richard Clark Bates College
Arthur Lyons Boston College
Matthew Nash Charles Ford
M. I. T.
Dana Staples
M. I. T.
Franklin Tyzzer
M. I. T.
Gerald Tyzzer
Amherst Agricultural College
Ruth Maxim Antonio Mezzacappa
Jackson College
Amherst College
New Hampshire State College New Hampshire State College
Reuben Draper Joseph Taggart Carl Peterson Thomas Dinan
Norwich University Tufts
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Sophie Kroll
Notre Dame
Margaret, Walsh
Notre Dame
Thomas Lally
B. U. Business Administration
Oliver Quimby
B. U. Business Administration
William Wallace
B. U. Business Administration
Gertrude Hutchinson
B. U. Secretarial Course
Margaret Howland
B. U. Secretarial Course
Esther Tyler
N. E. Conservatory of Muisc
Dorothy Taylor
Emerson College of Oratory
Frederick Snyder
Worcester Academy
Ernest Frizzell
Dean Academy
Edmund Dagnino
Dean Academy
Eleanor Abbott
Lassell Seminary
Emily Boody
Northfield Seminary
Mildred Willey
Salem Normal School
Winifred Lenoir
Salem Normal School
Hattie Moore
Salem Normal School
Sybil Smith
Salem Normal School
Katharine Goodwin
Salem Normal School
Grace Crosby
Framingham Normal
Marion Dunham
Mass. Normal Art
Warren Buckley
Mass. Normal Art
Arthur Anderson
Lowell Textile School
Kathleen Carter
Mrs. Clark's School
Jeannette Stewart
Mrs. Clark's School
John Reid
Bentley's School of Finance
Gordon Crandall
Bentley's School of Finance
I wish at this time to express my appreciation of the loyalty of my co-workers . and the hearty co-operation which I have received from you and the School Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES J. PETERSON,
Principal.
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Graduation Exercises Wakefield High School Class of 1920
Town Hall, Thursday, June Twenty-Fourth, Eight-Fifteen o'clock
PROGRAM
Overture and March
Chorus-"When the Flag Goes By".
Nevin
Declamation-"Our Debt to the Pilgrim"
Charles Butler Ford
Roosevelt
Chorus-"The Breaking Waves Dashed High"
Hemans-Brown
Oration-(Salutatory Rank)-"Our Industrial Situation"
Franklin Gowen Tyzzer
Read by John Arthur Reid
Chorus-"Oh! Italia, Italia, Beloved"
Donizetti
Oration-(Honor Part)-"The Italian in America" Antonio Libro Mezzacappa
Recitation-"My Country , First" Helen Recardo Arnold
.. Targett
Oration-"The Mayflower Compact"
Carl G. Peterson
Recitation-"The Whistling Regiment"
Adelaide Hale Sweetser
Chorus-"Winter Song"
Essay and Valedictory-"Lilacs"
Selma B. Roach
Presentation of Diplomas-
Principal Charles J. Peterson
Class Song .
Orchestra
MOTTO-Our Aim, Success-Our Hope, to Win
, Bullard
Chorus-"A Night in June"
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Emily S. Boody
Our crossroads we have reached tonight; This point together we have won. But now through many a varied way, With higher ideals day by day, We'll show the world what we have done. So Nineteen-twenty's class will strive With motives always high and pure To hold the standards we have set, Ever loyal till success is sure. .
The knowledge we have worked to gain Has blazed the path our footsteps sought, And as we other tasks must do We still will hold in memory true The ideals that our teachers taught.
"Our aim; success-our hope, to win," Our chosen motto spurs us on; And as we press on toward the goal May we hold it high till victory's won.
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GRADUATES
Classical Course
Eleanor Kendall Abbott Katharine Goodwin Winifred E. Lenoir Edith A. Lewis Arthur Vincent Lyons Ruth Louisa Maxim Marion Evelyn McKie
Antonio Libro Mezzacappa Hattie Esther Moore Selma B. Roach Adelaide Hale Sweetser
Dorothy Dodge Taylor Mildred Frances Willey Ruth A. Woodbury
Charles Butler Ford George Matthew Nash
Scientific Course
Dana R. Staples Franklin Gowen Tyzzer
General Course
Arthur I. Anderson Helen Recardo Arnold Parker Lewis Avery Ethelyn Porter Bartlett Wilbur Marsh Batten Emily S. Boody Warren Lowell Buckley Charles Warren Buckman Albert Paul Burke Phyllis G. M. Cadogan Kathleen Carter
Richard Stephen Clark Frederick A. Costello Grace Crosby Leslie Cummings Edmund Frederick Dagnino Thomas Edward Dinan Reuben Foster Draper Marion Lawrance Dunham Ernest L. Frizzell Wesley Stewart Garniss Phyllis Glidden Herbert Daniel Hancock Horace D. Hill
Gertrude Hutchinson Sophie Louise Kroll Thomas Joseph Lally, Jr. Edward B. LaFave Richard Clinton Loring
Eldon Nichols George Meade O'Neill
Walter Franklin Pearson
Carl G. Peterson Margaret Ellen Purdy Oliver Smith Quimby John Arthur Reid Stanley Morse Sargent George Seabury Sybil Evelyn Smith Frederic Burley Snyder
Joseph H. Taggart Esther L. Tyler Gerald Edwards Tyzzer
Frances Buckley Vincent William S. Wallace Margaret Cecelia Walsh
Frank J. Wengen Edwin May Winslow Margaret Howland
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Commercial Course
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Ruth Carleton Anderson Mary Augusta Avery Helen Margaret Barton Katherine Mary Brehaut Charlotte Louise Brooks Catherine Agnes Clemens Gordon Ellsworth Crandall Leonard Henry DeMarco Mabelle Agnes Douglass Elsie May Fay Helen Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Esther Mary Gallagher Tilly Dorothea Gersinovitch Clara Olive Hayes Lena Beatrice Hayward
Margaret Veronica Hurley Mildred Ellen Hutchins Alice Lura Kimball Inez Marie Kirk Rene Theadore Loubris Marion Olive Lynch
Laura Miller Macleod Florence Mary Maloney Mildred Louise Matheson Elinor Blanche Mayhew Emma Mildred Noyes Mabel Beatrice Orde Ernest Francis Payro
Doris E. Perkins
Grace Marie Rogers
Ruth Salvati Dorothy Lily Sanders
Eugene F. Seavey
Carl Albert Seaward
Evelyn Blake Smith Jeannette Stewart Gladys Elizabeth Tibbetts Nettie Gladys Trefry Marjorie Emma Vint Ida Weinberg Alice Roosevelt Whittle Rachel Willey
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Report of School Physician
The Health conditions in general for the year have been good, and there has not been any epidemic of consequence, though there has been about the usual amount of contagious disease. The difficulty in controling measles was well illustrated in one of our schools. At a time when no cases were present in town a child visited Boston and eleven days later came down with measles in school. It happened that in that room all the pupils but five or six were immune. Those few were carefully watched and the teacher and the parents were instructed to be on the lookout for any symptoms of illness. No one developed the disease and we were just congratulating ourselves, when measles broke out in several families in the neighborhood. These children with the consent of their parents had been in the house to play with the child who had the measles.
Mumps and chicken pox are rarely reported to the Board of Health because no physician is called, and knowledge of such cases is usually gained from the neighbor's children in school, or the child is discovered in school with symp- toms of the disease. Under these conditions spread of the disease is inevitable. Considerable educational work is needed along these lines.
The usual examination of children has been made and the first grade weighed and measured in the fall and in the spring.
Parents as a rule are willing to co-operate by following suggestions as to re- mediable defects in their children. With the assistance of the School Nurse, constant attention is directed to the detection and treatment of parasitic and contagious skin diseases. One factor not within our control is the constant reinfection from children not in school in those families where such diseases abound, and this makes complete eradication impossible.
A study of the weight and measurements of the first grade pupils shows that the average at one School is about one and one-half inches short and about two pounds underweight. However, their gain for the year was up to the average, while a first grade in another school in which pupils were the tallest and heaviest gained the least both in height and weight. Of course the number in a given class is too small to make the deductions of value. Taking the whole first grade, the average of height and weight corresponds pretty closely to the standard of the National Child Health Organization which is endorsed by the State Board of Health.
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As in previous years, the School Nurse, the Principals, and the teachers have given their hearty co-operation. Attention should again be called to the fact that the teachers are the outpost sentinels in the detection of disease, for they obtain the first information of a pupil's absence and usually can find out whether he is ill and whether a physician has been called.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. MONTAGUE, M. D.
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Report of Attendance Officer and Census Enumerator
Mr. W. B. Atwell, Superintendent,
Dear Sir:
I hereby submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1920.
I have investigated the following cases:
Sickness.
56
Truancy
77
Tardy.
6
Kept out by parents .
67
Lack of shoes and clothing.
17
Found on street, taken to school.
4
Found at home, taken to school
3
Found on street, taken home
2
Misdemeanors on school grounds.
5
New pupils placed in school.
24
Pupils left school
25
Schools visited .
15
Suspensions.
11
Taken to court-(convicted).
1
Home employment certificates
3
Employment certificates.
7
Factories and stores visited.
9
Bureau of Immigration.
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333
Besides investigating the above cases, I also canvassed the town for the census of pupils between five and sixteen years of age.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT D. CATE,
Attendance Officer.
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APPENDIX A
Population census, 1920.
13,025
Average Membership, ending June, 1920.
2,508.56
Average Membership, ending June, 1919.
2,379.31
Increase.
129.25
Total Membership, 1920.
2,842
Total Membership, 1919.
2,736
Average Attendance, 1920
2,327.08
Average Attendance, 1919.
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