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SEWING
The following is the report of Miss Ekman, the sewing teacher, which gives a full description of the outline of the work as given in the grades.
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"The main objective of the sewing course is to give the girls ability to sew and make their clothing. The garment as a project is used which results in five types of abilities; first, skill in control of hand and machine technic and in handling of material; second, knowledge of constructive processes and skill and judgment in their use; third, ability to use patterns and to cut economically ; fourth, ability to fit garments; fifth, appreciation of good color and texture com- binations, good proportions and all other aspects of design that must be con- sidered in any constructive activity.
"The course in sewing has for its constant purpose the training of the body to assume and keep correct position, training of the fingers to handle properly the implements used, training of the eye to quick and accurate perceptions, training to correct expressions by requiring oral and written descriptions of work done and training of taste, will and judgment, so that neatness, decision, perseverance, patience, promptness, thoroughness and economy of materials become second nature. Thoroughness in this is a safe guard against awkward- ness and mistakes that otherwise would waste time and material. The mus- cular control involved in hand sewing is quite complex. It requires control in the use of each hand and co-ordination in the movements of both hands to make a stitch well. Not only the appearance, use and method of beginning and ending the stitch is necessary, but the movement involved in making it is also important. The thorough study of the movements used in making hand stitches prevents the acquisition of the many wasteful hand habits so often seen in sewing classes.
"The course progresses to practical applications in making wearing apparel and mending, also articles of household arts.
"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 as speed and facility in using a machine will greatly increase a girl's productive powers. In order to do this it is necessary to have more machines.
"Crocheting is introduced in the seventh grade as an applied design prob- lem. After the stitches are learned in crocheting, the work becomes a' me- chanical operation and is therefore used as 'pick-up work' resulting in the mak- ing of lace and yokes for the garments being made in class."
MANUAL TRAINING
The Manual Training work has continued under the able instruction of Mr. Fanck. When the new High School building is completed Mr. Fanck will take charge of the Manual Arts Department. He will probably have to have an assistant in the very near future.
It will take about three years for the course to become fully established, and in the meantime I believe it would be wise to transfer as much as possible of the work for the grades to the new quarters. Eventually it will have to return to its present quarters. In this way we may be able to get along with fewer instructors, without any detriment to the work.
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Below is a partial list of what the classes have done in addition to their regular classroom work and projects.
Woodwork
2 Hall trees
8 Window ventilators
2 Pencil blocks
Certificates framed
Clothes rack
School seats and desks repaired
School chairs repaired
6 Plant boxes
Sand table repaired
Shelves for several closets.
PRINTING
Estimate
Quantity
Nature of Work
Stock
I abor
Estimated Market Value
500
Letterheads.
$1.00
$1.00
$2.25
1500
Letterheads.
3.00
1.50
5.25
400
Letterheads.
.80
1.00
2.00
200
Tickets.
2.00
2.00
5000
Program Cards.
10.00
10.00
22.00
600
Corporal Punishment Cards.
1.25
2.50
4.00
300
Postals.
2.50
2.50
400
Notices.
2.00
2.00
1000
Health Notices.
1.00
3.00
4.20
750
Health Notices.
.75
2.75
3.75
500
Health Notices.
.50
2.25
2.85
400
Postals
2.00
2.00
6400
Attendance slips.
1.00
4.00
5.20
6000
Admission slips.
1.00
4.00
5.20
1000
Evening School Notices.
2.50
2.50
5000
Report Cards .
12.50
11.00
26.50
400
Letterheads
.80
1.00
2.00
500
Tickets.
1.50
4.00
5.75
5000
Class Attendance slips .
1.00
4.00
5.20
500
Parent Teacher Association Notices.
1.50
1.50
300
Parent Teacher Association Notices.
1.50
1.50
350 Parent Teacher Association Notices.
1.50
1.50
500
Parent Teacher Association Notices.
1.50
1.50
500
Report of supplementary exams.
1.50
1.50
1000
Letter heads.
.75
2.50
3.40
200
Postals
1.50
1.50
1.50
5000
Tardy slips
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Estimate
Quantity
Nature of Work
Stock
Labor
Estimated Market Value
250
Postals.
1.50
1.50
250
Postals.
1.50
1.50
5000
Book Slips.
2.00
5.00
7.40
5000
Afternoon Session Cards
1.50
5.00
6.75
1000
Evening School Programs
5.00
5.00
500
Tickets.
1.50
1.50
500
Tickets.
1.50
1.50
500
Tickets.
1.50
1.50
500 Tickets.
1.50
1.50
500
Envelopes
1.50
1.50
Total.
$40.35 $100.00
$150.70
GIFTS TO THE DEPARTMENT
During the past year we have had some gifts which are particularly interest- ing to the schools.
Miss Lillian Guptill gave some excellent pictures which were placed in those schools which needed them most. She also gave some photographs which were taken by the Lick Observatory. These are used in the classes in the High School.
Mrs. Jennie Wilson Rickards and Mrs. George F. Wilson presented the High School Library with a music collection, including many original compositions, as well as orchestral compositions by her father, the late George F. Wilson, who was for many years supervisor of music in the schools. This collection will be placed in special compartments in the new High School Library and will be known as the George F. Wilson Collection.
Squire Samuel K. Hamilton for many years gave freely of his service for the benefit of the Town. Among other positions which he held was that of School Committee man. He has always been much interested in the schools up to the time of his death. Squire Hamilton was also much interested in books and had collected a valuable library. After his death, Mrs. Hamilton offered one half of his books to the new High School Library, to be known as the Samuel K. Hamilton Collection. Many of these books are valuable and some of them are rare editions. These books will be marked by a suitable plate. The High School Library is very fortunate to receive these as they will be of great value to the school.
MISS CARTER
At the close of the spring term, Miss Fannie E. Carter retired from active service as a teacher. She had given fifty years to the schools of the State, thirty- six of these being in the Town of Wakefield. Miss Carter has always been a
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tower of strength to the schools. Her principal has well summarized her worth in the following paragraph:
"We have lost a most valuable teacher in Miss Carter's retirement. She is much missed and the value of her work and personal touch has never been more apparent than now. Her record of fifty years service in the State is a very remarkable one both from the point of service and from the fact that her spirit of youth has been maintained for such a long period. Wakefield has been fortunate to have such a period of unselfish service. No less significant is the fact that among the numerous pupils who have attended her classes, none can say that she was unfair or that she did not teach them anything. On the contrary, there is a general sentiment that she was a most excellent teacher, always fair in all her dealings with her pupils and a most exemplary charac- ter. Her thirty-six years service in Wakefield might well have received an appropriate recognition in some form, but in her characteristically modest man- ner, she preferred to step out quite as she would have done had she been go- ing out for a regular vacation."
MR. NEWMAN
Mr. Charles E. Newman has served for nearly twenty-five years, lacking about one month, as janitor of the Lincoln School. He felt obliged to resign during the fall because of the distance he lived from the school and because of failing strength. He will long be remembered for his interest in the build- ing, the pupils and teachers, and for his unfailing kindliness.
CHANGES IN TEACHERS
Resignations
HIGH SCHOOL
Hester Sharkey, Spanish and Englislı. To Cambridge
Marie Menard, French. . To Newport
Gladys Frost, Commercial Arithmetic. To New York
Doris A. Nelson, Domestic Science To be married
GRADES
Fannie E. Carter, Lincoln, Grade 8. Retired
Caroline Burbank, Lincoln, Grade 1. To California
Harold B. Arey, Warren, Principal . To Waltham
Florence B. Holt, Hamilton, Grades, 2-3 To Andover
Ruth M. Cross, Greenwood, Grade 8. To Salem
Agnes Bailey, Greenwood, Grade 5. To Vermont
Gertrude Flynn, Franklin, Grade 5. To Malden
Martha M. Murray, Franklin, Grades, 3-4. To Beverly
Harriet Salmon, Woodville, Grade 1. To Melrose
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Transfers
George E. Hayes, Principal Woodville. To Principal Warren
Oscar F. Raymond, Principal Franklin . To Principal Franklin and Woodville
Charlotte Fish, Montrose, Grades 1-2. To Greenwood Grade 2
Elections
HIGH SCHOOL
Lillian Hurley, English, Spanish, French From Litchfield, Ct.
Harriet Mason, French.
From Whitman, Mass
Chloe K. Cousins, English, French Substitute
Mildred Jones, Domestic Science. From Bath, Me.
GRADES
Eva Merriam, Lincoln, Grade 8 .From Ipswich, Mass.
Hattie Moore, Lincoln, Grade 4. From Salem Normal
Edna Dunnells, Lincoln, Grade 1. From Northampton, Mass.
Geneva Woods, Hamilton, Grade 1 From Norwood, Mass.
Florence Mckay, Greenwood, Grade 5 From Ardmore, Pa.
Rena Ballam, Greenwood, Grade 1 From Ashland, N. H.
M. Grace Pike, Franklin, Grade 5. From Exeter, N. H.
Mildred F. Willey, Franklin, Grades 4-5 From Salem Normal
Catherine Cody, Franklin, Grades 1-2-3 From Leslie Normal
Mary L. Jernegan, Montrose, Grades 1-2 From Amesbury, Mass.
Laurel M. Tout, Woodville, Grade 1 From Winchendon, Mass.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion I wish to thank all who have helped during the past year which in many respects has been an extremely hard one. I especially wish to thank the teachers and principals for their share in the work, and the Committee for their support and sympathy.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLARD B. ATWELL.
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Report of High School Principal
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 beginning of the school year was as follows:
Boys
Girls
Total
Post Graduates
3
2
5
Seniors
43
65
108
Juniors.
52
74
126
Sophomores.
80
68
148
Freshmen
100
106
206
Total
272
311
593
This is an increase of 23 over the enrollment of the school at the beginning of last year.
We have worked under a serious handicap this year. The school is larger than last year, and at the same time we have fewer class rooms, since the port- able building was removed to the Greenwood School. That necessitated hav- ing two classes recite in Room 10 at the same time. Screens were obtained to separate the classes, still the confusion arising from two classes reciting in the same room has retarded the school work .. It has been necessary to hold classes in the study hall which has been annoying to the pupils trying to study as well as those trying to recite. We also have had classes recite in the corridor near the chemical laboratory. We have been very much overcrowded, we expected to enter the new High School building at the Christmas vacation and were disappointed, and there has been a nervous tension and unrest that has prevented us from doing our best work. The only place that pupils can re- ceive assistance from teachers during the teachers' spare periods is in the cor- ridors, at the lunch counter, in the cloak room, or at the principal's office. We have been so overcrowded that it has been, at times, impossible for teachers to find room to assist pupils even in the afternoon, and in many cases several teachers have had to share the same room with their pupils to get a place in which to work. Under these trying conditions I feel that both teachers and pupils have shown a remarkable spirit of co-operation and loyalty, and have done exceedingly well. It will be a great relief to get into the new building.
The attendance for the year has been fairly good. Our percentage of at- tendance was 96. We should not be satisfied with anything less than 9712%. Then again, we have too many tardinesses. Last year we had 1097. I feel sure that with greater co-operation on the part of the parents we could cut that down to 600 or less. We have tried every conceivable way to reduce tardi- ness, but so far the results are not satisfactory.
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The pupils who took College Entrance Examinations last June did very well indeed. If a pupil has done very good work in school, getting a grade of 85% to 95%, the teacher will recommend his taking the examinations; if his grade isn't as high as 85% she may give her consent to his taking the examination. If the pupil's work is not of high enough grade to warrant giving consent or recommendation, he must take the examination on his own responsibility. Last year every pupil who was given the teacher's recommendation or consent passed every examination in which consent was given, and in some cases the pupils passed the examinations taken on their own responsibility. This reflects credit on both teachers and pupils, also it shows that if a pupil is willing to work he can be fitted for college in our High School. If a pupil is to prepare for college he must be willing to give most all of his time for preparation.
We had several changes in our faculty this year. Miss Chloe Cousins teaches Freshmen English and French. Miss Lillian Hurley teaches Spanish and French. Miss Harriet Mason teaches French.
We have had a study room in the Odd Fellows building for the Freshmen the same as last year, and each teacher is there one morning a week to give assistance, besides the regular teacher in charge. It is evident that the pu- pils are not taking advantage of the help that they can obtain for very few come to study or to get assistance.
We have the Honor Rolls last year which is an incentive to greater effort on the part of pupils. This year we have designated the courses the honor pupils are taking as it was claimed none but pupils taking the General and Com- mercial Courses were able to get on the Honor Roll. It is interesting to learn that that statement was not true as there is always a good number of pupils taking the College Course on the Honor Roll.
We have not done so well in athletics as in former years. Our baseball team did very well. We had no cross country team or indoor track team as there were not enough boys who were eligible who desired to participate. In foot- ball we suffered disastrously. Too many of the players failed in their studies at the mid-season so were not allowed to play. Mr. Dower did the best he could with the material he had left, but the season was too far gone to develop a strong team. The boys themselves have taken the matter in hand and I feel sure that they will work out a solution for the unfortunate situation and will put athletics in the place in school life that it should hold.
Of the 96 pupils who graduated last June the following entered higher insti- tutions of learning:
Mark Ireland
University of Michigan
Francis Corcoran
Boston College
William Mullen
Boston College
John Studley Arthur Nash
Tufts College
Massachusetts Institute Technology
George Cole, Jr.
Norwich University
Thomas Jazukawiz
New Hampshire State College
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George Hall Breta Heurlin Olga Titer
New Hampshire State College
B. U. Secretarial Science
B. U. Secretarial Science
George Barron
B. U. Business Administration Wentworth Institute
Albert Anderson
Walter Mason
Wentworth Institute
Herman Robinson
Wentworth Institute
Arthur Smith
Wentworth Institute
Greta Palmer
Boston Conservatory of Music
Hilda Hayden
Salem Normal School
Vera Moulton
Salem Normal School
Margaret Corbet
Salem Normal School
Lillia Sidney
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Fannie Greene
New School of Design
Edward Corcoran
Bentley School of Finance
Arlene Gardner
Sargent School of Physical Science
Harriet Dolbeare
MacDuffie School for Girls
Muriel Kingston
Katherine Gibb School
Madeline Gould
Katherine Gibb School
Alan Sweetser
Exeter Academy
At this time I wish 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, C. J. PETERSON.
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Graduation Exercises Wakefield High School Class of 1922
Town Hall, Thursday, June Twenty-Second Eight O'clock
PROGRAM
Overture and March
Chorus-"June Song"
Rudolf King
Oration-Salutatory-"The Development of Wireless"
Arthur Palmer Nash
Semi-Chorus-(a) "Forget Me not" (Gavotte) .Giese
(b) Sextet (Lucia di Lammermoor) Donizetti
Recitation-"Commencement" Kellogg
Pauline Emily Meads
Recitation-"The Barrel-Organ. Noyes
Leslie Marguerite Payzant
Chorus-"Ole Uncle Moon" Scott
Recitation-"The Sinking of the Titanic" Hubbard
Breta Heurlin
Oration-"The Fall of the Alamo"
Mark L. Ireland, Jr.
Chorus-"Pilgrim Chorus" (Tanhauser) Wagner
Declamation-"My Editing" Twain
Edward James Corcoran
Oration-"Valedictory-"The Unemployment Situation"
Francis Owen Corcoran
Presentation of Diplomas -- Mrs. Eva Gowing Ripley
Class Song
Orchestra
CLASS MOTTO-In This Sign We Conquer MCMXXII
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CLASS SONG
Vera Moulton
Four short years have gone their way, Our goal we have attained, Our joys, our hopes have all been won, And friendships we have gained. T'is now today we look ahead Along a pathway bright, With open minds, in courage's stead We cannot fail the right.
The memories come to bring us light, From out a span of years, Of others who have fought the fight With laughter and with tears; Of those who to our school have brought The guerdon they have won, The fame, the glory, and the pride The thought of duty done.
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GRADUATES
Classical Course
Madeline Gould Fred Stanley Grant, Jr. William S. Mullen
Scientific Course
Herman Luther Robinson Robert Campbell Rourke Arthur Martin Smith John Francis Studley Alan Craig Sweetser Frederick A. Ward
George E. Barron Robert B. Batten James Daniel Crosby Thelma Crouse Lloyd Austin Cutter Ernest Burton Dade Helen F. Dennehy Myrton L. Fuller Arlene Mabelle Gardner Hilda M. E. Hayden
General Course
Muriel Luigne Kingston Walter Plummer Mason Edward Francis McManamin
Vera Mabel Moulton Roger C. Muse Hazel Alma Packard
Greta M. Palmer
Gladys Elvera Russell
Lillia F. S. Sidney Kenneth C. Vint
Albert Harold Kelloway
Commercial Course
Elizabeth Walker Achorn Anna Hildegarde Anderson Rhoda Gertrude Bradley Margaret R. Bucknam Gertrude May Butler Helena Agnes Callahan Alfred Cieri Helen Caroline Cooper Margaret Laura Corbet Edward James Corcoran James Francis Coughlin Rachel Esther Crocker Lillian Marguerite Daly Fred DeMarco Katherine Foley
Lillian Margaret LaFave Harry Paul Lepore Florence Shirley Levine Frances Margaret MacKay John D. Maroney Mabel Evelyn Maxim Alice Frances McEvoy John Raymond McPartland Pauline Emily Meads Mary Agnes Murphy Ellen Trenetta Nicholson Rose Eileen O'Neill Irving J. Patterson
Leslie Marguerite Payzant Mary Blanche Rathe
Mary Patricia Butler Francis Owen Corcoran Harriet Madelia Dolbeare
Lucien Page Adams Albert George Anderson George Samuel Cole, Jr. Charles W. Dinan Mark L. Ireland, Jr. Arthur Palmer Naslı
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Nellie May Garland Fannie Louine Greene George W. Hall Hazel Evelyn Hardacker Breta Heurlin Edna Louise Hutchins William Joseph Ingerton Thomas Walter Jazukawiz Helen Maude Jones Hilda Annette Jordan Leaming James Kalaher Selena Mary Kalaher Janey Jackson Lanen
Lillian Salvati Walter T. Seward Pauline Julia Shumway Mendel Smith Dennis William Sullivan
Daniel Francis Talbot
Augusta Tartarkin
Olga Nethersole Titer Henry A. Tyler
Nellie Josephine Walsh
Helen Willey Natalie Elizabeth Willey Mary L. Whipperman
Ernest Lanzillo
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Report of School Physician
The health conditions have been good practically throughout the year. Whoop- ing cough has been prevalent in many sections of the Town and, as this is a disease that lasts from six to ten weeks, it has cut the school attendance to a considerable degree. The present health regulations in regard to this disease, both those of the Board of Health and those of the School Authorities, have no influence whatever upon its spread, so far as I can see. Nor is there likely to be any means until some way is found to complete the diagnosis before the disease becomes infectious, or immunization becomes completely effective and generally practiced. Parents are as a rule indifferent, assuming that their children must have it some time and one time is as good as another.
In many cities and towns, pupils are being tested as to their susceptibility to diphtheria, and those found susceptible are immunized. If the end re- sults are as good as it now seems likely, the procedure will become universal. We have been fortunate in having very few diphtheria cases among the pupils, and none, so far as I know, which could be traced to the schools.
We have a small number of pupils suffering from definite malnutrition. There are a considerable number relatively under weight, by no means confined to families of the poor or the shiftless. These children are unquestionably more likely to contract tuberculosis than the better nourished. The serving of milk at recess as is now done in some of schools is of the greatest importance, and it ought to be done in all, at least in the lower grades. The teachers who have assumed this work and the Parent Teacher Associations who have made it pos- sible deserve the highest commendation.
The work of the School Physician is largely the routine of examining sus- picious cases for evidence of contagious disease, looking after quarantine regu- lations when such disease is reported, and conference with reference to pupils who appear to be slightly ill. In all this work, the School Nurse and the teachers have given their heartiest co-operation. One must not lose sight of the fact that the teachers are the outpost sentinels for the detection of illness among the pupils, and that the school nurse is the first line of defense. We are for- tunate in having both well served.
The usual examination of pupils has been made and notices have been sent to parents when evidence of disease was present. Numerous accidents and minor injuries at school have been attended.
CHARLES E. MONTAGUE, M. D.
School Physician.
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Report of Attendance Officer and Census Enumerator
Mr. W. B. Atwell, Superintendent of Schools :-
I hereby submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1922.
I have investigated such cases:
Sickness
78
Truancy.
40
Tardy.
17
Kept out by parents.
63
Lack of clothing, shoes, etc.
10
Found on street and taken to school
9
Found on street and taken home
4
Found at home and taken to school.
5
Misdemeanors on school grounds
8
Non-registration (new pupils) .
15
Pupils left school (in and out of town)
25
Factories and stores visited.
15
Suspensions.
10
Home employment certificates granted .
4
Bureau of immigration cases investigated.
7
Loss of school property.
· 8
Schools visited
15
Miscellaneous.
17
350
Besides investigating the above cases, I also canvassed the Town for the cen- sus of pupils between 5 and 16 years of age.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT D. CATE,
Attendance Officer.
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15000
14000
1
13000
12000
11000
10000
-
..
9000
1
8000
1
7000
1
6 000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
500
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
Practical Arts
Evening Schools Fuel
Books and Supplies
Contingent
APPROPRIATION
1
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700000
668 000
636 000.
1
603000
58/000
5490001
5170001
485000
4530001
421 000.
3890001
357000
325000
293000
261000
229000
197000
1 65 000.
133000
101 000
69000
19,2
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1910
1919 .
1920
1921
1922
Gross Town Appropriation Appropriation for Schools including all receipts
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$85
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
30
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
/921
Cost per capita for State
Cost per capita for Wakefield for moneys from all sources
Cost per capita for Wakefield for money from local taxation
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3025
2925
2825
2725
2625
2525
2425
2325
2225
2125
2025
19/2
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
Total Enrollment Average Membership Average Attendance
164
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APPENDIX A
Population, census 1920. 13,025
Average Membership, ending June 1922.
2,773
Average Membership, ending June 1921
2,646
Increase
127
Total Membership, 1922.
2,899
Total Membership, 1921. 2,922
Average Attendance, 1922.
2,626
Average Attendance, 1921
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