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983.762 Brown, Edna A., Arnold's Little Brother.
992.143 Burgess, Thornton W., Adventures of Chatterer, the Red Squirrel.
992.14I Burgess, Thornton W., Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse.
992.142 Burgess, Thornton W., Adventures of Grand- father Frog.
992.144 Burgess, Thornton W., Adventures of Sammy Jay.
992.13I Burgess, Thornton W., Boy scouts in a trapper's camp.
992.130 Burgess, Thornton W., Boy scouts of the Wild- cat Patrol.
992.124 Burgess, Thornton W., Old Mother West Wind's children.
992.125 Burgess, Thornton W., Tommy and the wishing stone.
980.182 Burnett, Frances H., The lost Prince.
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994.343 Camp, Walter, Danny, the freshman.
981.570 Chamberlain, Anna C., The Bailey twins.
893.70I Colum, Pedraic, A boy in Eirinn.
999.210 Copeland, Walter, Babes and blossoms.
991.795 Cowles, Julia D., Our little Athenian cousin of long ago.
991.797 Cowles, Julia D., Our little Macedonian cousin of long ago.
991.796 Cowles, Julia D., Our little Spartan cousin of long ago.
992.393 Curtin, Jeremiah, Fairy tales of Eastern Europe. 992.202 Curtis, Alice T., Little maid of Mass. colony.
982.134
Deland, Ella D., Cyntra.
980.674
Dyer, Ruth O., Sleepy-time story book.
992.169 Dyer, Walter A., Pierrot, dog of Belgium.
985.168 Ellis, Edward S., Blazing arrow. i
985.143
Ellis, Edward S., Cowmen and rustlers.
985.131 Ellis, Edward S., Four Boys.
985.169 Ellis, Edward S., Iron Heart, war chief of the Iroquois.
Ellis, Edward S., Jack Midwood.
985.167 985.170 Ellis, Edward S., Two boys in Wyoming.
985.132 Ellis, Edward S., Young conductor.
989.420
Fairless, Michael, Stories told to children.
981.600 982.300
Finley, William & Irene, Little bird blue.
Frary, M. H. & Stebbens, C. M., Ed. by, The sunken city and other stories.
Garland, John, Ross Grant, tenderfoot.
989.495 983.749 Gates, Josephine S., Land of delight, child life on a pony farm.
983.708 Green, E. M., Laird of Glentyre.
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989.387 Green, Worthington L., Two American boys in war zone.
991.513 Innes, Luna M., Our little Boer cousin.
989.482
Kneeland, Clarissa, Smuggler's Island.
982.366 Knipe, A. A. & E. B., A maid of '76.
981.615 Hewlett, Pia., Trans. by, Grandmother's fairy tales.
984.572
Heyliger, Wm., Bartley, freshman pitcher.
984.573
Heyliger, Wm., Bucking the line.
984.574
Heyliger, Wm., Captain of the nine.
984.575
Heyliger, Wm., Off side.
984.576 Heyliger, Wm., Strike three.
989.365 Lee, Alice L., A senior Co-ed.
982.705
Low, Ruth I., In story-land.
987.509
McNeil, Everett, Totem of Black Hawk.
983.740 Müller, Margarethe, Elsbeth.
994.165
Olcott, Frances J., Ed. by, Stories for great hol- idays.
990.468
Paine, Ralph D., The twisted skein.
989.458
Peattie, Elia W., Lotta Embury's career.
994.297
Perkins, Lucy F., The Mexican twins.
989.434
Piper, Margaret R., The Princess and the clan.
983.725
Portor, Laura S., Genevieve, a story of French school days.
998.339
Rankin, Carroll W., The cinder pond.
993.259
Rhoades, Nina, A real Cinderella.
982.174
Rolt-Wheeler, Francis, The boy with the U. S. Life savers.
994.260
Sabin, Edwin L., The gold seekers of '49.
991.746 Stein, Evaleen, Our little Norman cousin of long
ago.
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981.18 Stoddard, W. O., Captain of the Cats-paw. · 981.472 Stratemeyer, Edward, Dave Porter at Bear Camp
981.582 Theiss, Lewis E., In camp at Ford Brady.
980.427 Tomlinson, Everett T., Carl Hall of Tait.
993.144 Webster, Jean, Just Patty.
996.346 Wilkinson, Andrews, Plantation stories of old Louisiana.
991.761 Winlow, Clara V., Our little Carthaginian cousin of long ago.
999.17I Woolley, Lazelle T., Faith Palmer in New York.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
1915
Table of Contents.
School Calendar 3
No School Signals
3
School Directory
5
Report of the School Committee.
10
Report of the Superintendent of Schools.
13
Changes in Teachers
13
Physical Improvements.
13
Educational Advances
14
Special Departments.
15
Manual Training and Drawing.
16
Music.
17
Domestic Science.
18
Dental Survey .
20
Medical Inspection.
20
School Savings Bank.
22
Teachers' Association
23
Report of the Secretary
23
Report of Supervisor of Playground. 24
Parent-Teacher Association. 27
General Work.
27
Home Garden Work. 27
State University-Extension
29
Some Needs of the School System.
30
Larger Playgrounds
30
Better Salaries.
32
Statistics.
Enrollment and Attendance.
33 34
Ear and Eye Tests
35
School Census
36
Labor Certficates.
36
Summer School.
37
Report of High School Principal
41
Graduation Exercises
45
Honor Roll.
48
Graduates of the Grammer School. 51
Freshmen Receiving Grammer School Diplomas 52
Financial Statement, Summarized. 53
Financial Statement, Itemized. 56
Physical Director 30
33
Report of Attendance Officer.
School Calendar for 1916
WINTER TERM
Ends March 24.
SPRING TERM
Begins April 3. Ends June 23.
FALL TERM
Begins September 5. Ends December 22.
HOLIDAYS
Washington's Birthday Patriots' Day
Memorial Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day Thanksgiving Day and the Day After
SIGNALS FOR NO SESSIONS OF SCHOOL
7.45 2-2 No session of the High School.
8.15 2-2 No forenoon session of the first six grades.
8.15 Same signal repeated: No forenoon session of the grammar grades.
12.45 2-2 No Afternoon session of the first six grades. 12.45 Same signal repeated: No afternoon session of the grammar grades.
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When the No-School Signal is given the operator in the telephone office will be informed as to the meaning of the signal.
Parents and pupils who do not hear or understand the signal instead of waiting to get the Superintendent, may get the information by asking Central.
If the signal does not blow the teachers will be at their rooms to conduct the session for those who attend. If parents feel that the weather is too bad or that the pupil's health is not rugged enough to stand the exposure on days when the signal does not blow, their judgment can not be criticised if they keep their children in out of the weather.
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School Directory for 1915-16
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Chairman,
C. BURLEIGH COLLINS. 427 Liberty St. Tel .- 298-W. Term expires, March, 1917.
Secretary,
THOMAS F. KELLY, 67 Exchange St. Tel .- 417-M. Term expires, March, 1916. MRS. HELEN M. HAYDEN, 128 Exchange St. Tel .- 469-J. Term expires, March, 1918.
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in the Committee Rooms at the High School Building, on the fourth Friday of each month at 7:30 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS T. M. HAINES, 361 Union Street. Office . High School Building. Office Telephone : 202-WV. Office Hours : On School Days, Monday and Friday : 8: 00 to 9: 00 A. M. Wednesday Evenings, 7: 00 to 8:00
PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL ALBERTI ROBERTS, 361 Union Street. Office : High School Building. Office Telephone. 202-W. Office Hours : On School Days, Monday and Thursday; 3: 00 to 4: 30 P. M.
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TEACHERS OF HIGH SCHOOL
Thomas A. Pickett, 67 Exchange St. (Tel.417-M.) Science. Sub-master.
James Leo Clancey, 69 Park St. Commercial
Hortense M. Bowler, 99 Hingham St. Commercial (Tel. 494-M.)
Carrie M. Allen, 35 Franklin Ave. Mathematics.
Margaret South, 99 Commercial St. Weymouth, Mass. (Tel. Weymouth, 448-M.) History Mary E. Fox, 109 Pacific St. French and German Ruth Donovan, Union St. (Tel.167.) French and English. Phoebe Boole, 29 Park St. (Tel. 544-W.) English
Alice M. I. Moulton, Goddard Ave. Latin
Elizabeth O'Hayre, 15 Albion St. (Tel.18-J.) Secretary to Superintendent and Principal.
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS
Music, Agnes Boland, South Natick, Mass.
Domestic Arts and Science., Louise Patten, 29 Park St. .(Tel.544-W.)
Drawing and Manual Training, Grace H. Stack, 1782 Bea con, Brookline, Mass.
SCHOOL STREET
9A. Leon L. Chamberlain, 247 Howard St. Principal.
9B. Nellie E. Donovan, Hotel Thomas, (Tel.8020.)
8A. Harriet H. Foss, 9 Maple St. (Tel.3-R.)
8B. Carrie E. Wanzer, 77 Pacific St. (Tel.36-W.)
7A. & 8C. Mary A. Eastman, 267 Howard St. (Tel154- W.)
7B. & 6A. Helen M. Hanson, 63 East Water St.
7C. Mary A. Donovan, 460 Union St. (Resigned; Vacan- cy not filled. )
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LINCOLN
6. Nellie M. Ford, 768 Main St. South Weymouth, Mass. (Tel. Wey. 384-W.) Principal.
5. M. A. Packard, 17 Vernon St. (Tel. 251-J.)
4. Emma S. Jewett, 77 Pacific St. (Tel.36-W.)
3. Harriette E. Cragin, 35 Franklin Ave.
2. Alice M. Holbrook, 495 Salem St.
I. Blanche Llewellyn, 504 Liberty St. (Tel.298-J.)
NORTH AVENUE
5&4 Margaret Murrill, 538 Market St. Principal.
I-3 Mary Gavin, Hotel Thomas. (Tel .- 8020. ) Home, 20 Cottage St. Natick, Mass.
GLEASON
4-6 Lois P. Wilbur, 916 Union St., Principal. (Home, Somerset, Mass. Tel-Fall River-3372-W.)
I-3 Una R. Rowell, II Maple St. (Tel.3-R.)
SUMMIT STREET
I-3 Mary Gilligan, 153 Exchange St.
WEBSTER STREET
4-6 Annie A. Shirley, 139 Quincy St. Quincy Mass. (Tel- Quincy,2069-W.)
I-3 Annie O'Connor, 1187 Union St. (Tel.253-W.)
MARKET STREET
4-6 J.Annie Owens, 41 East Water St. (Tel.68-W.) Principal.
I-3 A. Gertrude Sanderson, 63 East Water St.
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PLAIN STREET
4-6 Ethel M. Thorburn, 32 Blanchard Ave. (Tel.331-M.) Principal.
I-3 Frances Burke, Quincy, Mass.
CENTRAL STREET
I-4 Alice L. Burke, 18 Bigelow Ave. (Tel. 199-M.)
JANITORS
High School, J. J. L. DeCosta, 306 Union St. School Street, R. W. Roberts, 157 Howard St.
Lincoln, G. N. Mann, 257 Howard St.
North Avenue, L. W. Cobbett, 83 Division St.
Gleason, L. W. Hutchinson, 978 Union St. Webster Street, Darius Everson, 206 Hingham St.
Market St., Thomas V. Murrill, 538 Market St. Plain St, Harry P. Baldwin, 4 Prospect St. Summit Street, C. P. Vesper, 76 Summit St. Central Street, Mrs. Annie Considine, 248 Center Ave.
ATTENDANCE OFFICER JOHN A. MARTIN, 31 Myrtle St.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS DR. JOSEPH FRAME, 39 Webster St. Office Hours 12:30-2:00 P. M., 6:30-8:00 P.M. DR. J. D. McINTOSH, 365 Union St. Office Hours 7:45-8:45 A.M., 12:30-2:00 P.M., 6.30-8:00 P.M.
Pupils who have been absent from school on account of illness or from unknown cause are required by a State Law to obtain a permit from a School Physician before being al- lowed to return to school.
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Children, otherwise eligible to enter school in September, are required by law to present at time of entrance either a certificate of vaccination or a certificate of unfitness for vac- cination.
Certificates of unfitness for vaccination are required to be renewed each year. - Ruling of Board of Health and of School Committee.
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Report of the School Committee
Herewith is respectfully submitted the annual report of the school committee.
As in the past, we have lost several teachers on account of larger salaries elsewhere.
On account of the meager salaries paid in our Hight School we have been obliged to employ people with no ex- perience in teaching.
While a person may have all the essential knowledge, it does not follow that he will make a successful teacher, and quite the contrary is often the case.
We always intend to hire the best and most experienced teachers we can get; for we fully realize that the schools are for the children and that the best teachers are none too good for them. All things being equal, we give the pref- erence to Rockland teachers.
We have asked for an increase of about $500 in the ap- propriation that we may increase the pay of the high school teachers next September.
We have been asked to raise the salaries of the grade teachers and we are in favor of giving them an increase.
The Household Arts Department is becoming so popular that ere long we shall need a teacher for sewing as well as for cooking
"Play is fundamental for a race.".
The health of children is being cared for as never before and if we are now to keep up with progressive towns we
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must have playgrounds and teachers who know how to supervise the play of the boys and girls, especially the girls.
This means the production of a vigorous healthy body, which in turn means a better manhood and womanhood.
To meet the expenses of the coming year we recommend the following appropriations :
Expense of general control ;-- School Committee expenses, Superinten- dent of Schools, Census, Attend- ance Officer, Enforcement of Law. Total $1,940 00
Expense of Instruction ;- Teachers' Salaries, Text books and Sup- plies 31,850 00
Operating expenses ;- Janitors' Sala- ries, Supplies. Fuel, Light, Power, Gas, Water, Cleaning, Etc. 6,500 00
Maintenance ;- Repair of buildings,
Apparatus, Replacing furniture, Painting, Plumbing, Glazing, etc. 1,350 00
Miscellaneous :- Tuition, Graduation,
Insurance, Printing, Express, Carting, Sundries. etc. 1,280 00
Summer School. 300 00
Outlay :- New buildings, Grounds,
Equipment.
1,000 00
Total expense
$44,220 00
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Anticipated Income ;- Tuition
$800 00
Rent
150 00
Sales and Damages
100 00
Total Anticipated Income $1050 00
Net Appropriation
$43,170 00
Signed,
C. B. COLLINS, THOMAS F. KELLY, HELEN M. HAYDEN.
Report of Superintendent of Schools
-
To the School Committee :
Rockland, Mass.
Herewith follows for your consideration my third annual report on the schools of Rockland.
The changes in the teaching force have been several and as indicated below.
Of those who left us, two retired, one married, and two went to better places.
Practically all of these changes were made at the end of the school year, the logical time for such changes to be made.
Resignation
Position
Appointment
Work began
William A. Barker
H. S. Commercial
James Leo Clancey
Sept. 20, '15
H. S. Part time
teacher (Fr. & Eng.) Ruth W. Donovan
Sept. 7, '15
Emma W. Gleason
H. S. English
(After leave of absence for one year.)
Idá M. Lee
School Street 7th
Helen M. Hanson
Sept. 7, '15
Ethel C. Robinson
Market Street Pri.
A. Gertrude Sanderson Sept. 7, '15
Maria Jenkins Plain Street Pri.
Frances Burke Sept. 7, '15
On leave of absence. (1915-1916)
May H. Archibald Summit Street
Mary Gilligan Sept. 7, '15
PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS
In the way of physical improvements there have been a number of changes.
The old toilet buildings at School Street were sold. To
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displace them a new addition was made to the main build- ing and equipped with modern flush closets. This is one of the most important improvements made in years.
A basement was constructed under the Market Street building and in it was placed the furnace from the primary room, thus relieving the small children from the direct heat, and giving them more space.
The Plain Street building remains with the furnace in the primary room. I hesitate recommending its change now for I feel that the town is about ready to take some radical ac- tion toward a new building .. For nearly twenty years they have been needing a new building and for almost as many years the school officials have been saying that they ought to have it. This was an old building when moved to the Plain Street lot. At the time the people were glad to get it, and have since gone on year after year making the best of it, until to-day its usefulness has practically departed- If a new building is erected it should be placed on a larger lot.
Among other things the Summit Street building received a coat of paint, the interiors of the Plain Street building and the School Street 7C were tinted.
New roofs were put on the Market Street piazza and on a part of the School Street building.
EDUCATIONAL ADVANCES
Military movements in Europe to-day are demonstrating that it is not advisable to try to advance on all fronts at one and the same time, but that the most effective results are obtained by holding what has been gained on all fronts and by uniting all of the reserves for a drive in some particular direction.
Last year we emphasized the fundamentals in arithmetic and worked out at the end of the year a definite course of study for the grammar grades. We also followed up the .
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spelling and penmanship work specialized the year before. This year we are giving more emphasis to reasoning in arithmetic, and to the technical side of English. Already we have worked out a definite course of study for this side of English and a suggestive course for the artistic or expres- sive side.
The great need in the schools of to-day is greater op- portunity for originality of thought. The pupil's ability to do the work of the next grade does not depend as much upon whether he has had this text book material or that, as upon what are his habits of study and how well does he reason on material at hand. Those concerned with courses of study and with the promotion of pupils are realizing that this is a thing that must always be considered.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS
The special departments have been so modest in their statements of what they are doing, that they should have some comment. 1
If the large cabinet made by the Manual Training boys for their individual working materials had been made by a regu- lar carpenter it would have cost not less than seventy-five dollars. Their training has been made practical in many ways. Mr. A. W. Perry very kindly loaned to the schools for an indefinite time a number of large tables. Some of these the boys repaired, sand-papered, and varnished. They have made some small articles needed by the high school principal. They have repaired chairs, stands, map racks, etc. They are now working out plans for fly-traps and for emergency sets for each school. This in no way interferes with the regular course in manual training, for frequently this extra work is given as a reward to the pupils who do the best work in the regular lesson. At the close of school an exhibit of the manual work of all grades was held at the
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Lincoln building. All who saw it spoke very compliment- ary of the work that was being done.
Mr. T. M. Haines, Supt. of Schools,
Dear Sir :
I submit my fourth annual report as supervisor of draw- ing and manual training.
There has been little change in my drawing outline since my last report.
The manual training which begins in the first grade, con- tinues through the ninth grade. In the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades bench work was introduced last December. The eighth and ninth grades devote two hours each week to it and the seventh, one and a half hours every other week.
Small useful objects are made to teach the use of all tools used in woodworking.
This year small pieces of furniture will be constructed to review and teach new ways of using tools, and to train the hands for the most accurate and finished work. The hand training received in these classes not only develops more ef- ficient hand work, but brings strength to the body and mind through their reaction.
I wish to thank the superintendent for his helpful advice and the teachers for their earnest efficient work with the pupils.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE STACK,
Supervisor of Drawing and Teacher of Manual Training.
One of the first influences that helped man to rise from the depths was music, his attempts to sing. Then blessed is that people taught to sing aright, In their singing they are
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lifted to higher planes of thought and feeling, and action. Music means much to a nation's peace, happiness and pros- perity.
While visiting the schools note their ability to read music and the quality of tone they use. The teachers are using their victrolas also to help children understand fully what is meant by round, full, mellow voices.
The orchestra is growing and improving. Its present membership is : Emma Hofermalz, piano; Joseph Poole vio- lin; Gertrude Rudkin, cornet; Paul Burke, violin; Clifford Packard, cello; Mildred Burgess, violin.
Mr. T. M. Haines, Supt. of Schools,
Dear Sir :
The work of this department for the past year has been according to the outline used last year, our special aim be- ing to develop higher efficiency in the work already planned.
In almost every case teachers have shown themselves very willing and able, by the way in which the lessons for each week have been carried out. Throughout the schools there has been a marked improvement in the reading of music. Tone quality in the upper grades has also been much im- proved.
In High school so far the music has been confined to cho- rus work. For pupils preparing for Normal school, I would recommend a special class in which would be given a thorough review of the technical points of music, such as time, scales of all kinds, sight reading, exercise writing, etc. To be well grounded in these particulars means more satis- factory results from a Normal school course, as well as bet- ter work when teaching.
AGNES E. BOLAND,
Supervisor of Music.
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The Domestic Science Department has had many visitors during the past year. I think they will all agree that the good work of this department could hardly be overstated.
What we need is more domestic science. We should have someone to take the sewing in the grades and allow the present teacher all of her time for cooking. This would give the grammar school girls an opportunity to get some domestic science in the afternoons while the boys are at manual training. This, I feel, is one of the most important things next needed to be done.
Mr. T. M. Haines, Supt. of Schools,
Dear Sir :
The course in cookery is being carried on with but little change from last year. One very important change has been made, however, which helps to make the work of more value to the pupils. One of last year's graduates helps to prepare the lunches each day. This relieves the class of much of the routine work, which after a time ceases to be educational. If the number of pupils enrolled in the High school increases as rapidly in the future as it has in the last few years, in a very short time more paid helpers will be necessary to prepare the lunches.
Receipts and expenditures for the year ending June, 26, 1915:
RECEIPTS
Balance from last year $63 55
Received from sale of lunches 1,189 50
Received for breakage 88
Total receipts
$1,253 93
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EXPENDITURES
Groceries
$285 54
Provisions
116 19
Fruit
66 18
Bread
88 74
Gas
IO 50
Ice
15 61
Milk
57 31
Eggs
51 15
Crackers
42 42
Sweet Chocolate
181 50
Laundry
15 66
Paid Helpers
138 06
New Equipment
129 15
Miscellaneous
13 23
Total expenditures
$1,2II 24
Balance
$42 69
In sewing the girls of the ninth grade are making gradu- ation dresses, which are to cost one dollar ($1.00) each or under. Several of the girls who have taken little or no in- terest in the sewing before, are doing fine work. The ma- chine purchased last year is of great assistance, and it is to be hoped that in the near future it will be possible to add one or two more to the equipment. When the pupils reach the seventh grade, and begin the sewing lessons, they show great interest in this work. At present a lesson can be given only every other week. With the help of an assistant, a lesson each week could be given.
I wish to thank the officers and teachers for their contin- ued co-operation and help.
Respectfully submitted, LOUISE PATTEN
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THE DENTAL SURVEY
The dentists of the town are willing to give their time again this year for another survey of the teeth of the school children. They are very kind and generous to do this. It is truly professional for men to be so interested in the health and happiness of their community that they will sac- rifice cheerfully to prevent conditions which if neglected, would later bring them a lucrative return.
How important this matter of oral hygiene is few people realize. If we could see before us all the children suffering from the numerous ailments which start from bad mouth conditions, all those with bad tempers and ugly tempera- ments irritated and exposed because of physical conditions traceable to poor mastication of food, all those with deform- ities caused by irregular teeth, all those with brains and bodies poisoned by toxins developed in the cavities of de- caying teeth, then I am certain we would realize its impor- tance.
The schools are trying to follow up the work of the den- tists by constant teaching on the subject and by procuring for pupils brushes and paste at a very low cost. That there is still some room for improvement is shown by 372 answers to the question, "Do you use a toothbrush ?" 65 said "No" and 307 said "Yes". To the question, "Does anyone else use your toothbrush ?", 17 said "yes", and 345 said "no".
MEDICAL INSPECTION
Another case of altruism is that of one of our school phy- sicians, who for years gave his services to the town with- out a cent of compensation.
Preparatory to the annual inspection in November about 400 pupils of the upper grades gave answers to some health questions to the effect :
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That 52% are in the habit of going to school with wet feet, on rainy days.
That 77% have exercise in the form of regular chores and errands at home.
That 72% try to study at home.
That 94%do not go to school without breakfast.
That 29% drink tea more or less regularly.
That 26% drink coffee more or less regularly.
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