Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1926-1930, Part 30

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1926
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Total operating high school and elementary $6,773.22


Maintenance and Repairs : High School $971.33


Center


South West


Elem. $236.51


$912.17 $392.93


Total Elementary Repairs


$1,541.61


Total Repairs


$2,512.94


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AUXILIARY


Health


$206.57


Transportation 3,450.00


Total expended


$44,845.89


Unexpended balance


$154.11


Appropriation, March, 1929


$45,000.00


Totals


$45,000.00


Special appropriation H. S. Grounds. 2,000.00


Greenough Construction Co. 2,000.00


$2,000.00 2,000.00


Grand Total


$47.000.00


PAID OUT FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1929


GENERAL CONTROL


Superintendent, salary


$2,000.00


Superintendent, clerk hire


765.00


Superintendent, travel expenses


116.62


Total


$2,881.62


Office Expenses and Enforcement of Law New England Tel. & Tel. Co., Telephones $63.28


Finney & Hoit, office supplies 2.00


W. B. Currier, stamps, envelopes 35.87


A. N. Hederstedt Co., envelopes


1.50


Murphy & Snyder, records, paper.


9.00


Yawman & Erbe Co., steel shelves, office equipment


77.00


Alice Spinney, office work 3.68


Daniel MacDougall, census


30.00


$222.33


Total General Control $3.103.95


EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION


Supervisor's salary, music


$400.00


Supervisor's salary, drawing 280.00


Total


$680.00


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Principal high, salary


$1,500.00 $1,500.00


Teachers' salary, high school


John Hough


2,040.00


Walter Holt


1,640.00


Elsie Bixby


1,670.00


Edith Damon, 6 months.


780.00


Margaret Boornazian, 4 months.


520.00


Marion Fuller


1,340.00


Thelma Eaton


1,240.00


Total high school teachers


$9,230.00


Teachers' salary, elementary


Ella Miller


$1,370.00


Florice Fernald, 6 months.


720.00


Gyneth Prew, 4 months


440.00


Helen Murray


1,140.00


Edith Ames .


1,190.00


Marion Towne


1,240.00


Edith Taylor


1,140.00


Julia McCarthy


1,400.00


Florence Merriam


1,200.00


Dorothy Glazier, 6 months


675.00


Jessie Kinnevan, 4 months.


400.00


Marjorie Stearns


750.00


Madeline Allard


920.00


Harriet Chace


540.00


Harriet Suchovsky


480.00


Elise Dickerman


1,040.00


Caroline Chase


920.00


Mrs. Henry Capell, substituting


55.00


Mrs. O. H. Howe, substituting .


15.00


Marjorie Stearns, travel expenses. . .


1.86


Total elementary


$15,636.86


Total expense of instruction


$27,046.86


EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION TEXT BOOKS (HIGH)


Charles Scribner Sons


$9.04


D. C. Heath Co.


5.29


Allyn and Bacon


19.26


Theodore Presser Co., music


5.00


F. T. Welch, bookbinding


39.80


Longman's Green & Co., bookkeeping books


10.82


The Macmillan Co., history, civics, physics, etc.


230.32


Silver, Burdett Co.


9.67


McKnight & McKnight


7.32


Southwestern Pub. Co., bookkeeping books


75.60


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Scott, Foresman & Co., Latin and English texts


56.79


Webb Pub. Co., domestic science texts ... 2.68


Boston Music Co., music books


3.93


Ginn and Company, mathematic books. ..


27.78


Regent Publishing Co.


1.30


Oxford Book Co.


1.62


Total text books, high


$506.22


TEXT BOOKS-ELEMENTARY


Webb Book Publishing Co.


$25.86


Ginn and Company, English books 97.35


Beckley-Cardy Co. 10.04


Silver, Burdett Company


47.48


Charles E. Merrill Company


23.97


The Macmillan Company


98.11


J. B. Taylor Company


15.69


D. C. Heath Company


9.85


Allyn and Bacon


11.56


Longman's Green & Co.


7.71


Edward E. Babb Company


12.69


American Book Company


12.91


Scott, Foresman Company


28.63


Iroquois Publishing Co.


69.90


World Book Company


1.19


Benj. H. Sanborn Co.


6.11


$479.05


Total Text Books $985.27


STATIONERY SUPPLIES AND MISCELLANEOUS-HIGH


Laffin's Bedford Express


$1.50


Webster Publishing Company, blank forms


5.53


J. L. Hammett Company, supplies. 166.74


Southwestern Publishing Company


8.72


Pierce's Express


.75


Gregg Publishing Company, supplies


9.57


Edward E. Babb Company, supplies


77.75


A. J. Wilkinson & Company. .


5.20


Thomas F. Parker, paint and turpentine ...


8.75


L. E. Knott Apparatus Company, supplies. . Bon Marche


2.33


W. B. Case


2.00


Government Printing Office, commerce bul- letins 4.00


Vannah Lithograph Company


2.20


Webster Publishing Company, supplies . ..


34.66


Ginn and Company, bookkeeping blanks .. .


5.83


8.40


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Milton Bradley Company, supplies, paper, etc. 53.18


Boston Music Company, sheet music. 1.72


Carl Fischer, Inc. . 3.06


3.25


Total high school


$405.14


STATIONERY SUPPLIES AND MISCELLANEOUS-ELEM.


Laffin's Bedford Express


$2.00


Laidlaw Brothers, music


2.29


John Evans, supplies .


3.31


Edward E. Babb, number builders, etc. .. Scott, Foresman Company, survey tests, etc.


29.00


Ginn and Company, music appreciation rec- ords


1.88


Milton Bradley Co., drawing paper, supplies


125.23


J. L. Hammett Company, supplies . .


35.91


Campbell & Leunig, Inc., writing equipment


35.91


Total elementary


$361.94


Total Expense of Instruction


$28,799.21


Operation Expenses (High School) Building


JANITORS, FUEL AND MISCELLANEOUS


Wages of janitor, high school $1,300.00


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co. 858.12


Total


$2,158.12


MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES (HIGH)


American Woolen Co., light


$77.08


American Woolen Co., power


67.90


Edison Electric Ill. Co., light.


67.43


Edison Electric Ill. Co., power.


24.58


Masury-Young Company, paper floor oil, and soap towels,


95.12


Fuelite Natural Gas Co.


142.00


J. A. MacPherson, hardware.


22.59


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber ...


27.02


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., laboratory sup- plies


22.94


Maydale Spring Water Co., distilled water. F. T. Welch, binding


1.50


46.80


Robert Prentiss, battery.


13.10


J. F. Chaffin Company, tuning piano


5.00


Hall Brothers Company, surveyors stakes. .


1.20


L. M. Glover Company, disinfectant. . . .


2.16


J. L. Hammett Co., flags and display hooks


16.67


Finney & Hoit, supplies


126.41


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A. W. Davis Company, supplies.


136.30


Acton Drug Company, charger bulbs.


8.00


Roy Jones, labor


2.50


James Baker, labor


2.50


Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., general office equipment


117.60


V. M. Baxter, roll white paper


3.25


Murphy & Snyder


.30


Vannah Lithograph Co., diplomas.


35.10


William B. Holt, plumbers friend.


1.00


J. S. Moore, floor wax


5.50


Dept. of Correction, floor brushes


11.90


Laffin's Bedford Express .


1.11


Thomas F. Parker, hardware.


14.57


Albert E. Sims, grate bar in steam boiler ..


28.28


Strong & Tracy, supplies.


.57


Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler in- spection


5.00


West and South Water District.


32.00


John Hoar, repairs


6.45


Total Operating High School


$1,045.02


OPERATING EXPENSES-ELEMENTARY Janitors, Fuel


Center (1) South (2) West (3)


Janitors


$640.00


$760.00


$720.00


Fuel, coal


387.03


349.31


195.81


Wood


66.26


64.74


62.76


$1,093.29 $1,174.05 $978.57


Total Janitors and Fuel


$3,245.91


MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES (ELEMENTARY)


American Woolen Co., light.


Center $17.38


South


West $26.00


Masury - Young Co., paper


24.12


24.14


24.12


West & South Water District Robert Prentiss, switch


17.57


12.06


12.00


J. L. Hammett, flags. .


1.16


1.18


1.16


Daniel MacDougall, helping at West School


5.00


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.


1.75


5.40


M. E. Taylor, supplies. . .


3.17


Levi Perkins, truck and man.


1.00


1.00


1.00


$25.29


towels, floor oils, soaps .. J. S. Moore, supplies. .


3.55


.50


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F. W. Green, cleaning vaults. Finney & Hoit, supplies ..... Laffin's Bedford Express .... Theron F. Newton, work at South School in summer A. W. Davis, supplies. .... Laurel Book Co., insurance on books


6.00


.50


1.12


1.12


35.60


23.99


.20


J. A. MacPherson, supplies. . Thomas F. Parker, supplies. . John S. Hoar


6.27


9.03


5.82


1.60


12.47


Dept. of Correction.


3.97


3.96


3.97


$78.01 $117.63 $128.53


Total Miscellaneous Operating Elem .. . $324.17


MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS-HIGH SCHOOL


Albert E. Sims, pressure reducer, repairs. . $227.97


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber 89.16


L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriting Co., re- pairs


2.98


E. P. Gates, door iron and bolts.


2.00


L. T. Fullonton, painting per contract, set- ting glass


213.00


Roy Jones, labor


55.30


Masury-Young Co., repairs on floor oiler ..


1.91


O. F. Nelson, misc. iron repairs.


68.10


Tate & Company, iron for fire escape.


15.00


J. L. Hammett Company, racks


20.28


J. S. Moore, paint brush


1.25


John Hoar, office repairs, misc. repairs and alterations


231.96


Charles Smith, repairs


17.15


Robert Prentiss, lights and switches


14.15


Byron Lumber Co., lumber


11.12


Total high maintenance and repairs ...


$971.33


MAINTENANCE-ELEMENTARY


E. Z. Stanley, general repairs


Center $36.26


South $23.75 65.90


$10.94 68.67


John Evans


1.93


L. T. Fullonton, painting and setting glass


70.00


120.85


76.85


Roy Jones, labor


15.21


15.23


15.21


Tropical Paint Co., paint,


South School


14.85


West


Albert E. Sims


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J. L. Hammett Co.


6.76


6.76


6.76


Byron Lumber Co., lumber ..


5.70


South Acton Coal & Lumber Company, lumber


4.00


John S. Hoar, repairs


11.20


422.00


34.57


Charles Smith, repairs


1.50


Robert Prentiss, wire repair.


78.17


O. F. Nelson, fire escape. . . ..


238.83


Ed. Jewett, cement work ....


34.00


Nelson Tenney, radiators and repairs


144.00


Thomas Parker


10.21


Hall Brothers


1.50


$236.51 $912.17 $392.93


Total Maintenance and Repairs, Elem. $1,541.61


HEALTH


High School :


Ernest Mayell


$50.00


Elementary :


Ernest Mayell


150.00


Masury-Young, slate cement


1.37


Ed. Jewett, labor West Acton toilet.


5.20


Total Health


$206.57


TRANSPORTATION, Jan. 1, 1929 to Dec. 31, 1929 A. W. Davis


$3,450.00


Total Transportation $3,450.00


Total for Support $44,845.89


OUTLAYS


Labor on high school grounds :


Greenough Construction Co. $2,000.00


Total outlays


$2,000.00


Total Expended Fiscal Year


$46,845.89


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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT


To the School Committee and Voters of Acton:


I present herewith my fourth annual report.


The Schools of Acton have kept to a high standard of achievement throughout the year, with a constant endeavor to improve the instruction in each subject, and to do as much as possible for each individual, where it is noted that special train- ing and extra work are needed. The teachers have been most loyal in their endeavors to give the best instruction they are capable of giving. They are constantly trying to improve their work by study, by group discussions, and by frequent conferences with the Superintendent.


SCHOOL HEALTH


It is a pleasure to report that in the health situation, the school children have been unusually free from contagious diseases. This is due in large measure to the hygiene practiced in the school's and to the careful supervision of the School Doctor and Nurse, and the cooperation of the practicing physicians. The re- sulting high percentage of attendance has made the work of the teachers measurably easier.


THE CURRICULUM OF OUR SCHOOLS


The curriculum is being, and must constantly be, revised, in all grades, in Acton Schools as well as in all other schools. The constant aim is not only to train in fundamental processes and skills, but also to develop each student, as rapidly as can be done profitably, by utilizing everything that can contribute to his growth and welfare, both mental and physical.


In the Primary grades the teaching methods and materials of the fundamental tool-subjects of reading, writing, arithmetic and spelling, are being steadily improved, although we still are far from the goal we have set for ourselves. In the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, the training in tool-subjects is continued with the addition of much subject material for information. Training in reading and thinking is emphasized as foundation for study and work in later grades. Students who do not continue much beyond these grades get much useful information. In grades drills in arithmetic and reading are continued, and much formal seven and eight, the subject material is broadened, while review grammar and training in oral and written composition are intro-


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duced. Here the children are approaching the years of adoles- cence; consequently they are closely studied by the teachers. The methods and educational materials are somewhat different from those used in their earlier years of training. They are chosen with the aim of studying and developing abilities to achieve success in High School work, as well as to further the education of those who must leave school in these years.


The High School Curriculum retains the College Preparatory Course without change. It has been altered to reduce the amount of strictly commercial work from three years to two, or two and one-half years. General information and cultural subjects have been added in the place of certain commercial subjects. This enables a student to make a wider selection of subjects in a gen- eral course. The subjects permitted per student have been changed from five to four subjects per day as a normal load, with more study material per subject.


The College Preparatory Course is almost entirely set for us by the very high entrance requirements of our New England Colleges. Here again may we point out that the good student in Acton High School can go directly to college at the end of our College Preparatory Course, without going to a Preparatory School to complete his preparation. However students and par- ents must realize that the colleges are demanding high scholar- ship in their candidates and certain restrictions are enforced. A mark "A" or "B" in any High School is practically pre-requisite for entrance to any college, either by certificate or by examina- tion. The latter is the more commonly accepted method of satis- fying entrance requirements. Parents who hope even remotely that their children will go to college, should consult the High School principal and teachers, for the preparation is intricate and very specialized, involving courses that extend over four years.


For the non-college going student the High School offers the Commercial Course and the newer General Course, both on a grade comparable with the college preparatory course. These courses aim to give the student broadening subjects that are likely to be of more interest and value than the strictly college pre- paratory courses for a large percentage of High School students. The Commercial Course has been considerably shortened, and biology and more history, geography, and science courses have been added.


COLLEGE AID


Every student who can do High School college preparatory work is urged to do so. Many parents of bright students are afraid to let their children attempt the College Preparatory Course as they feel that the student will probably be unable to go to college, for lack of sufficient funds. Any student who has the mental ability to enter college and the physical stamina to carry a normal college course with good scholarship can always get financial aid to put himself or herself through the four years of study. The benefits that are derived from college study in-


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telligently and energetically pursued far out-weigh the cost to the student in labor and financial obligation. The last four classes to graduate from Acton High School have given funds in varying amounts to be used for graduates who may need or desire assistance. This scholarship fund now amounts to $198.44.


ATHLETICS


Through the generosity of the voters and tax payers, the two thousand dollars voted for the High School Athletic Field was granted by the selectmen to the School Committee and has been expended judiciously by them through the splendid cooperation of their sub-committee and Mr. Greenough, the Acton contractor. The ledge in the center of the field has been one of the main obstacles in developing this field. The committee considered that the greatest need was to give immediately as much playing ground as possible with the money available. To remove the ledge at that time, last spring, would have required more than half of the total appropriation. This amount was higher than the original estimates for its removal. It was therefore deemed wiser to spend the money so as to make as much of the field immediately available for playing purposes as possible, to cover some of the ledge and to fill and grade the lot as much as possible. Through the energy of Mr. Greenough, considerably more work has been accomplished than at first was believed possible and now the front two-thirds of the field towards the highway and about one-third of the remaining land lying in the back part of the lot is graded and in use. During the operation most of the huge stones that formerly lined the field were buried in the fill. A bit of the ledge was also removed, but the greater part still remains, blocking off some of the most valuable part of our field from use in football or baseball.


ATHLETIC TEAMS IN ACTON HIGH


Herewith are extracts from a report of a committee of teach- ers, in which I concur :


"Last year the baseball team started out rather hopefully by winning the first two games, but after that it struck a snag and didn't progress so well. Practice was carried on as usual on Blanchard Field, which is a long way from the School building, a thing which makes it difficult for some boys to practice.


"This year we hope that the School grounds will be available for this sport. This development will make it much easier for the teacher in charge, and will tend to make better and more uni- form practice periods, as well as develop morale and school spirit for the School and health to as many individuals as possible.


"This winter the boys and girls are starting basket-ball teams. Two or three games have already been scheduled. Prob- ably the boys will enter the village tournament at Fitchburg again this year in March. There is no hall available in any of the


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Actons, so one was found in Maynard and practice is usually held there twice a week, the teams getting back and forth as best they can.


"These basketball practices have accommodated about thirty boys and girls in the High School, and are valuable for the boys who will play baseball next spring, as well as keeping up some of our health program during the winter.


"Interscholastic contests help to give girls and boys pride in their own schools. They take them to meet other boys and girls as pupils of other schools in nearby towns, and are an important phase of school life. The need for a gymnasium has always been apparent and grows more acute. Some of us think that the auditorium could be arranged by means of nets so that basketball and volley ball could be played there without any injury to the furnishings or finishing. If such a thing were done a marked change would occur in the discipline and spirit of the school."


COMMERCIAL WORK ON HIGH STANDARD


The work of some of our commercial students has been very good for the past few years. Some of our present students are doing especially well.


The following list of Typewriting awards is the largest we have ever had. A student must write 30 words per minute for 15 minutes to qualify to take an award test. These tests are standard commercial material furnished free by the typewriter companies. This is a valuable check on our work and an incentive to the students to strive for higher achievements.


The work of Miss Brill, Miss Hagen, Miss Costello, Miss Jones, Miss Schnair and Miss Batchelder is especially good.


LIST OF STUDENTS RECEIVING TYPEWRITING AWARDS DURING 1929 January to June-Second Year Students Awards After 1 yr. 5 mo's. Training


Helen Taylor


Remington


Certificate 66


Glenna Jones


L. C. Smith


Gertrude Schnair


Remington


Ella Pederson


L. C. Smith


66


Ella Pederson


Remington


Francis Byron


Remington


60


Mildred Fullonton


Remington


60


66


66


Underwood


60


66


Roval


66


L. C. Smith


66


Helen Grala


L. C. Smith


Helen Taylor


L. C. Smith


Francis Byron


L. C. Smith


66


Ruby Baker


L. C. Smith


Gertrude Schnair


Roval


66


Helen Grala


Remington


66


Gertrude Schnair


L. C. Smith


20


Mildred Brill


Royal


Silver Pin and Gold Pin Silver Pin


66


66


Underwood


Bronze Medal


66 66


Remington


Silver Pin


66


Remington


Gold Pin


Gertrude Schnair


L. C. Smith


Bronze Pin


66


Underwood


Bronze Medal


6


Remington


Silver Pin


Glenna Jones


Bronze Pin


Mildred Brill


Silver Pin


January to June-First Year Students Awards After 6 Months' Work


Gladys Hagen


Remington


Certificate


Edna Jones


Underwood


William Roche


L. C. Smith


Eleanor Costello


Underwood


Laura Mayell


Remington 66


Ruth Mclaughlin


Remington


September to December


Buelah Batchelder


Remington


Certificate


L. C. Smith


Eleanor Costello


Remington.


66


Gladys Hagen


L. C. Smith 66


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Edna Jones


Remington


66


Buelah Batchelder


Underwood


66


Gladys Hagen


Underwood


Buelah Batchelder


Royal


Gladys Hagen


Royal


Norman Perkins


Remington


Rena Mason


Remington


Eleanor Costello


Underwood


Bronze Pin


Edna Jones


L. C. Smith


Bronze Pin


Edna Jones


Underwood


Bronze Pin


Gladys Hagen


L. C. Smith


Bronze. Pin


66


L. C. Smith


September to December Underwood Underwood


L. C. Smith


L. C. Smith


Beginners of September, 1929, will be eligible for Awards after March 1, 1930.


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GRADUATION CLASS OF 1929


The graduation of the Class of 1929 was memorable for its good music, excellent speaker, and the fact that this was the first class to receive its entire education in the Acton schools.


Acton High School Commencement Program-June 20, 1929 Blanchard Hall


March of the Seniors


Prayer,


Rev. Mr. Long


Salutatorian,


Roy Jones


Historian,


Spencer Taylor, Jr.


School Day Lessons in Song :


Lullaby Brahms


Toyland


Herbert


Sailing


Marks


Hunting Song


English Folk Song


Loch Lomond


Scotch Folk Song


The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls "Grammachree"


The Lorelei


Silcher


Santa Lucia


Italian Folk Song


Wilmarth The Grand Old Flag


Commencement Speaker, «


Mr. Robert Lincoln O'Brien.


A Group of Favorite Songs :


When the Foeman Bares His Steel Sullivan


Carmelina Stevens


Canoeing Coerne


Class Song


Words by W. Mackenzie


Marching Song Class of 1929 A. H. S.


Valedictory,


Craig Sadler


Presentation of Diplomas, By Mr. Frank Toohey, Chairman School Committee.


America The Beautiful Katherine Lee Bates


Finale March


Reception to Seniors


Music : Direction of Mr. Elmer Pierce. Speaking : Direction of Mr. John Hough. Senior Advisor : Miss Marion Fuller. Piano : Mona Servais A. H. S. 1931.


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What Our Graduates Are Doing: Class of 1929


James Wesley Baker Ethel May Cobleigh Warren Bruce Cole


Cyrus Joseph Downey *James Alfred Farrar


Lillian Gertrude Feltus Fred Stuart Gorton Sophie Antonia Grala *Eleanor Frances Jones Howard Fullonton Jones *Roy Glendon Jones William Cypras Kazokas Mary Agnes Lawrence Winifred Elizabeth Mackenzie


Gertrude Edna Massie George Raymond McGovern Margaret Anna McGovern Eleanor Gertrude Morse Mary Elizabeth Parker ** Mildred Rose Polep Mary Louise Richardson


tCraig Sadler * Alice Louise Spinney


Barbara Swift Spencer Copland Taylor Helena Mae Tucker


Acton High School Burdett College


Clerk, Lowden's Store At Home


Salesman & Clerk, Wholesale Merchant Corp.


N. E. Tel. & Tel. W. Acton Northeastern University Housekeeper


A. H. S. Post Graduate Northeastern University Tufts College


Working On Farm


A. H. S. Post Graduate Clerk B. & M. Gen'l Office


N. Bennett Industrial School Linotyping Burdett College 'At Home


N. E. Baptist Hospital


A. H. S. Post Graduate A. H. S. Post Graduate Treasurer's Dept. State House, Boston Harvard College


Stenographer, Waltham Watch Co. N. E. Tel. & Tel. W. Acton Harvard College Waltham Hospital Training School


+ High Honor at graduation. * Honors at graduation.


Honors 3 years.


THE PRE-SCHOOL ROUND-UP CONFERENCES


In the Spring, through the School Nurse, work was started to get the incoming primary grade children ready to enter in September, promptly at the opening of school. A list of pupils who were to enter school for the first time in September, 1929, was prepared. Through letters and personal conferences with the parents of these children, a number of physical defects were corrected during the summer, such as diseased tonsils and adenoids removed, postures improved, and the necessary vac- cination and birth certificates were presented. The schools opened promptly on September 4, with the least loss of time in the last five years.


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DOMESTIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT


Attention is called to the fact that the food prepared in the Domestic Science Cooking Classes is sold to the students in the form of hot lunches at noon-time. This provides hot lunches for as many students as wish, while the proceeds buy the supplies for the cooking and sewing rooms, thus accomplishing a double purpose. Miss Edith Ames is especially to be commended for the capable way in which she has handled this department and for making it self-supporting. Her report follows :


In the Sewing Course of the seventh grade much work has been done. The class is smaller than last year, numbering fourteen, which means that more individual attention may be given. The first garment made is an apron, all by hand. Seven undergarments have been completed. Darning, mending, the making of buttonholes, and instruction in the proper use of the Sewing Machines are included in this course.


The Sewing Course in the eighth grade begins with a review. of last year's work. This year the individual pupils were asked to make a list of six garments they wished to make. From this list four garments were chosen, and listed in order for progres- sive work. In this way pupils make garments which are needed. This has meant more individual work, but the results have im- proved over last year. Practical darning, and special sewing machine attachments are taught in this course.


The Cooking lessons in the seventh grade are similar to last year's. The first period is given to discussion, and the second period to the actual preparation. The pupils are allowed to work by themselves as much as possible, as it gives them more re- sponsibility.




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