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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
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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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