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4.00
103.00
6.00
101.00
In Home Savings
Bank
Nancy H. Curtis
50.00
2.00
50.00]
2.00
50.00
Mary M. Phelps
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
Eliza E. Williams
475.00
19.00
475.00
19.00
475.00
Geo. C. Davis
100.00|
4.00
100.00
4.00
100.00
Daniel D. Curtis
500.00
20.00
550.00
12.00
558.00
Joseph Clark
100.00
4.00
115.00
119.00
Ellenwood lot
300.00
12.00
322.00
6.00
328.00
North End Savings Bank
Francis S. Wight
100.00
4.00
107.00
6.00
105.00
Henry J. Dunn .
100.00
4.00
102.00
4.00
102.00
Soldiers' lot .
200.00
8.00
200.00
8.00
200.00
John Sullivan
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
Francis E. Mason
200.00
8.00
215.00
5.00
218.00
Moses Bullard
200.00
8.00
202.00
5.00
205.00
Frank E. Donlan
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
Samuel Ellis
100.00
4.00
101.00
4.00
101.00
Orion Wight
200.00|
8.00
210.00
6.00
212.00
Moses F. Clark
100.00|
4.00
100.00
4.00
100.00
Noah Allen
100.00
4.00
100.00
4.00
100.00
William Crane
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
James T. Allen
100.00
4.00
100.00
4.00
100.00
Geo. H. Wight
100.00
4.00
100.00
3.00
101.00
Wm. Salisbury
100.00
4.00
100.00
3.00
101.00
John Balch
100.00
4.00
100.00
4.00
100.00
John B. Coombs
50.00
50.00
Jas. W. P. Dyer
50.00
50.00,
Charles J. Sawyer
200.00
200.00
Daniel S. Wheeler .
100.00
100.00
$5,675.00|
$211.00|
$5,448.00|
$189.00|
$5,870.00
On deposit in Dedham Savings Bank
$1,900.67
On deposit in Home Savings Bank, Boston
1,687.37
On deposit in North End Savings Bank, Boston
2,287.98
$5,876.02
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE 1915.
Rec'd appropriation .
$500.00
Interest on Trust Funds
189.00
Interest on Hewins Fund
8.00
State Hospital care .
88.35
Individual lots care .
104.00
$889.35
Reimbursed, for men at fire
5.78
Appropriation exceeded
18.12
$913.25
Paid Alexander Beckwith, labor .
$209.20
F. Angelo
138.77
F. L. Osborn
126.46
Vinjane Pitruge
53.35
Daniels Hamant
38.23
Geme Cerasoli
10.11
John McKenna
37.45
Frank Ryan .
12.00
Michael Ryan
4.67
Joseph A. Roberts
29.22
J. E. Lonergan
1.78
Fran Barony
32.34
Joe Brown
31.45
Leon Ashley
5.00
A. B. Parker
126.67
Carried forward
$856.70
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Brought forward
$856.70
Paid L. G. Fairbanks, supplies bill . 3.20
Blood Bros .; supplies bill . 29.65
A. A. Deane, repairing lawn mowers bill . 13.45
J. E. Lonergan & Co., fence posts bill . 4.50
Daniels Hamant, stone work bill
5.75
$913.25
Received for lots sold
$180.00
Paid Treasurer
180.00
In submitting the following report your committee beg to state that owing to the reduction of $300.00 in our appro- priation we were unable to maintain the cemetery as it should be and we were obliged to omit many improvements which should have been started the past year.
There are fences which should be repaired, avenues to gravel, the single grave section should be graded and the graves numbered and there are trees which should be trimmed or removed and in view of these improvements together with maintaining our regular work we recommend an appropria- tion of $800.00 for the ensuing year.
A. B. PARKER, DANIELS HAMANT, JOSEPH A. ROBERTS, Committee.
Correct.
ALEX. ALLAN, Auditor.
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REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT AND TREE WARDEN.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
I hereby submit to you my annual report of the work as Superintendent of the Moth Work and as Tree Warden.
The methods used in the suppression of the Gypsy Moth the past year are the same as those used in previous years with the exception that less creosoting was done with the intention of doing more spraying later. The State has loaned us a large power sprayer in other years. This year we were unable to obtain one from them, and, as a result our work was seriously handicapped. The residential sections and the orchards were practically free from the moths but many of our roadsides were stripped.
Many woodland owners were anxious to have their wood- land sprayed but were unable to do so because of the lack of a sprayer. We did the best we could with the small one which we had but were not able to reach all places at the proper time and the spraying is expensive when done by our small sprayer which was not bought for woodland spraying. What spraying we did with a few exceptions was very effec- tive.
The Browntail Moths show a slight increase this year over last but there are not many this year compared with other years.
The spraying for the tent caterpillar was very effective. If the tont caterpillar is numerous the coming season owners of apple trees will find that spraying just before the trees blossom will be the cheapest and best way of combating the
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pest. It will also help in controlling the Gypsy Moth cater- pillar.
There were not many Elm Tree Beetles the past year and therefore not much spraying was done. Some were observed, especially in a few localities and it is not safe to say as to how numerous they will be the coming season.
We had a large number of trees blown down; their re- moval causing extra expense. Much trimming has also been done on the aged elms, removing the dead limbs.
Our liability under Chapter 381, Acts of 1905, is $968.79. This money could be spent to much better advantage in spraying than in creosoting. The state will pay part of the expense of buying a power sprayer, and I would recommend that the town make some appropriation for such an act. Also to appropriate $500.00 for Tree Warden work and $980.00 for Gypsy and Browntail Moth work.
FINANCIAL REPORT.
MOTH ACCOUNT.
Paid Geo. L. L. Allen, Supt.
$163.26
For labor
330.11
Arsenate of lead
185.25
Supplies and repairs
78.01
Printing
3.90
Creosote
10.20
Express
5.88
Teams
158.49
Envelopes and postage
3.54
$938.64
Appropriation
$900.00
Assessed on property owners
96.20
Received for supplies and labor .
173.16
1,169.36
Unexpended
$230.72
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TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT.
Paid Geo. L. L. Allen, Warden $81.79
For labor
160.49
Supplies and repairs
52.33
Arsenate of lead
23.51
Guards for trees
93.33
Cash paid for tent caterpillar work
5.00
Teams
78.20
$494.65
Appropriation
$500.00
Received for supplies and labor
17.68
517.68
Unexpended
$23.03
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. L. L. ALLEN, Moth Supt. and Tree Warden.
Approved by
ALEX. ALLAN, Auditor.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF MEDFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The following report is respectfully submitted :
The Board of Trustees for the year consists of Stillman J. Spear, chairman, Lewis K. Conant, Albert L. Clark, Dr. F. H. Clough, Ellery C. Crocker and Nellie T. Keyou. Miss Lucretia Johnson, Librarian.
There have been added to the library during the year 158 books including forty which were presented by Mrs. C. M. Leoffler, making the total number of books in the library 5,680.
Total circulation 8,384, showing an increase of 555 over the preceding year.
The following list of periodicals have been subscribed for:
Scientific American, Saturday Evening Post, Outlook, Harper's Monthly, Century, Scribner's, St. Nicholas, Na- tional Geographic, Atlantic, World's Work, Ainsley, Good Housekeeping, Munsey, Smith's, Bay View, Popular Electric, Modern Mechanics, Technical World, Banker and Tradesman, Literary Digest, Review of Reviews, Dumb Animals, Little Folks.
Sets of pictures sent from the Woman's Educational Union have been on exhibition from time to time.
A set of "Moulton's Literary Criticisms" have been donated to the Public School Library, and an accumulation of discarded books and magazines have been sent to a small library in Maine. The financial statement will be found in the Selectmen's Report.
NELLIE T. KEYOU,
Secretary.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
I hereby submit to you the following report of my work as Inspector of Animals for the past year. In February we had another outbreak of "foot and mouth disease" but as nothing happened in this section we were allowed to move cattle on permits and Inspectors of Animals were allowed to give "service" permits in their own towns, and I gave quite a few. A duplicate had to be sent to the Commissioner of Animal Industry.
In January, 1915, we were ordered to make our annual inspection of all neat cattle, sheep, goats and swine, but I went out only one afternoon in which I visited twelve places which was done in February when another outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurred and all Inspectors of Animals in the state were ordered to cease work until further notice.
In April a horse arrived from out of state and after being examined was found to be alright and was released. In June two more horses came in from out of state and like the other one was examined and released.
In July a complaint was received of a suspicious case of a horse having "glanders" but after an examination was allowed to return to work.
In November, two more horses came to this town from out of state which I examined and released.
In December a calf was shipped from New York State to this town; he had to have a permit following him and after arrival was examined and released.
Orders were received January 15, 1916, to make our an-
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nual inspection of all neat cattle, sheep, goats and swine and the premises in which they are kept. At this writing I have not been out inspecting but shall start in a few days, to be all through by March 1, 1916.
January 26. Inspectors of Animals of this section of state were ordered to Boston for the annual meeting of In- spectors of Animals to which I attended.
The Commissioner of Animal Industry wishes us inspect- ors to give each cow a physical examination in regard to tuberculosis, also to see all hogs are examined carefully in regard to cholera.
At this meeting, January 26, the Commissioner mentioned in regard to salary of inspectors. He said some towns did not want to pay the inspectors but he told the inspectors to get it same as usual, but no need to mention this matter to your Selectmen. As you have paid me, thanks to you.
The Commissioner also wants us to convince owners of cattle that cattle must be kept clean, also stables to be kept clean and have proper light, ventilation and drainage, for if we find any diseased cattle in unclean premises the owners will receive no compensation for diseased cattle.
We have had only one or two cases of cholera and no cases of glanders or rabies in town during the past year.
Respectfully yours,
GEORGE S. CHENEY,
Inspector of Animals.
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LIST OF JURORS AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.
X William F. Weiker Edward M. Bent
Expressman
Main Street
Coal Dealer
North Street
X Edmund Bullard
Butcher
North Street
Herbert S. Pember
Carpenter
Main Street Oak Street
George G. Babcock
Painter
South Street
Albert D. Kingsbury
Carpenter
Spring Street
Lester C. Bullard
Carpenter
Miller Street
Wm. H. Everett Walter E. Morris
Straw Worker
Main Street
Real Estate
Main Street
X Elmer E. Walton
Straw Worker
Green Street
Conductor
Green Street
X James H. Meaney Stillman J. Spear Y Turner Bailey V Geo. Washburn
Town Clerk
North Street North Street
Reporter Farmer
North Street
Edward Abell
Merchant
North Street
Henry E. Young, Jr. Dyer
Main Street
X
Albion C. Gilbert
Carpenter
Spring Street
William E. Bell
Clerk
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
TOWN OF MEDFIELD
For the Year Ending December 31, 1915.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Members.
ALLAN A. KINGSBURY
Term expires 1917
TIMOTHY F. KENNEDY
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1918
RICHARD C. LINCOLN
66 1916
Organization.
ALLAN A. KINGSBURY
Chairman
RICHARD C. LINCOLN
· Secretary
M. J. WEST
Superintendent
Attendance Officer.
GEORGE B. SIMS.
Calendar.
Winter term, 12 weeks, closes March 24, 1916.
Spring term, 12 weeks, opens April 3, 1916, closes June 23, 1916.
Fall term, 16 weeks, opens September 5, 1916, closes De- cember 22, 1916.
Winter term, opens January 1, 1917.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
EXPENSE OF GENERAL CONTROL.
School Committee.
Allan A. Kingsbury
$35.00
Richard C. Lincoln .
35.00
Timothy F. Kennedy
35.00
Wright and Potter Printing Co. .55
Mary E. Hamant, census
12.00
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
M. J. West
$450.00
M. J. West, expense account
18.49
George B. Sims .
7.00
$593.04
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION.
Salaries of Teachers.
Ralph W. Taylor
$1,500.00
Louise S. Crocker
655.00
Irene H. Cockery
322.01
Annette B. MacKnight
330.00
Minnie E. Gray .
614.00
Dorothea E. Ferguson
300.00
Ellen G. Feeley .
270.00
Blanche Whelpley
270.00
Leonora Hussey .
150.00
Mildred Attwood
236.25
Carribelle E. Thayer
240.00
Helen M. Allan .
270.00
Isabelle Cameron
231.25
Emily M. W. Hinkel
115.00
Carried forward . $5,503.51
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Brought forward .
$5,503.51
M. Helen Vaile .
220.00
Beatrice Taft
192.00
Eleanor A. Parker
190.00
Muriel Goodwin
190.00
Elsie L. Lanfair
344.00
Loviey M. Delano
100.00
Vina Dix
1.00
Ethel Wood .
28.00
Laura H. Baker .
6.00
Joseph M. Sullivan
24.00
Dorothy Holden .
8.00
Helen C. Strong .
8.00
$6,814.51
TEXT BOOKS.
High Elementary
Ginn and Company .
$26.69
$9.28
Edward E. Babb and Co.
14.28
18.79
D. C. Heath and Company
56.10
J. L. Hammett and Co. .
1.44
Silver, Burdett and Co. .
1.66
3.81
Palmer and Company
.90
Carter, Rice and Co.
8.65
American Book Co. .
37.42
3.30
D. A. Frazier
6.75
Atkinson, Mentzer and Co.
11.10
Allyn and Bacon
27.94
F. J. Barnard
10.05
The Maxmillian Company
13.32
Benj. H. Sanborn
17.64
6.46
Houghton and Mifflin Co.
2.49
5.76
Chas. F. Read, express.
2.45
4.01
W. F. Weiker, express .
5.90
$216.88
$79.31
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STATIONERY, SUPPLIES AND OTHER EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION.
High Elementary
Ginn and Company .
$1.00
Chandler and Barber
2.56
Edward E. Babb and Co.
$30.93
126.12
J. L. Hammett and Co. .
18.49
31.39
L. E. Knott and Co. .
55.78
67.22
Carter, Rice and Co.
8.65
A. S. Barnes
1.06
3.10
W. W. Preston, express .
1.75
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
1.30
2.42
Oliver, Ditson and Co.
3.09
Weiker's Express
8.65
Palmer and Company
2.80
Masury, Young and Co.
13.25
Milton, Bradley and Co.
9.09
D. A. Frazier
1.75
Blacker and Shepard
4.50
Royal Typewriter Company
1.50
Remington Typewriter Company
2.80
Edwin J. Keyou
6.56
$120.17 $287.84
EXPENSE OF OPERATION.
Janitor Service.
John Dyer
$607.50
Francis Mitchell
76.00
FUEL.
Joseph E. Lonergan .
$450.62
E. M. Bent, coal and wood, L. M. School
36.00
$683.50
Carried forward . $486.62
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2.25
Wright and Potter Printing Co.
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Brought forward . . $486.62
Willard Harwood, wood, R. W. School
21.00
M. A. Ritchie, wood, L. M. School . 10.50
$518.12
MISCELLANEOUS.
Janitor Supplies.
Wonder Mist Company ·
$5.25
Edward H. Abell
6.57
Blood Bros., wheelbarrow
4.00
Thomas E. Schools
2.00
Ellery C. Crocker
.70
Louis Fairbanks .
9.17
Waldo A. Fitts
5.00
Carter, Rice and Company .
7.00
$39.69
EXPENSE OF MAINTENANCE.
Edward Adams, fire protection .
$3.00
Oliver C. Steele .
13.84
Frank Bell, electric bell repairs
15.35
Allan A. Kingsbury .
41.74
Remington Typewriter Co. .
3.75
R. S. Hunt
1.00
Henry Clark
4.90
Leon Ashley, L. M. School grading
11.50
Albert A. Dean .
1.00
Medfield Plumbing and Heating Co.
297.91
John W. Wills
190.02
W. J. Haywood .
15.17
Medfield Water Company
.
80.00
$679.18
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EXPENSES OF AUXILIARY AGENCIES.
Promotion of Health.
Frank H. Clough, School Physician $65.00
Transportation.
H. W. Wood .
247.50
$312.50
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE.
G. W. Woolvelt, printing $10.00
Paid School Caterpillar Fund . 5.00
John H. Daniels and Sons, grammar school 300 diplomas
55.00
F. W. Martin and Co., high diplomas 8.05
Jordan Marsh and Co., ribbons . 3.18
$81.23
Town of Medfield on account of Insurance .
$300.00
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OUTLAY.
New Equipment.
American Seating Co.
$29.40
L. E. Knott App. Co., chemistry table
154.00
Chas. Sawyer, moving and placing above
18.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight on table
11.76
Ralph W. Taylor
25.00
G. W. Woolvelt, piano
40.00
Frank Weiker, moving piano W. S. Cook, tuning piano 2.50
8.00
Kenney Bros. and Wolkins, seats 100.18
Paine Furniture Co.
9.75
$398.59
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SUMMARY.
Expense of General Control
$593.04
Expense of Instruction
6,814.51
Text Books
296.19
Stationery, Supplies and Other Ex-
penses of Instruction
408.01
Expense of Operation
683.50
Fuel .
518.12
Janitor Supplies
39.69
Expense of Maintenance
679.18
Auxiliary Agencies
312.50
Miscellaneous Expenses
381.23
Outlay, new equipment .
398.59
$11,124.56
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation
$8,000.00
Town appropriation for insurance .
300.00
Rec'd reimbursement by act of legis- lature for loss of interest, Mass. School Fund, 1914
692.29
From State Treasurer, interest Mass. School Fund, 1915 .
828.28
From State Treasurer, for Superintendent
312.50
From State Tuition of Children
109.05
From Town Treasurer, interest Town School Fund
132.98
From sale of old material .
1.35
From Dover, tuition of children
57.00
$10,433.45
Expenditures exceed Receipts
$691.11
Received from State for teaching
$1,520.57
Paid for teaching
1,520.57
Respectfully submitted, RICHARD C. LINCOLN, Clerk.
Approved by
ALEX. ALLAN, Auditor.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The annual report of the School Committee is respectfully submitted.
Changing of year to end December 31 instead of January 31 necessitated an eleven months' account last year.
The item of reimbursement in receipts is money regained. The first figures on new valuation having been in the hands of the State deprived us of income of Massachusetts School Fund interest for last year. We were fortunate in being paid back by act of Legislature, from state treasury.
On the same basis the money for High School, $500.00, will not appear in our account, which we were in hopes we could receive at the time of giving estimates for our year's work.
The changes in preparing for best work has been satis- factory. The purchase of chemistry table especially in new equipment is of great value to the school.
It has been our endeavor to retain our teachers who have shown such faithful service.
We realize the need of rewiring electric bell system. The Inspector of Boilers informed us last year, that it would be the last year we could use the one made in 1888 and in- stalled here soon after, about twenty-seven years ago. The two heaters, in the last two years, have been retubed, and are as good as new. All return pipes have been replaced. After the installation of new boiler, and cost of connecting is over, the cost of repairs on piping and heating apparatus must, it seems, be shall for a number of years.
The Hannah Adams Club has been a help to the schools,
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having presented them with Victrola, also prize to encourage written English, which we are grateful for.
The Ralph Wheelock and Lower Mason buildings ought to be painted this year, as when needed, each year adds to the cost of covering.
We wish to take this opportunity to thank the people for their co-operation. The desire of our board of Selectmen to be intelligent as to the needs of our schools, has shown itself in the proposed matter of giving the use of Chenery Hall, that all the High School might be together in musical re- hearsals or chorus work, and more recently the use of hall for other school purposes. They are placing our young people on their honor, a great incentive, to do right, hoping that we shall not misplace this confidence. The standard of schools we are trying to elevate.
The laws are very rigid in regard to attendance especially, our Superintendent and teacher have worked hard to keep up this percentage of attendance. Your committee have co- operated with them in this matter. The teachers should not be criticized if they do not give excuses for trivial causes, and if scholars are absent for any such cause, they must not com- plain if they do not pass at end of year. Our strength and attention should be saved for those who are absent for un- avoidable causes.
Respectfully,
ALLAN A. KINGSBURY. RICHARD C. LINCOLN, TIMOTHY F. KENNEDY.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MEDFIELD :
My eighth annual report, which is the seventeenth in the series of annual reports of the Superintendent of the Medfield Public Schools, is submitted herewith for your consideration.
Several important changes in our school system have come about since my last report. These changes are important and should receive attention because they are such as will reach in influence far into the future and will have a decided bearing upon other changes which will inevitably follow, in the next few years, if our schools are to maintain a desirable standard of efficiency in the system of modern education towards which leading men of thought and the progress of events are directing us.
These changes are as follows :
1. The age of admission to the first grade has been raised.
. 2. The elementary schools have been placed upon an eight grade basis.
3. An additional teacher has been employed in the high school.
4. The laboratory facilities have been greatly improved.
5. Additional typewriters and a typewriter room have been provided.
I wish to say a few words about each of these changes and point out the advantages to be derived from them.
By raising the age of admission to the first grade so that none of the children are less than five years and eight months
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old at the beginning of the school year there will be many over six years of age. This will place the first grade in a position of greater efficiency than ever before because there will be fewer repeaters to retard the class. The effect upon the individual pupil of repeating a grade is likely to be somewhat serious, and we should welcome a plan which will reduce the number of those unfortunate children who must begin thus early in life to look upon themselves as unable to compete with their fellows. Many times we are much more responsible than the children because we require them to do what they are not mature enough to attempt successfully. There is also an advantage from the financial point of view because every time a child repeats a grade it now costs the town about thirty dollars. Investigation has demonstrated that children who start school at a more mature age are able in twelve years to do the amount of school work which we have been accustomed to do in thirteen years. On this basis we can begin our regular high school work with grade nine instead of with grade ten as heretofore. The children thus get through high school at the same age as in the nine grade system and save one year of schoolroom confinement and the extra expense to the town which has been required for that year. The result, this year, of placing grade nine in the high school organization has met my expectations. I am satisfied that the children of that grade are gaining more by being associated with the older pupils and by being under the influence of the several high school teachers, than would be possible in the elementary school with one teacher.
The additional teacher in the high school was made pos- sible by the new organization without increasing the number of the entire teaching force. On the basis of the ratio of the number of teachers to the number of pupils, four teach- ers and a principal with a registry of eighty-seven pupils, we can claim to be ranked by the State officials as "a fully accredited high school."
The new laboratory equipment is proving to be one of our greatest advances by increasing the efficiency of the science classes.
The typewriting room furnishes opportunity to do that
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part of the work under comfortable conditions and has greatly aided in the improvement of the commercial depart- ment.
With the exception of the room now used by grades seven and eight, the high school occupies all of the building above the first floor and, as now organized, will register about the same number, possibly a few more, next year. Under these circumstances we are in excellent condition to go ahead with the more progressive towns and cities of the country and place our schools under the so-called six and six plan to which I referred in my last report.
This plan is being pushed to the front by the United States Commissioner of Education, and is strongly advocated by Dr. Snedden, our State Commissioner of Education. The system contemplates six years of elementary education and six years of secondary, or high school education; the chil- dren to begin their elementary education at about the age of six and their secondary education at about the age of twelve. This plan has in its favor a definite line of action and a defi- nite purpose and is in line with the best educational systems of Europe. This advantage is worth considering when we place against it our present arrangement, or the variety of so-called systems which have come down to us from the past without any definite end in view. If we were to adopt the plan it would incorporate our seventh and eighth grades under the high school organization and would give us next year a school of about one hundred thirty-five pupils ; grades seven and eight, or seven, eight and nine as a junior high school and the grades above as a senior high school.
This plan had its beginning about 1909, but in these few years it has been put into operation in two hundred or more cities and towns and others are rapidly preparing to adopt the idea. The rapidity with which the plan is coming into favor is due to its many excellent features and its adapt- ability to small as well as to large school systems.
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