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5,000.00
Geo. Cummings Fund
1,000.00
Geo. M. Smith Fund
500.00
John M. Richardson Fund invested in In-
ternational Trust Co. . 500.00
Cemetery Funds in Savings Banks
6,525.00
$17,065.00
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE, 1916.
Received town appropriation $500.00
Special appropriation
1,600.00
Care of individual lots
150.00
Interest on Trust Funds
270.00
$2,520.00
Expended :
Land
$1,600.00
Teams
49.00
Blood Bros., supplies
93.15
L. B. Fairbank, supplies
11.10
A. A. Dean, repairing mowers .
18.50
D. Hamant, cleaning stones
64.00
Printing bills
2.90
Labor
694.50
Surveying new land
36.36
$2,569.51
Appropriation exceeded .
$50.49
Due for care of lots .
$52.00
Received for sale of lots
$180.00
Paid Treasurer
180.00
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In submitting the above report your committee beg to say that owing to the past season being exceptionally wet the cost of mowing was considerably more than usual which left a small balance for improvements.
For the coming year, besides the regular work, there are fences to repair, as well as a new fence to build on the land acquired from Miss Alice O. Sewall to become a part of the cemetery, avenues to repair and number the single graves, and we would recommend that the town appropriate $800.00 and also the amount received for the sale of lots.
A. B. PARKER, DANIELS HAMANT, JOSEPH A. ROBERTS.
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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 large sprayer which the town purchased last season with the help of the state was a great aid in the moth work. We were able to spray many acres of woodland for private owners with good results. We sprayed all infected trees growing along the highways, also spraying one hundred feet back from the roads. At the commencement of the season we sprayed many apple trees but were unable to spray all that should have been done. In the spraying of the apple trees we used the small power sprayer, using 4,250 gallons of water and 425 pounds of arsenate of lead. Better re- sults could have been attained if we could have started the large sprayer on the roadside or woodland work at the same time we were spraying apple trees. It was impossible to obtain enough help familiar with the work to run both ma- chines at the same time.
Very little spraying was done on the elm trees as there were not many elm tree beetles or gypsy moths in evidence. At the close of the feeding season of the gypsy moth many larvae were to be seen on the trunks of the maples and elms. Some criticism was made because these were not sprayed at
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this time or the caterpillars killed by hand. It was of course useless to spray after the caterpillars had finished eating and it is cheaper and more practical to creosote the eggs during the winter than to attempt to destroy them by hand methods in the summer. It may be necessary to spray all the maples and elms the coming season but this can be easily and cheaply done with the sprayer we now have.
With the advice and help of the State this department has been doing some thinning and cleaning up on the side of the roads and in woodland along the roads. Trees that are favored food plants of the moths were cut where possible, those that are moth resistant left. All brush was cut and burned. This is an improvement in the looks of the roads, affords some protection against fire, reduces the cost of spray- ing, makes the spraying more effective and in some cases it will do away with spraying entirely.
Some trimming of dead limbs, removal of lower limbs and shaping of trees have been done and some dead or dying trees removed. More work of this kind should have been done but with so much work to be done on ths moths, the scarcity of help at one time, and the prevalence of bad weather when help could be secured, I was unable to do more and I now have a large balance left in my appropriation.
We received from the State during the year :
One-half cost of large sprayer, $600.00.
Four tons arsenate of lead, $520.00.
Fifty gallons of creosote.
One 28 ft. ladder.
Ore-half dozen axes.
One dozen bamboo poles with brushes.
One dozen creosote cans with brushes.
Two bush scythes.
One thousand feet large spray hose, $260.00.
Two hundred feet small spray hose.
Suction hose.
Ten gallons cylinder oil.
Waste, tools and other supplies.
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I would recommend that the town appropriate our liabil- ity $1,000.00 for moth work and $400 for Tree Warden work.
FINANCIAL REPORT.
TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT.
Paid Geo. L. L. Allen, Warden .
$128.73
For labor
194.81
Framingham Nurseries, trees
51.50
A. J. Wilkinson, supplies . .
5.60
Barrett Mfg. Co., tar .
1.25
Richard Johnson, filing saws .
4.25
Charles Spaulding, filing saws
7.25
W. A. Fitts, supplies
4.65
A. A. Dean, repairs
2.25
Edgar Kingsbury, filing saws
1.45
L. K. Fairbank, supplies
5.00
Blood Bros., supplies
1.05
$407.79
Appropriation
$500.00
Receipts .
94.35
$594.35
Balance unexpended .
$186.56
MOTH ACCOUNT.
Paid Geo. L. L. Allen, Supt.
$382.43
For labor
859.82
Willard Newell, teams
18.50
Est. of J. E. Lonergan, teams .
179.25
Express, freight and telephones 27.67
Frost Insecticide Co., supplies
18.73
Carried forward . $1,486.40
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Brought forward . $1,486.40
Paid Brackett, Shaw & Lunt, sup- plies 6.07
A. A. Dean, repairs 3.05
L. K. Fairbank, supplies . 3.82
Charles Spaulding, filing saws
3.75
Waldo A. Fitts, gasolene and
supplies 41.45
Boston Branch, gasolene
7.83
J. W. Hollingsworth, repairs
4.35
Harry Dewar, repairs
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Reginald Lanty, repairs
2.50
Printing
1.55
State of Massachusetts, one-half
cost of sprayer
600.00
State of Massachusetts, balance of liability
292.19
$2,453.56
Appropriation for moth work
$980.00
Appropriation for one-half cost of
sprayer .
600.00
Assessed upon property owners .
385.81
Receipts from supplies and labor
487.65
$2,453.46
Appropriation exceeded . $.10
Bills due the town
$20.15
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN, Tree Warden and Moth Supt.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
The following report is respectfully submitted.
The Board consists of Stillman J. Spear, chairman, L. K. Conant, Ellery C. Crocker, Dr. F. H. Clough, Waldo A. Fitts and Nellie T. Keyou.
This year, in addition to the usual number of library days, it was deemed advisable to hold one session each week through August. The privilege of using the library during that month seemed to be much appreciated by the patrons.
The following list of periodicals have been on the tables of the Reading Room, and have been ordered for the year 1917:
Atlantic, Ainslie, Banker and Tradesman, Bay View, Century, Dumb Animals, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Monthly, Munsey, Modern Mechanics, National Geographic, Outlook, Popular Electric, Literary Digest, Review of Re- views, Scientific American, Saturday Evening Post, Scrib- ner's, St. Nicholas, Smith's, Technical World, World's Work, Little Folks.
Total number of books in Library 5,377
Total circulation
8,525
Books added in 1916 112
Fewer books have been purchased this year than usual, as the assured and pleasing prospect of a new library building
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suggests extra expenses attendant upon moving. It will be necessary to recatalogue when expert advise and professional assistance will be required.
We gratefully acknowledge receipt of legacy of $500.00 for the library fund, provided by the will of the late Mr. John M. Richardson.
NELLIE T. KEYOU, Secretary.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF LIBRARY.
Balance due from 1915 .
$224.82
Received interest on Library Trust Funds
$309.39
County Treasurer on account of dog licenses .
213.26
Sale of old books
4.45
$527.10
Paid Lucretia M. Johnson, librarian Geo. B. Sims, janitor
$150.00
50.00
DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books
77.59
Dodd & Mead Co., books
18.00
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding
27.08
Printing cards and slips
10.00
Express .
4.38
$337.05
$751.92
Balance to credit of library . $414.87
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit to you the report of my work as Inspector of Animals for the past year.
As usual I received orders from the Commissioner of Ani- mal Industry to make a complete inspection of all neat cat- tle, sheep, swine and goats and the premises in which they are kept. During this inspection, I visited fifty-seven stables in which were kept 453 cattle, 428 swine, 4 sheep and 3 goats. Most of these cattle are kept fairly clean and also most of the stables were in fairly good condition, except six stables which I had to report to the Commissioners of Ani- mal Industry. He sent an agent and he tried to make the owners clean up.
On this inspection I found one cow diseased with "Tu- berculosis" which I quarantined. She was examined by an other agent, found diseased, killed and stable disinfected.
June 13, 1916, a cow was shipped into this town from out of state and after I examined her and she had the proper test papers I released her.
July 26, another cow was quarantined under suspicion of having Tuberculosis; examined, found diseased, killed and her stable disinfected.
September 29, a heifer was quarantined for Tuberculosis ;
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examined, found diseased and killed, she being out to pas- ture we did not have to disinfect.
September 29, two horses were shipped to this town from Connecticut, and after I examined them and found them all right I released them.
Very truly yours,
GEO. S. CHENEY, Inspector of Animals.
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LIST OF JURORS AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Edward M. Bent
Coal Dealer
North Street Main Street
William E. Bell
Clerk
Oak Street
George G. Babcock
Painter
South Street
Albert D. Kingsbury Lester C. Bullard Wm. H. Everett
Carpenter
Spring Street Miller Street
Straw Worker
Main Street
Walter E. Morris
Real Estate
Main Street
Stillman J. Spear Geo. Washburn
Farmer
North Street
Edward Abell
Merchant
North Street Main Street
Henry E. Young, Jr. John Tuttle C. G. Bridge
Dyer
Straw Worker
Pleasant Street
Farmer
South Street Asylum Road
Philip R. Johnson Alden H. Wheeler Ellery C. Crocker Wm. Ryan
Farmer
Retired Machinist Main Street
Retired Merchant
South Street
Blacksmith
Adams Street
Herbert S. Pember
Carpenter
Carpenter
Town Clerk
North Street
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STATEMENT MEDFIELD WATER CO. FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1916.
ASSETS.
Distributing System
$12,523.94
Pumping Plant .
3,179.60
Cash & Debts receivable
2,388.42
Water Rights
5,000.00
Balance Profit & Loss
1,552.33
$24,644.29
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock
$24,000.00
Debts
644.29
$24,644.29
EDWIN S. MITCHELL, Treasurer.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
TOWN OF MEDFIELD
For the Year Ending December 31, 1916.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
The annual report of the School Committee is hereby presented.
At the annual March meeting Mrs. Susan M. Clark was elected to the board, Richard C. Lincoln retiring.
The Committee organized with Allan A. Kingsbury, Chairman; Susan M. Clark, Secretary.
We were fortunate in being able to keep nearly all of our teaching force, only two changes being necessary by resigna- tions, Miss Ethel C. Lomasney being elected assistant in the High School in Miss Hummiston's place and Miss Jose- phine B. Buckley in Grade I.
By vote of the Union Committee a change of Superintend- ents was required and Mr. Albert C. Ames of Danielsonville, Conn., was elected and began his duties Oct. 1, and is very acceptably filling the position. There is a fine feeling of co- operation on the part of Superintendent and teachers. The good work of all the teachers is appreciated by the Commit- tee and should have the esteem of the parents. The Ralph Wheelock building has been greatly improved by the instal- lation of a new boiler, piping, and radiators, new caps have been put on the chimney ventilating shafts to prevent snow and rain entering.
Two flights of stairs have had new treads and one flight to basement changed to make them safer.
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New fire extinguishers have been placed on every floor. Electric lights have been installed which helps very much on cloudy days as some rooms and corridors were quite dark at such times, and also assists the teachers in the short days when they have work to finish and prepare for the next day after school hours. The ceilings and walls of several of the rooms have been painted. New wiring for the bells has been put in all over the building. The front vestibules have been enlarged by building on and removing some partitions and making two exit doors in each vestibule instead of one as formerly, which tends to avoid confusion filing in and out . and much better in case of fire. The old wooden steps at the front and side entrances have been replaced with cement and iron railings put up, which makes a permanent job.
Both buildings have been painted outside and new outside doors put on the Lowell Mason building. While considerable money has been spent this year we feel that the improve- - ments warrant it. The building is in good shape and should require very little repair for several years. Owing to the increased cost of materials, fuel, etc., the Committee feel compelled to ask for an increase in the appropriation for the coming year.
We therefore recommend an appropriation of $9,600.
Respectfully submitted,
ALLAN A. KINGSBURY, SUSAN M. CLARK, TIMOTHY F. KENNEDY,
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
EXPENSE OF GENERAL CONTROL.
School Committee.
Allan A. Kingsbury
$35.00
Timothy F. Kennedy
35.00
Susan M. Clark .
35.00
Wright & Potter Printing Co. .
1.60
Timothy F. Kennedy, printing rules
and regulations
6.50
Charles A. McDonough, advice.
60.00
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
M. J. West .
$315.00
M. J. West, expense account
9.94
Albert S. Ames
135.00
George B. Sims
2.00
$635.04
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION.
Salaries of Teachers.
High .
$3,769.75
Elementary
3,246.75 $7,016.50
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TEXT BOOKS.
High Elementary
Allyn and Bacon
$96.41
Benjamin Sanborn
38.97
Ginn and Co.
46.29
$13.99
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
3.20
12.92
D. C. Heath and Co.
6.72
American Book Co.
25.86
4.94
Edward E. Babb and Co.
28.03
17.65
Silver, Burdett Co.
6.98
3.06
McMillan Co.
13.46
Oliver Ditson
1.97
Language Book Co.
2.06
Teachers' Exchange
5.08
Harvard Society
4.70
$272.68
$59.61
STATIONERY, SUPPLIES AND OTHER EXPENSES OF
INSTRUCTION.
High Elementary
Royal Typewriter Co. . .
$100.00
Royal Typewriter Co., supplies
6.00
Edward E. Babb and Co.
125.28
$278.46
J. L. Hammett and Co.
6.95
Chandler and Barber
1.20
Jennings Publishing Co.
1.20
L. E. Knott and Co.
9.00
Weiker's Express
13.60
Carter, Rice and Co.
13.75
Blacker and Shepard
8.23
Ralph W. Taylor
10.03
Milton, Bradley and Co.
.82
Freight bill .
.60
Louis B. Fairbanks
13.65
4.98
Carried forward .
$265.16
$328.59
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High Elementary
Brought forward .
$265.16 $328.59
Jordan, Marsh and Co. .
4.64
F. W. Martin and Co.
6.90
G. W. Woolvett .
6.00
American City
2.50
Rand, McNally Co.
8.00
Stone and Forsyth .
8.00
Remington Typewriter Co.
3.87
Oliver Typewriter Co.
17.71
Commercial Press
2.75
C. F. Reed, express
4.92
Waldo A. Fitts .
2.06
$314.78
$346.32
EXPENSE OF OPERATION.
Janitor Service.
John Dyer
$720.25
Francis Mitchell
78.00
$798.25
Janitor Supplies.
Masury, Young and Co., oil
$25.50
Roche and Daly Co., brushes .
3.00
Edward E. Babb and Co., sweepers
9.32
Lewis Manf'g. Co., gauze ends .
1.07
E. H. Abell, cheese cloth
3.60
Roche and Daly, waste basket
1.50
Louis B. Fairbanks, supplies
3.65
F. R. Schools and Son, supplies
2.77
$50.41
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FUEL.
Blood Bros., coal
$440.75
Blood Bros., sawed wood 28.00
Blood Bros., coal and wood, Lowell Mason School . 16.50
E. M. Bent, coal and wood, Lowell Mason School . 29.15
$514.40
EXPENSE OF MAINTENANCE.
Medfield Water Co.
$80.00
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Frank Bell, electrician .
3.00
Henry H. Clark, glass and work
5.90
Henry K. Barnes, fire extinguishers
36.00
Allan K. Kingsbury, stock and work
14.69
Edison Electric Ill. Co.
.75
Roy E. Kerr, plumbing
10.15
Leon F. Ashley, labor
6.00
$156.49
EXPENSES OF AUXILIARY AGENCIES.
Promotion of Health.
Frank H. Clough, School Physician
$50.00
Transportation.
H. W. Wood $281.88
$331.88
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OUTIAY.
New Equipment.
John F. Gavin, Contractor $1,615.15
Fred A. Hartshorn, Jr., Electrician 231.25
Allan A. Kingsbury, stock and labor 961.32
W. J. Hayward, mason 301.17
Henry H. Clark, painter 510.29
E. Roy Kerr, plumber . 42.98
E. M. Bent, cement and teaming
31.75
J. B. Platt, labor
5.63
Carpenter, Morton Co., slating
13.33
$3,712.87
SUMMARY.
Expense of General Control
$635.04
Expense of Instruction
7,016.50
Stationery, Supplies and Other Ex-
penses
661.10
Expense of Operation
798.25
Janitor Supplies
50.41
Expense of Maintenance
156.49
Auxiliary Agencies .
331.88
Fuel .
514.40
$14,209.23
RECEIPTS.
Town Appropriations . $11,400.00
Received from State Treasurer for
High School 500.00
From State Treasurer for Su-
perintendent
312.50
Carried forward .
. $12,212.50
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Brought forward . $12,212.50- Rec'd from Town Treasurer, Inter- est on Town School Fund 132.98 From State Tuition of Children 120.50
From Dover Tuition of Chil- dren
89.25
From Sales from Schools .
3.09
$12,558.32
Expenditures exceed Receipts .
$1,650.91
Received from State for Teaching $933.00
Paid for Teaching 933.00
Respectfully submitted,
SUSAN M. CLARK, Clerk.
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HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S REPORT.
MR. ALBERT S. AMES, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :
Dear Sir :- Our local High School has been undergoing a marked transformation in very recent years, and it seems time for a new definition of its aims, work, and status. Therefore, I herewith present such a definition as my annual report.
The High School of today takes as its broad objective the development of efficient citizenship. It works toward that end along very definite lines.
First, it still believes that mental discipline is a most valuable asset in itself. Each additional year of scholastic training which a student receives means greater intellectual acumen. Intellectual keenness, alertness, means efficiency in any service. Therefore even where vocational training is possible, the High School believes that its business is still fundamentally to train and invigorate the mind. "Improve the man, i.e., make him more efficient intellectually, and he will know how to improve his work and make his labor more productive."
The local High School organization is doing all in its power to keep our young people longer in school. Of the ninety-four pupils graduated from the grammar school dur- ing the past three years, three left school later because of actual necessity and against personal desire, seventy-five are
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now in the local High School, and four others have been transferred to other schools. This represents a shrinkage of a little over fifteen per cent, and relates to the membership of what are now the first three classes of the High School. The class which will be graduated next June includes only eight of its original membership of nineteen. Only one other is studyng elsewhere. This shrinkage of nearly fifty per cent was, up to three years ago, the rule. It is to be hoped that the Class of 1917 will be the last small graduating class. The next class will be more than twice as large, and there is every indication that future graduating classes will number twenty or more.
In twenty-five years the total enrollment of High School pupils in the United States has grown from 202,000 (1890) to approximately 1,500,000. Similar gains of membership in the higher institutions of learning are shown. Competi- tion in vocations becomes keener from year to year as a con- sequence of the ever-increasing number of well trained minds going forth from educational institutions. No young person, ambitious to attain success in any field, can afford to forego the advantage when available-of additional years of edu- cational training.
The High School, further, is carrying out its mission more effectually as a "preparatory" school. Special and advanced study has been carried on since graduation by twenty-four of the thirty-five graduates of the last four years,-in institu- tions as follow :
Vocational schools 5
Commercial colleges
2
Normal schools 10
Colleges .
5
Professional schools of college grade 2
There are also several non-graduate members of these classes who have entered special schools without further High School training.
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Medfield High School sent its first student to college by certificate last September. It will send others next year. These first certified graduates are its "specimen" students, and upon their collegiate record will depend the establishment or withdrawal of the certificate privilege. The privilege of certifying graduates for normal school entrance has been ex- tended to the school during the past several years.
In addition to its efforts in behalf of mental discipline and towards the preparation of students for more special train- ing, the High School has reordered its student organizations and given them new character and purpose; has reorganized its courses ; and has revised its class-room method consider- ably,-with a view to making the High School more a social- izing institution. Individuality, personal responsibility, co- operative action, knowledge of community institutions and relations, social and economic sense, physical and moral health,-these are qualities designating good citizenship, and these the High School is bending its energies to realize in its own school community, and to make actual in the lives entrusted to its guiding.
The student organizations are considered important edu- cational and socializing units. The school Executive Council is the "representative" body. Composed of the faculty and officers of the class and athletic organizations, it determines student policies, regulates the number and kind of student activities, allies the school units and interests to the com- munity, and considers the good of the school association.
The Athletic Association became a charter member of the Massachusetts High School Athletic Association, which was organized one year ago under the direction of the High School Masters' Club. The new state-wide organization has unified rules of inter-scholastic competition and clearly de- fined the relation of athletic interests to the general school life. The socializing values of these interests have thereby been protected and enhanced. Lack of self-control, respon- sibility to law, consideration of others' rights, dependable- ness, efficiency in one's chosen vocation, and so one, deprives one of community leadership and withholds from one honors
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otherwise available. The school community "disqualifies" students from participation in its special interests who are likewise found wanting.
Individual and collective responsibility and action, is rep- resented in class organizations and their interests. All of these bodies are governed according to constitutions which foster the traditions of the school and guarantee the welfare of the school community; and the interests of all are har- monized, and afforded mutual provision, through the Ex- ecutive Council.
School organization finance requires measures similar to any community organization; drawing of budgets, deposit of funds, auditing of accounts, personal contribution, and management of income-producing enterprises. Executive procedure has the advantage of "advisers." Responsibility to individuals of bodies outside the school has faculty en- dorsement. Recognition of indebtedness, expressions of gratitude, study of interscholastic comity,-build good citi- zenship.
Finally it is desirable to explain the revision of curricula and define briefly the newer courses of study. Here again the conception of the High School as a socializing institution has been most influential. The large number now attending High Schools shows that the secondary school is no longer a special fitting school, but the school of the masses, the school of citizenship.
Election of studies is permitted in accordance with indi- vidual need. During the year each pupil of the upper gram- mar grade and High School has conferences with the High School Principal and teachers. On the basis of individual qualifications and interests, courses of study are tentatively outlined or revised for the number of High School years still before the pupil. Special information is supplied ac- cording to vocational interests. Pupils names were supplied this year to half a hundred special and advanced educational institutions of such types as pupils expressed an interest in during these conferences, and placed upon the mailing lists of such institutions. Pupils have thus been afforded ample
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information to guide them in choice of special and higher study.
Again, although courses "required" are few, there are many special requirements for particular curricula. The vagaries of the elective policy are further avoided by such governing specifications as :- "freshmen shall choose either General Science or Community Civics" (both studies of the broadly socializing type) ; "any language elected under ad- visement during any of the first three years shall be con- tinued for, at least, two consecutive years"; "all students are expected to elect at least one course in science and one course in history for sophomore, junior, or senior years."
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