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Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $16.00 for the maintenance of one electric light near the railway bridge on Curve Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted that Articles 24, 25 and 26 be taken up together.
Voted that the three Articles should pass.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Welfare to accept bequests for Public Welfare and distribute said bequests in accordance with the terms accompanying them, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted should pass as recommended.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to build a sidewalk on the northerly side of Main Street from the intersection of the property of Mrs. Amie Newell and the Vine Lake Ceme- tery to the corner of Bridge Street and Main Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition).
Finance Committee recommended the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty-Five Dollars be raised and appro- priated to build an asphalt sidewalk on the northerly side of Main Street from the intersection of the property of Mrs. Amie Newell and the Vine Lake Cemetery, westerly a distance of 355 feet.
Voted should pass as recommended.
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Article 29. To see if the town will grant and appro- priate a sum of money to procure a survey and plan of the Sewer Beds and land adjoining thereto ncessary for the development and expansion thereof, or do or act any- thing in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended One Hundred and Twenty-Five Dollars ($125).
Voted should pass as recommended.
Voted that the meeting be dissolved.
Attest:
WILLIAM H. EVERETT,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING April 11, 1932
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall on the eleventh day of April, 1932, at 7:30 p. m., and the following action was taken on the articles in the Warrant.
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to reconsider all appropriations made under Article 4 of the Annual Town Warrant held March 14, 1932, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition).
The Finance Committee recommended that the appro- priations remain as recommended at the meeting held on March 14, 1932.
Voted, that the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee be accepted.
Voted that the article be dismissed.
Article 2. To see what action the town desires to take relative to a reduction of appropriations under Article 4 of the Annual Town Warrant, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition).
Voted that the article be dismissed.
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Article 3. To see what other action the town desires to take relative to a reduction of any other appropriations, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition).
Voted that the article be dismissed.
Voted that the meeting be dissolved. Attest :
WILLIAM H. EVERETT,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING August 11, 1932
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall in said Medfield on the eleventh day of August, 1932, at 7:30 p. m., and the following action was taken on the articles in the Warrant.
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $1,500.00 from free cash in the treasury for the completion of the new water system, or do or act any- thing in relation thereto. (Petition.)
Finance Committee recommended that the sum of $1,500.00 be transferred.
Voted that the sum of $1,500.00 be transferred from free cash in the treasury for the completion of the new water system.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $600.00 from free cash in the treasury for the maintenance of the present water system, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition).
Finance Committee recommended the sum of $200.00 be transferred.
Voted that the sum of $400.00 be transferred from free cash in the treasury for the maintenance of the present water system.
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Article 3. To see if the town will accept the following named sums as perpetual care for the care of lots in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care, viz:
George W. Clark lot $100.00
James Wilkins lot
100.00
Sophia A. Grant lot
100.00
Lonergan-Clark lot
100.00
Finance Committee recommended the sums be accepted in usual form.
Voted that the sums be accepted in usual form.
Voted that the meeting be dissolved.
Attest:
WILLIAM H. EVERETT,
Town Clerk.
NOVEMBER ELECTION, 1932
At the State Election held in Medfield, November 8, 1932, for the purpose of choosing Presidential Electors, State and County Officers, and to vote on questions presented on the bollot.
Total vote cast was 1004 divided among the several candidates as follows:
FOR PRESIDENT
Foster and Ford
1
Hoover and Curtis 654
Reynolds and Aiken
0
Roosevelt and Garner 325
Thomas and Maurer
4
Upshaw and Regan
0
Blanks
20
1004
129
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FOR GOVERNOR
John J. Ballam of Boston 1
Joseph B. Ely of Westfield 372
Alfred Baker Lewis of Cambridge 3
Charles S. Oram of Boston 0
William Sterling Youngman of Brookline 607
Blanks 21
1004
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Gaspar G. Bacon of Boston 653
Morris Î. Becker of Boston 3
James W. Dawson of Boston 3
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield
2
John E. Swift of Milford
299
Blanks 44
1004
FOR SECRETARY
John F. Buckley of Boston 286
Frederic W. Cook of Somerville 643
Albert S. Coolidge of Pittsfield
3
Max Lerner of Worcester 2
Albert L. Waterman of Boston
1
Blanks 68
1004
FOR TREASURER
Domenico A. DiGirolamo of Boston
3
Eva Hoffman of Boston 5
Charles F. Hurley of Cambridge
338
Francis Prescott of Grafton 590
Glen Trimble of Boston
1
Blanks 67
1004
130
FOR AUDITOR
Jule Babbitt of Worcester 1
Daniel T. Blessington of Somerville 3
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston 576
David A. Eisenberg of Chelsea 2
Francis X. Hurley of Cambridge 339
Blanks 83
1004
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
John P. Buckley of Boston 286
Maria C. Correia of New Bedford 4
Fred E. Oelcher of Peabody 2
George E. Roewer of Cambridge 2
William R. Scharton of Reading 5
Joseph E. Warner of Taunton 635
Blanks 70
1004
FOR CONGRESSMAN, Fourteenth District
Joseph William Martin, Jr., of North Attleborough 619
Andrew J. McGraw of Taunton 280
Blanks 105
1004
FOR COUNCILLOR, Second District
Harrison H. Atwood of Boston 87
Joseph B. Grossman of Quincy 519
Leo J. Halloran of Quincy 278
Blanks 120
1004
131
For SENATOR, Norfolk and Middlesex District Emmett J. O'Connor of Dover 247 George Thorley of Dedham 43
Samuel H. Wragg of Needham 628
Blanks 86
1004
FOR REPRESENTATIVE, 12th Norfolk District Lawrence J. Bresnahan of Medway 308
George W. Miller of Bellingham 5
Harold G. Sackett of Bellingham 589
Blanks 102
1004
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Norfolk County Charles A. Ashland of Quincy 226
Russell T. Bates of Quincy 425
Joseph S. Crowley of Norwood 191
Edward W. Hunt of Weymouth 478
Blanks 688
1004
FOR SHERIFF, Norfolk County
Samuel H. Capen of Dedham
669
Blanks
335
1004
FOR COUNTY TREASURER, Norfolk County J. Porter Crosby of Brookline 268
Ralph D. Pettingell of Dedham 609
Blanks 127
1004
132
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QUESTION NO. 1 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Shall the proposed law which defines and legalizes the practice of chiropractics, etc., be approved ? Yes 128
No
436
Blanks
440
1004
QUESTION NO. 2 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Shall the proposed law which provides for an additional method of nominating candidates for nomination, etc., be approved ? Yes
318
No
190
Blanks
496
1004
QUESTION NO. 3
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Is it desirable that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States fixing commencement of the terms of President and Vice President, etc., be ratified by the General Court?
Yes
423
No
121
Blanks
460
1004
A true copy,
Attest :
WILLIAM H. EVERETT,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL MEETING November 28, 1932
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall in said Medfield on the twenty-eighth day of November, 1932 at 7:30 p. m., and the following action was taken on the articles in the Warrant.
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $104 from the amount appropriated for the New Water System under Article 1 of the Special Town Meet- ing, August 11, 1932, to the Water Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended that the sum of $104 be transferred.
Voted that the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee be accepted.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $146 from free cash in the treasury to the Water Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended that the sum of $146 be transferred.
Voted that the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee be accepted.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $850 from free cash in the treasury to the Fire Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended that the sum of $850 be transferred.
Voted that the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee be accepted.
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Article 4. To see what action the town will take in regard to the disposal of the following property belonging to the Water Department.
1. Pump House
2. Standpipe
3. One Gas Engine
4. Two 10 h. p. General Electric motors
5. One 8 x 12 Warren Pump
6. One 7 x 8 Rumsey Triplex Pump
Finance Committee recommended this be left to the discretion of the Selectmen and Water Commissioners.
Voted that the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee be accepted.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $560.33 from free cash in the treasury to defray Public Welfare bills due the City of Cambridge, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended that the sum of $560.33 be transferred.
Voted that the recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee be accepted.
Voted that the meeting be dissolved.
Attest:
WILLIAM H. EVERETT, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING December 30, 1932
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall in said Medfield on the thirtieth day of December, 1932, at 7:30 p. m., and the following action was taken on the articles in the Warrant.
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Article 1. To see if the town will vote to transfer a sum of money from Overlay Excess to Department of Public Welfare, or do or act anything in relation thereto. Finance Committee recommended should pass.
Voted that the sum of $600.00 be transferred from Overlay Excess to the Department of Public Welfare.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to transfer a sum of money from Overlay Excess to the Fire Depart- ment, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended should pass.
Voted that the sum of $30.00 be transferred from Over- lay Excess to the Fire Department.
Voted that the meeting be dissolved.
Attest:
WILLIAM H. EVERETT, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
and the
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
of the
TOWN OF MEDFIELD
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
ANNUAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Town of Medfield for the Year Ending December 31, 1932
School Committee
MRS. ALICE W. CONWAY, Secretary Term expires 1933
MRS. EVELYN BYNG Term expires 1934 FRANK H. CLOUGH, M. D., Chairman, Term expires 1935
Regular meetings first Tuesday of each month at 2.30 p. m. Wheelock School.
Superintendent of Schools
Lyman R. Allen, 19 Beech St., Framingham Tel. Fram. 3735
Regular visits Tuesday after 1st and 3rd Mondays; others unannounced or by appointment.
High School Principal
Alton H. Hartford North St.
School Physician
H. L. Park, M. D. Miller St.
School Nurse
Mrs. Martha E. Blood, R. N. Park St.
Janitors
Martin Sweeney John Dyer
School Calendar
Opening days: 1933-January 3, February 27, April 24, Sep- tember 6. 1934-January 2, February 26, April 23.
Closing days: 1933-February 17, April 14, June 23, Decem- ber 22. 1934-February 16, April 13, June 22.
School holidays: January 1; February 22; Good Friday; April 19; May 30; October 12; November 11; Thanks- giving and the day following.
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A REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Medfield:
The School Committee submits the following report for the year 1932:
The Committee feel that the standard of Scholarship, and the spirit of cooperation in both schools, has steadily im- proved during the past year, and takes this opportunity to express its appreciation of the untiring and successful efforts of the superintendent in achieving these gratifying results. It feels that the Pageant presented and written by the High School as Graduation Exercises, and also as the Town's George Washington celebration, was splendid evidence of the fine work of which our High School is capable.
Our schools' greatest need at present, is the encouragement of the parents. One way in which the parents could show their interest, is by being present at School gatherings, to which they are invited. Last winter the Girls' Athletic Asso- ciation and the women teachers ran a whist party in order to raise enough money to present to the Football Team small silver footballs as mementos of a most successful season, due to the efforts of the boys and of the men teachers. The par- ents were invited to the School on the evening of March 11th for this presentation and to hear one of the Harvard Football Team speak. Through the generosity of a friend, it was pos- sible to serve refreshments. As far as the scholars were con- cerned, this evening met with much appreciation, but unfor- tunately, very few parents were present.
The citizens of Medfield are indebted to the Class of 1926 for their gift of shrubbery which has so greatly improved the appearance of our High School grounds.
We are also indebted to a friend of the School for the money used as prizes for the "Game Plan." In Senior High, the prize was awarded to Priscilla Kingsbury, Louise Kings- bury, and Pauline Cheney, who collaborated on a plan. In Junior High, Herbert Wight was awarded first prize and Margaret Hardy second prize.
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As many parents were desirous of a No-School Signal, the Committee announce that at eight o'clock, three blasts, four times repeated, will be sounded on such mornings as it is deemed inadvisable to open school.
Repairs and improvements brought to date as follows:
Resurfacing desks in Ralph Wheelock School completed.
Storage batteries and bell service renewed.
Bubbler installed upstairs in Ralph Wheelock School.
Water service completed in both schools.
The Committee feels that your Schools are now being operated on the most economical basis possible. As they have not unduly expanded, retrenchment is not possible unless the scholars are to suffer.
In order to maintain our present standards, the Committee feels that the 1932 Appropriation is necessary for another year, but wishing to cooperate in the endeavor to lessen Town expenses, we are asking for an appropriation of $31,000.00 for the year 1933.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK H. CLOUGH, ALICE W. CONWAY, EVELYN BYNG
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Town Appropriation
$32,500.00
From Town Treasurer, Interest on School Funds
136.42
$32,636.42
Expense of General Control
Department of Corp. & Tax, Div. of a/c
$7.78
Isabel Chisholm, clerical
50.00
Frank Clough, Transportation
6.00
Lyman Allen, Salary
875.00
Lyman Allen, Expense
111.96
$1,050.74
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Expense of Instruction Salaries of Teachers
Alton Hartford
$2,500.00
D. Vincent Kenefick
1,220.00
Theresa McMurray
900.00
Loretta Clarke
480.00
Marion Strode
870.00
Esther J. Forbes
400.00
Elaine Benedict
1,400.00
George Cosgrove
1,220.00
Isabel Chisholm
1,220.00
Estelle Harlow
1,300.00
Dorothy Brown
1,400.00
Evelyn Oliver
1,120.00
Elizabeth Buck
1,200.00
Elizabeth Crombie
360.00
Mrs. John Conroy
225.00
Lillian Bearse
350.00
Anna Daddario
1,120.00
Grace Sullivan
1,300.00
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Katherine Drogue
1,120.00
Mildred Kingsbury
15.00
Anna Young
2.50
Evelyn Judd
800.00
Nettie Hamant
320.00
20,842.50
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Text Books
High $11.02
Jr. High
Elem.
D. C. Heath
$ 1.71
Scott Foresman
5.33
40
6.48
J. L. Hammett
5.19
Lyons & Carnahan
7.25
Silver Burdett
16.57
40.92
14.24
Doubleday Doran
3.00
Dura Binding
12.24
18.36
Charles Scribner
6.92
7.74
E. E. Babb
13.70
5.86
Houghton Mifflin
66
Ginn & Co.
2.09
J. B. Lippincott
.45
Southwestern Pub.
18.49
20.69
The MacMillan Co.
8.02
43.13
Century Book Co.
7.15
American Book Co.
26.15
$38.07
$163.16
102.44
$303.67
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Supplies
Victor Press
$ 8.00
$12.00
Transcript Press
$ 4.73
Bausch & Lamb Optical
1.45
2.19
E. E. Babb
76.99
109.68
427.34
Nettie Hamant
5.13
2.43
Lyons & Carnahan
16.13
Gregg Pub. Co.
1.97
Wright & Potter Print
2.60
3.90
Mass. Washington Bicentennial Com.
Carbide & Carbon Chem.
7.00
146
Remington Rand Co.
2.00
$100.01
$133.35
$450.63
$683.99 $21,830.16
Expense of Operation
Janitors
John Dyer Martin Sweeney
$1,431.00 1,431.00
$2,862.00
Fuel
W. K. Gilmore
N. Duhamel
$204.00 4.80
$306.00 7.20
$985.65 14.00
4
$208.80
$313.20
$999.65
$1,521.65
Water
Water Dept.
$28.00
42.00
70.00
140.00
Other Operation Expenses
Edison Elec. Ill. Co.
$90.62
$135.92
$115.32
N. E. Tel. & Tel.
20.32
30.48
61.00
Luther Cheney
10.40
19.60
Walter A. Gilbert
2.90
4.35
9.68
L. M. Glover
13.61
20.41
42.80
Middlesex County House of Correction
51
Amie Newell
26.25
Waldo Fitts
6.62
9.93
13.93
Medfield Plumbing
.75
A. P. W. Paper Co.
6.84
10.26
E. E. Babb
60
John McCarthy
.38
57
1.00
Benedict Devine
4.00
6.00
147
12.50
Warren Soap Mfg.
7.20
10.80
$248.32
$283.74
$695.55 $5,219.20
$163.49
Expense of Maintenance
High
Jr. High
Elem.
Frank Bravo
$52.20
J. F. Clark
52.80
E. Roy Kerr
62.35
34.55
Town of Medfield
8.25
Allen & Brock
4.00
6.00
New Water Service
16.50
Waldo Fitts
5.30
Walter Gilbert
.75
F. A. Smith
26.00
Standard Elec. Time
23.82
35.73
Wheelock
2.50
Gilbert Howe Gleason
7.52
11.28
Clark & Brock
59.04
Warren & Webster
3.58
5.37
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John Newell
R. E. Johnson
1.20
1.80
1.15
$102.47
$104.73
$283.67
$490.87
Auxiliary
Library
Dura Binding Co.
$21.20
W. T. Quarrie
42.50
$63.70
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Health
Martha Blood
$500.00
H. L. Park
295.00
E. E. Babb
1.75
Gaylord Bros., Inc.
10.84
Clement Drug
.70
Graybar
7.00
J. P. Noyes.
2.46
Charles Parks
6.37
$824.12
$824.12
Transportation
Amie Newell
$2,775.00
Johnson Bus
80.00
2,855.00
Tuition
Boston Trade School
$112.81
Miscellaneous Auxiliary
Transcript Press
$28.25
Martin Co., Diplomas
6.30
Fred Dyer
1.40
150
A. H. Hartford, Graduation Expense
6.80
Dorothy Johnson
5.00
Curtis & Weld
70.00
Mass. G. Washington Committee
1.50
$119.25
119.25
$3,974.88
New Outlays
Water Dept.
$57.30
Green's Evergreen Nursery
13.00
$70.30
$70.30
Summary
Expense of General Control
$1,050.74
Expense of Instruction
21,830.16
Expense of Operation
5,219.20
Expense of Maintenance
490.87
Auxiliary Expense
3,974.88
New Outlays
70.30
$32,636.15
Total Receipts
$32,636.42
Total Expenses 32,636.15
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Unexpended balance
.27
Reimbursements on Account of Schools
Mass. School Fund Part I
$2,565.00
Mass. School Fund Part II
939.50
State Reimbursement on account of Superintendent 's Salary
483.34
State Reimbursement on account of Trade School tuition
118.19
Tuition (State, Walpole)
415.00
$4,521.03
Net Cost of Schools to Town
$28,115.12
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Medfield:
This year, like most years, has seen several changes in our teaching staff. Removal from the State compelled the resigna- tion of Mrs. McMurray and lost to us her fine, womanly in- fluence. Miss Strode, whose strong and constantly-growing leadership in the English department has done so much to develop that work in both school and outside activities, re- ceived a merited promotion to the schools of Lexington. Miss Esther J. Forbes of Westborough whose training was similar to Miss Strode's, took up her work; and Miss Loretta M. Clarke of Medford, a graduate of Radcliffe with experience in teaching and a diploma from the University of Toulouse, France, is ably conducting the work of the French department. There has also been a change in the third grade and Miss Elizabeth L. Crombie, a teacher of good experience, took up this work.
Mention should also be made of the Special Help class to which Miss Katherine M. Drogue came in January 1932. This class is designed to take from the several grades of the Ralph Wheelock school those pupils who need special help for various reasons. Her work, more varied in kind and better adapted to individual needs, not only helps them make faster progress but makes it possible for the other teachers to accomplish more with more uniform groups in the grades from which they are taken.
Several special features of the year's work deserve particular mention. Notable among them was the High School gradua- tion pageant. Conceived, written, staged, coached, and given entirely by our school, with appropriate music selected and rendered by them, it made a graduation exercise and a Town Pageant worthy of the Washington Bicentennial and of any High School. It showed in successive scenes picturesque, grave, or gay, with balance, with historic accuracy, and with
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literary merit how the people of this vicinity came to know Washington, from the time of his first visit to Boston up to the time of his death. Such accomplishment as this is the best possible demonstration of the quality of work done in our school and should foster loyal support from every parent and citizen.
In the so-called Game Plan contest in Norfolk County our pupils above the sixth grade had another opportunity during the fall to show the practical value of their work in Drawing, Civics, and other social sciences. They were asked to describe their own town of today, then to draw its plan and write its description as they would like it to be 100 years hence. A large number of pupils put in much thought and effort and many good plans were exhibited. As a group the plans from this town and the others of this Superintendency Union were awarded third prize in the County competition.
It is a pleasure to testify to the constant growth during the past year of a helpful school spirit. Not only are the teachers cooperating willingly; the pupils, especially in the High School, are growing in the spirit of self-reliant work. Among other causes this is due, I am convinced, to strong co- operation in athletics by both boys and girls under the lead- ership of Miss Chisholm and the men teachers. We have developed some good teams which have won more than their share of victories. The real success of athletics, however, lies in the fact that they serve to develop healthy, disciplined bodies and minds, to give an appropriate outlet for physical energy and to be a real help to school work-not to displace it or distract from it. They are no source of expense to the Town but they appeal to the pupils as worth being earned. It would, in fact, be much better if the Town, perhaps through financial appropriation but certainly through hearty, inter- ested support of all kinds, gave more real assistance and incentive and reward. Equipment costs money; so also do trips to competing schools and authorized officials whose efficiency and impartiality can hardly be questioned by home or visiting teams or supporters. With no appropriations, no enclosed field, and admission charges, support becomes a hard
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problem. Few citizens attend contests to cheer our teams when winning or spur on to redoubled efforts when losing; few show any interest at the close of a season if a celebra- tion is planned. Medfield pupils and teachers alike need to have evidence that Medfield is united in loyal and active interest in them and all their work.
The general progress made by our schools during this year of depression and uncertainty and changes should be clear from careful reading of the appended reports and tables. Cer- tain tabulations often included are this year omitted, largely for economy. However, the list of names of pupils perfect in attendance has been omitted for another reason: overem- phasis upon individual records is apt to put undue pressure on those who need it least and not at all on those who are failing to develop that habit. Regular and punctual attend- ance at school, as at a place of business, is essential; forma- tion of the habit is important. However, when one's physical condition is such that attendance is harmful for him and dan- gerous for other pupils he should be urged to remain at home rather than go to school. School sessions will rarely be omitted, as the school bus nearly equalizes the opportunity of attendance in inclement weather; let each home decide whether its pupils should for their own welfare or that of others, attend on any particular day; let it inform the school promptly in writing, so that reasons for proper absence may be known at once.
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