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Governor
Charles H. Cole, 34 Gloucester St., Boston 27
James M. Curley, 350 Jamaicaway, Boston 44
Frank A. Goodwin, 50 St. Andrew Rd., Boston 5
Blanks 4
Lieutenant Governor
Joseph L. Hurley, 655 Rock St., Fall River 49
Francis E. Kelley, 24 Topliff St., Boston 23
Blanks 8
Secretary
Joseph Santosuosso, 201 Lake St., Boston 34
James P. Blake, 15 Linden St., Boston 2
John J. Buckley, 72 Washington St., Boston 14
James Joseph Dugan, 66 Monroe Rd., Quincy 0
John D. O'Brien, 68 Decatur St., Boston 3
Clement A. Riley, 153 Nahatan St., Norwood 7
William F. Sullivan, 28 Abrorough Rd., Boston 4 Blanks 16
Treasurer
Charles F. Hurley, 57 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge 68 Blanks 12
Auditor
Thomas H. Buckley, 198 Centre Ave., Abington 53
Leo D. Walsh, 1 Plummer Pl., Boston 11
Blanks 16
Attorney General
Paul A. Dever, 63 Reservoir St., Cambridge 31
John Martin Boyle, 1053 Saratoga St., Boston 8
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Philip A. Chapman, 47 Sudan St., Boston 7 Harold W. Sullivan, 30 Kinross Rd., Boston 15
Blanks
19
Senator in Congress
David I. Walsh, 37 Day St., Fitchburg 52
Edward P. Barry, 32 Sigourney St., Boston 22
William Donahoe, 271 North Beacon St .. Boston 4
Blanks 2
Congressman-Fourteenth District
John T. McQuillan, 296 Winter St., Fall River 27 Arthur E. Seagrave, 2097 Highland Ave., Fall River 19 John F. Trainor, 49 Winter St., Fall River 6 Blanks 28
Councillor-Second District
John Joseph Cheever, 86 Fuller St., Boston 21
Leo J. Halloran, 102 Wilson Ave., Quincy 38
Blanks 21
Senator-Norfolk and Middlesex District
J. Ambrose O'Connor, Walpole St., Dover 50
Blanks 30
Representative in General Court-Twelfth Norfolk District
Walter H. Probert, Pond St., Westwood 48
Blanks 32
District Attorney -- Southeastern District
Edmund R. Dewing, 200 Grove St., Wellesley 49
Blanks 31
Clerk of Courts-Norfolk
Blanks
80
Register of Deeds-Norfolk County
Blanks 80
County Commissioner-Norfolk
Blanks 80
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Associate Commissioners-Norfolk County
Blanks 160
Register of Probate and Insolvency-Norfolk County Bennett V. McLaughlin,
205 North Franklin St., Holbrook 38
Blanks
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At the conclusion of the count, the ballots, check lists and tally sheets were properly endorsed and delivered to the Town Clerk for safe keeping as prescribed by law.
Adjourned.
A true copy.
Attest : GRACE W. EVERETT, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION November 6, 1934
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield, on Tuesday the sixth day of November A.D., 1934 at 6:00 A. M., then and there to act on the following articles :
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Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Senator in Congress, Congress- man, Councillor, Senator, Representative in General Court, District Attorney, Clerk of Courts, Register of Deeds, County Commissioner, Associate Commissioners, Register of Probate and Insolvency.
QUESTION No. 1 Law Submitted upon Referendum after Passage
Shall a law described as follows :
This law amends General Laws, chapter 131, as previ- ously amended, by repealing section 105A thereof and adding thereto three new sections, 105B, 105C, and 114A.
Section 105B provides that whoever uses any trap or other device for capture of fur bearing animals, which is not designed to kill such animal at once or to take it un- hurt and which is likely to cause continued suffering to an animal caught therein, shall be fined fifty dollars, but traps or other devices for protection of property, set not more than fifty yards from any building, cultivated plot, or en- closures used for rearing poultry or game birds, to the use of which presence of vermin may be detrimental, are ex- cluded from the application of this section.
Section 105C provides for the submission to the voters at a municipal election in any city or town upon petition, of the question of whether the operation of section 105B shall be suspended or if it has been already suspended, of the question whether it shall again be operative in such city or town.
Section 114A provides that the Commissioner of Con- servation may suspend the operation of section 105B for a period not exceeding thirty days within any specified ter- ritory under the control of his department.
The law also provides for the submission, by the select- men to the voters at a special town meeting in the current
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year, upon petition, of the question as to whether the pro- visions of section 105B shall be suspended in any town ; and which was approved by both branches of the General Court by vote not recorded, be approved.
QUESTION No. 2
To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on both of the following questions :
(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale of any and all alcoholic beverages in this city (or town) he will vote "YES" on both questions.
(b) If he desires to permit the sale of wines and malt beverages only herein, he will vote "NO" on question 1 and "YES" on question 2.
(c) If he desires to prohibit the sale of any and all al- coholic beverages herein, he will vote "NO" on both questions.
1. Shall licenses be granted in this city or town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all alcoholic beverages) ?
2. Shall licenses be granted in this city or town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
QUESTION No. 3
1. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county?
2. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county?
The polls to be opened at 6:00 A.M. and closed at 7:00 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting warrants in said meeting.
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Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant: with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time- and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 30th day of October A.D., Nineteen hundred and thirty-four.
FRED C. CHICK, Constable of Medfield. FRANK G. HALEY, GEORGE S. CHENEY, CHARLES W. HAIGH, Selectmen of Medfield. A True Copy Attest :
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a meeting was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday the sixth day of November. 1934 at six o'clock in the forenoon. The following named. persons were appointed election officers, sworn by the Town Clerk and assigned as follows: Louise Brennan and Charles Bullard to Distribute ballots; Abbie Sheahan and. Samuel Mitchell to check at ballot box. Edna Huebeiner, Michael English, Richard Conrick, Luther Cheney, Leslie- MacKay, George Miller, John Horgan and Alex MacLean. as Tellers in charge of the ballot box.
The ballots were delivered to the ballot clerks. The bal- lot box examined and found in working order. Cards of instruction and sample ballots posted as required by law. The polls were opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and closed at seven o'clock in the evening.
The total vote cast was 869 and divided as follows :
For Governor
John W. Aiken of Chelsea None
Gaspar G. Bacon of Boston 518
James M. Curley of Boston 263
Freeman W. Follett of Haverhill None
Frank A. Goodwin of Boston 66
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Alfred Baker Lewis of Cambridge Edward Stevens of Boston
Blanks
16
869
For Lieutenant Governor
Elizabeth Donovan of North Brookfield
6
John W. Haigis of Greenfield 555
Horace I. Hillis of Saugus
4
Joseph L. Hurley of Fall River
270
Florence L. Lawton of Worcester
6
Horace Riley of Boston
1
Blanks
27
869
For Secretary
Walter Burke of New Bedford
1
Frederic W. Cook of Somerville 568
George L. McGlynn of Beverly
1
Leslie A. Richards of South Hadley
4
Joseph Santosuosso of Boston 242 William Taylor of Plympton Blanks 49
4
869
For Treasurer
Oscar U. Dionne of New Bedford
472
William R. Ferry of Newton
12
Thomas Gilmartin of Brookline
2
Charles F. Hurley of Cambridge
322
Harry Maltzman of Boston Frederick S. Reynolds of Lynn Blanks
8
2
51
869
For Auditor
Henning A. Blomen of Cambridge
5
Thomas H. Buckley of Abington 283
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5
1
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston 516 Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield 7 Paul Skers of Worcester Blanks 56
2
869
For Attorney General
Morris Bergon of Everett
2
Paul A. Dever of Cambridge 264
Charles A. Flaherty of Saugus
3
George F. Hogan of Nahant
2
Gred E. Oelcher of Peabody None Joseph E. Warner of Taunton 543 Blanks 55
869
For Senator in Congress
Albert Sprague Coolidge of Pittsfield
4
W. Barnard Smith of Brookline 3
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg
373
Robert M. Washburn of Boston
448
Albert L. Waterman of Boston
4
Paul C. Wicks of Greenfield
1
Blanks 36
869
Congressman-Fourteenth District Joseph William Martin, Jr. of North Attle- borough
540
Arthur E. Seagrave of Fall River
257
Blanks 72
Councillor-Second District 869
Joseph B. Grossman of Quincy
469
Leo J. Halloran of Quincy
274
Max H. Hamlin of Boston Blanks 118
8
869
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Senator-Norfolk and Middlesex District
J. Ambrose O'Connor of Dover 263
Samuel H. Wragg of Needham Blanks 65
541
869
Representative in General Court Twelfth Norfolk District
Henry P. McLaren of Westwood
567
Walter H. Probert of Westwood
272
Blanks 30
869
District Attorney-Southeastern District
Edmund R. Dewing of Wellesley 651
Blanks :
218
869
Clerk of Courts-Norfolk County
Robert B. Worthington of Dedham 637 Blanks 232
869
Register of Deeds-Norfolk County
Walter W. Chambers of Dedham
608
Blanks 261
869
County Commissioner-Norfolk County
Joseph J. Hart of Randolph
264
Frederick .A. Leavitt of Brookline
517
Blanks 88
869
Associate Commissioners-Norfolk County Ernest H. Gilbert of Stoughton 409
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Alexander B. Holden of Medway 533 Blanks 796
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Register of Probate and Insolvency-Norfolk County (To Fill Vacancy)
Bennett V. Mclaughlin of Holbrook 245
James F. Reynolds of Quincy
513
Blanks 111
Question No. 1
Yes
341
Nc
209
Blanks
319
Question No. 2
(1)
Yes
445
No
315
Blanks
109
(2)
402
No
261
Blanks
206
869
Question No. 3
(1)
530
No
207
Blanks
132
869
.
36
869
869
869
Yes
Yes
(2)
Yes
387
299
No
183
Blanks
869
At the conclusion of the count the ballots, check lists and tally sheets were properly indorsed and delivered to the Town Clerk for safe keeping as prescribed by law.
Adjourned.
Attest :
GRACE W. EVERETT, Town Clerk.
MEETING OF TOWN CLERKS
On this sixteenth day of November, 1934, being the tenth day after the State Election, We, the clerks of the several towns in the twelfth Norfolk Representative Dis- trict. assembled in the Town Hall in Medfield, at twelve o'clock noon, to compare transcripts of the votes cast in the several towns, on November 6th, 1934, for our repre- sentatives to the General Court from said district, and we find that Henry P. McLaren, of Westwood received the highest number of votes and certificates of his election were issued in duplicate and one given to the said Henry P. McLaren and the other forwarded to the Secretary of the Commonwealth at the State House, Boston, as the law re- quires.
The vote in the various towns was as follows :
Westwood Westwood Henry P. Walter H.
Towns
McLaren
Probert
Blanks
Total
Bellingham
391
525
49
965
Dover
356
146
34
536
Medfield
567
272
30
869
Medway
629
519
67
1,215
37
Millis
460
304
67
831
Westwood
866
291
27
1,184
Total
3,269
2,057
274
5,600
GRACE W. EVERETT,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING December 12, 1934
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss .:
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County.
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield on Wednesday the 12th day of December A. D., 1934 at 7:00 P. M. Then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To see what action the town shall take on the following question :
Shall the operation of Section 105B of Chapter 131 of the General Laws requiring for taking of fur bearing animals the use of traps that kill at once or take such animals alive or unharmed be suspended within this town?
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the sum of $100.00 as Perpetual Trust Fund for the Care of the Margaret J. Ord Lot in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the in- terest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care.
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And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the · time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 5th day of December A. D. Nineteen hundred and thirty-four. .
FRANK G. HALEY GEORGE S. CHENEY CHARLES W. HAIGH
Selectmen of Medfield.
FRED C. CHICK Constable
Pursuant to a warrant issued by the Selectmen, the in- habitants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and noti- fied in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall on the twelfth day of December, 1934 at seven o'clock P. M. and the following action was taken on the articles in the warrant :
Article 1. Voted that the anti-steel trapping law be suspended.
Article 2. Voted to accept this article in usual form. Voted, that the meeting be dissolved.
GRACE W. 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, 1934
.
ANNUAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
·
Town of Medfield for the Year Ending December 31, 1934
School Committee
FRANK H. CLOUGH, M.D., Chairman, Term expires 1935 HAROLD F. STEVENS, Secretary Term expires 1936 A. HOWARD WILLIAMSON, Term expires 1937 Regular meetings last Monday of each month at 2.45 p.m. High School.
Superintendent of Schools
Lyman R. Allen, 19 Beech St., Framingham,
Tel. Fram. 3735
Stated visits Tuesday after 1st and 3rd Mondays; alter- nate weeks and other visits unannounced or by appoint- ment.
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: 1935 January 2, February 25, April 22, September 4.
1936 December 30, March 2, April 27.
CLOSING DAYS: 1935 February 15, April 12, June 21, December 20.
1936 February 21, April 17, June 19. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS: January 1; February 22; Good Friday ; April 19; May 30, October 12; November 11; Thanksgiving and the day following.
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A REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Medfield :
The committee submits the following report for the year 1934 :
During the school year of 1934, five teachers resigned and the opening of school in September saw five new members added to our staff.
The committee feels that the work of our schools has been increasingly effective in spite of the economic strain of the past two or three years.
Mr. A. H. Williamson was elected to our School Board at the annual election of Town Officers in March to re- place Mrs. Byng who felt that she could not give the necessary time from her other many activities.
During the Fall term it became necessary to repair and renew a considerable part of the plumbing facilities at the Ralph Wheelock Building.
The committee has started an Opportunity Class at the Wheelock School, in charge of a young man, Mr. Allison, who has had a wide and varied experience in many lines of work. The object of this class is to give to those boys who do not succeed well with their book study, a chance to do something that may interest them and broaden their outlook as to the opportunities of our present day. The class is to be kept small so that individual attention may be given to each pupil.
Having in mind the necessity of curtailing expenses to the limit, the committee is asking for the sum of $29,500 for the coming year.
Respectfully submitted, FRANK H. CLOUGH, HAROLD F. STEVENS, A. HOWARD WILLIAMSON.
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SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Receipts
Town Appropriation
$30,000.00
219.22
Interest Contribution
70.00
Total receipts $30,289.22
Expenses
Expense of General Control
$1,071.68
Expense of Instruction
20,092.74
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Expense of Operating
5,350.58
Expense of Maintenance
393.61
Auxiliary Agencies
3,000.09
New Equipment
56.70
Total Expenses $29,965.40
Balance
$323.82
Reimbursements from the State Return for teachers' salaries, November $2,738.10
Return for teachers' salaries, March
1,649.69
Return for superintendent
483.33
Tuition and Transportation from Walpole
292.69
Tuition and Transportation
from Boston
212.80
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5,376.61
Turned back for telephone
3.35
$5,379.96
Expense of General Control
Wright & Potter
$2.08
Isabel Chisholm, clerical
50.00
F. Clough, postage
1.00
F. R. Allen, salary
875.00
L. R. Allen, expense
115.60
28.00
M. E. Blood, truant officer
$1,071.68
Expense of Instruction
Teachers' Salaries
Evelyn Judd .
$800.00
Alton H. Hartford
2,500.00
Roger Hardy
1,150.00
Robert Russell
440.00
Vincent Kenefick
750.00
Helen Homer
720.00
Elsie E. W. Davis
440.00
Loretta Clarke
1,200.00
Elaine Benedict
840.00
Anne Gray
400.00
Dorothy Brown
1,400.00
Evelyn Oliver
690.00
Mary Gallant 360.00
Elizabeth Buck
1,200.00
Elizabeth Crombie
940.00
Katherine Drogue
690.00
Alice Murphy ..
360.00
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Anna Daddario
1,150.00
Estelle Harlow
1,300.00
Isabel Chisholm
1,250.00
Mrs. George Spring
15.00
Mildred Kingsbury
36.00
Anne Young
12.00
$18,643.00
Text Books
Elem.
Jr.
Sr. $26.05
E. E. Babb
Ginn & Co.
$23.51
5.37
MacMillan Co.
1.34
$18.35
D. C. Heath
40.54
P. H. LeGay
30.96
20.64
World Book Co.
9.72
Scott Foresman
88.74
2.62
D. Appleton Century
6.73
Lyons & Caranahan
31.02
Silver Burdett 6.92
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1
r
1
49
$168.67
$102.98
$177.30
$448.95
Supplies
E. E. Babb
$394.35
$171.76
$121.35
Isabel Chisholm
2.25
Dowling School Sup.
5.18
3.10
2.07
Standard Office Sup.
24.73
Transcript Press
12.50
Carbon Carbide Chem.
3.00
Arthur Wills
1.00
Remington Rand
2.10
75.00
4.07 .46
Charles Scribner
50.67
Gregg Publishing Co.
30.37
Houghton Mifflin
1.29
Benj. H. Sanborn
1.89
J. C. Winston
6.50
American Book Co.
2.93
3.00
9.37
Commercial Textbook
19.96
Oxford Book Co.
3.36
Allyn & Bacon
2.57
J. Wiley & Sons
J. B. Lippincott
A. B. Dick
6.61
J. H. Wyatt Co.
6.15
F. Clough
10
Reformatory for Women
7.50
Horace Partridge
1.88
19.57
Gregg Publishing Co.
1.88
World Book Co.
10.22
6.63
4.42
J. L. Hammett
3.84
Phillips Carbon Co.
8.10
L. C. Smith
105.00
50
$435.69
$183.37
$381.73
$1,000.79
$20,092.74
Expense of Operating
Janitors' Salaries
John Dyer
$1,300.00
Martin Sweeney
1,300.00
Samuel Mitchell
50.00
$2,650.00
Fuel
N. Duhamel
$213.02
W. K, Gilmore
$1,576.00
$1,789.02
Other Operating Expenses
Edison Electric
$116.34 48.40
$153.77
$102.52
New Eng. Tel. & Tel.
31.08
20.72
Roy Lee .
21.75
14.50
Dept. of Correction
4.86
2.91
1.94
Water Dept.
130.34
71.09
64.70
John Newell
23.75
E. E. Babb
3.50
14.52
9.68
L. M. Glover
16.50
21.49
14.33
Charles Tapley
1.50
Waldo A. Fitts
6.25
9.07
6.05
$349.94
$325.68
$235.94
$911.56
$5,350.58
Expense of Maintenance
Repairs, etc.
Charles Tapley
$2.50
F. Clark .
1.00
$10.75
$7.17
E. E. Babb
11.40
E. Roy Kerr
212.10
30.13
20.10
F. Clough
1.50
Waldo A. Fitts
5.65
13.82
9.22
F. A. Smith
9.76
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Arthur Wills
2.22
4.20
2.80
R. E. Johnson
42.34
6.93
$288.47
$58.92
$46.22
$393.61
$393.61
Auxiliary Agencies
Health
H. L. Park
$300.00
M. E. Blood
500.00
Graybar
25.00
E. E. Babb
.75
Clement Drug Co.
5.59
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$831.34
Transportation
Amie Newell
$2,093.70
Johnson Bus
53.00
$2,146.70
Miscellaneous
Victor Press $10.00
A. H. Hartford, postage ribbon for diplomas 4.75
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Martin Diploma
7.30
$22.05
New Outlays $56.70
$56.70
$3,000.09 Framingham Cabinet Works
$29,965.40
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Medfield :
The year just closed has seen a number of changes in our teaching force. Mr. Kenefick, who had been with us for over three years, resigned in July to take a larger posi- tion in his home town of Norwood; his work was quiet and effective in his classes and in athletics, and we were sorry to lose him. In his place we were fortunate in se- curing Robert D. Russell, a graduate of Tufts and a nat- ural leader of pupils of High school age. Miss Benedict, our teacher of Latin and English since 1929, left. us at the same time to be married; Miss Anne H. Gray, a graduate of Boston University with experience in high school work, succeeded her. Miss Barksdale, also married, was re- placed by Miss Elsie E. W. Davis, a teacher of wide ex- perience and excellent training. The Ralph Wheelock school at the same time lost two teachers-Miss Evelyn Oliver, after four years in Grade V, and Miss Katherine M. Drogue from the second grade. Miss Mary E. Gal- lant, trained at Worcester and Boston Teachers' Colleges, and Miss Alice C. Murphy of Framingham Teachers' Col- lege were engaged in their places.
Such extensive changes are apt to cause interruptions in school work and are to be avoided. However, the teach- ers secured have begun work with exceptional skill and enthusiasm and school spirit and co-operation are notably strong in both schools. Rarely have conditions been more promising for a strong year's work than they are at pres- ent. Better results are already apparent. Medfield may feel pride in her schools; and the united appreciation and support of all our public will be of utmost help. At the same time the town should understand something of the
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limitations under which we are working and the problems which demand solution.
In his report a year ago the Principal of the high school showed the needs of modification and supplementing of the courses of study offered and the fact that the needs of the minority of pupils who do go to college should not dictate the offerings to the great majority who do not. For the State at large only 15% of its high school grad- uates go to college, as will appear in a forthcoming report of a committee on courses for small high schools. They are recommending distinct modifications in the interest of the majority. Even the colleges admit this need and during the past year accelerating changes in their attitude toward entrance requirements are evident. It is not now necessary to offer all the subjects of the former classical curriculum-as the advanced Latin and mathematics ; many things more needed by most will be accepted. There are indications even, that soon any serious, worth-while sub- ject, certified as well and successfully done by the high school, will be acceptable. Such changes leave us freer to develop curricula and subjects valuable to the majority. We are making changes gradually and studying the sug- gestions of the committee mentioned.
However, when we seek to make such changes we are met by limitations of our present buildings and equip- ment. While relatively new and soundly built, our high school lacks provision for social training of an adequate assembly hall; the physical, health, and athletic training of a gymnasium; shops for Foods, Clothing, Manual and Industrial work, Drawing; and a suitable library. We have now nearly the maximum number of pupils for which the building was planned; and often we have eight recita- tions where there are but seven recitation rooms, making :added use of the library alcove in the corridor.
Large classes are in prospect in the Ralph Wheelock School. They now average 38, with a first grade of 45.
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These numbers are too large for the best work but the rooms can hold a considerable normal increase before the State law actually requires division or the provision of assistance for the teachers. We should be able at the Wheelock School to go on for an indefinite period, al- though, perhaps with minor alterations of some rooms.
It is evident that a sudden increase in our numbers,. or changes in legislation which would hold longer in school. such older pupils as now leave at sixteen, or the introduc- tion of kinds of work which might attract them to re -- main longer would cramp us first and most seriously at the high school. It may be advisable to investigate now the possibility of federal assistance in building-how long and to what extent it is available-and the feasibility of adding a second story to our present plant or extending it in bungalow form.
In athletics our boys have done remarkably well under all the circumstances; they had good seasons in baseball and football; but there is no place for basketball. The. girls have found little opportunity for organized activities .. Pitching horse-shoes in the field back of the school was enthusiastically enjoyed after the football season, the girls- joining in this sport. We would undertake wrestling but for the expense of the floor mats required. The pupils have. raised all the money used for athletics but are unable to. undertake larger costs. It would be an investment, not an expense, for Medfield to help in this problem. Suitable physical and athletic opportunities make for the physical control and health of the growing boy and girl; for the development of courage, self-reliance, competition, and co- operation ; for individual and social mental development ; for the habits of success and the meaning of honorable de- feat; and even for same conditions of body and mind con- ducive to hard, successful study. All this is as true and as much needed in small as in large city school conditions ..
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