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Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to bor- row money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year, and act fully thereon.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray expenses for the ensuing year, and act fully there- on.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to control, regulate and prohibit the tak- ing of eels, clams, quahaugs and scallops, within the Town's limits as provided in Chapter 91, Section 85, and acts in amendments thereto, of the revised laws of Mass- achusetts, and to make any regulations in regard to such fisheries as may be deemed expedient, and act fully thereon.
Article 9. To hear the report of the Committee ap- pointed to procure a Soldiers' Memorial, make necessary appropriations therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer to act as Tax Collector, determine the salary, and act fully thereon.
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Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to level and im- prove the entrance road to Island Pond Cemetery in Har- wich Centre, said entrance being the short road leading from the Main street near the late H. T. Crosby's marble shop, thence to the railroad.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the property known as the Roxanna Chase place at North Harwich, give a deed therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 13. To hear the report of the Committee ap- pointed to investigate the conditions of the shore front- age of Harwich, make necessary appropriations therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 14. To hear the report of the Committee ap- pointed to investigate the bathing beach situation in Har- wich, make necessary appropriation therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate $50.00 towards extending the stone bridge by concrete work which will include a gate to conserve the water in Seymore's Pond for the passage of herring to and from said pond.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to repair the broken shoulders, where necessary, on the Harwich Brewster road, and make appropriation for the same. If advisable, to seek help from the State Highway Com- mission.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to repair or top coat with cinders or some other suitable material the
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road known as South street, beginning at Main street, Harwich Centre, near the residence of Bertram D. Cros- by and extending southerly to the Sisson road near the residence of the late Jasper Small, and approp ia e a suf- ficient sum of money for the same.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars, providing the prop- erty owners or others will contribute a like sum of Twen- ty-five Hundred Dollars, all providing the Commonwealth will donate a sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, the whole amount to be used in building a substantial Jetty east of Herring River on the shore at West Harwich, and act fully thereon.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for and to elect a Director for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau as authorized by Sec- tions 41 and 45, Chapter 128, Vol. 1, Pages 1107, 1108, Massachusetts General Laws, relating to Agriculture.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars to be ex- pended under the authority of the Board of Health for the Visiting Nurse.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ($450) Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars to enter the Cape Cod Health Bureau and secure the services of the Bureau in the work of the Board of Health.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to rescind its action of a former town meeting at which it was voted to establish the rate of wages for labor for men at 50c per hour and for horses at 40c per hour.
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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to pay 35c per hour to men and 30c per hour for horses.
Article 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to appoint a Committee of Citizens to investigate and report at the next Town Meeting on the possibility of establishing a Town Forest and to appropriate the sum of ($25.00) Twenty-five Dollars, for the use of the Com- mittee for this purpose.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to repair the Rail- road Bridge at Harwich station, and act fully thereon.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to harden with oil the unfinished portion of the North Harwich road from a point near the North Harwich school house to the residence of the late Henry Phillips, about one mile, appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor and de- termine how the same shall be raised, and act fully there- on.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to top-coat with oil the road in North Harwich leading from the North Harwich station to the school house, and act fully there- on.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to harden with cinders the road in West Harwich leading from the Church to the Hotel Belmont, and act fully thereon.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to top-coat with
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oil, or otherwise repair and improve Bank street, and act fully thereon.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to build with oil Parallel street in Harwich Centre, beginning at Hotel Winslow and extending westerly to and connecting with South street, near the residence of Fred Chase, or any part thereof, and act fully thereon.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to harden and im- prove with cinders the road in South Harwich beginning at the State road near the South Harwich M. E. Church and extending about one mile south to the location of the former Deep Hole wharf, so called, and act fully thereon.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept the road in South Harwich, near the Deep Hole, so called, leading from a point opposite Kendrick & Bearse's ice house to the road leading to the Main street in South Harwich, as laid out by the Selectmen, and act fully thereon.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars, or such sum as the Committee examining the road shall recommend, for the purpose of filling the water holes, turnpiking and hardening with cinders, or otherwise, the road leading from the house of the late Cyrus Baker northerly past the house of John F. Allen to the Port Depot road, near the house of Leonard Sears.
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Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money to continue the road from the Allen's Har- bor bridge to the west toward the lower bridge in West Harwich and determine how much shall be raised and in what manner the same shall be paid.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars to improve and harden the road with cinders from the late Nathan Nickerson corner to the State Highway, near the resi- dence of Asa Rogers and act fully thereon.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Dol- lars to harden and improve with cinders the road from the late Nathan Nickerson's corner, extending north- west, as far as the material will go, and act fully thereon.
Article 37. To see if the Town will harden and im- prove the road in West Harwich, so called Division St., leading from Main street at E. M. Robbins' residence north to the West Harwich depot road, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof, one in each postoffice in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
The polls will be opened at 9 o'clock a. m. on Mon- day, February 6, 1922, and may be closed at 2 o'clock p. m.
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Hereof fail not and make due returns of this War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 23d day of January, 1922.
EPHRAIM H. DOANE, J. FREEMAN RYDER, THOMAS H. NICKERSON, Selectmen of Harwich.
Correct attest :
ISAIAH KELLEY,
Constable.
ANNUAL REPORT of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
and the
SUPERINTENDENT of SCHOOLS
of the
TOWN OF HARWICH MASSACHUSETTS
ORATED SEPT. 14, 16
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For the Year 1921
Calendar for 1922
Winter Term
All Schools open January 3rd. All Schools close March 24, 12 weeks
Vacation one week.
Spring Term
All Schools open April 3rd. Elementary Schools close June 16th,
11 weeks
High School closes June 23rd, 12 weeks
Fall Term
High School opens September 5th, 16 weeks
Elementary Schools open Sept. 25th, 13 weeks
All Schools close December 22nd. One week vacation.
Winter Term-1923
All Schools open January 3rd. The High School year is 40 weeks
The Elementary School year is 36 weeks Schools close on all regular holidays.
Organization for Year 1921
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOHN H. PAINE, Chairman,
Term Expires 1923
CHAS. H. HAMMOND, Sec'y,
Term Expires 1922
JOSEPH B. ATKINS, Treas., Term Expires 1924
District Superintendent-Loring G. Williams Tel. Harwich 54.
Advisory Board Agricultural Department. JOSEPH K. ROBBINS, Chairman. MRS. LYLE E. HANDY, ARTHUR F. CAHOON, ELISHA H. BEARSE, PRINCE A. ATKINS, RICHARD W. McGRAN, L. B. BOSTON, DOROTHY PIERCE.
B. ROBERT GRAVES, Instructor, Clerk.
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Attendance Officer : LABAN SNOW, Harwichport. Tel. 92-4.
School Physician : HARRIE D. HANDY, M. D.
School Nurse : MISS ADA S. CREELMAN.
Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of the Town of Harwich :-
The School Committee herewith presents for your consideration its report of school receipts and expendi- tures for the year 1921. The appropriation of $25,000 made at the last Annual Town Meeting has been ample and the committee is returning to the town treasurer an unexpended balance of $869.76.
JOHN H. PAINE, CHARLES H. HAMMOND, JOSEPH B. ATKINS, School Committee.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
TEACHERS' SALARIES
High School
Geo. H. Daniels, prin.,
$1200.00
H. V. Jones, Prin.,
720.00
Emily V. White, 670.00
Agnes G. Doggett,
660.00
Josephine L. Crowell,
474.00
Ruth V. Curran, 440.00
M.s. Geo. Osgood, Substitute, 6.00
$4170.00
Center Elementary Schools
Hillery M. LeClaire, grammar, $1,129.43
Ethel C. Hammond, intermediate, 918.07
Anna G. Curran, primary, 332.50
Ethelene B. Nickerson, primary, 338.90
Lillian Williams, substitute, primary, 36.96
Abby F. Nickerson, substitute, primary, 45.00
Christine Cahoon, substitute, primary, 175.00
Mrs. Geo. Osgood, substitute, primary, 22.22 Mrs. Geo. Osgood, subs. Ctr. grammar, 6.66
3,004.74
Harwich Port
Flossie H. Chase, grammar, $968.07
Olive W. Thatcher, primary, 606.97
Magdaline Eldredge, primary, 337.79
Mrs. Geo. Osgood, substitute, primary, 5.27
1,918.10
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East Harwich
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Mary E. Ellis, Joyce L. Ryder,
$575.00 325.00
900.00
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West Harwich
Lillian Williams, subst. $5.55
Beatrice E. Eldredge,
633.34
Madaline LeClair,
343.07
981.96
North Harwich
Mary A. Sylvia, grammar,
$940.29
Lillian Williams, substitute, grammar, 27.78
Katherine A. Moriarty, primary,
968.07 1936.14
Total for teachers, $12,910.94
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC AND DRAWING Laura E. Haskins, 532.00
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY
Loring G. Williams, Supt., 1,200.00
HEALTH
H. D. Handy, M. D., School Physician, 80.00
Ada S. Creelman, School Nurse, 105.00
$185.00
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JANITORS
John J. Erickson, Center,
$600.00
Geo. E. Nickerson, East, 115.00
Harry Nickerson, East, 65.00
Benj. D. Smith, Port,
180.00
Chas. E. Lothrop, West,
180.00
H. G. Rogers, North,
180.00
1,320.00
TRANSPORTATION
B. Cleveland Bassett,
$1,777.00
E. Howard Ellis, 891.85
2 668.85
FUEL
Harwich Center
R. D. Kendrick, wood, $15.00
S. R. Kelley, coal, 476.20
Cyrus Chase, sawing wood, 2.60
493.80
East Harwich
S. R. Kelley, coal,
33.60
33.60
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Harwich Port
C. M. Burgess, wood, 8.00
S. R. Kelley, coal, 85.40
93.40
West Harwich
S. R. Kelley, coal, 69.70
W. P. Barnes, wood, 7.00
76.70
North Harwich
S. R. Kelley, coal,
$148.46
J. F. Ryder, wood,
10.50
158.96
Total for fuel, $856.46
REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS
North Harwich
Alpheus Howes, supplies, $14.35
H. G. Rogers, labor and material,
31.00
- 45.35
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West Harwich
Alpheus Howes, supplies and labor, $19.10 Chas. E. Lothrop, labor and material, 55.31
74.41
Harwich Port
J. O. Hulse, supplies, $2.84
B. D. Smith, labor, 24.45
J. M. and S. B. Moody, material, 2.15
E. E. Babb & Co., janitors' supplies, 6.11
B. H. Ellis, carting, 2.70
38.25
East Harwich
Young Bros., C. D. Holmes, stovepipe, $28.00
Geo. E. Nickerson, labor, 9.75
Harry W. Nickerson, lab. and materi'ls, 69.17
Walter Emery, pump, 6.00
· 112.92
Harwich Center
Chas. E. Hamer, labor, $57.13
C. S. Burgess, labor, 2.70
Alpheus Howes, supplies, etc., 34.97
C. H. Hammond, paid tuning piano, etc. 5.00
Charles B. Bassett, labor on belfry, 16.70
N. W. Burgess, labor, 4.05
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P. A. Atkins, shrubs,
6.00
Woodland Farm, cedar posts,
2.00
Thos. E. Larkin, pump,
6.85
J. F. Tobey & Son, supplies,
18.96
Edward E. Babb & Co., materials,
14.74
E. F. Bassett, labor and material,
24.75
Chas. D. Holmes, curtains,
23.00
Norman C. Haynes, disinfectant, 5.80
H. D. Handy, stove for High,
40.00
262.65
Total repairs and incidentals, $533.58
PERMANENT REPAIRS
Ralph Gorham,Port, shingling, etc., $197.82
Chas. E. Lothrop, West, repairs, 50.00
William A. Eldredge, Port, painting, 105.59 Chas. E. Hamer, l'br and mat'ial, High, 277.47 William A. Eldredge, Center, painting, 102.13
733.01
MISCELLANEOUS
Laban Snow, attendance officer and school census, $66.50
First Congregational Church, rent of chapel, 7.00
L. G. Williams, telephone, telegrams,
travel securing teachers, freight
1. and express, etc., 73.41
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight, 1.33
148.24
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BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
$565.98
P. S. Nickerson,
3.65
J. L. Hammett Co.,
166.82
Ginn & Company,
41.25
Literary Digest,
14.04
Ryan & Baker,
12.62
Silver Burdett Co.,
9.30
Dowling School Supply Co.,
40.31
Hall, Mack Co., 5.00
Goss Print, stationery, envelopes, bids for
transportation, monthly reports, etc., 37.37 Geo. H. Daniels, graduation, etc., 28.22
Bruce Publishing Co., 1.64
Educational Supply Co., diplomas, 13.61
Milton Bradley Co., 121.81
J. B. Lippincott Co., 4.40
F. M. Rich, books, 3.00
Chas. Scribner's Sons, 4.68
Boston Transcript, 8.25
H. K. Bearse, Government envelopes, 11.23
L. E. Knott Co.,
4.81
H. W. Whittemore, 3.87
Allyn & Bacon, 4.83
Joseph Wiley, 2.80
N. D. Phillips, Prestolite,
3.00
Rand, McNally Co.,
.86
New Eng. Publishing Co.,
.50
Little, Brown & Co., .53
1,114.38
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AGRICULTURE
Expenditures
B. R. Graves, salary, $2,033.36
Joseph Breck & Sons, tools, 2.92
P. S. Nickerson, supplies, 2.75
Standard Tester Co., testing milk supplies, 3.70
B. R. Graves, supplies for grafting, 1.47
B. G. Sears, supplies, 3.50
Goss Print, letterheads and envel- opes, etc., 13.88
First Cong'l church, rent of chapel,
10.50
Watson B. Eldredge, tools,
20.25
Orange Judd Co.,
11.97
Webb Publishing Co.,
2.70
D. C. Heath & Co.,
11.29
Wright Zeigler Co.,
3.32
2,121.61
Agricultural Income
Received from Smith Hughes Fund, $193.83
Tuitions from Dennis, 58.83
State reimbursement, 878.17
1,130.83
Net cost to town, $990.78
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RECAPITULATION Available Funds
General town appropriation, $25,000.00
Smith Hughes Fund, 193.83
$25,193.83
Expenditures
Teachers' salaries,
$12,910.94
Music and Drawing,
532.00
Superintendent's salary,
1,200.00
Janitors' wages,
1,320.00
Transportation,
2,668.85
Fuel,
856.46
Repairs and incidentals,
533.58
Books and supplies,
1,114.38
Miscellaneous,
148.24
Permanent repairs,
733.01
Agriculture,
2,121.61
Health,
185.00
24,324.07
Balance unexpended, $869.76
We, the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Har- wich, have this day examined the books and vouchers of the school committee and find the same correct.
CHARLES T. CHASE, EBENEZER WEEKES,
Auditors.
Harwich, Jan. 10, 1922.
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Town appropriation for all purposes, $25,000.00
Amounts from outside income to be
returned to the town on account of schools estimated, 5,650.00
Net cost to town, $19,350.00
Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee:
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith for your consideration my four- teenth annual report of the schools of Harwich:
Repairs
A greater amount of money has been expended this year than usual upon repairs and permanent repairs. Harwichport building has had the east roof reshingled with some other outside repairs; the inside of both rooms has had walls painted and ceilings whitened.
West Harwich building has had general repairs done inside and outside.
East Harwich room has been renovated completely.
The buildings at Harwich Center have had the fol- lowing done: Grammar school room walls painted and ceilings painted. The intermediate room walls and ceil- ings painted. The High School room walls and ceilings painted.
A bicycle shed for housing bicycles for pupils in all grades riding wheels has been built at the High school.
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Bids for transportation of pupils, together with specifications as to routes, equipment, etc., were pub- lished during the summer and three year contracts were awarded to B. Cleveland Bassett. In this particular field of school work a decided advance step has been taken. The equipment for the work is probably the best on Cape Cod, and no doubt there is none better in New England. The equipment consists of two fourteen-foot Wayne school bodies with one Reo chassis and one Stewart chassis.
These contracts have abolished the payment of a fare by East Harwich parents and is giving North and West Harwich ten months service per year.
Changes in East and West Schools
Grades seven and eight in East Harwich are being transported to Harwich Port Grammar and the same grades in West Harwich are being transported to the Center Grammar.
These changes have greatly improved conditions in East and West Harwich and the added numbers in the Grammar schools at the Port and Center afford larger and more interesting classes and a greater interest and incentive in the pupils to do better work.
Teachers and Teachers' Salaries
Exactly one half of our teaching force of last year resigned and new teachers have been employed to take their places.
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Teachers and pupils generally are doing good work and in many cases are having a marked degree of suc- cess.
·11. A comparison of teachers' salaries in Harwich with the State average shows, from the latest available re- turns, that the average salary of Elementary women teachers in the State is $1,354. For Harwich $944. State average for High school women $1,603. For Harwich $1,100.
This comparison should suffice to answer any sug- gestions that our salaries are too high. The matter of teachers' salaries is not a local matter and cannot be handled as such but it must be considered statewide and nation wide almost. Teachers are coming to Harwich from many places outside of Harwich and salaries are in- fluenced both by law and public sentiment.
What of the Future?
The past fourteen years have seen many important changes in the school system of Harwich. Scores of young men and women have gone out into the world well equipped from our schools.
Times are changing. Nothing as yet has been done : to erect a modern building or modern buildings for the housing of our school children.
I am suggesting for consideration and study the fol- lowing solution :
1. A three-room modern building at Harwichport for first six grades.
2. A three-room modern building at North Har- wich for first six grades.
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3. A Junior and Senior High building at the Center for the upper six grades.
This is only a suggestion. It is not guaranteed to be the best solution of the question. A committee ap- pointed by the town with authority to make a study of the whole matter and report to the town would be able to make a definite recommendation. If the above plan should seem best after a thorough study of the needs of the whole town, the financial problem could be solved much easier than in any other way because one build- ing could be built at a time and the financial burden would be comparatively light as compared with one building for the whole town. The ultimate cost would probably be no more than one-half the cost of one new building.
High School
The reports of Mr. Jones, the principal, and Mr. Graves of the Agricultural Dept. follow this report and speak for themselves. The department is in a more prosperous condition than for some time. The High school maintains state approval for certification in class A for admission to State Normal schools.
School Nurse
A law was passed at the last session of the State Legislature requiring school committees to appoint school nurses. Harwich has complied with the conditions of the law and Miss Ada S. Creelman has been appointed. Miss Creelman is employed for one day per week in the schools and one-fifth, approximately, of her salary and expense is borne by the town.
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Attention is called to the nurse's report, the reports of the Supervisor of Music and Drawing, the School Phy- sician's Report and tables and statistics herewith.
Respectfully submitted,
LORING G. WILLIAMS. Jan. 10, 1922.
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Report of High School Principal
Mr. Loring G. Williams Supt. of Schools Harwich, Mass.
The 1921 report of the Harwich High School is nec- essarily different from the last for two reasons: (1) Because the opening of the fall term witnessed a com- plete change in the teaching force, with the exception of Mr. Graves. (2) Because of the unbiased position of "Newcomers" in which we are placed we feel free to commend or attack the existing conditions and perhaps offer suggestions which have as their aim, "A more complete working together of the Home and the School."
Harwich is to be congratulated that it is included in the first 18% of the 354 towns in Massachusetts which use as their sole means of transporting public school pupils the Motorbus. Experts pronounce the Motorbus , "Superior to the horse-drawn vehicle be- cause of its speed, regularity and general comfort."
It is nevertheless true that we are not alike this first 18% in some other respects. We are not transport- ing these pupils to one large building, in fact we are not sure that in our particular case one building could serve us best. We sorely need more room for recita- tions, for study rooms, for laboratory work; we need
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space in which can be developed a domestic Science Department (including a chance for serving a hot lunch at noon during cold months;) we need space in which a Manual Training Department can grow, suitable quarters for a Commercial Department, and better facilities for the present Agricultural Department. There is no need to consider outfitting all the above completely; they will develop as their worth becomes more and more evident,-but first we need room in which to start.
A really practicable plan which uses to the limit the experiences of other communities faced with simi- lar problems, and which at the same time takes into account the peculiarities of our particular situation, needs to be up for "Immediate Attention" in the "Solu- tion Receptical" of every mind in Harwich at all inter- ested in the future of Harwich Education. We are waiting only for the Practicable Plan.
Another problem staring us in the eye is that of getting all the pupils at school all the time. Any public organization whether church, club or secret order must have its members present at its regular meetings if it wants a chance for a successful year. The same ap- plies to the school. We have 60 pupils enrolled in the High School. During the 20 school days in December there were 43 different pupils who for various reasons were out of school for a total of 224 half days; this time if applied to one pupil would permit him a recess from Sept. 7, 1921 to Feb. 22, 1922, (this allowing the usual vacation at Xmas.
Absence in the business world is not tolerated; tar- diness is penalized in various ways. In the schools both
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absence and tardiness are costly in terms of opportuni- ties missed-a few pages can be memorized and a ques- tion as to their content by the teacher has constituted the "Make Up" work. Work missed can never be made up-the class interest and views as brought out by dis- cussion cannot be reproduced at will for the benefit of either the absent or the tardy pupil. Just how each par- ent can help solve this problem is best an individual mat- ter.
Mr. Heald of the Massachusetts Dept. of Education states, "Every day a boy or girl spends in High School increases his or her earning capacity by $10. Is there any other way in which a pupil's time can earn more wages than that per day?
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