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Agawam Public Schools
ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARD
J. ARSENE ROY, Chairman. .... . Term expires 1918 Post office address, Mittineague, Mass.
PERCIVAL V. HASTINGS, Secretary ... Term expires 1916 Post office address, Agawam, Mass.
CLIFFORD M. GRANGER, Purchasing Agent Term expires 1917
Post office address, Feeding Hills, Mass.
Superintendent of Schools
WALTER E. GUSHEE,
Post office address, Ludlow, Mass.
Regular meetings of the Committee are held at 7.30 p. m. on the second Tuesday of each month.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1916-1917 School Year, 38 weeks
Fall term, September 5 to December 15. 15 weeks
Winter term, January 2 to March 23. 12 weeks
Spring term, April 2 to June 15 11 weeks
Office Hours of the Superintendent of Schools
Grammar School Building at Agawam Center, Mondays from 11 a. m. to 12 m.
Grammar School Building at Feeding Hills, Mondays from 2.30 to 3.30 p. m.
Grammar School Building at Mittineague, Tuesdays from 1.30 to 2.30 p. m.
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Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of Agawam :
We herewith present for your consideration our report for the year ending December 31, 1915.
Owing to the rapid increase in our school enrollment, we must again call to your attention the need of additional school accommodations in all parts of the town. In Aga- wam nearly all the rooms have been filled to their maximum seating capacity, and in some cases the crowded conditions have necessarily prevented the securing of ideal results either by teachers or by pupils. At Mittineague we have a few vacant seats in some rooms, but in others we are over- crowded. There we are using, for the second year, a room on the third floor for school purposes, but this has not proved to be a very satisfactory arrangement. At Feeding Hills we were obliged to return to the West Street School those children promoted from there to the fifth grade at the Center. In order to make room for them at the Center School, we found it would be necessary to make so many changes of grades and teachers that the most practical solu- tion of the matter seemed to be the addition of another grade at the West Street School. On account of the extra work thus placed upon the teacher, and the necessarily crowded program, we do not advise a continuance of the plan.
We understand that your School Building Committee will probably recommend the erection of a schoolhouse on the Plains, and that they have considered plans for such a building in case the citizens vote to appropriate the neces- sary money for its erection. Such a building will relieve the situation at Mittineague and Feeding Hills for several years
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to come, and it should be so planned that additions can be made to it from time to time as needed, without marring its highest efficiency as a school center. This section of the town is bound to grow very rapidly, and it would be false economy to erect there anything but a thoroughly modern and well equipped building. We urge immediate action, so that we may open a school there at the earliest possible date.
Several suggestions have been made to provide for the increased school population in Agawam, where the need seems to be more urgent than in other sections of the town. The most feasible proposition to date seems to be the pro- curing of a portable schoolhouse. Some definite action must be taken, and it is for the voters of the town to decide what that action shall be. We have the school children and we must furnish school accommodations for them. We have got to economize as a town, but no town can afford to begin with its school system.
As you will notice by our financial report, we exceeded our appropriation for the past year. This was due to an un- foreseen need of repairs at our Mittineague building. New lavatories, connecting with the sewer, and a steam heating system were installed there during the year at an aggregate cost of over $3,000. Of this amount, we were granted, at a special town meeting, an additional appropriation of $2,500, leaving the balance of the sum spent to come from our regu- lar school budget.
The lavatory facilities at the Agawam and Feeding Hills Center Schools are proving inadequate for the large number of children there. The incinerators are in bad con- dition, and such extensive repairs would be necessary to put them in efficient working order that we think it would be more economical in the end to install modern lavatories, with cesspools or vaults connected. Consequently we are asking for a special appropriation for that purpose.
During the past year we returned to our former system of having a truant officer and a census enumerator in each section of the town. We have had cards prepared upon
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which the truant officers must hand in written reports of all cases investigated by them. In this way we are able to keep an accurate record of absences and reasons for the same, as well as the time our officers spend in looking after delin- quents. The attendance in some of our schools, especially in the lower grades, has been very poor at times, and we as a committee urge upon the parents the necessity of sending their children to school regularly. According to law, no one, except the superintendent of schools, or his representatives, the teachers, can excuse a child's absence from school. Reg- ular attendance means progress and promotion; irregular attendance, discouragement and failure.
We have had during the past year, in one particular section of the town, much criticism, for the most part un- friendly and unjust, of our teachers and our schools. We have neither the time nor the money to provide the various extras found in the city schools. However, we do maintain that our teachers have been securing most excellent results from our present course of study. We have always had honor pupils among our High School students, and in this year's January graduating class of the Springfield Tech- nical High School, two of the four highest ranking members of the class are Agawam girls. Furthermore, the conditions upon which our Grammar School graduates are admitted to the Springfield and West Springfield High Schools show that our schools are doing high-grade work. We believe that our present teaching force is obtaining satisfactory re- sults, and we ask for your friendly co-operation with them, the superintendent and the committee.
Respectfully submitted,
J. ARSENE ROY. PERCIVAL V. HASTINGS. CLIFFORD M. GRANGER.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS
GENERAL EXPENSE
W. E. Gusheee, Superintendent. $800.04
J. A. Roy, School Committee. 55.00
P. V. Hastings, School Committee .. .. 75.00
C. M. Granger, School Committee. ... 55.00
E. S. Connor, Attendance Officer 55.00
J. DeForge, Attendance Officer. 16.00
E. H. Wyman, Attendance Officer. . .. 11.50
D. J. Bloom, Attendance Officer. ...
14.70
Miss K. G. Danahy, issuing labor certi- ficates 98.00
Miss E. L. Gove, issuing labor certifi- cates 16.00
W. E. Gushee, postage, express sup- plies 13.73
Scott Adams, services
27.00
C. M. Granger, postage, telephone, sup- plies 4.40
P. V. Hastings, postage, telephone, supplies 3.90
Mrs. G. Granger, taking school census
10.00
Miss Ida Desmarais, taking school cen- sus 10.00
N. R. Winter, taking school census
10.00
F. D. Orton, Jr., auto hire. 2.00
Wright & Potter Printing Co., ledger leaves 1.06
Meekins, Packard & Wheat, supplies. 6.54
Library Bureau, supplies. 4.99
A. H. Bartlett, printing and supplies. . 23.28
$1,313.64
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TEACHERS' SALARIES
Helen L. Arnold, Supervisor of Draw- ing, 38 weeks. . $374.30
Caroline Chaffin, Supervisor of Music, 38 weeks 300.20
Katherine G. Danahy, teaching 38 weeks 669.60
Mary A. Danaher, teaching 38 weeks. 496.57
Etta Rosenberg, teaching 38 weeks ... 535.97
Olive A. Fox, teaching 38 weeks. 535.97 . Ella R. Taylor, teaching 38 weeks .... 535.97
Jennie M. Lucas, teaching 38 weeks .. 535.97 Dora M. Turner, teaching 23 weeks ... 318.87
Marion Hubbard, teaching 23 weeks. . Margaret Cochrane, teaching 38 weeks 535.97
393.30
Buena V. Barrett, teaching 38 weeks.
535.97
Clara V. Moore, teaching 23 weeks ... Sarah Wheaton, teaching 37 weeks ... Bertha L. Johnson, teaching 23 weeks.
483.83
Hazel M. Sullivan, teaching 38 weeks.
451.89
Frank S. Somerby, teaching 38 weeks. 669.60
Theresa L. Custer, teaching 38 weeks. 535.97
Katherine J. Keenan, teaching 38 weeks Sadie E. Smith, teaching 38 weeks ....
535.97
535.97
Faolin M. Pierce, teaching 38 weeks. . 535.97
Julia F. Keenan, teaching 38 weeks ... 489.86
Vera E. Boyd, teaching 15 weeks. . ..
256.50
Teresa B. Lee, teaching 15 weeks. . ...
205.35
Marguerite Chapin, teaching 15 weeks 173.70
Cora E. Halladay, teaching 15 weeks. 173.70
Anna Hogan, teaching 1 week. 12.64
Helen L. Arnold, supplies. 2.50
$11,427.49
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318.87
284.51
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies. $122.61 Edward E. Babb & Co., text-books and
supplies 568.31
Funk & Wagnalls, text-books.
10.20
Silver, Burdett & Co., text-books 15.57
A. S. Barnes Co., text-books
A. H. Bartlett, supplies. 8.06
23.24
Ginn & Co., text-books.
78.96
Milton Bradley Co., supplies
119.71
The A. N. Palmer Co., supplies. 32.50
H. W. Carter Paper Co., supplies. 4.50
G. H. Blackburn, express and freight. 6.34
W. J. Letelier, express and freight .. . .
11.16
Wm. Shaylor,.express and freight. .
7.16
Frank L. Somerby, express
.70
C. M. Granger, express
3.33
Theresa L. Custer, supplies.
.75
H. W. Smith, express and freight. 2.00
$1,015.10
EXPENSE OF OPERATING Janitors
D. J. Bloom, janitor $516.00
C. H. Wood, janitor
460.25
E. Letellier, janitor 430.00
W. E. Fairbanks, building fires and water 24.00
James Morris, building fires.
12.00
Everett Edwards, building fires.
9.00
Chas. H. Wyman, building fires. .... 2.00
John VanSlyke, cleaning schoolhouse.
18.00
Hazel M. Sullivan, care of room.
19.00
Bertha L. Johnson, care of room.
11.50
Julia F. Keenan, care of room
11.50
Marguerite Chapin, care of room. 7.50
Cora E. Halladay, care of room.
7.50
$1,528.25
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Fuel
C. D. Farnsworth, coal $1,201.74
W. J. O'Connor, coal.
38.39
J. W. Hastings, wood. 7.00
F. H. King, wood. 17.00
Springfield Gas Light Co 14.96
George Bourdo, wood. . .
3.50
W. H. Granger, wood
15.15
Edward St. Louis, wood
3.50
$1,291.24
Miscellaneous
Meekins, Packard & Wheat. $8.14
Charles W. Hastings. 15.52
West Disinfecting Co., supplies 8.00
Graves Hardware Co., supplies. 3.40
Simon E. Tilden, supplies. 4.00
O. C. Alderman, supplies . 4.85
D. E. F. Radasch, supplies 30.60
Scott & Roy, repairs ..
2.00
C. B. Dolge Co., disinfectant. 13.50
W. J. Letelier, express
.69
United States Envelope Co., supplies. .
26.88
Homer Foote & Co., supplies.
5.85
Michael J. Fitzgerald, supplies
.60
Joseph Borgatti, supplies.
11.90
Mrs. Alice D. Cooley, labor
14.50
Chas. H. Wyman, labor. 10.50
Leonard Houghton, supplies 2.50
Agawam Electric Co., repairs
5.70
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies. 4.50
Frank C. Hinckley, boiler inspection. .
4.00
$177.63
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MAINTENANCE
B. C. Bacon, repairs and supplies ..
$93.38
Edwin Goss, repairs 5.75
Crane Co. .67
Springfield Gas Light Co. 28.85
A. H. Rowley, repairs and supplies. . .
126.55
Willard C. Manning, repairs
10.60
Bowman & O'Neil, repairs.
54.51
P. C. Fitzpatrick, repairs
18.64
C. H. Wood, repairs.
15.00
Scott & Roy, repairs.
5.45
Smith & Murray, supplies
2.50
Oliver & Howland, repairs and sup- plies 9.12
T. M. Walker, supplies. 14.35
George Methe, supplies
2.15
M. B. Blanchard, supplies . 3.30
W. A. Fairbanks, repairs and supplies 5.95
James Jasmin, labor 18.75
F. A. Robbins, repairs
1.00
F. L. Hewes & Co., Inc., supplies. 5.33
Julius Duval, labor 10.00
J. B. P. Dupont, labor
2.80
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies
.75
Leonard Houghton, supplies
1.25
C. Z. Bailey, repairs. 15.60
C. M. Granger, supplies 4.15
$453.40
HEALTH
Judson W. Hastings, medical inspec-
tion
$150.00
$150.00
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TRANSPORTATION
D. E. Bailey $151.25
James Cesan
167.75
J. Hargraves 105.00
Fred Dudley
60.00
James Cleary
132.75
George Eastern
75.85
Felix DePalma
72.70
Anthony Mercadante
90.00
Daniel Cesan
72.75
Harry Johnson
70.00
Everett Harlow
91.00
Edgar Statkum .
57.00
P. V. Hastings
14.95
Charles Calabrese
12.50
Wladislow Krykasky
4.05
Harry Spear
5.00
Springfield Street Railway
650.00
$1,833.55
TUITION
West Springfield
$2,964.50
City of Springfield
953.00
City of Springfield Vocational School.
565.00
$4,482.50
OUTLAYS
Kenney Bros. & Walkins, desks. .
$100.00
Meekins, Packard & Wheat, furniture.
27.00
J. B. Dupont
127.21
Allbe & Lincoln Co.
813.50
George W. Hayden.
162.80
James Jasmin, labor
33.00
A. Gosselin, labor
13.00
J. J. Cotter Co., installing steam heat. 2,000.00
Springfield Gas Light Co 35.00
. .
$3,291.57
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPENSES FOR SCHOCL PURPOSES
General expense
$1,313.64
Teaching salaries
11,427.49
Text-books and supplies.
1,015.10
Expense of operating
2,997.12
Maintenance
453.40
Tuition
4,482.50
Medical inspection
150.00
Transportation
1,833.55
Outlays
3,291.57
Total
$26,964.37
AVAILABLE FOR ALL PURPOSES
General appropriation
$23,000.00
Balance left from last year.
1,351.21
Received from State on account of Su- perintendent of Schools. 500.00
Received from State for tuition of State charge 4.50
Received from State for tuition at Vo- cational School
71.25
Total
$27,426.76
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Superintendent's Report
School Committee of Agawam :
Gentlemen-I herewith submit my annual report for the year ending January 1, 1916.
TEACHERS
The following changes in the teaching force have been made since my last annual report :
Resignations
Dora M. Turner, Mittineague School, Grades I, II.
Marion E. Hubbard, Principal Agawam Center School. Clara V. Moore, Agawam Center, Grades I, II. Bertha L. Johnson, Suffield Street School.
Transfers
Julia Keenan from West Street School to Mittineague, Grades I, II.
Appointments
Vera E. Boyd, Agawam Center, Grammar Principal. Teresa B. Lee, Agawam Center, Grades II, III. Cora E. Halladay, West Street.
Marguerite Chapin, Suffield Street.
ENROLLMENT
The following table shows the enrollment by schools and grades as of January 3, 1916. A comparison is made with the enrollment a year ago.
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Agawam Precinct
Room 1
26|18
44
36
Room 2
13
31
44
36
Room 3
35
7
42
40
Room 4
17|19
36
39
Room 5
13|14
27
34
South
5
7
7
4
23
24
Suffield St.
12 13
5
30
32
Totals
43|38|25|
35|35|24|19|13|14|246|241
Mittineague Precinct
Room 1
38
38
34
Room 2
15 29
44
42
Room 3
29
13
42
43
Room 4
34 10
44
43
Room 5
20|20
40
39
Room 6
12 23
35
31
Room 7
12 19 10
41
24
Totals
53|29|29| 47|30|32|35|19|10|284|256
Feeding Hills Precinct
Room 1
35| 7
42
39
Room 2
15 22
37
32
Room 3
21 19
40
32
Room 4
15|14
29
30
Room 5
9|13
3
25
38
West St.
6 42
4 7
23
23
Totals
41|26|24
25|26|15|23|13| 3|196|194
Grand totals
137|93|78|107|91|61|77|45|27|726/691
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Total
1916
Total
1915
85
Whole number of pupils in public schools of town .... 726 Pupils attending high schools-
West Springfield 57
Springfield Technical High. 14
Springfield Central High
2
Springfield High School of Commerce.
2
75
Pupils attending Springfield Vocational School
4
Pupils attending parochial school. 121
Total number of pupils attending all schools. 926
Increase during year in public school enrollment. 35
Increase during year in high school enrollment .. 7 Decrease during year in parochial school enrollment. 6
High school pupils grouped by classes are as follows : -
Seniors 8
Juniors 13
Sophomores 17
Freshmen 36
These pupils are distributed among the precincts of the town as follows :-
Agawam 42
Mittineague 16
Feeding Hills 17
WORK OF ATTENDANCE OFFICERS
From reports made by the attendance officers, the fol- lowing data is obtained, for the period beginning April 1, 1915, and ending Jnauary 1, 1916 :
Agawam Precinct
Number of cases investigated by officer 44
Reasons for absence :-
8
Sick
Sickness in family . 2
86
Working at home 17
Truant 1
No shoes 1
Miscellaneous
8
No report
7
Number of court cases
3
Mittineague Precinct
Cases investigated by officer
62
Sick
17
Sickness in family .
5
Working at home.
17
Truant
7
No shoes
3
Miscellaneous
7
Bad weather
3
No report
3
Number of court cases.
1
Feeding Hills Precinct
Cases investigated by officer
25
Reasons for absence :-
Sick 17
Sickness in family
1
Over fourteen
3
Miscellaneous
4
Number of court cases. 1
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SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE HOURS
All correspondence and files connected with the work of my office are kept in my Ludlow office where the greater part of my clerical work is done. For the convenience of people in Agawam who may wish to see me on school mat- ters, I have arranged to be at each of the grammar buildings once a week as indicated on the first page of the school com- mittee's report. According to the present apportionment of the superintendent's time the Town of Agawam receives two days and Ludlow three days of each school week.
NEW BUILDING
I am advised that the building committee appointed at the last annual town meeting may recommend the erection of a schoolhouse on the lot recently purchased by the town on Springfield street, the Plains, so called.
Upon conducting an investigation I learn that the num- ber of pupils who might be accommodated here, counting all pupils from grade I to grade VI inclusive, would be at pres- ent 114. This includes all living on Springfield street be- tween O'Brien's Corner and Mill street, North street, and the short streets in that section.
The children in this vicinity grouped by grades are as follows: Grade I, 32; grade II, 23; grade III, 17; grade IV, 16; grade V, 17; grade VI, 9. These children are attending school now as follows: At Mittineague 47, at Feeding Hills 64.
LABOR CERTIFICATES
As during the preceding year, Miss Katherine G. Dan- ahy has issued certificates to minors residing in Agawam.
During the last year certificates have been issued as follows :
88
Employment certificates (age 14 to 16)
20
Educational certificates (literate) . 51
Educational certificates (illiterate)
2 Special home permits 17
Renewals (to minors changing place of employment) . 81
Total
171
Increase over last year
106
MEDICAL INSPECTION
Below is a list of the diseases detected in the schools, with number of cases of each, as reported by the school phy- sician. Similar data for the preceding year is also given :
1915
1916
Adenoids
13
11
Parasites
31
122
Enlarged tonsils
13
13
Impetigo
4
11
Tonsilitis
91
2
Scabies
2
2
Rhinitis
8
0
Malnutrition
12
2
Eczema
1
2
Conjunctivitis
0
5
Defective teeth
16
44
Mumps
0
5
Diphtheria
3
0
Whooping cough
6
0
Measles
1
0
Defective vision
6
0
Enlarged glands
3
0
Miscellaneous
16
10
Number of children excluded.
67
25
Number of visits by school physician.
148
143
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PENMANSHIP
At the beginning of the present school year the Palmer system of teaching penmanship was introduced into all the schools of Agawam. It had formerly been tried in some of the schools with encouraging results.
The teachers in schools where this system is used are privileged to take a correspondence course in penmanship conducted by the Palmer Company. Teachers are not re- quired, but are strongly urged, to take this course. I am pleased to report that two of our teachers in the Mittineague building, Miss Danahy and Miss Rosenberg, have been awarded diplomas, having completed the course.
Miss Gadke, a representative of the Palmer Company, met the teachers of Agawam recently and instructed them in methods of teaching this particular system.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
I would respectfully call to your attention the report of the supervisor of drawing which is submitted with this.
In the department of music Miss Chaffin has served as supervisor for quite a number of years. There has been no change in the method or general plan of work during the last year. The supervisor has been excused from writing the annual report of the work in this department.
The usual table of attendance data and teachers' direc- tory accompanies this report.
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
The attendance of Agawam pupils at the West Spring- field or any of the Springfield high schools is sanctioned by the school committee of Agawam, the Town of Agawam paying the same amount toward the tuition of pupils in Springfield as the amount charged by West Springfield.
Pupils are now admitted to the West Springfield High School or any of the Springfield high schools on the certifi-
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cate of the superintendent of Agawam. No entrance exam- inations are required. This privilege has been enjoyed dur- ing the last two years and was granted because of the high standing maintained by our pupils in the high schools.
It is incumbent upon us to maintain this standard, and to this end we bespeak the support and co-operation of the parents of the Town of Agawam.
Beginning this year records of the standing and promo- tion of all Agawam High School pupils will be kept by the Agawam superintendent of schools. For this purpose the record card devised and recommended by the State Board of Education will be used. It will be the policy of the superin- tendent of schools to make frequent visits to the high schools attended by the Agawam pupils in order that he may keep in closer touch with the work of our pupils in those schools.
I wish to make recognition of the faithful and effective work done by our teachers, and to express my appreciation of the co-operation and support of parents and school com- mittee.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. GUSHEE, Superintendent.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY, JANUARY 10, 1916
Name
Sehool
Grades
Date of Appoint- ment
Address
Where Educated
Walter E. Gushee. .
Supt. of Schools ..
Dec. 1901
Ludlow, Mass.
Castine Normal Sehool, M. A.C. Summer Courses
Caroline Chaffin . . ..
Music. .
Sept. 1904
22 Riverdale, W. Spfld. . |Westfield High, MeLean Sem., Northampton Inst of Music Pedagogy
Helen L. Arnold . .
Drawing .
Dec. 1912
61 Thompson St., Spfld. . Woreester High, Massachusetts Normal Art
Katherine G. Danahy . .
Mittineague.
VII-IX
Sept. 1899
Mittineague, Mass.
West Springfield High, Westfield Normal North Adams High, North Adams Normal
Mary A. Danaher .
Mittineague.
VI, VII
Sept. 1914
Mittineague, Mass. ..
North Adams High, North Adams Normal
Olive A. Fox. .
Mittineague .
IV, V
Sept. 1914
18 Hampden St., Westfi'd Westfield Normal, Teachers' Course
Ella R. Taylor.
Mittineague .
III, IV
Dee.
1914
93 lIigh St., Spfld.
Julia F. Keenan .
.
.
I, II I
Sept.
1914
454 Chestnut St., Spfld. . Sacred Heart High, Westfield Normal
Jennie M. Lueas. .
Mittineague .
Sept.
1900
Mittineague, Mass.
Lewis High, Southington, Ct., Southington Training Class
Vera E. Boyd .
Agawam Center . .
VIII, IX
Sept. 1915
Agawam, Mass.
Boynton H. S., Eastport, Me., Gorham Normal Sehool Ludlow High, Westfield Normal
Margaret Cochrane. .
Agawam Center . . .
VI, VII
Sept. 1912
Ludlow, Mass.
Springfield Central High
Teresa B. Lee. . .
.Agawam Center . . .
III, IV
Sept. 1915
7 Piney Place, Spfld .. ..
Charlemont High, Winter and Corres. Courses, No. Adams Normal Newburyport High, M. I. T. (three years)
Frank S. Somerby . . . .
Feeding Hills .
VII-IX
Sept.
1914
Feeding Hills, Mass.
Sadie E. Smith. .. .
. Feeding Hills .
VI, VII
Sept. 1914
Theresa L. Custer. .
Feeding Hills
IV,
Sept. 1911
454 Chestnut St., Spfld. . Saered Heart High, Westfield Normal
Faolin M. Pieree. . . .
Feeding Hills . . .
I, II
Sept. 1909
Cora E. Halladay . ..
West Street.
I-V
Sept. 1915
Feeding Hills .
C. L. I., Suffield, Ct., Westfield Normal Sehool
Suffield Street. . .
I-IV
Sept. 1915
Agawam. .
Marguerite Chapin . . . Hazel M. Sullivan .
South.
I-IV
Sept. 1914
Mittineague, Mass
Northampton High School, Boston School of Domestic Seienee West Springfield High, Westfield Normal
·
.
.
Agawam Center. . .
V, VI
Sept. 1912
9 Greenwood St., Spfid. . Agawam .
Willimantie High School, Willimantie Normal Sehool
Sarah Wheaton.
.
Agawam Center . ..
I, II
Sept. 1914
100 Grenada Ter., Spfld. Springfield High, Westfield Normal
Katherine J. Keenan . . . Feeding Hills .
II, III
Jan. 1911
.
32 Huntington St., Spild. Springfield Central High, Springfield Normal Training
Etta Rosenberg .
Mittineague
V. VI
Sept. 1914
Mittineague, Mass.
.
Mittineague. .
Bena V. Barrett
543 Westfield St., Mitt. . West Springfield High, Westfield Normal
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ATTENDANCE DATA FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 1915
SCHOOLS
GRADES
Boys
Girls
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per Cent of
Attendance
No. of pupils between 7 and 14
No. of pupils between 14 and 16
No. of pupils over 16
Days Lost Number of
Tardinesses Number of
Number of
Dismissals
Citizens
Visits by
Visits by
Visits by
Visits by
Superintendent
Agawam Center
VIII, IX
20
17
33.10
31.50
93.20
16
6
3
10
0
295
84
30 22
11 20
31
35
7
36
VI, VII
22
23
38.63
36.51
93.71
17
21
3
0
0
0
395
39
32
34
7
24
IV, V
32
28
40.10
37.40
93.10
25
20
0
1
0
0
488
71
14
15
32
37
6
21
66
II, III
23
27
38.45
35.70
93.00
22
20
0
0
0
473
23
5
31
31
37
7
24
I, II
25
21
33.71
30.34
89.19
3
2
0
0
0
0
725
62
5
29
33
17
8
20
Suffield Street South Street
I-IV
15
14
23.70
22.40
94.50
13
9
0)
0
0
0
1552 227
31
9
13
32
18
. .
14
Totals .
.
155
155
236.11
216.85
91.23
108
99
6
11
0
0
4155
497
90
136
212
194
37
146
Feeding Hills
VII-IX
30
14
36.00
34.20
94.80
24
8
6
4
0
0
336
90
30
24
31
33
9
40
V. VI
15
16
29.20
26.80
91.90
13
15
0
0
0
0
405
25
9
9
34
34
5
6
IV, V
19
22
32.34
29.76
92.84
18
21
0
0
0
0
442
46
10
21
32
31
9
11
II, III
18
19
31.17
29.94
92.75
17
15
0
0
0
0
408
18
11
9
34
34
10
15
I, II
28
22
38.60
32.33
85.20
9
3
0
0
0
0
993
95
8
18
31
18
10
15
West Street
I-IV
13
15
22.01
21.27
95.73
7
9
0
1
0
0
192
6
12
29
29
16
3
9
Totals . ..
123
108
189.32
174.30
92.20
88
71
6
5
0
0
2776
280
80
110
191
166
46
96
Mittineague
VIII, IX
16
12
23.56
22.66
96.25
6
10
8
2
1
0
159
44
18
31
29
37
14
36
VI, VII
16
24
32.50
29.90
91.50
14
16
2
5
0
399
53
41
11
31
34
10
21
V, VI
21
21
38.43
36.26
94.60
17
19
4
1
0
0
383
88
12
9
31
34
10
18
IV, V
25
25
43.03
40.00
92.80
22
24
0
0
0
0)
414
100
39
14
32
36
3
11
III
25
25
43.60
40.86
93.57
25
25
0
0
0
0
464
51
11
3
26
26
7
I, II
29
18
41.64
38.70
92.96
20
13
0
0
0
0
524
136
5
33
19
13
9
I
16
22
33.86
30.48
89.90
1
1
0
0
0
0
608
128
2
10
33
17
8
8
Totals .
.
148
147
256.62
238.86
93.08
105
108
14
8
1
0
2951
600
125
83
215
203
65
112
Grand Totals. . .
426
410
682.05
630.01
92.17
301
278
26
24
1|
0
9882
1277
395
329
618
563
148
254
18
25
28.42
23.00
81.91
12
21
0
0
0
0
187
5
17
21
16
2
7
I-III
Total En- rollment
Boys
Girls
Boys
Girls
Boys
Girls
.
Visits by
Music Sup'v'r
Draw'g Sup'v'r
Medical Insp.
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Report of Supervisor of Drawing
To the Superintendent of Schools, Agawam, Mass .:
I herewith submit my third annual report as supervisor of drawing in the Agawam schools.
The course each year covers the same general outline as described in my previous reports, including the follow- ing subjects: Nature drawing and painting, object drawing and perspective, freehand lettering, constructive drawing and design.
An attempt has been made this year to have the draw- ing correlate more closely with the regular work of the schools. Constructive drawing and measuring can be used in connection with the study of arithmetic. Maps and flags of different countries have been drawn and colored for use in geography. In all grades above the fourth, covers have been made to preserve papers written on some school subject. These covers have been decorated and the titles (Geography, Penmanship, Physiology, Compositions, etc.) lettered care- fully.
In the lower grades the children have taken much inter- est in making and coloring borders and window transparen- cies to decorate the schoolroom. In the upper grades a num- ber of objects which could be of use in the home have been made and decorated, such as table-mats and sewing-bags of raphia, postcard albums, scrap-baskets, pencil-boxes, cal- endars, etc.
A general spirit of interest and co-operation among the teachers and pupils seems to prevail, and I wish at this time to thank the superintendent and teachers for their support and assistance in creating this atmosphere.
Respectfully submitted, HELEN L. ARNOLD, Supervisor of Drawing.
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Articles of the Town Warrant
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Article 2. To choose two or more Field Drivers and two or more Fence Viewers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the town officers.
Article 4. To see what method the town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and appoint a committee to have charge of expending the same.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take for the payment of all bonds or notes which become due during the fiscal year.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote the School Com- mittee any compensation for their services.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to charge in- terest on taxes.
Article 9. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to pay the proper charge of an insurance company, for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.
Article 11. To see if the town will extend its water system westerly from Springfield street or easterly from Westfield street, through the whole or any part of North street, and provide in any legal manner for the payment of any such extension.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to buy a lot and erect a building thereon in the Mittineague district for a fire station, and provide for the payment of the same.
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Article 13. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Agawam Center and provide for the payment of the same.
Article 14. To see if the town will take any action to- wards withdrawing from the School Superintendency Union, or any other action relative to the same.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to build a school house properly equipped upon recommendation of the School Building Committee, on the lot recently pur- chased upon the Plains, and provide for the payment of the same by a bond issue.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of law relating to the Fire Departments of towns, in order that members of the Fire Department of Agawam may receive compensation for services as provided by law.
Article 17. To see if the town will accept Homer, Gail and Hall streets, as laid out as streets, as public ways.
Article 18. To see if the town will appropriate any sum of money for the repairs of certain highways.
Article 19. To see if the town will make a by-law or by-laws for the regulation of carriages and vehicles used therein, including automobiles, taxicabs and jitney 'buses, so called.
Article 20. To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the current municipal year, beginning January 1, 1916, in anticipation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town.
Article 21. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year, and vote to raise by tax such sums of money as may be necessary for the same.
Article 22. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
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