Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1921-1925, Part 10

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 584


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Our policy in this matter, and we believe every tax- payer will agree with it, is to treat every section of the town alike. If North Agawam wants our "gym" for a dance let them pay for it; if Feeding Hills desires to put on a minstrel show in the auditorium let them meet the rental charges. As we see it, all three sections of the town are taxed to build and maintain our High School building. Therefore no one part of our town should be granted free service at the expense of the other two- thirds. However, and note this well, any organization or any cause representing our entire town may come to us and we will give them every possible consideration and all the hospitality and service anyone could reasonably ex- pect. Agawam as the unit, not an Agawam of three vil- lages is what we want to develop, and that is the spirit our High School pupils are developing day by day.


In closing, this, our annual report, we wish to thank our townspeople for their kindness and courtesy toward the teachers and the school authorities during the year 1921.


CLIFFORD M. GRANGER, J. A. ROY,


PERCIVAL V. HASTINGS.


85


Financial Statement of Schools


GENERAL EXPENSE


J. A. Roy $ 100.00


P. V. Hastings, Telephone


and postage


$


2.47


Salary


125.00


$


127.47


Walter E. Gushee, Salary, $ 540.00


Travel


154.92


Postage,


telephone,


etc.


28.58


$ 723.50


J. R. Burgess, Salary


$ 600.00


Travel


21.02


Telephone, postage, etc ....


11.08


$ 632.10


Benj. J. Phelps, salary ..


$1,550.02


Salary and travel.


440.38


Telephone, postage,


etc.


6.30


$ 1,996.70


Daniel Cesan, attendance officer 326.00


Wm. DeForge, attendance officer 20.00


Katherine Danahy


84.00


N. F. Moulton, Travel $ 2.67 Salary 900.00 $ 902.67


86


C. M. Granger, Salary. $ 85.00


Travel


33.04


Telephone, postage, etc. 41.93


$ 159.97


Emma Mellor


480.00


Marion T. Scott


57.50


Ida Demarais


24.00


A. A. Hill, Travel


2.80


Elsie M. Flint, Travel


10.59


Ivers Express


5.00


Wright & Potter Printing Co., Sup- plies


6.07


Wensell & Co., Supplies


1.00


Empire Mailing Co., Supplies


3.06


A. H. Bartlett, Supplies


17.92


Pond, Ekberg Co., Sup- plies


$ 86.55


Graduation programs


15.50


102.05


Hovis, Hunt & Aremus, Lettering Diplomas


10.75


$ 5,793.15


EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION


Kate Adams


$ 1,050.00


Mrs. Viola W. Phillips


1,380.00


Minta A. Locke


1,210.00


Cora E. Halladay


1,300.00


Lena E. Collis


1,300.00


Idelle Beebe


660.00


Elinore Gibney


720.00


Minetta M. Jurgenson


1,170.00


Annette E. Deely


1,120.00


Jennie M. Lucas


1,460.00


87


Wm. J. Burke, Jr. 1,580.00


Gertrude C. Lawrence


1,170.00


Isabelle M. Cogswell


769.44


Mildred E. Simpson


1,120.00


Katherine G. Danahy


1,870.00


Mae P. Lynch


1,220.00


Catherine T. Powers


1,310.00


Olive A. Fox


1,420.00


Nellie T. Granfield


750.00


Beryl W. Stodden.


1,120.00


Clara S. Johnson


1,120.00


Viola E. Hopkins


1,170.00


Bessie E. Sprowl


1,245.24


Anna M. La Salle


1,220.00


Mary J. Kelly


276.38


Olive C. Duguid


750.00


Olive Lewis


520.00


Cora M. Barnes


560.00


Faolin M. Peirce


1,700.00


Hazel M. Sullivan


1,360.00


Edna B. Harmon


246.34


Harriet D. Carson


1,120.00


Elizabeth M. Hammond


180.46


Kathryn Roache


922.12


Esther J. Stevens


420.00


Mildred M. Trask


884.64


Miss Paine


60.00


Mrs. Dumas


40.00


Mrs. Burgess


25.00


Miss Browning


75.00


Mary E. O'Shea


440.00


Marion C. Poole


600.00


David McKenzie


480.00


Freeda R. Fitts


420.00


Alice Powers


480.00


Hazel Clark


620.00


88


Mary F. Pierce


640.00


Nellie J. Button


720.00


Edith J. Best


640.00


Abbie L. Burlingham.


560.00


Hazel S. Cook


640.00


Frederick T. Dacey.


840.00


Catharine Keeler


480.00


Clara L. McIntire


620.00


Marjorie Ward


560.00


Eleanor H. Smith


620.00


Evelyn L. Moulton


400.00


$47,354.62


STATIONERY, SUPPLIES AND MISCELLANEOUS


Geo. T. Johnson Co.


$ 126.00


Edw. E. Babb & Co.


675.50


H. W. Cowles


24.22


Boston and Springfield Despatch


6.96


H. W. Carter Paper Co.


111.95


Milton Bradley Co.


799.01


Rand McNally & Co.


203.72


Carlisle Hardware Co.


176.12


Foley Paper Co.


13.20


Oliver Ditson Co.


3.04


Hampden Lumber Co.


110.26


Johnson's Bookstore


10.62


A. D. Letellier


23.50


Kate Adams


3.60


Chas. Scribner's Sons


54.56


N. Y., N. H. & H. Ry. Co.


14.92


Thos. J. Baldwin


1.50


Ryan & Buker


18.43


Ivers Express


5.00


General Typewriter Exchange


39.00


Wensell & Company


50.00


89


Jacobs Ticket Print


21.00


Joseph R. Hastings


130.35


Mentzer, Bush & Co.


4.16


Joseph P. Mercier


9.00


Fred E. Morley


6.18


National Musical String Co.


12.00


A. N. Palmer Co.


14.08


Pond-Ekberg Co.


38.10


Underwood Typewriter Co.


15.00


Russell Sage Foundation


2.00


C. B. Dolge Co.


69.75


B. D. Nims


96.48


Springfield Gas Light Co.


24.17


Columbia University


2.50


Aitken


3.50


Wright & Potter Printing Co


14.42


E. J. Root


2.67


G. Schirmer of Mass.


9.50


A. H. Bartlett, Inc.


35.26


Denoyer-Geppert Co.


4.88


Eugene Dietzgen Co.


101.90


Kenney Bros. & Wolkins


4.29


McIntosh Publishing Co.


6.43


Chas. W. Hastings Co.


36.43


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.


64.37


National Drug Stores


11.14


Meissner's Express


4.10


3,219.27 $


TEXT BOOKS


American Book Co. ....... $ 199.70


D. C. Heath & Co.


283.73


Ginn & Company


472.99


Edward E. Babb & Co.


251.05


90


Remington Typewriter Co.


4.50


Rand McNally & Co.


165.61


The Macmillan Co.


173.75


Houghton, Mifflin Co. 48.97


John C. Winston Co.


136.78


Little, Brown & Co.


37.13


Chas. E. Merrill Co.


22.71


D. Appleton & Co.


25.44


Arlo Publishing Co.


35.75


J. B. Lippincott & Co.


23.13


Newson & Company


71.10


C. H. Congdon


18.00


Hinds, Hayden & Eldridge


10.40


Gregg Publishing Co.


53.66


The Cable Company .


21.00


G. & C. Merriam Co.


28.00


McGraw Hill Book Co. 17.43


Warwick & York, Inc.


24.38


Silver, Burdett & Co.


57.76


Chas. Scribner's Sons


15.62


Row, Peterson & Co.


11.90


Allyn & Bacon


7.33


Vocational Education Magazine


3.00


John Church Co.


86


G. Schirmer.


2.17


Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.


11.16


D. Van Nostrand Co.


7.65


World Book Co.


5.54


H. W. Cowles


23.02


G. H. Blackburn


5.21


Boni & Liveright, Inc.


4.32


Educational Publishing Co.


3.22


Harper Brothers


1.34


Johnson's Bookstore


4.75


Scott, Foresman & Co.


3.27


$


2,288.73


91


OPERATING


Janitors


Karl Birk


$ 550.00


D. J. Bloom


975.00


James Jasmin


780.00


Jasper DeForge


466.64


Solomon Abell


502.64


Chas. H. Wood


1,042.50


Wm. T. Bagley


73.50


W. A. Fairbanks


22.00


L. E. Kaplinger


16.00


C. H. Wyman


12.50


Care of room:


Mildred Simpson


22.00


Gertrude Lawrence


22.00


Mildred Trask


30.00


Evelyn L. Moulton


16.00


Freeda R. Fitts


16.00


Frank Connor


4.05


Roger Connor


3.15


Miss I. DeForge


2.48


Mrs. L. DeForge


2.48


Mrs. P. DeForge


2.48


Ernest Jasmin


3.60


Clarence Bassette


18.50


Springfield Window Cleaning Co.


38.00


$ 4,621.52


Fuel


Chas. D. Farnsworth, Inc. .... $ 1,206.83


F. Boule


20.00


Amede Jasmin


18.50


Lee S. Jenks.


50.00


H. C. Puffer Co.


137.50


Forrest M. Spear


110.00


92


C. W. Hull, Jr.


19.00


F. Chriscola


10.00


Springfield Gas Light Co.


9.72


Wallace Hastings


7.00


J. Johnson


5.00


Wm. Bagley


4.50


J. A. Warner.


8.00


$ 1,606.05


Miscellaneous


Agawam Electric Co.


$ 199.63


Fuller Brush Co.


144.20


Chas. W. Hastings Co.


44.23


E. A. Kellogg & Sons.


14.93


Masury-Young Co.


107.75


Alfred F. Foote, Comm.


20.00


Quimby & Co.


12.00


Carlisle Hardware Co.


24.73


Haskell Electric Co.


9.85


Springfield Gas Light Co.


6.21


Young Brothers


7.50


Jos. J. Borgatti & Co.


6.01


Oliver & Howland Co.


1.00


Forbes & Wallace


5.39


Chas. C. Lewis Co.


8.00


$


611.43


MAINTENANCE


Stone-Underhill Heating and Ven- tilating Co. $ 230.00


E. J. Demars


47.71


J. L. Burke


188.68


E. W. Michaleck


26.50


Robinson & Sons


12.50


O. C. Call


10.43


93


A. H. Rowley 19.30


Edw. M. White


33.90


Wyckoff & Lloyd


87.32


H. W. Haskell


27.53


True Bros.


10.50


T. M. Walker Co.


43.50


Fred C. McClean


218.14


Geo. H. McClean Co.


1.75


W. A. Fairbanks


1.35


Burden & Bryant Co.


3.25


C. H. Wood


30.76


B. D. Nims


8.98


James Jasmin


10.00


Meekins, Packard & Wheat.


6.00


K. W. Birk


3.50


Forbes & Wallace


3.00


H. C. Puffer Co.


3.65


O. C. Alderman


.68


$ 1,028.93


HEALTH


Dr. Geo. B. Corcoran $ 300.00


Mrs. J. A. Black


564.00


Hampden Co. Tuberculosis & Pub- lic Health Association 127.00


E. A. Kellogg & Sons


69.25


The Pond-Ekberg Co.


56.15


DeFrate & Raleigh


·4.85


$ 1,121.25


TRANSPORTATION


Springfield St. Ry. Co.


$ 2,756.25


J. C. Wright


248.00


R. W. Chamberlain 259.25


94


A. Grasso


366.00


Geo. Statkum


211.00


Chauncey Bailey


244.00


Jos. Cleary


169.75


Fred Dudley


159.00


A. Mercadante


121.25


Louis DePalmer


194.00


W. Krykaskey


120.00


E. Fazio


15.00


Daniel Cesan


97.00


F. Copinski


169.75


Ida Spear


43.13


$ 5,173.38


TUITION


City of Springfield, vocational.


$ 1,455.25


City of Springfield


2,046.70


Town of West Springfield


4,990.64


$ 8,492.59


SUNDRIES


H. W. Cowles $ 8.46


Elsie M. Flint


2.10


Favorite Quartet


25.00


Gatchell's Orchestra


27.90


Meissner's Express


7.00


$ 70.46


OUTLAY


Johns-Manville, Inc. $ 242.00


Horace Partridge Co.


80.45


Narragansett Machine Co.


403.75


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.


679.88


Graphoscope Service Co.


664.00


95


Keasbey & Mattison


121.16


E. S. Stacey Supply Co.


9.46


Forbes & Wallace


18.44


Oliver & Howland Co.


3.63


J. G. Heidner & Son


272.00


$ 2,494.77


SUMMARY


General expense


$ 5,793.15


Expense of instruction


47,354.62


Stationery and supplies


3,219.27


Text books


2,288.73


Operating


6,839.00


Maintenance


1,028.93


Health


1,121.25


Transportation


5,173.38


Tuition


8,492.59


Sundries


70.46


Outlay


2,494.77


$83,876.15


AVAILABLE


Appropriation


$90,000.00


State of Mass., vocational education


619.62


City of Springfield, refund on tui- tion 31.25


S. H. Bodurtha, High School tuition


62.50


$90,713.37


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Superintendent's Report


To the School Committee of Agawam :


Gentlemen : I hereby submit my annual report as Superintendent of Schools for the year ending December 31, 1922.


This report will be given under the three following headings :


I Statistics


II The New High School


1. Program of Studies-Junior High School


2. The Curricula of the Senior High School, with Notes and Regulations


3. The Daily Schedule of Classes and its Signifi- cance


4. The New School and 12 or 13 Grades


5. The Junior-Senior High School in the Light of the Seven Objectives of Secondary Education.


III Elementary Schools


1. Housing Conditions


2. Play Ground Equipment


3. Course of Study


4. Books


I. STATISTICS RESIGNATIONS


Walter E. Gushee, Superintendent of Schools.


Joseph R. Burgess, Asst. Supt. of Schools.


Alice Powers, Supervisor of Music.


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Nellie T. Granfield, North Agawam, Grade III. Mary J. Kelley, North Agawam, Grade II. Olive C. Duguid, Feeding Hills, Grades V-VI. Edna B. Harmon, Springfield Street, Grades IV-V. Elinor E. Gibney, Agawam Center, Grades II-III. Kate Adams, Prin. Agawam Center, Grades VIII-IX. Elizabeth Hammond, West Street, Grades I-IV.


TRANSFERS


Wm. J. Burke, Jr., from Feeding Hills, Grades VIII- IX to Junior High.


Minta A. Locke, from Agawam Center, Grades VI- VII to Junior High.


Catherine T. Powers, from North Awawam, Grade VI to Junior High.


Hazel M. Sullivan, from Springfield Street, Grades V-VI to Junior High.


Anna M. LaSalle, from Feeding Hills, Grades III-IV to North Agawam, Grade III.


Gertrude C. Lawrence, from South St., Grades I-II, to Agawam Center, Grades II-III.


Mildred E. Simpson, from Suffield Street, Grades I- II-III to Agawam Center, Grades III-IV.


Viola W. Phillips, Agawam Center from Grade I to Grade VII.


Minetta M. Jurgenson, Agawam Center from Grade I to Grade IV.


Annette E. Deely, North Agawam from Grade V to Grade IV.


Olive A. Fox, North Agawam from Grade IV to Grade V.


Mae Pauline Lynch, North Agawam from Grade VII to Grade VI.


Clara S. Johnson, Feeding Hills from Grades II-III to III-IV.


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Beryl W. Stodden, Feeding Hills from Grade VII to Grades II-III.


APPOINTMENTS


Benjamin J. Phelps, Superintendent of Schools.


Nathalie F. Moulton, Asst. Supt. of Schools.


Hazel Clark, Supervisor of Music.


Mary F. Pierce, Supervisor of Drawing.


Edith J. Best, Senior High, Science and Mathe- matics.


Nellie I. Button, Senior High, English.


Catharine Keeler, Senior High, French and Latin.


Clara L. McIntire, Senior High, Commercial Subjects.


Eleanor H. Smith, Senior High, Latin and Mathe- matics.


Marjorie Ward, Senior High, History and Civics.


Abbie L. Burlingham, Junior and Senior High, Physi- cal Training.


Hazel S. Cook, Junior and Senior High, Domestic Science.


Frederick T. Dacey, Junior and Senior High, Manual Training.


Cora M. Barnes, Junior High, History and Civics.


Olive Lewis, Junior High, English.


Kathryn M. Roache, North Agawam, Grade II.


Esther J. Stevens, Agawam Center, Grade I.


Marion C. Poole, Principal, Feeding Hills, Grades VI- VII.


David Mckenzie, Feeding Hills, Grades V-VI.


Isabelle M. Cogswell, Springfield Street, Grade IV.


Mary E. O'Shea, Springfield Street, Grades V-VI. Evelyn L. Moulton, South Street, Grades I-II.


Freeda R. Fitts, Suffield Street, Grades I-II-III.


Mildred M. Trask, West Street, Grades I-II-III-IV.


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ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS IN AGAWAM TOWNSHIP, 1922-1923


1. Elementary School, Grades I-VII


2. Junior High School, Grade VII Special-Grades VIII-IX


3. Senior High School, Grades X-XI-XII


ENROLLMENT TABLE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AGAWAM CENTER


Grades


I


JI


III


IV


V


VI


VII


Totals


Room 1


38


38


Room 2


8


26


27


17


44


Room 4


39


39


Room 5


45


45


Room 6


41


41


Room 7


31


31


Totals


46


26


27


56


45


41


31


272


NORTH AGAWAM


Room 1


49


49


Room 2


40


40


Room 3


39


39


Room 4


39


39


Room 5


48


48


Room 6


45


45


Room 7


36


36


Totals


49


40


39


39


48


45


36


296


FEEDING HILLS


Room 1


42


42


Room 2


28


9


37


Room 3


11


20


31


Room 4


30


9


39


Room 5


12


20


32


Totals


42


28


20


20


30


21


20


181


SPRINGFIELD STREET


Room 1


46


46


Room 2


42


42


Room 3


39


39


Room 4


37


37


Room 5


19


16


35


Totals


46


42


39


37


19


16


199


South St.


12


14


8


34


Suffield St.


10


13


7


30


West St.


7


7


5


6


25


Totals


29


34


20


6


89


Total in Elemen-


tary Schools


212


170


145


158


142


123


87


1037


ENROLLMENT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL


Grades


VII


1 VIII


2 VIII


VIII


IX


IX


Total


Seventh Grade


32


32


Eighth Grade


29


30


30


89


Ninth Grade


24


28


52


Totals


32


29


30


30


24


28


173


100


3


1


2


·


34


Room 3


ENROLLMENT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL


Tenth Grade


Eleventh Grade


37


Twelfth Grade


33


Total


119


Total in Elementary Schools


1037


Total in Junior High School


173


Total in Senior High School


119


Attending Central High, Springfield


1


Commercial


2


Technical


2


West Springfield High 5


Total in High Schools


302


Attending Springfield Vocational School


10


Total in Public Schools


1349


Increase during the year in Public School pupils


104


II. THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL


1. PROGRAM OF STUDIES-JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL


Grade VII


English and Spelling


5


History


5


Geography


5


Physiology


3


Arithmetic


5


Manual Training


2


Domestic Science


2


Penmanship


2


Music


2


Drawing


1


GRADE VIII


English and Spelling


5


Arithmetic


5


Geography


5


Civics


3


Science


2


Manual Training


2


Domestic Science


2


Penmanship


2


49


101


2


Music


Drawing


1


GRADE IX


English and Spelling


5


Arithmetic Review 2


Commercial Arithmetic, one-half yr.


3


Algebra, one-half year


3


Latin, one-half year


3


U. S. History


5


Civics 3


Elementary Science 2


Manual Training 2


Domestic Science 2


Penmanship


2


Music


2


Drawing


1


2 .- CURRICULA FOR THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1922-1923


Notes and Regulations


The Agawam Senior High School offers three Curri- cula for the school year 1922-1923.


I. A College Preparatory Curriculum.


II. A General Curriculum. III. A Commercial Curriculum.


These curricula are composed of required and elec- tive subjects. A specific number of credits is assigned to each subject. The passing grade for which credits are granted is 70%.


A variable is a course not required of all pupils.


Requirements for Graduation


The four following factors constitute the require- ments for graduation :


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(a) The total number of credits required.


(b) The subjects required of all pupils.


(c) Requirements of majors and minors.


(d) Approval of electives.


(a) Total number of Credits Required for Graduation :


80 credits are required for the high school diploma. Pupils are expected to take, each year, work aggregating 20-23 credits. No pupil may receive more than 10 credits for physical training, chorus singing, and extra class room activities.


(b) Required Subjects :


The following subjects are required of all pupils :


English, four years; Community Civics and Voca- tions, one year; U. S. History and Government, one year ; Science, one year; Physical Training, four years ; Manual Training (Boys), one year, Grade 10; Domestic Science (Girls), one year, Grade 10.


(c) Requirement in Majors and Minors :


Each student shall complete in addition to English, at least (a) one major and one minor or (b) two minors.


Note: 15 credits obtained in the study of any one subject constitutes a major. 10 credits obtained in the study of any one subject constitutes a minor. (d) Approval of Electives :


Each pupil should confer with parents, teachers, and principal with regard to the choice of electives and he must secure the approval of the principal for the electives to be taken. An elective subject may be omitted from the schedule in any year when, in the judgment of the principal, the number of pupils electing the subject is not sufficient to warrant the formation of the class.


Requirements for Sophomore, Junior and Senior Standing


Sophomore standing


15 credits


Junior standing 35 credits


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Senior standing


60 credits


Graduation 80 credits


The College Preparatory Curriculum


This curriculum is designed to meet the needs of all pupils who intend to continue their education after gradu- ation from high school, in college, scientific or technical school.


Since the colleges do not have uniform entrance re- quirements, it will be necessary for pupils, who wish to prepare for college, to decide early in their high school career what particular college they wish to attend.


Certificates of admission to a college or technical school will not be granted in any subject where the aver- age is below 80% or B grade. Moreover, the school will not accept responsibility for the success of pupils in their college work, in any subject in which their high school rating is below 80%.


General Curriculum


This curriculum aims to meet the needs of those pupils who do not intend to enter higher institutions of learning after graduation from high school; it is also especially adapted to prepare pupils for entrance to nor- mal schools.


Latin and advanced mathematics may be elected in this course.


The subject of normal reviews will include geography, arithmetic, and spelling.


Pupils who fail to obtain an average of 80% in a sub- ject can be admitted to a normal school in that subject only at the discretion of the principal of the normal school.


The college preparatory curriculum may be accepted for normal school entrance, but because of the emphasis given therein to advanced mathematics and foreign lang-


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uages, it is not especially adapted to the needs of normal school pupils.


The Commercial Curriculum


The object of the commercial curriculum is to prepare pupils to enter business. The work in this curriculum will be intensive and specific. Recognized standards in type- writing and stenography must be attained by pupils seek- ing credits in those subjects.


Commercial pupils are advised not to elect a foreign language unless said language has a specific value in their choice of vocation.


College Preparatory Curriculum


FIRST YEAR


SECOND YEAR


Required Credits


Required Credits


English I


5 English II 5


Algebra I


5


Geometry 5


Physical Training 1


Community Civic and Vocations 5


Electives (choose two)


Physical Training


1


Early European History 5


Domestic Science


1


Latin II 5


Manual Training


1


French I


Electives (choose one)


Latin I 5


General Science 5


Variables


Music 1


Mechanical Drawing 1


Freehand Drawing


1


Domestic Science


1


Manual Training


1


Biology 5


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THIRD YEAR Required Credits


FOURTH YEAR


Required Credits


English III


5


English IV 5


Physical Training


1


U. S. History and Gov- ernment 5


Electives (choose three)


Chemistry


5


Ancient History


5


Electives (choose two)


Algebra II and Math. Review


5


Solid Geometry and Trig. 5


Latin III


5 Latin IV 5


French II


5 French III 5


Variables


Variables


Music


1 Music 1


Mechanical Drawing


1 Mechanical Drawing 1


Freehand Drawing


1 Freehand Drawing 1


Domestic Science


1 Domestic Science 1


Manual Training


1 Manual Training 1


General Curriculum


FIRST YEAR


SECOND YEAR


Required Credits


Required Credits


English I


5 English II 5


Algebra I


5 Early European History 5


Biology 5


Community Civics and Vocations


5


Physical Training


1


General Science


5


Electives (choose one)


Physical Training


1


Domestic Training


1


French I


5


Manual Training


1


5


Music


1


Mechanical Drawing


1


Freehand Drawing


1


Domestic Science


1


Manual Training


1


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Geometry Variables


Physical Training


2


Physics 5


THIRD YEAR Required Credits


FOURTH YEAR Required Credits


5 English IV 5


Modern History


5 U. S. History and Gov-


Physical Training


1 ernment 5


Physical Training


1


French II


5


Electives (choose two)


Chemistry


5


Home Economics


4


French III 5


Home Economics


4


Variables


Commercial Studies


5


Music


1


Variables


Mechanical Drawing


1


Music 1


Freehand Drawing


1


Mechanical Drawing 1


Domestic Science


1


Freehand Drawing 1


Manual Training


1


Domestic Science


1


Manual Training


1


Commercial Curriculum


FIRST YEAR


SECOND YEAR


Required Credits


Required Credits


English I


5


Bookkeeping I 5


Community Civics and Vocations


5


Physical Training


1


General Science


5


Electives (choose one)


Introductory Business


5


Physical Training


1


Early European History 5


Domestic Science


1


1 Biology 5


Variables


Music 1


Freehand Drawing 1


Domestic Science


1


Manual Training


1


English III


Electives (choose two)


Normal Reviews 5


Physics 5


Commercial Studies


5


English II 5


Typewriting I 4


French I 5


Manual Training


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THIRD YEAR Required Credits


FOURTH YEAR


Required Credits


English III


5


English IV 5


Physical Training


1


U. S. History and Gov- ernment 5


Electives (choose three)


Bookkeeping II


5


Physical Training 1


Typewriting II


4


French II


5


Modern History


5


Stenography


5


Stenography II 5


Variables


Commercial Geography


Music


1


and Economics 5


Freehand Drawing


1


Commercial Law and


Domestic Science


1


Office Practice


5


Manual Training


1


Variables


Music 1


Freehand Drawing


1


Domestic Science 1


Manual Training


1


3. THE DAILY SCHEDULE OF CLASSES AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE


The program of studies of any school has a direct bearing upon the length of the school day. A very good program of studies can be rendered invalid if it is crowded into too short a school day. We have en- deavored to give Agawam the best possible program of studies to meet the various needs of the pupils. Such a program calls for a long school day. The daily sched- ule of classes is as follows :


8.57- 9.00 Enrollment-A. M. Session.


9.00- 9.10 Chapel Exercises.


9.10-10.10 First Period Classes.


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Electives (choose two)


French III 5


Typewriting III 4


10.14-11 14 Second Period Classes.


11.18-12.18 Third Period Classes.


12.18-12.45 Noon Recess-Lunch.


12.45-12.50 Enrollment P. M. Session.


12.50- 1.30 Fourth Period Classes.


1.34- 2.34 Fifth Period Classes.


2.38- 3.18 Sixth Period Classes.


3.18- 3.23 Dismissal.


The following items in the schedule are of import- ance :


The Junior and Senior High School are on the same bell schedule at all times except for the noon recess. The reason for a divergence here is the desire to give every pupil good, wholsome, lunch room conditions.


There are four periods of one hour length in the schedule. A period of one hour is ideal for such subjects as General Science, Domestic Science, Manual Training, Physical Training and Mechanical Drawing. The one- hour period also gives an opportunity for supervised study in some subjects.


Another point worthy of mention in the schedule is the four-minute interval between classes. This gives ample time for the pupil to relax and makes it possible for the daily program to be carried out without undue haste and friction.


4. THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND 12 OR 13 GRADES


According to the present organization of the Agawam School, you have nominally 13 grades in your school system, but in reality you have a 12-grade system for the brighter pupils. I will discuss this situation under the following headings: 1. Expense; 2. Scholar- ship; 3. Housing; 4. How to make the change in number of grades.


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1. EXPENSE


If you reduce the number of grades in your school system from 13 to 12, you will not reduce your educa- tional expense. Any reduction of grades will not reduce the number of children in your schools. You will there- fore need as many teachers for 12 grades as for 13 grades. In a 12-grade system without a kindergarten there will be more repeaters than in a 13-grade system. Repeaters add to the expense of education. It probably would be necessary to have special rooms or opportunity rooms for these repeaters. If by reducing the number of grades there should be any considerable increase in the enrollment of the Junior-Senior High School, there would be an increase in money spent for education, since the cost of educating a high school pupil is greater than the expense of training an elementary school pupil.


2. SCHOLARSHIP


In a 13-grade system, especially in the upper grades, you obtain a more homogeneous grouping of children than in a 12-grade system. This advantage could be secured for the 12-grade system by inaugurating oppor- tunity rooms for the retarded and delinquent pupils. There is one great advantage in having a homogeneous grouping of children; that is, the work in the class room is not held up because of the presence of several pupils who are not capable of doing the work. Under such a condition there are fewer failures at the time of promo- tion and the quality and quantity of the work is of high calibre. The Junior-Senior High School as organized at present is a good illustration of this view point.




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