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4. To visit no school without a definite purpose-regarding inspection as incidental-relating to the work of the school or to some problem affecting its welfare. These purposes are too numerous to mention, too numerous to be classified, even. Only occasionally, I am happy to state, have they been required to settle differences between teachers and parents.
5. To know as much as possible about those departments of the schools not directly under his care. For instance, I have collected a few interesting and important facts from the barge drivers in the four towns under my supervision. From the ten drivers sending answers to my questions I have compiled the following :
Average cost per pupil for transportation $ .75
Highest cost
1.00
Lowest cost 66 66 66
.45
.
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In answer to the estimated number of cases where pupils have been detained after school, thus delaying the barge or com- pelling pupils to walk, one reports that there have been 25 such cases, and the aggregate of all the other cases is 7.
The average distance from school to the point where the barges transport the pupils is 1} miles. Two take on children } mile from the schoolhouse. Two report this distance as exceeding 3 miles.
The average time of the barges on the road after leaving the home of the most distant pupil is 53.5 minutes. The shortest time is 35 minutes, the longest 90 minutes.
6. To keep such records as may be necessary to enable him to do the work without waste of time and energy. In all well regulated offices sufficient records should be kept to enable the superintendent to answer almost any question relating to the schools and the pupils in them without delay. At the present time mine are too few and incomplete. An extension of this work is begun, whereby there shall be available the complete record of every pupil from the time he enters school until he is 21 years of age, showing the kind of work he does after leaving school, and, if possible, his compensation. Out of such a record as this might well grow a complete reorganization of the school system adapted to the needs of the community. Any reorganization not based on such information would be purely theoretical and futile.
7. To keep his correspondence up to date. I have received 91 communications from the State Board of Education, 54 from the Department of the Interior and public institutions of Massa- chusetts, besides uncounted letters from teachers, agencies, book and supply concerns, etc. Many of these communications have asked for information that has taken hours to collect, classify, and forward. I have written 1,023 letters in the performance of this work alone.
8. To know with some degree of accuracy what is being done in other school systems, through conventions, visitations, town reports, professional reading, etc. I have attended six conferences, or conventions, and visited three school systems since September.
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9. To visit the schools often enough to keep in sympathetic touch with the progress of the work. In the school year ending February 1st, he has, for this purpose, visited :
Forge Village, a four-room building, 24 times. Graniteville, a four-room building, 26 times.
The William E. Frost School, four rooms, 34 times.
Westford Academy, three rooms, 11 times. Parkerville, a one-room building, 14 times.
Nabnasset, a one-room building, 14 times.
Carlisle Highlands, a three-room building, 17 times.
South Acton, a four-room building, 31 times. West Acton, a three-room building, 31 times. Acton Center, a three-room building, 21 times. The Acton High Achool, one room, 15 times.
This school was discontinued in June, 1913.
West Littleton, a two-room building, 39 times. Littleton Town Hall, a one-room building, 20 times.
The Union (Littleton) School, three rooms, 30 times.
The Littleton High School, a three-teacher school, 26 times.
The total number of visits to 40 teachers, 978.
Total cost of travelling, approximate, $115, distributed as fol- lows:
Westford, $60; Carlisle, $25; Acton, $25; Littleton, $5.
The schools visited oftenest receive the shortest time per visit. In most schools a half hour visit has to suffice.
WESTFORD ACADEMY.
This school is administered in a businesslike and energetic manner by the same teachers as last year. The report of the principal, a reprint of the course of study, and the special tables of statistics I have collected and which appear elsewhere make it unnecessary for lengthy comment here concerning this school. The large number of recitation periods is necessitated in part by large classes which cannot recite in a single division. If a teacher could be employed for a portion of each day in addition to those already employed it would be greatly to the advantage of the school. I recommend that an effort be made to secure such a
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teacher and that the town be asked for an appropriation of $100 to bring about this result. I believe it would be possible to adjust the program beginning next September so that there would be no necessity for an extra teacher.
TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
The appropriation available for these items is inadequate, with the result that many text-books, especially readers, are now unfit for use. From time to time changing numbers in classes have compelled additions to the sets in use, and these have been fur- nished as far as possible by the purchase of new books, but too often by transferring the excess in one school to supply the deficiency in another. Many books have been thus used that were discarded as useless several years ago. In fact, last year all the available old books-that is, those not then in use but in fair condition-were placed in schools where they were needed, and no new books purchased until these were exhausted. But while it is clear that this is economy it is also clear that this process cannot be continued indefinitely. Below I am giving some figures relating to these items, compiled from the last printed report of the State Board of Education. I have selected for comparison the seven towns in the State in the same class with Westford in population. They are compared in population, valuation, average membership and per capita cost for books and supplies.
Pop.
Val.
Per Capita Cost for Av. Mem. Books and Supplies
Barre
2,957
2,277,399
443
$4.32
Pepperell
2,953
2,309,486
502
2.24
Westport
2,928
2,162,925
384
1.31
Westford
2,851
2,073,405
423
1.59
Holbrook
2,816
1,495,564
499
2.39
Somerset
2,798
1,508,256
478
1.59
Ayer
2,797
2,227,483
468
2.01
Billerica
2,789
2,564,934
464
2.66
Average for these eight towns,
2.26
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In view of the present condition of the books in Westford I feel, that, for one or two years, at least, the Town should raise and appropriate at least $200 more for text-books and supplies in order to place in the hands of all the pupils whole and wholesome books. For several years thereafter it would probably be found un- necessary to appropriate so large a sum yearly. The value of clean and whole books in the hands of children just learning to use books cannot be overestimated.
THE RELIEF OF PARKERVILLE.
I commend the action of the committee in providing for the transfer and transportation of the seventh and eighth grade pupils from Parkerville to the William E. Frost School. I believe the plan inaugurated for the winter term of the present year should be extended throughout the year. It speaks well for the Parkerville school that the pupils transferred fit readily into corresponding grades at the William E. Frost school.
CONCLUSION.
Not because it has become a formal custom to do so, but because the circumstances warrant it, I wish to close this report with my appreciation of your co-operation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK H. HILL,
Superintendent of Schools.
WESTFORD, February 9, 1914.
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REPORT OF WESTFORD ACADEMY ..
MR. F. H. HILL,
Superintendent of Schools.
DEAR MR. HILL:
Following is the annual report of Westford Academy for 1913-14.
I have already informed you concerning our enrollment. attendance, etc., beginning with September, 1912, and as these figures are given under "Statistics for the School Year 1912-13," printed on another page of the town report, they need not be repeated here. However, it may be of interest to record that we had an enrollment of sixty in September, 1913, which from one cause or another has been reduced at the present writing (February 2, 1914) to fifty-three, twenty-seven boys, and twenty-six girls.
My report for 1912-13 was published a year ago this February, and there is nothing of particular consequence to mention between that time and the graduation exercises in June. The graduating class consisted of six girls and one boy. The latter's modesty, which kept him from publicly delivering his essay, was rewarded by the printing of the essay verbatim in the Lowell Courier-Citizen.
All the girl graduates took their parts very satisfactorily, and received special commendation for the clearness and distinctness with which they spoke.
It was a pleasure to have so many of the alumni present in a body at graduation and we hope they will consider that they have a standing invitation to march in with the school on like occasions. We were especially fortunate in having as our guest of honor, Hon. John D. Long, who spoke briefly, following the address of Rev. Lyman B. Weeks.
We have continued the plan of giving public entertainments, and this year have tried the scheme of popular amusements offered by the character artist and magician. Financially, at least, these entertainments have proved more successful than those given
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last year, and we hope in time to establish a permanent fund which may be used to meet deficiencies if a particular entertainment fails to pay for itself.
The Senior Class are planning to give a play entitled, "The Teaser," on the night of February 13th. The proceeds will be used toward defraying the expenses incident upon graduation. The class have also undertaken to sell the James Whitcomb Riley souvenir pins, and thus obtain recognition for the Academy among the schools throughout the country which are contributing toward a fund to erect a heroic statue in honor of the poet. This statue will be erected in Riley's birthplace, Greenfield, Indiana. Inci- dentally, by the sale of these pins, the class will receive an oil painting of the "Old Swimmin' Hole," and a bust of Riley, which will be placed in the Academy.
I think I can best inform the general public about the present courses of study, and our aims and standards, by here reprinting the subject matter of a leaflet published for distribution among the pupils. I would call particular attention to the fact that there are thirty-three periods .per week for the ordinary class recitations. To show how crowded the teachers are in this program, the principal teaches thirty-one periods, Miss Hickey the same number, and Miss Smith thirty periods, besides added work in the science laboratory. Extra time is required for drilling pupils in rhet- oricals.
The principal wishes to commend the faithful and con- scientious work of his assistants who have uncomplainingly given of their time and strength to keep this heavy program going.
I think the English-Business Course is beyond the experi- mental stage, and I consider that it fills an important place in the program. The credit for the success of this course lies with Miss Hickey who has set high standards of work before her classes.
In so far as the time and energy of the teaching force allow, the Academy strives to meet the demands of the college, the normal school and the industrial world. It is a heavy task for a small school, but we are doing what we can to meet our obligations.
Following is the special information, to which reference was made, concerning courses of study, etc.
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COURSES OF STUDY.
ACADEMIC COURSE.
ENGLISH-BUSINESS COURSE.
First Year.
English 4-5 Algebra 51
English 4-5
Latin 5
Penmanship and Spelling 3
Penmanship and Spelling 3
Mechanical Drawing 1
Elementary Science 4
(In years when Algebra is not given)
Second Year.
English 4
English 4
Geometry 51
Bookkeeping 4
Latin 4
Arithmetic 2
French 5
History 32
History 32
Elect one subject (From first or second year)
Third Year.
English 4
English 4
Mathematics 44
Typewriting 43
Latin 4
Shorthand 4
Commercial Law 4 (2 year)
Comm. Geography 4 (2 year) Advanced Bookkeeping 4
Fourth Year.
English 4
English 4
Mathematics 4ª
Typewriting 43
Latin 4
Shorthand 4
French 3
U. S. History and Civics 4
Physics 51
U. S. History and Civics 4
Elect one subject (From third or fourth year)
FOOT NOTES.
1 Given in alternate years. In 1913-14, Algebra and Chemistry.
2 Ancient History and English History open to Sophomores and Juniors given in alternate years. In 1913-14, Ancient History.
3
Counts two points.
4 Review of Algebra and Geometry given in alternate years, open to Juniors and Seniors. Given in 1913-14.
French 4
Chemistry 51
History 32
Arithmetic 4
Elementary Science 4 Mechanical Drawing 1
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DAILY RECITATION PERIODS.
Opening Exercises
8.25- 8.30 A. M.
Period I
8.30- 9.10 A. M.
Period II 9.12- 9.52 A. M. Period III 9.54-10.34 A. M.
Period IV 10.36-11.16 A. M. Period V 11.18-11.58 A. M. Intermission 11.58-12.20 P. M. Period VI 12.20- 1.00 P. M. Period VII 1.02- 1.40 P. M.
NOTE. Of these periods, one each week is given to music and rhetoricals, making a total of thirty-three per week for the usual recitations. A pupil is expected to have sixteen full recitation periods per week exclusive of music and rhetoricals.
THE ACADEMIC COURSE.
The Academic Course is designed to prepare students for college or normal school, and to lay the foundation for a liberal culture in the arts and sciences.
THE ENGLISH-BUSINESS COURSE.
The English-Business Course is designed to prepare students for the more immediate demands of the vocational sort, and at the same time provide an element of cultural study to balance the strictly practical.
SCHOLARSHIP.
Scholarship records are kept in five grades indicated by the letters A, B, C, D, E. "A" indicates a rank from 90 to 100 per cent .; "B" from 80 to 89 per cent .; "C" from 70 to 79 per cent .; "D" from 50 to 69 per cent .; "E" any rank below 50 per cent. A final mark of "D" or "E" means failure. If the failure is in a required subject, the subject must be repeated ; if in an elective, an equivalent subject may be substituted.
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EXAMINATIONS.
Formal examinations are given at the end of each term. No pupil is excused from these examinations except Seniors, and then only in subjects with a grade of "B." Mid-term tests are given at the discretion of the teachers.
Tests or examinations looking toward college or normal school preparation, must, as a rule, attain a grade of "C."
In general, a pupil must attain a final grade of "B" in any given subject for recommendation to take the college or normal school entrance examinations. A final grade of "B" is required for the certificate privilege.
The term examinations count one-third, the daily work two-thirds, in final term averages. Mid-term tests are ranked at the teacher's discretion.
DIPLOMA.
To secure the diploma of the Academy a pupil must receive credit for sixty-eight points. Ordinarily this would mean an average of four subjects per year for four years exclusive of music, drawing and rhetoricals. There is nothing to prevent a pupil from taking more than the prescribed number of subjects, but sixty-eight points is the minimum requirement for diploma.
GRADUATION HONORS.
The Senior attaining the highest rank is the Valedictorian, the second rank the Salutatorian. These students take their proper parts at graduation. Other class parts such as historian, prophet, etc., are taken by those duly elected by the class. No student is eligible to first or second honors unless he has been a member of the class the two years next preceding graduation.
GRADING OF PUPILS.
Pupils who have completed eleven, seven, or three full subjects are classed respectively as fourth year, third year, and second year pupils.
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Those who have completed a less number for each year are classed respectively as third year, second year, and first year pupils.
RHETORICALS.
Rhetoricals are a required part of the school work and count one-half point each year, or two points in four years. Each pupil takes part in these exercises at least twice a term.
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
Satisfactory attention to Music and Drawing is rewarded by allowing two points for Music and one point for Drawing in a period of four years.
TYPEWRITING.
Typewriting, requiring no preparation outside the class- room, receives one-half credit in reckoning points.
ABSENCES.
Work lost through absence for any cause must be made up satisfactorily to the teachers, otherwise no credit is allowed.
SPECIAL COURSES.
When necessity demands special courses will be given in so far as it is possible to arrange them.
DEPORTMENT.
Satisfactory behavior is expected of all pupils who have attained high school grade, and only the pupil suffers who abuses the confidence reposed in him. No record is made of deportment unless it is unsatisfactory.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM C. ROUDENBUSH,
Principal Westford Academy.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
MR. F. H. HILL,
Superintendent of Schools.
DEAR SIR:
I herewith submit my report for the music department of the Westford schools.
In my report for last year, I said that we were making a few changes in the method of presenting this subject. These changes have been worked out until they have become familiar and are moving along very satisfactorily.
The principal subject matter taught in the grades is as follows:
Grade I-Rote Songs. Major Scale. Staff reading from check mark placed on any staff degree. Simple melody at board using Quarter and Half notes.
Grade II-Review of first year's work. Rote singing. Oral and written dictation. More difficult interval drill. Dotted Half and Whole notes and Quarter rest in melody, class- wise and individually.
Grade III-Extension of the second year's work with the addition of the divided beat. In the spring term, locating the key note from a given key signature.
Grade IV-The Normal Minor Scale. First step in chromatic progression, down a half step and back, up a half step and back without skips. The Dotted Quarter and Eighth note in melody. Compound Time Three Eighth notes, Quarter and Eighth, and Dotted Quarter as the beat units.
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Grade V-Harmonic Minor Scale. Second step in chromatic progression, from chromatic tone to remote scale tone, also with skip on both sides of chromatic tone. Four Sixteenth notes to the beat in melody. Two part singing, often begun in the fourth year. The Arithmetic of music. Naming Keys. Theory of Common Time.
Grade VI-Melodic Minor Scale. More difficult chromatic progressions. Theory of Compound Time. Two and three part singing. Syncopation. Written work carrying out the principals taught in singing.
Grades VII-VIII-Review and extensions of the previous years' work. In the Eighth grade the use of and reading from the F Clef.
In the Academy time permits only chorus work. We are just establishing a glee club here which I hope will be of profit and pleasure to the members and friends. Time for this we are obliged to take out of school hours.
I wish to thank the teachers and superintendent for their interest and assistance, for upon their interest largely depends the interest of the children.
Respectfully submitted, MARY B. RAYNES,
Supervisor of Music.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
MR. F. H. HILL,
Superintendent of Schools.
DEAR SIR:
I herewith submit my second report of the supervisor of drawing for the Town of Westford.
In the primary grades the work has been very much like that of last year, but the work has been very much better. Very simple forms were taught the first of the year to gain control of the hand. These forms were used in borders for different purposes.
Paper folding and cutting has been done in all the schools with very good results. Booklets will be made in the spring including paper cut forms which tell stories. In this work the children learn the shapes of forms about them and are taught to do accurate, neat work. A little paper construction work has been done in Westford Centre with good success. The color work in the whole district is very much better than last year. A measured system of color has been taught called the "Munsell Color System," which teaches the children to name colors clearly, arrange colors by three qualities, and to group them so as to produce harmony.
The work in the intermediate grades has not gained as much as I would like to have it, but there is interest in the work.
Nature work was taken up in the fall with pencil and color, object drawing from solids, flower pots, bottles, vases and fruit forms, compass practice for accuracy, working drawings of solids, paper construction, and development, designing with color, center work and lettering. The aim in this work is to train children to observe form, be accurate, neat, and form mental pictures of objects about them.
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The work in the grammar grades has been successful in nearly every subject taught this year. At Forge Village especially, the work is very good. All the classes show an interest in the work, and are overcoming the inaccuracy shown in the work last year.
Nature work, with brush and pencil, was mastered very well in the fall; object drawing from models in the schoolroom has been done well throughout the year. Other subjects taken up were illustrative drawing, telling some experience the child had during vacation, historic ornaments in the form of tiles and borders, still-life grouping of objects, compass practice to teach accuracy and neatness, working drawings of solids and development, paper construction of Christmas boxes, designing, color work, centre work and lettering.
The mechanical drawing at the Westford Academy has been very well done this year. The work in the fall was compass practice for accuracy, and teaching the use of triangles and T squares on the drawing board. Development of many different solids, showing cut sections, also machine drawing and lettering, were then taken up.
In speaking of the work as a whole I can say there has been an improvement over last year's work in almost every school.
Each school is supposed to spend an hour and a half a week on drawing and I visit all schools once a week, except Nabnasset and Parkerville and spend a half hour in each room. Every other week I visit Nabnasset and Parkerville and spend three-quarters of an hour with them.
I wish to thank the superintendent, the committee and teachers for their support throughout the year.
Respectfully submitted,
MARION CELESTE TAYLOR,
Supervisor of Drawing.
February 12, 1914.
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REPORT OF MEDICAL INSPECTOR.
GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE :
I respectfully submit the following report concerning the medical inspection of the schools of Westford for the year ending February 1, 1914.
I have visited the schools and made general examinations to determine the general condition and fitness of the pupils to attend school. I have also made examinations of various pupils at each school at the request of either the teacher or one of the committee. During these examinations I found a general improvement over previous years in the general health and conditions of the pupils; also in the response of the parents in their co-operation with the school physician in his duties.
During this last year the Sargent and Cameron schools were fumigated for cases of scarlet fever and various cases of the mumps were sent home from school.
I trust that the parents will still keep a strict watch on their children and after receiving the required notices of their afflictions from the school physician will act promptly in having these conditions remedied, thus greatly helping the child and the whole school.
Respectfully submitted, DR. C. A. BLANEY, School Physician.
TRUANT OFFICERS' REPORT.
WESTFORD, February 1, 1914.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF WESTFORD:
Number of cases of truant children investigated 38
Number of cases brought to trial 0
Respectfully submitted, JOHN A. HEALY, JOHN A. SULLIVAN, Truant Officers.
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ROLL OF HONOR, 1912-1913.
THE ACADEMY.
FOR THREE TERMS.
Bertha Woodbury
Jennie F. Kimball
FOR TWO TERMS.
William F. Davis Mabel Prescott Elizabeth Kimball
FOR ONE TERM.
Chester E. Blaisdell
Ralph H. Bonnell
Fred W. Burnham
Claude E. Gladu Maurice S. Flagg Marion Connell
John Provost
WILLIAM E. FROST SCHOOL.
FOR THREE TERMS.
Grades 7 and 8-William Hall, Austin D. Fletcher, Eben A. Prescott, Edna Day, Florence Wilson.
Grades 5 and 6-Hazel Pond, Frederick Robinson.
Grades 3 and 4-William Pond.
Grades 1 and 2-None.
FOR TWO TERMS.
Grades 7 and 8-Winifred Baum, Lillian Hedman.
Grades 5 and 6-Jeanette Clement, John Paul Wilson, Alfred Swanson.
Grades 3 and 4-Marion Fletcher, Mildred Fletcher, Eric Ander- son, Marjorie Pollock.
Grades 1 and 2-Frances Wilson, Leon Wilson, Levi Nixon.
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FOR ONE TERM.
Grades 7 and 8-Harold Baker, Louis Devanuto, Joseph Dureault, Walter Fletcher, Lillian Roby, Ruth Sargent, Fred Capuano, Edith Hunt, Daisy Kabele, George Perkins.
Grades 5 and 6-Raymond Prescott, Edna Sargent, Yvonne Anctil, Henry Kuhn, Marion Clement, Ernest Dureault, Joseph Richardson, Edwin Hedman, Clifford Woods.
Grades 3 and 4-Carl Anderson, Ruth Johnson, Fred Perkins, Ulmont Richardson, Hattie Simpson, Edward Carpenter, Bernadine Kohl, Mabel Dane, William Carpenter, Leo McDonald, Herbert Shea, Walter Nawrocki, Billy Socoralis. Grades 1 and 2-Paul Cutter, Grace Winters, Norman Cutter, Raymond Shea, Gladys Richardson, Gerald Desmond, Alice Courtney, Kenneth Green, Virginia Green, Orion Mitchell, Lily Sundberg, Walter Perkins.
CAMERON SCHOOL.
FOR THREE TERMS.
Grades 6, 7 and 8-Hattie Blanche Comey.
Grades 4 and 5-Gladys Baker.
Grades 2 and 3-Rameo Cantara, Alfred Drolet.
Grade 1-George Healey, Rudolphe Byron, Arthur Daly, William Drolet, Harold Healey, Bolic Vlehna, Pierre Cantara.
FOR TWO TERMS.
Grades 6, 7 and 8-None.
Grades 4 and 5-Myrtle Healey, Alice Vincent, Mildred Precious, Mary Vlehna.
Grades 2 and 3-Reginald Blowey, Raymond Cantara, Gertrude Baker.
Grade 1-Yvonne Bellemore, Adolphus Blowey, Courana Cantara, Emelia Dappertot, Ruth Bennett, Simeon Cantara, Laura Dufresne, Wilfred Milot.
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FOR ONE TERM.
Grades 6, 7 and 8-Carolyn E. Precious, Mildred Parrott, John Sullivan, Charles Douglas, Lillian Baker, William Kavanagh. Grades 4 and 5-Daisy Precious, John Venn.
Grades 2 and 3-Venie Canton, Alice Hosmer, Gertrude Mountain, James Sullivan, George Goucher, Katherine O'Neil, Alice Walsh, James Venn, Joseph Brule, Edward McCarthy, Thomas Blowey, Charles Milot. -
Grade 1-Marianne Milot, Edward Hosmer, Walter Morton, Dorothy Mountain, Bernadette Canton, Lily McDonald, Edward Mountain, Cecile Vincent, Jennie Mulligan.
SARGENT SCHOOL.
FOR THREE TERMS.
Anna Doucette
Evelyn Brooks
Henry Harrington
Florence Carpenter
Alice Harrington®
FOR TWO TERMS.
Ethel Ingalls
Charles Robinson
Walter Fletcher Irene Carpenter Richard Healy
Samuel Fletcher FOR ONE TERM.
Anthony Lebebzinska
Genevieve Healy
Rosa Beland
Harold Hanning Anna Wyman
Edna Gagnon
Dorothy Shugrue Alice Daily Margaret Healy Gerald Defoe
Raymond Wall
Clyde Doucette Beatris LeDuc Stanley Smith Earle Robinson Clifford Carpenter
Frederick Carpenter Veronica Payne Anna Lebedzinska Rosanna Cote Alice Payne Robert Healy Edward Daily Dorothy Snow Thomas Gower Leo Healy
Pauline Smith
Gladys Ingalls
Lawrence Ingalls
Edmund Provost Laura McCarthy
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PARKERVILLE.
FOR THREE TERMS.
None.
FOR TWO TERMS.
Alcide Gladu
Sylva Gladu
FOR ONE TERM.
Bernadette Gladu Ethel Griffin Fred Griffin
Valma Gladu Helen Griffin Helen Kinball Carl Crawford
NABNASSET.
FOR THREE TERMS.
Carolyn Bell
FOR TWO TERMS.
Harry Johnson Jennie Devenuto Rose Harrup
Norman White Adeline Pierce Gladys Johnson Marjorie Bell
Philomena Capuano Leo McGlinchey
FOR ONE TERM. Angelo Devenuto Bertha Pierce
STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1912-1913.
SCHOOL
GRADES
|No.Different Pupils Enrolled. Boys Girls
Total Member- ship.
Average Member- ship.
Average Attend- ance.
Per Cent. Attend- ance.
Number between 5 and 15. Boys Girls
Number between 7 and 14. Boys Girls
Number Under 5. Number Over 15. Boys Girls Boys Girls
Cameron
VI-VII-VIII
9
12
21
18.98
18.02
94.94
9
12
9
12
0
0
0
0
IV-V
7
17
26
25.64
23.91
93.22
7
17
7
17
0
0
0
0
II-III
27
11
43
39.33
37.30
94.69
27
11
26
11
0
0
0
0
I
21
16
35
31.72
30.16
95.00
18
15
5
9
0
0
3
1
Wm. E. Frost
VII-VIII
27
17
44
38.50
34.00
93.00
27
16
24
17
3
1
0
0
V-VI
27
20
46
39.37
36.16
91.84
25
18
25
18
0
0
0
0
III-IV
24
17
41
34.10
31.70
92.80
24
16
24
16
0
0
0
0
I-II
26
19
40
33.68
31.61
93.85
25
16
11
5
0
0
0
0
Sargent
VI-VII-VIII
13
11
27
22.30
21.30
95.50
13
11
12
11
0
0
0
0
18
17
41
29.90
27.40
91.99
18
17
18
17
0
0
0
0
18
13
37
31.70
29.80
94.10
17
15
17
15
1
0
0
0
I
15
22
37
30.80
28.20
91.20
14
24
4
3
0
0
0
0
Nabnasset
I-II-III-IV
14
13
27
22.39
20.97
93.60
14
12
7
7
0
0
0
0
14
10
24
19.00
17.00
89.00
11
8
7
6
0
0
0
1
Academy
IX-X-XI-XII
26
29
55
50.77
47.62
93.78
13
13
6
3
10
19
0
0
·
.
Total
286
244
544
468.18
435.15
93.23
262
221
202 167
14 20
3
2
530
483
369
34
5
.
.
.
.
·
.
I-II-III-IV-
0
0
Parkerville
V-VII
IV-V
II-III
30
TEACHERS IN SERVICE FEBRUARY 1, 1914.
SCHOOL
GRADE
NAME OF TEACHER
WHERE EDUCATED
HOME ADDRESS
Academy
IX-XII
William C. Roudenbush Ruth M. Smith
Smith College
Mary G. Hickey .
Boston University
Wakefield, Mass .. ·
Wm. E. Frost
VII-VIII
S Clara Smith
Westford Academy
Westford, Mass. . Westford, Mass.
Edith Foster, Asst.
Martha L. Grant .
Mattie A. Crocker Edith A. Wright . .
.
Dorchester High Gloucester Training . Bridgewater Normal. Hyannis Summer Normal Hyannis Normal
Gloucester, Mass. Brockton, Mass.
Westford, Mass.
31
Cameron
IV-V II-III
Mary A. Garvey Abbie M. Blaisdell
Lowell Normal Lowell Normal Lowell Normal
Wamesit, Mass. .
Westford, Mass.
Sargent .
I VI-VII-VIII IV-V II-III
Izzie Parker
Westford Academy
Westford, Mass. No. Weymouth, Mass. Graniteville, Mass. No. Chelmsford, Mass.
Nabnasset
Parkerville .
I-II-III-VI
Myrtle W. Fletcher .
Fitchburg Normal
Littleton, Mass.
Music Supervisor
Mary B. Raynes
School of Music .
Chelmsford, Mass.
Drawing Supervisor
Marion C. Taylor .
Normal Art
Acton, Mass. .
.
Westford, Mass. Somerville, Mass. .
V-VI III-IV I-II VI-VII-VIII
Letitia V. Ward .
Forge Village, Mass.
No. Chelmsford, Mass.
Eva C. Pyne
Katherine B. Denlinger
Ruth M. Furbush .
Bridgewater Normal . Lowell Normal
I
Mary A. Dunn
Lowell Normal
Esther L. Smith
Roxbury High
Brockton, Mass. .
.
Williams College .
Italicized names indicate principals.
32
REPORT OF SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS.
SCHOOL EXAMINED.
Number Enrolled.
Defective Eyesight.
Defective Hearing.
Parents Notified.
Sargent
117
11
6
16
Academy
60
7
1
8
William E. Frost
126
10
2
10
Cameron .
113
21
1
22
Parkerville
24
0
0
0
Nabnasset
16
1
0
1
Totals
456
50
10
57
EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES.
Educational
Employment Literate
Illiterate
Forge Village
20
45
38
Graniteville
17
37
26
Totals
37
82
64
GRADUATED FROM GRAMMAR SCHOOL, JUNE, 1913.
Boys
Girls
Cameron School
1
2
Sargent School
4
1
William E. Frost School
9
9
Totals
14
12
ENTERED ACADEMY, SEPTEMBER, 1913.
Boys
Girls
Cameron School
0
2
Sargent School
3
1
William E. Frost School
9
7
-
Totals
12
10
-
-
33
SCHOOL CENSUS, SEPTEMBER, 1913.
Number of boys between 5 and 15 206
Number of girls between 5 and 15 180
Total 386
Number of boys between 7 and 14 182
Number of girls between 7 and 14 136
Total 318
Number of male illiterate minors over 14 27
Number of female illiterate minors over 14 50
Total 77
34
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF WESTFORD ACADEMY.
AT THE TOWN HALL,
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1913, AT 10 O'CLOCK A. M.
PROGRAMME
PART ONE
March with Overture,
ORCHESTRA
Class History,
KATHARINE MAE CONNELL
Class "Grinds,"
ELLEN MARION CONNELL
Selection,
ORCHESTRA
Class Prophecy,
LENA MAE CLEMENT
PART Two
Selection,
ORCHESTRA
Prayer,
REV. DAVID WALLACE Chorus, "Lovely Night, O Night Divine," SCHOOL
Offenbach
Salutatory with Essay, "Ants and their Social Habits" SADIE ANTOINETTE McMASTER Essay, "Berry Culture,"
MARDEN HOMER SEAVEY
35
Adams
Girls' Chorus, "The Quaker,"
Presentation of Class Gift,
HAZEL BEATRICE HARTFORD
Acceptance of Class Gift,
PAULINE STONE WALLACE
Essay with Valedictory, "China in Revolution" ALICE MAE GILSON
Selection,
ORCHESTRA
Address,
REV. LYMAN B. WEEKS
Conferring of Diplomas,
REV. EDWARD A. HORTON
Chorus, "A June Song," SCHOOL Bucalossi
Guest of Honor, HON. JOHN D. LONG Class Motto, "In Action Faithful, in Honor Clear" Class Colors, Garnet and Gold
Class Flower, American Beauty Rose
GRADUATES OF 1913
MARDEN H. SEAVEY, At Mass. Agricultural College LENA M. CLEMENT, At Lowell Commercial College KATHARINE M. CONNELL, At Lowell General Hospital-Course, Trained Nurse MARION CONNELL, At Home HAZEL B. HARTFORD, At Lowell Industrial School ALICE M. GILSON, At Lowell Commercial College SADIE A. McMASTER, At Lowell Industrial School
INDEX
Annual Town Meeting
15
Assessors' Report
29
Auditor's Report
92
Births .
8
Board of Health
52
Deaths
10
Finance Committee Report
110 58
Librarian's Report
Library Report
55 51 9
Marriages
Officers of the Town of Westford
Report of Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds
Report of Engineers of the Fire Department
Report of the Forest Warden
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Report of the Committee in Charge of the Whitney Playground Report of the Overseers of the Poor
Selectmen's Report
Special Town Meeting
State Election
Statement of Condition
Tax Collector's Report
Town Clerk's Report on Dogs
89
Tree Warden's Report
27
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
113
Westford Water Company
53
SCHOOL REPORT.
Annual Report of the School Committee
4
Courses of Study in Westford Academy
17
Employment and Educational Certificates
30
Financial Statement
6
Entered Academy, September, 1913
30
Graduated from Grammar School, June, 1913
30
Graduation Exercises of Westford Academy, June 20, 1913
32
Report of Medical Inspector
25
Report of Sight and Hearing Tests
30
Report of Supervisor of Drawing
23 21 5
Report of the School Committee
9
Report of Westford Academy
15
Roll of Honor, 1912-1913
26
School Calendar
2
School Census, September, 1913.
31
Special Exercise Days and Holidays
3
Statistics for the School Year, 1912-1913
30
Teachers in Service February 1, 1914
31
Truant Officers' Report
.
.
25
List of Jurors
3 98 78 83 28 87 71 38 21 23 97 34 12
Treasurer's Report
Report of Supervisor of Music
Report of the Superintendent
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