The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-07

not be more than $75. Dr. kennedy
 stressed the lack of tickets for the
 graduations when they have been
 held inside and expressed the belief
 parents would welcome the change
 to the outside.
 Superintendent Chittenden said
 he would have to talk over the pos-
 Sibility. of holding them outside
 with Principal Charles P. Slade of
 the high school and promised a re- port at the June meeting. Emil
 Mannweiler expressed himself in
 favor of the outside graduations if
 they could be worked.
 MT. Meegan told of reading an in- | spring article recently concerning
 a college graduate seeking a job in
 a national magazine and suggested all members of the graduating class
 of the high school be advised to
 read it.
 Art Exhibit Soon
 | There will be 150 reproductions oi
 works of art masters exhibited al Ian art display to be held in the
 Futile home on Church street, now
 the property of the town, next week
 it was announced yesterday by Supt . of Schools H. E. Chittenden.
 l Works of some high school and
 grammar school students will alsc
 be shown. The exhibit will last
 from Monday. May 10 to Saturday
 May 15 and will be under the super
 vision of Supt. Chittenden, Mrs Hazel Penrose, art instructor in tho high school, and Miss Sally Boards. | ley, who teaches art in the gram. mar schools.
 ll There will be an admission charge
 of 10 cents to all and the proceed , Twill be used to buy pictures in illus
 trating classroom work and som pictures bought will be used to dec l crate rooms which now have none , There will be no expense to the al . fair, MT. Chittenden said. .E Expense Large The report of School Supt. Chit l tenden on finances for the frs V month of the fiscal year, Apri
 showed that $23, ,000.58 has alread
 been spent. He explained this is s : heavy because the coal purchase I were included ill this months ex d Ipenses Not much more coal is t e be bought.
 : The proert shows the budget S originally suggested by the board c O education, $2O9, 300. MT. Chittende
 told the press this was prepared be f fore the reduction of 1000 ha d been made by the borough boarf V The school department budget IT approved by the freemen is $20S, t 900.
 h The report of Miss Elizabeth ( $ Neary, school nurse for Apri d showed 12 schools visited, g notice 'r of defective tonsils sent, 19 eye de d fects checked and IA minor cut n and abrasions treated.
 l. She reports attendance was de d creased somewhat during the mont 2 because of cases of chicken-pol : measles and colds but other healt II conditions were good. Through tn z Junior Red Cross many of the un
 derprivileged children had their eye ~ examined by Dr. Little at the ey t clinic held recently at the Red Cros $ chapter house here and many of tn e youngsters have already obtaine s glasses.
 V Miss King Reports f According to the report of tn n dental hygienist, Miss Helen Kinl n 129 children were examined, III re e ceived prophylactic tres atm en t. e there were IA classroom talks an d at the Red Cross dental clinic fo : April t09 patients were treated wit V g cases completed and $l4.25 i : cash received.
 At the nursery class in ProSpeC n street school the average attendanc d Hast month was 21 with IS visitor s inspecting the school. Miss Kuhn e assistant supervisor. visited the clas
 last month. al Average attendance in loce t schools, was slightly less for tn t term ending March 31, 1887. tha 1T for the term ending March 27. l93 2 a report shows. The term this yea q lhad s.an average attendance of 2 - 3O2.46 and last year at the sam e time it was 2,3O8.44. Last year 25s e were registered in local schools an 1t Ithis year, ,2,532 were registered. l 2 the high school 821 were regiStere elat the end of the March term la ' lyear and this year 846 were regi; { tered at the same time with attend t lance averaging 7S7.2O at the end { ' lthe March period last year an