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REPORT OF CITY CLERK
SPECIAL ELECTION-JUNE 13, 1933 Sale of Non-Intoxicating Beverages
Ward Precinct
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PRELIMINARY CITY ELECTION-NOVEMBER 14, 1933 Councillor-Ward One
Ward Precinct
Hurley
Forrest
Martinson
Decker
Coates
Hussey
Wickens
Foley
Akerstrom
Edwards
Comins
French
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REPORT OF CITY CLERK CITY ELECTION-DECEMBER 5, 1933 Ward Councillor-Ward One
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CITY OF QUINCY
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Question No. 1-Auditor
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Question No. 3-Liquor No. 1 Whiskey
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Question No. 4-Liquor No. 2 Beer
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF QUINCY, MASS.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1933
Chairman HON. CHARLES A. Ross, Mayor Vice-Chairman DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING
HON. CHARLES A. ROSS. Term expires Dec. 31, 1934 98 Independence Avenue, Quincy
MRS. BEATRICE W. NICHOLS .Term expires Dec. 31, 1933 45 Elm Street, Quincy
DR. DANIEL B. REARDON Term expires Dec. 31, 1933 74 Greenleaf Street, Quincy
DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING .. .Term expires Dec. 31, 1934 1136 Hancock Street, Quincy
MR. ROBERT E. FOY Term expires Dec. 31, 1934 13 Endicott Street, Quincy
COL. WARREN E. SWEETSER Term expires Dec. 31, 1935 56 Elm Avenue, Wollaston
MR. JOSEPH J. KENDRICK Term expires Dec. 31. 1935 110 Harvard Street, Wollaston
Secretary of Board and Superintendent of Schools JAMES N. MUIR, B.S. 132 Winthrop Avenue, Wollaston
The regular meetings of the School Committee are held at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on the last Tuesday in each month.
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CITY OF QUINCY OFFICE STAFF
Secretary MARION NILSEN 33 Nilsen Avenue, Quincy
Bookkeeper HELEN M. CANTY 5 Pierce Street, North Quincy
Clerks ANNIE M. OHMAN 71 Bennington Street, Quincy
THERESA V. KROESSER 18 Thornton Street, Wollaston
Office : School Committee Rooms, Senior High School Building, Coddington Street.
Office Hours: 8 A. M. to 5 P. M .; Saturday, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Supervisors of Attendance CHARLES H. JOHNSON 24 Upland Road, Quincy
HARRY G. BURNHAM 226 Everett Street, Wollaston
Office: School Committee Rooms Office Hours : 8 A. M. to 12 M., 1.30 to 5 P. M. Saturday, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Quincy :
The School Committee of Quincy presents its report for the year 1933.
The Committee held twenty-eight meetings as well as numerous conferences and sub-committee meetings during the school year.
Perhaps no school system has undergone a more hectic year in regard to its budget than has Quincy. Due to the general economic conditions in the United States, school budgets have been under attack more than in any other period in the history of the public school system. The City of Quincy has been no exception as shown by the fact that when the first budget was presented to the City Council there was a slash of 22 per cent-a cut relatively higher than any other department. This impoverished the school system so much that it forced the City Council and School Commit- tee to hold many conferences. It finally ended in an adjustment in December which permitted the schools to function to the end of the year. The School Committee at all times emphasized its will- ingness to cooperate with the Mayor and the City Council in their endeavor to run the city economically in 1933.
Several sub-committees were appointed by His Honor, the Mayor, to study the various phases of the budget. The first com- mittee was composed of Dr. Daniel B. Reardon, Col. Warren E. Sweetser, and Mrs. Beatrice W. Nichols.
This committee held several meetings, went into the various phases of the budget, and reported to the full Committee on Janu- ary 16 as follows:
(1) That there be a general reduction of 10 per cent in the salaries of those employed in the School Depart- ment providing the same corresponding reduction is made in all departments of the city employees.
(2) Recommended the elimination of the school dental clinic from the School Department at once.
(3) Recommended the temporary elimination of the Eve- ning Academic School, Evening Home Making School for Women, and the Evening Industrial School for Men.
All of this was accepted and approved by the School Committee except the 10 per cent reduction in salaries. The Mayor and the Committee at that time thought it more appropriate to accept a 10 per cent donation.
At a meeting of the School Committee held April 12 the follow- ing report was presented by the second special committee com- posed of Dr. Nathaniel S. Hunting, Mr. Robert E. Foy, and Mr. Joseph J. Kendrick.
"The Chairman, His Honor the Mayor, appointed a sub-commit- tee at the informal conference of the School Committee held Tues- day evening, April 11, this sub-committee to take immediate action to further reconsider reductions in the budget. This sub-commit- tee met at 2 o'clock on April 12 and studied every item on the school budget. The sub-committee made the following report, which was accepted by the Committee:
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"We recommend the suspension of the automatic increases, pro- fessional improvement increments, sick leave allowance, Home Making School, and Americanization, and further reductions in the budget as follows: Administration, Health, Stationery and Sup- plies, Operation, Maintenance, Miscellaneous, and Trade School."
This second reduction amounted to $44,680.
"The two sub-committees, composed of three members each, appointed by the Chairman, His Honor the Mayor, worked ear- nestly in the endeavor to reduce the School Budget. After care- ful study these two committees working independently of each other reached the same conclusion-that to operate the schools for the full year within $1,000,000 appropriated by the City Council would require a reduction in the salaries of the personnel of the School Department for the remainder of the school year or the closing of the schools for approximately ten weeks. To close the schools for that length of time is a direct violation of the State Law and a gross injustice to the children."
In the suspension of the sick leave and the automatic increases, the Committee felt they were doing a grave injustice to the teach- ers, and the decrease in the purchasing of supplies and books- despite the increase in school population-an injustice to the chil- dren. Many citizens question the wisdom and advisability of the elimination of several of the other departments.
The budget as finally presented was $1,216,033.97, of which $1,102,532.47 was for the salaries of the personnel, and $113,501.50 for all other expenses except salaries, or 90.7 per cent of the budget presented April 13 was for salaries, leaving but 9.3 per cent for fixed charges, operation and supplies.
May we respectfully call the attention of the citizens of Quincy to the net cost to the local taxpayer of the School Department for the year 1933. This is based on the final budget presented to the Council on April 13.
In keeping with the financing of any business concern, the re- ceipts as well as the expenditures should be taken into considera- tion. Therefore, the donation by the personnel of the School De- partment, the moneys received into the city treasury from the State and other receipts by virtue of the school activities in all justice to the School Department should be applied to the school budget. Thereby, under such conditions, the net cost of the schools to the taxpayers of Quincy should approximate $974,943.43.
Final budget presented to the City Council and $1,216,033 97 Mayor April 13, 1933
Money received into the City Treasury by virtue of $ 150,670 54
the School Department
Estimated donation of the personnel. $
90,420 00
This leaves a net cost to be raised by taxation for the entire running expenses of the school system for 1933 of $ 974,943 43
The net amount expended for the operation of the schools this year is considerably less than this figure.
The figure above mentioned is an average of a little over $60 per pupil to the taxpayers of the City of Quincy.
This in itself should show the citizens the most excellent and wholesome position that the schools were in or they could not have withstood this tremendous reduction and functioned efficiently.
However, the Committee is glad to report that, taken as a whole, the school children of the City of Quincy are well taken
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care of in regard to accommodations, with the exception of the two high school buildings. Both are overcrowded.
The condition at the Senior High School is better than that at the North, owing to the fact that at the Senior High School they have a smaller enrollment and at the same time are using the audi- torium and six classrooms in the Coddington building. Then, too, the last of the mid-year classes will complete their work January 24. This will leave an enrollment of less than two thousand at the Senior High School, while at the North there are approximately twenty-three hundred children enrolled. There, too, approximately three hundred of the seventh grade pupils are accommodated in two neighboring elementary school buildings-the Francis W. Parker and the Quincy Schools-and are forced to come to the North for the Manual Arts and Home Economics classes.
The new wing of the North Quincy High School was recom- mended by the School Committee for the past few years. Tenta- tive plans were presented to the Committee and approved by them on January 12, 1932. Owing to the financial condition of the city, these plans were held in abeyance. There is a greater need than ever before for the addition of this new wing. These plans have been approved by the School Committee.
The City Council have been requested to appropriate money for the new wing. The situation at the North Quincy High School is serious. The net enrolment for November was 2,291. The school was designed for 1,450. These conditions justify the advocacy of more adequate housing, which we hope will become possible in the near future. We recommend that the Mayor and School Commit- tee of 1934 give this their early and serious attention. The excel- lent spirit shown by the pupils, the industry and the high profes- sional spirit of the teachers, together with the cooperation of the entire supervisory staff have enabled the school officials to solve many problems without the lowering of standards. Several of the most promising pupils in this school did not return for their senior year because of these overcrowded conditions. Can Quincy long permit this condition to exist ?
It is with regret that the Committee records the death of Mrs. Shirley T. Holt, a teacher in the elementary schools since 1922, who died December 23, 1933. Loyal and interested in her work, she was at all times a happy influence upon her pupils.
It is only plain justice to say we have a splendid corps of teach- ers doing excellent work. The Committee appreciate the services they have rendered under exceedingly trying conditions during the year 1933. The Committee have received throughout the year whole-hearted cooperation from the Superintendent and the entire teaching force. To the personnel we express our appreciation for their devotion to duty and loyalty to the children of the City of Quincy.
The foregoing report was prepared by a special committee of Mrs. Beatrice W. Nichols and Dr. Daniel B. Reardon, and was adopted as the annual report of the Committee for the year 1933.
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In Memoriam
SHIRLEY T. HOLT Died December 23, 1933 Teacher 1922-1933
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Quincy:
At the outset permit me to quote from an editorial in the Boston Herald, Monday, December 25, 1933:
"Between this joyous Christmas day and December 25, 1932, a greater change has taken place in our national life than between President George Washington's first Christ- mas in 1789 and Herbert Hoover's last December in the White House. Only a vain person will attempt to predict the exact outcome of the vast experiments which have been initiated since March, and none but an undiscerning American will question the statement that, for good or for ill, a great social, industrial, economic and political revolution of a benign nature has taken place."
That is, tremendous alterations have taken place in the political structure of our federal and state governments and local self- sufficiency is now merely a phrase in many places.
The industrial set-up differs completely from the old order. The public schools have not escaped this maelstrom of change .. The difference between the social attitudes of the past and the present day is perhaps the most striking feature of it all.
The School Committee's report states definitely that it has been a hectic year. In this statement we must concur. Amidst this woozy order of things the school maintained its composure.
We must adjust ourselves to the social thinking that must play a larger part in all our school work. In all our planning we must always be sure that the center of thought is the child. If we over- look this fact, we shall find ourselves out of step, embarrassed, and trailing rather than leading.
In the face of danger or disaster on a sinking ship we would strike down any one who attempted to save himself at the expense of the child. Children come first not only on sinking ships but in our hearts, our homes, our churches, and our schools. They are first. The race can save itself, can lift itself higher only as the children are lifted up. Boards of education and school committees and other public officials are often hard pressed financially but they cannot afford to give up the idea of the children first.
I am pleased to say that the Quincy School Committee have car- ried on with high regard alike for the children for whom the schools are organized and maintained and for the citizen taxpayers who support and make them possible. Services of all kinds are expected by the citizens; at the same time there is a constant, feverish demand for a decrease in the cost of these services. The services expected during the past year were all out of proportion to what the legislative body of the City felt the City was able to pay.
If the same citizen who expects much will study the records of the school and learn of its achievements, he will find that the men of today who have been in the thick of the fray for the past few years with all its varied experiences and character building forces and who have carried on undaunted are better men than ever before. Do not mistake it.
American Education Week-The parents of the children who come in closer contact with the schools than any others, when they learn definitely of the work carried on, are willing to sacrifice that
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their children should be well educated. Invitations were sent out to the parents to visit the schools during American Education Week. Eight thousand parents responded. This shows the eagerness with which the parents are willing to be informed provided the proper medium for information is put before them. American Educa- tion Week proved this.
Curtailments-It was deemed expedient to purchase only enough of coal, oil, supplies, books, as was absolutely essential for the conduct of the schools for the remainder of the year. Very few if any repairs were made, that is, instead of purchasing for the ten months the schools are in session, we only purchased sufficient for the period of time between September and January, leaving us in every respect with our material supplies exhausted to begin the work in January, 1934. This is not economy.
Every possible effort was made to curtail other expenditures during the year. I am listing below the outstanding retrenchments, the elimination of:
1. Home Making School
2. Americanization Work
3. Evening Schools
a. Academic Evening School b. Evening Home Making for Women
c. Evening Industrial for Men
4. Automatic Increases for 1932-33 and increments
5. Sick Leave
There is a great demand in the City today for Americanization. According to Miss Perry's figures, Quincy has 2,000 illiterates. Adult alien education is one of the most important phases of American civic life. The neglect of it today will result in increased cost to the city, state, and nation tomorrow.
The School Department and the school personnel have cooper- ated in every way possible in the curtailment of expenses, at the same time keeping their eye on the efficient work that is expected.
In spite of the difficulties of the year and the many trying sit- uations which have confronted the school officials, the year has been an outstanding one in progressive improvements.
Attention to the Secondary Schools-A few years ago, the School Committee asked me to give my personal attention to the secondary schools. For the past two years I have given careful consideration to every phase of the secondary school program. A careful study of the facts obtained gave rise to further study in the different units of the school system. Thus. by carefully studying and evaluating the results obtained, we can make better the work of the school and thus solidify the entire school unit in a more com- pact and better adjusted school system.
The fundamentals taught in the elementary schools do not change as do the variety of subjects in the upper level. In the upper level the program is differentiated to meet the needs of the different types of school population that is ever changing in our school system. The increase in the number of offerings is abso- lutely essential to meet the demands of the varied abilities and needs of the pupils now in the secondary schools. Revising these offerings to meet the rapidly changing needs of the time is only keeping pace with public demands and public attitudes toward the schools.
Increase in High School Enrollment-A tremendous increase in enrollment has taken place in the secondary schools. In Septem- ber, 1927, there were enrolled in grades 7 to 12 inclusive 4,193 pu-
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pils. These were distributed in twelve different units, such as 7B, 7A, etc. The elimination of the midyear promotion has made it possible to carry on in six different units.
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