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Respectfully submitted,
GALEN W. HILL, Librarian.
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CITY OF QUINCY
Statistical Summary
Population served, 71,956 (1930 census).
Free for lending and reference.
Total number of agencies, consisting of:
Central Library Branches
12
Stations:
Hospital service
1
Deposits
5
Number of days open during year:
For lending
303
For reading
333
Hours open each week for lending
72
Hours open each week for reading
76
Total number of staff
27
Total valuation of library property . $599,824.54
Adult Juvenile
Total
Number of volumes at beginning of year
73,390
32,913
106,303
Number of volumes added by purchase ..
4,786
2,154
6,940
Number of volumes added by gift ..
306
9
315
Number of volumes added by binding and number of volumes reaccessioned ..
56
56
Number of volumes lost and withdrawn
2,095
1,676
3,771
Total number at end of year
76,443
33,400
109,843
Volumes of fiction lent for home use . .
341,425
128,630
470,055
Number of volumes lent for home use ..
469,115
202,561
671,676
Number of registered borrowers
23,874
Number of publications issued
5
Number of publications received: 171 titles, 370 copies
Library Expenditures 1937
City Appropriation
Endowment Funds $127 30
Books
$10,943 52
Periodicals
1,056 37
Binding
1,755 08
Library Service
33,931 63
Janitor Service
7,196 02
Police Service
376 00
Rent
3,540 00
Gas & electricity
1,048 91
Heat
1,546 94
Maintenance supplies, telephone, printing, etc.
1,997 01
Repairs, replacements, equipment
2,211 03
194 88
Miscellaneous
129 95
428 30
Automobile expense
386 33
Insurance
605 60
$66,724 39
$750 48
.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
Books in Library January 1, 1938
Adult
Juvenile
Total
General
1,235
447
1,682
Periodicals
3,657
38
3,695
Philosophy
1,449
38
1,487
Religion
1,520
288
1,808
Sociology
6,039
2,093
8,132
Language
546
31
577
Science
1,998
1,223
3,221
Useful Arts
4,402
1,411
5,813
Fine Arts
4,132
1,245
5,377
Literature
7,207
3,125
10,332
History
7,992
4,244
12,236
Biography
5,416
1,655
7,071
Fiction
30,850
17,562
48,412
Total
76,443
33,400
109,843
.
.
.
.
Circulation by Classes 1937
BRANCHES
CENTRAL LIBRARY
Parkway
Atlantic
Temple
Wollaston
Baxter
Norfolk Downs
Squantum
Manet
General Palmer
Hospital
Montclair
Lakin Square
Merrymount
Boys' and
Girls' House
Camps
TOTAL
General.
10,611
2,528
2,130
1,346
6,029
1,281
4,221
965
3,829
2,143
2,881
1,870
2,447
2,884
863
..
46,028
Philosophy
2,387
171
195
64
717
24
442
75
157
54
66
60
117
59
12
13
4,613
Religion
1,012
111
123
78
386
67
142
65
176
22
32
21
74
57
208
2,574
Sociology.
5,905
977
922
961
2,479
916
1,375
522
988
616
113
505
499
301
1,891
19
18,989
Language.
467
104
66
32
133
3
60
11
30
18
11
12
22
2
24
995
Science.
3,300
455
341
247
1,085
247
444
252
317
163
17
150
155
89
662
24
7,948
Useful Arts
8,492
939
732
730
1,731
424
1,037
320
1,052
544
173
319
346
284
923
14
18,060
Fine Arts
6,797
404
609
400
1,333
179
886
339
544
138
58
258
321
193
866
3
13,328
Literature
6,880
4,925
1,922
2,256
5,079
2,540
2,444
1,138
2,940
2,594
375
1,897
1,226
1,407
4,536
2
42,161
History
4,039
466
625
569
1,327
321
636
152
443
230
102
200
389
250
597
3
10,349
Travel
4,765
1,611
1,482
910
3,496
1,048
1,872
540
1,253
888
339
535
707
561
1,062
31
21,100
Biography
5,795
794
739
721
2,168
562
1,029
296
566
343
231
242
683
481
823
3
15,476
Fiction
80,819 31,261 31,389 31,449
89,354 23,790
33,676 15,673 28,809 16,338 10,302 19,236 20,041
12,963 24,752
203 470,055
Total.
141,269 44,746 41,275 39,763 115,317 31,402
48,264 20,348 41,104 24,091 14,700 25,305 27,027 19,531 37,219
315 671,676
Circulation per capita. Circulation per registered borrower
9.33 Maintenance expenditure per volume circulation $.091
28.17
Maintenance expenditure per capita ...
$.93
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
IN MEMORIAM Ellen D. Granahan Died December 25, 1937 Teacher 1897-1937
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CITY OF QUINCY
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF QUINCY, MASS.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1937
Chairman HON. THOMAS S. BURGIN, Mayor
Vice-Chairman MRS. BEATRICE W. NICHOLS
HON. THOMAS S. BURGIN Term expires Dec. 31, 1938 131 Monroe Road, Quincy
MR. GEORGE W. ABELE Term expires Dec. 31, 1937
103 Greenleaf Street, Quincy
Term expires Dec. 31, 1937 MR. ROY PROUT 44 Highfield Road, Quincy
MRS. ESTHER V. PURCELL Term expires Dec. 31, 1938
33 Dorchester Street, Squantum
MR. JOSEPH J. KENDRICK Term expires Dec. 31, 1938
110 Harvard Street, Wollaston
MRS. BEATRICE W. NICHOLS 45 Elm Street, Quincy
Term expires Dec. 31, 1939
MR. HESLIP E. SUTHERLAND 50 Spear Street, Quincy
Term expires Dec. 31, 1939
Secretary to School Committee 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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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
WILLIAM A. BRADFORD, Chairman
ALBERT C. BLACKMAN
FERDINAND J. COMI
FRANK FOSTER
CONRAD HALLGREN
ALBERT W. Koss
GEORGE A. OSTER
ARCHIBALD WESTHAVER
OFFICE STAFF
Secretary MARION NILSEN 33 Nilsen Avenue, Quincy
Bookkeeper HELEN M. CANTY 65 Safford Street, Wollaston
Clerks ANNIE M. OHMAN 71 Bennington Street, Quincy
THERESA V. KROESSER 18 Thornton Street, Wollaston
Office: School Committee Rooms, Quincy High School Building, Coddington Street.
Office Hours: 8 A.M. to 5 P.M .; Saturday, 8 A.M. to 12 M.
Supervisor of Attendance
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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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Quincy:
The School Committee of Quincy begs leave to submit the fol- lowing report for the year 1937:
The past year has been marked by an earnest attempt on our part to retrench so as not to exceed our seriously curtailed budget appropriation. Our difficulty was obvious from the fact that ninety per cent of our expenditures is for salaries and that these are largely fixed, thus leaving only ten per cent for maintenance, equipment and supplies.
In order that our schools should be in proper condition and the health of the children should not be imperiled, we found it necessary to make a complete installation of water pipes in the Wollaston School and a complete installation of toilets in the John Hancock and Lincoln Schools and on the boys' side of the Coddington School. We also voted to install a much needed oil burner in the Willard School.
The steady growth of the Trade School has rendered its present quarters totally inadequate, and on December 14th it was voted that a committee be appointed, consisting of two members with the vice-chairman, to consider the recommendation of the advisory committee of the trade school as to the advisability of erecting a third story to meet the situation. The need is urgent. We also received from the advisory committee a recommendation that we provide for evening industrial classes for adult men. Convinced that this recommendation was well grounded we voted that the sum of $500 be added to the budget for that purpose.
The committee voted September 14th that the Birch Street Play- ground be known as the North Quincy Athletic Field and on September 25th it was officially dedicated. This is the first athletic field in the city that makes it possible for the Athletic Association to charge admission.
The past year marked the termination of more than eighteen years of faithful and efficient service by Miss Dellicker as super- visor of the grade schools. Upon her retirement the committee adopted resolutions in appreciation of her services.
Early in March a committee of three was appointed to revise the rules and regulations of the school committee and to submit its recommendations as soon as possible. These were submitted in the early part of September and were the subject of much discussion. Throughout the discussion, and notwithstanding the differences of opinion in regard to the proposed rules, the fact that our schools rank high scholastically among the public schools of this State and that the business affairs of the department have been ad- ministered honestly and efficiently was not questioned.
Following the death of Dr. Hunting, for so many years a most valued member of the committee, it was unanimously voted to
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rename the Adams Shore School the "Nathaniel S. Hunting School", that appropriate public exercises be held for that purpose, and that a suitable plaque be placed in the building in his memory. In so honoring him the committee has endeavored to give expression of Quincy's appreciation of the distinguished, unselfish and intelligent service to our schools of one who was without question its best beloved and most useful citizen.
The foregoing report was presented by Mr. George W. Abele and Mr. Roy Prout and adopted by the School Committee as its report for 1937.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Quincy:
It has been my personal desire to organize, coordinate and har- monize every unit of the Quincy school system into a united whole. Eleven years ago sectionalism in the Quincy school system was strong. I did not hesitate to emphasize that I knew no section; I knew no Wollaston or Adams Shore or Quincy Point or West Quincy or South Quincy, as such. It was all Quincy to me. At the general teachers' meetings as well as principals' meetings, I stated that we must look at the school system in its entirety, and toward that end the school system has been set up and directed. The policies and procedures, the program of studies, the special pro- visions and services have all been established on a school system basis. This makes for fairness in the community and for efficiency in the educational administration. Individual school units and individual members of the school system are encouraged by the Superintendent of Schools to make the greatest possible contribution.
There are those on the staff who want to work, to create, to do. to inspire, to initiate constructive school work. There is abundant initiative and energy ready to assume any intelligent step forward which contributes to the progress of the entire school system. Men and women of unusual ability are willing to assume the risk to continue to blaze the trail if their initiative, energy, vision and industry, which have resulted in the progress of the entire school system, are given recognition. We should take care to reward the faithful, conscientious, energetic workers rather than those who strive for popularity.
There were 569 persons employed in the school organization in September, 1937, exclusive of the evening school staff. This in- cludes teachers, principals, supervisors, directors, superintendent and assistant, clerks, custodians and laborers, that is, all persons employed in the school system. The amount of money expended was approximately a million and a quarter, and the purpose for which this has been expended is the education of the children. At this point let me again emphasize the fact that everything con- nected with the schools must be made to contribute to the effec- tiveness of the educational program. Except as educational needs are served, there is no reason for the employment of persons, the transaction of business, or the maintenance of school buildings.
For several years we have made an accounting of the amount of money paid for teachers and all other employes in the Quincy school system. We have learned that approximately 90% of the money paid out was for wages and approximately 10% for all other purposes, such as, supplies, equipment, repairs, upkeep, fuel, and maintenance and operation of the school plant.
There is no intrinsic or educational value in dealing with the 10% except as it serves the purpose and contributes to the effi- ciency of that for which the 90% is spent. The accompanying charts show the proposed administrative set-up of the school system as discussed with the School Committee, November 30. Note that administrative functions are of two types-educational and busi- ness. I emphasized then and I am emphasizing again, that the school system should employ an assistant in charge of business affairs that will leave the Superintendent free to supervise and direct the school system from the educational point of view. Up
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to the present altogether too much of the Superintendent's time has been spent in the field of the 10% while his energies and ability should be devoted to the field of the 90%. This 10%, of necessity, should be spent under his direction but he should not be encumbered with the details of the business end to the detriment of the educational.
How the expenditure of some of this 10% has contributed directly to the improvement of classroom instruction is aptly illus- trated by the office practice equipment of the Commercial depart- ment as of 1927 and 1937:
OFFICE PRACTICE EQUIPMENT OF COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT
As of December, 1927
80 Typewriters
4 Calculating Machines
2 Hand Duplicating Machines
2 Adding Machines Small Set of Filing Equipment
As of December, 1937
316 Typewriters
10 Adding Machines
3 Billing Machines
3 Bookkeeping Machines
25 Calculating Machines
7 Duplicating Machines
7 Transcribing Machines (4 Dictaphones; 3 Ediphones) Complete Set of Filing Equipment
I should also like to call your attention to the expenditures for textbooks and for stationery and supplies over the eleven year period 1927-1937:
Textbooks
Stationery & Supplies
1927
$30,519 57
$33,371 72
1928
23,827 98
40,633 81
1929
22,299 83
30,842 33
1930
15,378 24
31,779 78
1931
19,704 53
30,333 91
1932
16,908 79
33,509 06
1933
8,508 18
20,074 31
1934
14,375 11
24,223 10
1935
17,058 81
27,289 28
1936
17,016 02
26,931 65
1937
16,987 91
30,225 80
.
Included in the stationery and supplies are the new as well as the exchange typewriters for the entire school system. These expenses have been kept at these low figures in the face of con- tinuous growth in the secondary schools from an enrollment of 4,591 pupils in 1927 to 6,638 at the present time-an increase of 45%. This, too, in the face of building up a complete new secondary
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CITIZENS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
PRESENT SET-UP
SUPT.OF SCHOOLS
EDUCATION
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
CITIZENS
PROPOSED SET-UP
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SUPT.OF SCHOOLS
BUSINESS ASSISTANT
EDUCATION
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
CITY OF QUINCY
CITIZENS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SUPT. of SCHOOLS
ASS'T SUPT.
BUSINESS ASS'T
SUPERVISOR AMERICANIZATION
SUPERVISOR ART
SUPERVISOR MUSIC
DIRECTOR HEALTH EDUCATION
DIRECTOR GUIDANCE & RESEARCH
DIRECTOR TEACHING AIDS
CLERICAL STAFF
CHIEF CUSTODIAN
ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR
ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS
DOCTORS NURSES
ADJUSTMENT SERVICE WORKERS
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
CUSTODIANS & LABORERS
PRINCIPALS ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, TRADE AND - EVENING SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS
REGULAR SPECIAL CLASS
TEACHERS OF SPECIAL LIBRARIANS
SUBJECTS WITH SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
PUPILS
REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
PROPOSED SET-UP
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school system of textbooks and supplies and equipment, not only for the commercial department but for all other departments.
According to the Annual Report of the State Department of Edu- cation for the year ending November 30, 1937, on the tabulation of the school returns for the school year ending June 30, 1937, the per capita cost per pupil in a few of our neighboring cities, selected at random, compared with Quincy, is as follows:
Total Expenditure for Support of All Per Capita (i.e. Public Day Schools cost per school pupil) Exclusive of Trade School Fiscal and Year
Av. Memb.
Americanization
1936-37
Year 1936
Quincy
14,189
$1,168,269 93
$82 33
$82 24
Lowell
13,568
1,132,821 96
83 81
83 39
Somerville
16,344
1,520,014 85
93 00
91 15
Lynn
14,998
1,483,563 83
98 92
94 51
Beverly
4,187
459,885 58
109 83
108 10
Lawrence
10,788
1,225,081 75
113 56
99 95
Cambridge
15,411
1,873,991 29
121 60
120 10
Brookline
6,290
943,467 99
151 42
149 18
Newton
11,943
1,521,901 20
127 43
125 59
Of the 39 cities in the state, Quincy's group rank is now 27. It would be interesting to make a similar comparison of the same cities with respect to the relative expenditures of other departments.
As a result of careful study and administrative planning, during the past five years we have been able to close in on 37 teaching positions at a permanent saving to the taxpayers of more than $60,000 annually. It has always been my conscientious belief that the taxpayers of the city are entitled to one hundred cents worth of service for every dollar expended.
At the present time the schools are in a wholesome condition as far as the number of pupils per teacher is concerned. A few schools selected at random may be cited to illustrate. Atherton Hough has an average per teacher of 36; Gridley Bryant, 33; Lincoln, 31; Massachusetts Fields, 33; Merrymount, 37; Washington, 26; Wil- lard, 36. There are a few rooms scattered throughout the city that have a greater number per teacher, and a few less.
In June, 1937, 92.7% of all the pupils attending the public schools for the school year 1936-37 were promoted; that is, there was an average for all grades of 7.3% not promoted. The per cent of non- promotion by grades is as follows: Grade 1, 12.6; grade 2, 9.1; grade 3, 8.5; grade 4, 8.3; grade 5, 6.6; grade 6, 6.3; grade 7, 2.9; grade 8, 5.6; grade 9, 4.5; grade 10, 13.0; grade 11, 6.6; grade 12, 2.0. This is a higher per cent of promotion than is found in most school systems. It is the result of effective teaching. Through the use of standard achievement tests and other devices we can tell whether or not a child has required the necessary fundamentals to be promoted.
We are indeed fortunate to have such outstanding libraries. In previous reports we have given the number of books in the libraries. The following figures show the circulation of books for the school year 1936-37, that is, the number of books that are taken out by pupils overnight or for week-ends or for a week at a time. The figures do not include the books sent to the various classrooms or used for reference purposes by the pupils in the libraries.
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Central Junior High School 18,781
Quincy Point Junior High School 15,000
South Junior High School 15,377
North Quincy High School 34,668
Quincy High School
36,052
More significant than circulation statistics is the unusual growth in the uses and the usefulness of library materials. Teachers make assignments and pupils go to the library and complete them. The li- braries are an integral part of the school life. The curriculum in itself is rich in subject matter which is varied and which appeals to the interests of pupils. The library assignments supplement the textbooks. The library has become a laboratory and the pupils are growing in their ability to use library tools. The result is definite enrichment of school subjects and at the same time a growing desire on the part of the pupils for good books. In this connection I should like to repeat a statement printed in the Superintendent's report for 1929 and emphasized again in the various reports:
"WHAT IS REQUIRED IS A SYSTEM OF EDUCATION WHICH SHALL ENCOURAGE BOYS AND GIRLS TO TEACH THEMSELVES; A SYSTEM CALCULATED TO FOSTER THE CHILD'S CURIOSITY; TO MAKE THE DESIRE FOR KNOWLEDGE AN HABITUAL DESIRE; AND ABOVE ALL, TO FAMILIARIZE EACH CHILD WITH THE BEST METHODS OF ACQUIRING IT BY HIS OWN EFFORTS."
Here is a matter that I feel should be brought to the attention of the School Committee. All school activities whether inside or out- side the classroom should have distinct educational value. Other- wise we are not justified in supporting them. Dramatic productions given under the direction of the school system are no exception. Regardless of the purpose for which they are given they should have educational value and should to some extent at least be under the direction of the English department of the school.
The year 1937 marked the one hundredth anniversary of two distinguished American educators-Horace Mann and Francis W. Parker. The hundredth anniversary of Horace Mann has been cele- brated in the public and private schools throughout the United States. On September 28, 1937, I recommended to the School Committee that we launch a special centennial program in com- memoration of Francis W. Parker who was the first Superin- tendent of the Quincy public schools. Toward that end we have been working and programs have been held in the different schools. Outstanding among these was a play written by Miss Wordell and presented by the Central Junior High School pupils. There has also been prepared a commemorative pageant which is to be participated in by a large number of pupils representing the school system. Miss Virginia Carville has written the lines and is directing the production.
Parents who have children in school are constantly demanding service and still more service. The public school is fast becom- ing a paternalistic institution. We must take care that in our concern for the handicapped child we do not neglect the many children of normal and superior ability. If we are to keep our city, state and nation where they rightfully belong, we should place the emphasis where it rightfully belongs in a democracy, and that is on the principle that EVERY CHILD SHALL HAVE
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THE SAME RIGHTS, THE SAME PREROGATIVES AND THE SAME PRIVILEGES AS EVERY OTHER CHILD, BUT NO MORE.
It has been indeed gratifying to me to see the united effort made by the members of the Health Education Department to bring into reality the health program outlined some two years ago by the Superintendent of Schools. In addition to this, I wish to state that in my eleven years of experience in Quincy no group has worked more arduously to combat the various con- tagious diseases prevalent among the children than has our present force. They are doing a splendid job. The recreational and physical education program has gone forward with zest which, if continued, will place the city of Quincy in this respect where it rightfully belongs-among the best school systems in the nation.
In September 1937, a General Vocational program for boys was established which serves the entire school system. This program was provided for the purpose of giving the over age, non-academic boy a better opportunity than he had had previously in our school system.
We are feeling the effects of the Guidance work which has been done during the past few years. The serious adjustment problems in the upper grades which were our first concern no longer exist. The principles underlying the Guidance program are expressed in the following paragraph quoted from a recent report of the Director of Guidance and Research: "Any program of prevention must be concerned first, with adequate attention to the beginnings of all types of individual difficulties; and second, with modifica- tion of the school conditions which we find tend to produce them. The third point of attack is of course the enrichment of the entire school experience. This is what is meant by a 'preventive constructive school program,' which has been our goal."
There have been some outstanding projects this year in main- tenance and upkeep of the physical plant. W.P.A. projects have helped to keep the buildings in good repair. During the year the W.P.A. has:
Refinished approximately 10,000 pieces of furniture,
Repaired roof at the Quincy Point Junior High and Daniel Webster building,
Repainted and installed ceiling at the Quincy School,
Repainted at the Coddington and John Hancock Schools,
Replaced urinals in boys' toilet at the Coddington School,
Completed Central Junior High School painting, floor laying,
repair of brick and the installation of an incinerator for disposal of rubbish.
In addition to the W.P.A. projects, the School Committee have gone forward more vigorously this year with many important and necessary repairs. Some of the items are:
The installation of hand-washing facilities for boys and girls at the Cranch, Lincoln, Washington and Willard Schools.
A rest room for the girls at Central Junior High School, which was installed by dividing the men teachers' room, also altera- tion of the principal's office providing a small room for the head counselor. Installation of new seats on the main floor of the auditorium.
Replacement of the poorest shades in all buildings except the Central Junior High School and the Quincy School.
Complete installation and renovation of the toilets at the John Hancock and Lincoln Schools.
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Installation of oil burner recently voted at the Willard School which has been needed so badly for many years.
Fences erected at the North Quincy High, Francis W. Parker and Massachusetts Fields schools to protect the safety of the children.
Yards resurfaced at the Quincy, Adams Shore and Parker Schools.
This covers some of the main improvements, replacements and repairs during the year.
On October 26 Mr. George W. Abele brought to the attention of the School Committee the desirability of purchasing the pond in the rear of the Central Junior High School to be filled in for a play- ground. By unanimous vote of the School Committee, the Secretary was requested to apprise the Mayor of the facts and to ask him to bring the matter to the attention of the City Council. Up to this time, as far as we know, no action has been taken. I recommend that the School Committee give this their attention in 1938.
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