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For lack of funds no major repairs or replacements were made in any building during the past year. A num- ber of these repairs must be made this year.
Aside from the science department and the library of the High School equipment generally is in a satis- factory condition. A moderate outlay only will be re- quired this year. The needs of the science laboratory and the library of the High School have been pointed out in Mr. Barclay's report, and the Committee is in en- tire accord with his recommendations.
III. HEALTH
On this subject you are referred to the recommen- dations of the Superintendent, the School Physician and the School Nurse, Undoubtedly as a result of the watch- fulness of teachers, nurse and physician, the schools during the past year were spared any serious epidemic. The Committee urges parents and guardians to co-oper- ate at all times with the health officers by observing their rules and regulations.
IV. TRANSPORTATION
Transportation is furnished to all pupils who live be- yond the two-mile limit, as well as to children of tender years who live close to the two-mile limit. This is done at an ever increasing cost to the Town. The Committee at present is seeking bids from bus companies in the hope that a cheaper and more satisfactory service than that now furnished by the street cars may be provided. The
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future of this problem depends upon the action taken by the Town in relation to the programme of the Building Committee.
V. THE SCHOOL BUDGET
(a) Current Appropriation
The estimated expenses for the coming year are as follows:
Salaries and Wages :
Teaching
$61,475.00
Superintendence
1,500.00
Truant Officer
200.00
School Nurse
1,325.00
School Physician
100.00
Superintendent's Clerk
400.00
Janitors
5,240.00
School Committee
300.00
Total
$70,540.00
Other School Expenses:
Equipment
$1,540.00
Repairs, Replacements and Renewals
7,320.00
Fuel
3,500.00
Books and Supplies
5,000.00
Transportation
5,000.00
Trade and Continuation School
3,800.00
Superintendent's Expense
150.00
School Committee's Expense
100.00
General Expense
4,500.00
Total
$30,910.00
Increased enrollment, requiring the opening and equipping of new class rooms, employment of extra teach- ers and janitors, purchase of additional supplies, etc., af-
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fords one explanation of the increase over last year's es- timate. Other items are normal increases in teachers' salaries and repairs neglected over a long period of time which must receive attention this year. The Committee has considered only the bare requirements, and will, of course, endeavor to keep actual expenditures as low as possible. Notwithstanding this increase, the cost of education per pupil in Randolph is less than in other towns with as large a school enrollment as ours.
Upon recommendation of the State Accounting De- partment, the Committee is asking that the school ap- propriation be made in two items-(1) Salaries and Wages, and (2) Other School Expenses. This is the ap- proved method of appropriating school expenses and that employed throughout the state generally. This method eliminates the necessity of calling special town meetings for the transfer of funds on occasions when unforseen requirements exhaust specific funds.
(b) Special Appropriation
This appropriation is requested in order that the Committee may comply with the orders of the Depart- ment of Public Safety issued under date of December 31, 1929. The expenditures to be made under this appro- priation do not include items of current expense. Hence they should be considered as a separate matter.
The orders of the Department of Public Safety re- quire the following :
Installation of new heating and ventilating systems in the Belcher, Prescott and Prescott Primary build- ings; the building of eight-inch fireproof walls in boiler rooms and under basement stairs of the same buildings; the providing of metal lath and cement basement ceilings in the same buildings; of basement exits in same build- ings ; of smoke partitions in Prescott Building ; connection
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of rooms 20 and 26, Prescott Building; new toilet facil- ities in Belcher, Prescott and Prescott Primary buildings; new moisture proof floors in toilets of Prescott building ; new motor, boys' toilet, and drainage improvement in boys' shower baths; High school; miscellaneous repairs in all buildings. Estimates received from contractors show that heating and ventilation systems will cost $20,000.00, and other repairs and replacements for fire protection and better sanitation will cost about $10,000- .00. The Committee, therefore, requests that the amount of $30,000.00 be raised and appropriated to provide for these improvements.
As a concluding word, the Committee desires to say that in all its undertakings it is acting for what it be- lieves to be the best interests of Randolph. It has no other motive. It urges a live public interest in the schools as a guaranty of their efficiency, and it welcomes suggestions and constructive criticism from teachers and parents and others interested in the upbuilding of our system. The Committee also desires to thank all teach- ers and officials who, by efficient and loyal service, have contributed to the welfare of the schools during the past year.
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, JESSE S. BEAL, Chairman, WILLIAM J. O'KEEFE.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee, Randolph :
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of the public schools for the year 1929.
In this report no mention is made of the physical condition of our school buildings for the reason that two reports are now pending dealing with this subject, one by the Special Committee appointed at the last Annual Meeting and the other submitted recently by the Depart- ment of Public Safety. When these reports are com- pleted and finally submitted to the Town for action, it is earnestly hoped that the citizens will take definite measures to build, repair and improve our school build- ings so that they may be made safe and sanitary for school purposes.
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Our school enrolment last fall forced us to add three more teachers to our grade school staff. One room was opened and equipped with furniture in the North Ran- dolph Association Hall for first-year children. Two other rooms were obtained by dividing two large rooms in the Prescott primary school. One of these is now used for special work among children who for various reasons have lost school work and need special attention in order to make their grades.
ENROLMENT BY SCHOOLS
1929
1928
1927
1926
Stetson High School
244
252
200
217
Stetson Junior High School
184
170
168
214
*Prescott Grammar School
264
277
246
204
Prescott Primary School
272
211
203
205
*Belcher School
257
252
249
221
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North Randolph School
125
109
88
87
Tower Hill School
87
79
76
71
West Corners School
37
41
40
37
Totals
1470
1391
1270
1256
*Including Grade 7.
ENROLMENT BY GRADES
Grade
1929
1928
High School
12
39
46
High School
11
46
43
High School
10
67
61
High School
9
92
101
Junior High School
8
119
114
Junior High School
7
148
135
Grammar School
6
135
154
Grammar School
5
135
121
Grammar School
4
165
131
Grammar School
3
172
162
Grammar School
2
148
152
Grammar School
1
186
171
Special Class
18
-
Totals
1470
1391
HIGH SCHOOL
Mr. Chapin severed his connection with the High School last fall after many years as its principal. We are fortunate, however, in obtaining Mr. Robert Barclay who comes to us well recommended and well-equipped for this work. He is intensely interested in the students. their scholastic attainments and welfare and therefore warrants the closest co-operation of parents, teachers and pupils.
The recommendations submitted in the principal's report are urgent and should receive your earliest atten- tion.
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A re-evaluation of the curriculum has begun. Tests and periodic examinations will be introduced, rated and placed on file for purposes of record. Teachers are showing a keen interest in the work so that there is every indication that satisfactory results will be obtained.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
This department of our school work is greatly handi- capped by its scattered enrolment in three separate build- ings. The nature and needs of pupils in this school call for a very definite curriculum content. Junior High school students, as a whole, are generally characterized as exceedingly active, eager and spontaneous to do things. Such tremendous forces need the greatest guidance, the most careful and sympathetic control in order that this stored-up energy may find itself expressed in wholesome activities and worth-while achievements.
No phase of our school work calls more distressingly for manual and vocational arts than does this depart- ment. The regular schoolroom lessons are not enough to satisfy and round out the growing life of the adolescent child. He wants to use his muscles as well as his brain; he wants to make things, copy and play the part of an important individual in his community. It is his chal- lenge to motivate the curriculum and make it something real and worth while. Our building program therefore should keep this in view and provide some form of voca- tional training for our boys and girls.
A definite course in reading is being prepared by the English teachers. There is an abundance of mate- rial in this field but such must be organized on the basis of present supply of books, subject matter, adapta- tion to the child's need and a better artiulation with the English department in the Senior High school.
GRADE SCHOOLS
Special emphasis this year will be made in reading
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and writing. There is a wide range of individual and class differences throughout the system. In reading, teachers will need a larger supply of good books and a more serviceable classroom library.
Following the mastery of the mechanics of reading the normal child should soon acquire a fair degree of ac- curacy and rapidity in reading. This stage of accom- plishment on the whole is easy to detect and score but the use the child makes of these tools for the purposes of study, thought-getting and enjoyment is a greater prob- lem and one that calls for constant vigilance and daily check on the pupil's attainment and success.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CONSERVATION OF CHILD LIFE
The high death rate of children caused by automobile accidents on the public streets calls for a most vigorous campaign of safety in our schools. Aside from constant reminders which teachers give their classes on this sub- ject, there is further need of study and training to bring about better results. Training must be intense and spe- cific to fix in the child a habit of caution and fear when approaching a cross-over or about to make a sudden change in the course of his walking.
There is no question in the mind of the writer that if our sidewalks were made more attractive than they now are that children, as well as adults, would prefer to walk on sidewalks rather than in the streets as they now do. Streets everywhere, cities and towns, have always received first consideration and as such may have had much to do with the ever-increasing death toll among pedestrians, old and young. An attractive, smooth, well- built sidewalk with a curbstone high enough to curb a car would do much to conserve life and give to the public a safe and proper place on which to walk.
We are most grateful to the Police Department for
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its efficient and sympathetic assistance in the care of our school children.
RECOMMENDATIONS
I desire to call your attention to the following recom- mendations :
a. Our school enrolment makes it necessary to employ a supervisor of primary reading and handwriting. Such a person may be employed on part time with the other two towns or as a teacher within the system giving two days a week for supervision.
b. The employment of a physical director on full time.
c. An appropriation of $500.00 for playground equipment and physical education. Of this sum, $200.00 to be used for the grade schools and the remainder for high school purposes.
d. An appropriation by the town, through the local Board of Health, of a sum of money sufficient to organize and equip a dental clinic.
In closing my report I wish to thank you for your counsel and wholehearted co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
A: O. CHRISTIANSEN, Superintendent of Schools
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1930-1931
Elementary Grades, 1 to 8
Open Dec. 30th, 1929. Close Feb. 14, 1930. 7 weeks. Open Feb. 24, 1930. Close April 11, 1930. 7 weeks. Open April 21, 1930. Close June 13, 1930. 8 weeks.
Summer Vacation
Open Sept. 3, 1930. Close Dec. 19, 1930. 16 weeks.
Christmas Vacation
Open Dec. 29, 1930. Close Feb. 20, 1931. 8 weeks.
High School
Open Dec. 30, 1929. Close Apr. 11, 1930. 15 weeks. Open April 21, 1930. Close June 20, 1930. 9 weeks.
Summer Vacation
Open Sept. 3, 1930. Close Dec. 19, 1930. 16 weeks.
Christmas Vacation
Open Dec. 29, 1930. Close Feb. 20, 1931. 8 weeks.
Schools will close on the following days:
January 1st; May 30th; October 13th; November 11th and Thanksgiving Day and Friday following, November 27th and 28th.
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
Three blows repeated at:
7:15 A. M. All schools close.
8:15 A. M. No morning session for first six grades.
12:30 P. M. No afternoon session for first six grades.
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LIST OF TEACHERS
A. O. Christiansen
Position Educated at Year Appionted Superintend't Brown, A. B .; Harvard A. M. 1921
High School
Robert W. Barclay
Principal
Norwich, B. S., B. U., A. M.
1929
Kenneth Clark
Mathematics
U. of N. H., B. S. 1927
Albert J. Murphy
History
Bridgewater, B. S. in Ed. 1928
Winifred Brennan
Commercial
Burdett
1918
Jane C. Good
Commercial Burdett
1925
Elizabeth Laugher
English and
Worcester, B. S. 1927
French
French and Boston U., A. B. 1928
Margret M. Moore
Latin and
Georgian Court College A. B. 1928
James J. Riley
Science Boston College, A. B. 1929
Cyril T. Powderly
English and
Boston Univ., A. B. 1929
Mary E. Sullivan
English and
Bridgewater, B. S. inEd. 1929 Com. Geog.
Junior High School
Mrs. Sarah Powderly
English
Bridgewater 1914
Hannah F. Hoye
English and
Quincy Training School 1888
Martha Parshley
Arithmetic Fitchburg 1926
Anna Good
History and
Bridgewater, B. S. in Ed. 1924
Teresa Carlin
English and
Lowell 1926
Arithmetic
Mrs. Ethel Chatfield
Grade 7
Farmington
1927
Principal
Mrs. Florence Caples
Grade 7
Bridgewater 1922
Principal
Prescott School
Mrs. Marie Cormey
Grade 6
Framingham
1925
Mrs. Elizabeth Tierney Grade 6
Bridgewater
1926
Margaret Donovan
Grade 5
Bridgewater
1924
Grace Murphy
Grade 5
Bridgewater
1926
Mary O'Brien
Grade 4 Bridgewater
1921
Rachael McMahon
Grade 4
Bridgewater
1916
Ellen Mclaughlin
Grade 3
Bridgewater
1901
Eleanor Condon
Grade 3
Bridgewater
1929
Fannie Campbell
Grade 2
Notre Dame Academy
1898
Vivian Pickett
Grade 2 Bridgewater, B. S. in Ed. 1929
Kittie Molloy
Grade 1
Boston Uni. Extension
1886
Mrs. Eliz'th McDonald Grade 1
Bridgewater
1925
Mary Mullen
Special Class
Simmons
1923
Mrs. Mabel Marble
English
French
Latin
Music
and Drawing
Geography
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Belcher School
Martha Foley
Grade 6
Bridgewater 1929
Dorothy Carney
Grade 5
Bridgewater
1923
Bernice Francis
Grade 4
Hyannis 1927
Emmaline McGerrigle Grades 3 - 4
Bridgewater
1929
Clara Tolman
Grade 2
Bridgewater
1888
Jane M. Lynch
Grade 1
Bridgewater
1929
North Randolph School
Mrs. Esther Grant
Principal Lowell
1927
Anna Tucker
Grade 1 Bridgewater 1929
Helen Toomey
Grades 2 -3 Bridgewater, B. S. in Ed. 1929
Tower School
Mrs. Elizabeth Lyons
Principal Quincy Training 1920
Grades 1 - 3
Mrs. Alice Belcher
Grades 4 - 6 Quincy Training 1923
West Corner School
Katherine J. Riley
Grades 1 - 3 Harvard Summer School 1926
Drawing Supervisor
Eileen V. Dowd
All Grades Emmanual, A. B. 1926
Music Supervisor
Rose Hand
All Grades A. S. N. M. Harvard and B. U. Extension
School Nurse
1927
Geo. V. Higgins, M. D.
Resignations
HIGH SCHOOL
Frederick Chapin
Ellen Pierson Mildred H. Humphrey
GRADE SCHOOLS
Mrs. Walter Burbank Pauline Goss
Grace Gilgan
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION COURSE
The following teachers have enrolled for the Univer- sity Extension Course, "Progressive Tendencies in Edu- cation." This class will meet once a week in the rooms of Stetson High School, for a period of ten weeks be-
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Grades 3 - 4
Mrs. Jessica Mitchell All Grades R. N. School Physician
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
ginning February 12, 1930. Classes will be under direc- tion of Miss Dorothy M. Lyons of Salem Normal School.
Ethel S. Chatfield, Martha Foley, Bernice M. Francis, Dorothy M. Carney, Emmaline McGerrigle, Clara A. Tol- man, Jane M. Lynch, Grace A. Murphy, Elizabeth T. Tierney, Rachael McMahon, Marie Cormey, Ellen McGer- rigle, Ellen Mclaughlin, Elizabeth C. MacDonald, Eleanor Condon, Vivian Pickett, Mary O'Brien, Florence E. Caples, Elizabeth G. Lyons, Margaret L. Donovan, Han- nah F. Hoye, Ann Tucker, Helen Toomey and Mrs. Carl Gove (parent).
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL Graduating Class 1929
Paul Daniel Anderson
Kathryn Charlotte Aylott
Frances Joseph Loughlin
Laura Louise Lutton
Joan Agnes McCoubrey
Henry Wales Merrill
Celia Agnes McFadden
Bernice Ellen Milberry Louise Moore
Kathryn Elizabeth Mullen
Alfred Warren Nelson
Rose Kiernan Doyle Mary Margaret Duffy Helen Elden Maybelle Viola Faunce
Hildur Julia Nilsen Claire Jay Powers
Isabel Allegra Philbrook
Joseph Roy Gavin
Bertha Pauline Gertzig Constance Joline Grover
Mary Patricia Purcell Alfred Myrick Powers Clifford Hamilton Shea Helen Christine Shepard
Arthur Bernard Haley Nathan James Hoeg
Violet Elizabeth Stalliday Gertrude Eva Taylor
Dorothy Frances Higgins Herbert Lee Jenkins
Robert John Teed
Marjorie Kent
Robert George Thibault
Vincent Owen Kiernan
Lillian Louise Yates
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM
MARCH at piano Dorothy Higgins Marshal, Cecilia McFadden
SALUTE TO THE FLAG Led by Marjorie Kent
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Alice Margaret Anglin Alice Marie Ballantyne Robert Joseph Bradley George Frederick Collins Hugh Emerson Clifford John Hursell Crowell Marion Alberta Dennis
Eva Agnes Lokitis
NINETY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
INVOCATION
Rev. Michael F. Madden
CHORUS "Peggy"-Ralph Cox
CLASS HISTORY
Boys' Glee Club Lillian Yates
DEBATE Resolved : That Immigration into the United States should be further restricted In Chair Constance Grover
Affirmative Alice Anglin
Negative Mary Purcell
CHORUS "The Cheery Lights of Home"-Nevin
Boys and Girls Rose K. Doyle
RECITATION
SCENE "In Honor Bound" Characters
Sir George Carlyon
Clifford H. Shea
Philip Graham
Arthur P. Haley
Lady Carlyon
Bernice E. Milberry
Rose Dalrymple
Claire J. Powers
SOLO "High School Days" Arthur P. Haley
CLASS GIFT
In Chair Isabel Philbrook
The Mayflower
Paul Anderson
Old Ironsides Hugh E. Clifford
The Ranger Vincent Kiernan
WELCOME FROM ALUMNI Pres. Joseph T. Leahy
RESPONSE Joseph Roy Gavin, Pres. 1929
VIOLIN SOLO "Souvenir de Leubeck" Isabel Philbrook
CHORUS "Butterfly, Butterfly" Girls' Glee Club
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS AND MEDALS Principal Frederick E. Chapin
"AMERICA"
School and Audience
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GRADUATES Stetson Junior High School June 14, 1929
Francis Paul Archer Henry Arthur Anderson Edwin Lee Burchell Edward George Conley David Daniel Doyle David Joseph Fitzgerald John William Hart
George Card Knights
Raymond Joseph McGrory
John Robert Mellon Tony Pignatelli
John Richard Simmons Howard Alden Young
Walter Prince Morse Frederick Allan Walker Anna Margaret Allen Agnes Josephine Brennan Lora Maud Cahoon Hazel Beth Clifford
Edith Frances Cohen
Marie Elizabeth Collins Anna Catherine Condon Lena Mary Ferraro Isabel Clare Gaynor Elizabeth Charlotte Gray Lillian Pearl Henker Ruth Agnes Keith Mary Kathryn Kelleher Virginia Rose Kelleher Florence Hunt Nickerson Olive Rebecca Nickerson Marion Edna Sears Mary Clare Sullivan Helen Theresa Doonan
8B
Albert Edward Brown Roy Allister Conrad John Joseph Dempsey Thomas Joseph Hamel Richard Albert Heger Arthur Everett Hoeg Michael George Kakshtis Arnold Francis Little Charles Edgerly MacCannell George Weston Mann Paul Vincent McDermott Robert Joseph McEntee John Henry Pace
Handley Sabean Quinn Howard William Robbins
Leroy Milton Stewart Alfred Beatty Willis
Edward Daniel Willis Orrin Benjamin White Eileen Anderson Gertrude Theresa Buckley
Louise Margaret Carroll Ida Mae Cameron Mary Kevan Derocher
Edna Margaret Handrahan Hildagarde Virginia Hiller
Bertha Elizabeth Kakshtis Helen Josephine McCarthy June Greenleaf McDonald Muriel Eleanor Quinn Barbara Ellen Teed Bernice Marie Wilbur Biondina Mary Ricci Maizie Veronica Williams
8C
Earl David Anderson Thomas Albert Anderson Joseph Harold Boyd George Ambrose Brewster Alfred Kendall Farmer John Joseph Handrahan Kenneth Robertson Harris Walter Hetherington Eric Peter Hylen John Joseph Jablonski Bernard Joseph McAuley Gregory John Malloy Ralph Irwin Mann Geoffrey Lawrence Marconi Herbert Stewart Maxwell Marshall Hugh George Roth Thomas John Sedote Joseph Herbert Taylor Ralph Joseph Burns Robert Edward Burns Mary Frances Casey Laura Maud Cavanaugh Caroline Catherine DeAngelis Winnifred Veronica Joan
Downes
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Mary Helen Doyle Elizabeth Esposito Moniria Isabell Farmer Catherine Harriet Veronica Handrahan Grace Ann Harris Barbara Teresa Heney Catherine Mary Rose Morrissey
Mary Ann Morrissey
Helen Wilhemina Julia Russell Mildred Marguerite Stewart Stella Maria Untersee Katherine Metta Zielfelder Hazel Almeda Zwicker Dorothy Helen Carmichael Catherine Mary Girtzig
REPORT OF PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL
January 1, 1930
Mr. A. O. Christiansen, Superintendent of Schools:
In submitting my report as Principal of the Stetson High School for the past ten weeks, I feel that I should confine it to the changes which have been made during this short period, together with a few conditions that should be remedied as soon as possible.
The practice of placing study pupils in recitation rooms has proved harmful to the pupil's efficiency. In order to provide each student with an atmosphere where undisturbed concentration upon his task is possible. Room 27 has been made into a study room to which near- ly all study pupils who were formerly in recitation rooms have been assigned. It is impossible to provide in this way for all, as we have neither room enough to accom- modate them nor teachers enough to supervise them.
The shifting of study pupils from recitation rooms likewise increases the efficiency of the teacher. As a result of this new arrangement one of our older teachers who has been endeavoring to instruct a class of thirty pupils with another class of thirty-five attempting to study in the back of the same room, has now been given an opportunity of uninterrupted teaching.
The schedule of courses offered has been changed so as to satisfy the immediate needs of the pupils, and
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yet so as to allow us to meet the standards offered by other schools much larger than ours.
Our Academic Curriculum has been organized to meet the entrance requirements of all colleges.
Our Commercial Curriculum now offers Business English and French, which, with the subjects already given, will meet the entrance requirements of business colleges offering secretarial courses.
The Bookkeeping course in the senior year is now given two periods a day instead of one, and no longer requires home work. This change should bring the pupils nearer actual office working conditions, and makes possible the completion of all work under the supervision of the teacher. Commercial Arithmetic and Commercial Geography have been interchanged so that the arithmetic shall immediately precede the work in bookkeeping and the geography shall directly follow the geography in the junior high school.
The General Curriculum is no longer the dumping ground for the other two curricula. It has been or- ganized to meet the entrance requirements of all normal schools and of colleges not requiring three or four years of Latin.
In every curriculum a student must obtain passing grades in sixteen units of prepared work before he shall be entitled to a diploma. A unit means five recitation periods each week of prepared work in one study for one school year. No credit will be given for any part of a unit if the work of the entire course is not completed satisfactorily.
Clean athletics are being encouraged as part of our physical program. Each pupil participating in an ath- letic contest must meet the following requirements :
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1. Pass a physical examination.
2. Co-operate with teachers and behave well in schcol.
3. Do passing work in all scholastic subjects. (The Principal, in conference with the Coach reserves the right to bar a student whose work is barely passing or to use a student failing in one subject only, since such pro- cedure is sanctioned by eligibility rules of the School Masters' Association.)
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