Report of the city of Somerville 1938, Part 16

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1938
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1850


1932


Asst. Rita P. McNamara, 53 Dartmouth Street


800


1937


* Leave of Absence


# Temporary


HIGHLAND SCHOOL


Highland Avenue and Grove Street


John W. Healey, Master, 68 Arlington Road, Woburn


1931


6


Grace M. Clark, 10 Vernon Street, West Medford


$2150


1893


6


Dorothy C. Neagle, 54 Bromfield Road


1600


1936


6


Marion Allen, 74 Collins Street, Danvers


1700


1911


6


Margaret McLeod, 20 Grove Street


2000


1923


5


Terence M. Griffin, 202 Powder House Boulevard


1725


1935


5


Mrs. Hazel M. Davis, Coolidge Park, Wakefield


2000


1919


5 Carolyn E. Crockett, 26 Whitfield Road


2000


1923


Kdgn. Mrs. Dorothy C. Huddy, 18A Forest Street, Cambridge


2000


1921


Asst. Lillian R. Lucey, 161 Pearl Street


1450


1935


(WILLIAM H.) HODGKINS SCHOOL Holland Street


Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street


1930


4


Olevia M. Woods, 13 Garrison Avenue


$2150


1908


6


Grace A. McElhiney, 20 Warren Street, West Medford


2000


1925


6


Margaret E. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue


2000


1926


5


Anne M. McCarthy, 58 Ibbetson Street


1975


1930


4


Helen M. Merry, 12 Summit Street


1400


1936


3


#Edith M. Murchie, 3 Lincoln Street


800


1937


3


Isabelle G. Porter, 36 College Avenue


1900


1928


2


¿Mary Diskin, 33 Lexington Avenue


800


1938


2


Abbie M. Brown, 8 Teele Avenue


2000


1923


1


Gertrude O. Kohler, 24 Jackson Road


2000


1931


1


#Mary C. Sweeney, 18 Alpine Street


800


1938


Kdgn. Mabell M. Sheehan, 49 Avon Street


1850


1930


Asst. Alice Hagan, 351 Washington Street


1700


1933


# Temporary


S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL


Powder House Boulevard, near Raymond Avenue


Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street


$3100


1930


6


Bernice J. Andrews, 60 Curtis Street


2150


1914


6


Mrs. Minnie E. Lougee, 127 Powder House Boulevard


2000


1922


6


Gladys R. Clark, Lowell Road, Concord


2000


1926


6


Alice A. Libbey, 32 Paulina Street


2000


1919


5


Eugenia Carver, 119 College Avenue


2000


1922


5


Stella G. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue


2000


1917


5


Mary R. Egan, 22 Aberdeen Road


1900


1933


4


Mildred H. Lunt, 119 College Avenue


2000


1926


4


Eliza I. Patterson, 59 Ossipee Road


2000


1919


3


Alice E. Campbell, 26 Garrison Avenue


2000


1928


3


F. Mildred Milner, 80 Powder House Boulevard


2000


1920


3


Mrs. Nettie M. Humiston, 43 Fairmount Avenue


1925


1920


3:2


Doris H. Spellman, 68 Liberty Avenue


1725


1934


2


Evelyn G. Stern, 4 Billingham Street


1975


1928


2


Pauline Emery, 119 College Avenue


2000


1925


2 Muriel P. King, 77 Wheatland Street


2000


1931


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1938-Continued


Began


Grade


1 Mildred M. Lougee, 225 Morrison Avenue


2000


1928


1 Mary L. McKenna, 119 College Avenue


2000


1915


1 Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard


2000


1919


Mary A. Dewire, Cadet, 48 Central Street


1200


1937


Kdgn. Mrs. Dorothea G. Lamb, 90 Curtis Street


2000


1921


Asst. Mildred Williston, 26 Warren Avenue


1550


1934


MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue, near Grove Street


4


May E. Small, 11 Chapel Street


$1850


1900


4


Marion A. Cannon, 16 James Street


1925


1928


3


Mary L. O'Neill, 12 Sunset Road


1400


1936


3


Mrs. Katharine D. Millen, 110 Powder House Boulevard


2000


1920


2


Katherine E. Hourahan, 25 Orchard Street


2000


1892


2


Clara G. Hegan, 100 School Street


2000


1897


1


Octavia A. Stewart, 15 Kenwood Street


1825


1917


1 Selena G. Wilson, 11 Irving Street


1700


1922


EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS


Per Evening


Arthur L. Morrissey, High


$7.50


John J. Collins, Bell and Cliff


6.00


Mary Henleigh Brown, Practical Arts for Women


6.00


CADETS


Helen K. McNally


Mary A. Dewire


Elizabeth Dalton


Margaret McCrossan


40 Highland Avenue 48 Central Street 14A Norwood Ave. 40 Benton Road


SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS


*Mary G. Blackwell, 42 Belmont Street


$3500


1900


* Leave of Absence


MUSIC


Bart E. Grady, Director, 66 Highland Avenue


$3000


1935


12-7


James M. Clark, 15 Radcliffe Road


2200


1929


6-1 Arthur F. Sullivan, 40 Sunset Road


2000


1934


6-1 ¡Helen L. Galvin, 1 Pearl Street


2100


1903


1 Part Time


ART


9-1 Elfrida V. Callister, 30 Kimball Road, Arlington


$2400


1925


PENMANSHIP


6-1 Ruth L. Whitehouse, 123 Highland Avenue


$2200


1915


SEWING


6-5


Mary Rhilinger, 11 Dorset Street, Dorchester


$1775


1926


6-5 Pia M. Fortini, 274 Willow Avenue


2000


1930


6-5 Alice C. Sullivan, 74 Ossipee Road


1700


1930


MANUAL ARTS


Melvin T. Carver, Supervisor, 247 Winthrop Street,


Winthrop


$400


1936


Salary


Service


John W. Healey, Master, 68 Arlington Road, Woburn


1931


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TABLE 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1938-Continued


Began


Grade


ATHLETICS


Charles A. Dickerman, Director, 311 Alewife Brook Pky. $3300


1925


PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION


9-1 Alice F. Morgan, 71 Park Street


$2800


1925


9-1 John J. St. Angelo, 24 Packard Avenue


2775


1928


ATYPICAL


Winifred M. Ford, 100 Pearson Avenue


$1950


1927


Margaret McAuley, 433A Broadway


1775


1933


Irma Di Giusto, 19A Flint Street


1725


1934


Ursula H. Cairns, Main Street, South Hanson


1650


1934


Alice M. Hayes, 166 Central Street


2050


1913


Mrs. Fernell B. Houghton, 284 Grove Street, Melrose


1750


1926


Dorothy M. Leighton, 15 Electric Avenue


1850


1936


Margaret McDonald, 22 Pennsylvania Avenue


1850


1936


Margaret E. Connors, 138 Lowell Street


1375


1936


Marion D. Cotter, 22 Prescott Street, Cambridge


1400


1935


Frank X. Veneri, 48A Burnside Avenue


2025


1933


#James Keefe, 31 Trull Street


800


1938


# Temporary


SIGHT SAVING


Mrs. Amy F. Woodbury, 83 Pearson Road


$2050


1917


LIP READING


$1475


1937


THRIFT


E. Bella Weisman, 78 Gibbs Street, Brookline


$2100


1921


Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin Street


1100


1930


FIELD MUSIC


Wesley A. Maynard, 53 Albion Street


$2100


1925


Mary A. Whitney, 10 Dow Street


$2400


1916


PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED


Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 82 Bromfield Road


$2000


1928


Mrs. Clare M. Stanton, 754 Broadway


1600


1937


AUDIOMETER


Ellen Walsh


$1700


1932


OPEN-AIR


Dorothy M. Reynolds, 1357 Broadway


$1400


1937


Salary


Service


Grace A. Foley, 162 Central Street


AMERICANIZATION


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TABLE 30-OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE DECEMBER 31, 1938


SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY


Everett W. Ireland, 137 Powder House Boulevard $6550


ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT


Walter P. Sweet, 71 Hume Avenue, Medford 4300


CLERKS


Mary A. Clark, 15 Pleasant Avenue 1754


Mildred A. Merrill, 108 Highland Avenue


1589


Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street


1589


Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Avenue


$27.50 per week


Margaret R. O'Connor, 2 Adrian Street


25.50


Frances C. Geaton, 29 Tennyson Street


23.50 "


SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE


Benjamin R. Jones, 88 Raymond Avenue $2200


VISITING TEACHERS


Mrs. Kathryn F. McDonnell, 56 Raymond Avenue 1600


Estelle `M. Walsh, 50 St. James Avenue 1375


250


ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE 31-SCHOOL CUSTODIANS, DECEMBER, 1938


School Name


Residence


Weekly Salary


High


Jeremiah M. Brennan


62 Highland Ave. $33.00


High


John N. Quirk


64 Marion St. 32.00


High


Joseph McCormack


35 Radcliffe Rd. 32.00


High


John P. Driscoll


44 Montrose St. 32.00


High


Joseph F. Kiley


50 Highland Ave. 32.00


High


William P. Sloane


67 Marion St. 34.00


High


High, Gymnasium


Thomas F. Keane


109 Pennsylvania Av. 32.00 9 Granite St. 33.00


High, Central Heat- ing Plant


Martin J. Frazar


95 Heath St. 40.00


Peter McNally


23 Everett Ave. 35.00


High, Central Heat- ing Plant


John Murphy


2 Thurston St. 32.00


Prescott


Jeremiah O'Connor


43 Pennsylvania Av. 34.00


Prescott


William H. Prestley


11 Tower St. 36.00


Hanscom


Bernard J. Kelley


230 Broadway 34.00


Bennett


Edwin C. Lamkin


17 Grand View Ave. 35.00


Baxter


Jeremiah J. Sullivan


25 Walnut St. 30.00


Knapp


Maurice T. Mullins


13 Fremont Ave. 37.50


Perry


Daniel E. Cunningham


15 Leland St. 30.00


Pope


John J. McNamara


53 Dartmouth St. 35.00


Southern Jr. High


Michael Mullaney


7 Greene St.


38.00


Southern Jr. High


George J. Kelley


10 Nevada Ave.


32.00


Southern Jr. High


John T. Donovan


61 Pearl St.


32.00 32.00


Cummings


Royal Brenize


321 Broadway


31.50


New Vocational


William J. Hickey


7 Aberdeen Rd.


32.50


New Vocational


John F. Fonseca


267 Medford St.


32.00


New Vocational


Nicholas J. Lacey


327 Washington St.


38.00


Grimmons


Earl R. March


121 Ten Hills Rd.


36.00


Northeastern Jr. High


Jeremiah J. Canniff


47 Spencer Ave.


38.00


Northeastern Jr. High


Elmer Carleton


10 Packard Ave.


32.00


Northeastern Jr. High


John F. O'Connell


13 Conwell Ave.


32.00


Northeastern Jr. High


Andrew J. Curran


237 Medford St. 32.00


Forster


George E. Babin


33 Vernon St.


35.00


Forster


Arthur F. Law


390 Washington St.


34.00


Bingham


Guiseppe DelPonte


51 Elmwood St.


38.00


Carr


Patrick L. Delmore


3 Harvard Place 41.00


Morse


Joseph Binari


14 Evergreen Sq.


35.50


Proctor


Vincent J. Burke


86 Highland Rd. 31.50


Burns


Charles J. Elkins


16 Cutter Ave.


31.50


Brown


William Kennedy


508 Broadway


33.00


Highland


Michael F. King Anthony T. Farrington


19 Rose St.


37.00


Western Jr. High


James T. Eddy


1061 Broadway


41.00


Western Jr. High


Joseph Farrington


50 College Ave.


32.00


Western Jr. High


Thomas Copithorne


23 Gordon St.


32.00


Western Jr. High


Francis J. Creamer


102 College Ave. 32.00


Cutler


Thomas J. Flynn


34 Powder H. Blvd. 31.50


Cutler


Thomas F. Murphy


28a Sterling St. 37.00


Lowe


Walter M. Burns


23 Avon St.


31.50


Southern Jr. High


James E. Dowd


66 Hudson St.


Glines


Joseph A. McNeill


182 Pearl St.


36.00


Durell


Francis J. Donovan


3 Harvard Place 30.00


25 Bowdoin St.


35.00


Hodgkins


Edward J. Barbour


High, Central Heat- ing Plant


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REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMISSION


REV. NAZARENO PROPERZI, Chairman


MEMBERS


Term Expires January


Mary R. Coughlin 1939


Dr. Winnifred P. Davis 1939


Mrs. Josephine Ham


1940


William F. Harkins


1940


William S. Howe


1939


Mrs. Harriett M. Hurlburt


1939


James J. McCarthy


1940


Mrs. Annette Murphy


1940


Rev. Nazareno Properzi 1939


Dr. Anthony Traniello


1940


Dr. Soter G. Zaharoolis


1939


Secretary To The Commission: FRANCIS J. MAHONEY


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ANNUAL REPORTS


December 31, 1938.


To The Honorable, The Mayor and The Board of Aldermen :


In submitting annual report for 1938, this Commission once again finds it necessary to emphasize that inadequacy of funds is basic to the Commission's procedure during the year now closing. This fact is stated not in the spirit of controversy but in compliance with the Commission's duty to place upon the record the scope of its work and the reasons why the service under the Commission is increased or curtailed, as the case may be. This duty includes to make clear that the year 1938 has seen a decrease of the useful activities of the service in some cases, their cancellation in other cases, and in still others, fail- ure to restore services cancelled in 1936 and 1937 against the will of the Commission in those years. And this duty includes also to make clear that only through policies beyond the Com- mission's control, and despite its actions, has the service ex- perienced these curtailments, suspensions, and failure to restore.


The annual appropriation for 1938 to this Commission was $17,025. The Commission had estimated that the minimum need of the service was for $31,930. Thus the sum appropriated was about 54% of what was estimated, by unanimous vote of the Commission, as needed. It is important to re-state also this fact: Whereas $17,025. was the appropriation also for the pre- vious year 1937 ; during that year 1937 there had been virtually only an eight-month period of service by the Commission, because unfortunately the full-year service at that time had been virtually suspended because sufficient funds had not been appropriated. At the close of 1937 this Commission had ex- pended, for eight months of "skeleton" service, $17,025. To meet the needs of the twelve months of 1938, only the same amount of $17,025 has been provided.


A year ago, this unfortunate situation was apprehended by the Commission, as is shown by its estimate and recommenda-


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RECREATION COMMISSION


tion in January, and also by its annual report a year ago. That report contained the following summary of this situation :


"It is important to note now that the new year 1938 finds many activities in progress which at the begin- ning of 1937 were not provided; that the first four months of 1938 will, unless these activities are abrupt- ly stopped, require expenditures that were omitted in the same four months of 1937-so that a correspond- ingly increased appropriation is necessary for 1938 unless the normal services are to be again discontinued during the latter half of 1938. Since the partial restor- ation during 1937 did not begin until the calendar year was well under way, even this partial restoration can not be maintained during the whole of 1938 unless by a still further return towards a normal appropriation. If the appropriation for 1938 should be the same as for 1937, the only difference-in the effect upon the public Recreation program-between those two years will be this :- In 1937 the first half of the year suffered more, whereas in 1938 it will be in the last half that the service must be again withdrawn."


As this quoted statement indicated in advance, the latter half of 1938 did find the service impaired by the complete omis- sion and drastic curtailment of the important services which the citizens have come to expect, and which the Commission had previously labored to establish with frugality of expenditure. This regrettable situation which faced the Commission in July came in spite of other sacrifices of services, January to June, which are equally as important as those proper to the period July to December. Even though the Commission, during the first half of the year, maintained only a "skeleton" service as to Children's Saturday Playgrounds, Adult Evening Centers, Boys' Clubs, Girls' Clubs, and Children's Theatre, and com- pletely omitted the activities of the Gymnasium, the After- School Supervised Athletics, and the Adult Athletic Leagues and the purchase of normally needed equipment-even in spite of these conservations of funds-the Commission had available on July 1 only about 70% of the amount of funds available on the same date of the sub-normal year 1937 ; and only about 48% of the average amount available after July 1 of normal years.


A summary of the points at which the service through the activities program has suffered can be inferred from a reading


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of the annual report received by the Commission from the Superintendent as its executive agent. That report of the Superintendent is incorporated into the Commission's report and is presented below.


A financial statement for the year is included here, to be found in the Superintendent's report to the Commission.


Respectfully submitted for the Recreation Commission by


REV. N. PROPERZI, Chairman


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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THE RECREATION COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR 1938


December 31, .1938


To The Recreation Commission :


An exceptional situation presents itself to the Superintend- ent in submitting annual report to the Commission. It con- sists in this : Whereas items of detail in the activities of the Recreation service would ordinarily be the subject of this re- porting by the Superintendent these very items of detail have, in 1938, been converted into subjects of the Commission's own frequent and detailed deliberations during the year. This ex- ceptional situation, as your Commission is aware comes be- cause the condition of the service results from transactions in which the Superintendent has no part; and which are rather actions between the Commission itself and the appro- priating body of the city government. That the service is in seriously impaired condition your Commission is already well aware, as result of the with-holding of funds which the Com- mission estimated at the beginning of the year as necessary. Since the program of activities is limited by the available funds, this Commission has already many times during the year in its effort to allocate wisely its meager funds found itself study- ing carefully and attempting to preserve those very details of the program and the service which would ordinarily be the subjects of the Superintendent's present reporting.


Accordingly, for brevity and to avoid unnecessary recording of details already thoroughly recorded in the records of the Commission's deliberations during the year and reported to it by the Superintendent on frequent occasions during the year, I judge it proper and desirable to your Commission that this present report of the Superintendent concern itself chiefly with this reference to the previous reports of the Superintendent which cover the details as to the condition of the Recreation service and to the presentation of those statistical tables which might be helpful as summary of the year's service.


However, there is one additional situation whose proper emphasis may not possibly come to the mind of the Commission


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except through this special effort of the Superintendent to point it out. When the general public, or any active element of it, or any individual citizen or group of citizens, concerns itself in such way as to inquire into the activities of the service, to express opinion concerning it, to make suggestion, request, or petition, it often happens that these communications of opinion, request, protest, commendation, etc. are more likely to come first to the attention of the Superintendent or the Secretary. Many times these expressions are not directly addressed to the Commission but result in contact with the Superintendent or the Secretary. With this in mind, I respectfully report to your Commission that during the months of this year in which our customary services have been omitted, or the degree of the service limited by comparison with normal conditions, there have come to the Superintendent, sometimes in writing, some- times by telephone, occasionally by personal visits of citizens and groups of citizens to the Superintendent at the Commis- sion's office, many expressions of protestation against the fail- ure to sustain the services which the public has come to expect and which those expressing themselves believe to be important and valuable. These comments concern chiefly the following specific items :


1. The continued closing of the Western Recreation Center during the first four and one-half months of 1938.


2. The continued reduction of the service at the other three Recreation Centers through the providing of three nights of activity instead of four, as custom- arily, at each of these Centers during the first four and one-half months of 1938.


3. The seasonal re-opening of the Centers during the last two months of 1938 with a three-nights-a-week program replacing the customary four nights a week.


4. The continued failure throughout the year 1938 to resume the previously established gymnasium pro- gram, which had enlisted the participation of so many men and women.


5. The curtailment in the number of Saturday Morn- ing Neighborhood Playgrounds, an important


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feature of the life of so many younger children, and which had been regarded by their parents as an important "Safety" agency for these younger children.


6. The complete omission of any Saturday Play- grounds service in any neighborhood during the Fall and Winter months of 1938.


7. The failure to operate half of the usual number of Summer Playgrounds, and the reduction in the number of Play Leaders and Supervisors for the few playgrounds that continued in operation.


8. The inability of the Commission to respond to the growth of the Children's Theatre by supplying a sufficient number of leaders to meet the increasing development in this activity whose beginnings are comparatively recent and whose growth called for the gradual increase in the number of leaders. (In this connection it is pointed out that certain sections of the city, where there is a demand for this service, are not served at all, and that some of the criticism and protest have been based on this fact coming from the sections not served.)


9. The reliance in many cases upon the inadequate service through W. P. A. leadership which, despite the best efforts of conscientious W. P. A. employes, can not be expected to match the service rendered by trained personnel. (In this connection there have come to the Superintendent unfavorable com- parisons expressing the dissatisfaction of parents and others with the type of leadership which has replaced the professionally trained leaders of the past.)


10. The disappointment among many Boys' Clubs in the city resulting from failure of our Recreation service to respond to the needs of these boys by providing counselors for additional Boys' Clubs. (In this connection I respectfully state that where- as the Boys' Clubs movement began under our sponsorship about four years ago, the success of


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ANNUAL REPORTS


the Boys' Clubs to date has created demand for our assistance in helping additional clubs whom we can not serve because of the unavailability of additional counselors and because the counselors already assigned have already too much work to make possible an expansion of their contacts. I respectfully add that there are at the present time awaiting our sponsorship several Boys' Clubs, and that there are other clubs which could easily be crystallized into clubs to the great advantage of the welfare of these boys and the community.)


11. Similar disappointment resulting from similar un- availability of leaders for additional Girls' Clubs. (In this connection the same observation applies which is made above concerning Boys' Clubs.)


12. The continued failure to restore the service in After-School Mass Athletics for Older Boys and Girls.


13. The suspension of sponsorship of the Adult Basket- ball Leagues.


14. The situation whereby athletic fields and other recreational facilities are sometimes unavailable to Recreation groups publicly sponsored by this public Recreation service, while these fields are made available to other groups not identified with the public program and sometimes for activities in which out-of-town athletic groups are the partic- ipants. Many citizens and groups have expressed wonder that this public agency for Recreation, which presumably is the proper agency to deter- mine the relative claims and needs of recreational groups as to those facilities, often can not serve them because often it can not obtain permits. There has been much criticism of the fact that this Recreation Commission finds itself in the position of a suppliant, as would any private individual or group, when it wishes to secure permits for fields and buildings (under the jurisdiction of other municipal departments) which are necessary to


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the conduct of recreational activities of a public nature.


BOYS' The past year has been successful by comparison CLUBS with any since the inception of the Boys' Clubs movement in Somerville about four years ago. (We are still far short of the desired goal.)


The first two years of this movement were spent in the organizing of the majority of the clubs which, recognizing the fact that the Recreation Commission was the logical municipal body to assist them in the worthy use of their leisure time, came to us for counsel; and in the creating of new clubs in those sections of the city which, for sociological reasons, were badly in need of assistance. It is only during the past year and a half that, despite handicaps, our labors have shown re- sults.


At present there are fifteen group clubs sponsored by the Recreation Commission, covering many sections of the city, whose average individual membership is seventeen, and whose average age is fifteen years. Membership in those clubs is open to boys whose ages fall within prescribed limits as set forth by the various clubs and who have been accepted by the major- ity of the members of the club to which he applies.


These clubs are self-supporting and self-governing. Each club has its own constitution and its own purpose. The relation of the counselor, appointed by the Superintendent, to each club is a combination of teacher, parent, and "spiritual adviser." His function is to assist and guide each club and its members in the worthy use of their leisure time. Since, under present conditions, some part-time counselors are forced to handle three clubs each, it is apparent that the demands are taxing.


Outstanding inter-club activities during the past season were the junior and senior Drama Tournaments conducted in March, in which eight clubs competed for medals donated to the winners of each division; the junior and senior basketball tournaments conducted in April at the Central Hill Gym- nasium, in which all of the clubs competed for the Mount Benedict and the Journal-Press trophies ; and seasonal rallies,


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held at the Southern and Western Junior High Schools, in which all of the clubs participated. In addition to the above, numerous other activities were being constantly carried on by the clubs. A few of these were: Checker and bowling tour- naments, swimming meets, splash parties, spelling bees, base- ball leagues, socials, publication of club papers, hikes, visits to points of interest, quizzes, weekly meetings conducted accord- ing to parliamentary procedure, "weenie roasts," and anniver- sary celebrations. .




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