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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
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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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RECREATION COMMISSION
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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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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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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