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Expenditures
Fire Chief Salary
$ 150.00
Fire Company's Salaries
762.92
Janitor's Salary
78.00
Equipment and Supplies
163.59
Telephone
94.81
Hose
369.60
Fuel
124.14
Lights
28.36
Repairs at Fire Station
884.29
Fire Truck Maintenance
240.36
Purchase of New Truck
429.86
Purchase of New Stove for Fire Station
90.00
Insurance
202.00
All other
29.90
$
3,647.83
Unexpended balance
22.21
$ 3,670.04
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Fire Alarm Signals
To summon firemen to the Station-2 blows repeated three times.
No School Signal
Three blasts of the mill whistle at 7.30 A. M. closes all schools
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for the morning session. The same signal at 11.30 A. M. closes all schools for the afternoon session.
The same signal at 11.15 A. M. denotes that there will be one se's- sion. In case of one session all grades will close' at 12.30 P. M .; except first grade which will close at noon. If the whistle does not blow at 11.30 A. M. there will be school in the afternoon.
Fire Department Personnel:
Felix Vecchione, Chief
Joseph Vecchione, Asst. Chief
Charles Anderson, 1st Engineer
William Van Ness, Sr., 2nd Engineer
Edward Therrien, 3rd Engineer
Edmund Bruno, Treasurer
Joseph Bruno Louis Bloniasz
Harold Anderson
Albert Frost
Henry La Bonne
Fred Cabana
Ernest Brule, U. S. Army
Lawrence Kolumber, U. S. Army
Stephen Kosiar, U. S. Army
Also appointed for the duration were: Edward Jussaume
Anthony Janton John Michna Steve Bezik
Respectfully submitted,
FELIX S. VECCHIONE, Chief.
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REPORT OF TREASURER Simon Fairfield Public Library
1944
Jan. 1st .- Balance on Deposit, Whitinsville Nat. Bank $ 204.05 1,250.00 584.17
Town Appropriation Dog Fund
May 1-Whitinsville Savings Bank Interest $ 4.63
June 15-Treasurer of the U. S. Interest
150.00
Nov. 1-Whitinsville Savings Bank Interest 4.63
Dec. 15-Treasurer of the U. S. Interest
150.00
309.26
$ 2,347.48
Expenditures
Rosalie E. Williams, Librarian
$ 1,040.00
Barbara A. Johnson, Asst. Librarian
20.00
Miscellaneous Account
172.12
Treasurers Salary
25.00
Joseph C. Quintal, Magazines and Papers
48.88
Frank E. Jones, Fuel
211.97
Worcester Suburban Electric Co.
43.30
Herbert E. Hughes, Janitor
130.00
Books
424.06
Louis Yacino, Care of Grounds
2.40
$ 2,117.73
Balance in Town Treasury
2.04
Balance on Deposit, Whitinsville Nat. Bank
227.71
$ 2,347.48
Interest on Sanborn Pierce Libarry Fund
$ 85.16
Expended
64.72
Balance
$ 20.44
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Endowment Funds
Mrs. Royal Keith Fund
$ 200.0
James M. Fairfield Fund
5,000.00
James Smith Fund
6,000.00
Arthur F. Taft Fund
500.00
Winfield S. Schuster Fund
1,000.00
James W. Wixtead Fund
200.00
$ 12,900.00
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. JONES,
Treasurer.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
and Superintendeut of Schools
OF THE
TOWN of DOUGLAS
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For the Year Ending
December 31, 1944
MILLBURY JOURNAL PRESS Millbury, Mass.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
:
The School Committee submits the following report for the finan- cial year ending December 31, 1944.
The appropriation for the Schools amounted to $46,500.00- $498.75 was transferred from other funds making total available funds of $46,998.75. We received the following reimbursements from the State:
Massachusetts School Fund
$ 4,829.59
Part I of Chapter 70 G. L.
4,600.00
Individuals
75.00
School Superintendent
773.33
$10,277.92
This reduces the Net Cost of the Schools to $36,720.83
EXPENDITURES OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT for the period ending December 31, 1944
GENERAL EXPENSES:
1945
Budget Expenditures
Budget
Clerk of School Committee'
Misc. School Committee
Superintendent's Salary
$ 2,250.00 $ 2,175.22 $ 2,200.00
EXPENSES FOR INSTRUCTION:
Teachers, High School
9,100.00
9,407.26
9,800.00
Teachers, Elementary
18,550.00
18,511.85
20,000.00
Substitute Teachers
300.00
402.00
300.00
Special Teachers
1,000.00
687.39
950.00
Text Books, High
Text Books, Elementary
1,060.00
1,355.60
1,100.00
High School Supplies
Elementary Supplie's
1,200.00
645.36
1,100.00
Visual Education
100.00
100.00
100.00
$31,310.00 $31,109.46 $33,350.00
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EXPENSES FOR OPERATION:
Janitor, High
Janitor, Elementary
Janitor, D. C.
3,700.00
3,811.50
4.140.00
Fuel, High
Fuel, Grammar
Fuel, Douglas, Center
1,500.00
1,498.82
1,400.00
Lights and Power, High
Lights and Power, Elementary
400.00
334.69
360.00
Telephone, High
Telephone, Elementary
120.00
121.73
130.00
Janitor's Supplies, High
Janitor's Supplies, Elementary
200.00
301.96
300.00
Water Dept., High
Water Dept., Elementary
20.00
20.00
20.00
$5,940.00 $ 6,088.70 $ 6,350.00
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS:
High School
Grammar Schools
$1,200.00 $ 2,304.86 $ 1,500.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES:
Health, High
Health, Elementary
$ 1,050.00
1,063.45
1,050.00
Transportation, High
Transportation, Elementary
3,900.00
3,836.00
3,900.00
Tuition
200.00
212.00
200.00
Athletics
200.00
90.76
200.00
INSURANCE NEW EQUIPMENT
$ 5,350.00 $ 5,202.21 $ 5,350.00
150.00
114.14
150.00
300.00
100.00
TOTAL
$46,500.00 $46,994.59 $49,000.00
School Committee:
BAYLIS G. ALDRICH, 1946 E. MIALMA JENCKES, 1946 MARGARET CARRICK, 1945 WARREN JOHNSON, 1945 LOUIS A. CALLAHAN, 1947 ANDREW CENCAK, 1947
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS A. B. GARCELON PURCHASING AGENT ANDREW CENCAK ATTENDANCE OFFICERS VINCENT CERULLE JAMES L. HICKEY EDMUND BRUNO
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS 1944-1945
Fall Term-September 6 to December 22, 1944 16 weeks
Winter Term-January 2 to February 16, 1945 Winter Term-February 26 to April 13, 1945 Spring Term-April 23 to June 15, 1945
7 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
38 weeks
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Fall Term-September 6 to December 22,1944
16 weeks
Winter Term-January 2 to February 16, 1945
7 weeks
Winter Term-February 26 to April 13, 1945
7 weeks
Spring Term-April 23 to June 22, 1945
9 weeks
39 weeks
ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS 1945-1946
Fall Term-September 5 to December 21, 1945
16 weeks
Winter Term-December 31, 1945 to February 15, 1946
7 weeks
Winter Term-February 25 to April 12, 1946
7 weeks
Spring Term-April 22 to June 14, 1946
8 weeks
38 weeks
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1945-1946
Fall Term-September 5 to December 21, 1946
16 weeks
Winter Term-December 31 to February 15, 1946
7 weeks
Winter Term-February 25 to April 13, 1946
7 weeks
Spring Term-April 22 to June 21, 1946
9 weeks
39 weeks
HOLIDAYS
Columbus Day, October 12, 1945 County Convention Day (First Friday in November) November 2, 1945 Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 1945 Christmas, December 25, 1945 New Year's Day, January 1, 1946
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Good Friday, March 30, 1945 Memorial Day, May 30, 1945 Patriots' Day, April 19, 1945
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
Three blasts of the mill whistle at 7:30 A. M. closes all schools for the morning session. The same signal at 11:30 A. M. closes all schools for the afternoon session.
The same signal at 11:15 A. M., denotes that there will be one session. In case of one session all grades will close at 12:30 P. M., except first grade which will close at noon.
If the whistle does not blow at 11:30 A. M. there will be school in the afternoon.
A. B. GARCELON, Superintendent.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee' and Citizens of Douglas:
I hereby submit my seventeenth report of the Douglas Schools, the same being the forty-fourth superintendent's report of the School Union.
. A great deal is being said of late about the Power of education for destruction. Hitler built his whole idea of conquest and power, hate and greed, upon a program beginning with the smallest chil- dren. He taught the theory of the master race; he taught mili- tarism; he taught the breakdown of the moral values in which free people believe; he robbed young people of the right to learn and to think for themselves.
Russia, on the other hand, has made huge strides through the education of her people in both cultural and technical fields. The tre- mendous achievements of the Soviet Union in the present war would have been impossible without the widespread educational efforts of the past twenty years.
Britain is embarking upon the greatest educational program in all her history, because the' war has taught her the supreme value of every human resource. She realizes that only through the strength of her people will she be able to retain the place of leadership that she has had for so many years.
Winston Churchill recently called Britain's educational plan "the most comprehensive scheme of universal education ever devised by and for a responsible government. We cannot understand the world and its inventions, nor maintain our place in the world in these com- plex times without such education."
We in America are planning for the future, even though our main effort is upon the war until the final victory is won. That we must provide an educational opportunity for every citizen, goes without saying, for the welfare of our people is the objective of our free way of life.
If we fail to develop people, they will be unable to solve America's problems; and the way to develop them is to give them the best edu-
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cation that we can contrive. Sad to say, we have some very unfor- tunate conditions even in this enlightened country. The National Education Association gives us the following statistics:
"In the United States 3,000,000 over 25 years of age have never gone to school at all; 13% have not completed the fourth grade, 50% have only an eighth grade education or less, and 76% have not completed High School.
Shortsighted individuals or groups in positions of privilege or power, either economically or politically, who do not favor extension of opportunity through education, must learn that democracy will succeed for all, or it will fail for all."
Several states are spending as much as an average of $175 a year, or over, per child for schooling. This year the Douglas School Budget provides about $129 per pupil for the year. This is the largest school budget we have had, but when one realizes that prices of everything have gone up at a tremendous rate, we feel that we are doing no more than could be expected in a community where all are interested in giving the children the best possible chance.
Time was when the schools of a community practically ran them- selves, and were of little or no concern of the public. But today, schools are "Big Business." A child feels, or should feel, that the school authorities are interested in him and his progress, and the parents should feel that they have a hand in raising sufficient funds to run the schools properly.
There' is a nationwide program of encouraging children to con- tinue their education rather than to drop out of school for purely fi- nancial reasons, or for any other excuse not essential to civilian and war needs.
A Massachusetts magazine called the "Massachusetts Teacher" has an article by F. L. Schagle, President of the National Education Association, in which he says: "The war has submitted American edu- cation to unusual appraisals. The millions of youths quickly trained in the highly technical tasks of modern warfare, and now so effec- tively employing that training on battlefronts around the world, are high testimony to the quality of their schooling."
There is, however, one way in which American schools have not been up to standard, and that is in the matter of Health Education. The director of the Selective Service Committee testified that 2,426,- 500 men had been rejected for physical defects. A very large per- centage of these defects could have been prevented or corrected by
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a sound program of health education available to every American school child. We are desirous of doing more along that line here in Douglas.
Our educational programs during this war have changed best to fit our training to war needs. No longer can we allow tradition to direct our school problems. We must study more intensively-the changing needs of our pupils in an ever-changing world, and must plan accordingly. We must not only continue our program in a world at war, but we must definitely plan NOW for education during peace.
Any and every great emergency emphasizes and brings out more clearly the basic facts concerning any and all business, including the business of running the schools.
In grades one through the sixth we shall continue to teach the basic fundamentals, the three "R's"; but in grades seven through twelve, (the junior and senior high school grades) we shall have to do much more than ever before. Every effort must be made to give each pupil the type of education that best fits present abilities and future needs.
The National Education Association, in order to set the goals for the education of our youth, proposes that the school seeks to sat- isfy the following ten Imperative Needs of Youth:
1. All youth need to develop saleable skills and those under- standings and attitudes that make the worker an intelligent and pro- ductive participant in economic life. To this end, most youth need supervised work experience as well as education in the skills and knowledge of their occupations.
2. All youth need to develop and maintain good health and physical fitness.
3. All youth need to understand the rights and duties of the citizens of a democratic society, and to be diligent and competent in the performance of their obligations as members of the community and citizens of the state and nation.
4. All youth need to understand the significance of the family for the individual and society and the conditions conducive to suc- cessful family life.
5. All youth need to know how to purchase and use goods and services intelligently, understanding both the values received by the consumer and the economic consequences of their acts.
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1 6. All youth need to understand the methods of science, the in- fluence of science on human life, and the main scientific facts con- cerning the nature of the world and man.
7. All youth need opportunities to develop their capacities to appreciate beauty in literature, art, music and nature.
8. All youth need to be able to use their leisure time well and to budget it wisely, balancing activities that yield satisfaction to the individual with those that are socially useful.
9. All youth need to develop respect for other persons, to grow in their insight into ethical values and principles, and to be able to live and work co-operatively with others.
10. All youth need to grow in their ability to think rationally, to express their thoughts clearly, and to read and listen with under- standing."
A Physical Fitness Program, i. e., a program of health, must be and will become a more important part of our school procedure. At the present time an excellent start has been made along this line, as textbooks in physiology are now provided for all pupils in grades one through eight.
A definite course of Safety Education has been worked out for our schools and this year we will put it into operation.
As science is becoming more and more important in the lives of all of us, I may say that a complete plan has been presented to our School Committee; the same has been appraised and funds are made available. Also a course in Art Appreciation will soon be a part of our regular course of study.
To enlarge our educational undertakings very definitely means a larger school budget. This raises the question "Can we afford to spend more money on our schools. This is for the citizens to decide.
Below are some of the benefits of an adequately financed school system:
THE SCHOOL
1. Build physical fitness, through physical check-ups, health education, prevention of communicable diseases, school lunches, con- sumer and safety education and healthful school living.
2. Strengthens National Morale. Three million of America's oncoming citizens are enrolled in the schools. In peace or war, good
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times or bad, the schools build morale through the' development of the abilities, loyalties and ideals of our people.
3. Improves Economic Well-Being.
As people learn more, they want more of the products of indus- try, and they are able to earn enough to buy them.
4. Make Democracy Work.
Schools are the citadels of democracy.
5. Enriches Family Life.
The school is the' expansion of the home, a group of families working together to provide better opportunities for their children. Enrich school life and you enrich family life.
6. Prevents Juvenile Delinquency.
When schools were closed in Britain, juvenile delinquency rose fifty percent. In the first year of war, in the United States juvenile delinquency rose twenty percent. It costs several times as much to apprehend, convict and punish a criminal than it does to educate a child. Education pays dividends, no matter in which direction you look.
In conclusion, Money invested in education brings handsome eco- nomic returns.
7,400 people in all walks of life were examined. The average earnings of the college-trained people of the group were $3,400 higher than those of the high school trained, while the high school graduate earns $1,100 more than those of elementary school training.
ENROLLMENT
There has been a decrease in enrollment in schools all over the country, due somewhat to the fact that children entering the ele- mentary school are fewer in number, but more to the fact that so many young people in high school are leaving to join the armed forces, or else are going to work before they have finished their high school course. These latter are being lured from the class- room in ever increasing numbers by temporary offers of employ- ment at seemingly high wages.
Educators and parents should help young people to realize that their future success depends on securing an education that enables them to take care of themselves, and that Character, Health and Judgment are fundamentals.
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Babson has a poster that reads:
"The Value of an Education Increases Every Year."
Young people who compete with others of their own generation, must travel a rough road indeed if their training (planned educa- tion) has not been taken seriously."
The Douglas schools have taken part in every Government proj- ect suggested for children, collecting of milk weed pods and so forth, and we have an excellent Junior Red Cross.
I will refer you to the different departmental reports for de- ails of the work accomplished in these departments.
In closing, I wish to thank the Douglas School Committee, the teachers and the citizens for their loyal support in all matters relat- ing to school betterment. We have had a difficult year in that we have had so many teacher changes, but we are fortunate in having secured the services of very competent teachers.
Respectfully submitted, A. B. GARCELON, Superintendent of Schools.
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Age-Grade Table
Totals
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Age
Grade
1
4 17 3
....
....
6
----
21
3
4
10
4
3
....
....
....
..
....
..
..
..
4
2
15
1
3
1
1
5
8
5
4
2
2
....
...
....
..
--
....
16
6
5
11
6
5
1
..
..
..
..
....
28
7
21
8
13
9
1
6
2
10
8
3
11
4
12
Totals
4
22
19
18
27
11
20
23
19
23
18
8
2
....
Grade
1
13 10
2
....
....
26
2
7 15
4
----
....
21
3
3
16
2
...
-...
..
....
-- - -
..
....
....
15
4
4
8
3
5
9
12
6
5
17
3
4
1
2
3
8
5
....
7
7
13
1
2
....
....
....
....
23
8
6
6
3
1
9
8
13
1
....
....
22
10
1
8
7
2
1
-...
19
11
9
2
1
....
....
12
12
Totals
13
17 20 24
19 22 20 18 28
17
26
18
4
1
1
....
248
Grand Total
462
....
....
....
....
....
--
....
24
2
5 12
..
....
....
23
....
....
....
..
....
2
8
5
1
3
5
11
2
....
....
....
....
....
1
4
6
1
1
....
....
11
2
2
....
....
214
25
...
....
....
....
....
....
----
--
--
....
....
....
----
....
....
----
....
----
....
....
....
....
30
18
....
....
16
----
21
....
....
23
....
....
....
21
....
....
..
....
9
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Attendance for the School Year Ending June, 1944
SCHOOL
TEACHERS
Enrollment
5-7 Years
7-14 Years
14-16 Years
Over 16 Years
Membership Average
Average
Attendance
Per Cent
Attendance
Number of
Tardiness
Number of
Dismissals
High
Clarence W. Holmes
Seniors
Norman Duprey
15
15
14.26
13.31
93.31
103
8
Juniors
Tabea C. Sweinberger
22
11
11 20.07
18.85
93.92
204
31
Sophomores
Linnea Anderson, Mabel V. Holmes
38
31
7 36.48
33.76
92.55
203
20
Freshmen
Lena R. Quinn
36
10
25
1 33.24
31.48
94.71
156
7
Grade 8
Myra Jillson
30
19
11
28.79
26.77
93.30
169
21
Grade 7
Elinor Dunleavy
30
29
1 30.27
28.41
93.86
116
15
Grade 7-8
Constance Callahan
28
25
3
26.74
25.85
95.22
39
-
Grammar 6
Edith Marsh
33
32
1
32.16
31.36
97.51
24
4
5
Mary Joy
27
27
27.97
26.57
94.99
32
4
4
Mary O'Sullivan
29
29
27.17
25.84
95.14
46
5
3
Maria Buxton
34
34
35.43
34.11
96.29
4
3
2
Alice Blanchfield
30
12
18
27.28
25.26
92.61
21
-
1
Mollie Kelly
29
28
1
28.87
26.01
89.87
1
=
1-2
Daisy Sweet
22
11
11
21.93
19.96
91.02
35
1
4-5
Alice Samborski
18
18
17.98
16.98
94.45
65
3
D.C.“
1-2-3
Etta Johnson
17
10
7
16.90
15.84
93.68
6
-
D.C.“
4-5-6
Edith Dixson
24
23
1
23.75
22.01
92.72
17
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List of Teachers, January 1945
NAME
SCHOOLS
HOME ADDRESS
GRADUATE OF
WHEN APPOINTED IN TOWN
C. W. Holmes
High
East Douglas
Brown University
1918
Mabel Holmes
High
East Douglas N. Grafton
Coly College
1944
Beatrice Morris
High
Salem Teachers' College
1945
Tabea Sweinberger
High
Holyoke Chilmark
Harv. Col. & Suf. L. S. Worcester Normal
1924
Myra Jillson
Grammar
8
East Douglas
Boston University
1932
Roberta Wagner
Grammar
7-8
E. Naz. Col. & Bos. U.
1944
Edith Marsh
Grammar
6
Worcester Normal
1942
Alice Samborski
Grammar
5-6
East Douglas
Tuft's College
1939
Mary Joy
Grammar
5
East Douglas
Worcester Normal
1928
Theresa Kachan
Grammar
4
Northboro
Bridgewater S. T. C.
1944
Maria C. Buxton
Grammar
3
East Douglas
Worcester Normal
1916
Mae E. Dermody
Grammar
2
East Douglas
Worcester Normal
1944
Mollie Kelly
Grammar
1
East Douglas
Douglas High
1908
Daisy E. Sweet
Grammar
1-2
East Douglas
Symonds K. T. S.
1916
Etta Johnson
Douglas Center 1-2-3
East Douglas
Douglas High
1942 as sub.
Edith Dixson
Douglas Center 4-5-6 Music Supervisor
East Douglas
Worcester Normal
1942
David Gellatly
Whitinsville
Boston Conservatory
1932
Frank O. Dodge
Band Instructor
East Douglas
1931
W. L. Rinehart
Writing Supervisor
Weston
University of Pittsburgh
1933
Elinor Dunleavy
Grammar
7
East Douglas
Mt. Holyoke College
1932
Cyril Norton
High
1944
East Douglas Dudley
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Douglas Memorial High School Report
Mr. A. B. Garcelon, Superintendent of Schools:
I herewith submit my 27th annual report as principle of Douglas Memorial High School.
The total enrollment for the school year 1943-1944 was 113. In June, 1944, it was 99, showing a loss in membership of 14.
Of boys who left school during the year, six enlisted in the Navy, three left for jobs in town and one' who was suspended for disci- plinary reasons did not return. One girl moved out of town and three others left for jobs or from lack of interest of progress.
There were fourteen graduates last June, only four of whom were boys. The principle feature on the program was "Third War-Time Commencement" rendered by the graduates under the direction of the English teacher. The valedictorian was Pauline Rita Gavlak and the salutatorian, Elizabeth Ann Nedoroscik. Miss Gavlak received from the Sons of the American Revolution the annual award for ex- cellence in American History, Miss Nedoroscik the Becker award for excellence in the commercial department and also the annual award from the Daughters of the American Revolution for having been elected by her class as a candidate for the Good Citizenship Pil- grimage to Washington.
As for a "follow-up" of these graduates, one' boy entered a college in West Virginia, one is now about to enlist in the Navy and two are locally employed.
One girl is about to enter training for medical secretary in a Worcester hospital, one is in a Boston school of pharmacy, one plans to take up hospital training in Worcester in February and the re- maining seven are locally employed.
For the organization of the school last year I refer you to my re- port of December 31, 1943.
The present enrollment, December, 1944, is 108. Of these' only 37 are boys. There are 15 seniors, only four of whom are boys. All four are over seventeen but only one will reach the draft age before June, 1944.
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All boys over sixteen face induction into military service in two years or less. All teachers here are thoroughly alive to our duty to help boys in every way possible to prepare for induction into the armed forces.
In pre-induction training we are weakest in preparation of the boys for physical fitness. There is no athletic director, no gymna- sium or any place where an adequate gymnastic program could be carried on except out of doors. Teachers realize the need of more time in the regular periods for the regular work instead of less, and therefore we have not yet taken any time out for any gymnastic program.
Much is done in this line outside the school. Twenty of the 37 boys in the high school are members either of a local "Junior Police" corps, Air Scouts, or State Guard. Some are members of two of these organizations. Great credit is due' our local chief of police and his men for their work with the Junior Police. The boys are trained in gymnastics, manual of arms, use of fire-arms, etc. Fifteen boys are in this group, four of whom are over 16.
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