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Reading List, to get children to reading best books, at hand, but the budget allows none here. Salisbury allowed $30 a room in 1930.
(t)-$5.94 was spent in 1930, but none is al- lowed in 1931. It is customary and courteous, for instance, if an invited candidate for a teaching po- sition comes a long distance, to reimburse carfare one way.
General Discussion-When all movable items in the 1931 budget (j, m, n, q, and t) were kept the same as in 1930, the budget added to $31,795.07. The $1,970.07 were cut out of summer upkeep, new equipment, and books and supplies. The increased figure came from janitorial salaries, transportation, general upkeep, and a few much-deserved teacher increases. It was only in view of business depres- sion that the 1931 budget was cut from at least $31,000, badly needed. In the 1930 State report the two towns listed as next smaller than Merrimac are listed as spending $42,616.95 and $51,729.28 res- pectively.
(25) HEALTH
Dr. F. E. Sweetsir remains school physician, and Mrs. Jean Badashaw school nurse. Merrimac has no school dentist, as have the other three towns of the district.
In the fall, during the illness of Mrs. Badashaw, Mrs. Gertrude D. Andrews, of Merrimac, was sub- stitute school nurse. On December 2 Mrs. Andrews reported that negotiations with the state board had been initiated for the administration of a Schick test toxin-antitoxin diphtheria-prevention clinic. Whether this will eventuate in Merrimac in 1931 is not yet certain at the end of 1930. In Salisbury in December, with Dr. Archibald from the state as-
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sisting, 125 children took the complete treatment.
At the end of 1930, Mrs. Badashaw, Merrimac Public Health Nurse, filed at the superintendent's office the following school report for the year: Number of home visits 145
Number of school visits 274
Pupils enrolled in four schools 418
Pupils examined by doctor, nurse assisting 56,
Number of pupils given full inspection by nurse 418
Number of pupils with defects-teeth, 74;
corrections, 48; vision, 11; corrections, 5 Number of pupils who have had contagious diseases 4
On June 28 The Pre-School Clinic was held at Centre School. Seventeen children attended and were given physical examination by the school doc- tor to find if they were physically fit to enter school.
(26) PATRONS
In January a Century Encyclopaedia was given to the Junior High School by a well-known citizen.
On Wednesday evening, September 17, Mer- rimac Grange, No. 171, P. of H., showed its inter- est in the Merrimac Schools by giving a reception to the teaching staff.
No word on patrons should end without refer- ring to the good work of a few faithful members of the Merrimac Parent Teacher Association, as well as the steady interest of the large group of loyal citizens who are after all the thews and sinews of Merrimac's most vital organization-its public schools.
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(27) REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Doctor J. C. Page, Superintendent of Schools and Members of the School Board,
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of the Merrimac High School for the year 1930.
Following is data in connection with the fall term of the school year 1930-31.
COURSES CHOSEN
Enrollment
General
Coll. Prep.
Sc. Prep
Normal
Commercial
Tot. Girls
Tot. Boys
Seniors
Girls
3
0
0
3
6
12
)
Boys
1
0
2
0
1
.
4)16
Juniors
, Girls
4
3
0
0
0
10
Boys
1
0
9
0
0
10)20
Sophomores
Girls
2
1
0
1
12
16
)
Boys
6
1
4
0
1
12)28
Freshmen
Girls
1
2
0
2
13
18
)
Boys
1
1
10
0
3
15)33
19
8
25
6
39
56
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Total enrollment
97
.
It is noticeable that 34 of the total of 56 girls in the school are taking the Commercial Course, and that 25 boys are taking the Scientific Preparatory Course. The latter was added last year and obvious- ly has proved to successfully serve as a guide post to a more definite vocation.
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Of the class of 1930, seven are continuing their education, one of whom is training for the nurse's profession. There would no doubt have been a few more of this class now attending colleges were it not for the depression in business.
Several texts have been renewed and replaced, particularly in the Commercial Department. A rea- sonable expenditure of money in this department seems justified owing to the large number of stu- dents choosing the work. I believe we have most of the recent standard texts of the commercial sub- jects taught in the high school which are very ably supplemented by Miss Dozois' excellent methods of teaching.
We endeavor to maintain College Board Standards in all subjects relating thereto. The col- lege certificate grade is 85%. This means that any student going on to college may do so without ex- amination in subjects in which he earns an average of at least 85%. It is strongly recommended to pa- rents of students planning to go to any college that they obtain a catalogue of the chosen college as early as possible, preferably before the student enters high school. Each year we have one or more students who just before gradaution desire to go on in education with the usual result that they find they have been following the wrong course for preparation. Sometimes in such instances the stu- dent takes examinations for which he is not fitted, or else gains entrance to the college and fails, in the work. This is apt to unfairly reflect upon the high school.
The students are advised in the Junior High School of college entrance requirements and many times during their high school career this is brought to their attention.
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Noteworthy among the student activities is the increased responsibility of the student government body. All students in the high school are members of the student government. A council composed of student leaders and representatives from each class has done much toward teaching in the government of their own affairs. It is pleasing to note that each year this body has placed a more important and respected part in the life of the high school student.
In athletics, interclass games in basketball among both the girls and among the boys has in- duced many students to participate in playful exer- cise who otherwise would have neglected the most important duty of keeping the body strong and healthy. The students of the Junior High School have been invited to take part and have attended the games and practices in large numbers. This marks only a small beginning in what we should do in the future.
I therefore recommend, for the benefit of all the students of all the schools, a suitable playground, conveniently located, and properly equipped for all common playground activities. The uses for such a playground are many. Football, baseball, field hockey, track, outdoor basketball games and many others, all of which at the present time cannot be conducted properly because of the lack of a play- ground. Not only would the high school benefit by a playing field for interschool games of football or baseball, but all of the children would gain. The cardinal object in education is health. Health, be- cause a sound mind is impaired by an unhealthy sickly body. Health is a difficult objective to meet, however, without at least a suitable place, a play- ground, at which this work may be carried on.
Although it takes but about forty seconds to empty the building at the fire signal, it is necessary
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to use the same bell for this signal as is used for changing classes. To one who knows what the fire signal is, it is not difficult to distinguish between the three bell signal to leave the building and the one bell signal for changing classes. Should occasion arise during which the wrong signal was given by an operator unfamiliar with the different signals, confusion and possible disaster might result. I sug- gest, therefore, a fire gong in both the upper and lower corridors operated by push buttons suitably marked for fire signals.
I take this opportunity to thank Dr. Page, and the School Committee for their cooperation and support.
Respectfully submitted,
C. D. MacKAY, Principal.
(28) HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM
College
Units Scientific
Units Normal
Units
Commercial
Units
General
Units
Preparatory
Preparatory
English 1
1
English 1
1 English 1
1 English 1
1
English 1 1
Ancient History
1 General Science
1 Ancient History
1 French 1
1 General Science 1
Electives 2
Algebra
1 Algebra
1 General Science 1 General Science 1/2
1 Biology
1/2 Algebra French 1
Introductory Business 1
Introductory Bus- iness or
Latin 1 Ancient History
English 2
1
English 2
1
English 2
1 English 2
1 English 2 1
Geometry
1 Geometry
1 Modern History 1 Modern History 1 Modern History 1
Latin 2
1 French 1
1 French 1
1 Bookkeeping 1 3-5
Electives 2
French 1
1 Modern History 1 Geometry or Latin
Typewriting 2-5 Geometry
1 French 2
1 Latin 2 French 1 or
· (Bookkeep- & Typewrit- ing) French 2 Latin 1
Latin 1
1 Ancient History 1 Algebra
.
English 3 Latin 3 1 French 2 1 American History 1
1
English 3
1 English 3
1 English 3
1 English 3
1
Review Math- ematics
1 French 2
1 Shorthand 1 1
1 Typewriting 2 1/2 French 2 or
Physics or · Chemistry 1 French 2 1 Latin 2
American History 1
Physics or Chemistry
Bookkeeping 2 1 Bookkeeping 2 Review Math. or Stenog. 1 Physics (Chem- istry) or Typewriting 2 Latin 2 Latin 3
English 4
1 English 4
1
English 4
1
English 4 1 English 4 1
Civics
1
Economics 1/2 yr. 1/2
2
Civics 1/2 yr. 1/2 Civics 1/2 yr. 1/2
Shorthand 2 1 Electives 2
1 Adv. Math.
Typewriting 3 1/2
French 3 or Stenog. 2
Latin 3 or Typewriting 3
Review Math.
Physics Advanced Math,
Review Math- 1 ematics French 3 1 Physics or Latin 4 1 Chemistry French 3
Advance Math- ematics
Economics 1/2 yr. 1/2
1 Electives French 3
1 Physics or Chemistry Latin 3 Rev. Math,
American History 1 American History 1 American History 1 Electives 2
Electives Rev. Math.
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(29) HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DATA 1929-30
Boys who earned a Letter in Basketball-Cap- tain Laurence Colman, '30; Raymond Odiorne, '30; George Trefethen, '31; Wilfred Journeay, '31; Charles Whitcomb, '32; Robert Carter, '32; Mana- ger Arthur Carroll, '30.
Girls who earned a Letter in Basketball-Cap- tain Annah Eaton, '30; Winnifred Manning, '30; Donna Hall, '30; Dorothy Larivee, '30; Hilda Kids- ton, '30; Charlotte Haskell, '31; Pearl Morgan, '31; Marion Howe, '31; Charlotte Franklin, '32; Mana- ger Dorothy Hale, '30.
Boys who earned a Letter in Baseball-Captain Frank Haskell, '30; Raymond Odiorne, '30; Ralph Smith, '30; Raymond Sawyer, '31; Wilfred Journeay '31; Charles Whitcomb, '32; George Merritt, '34; Ronald Sarasin, '33; Manager William Calnan, '33.
(30) HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Commercial-Alice Ada Buzzelle. General-Ralph E. Smith.
Scientific-Raymond Joseph Odiorne.
General-Charlotte Clement Staples.
General-Laurence Edmund Colman. Commercial-Donna Ellen Hall. Scientific-Frank Russell Haskell. Commercial-Winnifred Alice Manning. General-Arthur Ernest Carroll. Commercial-Annah Gertrude Eaton. Commercial-Claudia Edwina Chard. College-Dorothy Elaine Hale.
College-Yvonne Dorothea Larivee.
Normal-Hilda Marie Kidston.
Commercial-Helen Edith Franklin.
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Commercial-Mildred Frances Deminie. Commercial-Margaret Cecelia Peaslee. Normal-Virginia Mae Goodwin. Normal-Edith Althea Gillen.
(31) JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Clifton Vinal Bixby
Janice Evelyn Howe
Marie Victoria O. Busch Margaret Elizabeth Hoyt Charlotte Lotti Bushong Lois Avis Clark Lorin Gilman Clark Leo Gregory Dobben Leon Lamoille Dow Albert Ernest Goodwin Norma Pauline Goodwin Irene E. Hargraves
Renee Isaacs Willard T. Kelly, Jr. Ada Ramsey Lawrence George William Merritt John Francis McCarron William Peted McCarron Edson Frederick Peaslee Helen Pauline Sanuk Daniel Everett Hargraves Harold James Smith Virginia B. Harrison Beatrice E. Hazeltine
Helen Marjorie How
John Henry Tammik
Ethel Gould Tarbox Monroe B. Whittier
(32) SCHOLARSHIP HONORS
HIGH SCHOOL
High school honors are arranged in order of rank, but an asterisk (*) or a (¿) means a tie. All honors are for the school year ending June, 1930. For high honor the year's average must be 90% or over; for honor from 85% to 90%. The highest on the list has a year's average of 94% .
HIGH HONOR
Hilda Kidston Phyllis Colby Charlotte Franklin Charles Whitcomb
Raymond Odiorne Virginia Goodwin
* Arthur Hoyt
*Jennie Joudrey
Donna Hall
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HONOR
Dorothy Eastman
Iva Sylvester
Yvonne Hardy
*Edith Gillen
* Dorothea Larivee
*Elsie Pease
*Winifred Manning
įHelen Franklin
¿Ruth Eastman
¿Alice Thorne
įJohn Walker Pearl Morgan
Charlotte Haskell
Evelyn Gilmore
Kenneth Fowle
Rosella Lawrence
Margaret Peaslee
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Junior High and elementary honors are arranged alphabetically
8TH GRADE
Norma Pauline Goodwin Ada Ramsey Lawrence
Daniel Hargraves
William Peter McCarron
Virginia B. Harrison
Edson Frederick Peaslee:
Willard T. Kelly, Jr.
Helen Pauline Sanuk
7TH GRADE
Arlene Hirst
*Inez Blackdew Howard deLong * Margaret Dow
James Liberty Elinor MacDonald
Paul Morgan
*2nd honors
CENTRE SCHOOL Sixth Grade
Helen Brady
Helen Kennett Marion Perkins
Donald DeLong
Mary Plona
Charlotte How
Elsie Raymond
James How
Winnifred Reardon
Flora Joudrey
Lester Sweeney .
Phyllis Hoyt
Mary Waterhouse
Leona Child
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Fifth Grade
Helen Carter William Casazza Marjorie Emery Harold Fitzgerald Arlene Hazeltine Thelma Hughes Myron Kelly Luther Lawrence
Franklin Liberty Shirley Lord Raymond McDonnell George Odiorne Gladys Robinson
Evelyn Traves Dorothy Urquhart :
Muriel Wallace
Fourth Grade
Gertrude Bacon James Barry Robert Burbeck
Helena MacDougall Berdina Schiavoni Beth Whiting
Mary Whiting
Third Grade
Richard Bean Marjorie Gilmore Natalie Merritt
Beatrice Odiorne Anna Sargent Stanley Whiting.
Second Grade
Constance Judkins
Shirley Nelson
Robert MacDougall
Winifred McCarron
Evelyn Streeter Armand Vallieres
Shirley Whiting
First Grade
Raymond Anderson
Betty Emery Dorothy Flynn
Arthur Collins Alfred Dion
Pearl Hargraves
:
Clifford Howe Albert Lay Reed Manning Marcellus Nason Richard Thomas
Eva Heath Evelyn Hughes Irene Lamb
Evelyn Lang
Donna Darbe
Virginia Peaslee Catherine Walton
Frances Weeks
Russell Bowser
Mary Fortin
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MERRIMACPORT SCHOOL
Fifth and Fourth Grades
Anna Foster Helen Foster Frances Plona
Third, Second and First Grades
Norman Deminie Charlotte Pierce
Marjorie How
Frederick Regis, Jr.
Elouise Pierce Norman Sande
Clifford Wallace
(33) PERFECT ATTENDANCE
Not absent for 8 years, Sept. 1922 to June 1930 Grace Chaput
Not absent for 6 years, Sept. 1924 to June 1930 Frances Gilmore
Not absent for 4 years, Sept. 1926 to June 1930 Donald DeLong Howard DeLong
Not absent for 3 years, Sept. 1927 to June 1930 Margaret Dow John Franklin.
Not absent for 2 years, Sept. 1928 to June 1930 Leona Noone Allegra Spinney
Roland Roberge
Not absent for 1 year, Sept. 1929 to June 1930
Dorothy Eastman
Frederick Kennett
Ruth Eastman
Shirley Lord
Helen Franklin
Melnott Connor
Evelyn Gilmore
Ralph Sargent
Dorothy Hale Marjorie Fowle
Elizabeth Merrill
Karl Busch
Ruth Sheldon
Beatrice Odiorne
Herman Beloff
Bertha Clark
Vernon Burnham Sylva Clark
Ramsford Spinney
George Clark, Jr.
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Charles Whitcomb
Pearl Robinson Helen Kennett
Donald Harvey Charlotte Pierce Ansel Clark
(34) COMMENDABLE ATTENDANCE LIST
MERRIMAC HIGH SCHOOL
Evelyn Beloff
Russell Kelly
Irving Blake
Hilda Kidston
George Busch
Rosella Lawrence
William Calnan
Winnifred Manning
Ernest Carroll
Donald McDougall
Everett Carroll
Pearl Morgan
Bernard Casazza
Jeanette Odiorne
Claudia Chard
Raymond Odiorne
Irma Corney
Elsie Pease
Eugene Deminie
Virginia Reardon
Annah Eaton
Nordis Sande
Kenneth Fowle
Constanti Sanuk
Charlotte Franklin
Esther Sargent
Edith Gillen Lucille Godin
Arlene Smith
Ralph Smith
Donna Hall
Iva Sylvester
i
Marion Howe
Alice Thorne
Arthur Hoyt
Elwood Thornton
Jennie Joudrey
George Trefethen
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Francis Bailey
Norma Mader
Marie Busch
Ruth Metcalf
Paul Morgan
Hortense Sande
Helen Sanuk
Chester Streeter
Virginia Streeter
Natalie Carroll Lorin Clark Virginia Harrison Arlene Hirst Margaret Hoyt
Ethel Tarbox
1
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Glenna Blackden Helen Brady
CENTRE SCHOOL Grade 6 Robert Calnan Mary Plona Clayton Urquhart
CENTRE SCHOOL Grade 5
Mythel Collins Harold Fitzgerald Arlene Hazeltine
Myron Kelly
Raymond McConnell
Frances Plona
Gladys Robinson Leon Smith
Dorothy Urquhart
CENTRE SCHOOL
Staffy Gortot
Grade 4 Arthur Lockwood Charlotte Sande
CENTRE SCHOOL Grade 3
Harrison DeLong Ellen Flynn
Isabelle Heath Catherine McMasters
Elaine Noone
CENTRE SCHOOL Grade 2
Leo Busch Jennie Bushong Ruth Donahue
Thomas Jones Francis Noone Helen Tammik
CENTRE SCHOOL Grade 1
Everett Fowle Evelyn Hughes ·
Evelyn Lang Albert Nason Virginia Peaslee
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Helen Mader James Mader
MERRIMACPORT SCHOOL Elouise Pierce Lillian Sande Norman Sande
CONTENTS
Appropriations Made in 1930 6
Appropriations Recommended for 1931
9
Balance Sheet for 1930. 57
Liabilities
59
Jury List 60
Town Officers 2
Report: Assessors 83
Fire Engineers 91
Municipal Light Board 66
Police Dept.
77
Public Health Nurse
61
Public Library
75
Sealer of Weights and Measures
74
Selectmen and Overseers of Poor.
12
Tax Collector
85
Town Accountant
15
Town Clerk
63
Town Forest
81
Town Treasurer
72
Trustees Kimball Park
65
Water Commissioners
66
SCHOOL REPORT
Calendar 3
Staff Directory
4
School Committee
2
High School Principal
38
Curriculum for 1930-31 42
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