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Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be placed at the disposal of the Playground Commission to be used at their discre- tion on the playground during the current year.
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Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to sell at public auction, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town fourteen days at least before the sale, property heretofore taken or which may be taken by the Town under Tax Title pro- cedure, provided that the Town Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Selectmen or their authorized agent may at the time of such public auction reject any bid which they may deem inadequate, or may after such auction has been held sell such property provided that in their estimation an adequate offer may be made.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used under the super- vision of the Selectmen for any necessary repairs or other expense to Tax Possessions.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended on highway work on thickly settled streets or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($650 .- 00) for the Board of Registrars Expense under Chapter 427 and Chapter 440 of Acts and Resolves of the General Court for the year 1938, said appropriation being made for the year 1953.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($285.00) from the sale of Cemetery lots, such sum or part thereof to be expended under the direction of the Cemetery Trustees for the "care, improvement and em- bellishment" of said cemetery, according to Section 15 and Section 25 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws.
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Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to meet such legal expenses as may occur due to suits or other action against the Town or take any action relative thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated avail- able funds in the Treasury a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction or Maintenance or take any ac- tion relative thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to make neces- sary repairs in or on or around the Town Hall or take any action relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Assessors to use a sum of money not to exceed Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00) from free cash in the Treasury toward the reduction of the 1953 Tax Rate.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated avail- able funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 and Highway Construction or Maintenance or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) to pay the salary of the Veterans Service Offi- cer.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise
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and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for expenses of the Veterans Service Officer.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-Three Hundred Seven- ty-Nine Dollars and Six cents ($3,379.06), said sum to be paid the Essex County Retirement Board for various funds of the Essex County Retirement System.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance and operation of the Water Department, and to pay any water loans that may be due in the year 1953, and to determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropria- tion, water surplus or water revenue; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Four Hundred Dol- lars ($2,400.00), said amount to be paid the Welfare Agent as salary for the year 1953.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), said amount to be spent for control of Dutch Elm Disease.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for rental of quarters for the use of the Ameri- can Legion Post.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise
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and appropriate the sum of Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000.00) to pay notes due for School Construction in the year 1953.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for salary of Dog Officer.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eighteen Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00) to be spent under the direction of the Civil Defense Director and supervision of the Selectmen for Civilian Defense or take any action relative thereto.
Article 28. On petition of Beatrice Henry and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to extend the Street Lighting system from the corner of Billings and Ridgefield Roads, down along Ridgefield Road to the corner of Pinehurst Road, which would be approximately 3 lights.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to name the new elementary school "Merrimac Elementary School."
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of Fifty-Six Hundred Dollars and Thirteen Cents ($5,600.13) from the Electric Light Operating balance to be used by the Assessors with the estimated receipts to fix the tax rate for the year 1953.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to accept Union Street extension from the property line of Elwin
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E. Rollins southerly around the new elementary school grounds and thence easterly to Locust Street to a point adjoining the property formerly owned by Nina Reynolds, a distance of approximately two-tenths of a mile.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to reap- point our Merrimac Regional Investigation Committee.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to appoint 1 from the floor a School Housing Committee whose, pur- pose will be to study all angles of this problem and rec- ommend to the Town what they believe is the best long range plan to follow.
Article 34. On petition of Gladys V. Crane and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), said amount to be used to transplant trees under the super- vision of the Tree Warden.
Article 35. On petition of Alfred E. Lambert Jr. and others to see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee for the purpose of in- vestigating the advisability of selling the Merrimac Light Department; said committee to prepare a detailed report of its findings and distribute said data to all taxpayers of the Town of Merrimac for their action at some future Town Meeting. Suggested Committee, Chairman of Mu- · nicipal Light Comm., Chairman of Board of Selectmen, Chairman of School Committee, Chairman of Board of Assessors, and Chairman of Finance Board.
Article 36. On petition of Robert C. Calnan and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
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the sum of Twenty three Hundred Dollars ($2300.00) to purchase a Mist Blower Sprayer for the use of the Dutch Elm Disease Control and Moth Department.
Article 37. On petition of Maurice Carey and others to see if the Town shall vote to accept the provisions of Sec. 111A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws entitled : An act relative to the granting of vacations for members of the regular or permanent Police and Fire Forces in certain cities and towns be accepted.
Article 38. On petition of Maurice Carey and others to see if the Town will vote to accept the Two-Way Radio Communication Equipment given to the Town by the peo- ple of the Town and raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for maintenance of same for the year 1953.
Article 39. On petition of Maurice Carey and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be spent under the direction of the Chief of Police and supervision of the Board of Selectmen for the purchase of a cruiser that can also be used as an Ambu- lance or take any action relative thereto.
Article 40. On petition of Maurice Carey and others to see if the Town shall accept the provisions of Section. 11A of Chapter 85 of the General Laws entitled : An act. relative to the Registration and operation of certain bicy- cles and to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to be used for same for the year of 1953.
Article 41. On petition of Maurice Carey and others to see if the Town shall vote to accept the provisions of Sec-
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tion 16A of Chapter 147 of the General Laws providing for six day week for members of the Police Force in cities and towns.
Article 42. On petition of Gladys V. Crane and others to see if the Town will vote to change the name of Pleasant Street in the Merrimacport Section of the Town, to South Pleasant Street.
Article 43. On petition of George R.Hoyt and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four thousand Dollars ($4000.00) to continue the present water system from a point opposite the residence of Robert Young along Birch Meadow Road to a point at the junction of Hadley and Birch Meadow Road, a dis- tance of approximately 740 feet, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) to purchase hose for the Fire Department.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10000.00) to purchase a Fire Truck under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Fire Engineers, or taken any action relative thereto.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Fire Engineers to dispose of the 1926 model Reo Fire Truck.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell at public auction the Center School Building, provided that the said building be re- moved from the present site.
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Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to sell the sand pit on Emery Street con- sisting of approximately one acre.
And you are hereby required to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in seven public places in said Town of Merrimac at least seven days before said time of meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Merrimac this 5th day of January 1953.
J. ARTHUR OLLIS RALPH L. BUZZELL KENNETH E. HASKELL
Selectmen
A true copy : Attest:
MAURICE CAREY, Constable
By virtue of the above warrant to me directed I hereby warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet at the time and place and for the purpose therein expressed.
MAURICE CAREY,
Constable
Merrimac, Mass., January 5, 1953.
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In Memoriam
CLIFFORD R. HOWE 1881 - 1952
Born in Merrimac, Mass., Sept. 24, 1881 Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor in Merrimac, 1922 Assessor 1923 - 1937 and 1938 - 1952 Town Moderator 1935 - 1952
ORIN W. BURKE 1852 - 1952
Born in Parsonfield, Maine, 1852 Died Feb. 1, 1952, age 99 years Oldest Male Resident Resident of Merrimac, Mass. over 50 years Special Police Officer in Merrimac many years
WILLIAM H. RAFFERTY
(Of Amesbury, Mass. ) 1895 - 1952
Very active for many years in aiding Merrimac athletic sports
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
For The Year Ending December 31, 1952
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SCHOOL REPORT
In accordance with custom and with the Acts of the General Court, 1859, Chapter 57, we herewith sub- mit to you the 82nd annual printed school report.'
HOWARD L. DeLONG, Chairman ALFRED E. LAMBERT, Jr., Secretary
RUSSELL B. KELLY
School Committee
SCHOOL OFFICERS
John C. Page, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools Address' West Newbury Telephone W. N. 52
Margaret R. Sawyer, Secretary Address: Rye, N. H.
Alexander M. Sullivan, Supervisor of Attendance Address: Locust Street
Howard L. DeLong, Working Certificates Address: 7 Pine Street
A. Frances Davis, M.D., School Physician Address: 16 Main Street
Annie L. Gleed, R.N., School Nurse Address: West Main Street
J. A. Hawes, D.M.D., School Dental Examiner Address: 113 Main Street, Amesbury
Clara Anderson, R.N., School Dental Nurse Address: 15 Nichols Street
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
(Continued from 1951 Town Report)
Winter term: January 5 to February 20, 1953. 7 weeks
Third term: March 2, to April 24, 1953. 8 weeks
Spring term :
May 4, to June 12, 1953 (Elem) 6 weeks
Grade 8 graduation, - June 16, 1953
High School graduation, - June 18, 1953
Fall term:
September 8, 1953 - Registration Day
September 9, to December 18, 1953,
Elementary School
September 9, to December 23, 1953,
High School
Winter term: January 4, 1954 to February 19, 1954. 7 weeks
Schools also close on Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Essex County Teachers' Convention; Armistice Day, and Thanksgiving recess.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
7:15 A.M. 11-11 long pause 1. No school in grades only
7:15 A.M. 11-11-11. No school in all schools .
11:20 A.M. Same signal. One session.
12:30 A.M. Same signal. No school in afternoon. .
NO SCHOOL announcements will also be made over Stations WHAV and WLAW after 7:00 o'clock in the morning.
DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL STAFF, OCTOBER, 1952
Training
Total Yrs. Experience
Yrs. in Merrimac
Position High School
Prin., Soc. Studies
Edward S. Morrow
B.S., Univ. of N. H.
5
5
English
Isabelle M. Phelan
B.S.E., 1941, Tufts
9.6
9.6
French & Latin
Joan M. Gullage
A.B., 1950, Siena Heights College
1.7
1.7
Science
Rene M. Bernasconi, Jr.
B.A., 1950, McGill University
.5
.5
Mathematics Commercial Studies
Rodney F. Mansfield Joan M. Webster
B.S.E., 1952, Salem Teachers College
0
0
New Elem. School
Prin., Vice Principal Remedial Reading
Helen R. Donaghue Miriam M. Felch
Bridgewater Normal, 1929
14.5
7.8
B.S., 1936, Kutztown, Pa., State
Teachers College
Grade 8
Frederick J. Noone
B.S., 1951, Boston College
1
0
Grade 7
Cornelia E. Wolfe
A.B., 1931, Boston Univ.
12
7
Grade 6 and 7
Millard P. Nute
B.A., 1951, Univ. of N. H.
0
0
Grade 6
Howard G. Patchett
B.A., 1914, Union; M.A., 1926, Clark
31
21
Grade 5
Margaret W. Hume
Newburyport Training, 1909
14
4
Grade 4 and 5
Ruth W. Higginbotham
A.B., 1929, Univ. of N. H.
18
0
Grade 4
Gertrude A. Dowd
B.S.E., 1935, Lowell
3
3
Grade 3
Frances H. O'Connor Mae Ethel Davis
Salem Normal
24.5
19.5
Grade 2
Caroline M. Verrette
Salem Normal, 1917
12
4
Grade 1
Helen K. Manning
Bridgewater Normal, 1918
27.7
25.7
Grade 1
Ethel B. Whiting
A.B., 1913, Bates
7
7
B.S.E., 1949, Mass. School of Art
3
3
Drawing Teacher Music Teacher
Richard J. Herman Doris M. Currier
Institute of Music Pedagogy
30.5
21
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Lowell Normal, 1928
15
4
Grade 2 and 3
Ed.M., 1952, Tufts
B.S., 1952, Univ. of N. H.
0
0
6
6
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SCHOOL REPORT
1952 FINANCIAL SUMMARY
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Regular school appropriation
$85,415.00
Refunded dog tax
322.84
Returned checks
· 99.82
Total available for schools
$85,837.66
Total expenditures
85,539.94
Balance
$ 297.72
Reimbursements :
Supt. Schools $ 933.34
Gen. School Fund (Ch. 70 G.L.) 20,304.04
All school Transportation 1,005.00
Tuition, Transp. State Wards
2,796.39
Sale school property
60.00
Telephone-tolls
3.03
$25,101.80
Total expenditures
$85,539.94
Total reimbursements
25,101.80
Net cost to town
$60,438.14
Summary of Expenditures
General Control
School committee expenses $ 16.28
Supt. Schools' salary 1,550.00
Secretary's salary
625.00 :
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Travel expenses & office costs
384.63
Law enforcement
491.49
$ 3,067.40
Cost of Instruction
Full-time teachers & subs
53,030.01
Part-time teachers (art, etc.)
2,712.36
Text books
2,502.07
School supplies
2,193.62
Audio-visual supplies & exp.
121.54
$60,559.60
Lunchroom salaries
1,604.36
Cost of Operation
Janitors' salaries
$ 3,631.41
Fuel
2,779.54
Janitors' supplies, etc.
$ 7,263.08
Maintenance
$ 3,298.10
Athletics
516.64
Libraries
643.71
Health
3,460.14
Transportation
3,459.49
Equipment
361.58
Telephone, miscellaneous
$85,539.94
1953 FINANCIAL ESTIMATES
General Control
School committee expenses $ 25.00 Supt. Schools' salary 1,550.00
852.13
1,305.84
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Secretary's salary
625.00
Travel expenses & office costs
608.00
Law enforcement
325.00
$ 3,133.00
Cost of Instruction
Full-time teachers & subs
$61,967.00
Part-time teachers (art, etc.)
3,000.00
Text books
2,500.00
School supplies
2,000.00
$69,467.00
School Lunch salaries
4,732.00
Cost of Operation
Janitors' salaries
$ 5,200.00
Fuel
3,800.00
Janitors' supplies, etc.
800.00
$ 9,800.00
Maintenance
3,500.00
Athletics
350.00
Libraries
200.00
Health
1,275.00
Transportation
5,000.00
Equipment
2,000.00
Telephone, miscellaneous
300.00
$99,757.00
Estimated reimbursements:
Supt. Schools $ 933.33
General School Fund (Ch. 70 G.L.)
24,041.54
All school Transportation
1,160.00
$26,134.87
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Total estimated expenditures
$99,757.00
Total estimated reimbursements
26,134.87
Estimated net cost to town
$73,622.13
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION STATEMENT
Vocational education appropriation
$2,000.00
Vocational education expenditures
1,536.97
Balance
$ 463.03
Vocational education expenditures
$1,536.97
Vocational education reimbursements
467.73
Net cost to town
$1,069.24
SCHOOL FUND (Athletics)-Chap. 658, Acts of 1950
Balance Jan. 1, 1952 $ 43.19
Total receipts (from game admissions, etc.)
340.16
$ 383.35
Total expenditures (federal taxes, referees, transportation etc.)
337.47
Balance December 31, 1952 $ 45.88
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SCHOOL LUNCH-Chap. 417, Acts of 1950
January 1, balance
$ 91.97
Appropriated
2,500.00
U. S. D. A. claims
1,126.27
Collections from sale of milk and lunches
5,134.29
Total receipts
$8,852.53
Expenditures
Wages
$ 91.80
Food
5,417.40
All other
843.90
$6,353.10
Balance December 31, 1952
$2,499.43
OPENING OF NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The outstanding school event in Merrimac in 1952 was the dedication and opening of the new twelve-class- room elementary school on Union Street. The dedication was on Sunday afternoon, August 24. An estimated three hundred were present. The building was accepted for the town by Mr. J. Arthur Ollis, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, from Dr. Frederick N. Sweetsir, Chairman of the Building Committee, and was accepted from Mr. Ollis for the school department by Mr. Howard L. DeLong, Chairman of the School Committee. The flag pole from the Lion's Club of Merrimac was presented by Mr. William H. Franklin, King Lion. A flag and bible from the Jr. U. U. A. M. was presented by Past Councilor Clifton V. Bixby, Amesbury No. 10. Contributions amounting to over
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ten thousand dollars had been donated for the completion of the building by citizens and other friends and organiza- tions. The school department feeels a deep sense of grati- tude. The teachers' room was furnished by M. H. S alum- nae of 1902, 1931, 1933. A cornerstone copper box had been donated by Mr. W. H. Franklin and dental equip- ment by Dr. John A. Hawes.
The opening of the new school building began a new chapter in the history of Merrimac schools. Ever since Merrimac rescinded the vote it took in 1933, to accept a federal grant under NIRA for the purpose of building a new consolidated school, (many towns built at that time) , it had decided to let the procession pass by as far as school buildings were concerned. Its facilities had furnished no school lunch, no indoor play space, gymnasium facilities or assembly hall, little modern school furniture, no separ- ate nurse's clinic or teachers' room, no conference and working rooms for principals and for building custodians, no space for a remedial reading program, no modern class- room lighting, no opportunity for an adequate audio-visual program, and even no proper out-of-door playgrounds.
A new chapter initiated in 1952 may have brought its problems, but it has changed all this. Parents who have not done so, should visit and watch the school lunch program in action, or, much better, be scheduled with the P. T. A. group of parents for taking their turns in help- ing at school lunch time. Mrs. Taylor has done an ex- cellent piece of organizing with the school lunch program. Parents should visit the school and note the use of the All-Purpose Room for indoor play and assemblies, should observe how the movable table-desks and chairs give flexibility to the classroom and how they allow a teacher of initiative and training to arrange the classroom for the best learning needs of the day in question. In the old buildings there were worn-out, screwed-down school
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furniture of mongrel shapes and sizes. Parents should visit the nurse's clinic and the administration rooms where problems may be talked over. Mrs. Donaghue or Mrs. Felch could tell them about the remedial reading program which is designed to diagnose and give help to those pupils who may have faltered on fundamental reading techniques somewhere along the way, perhaps through absence or inattention. Over twenty-five years ago, Dean . Henry W. Holmes, then of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, pronounced remedial reading to be the most significant advance in elementary education in the pre- ceding decade, because good reading ability is funda- mental to so much learning. Turning again to the build- ing and its functioning possibilities, parents should ob- serve the adequate lighting, both natural and artificial. They should see the audio-visual program in action; teach- ing is clarified in various school subjects by the use of the film strip. And parents should come some day when weather and footing are good, and observe the whole- some and healthful opportunities for play, exercise, and physical development afforded by good school play- grounds.
CONGESTION PROBLEM
It was unfortunate indeed that Merrimac's new ele- mentary building had to be erected in a time of great inflation. The original hope for a sixteen-classroom building had to be abandoned because the lowest bid was beyond the reach of the funds at hand.
The first eight grades were put in the new 12-class- room elementary building. It was far from desirable, in fact it was barely possible, to crowd a rapidly growing.
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school system into the same number of rooms it had oc- cupied in the old buildings. Devious means had to be found. It would have been a step backwards to put to- gether the overflow of two upper grades. It would have meant taking specialized teachers from pupils on a jun- ior high school level, and furthermore assigning sections of two such grades to one classroom. The school com- mittee stood ready to organize the upper grades in an orthodox manner, with an approved number of pupils in a section of one grade only, and to house as many teacher- groups of the lower grades as were without classrooms in one of the old buildings, with movable furniture. It voted, however, upon the urgent request of the building committee, to put the entire eight grades for the first school year into the new building. In order to do so, and at the same time to keep specialized teachers in grades seven and eight, it was necessary to set up for the year a sort of "sub-junior high," that is a specialized sixth-seventh-eighth grade school. This involved two ad- ministrative procedures that have little educational sanc- tion: First, some specialization of regular subjects on a sixth grade level, and second, some teaching units which were much larger than optimum size and larger even than the approved maximum for efficiency.
The increase in size of Merrimac enrollment during the past few years has been phenomenal. During the last of October, 1952, a survey of national school enrollments was published by Engelhardt, Engelhardt, and Leggett, Consultants to Boards of Education in the determination of school building needs and the planning of school build- ings. Using the tables in this study that apply only to elementary schools with eight grades, Merrimac's enroll- ment in 1952-53 should be 334, while actually it is 412, i. e., 78 more. The national increase in elementary enroll- ment (1-8) from the school year 1945-46 to the school year 1952-53 was 18.9% ; that of Merrimac was 49.3%
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for the same period. These same consultants prophesy, from birth rates, an increase by the school year 1959-60 of 25.7% over the 1952-53 enrollment for grades one to eight. The question is - What percentage over the pres- ent 412 will Merrimac show at that time, that is, seven years hence? To use our own birth figures, and to look ahead to just first-grade enrollment for the moment, and for three years only, that is to September 1953, '54, and '55, we have the following considerations : Under our present entrance regulations the first grade of September, 1952 are children that were born in 1946. That year the town report of the clerk showed 45 births, but our actual September 1952 enrollment was 69. 1945 showed 32 births, but the enrollment of September 1951 was 57. This poses three good questions: First, With 62 born in 1947 how many will be in the first grade in September, 1953 ? How many in September 1954 with 50 born in 1948 ? How many in September 1955 with 63 born in 1949 ?
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