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Approved at a meeting of the School Committee held January 12, 1933, as the report of the School Committee. :
School Calendar.
Term.
School.
Begins.
Length of Term.
Closes.
Length of Vacation.
Fall, 1932.
High.
Sept. 12, 1932.
15 weeks. 15 weeks.
Dec. 23, 1932.
I week. 2 weeks.
Winter, 1953.
High. Jan. 3, 1933.
8 weeks.
Feb. 24, 1933. Feb. 24, 1933.
I week.
Grades.
Jan. 9, 1933.
7 weeks.
Spring, 19.33.
All.
March 6, 1933.
8 weeks.
April 28, 1933.
I week. [ week.
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Summer, 1933. High. Grades
May 8, 1933. May 8, 1933.
8 weeks.
June 30, 1933. June 23, 1933.
7 weeks.
Dec. 23, 1932.
Grades,
Sept. 12, 1932.
Holidays occuring in term time :- 1932 .- Columbus Day, Wednesday, October 12, exercises in the schools, Friday, October 7; Armistice Day, Friday, Novem- ber II, exercises in the schools, Friday. November 4; Thanksgiving Day and the Day following, November 24 and 25, exercises in the schools, Wednesday, November 23. 1933 .- Lincoln's Birthday, February 12, schools in session with exercises February 13; Washington's Birthday, February 22, exercises in the schools, Friday, February 17; Good Friday, April 14; Patriots' Day, April 19, exercises in the schools, Tuesday, April 18; Memorial Day, May 30, exercises in the schools, Friday, May 26.
School Committee.
PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION.
Name. John C. Lynch, Esq. (Ch.) Alfred B. Cenedella, Esq.
Member of Committee on Books and Supplies. Teachers and Salaries. Care of Buildings. Books and Supplies. Teachers and Salaries. Care of Buildings. Teachers and Salaries. Rules and Regulations. Finance.
Business Address. Tel.
Residence. Tel.
Term Expires
Green Block. 97.
305 Main St. , 175 Congress St.
207.
1933.
Green Block. 1070.
1545.
1933.
William J. Moore, Esq.
Washington Blk. 1267.
25₺ Grove St.
731-J.
1934.
Carroll A. Cole.
Dennison Mfg. Co. Fram. Framingham. 1600
38 Forest St.
376-R. 1934.
A
Charles F. Curtin.
16 Parker Hill Av. 122. 1935.
Nathan Rosenfeld, Esq
Rules and Regulations. 189 Main St. 1625.
40 Cedar St. 1299.
1935.
Finance.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Rules and Regulations, Finance, .
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Mr. Rosenfeld, Mr. Curtin.
Mr. Rosenfeld, Mr. Curtin.
Care of Buildings, ·
. Mr. Cenedella, Mr. Cole.
Books and Supplies, ·
Mr. Moore, Mr. Lynch.
Teachers and Salaries, .
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Mr, Cenedella, Mr. Moore, Mr. Cole,
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SUPERINTENDENT, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR OF CONTINUATION SCHOOL. ALMORIN O. CASWELL.
The superintendent is a member of each sub-commit- tee, ex-officio.
Superintendent's office and Committee Room, . Ex- change Building, 197 Main St., Rooms 1, 3. 5 and 7. Tele- phone 505. Office hours, 8 to 9 a. m. and 4 to 5.30 p. m., Mondays, Wednesdays and. Thursdays. Thursday even- ing, 7.30 to 8.30.
Residence, 89 Congress St. Telephone 646.
CLERK.
Miss Margaret C. Dillon. Residence, Highland St. Telephone 537-W.
CLERK TO THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Miss Evelyn Moore, 161 Congress street.
Telephones : High School, 18, Residence, 534-R.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The regular meetings of the committee are held on the first Friday of. each month in the committee room.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.
John M. French, M. D.
Office and residence, 2 South Main street. Tel. 38.
John V. Gallagher, M. D. Office, 5 Court street. Telephone 127-W.
Residence, 9 State street. Telephone 127-Y.
SCHOOL NURSE.
Mrs. Mary E. Naughton, R. N. Office, Room 1, 197 Main Street. Telephone 505. Residence, 31 Forest street, Milford, Mass.
DENTAL CLINIC. (Operated by the Board of Health.) Office, Room 11, 224 Main street.
CLINICIAN.
William J. Clancy, D. M. D.
Residence, 40 High street. Telephone 566-R.
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS.
Raphael Marino.
Office, 144 Main street. Residence, 17 Court street. Telephone So4-M.
Almorin O. Caswell.
Office, Exchange Building, 197 Main St .; Rooms I, 3, 5 and 7. Telephone 505. Residence, 89 Congress street. Telephone 646.
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TUITION RATES.
High School, $2.25 per week, Grades, $1.70 per week payable four weeks in advance.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High School-
Morning session, 8.00 a. m. to 12.50 p. m.
Afternoon session, 12.52 p. m. to 5.10 p. m.
George E. Stacy School-
9.00 a. m. to 12.00 m., and 1.30 p. m. to 3.30 p. m.
Town Grade Schools-
8.45 a. m. to 11.45 a. m. and 1.30 p, m. to 3.30 p. m.
Oliver St. School, Grades III. and IV .;
Spruce St. School, Grade IV .;
(Double Platoon) - Morning session, 8.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m.
Afternoon session, 12.30 p. m. to 4.30 p. m.
Fountain Street School-
Grades I. and II., 8.30 a. m. to 11.45 a. m.
Grades III. and IV., 12.30 p. in. to 4.30 p. m.
Special Class (in High School Portable)-
I to 5 p. m.
Country Schools-
9.00 a. m. to 12.00 m., 1.00 p. m. to 3.00 p. m.
Evening Schools- 7.15 p: m. to 9.15 p. m.
Continuation Schools-
Boys-1. 15 to 5.15 Friday afternoon.
Girls-1.15 p. m. to 5.15 p. m .. Wednesday and Thurs- day.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL. 3 repeated four times on the fire alarm.
At 7.15 a. m -No morning session for all schools, including the High School.
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At 7.45 a. m. - No morning session below the High School.
At 11.45 a. m .- No afternoon session for all schools, including the High School.
At 12 m .- No afternoon session for grades below the High School.
At 6.30 p. m .- No session for the evening school.
When the no-school signal is sounded in the morn- ing and not repeated for the afternoon, there will be an afternoon session.
High Spots In 1932.
HEALTH.
1. Toxin anti-toxin immunization of school children against diphtheria continued.
2. The highest percentage of normal children in the history of medical inspection in Milford, 36 per cent.
SAFETY.
3. Safety of the school population secured by attention to:
(1). Fire escapes.
(2). Fire drills.
(3). Fire extinguishers.
(4). Warnings for automobilists lettered on streets passing schools.
(5). Police officers at the principal schools during intermission hours (courtesy of the Police Depart- ment.)
(6). Safety-teaching in the schools (see paragraph on Safety in the Superintendent's report and recom- mendations at the close.)
EDUCATIONAL.
4. The High school is still in Class A.
5. Milford High students won the first, second and third Patrick peace prize essays.
6. The school children saved Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Eight and 8-100 Dollars ($9,708.08) in the worst depression year so far.
7. The work of Mothercraft, the 4-H Clubs and the Milford Savings Bank (in Thrift Savings) continued a fine co-operation.
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ATHLETICS.
8. The athletic teams of Milford High School contin- ued their excellent work. In baseball, the team won 21 out of 22 games, including a number of games with some of the best schools of greater Boston, while the football team lost only to Brockton High School. Always the men in Milford High uniform demonstra- ted clean sportsmanship.
Report of the School Committee.
TO THE CITIZENS OF MILFORD :-
We ask for your earnest consideration of the following report of our activities for 1932. The department has tried to practice the strictest economy in administering the school finances and, we feel, with considerable success in view of the results attained. The gross expenditure was reduced from $216,457.23 to $208,015.15, or $8,452.09, while the net cost of the public schools was reduced, in round numbers, from $189,000 to $175,000, or $14,000. These are encourag- ing signs; but we realize that recovery is slow, and that it is not yet possible to solve our desperate housing problem or to enter upon the more generous consideration of the depart- ment needs on the educational side.
BUDGET FOR 1933.
Teachers' Salaries
. $151,510 00
Fuel
8,700 00
Supplies
·
8,300 00
Care (Janitors' Salaries) .
9,800 00
Supervision (Salaries of Superintendent, Clerk and Supervisor of Attendance)
6,125 00
Incidentals
5,250 00
Tuition (Worcester Trade School)
2,500 00
Health (Salaries of School Physicians and Nurse and Supplies)
2,600 00
Repairs
5,000 00
Transportation-Pupils .
5,000 00
Transportation -Teachers
1,150 00
Night School
800 00
Continuation School
1,265 00
$207,500 00
JOHN C. LYNCH,
For the Committee.
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Summary of Statistics.
1931-1932
Jan. 1, 1933.
Public Schools
71
68
School Buildings
20
20
Teachers Employed
105*
103*
High School
27±
28TT
Grades
721
69+
Special
4|
4 |
Continuation
25
2§
*Includes one part time woman and one man counted twice.
#Four men and 23 women including one part-time woman and one man counted twice.
TFive men and 23 women including one part time woman and one man counted twice.
fOne man, the remainder women, including three teach- ers of atypical classes.
| Teaching supervisors (one man and three women).
§One man and one woman.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
1931-1932.
High School
Grades
Total
Total Enrollment:
Boys
275
1208
1483
Girls
.
356
1089
1445
Totals
631
2297
2928
Average Membership
598
2243
2841
Average Attendance
573
2145
2718
Percentage of Attendance
96
95.6
95.7
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COSTS ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS. For 1931 and 1932. (For Comparison.)
Per Cent 1931
Per Cent 1932
Salaries
69.40
73.40
Fuel
4.10
4.60
Supplies
4.71
3.93
Care
4.57
4.65
Supervision
.
266
265
Incidentals
2.71
2.40
Tuition (Worcester Trade School)
.66
.92
Health
1.17
1.27
Repairs
4 45
1.94
Transportation (pupils)
2.85
2.30
Transportation (teachers)
.
.80
.54
Night School .
.
.22
Continuation School
1.70
1.40
100.00
100.00
.
.
·
.
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NET SCHOOL COSTS FOR 1982.
Many citizens are accustomed to think of school costs in terms of the gross expenditures. The true costs, i. e., the net costs to the town are less by many thousands of dollars. As shown in the following table, while Milford expended slightly more than $208,000 in 1932, the net cost to the town was less than $175,000.
STATEMENT OF. NET COSTS IN DETAIL.
Gross expenditures
$208,015 14 Receipts:
Teachers' and Janitors'
Contribution $ 4,269 05
School Fund .
19,615 09
Tuition:
Individuals
306 05
Massachusetts wards
3,400 85
Boston wards
1,014 24
Bellingham pupils .
2,172 76
Miscellaneous receipts
46 16
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Reimbursements:
Worcester Trade School
598 22
Continuation School
1,752 08
33,174 50
Net cost to Milford
$174,840 64
Report of the Superintendent of Schools.
TO THE HONORABLE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD,-
GENTLEMEN:
I herewith present my 22d annual report, the 54th of such reports in the history of the town.
After two years of depression like the present one, certain adverse results would naturally be expected and they are present. There have prob- ably been a considerable number of cases during the last two years, of under-nourishment and consequent lowered vitality, making complete physical well-being and mental vigor impossible. An ill-clad, hungry child cannot be an interest- ed, aggressive student at school. Certainly there have been a large and increasing number of tech- nical truants who have remained out of school for "lack of clothing", "no shoes", etc. Another condition, the result of years of insufficient hous- ing and double platoons is the increasing num- ber of students behind grade, at least some of whom-probably many of whom-might have been up to grade but for the necessitous practice, continued through the years, of housing the en. rollments of 1932 in the school rooms of 1917.
INCREASED CONGESTION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The Milford High School was built 32 years ago, to ac- commodate properly, by the standards of that day, with some of the specialties proper to a high school, 230 students. Sev-
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eral years ago, it was 100 per cent overcrowded. It is now 200 per cent overcrowded. For 1933-1934 an overload of nearly or quite 250 per cent is indicated. The following table will indicate this more graphically :-
HIGH SCHOOL FORECAST FOR SEPTEMBER.
Enrollments in the High, Stacy and Sixth Grade Schools at date:
High School: Seniors, 131
Juniors,
139
Prospective membership
Sophomores,
191
in September, 1933.
Freshmen,
218
564
Post Gradu-
ates,
16
695
Stacy School:
Grade VIII.
251
251
815 High School
Grade VII.
293
293
Park School:
Grade VI.
124
124
So. Grammar:
Grade VI.
70
70
Plains Grammar: "
VI.
77
77
564 Stacy School
HEALTH.
Speaking broadly, the health of the school children in town for the period under review has been up to the average in recent years. There were a number of cases of mumps, amounting to an epidemic late in 1982. The operations of the dental clinic were restricted as a financial measure, whereby the students of the George E. Stacy school were deprived of its ministrations. This action, necessitous though it may have been, has been a real detriment to the children so de- prived. The benefit of the dental clinic as administered up to last year is shown in a positive way in the following table
Percentage of normals: 1910, 15.8 per cent; 1911, 9 per cent; 1912, 11.8 per cent; 1913, 13.6 per cent; 1914, no compu-
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tation of this item; 1915, 12 per cent; 1916, 10.6 per cent; 1917, 12 per cent; 1918, 15 per cent; 1919, 14 per cent; 1920, 12 per cent; 1921, 12 per cent; 1922, 12 per cent; 1923, 14 per cent; 1924, 22 per cent; 1925, 28 per cent; 1926, 26 per cent; 1927, 24 per cent; 1928, 23 per cent; 1929, 25 per cent; 1930, 31 per cent; 1931, 33 per cent; 1932, 3: per cent.
An inspection of the table above shows a striking in- crease in the number of normals from 1924 on This is owing to the work of the dental clinic, directly in correcting dental defects, and indirectly, in calling attention of parents to ton- sils, adenoids, etc., and securing the correction of those condi- tions. The table also reveals, for 1932, it will be noted, an unusually high percentage of normals, in the primary grades, and the highest percentage of normals for all grades since the beginning of medical inspection in Milford. The reader is urged to study the reports of the school physicians and school nurse for health details.
SAFETY.
In the following ways, the writer feels that the safety of the school children is being well looked after :-
FIRE HAZARD.
(1) Fire escapes. The new fire escape at the Claflin school was painted during the year; the others should be next summer.
(2) Fire drills Fire drills should be frequent and regu- lar as well as irregular. The objectives must be precision in marching, and then speed. From those within the writer's knowledge, they have been during the year successful in all these ways.
(3) Fire extinguishers. Fire extinguishers were recharged as necessary. The thanks of the department are hereby ex- tended to the Fire Department.
DANGER FROM AUTOMOBILES.
(4) There are warnings painted on the surfaces of the streets passing the principal schools, through the kindness of the Board of Selectmen.
(5) An officer is stationed at the entrance of each school
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or group of schools fronting on a busy street, during the dis- missal periods, through the courtesy of the Police Depart- ment.
(6) There are Paige wire fences enclosing the following school yards: West Street, South, Hoboken, Purchase Street, and (facing the street,) Fountain Street and Braggville.
(7) The State safety' leaflets will be used again when they can be obtained and the Egan Character leaflets should. be resumed.
CHANGES IN TEACHERS. HIGH SCHOOL -- LEFT THE SERVICE.
Principal Thomas J. Quirk, resigned at the end of the school year 1931-1932 to become the superintendent of the Washington District at Hartford, Conn.
ENTERED THE SERVICE.
Messrs. James A. Higgiston and James V. Zurlo and Miss. Eva Burns of Milford (See High school section of this report.).
GRADES-LEFT THE SERVICE.
Miss A S. McDermott, Principal of the Park school, re- tired at the end of June, 1932, rounding out more than 40 years of fine service. Miss McDermott was elected in Milford in 1897, and hundreds of young people will recall with pleas- ure her efficiency as an instructor, fairness as a leader, and kindliness as a friend. Miss MeDermott has the best wishes of the department and of her former associates in the work.
At the end of June, 1932, Miss Ruth M. Edwards, teach- er of the first grade at the Claflin school, in the service since 1925, resigned to become Mrs. Frank Best. It is a pleasure to recall the good results gained and the happy spirit that prevailed in her school room.
Miss Catherine F. Tully, principal of the Claflin school, retired at the end of November, 1932, after 43 years of ser- vice in the schools of Milford, with the heartiest good wishes of the department, hundreds of pupils, her friends through the years, and her associates in the work. Miss Tully was a.
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skillful, resourceful teacher, was truly kind to her pupils and the problem of discipline rarely arose in her room.
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS.
Mr. Frank C. Berry, sub-master in the High school, ap- pointed principal to succeed Mr. Quirk, resigned.
Miss Katherine G. McDermott, Principal of the South Grammar school, appointed Principal of the Park school, suc- ceeding Miss A. S. McDermott, resigned.
Miss Mary H. McDermott, Stacy school, appointed Princi- pal of the South Grammar school, succeeding Miss K. G. Mc- Dermott.
Miss Marion B. Greeley, Grade 4, Claflin school, appoint- ed Principal of the Claflin school, succeeding Miss C. F. Tully, resigned.
Miss Margaret Scully, Grade 5, Park Portable schocl, transferred to the Stacy school.
Miss Ada DiGiannantonio, Bear Hill school, transferred to Grade 6, South Grammar school.
Miss Mary K. Casey, Plains Primary school, transferred to Bear Hill school.
Miss Blanche E. Rooney, Hoboken school, transferred to Claflin school, Grade 1.
Miss Sylvia D. Kurlan, Grade 3 (platoon) Spruce Street school, transferred to Grade 1, Hoboken school.
Miss Mary Parks, Grade 4 to Grade 5, Claflin school.
Miss Maude D. Frost, Grade 1 (platoon), Spruce Street school, transferred (with class) to Grade 3, Park Portable school.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The most noteworthy single feature in connection with the Milford High school is the resignation, during the last sum- mer vacation of Thomas J. Quirk, first principal of the George E. Stacy school and Principal of the Milford High school since 1919. Hundreds of Milford's young men and women were the beneficiaties of Mr. Quirk's outstanding services as teacher, administrator and friend. Under Mr. Quirk's lead- ership, the Milford High school becam ; in scholarship, athlet-
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ics and extra-curricular activities, outstanding among the schools of Massachusetts, during the double sessioned, over- crowded, mal-adjusted years.
November 29, 1932, about three hundred of Mr. Quirk's friends gathered around the banquet table in K. of C. hall and under the leadership of Hon. John C. Lynch, chairman of the school board, congratulated him upon his election as Su- perintendent of the Washington district in Hartford, Conn., further testified to the community's high regard for the teach- er, executive and man, by many spoken tributes as well as by a beautiful chest of silver, presented by the Milford Teachers' Association and a substantial purse of gold, the gift of the teachers of the High school.
PRIZES AND AWARDS ANNOUNCED AT COMMENCEMENT, 1932.
(For details of the Commencement, see Commencement Program farther on in this report )
Patrick Peace Prizes:
"Forces Working Against World Peace." $25 00-Joseph Fitzgerald, '32.
$20.00- Edmund Sullivan, '32. $15.00-Irene A. Parente, '32.
4th Prize -- Hopedale High School student.
Dr. J. V. Gallagher Medal: Bernard Marcus, '32.
Closely approached by William Bellantonio, '82.
Science Medal: (Offered by Principal T. J. Quirk, for the first time ) Wi bur J. Sweet, '32.
Closely approached by Charles L. San Clemente, '32. Inez L. Gay Latin Prizes : Pearl Wyzan, '32. Robert Rivard, '35.
Washington-Franklin Medal: Edmund J. Sullivan, '32. Book Prize by Class of 1917: William A. Murray, Jr , '32. Book Prize by a friend of the school: Frances Tyndall, '82. Posture Medal: Harriet J. Carter, '32.
Swift Oratorical Medal: Charles L. San Clemente, '32.
Intz E. SanClemente Medal (debating): L. Blaine Libbey, Jr., '35.
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American Legion Medal:
"The Development of America Under Washington -. 1789-1797."'
Irene Parente, '32. David Garrick Club Book Prizes: Robert Kurlansky, '32. Bernard Marcus, '32.
Fidoc Essay: (American Legion Auxiliary).
"Why We Celebrate Armistice Day with a Fete."
$5.00-Frances Tyndall '32. $2 50-William A. Murray, Jr., '32.
There follows the first report of Mr. Frank C. Berry, successor to Mr. Quirk, as Principal of the High school (covering the fall term, 1932):
ENROLLMENT.
The High school opened on September 12, one week later than usual, with the largest number of pupils in the history of the school.
The enrollment by classes follows:
Seniors 181
Juniors 139
Sophomores
191
Freshmen
218
Post-Graduates 15
This makes the total enrollment 694, which is nearly one hundred more than last year. Every room in the building and two portables are in constant use.
CHANGES.
Besides Mr. Quirk's resignation, and Mr. Berry's election to succeed bim as Principal, there were several changes at the High school this year. Mr. James A. Higgiston, a grad- uate of Milford High school and of Notre Dame, and Mr. James V. Zurlo, a graduate of Milford High school and of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were added to the faculty in November. Mr. Higgiston took over the morning
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classes taught by Mr. Berry in addition to a class in first year Science.
Mr. Zurlo took over the afternoon classes taught by Mr. Berry, with three additional morning classes in first year sub- jects. Miss Eva Burns was engaged this year to teach three classes in Typewriting, one at 7.15 in the morning, and two classes during the afternoon session, at 2.00 and 2.40 o'clock, respectively.
One change, made this year by the School Committee, has been felt, not only in the school itself, but in the homes as well. The Committee, sensing the need for morning first-year subjects, elected Mr. James V. Zurlo to teach first year Latin, first year English and first year Algebra during the morning session. Mr. Zurlo's Latin class numbers sixteen pupils, the Algebra class fourteen and the English class twelve. These classes are all comprised of repeaters. The work done is bet- ter because these pupils no longer feel the embarrassment which must come necessarily when mingling with less mature boys and girls in the afternoon classes, and the fatigue which must follow by being forced to remain after the regular ses- sion is eliminated. All these pupils were taken from the first period classes in the afternoon, viz :- Miss Feige's Latin class, which had forty pupils, now numbers but twenty-six-the others shifting to the morning class. The English classes in the afternoon now number twenty-nine and twenty-six respec- tively, the repeaters in these classes having been shifted to Mr. Zurlo. Miss McGowan's Algebra class now has thirty-one pupils; the Algebra repeaters are now in Mr. Zurlo's morning Algebra class. Mr. Higgiston also has been given a class in Elementary Science, which numbers twelve, all pupils who failed in their first year Science. There are still some pupils whose courses could not be changed to permit enrollment in these classes This difficulty can be remedied when the courses are made out next year, and much better results should be obtained from year to year.
COURSE IN COOKING.
Forty pupils took Cooking in the Stacy school cooking
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room Saturday mornings, under the pupil teachers from the Framingham Teachers' College.
CERTIFICATION OF MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
Prof. Z. W. Coombs, Chairman of the Committee on Cer- tification of High Schools, after visiting the High school in October, sent the following: "The Committee on Certification of Preparatory schools has again renewed tbe certification privilege of the High school for three years, to January 1 1936."
ORCHESTRA.
The High school orchestra this year is receiving its trains ing from Miss May A. Comba. Miss Comba is an accomplished musician herself, and in her student days was the leader of the Trinity College orchestra. During the Christmas season Miss Comba took the orchestra to the veterans' hospitals at Grafton and Westboro where they entertained the disabled ex-service men. She also put on a Christmas concert for the Senior class.
SCIENCE CLUB.
The Science Club was reorganized in late September une der the direction of Fred A Metcalf of the faculty. Member- ship in the club is limited to those Juniors and Seniors who have studied or are studying some branch of Science. The object of the club is to develop an interest in and broaden the knowledge of Science in the individual student. The club programs consist of original project work, reviews on the lives of the great men of Science, motion pictures of scientific inter- est, illustrated lectures and field trips.
FRENCH CLUB.
Le Cercle de Jeanne D'Arc, organized by Miss Margaret Pianca, meets once a week. The membership is voluntary. Lectures, readings, conversations, and exchanges of letters with students in France make this club both interesting and instructive.
DRAMATIC CLUB.
1932-1933 marks the eleventh year of the existence of the
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David Garrick Dramatic Club of the Milford High school, un- der the supervision of Miss Sadie A O'Connell. Though variety has entered into the work of the club during these years, its purpose has remained ever the same; namely, to develop a taste for worthwhile plays, to acquire a certain knowledge of the production of plays, and to develop personality. The early meetings of the club have been given over to the study of the stage. By means of certain drill work, each member of the club has been given an opportunity to show how he can or cannot respond to a dramatic situation.
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