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19 Cerebral thrombosis
15 Elizabeth Dora (Clark) Libbey
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3 Cancer of urnary bladder
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16 William H. Quinn
72 6 Arteriosclerosis
Milford
16 Fortunato Grillo
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21 George C. Lasher
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26 William S. Moran
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31 Mabel Blanch Cheney
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CLAIRE RE
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ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT
MILFORD MASSACHUSETTS
SCHOOL YEAR
1938-1939
FISCAL YEAR 1939
Approved at a meeting of the School Committee held January 19, 1940, as the report of the School Committee.
High Lights of 1939
HEALTH
Continuation of prevention and immunization clinics.
Taking care of prevention of blindness by the Milford Lions' Club.
Ninety-six dollars received from school sales of Christmas seals.
MATERIAL PLANT
Separate building for the boys' section of the General Vo- cational School.
EDUCATIONAL
Appointment of an elementary supervisor.
Appointment of a penmanship supervisor.
Library expansion.
GENERAL AND FINANCIAL
School savings $12,509.80 in 1939.
Milford High School is represented by 80 graduates in 41 colleges and universities.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION
Name
Member of Committee on
Business Address
Tel.
Residence
Tel.
Term Expires
George F. Grayson,
Chairman. Rules and Regulations
A. A. Westcott & Sons Co., Spindleville 144 Main St.
884-W
16 Elm St.
489-M
1942
Michael P. Visconti, Esq.
Finance
750
9 Genoa Ave.
1598-R
1942
Henry D. Barbadoro, Esq. Finance Care of Buildings
197 Main St.
1776
10 North St.
691-W
1940
Thomas F. Davoren
Care of Buildings
70 Main St.
127-R
54 West St.
1769-W
1940
Alex. DiGiannantonio
Books and Supplies Books and Supplies
219 Main St.
196
17 Free St.
1916-W
1941
Allen A. Hartwell
Rules and Regulations Care of Buildings Teachers and Salaries
(Retired )
49 Emmons St.
356-W
1941
SUB-COMMITTEES
Rules and Regulations Finance Care of Buildings Books and Supplies
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Mr. DiGuiannantonio, Mr. Davoren
Teachers and Salaries .
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Mr. Hartwell, Mr. Grayson
Mr. Barbadoro, Mr. Visconti
Mr. Barbadoro, Mr. Davoren, Mr. Hartwell
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Mr. DiGiannantonio, Mr. Visconti, Mr. Hartwell
Teachers and Salaries
Teachers and Salaries
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Term
School
Begins
Length of Term
Closes
Length of Vacation
Winter, 1940
All.
Jan. 2, 1940
7 weeks
Feb. 16, 1940
1 week
Spring, 1940
All.
Feb. 26, 1940
7 weeks
April 12, 1940
1 week
Summer, 1940
High.
April 22, 1940
9 weeks
June 21, 1940
11 weeks
Grades
April 22, 1940
8 weeks
June 14, 1940
12 weeks
Fall, 1940
All.
Sept. 9, 1940
15 weeks
Dec. 21, 1940
1 week
Holidays occurring in term time :---
1940 .- Lincoln's Birthday, Monday, February 12, exercises in the schools; Washington's Birthday, Thursday, February 22, exercises in the schools, Friday, February 16; Good Friday, March 22; Patriots' Day, Friday, April 19, exercises in the schools, Friday, April 12; Memorial Day, Thursday, May 30, exercises in the schools, Wednesday, May 29; Columbus Day, Saturday, October 12, exercises in the schools, Friday, October 11; Armistice Day Monday, November 11, exercises in the schools, Friday, November 8; Thanksgiving Day recess, November 28 and 29, exercises in the schools, Wednesday, November 27.
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SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE
Almorin O. Caswell
The superintendent is a member of each sub-committee, ex-officio.
Superintendent's office and Committee Room, High School, Rooms A10 and 11. Telephone 505. Office hours, 8 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 5:30 p.m., Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Thursday evening, 7:30 to 8:30.
Residence, 89 Congress St. Telephone 646.
ELEMENTARY SUPERVISOR
Miss Mary E. Davoren
Office, High School, Rooms A12 and 13. Telephone 992-M. Residence, 290 Main Street. Telephone 1157-M.
CLERK
Miss Margaret C. Dillon. Residence, 15 Highland Street. Telephone : Office, 505, Residence, 537-W.
CLERK OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
Miss Evelyn Moore, Residence, 161 Congress Street. Tele- phones : High School, 18, Residence, 534-R.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The regular meetings of the committee are held on alter- nate Fridays in the committee room.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
John V. Gallagher, M.D.
Office, 224 Main Street. Telephone 127-W. Residence, 9 State Street. Telephone 127-Y.
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Joseph E. Lenares, M.D.
Office, Residence, 48 Congress Street. Telephone 53.
SCHOOL NURSES
Mrs. Mary E. Naughton, R.N.
Office, Rooms 12A and 13, High School. Tel. 992-M.
Residence, 39 Glines Ave., Tel. 1694.
Miss Milina R. Trudell.
Office, Room A13, High School. Tel. 992-M.
Residence, 65 South Main Street, Tel. 1022.
DENTAL CLINIC
(Operated by the Board of Health.) Office, 129, Main Street. William J. Clancey, D.M.D., Clinician. Residence, 40 High Street. Telephone 566-R.
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS
Arthur E. Vesperi.
Office, High School. Telephone 505.
Residence, 16 East Walnut Street. Telephone 1554-J.
Almorin O. Caswell.
Office, High School, Rooms A10 and 11. Telephone 505. Residence, 89 Congress Street. Telephone 646.
TUITION RATES
High School, $2.25 per week; Grades, $1.96 per week, payable four weeks in advance.
SCHOOL SESSIONS
High School- 8:00 A.M. to 1 P.M.
George E. Stacy Junior High School-
8:45 A.M. to 11:45 A.M., and 1:20 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.
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Central Elementary Schools-
8:45 A.M. to 11:45 A.M., and 1:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M. Atypical Class (in High School building, Room C5)-
8:45 A.M. to 11:45 A.M., and 1:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M. Continuation School-
1:15 P.M. to 5:15 P.M. Thursday.
General Vocational School-
(Boys' Section-Shop), 8:45 A.M. to 12 M., and 1:00 P.M. to 3:45 P.M.
Platooned Schools-
Spruce Street, Grade I, A.M. platoon, 8:30 A.M. to 11:45 A.M., P.M. platoon, 12:00 M. to 3:30 P.M. Fountain Street,
Grades I and II, 8:30 A.M. to 11:45 A.M. Grades III. and IV., 12:00 M. to 4:00 P.M.
Rural Schools-
9:00 A.M. to 12 M., 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.
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Report of the School Committee
We would respectfully call the attention of the voters to the central fact that the net cost of the public schools in Milford for 1939 was but $195,613.81, as appears in the following pages.
The School Department's budget for 1940 follows, with comment and explanations :- (1) Under Item I, Salaries and Wages,-comprising Teachers' Salaries, Care (Janitors' wages), Vocational Salaries, Supervision, and Health, is the amount of the payrolls; (2) Under Item II., General, for emergency repairs we are asking for $2,500.00, little more than 1-4 of 1% of the valuation of the school buildings exclusive of contents. Four of the buildings are over 70 years old. All the other buildings are in a deplorable con- dition. We are inserting an article in the town warrant ask- ing for a special appropriation large enough to repair the buildings in the most desperate need; (3) For fuel we ask the same amount as one year ago; (4) For tuition (in trade schools) we ask for $3,200.00, 20% less than last year. The town is reimbursed in 50% of this item ; (5) For transporta- tion we ask for $7,000.00, about $300.00 less than was spent a year ago; (6) For books and supplies we are asking $4.000.00 or two thirds as much as last year; (7) The item "Incidentals" includes all the utilities, as :- electric light, power and gas; water and telephones, a combined expense of $4,006.86 in 1938 and $3,992.60 in 1939. For this item we ask $6,600.00.
· SCHOOL DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR 1940
I. Salaries and Wages :-
Teachers' Salaries
$159,099.54
Supervision
6,490.00
Care
11,308.00
Vocational Salaries
4,952.00
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Health (Salaries of School Physicians and Nurses)
4,000.00
$185,849.54
II. General :-
Emergency Repairs
$2,500.00
Transportation
7,000.00
Tuition (Trade Schools)
3,200.00
Fuel
12,000.00
Books and Supplies
4,000.00
Incidentals
6,600.00
Vocational Supplies
1,500.00
36,800.00
$222,649.54
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Summary of Statistics
Jan. 1, 1939
Jan. 1, 1940
School Buildings
14
13
Teachers Employed
105
102
High School
32
31
Grades
64*
60*
Supervisors
5
7
Continuation and Vocational School Vocational School
1
1
3
3
*Includes one special teacher of normal pupils below grade and three teachers of atypical classes.
School Attendance 1938-1939
Total Enrollment :
High School
Grades
Total
Boys
398
841
1239
Girls
423
748
1171
Totals
821
1589
2410
Average Membership
795
1577
2372
Average Attendance
742
1493
2235
Percentage of Attendance
93.33
94.67
94.22
Net Costs for 1939
Gross Costs, 1939
$226,077.81
Receipts (Other than School Appropriation) :-
Public School Fund $20,140.65
Federal Funds :
George-Deen Fund
2,123.05
Smith-Hughes Fund
372.74
$22,636.44
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Tuition :
Individuals $133.95
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
2,690.02
City of Boston
598.89
3,422.86 182.74
Miscellaneous
Reimbursements :
Trade Schools
$1,742.44
Vocational Schools
2,479.52
4,221.96
30,464.00
Net Cost for 1939
$195,613.81
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Secretary's Report
Books and Supplies :
Allyn and Bacon
$26.51
American Book Co.
334.30
American Education Press
42.50
Anderson, G. W.
3.50
Babb, Edward E., Co.
748.67
Bates Stationery Co.
.90
Billings, Geo. W.
47.49
Birchard, C. C., & Co.
5.08
Bradley, Milton Co.
68.24
Cahill's News Agency
712.25
Central Scientific Co.
.69
Chicago Apparatus Co.
193.40
Clarke Printing Co.
10.78
Dowling School Supply Co.
130.55
Dura Binding Co.
226.00
Fischer, Carl, & Co.
1.31
Frost & Bilek, Inc.
45.73
Fuller & Wilson Express Co.
.50
Gardella, John H.
22.93
Ginn & Co.
67.35
Gledhill Brothers, Inc.
18.16
Hammett, J. L. Co.
55.55
Heath, D. C. & Co.
9.73
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
104.22
Judkins, C. L.
81.00
Longmans, Green & Co.
117.28
Milford Daily News Co.
6.44
Mittag & Volger, Inc.
89.40
Palmer, A. N. Co.
21.80
Pascoe, George T. Co.
8.21
Reformatory for Women
5.21
Sanborn, B. H. Co.
41.06
Scribners', Charles, Sons
31.28
Shea Bros.
87.94
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Spencer Sales and Service Co. Swan Printers, Inc.
8.50
28.42
$3,402.88
Fuel :
American Oil Co.
$2,560.00
Banker and Tradesman
9.75
Barney Coal Co.
1,461.33
Clark and Shaughnessy
1,312.57
Curtiss, H. M., Coal Co.
4,163.10
Damon, John F.
6.84
Globe Newspaper Co.
12.65
Kairit, A.
17.00
Lake Nipmuc Ice Co.
29.60
Milford Daily News Co.
15.65
O'Brien's Oil Service
1.88
Petroleum Heat and Power Co.
1,272.22
Vitalini Coal Co.
1,410.91
$12,273.50
Incidentals :
American Fire Equipment Co.
$12.72
A. P. W. Paper Co.
13.97
Aubuchon, W. E. Co.
1.60
Bass, Ralph H.
57.65
Bates Stationery Co.
1.02
Bradley, Milton Co.
16.09
Billings, George W.
109.50
Begian's Taxi Service
46.41
Cahill's News Agency
4.62
Casey, William H.
40.67
Caswell, A. O., Sundries Acct.
74.37
Chadbourne, H. S. Co.
1.50
Clarke Printing Co.
1.00
Otis Clapp & Son
11.66
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
24.55
Commissioner of Public Safety
55.00
Cooney, Charles E.
1.00
Davoren's Express Co.
5.88
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Dura Binding Co.
4.90
Frost and Bilek, Inc.
3.55
Gardella, John H.
4.90
Gould, Fred A.
16.57
Holcomb, J. I., Mfg. Co.
34.58
Iantelli, Renaldo
2.00
Jaques, Leonard N. & Sons
12.26
Kendall Paper Co.
166.21
Kimball, C. H.
5.47
Lajoie, A. G., County Treasurer
186.30
Mclaughlin, J. H.
4.00
Mahoney Chair Co.
61.75
Manning, H. A. Co.
14.70
Martin Diploma Co.
109.20
Mass. Reformatory for Women
34.83
Milford Daily News Co.
10.50
Milford Electric Light & Power Co.
$1,433.49
Milford Gas Light Co.
28.87
Milford Water Co.
2,044.51
Morse, T. E., Co.
8.71
Mrs. May E. Nayth
122.23
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
492.90
Nolting, Edmund A.
5.88
Thos. Reed & Co.
4.76
Remington Rand Co.
8.90
Rose, E. O., & Son
11.38
Royal Typewriter Co.
392.00
Seaver's Express Co.
4.16
Shaughnessy, W. J.
13.12
Smith, L. C. and Corona Typewriters, Inc.
331.75
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y.
9.90
State Prison Colony
59.57
Stetson, M. D., Co.
121.19
Stevens, L. A., Co.
24.80
Underwood-Elliott-Fisher Co.
450.00
Varney Bros. Trucking Co.
43.36
Ward, Frank I.
11.50
Wolkins, H. S., Co.
20.00
$6,784.32
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Repairs :
Abretti, J. V., & Son
90.00
Abretti, Richard J.
160.00
Adams, Ferdinand P.
2.00
Banker and Tradesman
4.50
Barnes, W. J.
12.00
Casey, Wm. H.
14.80
Chadbourne, H. S., Co.
17.28
Clarridge, A. P.
384.22
Costa, Robert Co.
131.05
Curtiss, H. M., Coal Co.
2.00
Davidson Fan Co.
5.20
Dillon, Edward J.
456.59
Division of the Blind
4.00
Fales, John A.
65.28
Frieswick, O.
11.00
Globe Newspaper Co.
5.60
Gould, Frederick A.
143.86
Holcomb, J. I., Mfg. Co.
40.70
Huff Machine Works
14.10
.Jacques, Joseph A.
68.16
Jaques, Leonard N. and Sons
29.67
Johnson Service Co.
21.27
Kurlan, Samuel
48.50
Lucier, Edward J.
15.00
Milford Daily News Co.
10.14
Milford Furniture Co.
85.65
Milford Locksmith
1.50
Milford Water Co.
132.57
Morse, T. E. Co.
10.21
Niro & Niro Co.
253.05
Pantano, A. M.
172.00
Porter, Edward F.
5.60
Power, "Bill"'
93.72
Power, John
63.04
Powers Regulator Co.
19.80
Quirk, P. F.
4.00
Ray, Clifford D.
40.00
Riley, Thomas
120.00
Roberti, Fred L.
4.65
Rubenstein Bros.
264.00
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Ruggiero, P. A.
63.56
Shaughnessy, W. J.
4.00
Slattery, James T.
75.00
Smith, J. W.
63.67
Tosti, Umberto
203.44
Waters, William C.
296.17
Werber & Rose, Inc.
20.00
Williams, W. J.
98.08
$3,850.63
Transportation :
French, Lucile G.
75.58
Gillon, Lawrence
1.50
Johnson Bus Lines, Inc.
1,664.21
Milford Daily News Co.
31.53
Milford, Framingham & Uxbridge Coach Co.
875.40
North Milford Transportation Co.
767.95
O'Brien and Rizoli
3,926.42
$7,342.59
Vocational Supplies :
Allen Brothers Corporation
$1.18
Aubuchon, W. E., Co.
39.98
Babb, Edward E., & Co.
2.61
Birmingham, Charles
13.50
Boston Cutting Die Co.
17.18
Bradbury-Locke Co.
46.50
Brockton, City of
8.10
Casey, William H.
5.19
Chadbourne, H. S., Co.
16.13
Clarke Printing Co.
14.75
Curtiss, H. M., Coal Co.
59.32
Fuller & Wilson Express Co.
1.25
Hall, E. B.
2.00
Hall, W. A., and Son
15.65
Herrick Co.
9.84
Huff Machine Works
1.00
Jacques, L. N., & Co.
94.88
LeBow, Samuel, Co.
2.30
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Milford Electric Light & Power Co.
24.43
Milford Shoe Co.
15.71
Milford Water Co.
74.30
N. E. Process Supply Co.
14.53
Pratt & Inman
60.49
Republic Pipe and Supply Co.
4.52
Scientific Research Associates
17.50
Seaver's Express Co.
5.74
Shea Bros.
66.18
Sherman's Laundry
9.81
Spencer Sales and Service
13.20
Morse, T. E., Co.
5.28
Waite Hardware Co.
26.98
Ward, F. I.
1.47
Washington Wall Paper Co.
20.25
Wilkinson, A. J., Co.
12.40
Winde, H. J., Supply Co.
145.29
Woodcraft Supply Co.
12.00
Yale Electrical Supply Co.
7.16
Woolworth, F. W. Co.
3.92
$893.12
BALANCE SHEET -1939
Appropriation Expended Balance
Item I-Available for Salaries and Wages :-- Appropriated Less-Transfer from Item I to II
$187,147.62 1,200.00
George-Deen Fund Smith-Hughes Fund
$185,947.62
2,123.05
372.74
Net available
$188,443.41
Teachers' Salaries
$159,521.57
Care (Janitors' Wages)
11,236.03
Health (School Physicians, School Nurses)
3,798.29
Supervision (Salary of Superintendent, Clerk, and Attendance Officer)
6,181.47
Vocational Salaries
7,308.53
$188,045.89
Balance
$397.52
Item II-General-Available :--- Regular Appropriation Special Appropriation
$34,875.00 2,000.00
Transfer from Item I
1,200.00
Total available
$38,075.00
Repairs
$3,850.63
Transportation
7,342.59
Tuition (Trade Schools)
3,484.88
Fuel
12,273.50
Books and Supplies
3,402.88
Incidentals
6,784.32
Vocational Supplies
893.12
$38,031.92
$43.08
Total Appropriation Total Expended Total Balance
$226,518.41
$226,077.81
$440.60
SPECIAL SHOP FUND
Appropriation Expended
$500.00 359.94
Balance $140.06
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the honorable School Committee of the Town of Milford, Gentlemen :-
I herewith present my 29th annual report, the 61st of such reports in Milford.
GIFTS
It gives us pleasure to acknowledge the gift of a collection of Victor records to the Park school, by Mrs. William Stopp of Grant Street.
CHANGES IN TEACHERS
HIGH SCHOOL
Left the Service :-
Miss Margaret E. Feige, teacher of Latin and English since 1927, resigned February 17, 1939, to become Mrs. Wil- liam McDonough.
GRADES
Left the Service :-
THE PASSING OF SUSAN E. RANAHAN
Principal Susan E. Ranahan, teacher of Grade II, Plains Primary School since 1905, passed away February 7, 1940, after a lingering illness. (See page 1A)
MISS KATHERINE G. MCDERMOTT RETIRES
Miss Katherine G. McDermott, Milford High School 1893,
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Principal of the Park School since 1931, retired at the end of the winter term, this year, after 46 years of devoted and effective service. As Principal, Miss McDermott admin- istered her trust with fairness, consideration and courtesy always. She led, taught and mothered her classes with sympathy and dignity through the years.
Miss M. Cecelia Apicella, Grades VII and VIII, Girls' Vocational Class, Stacy School, resigned at the end of the summer term, to become Mrs. Richard J. Farrell.
Miss Alice B. Barlow, Grade VIII, Stacy School, resigned November 3, 1939 to become Mrs. Edward Blasnek.
Miss Grace A. Connolly, Grade 11, West Street School, resigned December 29, 1939 to become Mrs. William F. Broderick.
Entered the Service :-
Miss Irene C. Mainini, Milford High School, 1931, Regis College, 1935, succeeding Miss M. Cecelia Apicella in the Stacy School.
Transfers and Promotions :-
Miss Frances H. Kearnan, to be supervisor of Penman- ship ; Miss Viola F. Leland, to be teacher of Remedial Read- ing; Miss Lucina C. Roche, to be teacher of Remedial Mathematics; Miss Anne L. Gillon, to Grade V, South School, succeeding Miss Leland; Miss Grace M. Carron, Grade III, Plains Primary School, to Park School, Grade V ; Miss Dorothy King, appointed Principal of the Purchase Street School, succeeding Miss Mary E. Davoren; Mrs. Helen R. Maxfield, Bear Hill to Purchase Street, Grades I, II, and III, succeeding Miss King; Miss Mary K. Casey, Park School, Grade V to Park VI; Miss Anne L. Gillon to West Street, Grade II, succeeding Miss Grace A. Connolly, resigned ; Miss Viola F. Leland to South V, succeeding Miss Anne L. Gillon; Miss Lucina C. Roche to Stacy School, Grade VIII, succeeding Miss Alice B. Barlow, resigned.
RETIREMENT OF MR. WALTER BURNS
Worthy of special note among the changes of the year
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under review, is the retirement-July 1,1939-of Mr. Walter Burns, custodian of the Park, Claflin, and Hoboken schools after twenty-two years of intelligent and efficient service.
THE HIGH SCHOOL
The report of Prin. Frank C. Berry, of the High School follows :-
Milford High School opened on Wednesday, September 6, 1939. The membership this year reached a total of 834 which is seventeen more than last year. There are 154 seniors, 208 juniors, 231 sophomores, 224 freshmen, and 7 post graduates.
I should like to emphasize again the need of care and cooperation from all-student, parent, and teacher-in the selection of subjects. A child who plans to go to college must be prepared to take languages, mathematics, and sciences. If there is a weakness in any of these, it simply means that the child is going to have difficulty not only in gaining admission, but also in staying in college. All children are not equipped with sufficient mental ability and energy to go to college. This is no crime, but unless a child shows by hard work in his subjects, the serious purpose to go beyond High School he cannot, in justice to himself, be considered a good college prospect. Parents are sometimes misled by their love for the child into feeling that he is a good college prospect when he is just,-which is everything, -a good boy. It is unfair to him to force him to go to college when his heart rebels against it. I am convinced that both parents and teachers would be benefited im- measurably by more frequent personal check-ups by the parents. The Parents' Night instituted last year is to be repeated with slightly more elaboration.
Our High School still keeps its Class A rating, and is a member of the New England College Certificate group. Milford High School graduates are doing well in Brown, Harvard, Bates, Brigham Young, Boston University, State Teachers' Colleges at Framingham and Worcester, Wor- cester Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti-
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tute, New Rochelle, St. Elizabeth's, New Jersey College for Women, Holy Cross, Wellesley, Notre Dame, Bryant and Stratton, Burdett, Bentley, Pennsylvania State College of Optometry, Oglethorpe, Massachusetts State, Lassell, Uni- versity of Maine, Catholic University, Immaculata Junior College, Annapolis and other advanced schools.
I wish to thank the members of the High School faculty, the superintendent of schools, Mr. Caswell, and the members of the School Committee for the cooperation and help given to me during the year.
FRANK C. BERRY, Principal.
GIFTS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY
1. Mr. Myron Chace-25 books
2. Class of 1914-2 copies Webster's New International Dictionary
3. Class of 1917-$125.00 for library
With this sum were purchased :----
Magazine rack
2 Dictionary stands
11 volumes of Pageant of America
4. Milford Daily News-15 volumes
The Standard American Encyclopedia
5, Christian Science Society-4 volumes Pageant of America
6. Band and Orchestra of Milford High School Stories of the Great Operas and Their Composers, by Ernest Newman
7. Junior Science Club Man in a Chemical World, by Morrison
Total number of volumes in library 1033
Added this year 58
Number of magazines taken by school library 12
MISS MADELEINE W. KYNOCH, Librarian.
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GIFT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL
A picture of Stratford-on-Avon given by Miss Elizabeth Reardon.
OAK, LILY, AND IVY
The Milford High School yearbook, The Oak, Lily, and Ivy, was for the second consecutive year, given a first class rating in a nationwide competitive classification of 459 high school yearbooks.
Annually the book is sponsored by the senior class and represents the efforts of a special committee of approxim- ately twenty-five students from the graduating class. Mem- bership on this committee is selective, and comprises those students who attain a good scholastic average or who show a marked artistic ability.
The 1939 publication was dedicated to Miss Margaret A. Pianca, our modern language teacher. Appropriate exer- cises for the dedication were held in the auditorium during commencement week.
The student committee was headed by Robert DeWitt, editor-in-chief, and Sidney Werber, business manager. Faculty supervision and assistance was rendered by Harold M. Moran, Miss Agnes Crane, Miss Margaret Pyne, and James A. Higgiston.
JAMES A. HIGGISTON
Faculty Adviser.
DAVID GARRICK DRAMATIC CLUB
The David Garrick Dramatic Club reorganized this year with the following officers: President, William Curran; Vice President, Alfred Cassinelli; Secretary, Barbara Sails; Treasurer, Minette DeBoer.
Again the Garrick Club hopes to arouse in its members a keen desire for good drama, and acquaint them with some of the technical side in the production of good drama. This is brought about by productions at club meetings and by
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attending such productions whenever possible.
SADIE A. O'CONNELL
Faculty Director.
JUNIOR SCIENCE CLUB
The Junior Science Club, open to those Juniors and Seniors who are studying or have studied Physics, has for its purpose the stimulation of interest in the study of science through individual project work, lectures, and field trips. Meetings are held every third week. An exhibition, and a trip to New York will be the outstanding events of the year. The officers are President, Kimball SanClemente, Vice President, Rachel Cronin, Secretary, Helen Duggan, and Treasurer, Robert Lynch.
FRED A. METCALF
Sponsor
MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS' CLUB
The meetings of this club are held on the first and third Mondays of each month.
The aim of the club is to discuss problems of the school curriculum and program, and to make plans for improving the same. The meetings are under the supervision of the Principal.
FRANK C. BERRY
DANTE CLUB
The Dante Club was reorganized in October for the seventh consecutive year under the supervision of Mr. James V. Zurlo and Miss Martha Molinari. Membership is voluntary, and only members of the Italian language classes are eligible. The purpose of the club is to furnish members with knowledge on Italian subjects by means of activities sponsored outside of the class room. These ac- tivities include discussions, sketches, and plays in Italian.
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With the proceeds derived from the plays given in the past few years, the club has been able to purchase 110 books in Italian. Forty volumes are being used for club purposes and the other seventy have been donated to the Milford Town Library for the use of all townspeople.
MISS MARTHA MOLINARI MR. JAMES V. ZURLO
FRESHMAN SCIENCE CLUB
The Freshman Science Club was reorganized for its second consecutive year. The Club meets twice a month in the freshman science laboratory.
The purpose of the club is to promote interest in science outside of the regular class room work. Field trips were made periodically to local industrial plants.
BENJAMIN F. CONSOLETTI Faculty Adviser
MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ASSOCIATION
With the Student Association Officers, Kimball San- Clemente President and Regina Calitri, Secretary, the Mil- ford High School Student Association has been reorganized once again.
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