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Whether these industrial leaders, with all the resources of capital at their command, with large vision, boundless energy and indomitable will power, are going to sit idly by and have no voice or interest in changing the scope and purposes of our
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educational system. I leave you to judge. Remember it is for their own protection and profit. Their prosperity and their very existence demand the change.
Our colleges, too, though perhaps unconsciously, are strength- ening the position of these industrial leaders. What is to become of the thousands of young men who fail to survive their first college examination? The other thousands who fail of admiss- ion? The colleges don't want them. They are not of the right mental type to succeed with the courses the colleges are offering. The professions are crowded; the supply of educational misfits is sufficient for present needs.
Thinking men everywhere are turning their attention to schemes of broader training, and the sooner this basic change is made in our educational program, the better it will be, especially for New England. The small industry should have its inning.
The grounds and buildings of the Green Street property will be found well adapted to any educational changes that in the future may take place. Even the farmer and the orchardist may find opportunities here, and this, too, may prove no dream. The town is exceedingly fortunate in possessing such a property and let us hope that the original intent and purpose of the pur- chasers may, at no distant date, be fully realized.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE.
The following is the list of pupils who have not been ab- sent, tardy, or dismissed during the past school year:
Winthrop School --- Junior High School.
Kenneth Macleod Arthur Scott
Daniel W. Stone George Dziados
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Dorothy Scahill Helen Brown Phyllis Haggerty Emma Richard Fabian Ciolek Gertrude Walehek Lillian Boulais
Helen Lampropoulos
Harriet Goodhue Josie Pytlakoska
Stella Cuik Simonne Porter Victor Baxter
Stanley Sourouwic
Ernest Manzer
John Galanis
Roger Raymond Ethel Galanis
Eva Soltsyz Gladys Durham Augusta Michon Elsie Watson Henry Minichiello Joseph Saroka Helen Kobos Irene Lampropoulos Wanda Piepszak Stanley Pytlakoska Freeda Dodge Catherine Sojka James Maniates Joseph Klopotoska Clifford Appleton Joseph Leosz John Szurpicki Rina Siamates
Winthrop School --- Grade VI.
Jennie Budzianowska
Kathryn McPhail
Harry Christopher
Arthur Nikas
Charles Georgeopolis
Mary Leet Arnold Brooks William Lane John Ryan Helen Alchowicz
Rose Watrobe
Winthrop School --- Grade V.
Henry Prisby Mary Los Margaret McLeod
Mary Jianakountzos Victoria Mozdziez Doris Pickard
Charlotte Smith
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Winthrop School --- Grade IV.
Albert Marcinkiewicz Joseph Podmostko Janette Gillis Annie Sojka
Andrew Nikas Ralph Walaszek Violo Pappas Mary Graham
Burley School --- Grade VI.
Louis Bokran
Nick Christopolous
Alfred Trabucco
Gianefa Kubic
Erving Boudreau Micheal Frydryck Mary Adamowicz Blanche Michon
Burley School --- Grade V.
Jane Bokron
Katherine Georgecopoulos
Helen Galanis Mary Mjchon Stella Zervas
Mary Trabucco
Bessie Pappas
Stanley Klopotoski
George Torpey
James Vasilopoulos
Burley School --- Grade V-B.
Peter Galanis
Fred Wengryn
Steve Gouverek Barbara Claxton
Phyllis Cogswell
Burley School --- Grade IV.
Goula Christopolous George Pappas
Antoinette Stilline
Burley School --- Grade III.
John Bokron Jane Adamowicz Sophie Merega
Alex Zadeh Bessie Galanis Elizabeth Tabucca
Angelena Tgavalekos
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Burley School --- Grade III-B.
Mary Minichiello Joseph Jaslowich Stanley Szach
Burley School --- Grade II.
Gertrude Cuik
Annie Merchut
Bessie Georgecopolous Fannie Speliotes
Louise Torpey
Burley School --- Grade I.
Peter Markos Joseph Szach
Ethel Lampropolous
Walter Pasek Olga Bokron Mary Orvsiak
Helen Speliotes
Warren St. School.
Martha Stevens
Margaret Thomas
Marileeds Heard
Rosamond Stevens Ruth Hill ' Harold Wile
Payne School --- Grade III.
Elizabeth Kelley
Tassia Paganis
Thomas Gould
George Georgeopoulos Nicholas Georgeopoulos Annie Dow
Payne School --- Grade II.
George Avelis John Mourikas George Paganis Richard Sheppard Philip Viladenis
Payne School --- Grade I. Gertrude Henley
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Cogswell School --- Grade II.
Elizabeth Early George Cochonas Alex Szurpicki
Not absent, tardy or dismissed
Not absent or dismissed
In General.
Let it be said that the schools are trying most commendably to give the children of the town such training as will enable them to gain an honest livelihood and to become good citizens.
We sometimes feel that we do not get that measure of co- operation from parents which the importance of our mutual task makes so very urgent. This is an old theme. But the right training of our children is a matter of deepest significance to all the parties concerned and calls for mutual assistance, forbear- ance, and persistent effort all along the line. Too often our best efforts are criticised and misjudged, our best advice and counsel disregarded. In every such case the child is the great- est sufferer. A conference with the principal of the school where the child attends would result in a better understanding of the situation and be of lasting benefit to the child. Intelligent criticism we do not object to; in fact, we welcome it under all reasonable conditions.
The work of the school everywhere is hindered by the numberless distractions thrown in its path by otherwise well- meaning people. Few of those outside the profession can real- ize the serious inroads these things make upon our time and at- tention and the resulting injury to the schools. To emphasize this point, let me quote from Commissioner Butterfield's address
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before the New England Association of School Superintendents last November:
"Sinister demagogues and zealots, organized societies, great commercial houses, would use the schools to advance their prop- aganda, to emphasize their policies and plans, to make for them financial gain. They would give children wants which only their wares could satisfy.
"All these, through some of their representatives, see the op- portunity to aggrandize themselves under the guise of teaching health or patriotism or economy or some other individual or social merit.
"There are those who would put Hancock or Franklin, Washington or Columbus, on pedestals, not because they were sage and resourceful men but because of membership held in their societies. There are those who would set apart days to teach the economy of paint and the safety of highways, even though the names of the manufacturers of paint and rubber tires become thereby household words.
There are those who would allow the school children to save "Old Ironsides," with the incidental credit to their fraternity. If it is necessary to preserve the immortal frigate, and I believe that it is, and if this preservation is an opportunity to teach a lesson of patriotism and of service to the children of America, and this, too, I do not doubt, we need a National Secretary of Education, if for no other purpose so that there shall be no necessity for the President and the Secretary of the Navy to again find it incum- bent upon them to make formal request to a private fraternal organization to enter the schools of America to take collections and to teach patriotism.
"The greatest gift which the fathers gave to us was the free school. We must keep it free."
With so many distracting elements to meet and overcome, and I care not how well intentioned they may be, no business or
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social organization or enterprise could function effectively or do its best work; neither can the schools. They must be free.
Acknowledgments.
To the members of the School Committee, whose counsel has assisted me in the management of our schools; to those so- cial organizations who, by their strict adherence to the principle of non-interference with the administration of school affairs, but by whose generous contributions of materials and service have placed our schools on a higher plane of educational and social efficiency; to the School Physician and School Nurse, to whose judgment and guidance I have so frequently appealed; to those Parents and Teachers, whose sincere co-operation and unstinted support, whose loyalty has been steadfast under all circumstances, and to whose energy and fidelity our schools owe so much; to these, one and all, I tender at once my gratitude and my sincere thanks.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH I. HORTON, Superintendent of Schools.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Ipswich ---
It has been the custom for the School Committee, in its re-
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port, to deal with the physical and financial side of the school problem, leaving it to the Superintendent to present the academ- ic situation.
In accordance with the custom, this Committee presents the budget under which it has operated during the past year.
Budget of 1925.
Appro- priated
Expended Overdraft
Saved
General Control
$ 5375.00 $ 5331.65
$ 43.35
Teachers' Salaries
60000.00 58570.96
1429.04
Evening School
250.00
163.00
87.00
Books & Supplies
6000.00
8792.67
2792.67
Tuition
500.00
560.00
60.00
Transportation
3450.00
3478.50
28.50
Support of Truants
175.00
130.00
45.00
Janitors
4000.00
3962.50
37.50
Fuel & Light
4000.00
3823.07
176.93
Buildings & Grounds
6000.00
6259.76
259.76
Rent
30.00
30.00
Dip's & Graduation
150.00
78.60
71.40
Insurance
1 309.00
1613.24
304.24
Athletics
500.00
451.78
48.22
Miscellaneous
200.00
17.29
182.71
Old Bills-1924
2106.18 94102.47
Balance turned back
1912.71
Totals
96015.18 96015.18
3475.17
3281.70
Overdrafts in various Budget items made with consent of Finance Committee.
Furniture & Furnish'gs
2000.00
839.45
1160.55
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Gross cost of schools for 1925
$94102.47
Received from State
$8580.00
66
Town of Rowley
3782.50
66
Vocational Education
280.00
sale of paper
10.06
12652.56
Net cost of schools
$81449.91
While it is true that the town votes a lump sum appropria- tion for the support of the schools, yet this lump sum is made up of Estimated Expenditures under the above classification. It has been found in both Federal and State Governments that ad- herence to a properly balanced budget encourages economy in public expenditures. It has been adopted by the Committee with the hope that it would operate to the benefit of both the educational and financial program of the town. The commit- tee believes that it has, and will therefore continue it for the coming year.
Operating under a budget plan is not new, but adherence to it has been the exception rather than the rule in the disburse- ment of public funds. It does not, or should not, mean that necessary expenditures should be foregone or that emergen- cies should not be met. Not at all. But it does mean, in the case of the school support at least, that the probable needs be determined in advance, so that the appropriation voted by the town can be spent to the very best advantage. In other words, it means spending the money which you, the citizens, pay into the town treasury with the same prudence which you practice in your own personal or business affairs.
It is the duty of every individual or business to live within its income, and to go in debt only in cases of emergency. Ex- actly the same is true in the operation of every town board or committee.
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It is in this spirit which the School Committee, with the helpful co-operation of the Finance Committee, is working.
Due to the fact that the new eight room grade building, the Col. Nathaniel Shatswell school, will be ready for occupancy by September first, the physical property is in excellent condition. Many improvements have been made in the Manning and Payne Schools during the past year. This year the committee hopes to make interior improvements in the Manning, Winthrop, Payne and Burley buildings.
The committee will abandon for school purposes the Dennison, Cogswell, Wainwright and Warren Street buildings, upon its oc- cupation of the new building, and recommends that it be released from their care. The committee also recommends that the town make immediate plans for the disposal of the Candlewood and Grape Island School Buildings.
The committee believes that our schools are meeting succes- fully the burden placed upon them. In other words, it believes they are doing the work which you, as parents, intend that they should do, namely, taking your boy and girl of five or six years, guiding them through the most important years of their lives, and later turning back to you young men and women intellectually, morally and physically sound.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH W. ROSS,
Chairman of School Committee.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR
1926.
TERM
BEGINS
CLOSES
Winter
January 4
February 26
Spring
March 8
April 30
Summer
May 10
June 25
Fall
September 8
December 23
Teachers must report for duty on Tuesday, September 7, at 9 A. M., one day previous to the opening of school for the Fall Term. Examination of pupils who failed of promotion in June will also take place on that day.
HOLIDAYS.
Every Saturday; Columbus Day, October 12; Wednesday Afternoon, Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving Week; Janu- ary 1; February 22; April 19; Memorial Day; June 17; and Good Friday.
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NO SCHOOL SIGNALS OF THE IPSWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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4 BLASTS AT 7.30-No Morning Session in ANY SCHOOL. 4 BLASTS AT 8.00-No Morning Session in the FIRST SIX GRADES.
4 BLASTS AT 11.00-No Afternoon Session in ANY SCHOOL. 4 BLASTS AT 11.30-No Afternoon Session in the FIRST SIX GRADES.
In the absence of any signal at 11.00 or 11.30 the afternoon session will be held as usual. Teachers and pupils must be present at such sessions as on other days.
All should bear in mind that the 7.30 and 8.00 o'clock signals do NOT EXCUSE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
In addition to the warning given by the whistle, the street lights will be turned on for five minutes after the signal is given in each case.
In all cases parents are expected to exercise their judgment as to permitting their children to attend school during stormy weather.
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LIST OF TEACHERS.
Ralph C Whipple Elizabeth C Ferguson
Robert D Conary
A Erma Brown
Catherine A Brown
E Margaret Allen
Helen J Blodgett
M Katherine Blood®
Katherine A Stone
Helen M Kelley Katherine F Sullivan
Blanche L Oxner
Grace V Conrad
Violet L Hawkins
Marion F Whitney
Blanche E J Leighton
Ruth C Baxter
Althea Hayes Lena J Atherley
Belle D Rogers
Etta J Stanley
E Benjamin Currier
Althine L Hodgkins
Irma T Gilman
Emma A Knights
Emily J Gove
Anne E Friend
Kathleen E Hinkley
Margaret Howard
A Pauline Charles Nellie T Smith
Elizabeth C Weare Ruth F Joyce Marion R Charles
Harriet M Rowe
Grace A Bowlen
Lucy Ardell Kimball
Alice D Moran Augusta A Grenache
Ethel M Archer
Ethel G Jahnke
Annie P Wade Ruth M Brown
Amy Stanford
Arthur H Tozer
Florence A Hosmer
JOSEPH I HORTON, Superintendent
Ruth A Lord Abby L Smith
M Gretchen Hamilton
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
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To the Citizens of Ipswich:
I herewith submit the Annual Reports of the Heard, Tread- well, Thomas H. Lord, George Spiller, Manning School, R. H. Manning, Feoffees of the Grammar School, Burley Education and Brown Funds as compiled by their respective treasurers. 1 have found receipts for all bills paid, have examined the various securities comprising these funds and find them to agree with the reports submitted.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor, Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 10, 1926.
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HEARD FUND OF IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Income:
Balance on hand January 1, 1925
$ 125 55
Received from investments
406 45
Received from Treadwell Fund
1000 00
$1532 00
Expenditures:
Salaries
$ 975 00
Miscellaneous expenses
438 47
Balance on hand January 1, 1926
118 53
$1532 00
SECURITIES COMPRISING HEARD FUND.
33 shares B & M R R Ist pfd class B $ 2838 00
35 shares B & M R R pfd
1610 00
10 shares B & M R R Ist pfd class A
630 00
1 CB & QR R 31/2% bond
1000 00
3 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin R R bonds
1200 00
2 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Corp bonds
200 00
1 United Electric Light & Power bond
1000 00
3 Quincy Gas & Electric Heating Co 5% bonds
2000 00
1 Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern R R bond Liberty Bonds
350 00
1700 00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
119 20
$12647 20
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TREADWELL FUND.
Income:
.
Cash on hand January 1, 1925
$ 300 03
Received from investments
1173 37
$1473 40
Expenditures:
Salaries
$ 50 00
Books, Periodicals
343 30
Transferred to Heard Fund
1000 00
Balance on hand January 1, 1926
80 10
$1473 40
SECURITIES COMPRISING TREADWELL FUND.
50 shares B & M R R Ist pfd class A $ 3150 00
30 shares Old Colony R R pfd 3330 00
25 shares B & P RR pfd 4425 00
25 shares Maine Central R R pfd
1375 00
25 shares B & A R R
4000 00
25 shares Vt & Mass R R
2500 00
1 American T & T Co 4% bond
1430 00
3 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Corp bonds
1200 00
2 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin R R bonds
200 00
1 Quincy, Gas & Electric Heating Co 5% bond
650 00
1 Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern R R bond
350 00
1 Missouri Pacific R R bond
335 00
Liberty bonds
500 00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
117 44
Deposited in Salem Savings Bank
750 00
Deposited in North End Savings Bank
819 32
$25131 76
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Receipts:
Income from investments
$ 42.50
$42.50
1 SECURITIES.
Liberty bonds
$ 1000.00
Cash on hand, January 1, 1926
312.40
$ 1312.40
GEORGE SPILLER FUND.
Liberty bonds
$ 1500 00
$1500 00
MANNING SCHOOL FUND.
Income: Cash on hand Feb. 2, 1925
$ 343 19
Income from investments and rentals
1718 00
$2061 19
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Expenditures:
Taxes, insurance and miscellaneous expenses
$ 1307 34
Salary High School Principal
550 00
Cash on hand Feb. 10, 1926
203 85
$2061 19
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MANNING SCHOOL FUND SECURITIES.
15 shares Patterson Bridge Co $ 1000 00
12 1000 4% Peoria & Eastern Ist mtg bonds
12000 00
1 1000 6% N E Brick Co bond
1000 00
10 shares N E Brick stock 1000 00
3 1000 41/2% National R R Mexico bonds
3000 00
1 1000 4%
1000 00
1 500 4%
500 00
1 100 4%
100 00
Invested in Master's house 7000 00
Invested in Colonial Building
18000 00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
1244 39
$45844 39
R. H. MANNING FUND.
Receipts:
Income from investments
$ 269 50
Interest on Ipswich Savings Bank deposits
330 69
600 19
SECURITIES.
60 shares Patterson Bridge Co
$ 4000 00
22 shares Pere Marquette R R Co common
1848 00
869 00
11 shares Pere Marquette R R Co pfd Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
7772 32
$14489 32
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REPORT OF THE FEOFFEES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Income:
Cash on hand Feb. 2, 1925
$ 834 60
Received from rents
5027 50
Received from taxes
3959 77
Interest on taxes
21 94
Withdrawal from Ipswich Savings Bank
200 00
$10043 81
Disbursements:
Canney Lumber Co, lumber
$ 58 89
W G Brown, expense
15 00
John W Goodhue Corp, supplies
95 48
Wilfred Wile, labor
1288 75
Geo B Brown, lime
3 00
Geo A Schofield & Son, printing
4 40
U S Post Office, postage
4 60
Wm Burridge, carpentry
283 38
E O Peabody, labor
109 50
A C Damon, supplies
51 45
Town of Ipswich, taxes
4580 73
10 80
Sundry persons, abatements on taxes refunds
78
Ralph C Whipple, salary
800 00
S L Connor, services
70 00
Damon & Damon, insurance
128 72
Geo E Farley, treasurer
200 00
Lathrop Bros, teaming
633 00
Charles Miller, painting
51 35
W D Fessenden, carpentry
24 27
F H Wile, labor
24 50
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Town of Ipswich, water George Hayes, labor Ipswich Savings Bank, deposit
14 43
16 30
800 00
$ 9269 33
Cash on hand Feb. 10, 1926
774 48
$ 10043 81
Property in their hands as follows: Little Neck valued at
$ 5000 00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
16490 54
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Essex Farm School 2229 54
$ 23720 08
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE E. FARLEY, Treasurer.
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BROWN SCHOOL FUND.
The Trustees of the Brown School Fund present the follow- ing report for the year 1925:
The Funds are as follows: Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank $ 1456 49
Deposited in Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 1213 73
$ 2670 22
Income since last report: Dividend from Ipswich Savings Bank $ 63 38
Dividend from Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 58 44
$ 121 82
Expenditures: E Warren Dodge, transporting school children of Candlewood District $ 90 00
$ 90 00
Income over expense $ 31 82
Respectfully submitted, A STORY BROWN CHAS G BROWN BENJ R HORTON Trustees.
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THE BURLEY EDUCATION FUND.
The Trustees of the Burley Education Fund hereby submit their one hundredth annual report.
The funds in their hands are as follows:
In Ipswich Savings Bank
$ 1085 99
In
Caldwell Fund 1316 85
In Salem
2212 72
In Five Cents Saving Bank
679 53
Liberty Bonds, second issue
700 00
fourth issue
1000 00
Fifteen shares Boston & Maine common stock
690 00
Total
$ 7685 09
The income for 1925 has been as follows:
From Salcm Five Cents Savings Bank
$28 04
From Salem Savings Bank
96 30
From Ipswich Savings Bank
44 72
From Ipswich Savings Bank, Caldwell Fund
54 20
From Liberty Bonds .
72 25
Total
$295 51
Expended for Safety Deposit Box
$5 00
CHARLES M. KELLY GEORGE W. TOZER A. STORY BROWN JOSEPH T. MORTON RALPH L. PURINTON Trustees.
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INDEX.
Organization
Page 3
Itemized Expense 1925
4
Distribution of Pupils
17
Enrollment of pupils
18
Superintendent's Report
19
Manning High School 36
Junior High School
44
Department of Medical Inspection
49
Music
52
Domestic Science
54
Manual Arts
56
Mechanical Drawing
57
Attendance Report
57
Penny Savings
58
Parent-Teacher Association
58
School Grounds Improvement Trustee, Report of
61
Milk Fund Trustee, Report of
62
Obituary
63
Perfect Attendance Record
70
Report of School Committee
76
Budget of 1925
77
School Calendar
80
No School Signals
81
List of Teachers
82
Auditor's Report
83
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TOFI IPSWICH ROOM Ipswich Public Library Ipswich, Massachusetts Tps. Pin. Bay 352,105 Ipswich 1925
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