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With a commodious and modern Senior High School on the Green Street grounds, the Junior High School could occupy the present Manning building, and all the
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sixth grades could be housed in the Winthrop building. This plan would do away with all basement rooms, pro- vide room for smaller classes throughout all the lower grades, and give ample facilities for extra-curricu- lar activities of the modern type.
Accessibility is the one redeeming feature of the Payne School location. Should the town continue to grow, a modern, four-room building will sometime be needed in this neighborhood.
This would complete our building program for some years to come. Our young people would be given equal opportunity to meet outside competition, and our towns- people would have a school plant to which it could point with satisfaction and justifiable pride.
bituary.
KENNETH BISHOP DAVY June 14, 1928.
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CHESTER MILLER HARDY October 3, 1928.
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MISS MARION R. CHARLES Teacher in Second Grade, Payne School, October 18, 1928.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
By common consent I feel that our local dentists should occupy first place in our commendations for ser- vices given gratuitously for so many years. The chair- man of the School Board was one of the pioneers in this movement and has consistently followed in this line of genuine, helpful service from the very beginning. His associates and co-workers have shown an equal degree of fidelity to an important and necessary phase of mod- ern educational progress and have contributed in no small degree in placing our school achievements among those of first rank. May we not assume that, deep down in the hearts of those who have thus been benefited a measure of real gratitude may be found that will some- time give expression to its appreciation.
Next in line I wish to thank the Chief of Police, Mr. Bleauvelt, for drilling and placing our various traffic squads. The work was new. The boys selected for this work had but a vague notion of what was required of them or how they should proceed in emergency cases. But I am happy to say that the initial training was so well and thoroughly given that no single appeal to higher authority has been made during the year. Such a state- ment must be mutually gratifying to our Chief of Police and to the boys who served under his directions. It speaks volumes in reference to the establishment of right relations between the Police Department and our future. citizens and gives promise of becoming a source of mu- tual help and dependability.
Finally I wish to express my gratitude to all those who have so continuously and efficiently contributed to the welfare and progress of our schools. The harmoni- ous relations existing in our schools today are a source
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of real comfort to me and augur well for the future. The spirit of co-operation was never more in evidence and I know of no defection or feelings other than of good will to exist anywhere in the whole school system.
In closing, then, let me again thank our Committee, the Principals of our schools, of whose helpfulness and loyalty I wish to make special acknowledgment, the teachers and supervisors who have so cheerfully sec- onded our efforts, the School Physician and School Nurse, whose watchfulness and skill have warded off many a danger, the janitors and taxi men whose strict attention to duties, sometimes unpleasant, have been so helpful, and last, but not least, the Supervisor of Attend- ance, whose work has contributed so materially in main- taining the right attitude towards school and school at- tendance, to these, each and all, I tender my grateful thanks.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH I. HORTON, Superintendent of Schools.
MANNING HIGH SCHOOL
Mr. Joseph I. Horton,
Superintendent of Schools, Ipswich, Massachusetts,
Dear Sir:
I hereby submit to you my ninth annual report as principal of Manning High School.
I think you realize with me the pleasure that accom- panies a thoughtful review of the experiences of this pe-
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riod. It is impossible to state here many of the instances, but each year bring to my mind more definitely the place of the public school in our country. During the past year many graduates of our school have come back to us with evidence of constant growth and development until they are at present filling positions of responsibility and re- ceiving financial remuneration in proportion to their sev- eral abilities. I like to look back to the picture of the first appearance of any of these graduates and follow the development through high school and into the life pursued after graduation from high school. I realize that you follow the development from a much earlier period in the child's school life.
From the first grade the true teacher is visualizing the development of the child on through the succeeding steps and we cannot help but realize some satisfaction in our work. We sometimes feel that no one in a position to help us accomplish the best for the pupil is willing to take the time to study our problems and provide for our work.
I have taken some pride in attempting to build up and to keep alive certain policies in school. I have called your attention to many of our weaknesses from year to year and I am only attempting to refer you to a few of those.
Our salary scale is still at least $200.00 below the average of the state and much lower than in other schools of our class.
Our library is entirely inadequate. We are still us- ing many out-of-date text books. We are attempting to do laboratory work with no laboratory and very little equipment. We are using our assembly hall for a class room. Toilet facilities are inadequate.
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We are attempting to give training comparable to that in other similar towns at about two-thirds of the expense there.
This policy would possibly be all right if our gradu- ates stay in Ipswich, but if we hope for our graduates a training that will enable them to compete with graduates from other schools, we must acquaint them with some of the tools that others are using.
For two years we made some headway in equipment but during the past year no provision was made for addi- tional equipment.
I realized a year ago the uncertainty of industrial conditions and I realize that conditions are still below normal, but it does seem that we should not handicap our present school population. I hope to see a more definite study of our real needs, and it seems worth while to make some definite comparisons. I believe if those who pride themselves on cutting down school expenses would visit a few schools of average equipment, they would find that we are really suffering under a very false economy.
We expect our teachers to put in time in training, in attending meetings in their departments, and to sub- scribe to and read educational journals but teachers have no word in the provision of conditions under which they teach.
School methods and equipment have of necessity changed to meet the changes in the home and community. The school is expected to provide opportunities for the child that were formally provided in the home and along with this added duty the school is expected to adapt its instruction to the community changes.
There is no doubt but that it costs more to provide twelve years of school training at present than it did in 1900 or some more remote time, according to the period
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in the mind of the person considering the problem. The high school in the state of Massachusetts is providing for over three times as many pupils at present as it did in. 1900. The value of the dollar is only $ .57 as compared to the dollar of prewar days. No doubt the above figures. hold true in Ipswich and if this is true, we are trying to meet the new conditions with very little increased cost. We opened school this fall with 30 per cent change in the teaching force. I believe the effect is obvious to any thinking person.
We were unable to hold an assembly of the school during the last of the past school year and I feel the re- sults were evident. There is much to be gained through these assemblies and even though the appearance of the building or the convenience of the hall is not improved, we are pleased to report that the hall can be used for some assemblies.
Regular morning assembly is held and at least once a month we have an assembly with a program provided by a home room. We are always pleased to have an assembly with a speaker coming to us from the outside and we hope to have several such assemblies this year.
The special activities such as club work and socials are carried on as usual. It is a very great pleasure to report the organization of a band under the direction of Mr. Tozer. The instruments were received early last fall and the rehearsals have begun. The development is cer- tinly pleasing. We owe much to the Rotary Club in its help in raising money for the instruments. A committee was appointed last spring. This committee felt that if a reasonable proportion of the graduates of the school would contribute one dollar each, the task would be easy. A letter was sent to as many of the graduates as could be located and even though the response was not creditable
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there were many favorable replies. There is at this time nearly $200 to be raised and there is a demand for more instruments. This is one of the most creditable projects attempted in our school for some time, and I hope more of our graduates will have a part in this enterprise.
We believe that more of the younger pupils will be- gin to study some instrument.
The time has come when athletics are no longer con- sidered an extra activity. They have a very definite place in the physical education program and although we are falling far short of what is expected in our physical edu- cation, we are helping a much larger group than ever before. Our athletic teams have been a credit to the school and even though the score is a small consideration, we like to win. We have won our share of victories dur- ing the past year.
The girls have had more opportunities for play dur- ing the past year and teachers have put in all possible time to help them.
Ipswich has the foundation for a worth while school playground and I feel that the school authorities should assume the responsibility of raising in the yearly budget a sum of money adequate to provide some playground equipment for the children and to provide suitable im- provements to the grounds. I feel that provisions should be made for employing an instructor for the playground for at least the period of summer vacations. This may appear to some as extraneous to the high school, but I am thoroughly convinced that our boys and girls entering high school would profit by this training for an equiva- lent cost. I feel also that some gain would be made in helping to keep children from the streets.
The schools are concerned with the general develop- ment of the child and even though we may feel that the
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home can take the responsibility during the vacation, they cannot well supervise group play, and unsupervised play develops mob spirit. The present playground com- mittee has accomplished much in the care of the play- ground but much more can be accomplished by provid- ing for necessary repairs.
Graduation is first of all that step from the public school into some new environment but to the teacher graduation seems to be a period of final examination of results. The teacher sees the child from a different angle from that of the parent. We cannot help but make some comparisons, but we endeavor in the public school to help each individual to develop to the limit of his capacity. We do get much satisfaction in the results as evidenced in many cases. We find some who, because of the limits placed in the home, develop very slowly. The boy or girl in high school must begin to make decisions, to take a little initiative, and to meet a few of life's problems, but he must begin also to consider others and realize that he has certain obligations to the school and to the commu- nity.
The greater part of our graduates formulate some plan for the future but some fail to become inter- ested in any definite plans. I do not wish to give the im- pression that everyone should go to college or normal school, but I do believe that every graduate should look forward to some life work in which he is to continue to develop.
It is interesting to study the present employment of our graduates of past years but it would take too much space to summarize here. I do feel, however, that it is worth while to follow our graduates for at least the first half-year and I submit the list of last year's graduates as follows :
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CLASS OF 1928
Bronek Alhourk
Ruth Arthur
Courtney Bickerton
Working
Chandler Secretarial School
St. John's Preparatory School
St. John's Preparatory School At Home
Bowdoin College At Home Almy, Bigelow & Washburn Co., Salem
·Maude Emerson
Miss Pierce's School
Peter Gonis
Elizabeth Gove
Boston University
Earl Greenlaw
Bowdoin College
Althea Howe Charles Lampropoulos
Bates College University of Maine
Ruth Millard
Post Graduate
Trafford Morong
General Electric at Lynn
Mary Patch
Boston University
Irene Woleyko
Chandler Secretarial School
Mary Zervas
Jackson College
Harold Atkinson
Boston
Anna Blunda
Salem Commercial
Doris Comeau
At Home
Dorothy Conant
Florida
Hilda Fannon Frances Hardy
George Hayes (Plumbing)
Burnham's Trading Post
Charles Hills
Bixby's Store
Doris Scahill
Hayward's Mill
Mabel Spencer
John Hancock Insurance Co.
Marjorie Bragdon Theodore Ciolek
Francis Connor Charlotte Dodge Richard Durham Robert Elwell Doris Bickerton
Northeastern University Post Graduate
New York University
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Esther Stultz
Florida (Tea Room)
Thelma Bailey
James Bates
Miss Graves' School of Designing Sanborn Seminary
Florence Bourque
At Home
Joseph Carey
Working
Alice Ciolek
Salem Normal
Stella Ciolek
Salem Normal
Robert Cole
Northeastern University
Clarence Dupray
At Home
John Goodhue
Boston University
Esther Grant
At Home
Albert Hall
New England Tel. & Tel.
Lois Hall artley Hills
At Home
W. G. Horton
Viola Jianakountzos
At Home
Evelyne Johnson
Salem Normal
Mary McTernan
Post Graduate
Glenna Pollard
At Home
Allison Sheppard Ruth Stultz
Working Essex Agricultural College
The class as graduated in June was the largest class to graduate up to the present time and it seems probable that the class of 1929 will be larger.
Graduation exercises have come to be very popular and we find many people who would undoubtedly attend if they could find room. We have felt that by holding the various exercises at different times a larger number of people are permitted to attend. We have for several years carried out a plan for the week and results are pleasing. Our first attempt to put on a class day exercise resulted in an audience of about 35 people. The growth of interest has been very rapid until last year's class pre- sented their class day program in Town Hall before more than 500 people.
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Whatever we attempt in our school work is attempt- ed with the one idea of aiding in the all-around develop- ment of our pupils. No doubt there are mistakes in judg- ment and I think you will agree that in our contacts with nearly 300 different individuals coming from nearly as many homes we may fail at times to do the best possible for the individual, but even parents sometimes fail to direct the development of the child as they would like to direct it.
In general we find a whole hearted support from parents in our work and I feel sure that most parents recognize the results of training as evidenced in the teacher.
I am convinced that every parent is interested in the best possible training for the child and it is interest- ing to note the effect of the home in each case. It is always difficult to see the weaknesses in our friends and members of our family, and we find some parents who find it difficult to make just comparisons of their children with other children.
We are sincerely trying to help each pupil coming to us to adjust himself to the group and take his place in school life. It is a credit to any pupil to be recognized hy his school mates as a leader and during the last two years of high school work we find pupils judging their school mates much as teachers judge them. They recog- nize ability to organize, to lead in the various activities and in scholarship.
In closing I wish to express my appreciation of the untiring efforts of our teachers, the sincere co-operation of Mrs. Baxter in our library work, and the confidence and interest expressed by parents.
I want to express my appreciation to the members
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of our committee who take time from their busy lives to study our school problems and help us in our work.
I wish to recognize your untiring efforts and con- stant study for the development of our schools. Only those in close contact with school work can appreciate the unselfish effort you make. You are intrusted with the scientific supervision and direction of the public schools. of Ipswich, and in you we place our confidence and pledge to you our complete co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH C. WHIPPLE, Principal.
FIFTY-FOURTH
Annual Commencement
OF THE
MANNING HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1928 THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1928.
Program
Marching Song
Defend America The School Chorus
Invocation
Rev. William S. Webb
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A Song of the Sca Nevin
Boys' Glee Club
Essay Doctrina Omnia Vincit Elizabeth Gove
Essay
Aviation
Mary Patch
The House By the Side of the Road Gulesian
The School Chorus
Essay Journalism in Relation to Civilization Richard Durham
Essay
Ten Years Later
Althea Howe
With You, Dear Scott
The Girls' Glee Club
Address
Rev. Henry H. Crane
Presentation of Prizes
Presentation of Diplomas
Dr. Ernest J. Smith Chairman of School Committee
Benediction
Rev. William S. Webb
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WINTHROP SCHOOL.
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To the Superintendent of Schools,
Ipswich, Mass.
Dear Sir:
With pleasure I submit my report of the Winthrop School.
We have an enrollment of four hundred thirty-two pupils, about twenty-five more than last year. The sev- enth grade is the largest division. In order to accommo- date this grade we found it necessary to place forty-six pupils in each of the two larger rooms. The recent epi- demic of colds has lowered our percentage of attendance, which had been very regular up to this time.
We have made very little change in the curriculum, our plan of last year has been quite closely followed. In September we lost no time in organizing. Our teachers being familiar with the school work and its routine, we were able to start the regular work almost as soon as school opened. The work has steadily progressed until the recent epidemic of colds caused the absence of teach- ers and pupils. For the time being this absence some- what retarded the work.
We are trying to keep as nearly as possible to the fundamentals; but, at the same time, to expand and en- rich as much as possible in order to broaden the training of the children in preparation for good citizenship.
The Franklin Education Course in Drawing is prov- ing very satisfactory. The pupils are interested and en- joy the work very much. At the same time they are gaining a thorough knowledge of the foundation princi-
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ples in drawing and increasing their power of concentra- tion.
Regular physical exercises in the form of setting-up drills are held daily under the leadership of the boys and girls, supervised by the class-room teachers. This work is sometimes varied in the lower grades by the use of the Victor victrola records. In the upper grades, in order to make the work more interesting, a number of group com- petition contests have been held. These competition drills are a great force in mental and moral development of the child. Drills under pupil leadership are very stim- ulating and valuable to children of junior high school age.
Preparing material for the school paper helped the pupils in the correct use of English. It was an added in- centive for them to do their very best work. It was found difficult to meet the cost of printing the paper, therefore, for the present, it has been discontinued. Teachers have made a great effort, this year to develop an apprecia- tion for good reading. Many pupils have received state certificates for reading a certain number of books and correctly reporting on same.,
The classes in Domestic Science and Manual Arts are doing excellent work under their respective teachers ; but some of the classes are much too large to obtain the best results.
Teachers are striving to maintain the same high standard of penmanship as has been manifested in for- mer years. This year they are working under a check system, which has been worked out by the supervisor of penmanship.
The schools of the town did not hold a public exhi- bition of school work this past year and as the pupils had done very creditable work during the year an exhibition
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was held in the lower hall of the building where the par- ents and friends might call to see the work. We were very much pleased with the number of people who re- sponded to our invitation. The same work was later sent to the Topsfield Fair.
As a part of the program for educational week a ses- sion of schools was held in the evening. It was a great pleasure and satisfaction to teachers to meet so many parents during the evening, the number being far in excess of any other year.
The last period in the afternoon is given to instruc- tions in character building. Stories or poems which have a moral or teach a lesson, are read by the children and by the teachers. Often some little gem of poetry is re- cited by the pupils. We try to inculcate in the children the principles of the cardinal virtues, obedience to au- thority and reverence for God. We are striving to do something toward helping these children to become good and useful citizens and worthy members of their homes.
Teachers and pupils are deeply grateful to our school nurse, Miss Stewart. She knows each child personally and she alone is familiar with the home life of every pupil. Each day many children pass her inspection,- some receive advice, others have wounds bandaged or dressed by her. From the knowledge gained through her examinations we are enabled to decide questions concerning the health and work of the child.
In last year's report I made mention of a change in some of our text books. We still are in need of a dif- ferent Hygiene book for all grades and a new text book in History for grade seven. In addition to these it would be well to purchase a new text in Arithmetic for grade seven and a new set of Literature books for grade eight. It would also be of great advantage if a correct time-
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keeping clock were placed in the room of the principal.
Seventy-four children graduated in June. This is a smaller number than received diplomas a year previous. We substituted for the graduation play the old style graduation of essay and declamation, which to a great many people was more satisfactory and pleasing than a drama. Many of the graduates did not enter Manning High in September as they were obliged by circumstances to go to work. The program and names of the graduates follow.
The same excellent teachers have remained with us this year. They have continued to work willingly and long for the welfare of their pupils. They have co- operated with enthusiasm and ability. On the other hand an excellent school spirit and a spirit of work and co-operation are manifested among the pupils. All are working together most effectively and this year has been one of earnest endeavor.
Respectfully submitted,
KATHARINE F. SULLIVAN.
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GRADUATES, JUNE, 1928.
Helen Augusta Alhowik Frances Ames
Margaret Wilson Arthur
Helen Mary Koziol 1
Gianefa Ann Kubie Theodore Frank Latacki
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Grover Cleveland Bailey 1
Walter Francis Bartnicky Victor Ernest Baxter Louis Bokron Gardiner Appleton Bolles Arthur Brennan James Arnold Brooks Phyllis Eleanor Brown Jane Ann Budzianowski John Lambert Burke Harold Chambers Nicholas Christopoulous Evelyn Frances Craton Gladys Irene Cummings Flossie May Day Orlando De Amario Evelyn Caldwell Dodge Marjorie Annie Dolan Elsie Frances Dunbar Michael Fred Frydrych George Peter Galanis John Costas Galanis George Walter Greene William Parker Hall Dorothy Muriel Harris Mary Elizabeth Haskell Arthur George Heath Thomas Woodrow Hills John Thomas Horsman Corinne Evangeline Hull Paul Karchonas
Eleanor Mary King Joseph Louis Kobos Eva Gertrude Kotek
Sigrid Erica Lind George Thomas Lord Frederick Saml. Mackinney Richard Ricker Mansfield Stella Ann Marcinkiewicz Forrest William McGilvary Felicksa Katherine Merchut Blanche Sophia Michon Francis DeWolf Mullins Arthur George Nikas Alice Piepszak Kenneth Franklin Poor Henry Stephen Prisby Stanley Walter Prisby Irene Mary Robicheau loyd Scott
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