Town annual report of Ipswich 1930, Part 12

Author: Ipswich (Mass.:Town)
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: Lynn News Press / J. F. Kimball
Number of Pages: 334


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In closing, allow me to extend my sincere thanks to you for all timely suggestions and help, to my teachers for their cooperation and loyalty and to all others who have given me assistance.


Respectfully submitted,


AUGUSTA A. GRENACHE.


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PAYNE SCHOOL


Mr. Joseph I. Horton,


Superintendent of Schools,


Dear Sir :


The enrollment this year of one hundred five pupils is somewhat smaller than that of previous years.


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We wish to thank you for procuring for us the new arithmetic pads which contain so many valuable prob- lems. In using these pads the teacher is saved an endless amount of work in writing problems on the board, and the pupil is provided with a large number of well graded and practical problems.


Our school buildings are now in better condition than has been the case in the past. The interiors of both buildings have been painted and now present a cleaner and more attractive appearance.


Two new hall closets have been built, one in each building. For these we are especially grateful, as they provide us with room to keep an adequate supply of nec- essary materials in our own buildings and thus do away with the inconvenience of sending to the office so fre- quently for supplies.


The new heater, which was installed last winter in the smaller building, is giving excellent service.


The grounds at the back of the buildings have been cleared and a new steel fence erected across the rear of the school yard, which now presents a neater appear- ance.


For these repairs and improvements we wish to thank you and the members of the school committee ..


Respectfully submitted,


GRACE A. BOWLEN.


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DOMESTIC SCIENCE


To the Superintendent of Schools,


Ipswich, Mass.,


Dear Sir :


I take pleasure in presenting by first annual report of the Domestic Science Department.


The aim of the two courses offered in this depart- ment is to equip the girls for homemaking.


The girls in the sixth grades make their towel, head- band and holder to use in the eighth grade when they take cooking. Their work is progressing so rapidly that they will have time to take up two more problems than are scheduled for them.


The seventh grade girls are not progressing as rap- idly as they should in sewing, due to the large number in the classes and lack of sufficient equipment. There are only four sewing machines for a class of twenty-four girls. The seventh grade girls make their cooking aprons and an underwear problem.


In the eighth grade the girls are having cooking. The course includes three projects; first, the preparing of foods suitable for breakfast and the serving of a breakfast, second, the preparation and serving of a


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luncheon and third, the preparation and serving of a dinner. The girls are looking forward to serving a din- ner for the members of the School Committee.


Camp cooking for the boys of the Junior High School has been started this year. The boys show a great deal of enthusiasm and do their work well.


The High School class in sewing is progressing rap- idly: The course includes an underwear problem, the making of a woolen skirt, a blouse, a cotton dress, a rayon or silk dress with set-in sleeves and a child's gar- ment. The girls are encouraged to bring garments from home to be made over. The High School girls are mak- ing sample books which include many different stitches and seams used in garmen tmaking.


During the first two weeks in November cocoa was sold to the pupils who brought their lunches to school. This did not prove successful as there was not enough sold ot pay for making the cocoa.


I hope the schedule may be arranged for another year to include more classes in cooking. Only one year of cooking is offered to three or more years of sewing.


I wish to thank Miss Sullivan, Mr. Whipple, the School Committee and you Mr. Horton for your helpful advice and cooperation.


Respectfully submitted,


E. FRANCIS PARKER.


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MANUAL ARTS


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Mr. Joseph I. Horton,


Superintendent of Schools,


Dear Sir:


In compliance with your request I submit this re- port of the activities of the Manual Training Department together with such suggestions as I have to offer.


Thus far this year I have had the high school classes concentrate on putting the shop in a condition as nearly ideal as possible, believing that the best results and maxi- mum efficiency can come through good working condi- tions. With that in mind the tool-room has been remod- eled making it possible to keep track of the tools and note their condition. Things in general have been re-arranged and a place made for everything. The benches have been repaired and the tops are being resurfaced. Guards have been placed on the saw and jointer and rubber matting laid on the floor around both machines as a safety pre- caution.


It is quite a job getting all of the boys to work upon something which will satisfy the boy, the parent, the school authorities, and myself. Therefore the high school students have been given more or less freedom in the


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selection of projects while proper care and use of tools, workmanship, thoroughness, accuracy, neatness, and in- dustrial procedure is stressed in the hope that they will get more than an easy point out of the work. All high school boys taking Manual Training are also given some preliminary drawing that will lead up to the blueprint reading later in the year.


Beginning in the sixth grade and continuing through the eighth year, certain projects are required of all stu- dents. These are selected to serve as the media thru which the accepted essentials of instruction are to be pre- sented to the boys.


To improve this department I recommend laying a wooden floor in the shop, installing a metal lumber rack, and purchasing a set of text books and instruction sheets for woodworking. Another thing which is well to have in mind that should come sooner or later is a portable sanding machine.


In Mechanical Drawing a general course is given in the first year whereby the pupils receive thorough in- struction in the basic drawing practices, enabling him to leave with a working knowledge or ordinary mechani- cal drawing or to go into industry with a foundation for the particular work of that concern. Continuing in this study, sheet metal, machine, perspective, and architec- tural drawing are taken up.


Through the interest of Mr. Arthur Johnson and the generosity of Mrs. Arthur W. Dow I hope to start in- struction in printing in the near future. We have parti- tioned off a portion of the hall for this purpose. With the introduction of this I believe it is time to consider a new arrangement of classes so that those not fitted for or not interested in manual training would not require the time that is so badly needed in the drawing and printing work.


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i might say at this time that were the time and room available there are enough high school students who are interested to warrant two large classes in both wood- working and Mechanical Drawing. This year a number were turned down who elected this work for just those reasons.


In closing I wish to express my appreciation to Miss Sullivan and Mr. Whipple for their cooperation and in- terest and to you for your encouragement in the work of this department.


Respectfully submitted, RODERICK E. MacDONALD.


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LINEBROOK SCHOOL


Superintendent of Schools,


Ipswich, Mass.,


Dear Sir:


At present I have an enrollment of nineteen pupils which includes all grades from the first to the seventh. Of this, six are boys and thirteen are girls.


Linebrook children are kept informed of the outside activities by reading Our Weekly Reader. Two bulletins of World Events in Pictures have also been placed in the school.


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A sub-library is being conducted for the children. , Thirty books are taken from the Ipswich Public Library monthly.


This year the children's teeth are being attended to by the Dental Clinic instead of the Parent Teacher's Asso- ciation.


We have been very fortunate to have recently ac- quired a First Aid Kit which is a necessity in the school- room.


Respectfully submitted, ELEANOR M. CASALI.


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DEPARTMENT OF HYGIENE AND MEDICAL INSPECTION


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN


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Mr. Joseph I. Horton,


Superintendent of Schools,


Ipswich, Mass., 1 Dear Sir :


While in 1929 the incidence of contagious and infec- tious diseases was the smallest for a number of years,


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being only 58, the number reported in 1930 was 312, the largest number to be reported since 1918, the year of the Influenza Epidemic. There were 25 cases of Influenza in 1929, while this year not a single case was reported.


Between the first of March and the last of May Measles were epidemic, 245 cases being reported. This, of course seriously interfered with school attendance. More than half of these children had no physician, and the diagnosis of the disease was determined by follow- up work on the part of the physician and nurse of the Division of Hygiene of the Health Department. Taken- by and large-the health of the pupils has been good.


A general immunization against Diphtheria has been given the pupils. This work was carried on jointly by the Board of Health and the State District Health Offi- cer. Its beneficial results ought to be in evidence the coming year.


As all the Diphtheria cases reported were among children in the Shatswell School it was deemed wise to test all the children of this school to determine if there were any carrier among them. These tests were made by 'the same parties who did the immunizing. At this writ- ing not sufficient returns have been received and anal- yzed to warrant an official publication of the same.


The daily Clinic for school children, now in its fourth year, has already done more work than in any previous full school year, the report of the School Nurse will doubtless deal with certain phases of it.


The whole number of pupils examined for record was 1445, there being 1133 in the grades and 312 in the High School. There were four more in the High School than last year, and eighteen less in the grades, the High School enrollment being the largest in its history.


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Impetigo and other irruptive diseases which caused some exclusion from school are pretty well cleared up now and it is to be hoped that there will be no more dis- eases that will cause further exclusions from school.


Thanking you and the teachers for sympathetic help- fulness in the work we have been carrying on, Mr. Super -- intendent, I am,


Most respectively yours, GEORGE E. MacARTHUR, M. D.


SCHOOL NURSE REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31st, 1930


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Mr. Joseph I. Horton, Superintendent of Schools, Ipswich, Mass.,


· Dear Sir :


The duties and schedules of the School Nurse are well known to the citizens of Ipswich and herewith is submitted a few remarks concerning my work as con- nected with the Health Department rather than a regu- lar report.


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School Health Service includes those things which we do for the child to protect his health, and during the elementary school years our main objective is to try to establish in the child the habits of right living and think- ing; this all tending to the wholesome development to manhood and womanhood.


I have had occasion to know that these teachings have been recalled by many of the pupils in later years. For instance, a young man said to me the other day that he realizes now what the object of the health talks in school meant and wished he had done the things talked of then, concerning especially his TEETH. He assured me that he was conscientiously doing all the things now in an effort to overcome the results caused by the care- lessness of school days.


Another young man remembering the Health Teach- ings of his school days in Ipswich requested information from the Health Department to be used in his school work and that young man is today teaching Physical Education.


The Burley, Shatswell and Winthrop schools have a health room where clinic facilities are available to teachers for first aid or, during periods of temporary min- or illnesses. Pupils emulative health records are filed in these rooms and teachers have access to them at any time. The physical defect notices, required by the state to be sent to the parent, are left with the teachers so that they may know just what is wrong with each individual child. These are forwarded by them to the parent. The Payne, Linebrook and High School records are filed in the Win- throp Building, the central office of the Health Depart- ment.


At the fourth clinic of predisposed tuberculos chil- dren, conducted by Dr. Zack of the state department of


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health, six of the thirteen children were discharged "WELL." This was gratifying to parents and school, alike.


For the benefit of the parents who do not under- stand Why, children returning to school from communica- ble diseases are sent to the "Central Office" will find the reason listed below :


"The STATE BOARD recommends a certificate from the Board of Health covering the return to school of such child," and as the chirman of that board is the school physician it would seem that the Central Office is the most convenient place to obtain the necessary certificate.


The school nurse attended in December the com- bined "Health and Educational Conference," conducted by the State each year at Salem Normal School, and which she has attended each year. In reference to the confer- ence I am, as school nurse, pleased to find that the work in our department equals that done in many larger places. Respectfully submitted,


MARTHA J. STEWART, R. N.


DIRECTOR OF MUSIC


Mr. Joseph I. Horton,


Supertendent of Schools,


My dear Sir:


May I submit the following report.


There has been no change in the methods of teach-


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ing music in the grade schools for the past few years. We feel that we are obtaining the best results under the present system and any radical change would seem to be unwise. I assure you that I deeply appreciate the co- operation of the teachers that I am receiving. More time should be given by the supervisor to the various rooms in the Junior High School. Under the present arrange- ment, he meets the pupils once each week, and then in a group of almost three hundred. Of course, no attention can be given the individual. May I suggest, in passing, that you consider the advisability of allowing the gradu- ating class of the Junior High to present a Cantata at their next graduation. It has never been done in Ipswich and I am sure we have the material with which to work. It shoud prove to be both interesting and instructive.


Your supervisor of music needs another day for his work in the schools. He has to visit twenty-six rooms, rehearse a Junior High chorus, a Senior High chorus, Glee club and Band. All this in the space of two days. It just cannot be done. And of course there is no time for an orchestra. We have a band of forty-two pieces, which should rehearse twice each week, instead of once. We should have both a dance and concert orchestra, and also time for consultations with the pupils. An added day would provide time for this and I assure you that our boys and girls in the high school would appreciate it. It is at this time that the work in the grades begins to show the training the pupils have received. May I sug- gest for the benefit of our High School, that an extra day be granted them ?


Thanking you and the teachers for your kindness during the past year, I am,


Sincerely yours,


ARTHUR HAROLD TOZER. Ipswich, Jan. 15, 1931.


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DRAWING SUPERVISOR


Mr. Joseph I. Horton,


Superintendent of Schools,


Ipswich, Mass.,


My dear Mr. Horton,


At your invitation to give a report as to the con- dition of the Ipswich Schools, pertaining to the subject of Drawing as now administered by you and your prin- cipals thru the use of the Franklin Educational System, I trust is of interest and educational value.


This is the fourth year of the installation of the system including my personal inspection at various times whereby the fundamental principles underlying the dif- ferent courses may be enriched and their educational content increased by closer application to better meth- ods of representation.


There has been a steady increase in teaching power by teachers who have made a serious and close study of the fundamental principles and their correct application and who have taken a just pride in their own growth in teaching power plus the ability to take class majorities over in clearness of thought and reasoning power that formerly required the services of a specialist has now been accomplished by your teaching corps.


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During the last two years there has been evolved a system whereby the Principals of each building now wisely control and direct the courses and instruct new teachers in methods that has increased the efficiency of the system, in fact their co-operation and suggestions have proved to be a veritable gold mine, the deeper the ore of discussion goes, the broader the vein of under- standing and it is a distinct gain to your school system.


Pupils and teachers manifest a growing interest and class results pertain now to principalships and the teach- ing corps, as no spring rises higher than its source, so class results are largely dependent on the resoursefulness, versatility, good taste and intellectual morality of the teachers, who to say the least have contaminated me with these ideals for which I desire to express my gratitude.


In closing I sincerely wish to express my gratitude to the individual members of your school board and your- self for the continued use of the Franklin System.


Very respectfully yours, W. LORING ADAMS,


Author Franklin System.


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LINEBROOK PARENT-TEACHER ASS'N


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To the Supt. of Schools,


Ipswich, Mass.


The Linebrook Parent-Teachers Association still con- tinues its work for the people of Linebrook road. Every month the Association meets at the home of some mem- ber. The Linebrook School profits mostly by these month- ly meetings. One of the main discussions at every meet- ing is about what can be done for the School Children. Last year the association did much in helping the correc- tion of the Childrens dental defects. Plans are being made for the placing of window screens in the school to protect the children from the annoying flies and mosqui- toes. The Association sends cards and flowers to cheer the unfortunate sick and shut-ins. It is well known for its successful social functions. Even the townspeople are anxious to be present at their suppers. The Association has donated $10 to the Red Cross.


GERTRUDE J. RILEY,


Secretary.


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NO SCHOOL SIGNALS OF THE IPSWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS


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 11.30-No Afternoon Session in the FIRST SIX GRADES.


In the absence of any signal at 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.


On stormy days when the FIRST SIX GRADES are excused for the day by the 8 and 11.30 o'clock signals, the Junior and Senior High Schools will each have a sin- gle session closing at 1.30 P. M. The 11.30 o'clock sig- nal will give parents ample warning for postponing the dinner hour.


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Fifty-Sixth Annual Commencement


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MANNING HIGH SCHOOL


Class of 1930


Thursday, June 30th, 1930


Program


M. H. S. March Tozer


M. H. S. Band


Invocation


Rev. Frederick C. Wilson


The Lost Chord


Sullivan


M. H. S. Chorus


Essay Ipswich As The Birthplace of American Independence Mary Henderson


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Essay The Trust Funds of Ipswich


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Edward Dolan


a. A Cake Shop Romance . Osborne


b. The Life Clock . . Arnstein


M. H. S. Glee Club


Essay . Nathaniel Ward and His Contribution to the Massachusetts of Today


Mary Brennan


Essay . The Puritan and the Progress of Liberty Melvin Haley


Stein Song


. Fenstad


M. H. S. Orchestra


Address


Professor Harry W. Tyler


Presentation of Prizes


Presentation of Diplomas


Charles E. Goodhue, Jr., Chairman of School Committee


Benediction


Rev. Frederick C. Wilson


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Graduates of June 19, 1930.


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COLLEGE PREPARATORY


Helen Evelyn Bemis. *Mary Henderson


*Mary Teresa Brennan *Gretchen Lovell


Russell Peter Czyryca Sumner Low Raymond


*Edward Lewis Dolan Marion Saltzberg


Phyllis Elizabeth Haggerty


SCIENTIFIC COURSE


Jarvis Lamson Appleton Kathleen Mildred Theresa Morphew


Hope Kathleen Claxton.


Chester Joseph Patch


Arthur Leland Cole . Fredesick Payson Pickard


Charlotte Sophie Cuik .


Chandler Benson Todd


Kenneth Angus MacLeod


COMMERCIAL COURSE


Irma Lillian Conant. Dorothea Augusta Scahill


Althea Frazier.


Virginia Isabell Scahill


Helen Lampropoulos Virginia Mae Smith


Rufina Kathleen Pollard Elsie Martha Watson


GENERAL COURSE


Vassilios Louca Ahlada Warren Henry McGregor .


Ruth Mandia Bailey .


Edward Richard Perry


Herbert Foster Bowen Laureen Elizabeth Phelan


Paul Arthur Callahan . Leonard John Phelan


Helen Todd Foster Phyllis Lynds Pickard


Ethel Galanis Edith Jane Richardson


Melvin Daniels Haley


Flora Louisa Rust


George Orville Hall


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. .Joseph Charles Saroka


Samuel Koffman. Marietta Dane Scotton


Thelma Lillian MacKenney Catherine Beatrice Sheehan


Margaret Mary MacLean Joseph John Sikora


Phyllis Edwina McCormick Mary Maxwell Stone


CLASS OFFICERS


President. Melvin D. Haley


Vice President. . Paul Callahan


Secretary Samuel Koffman


Treasurer Edward Dolan


*Pupils who have maintained a rank of 85 per cent or above for four years


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LIST OF TEACHERS IN IPSWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS


Joseph I. Horton, Superintendent


HIGH


Ralph C. Whipple, Principal


Robert D. Conary


Mrs. Ruth A. Lord


E. Margaret Allen


Mary E. Swett


Helen J. Blodgett


Evalyn E. Mann


Elizabeth J. Atwood


James M. Burke


M. Katherine Blood Harry S. Merson


Mrs. Ethelinda G. Cruickshank


WINTHROP


Katherine F. Sullivan, Principal


Mrs. Belle D. Rogers


Helen Humphrey


Mrs. Lena J. Atherley Hortense Knowlen Blanche L. Oxner


Rosamond Reilly


Violet L. Hawkins


Margaret Phelan Mrs. Blanche E. J. LeightonZella Zuoski Anna F. Kinsella


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BURLEY


Mrs. Nellie T. Smith, Principal


Nellie J. Sojka


Anne E. Friend


Mrs. Elizabeth C. Weare


Jennie A. Jiankountzos


Zelda Hayes


Ruth Gilday


Mrs. Alice D. Moran


Mrs. Margaret Howard


Dorothy A. Williams


Ruth M. Brown


SHATSWELL


Mrs. Augusta A. Grenache, Principal


Ethel M. Archer


Norma Paige


Ruth F. Joyce


Alice C. Peterson


Mrs. Hilda J. Schofield


Mona E. Munro


Ruby N. Freethey


Mary A. Nourse


Mary Bond


PAYNE


Grace A. Bowlen, Principal


Angelica M. Gamboa Lucy Ardell Kimball LINEBROOK


Eleanor M. Casali


SPECIAL


Arthur H. Tozer, Music


Roderick MacDonald, Manual Arts


Frances E. Parker, Domestic Science Mary F. Lucey, General Martha J. Stewart, Nurse


JOSEPH I. HORTON


In account with FREE MILK FUND


Dr.


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Cr. 1930


Jan. 1. Balance in Bank $24.46


July 30. Amount in Bank $35.81


Interest accrued 1.35


$25.81


Total


$25.81


1931


Jan. 1. Amount in Bank $25.81


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Respectfully submitted,


JOSEPH I. HORTON.


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MRS. BESSIE B. DAMON


In account with SCHOOL GROUNDS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION


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Dr.


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1930


1930


Jan. 1. Balance in Savings


May 10. Paid Wilfred


Bank


$80.08


Wile, labor $42.00


July Interest added


2.20


May 10. Paid Francis


Wade, labor 17.30


Total


$82.28


Balance in Bank


22.98


1931


Jan. 1. Balance in Bank $22.98


$82.28


Respectfully submitted,


MRS. BESSIE B. DAMON, Treas.


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ATTENDANCE REPORT


To the Superintendent of Schools :


I herewith submit my annual report:


I have investigated one hundred thirty cases of ab- sence and have had occasion to bring but one case to the attention of the Court. All others have been accounted for. One hundred and two labor certificates were issued during the year.


Respectfully, GEORGE W. TOZER, Supervisor of Attendance.


SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1930 - 31


TERM


BEGIN'S CLOSEŠ


Winter


Dec. 29, 1930 Feb. 20, 1931


Spring


March 2, 1931 April 17, 1931


Summer


April 27, 1931 June 18, 1931


Fall


Sept. 9, 1931 Dec. 23, 1931


Teachers must report for duty on Tuesday, Septem- ber 8, at 9 A. M., previous to the opening of school for the Fall Term. Examination of pupils who failed of pro- motion in June will also take place on that day.


HOLIDAYS


Every Saturday ; Columbus Day, October 12; Wed- nesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving Week, January 1; February 22; Good Friday; April 19; Memorial Day.


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Index.


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School Committee Page 5


Superintendent 10


High School 37


Winthrop 48'


Burley . 57


Shatswell.


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Payne


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Domestic Science


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Manual Arts


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Linebrook


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School Physician .70


School Nurse 72


Music 74


Drawing . . . 75


Linebrook Parent-Teacher Association 78;


No School Signal 79


High School Commencement. 80


List of Teachers. 83;


Attendence Report and Calendar 87


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