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But what are the facts. Let us face a few of them : Every natural resource, every known appetite and pas- sion, and even those that would have remained dormant had they not been aroused by some subtle suggestion, has been exploited and made to pay tribute to greed and selfishness. We strove to become big before we were great.
The machine has forced us into a situation where the former work of our schools has been made to con- tribute, unconsciously, to our individual helplessness. Our knowledge, our skills, our inventive abilities are increasing our present troubles, and they are driving us irresistibly towards greater changes that will demand newer objectives.
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All have not contributed to cur discomfort; only the leaders have been responsible for the larger portion of our economic ills. But these had the power; they held the destiny of millions in their hand and they betrayed our confidence; in place of assurance they have given us distrust and disappointment. No man nor group of men is great enough nor good enough to exploit his fellow men. Neither should they be privileged to do so. Omni- potence is an attribute of God alone.
I have no desire nor inclination to explore all the depths of our manifold ills and miseries. That would be as unprofitable as it is humiliating. And so I will dismiss this phase of the subject with a single blanket indict- ment, general in scope and individual in application, of man's inhumanity to man.
But the way out, that is our present concern. And. first of all, may we agree to "let the dead past bury its dead." Crimination and recriminations get us nowhere. We need the best thoughts of the best minds that can be found anywhere. We need souls as well as minds. Souls untrammeled by any low-born thought of selfishness and bold enough to speak out.
Is a human being an asset or a liability ? That de- pends largely upon his education and training. Let us examine a few specimens.
Do we ever stop to think about John Dillinger, formerly Public Enemy No. 1, the man that cost out gov- ernment more than $100,000 to kill? He was a gentle. mild-mannered, growing-up youngster. What was the matter with him? If some good mother, like Lincoln's mother, or your mother, could have gotten hold of him during the receptive period of his youth and given him the right attitude towards society, and impressed him with a sense of personal responsibility, wouldn't it have
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been more economical, and wouldn't society have gained something ? Does this suggest anything ?
It was only a common place incident, witnesses in the slave market. that moved Lincoln to become the emancipator of nearly four millions of people. It was only an accidental happening that decided Sir Wilfred Grenfell to transform the cold, inhospitable country of Labrador into a spiritual kingdom whose influence is seen and felt in two continents. Were these worth while ? What price will you put upon such service ?
"The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests," but there are nearly half a million boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 20 in this country, living promiscuously in groups of 8 to 40 "that have not where to lay their heads." They travel from place to place as the resources of their section fail them. All means of transportation are open to them in equal degree at one stated price as is that of their food - theft. In summer they camp in thickets of wood, behind high buildings or walls, anywhere that offers protection from wind and rain. In winter they sleep in box cars, old buildings and sheds and even in abandoned ice houses and this, though miserably clad, in zero weather.
What are we to do with these ? Aren't they worth saving? any of them? Suppose one of them was your child. I refer to their social salvation only. John New- ton was an old slave trader and yet after he became "converted" he wrote some of the most beautiful hymns of which the Christian Church may boast. There's many a "brand snatched from the burning" that has become the torch bearer for the world on its uward swing. Does this group contain any such ? Equal educational oppor- tunity should not be denied them.
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But we need not be sentimental, nor deal with theo- ries alone. If we want a concrete example of what an enlightened and decent sense of justice and of personal moral responsibility will do for a people, just look across the line into Canada, our best and highly esteemed neighbor. That boundary line, 4,000 miles in extent, without a single fort or an armed guard throughout its. whole length, is an everlasting monument to the intelli- gence, the moral integrity, and the exalted opinion of peace and goodwill held by neighboring people. Here is a lesson that should be driven home by our teachers. Some times we range far afield for examples that may be found right at hand.
The growing spirit of internationalism is compelling the study of modern history as never before. That na- tion having the best banking system, the best industrial system, the least unemployment, the fewest divorces and homicides and robberies, the best judiciary system, the best police system, the best educational system, is most humane in handling the aged, the infirm, and sick, etc., are studied and scrutinized most thoroughly today and the best, so far as other conditions permit, is appropri- ated by the rest of the world. Canada and the United States are friendly competitors; and we are pleased to state that in many particulars Canada ranks high, and should be studied by the students of government of other nations.
I have already suggested that our history classes make a more intensive study of the governmental ma- chinery of other nations. If you can discover that the most stable forms are due to the general intelligence and moral integrity of a people, then you have made good progress in training for citizenship. Don't omit the study
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of our own government and be sure to include the biog- raphy of the men who laid its foundation.
Our study of the great world movements should be thoroughly done. But the initial motive or purpose be- hind these movements furnishes the crux to the whole situation.
We need therefore to analyze the motives behind there movements very carefully for from them we get our standards of judgment. Unrestrained selfishness is self destructive and those things that are to endure must be free from its blighting influences. Men's opinions vary with their interests, therefore in studying great men or great movements, it behooves us to know what those interests were. We cannot emphasize this point too strongly.
Never before in the history of the whole world were so many noble attempts being made to life our civiliza- tion to a higher plane. One touch of nature seems to have made the whole world akin and to have presented us with unexampled opportunities to benefit all man- kind.
Some of these are old and some of them are new. But whether old or new they are bound to meet with opposition and resistance from those who have profited selfishly under the old order. Such is to be expected, for it has always been so. No reform, no great advance movement for humanity's sake, has ever been under- taken without incurring the open antagonism, the ridi- cule, and the scorn of those who are to lose materially by the change.
But this should not turn us from our purpose. Noth- ing is settled until it is settled right. If these things are right, that is, if they are calculated to relieve suffering and distress, to make a fairer distribution of the world's
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abundance, to make better homes, to better adjust the burden of taxation, to give economic security and social justice, to furnish equal educational opportunity, to elim- inate the slums, to guarantee to very man the "right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," then, as all these point to human uplift and betterment, they are right in every moral and spiritual sense of the term, and should be fought through to a finish. It is the greatest opportunity of the ages. It is needed to round out the full measure and meaning of democracy, to establish peace in our land and to make this a bloodless revolution.
I have said that the machine is driving us irresist- ibly into new situations. In view of the evidence pre- sented on every hand, no one will question this state- ment. What effect will the shorter-work day and the thirty-hour week have on school activities ? With the hours of idleness on the worker's hands increased by one third and the raising of the school age, I feel that there is but one rational answer to this question. It is simply a shift from manual to mental activities, and wisdom will suggest that generous provision be made for the change,
I seriously question whether there will be many drastic changes made in our courses of study, partly be- cause of the prevailing inertia, and partly because of the proven value of those we have. What changes are made should be in the nature of expansions and additions that will better meet present needs. College requirements are less rigid than formerly, and the notion that every boy should go to college is being discounted. This will give our secondary schools more latitude in the arrangement of courses and schedules, and let the individual come into his own.
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Even in the absence of complete laboratory equip- ment much information and interest may be gained from the study and discussion in class of many of our natural and social science text books. More attention must be given to the reading of magazines and papers, especially those dealing with economic and sociological matters. The doings of governmental bodies both here and abroad should be kept as nearly up to date as possible.
In this connection I wish to speak of the need of a library room in each of our school buildings. At present we are severely handicapped in this respect. Until such time as these rooms are available, book shelves should be furnished in one room at least in each building. The books should be carefully selected and purchased from the appropriation for text books and supplies. In each and every instance these books should be in the charge of some competent person with some knowledge of library practices as to cataloguing and distribution.
But all the courses of study, all the books and libra- ries in the world, will not make a good citizen without these being supplimented by some authority or power that is capable of holding each and every student up to the full measure of his responsibility. The schools have a specific task, the boy has, or should have, a definite purpose in coming to school. These objectives should never be lost sight of. They need not be always on parade ; but they should be there, and each of the parties should fully realize that fact. The temptation to get by and the lapse of thorough understanding of the relation- ship between teacher and pupil, have led naturally but unconsciously to some unhappy results. Let then the teacher be given full authority and autocratic power to
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enforce all reasonable mandates, and let him have the moral support and backing of the community. Could the proper conception of obedience to constituted authority be firmly impressed upon the minds of our youth today, our schools would turn out a more uniform product.
And now I wish to turn to a matter, though of world- wide significance, that has also a legitimate claim to local attention. The work of our local Parish Players will greatly assist me in conveying my idea. Poetry, music, and art should have a larger place in our life and no good reason can be given why each of these subjects should not be more fully developed in this community of ours. We should have more literary clubs, more musical societies, more art clubs of which there is such a dearth at the present time.
This was the home of Anne Bradstreet, one of the first female poets in this country. This is the birthplace of Arthur Wesley Dow, who went out from among us and gained an international reputation for what was high and pure and noble in art. We still have artists in our midst who are willing to do all in their power to develop art appreciation and skill. We still have with us musí- cians who are equally willing and anxious to develop their special lines. Our indifference to the successful de- velopment of these subjects takes much from the cultural status of our community. Could our enforced leisure time be employed to any better advantage ?
In our zeal to accomplish as much as possible for world recovery by the newer lines of effort, we should remember that character and frugality still retain their ethical values and must be given a large place in the work of reconstruction. They furnish the best criterion
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by which a decisive judgment may be had of the real value of men or measures and should never be repudi- ated. So let the old-fashioned virtures of honesty, truth, justice, patience, sympathy, righteous indignation, and open hostility be given a larger place in our thought and action.
But let us not delude ourselves. The reign of Tech- nocracy may be coming, but it has not yet arrived. That cultured leisure, that social justice, that equality of op- portunity, that economic security, etc., are as yet, merely consummation to be desired. Before any of these can reach the realization stage, the hardest kind of hard work must be done; for let it be remembered we are dealing with minds not materials. Are we willing to pay the price ?
For the first time since athletics came into such prominence can our school system boast of an athletic field under the authority of the school department and for the exclusive use of our school membership. Ath- letics has become an integral part of our school curricu- lum, and it was necessary in order to carry out any con- structive program of athletic work that only those in authority in school matters should have control of such equipment. It has been our good fortune to possess such additional facilities and for the future no special appro- priations will be required.
In the matter of baseball and football there is a promising field for expert coaching with salaries in many instances equalling that of the highest paid members of the school faculty. This is the material side of sport. I claim it also has other possibilities. If we can translate the training and the spirit which high-minded coaches
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endeavor to inculcate in their teams, to the furtherance of social, political and patriotic activities, much will be accomplished towards conserving our democratic insti- tutions. If we could couple the training that football gives to that spirit so prominent in the Athenian's oath, then our country would be the outstanding nation of the world in reference to rugged citizenship. Then football instead of a form of recreation would become a builder of men, equal to that of any subject in our curriculum. We have two or three outstanding examples of that at the present time.
At the beginning of the fall term, it was necessary to provide accommodations for between 20 and 30 over- aged boys. These, while having the ability to do the work which they disliked, much preferred to shift to manual activities. Through the co-operation of the Board of Selectmen the use of the building at the County House property was turned over to the School Depart- ment and a new phase in school adjustment was inaugu- rated. This provided not only for the special class but also gave opportunity to those already in the High School to undertake a systematic course in manual arts or trade school activities.
This extended the privilege to make repairs on ar- ticles of furniture in the home, and the making of new articles for home use or adornment was also seriously undertaken. The cost of new material was the only re- quirement. The money so obtained furnished the basis for a revolving fund by which new material could be purchased and the work continued.
Only a beginning has been made but the increased interest and enthusiasm of the membership confirm the
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soundness of this policy. We are in hopes that the town will grant the authority to establish a Trade School by which one-half of the maintenance would be bourne by the State. This would not only relieve us of a financial burden but would give opportunity to pupils in surround- ing towns to enter this school on a tuition basis and thus further increase our revenue. The popularity of trade schools has increased immensely since the beginning of the depression and is looked upon by educators as one of the outstanding developments of school activities in recent years.
Trade schools already established have been obliged to increase their capacity until tuition students from other towns have been refused admission. The time has come when we are compelled to provide such instruc- tion, and it can be said that those who have graduated from these schools during the past year have been suc- cessful in securing remunerative work. It is an oppor- tunity for the schools of Ipswich to enlarge their scope, to increase their usefulness, and to become an educa- tional center for both academic and trade schools activ- ities.
TRANSPORTATION
It has long been our belief that a considerable sav- ing could be effected by simply changing our school schedule. The high school begins at 8 o'clock and the elementary schools begin at 8.45. The high school closes at 1.30 and the elementary schools close at 3.30. By arranging our schedule so that all schools should begin
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at 8.30, the high school closing at 2 o'clock, the elemen- tary schools closing at 3 o'clock or 3.15, the same work: in transportation could be efficiently done without any duplication of travel There are several objections to this arrangement which should be overcome. The whole matter would be simplified if we had a new high school. building that furnished cafeteria privileges. But even. as it is much may be accomplished by requiring high school pupils to wait until the elementary schools were dismissed either at 3 or 3.15 o'clock before transportation privileges were given to them. One objection is the con- fusion that it might cause in the home. Another objec- tion is that the capacity of the school buses are not ade- quate to accommodate both classes of pupils at one and the same time. This is a matter that could be easily adjusted by granting a longer contract to people who would furnish school buses of adequate capacity. This matter is under consideration with the School Committee and it is hoped that some favorable decision looking in. this direction may be reached.
OBITUARIES
Death has gathered more than her usual toll from the membership of our schools this year, and where vio- lence has not been the cause, the call has been sudden and unexpected. Within one week from the time Fred Saunders left home for the hospital his body was re- turned for burial. He was a quiet, peace-loving citizen, faithful in the discharge of his duties as he saw them, uncomplaining and with a desire to be helpful to others
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a't some cost to himself. His absence brings to mind many of those finer qualities of mind and heart which were not recogiexed while he was with us. We remember him as a worthy citizen and a true and loyal friend.
Samuel Hall, a member of the grammar school was taken very suddenly from our midst. From his entrance into the first grade he was always the favorite of both teacher's and schoolmates. His sunny disposition and his readiness to make himself helpful on every occasion marked him a's a special leader.
Robert W. Martell was drowned at the dam of the Green Street bridge. His was the only violent death and cast a gloom on the whole school membership.
Jennie Owsiak died at the Cable Memorial Hospital where she had gone for a surgical operation. She was a member of the Burley School and was loved and respect- ed by all her schoolmates.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First on the list of benefactors must be named the Red Cross Society. No gift or contribution of any other organization is comparable to what this organization is doing by supplying the physical needs of the pupils of our schools. By its generosity more than one hundred and fifty of our undernourished children have been made to realize that their social security as well as their bodily needs have been ministered to.
This is but one branch of a great organization that is world-wide in the variety and extent of its activities. Neither fire, famine, nor flood holds any terrors for this
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organization. The amount of immediate relief given in. times of distress is simply incalculable.
Moreover it has become an integral part, an out -- standing feature, of our school system. Thousands have enjoyed the benefits of its home nursing classes, train- ing in first aid, and home visitations.
I hold no brief for this society but in view of the work done here in the community every one should feel privileged to assist both financially and morally in in- creasing its practical usefulness. For my own part I wish to acknowledge with gratitude the relief afforded me personally in a situation that was extremely trying.
To Mr. Brainard C. Wallace, the local administrator of the N.R.A. work, for his untiring efforts and final suc- cess in placing our school houses and grounds in excellent. condition, I wish to convey the thanks of the town and of the School Department. Without his personal interest in these projects it would have been a long time before our dreams of improvement would have been realized and, if success attends him, we may feel confident that an extension of these improvements will be forth coming for we have the utmost confidence in his ability to bring these things to pass. More power to him.
The Dental Clinic has been maintained by the same three unselfish persons who have rendered such helpful service to the schools in past years. We little realize how the condition of the teeth affects progress in school work. This has been demonstrated time and time again in a very practical way. In fact, our bodily health is held to be more largely affected by dental hygiene than ever before. We hope that these benefactors may have the full co-operation and patronage of our townspeople.
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To the Chief or Police and his officers I wish to ex- press my sincere appreciation of the assistance they have given the School Department during the past year. They have been untiring in their efforts to search out the facts in many a trying situation, That they have been success- ful in a majority of these cases goes without saying.
More than all this many of our school children are beginning to realize that our police officers are their real friends upon whom they may call in times of trouble. The old feeling of looking upon the police as an individ- ual enemy is fast disappearing and our effort in the school is to promote a better understanding and relation- ship between pupils and the representatives of the law.
The thanks of the community are due Mrs. Richard Sears for her efforts toward conservation of the wild flowers in our section. As in former years lectures, prizes, and cards have been effectively employed. During the coming Spring months we are to benefit by a series of lectures from the same generous source. Already Mrs. Sears' influence is beginning to be noticeable in our schools. Children are not so much inclined to bring in great masses of wild flowers, but are more economical and selective in the flowers chosen. This is a training that requires much time and patience before it comes to full fruition but a good beginning has been made and without doubt the end aimed at will be accomplished. Too much credit cannot be given her for her interest in conserving the beauty of our hills and roadsides. She should receive the fullest co-operation of our towns- people.
To the teachers, including principals and faculty, I wish to convey my sincere appreciation of the spirit and
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breadth of instruction that has obtained in our schools. While we have striven to maintain purely academic standards in our teaching, we have also tried to incul- cate those higher principles of the humanities which enable people to live together in a neighborly, helpful and sympathetic fashion.
They have tried to teach those under their charge how to live; and, if proof is needed of their success, we have only to point to a multitude of those amenities that make life, under the most trying circumstances, enjoy- able and worth while. No pupil, in any school, during periods of illness, whether confined at home or in the hospital, has failed to receive recognition by some ex- pression of good will and sympathy either in the form of a class letter, a visit, or a token in flowers. When death has claimed a member of any class the occasion has been duly recognized by the schools in impressive fashion.
Generally a closer relationship has been established between the pupil and his own parents by recognition of birthdays and seasonal holidays. We have tried to estab- lish the fact that the boundaries of the school should not limit our activities toward those who are unfortunate or infirm. On Thanksgiving Day baskets of provisions were distributed from some of the schools to those who were in need, not as charity, but as an act of good will. On Christmas Day tokens of remembrance were sent to the Hospital and the Coburn Home. These were gratefully received and acknowledged and there is no question in my mind that this investment in social adjustment will bear fruits through all the coming years. This is the spirit of the New Era and with a well-rounded, carefully- considered program persistently carried out the whole
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world will be the gainer in social security and friendli- ness.
To Dr. Collins and Miss Bailey our school physician and school nurse, respectively, the thanks of this com- munity are especially due. The work of this year has more than tripled that of former years. As a single in- stance which may be cited, in the case of immunization from diphtheria, more than one thousand inoculations were made; in T. B. clinics and other follow-up clinics they have shown the same efficient assistance as has characterized all their work. They have been instru- mental in placing the health program of our school on a higher plane than it has ever reached before.
Last but not least, I wish to express my appreciation to the members of the School Committee, the Attendance Officer, our janitors for their timely suggestions and helpfulness in all the periods of the past. If this should seem but a slight meed of praise for service rendered, let me remind them that they are engaged in one of the most noble occupations and callings entrusted to man- kind. There all the honor lies.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH I. HORTON,
Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1935
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TERM
BEGINS
CLOSES
Winter
Jan. 2, 1935
Feb. 15, 1935 -
Spring
Feb. 25, 1935
April 26, 1935
Summer
May 6, 1935
June 20, 1935
Fall
Sept. 4, 1935
Dec. 20, 1935
Winter
Dec. 30, 1935
Teachers must report for duty on Tuesday, Septem- ber 4 at 2 P. 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; Ar- mistice Day, November 11; Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving Week; January 1; February 22; Good Friday; April 19; Memorial Day ..
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SIXTIETH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE MANNING HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1934 THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE TWENTY-FIRST 8 o'clock 1934
Program
M. H. S. MARCH Tożer
M. H. S. Orchestra
INVOCATION
Rev. James G. Cairns *:
CARMENA
Wilson The Girls' Glee Club
ESSAY-Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony Curtis F. Haley
ESSAY-Olympic Games
Marion E. Perkins
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FRIENDS OF YESTERDAY
Simpson
The Boys' Glee Club
ESSAY-The Daily Newspaper
Theodore Burbank
ESSAY-American Shipping
John Alexander, Jr.
POET AND PEASANT OVERTURE Suppe
M. H. S. Orchestra
ADDRESS-
J. Asbury Pitman
President of the State Teachers College at Salem -
PRESENTATION OF RRIZES
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Dr. Ernest J. Smith, Chairman of School Committee
BENEDICTION
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Rev. James G. Cairns
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Graduates of June 21, 1934
COLLEGE COURSE
John Alexander, Jr.
Mary Mildred Barton
Dana Harland Brown
Theodora Burbank
Charles Edward Crossman
Sylvia Ferguson Irene Josephine Graf
Edith Frances Mansfield John Arthur Markos Marion Elizabeth Perkins Elizabeth Sabara Rand
William Amor Scahill Anna Clara Teresa Sojka
GENERAL COURSE
Charles Leonard Adams
Meredith Horton Clapp
Barbara Ann Claxton
Adolph Clemeno
Joseph Wilbur Dupray
Curtis Francis Haley
Mary A. K. Hall
Serge Kosinski
Robert Elisha Laite
John Joseph Maciejowski Walter Earl Pickering Walter Jerry Pietrowicz Joseph Edward Podmostka John Page Saunders Roy Elwood Scott Georgia Diana Scouretis Harold Clinton Wile
COMMERCIAL COURSE
Blanche Stella Bakula
Annie Lydia Brown
Leona Mae Earley
Alice Maud Geddis
Gertrude Sophie Gwozdź
Mary Martha Hinckley
Helen Elaine Lazaropoulos
Kathryn Augusta McPhail Margaret Ursula O'Mailey Doris Winifred Pickard Agnes Mary Robishaw* Martha Stewart Russ Jennie Sophie Scibisz Virginia Dorothea Singer
CLASS OFFICERS
President Curtis Haley
Vice President Martha Hinckley
Secretary Elizabeth Rand
Treasurer
Joseph Podmostka
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GRADUATION
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
June 15, 1934
PROGRAM
1. INVOCATION Rev. F. C. Wilson
2. SELECTION, "Over the Waves" Junior High Orchestra
8. RECITATION, "Ipswich Town" Jessie Campbell
4. ESSAY, "Early History of Ipswich" Julia Pappas
5. RECITATION, "In Ipswich" Robert Clapp
6. SINGING, "The Bells of St. Mary's" Chorus
7. . RECITATION, "Heartbreak Hill"
Victoria Machaj .. .
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8. ESSAY, "History of Ipswich Schools"
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Richard Davis
9. RECITATION, "Johnie's Report Card" Stewart Player
10. ESSAY, "Points of Historic Interest In Ipswich" Richard Horton 1
11. SINGING, "Morning Invitation" Chorus
12. RECITATION, "The Lumber Room" Ursula Lombard
13. ESSAY AND RECITATION, "The Pied Piper" Elizabeth Martel Charles Soffronas
14. £ RECITATION, "The Mending Wall" Samuel Lombard
15. SINGING,
a. "Daydreams" b. "The Hermit Thrush" Chorus :-
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16. RECITATION, "The Man With the Hoe" 1
Richard Scott
17. ESSAY, "A Busy Day At School" Althea Hebb
18. RECITATION, "Kentucky Philosophy" 1
Alden Mosher
19. RECITATION, "Faithful Unto Death" Winifred Palladino
20. AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS
21. SINGING OF CLASS SONG
22. SINGING OF "STAR SPANGLED BANNER"
23. BENEDICTION Rev. J. C. Burns
Graduates, June 1934.
Dorothy Frances Adams
Douglas Hutchison Alexander
Wallace Ronald Alexander Stella Argeropoulos Anastasia Rina Arvanites Leonard Francis Ball John Baroway
Jessie Mae Campbell Theodore James Christopher
Robert Stackpole Clapp
Mildred Christine Conant Peter Charles Costopoulos Blanche Elizabeth Davis
Richard Wilbur Davis Verna Constance Davis Percy Roy Dort Philomena Dorothy Dupray
Ruth Eleanor Eustace Lorraine Alice Flewelling Charles Henry Frydrych
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Aphrodite Gallanis William John Gallanis
Rene Joseph Gallant
William Edward Garrett
Edward Clayton Gaudet Alice Geanakos
Norman Smith Graffum Thomas Joseph Gunn Blanche Caroline Harbac? George Winslow Haskell Althea Rosalie Hebb Roland Allan Hinckley Phyllis Louise Horsman Richard Swain Horton Marjorie Eleanor Hull Alice Karchonas Blanche Elizabeth Kozazcki Alice Theresa Kuconis Lillian Maryrose LaMothe Sophie Joanna Leosz Samuel Joseph Lombard Ursula Maureen Lombard Victoria Anne Machaj Virginia Irene Mallard Angela Maniates Christine Markos George Markos Julia Márkos
Nicholas Louis Markos Mary Elizabeth Martel Mary Mavroides
Ålden Gray Mosher
Robert Foster Mullen James George Nikas
Josephine Joan Nolapka
Eleanor Mae O'Malley
Winifred Frances Palladino
George Georgeopoulos
Julia Pappas Stella Pappa's
Joseph Stanley Gorski
Alec Arthur Pechilis
Stephen Frank Pickul
John Stewart Player Theodore Stanley Pojasek Catherine Winifred Prisby Ralph Recine John Joseph Redzen Priscilla Ruth Saunders Richard Elwyn Scott Marjorie Helen Sheppard
David Stickney Smith Anthony James Soffronas Charles James Soffronas George James Soffronas Thermistocles George Sotiropoulos Fanny Speliotes Mary Elizabeth Sullivan George Lewis Stone Lawrence Frank Tremblay Barbara Waite Edward Michael Wengrzyn Emma Lee Wright Charles George Zervas Theresa Lucy De Grand Pre
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NO SCHOOL SIGNALS OF THE IPSWICH 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 11.30-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.
Ips. Rue. Bay 352.105 Ipswich 1934
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