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WATER DEPARTMENT
While there has been no increase in street extensions there has been an exceptional increase in domestic services which indicates the trend in building activity.
During the year we had approved by the Federal Govern- ment as a W. P. A. Project the relocation and repair of all street gates and shutoffs. We have completed the actual out- side survey and repairing and are now making records in the form of blueprints for filing purposes.
This project was an extensive one and the Department was fortunate in having it approved, as the old system was outdated and the new records will be a valuable asset to the department in the future.
JAMES E. COLE, JR. BENJAMIN H. DAVIS CHARLES G. MALLARD
Water and Light Commissioners.
PART III. School Report
Town of Ipswich
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE-
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MASS
ICH
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
0/634
FOR THE YEAR
1936
The Charles G. Hull Press
1937
Joseph Increase Horton
was born in Ipswich, June 18th, 1851, and died June 14th, 1936.
He was educated in the Ipswich Public Schools and Hopkinton Academy, Hopkinton, N. H. Returning to Ipswich, he first taught in the Line- brook School, every day walking the entire dis- tance from his home. After a year in this posi- tion, he taught in the Manning Building for sev- eral years. Later, he went to Boston to engage in the stock brokerage business. From there, he accepted a position as a teacher in the Somer- ville High School, from which he resigned when he assumed the duties of Superintendent of Schools in Ipswich on September 6th, 1916, in which position he served until his death.
He was a gentle man, known and beloved by all, and already there are those who "rise up and call him blessed."
"He lived by the side of the road, and was a friend to man."
IPSWICH HIGH SCHOOL Entering A New Chapter In Ipswich School History.
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ERNEST J. SMITH
Term Expires
1937 BESSIE F. DAWSON 1937 EARL EWING 1938
FRANK W. KYES 1938
THEODORE CIOLEK 1939
FRED D. HARRIS 1939
DR. E. J. SMITH Chairman
FRANK L. COLLINS, M. D.
School Physician MADELINE BAYLEY, R. N. School Nurse
GEORGE W. TOZER Attendance Officer
N. N. LOVE Superintendent and Purchasing Agent GEORGE, W. TOZER Clerk OFFICE Manning School Building OFFICE HOURS School Days from 3.30 to 5.00
Comparative Statement of School Department Expenditure Years 1929-1936 inclusive
General Expense Teachers Salaries
1929 $ 5,013.62 $ 67,103.96
1930 5,301.62 $ 69,174.55
1931 4,961.99 $ 69,907.84
1932 5,068.20 $ 70,486.13
1933 5,058.08 $ 68,915.03
1934 4,951.03 $ 68,022.54
1935 6,035.10 $ 66,782.28
1936 5,815.19 65,540.27
Americanization Classes
0
0 7,992.05
274.00 8,137.76
252.00 4,134.91
238.00 3,391.88
232.00 3,949.65
236.00 4,661.41
5,895.90
Libraries
79.79
Tuition
1,541.08
1,562.20
1,501.61
1,518.46
978.72
1,054.42
1,419.47
809.21
Transportation
5,561.54
6,116.50
7,689.31
9,527.34
9,192.00
9,007.77
8,966.33
3,166.01
Janitor Service
3,979.98
4,296.40
4,465.99
4,510.60
4,452.19
4,522.60
4,491.00
4,738.85
Fuel and Light
3,028.91
3,146.66
3,777.41
1,584.94
2,987.49
3,105.57
4,597.91
5,360.94
Bldgs. and Grounds
3,411.24
4,103.67
4,471.09
1,764.98
4,048.22
4,772.67
1,901.62
3,467.94
Furniture and Fur.
413.88
597.77
202.03
75.95
27.40
192.15
92.20
1,728.91
Supp't of Truants
96.91
194.28
Diplomas and Grad.
171.15
162.25
117.45
119.45
112.94
114.97
120.50
143.17
Insurance
1,054.20
1,721.04
1,954.87
795.50
888.05
986.03
1,100.02
1,646.59
Athletics
588.14
693.55
714.67
556.99
533.14
188.91
Fire Alarm
983.81
Total Expend.
$93,777.94 $104,928.26 $108,176.02 $100,395.45 $100,899.14 $102,084.12 $100,500.45 $103.882.65
Receipts :
Mass. Inc. Tax
9,430.00
9,580.00
9,410.00
9,570.00
16,695.00
17,858.30
14,920.00
14,663.20
Mass. Income Tax Rebate
11,605.00
Tuition - Rowley
4,377.50
4,411.50
3,719.00
3,755.00
4,236.47
2,163.25
3,837.75
3,298.00
Mass. Voca. Edu.
418.44
598.79
920.71
629.57
652.85
736.89
306.92
491.88
Feoffees
1,500.00
Manning
500.00
Manual Training
141.77
Salem Music Women's Club
5.75
Miscellaneous
17.20
0
127.56
134.00
965.97
Refund
8.68
Mass. Amer. Classes
121.00
110.00
90.00
128.00
Boiler Sale
50.00
Total Receipts
$14,243.14
$14,590.29
$14,177.27
$14.088.57
$33,310.32
$20,868.44
$20,120.64
$20,787.28
Net Cost
$83,534.80
$90,337.97
$93.998.73
$86.206 24
$67,588.82
$81,215.68
$80,379.81
$83,095.37
Number of Pupils Enrolled
1.516
1,510
1.504
1.507.
1,425
1,409
1,400
1.326
Net Cost per Pupil enrolled
55.10
59.82
62.50
57.27
47.43
57.64
57.41
62.66
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296.00
Text Bks. & Sup.
5,850.24
76.00
IPSWICH GROSS AND NET COST
Year
Total Cost
Pupils Enrolled
Gross Cost Per Pupil
Net Cost
Net Cost Per Pupil
Pupil Cost * for State
1925
$ 94,102.47
1501
$62.69
$81,564.90
$54.34
$134.88
1926
96,490.24
1521
63.44
83,239.40
54.73
110.40
1927
97,073.93
1570
61.83
83,851.90
53.41
114.26
1928
93,335.29
1544
60.45
79,615.79
51.56
114.05
1929
97,777.94
1516
64.49
83,534.80
55.10
112.08
1930
104,928.26
1510
69.48
87,735.36
58.10
117.44
1931
108,176.02
1504
71.92
94,289.89
62.50
117.37
1932
100,395.45
1507
66.62
86,306.88
57.27
112.44
1933
100,899.14
1425
70.81
67,588.82
47.43
97.86
1934
102,084.12
1409
72.45
81,215.68
57.64
92.51
1935
100,500.45
1400
71.99
80,379.81
57.41
93.74
1936
103,882.65
1326
78.34
83,095.37
62.66
96.41
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* Average membership.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Ipswich :-
We submit to you our report for the school year of 1936. Our greatest accomplishment of the year was the construction of the new building for the Ipswich High School, already rated as one of the finest buildings in the state. Every appointment is of the finest, and we now have a gymnasium and auditorium, so long needed in our system. Here the boys and girls can re- ceive physical education and indulge in games and socials, which are conceded by all educators to be an indispensable part of the modern school curriculum. It is necessary for us to build sound bodies for the sound minds we hope to develop.
During the past year we lost by death our superintendent, Mr. Joseph I. Horton, and to say that he is sadly missed would not, even in a very small way, express the feelings of every member of the Committee. However, we feel that in Mr. Love we have secured the services of a very efficient educator. Al- ready he has proven his worth to the town by the improvements he has made, not only in the physical but educational part of the system. He has instituted departmental work in the Junior High, which is a distinct advance.
More students than ever before are enrolling under Man- ual Arts and Domestic Science and these departments are being constantly enlarged. This year we hope to add sheet metal work to the Manual Training. Because of the removal of the High School to its new quarters we were obliged to add one teacher of Domestic Science to the Junior High School staff. It was absolutely impossible for Miss Whitney, the teacher in
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charge of the High School Department, to carry on both de- partments without assistance.
The school in the Linebrook District has been perma- nently closed, finally consolidating all of the schools in the cen- tral plant. As soon as necessary repairs are made in the Man- ning Building, it is planned to move the eighth grade from the. Winthrop School, thereby relieving congestion in that building. This will probably make room in the Winthrop Building for the third grade now at the Payne, thus allowing us to close the small portable school in this group and give grade one the space it needs for first grade activities. The building thus vacated can be used as a place for play, physical education or any needed extra-curricular activity in that particular community.
The physical condition of all our schools is excellent and much thanks is due Miss Bessie Dawson and the other members of the Public Welfare Department, and to Brainard Wallace, the W. P. A. representative in Ipswich, for their most valuable co- operation in sending men to do this work. It has been a tre- mendous saving to the taxpayers.
As in years past may we most heartily invite constructive criticism and advise that parents get into the habit of visiting their schools. Feel free to ask for conference with the princi- pals and teachers. By so doing we can eliminate any misun- derstandings which may arise.
Respectfully submitted,
IPSWICH SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Ernest J. Smith, Chairman.
ENROLLMENT OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES FROM 1924 TO 1936
Grade
1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927
1928 | 1929
1930 | 1931 |
1932
1933 |
1934
1935 | 1936
I.
214
190
172
201
175
171
154
124
123
75
111
115
95
II.
154
163
182
159
163
156
163
164
122
109
87
100
106
III.
199
189
149
179
172
166
127
145
161
129
112
88
100
IV.
155
142
195
155
168
145
168
144
149
178
150
121
100
V.
140
177
141
173
145
146
150
169
157
164
162
149
126
VI.
125
129
166
163
180
142
158
157
154
160
163
139
167
VII.
124
135
127
139
133
153
129
154
134
142
131
222
162
VIII.
99
102
104
93
119
104
137
102
137
121
157
103
118
IX.
113
105
108
117
95
130
104
128
112
122
105
124
112
X.
57
69
69
76
81
79
102
86
109
90
101
116
101
XI.
57
60
60
65
60
71
60
82
75
80
73
59
74
XII.
27
40
46
47
50
48
56
43
64
45
54
54
61
P. G.
3
2
3
1
3
5
2
6
10
10
3
10
4
Totals
| 1465 | 1501 |1521 | 1570 |1544
1516 |1510 |1504 |1507 |1425 |1409
1400 |1326
An'l Inc.
1
87 |
36 |
20 |
49
*26
*28 |
*6 1
*6 |
2 | *82 |
1 5.
*74
* Dec.
Americanization Classes: 1931-32, 57; 1932-33, 43; 1933-34, 51; 1934-35, 42; 1935-36, 68; 1936-37, 39.
DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGE AND GRADES
Grade
| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13 |14 15| 16| 17| 18| 19 |Total
I
8 54
30
3
!
95
II
7
61
31
4
2
1
106
III
19
46
29
6
100
IV
6
47
26
14
5
2
100
V
1
23
43
22
22
10
3
2
126
VI
1
27
49
40
30
15
5
167
VII
4
39
43
39
22
11
4
162
VIII
2
33
39
31
12
1
118
IX
1
29
46
21
12
3
112
X
2
37
34
18
6
3
1
101
XI
4
26
26
9
6
3
74
XII
4
22
22
12
1
61
XIII
4
4
Total
8| 61|110| 87 |104 |108 |126|145 |151|158 |115| 83 40 25
5 1326
1
Americanization Classes-Enrollment : 1931-'32, 57 ; '32-'33, 43; '33-'34, 51; '34-'35, 42; '35-'36, 68; '36-'37, 39.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee,
Ipswich, Massachusetts:
The thirty-fifth annual report coming from the office of the Superintendent of Schools is herewith submitted.
This report succeeds that of Mr. Joseph Increase Horton, who, for most of his life, served you and Ipswich in some educational capacity. He was indeed a man who had, and still has, honor in his own country. No one has been more beloved by all than he, and for whom no man has aught but respect.
The present administration, in picking up the task laid down, will in no way attempt to turn things "upside down." We have tried to carry forward the work so carefully or- ganized by Mr. Horton, making only such changes as seem expedient.
The greatest event of the past year was the con- struction and occupancy of the Ipswich High School. This building will serve Ipswich for years to come as an educational plant, second to none in New England.
After a long history of expectations, the committee in charge of the study for a new high school building reported in March, 1934, with recommendations that the town apply for a governmental grant to assist the town in the construct- ion. They recommended $200,000.00 for the building without
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equipment. This effort failed and in 1935 the subject was again brought up and this time voted.
The building was constructed by the White Construct- ion Company of Boston and Watertown, with the J. Williams Beal & Sons Company as the architects. The financial ac- countancy will be found elsewhere in the town report. The building was started in November, 1935, and formally com- pleted February 6, 1937.
With the closing of the Linebrook School, and the opening of the new High School, the consolidation of the educational facilities of Ipswich is most complete.
The Building Committee of the New High School was as follows:
Dr. E. J. Smith, Chairman. Mr. Ralph C. Whipple, Principal of the High School.
Mr. Earl Ewing.
Mr. Fred Harris.
Mr. Charles Goodhue, Jr.
Mr. Worthington Mansfield.
Mr. Joseph Ross.
Mr. Joseph Livermore.
Mr. Brainard Wallace.
The School Committee Members during the period of construction were:
Dr. E. J. Smith, Chairman.
Dr. Frank Kyes. Mr. Earl Ewing. Mr. Fred Harris.
Miss Bessie Dawson.
Mr. Theodore Ciolek.
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The committees are entitled to, and should receive our earnest thanks for their very fine accomplishment.
The most interesting thing to me relative to the new building is the conversion of what was a jail site into a school site. It is a unique challenge to the department. We hope that on this site we can so train our young men and women into an honest, straight-thinking citizenry; so socially . adjusted and trained, that not one of them will ever fail to be law-abiding.
The curricula of the High School will be increased and the scope broadened. We shall hope to attempt a vocational course in Household Arts for girls (or boys) at an early date. As the work in the Manual Training Shop is increased to warrant it, we can get ready to make spe- cific recommendations for definite vocational education in this department.
At this point we wish to most emphatically state that every student in high school should attempt one sem- ester's work in the shop during his high school course. That we are holding many boys in the shop who other- wise would be out of the school, proves the fine worth of this department. It is a compliment to the school, but it should not be considered only as a place for the shop group. Let us say again, no boy should graduate from high school without a course in that shop. The reasons must be obvious to everyone.
That there could be a handicraft class for the future housekeepers and mothers is not impossible, and is not a thing to be scoffed at, but considered, in just the same way as boys, who might elect to take the household arts courses. That some chefs get princely salaries proves this possibility. A man so trained can earn a place in soci- ety the same as the girl with some mechanical training.
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In the broadening of the curricula it is our earnest wish that a definite socialization of the entire program be effected. If our education must be through the experience method, (empiricism), we can be progressive if, in our researches of the activities of society, we include the ex- periences of the school itself. It is true that many of the so called "Three R's" are not apparent today as they were formerly. This is not because they are any the less important; but because the modern day experiences of machines, and radio, and movies, and news and the par- ticular vocabularies of these extra-curricular things have supplanted the conventionalisms of the old school. How- ever, the pupils will respond to a translation of the life activities of today if it is in terms of these other forces competing with education, and this must be our task. lt makes no difference what the vehicle of education, a pu- pil can be taught as realistically in an English exercise, using as his thesis a mechanical or related scientific sub- ject as he can scanning Chaucer. As long as the New England College Board forces the dictation of the college preparation we are powerless to do otherwise than follow the conventional in education with the college group; but, as far as we can, we hope to liberalize the content of the courses in education, as we prepare our students for all walks of life.
Out of it all must come an intellectualism for some. If, and the die is cast, public education shall have to in- clude at public expense what is now the first two years in college, our preparation for the life after school must be more absolute. If industry is just not employing youth under eighteen any more for very definite economical rea- sons, then we must be prepared to handle this ever-in- creasing program of problems.
And so, in closing our reference to the new high school, let us say that, come what may, we believe lps-
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wich is well equipped to handle all of its educational problems for years to come as far as the new high school building is concerned.
The Manning School, given so beneficently by the Dr. Thomas Manning family, will be perpetuated in the old building, and it is our hope to develop therein a definite program of work for those of Junior High School rank. Grade Eight will occupy this building. The work of Grades Seven and Eight have been departmentalized. With a Jun- ior High School Manual Training Shop and Household Arts Department separate from the High School Depart- ment, we can go forward in a definite program of Junior
High School instruction. We can hold up the scholastic standards of Grade Eight and prevent any from entering high school who are not ready, and thus increase the effi- ciency of the high school. We can do this by creating a new grade or department to be called Grade Nine. In this grade a completion of all Junior High School work must be effected before entrance to the high school. With guidance we can save the Junior High School failures and get pu- pils properly prepared for the Senior High School.
The Elementary work of the town is admirably laid out to further this, in that the work of the Burley and Shatswell Schools do the work of the first six grades. An extra sixth grade at the Winthrop can take up all the failures of all the grades and be constructed with the shops and class-rooms in such a way as to prevent re- tardation in Grades Seven and Eight. In this way we can have a triple check and opportunity to guide pupils who have any probable hope of success in reaching a trade or professional education and yet give a complete understand- ing on the sixth grade level for those who can go no higher.
We have found the Committee, the principals and staff
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and all the assistants most helpful and kind to us as we have started to labor with you.
We, all of us in the Schools, wish to extend thanks to the committee and, through them, to all of the coop- erating agencies in the town, who have and are interested in providing the best for our children.
Thanking you one and all for the entire staff, we respectfully submit this, our first report.
NATHANIEL N. LOVE,
Superintendent.
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No School Signals of the Ipswich 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 sig- nals 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 ex- cused for the day by the 8 and 11 o'clock signals, the Junior and Senior High Schools will each have a single session closing at 1:30 P. M. The 11:30 o'clock signal will give parents ample warning for postponing the dinner hour.
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School Calendar for 1936-1937
TERM
BEGINS CLOSES
Fall
September 9, 1936 . December 23, 1936
Winter . January 4, 1937 February 19, 1937
Spring March 1, 1937. . April 16, 1937
Summer
April 26, 1937
To be announced
Fall .
September 8, 1937
December 23, 1937
Winter
. January 3, 1938
Teachers must report for duty on Tuesday, Septem- ber 8, 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; Armistice Day, November 11; Wednesday Afternoon, Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving Week; January 1; Good Friday; and April 19.
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Index to School Report
Memorial to Mr. Horton
Page 3
The New High School
4
Department Organization
5
Comparative Statement
6
Gross and Net Cost
7
Report of Committee
8
Enrollment of Pupils
10
Distribution of Pupils Report of Superintendent
12
66 66
13
66
66 66
14
66
15
60
16
66
66
17
No School Signals
18
School Calendar
19
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INDEX
PART 1. TOWN REPORT
Page
Accountant's Report Balance Sheet
146
ยท Expenditures
144
Expenditures Itemized
Assessors'
20
Auditing and Accounting
16
Bounty on Seals
98
By-Laws Special Committee
29
Cemeteries
103
Census
82
Clam Commission
100
Codifying By-Laws & Records
136
Education
81
Election and Registration
23
Electric Light Department
103
Fire Department
32
Forest Warden
39
Grave Digging
105
Health and Sanitation
40
High School Building
138
Highway
45, 61,62
Infirmary
74
Library
98
Memorial Building
99
Memorial Day
97
Moth Department
35
Park
43
Playground
98
Perpetual Care Cemetery
104
Police Department
30
Public Welfare
66
Selectmen
14
Snow Removal
53
Snow Removal Supplemental
106
Soldiers' Benefits
78
Soldiers' Graves
102
Street Light
103
Town Clerk
22
6
Town Hall Tree Warden Unclassified Unemployment Water Department Weights and Measures
27
38 95
107. 114, 119 103 44
List of Jurors
213
List of Town Officers
3
List of Town Property
222
Receipts
7
Reserve Fund Transfers
142
Table of Aggregates
216
Treasurer and Collector's Report
17
Trust Funds
170
Work Sheet
215
Report of Town Officers:
Assessors
217
Auditor's Statement
149
Cemetery Trust Funds
155
Clam Commissioners
211
Fire Engineers' Report
207
Forest Warden
203
Health Report
223
Ipswich Beach Committee
232
Memorial Hall Trustees
231
Milk Inspector
220
Moth Superintendent
199
Park Commissioner
202
Police Department
195
Public Welfare
225
Sanitary Agent
221
Sealer of Weights and Measures
219
Selectmen
185
Superintendent of Streets
204
Tax Collector
150
Tree Warden
200
Trust Fund Commissioners
172
Town Clerk
189
PART II
Water and Light Repor:
PART III
School Report
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