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These teachers, as well as the others, have full schedules, and they require time for preparation of their daily work as well as time for paper correction. It would seem, with the heavy teaching load and the need for a more complete physical educational program, that an extra teacher is almost a necessity. In fact, the State Supervisor of Secondary Education, Mr. Alfred Mack, made such a recommendation after his recent inspection of our school.
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The faculty of the High School and the principal, Mr. Whipple, deserve our appreciation for their hard work and meritorious service.
We particularly wish to thank Mr. Albert Waite and Mrs. Scott for their sincere interest in all the school activities and commend them for their very efficient care of the High School Building.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
We also wish to extend our thanks to the elementary school teachers and their principals for their loyalty and for their constant interest in the educational experi- ences of the children. The assembly and club programs deserve special commendation. It is only through the efforts of the teachers in thoroughly training the chil- dren in the fundamentals, that the pupils can be made ready for the later experiences in life.
We appreciate the work of the janitors in the elementary schools.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Nursery School was organized in 1934 and has been conducted first at the Burley and now at the Shats- well School. All expenses were paid by the Federal Government. In September, 1937, the school was again re-organized but this time without support for the mid-morning and noon lunches. This forced us to appeal to the community for financial assistance. The school evidently has proved its worth because the response to our request for assistance was very generous.
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We wish to thank the following organizations and individuals for their financial support :
1. The Teachers' Club.
2. The Rotary Club.
3. Ipswich Fire Company.
4. The John T. Heard Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
5. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
6. The Ipswich Grange.
7. Ipswich Woman's Club.
8. Heard Chapter No. 94, Order of the Eastern Star.
9. Knights of Columbus.
10. The American Legion, Post No. 80.
11. Agawam Lodge, I.O.O.F.
12. Martha Washington Rebekah Lodge.
13. Agawam Chapter of the Massachusetts, D.A.R.
14. The Catholic Woman's Club.
15. General James Appleton Woman's Relief Corps.
16. Mr. Howard N. Doughty.
17. Mr. Frank Trussell.
We also wish to express our appreciation to all those who have in any way helped to make the nursery school a success. The entire account is open for inspec- tion at any time and a report will be rendered at the end of the year.
We wish to acknowledge our indebtedness to the local Red Cross and the Rotary Club for their generosity in furnishing the funds with which to buy milk for the underweight children. We also wish to extend our
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thanks to those who have assisted in any way in carry- ing on the work of the Junior Red Cross. We appreciate the generosity of the Ipswich Fire Company in providing funds for needy children.
The Welfare Department has been of great help to us during the past year in furnishing labor for the reno- vation of the central group of buildings. We wish to extend to them our appreciation and gratitude.
SAFETY EDUCATION
In 1937 at least fifteen thousand children under the age of 15 years were killed in accidents. Many of these were bicycle riders, others were killed in attempting to cross the highways at points other than guarded inter- sections. Hundreds were drowned. I make these state- ments in the hope that everyone reading these words will do all thevcan to prevent any loss of life in Ipswich. Our Police Department guards our crossings morning, noon. and night, and we thank them for their continual interest in the children. It is our hope that everyone will think on these things.
CONCLUSION
May I extend my thanks to the School Committee and to the community for co-operation in providing everything possible for our children. We hope that we can always "provide opportunities for growth under living conditions which consistently and continuously provide for normal mental development; adequate medical service; a social environment in which youth is spared unnecessary stresses and strains caused by domes-
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tic unhappiness, poverty, crime, political corruption, and community conflicts." We hope that as our young men and women leave our schools that they as- sume responsibility for "helping to plan and execute a program of healthy living and worthy endeavor; the conservation and improvement of the home that has nurtured them, the schools that have sponsored their education, and the community, the state, and the nation that have fostered and protected their growth."
Respectfully submitted,
NATHANIEL N. LOVE, Superintendent.
ENROLLMENT OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES FROM 1925 TO 1937
Grade
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935| 1936
1937
I.
190
172
201
175
171
154
124
123
75
111
115
95
105
II.
163
182
159
163
156
163
164
122
109
87
100
106
60
III
189
149
179
172
166
127
145
161
129
112
88
100
105
IV.
142
195
155
168
145
168
144
149
178
150
121
100
112
V.
177
141
173
145
146
150
169
157
164
162
149
126
97
VI.
129
166
163
180
142
158
157
154
160
163
139
167
127
VII.
135
127
139
133
153
129
154
134
142
131
222
162
157
VIII.
102
104
93
119
104
137
102
137
121
157
103
118
126
IX.
105
108
117
95
130
104
128
112
122
105
124
112
138
X.
69
69
76
81
79
102
86
109
90
101
116
101
100
XI.
60
60
65
60
71
60
82
75
80
73
59
74
74
XII.
40
46
47
50
48
56
43
64
45
54
54
61
56
P. G.
2
3
3
5
2
6
1
10
10
3
10
4
10
Totals
1501
1521
1570
1544
1516
1510
1504
1507
1425
1409
1400
1326 1267
An'l Inc .. -
36 |
20
1 49 |
*26 |
*28 |
*6|
*6 |
2|
*82 |
1 *9
-
*74
*59
* Dec.
Americanization Classes : 1931-32, 57; 1932-33, 43; 1933-34, 51; 1934-35, 42; 1935-36, 68; 1936-37, 39; 1937-38
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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE
AGE
Grade
| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9|10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20|Total
I
68|
36
1
105
II
46
5
8
1
60
III
6
59
28
8
3
1
105
IV
54
40
15
3
112
V
14
40
28
8
6
1
97
VI
23
45
24
20
13
1
1
127
VII
4
35
45
44
18
11
157
VIII
3
31
37
32
20
2
1
126
IX
3
37
44
34
16
4
138
X
1
25
45
18
5
6
100
XI
3
33|
24
10
4
74
XII
2| 21|
20
8
4
1
56
XIII
3 6
1
1 1 5|
10
Total
68 88 65 104 116 |129 |114 |146 |135 |146 86| 46 |18
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS
Comparison of certain totals for the Commonwealth for the year 1936-37, as given in the preceding tables, with the corresponding totals for 1926-27, and the per cent of increase or decrease during the ten-year period.
ITEM
1926-27
1936-37
Ipswich 1937
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, and HIGH
Principals and teachers .
24.613
26,195
50
Pupils enrolled
729,529
744,702
* 1.326
Average daily attendance
645,565
660,586
* 1,156
Average membership
686,296
705,999
* 1.285
AMERICANIZATION
Teachers
2
Pupils enrolled
72
Expenditure
$264 30
VALUATION
Valuation for 1926 and 1936 .
$6,910,553,302 .
$6,446,321,173
$6,907.850
Valuation per pupil in the average membership
10,069
9,131
5.566
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES
General control, including salaries and ex- penses of school committees and superin- tendents
$2,420,633 10
$2,656,311 99
$5,062 19
3 53
3 76
3 92
44,084,901 98
49,608,382 04
67,960 18
64 24
70 27
52 10
1,098,483 22
908,075 26
1,782 70
Cost per pupil in average membership
1 60
1 29 1 3.8
2,001,665 33 1.941,061 68
2,271 34
Cost per pupil in average membership
2 87
2 75
1
76
Operation of school plant, including janitor service and fuel .
7.219,874 81
7,772,489 98 11,778 19
9 16
Cost per pupil in average membership
3,464,959 09
2,415,894 05
4,809 50
5 05
3 42
3 74
44,774 85
102,851 21
269 60
Cost per pupil in average membership Promotion of health
911,565 39
1.121,033 79
1,729 26
Cost per pupil in average membership Transportation .
1 33
1
59
1
34
1,627,128 01
1,880,392 50
7,874 50
2 37
2
66
6 12
Cost per pupil in average membership ·
81
702,305 27 99
59
Miscellaneous expenditures for support . Cost per pupil in average membership Americanization .
70
75 1
09
Cost per pupil in averare membership ·
3 67
Total for support and outlay .
78,413,845 79
76.540,043 32
107,958 50
Cost per pupil in average membership
114 26 108 41
84 01
.
Cost per pupil in average membership Insurance
10 52
11 01
1,993 13
1.55
Repairs, replacement, and upkeep .
Cost per pupil in average membership Ichvaries
07
15
21
Cost per pupil in average membership Tuition
554,342 86
753 09
480.230 99
527,379 14 1,410 52
264 30
Cost per pupil in average membership
Salaries of principals, supervisors, and teachers Cost per pupil in average membership
Textbooks
Other expenses of instruction .
* For the year ending June 1937.
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GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Meetings of the Committee:
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the last Thursday of each month at the Manning School at 8:00 P.M.
Entrance Age:
No child shall be admitted to school in September unless he has reached the age of six on or before the first of January following the opening of school.
Birth Certificates:
A birth certificate is required for entrance to the first grade.
Vaccination :
No child shall be allowed to enter the first grade without a certificate of successful vaccination. Quotation from State Law, Chapter 76, Section 15: "An unvac- cinated child shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate like the physi- cian's certificate required by Section 182, of Chapter 3."
Employment Certificates:
No child between the ages of fourteen and sixteen shall be allowed to leave school until a signed Promise of Employment Card has been presented to the principal of the school which he is attending or to the super- intendent.
The employment certificates are issued every week- day at the office of the Superintendent of Schools.
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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 Eight Grades.
4 BLASTS AT 11:30-No Afternoon Session in the First Eight Grades.
4 BLASTS AT 12:30-No Afternoon Sessions in the First Eight Grades if a storm occurs during the noon hour.
In the absence of any signal at 11:30, the afternoon session will be held as usual unless a signal is blown at 12:30. Teachers and pupils must be present at such sessions as on other days.
All should bear in mind that the 7:30 and 8:00 o'clock signals DO NOT EXCUSE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
In addition to the warning given by the whistle, the street lights will be turned on for five minutes after the signal is given in each case.
In all cases parents are expected to exercise their judgment as to permitting their children to attend school during stormy weather.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1937 - 1938
TERM
BEGINS CLOSES
Fall
September 8, 1937. .December 23, 1937
Winter - January 3, 1938 February 18, 1938
Spring
February 28, 1938. April 15, 1938
Summer April 25, 1938 To be announced
Fall
September 7, 1938. December 23, 1938
Winter
January 2, 1939
Teachers must report for duty on Tuesday, Septem- ber 6, at 9 a.m., previous to the opening of school for the Fall Term.
Holidays
Every Saturday ; Columbus Day, October 12; Armis -.. tice Day, November 11; Wednesday Afternoon, Thurs- day and Friday of Thanksgiving Week; January 1; Good Friday, and April 19.
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LIST OF TEACHERS IN IPSWICH
PUBLIC SCHOOLS N. N. Love, Superintendent High
Ralph C. Whipple, Principal
Robert D. Conary Mrs. Ruth A. Lord
E. Margaret Allen
Hazel E. Manzer
Helen J. Blodgett
Helen Brown
M. Katherine Blood
Ruth B. Arthur
James M. Burke
Harry S. Merson
Mrs. Ethelinda G. Cruickshank
Winthrop
Katherine F. Sullivan, Principal
Mrs. Lena J. Atherly
Blanche L. Oxner
Violet L. Hawkins
Lucy A. Hill
Jennie A. Johnson
Frances Cogswell
Elizabeth P. Glover
Rosamond Reilly
Margaret Phelan
Alice Ciolek
Zella . Zuoski
Mrs. Blanche E. J. Leighton
Burley
Mrs. Nellie T. Smith, Principal
Nellie J. Sojka
Anne E. Friend
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Weare
Mrs. Margaret Howard
Zelda Hayes
Ruth Gilday
Mrs. Alice D. Moran
Ruth M. Brown
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Shatswell Mrs. Augusta A. Grenache, Principal
Ethel M. Archer
Mary Bond
Ruth F. Joyce
Norma Paige
Mrs. Hilda J. Schofield
Mary A. Nourse
Gertrude Ciolek
Payne Grace A. Bowlen, Principal
Frances A. Ross Lucy Ardelle Kimball
Arthur H. Tozer, Music Charles Avadanian, Manual Arts A. Herbert Henrickson, Manual Arts Marion F. Whitney, Domestic Science Florence E. Forsyth, Domestic Science Dr. F. L. Collins, School Physician Madeline E. Bailey, Nurse
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Index to School Report.
Department Organization 3
Report of Committee
4
Comparative Statement
7
Gross and Net Cost
8
Superintendent's Report
9
Enrollment of Pupils
21
Membership by Age and Grade
22
Comparative Statistics
23
General Announcements
24
No School Signals
25
School Calendar
26
List of Teachers 27
INDEX
PART I. - TOWN REPORT
Accountant's Report:
Note: - The itemized account of receipts and expenditures for the Town under the Town Accountant's Report is printed in the same order in the Accountant's Re- port as contained in the Recapitulation, which starts on Page 172, said Recapitulation being the order approved by the State.
Receipts 127
Payments 135
Expenditures :
137
Aid to Dependent Children, U. S. Grants
154
Assessors
139
Auditing and Accounting
138
Balance Sheet
176
Bounties on Seals
166
Cable Memorial Hospital
148
Cemeteries
168
Chapter 90, Mill Road
151
Clam Commissioners
146
Crane Picnic Fund
165
Debt Account
178
Education
155
Election and Registration
140
Essex Sanitorium
148
Estate Joseph I. Horton
168
Fire Department 143
Forest Warden
146
Grave Digging
169
Green Street Dam
165
Health and Sanitation
147
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Highways
148
Infirmary
153
Interest
169
Law
139
Libraries
158
Maturing Debt
170
Memorial Building
165
Memorial Day
166
Military Aid
154
Moderator
137
Mosquito Control
146
Moth Department
144
Motor Grader Equipment
151
Moving Buildings, Great Neck
160
Nabby's Point Road
150
New High School
156
Old Age Assistance, U. S. Grants
154
Park Department
158
Perpetual Care
169
Playgrounds
158
Police Department
142
Recapitulation
172
Repairs to Town Hall
141
Repairs to Town Scales
166
Reserve Fund Transfers
167
Savory Fund
145
Sealer of Weights and Measures
145
Selectmen
137
Snow Removal
151
Soldiers' Graves
155
Soldiers' Relief
154
Special By-Laws Committee
141
Special Clam Committee
146
State Aid
154
INDEX 1
3
Street Lighting
151
Treasurer and Collector
138
Town Clerk
140
Town Clock, Care of 166
Town Hall
141
Town Wharf
149
Tree Warden
145
Trust Funds
178
Union - Saltonstall streets
150
Unpaid Bills, 1936
159
WPA Unemployment, $4,500.00
160
Zoning, Committee on
142
Assessors, Report of 120
Auditor's Statement 181
Beach Committee, Report of
76
Board of Health, Report of
38
Board of Public Welfare, Report of
33
Bonds and Notes Payable
190
Clam Commissioners, Report of
60
Estimated Receipts 122
73
Fire Department, Report of
70
Forest Warden, Report 59
Funds, Trusts, Trustees' and Feoffees' Reports
85
Mrs. William G. Brown Fund
87
John C. Kimball Fund
87
Richard T. Crane Picnic Fund
88
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund
88
Marianna T. Jones Fund
89
Martha I. Savory Fund
89
Arthur Wesley Dow Park Fund
90
Thomas H. Lord Fund
90
George Spiller Fund
90
R. H. Manning Fund
90
Manning School Fund
91
Federal Surplus Commodity Food Distribution
4
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Treadwell Fund, Public Library
92
Heard Fund, Public Library
93
Brown School Fund 95
Burley Educational Fund
96
Feoffees of Grammar School
97
Trustees of Memorial Building
99
Trust Fund Commissioners, Report of
101
Cemetery Trust Funds 66
104
Highways, Superintendent of Streets Report
Infirmary 35
In Memoriam, William A. Stone
65
Jurors, List of
51
Legislative Acts Adopted by Town
47
Milk Inspector, Report of
41
Moth Superintendent, Report of
55
Park Commissioners, Report of
53
Police Department, Report of
43
Sanitary Agent, Report of
42
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
61
Selectmen, Chairman's Report
15
Selectmen, Majority Report
7
Table of Aggregates, 1937
123
Town Clerk, Report of
26
Town Counsel, Report of
81
Town Officers, List of
3
Town Property, List of
124
Treasurer and Collector, Report of
179
Tree Warden, Report of
57
Vital Statistics
26
Work Sheet for 1937
122
PART II
Water and Light Report
PART III
School Report
.
352.05 Ipswich 1937
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