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town or city would then be allowed to send to the school a specified number of boys.
Enabling legislation permitting the voters of the county to consider the question has been presented to the legislature. In its present form, the bill calls for an ex- penditure of $250,000 to build and equip the school. We are convinced that such a county trade school would be a constructive measure to equalize educational oppor- tunities in the county. It would be particularly advan- tageous to communities of our population class, but it, doubtless, would cost, we must frankly admit, more than the amount stated in the bill.
THE HEALTH PROGRAM
Once the schools were concerned largely with the teaching of subject matter. What new responsibilities they have assumed are indicated by a brief survey of our health program. To this program there are at least three phases : diagnosis, remedial work, and preventative health measures. The first is concerned with the dis- covery of serious physical defects which might retard our pupils in making a proper adjustment to their en- vironment. Toward this end, every child in the schools is given a physical examination at the beginning of the school year. This year 1211 such examinations have been made.
Supplementary to these physical examinations by the school doctor is the dental examination given by the dentist in charge of the school dental clinic. Last year 369 cases were treated in this dental clinic without ex- pense to the School Department.
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An eye and ear examination is also given to each school child. Those children who seem to have serious hearing loss are referred to the state audiometer testing service. Last year all the children in the third grade and 28 other children who had indications of hearing loss were given this test. Of the total number tested, six were found to have serious hearing loss.
Besides this service, the schools take advantage of the Essex County tuberculosis clinics which provide free chest X-rays for pupils in the schools and follow-up ser- vice for those discovered to be affected. This year the pupils in the 9th and 11th grades were given the oppor- tunity to avail themselves of this service. Eighty-three per cent of the parents gave their permission to have their children examined. No cases of tuberculosis were reported.
This diagnostic program would be pointless were provision not made for active remedial work. In many cases a note from the school nurse to the parents is suffi- cient. Often, this is followed by a visit to the home. As a result of these visits often comes the decision to refer the handicapped child to one of the various clinics avail- able in the county. Of the children referred to clinics. last year, 8 were taken to the eye clinic at Danvers; 1, to the Beverly Ear Clinic; 2, to the Salem Speech Clinic; 6, to the child guidance clinic at Newburyport. Twenty- one other retarded or problem children were referred to the travelling school clinics sponsored by the state.
Preventive health measures are instituted with the Pre-School Roundup, even before the child enters school. Instruction in hygiene and health is given throughout the grades. Besides this, first aid care and advice is given by the school physician. Last year the physician made 846 morning examinations.
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Supplementing this program of hygiene instruction in the classroom and through the various available clinics is a program of physical education which has been insti- tuted this year in the Junior High School and in the grades in the Winthrop School. According to the arrangement which has been worked out, each boy and girl in these schools is given a double period each week for physical training. A working program of games, folk dances, and gymnastics has been evolved whereby, in progressive steps from grade to grade, pupils presumably develop habits essential to good posture, rhythm, physical co- ordination, and poise. Throughout the several grades, the boys and girls are segregated during the period of physical education.
This work in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades is under the direction of Mrs. Leighton; that in the 7th and 8th grades, under Miss Cogswell and Mr. Pickard.
By purchasing collapsible folding chairs for the Man- ning Hall, the School Committee has made it possible to use the excellent floor space there as a gymnasium as well as an assembly hall. The floor is now being put into con- dition ; the lines, marked ; and a program of winter after- noon basketball, developed for the boys and girls in the junior high school. In the meantime each boy in the seventh and eighth grade has an opportunity to play at the high school one evening a week.
CHANGES IN THE TEACHING FORCE
There have been two changes in our teaching force since we reported in 1940. Mr. Herbert Downs, a gradu- ate of Fitchburg Teachers College, was hired during the summer to replace Mr. Bercume, Manual Arts instructor,
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who had resigned to accept a position in another com- munity.
Miss Sophie Kobos, a teacher in the elementary grades, was unable to continue teaching after the open- ing of school in the fall. Her absence precipitated, in some measure, the closing of the smaller of the two Payne School buildings. By consolidating two classes in the Payne School unit and by sending the bus pupils to one of the other elementary schools, we were able to carry on effectively without hiring a teacher to fill the vacancy.
EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE
To the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren for providing guidance and clinical service to our children; to the teachers of the Nursery School for the excellent work they have done in preparing children for our regular school program; to the Red Cross for provid- ing milk for undernourished children; to the Welfare Board for supplying labor at times when it was needed in the schools; to the Garden Club and an anonymous person connected with it for assisting to finance a nature lore course which has been given with so much profit during the past year ; to the Rotary Club for their several contributions ; to the Teachers' Club for providing money for glasses for needy children, and to the firemen for contributing to that fund ; to the Public Library for assist- ing in the school's reading program; to the Board of Health for co-operating with us to solve our mutual prob- lems; to the bus operators for the special services they have rendered; to the employees of the school depart- ment, teachers and janitors, for contributing much time
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and effort beyond what might be considered within the province of their duty ; and to the numberless citizens of Ipswich who through their many expressions of good will have assisted us during the year to make the school pro- gram the more effective, we wish to express our sincere gratitude.
CONCLUSION
We cannot write a report this year without mention- ing the insistently recurring question, "What can the schools do to assist in the national defense program ?" It is, of course, a pertinent question, and one not lightly to be answered.
In putting the question most people have in mind the practical steps taken by trade schools to increase their instruction in trade skills necessary for industrial production on a war-time level. Though these things are important and necessary, the real record of the contribu- tion of public schools to national defense has already been written, and not much we can do, on sudden im- pulse, can change that record. Presumably, the Ameri- can schools have for generations been training the young for the defense of our democracy. How effectively that job has been done will doubtless be told in the months to come.
And yet the seriousness of the test which faces us causes us to attempt to state in palpable terms the pre- cepts upon which our educational system has been founded-in part to reassure ourselves-but mostly to set a standard for future action.
"Democracy" is a much abused word which means
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many things to many people. And yet, however many and however vague may be its connotations, it has come to symbolize for us that kind of government which offers to each person in it the greatest opportunity for free and dignified self-expression. In contrast with those govern- ments which emphasize the subordination of the individ- ual to a state which can, and in fact may be, ruthless, democracy is predicated upon a profound and abiding faith in the ability of the individual to work out his own destiny and attain to some measure of human dignity.
If that in very brief be our faith, it suggests certain implications to those of us who deal in education. It im- plies, for one thing, education not so much for informa- tion, though that is necessary; but rather education for discipline. By this we do not mean discipline which man- ifests itself in blind subservience, characteristic of sub- jects of totalitarian states. We mean rather that repete- tive discipline which results in the acquisition of good habits of body, mind, and morals-those habits by which we live and which are, perhaps, the only enduring effects of education. Our educational process should, therefore, be concerned with the inculcation of habits of health in- stead of invalidism; skill instead of bungling; industry instead of sloth. It should emphasize the development of mental habits of accuracy and success; the habits of sincerity and tolerance instead of their antitheses, pre- tense and bigotry. It must cultivate those social habits of sympathy and co-operation and good will; of sacrifice for the common good; of joy and pride in good work- manship.
When we tell parents that we believe in education for discipline, that is what we mean. We submit that it
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is also education for democracy. If that has not been our business in the past, it should have been. It should be our business now. And the schools, the home, the churches, and all other persons and agencies that deal with the young can, we feel, make a significant contribution to national defense by tending to that business.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY S. MERSON, Superintendent.
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ENROLLMENT OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES FROM 1930 TO 1940
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Grade
1930|1931 |1932|1933|1934|1935 |1936 |1937 |1938|1939 1940
I.
154
124
123
75
111
115
95
105
78
79
82
II.
163
164
122
109
87
100
106
60
89
84
75
III.
127
145
161
129
112
88
100
105
90
94
81
IV.
168
144
149
178
150
121
100
112
94
91
103
V.
150
169
157
164
162
149
126
97
120
101
89
VI.
158
157
154
160
163
139
167
127
90
116
96
VII.
129
154
134
142
131
222
162
157
144
115
127
VIII.
137
102
137
121
157
103
118
126
119
121
97
IX.
104
128
112
122
105
124
112
138
144
136
147
X.
102
86
109
90
101
116
101
100
116
124
111
XI.
60
82
75
80
73
59
74
74
80
89
96
XII.
56
43
64
45
54
54
61
56
68
74
89
P. G.
2
6
10
10
3
10
4
10
8
13
7
Totals
1510 1504 1507 1425 1409 1400 1326 1267 |1240 1237 1200
Annual Inc.
*6
*6
2|*82
*16
*9|*74|
*59
*27
*3 *37
1
* Decrease.
Americanization Classes : 1932-33, 43; 1933-34, 51; 1934-35, 42; 1935-36, 68; 1936-37, 39 ; 1937-38, 88; 1938-39, 88; 1939-40, 86,
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IPSWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
Grade
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 Totals
I
17
60
4
1
82
II
10
49
13
3
75
III
15
48
13
4
1
81
IV
1
15
57
24
5
1
103
V
11
44
19
11
3
1
89
VI
15
46
18
12
4
1
96
VII
25
53
30
14
4
1
127
VIII
1
19
30
20
23
4
97
IX
3
37
44
25
28
10
147
X
3
28
39
22
12
6
1
111
XI
3
36
34
21
2
96
XII
3
23
31|
16
7
1
89
P.G.
4
2
7
Totals
17
70
69
76
85
87|
97|105 |115 113 |132 121
78
26
8
1
1200
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COST OF SCHOOLS FOR 1940
In 1940 Ipswich spent a gross total of $104,673.04 for the support of its public schools. The net cost to the town was $87,851.02.
For each of the dollars spent for the support of schools in Ipswich in 1940 the town received a return of 16.08 cents : from the state as reimbursement, 9.68 cents ; from Rowley for tuition, 4.18 cents; and from the Feof- fees of Little Neck, the Trustees of the Manning Fund, and from other miscellaneous sources, 2.22 cents.
Each dollar expended by the School Department in 1940 was apportioned among the various activities under its jurisdiction as follows :
General Control (salaries of Superintendent, Clerk, Attendance Officer and expenses of School Committee) 4.97 cents
Promotion of Health (salaries of Nurse and Doctor and expenses of unit) 1.50 cents
Textbooks and Supplies : 4.76 cents
Salaries of teachers, principals, and super- visors 62.83 cents
Maintenance of School Plant (salaries of janitors ; fuel, power and water; general maintenance; outlays for replacement of equipment, insurance) 18.53 cents 6.51 cents
Transportation of pupils
Miscellaneous Expenditures (Americanization Classes, tuition to Industrial Schools, support of truants, Diplomas and Grad- uation ) .90 cents
TOTAL 100.00 cents
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GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Meetings of the Committee:
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the 3rd 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 may be employed in any mercantile occu- pation until he has reached the age of sixteen years. All minors between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one must procure an Employment Certificate before accepting a job in a mercantile occupation.
The employment certificates are issued every week day at the office of the Superintendent of Schools.
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A STATEMENT RELATIVE TO NO-SCHOOL SIGNALS
4 blasts of the fire whistle with the street lights on for 5 minutes at 7:30 means-
NO SCHOOL - ALL SCHOOLS - ALL DAY (with radio announcement from Station WESX if possible)
4 blasts of the fire whistle with the street lights on for 5 minutes at 8:00 A.M. means-
NO SCHOOL-FIRST 8 GRADES FOR THE MORNING SESSION
4 blasts of the whistle with the lights at 11:30 A.M. means-
NO AFTERNOON SESSION FOR THE FIRST EIGHT GRADES
If the whistle does not sound and the lights do not come on at 11:30, the school busses will appear at ap- proximately as many minutes before the opening of the schools in the afternoon as they do in the morning. For example: if the school bus appears at your home at 8:15 or 30 minutes before school opens in the morning, the school bus should appear about 12:45 (a quarter of an hour before 1 o'clock) or 30 minutes before 1:15 the time of the opening in the afternoon.
If the whistle sounded at 7:30 for no school, all schools, all day, whistle will not sound at 11:30.
If school was in session in the morning and if for any reason it is to be dismissed for the afternoon, pupils will be informed in their various rooms.
If a storm should break during the noon hour after dismissal at noon, 4 blasts of the whistle will be given with the lights on at 12:30 P.M.
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Obviously we cannot blow the no-school signals for every storm. Parents should reserve the right to keep their children home in stormy weather if in their own judgment they feel that the pupils ought not to go out.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1940 - 1941
TERM
BEGINS
CLOSES
Winter
January 6, 1941
February 21, 1941
Spring
March 3, 1941 April 18, 1941
Summer
April 28, 1941 June 19, 1941
Fall
September 8, 1941
Teachers are expected to report at the Manning School at 9 A.M., Friday, Sept. 5, 1941.
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HOLIDAYS
Every Saturday ; October 12 (Columbus Day) ; No- vember 11 (Armistice Day) ; Teachers' Convention Day ; November 27 and 28 (Thanksgiving) ; Good Friday; May 30 (Memorial Day).
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LIST OF TEACHERS IN IPSWICH
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
.00 0. : :. . .
Harry S. Merson, Superintendent
High
Ralph C. Whipple, Principal
Robert D. Conary
Hazel E. Manzer
E. Margaret Allen
Helen Brown
Helen J. Blodgett
Alice Yagjian
M. Katherine Blood Frank Davis
James M. Burke Anne Patch
Marion F. Whitney
Arthur W. Danielson
Elizabeth P. Glover
Mrs. Ruth A. Lord
Helen B. Fitzgerald (part-time)
Herbert Downs (part-time)
Winthrop - Manning Katherine F. Sullivan, Principal
WINTHROP Alice Ciolek
Violet L. Hawkins
Jennie A. Johnson
Lucy A. Hill Mrs. Blanche E. J. Leighton Rosamond Reilly Blanche L. Oxner Margaret Phelan Frederick Pickard
MANNING Mrs. Lena J. Atherley
Frances Cogswell
Mrs. Helen B. Fitzgerald (part-time) Herbert W. Downs (part-time)
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Burley
Mrs. Nellie T. Smith, Principal
Nellie J. Sojka
Anne E. Friend
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Weare
Mrs. Margaret Howard
Ruth Gilday
Ruth Brown
1
Shatswell
Mrs. Augusta A. Grenache, Principal
Ethel M. Archer
Ruth F. Joyce
Mary A. Nourse
Mrs. Hilda J. Schofield
Lucy Ardelle Kimball
Mary Bond
Payne
Frances A. Ross
Zelda M. Hayes, Art Supervisor
Arthur H. Tozer, Music Supervisor
Dr. Frank L. Collins, School Physician 1
Muriel E. Riley, School Nurse
Janitors :
Albert Waite, High School. Mrs. Margaret Scott, High School.
Lawrence Gwinn, Winthrop School. Frances Perkins, Manning School. Arthur Grant, Burley School. Warren Grant, Shatswell School.
George Tozer, Payne School.
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Grace A. Bowlen, Principal
Norma Paige
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Index to School Report
Page
Department Organization
3
Committee's Report
4
Comparative Statement School Dept. Expend. 7
Gross and Net Cost
8
Superintendent's Report 9
Enrollment of Pupils
24
Membership by Age and Grade
25
Table of Costs of Schools for 1940 26
General Announcements 27
No School Signals 28
School Calendar 29
List of Teachers 30
INDEX
PART I. - TOWN REPORT
Accountant's Report 129
Receipts
131
Payments
139
Expenditures
140 - 177
Balance Sheet
182 - 183
Recapitulation
178 - 181
Animals, Inspector of
50
Assessors, Report of 23
Auditor's Report on Trust Funds
82
Auditor's Statement
125
Bonds and Notes Payable
123
Cemetery Superintendent
75
Child Hygiene
49
Clam Commissioner, Report of
40
Estimated Receipts 24
Federal Surplus Commodity Food Distribution
63
Fire Department, Report of 31
Forest Warden, Report 34
FUNDS, TRUSTS, TRUSTEES' AND FEOFFEES' REPORTS
Trustees of Memorial Hall 71
Trust Fund Commissioners, Report of 77
Cemetery Trust Funds 83
Heard Fund of Ipswich Public Library 96
Treadwell Fund of Ipswich Public Library 98
Ipswich Beach Fund of Public Library 100
Thomas H. Lord Fund 101
George Spiller Fund 101
Manning School Fund 102
R. H. Manning Fund 103
Feoffees of Grammar School, Report of 104
Burley Education Fund 106
INDEX
Brown School Fund
108
Mrs. William G. Brown Fund
109
John C. Kimball Fund 109
Richard T. Crane, Jr. Picnic Fund
110
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund
111
Marianna T. Jones Fund
111
Martha I. Savory Fund
112
Dow Boulder Memorial Fund
113
Health, Board of 46
Highways, Superintendent of Streets Report 51
Jurors, List of 80
Milk Inspector, Report of 49
Moth Superintendent, Report of
36
Park Commissioners, Report of
39
Police Department, Report of
27
Sanitary Agent, Report of
48
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
42
Selectmen's Report
9
Table of Aggregates, 1940
25
Tax Collector, Report of
114
Town Clerk, Report of
13
Town Counsel, Report of
20
Town Forest Committee
73
Town Officers, List of
3
Town Property, List of
185
Treasurer, Report of 124
Tree Warden, Report of 35
Welfare, Board of Public 58
W. P. A. Agent's Report
65
PART II
Water and Light Report
PART III
Special Report Town Beach Committee, including Report of Counsel PART IV
School Report
I ps. Run Bay 052 105 Tpsauch 1940
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