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Dental certificates issued 61
Emergency cases 26
Summer Camp children treated
1
Retarded class clinic children treated 9
Children treated for Welfare Department 34
Amount collected in fees at clinic $23.60
Note: Dental Clinic closed for three weeks in December, 1936, due to repair in the Town Hall building because of closing less received for fees and fewer children treated.
Lip Reading Class
Financed by the Chandler Ford Fund, Herbert E. Walker Trustee under the will of Chandler Ford of Marshfield.
Instructor : Miss Harriett Gibson of Brockton.
Class meets on Monday and Thursday of each school week in the office of the School Nurse.
The pupils in the class have shown a continued im- provement in their school work due to their ability to receive directions and explanations from their teacher.
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This clinic costs the town nothing and saves the town a cost of a pupil repeating a grade or about $60 per pupil.
County Follow-Up Clinic
Physician : Dr. John J. Decker, Assistant Superinten- dent of Lakeville Sanatorium.
Pupils tested, X-Rayed, Physically Examined. Grade 7: Bates Junior High. Grades 9 and 11: Memorial High School.
Program : Explanation of clinic to students. Dr. John Decker at Memorial High School.
Moving Pictures : "Behind the Shadows." Explanation of clinic to members of the Bates School P. T. A., also to students of Grade 7. Moving pictures for the students, given by the School Nurse.
Von Pirquet Test :
Date: October 26, 1936.
Memorial High School students, grades 9 and
11 168
Bates School students 110
Total 278
Percent Tested :
Bates School, grade 7 79%
High School, grades 9 and 11 76%
Number of Positive Reactors to the Test:
Bates School, grade 7 25
High School, grades 9 and 11 38
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Percent of Positive Reactors :
Bates School, grade 7 23%
High School, grades 9 and 11
23%
X-Ray :
Dates : November 12 and 13, 1936.
X-Ray Technician, Mr. Steele, State Department of Health, State House.
Number of pupils X-Rayed 127
Pupils receiving Von Pirquet Test and X-Ray :
Bates School, grade 7 26
Bates School, grade 8
3
Union Street School
1
School Street School
1
West Side School
5
Memorial High School, grade 11 21
Memorial High School, grade 10 4
Memorial High School, grade 9
21
Total 82
Pupils who did not receive the Von Pirquet Test but X-Rayed :
Memorial High School
24
Bates School, grades 7 and 8
11
School Street School
6
Union Street School
1
West Side School 2
South Middleboro
1
Total
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Physical Examination :
Date: December 10, 1936.
Physician: Dr. John Decker, Assistant Superinten- dent of Lakeville Sanatorium.
Number of students examined 41
Number of parents present at examination 18
Number of students absent due to illness 1
Note: This year for the first time the Chadwick Clinic Group were X-Rayed and Physically Ex- amined with the New County Clinic group. This program will continue in the future.
Junior Red Cross Class in Home Hygiene
Sponsored by the local Red Cross Chapter.
Classes held each Tuesday afternoon in the Bates School.
Members of class: Twenty pupils from Bates School, Grade 8.
First class held November 5, 1936.
Length of course: Thirty lessons.
Examinations : Held at Bates School. Twenty passed and received certificates sent from Washington Head- quarters.
Note : Visitors are welcome and parents are urged to come and observe the work in the classes.
Adult Tubercular Cases
Type of Cases :
Pulmonary
49
Hilum
13
Bone
3
Cervical Adenitis
1
Tubercular Kerato-Uvitis
1
47
Pulmonary Nephritis 1
Tubercular Peritonitis
1
Other Forms
4
Total 73
Of this number :
Number of deaths 0
Moved out of town 2
Examined and X-Rayed 17
New Cases 2
Patients at Sanatorium
4
Note: Number of children from these families who received the Von Pirquet test, X-Ray, and Physical Examination at the County Follow-Up Clinic 37
Opportunity Class Clinic
Required by law-examination of all pupils three or more years mentally retarded.
Number of visits made to homes for personal histories of the children 28
Examination under the direction of Dr. Olga Stein- ecke of the Taunton State Hospital Clinic Staff.
Number of days of examination 3
Total number of pupils examined 24
Results of clinic :
Physical Defects needing correction :
Dental Care 7
Tonsil and Adenoids 1
Vision 1
Physical Defects corrected during the year :
Dental Care
7
Tonsil and Adenoids 1
Vision
1
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Note : Defect corrections were made possible through the donations of the following :
Dental Care; Dental Clinic. Tonsil and Adenoids, Vision; Junior Red Cross.
Diphtheria Prevention Clinic
Date: March 26, April 2, April 9.
Physician : Dr. A. V. Smith, School Physician.
Toxoid used at this clinic.
Certificates were issued stating that the child had re- ceived the three treatments of Diphtheria Toxoid.
Age at time Protected
First Treatment
Second Treatment
Third Treatment
Under 1
3
2
2
1
10
10
10
2
14
13
13
3
14
13
13
4
6
6
6
5
7
7
7
6
28
27
26
7
16
16
16
8
6
6
6
9
2
2
2
10
1
1
1
11
3
3
3
Totals
110
106
104
Summer Camp at Plymouth County Hospital
Camp located in South Hanson.
Number of pupils sent dependent upon amount of money received from sale of Christmas seals.
Amount of money received from the Christmas Scal sale $362.64
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Of the amount received, $362.64, one-half is sent to headquarters and the postage for local letters is de- ducted leaving a balance of $141.32, to be used for Summer Camp.
Amount used for postage $40.00
Number of children sent in summer of 1936, one.
Length of vacation period at camp, June 26 to August 20, 8 weeks.
Cost per child $64.00
Home visits are made to investigate cases eligible for the Summer Camp. Children selected for the camp must be taken from groups; first, those recommended by the County Tuberculosis Clinic; second, those whose parents have tuberculosis; third, those who are undernourished.
Distribution of Milk
Due to the success of the tag day conducted by the Middleboro Lodge of Elks, it was possible to have milk distributed to needy undernourished children in the schools from January to May. Milk was also delivered to three suburban schools for hot lunches during the recess periods. Nothing but pasteurized milk is used in our schools.
Number of bottles of milk sold 4,999
Number of bottles of milk given to needy pupils 5,024
Total number of bottles served 10,023
Financial statement :
Balance, January 1, 1936 $345.43
Elks Milk Fund Tag Day 177.92
Cabot Club $30.00
Middleboro Beverage Association
$25.00
Lucey Shoe Company $15.00
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John Cabot Club $5.00
A & P Stores $10.00
Sale of milk to children 172.73
Total receipts $696.08
Expended for milk and straws
393.09
Balance December 31, 1936, Middleboro
Trust Company $302.99
Visitations
Visits to homes 396
Visits to Central Schools 487
Visits to Suburban Schools 144
Visits to doctor's office with pupils
66
Office Treatments
Pupils attended in office ..: 402
General Health Education
Professional meetings 14
Trips with school children and adults to Lake- ville and South Hanson Sanitoria 10
Health Talks to Associations and Groups 6 Health literature and Leaflets distributed to pupils and parents.
Donations Received for Health Work
Fall Brook Mother's Club (Dental Clinic) $10.00
South Middleboro-Rock. P. T. A. 1.00
Middleboro Teachers Association 25.00
Junior Red Cross 10.00
Lions Club 12.00
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Contagious Diesases Among School Children
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
Mumps 2 2 4 2
1 3
3 17
Scarlet Fever 2 2
1 1 6
Measles
2 3
5
Chicken Pox
1
1
2
German Measles 1 1 5 18 30 22
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Lobar Pneumo- nia
1 1 2
Whooping
Cough
4 2 6
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN B. PASZTOR, R.N., School and Public Health Nurse.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Mr. J. Searns Cushing,
Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir:
The regular inspection and examination of school children has been conducted in all of the schools and · the general health of our school population is very, very good. All pupils engaged in any athletic exercise on the organized teams have also received special examina- tions to determine their fitness for the activity.
I wish to thank all teachers for their vigilance in watching for suspicious cases and the speedy reporting of the same to the School Nurse or myself. The efficiency of the School Nurse in keeping contagious diseases at a minimum and her attendance to minor injuries before they become serious deserves high commendation.
One of the functions of this department is the stimu- lating of parents to the importance of having corrected the so-called minor defects found in the examinations. I wish again to call to the attention of the parents the importance of caring for the defects reported to them so that the child may be relieved of the poisons that interfere with health and progress in school. The pur- pose of the annual examination is not to assist pupils to be well for a single year, but to be stronger for other years to come, and in this all parents must help.
In April, one hundred and ten children were given treatment against Diphtheria thus making our town even more immune from this disease. We now have over 1100 immunized through our Clinic work.
Respectfully submitted,
DR. A. VINCENT SMITH, School Physician.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Middleboro, Mass. December 31, 1936.
Mr. J. Stearns Cushing,
Superintendent of Schools, Middleboro, Mass.
Dear Sir :
I herewith present my report as attendance officer for the year ending December 31, 1936:
School
Sickness
Truancy
Other Reasons
Children Taken Home Sick
High School
67
39
57
7
Bates School
15
13
5
3
Union Street
1
2
School Street
1
1
Green Street
2
Pleasant Street
5
Soule School
2
4
4
2
Thomastown
1
3
4
1
Waterville
4
5
5
South Midd.
Plymouth Street
2
5
West Side
9
109
68
87
13
Visits to Homes
250
Visits to Schools
50
One Court Case
1
Flora M. Clark
4
3
t
I wish to thank Superintendent Cushing, Miss Pasztor, Dr. Smith, the Teachers and Parents for the help they have given in my work.
Respectfully submitted, THOMAS E. HIRST, Attendance Officer.
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STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1935-1936
SCHOOL
Number of
Teachers
Number of
Enrolled
Non-resident
Enrolled
Average
Daily
Attendance
Average
Daily
Yearly
Percent of
Attendance
Memorial High
21
634
137
551.5
582.2
94.9
Bates
12
310
2
291.7
303.9
95.9
Grade VIII
132
Grade VII
143
Grade VI
27
Opp. Class
10
School Street
10
350
3
328.3
344.9
95.1
Grade VI
47
Grade VI
34
Grade V
38
Grade V
49
Grade IV
32
Grade IV
42
Grade III
42
Grade III
42
Grade III
24
West Side
6
159
1
147.0
154.5
94.1
Grade VI
29
Grade V
30
Grade IV
32
Grade III
27
Grade II
22
Grade I
19
Union Street
4
110
1
103.6
110.2
93.9
Grade II
35
Grade II
23
Grade I
26
Grade I
26
Flora M. Clark
2
62
0
51.7
53.9
95.5
Grade II
29
Grade I
33
Pleasant Street
1
27
0
24.3
25.6
94.9
Plymouth Street
1
26
0
22.2
23.9
92.7
Pratt Free
1
11
0
8.9
9.2
95.
Purchade
1
43
4
36.2
38.1
95.1
Thompsonville
1
21
0
18.0
18.7
96.5
Green
1
24
0
17.6
19.3
91.5
Soule
1
22
1
21.1
23.5
91.5
Waterville
1
20
2
18.3
19.5
93.8
Thomastown
1
25
0
20.4
21.8
93.9
Rock
1
26
0
24.9
27.1
92.4
So. Middleboro
1
34
2
31.1
33.1
93.9
Totals
66
1904
153
1165.0
1228.0
94.2
Membership
Pupils
Pupils
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LIST OF TEACHERS, DECEMBER 31, 1936
High School
Lindsay J. March, 17 Barrows Street, Principal Leonard O. Tillson, 11 North Street, Sub-Master, Science Walter G. Hicks, 44 School Street, Head Commercial Department
Ernest E. Thomas, 38 Pierce Street, Head History De- partment
Carlton Guild, 1 High Street, English
Herbert L. Wilber, Rock, Latin
Joseph R. Hyman, 111 Everett Street, Mathematics
Roland C. MacGown, 3 High Street, Science
Mary Brier, 81 Pearl Street, French
Chrystal M. Chase, 181 North Main Street, English
Henry E. Battis, 31 School Street, Health Studies, Phy. Training
Alice D. Brawn, 5 Barrows Street, Social Studies Anna C. Erickson, 61 Wood Street, Mathematics Esther L. Moore, 12 Coombs Street, Commercial
Mary F. Clutton, 1 High Street, English
Geo. Q. Hill, 182 No. Main Street, Social Studies, Voca- tions
Abby Rugg Field, 182 North Main Street, English
Lillian M. O'Neil, 21 Pearl Street, Commercial
Evelyn F. Whitty, 11 Everett Street, Phy. Training, Science
Helen M. Merselis, 49 School Street, Social Studies Bessie M. Veazie, Smith Street, Rock, Clerk
Bates School
Henry B. Burkland, 89 Pierce Street, Principal, Social Studies, Music
Norman W. Lindsay, 327 Wareham Street, Assistant Principal, Science
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Martinia K. Donahue, 6 Reland Street, Music, English Donald T. Welch, 5 Crowell Street, Mathematics Lucy E. Merrihew, 22 East Grove Street, Mathematics Olive M. Kidd, 333 Wareham Street, Grade VI Elizabeth H. Benson, 12 Benton Street, English Hattie M. Jones, 56 Everett Street, Social Studies, Music Faye H. Deane, 63 Oak Street, English Effie D. Tucker, 28 Oak Street, Art, Social Studies Bernice C. Shaw, Plympton, Opportunity Class Mason Legee, 8 Lovell Street, Handicraft
School Street School
Lottie N. Lang, 8 Pearl Street, Principal, Grade III Bessie B. Bailey, 15 Forest Street, Grade III Elsie A. Cahoon, 26 Frank Street, Grade III * Leah M. Boutin, Wareham Street
Eleanor H. Thomas, South Middleboro, Grade IV Esther M. Spooner, 3 Rock Street, Grade V
Alice R. Begley, 7 Benton Street, Grade V M. Alice Jones, Rock, Grade VI
Edith Frost, Wood Street, Grade VI
Marianne Mederios, West Grove Street, Grade Assistant
West Side School
Nellie L. Sawyer, 9 Blain Street, Acushnet, Principal, Grade VI
Mary R. Hammond, Barden Hill Road, Grade V
Rose Maley, Sandwich, Grade IV
Margaret C. Peck, Middleboro, R. F. D., Grade III
Etta W. Toothaker, 29 Oak Street, Grade II
Annie Lee Washburn, County Street, East Taunton, Grade I
Union Street School
Eleanor A. Barden, 85 Pearl Street, Principal, Grade II Marjorie McClusky, 106 Pearl Street, Grade II
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Sara E. Matheson, 49 Everett Street, Grade I Amelia L. Boutin, So. Middleboro, Grade I
Flora M. Clark School
Raye F. Guidoboni, 14 Southwick Street, Principal, Grade II
Dora L. Cobb, Wareham Street, Grade I
Suburban Schools
Maude DeMaranville, Lakeville, Pleasant Street School Dorothy B. Robinson, 9 Warren Avenue, Plymouth Street School
Elsie L. LeBlanc, North Street, Waterville School Margaret Sullivan, 8 Taunton Street, Purchade School M. Louise Nutter, Chestnut Street, Thomastown School Hazel Long, Lincoln Street, South Middleboro School Mildred K. Bowman, 55 So. Main Street, Soule School Myra A. Shaw, 81 So. Main Street, Pratt Free School Evelyn L. Bailey, 19 Webster Street, Rock School Florence L. Giberti, Hillside Avenue, Thompsonville School
Hilda G. MacKeen, Miller Street, Green School
Supervisors
Music-Wirt B. Phillips, 2 Reland Street Art-Sylvia C. Matheson, Oak Street
JANITORS
Central Schools
Charles H. Goodwin, Memorial High School Warren Jefferson, Bates School and Union Street School Horace Dunham, School Street School Daniel F. McCarthy, West Side School Cecil M. Gibbs, Forest Street School John L. Luippold, Assistant Memorial High School
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Suburban Schools
Clifford Graham, South Middleboro School Chester Vickery, Rock School Mrs. Harold Gates, Thompsonville School Marion L. Nutter, Thomastown School William Cherrett, Soule School Elsie LeBlanc, Waterville School Mitchell Canfield, Purchade School James Brooks, Pleasant Street School Henry Zion, Plymouth Street School Edward W. Fessesden, Green School
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SCHOOL CENSUS
October 1, 1936
Suburban Districts
Years
Males
Females
Total
5-6
29
33
7 13
186
146
14-15
43
40
477
Central District
Years
Males
Females
Total
5-6
97
84
7-13
356
359
14-15
104
98
1098
TEACHERS ON TENURE LIST JUNE 1936
High School
West Side School
Lindsay J. March
Nellie L. Sawyer
Leonard O. Tillson
Mary R. Hammond
Roland C. MacGown Chrystal M. Chase Alice D. Brawn
Rose Maley
Margaret C. Peck
Etta W. Toothaker
Anna C. Erickson
Annie Lee Washburn
Esther L. Moore Doris P. Chase
Herbert L. Wilbur Walter G. Hicks Ernest E. Thomas Joseph R. Hyman Abby Rugg Field Lillian M. O'Neill Mary Brier Edwin A. Cox Henry E. Battis
Union Street School
Eleanor A. Barden Marjorie McClusky Sara E. Matheson Amelia L. Boutin
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Bates School
Henry B. Burkland Martinia K. Donahue Lucy E. Merrihew Olive M. Kidd
Elizabeth H. Benson Hattie M. Jones
Faye H. Deane
Effie D. Tucker
Bernice C. Shaw Norman W. Lindsay
Flora M. Clark School
Raye F. Guidoboni Dora L. Cobb
Suburban Schools
Maude DeMaranville Dorothy B. Robinson Margaret Sullivan Elsie L. LeBlanc
School Street School
Lottie N. Lang
Bessie B. Bailey
Esther M. Spooner Alice R. Begley
M. Alice Jones Edith Frost Eleanor H. Thomas Leah M. Boutin Elsie A. Cahoon
Supervisors Wirt B. Phillips Sylvia Comley Matheson
CHANGES OF TEACHERS
January 1, 1936, to January 1, 1937
Withdrawals
Doris P. Chase, High School Ruth F. Jenkins, High School Edwin A. Cox, High School Ethel M. Hanscom, School Street School Florence L. Mackinnon, Bates School
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Appointments
Mary F. Clutton, High School George Q. Hill, High School
Evelyn F. Whitty, High School
Florence L. Giberti, Thompsonville
Transferals
Marianne Mederios, Thompsonville to School Street School
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
Memorial High School
TOWN HALL
Middleboro, Massachusetts Wednesday Evening, June 17, 1936 At Eight O'Clock
Class Flower: Larkspur
Class Motto : Sail On !
Class Colors : Blue and Silver
FRED B. ALGER, Chairman School Committee J. STEARNS CUSHING, Superintendent of Schools LINDSAY J. MARCH, Principal LEONARD O. TILLSON, Sub-master
ORDER OF EXERCISES
March of the Graduates Tocaben
M. H. S. Orchestra
Prayer
Rev. M. Walker Coe
Salutatory and Essay: Music in Life Ella D. Trufant
Essay : The Efficient Office Secretary M. Esther Perkins
Girls' Chorus: A. Lift Thine Eyes Mendelsohn Gounod
B. Send Out Thy Light
Gertrude M. Laine
Marion L. Camandona
Virginia F. Tinkhanı
Lorraine Gates
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Mildred M. Soule Bessie T. Panesis
Myra A. Clark Jean M. Crossley Elizabeth D. Smith Accompanist: Alice H. Cole
Essay :
Chemistry in Life
Leonard F. Wood
Essay : Southeastern Massachusetts in the Ice Age Ellen A. Perkins
Flute Duet : Rondo Brillant Furstenau Virginia G. Egger - Samuel P. Shaw
Reading: "The Wedding" from "Mary Carey" Bosher Marion R. Huxley
Trumpet Quartet: A. Estrellita Ponce B. Whispering Hope Hamilton
Benjamin S. Howes G. Dudley Kinsman Sheldon R. Rogers Sherwood G. Burnett
Essay : The Development of Radio Samuel Breck, Jr.
Valedictory and Essay : The Fascination of Mathematics Thalia S. Drake
Class Ode Aloha Oe
Words by Jean M. Crossley
Awards J. Stearns Cushing, Superintendent of Schools John Cabot Club Essay Prize American Legion Medal-Excellence in Social Science Washington and Franklin Medal-Excellence in History Northeastern University Awards -Excellence in Mathematics and Science -Excellence in Social Science
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Cabot Club Prizes The Middleboro Lodge of Elks Scholarship Alumni Scholarship Anne White Washburn Scholarship Cabot Club Scholarship
Presentation of Diplomas Fred B. Alger, Chairman of School Committee Benediction®
CLASS ODE
Tune: Aloha Oe
O, the time has come when we must part From friends and teachers we have known. And a sadness falls upon our hearts, Though with courage we journey forth alone.
We may wander far away from home In search of happiness or fame. But no matter where our footsteps roam, High School days we will cherish just the same.
Farewell dear class. Four years have passed Four years of work and play together. We'll n'er forget, the friends we've met Dear classmates we must say farewell. (Dear 1936, Farewell) Second ending.
*
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CLASS OF 1936 Classical Course
Gordon William Anderson Alice Hathaway Cole Irene Alice Collins * Jean Madeleine Crossley Thalia Sutliffe Drake Olive Geneva Durant Virginia Gertrude Egger Lorraine Gates Frances Irene Griniewicz * Ella Dunavant Trufant
* Marion Rita Huxley Ralph William Maddigan, Jr. John Peter Murphy
* Ellen Anita Perkins Philip John Roberts Samuel Pettee Shaw
* Elizabeth Dean Smith Mildred Madolyn Soule Elizabeth Antoinette Swift
Scientific Course
Edward Robert Begley Samuel Breck, Jr.
* Sherwood Grant Burnett Albert Conrad Carl Croutworst Leo Howard Ferraguto John Edward Fleming Albert Frederick Fowler Darragh Eugene Harlow LeRoy Smith Haskell * Julius Hill Benjamin Shaw Howes
* Gordon Dudley Kinsman Mason Elliott Leggee Bruce Williamson McCaig Leonard Franklin Morton Irving George Murray
Robert James Neal David Stillman Pratt Sheldon Rounseville Rogers Otto Albert Rorschach, Jr. Robert Burns Stuart Leonard Francis Wood
Commercial Course
Alice Christine Alger Grace Emma Buttermore
Floretta Carter Ruth Frances Coman
Eleanor Maude Cordeiro
George Nicholas Dascoulias Elnora Amy DeMoranville Virginia Carol Foster Muriel Louise Guilford Miriam Antonette Hanson Florence Esther Harlow Leah Marie Hayward Helen Virginia Heath Anthony Vincent Iampietro
Flora Lagadimos Gertrude Marie, Laine Helen Elder McNeil Francis Joseph Michael
Kathryn Ruth Mitchell
Katherine Malcolm Morrison
Beverly Elaine Nourse * Mary Pawlak
* Mary Esther Perkins Doris Anna Smith
Alice Adelia Stanley Russell Weldon Tripp
Catherine Mary Walker Roger Bertram Wall
William Allen Young
General Course
Marjorie Leonard Barstow Robert Maxim Beals Marion Louise Camandona Elsie Josephine Carlson John William Carlson * Raymond Hartling Chase
William Hanson Harriman, Jr. Francis Langly Hart Alice Henrietta Jefferson Helen May Kelley Margaret Emily Kennedy Elwin Lewoczko
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Myra Allen Clark Allen Sheldon Cobb Lawrence Shaw Cole
Jean Louis Logan, Jr. Leslie Henry MacMullan
Gladys May Moreau
Dorothy Saywood Crapo
* Leora Margaret Murdock Bessie Theodora Panesis
Lillian Rosa Duphily
Alfred Thomas Finneran
Virginia Joan Galanto
Mabelle Thelma Goodenough
Helen Louise Graham
Leslie Newell Gross, Jr.
* Mildred Barbara Robinson John David Rockwell, Jr. John Joseph Strojny Mary Florence Thomas Virginia Frances Tinkham
Elmore LeRoy West
* Pro Merito
** Salutatorian * Valedictorian
PROMOTION DAY EXERCISES
Bates School
Middleborough, Massachusetts Town Hall Wednesday, June 10, 1936 At Two O'Clock
1. March "Here Comes the Class" Scott Bates School Orchestra Under the direction of Wirt B. Phillips, Supervisor of Music
2. Invocation Rev. Adolph Rossbach
3. Response "Onward," Bates School Song C. H. Bates
4. Documents of Liberty
A pageant based upon the study of documents famous in our American History, taken up as part of the work in eighth grade History under the direc- tion of Effie D. Tucker and Henry B. Burkland, teachers. It is produced through the co-operation
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of all departments of the school, and with the assis- tance of all members of the Faculty.
Prologue : "The Magna Carta." "The Rights of Englishmen"
King John John Marshall
His Armour Bearer Raymond Barrus
The Bishop Gerald Hepel
Knights: Warren Squibb, Anthony Lemmo, Percy Griswold, Paul Gasuinus, and Emerson Bryant.
Ladies: Kathreen Salminen, Flora Garofalo, Ollie Sapp, and Madeline Vickery.
Episode One: The Establishment of Our Nation
Chorus: "The Compact" from "Pilgrims of 1620" Hosmer
Scene: "The Mayflower Compact" Olive Bryant Sailors: Fred Nourse, Ernest Ray, Howard Rose. Pilgrims: Herve Fortin, Charles Wambolt, Morris Marshall, Arthur Wrightington, Eino Erickson. Pilgrim Women: Eleanor Dunham, Helen Hay- ward, Bette Pearce, Muriel Norton, Arlene Jef- ferson, Irene Moquin.
Governor Carver George Blackwell Scene: Roger Williams' Letters Gladys Newcomb Indians: Vincent McMahon, Russell Chase, Albert Baker, Charles Duggan, John Sturtevant, John Magri, Howard Marshall, Dominic Rossino, Roger MacAulay, Harold Brothers.
Maidens : Virginia Gomes, Margaret Vickery, Marjorie Spaulding.
Roger Williams
Charles Smith
"The Charter Oak": Ulanda Garofalo, Betty Bar- nett, Nellie Yablonsky, Barbara Houlihan, Mar- jorie Howard, Albina Preti, Marion Pittsley, Vic-
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toria Wolska, Marcella Leary, Ellen Salley, Ger- trude Teceno, Lucy Taylor, Leora Tatro, and Shirlie Waters.
Episode Two: The Birth of Our Nation
Girls' Glee Club : "First in the Hearts of His
Countrymen" from "George Washington" Wilson Scene: "The Declaration of Independence"
Barbara Otto
John Hancock
Ben Franklin
George Sampson John Lynde
Thomas Jefferson
Felix Yarushites
Roger Sherman
Robert Westgate Freeman Shaw Bernard Sheehan
Robert Livingston
Robert Morris
Bartlett Harrison Francis Baker
John Adams
Samuel Adams Gregory Mitrakas
Richard Lee Frederick Gauthier
Edward Rutledge Edgar Dodenhoff
Violin Solo John Bena
Scene: "The Constitutional Convention"
Ruth Carey
"The Connecticut Compromise"-same characters as above with Francis Keith as George Wash- ington.
Episode Three: The Testing of Our Nation
Boys' Glee Club : Medley of Civil War Songs
Two Scenes from "A House Divided" by Elizabeth Hague and Mary Chalmers
Scene: "The Gettysburg Address" Abraham Lincoln Edward Cromwell Mrs. Owen Margaret Hill Margaret Owen Mildred Stuart
Charles Carroll
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Soldiers: Bernard Letourneau, Harold Atkins, Ralph Seaver, Donald Wright, Roger Soule. Scene: "Lee's Surrender"
Gen. Grant Lloyd Raymond
Gen. Meade
Alfred DeRosiers
Robert Owen
Gairad Young
Gen. Parker Anders Martenson
Gen. Lee
Arthur Aubrey
Gen. Gordon
Henry Silvia
Philip Owen Walter Sowyrda
Ambassador Washburn Vincent Iampietro
Episode Four : Our Nation on the World Stage
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