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It is not an easy task for the alien who may have had few educational advantages in his native land to acquire the ability to speak, read, and write a new language. This is especially true of the person in humble circum- stances, the greater part of whose time and effort must be expended in seeking a living for himself and his family. It is very important however that the language be learned and it is greatly to the credit of the foreign born that many of them eagerly fill the English and Citizenship Classes of the public schools and other agencies.
The classes here are divided into groups according to their understanding of and ability to speak, read and write our language. There are in our Classes the per-
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son who is illiterate in his own language, those who have had a grammar school education, and some who have been more advanced in their own language and country.
Many definitions of the term "naturalization" have been formulated. A fairly descriptive one which has the approval of the Supreme Court is this: "Naturaliza- tion is the act of adopting a foreigner and clothing him with the privileges of a native citizen." This conception of the new status of the former alien is quite in harmony in the idea of family relationship through adoption.
Adoption is the formal act of taking a stranger and treating him as one's own and the naturalization process contemplates the taking of the former stranger into our national family, treating him as our own, and giving him the rights of a native citizen.
The naturalized citizen, then, stands on equal footing under the Constitution with the native citizen in all respects, save that of eligibility to the Presidency and the Vice Presidency. Having thus been placed by law upon the plane of a citizen by birth, he should be recog- nized and treated as a native.
The new members of the group, when they acquire the privileges of citizenship, must assume and must be pre- pared to assume the duties and obligations of that status. That is he must be a citizen in fact as well as in name.
United States citizenship ought not to be conferred lightly. It is a high privilege which should not be grant- ed upon a doubtful showing. On the other hand, where the applicant is worthy no unnecessary obstacles in at- taining a laudable desire for citizenship should be placed in his path. The laws were enacted to provide for naturalization, not to prohibit it.
In the field of naturalization aid as in other types of social endeavor a definite analysis of the meaning of the word "cooperation" is perhaps essential. Here all
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need to work together for a common aim, to help one another and to aid citizenship to its greatest degree where all are doing their part to make this Democracy of ours as perfect as it is humanly possible to do.
Our Classes, I believe, have met and are meeting the needs of the adults who are attending them. When men and women will come for study after a day's work it is surely evident that they feel they are enjoying and getting something worth while and are fully aware of the advantages offered them.
The teachers are well trained, competent, experienced and thoroughly interested. I believe they are fully in sympathy with the problems of their groups.
All are certified as required by the State Department for this type of work.
No citizen of Plymouth, who has visited Classes or attended one of these programs would, I believe, ever raise the question as to the value of the returns received for the amount being spent to support these Classes. The work is far reaching; the benefits of citizenship are great; so, likewise, are its responsibilities.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM I. WHITNEY, Director Americanization Classes.
F. Pottery Project
Under the direction of the State Department of Vo- cational Training it has been possible to develop a special vocational class to teach pottery. This is maintained at no expense to the town.
Miss Katharine Alden, the instructor, reports as fol- lows :
The Plymouth Pottery Vocational School commenced its second year of classes in October-having enrolled
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in the period of its existence over thirty pupils, the larger number being from surrounding towns.
A kiln was completed in June. The design for this was made and donated by Mr. Frank Sanford of Kingston and funds for labor were supplied largely by an interested citizen and the instructor. Mr. Dexter Brooks supplied burners and Mr. Sykes Hey the piping labor. Mr. Brooks also constructed a water-wheel by which glazes will be ground.
Plymouth Colony Trust has permitted the use of the back of the old Sparrow House-rent free-for class room and wood for heat has been given for the cutting by Mr. Guy Cooper - extra help has been received in the making up of the clay and the glazes and in firing by three N. Y. A's assigned to the school.
Seven members of the class have organized "The Plym- uth Potter's Guild" with the serious intent of doing busi- ness. Since the articles have been put on sale an en- couraging amount has been sold and with increased pro- duction and organized selling something profitable and at the same time worth while will ensue.
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REPORT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The past two years have shown a marked similarity in the prevalence of scarlet fever. Again this year as well as last there has been no time when we have been entirely free from the disease. We have been unable to discover any single source of infection or apparent rela- tion between the cases of the various schools. During May twenty-six cases were reported. Fourteen of them were from the Cornish and Burton schools. It was de- cided to close those schools for one week. We have had the usual number of cases of other contagious diseases and respiratory infections.
Three hundred and ninety pupils in the sixth, ninth, and eleventh grades were given the annual examination for the detection of tuberculosis by the doctors of the Plymouth County Hospital at South Hanson. Of this number one hundred and forty-one showed a positive re- action to the tuberculin test. Thirty-six of those who reacted positively showed sufficient evidence of infection to require further observation. It was recommended that two of these pupils be given sanitarium care. This makes a total of one hundred and twenty-four who are under the observation of the Chadwick clinic.
Diphtheria toxoid was given to a hundred and fifty-one pupils of the first grade and sub primary. Sixty-four children had previously had the treatment. Forty-seven parents refused to sign consent blanks for the treatment. During the past three years only one case of diphtheria has been reported in Plymouth. This fact would appar- ently indicate the value of administering this treatment.
Fifteen undernourished children were sent to the Bailey Health Camp at South Hanson for eight weeks. This is the largest number that have ever been sent from Plym-
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outh. The cost of sending them was nine hundred dollars. Two hundred and eighty dollars of this fund was realized by the annual sale of Christmas seals. To the citizens and local organizations who made the remainder of this fund available we wish to express our gratitude.
The nutrition project administered by the W. P. A. to provide hot noon lunches at the schools was approved and continued again this year. The general improvement in each child's health has been noticeable.
A large number of children who are unable to have sufficient milk have been provided for through the gener- osity of the Nook Farm Dairy and the Parker Milk Co.
Under the Social Security Act, Massachusetts has or- ganized Services for Crippled Children to be administered by the Department of Public Health. No patient may be admitted to the clinic without an application signed by his family physician. Five children have already attend- ed this clinic which is held at the Brockton Hospital. A physiotherapeutist comes to Plymouth each week to give exercises and treatments to these children.
We are very grateful to all those citizens and organiza- tions, who have by their financial support helped us to maintain a high standard of health among our school children. Will the teachers, principals and parents also kindly accept our sincere appreciation for the work they have done in trying to develop a growing consciousness on the part of the child of the desirability of good health and a growing habit on his part of doing those things which will secure health to him.
Respectfully submitted,
HILDA R. SWETT, R. N. School Nurse
LOUIS B. HAYDEN, M. D. School Physician
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STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1936-1937
Inspections
790
Examinations 1989
Notices sent to parents 305
Number admitted by the school physician 290
Number admitted by other physicians 242
Number referred to nurse 100
Number excluded by physician
57
Number referred to physicians
9
Number inspected in school 856
Number inspected in homes 295
Number treated in school 421
Number of home visits
676
Number of school visits 556
Number operated on for removal of tonsils and adenoids 30
Number weighed and measured 4529
Number taken to hospitals or clinics 75
Number referred to school physician 198
Number of contagious diseases found in homes . . 30
Number of contagious disease found in schools .. 34
Number excluded by nurse 104
Number of pupils taken home 36
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REPORT OF THE ORAL HYGIENE DEPART- MENT AND DENTAL CLINIC
The dental program carried on in the Plymouth Public Schools is an example of what can be accomplished by co-operation.
We are rewarded for our efforts in a letter received from Florence B. Hopkins, M. D., D. M. D., Consultant in Dental Hygiene at the State Department of Public Health. the following excerpts are from her letter, "I am prepar- ing a paper for the students at the Harvard School of Public Health on how various communities have solved their dental problems. Doctor Briggs of Attleboro has told me that the Plymouth situation is, to his mind, very nearly perfect and he wants me to hear all about it."
The Public Health Department of Massachusetts has accepted our program to be used as an outline for clinics in other towns and cities.
As I believe you are familiar with the working plan of our clinic I will not go into detail. The program con- sists of examinations, prophylaxis, dental corrections, meaning extraction, filling, educational work with chil- dren, teachers, parents. The goal of all mouth hygiene work in connection with the public school system is pre- ventive and corrective.
This year the dentists have noticed in examining that the general condition of the childrens' mouths, as a whole, has improved. The examinations were extended to all Junior High Students, ninth grade included.
The economic conditions undoubtedly have influenced the results noted in the past few years. However, it is encouraging to feel that the gain is gradually coming back.
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Many parents have been unable to send their children to a dentist or to provide the proper food for them which is so important in the growth of teeth and bones. Sound teeth will decay if neglected. They need to be cieaned regularly and examined often to keep serious defects from getting a start.
As we still have the services of the school dentists only two mornings a week we have to limit our work to the children in the first and second grade, who are un- able to go to their dentist.
In June 1935, we awarded 696 teeth tags. In June 1936, the number totalled 780, thus making an increase of 84 or 12 ..
The statistical report is as follows:
Number of examinations 1974
Number of children having received dental cer- tificates from family dentist before examina- tion 35
Number of children having dental work done by family dentist at time of examination by school dentist 20
Number of children O. K. at the time the school dentist makes his examination 349
Total number of 100% mouths at examination 384
Number of pre-school examinations 28
Number of six-year molars filled 256
Number of temporary teeth extracted 134
Number of permanent teeth extracted 8
(Only 3 of these extractions were from grades one and two).
Number of cases of Vincent's infection . (6 of these cases were treated by the school dentists in their own offices).
9
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Number of treatments 45
Number of completed cases at the clinic 100
Number of children having some work done . . 14
Amount of money received for fillings and ex- tractions $22.39
Number of oral hygiene talks in the schools .. 319
Number of children having a dental prophy- laxis (cleaning of teeth)
883
Amount of money received for dental prophy- laxis $83.50
Amount of money received for sale of tooth- brushes $34.55
Total amount of money received at the dental clinic $140.40
School Dentists
Dr. E. Harold Donovan
Dr. William O. Dyer
Respectfully submitted,
JANE B. BRADFORD, Dental Hygienist
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Absentees Sickness Truancy Total
Cold Spring School
1
0
0
1
Cornish School
12
5
3
20
Hedge School
7
1
2
10
High School
2
1
8
11
Jr. High School
31
53
18
102
Knapp School
6
0
2
8
Mt. Pleasant School
0
0
0
0
Oak St. School
0
0
0
0
South Street School
9
5
4
18
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37
170
Investigated for Superintendent's Office
38
Employment certificates investigated
2
Number of homes visited
245
Visits to Schools
123
Children found on streets and taken to school
28
Court cases (both placed on probation)
2
Total
608
Total number of miles traveled for above cases 1,387.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH F. MATINZI
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EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
1935
1936
Certificates to minors 14 to 16 years
13
16
Certificates to minors 16 to 21 years
139
159
There were 23 minors between 14 and 16 years of age who, within the calendar year 1936, were employed while schools were in session.
SCHOOL CENSUS 1936
Males
Females
Total
Persons 5 to 7 years
172
137
309
Persons 7 to 14 years
756
726
1482
Persons 14 to 16 years
229
217
446
Total
1,157
1,080
2,237
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT - DECEMBER 1936
SCHOOL
GRADES
Ung.
Sub. Prim.
1
2 |3 |4 |5 |6
7
8
9
1 10
11 | 12 |P. G.| Ttl.
High
203
134
136
24
497
Junior High
248
227
204
679
Hedge
37
38
34
39
35
33
32
15
12
20
12
307
Knapp
29
29
33
26
28
26
171
Cornish
42
39
27
37
26
14
34
41
260
Burton
35 15
42
34
22
148
Mt. Pleasant
36
34
34
37
36
39
216
Cold Spring
16
19
19
13
67
Oak Street
17
15
19
15
66
Manomet
15
11
6
11
11
9
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63
Wellingsley
11
12
9
32
South Street (Ungraded)
30
30
Total
30
37
245
219
209
201
223
196
248
227
204
203
134
136
24
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES - 1936-1937
(*) New Teachers Employed in 1936
Office
Anson B. Handy Ruth F. Thomas
Supt. of Schools Secretary
5 Bay View Avenue 72 Summer Street
High School
Wayne M. Shipman
Charles I. Bagnall
Charlotte C. Brown
History
16 Leyden Street
E. Doris Carey
French
115 Court Street
19 Franklin Street
Louise B. Humphrey Jeannette C, Jacques Helen C. Johnson Lydia E. Judd
Elizabeth C. Kelly
Katherine J. Lang
Nellie R. Locklin
Kathleen F. McNerny Edgar J. Mongan
John W. Packard
Amy M. Rafter
Miriam A. Raymond
English
Biology
34 Oak Street
13 Brookside Avenue
Junior High School
Mary M. Dolan
Principal
11 Lothrop Street
Julia M. Andrews
Elizabeth R. Barlow
English
115 Court Street
English
11 Lothrop Street Kingston, Mass.
19 Oak Street
22 Allerton Street 7 Lincoln Street
Amy L. Hammond
Household Arts
Eng., Gen. Lang,, Music Social Studies
16 Allerton Street 6 Water St. Ext. 177 Sandwich Street
English Eng., Household Arts Mathematics
177 Sandwich Street 40 High Street 33 Russell Street 5 Cushman Street
115 Court Street 98 Allerton Street
177 Sandwich Street
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English
English, French
Type., Bkkpg.
Type., Sten., Off. Practice
Type., Bus. Org., Bkkpg.
11 Jefferson Street
Type., Off. Pract., Geog.
16 Leyden Street
Mathematics
13 Whiting Street 7 Lincoln Street
195 Sandwich Street
Asst. Prin., Eng., Alg., Am. Cul.
Physics, Chem., Science
Carver Road
History
13 Whiting Street Sandwich Road
Richard Smiley Margie E. Wilber
Principal
156a Sandwich Street 2 Chestnut Street
History, Com. Law
English
13 Whiting Street
M. Agnes Burke Esther M. Chandler Ellen M. Downey Barbara E. Dunham Deane E. Eldridge
Mathematics
Social Studies
Social Studies
Woodworking
Beatrice A. Hunt Helen M. Johnson A. Clark Ingraham Bernice M. Landry Bertha E. McNaught Nancy Mellor. *Anna M. Monagle Rita E. Oosterdiep *Hector E. Patenaude
English, Math.
Jr. Business Training Mathematics Woodworking
Latin
115 Court Street 13 Whiting Street 36 Mayflower Street
Household Arts
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Arthur G. Pyle Mario J. Romano Julia A. Salmon Catherine D. Welsh
Science
Science, Shop Math.
Social Studies Physical Training
3 Howe's Lane
52 Spooner Street 115 Court Street 21 Alden Street
Hedge School
Coburn W. Tripp Florence B. Corey
"Mary E. Deans
Edith C. M. Johnson
Leella F. Leonard
Kathryn H. McCarthy Evelyn L. Peck
Barbara R. Perrier
Elizabeth H. Quartz Susan M. Quinn
Esther M. Ward
Prin. (also Mt. Pleasant)
Grade VI
Cadet Teacher
Grade II
Grade III
Grade I
Grade IV
Grade V
Grades I, II
Grades VI, V
Sub-Primary
47 Union Street 133 Court Street
50 South Street
13 Whiting Street
49 Pleasant Street
10 Franklin Street
280 Court Street
12 Washington Street Howland's Lane Kingston, Mass. 2 Willard Place
Knapp School
William I. Whitney Annie S. Burgess
Margaret L. Christie
Joan Collingwood
Maude H. Lermond
Eleanor E. Schreiber Flora C. Stevens
Principal, Grade VI
Grade III
Grade II
Grade VI and Ass't.
Grade V
Grade IV
Grade I
70 Sandwich Street 37 Union Street
42 Allerton Street
12 Vernon Street
40 Pleasant Street
115 Court Street
3 Church Street
Cornish School
Helen M. Riese
Helen F. Holmes
Flora A. Keene
Charlotte E. Lovering
Eleanor L. Testoni
Ruth H. Tolman
Louise E. Tosi Gertrude W. Zahn
Principal
Grade V
Grade II
Grade VI
16 Brewster Street
87 Samoset Street Rockland, Mass.
281 Sandwich Street 320 Court Street
Burton School
Dorothy A. Judkins
Clementine L. Ortolani
Helen F. Perrier
Kathryn R. Simmons "Mary A. Ryan
Grade III
Grades III, IV
Grade IV
Grade V
Cadet Teacher
11 Sever Street 8 Cherry Street 12 Washington Street Rocky Point Highland Place
Cold Spring School
Mabel F. Douglas Mora E. Norton
Grades III, IV Grades I, II
16 Nelson Street 210 Court Street
22 Allerton Street 28 Chilton Street 4 Sever Street
Grade V
Grade VI
Grade I
Grades I, II
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Oak Street School
Dorice A. Knowles Mildred R. Randall
Grades I, II Grades III, IV
133 Court Street 76 Oak Street
Mt. Pleasant School
Coburn W. Tripp
Dolores Guidoboni
Dorothy C. Harmon
Helen S. Manchester
Bertha M. Mitchell
M. Louise Peterson
Maxine Swett *Alice Lema
Muriel G. Bradford
Grades I-III
Clyfton Street
Manomet School
Elouise E. Ellis Estella Butland
Mabel R. Woodward
Principal, Grades V-VI Grades I, II Grades III, IV
Manomet, Mass.
Manomet, Mass. Long Pond
Individual School
Mary L. Jackson Carolyn L. Avanzini
Principal, Ungraded
Ungraded
9 Sever Street 13 Allerton Street
Special Teachers
Hazel Bates
Drawing-Elem., Jr. High Clifford Road
Supervisor of Sewing
210 Sandwich Street
Supervisor of Music
5 Howe's Lane
Music Gr. I-VI (part-time) 47 Samoset Street
Drawing-Jr .- Sr. High
16 Leyden Street
Sandwich Road
Phys. Ed .- Elem., Jr .- Sr., High girls Phys. Educ .- Jr .- Sr. High boys
11 Allerton Street
Health Department
Louis B, Hayden, M. D. School Physician Hilda Swett Hazel E. Bruce Jane Bradford
School Nurse Assistant to Nurse Dental Hygiene Teacher
47 Union Street
Grade II
6 Suosso Lane
Grade I
13 Whiting Street
Grade VI
11 Washington Street
Grade IV
Grade III
Grade V
Cadet Teacher
26 Whiting Street 108 Standish Avenue
Wellingsley School
Principal (also Hedge)
16 Lothrop Street 31/2 Mayflower Place
Grace Blackmer Howard C. Davis Eileen C, Dennehy Virginia Dowling Beatrice E. Garvin
Henry T. Knowlton
79 Court Street 26 Whiting Street 301/2 South Street 312 Mayflower Place
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Clerks
Barbara M. Coombs Marion Bennett
Katharine L. Alden
Pottery Class
42 Summer Street
Supervisor of School Buildings
Thomas A. Bodell
24 Royal Street
Janitors
Andrea Busi
South Street
15 Lincoln Street
Leo Callahan
Hedge
103 Court Street Manomet
Peter A. Dries, Jr.
Cornish and Burton
Wilson Farnell
Jr .- Sr. High
*Benjamin P. W. Lovell James Martin
Oak Street
190 Summer Street
Mt. Pleasant
32 Whiting Street
Cold Spring
20 Hall Street
High
15 Royal Street
Knapp
14 Atlantic Street
Junior High
85 Sandwich Street
Wellingsley
234 Sandwich Street
Warrick Cleveland
Manomet
1 Royal Street 31/2 Sagamore Street
*John J. O'Connell Arthur Poirier Sebastian Riedel Fred J. Smith Fred Voght
Principal's Office-High
3 Goddard Court Principal's Office-Jr. High 76 Sandwich Street State Vocational Education
NON -- CIRCULATING
W ELLS BINDERY INC. ALTHAM, MASS. NOV. 1960
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