Town annual report of Saugus 1940, Part 20

Author: Saugus (Mass.)
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 230


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In 1941 the welfare load should take a decided drop. Necessary ap- propriations for welfare purposes should be substantially lower. We


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all know why and reasons should not be necessary. In fairness to the School Department, and other departments, which have operated on budgets cut to the bone during the past six or seven years, con- sideration should be given in 1941 to more adequate appropriations.


No town department is more im- portant. In your schools are trained and developed your future citizens. By and large they will reflect the training they receive. It may seem good economy to shave school costs to the irreducible minimum. Think- ing citizens do not subscribe to this formula. Never in the history of this country were schools more important then they are today. They may be the institutions that will eventually save Democracy.


If my mathematics are correct the $2700 lopped off the 1940 gen- eral school budget caused a saving of approximately 17 cents on the 1940 tax rate. It didn't mean that much because the School Commit- tee had to have a transfer of $1000- .00 for fuel. For the sake of argu- ment, however, let us call it 17 cents. That means that the man with a house assessed for $4000.00 saved 68 cents on his 1940 tax bill. Is there any citizen who wants to save 68 cents a year and deprive his children of things necessary for a decent education?


Recommendations


I make the following recommen- dations and call them to the atten- tion of the School Committee and of the citizens:


(1) Better classroom facilities and special equipment and sup- plies for the children in the special classes.


(2) Improvement of the play areas, particularly at the Emer- son,


Oaklandvale and Sweetser Schools.


(3) The expenditure of ap- proximately $2500.00 for new equipment in order that the present general shop course in the high school may be made into a four year course.


(4) The appointment of a special teacher to relieve the ele- mentary school principals, thus


giving them an opportunity to more closely supervise the work of the teachers in their building.


(5) The reduction of the num- ber of children in some grades of some of our elementary schools.


County Trade School


The Superintendent of Schools of Essex County urgently recom- mends the establishment of a trade school in Essex County. The need for such a school is desperately apparent and the costs should be shared by all of the thirty-four towns and cities of the county. Al- though only 3% of Essex County is agricultural the county supports an agricultural school. It is time that the needs of the other 97% of the county be recognized.


The School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools strongly urge the establishment of an Essex County Trade School.


Schoolhouse Repairs


Some of the more important re- pairs to the various schoolhouses accomplished during the year 1940 are listed below:


1. New doors - Sweetser School


2. Repairs to chimney - Clif- tondale School


3. Interior repainted - Lynn- hurst School


4. Repairs and extension


to chimney - Armitage School


5. Replacement of water pipe - High School


6. Ceiling repainted - Room #208-High School


7. Interior repainted - Ballard School


8. Removal of cornices - Sweet- ser School


9. Chimney and roof repairs - Ballard School


10. Chimney repaired - North Saugus School


11. Chimney repaired - Felton School


12. Fire escape stairway (inter- ior) repaired - High School


13. Repair of loose railing of fire escape on roof - High School


14. New exit door and frame - North Saugus School


15. All cornices checked - Roby School


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16. All cornices checked -Armi- tage School


17. Dental Clinic room repainted - Cliftondale School


18. Replaced boiler blow-down pipes - Roby School


19. Fire escape repainted - Roby School


20. Fire escape repainted - Clif- tondale School


21. Fire escape repainted - Em- erson School


22. Fire escape repainted - Oak- landvale School


23. Loose railings repaired Central Junior High School


24. All inside metal work repain- ted - Central Junior High School


25. All outside metal work re- painted Central Junior High School


26. New windows installed - North Saugus School


An adequate schoolhouse repair appropriation is needed for the year 1941.


Scholastic Standing


Scholastically our schools remain at a high standard.


Our High School is rated a Class A high school by the State Depart- ment of Education.


We enjoy the privilege of certi- fying our High School graduates to some fourteen leading colleges which are members of the New En- gland College Entrance Board. This privilege does not expire until 1942. We believe that it will again be renewed at that time.


Our graduates now in institu- tions of higher learning are all doing a good grade of work. They thus reflect credit upon Saugus High School in which institution they received their preparation.


High School Band ·


Saugus High School now boasts one of the finest high school bands in the Commonwealth. Band Di- rector Donald Hammond and the band members deserve unlimited credit.


Starting from a nucleus of about twenty members the band now numbers sixty accomplished musi- cians. They easily outshone any


other high school band seen by Saugus citizens during the 1940 season.


It is the hope of the Superinten- dent of Schools to see the Saugus High School Band soon comprise one hundred members. It is also my opinion that some help should be given the band from general taxation. The unit has given to the town much desirable advertis- ing. Why shouldn't the town help support the band? It is becoming increasingly difficult to support it by begging and supplication.


School Census


During the year 1940 the school teachers, with but four or five ex- ceptions, volunteered to take the school census. This action saved about $125.00 for the town. The School Committee does not recom- mend that the teachers be re- quested to take the school census again in 1941. They feel that such work is not a part of a teacher's position and certainly not the type of work for which their services are engaged. The School Com- mittee is grateful for the donated services of the vast majority of the teachers in the taking of the school census in 1940.


Department of Guidance


A strong and efficient Depart- ment of Guidance is now function- ing in the Central Senior and Junior High School. The School Committee has selected Mr. Ed- ward Gibbs, 3rd, a high school teacher with a regular teaching program, to be the head of this de- partment. The purpose of the de- partment is to afford all types of modern guidance to the young men and women of the senior and junior high schools. The service is also intended to aid the youths after graduation from high school. The department will also function as a placement bureau for the se- curing of positions for graduates.


Guidance is a very important service in a modern school system. Proper guidance can well mean the difference between successful and unsuccessful lives. Under Mr. Gibbs the School Committee is con- fident that exceptionally fine re- sults will be obtained.


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Janitors Pay Adjustment


There are four school janitors whose salaries should be raised in 1941. The present pay of these four employees is absolutely unfair and unjust. These four janitors are full-time employees with the ex- ception of a few extra weeks time off during the summer months. During the winter months their working hours are from approxi- mately 5 A. M. to 5 P. M.


I list them below with their yearly salaries :


Joseph Gamage - Cliftondale School $640


Elizabeth Pooler - Lynnhurst School $550 Frank Collins - North Saugus School


$640 Joseph Truesdale - Oakland- vale School $715


Sufficient money should be pro- vided in the 1941 general budget to raise each of these faithful school custodians to a salary of $800 per year. Even this amount is too low considering the efficient service they are giving to the town.


Thanks


May I express the appreciation of the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools for the cooperation and assistance of many town officials during the year 1940. In turn the School Department has sincerely cooperated with all other town departments. True success can only come through cooperative effort of all town officials and I believe that we had much of such cooperation during the past year.


Conclusion


In conclusion may I express my personal appreciation to the mem- bers of the School Cmmittee for their sincere interest in the school system of this community. May I also express my appreciation to the vast majority of teachers whose loyalty and devotion to duty means everything to a school system. The same appreciation is extended to school nurses, custodians and all other employees of the School De- partment.


And now a word to the teachers. Your biggest and most important obligation is to the boys and girls


of the community. It is a sacred obligation. It is indeed the Holy Grail of your profession. Your obligation is to all children irre- spective of race, creed or color. In fact your greatest obligation is to the most lowly. To bring out the best in each child is your not easy task. The blackest face may hold the whitest heart. The brightest flowers are not always those of rarest beauty. Hidden away in the canyon cranny are flowers of delicate hue and rare fragrance. Perhaps hidden away in the wan face and dull mind of a child are qualities of character not readily visible. Your obligation as teachers is to develop the best in all of these children. Upon how well you suc- ceed depends the real measure of your value as a teacher. The re- wards of your profession are not material. They are immaterial and therefore that much greater.


Respectfully submitted,


VERNON W. EVANS, Superintendent of Schools


REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIANS


December 14, 1940


Mr. Vernon W. Evans,


Superintendent of Schools,


Saugus, Mass.


Dear Sir:


I herewith submit my report as School Physician for the year 1940.


The following defects were noted after examination of students of the Senior High School :-


Throat: Moderate-15; Severe- 34; Very Severe-28. Teeth: Moderate-26; Severe- 67; Very Severe-51.


Cardiac-1 (moderate) .


Feet and Spine-1 Infected Glands-4.


I wish to express appreciation to the School Department, school nurses and school Physicians for their cooperation during the recent Scarlet Fever outbreak at the Bal- lard School, also the Principal who was most cooperative, such prompt assistance preventing a condition which may have become of most serious proportions.


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES A. CLARK, M. D.


List of Teachers - 1940-1941


SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL


Name John A. W, Pearce Leon C. Young Walter D. Blossom *Belden G. Bly, Jr.


Paul Bund John Burns


Earl E. Chadsey, Jr.


tAshton F. Davis


William J. Donovan Edward Gibbs, 3rd


¡John R. Gifford Harold E. Haley Donald C. Hanımıond


Charles W. Harvey


Edward Hayes #Bernice L. Hayward John B. Lealy


** John A. MacVicar


2GG Essex Street


14 Smith Road


1940


Civics


19 First Street


280 Central Street


1930


History


Bates College


Mount Holyoke


Salem Teachers' College


Northwestern


Colby


Abraham Pinciss Harry L. Potts


126 Winter Street 1930


5 Hayden Road 1931


Albion R. Rice


347 Lincoln Avenue


Evelyn Rodgers


196 Central Street


1940


English


Alice Sisco


428 Lincoln Avenue 1938


81 School Street


192


English & Library


John A. Taylor


21 Anawan Avenue


1931


Commercial Subjects


Helen F. Towle


Harold H. Warren Elmer H. Watson


18 Jasper Street


1926


Mathematics


Mabel C. Willey


45 Vine Street


1918


Bookkeeping


CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL


5 Emory Court


1929


Literature


Helen S. Leyland


Steplien Lovett


Bertha F. Morrison


M. Eekless Nay


495 Central Street 1920


10 Overlook Terrace 1919


1930


History


Geography & Mathematics


Barbara Walton


26 Morton Avenue 1940


Mathematics


SWEETSER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL


Vera C. Wentworth


7 Lincoln Court


1922


Principal


Gladys M. Fox


14 Central Place


1929


Literature


Elizabeth E. Nelson Mildred A. Willard


63 Essex Street


1913


Mathematics


Alice M. Willis


5 Willis Street


1923


English


ARMITAGE SCHOOL


Lilla G. Quint


59 Essex Street


189


Principal, Grade VI


Ruth H. Emery


7 Cliftondale Avenue 1934


Doris Lennox


510 Broadway


1940


Grade 11


§ Demaris Lewis


73 Lincoln Avenue


1937


Grade 1V


Hazel W. Lindsey


14 Winter Street


1926


Grade


Mary H. Walsh


1 Oaklandvale Avenue 1928


Grade \


BALLARD SCHOOL


Marjorie E. Wiggin


41 Ballard Street 1927 Principal, Grade 1


Josephine Chadbourne


9 Round Hill Road


1926


Grade IV


Florence E. Evans


14 Walden Avenue


1929


Grade II


Sophie Melewski


111 Walnut Street


1938


Grade 1II


Josephine Ready


13 Stocker Street


1934


Grade VI


A. Helen Sharp Janet W. Tarbox


1 Willis Street


1939


Grade VI


Mary E. Wood


88 Chestnut Street 1928


Grade V


CLIFTONDALE SCHOOL


Myra W. Beckman Marleah E. Graves


44 Essex Street


1913


Principal, Grade IV


Constance O. Putnam


147 Essex Street


1929


Grade I


Florenee L. Stone


343 Lincoln Avenue


1922


Grade III


EMERSON SCHOOL


Charlotte E. Lawrence ĮIrene M. Duval


462 Central Street


1938


Grade III


Mary T. Lavin


46 Western Avenue


1937


Grade Il


Edith L. Russell


360 Lincoln Avenue


1929


Grade 1


FELTON SCHOOL


Leora H. Tomlinson


329 Central Street


1926 Principal, Grade VI


Elizabeth F. Curtis


45 Mt. Vernon Street


1938


Grade 11


Esther C. McCarrier


33 Mountain Avenue


1923


Grade 1V


Virginia Nason


38 Berkshire Street Swampscott


1925


Grade V


Elizabeth G. Roffey Eunice Shea


7 Emory Street


1937


Grade III


18 Pearson Street 1934


Grade 1


LYNNHURST SCHOOL


Mary Bridghanı Marie Reynolds


481 Walnut Street


1926 Principal, Grades V, VI


59 Pine Street


Swampscott


1921


Grades I, 11


Marian Wells


116 Essex Street


1934


Grades III, IV


NORTH SAUGUS SCHOOL


Sarah A. Curtis


45 Mt. Vernon Street 1923 Principal, Grades V, VI


Vida E. Norton


Broadway


1927


Grades 111, 1V


Vivian 1. Smith


116 Walnut Street 1931


Grades 1, Il


OAKLANDVALE SCHOOL


Helen L. Pragnell


34 Maple Street


Stoneham


11 Johnson Street


7 Franklin Street


1939


Grade Il


Geraldine Sullivan


94 Winter Street


1939


Grades 1I1, 1V


Bridgewater Teachers' College Salem Teachers' College Bridgewater Teachers' College Lowell Teachers' College


Summer Sessions Nass. School of Art Lowell Teachers' College


ROBY SCHOOL


Florence C. Gibson


9 Birchwood Avenue 1924 Principal, Grade VI


48 Essex Street, Lynn 1939


Grade III


29%Taylor Street 1926


Grade IV


Catherine 1. Casey


59 Suminer Street 1928


Grade V


Margaret Chase Ethel Dorr


9 Round Hill Road


1929 Grade VI


Helen Long Julia J. Nourse


7 Jasper Street 1937


Grade V


15 Pleasant Street 1917


Grade 1


SWEETSER GRADES


Ella Bailey $Evelyn A. Fenna


63 Essex Street


1931 Grade VI


9 Round Hill Road 1930


Grade V


SPECIAL CLASSES


59 Summer Street 1930


69 Summer Street


1930


SPECIAL TEACHERS


C. Elizabeth Goss


11 Pleasant Street 1931 Music Supervisor


25 Herbert Avenue 1931 Physical Education


558 Lincoln Avenue 1924 Art Supervisor


+ Head of Department * Belden G. Bly-appointed January 4, 1941


** John A. MacVicar-resigned November 15, 1941


§ Demaris Lewis-resigned December 20, 1940 Irene M. Duval-transferred to Sweetser School-December 2, 1940


# Evelyn Fenna-transferred to Emerson School-December 2, 1940


Salem Teachers' College Salem Teachers' College Burdett College


Lowell Teachers' College Salem Teachers' College Washington Normal


Salemi Teachers' College Keene Normal


Farmington Normal Lesley Normal


Ruth E. Douglas Mary P. Mullins


Garland School Worcester Teachers' College


Lowell Teachers' College Posse Nissen Mass. School of Art


Anstrice C. Kellogg


48 Chestnut Street 1911


Principal, Grade IV


125 Fays Ave., Lynn 1929


Grade Il


94 Winter Street 1936


Grade 11


Farmington Normal No. Adams Teachers' College Wheelock School Lewiston Normal


Gorham Normal Lesley Normal Lowell Teachers' Perry Kindergarten


Farmington Normal Salem 'Teachers' College Aroostook Normal


Castine Normal Lesley Normal Salem Teachers' College


Castine Normal


Fischer School Salem Teachers' College


Watertown Training Washington Normal Washington Normal


Anita Ireson Moira Kispert


OLD ROBY SCHOOL


Alice Seaver Arline Packard Florence Sullivan


Address


Elected


Subjeet


College


15 Myrtle Street


1935


Principal


16 Smith Road


1926


Sub- master


11 Vine Street


1930


Commercial Geography


225 Saleru St.


Franklin Park 1941


Biology & Economies


Boston University


Lloyd Training


9 Stone Street


539 Lincoln Avenue


18 Granite Road


37 Mountain Avenue


85 Vine Street


1938


History


Physics


Tufts


N. H. University


N. E. Conservatory


Holy Cross


N. H. University


Boston University DePauw University N. H. University Holy Cross Bay Path Institute


Anthony Marandas +Hazel C. Marison Welcome W. Mccullough Elizabeth N. Mead


M. Blanche Milbery Ruth W. Motherwell


29 Avon Street


1927


Typewriting


22 Warwiek Road,


Melrose 1931


History


39 Linden Road,


Melrose Highlands 194


Latin


Business Training


Boston University Bates


Bates


Tufts


University of Maine


Bates Boston University


Emmanuel College University of Maine Bates


Salem Teachers' College


Leland Powers


Nils Phy. Ed. School Bridgewater Teachers' College Bridgewater Teachers' College Salem Teachers' College Keene Normal


Salem Teachers' College


Salem Teachers' College Lafayette Training Salem Teachers' College Bridgewater Teachers' College


Farmington Normal Salem Teachers' College Castine Normal Neil Training Boston University


Roby Sehool Special Gorhanı Normal Salem Teachers' College Salem Teachers College Washington Normal Salem Teachers' College


Gorham Normal Farmington Normal Salem Teachers' College Salem Teachers' College Salem Teachers' College Jackson College Fitchburg Normal


Castine Normal


18 First Street


1928


Grade II


Mae G. Priest Elizabeth B. Taylor Gwendolyn Walters


15 Elaine Avenue


1930


Mathematics


History


M. Pearl Peterson


19 Stocker Street


19 Granite Road


1913


558 Lincoln Avenue 1926


English


Brown University Boston University Northeastern


Boston College Harvard Harvard Fitchburg Teachers' College Harvard


8 Pratt Street 1930


17 Pearson Street


1929


Mathematies


1937


Band Director


143 Summer Street, Somerville 1937 English & Coach


15 Whitney Street 1925


Commercial Law


1 Russell St., Penbody 1929


French


5 Western Avenue


193


History


193


Biology


192 Commercial Subjects


31 Stone Street


1939


English


Frances Pnge


Pearl C. Belonga Bernard A. Friberg


Paton Ter.,


Swampscott


1935 Physical Education


1 Waban Street


1938


Mathematies & English


266 Central Street


1940


English


Biology


1929 Mathematics


English


Effie M. Stanhope


10 Blaisdell Ter., Lynn 1927


French & Latin


364 Lincoln Avenue 1927 General Science


7 Lincoln Court


1917


Geography


14 Nowell Street 1928


Grade V


7 Franklin Street 1930


Principal, Grade IV


Bessie Andrews Rosa A. Bannon


15 Grove Street 1933


Grade 11


Catherine R. Griffin


1939


English & Latin


1936


Chemistry


1930


English


1940


Shop


Clifton Avenue


33 Ashland St., Malden 1925


Mechanical Drawing


1940 Principal, Grades V, V1 1940 Grade 1


Literature


Grade 111


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


1940]


To Mr. Vernon W. Evans,


Superintendent of Schools, Saugus, Mass.


Dear Sir:


I herewith submit my report as school physician for the year 1940.


The following are the defects found in the students of the Bal- lard, Emerson and Lynnhurst schools, after examination.


Throat defects 80


Dental 30


Glands 20


Heart 2


Posture


1


Scalp


1


Eyes 1


Many of the children had their tonsils removed during vacation, and I thank the parents for their co-operation.


About twenty-five or more chil- dren have been sent to my office for minor ailments or certificates.


Our school nurses are efficient, and co-operative. Willing to help at anytime.


I wish to thank the P. T. A. for the scales they have purchased for the Ballard


and Emerson School.


I thank the principals, teachers, and parents for their co-operation.


Respectfully,


MARY M. PENNY, M. D. December 20th 1940


January 9, 1941 Mr. Vernon W. Evans, Superintendent of Schools, Saugus. Mass.


Dear Sir:


I herewith submit my report as School Physician for the year 1940.


There appears to be a marked improvement in the general health of the school children. I feel that this is due to the employment of a second school nurse.


The annual physical examina- tion was done in September and all defects were noted on the phy- sical record card. This was done in less time than usual which is another advantage in having two school nurses.


I am looking forward to an im-


provement in the sanitary condi- tions at the Sweetser School as soon as it is connected with the common sewer.


Respectfully submitted.


LEROY C. FURBUSH, M. D.


December 31, 1940


Mr. Vernon Evans,


Superintendent of Schools,


Saugus, Mass.


Dear Sir,


Responding to your request, I offer these points in surveying my work as school physician for 1940.


The periodic examinations re- vealed abnormalties as follows: Cervical adenopathy 46


Rhinolaryngological disorders


108


Dental disorders 110


A breakdown of these figures in grades shows that the major por- tion occurred in the first three grades. The junior high school students were remarkably fit. A gratifying improvement in body nutrition was evident in all the schools, no case of malnutrition being noted.


Contagious diseases were at a minimum for which we may thank the zeal of the teachers and nurses for their alertness in excluding the cases of communicable diseases at their onset.


Sanitary conditions have done credit to the janitors, the more so allowing for the equipment at their disposal.


Very truly yours.


J. O. WARD. M. D.


REPORT OF SCHOOL PRINCIPAL


December 31, 1940


Mr. Vernon W. Evans


Superintendent of Schools Saugus, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Evans:


I herewith submit my sixth an- nual report as principal of the Saugus High School.


Enrollment


School opened on September 4, 1940, with 972 pupils in the senior high school and 430 pupils in the Central junior high school. The


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enrollment was divided as follows: Post Graduates-4, Grade 12- 231, Grade 11-207, Grade 10- 238. Grade 9-292, Grade 8-300, Grade 7-130.


Faculty


Mr. Stephen Lovett, a teacher of several years' experience, was en- gaged to teach English in grade 8 to take the place of Mrs. Emma Hughes who retired last June after teaching 25 years in the schools of Saugus.


Miss Victoria Borys, one of our commercial teachers, resigned in June to be married. Instead of hiring another commercial teacher Mr. William Donovan, a graduate of Fitchburg Teachers' College, was engaged to teach Industrial Arts.


Miss Frances Page succeeds Miss Rita Lavin as teacher of Latin. Miss Lavin resigned to be married. Miss Page came to us very highly recommended from Foxboro High School.


Miss Evelyn Rodgers a graduate of Saugus High School and Jack- son College was engaged to take Miss Ivaloo Small's place as tea- cher of English.


Mr. Anthony Marandas, a gradu- ate of Holy Cross College, was en- gaged to succeed Nicholas Morris as teacher of Civics and assistant Football Coach. The middle of November Mr. Belden Bly, Jr. was engaged to succeed Mr. John Mac- Vicar. Mr. Bly is a graduate of Northeastern University and has a Master's degree from Boston University.


Mr. Edward Gibbs, 3rd, took over the duties of Head of the Guidance Department at the open- ing of school. This position was formerly held by Miss Dorothy Eyre and Miss Rita Lavin.


Department Heads


Commercial Department MISS HAZEL MARISON English Department MR. ASHTON DAVIS Language Department MISS BERNICE HAYWARD Mathematics Department MR. ELMER WATSON :


Science Department MR. JOHN GIFFORD


Social Studies Department MR. WELCOME MCCULLOUGH Guidance Department MR. EDWARD GIBBS, 3rd


The following reports have been received from the department heads :


"During the past year we have started two projects which I think will be of great benefit to our com- mercial students. First, requiring the seniors to work for one week at a time in the principal's office and the guidance office, thus giv- ing them experience in actual of- fice work. Second, allowing the seniors to work as cashiers in the cafeteria, which gives them prac- tical experience in balancing their cash and in using the cash regis- ter. By their work in the above two jobs, we are better able to judge the kind of office work they will do later, and the type of work they are best fitted for.


We are trying at all times to improve our standards. I wish that we might say that no one would receive a Commercial Dip- loma unless he or she attained a "B" average".


"Curriculum revision has held the attention of the English De- partment during the past year. The majority of our meetings have been devoted to discussions of current trends in the teaching of (1) remedial reading (2) modern lit- erature (3) grammar, and (4) correct usage-items in our courses of study that seemed to require the most urgent consideration.


A careful study of "An Ex- perience Curriculum," the most important work on the English curriculum ever produced by the National Council of Teachers of English, has been made by the department head during the past two years. Several changes have been brought about in our curricu- lum as a result of this study. Three teachers of the department during the year have been taking univer- sity courses that have helped both themselves as individuals and the department in attacking. the. prob- lem of · curriculum building. Miss




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