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Fracture of Neck and Thigh. result of tripping on rug, complication Hypostatic Pneumonia
Aug. 23
Hanson Hunnewell
77
7 17
Sept. 2
George Michael Griffin
12
0
7
Sept. 20
Ella G. Sprague
76
4 11
Sept. 21
Charles Eugene Bullard
78
5
7
Oct.
15
George Henry Pollard
72
4
23
Oct.
29
Charlotte Ar Foon
89
0
0
Nov.
4
Andrew Domini Coleman Albert L. Littlefield
66
7
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Nov. 14
Nellie F. Perkins
72
5
8
Nephritis Parenchrymatous
Nov.
14
Catherine Helena Webb
1
21
Nov.
18
Ellen Stanley
64
3
0
Nov.
19
Aimee C. Hardwick
66
8
11
Nov. 24
Lizzie Mabel Merritt
57
0
17
Rheumatic Heart Disease, Acute Di- latation of Heart
Carcinoma of Stomach
Mark A. and Jane Cummings
Edward and Aun Caden Francis and Jane Hunter William J. and Belle Chaplain
Patrick and MacMahon William L. and Johanna Murphy Peleg and Mary Hyland
George H. and Marie M. Otis
Nelson F. and Henrietta S. Tyler Abner S. and Anna M. Litchfield
Leo and Magdelina Columbus
Caleb W. and Abigail Prouty
John W. and Ann S. Hunnewe'l
Martin and Ellen Griffin
Albert and Ann Coates William and Miriam Bullard Martin F. and Mary Ann Pollard Unknown - cannot be learned Andrew and Honora Coleman
Richard L. and Littlefield George H. and Hannah Jones
John and Mary Joyce Michael and Hannah McElroy Franklyn and Elizabeth Brown
Frank and Cora Pierce
Dec.
7
Stillborn
Dec. 10
Nellie Murray Reed
62
6
0
Arterio Sclerosis, Hypertension Car- diac hypertrophy, Coronary Oc- clusion
Heart Disease, presumably Coronary Sclerosis Acute Yellow Atrophy Accidental Drowning .
Carcinoma of Pancreas, Nactastius to Liver and Stomach Arterio Sclerosis and Myocarditis Myocarditis. Arterio Sclerosis Chloroform-Ether Anaesthesia during operation
Cancer of Stomach. Phlebitis and pulmonary embolus Chronic Myocarditis. Sub-acute Bac- terial Endocarditis
Arteriosclerosis, Chronic Nephritis. Diabetes Militus, Myocarditis Coronary Occlusion
Arterio Sclerosis
Senility
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nov. 11
56
16
Heart Disease, presumably ary Sclerosis
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Diabetes Mil- litus
Angina Pectoris Myocardial Degeneration, Enteritis
Walter M. and Frances Beal
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Report of Town Clerk-Deaths
Diabetes Mellitus
3
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN THE YEAR 1933-Continued
Date
Name of Deceased
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Names of Parents
Dee. 12
Aaron Bates
56
10
11
Retropertineal Carcinoma, Rheuma- tic Heart Disease, Chronic Nephri- tis
Dec.
19
Willie Augustus Newcomb John Edward Gillis
84
6
0
Dec.
23
Dec.
31
Annie Frances Stacy
87
9
19
Dec.
31
1932
July 16
Adele R. Callahan
27
9
0
Cellutitis of face (pimple) Acute Splenitis, Lung abscess
July
17
Ho'en J. Innes
23
0
0)
Oct. 30
Stella Belyea MeLean
0
0
1
Poisoning by creosote (Lysol) self administered, by intent per oram Atelectasis of lungs, prematurity
Harry T. and Mary Stenbeck
James and Elizabeth Anderson Albert F. and Stella L. McLean
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Report of Town Clerk-Deaths
A. Jedson and Mary Bates William JJ. and Ruth Newcomb Philip and Catherine Gillis Edmund G. and Deborah Barney
0
0
La Grippe, Senility Angina Pectoris Senility
257
Report of Town Clerk-Summary
SUMMARY, 1933
Number of births registered in Scituate for the
year 1933 65
Males
34
Females
31
Number of marriage licenses issued 30
Number of marriages recorded 40
Number of deaths recorded 64
Males 28
Females
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KNOW THE LAW!
"Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child. and every householder, within forty days after a birth in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born." General Laws, Chapter 46, Section 6.
Blanks for returns of births will be furnished upon application to parents, householders, physicians and registered medical offices as provided in Chap. 46, Sec. 15, General Laws.
Number of Dogs licensed for the year :
268 Males @ $2.00 each $536.00
62 Females @ $5.00 each 310.00
57 Spayed Females @ $2.00 each 114.00
2 Breeders @ $50.00 each 100.00
$1,060.00
Less Clerk's Fees
77.80
Paid to Town Treasurer, Wm. F. Smith $982.20
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Report of Town Clerk-Summary
Licenses issued for Division of Fisheries and Game :
Resident Citizen Fishing, 15 @ $2.00 $30.00
Resident Citizen Hunting, 146 @ $2.00 292.00
Resident Citizen Sporting, 17 @ $3.25 55.25
Resident Citizen Minor and Female Fish- ing, 4 @ $1.25 5.00
Resident Citizen Trapping, 1 @ $5.25
5.25
Resident Citizen Sporting (over 70 years of age), 3 - Free
Resident Citizens Lobster, 48 @ $5.00
240.00
Duplicate Licenses, 2 @ $ .50 1.00
$628.50
Less Clerk's Fees 52.95
Paid to Division of Fisheries and Game $565.55
Transient Vendors' licenses, 5 @ $15.00 each $75.00
Paid to Town Treasurer, William F. Smith.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM M. WADE,
Town Clerk.
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Board of Registrars
BOARD OF REGISTRARS' REPORT
The Board of Registrars respectfully submit the fol- lowing report.
Registered voters in Town of Scituate on December 31, 1933 :
Males
1,148
Females
1,137
Total
2,285
The following Registrars' meetings were held dur- ing the year for the purpose of registering voters :
Feb. 15, at North Scituate Fire Station.
Feb. 17, at Scituate Harbor Fire Station.
Feb. 21. at Town Hall.
June 6. at North Scituate Fire Station.
June 7, at Scituate Harbor Fire Station.
June 9. at Town Hall.
Dec. 23, at Town Hall.
There were 160 new voters added to the voting list during the year 1933, while 102 names were dropped be- cause of deaths and change of residence, resulting in a gain in registration of 58.
JOSEPH A. WARD, LESTER D. HOBSON, GEORGE F. HENNIGAN, WILLIAM M. WADE, Clerk,
Board of Registrars of Voters.
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Report of Town Collector
REPORT OF THE TOWN COLLECTOR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933
Total payments to Treasurer. ... $457,140.21
Collected but not paid to Treas-
urer
.02
$457,140.23
Total taxes collected
$354,573.20
Total interest collected 7,745.71
Total costs collected 666.26
Total water rates collected
94,155.06
$457,140.23
TAXES OF 1929
Personal, Real and Moth
uncollected January 1, 1933
$3.83
Collected
$3.83
$3.83
Interest collected
$2.17
Costs collected
.35
TAXES OF 1930
Motor Vehicle Excise uncol-
lected January 1, 1933 $484.21
Report of Town Collector 261
Collected
$9.90
Abated
474.31
$484.21
Interest collected
$3.22
Costs collected
1.80
Personal, Real and Moth
uncollected January 1, 1933
$223.91
Collected
$84.35
Abated
129.20
Uncollected
10.36
$223.91
Interest collected
$15.68
Costs collected
3.70
TAXES OF 1931
Polls uncollected January 1, 1933
$6.00
Collected
$2.00
Abated
2.00
Uncollected
2.00
$6.00
Interest collected
$.28
Costs collected
.85
Old Age Assistance uncollected
January 1, 1933
$5.00
Collected
$2.00
Uncollected
3.00
$5.00
Costs collected
$.45
Motor Vehicle Excise uncol- lected January 1, 1933 Collected $29.53
$847.20
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Report of Town Collector
Abated
700.28
Uncollected
117.39
$847.20
Interest collected
$5.72
Costs collected
5.05
Personal, Real and Moth uncol- lected January 1, 1933
$38,777.21
Collected
$36,061.94
Abated
692.63
Tax Titles
1,699.71
Uncollected
322.93
$38,777.21
Interest collected
$4,198.40
Costs collected
461.11
TAXES OF 1932
Polls uncollected January 1, 1933
$244.00
Collected
$104.00
Uncollected
140.00
$244.00
Interest collected
$2.64
Costs collected
13.30
Old Age Assistance uncollected
January 1, 1933
$162.00
Collected
$53.00
Refunded by State
38.00
Uncollected
71.00
$162.00
Interest collected
$1.33
Costs collected
13.30
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Report of Town Collector
Motor Vehicle Excise uncol-
lected January 1, 1933
$1,312.71
Committed January 16, 1933
4.94
$1,317.65
Collected
$411.13
Abated
4.25
Uncollected
902.27
$1,317.65
Interest collected
$13.26
Costs collected
18.65
Personal, Real and Moth uncol-
lected January 1, 1933
$125,156.67
Collected
$78,416.25
Abated
1,133.89
Tax Titles
1,506.05
Uncollected
44,100.48
$125,156.67
Interest collected
$3,331.46
Costs collected
66.50
TAXES OF 1933
Polls committed
$2,702.00
Collected
$2,154.00
Uncollected
548.00
$2,702.00
Interest collected
$2.88
Costs collected
14.87
-
264
Report of Town Collector
Old Age Assistance committed ..
$1,366.00
Collected
$1,084.00
Uncollected
282.00
$1,366.00
Interest collected
$1.43
Costs collected
14.88
Motor Vehicle Excise committed
$13,575.62
Collected
$10,200.07
Abated
420.26
Uncollected
2,955.29
$13,575.62
Interest collected
$29.84
Costs collected
51.45
Personal, Real and Moth com-
mitted
$371,645.85
Collected
$225,957.20
Abated
537.69
Uncollected
145,150.96
$371,645.85
Interest collected
$137.40
WATER RATES OF 1931
Uncollected January 1, 1933
$1,082.45
Collected
$94.00
Abated
202.35
Uncollected
786.10
$1,082.45
WATER RATES OF 1932
Uncollected January 1, 1933
$4,067.18
Overpayment 21.00
$4,088.18
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Report of Town Collector
Collected
$1,629.42
Abated
548.86
Uncollected
1,909.90
$4,088.18
WATER RATES OF 1933
Uncollected January 1, 1933
$32,663.35
Committed during 1933
70,650.09
$103,313.44
Collected
$92,431.64
Abated
2,772.47
Uncollected
8,109.33
$103,313.44
HAROLD W. COLE,
Town Collector.
266
Scituate Public Health Nursing Service
REPORT OF THE SCITUATE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICE
It has been my privilege to serve as president of the Scituate Public Health Nursing Association for the past two years. We have carried on the health work with the same care and consideration as in former years and have co-operated with the various committees in town and conducted the clinics already established. Over five hun- dred children have attended the Toxin Anti-Toxin Clinic which is to prevent diphtheria ; between thirty and thirty- five babies have attended the Well Baby Clinic; and in the past two years over fifty children have been treated at the Tonsil Clinic. Miss O'Donnell still assists at the Den- tal Clinic. The School and General Health work has been carried on by Miss O'Donnell in a most efficient and sympathetic manner. Wherever we have made mis- takes we have tried earnestly to avoid them and do all we could to make amends.
The funds of the Service are a little below those of two years ago but we all know how hard it has been to raise money in these trying times and feel we need not be alarmed at the condition of our treasury. The Ways and Means Committee have been very successful with their projects and we feel it will continue this year.
The membership drive last year was the largest in the history of the Service and much credit should go to Mrs. Helen Young, Mrs. Catherine Studley and Mrs.
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Laura Litchfield. A most successful bridge and fashion show was conducted by Mrs. Vernon Marr. The Police of Scituate helped with a substantial sum cleared from the Police School entertainment. With generous contri- butions from organizations and individuals we were able to carry on.
In the deaths of Mr. John Burke and Mrs. Margaret Bradlee we lost two most valuable and interested mem- bers. They had served for many years and were sadly missed.
As you read this Mrs. William Reynolds will be the new president and Miss Bessie Monahan the secretary. Mr. William Smith will continue as treasurer, the office he has held most efficiently for several years; and many new members will make up the Board of Directors.
Mrs. Lottie Waterman, after serving eight years as secretary, retires with me and we ask you all to give these new officers your loyalty and support that the Scituate Public Health Nursing Association may rise to every occasion to serving and helping the people of Scituate.
ANNIE M. SOMERS,
President 1932-1933.
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Scituate Public Health Nursing Service
SCITUATE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICE
NURSE'S REPORT FOR 1933
Number of nursing visits 751
Number of free nursing visits 227
Number of infant welfare
80
Number of home visits for school children 58
Number of welfare visits 121
Number of hospital and clinic visits 48
Number of home visits for pre-school children 22
Number of tonsil clinic visits
67
Number of public health meetings
12
Number of school visits 147
Number of prenatal visits 48
Number of follow-up visits
108
Number of miscellaneous visits 211
Number of operations in homes
14
Total number of visits 1,914
The Nursing Service Board members assisted the nurse and in a large measure were responsible for the success of the Baby Clinic, Diphtheria Prevention, Pre- School and Tonsil clinics.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET O'DONNELL, R. N.
269
Report of Pierce Memorial Library
REPORT OF THE PIERCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The trustees of the Pierce Memorial Library feel that the townspeople of Scituate should have a chance to know the work which the library is doing, since they generously make a contribution each year which helps in the support of the association.
The library is open two days each week, except dur- ing June, July, August and September, when it is open three days weekly.
In 1933, the circulation was 13,701 books, an increase of nearly 1,000 from 1932. On an average, 126 books and 16 magazines are taken out each library day. We have 297 card-holders, an increase of over 100 from the previous year.
New books purchased 273
Books donated 97
Books replaced 5
Books rebound 29
Magazines purchased
22
Magazines donated
2
Various exhibits, fitting to the season, current events, the arts, sciences, or noted people, with books on the re- spective subjects have been placed in a conspicuous place
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to interest the public in a wider range in reading. One morning, during the Christmas holidays, Mrs. Sheldon Ripley told stories for the children.
The financial statement will be found on another page in this volume.
Respectfully submitted,
KATHERINE ELLIS, President.
271
Report of Planning Board
REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD
To the Citizens of Scituate:
Unusual conditions in 1933 influenced the activities of your Planning Board.
In the early part of the year, the Board determined to do everything possible to cooperate with the Selectmen in order that their efforts to provide employment to Scit- uate citizens might be furthered.
At the request of the Selectmen, the Planning Board studied the road situation in Scituate and after many meetings and careful study produced a plan or project covering the development and rebuilding of Scituate roads.
As a part of our report to the Selectmen, we said :
We have studied the present road system, having in mind that our roads have to meet the condition of traffic of a town of fifteen thousand population, which is our summer population.
Any road building program should allow reasonable latitude for growth, therefore it seems conservative that Scituate should provide adequate roads and streets for a summer population of twenty thousand when planning permanent roads, which should have a life of from twen- ty to thirty years.
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We have also studied the roads in relation to the new State highway between Hingham and Greenbush, whick create new problems to be met in providing proper con- nections, which will lead from the new highway to the different sections of the town.
We recommend that a road building program be drafted which will take as its objective, over five to seven years, the building of macadam roads not less than 18 feet of travel width on all roads within the town.
We recommend that first consideration be given to building the new roads suggested in this report, togeth- er with rebuilding the roads we have designated by red outline on the blue print submitted.
These roads will come into much greater use as routes to the new 3A highway, and if put in first class condition will divide the traffic and relieve the congestion on Branch Street, First Parish Road and Front Street. In addition, roads in first class condition will add great- ly to the safety of travel.
In the past our road appropriations have been spent very largely for maintenance and repairs which have been only of a temporary nature.
The advantages of road construction being directed toward the completion of a plan are as follows :
1. The reduction of traffic hazards to a mini- mum through having roads of adequate width.
2. The provision of proper connecting roads with the new State highway thus giving di- rect access to different sections of the town.
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3. Meeting conditions of future growth in population.
4. The creation of maximum employment of town labor.
5. The reduction of maintenance costs over a period of years. (Present methods call for yearly expenditures for upkeep, whereas ma- cadam roads require a relatively inexpensive treatment once in three years).
In addition to the specific routes suggested for treat- ment the road plan for the future includes the develop- ment of other highways within the town and also includes the correction of all hazardous corners.
Should the construction for Beaver Dam Road and Willow Street be approved, it will be necessary to correct the intersection at Jericho Road and Willow Street, and the Planning Board will be glad to submit a plan for this purpose. Since the correction of this hazard involves land damages it would have to be met by a special appro- priation.
Your Board requested the privilege of investigating any applications for filling stations or roadside stands in order that we might determine the sentiment of the parti- cular section of the town affected, and also to arrive at a fair judgment on the merits of the applications as they might affect the town as a whole. Two such applications were turned over for investigation and after careful study, recommendations that the applications not be ap- proved were made.
In the contemplation and study of the development of Scituate, particularly in relation to our Board's road
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work, it was felt that successful town planning required zoning by-laws as a foundation to work from. It is the hope of your Planning Board that favorable consideration may be given this matter in the near future.
Respectfully submitted,
STEPHEN C. WEBSTER, HAMILTON W. WELCH, PERCIVAL D. NASH,
Scituate Planning Board.
By RALPH C. ACKERMAN, Secretary.
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Report of Plumbing Inspector
REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Board of Health,
Town of Scituate.
Gentlemen:
My report for the department of plumbing inspec- tion is as follows :
Number of permits issued in 1933 30
Number of inspections 45
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP S. BAILEY,
Inspector.
W. H. HARNEY,
Associate Inspector.
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Report of Highway Surveyor
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Scituate Mass., January 22, 1934.
I co-operated with the Selectmen, and spent the Town's money to the best of my ability.
CHARLES M. WAGNER,
Highway Surveyor.
NETTIE E. ELLIOTT Commercial Teacher in the Scituate High School from September, 1921 to March 1, 1933
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Scituate
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1933
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INDEX
School Calendar 3
Organization 4
Report of School Committee 6
Report of Superintendent of Schools
7
Report of High School Principal
16
Reading for Enjoyment 19
Chemistry and the Home 22
Making Use of Our Opportunities
25
Creative Work in English
28
High School Cafeteria
30
Citizenship Training
31
Junior Red Cross
33
Report of School Physician 35
Report of School Nurse
37
Report of School Dentist 39
Report of Attendance Officer 40
Statistics 41
Financial Statement 47
Graduation Exercises 49
Graduating Class 50
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School Calendar
SCHOOL CALENDAR - 1934
Winter Term-January 2 to February 16.
One Week Vacation. February 26 to April 13. One Week Vacation.
Spring Term-April 23 to June 15 .* Holiday May 30. Summer Vacation.
Fall Term-September 5 to December 21.
Holidays-October 12, November 12, and No- vember 29 and 30. Christmas Vacation.
* This date is tentative. The statutes require high schools to have one hundred eighty sessions per year.
"NO SCHOOL" SIGNAL
The "No School" signal is 3-1-3, and will be sounded from the fire stations at North Scituate, Scituate Harbor, and Green bush at 7.45 A. M. It is, however, the policy of the Committee to hold regular sessions whenever it is practicable to maintain transportation service.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The regular meetings of the Committee are held at the office of the Superintendent, Old High School Build- ing, at 1:30 P. M., on the second Wednesday of each month, September to June inclusive.
Appointments with the Superintendent may be made upon request.
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Directory of School Department
DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Mrs. Belle H. Chaffin
Chairman
Mrs. Marion C. Alexander
Secretary
Donald S. Pitkin
Harold C. Wingate
Superintendent
HIGH SCHOOL
A. Russell C. Cole
M. B. Gillespie
Robert F. Riley
Bessie M. Dudley
Nancy H. Fisk
Gertrude E. Mahn
Commercial Branches
Household Arts Science, Athletics
JUNIOR HIGH
Edward W. Whitmore
Anne L. Cunneen
Marion L. Brine
Gladys L. Boardman
Principal, VIIIA
Grade VIIIB
Grade VIIA
Grade VIIB
JENKINS
LeRoy E. Fuller Florence M. Toomey
Bessie M. Monahan Helen Pearl Mrs. Eunice M. Cole
Principal, Grade VIA
Grade VIB
Grade V
Grade IV
Grade III
Dorothy E. MacFarlane
Edward L. Stewart
Principal
Mathematics, Science
Manual Arts
English Latin, French
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Directory of School Department
Lillian M. Weeden
Grace E. Hague Helen L. Jones Ruth C. Welch
Grade II Grade I Assistant Assistant
HATHERLY
George W. Burrill
Doris C. Crocker
Edith A. Dann
Grade IV
Sara M. Souther
Grade III
Helen G. Knox
Grade II
Grade I
SUPERVISORS
Jeanne E. Bradford
Music
Doris D. Ward
Art
Ruth A. Whidden
Physical Education
HEALTH OFFICERS
T. B. Alexander, M. D.
School Physician
W. B. Parsons, D. M. D.
School Dentist
Margaret J. O'Donnell, R. N. School Nurse
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Annie M. S. Litchfield
JANITORS
Louis H. Madore
High School
Augustus Abbott
High School
Lewis B. Newcomb
Hatherly School
Frank Young
Jenkins School
HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Ina B. Litchfield Elizabeth Abbott
Director
Assistant
Lucy A. Lockhart
Principal, Grade VI
Grade V
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Report of School Committee
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Scituate:
The Scituate School Committee submits its annual report with a feeling of satisfaction that we too have done our part in responding to the Economy program. Our teachers have accepted the situation very loyally and the Superintendent has exercised great care to keep within our reduced budget.
It is to be hoped, however, that in the interest of education a generous attitude will be taken toward this department.
BELLE HOWES CHAFFIN, MARION COLLIER ALEXANDER, DONALD S. PITKIN,
School Committee.
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Scituate:
I take pleasure in submitting my eighth annual re- port for your consideration.
CHANGES IN OUR TEACHING STAFF
Again this year, as in the two previous years, the fall term opened with the schools under the direction of a staff of thirty teachers, including one part time super- visor and one part time assistant. The school enrollment, as of October 1, 1933, showed an increase of thirty-nine over the preceding year.
The position at the Hatherly School, made vacant at the end of the last school year by the resignation of Mrs. Vera L. Mitchell, was filled by the transfer of Miss Doris Crocker of the Jenkins School staff.
Although no resignations were received at the Jen- kins School, it became necessary early in the fall term of the present school year to add an assistant in the second grade as the enrollment in this grade had increased to fifty-two pupils, making this increase in the teaching staff compulsory.
At the Junior High, where during the latter half of the last school year we had been able to combine two divisions of the eighth grade and thus reduce our teach-
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
ing force to three, it was necessary to replace the fourth teacher, and for this position, Miss Gladys L. Boardman, a graduate of Willimantic Normal School, with post- graduate work at Simmons College and Boston Univer- sity, and for the last three years a teacher in the Junior High School at Wellesley, was selected. Three years ago our Junior High department had an enrollment of seventy- seven pupils and this year it had increased to one hun- dred thirty-one.
Two vacancies had to be filled in the Senior High School. Wendell H. Thornton, for two years a teacher of physical education and assistant in academic subjects, accepted a position in the Newton schools, and Edward L. Stewart, a graduate of Boston College, 1932, was elected as his successor.
The position that was made vacant by the death of Miss Elliott and in which Miss Eva Berg had acted as substitute to the end of the year, was filled by the ap- pointment of Miss Gertrude E. Mahn, a graduate of Boz- ton University, 1932, and a teacher of the Commercial subjects at Goddard Seminary the year following.
The death of Miss Elliott, coming after a short illness of two weeks, was a great shock not only to teachers and pupils but also to the community which had been her home for nearly twelve years and in which her influence for good had been outstanding. Miss Elliott was a girl of high ideals and whether it applied to herself as teacher or to the conduct and attainment of the pupils in her classes, she stood firmly for the highest standards. Her school work always came first and she never allowed an outside interest to interfere with its adequate prepara- tion. She was thorough and dependable to the last de- gree, and gave willingly of her time and skill to school
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