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If the radio and the motion picture are used purely as enter- tainment, the real objectives as educational aids, namely, "to understand," "to gain information," "to learn," are lost. To use these aids intelligently one should precede the showing of the picture, or the listening period with a discussion in order to set the stage, and then follow the period with further discussion and generalizations drawn from the lesson.
Many experiments in recent years have proved the effectiveness of audio-visual aids. Two principles have been definitely es- tablished. First, pupils learn more rapidly when audio-visual aids are used. Less time is needed for explanations and drill if the lesson is presented through pictures, films, or recordings. Second, pupils who have studied with the aid of audio-visual materials re- member more of the facts presented and remember them longer.
Since school opened in September we have acquired two table radios, one for each school. These were purchased with money from the school fund. In addition to these the School Department recently purchased a new Victor sound projector for use in the elementary schools. Since the acquisition of this equipment we have begun to arrange a schedule for its use.
Station WBZ is sponsoring a series of broadcasts for school listening under the title "Listen and Learn." These programs are offered at 9:45 A. M. on each school day. Monday, the program is "The News in Review." Here the class hears history in the making reported in language at their own level. Tuesday, "Friends Around the World" is offered. These broadcasts have included stories and plays about Sweden, Poland, Italy, and other European and Asiatic countries. Friday brings Arthur Fiedler, eminent or- chestra conductor, conducting "Classroom Concert," the music appreciation program in the series. This series has become a regular part of the sixth grade program. Station WBMS, Boston, also carries a music appreciation broadcast on Friday at 11:00 A. M.
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The general purpose of these programs and similar radio pro- grams is to supplement and enrich the school curriculum. A radio program or a moving picture may serve as a taking-off point for a new topic; it may contribute to an activity already underway; or it may help to summarize a topic just completed. In any case we must justify visual and auditory aids on the grounds of the enrich- ment they afford.
I should like to take this opportunity to express my apprecia- tion for your support and for that of the School Department and to thank the teachers for their co-operation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
LEROY E. FULLER
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the School Committee of Scituate:
The regular physical examinations of the pupils in each of the grades has been carried out this year, and efforts made to see that noticeable defects were properly cared for. The home football games were attended, to provide first aid for injured players. In general the health of the school children has been satisfactory and there have been no serious epidemics.
The School Department is fortunate indeed in the gift of an audiometer in memory of Selectman Williams Bassett James. With this instrument a pupil's hearing can be tested more accurately than by any other known method, and hearing defects not previously suspected can be discovered while there is yet hope of correcting them. Partial deafness, especially if it has not been recognized, can be a cause of unsatisfactory progress in school work and much unhappiness from poor adjustment of the pupil to his classmates.
I am glad to report also that a health council has been or- ganized by those in the school system who are particularly con- cerned about promoting the health of the school children, to help its members work together more effectively in that direction.
I thank cordially the other members of the School Staff and the parents, for their help in maintaining and improving the well being of the pupils in our schools.
Respectfully submitted,
M. D. MILES, M.D., School Physician.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
Mr. Frederick A. Calkin
Superintendent of Schools
Scituate, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
In presenting this report it will be readily noted that there is, of necessity, some similarity of content in the School Health Program of previous years.
The resources of community, county, and state were utilized in carrying out certain phases of this program. A few of the many School Health Services are listed in the following outline.
Preschool registration
Assistance at preschool physical and dental examinations
School Dental Clinic
Inspections (individual, group, special and sanitary)
Child Guidance Clinic
Speech Clinic
Clinic for the Mentally Retarded
Health Instructions
Vision Testing
First Aid Treatments
Transportation of children because of illness or accidents
Follow up visits for correction of remedial defects
Follow up visits for communicable disease control
Home visits for the promotion of health and prevention of disease Follow up visits as attendance officer
Conferences with school physician and dentist, school personnel, parents, pupils, social workers and others concerned with the health and welfare of our young citizens.
To facilitate better home and school relationships a few sug- gestions are offered for consideration.
(1) Pupils requiring Special Class work should receive encouragement from every possible source, and be given to under- stand that placement is only temporary. That just as soon as the child is ready to do work on a higher level, he or she has the chance to do so. One great blessing to be derived from the new central school is the opportunity it affords the children of the elementary grades to be housed in the same building. This closer association
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of all children should help develop a clearer understanding of the problems of the Special Class group.
(2) Parents should be willing to assume a greater share of the responsibility for the correction of physical and dental needs of their children. All too frequently they are aware of these needs, but they ignore them, and they tend to become serious problemis.
(3) Something new has been added. Television programs now compete with radio programs. Have you checked to see that these programs do not interfere with your child's sleeping schedule? An insufficient amount of sleep may mean poor class work the next day.
(4) Security at home builds success at school. Not all parents provide this security for their children. The time to pre- pare the child for normal adulthood is now. Unfavorable attitudes in the home are often reflected in the child's behavior at school. Better home and school team work may mean fewer difficulties and adjustments for the child to face later.
(5) Most important of all seems to be the need for a whole- some, well rounded diet. One or more foods from each of these groups should be provided each day.
1. Green and yellow vegetables
2. Oranges, grapefruit, tomatoes and raw greens
3. Potatoes and other vegetables
4. Milk, cheese and other dairy products
5. Meat, fish, eggs, dried beans, peas and peanut butter
6. Whole grain or enriched bread and cereals
7. Butter or fortified margarine.
An adequate diet is essential if the best results are to be obtained from routine fluorine treatments given in the school dental clinic.
Sodium fluoride is a preventive agent. It is not a substitute for constant, competent dental care. It does not eliminate the necessity for good oral hygiene, nor adherence to proper dietary habits. Statistical studies, however, have proved that the use of fluorine in this manner will materially reduce the amount of tooth decay which might otherwise occur.
Participation in the newly formed School Health Council, is something I am looking forward to with interest and pleasure. This is the most important step yet taken toward the coordination of health services. I sincerely hope that it will ultimately lead to the organization of a Community Health Council which has been
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my goal over a period of many years. Such a council gives the layman an opportunity, through the principle of involvement, to make for himself the kind of a community he wants.
Perhaps a new Elementary School, a School Health Council, a Community Health Council and a Community Health Education Program is too much to expect, and since Rome was not built in a day, I can continue to hope.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET J. O'DONNELL, R. N. School Nurse.
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HONOR PUPILS AT SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL School Year 1947-1948 High Honors (A's in all subjects)
Senior Class
Alette Dolan
Junior Class
Barbara Best
Mary Lou Corrigan
Sophomore Class
Elizabeth Murrill
Seventh Grade Sheila Mahoney
Honors (A's or B's in all subjects)
Senior Class
Stanwood Briggs
Laura Cerilli
Earl Merritt Josephine Miles
Shirley Damon
Eleanor Noble
Ronald Fallon
Mary Noble
James Fettig
Martha Peirce
Verdella Goddard
Jean Prouty
Jane Keyes Joanne MacDonald
Louise Reddy
Leland Towle
Junior Class
Fay Bissell Virginia Day Frances Dyer
Nancy Gilley Patricia Goddard John Stewart
Florence Zalenski
Sophomore Class
Velma Ahola Josephine Foniri Joan Kettell Nancy Litchfield
Jane Nord Penelope Rich Donna Vickery Charmaine Witt
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Freshman Class
Peter Bennett
Lois Merritt
John Cahir
Robert Morrow
Scott Roberts
Kilby Smith
Ida Vespaziani Peter Virtue
Bruce Wyman
Eighth Grade
Joyce Bamber James Bennett
Judith Bernard
Madeline Browne
Robert Browne Richard Clapp
Shirley Fitts
Barbara Hunter Evelyn Jenney Priscilla Merritt
Russell Paul Helen Murphy
Barbara Prouty
Seventh Grade
Elizabeth Grassie Hugh Murphy Neil Murphy .- Philip Palmer
Karl Virtue Suzanne Taggart Neil Towle Dooley Sciple
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Eugene Cohen
Philip Delano John Goodnow Harold McAvenia
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ATTENDANCE HONOR ROLL For the School Year Ending June 30, 1948 HATHERLY SCHOOL
Name
Grade
Name
Grade
Willard Litchfield
I
Cedric Gallup
V
Ellen Litchfield
I
Charles Smith
V
William Smith
III
Lois Hodgdon
V
Theodore Warshaw
III
Donald Bongarzone
VI
Shirley Holland
IV
Richard Greene
VI
Janice Savory
IV
David Roberts
VI
Pauline Jacobucci
IV
Thomas Smith
VI
John Fraser
V
Ruth Mitchell
VI
JENKINS SCHOOL
Russell C. Logan
II
Lawrence Mayo
IV
Mary Susan Curran
IV
Leonard Stone
IV
HIGH SCHOOL
Robert Call
VII
Peter Nord
VIII
Priscilla Clapp
VII
John Goodnow
IX
Mary Goodnow
VII
James Milroy
IX
James Merritt
VII
Robert Morrow
IX
Lawrence Paul
VII
Richard Preston
IX
Walter Stewart
VII
Barbara Cole
X
John Jacobucci
VIII
Jean Tobin
XI
Robert Mitchell
VIII
Elizabeth Sylvester
XI
Leland Towle
XII
MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES
OCTOBER 1, 1948
Special Class
Grades
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
Total
Hatherly School
44
32
38
43
34
30
221
Jenkins School
72
40
49
43
40
37
13
294
Total
116
72
87
86
74
67
13
515
Grades
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
Total
High School
83
69
68
56
53
50
379
Total-All Schools
894
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ENROLLMENT, MEMBERSHIP, ATTENDANCE For the School Year Ending June 30, 1948
HATHERLY
SCHOOL:
Total Membership
Average Membership
Per Cent of Membership
Grade I
38
27.5
90.5
Grade II
42
33
91.5
Grade III.
48
40
91.5
Grade IV
42
34.5
93
Grade V
36
31
95.5
Grade VI
44
40
93.5
Total
250
206
92.6*
JENKINS SCHOOL
Grade I
45
39
89
Grade II
62
56.5
93
Grade III
45
41.5
90.5
Grade IV
41
39.5
94
Grade V
39
34.5
93.5
Grade VI
33
31
94
Special Class
15
12.5
88.5
Total
280
254.5
91.8*
HIGH SCHOOL
Grade VII
87
80.5
93
Grade VIII
77
70.5
95
Grade IX
63
61
95.5
Grade X
52
51.5
94
Grade XI
58
56
93
Grade XII
51
50
92
Total
388
369.5
93.9*
Grand Total
918
830
92.8*
* Average.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT - 1948 RECEIPTS
Regular Appropriation
$174,445.00
From Advisory Board
1,000.00
From Federal Funds-Smith-Hughes
151.08
From Federal Funds-George-Barden.
30.00
$175,626.08
EXPENDITURES General Expenses
School Committee, expenses
" $194.78
Superintendent, salary
4,635.83
Superintendent, travel
312.54
Clerk
1,225.00
Truant Officers, salary
100.00
Other Expenses of Administration
214.42
$6,682.57
Expenses of Instruction
Salaries, Principals, Teachers, High
$52,810.38
Salaries, Principals, Sup., Teachers, Elem.
47,117.58
Clerical Services and Expenses, High
1,223.26
Textbooks and Scholars' Supplies, High
4,346.02
Textbooks and Scholars' Supplies, Elem.
2,486.41
$107,983.65
Operation and Maintenance of School Plant
Janitors, High
$4,280.16
Janitors, Elementary
4,189.16
Fuel, High
2,971.88
Fuel, Elementary
2,692.38
Upkeep and Replacement, High
6,674.26
Upkeep and Replacement, Elementary
2,626.75
Miscellaneous, High"
2,408.54
Miscellaneous, Elementary
1,462.31
$27,305.44
Auxiliary Agencies
Library
$370.00
Health
3,234.20
Transportation
16.089.18
Miscellaneous Auxiliary
2,281.80
$21,975.18
Outlay
New Equipment
$2,115.97
$2,115.97
Special Items
Tuition
$3,004.20
Overlay for Public Use of Auditorium
320.50
Payment to Teachers' Retirement Board
400.00
Sewage Disposal - Allen Library
823.19
Total Expenditures
$4,547.89 $170,610.70
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT CREDITS (Not available for use of School Department)
From State Funds:
On Employment of Teachers
$7,121.99
Transportation of Pupils
10,003.80
Maintenance of Household Arts Classes
1,932.19
Trade School Tuition
124.45
Tuition from other towns
435.00
Miscellaneous Collections
286.26
Total Credits
$19,903.69
EVENING SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Balance on hand, January 1, 1948
$502.00
Expended during the year
29.45
Balance, January 1, 1949
$472.55
GEORGE-BARDEN FUND - EVENING VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Received from State Funds - George-Barden
$300.00
Expended during the year
90.00
Balance, January 1, 1949
$210.00
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA For the Year Ending June 30, 1948
Balance on hand, September 1, 1947
$172.06
Receipts :
Cafeteria receipts
$8,962.47
Dinners for election officials
151.10
Government subsidy on milk
678.62
Town of Scituate (Supplies for Household Arts Dept.)
54.32
$9,846.51 $10,018.57
Total receipts
Expenditures :
Food and miscellaneous expenses
$8,904.38
Wages and cafeteria assistants
916.00
Total expenditures
$9,820.38
Balance on hand, June 30, 1948
$198.19
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GRADUATION EXERCISES Class of 1948 Scituate High School WEDNESDAY, JUNE THE NINTH 8:00 P. M. HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
PROGRAM
Processional: "Land of Hope and Glory" Elgar
High School Orchestra
Invocation Rev. Leopold M. Hays Ronald Neil Fallon
Address of Welcome
Presentation of Prizes and Scholarships
Presentation of Class Gift President of Senior Class
Selections-
(a) "Si Mi Chiamano Mimi"
Puccini
Solo - Laura Cerilli, '48
(b) "In A Monastery Garden"
Ketelbey
Girls' Glee Club
Address: "Sturdy Convictions For Strenuous Living" Dr. Charles W. Havice
Conferring of Diplomas Mrs. Emma L. Damon Chairman, School Committee
Class Ode
Graduating Class
Recessional: "War March of the Priests" Mendelssohn High School Orchestra CLASS OFFICERS
President, Ronald Neil Fallon Vice-President, Jon Robinson Flynn Secretary, Martha Ann Peirce Treasurer, Verdella Gertrude Goddard
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ROLL OF CLASS MEMBERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSE
Ralph Stanwood Briggs
Gabriel Jacobucci
Laura Marie Cerilli
Jane Munroe Keyes
Shirley Louise Damon
Joanne Catherine MacDonald
Alette Elizabeth Dolan
Josephine Miles
Robert Henry Dunphy
Phyllis Ann Marie Mitchell
Ronald Neil Fallon
Martha Ann Peirce
Verdella Gertrude Goddard
Louise Ann Reddy
SCIENTIFIC PREPARATORY COURSE
David Coombs
Brook Durant
Elden Munroe Meyers
Manuel Joseph Spinola, Jr. Leland Hill Towle Jack Edward Varney
SECRETARIAL COURSE
Eunice Clapp
Marjorie Elizabeth Macy
Mary Elizabeth Noble
Elizabeth Marie Fleming
Jean Esther Prouty
COMMERCIAL COURSE
Janet Joy Allen Priscilla Lee Bonney
Winifred Anne Robischeau
Barbara Jeanne Robischeau
PRACTICAL · ARTS COURSE
Arthur Edward Ahola
Wesley Wayne Higgins
Thomas Leo Dwyer Murray Snow, Jr.
George Frederick Warren
GENERAL COURSE
William John Amiot
Jean Mary Hyland
Paul Royden Avery
Charlotte Louise Littlefield
Edward Louis Brown
Earl Standish Merritt
Shirley Grace Chadbourne
Eleanor Patricia Noble
James Francis Fettig
Dama Frances Sherman
Jon Robinson Flynn William James Green
Edward Holker Welch, Jr. Christopher Roy Whitcombe
Richard Leroy Whittaker William Roberts (In Absentia) as of the Class of 1938
CLASS MOTTO Statuite Procedere - Determine to Succeed
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Index
Accountant's Report
Summary
Balance Sheet
141
Assessors' Report
89
Board of Health
99
Building Board of Appeals
113
Building Inspector
105 96 88
Engineering Department
Fire Department
81
Forest Warden
82 83
Highway Department
Inspector of Animals
Inspector of Meat and Slaughtering
Inspector of Milk
Inspector of Plumbing
91
Liaison Officer
116
Libraries
106 80
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
114
Police Department
78 102
Presidential Primary
30
Public Health Nursing Service, Report of President
97
Public Health Nursing Service, Report of Treasurer
98
Public Health Nurse Report
100
Public Welfare and Bureau of Old Age Assistance
87
Registrars' Report
77
School Committee
Appendix
School Dentist
101
School Housing Committee
111
Scituate Housing Authority
113
Sealer of Weights and Measures
86
Selectmen's Report
9
State Audit of Accounts
117 45
State Primary
39
Supervisor - Care of Veterans' Graves
82
Town Clerk's Report
10
Marriages
Births
Deaths
Town Collector's Report
Town Counsel
86
Town Forrest Committee
96 3
Treasurer's Report
107
Tree Warden
95
Veterans Service Officer
110
War Service Fund Disbursement Committee
114
Water Department
92
Zoning Board of Appeals
111
105 104 104 103
Juror List
Park Commissioners
Planning Board
110
Pre-School Dentist
State Election
57 63 70 108
Town Officers
120
137
Clam Warden
Peirce Memorial Library No. Scituate, Mass.
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