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15.97
Alexander R. Sutton
1.53
Laura A. Taber
16.57
Andrew F. and Catherine F. Gaffey
8.12
Vera C. Robbins
2.42
Edward H. Schott, Jr.
2.21
Charles B. Stretch
8.82
Wilton Vaugh
16.18
George V. Wattendorf
29.63
The Welch Co., Inc.
28.73
John D. Andrews
8.83
Edward J. Bigley or Town of Scituate
19.86
Eleanor C. Brown
13.25
Julia M. Casey
9.93
Front St. Sales & Service, Inc.
22.44
General Motors Acceptance Corp.
16.94
Joseph F. O'Connor
7.72
Edward J. Anderson
3.87
Frederick J. Barry
20.23
Alyce G. Boyle
21.89
200
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
George T. Bresnahan
13.26
Glenn B. Burt
31.99
Joseph M. Cappuccio
4.42
Herbert E. Carlson
2.42
Elizabeth U. Cody
20,63
Walter A. Carson
11.04
Arthur R. Cross, Sr.
1,53
John Panzica
14.19
Annie E. and Mary H. Kilmain
8.12
Arnold A. and Elizabeth F. Ackerson
5.08
Enid E. Darier
.41
Robert A. Welch
81.20
Patrick J. Connolly
25.77
Stanley H. Curtis
36.44
John R. Dugan
2.42
Edward J. Gallagher
13.25
Muriel M. Hunt
7.37
Ethel C. Jenkins
1.09
Mary L. Kellogg
1.53
John F. Ketterer
18.01
Philip B. and Cora C. Dolan
9.50
Osborne A. McMorrow
9,50
James J. and Marguerite G. Mullen
10.00
Guilford F. and Ethel Shephard
7.92
Thomas F. Cayne
16.00
Farrar Co.
200.00
Evelina Hausman and Beatrice A. Dubois
8.12
Primo A. and Rose L. Mazzuchelli
32.48
Scituate Medical Laboratory
40.60
Harry L. and Eunice E. Burnham
81.20
Alice M. and Annie L. Watson
81.20
Anthony J. Ferreira
2.89
Sidney S. Gates
13.80
Charles H. Goodridge, Jr.
1.94
Meredith R. Hatch
8.65
Ella A. Louis
4.56
John A. Mahony
4.63
Catherine M. Muriaty
1,31
John M. Roderick
1.31
Joseph B. Stull
6.19
Robert L. Summers, Jr.
2.09
R. S. Robie, Inc.
11.31
DeSoto Motor Corp.
6.55
Edwin T. and Anna L. Mitchell
16.24
James T. McGowan
8.12
Mary E. Welch
41.28
William A. J. and Marie A. Jack
81.20
Ola Carver and Nina L. Ames
30.45
Andrew F. and Catherine F. Gaffey
50.75
Isabel M. Gilley
16.24
Mabel F. Gordon
6.09
Elizabeth A. Jackson
1.62
Irving Litchfield
10.15
Clifford L. and Minnie E. Lougee
40,60
Emily L. Lyons
111.65
Edwin T. and Ann L. Mitchell
2.03
George L. and Hazel E. Robertson
7.11
201
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
World Wide Broadcasting Corp.
1,015.00
Richard G. and Grace H. Smith
11.37
Kenneth Chisholm
3.85
Alice F. Curley
12.50
Joseph C. Driscoll
14.72
Esso Standard Oil Co.
2.42
Henry T. Fitts
1.09
Mary E. and Elizabeth M. Gordon
34.96
Est. of Edward J. Harney
16.56
Peter J. Johnson, Jr.
3.13
Laura B. Houghton
10.30
Russell P. Keyes
1.09
S. S. Pierce Co.
3.68
Gladys R. Tripp
21.90
Muriel S. Ward
7.36
Jo Ann B. Westcott
4.42
Zurich Gen. Acc. Liab. Ins. Co., Ltd.
9.94
Jane E. and Peter D. Nord
16.00
Antonio P. Barros
8.00
Alice M. Reilly
419.78
Donald H. Whittemore
81.20
Ivy C. Gookin
25.39
Thomas L. Dwyer
16.00
Amedee Plasse
6.00
$6,321.67
WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries :
Wm. J. Lumbert
$4,067.14
Edith C. Manson
1,779.12
Wm. T. Sherman
3,315.65
Frank T. Whittaker, Jr.
3,539.26
Clarence W. Clapp
3,115.01
Harold Jenkins
3,115.01
Walter S. Allen, Jr.
3,115.01
Wilson T. Hollis, Jr.
3,115.01
Shirley Henderson
113.00
Wm. E. Shuttleworth
350.00
Wilson S. Brown
300.00
Walter S. Allen
300.00
Wm. R. Hoffman
1,680.71
$27,904.92
Expenses :
Edward A. Cole
$76.35
Frank Cole
4.12
Joseph Veiga
40.17
Bound Brook Garage
233.22
W. S. Brown
308.00
Joseph E. Clapp
1,840.90
Joseph R. Dillon
92.70
Tractors, Inc.
41.83
Paul Young Motors
275.05
Addressograph Multigraplı Corp.
65.48
The Bailey Co.
1,914.07
Kenmure W. Moffatt
85.55
Hedge & Mattheis Co.
42.61
202
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Railway Express Co.
11.45
Hancock Paint & Varnish Co.
47.26
Hersey Manufacturing Co.
2,859.03
Alfred Montanari
8.00
Mueller Co.
281.33
The Goldak Co.
145.68
The Rockland Standard Publishing Co.
13.25
Baxter Transport, Inc.
9.75
The Lighthouse Mart
1.00
Merrill's Auto Express
14.14
Pinkham's
5.20
The Welch Co., Inc.
491.93
Andrews & Pierce, Inc.
18.84
Carpenter Manufacturing Co.
15.18
Sumner & Dunbar
202.85
George A. Beach
12.20
Eddy Valve Co.
1,332.70
Jenney Manufacturing Co.
104.15
Ralph's Repair Shop
89.40
Sheet Metal Specialties Co.
9.21
Corcoran Supply Co. of Brockton, Inc.
33.61
Kenneth H. Gauley
1,170.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
13.60
Taylor Co.
17.82
Priscilla C. Turner, P. M.
90.96
William F. Ford
32.80
Homelite Corporation
23.22
Louis E. Cole
190.75
Nemasket Transp. Co.
48.83
New. England Tel. & Tel. Co.
514.36
H. R. Prescott & Sons
3,832.92
Sanderson Brothers
219.56
Robert Dyment
107.57
Egypt Garage
103.92
Finnie's Sales & Service
673.69
John S. Fitts
571.14
Front St. Sales & Service Co., Inc.
159.70
Greenbush Filling Station
158.77
H. S. Horne & Co.
9.28
Geo. W. Prescott Publishing Co.
8.75
Harold C. Whittaker
8.00
Humarock Garage
2.86
Bourne's Trans. Co.
20.67
George A. Caldwell Co.
9.55
Registry of Motor Vehicles
10.00
Walter S. Allen
56.50
Wilson S. Brown
54.00
Wm. E. Shuttleworth
55.00
Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
6,408.71
Town of Marshfield
3,805.53
Walworth Co.
665.62
Brockton Edison Co.
6,199.59
Brockton Gas Light Co.
320.20
Johnnie's Service Station
379.23
William M. Wade
209.99
Arthur S. Palmer
362.65
Spaulding-Moss Co.
53.29
203
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Allan R. Wheeler
2,734.03
C. K. Babbitt
7.50
New Eng. Mfg. Co.
7.00
Electrical Installation Co.
230.46
General Electric Supply Corp.
2.57
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
6.33
Smith Blair, Inc.
66.36
South Shore Electric Supply Co., Inc.
11.86
C. R. Swarey Co.
185.00
Albert B. Ainslee
1.50
Edward B. McCarthy
2.49
Cape Cod Overland Express, Inc.
17.37
Capital Motor Transp. Co., Inc.
1.87
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co.
160.00
Franklin Publishing Co.
16.00
Litchfield Express Co.
1.00
Fred A. La Vange
72.00
Seaverns Hardware Store
8.92
Town of Norwell
38.38
Lucien H. Rousseau
130.00
Leavitt Machine Co.
34.00
Old Colony Crushed
96.78
Seaverns Grocery Store
8.58
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
16.40
41,151.64
CONSTRUCTION OF WELLS
Expenses :
The Welch Co., Inc.
$48.98
Joseph E. Clapp
209.66
Leavitt Machine Co.
14.50
Cyclone Fence Division
58.00
Hancock Paint & Varnish Co.
8.52
Perkins-Eaton Machinery Co.
42.68
Commercial Enclosed Fuse Co.
4.90
Allan R. Wheeler
44.00
Hersey Manufacturing Co.
96.90
The Bailey Co.
29.79
Multiplex Mfg. Co.
19.17
Gustavo Preston Co.
30.94
Ralph's Repair Shop
1.50
Corcoran Supply Co. of Brockton
5.53
Walworth Co.
23.94
John S. Fitts
132.20
C. R. Swarey Co.
24.79
$796.00
INSTALLATION OF WATER MAINS
Expense :
Allan R. Wheeler
$2.67
WATER SYSTEM-3A
Expenses :
Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
$7,310.05
H. R. Prescott & Sons 671.35
204
$69,056.56
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
The Welch Co., Inc.
16.44
Allan R. Wheeler
2,135.38
Sumner & Dunbar
30.75
Hedge & Mattheis Co.
58.45
Leavitt Machine Co.
56.00
Mueller Co.
203.70
Eddy Valve Co.
275.71
$10,757.83
WATER MAINS - NEAL GATE STREET
Expenses :
Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
$5,535.00
Thomas Patterson
4.12
Eddy Valve Co.
916.82
Allan R. Wheeler
44.06
$6,500.00
CARE OF LAWSON TOWER
Expenses :
William Pepper
$85.66
The Welch Co., Inc.
3.42
Wickwire Spencer Steel
880.00
Fred A. LaVange
6.00
$975.08
PUBLIC LANDINGS
Salary :
George F. Dwyer
$1,000.00
Expenses :
Town of Scituate
$16.00
Frederick G. McCarthy
48.41
Thomas G. McCarthy
10.00
Ray's
270.00
The Welch Co.
265.81
John Kitson
400.00
B., H. La Vange
10.50
Alfred Montanari
10.00
Lucien H. Rousseau
100.00
Charles F. Jenkins
11.50
Daniel Lynch
20.60
Thomas R. Stearns
18.00
Gerard Dwyer
16.48
James A. McCarthy
144.03
Kenneth Bell
137.52
Walter S. Foster
37.49
Rhodes Lumber Co.
15.00
1,531.34
CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES
Expenses :
Roy C. Merritt
$12.00
Groveland Cemetery Corp.
200.00
Elmer Hollis
56.00
Union Cemetery Ass'n
212.00
Mount Hope Cemetery Association
60.00
2,531.34
205
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Elmer F. Ramsdell St. Mary's Cemetery Ass'n
10.00 80.00
$630.00
INTEREST
Expenses :
Day Trust Co. $11,627.04
INTEREST - FIRE LOAN
Expense :
Day Trust Co.
$34.10
WATER INTEREST
Expenses :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$2,812.50
Merchants National Bank
8,437.50
Day Trust Co.
712.50
$11,962.50
MATURING DEBT
Expenses :
Day Trust Co.
$45,250.00
MATURING DEBT - WATER
Expenses :
Day Trust Co.
$5,000.00
Merchants National Bank
25,000.00
$30,000.00
TEMPORARY LOANS REIMBURSEMENT
Expenses :
Day Trust Co.
$7,800.00
TEMPORARY LOANS
Expenses :
Day Trust Co.
$200,000.00
Expenses :
STATE PARKS AND RESERVATIONS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts $1,119.52
AUDITING MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS
Expenses :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$595.59
COUNTY TAX
Expenses :
County of Plymouth
$42,766.96
INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS
Expenses :
Cash Aid
$542.16
PROCEEDS FROM DOG LICENSES
Expenses :
County of Plymouth
$1,417.40
WITHHOLDING TAXES
Expenses :
Rockland Trust Co.
$25,001.40
Expenses :
RETIREMENT
Plymouth County Retirement Ass'n
$9,755.72
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
IN
SATUIT
RPOR
For the Year Ending December 31 1950
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
WINTER TERM - January 2 to February 16, inclusive.
One Week Vacation.
February 26 to April 13, inclusive.
One Week Vacation.
No School March 23 - Good Friday.
SPRING TERM - April 23 to June 20". Holiday - May 30.
Summer Vacation.
FALL TERM - September 5 to December 21, inclusive.
Holidays - October 12, November 12, Thanksgiving Day and day following.
No School October 17 -Teachers Convention.
*This date is tentative. The statutes require high schools to have one hundred eighty sessions a 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 Greenbush at 7:10 A.M. to designate the omission of school sessions for the kinder- garten and first six grades. If the signal is repeated at 7:20 A.M., it will indicate no school in the High School. In the event of a storm making it unwise to hold the afternoon session of the kindergarten, the fire department whistles will be sounded at 11:30 A.M. Radio stations WEEI and WNAC will also be requested to announce "No School" signals. It is, however, the general policy of the Committee to hold regular sessions whenever it is practicable to maintain trans- portation service.
Committee Meetings
The regular meetings of the Committee are held monthly, at the office of the Superintendent, Old High School Building, September to June, inclusive.
Appointments with the Superintendent may be made upon request.
For admission to Grade One of the Scituate Schools, a child must have reached the age of five years and eight months on September 1 of the year of entering. For admission to Kinder- garten, a child must have reached the age of four years and eight months on September 1 of the year of entering.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
No child will be admitted to school for the first time after October 1, unless, before this date, permission has been granted by the Superintendent for a later entrance.
A vaccination certificate must be presented to the school when the pupil enters for the first time.
A birth certificate must be presented for those pupils whose births were recorded outside of Scituate.
Directory of School Department
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Samuel J. Tilden
Chairman Secretary
Mrs. Doris D. Ward
Fred T. Waterman
Mrs. Margaret B. Miles
Nels H. Sandberg
Frederick A. Calkin
Superintendent
HIGH SCHOOL
George A. J. Froberger
Principal
Edward L. Stewart
Clarence O. Atkinson
Borah L. Kreimer
Practical Arts
William R. Johnson
Erroll K. Wilcox
Frances Cole
Mathematics, French English
Eleanor Gile
English, History French, Latin
Ruth E. Hawkes
Commercial Subjects
Mary S. Kingsbury
Household Arts
Alma W. Shmauk
Art
Ella L. Vinal
Social Studies
Anne L. Cunneen
English, Grades VII & VIII
Joseph C. Driscoll Geography, Hygiene, Grades VII & VIII
Elizabeth Giles Mathematics, Science, Grades VII & VIII
Maud C. Williams History, Civics, Grades VII & VIII
· CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Leroy E. Fuller Principal
Mildred S. Young Grade VI
M. Beryl Rafuse Grade VI
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Science
Bessie M. Dudley
Acting Sub-master, Director of Athletics, Science Commercial Subjects
Mathematics, Football Coach
Esther M. Harrington
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
John J. Kelly, Jr.
Grade VI
Mary E. Monahan
Grade V
Eleanor Wescott
Grade V
Vera Mitchell
Grade V
Marguerite I. O'Hern
Grade IV
Edith Fish
Grade IV
Mabel L. Kendall
Grade III
Eunice M. Cole
Grade III Grade III
Doris L. Reddy
Rose M. Fisher
Grade II
Madeline Vickery
Grade II
Florence E. Hyde
Grade II
Virginia Knight
Grade II
Gertrude J. Ward
Grade I
Priscilla Kelley
Grade I
Mary L. Bailey
Grade I
Evelyn B. Finnegan
Grade I
Marion Fleck
Kindergarten
Florence O'Hern
Kindergarten
Rose M. Trefry
Special Class
Jean Eisler
Reading Assistant and Secretary
SUPERVISORS
Maida L. Riggs
Physical Education
Mary Bauer
Assistant, Physical Education
B. Norman Dickinson Instrumental Music
Helene D. Fulton
Art - Elementary School
Gertrude M. Reynolds Vocal Music
Agnes Bissell
Home Teaching
HEALTH OFFICERS
Max D. Miles, M.D.
School Physician
W. B. Parsons, D.D.S.
School Dentist
Margaret J. O'Donnell
School Nurse
Marguerite Woodfall
Hygienist
SUPERVISORS OF ATTENDANCE
Margaret J. O'Donnell .......
Joseph A. Dwyer
William F. Kane
Elementary School High School High School
SECRETARIES
Mary A. Driscoll Thelma Sylvester
Superintendent's Office High School
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
JANITORS
Donald E. Quinn, Head Janitor, High and Elementary Schools
John A. Cogswell
High School
Donald Stone
Elementary Schools
Earl Jenkins
Elementary School
Harry E. Soule
Elementary School
CAFETERIAS
Annie Barry
Manager, High School
Genevieve Hill
Florence James
High School Dietitian, Elementary
BUS CONTRACTORS
Front St. Sales & Service
Route A
Andrew Finnie
Route B
Russell H. Dyer
Route C
Win. M. Connolly
Route D
Jolın Jakubens
Route E
Prescott Damon
Route F
Lissie Berg
Route G
James Finnie
Route H
Mrs. Malvina Young
Route J
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Scituate:
The School Committee submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1950.
The Committee expresses its appreciation to the School Build- ing Committee for its study and recommendations for the school housing problems. The citizens of Scituate, however, should realize that there is never an end to a school building program. If the school population continues to increase, new primary schools will be needed to relieve the Central Elementary School.
The Committee also wishes to express to Mr. Calkin, the pres- ent Superintendent, who is resigning because of ill health, its appre- ciation for the fine work he has done as Superintendent and as High School Principal. Mr. Calkin accepted the Superintendency at a time when the town was faced with the tremendous post war educational problems, and has handled them excellently. To re- place him will be one of the most difficult tasks ever to face a School Committee.
The Committee wishes to report that the football field at the High School has been remade and reseeded, and that the seeding of the baseball diamond will be finished in the spring. The work on the tennis courts was postponed until this spring, until it was decided where the new school would be located.
Detailed reports of the activities of our school will be found under the various school headings.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL J. TILDEN, Chairman DORIS D. WARD, Secretary FRED T. WATERMAN MARGARET B. MILES NELS H. SANDBERG
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Scituate:
I take pleasure in submitting my annual report for your con- sideration.
The school year opened for the fall term of 1950 on Septem- ber 6. The October 1 census showed a total enrollment of 1164, including kindergartens opened for the first time. Of this num- ber. 768 were in the Central Elementary School and 396 in the High School.
TEACHING STAFF CHANGES
In June Mr. Harold Alpert, supervisor of instrumental music for the past two years, resigned to accept a similar position in Con- necticut, very near his home. We were fortunate in securing Mr. B. Norman Dickinson to take his place. Mr. Dickinson has had a very fine educational and musical background and eight years' experience as a supervisor in public school work. Miss Carol Voll- mer, teacher of geography and hygiene in Grades VII and VIII, resigned to take a teaching position in Japan. Her position was filled by the appointment of Mr. Joseph C. Driscoll of Scituate, a recent graduate of Bridgewater Teachers College, with a fine rec- ord at that institution. We were greatly disappointed to hear in August that Mr. Norman Walker, a teacher of mathematics in our high school, would be forced to resign his position, due to ill health. Mr. Walker came to Scituate in 1947 and was highly suc- cessful and well liked. His associates in the school department have felt a great loss from the system. Mr. Walker has since found it necessary to retire from teaching. His successor is Mr. William Johnson, a successful teacher and athletic coach at Bath, Maine. for the past five years. Mr. Johnson has taken over the coaching of our high school football team after Mr. Edward Stewart had requested to be relieved from this duty. Mr. Stewart has been made Director of Athletics by the School Committee and will con- tinue to coach the other boys' sports. Mrs. Florence O'Hern, a for- mer teacher in our Elementary Schools, and more recently a kindergarten teacher in a local private school, was appointed to a kindergarten position. Mrs. Mary Sweeney Bauer, a graduate of Scituate Schools and Sargent School of Physical Education, and an experienced teacher of physical education, was appointed as an instructor in that subject at the Central Elementary School.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND HOUSING
On the sheet entitled, "Estimate of Class Sizes to June 1959", an effort has been made to prophesy enrollment figures for future school housing. These latest figures were compiled when the annual school census was made on October 1, 1950, and they do not include kindergartens. This period in the history of a troubled world is not a normal one and a complete mobilization of defense needs could very well upset estimates made this year.
However, we have seen a 45 per cent population increase in our town between the Federal census of 1940 and that of 1950, and a 50 per cent growth in the school population during those years. In the last three years this growth, with the introduction of kinder- gartens, has been nearly 38 per cent. This definitely shows that Scituate is considered to be a desirable place in which to live and the continued growth of the town is a certainty. The problem of school housing is a vital one and must of necessity be a costly one, as it will be in all Massachusetts towns in the next five years. Our new Central Elementary School, considered by educators, school committees, and school building committees to be one of the finest built in this section of the country in recent years, is a fine start in our school building program. A committee of citizens, appointed by vote of the Town Meeting in March, is now having plans drawn for an addition to the present High School Building that should take care of grades VII through XII for at least ten years. The class- rooms in this building that will be unused for a few years can house grade VI pupils also, for a short time. After that, probably about 1954 or 1955, new small primary buildings will be needed in two or more sections of the town, and the sixth grades will be returned to the Central School.
KINDERGARTENS
Public kindergartens opened in September for the first time in Scituate. The enrollment on October 1 was 98. The well equipped rooms in the new school have been admired by many vis- iting school administrators and supervisors, and approved by kin- dergarten experts from Boston and elsewhere. Kindergarten train- ing at public expense is definitely a part of a modern educational program.
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ESTIMATE OF CLASS SIZES TO JUNE 1959
'48-'49 '49-'50 '50-'51 '51-'52 '52-'53 '53-'54 '54-'55 '55-'56 '56-'57 '57-'58 '58-'59
Scituate Births
'42-90
'43-92 '44-108 45-79
'46-114 '47-142 '48-137 '49-145 '50-145 '51-140 '52-135
Grade I
116
121
131
109
144
172
167
175
175
170
165
Grade II
72
114
124
135
113
148
176
171
179
179
174
Grade III
87
78
121
128
139
117
152
180
175
183
183
Grade IV
86
94
87
124
131
142
120
155
183
178
186
Grade V
74
92
89
90
127
134
145
123
158
186
181
Grade VI
67
68
103
92
93
130
137
148
126
161
189
Special
13
17
15
18
20
22
24
24
25
25
25
Total Elementary 515
584
670
696
767
865
921
976
1021
1082
1103
Grade VII
83
73
76
109
98
99
136
143
154
132
167
Grade VIII
69
78
74
74
106
95
96
133
140
151
129
Grade IX
68
61
70
71
71
103
92
93
130
137
148
Grade X
56
65
55
66
70
70
102
91
92
129
136
Grade XI
53
57
64
56
66
70
70
102
91
92
129
Grade XII
50
49
57
63
56
66
70
70
102
91
92
Total High School 379
383
396
439
467
503
566
632
709
732
801
Grand Total
894
967
1066
1135
1234
1368
1487
1608
1730
1814
1904
Kindergartens not shown. Births for 1950, 1951, 1952 estimated. October 1, 1950.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
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School Year
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
UPKEEP OF SCHOOL PROPERTY
Repairs of school buildings were kept at a minimum during 1950. Only those immediately necessary in the High School were made, as the town meeting of March appointed a committee to bring in plans for an addition to the building and it was not certain what changes would be made in the present building by the Archi- tects. A separate appropriation was voted to drain and resurface the athletic field at the High School. The work on this project forced the scheduling of football games away from home this past fall. Shutters were placed on the doors and windows of the two out- grown schools replaced by the occupancy of the new Central Ele- mentary School. New equipment purchased during the year in- cluded 40 more chairs for the high school cafeteria, an additional electric stove for the household arts department, two melophones and cymbals for the high school band, a fog machine for disinfect- ing cafeterias and other school rooms, music stands for the elemen- tary school, a new radiant screen for visual instruction in the high school, and velour front curtains for the high school auditorium stage.
HEALTH
On November 8, 1950, 364 pupils of grade VII through XII took advantage of free chest X-rays given by the Plymouth County Hospital doctors, and sponsored by the Scituate Committee of the Plymouth County Health Association. Teachers and other per- sonnel employed by the Scituate School Department also were examined at the same time.
Your attention is called to the reports of school principals, the school physician, and the school nurse, and to the financial reports and statistics on the pages following.
This will be my last annual report on the Scituate Schools as I have asked to be relieved on April 1, 1951. May I take this oppor- tunity to thank the citizens of our town and all connected with the School Department for the strong and loyal support they have given me in the sixteen years I have been here.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK A. CALKIN, Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Mr. Frederick A. Calkin Superintendent of Schools Scituate, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Calkin:
The enrollment of this school continues to increase each year. On October 1, 1950 there were 396 pupils enrolled. These yearly increases in enrollment have been caused in all probability by the number of new families that have moved to this community. To date we have not been affected by the greatly increased enroll- ment in the elementary school. However, next fall we shall feel the first impact of this for we will have to have one additional sev- enth grade division. How to care for this additional division in our present over-crowded condition presents a serious problem for the next school year.
As long as a large majority of our pupils enroll in the college preparatory courses, the main responsibility of the school must continue to be preparation for college entrance. However, during the last three years, less than half of those taking the college preparatory curricula have gone on to college. This would indicate that the offerings in the other curricula should be strengthened as the facilities and staff will allow in order to meet better the inter- ests and needs of a large group of our pupils. When a new building is built, more attention could and should be given to this matter. More of our girls and boys should be given the opportunities in the Practical Arts curriculum (Household Arts and Shop) .
Reports from colleges and universities on the work of recent graduates of this school indicate satisfactory accomplishments. Members of the class of 1950 entered the following colleges and schools this fall: Antioch College, Becker Junior College, Boston University (4), Northeastern University, Radcliffe College, Univer- sity of Maine (2), University of Massachusetts (2), Westfield Teachers College, Richmond Professional School (U. of Va.) (2), The Fay School, Wentworth Institute (2), and the School of Nurs- ing, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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