Town annual report of the officers and committees of the town of Scituate 1949-1951, Part 25

Author: Scituate (Mass.)
Publication date: 1949-1951
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 744


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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


4


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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