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ARRESTS BY MONTHS
January
8
0
8
February
11
0
11
March
7
2
9
April
9
0
9
May
8
0
8
June
18
3
21
July
10
1
11
August
12
3
15
September
11
0
11
October
14
2
16
November
11
1
12
December
10
1
11
TOTAL ARRESTS FOR LOCAL OFFENSES
129
13
142
ARRESTS FOR OUT-OF-TOWN POLICE
30
5
35
TOTAL ARRESTS
159
18
177
ARRESTS BY AGES
11-15 years
5
0
5
16-20 years
10
3
13
21-25 years
24
1
25
26-30 years
19
0
19
31-35 years
14
3
17
36-40 years
24
3
27
41-45 years
17
1
18
46-50 years
8
2
10
51-55 years
3
0
3
56-60 years
1
0
1
61-65 years
3
0
3
92
Males
Females
Total
71-75 years
1
0
1
TOTAL ARRESTS FOR LOCAL OFFENSES
129
13
142
ARRESTS FOR OUT-OF-TOWN POLICE
30
5
35
TOTAL ARRESTS
159
18
177
1949 POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES
Chief Norman D. Shurtleff
$3,120.00
Regular Police Officers
16,900.30
Spare Police Officers
5,998.14
Flashlight Batteries and Bulbs
24.84
Telephones
404.58
Vehicles
Autos
Gas and Oil
1,052.34
Repairs
1,085.60
Ambulance
96.40
Printing
69.90
Stationery, Postage, Office Supplies
79.30
Traveling Expense
29.71
Office Expense
126.82
Equipment for Men
238.35
Supplies
44.58
Photography
23.80
Town Clerk's Fees
20.00
Auto Hire
44.80
Memberships
18.00
Out-of-State Travel
26.75
Radio Maintenance
67.35
Furniture and Fixtures
36.26
Police Boat
38.16
Bicycle Registration
4.40
Street Directory
25.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$29,575.38
UNEXPENDED BALANCE
24.62
APPROPRIATION ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
$29,600.00
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Fines imposed in Fairhaven cases $1,195.00
Fine money received by the town $70.00 Telephone calls, Etc. January 1-December 31, 1949 24,106
Complaints January 1-December 31, 1949 2,257 Reports January 1-December 31, 1949 2,445
Resident arrests
80
Non-resident arrests
59 3
Arrests, no addresses
Stolen property reported to the value of $5,911.96
Stolen property recovered to the value of
$1,082.55
Number of Motor Vehicle Injury accident reports filed with the police department in 1949 62 Number of persons injured in automobile accidents in 1949 97
Number of non-injury accident reports filed under Section 1, Article IX, Traffic Rules and Regulations
66
Number of dead bodies found 9
Number of doors found unlocked or open 64
Number of windows found unlocked or open 14
Number of street lights reported out 383
Number of ambulance cases 176
Ambulance mileage 14,395
Number of Motor Vehicle Sales and Transfers
filed with the police department:
Class 1 220
2 182
3 3
Individual 507
912
Number of children lost and returned to their homes Number of traffic checkups 602
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Number of above checkups which resulted in operators' licenses and rights being recommended suspended 127
Number of operators' licenses and rights suspended or revoked 169
Number of motor vehicle registrations suspended or revoked 4
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SCHOOL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN MASSACHUSETTS
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TOWN HALL
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FOR THE YEAR 1949
School Committee
Members
Terms expire
Mrs. Marion S. Kuechler-19 Lafayette St. 1950
Mrs. Edith E. Rogers-62 Howland Rd. 1950
Waldo E. Haydon-43 Hedge St. 1951
John S. Rogers, Jr .- 120 Washington St.
1951
Clarence E. MaGuire-39 Wilding St. 1952
Lawrence B. Maxfield-91 Bridge St.
1952
CHAIRMAN John S. Rogers, Jr .- 120 Washington St.
SECRETARY AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Flavel M. Gifford, 82 Fort St. Office 3-1241
Residence 2-1355
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT TOWN HALL 3-1241
Beatrice M. DeCoffe, 212 Main Street Secretary
Lorraine D. Martin, 36 Middle Street Clerk
The office of the Superintendent is open daily from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. except Saturdays when it is open in the forenoon only.
Personal appointments with the Superintendent may be made by calling the office.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Charles E. P. Thompson, M.D., 65 Center Street
SCHOOL NURSE Mrs. Louise F. Dennie, R.N., 48 Laurel Street
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School Calendar
1949-50
Weeks
Open
Close
First Term
16 Wed., Sept. 7
Fri., Dec. 23
Second Term
7 Tues., Jan. 3
Fri., Feb. 17
Third Term
7 Mon., Feb. 27
Fri., Apr. 14
Fourth Term
9 Mon., Apr. 24
*Wed., June 21
1950-51
Weeks
Open
Close
First Term
16
Wed., Sept. 6
Fri., Dec. 22
Second Term
7 Tues., Jan. 2
Fri., Feb. 16
Third Term
7 Mon., Feb. 26
Fri., Apr. 13
Fourth Term
9 Mon., Apr. 23
*Wed., June 20
* Schools will close if 180 days have been held by this time.
There will be no school on the following days which occur during the scheduled terms of 1950:
Apr. 7 Good Friday
May 30 Memorial Day
Oct. 12
Columbus Day
Nov. 23-24 Thanksgiving Recess from noon Nov. 22
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL
22
7:30 A.M. Indicates no school for all day
12:30 P.M. Indicates no afternoon session for grades 1 to 7.
It is the policy of the School Department to order the no-school signal only in the most severe weather conditions or when the transportation service is interrupted. At other times parents are expected to use their own judgment in sending children to school.
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Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of Fairhaven :
We submit herewith the report of the School Com- mittee for the year ending December 31, 1949.
TEACHERS
The teaching force has had few changes compared to the number in previous years. The percentage "turnover" was just under 11%. We attribute it in no small degree to the improved salary scedule adopted December 23, 1948 and made partially effective April 1, 1949. We have no plans for raising the schedule but we do plan to make the present one more nearly effective. The 1950 budget pro- vides for certain adjustments in April and regular step rasies in September with the total of such increments for any individual limited to $150.
The situation for the two largest groups of teachers is as follows:
Maximum Salary
Holders of Bachelor's Degree
Actual 1949
Budgeted 1950
Scheduled Maximum
Teachers, Grade 1-7
$3100
$3250
$3300
Teachers, Grades 8-12
3200
3300
3300
SCHOOL AID
A new law effective January 1, 1949 replaced the old Chapter 70 and provided for payments to cities and towns to promote the equalization of (1) educational opportunity, and (2) the burden of school costs. The law requires the payments to be made on November 20 of each year and that such sums shall be known as school aid.
The Town of Fairhaven has benefited considerably by the new Chapter 70 as may be seen in a comparison of the 1948 and 1949 receipts. We are including also the amounts paid the Town on the basis of valuation since both items are derived from the Income Tax.
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Items
1948
1949
School Aid, Ch. 70
$ 13,950.80
Payment on Valuation
38,292.00
$ 75,439.98 43,560.00
Total from Income Tax
$52,242.80
$118,999.98
We call your attention to the net increase in these re- ceipts amounting to $66,757.18 which more than offsets the difference of $43,000.00 between the 1948 and 1949 appropriations.
BUILDING NEEDS
The School Committee acting under authority of the Town Meeting engaged an architect, prepared preliminary plans and financial estimates, and reported to a Special Town Meeting with recommendations for building an addi- tion to the Oxford School. The Committee acting under similar authority began planning for an addition to the East Fairhaven School.
Many special meetings were held with the superin- tendent and with the architect. Visits were made to all of our buildings and to several schools outside of Fairhaven.
After the Special Town Meeting of October 6, 1949 had terminated these special duties, the members of the School Committee continued to work on the problems as members of the enlarged School Building Committee.
We are in general agreement to date with the other members of the Building Committee as to the need for additional classrooms. We recognize the necessity for immediate action to insure adequate space by September 1951. We believe that the trend of population and birth rate in the next two years will determine the policy relative to the future organization of grades 8 to 12. We urge that the Town build well for the future.
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS
The School Committee has continued its plan for the improvement of the school buildings. Two maintenance men have been employed full-time on this work for the entire year and a third man since May 3. The work of this group consists principally of interior painting and some carpentry.
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The principal items of improvement during the year are listed below. Those indicated by the asterisk (*) were done by our own maintenance men.
Oxford School
Portable building sold and removed.
Anthony School
Fluorescent lighting, one room. Filling and grading playground.
Tripp School
* Auditorium windows, all changed to open out.
*Interior painting, all rooms and auditorium. Boys' toilet renovated. Electric outlets installed. Dark shades installed in one room.
Fixtures for dark shades in all rooms.
Rogers School
*Interior completely repainted.
*Portable painted, interior and exterior.
*Underpinning of portable repaired.
*Classroom doors rehung.
*Window sashes repaired. Roof repairs completed.
Fire alarm system improved.
East Fairhaven
*Interior painting program completed. Flag pole replaced.
High School
*Interior painting program begun.
*Wooden bleachers repaired. Boiler flue relocated.
Vacuum cleaning apparatus purchased. Gates installed at north end of stadium. Playing field surface improved. Steel bleachers purchased. (4 by Committee, 2 by School.)
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Stadium wall partially repaired. Rewiring boiler room. Electric service cables replaced. Sewer system ejector repaired. Basement ceilings repaired. Plumbing repairs and replacements. Tennis courts equipped.
Among the needs for 1950 the following are considered the most important :
1. Continue the painting project.
2. Improve classroom lighting.
3. Replace window shades.
4. Renovate boys' toilet at Oxford.
5. Finish wood floors with a sealer.
6. Provide for heating water.
7. Replace old wooden bleachers.
8. Repair Oxford roof.
9. Install chain link fence.
10. Resurface High School driveway.
11. Repair stadium wall.
COMMITTEE POLICY
It is the policy of the School Committee to perform its duty in the best interests of the children with due regard to the interests of the Town.
While our meetings have been held as executive ses- sions, and the Committee is admittedly not unanimous on that policy, we have always been willing to hear individuals or groups, and to supply information to the press and to the public. The records of the Committee are available for examination in the Superintendent's office.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN S. ROGERS, JR. EDITH E. ROGERS CLARENCE E. MAGUIRE MARION S. KUECHLER WALDO E. HAYDON LAWRENCE B. MAXFIELD
School Committee
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Financial Statement
SCHOOL EXPENDITURES AND 1950 BUDGET
EXPENDITURES Items
Expended 1948
Expended 1949
Budget 1950
GENERAL CONTROL Salaries and Expenses
$ 7,486.27
$
9,111.79
$ 9,200.00
INSTRUCTION
Teachers
186,893.15
217,416.64
244,700.00
Textbooks
4,353.56
5,278.76
5,530.00
Supplies
7,292.81
6,923.72
7,530.00
OPERATION
Janitors
23,231.23
25,259.65
27,540.00
Fuel
9,592.86
8,504.69
9,600.00
Other Expense
5,882.79
6,046.47
6,300.00
MAINTENANCE
Repair and Replacement
7,333.26
13,552.57
13,500.00
OUTLAY
Buildings and Grounds
452.84
3,165.36
1,000.00
New Equipment
2,032.54
4,713.82
1,000.00
OTHER AGENCIES
Transportation
7,637.81
9,827.40
10,850.00
Tuition
245.76
317.19
350.00
Health
2,765.19
3,457.76
3,600.00
Sundries
626.58
1,029.54
750.00
Adult Alien Educ.
182.00
TOTAL
$266,008.65
$314,603.56
$341,450.00
EXPENDABLE INCOME
$ 13,508.65
$ 19,103.56
$ 20,600.00
APPROPRIATION
$252,500.00
$295,500.00
$320,850.00
EXPENDED FROM SPECIAL
APPROPRIATIONS
Special Repairs
$ 13,567.94
$
1,280.87
Oxford School, Preliminary Plans
528.25
E. Fairhaven School,
Preliminary Plans
353.50
RECEIPTS FROM THE COMMON- WEALTH UNDER CH. 70 School Aid
$ 13,950.80
$ 75,439.98
$ 78,949.98
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
To the Fairhaven School Committee :
I submit herewith my eleventh report as Superin- tendent of Schools.
ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERSHIP
1945-46
1946-47
1947-48
1948-49
Average Membership
1,634
1,674
1,704
1,788
Percent of Attendance
94.10
94.56
94.14
94.62
Information concerning the attendance in the different schools will be found in the accompanying tables.
TEACHER CHANGES
Name
Began
Left
Memo.
Edith R. Cromie
Oct. '34
Apr. '49
Leave of Absence
Lucien O. Pichette
Sept. '47
Oct. '49
Kathryn B. Pichette
Sept. '48
June '49
Margaret G. Rogers
Sept. '48
June '49
Mary A. Smith*
Sept. '48
Oct. '49
Leave of Absence
Evlyne B. Greenfield
Sept. '48
Nov. '49
Leave of Absence
Helen E. Rogers
Jan. '49
Nov. '49
Scott Dillingham
Mar. '49
June '49
* Died January 1, 1950.
Changes during the year were the fewest for many years. A higher salary schedule has enabled us to retain many teachers who might otherwise take positions else- where. One-third of our women teachers are married. These factors have enabled us to maintain our teaching force very satisfactorily even though there is still a great scarcity of trained elementary school teachers.
HIGH SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM
The High School Lunch Room has had another suc- cessful year. It receives the general approval of those who patronize it. Official visitors from the State and Federal offices with whom we cooperate in the Federal School Lunch Program have been unanimous in their commendation.
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Prices have remained at the same level throughout the year. New tables were purchased at a cost of $681.12. In spite of this the amount taken from our cash surplus was only $99.90 as shown in the following summary :
Receipts
Sales (179 days)
$22,489.26 Ave. 125.64 per day
Federal Funds 6,525.53 Pupils' Lunches
Student Council Convention 207.00 Banquet
From Surplus
99.90 To Bal. Deficit
$29,321.69
Expenditures
Operation Services
$21,120.70 Food & Misc. 6,699.80 Employees
Outlay Decrease in Inventory
793.18 Equipment
708.01 Food only
$29,321.69
TRANSPORTATION
Your attention is called to the table indicating 506 pupils transported to 11 different schools. The increase in number transported is 54, or 12% above last year. The greatest change is due to an increase of 40 in the enroll- ment from Sconticut Neck. The only increase due to a change in policy is indicated by the four pupils attending Bristol County Agricultural School in Segreganset.
GYMNASIUM
The High School gymnasium is being used five nights a week and Saturday afternoons by several organizations for basketball practice. A schedule is made up allotting the time as fairly as possible with the understanding that our own team has the priority. The only charges have been for service of janitors who are paid directly by the outside organizations.
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OFFICE
The School Department office has been greatly im- proved by exchanging rooms with the Registrar of Voters, equipping the old kitchen as a private office, and providing a doorway between the two rooms. A new counter at the office entrance accommodates the many "customers" who come for employment permits, vocational school approvals, transportation tickets, and for various items of information.
The work of the office has increased to such an extent that two full-time clerks are required. The second clerk, who had been working part-time, was placed on full-time July 1, 1949. As partial indication of the business trans- acted through this office the following summary of the estimates for 1950 is given :
Amount
Employees
Fairhaven Budget
$341,450.00
98
Mattapoisett Budget
69,000.00
20
Lunch Room
30,000.00
7
Other Accounts
4,550.00
Total
$445,000.00 125
REPAIR PROGRAM
The repair program of the School Committee is show- ing excellent results in the improved condition and appear- ance of the school buildings. Since the details are given in the Committee's report, I need only to say that the pro- gram should be continued.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
The High School has continued to send out pupils well prepared for their work in a large number of different colleges. Other pupils have gone out to special- ized schools or to work better prepared because of their experience here.
An excellent balance has been maintained between scholastic and athletic interests. Some of the philosophy which should influence an athletic program is ably pre- sented in the report of the High School principal. It is coming to be more generally accepted that the athletic program is a part of the whole educational program.
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The work of the elementary school has been carried on much the same as previously and with the success that comes from the efforts of an able and willing staff with sufficient materials available.
CONCLUSION
The public school system of Massachusetts is not con- trolled from Boston or from Washington but by a skill- fully designed plan of local school committees elected lo- cally and responsive to local needs. Acting under the general laws of the Commonwealth these committees are given a great deal of discretion and power which has a great influence on the schools under their jurisdiction. Members of this School Committee may, therefore, feel a sense of personal satisfaction in the success of our own school system.
Respectfully submitted,
FLAVEL M. GIFFORD Superintendent of Schools
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Report of the High School Principal
1
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I have the honor to present my thirteenth annual report as Principal of the Fairhaven High School. During 1949 the regular work of the school has been carried on effectively through the efficient service performed by the teachers and the spirit of cooperation on the part of the students. At the same time the extra curricular activities which are an important part of any modern secondary school have received proper attention.
ENROLLMENT
The school has 93 more pupils than it had last year as may be seen from the table below. Crowded elementary schools made it necessary for us to house 33 Fairhaven seventh graders in addition to our regular classes.
October 1, 1948
October 1, 1949
Grades
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
P. G.
1
1
2
4
3
7
12
58
65
123
54
58
112
11
60
58
118
45
90
135
10
49
98
147
66
72
138
9
59
57
116
76
94
170
H. S. Total
227
279
506
245
317
562
8
56
76
132
72
64
136
7
0
0
0
19
14
33
School Total
283
355
638
336
395
731
GRADUATION 1949
In June 119 students received diplomas. Parts in the program were taken by David Spencer Jenney, Mary Joan Medeiros, and Mildred Vander Pol. The Julia A. Sears Essay Prize, The Bausch and Lomb Medal for Excellence in Science, and the Mattapoisett Woman's Club Scholar- ship were awarded to David Jenney. His name and that of Maureen Mahoney were placed on The Lady Fairhaven Cup. Maureen Mahoney received the D.A.R. Citizenship
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Award and Sherman Arthur Kinney received The Lady Fairhaven Citizenship Award. The scholarship given by the Fairhaven Mothers Club was awarded to Mildred Vander Pol. The prizes for members of the Junior Class by The New Bedford College Club and The New Bedford Harvard Club were given to Barbara Pearson and Robert Barrows. The gift from the Senior Class to the school was a Webster Wire Recorder which has already proved useful in musical activities and in classes in public speaking, English, foreign language, and stenography.
SCHOLARSHIP
Our school continues to offer academic work of such value that pupils who enter college compete satisfactorily with students from the schools. From the class graduated last June fourteen entered eleven degree-granting colleges and as many more went to specialized schools of nursing, business, art, and modeling.
Pupils who have taken the Business Course report that they are adequately prepared for clerical work. Boys taking the Practical Arts course learn important techniques in shop work and drafting and acquiring valuable skills in the use of hand tools and machines. All of our girls receive instruction in the selection and preparation of foods and the choice and making of clothes.
GUIDANCE
To assist those now in school to make the transition from school to college, Mrs. Bruce arranged a conference in December when many of our graduates were home from college. A group of Fairhaven High School alumni took part in a panel discussion while Juniors and Seniors in the College Preparatory Course listened and later asked questions. Problems relating to getting started in college were handled in an interesting manner and many pupils reported that they found the program very helpful.
To help pupils in all courses think more clearly about vocations another successful Career Day was held. We are grateful to the speakers who freely gave their time to meet with groups of students interested in their vocation.
Additional guidance for Juniors and Seniors was made available by having the tests comprising the Boston Univer- sity Vocational Guidance Battery given in our school again this year.
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LUNCH ROOM
Our lunch room is well equipped and skillfully oper- ated. Wholesome and attractive hot lunches are served quickly and at low cost to about 450 pupils daily.
When two school lunch rooms in Massachusetts were to be visited by nutritionists from the. United States De- partment of Agriculture, Fairhaven was one of the two chosen. Trained workers in the field of human nutrition spent three days observing our program and reported favorably on what they saw.
STUDENT COUNCIL
In December our Student Council acted as host to the high schools in southeastern Massachusetts. Over two hundred young people and teachers attended the Student Council Convention held here. The program was planned by our student council and was ably conducted by our young people. District Attorney Maurice Lyons was the principal speaker. Supper was served by our school lunch room. When trouble in a transformer threw the area into darkness for about three hours, the value of our own electric generating plant was ably illustrated.
ATHLETICS
The purpose of a school is to encourage learning of the right kind under favorable conditions. Athletics may be justified if they encourage such learning. If partici- pation in a game either as a player or as a spectator builds health, increases coordination, develops loyalty, encour- ages wholehearted effort, promotes fair play, teaches respect for rules, discourages giving up easily and gives practice in losing without anger and winning without boast- furness, it is plain to see that athletics may be educational as well as recreational. On the other hand, if more physical exertion is demanded of players than is beneficial to the health of teen-agers, or if the emphasis is on winning at any cost, or if the chief desire is to provide entertain- ment for the spectators, the learning that is being encour- aged is not of the right kind nor are the conditions favorable.
It has long been the purpose of this school to provide a suitable athletic program that would provide recreation along with the desirable outcomes mentioned earlier.
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Basketball has grown in popularity. Our tiny gym- nasium is packed for every game and sometimes people are turned away. The team had a very good season and was invited to play in the Eastern Massachusetts Tourna- ment in Boston Garden. This is the second time in recent years that the playing of our team has been so recognized.
Baseball was carried on successfully in spite of some bad weather. The boys played some excellent games and won their share of victories.
This fall our football team showed remarkable team play and made a fine record for the season in spite of a hard schedule and a serious shortage of substitute players.
Mr. Entin and Mr. Clement spend many hours work- ing with the teams and their faithful and untiring efforts deserve commendation.
Under direction of Mrs. Sullivan our girls have played a few basketball games with schools nearby.
Tennis is being played much more since the courts were resurfaced and new nets set up.
Some work was done last spring in an attempt to get the grounds in condition for track and field events, but much still remains to be done.
The playing surface of the football field was very much improved by the work done this year. In order to save the grass football practice was held at Livesey Park. The wall surrounding our field is in poor condition. A woven wire fence would serve as a better support for canvas than what we now use and would keep out many people who now slip under the canvas when games are in progress.
Some way of lighting the walks leading to gymnasium entrances should be devised. The walks are winding and dark, and there are open ramps and stairways on the east and west ends of the building.
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CONCLUSION
No work can be more important or should be more satisfying than helping young people to become worthy citizens with all that that expression implies of personal integrity and social consciousness. In this task the school has a leading part to play, but it must be aided, as it usually is, by the home, by the character building agencies in the community, and by the understanding and support of the School Committee. The long hours spent in regular and extra meetings and the careful planning done by the School Committee members may pass unnoticed by some who do not realize how much service those citizens render in the conscientious discharge of their duties, but to us who are engaged in the work carried on day by day at the High School such devotion means encouragement and support for which we are very grateful and without which our efforts would fail or yield meager fruit. To the Superintendent also for his vision, guidance, and keen interest we also express appreciation.
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