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Receipts :
Appropriation
$32,700.00
Pratt Fund
146.08
Ellis Fund
187.31
$33,033.39
Expenditures
31,586.68
Balance Unexpended
$1,446.71
SUPERVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
School Committee :
Salaries
$227.00
Expenses
51.04
Superintendent :
Salary
1,200.00
Travel
160.00
Expenses
14.04
School Census
25.00
Attendance Officer
31.90
$1,708.98
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisor
$250.00
Teachers
10,608.00*
Text Books
409.68
Supplies
400.74
$11,668.42
*Of this $187.31 was paid from the Ellis Fund for in- struction at South Carver.
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OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Salaries
$1,300.00
Fuel
954.36
Cleaning, Lights, Power, Etc.
427.20
Janitors' W. C. Insurance
30.00
$2,711.56
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
Repairs
$420.94
Fire Insurance
363.80
Boiler Inspection
5.00
E.R.A. Project
47.60
$837.34
TRANSPORTATION
High School
$4,190.11
Elementary
4,475.52
$8,665.63
OTHER PAYMENTS
Tuition
$5,700.00
Health
239.25
New Equipment
55.50
$5,994.75
Total Expenditures $31,586.68
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the School Committee of Carver:
I herewith submit my twelfth annual report as Super- intendent. The teaching force remains the same with the exception of the Special School. Mrs. Walton resigned in June and Miss Eleanor Birch of Lynn was elected to fill that position, and is proving a valuable member of the corps. As usual, several availed themselves of the short course at Brockton this summer, and served on the com- mittee working with Miss Porter of the State Depart- ment, in revising the course of study in Physical Edu- cation. With the enrichment of this work, it would seem most wise to employ a male instructor on part time to take the boys of the Center School for three periods each week, thus giving the girls the full attention of their teachers. Many of the upper grade boys are mature and need more strenuous work than the regular teacher should be asked to give.
In cooperation with Mr. Burkland of the Bates School, Middleboro, we have organized our opening exercises upon the basis of a course in character building and safety education. This is based upon biographical studies, open discussion of situations arising in the pupils' lives, and current events; thus all freshmen entering the High School should possess a common ground work for their first year's program in this field.
ENGLISH
In 1931 we joined with some forty thousand other teachers throughout the nation in a program of testing and studying the individual problems as revealed by the
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remedial and diagnostic forms published through the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
As a result of this study, the present status of mastery of English usage in each grade has been determined ob- jectively. As a further result, the Psychological Insti- tute has issued an effective sequence of introducing prin- ciples of usage for grades three to six. The adoption of such a sequence should free our teachers and pupils from the wasteful practice of spending time upon principles of little importance, and insure the introduction of phases of usage in an order consistent with the needs and abil- ities of the pupils in these grades. The sequence is de- signed not only to insure emphasis on essentials, but also to insure the greatest possible progress in the mastery of the phases of usage taught. Knowledge of the relative difficulty which each phase presents to pupils of each grade made it possible to plan the introduction of each principle of usage in such a way that the child is not confused nor burdened with problems beyond his capacity.
We have introduced the first book of the series in Grade Three. The lessons are planned to give the pupil ade- quate training in organizing his thoughts and in express- ing them clearly. The child's own experiences at home and at school, his games; his tasks, and his travels are made a basis for oral and written expression.
A procedure has been developed by which pupils assist one another in guarding against speech errors not only during the English class period, but in other classes and on the playground. Trials which have been made indicate that the method has proved its effectiveness. Supplemen- tary exercises are provided to give additional drill, and tests have been worked out as an integral part of the teaching method.
OBJECTIVES
To bring to the parents and others interested a concise idea of our work, it would seem worth while to state the general aims of the English work by grades.
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In the First Grade we seek :
1. To correct wrong speech habits of pre-school life.
2. To enunciate clearly and pronounce words cor- rectly.
3. To encourage the beginner to tell about familiar experiences.
4. To establish sentence sense.
5. To accustom the child to speak freely before others.
To lay a foundation for written work.
6. In Grade Two:
1. To develop the ability to express in a few sentences something the pupil really wishes to express.
2. To think complete sentences before speaking or writing.
3. To establish the use of a natural tone and clear enunciation.
4. To secure correct use of capitals, periods and ques- tion marks.
In Grade Three :
1. To secure complete thoughts in sentences.
2. To use new words.
3. To make good beginning and ending senténces.
4. To keep to the point.
5. To use meaningful sentences.
In Grades Four, Five and Six we strive for still further growth in the mastery of the essentials and to secure intelligent criticism of the pupil's own work and that of his classmates.
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In Grades Seven and Eight the aim is:
1. To teach through use, and in the order and to the extent that the pupil needs them, the forms and prin- ciples of grammar that will enable him to make correct and effective sentences.
2. To train the pupil in sentence analysis to such an extent that he can recognize with ease and certainty the parts of a sentence, and can apply the principles of gram- mar and the rules of punctuation in constructing and in revising his own sentences.
3. To arouse an ever growing interest in words.
4. To stimulate the pupil to note both the content and the words used by the writer in conveying his meaning.
5. To train the pupil in the regular use of the diction- ary.
CLUBS
4-H Club Work is carried on in the upper grades of the Center School. During the past year a 4-H Lunch Box Club improved the appearance of their lunch boxes and contents, new kinds of sandwiches were tried, simple desserts made, and a more balanced and nutritious lunch resulted.
At the Old Home Day celebration the 4-H Garden Club put on a fine exhibition of flowers and vegetables which was of interest to many of those present.
In the Fall, a club known as the Faithful Workers was organized. This club is working on the first program of the Clothing Project. Simple stitches have been taught, demonstrations by members have been given and gifts made for Christmas. An exhibition of work accom- plished during the year is planned for the Spring.
A 4-H Handicraft Club for the boys of the eighth grade has been considered, and this will be in effect before the
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close of the school year, so that both boys and girls will be carrying out the 4-H pledge of clearer thinking, great- er loyalty, larger service and better living for their clubs, community and country.
Junior Red Cross Clubs have been formed for the year in all the rooms. The meetings are conducted in a parlia- mentary way with officers duly elected by the different clubs. Each club has made its own decision as to dues. Some have none, some have a few cents a month, while the rest give - but no stated amount. Committees are appointed for planning work as well as for entertain- ment.
The club members bring in many ideas of service for others as they try to follow the motto, "I Serve .. "
Mrs. McFarlin has generously given her time to the direction of the 4-H Clubs, and attended the Conference at Amherst for a week during the summer.
Respectfully submitted,
January 2, 1935.
ARTHUR B. WEBBER.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
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Mr. Arthur B. Webber,
Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir:
I herewith present my annual report for the school year ending December 31, 1934.
School Visits 170
Home Visits 130
15 Home Visits Made in August
May, 1934
Retarded Clinic
Home Visits 18
Personal Histories
18
Number Days 2
Examination with Dr. Steinacke of Taunton State Hospital September and October.
I assisted the School Physician in examining 260 pupils. Notices of defects were sent home as follows:
Tonsils and Adenoids 80
Teeth 100
Defect Notices Sent for Poor Vision 15
The pupils are weighed and measured three times during the year.
Chadwich Clinic
Ten-Year Follow-Up Program for pupils who reacted to the Tuberculin Test :
Pupils X-rayed 15
Pupils Examined 14
Pupils Given Tuberculin Test 9
The majority of parents respond most readily to our health program. Because of this fact we have been able
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to reduce the communicable skin diseases almost to a minimum.
I wish to express my sincere thanks to the teachers for their hearty cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. FULLER, School Nurse.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
CARVER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Thursday Evening, June 7, 1934, Town Hall, at 8 P. M.
Rev. M. Walker Coe INVOCATION
THE NEW PATRIOTISM
A Dramatization of
Herman Hagedorn's "You are the Hope of the World" Time-After the World War
Place-The Council Hall of the Twentieth Century A Library A City Hall
Act I
From the Council Hall of the Twentieth Century, Hope goes forth to carry her message to a world ever watchful for the return of war.
Act II
Hope sends her messenger, The Traveler, to fill the hearts and minds of the children with sympathy for chil- dren all over the world.
Act III
The Traveler appears in the midst of boys and girls and succeeds in delivering his message.
Act IV
The children from all parts of the world, gather, as one of the great family, and the face of Peace smiles upon her children.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS Symbolic Characters
Hope
Progress
Margaret Oakland Aili Paananen
Prosperity
Phyllis Ward
Destiny
Thalia Eames
Love
Grace Bisbee Arlene Washburn
Twentieth Century
Business Men
Grayson Belden
William Robbins William Bisbee
Countries
America
Hazel Shaw
Europe
Marjorie Dempsey
Asia
Marth Shaw
Africa
Aldia Barnes
South America
Zaura Gomes Thimas
Children of Foreign Countries
Jeanette Silva, Margaret Fernandes, Olive Wright- ington, Flora Shaw, Catherine Majahad, Betsy Robbins.
Heralds
Bertha Laine, Mary Closuit.
American Children
Ellen Paananen, Betty Shaw, Elsie Thomas, Margaret Joseph, Barbara Dempsey, Irene Garnett, Ruth Garnett, Margaret Coe, Pauline Eames, Doris Parent, Roger Dempsey, Robert Telfer, Warren Dionne, Warren Chand- ler, George Harriman, Wilho Harju, Lawrence Pink, Richard Pratt, Harold Braddock, Howard Burbank.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Russell Shaw
Chairman of School Committee
BENEDICTION
Rev. M. Walker Coe
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GRADUATES
Aldia Frances Barnes
Bertha Laine
Grace Marie Biebee
Margaret Elizabeth Oakland
William Eugene Bisbee
Aili Miriam Paananen
Howard Griffith Burbank
Ellen Sanelma Paananen
Mary Louise Closuit
Lawrence Stewart Pink
Thalia Florence Eames
Martha Ann Shaw
Margaret Fernandes
Hazel Marietta Shaw
Ruth Eleanor Garnett
Zaura Gomes Thimas
George Treat Harriman
Elsie Louise Thomas
Wilho Erland Harju
Phyllis Janette Ward
Margaret Lottie Joseph
Arlene Frances Washburn
Class Colors
Orange and Black
Form Seven
Marjorie Dempsey
William Shaw Robbins
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AGE-GRADE TABLE - OCTOBER, 1934
Age Age Age Age Age Age Age Age Age Age Age
Grade
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Total
I
7
20
4
2
33
II
3
11
7
5
1
27
III
4
12
14 6 6
3
2
38
VI
6
12
6
8
2
34
VII
4
6
4
6
20
VIII
5
13
4
22
Special
2
3
4
6
3
1
19
Total
7
23
19
27
28
43
31
24
33
15
1
251
STATISTICS 1933 - 1934
School
Membership
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Percent of Attendance
North Carver
Grade I
21
18.91
16.84
88.88
Grades II and III
29
24.65
22.24
89.89
Benjamin Ellis
Grade I
16
13.16
10.79
83.22
Grades II and III
18
15.65
13.89
87.28
Center
Grade IV
44
38.90
34.48
88.59
Grade V
35
31.50
28.69
90.96
Grade VI
32
28.46
25.10
87.90
Grade VII
28
25.83
24.16
93.48
Grade VIII
24
24.30
23.97
95.51
Special
18
10.67
9.28
87.14
4
14
4
22
IV
36
7
20
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
On the Articles of the Town Warrant March, 1935
The Finance Committee herewith submits its report and recommendations to the Town on the articles in the Warrant for the annual meeting to be held March 4, 1935.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Plymouth SS.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 General Laws.
Article 1. Recommended by the Committee.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed eight hundred dollars ($800.) from the free cash in the town treasury for the sole purpose of meeting charges against the cemetery funds in the town treasury, all monies expended under this vote to be refunded before the end of the current year.
Article 2. Recommended by the Committee.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the cemetery fund or funds paid into the town treasury
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under the perpetual care statutes, or act anything thereon.
Article 3. Recommended by the Committee.
Article 4. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend suits for or against the town.
Article 4. Recommended by the Committee.
Article 5. To decide when taxes shall become due.
Article 6. To choose all necessary Town Officers not elected by ballot.
Article 7. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
Article 7. Recommended that it be added to the Li- brary appropriation.
Article 8. Tto raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
Article 8. List of recommendations :
General Government
$5,800.00
Health
2,500.00
Public Welfare
7,000.00
State Aid
120.00
Police
2,500.00
Snow
2,000.00
Weights and Measures
150.00
Unclassified and Memorial Day
500.00
Chapter 81, State
6,700.00
Fires
500.00
Fires, Overdraft
106.96
Machinery
800.00
Aid to Agriculture
100.00
Cemeteries
925.00
Parks
350.00
Library
50.00
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Bridges
500.00
Tree Warden
600.00
Gypsy Moth
1,260.51
Notes
2,000.00
Interest
650.00
Schools
31,930.00
Chapter 90, Cranberry Rd.
2,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
350.00
Public Safety Com.
200.00
American Legion
75.00
Mothers' Aid
500.00
Old Age Assistance
3,200.00
Land Damage
200.00
Special Highway
300.00
Fire Equipment
700.00
Old Home Day
250.00
Reserve
500.00
E.R.A.
500.00
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Me- morial Day and act thereto.
Article 9. Recommended.
Article 10. To see what amount the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture (Plym- outh County Extension Service) and to choose a town director as provided in Sections 41 and 42 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereon.
Article 10. Recommend $100.00.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Seventy-Five Dollars ($75.) for rental for the American Legion. Money to be paid to the Treasurer of the Sons of Vet- erans and act thereon or thereto. (By request).
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Article 11. Recommended.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to recommend to its Selectmen to appoint a Special Police Officer for permanent duty and that said officer receive such com- pensation as the Selectmen may determine.
Article 12. Recommended.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Two Thous- and Dollars ($2000.) to put the top on Cranberry Road, providing an allotment is received from the State and County.
Article 13. Recommended.
Article 14. To choose all necessary town officers, the following officers to be voted for all on one ballot, viz: Moderator, Treasruer, Town Clerk, Collector of Taxes, Three Auditors, Three Constables, Three Herring Com- mitteemen, One School Committeeman and One Tree Warden each for one year. One Assessor, One Selectman, One School Committeeman, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Park Commissioner, One Member of Public Welfare and Two Library Trustees each for Three Years, and to vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" in answer to the following questions : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of all alcoholic beverages ?" and "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of wines and malt beverages ?"
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Emergency Relief, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Article 15. Recommended.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to accept the road leading from High Street, near Samuel McHenry
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Estate, to N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Tracks, and act any- thing thereon or thereto. (By petition).
Article 16. Voted to recommend the town accept.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of laying out and improving said road as mentioned in Article 16, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Article 17. $400.00 recommended for this road.
Article 18. To see what pay the town will vote the Treasurer, Town Clerk, Collector of Taxes and other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 18. Recommended that the salary of the
Town Treasurer be $600.00
Tax Collector be 600.00
Town Clerk be 300.00
and that compensation of other Town Officers be left in the hands of the Selectmen.
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE A. HOLMES, Chairman.
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Ellis D. Atwood
Arthur W. Peterson
Jay A. Ward
H. Robert Bailey
William E. W. Vaughan
Grace H. Burgess
Warren Chandler Walter R. Carmichael
Eldred S. Mosher
Alice M. Nickerson
Reba A. Murray
Almira C. Holmes
Andrew T. Griffith
Annie S. Boardway, Sec.
SUMMARY BY THE SELECTMEN TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
of Appropriations, Balances, and Recommendations Tabulated for the Use of Voters in Town Meeting, March 4, 1935.
1933 Appropriation
General Government
$5,525.00
Spent $5,522.16
Overdraft
Returned to Treasury $2.84
Recommended 1935
Health
2,500.00
2,664.60
$164.60*
2,500.00
Public Welfare
6,650.00
6,564.13
85.87
7,000.00
State Aid
120.00
120.00
120.00
Police
3,300.00
3,295.26
24.74
2,500.00
Snow
1,450.00
1,421.70
28.30
600.00
Weights & Measures
125.00
134.90
9.90*
150.00
Unclassified & Memorial Day
650.00
829.50
179.50*
650.00
Chapter 81, Town
6,800.00
10,200.00
$17,000.00
16,999.80
6,700.00
Fires
$1,100.00
1,206.96
106.96
500.00
Overdraft
106.96
Machinery
800.00
797.28
2.72
800.00
Aid to Agriculture
100.00
100.00
100.00
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$5,800.00
1933 Appropriation
Spent 666.20
Overdraft
Returned to Treasury 8.80
Recommended 1935
Cemeteries
675.00
900.00
Parks
350.00
349.91
.09
400.00
Library
623.66
468.65
155.01
Bridges
500.00
499.78
.22
500.00
Tree Warden
500.00
500.37
.37*
600.00
Gypsy Moth
1,274.57
1,234.54
40.03
1,260.51
Notes
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Interest
800.00
577.80
222.20
650.00
Schools
32,700.00
31,586.68
1,113.32
32,675.00
Chapter 90,
Tremont St.
Town
500.00
County
500.00
State
1,000.00
$2,000.00
2,000.00
Chapter 90
Cranberry Rd.
$1,000.00
. .
1,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
2,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
262.22
62.22*
350.00
Public Safety Com.
150.00
149.88
.12
150.00
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1933 Appropriation 125.00
Spent 125.00
Overdraft
Returned to Treasury
Recommended 1935
American Legion
Mothers' Aid
35.00
35.00*
75.00 500.00
Old Age Assistance
2,950.00
2,955.92
5.92*
3,200.00
C.W.A.
2,165.00
2,203.28
38.28*
Land Damage
313.90
261.90
52.00
200.00
Division Fisheries
and Game
Special Highway
150.00
Bal. Last Year
96.40
$246.40
236.34
10.06
300.00
Plymouth St. Drainage
$82.31
81.78
53
Fire Equpiment
700.00
668.64
31.36
830.00
Civil War Bonus Bal. Left
90.75
90.75
Old Home Day
200.00
200.00
Reserve
500.00
495.75
4.21
1,000.00
Repairs of Town Hall
E.R.A.
300.00
210.25
1,000.00
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*Transferred from Reserve Fund.
INDEX
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Appropriation 104
Assessors' Report
27
Auditor's Report
16
Births Recorded, 1934
76
Bridge Account
43
Cemetery Account
42
Condition of Treasury
5 65
Constables' Report for 1934
74 56 80
E.R.A., Report of Administrator
68
Fire Account
44 66
General Government Account
33
Graduation Exercises, 1934
95
Gypsy Moth Account
36
Health Account
3/7
Highway Dept., Chapter 81
52
Jury List 61
Library 46-58
Licenses Issued 81
Machinery Account 41
Marriages Recorded, 1934
78
Officers and Committees, 1934
3
Old Age Assistance
36
Park Account 41
Perpetual Care Funds 12
Police 46-62
Public Welfare Account 34
Report, Treasurer Old Home Day Association 70
School Department Report 84
School Committee Report
85
C.W.A.
County Aid to Agriculture
Deaths Recorded, 1934
Forest Fire Department
Sealer of Weights and Measures 60
Snow Account 49
State Aid Account 40
School Superintendent's Report 88
School, Age-Grade Table 98
School Nurse's Report 93
Streets, Report of Superintendent 67
Summary by the Selectmen 104
Tax Collector's Report
14
Town Clerk's Report
76
Town Warrant and Report of Finance Committee 6
99
Treasurer's Account
Tree Warden Account 39
Unclassified Account 39
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