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Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell at public auction the property known as the Dan Thomas place, give a deed therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to re-appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, unexpended in 1919, for use on the South Harwich oil road, and act fully thereon.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or otherwise procure by laws of the State, sufficient land for a town landing on the shore of Herring river, at the end of
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the road that leads to the fish houses near the mouth of said river, and act fully thereon.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars for the pur- pose of establishing a suitable memorial as a mark of appre- ciation for those men of Harwich who were in the service of the United States Government during the Great World War and the Civil War.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept the road near the beach in West Harwich, beginning at Com- monwealth Avenue, so called; thence running westerly par- allel to the beach over the land of Mrs. Francis and others, and adjoining, or in close proximity, to the land of H. Everett Crane, as laid out by the Selectmen; make an appropriation therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to harden and improve with oil, or other suitable material, the road in Harwich Port, leading from the South County Road, so called, southerly to the beach at Wyndemere Bluffs, and act fully thereon.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to harden and improve the road in South Harwich, beginning at the State road near the residence of the late Capt. Jonathan Young and extend- ing about one-third of a mile to the corner near the resi- dence of Mr. Beal, and act fully thereon.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars to turnpike the road from South Harwich depot to East Har- wich oil road, and act fully thereon.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
AND THE
Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
TOWN OF HARWICH For the Year 1919
Calendar for 1920
Winter Term.
All schools open All schools close
January 5th March 26th
Vacation one week.
Spring Term.
All schools open
April 5th
Elementary schools close
June 18th
High school closes
June 25th
The school year for the High School is
40 weeks
The school year for the Elementary school is 36 weeks
Fall Term.
High School opens
September 7th
Elementary schools open
September 27th December 24th
All schools close
Winter Term, 1921. .
All schools open January 3rd
Schools are closed on all regular holidays.
ORGANIZATION FOR YEAR 1919 SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term Expires 1920
JOHN H. PAINE, Chairman, JOSEPH B. ATKINS, Treasurer, Term Expires 1921 CHAS. H. HAMMOND, Secretary, Term Expires 1922 District Superintendent-Loring G. Williams. Advisory Board Agricultural Department.
JOSEPH K. ROBBINS, Chairman. MRS. LYLE E. HANDY, ARTHUR F. CAHOON, ELISHA H. BEARSE,
PRINCE A. ATKINS,
PROF. A. A. JULIEN (Deceased.)
J. CARROLL HAWKES, Instructor, Clerk. Attendance Officer-WILLIAM H. BASSETT. School Physician-HARRIE D. HANDY, M. D.
Report of School Committee
To the Voters of the Town of Harwich :-
The School Committee herewith submits the report of the stewardship of the public schools of Harwich for the year 1919. For the first time since 1914 the appropriation has proven insufficient for the needs of the schools and an overdraw has been necessary. This is not surprising in these extraordinary and unusual times. It is extremely difficult, when the prices of. everything are constantly jumping, to estimate in January the prices and costs that the following autumn will demand. Whatever we have had to spend, has been expended with good results and the town has received a dollar's benefit for a dollar's expenditure.
It is certain that the future will demand more outlay upon the schools and their needs. It will be necessary as you will see by our estimates to raise more money this year than last. Our estimates are made upon the recommenda- tion of the Commissioner of Education to this extent. That we shall ask the town, "To appropriate a sufficient amount to run the schools for the entire year and at the same time furnish a statement showing the amounts that. the town may expect to receive as reimbursement on account of existing laws relating to education."
The amount to be raised by taxation will be the difference between the sum so asked and the estimated reimbursement from the state.
JOHN H. PAINE, CHARLES H. HAMMOND, JOSEPH B. ATKINS, School committee.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
High School.
George H. Daniels,
$1,370.00
M. Mildred Atwell,
420.00
Emily V. White,
315.00
Hazel V. Merrifield,
640.00
$2,745.00
Center Elementary Schools.
Ethel Sawin,
$345.34
Isabel Kelley,
198.00
Edith Smith,
342.29
Allie C. Crowell,
198.00
Flossie H. Chase,
368.00
Anna I. Curran,
198.00
Anna I. Curran, substitute,
9.15
Edith Daniels, substitute,
6.10
$1,664.88
Harwich Port.
Ruth Haskard,
381.12
Ruth F. Drake,
234.00
Olive W. Thacher,
618.00
$1,233.12
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East Harwich.
Elsie L. Jenks,
$152.80
Anna I. Curran, substitute,
30.56
Mary Howes Ellis,
381.36
$564.72
West Harwich.
Beatrice E. Eldredge, $566.00
North Harwich.
Mary T. Cleary,
$368.00
Alice Glendon,
198.00
Katherine A. Moriarty,
566.00
$1,132.00
Total for teaching,
$7,905.72
Music and Drawing.
Harriet Howard,
$387.00
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY.
Loring G. Williams,
$1,012.52
(State pays $500 of Superintendent's salary.)
JANITORS.
John P. Eldredge, Center,
$482.50
Benj. D. Smith, Port,
98.75
George E. Nickerson, East,
98.75
Charles E. Lothrop, west,
98.75
Holland Rogers, North,
98.75
$877.50
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FUEL
Harwich Center.
John P. Eldredge, sawing wood, $1.50
S. R. Kelley, coal,
285.10
R. W. McGran, wood, 30.00
N. B. Walker, wood,
12.00
$328.60
Harwich Port.
S. R. Kelley, coal,
. $73.20
West Harwich.
S. R. Kelley, coal, $49.20
T. Parker Doane, wood, 11.00
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$60.20
East Harwich.
S. R. Kelley, coal,
$61.20
George E. Nickerson, wood,
15.00
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$76.20
North Harwich.
S. R. Kelley, coal,
$87.10
J. F. Ryder, wood,
5.50
$92.60
Total for fuel,
$630.80
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REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
North Harwich.
A. Howes, glass and supplies, $8.06
H. G. Rogers, cleaning, 19.25
$27.31
West Harwich.
A. Howes, supplies, $1.20
C. E. Lothrop, cleaning, 30.89
$32.09
Harwich Port.
B. D. Smith, labor, cleaning, · $23.65
W. B. Eldredge, supplies, 6.80
J. O. Hulse, supplies, 2.25
$32.70
East Harwich.
C. D. Holmes, stove repairs, 4.50
Donald Nickerson, labor,
26.85
Walter Emery, labor on pump,
9.00
M. E. Small, plastering, etc., 39.32
$79.67
Harwich Center.
A. Howes, supplies,
$10.75
Thos. E. Larkin, labor,
2.50
Heman E. Bassett, labor,
3.50
John Allen, setting glass,
.80
Young Bros., curtains and chairs,
55.95
John Handren, labor, 2.50
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J. F. Tobey & Son, supplies and paint, 44.85
E. F. Bassett, sharpening mower, 5.00
Jasper Small, labor, 8.00
R. L. Bassett, labor,
1.00
E. Harold Ellis, carting,
10.50
J. P. Eldredge, labor,
2.88
C. E. Hamer, labor and material, 6.05
E. E. Babb & Co., slate boards, 62.79
$217.07
Total for repairs and incidentals, $388.84
TRANSPORTATION.
E. Harold Ellis, North, West, P. Lake to Centre,
$725.75
Almon G. Ryder, P. Lake to Centre, 71.96
B. C. Bassett, East, South, Port, High, 660.75
B. C. Bassett, P. Lake, Centre, 306.00
$1,764.46
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Milton Bradley Co.,
$319.31
Ginn & Co.,
79.30
E. E. Babb & Co.,
282.82
Oliver Ditson Co.,
22.35
Central Scientific Co.,
5.10
P. L. Nickerson,
.85
Hall Mack Co.,
6.25
Popular Science Monthly,
6.00
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Marine Biological Laboratory,
1.07
Scientific Equipment Co.,
4.84
J. L. Hammett Co.,
3.62
D. C. Heath Co.,
18.57
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.,
3.28
American Book Co.,
12.63
Longmans, Green Co.,
2.71
Silver, Burdett Co.,
10.56
John Q. Adams Co.,
18.75
MacMillan Co.,
42.17
Houghton Mufflin Co.,
2.20
$842.38
MISCELLANEOUS.
William H. Bassett, attendance officer
and census,
$55.00
Norman C. Hayner Co., floor oil, 76.15
George H. Daniels, athletics,
25.00
John H. Paine, contract,
2.00
H. D. Handy, M. D., school physician,
30.00
George H. Daniels, for graduation expenses, 25.00
A. P. Goss, printing and bids,
9.60
Wright & Potter, legal forms,
7.85
Masury Young Co., disinfectant,
16.04
N. Y., N. H. & H., freight,
2.42
Securing teachers, travel, telephones,
telegrams, express,, office stationery and supplies, etc.,
63.12
L. B. Robbins, painting and lettering Honor Roll, 15.00
$327.18
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PERMANENT REPAIRS.
John Handren, painting High school, 83.00
Walter Paine, mason work, High school, 31.80
J. M. and S. B. Moody, lumber and ma- terial,
246.13
C. E. Hamer, labor, 136.50
Kenney 'Bros. & Wolkins, desks, 616.56
$1,113.99
AGRICULTURE.
Available Funds.
Town appropriation, $600.00
Rebate from state, 497.64
Smith Hughes Fund, Federal Govt.,
236.10
Tuitions from Dennis,
50.00
Tuitior ; from Wellfleet,
100.00
Tuitions from Eastham,
100.00
$1,583.74
Expenditures.
E. E. Pabb & Co., books, $5.48
Joseph Breck & Sons, 14.33
J. Carroll Hawkes, instructor, $1,543.05
$1,562.86
Unexpended balance, $20.88
Reimbursement due from state for agri- culture on account of instructor's salary, $794.68
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RECAPITULATION.
Available.
Schools and superintendent,
$10,300.00
Agriculture,
600.00
Transportation,
1,500.00
Repairs on school buildings,
500.00
State rebate on agriculture,
497.64
Massachusetts school fund,
1,037.07
Rebate on superintendent,
500.00
City of Boston, tuitions,
186.00
State Board of Charity, tuitions,
309.00
Dog tax,
80.00
Agricultural tuitions :
Dennis,
50.00
Wellfleet, .
100.00
Eastham,
100.00
Old books sold,
7.00
Smith-Hughes fund,
236.10
Added appropriation,
400.00
$16,402.81
Expenditures.
Teachers' salaries,
$7,905.72
Music and drawing,
387.00
Superintendents' salary,
1,012.52
Janitors' wages,
877.50
Fuel,
630.80
Repairs and incidentals,
388.84
Transportation,
1,764.46
842.38
Books and supplies,
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Miscellaneous,
327.18
Permanent repairs,
1,113.99
Agriculture,
1,562.86
$16,813.25
Overdrawn, 410.44
Under provisions of the recent law the
Town received, because of the
schools, on Nov. 15, 1919, 280.00
The undersigned Auditor of the Town of Harwich has this day examined books and vouchers of the School Com- mittee, and find the same correct.
CHARLES T. CHASE, Auditor.
Harwich, Jan. 10th, 1920.
ESTIMATES FOR 1920.
Town appropriation for all school purposes, $22,000.00 All estimated amounts of outside income this year go to the Town Treasurer by law, ex- cept vocational agricultural income from Smith-Hughes fund. Approximately from all sources, $5,500.00
Net cost of schools to town, $16,500.00
Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee :
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my twelfth annual report.
Financial.
The school budget for 1919 has proven inadequate for the needs and necessities of the schools. Just as business houses in these times find it impossible to guarantee the price of goods and material for hardly a day, so it seems almost impossible to make a budget for the schools a year in ad- vance and expect it to meet all the demands of the schools.
Increases above the estimates have been necessary in transportation, salaries of teachers, repairs and equipment, books and supplies, etc.
Salaries of teachers have been raised to meet the pro- visions of the General School Fund law just passed, these in- creases to begin January 5th and are retroactive to Sep- tember. The adjustment on this salary basis to be met from the 1920 appropriations.
Teachers' Salaries.
Under the new law the General School Fund law passed in 1919, teachers are placed in three classifications, A, B and C, according to preparation and experience. A class A teacher under the law is a teacher College or Normal grad-
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uated with at least two years of experience, and the town is reimbursed by the State $200 annually for each such class A teacher employed, provided the annual salary be, not less than $850. A class B teacher is a teacher with one year of professional training and at least three years of experience, or the equivalent, or a teacher Normal or College graduated with one year of experience or an equivalent. And the town is reimbursed $150 for each such teacher provided she get at least $750. Class C teachers are all others not mentioned above and there is $100 reimbursement provided she receive at least $650 per year.
These are minimum amounts for the several classifica- tions. In the elementary schools of Harwich, this imme- diately places seven teachers at $850 or over, as compared with elementary salaries Jan. 1st, 1919, of $550 to $576 per year. One teacher only in class C classification receives $650.
Harwich has no stated maximum. The higher salaries are dependent upon merit, supply and demand of teachers and the ability of the Committee through the appropriations to meet the demands. Salaries too are influenced and prac- tically determined by the pace set in salary raises in other towns of the State.
The Committee have met the salaries as provided by law. Under the law Harwich received $280 Nov. 15, 1919, and will receive November 1920 approximately $2,180, both these amounts because of salaries paid to teachers during the vear just preceding. The much greater amount for 1920 is directly the cause of the Committee's action in meeting the provisions of the law. These two amounts-$2460-will nearly offset the increases required by the schools and the town's net burden will be little more than last year.
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Teachers' salary raises are not the exception, except that they have been long delayed and have been increased much less and still remain shamefully low in comparison to other callings and work when considering the preparation and fitness of the teachers with other workers.
But many are asking, why pay the teachers more? Dr. P. P. Claxton, U. S. Commissioner of Education, answers in part as follows :
"That our schools may be made more effective, our children better taught, our social life made richer and better, our civic life put on a higher plane, state and nation made stronger and safer, and that our democracy may not fail of its higher purposes."
"In a democracy like ours, everything waits on educa- tion. The schools are the chief educational agencies. The teachers make the schools. If the teachers are competent, if they have good native ability, are well educated, well trained, have the skill which comes from successful experi- ence, then will the schools accomplish their purpose."
But he says if the opposite prevails, then the schools must fail of all their higher purposes.
"Nothing is cheaper than good teachers, however great the cost. Nothing so costly as cheap.or poor teachers, how- ever little the pay:"
"The better teachers are leaving. the schools by hun- dreds for higher pay elsewhere. The best men and women are not preparing to teach."'
''Unless something is done, the standards of education must inevitably be lowered at a time when by every possible means they should be raised."
"There is no remedy but better pay for teachers." ;
"". These words are not the opinion of one man only. : They
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are shared by a host of educators and friends of education everywhere. Wherever voters have had an opportunity to express themselves on salary raises of teachers, it has been almost the unanimous opinion that they receive much greater salaries.
The swing of the salary pendulum is sharply upward and must still continue upward until there are attracted into the profession the best preparation and ability in the land. We must meet it. The greatest economy that can be effected in any city or town is the support of the best teachers in its schools.
The influence of salary increases will be almost imme- diately felt by teachers. Indirectly it will encourage teach- ers to become better teachers and seize an occasional oppor- tunity to renew her spirit and attitude by attending summer courses in College or Normal. Such inspiration will help them bear higher aloft the school standard, and carry it with much greater pride.
The Work of the Year.
The work of the schools for the past year has been much as the work of other years.
Quite extensive repairs have been made upon the High school. New seating replaces the old desks. Other build- ings have received their usual attention in the way of gen- eral repairs, etc.
In spite of the unsettled conditions among labor and every kind of worker, I think Harwich is fortunate in the teaching force.
The most of our teachers are College and Normal trained with several years of successful experience, and we are for- tunate indeed to have the service of such teachers for our children.
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There have been some changes, and vacancies have been filled with satisfaction.
The High school is in especially good hands this year as last. To get an idea of what the school is doing, I refer you to the report of Mr. Daniels, the Principal.
Reports of the Agricultural Department, the Supervisor of Music and Drawing follow for your consideration.
Respectfully,
LORING G. WILLIAMS, Superintendent of Schools.
January 8, 1920.
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REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
To the Superintendent of Schools :
It is with pleasure that I present this, my second annual report as Principal of Harwich High School.
Although the loss to the schools, caused by the prolonged attack of the influenza was a serious handicap to our last year's work, it was largely overcome by the addition of one week to the school year and by more rapid progress in all classes. As a result, the close of school last June found us with nearly the full quota of a normal year's work completed.
The year just past has been marred by no epidemic to interrupt our progress. In order to safeguard the health of the pupils, physical exercise is continually a part of our school program. During the Fall and Spring months this is in the form of outdoor military training. The High School Company has been organized, and under its present officers has made rapid progress in efficient close-order drill. As a form of physical training there is, I believe, nothing superior. During the winter months, a five-minute drill of indoor calis- thenics takes its place. It is difficult to overestimate the value of these exercises in promoting health and in furnish- ing a short relaxation from studies at the time of day when most needed.
It is still our aim to maintain the highest standard of scholarship possible. And I am able to say that in this re- spect the work of the year has been very good. This has been due largely to an active interest of the scholars in their work. The purchase of new, textbooks in some classes has also helped appreciably in this connection.
Extra-curricular activities have, I believe, an important place in any High School. With this in view, we have given
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some attention to several lines of endeavor which might help to make our school-life a well-balanced existence.
The Athletic Association has had a most successful year. The gift of twenty-five dollars from the School Committee was much appreciated, as it gave us the needed financial start. Throughout the baseball season the baseball team was a self-supporting proposition, and although the expense of maintaining a team and making out-of-town trips amounts to well over one hundred dollars each season, we closed the year with a substantial balance in our treasury. Baseball and basketball have claimed our attention this past year. The baseball team last Spring, by hard work on the part of the players throughout the season, made for themselves an en- viable record. Unfortunately, through circumstances un- avoidable on our part, the Championship of the Cape, and the loving-cup trophy awarded therein, was not granted to any High School.
It has been the constant aim of the High School to up- hold the reputation of Harwich by a hard and clean brand of athletics at all times on the field. Only thus can the many benefits of interscholastic athletics be obtained.
For their support throughout our baseball season and their generosity in helping us to obtain our new uniforms, we wish to extend our sincere thanks to the townspeople.
The school has also enjoyed the activities of its Musical and Literary Association, with its monthly entertainments given on the last Friday of each month. The purpose of this organization is to further an interest in good music and in the better type of literature.
Debate work has become a regular part of our work. The class in Community Civics has a debate each week upon some topic of local interest, while the whole school enjoys,
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every two weeks, a debate upon some question of national import, between members of the two upper classes. This work is doubly important. It helps to keep in touch with the world of to-day, and at the same time gives valuable training in public speaking to the participants.
The repairs and the new equipment in the High School building have been a decided improvement. They indicate a step forward along educational lines, and it is vital that any town should keep constantly abreast of the times in educa- tional, as in all other matters. The time is fast approaching when, in order to make proper progress educationally and to meet the changing conditions of growth, the town of Har- wich will have to provide for new school construction to ac- comodate properly and collectively its schools and to pro- mote the best interests of our school systems. But at present these improvements satisfy a long-felt want and are appre- ciated by the High School.
Present indications all point to a larger High School each year. The enrollment at present is fifty-eight, as compared with fifty last year. The Freshman Class numbers at present twenty-five pupils, many of whom have already shown marked ability in some direction.
One of the principal aims of the instructors has been, and will be, to arouse in the pupils a realization of the im- portance of knowing the times in which we are living to-day, and of the importance of a firm and unswerving loyalty to our Nation and its ideal in these days of reconstruction with its attendant trials.
Respectfully submitted,
December 20, 1919. Harwich, Mass.
G. H. DANIELS, Principal.
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REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTOR
Superintendent L. G. Williams,
Harwich, Mass.
Dear Sir:
It gives me great pleasure to submit to you the ninth annual report of the Agricultural Department of the Har- wich High School.
We have not had a large enrollment during the past year, but the boys who have attended have shown a great deal of interest in their work. They have been carrying on very good projects, and all who exhibited at the Barnstable Fair received prizes.
The entering class was larger this fall than formerly so that we now have a school of ten interested students who are taking Agriculture with the intention of using it.
The object of this department is not only to give instruc- tion to the students who attend, but also to give practical demonstrations along agricultural lines to the community at large. We have spent a great deal of time in community service this year. We devoted an evening each week for a time last winter, to a school for adults. We discussed at length the subjects of Poultry, Orcharding, and Fertilizers, and their importance to the Cape. The attendance was very good.
About five tons of the government supply of Nitrate of Soda were obtained for the townspeople.
We procured a number of experts from the college at Amherst, who gave us some practical talks on Poultry and Orcharding. Professor Sears and Mr. Munson gave us some very helpful suggestions and demonstrations in the orchards.
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Professor Sears spoke very encouragingly of the prospects for orcharding here on the Cape. Mr. Monahan gave us some timely suggestions on the feeding and housing of poultry.
We received several requests from local granges to speak upon agricultural subjects and we gladly complied with these requests.
Considerable time has been spent, during the past sum- mer, in the Boys' and Girls' Club work. This work has been most encouraging this year for the enrollment was large and a great deal of interest was manifested by the members.
The instructor and his pupils pruned about two hundred fruit trees for about twenty-five different people of the town. The time required to do the work was gladly given and the results have proven very satisfactory.
I have been greatly interested in orcharding for the Cape and have spent considerable time in visiting the larger growers on the Cape, and in making a survey of conditions here compared with other sections of New England. I find that we are favorably located both as to sites for orchards and as to markets.
We are especially recommending the Agricultural Course at this time because the demand for both professional men and those who have had practical training and expe- rience is so great.
The Massachusetts Agricultural College has added a new course this year to train men for Vocational Agricultural teaching. This course was added because the demand in this state and from other states had been so great that there have been no teachers to fill the vacancies.
Respectfully submitted, ·
J. CARROLL HAWKES.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Mr. Loring G. Williams, Superintendent of the Schools of the Towns of Eastham, Orleans, Chatham, and Harwich : As Supervisor of Music I submit the following report :
At the close of the fall term of 1919 I review the year's work and find that the Primary grades are much in advance of last year's class; that the Intermediate grades show much progress, not so much in the amount of work covered as in the children's ability to do the work required at this period ; that the Grammar grades, which are difficult, and require the best efforts of the teacher to keep up the interest, show no great improvement.
The High School has done splendid work in chorus singing and has seemed to enjoy the little work done in music appreciation.
In conclusion, I might mention the operetta given in the spring by children from each town in the union. This gives the pupil invaluable experience since it offers an object in their work and develops self-confidence.
Respectfully,
HARRIET HOWARD.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
Mr. Loring G. Williams, Superintendent of Schools of the Towns of Eastham, Orleans, Chatham, and Harwich.
As Supervisor of Drawing, I submit the following re- port :
The drawing in the Primary grades has been very satis- factory. One interesting feature has been the work on Japan. Backgrounds were drawn on the blackboards by the teacher on which was mounted the work done by the chil- dren.
The work in the upper grades has not been very ex- tensive, but we hope that greater progress will be made this next year.
The course in House Planning and Furnishing, though simple, has proved very interesting and good results were received from many High School pupils.
Respectfully, HARRIET HOWARD.
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SCHOOL CENSUS, APRIL, 1919.
1
Boys Girls Totals
Persons in town between 5 and 7 years
28
18
46
Persons in town between 7 and 14 years
111
106
217
Persons in town between 14 and 16 years
22
22
44
Illiterate minors, 16-21 yrs., none reported.
Totals,
161
146
307
ATTENDANCE DATA, JUNE, 1919.
Number attending from other towns,
3
Number State and City wards,
16
Number resident pupils,
332
Total enrollment,
351
Aggregate attendance,
: 39,251
Average membership,
303
Average attendance, 270
90
Percentage of attendance, .
164
Number days in session, High,
Average days in session, Elementary, 145
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BROOKS MEDAL WINNERS, 1918-1919.
Cora Eva Doane, High School, grade X. Howard C. Cahoon, Center Grammar, grade VIII. Ruth Tobey, Center Intermediate, grade IV. Elizabeth W. Nickerson, Center Primary, grade III. Chas. Leland Holmes, East Harwich, grade VIII. Louise E. Chase, Post Grammar, grade VIII. Gladys M. Chase, Post Primary, grade IV. Bernard W. Bates, North Grammar, grade VIII. Annie Handler, North Primary, grade III. Theodore Wood, West Harwich, grade VIII.
GRADUATION EXERCISES.
Harwich High School, Class of 1919. Exchange Hall, Thursday evening, June 26, at 8.15 o'clock.
Program.
Processional March
Invocation
Rev. F. B. Noves
Selection
High School Glee Club
Salutatory Address
Miss Bertha Phillips
29
"The Economic Status of Germany"
Mr. Reese Lothrop
Selection
Boys' Glee Club
"Woman's Part in the Great War" Miss Ruth Nickerson
"History of the Class of 1919" Miss Bernice Kendrick
"Aviation After the War" Mr. Roger Cahoon
Special Music
Class Poem
Mr. Leslie Nickerson
Essay-"The Dignity of Labor" Miss Asenath Thompson
Class Will
Mr. Fred Crowell
Selection
Girls' Glee Club
Class Prophecy
Miss Madge Nickerson
Selection
School Glee Club
Valedictory Address , Miss Violet Ellis
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30
Presentation of Diplomas
Chairman John H. Paine
Demobilization of High School Service Flag Benediction
Rev. Jack Hyde
Graduates.
Roger Williams Cahoon,
Scientific
Frederick William Crowell,
Scientific
Violet Burton Ellis,
Classical
Bernice Eleanor Kendrick,
Classical
Reese Brentford Lothrop,
Scientific
Leslie Van Dyke Nickerson,
Classical
Madge Emogen Nickerson,
Classical
Ruth Young Nickerson,
Scientific
Bertha Marguerite Phillips,
Classical
Asenath Brooks Thompson,
Classical
Class motto :- Plus Ultra.
Class colors :- Red, White and Blue.
Class flower :- Red Rose.
Faculty.
George H. Daniels, M. Mildred Atwell, Hazel A. Merrifield, J. Carroll Hawkes, Harriet L. Howard,
Principal
1st Assistant 2nd Assistant Instructor Agricultural Dept. Supervisor of Music and Drawing
Superintendent : Loring G. Williams.
School Committee :
Charles H. Hammond, John H, Paine, Joseph B. Atkins.
CORPS OF TEACHERS JANUARY, 1920.
NAME
SCHOOL
PREPARATION
DATE OF APPOINT- MENT
SALARY
HOME ADDRESS
George H. Daniels
Prin. High
Colgate
July 1918
$1600
Harwich, Mass.
Hazel V. Merrifield
Asst. High
Maine Wesleyan Sem.
Aug.
1918
800
Kents Hill, Maine
Emily V. White
Asst. High
University of California
Aug.
1919
9.00
Hingham, Mass.
Hillary M. LeClaire
Center Grammar
Lincoln Academy, Me.
Dec.
1919
900
Monson, Maine.
Allie C. Crowell
Center Intermediate
Salem Normal
Sept.
1919
850
West Dennis
Anna I. Curran
Center Primary
R. I. Normal
Aug.
1919
850
Harwich Port
Mary E. Ellis
East Harwich
Hyannis Summer
Mch.
1919
750
West Chatham
Flossie H. Chase
Port Grammar
Hyannis Normal
Dec.
1919
850
Harwich Port
Olive W. Thacher
Port Primary
Salem Normal
Dec.
1918
850
Beverly, Mass.
Beatrice E. Eldredge
West Harwich
Bridgewater Normal
July
1918
850
East Harwich
Alice Glendon
North Grammar
Bridgewater Normal
July
1919
650
South Chatham
Katherine A. Moriarty
North Primary
Rust Kindergarten
Sept.
1913
850
Nashua, N. H.
Harriet Howard
Music and drawing
Farmington Normal
Aug.
1918
1050
Winslow, Maine
J. Carroll Hawkes
Agricultural dept.
Maine State
July
1918
*1800
Harwich, Mass.
* Pays own transportation ..
Music Normal Method
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Index
Town Officers 3
Selectmen's Report :
Tax Abatements. . 5
State and County Tax 5
State Macadam Tax 6
National Bank Tax 6
Dog Tax. 6
Anticipation of Revenue.
7
Almshouse
8
Outside Poor
9
Poor of Other Cities and Towns
9
Town Officers.
10
Election Officers.
11
Schools and Transportation 11
Exchange Account 12
Board of Health
13
Miscellaneous 13
Repairs of Public Buildings 15
Sealer of Weights and Measures 15
Inspector of Animals. 16
Herring Brook Account. 16
Suppression of Crime. 17
Treasurer's Bond . 17
Fish Wardens. 18
Tree Warden 18
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Fire Warden. 18
Second District Court 19
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth 20 Brooks Library 22
Moderator 22
Hearings 22
Tax Collector's Commission 23
Insurance 23
Interest
24
State Aid. 24
General Repairs on Roads 25
Bridges
25
Fences and Rails.
26
Snow
26
Oil Roads.
27
David P. Ryder Road
27
Camp Ground Road.
28
Sisson Road.
28
Patrick H. Cahoon Hill 28
29
Shell Road.
29
North Harwich Road.
29
Division Street.
30
Martin S. Chase Road
30
Spraying Machine. 30
Boys in United States Service. 31
Chase Library 31
Brooks Medal 32
Cape Cod Farm Bureau
32
Electric Lights. 32
Burgess Tax Collector Case 32
Allen's Harbor Bridge
33
Henry M. Snell Road
North Harwich Oil Road Loan 33
South Harwich Oil Road Loan. 33
East Harwich Oil Road Loan 33
Fire Engine Loan 33
Cemetery Lots. 34
Special State Tax for Soldiers and Sailors 35
Municipal Town Tax 35
Smith-Hughes Fund. 36
Settlement with Town Treasurer 36
Assets and Liabilities 36
Auditor's Report
.37, 47, 49, 54, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 87
Assessors' Report 38
State, County and National Bank Tax
.39
Tax Abatements 39-47
Tax Collector's Report. 48
Report of Overseers of Poor:
Almshouse 50
Outside Poor 52
Poor of Other Cities and Towns 53
Summary Poor Account. 54
Report of Road Commissioners :
General Repairs 55
West Section. 56
Middle Section 58
East Section . 60
Snow .62
Middle Section 62
East Section. 62
Bridges 63
West Section. 63
Middle Section 64
Fences and Rails. 64
West Section.
64
Middle Section 65
East Section. 65
Oil Road Patching 66
West Section.
66
Middle Section
67
East Section 67
West Section. 68
West Section. 70
Middle Section 71
East Section 75
Report of Park Commissioners 79
Report of Brooks Library Trustees 80
Librarian's Account 81
Report of Trustees of Caleb Chase Fund S2
Report on Brooks Medal Fund. 84
Treasurer's Report.
Town Clerk's Report 88-96
Births 97
Births, Portuguese 98
1
Marriages 99 Deaths 101
Town Meeting Warrant 103
School Committee's Report :
Calendar 3
Organization 4
Teachers' Salaries 6
Superintendent's Salary 7
Janitors
7
Fuel
8
Repairs and Incidentals
9
Transportation
10
Books and Supplies
Miscellaneous
11
Statement of Agricultural Department. 13
12
Recapitulation
Auditor's Report 14
Estimates for 1920. 14
Superintendent's Report 15
Report of High School Principal 20
Report of Instructor of Agriculture
23
Report of Supervisor of Music 25
Report of Supervisor of Drawing
26
School Census. 27
Attendance Data. 27
Brooks Medal Winners 1918-1919 28
Graduation Exercises 28
Class of 1919. 30
Corps of Teachers 31
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