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Term Expires 1921
CHAS. H. HAMMOND, Secretary,
Term Expires 1922
District Superintendent-Loring G. Williams. Tel. Harwich 54.
Advisory Board Agricultural Department. JOSEPH K. ROBBINS, Chairman. MRS. LYLE E. HANDY, ARTHUR F. CAHOON, ELISHA H. BEARSE, PRINCE A. ATKINS, RICHARD W. McGRAN, L. B. BOSTON, DOROTHY PIERCE.
J. CARROLL HAWKES, Instructor, Clerk. (Resigned July 1st.) B. ROBERT GRAVES, Instructor, Clerk. (Appointed Sept. 1st.) Attendance Officer : WILLIAM H. BASSETT (deceased). LABAN SNOW (appointed).
School Physician-HARRIE D. HANDY, M. D.
Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of the Town of Harwich :-
The School Committee herewith submits its report of the stewardship of the schools for the year 1920.
When the committee's books were closed on Dec. 31st, there was a small balance on hand to be turned back to the treasury. Through a blunder of the town treasurer in pay- ing, without right, a bill of thirty dollars which was pre- sented to him for payment after the year had closed we are obliged to show an overdrawal of twenty-six dollars and seventy-six cents.
JOHN H. PAINE, C. H. HAMMOND, JOSEPH B. ATKINS.
School Committee.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
High School
George H. Daniels,
$1,760.00
Emily O. White,
967.25
Hazel V. Merrifield,
480.00
Agnes G. Doggett,
385.00
$3,592.25
Center Elementary Schools.
Isabel Kelley, grammar, .73
Hillary M. LeClaire, grammar,
917.22
Edith Daniels, substitute, grammar, 5.00
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Mary A. Sylvia, substitute, grammar,
25.00
Mrs. B. D. Smith, substitute, grammar,
25.00
Allie C. Crowell, intermediate,
616.01
Ethel C. Hammond, intermediate,
317.50
Anna I. Curran, primary,
949.64
Mary A. Sylvia, substitute, primary,
9.44
Lillian Williams, substitute, intermediate,
5.00
Edith Daniels, substitute, intermediate,
2.50
$2,873.04
Harwich Port.
Flossie H. Chase, grammar, $886.13
Olive W. Thacher, primary,
959.08
Ruth Drake, grammar,
36.92
$1,882.13
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East Harwich.
Mary E. Ellis, $841.12 $841.12
West Harwich. 1
Beatrice E. Eldredge,
$971.57
Lillian Williams, substitute,
5.55
$977.12
North Harwich.
Alice Glendon, grammar, $470.84
Mary A. Sylvia, grammar,
337.79
Mrs. Charles E. Lothrop, grammar, sub., 5:28
Katherine A. Moriarty, primary,
959.08
$1,772.99
Total for teaching, $11,938.65
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
Harriett Howard,
$272.00
Amy C. Childs,
48.00
$320.00
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY.
Loring G. Williams, $1,140.00
(State pays approximately two thirds).
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JANITORS.
John P. Eldredge, Center, $510.00
J. J. Ericson, Center, 80.00
Geo. E. Nickerson, East,
151.25
Benj. D. Smith, Port,
151.25
Charles E. Lothrop, West,
151.25
Holland G. Rogers, North,
151.25
$1,195.00
TRANSPORTATION.
B. Cleveland Bassett, East, South, Port, High, $969.50
E. Harold Ellis, North, West, High, Pleasant Lake, Center, · 1,401.00
$2,370.50
FUEL.
Harwich Center.
Everett Bassett, sawing wood, $2.00
T. Parker Doane, wood, 31.50
A. C. Ellis, coal,
35.00
J. P. Eldredge, sawing wood,
5.00
S. R. Kelley, coal, 379.34
C. M. Burgess, wood,
3.50
Ralph W. Williams, carting coal,
19.77
Chas. H. Taylor, wood,
16.00
Willie Taylor, sawing wood,
3.00
$495.11
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Harwich Port.
A. C. Ellis, coal,
$17.50
S. R. Kelley, coal,
95.88
Ralph W. Williams, carting,
11.63
$125.01
West Harwich.
S. R. Kelley, coal,
$95.30
W. P. Barnes, wood,
30.00
Ralph W. Williams, carting,
5.20
$130.50
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East Harwich.
S. R. Kelley, coal,
$96.50
Ralph W. Williams, carting,
16.00
$112.50
North Harwich.
A. C. Ellis, coal,
$36.00
S. R. Kelley, coal,
116.75
J. F. Ryder, wood,
6.50
Alton P. Hall, wood,
9.50
Ralph W. Williams, carting,
5.00
$173.75
Total for fuel, $1,036.87
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REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
North Harwich.
Alpheus Howes, materials and supplies, $28.12
Charles W. Chase, labor and materials, - 16.50
B. G. Sears, supplies, 1.35
H. G. Rogers, labor and supplies, 29.50
Young Bros., chair, 4.00
Norman C. Havner Co., supplies,
20.00
$99.47
West Harwich.
Alpheus Howes, , supplies, $3.30
Charles E. Lothrop, labor,
2.80
Norman C. Hayner Co., supplies,
20.00
$26.10
Harwich Port.
F. A. Small, stove parts, pump and labor, $74.48
Ralph Gorham, labor and material, 20.17
B. D. Smith, labor and supplies, 27.10
W. A. Eldredge, labor and material, 10.50
Norman C. Hayner Co., supplies,
20.00
$152.25
East Harwich.
George E. Nickerson, labor,
$17.25
Young Bros., stove grate,
5.50
Norman C. Hayner Co.,
19.44
$42.19
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Harwich Center.
John Handren, labor, $5.13
J. F. Tobey & Son, janitors' supplies,
34.37
C. E. Hamer, labor, .75
Alpheus Howes, new stone, labor and material, 82.35
T. E. Larkin, pump parts and labor, 20.30
Edgar F. Bassett, labor,
4.25
Norman C. Hayner Co., supplies,
76.15
A. Everett Bassett, labor,
8.00
Herman E. Bassett, patching ceiling,
4.50
Caroline Smyler, stone,
18.00
Charles H. Hammond, locks and sup- supplies, 9.75
$263.55
Total Repairs and Incidentals,
$583.56
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Edward C. Babb & Co., books, supplies,
$383.65
Metgzer Brothers, flags,
19.41
Cambridge Botanical Co.,
42.54
McKinley Publishing Co.,
2.62
Ginn & Co.,
33.32
Allyn Bacon,
67.49
National Survey Co.,
3.56
Silver Burdett Co.,
15.43
J. B. Lippincott Co.,
12.28
Arthur Smidt Co.,
4.88
Funk & Wagnalls Co.,
2.70
D. C. Heath & Co.,
56.50
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J. L. Hammett Co., 71.84
Geo. H. Daniels, Graduation Printing,
35.87
P. L. Nickerson, Laboratory Supplies, 3.03
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
1.86
American Book Co.,
6.31
Theo. Presser Co.,
6.20
Ryan & Burker,
15.27
The Cable Co.,
4.17
A. P. Goss, printing,
13.00
Marine Laboratory Specimens,
1.33
$924.05
MISCELLANEOUS.
Wm. H. Bassett, attendance officer and census, $51.66
H. D. Handy, school physician and set scales,
75.00
A. P. Goss, printing, bids, etc.,
10.00
Edward E. Bobb & Co., stereopticon, 54.00
L. G. Williams, expenses to N. E. A. Meeting, 22.50
L. G. Williams, telephone, telegrams, freight, express, travel securing teachers, etc., 68.40
$281.56
PERMANENT REPAIRS.
Charles E. Hamer, shingling center grammar and work on High, $230.41
Ralph Gorham, shingling Port building, 232.35
Herman E. Bassett, building chimney at High building, 87.50
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J. M. & S. B. Moody, brick and material for chimney, 100.25
$650.51
AGRICULTURE.
Income from outside sources :-
State reimbursement,
$794.68
Tuitions from non-resident pupils,
250.00
Received from Smith Hughes Fund, 120.81 Total receipts outside, $1,165.49
Expenditures.
J. B. Lippincott Co., books, 7.56
S. Irving Moody, rent, 36.00
L. G. Williams, expenses securing agri- culture instructor, 29.33
New York State Board, agriculture books,
6.75
John P. Eldredge, labor,
4.50
Chas. T. Chase, labor and materials,
25.68
Neostyle Sales Agency, stencils and ink,
6.09
Lea & Febriger, books,
5.50
Dennison Mfg. Co.,
.45
Purdee University,
1.00
Ginn & Company, books,
5.49
MacMillan Co., books,
7.55
A. P. Goss, printing,
3.49
Fottler, Fiske & Rawson, supplies, .80
J. Carroll Hawkes, instructor's salary,
900.00
B. R. Graves, instructor's salary, 666.68
$1,706.87
Net cost to town, 541.38
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RECAPITULATION.
General town appropriation,
Smith Hughes Fund,
$22,000.00 120.81
$22,120.81
Expenditures.
Teachers' salaries,
$11,938.65
Music and Drawing,
320.00
Superintendent's salary,
1,140.00
Janitors' wages,
1,195.00
Transportation,
2,370.50
Fuel,
1,036.87
Repairs and incidentals,
583.56
Books and supplies,
924.05
Miscellaneous,
281.56
Permanent repairs,
650.51
Agriculture,
1,706.87
Overdrawn,
$22,147.57 $26.76
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Special Pay Roll.
Pay roll for last two weeks of December, 1919, authorized by special meeting of the town, , Jan. 2, 1920, $917.45
We the undersigned Auditors of the Town have this day examined the books and vouchers of the school committee and find the same correct.
CHARLES T. CHASE, EBENEZER WEEKES,
Auditors.
Harwich, Jan. 8, 1921.
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ESTIMATES FOR 1921.
Town appropriation for all school purposes, $25,000.00
All estimated amounts of outside income this year go to the Town Treasurer by law, except vo- cational agricultural income from Smith- Hughes fund.
Approximately from all sources as follows :
Mass. school fund (last year), $794.54
State reimbursement for agriculture, 814.60
City Boston and State Board Char- ity tuitions, (last year), 728.25
Dennis tuitions agriculture, 100.00
Rebate on Supt.'s salary, estimated, 786.68
Dog tax, (last year), 80.10
General school fund, estimated, 2,260.00
$5,564.17
Net cost to town,
$19,435.83
Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee :
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my thirteenth annual report of the schools of Harwich :
The population of the town has somewhat decreased during the past ten and five years. It may be of interest to consider the decrease in school pupils beginning years past as compared with the present number.
The total enrollment of pupils for the school year end- ing June 1906 was 406; for the year ending 1907, 389; for 1908, 370; for 1909, 370; for 1910, 358; for 1911, 335; for 1912, 345. We find here during these years a gradual de- crease in numbers. Allowing a'lapse of eight years to inter- vene between 1912 and 1920 we find the total number en- rolled December 1920 to be 276. Of this number there are 220 elementary children and 56 in the High school.
The following tables show the distribution of pupils Dec. 1920, by grade and also gives the total number pupils in different sections where schools are maintained.
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SUMMARY OF PUPILS BY GRADES. Dec. 1920.
Number children in Harwich attending school in
Grade I,
32
Grade II,
26
Grade III,
15
Grade IV,
42
Grade V,
30
Grade VI,
26
Grade VII,
26
Grade VIII,
23
Total Elementary Children, 220
They are distributed among the schools as follows:
East Harwich - one school - 8 grades, 27
West Harwich - one school - S grades, 27
Harwich Port - two schools - 8 grades, 38
North Harwich - two schools - 8 grades, 54
Harwich Center - three schools - 8 grades, 74
High school pupils, 56
Total in town Dec., 1920, 276
The decrease over fourteen or fifteen years may seem more striking than the actual figures show when we note the schools which have been closed during that time. South Harwich, Pleasant Lake, one room at East Harwich, and one room at West Harwich have been closed.
The distribution of the number of grades in the sev- eral buildings now open may be of interest. West Harwich
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has eight grades and one teacher. Harwich Port has two teachers with four grades in each room. North Harwich has two teachers, three grades in one room and five grades in the other; East Harwich has one teacher and an eight grade system ; Harwich Center has three elementary schools, three grades in the primary room, two grades in the inter- mediate room, and three grades in the grammar room.
The plan of course was, in building of two rooms to place four grades in a room. North Harwich has three grades in the primary and five in the grammar because of the larger numbers, in this section in the lower grades. At East and West Harwich one school has taken the place of two be- cause at the time of this action only nineteen or twenty pupils were in attendance in both schools in each of these places. The numbers in both these schools have slightly increased since that time. Eight grades in a room, however, is a poor arrangement. A plan to remedy or rather modify this condition is being considered-it is this. There is ample room in the grammar schools of Harwich Center and Har- wich Port. The seventh and eighth grade .pupils of East Harwich might be transported to Harwich Port and the seventh and eighth grades pupils of West Harwich might be transported to Harwich Center. This plan would leave only six grades to be taught in East and West Harwich with sixteen to eighteen pupils in each of these schools.
The question of transportation may be easily answered as the present routes would need no change and both can make accommodations for the extra numbers. No added expense would be necessary except that granted to the transportation because of the extra load.
The details are pretty well worked out but nothing should be done without a unanimous consent of parents and those interested.
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High School transportation in East Harwich has been in operation for several years. In East Harwich the bid has been for a certain sum of money paid by the town and so much a day per pupil to be paid by the parents. This was originally authorized by the town and generally parents have paid from their own pockèts ten cents per day per pupil, or approximately $20.00 per year.
In West Harwich there was at first rainy day transpor- tation, then the winter term became continuous, and later a nine months transportation came leaving pupils to walk the other month. Neither of these arrangements is satis- factory. It seems to me that the time has come to abolish the ten cent fare in East Harwich. They pay their taxes and should not be required to pay this fare which should be absorbed in the transportation contract and paid by the town. West Harwich should have ten months continuous transportation.
School Standards.
The work required of each grade of the Elementary schools is practically the same as in other towns of Massachu- setts and in fact in all New England. The courses of study are nearly uniform throughout the State and the work of grade six, for example, is much the same whether in Har- wich, Barnstable, Brockton or Brookline. This may seem an exaggeration, but all these courses are standard state courses, prepared by the state and they are in general used throughout the towns and cities of the state. Some of the courses in practical arts in use in some other places, Har- wich has not been able to introduce, but the regular grade work and grade requirements are up to state standards here in Harwich.
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We do more generally in number in the first two or three grades than city places, and it often happens when a pupil from away enters our schools that he is behind the grade which he is supposed to enter.
Evidence of good schools and good teaching may be found if we follow the children in their work from grade to grade and from year to year, from the first grade through the High School and then into whatever they may choose to do or be. Many have gone from Harwich to college and have done creditable work and scores of others have en- tered and graduated from Normal Schools from this and . surrounding towns. They have generally been the cream of the Normal school output.
Intelligence tests have been given in our Normal schools for the past two or three years. .
The girl in Hyannis Normal a year ago who stood high- est in alertness of mind, mental ability and scholarship was a Harwich girl. She came up through Harwich schools from the first grade to high school graduation.
This is the history of the great majority of Harwich boys and girls. They have been so trained and educated that they can adapt themselves and apply themselves, and put forth initiative and win.
There is much to be desired in buildings and equipment. Other courses and subjects could be added to the present curriculum which would be of value to many pupils and so give a broader field of choice, but in the regular work as we give it, our children are well taught, and the product of Harwich schools can be compared favorably with children of their age and grade anywhere.
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Teachers
The great majority of our teachers hold College or Nor- mal School diplomas and some hold both. Those who do not hold diplomas have had special training and preparation together with years of experience. We are very fortunate to have in our employ teachers of such high standards when we know of the great shortage of teachers the country over, and when also it is known that thousands of schools are closed because no teachers can be found, and tens of thous- ands of other schools are taught by girls and women who never saw the inside of high school.
The salaries of our teachers have been fixed in a large degree to comply with state law and an endeavor to keep our salaries within sight of teachers' salaries in nearby towns.
It seems inevitable that the law of supply and demand will operate to force still higher the salaries of teachers.
Agricultural School
The Agricultural school cost the town for the year 1920 $541.38.
The time of the instructor has been about evenly divided between the boys in the class and the men and women, citi- zens of Harwich, and our records show that a great many townspeople have availed themselves of that opportunity.
If we consider it as the state allows that one half of the net cost, $541.38, is for instruction and we have ten pupils, this would mean about $27 per capita for the Agri- cultural boys. The cost per capita of pupils in the regular High school is somewhat above $100.
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Any other practical work introduced into the High school, like a Commercial Department or a Household Arts Department, or Manual Training, would receive no state aid, and so would cost Harwich two or three times as much for salary alone as the Agricultural Departments costs ; be- sides there would be the added expense for quarters, type- writers' equipment, etc.
Twenty-five people in Harwich had their fruit trees pruned by the Department last year. Two men in different sections of the town consider the information and help re- ceived from the school as invaluable.
The school is here to extend its community work and give assistance to more Harwich people.
The state is bearing two-thirds of the instruction. The following will show how the state stands toward the work of the school. 1
Also submit testimony of two or three people who have asked and received help.
December 8, 1920.
Mr. L. G. Williams, Executive Officer,
Vocational Agricultural Department,
Harwich, Mass.
Dear Sir :-
I take this opportunity to inform you that the State- aided Agricultural work conducted in the Harwich High School during the school year 1919-20 is hereby approved, and reimbursement will be recommended.
In reporting upon the work, the agent in charge has the following to say :
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"Four-year standard course in agriculture, all phases approved. Other features reported last year continued."
Yours respectfully,
R. O. SMALL, Director, Division of Vocational Education. 22 Wilson Ave., Braintree, Mass.
Dec. 21, 1920.
Mr. B. R. Graves,
Harwich, Mass.
Dear Sir :- .
Your letter of the 18th inst, is received and I certainly appreciate the work you have done on the trees about which I wrote you. I know they were in bad shape as they have had no attention for years and I know the pruning will help them a whole lot. It is very gratifying to me that the boys in the High School are having the privilege of that kind of instruction, as well as the townspeople who can take advantage of it. I only wish they had had the course when I attended the High School there as I would certainly have taken it, for it, is something in which I am interested and could use. I will be only too glad to speak a good word anytime that I can for that branch of work which you are carrying on as I think it is most helpful and practical, and will be glad to report the success of the trees if you would care to have me.
Thanking you most heartily for the interest you have taken in the matter, I am
Yours very truly,
MISS BERTHA L. PHILLIPS.
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Harwich, Jan. 5.
B. D. Graves, Esq. :
Dear Sir :
Permit me to congratulate you, and through you the boys of the Agri. Class, more especially Messrs. Wood and Raneo, whose fine work in connection with poultry dress- ing reflects great credit alike to them as well as their in- structor. I cannot but feel that the valuable lessons to- 'gether with experience gained in the studies of the Agri. Dept. must prove of incalculable benefit when these boys in later life become the Supt. of large farms, or owners. Thanking you for the courtesy extended and wishing you the greetings of the season, I am,
Very respectfully,
CHARLES M. SANBORN, Harwich. Box 234.
In closing may I direct your attention to the reports of the High School principal, and of the Agricultural In- structor, also to the tables and data which follow.
Respectfully submitted, LORING G. WILLIAMS.
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REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
To the Superintendent of Schools :
I submit herewith my third annual report as Principal of Harwich High school.
In many ways the work accomplished has been much the same as in previous years, as far as courses and subject- matter are concerned. There are, however, a few points which deserve mention at this time.
I am glad, indeed, to notice an ever-increasing tendency on the part of the pupils to inquire after some definite course of action to follow after their graduation from the High School. It is my aim to enable them to obtain a higher training for life, in whatever branch they may choose to continue. Nothing is more regrettable, from a standpoint of efficiency, than to see a capable boy or girl, after having graduated, settle back and drift aimlessly into whatever place in life chance may offer. Graduation is but the be- ginning, or the "commencement," and the opportunities are as many for Cape Cod boys and girls as for others. It is, therefore, with pleasure that I notice that many of our pupils are planning to continue and make the most of the many opportunities in present-day America.
Because of its many benefits, debate-work has again been made a part of our school-life. It is first valuable because it develops confidence in the pupil as to his own. ability and enables him to express himself creditably before an audience. Then, too, the value to the whole school is great, in that it learns all the most important facts con- cerning many of the great questions of the day. The work has already been organized and started for the present school-year. As an aid to debating, nine subscriptions to the
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"Literary Digest""' are now received at the school, and these excellent periodicals are used also for reference work in the classroom. No better reading material could be placed in the hands of our pupils.
We have attempted to give to the physical side of our educational program its due recognition. With the pur- chase of new equipment, the playground affords pleasure and profit for all during the intermission periods of the day. No sport, perhaps, has won more favor with all than volley- ball, which has recently been introduced. Military drill is again the compulsory training for all pupils, and has already proved its value in every way. When the weather is bad, physical exercise takes the form of indoor calisthenics, with thorough ventilation of the building at the same time.
The school has just purchased a new grafonola which is much appreciated by all. In order to raise money to finish the payments on the machine, the pupils have been con- sidering various plans of action. The patronage of the pub- lic in whatever we may attempt to do will be greatly appre- ciated. Music in the schoolroom is not only enjoyable, but may do a great deal by way of developing a real apprecia- tion of and desire for the best in music.
There is so much being said at the present time for and against the matter of the consolidation of our public school system in Harwich, that I must say at least a few words upon the matter. Whether or not the town is at present in a financial condition to warrant such a step- (and that is a question for the voters to determine)-the fact remains that until Harwich shall have re-organized her school-system in adequate quarters, with uniform instruc- tion for all, with modern systems of heating and ventilation to safeguard the health of the pupils, with more room for
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necessary playground-work, and with more efficient equip- ment in every way, it will not have done its full duty educa- tionally to the rising generation. Whenever the step may be taken, I feel sure that it is bound to come, for all Ameri- cans are today face to face with the fact that too much cannot be done for our boys and girls in educating them, and that the future of our very republic rests entirely with them and their preparation for life and its problems.
Let me at this time make a plea to the parents for a closer co-operation between the home and the school. It is of the utmost importance that this co-operation should exist, if we are to realize and attain the best possible re- sults from our educational system. The home must work with the school, for when these two institutions do join in the spirit of true education, the highest good will result inevitably. We are always glad to welcome the parents and others to our sessions at any time, so that they may become better acquainted with our school-work and its methods and aims.
The general attitude of the school to its work has been good, and results satisfactory. Interest has been shown in all subjects and departments of the school, and it is our in- tention to make whatever desirable additions we can, in order that improvement may result.
Thus we have come to the end of another year in our school-work. And under present conditions I look forward with pleasure to the tasks which lie before us.
Respectfully submitted,
G. H. DANIELS.
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REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTOR.
Superintendent L. G. Williams, Harwich, Mass.
Dear Sir:
It is with pleasure that I submit this, my first, and the eleventh annual report of the Agricultural department of the Harwich High School.
For ten years Harwich has had the distinction of hav- ing the only Agricultural department on the Cape, but now Falmouth has realized the importance of maintaining a similar department.
This last year has been one of grand accomplishment when, in spite of high prices, our boys have raised some splendid poultry and hogs. The boys have exhibited at the Barnstable and Harwich fairs and at the Bourne poultry show, capturing twenty-one prizes for poultry and vege- tables. Our boys have not only exhibited stock, but have also aided in judging at one of our local fairs.
We have ten students, nine boys and one girl, en- rolled in the Agricultural department and expect another member soon. This will be the largest enrollment we have had for some time. Furthermore, there are several pros- pective candidates for September, 1921.
All students are required to have projects of some sort, according to the course they are taking. There are seven poultry projects, one swine project, one fruit, poul- try and garden project, and one substitute project.
Perhaps one of the many interesting projects this year is a survey of the poultry in Harwich, and I think we will
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be rather surprised to find between two and three thousand hens raised here in Harwich.
Another new feature of our course will be the carpen- try work. The boys will furnish their own lumber, nails, etc., and will build minor equipment, such as feed hoppers, shipping coops, egg candlers, egg cases, exhibition coops and other useful appliances.
We also have a fine "live wire" poultry club, made up of boys and girls from ten to fourteen years of age, who are keeping poultry.
During my four months' residence in Harwich, I have had some thirty calls for assistance on agricultural matters and have covered over 200 miles with my machine, answer- ing calls and performing other school work.
Besides the class work, we are also conducting agri- cultural unit courses for adults and have several prospec- tive members.
An evening course in poultry husbandry with two illustrated lectures, will be given during the winter months aud extension schools will be held in conjunction with the - County Farm Bureau.
The Agricultural department is now equipped with apparatus for testing soil for acidity, milk for butter-fat and seed for the percentage of germination.
With such interest shown by both students and par- ents, we should look forward to a most profitable year.
Respectfully submitted,
B. R. GRAVES
Agricultural Instructor.
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ENROLLMENT BY GRADES. December, 1920.
School
Grade
Boys
Girls
Totals
High
XII
0
8
8
XI
4
5
9
X
14
5
19
IX
10
10
20-56
Ctr. Grammar
VIII
4
2
6
VII
3
4
7
VI
2
9
11-24
Ctr. Intermediate.
V
5
7
12
IV
9
7
16-28
Ctr. Primary
III
3
0
3
II
5
5
10
I
4
5
9-22
Port Grammar.
VIII
5
1
6
VII
2
3
5
VI
2
2
4
V
1
2
3-18
, Port Primary
IV
6
1
7
III
1
1
2
II
2
0
2
I
3
6
9-20
North Grammar
VIII
1
0
1
VII
1
4
5
VI
3
1
4
V
3
4
7
IV
8
4
12-29
North Primary
III
2
4
6
II
2
S
10
I
8
1
9-25
West Harwich .
VIII
3
4
7
VII
1
2
3
VI
0
1
1
V
3
2
5
IV
1
1
2
III
3
1
4
II
0
3
3
I
0
2
2-27
East Harwich.
. VIII
3
0
3
VII
3
3
6
VI
3
3
6
V
1
2
3
IV
3
2
5
II
0
1
1
1
2
3-27
Totals
138
138
276
31
SCHOOL CENSUS, APRIL 1st, 1920 ..
Boys Girls Totals
Persons in town between 5 and 7 years 15 13
28
Persons in town between 7 and 14 years 106
107
213
Persons in town between 14 and 16 years 29
18
47
Illiterate minors, between 16 and 21 years, none reported.
Totals, 150 138
288
ATTENDANCE DATA, JUNE, 1920.
Number attending from other towns,
2
Number State and City wards,
24
Number resident pupils enrolled, 326
Total enrollment, 352
Aggregate attendance, 43,849
Average membership,
280
Average attendance, 258
Percentage of attendance,
92.2
Number day sessions in High,
185
Number day sessions in Elementary,. 167
32
BROOKS MEDAL WINNERS, 1919-1920.
Edith L. Kendrick, High School, grade XII. Lewis R. White, Center Grammar, grade VIII. Helen M. Robbins, Center Intermediate, grade V. Mildred D. Long, Center Primary, grade III. Edward A. Kendrick, East Harwich, grade IV. Henry F. Dunn, West Harwich, grade VI. Madeline W. Eldredge, Port Grammar, grade VIII. Marion E. Phillips, Port Primary, grade IV. Sadie Handler, North Grammar, grade VI. Evelyn F. Crabe, North Primary, grade III.
GRADUATION EXERCISES. Harwich High School, Class of 1920. Exchange Hall, . Wednesday Evening, June 23, at 8:15 O'clock. .
Program.
Entrance March.
Invocation
Rev. D. T. Richards
Opening Chorus-"The Red Scarf"
The School
Salutatory Address
Ruth Hall
Essay-"Bolshevism" Doris Cahoon Class History
Eleanor Noyes.
.
33
Essay-"' Aviation Since the War" Nicholas Lopes
Special Music
Class Oration
Franklin Kelley
Essay-"Massachusetts ; Beehive of Industry" Elsie Cahoon
Class Will
Esther Thomas
Essay-"Reconstruction and Its Problems"
Louis Dean
Piano Solo
Mr. Morris
Essay -. "Young America's Opportunities" Archelus Cahoon .
Class Poem
Hope Doane "Amaryllis"-Edmund Parlow Girls' Chorus
Class Prophecy
William Phillips
Presentation of Gifts
Edith Kendrick
Valedictory Address Gladys Ellis
Presentation of Diplomas John H. Paine, Chairman
Award of the High School Brooks Medal Prin. G. H. Daniels
34
Class Ode
Written by Doris Cahoon
Benediction
Rev. F. B. Noyes Class of 1920
Archelus Henry Cahoon,
Scientific
Doris Mertis Cahoon,
Scientific
Elsie Alberta Cahoon,
Scientific
Louis Edmonds Dean,
Scientific
Hope Nickerson Doane,
Classical
Gladys Jane Ellis,
Classical
Ruth Evelyn Hall,
Classical
Franklin William Kelley,
Scientific
Edith Lynette Kendrick,
Scientific
Nicholas Francis Lopes,
Scientific
Eleanor Brooks Noyes,
Classical
William Lewis Phillips,
Scientific
Esther Miriam Thomas,
Scientific
Class Motto-"An Avant." Class Colors-Green and White. Class Flower-Rose.
Faculty.
George H. Daniels,
Principal
Emily V. White,
Hazel V. Merrifield,
J. Carroll Hawkes, Harriet L. Howard,
1st Assistant 2nd Assistant Instructor in Agriculture Director of Music and Drawing
Superintendent. Loring G. Williams. School Committee > John H. Paine, Charles H. Hammond, Joseph B. Atkins.
CORPS OF TEACHERS JANUARY, 1921.
NAME
SCHOOL
PREPARATION
DATE OF APPOINT- MENT
ANNUAL SALARY
HOME ADDRESS
George H. Daniels
Prin. High
Colgate
July 1918
$2000
Harwich. Mass.
Emily V. White
Asst. High
Univ. California
Aug. 1919
1100
Hingham, Mass.
Agnes G. Doggett
Asst. High
Boston Univ.
Sept. 1920
1100
Dedham, Mass.
B. R. Graves
Agriculture Dept.
M. A. C.
July 1920
2000
Harwich, Mass.
Hillary M. LeClaire
Ctr. Grammar
Lincoln Academy'
Dec. 1919
1100
Monson, Maine.
Ethel C. Hammond
Ctr. Intermediate
Gloucester Training
July
1920
900
Gloucester, Mass.
Anna I. Curran
Ctr. Primary
R. I. Normal
July 1919
950
Harwich Port, Mass.
Mary E. Ellis
East Harwich
Hyannis Normal
Summer School
Apr.
1919
900
West Chatham, Mass.
Flossie H. Chase
Port Grammar
Hyannis Normal
- Nov. 1917
950
Harwich Port.
Olive W. Thacher
Port Primary
Salem Normal
Dec.
1918
950
Beverly, Mass.
Beatrice E. Eldredge
West Harwich
Bridgewater Normal
July
1918
1000
East Harwich
Mary A. Sylvia
North Grammar
Harwich High
Willimantic Summer Course Rust Kindergarten
Sept. 1920
950
Harwich, Mass.
Katherine A. Moriarty Laura E. Haskins
North Primary
Sept. 1913
950
Nashua, N. H.
Music and Drawing
Laselle Summer School
Dec. 1920
1400
Assonet, Mass.
For the
District
·
South Harwich Oil Road Loan 32
School Special Loan for 1919 32
Allen's Harbor Bridge Loan 32 Cemetery Lots 33
Settlement with Town Treasurer 34
Assets and Liabilities 35
Auditor's Reports .
. . 36, 42, 45, 50, 73, 74, 76, 78, 79, 82
Assessor's Report .37
State, County and National Bank Tax 38
Tax Abatements 38-42
Tax Collector's Report
43
Report of Overseers of Poor:
Almshouse 46
Outside Poor 48
Poor of Other Cities and Towns. 49
Summary Poor Account. 50
Report of Road Commissioners :
General Repairs 51
West Section. 52
Middle Section 54
East Section 55
Snow 57
West Section .58
Middle Section 60
East Section 61
Bridges .63
West Section. 63
Middle Section 63
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 .68
Middle Section
. 68-69
East Section 70-71
West Section 73
Report of Park Commissioners
74
Report of Brooks Library Trustees. 75
Librarian's Account 76
Report of Trustees of Caleb Chase Fund. 77
Report on Brooks Medal Fund 79
Treasurer's Report 80
Town Clerk's Report 83-92
Births 93
Births, Portuguese 94
Marriages 95
Deaths 97
Town Meeting Warrant 99
School Committee Report:
Calendar 3
Organization 4
Teachers' Salaries 6
Superintendent's Salary 7
Janitors
8 .
Transportation
8
Fuel
8
Repairs and Incidentals 10
Books and Supplies 11
Miscellaneous
12
Permanent Repairs 12
Statement of Agricultural Department 13
Recapitulation
14
Auditor's Report. 14
Estimates for 1921
15
Superintendent's Report
16
Summary of Pupils by Grades
17
School Standards
19
Agricultural School
21
Teachers 21
Report of High School Principal 25
Agricultural Instructor
28
Enrollment by Grades
.30
School Census 31
Attendance Data 31
Brooks Medal Winners 1919-1920 32
Graduation Exercises 32
Class of 1920 34
Corps of Teachers 35
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