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It is not entirely Earning Power that the schools are trying to better, as I can readily show if I but note the recently accepted "7 Aims of All Secondary Educa- tion." In order of their importance they are: (1) Health. (2) Command of the Fundamental Processes (3) Worthy Home Membership. (4) Vocation. (5) Civic Education. (6) Worthy use of Leisure. (7) Ethical Character.
It may not be the things learned from books which make a High school today indispensible; but the friend- ships of the pupil and teachers and of the pupil and pupil are invaluable.
A single fact unfolded at the right time to the right pupil may produce an Edison, a Wannamaker or a Curie. We in Harwich can afford to let neither the sure things nor the possibilities in Education, due to any cause what- ever, be lost to any pupil.
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In every lifetime there is a choice between two or more possibilities, either once chosen usually means choosing a lifework. Suppose we choose the wrong one?
It is to lessen the tragedies due to misfits and in o "der to increase the possibilities of placing the boys and girls in the work for which they are best adapted, both naturally and thru training, that we have introduced The Project Method of Learning. This Project work attempts to present various phases of different subjects in an attractive manner, so that every pupil may deter- mine: (1) Particlar interests in a few subjects and (2) General interests in the whole field of knowledge.
In every course the method of learning is modified to meet the particular need; it may vary from the famil- iar poultry project to a research in the libraries (home, school and town) to find out all possible about the Phases of the Moon or Insects as Man's Helpers. We are using this learning process this year and have some very good results.
There might appear to some casual observer that there is more or less duplication of scientific work by the Agricultural or the Academic Depts .; there is none- if the Agricultural Dept. demonstrates Soil Testing the Academic pupils can witness it, or if the Academic Dept. is to attend an illustrated lecture "Mouth Hygiene," the Agricultural Dept. boys, due to the hearty cooperation of Mr. Graves, also attend the lecture.
We have better equipment for the Biological and Chemical Sciences than in the Physical. We have recent- ly had a welcome addition in the form of a gas heating plant; it serves well in Physics and General Science.
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For the first time we have this year daily weather reports from the Washington Weather Bureau, and too we are using extensively all the scientific magazines available from any source in both Science courses.
Occasionally there are reports from teacher to par- ent concerning the pupils. Each one of these is a Parent- Pupil Teacher proposition. If it is a Congratulatory re- port the parent will doubtless encourage; but if it is of the "Chance-to-do-more-Work" variety, there needs to be an investigation of the cause, by the parent, and in accord with the findings, advice given by the parent; in any case Encouragement, not Discouragement is needed.
As teacher our relation to the community will be de- termined largely by our strength, which must first be ap- plied to our school duties. We shall hope to become in- timately acquainted with every parent, thus being better able to guide the pupil intelligently.
The success of this school year will depend directly upon the measure of cooperation between the Parents, Pupils and Teachers.
Respectfully submitted,
H. V. JONES.
Report of Agricultural Department
Superintendent L. G. Williams,
Harwich, Mass.
Dear Sir :-
It gives me great pleasure to submit this, my second and the twelfth annual report of the Agricultural De- partment of the Harwich High school.
The department has rendered the usual agricultural assistance throughout the year and has met with the ap- proval of the Board of Education in every way.
During the past year we organized a successful Boys' and Girls' Club and our poultry judging team defeated the Falmouth and Bourne teams at the Barnstable Coun- ty Fair.
Together with the Farm Bureau several demonstra- tions in culling poultry and pruning ochard trees have been given and greatly appreciated. More of these meet- ings will be held this year.
This year the agricultural department opened with an enrollment of thirteen boys, which is nearly one- fourth of the total number of students in our high school. Probably the majority of these boys would not attend school were it not for our state-aided vocational depart- ment.
This year the following courses are open to agricul- tural boys :
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Group I. Vegetable gardening. Agronomy. Agricultural Survey. Business Arithmetic. English. Gene al Science.
Group II. Advanced Poultry Husbandry. Dairying. Dairy Survey. English. U. S. History. Physics.
Our boys successfully cooped the poultry and pet stock at the Harwich Fair, this department having the largest exhibit in years.
Our agricultural boys exhibited at the Harwich Fair, the Bourne Poultry Show, and the Barnstable County Fair, and won over fifty dollars in prizes.
Perhaps the most striking work accomplished this year is the establishment of the Unit Courses. There were eight adults who took the course and all felt they had received very material aid from the agricultural de- partment. Approximately one third of the instructor's time was taken up in this work, thus reducing the per capita cost very materially.
We have also started some work in carpentry and the boys have learned how to use the more common tools. During the past year they have built mash hoppers, nest boxes, poultry houses and simple surveying equipment.
The requirements this year are that the boys shall run either garden, poultry or dairy projects.
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Some boys will run three projects. One boy had Rhode Island Red pullets laying at five months and has already gotten 650 eggs. He has recently bought a five dollar cockerel and is planning to sell hatching eggs next spring.
Another boy learned how to kill poultry, went home and earned a dollar before sun down killing poultry.
Another boy not only kills poultry but also kills ducks and geese. Even the local dealers hire him to kill their poultry.
The younger boys are more interested this year than ever before and are doing some exceptionally fine work.
Anyone who attended the Harwich Fair could not -help realizing that Harwich soils can produce some ex- cellent crops, and we hope that our boys may get an in- centive, through their studies and observations in the agricultural department, to start a large agricultural enterprise.
In closing, I wish to express my thanks to Mr. H. V. Jones, our principal, for his cooperation and interest in the work of this department.
Respectfully submitted
B. R. GRAVES, Agricultural Instructor.
Report of Supervisor of Music
Superintendent L. G. Williams, Harwich, Mass.
Dear Sir :-
Starting in January last year it was hard to form any definite program as all the schools seemed to be at a different point. So for the remainder of the year we hurriedly reviewed and covered the years work enough to enable the grades to begin their new work this year.
This year in some of the grade schools a slight change in the division of classes has helped in the com- prehension of the work. They show a great advance- ment over last year's work and will cover much more ground.
Last year in the High School was spent in chorus and community singing to arouse an interest in music. The Girls' Glee Club was reorganized and carried on on a small scale. This year there being twice as many boys as girls I thought it advisable to also start a Boys' Glee Club to interest the boys and at the same time help the general chorus singing. This has been done with a very satisfactory beginning, and it is hoped the results will be as satisfactory.
Respectfully submitted, LAURA E. HASKINS, Supervisor of Music.
Report of Supervisor of Drawing
Supe intendent L. G. Williams, Harwich, Mass.
Dear Sir :-
The drawing of last year followed a brief outline to arouse, most of all, the interest of the pupils, at the same time giving a general idea of proportion, perspec- tive and the use of color.
In enlarging on last year's work, this year I have started a course of Applied Art which enables the pupils to use their knowledge obtained in design, handicraft and the more general uses of vocational art.
In the High school I wish to create a desire to do original work. The Applied Art Course is being carried on in a more advanced form, at the same time teaching the pupils originality and personal inventiveness.
Respectfully submitted,
LAURA E. HASKINS,
Supervisor of Drawing.
Report of School Physician
To the School Committee of the Town of Harwich : Gentlemen :
My report as School Physician for the past year is of such a character as to be pleasing to myself and I hope to the parents of the children and I trust that you will be equally pleased.
This past year has been a wonderfully healthy one so far as our schools are concerned, there being almost no epidemic diseases and the schools have been closed for health reasons less than has been usual.
In the inspection which has been completed this fall few very serious conditions have been found. Some cases of enlarged tonsils and adenoids have been found and the School Nurse, Miss Creelman, has been and is busy in her follow up schedule.
I would call particular attention to the condition of the teeth and especially ask that the parents cooperate with the School Nurse in having proper treatment given the offending tee"h. A little money expended early on the teeth will pay large dividends later in the better health of the individual. A great number of diseases and conditions have been found due to poor teeth and it is a wise parent who. in time, attends to the care and preservation of those most useful members.
Respectfully,
H. D. HANDY, M. D., School Physician.
Report of School Nurse -
Mr. Loring G. Williams, Supt. of Schools, Harwich, Mass.
Dea Sir :-
Since the school work began I have been visiting each school at least once a week. After the physical ex- aminations were completed Oct. 24th, I started the fol- low up work, visiting the homes and seeing the parents, or guardians, especially those whose children were re- ported to have defective eyesight. Five of the children have attended the eye clinics in Hyannis and have been fitted with glasses.
At the beginning of the school term several children had colds. During November and December there were three cases of tonsilitis, one of diphtheria and one case of appendicitis. One child was found with scabies and sent home and several with pediculosis were sent home.
The Health Crusade has been started in all the prim- ary and grammar schools.
Respectfully,
ADA CREELMAN, School Nurse.
33 SCHOOL CENSUS, APRIL 1ST, 1921
Boys Girls T'tl
Persons in town between 5 and 7 years
18 17
35
Persons in town between 7 and 14 years
94
99
193
Persons in town between 14 and 16 years Illiterates between 16 and 21, none re- ported.
31
24
55
Totals,
143 140
283
ATTENDANCE DATA, JUNE, 1921
Number state wards attending,
18
Number resident pupils enrolled,
278
Total enrollment,
296
Aggregate attendance,
41,129
Average daily attendance,
241
Average membership,
269
Percentage of attendance,
90.
Number days in session, High,
190
Number days in session, Elementary,
166
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34 ENROLLMENT BY GRADES December, 1921
SCHOOL
GRADE
BOYS
GIRLS
TOTALS
High .
XII
4
5
9
XI
.
12
4
16
X
9
9
18
IX
16
5
21-
64
Center Grammar
VIII
5
8
13
VII
2
11
13
VI
7
7
14-
-40
Center Intermediate
V
8
9
17
IV
6
1
7-
-24
III
5
6
11
II
4
1
5
I
6
10
16
32
Port Grammar .
VIII
4
7
11
VII
3
4
7
VI
0
3
3
V
5
1
6
27
Port Primary
IV
1
1
2
III
3
0
3
II
5
6
11
North Grammar
VIII
0
2
2
VII
2
0
2
VI
0
3
3
V
7
2
9
IV
3
5
8
24
North Primary .
III
1
5
6
II
4
2
6
West .
V-VI
5
3
8
IV
3
3
6
III
0
3
3
I-II
1
5
6
23
East
VI
1
2
3
V
2
2
4
III
0
2
2
II
0
3
3
I
0
2
2 -- 14
Totals
140
145
285
I
3
1
4-20
·
I
3
2
5
17
Center Primary
CORPS OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1922
NAME
SCHOOL
PREPARATION
DATE OF APPOINTMENT
ANNUAL SALARY
HOME ADDRESS
H. V. Jones Josephine L. Crowell
Prin. High
Tufts 1921
July 1921
$1800
No. Livermore, Me. South Dennis
Ruth V. Curran
Asst. High
Mt. St. Vincent
1100
? Arlington, Mass.
Agr'l Dept.
M. A. C.
July 1920
2100
Harwich, Mass.
Ctr. Grammar
Lincoln Academy
Dec. 1919
1200
Monson, Me.
Ctr. Inter
Gloucester Training
July 1920
950
Gloucester, Mass.
Ctr. Primary
Johnson Vt. Normal Salem Normal
July 1921
1000
South Dennis
East
Sept.
900
Orleans
Port Grammar
Hyannis Normal
Nov. 1917
1000
Harwichport
Magdaline Eldredge Madaline LeClaire
Port Primary
Hyannis Normal
June 1921
950
South Yarmouth
West
Lincoln Academy
June 1921
950
Monson, Me.
Mary A. Sylvia
No. Gram
( Harwich High Willimantic Sum- mer Course
Sept. 1920
1000
Harwich
Katherine A. Moriarty Laura E. Haskins
No. Primary
Rust Kindergarten
Sept. 1913
1000
Nashua, N. H.
Music & Drawing
Laselle Summer School
Dec. 1920
1400
Assonet, Mass.
Asst. High
Mt. Holyoke
Aug. “
1200
§ 79 Bartlett Ave.
B. Robert Graves Hillary M. LeClaire Ethel C. Hammond Ethalene B. Nickerson Joyce L. Ryder Flossie H. Chase
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BROOKS MEDAL WINNERS
Lydia L. Nickerson, High School, grade XII. Howard Bassett, Center Grammar, grade VIII. Beatrice Ramos, Center Intermediate, grade IV. Natalie Hardacker, Center Primary. grade II. Theodore C. Holmes, East, grade VIII. Salome Chase, West, grade VIII.
Ivan H. Small, Port Grammar, grade VIII. Charles S. Starkweather, Port Primary, grade IV. Annie Handler, North Grammar, Grade V. Minnie Rose, North Primary, Grade III.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES Harwich High School, Class of 1921 Exchange Hall. Harwich, Mass. Thursday Evening, June 23, at 8:15 o'clock
Program
Processional March Invocation
Rev. F. B. Noyes
Salutatory Address
Gladys Nickerson
Class History
Gladys Newcomb
Special Music
Poem, "Jean Depres," (Service) Lydia Nickerson
Oration
Clara Bassett
Piano Solo
Mr. Hunt
Class Prophecy
Cora Doane
Presentation of Gifts Esther Cahoon
School Chorus
Patriotic Medley
Class Will
Mary Lee
Valedictory Address Sylvia Hall
Presentation of Diplomas J. H. Paine, Chairman School Committee
Award of the High School Brooks Medal, Principal G. H. Daniels
Benediction
Rev. F. B. Noyes
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Clara Verna Bassett,
Scientific
Esther Doane Cahoon,
Scientific
Cora Eva Doane,
Classical
Sylvia Annie Hall,
Classical
Mary Martha Lee,
Classical
Gladys Ramona Newcomb, Classical
Gladys Marguerite Nickerson,
Classical
Lydia Louise Nickerson,
Classical
Class Motto-Launched But Not Anchored.
Class Colors-Blue and Silver.
Class Flower-Sweet Pea.
Faculty
George H. Daniels,
Principal
Emily V. White,
1st Assistant
Agnes G. Doggett,
2nd Assistant
B. Robert Graves,
Instructor in Agriculture
Laura E. Haskins,
Director of Music and Drawing
Superintendent Loring G. Williams
School Committee
John H. Paine, Charles H. Hammond, Joseph B. Atkins
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, Public Buildings
15
Sealer of Weights and Measures
16
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
16
Herring Brook Account
17
Suppression of Crime
17
Treasurer's Bond
18
Fish Wardens .
18
Moderator
18
.
·
·
Fire Warden
19
Second District Court
19
Brooks Library
20
Chase Library .
20
Harwichport Library
20 20
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths .
21 22
Hearings
Tax Collector's Commission
23
Insurance
23 24 24
General Repairs on Roads
25
Bridges
Fences and Rails
·
.
Snow
.
Patching Oil Roads .
.
Snow Inn Oil Road .
27
Crapo Oil Road
·
27 28 28
Milton Small Road .
.
Shell Oil Road .
28
Sawyer Road
29
Julien Road
29
West Harwich Depot Road
29
North Harwich Oil Road
29
New Brooks Road
30
West Harwich Kelley Road
30
Brooks Medals .
30
Shingling Exchange Building .
31
Exchange Building Plumbing .
31
Electric Lights
32
Cape Cod Farm Bureau
32
.
.
.
V
Interest
·
State Aid .
.
.
.
25 26 26 27
Emily F. Allen Road
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
·
.
.
Ambulance
.
.
.
World War Veterans
32
State Civilian War Poll Tax
32
Soldiers' Memorial .
32
Fire Truck Loan
33
North Harwich Oil Road Loan
33
South Harwich Oil Road Loan
33
Allen's Harbor Bridge Loan
33
Cemetery Lots 34
Settlement with Town Treasurer 35
Assets and Liabilities
36
Auditor's Reports
37, 45. 47, 52, 86, 87, 89, 91, 93.
Assessor's Report
38
Tax Abatements
39-42-44
Brooks Medal Fund
.
.
Tax Collector's Report
Report of Overseers of Poor:
Almshouse
48
Outside Poor
49
Poor of Other Cities and Towns
51
Summary Poor Account . .
.
.
Report of Road Commissioners :
East Section
54
Middle Section .
·
.
.
56
West Section
57
Snow
59
East Section
60
Middle Section
62
West Section
65
Bridges
67
.
45
46
. . .
.
51
.
.
.
Middle Section
68
West Section
68
Fences and Rails
69
East Section
69
. Middle Section .
69
West Section
70
Oil Road Patching
70
East Section
71
Middle Section .
71
West Section
72
East Section
73-74-76
Middle Section .
77-79-80
West Section
. 82-83-84-85
Report of Park Commissioners .
87
Report of Brooks Library Trustees
· 88
Librarian's Account .
89
Report of Trustees of Caleb Chase Fund
90
Treasurer's Report
92
Town Clerk's Report
94
Births
104
Births, Portugese
105
Marriages
106-107
Deaths
.
108-109
Town Meeting Warrant
.
.
· 111
.
.
School Committee Report:
Calendar .
3
Organization
4
Teachers' Salaries
6
Supervisor of Music and Drawing
7
Superintendent's Salary .
7
Health
7
Janitors
8
Transportation
·
8
Repairs and Incidentals
9
Permanent Repairs .
11
Miscellaneous .
11
Books and Supplies .
12
Agriculture
13
Recapitulation .
14
Estimates for 1922 .
15
Superintendent's Report .
16
Report of High School Principal
21
Report of Agricultural Department
.
26
Report of Supervisor of Music
29
Report of Supervisor of Drawing
30
Report of School Physician
31
Report of School Nurse
32
School Census .
33
Attendance Data
33
Enrollment by Grades
34
Corps of Teachers .
35
Brooks Medal Winners
36
Graduation Exercises
.
.
37
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.
8
Fuel .
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