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28.60
W. B. Eldredge, supplies
2.46
Ralph F. Gorham, labor and material
25.30
Wm. A. Eldridge, repairs
23.10
F. A. Small, stove and repairs
61.00
J. W. Bassett, sign boards
2.50
148.23
12 North Harwich
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Ralph Gorham, labor 34.82
Alpheus Howes, supplies 16.45
J. M. & S. B. Moody, material 19.35
L. M. Baker, supplies 2.18
E. L. V. & E. I. Bassett, labor and mat'l 37.93
E. A. Chipman, labor 14.50
H. G. Rogers, cleaning 26.80 .
R. W. Williams, moving stove 5.00
157.03
Total repairs and incidentals,
$732.02
PERMANENT REPAIRS
Winifred C. Sylvia, labor on toilet $28.00
Henry Small, labor on toilet 54.50
L. G. Williams, frt. and ctg. on tank and desks 33.00
J. M. & S. B. Moody, material for toilet 75.33
E. Harold Ellis labor on tank 8.00
Am. Sanitary Products Co. septic tank 135.00 American Seating Co., desks 305.86
R. W. Williams, carting desks 10.00
Charles N. Smart, window ventilators 49.50
699.19
13 OFFICE
L. G. Williams, telephone, telegrams, travel securing teachers, postage, express, etc. 92.54
1
Wright and Potter, state sheets
6.07
L. H. Underwood, clerical services 39.50
Webster Publishing Co., blanks 1.83
Royal Typewriter Co., share for district 28.00 Laban Snow, attendance officer and school census 70.75
238.69
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Scott, Forsman & Co.
$1.58
Goss Print, cards
2.25
D. C. Heath & Co.
34.15
American Book Co.
3.65
Courier des Etats Unis
12.00
Allyn & Bacon
57.75
Chemical Rubber Co.
2.05
H. W. Whittemore
1.35
Ginn & Co.
38.69
Charles Scribner's Sons
1.70
The Century Co.
2.08
Houghton Mifflin Co.
3.72
Benj. H. Sanborn ·
3.24
Silver, Burdett & Co.
60.93
Edward E. Babb & Co.
699.07
Oliver Ditson Co.
2.44
Tufts College Press
2.92
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The Beacon Press
3.42
P. L. Nickerson
1.85
The MacMillan Co.
13.17
G. P. Putnam's Sons
2.88
J. S. Latta, Inc.
1.02
D. Appleton & Co.
16.00
J. L. Hammett Co.
256.21
H. V. Jones, graduation
25.00
Milton Bradley Co.
55.84
D. F. Munroe Co.
16.40
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.
9.68
Strapflex Co.
.63
Ryan & Buker
16.44
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
57.80
Wright & Potter
7.58
C. C. Birchard & Co.
10.56
The Cable Co.
3.00
1,427.05
AGRICULTURE Expenditures
B. R. Graves, salary
$1,225.00
R. Arthur Lundgren, salary
383.34
Orange Judd Co., books
1.74
B. R. Graves, express
1.74
J. P. Lippincott Co., books
11.59
MacMillan Co., books
13.65
Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies
2.82
L. G. Williams, maps, etc.
1.98
H. F. Eldredge, filing saws
1.70
R. Arthur Lundgren, traveling expenses 15.00
1,658.56
15 Agricultural Income
Received from Smith-Hughes Fund 97.00
State Reimbursement 1,207.28
1,304.28
Net cost to town, $354.28
RECAPITULATION Available Funds
General town appropriation
$25,000.00 97.00
Smith-Hughes Fund
J. F. Tobey & Son, refund 3.93
Tufts College Press, refund
.64
Damage to North Harwich school house
1.00
Damage to school property
.70
25,103.27
Expenditures
Teachers' salaries
$12,888.54
Music and Drawing
600.00
Superintendent's salary
1,260.00
Janitor's wages
1,255.00
Transportation
3,300.00
Fuel
610.46
Repairs and incidentals
732.02
Books and supplies
1,427.05
Office expenses
238.69
Permanent repairs
699.19
Agriculture
1,658.56
Health
431.75
25,101.26
Balance unexpended $2.01
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We, the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Har- wich, have this day examined the books and vouchers of the School Committee and find the same correct.
EBENEZER WEEKES, FRANK I. SHACKLEY,
Jan. 4, 1923.
Auditors.
ESTIMATES FOR 1923
General school appropriation $25,000.00
25,000.00
Estimated income to be returned to
the town treasurer on account of
schools (amount received in
1922)
General School Fund Part I.
2,200.00
Agriculture
1,207.28
On Superintendent's salary
738.18
State Board Charity, tuitions
581.42
City of Boston, tuitions
751.04
5,477.92
Estimated net cost to town, $19,522.08
Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Harwich: Gentlemen :
In accordance with the requirement of the statute I am submitting the annual report of the condition, work and needs of the schools, this being my fifteenth in a series of thirty-two such reports.
In general the work of the school system has gone on during the past year in much the same way as in re- cent years. No striking changes nor spectacular progress has been made, but a strong, steady and almost noise- less forward movement has marked the work of the year. School officials have given thought and time to the con- sideration of the best welfare of the schools and have given the town a business-like administration.
Teachers, well prepared and generally with years of experience, have gone to their respective schools day by day during the year, meeting the pleasures and the problems of their schools in a spirit of faithfulness and loyalty. Children, to a great degree, have been 'in at- tendance having the right attitude toward work and life-parents have given their cooperation, support and loyalty.
The School Physician and School Nurse have faith- fully performed the duties of their positions; barge drivers and janitors have faithfully contributed to the success of the year.
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These are some of the things which go to make up school work. The greatest and best results are not nec- essarily preceded by red fire or the blaring of trumpets, but rather by teachers and children who go to their work with a quiet persistent, cheerful devotion to duty.
In particular some things have been done and con- sidered which may properly be mentioned and discussed in this report.
General repairs have been attended to so far as finances would permit. North Harwich and Harwichport have received installments of slate blackboards. At the High School the installation of a septic toilet has been a wide step forward in sanitation. New Moulthrop chair desks have replaced the old double non-adjustable type in the Center Intermediate.
The East Harwich school building was closed at the beginning of the fall term, the pupils being transported to Harwichport. An additional contract for transport- ation became necessary. This contract was awarded to B. Cleveland Bassett. All barges transporting school children are carrying insurance protecting children and the town against accident and injury. This is the first time that such insurance has been carried and we feel it is of great importance to all concerned.
Physical education has been introduced into the pro- grams of all schools. This subject is required by recent statute.
The course of study or the foundation for the work comes to us in form of a bulletin supplied by the State Director of Physical Education. The emphasis is now placed upon plays and games which will occupy the in- terest and attention of all pupils. From the great variety
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of games played children early learn the proper relation- ship between themselves and others-learn how to give and take-how to adjust themselves to winning and losing-to make proper adjustment to the world around them. This is Physical Education where not only bodily muscles are developed, but where the head and heart are developed, and is considered as great in educational value as are the academic subjects. Physical Education is nec- essary to health. Schools may not necessarily be the only place to get it, but the schools will be henceforth important factors on Physical Education and Health.
The work of the schools along health lines has not been confined to Physical Education alone. The work of the School Physician and the School Nurse has been done as outlined and every effort made to remedy defects and every precaution taken to protect against contagious disease. Miss Creelman and the teachers, in cooper- ation with the Farm Bureau, are carrying out nutrition instruction to pupils, and Miss Beal of the Farm Bureau is giving instruction to teachers and to groups of parents who desire such instruction.
The High School
If the Agricultural Department should be 'discon- tinued the courses and opportunities of the High school would resemble the courses of the High school forty years ago. To be sure, Community Civics, General Science and Biology are taught now, but we have no Commercial Department, no Manual Training Department, no House- hold Arts nor Domestic Sciences courses. These with other courses go to make a modern High school in the opinion of everybody. Probably if a vote were taken in
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Harwich a big majority would express themselves that there is a real demand for such courses in our High school and that they ought to be taught.
The only course or department resembling those men- tioned is the Agricultural Department, which is supported largely by the State. The town's financial burden this year because of the Department is about $350.00 . A bill is now drawn to be presented to the State Legislature, providing that the full salary of the instructor be paid by the State. This bill is likely to become a law; if so, Harwich is receiving the support of the Department just about free of expense. In a letter of approval just re- ceived from the Director of the Division of Vocational Education the three agents, i. e., of Supervision, Teacher Training and Administration, who supervise this De- partment have all three approved the work and the De- partment. The Department is costing very little and will cost much less should the above mentioned bill become law.
Until, at least, larger buildings and quarters can be procured for housing an up-to-date High school, with opportunities for wider selection and election of courses, it would seem extremely unwise to curtail rather than broaden the scope of the High school.
Grades seven, eight and nine usually are the grades included in a Junior High school. No such organization can be made under our present housing conditions. I call attention to this subject to show that under such organ- ization agriculture, home economics, manual training, commercial subjects, modern language, etc., may be offered to pupils of grades seven and eight as well as nine and above.
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If educators have learned anything from their study and experience, the Senior and Junior High organizations are tremendously important.
People of Harwich are interested in the welfare and prosperity of Harwich, and along with business ventures of some magnitude pushing to the front for consideration the housing of the schools is a matter which demands immediate attention. Some move should be made in the coming town meeting to arrange for a very thorough in- vestigation of the town's needs in relation to its schools.
Salary Schedule
"A trained teacher in every school" in New England is a slogan of the New England Superintendent's Associ- ation. The definition of "trained teacher' is given as one having two years of preparation beyond the High school, or the equivalent. What this means to some states is shown by the situation in which Maine finds herself- of about 6,000 teachers only 2,200, or about one-third, are "trained teachers." This does not mean so much to Massachusetts and to Harwich. Of thirteen teachers employed in Harwich ten have Normal School or College diplomas, one is a graduate of a city Training School, and two others from study, summer courses and experi- ence may well be considered equivalents. We are fortun- ate in our corps of teachers. The time will soon come in Massachusetts, however, when a "trained teacher" in every school will be a fact. But there is something more than holding a diploma necessary to make a good teacher -she must almost constantly apply herself to the study of her profession and take summer and extension courses as often as once in three to five years. She thus keeps
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up-to-date in methods and management-keeps fresh and sweet, filled with interest and enthusiasm for her work. Such teachers become a real investment for a town, yield- ing large dividends in an improved and more intelligent citizenship-and the town should in turn offer such financial inducements as will encourage teachers to un- dertake courses for self-improvement and become per- manently located in our town.
The adoption of a salary schedule and offering as an inducement for attendance at summer school the sum of fifty dollars extra would be a great benefit to the schools. I am making this as a recommendation and will present such a schedule for your consideration.
Your attention is hereby directed to the accompany- ing reports and tables.
In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation for your hearty support and the cooperation of the teachers and parents.
Respectfully,
LORING G. WILLIAMS, Superintendent of Schools.
Harwich, January 2, 1923.
Report of High School Principal
Supt. Loring G. Williams,
Harwich, Mass.
The first noticeable and important difference be- tween the fall term of 1921 and this fall term is the immediate start in every part of the school work ap- parent this year.
Our social events to date have been numerous and varied. The different school organizations have start- ed early this year to meet their budgets and the pros- pect is that a more even distribution of school social events will prevail this year.
One new organization has been formed which promises to grow into real school prominence-the High School Orchestra. Rehearsals are held every Monday at 3 p. m. under the direction of Miss Haskins. Any pupil of any grade in Harwich interested to play any instrument, either band or orchestral, is invited to be at the High School Building and practice with the High School Orchestra at 3 p. m. on Mondays.
The base ball team had a very successful season; the prospect of a still better one next spring is not to be overlooked. Our basket ball team is playing games under no-place-to-practice handicap; in spite of the ad- verse conditions the team will register wins before the season closes.
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Mr. Schrader, Supervisor of Physical Education in Massachusetts, stated at a recent teachers' convention, "A great part of our children are physically illiterate." He further explained that exercise is vastly different from play, and very few children have been taught to play properly-they have not had interesting games, suitable equipment nor proficient directors.
In order to remedy this "Physically Illiterate" condition Massachusetts has adopted a new Play Pro- gram. Last February the State Legislature passed a law requiring all public schools to include Physical Education in its list of Required Subjects. Our high school is organized on a "Forty minutes Supervised Play every day" basis. Every pupil is required by the above law to take part.
Excuse from Play can be accepted for any tem- porary disabilty by the teacher directing the boys or the girls. No teacher can excuse any pupil from Sup- ervised Play permanently. An examination by the school doctor proving to his satisfaction Physical In- capacity, is the only excuse to be accepted.
We are fortunate this year to obtain a girls' Physical Instructor with seven years' playground experience. Miss Keliher has for the past three years been Phys- ical Director of the Taunton City Playgrounds. At present she is tremendously handicapped by lack of things to play with such as basket ball facilities, vol- ley balls, hand balls etc. We hope to be able gradually to overcome this handicap.
The High School pupils have recently published a school paper; this year is the first since the last issue,
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of Pine Grove Echoes appeared in 1909 that Harwich High has had a paper. The name of the new publica- tion is "Oak Leaves." The plan of the editorial staff is to have two more issues, one at Easter and a final Commencement number. The Christmas issue shows real cooperation and is a very creditable production in every respect.
Harwich has still to overcome in its schools a shortage of room. We still need to have all of our pu- pils in fewer and larger buildings. The biggest excuse we can offer for the lack of either a Domestic Science Course or a Commercial Course or Manual Training in the High School is: "We have no room for them."
The quality of work being done this year in the High School is better than last year. This improve- ment may to an extent be due to our acquisition of a rather limited number of up-to-date reference books, or it may be partly attributed to our new encyclopedia ; perhaps this better quality of work is the result of a better school spirit which is undoubtedly growing, or it may be due to a greater interest manifested by the par- ents in the High school activities.
I am convinced that cooperation of parents with pupils and teachers has improved the quality of our school work in at least one respect: this cooperation has assured regular work. Our absences and tardi- nesses are tremendously lessened this year.
Just as a jeweler must first examine the working of a watch in order to be able later to understand the probable reasons for its inefficiency or efficiency, just so it seems that Harwich people may properly be invited to
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visit Harwich Schools while they are working, so to find the reasons for the kind of Future Citizens they are producing.
Respectfully submitted,
H. V. JONES.
Report of Agricultural Department
Superintendent L. G. Williams,
Harwich, Mass.
Dear Sir :
Coming as I do at the very close of the year. this report must deal with the conditions as I find them.
The projects of the boys who were in school were all in good shape and the boys all seemed quite inter- ested in their work. This year all of the members of the class have started year round project work together with their class work, and everything is going nicely.
From the viewpoint of the outsider arriving here from a place where conditions are quite different, there are several startling and practical propositions which are apparent along agricultural lines, in which there are some very promising opportunities. To use the chances that come to us is our duty, and with the natural chances and openings here there should be quite a prominent agricultural tendency. To open up the eyes and desires of the agricultural student to ob- serve the natural resources surrounding him is one of the big jobs of the coming year.
It is hoped that we shall be able to show our ear- nestness in purpose and desire to help by co-operation with the town's people.
Respectfully submitted,
R. A. LUNDGREN, Agricultural Instructor.
Report of Supervisor of Music
Mr. Loring G. Williams,
Superintendent of Schools of Harwich.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my second annual report on Music in the Harwich schools.
I feel that the work has progressed and that the lower grades and outside schools are getting a good foundation upon which a good knowledge of Music can be built. A finished production in the High School cannot be expected until a thorough training is given in the grades.
The Grammar room Music has been a problem which we hope may soon be solved. We have ob- tained the piano which was in the East Harwich School. It needs some fixing, but when it is put in order I think it will prove to be a great help. There is good mate- rial there which should be assisted in every possible way in being developed.
If the work in the Primary and Intermediate grades continues to so rapidly progress I want to start sight reading classes, which will aid greatly in the ease and speed of reading new songs.
The Glee Clubs, boys and girls, for want of new material have been singing old favorites. A new girls' Glee Book has been lately used and a new boys' book ordered which will provide good material for the year.
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A new venture in the form of school orchestra has been started. Much enthusiasm is shown and I hope much entertainment and benefit may be gained. Instrumental music is as important as vocal. Many who find vocal work difficult can derive great pleasure in this form of entertainment.
I wish the boys and girls, especially of the High School, could realize the part music has all through life and would take advantage of every opportunity during school life to be able to discern the best at all times.
Respectfully, LAURA E. HASKINS, Supervisor of Music.
Report of Supervisor of Drawing
Mr. Loring G. Williams,
Superintendent of Schools of Harwich.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my second annual report of Draw- ing.
The majority of children like Drawing. It is a pleasure to work with the little ones. There are so many new, attractive ways of presenting an old subject.
The Applied Art Course which I started last year is being successfully carried on. It gives the pupils prac- tical ideas which can be extended beyond the school room into the home.
Imagination and originality are being developed, which shows in most of the work passed in by the High School pupils.
Many people think that the talent for drawing be- longs to a very few. This is not so. It is the result of determined effort. The Appreciation of Art can be de- veloped in everyone even if the technique of all is not equal. As someone has said of genius, so is it true of every line of life : "Nine-tenths perspiration and one-
tenth inspiration."
Respectfully,
LAURA E. HASKINS,
Supervisor of Drawing.
Report of School Physician
Mr. Loring G. Williams, Superintendent of Schools,
Harwich Massachusetts.
Relating to inspection of pupils of the elementary grades in the Town of Harwich for the School Session of 1922-23 I submit the following report.
The schools have for a long period, been free from epidemic diseases and the general health of the pupils is up to a high standard. There are however a great many discrepancies in weight and height, some alarmingly under and some over the standard for age.
The most urgent attention of the parents is, how- ever, called to the condition of the teeth and to the throat. A considerably more than half of the children have poor teeth that should be looked after. The ar- rangement for dental clinics is urged that the pupils may go to a dentist and have careful examination of their teeth at regular intervals and have done what may be necessary before the loss of the decaying member.
Several children need to have their throats looked after and adenoids removed as well as the removal or treatment of tonsils. In these cases notices will be for- warded to the parents in order that they may receive the needed attention.
I am at this time filing with you an individual
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and detailed report, too voluminous to be incorporated in this report, referring to the physical condition of every child in the elementary grades who was present at the time of the annual inspection. A considerable time has been taken to get this individual report into shape and it seems to me that it would be of some value in keeping run of the children from year to year. Last year a copy of the same kind was prepared for your office and delivered. By keeping these on file you will have a yearly report that will show the coopera- tion that the parents are giving the matter of health in their children and the files will become more and more valuable as time advances as a matter of refer- ence.
Respectfully, H. D. HANDY, School Physician.
Report of School Nurse
Mr. Loring G. Williams,
Superintendent of Schools, Harwich, Mass. Dear Sir:
I am pleased to report that there has been very little sickness among the school children during the past year. Since the schools opened this term there have been a few cases of tonsilitis and some have been out with colds.
Several children had their tonsils operated upon last summer during vacation, but there are a number more who have enlarged tonsils and would be greatly benefitted if they could have this operation performed.
Arrangements have been made for those who need glasses or who need to have their glasses changed, to attend the eye clinic in Hyannis if they wish to.
The children's teeth, taken as a unit, are in better condition than last year, but there is a great deal of dental work that should be done, and many home visits have been made to urge the parents to have their chil- dren's teeth taken care of.
Each school is visited once a week, and any sick- ness reported by the teachers is investigated and, if necessary followed up by a home visit especially when a child is taken ill in school and sent home.
Respectfully,
ADA S. CREELMAN,
School Nurse.
34 SCHOOL CENSUS, APRIL 1, 1922
Boys Girls T'tls
Persons in town between 5 and 7 years
16
19
35
Persons in town between 7 and 14 years
84
101
185
Persons in town between 14 and 16 years
22
19
41
Illiterates between 16 and 21 years
none reported
Totals
122
139
261
ATTENDANCE DATA, JUNE, 1922
Number state wards attending
20
Number résident pupils enrolled
272
Total enrollment
292
Aggregate attendance
43,707
Average daily attendance
253
Average membership
275
Percentage of attendance
92
Number of days in session, High
186
Number of days in session, Elementary
169
35 ENROLLMENT BY GRADES December, 1922
SCHOOL
GRADE
BOYS
GIRLS
TOTALS
High .
XII
12
3
15
XI
8
5
13
X
13
3
16
IX
5
11
16 -- 60
Center Grammar
VIII
2
10
12
VII
11
10
21-33
Center Intermediate
VI
6
9
15
V
4
3
7
IV
8
5
13-
-35
Center Primary
III
7
4
11
II
3
5
8
I
10
8
18
37
Port Grammar .
VIII
3
6
9
VII
1
4
5
VI
6
3
9
V
3
1
4-27
Port Primary
IV
4
3
7
III
3
6
9
II
2
1
3
I
6
4
10-29
North Grammar
VII
1
3
4
VI
5
2
7
V
3
4
7
IV
0
4
4-22
North Primary .
III
2
4
6
II
4
3
7
I
4
4
8-21
West .
VI
1
2
3
V
3
1
4
IV
1
5
6
III
1
1
II
0
2
2
I
0
1
1-17
Totals
141
140
281
CORPS OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1923
NAME
SCHOOL
PREPARATION
DATE OF APPOINTMENT
ANNUAL SALARY
HOME ADDRESS
H. V. Jones Ruth V. Weston
Prin. High
Tufts, 1921
July 1921
$2000
No. Livermore, Me.
Asst. High
Mt. Holyoke
May 1922
1250
Georgetown, Mass.
Katherine M. Keliher
Asst. High
Boston University
Nov. 1922
1200
Taunton. Mass.
Agr'l Dept.
M. A. C.
2000
Orange, Mass.
R. Arthur Lundgren Hillary M. LeClaire Ethel C. Hammond
Ctr. Grammar
Lincoln Academey
Dec. 1919
1300
Monson, Me.
Ctr. Inter
Gloucester Training
July 1920
950
Gloucester
Ethalene B. Nickerson
Ctr. Primary
Johnson, Vt. Normal July 1921
1000
South Dennis
Flossie H. Chase
Port Grammar
Hyannis Normal
Nov. 1917
1000
Harwichport
Magdalene Chase
Port Primary
Hyannis Normal
June 1921
950
So. Yarmouth
Lillian L. Williams
West
Framingham Normal April 1922
1000
Harwich
Mary A. Sylvia
North Grammar
Willimantic Sum- mer Course
Sept. 1920
1000
Harwich
Katherine A. Moriarty Laura E. Haskins
North Primary Music & Drawing
Rust Kindergarten Lasalle Summer School
Sept. 1913
1000
Nashua, N. H.
Dec. 1920
1500
Assonet
for the
district
Harwich High
37 BROOKS MEDAL WINNERS
Martha Farham, High School, grade XII. Helene Cahoon, Center Grammar, Grade VIII. Edith Crabe, Center Intermediate, grade V. William R. Chase, Center Primary, grade II. Russell Morrison, East, grade V. Wallace M. Skinner, West, grade VI. Mary Josephine Nickerson, Port Grammar, grade VII. Dorothy M. Ellis, Port Primary, grade IV. Evelyn Crabe, North Grammar, grade V. Evelyn S. Rose, North Primary, grade III.
38 GRADUATION EXERCISES Harwich High School, Class of 1922 Exchange Hall, Harwich, Mass. Friday evening, June 23, at 8:15 o'clock.
Processional March
Invocation
Rev. F. B. Noyes
Greeting
Martha Farham
Gifts
Dorothy Erma Williams
Special Music School
Fortune's Wheel
Agnes Helen Atkins
Character
Norwell Francis Burgess
Special Music
School
Address
Frank W. Wright
Director, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and Normal Schools
Presentation of Diplomas J. B. Atkins
Award of the High School Brooks Medal Principal H. V. Jones
Benediction
Rev. F. B. Noyes !
Recessional
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Class of 1922
Agnes Helen Atkins Martha Farham
Alice Dunbar Berry
Norwell Francis Burgess
Vivian Frances Doane
Abraham Sherman Handler
Henry Brooks Raneo
Dorothy Erma Williams
Honor Group
Average of B or above for four years' work.
Agnes Helen Atkins
Vivian Frances Doane
Alice Dunbar Berry
Martha Farham
Norwell Francis Burgess
Dorothy Erma Williams
Diplomas not awarded to Agricultural pupils until suc- cessful completion of fall project.
CLASS MOTTO: "Out of School Life into Life's School" CLASS COLORS: Blue and Gold CLASS FLOWER: Forget me not
Faculty
H. V.Jones Rachael K. Osgood
Principal
Assistant
Ruth V. Weston
Assistant
B. Robert Graves Laura E. Haskins
Instructor of Agriculture Director of Music and Drawing
Superintendent Loring G. Williams
John H. Paine
School Committee Joseph B. Atkins Henry M. Small
INDEX
Town Officers
3
Selectmen's Report: .
Tax Abatements
5
State and County Tax
5
National Bank Tax .
6
Anticipation of Revenue .
.
6
Almshouse
8
Outside Poor
8
Poor of Other Cities and Towns
.
8
Town Officers .
9 10
Schools and Transportation
·
11
Exchange Account
11
Board of Health
12
Miscellaneous
13
Repairs, Public Buildings
15
Sealer of Weights and Measures
15
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
15
Herring Brook Account .
16
Suppression of Crime
.
·
16
Treasurer's Bond
17
Fish Wardens
17
Moderator
18
Fire Warden
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State Macadam Tax
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Election Officers
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Second District Court
19
Brooks Library
19
Chase Library .
19
Harwichport Library
20
Ambulance
20
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths .
20
Hearings .
22
Tax Collector's Commission
22
Insurance
23
Interest
23
State Aid .
24
General Repairs on Road
24
Bridges .
25
Fences and Rails
25
Snow
26
Patching Oil Roads .
26
Bank Street
27
Railway Bridge
27
Cyrus Baker Road
27
Allen's Harbor Road
28 28
Harwich-Brewster Road .
28
Nathan Nickerson Road .
29
Pleasant Bay Road .
29 29
Allen's Harbor Bridge
30
Fire Truck Loan
30
Electric Lights
30 30
Health Bureau
31
Visiting Nurse
31
Town Forest
31
Soldiers' Memorial
31
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Division Street
South Harwich Oil Road Loan
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Cape Cod Farm Bureau
Brooks Medal . 31 Cemetery Lots 32
Settlement with Town Treasurer 34
Assets and Liabilities
34
Auditor's Reports
35, 39, 40, 42, 48, 75, 76, 78, 80, 84
Assessors' Report
36
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Tax Collector's Report
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41
Report of Overseers of Poor:
Almshouse 43
Outside Poor .
45
Poor of Other Cities and Towns ·
46
Summary Poor Account . .
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47
Report of Road Commissioners:
East Section
50
Middle Section
52
West Section
54
Snow
56
Middle Section
56
East Section
58
West Section
60
Bridges
62
West Section
62
Fences and Rails
63
East Section
64
Middle Section
64
West Section
65
Oil Road Patching
65
Middle Section
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37, 38 39
Brooks Medal Fund · .
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Middle Section-Special Bank Street
Brewster Road
69
East Section-Nathan Nickerson Road
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West Section-Allen Harbor Road .
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Division Street
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Middle Section-Special Cemetary Road
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66 John Allen Road .
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Report of Park Commissioners 76
Report of Brooks Library Trustees . 77 .
Librarian's Account . 78
Report of Trustees of Caleb Chase Fund .
79
Treasurer's Report 81 .
Town Clerk's Report
85
Births:
94, 95
Marriages
96, 97
Deaths
98, 99 100
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Report of Chief Examiner
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Town Meeting Warrant
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School Committee Report:
Calendar .
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Organization
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Teachers' Salaries
7
Supervisor of Music and Drawing
8
Superintendent's Salary .
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Health
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Pleasant Bay Road
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Dog Licenses
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Janitors
9
Transportation
9
Fuel .
9
Repairs and Incidentals
10
Permanent Repairs .
12
Office
13
Books and Supplies .
13
Agriculture
14
Recapitulation .
15
Estimates for 1923 .
16
Superintendent's Report .
17
Report of High School Principal
23
Report of Agricultural Department
27
Report of Supervisor of Music
28
Report of Supervisor of Drawing
30
Report of School Physician
31
Report of School Nurse
33
School Census .
34
Attendance Data
34
Enrollment by Grades
35
Corps of Teachers
36
Brooks Medal Winners
37
Graduation Exercises
38
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