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Place of Marriage Harwich Port, Mass.
Yarmouth, Mass.
Harwich Center, Mass. Haverhill Mass.
25 Chatham Port, Mass.
35. Nov. 16 Clifton M. Morin
22 Harwich Port, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass.
45 Harwich Port, Mass.
Stoughton, Mass. West Harwich, Mass.
West Harwich, Mass.
39.
Dec. 2 Manuel Santos Fortunata DeMiranda
30 Harwich Port, Mass.
45 Harwich Center, Mass.
DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF HARWICH - 1950
No.
Date
Name
Age
Disease
Place of Death
1.
Jan.
6 Francis Page Bearse
65
Bacterial endocorditer
Barnstable, Mass.
2.
Jan.
23 Jennie Fonseca (Correia)
66
Diabetis
Barnstable, Mass. Harwich Center, Mass.
3.
Jan. 28
Theodor Hoiby
67
Coronary thrombosis
4.
Feb. 2
Edith Lowell Tobey
67 Myocarditis
Harwich Center, Mass
5.
Feb. 3 Paul Raymond Lake
38
Coronary occlusion
East Harwich, Mass.
6. Feb. 15
Laura Sears Cummings
72
Abdominal Carcinoma
Barnstable, Mass.
7.
Mar. 4
Emerson Albert Higgins
78
Chronic Myocarditis
8.
Mar. 10
9. Mar. 13 William Brooks Enos
75
Arterio Sclerosis
10.
April 2
John Barnes Lee
83
Cerebral thrombosis
Barnstable, Mass. West Harwich, Mass.
11.
April 18
Ulysses Sherman Davis
87
Coronary thrombosis
North Harwich, Mass.
12.
April 22 Clara Estelle Rogers
76 Chronic Myocarditis
Harwich Port, Mass.
13.
April 22
Maurice Clifton Eldridge
74 Coronary occlusion
Harwich Port, Mass.
14.
April 27
Ernest Moore Bolles
98 Arterio sclerosis
Milford, Mass.
16.
May 13 Chester T. Baker
72 Coronary thrombosis
Pleasant Lake, Mass.
17. May
19 Prince E. Hall
86
Broncho pneumonia
Barnstable, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass.
18.
May 21
William Percy Hammersley
3 mos.
Bronco pneumonia
Harwich Center, Mass.
20.
May 30
John Peter Nickerson
74
Cerebral hemorrhage
21.
May 28
Frances M. Gordon
89
Arterio slerotic heart
22.
June 3 Harold Burpee Beattie
63
Coronary thrombosis
23.
June 11
Martha Emma Hall
86
Miteal Stenosis
24. June 23
Isabelle Graham Ellis
64
Myocardial Infraction
25.
July 6 Abisha Maurice Doane
89
Coronary thrombosis
26.
July 9 Arthur Burnham Cowdery
78 Arterio Scherlosis
Harwich Port, Mass.
27. July 19 Donald Gillis Barr
79 Coronary thrombosis
West Harwich, Mass.
28.
July 19 Robert Bartholomew Stoutenburgh
67 Coronary thrombosis
West Harwich, Mass.
78
Cerebral hemorrhage
East Harwich, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass.
Norton F. Thomas
84 Coronary thrombosis
Barnstable, Mass.
15.
May 3 Eucela M. Bourne
74 Cerebral hemorrhage
19.
May 24 Kathleen Marie Rose
Boston, Mass. Taunton, Mass Harwich Port, Mass. Yarmouth, Barnstable, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass. Mass.
DEATHS - Continued
No. Date
Name
Age
Disease
Place of Death
29. July 26 Lawrence Carlton Homer
57
Coronary thrombosis
30. July 10 Mary Ellen Small
73
Coronary . thrombosis
31. July
25 Roswell S. Eldredge
74
Myocardial infraction
32. Aug.
1 Dalton Lloyd Thurston
55
Cerebral hemorrhage
33.
Aug. 3 Florence M. Greenwood
34.
Aug. 4 Victor L. Schaeffer
51
Coronary sclerosis
35. Aug. 5 Benjamin Bates Handren
79
Coronary thrombosis
36. Aug. 1 Minnie Raneo
70
Carcinoma pancreas
37. Aug. 7 Alice Kodak
54
Rheumatic heart
88 Cerebral thrombosis
50 Carcinomatosis
40. Sept. 15 Jane Catherine Nickerson
41. Sept. 24 John F. Burke
71 Carcinoma liver
Harwich Port, Mass.
42. Oct. 12 Robert A. Burns
63 Coronary occlusion
South Harwich, Mass.
43.
Oct. 3 Caroline B. Crowell
63 Internal obstructions
44. Oct. 23 Isabelle Cutler Blanke
77 Coronary occlusion
45. Oct. 29 William Henry Doble
88 Coronary thrombosis
46. Nov. 12 William James Rix
57 Coronary thrombosis
47. Nov. 20 Etty Hamilton
71 Pulmonary embolism
48. Nov. 28 Mabelle A. Doane
72 Carcinoma of Stomach
49. Dec. 19 Mary Ann Byrne Kelly
85 Cerrhosis of liver
69 Carcinoma of sigmoid colon
Harwich Center, Mass. West Harwich, Mass.
50. Dec. 30 Owen A. O'Neil
Harwich Port, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
Pleasant Lake, Mass. Taunton, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass. West Harwich, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass.
38. Aug. 25 Dorcas M. Ellis
39. Aug. 29 Olivia Rogers Childs
78 Myocraditis
Harwich Port, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass. West Harwich, Mass.
Harwich Port, Mass. South Harwich, Mass. Buffalo, N. Y.
65 Coronary occlusion
BODIES BROUGHT TO HARWICH FOR INTERNMENT - 1950
No. Date
Name
Age
Disease
Place of Burial
1.
Jan. 21
Marguerite Olmsted Chase
75
Coronary thrombosis
Pine Grove, W. H.
2.
Jan.
2
Florentine Ryder
91 Arterio sclerosis
Evergreen, E. H.
3.
Jan.
8 Frank H. Baker
81 Broncho pneumonia
Evergreen, E. H.
4.
Jan.
12 Mary Jeanette Lincoln
61 Coronary thrombosis
No. Harwich, N. H.
5.
Jan. 18 Elisha Brown Snow
92 Cerebral hemorrhage
Pine Grove, W. H.
6.
Mar.
16 Frances Madden Hennessy
82
Cancer of Stomach
Pine Grove, W. H.
7.
Mar.
25 Gordan Ritchie
72
Cancer of Stomach
Pine Grove, W. H.
8.
Mar. 27
Henry L. Reed
78 Carcinoma
Pine Grove, W. H.
10.
May 5
Marshall Edward Kelley
67 Carcinoma lung
Kelley Cem., H. C.
11.
July
6 Harvey Illsley Tweddell
76 Carcinoma stomach
Evergreen, E. H. Evergreen, E. H.
13.
Aug. 7 Sorren Richard Arneson
30 Fracture spine
Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
14.
Aug.
7 Rosamond Ellis Arneson
24 Fracture spine
Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
15.
Sept. 7
Eldridge Crocket
43 Asphyxia
No. Harwich, N. H.
16.
Sept.
23
Amelia R. Taylor
87 Broncho pneumonia
Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
17.
Sept. 29
Chrissie Frances Ripley
67 Carcinoma of Colon
No. Harwich, N. H.
18.
Oct.
14 Ethel J. Crosby
59
Septicemia
No. Harwich, N. H.
19.
Oct.
28
Harry C. Handren
73
Carcinoma prostrate
20. Oct.
30
Annie Grace Small
69
Arthritis
Church Cem. H. C. Island Pond, H. C. Evergreen, E. H. Island Pond, H. C.
22. Nov. 23
Myra Clark
74
Cancer of liver
No. Harwich, N. H.
23. Dec. 26
Ethel May Gray
81 Carcinoma pancreas
So. Harwich, S. H.
24. Sept. 9
Hattie F. Loveland
2 hrs.
21.
Nov. 3
Ennis
79 Myocarditis
12.
July
18 Mary L. Bassett Eldridge
80 Cerebral hemorrhage
9. April 11
Hattie L. Robertson
62 Cancer of Stomach
Catholic, H. C.
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Report of School Committee and
Superintendent of Schools
For The Year Ending December 31, 1950
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1950
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Channing N. Baker, Chairman Mrs. Margaret Leonard, Secretary E. Gorham Nickerson
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1952 Term expires 1953
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Herbert E. Hoyt, A.M.
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE Edward E. Taylor
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS Arthur J. D'Elia, M.D. Norris G. Orchard, M.D.
SCHOOL NURSE Adelyn J. Peabody, R.N.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Expended 1950
Needed
1951
General Control:
Superintendent of Schools:
Enforcement of Law -- Salaries
$3,829.96
Other expenses of General Control
607.33
$4,437.29
$4,550.00
Instruction :
Supervisors
5,368.81
Principals and Teachers
63,131.55
Textbooks
1,806.23
Supplies
3,797.11
74,103.70
84,800.00
Operation :
Janitors
8,375.29
Fuel
3,292.08
Miscellaneous (Electricity, Supplies, etc.)
4,454.96
16,122.33
19,416.00
Maintenance:
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
3,753.14
3,753.14
3,000.00
Auxiliary Agencies :
Libraries
539.58
Health: Nurse and Supplies, Physician
475.64
Transportation
9,242.50
Lunch: High-Supplies and Services (To 11/1/50)
6,731.00
Lunch: Elem .- Supplies and Services (To 11/1/50)
9,500.07
Miscellaneous: Athletics,
Graduation, Telephone,
Carting, Films, etc.
1,415.40
27,904.19
12,925.00
Outlay:
New Grounds and Buildings
New Equipment
1,343.18
1,343.18
2,000.00
$127,663.83
$126,691.00
1950 Appropriation Refunds
$131,297.00
21.57
$131,318.57
1950 Expenditure
127,663.83
Unexpended
$3,654.74
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NET COST OF SCHOOLS - 1950
Expenditure
Accounts Receivable :
School Funds and State Aid
Chapter 70
$11,213.97
City of Boston: Tuition and Transportation
355.67
Chapter 70-School Transportation
4,897.38
School Lunch:
Receipts from sales-High
(To September 1, 1950) $3,664.94
Receipts from sales-Elem.
(To September 1, 1950)
4,324.95
*Federal Subsidy
(To September 1, 1950)
2,092.95
Visiting Nurse Assoc.
(To September 1, 1950)
295.60
¡Town of Harwich
(To September 1, 1950)
29.60
Telephone refunds :
Town of Chatham $68.58
Town of Eastham 17.19
Town of Orleans 51.85
137.62
Rental of High School
Auditorium
10.00
Shop material to pupils
62.31
Telephone (High School Collections )
1.70
10,619.67
27,086.69
Net cost of schools-1950 $100,577.14
* Federal Subsidy: Does not include $982.31 received in 1950 on account of 1949 reimbursement claims.
¡ Town of Harwich: Does not include $25.00 billed in 1949 but received in 1950.
SPECIAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACCOUNT (Effective November 1, 1950)
High School:
Available Funds (*Federal Subsidy Receipts from September 1, 1950) $911.89
Sale of lunches, September, October, November, December, 1950 2,495.62
$3,407.51
Expended (from November 1, 1950)
1,405.72
(To carry forward to 1951 available unexpended funds ) * Includes $316.24 claimed for November and December, 1950, not received De- cember 31, 1950)
$2,001.79
$127,663.83
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NET COST OF HIGH SCHOOL HOT LUNCH PROGRAM Expended :
From Appropriation (January 1 to November 1, 1950)
$6,731.00
From Revolving Fund (November and December, 1950)
1,405.72
January 1, 1950 Inventory
67.43
$8,204.15
Receipts :
Sale of school lunches
$6,160.56
Federal Subsidy Receipts
1,584.21
$7,744.77
December 31, 1950 Inventory
75.00
$7,819.77
Expended 1950
$8,204.15
Receipts 1950
7,819.77
Net cost High School Lunch Program Elementary School:
$384.38
Available Funds (¿Federal Subsidy Receipts from September 1, 1950)
$1,835.73
Sale of lunches (from September 1, 1950)
3,409.30
§Town of Harwich (from September 1, 1950)
50.40
$5,295.43
Expended (from November 1, 1950)
2,123.51
Unexpended (To carry forward to 1951 available funds)
$3,171.92
¿ Includes $1,078.51 claimed for October,
November and December, 1950, not re-
ceived December 31, 1950.
§ Includes $11.20 claimed for December, 1950, not received December 31, 1950.
NET COST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOT LUNCH PROGRAM
Expended (from Appropriation January 1 to November 1, 1950)
$9,500.07
From Revolving Fund
(November 1, 1950, to December 31, 1950)
2,123.51
$11,623.58
January 1, 1950 Inventory
235.75
$11,859.33
Receipts :
Sale of School Lunches
$7,734.25
Federal Subsidy Receipts
3,283.36
Visiting Nurse Association
295.60
Town of Harwich
80.00
$11,393.21
$8,136.72
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December 31, 1950 Inventory
436.95
Expended Receipts
11,830.16
Net cost, 1950
$29.17
Requested for School Lunch-1951: High Elementary
$1,000.00 1,000.00
$2,000.00
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR 1950
1950 Appropriation-Tuition Expended
$800.00
47.20
Unexpended
$752.80
1950 Appropriation-Practical Arts Class
$500.00
Expended
$468.00
Unexpended
$32.00
Reimbursement for year ending August 31, 1949: Practical Arts Classes
$12.00
Requested for 1951
$1,050.00
HIGH SCHOOL PLAYGROUND
Balance carried to 1950
from 1949 Appropriation
$413.75
Expended-1950
410.00
Unexpended (Returned to Revenue) $3.75
SPECIAL WATERPROOFING ACCOUNT (Harwich High School)
Appropriation $5,000.00
Expended 4,824.00
Unexpended (Returned to Revenue) $176.00 EMERGENCY TRANSFER (Hurricane damage-Harwich High School) Transfer $1,595.00
Expended 1,595.00
REPORT OF THE JOHNSON-ULM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Financial Statement
Total of Fund
$35,000.00
Working fund, Jan. 1, 1950
$722.89
$11,830.16 $11,859.33
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March 1950 dividend
437.50
April bank interest
1.94
September 1950 dividend
437.50
October bank interest
6.89
$1,606.72
$36,606.72
Expended for Scholarships
950.00
Statement of account as of Dec. 31, 1950
$35,656.72
Tuition scholarships have been granted to the follow- ing for the school year 1950-1951:
Frances Baker
Antioch
Elaine Hopkins
U. of Pennsylvania
Deborah Knox
Boston University
Anne Laidlaw
Bryn Mawr
Harold Nickerson
U. of Massachusetts
Bruce Sprinkle
Springfield
Jane Tobey
Bates
Patricia Washburn
Boston University
PAUL A. MORRIS, Chairman CHANNING N. BAKER E. GORHAM NICKERSON
MRS. E. JAMES LEONARD
HERBERT E. HOYT, Secretary Johnson-Ulm Memorial Scholarship Committee
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Harwich :
Following the February elections, the Harwich School Committee was organized with Mr. Channing Baker as Chairman and Mrs. Margaret Leonard as Secretary. The Committee has met twice each month throughout the year.
The most pressing problem for the coming year stems from the rapid growth in our school population. For a full discussion of this problem, we refer you to the reports of the Superintendent and of the Elementary Principal. We feel that under existing world conditions it would not be wise to recommend large expenditures for an addition to the Elementary School. Not only are costs at an all time high, but building materials are becoming more diffi- cult to obtain. It would probably be impossible to complete any addition to the new school in time for occupancy next fall. Moreover, the fact that our school population may decline if the world situation becomes more critical leads us to the conclusion that at the present time it would be more practical to again occupy the Brooks Academy Building. This would allow us to divide grades four and five, thus keeping our teacher loads below 30, which is the maximum for best results.
Another project which the School Committee is plan- ning to adopt for the coming year is the establishment of a public kindergarten. This is a project which has been under consideration for several years, but has been post- poned because of more pressing problems. Some of our children have had the advantage of attending private kindergartens, but many others enter the first grade without having learned to adjust to work with a group. As a result, the first grade teachers must spend a large proportion of the time during the first part of the year in teaching the children how to work together. The kinder- garten has proved so successful in other towns that it has become an accepted part of the school program, and we believe it should be adopted for Harwich.
The extension of the school program as outlined will, of course, increase the net cost of our schools. Due to the fact that the cost of the hot lunch program is now being
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paid from proceeds, the total school budget will not in- crease for the next year. We believe that the citizens will approve these expenditures as necessary for the kind of educational program we wish to develop in the Town of Harwich. It is interesting to note that although our total school costs have increased during the last few years, our school population has increased at the same rate. In 1947 the net cost per child was $175; in 1948 it was $174; in 1949 it was $183; and it will be about $195 for 1950. In other words, it is costing only $20 per child more to edu- cate our children than it was in 1947, an increase of about 11%. Considering the rapid rise in other costs over the same period, this does not seem excessive.
Major repair items through the year have included the waterproofing of the high school, the rebuilding of the high school chimney which was struck by lightning dur- ing the summer, painting of the household arts room, the repair and painting of the exits from the high school audi- torium, and the replacement of the back curtains of the stage. It is the policy of the School Committee to spend enough money each year to keep the school plants in good condition. The townspeople have every right to be proud of their two buildings with the campus between. We con- tinue to have many visitors from towns which have been less fortunate in their school buildings. In every case, the comments have been favorable and the town has been commended in providing such fine facilities for its children.
In closing, we should like to call attention to the re- ports of the other school personnel. We feel that careful reading of these reports, plus a study of the statistics, will give a clear understanding of the Harwich schools. We are giving our best effort to the work of developing the educational program for our children. We feel that we have the cooperation of the teachers and of the towns- people, and together we shall continue to maintain a pro- gram of which we can be proud.
Respectfully submitted,
CHANNING N. BAKER MARGARET E. LEONARD E. GORHAM NICKERSON
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee and Citizens of Harwich :
I approach the preparation of this, my fourth annual report as Superintendent of the Harwich Schools, with both pleasure and grave concern. It is a pleasure to report the progress of the past year and to voice the opinion that our schools are in excellent condition, both in respect to the physical plants, and to the educational function car- ried on in those plants. Our teachers and other school per- sonnel are doing their best to produce the results which we have a right to expect and demand.
My concern stems from the present chaotic world con- ditions which make it impossible to predict what is in store for education in the future. At the time this report is being written, it would seem that World War III might start at any time. If this should happen, not only would our school population decrease, but many of our young men and women, both teachers and pupils, would be called into the service. There would also be a readjustment of the whole high school program to meet the needs of a country at war.
In these uncertain times, it is impossible to develop a long range educational program, especially in comuni- ties which have as fluctuating populations as Cape Cod towns. As far as the physical plant is concerned, the wisest course would seem to be to use our existing facilities to the best possible advantage until we can determine more clearly than at present what will develop in the world situation. I also believe that it is our duty to carry on as nearly normal a program as possible, keeping the tensions of the world out of the classroom.
SCHOOL POPULATION
In the school report of last year, it was pointed out that although we have solved our space problems for the time being, we should again be faced with the need for more classrooms if our population increase continued. Since this need has become more acute during the past year, it becomes necessary to emphasize again the prob- lems with which we may soon have to cope. The following tables will illustrate the recent trend in our school popu- lation.
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Year
'36 '37 '38 '39 '40 '41 '42 '43 '44 '45 '46 '47 '48 '49
Births
42 39
40
41
39
34
43
33
31
34 55 55
59
67
-
1st Grade
41
37
50
47
40
36
37
32
45
48 47 50 61
59
51
Changes in Membership in Our Present Grades
Year
'39
'40
'41
'42
'43
'44
'45
'46
'47 '48 '49
'50
Twelfth Grade
47
50
47
43
36
31
34
32
31
29
25
24
Eleventh Grade
40
35
29
27
27
38
39
40
33
33
33
Tenth Grade
36
26
31
26
26
30
38
27
32 30
Ninth Grade
37
32
32
34
38
39
48 29 30
Eighth Grade
32
31
36
36
32
39 47
43
Seventh Grade
45 38
43
42
43 46
41 45
47
Fifth Grade
47
42
41
49
Fourth Grade
50
43
40
43
Third Grade
61
58
57
First Grade
51
Tabular Statement of Enrollment for 15 Years
Year
'36 '37 '38 '39 '40 '41 '42 '43 '44 '45 '46 '47 '48 '49 '50
7-12
202 205 234 235 222 189 157 142 144 147 153 162 188 196 203
1-6
276 272 261 253 261 249 221 194 205 220 232 247 274 284 305
Total
478 477 495 488 483 438 378 336 349 367 385 409 462 480 508
A study of these tables will show the increase in popu- lation and will demonstrate the following facts:
(1) It is impossible to estimate with any degree of accuracy what our school population will be six years from now. It is standard practice to note the birth rate in any particular year and anticipate that the entering grade six years later will approximate this figure. It is impos- sible to apply this practice to our own situation. For the past five years, our entering first grade has averaged 40% higher than the corresponding birth rate would indicate. If we continue to follow this pattern, we shall have enter- ing grades of 48 in 1951, 77 in 1952, 77 in 1953, 83 in 1954, and 94 in 1955. This fluctuation is due in part to the increased birth rate of the last few years, but to a larger degree it is due to the rapid growth in our adult population.
(2) That a considerable number of our pupils are new- comers to the Cape is shown in Table 2 where it will be noted that grades 8, 10 and 11 have more members than they had in 1944.
(3) Grades 1-6 have memberships from 43 to 58, and we should have two teachers per grade.
(4) The high school which now has a population of 203
43
Sixth Grade
48
38
41 43
Second Grade
59 58
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will graduate a class of 24 and will receive a class of 47 in 1951. This will mean an enrollment of about 226 pupils, and if we receive as many transfers as we did this fall, we shall approach the capacity of the building which is 240.
(5) The effect of a war upon our school population may be noted in Table 3. Note the decrease in high school pop- ulation from an all time high of 235 in 1939 to 142 in 1943.
The purpose of this section of the school report, then, is to stress the need for additional space at the elementary level, to issue a warning that the high school may become over-crowded in the near future, and to warn that if the world conflict which seems imminent at the time of this writing should develop, our school population will prob- ably decrease rapidly. Under existing circumstances, our elementary needs for next year are 12 regular grade rooms, one remedial room, and one kindergarten room.
KINDERGARTEN
The kindergarten has become an accepted part of the modern school system. For some time it has been felt that Harwich should have a kindergarten, but the project has been delayed by our need to supply space and facilities for our regular school children first. Since we are advocat- ing the establishment of a kindergarten this year, it might be well to state clearly just what we expect to accomplish by the addition of this extra school year.
The aim of the kindergarten is not to teach formal read- ing, writing, and arithmetic, nor is it free baby-sitting service. The purpose of this program is to establish a happy transition from the home to the school and to develop for both children and parents a liking for, and a lasting interest in, the school. Kindergarten prepares the child for the first grade in many ways:
(1) Social-emotional needs. The child learns to get along with others, to work in groups, to be cour- teous, to develop self-control. Everything possible is done to eliminate fears, tensions, and emotional outbursts.
(2) Physical needs. The large muscles are developed through lively games and rhythmic activities, and the small muscles are coordinated through mani- pulation of materials such as crayons, paints, chalk, clay, and other media.
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(3) Intellectual needs.
a. Lengthening interest span by learning to com- plete a job.
b. Creative expression through music, painting, and other art materials.
c. Language arts. The child's speaking vocabulary is enlarged, laying the foundation for the de- velopment of reading skills in the first grade. His ability to express himself is increased by telling of experiences and by listening to the teacher and other pupils.
d. Social studies. By dramatizing home experiences, stories, excursions, exhibits, pictures, etc., the child's interest in home, school, and community is sharpened. He finds that all children have the same needs, and his social attitudes and con- sciousness of accepted social behavior are de- veloped.
e. Number concepts. While no formal arithmetic is taught, number concepts are developed through such activities as counting, comparisons, shapes of objects, the clock as a measure of time, the calendar as a measure of days, weeks, and months, and money values.
f. Natural sciences. The kindergarten child is ob- servant of things about him and is asking "how" and "why." Through nature walks, nature ex- hibits, pets, and sharing experiences the child gains awareness of his environment.
The purpose of this brief discussion is to correct any misconceptions which may exist concerning the aims of the program. To a casual observer, the kindergarten in operation might seem to be a place where the children play, color pictures, and tell stories for a year. The more observant person will realize that every game, every draw- . ing lesson, and every story has a specific purpose which leads to the larger objective of developing children physi- cally, mentally, and socially.
PERSONNEL
It is gratifying to report that only one teacher resigned from our system last year. We should aim to employ and to retain strong, well-qualified teachers, realizing that a strong, coordinated faculty is the backbone of any school system. This coordination can be attained only by a group
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that has worked together long enough to develop a com- mon philosophy of education. The best course of study available will not compensate for a rapid turn-over of teachers.
At the high school level we lost Miss Mary Kelley, who accepted a position nearer her home. Miss Elizabeth Cash- man was elected to fill this vacancy in the commercial department. Miss Cashman is a graduate of Mount St. Mary College in Hooksett, N. H.
At the elementary level, Miss Gladys Crosby was granted a year's leave of absence, and Mrs. Helen Perisho was elected to fill her place for the year. Mrs. Perisho is a graduate of Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She has taught for several years in Iowa, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
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