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Coronary hemorrhage
12 Eglantine Hartig 41.
72 Cerebral hemorrhage
42. Lena E. Chase
88 Arterio sclerosis
43.
24 Margaret Teresa Harral Elizabeth Orton (Fox)
79 Cerebral hemorrhage
Barnstable, Mass.
October:
45.
11 Howard Everett Pride
43
Sarcoma of Sacrum
46. 13 Isaac Bangs Kendrick
78
Acute Cardiac Failure
47. 20 Charles Augustus Bassett
59 Coronary occlusion
48.
20 Lester R. Gray
56 Cardiac failure
49.
15 A. Chester Witham
80 Acute cardiac failure
50.
29 Jean Palmer Smyser
79 Myocardial infraction
West Harwich, Mass. East Harwich, Mass.
South Harwich, Mass. Taunton, Mass. Taunton, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
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East Harwich, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass.
Harwich, Mass. Harwich, Mass. Yarmouth, Mass. Taunton, Mass.
72 Cerebral thrombosis
Barnstable, Mass.
44.
7 Ada Earle Wixon Doane
79
27 68
Accidental drowning Coronary thrombosis Still born
27. 24 Alexander Gibb Ogilvic
68 Carcinomatosis
31.
46 Chronic Endocarditis
75 Pyelonephritis
Bourne, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Harwich Center, Mass. South Harwich, Mass. Taunton, Mass.
DEATHS-Continued
No.
Date
Name
Age Disease
Place of Death
November:
51.
4 Gladys R. Taft
73
Cerebral hemorrhage
52.
8 Sarah A. Eddy (Heap)
84
Arterio sclerotic heart disease
53.
13 Samuel Preston Phillips
80 Cerebral hemorrhage
54.
23 Hattie Lavina Barrows
80 Acute coronary occlusion
Barnstable, Mass. Taunton, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass.
December:
55.
10 Henry Haynes Harriman
85
Coronary thrombosis
56.
13 Mary Elizabeth Frost
70 Arterio sclerotic heart disease
57.
29 Louise A. Mann
77
Arterio sclerotic heart disease
Harwich Port, Mass. Yarmouth, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
BODIES BROUGHT TO HARWICH FOR BURIAL-1954
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Date of No. Death Names
Age
Cemetery
Village Burial
January:
1.
14
Ella Cobb
85
Mt. Pleasant
Harwich Port, Mass.
2.
19
Oscar Clinton Nickerson
87
Evergreen
East Harwich, Mass.
March:
3.
20
Alida B. Garrison
82
Evergreen
East Harwich, Mass.
4.
22
Phoebe Baker Jerauld
94
Evergreen
East Harwich, Mass.
February: 5.
8 Mary B. Doyle
82
Holy Trinity
Harwich Center, Mass.
March: 6.
11
E. Dickerson
9
Evergreen
East Harwich, Mass.
April:
7.
10 Eunice I. Brown
61
Evergreen
East Harwich, Mass.
May: 8.
15
Benjamin B. Cahoon
80 74
Evergreen Evergreen
9.
28 Ernest S. Chapman
June: 10.
18 Alice May Crosby
68
Island Pond
11.
20 Lillian L. Lundberg
42
Pine Grove
12.
12 Clifton L. Morin
29 Mt. Pleasant
13.
23 Baby Boy Ennis
Evergreen
14.
20 George Harry Sperry
July:
15.
5 Mercy R. Bennison
82
South Harwich Pine Grove
August:
17.
2 Theresa Card
86
Catholic
18.
30 Elsie Reitan
67
Mt. Pleasant
September:
19.
7 Lottie Terry
80
North Harwich
20.
8
Isaac Louis Trotter
43
21. 9
Baby Boy Hamilton
5 days
Evergreen Mt. Pleasant
October:
22.
8 Frank Howard Crawford
69
South Harwich
23.
12
Earle Spencer Bacon
64
Mt. Pleasant
24.
8
George Edward Voss
77
Evergreen
25.
25 Anita Prudence Taylor
79
Pine Grove
November:
26.
9 Nellie Cora Nickerson Eldredge
91
Evergreen
December:
27.
3 George Fottler
82
South Harwich
28.
6 Charles E. Robbins
49
Pine Grove
29.
14 Herbert L. Taylor
89
Mt. Pleasant
30.
19 Alvah B. Crabe
87 Island Pond
East Harwich, Mass. East Harwich, Mass.
Harwich Center, Mass. West Harwich, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass. East Harwich, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass.
South Harwich, Mass. West Harwich, Mass.
16.
8
Catherine S. Robbins
54
Harwich Center, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass.
North Harwich, Mass. East Harwich, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass.
149
South Harwich, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass. East Harwich, Mass. West Harwich, Mass.
East Harwich, Mass.
South Harwich, Mass. West Harwich, Mass. Harwich Port, Mass. Harwich Center, Mass.
71 Mt. Pleasant
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Report of the School Committee
and the
Superintendent of Schools
For the Year Ending December 31, 1954
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1954
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
E. Gorham Nickerson, Chairman Term Expires 1956
Mrs. Margaret Leonard, Secretary Term Expires 1955 Term Expires 1957
H. William Morey
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. 1
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Expended 1954
Needed 1955
General Control:
Superintendent of Schools
Enforcement of Law- Salaries Other expenses of General Control
$4,562.00
995.65
$5,557.65
$6,867.00
Instruction:
Supervisors
$8,137.16
Principals and Teachers
94,977.65
Textbooks
1,776.18
Supplies
3,188.71
109,340.80
131,244.00
Operation:
Janitors
$10,189.73
Fuel
6,055.76
Miscellaneous (Electricity, Gas, Janitor Supplies)
4,022.94
20,268.43
24,190.00
Maintenance:
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
3,264.90
3,300.00
Auxiliary Agencies:
Libraries
$559.50
Health-Nurse & Supplies
892.32
Transportation
11,834.60
Miscellaneous: (Graduation, Telephone,
Rubbish disposal, Teachers' expenses, etc.)
1,442.20
$14,728.62
17,125.00
Outlay:
New Grounds and Buildings New Equipment
1,602.58
5,080.00
TOTALS
$154,762.98
$187,806.00
Appropriation 1954
$154,759.00
Refunds
6.97
$154,765.97
Expenditure 1954
154,762.98
$2.99
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NET COST OF SCHOOLS-1954
$154,762.98
Accounts Receivable:
School Funds and State Aid- Chap. 70
$18,408.66
Transportation-Chap. 71
4,756.14
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Tuition and Transportation
609.76
Rental of High School Auditorium
30.00
Miscellaneous (Shop materials to pupils,
Lost Books, Telephone calls)
120.09
Telephone Refunds:
Town of Chatham
$91.29
Town of Eastham
27.78
Town of Orleans
82.26
201.33
24,125.98
Net Cost-1954
$130,637.00
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ACCOUNT-1954
Appropriation-1954
$500.00
Carried over from 1953
525.74
Receipts-1954
674.30
$1,700.04
Expended-1954
1,603.22
Carried over to 1955
$96.82
Requested for 1955
$500.00
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION-1954
1954 Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expended
566.44
$433.56
Received on account of Vocational Education for the year ending August 31, 1953
$80.60
Requested for 1955
$1,000.00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Appropriation 1954
$450.00
Expended
450.00
Requested for 1955
$450.00
SPECIAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACCOUNTS-1954 High School
Receipts
Expense
Carried forward from 1953
$2,799.04
Sales of School Lunches-1954
6,273.88
Federal Subsidies-1954
1,470.43
$10,543.35
Salaries Equipment
2,416.65
$2.416.65
1,619.70
Expenditure
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Food and Supplies
4,869.16
$8,905.51
Carried forward to 1955 Funds requested for 1955
$1,637.84 None
Elementary School
Receipts
Expense
Carried forward from 1953
$1,165.43
Sales of School Lunches-1954
11,740.64
Federal Subsidies-1954
3,589.87
Visiting Nurse Association
209.49
$16,705.43
Salaries
$5,267.32
Equipment
1,035.16
Food and Supplies
10,402.81
Funds requested for 1955
None
REPORT OF THE JOHNSON-ULM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Total of Fund
$35,000.00
Working fund, January 1, 1954
$828.03
March dividend
437.50
April interest
6.01
September dividend
437.50
October interest
5.57
1,714.61
Expended for Scholarships 1954
900.00
Statement of account as of December 31, 1954
$35,814.61
Tuition scholarships have been granted to the following persons for the school year 1954-1955.
Mary Belle Barker
Bridgewater College
Sally Boynton
Fitchburg College
Marilyn Hanson
Framingham College
Elaine Hopkins
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Josephine Keefe
Regis College
Marjorie Leonard
Bridgewater College
David White
Univ. of Massachusetts Boston University
Estrid Eklof
CHAUNCEY D. MacKay, Chairman E. GORMAN NICKERSON MRS. E. JAMES LEONARD
H. WILLIAM MOREY HERBERT E. HOYT, Secretary
Johnson-Ulm Memorial Scholarship Committee
$16,705.27
$36,714.61
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Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of Harwich:
E. Gorham Nickerson was elected chairman, and Mrs. Margaret Leonard secretary, of the School Committee follow- ing the annual Town Meeting, February 9, 1954.
Meetings have been held on the first and third Mondays of each month, with special meetings called by the chairman when necessary. We have met with Union 17 Committee four times, and the School Building Committee once, during the last year.
A salary schedule, which had been presented to the com- mittee by the Harwich Teachers' Association in 1953 was adopted. Established salaries are $3,000 per year minimum and $4,600 maximum for B.S. or B.A. degree; $3,300 minimum and $4,900 maximum for M.A. degree; and $3,500 minimum, $5,100 maximum for M.A. degree, plus one year graduate work. This is a professional improvement schedule, whereby teachers must show credit for courses taken in related subjects every three years to be eligible for annual increment of $200.00. Teachers who had served in Harwich Schools for 10 years prior to 1954 were given an additional $100 increase this year. New teachers, as they are employed, are placed on the sche- dule according to their years of experience.
Following the resignation of Mr. Lynch in April, the School Union Committee voted to have one Guidance Director for Orleans and Eastham, and one for Chatham and Harwich. Chatham and Harwich committees unanimously elected Mr. James Alcock to serve these two towns.
Due to growth in school population in Union 17, additional office help has been added in Mr. Hoyt's office, and an addi- tional Art Supervisor will be employed.
Mr. Donald Nesmith was elected Elementary Principal to replace Mr. Benjamin Bump, who had resigned. Mr. Nesmith assumed his position in September.
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Dr. Harriett Chace was elected by the Union Committee as supervisor of Elementary Education, a new position created this year. Her position is to correlate and plan courses of study and supervise the teaching thereof.
Two committees were appointed during the year, one a Testing Committte, the other a Book Review Committee. These committees, comprised of teachers and parents, serve in an advisory capacity.
On January first the committee met with the Chairman of the School Building Committee and were assured that we could legally occupy the new addition, and on January 3rd transfer of pupils to this building was started, and it is planned that within a few weeks the moving will be completed. The staff at the elementary school has been operating under many difficulties, due to lack of space, and we are gratified that we can now plan on an enlarged program for these grades.
While this new addition has answered the need for ele- mentary school space, the committee urgently requests that immediate thought be given to the problem of solving housing on the high school level. This need must be met very soon, and a committee should be actively studying the problem and its solution.
The one major improvement to school property proposed this year is widening the driveway, and enlarging the parking area at the High School. An article for this improvement has been inserted in the Town Warrant.
The School Committee wishes to thank those who have been cooperative in helping us serve the town. We would like to assure the parents that they can meet with the School Committee at any time, and we urge them to visit our schools and become better acquainted with all phases of our educa- tional program. It is only with their cooperation and under- standing that we can serve the town effectively.
Respectfully submitted,
E. GORHAM NICKERSON H. WILLIAM MOREY MARGARET LEONARD Harwich School Committee
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee and Citizens of Harwich:
I take pleasure in presenting my eighth annual report as your Superintendent of Schools.
Each of the reports of the last several years has pointed up the school problems stemming from our growth in popu- lation-the need for more space, increased school costs, and the shortage of teachers to staff the new classrooms.
As this report is being written, the new addition to the elementary school is nearing completion. This enlarged building will accommodate Kindergarten through the sixth grade for the foreseeable future and the people of Harwich can congratulate themselves upon their foresight in solving their elementary school space needs. However, it must be realized that larger and larger classes are now moving into junior high school and that we are now faced with space needs for grades 7-12. For a full discussion of this problem, I refer you to the Superintendent's report for 1953. We have solved our immediate problem by housing grade 7 with the elementary school, but this is only a temporary expedient. I recommend continued study of the high school needs and the retention of Brooks Building by the School Committee until a solution is found.
FINANCE
Each year the report of the Superintendent has included the following table comparing school operating costs over a five year period.
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
Total Cost of Schools-
$127,663.83
$117,807.16
$136,509.06
$136,921.76
$154,759.00
Reimbursements-
27,086.69
17,306.74
20,487.53
22,787.82
24,074.56
Net Cost to Town-
100,577.14
100,500.42
116,021.53
114,133.94
130,684.44
Valuation of Town-
10,463,530.00
11,273,720.00
12,281,040.00
13,203,960.00
14,000,000.00
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Tax for Schools-
9.70 8.91
9.45
8.64
9.33
Number of Pupils Oct. 1-
507
530
543
591
598
Gross Cost per Pupil- 251.80
222.32
251.40
231.28
258.34
Net Cost per Pupil- 198.37
189.62
213.67
192.79
218.54
* Since this report is written in November, these figures are estimates.
A study of this table will show that while school costs have risen some $27,000 since 1950, the valuation of the town has kept pace with the increased costs, thus keeping the tax for operating costs at about the same level. The opening of the new addition, added personnel, and salary increases will necessitate a sharp increase in the budget for 1955.
PERSONNEL
We regret the loss of several teachers this year, but feel that we have been fortunate in our replacements.
Mr. Donald C. Nesmith was elected principal of the ele- mentary school to replace Mr. Benjamin Bump who accepted a principalship in Walpole. Mr. Nesmith holds both Bach- elor's and Master's degrees from Bridgewater State Teachers' College. He taught in Dighton and was supervising principal of the Freetown Elementary School before coming to Har- wich.
Other new teachers at the elementary school include Miss Gloria Hallett, Mrs. Muriel Mackay, Mrs. Lucy Higgins, and Mrs. Marjorie Harris. Miss Hallett was graduated from Perry Kindergarten Normal School in 1954. Mrs. Muriel Mac- Kay is a graduate of Boston University and has had several years experience in Littleton, Massachusetts. Mrs. Higgins is a graduate of Eastern State Normal School in Maine and has had experience in Patton, Maine. Mrs. Hilda Adams was transferred from the third to the second grade, and Mrs. Harris a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, was assigned to the third grade.
Mrs. Anna Gott was elected to fill a vacancy in the de- partmentalized 6th and 7th grades. Mrs. Gott is a graduate of Simmons College with further work at Hyannis State Teach- ers College. She taught for a number of years in Somerville, and more recently, in Orleans.
We suffered no losses at the high school level this fall. Mr. Gordon Argo who joined the faculty last spring replaced Mr. Peck in the English department. Mr. Argo is a graduate of the Birmingham-Southern College and holds an M.A. De- gree from Middlebury College. He has taught in Howard College and at Mount Holyoke College.
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All of the towns of Union No. 17 have grown rapidly dur- ing the last few years. In 1947 we had a total school popula- tion in these four towns of 1139 as compared with an enroll- ment this fall of 1742. In 1947 we had a total faculty of 59 teachers compared with 81 today, and the number of class- rooms has increased accordingly. This growth has necessi- tated the addition of more Union personnel. Last year we added Mr. Piccolo who is responsible for the instrumental music program. This fall we created the position of Ele- mentary School Supervisor and Dr. Harriett Chace was elected to this position. Dr. Chace holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Hyannis State Teachers College and her Ph.D. from Colum- bia University. She taught for several years in the Barn- stable schools and served most recently as principal of the Centerville School. Dr. Chace's report will explain her duties and progress being made.
Mr. David Lynch, Director of Guidance, resigned in the spring to accept a position in the Department of Guidance at Northeastern University, and his work has been divided between two men. Mr. James Alcock was elected as Guidannce Director for the towns of Harwich and Chatham. Mr. Alcock holds his A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Miami and has studied one year toward his doctorate at Boston Uni- versity. He has taught in the Navy, at the University of Mi- ami, and in the public schools of Exeter, New Hampshire.
The four towns of the Union have voted to employ a sec- ond teacher of art, but no appointment has been made at this date. The Union committee also voted to employ a sec- ond secretary and Mrs. Christine Wood of Harwich has been employed.
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS
The work of keeping our schools in good repair and im- proving equipment has been carried out throughout the year. Repair items include weather stripping the windows of three rooms at the high school, new front and rear doors at the high school, and improvement of the electric wiring and out- lets in the shop. Several classrooms and the lunch room at the elementary school were painted. New equipment in- cludes new typewriters, musical instruments, a new double Singer sewing machine, maps, and additional science equip- ment. One purchase which is proving very popular is the trampoline for the physical education department.
TRANSPORTATION
The increase in school population has necessitated the addition of a fourth school bus and this contract was awarded to Mr. Lovell Ernst. This extra bus has not only alleviated
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overcrowded conditions but it has made it possible to trans- port the children more quickly and more efficiently. It has also been possible to re-arrange the grades traveling on the various trips and has allowed us to open and close the high school at an earlier hour, this conforming more nearly to the schedules of the other high schools in this area. This arrangement is especially advantageous for extra-curricular activities such as sports and Union orchestra rehearsals.
We sometimes forget the importance of the bus drivers in our whole school program. These men carry a great res- ponsibility for the safety and protection of the children, and Harwich has a right to feel very happy about the caliber of the men to whose care they entrust their children each morning.
LIBRARIES
For several years we have budgeted $1.50 per child to build up the libraries in our schools. At the elementary school books have been added to the room libraries. This is an accepted practice in many elementary schools and has some advantages over a separate library room for grades 1-6. However, the older students in grades 7-12 should have a sep- erate library room where they can go for reference work and where they learn to use library facilities. We have been handicapped at our high school by the lack of such a room for this purpose. When the new elementary rooms are open, it is planned that the present all-purpose room which has been partitioned into two small rooms will be used for the purposes for which it was intended, namely an art and activ- ity room. By developing this room into an art room, we can change the present art room at the high school into a library. In this way both programs will be improved, since the present room is inadequate for an art room but adequate for library purposes.
KINDERGARTEN
At this point, I should like to again enter a plea for the inclusion of a kindergarten in our new school plant. Four years ago I recommended a kindergarten, and since the argu- ments in favor of a kindergarten do not change, I quote verb -- atim from the report of 1950.
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 reg- ular school children first. Since we are advocating the estab- lishment of a kindergarten this year, it might be well to state clearly just what we hope to accomplish by the addition of this extra school year.
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The aim of the Kindergarten is not to teach formal read- ing, writing, and arithmetic, nor is it a 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 courteous, to develop self- control. Everything possible is done to eliminate fears, ten- sions, and emotional outbursts.
(2) Physical needs. The large muscles are developed through lively games and rhythmic activities, and the small muscles are coordinated through manipulation of materials such as crayons, paints, chalk, clay, and other media.
(3) Intellectual needs.
a. Lengthening interest span by learning to complete 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 development of reading skills in the first grade. His ability to ex- press 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 sharpen- ed. He finds that all children have the same needs, and his social attitudes and consciousness of ac- cepted social behavior are developed.
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 obser- vant of things about him and is asking "how" and "why". Through nature walks, nature exhibits, pers, and sharing experiences the child gains awareness of his environment.
The purpose of this brief discussion is to correct any mis- conceptions which may exist concerning the aims of the pro- gram. To the casual observer, the kindergarten in operation might seem to be a place where the children play, color pic- tures, and tell stories for a year. The more observant person
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will realize that every game, every drawing lesson, and every story has a specific purpose which leads to the larger objec- tive of developing children physically, mentally, and socially.
SPECIAL CLASS
In every town there are some children who lack the men- tal ability to profit by the regular class teaching. These children deserve our careful consideration because we believe that education is for all American youth and if these children are to become useful, self-supporting citizens they must have special training. Harwich can be pround of the fact that for a number of years we have had such a program which is now under the direction of Miss Wicks.
During the last few years, a great deal of progress has been made state-wide in this field, and in 1954 a law was passed which defined the retarted children as educable, train- able, or custodial depending upon the degree of retardation. This law states that if a town has five or more such retarded children, it is mandatory for the town to establish a special class.
Miss Wicks' work is with the educable group, but since we have more than five in the trainable group, we must now es- tablish a class for them. Our obligation toward this group is now a legal as well as moral obligation. Under the new law the state must reimburse the town for 50% of all costs of the program. We may also accept children from other towns on a tuitional basis up to a maximum of 12 children.
CONCLUSION
I sincerely hope that all of the reports and statistics in- cluded in the general school report will be read carefully. Schools all over the United States are facing many problems, but there are no problems which cannot be surmounted in those communities where there is cooperation of parents, in- terested citizens, school committees, and teachers. I feel most fortunate in being in a system where this spirit of co- operation prevails, and I extend my sincere appreciation to all my associates for help in maintaining a high standard for our local schools.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT E. HOYT Superintendent
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Report of the Principal of the High School
One of the many things which has been introduced in the high school during the past year is that of the Central Trea- sury. Previously, funds of the various classes and other high school organizations were deposited as separate accounts in a local bank. In some instances the accounts were carelessly kept. In the Central Treasury System, all accounts are de- posited with the treasurer, Miss Linette Triangolo, head of the Commercial Department. This central account is depos- ited as one fund in a local bank, The Cape Cod Trust Com- pany. Receipts for deposits are given to each organization Treasurer. The accounts are carefully checked at the end of each month to be certain that each checks with that of the central treasurer. Bills are paid by check, obtained by means of a disbursement form which must be signed by the organi- zation student treasurer, the organization faculty adviser, and by the principal. In this way we are teaching the care and accuracy with which funds should be handled. Furthermore, the ease by which bills may be paid by check make this Cen- tral Treasury system very convenient to use.
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