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Our athletic teams have been a source of much pride to us, not only because they have won many games but because of
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the reputation for good and clean sportsmanship which they have gained. We have had the most hearty support of the townspeople in our efforts to maintain our teams and keep sports alive, and for this support I wish to take this oppor- tunity to express my gratitude.
The success of the high school is due to many causes, but chief among these causes I want to mention that of the splendid team work on the part of the teachers. All are working with unflagging zeal and untiring efforts for the welfare of the pupils and I sincerely hope that it may be possible to retain them in the service of the town for some time to come. Our boys and girls have shown the best sort of spirit and it is due to their willing and helpful attitude that we are able to do so much.
I wish to thank the Superintendent of Schools and the members of the School Committee for their kindly and help- ful interest in us and for so generously supplying our wants and thus enabling us to do better work. We appreciate this co-operation and shall strive to merit more of it in the future.
Very truly yours, AUGUSTUS H. SMITH, Principal.
In closing this report I wish to call attention to one or two special needs of the school system. In recent years it has been increasingly difficult to find suitable boarding places for the members of the teaching force. At times no home has been found ready to open its doors to the new teacher and your superintendent has been forced.to make his choice of teach- ers from among those who could live at home. Under such conditions his choice is necessarily a limited one. Some com- munities are solving the problem by providing a teacherage, so called, where a group of teachers can carry on some form of co-operative housekeeping. This plan is worthy of con-
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sideration as something should be done speedily to make it possible for the superintendent to select his teachers from a larger field of candidates.
With sewing well established in our schools, the girls seem to be well provided for in the field of handwork. There should be some form of manual training provided for our boys and I recommend that this matter be given your serious consideration.
It is the wish of your superintendent that parents might acquire the habit of visiting school frequently and thus learn at first hand the real condition of affairs. Too often they rely upon the more or less colored reports brought home by their children and then visit school with the thought of con- firming these reports. Serious situations could be avoided if there could be a closer bond of union between the school and the home and if the parent could learn to see the teachers' problems as they really are.
Respectfully submitted,
EDGAR H. GROUT, Superintendent of Schools.
West Bridgewater, Mass., Jan. 10, 1920.
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Appendix.
TABLE OF STATISTICS.
Year ending June 1918
Year ending June 1919
Number of schools
15
15
Number of regular teachers required,
15
15
Number of different regular teachers employed,
17
15
Number of special teachers,
2
3
Number of pupils enrolled,
478
481
Aggregate attendance, in days,
76,518
70,074
Average membership,
466
464
Average attendance,
429
415
Per cent of attendance,
92
89
Average number of days the schools
were actually in session,
179
169
TEACHERS IN SERVICE FEBRUARY 1, 1920.
Teachers.
Address.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Augustus H. Smith, principal,
West Bridgewater
Frances Kingman,
Lillian M. Turner,
Maude E. Metcalf,
145 West Elm St., Brockton West Bridgewater West Bridgewater
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Hildegarde I. St. Onge, Amy S. Damon, Mary F. Toland,
West Bridgewater West Bridgewater West Bridgewater
CENTER SCHOOL.
Rose L. MacDonald, Principal, Grade VIII,
449 West Chestnut St., Brockton
Theresa Miller, Grade VII, 127 Newbury St., Brockton
Mildred V. Chatfield, Grade VI, West Bridgewater
Cecilia M. Beattie, Grades V and VI,
Bridgewater
Bessie R. Baker, Grades III and IV,
274 Crescent St., Brockton
Gertrude A. Pillsbury, Grades I and II,
West Bridgewater
COCHESETT SCHOOL.
Katherine B. Sheehan, Grades IV-VII, Bridgewater Zilpah Bennett, Grades I-III, Cochesett
SUNSET AVENUE SCHOOL.
Dorothy E. Packard, Grades IV and V,
25 Cherry St., Brockton
Madeline L. O'Brien, Grades I-III, 39 West Park St., Brockton
MATFIELD SCHOOL.
Margarette C. Reilly, Grades V-VII, Bridgewater
Dorothy E. Adams, Grades I-IV, East Bridgewater
NORTH SCHOOL.
Ruth F. Harlow,' Grades I-III, Bridgewater
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SOUTH SCHOOL.
Elizabeth Eastman, Grades I-V, Bridgewater
JERUSALEM SCHOOL.
Hannah C. Gildea, Grades I-VI,
North Easton
MUSIC SUPERVISOR.
Charlotte T. Baker, 1304 Main St., Campello
DRAWING SUPERVISOR.
Edmund Ketchum, 322 School St., Watertown
SEWING SUPERVISOR.
Ida . D. Runnels, East Bridgewater
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Edgar H. Grout, East Bridgewater Telephone: East Bridgewater, 87.
MEMBERSHIP OF GRADES, JANUARY 1, 1920.
Totals.
.
SCHOOLS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
High
49
36
19
16
Center VIII
43
VII
35
V-VI
16
15
III-IV
10
14
39
I-II
22
17
21
Cochesett Intermediate
6
5
5
5
Cochesett Primary
7
13
14
21
21
42
Sunset Ave. Primary
11
17
14
42
Matfield Intermediate
7
6
7
20
Matfield Primary
8
13
6
7
34
North
10
5
5
5
5
4
4
3
21
Jerusalem
4
1
2
4
3
5
19
458
Enrolment Jan 1, 1920
67 |71 |55 |56|55 |66 | 45 |43 |49 36 |19 | 16
578
33
33
VI
35
31
24
34
Sunset Ave. Intermediate
20
South
High.
120
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LIST OF TEACHERS FOR THE YAER 1918-1919.
TEACHERS.
SCHOOLS.
WHEN FIRST APPOINTED
WHERE EDUCATED
Rose L. MacDonald
Centre, Grade IX
1890
Bridgewater Normal School
Theresa Miller
Grade VIII
1917
Brockton Business University
Rena L. Buck
Grade VII
1916
Gorham, Me., Normal School
Ellen M. O'Neil
Grade VI
1911
Bridgewater Normal School
Mildred V. Chatfield
Grades IV and V
1917
Bridgewater Normal School
Anna M. Sheehan
Grades I-III
1917
Bridgewater Normal School
Mary G. Goldrick
Cochesett Intermediate
1918
Bridgewater Normal School
Zilpah C. Bennett
Cochesett Primary
1918
Bridgewater Normal School
Ethel E. Chessman
Sunset Ave. Intermediate
1916
Framingham Normal School
Laura M. Sampson
Sunset Ave. Primary
1916
Bridgewater Normal School
Bessie R. Baker
Matfield Intermediate
1918
Bridgewater Normal School
Dorothy E. Adams
Matfield Prmary
1916
Bridgewater Normal School
Dorothy E. Packard
North School
1918
Bridgewater Normal School
Cecilia M. Beattie
South School
1913
Bridgewater Normal School
Gladys T. Whitney .
Jerusalem School
1918
Bridgewater Normal School
Violet T. Peterson
Music
1914
ยง Northampton Institute of Music Pedagogy Mass. Normal Art School
Edmund Ketchum
Drawing
1909
Ida D. Runnels
Sewing
1912
Bridgewater Normal School
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL
Friday evening, June 20, 1919, at 8.00 o'clock
CLASS OFFICERS.
John Everett Howard, President,
Hazel Simmons Holmes, Vice-President, Phyllis Lorraine Logue, Secretary, George Moss Kendall, Treasurer.
PROGRAM.
1. Triumphal March from " Aida," Verdi
High School Orchestra.
2. Flag salute, By the School
2. Prayer, Rev. Lewis B. Cedding
4. Music- "Roses from the South," Strauss
5. Address, Mr. Frank L. Wright
Deputy Commissioner of Education
6. Music-"Conquest of the Air," Tschaikowsky High School with Orchestra.
7. Presentation of Class Gift, John E. Howard
8. Presentation of Diplomas, Mr. Barrett B. Russell, President of Trustees
9. Class Ode, Written by Miss Olive Lothrop Accompanist, Miss Bernice Belmore.
10. "Salut d'Amour," Elgar
High School Orchestra.
11. Singing- America, Audience
12. Benediction, Rev. Lewis B. Codding
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HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA.
Miss Amy S. Damon-Leader.
Roger E. Packard, 1st violin, Thomas B. Churchill, banjo,
Mary Kent, 1st Violin, Paul D. MacDonald, guitar,
Margaret Sadoian, 2d violin, George E. Gardner, drums. Clariss B. Ryder, piano.
John S. Barker, mandolin,
Bernice Belmore, piano.
CLASS ODE.
Written by Olive Hewins Lothrop.
Now we come to-gether,
For our school days now are o'er
We grieve to think of leaving
For we know not what's in store.
Of teachers we are dreaming, As we take our stand 'gainst strife
And then we praise old Howard For she started us in life.
CHORUS.
Then praise old Howard High School As we're leaving her to-day, Howard, dear Howard, with your colors red and blue, And as we take our journey and thinking of these treasure hours, Should auld acquaintance be forgot Dear Howard yours and ours.
AMERICA.
Our father's God, to thee Author of liberty, To thee we sing: Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light; Protect us by thy might, Great God, our king.
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CLASS OF 1919. .
College course-Hazel Simmons Holmes, George Moss Ken- dall, Lee Gordon Kendall, Phyllis Lorraine Logue.
Technical course-John Everett Howard, Robert Earl Mac- Donald.
Commercial course-Irene Chaplin Browne, Frances Elnora Johnson, Margaret Monica Kent, Margaret Sadoian, Margaret Alice O'Neil, Blanche Marie Young.
General course-Evelyn Cecilia Andrews, Mason Williams Alger, Olive Hewins Lothrop, John Joseph Snell, Clarissa Bradford Ryder, Catherine DeAlmeida Medeiros.
Faculty of the Howard High School-Augustus H. Smith, principal, Miss Frances Kingman, Miss Lillian M. Turner, Miss Maude B. Metcalf, Miss Hildegarde St. Onge, Miss Amy S. Damon, Miss Violet Peterson, Supervisor of Music.
Trustees-Mr. Barrett B. Russell, president; Mr. Edwin H. Lothrop, vice-president; Mr. Orvis F. Kinney, treasurer; Mr. Hervey Dunham, secretary; Mr. Clinton P. Howard, Miss Edith F. Howard, Hon. Andrew J. Bailey, Hon. Richard Olney, Mr. Harold S. Lyon, Mr. John M. Richards, Mr. Albert Manley.
Superintendent of Schools-Mr. Edgar H. Grout.
Contents.
Appropriations Recommended by Selectmen, 43
Assessors' Report,
Births,
Call for Citizens' Caucus,
Call for Town Meeting,
Collector of Taxes, Report,
Deaths,
92 19
Dogs,
Fire Department,
78
Hunters' Licenses,
19
List of Jurors,
46
List of Taxpayers, 24 90
Marriages,
Officers, 1919, 3
Police Department Report, 77
Report of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Work, 74
Report of Inspector of Animals, 73
Report of Tree Warden, . 72
Report of Trustees of Public Library, 81
Report of Town Accountant, 48
Road Commissioner's Report, 72
Selectmen's Report, 42
Town Clerk's Report of Town Meetings,
7
Town Treasurer's Report,
66
Water Department, Collector's Report,
69
School Committee's Report,
Superintendent of Schools' Report,
88 45 45 67
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