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Water
6,244.62
Stationery and Postage
55.50
Printing and Advertising 57.95
Labor
1,748.39
Pipe and Fittings
505.76
Meters
78.91
Gas and oil
86.83
Freight
18.14
Tools
29.78
Truck repairs
72.70
Supplies
47.59
All other
65.83
$9,368.78
Bonds and Interest :
Bonds
$4,535.00
Interest
1,386.61
5,921.61
Mains less than 6 inches :
Labor
$65.40
Pipe and Fittings
42.83
108.23
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Special Appropriation :
. Labor
$960.20
Pipe and Fittings
1,414.69
Tools
43.01
Freight, etc.
410.24
Gas
.50
Gates
8.50
2,837.14
Total for Water 18,235.76
CEMETERIES
Care of Cemeteries
253.44
INTEREST
On Temporary Loans
1,571.94
UNCLASSIFIED
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
467.90
Liability Insurance
685.85
Fire Insurance
526.24
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loans
65,000.00
Taxes :
State Tax
$4,320.00
Special State Tax (O. A. A.)
1,000.00
County Tax
5,698.46
Parks and Reservations
9.41
Dog Tax
681.60
11,709.47
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REFUNDS
Taxes
44.31
$215,552.09
Cash balances, Dec. 31, 1933
20,706.76
$236,258.85
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Town Hall
$867.33
Health and Sanitation
200.00
Water Department
48.28
Collector and Treasurer
42.81
Monument Grounds
7.00
Liability Insurance
31.59
$1,196.99
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STATEMENT OF TRUST FUNDS
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
On hand at beginning of year On hand at end of year
Savings Bank deposits
Total
$4,384.81
$4,384.81
4,434.06
4,434.06
Receipts
Payments
Income
$163.36
Added to Savings
Bequests
100.00
Deposits
$49.25
Transferred to Town 214.11
$263.36
$263.36
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1933
Receipts
Withdrawn
Jan. 1, 1934
Alfred E. Alger
$219.79
$8.30
$6.00
$222.09
Wm. Burke
173.07
6.54
5.00
174.61
Davis Copeland
210.88
7.96
9.00
209.84
Mrs. Henry Copeland
103.33
3.64
4.00
102.97
L. and N. Copeland
662.27
25.05
22.00
665.32
Samuel G. Copeland
213.87
8.08
9.00
212.95
Martha K. Crosby
101.11
3.82
4.93
100.00
Mary A. Dewyer
136.93
5.19
8.00
134.12
The Hartwell Fund
319.37
12.07
12.00
319.44
Julia M. Hooper
133.61
5.04
5.00
133.65
Isabelle Howard
102.09
3.86
5.00
100.95
Samuel H. Howard
106.75
4.01
3.00
107.76
S. Nelson Howard
102.30
3.86
4.00
102.16
Hattie M. Jennings
111.27
3.92
3.00
112.19
Warren C. Kinney
206.30
7.80
7.00
207.10
Henry J. LeLacheur
101.20
3.56
4.76
100.00
Fred A. Perkins
106.46
4.01
3.00
107.47
Rosa R. Shaw
341.81
12.04
3.00
350.85
Orrin Smith
152.59
5.75
7.00
151.34
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South St. Cemetery
144.41
5.45
78.00
71.86
Charles C. Thayer
220.79
8.34
229.13
Sanford Alger
51.90
1.93
2.00
51.83
Sumner D. Keith
102.29
3.86
2.00
104.15
Frank P. Hatch
160.42
6.05
5.42
161.05
Alba Howard
100.00
3.23
2.00
101.23
Michael Dewyer
100.00
Totals
$4,384.81
$153.36
$214.11
$4,434.06
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Securities
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning
of year
$500.00
$19,848.15
$20,348.15
On hand at end of year
1 500.00
19,664.91
20,164.91
Receipts
Payments Transfer to Town
$893.63
Withdrawn from
Savings deposits . $183.24
Income
710.39
$893.63
$893.63
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1933
Receipts
Withdrawn
Jan. 1, 1934
Cornelia Alger
$573.62
$21.70
$595.32
Nathan Copeland
608.53
23.01
$108.00
523.54
M. N. K. Edgerly
580.74
22.29
90.63
512.40
Francis E. Howard
561.51
21.59
40.00
543.10
Mary S. Perkins
1,057.82
40.01
55.00
1,042.83
Mary P. Whitman
16,465.93
581.79
600.00
16,447.72
$19,848.15
$710.39
$893.63 $19,664.91
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1933 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash :
In bank and office Library Petty Cash
25.00
Accounts Receivable :
Westdale Improvement Society Gift $174.76 Surplus War Bonus Fund 1,540.32
Taxes :
1,715.08
Levy of 1929
$517.26
Over payments to be refunded Special State Tax : Old Age Assistance :
14.25
Levy of 1930
1,129.67
Levy of 1931
2,570.14
Levy of 1932 16,634.56
1931
$12.00
1932
12.00
1933
2.00
Old Age Assistance Tax,
Levy of 1931
$98.00
Levy of 1932
99.00
Levy of 1933
333.00
$530.00
Water Dept. Matfield and East Sts. 6" mains 1,600.00 Water Dept. new mains less than 6" 1,548.14
$26.00
Appropriation Balances : Water Const. 6" mains $76.86
Levy of 1933
48,869.27
$69,720.90
Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Revenue
$20,000.00
$20,706.76. Special Accounts :
-
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax :
Levy of 1929 $277.63
Levy of 1930 919.11
Levy of 1931
1,433.47
Levy of 1932 1,815.45
Levy of 1933
2,271.08
Water Dept. Special Ap- propriation, replacement 162.86 Copeland St. Construction 99.55 Plain St. Construction 6.61
Land Damage 298.75
$3,792.77
$6,716.74
Water Dept. - Available Surplus $9,955.53 $7,410.59
Tax Titles
$4,747.85
Reserve-Overlay Surplus Overlays-Res. for Abatements of Taxes :
Water Rates
$10,301.70
Levy of 1929 $517.26
State Aid to Highways
$53.08
Levy of 1930 536.50
County Aid to Highways
$26.55
Levy of 1931 425.43
Levy of 1932 1,785.52
Levy of 1933 1,128.83
Overdrawn Accounts :
Library Book Account $169.58
Revenue Reserved until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise $6,716.74
Water 10,301.70
Tax Title 4,747.85
Revenue Appropriation to be raised in 1934
$200.00
Surplus Revenue
$44,146.17
$113,220.22
$113,220.22
$4,393.54
Library Repairs 22.06
$191.64
$21,766.29
DEBT ACCOUNTS
ASSETS Net Funded or Fixed Debt
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
$31,460.00 Water Loans $31,460.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds : Cash and Securities
$24,098.97
Cemetery Funds :
Alfred E. Alger
$222.09
Wm. Burke 174.61
Davis Copeland 209.84
Mrs. Henry Copeland
102.97
L. and N. Copeland
665.32
Samuel G. Copeland
212.95
Martha K. Crosby
100.00
Mary A. Dwyer
134.12
The Hartwell Fund
319.44
Julia M. Hooper
133.65
Isabelle Howard 100.95
Samuel H. Howard 107.76
S. Nelson Howard
102.16
Hattie M. Jennings
112.19
Warren C. Kinney
207.10
Henry J. LeLacheur
100.00
Fred A. Perkins 107.47
Rosa R. Shaw 350.85
Orrin Smith
151.34
South St. Cemetery
71.86
Charles C. Thayer
229.13
Sanford Alger
51.83
Sumner D. Keith
104.15
Frank P. Hatch
161.05
Alba Howard
101.23
Michael Dwyer
100.00
$4,434.06
Library Funds :
Cornelia Alger
$595.32
Nathan Copeland
523.54
M. N. K. Edgerly
512.40
Francis E. Howard
543.10
Mary S. Perkins
1,042.83
Mary P. Whitman
16,447.72
19,664.91
$24,098.97
$24,098.97
Report of Treasurer
Cash balance January 1, 1933
Receipts for 1933
$18,819.87 217,832.19
$236,652.06
Payments for 1933 $215,945.30
Cash balance December 31, 1933 '20,706.76
$236,652.06
For details of receipts and expenditures see Town Accountant's report.
CATHERINE M. HOWARD,
Treasurer.
Report of Collector of Taxes
TAXES OF 1929
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$1,354.41
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$207.15
Abatements
120.96
Tax Titles
509.04
Outstanding December 31, 1933
517.26
$1,354.41
TAXES OF 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$7,525.10
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$5,364.87
Abatements
48.60
Tax Titles
977.90
Outstanding December 31, 1933
1,133.73
$7,525.10
TAXES OF 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$18,923.12
Payments to Treasurer, 1933
$14,428.04
Abatements
256.29
Tax Titles
1,668.91
Outstanding December 31, 1933
2,569.88
$18,923.12
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TAXES OF 1932
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$41,118.16 8.34
Refunds
$41,126.50
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$22,615.16
Abatements :
266.28
Tax Titles
1,625.79
Outstanding December 31, 1933
16,619.27
$41,126.50
TAXES OF 1933
Commitments per Warrants
$95,135.47
Payments to Treasurer
$46,118.42
Abatements
147.78
Outstanding December 31, 1933
48,869.27
$95,135.47
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX
TAX OF 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$112.00
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$14.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933
98.00
$112.00
TAX OF 1932
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$233.00
Refund
12.00
$245.00
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$49.00
Refund by State
97.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933
99.00
$245.00
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TAX OF 1933
Commitment by Warrant $1,002.00
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$669.00
Outstanding December 31, 1933
333.00
$1,002.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
TAX OF 1929
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$326.05
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$48.42
Outstanding December 31, 1933
277.63
$326.05
TAX OF 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$1,407.88
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$17.64
Abatements
471.13
Outstanding December 31, 1933
919.11
$1,407.88
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TAX OF 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$2,156.62
Payments to Treasurer
$465.50
Abatements
257.65
Outstanding December 31, 1933
1,433.47
$2,156.62
TAX OF 1932
Outstanding January 1, 1933
$2,726.34
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$883.82
Abatements
27.07
Outstanding December 31, 1933
1,815.45
$2,726.34
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TAX OF 1933
Commitments per Warrants
$5,336.75
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$2,832.22
209.22
Abatements Outstanding December 31, 1933
2,295.31
$5,336.75
CATHERINE M. HOWARD,
Collector.
.
Report of the Collector of Water Rates
Outstanding January 1, 1933:
1931
$543.05
1932
6,411.68
$6,954.73
Commitments 1933
17,854.55
$24,809.28
Payments to Treasurer 1933
$14,380.98
Abatements 1933
147.38
Outstanding December 31, 1933
10,280.92
$24,809.28
CATHERINE M. HOWARD, Collector.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR 1933
A.H.WILLIS PRINTER HPIDOŁ WATER MASS
MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Harold S. Lyon, Chairman
Term expires 1935
Mrs. Corelli Alger, Secretary
Term expires 1934
Mrs. Edith Alger
Term expires 1935
Dr. W. C. Whiting
Term expires 1934
Faelton Perkins
Term expires 1936
Harvey S. Scranton
Term expires 1936
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in Room 4, Town Offices, on the second Monday of each month, July and August excepted, at 7.45 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Ernest N. Robinson Office, Howard High School Telephone Brockton 5094
Residence, 40 Ash St., West Bridgewater Telephone Brockton 3559-R
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Dr. Ellis LeLacheur
Dr. Walter Whiting
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICER Ervin W. Lothrop
Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of West Bridgewater:
In spite of the substantial reduction in the appropria- tion of the school department in 1933, it is believed that the efficiency of the schools was maintained without serious impairment. For this, much credit belongs to the teachers who accepted a ten percent reduction in pay without relaxa- tion of effort. Credit is also due to the Superintendent who voluntarily relinquished ten percent of his salary although not under legal obligation to do so. The School Committee is of the opinion that with the advance in commodity prices, the teachers are not without justification in seeking at least a partial restoration of the amount cut from their salaries. It has accordingly prepared its budget for 1934 with a view to restoring one-half of the amount of the reduction.
The making of certain needed repairs was deferred in 1933 because of lack of funds available for the purpose but should receive attention in 1934. A portion of the Sunset Avenue School building is badly in need of shingling. The same is true of one of the school buildings at Matfield which should also be repainted. Improvement in sanitaries, re- ferred to in the report of the Superintendent last year should be begun. The Committee has accordingly asked a considerably larger amount for repairs than was appropri- ated last year.
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The problem of transportation was given special con- sideration during 1933. Under a rule adopted by the School Committee many years ago only children living at least one and one-half miles from school were entitled to transporta- tion. A study of conditions by the Superintendent revealed the fact that many children were being transported in viola- tion of this rule. It seemed clear that rules adopted by the Committee should be uniformly and impartially enforced to the end that there should be no favoritism which gave any particular community or section advantages over another. After a careful study it was possible to make a revision of transportation routes which would permit carrying children of the first four grades living a mile or more from school and children in the higher grades living a mile and one-half or more from school. Although some complaint has de- veloped, it does not appear possible to extend transporta- tion facilities further, unless the town is willing to appro- priate and spend more money for this service.
During the year the Committee has received complaints of acts of lawlessness and depredation upon the part of school children. It is obvious that teachers cannot control the acts of school children outside the jurisdiction of school authorities, except as they may exert an influence upon the child's character which tends to motivate his conduct wher- ever he may be. It seems to be generally recognized that the three major influences in the development of the char- acter of the young are the home, the church and the school. Many believe that the most potent of these three, either for good or for ill, is the home. While it is true that sometimes boys and girls go astray in spite of a wholesome home atmosphere and that sometimes the converse is true, never- theless it is undoubtedly the fact that the example and atti- ude of parents exert a powerful influence. Those of you who are parents desirous that your children shall grow up decent, law-abiding citizens must remember that much of
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the responsibility rests with you. In your effort to ac- complish this end, the School Committee desires to co- operate. Undoubtedly there are many subtle tendencies of the times to combat. Ex-President Hoover discerned a na- tional moral decadence. The school of thought which would suppress the natural instincts of the child nearly to extinc- tion has largely yielded to the school which would remove nearly all limitations. Upon most questions of a debatable nature, public opinion swings like the pendulum from ex- treme to extreme. It is seldom static, though not infrequent- ly it may be most nearly right somewhere in. the period of transition. There probably remains in our national con- science, taken as a whole, the capacity at least to discern the general line of demarkation between decency and indecency, -between right and wrong. The extent to which that capacity and the will to exercise it are to be transmitted to the next generation depends greatly upon the parent and the teacher of today. Salutary child guidance whether ac- complished through persuasive or disciplinary agencies does not of necessity entail undue repression. Some of our teachers possess in high degree the ability not simply to impart knowledge of particular subject matter, but at the same time to exert an influence in character building that is equally valuable. It is the hope of the Committee that if upon introspection any of our teachers shall feel doubt in this respect, that teacher will consider that his or her prin- cipal objective during the ensuing year should be a greater effort not only to maintain a proper discipline in the school, but to instill qualities of character in the pupil that will function outside the four walls of the school building.
It is again the desire of the School Committee to thank the Parent-Teacher Association and all other agencies which have contributed to the welfare of our school system.
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The proposed budget of the School Committee for the ensuing year is as follows:
General Control
$4,200.00
Salaries
30,000.00
Books and Supplies
2,000.00
Janitor Service
2,200.00
Fuel and Light
2,000.00
Repairs
1,500.00
Transportation
3,900.00
Tuition
2,500.00
Nurse
900.00
Miscellaneous
75.00
$49,275.00
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD S. LYON, Chairman.
Report of Superintendent of Schools
.
To the School Committee:
The educational work of the past year has been un- affected by the difficulties arising from the widespread financial and industrial disturbances. A reduced budget has necessitated certain economies in administration, instruc- tional and material lines. These economies, however, have brought about no diminution of effort or enthusiasm for sustained constructive work on the part of an excellent teaching corps, every member of which has shown a sym- pathetic understandnig of our local needs as well as a com- prehension of the larger problems of the day, which are troubling the thinking minds of the nation. Material re- trenchments have not meant any repression of the spirit of service by our teachers, but have in reality sharpened it, to the natural benefit of the boys and girls in our schools. For such a spirit we may well be grateful, as it is a com- munity asset of no mean value.
ATTENDANCE
A slight gain in membership is shown in the figures for attendance tabulated January 1, 1934, the number of pupils being 678 as against 662 of the preceding year, a gain of 16. The increase of 1933 over 1932 was 18, so that in two years' time we have been obliged to find accommodations for 34 pupils, or practically one classroom. The distribution of these added pupils presents more of a problem than their
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number, as we have a total seating capacity in all schools sufficient to provide for them all. At present the middle grades of Sunset Avenue and the two upper grades of the Center School have a membership out of proportion to other schools and grades. Such increases can be more readily absorbed at the Center on account of its larger rooms than at the Sunset Avenue School where remedial measures will have to be put in force at the beginning of the next school year, in the form of part time attendance.
SANITARY CONDITIONS
Last year attention was drawn in the Superintendent's report to the unsanitary and unsatisfactory conditions ob- taining at Matfield, Cochesett, Jerusalem and the Center Schools. These conditions are quite inconsistent with the excellent teaching standards maintained throughout the system, and with civic responsibility of a community to place public health to the forepart of its municipal concerns. In recent years the science of public hygiene has advanced rapidly, and revealed the importance and value of preventive measures and sanitary precautions particularly in the oper- ation of public buildings. In a school system, good opera- tion is expressed in well-lighted and heated rooms and cor- ridors, systematic physical examinations by competent supervisors, properly adjusted desks, and modern sanitary plumbing throughout. Most of our school buildings were erected at a time when the foregoing hygienic needs were but dimly recognized. We cannot afford to delay the initia- tion of corrective measures if we are to safeguard properly the health and well-being of the youths entrusted in our care. To heat the two rooms at the Cochesett School has been very difficult because of the exceptionally cold windy weather prevailing several days. Weather strips for doors and windows would help materially to make this building endurable.
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RECENT EDUCATIONAL TRENDS
During the past year two interesting educational ex- periments have been launched by two New England school superintendents, Benezet of Manchester, N. H., and Lund of Newton, Massachusetts. Each deals with an elimination procedure, one in a teaching subject, the other in a marking process, and the arguments set forth by both in their public expositions show that much careful experimentation and analysis has preceded their final conclusions and recom- mendations.
Superintendent Benezet believes that far too much time has hitherto been spent in the early grades in the subject of arithmetical drill problems, to the detriment of the pupil's development in spoken English, and important social sub- jects. He has accordingly revised his curriculum so that the time formerly spent in arithmetic drill is given to other subjects deemed of greater importance in the proper de- velopment of the pupil's intellectual ability. Some very striking results have been recorded by the teachers involved in this experiment, which, however, seems to present up to now, more of a stimulus to interesting experimentation in educational methods than the discovery of a new assessment of educational values. Modern arithmetic texts are amaz- ingly well written by experienced teachers of numbers, and supply a large amount of correlated information, which is skilfully interwoven into the various number topics as they are developed, so that important facts of English, history, geography, science, spelling and civics are added to the simple numberical content of a given topic. The excellent and constantly improving teaching technique of our normal school teachers is probably the surest safeguard for the preservation of good methods in any subject, and the de- velopment of better ones in all subjects as far as scientific experimentation and evaluation can be made by trained students of teaching methods.
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Superintendent John Lund has been working out the problem of eliminating the stereotyped report cards now in general use, and on which certain symbols indicating suc- cess or failure, such as A, B, C, D or percents are used, and sent home for inspection several times during the school year. His main argument for the abolition of formal report cards is that they fail to give a true picture to parent or pupil of the real standing of the latter, or the methods he must take to improve this standing to assure himself of promotion.
Instead of formal symbols given out at stated periods, Superintendent Lund believes that critical and constructive notes on a child's progress are better for him and more en- lightening to his parents, when presented in a convincing manner by the teacher. This is undoubtedly true especially in the lower grades where artificial symbols of progress evaluations are practically meaningless, and are on the way to be abolished in every progressive school system. With the increase of subjects in the upper grades, a modified system of marking could well be worked out, which would avoid the sterility of the formal symbols, and furnish a rational method of judgment based on constructive com- ments by the teacher. Such comments would have to be carefully expressed, which would mean careful study of the mind and character of every pupil, in order that each should receive the most accurate summing up of current progress, as well as the most direct stimulus to improve his or her scholastic standing and guarantees of eventual advance- ment.
To accomplish this adequately is a large order for one teacher or a thousand, but there is a challenge for every progressive educator to try to find a better, truer, more understanding way of measuring the imponderables of in- tellect, spirit and character of a human being than by A, B, C, D's or fractions of a percent markings.
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EXTENSION OF SCHOOL YEAR
During the school year 1932-1933 so many days of schooling were lost because of inclement weather and con- tagious disease in the community that the high school was unable to complete the required number of days of school- ing to conform with the statute law. Four days were made up on Saturday mornings, and four were remitted by the State Department. In order to obviate a repetition of these conditions, the school year has been lengthened by one week, and the no-school signal restricted to the elementary grades. Barring unusual eventualities, we should not again be in danger of being unable to complete the statute school year.
The annual reports of the Principal of the Howard High School, the Supervisor of Music, and the School Nurse and School Physician follow. Each report contains a care- fully presented analysis of accomplishment, with such recommendations as to contditions and needs as seem pertinent and practical.
In conclusion I wish to take this opportunity to ex- press appreciation for the constant co-operation I have re- ceived from the entire teaching staff, who have made work pleasant and productive by their fine spirit of service. To the members of the School Committee also I extend at this time my thanks for their wise and friendly counsel at all times.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST W. ROBINSON, Superintendent.
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
Mr. Ernest W. Robinson,
Superintendent of Schools,
West Bridgewater, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith present my annual report as Principal of Howard High School.
The distribution of the school's enrollment as of Octo- ber first is as follows:
Boys
Girls
Total
Freshmen
23
32
55
Sophomores
18
19
37
Juniors
20
13
33
Seniors
9
16
25
Post Graduates
0
2
2
Totals
70
82
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The membership of 152 is twelve more than last year's and next to the largest in the history of the school.
During the past year, the schools of the country have passed through a critical period such as has never before been experienced in the history of American education. Scores of subjects have been eliminated from the courses of study, teaching staffs have been reduced even in the face of large increases in enrollment, appropriations have been slashed, costly equipment has been left idle and discarded, salaries have gone unpaid, the length of school years has been shortened, and thousands of school have been closed, thus depriving one-half a million children of their right to an appropriate education. In view of these conditions exist- ing in various sections of the United States, we, in West Bridgewater, are, indeed, particularly fortunate. Our edu- cational program has included none of those drastic actions
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