Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1936-1940, Part 35

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 840


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willing and efficient help. We feel that the band has become definitely established this year and has taken its place as a regular school activity.


The children in our Elementary Schools have made excellent progress in music because of the time allotment and the excellent cooperation of our grade teachers. Until recently the Junior High School has not continued the good work of the lower grades, because the time alloted to music was limited to what little time the Supervisor had left from her other duties. This year, Mr. Holmes has taught music in the seventh grade and has carried on several successful projects with seventh and eighth grade children. With his help, I am sure we can strengthen this part of our program.


As a summary I list a few of the music activities for the year.


Rumpelstiltskin, operetta given by children of Aga- wam Center School


The Annual Songfest by the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades of Agawam


Concert by a Choir of North Agawam Children at the Hotel Bridgeway for the Music Clubs


Junior High School Glee Club participation in the Massachusetts State Musical Festival at Northamp- ton


Recital of Chorus and Orchestra for Graduation


Band Performances at Football and Basketball games Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta given by the High School


Special Assembly Programs


Respectfully submitted, RUTH A. PERRY Supervisor of Music


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REPORT OF THE ART DEPARTMENT


To the Superintendent of Schools :


In the Agawam Elementary Schools the art and handwork this past year has been planned to meet modern objectives in education. Drawing and Painting, Design, Lettering, Construction and Art Appreciation have all been made a part of the subject matter of the grade, and the interests and activities of the child.


A new Course of Study in Art is being prepared, and it is hoped that it may be in the hands of the Teachers of grades 1 to 6 by next September. A similar syllabus for the Junior and Senior High Art will follow.


In the Junior and Senior High Art classes various units of work have been carried out as needs and interests have motivated.


Scenery and posters were made for the operetta "Pi- rates of Penzance", decorations for the Junior Cabaret, Yearbook and "Mirror" covers and illustrations, and last spring we conducted our annual S.P.C.A. Poster Contest.


"The Christmas Story" in tableau form, was presented as the Christmas Assembly Program in cooperation with the High School Dramatic Club.


November 1-7 "Art Week" was observed by several special features. Committees from the Art Department arranged special bulletin boards, four exhibitions of spe- cial interest, and conducted an Art Quiz in the Senior High.


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The Agawam Woman's Club Art Award was won this year by Eleanor Scagni and Elroy Benjamin both of the Class of 1940.


Trips to the Springfield Art Museums were made by the Art Appreciation Class of the High School, which was especially fortunate this year in seeing the famous exhibi- tion of "Old Masters" from the World's Fair Exhibit. We are grateful to the Museum Staff for their guidance.


The annual exhibition of art and handwork was held in June.


Respectfully submitted, MARY M. CROWLEY, Supervisor of Art


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TEACHERS' APPOINTMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS - 1940


APPOINTMENTS


Name


School


Subject or Grade


Began Service


Leonora P. Bernaby


Junior-Senior High French and Italian


May, 1940


Frances Pratt


Junior-Senior High Household Arts


Sept., 1940


Daniel L. Holmes


Junior-Senior High


History and Health


Sept., 1940


William D. Purcell


Junior-Senior High


English


Sept., 1940


Marjorie Pattison


Agawam Center Grades II-III


Sept., 1940


Helen M. Gibson


Springfield Street


Grade V


Sept., 1940


Dorothy M. Sears


Springfield Street


Grades II-III


Sept., 1940


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RESIGNATIONS


Name


School Subject or Grade


Service Ended


Flory G. Costa


Junior-Senior High History and Geography


June, 1940 Jan., 1940


Eleanor C. Daly


Junior-Senior High English


Elaine W. Mansfield


Junior-Senior High French and Italian


April, 1940


Ruth M. Cassidy


Springfield Street Grade III


June, 1940


LEAVE OF ABSENCE


Name Dorothy M. Emerson


School Springfield Street Grade V


TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT DECEMBER 31, 1940


Superintendent Benjamin J. Phelps


Subject or Grade


Began Service in Agawam


Education Yale College, B.A. Columbia University, M.A. July, 1922


Supervisors Mary M. Crowley Art


Mass. School of Art, B.S. Sept., 1926


Mass. State College, M.S.


Keene Normal School


Sept., 1926


Junior-Senior High School Frederick T. Dacey


Principal


Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1922 Mass. State College, M.S.


Skidmore College of Arts


Sept., 1922


Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1930


Bouve Boston School of Physical Education Sept., 1936


Am. International College, B.A. Mass. State College, M.S. Sept., 1929 Framingham Teachers Col., B.S. Sept., 1940 Y. M. C. A. College Sept., 1924


Louis H. Moseley Frances Pratt Harmon A. Smith


Gertrude M. Belyea


Domestic Science Manual Training Physical Training and Coach of Girls' Athletics Agriculture Household Arts Physical Training and Coach of Boys' Athletics Commercial


Nasson Institute Boston University, B.S.


Sept., 1930


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Mrs. Hazel C. Aldrich Raymond E. Harris Dorothy R. Hastings


Ruth A. Perry Music


Boston University, B.S.


TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


Subject or Grade


Education


Began Service in Agawam


French and Italian Smith College, B.A.


April, 1940


English


Mt. Holyoke College, B.A.


Sept., 1933 Sept., 1927


Paul R. Langlois


English


University of Maine, B.A. Sept., 1936


Eleanor B. Miller


Latin and Mathematics


Smith College, B.A.


Sept., 1928


Raymond J. Montagna Arthur B. Oulton


Commercial History and Geog.


Am. International College, B.S. Sept., 1939 Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1937


Boston University, M.S. Smith College, B.A. Sept., 1927


Katharine M. Phealan John M. Quirk


English Science


Middlebury College, B.S.


Jan., 1923


Mass. State College, M.S.


Smith College, B.A. Sept., 1922


Columbia University, M.A.


Salem Teachers College, B.S. Sept., 1939


Sept., 1922


Cora M. Barnes Henry H. Baker


History


Daniel L. Holmes


Science and ManualFitchburg State College, B.S. Training History and Hygiene


Bridgewater State College, B.S. Sept., 1940


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Leonora P. Bernaby Ruth E. Dickerman Allan M. Hadley


Science


Clark University, B.A.


Eleanor H. Smith Mathematics


Miriam H. Staples


Marjorie Ward


Shorthand and Typewriting History


Smith College, B.A. Columbia University, M.A. Westfield State College Sept., 1922 Sept., 1938


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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


Mae P. Lynch


Emily M. McCormick Viva M. Potter


Catherine T. Powers


Social Science


Education Westfield State College Westfield State College Keene Normal School Westfield State College Boston University, B. S. Fitchburg State College, B. S.


Began Service in Agawam Sept., 1919 Sept., 1924 Sept., 1925


Sept., 1917


William D. Purcell


Sept., 1940


Mrs. Marion C. Smith


Sept., 1929


Richard A. Wilkinson


English Special Class Social Science


Providence Normal Fitchburg State College, B.S.


Sept., 1937


Agawam Center School Mary E. McDowell


Principal and Grade VI


Eastern State Normal


Sept., 1926


Dorothy E. Hansen ยท


Grade VI


Westfield State College


Nov., 1932


Marguerite C. Kramer


Grade V


North Adams State College


Sept., 1930


Nora M. Chandler


Grade IV


Farmington Normal Sept., 1927


Beatrice A. Rogers


Grades IV-V


Westfield State College, B.S.


Sept., 1938


Merriam S. Weeks


Grade III


Westfield State College Fitchburg State College


Sept., 1926 Sept., 1928


Cecily C. Pratt Grade II


Marjorie Pattison Grades II-III


Framingham State College, B.S. Sept., 1940


Harriet A. O'Keefe Grade I


Westfield State College, B. S.


Sept., 1937


Barbara B. Halladay


Grade I


Westfield State College


Sept., 1936


North Agawam School Katherine G. Danahy


Principal and Grade VI


Westfield State College Sept., 1899


Subject or Grade Mathematics Mathematics English


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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


Subject or Grade


Education


Began Service in Agawam


Kathryn M. Roache


Grade VI


Westfield State College


Sept., 1922


Alice B. Connolly


Grade V


Fitchburg State College


Dec., 1929


Alice Mckeown


Grade IV


Westfield State College


Sept., 1923


Julia R. Chriscolo


Grade III


Westfield State College Sept., 1934


Julia A. O'Connell


Grade II


Springfield Kindergarten April, 1927


Jennie M. Lucas


Grade I


Southington Training


Sept., 1900


Elizabeth C. McCormick Special Class


Westfield State College


Sept., 1927


Springfield St. School Faolin M. Peirce


Principal and Grade II


Springfield Normal


Sept., 1909


Mrs. C. W. Southworth


Grade VI


Fitchburg State College


Sept., 1932


Helen M. Gibson


Grade V


Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1940


Vivian E. Cordes


Grade IV


Westfield State College, B.S.


Sept., 1939


Dorothy M. Sears


Grades II-III


Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1940


Elizabeth A. Wyman


Grade I


Westfield State College, B.S.


Sept., 1934


Feeding Hills School Mrs. Madrine W. Allen


Marguerite A. Coyle Ruth M. Ripley Margaret B. Millane


Principal and Grade VI Grades IV-V Grades II-III Grade I


Plymouth, N. H. Normal Westfield State College Castine Normal School Westfield State College, B.S.


April, 1933


Sept., 1934


Sept., 1925


Sept., 1939


INDEX


Accounting Officer's Report


59


Articles in Warrant


107


Assessor's Report


86


Auditors' Report :


State


111


Town


110


Births


41


Board of Public Welfare


81


County Aid to Agriculture


89


Deaths


50


Fire Engineers


84


Forestry Department


94


Highway Department


104


Liabilities


56


Library Trustees


92


Marriages


43


Officers, Town


3


Old Age Assistance


83


Police Chief


99


Public Welfare, Agent's Report


82


School Department


195


Agricultural Department


230


Art Department


234


Attendance


211


Calendar


197


Committee's Report 198


Domestic Science Department 226


Financial Statement 202


High School Cafeteria 228


High School Principal 213


Industrial Arts Department


224


241


Music Department 232


Organization


196


Physical Training, Boys


222


Physical Training, Girls


221


School Health Department


219


Superintendent


204


Teachers' Appointments and Resignations


236


Vocational Household Arts


229


Sealer of Weights and Measures


97


Tax Collector's Report


57


Town Clerk's Report


7


Election, Town, February 5, 1940 66


7


Meeting, Annual, February 10, 1940


10


Meeting, Special, June 10, 1940


25


December 30, 1940


39


Town Nurse


95


Treasurer's Report


53


W. P. A. Projects


101


National and State, November 5, 1940 ... 35


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