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Miss Patch, our vocal supervisor is doing excellent fun- damental work in addition to her regular vocal work which will help those who wish to take up instrumental work later.
In summing up, every opportunity is given to the chil- dren in the music field and there is no doubt in my mind
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that this music influence will make better citizens out of them. Music keeps children from the streets and gives them something worth while to do when out and away from school. They will carry music through their lives. All hon- or is due to the pioneer of the idea the late William Sims, to the people and the far-sighted School Committee of East- ham, to the Principal, to the teachers and to our Superin- tendent.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS NASSI,
Supervisor of Instrumental Music.
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Report of Supervisor of Vocal Music
To the Superintendent of Schools:
Why do we include music in the busy and full program of all our schools-in the grammar grades every day with one weekly lesson by the Supervisor, and in the Junior and Senior High schools weekly under the direction of the Su- pervisor? Is it really worth the time which is taken from other subjects, and are we accomplishing anything in these short periods which we do devote to music? Although the progress is slow, we feel confident that the answer to the question of value and accomplishment is positive.
The physical, spiritual and mental values of music in general are to be found in our public school music. The good posture required for correct-singing, and the thera- peutic value of music on tired nerves is recognized. The general moral uplift which is commonly attributed to good music is very difficult to analyze and define. The definite mental training acquired through the keen observation and rapidity of coordination required in sight and group singing is obvious.
The socializing value of music is still underestimated- it promotes, far more than we realize, fellowship and group spirit of the better type through its necessary cooperation of all individuals.
Lastly, music provides a means of utilizing and enjoy- ing leisure which, according to many of our leading psycho- logists is one of our great problems of the future.
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Since music is one field where additional enjoyment is given through increased knowledge, and new capacity for learning accompanies further enjoyment, there is a definite program throughout the schools.
Rote songs of all types are taught in the first two grades ; sight-reading is started in the second grade and con- tinued through all years; two-part music is started in the fourth grade; three-part in the last of the sixth and four- part in the high school. In the primary grades, individual attention is given with special attention to the correction of so-called monotones, and the development to tonal relation- ship in all. An endeavor is made to bring appreciation of music in a cultural way into the regular classwork; while the instrumental music is carried on under the excellent leadership of Mr. Nassi.
There seems to be great interest in music in the East- ham school and this interest is aided greatly by the posses- sion of the extra room which is used for music. Here the orchestra rehearses, the children may sing with the piano, and once a month the entire school meets for group singing.
While there is still room for improvement, we feel that a conscious effort in the right direction is being made, and that music in our public schools is of importance and value.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE PATCH,
Supervisor of Music.
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Barnstable County Health Department
Superintendent of Schools,
Eastham, Massachusetts
Dear Sir :
During the past year school work has progressed on the whole in a satisfactory manner. As has been stated before, the physical condition of children shows gradual improve- ment from year to year, and more attention is paid to cor- rection of remedial defects.
A considerable amount of infantile paralysis was pres- ent throughout the County during the summer; that is, a considerable amount for this County, where there has been before almost none. Something like twenty-seven cases were reported. This disease as a rule appeared in rather a mild form although several cases were severe. Many were treated with serum through the efforts of the State Health Department and the Harvard Medical College School Infan- tile Paralysis Commission, and the work of these organiza- tions was very greatly appreciated in this County.
The County portable dental outfit has been in constant use in various towns as was the case during last year. Many defects are being corrected in this way which would probab- ly not otherwise receive attention.
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It is hoped that many children will be protected against diphtheria by immunization during the school year. All physicians on the Cape give this treatment and clinics will be held wherever possible.
All children have received their regular physical exam- ination, and in general the school population of the County has been found to be in very good condition.
New school houses have been constructed in several towns. These buildings are models of their kind and the towns constructing them deserve great credit.
The Health Officer has received all possible help and cooperation from all officials and others concerned in the management of the schools, and wishes to express his appre- ciation of this aid.
A. P. GOFF, M. D.,
County Health Officer.
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Report of School Nurse
Number schools visited
1
Number class room inspections
8
Number individual pupil inspections
703
Number weighed and measured
668
Number 10% or more underweight
6
Number 20% or more overweight
0
Number school visits
42
Number teacher consultations
53
Number recommend for exclusion
3
Number German measles
8
Number children taken home
3
Number home visits
26
Number children referred to family physician
3
Number given first aid
1
Number skin diseases
2
Notices for Dental Clinic work sent home
74
Dental Clinic sponsored by local Board of Health :
Number children treated at clinic
44
Certificates
44
Total number of operations
165
Fillings
96
Extractions
32
Cleanings
37
Number brought to clinic by nurse
5
Number taken home
4
Number children entering school
12
Number attended pre-school clinic
2
Number pre-school visits
14
Number with defects
6
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Number defects corrected
3
Assisted Health Officer at physical examination
97
Number defects
25
Needing glasses
8
Glands
5
Heart
2
Posture
5
Throat
5
Reports on retarded children
4
Number sent to Pocasset summer camp
2
Number tuberculosis test consent slips given out
97
Number signed and returned
60
Number receiving test
47
Number X-rayed
1
Number follow-up cases
1
Physical test given
1
Respectfully submitted,
BESSIE I. ARMSTRONG,
School Nurse.
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ENROLMENT BY GRADES
October 1, 1931
Eastham
Grand
School
Grade
Boys
Girls
Totals
Totals
Grammar
VIII
8
4
12
VII
5
1
6
VI
5
7
12
30
Intermediate
3
8
11
IV
7
7
14
III
11
6
17
42
Primary
II
9
8
17
I
6
6
12
29
Totals
54
47
101
101
-
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PUPILS ATTENDING ORLEANS HIGH SCHOOL
September to December 1931
Post Graduate Almond Nickerson
Class of 1932
Delbert Johnson Raymond Nickerson
Emma Atwood Elizabeth Douglas
Class of 1933
Charles Campbell
Herbert Campbell
Herbert Fulcher
Gordon Harris Elizabeth Clark Christine Crosby
Class of 1934
Aaron Chadbourn Ezekiel Fulcher Brooks Hurd Wilton Knowles
Arthur Nickerson Henry Nickerson Richard Saunders Marie Knowles
Class of 1935
Arthur Benner Edwin Horton James Knowles George Rongner Wilber Sparrow
Barbara Atwood Beverly Campbell Florence Keller Miriam Knowles Mary King
Mathel Turner
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EASTHAM SCHOOL CENSUS
October, 1931
Boys Girls
Persons in town 5 years or over and under 7 12
12
Persons in town 7 years or over and under 14 51 36
Persons in town 14 years or over and under 16 12
3
Illiterate minors 16 years or over and under 21
1
-
75
52
Total -127
Distribution of Above Minors
In public day school membership :
5 years or over and under 7 8
9
7 years or over and under 14 51
36
14 years or over and under 16 12 3
Not enrolled in any school :
5 years or over and under 7 4
3
Illiterate minors 16 years or over and under 21
1
-
75
52
Total 127
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FAITHFUL ATTENDANCE
(from Sept. 1930 to June 1931)
Name
Grade No. days absent
Jocelyn Nickerson
1
2
Louise Cobb
2
21/2
Robert Collins
3
1
Wm. B. Steele, Jr.
3
3
Aubrey Stott
3
1
Carol Brewer
3
3
Irene Nickerson
4
21/2
June Whiddon
3
2
CORPS OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1932
NAME
SCHOOL
PREPARATION
Year
Appointed
Experience
prior to
Sept. 1931
Salary
Home Address
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Otto E. Nickerson
Grammar
Hyannis Normal
1924
12 years
$1,700
Orleans
Virginia Horton
Intermediate
Bridgewater Normal
1925
8 years
1,450
Eastham
Florence W. Keith
Primary
Bridgewater Normal
1906
32 years
1,450
Eastham
Myrtle E. Kennedy
Art
New School of Design
1931
41/2 years
1,500
Roslindale
Charlotte Patch
Music
Hollins College
1931
None
1,500
Stoneham
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EASTHAM SCHOOL CALENDAR
From September 8, 1931 to December 24, 1931 16 weeks
From January 4, 1932 to March 25, 1932 12 weeks
From April 4, 1932 to June 17, 1932 11 weeks
From September 6, 1932 to December 23, 1932 16 weeks
Schools open after Christmas on Tuesday, January 3, 1932. Graduation exercises will be held at the Town Hall, June 15, 1932.
A meeting of the teachers of Chatham, Eastham, Har- wich, and Orleans will be held at the Harwich High school on Tuesday, September 6 at 9.30 a. m.
Schools will open on Wednesday, September 7, 1932.
There will be no session on the following days : New Year's Day (in vacation) Friday, January 1, 1932; Washington's Birthday, Monday, Feb. 22, 1932; Patriot's Day, Tuesday, April 19, 1932; Decoration Day, Monday, May 30, 1932, Labor Day, Monday, September 5, 1932; Col- umbus Day, Wednesday, October 12, 1932; Armistice Day, Friday, November 11, 1932; Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, 1932; Friday following Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, 1932.
The day of the Barnstable County Teachers' Conven- tion. Any day appointed for a Teachers' Institute by the State Department of Education.
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PROGRAMME
-Eastham School Concert-
Eastham, January 30, 1931
1. "Our First"-Nassi Bugle and Drum Corps.
2. (a) A Melody-Whitely
(b) Old Black Joe School Brass Trio
3. (a) "Swinging in the Lane"
(b) "Jump, Jim Crow" Rhythm Band, Class 1.
4. "Three Melodies"-Kelley Elementary Violin Class
5. "Minuet de la Symphonie en Sol Mineur" Mozart
Flute Solo C. Herbert Campbell
6. (a) March-Cadets Drill-Engleman
(b) Selection from "Il Trovatore"-Verdi School
(c) Bugle Boy March-Engleman Orchestra
Intermission
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7. "Our Special"-Nassi Bugle, Fife and Drum Corps
8. "Three Miniature Classics"-Rissland
School String Septet
9. (a) "Dance with Me"
(b) "The Man in the Wood" Rythm Band, Class II
10. Harvest Tide Kaeuffer
Clarinet solo, Almond Nickerson
Piano accompanist, Aaron Chadbourn
11. (a) Full of Life Mazurka-Tessio
(b) Telephone Waltz-Silverstri
(c) Pizzicato from Ballett Sylvia-Delihes
The Nassi Mandolin Trio
12. (a) Boys' Brigade March-Wenrich
(b) Flower Song-Lange
(c) Diana Overture-Ascher
Eastham School Orchestra
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Personnel of the Orchestra
THOMAS NASSI, Conductor
Violins-
Miriam Knowles
Ralph Saunders
Mathel Turner
Dorothy Horton
Fred. Chadbourn
Clarinets-
Almond Nickerson Marie Knowles
Horn-
Vernon Nickerson
Carlton Mayo
George Nickerson
Leona Gunn
Mary King
Clarence Murphy
Trumpets- Richard Saunders Arthur Benner James Knowles
Viola- George E. Rongner
Trombone- Christine Crosby
Piano-
Beverly Campbell
Drums- Wesley Moore
Tympani- Aaron Chadbourn
'Cellos- Barbara Atwood Florence Whiddon
Bass- Charles Campbell
Flute-
C. Herbert Campbell
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GRADUATING EXERCISES
EASTHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Town Hall, June 17, 1931 at 8 P. M.
-Program-
Marche Romaine, Gounod School Orchestra
Invocation
Rev. J. L. Carter
Salutatory, Essay "Spain Past and Present"
George E. Rongner
Class Prophecy
Mathel P. Turner
Music
School Chorus
Play "Babe's Decision"
Atwood-Knowles
Cast of Characters
John Hampton
D. Wilbur Sparrow
Mrs. Hampton
Barbara Atwood
Babe Hampton, their daughter Miriam Knowles
Mr. Bee, a store manager
James Knowles
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Dorothy Stone, an actress
Beverly Campbell
Joe Sedley, a lover
Edwin Horton
Dot Dow, an office girl
Mathel Turner
Dr. Pill, a noted surgeon
George Rongner
Frederick March, a movie idol
Arthur Benner
Betty Co-Ed, a college girl Mary King
Scene I The Hampton Home-Early Evening
Apollo Overture, Ascher Eighth Grade Orchestra
Scene II The Hampton Home-Later
Sextette from Lucia di LaMermoor, Donizetti Eighth Grade Orchestra
Scene III Same Place-Late Evening
Music School Chorus Essay-"American History in April" D. Wilbur Sparrow
Presentation of Class Gifts Mary M. King
Duet "Narcissus", Nevin
Barbara Atwood and Beverly Campbell
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Essay-"The Influence of Music" and Valedictory
Beverly Campbell
Presentation of Diplomas
Grand Opera Selection
School Orchestra
Exit March
CLASS OF 1931
President, Edward Weston Horton, Jr.
Vice-President, George Emil Rongner Secretary, Barbara Nickerson Atwood Treasurer, Miriam Foster Knowles
Arthur Thayer Benner, Jr. James Paxton Knowles, Jr.
Beverly Campbell Daniel Wilbur Sparrow, Jr.
Mary Madeline King
Mathel Prescott Turner
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HONORS IN SCHOLARSHIP
Beverly Campbell
George E. Rongner
Barbara Atwood
Miriam F. Knowles
Mathel Turner
CLASS MOTTO "Upward and Onward"
CLASS COLORS
Dark Blue and White
CLASS FLOWERS
Bachelor's Button and White Rose
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT, 1932
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of Eastham, in the County aforesaid, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote in election and town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Eastham, on Monday, the first day of February next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to elect all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year and to meet in the Town Hall in said Eastham, at 11 o'clock on Tuesday, the second day of February next, then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To hear the reports of the Selectmen and all reports and committees and act thereon.
Article 2. To see if the town will elect a Town Direc- tor for the Cape Cod Extension Service.
Article 3. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the Public Library and make an appropriation for the same.
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Article 4. To see in what manner the Town will dis- pose of its refunded dog tax, and act thereon.
Article 5. To see in what manner the Town will sup- port its poor for the ensuing year.
Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3,075.00 provided the State makes a satisfactory allot- ment for the upkeep and maintenance of town roads, under Chapter 81, Sections 26-29, General laws, as amended.
Article 7. To see in what manner the town will repair its roads and bridges and appropriate money for the same.
Article 8. To see if the town will give the Collector of Taxes the same power the Treasurer has when Collector.
Article 9. To raise such sums of money as may be ne- cessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
Article 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the municipal year be- ginning January 1, 1932, an amount not to exceed $16,000.00.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for Memorial Day and the purchase of flags for Soldiers' and Sailors' graves and Monument Grounds.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the prevention and suppres- sion of forest fires. (By request.)
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Article 13. To see if the Town will pay a bounty of $1.00 each for all woodchucks killed within its limits, after satisfactory evidence has been presented to the Treasurer, and appropriate the sum of $50.00 for same. (By request.)
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $200.00 for two or more Band Concerts, to be given by the Community Band during the ensuing year, or do or act anything thereon. (By request.)
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred (500.00) Dol- lars for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be resi- dents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treat- ment, in accordance with Section 74 of Chapter III of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto, and act fully thereon. (By request.)
Article 16. To see if the Town will lay out a road, be- ginning near the residence of Rose B. Nickerson and run- ning in a Northerly direction to the town road opposite the residence of Abbott S. Knowles and appropriate a sum of money for same, or do or act anything thereon. (By request.)
Article 17. To see if the Town will accept the layout of a Town Way in the Village of Eastham leading from the State Highway near the house of Harvey T. Moore in a wes- terly direction over lands of said Moore, Christine Sullivan and others to the Town Way called Mill Road near the resi- dence of Rose B. Nickerson, with the boundaries and meas- urements as reported and recommended by the Selectmen
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under date of January 22nd, 1932, and will authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase or eminent do- main, in behalf of the Town, the lands or interest in the lands within the lines of said layout for said Town Way and for this purpose will raise and appropriate a sum not ex- ceeding $100.00.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $25.00 (Twenty-five Dollars) for the Community Christmas tree or do or act anything thereon.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollars, the same having been bequeathed to the Town by the late Juliette E. Perry.
Article 20. To see what action the Town will take to- ward building a new school Building, or do or act anything thereon. (By request).
Article 21. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,000.00 to meet payments under the Old Age Assistance Act, or do or act anything thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money sufficient to cover the following deficit :
1930 State Aid $95 00
Snow Removal
58 87
Moth Account
252 33
Eastham and Wellfleet Line
84 75
Board of Health
142 38
$633 33
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1931 Board of Health Schools
$250 00
666 03
$916 03
Total deficit for the two years being $1,549.36.
Polls to be open for voting on Monday, February 1, 1932, in Town Hall, Eastham, Mass., from 10 o'clock A. M., until 2 o'clock P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Blacksmith Shop of Charles A. Feltis in South Eastham, the Post Office in Eastham and the Post Office at North Eastham, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due returns of this warrant, with your doings, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of Janu- ary, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Two.
ARTHUR W. PARNELL,
WILLIAM B. HIGGINS,
EDWARD D. PENNIMAN, Selectmen of Eastham.
A true copy. Attest : Harvey T. Moore, Constable.
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