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DAILY HEALTH PROGRAM
A daily health program is carried on in each grade through- out the school year. This program consists of checking up daily on every pupil, the following are emphasized : The amount of sleep, the amount of fresh air required by each ; their personal habits in cleanliness, which includes the number of baths taken each week; the care given their finger nails, teeth, hair, etc. At the end of each month an average is taken in each grade. The grade having obtained the highest average is given a health banner which is kept in view of every one, until some other grade has proven its ability to obtain the banner. We find that by this simple method of instruction and follow-up work cleanliness soon becomes a habit among the children, therefore fitting them to become an asset to the community in which they live.
STRIPPED-TO-THE-WAIST EXAMINATIONS
We urge and request that a stripped-to-the-waist examination should be given to all the pupils in the schools, as only in this way can a beneficial examination be made. We can in this way discover defects in the initial stage and take due precaution by referring them to the family physician.
A physical examination by Dr. J. G. Corcoran was given to each pupil at the beginning of the present school year. The fol-
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lowing shows result of the examination :
Defective Tonsils 46 Notices
46 Defects Corrected
Defective Teeth 125
125
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Defective Glands 34
34
0
Pediculosis 5
5
4
Underweights 13
0
Posture Defects 107
101
Total Number of Pupils Examined 401
In closing. I wish to thank the Superintendent, School Com- mittee, Parents. Teachers and all who have cooperated in main- taining the school health program.
Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE L. STOBBART, R. N.,
School Nurse.
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF PHYSICAL TRAINING
To the Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR : The Physical Education Department has featured three phases of the work: games, folk dancing and formal gym- nastics to correct and to prevent postural defects. Our efforts for improved posture have been extended more or less over the entire school session, as in a short period we can do little more than demonstrate corrective exercises for home practice. Owing to the lack of floor space for free exercise, formal gymnastics have been given more than their due proportion of time. Lacking a gymnasium. lacking even an assembly hall, all physical activity indoors must occur in narrow aisles between seats which are fastened to the floor. Thus we are obliged to feature simple arm exercises, when we should wish to exercise the large muscle groups of the trunk and thighs. These are the muscle groups in which congestion occurs from long sitting periods, and which on an open floor we exercise most persistently.
Whenever weather permits, the Physical Education period is spent outdoors. During the fall and spring terms, when outdoor work is feasible, we feature games. Attention is not centered on a few clever athletes who represent the school while the rest of the pupils "root." On the contrary every pupil plays every game- the timid ones are encouraged until self-confidence is developed ; the bully is developed into a helpful leader or is properly repressed, according to his latent characteristics.
During the winter, we introduce folk dancing into the pro- gram. Without open floor space, and with no piano, this is some- thing of a problem. Considering the handicap under which we
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work, we feel that the results have been creditable. There is a certain type of awkwardness that has gradually lessened, and has been replaced with good poise and naturalness. Folk dancing is quite definitely a thing apart from other dancing, and serves a different purpose. The dances are the heritage of hundreds of years of the peasants of Europe and are the games which they played at their festivals.
We have as our goal for each pupil: A Sound Mind in a Sound Body, and as we try to develop the bodily mechanism, it is happily a fact that the mind is developed in like degree. For every new muscular coordination is acquired through developing the neuro-muscular tract that controls the given set of muscles. The mind is trained and stabilized by use, the nervous system is trained and strengthened, the heart and lungs are developed, and the body is storing a reserve strength and endurance for future years when conditions of growth or disease may make a sudden and unexpected demand upon these physical resources.
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH RHODES FOSTER,
Supervisor of Physical Training.
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL
TOWN HALL, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1925, AT 8 O'CLOCK
March
Invocation REV. W. F. A. STRIDE
Salutatory-"Science and Rubber" RAYMOND SAULNIER
"Unfold, Ye Portals"-Gounod GLEE CLUB CHORUS
Prophecy of 1925 EMMA BALDWIN "Adoration"-Barowski Arthur Mason Reading of Class History DORIS STONE
"Farewell Reverie" HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Valedictory-"The Development of Pageantry". .. LUCY COOK Presentation of Diplomas . ROBERT ROBERTSON, JR. Awarding of Washington and Franklin Medal
"Bright Star of Eve, Arise"-Wrighton) GLEE CLUB CHORUS
"Bells of the Sea"-Lamb-Solman 5 Benediction REV. W. F. A. STRIDE
March
HONOR STUDENTS
Lucy Cook, First Raymond Saulnier, Second Doris Stone, Third Salome Withee, Fourth Emma Baldwin, Fifth 33
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CLASS MOTTO "Knowledge is Power"
CLASS COLORS Blue and Gold
CLASS FLOWER Jack Rose
CLASS ROLL
Raymond Joseph Saulnier
Hovey Francis Humphrey
Edythe Frances Back
Lucy Harriett Cook
Helen Louise Lovering
Hilda M. Dodge
Lena Alice Peterson
Elmer Hazlett Smith
Rose Elizabeth Gildart
Allan MacCurrach
Mary Agnes Saulnier
M. Salome Withee
Emma Baldwin
Wilhelmina Warner Dodge
Dorothy Alberta Cross
Grace Madeline Hooper
Arthur Mason, Jr.
Doris May Stone
Anna Frances Poole
MEMBERSHIP BY AGES AND GRADE, APRIL 1, 1925
AGES
Grades 5 6 7 8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17 18
19
Totals
% Re- tarted
1
14
21 5 1
41
2
2
17 |23 5 1
46
2
3
12 16 6 |1
35
2
4
15 17 10 10 1 1
54
3
5
6 |15 13 4
38
10
6
12 17 12
3 1 1
46
10
7
1 8 |15 12 2
38
5
8
1 5 12 7 5
1
31
19
9
5 12 11 1 1
30
6
10
7 12 9 32
33
15
11
5 7 12
24
0
12
7 11
1
19
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Total for Grades 1 - 6
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260
5
Total for Grades 7 - 12 -
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175
8
Total for Grades 1 - 12 -
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435
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TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY, 1926
NAME
SCHOOL
Grades or Subjects
Salary
Appoint- ment
Education Last School Attended
Howard W. Watson ...... High, Principal
Science and Math ...
$2,700
1923
Middlebury College
Laura W. Boyd, Mrs ..... High, Assistaut
English and Hist. ..
1,450
1925
Emerson College
Bernice L. Hayward .... . High, Assistant
French and Latin ...
1,300
1925
Elizabeth H. Bush, Mrs .. . High, Assistant
Commercial
1,450
1921
Bessie F. MeRae ..
.. Iligh, Assistant
Commercial
1,200
1925
Salem Normal
Thomas F. Carr. . High, Assistant
Manual Arts ...
1,600
1924
Fitchburg Normal
Sara C. Leighton ... . High, Assistant
Domestic Arts ..
*1,500
1924
Farmington Normal
Edna F. Hurlburt, Mrs .. .Junior High
Lit. and History ...
1,550
1915
Boston University
Hazel E. Ramer, Mrs. Junior High
Science and Geo ...
1,550
1921
Salem Normal
Carolyn Wyman . ... Junior High
English and Arith.
1,350
1925
Gorham Normal
Hannah B. Fanning . South
Grade 6
1,200
1925
Farmington Normal
Margaret K. Batchelder
. South
Grade 5
1,150
1920
Salem Normal
Marion C. Joseph
. South
Grade
4
1,150
1921
Salem Normal
Edith L. Fletcher
. South
Grade 3
1,350
1906
Salem Normal
Maude Gooch
. South
Grade
1,200
1925
Machias Normal
Nelly G. Cutting
. South
Grade 1
1,450
1915
Salem Normal
Laura Duperry
. East
Grades 4-6
1,200
1926
Castine Normal
Lucinda M. Bean
. East
Grades 1-3
1,100
1925
Farmington Normal
Abbie U. Cragg
. All
Drawing
250
1925
Salem Normal
Maude L. Thomas
. All
Music
300
1923
Boston University
Florence L. Stobbart . All
Nurse
720
1925
Beverly Hospital
Edith Foster, Mrs.
. All
Physical Training ..
*100
1924
Harvard Summer
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¡ Que day monthly.
Boston University
Salem Normal
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SCHOOL REPORT
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1926-27
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1926
January 4. Schools open
February 22.
Holiday
February 26.
Schools close
March 8. Schools open
April 19. Holiday
April 30. Schools close
May 10. Schools open
May 31 Holiday
June 24.
Schools close
Summer Vacation
September 7. Schools open
October 12. Holiday
November 24. Schools close at noon
November 29. Schools open
December 23 Schools close
1927
January 3. Schools open
February 22.
Holiday
February 25. Schools close
March 7 Schools open
April 19. Holiday
Schools close April 29.
May 9.
Schools open
May 30. Holiday
Schools close June 23.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF HAMILTON SCHOOLS
RESOURCES
Appropriation by Town Dog Tax Refunds
$41,700 00
277 00
15.73
Total
$41,992 73
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSE
Superintendence and Enforcement of Law :
Expense of School Committee
$125 00
Superintendent of Schools:
Salary
$1,200 00
Expense of office
20 17
Clerk and Expense Supt. Union
$382 53
School census 30 00
Attendance officer
100 00
Total
$1,857 70
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EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION
Teachers' Salaries :
Principal
$2,640 00
High School Assistants 6,860 00
Elementary Schools 15,597 00
Supervisor of Music
496 72
Supervisor of Drawing
100 00
Total
$25,693 72
Text-books :
High School
$356 79
Elementary Schools
344 74
701 53
Supplies :
High School
$904 19
Elementary Schools
583 54
1,487 73
Total
$27,882 98
EXPENSE OF OPERATION
Janitors' Salaries :
High School
$750 00
Elementary Schools
1,550 00
2,300 00
Fuel :
High School
$310 17
Elementary Schools
777 57
1,087 74
Janitors' Supplies
235 44
Miscellaneous
267 76
Total
$3,890 94
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MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Repairs :
High School
$678 86
Elementary School
965 62
Total
$1,644 48
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
School Library
$241 20
Health :
School Physician
$300 00
School Nurse 618 00
Physical Training Supervisor
105 00
Dental Examinations
28 00
Supplies
105 25
1,186 25
Transportation of Children
4,775 00
Miscellaneous
215 27
6,417 42
OUTLAY
New Equipment
$284 37
Total Expenditures
$41,978 19
Balance Unexpended
14 54
Appropriations
$41,992 134
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS
Beverly Industrial School
$250 50
Lawrence Training School 93 42
$343 92
Balance Unexpended 106 08 Appropriation $450 00
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TRANSPORTATION
Extra Transportation Payments $775 00
Balance Unexpended
225 00
Appropriation
$1,000 00
FIRE ESCAPE
Paid to James Y. Lake Co.
$685 00
Balance Unexpended $15 00
Appropriation $700 00
PAINTING SOUTH SCHOOL
Painting (Exterior and Interior) $1,600 00
Appropriation $1,600 00
SCHOOL HOUSE INSURANCE
Payments on Policies $363 46
Appropriation
$300 00
Total $3,767 38
Grand Total of Expenditures $15,745 57
Respectfully submitted,
ADELAIDE D. WALSH.
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