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The members of the present senior class are actively engaged in earning money for a trip to Washington this spring. The mothers are very enthusiastic about having this trip materialize and it is most gratifying to me that plans are progressing so well. The proceeds from many dances, card parties, rummage sales, suppers, etc., have all helped to swell the funds. I wish the public to know that the mothers and myself greatly appreciate the interest and effort that the many community organizations are exerting to help make possible this trip.
A very entertaining play in the nature of a farce, and called "Cyclone Sally" was presented by the senior class at the Com- munity House during December. This was well received by the public. The performance given the second night was followed by dancing. The net proceeds were given to the senior class toward their Washington trip.
The student council is functioning smoothly this year. This representative group of pupils meet with me every two weeks and we consider those matters which will improve the school. Early this year, each organization was started with a clean financial slate and informed that it would be expected to continue to func- tion in such manner as to keep out of debt. This year there are no school dues. Class dues are levied by those classes which
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desire them. A charter was given for an athletic council this year. This consists of three senior high school pupils and one junior high school pupil plus the captain of a varsity team in season. This group is under the guidance of Mr. Malone, our faculty manager. Its purpose is to guide and control athletics in general. This group is subordinate to the student council.
Junior and senior high school assemblies are conducted separ- ately once a week for three weeks out of every four. On the fourth week, we have a combined assembly of both groups. There have been additional times during the year when special assem- blies have been held for the entire school, such as that held recently for the Venetian Glass Blowers. Separately conducted assemblies have been found to function more smoothly because of the fact that our assemblies are pupil-conducted and there is less difference in the group age. This is important when one gives consideration to the likes and appreciations of different age- levels.
Many socials in the form of semi-public dances have been con- ducted this year. These socials have all been held for the purpose of securing money. It would be very gratifying if more money could be appropriated for the maintenance of allied school activi- ties. The methods of earning a few hundred dollars are very limited in a school. This is especially true when a portion of this income goes to the senior class for the Washington trip. My chief concern is regarding the fact that our social side of educa- tion to the pupils is set too far in the background because of the necessity of having outsiders come to our dances so that we may receive their gate receipts. The social aspects of modern educa- tion could be made more beneficial if this monetary aspect did not predominate.
Sewing is now offered as an elective to senior high school girls. Many useful articles are being made in this class. I am desirous of keeping such a practical course open to this older group.
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Hygiene is being taught as a regular subject in grades seven and eight. This subject is also touched upon in each of the three years of our general science course. The teaching of this subject stresses the doing rather than the abstract knowing of the truths. This type of teaching is preferable in all subjects, but especially in those dealing with health problems.
The citizenship class contains but few pupils as compared with previous years. Teachers of this group offer individual help to the group members with the intention and hope that each may return to his regular classes as soon as possible. At the end of each five-week period, the junior high school teachers meet with me to consider which pupils will receive more benefit from being in a small group where individual instruction predominates. These pupils are classified as the citizenship group. It is under- stood by all ninth-grade pupils that a pupil who has been a member of the citizenship group consistently for the last half of the school year, will not be promoted into grade ten of the senior high school. This ruling by the School Committee is fair to the few pupils who might be classified in this group, as it forestalls failure the next year. This is due chiefly to the fact that achieve- ment counts much more in senior high school than it does in the earlier grades.
Hamilton High School continues to be rated as a Class A high school by the State. I have recently been notified that Hamilton High School may also apply for a four-year renewal in its certifi- cation privilege to New England colleges. I am pleased to report such items to you because they show that the high standards of the school are being maintained, and I trust continually improved.
I wish that I might impress on the parents, the personal loss and undue hardship caused by absence from school. It is a notice- able fact that usually the pupil who can least afford to miss the teacher's instructions, is most frequently absent. I also want to
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stress the fact that every absence requires a note from a parent or guardian the first day the pupil returns to school.
I would prefer to see the school running on a daily six-period schedule instead of the present seven periods. Each period would then be 50 minutes instead of 40 minutes in length. Under this plan a portion of each period would be devoted to study in the subject room and under the supervision of the subject teacher. This would not mean less time in school for lesson preparation but would mean that instead of studying where the teacher in charge often taught none of the pupils present, each would be under the supervision of the subject teacher who best understood the approach to the subject and the help each pupil needed most.
It has been said, that the only unchanging law of the universe is the law of change. Every economic, political and cultural change that society undergoes places new demands upon the indi- vidual. Each of these changes, whether large or small, creates an educational responsibility, and most of them we must consider as school opportunities. We therefore need a flexible curriculum ; one that can change with the rapid change of modern life. Our school is pupil-centered and it is for the good of the child that the school exists.
It seems to me that we are teaching children for an unknown future. With the rapidly changing economical and social aspects of our environment, it appears that the problem of teaching is in the direction of directing pupils to acquire correct and proper habits, attitudes and skills. The best teaching is done when the knowing of the "how" and "why" is stressed. We want to teach pupils to recognize problems and then having recognized them, to guide them in dealing with them, instead of supplying ready- made answers. The problems of today will not be their problems of tomorrow. We must also keep in mind what is best for society, and also develop the individual to be able to better himself. Effective teaching today then points toward the developing of
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good citizens, and at the present time. I believe that the goals of present-day teaching should be especially toward developing indi- viduals toward improving their health, ethical character, funda- mental knowledge and the proper use of their leisure time. These are the present aims of Hamilton High School and I trust that I have been able to make this trend noticeable in the preceding paragraphs.
Before bringing this report to a close I wish to tell you what inestimable help you have been to me in guidance and assurance during the past year. It has been a pleasure to work with you in carrying out the policies of our School Committee and I trust that the coming year will continue to bring enriched teachings to the children of Hamilton.
Respectfully submitted,
ROLAND W. PAYNE
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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools, Hamilton, Massachusetts
Dear Sir :
The following is a report of work done at the schools for the year ending December, 1933 :
Total enrollment 421
Number of times school visited 199
Number sanitary inspections 68
Number classroom inspections
240
Number clerical work hours
147
Number home calls 176
Number first-aid dressings at schools
334
Number weighed and measured :
Grades 1-8 three times a year 625
Number 10% or more underweight 35
Result of eye and ear examination :
Number defective eyes 9
Number defective ears 4
Previous to above examination number eyes corrected 10
Number immunized against diphtheria 31
Number having Schick test 29
Result of Chadwick clinic, all schools :
Number having skin test (Von Pirquet) 250
Number reacting to test 123
Number X-rayed 128
Number having follow-up physical examination 24
Number reported cases-Hilum 1
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Result of physical examination by Dr. Corcoran, School Physician :
Defective tonsils 22 Corrected 15
Defective glands 3 Cervical Adenitis 3
Defective heart
4 Under treatment 2
Defective posture
41 Dental certificates 69
Dr. Whitehead conducted a Dental Clinic through the sixth grade. A complete report will be sent to me when his work has been completed.
Contagious and communicable diseases reported :
Whooping Cough (reported to date) 84
Impetigo 25
Ring Worm 8
Ivy 14
Athlete's Foot
1
Eczema
1
Respectfully submitted,
FLORENCE L. STOBBART, R. N.,
School Nurse.
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HONOR LIST
The following pupils received no rank below A or B for the entire school year 1932-1933 :
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
Alice Dunn
Nancy Knowlton
Tasea Pappas
William Preston
Catherine Farrell
Sidney MacDonald
Albert Webb
Mary Walsh
Edna Sprague
Thelma Mann
Margaret Sargent
Irene Tree
Arthur Hansbury
William King
Gertrude Sprague
Louise Moulton
Barbara Maxwell
Jeanne Hipson
William Moore
Minnie Wetson
Betty Bingle Myrtle Allen
Betty Davison
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ATTENDANCE
The following pupils were perfect in attendance at school dur- ing the year 1932-1933 :
ADELAIDE DODGE WALSH SCHOOL
Celia A. Moore Mary F. Moore
Louise W. Moore
SOUTH SCHOOL
Ebba Gertrude Anderson
Mary Danforth
Rhoda E. Emeney
Walter B. Maxwell
James Stelline
Betty I. Dodge
Veronica M. McParland John V. McParland
Evelyn M. Dodge
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
Fred Stubbs
Robert Farrell
Virginia Gould
Amy Dolliver
Hazel Manthorn
Georgina Cracknell
Walter Fowler
Arthur Moore
Katherine Cracknell
Thelma Mann
Margaret Sargeant
Irene Tree
Charles Dolliver
Harold Knowltor.
Lawrence Lamson
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PENMANSHIP
The following pupils received certificates for most improvement in penmanship during the school year 1932-1933 :
ADELAIDE DODGE WALSH SCHOOL
Celia A. Moore
Joan L. Bousley
Leslie C. McCulloch
Ruth Cameron
Mary F. Moore
Eleanor Thompson
Phyllis M. Hawkins
Dorothy M. Thompson
Margaret Goodhue
Mary Dewar
Paul Schulz
Joyce Bousley
Carmelita Mons
SOUTH SCHOOL
Rhoda E. Emeney
Etta Tucker
Vincent Sargent
Joseph Wilcox
Eleanor Blanchard
Joseph Baker
Anna Adams
Shirley W. Learned
Walter S. Perkins
Sally Porter
Charlotte M. Stanley
John Wallace
Irene Chisholm
Charles W. Appleton
Virginia S. Breed Leo G. Elario
Philip C. Keyser
Kathryn F. Mann
Gordon J. McRae
Pauline A. Powers
Bessie B. Wilcox
Ralph T. Harrigan
Frances M. Manthorn
Arthur W. Day
Margaret M. Keough
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
Ada Dolliver
Dorothy Alexander
Ellen Donlon
Dorothy C. Connor
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HOME READING WITH SCHOOL CREDIT Public Library and Public Schools Co-operating
The following pupils received reading certificates for having read ten or more books from the approved list :
ADELAIDE DODGE WALSH SCHOOL Grade 2
Dorothy Faulkner Louise Schulz
Joyce Bousley Grade 3
Mary Dewar
Patricia Stride
Grade 4
*Joan Louise Bousley
* Kenneth N. Faulkner Grade 5
Ursula C. MacDonald
*Louise A. Moore
Arlene A. Tucker Dorothy M. Thompson
Grade 6
Celia A. Moore
** Ruth Cameron
** Eleanor Thompson
*Leslie C. McCulloch ** Mary F. Moore *Phyllis M. Hawkins
SOUTH SCHOOL Grade 3
Thomas P. Adams
Stanley E. Allen Richard L. Burke
Ralph J. Armstrong
* Henry C. Drewes
John J. Cullity David Greeley
*Joyce A. Jopp
*
Shirley W. Learned
*Robert G. Martin Walter S. Perkins
*
*John Perkins *Sally Porter Charlotte M. Stanley
*Donald Sanford Theresa Stelline
John Wallace
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Grade 4
Mary E. Austin *John W. Dolliver Mary E. Hopkins ** Jennie M. Ross * *** Rhoda E. Emeney *** Martha W. Cunningham
*Mary Danforth Ernest B. Day
** **** Merrill J. Smallwood
Mary Lucy D'Amato
Grade 5
** *Christina P. Butler Robert P. Chase
*Clifford J. Moulton Lorraine B. Mitchell * Dorothy A. Manthorn *Catherine L. Hammond
*Dorothy M. McCarthy Jean M. Beers Millard O. Palm
** Eleanor G. Tobyne Charles B. Palm Viola J. Bailey
Gordon A. Chittick
Ernest J. Spencer
Alice M. Lavoie
Neil J. Mullins ** Edward Wallace ** Jane Perkins
*Richard J. O'Leary Victor H. Tremblay
Robert A. MacDonald
Pearl L. Wilson
Harold E. Hammond Mary L. Fuller
Grade 6
Charles W. Appleton *** Joseph Bookstein
Dorothy C. Connor Harold F. Day Leo G. Elario
* Mary E. Johnson Harry R. MacGregor Dora E. Marks
*Dorothy May Perkins Henry J. Stelline
Henry F. Baker ** Virginia S. Breed Rita E. Cullity
* Evelyn Mae Dodge Elizabeth G. Fletcher Philip C. Keyser Kathryn F. Mann
*Gordon Jarvis McRae Pauline A. Powers *Bessie B. Wilcox
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JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH Grade 7
Robert Wilkinson
Thomas Mullins
Grade 8
Richard Wilkinson
Carl Hedin
Madeline Carter
Francis Sargent
Isabelle Dunn
Mary Perkins
*Helen Fuller
** Helen Day
* Denotes number of stars given for the reading of each five books in addition to the ten required for obtaining certificate.
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SCHOOL SAVINGS SALEM SAVINGS BANK
Deposits during 1933 Withdrawals
$421 39
Balance, January 1, 1934
130 23
Number of depositors
$291 16 173
AGE OF ADMITTANCE
Pupils entering school in September must have been at least five years of age on April 1st preceding entrance in September.
VACCINATION
Children who have not been vaccinated will not be admitted to school in September unless they present a certificate from a regular practicing physician stating that they are not fit subjects for vaccination. Parents are requested to attend to this matter during the summer vacation, as certificates of vaccination or exemption must be presented at the opening of school to entitle children to admission.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL
22-22 repeated at 7.30 a. m. means that there will be no school for the entire day.
22-22 repeated at 12.30 p. m. means there will be no school in the afternoon.
SCHOOL CENSUS As of October 1, 1933
Boys
Girls
Number between five and seven years of age
27
17
Number between seven and fourteen years of age
129
130
Number between fourteen and sixteen years of age
80
65
Totals Total Census
236
212
448
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TEACHERS AND COURSES PURSUED IN 1933
Teacher
Nelly G. Cutting
Mrs. Marion S. Batchelder
Marjorie Underhill
Marian C. Joseph
Margaret K. Batchelder
Ellen M. Duffy
Wilhelmenia Ready Edith M. Anderson
Mrs. Hazel E. Ramer Ruth Barker Bessie F. McRae
Mrs. Laura W. Boyd Forrest P. Branch
Nelson H. Progin
Course
Primary Procedure
Character Training
Miller System of Correct English Character Training Miller System of Correct English Character Training Miller System of Correct English Character Training
Miller System of Correct English Character Training Miller System of Correct English Character Training
Miller System of Correct English Character Training
Commercial Art Modern History
Modern History
Basketball Refereeing
Miller System of Correct English
Character Training
Character Training
Theory and Practice for Competi- tive Athletics A History of Civilization
HAMILTON TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY, 1934
Appoint-
Education
NAME
SCHOOL
Subject or Grade
Salary
ment
School Last Attended
Roland W. Payne
. . High, Prin.
Mathematics
$2,600
1932
Columbia University
Bessie F. McRae
. . High
Commercial
1,500
1925
Salem Normal
Dorothy J. Ward
. High
Commercial
1,450
1931 Boston University
Mrs. Laura W. Boyd
. . High
History and English 1,750
1925
Emerson College
Frank J. Malone . . High
French and Latin ..
1,350
1931
Boston University
Mrs. Hazel E. Ramer
High .
Science and Math ...
1,600
1921
Salem Normal
Evelin D. Hagglund
. High
English ...
1,400
1931
Upsala College
Edith M. Anderson
High
History and Civics
1,450
1929
Boston University
Nelson H. Progin
. High
Manual Training ..
1,600
1932
Fitchburg Normal
Ruth Barker
. High
Domestic Science .. 1,200
1932
Framingham Normal
Forrest P. Branch
. High
Science
1,200
1933
Dartmouth College
Ellen Duffy
. South
Grade 6
1,300
1927
Hyannis Normal
Margaret K. Batchelder
South
Grade 5
1,300
1920
Salem Normal
Marian C. Joseph
. South
Grade 4
1,300
1921
Salem Normal
Marjorie Underhill . South
Grade 3
1,050
1931
Niel's Kindergarten
Mrs. Marion Batchelder
. South
Grade 2
1,400
1926
Hyannis Normal
Nelly G. Cutting .
. South
Grade 1
1,550
1915
Boston University
Wilhelmenia Ready
.A. D. Walsh
Grades 4-6
850
1932
Salem Normal
Katherine Malone
.A. D. Walsh
Grades 1-3
850
1932
Niel's Kindergarten
Grace A. Jenkins
. . Ele.
Drawing
50
1933
Mass. School of Art
Maude L. Thomas
. Ele.
Music
. .. .
50
1923
Boston University
Florence L. Stobbart
. All
Nurse
760
1925
Beverly Hospital
.
. . .
.
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HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES MAXWELL NORMAN MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1933, 8 O'CLOCK
PROGRAM
Processional : Priest's March Mendelssohn
Invocation
REV. W. F. A. STRIDE
The Lord is My Shepherd-Havergal DOUBLE QUARTET Our School: A Laboratory for Citizenship
H. ALBERT J. WEBB, Salutatorian
Unfold Ye Portals-Gounod CHORUS
Class History MARY E. WALSH Presentation of Class Gift, SIDNEY J. MACDONALD, Class President Dedication of School Grounds CATHERINE T. FARRELL Class Prophecy WILLIAM G. PRESTON
Life is a Song-McIntyre GIRLS' CHORUS
For Value Received NANCY D. KNOWLTON, Valedictorian Cantata : Columbus-Hosmer CHORUS
Presentation of Diplomas
FREDERICK C. HOLLAND, Chairman School Committee Benediction REV. W. F. A. STRIDE
Recessional : Priest's March Mendelssohn
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GRADUATES OF 1933
Virginia Lamson Adams Lorena Maude Bancroft Abraham Bookstein Margaret Cecelia Corcoran Doris Louise Cushman Ada Elizabeth Dolliver
Alice Signe Dunn Catherine Theresa Farrell John Clifford King *Nancy Douglass Knowlton
Sidney James MacDonald George Arthur Magnan James David Miller Tasea Anna Mary Pappas William Peter Poole
William Geoffrey Preston Joseph Vincent Sanders *Mary Ellen Walsh *Henry Albert J. Webb
* Honor Pupils.
CLASS MOTTO Esse Quam Videri (To be rather than to seem)
CLASS COLORS Maroon and Gold
CLASS FLOWER American Beauty Rose
CLASS OFFICERS
President-Sidney J. MacDonald Vice-President-Mary E. Walsh Secretary-Alice S. Dunn Treasurer-James D. Miller
MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1933
AGE
Grade
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19 20
Total
1
19 12
1
32
2
13 17 4
1
3
19 13
4 1
4
14 16
4 1
5
12 12 .8
2
1
6
21 7
4 5
1
7
17 15
3
1
8
13 9
9
6 2 19 14
3 2 3
41
10
1 11 13 8 7
2 2 18
15 5
1
43
12
1 11
4
2 3 1
20
Totals 19 25 37 31 32 38 16 37 49 38
38
36 19
7 2 424
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
212
Total in Grades 7 to 12
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- 212
Total in Grades 1 to 12
-
-
I
I
-
424
35 37 35 35 38
36 30
42
11
Total in Grades 1 to 6
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1934
January 2 Schools open
February 16
Schools close
February 26 Schools open
April 13 Schools close
.April 23 Schools open
May 30 Holiday
June 21 Junior-Senior High School Graduation
June 22
Schools close
SUMMER VACATION
September 5 Schools open
October 12 Holiday
November 28 Schools close at noon
December 3
Schools open
December 21
Schools close
1935
January 2
Schools open
February 15
Schools close
February 25 Schools open
April 18 Schools close
April 29 Schools open
Holiday
May 30
May 31 Holiday
June 20 Junior-Senior High School Graduation
Schools close June 21
INDEX
PAGE
List of Officers 3
Accountant's Report :
Receipts
7
Expenditures
13
General Government
13
Protection of Persons and Property
28
Forestry
34
Health and Sanitation
39
Ilighways
40
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits, Public Welfare
Schools
Special Appropriations
Public Library
51 54 62 63 64 65
Recreation
Unclassified
Cemetery
67 69
Interest
Municipal Indebtedness
Agency and Trust
Refunds
Balances and Transfers
General Accounts
Debt Account and Trust and Investment Funds . .
75
Recapitulation of Departmental Expenses 76
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 79
Investment Funds 83
Public Library Trust Funds 83
Treasurer's Cash 84
69 70 70 72 74
INDEX
PAGE
Report of an Audit of the Accounts
87
Department of Weights and Measures 109
Report of Town Clerk 111
Report of Assessors 120
Jury List for 1934 124
Report of Police Department 125
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners 128
Report of the Park Commission 129
Report of the Board of Selectmen 130
Report of the Trustees of the Public Library 133
Librarian's Report 135
Report of Fire Department 137
Report of the Surveyor of Highways 140
Report of Hamilton Committee on Unemployment
141
In Memoriam :
Annie Esther Woodbury 147
Francis C. Norton 148
Captain Houston A. Thomas 150
Report of the Welfare Department 152
Town Warrant 154
Report of the Finance and Advisory Committee
159
Report of the School Committee 165
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