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The Purdy Company of Boston came to the school early last November and took individual pictures of the seniors. This was much earlier than usual but it was beneficial in two ways: It allowed the seniors to use the pictures for Christmas; and it was also a more convenient time for payment. Previously these pic- tures have been taken in the spring and payment for them at that time interfered with funds for the Washington Trip.
Highway safety in Hamilton is not the crucial issue which it is in the more urban communities. There is, however, always a possibility of some child, or adult, being struck down while walk- ing on the highways at night. Because of this danger I have secured some reflectors which may be worn by either pedestrians or bicycle-riders. The reflectors are circular pieces of cardboard which have red-reflecting surfaces. They may be fastened to the clothing of a person or attached to a bicycle. They reflect light very effectively and allow one to be seen on dark roadways. I have given these to all the pupils who want them. I have more in my possession which are available to anyone who may request them so long as the supply lasts.
I am attempting to teach highway safety in an indirect manner. The Parker Bros. of Salem are placing on the market a two-dollar game entitled. "Highway Patrol." It is a game which is very fascinating to play. I am offering four of these games as prizes to the four pupils who excel in correctly answering questions con-
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cerning highway safety after they have had an opportunity of playing this game.
Interest in interschool sports is not as keen as it has been in former years, either among the pupils themselves or the towns- people. At the last basketball game, at the time of this writing, there were but two adults and ten pupils who paid admission to see two games. More emphasis is being given to intramural ath- letics and as a result, interest in this type of competition has devel- oped among the pupils. Theoretically, this greater interest in the intramural is the ideal toward which all schools strive. We need to give careful consideration to the planning of athletics in the near future.
Because our building is kept in such good condition I would like to give due credit where it belongs and where it is seldom received, and that is to our janitor, Mr. Rudolph Smerage. Most visitors speak about the attractiveness of our building and the splendid condition it is in. We are fortunate in having a man who takes the interest which he does in his work.
It seems to me that one of the most important things which a young person can learn today is the ability to get along with other people. This applies especially to young people of school age. It must be recognized by all of us as we come in contact with new surroundings and conditions. Each of us must have this ability if we are to be successful in this socialized world. Teachers must recognize the needs of their pupils in social and civic relationships so as to assist them in more effective participation in democratic processes. A quotation from John Dewey makes a fitting close to this report, "Democracy is a social order in which all the forces which make for friendship, beauty, and knowledge are cherished in order that each individual may become what he, and he alone, is capable of becoming . "
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I thank you, Mr. Whittier, for the assistance which you have rendered me during the year in helping me execute my duties as Principal of the Hamilton High School. Please extend my sin- cere gratitude to the members of our School Committee for their courtesies and friendly understandings which they have exhibited in my behalf.
Respectfully submitted,
ROLAND W. PAYNE
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SCHOOL REPORT
REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Hamilton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my annual report as School Nurse in the Town of Hamilton :
Total enrollment 389
Result of physical examination by Dr. John G. Corcoran :
Number examined 389
Defects :
Tonsils 48 Corrections to date 26
Posture
Eyes 18
Heart
Corrections by glasses 10
Glands 40 Corrections by changing lens 6
Number pupils found 10% or more underweight. 25
Dental Clinic-The dental clinic was carried on by Dr. A. W. Roach of Lynn. It is hoped we will be able to conduct a dental clinic again this year.
Number receiving dental certificates
110
Number having some work done 25
Hearing-We had the use of an audiometer from the State De- partment of Public Health. Miss Kepler assisted by the School Nurse tested the hearing of all school children and retested all . doubtful cases. Parents were notified of all found defective by a home call from the School Nurse, who recommended that the child be taken to an ear specialist.
Number examined 306
Number retested 46
Number found with defective hearing 4
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Number classroom inspections
245
Number first-aid dressings 412
Number home calls 450
Number hours clerical work
180
Number immunized against diphtheria
25
Miscellaneous operations on pupils :
Appendectomy 5 Mastoid 1
Number contagious diseases of pupils :
Measles 45 Impetigo 11
Mumps 12 Scarlet fever 2
Whooping cough 6 Ivy and dogwood 27
Chicken pox 29 Infantile paralysis 1
Result of Essex Sanatorium School Clinic :
Number consents for clinic 64
Number to be followed up annually
6
Number tested 58
Population of grades tested
11
Per cent tested 49.5
Number reacting to the test
28
Per cent reacting to the test 48.2
Number children X-rayed 28
Number children examined
3
Observation group for an annual check-up by this clinic 1
Number children examined by special request 4
It is very gratifying to note the interest taken by teachers in co-operating with the health work. Eleven teachers were X-rayed during the last clinic.
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It will be noted there were only 49.5% of the total school popu- lation of high school pupils who took advantage of this worth- while clinic. We sincerely hope that through this clinic we will be able to convince the parents as to the value of it and that 100% of the pupils will take advantage of it when it is held again.
Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE L. STOBBART, R. N. School Nurse
December 30, 1937
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
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 5 Patricia McCarthy
Grade 6
Dorothy Faulkner Louise Schulz
Gloria Bellevue Rae Cavanaugh* JONATHAN LAMSON SCHOOL
Grade 3
Dorothy Dewar **
.Joan Foster*
Barbara Brooks
Caroline Dove*
Shirley Whipple* Ruth Dodge Lucy Babcock James Simpson®
Grade 4
Alice Adams* **
Mary Louise Cullity
Barbara Foster* *
Francis Gardner*
Stanford Goulding*
John Hansbury
Edward Haraden'
Walter Hopping
Ida Manthorn * *
Arthur Mathison
Robert McDonald* *:
Sally Nielsen'
Robert Tobyne'
Elisabeth Meyer ** *** Margaret Thimmer
John Tyack' **
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Grade 5
Virginia Sargent* ******
***
Donald Pope Barbara Allen ***********
Donald Chittick
Elaine Brown **
Louise Erickson **
Barbara Dodge*
Robert Greeley*
Marjorie Flynn ***
William Larkin*
Eileen Larkin
Robert LeBlanc **
Florence Laporte **
Robert Perkins*
Veronica McParland **
Marjorie Wallace
Elizabeth Stelline*
William Wallace* *
Hope Simpson ****
Grade 6
Joan Adams*
Ebba Anderson **
Florence Baker*
Rita Elario*
Alene Flynn
Amalia Frederick* *
Marjorie Hughes **
Gladys Palm*
Dorothy Stegemann' ***
Betty Thayer ****
Eva Wilson* ** Joan Chisholm*
Richard Carter
Robert Chittick
Raymond Connor
John Day
Donald Duclow **
Dean Fowler* Robert McRae*
Roger Martin
Sidney Meyer
COACH GROUP
Barbara Johnson* Edward Manthorn James Stelline* Robert Tremblay ***
Milton Lougee* Virginia Marks Herbert Tobyne
Victor Tremblay
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JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
Dorothy Shaw
Mary Dewar
Emily Wetson
John Perkins
Claire Riendeau® *
Donald Sanford
Lorraine Mitchell
Millicent True*
Margaret Goodhue
Eleanor Tobyne
Martha Cunningham
Viola Bailey
Edward Wallace
Jane Perkins*
Neil Mullins
Florette Riendeau
* 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 REPORT
PENMANSHIP
The following pupils received pins or certificates for most im- provement in penmanship during the school year 1936-1937:
ADELAIDE DODGE WALSH SCHOOL Certificates
Rae Cavanaugh
Gloria Bellevue
Elizabeth Holland
Louise Schulz Patricia McCarthy Creighton Blenkhorn
JONATHAN LAMSON SCHOOL Pins
George Ricker
Douglas Emeney
Maurice Hatt
George Andrews
Shirley Wentworth
Phyllis Holmes
LeRoy Carter
Audrey Brown
Thelma Elario
William Campbell
Raymond Moulton Victor Emeney
John Chisholm
Certificates
Mary McLean
Joan Foster
Mary Ann Cunningham
Alice Adams
Elisabeth Meyer
Margaret Thimmer
Robert Tobyne
Anne Nielsen
Virginia Sargent
Barbara Allen
Louise Erickson Eileen Larkin
Elizabeth Stelline
Hope Simpson
Helen Larkin
Ebba Anderson
Mabel Babcock
Rita Elario
Amalia Frederick
Marjorie Hughes
Gladys Palm
Robert Chittick
Dean Fowler
Marjorie Flynn
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JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH Certificates
Charles Palm
Viola Bailey
Arline Saunders
Irene Chisholm
John Cullity
Mary Dewar
David Greeley
Ruth Horn
Robert Martin
John Perkins
Sally Porter
Claire Riendeau
Donald Sanford
Vincent Sargent
Paul Schulz
Charlotte Stanley
Theresa Stelline
Doris True
Emily Wetson
Martha Cunningham
Ernest Day
Betty Dodge
Gloria Elario
Betty Emeney
Margaret Goodhue
Fritiof Hedin
Olof Hedin
Eliott Perkins
Bertha Ross
Merrill Smallwood
Mary Stelline
Eleanor Tobyne
Millicent True
Elaine St. Germain
Lillian Oser
Virginia Frederick
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ATTENDANCE
The following pupils were perfect in attendance at school during the year 1936-1937 :
ADELAIDE DODGE WALSH SCHOOL
Lawrence Berry
Emeline Sprague
JONATHAN LAMSON SCHOOL
William Campbell
Anne McLean
Audrey Brown
Earl Flynn
Carmella Stelline
Mary McLean
Alice Adams
Robert Tobyne
Allan Campbell
Robert Brown
Elaine Brown
Marjorie Flynn
Robert LeBlanc
John Chisholm
Edward Manthorn
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
Emily Wetson
Betty Emeney
Walter Maxwell
Eleanor Tobyne
Merrill Smallwood
Bertha Ross
Olof Hedin
Martha Cunningham
Florette Riendeau
Charles Palm
Louise Moore
Carl Hedin
Evelyn Dodge
Harold Day
Ruth Cameron
Virginia Wallace
Ruth Day
Elizabeth Cameron
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HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES JUNE 24, 1937
We dedicate our Commencement program this year to the memory of Horace Mann, often called the father of American education. Of him, Colonel F. W. Parker wrote: "Washington and Lincoln represent the highest types of heroism, patriotism and wisdom in the great crises of republic building ; Horace Mann, the quiet inner building, the soul development of the nation."
PROGRAM
Processional
Invocation
Response-Thanks Be to God
REV. ELMER EDDY Dickinson-Salter
SENIOR CLASS
Members of the High School present "The Greatest Discovery," by Mildred Sandison and Eleanor Craven.
SYNOPSIS
Act I Law Office of Horace Mann-Evening of June 29, 1837
Act II Schoolroom-Two years later
Act III House of Representatives- March afternoon, 1840 Act IV Horace Mann's Home-Four years later
THE CHARACTERS
Horace Mann, Mr. Smith, Mr. Barnes, Mr. Payne, Mr. Johnson, Miss Hoyt, Teachers, Speaker of the House, Mr. Dodge, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Webb, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Green, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Clark, Ann, Helen, Jenny.
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Song of the Buccaneers
Gibb
Come to the Fair
Mortin-Salter
CHORUS
Presentation of Class Gift
RICHARD H. GRANT Class President
Presentation of Awards
Presentation of Diplomas
FRANK E. WITHEE Secretary, School Committee
Class Song-With Songs and Garlands Heartz
CLASS OF 1937
Benediction
REV. ELMER EDDY
Recessional
CLASS MOTTO ALTIORA QUAERIMUS We seek higher things
CLASS COLORS Maroon and Gold
CLASS FLOWER American Beauty Rose
CLASS OFFICERS
President Richard H. Grant
Vice-President
Harold M. Johnson
Secretary Elaine A. Bennett
Treasurer
Neil F. Moynihan
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
GRADUATES OF 1937
John Clifton Back Elaine Abbott Bennett * Betty Brown Bingle *Elizabeth Patch Cameron Madeline Mary Carter Georgina Mary Cracknell Betty Lillian Cushman Ruth Lovering Day *Victoria Ella DeLuca Amy Winifred Dolliver *Isabelle Ogg Dunn Mary Catherine Gildart Alice Virginia Gould Ernest Lorraine Doane Goulding
Richard Haig Grant * Ralph Joseph Hursty Harold Marston Johnson, Jr. Ruth Madelyn Lougee *Grace Margaret Marks Joseph Canlon MacDonald Edward Robert Meyer Neil Francis Moynihan Craig O'Donnell Louie James Pappas Benjamin Grant Robertson Gordon Leland Thompson *Minnie Wetson
* Honor Pupils
Ruth Jackson, '38, Accompanist
Ushers are Honor Pupils of Class of 1939
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HONOR LIST
The following pupils received no rank below A or B for the entire school year 1936-1937 :
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
Victoria DeLuca
Gordon Chittick
Ralph Hursty
Francis Cowdrey
Minnie Wetson
Robert MacDonald
Marguerite Bilodeau
Millard Palm
Ruth Jackson
Edward Wallace
Norman Nielsen
Betty Emeney
George Sprague
Margaret Goodhue
Ruth Cameron
Merrill Smallwood
Harold Day
Elaine St. Germain
Dorothy Perkins
Eleanor Tobyne
Eleanor Thompson
Charlotte Stanley
Mary Dewar Sally Porter
Claire Riendeau
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
SCHOOL CENSUS As of October 1, 1937
Boys Girls
Number between five and seven years of age
31
27
Number between seven and fourteen years of age
107
100
Number between fourteen and sixteen years of age
40
39
Totals
178
166
Total Census
344
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 regu- lar practicing physician stating that they are not fit subjects for vaccination. Parents are requested to attend to this matter dur- ing the summer vacation, as certificates of vaccination or exemp- tion 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.
HAMILTON TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1, 1938
NAME
SCHOOL
Subject or Grade
Salary
Appoint- ment
Education School Last Attended
Roland W. Payne ....
. High, Prin.
Math., Chemistry ......
$2,600
1932
Harvard University
Dorothy J. Ward .... .... . High
Commercial
1,500
1931
Harvard University
Beatrice Edmonson.
. High
Commercial
1,050
1935
Harvard University
Mrs. Laura W. Boyd ..
. . High
Senior English ... .
1,750
1925
Emerson College
Frank J. Malone ..
...... High
French, Latin ....
1,500
1931
Boston University
Mrs. Hazel E. Ramer.
Math., Science · .
1,600
1921
Salem Normal
Wilhelmina Ready
Junior English ...
1,100
1934
Harvard University
Edith Anderson ·
. . High
Frederick Wales
. High
Manual Training
1,200
1937
Fitchburg Teachers College
Madeline Featherstone
. High
Domestic Science . ...
1,000
1934
Columbia University
Bryce B. Walton. . High
History, Biology .
1,600
1934
Emerson College
Ellen M. Duffy. .
.J. Lamson
Grade 6
1,300
1927
Hyannis Normal
Margaret K. Batchelder. .J. Lamson
Grade 5
1,300
1920
Salem Normal
Marian C. Joseph ... ... J. Lamson
Grade 4
1,350
1921
Salem Normal
Marjorie Underhill
.. J. Lamson
Grade 3
1,100
1931
Niel's Kindergarten
Mrs. Marion Batchelder .... J. Lamson
Grade 2
1,400
1926
Boston University
Nelly G. Cutting.
.J. Lamson
Grade 1
1,550
1915
Boston University
Thelma Bailey
.. J. Lamson
Grade 1 .
950
1934
Salem Teachers College
Anna Barron . A. D. Walsh
Grades 1-6
950
1934
Salem Teachers College
Mrs. Abbie Eaton.
All
Drawing
100
1936
Salem Normal
Maude L. Thomas.
Music
175
1923
Boston University
Florence L. Stobbart ....
... ..... All
Nurse
810
1925
Beverly Hospital
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. . All
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. . . High
. . High
Social Science
.... ..
1,500
1929
Boston University
Algebra
Hygiene, Phys. Training
Physical Training
.
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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1937
AGE
Grade
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Total
1
1 22 14
5
42
2
13 17 2 1
33
3
9 15 5
29 32
4
1 7 18
5 1
5
10
9 5
2
2
28 34
6
9 14
9
2
7
1 10
17
4
4 3
39
8
10 13
4
2 29
9
9 17
34
10
6 2 16 7
4
28
11
1
13
10 4
28
12
9
9
4
22
Totals 1 22 27 32 24 34 24 29 39 30 42 31
25 13
4
1
378
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SCHOOL SAVINGS SALEM SAVINGS BANK
Deposits during 1937 Withdrawals
$403 52
151 55
Balance, January 1, 1938
Number of depositors
$251 97 193
TEACHERS AND COURSES PURSUED IN 1937
Teacher
Margaret Batchelder
Thelma Bailey
Ellen Duffy
Beatrice Edmondson
Edith Anderson
Wilhelmenia Ready Dorothy Ward Frank Malone Roland W. Payne
Course
Current Events
English Course
Primary Reading
Correct English
Dramatics
Music
Accounting
Public Speaking
Gregg Shorthand
Accounting
Education Curriculum Revision in Progres- sive Education
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1938
January 3
February 22
February 25
Schools open Holiday Schools close
March 7
Schools open
April 19
Holiday Schools close
April 29
May 9
Schools open Holiday
May 30
June 23
High School Graduation Schools close
Summer Vacation
September 7
Schools open
October 12
Holiday
November 11
Holiday
November 23
Schools close at noon
November 28
Schools open
December 23
Schools close
1939
January 3
Schools open
June 24
INDEX
List of Officers
PAGE 3
Accountant's Report :
Receipts
Expenditures
13
General Government
13
Selectmen-Unemployed Account
14
Protection of Persons and Property
31
Health and Sanitation
40
Highways
42
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits, Public Welfare
53
Schools
57
Special Appropriations
66
Public Library
67 69
Cemetery
72 74 75 75
Refunds
76
General Accounts
Debt and Trust Accounts
78
Recapitulation of Departmental Expenses
79
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
82
Investment Funds 87
Public Library Trust Funds 88 .
Treasurer's Report
.
89
Recreation
Interest
Municipal Indebtedness
Agency and Trust
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INDEX
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Report of an Audit of the Accounts 91
Report of Town Clerk 113
Report of the Fire Department 138
Report of Assessors 141
Report of the Surveyor of Highways 145
Report of Hamilton Committee on Unemployment 146
Report of W. P. A. Coordinator 147
Report of House Numbering Project Committee 149
Report of the Park Commission 150
Report of Police Department 151
Department of Weights and Measures 155
Report of the Board of Health 157
Report of Water Commissioners 159
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners 161
Jury List for 1938 162
Librarian's Report 163
In Memoriam :
Chester H. Knowles 167
George E. Safford 168
Report of the Board of Welfare 169
Report of the Board of Selectmen
171
Town Warrant 173
Report of the Finance and Advisory Committee 181
Report of the School Committee 1
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