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To fill the vacancy in the Home Economics Department caused by the resignation of Miss Madeline Featherstone, Miss Jean Oliver, a graduate of Simmons College was elected. Following Miss Oliver's resignation in December Miss Mary Schouler, a graduate of Framingham Teachers College, with several years' experience as substitute teacher in the Somerville School Depart- ment was elected. Miss Schouler gives promise of rendering splen- did service in the department.
At the close of school in December. Miss Marjorie Underhill resigned to be married. Miss Underhill had taught successfully in the Adelaide Dodge Walsh School and the Jonathan Lamson School for a period of seven years.
The position vacated by Miss Underhill was filled by transfer- ring Miss Thelma Bailey from the position she held as teacher of a division of the first grade. All pupils of grade one are now under the instruction of Miss Brown.
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SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
There is every reason to be pleased with the very regular school attendance of probably ninety-five per cent of our pupils. If it is physically possible for them to be in school they are there doing their work faithfully and with much enjoyment and satisfaction.
Because of the very irregular attendance of possibly five per cent of our enrollment it has been necessary to employ Mrs. Mary Tyack as an attendance officer. It is Mrs. Tyack's duty to call at the homes to learn why pupils are not in school and if possible to impress upon the parents the necessity of their keeping their children in school. Before going to the home she learns from the school what progress the pupil is making. Through the home visit she endeavors to determine the reason for the pupil's absence. With this information from the school and the home she is then able to advise the principals and parents what adjustments are advisable to secure the best possible regular attendance of the pupil. By this plan of cooperation between the home and the school we hope to correct the irregular attendance of a few of our pupils. More drastic steps will necessarily have to be taken to correct the irregular attendance of a few.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS
After several year's efforts we now find our Manual Training Department well equipped with power machines.
Pupils required to take this work are doing so with much enthu- siasm. They are able to do much more satisfactory work than when all work was done by hand.
Pupils in large numbers are electing manual training that they may develop their skills beyond that required of all pupils. Doubt- less the impetus given them through their use of power machines will induce some to pursue a Trade School Course after graduat-
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ing from our high school. Others may find it of value to them in choosing their life's work in trades.
It is very noticeable that some pupils are now finding it a pleasure to be in school and do quite satisfactory academic work because of greater opportunities being offered them through the well-equipped Manual Training Department.
The addition of the electric sewing machines in the Household Arts Department is much appreciated by the teacher and pupils. The addition of two more machines in the near future will com- plete the necessary machines.
This department is greatly in need of chairs. both for the com- fort of the pupils and appearance of the room.
It is anticipated that Miss Schouler will find ways and means of improving pupil attitudes in this department that not only the grade of work may be improved but that pupil's interest may be aroused assuring us of classes beyond grades in which the work is required.
It is very evident that any department in a system falls far short of its goal if all pupils pursue the subject only as required. The taxpayers' money, devoted to the support of the schools, should be expended to provide the type of an education pupils can find of interest and value.
PROMOTION
Enrollment during the past six years shows that there have been 1,197 pupils in grades one through six. Of this number four and nine-tenths per cent have failed of promotion at some time during their elementary school course. A small number have failed of promotion in more than one grade.
Failure of promotion by grades during the past six years has been :---
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Grade I, 12% ; Grade II, 5.5% ; Grade III, 5.7% ; Grade IV, 1.5% ; Grade V, 2.5%; Grade VI, 1%.
This large per cent of non-promotion in the first three grades is entirely too large but doubtless is the reason for so small a per cent of non-promotions in the upper three grades.
To decrease the number of non-promotions necessitates lowering our standard of promotion or taking the more drastic step of raising the age of admittance and discontinuance of intelligence tests for admittance of pupils under the required age.
There is no pressing need of pupils finishing their high school course at an early age. Because of age requirements for admit- tance to colleges and other institutions following completion of the high school course many pupils remain out of school a year or return to the high school for a post-graduate course. Raising the requirement of admission at least six months would, I believe, be of material benefit to the system and would not in any way deprive the children of their educational advantages. Non-promo- tions in the lower grades would be decreased and thereby many children would be greatly benefitted. Parents are quite generally agreed that it is much less expensive and more satisfactory to have a pupil at home an extra year before entering school than a year following completion of the high school course.
KINDERGARTEN
In case the age limit for admittance to grade one is raised it would seem advisable that consideration be given to maintaining a kindergarten at public expense. Children could well be admitted to the kindergarten for one year of informal work before enroll- ment in grade one, thereby providing kindergarten training for all children and relief to the home in the care of the young children.
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The private kindergarten conducted by Mrs. Tyack for three days a week has been most successful. The privileges offered should be available, without expense, to all pre-school children for one year before enrollment in grade one.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL
Arrangements have been made for broadcasting the "No-School Signal" through Station WNAC of the Yankee Network.
In case there are to be no schools maintained for the day the fact will be broadcasted at 7 a. m. For the convenience of those who do not receive the news over the radio the "No School Signal" will be given by the local fire alarm at 7.05 a. m.
MASSACHUSETTS RURAL SCHOOL FESTIVAL
In conjunction with the Eastern Music Educators' Conference to be held in Boston, March 14-17 there is to be held the Massa- chusetts Rural School Music Festival which is the first festival for rural schools held in the state. This festival features Art Songs, Songs of the Plains. Songs of the South, Occupational Songs, and Songs of Our Country.
Under the leadership of Miss Maude Thomas, Supervisor of Music, a chorus of thirty pupils from our schools will be chosen to participate in the festival.
CONCLUSION
May I take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation to all my co-workers, to the pupils, and taxpayers, in making the past year one of real value to the school system.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN D. WHITTIER
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL
Mr. John D. Whittier,
Superintendent of Schools,
Hamilton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I present herewith my seventh annual report as Principal of the Junior-Senior High School for the year 1938.
The graduation program last June was featured by an excellent talk by the Reverend William J. McGarry, S. J., President of Bos- ton College, who was formerly a pupil in the local schools. This is the first time since I have been' in Hamilton that we have had an outside speaker for graduation and I endorse it as a successful type of program to follow. In his talk entitled: "The School as the Vestibule of Life," he lauded his teachers and the education he received from the Hamilton schools. All of his Hamilton class- mates were sent invitations to attend the exercises. The audito- rium was filled to capacity with an appreciative audience.
The graduates wore blue caps and gowns with silver tassels, these being their class colors. Nine special awards were made during the exercises. This greatly exceeds the number that are usually awarded. A higher standard has been established this year for the graduation honor roll. It was set rather low a few years ago in order that a few in a former class might attain it. Pupils who attain this recognition in the future will be earning a more valued scholastic distinction. As a whole the class seem to be living up to the class motto: "He Conquers Who Endures." Of the nineteen graduates, I find that five are attending institutions of higher learning. four have returned for a post-graduate course, five are regularly employed and two have entered the nursing field.
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Last fall soccer replaced football as the major sport. This change proved successful in many respects. Practically our entire team will be playing together again next season and the boys feel confident of winning many games. A large number of boys are out for basketball this winter and through directed efforts the citizens of the town are manifesting a greater interest in both the game and the boys who are playing. Attendance at our games has improved tremendously at the time of this writing and I hope that it will continue throughout the season. One citizen donated a large supply of basketball schedules to the school for distribution throughout the community. I appreciate the backing which many citizens are giving to school activities and it is my earnest desire that they shall continue to warrant increased support.
Miss Mary E. Schouler, who joined the school faculty in Janu- ary, is proving a successful teacher of domestic science and physi- cal education and coach of girls' athletics. Most of the girls' basketball games are scheduled along with the boys' games this winter. Arrangements have been made whereby the first team will have new uniforms which will improve both the appearance and importance of the girls' games. Formerly the girls' teams have had to wear the regular gymnasium outfit as a uniform.
The manual arts department under the capable direction of Mr. Frederick Wales is one of the foremost departments in our school this year. With the installation of new modern power machinery it has been possible not only to run the shop more efficiently on a larger scale, and to produce many excellent projects of greater interest to the boys, but has made it possible to offer an elective course in woodworking to the girls. Thirteen girls have availed themselves of the opportunity to become skilful with tools and are also turning out some attractive and useful articles. At the present time, there is under construction in this depart- ment, an attractive basketball scoreboard which is to be presented
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to the athletic department for the gymnasium. Mr. Wales is gra- ciously supplying the material for this project from his depart- ment, while Merrill Smallwood, Jr., is doing the planning and furnishing the labor. This example of cooperation between depart- ments in the school is to be extolled, for such spirit is highly necessary for the smooth and most efficient running of any school.
Weekly sectional assemblies are proving satisfactory this year. By this plan Junior and Senior High School assemblies are held on alternate weeks. Teachers are assigned to specific assembly dates and they present to the assembly through student participa- tion, some interesting phase of their class work. General assem- blies are conducted for the entire school on days preceding legal holidays.
The entire school is interested in the fifteen filmed episodes of American History which I am showing bi-monthly this year at the Community House. We need opaque curtains for our audi- torium so that these and similar educational pictures can be shown in the school building. These Chronicles of American Photoplays are produced under the direction of the Yale Univer- sity Press. The films are recognized as the most significant con- tribution which has yet been made in the field of visual educa- tion. They re-create events of outstanding importance in Ameri- can History from the voyage of Columbus to the close of the Civil War. We appreciate the fact that the School Committee has made it possible for us to have these excellent pictures.
Spelling is offered all pupils in the building three mornings a week. This year much emphasis is being made of the fact that a person needs not only to know how to spell a word correctly but also how to use it correctly in a sentence. Therefore, each pupil must daily use each word of his spelling lesson in an origi- nal sentence as well as have all the words in the sentence spelled correctly.
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Three one-act plays were presented to the public on December 16 by members of the three senior high school classes. The plays were well coached and the casts did credit to themselves and their coach, Mrs. Laura Boyd. Unfortunately the attendance was disappointingly small.
School dances and socials are popular this year. The amplifier and loud speakers which the class of 1937 gave to the school and the victrola record-reproducer make it possible for us to have good dance music at little cost. The price of admission is kept low so that the majority of pupils can attend. Dancing is also in order after our home games of basketball on Fridays.
A new plan is being followed this year with our school publi- cation. "The Hamiltonian." From the funds obtained from the dramatic productions of the last two years a new mimeograph machine was purchased. The commercial department, under the supervision of Miss Beatrice Edmondson, is doing a credible piece of work in publishing these magazines. Three numbers at the nominal cost of ten cents a single copy or all three issues for twenty-five cents are being issued this year instead of the one printed graduation number. as in former years. I feel this method will meet with success as it is possible to disseminate much more news of the school to both pupils and townspeople at more fre- quent intervals and also with a reduction in price.
During November and December an essay contest on Wild Life Conservation was conducted in the schools of Hamilton, Wenham, Topsfield and Ipswich. Seventy-nine dollars in cash prizes were awarded to the writers of the twelve best essays in Hamilton. Little interest in this contest was shown at the beginning but it became more manifest as the time for awarding prizes approached. The first prize of twenty-five dollars in the senior high school division was won by Edward Wallace. John Perkins won fifteen dollars as the first prize in the junior high school.
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In November, American Education Week was recognized by an evening meeting of parents and teachers. The Honorable George J. Bates, our district representative in the National Congress, spoke on the subject: "Relations between School and Home." The assembly program was preceded by parent-teacher confer- ences, and was followed by light refreshments.
In order to make possible the continuation of thrift habits established in the grammar school, I have secured this year from the Salem Savings Bank, a stamp machine which is now in daily use at the high school building. Savings by this method is sug- gested and recommended to those students who anticipate a trip to Washington in their senior year.
Too much emphasis cannot be placed on the importance of regular attendance at school. Irregular attendance is one of the greatest causes for low marks and failure. It is usually those who can least afford a low mark and the loss of class instruction that are most frequently absent. I hope that parents will do all within their power to help prevent unnecessary absences.
I extend a cordial invitation to all parents to come to the school more frequently to confer with me and the other teachers concerning the school life of their children. It is only when close cooperation exists between the school and the home that parents can realize all that the school has to offer its pupils.
I thank you and the School Committee for your assistance during the year. I have also received excellent cooperation from my fellow-teachers in helping me keep our Junior-Senior High School up to the best standards and ideals in Public School Edu- cation.
Respectfully submitted,
ROLAND W. PAYNE
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools.
Hamilton, Massachusetts:
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my fourteenth annual report as School Nurse in the Town of Hamilton :
Total Enrollment
382
Result of physical examination by Dr. John J. Corcoran :
Defects :
Corrections :
Tonsils 16 Tonsils 12
Posture 89
Improved 57
Heart 4 Under treatment 2
Moderately enlarged
glands 50
Eyes 20 Eyes 10
The Dental Clinic was carried on by Dr. Edmund Tobin of Boston :
Number receiving dental certificates privately. . 44
Number receiving dental certificates through the clinic 86
Number having some work done 13
We are hoping to have a dental clinic this year if possible.
Hearing. Mrs. Barrows, of the State Department of Public Health, assisted by the School Nurse, tested the hearing of all school children with the audiometer except the first and second grades. A method easier for the younger children was used in the first two grades. All doubtful cases were retested. When children were found with defective hearing the parents were
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notified by home calls from the School Nurse with the recom- mendation that they take the child to an ear specialist.
Number of pupils tested 315
Number retested 17
Number found defective 3
Number classroom inspections
237
Number home calls 381
Number first aid dressings 350
Number immunized against diptheria
27
No. consulations with parents, teachers, pupils, doctors, clinic and other health agents 1,938
Number contagious diseases of school children reported to date :
Chicken Pox 15 Measles 4
Whooping Cough 38 Impetigo 14
Scabies 9 Ivy 17
Scarlet Fever
2
In closing I wish to thank the parents, teachers, pupils, school physician, and other health authorities for their kind and considerate help in making our school system do its part in health education.
Respectfully submitted,
FLORENCE L. STOBBART, R. N.,
January 1, 1939
School Nurse.
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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 3 *Barbara Thompson Grade 4 Edith Schulz*
Theodore Holland
Grade 5 Creighton Blenkhorn
JOHNATHAN LAMSON SCHOOL Grade 3
William Campbell*
Peter Chisholm
Donald Foster*
Richard Foster *****
Jasper Roye
Marion Fuller ***
Mary Harrigan*
Lois Peterson ****
Elizabeth Ann Pope*
Shirley Wentworth
Grade 4
Earl Flynn*
Frank Nielsen
Eugene Putnam*
Carmella Stelline
Jean Larkin*
June Thayer* **
Evelyn Seaver*
Sidney Simpson*
Lucy Babcock
Donald McIntosh ***
Mary McLean
Dorothy Dewar
Shirley Whipple ****
Thomas Duran
Caroline Dove® Joan Foster ***
Jean Tremblay *** Mary Anne Cunningham
Barbara Brooks **
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Grade 5
Edward Haraden John Tyack* Barbara Foster*
Elizabeth Meyer **
Robert McDonald ** Alice Adams **
Veronica McParland ** ****** Sally Nielsen* ***
Grade 6
Barbara Allen
Lawrence Berry Donald Chittick John Cox
Revere Brooks*
Richard Carter
Anna Erikson
**
Barbara Dodge ****
Robert Greeley ** ****
Marjorie Flynn **
Robert LeBlanc*
Eileen Larkin
Patricia McCarthy* **
William Larkin **
Virginia Marks
Barbara Marks
Donald Pope
Robert Perkins *****
******
Virginia Sargent *
Lloyd Ricker* LeRoy Saunders
Minnie Stelline ** *** Marjorie Wallace
Roy St. Germain William Wallace
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
Ebba Anderson*
Dorothy Faulkner* Mary Dewar
* Denotes the number of stars given for the reading of each five books in addition to the ten required for obtaining certifi- cate.
Hope Simpson
**
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PENMANSHIP
The following pupils received pins or certificates for most improvement in penmanship during the school year 1937-1938 :
ADELAIDE DODGE WALSH SCHOOL
Certificates
Edith Schulz
Elizabeth Holland
George Bilodeau
William Rauscher
Frederick Rauscher
Richard Deshon
Marianne Dodge
Ruth Thompson
JONATHAN LAMSON SCHOOL
Pins
Theresa Adams
Barbara Butler
Mary Counihan
Ann Cullity
Frank Edmondson
Wallace Flynn
William Freeman
Joan Glover
Norman Glover
Barbara Haley
Roger Taylor
Claire Thayer
Marlene Wilson
Robert Trussell
John Peterson
Marion O'Brien
AArthur Maidment
Alan De Witt
Dwight Campbell
Theresa Maione
Jean Thimmer
Gerald Saunders
Nelson Babcock
Robert Poole
Virginia Stelline
Mathilda Hills
Willie Hedin
Barbara Manthorne
Helen Jean Lander
Alvin Whipple
Leverett Campbell
Elizabeth O'Donnell
David Tyack
Charles Cullity
Henry Tobyne
Zelda Hughes
Marie Carlson
Mary Butler
Nancy Chittick
Arthur Washburn
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Certificates
Peter Chisholm Maurice Hatt Thelma Elario Ann McLean
Shirley Wentworth
Earl Flynn
June Thayer Mary McLean Joan Foster
Evelyn Seaver
Shirley Whipple
Barbara Brooks
Mary Anne Cunningham
Reginald Maidment
Robert McDonald
Alice Adams
Elizabeth Meyer
Sally Nielsen
Anne Nielsen
Martha Hatt
Jean Foster
Ida Manthorne
Helen Larkin
Revere Brooks
Anna Erikson
Patricia McCarthy
Virginia Marks
Minnie Stelline
Marjorie Wallace
Veronica McParland
Eileen Larkin
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGII
Certificates
Gloria Bellevue
Dorothy Faulkner
Barbara Johnson Louise Schulz
Ruth Horn
Robert Martin
Ebba Anderson Irene Chisholm Alene Flynn Gladys Palm Mary Dewar Shirley Learned
Hope Simpson
Barbara Foster Marjorie Flynn
Donald Haraden
Audrey Brown Phyllis Holmes Alice Pooler
June Peters Carmella Stelline
Pauline Tobyne
Barbara Allen John Cox
Barbara Marks
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Lucy Perry
Sally Porter
Bertha Ross
Dorothy Shaw
Charlotte Stanley
Theresa Stelline
Doris True
Emily Wetson
Eleanor Tobyne
Elliott Perkins
Mildred Putnam
ATTENDANCE
The following pupils were perfect in attendance at school during the year 1937-1938 :
ADELAIDE DODGE WALSH SCHOOL Creighton Blenkhorn
JONATHAN LAMSON SCHOOL
Peter Chisholm
Donald Haraden
Ann McLean
Lucy Babcok
Gilman Allen
Barbara Allen
Anna Erikson
Elaine Brown
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
Ebba Anderson
Florence Baker
John Chisholm
Louise Schulz John Day Betty Emeney
Sally Porter Eleanor Tobyne
Viola Bailey Louise Moore Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Manthorn
Jane Perkins
Wendell Day
Mary McLean Edward Haraden
Lawrence Berry
Mary Stelline
Rita Pooler
Claire Riendeau
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HONOR LIST
The following pupils received no rank below A or B for the entire school year 1937-1938:
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH
Ebba Anderson
Dean Fowler
Charlotte Stanley
Claire Riendeau
Sally Porter
Dana Perkins
Mary Dewar
Margaret Goodhue
Edward Wallace
Robert MacDonald
Francis Cowdrey
Gordon McRae
Ruth Cameron
George Sprague
Norman Nielsen
Marguerite Bilodeau
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL June 23, 1938, at 8.15 P. M. MAXWELL NORMAN MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM
Processional-Entree de Procession Instrumental Trio Invocation Rev. W. F. A. Stride
Response-Lead On, O King Eternal . . Henry Smart SENIOR CLASS
Blue Danube Strauss
Cavatina . Raff
INSTRUMENTAL TRIO
"The School as the Vestibule of Life."
Rev. William J. McGarry, S.J., Ph.D., S.T.D President of Boston College
The Challenge of Youth. . Gibb
Marianina
Italian-Loomis
NINTH GRADE CHORUS
Presentation of Awards :
Constitution of the United States Frank E. Withee
Decathalon Winner. . Henry C. Jackson
North Shore Harvard Club Delano M. Kennard Readers' Digest
D. A. R. Good Citizenship.
Mass. Sesquicentennial Commission Roland W. Payne Washington-Franklin Medal Bennett Trophy
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In a Monastery Garden. Ketelby NINTH AND TWELFTH GRADE CHORUS
Presentation of Junior High School Diplomas Frank E. Withee, Secretary of School Board Solo-By the Waters of Minnetonka. Lieurance
MISS ISABELLE PEALE, '38
Presentation of Senior High School Diplomas Frank E. Withee, Secretary of School Board
Class Song-Our "Old High" Parks-Moore CLASS OF 1938
Benediction Rev. W. F. A. Stride
Recessional
Pianist and Accompanist-Kathryn F. Mann, '39 INSTRUMENTAL TRIO Violinist-Dorothy Tribou, Beverly, '38 Cellist-Barbara Knott, Beverly, 36 Pianist-Rhoda Murray, Beverly, '38
M
GRADUATES OF 1938
*Myrtle Martha Allen Madlyn Louise Back Margaret Leone Beers *Marguerite Elise Bilodeau *Norman Burnham Dane *Eva Elizabeth Davison *Florence Bennett Dunn *Bernard Patrick Greeley *Evelyn Gertrude Hansbury
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*Ruth Helen Jackson Thomas Francis Mullins *Norman Arnold Nielson Isabelle Caroline Peale Mary Susan Perkins Sydney Hardy Prince Mary Elizabeth Sargent *George Heman Sprague, Jr. Virginia Wallace *L. Van Withee
*Honor Pupils
CLASS MOTTO VINCET QUI DURAT He conquers who endures
CLASS COLORS
CLASS FLOWER
Blue and Silver Tea Rose
CLASS OFFICERS
President Norman B. Dane
Vice-President Isabelle C. Peale
Secretary
Florence B. Dunn
Treasurer
Marguerite E. Bilodeau
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SENIOR CLASS SONG OUR "OLD HIGH"
Once again, here as schoolmates assembled, We fain would lift our hearts in song, To our High School, our dear Alma Mater, Let gladness the moments prolong ; We are proud of her lads and her lasses, Of honors won in days gone by, So here's a cheer for Hamilton High School, For Hamilton High, our dear "Old High !"
Soon for us will the schooldays be ended, The dreams of youth that fade so fast, But we know that the heart oft will ponder In mem'ry, o'er scenes that are past ; There are joys that will long be remember'd And friendships, too, that ne'er can die, Then here's a cheer for Hamilton High School, For Hamilton High, our dear "Old High !"
CHORUS
. Here's to our classes, here's to our lasses, Here's to the lads they adore; Senior, so "mighty," Junior, some "flighty," "Freshy" and Sophomore ; Let mirth and gladness, banish all sadness, And as the days go by, we promise you'll find us ready, Earnest and steady, cheering for "Hamilton High !"
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SCHOOL CENSUS As of October 1, 1938
Boys
Girls
Number between five and seven years of age
24
31
Number between seven and fourteen years of age
139
108
Number between fourteen and sixteen years of age
35
39
Totals
198
178
Total Census
376
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 sub- jects for vaccination. Parents are requested to attend to this matter during the summer vacation, as certificates of vaccina- tion or exemption must be presented at the opening of school to entitle children to admission.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
Radio broadcast over WNAC of Yankee Network at 7:00 A. M. if there is no school for the day.
22-22 repeated at 7:05 A. M. means that there will be no school for the day.
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SCHOOL SAVINGS SALEM SAVINGS BANK
Deposits during 1938 Withdrawals
$470 57
119 75
Balance, Jan. 1, 1939 Number of depositors
$350 82 200
TEACHERS AND COURSES PURSUED IN 1938
Teacher
Laura W. Boyd
Dorothy Ward
Frank Malone
Roland W. Payne
Course Psychology of Adolescents Accounting
Practical Problems of Teachers and Administrators The Superintendent Adminis- ters the Schools
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1939
January 3 Schools open
February 22
Holiday
February 24 Schools close
March 6 Schools open
April 19
Holiday
April 28
. Schools close
May 8 Schools open
May 30 Holiday
June 21 Schools close
June 22 High School Graduation
SUMMER VACATION
September 6 Schools open
October 12 Holiday
November 29 Shools close at noon
December 4
Schools open
December 22
Schools close
1940
January 2
Schools open
HAMILTON TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1, 1939
NAME
SCHOOL
Subject or Grade
Salary
Appoint- ment
Education School Last Attended
Roland W. Payne.
High, Prin.
Math., Chemistry ... $2,750
1932
Dorothy J. Ward ...
High
Commercial
1,500
1931
Beatrice Edmondson
. High
Commercial
1,100
1935
Mrs. Laura Boyd.
. High
Senior English
1,750
1925
Boston University
Frank J. Malone ..
. High
French, Latin
1,550
1931
Boston University
. Mrs. Hazel Ramer ..
. High
Math., Science
1,600
1921
Salem Teachers College
Wilhelmenia Ready
. High
Junior English
1,100
1934
Harvard University
Edith Anderson
. High
Social Science
1,500
1929
Boston University
Frederick Wales
. High
Manual Training
1,300
1937
Fitchburg Teachers College
Mary E. Schouler
. High
Dom. Sc., Hygiene ..
1,100
1939
Framingham Teachers Coll.
Physical Training
History, Biology
1,600
1934
Emerson College
Ellen M. Duffy. . Jonathan Lamson
Grade 6
1,300
1927
Harvard University
Margaret K. Batchelder. . Jonathan Lamson
Grade 10
1,300
1920
Salem Normal
Marian C. Joseph. Jonathan Lamson
Grade 4
1,350
1921
Salem Teachers College
Thelma Bailey . Jonathan Lamson
Grade 3
1,000
1934
Salem Teachers College
Mrs. Marion Batchelder. . Jonathan Lamson
Grade 2
1,400
1926
Boston University
Alice M. Brown .. . Jonathan Lamson
Grade 1
1,450
1938
Gorham Normal
Anna Barron
.. A. D. Walsh
Grades 1-6
1,000
1934
Salem Teachers College
Mrs. Abbie Eaton
. All
Drawing
100
1936
Salem Normal
Maude L. Thomas
All
Music
200
1923
Boston University
Florence L. Stobbart
. All
Nurse
.
810
1925
Beverly Hospital
Boston University Boston University
Harvard University
Bryce B. Walton . High
Physical Training
MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1938
AGE
Grade
4
5
6 7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Total
1
19
12
1
32
2
1
16 16
7
1
41
3
14 16 3
33
34 4
10 15 4
1
30
5
6 20
6
1
33
6
9 10
7 2
2
30
7
8
16
6
4
1
35
8
2 15 13
3
4
37
9
12 14
7 2
35
10
7 12
4 2
25
11
12
6
3
1 22
12
1 13
11 3
28
Totals
20 28 30 34 24 34 26 39 34 30 37 25
16 3 1 381
INDEX
List of Officers
PAGE iii
Accountant's Report :
Receipts 2
Expenditures
8
General Government 8
Selectmen-Unemployed Account
9
Protection of Persons and Property
30
Health and Sanitation
40
Highways 42
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits, Public Welfare
60
Schools
64
Special Appropriations
73
Public Library
74
Recreation
76a
Cemetery
76b
Interest, etc.
76d
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
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INDEX
PAGE
Report of an Audit of the Accounts
93
Report of Town Clerk 113
Jury List for 1939 159
Report of the Board of Health 160
Report of the Fire Department 161
Librarian's Report 163
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners 167
Report of Hamilton Committee on Unemployment 168
Report of Assessors 169
Department of Weights and Measures 172
Report of the Surveyor of Highways 176
Report of the Park Commission 177
Report of W. P. A. Coordinator 178
Report of Water Commissioners 180
Report of Police Department 182
Report of the Board of Welfare
185
Report of the Board of Selectmen 189
Town Warrant 192
Report of the Finance and Advisory Committee 197
Report of the School Committee 1
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