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Whipple, Hannah M.
107 85
2 70
3 00
107 55
Townsend, William E.
110 92
2 78
3 00
110 70
Dodge, H. A. & M. A.
260 58
6 54
10 00
257 12
Haynes, George T.
109 90
2 75
3 00
109 65
Beverly Savings Bank
Williams, Constance
201 66
5 06
3 00
203 72
Tappan, Foster E.
100 00
1 88
101 88
Norris, George A.
151 25
3 80
2 50
152 55
Knowlton, Willis F.
201 66
5 06
2 50
204 22
Cummings, A. Merrill
100 83
2 52
1 50
101 85
Anderson, Perley G.
100 00
1 88
101 88
Gibney, George H.
101 25
: 53
2 50
101 28
Perron, James
50 00
83
50 83
Murray, Alice I.
100 00
1 67
101 67
$14,690 14
$727 14
$394 53
$386 50
$15,425 31
NAME Andrews, Mary Ware, Lydia
91 TOWN OF HAMILTON BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1941 GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS
$20,531 52
Taxes :
Levy of 1940
Levy of 1941
$2 38 20,354 75
Special-Chapter 227, Acts 1941
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
$4 36
Levy of 1940 Levy of 1941
470 21
Moth Assessments : Levy of 1941
334 67
Tax Titles
$1,351 21
Tax Title Possessions
1,767 71
3,118 92
Departmental :
Public Welfare
$5 00
State Aid
120 00
Aid to Highways :
State
$230 00
County
637 12
867 12
Water Department :
Rates
$1,051 53
Services
488 17
County Tax-Underestimate
149 99
Overdrawn Accounts :
Overlay, 1941
$584 87
Overlay, 1940
444 18
School Department
783 56
Loans Authorized
60,000 00
$109,860 69
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Tailings
$111 52
County Dog Licenses
1 80
Surplus War Bonus Fund
965 37
Trust Funds Income :
Library Funds
$16 88
Cemetery Funds
18 47
Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund
150 00
Federal Grants :
Old Age Assistance-Assistance $1,731 27
35 35
Cash :
In Banks
Accounts Receivable :
20,357 13
549 46
474 57
125 00
1,539 70
1,812 61
92
Old Age Assistance-Administration
10 27
Aid to Dependent Children-Assistance 93 21
Aid to Dependent Children-Administration Overestimates 1941 :
14 27
1,849 02
Veterans' Exemptions
$35 48
State Parks and Reservations
6 49
41 97
Unexpended Balances :
Selectmen's Unemployment
$1,731 18
Civilian Defense
174 33
Highways-Chapter 90 Construction
1,302 67
3,208 18
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
700 28
Loans Authorized-Unissued
60,000 00
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise
$474 57
Special Assessment
334 67
Tax Title
3,118 92
Departmental
125 00
State and County Aid to Highways
867 12
Water
1,539 70
Reserve for Special Taxes-Chapter 227, Acts 1941 Surplus Revenue
35,787 76
$109,860 69
DEBT ACCOUNTS ASSETS
$140,000 00
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Essex County Hospital Loan
$2,000 00
High School Building Loan
50,000 00
Water Loans
88,000 00
$140,000 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Trust and Investment Funds :
Cash and Securities
$24,307 71
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Dr. Justin Allen Library Fund
$500 00
H. Augustus Dodge Library Fund
1,000 00
Maxwell Norman Fund
397 23
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
15,425 31
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
6,985 17
$24,307 71
6,459 98
549 46
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$140,000 00
$24,307 71
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
REPORT of AN AUDIT
of
THE ACCOUNTS
of the
TOWN of HAMILTON
For the Year 1941
January 29, 1942
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REPORT OF AN AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON
January 29, 1942
To the Board of Selectmen:
Mr. Edward A. DeWitt. Chairman Hamilton, Massachusetts
GENTLEMEN :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Hamilton for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1941, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts.
REPORT OF EXAMINER
MR. THEODORE N. WADDELL
Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston
Sir :
As directed by you I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Hamilton for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1941, and submit the following report thereon :
The books and accounts of the Town Accountant were examined and compared with the records of all departments wherein money is collected for the town and with the Treasurer's books.
An analysis of the ledger was made, the recorded appropriations and transfers being checked with the Town Clerk's record of Town Meeting votes. A trial balance, proving the accounts to be in balance, was drawn off, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1941, was prepared and is herewith appended.
The Town Treasurer's books and accounts were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the records of the departments collecting and paying money over to the town, as well as with other sources from which the town received money. The payments, as re-
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corded, were checked with the Selectmen's warrants authorizing the expen- diture of town money and with the Town Accountant's books.
The cash book was footed throughout for the period of the audit, and the cash balance at the close of business on January 1, 1942, was verified by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements received from the banks in which town funds are deposited.
The debt and interest payments by the Treasurer were verified by com- paring with the amounts falling due and by checking the cancelled securi- ties and coupons on file.
The savings bank books representing the investment of the several trust funds in the custody of the Treasurer were examined and listed, the income and transfers to the town being verified.
The tax titles held by the town were listed, all additions thereto were verified, and the redemptions and foreclosures were proved.
The books and accounts of the Town Collector for the period from March 18 to December 31, 1941, were examined and checked. The outstanding taxes recommitted to the collector, as well as all 1941 taxes, were audited. The cash postings to the commitment books were checked with the cash book record of collections, the recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' record of abatements granted, and the transfers to the tax title account were proved.
The payments to the Treasurer were verified by comparison with the Treasurer's books, and the cash on hand was verified. The outstanding taxes were drawn off and proved to the accountant's ledger accounts.
During the progress of the audit verification notices were mailed to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The financial accounts of the Town Clerk were examined. The records of dog and sporting licenses were checked, the payments to the Treasurer and to the Division of Fisheries and Game being verified, and the cash on hand was proved.
The records of licenses issued by the Selectmen were examined and checked, the receipts from this source being verified.
The surety bonds of the officials required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form.
In addition to the departments and accounts mentioned the records of all other departments wherein money was collected for the town were ex- amined and checked.
There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, tables showing the transactions and conditions of the trust funds.
maries of the tax, tax title, water, and departmental accounts, together with tables showing the transactions and conditions of the trust funds.
For the cooperation extended by the town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE,
Assistant Director of Accounts.
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RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance January 1, 1941 Receipts
$ 8.696 97 266,991 99
$275,688 96
Payments
$255,157 44
Balance December 31, 1941
20,531 52
$275,688 96
Balance January 1, 1942
$20,531 52
Receipts January 1, 1942
914 00
$21,445 52
Balance close of business January 1, 1942 : Merchants National Bank of Salem $ 6,188 09
The Naumkeag Trust Company of Salem
13,187 62
Cash in office, verified
2,069 81
$21,445 52
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF SALEM
Balance January 1, 1942, per statement
$12,689 22
Balance January 1, 1942, per check book
$6,188 09
Outstanding checks January 1, 1942, per list
6,501 13
$12,689 22
THE NAUMKEAG TRUST COMPANY OF SALEM
Balance January 1, 1942, per statement
$13,602 24
Balance January 1, 1942, per check book
$13,187 62
Outstanding checks January 1, 1942, per list
414 62
$13,602 24
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES - 1940
Recommitment March 18, 1941
$1,344 09
Payments to treasurer :
March 18 to December 31, 1941
$1,320 29
Abatements March 18 to December 31, 1941
21 42
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
2 38
$1,344 09
REAL ESTATE TAXES - 1940
Recommitments March 18, 1941 $16,971 18
Refunds March 18 to December 31, 1941
357 00
$17,328 18
Payments to treasurer : March 18 to December 31, 1941 $16,454 41
Abatements March 18 to December 31, 1941 427 52
Added to tax titles March 18 to December 31, 1941
446 25
$17,328 18
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POLL TAXES - 1941
Commitment per warrant Additional commitment
$1,408 00 8 00
$1,416 00
$1,372 00
Payments to treasurer Abatements Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
42 00
2 00
$1,416 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES - 1941
Commitment per warrant
$12,744 55
Additional commitment
185 50
$12,930 05
Commitment in excess of detailed list
$
5 68
Payments to treasurer
11,503 37
Abatements
315 90
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
1,105 10
$12,930 05
REAL ESTATE TAXES - 1941
Commitment per warrant
$118,147 89
Commitment list in excess of warrant
15
Refunds
249 96
$118,398 00
Payments to treasurer
$95,888 86
Abatements
2,229 55
Added to tax titles
1,031 94
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
19,162 74
Cash on hand December 31, 1941, verified
84 91
$118,398 00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1940
Recommitment March 18, 1941
$99 16
Payments to treasurer :
March 18 to December 31, 1941
$74 37
Abatements March 18 to December 31, 1941
20 43
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
4 36
$99 16
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1941
Commitment per warrant
$10,110 31
Refunds
289 96
Payments to treasurer
$9,267 90
Abatements
662 16
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
450 43
Cash on hand December 31, 1941, verified
19 78
$10,400 27
$10,400 27
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MOTH ASSESSMENTS - 1940
Recommitment March 18, 1941
Payments to treasurer :
March 18 to December 31, 1941
$126 37
Added to tax titles March 18 to December 31, 1941
2 70
$129 07
MOTH ASSESSMENTS - 1941
Commitment per warrant
$1,289 56
Payments to treasurer
$953 09
Added to tax titles
1 80
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
334 67
$1,289 56
SPECIAL TAXES - CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF 1941
Commitment per warrant
$549 46
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
$549 46
TAX TITLES
Balance January 1, 1941
$2,310 79
Added to tax titles :
Taxes 1940
$ 446 25
Taxes 1941
1,031 94
Moth Assessments, 1940
2 70
Moth Assessments, 1941
1 80
Interest and costs
64 36
Sale of tax title possessions credited to tax titles
18 28
Added interest and costs entered as redemption of tax titles
13 29
$3,889 41
Tax titles redeemed
$ 710 29
Tax titles disclaimed
2 31
Tax titles foreclosed
1,825 60
Balance December 31, 1941, per list
1,351 21
$3,889 41
TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS
Balance January 1, 1941
$ 460 18
Tax titles foreclosed
1,825 60
$2,285 78
Payments to treasurer
$148 41
Sale of tax title possessions credited to tax titles
18 28
Book value in excess of selling price
351 38
Balance December 31, 1941, per list
1,767 71
$129 07
$2,285 78
1,547 05
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SELECTMEN'S LICENSES AND PERMITS
Licenses and permits issued 1941 :
Liquor
$1,100 00
Revolver
22 00
Victualler's
10 00
Sunday
16 00
Garage
2 00
Pedler
2 00
Junk
10 00
Oleomargarine
50
Pasteurization
10 00
Payments to treasurer, 1941
$1,172 50
Licenses and permits issued January 1 to 15, 1942 :
Liquor
$1,100 00
Revolver
10 00
Victualler's
; 00
Sunday
12 00
$1,128 00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 15, 1942
$1,125 00
Cash on hand January 15, 1942, verified
: 00
$1,128 00
TOWN CLERK
DOG LICENSES
Licenses issued 1941 :
Male, 168 @ $2.00
$336 00
Spayed female, 40 @ $2.00
80 00
Female, 40 @ $5.00
200 00
Kennel, 3 @ $25.00
75 00
Kennel, 1 @ $50.00
50 00
$741 00
Payments to treasurer, 1941
$690 60
Fees retained, 1941
50 40
$741 00
SPORTING LICENSES
Licenses issued 1941 :
Fishing, 47 @ $2.00
$ 94 00
Hunting, 68 @ $2.00
136 00
Sporting, 12 @ $3.25
39 00
Females' and minors' fishing, 10 @ $1.25
12 50
Minors' trapping, 1 @ $2.25
2 25
Trapping, 2 @ $5.25
10 50
$294 25
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game
$254 00
$1,172 50
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Fees retained, 137 @ 25 cents
Cash balance December 31, 1941
34 25 6 00
$294 25
Cash balance January 1, 1942
$ 6 00
Licenses issued January 1 to 15, 1942
43 25
$49 25
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game,
January 1 to 15, 1942
$ 5 25
Fees retained, January 1 to 15, 1942
75
Cash on hand January 15, 1942, verified
43 25
$49 25
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Receipts 1941
$33 95
Payments to treasurer 1941
$33 32
Cash balance, December 31, 1941
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$33 95
MILK INSPECTOR
Permits issued 1941 : 24 @ 50 cents
$12 00
Payments to treasurer 1941
$12 00
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Temporary Aid - Accounts Receivable
$
881 42
3,840 84
$4,722 26
Payments to treasurer
$4,717 26
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
5 00
$4,722 26
Aid to Dependent Children Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$208 25
Payments to treasurer 1941
$208 25
Old Age Assistance Accounts Receivable - Miscellaneous
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Charges
$2,454 04 318 52
$2,772 56
Payments to treasurer
Abatements 1941
$2,772 23 33
$2,772 56
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Charges
102
Old Age Assistance Accounts Receivable - State
Charges 1941
Payments to treasurer 1941
$6,735 54 $6,735 54
State Aid Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$290 00
Charges
120 00
$410 00
Payments to treasurer
$270 00
Disallowances
20 00
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
120 00
$410 00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous Receipts
Collections 1941 .:
Tuition
$722 25
Manual training
78 95
Rentals
20 00
Payments to treasurer, 1941
$821 20
High School Cafeteria
Collections 1941
$1,634 81
Payments to treasurer 1941
$1,634 81
Collections January 1 to 16, 1942
$98 03
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 16, 1942
$52 80
Cash on hand January 16, 1942, verified
45 23
$98 03
LIBRARY
Receipts 1941
$4 51
Payments to treasurer 1941
$4 51
WATER DEPARTMENT Rates
Recommitment March 18, 1941
$1,288 07
Commitments March 18 to December 31, 1941
4,432 20
Water services reported as rates 28 08
Payments to treasurer March 18 to December 31, 1941
4,359 97
Abatements March 18 to December 31, 1941 107 47
Water rates reported as services
229 38
$5,748 35
$821 20
103
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list Cash on hand December 31, 1941, verified
1,041 50 10 03
$5,748 35
Services
Recommitment March 18, 1941
$793 10
Commitment March 18, to December 31, 1941
781 85
Water rates reported as services
229 38
Interest reported as services
19
$1,804 52
Payments to treasurer March 18 to December 31, 1941
$1,283 77
Water services reported as rates
28 08
Abatements March 18 to December 31, 1941
4 50
Outstanding December 31, 1941, per list
488 17
$1,804 52
REPORT of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1941
REPORT of the SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Hamilton:
All matters relating to the curriculum, the budget and maintenance of the buildings have been adequately covered, to the satisfaction of the school committee, in the superintendent's report. For this reason, this report will deal only with the history of the change in administration-the main point of interest to the people of the Town of Hamilton during 1941. This change came about as a result of Hamilton's withdrawal from the union and the School Committee's appointment of Mr. Raymond C. Wass as Superintendent.
At the annual union meeting, April, 1938, Hamilton endeavored to with- draw from Union No. 46, but the majority of votes in the other towns was against permitting this action. There were several other meetings during the spring of this year, at which Hamilton tried to persuade the other towns to permit it to withdraw. The result of these meetings was merely a post- ponement until the meeting of April, 1939, at which time Mr. Whittier agreed to resign his position as superintendent, if he did not secure a majority vote of the union. He did receive a majority vote and, therefore, did not resign. A special committee, formed of one representative from the com- mittees of each of the towns in the union, recommended a compromise. The compromise, which was accepted by the union at the 1939 meeting, permitted the union to be dissolved if the majority of the school committee members of any one town should so vote at the annual union meeting of April, 1941, when the three-year term came to an end. This gave the people of the Town of Hamilton and the School Committee ample time to decide on a course of action to be taken at the meeting of 1941. Therefore, when at the meet- ing of last April your School Committee requested the dissolution of Union No. 46, its action was not hasty or ill-advised but was taken after a great deal of deliberation. The other towns in the union completely lived up to their agreement of 1939 and unanimously voted to dissolve the union, thus permitting Hamilton to withdraw and have its own Superintendent. After this action, it was necessary to secure the approval of the State Board of Education. Your committee visited both Mr. Raymond A. Fitzgerald and Commissioner Walter F. Downey at the State Department headquarters in Boston. They were very cooperative and helpful. Commissioner Downey appointed a committee consisting of Mr. A. Russell Mack, Supervisor of Secondary Education, Mr. Robert O. Small, Director of the Division of Voca- tional Education, and Miss Alice Beal, Supervisor of Elementary Education to investigate the matter and see whether or not the State Department would ratify the action taken at the April meeting. A meeting of represen- tatives of school committees of towns in the union and the state committee took place at the Hamilton High School on May 28. The state committee considered Hamilton's position, as explained by your School Committee, sound enough to grant permission for Hamilton's withdrawal from the union. Therefore, Hamilton withdrew from Union No. 46, of which Mr. John D. Whittier had been Superintendent for eighteen years, during which time he had given devoted services to the Hamilton schools. During his period of service in the Hamilton school system he made many contributions
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and improvements, which have been appreciated by this and former com- mittees.
After Hamilton's withdrawal from the union, Mr. Roland W. Payne resigned as principal of the high school to accept a position with the Salem Commercial School. The School Committee is most appreciative of Mr. Payne's services during the time which he was principal at Hamilton and wishes him success in his present position.
The School Committee issued requests for applications for the position of Superintendent. Thirty-five applications were received and carefully examined. After interviewing at length twelve of these candidates, the School Committee finally decided to elect Mr. Raymond C. Wass, of Hanover, Massachusetts, who seemed to your committee far superior to any of the other candidates. Mr. Wass is a graduate of Machias Normal School. He has a B. Ed. degree from the University of Maine, an M. A. degree from the graduate school of Boston University and has done graduate work at Harvard University. He has had twenty years' experience as Principal of Standish High School, Prin- cipal of Machias High School, Dean of Bucksport Seminary and Principal of Hanover High School. He has also spent fourteen summers as counselor and assistant director of boys' private camps. Mr. Wass accepted the super- intendency on August 1, but because of his position as counselor at Camp Zakelo could not begin his duties at Hamilton until August 15. Since then he has taken charge of the schools and has made many needed improvements. He has introduced many modern practices which we feel will add greatly to the results previously obtained by the schools of the Town of Hamilton.
Mr. Frank Malone, who has been an able and efficient teacher in the High School for the past ten years, was appointed principal in September. He has been carrying out his duties to the satisfaction of the Superintendent and School Committee.
Mr. M. Earle Chase of Vineyard Haven was employed at the beginning of the school year to teach mathematics and science and has been doing a most satisfactory piece of work.
On January 19, Mr. Rudolph Smerage asked for, and was granted, a six months' leave of absence beginning January 26 and ending July 26. Mr. Andrew Dunn was appointed to the position as janitor of the High School on January 23.
Your committee extends its sincere thanks to the various town depart- ments and to the citizens for the splendid cooperation received throughout the year.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERIC WINTHROP, Chairman, GRACE B. LAMSON, ALLAN MacCURRACH.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee, Town of Hamilton:
As an introduction to this report we might well consider the following paragraph taken from the Massachusetts Board of Education in the year 1865.
"Now we are in the midst of a fearful struggle to preserve our free institutions from ruin, we are taxed heavily in men, in money, in all sup- plies needful to carry on the war; yet the people press their children into the schools and freely furnish the means for their support."
I am sure that the citizens of Massachusetts in general, and of Hamilton in particular, think just as highly of their school systems as they did during the Civil War. In this time of war emergency we must see to it that high standards are maintained in our schools.
I accepted this position on August 14. From then until the opening of schools in September considerable time was spent in making out the high school schedule of classes and in becoming familiar with the problems facing the school system in general. Mr. Frank J. Malone was elected principal of the High School and Mr. M. Earle Chase was elected to teach mathematics and science. Mr. Bryce B. Walton was appointed director of athletics for all grades. Mr. Chase, Miss Schouler and Miss Herndon cooperate with Mr. Walton in the physical education program of the High School. Mr. Walton also assists the elementary teachers in the organization of their physical education program.
Our school nurse, Miss Florence Stobbart, asked for, and was granted, a leave of absence for the duration of the war. She is now a lieutenant in the United States Army. Miss Julia Burns has taken Miss Stobbart's place.
Professional meetings of the teachers have been held regularly through- out the year. The high school group has been discussing "Directing Study Activities in the Secondary Schools." The elementary group has been making a study of "Appraisal of Newer Practices in the Elementary Schools."
An elementary teachers' study workshop has been started at the Lamson School and the room formerly used as the high school principal's office has been turned into a professional library. Here the latest professional books and magazines are on display together with sample copies of the latest textbooks. Copies of courses of studies are being collected from various cities, towns and states.
The Elson Gray reading system, introduced two years ago, is working out well. The results so far have been pleasing to both teachers and pupils. The teachers are giving about as much phonic drill as in the older system. Test results show that the children were farther advanced at the end of the fall term than they were in previous years.
Education is a process of adjustment. The basal framework of instruc- tion is the curriculum. There are too many traditional programs-too many old patterns-that go on and on without serving any useful purpose and often little effort is made to study and evaluate practices. Desirable curriculum changes must be made from time to time. Frills and non-essentials should be guarded against. At the present time, industry is demanding young men trained in mathematics and science. We now offer in the high school four complete years of mathematics : two of algebra, one year of plane geometry
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and solid geometry, trigonometry and advanced algebra as a unit course for seniors. Especial emphasis is being given to physics and chemistry.
More time should be given in our schools to an adequate music program. Like other institutional arts, music expresses meaning in a particular form, just as language, mathematics and graphics express meaning in the most generalized forms. Most wars have been stirred up and carried on to the tune of martial music. Religious feeling and thought as well have been embodied in music. "Let me make the songs of a people and I care not who makes the laws." We had better see to it what kind of songs are made. The only way in which that can be done is through encouraging in our schools the development of a civilized musical taste. I would like to see a music program developed that would include an orchestra and a band.
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