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The field of drawing should be enlarged to include design, architecture, color, lettering, machinery and sheet metal plans, blue print work and map making, as well as the pleasurable field of drawing commonly called "Art" or "Art Education." A properly taught class in drawing often reveals hidden talents in a student. Many students learn for the first time that there is a good living to be made by the person with imagination who can design signs, book covers or advertising posters.
The High School has been run as a six-year-unit organization. There is no division into so-called Junior High School and Senior High School. This is following the custom established several years ago by the leading six- year high schools of the State.
Graduation at the end of the ninth grade is non-essential and misleading. There is no more reason for having a diploma at the end of the ninth grade than there is for having a diploma at the end of the sixth, seventh, or eighth grade. There are no terminal courses in the ninth grade. We have been able to make a complete unit of work in English from grades two through twelve. Courses in natural sciences run from grades four through twelve. Others run from six through twelve. There is no dividing line.
A survey was made of the existing practices among the fifty-five six- year high schools of the State. Not one of these schools breaks up the continuity of its program with a ninth grade or junior high school gradua- tion. A survey of the parents concerned in Hamilton showed the following results :
Reporting in favor of the ninth grade graduation, 30; definitely opposed, 28; did not vote either way, 54. It would seem wise to discontinue the awarding of ninth grade diplomas.
In order that we may base our educational practices upon a foundation of carefully determined fact, plans are under way for an extensive standard- ized testing program. The standard test is scientifically constructed, it is objective, and it is provided with norms or standard scores. It has previ- ously been given to many children of various grades and of various ages so that when the test is published it is possible to tell the users what score may be expected from the children of each grade for which the test is intended.
Our athletic department has had a good season. The field hockey and soccer seasons were very successful. The soccer team distinguished itself by winning the league championship. Basketball is a very popular sport. There are first and second teams for boys and girls in junior and senior groups. This makes basketball possible for all who wish to participate.
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Baseball and softball will be played this spring. An intramural program will be set up for all boys and girls who are not on varsity squads.
Early in the fall the student council was reorganized and has been very active and cooperative throughout the year. The council serves as a rep- resentative body. Representatives are elected from the various home rooms and meet weekly with the advisor, the high school principal and the super- intendent. Problems of vital interest to the student body and to the admin- istration are discussed freely. The council has sent delegates to neighboring schools to study the student council organization as set up in other schools. Reports of these meetings have been given to the entire student body. The student council has also put on an intensive defense stamp campaign. Over seventy-five dollars worth of stamps have been sold up to the present time.
A placement bureau has been established. Boys and girls who wish part- time employment have been registered in the office. Many people have taken advantage of this service and have called the school for boys and girls whom they wish to employ for part time work.
Plans are now under way for the organization of the National Honor Society. The National Honor Society was started in May, 1936 to stimulate scholarship in the secondary schools of the country and to endeavor to place secondary education on a higher level. This society, in its short period of existence, has come to occupy an essential part in the administration of the modern high school. Its problems are the problems of education in gen- eral. It defines and sets standards for the ideal high school student. Its national scope gives it significance and prestige. The Pro Merito Society, which is a state honor society, will be merged with the National Honor Society.
The new sound machine is an essential aid in instruction. Several interesting and educational motion picture films have been used. Among them were Animals, Beach and Sea; Animals, How Nature Protects; The Work of the Atmosphere; The Moon; The Work of Rivers and Volcanoes in Action.
Early in the fall the National Youth Administration was contacted, and Hamilton was given permission to apply for National Youth Administration student work. Six boys and girls have enjoyed the advantages of this work program, in which the federal government allots a proportionate sum of money to the high schools of the country to pay for work done by deserving students.
In cooperation with the local defense group, an observation air raid schedule has been set up. Throughout the school week high school pupils are on duty as observers from 8:25 A. M. to 6 P. M.
A club program has been started. Eventually we hope to have every boy and girl in school interested in some type of club work. At the present time we have an Art Club, a French Club, a Smooth Susan Club, a Knitting Club and a Blackboard Drawing Club.
In planning our vocational and educational guidance work for the years that lie ahead we shall build around the following six essential steps: (1) Occupational information, trying to give each student a broad view of the world of work, an individual study of occupations of special interest and methods of entering beginning jobs; (2) An analysis of the individual and his potentialities by means of special tests; (3) Aid in matching personal
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qualifications to job requirements ; (4) Relating curriculum to individual needs ; (5) Placement service, placing individuals in suitable jobs ; (6) A five-year follow-up plan for evaluating our guidance and educational program.
The furniture and equipment of the high school building is in good condition. A long range program of general repairs should be started this year. Desks and chairs should be carefully checked and minor repairs made, such as replacing loose screws, tightening floor bolts and sanding some desk tops. The floor of the girls' locker room must be repaired and a rotating system of painting should be started. If we plan to paint two rooms per year the cost will not be too great and at no time will it be necessary to spend money for a complete painting job. Our enrolment has neither in- creased nor decreased during the past two or three years. At present there is no need for a building program.
The Lamson School needs immediate attention in that many of the desks are in very poor condition. They are old, deeply marred and loose at the base. Many of them do not fit the pupils now using them. The building needs to be painted both inside and out and new window shades should be provided. The present shades do not fit tightly and the glare from sun, snow and white buildings makes a very severe strain on the eyes of both pupils and teachers. The floors have been oiled with heavy oil for many years. Floor specialists no longer recommend the use of oil. The floors should be thoroughly scrubbed and sanded and a sealer and wax applied. This would keep the dust down and would be most appreciated by parents, teachers and children.
The Walsh School auditorium needs to be redecorated. The sinks and drinking fountains should be replaced. Basements should be thoroughly cleaned and painted. Attention should also be given to the driveway which is impassable during the spring months.
All of the schools need adequate library facilities. Our plans call for a careful building up of a good reference library in each building. Modern teaching methods demand good reference books, particularly when the unit method of teaching is used.
The science laboratory in the high school is very well equipped for physics and chemistry but no provision has ever been made for the proper teaching of biology and general science. Our future plans must take these two important branches of science into consideration.
The lunchroom at the high school has been very well patronized this year. The menus have been good and the supplementary food supplied us by the Department of Public Welfare, Surplus Commodities Division has enabled us to provide a well balanced meal at very low cost.
The selectmen, W. P.A. coordinator and school department have co- operated in establishing a lunchroom at the Lamson School. The basement has been equipped for use as a lunchroom. Food has been supplied by the Department of Public Welfare, Surplus Commodities Division, supplemented by groceries purchased with the money which the children pay for their lunches. I feel that this is one of the outstanding achievements of the year and the excellent spirit of cooperation between the School Department and the Selectmen is to be commended.
The financial statements of our school budget and of the high school accounts are printed herewith. I recommend your careful study of these two reports.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1941
$43,554 49
Appropriation Expenditures :
1. General
$ 3,112 77
2. Instruction 29,960 05
3. Textbooks and Supplies
2,509 44
4. Operation of Plant
5,983 26
5. Maintenance
685 90
6. Auxiliary Agencies
4,634 84
7. Outlay
654 56
Total
$44,540 82
Special Appropriations
2,899 50
Expenditures
2,979 08
RECEIPTS FOR 1941 (turned over to the Town)
Commonwealth-General School Fund Part I
Teachers' Salaries
$3,670 00
Tuition-Town of Wenham
462 00
Tuition-Town of Rowley
94 50
Tuition-Town of Ipswich
150 00
Manual Training, etc.
98 95
Cafeteria
1,634 81
Vocational Tuition
127 12
Total
Net cost to the Town for 1941.
$6,237 38 $41,282 52
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
Balance
Activity
Jan. 1, 1941
Receipts
Expen- ditures
Jan. 1, 1942
A. D. Walsh School
66
24 15
1 80
23 01
Athletic Council-Boys
49 72
184 46
122 27
111 91
Athletic Council-Girls
79 55
83 99
107 69
55 85
Class of 1941
4 15
126 45
130 60
. . . .
Class of 1942
9 80
160 18
103 49
66 49
Class of 1943
10 16
84
53 53
41 46
Class of 1944
18 77
35 65
47 97
6 45
Class of 1945
74
33 05
25 00
8 79
Hamiltonian
60 40
70
79 84
30 26
Lamson School
167 18
111 18
56 00
Locker Fund
39 63
53 89
49 75
43 77
Student Council
55 43
301 99
288 12
69 30
Teachers Club
33 08
166 97
115 35
84 70
$362 09
$1,472 49
$1,236 59
$597 99
The material in this report which concerns the High School has been written in collaboration with Principal Frank J. Malone.
May I take this opportunity to thank the School Committee, the Town officials, teachers and students for their loyal help and cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
RAYMOND C. WASS.
Balance
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools, South Hamilton, Massachusetts: DEAR SIR :
I herewith submit my report as School Nurse of Hamilton.
Total enrolment
Result of Dr. Corcoran's physical examination :
Defects
Corrections
Tonsils
17 Tonsils 7
Glands
10
Glands
4
Heart
4
All under treatment
Posture
102
The Dental Clinic has been resumed this year with Dr. John King as Dentist. It is very gratifying to see the small amount of dental work to be done as compared with last year.
No. of children attending clinic to date.
66
No. of children that have received certificates through the clinic. 34
No. of certificates through private work
Contagious or Communicable Diseases
Chicken pox
1 Mumps ·
. .... 2 Whooping cough
Miscellaneous Illnesses
Ivy
4 Impetigo 1
Sumac
1 Pediculosis 2
Eye Examination
Defects 20 Corrected glasses 10
Home calls
28
First-Aid Dressings
48
Consultations with teachers, children, parents and physician. 30
Children immunized against diphtheria 20
In closing I wish to thank the teachers, parents, school physician, chil- dren and other health authorities for their kind and considerate help.
Respectfully submitted,
JULIA G. BURNS, R. N.,
School Nurse.
383
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1942
January 5 February 20
Schools open April 17
Schools close
Schools close
April 27
Schools open
March 2
Schools open June 24
Schools close
Summer Vacation
September 9
Schools open November 25
Schools close
October 12
Holiday November 30
Schools open
November 11
Holiday December 23
Schools close
1943
January 4
Schools open
Age of Admittance
Pupils entering school in September must have been at least five years of age on March 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 cer- tificates of vaccination 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.
School Census as of October 1, 1941
Boys
Girls
Number between five and seven years of age .. .. 22
32
Number between seven and sixteen years of age.
173
159
Totals
195
191
Total Census
386
Distribution of the above minors, October 1, 1941 :
335
In the Public Day School membership
36
In private school membership. Not enrolled in any school.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
OF THE
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL June 19, 1941 at Eight P. M. MAXWELL NORMAN MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM
PRO MERITO SOCIETY
Margaret Evelyn E. Goodhue Elaine Elizabeth St. Germain Wealthea Frances Tucker
Charles Elliott Perkins
CLASS OFFICERS
Merrill J. Smallwood, Jr., President Mary Danforth, Secretary
Rhoda E. Emeney, Vice-President Dorothy M. McCarthy, Treasurer
PROGRAM
Processional : March from "Aïda" Verdi Rev. W. F. A. Stride
Invocation
Response - Glee Club,"The Lord's Prayer" Forsyth-Kraft
Class Gift Merrill J. Smallwood, Jr., Class President
Presentation of Awards
Song - Ninth Grade Chorus, "The Unfurling of the Flag" Densmore
Address
Rev. Garfield Morgan
Song - Chorus, "America, the Beautiful"
Ward
Presentation of Junior High School Diplomas,
Frederic Winthrop, Chairman of School Committee
Song - Chorus, "The Lost Chord" Sullivan-Brewer
Presentation of Senior High School Diplomas
Frederic Winthrop
Class Song - Class of 1941 D'Amato
Benediction
Rev. W. F. A. Stride
Recessional : March of the Israelites
Costa
Director of Music
Robert W. Steele
Class Marshall David Greeley '42
Accompanist Frederic Nazro
GRADUATES OF 1941
Joseph Martin Baker Robert Willard Child Lucy Louise D'Amato Mary Danforth Ernest Bradstreet Day
Gloria Louise Elario Rhoda E. Elizabeth Emeney Virginia Ruby Frederick Dexter Stuart Gilchrist Margaret Evelyn E. Goodhue Walter Burrill Maxwell
Dorothy Margaret McCarthy Merrill John Smallwood, Jr.
Richard Joseph O'Leary Eleanor Gertrude Tobyne Millicent Elsie True Martha Helen Webster
Charles Elliott Perkins Mildred Louise Putnam Elaine Elizabeth St. Germain Fred Robert Wilson
Wealthea Frances Tucker
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HAMILTON SCHOOL DIRECTORY
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FREDERIC WINTHROP, Chairman Telephone, Hamilton 34 MRS. GRACE LAMSON, Secretary ALLAN MacCURRACH Telephone, Hamilton 89M Telephone, Hamilton 159
Regular meetings of the school committee are held in the office of the Superintendent of Schools on the second Thursday of each month at 8 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS RAYMOND C. WASS
Office, Hamilton High School Telephone, Hamilton 575
Hours, 8 A. M. to 4 P. M.
Residence, 53 Walnut Road, South Hamilton Telephone, Hamilton 551
SECRETARY
MRS. ELIZABETH EDMONDSON
Telephone, Hamilton 289W
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
FRANK J. MALONE Telephone, Hamilton 59
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
JOHN G. CORCORAN, M. D. Telephone, Hamilton 44
SCHOOL NURSE
JULIA G. BURNS, R. N. Telephone, Hamilton 286R
Professional Improvement 1944
Teacher Course College Raymond C. Wass, Vocational Education Harvard University Bryce B. Walton, American History for Teachers 1400-1865, Boston University American History for Teachers 1865-1940 Boston University Re-organization of Secondary School Curriculum, Boston Univ. Principles of Secondary Education Boston University Hazel Ramer, Music Appreciation University Extension M. Earle Chase, Extra Curricula Activities Principles of Secondary Education Columbia Columbia Betty Herndon, Engrossing Zanerian College Wilhelmenia C. Ready, Sociology State Teachers, Salem Victorian Literature State Teachers, Salem Economics State Teachers, Salem
Beatrice H. Edmondson, Principles of Secondary Education, Boston University Measurement in Commercial Education, Boston University University Extension
Laura W. Boyd, Vocabulary Building
Margaret K. Batchelder, Instruction in Reading
66
Ellen M. Duffy, Instruction in Reading
Anna M. Barron, Instruction in Reading
66
Marian C. Joseph, Instruction in Reading
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HAMILTON TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1, 1942
Name
School Subject or Grade
Appoint- Yrs. Ex- Education Degrees
ment perience
Raymond C. Wass
Superintendent
. . .
1941
20 Machias Nor., Univ. of Maine B. Ed. Grad. School Boston Univ. M. A. Graduate Study Harvard Univ. Boston College 11 B. A.
Grad. School Boston Univ. M. A.
2
State Teachers Col., Salem
B. S. E.
Grad. Study Zanerian College
6
State Teachers Col., Salem
B. S. E.
Grad. Study Boston Univ.
20 Emerson College B. L. I.
Grad. Study Boston Univ.
4 Mass. State B. S.
14 Grad. Study State Teachers College, Bridgewater B. S. E. Columbia University Salem Normal
Mrs. Hazel Ramer . High
Math., Science 1921
32
Wilhelmenia Ready . . High
English
1934
Edith Anderson . High
Social Science ..... 1929
27
Frederick Wales . High
Manual Training ... 1937
9 State Teachers Col., Salem Undergraduate Study State Teachers Col., Salem Salem Normal Undergrad. Study Boston Univ. 6 State Teach. Col., Fitchburg B. S. E. Graduate Study State Teach. Col., Fitchburg St. Teach. Col., Framingham B. S. E. Grad. Study Boston Univ. M. Ed.
Mary E. Schouler .. High
Bryce B. Walton . . High
Dom. Sci., French I, Hygiene, Phys. Tr'g. Hist., Biol., Phy. Tr'g 1934
1939
3
8 Purdue Univ. B. P. E.
Grad. Study Boston Univ.
Frank J. Malone ...... Principal, High
French and Latin ... 1931
Betty Herndon .. High
Commercial . 1941
Beatrice Edmondson
. High
Com., Dean of Girls. 1935
Mrs. Laura Boyd . High
English
1925
M. Earle Chase . High
Math., Chem., Phys .. 1941
Ellen M. Duffy .J. Lamson Grade 6 1927
Margaret K. Batchelder ... J. Lamson
Grade 5 1920
22
Marian C. Joseph . .... J. Lamson
Grade 4
1921
21
Mrs. Thelma B. Cameron .. J. Lamson
Grade 3
1934
Mrs. Marion Batchelder ... J. Lamson
Grade 2
1926
16 Gorham Normal Undergrad. Study Hyannis Teachers College Salem Normal Undergrad. Study Salem Normal Salem Normal Undergrad. Study Salem Normal
7 Salem Teachers College B. S. E. Grad. Study Salem Teach. Col.
24 Undergraduate Study Hyannis Normal, Boston University, Salem Teachers College
Mrs. Alice Bowman. . .J. Lamson
Grade 1 1938
13 Gorham Normal Undergrad. Study Boston Univ.
Anna Barron A. D. Walsh
Grades 1-5
1934
Mrs. Abbie Eaton. . All
Drawing
1936
7 State Teachers College Undergrad. Study State Teach. Col.
15 Salem Normal Undergrad. Study North Adams Normal, Boston Univ., State Teach- ers College, Salem Boston University Undergrad. Study Rochester Univ.
15
Maude L. Thomas. .. ...
All
Music · 1923
MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1941
Age
Grade
5
6
7
8
9 10
11
13
14
15
16
17
18
19 20 Total
1
9 20
4
28
2
6
18
2
1
1
28
3
8
17
2
1
33
4
1
12
16
3 1
34
5
12
16
4 2
35
6
15
14
5 1
39
7
11
18
9
1
10
15
4
1
30
8
12
12
6
4
3
37
9
10
13
5
2
1
31
10
1
8
15
1
25
11
11
11
5
1
28
12
Totals
9
26
31
31
31
35
31
35
37
28
28
35
17
6
1
381
12
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INDEX
PAGE
List of Officers
Report of Town Clerk
7
Jury List for 1942
28
Report of Committee to Remodel Town Hall 28
Report of the Surveyor of Highways
30 31
Report of Police Department
Report of the Fire Department
33
Report of Water Commissioners
35
Report of the Park Commission
35 36
Library Report
Report of the Board of Welfare
Department of Weights and Measures
Report of W. P. A. Coordinator
Report of the Board of Health
Report of Assessors
In Memoriam
Report of the Committee on H. M. C. S. "Hamilton"
Report of the Hamilton Committee on Public Safety
Report of the Board of Selectmen
52
Report of the Finance and Advisory Committee
55
Accountant's Report
61
Receipts
63
Expenditures
67
General Government
67
Selectmen-Unemployed Account
70 71
Town Hall
72
Health and Sanitation
74
Highways
75
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits, Public Welfare
76
Schools
77 80 80
Cemetery
81
Interest, etc.
Debt and Trust Accounts
Recapitulation of Departmental Expenses
Public Library Trust Funds
86 88
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
91
Report of an Audit of the Accounts
92
Report of the School Committee
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1
Balance Sheet Treasurer's Report
43
Investment Funds
82 83 84 86
Public Library
General Accounts
Protection of Persons and Property
38 40 41 43 44 47 48 48 50
Town Warrant
36
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners
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