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In August Mr. Donald Trussell submitted a bid which was accepted by the committee. After being turned down by the Office of Defense Transportation on the purchase of new buses Mr. Trussell managed to buy two second hand
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chassis with new bodies. These buses were delivered the first of October, and have been in operation ever since in the most satisfactory manner. Your committee hopes that the town will appreciate its efforts to secure adequate and safe transportation for its children.
Unfortunately due to increased costs the transportation expenses for 1943 will be $5,610 as compared with $3,162 in 1942.
Walsh School
Your committee voted to close the Adelaide Dodge Walsh School on Decem- ber 23 for four reasons; first, enrollment had been declining steadily for several years. During the autumn only sixteen pupils were enrolled, one of whom was to leave before the new year began; second, the per pupil cost of the Adelaide Dodge Walsh School was $146 compared to $66 in the Jonathan Lamson School. Your committee estimated that closing the school would mean a saving of approximately two thousand dollars in the next year's bud- get; third, Mrs. Cameron, the third grade teacher at the Jonathan Lamson School, had resigned. There being a drastic shortage of teachers in the state your committee decided to transfer Miss Lundgren to Mrs. Cameron's place ; fourth, the most important reason was that the Jonathan Lamson School was far better fitted to give a good education to children than the old fashioned rural school of which the Adelaide Dodge Walsh School was an example. Leading school men and state authorities have recognized that consolidation is a necessary element in the equalization of educational opportunities. In addition to the above the cafeteria at the Jonathan Lamson School provides good hot lunches which were not available at the Adelaide Dodge Walsh School. In the light of these points your committee feels that it has made a decision which will benefit the children in East Hamilton to a considerable extent.
Your committee wishes to take this opportunity to commend to the town the cooperation of the entire faculty during the year and a half that the department has been operating as an independent unit. It has been most cooperative in all its regular duties and has loyally given its time and energy to the problems of registering and rationing.
Your committee wishes to thank the town officials that have helped in any way in the administration of the school department.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERIC WINTHROP, Chairman, GRACE B. LAMSON, ALLAN MacCURRACH.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To School Committee, Town of Hamilton:
A school report at this time might well be called : "Schools at War." Paul C. McNutt in his opening address at the August meeting of the National Insti- tute on Education opened the Institute with these words: "In this total war there are many armies. Everyone is vital to victory. None is greater in size or potentialities for service than the Army of Education. I know that the nation can depend on this matchless force of more than 31,000,000 teachers, pupils, and students to give their country the full measure of loyal service in its hour of need."
We who comprise the Hamilton School personnel have been closely identi- fied with the War Effort ever since before Pearl Harbor. Many of us are air raid wardens, all of the teachers and many of the older boys and girls help man the Interceptor Command Post and The Report Center. In addition to these individual jobs the entire personnel has managed three major rationing programs (sugar, gasoline, and fuel oil) and will take care of Point Rationing in the near future. Our boys and girls have put on active campaigns for paper and scrap collection and have made a notable record in the sale of War Bonds and Stamps. The sales record from September through December shows :
Walsh School
$ 51 00
Lamson School 512 80
High School 724 96
Total
$1,288 76
We in the United States believe in education. We think it is important. But much that we think important we are giving up. Wartime brings threats to teaching. Many of us remember the last war when experienced teachers were drawn away by the tens of thousands. Vacancies mounted swiftly and thousands of positions were filled by persons poorly prepared for their tasks. At the war's end those who had been employed in desperation often could not be dislodged, many who have never taught well are still in service all over the country. We must be on the alert to see that we are not the victim of circum- stances at the end of this war.
The past year has witnessed what is probably the largest teacher turn- over in the history of Hamilton's school system. So far we have been fortu- nate in filling the nine vacancies which have appeared.
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Resignations
Name
School
Reason
Year of Appointment 1934
Anna Barron
Walsh
To Beverly
Thelma Cameron
Lamson
Married
1934
Alice Brown
Lamson
Married 1938
Bryce Walton
High
To Beverly 1934
Earl Chase
High
To Needham
1941
Fred Wales
High
To Reading
1937
Mary Schouler
High
To California
1938
Jack Mendelsohn
High
To enter ministry
1942
Warren Bennett
High
Military leave of absence 1942
Elections
Name
Address
College
John Robinson
Wellesley, Mass.
South Carolina University
Mrs. Warren Bennett (Sub.)
So. Hamilton
Bridgewater Teachers College
Maude Elliot
Brookline, Mass. Simmons College
Russell Martin
Gorham, Maine
Gorham Teachers College
Ilmi Anderson
Wareham, Mass.
Bridgewater Teachers College
May Lundgren
Lowell, Mass. Lowell Teachers College
The Harvard School of Education reports that : "In general there is a real or potential over supply of teachers of English, the social studies, and foreign languages and a general shortage of teachers of mathematics and science ac- companied by many local or regional shortages in the fields of industrial arts and physical education for boys. There are general shortages in the rural and small town elementary fields and shortages everywhere in the low salary areas."
The economic law of supply and demand implies that salaries for teach- ers in Hamilton should compare favorably with those in communities of simi- lar financial assets and educational ideals. An extensive study has been made of salaries paid in towns with which Hamilton could reasonably be expected to compete for qualified teachers and the following salary schedule has been recommended. This schedule has been followed without any difficulty except in the case of men teachers where exceptions are being made for the duration of the present emergency.
Recommended Salary Schedule
No teacher shall be employed beginning January 1942 who does not meet the minimum standards for the appointment of teachers in the Common- wealth of Massachusetts recommended by the State Department of Education.
The initial salary for all beginning teachers shall be $1100 plus $100 above initial salary for each year of experience.
The maximum for teachers holding a Bachelor's Degree from an approved University, College or Teachers College shall be $1700.
Maximum for teachers with a Master's Degree from an approved College, University or Teachers College shall be $1800.
Yearly increments shall be dependent upon loyal, cooperative and effective service, and professional study of at least two semester hours of work every
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three years at an approved school of education. University Extension Courses may be counted only if they carry graduate or undergraduate credit acceptable to Boston University School of Education, The Harvard Graduate School of Education or other institutions of equal academic standing.
$1600 will be considered the maximum for teachers now in service who do not hold a degree.
This schedule shall not be retroactive.
MINIMUM STARDARDS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The candidate should furnish
1. Evidence of good moral character.
2. A health certificate from a physician.
3. A statement that an X-ray of the chest shows negative.
Elementary School
The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree with elementary education as the major field and a minimum of six semester hours of supervised teach- ing in the elementary grades, or
A Bachelor's degree, six semester hours of supervised teaching in elemen- tary grades and a minimum of 18 semester hours in the field of education, including the following subjects :
1. Principles and Aims of Elementary Education. History and Philosophy of Education.
2. General Psychology and Child Psychology.
3. Principles and Methods of Teaching in the Elementary Grades. The Elementary School Curriculum. Tests and Measurements.
High School
The candidate should have a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 18 semester hours in the major field to be taught, and 12 semester hours in each minor field, plus a minimum of 16 semester hours of professional study, in- cluding 6 semester hours in some phase or phases of secondary education and the remaining 10 may be selected from Educational Psychology, History and Philosophy of Education, Principles of Education, Tests and Measurements, Practice Teaching, Methods of Teaching, Guidance and Logic.
The administrative plan of unifying grades one through twelve has been further advanced by introducing unit courses in science in grades two, five. six and eight. This series is obtainable for grades one through nine and should be purchased for grades one, three, four, seven and nine as soon as possible. The McCormick-Mathers New Plain Way English Exercises have been adopted for grades two through 12, these books have been used by grades seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven this year. We hope to be able to complete the set in 1943. Each of these books contains nine units, beginning with a survey test and ending with an optional exercise. A separate test book which accompanies each book provides for systematic check up after
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each unit of nine lessons. The ninth unit of each book is a review of reviews.
Following the recommendation of the War Council of the State Depart- ment of Education we have emphasized the teaching of mathematics and sci- ence. A course in Useful Mathematics has been introduced into the ninth grade for the non college group. A course in Aeronautics has been added to the junior and senior year offerings. The curriculum has been enriched by these new offerings.
The objectives of the guidance program at the high school are three fold. The discovery and analysis of the individual qualities and abilities of each student. the development of these abilities and traits of character to a high point of efficiency, and the provision of accurate educational and vocational counseling.
The Science Research Associates system of guidance and occupational rating scales was introduced early in 1942. At a recent meeting of the Merri- mac Valley Guidance Association this system was highly praised by the main speaker who is director of guidance for the city of Providence. Hamilton was the only town represented at this meeting who is using this modern sys- tem of guidance.
A course in elementary guidance has been initiated in the eighth grade. This course includes a study of personality as well as educational and voca- tional planning.
The war has had a bad psychological effect upon the future plans of high school students who feel that the future holds only a job in the armed forces or a defense plant. This attitude is hard to combat but the War Occupational Guidance and Placement Committee is convinced that the methods and means of planning and accomplishing a total educational war effort are to be found in guidance and placement, and. therefore, recommends that every community in the Commonwealth immediately appoint an occupational guidance and placement director.
The placement bureau established at the high school in 1942 has been successful from the start.
Number of boys placed 19
Number of girls placed 20
Number of unfilled jobs 7
Number of boys in service who normally would be in school 4
The Office of the Defense Transportation has ruled that "the use of school buses should be limited to the transportation of pupils to those activities which are essential to the basic minimum education program." As a result all inter- scholastic athletic contests have had to be called off. An intra-mural pro- gram of games has been inaugurated which, although the pupils were slow in accepting it, has now won great popularity. About 90% of the students now participate where a scant 25% took part before.
The high school cafeteria was reorganized this fall and put under the supervision of the Domestic Arts teacher in order that a course in cafeteria management might be introduced. This change was commended by the state nutritionist who referred to it as "a definite educational improvement."
Through the generosity of the Couples Club. The Hamilton Teachers Club and the American Legion we were able to take advantage of the Agricultural Marketing Administration's penny milk program. These organizations con-
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tributed a total of $150 and every school child in Hamilton may now have a glass of milk with his lunch.
All bills contracted by the cafeteria are paid from the special cafeteria appropriation while all receipts are turned into the town treasurer. This is in accordance with the recommendation of the state director of accounts.
The major maintenance and repair work for the year includes these items :
At the Lamson School the outside was painted, the classroom walls were painted and new shades were installed in two of the classrooms. The base- ment and attic were re-wired as the old wiring was a definite fire hazard. The floors were thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned of the accumulation of floor oil. Two of the floors were sealed and waxed. This is a vast improvement over the old system of spraying with oil. The rest of the building should be done this year.
At the High School two classrooms were painted, the ventilators in the cafeteria and laboratory were repaired and extensive and unforseen repairs were made on the heating plant. The auditorium floor gave more trouble than usual and had to be temporarily repaired before graduation and again before the basketball season.
The Walsh School assembly room was painted. The building is in good condition and should not need any repairs for several years or until such time as an increased school enrolment shall necessitate its reopening.
The repairs on the buildings should be relatively small this coming year although it is quite impossible to foresee emergencies which may arise.
Everywhere increased emphasis is being placed upon posture and physical fitness. There seems to be a definite place in the Hamilton School Program for a full time physical education instructor working from grades one through twelve. Such a program would include :
Grades I and II-Rhythmic exercises and dances. Interpretive dancing. Games.
Grades III and IV-Rhythmic exercises and dances plus some formal exer- cises. Interpretive dancing. Simple organized games.
Grades V and VI-Formal exercises, postural exercises, unorganized and organized games, military drill, stunts and tumbling.
Grades VII through XII-Formal exercises, postural exercises, unorgan- ized and organized games, military drill, stunts and tumbling. Organized games would include soccer, hockey, basketball, baseball, badminton, archery and volley ball.
A Victory Corps has been organized at the high school which provides opportunities for high school students to do their bit for victory. It is called the High School Victory Corps. It has five special divisions : Air Service, Land Service, Sea Service, Production Service, and Community Service. For those who are not ready to select one of these five divisions there is a General Membership. All five divisions and the General Membership as well, have specific requirements which must be met by any boy or girl wishing to join the Corps and wear its cap and insignia. Membership is free and voluntary.
Some of the major requirements for membership include participation in a program of physical fitness; active in an important recurring war-time ac- tivity, such as airplane spotting, farm aid, salvage campaigns, and Red Cross Work.
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The five divisions, in addition to the general requirements, call for differ- ent kinds of courses in keeping with the type of service prepared for. The air division stresses participation in a program including aeronautics, mathe- matics and physics. Preparation for agriculture is emphasized in the Produc- tion Service Division.
The central idea is that in order to be a member of the Victory Corps, a student must take part in a program of physical fitness and through school courses and extra curricular activities show that he is doing his bit toward the winning of the war.
The high spot of the year was the presentation of the Operetta "Gypsy Rover" by Miss Maude Thomas, Supervisor of Music. Miss Thomas was assisted by the entire high school staff. Over fifty students took part and much hidden talent was brought to light. The public received this production with enthu- siasm and delight.
The National Honor Society elections were held in February. This organi- zation is dedicated to the encouragement of character, scholarship, leadership and service. The initiation ceremony is impressive and lends dignity to those things which are most worthwhile in school and in life. The following stu- dents were elected to the Alexander Hamilton Chapter in February, 1942 : Donald Duclow, Rae Cavanaugh, Mary Dewar, Dana Perkins, Donald Sanford, Robert Martin and Mary Schofield.
A change has been made in the graduation procedure. Commencement week activities start with baccalaureate services in the Maxwell Norman Auditorium and include during the week, Class Day, Ivy planting, graduation and senior reception. The Class Day exercises were held in the Maxwell Norman Auditorium June 17 and the following program was presented :
Senior Processional
Welcome
Song : Land of Our Hearts
Class History
Class Will Song : My Own United States
Class Prophecy Class Gifts
James Armstrong President Class 1942 Chorus Charlotte Stanley Walter Perkins Chorus Donald Sanford Anita Wass John Dolliver
Class Ode: Seniors Bid Farewell
Class of 1942
Senior Recessional
Rita J. Pooler
The Student Council has had a successful year. Several problems pre- sented by the students to this body of representatives have been settled satis- factorily. The Council has again put on a war stamp drive and the results of this drive is best indicated by the report of a sale of over $700 worth of stamps and bonds towards a goal of $1000. The magazine drive, also sponsored by this body, was a great success. The net returns showed a profit to the school, double the amount turned in last year. At the present time the Coun- cil is working on the purchase of a service flag to represent the number of Hamilton High School boys in the service.
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The material for this report which concerns the high school has been written in collaboration with Principal Frank J. Malone.
The distribution of expenditures for school purposes for the year 1942 is listed herewith. It is a matter of gratification that the budget for the fiscal year 1942 was closed with a balance of $42.58 accruing to the town.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1942
Appropriation
$48,067 73
Expenditures :
1. General $5,014 00
Includes salaries - superintendent, secretary, attendance officer, census, office expense and travel
2. Instruction 26,659 61 Includes salaries-principal, supervisors, teach- ers, conferences
3. Textbooks and Supplies 2,725 18
4. Operation of Plant 6,321 76
Includes salaries-janitors, fuel, water, electri- city, gas, janitors' supplies
5. Maintenance 961 87 Includes repairs, replacements and upkeep
6. Auxiliary Agencies 5,103 41
Includes salaries-nurse, physician, transporta- tion, telephone
7. Outlay . .
1,238 32
Includes new equipment
$48,024 15
Special Appropriations
4,045 63
Expenditures 3,588 41
RECEIPTS FOR 1942 (turned over to the Town)
Commonwealth-General School Fund Part I
Teachers' Salaries
$3,810 00
Tuition-Town of Wenham
619 50
Tuition-Ipswich
90 00
Miscellaneous
21 49
Cafeteria-Lamson
1,051 95
Cafeteria-Walsh
50 15
Cafeteria-High
1,707 65
Vocational Tuition
157 55
Net cost to the Town for 1942
7,508 29 44,103 27
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
Activity
Balance Jan. 1, 1942
Receipts
Expen- ditures
Jan. 1, 1943
A. D. Walsh
$23 01
$10 98
$21 55
$12 44
Athletic Council
167 76
159 24
327 00
Blue Cross
204 45
201 95
2 50
Business Club
6 82
Class of 1942
66 49
133 61
195 84
4 26
Class of 1943
41 46
257 43
208 15
90 74
Class of 1944
6 45
196 86
159 44
43 8
Class of 1945
8 79
47 35
34 81
21 33
Class of 1946
21 50
4 15
17 35
Class of 1947
11 65
4 00
7 65
Hamiltonian
30 26
55 15
24 22
61 19
Locker Fund
43 77
44 75
52 23
36 29
Student Council
69 30
398 66
433 79
34 17
Teachers Club
84 70
62 94
81 71
65 93
$541 99
$1,611 39
$1,748 84
$404 54
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In conclusion may I emphasize the importance of desirable curriculum changes. Education is pretty much a matter of an individual learning how to get on in the world. We cannot expect our youth to compete in a modern world if we equip them with the educational tools used by our grandfathers. We must remember that when our boys and girls leave Hamilton they must be equipped to compete with boys and girls who have had the advantages offered by modern education. It is our duty to see to it that our children are as well equipped educationally and physically as their neighbors.
Let us not forget that Germany's conduct since 1933 reinforces the con- clusion that organized education is by far the most significant factor in in- suring national strength.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank the committee, the school per- sonnel and the townspeople for their fine spirit of cooperation throughout the past year. The general feeling of good will toward the schools has been most heartening.
Respectfully submitted,
RAYMOND C. WASS
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82
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Balance
13 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. Dental Clinic for grades one through six :
No. of children attending Clinic
120
No. of children that have received certificates 105
Contagious and Communicable Diseases
Measles 2 Chicken pox 1
Mumps
172
Miscellaneous Illnesses
Ivy 5 Pediculosis .. 4
Impetigo
3
Eye Examination
Defects 29 Corrected with glasses 23
Home calls
182
First-aid dressings 216
Children immunized against diphtheria 54
The physical examination and ear examination of all school children has not been given to date.
In closing I wish to thank the teachers, parents, school children and health authorities for their kind and considerate help.
Respectfully submitted,
JULIA G. BURNS
School Nurse.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1943
(May be subject to change for the best interests of the present emergency)
January 4
Schools open May 31 (Monday)
Holiday
February 19
Schools close June 11 Elementary School closes
March 1
Schools open June 17
Graduation
April 16
Schools close June 18
Reception
April 26
Schools open June 22
Schools close
Summer Vacation
September 8
Schools open November 24
Schools close
October 12
Holiday November 29 Schools open
November 11
Holiday December 23 Schools close
1944
January 3 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 physi- cian stating that they are not fit subjects for vaccination. Parents are re- quested to attend to this matter during the summer vacation, as certificates of vaccination or exemption must be presented at the opening of school to entitle children to admission.
No-School Signal
Radio broadcast over WNAC of Yankee Network and Salem WESX be- tween 7.10 and 7.30 a. m., if there is no school for the day.
22-22 repeated at 7.15 a. m. means that there will be no school for the day.
Obviously we cannot blow the no-school signal for every storm. Parents may reserve the right to keep their children home in stormy weather if in their own judgment they feel that the weather is too severe for their children.
School Census as of October 1, 1942
Boys
Girls
Number between five and seven years of age ..
24
26
Number between seven and sixteen years of age. 152
144
Totals 176 170
Total Census
346
Distribution of the above minors, October 1, 1942 : In the Public Day School membership 310
In private school membership 22
Not enrolled in any school 14
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PROGRAM
June 18, 1942 at 8 p. m.
MAXWELL NORMAN AUDITORIUM
DEDICATION
This graduation program is dedicated to the bravest, smartest, most suc- cessful of all warriors-the fighting men of Uncle Sam. Each speaker will tell you something about America's fighting forces-in a war which reaches far and wide across the earth from the chalky cliffs above the English Chan- nel to teeming cities on the coasts of the United States. We can make no plans, build no hopes, work out no satisfying careers for ourselves until the slave states that fight against us are conquered. A great share of our dedi- cation must go to young civilians who have not yet joined the colors, but who, before Hirohito and Hitler are conquered, will do their share of the fighting for victory.
PROGRAM
Processional : Priest's March Invocation
Greetings of the President
The Part Schools Play in the War
What is New in the Air Corps Song-Land of Our Hearts
Robert G. Martin Chadwick
Nurses in This War Women in Defense Work Solo-Thanks Be to God
Mary A. Schofield Ruth M. Horn Dickson
Donald L. Sanford
Our Mechanized Army Song-My Own United States
Dana P. Perkins
Edwards
Chorus
Presentation of Awards Presentation of Diplomas Class Song-Seniors Bid Farewell
Raymond C. Wass Lieutenant Frederic Winthrop Rita J. Pooler
Class of 1942
Benediction
Rev. Arthur B. Oot
Mendelssohn
Recessional : Priest's March
Class Marshal David L. Crowell' 43
Pianists Anita R. Wass '42. Mrs. Helena Cullity
Mendelssohn Rev. Arthur B. Oot Ralph J. Armstrong Mary C. Dewar
Chorus
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GRADUATES OF 1942
Ralph James Armstrong John Joseph Cullity Martha Wallace Cunningham *Mary Crawford Dewar Betty I. Dodge John Wesley Dolliver Walter Scott Perkins Mary Rita J. Pooler Sally Porter Donald Leroy Sanford *Mary Ada Schofield Dorothy Barbara Shaw
Ruth Minnie Horn Henry Carney Jackson, Jr. Katherine Ursula MacDonald Robert William Marks Robert Gordon Martin, Jr. *Dana Procter Perkins Charlotte Mabel Stanley Theresa Mary Stelline Doris Louise Thimmer Doris Mae True John James Wallace Emily Jane Wetson *Anita Rivers Wass
* Honor Pupils
CLASS MOTTO
Nunc dedicimus ubi stabimus (Now we launch, where do we anchor)
CLASS COLORS
CLASS FLOWER
Maroon and Gold
Talisman Rose
CLASS OFFICERS
President, Ralph J. Armstrong
Secretary, Mary C. Dewar
Vice-President, Dana P. Perkins
Treasurer, Emily J. Wetson
CLASS PARTING SONG OF 1942
SENIORS BID FAREWELL
Tune : The Marine Hymn
Now goodby to our school days In dear old Hamilton High We'll remember each happy hour As the years go fleeting by. To our classmates and our teachers Who were all so kind and true, And dear old Alma Mater We bid you a fond adieu.
Farewell to our contests And the good old green and white. We have fought into the finish And have always come out right. We will do so in the future That we hope will bring us bliss, Keeping cherished in our memory Our days of H. H. S. Composed by : Rita J. Pooler '42
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HAMILTON SCHOOL DIRECTORY
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FREDEDIC WINTHROP, Chairman Telephone, Hamilton 34 MRS. GRACE LAMSON, Secretary Telephone, Hamilton 89-M
ALLAN MacCURRACH
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 289-W
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 286-R
Professional Improvement 1942
Teacher Course College
Betty Herndon, Methods and Theories of Commercial Education Boston Univ.
Wilhelmenia Ready, Guidance for the Homeroom and Classroom Teacher The World Today and Tomorrow General Physical Science
First Aid (Course 1 and 2) History of the Renaissance World Classics
Edith Anderson, History of the Renaissance Beatrice Edmondson, Principles of Guidance Guidance Training Institute Commercial Education in School : Theories and Practices
Ellen Duffy, Elementary Science Margaret Batchelder, Elementary Science
Boston University Salem Teachers College Salem Teachers College Salem Teachers College Salem Teachers College Salem Teachers College Salem Teachers College Boston University Boston University
Boston University Salem Teachers College Salem Teachers College
HAMILTON TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1, 1943
Name
School
Subject or Grade
Appoint- Yrs. Ex- ment perience Education
Degrees
Raymond C. Wass ..
Superintendent . 1941
21 Machias Nor., Univ. of Maine B. Ed. Grad. School Boston Univ. M. A. Grad Study Harvard Univ.
B. A.
Frank J. Malone ..... Principal, High
French and Latin ... 1931
Betty Herndon
. High
Commercial
1941
3 State Teachers Col., Salem
B.S.E. Grad. Study Zanerian Col. Grad. Study Boston Univ.
Beatrice Edmondson . . High
Com., Dean of Girls .. 1935
Mrs. Laura Boyd . High
English 1925
21 Emerson College B.L.I.
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Grad. Study Boston Univ.
John Robinson . High
Math., Hist., Phys ... 1942
0 S. C. State, Northeastern Univ. College of Charlestown Salem Normal
B.S.
Mrs. Hazel Ramer . High
Math., Science . . . 1921
33
Wilhelmenia Ready . . High
English, Arith. .. .. 1934
10 State Teachers Col., Salem B.S.E. Undergrad. Study State Teachers Col., Salem Boston University
Edith Anderson . High
Social Studies 1929
Russell Martin . . High
Manual Training ... 1942
Warren Bennett
. . High
Social Studies, Physi- cal Training, Biol- ogy
1942
5
28 Salem Normal Undergrad, Study Boston Univ.
2 Gorham Normal Fitchburg Teachers Col. B.S.E.
Boston University
M. Ed.
12 Boston College Grad. School Boston Univ. M. A.
7 State Teachers Col., Salem B.S.E. Grad. Study Boston Univ.
Maude Elliott . High
Domestic Science, Physical Training, Cafeteria Mgr. .... 1943
2
Ellen M. Duffy .... .. J. Lamson
Margaret K. Batchelder ... J. Lamson
Marian C. Joseph. .. J. Lamson
Grade 4
1921
22
May Lundgren .J. Lamson
Grade 3
1942
Mrs. Marion Batchelder ... J. Lamson
Grade 2
1926
25
Ilmi Anderson .J. Lamson
Grade 1 1942
Simmons College B.S.
17 Gorham Normal, Undergrad. Study Hyannis Teachers Col. Salem Normal Undergrad. Study Saelm Normal Salem Normal Undegrad. Study Salem Normal
0 Lowell Teachers Col. B.S.E. 19
Undergrad. Study Hyannis Normal, Boston Univ. Salem Teachers College
1 Bridgewater Teachers College B.S.E.
Grade 6
1927
Grade 5 1920
23
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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1942
Grade
5 6 7
8
9 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19 Total
1
17
24
2
8
17
4
1
30
3
7 20
5
1
1
·34
4
7 16
3
1
27
5
10
19
5
1
1
36
6
12
12
4
1
1
30.
7
17
14
8
1
1
41
8
1
11
19
9
40
9
15
6
1
29
10
9 15
5
3
3
35
11
9
13
4
1
1 28
12
1
8
13
1
23
Totals
7 25
24 31
32
35
36
31
36
35
32
27
20
5
1 377
INDEX
PAGE
List of Officers
3
Report of Town Clerk
7
Jury List for 1943
29
Report of the Surveyor of Highways
29
Report of Water Commissioners
30
Report of W. P. A. Coordinator
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners
Report of Police Department
Report of Assessors
Report of the Park Commission
37 38 39
Library Report
Department of Weights and Measures
Report of the Board of Welfare
Report of the Board of Health
Report of the Hamilton Committee on Public Safety
In Memoriam
Report of the Board of Selectmen
50
Town Warrant
Report of the Finance and Advisory Committee
Accountant's Report
Receipts
Expenditures
General Government
Selectmen-Unemployed Account
Town Hall
Protection of Persons and Property
72
Health and Sanitation
76
Highways
76
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits, Public Welfare
77
Schools
80
Public Library
82
General Accounts
82
Cemetery
83
Interest, etc.
84
Debt and Trust Accounts
85
Recapitulation of Departmental Expenses
86
Public Library Trust Funds
89
Investment Funds
89
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
91
Balance Sheet
94
Treasurer's Report
41
Report of an Audit of the Accounts
97
Report of the School Committee
1
31 32 33 35
Report of the Fire Department
40 42 44 45 49
52 55 61 63 67
67 70 70
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