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Receipts from the Football Games
Leavitt
74.40
Alumni
35.86
Essex Aggie
36.74
Lancaster
31.45
Cambridge School of Weston
24.05
202.50
Sixty students applied for athletic accident insurance
134.00
Officials for football
100.00
Officials for field hockey
28.50
Basketball tickets to date (December 31)
21.50
Athletics should be a privilege for good scholarship. We intend that participation in athletics should encourage greater appreciation of good health and develop physical fitness in the student.
Respectfully submitted,
E. LUTHER JOHNSON, Faculty Manager of Athletics.
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REPORT OF THE CAFETERIA MANAGER
To the Superintendent of Schools :
I herewith submit my annual report of the Hamilton School Cafe- terias.
The school cafeterias have this year, as in the past, provided a nutri- tious noon luncheon at the least cost to the pupil by being on the Federal Lunch Program.
To receive the greatest benefits from this program the Type A lun- cheon is served which allows the following amounts of the necessary food requirements to be served each pupil each day :
Type A Luncheon
Meat or Substitute Protein 2 oz. Vegetable and /or Fruit 3/4 cup
Butter or Fortified Margerine 2 tsps.
Milk, (unflavored as a beverage) 1/2 pint
In addition to the requirements of the Type A luncheon enriched bread and a dessert is served daily.
This year the cost of the luncheon has remained at the low price of twenty-five cents per day although the cost of foods has increased greatly.
The cafeterias are reimbursed nine cents for each Type A luncheon sold to a pupil and two cents for each 1/2 pint of milk sold separate from the luncheon. The government also supplies surplus foods to schools on this program in proportion to the number of pupils served monthly. The surplus foods this year have included the following : powdered milk, pow- dered eggs, honey, peanut butter, butter, canned tomatoes, cheese, canned cherries, canned peas, concentrated orange juice, and canned string beans.
The Federal Government Aid enables the Hamilton school cafeterias to be completely self supporting, including the wages paid to the two cafe- teria employees.
During the past year we have added a potato parer to our cafeteria equipment.
The members of the cafeteria staff are looking foreward to working in the modern cafeteria which is to be apart of the new elementary school. The high school will also have a new cafeteria which will enable us to serve the growing school population more efficiently.
Respectfully submitted,
MILLICENT J. BOSWELL,
Cafeteria Manager.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Hamilton, Massachusetts,
DEAR SIR :
I herewith submit my twenty-second annual report as School Nurse of the Town of Hamilton.
Total enrollment (including kindergarten) 528
Result of physical examination to date by Dr. Daniel M. Rogers, School Physician.
Defects
Corrections Reported
Mod. Enlarged Tonsils 17
Enlarged Tonsils
Glands
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Posture
11
Foot abnormalties 11
Functional Heart Murmurs 11
Appendictis 2
Miscellaneous Defects
Under Treatment
Scalp condition
3 Scalp condition 3
Speech
2
Speech 2
Exzema
3 Exzema 3
Asthma
4 Asthma
4
Poliomyelitis
3
Poliomyelitis 3
Fractures
9 Fractures 9
All defects found among children during the school examination are reported to their parents with the recommendation that they consult their family physician.
First aid dressings at school 64
Tuberculosis Clinic
All children, with parents consent, from grade nine through grade twelve had the opportunity to receive the Patch test this past year.
No. of pupils in grades 9-12 108
No. Pupils Patch tested 97
No. pupils X-rayed 6
No. pupils X-rayed and found negative 4
No. pupils X-rayed to be rechecked in four months 2
Tonsillectomy and
Adenoidectomy 4
Under treatment 4
Rechecked every year
Appendectomy 2
Diphtheria and Tetanus Clinic
All pupils throughout the Hamilton Schools needing Booster shots of Tetanus or Diphtheria had the opportunity to have same during the clinic dates. All pre-school children may receive the same at the Well Child Conference held at the Community House monthly and for which
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there is no charge. To date approximately 300 have received these treat- ments by Doctors Rogers and Hill with Mrs. Ricker assisting. The expense is borne by the Parent-Teacher Association.
Contagious and Communicable Diseases Reported
I am pleased to report very little contagion in school during the past year. Three cases of non paralytic poliomyelitis were reported. These children, attending school, have had no ill effects.
Measles
5 Chicken Pox 10
Impetigo
3 Exzema
Mumps
6
Eye and Ear Examinations
The eyes and ears of children attending school from the first grade through the twelfth grade have annual examinations. All defects found of eyes and ears are reported to their parents.
No. found with defective vision 25
No. found with some hearing loss 11
No. reported having received glasses 14
No. under treatment for hearing loss
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Dental Report
The Dental Clinic conducted by Dr. John King is one of our most important health functions. Every child from grade one through six has the chance to take advantage of this dental program. The cost to each child being seventy-five cents per treatment. A Dental Certificate is given to each child when all dental work has been completed.
Total No. dental operations 847
Total No. cleanings 119
Total No. amalgam (permanent fillings) 412
Total No. temporary extractions
32
Total No. permanent extractions 2
Total No. fluorine treatments 20
Total No. temporary filling c. cement
61
c. linings 34
mo. eugenol 12
Total No. miscellaneous treatments-Root treat. 21
Total No. examinations 63
Total No. X-rays 23
Total No. having Novacaine 48
Total No. children attending clinic to date 662
Total No. clinical hours 209
Total No. dental certificates awarded 79
All dental work at the High School is taken care of privately.
Number of High School pupils reporting having dental care during the past year-108.
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Cafeteria Service
The program of hot school lunches is still available to all school chil- dren wishing to take advantage of same.
Considerable effort and time is spent by all the personnel caring for this service and they are to be commended for doing such excellent work.
In closing I wish to thank the doctors, nurses, Mr. Blanchard, teachers, parents and all who have contributed to the health program in our schools.
Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE L. STOBBART, R.N., School Nurse.
NOTE: The school work of Dr. John King is included in the above report. Inasmuch as he is not under the supervision of the school depart- ment the Superintendent requests that the townspeople study carefully the report found elsewhere in the town report for 1951. The outstanding work done by Dr. King for the school children of Hamilton is greatly appre- ciated by the School Department.
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Hamilton High School, Class of 1951 HAMILTON TOWN HALL June 21, 1951 - Eight O'clock P.M.
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL
Girls Glee Club "Pomp and Circumstance" Edward Elgar
INVOCATION
Reverend Halsey De Wolf Howe
COMMENCEMENT THEME
Firm Foundations
Preserving American Ideals Ann MacCurrach
Girls Glee Club
"Manna of Life and Heaven" Cesar Frank
Building Success Barbara Ann Bennett
Our Impending Problems Leonard Lawrence Desautelle
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Teachers Club Alumni Community
Miss Ruth Austen Mr. James Dodge Mr. Dene Moulton
Girls Glee Club "Your Land and My Land"
Sigmund Romberg
AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS
Mr. Morley Piper Chairman of School Committee
BENEDICTION
Reverend Halsey De Wolf Howe
RECESSIONAL
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GRADUATES
Joan May April + Thomas Bane
Douglas Thayer Benfield *Barbara Ann Bennett Marguerite Jane Caverly Elizabeth Clock
*Leonard Lawrence Desautelle Bertha Catherine Eskelson Gloria Ann Gardiner Charles Herbert Harding George Arthur Jermyn Lucy Ann Lander Diane Porter Love
*Ann Marie MacCurrach Janet Louise Maidment Mary Elizabeth Moran William Daniel Moran *Mary Jane Pariseau Alice Elizabeth Selin Joan Montgomery Semons Lee Whitehead Schefield, Jr. David Chester Shannon Virginia Ann Stelline Laura Isabelle Tate
Lee Diane Tremblay Paul Kevin Wallace Edmund Arthur Wentworth
+ In Service - * Honor Roll
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SCHOOL CENSUS AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1951
Boys
Girls
Number between five and seven years of age
68
46
Number between seven and sixteen years of age
212
166
Totals
280
212
Total Census
492
Distribution of the above minors, October 1, 1951 :
In the Public Day School
444
In continuation School
0
In vocational school
4
In private school
41
In state and county institutions and special schools for defective delinquents
1
Not enrolled in any day school
2
Totals (should equal corresponding totals in the
above registrations )
492
AGE OF ADMITTANCE
Pupils entering the kindergarten in September must have been at least four years of age on March 1st preceding entrance in September.
Pupils entering the first grade 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 certi- ficates 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 between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m., if there is no school for the day.
22-22 at 7:30 a.m. over the local fire alarms means that there will be no school for the day.
NOTE TO PARENTS
School will be in session whenever possible. When the weather is bad, the bus contractor, Mr. Lawrence Lamson, informs the superintendent at an early hour whether or not the busses can operate. If the busses can be operated safely, there will be school. As conditions vary in different locali- ties, parents are urged to exercise their own judgment and keep their child at home if weather conditions in their vicinity or the health of the child warrants it. A perfect attendance record should not be secured at the expense of good health.
HAMILTON TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1, 1952
Name
School Subject or Grade
Education Degrees
Milton C. Blanchard
High
Superintendent
1950
18
Wentworth Institute Tufts College
B.S.
Mrs. Hazel Ramer
High
Principal
1921
41
Salem Normal
E. Luther Johnson
High
Foreign Languages
1951
0
Clark University
M.A.
Wilbur Armstrong
High
Science
1944
30
Atlantic Union
B.R.E., B.A.
Mrs. Jeannette Houle
High
Commercial-Physical Education for Girls
1950
Libby L. Volk
High
Commercial
1946
Boston University
M.E.
Priscilla McKay
High
English
1950
5
Amer. International Col.
B.A.
Edith M. Anderson
High
History
1929
37
Salem Normal
Wilton J. Moyer
High
Mixed
1949
11
Mansfield, Penna.
State Teachers Col.
B.S.E.
Ruth E. Austen
High
English and Music
1945
2- Radcliffe
A.B.
New Eng. Conserv. Music
M.B.
Carl J. Martini
High
Math. and Physical
Education for Boys
1950
Tufts College
M.A.
Millicent J. Boswell
High
Home Economics and
1943
Simmons College
M.S.
Marshall Gero
High
Manual Training
1947
15
Fitchburg Tea. Col.
B.S.E.
Ellen Duffy
High
Grade 6
1927
26 Gorham Normal
-
Walter S. Perkins
J. Lamson
Grade 5
1951
0
Northeastern Univ.
A.B.
Margaret K. Batchelder
"
Grade 4
1920
32
Salem Normal
Marian C. Joseph, Principal
Grade 4
1921
31
Salem Normal
Evelyn Rankin
Grade 3
1949
15
Gorham Normal
Mrs. Carolyn Lander
Grade 3
1950
14
Gorham Normal
Mrs. Doris Foster
Grade 2
1948
7
Keene Normal
Mrs. Ruth Harris
"
Grade 2
1949
2
Salem Tea. Col.
B.S.E.
Mrs. Bette Chittick
Grade 1
1948
7
California, Penna.
State Tea. Col.
B.S.E.
Mary E. Lucey
Grade 1
1948
3
Salem Teachers Col.
B.S.E.
Harriet Erskine
Kindergarten
1946
Leslie Kindergarten
Maude L. Thomas
Music
1923
29
Boston University
Mrs. Edwina Beilman
"
Art
1950
4
Swain School of Design
-
Florence L. Stobbart
All
Nurse
1925
26
Beverly Hospital
R.N.
Boston University
M.A.
1 Texas Christian Univ.
B.S.
5 Salem Teachers' Col.
B.S.E.
Boston University
M.E.
8 Holy Cross B.S.
9 Framingham Tea. Col.
B.S.E.
Cafeteria Manager
ment Appoint- Yrs. Ex- perience
-
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HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM OF STUDIES
The Hamilton High School Program is based upon certain subjects which all pupils must study and additional courses from which the pupils may choose that which interests them more or better suits their needs.
For the students who plan to go to college the proper selections of elective subjects will prepare them for entrance to any college, nurse's training school, or technical school. If students can decide early in their high school career which institution of higher learning they want to attend they will be better able to make a choice of electives.
The students who do not expect to continue school work further but wish to have a good high school education will choose electives that will give background for training to cope with the problems of our complex industrial civilization.
The students whose interests are in the field of business will elect subjects in the commercial field.
Each subject successfully completed counts a specified number of credits toward graduation. Eighty credits are required for a high school diploma; sixty credits for membership in the senior class; forty credits for membership in the junior class; and twenty credits for membership in the sophomore class.
Obviously the choice of electives should be made only after careful consideration by the STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS. If there are any points of doubt or question the teachers or administrator should be consulted. It is intended to have the elective courses fit the individual needs and aptitudes of each student.
The following lists the required and elective courses offered to each of the grades.
Grade Seven
Grade Eight
English Mathematics
English
Mathematics
Geography
History
Science
Science
Physical Education
Physical Education
Homemaking-Girls
Homemaking-Girls
Shop-Boys
Shop-Boys
Music Appreciation
Music Appreciation
Activity
Activity
Study
Study
Religious Education
Religious Education
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Grade Nine
(20 credits necessary for promotion )
CREDITS
English
5
Civics
5
Science
2
Physical Education 2
Activity
12
Electives
Latin I
5
Junior Business Training
5
Algebra I
5
Shop-Boys
5
Homemaking-Girls
5
Grade Eleven (Accumulation of 60 credits necessary for promotion)
CREDITS
English
5
U. S. History
Activity
Physical Education
2
Electives
French II 5
Typing II
5
General Math 5
Spanish I
5
Algebra II
5
Shorthand I
5
Shop-Boys
5
Homemaking-Girls
5
Grade Twelve
(Accumulation of 80 credits necessary for graduation)
CREDITS
English
5
Physical Education
2
Activity
Electives
Plane Geometry
5
Sales and Psychology
5 Solid Geometry
5
Latin II
5 Typing III 5
Typing I
5 French or Latin III
5
World History
5
Shorthand II
5
French I
5
Economics and World Geog.
5
Modern European History
5 Bookkeeping I
5
Biology
5 Spanish I
5
Commercial Law
5 Problems of Democracy
5
Shop-Boys
5 Shop-Boys
5 Homemaking-Girls 5
5
Homemaking-Girls
5 55212 2
Activity
Grade Ten
(Accumulation of 40 credits necessary for promotion)
CREDITS
English
Physical Education
Electives
Physics or Chem. (alt. yrs.) 5
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Subject to Change)
1952
January 2 February 21.
March 3
April 11
April 25
May 5
May 30
June 13
June 20
Schools open Schools close Schools open Good Friday Schools close Schools open Holiday Elementary School closes High School closes
SUMMER VACATION
September 3
October 13
November 11
Schools open Holiday Holiday
November 14
November 26
December 1
December 23
Teachers' Convention Schools close at noon Schools open Schools close at noon
1953
January 5
Schools open
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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1951
AGE
Grade 4 5 6
8 9 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19 Total
Kdg. 24
43
67
1
25
19
3
47
2
15
38 2
1
56
3
40
2
49
4
13
24
1
1
43
6
8 17
6
31
7
8 22
5
2
1
1
39
8
9
20
6
2
2
39
9
5 16
5
1
27
10
6
17
6
29
11
14
9
1
31
12
10
11
5
1
27
Totals 24
68
34
48 55
48
33
27
38 30
30
42
35
14
2
528
28 1 1
43
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INDEX
PAGE
List of Officers
3
Report of Town Clerk
7
Jury List for 1951
42
Report of the Board of Selectmen
43
Report of Town Treasurer
45
Report of Town Collector
46
Report of the Assessors
47
Report of the Planning Board
50
Report of Police Department
51
Report of the Fire Department
53
Report of Department of Weights and Measures
55
Report of the Civil Defense Agency
56
Library Report
58 60
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners
61
Report of the Water Board .
62
Report of Superintendent of the Water Board
63
Report of the Board of Health
64
Report of Committee on the Formation of a Union Health Department .
65
Report of the Dental Clinic .
66
Report of the Board of Public Welfare
67
Progress Report of School Building Committee
69
Report of Committee Appointed to Erect Road Markers
70 71
Memorials
79
Town Warrant
82
By-Laws-Town of Hamilton
84 92
Report of the Town Accountant
108
Expenditures
113
General Government
113
Selectmen
113
Town Hall
116
Protection of Persons and Property
117
Health and Sanitation
120
Highways
121
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits, Public Welfare
124
Schools
126
Public Library
130
General Accounts
131
Cemetery
135
Interest, etc.
136
Debt and Trust Accounts
137
Recapitulation of Departmental Expenses
139
Public Library Trust Funds
142
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
143
Balance Sheet
147
Bonded Indebtedness
150
Report of an Audit of the Accounts
. . . . .
151
Report of the School Committee
....
1
Report of the Finance and Advisory Committee
105
Receipts
Report of Dutch Elm Disease
Report of Park Commissioners
35
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