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ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $4,500.00 to rebuild Andover street, with bituminous macadam, from the present terminal of new construction, at station 20, westerly, providing the State and County appropriate similar or greater amounts, as provided for in Chapter 90 of the General Laws; or appropriate any other sum, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 22. To see what sum the Town will raise and ap- propriate, by loan or otherwise, for an addition to the Shawsheen Schoolhouse increasing the floor space thereof, and original equipment and furnishings in- cidental to such addition, or take any action relative thereto.
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ART. 23. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee to investigate the advisability of erecting a high school building and making any change in the method of providing high school education for pupils resid- ing in the Town, such Committee to report to the Town at a future town meeting, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept Frank- lin Street as laid out on plan Silver Lake Park Land Co., recorded Middlesex North District registry of deeds Book 25, Plan 40, as detailed on plan submitted to the Road Commissioners, or take any other action thereto.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will accept Durn Street as laid out on plan Lakeview Park Land Co., recorded Middlesex North District registry of deeds, Book 27, Plan 16, beginning at Bay State Road for a distance of approximately 400 feet to the boundary of the land of the Cottage Park Land Co., Book 29, Plan 12, and detailed on plan submitted to the Road Commission- ers, or take any other action thereto.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to take by right of eminent domain the land necessary to extend Durn Street to Vernon Street, and raise and appropriate $1000 to defray damages for such taking, as detailed on plan submitted to the Road Commissioners, or take any other action thereto.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $500 to gravel and make neces- sary repairs to Heath Street, or take any other ac- tion thereto.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $500 to gravel and make neces- sary repairs to Coolidge Street, or take any other action relative thereto.
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ART. 29. To see if the Town will accept section seventy- three of chapter forty-one relative to creating a board of survey, and vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to defray necessary expenses for the current year to enable board in carrying out Sections 73 to 81 inclusive, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $3000 if the State and County will give a like amount for specific repairs on South Street as provided in Chapter 90 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to amend the present building laws so as to include that part of Tewksbury south of Shawsheen Street to the Wil- mington line according to Section 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1000 for the celebration of the anniversary of it's incorporation, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will by by-law as provided by section twenty-two chapter thirty-nine of the Gen- eral Laws, designate the hour at which the annual town meeting shall be called, the hours during which the polls shall remain open for the election of officers, and the hour after which all business except the elec- tion of officers and such matters as are required by law to be determined by ballot shall be considered, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will by by-law set forth the manner in which notice of the town meeting will be given, as set forth in Section 10, Chapter 39 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
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ART. 35. To see if the Town will by by-law designate the day of the annual town meeting, according to Section 10, Chapter 39 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will prescribe by by-law the number of voters necessary to constitute a quo- rum at town meetings, according to Section 13 of Chaper 39 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will by by-law determine the final day and hour for filing articles to be con- tained in the warrants of all town meetings, and pre- scribe the manner in which notice shall be given to the voters, as per Section 21 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, , or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will by by-law amend the law creating the finance committee to include the following :- (The section referred to as the South shall be that district south of the Shawsheen river), or take any other action relative thereto.
Given under our hands, this 14th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and leave one hundred copies for the use of the citizens at the Post Office in said Town, 8 days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the lime and place of Meeting as aforesaid :-
IRVING F. FRENCH,
EVERETT H. KING. S Selectmen of Tewksbury.
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Annual Report
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
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Also Report of The Superintendent of Schools
For the School Year Ending December 31, 1932
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The work and supervision of the schools have been carried on as usual this year.
No expensive alterations have been made in any of the schools. Minor and necessary repairs have been taken care of. Some roofs will have to be shingled this coming summer.
The City of Lowell advanced the tuition fee for the pupils at the Lowell High School from $100 to $125 per pupil. There are now 150 pupils going to the Lowell High School from Tewksbury, five to Wil- mington, three to Billerica, and one to Reading, making the total cost of tuition almost $20,000.
Owing to the overcrowded condition at the Shawsheen School, it has been necessary to move nearly two grades to the Center, this makes an overcrowded condition at the Foster School. To remedy this situation we recommend that a two-room addition be built on the Shawsheen School.
Respectfully submitted,
MAY L. LARRABEE, Chairman, GUY B. GRAY, AUSTIN F. FRENCH, Secretary.
The School Committee recommends the sum of $61,152.00 be ap- propriated for the schools for 1933 based upon the following proposed budget and also show what was spent on schools in 1932.
Spent in 1932
1933
Superintendent
$ 975.00
$ 975.00
Supervisors
1,413.50
1,330.00
Teachers
16,421.52
16,350.00
Janitors
3,443.20
3,432.00
Transportation
10,490.67
13,000.00
Fuel
1,574.92
1,500.00
Tuition, High School
11,567.97
19,890.00
Books and Supplies
842.58
1,000.00
Health
1,215.82
1,200.00
Insurance
446.09
850.00
District
128.62
125.00
Miscellaneous
867.01
500.00
Repairs
613.08
1,000.00
Totals
$ 49,999.98
$ 61,152.00
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In Memory
HENRY M. BILLINGS · Died April 4, 1932
Age, 70 years, 8 months, 5 days
Served on School Committee from 1900-1908
Served as Moderator at the Town Meetings for several years with dignity and honor
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Tewksbury:
Madam and Gentlemen:
My third annual report as Superintendent of Schools is herewith submitted.
For the purpose of economy the report is made as brief as pos- sible. My main endeavor will be to present what I believe is the most important problem facing the town. It is not the most pressing edu- cational need. That is of course the requirement of more room at the Shawsheen School. It is however the most important from the standpoint of town finance.
TEWKSBURY SHOULD BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL
Any extended discussion of the relative merits of a small local High school as compared to the large city school is purposely avoided. The endeavor is to present the proposition of a local high school as a matter of good business proceedure. The purpose is to show that this town can no longer afford to send its children to other com- munities for their high school education. Up to the past year it was economical to do so, since one half of the cost was carried by the state treasury. The census of 1930 showed that Tewksbury had grown to have in excess of five hundred families. Automatically, state aid for high school expenses were cut off. It immediately changed the whole aspect of the situation.
The situation was aggravated further by two factors over which we had no control. The first of these was the marked increase in the number of children attending high school. This was nearly 40 per cent from last June to September. This factor, taken together with the 25 per cent increase in the rate of tuition put into effect by the City of Lowell during the summer renders the total cost of tuition and transportation much greater than the town can afford to pay for secondary education.
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It is possible for the town to bond itself for a sum sufficient to build an adequate high school building and in the first year, after paying every expense connected with financing construction, interest charges, insurance, and every running expense of the school, show an actual saving of better than three thousand dollars from the amount it would have to pay for sending its pupils to other com- munities in that period.
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This would mean that such action, instead of costing the town money, would actually save it from three thousand dollars upward each year. In the twenty-year period usually allowed for such school financing, a definite saving of in excess of seventy thousand dollars could be made. That means that in this time you can not only pay for the building and all running expenses of the school, but you can save over seventy thousand dollars. Taxes could be lowered each year in proportion to the annual saving which would automatically increase as interest charges on the bonds diminished.
This is just the same type of business problem as would be repre- sented by the purchase of road machinery to replace the more ex- pensive hand labor. The difference is in the initial cost, but the saving is proportionally greater.
In an endeavor to make the above statements more convincing, the following financial facts are tabulated.
Pupils in Lowell High School 150
Pupils in Billerica High School 3
Pupils in Wilmington High School 4
Pupils in Reading High School
1
Pupils in Lowell Vocational
24
Tuition
150 Pupils in Lowell High- @ $125.00 $ 18,750.00
3 Pupils in Billerica High-@ 120.00 360.00
5 Pupils in Wilmington High @ 125.00 525.00
1 Pupil in Reading High -- 140.00 140.00
24 Pupils in Vocational- @ 87.50 2,100.00
Total Tuition $ 21,975.00
Transportation
150 Pupils to Lowell High- @ $27.50 $ 4,125.00
3 Pupils to Billerica High-@ 60.00 180.00
5 Pupils to Wilmington High-@ 36.00 180.00
1 Pupil to Reading High - @ 72.00 72.00
24 Pupils to Vocational- @ 30.00 720.00
Total Transportation
$ 5,277.00
Total Cost
Cost of Tuition $ 21,975.00
Cost of Transportation
5,277.00
Total Cost of Secondary Education $ 27,252.00
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That $27,252.00 is the cost now. Let us look ahead to next Sep- tember.
Next June there will be graduated from Lowell High School about thirty Tewksbury children. At about that same time about forty-five pupils will be graduated from Foster School certified for Lowell High School. We therefore have to make provision for: Tuition-15 Pupils to Lowell High @ $125.00 $ 1,875.00
Trans. - 15 Pupils to Lowell High @ 27.50 412.50
Total
$ 2,287.50
Present Cost
27,252.00
Cost from September 1933 to June 1934
$ 29,539.50
The following summary shows the actual cost of financing an adequate local high school. Such a school would have an initial capa- city of approximately 200 pupils and ought not to cost over $100,000. It could be bonded for a 20-year period.
First Year Costs
Sinking Fund
$ 5,000.00
Interest on bonds @ 4%
4,000.00
Insurance
2,000.00
Janitor
1,500.00
Fuel
1,200.00
Books and Supplies
1,000.00
Lights, Power, and Water
500.00
Upkeep
500.00
Building Costs
$ 15,700.00
Cost of Instruction
Principal-Administrative and Teaching
$ 2,500.00
Sub-master-Athletics and Teaching 1,500.00
Latin and French
1,200.00
English and History
1,200.00
Mathematics and Science
1,200.00
Commercial Branches
1,200.00
Music and Art
1,200.00
Total for Instruction
$ 10,000.00
Building Costs
$ 15,700.00
Instructional Costs 10,000.00
Total Costs
$ 25,700.00
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These costs are purposely set higher than they would really be. Probably the school could function with at least one less teacher or could offer manuel training and domestic science at the same cost.
Let us note the saving which could be made.
Cost Under Present System $ 29,378.50
Cost of Local High School 25,700.00
SAVING
$ 3,678.50
Yes actually saving over three thousand dollars the FIRST year. This saving would be increased each year by the amount saved in interest on bonds, probably about $200 a year. It would therefore seem evident that by the time the bonds were retired the building would not only be paid for, with all running expenses, but over sev- enty thousand dollars ($70,000) would have been saved in addition.
The writer hopes this will not be regarded as another "Educators Dream". It is a matter of cold, hard, financial facts. It is purely a business proposition and is presented as such.
If one were to enter into the realm of other desirable considera- tions, not the least would be that of keeping Tewksbury pupils in Tewksbury schools and moulding them into Tewksbury citizens with Tewksbury's interests most at heart, so that home would not be merely an adjunct of some nearby city.
There is something wholesome about home life in the small town. There are fewer distractions, fewer contacts with those undesirable elements of social development which of necessity inhere in the larger centers of population.
Among the educational advantages is the closer relation between pupils and teachers in the smaller school. The individual is more of a personality and less a cog in a great machine. It is also possible or at least more probable that the parents will keep in closer touch with their children during this most important adolescent period. It has been the writer's experience that the product of the small high school is as well equipped to face the future as his rival from the larger school. This is remarkably true in the case of the pupil pre- paring for a college career.
It is of course true that a small school cannot produce a large band, a large orchestra, championship athletic teams, a school regi- ment, and many other very attractive but nonessential adjuncts to high school education. It is however possible to do all these things in a smaller way, sometimes in a better way.
Shawsheen School
The most pressing problem which appears for solution is that of adequate housing facilities for the children of the South part of the town.
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In September this building was hopelessly overcrowded. It was only by removing the sixth grade and part of the fifth to the Foster school that any kind of equality of educational opportunity could be offered to the children of this section.
This transfer of pupils which is the second of its kind in two years, has necessitated a material increase in the cost of transporta- tion. This cost, if continued for a period of years, will amount to a sum which will more than pay for an addition to the building. To be specific, we are transporting 27 children from this section by the Eastern Massachusetts bus at a daily cost of $4.70. In a year this amounts to $893. In addition we spend $95 transporting pupils from this vicinity to the Spalding school. In short it cost nearly one thousand dollars a year to transport children from the Shawsheen school district to the center of the town. In less than nine years this would pay for the addition of two large rooms, and a new heating plant to this school, where numbers are increasing every year.
Here again the town is faced with what is a strictly business proposition. It is another case of paying for a building by what can be saved in transportation. The money will have to be spent in one way or the other. In one way you have nothing but the transporta- tion, while in the other you secure accommodations which are good for many further years of service.
Present indications are that this section will continue to increase in population. This means an ever increasing demand for school accommodations. The building is being used to capacity now so that a's population increases more pupils will have to be carried to the Foster school. Sooner or later that school will be filled to capacity. It is near that condition at present. It is evident that sooner or later some construction will have to be done. There will probably be 10 time in a number of years when costs of labor and materials will be at the low level of the present. Building now will help relieve unemployment and at the same time save money over future cost of the same work.
General Conditions
The general tone of the school system is very good. Classes are large in most schools, in some cases too large for the teachers to be able to give any amount of individual attention. In every case whether the class is large or small the instructors are giving the best they have to their work.
It is a source of some regret that it was found necessary to cease using the Shawsheen school as a training school for Lowell Teach- ers' College. We regret particularly the loss of two excellent teach- ers from our staff.
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Roster of School Employees
Class
Name
School or Dept.
Address
Teachers Ethelyn Howard
Foster
Tewksbury
Ruth Kelly
Foster
Tewksbury
Katherine Sullivan
Foster
Wamesit
Evelyn Fuller
Foster
Tewksbury
Elizabeth Flynn
Foster
Lowell
Marion Piper
Foster
Lowell
Doris Blake
Foster
Lowell
Mary Watson
Foster
Tewksbury
Dorothy Small
Shawsheen
Tewksbury
Elizabeth Reynolds
Shawsheen
No. Tewksbury
Eva Hersey
North
No. Tewksbury
Ruth Tingley
North
Tewksbury
Nettie L. Eagles
Spaulding
Tewksbury
Anne F. Cheney
Spaulding
Lowell
Anna Sullivan
West
Wamesit
Super.
Marion Adams*
Music
Chelmsford
Vittoria Rosatto
Drawing
Lowell
Lena Coburn
Sewing
Chelmsford
Raymond Norton
Manual Tr.
Tyngsboro
Health
Herbert M. Larrabee
Physician
Tewksbury
Emma McLaren
Nurse
So. Tewksbury
Janitors
Walter Lavelle
Foster-Spaulding Tewksbury
Robert Staveley
Shawsheen
Tewksbury
Irving Bailey
North
No. Tewksbury
Mrs. M. Anderson
West
Lowell R. F. D.
Trans.
John Furtado
Lowell
Omer Blanchard
No. Tewksbury
Supt.
Stephen G. Bean
Wilmington
Miss Reynolds occupies the position left vacant when Miss Tingley was transferred to the training school at North Tewksbury. Miss Cheney succeeded Thelma Gale in the Spaulding school when matri- mony claimed another of our staff.
The transportation route formally served by Mr. Porterfield of South Tewksbury was consolidated with the North route and the con- tract awarded to Mr. Omer Blanchard.
With the exception of these three changes the list of school employees is the same as that of last year.
School Costs
The appropriation for schools for the year 1933 will of necessity be materially greater than in the past year due chiefly to the very
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marked increase in the cost of high school education. This increase is due to two factors, the greatly increased number now attending high school, and the twenty-five per cent increase in the rate of tui- tion charged by the City of Lowell. Last year there were up to the end of June about 108 pupils attending Lowell High. In September this number had increased to 150 and in September of the next year, 1933, it will be increased to nearly 170.
The action taken by Lowell which increased the rate of tuition from one hundred to a hundred twenty-five dollars was wholly un- expected. It came without warning and made a very heavy increase in the cost of high school tuition. For the current school year from September 1932 to July 1933 we must pay to Lowell alone $18,750. There is also $1140 due three other towns which gives a total of $19,890 for tuition for one school year. This is a $7,323 increase over the preceding school year in this one department and takes no ac- count of transportation, which has increased proportionally.
Elementary school transportation has also increased due to the necessity for relief of congestion in the Shawsheen school.
Enrollment Facts
The two tables which follow show the number and distribution of the Elementary school pupils in the town's schools. The total number shows an increase of 21 pupils over last year.
Age and Grade Distribution as of Oct. 1, 1932 TABLE I
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
T
1
19
39
7
1
66
11
3
21
40
8
1
1
74
1
15
33
17
4
2
1
73
IV
17
31
9 9
6
1
64
V
.
31
28
4
6
1
70
VI
14
38
14
1
2
69
VII
17
30
12
2
1
1
63
VIII
1
12
29
9
2
1
54
T
22
61
62
59
80
56
68
62
44
14
3
2
533
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Heavy diagonal "steps" show normal ages for the grades.
Arabic numerals indicate age at last birthday.
Roman numerals indicate the grades.
Note that present indications are that we shall have about 175 to 200 high school pupils for at least eight years more. This should be considered in connection with the cost of high school education at home or in other communities. Each pupil cost $152.50 to transport and educate in Lowell. It costs even more in other places.
Teacher-Grade Distribution as of Dec. 31, 1932
TABLE II
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
T
MISS HOWARD
55
55
MISS KELLEY
38
38
MISS FULLER
15
16
31
FOSTER
MISS FLYNN
39
39
MISS PIPER
49
49
MISS BLAKE
33
33
MISS WATSON
48
48
NORTH
MISS HERSEY
8
6
14
8
36
MISS TINGLEY
4
11
5
20
SHAWSH'N
MISS SMALL
14
20
7
41
MISS REYNOLDS
17
21
38
SP'LDING
MISS EAGLES
41
41
MISS CHENEY
42
42
≥ MISS A. SULLIVAN
3
6
8
17
MISS K. SULLIVAN ASSISTANT IN FOSTER
V
GRAND TOTAL
65
74
73
61
70
68
62
55
528
Heavily leaded horizontals show the different schools.
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Conclusion
The superintendent wishes to express his appreciation for the fine cooperation rendered by his associates, and to compliment them for their high professional spirit during the past year.
The school committee deserves the appreciation of the community for accomplishing so good a year of education on an impaired budget.
Respectfully submitted,
Superintendent of Schools.
Wilmington, January 9, 1933.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
To the Superintendent and School Committee of Tewksbury:
The ultimate aim of school music is to teach the children to love music: Music has an immense and potent appeal to the child and offers a wide opportunity, here and now, for fuller living. All music education should create an appreciation for music. In addition to the appreciation derived from singing, the victrola is used to present some of the best music, to illustrate instruments of the orchestra and for rhythm. We have had a music memory contest in grade seven for the past two years and the Parents-Teachers' Association has given the awards.
The majority of children entering school have had little or no experience in either singing or listening. The teacher begins with ear training. During the early days of the first year, between twenty and thirty per cent of the class show a deficiency in imitating tone. Much individual work must be given. The grade is divided into a singing and listening class. By the end of the first year we hope to have all children in the singing class. This is not always possible. Grade one learns many rote songs, the scale, and has much work in rhythm.
Rote songs are continued through grades two, three and four. Staff reading is given in the latter part of the second year. Grade three begins song reading, learns names of lines and spaces, how to find key note from key signature and first time motion. Grade four has second and third time motions, names of keys, some chromatic work and a little two-part singing. Grade five continues two-part music, more chromatic work and arithmetic in music. Grade six studies three-part music, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh time motions and compound time. Grade seven learns bass clef, reading tenor part and three-part music. Grade eight continues study of bass clef and has four-part music. This is a brief outline but it gives an idea of the general plan of procedure.
I wish to express my sincere thanks for the hearty co-operation of all who have helped to make my work a pleasure and I hope, a success.
Respectfully submitted,
M. MARION ADAMS,
Supervisor of Music.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING
To the Superintendent and School Board of Tewksbury:
Art has been defined in general by many and in many ways, but in the case of the grades from the first thru the eighth the aims can be somewhat more definite.
Art is a graphic expression of the child's feeling about experi- ence. We can conceive then of every child as an artist with different degrees of familiarity with surroundings. The same experience effects individuals differently and the way the individual expresses his feel- ing about the experience varies according to his familiarity and skill with materials.
In the first grade in the Fall the child scribbles with a pencil, and makes marks with a crayon without any attempt to draw any- thing. This is all in getting acquainted with the materials. From this stage he advances to the symbolic stage when his drawing may be apparently a scribble but in reality to the child has meaning. He draws for the satisfaction of reliving his experiences and sees in an unintelligible jumble of lines remarkable imaginative or reminiscent pictures. He takes pleasure in explaining this jumble of lines and masses to any sympathetic listener.
Following this period of drawing for his own personal satisfac- tion the child gradually becomes more desirous that others be able to understand his picture without explanation. Then, he was pleased to be asked what his picture was about, now, he is offended if one cannot readily recognize what is portrayed. He slips his drawing under cover at the approach of the observer. This timidity is the result of a rising standard of technique without a corresponding in- crease of skill in and knowledge of drawing. The supervisor's prob- lem then, is to supply technique in drawing as fast as the child is ready for it.
The aim is not to make a pretty picture but to supply him with knowledge of drawing so that he may best express himself.
The Seasons and Holidays provide ample material to test the growth of the child.
May I express my thanks to you, Mr. Bean, and the School Board for my opportunity to work with such a fine group of teachers and enthusiastic boys and girls.
Respectfully submitted,
VITTORIA ROSATTO, Supervisor of Drawing.
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REPORT OF SEWING INSTRUCTOR
Mr. Stephen G. Bean, Superintendent of Schools, Tewksbury, Massachusetts. 4 Dear Sir:
The following report is submitted covering instruction in Sewing in the Foster School.
The girls in the seventh grade have made dish towels, sewing bags, and underwear. Learning to do all their own cutting and stitching on the machine.
The eighth grade girls have all made hemstitched towels, under- wear, and dresses. Also, in some cases, clothes for younger mem- bers of the family.
I feel that the girls will be able to use simple patterns and make their school dresses when they leave the eighth grade.
Respectfully submitted,
LENA M. COBURN,
January 11, 1933.
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REPORT OF MANUAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT
Mr. Stephen Bean, Superintendent of Schools,
Tewksbury, Mass.
Dear Sir:
In this report I wish to state the work of the manual training department progressed very well in the past year.
The boys of the eighth grade have been carrying on rather ad- vanced projects, also making sketches and figuring costs of materials. This gives them the ability to visualize the article when it is begun which I find is a great help.
They have also made a large bookcase for the North school.
The boys of the seventh grade have been doing very good work. Each boy is asked to bring plans or sketches of some article, from their homes which their parents would like them to make. They have completed a sand-table for the Spaulding school.
Respectfully submitted,
RAYMOND A. NORTON.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent and School Committee of Tewksbury:
As School Nurse I submit the following report:
I have made two hundred and ninety-eight visits to the schools. Every child has been weighed and measured and a physical record sent home with the report cards. Every child has been examined for pediculosis, cleanliness, skin eruptions, etc .; every two months. Con- tagious cases have been carefully followed up and everything done to prevent their spread.
I have made eighty-two visits to the homes and the parents have been willing to co-operate with me in every way. I have conducted eighty-four children to the Dentist and obtained corrected vision for twenty-eight children. Nine children have been with me for the removal of tonsils and adenoids, and I have influenced the parents to attend to the matter themselves in many cases.
Dr. Larrabee vaccinated sixteen children and examined five hun- dred and fourteen children during the year. I assisted him and re- corded the defects found and am obtaining corrections. I have done two hundred and six simple dressings in school.
The children in our Tuberculosis clinic have been re-examined and X-Rayed. All show improvement and one was discharged as well.
Respectfully submitted, MRS. E. P. MACLAREN,
119
SCHOOL CENSUS, OCTOBER, 1932
Public School
Private School
Work
Below Sch. Age
Totals
Boys, 5-7
25
0
0
3
28
Boys, 7-14
239
2
0
0
241
Boys, 14-16
49
0
0
0
49
Girls, 5-7
46
1
0
4
51
Girls, 7-14
210
1
0
0
211
Girls, 14-16
60
1
0
0
61
Totals
629
5
0
7
641
-
120
INDEX TO TEWKSBURY TOWN REPORT YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31. 1932
Jury List TS
Reports :
Agent for Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths 67
Assessors
15
Table of Aggregates
17
Exempted
17
Schedule of Exempted Town Property
18
Auditor
19
Highways
19
Schools
25
Vocational Schools
32
Public Welfare
32
State Aid
33
Old Age Assistance
Stationery and Printing
Salaries
Incidentals
Board of Health
Memorial Day
Street Lighting
Library
Town Hall
General
Moth Account
Tree Warden
Interest
Police
40 40 40
Fire Department
Assessors
43 44
Inspection of Meats and Animals
Collection of Taxes
44
Foster School Loan
45
North School Loan
44
Middlesex County Tubercular Hospital
45
Municipal Building Insurance
45
Refund on Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
43
Cemetery Trust Funds 16
121
33 33 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 39 39 39
Parks and Commons
Summary
47
Trust Funds
48
Unpaid Bills
Board of Health
Board of Appraisers
61
Chief of Fire Department
77
Highway Commissioners
68 65
Inspector of Animals
66 79
Trustees of Tewksbury Public Library
Librarian
80
Circulation of Books
81
Books Added
82
Books Donated
93 67
State Audit
42
Sealer of Weights and Measures
75
Tax Collector
57
Town Clerk
8
Births
8
Deaths
10
Marriages
12
Recapitulation
16
Treasurer
51
Tree Warden
76
Table of Estimates
63
Town Officers
3
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
95
Committee on State Military Aid
62
122
46 59 64
Board of Public Welfare
Inspector of Meats and Provisions
Park Commissioners
INDEX TO REPORT OF TEWKSBURY SCHOOL COMMITTEE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
Reports:
School Committee
104
Superintendent of Schools
106
Supervisor of Music
115
Supervisor of Drawing
116
Sewing Instructor 117
Manual Training Department 118
School Nurse 119
School Census
120
Age Grade Distribution
112
Teachers Grade Distribution
113
123
MEMORANDUM
124
MEMORANDUM
125
MEMORANDUM
126
MEMORANDUM
127
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