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The following repairs and alterations have been made during the year. Their cost has been met by the sources indicated:
I. Welfare Work.
The work undertaken by the Welfare Department last year was continued under the direction of Mr. McGlinchey. The painting of the basements in our buildings was completed together with many repairs. There were several worthwhile projects that could have been accomplished at a great saving to the Town if some of the help could have been continued.
II. School Budget.
A. ACADEMY.
1. Direct radiation was put into the assembly hall at the Academy, and one of the broken indirect heating units was replaced.
2. Worn out seats and desks that came from the old academy building were removed and replaced by good ones from the Sargent School.
3. Other desks were resurfaced where needed.
4. Additional radiation was installed in the superintendent's office so that it could be heated sufficiently for use in the winter months.
5. Sashes in three windows were replaced.
B. FROST SCHOOL.
1. The timbers under one piazza floor were replaced.
2. New steps were built at one entrance.
C. NABNASSETT.
1. A new steel flag pole was erected to replace the wooden one broken off during a storm. The difficult task of erecting this pole was performed by a crew of linemen from the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, at no expense to the Town.
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2. New bulletin boards were installed in the classrooms.
3. Eighteen panes of glass were replaced. This breakage occurred during the summer.
4. An ejector was installed so that the water in the boiler might be drained off and the scale inside removed for the first time.
5. Automatic air release valves were installed.
6. All radiation and piping were painted.
D. SARGENT
1. Three new ceilings were put in.
2. All woodwork was varnished and the walls of four rooms were painted.
3. Blackboards were relocated in two rooms.
4. Two closets were remodeled into one large book room.
5. Folding doors were hung between two rooms so that they might be opened into one large assembly hall.
6. Movable furniture was installed in the two rooms that form the assembly hall.
E. CAMERON SCHOOL.
1. Slates were relocated in two rooms and some bulletin board material was installed.
2. Many window sashes were refitted to their casings.
3. Automatic air release valves were installed.
III. Federal Aid (C.W.A.)
PROJECT A-Grading and Graveling of School Yards.
1. At the Academy it was planned to widen the drive and grade off a parking area beside the building.
2. At the Nabnassett School it was planned to gravel the walks, grade around the building, and gravel a road behind the building.
3. At the Cameron School it was planned to regrade the yard and gravel it.
4. At the Sargent School it was planned to regrade the walks and drives, and to cover the gravel on the lawn with loam.
PROJECT B. To Grade the Playground at the Sargent School.
In my annual report last year I made several recommendations in the interests of the schools as well as of the taxpayer. One of these I should like to call. to your attention again. This year it was im- possible to make any alterations in the Frost School and still keep within the limits of our budget. Yearly the situation grows more acute. At present three of the four rooms are filled to capacity, and
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the seventh and eighth grades are forced into the Academy. By such an arrangement we are affording partial relief to one building at the expense of crowding a second. It is also evident that we are still spending extra money by endeavoring to heat this four-room building with the present heating plant.
In addition the following suggestions are recommended as worthy of your consideration:
1. That we should take advantage of the present discounts on the prices of new books to replace the old, worn-out texts. Publishers are offering us our usual school discount of 15 per cent, and, in addition, 25 per cent more if we will turn in our old books. This will give us an opportunity to buy uniform textbooks throughout our system so that pupils of the same grade may work upon the same material. Since many of our texts are. in very poor condition, we should gain in two ways by immediate action. We should be able to remove worn out books now discouraging some of the pupils who must spend their time upon them, and save the discarding of new books purchased to fill in an old set which must itself soon be abandoned.
2. That two new Ditto duplicating machines be purchased to sup- plement the one now in use at the Academy. Our present machine is being used to capacity by the two buildings at Westford Center. The two large elementary schools in Forge Village and Graniteville each have enough work to keep one of these duplicators busy. Their cost can be offset by not making our usual replacement of typewriters in the Academy, where the latter are in very good condition, since the additional depreciation in value will be very small even after our present typewriter contracts expire. With these additional duplicators we can make a great saving by the elimination of the purchase of maps, graphs, workbooks, and other materials. Besides these savings, the teachers will get an opportunity to provide additional material suitable for their particular needs at no extra cost.
3. That we equip each school building with a suitable kit of tools for the use of the janitor. This should make it possible for him to take care of minor repairs and thus cut our maintenance cost. At present there are no such tools owned by the School Department, and those furnished by the janitors are insufficient and inadequate. As a result, we are forced to hire skilled laborers, who have the necessary tools, to make such minor repairs.
4. That there should be a general upward revision of salaries to meet the increased cost of living. There should also be uniform salaries at the start, to depend upon the teacher's training and ex- perience, and an annual increase in accordance with his or her suc- cessful performance of duty and professional improvement, until a fixed maximum is reached. These provisions should make our schedule more just in every way. At present it is low in comparison with those
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of surrounding towns and based upon no definite measurement of preparation, success, or length of service. Teachers working in the same grade and with the same qualifications may be and are receiving widely varying payment.
It is gratifying to feel that we have been making progress in the improvement of our school system in spite of many handicaps. Our teachers are also showing a splendid spirit of advancement. Some are taking courses for professional improvement, and we have hopes that others may follow their example. Nearly all of them subscribe to at least one professional magazine in their field, so that they can continuously improve their teaching methods.
In concluding this report, I wish to thank the members of the School Committee for their kindly advice and earnest co-operation. I also wish to thank all others who have united with me during the year in efforts to promote the interests of the pupils and of the schools.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT W. BARCLAY,
Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL BUDGET 1934
Proposed Budget For 1933
Expenditure For 1933
Proposed Budget For 1934
General:
Supt. Salary
$ 3,050.00
$ 3,050.00
$ 3,000.00
Truant Officer '
25.00
Printing and Stationery.
50.00
81.07
50.00
Telephone
60.00
42.86
50.00
Travel
25.00
25.00
150.00
School Census
40.00
40.00
50.00
Miscellaneous
25.00
14.20
25.00
$ 3,250.00
$ 3,253.13
$ 3,350.00
Teachers' Salaries
Academy
$ 11,550.00
$ 10,866.18
$ 11,635.00
Elementary
28,350.00
26,220.84
26,525.00
Supervisor (Music)
1,000.00
200.00
Evening School
Coaching
$ 40,900.00
$ 37,287.02
$ 38,160.00
Text Books and Supplies
Academy:
Books
$ 250.00
$ 124.47
$ 400.00
Supplies
300.00
356.39
397.30
$ 550.00
$ 480.86
$ 797.30
Elementary:
Books
$ 800.00
$ 147.27
$ 800.00
Supplies
700.00
676.62
500.00
$ 1,500.00
$ 823.89
$ 1,300.00
Tuition
Chelmsford High School ....
Elementary. $
600.00
$ 333.32
$ 500.00
Transportation
9,500.00
9,184.18
9,500.00
Janitors
Academy
1,150.00
1,222.68
1,275.00
Cleaning
90.00
Elementary
3,360.00
2,952.86
3,564.00
Cleaning
112.75
.
$ 4,510.00
$ 4,378.29
$ 4,839.00
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Proposed Budget For 1933
Expenditure For 1933
Proposed Budget For 1934
Fuel :
Academy
$ 1,200.00
$ 943.13
$ 1,200.00
Elementary
2,300.00
1,358.61
2,300.00
$ 3,500.00
$ 2,301.74
$ 3,500.00
Lights
Academy
$ 400.00
$ 387.08
$ 400.00
Elementary
300.00
121.45
250.00
$ 700.00
$ 508.53
$ 650.00
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Academy:
Repairs
$ 500.00
$ 1,548.40
$ 1,500.00
Janitors' Supplies
20.00
19.00
30.00
Miscellaneous
20.00
Water
105.00
113.00
113.00
$ 645.00
$ 1,680.40
$ 1,643.00
Elementary :
Repairs
$ 1,000.00
$ 3,200.26
$ 1,000.00
Janitors' Supplies
80.00
308.03
200.00
Miscellaneous
Water
400.00
360.70
360.70
$ 1,480.00
$ 3,868.99
$ 1,560.70
Furniture and Fixtures
Academy
$ 50.00
$ 25.00
$ 50.00
Elementary
50.00
404.00
100.00
$ 100.00
$ 429.00
$ 150.00
Other Expenses
Graduation
$ 100.00
$ 83.23
$ 100.00
Music
100.00
50.00
50.00
Health (Including Doctor)
360.00
291.46
300.00
Playground
100.00
45.96
100.00
$ 660.00
$ 470.65
$ 550.00
Emergency Fund
$ 500.00
500.00
*$ 68,395.00
$ 65,000.00
$ 67,000.00
*Cut to $65,000.00.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR WESTFORD 1933- -1934
FALL TERM
Begins September 5 .. 75 days
Ends December 22
WINTER TERM
Begins January 2
2 63 days
Ends March 30
SPRING TERM
Begins April 9 .. 43 days
Ends June 8 .S
181 days
DAYS OMITTED
Columbus Day-October 12
County Convention-October 27
Thanksgiving Recess-November 29 (noon) to December 4.
Christmas Recess-December 22 (noon) to January 2.
Washington's Birthday-February 22
Spring Recess-March 30 to April 9
Patriots' Day-April 19 Memorial Day-May 30
GRADUATION DATES
Elementary Schools-June 7 Academy-June 6
Academy Teachers' meeting 3.30 P. M., September 5. Full day session September 5. Academy Teachers must be in the building by 8.00 A. M. Elementary Teachers must be in their building by 8.15 A. M. School busses to arrive at the Academy not later than 8.30 A. M. No bus to leave before 3.00 P. M.
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TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DECEMBER 31, 1933
School
Teachers
Where Educated
Date of Appointment
WM. E. FROST
Paul Ford, B. S. E., (Principal)
.Bridgewater Teachers' College
Sept. 1933
Florence Blodgett
Lowell Normal
Sept. 1931
Ruth Tuttle
Lowell Normal
Sept. 1903, Sept. 1922
Madeline Stone
Keene Normal
Oct. 1930
SARGENT SCHOOL .... James Fitzgibbons, (Principal)
. Salem Normal
Sept. 1923
Lillian Wright
Lowell Normal
Sept.
1914
Gertrude Provost
. Lowell Normal Sept. 1923
Lottie Blodgett (Mrs.)
Farmington State Normal
.Sept. 1921
Elizabeth Nesmith
Lowell Teachers' College
.Sept. 1933
Emma Goucher
Lowell Normal
Sept. 1931
Jean Bell
Fitchburg Normal
Apr. 1930
Ann Harrington
.Lowell Normal
Sept. 1926
CAMERON SCHOOL .. Peter Perry, B. S., (Principal)
. Hyannis Normal, Boston University .Sept. 1921
Ruth Lord
Plymouth Normal
Sept. 1931
Ava Swett
Farmington Normal .Sept. 1931
Olga A. Remis
Lowell Normal
.Sept. 1928
Margaret Carney
.Lowell Normal
Sept. 1925
L. W. O'Clair (Mrs.)
Hyannis Normal .Sept. 1908
Ruth Walter
Lowell Normal
Sept. 1922
Louise Thompson
Lowell Normal
.Sept. 1923
NABNASSETT
Gertrude Donahoe (Principal)
Lowell Normal
.Sept. 1927
Mary Reynolds
Lowell Normal
Sept. 1922
ACADEMY
William C. Roudenbush, A. B., (Principal) Williams College
Sept. 1912
Reginald V. T. Steeves, B. S.
University of New Hampshire .Sept. 1933
Ernest V. Knapman, B. S. .Tufts College Sept. 1933
Merrill Jenkins, A. M.
Middlebury, Univ. of California Sept. 1931
Mary L. Robinson (Mrs.) Ph. B. University of Chicago .Sept. 1927
Ethel N. Caldwell, A. B.
Boston University Sept. 1930
Florence M. Misner, B. S. S.
Boston University
Sept. 1931
Evelyn H. Pickard
Burdett College Sept. 1931
Chester V. Sweatt, B. S.
University of Maine Sept. 1931
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SCHOOL NURSE -C. Veronica Meagher (Mrs.) St. John's Hospital .Sept. 1927
SUPT. OF SCHOOLS .. Robert W. Barclay, B. S., M. A. Norwich University, Boston University ........ Sept. 1932
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
June, 1933
William E. Frost School
Harriett B. Abrahamson
Francis Roosevelt Barretto
Barbara Jean Blackadar
Grace Muriel Coburn
James Richard Crocker Robert L. Day Vincent V. Downing Mary Hildreth Janet Johnston
Priscilla Knowlton Oscar Henry Mann
Robert Joseph Mccarthy Leonard Moreno
Ruth Runge Robert Gardner Smith
Helen Sullivan
Leslie V. Swanson
Julia L. Trombly
Cameron School
Leonard Wesley Cavanaugh
Irene M. Dudevoir
Frederick J. Fitzpatrick
Barbara M. Gray
James Edwin Harrigan Herbert Kazeniac
Margaret P. Kelly Robert Philip Lord Luba Marshall
Alda Mary Milot Antonio J. Panneton
Peter Savocik Helen Sechovich Josephine Mary Sosnowski
Edmund T. Szylvian
Josephine Anna Woitowicz Nellie Worobey
Sargent School
Alexander Belida Harold Ellis Buckett Rita Rose Cantin Kenneth Joseph Carbo Mary Katherine Charlton Herbert Chandler Davidson
Evelyn Mary Dubey Frances May Dubey Ida Mary Gagnon Lillian Mary Gagnon David Lloyd George Albert Leroy Hall Lois Evelyn Hanson
John Austin Healy, Jr. Mary Rose Lamie Henry Alfred LeDuc Mary Minko
Roger Alfarth Palmer Esther Poznick
Helene Marjorie Reeves Adrian Delvina Richards Emily Soubosky Frank Stepenski Mickael Wolkowich Helen Zubowicz
REGISTRATION WESTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS OCTOBER 1, 1933
SCHOOLS
Grades
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
P. G.
Totals
Academy
29
19
24
34
35
28
30
30
229
Sargent
28
20
22
25
25
29
31
24
204
Wm. E. Frost
23
25
10
25
22
26
131
Nabnassett
11
11
12
5
15
8
62
-
- 1
91
75
68
89
97
91
81
80
67
30
26
18
3
816
REPORT OF SCHOOL CENSUS OCTOBER 1, 1933
41/2-51/2
51/2-7
7-14
14-16
Totals
Girls
27
53
311
67
458
Boys
28
63
328
71
490
55
116
639
138
948
OVER 16
Girls
104
Boys
48
..
162
162
6
Cripples
6
..
20
26
67
30
26
18
3
190
Cameron
ยท
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1116
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WESTFORD SCHOOL COST FOR PAST ELEVEN YEARS
Year
Appropriations
Unpaid Bills
Total Expenditures
State Aid
Actual Expenditures
Number of Pupils
Cost Per Pupil
1923
$57,600.00
$ 58.58
$57,658.58
$ 4,251.29
$53,407.29
682
$78.31
1924
62,700.00
2,679.79
65,379.79
4,955.80
60,423.99
779
77.58
1925
68,000.00
561.79
68,561.79
5,223.76
63,338.03
764
82.90
1926
65,000.00
746.89
65,746.89
5,333.08
60,413.81
743
81.31
1927
66,250.00
170.86
66,420.86
5,757.68
60,663.18
717
84.56
1928
62,552.00
333.99
62,885.99
6,700.00
56,185.99
783
71.78
1929
67,350.00
1,005.45
68,355.45
7,202.08
61,152.37
811
75.40
1930
73,200.00
73,200.00
7,554.40
65,645.50
829
79.18
1931
71,500.00
71,500.00
11,499.31
59,000.69
824
71.60
1932
70,000.00
70,000.00
12,310.40
57,689.60
802
71.93
1933
65,000.00
65,000.00
11,663.23
53,336.77
816
65.36
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REPORT OF WESTFORD ACADEMY
January 1, 1934
Mr. Robert W. Barclay,
Superintendent of Schools,
Westford, Mass.
Dear Sir:
Following is the twenty-second annual report of Westford Acad- emy since my principalship.
Faculty
William C. Roudenbush
Latin and History
Merrill L. Jenkins
Latin, French, English
Mrs. Mary L. Robinson
English
Miss Ethel N. Caldwell
Science, Mathematics
Ernest V. Knapman
Science, Mathematics
Junior High English
Reginald V. T. Steeves
Science, Mathematics
Miss Evelyn H. Pickard
Commercial
Miss Florence M. Misner
Commercial and Secretary to
the Superintendent
Chester V. Sweatt
Junior High
Mr. Alfred F. Gay and Miss Angie E. Parfitt resigned from the faculty last spring and Mr. Knapman and Mr. Steeves were elected to these vacancies.
Enrollment
Boys
Girls
Total
Post Graduates
1
2
3
Seniors
5
13
18
Juniors
10
16
26
Sophomores
10
20
30
Freshmen
31
36
67
Eighth Grade
12
14
26
Seventh Grade
11
9
20
80
110
190
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Home Room Assignments
Post Graduates and Seniors
Mr. Jenkins
Juniors
Mr. Roudenbush
Sophomores
Mrs. Robinson
Freshmen Boys
Mr. Steeves
Freshmen Girls
Miss Pickard
Eighth Grade
Mr. Sweatt
Seventh Grade
Miss Caldwell
Basketball
The Academy is a member of the Wachusett Basketball League organized this year, which includes the high schools of Ashby, Ayer, Groton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Townsend. The schedule for 1933-34 is as follows:
December 4-Littleton at Littleton
December 8-Ayer at Westford
December 15-Groton at Westford
January 5 - Hollis at Hollis
January 12 - Townsend at Townsend
January 16- Lunenburg at Lunenburg
January 19 - Pepperell at Pepperell
January 24 - Ashby at Ashby
January 26- Townsend at Westford
January 30 - Groton at Groton
February 2-Littleton at Westford
February 6-Ashby at Westford
February 13-Lunenburg at Westford
February 16-Pepperell at Westford
February 20-Hollis at Westford
February 23-Ayer at Ayer
COACHES
Mr. Steeves-Girls' Team Mr. Knapman-Boys' Team
Physical Training
The daily program is so arranged this year as to allow supervised physical training for each pupil at least two afternoons in the week. The girls have Mondays and Wednesdays under the direction of Mr. Steeves; the boys Tuesdays and Thursdays under Mr. Knapman. Dur- ing the winter months basketball receives its most attention and inter- class games have aroused much interest.
School Clubs
The daily program was planned this year to permit participation in worthwhile activities outside the usual class work. All pupils are
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required to identify themselves with some club project conducted by a member of the faculty. These clubs meet each afternoon except Friday, which day is reserved for various purposes depending on cir- cumstances. The clubs which have attracted the largest membership are the Dramatic Club, led by Mr. Jenkins; the Newspaper Club, under Mrs. Robinson; the Mechanical Drawing Club with Mr. Knapman. Other clubs are the Boys' Science Club, Girls' Science Club, Camera Club, all led by Miss Caldwell: Orchestra, led by Mr. Steeves; In- struction in Office Machines with Miss Misner; Class in First Aid con- ducted by Mrs. Meagher.
The School Paper
The Newspaper Club receives the credit for publishing bi-monthly our school paper called "The Clarion." The staff in charge of this enterprise is as follows:
Editor-in-chief Audrey White, '34
Business Manager
William Prescott, '35
Assistant Business Manager Vincent Carvalho, '35
Circulation Manager Stanley Kazeniac, '35
Editorial Staff
Senior Editor
Lillian O'Brien, '34
Junior Editor Frances Hughes, '35
Sophomore Editor Jennie Kopiec, '36
Freshman Editor Barbara Blackadar, '37
Boys' Sport Editor
Benjamin Benoit, '35
Girls' Sport Editor
Adeline Parfitt, '34
Art Editor Elizabeth Bosworth, '34
Joke Editor Mary Perrins, '36
Social Life Editor Phyllis Wright, '34
Exchange Editor Margaret Curley, '35
Alumni Editor Luba Britsko, '36
Reporters
Kenneth De La Haye, '35
Elein Keizer, '36
Barbara Hildreth, '36
Christine Christianson, '35
A weekly bulletin called "Scoopitall" provides information both serious and humorous as a sort of supplement to "The Clarion".
CLASS OFFICERS WITH FACULTY ADVISORS
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Advisors
SENIORS
.Frances
Claire
Richard
Vera
Leonard
LeDuc
McGlinchey
Swanson
Mr. Steeves Miss Misner
JUNIORS
Stanley
Aksenia
Benjamin
Benjamin
Kazeniac
Pupchick
Benoit
Benoit
Miss Pickard Mr. Knapman
SOPHOMORES
Robert
Everett
Zonia
Jennie
Besser
Miller
Denisvich
Kopiec
Mr. Roudenbush Mrs. Robinson
FRESHMAN
Chandler
Mary
Priscilla
Richard
Davidson
Healy
Knowlton
Crocker
Mr. Jenkins Miss Caldwell
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Orchestra
With Mr. Steeves as conductor a very promising orchestra has been organized and ranks as one of the Clubs with which pupils may identify themselves. The members of the orchestra are:
VIOLINS
Blanche Sinclaire, '34
Virginia Heathcote, '35
Willard Mann, '36
Helen Zubowicz, '37
Michael Wolkowich, '37
Roland Fecteau, 6th Grade
Mark Palmer Jr., '34
MANDOLINS Barbara Hildreth, '36
Everett Miller, '36
Mary Hildreth, '37
Barbara Blackadar, '37
Wallace Pollard, '37
Richard Crocker, '37
DRUMS Donald Blackadar, '35
Albert Moore, '36
SAXOPHONES
BELLS
N. Howard Whitney, '35
Janet Johnston, '37
Oscar Mann, '37
Muriel Coburn, '37
HARMONICA BAND
Ivan Whitney, '37
Robert Besser
Leo Charlton, '37 Peter Bobryck, '36
Walter Voropay, '36
MISCELLANEOUS
The honorary members of the Tadmuck Club from the Class of 1934 are Lois Hall and Lillian O'Brien.
Coached by Mr. Jenkins, a comedy in three acts entitled "A Bunch of Fun" was given in Assembly Hall the night of December 20. The proceeds went to the Athletic Association.
On the closing day of school, December 22, each home room group was left to arrange its own Christmas program. Some classes had Christmas trees, others distribution of gifts without the tree, games, songs, etc.
Following is the program of the graduation exercises of June 15, 1933, which includes several other items of record not given in this report.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM C. ROUDENBUSH,
Principal of Westford Academy.
PIANO
Dorothy Fecteau, '36
Elein Keizer, '37 Janet Johnston, '37
BANJO
Kenneth De La Haye, '35
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
Assembly Hall - Westford Academy Westford, Massachusetts Thursday, June 15, 1933 - At 8 o'clock P. M.
PROGRAM
GRADUATION MARCH PRAYER
Reverend John B. Day
SALUTATORY WITH ESSAY
Beneficent Effect of the Depression on Character Mary Augusta Wilson
CHORUS: Choral Fantasia from Tannhauser .... .Wagner-Fletcher Conducted by Hugh Curry Piano Accompaniment Harry Greenblatt
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT Peter Denisevich
ACCEPTANCE OF CLASS GIFT Principal W. C. Roudenbush
GIRLS' CHORUS: Finiculi-Finicula
Luigi-Denza
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES
Hon. Herbert E. Fletcher,
Chairman of Trustees of Westford Academy ADDRESS
Rev. Edward Cantwell of Lowell
CHORUS: When the Foeman Bares His Steel. Sullivan ESSAY WITH VALEDICTORY
Beneficent Effect of the Depression on the Home and Social Life Harlene Knowlton
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Mr. Eric Anderson Secretary of the School Committee
CLASS SONG: (Tune, Our Director) Written by Dorothea Pearl Coburn
GRADUATES
Classical Course
Ada Margaret Cutting
Armand R. Dureault Richard Lawrence Hildreth
*Harlene Knowlton
*Elisabeth Paine
* Mary Augusta Wilson
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Commercial Course
Howard Victor Anderson
Dorothea Pearl Coburn Peter Denisevich
Alice Edith Flanagan
Ethel Mary Mann
Pearl Smith Elizabeth Barbara Tuttle
General Course Clara Elizabeth Athorn June Kathleen Weaver
*Pro Merito Society
Class Motto - Perseverance is the Price of Success Class Colors - Nile Green and Silver Class Flower - American Beauty Rose
Winners of Prizes
PUBLIC DECLAMATION (Given by Alumni)
Elisabeth Paine, '33 Ten Dollars
Florence Succo, '34 Five Dollars
Richard Hildreth, '33
Honorable Mention
ESSAY (Given by Trustees)
Elizabeth Bosworth, '34
Ten Dollars
Frances Hughes, '35 Five Dollars
Vincent Carvalho, '35 Honorable Mention
Barbara Hildreth, '36 Five Dollars
Wallace Pollard, '36 Honorable Mention
STENOGRAPHY AND TYPEWRITING (Given by Trustees) Stenography, Frances Kelly, '34 Two and one half dollars
Typewriting, Dorothea Coburn, '33 Two and one half dollars
WASHINGTON AND FRANKLIN MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
(Given by the Massachusetts Society of Sons of the American Revolution) Richard Lawrence Hildreth, '33
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CLASS SONG (Tune, "Our Director")
I
Class of thirty-three,
Seniors are we,
Treading along life's road to reach our goal,
The height of our ambitions
Honor and success,
Of all the classes, we'll be the best.
II
Through our years at Westford,
We've tried to be pleasing and helpful
Though perhaps we've failed, We hope to leave behind us
Pleasant memories, of our Class
The Class of Thirty-Three.
-Dorothea Pearl Coburn
Notices
1. Graduation Dance in Assembly Hall, Friday, June 16, 8 P.M. to 1 A.M.
2. Alumni Banquet and Business Meeting in Assembly Hall, Saturday, June 17, 7 P. M. Reception at 6 P. M. Exhibit of old pictures and souvenirs on display in a class room.
USHERS
Lois Hall, '34
Kathleen Kelly, '34
Frances Kelly, '34 Catherine May, '34 Anita Kovalchek, '34
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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
January 24, 1934
Mr. Robert Barclay, Superintendent of Schools,
Westford, Mass.
Dear Sir:
Following is the report of the School Nurse from January 1 to December 31, 1933:
School Visits (from January 2 to June 9) 334
Daily Classroom Visits (from September 9 to December 31)
Absentees visited in their homes 445
Children examined for minor ailments 30
Children taken home from school because of illness 11
Children excluded for Impetigo and Pediculosis 80
Dressings and First Aid 61
Child Welfare Visits for Corrective Work 150
Children taken to Physician for examination and treatment 11
Children excluded because of Contagious Disease Contact 56
Contagious Disease Cases Visited 111
Children taken to School Dental Clinic 366
To Hospitals for Tonsil and Adenoid Operations 26
To Pediatric Clinics 91
To Eye Clinics 64
To Orthopedic Clinics 2
To Neurological Clinic 10
Free milk given daily at schools to 83 pupils.
All school children weighed and measured
Number underweight 159
Vaccinations checked.
Eye and Ear Tests Made-Result of Tests:
Defective Vision
64
Defective Hearing 10
Assisted School Physician with Annual Physical Examina-
tion-Results of Physical Examination:
Defective Tonsils 64
Defective Teeth 142
Poor Posture
5
Malnutrition 8
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