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teacher. I feel however that she has, and has had for many years, a series of eulogies from the lips of parents whose children have been under her guidance, and from the children who had the good fortune to have had her as one of their teachers. I consider Miss Swain a mod- ernistic model of the old fashioned teacher; modernistic because she never "got in a rut" and always kept up with the times; old-fashioned because she believed in thoroughness and strove for mastery of the fundamentals by her children. Her work was like that which we secure in our whole school system. There is mighty little fancy embroidery and a whole lot of good solid plain sewing.
Miss Desire Goldsmith was transferred from the Center School to succeed Miss Swain as principal of Walker School. Miss Ruth Kidder was also transferred, taking Miss Goldsmith's place in Center School. In place of Miss Kidder we employed Miss Doriscey Florence in the South School. Miss Florence is a local girl, a product of our high school. She was graduated from Lowell Teachers' College in June 1938.
There were no changes in the Buzzell or High School. One teacher was added to the high school staff because of increased numbers. Mr. Bernard McMahon, another product of the local schools and a graduate of Boston College was elected to the high school faculty.
ENROLLMENT INCREASING
Contrary to the trend in many communities the enrollment in the local schools continues to grow. In spite of the increase of two months in entrance age for first grade children, which reduced the entering class by about twenty pupils, we have had a gross increase of about 45 pupils from last June to November. The crest of the tide was a total member- ship in school of 1290 pupils during the early part of November. This number has grown a little smaller during the year but is well above 1275 at the present time. A good portion of this increase has been in the six upper grades.
Both the High School and the Buzzell School are crowded beyond their rated capacities. This is particularly interesting concerning the Buzzell School because of the heated statements that we could never fill it with pupils from grade seven and eight, and here it is, three years later, with twenty more pupils than it should accomodate.
The conditions in the High School Building are adequately treated in the report of the principal. The facts are already so well known in town as to call for no comment here, other than the warning that there is possibility of necessity for putting the school on a part time schedule next September. This will all depend on the number in the next fresh- man class.
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The worst condition of overcrowding during the past year, and still existing, is in the Silver Lake School. In early November there were enrolled in this school 117 pupils of grades one thru four. Of these 63 were in grades one and two and 54 in grades three and four. From every legal aspect it was impossible to house and teach them all at one time with two teachers in two rooms. State law does not permit of a class of over fifty pupils under one teacher and the statutes also do not permit seating in excess of the capacity of the room as measured in units of light and ventilation per pupil. Various suggestions were made by parents and school officials, but none upon which there was agree- ment. The final and best solution was to continue on the part time basis which was in force in one of the rooms the preceding year. This is not satisfactory to anybody. tI is the expedient of necessity. An endeavor was made to have the town build a school in this section but to no avail. This difficulty is by no means settled and some action will no doubt be demanded at the next Annual Town Meeting. There is no question as to the need. It is the most insistent demand of the people of this section of the town. They have waited long for relief and have been remark- ably patient under the circumstances.
My recommendation is that the town purchase for $2500, the land now held under option for that figure by local citizens; and that a two room unit be built on that site with suitable toilet and heating facilities allowed for a future expension to a four room building when necessary.
TEN YEAR COMPARISON OF MEMBERSHIP as of October 1st.
School Year
Elementary
High
Total
Increase
1929
818
155
973
49
1930
868
149
1017
44
1931
889
192
1081
6.4
1932
910
208
1118
37
1933
914
219
1133
15
1934
865
256
1121
-12
1935
870
285
1155
34
1936
901
286
1187
32
1937
937
300
1237
50
1938
962
326
1288
51
This tabulation shows the annual change in membership on the same date for the past 10 consecutive years. It will be noted that in only one year was there a loss. That was in 1934 when the first grade enrollment dropped 26 from the year before. There has been an aver- age increase of about 31 pupils a year for the past ten years. The total increase for the period is 315 pupils; enough to fill nine rooms of 35 pupils to a room. During this time the town has built one build-
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ing with a seating capacity of 210 pupils thus leaving the equivalent of three classes to be fitted in wherever it was possible.
PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION IN SCHOOLS
Year
State Average
Wilmington
1936
17.8%
28.8%
1937
17.5%
30.02%
1938
16.9%
31.2%
These few figures are the key to the cost of our schools. They should show anybody the reason why it is necessary to raise what seems a large sum each year for the support of schools. These figures are compiled from the last complete State report on school statistics. They show that in the average community in the State about one-sixth of the population is in school. Here in Wilmington more than one-fourth of the census is school children. In theory it would cost Wilmington about fifteen per cent more than is paid by the average town for support of schools. In fact it cost forty-four per cent less.
The Town of Woburn has received wide publicity because of en- deavors to reduce cost of education. They will have to reduce their expenses nearly 32% to reach the Wilmington level. They spent $82. per pupil last school year when Wilmington was getting by on $56.01. This is not of necessity anything for us to boast about, but it is a matter of actual fact. It is also a fact that no other town in the State operated within five dollars of our low level. The next lowest town in the whole State was Oxford which paid $61.66 per pupil in average membership.
Another very interesting fact in connection with this matter of school costs is that from our own pockets as a town we only paid $41.40 for the education of each child in our schools last year. The full $56.01 per pupil was appropriated but because of aid from the State we ac- tually had to pay $41.40. This town never has to pay in any year the amount raised and appropriated that year. The following table may show this more clearly.
Total Appropriation
$75,000.00
State Reimbursements:
Salary & Expenses of Supt. of Schools
$1,182.14
School Fund on Account of Teachers
16,730.00
State and City Wards
2,605.94
Total
$20,518.08
Balance
$54,481.92
Burlington Tuition & Transportation
919.85
Net Balance
$53,562.07
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SCHOOL PAYROLL FACTS
Classification
Name
Salary Reimbursement Reimbursement
Pt. 1-A-E
Pt. 1-F
Net Cost
Superintendent Principal Supervisors
Stephen G. Bean
$ 2,281.56
*$
1,033.30
$
$ 1,248.26
J. Turner Hood, Jr.
3,000.00
200.00
250.00
2,550.00
Ann Mullane
1,300.00
200.00
250.00
$50.00
Shirley Gulliver
1,020.00
120.00
150.00
750.00
Angelica Carabillo
1,200.00
160.00
200.00
840.00
Teachers
George C. Kambour
1,800.00
200.00
250.00
1,350.00
Harold Driscoll
1,700.00
200.00
250.00
1,250.00
Francis A. Whittle
1,250.00
200.00
250.00
800.00
Baldwin Steward
1,200.00
200.00
250.00
750.00
Carl Harvey
1,200.00
200.00
250.00
750.00
Bernard McMahon
1,000.00
100.00
250.00
650.00
Laura N. Marland
1,550.00
200.00
250.00
1,100.00
Gladys M. Alexander
1,450.00
200.00
250.00
1,000.00
Alice Hathaway
1,200.00
200.00
250.00
750.00
Sara Hume
1,150.00
200.00
250.00
700.00
Edna Thornton
1,200.00
200.00
250.00
750.00
Doris Groesbeck
1,000.00
200.00
250.00
550.00
Caroline Brady
1,000.00
200.00
250.00
550.00
Alyce O'Brien
1,400.00
200.00
250.00
950.00
Bertha Elmstrom
950.00
150.00
250.00
550.00
Margaret Delaney
1,150.00
200.00
250.00
700.00
Sylvia Neilson
1,050.00
200.00
250.00
600.00
John J. Crediford, Jr.
1,100.00
200.00
250.00
650.00
Grace Boehner
950.00
150.00
250.00
550.00
Anna P. Waters
1,000.00
200.00
250.00
550.00
Ruth Kidder
1,000.00
200.00
250.00
550.00
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Desire Goldsmith
1,200.00
200.00
250.00
750.00
Sybil Wiberg
1,200.00
200.00
250.00
750.00
Harriet Donehue
1,000.00
200.00
250.00
550.00
Olive Oman
1,000.00
200.00
250.00
550.00
A. Estelle Horton
1,300.00
200.00
250.00
850.00
Lena Doucette
1,150.00
200.00
250.00
700.00
Barbara Purbeck
..
1,000.00
200.00
250.00
550.00
Olive Littlehale
1,000.00
200.00
250.00
550.00
Lena M. Eames
1,200.00
200.00
250.00
750.00
Ruth S. Maynard
1,450.00
200.00
250.00
1,000.00
Doriscey Florence
900.00
100.00
250.00
550.00
Mildred Rogers
1,050.00
200.00
250.00
600.00
Nathalie Towle
1,050.00
200.00
250.00
600.00
Carol Brink
1,000.00
200.00
250.00
550.00
Helen Patten
1,200.00
200.00
250.00
750.00
Esther Nichols
1,000.00
1,000.00
Charles Perry
1,250.00
1,250.00
Chester Blackburn
120.00
120.00
Ernest Cail
750.00
750.00
Herbert F. Johnson
600.00
600.00
Wilson Thompson
600.00
600.00
Harry DeLoriea
600.00
600.00
William Babine
200.00
200.00
Edward E. Brooks
200.00
200.00
Roger Buck
120.00
120.00
Roland Hinxman
120.00
120.00
* Not from income tax.
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Nurse Janitors
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PAYROLL COMMENTS
To bring out what is indicated by the several columns shown in the payroll compilation, the following explanatory notes are offered:
A. The column headed SALARY shows what the town treasurer pays to each employee during the school year, i. e. from September 1 to August 31.
B. The column headed REIMBURSEMENT, Pt. 1-A-E shows what is paid back to the town by the State on each salary. This is our regular share from the income taxes, apportioned according to the rate of salary and the length of experience of the teachers. The purpose is to make it possible for towns to pay better salaries for the qualified teachers.
C. In the next column is found the supplementary refund made to this and like towns in which the school population is out of proportion to tlie valuation. If the part of the State tax paid by the town be divided by the net average membership in the schools and the quotient is less than 60 cents, the town receives from the State the product of the num- ber of teachers and supervisors times $250. Last June I made a claim for $9,600.00 under this one item alone.
D. The NET COST shows just what the town has to raise by taxa- tion towards the salary of each person on the payroll.
It is a matter of interest that the average monthly pay check for elementary teachers, that is for those in the first eight grades, is $86.05, or $21.51 per week. For the high school teachers, not including the principal, the monthly net check is $111.36, or $27.84. The average weekly pay of 18 out of the 25 elementary teachers is but $19.54, and the majority of them have had from four to twenty years of experience. The girl in her first year of teaching gets $17.62 a week. If we have to hire a substitute for any of these elementary teachers we pay them $20 a week.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT January 20, 1939
1938 Expenditures
1939
1939
Original Budget
Revised Budget
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Salaries
Expenses
SUPERINTENDENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF LAW
Salaries
$ 2,281.56
$ 2,808.00
$ 2,281.56
Expenses
(Tr. 190. 85-Att. $100-Census $45-Clinic $25)
360.85
375.00
375.00
SUPERVISORS
Salaries
3,453.32
3,520.00
3,520.00
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Salaries, Elementary
27,420.36
27,950.00
27,940.00
Salaries, High
16,843.08
17,950.00
17,700.00
Textbooks, High
617.39
700.00
500.00
Textbooks, Elementary
688.65
1,000.00
700.00
Supplies, High
819.62
800.00
750.00
Supplies, Elementary
1,322.67
1,350.00
1,250.00
EXPENSES OF OPERATION OF PLANT
Janitors, High
1,249.92
1,300.00
1,250.00
Janitors, Elementary
3,246.40
3,412.00
3,412.00
Fuel, High
733.78
700.00
700.00
Fuel, Elementary
2,370.75
2,400.00
2,400.00
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Miscellaneous, Light, Water, Phones, Jan. Suppl. High ..
304.80
350.00
300.00
Miscellaneous, Light, Water Phones, Jan. Suppl. Elem
1,320.08
1,325.00
1,320.00
Insurance, High ...
274.50
383.00
383.00
Insurance, Elementary
543.15
320.44
320.44
MAINTENANCE
Repairs, High
1,973.14
1,000.00
500.00
Repairs, Elementary
729.56
800.00
500.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Libraries, High
Libraries, Elementary
Health, Nurse $1000-Dr. $100.00 Suppl. $49.96
1,149.96
1,150.00
1,150.00
Transportation, High
6,271.35
6,650.00
6,271.35
OUTLAYS
New Grounds
New Equipment
408.45
500.00
400.00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Non-expense Accounts (Athletics-Evening School
558.14
550.00
550.00
TOTALS
$74,941.48
$77,293.44
$74,852.00
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This statment is included in order that the tax payers may see where the money went this year and what is needed for 1939. The figures given in the second column are the Superintendent's estimate of funds needed. The revised bud- get is that sponsored by the School Committee after a careful pruning of the Superintendent's estimates.
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1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
2 Valuation
$4,022,060
$4,116,650
$4,282,475
$4,333,909
$4,368,176 $4,212
$4,401,093 $4,232
$4,386,556 $4,230
$4,365,603 $4,095
$4,298,948
$4,277,068 $3,652
5 No. of Teachers
28
29
31
33
34
36
36
36
37
37
7 No. of Supervisors
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
8 Enrollment
942
992
1041
1120
1156
1127 1070
1100
1155
1214
17
Teaching Costs
$34,138.75
$38,051.75
$35,443.20
$43,567.04
$42,558.98
$41,425.46
$43,970.63
$43,153.11
$46,376.05
$46,656.77
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Transportation
5,599.93
6,015.24
6,517.12
7,449.27
4,198.50
6,049.75
6,555.91
5,679.00
4,461.60
5,299.40
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Total Support
56,164.31
60,580.67
64,627.05
69,216.71
61,885.94
62,071.54
66,870.81
66,845.17
69,551.36
70,453.55
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State Refund
15,525.95
11,460.00
14,075.00
15,406.70
13,914.03
15,341.66
16,523.17
15,053.17
16,395.21
17,622.14
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Local Cost
38,911.40
47,524.20
50,927.83
53,569.98
50,030.92
45,030.19
45,787.19
50,665.51
51,611.08
48,483.00
47 Gross per pupil
62.80
63.94
67.27
68.91
61.33
56.78
60.75
61.81
60.63
56.01
39
Net per pupil
44.88
50.66
52.61
52.99
48.21
43.30
44.15
47.53
45.96
41.40
50
State Average
98.13
100.50
100.82
100.38
93.02
86.55
88.64
95.79
97.56
100.41
No. 50 less No. 47
35.33
36.66
33.55
31.47
32.70
29.77
27.89
33.98
36.93
44.40
$31,231.92
$34,900.32
$33,113.85
$32,673.33
$35,154.50
$31,972.98
$29,842.30
$37,378.00
$45,354.15
$53,901.60
32 Valuarion per pupil
..
$4,639
$4,388
$4,424
$4,287
12
Ave. Membership
884
952
987
1094 1039
1075
1074
1158
1205
1264
$3,828
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The above tabulation provides some very valuable data concerning various elements of our school system for the past ten years. The figures are all taken from Public Document No. 2 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which is compiled annually by the State Department of Edu- cation.
To any who desire to raise the issue of economy in operation of a school system we call attention to the two lower lines of figures in this table. The second from the bottom shows how much less it cost to educate a pupil in Wilmington than in the average town in the State. The last line shows how much less our total cost was each year than was paid by the average town for the same number of school children. To make it more forceable we might state that had we spent at the rate that the average town spent for schools during that last school year it would have cost $121,897.70 instead of $70,453.55. The same figures also show that in the ten year period our schools have cost $365,522.95 less than it cost the average community in the state for the same number of pupils.
CONCLUSION
For the continued maintenance of the high standard of accomplish- ment in every department of the school system I give credit and extend thanks to all of my associates, principals, supervisors and teachers. It is their faithful work day in and day out which produces the results of which I am justly proud.
To those members of the School Committee who have given me their friendly support and cooperation I desire to express my deep ap- preciation.
Respectfully submitted,
STEPHEN G. BEAN
Superintendent of Schools.
January 29, 1939.
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AGE-GRADE DISTRIBUTION October 1, 1938
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13
14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
s.
T.
I
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17 71 24
6
118
II
..
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30 65
26
9
1
1
132
III
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30
55
21
7
5
1
119
IV
24
77
22
7
3
1
134
V
10
54
22
9
2
1
98
VI
1
20
63
20
6
5
1
116
VII
13
51
27
12
9
1
113
VIII
9
16
59
22
7
5
1
119
Sp C.
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13
13
T.
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17 101 119 111 118 104 120 100 95 39
17
7 1
13 962
1X
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17 40
25
17
2
101
X
12
47
11
11
1
1
83
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1
12
36
15
3
1
68
XII
11
42
15
1
69
P. G.
1
4
5
T.
............
17
53 84 75
71
23
3
326
G. T.
..... 17 101 119 111 118 104 120 100 112
92 101 82
72
23
3
13 1288
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ROSTER OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
Name
Position
Residence
Date Appointed
Stephen G. Bean J. Turner Hood, Jr.
Superintendent
Wilmington
1924
Principal H. S.
Wilmington 1928
George G. Kambour
Mathematics
Wilmington 1930
Francis Whittle
Science
No. Reading 1937
Harold Driscoll
Social Science and Athletics
Lawrence 1936
Laura N. Marland
English and History
Ballardvale 1919
Edna Thornton
English and Dramatics
Worcester
1935
Alice Hathaway
Latin and English
No. Wilmington 1932
Baldwin Steward
French and English
Winthrop
1936
Gladys Alexander
Commercial
Tewksbury
1923
Sara Hume
Commercial
Melrose
1937
Carl Harvey
Social Science
Wilmington
1938
Bernard McMahon
Commercial
Wilmington
1936
Anne Mullane
Phy. Ed. Supervisor
Lawrence
1937
Shirley H. Gulliver
Drawing Supervisor
Newton
1929
Angelica Carabillo
Music Supervisor
Hartford, Conn.
1935
Sylvia Nielson
History and Geography
Wilmington
1933
Margaret Delaney
English and Georgraphy
Lowell
1932
Caroline Brady
Mathematics and History
Woburn
1936
Bertha Elmstrom
Geography and Drawing
Medford
1937
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Doris Groesbeck
English and Music
Lawrence
1935
Mathematics and History
Rockland 1936
Alyce O'Brien John W. Crediford, Jr. Grace Boehner
Principal Center
Hamilton 1930
Grade VI Center
Lawrence 1937
Ruth Kidder
Grade VI Center
Wilmington
1936
Anna P. Watters
Grade V Center
Medford
1936
Desire Goldsmith
Principal Walker
Salem
1936
Olive Oman
Grades III and IV Walker
Wilmington
1933
Sybil Weiberg
Grade II Walker
Reading
1927
Harriet Donehue
Grade I Walker
Lowell
1935
A. Estelle Horton
Principal Whitefield
Greenwood
1922
Lena Doucette
Grades II and III Whitefield
Wilmington
1918
Barbara Purbeck
Grade I Whitefield
Medford
1936
Olive Littlehale
Grade IV Whitefield
Tyngsboro
1934
Lena M. Eames
West
Wilmington
1927
Ruth S. Maynard
Special Class
Pepperell
1929
Doriscey Florence
South
Wilmington
1938
Mildred Rogers
Silver Lake
Lowell
1935
Nathalie Towle
Silver Lake
Gloucester
1935
Carol Brink
Maple Meadow
Woburn 1937
Helen Patten
Maple Meadow
Reading
1926
Esther Nichols
Nurse
Wilmington 1922
E. C. MacDougall
School Physician
Wilmington
1932
Charles F. Perry Ernest Cail
Janitor High School
Wilmington Wilmington
Herbert F. Johnson
Janitor Buzzell School Janitor Center School
Wilmington
Wilson Thompson
Janitor Walker School
Wilmington
Roland Hinxman
Janitor South School
Wilmington
Chester Blackburn Harry DeLoriea
Janitor West School Janitor Whitefield
Wilmington
Edward E. Brooks William Babine
Janitor Silver Lake
Wilmington
Janitor Maple Meadow
Wilmington
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Roger Buck
Janitor North School
Wilmington
REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Wilmington, Mass. January 12, 1939
Mr. S. G. Bean Supt. of Schools Wilmington, Mass
My Dear Mr. Bean:
I am submitting my eleventh annual report covering the activities of the High and Buzzell schools. During my connection with these schools the number of pupils enrolled and teachers employed has more than doubled. Only two teachers, Miss Marland and Mrs. Alexander, have served longer in the schools than I. In 1928, our high school offered a complete four year course of studies for College Preparatory pupils but provided very little for pupils with different interests. Today we have three well-defined courses of study, providing separate classes in each course for Business Preparatory and Civic Preparatory, as well as for College Preparatory pupils.
The Buzzell School, which was opened in September 1934 to obviate the necessity for double sessions in the high school, is itself over- crowded at present. This building, designed to accommodate two hun- dred and ten pupils, has had as many as two hundred and thirty pupils enrolled this year. While the presence of twenty additional pupils might not seem a serious problem to the uninitiated, it is a fact that, in providing desks for these additional pupils we have violated the State fire laws. The probable enrollment for next September will be in excess of that of this year. I do not see how all these pupils can be provided for in the Buzzell School with a single session program.
We have been fortunate in that every teacher in the two schools remained with us for another year. This fact has tended toward smoother operation because all teachers were accustomed to the rou- tine and to working with each other. Mr. Bernard McMahon, a graduate of Wilmington High School in 1933 and of Boston College in 1937, was employed to teach Social Science in the high school due to the increase in enrollment. Mr. McMahon's bearing, manner of dealing with pupils, sincerity, and intelligent application have been very gratifying and augur well for his success.
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The high quality of service which our teachers, from first grade through high school, have given through the years is largely responsible for the high rating which this school has been accorded by accrediting agencies. Our school is rated class "A" by the State Department of Education and has been granted the certificate privilege by the New England College Certificate Board for a period of four years. This last named honor came to our school in April, 1938, for the first time in its history, and is an honor of which we should be proud. Previously, our school was granted the certificate privilege for one year at a time. We shall exert every effort to maintain the high rating which our school lias achieved.
The athletic teams of Wilmington High School have had a healthy normal year. While our teams have not won many championships, they have won their share of games and, what is more important, have been complimented by our opponents on their behavior on the playing field.
The girls' field hockey teams have played through another season without losing a game. These undefeated seasons have come to be such an annual custom that the girls and their coach, Miss Mullane, have not received the publicity due them.
A group of loyal friends presented what they were pleased to call "The First Annual Community Banquet." This banquet brought together one of the largest groups of citizens in the history of the town, and served the dual purpose of promoting good fellowship and paying tribute to the pupils who had represented the school on the field hockey and football teams.
Mr. Driscoll coaches baseball, basketball, and football; Mr. Whittle coaches ice hockey, and assists Mr. Driscoll in coaching football; and Miss Mullane coaches girls' field hockey and basketball. These coaches are all intelligent and capable, and at no time have I seen any dispo- sition to put the winning of games above the welfare of pupils on the team.
The School Committee has kept football on the sports program for three years by nieans of allotments from the school appropriation. The allotments have varied from three hundred and eighty-four to four hundred and ninety-three dollars, depending upon the deficit incurred. Should the School Committee be unable or unwilling to continue this support, we should be obliged to abandon the sport.
The art courses in high school are severely curtailed because of the lack of space and Mrs. Gulliver's inability to give enough time to this school. There is, however, a small group of pupils who have ac- complished a great deal of first rate work. The annual exhibition in May of each year is well worth visiting and should be seen by more of our people.
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The school musical organizations have grown rapidly both in num- bers and in quality. This past spring our school entered the State Musi- cal Festival for the first time and returned with three first places in its groups. This accomplishment is due in a large part to the hard work of Miss Carabello, the music supervisor. The annual concert of the high school musical clubs has been outstanding and is looked forward to each year by friends of the school.
Wilmington High School has been handicapped in developing extra- curricular activities for a number of years due to the lack of a suitable gymnasium and assembly hall. The heavy rains of late summer flooded the gymnasium, totally destroying the floor. This calamity seemed like the final blow. We have not been able to have any school dances in the school building, all classes in Physical Education were discontinued, and our basketball teams have been unable to prepare for the coming season.
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