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346
334
-12
Total
12,173
12,279
+106
Number of compulsory school age, 7 to 14 :-
1906.
According to census, males
4,417
females
4,297
In public schools, males
3,548
females
3,507
7,055
In private schools, males
559
females
602
1,161
Total in school
8,216
Number of illiterate minors
62
Children under 7 out of school
155
66 between 7 and 14 out on account of sickness
33
14 years old at work .
84
Total number out of school
·
334
·
.
8,714
1
210
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 8. - ATTENDANCE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1906.
Rooms Occupied in December.
SCHOOLS.
Annual
Enrollment.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
No. Attending in
No. Attending in
Average No. to Classroom in
December.
15
Latin High
465
428
411
96.0
440
432
24
English High
961
935
890
95.0
904
1,048
12
Prescott
773
574
539
93.8
606
595
49.6
13
Knapp
660
547
521
95.6
547
591
45.0
12
Pope .
624
513
483
94.1
550
505
42.1
12
Bell ·
606
505
477
94.5
527
528
44.0
12
Edgerly
620
530
499
94.1
554
532
44.3
13
Glines .
723
562
532
94.3
601
555
43.5
18
Forster
833
726
686
94.5
735
754
41.9
16
Bingham
832
667
630
94.5
692
677
42.3
17
Carr .
802
673
632
93.9
699
699
41.1
12
Morse .
651
528
499
94.6
541
547
46.0
12
Highland
581
528
508
96.1
538
577
48.8
14
Hodgkins
787
626
600
96.2
632
668
47.7
12
Bennett
689
509
469
92.8
512
557
46.4
8
Burns .
464
347
321
92.6
354
360
45.0
6
Hanscom
392
290
269
93.7
288
329
47.0
6
Baxter
340
250
234
93.3
280
258
43.0
6
Brown
393
287
266
92.9
279
315
52.5
4
Davis
226
174
163
93.5
186
171
42.8
4
Cummings
235
171
158
92.7
174
184
46.0
4
Durell
246
174
162
93.2
188
168
42.0
4
Lincoln
281
198
182
91.9
199
214
53.5
279
Total
14,551
11,762
11,069
04.1
12,052
12,348
45.7
269
Total for 1905
.
14,296
11,543
10,897
94.4
11,652
12,118
45.2
9
Proctor
460
372
346
94.0
366
402
44.6
S
Lowe .
491
367
338
92.3
368
388
48.5
Perry .
410
281
254
92.1
292
294
49.0
6
January.
December.
211
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 9. - STATISTICS OF HIGH SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR, SEPTEMBER 6, 1905, TO JUNE 30, 1906.
Latin.
English.
Number of teachers
13.6
35
Number of days school kept
184
184
Number enrolled
451
973
Average number belonging
430.6
892.5
Average daily attendance .
414.4
850.4
Per cent. of attendance
96.2
95.3
Tardiness
206
382
Dismissals
.
8
12.7
In Class II. September, 1905 June
112
209
Per cent. of loss
7
11.4
In Class III. September, 1905
92
193
June
85
181
Per cent. of loss
7
6.2
In Class IV. September, 1905
90
143
June .
91
134
Per cent. of loss
+1
6.3
Special students, September, 1905 June
12
Total, September, 1905
437
966
June
413
866
Per cent. of loss
6
10.3
Number of graduates, male
33
46
Number of graduates, female Total
81
127
Average age, male
18-11
19-1
Average age, female .
18-6
18-10
Number entering college
45 2
9
Number of graduates entering normal schools Cost of instruction
3
9 $39,823 00
Cost of supplies . Total cost
1,680 08
5,414 50
Per capita cost of instruction
39 42
44 60
Per capita cost of supplies
3 90
6 06
Total cost per capita
43 32
50 66
June
125
330
Per cent. of loss
251
299
135
378
In Class I. September, 1905
120
236
16
48
31
6
Number of graduates entering technical schools
$16,990 50
18,670 58
45,237 50
212
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 10 .- PUPILS BY GRADES, 1906.
TEACHERS.
PUPILS.
Average Age.
Women.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Regular.
Assistants.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Years.
Months.
Never in School
From Other City
From Other
Schools.
Latin
Thirteenth .
33
50
83
18
0
3
1
Twelfth.
37
64
101
17
3
1
6
Eleventhı
50
74
124
16
3
7
6
Tenth
54
70
124
15
3
121
6
Total .
6
9
174
258
432
132
19
English
Special
3
4
7
19
7
Thirteenth .
70
92
162
18
3
1
3
Twelfth .
81
113
194
17
8
6
Eleventh
118
168
286
16
7
3
15
Tenth
163
236
399
15
7
371
37
Total .
11
28
435
613
1,048
381
62
Total high school
17
37
609
871
1,480
513
81
Grammar
Ninth
10
21
363
434
797
7
16
14
Eighth
21
....
400
472
872
9
96
84
66
Seventh
23
510
493
1,003
12
10
117
78
Sixth
25
1
583
526
1,109
11
11
221
110
Fifth
28
630
610
1,240
10
11
230
116
Fourth
29
...
647
615
1,292
9
9
139
161
Total gram- mar .
10
147
1
3,133
3,180
6,313
819
593
Third
29
710
612
1,352
8
8
137
161
Second
32
1
771
702
1,473
7
5
4
228
208
First .
34
3
782
744
1,526
6
2
1,236
118
215
Total pri-
95
4
2,263
2,088
4,351
1,240
483
584
Total gram- mar and
10
242
5
5,396
5,268
10,664
1,240
1,302
1,177
Kindergarten .
4
4
99
105
204
4
8
Special teach-
ers . . . .
2
5
. ..
. . .
.. .
Grand totals
29
288
9
6,104
6,244
12,348
...
1,240
1,815
1,258
·
Primary
Men.
Before.
Schools.
mary . .
primary .
14 13
213
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 11. - PUPILS IN HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
High Schools.
Grammar and Primary Schools.
Kinder- gartens.
Total.
Annual enrollment
1,426
12,706
419
14,551
Average membership
1,363
10,209
190
11,762
Average attendance
1,301
9.605
1,63
11,069
Per cent. of attendance
95.5
94.1
85.5
94.1
Number cases of tardiness
553
3,514
...
4,067
Number cases of dismissal .
512
2,074
. ..
2,586
Number cases of punishment
326
326
Membership, January, 1906
1,344
10,510
198
12.052
Membership, December, 1906
1,480
10,664
204
12,348
.
TABLE 12 .- NUMBER OF PUPILS ADMITTED TO GRADE I. IN SEPTEMBER.
SCHOOL.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1905.
1906.
SCHOOL.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1905.
1906.
Prescott
69
53
63
78
72
Forster
77
65
76
48
74
Hanscom .
41
75
38
47
33
Bingham
84
74
78
80
83
Davis
43
50
42
42
22
Carr
44
59
59
59
40
Bennett
73
98
92
81
125
Morse
76
78
67
56
64
Baxter
35
27
38
53
42
Proctor
Knapp
38
38
50
43
40
Durell
44
33
38
45
39
Perry
42
49
50
58
42
Burns
71
57
58
50
53
Pope
37
37
40
33
28
Brown
56
33
26
42
52
Bell
37
36
38
36
38
Highland
51
33
51
43
55
Edgerly
51
33
40
34
38
Lincoln .
35
40
38
40
51
Glines
80
65
48
70
63
Lowe
95
89
89
75
Cummings
39
40
37
43
46
Hodgkins
61
49
61
1
ANNUAL REPORTS.
214
TABLE 13. - GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1906.
SCHOOLS.
Number receiving Diplomas.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally
Prescott
35
0
35
-0
10
0
15
0
25
25
Knapp
64
0
64
0
8
0
35
0
43
43
Pope
·
44
7
30
0
12
5
16
5
28
33
BeÎl
54
2
50
0
6
2
32
2
38
40
Edgerly
49
7
42
0
6
3
30
3
36
39
Glines
40
3
35
0
5
3
25
3
30
33
Forster
67
15
49
2
26
11
21
13
47
60
Bingham
33
4
29
0
0
1
16
1
16
17
Carr
43
7
36
0
5
3
17
3
22
25
Morse
44
3
37
0
0
1
28
1
28
29
Highland
109
11
97
0
15
6
61
6
76
82
Hodgkins
58
6
52
0
20
5
23
5
43
48
Total
640
65
556
2
113
40
319
42
432
474
TABLE 14 .- TRUANT STATISTICS.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1905.
1906.
Number visits of officer to schools .
470
435
525
429
567
511
Absences investigated
502
384
521
387
514
502
Cases of truancy
106
163
152
146
15
151
Truants arrested
8
. .
24
8
7
11
Sent to truant school
9
6
9
5
4
6
Number now in truant school
.
10
9
5
5
8
10
·
Number certificated for High School.
Number en- tering Latin School.
Number enter- ing English School
Total.
.
215
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 15. - ATTENDANCE IN ELEMENTARY EVENING SCHOOLS, SEASON OF 1905=1906.
Prescott.
Bell.
Forster.
Highland.
Total.
Enrolled .
Male Female
58 29
319 100
49 19
78
46
504 194
Total
87
419
68
124
698
Ave. membership
Male Female
37 23
172 50
22 8
43 22
304 116
Total
60
222
30
65
420
Ave. attendance
Male Female
31 19
131 39
11 5
33 17
232 92
Total
50
170
16
50
324
Per cent. Att. out of No. belonging
83.3
76.6
53.3
78.1
77.1
Per cent. Att. out of No. enrolled .
57.5
40.6
23.5
40.3
46.4
Ave. No. of teachers
Male Female
2
3 14
2
2
20
Total
4
17
3
4
28
No. of sessions
98
98
41
97
334
Teachers, cost of Janitors, supplies, and light, cost of .
$799 00
$3,265 00
$242 50
$800 50
$5,107 00
165 51
534 00
230 02
266 64
1,196 17
Total
$964 51
$3,799 00
$472 52
$1,067 14
$6,303 17
Cost per pupil per evening .
$0 197 9 84
$0 228 38 77
$0 72 11 52
$0 22 11 00
$0 233
Cost per evening
75 48
Cost per pupil in ave. membership .
16 08
17 11
15 75
16 67
15 01
Cost per pupil in ave. attendance
19 29
22 35
29 53
21 34
19 45
1
2
8
2
216
ANNUAL REPORTS.
1
TABLE 15 (Concluded) .- Evening High School, Season of 1905=1906.
Male.
Female. Total.
Enrolled
361
244
605
Average membership
231
152
383
Average attendance
101
53
154
Number of teachers
7
8
15
Number of sessions
93
Cost of instruction.
$4,466.00
Cost of supplies, janitor service, light.
1,082.22
Total cost.
$5,548.22
Cost per pupil per evening
0.387
Average attendance: October, 229; November, 196; December, 149; January, 131; February, 120; March, 99.
Statistics of Evening Schools for a Series of Years.
High*
1900-1901
48
192
79
$1,433
$0 378
1901-1902
46
211
99
1,424
0 316
1902-1903
47
178
78
1,331
0 379
1903-1904
48
191
74
1,378
0 388
1904-1905
74
762
224
6,699
0 404
1905-1906
93
605
154
5,548
0 387
Elementary 1900-1901
74+
612
220
$3,809
$0 232
1901-1902
75
700
260
5,452
0 279
1902-1903
86
741
264
5,857
0 257
1903-1904
92
859
333
7,286
0 237
1904-1905
75
747
329
6,088
0 247
1905-1906
84
698
324
6,303
0 233
No. Sessions.
Enrollment.
Average
Attendance.
Cost.
Cost Per Pupil
Per Evening.
*Drawing school only until 1904-1905.
¡Average of four schools.
217
TABLE 16 .- GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
Prescott.
Bell.
Forster.
Morse.
Highland.
Edgerly.
Pope.
Knapp.
Hodgkins
Glines.
Carr.
Bingham.
Total.
Membership of
Primary Schools.
Per cent. of Aver-
age Membership
Entered
Per cent.
entering of those
Graduating.
1890
54
106
45
56
57
318
6,062
5.24
184
57.86
1891
44
73
41
55
44
39
296
6,035
4.90
199
67.23
1892
41
36
75
49
45
49
36
39
370
6,525
5.67
228
61.62
1893
40
60
48
63
67
46
36
38
398
6,674
5.97
240
60.30
1894
39
29
79
66
68
41
35
32
389
6.600
5.89
253
65.04
1895
36
32
58
63
73
42
36
34
374
6,955
5.37
255
68.18
1896
38
34
72
38
70
46
co
35
370
7.201
5.13
281
76.00
1897
34
39
50
48
41
29
30
25
45
27
368
7,602
4.84
273
74.19
1898
36
43
31
46
36
50
36
28
41
35
382
8,029
4.75
281
73.56
1899
37
50
62
48
49
40
34
34
39
37
38
468
8,351
5.60
345
73.72
1901
34
38
70
43
72
47
43
38
41
35
36
497
8,811
5.64
372
74.80
1902
41
48
61
45
67
46
35
31
32
40
51
497
9.328
5.33
350
70.40
1903
34
45
62
35
65
51
28
34
52
31
47
484
9.362
5.17
354
73.14
1904
31
35
84
46
79
44
Co
38
40
36
43
512
9.739
5.26
367
71.68
1905
40
40
A
44
00
47
42
48
61
36
58
31
606
10,298
5.88
463
76.40
1906
35
54
67
44
109
49
44
64
58
40
43
33
640
10,209
6.22
474
74.10
650
807
1,022
820
1,070
713
552
552
451
353
349
64
7,403
136,470
5.42
5,236
70.73
1900
36
45
43
31
43
47
44
34
42
36
33
434
8,689
4.99
317
73.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Average
Grammar and
Graduating.
High School.
218
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 17 .- ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
DECEMBER.
ENROLLMENT.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
Number of Tardinesses.
Ratio of Tardiness to Average Attendance.
1886
6,350
4,985
4,678
93.8
2,834
0.606
1887
6,605
5,198
4,879
93.8
2,699
0.553
1888
7,262
5,488
5,174
94.0
2,938
0.549
1889
7,757
5,956
5,585
93.8
2,780
0.498
1890
7,878
6,485
6,075
93.6
3,133
0.516
1891
8,510
6,502
6,091
93.7
3,182
0.522
1892
9,120
7,035
6,608
93.9
3,181
0.481
1893
9,632
7,217
6,790
94.1
3,375
0.497
1894
9,387
7,212
6,840
94.8
3,000
0.419
1895
9,913
7,617
7,255
95.2
2,736
0.377
1896
10,582
8,077
7,663
94.9
2,743
0.358
1897
11,293
8,589
8,144
94.8
2,486
0.305
1898
11,577
9,085
8,636
95.1
2,941
0.341
1899
11,975
9,502
8,965
94.3
2,566
0.286
1900
12,345
9,823
9,174
93.4
2,759
0.300
1901
12,499
9,991
9,350
93.6
2,937
0.294
1902
13,116
10,402
9,733
93.5
3,335
0.343
1903
13,475
10,719
10,056
93.9
3,428
0.342
1904
13,804
11,094
10,422
93.9
3,887
0.373
1905
14,296
11,543
10,897
94.4
3,746
0.344
1906
14,551
11,762
11,069
94.1
4,046
0.366
219
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 18. - MEMBERSHIP, ETC., OF HIGH SCHOOL FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR. 1
Average Membership all Schools.
Largest Number in High School.
Per cent. of. Average Membership of all Schools.
Number of Graduates of High School.
Per cent. of Average Membership of all Schools.
1867
2,157
119
5.51
7
0.32
1868
2,285
141
6.17
17
0.75
1869
2,480
158
6.37
25
1.01
1870
2,639
165
6.25
16
0.65
1871
2,549
161
6.31
33
1.29
1872
2,799
186
6.64
21
0.75
1873
3,217
190
5.91
28
0.87
1874
3,265
198
6.06
26
0.79
1875
3,515
213
6.06
31
0.88
1876
3,712
226
6.09
33
0.81
1877
3,788
227
5.91
37
0.98
1878
3,992
250
6.26
31
0.78
1879
4,169
246
5.90
34
0.82
1880
4,278
254
5.93
27
0.63
1881
4,064
256
6.29
34
0.84
1882
4,263
280
6.57
33
0.77
1883
4,438
278
6.26
43
0.97
1884
4,804
315
6.55
46
0.96
1885
4,904
385
7.85
46
0.94
1886
4,985
374
6.70
56
1.12
1887
5,198
387
7.44
53
1.02
1888
5,488
435
7.92
60
1.09
1889
5,956
444
7.45
67
1.12
1890
6,485
487
7.51
60
0.93
1891
6,502
535
8.23
68
1.05
1892
7,035
577
8.20
80
1.14
1893
7,217
626
8.67
82
1.14
1894
7,274
691
9.50
111
1.52
1895
7,617
775
10.17
92
1.21
1896
8,077
858
10.62
119
1.47
1897
8,589
885
10.31
121
1.59
1898
9,085
890
9.80
130
1.43
1899
9,502
985
10.70
137
1.49
1900
9,823
1,031
10.49
131
1.33
1901
9,991
1,098
10.99
152
1.52
1902
10,402
1,138
10.94
164
1.58
1903
10,719
1,208
11.27
181
1.70
1904
11,094
1,286
11.60
179
1.61
1905
11,543
1,372
11.89
211
1.83
1906
11,762
1,473
12.52
208
1.77
220
1
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 19. - PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1906.
GRADE.
On June Promo-
tion List.
Unconditionally
Promoted to Next
Grade.
Promoted on Trial.
Left Behind.
Promoted more than
One Grade.
Special Promotions
September and June.
Promotees Dropped
Three Months' Trial.
1
1,509
1,167
103
229
10
7
8
II
1,422
1,104
141
164
13
5
21
III
1,312
1,054
144
113
7
12
IV
1,235
982
151
102
01
4
11
V
1,144
902
127
115
0
4
00
VI
1,098
847
134
101
16
1
18
VII
905
662
148
95
0
2
12
VIII
845
671
110
63
1
0
12
IX
650
556
65
29
O
3
00
Total
10,120
7,945
1,123
1,011
41
33
110
Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 30, 1906.
GRADE.
On June Promo-
Unconditionally
Promoted to Next
Promoted on Trial.
Left Behind.
Promoted more than
Special Promotions
September and June.
Promotees Dropped
Three Months' Trial.
1
100
77.3
6.8
15.2
0.6
0.4
7.8
II
100
77.6
9.9
11.4
0.9
0.3
14.3
III
100
80.4
10.9
8.6
00
0.3
7.3
4
100
78.8
11.1
10.0
0
0.3
6.3
VI
100
77.1
12.2
9.1
1.4
0
13.4
VII
100
73.1
16.3
10.4
.0
02
8.1
VIII
100
79.2
13.0
7.4
.0
0
1.1
IX
100
85.5
10.0
4.4
0
0.4
12.3
Average
. ..
78.5
11.1
10.0
0.4
0.3
9.8
0.5
8.3
IV
100
79.5
12.2
8.2
One Grade.
tion List.
Grade.
between
back after
between
back after
221
SCHOOL. DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 20. - RESIGNATION OF TEACHERS, 1906.
SCHOOL.
Teacher.
Resignation Took Effect.
In Service.
Latin High
Sarah W. Fox
June 30
38 years
Latin High
Frederick C. Hosmer
66
2
66
English High .
Charles T. C. Whitcomb
66
11
66
English High .
Lucy Ingram
66
7
66
English High .
Amy L. Cole, Secretary
March 26
5
Prescott
Louise Townsend
Jan. 29
5 months
Prescott
Abbie A. Anderson
June 30
28 years
Prescott
Amelia I. Sears
Oct. 10
8
66
1 mo.
Hanscom
Gertrude D. Goodale
Dec. 31
4
8 mos.
Bennett
Miriam Cavanagh
June 30
13
66
2 66
Bennett
Caro G. Graydon
June 30
2
6:
Bennett
Carrie L. Bliss
66
11
66
Knapp
Elizabeth G. Diman
Jan. 12
4 months
Perry
Margaret L. O'Malley
June 30
2 years
Pope .
B. May Layman
66
6
66
Edgerly
Mary Corry
April 30
3
10
Edgerly
Maud J. Nickerson
June 30
4
66
Glines
M. Frances Guptill
66
2
66
Bingham
Alice R. Lincoln
2
66
Morse
Alice M. Emerson
March 29
15
9
Proctor .
Inez D. King
June 30
2
66
Proctor .
Elizabeth T. Burrage
1
6
Proctor .
Margaret D. Jack
66
7
66
Highland
Jennie C. Frazier
66
18
Bennett
Jennette B. Snow
Died May 1
3 years
66
Bennett
Agnes S. Campbell
Oct. 25
7
1
Bell
Florence S. Hartshorn
66
4
66
Cummings
Ruth B. Stanley
37
Forster
Mae E. Brock
'2
66
Hanscom
Helen G. Frye
33
Hanscom
Helen S. Woodman
11
English High .
Hila H. Small
222
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 21 .- TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1906.
SCHOOL.
Teacher.
Coming From
Began Service.
Salary.
Latin High
Frank H. Wilkins
Revere
Sept. 12
$1,300
Latin High .
William D. Sprague
Newbury
1,500
Latin High
Isabel G. Higgins
Somerville
900
Latin High
F. Gertrude Perkins
Braintree
66
800
English High .
William W. Obear
Fitchburg
1,400
English High
David S. Wheeler
Lexington
1,400
English High
Laurence A. Sprague
Natick
1,000
English High
Grace E. Burroughs
Newton
900
English High
Theodora M. Hastings
Norwood
850
English High
Ella A. Newhall
Norwood
850
English High .
Mabel Butman
Somerville
800
English High
Grace Gatchell
Cohasset
66
750
English High
Annie C. Woodward
Kingston
Apr. 1
600
Prescott
Georgia P. Wardwell
Quincy
66
650
Prescott
Georgiana Smith
Plymouth
Sept. 12
600
Prescott .
Florence A. Eaton
Littleton
66
525
Hanscom
Maude A. Nichols
Gloucester
Oct. 8
525
Bennett
Eleanor W. Nolan
Sturbridge
Sept. 12
€50
Bennett
Cora B. Gowen
Somerville
16
600
Bennett
Marie Neis
Norwood
Apr. 30
600
Bennett
Katherine Pike
Quincy
Sept. 12
525
Bennett
Nellie F. Eaton
Rockland, Me.
600
Baxter .
Maria D. McLeod
Somerville
650
Pope
M. Abbie Tarbett
Chelsea
Dec. 3
650
Bell
Gorda Bean
Brockton
Sept. 12
650
Cummings
Daisy W. Cushman
Winthrop
650
Bingham
Mary F. Mead
Somerville
Sept. 12
600
Carr
L. Isadore Wood
Wakefield
600
Morse .
M. Florence Eustis
Taunton
6
650
Morse .
Mildred M. Moses
Wakefield
650
Proctor
L. Margaret Potter
Gardner
650
Proctor
Blanche E. Thompson
Winchester
650
Highland
Lois M. Thompson
Bristol, Me.
650
Hodgkins
Jennie M. Patterson
Somerville
Oct., '03
575
ASSISTANTS EMPLOYED, 1906.
Burns .
Flora M. Smith
Lowe .
Gladys Loring
Baxter .
Dorothy G. McLam
Lincoln
Nona G. Blackwell
Brown
Rena H. Wiley
Apr. 30
725
Edgerly
M. Eva Warren
Somerville
66
650
Edgerly
Mabel Washburn
Brockton
700
Knapp
Minnie A. Holden
Gardner
650
Bennett
Frances E. Robinson
Beverly
600
English High .
Mabel M. Ham, Sec'y.
Somerville
Proctor
Hanscom
223
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 22 .- LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS.
Sept. 12. Charles F. Abbott, for school year ending June 30, 1907.
Sept. 12. Alice T. McNamara, for school year ending June 30, 1907.
Sept. 12. Belle J. Tifft, for school year ending June 30, 1907.
Sept. 12. Anna E. Sawyer, for school year ending June 30, 1907.
TABLE 23 .- TRANSFER OF TEACHERS.
TEACHERS.
From
To
Minnie A. Day
Morse
Forster
Frances E. Robinson
Bennett
Hanscom
Martha A. Jencks
Lincoln
Lowe
Charlotte Holmes
Baxter
Perry
Nellie F. Eaton .
Davis
Bennett
·
TABLE 24 .- NUMBER OF TEACHERS
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
High School.
Grammar School.
Primary School.
Special Teachers.
Assistants not in charge of room.
Men.
Women.
Total.
1886
9
62
48
1
0
9
111
120
1887
10
64
48
1
0
9
114
123
1888
10
66
52
4
7
9
130
139
1889
10
60
56
4
7
10
127
137
1890
10
78
58
5
7
12
146
158
1891
12
86
63
5
13
12
167
179
1892
.13
90
67
5
10
12
173
185
1893
14
88
63
5
19
12
177
189
1894
15
91
66
6
11
12
177
189
1895
28
91
73
5
12
19
186
209
1896
30
102
74
6
14
22
208
230
1897
31
109
85*
6
18
22
227
249
1898
32
112
87*
7
13
23
229
252
1899
36
119
92*
7
9
23
240
263
1900
40
127
96*
7
6
24
249
273
1901
44+
130
94*
7
8
26
257
283
1902
45+
140
91*
7
9
26
266
292
1903
46+
143
96*
7
14
25
281
306
1904
48
152
98*
7
9
27
285
312
1905
48₺
153
100*
7
7
27
288
315
1906
541
157
99*
7
9
29
297
326
*Including four kindergartners.
t Including two secretaries.
#Including one secretary.
224
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 25. - BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE, 1906. For Grammar and Primary Schools.
As reference books.
McMaster's School History of the United States. American Book Co.
As text-books.
Sunshine Primer.
..
Ginn & Co.
For High Schools.
As reference books.
Richardson's Commercial Law. Sadler-Rowe Co.
Elements of Business Law, Ernest W. Hulcut. Ginn & Co.
Life of Charlemagne, Eginhard .. American Book Co.
Readings from European History, Robinson. Ginn & Co. English Seamen of the Sixteenth Century, Frondi,
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co.
Liberty Documents, Mabel Hill. Longmans, Green, & Co.
Historical Atlas of Modern Europe, R. L. Poole,
Clarendon Press, Oxford
Venetian Republic, Brown. . . Macmillan Co. Miracle Plays, Pollard. Clarendon Press, Oxford
As text-books.
Collar's "First Year German" . Ginn & Co. Exercises in French Syntax and Composition, Jeanne Bouvet.
Genin's Petit Tailleur Bouton.
Assollant's Aventure du Celebre Pierrot.
La Main Malheureuse.
Dr. Faustus, Marlowe (Temple dramatists) Macmillan Co. She Stoops to Conquer, Goldsmith.
New Business Arithmetic, Moore & Miner Ginn & Co.
TABLE 26 .- GRADUATION EXERCISES, 1906.
High Schools.
The graduation exercises of the high schools occurred on Thursday, June 28, at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, in the presence of a large audience of parents and friends.
The formal address to graduates was given by the Hon. John D. Long.
At the close of the address, the chairman of the committee, F. A. P. Fiske, presented diplomas to the 208 members of the graduating classes.
225
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Order of Exercises.
Frederick A. P. Fiske, Chairman of School Board, presiding. Overture.
"William Tell."
Hadley's Orchestra. Rossini
1. *Singing.
Selections from Oratorio, "The Seasons." Haydn
(a) Chorus, "Come, Gentle Spring."
(b) Baritone Solo, "With Joy the Impatient Husbandman." John R. Lakin, E. H. S.
2. Prayer.
Rev. Louis C. Wright.
3. ** Singing. 'Charity" (Semi-Chorus. Girls' Voices). Rossini Soloists: Misses Lillie B. McLean and Mae V. Lebert.
4. Address to Graduates. Hon. John D. Long.
5. *Singing. 'Gallia." Gounod
(A Motet for Soprano Solo, Chorus, Orchestra, and Organ.) Misses Edwards and Marden, L. H. S .; and Misses Mc- Lean, Moorehouse, Morang, and Rice, E. H. S.
6. Presentation of Diplomas.
Frederick A. P. Fiske, Chairman of School Board.
7. *Singing.
Trio and Chorus: "Be Propitious, Bounteous Heaven," "The Seasons." Haydn Miss McLean, E. H. S .; Messrs. Sargent, L. H. S., and Lakin, E. H. S.
* All singing accompanied by Hadley's Orchestra, under the direction of S. Henry Hadley, teacher of music in the schools.
Arranged for orchestra by S. Henry Hadley.
Latin High School Graduates.
Ida Bianconi.
Annie Winifred Bruce.
Mary Belle King.
Lillian Alice Corwin.
Mary Elizabeth Koschwitz.
Pearl Freda La Moure.
Annie Morinda Currie.
Martha Helen Mackenzie.
Enid Josephine Cutter.
Albertina Marden.
Carrie Gower Davis.
Louise Estelle Marden.
Julia Mary Delay.
Roberta Burgess McDonald.
Juliana Cecilia Donavan.
Florence Nancy McLean.
Vera Esmeralda Drew.
Charlotte Augusta Norton.
May Frances Dutton.
Eleanor Chapman Preble.
Clare Eastman. Marion Goodwin Eaton.
Eleanor Richardson. Katharine Julia Scott.
Gladys Estelle Edwards.
Signe Gunhilda Sodergren.
Agnes Margaret Fitzmaurice.
Helen Elizabeth Spinney.
Maria Catherine Foley.
Maud Lillian Symonds.
Genevieve Louise Fosdick.
Emilie Sophia Taapken.
Celia Louise Towne.
Edna Augusta Whitney.
Calla Marion Wilson.
Margaret Ruth Woodman.
Marion Alida Youngjohn.
Vera Alberta Hopkins.
Bertha Cecilia Hutchins. Hazel Polly Hyde. Eleanor Armington Ketchum.
Kenneth Potter Armstrong. Crosby Fred Baker. Robert Archer Bowlby. 1
Lucy Emeline French. Carrie Agnes Hartley.
Freda Müller Haskel. Ruth Whitten Hills. Helen Susan Hopkins.
Winifred Ross Kimball.
Grace Evelyn Cousens.
226
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Stanley Clarence Converse. Leslie Olin Cummings.
William Francis Dolan.
Thomas Francis O'Connor.
Robert Foster Pillsbury.
Leon Francis Reed.
Bergen Reynolds.
Gay Gleason. Arthur Coleman Gow.
Mark. John Rice.
Lester Locke Graves.
Walter Fairfield Gray.
George Brock Sargent.
Wendell Phillips Harrington.
Charles Francis Sharry.
James Joseph Kennedy.
Ralph Marquis Simmons.
Robert Mossman Knight.
John Joseph Tobin, Jr.
John Henry Leavitt.
Harold Lewis. Henry Parker Lowell.
Edmund Joseph Twohig. John Ralph Wedgwood. Ernest Read Whitcomb.
English High School Graduates.
Ruby Gertrude Allen.
Mary Elizabeth McIntosh.
Renah Jane Atwood.
Hazel Estelle McLean.
Bertha Belle Baird.
Lillie Beatrice McLean.
Edith Darling Barber.
Edith Emma McNabb.
Sarah Josephina Berglind.
Mildred Frances Merrill.
Magie Belle Blake.
Hazel Louise Miller. Mabelle Gertrude Moody.
Marguerite Imelda Brine.
Gertrude Emma Moorehouse.
Christina Buchanan.
Frances Esther Morang.
Margaret Elizabeth Buchanan.
Irma Christopher.
Rebecca Elizabeth Clark.
Marion Louise Morrison. Marion Beatrice Nolan. Dora Ethel Nourse. Florence Gertrude Nye.
Margaret Mary Cogan.
Jenny Farquhar Copland.
Helen Mildred Cowan.
Mary Agnes O'Brien.
Irene Annabel Osborne.
Emma Julia Prouty.
Mary Eveleth Derby.
Mary Gertrude Purcell.
Emma Jeannette Dexter. Grace Agnes Driscoll.
Mildred Rachel Etter.
Helen Elizabeth Fisher.
Sadie Veronica Flanders.
Mabel Emeline Fitch.
May Agnes Fitzgerald.
Mabel Cushing Souther. Ethel Frances Stackpole.
Nina Marion Greenwood.
Florence Lathrop Grow. Edna May Guild. Marion Emerson Haliburton. Dora Haskell Hammond.
Helen Josephine Stacy. Ann Clotilda St. Coeur. Nellie Augusta Sullivan. Bessie Louise Taylor.
Mildred Louise Harvey.
Ethel Mansfield Thompson.
Mabel Frances Hayward.
Margaret Etta Hegan. Florence Louise Hines.
Marion Rose Van Wart. Florence Esther Vello. Olive Clayton Webster.
Frances Elizabeth Welch.
Nettie Florence Hobbs. Fanny Hopkins. Isabelle Jacobs. Grace Bell Kendall.
Helen Call Welch. Anna Woodbridge. Mildred Perry Young.
Harry Arthur Atwater. Carlos Augustus Bailey. Francis Tewksbury Bailey. Albert John Beach.
Annie Louisa Kiley. Elizabeth Frances Leahy. Mae Virginie Lebert. Helen Frances Manning. Georgine Eliza McConnell.
Josephine Winifred Regan. Alice May Rice. Florence Josephine Risdon. Julia Collins Theresa Ronan. Frances Elizabeth Russell. Katherine Eva Schick.
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