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223,273
290,400
1898
49,983
21,274
233,465
304,722
1899
72,516
15,637
244,915
333,068
1900
51,232
. 21,745
260,403
333,380
1901
49,203
11,000
280,796
340,999
1902
56,501
13,079
286,747
356,327
1903
59,822
12,261
304,946
377.029
1904
23,703
18,209
315,904
357,816
1905
51,987
8,306
321,677
381,970
1906
38,457
11,951
329,346
379,754
1907
31,804
18,008
340,852
390,664
1908
18,271
17,792
365,151
401,214
189
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 7 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS.
1842
1,013
1880
24,985
1902
65,273
1850
3,540
1885
29,992
1903
67,500
1860
8,025
1890
40,117
1905
69,272
1865
9,366
1895
52,200
1906
70,875
1870
. 14,693
1900
61,643
1907
72,000
1875
. . 21,594
1901
63,000
1908
75,500
SCHOOL CENSUS.
No. of children between 5 and 15 years of age October 1,
1907.
1908.
Change.
Ward 2
2,607
2,443
-164
Ward 3
.
1,095
1,055
-40
Ward 4
1,001
1,036
+35
Ward 5
1,910
1,989
+79
Ward 6
2,054
2,073
+19
Ward 7
1,623
1,553
-- 70
Total
12,298
12,217
-81
In public schools
10,525
10,715
+190
In private schools
1,598
1,648
+50
Out of school
492
455
-37
Total
12,615
12,818
+ 203
Number of compulsory school age, 7 to 14 :-
1908.
According to census, males
4,390
females
4,369
8,759
In public schools, males
3,791
females
3,610
7,401
In private schools, males
516
females .
702
1,218
Total in school
8,619
Number of illiterate minors
14
Children under 7 out of school
301
between 7 and 14 out on account of sickness
55
66 14 years old at work .
85
Total number out of school
.
441
·
2,008
2,068
+60
Ward 1
190
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 8. - ATTENDANCE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1908.
Rooms Occupied in December.
SCHOOLS.
Annual
Enrollment.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
No. Attending in
January.
No. Attending in
Average No. to
Classroom in
December.
15
Latin High
506
480
459
95.7
477
503
24
English High
1,150
1,083
1,030
95.1
1,088
1,160
12
Prescott
674
519
492
94.9
550
505
41.7
13
Knapp
705
578
551
95.3
594
609
47.2
12
Pope ·
621
513
485
94.5
533
533
41.0
12
Edgerly
622
513
480
93.6
536
526
44.0
13
Glines .
932
753
705
93.6
771
792
44.0
16
Bingham
830
682
639
93.7
679
738
44.9
17
Carr
861
708
666
94.1
718
741
43.6
12
Morse .
647
521
491
94.3
543
530
44.1
10
Brown
548
436
412
94.5
429
471
47.1
12
·Highland
742
603
579
95.9
619
624
44.6
12
Bennett
648
499
458
91.8
493
510
46.4
10
Hanscom
486
371
347
93.4
392
367
40.7
8
Burns .
483
354
328
93.0
354
387
48.3
6
Baxter
348
260
244
94.0
254
301
50.0
4
Davis
219
158
145
92.0
160
165
41.2
4
Cummings
205
157
146
93.3
153
163
40.0
4
Durell
246
177
166
94.0
181
185
46.3
4
Lincoln
284
196
185
94.2
203
216
54.0
287
Total
.
15,105
12,159
11,458
94.2
12,358
12,802
44.9
279
Total for 1907 .
14,802
11,909
11,166
93.8
12,133
12,518
45.9
9
Proctor
480
356
333
93.5
384
357
44.6
8
Lowe .
460
287
266
93.0
299
306
51.0
6
Perry .
539
393
364
92.6
370
459
45.9
14
Hodgkins
590
522
504
96.6
536
541
45.1
12
Bell
681
534
505
94.6
534
572
44.0
18
Forster
598
506
478
94.5
508
541
45.0
December.
191
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 9. - STATISTICS OF HIGH SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR, SEPTEMBER 11, 1907, TO JUNE 30, 1908.
Latin.
English.
Number of teachers ·
15
42
Number enrolled .
496
1,189
Average number belonging
470.5
1,060.1
Average daily attendance .
449.0
1,004.3
Per cent. of attendance
95.4
94.7
Tardiness
313
438
Dismissals
381
259
In Class I. September, 1907
160
457
Per cent. of loss
7
20.1
In Class II. September, 1907 June
104
263
Per cent. of loss
6.0
16.8
In Class III. September, 1907 June
107
215
Per cent. of loss
6
11.6
In Class IV. September, 1907 June
98
149
Per cent. of loss .
3
12.4
Special students, September, 1907 June
6
Total, September, 1907
479
June
451
1,171 973
Per cent. of loss
6.0
16.9
Number of graduates, male
35
52
Number of graduates, female Total
94
141
Average age, male
18-5
18-10
Average age, female
18-6
18-10
Number entering college
50
4
Number of graduates entering normal schools
5
10
Cost of instruction
$19,662 50
$47,228 25
Cost of supplies . Total cost
1,126 78
6,854 37
Per capita cost of instruction
41 79
44 55
Per capita cost of supplies
2 39
6 47
Total cost per capita .
44 19
51 02
June
148
365
111
316
101
190
101
170
59
8,9
Number of graduates entering technical schools
9
20,789 28
54,082 62
13
Number of days school kept
181
181
192
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 10 .- PUPILS BY GRADES, 1908.
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 .
39
65
104
18
4
3
Twelfth.
40
60
100
17
2
Eleventlı
67
76
143
16
1
Tenth
82
74
156
15
2
149
15
Total .
6
9
228
275
503
161
25
English
Special
3
-1
10
19
8
Thirteenth .
63
119
182
18
4
2
Twelfth .
85
133
218
17
4
4
Eleventh
134
175
309
16
2
3
17
Tenth
180
261
441
15
5
417
43
Total .
i3
30
465
695
1,160
424
61
Total high school
19
39
693
970
1,663
585
89
Grammar
Ninth
11
21
366
405
771
14
7
20
38 "
Eighth
20
431
434
865
13
9
56
51 :
Seventh
26
1
559
579
1,138
12
8
123
111ª
Sixth
28
2
623
588
1,211
11
10
203
152
Fifth
28
....
671
629
1,300
10
9
225
157
Fourth
30
1
691
616
1,307
9
8
25-4
189
Total gram-
mar .
11 153
4
3,341
3,251
6,592
881
701
Primary
Third
29
1
665
684
1,349
8
8
192
186
Second
30
2
726
704
1,430
7
4
190
197
First .
34
4
833
739
1,572
6
2
1,2 58
132
201
Total pri-
mary .
93
-1
2,224
2,127
4,351
1,258
514
587
Total gram-
mar
and
primary .
11
246
11
5,565
5,378
10,943
1,258
1,395
1,288
Kindergarten .
. .
4
4
98
98
196
4
6
Special teach-
ers. .
4
6
Cadets
1
......
......
. .
34
296
15
6,356
6,446
12,802
..
1,258
1,980
1,377
.
.
.
...
...
.
Grand totals
Before.
Schools.
Men.
5
2
193
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 11. - PUPILS IN HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
High Schools.
Grammar and Primary Schools.
Kinder- gartens.
Total.
Annual enrollment
1,656
13,051
398
15,105
Average membership
1,563
10,410
186
12,159
Average attendance
1,489
9.809
160
11,458
Per cent. of attendance
95.3
94.2
86.0
94.2
Number cases of tardiness
709
3,173
...
3,882
Number cases of dismissal
638
2,133
...
2,771
Number cases of punishment
318
318
Membership, January, 1908
1,565
10,600
193
12.358
Membership, December, 1908
1,663
10,943
196
12,802
TABLE 12 .- NUMBER OF PUPILS ADMITTED TO GRADE I IN SEPTEMBER.
SCHOOL.
1904.
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
SCHOOL.
1904.
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
Prescott
63
78
72
61
33
Forster
76
48
74
77
73
Hanscom .
38
47
33
39
75
Bingham
78
80
83
70
84
Davis .
42
42
22
39
35
Carr .
59
59
40
64
65
Bennett
92
81
125
94
99
Morse
67
56
64
53
57
Baxter
38
53
42
59
46
Proctor
49
61
48
55
Knapp
50
43
40
35
39
Durell
38
45
39
43
38
Perry
50
58
42
51
42
Burns
58
50
53
48
45
Pope
40
33
28
28
30
Brown
26
42
52
57
73
Bell
38
36
38
35
38
Highland
Cummings
37
43
46
40
34
Hodgkins
51
43
55
43
54
Edgerly
40
34
38
39
33
Lincoln .
38
40
51
52
57
Glines
48
70
63
63
60
Lowe
89
89
75
72
93
..
+
1
194
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 13. - GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1908.
Number certificated for High School.
Number en- tering Latin School.
Number enter- ing English School
Total.
SCHOOLS.
Number receiving Diplomas.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally
Conditionally.
Unconditionally
Conditionally.
Unconditionally.
Prescott
44
6
38
1
12
2
17
3
29
Knapp
66
3
63
0
S
2
36
2
44
Pope
64
12
43
1
10
S
18
9
28
Bell
51
0
51
0
13
1
32
1
45
Edgerly
50
11
36
1
9
3
25
4
34
Glines
42
8
29
2
3
2
19
4
22
Forster
71
9
61
1
21
7
29
S
50
Bingham
36
9
24
0
2
5
13
5
15
Carr
58
2
51
0
9
2
35
2
44
Morse
71
21
41
2
3
11
32
13
35
Brown
40
6
34
0
6
5
20
5
26
Highland
S
7
77
2
27
2
45
4
72
Hodgkins
61
11
47
1
5
6
35
7
40
Total
742
105
595
11
12S
56
356
67
484
TABLE 14 .- TRUANT STATISTICS.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
Number visits of officer to schools .
435
525
429
567
511
474
401
Absences investigated
384
521
387
514
502
499
655
Cases of truancy
.
163
152
146
150
151
94
155
Truants arrested
.
·
.
24
8
7
11
14
11
Sent to truant school
6
9
5
4
6
9
6
Number now in truant school
.
.
9
5
5
8
10
18
15
195
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 15. - ATTENDANCE IN ELEMENTARY EVENING SCHOOLS, SEASON OF 1907-1908.
Prescott.
Bell.
Highland.
Total.
Enrolled
Male Female
52 29
597 93
122
771
25
147
Total
81
690
147
918
Ave. membership
Male Female
44 24
263 48
72 15
379 87
Total
68
311
87
466
Ave. attendance
Male Female
37
23
200 34
57 12
294 69
Total
60
234
69
363
Per cent. Att. out of No. belonging . ·
·
88.2
75.2
79.3
77.9
Per cent. Att. out of No. enrolled . . .
74.0
33.9
59.2
38.4
Ave. No. of teachers
Male Female
2
5
1 4
23
Total
4
22
5
31
No. of sessions
75
75
75
225
Teachers, cost of
$619 50
$2,973 00
$677 00
฿4,269 50
Janitors, supplies, and light, cost of
163 50
615 98
199 27
978 75
Total
$ 783 00 $3,588 98
$S76 27
$5,248 25
Cost per pupil per even- ing .
Cost per evening
10 44
$0 204 47 85
$0 170 11 68
$0 193 69 98
Cost per pupil in ave.mem . bership
11 51
11 54
10 07
11 26
Cost per pupil in ave. at-
tendance
.
·
13 05
15 34
12 70
14 46
·
$0 174
8
2
17
196
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 15 (Concluded) .- Evening High School, Season of 1907-1908.
Male.
Female. Total.
Enrolled
354
260
614
Average membership.
223
180
403
Average attendance.
158
137
295
Number of teachers
9
10
19
Number of sessions
56
Cost of instruction.
$3,407.00
Cost of supplies, janitor service, light.
602.05
Total cost.
$4,009.05
Cost per pupil per evening
0.243
Average attendance: October, 392; November, 367; December, 268; January, 229; February, 221.
Statistics of Evening Schools for a Series of Years.
High*
1900-1901
4S
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
1906-1907
77
631
177
4,802
0 352
1907-1908
56
614
295
4,009
0 243
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
1906-1907
76
917
328
5.313
0 213
1907-190S
75
918
363
5,248
0 193
·
No. Sessions.
Enrollment.
Average
Attendance.
Cost.
Cost Per Pupil Per Evening.
*Drawing school only until 1904-1905.
¡Average of four schools.
197
TABLE 16 .- GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
Prescott.
Bell.
Forster.
Morse.
Highland.
Edgerly.
Pope.
Knapp.
Hodgkins.
Glines.
Carr.
Bingham.
Brown.
Total.
Membership of
Primary Schools.
Per cent. of Aver-
age Membership
Entered
Per cent.
entering of those
Graduating.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
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
37
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
1900
36
45
43
31
43
47
44
34
42
36
33
434
8,689
4.99
317
73.00
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
Co
45
62
35
65
51
28
34
52
31
47
484
9,362
5.17
354
73.14
1904
co
35
84
46
79
44
36
38
40
36
43
512
9,739
5.26
367
71.68
1905
40
40
74
44
85
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
1907
37
62
67
44
126
81
36
56
59
62
60
35
725
10,440
6.94
561
77.40
1908
44
51
71
71
88
50
64
66
61
42
58
36
40
742
10,410
7.13
551
74.26
731
920
1,160
935
1,284
844
652
674
571
457
467
135
40
8,870
157,320
5.64
6,348
71.57
Average
Grammar and
Graduating.
High School.
198
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
1907
14,802
11,909
11,166
93.8
4,170
0.373
1908
15,105
12,159
11,458
94 2
3,882
0.344
199
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 18. - MEMBERSHIP, ETC., OF HIGH SCHOOL FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
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
1,20S
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
1907
11,909
1,614
13.55
223
1.87
1908
12,159
1,707
14.04
235
1.93
200
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 19. - PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1908.
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.
I
1,461
1,134
97
215
OF OT
13
...
II
1,324
1,061
126
150
3
10
III
1,349
1,059
147
143
. . .
4
26
IV
1,296
1,011
161
123
1
6
13
V
1,195
945
153
90
10
10
VI
1,145
879
156
108
2
11
11
VII
975
692
151
104
28
2
6
VIII
799
594
121
83
1
18
10
IX
748
595
105
42
os
2
10
Total
10,310
7,970
1,217
1,058
65
69
96
Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 30, 1908.
GRADE.
On June Promo-
tion List.
Unconditionally
Promoted to Next
Promoted on Trial.
Left Behind.
Promoted more than
Special Promotions
September and June.
Promotees Dropped
Back after
Three Months' Trial.
1
100
77.6
6.6
14.7
1.1
0.9
...
II
100
79.0
9.4
11.2
0.4
0.2
7.9
III
100
78.5
10.8
10.5
...
0.2
17.7
IV
100
78.0
12.4
9.5
...
0.4
S.0
V
100
79.1
12.8
7.5
0.6
0.8
6.5
VI
100
76.7
13.6
9.5
0.2
0.9
7.0
VII
100
71.0
15.5
10.7
0.8
0.2
4.0
VIII
100
74.3
15.2
10.4
0.1
2.3
8.3
IX
100
79.6
14.0
5.6
0.8
0.3
9.5
Average
100
77.3
11.8
10.3
0.6
0.7
7.9
Grade.
One Grade.
between
between
back after
201
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 20. - RESIGNATION OF TEACHERS, 1908.
SCHOOL.
Teacher.
Resignation Took Effect.
In Service.
Latin High
Maud M. Cunningham
June 30
3 years
Latin High
Isabel G. Higgins
Prescott
Anna M. Bates
Dec. 1
34
Hanscom
Linnie M. Moulton
June 30
5 months
Baxter
Elsie G. Ashton
April
5 years 7 mos. .
Baxter
Elizabeth M. Carr
June
7
Perry
Helen M. Cogan
April
5
7
Bell
Nellie S. Dickey
June 30
19
3 "
Bell .
Evelyn Eldredge
November
2 months
Bell
Helen L. McGann
April
2 years 7 mos.
Forster .
Mary E. Bunton
October
4
4
Forster .
Minnie A. Day
January 24
2
4
Forster .
Jessie M. Lockwood
June 30
8
Carr .
Gladys A. Budgell
66
1
Carr .
Gertrude Friend
66
5
2
Morse
Minnie E. Haas
66
2
Durell
Ethel Worcester
Highland
Josephine Marston
October
1
1
Hodgkins
Marion I. Noyes
June 30
1
66
6
Supt.'s Clerk
Cora Fitch Bradford
Nov. 1
7 years
3
5
Morse
Mildred M. Moses
3
66
202
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 21 .- TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1908.
SCHOOL. .
Teacher.
Coming From
Began Service.
Salary.
Latin High
Mabel E. Bowker
Arlington
Sept. 9
$900
Latin High .
Mary Cliff
Milton
900
Latin High
Grace E. W. Sprague
Hingham
900
English High
Archibald S. Bennett
1,400
English High
Elizabeth H. Hunt
Malden
‹‹
900
Prescott
Rebekah Bruorton
Beverly
66
700
Baxter .
Etta R. Holden
Fitchburg
66
700
Knapp
Mary J. Malaney
Everett
Jan. 4, '09
700
Bell
Evelyn Eldredge
Belmont
Sept. 9
700
Bell
Helen C. Gray
Somerville
700
Glines .
Leslie Caverly
Chelsea
600
Forster
Mary M. Badger
Winchester
66
700
Forster
Emma M. Damon
Winchester
700
Forster
Philena A. Parker
Arlington H'ts
Feb., '08
€50
Forster
Mabel F. Powell
Somerville
Nov. 16
650
Carr
Leila L. Rand
Somerville
Sept. 9
700
Morse .
Annie L. Ball
Somerville
700
Highland .
Nellie G. Stewart
Dracut
Mar. 2
700
Highland .
Katie D. Greenleaf
Natick
Nov. 9
650
Highland .
Elsie M. Ross
Natick
Dec. 21
650
Sewing Teacher
Sara I. Gale
Sept. 9
500
ASSISTANTS IN SERVICE DECEMBER, 1908.
Hanscom .
Agness M. Travis
Burns
Mary C. Buck
Proctor
Annie Sanburn
Lowe
Baxter .
Nona Blackwell
Baxter .
Lynda V. Merrill
Perry
Alice L. Reid
Perry
Lillian M. Huntington
Carr
Pearl F. Dame
Morse .
Emma M. Mckinley
Hodgkins
Ellen A. Baker
Lincoln
Hortense F. Small
CADETS.
Frances E. Welch.
700
Hanscom .
Mary B. Nelson
203
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 22. - LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS.
September 9, Caroline A. Marsh, for school year ending June 30, 1909.
September 9, E. Mina Smith, for school year ending June 30, 1909. September 9, Miriam Thayer, for school year ending June 30, 1909.
TABLE 23 .- TRANSFER OF TEACHERS.
TEACHERS.
From
To
Mattie L. Littlefield
Prescott
Hanscom
Jennie M. Twiss
Prescott
Hanscom
Minnie A. Holden
Baxter
Knapp
Jennie P. Chapman
Burns
Brown
Edith G. Watts .
Highland
Brown
Phebe E. Mathews
Highland
Brown
TABLE 24 .- NUMBER OF TEACHERS
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
High School.
Gram mar 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
441
130
94*
7
8
26
257
283
1902
451
140
91*
7
9
26
266
292
1903
46+
143
96*
7
14
25
281
306
190 4
48±
152
98*
7
9
27
285
312
190 5
48±
153
100*
7
7
27
288
315
1906
54₫
157
99*
7
9
29
297
326
19 07
57±
160
97*
9
14
32
305
337
1908
58+
164
97*
10
16
34
311
345
.
*Including four kindergartners.
tIncluding two secretaries.
#Including one secretary.
201
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 25. - BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE, 1908.
For Grammar and Primary Schools.
As reference books.
Boyce's Enunciation and Articulation. Ginn & Co. Little Betty Marigold and Her Friends .... C. M. Clark Publishing Co. As text-books.
The Aldine Readers and Charts . Newson & Co.
Foster's Historical Chart ... Rand, McNally & Co.
"Action, Imitation, and Fun" Series .. . Educational Publishing Co.
For High Schools.
As reference books.
The World's Commercial Products. Ginn & Co.
The Atlas of Commerce. . George Newns Co.
The New International Encyclopedia. Dodd, Mead & Co. Development of Modern Europe, Robinson and Beard .... Ginn & Co. Great American Industries, Rocheleau. Flanagan Bird Neighbors, Neltje Blanchan. Doubleday, Page & Co. Birds That Hunt and Are Hunted, Neltje Blanchan,
Bird Homes, A. R. Dugmore. Doubleday, Page & Co.
The Moth Book, N. J. Holland. Doubleday, Page & Co.
Doubleday, Page & Co.
The Tree Book, Julia Rogers Doubleday, Page & Co. Bacteria, Yeasts, and Molds in the Home, H. W. Conn .... Ginn & Co. A Text-Book of Botany, Strasburger, Noll, Schench & Schimper, Macmillan
Chemistry of Commerce, Duncan. Harper Brothers Qualitative Chemical Analysis, Prescott and Johnson,
Van Nostrand Co. Electrolytic Dissociation Theory, Talbot and Blanchard. ... Macmillan
Bottger's Principles of Qualitative Analysis from the Stand- point of Electrolytic Dissociation and Mass Action, trans- lated by Smeaton. Blackstons' Sons Laboratory Manual of Organic Chemistry, W. R. Orndorff,
D. C. Heath & Co.
Plays and Poems, George Peele. E. P. Dutton & Co. Foods and Their Uses, F. O. Carpenter. Charles Scribner's Sons As text-books.
Reader of French Pronunciation, Tuckerman. American Book Co. Foods, F. G. Carpenter American Book Co.
TABLE 26. - GRADUATION EXERCISES, 1908.
High Schools.
The graduation exercises of the high schools occurred on Thursday, June 25, 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 Robert Luce. At the close of the address, the chairman of the committee,
205 .
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
F. A. P. Fiske, presented diplomas to the 235 members of the graduating classes.
Order of Exercises.
Frederick A. P. Fiske, Chairman of the School Board, presiding. Overture.
"Mignon."
Boston Festival Orchestra. A. Thomas 1. * Singing.
Bass Solo and Chorus: "Crowned with the Tempest," from "Ernani." Verdi
Ray L. Newton, Mark E. Allen, Herbert V. Field, L. H. S. Harold E. Kebbon, Ralph H. Riddell, Jason Briggs, E. H. S.
2. Prayer.
Rev. William R. Newhall, D. D.
3. 1Singing.
Soprano Solo and Chorus: "The Vision." Faure
(With Violin and Organ Obligato.)
Soprani: Helen W. Phelps, Cora E. Hicks, Hazel M. Etter, L. H. S. Marion E. Drake, Lena M. Myott, Margaret M. Fiendel, E. H. S. Violinist, Rupen Eksergian, E. H. S., '08, Organist, Harry Cutting.
4. Address to Graduates.
"The Debt of the Scholar."
Robert Luce, of Somerville.
5. Singing.
Cantata : "Paul Revere's Ride." Busch Alto Soloists: Carolyn T. Weekes, Marion G. Swain, Marion F. Ritchie, L. H. S. Pearl E. Whitehouse, Marian R. Henry, E. Pearl Macdonald, Elsa M. Risdon, E. H. S.
6. Presentation of Diplomas. Frederick A. P. Fiske, Chairman of School Board.
7. Singing. Trio: Waltz Song from "Faust" (Girls' Voices). Gounod
*All singing accompanied by the orchestra, under the direction of S. Henry Hadley, teacher of music in the schools.
tArranged for orchestra by S. Henry Hadley.
Latin High School Graduates.
Marion Louise Aldrich.
Eva May Bancroft.
Katharine Lord Bradbury.
Elsie Winifred Brown.
Constance Virginia Carpenter. Alice Louise Carr.
Paula Lang Clough.
Mary Catharine Couch.
Hazel Pauline Dow.
Ella Duncan. Hazel Martin Etter.
Frances Marion Fay.
Helen Agnes Fielding.
Marion Fenwick Foster.
Tulia Freedman. Muriel Brown Galloupe.
Cecile Eugenie Giroux. Alice Marion Hale.
Ruth Hammond.
Harriet Charlotte Hayden.
Cora Estelle Hicks.
Marion Frances Hincks.
Helen Burroughs Johnson.
Helen Morss Keeler. Grace Eliza King. Lucie Aldrich Kramer.
Marion Gertrude Libby.
Grace Marian Lovering.
Isabel Mary McDonald.
Rosetta Walker McFarland.
Edna Louise Moore.
Edna Davis Nickerson.
206
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Fannie Marr O'Brion.
Elsię Bews Olive.
Alice Lisette Parker.
Helen Whiting Phelps.
Susie. Harvey Pilsbury.
Marion Frances Ritchie.
Mary Ella Seaver.
Mary. Josephine Sharkey. Marion Lockwood Smith. Mary Cecilia Smith.
Ruth- Mildred Smith.
Helen Isabelle Stearns.
Bertha Gage Stone.
Sara Inez Stone.
Lillian Elinor Sturtevant.
Helen Evelyn Swain.
Stephen Henry Mahoney.
Marion Gilman Swain.
Ruth Elizabeth Tucker.
Elaine White Ward. Lavinia Lilly Ware.
Helen Louise Watson.
Carolyn Tripp Weekes.
Harriet Clement Whitaker.
Jean Witherell.
Edna Currier Woodbury.
Madeline Gladys Woodley.
"Mark Edward Allen.
Harry Albert Baird. Albert James Berry. William Cameron Blackett.
Ordway Tead.
Stanley Mayhew Wilton.
English High School Graduates.
Louise Gertrude Austin.
Edith Barrows Babcock. Mary Charlotte Bartlett.
Ruth Leona Bennett. Jessie McArthur Blyth.
Sybil Florence Fernandez. Mabel Eleanor Fish. Marguerite Angeline Gage. Nina Florence Gilley.
Marion Louise Boardman. Ella Caroline Bolton.
Beatrice Glidden. Maude Elizabeth Greenough.
Mildred Rich Hager.
May Rosamond Halnan.
Marian Rachel Henry. Florinda Carolvn Hodgdon.
Mabel Alice Chapman. Ella Angeletta Clarke. Bessie Stanley Cobb. Marian Darrah Colburn.
Eva Mae Hodson. Mabel Russell Ingham.
Anna Gertrude Coleman.
Anna Josephine Conway. Olive Priscilla Cosgrove. Sarah Stanislaus Coyne. Elsie Mildred Crispin. Ethel Frances Curran. Gertrude Evelyn Cushing. May Ellen Danolds.
Marion Etta Drake. Annie Evenson.
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