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8.3
16.3
In Class III. September, 1908 June
96
205
Per cent. of loss
5
9.7
In Class IV. September, 1908 June
101
176
Per cent. of loss .
2
5.4
Special students, September, 1908 June
5
Total, September, 1908
506
1,224
June
447
1,060
Per cent. of loss
5.7
13.4
Number of graduates, male
32
58
Number of graduates, female Total
91
174
Average age, male
18-10
18-6
Average age, female
18-7
19
Number entering college
46
12
Number of graduates entering technical schools
1
8
Number of graduates entering normal schools Cost of instruction
3
11
Cost of supplies . Total cost
1,738 09
5,841 81
Per capita cost of instruction
41 27
43 38
Per capita cost of supplies
3 52
21
Total cost per capita
44 79
48 59
.
158
476
June
.
144
326
101
227
103
186
9
59
116
$20,402 86
$48,681 68
22,140 95
54,523 49
200
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 10 .- PUPILS BY GRADES, December, 1909.
TEACHERS.
PUPILS.
Average Age Dec. 15.
Never in First Grade
From Other Schools
From Other
Schools.
Latin
Special .
2
5
7
19
0
9
0
Thirteenth .
41
59
100
18
1
0
7
Twelfth.
62
71
133
16
11
10
4
Eleventhı
61
66
127
16
2
10
8
Tenth .
108
95
203
15
3
183
12
Total .
7
9
274
296
1,570
212
31
Special .
1
7
8
19
..
1
4
Twelfth .
97
130
227
17
6
1
11
Eleventh
133
212
345
16
4
1
13
Tenth
196
238
434
15
4
399
48
Total .
14
29
496
703
1,199
402
76
Total high school
21
38
770
999
1,769
614
107
Grammar
Ninth
11
21
371
388
759 950
14 13
7
88
67
Seventh
25
1
558
564
1,122
12
9
201
114
Sixth
27
2
619
580
1,199
11
9
191
109
Fifth
28
669
580
1,249
10
9
219
142
Fourth
29
1
648
659
1,307
9
8
270
163
Total gram- mar . ·
11
152
4
3,314
3,272
6,586
1,000
704
Third
31
2
672
674
1,346
8
6
178
176
Second
31
...
736
668
1,404
7
4
174
184
First .
33
7
830
765
1,595
6
1
1,222
123
216
Total pri-
mary . .
95
9
2,238
2,107
4,345
1,222
475
576
Total gram- mar and
11
247
13
5,552
5,379
10,931
1,222
1,475
1,280
Kindergarten .
4
4
98
109-
207
4
7
Special teach-
ers .
4
6
Cadets
. .
. .
.
. .
Grand totals
36
298
17
6,322
6,378
12,907
1,222
2,089
1,387
. .
...
. .
....
. .
....
....
. .
. .
449
501
7
28
109
Eighth
22
. .
. .
.
Primary
Women
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Men.
Regular.
Assistants.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Years.
Months.
Before.
in City.
English
Thirteenth .
69
116
185
18
4
primary
3
201
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 11. - PUPILS IN HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
High Schools.
Grammar and Primary Schools.
Kinder- gartens.
Total.
Annual enrollment
1,737
13,204
422
15,363
Average membership
1,652
10,582
189
12.423
Average attendance
1,573
9,929
164
11,666
Per cent. of attendance
95.1
93.8
86.8
93.9
Number cases of tardiness
.
9-45
3,477
...
4,422
Number cases of dismissal .
692
2,212
. ..
2.904
Number cases of punishment
292
292
Membership, January, 1908
1,647
10,814
205
12,666
Membership, December, 1908
1,769
10,931
207
12,907
TABLE 12. - NUMBER OF PUPILS ADMITTED TO GRADE I IN SEPTEMBER.
SCHOOL.
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
1909.
SCHOOL.
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
1909.
Prescott
78
72
61
33
35
Forster
48
74
77
73
63
Hanscom .
47
33
39
75
42
Bingham
80
83
70
84
88
Davis
42
22
39
35
41
Carr .
59
40
64
65
64
Bennett
81
125
94
99
92
Morse
56
64
53
57
55
Baxter
53
42
59
46
62
Proctor
49
61
48
55
47
Knapp
43
40
35
39
41
Durell
45
39
43
38
37
Perry
58
42
51
42
52
Burns
50
53
48
45
55
Pope
33
28
28
30
39
Brown
42
52
57
73
63
Bell
36
38
35
38
21
Highland
43
55
43
54
52
Edgerly
34
38
39
33
35
Lincoln .
40
51
52
57
50
Glines
70
63
63
60
60
Lowe
89
75
72
93
83
Cummings
43
46
40
34
45
Hodgkins
202
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 13. - GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1909.
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
27
1
26
0
10
0
S
0
18
Knapp
70
1
70
0
9
0
40
0
49
Pope
4S
14
33
2
7
6
18
S
25
Bell
59
0
57
0
17
0
26
0
43
Edgerly
S2
13
65
0
18
7
41
7
59
Glines
43
5
36
3
7
1
23
4
30
Forster
73
S
65
0
18
6
32
6
50
Bingham
36
7
26
0
9
3
12
3
21
Carr
66
2
58
0
11
1
30
1
41
Morse
44
2
41
0
15
1
18
1
33
Brown
43.
5
37
0
5
3
26
3
31
Highland
95
9
Số
1
33
5
37
6
70
Hodgkins
55
10
40
2
15
3
17
5
32
Total
741
77
639
8
174
36
328
44
502
TABLE 14. - TRUANT STATISTICS.
1902.
1903.
1904.
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
1909.
Number visits of officer to schools .
435
525
429
567
511
474
401
787
Absences investigated
384
521
387
514
502
499
655
1,185
Cases of truancy
163
152
146
150
151
94
155
265
Truants arrested
. .
24
8
7
11
14
11
5
Sent to truant school
6
9
5
4
6
9
6
Number now in truant school .
.
.
9
5
5
8
10
18
15
14
203
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 15 .- ATTENDANCE IN ELEMENTARY EVENING SCHOOLS, FROM OCTOBER, 1908, TO MARCH, 1909.
Prescott.
Bell.
Highland.
Total.
Enrolled
Male Female
58 22
467 103
95
620
18
143
Total
80
570
113
763
Ave. membership
Male Female
42
191
55
288 88
Total
61
248
67
376
Ave. attendance
Male Female
33
148
40
221 69
Total
50
190
50
290
Per cent. Att. out of No. belonging · ·
82.0
76.6
74.6
77.1
Per cent. Att. out of No.
enrolled ·
62.5
33.3
44.2
38.0
Ave. No. of teachers
Male Female
2
4
1 3
19
Total
3
19
4
26
No. of sessions
.
78
78
78
234
Teachers, cost of
$553 50
$2,748 00
$644 50
$3,946 00
Janitors, supplies, and light, cost of
149 36
407 38
134 13
690 87
Total
$702 86
$3,155 38
$778 63
$4,636 87
Cost per pupil per even- ing . ·
$0 180
$0 252
$0 234 9 98
$0 205
Cost per evening
9 01
40 45
59 45
Cost per pupil in ave. mem- bership
11 52
12 72
11 62
12 33
Cost per pupil in ave. at- tendance
14 06
16 08
15 57
15 99
.
7
1
15
17
42
10
19
57
12
204
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 15 (Concluded) .- Evening High School, Season of 1908-1909.
Male.
Female. Total.
Enrolled
421
289
710
Average membership.
228
199
427
Average attendance.
168
146
314
Number of teachers.
10
10
20
Number of sessions
58
Cost of instruction.
$3,688.00
Cost of supplies and light.
517.13
Total cost.
.$4,205.13
Cost per pupil per evening.
0.231
Average attendance: October, 430; November, 355;
December,
312; January, 266; February, 251; March, 265.
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
1906-1907
77
631
177
4,802
0 352
1907-1908
56
614
295
4,009
0 243
1908-1909
58
710
314
4,205
0 231
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
1907-1908
75
918
363
5,248
0 193
1908-1909
78
763
290
4,637
0 205
No. Sessions.
Enrollment.
Average
Attendance.
Cost.
Cost Per Pupil Per Evening.
*Drawing school only until 1904-1905.
*Average of four schools,
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.
Graduating.
1890
54
106
45
56
57
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
Co
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
co
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
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
74
44
85
47
42
48
61
36
58
co
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
3
56
59
62
60
co
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
1909
27
59
73
44
95
82
48
70
55
43
66
36
43
741
10,582
7.00
546
73.68
758
979
1,233
979
1,379
926
700
744
626
500
533
171
83
9,611
167,902
5.72
6,894
71.73
Average
Grammar and
Graduating.
High School.
Entering of those
318
6,062
5.24
184
57.86
0
-
-
206
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
1893
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
1903
15,105
12 159
11,458
94.2
3,882
0.344
1909
15,363
12,423
11,666
93.9
4,422
0.379
207
SCHOOL I EPARTMENT,
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
S.23
68
1.05
1892
7,035
577
8.20
80
1.14
1893
7,217
626
8.67
S2
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
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
1907
11,909
1,614
13.55
223
1.87
1908
12,159
1,707
14.04
235
1.93
1909
12,423
1,828
14.71
265
2.13
10.31
121
1.59
1898
9,085
208
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 19. - PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1909.
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
1,45S
1,155
83
219
1
1
...
II
1,372
1,083
145
140
4
3
3
III
1,287
1,056
122
109
.. .
5
12
IV
1,270
995
162
110
3
9
9
<
1,221
960
159
93
1 00 00
2
5
VII
1,060
795
172
91
1
3
VIII
810
578
140
92
. . .
14
4
IX
750
641
78
31
.. .
30
7
Total
10,374
8,138
1,225
984
27
76
48
Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 30, 1909.
GRADE.
On June Promo-
Unconditionally
Promoted to Next
Promoted on Trial.
Left Behind.
Promoted more than
Special Promotions
September and June.
Promotees Dropped
Back after
Three Months' Trial.
I
100
79.2
5.7
15.1
...
...
...
II
100
78.9
10.6
10.2
0.3
0.2
2.0
III
100
82.0
9.5
8.5
...
0.4
9.8
IV
100
78.3
12.8
8.7
0.2
0.5
5.5
V
100
78.7
13.0
7.6
0.7
1.1
3.1
VI
100
76.4
14.3
8.6
0.7
0.1
3.0
VII
100
75.0
16.2
8.6
0.2
...
VIII
100
71.4
17.3
11.3
...
1.7
2.9
IX
100
85.5
10.5
4.1
...
4.0
9.0
Average
100
78.4
11.8
9.5
0.3
0.7
3.9
VI
1,146
875
164
99
14
5
tion List.
Grade.
One Grade.
between
between
back after
1.7
209
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
-
TABLE 19A .- PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOLS FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1909.
On June
Promotion
List.
Promoted
To Next
Grade.
Left Behind.
Grade
x
547
499
48
XI
400
382
18
XII
302
293
9
XIII
271
265
6
Total
1520
1439
81
Percentage of Promotions for School Year in High Schools.
On June
Promotion
Promoted
To Next
Grade.
Left Behind.
Grade
X
100
91.2
8.8
XI
100
95.5
4.5
XII
100
97.0
3.0
XIII
100
97.7
2.3
Total
.
100
94.6
5.4
List.
210
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 20. - RESIGNATION OF TEACHERS, 1909.
SCHOOL.
Teacher.
Resignation Took Effect.
In Service.
Latin High
Mabel E. Bowker
June 30, 1909
1 year
Latin High
Gertrude M. Hall
May 30, 1909
1 year, 9 mos.
Latin High
Miriam Thayer
June 30, 1909
4 years
English High
Charles F. Abbott
8 years
English High
George W. Earle
8 years, 6 mos. 13 years, 6 mos.
English High
Eda L. Nichols
March 1, 1909 June 30, 1909
13 years, 7 mos. 1 year
Hanscom
Adelaide J. Anderson
3 years
Hanscom
Gladys Loring
66
"
3 years
Davis
Jennie A. Drew
Sept. 30, 1909
6 years
Baxter
Helen Tincker
36 years, 9 mos.
Knapp
Nina M. Doanan
5 years
Bell"
Martha E. Daniels
18 years, 5 mos.
Forster .
Mabel F. Powell
7 1-2 mos.
Forster .
E. Mina Smith
13 years
Bingham Carr
L. Isadore Wood
3 years
Morse .
Annie L. Ball
66
66
2 years, 3 mos.
Hodgkins
Mabel E. Bemis
4 mos.
Hodgkins .
Josephine T. Field
5 years, 6 mos.
Hodgkins .
M. Alice Paul
March 29, 1909 February, 1909
29 years, 6 mos.
English High
Carrie A. Marsh
Prescott
Rebekah Bruorton
December, 1909 June 30, 1909
66
3 years
Georgia M. Robbins
66
211
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 21 .- TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1909.
SCHOOL.
Teacher.
Coming From
Began Service.
Salary.
Latin High
Kate M. Monro
Biddeford, Me.
Nov. 1,'09
$ 800
Latin High .
Alfred W. Dickinson
Sept.,
200
Latin High .
Natalie A. Smith
Reading
June 1, «
950
English High
Cara F. Dillingham
Grafton
Sept. 8, "
750
English High
Roy W. Hatch
Lexington
....
1,300
English High
Frank A. Scott
Scituate
1,300
English High
Augustus B. Tripp
Essex
66
1,300
Prescott
Edyth M. Grimshaw
Woonsocket, R. I.
May,
700
Baxter .
Eleanor A. Connor
Somerville
600
Knapp
Nellie T. McCarthy
Dracut
Sept. 8,'09
700
Bell .
Rena S. Hezelton
Littleton, N. H.
Oct., 66
650
Forster .
Annie J. Ireland M. Edna Merrill
Newmarket, N. H.
Sept. 8,'09
600
Highland .
Charlotte M. Canfield
Maynard
650
Hodgkins .
Mabel E. Bemis
Cliftondale
April, "
700
Hodgkins
Luanna B. DeCatur
Chelsea
Sept. 8,'09
700
Hodgkins
Ethel M. Paige
Stoneham
700
Hodgkins .
Dorothy G. Stevens
Malden
66
700
ASSISTANTS IN SERVICE DECEMBER, 1909.
Hanscom
Agness M. Travis
Burns
Mary C. Buck
Proctor
Annie Sanburn
Lowe .
Baxter .
Lynda V. Merrill
Perry
Nona Blackwell
Perry
Alice L. Reid
Bingham
Frances E. Welch
Morse .
Mary E. Lovell
Hodgkins
Ellen A. Baker
Hodgkins
Lillian M. Huntington'
Lincoln
Louise K. Simm
Lincoln
Jane A. Smith
Lowe
Marian Poole
CADETS.
Isabel M. Brünton
Julia M. Delay
Susie A. Fitzpatrick
800
English High
Stephen E. Wright
Somerville
700
Forster .
212
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 22 .- LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS.
September 8, 1909, Anna Pushee, for school year ending June 30, 1910.
September 8, 1909, Clara B. Sackett, for school year ending June 30, 1910.
'September 8, 1909, Gertrude M. Sias (died January 10, 1910). September 8, 1909, Bessie 1. Sutton, for school year ending June 30, 1910.
TABLE 23 .- TRANSFER OF TEACHERS.
TEACHERS.
From
To
Harriette C. Hamilton
Knapp
Morse
Ardelle Abbott
Morse
Burns
Emma B. Jones
Burns
Hanscom
Cora F. Woodward
Durell
Morse
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
188S
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
2S
91
73
5
12
19
186
209
1896
30
102
74
6
14
22
20S
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
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
1907
571
160
97*
9
14
32
305
337
1908
58±
164
97*
10
16
34
311
345
1909
59±
1C6
99*
10
16
36
314
350
*Including four kindergartners.
t Including two secretaries.
#Including one secretary.
213
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 25 .- BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE, 1909. For Grammar and Primary Schools.
As reference books.
The Hygiene of the Schoolroom, Barry Silver, Burdett & Co.
Civics and Health, Allen .. Ginn & Co.
A Color Notation, A. E. Munsell. George H. Ellis Co.
Applied Arts Drawing Books, Seegmiller, Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover
Teachers' Edition of Educational Music Series Ginn & Co.
As text-books.
The Gulick Hygiene Series . Ginn & Co.
Wide Awake Primer. Little, Brown & Co.
Wide Awake First Reader. Little, Brown & Co.
How the World Is Clothed, F. G. Carpenter. American Book Co.
How the World Is Fed, F. G. Carpenter American Book Co.
English for Foreigners, O'Brien .. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Natural School Geography Series . American Book Co.
Frye's Grammar School Geography Ginn & Co.
For High Schools.
As reference books.
Corporation and Voucher Accounting, Marshall,
Goodyear, Marshall Publishing Co.
Ganot's Physics. . William Wood & Co. Elementary Electricity and Magnetism, Jackson. . The Macmillan Co. General Physics, Hastings and Beach. .Ginn & Co.
Principles of Physics, revised by Goodspeed.
Source Book of Greek History, Fling. D. C. Heath & Co.
International Students' Atlas.
Text-Book of Physics, Duff. P. Blakiston & Co. Fossil Fishes and Fossil Plants of Triassic Rocks of New Jersey and Connecticut Valley.
The Glacial Lake Agassiz, W. Upham.
Geology of Old Hampshire County, Mass., B. K. Emerson.
Geology of Narragansett Basin, N. S. Shaler. - As text-books.
Elementary French Grammar, Aldrich and Foster. Ginn & Co. Readings from French History, Super. Allyn & Bacon German Lesson Grammar, Joynes and Wesselhoeft,
D. C. Heath & Co.
Der Neffe als Onkel, Schiller Allyn & Bacon Lectures Faciles, Lazare. Ginn & Co.
Selections from Guy de Maupassant. Ginn & Co. La Malade Imaginaire, Moliere. Ginn & Co.
Dix Contes Modernes des Meilleurs Auteurs du Jours, Potter, Les Miserables, Hugo. Ginn & Co. Ginn & Co. Outline of Mediaeval and Modern European History (pamph- let to be used in connection with second-year history),
D. C. Heath & Co. Progressive Problems in Physics, Fred R. Miller .. D. C. Heath & Co.
214
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 26 .- GRADUATION EXERCISES, 1909.
High Schools.
· The graduation exercises of the high schools occurred on Thursday, June 24, 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 Sam Walter Foss.
At the close of the address, the chairman of the committee, Henry H. Folsom, presented diplomas to the 264 members of the graduating classes.
Order of Exercises.
Henry H. Folsom, Chairman of School Board, presiding. Overture.
"Zampa." Herold
1. ** Singing.
Semi-Chorus: "The New Kingdom." Tours
2. Prayer. Rev. Robert W. Beers.
3. Singing. Solo and Chorus: "Hear My Prayer" (Motet), Mendelssohn (1809) Misses Edith R. Jones, Latin, and Isabelle E. Simmons, English.
4. Address to Graduates.
Sam Walter Foss, of Somerville.
5. tSinging. Boys' Solo and Chorus: "The Armorer." Nevin
6. Presentation of Diplomas. Henry H. Folsom, Chairman of the School Board.
7. tSinging. Solo and Chorus: "Good Night, Farewell." Garrett
* All singing accompanied by the orchestra under the direction of S. Henry Hadley, teacher of music in the schools.
t Orchestration by S. Henry Hadley.
Latin High School Graduates.
Ruth Eveline Andrews. Vivian Beers.
Ada Louise Belt.
Gladys Nichols Bodge.
Alice Maude Chamberlain.
Dorothy Doane Fales.
Helen Clark French. Gertrude Augusta Graves.
Alice Wheeler Hammond. Mabel Fairfield Hatch.
Blanche Eleanor Hight.
Elizabeth Frances Coogan. Louise Christine Coogan. Elizabeth Ellen Cook. Marion Corliss.
Clyda Abbie Corwin.
Hazel Morton Cushing. Alice Louise Delaney. Maude Ethel Dickson.
Nectar Madeleine Eksergian.
Mary Louise Cheney.
Lois Elizabeth Chickering. Gertrude Georgeanna Clough. Portia Elizabeth Clough. Ernestine Zelma Cohen.
Elizabeth Hirst. Dorothy Shepherd Hopkins.
Mabel Marie Hopkins. May Gertrude 'Howard. Edith Read Jones.
!
Boston Festival Orchestra.
215
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Irene Kibbe.
Ella Hazel Macy. Ruth Mildred Martin.
Marion Elizabeth Mead. Gertrude Spencer Mitchell. Lena Rosa Moore. Bernice Mildred Oakes.
Isabella Gertrude Owler.
Emma Andrews Perry.
Matthew Charles Duggan.
Marion Brackett Puffer.
Fred Clarke Gunter.
Laura Francene Raymond. Mabelle McIntyre Reed.
Raymond Florance Henderson.
William Stuart Howe.
Florence Whitney Rice. Marion Ward Sawyer. Fannie Isabel Seiniger. Laurette Mary Shaw. Stella Marie Shepard.
Herbert Alexander Macdonald.
Howard Alexander MacLean.
Francis John McCarthy.
Ellen Ashcroft Smallwood. Helen Peirce Smith.
Beatrice Mildred Sprague.
Mabel Ellen Stevens.
Gladys Foster Taylor.
Miles John Muldoon.
Allison Lewis Hedge Newton.
Lucy Hall Taylor. Lillian Barker Treadwell.
Josephine Wentworth.
Lorene Aurelia Whitney.
Mabel Woodill Wilber.
Alma Gertrude Wiley.
Helen Laura Wyman.
Herman Castner Benner.
Clarence Bryant Wilber.
English High School Graduates.
Helen Gertrude Anderson. Ida Barnett.
Blanche Modjeska Benson.
Winifred Hamilton Bent.
Eleanor Dunning.
Mildred Benthall.
Marion Lucille Emerson.
Florida Esdale.
Elizabeth Constance Farrell.
Gertrude Vivian Farrell.
Mary Louise Farrell.
Myrtle Adams Feltus.
Bessie Leone Fisher.
Florence Lillian Briggs.
Loretto Gertrude Brine.
Beatrice Ina Brownville.
Jean Elizabeth Follett.
Hazel Gertrude Burke.
Ruth Evans Gillard.
Clara Alice Goudey.
Louise Grainger. Rose Greenberg.
Ethel Caroline Haradon.
Mildred Louise Hatch.
Irma Haynes. Margaret Rose Healy.
Bertha Louise Chapman. Elsie Marion Clark.
Mary Eliza Clark.
Elsie Mildred Craft.
Martha Washington Delay. Frances Margaret Donovan.
Alice Christina Duncan.
Ethel Mildred Bird. Marion Louise Bolton.
Margueritte Emmeline Borns.
Beatrice Louise Bowditch.
Ruth Bowman. Bertha Marion Boyd.
May Elizabeth Fitzgerald.
Jeanie Somerville Fleming.
Rose Anna Burke. Annie Jane Burns.
Anna Veronica Byrnes. Edith Marion Cabot. Helen Caless. Aline Dudley Campbell.
Richard Williams Bennett. William John Brown. Alger Trull Bunten.
Henry Joseph Cabeceiras.
Roger Ammiel Colman.
Chester Sheldon Cook.
Robert Avery Crenner.
George Edward Dodge.
William Hunnewell. Alfred Foster Kendall.
Daniel Carothers Merrill.
Ralph Elwyn Merry. John Clayton Milliken. James Leo Muldoon.
Walter Harvey Nolan. Emil Maurice Robertson.
Edmund Russell.
Spencer Leeds Sawyer. John Elliot Slater. Matthew George Sullivan.
Nathaniel Sterns Thayer.
Mary Gertrude Healy. Margaret Isabel Heath. Kathleen West Hemeon.
216
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Alice Margaret Hill. Elizabeth Mary Holt.
Bessie Collins Horton. Caroline Lois Hunt.
Margaret Josephine Hurley.
Edith Elizabeth Joiner.
Mildred Louise Joiner.
Mabel Frances Kenneson.
Lillie Ellen King.
Ruth Elizabeth Kingman.
Gladys Anne Kingsley.
Carrie Rich Knowles.
Lillian King Lamb.
Eudora Davis Leitch.
Hilda Mary Linfield.
Esther Lizzie Lovejoy.
Florence Crystal Brainard Lowe. Lillian Louise Lunt.
Josephine Elsie Macdonald.
Ruth Sarah Manning.
Mary Madeline McCune.
Grace Emily McIntosh.
Florence Louise McKenna.
Annie Winifred McLean.
Mary Sabra Merritt.
Mary Wood Diack Mitchell.
Edith Francis Moore. Frances Teresa Moran.
Aline Leavitt Morgan.
Katherine Anna Mullen.
Bertha Inez Nason.
Alfield Carrie Nelson.
Marion Nicholson.
Myrtle Nicholson.
Rose May Niles.
Blanche Aramede Ogier.
Dorothy Olin.
Elizabeth O'Neill.
Margaret Mary O'Neil.
Dora Christina Pedersen.
Edward Lowell Littlefield.
Jennie Maria Pedersen.
Grace Frances Perron. 1
Edith Sarah Potter.
Pearl Victoria Rideout.
Alice May Ronan.
Ethel Dorothy Sampson.
Josephine May Sander.
Marian Helena Sargent. Isabelle Eliza Simmons.
Maude Wellman Skinner. Helen Belinda Smart.
Helen Spear.
Eva Gertrude Stevens.
Edna Frances Teele.
Maude Ethel Thomas.
Florence Maynard Thompson.
Maysel Huntingdon Tracy.
Gertrude Mae Trickey. Alice May Vincent. Eleanor Elizabeth Waldron. Deborah Waranow.
Ethel Mildred Waugh.
Grace Maud Webster. Emily Hayes Wilder. Helen Worcester.
Ralph Wight Atwater.
William Ernest Bagster.
Roland Henry Bezanson.
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