Report of the city of Somerville 1911, Part 16

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 546


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YEAR.


Instruction and Supervision.


School Supply Expenses.


Janitors, Water, Heat, and Light.


Total.


Assessors' Valua- tion of City.


Ratio of Cost of School Main- tenance to Valuation.


1886


$16 76


$1 34


$1 94


$20 03


$26,003,200


.00384


1887


16 68


1 45


2 37


20 50


27,469,300


.00388


1888


16 21


1 36


2 54


20 11


28,756,400


.00384


1889


16 20


. 66


2 24


20 10


30,004,600


.00399


1890


16 06


1 60


2 18


19 84


32,557,500


.00395


1891


17 54


: 14


2 71


22 39


36,843,400


.00395


1892


17 66


1 84


2 56


22 06


38,093,100


.00407


1893


17 84


. 40


2 70


21 94


41,773,600


. 00379


1894


18 43


1 51


2 96


22 90


44,142,900


.00374


1895


18 92


1 98


2 86


23 76


46,506,300


.00390


1896


20 00


2 18


3 17


25 35


49,013,050


.00418


1897


20 98


1 73


3 29


26 00


50,173,775


.00444


1898


20 83


1 65


3 22


25 70


50,739,700


.00460


1899


20 80


1 70


3 28


25 78


51,202,350


.00478


1900


21 67


1 60


3 24


26 51


52,513,400


.00496


1901


22 67


1


. 87


3 56


28 10


53,924,200


.00521


1902


22 52


1 86


3 19


27 57


55,485,370


.00517


1903


22 67


1 95


3 84


28 46


56,981,360


. 00535


1904


23 03


1 93


3 52


28 48


58,056,700


.00544


1905


22 50


1 74


3 63


27 87


59,146,600


.00544


1906


22 63


1 92


3 45


28 00


60,371,500


.00546


1907


22 93


2 04


3 65


28 62


61,527,750


.00554


1908


24 21


2 17


3 65


30 03


63,158,400


.00578


1909


24 06


1 76


3 66


29 48


63,659,210


.00575


1910


23 05


2 03


3 59


28 67


66,376,338


.00559


1911


23 50


1 95


3 62


29 07


67,284,066


.00552


1


2


-


206


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 6. - AMOUNT SPENT ANNUALLY FOR ALL SCHOOL PURPOSES


FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


YEAR.


For New Schoolhouses.


For Repairs and Permanent Improvements.


For Maintaining Schools.


Amount Spent for all School Purposes.


1886


$15,515


$8,706


$99,865


$114,086


1887


14,839


13,636


106,563


135,038


1888


4,996


13,994


110,354


129,344


1889


20,167


14,225


119,703


154,095


1890


75,775


19,168


128,684


223,627


1891


84,902


14,847


145,588


245,337


1892


12,679


17,734


155,183


176,001


1893


22,809


12,440


158,333


193,582


1894


82,206


44,764


165,155


292,125


1895


87,680


15,651


180,951


284,282


1896


61,016


33,240


204,743


298,999


1897


46,621


20,507


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


1909


828


21,195


366,149


388,172


1910


21,864


371,222


393,086


1911


7,149


18,911


371,579


397,639


207


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 7 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS.


1842


1,013


1885


29,992


1905


69,272


1850


. 3,540


1890


40,117


1906


. 70,875


1860


8,025


1895


52,200


1907


. 72,000


1865


9,366


1900


61,643


1908


· 75,500


1870


14,693


1901


63,000


1909


75,500


1875


21,594


1902


65,273


1910


77,236


1880


. 24,985


1903


67,500


1911


78,000


School Census.


No. of children between 5 and 15 years of age October 1,


1910.


1911.


Change.


Ward 2


·2,721


2,687


-34


Ward 3


1,003


994


-9


Ward 4


951


1,067


+116


Ward 5


1,958


1,943


-- 15


Ward 6


2,022


2,074


+52


Ward 7


1,456


1,955


+-499


Total


12,112


12,758


+646


In public schools


10,201


10,050


-151


In private schools


1,722


1,757


+35


Out of school


912


1,027


+115


Total


12,835


12,834


-1


Number of compulsory school age, 7 to 14 :-


According to census, males


5,153


females


5,125


10,278


In public schools, males


3,971


females


3,831


7,802


In private schools, males .


596


females


693


1,289


Total in school


9,091


1910.


1911.


Number of illiterate minors


17


32


Children under 7 out of school


780


893


between 7 and 14 out on account of sickness


· 40


35


14 years old at work


·


.


92


99


Total number out of school


, 912


1,027


.


Ward 1


2,001


2,038


+ 37


.


·


.


208


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 8. - ATTENDANCE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1911.


Rooms Occupied in December.


SCHOOLS.


Annual


Enrollment.


Average


Membership.


Average


Attendance.


Per cent. of


Attendance.


No. Attending in


January.


No. Attending in


December.


Average No. to Classroom in


December.


39


High


1,84 5


1.717


1,632


95.3


1,765


1,781


29.7*


12


Prescott


629


503


475


94.3


512


518


43.2


13


Knapp


637


529


502


95.0


562


495


38.8


12


Pope


581


490


464


94.7


518


484


40.3


10


Bell .


546


469


443


94.4


497


444


44.4


11


Edgerly


549


475


447


94.2


489


486


43.8


13


Glines


710


551


521


94.4


583


544


42.0


16


Forster


848


691


650


94.0


711


713


44.6


16


Bingham


870


730


683


93.5


731


742


46.4


16


Carr .


759


668


625


93.6


681


667


41.7


11


Morse


573


473


449


95.0


494


465


42.0


10


Brown


549


431


407


94.4


440


442


44.2


12


Highland


594


533


514


96.4


539


546


45.5


15


Hodgkins


741


641


615


96.0


633


628


45.0


10


Bennett


556


466


433


92.9


484


448


44.8


10


Hanscom .


594


449


402


89.5


447


479


45.1


7


Proctor


399


302


282


93.4


328


287


41.0


8


Burns


403


313


297


94.9


321


338


42.3


8


Lowe


474


327


306


93.3


356


327


40.8


6


Baxter


354


244


230


94.0


264


232


37.5


6


Perry .


308


236


222


94.1


242


250


41.7


4


Cummings


197


194


179


90.5


141


158


39.5


4


Durell


226


160


150


93.3


166


155


38.8


4


Lincoln


284


211


199


94.1


190


191


38.2


1


Atypical


20


15


13


89.4


17


15


....


3


Boys' Industrial


50


40


35


87.9


43


42


....


4


Girls' Industrial


5


13


11


84.6


0


46


....


281


Total for 1911


14,301


11,871


11,186


94.2


12,154


11,923


42.9


281


Total for 1910


14,481


12,131


11,435


94.3 12,706


12,059


43.4


Per teacher,


209


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 9. - STATISTICS OF HIGH SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR, SEPTEMBER 7, 1910, TO JUNE 23, 1911.


Latin.


English.


Number of teachers, including head masters


18


45


Number of days school kept


185


185


Average number belonging


588


1,133.8


Average daily attendance .


563.7


1,058.9


Per cent. of attendance


95.9


95.1


Tardiness


551


681


Dismissals


350


173


In Class I.


September, 1910


198


400


Per cent. of loss


10.6


19.5


In Class I-A February, 1911


23


58


June


19


51


Per cent. of loss


17.4


12.1


In Class II. September, 1910 June


187


329


Per cent. of loss


8.6


16.7


In Class III. September, 1910 June


90


245


Per cent. of loss


7.2


6.8


In Class IV. September, 1910 June


117


173


Per cent. of loss


4.1


7.9


Special students, September, 1910 June


2


6


Total, September, 1910


629


1,246


June.


576


1,071


Per cent. of loss


8.4


14


Number of graduates, male


52


73


Number of graduates, female Total


113


164


Average age, male graduates


18-6


19-2


Average age, female graduates


18-4


18-7


Number entering college


61


10


Number of graduates entering technical schools


0


12


Number of graduates entering normal schools .


5


5


Cost of instruction


$23,003 75


$50,582 50


Cost of supplies Total cost


1,578 47


6,238 11


Per capita cost of instruction


39 12


44 61


Per capita cost of supplies .


2 68


5 50


Total cost per capita


41 80


50 11


·


177


322


June


171


274


97


263


122


188


2


8


61


91


24,582 22


56,820 61


Number enrolled


641


1,247


210


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 10 .- PUPILS BY GRADES, December, 1911.


TEACHERS.


PUPILS.


Average Age, Dec. 15.


Never in First Grade


From Other Schools


From Other Schools.


High


Special .


6


9


15


19


1


Thirteenth .


107


205


312


18


4


5


Twelfth .


170


208


378


17


5


13


Eleventh


186


230


416


16


1


20


Tenth


308


352


660


15


4


601


48


Total .


21


41


777


1,004


1,781


Grammar 6.


Ninth


12


21


373


403


776


14


4


31


31


Eighth


22


439


475


914


13


7


69


63


Seventh .


25


1


535


541


1,076


12


8


157


103


Sixth


29


1


638


601


1,239


11


9


216


132


Fifth


26


·


601


605


1,206


10


8


228


142


Fourth


29


3


660


630


1,290


9


8


302


148


Total gram- mar .


12


152


5


3,246


3,255


6,501


1,003


619


Third


32


. . . .


673


641


1,314


8


7


132


169


Second


22


462


462


924


7


11


1


162


183


First .


28


1


564


519


1,083


6


10


946


946


126


Total


pri-


82


1


1,699


1,622


3,321


947


1,240


478


Total gram-


mar


and


primary .


12


234


6


4,945


4,877


9,822


947


2,243


1,097


Kindergarten .


4


3


116


101


217


5


7


Special teach-


ers .


4


5


Cadets


2


Atypical


1


12


3


15


Boys' Industrial


3


1


42


42


Girls' Industria


..


6


46


46


·


Grand total


40


294


9


5,892


6,031


11,923


947


2,844


1,183


Total 1910


.


41


288


10


6,013


6,046


12,059


521


2,117


1,183


SCHOOL.


GRADE.


Men.


Regular.


Assistants.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Years.


Months.


Before.


Women.


in City.


86


Primary "


....


mary .


211


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 11. - PUPILS IN HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS .-- 1911.


High


School.


Grammar


and Primary


Schools.


Kinder-


gartens.


Industrial


School


for Boys.


Industrial


School


for Girls.


Atypical


School.


Total.


Annual enrollment .


1,845


11,970


411


50


5


20


14,301


Average membership


1,717


9,851


196


40


13


15


11,871


Average attendance


1,632


9,322


173


35


11


13


11,186


Per cent. of attendance


95.3


94.2


88.2


87.9


84.6


89.4


94.2


Number cases of tardiness


1,502


3,857


...


555


51


52


6,017


Number cases of dismissal


548


2,368


...


110


..


1


272


Membership, January, 1911


1,765


10,130


190


43


..


17


12,154


Membership, December, 1911


1,781


9,822


217


42


46


15


11,923


TABLE 12. - NUMBER OF PUPILS ADMITTED TO GRADE I IN FEBRUARY AND SEPTEMBER.


SCHOOL.


1907.


1908.


1909.


1910.


1911.


SCHOOL.


1907.


1908.


1909.


1910.


1911.


Prescott .


61


33


35


27


38 99


Forster . Bingham


77


73


63


20


65


Hanscom .


39


75


42


50


Carr


64


65


64


64


Bennett


94


99


92


76


83


Morse


53


57


55


29


46


Baxter


59


46


62


29


28


Proctor


48


55


47


20


46


Knapp


35


39


41


25


35


Durell


43


38


37


12


57


Perry


51


42


52


20


30


Burns


48


45


55


14


46


Pope


28


30


39


17


34


Brown


57


73


63


27


60


Bell


35


38


21


22


Highland


43


54


52


17


31


Edgerly


39


33


35


32


Lincoln .


52


57


50


25


75


Glines


63


60


60


29


51


Lowe


72


93


83


29


67


Cummings


40


34


45


26


41


Hodgkins


70


84


88


29


83


Davis


39


35


41


6


3,032


Number cases of punishment


270


..


1


..


212


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 13. - GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1911.


SCHOOLS.


Number receiving Diplomas.


Conditionally.


Unconditionally.


Conditionally.


Unconditionally.


Prescott


35


2


28


1


27


Knapp


82


1


60


1


55


Pope


43


9


42


4


28


Bell .


69


3


51


2


45


Edgerly


48


2


43


2


39


Glines


75


5


68


4


55


Forster


82


8


73


5


64


Bingham


37


6


28


1


23


Carr


59


12


40


10


28


Morse


63


10


39


6


39


Brown


46


4


34


4


34


Highland


93


3


87


1


71


Hodgkins


73


6


55


5


55


Total


805


71


648


46


563


TABLE 14 .- TRUANT STATISTICS


FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


1904.


1905.


1906.


1907.


1908.


1909.


1910.


1911.


No. of visits of officer to schools


429


567


511 502 151


474 499


401 655


787 1,185


617


771


Cases of truancy


146


150


94


155


265


296


402


Truants arrested


8


7


11


14


11


5


11


12


Sent to truant school


5


4


6


9


6


2


3


8


No. now in truant school


·


5


8


10


18


15


14


13


15


Absences investigated


387


514


1,600 1,953


.


Number certificated for High School.


Number en- tering High School.


213


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 15 .- ATTENDANCE IN ELEMENTARY EVENING SCHOOLS, FROM OCTOBER, 1910, TO MARCH, 1911.


Bell.


Highland.


Total.


Enrolled


Male Female


529 86


80


609


32


118


Total


615


112


727


Ave. membership


Male Female


178 44


18


62


Total


222


66


288


Ave. attendance


Male Female


133


37


170 45


Total


16₴


52


215


Per cent. Att. out of No. belong- ing . .


73.4


78.7


74.6


Per cent. Att. out of No. en- rolled . .


26.5


46.4


29.5


Ave. No. of teachers


Male Female


14


3


17


Total


16


4


20


No. of sessions


79


79


158


Teachers, cost of


$2,453.50


$613.00


$3,066.50


Janitors, supplies and light, cost of


423.95


154.92


578.87


Total


$2,877.45


$767.92


$3,645.37


Cost per pupil per evening Cost per evening


$0.223


$0.187


36.42


9.72


$0.107 23.07


Cost per pupil in ave. membership Cost per pupil in ave. attend- ance .


12.96


11.64


12.66


17.65


14.77


16.96


48


226


30


15


1


3


2


214


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 15 (Concluded). - Evening High School, Season of 1910-1911.


Male.


Female. Total.


Enrolled


481


361


842


Average membership


320


215


535


Average attendance


203


158


361


Number of teachers.


13


10


23


Number of sessions.


59


Cost of instruction.


$4,074.00


Cost of supplies and light.


1,009.90


Total cost


$5,083.90


Cost per pupil per evening


0.238


Average attendance: October, 477; November, 408; December, 367; January, 325; February, 278; March, 311.


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


1909-1910


57


766


337


4,615


0 240


1910-1911


59


842


361


5,083


0 238


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


1909-1910


76


707


267


4,399


0 217


1910-1911


79


727


215


3,645


0 107


No. Sessions.


Enrollment.


Average


Attendance.


Cost.


Cost Per Pupil Per Evening.


*Drawing school only until 1904-1905.


1 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


High School.


Entering of those


Graduating.


1890


54


106


45


56


57


39


.


370


6,525


5.67


228


61.62


1892


41


36


75


49


45


49


36


39


398


6,674


5.97


240


60.30


1893


40


60


48


63


67


46


36


38


389


6,600


5.89


253


65.04


1894


39


29


79


66


68


41


35


32


374


6,955


5.37


255


68.18


1895


36


32


58


63


73


42


36


34


1896


38


34


72


38


70


46


37


35


368


7,602


4.84


273


74.19


1897


34


39


50


48


41


29


30


25


45


27


382


8,029


4.75


281


73.56


1898


36


43


31


46


36


50


36


28


41


35


468


8,351


5.60


345


73.72


1899


37


50


62


48


49


40


34


34


39


37


38


434


8,689


4.99


317


73.00


1900


36


45


43


31


43


47


44


34


42


36


33


497


8,811


5.64


372


74.80


1901


34


38


70


43


72


47


43


38


41


35


36


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


36


38


40


36


43


31


606


10,298


5.88


463


76.40


1905


40


40


74


44


85


47


42


48


61


36


58


33


640


10,209


6.22


474


74.10


1906


35


54


67


44


109


49


44


64


58


40


43


725


10,440


6.94


561


77.40


1907


37


62


67


44


126


81


36


56


59


62


60


35


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


1910


30


53


72


48


96


68


56


80


62


32


57


39


50


743


10,451


7.10


521


70.12


1911


35


69


82


63


93


48


43


82


73


75


59


37


46


805


10,101


7.97


609


75.65


823


1,101


1,387


1,090


1,568


1,042


799


906


761


607


649


247


179


11,159


188,454


5.93


8,024


71.90


1891


44


73


41


55


44


296


6,035


4.90


199


281


76.00


370


7,201


5.13


184


57.86


318


6,062


5.24


Average


Grammar and


Graduating.


Entered


Per cent.


71.68


512


9,739


5.26


367


67.23


-


-


216


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


4,0446


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


1909


15,363


12,423


11,666


93.9


4,422


0.379


1910


14,481


12,131


11,435


94.3


4,320


0.378


1911


14,301


11,871


11,186


94.2


6,017


0.538


217


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


13'


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


1910


12,131


1,796


14.80


266


2.20


1911


11,871


1,836


15.47


277


2.33


218


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 19. - PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 23, 1911.


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


back after


Three Months' Trial.


I


884


750


32


102


26


67


...


II


1,252


1,021


80


151


95


94


1


III


1,295


1,091


102


102


102


110


11


IV


1,226


994


135


97


139


115


11


V


1,236


1,036


133


67


138


147


10


VI


1,133


860


173


100


87


105


9


VII


1,036


817


164


55


109


68


8


VIII


878


691


140


47


112


82


4


IX


822


696


101


25


45


42


3


Total


9,762


7,956


1,060


746


853


830


57


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 23, 1911.


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


Three Months' Trial.


1


100


84.9


3.6


11.5


2.9


7.6


. ..


II


100


81.6


6.4


12.0


7.6


7.5


0.08


III


100


84.3


7.9


7.8


7.9


8.5


0.8


IV


100


81.1


11.0


7.9


11.3


9.4


0.9


V


100


83.8


10.8


5.4


11.2


11.9


0.8


VI


100


75.9


15.3


8.8


7.7


9.3


0.8


VII


100


78.9


15.8


5.3


10.5


6.5


0.8


VIII


100


78.7


15.9


5.4


12.7


9.3


0.4


IX


100


84.6


12.3


3.1


5.5


5.1


0.4


Average


100


81.5


10.8


7.7


8.7


8.5


0.6


.


One Grade.


between


Back after


Grade.


between


.


219


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 19 (Concluded) .- PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 23, 1911.


On June


Promotion


List.


Promoted


to Next


Grade.


Left Behind.


Repeating


Work.


Grade


X


. .


462


425


37


30


XI


469


416


53


20


XII


318


296


22


12


XIII


283


277


9


4


Total


1,532


1,414


118


66


Percentage of Promotions for School Year in High Schools, Ending June 23, 1911.


Grade


X


.


100


92.0


8.0


6.5


XI


100


88.7


11.3


4.1


XII


100


93.1


6.9


3.8


XIII


100


97.9


2.1


1.4


Average .


100


92.3


7.7


4.3


·


On June Promotion


List.


Promoted to


Next Grade.


Left Behind.


Repeating


Work.


.


220


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 20. - RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS, 1911.


SCHOOL.


Teacher.


Resignation Took Effect.


In Service.


Latin . English


George L. Baxter Nina A. Cummings Cara F. Dillingham Bertha P. Marvel


Jan. 30,


1 yr. 5 mos.


June 30,


12 years


Frederick O. Smith


Feb. 24,


66


2 years


Bell


Stephen E. Wright Maribelle Curtis


Sept. 25,


66


16 yrs. 1 mo.


Forster


Mary M. Badger


Nov. 30,


66


3 yrs. 3 mos.


Carr


Helen C. Gray


8 yrs. 3 mos.


Burns


Minnie S. Turner


66


66


21 yrs. 5 mos.


Brown


Edna M. Proctor


10 years


Highland


Charlotte Canfield


66


2 years


Katie D. Greenleaf


Nov. 29,


3 years


Edda C. Locke


June 30,


3 yrs. 6 mos.


Aaron B. Palmer


6 years


Died


Hanscom Bennett . .


.


Emma B. Jones


Annie E. McCarty


May 27, 1911 Nov. 15,


5 years. 31 yrs. 3 mos.


-


66


June 30, 1911


44 years


8 years


Mabel G. Delano


June 30,


66


10 years


5 yrs. 9 mos.


Proctor


Clara M. Hammond


6 yrs. 6 mos.


June 30,


221


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 21 -TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1911.


SCHOOL.


Teacher.


Coming From.


Began Service.


Salary.


English


English


Hattie May Baker Walter I. Chapman Clarance L. Foster


Bellows Falls, Vt. Attleboro


Sept. 6, “ Feb. 66


1,000


High


Bertha Bray


Chicopee


Sept. 6, "


800


High


Mildred W. Clark


Cambridge


Sept. 6,


600


High


Arthur W. Wathen


Mt. Vernon, N. H. Manchester


Sept. 6, "


700


Prescott


May C. Eaton


Sept. 6, "


700


Hanscom .


Alice M. Saben


Bennett Kgn.


Made Supervis-


Jan.1,1912 1,300


Bennett


Bertha T. Moore


Sep.6,1911 700


Knapp .


Nona E. Blackwell M. Edith Callahan Bessie N. Page


Brockton,


Sep.6,1911 700


Bell


Julia A. Simmons Mary E. Hughes


Revere


Sept. 6, "


700


Bingham Carr


Pearl F. Dame


Somerville


Sept. 1906 1899 650 600


Burns


Margaret D. Hellyar Eva E. Perkins


Old Town, Me.


Sep.6,1911 600


Brown .


Mary T. Ford


Salem Normal


Sept. 6, " 700


Brown .


Alice R. Gould


Hingham


March 600


Brown.


Anna B. Lattin


Everett


Feb. 1910


600


Brown .


Frances D. Way Marion Allen


Danvers


Dec. 18, "


650


Highland


Frank W. Seabury


Danvers


Sept. 6, "


1,700


Lincoln .


Olivia M. Woods N. E. Gillespie


Blake Mfg. Co.


Mar. 1911 1,000


Boston


Sept. 6, "


1,600


Girls' Indus- trial . · Girls' Indus- trial .


Mary Donoghue


Boston


Oct. 16, “ 800


Girls' Indus- trial . · Girls' Indus- trial .


Marion P. Crawford


Carr School


Nov. 1911


750


Girls' Indus- trial


Cornelia B. Rodman


Boston


Oct. 16, '11


1,000


Drawing Supervisor Supervisor of Manual Arts


Clara M. Gale


New Bedford


Sept. 6, “


900


Harry L. Jones


Somerville


Feb. 1911


300*


Hanscom


Elizabeth M. Collins


ing Principal of Brookline


Somerville


Sept. 1906 600


Knapp .


Winchendon


Feb. 21,'10 650


Knapp


Somerville


Oct. 17, " 650


Somerville


Attleboro


Sep.6.1911


600


Highland


Everett


Sept. 1908 600


Industrial


Lucy Dorr


1 & Co.


Oct. 16, “


700


Transfer'd from


Feb. 1911


$700


1,300


English


Berlin, N. H.


Transfer'd from


525


and Bennett


Burns .


Mary H. Brown


§ L. P. Hollander


* In addition to salary as teacher in High School,


222


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 21 (Continued) .- ASSISTANTS IN SERVICE DECEMBER, 1911.


Hanscom


Agness M. Travis


Burns


Mary C. Buck


Proctor


Lowe


Annie Sanburn


Bingham Mary L. Ennis


Hodgkins


Elinor Neilon


Hodgkins


Julia T. Delay


CADETS.


Name.


High School and Year.


Normal School and Year.


Elizabeth M. Delay


Gladys A. Kingsley


Somerville English High, 1907 Somerville English High, 1909


Framingham, 1911 Bradford Academy, 1911


TABLE 22 .- LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS.


March 10, 1911, Mary E. Richardson, for remainder of school year ending June 30, 1911.


September 6, 1911, Bessie Sutton, until January 1, 1912.


October, 1911, Ethel F. Morang, for school year ending June 30, 1912.


September 6, 1911, Grace S. Russell, until January 1, 1912.


September 6, 1911, Grace J. Alexander, for school year ending June 30, 1912.


September 6, 1911, Edith G. Watts, for school year ending June 30, 1912.


-


223


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 23 .- TRANSFER OF TEACHERS.


TEACHERS.


From


To


Katherine Pike


Bennett


Lucia Alger


.


.


A


Durell


Carr Cummings Carr


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


1907


571


160


97*


9


14


32


305


337


1908


581


164


97*


10


16


34


311


345


1909


59±


166


99*


10


16


36


314


350


1910


63₺


165


87*


13


11


41


298


339


1911


621


164


86*


20


11


40


303


343


·


Bell


Carrie T. Lincoln


.


* Including four kindergartners,


+ Including two secretaries,


# Including one secretary.


22-4


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 25 .- BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE, 1911.


For Evening Schools.


As text-books.


The New American Citizen, Frances S. Mintz .. . Macmillan Company


For High Schools.


As reference books.


Government of the United States, Guitteau,


Houghton Mifflin Company


The Economic History of the United States, Bogart, Longmans, Green & Co.


Elements of Economics, Bullock. Silver, Burdett & Co. As text-books.


German Composition, Paul R. Pope. Henry Holt & Co.


Im Vaterland, Paul V. Bacon ...


Allyn & Bacon


English Composition, Charles Lane Hanson. .. Ginn & Co. Enlarged Practice Book in English Composition, Alfred M. Hitch- cock . Henry Holt & Co.


A Spanish Grammar, Hills and Ford. D. C. Heath & Co. A Practical Course in Touch Typewriting, Charles E. Smith,


Isaac Pitman & Sons


225


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 26 .- GRADUATION EXERCISES, 1911.


High Schools.


The graduation exercises of the high schools occurred on Thursday, June 22, 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 Alexander Meiklejohn.




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