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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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