Report of the city of Somerville 1912, Part 14

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 528


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45 33


179 25


Miscellaneous supplies and disbursements .


269 73


Balance unexpended


$2,561 55


$2,561 55


Somerville Playgrounds Association.


Amount raised .


$1,446 62


Paid for salaries of supervisors and in-


structors


$983 40


Supplies


269 11


Miscellaneous disbursements .


76 60


Balance unexpended


117 51


$1,446 62


$1,446 62


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61 55


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188


ANNUAL REPORTS.


FIRST REPORT OF THE BANK SAVINGS SYSTEM.


Statement concerning the operation of the School Savings Banks, showing the schools in which they are conducted and facts concerning deposits, from the opening of the system March 1, 1912, to January 1, 1913 :-


Name.


Amount Deposited.


Amount Withdrawn.


Amount Transferred.


Balance Jan. 1, 1913.


Hanscom


$54 10


$7 70


$21 25


$25 15


Bennett


39 80


3 30


3 00


33 50


Knapp


266 03


65 87


73 95


126 21


Perry


69 10


10 65


13 00


45 45


Baxter


134 66


35 51


99 15


Cummings


134 49


77 97


56 52


Pope


307 70


82 75


100 00


124 95


Bell


248 08


80 52


31 00


136 56


Edgerly


638 50


70 45


441 80


126 25


Glines


261 80


18 95


152 50


90 35


Forster


388 15


12 85


242 60


132 70


Bingham


672 21


84 02


344 00


244 19


Morse .


118 52


21 55


42 00


54 97


Burns


182 23


5 20


29 85


147 18


Durell


100 05


29 55


6 00


64 50


Proctor


201 41


21 20


75 25


104 96


Brown


462 35


20 20


304 00


138 15


Highland


556 82


47 55


324 00


185 27


Hodgkins


548 92


29 05


214 75


305 12


Lowe


237 60


17 70


78 25


141 65


$5,622 52


$742 54


$2,497 20


$2,382 78


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189


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


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SOMERVILLE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. OFFICERS, 1912-1913.


President, Frank W. Seabury.


Vice-President, Harry L. Jones. Vice-President, Mary Henleigh Brown. Secretary-Treasurer, Irene Vincent.


Executive Committee :-


Superintendent Charles S. Clark, ex-officio.


Edyth M. Grimshaw, Prescott. Margaret A. Orr, Glines.


Charles W. Hurn, Boys' Industrial Grace Shorey, Forster.


School.


Mary F. Mead, Bingham.


Mary B. Nelson, Hanscom.


Mina J. Wendell, Morse.


Eleanor W. Nolan, Bennett.


Etta R. Holden, Baxter.


Mary S. Richardson, Proctor.


Bessie N. Page, Knapp.


Grace E. Packard, Durell.


Florence E. Locke, Pope.


Alice E. Morang, Burns.


Rena S. Hezelton, Bell.


Alice R. Gould, Brown.


Lucia Alger, Cummings.


Annie L. Dimpsey, Edgerly.


Arthur L. Doe, Hodgkins. Harlan P. Knight, Cutler. Stella M. Holland, Lowe.


The meetings held under the auspices of this association in the year 1912 were as follows :-


February 14-Rev. Edward Cummings of Cambridge. Subject: "Plato as a Twentieth Century Educator."


February 17-Social Evening.


March 28-Discussion of the Federation Platform.


April 10-Rev. Edward Cummings. Subject: "Things We Need to Know and Teach."


October 9-Dr. David Snedden, Commissioner of Education for the State of Massachusetts. Subject: "Problems of Teachers' Re- tirement."


December 11-Mr. Walter Sargent, Professor of Aesthetic and In- dustrial Education, Chicago University. Subject: "Relation Be- tween Utility and Beauty."


Mary E. Soule, Carr.


190


ANNUAL REPORTS. 1


SOMERVILLE TEACHERS' CLUB. OFFICERS, 1912-1913.


President, Miss Elizabeth J. O'Neil.


Vice-Presidents, Miss Grace E. W. Sprague.


Miss Grace T. Merritt.


Recording Secretary, Miss Blanche L. Paine. Corresponding Secretary, Miss Alice E. Morang. Treasurer, Miss Olevia M. Woods. Auditor, Miss Katherine Pike.


OBJECT.


The object shall be to secure a close union among the women teachers in Somerville ; to promote the spirit of mutual helpfulness ; to advance professional interests ; to create a deeper sense of the dignity of the profession; to unite the inter- ests of home and school.


PROGRAMME.


January 9-Chafing-dish demonstration, Minnie S. Turner. January 24-Guest night. Mrs. Christabel W. Kidder, reader. February 13-Musicale. Artists: Miss Myra L. Eckoff, Mr. Herbert W. Smith, Mr. Arthur K. Hadley, Mrs. Irene O. Grant. March 12-Reading of Oscar Wilde's comedy, "The Importance of Being Earnest," Professor Thomas Crosby, Brown University. April 9-Musicale. "The History of Scottish Song," Ellen Elizabeth Doane.


April 24-A play, "Lords and Ladies; or, Just for Fun," by club members.


May 28-Annual meeting.


October 8-Opening fall meeting. Addresses by Mrs. Blanche E. Herbert and Mrs. Mary G. Whiting. Reception.


October 21-Special meeting. Subject: "Teachers' Pensions," Mr. Hamilton of the State Board of Education.


November 12-Address, "Equal Suffrage," Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead.


191


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


At the meeting of the School Board held on January 29, 1912, the following resolution was adopted :-


Miss Mary A. Lawry passed from this life on January 24, after an illness of one day. She was a teacher of great fidelity and earnestness of purpose. In her death the schools lose an enthusiastic and valuable worker. In appreciation of her high character and devoted work for the schools, the School Com- mittee places this expression upon its minutes, and directs that a copy hereof be sent to the family of the deceased.


At the meeting of the School Board held on April 29, 1912, the following notice was given :---


The Superintendent of Schools announced the death on Friday, April 26, of Naomi E. Stevens, teacher in the Bingham School.


192


ANNUAL REPORTS.


CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.


SUMMARY OF STATISTICS


Population and school census


School buildings


Teachers


Attendance for year


-


Cost of school maintenance


Teachers' salaries


Results of eye and ear tests


MISCELLANEOUS TABLES


CONCERNING FINANCE


No. of Table


1. Schedule of school property


2. Cost of maintaining schools, school year 1911-1912


3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, school year 1911-1912


4. Cost of maintaining schools for a series of years


5. Cost per capita for maintaining schools for a series of years


6. Amount spent annually for new school buildings and for re- pairs for a series of years


CONCERNING PUPILS


7. Population and school census


8. Attendance, etc., of the schools for school year 1911-1912


9. Statistics of the high schools, for school year 1911-1912


11. Separate statistics for grammar and primary schools, for school year 1911-1912


12. Admissions to first grade in February and September


13. Number of grammar school graduates, 1912


14. Truant statistics for a series of years


15. Evening school statistics, 1911-1912


16. Grammar school graduates for a series of years


17. Attendance statistics of all schools for a series of years


18. Statistics of the high school for a series of years


19. Promotions, 1912 19-A. Distribution of pupils by ages, October 1, 1912 19-B. Distribution of pupils, 14 but not 15, October 1, 1912


CONCERNING TEACHERS


20 Resignations of teachers, 1912


21. Teachers elected in 1912


22. Leave of absence of teachers


23. Transfers of teachers


24. Number of teachers employed for a series of years STATISTICAL AND GENERAL TABLES


25. Changes in text-books, 1912


26 High school graduation exercises, 1912


27 Grammar school graduation exercises, 1912


28. Organization of school board for 1913


29. Teachers in service January, 1913


30. Officers in service January, 1913


31. School janitors


193


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.


1 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS.


Population, state census, 1895.


52,200


Population, United States census, 1900. 61,643


Population, state census, 1905.


69,272


Population, United states census, 1910.


77,236


Children between five and fifteen years of age, October, 1911, by school census ..


12,758


Children between five and fifteen years of age, October, 1912, by school census


12,470


Decrease


288


2 .- SCHOOL BUILDINGS.


1911.


1912.


Change.


Number of school buildings ....


27


27


0


Number of classrooms in use in


June


281


281


0


Valuation of school property ...


$1,507,112


$1,596,041


3 .- TEACHERS.


1911.


1912.


Change.


In high schools.


62


66


+4


In grammar schools.


169


169


0


In primary schools.


83


83


0


In kindergartens. ..


7


8


++1


Total in elementary schools


259


260


+1


Industrial school for boys.


4


4


0


Industrial school for girls.


6


8


+2


Atypical class.


1


1


0


Cadet teachers


2


0


-2


Special


9


10


+1


Total


. . .


343


349


+6


4 .- ATTENDANCE FOR YEAR.


+1911.


*1912.


Change.


Entire enrollment for the year. .


14,301


13,272


-1,029


Average number belonging


11,871


11,710


-161


Average number attending.


11,186


11,083


-103


Per cent. of daily attendance ..


94.2


94.6


+0.4


High school graduates.


277


290


+19


Grammar school graduates


805


781


-24


1


5 .- COST OF SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.


₹1911.


*1912.


Change.


Salaries of teachers.


$293,267.30


$299,193.32


+$5,926.02


Salaries of officers ..


7,125.80


7,515.82


+390.02


Cost of books and supplies


24,968.48


30,319.38


+5,350.90


Cost of light.


4,750.65


5,995.20


+1,244.55


Cost of janitors' services,


26,031.12


30,219.41


+4,188.29


Cost of fuel.


14,907.12


15,675.94


+768.82


Telephones


528.63


511.81


-16.82


Total cost of day and


evening schools


371,579.10


389,430.88


+17,851.78


Per capita cost.


29.07


30.66


+1.59


.


. .


194


ANNUAL REPORTS. 1


៛1911.


*1912.


Change.


Cost of high school in- struction


73,302.95


72,930.75


-372.20


Per capita cost. ·


42.69


40,25


-2.44


6 .- MISCELLANEOUS.


1911.


1912.


Change.


Paid for new school


buildings . . ... Repairs and permanent improvements


$7,148.74


$35,527.55


+$28,378.81


18,911.04


14,163.46


-4,747.58


Total school expendi-


tures


397,638.88


439,121.89


+41,483.01


Number of dollars spent to maintain schools out of every $1,000 of valuation


5.52


5.56


+0.04


Valuation of city.


67,284,066.00


69,632,540.00


+2,348,474.00


Number of dollars spent


for all school pur-


poses out of every $1,000 of valuation ...


5.98


6.16


0.18


+Fiscal year.


*School year.


Cost of the Schools. The total amount spent for the main- tenance of the schools of Somerville for the municipal year 1912 is $392,687.64. This does not include the sums spent on schoolhouse repairs and for new buildings. It does cover the amount paid for the care of school buildings, for janitors' services, fuel, light, and school telephones. This expenditure is wholly in charge of the city government.


The amount paid for janitors is.


$27,965.46


The cost of fuel is.


15,758.24


The cost of light is.


5,523.61


The cost of the school telephones is


530.99


A total cost of.


$49,778.30


The cost per capita.


3.92


Cost of repairs.


$24,620.38


The second important expenditure is wholly under the control of the Board, and is covered by what is known as the "School Contingent" appropriation. The following is the itemized account :-


Officers' salaries


$7,498.59


Books


$9,141.79


Stationery


6,538.68


Laboratory and manual training plies


sup-


3,120.92


Bookkeeping blanks


412.95


Maps, charts, etc.


222.04


Drawing


1,172.74


Amounts carried forward .


$20,609.12


$7,498,59


195


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


Amounts brought forward .


$20,609.12


$7,498.59


Typewriters and supplies.


256.87


Printing


1,664.25


Telephones


195.93


Postage


251.84


Travel


255.27


Expressage


107.84


Bookbinding


872.81


Board of truants


817.96


Census


251.92


Kindergarten supplies


273.39


Graduation exercises ..


435.50


Repairing and tuning pianos


57.75


Tuition for pupils in Boston.


207.17


Tuition for pupil in Medford school ..


15.00


Industrial school for boys.


1,543.09


Industrial school for girls.


409.11


Atypical school ...


15.23


Evening Practical Arts Classes.


15.00


Cooking Classes, High School.


274.73


Dental supplies.


80.51


Adding machine.


220.50


Miscellaneous


700.99


Total for school supplies, etc.


29,531.78


Total outlay on school contingent account.


$37,030.37


Appropriation


32,000.00


Deficiency


$5,030.37


The third, and by far the largest, element of the cost of schools is the sum spent for the salaries of teachers. The following shows the monthly payments :-


January


$30,190.93


February


30,346.01


March


30,750.05


April


30,021.00


May


30,059.27


June


29,903.06


September


29,858.50


October


31,341.32


November


31,941.63


December


31,467.20


Total


$305,878.97


Amount of appropriation


306,000.00


Balance


$121.03


The estimate of the School Board for teachers' salaries amounted to $315,500. The expenditure was $9,621.03 less.


The total outlay for all school purposes in 1912 was as follows :-


196


ANNUAL REPORTS.


1


Care of schoolhouses


$49,778.30


Administration


7,498.59


School supplies.


29,531.78


Teachers' salaries.


305,878.97


Total for school maintenance


$392,687.64


Paid for repairs.


24,620.38


Total for all school purposes


$417,308.02


Each dollar of the sum spent for the support of schools has been divided in the following proportion :-


1907.


1908. $0.070


1909. $0.071


1910. $0.070


1911. $0.071


1912. $0.071


Heat and light


0.057


0.051


0.052


0.054


0.053


0.054


Administration


0.016


0.015


0.015


0.017


0.019


0.020


School supplies.


0.072


0.072


0.061


0.071


0.068


0.076


Teachers' salaries.


0.785


0,792


0.801


0.788


0.789


0.779


Total


$1.000


$1.000


$1.000


$1.000


$1.000


$1.000


Per Capita Cost. The proper method of comparison of the cost of schools year by year is to consider the sum spent for each pupil in the average membership. In this computa- tion we exclude the cost of evening schools, the sum being so large as possibly to mislead. The following shows


THE PER CAPITA COST OF DAY SCHOOLS FOR 1911 AND 1912.


High Schools.


Grammar and Primary Schools.


All Day Schools.


1911.


1912.


In- crease.


1911.


1912.


In- crease.


1911.


1912.


In- crease.


Instruction .


$42 85


$41 13


-$1 72


$21 18


$21 99


$0 81


$24 68


$24 97


0 29


Supplies


4 78


5 63


0 85


1 36


1 71


0 35


2 06


2 34


0 28


Care


5 08


5 39


0 31


3 45


3 94


0 49


3 77


4 16


0 39


Total


$52 71


$52 15


-$0 56


$25 99


$27 64


$1 65


$30 51


$31 47


$0 96


Including the cost of maintenance of evening schools, the per capita cost is as follows :-


1909.


1910.


1911. $23.50


1912.


Cost of instruction.


$24.00


$23.05


$23.61


Cost of supplies.


1.76


2.03


1.95


2.12


Cost of care.


3.66


3.59


3.62


3.99


Total


$29.48


$28.67


$29.07


$29.72


An examination of these tables shows that we have paid $1.72 more for the instruction of cach pupil in the high school than in 1911, and eighty-five cents more per pupil for supplies.


The grammar and primary schools have cost eighty-one cents more per pupil for instruction, and thirty-five cents more for supplies.


Janitors' salaries.


$0.070


CLASSIFIED STATEMENT SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES CONTROLLED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.


SCHOOLS.


Regular.


Substitute.


Special,


Kindergarten.


Toul


Administration


Books.


White Paper.


Manila Paper.


Books.


Pens, etc.


Bookbinding.


Manual Training Supplies.


Drawing Supplies.


Laboratory Supplies.


Bookkeeping Blanks+


Cooking Supplies.


Typewriters and Supplies.


Mending "Tape Paste, etc.


Piano Tuning and Repairing


Tuition and Board of Truants,


Miscellaneous.


Totals


$73,725 00


$721 00


$406 35


$74.852 35


$3,352 76


$675 04


$195 80


430 38


$189 68


$70 08


$378 33


$1,146 89


$511 78


$040 91


$144 40


$274 23


$394 72


$22 62


$14 57


$7 00


$310 42 8 3


$163 69


$9,412 43


Prescott


10,411 25


100 75


557 18


11,369 18


279 54


134 80


33 74


11 08


46 37


21 21


28 83


$2 65


95 37


38 6


3 65


....


11 90


739 73


7.111 38


50 25


196 56


8,438 07


140 17


G6 41


67 34


4 12


36 87


8 85


7 82


79 31


41 01


1 00


7 00


12 99


477 30


Bennett


4,001 88


42 00


114 20


945 00


5,103 08


67 77


65 95


29 94


19 90


28 43


3 75


2 21


28 1:


22 50


115 80


49 61


11 75


8 75


17 05


12 75


1.008 79


4,342 81


100 25


145 85


4,588 91


119 92


20 52


25 00


15 77


1 87


3 00


7 6


24 58


1 10


1 19


2 00


Perry


0,433 50


92 50


594 54


11,050 54


221 94


04 49


35 57


00 11


2 00


108 11


44 82


1 35


14 31


10 12


18 €0


618 37


8.626 12


61 75


562 62


9,250 49


158 04


57 93


18 00 .


15 08


48 41


43 86


12 9


99 57


50 42


11 03


98 65


49 75


1 20


5 83


14 85


28 25


962 37


13,858 84


42 50


723 69


323 02


73 21


94 55


95 08


49 GO


20 90


123 97


85 57


30


6 28


6 00


9 61


90 78


16 98


1.034 08


14,065 13


72.50


702 92


14,840 55


471 62


45 23


21 56


14 55


51 51


106 06


58 77


1 80


7.74


2 00


9 21


9 72


18 13


1,011 57


14,221 32


108 00


766 84


15,096 16


472 55


36 28


15 47


19 25


103 77


76 63


1 55


5 97


9 75


7 45


17 74


949 40


0,477 63


86 75


530 55


10,094 93


260 27


60 49


04 61


50 13


13 95


18 07


70 62


51 60


15 29


19.08


1 10


4 20


75


1 80


3 50


10 39


12 20


18 19


717 73


10,439 75


735 54


11,259 04


206 64


136 60


50 72


29 45


32 22


158 20


41 02


40


4 74


85


24 08


10 85


717 43


12,048 75


280 25


680 57


13,015 57


371 21


15 21


17 86


40 46


32 57


39 TA


93 02


43 85


3 CO


6 30


13 8


22 89


815 07


2,045 00


66 25


40 80


2,152 05


12 87


20 53


21 69


2 5G


11 60


17 41


4 62


33 37


59 34


26 04


11 64


3 65


1,111 47


110 57


26 55


47 52


14 95


14 70


4.95


11 75


174 22


1,555 71


Girls' Industrial


5,697 50


5,697 50


13 44


22 38


5 60


7 37


12 55


2 90


0 90


3 21


2 3


4 95


141 00


6 40


1 15


17 25


35 66


446 90


16 86


1 0


$1,040 13


387 00


1,976 36


Evening, Industrial


67 50


67 50


Totals


$289,510 59


$2,421 75


$10,179 25


$3,767 38


$7,498 59


$9,266 29 $2,600 55


$1,195 54


$750 83


$1,185 27


$320 42


$523 16


$3,836 92


$1,781 89


$643 61


$298 79


$695 37


$1,718 66


$142 13


$186 07


$57 75


$505 37


$283 45


$1,040 13


$1,719 20


$30,284 51


Less stock on hand sent out to schools


$752 73


Maps


Bland


Pencils,


and Charts.


Kindergarten Supplies.


High


1.115 00


141 50


190 29


750 00


8,196 79


36 58


4 40


32 01


41 26


66 65


7 22


63 51


1 50


1 57


6 00


15 06


616 82


Baxter


1.432 69


40 50


694 60


12,167 79


162 91


48 41


31 02


54 08


51


37 47


6 05


Pope


Bell


2,910 38


27 50


61 50


2,999 44


81 94


17 10


22 60


63


6 60


2 82


Cummings


10,086 50


49 75


572 22


10,708 17


474 99


107 79


57 70


18 15


12 41


9 91


Edgerly


10,898 87


44 50


555 22


992 50


266 72


45 25


69 59


9 37


49 33


12 16


28 91


69 61


39 67


9 35


6 35


4 00


6 93


17 00


627 24


Morse


5,559 51


81 75


186 84


5,828 10


173 66


08 63


50 27


5 75


27 65


63


9 92


2 89


4 19


12 76


15 24


31 75


70 57


93 85


1 30


7 94


3 00


Brown


8,917 62


35 50


470 86


0,423 98


391 33


54 21


26 98


13 70


31 13


0 48


7 87


16 GG


Lincoln


0,200 24


38 00


137 02


6,375 26


201 76


28 58


36 87


2 9


14 74


9 48


Cutler


3,798 24


28 50


172 88


3,999 62


224 98


144 62


70 33


16 59


60 57


Atypical


815 00


815 00


89


1 67


2 86


10


92 03


Boys' Industrial


3,990 18


100 00


4,090 18


11 73


3 0


....


19 80


130 94


412 59


Evening, High


4,142 50


3 96


9 00


1 80


572 05


Evening, Bell


7 85


12 03


1 15


71 18


Evening, Highland


3 10


1 10


94 91


Stock


Administration


250 10


682 23


30 85


212 01


199 21


297 69


1.715 32


Miscellaneous


303 50


303 50


15 00


15 00


Dental Service


55 00


205 03


6.524 91


82 16


51 75


28 41


6 72


25 85


1 95


17 63


90


Burns


2,745 12


40 75


68 52


2,854 39


77 77


-19 70


15 08


12 56


157 41


14 01


289 02


Highland


83 75


Hodgkins


55


2 92


1 45


1 92


3.05


5 95


19 67


₲31 59


183 09


3 15


165 42


2 70


282 13


58 74


40


9 00


7 06


24 00


17 82


161 31


356 63


$7,498 59


25 98


41 94


4,142 50


2,704 00


21 1-4


7 91


753 00


758 00


4 93


3 15


GO 71


55 87


14 11


19 38


13 00


25 67


5 1.


Proctor


18 00


414 39


Durell


6,261 88


5 00


15 19


110 00


Lowe


15 50


355 05


4 6


3 74


1 15


24 50


21 75


12 75


1 98


4 00


15 8


12 87


158 03


Glines


. .. .. .


1 2


17 61


675 82


Forster


Bingham


Carr


100 63


69 67


13 55


11 55


280 83


Knapp


17 68


548 08


40


2 18


5 00


Travel $13 32 11 23


Postage $30 35


SALARIES


- TEACHERS


Graduation Expenses.


Expressage.


Printing. $445 46


Hanscom


$1.079 88


286 65


452 03


232 98


44 83


30 09


1 05


12,491 00 14,025 03


176 92


124 55


14 51


38 59


12 34


1 01


.


$305,878 97


$869 21


$426 53


Amount spent for supplies from Contingent, 1912


. $29,531 78


2,704 00


100 12


90 00


1 72


17 65


1 0


$281 37


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


According to the Annual Report of the State Board of Education for 1911-'12, the amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the public schools was $33.31, giving to Somerville the rank of 106 among the cities and towns of Massachusetts. In 1910-'11 the rank was 109. By the same report it is shown that Somerville appropriated to the support of the public schools $5.95 for each thousand dollars of valuation, and had the rank of 138. The year before the amount spent was $5.75 and the rank 132.


The amount spent for the fiscal year 1912 was $5.64, or twelve cents more than that spent in 1911. The amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the schools for 1912, not including the industrial schools, was $33.06.


Teachers' Salaries. The salaries paid to teachers in Janu- ary, 1913, are as follows :-


1 man


$3,200


2 women


$850


3 men


2,000


17 women


825


9 men, 2 women.


1,900


7 women


800


1 man


1,850


5 women


775


3 men


1,800


165 women


750


8 men


1,700


25 women,


1 man.


700


1 man, 1 woman


1,600


16 women


650


3 men


1,500


14 women,


man


600


2 men, 1 woman.


1,400


1 woman


525


1 man


1,300


1 woman


500


3 women


1,200


2 women


475


3 men


1,100


1 woman


425


2 men


1,050


2 women


400


1 man, 15 women.


1,000


woman


375


3 women


950


2 women


350


18 women


900


3 women


......


275


2 women


875


Sight and Hearing. The following gives the results of the eye and ear test :- EYES.


1911.


1912.


Change.


Tested


10,794


10,933


+139


Defective


1,822


1,765


-57


Per cent. defective.


16.9


16.1


-0.8


Notices sent to parents


1,098


1,085


Professionally treated.


181


169


EARS.


1911.


1912.


Change.


Tested


11,303


11,634


+331


Defective


292


270


-22


Per cent. defective.


2.6


2.3


-0.3


Notices sent to parents.


202


182


Professionally treated.


33


26


.


TABLE 1 .- SCHOOLHOUSES.


NAME.


No. of Classrooms.


No. of Sittings.


Size of Lot, includ- ing Space Occupied by Build- ing.


Material.


How Heated.


How Ventilated ..


Valuation, including Furniture.


When Built.


Enlargements.


High


) West .


a17


*


Brick Brick


Steam Steam


Fan Fan


$141,160 114,761


1895


School East


14


·


Prescott


12


585


22,000


Brick


Steam


Fan


66,260


1867


Knapp


13


636


24,517


Brick


Steam


Gravity


50,540


1889


4 rooms added 1894


Pope


12


578


27,236


Brick


Steam


Gravity Fan


48,897


1874


Edgerly .


12


533


24,000


Brick


Steam


Gravity


46,030


1871


§ 4 rooms added 1882


Glines


14


674


28,800


Brick


Steam


Gravity Gravity


80,740


1891


5 rooms added 1896


Forster


18


823


30,632


Brick


Steam


85,290


1866


6 rooms added 1899


Bingham


16


797


35,586


Brick


Steam


Gravity


70,005


1886


§ 4 rooms added 1894 8 rooms added 1904


Carr


17


776


20,450


Brick


Steam


Gravity


54,210


1898


Morse .


12


520


29,000


Brick


Furnace


Furnace


48,199


1869


Highland


12


583


23,260


Brick


Steam


Gravity


60,560


1880


4 rooms added 1891


Hodgkins


14


557


35,034


Brick


Steam


Gravity


75,651


1896


Cutler


12


551


53,729


Brick


Steam


88,929


1912


Bennett


12


507


17,000


Brick


Steam


60,248


1902


Hanscom


12


481


12,756


Brick


Steam


Gravity Fan


73,290


1897


4 rooms added 1907


Carried forward


231


10,374


(a) There are besides, nine recitation rooms, a chemical, a physical, and a biological laboratory, four manual training rooms, a cooking room a typewriting room, three drawing rooms, two libraries, two offices, three teachers' rooms, two lecture halls, and a lunch room in the basement. *Buildings are located on Central Hill Park, which contains 13 1-10 acres.


ANNUAL


REPORTS.


198


·


.


·


.


.


$1,250,530


·


·


.


Bell


12


501


22,262


Brick


Steam


85,760


1891


8 rooms added 1906


.


1,272


1871


.


·


.


.


6 rooms added 1890


4 rooms added 1892


TABLE 1 (Concluded) .- SCHOOLHOUSES.


NAME.


No. of Classrooms.


No. of Sittings.


Size of Lot, includ- ing Space Occupied by Build- ing.


Material.


How Heated.


How Ventilated.


Valuation, including Furniture.


When Built.


Enlargements.


Brought forward .


231


10,374


Brown


10


187


20,093


Brick


Steam Steam


Gravity


64,151


1901


4 rooms added 1907


Proctor


9


343


18,000


Brick


Brick


Steam


Gravity


34,760


1886


4 rooms added 1899


Lowe .


8


337


21,650


Brick


Steam


Gravity


51,826


1903


Baxter


6


298


11,000


Brick Brick


Steam


Gravity


32 956


1901


Perry


6


321


46,080


Steam


Gravity


37,080


1899


Girls' Industrial


6b


50


8,850


Wood


Furnace


Furnace


9,338


1911


Boys' Industrial


4


50


30,155


Wood


Furnace


Furnace


22,720


1884


Cummings


4


167


11,300


Wood


Furnace


Furnace


11,920


1884


Durell.


4


198


13,883


Brick


Steam


Gravity


19,720


1894


Lincoln* .


.


.


17,662


Wood


Steam


Gravity


18,220


1885


Total


296


13,012


$1,596,041


...


·


.


·


·


·


·


·


.


·


·


·


(b) There are besides one girls' dining room, one teachers' dining room, one stock room, four fitting rooms, one infirmary, and a principal's office. * Temporarily out of use.


SCHOOL


DEPARTMENT.


199


·


·


8


387


16,080


Gravity


42,820


1905


Burns .


$1,250,530


200


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 2 .- COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1911-12.


SCHOOLS.


Instruction and Supervision.


Supplies.


Care.


High


$74,529 17


$10,396 29


$9,758 19


$94,683 65


Prescott


11,496 32


993 53


1,842 01


14,331 86


Knapp


12,216 04


1,001 64


1,760 72


14,978 40


Pope


11,544 26


836 56


2,023 18


14,404 00


Bell


9,817 85


844 08


1,467 99


12,129 92


Edgerly


10,797 64


993 38


1,638 54


13,429 56


Glines


12,618 85


735 93


2,275 38


15,630 16


Forster


14,763 00


1,180 28


3,146 34


19,089 62


Bingham


15,024 29


1,127 55


2,100 29


18,252 13


Carr


15,192 72


1,281 86


2,274 71


18,749 29


Morse


10,324 60


721 62


1,679 55


12,725 77


Brown


9,444 27


734 86


1,548 72


11,727 85


Highland


11,232 22


1,032 29


1,642 19


13,906 70


Hodgkins


14,495 06


1,216 36


1,781 60


17,493 02


Bennett


8,507 02


638 26


1,822 04


10,967 32


Hanscom


8,758 64


569 31


1,770 38


11,098 33


Proctor .


6,004 31


502 63


1,418 01


7,924 95


Burns


.


6,560 40


497 34


1,363 88


8,421 62


Lowe


6,684 77


438 85


1,394 08


8,517 70


Baxter


4,932 92


348 12


1,090 46


6,371 50


Perry


4,638 54


285 71


1,128 29


6,053 54


Cummings


3,136 70


251 97


1,136 13


4,524 80


Durell


2,983 82


219 04


902 22


4,105 08


Lincoln .


3,623 41


278 61


1,381 04


5,283 06


Evening


7,573 95


548 21


1,977 09


10,099 25


Atypical


820 66


46 52


34 13


901 31


Boys' Industrial


3,996 95


1,837 15


1,363 47


7,197 57*


Girls' Industrial


4,990 76


761 43


680 73


6,432 92*


Total


$306,709 14


$30,319 38


$52,402 36


$389,430 88


FROM SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.


SPENT BY CITY GOVERNMENT.


Total.


* This total for industrial schools is about $7,004 larger than the cost to the city for maintain - ing them, as the city will be reimbursed that amount by the state under provisions of Statute.




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