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$440 09
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid Eugene J. Ford, compensation for injury
. $6 75
Patrick McGoldrick, compensation for injury 9 63
Joseph H. Soper, compensation for
injury .
135 00
Thomas F. Casey, compensation for in- jury . 3.1 SS
Thomas P. McDonough, compensation for injury 7 43
Joseph Begley, compensation for in- jury
1 87
John J. Lynch, compensation for injury L. J. Derven, M.D., professional services Edward D. Hurley, M. D., professional services .
6 00
T. J. Barnes, M. D., professional serv- ices
. 4 00
H. M. Stoodley, M. D., professional services 3 90
Charles E. Mongan, M. D., professional services 20 00
Peter H. Thompson, M. D., professional services
25 00
$434 46
Water Maintenance account, J. Begley 5 63
$440 09
Building Public Buildings.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913 .
$1,395 26
Amounts transferred from the following accounts :-
New Cells, Police Station .
$46 88
Public Library Construction
46
Lincoln Park Shower Baths .
5 50
52 84
$1,448 10
Balance to credit of account, 1915 .
$1,448 10
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS,
Interest.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$77,000 00
Water Works Income, amount appropriated . 1,260 00
Amount carried forward
$78,260 00
.
·
.
175 00
5 00
154
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$78,260 00 Contingent Fund account, amount re-
turned
4,000 00
Contingent Fund account, amount returned .
4,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 687 75
$77,572 25
DEBIT. -
Coupons account :-
Coupons maturing April 1,
1914 ·
$12,525 00
Coupons maturing July 1,
1914 ·
14,070 00
Coupons maturing October
1, 1914
14.042 50
$40,637 50
Interest on Registered Bonds :-
Interest due April 1, 1914 $4,388 75
Interest due July 1, 1914 1,792 50
Interest due October 1, 1914 4,191 25
10,372 50
On Temporary Loans (Taxes) :- Notes Nos. 215-221, 8 mos. 16 days ·
$2,311 11
Notes Nos. 231-232, 243 days
772 54
Notes Nos. 222-230, 242 days
2,211 61
Note No. 233, 240 days
545 00
Note No. 234, 240 days
872 01
Notes Nos. 235-236, 236 days
1,071 83
Notes Nos. 237-239, 240 days
1,096 66
Notes Nos. 240-243, 223 days
2,037 82
Notes Nos. 244-249, 235 days
1,610 73
Notes Nos. 250-253, 345 days
3,473 96
Note No. 254, 311 days
1,403 80
Note No. 255, 31 days
1,539 23
Notes Nos. 256-268, 336 days
5,425 00
Note No. 269, 247 days
527 45
Notes Nos. 270-273, 129 days
722 04
Notes Nos. 274-276, 241 days
682 84
Notes Nos. 277-279, 95 days
237 50
On Temporary Loans (Grade Crossings) :- Notes Nos. 22-26, 99 days 810 56
Refund : Accrued interest on bond issue,
1914
789 44
$77,572 25
Memorandum of Total Payments of Interest, 1914.
Interest on Temporary Loans, Anticipation Revenue Interest on Temporary Loans, Grade Crossings Ex- penses
$26,541 13
810 56
Amount carried forward
$27,351 69
26,541 13
$78,361 69
$82,260 00
$78,260 00
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Amount brought forward
$27,351 69 .
Interest on City Bonds :-
*City, Sewer. etc.
$48,960 56
Water .
1,260 00
50,220 56
Interest on Metropolitan Assessments :-
(See Commonwealth of Massachusetts account.)
Metropolitan Sewers $27,837 86
Metropolitan Parks 13,645 76
Charles River Basin
2,775 13
Alewife Brook
504 90
Metropolitan Water Assessment
73,138 81
Interest on State Assessments :
117,902 46 (See Commonwealth of Massachusetts account.) Abolition of Grade Crossings . 3,112 32
$198,587 03
Reduction of Funded Debt.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1913
$1,836 90
Appropriation
195,163 10
Bonds)
6,000 00
Cash, received premium on bonds
1,724 05
$204.724 05
Balance to credit of account. 1915 .
1,724 05
$203,000 00
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid bonds maturing in 1914 . .
$203,000 00
Memorandum of Total Payments on Account of Debt, 1914.
Water Bonds
$6,000 00
City Loan, Sewer, etc.
197,000 00
On account of Metropolitan District Debt :- (See Commonwealth of Massachusetts account.)
Metropolitan Sewers $13,651 71
Metropolitan Parks
3,059 03
Charles River Basin
170 82
Alewife Brook
818 39
Metropolitan Water Assessment
14,371 61
On account of State Assessment :- '(See Commonwealth of Massachusetts account.) Abolition of Grade Crossings .
32,071 56
12,136 10
$247,207 66
*$789.44 deducted for accrued interest paid by purchaser of bonds, issue of current year.
Water Works Income, amount appropriated (Water
156
ANNUAL REPORTS.
1
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES.
Water Maintenance.
1
1
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$37,000 00
Water Works Extension account, amount transferred 4,210 29
Contingent Fund account, amount transferred . 3.500 00
$44,710 29
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 161 78
$44,548 51
- DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid laborers .
$23,749 93
Frank E. Merrill. salary as water com- missioner
2,300 00
Use of auto
350 81
William E. Copithorne, inspector
900 00
Car fares
21 30
Josephine M. Sander, assistant
668 24
Mary L. Murray, clerical services .
351 00
Annie F. Cammick, clerical services
442 00
J. Madeline Coy, clerical services .
32 00
E. Lena Clark, clerical services .
84 00
Harriet Morrison, clerical services
120 00
Charles R. Hildred, foreman assistant
1,200 00
Richard Whalen, pension .
324 48
Harvey W. King, pension
78 74
Michael Finnell. pension
65 60
Andrew McCaffrey, pension
188 76
American Express Co., expressing .
29 64
Austin & Doten, tubing
91
Ames Implement & Seed Co., forks
. 30
Ashton Valve Co., bubbler tips
6 99
American Belting Co., leather
5 18
American Storage Battery Co., repairs
.
1 00
George R. Bascom, auto supplies
77 94
Boice-Perrin Co., electric supplies
14 79
Harold L. Bond Co., tools
36 08
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
467 36
Boston Woven Hose Co., hose .
6 97
W. B. Brown & Co., metal work and mud guards
17.25
Burroughs Adding Machine, repairs
1 95
D. J. Bennett Estate, saddlery
75
Braman Dow & Co., fittings .
713 67
J. A. Bremner & Co., paste powder
15
Builders' Iron Foundry, castings and fittings
246 46
Thomas D. Bennett, saddlery
35 55
Charles E. Berry, welding .
6 00
Cave Welding Co., welding
3 50
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co.,
castings,
lead pipe
1,157 39
Amount carried forward . $33,710 69
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Amount brought forward
$33,710 69
Chandler & Farquhar Co., machine sup- plies
37 17
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., gates and fittings
904 41
Chase, Parker & Co., oil duck
3 77
Crossman Plating Co., repairing ra-
diator, plating lamps
14 50
Cunningham Grain Co., oats
136 81
Cornelius Callahan Co., hydrant stem
16 80
Carter's Ink, state ink
1 25
Cambridge Water Department, and pipe
37 82
Samuel Chabot, paint .
1 50
Coffin Valve Co., valve parts
4 44
John Cullinan, claim for injury
300 00
Denis I. Crimmings, sidewalk repairs .
38 56
· Davenport-Brown Co., lumber
14 59
Julian D'Este Co., repairing rod and castings
284 90
Niels A. Dolleris & Son. presto tanks .
9 95
G. H. Dyer Co., oxygen .
9 50
Davis Square Stables, horse hire .
13 50
J. H. Edwards, blacksmithing .
158 15
The Elliott Co .. tape, address machinery
33 71
Edson Mfg. Co., repairing hose
1 15
Eisner-Lenk Co., auto repairs . .
14 90
Fisk Rubber Co., supplies and auto tires
182 87
W. F. Fleming, upholstering
3 00
James H. Fannon, labor
543 81
Fleischmann Co., settlement claim .
5 00
The Fairbanks Co., valve discs
6 57
Fire & Water Engineering, subscription
3 00
Fresh Pond Ice Co ice.,
120 57
Seth W. Fuller Co., repairing dynamo
2 75
Gilman Express Co., expressing
127 65
Glines Express Co .. expressing
1 20
B. F. Goodrich Co., auto tires
356 14
Green & Swett Co., oil .
99 13
Gulf Refining Co., oil .
897 92
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory
4 00
Gould & Cutler. paints
9 75
F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots
28 00
Globe Gas-Light Co., torch
7 18
Charles T. Garland, use of team
man and
10 00
Hersey Mfg. Co. meter parts .
16 87
A. E. Hellman, lettering auto .
6 00
Highland Coal Co., slab wood .
92 75
Hill-Michie Co., auto supplies .
13 33
Samuel Hurwitz, varnish .
68 60
William J. Hachett, M. D., services
2 00
William H. Hitchings, veterinary serv- ices
11 00
Amount carried forward .
$38,367 16
gate
·
offset
157
158
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$33,367 16
E. C. Hartshorn, photography . 4 10
W. L. Hayes, claim 15 75
Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co., charts . 1 76
Ideal Supply Co., pipe
52 72
International Harvester
Ćo., repairs
and auto parts .
73 00
Jordan Marsh Co., cloth
4 73
William G. Johnston &
Co., order .
holders ·
6 21
Johnson, Washburn Co., fittings
208 83
J. A. Kiley, curtains .
23 00
Charles A. Kelley, labor
7 50
George W. Ladd, blacksmithing
279 05
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe
1,875 40
Lord & Webster Co., hay
238 17
Roy H. Lyman, claim .
25 00
T. E. Littlefield, lumber
122 62
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valve .
7 30
Library Bureau, cards
12 13
Jacob Lampert, brush
1 00
Mass. Highway Commission, registra- tion of auto truck .
50 00
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., cocks
437 15
Myer Abrams Co., valves . 4 50
Margaret G. Morgan, claim for in- juries
300 00
Archie Moore, claim .
15 00
Martin & Wood, saw sharpening
2 50
William J. McCarthy, stone and dyna- mite
18 55
James J. MacCarty, force pump
50 00
Metropolitan Water and Sewage Board, painting pipe
5 58
Mafreto Machinery & Tool Co., lathe spindle
17 64
National Meter Co., meter parts
10 55
Neptune Meter Co., meter parts .
784 09
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service .
202 39
North Somerville Coal Co, use of horse
41 50
New England Co., towels .
8 40
Norristown Magnesia & Asphalt Co., pipe covering 24 48
Joseph Palmer. repairing auto springs 24 20
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware . 58 59
Packard Motor Co., auto supplies .
125 24
Proctor Bros. Grain Co., grain
126 45
A. H. Perry, painting .
25 00
Post & Lester Co .. hess bearings .
20 24
Perry's Prescription
plies Pharmacy, sup-
2 36
Pittsburgh Meter Co., gears
32
Perrin, Seamans Co., tools
77
H. W. Perry, supplies .
, 01
A. H. Proctor, oats and bran .
156 88
George C. Page Box Co., boxes
34 30
Amount carried forward .
$43,894 12
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159
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward $43,891 12
Park Garage Co., gaskets 30
The Red Cross Co., first aid outfit . 6 00
J. B. Rufer, blacksmithing 66 25
Rensselaer Valve Co., hydrant fittings J. W. Richards, fire extinguisher .
500 40
Remington Typewriter Co., repairs
14 30
Somerville P. O., stamps and envelopes
728 63
Howard B. Sawyer Oil Co., oil . .
16 75
Alexander J. Siegel, buggy top and
claim
7 00
Somerville Industrial School, auto re- pairs and machine work .
50 15
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings .
1,100 62
Somerville Journal, printing
392 54
E. S. Sparrow & Co .. hardware
161 50
Stanley Motor Carriage Co., auto sup- plies
294 42
Standard Envelope Sealer Co., sealer
16 50
Somerville Publishing Co., printing
42 00
Stewart-Warner Corporation, repairs
S 75
Standard Cast-Iron Pipe Co., pipe.
2,995 45
Somerville Vocational School for Boys, meter boxes
23 35
Somerville Fire Department. horse
200 00
Simpson Bros. Corporation, repairing pavement
55 27
Sanborn Map Co., corrections
11 00
Scott & Tinglof, oak rings
17 50
John Silk Co., sand .
8 75
The Texas Co., gasoline .
330 56
Fred J. Thomsen. car fares
18 50
Thomson Meter Co., meter parts
1,580 89
Transo Paper Co., envelopes .
22 50
Wm. T. Thompson & Co., roto salt
1 80
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware
69 27
Union Water Meter Co., meter parts
923 75
Wadsworth Howland & Co., paint sup- plies
26 03
Walworth Mfg. Co., tools .
113 95
Samuel Ward, stationery,
office sup-
128 75
Warren Bros. Co., repairing pavement Wetmore-Savage Co., electric supplies A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware
45 47
Winter Hill Press, printing .
2 50
R. Woodman Mfg. & Supply Co.,
54 00
Henry R. Worthington, meter parts .
2,807 25
John M. Woods, lumber
36 12
R. D. Wood & Co., oil screws
168 91
Waldo Bros., cement
55 08
George D. Wetherell & Co., supplies
1 75
Webber Washer Co., washers .
9 75
Wyman-Allen Lumber Co., lumber ·
2 88
Water Works Equipment Co., detector
15 00
Winter Hill Ice Co., ice .
7 10
Amount carried forward .
$57,131 90
plies
58 90
34 64
presses and seals
5 00
160
ANNUAL REPORTS:
Amount brought forward .
$57,131 90 Sewer Maintenance account, repair work
24 12
Highways Maintenance account, repair- ing streets 77 92
$57,233 94
Service transfers, from sundry accounts 12,677 00
$44.556 94
Refund: Michael Fennell, over-payment 8 43
$44,548 51
Water Works Extension.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$21,500 00
Water Maintenance account, amounts transferred . 4.210 29
$17,289 71
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, pair laborers
$5,573 59
Water Maintenance account, stock, team-
ing, tools, etc.
. 11,716 12
$17,289 71
Water Works, Refunds of Water Charges.
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cash, paid sundry persons, money refunded .
$205 26
Cash, Refunds : Water charges
205 26
(See Revenue, Table E.)
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Water Buildings.
CREDIT.
Appropriation ·
$1,000 00
Excess and Deficiency account, balance transferred . 219 92
$780 08
DEBIT. (Expenditures.)
Cashı. paid labor
$48 37
Armstrong Bros., plumbing
50
Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., gas
98 28
C. W. Cahalan, plumbing . 3 00
Edison Elec. Illuminating Co .. lighting
225 10
Glines Express Co., service ·
25
J. J. Hurley & Co., repairing apparatus
11 82
George W. Ladd, irons
6 70
George W. Manning, repairing roof
11 50
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., glass .
2 37
E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware .
52 55
Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel
319 64
$780 08
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Revenue and Receipts Used for Expenses, 1914.
Assessed in taxes .
$1.266,177 86
Estimated Revenue appropriated $432,865 24
Revenue received in excess of amount estimated
15,486 48
448,351 72
Reduction of Funded Debt, balance from 1913
1,836 90
Excess and Deficiency. balance from 1913
7,772 09
Transferred from Overlay and Abatement account, 1912 and prior years .
4,200 00
Transferred from Overlay and Abatement account
1913, from receipts received account December,
3,000 00
Transferred from Playgrounds Extension account 1,049 90
$1,732,388 47
Deductions :-
Transferred to Funded Debt accounts :-
Central Heating Plant
$3,158 28
High School Addition
3,125 96
High School Addition, Furnishing and Equipment
7 13
Highways Construction, Macadam Pave- ment
3,000 00
9,291 37
$1,723.097 10
Expenditures :- General Government
$81,376 31
Protection Persons and Property
246,112 76
Health and Sanitation .
178,291 91
Highways
120,172 30
Charities
54,966 90
Soldiers' Benefits
36,593 83
Education
470,332 04
Libraries
44,341 83
Recreation
19,299 43
Unclassified
2,724 22
City Bonds $197,000 00
Water Bonds
6,000 00
Interest Bonds 50,220 56
Interest on Temp-
orary Loans . 27,351 69
$280,572 25
Less Water Bonds $6,000 00 Water Interest 1,260 00 7,260 00
Water Works :-
Water Maintenance
$44,548 51
Water Works Extension
17,289 71
Maintenance Water Build-
ings .
780 08
Amounts carried forward $62,618 30
$1,527,523 78
Municipal Indebtedness
273,312 25
1913, warrant ·
162
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $62,618 30
$1,527,523 78
Water Bonds .
6,000 00
Water Interest
1,260 00
Metropolitan Water As-
sessments
109,999 13
179,877 43
$1,707,401 21
Balance Excess and Deficiency to 1915
15,695 89
$1,723,097 10
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Funded Debt Accounts
Balance to credit December 31, 1913
$68,949 03
Loan of April 1, 1914
145,000 00
Gifts : Carnegie Corporation :-
(Public Library Construction)
5,000 00
Revenue in advance for outlays
(Incinerator Addition)
3,100 00
Assessments levied
Highway Betterment
$18,114 68
Sidewalk Assessments
19,763 54
Sewer Assessments
2,779 03
Premium on bonds (issue of April 1)
Offsets credited back
2,341 35
Less refunds
1,148 37
Transferred to Maintenance Accounts .
To Central Heating Plant
3,158 28
High School Addition
3,125 96
High School Addition, Furnishing and Equipment
7 13
Highways Construction, Macadam
Pavement
3,000 00
$9,291 37
Transferred to Maintenance Accounts
From Playgrounds Extension account . 1,049 90
8,241 47
E.
$273,864 78
Expenditures.
City Hall Annex Remodeling
$3,500 00
New Cells, Police Station
3,999 93
Fire Department, Additional Apparatus .
18,928 00
Electrical Department, Underground Construction Sewers Construction
3,260 87
9,898 30
Incinerator Addition
3,100 00
Highways Construction
66 60
Highways Construction, New Streets
37,412 93
Highways Construction, Permanent Pavement
56,227 61
Highways Construction, Macadam Pavement
33,021 81
Sidewalks Construction
40,586 64
Amount carried forward .
$210,002 69
40,657 25
1,724 05
1,192 98
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Amount brought forward
$210,002 69
High School Addition
13,756 31
High School Addition, Furnishing and Equipment 2,916 38
Central Heating Plant .
12,140 07
Public Library Construction
9,407 61
Playgrounds Extension
676 46
$248,899 52
Balance Funded Debt account to 1915
23,241 21
Balance Reduction Funded Debt account, 1915
1,724 05
$273,864 78
TRUST FUNDS Public Trust Funds, Income.
Public Library, credit balances December 31, 1915
$81 89
From investments
1,077 16
Public School. credit balance December 31, 1913
205 00
From investments
200 00
$1,564 05
Expenditures :-
Public Library
$977 54
Public School
85 50
Balance to 1915, Public Library .
181 51
Balance to 1915, Public School
319 50
1,564 05
Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art :
From principal of fund .
$1,000 00
Expenditures
$297 23
Balance to 1915
702 77
$1,000 00
Private Trust Funds.
Overplus on Tax Sales, balance December 31, 1913
$118 13
Sundry Persons, balance December 31, 1913
619 56
Received Redemption of Tax Liens .
745 74
$1,483 43
Expenditures :-
Redemption of Tax Liens
$745 74
Sundry Persons
492 45
Overplus on Tax Sales .
118 13
Balance to 1915, Sundry Persons
127 11
$1,483 43
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
School Committee Rooms, December 28, 1914.
Ordered, that the annual report of the Superintendent be adopted as the annual report of the Board of School Com- mittee, it being understood that such adoption does not commit the Board to the opinions or recommendations made therein ; that it be incorporated in the reports of the City Officers; and that 1,000 copies be printed separately.
CHARLES S. CLARK, Secretary of School Board.
SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1914
HENRY H. FOLSOM, .
Chairman
THOMAS M. CLANCY,
Vice-Chairman
Members.
EX-OFFICIIS. Term expires January
ZEBEDEE E. CLIFF Mayor,
29 Powder House terrace
1915
DAVID H. FULTON,
President Board of Aldermen, 5991/2 Somerville avenue.
WARD ONE.
THOMAS A. KELLEY,
39 Pennsylvania avenue
1915
MRS. MARY G. WHITING,
Hotel Wadsworth 1916
WARD TWO.
12 Stone avenue 1915
DANIEL H. BRADLEY,
19 Concord avenue 1916
WARD THREE.
33 Columbus avenue 1915
GEORGE E. WHITAKER,
MARTIN P. HOGAN,
HARRY A. STONE,
HERBERT A. MACDONALD,
HENRY H. FOLSOM,
103 Central street 1916
WARD SIX.
170 Summer street 1915
34 Benton road 1916
WARD SEVEN.
94 College avenue 1915
205 Morrison avenue 1916
Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES S. CLARK.
Office: City Hall Annex, Highland avenue. Residence: 82 Munroe street.
The Superintendent's office will be open on school days from 8 to 5; Saturdays, 8 to 10. His office hours are from 4 to 5 on school days, and 8 to 9 on Saturdays.
Office telephone, 314; house telephone, 12.
Superintendent's office force :- Justin W. Lovett, 29 Cambria street. Mary A. Clark, 42 Highland avenue. Mildred A. Merrill, 26 Cambria street.
75 Walnut street 1916
WARD FOUR.
255 Broadway 1915
254 Broadway 1196
WARD FIVE.
5 Norwood avenue 1915
MRS. MARY R. BREWER, GUY E. HEALEY,
HERBERT CHOLERTON,
CLARENCE W. WILLIAMS,
THOMAS M. CLANCY,
ALBERT C. ASHTON,
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1914.
Note .- The member first named is chairman.
High School-Folsom, Ashton, Kelley, Bradley, Hogan, Healey, Mrs. Brewer.
District I .- Kelley, Mrs. Whiting, Clancy. PRESCOTT, HANSCOM, BENNETT.
District II .- Clancy, Bradley, Kelley. 1
KNAPP, PERRY, BAXTER.
District JII .- Ashton, Whitaker, Mrs. Whiting.
!
POPE, BELL, CUMMINGS.
District IV .- Hogan, Stone, MacDonald. 1
EDGERLY, GLINES.
District V .- MacDonald, Folsom, Stone. FORSTER, BINGHAM.
District VI .- Mrs. Brewer, Healey, Folsom. CARR, MORSE, PROCTOR, DURELL, BURNS, BROWN.
District VII .- Cholerton, Williams, Healey. 1
HIGHLAND, HODGKINS, CUTLER, LOWE.
Finance-Messrs. Ashton, Kelley, Clancy, Hogan, Folsom, Healey, Wil- liams, Cliff, and Fulton.
Text-Books and Courses of Study -- Messrs. Cholerton, Clancy, Whit- aker, Stone, MacDonald, Healey, and Mrs. Whiting.
Industrial Education .- Messrs. Clancy, Ashton, Hogan, Stone, Wil- liams, Kelley, and Mrs. Whiting.
School Accommodations .- Messrs. Kelley, Hogan, Stone, Whitaker, MacDonald, Healey, Williams, Cliff, and Fulton.
Teachers .- Messrs. Whitaker, Bradley, Folsom, Cholerton, and Mrs. Brewer.
Playgrounds and School Hygiene .- Mrs. Whiting, Mrs. Brewer, Messrs. Williams, Clancy, and MacDonald.
Rules and Regulations,-Messrs, Bradley, Cholerton, and Ashton.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee of Somerville :--
I have the honor to present for your consideration the forty-third annual report of the Superintendent of Schools. It contains a discussion of the work of the schools and an appendix wherein are given statistics relating to attendance, expenditures and other matters of interest. School statis- tics, including cost, are in the main for the last school year but the expenses for the fiscal year 1914 are also shown.
Pupils and Teachers. The extent of the educational un- dertaking is to be found in the total enrolment of the schools. For the last school year it was 13,205, 350 more than for the preceding year. The per cent. of attendance was 94.3, one-tenth per cent. higher than in the preceding year. Of this enrollment 2,111 were in the high school, an increase of 244 and 11,094 in the elementary schools, an increase of 106. At the end of the fiscal year 1914 there was a membership of 12.968, an increase over the member- ship of 1913 of 484. The school year was nine months, five and one-half days, two and one-half days less than the preceding year.
The teaching corps now numbers 371 regular teachers, twelve assistants, and eight cadets. During the year thirty- nine new teachers have been engaged. Of this number fif- teen were residents of Somerville or graduates of its schools. These new teachers have been carefully selected. They have all had good training for their work and have had successful experience before receiving an appointment in our schools. The higher salary paid here and the repu- tation which our schools have for good treatment of teach- ers have been the inducements to draw them from their former positions. During the same fiscal year we have lost twenty-three teachers. Of this number seven resigned to be married, eight to go to other places for higher salaries, and six for other reasons. Two were claimed by death. Of the number who went to other places to get higher pay, two went to Boston, two to Springfield, one to New York, and three to other cities. Ninety-four per cent. of the teachers in the service of the city at the close of 1913 are now teaching here. Next in importance to getting good teachers is keeping them after they enter our schools. Against the lure of domestic life there appears to be no ef- fective measure wherewith to protect our teaching corps, but it is apparent that changes for other reasons are not unduly frequent and that there is a good degree of continu- ity in the service of our teachers,
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Accommodations. All of the schoolhouses are fully oc- cupied at the present time with the exception of the Proctor School, where there is a vacant room. At the Prescott, a twelve-room building, there are twelve classes, occupying all the rooms. The first grade has seventy-seven pupils assigned to one room. To meet this condition an arrangement has been made which amounts to half-time for every pupil two- thirds of the time. In the four classes next above the first grade there are 194 seats and 193 pupils. At the Hanscom, a neighboring school which has ten class-rooms, there are twelve classes, two basement rooms not intended for regu- lar classes being put to that use. Seven of these classes have forty-eight or more pupils. The Glines School, a twelve-room building, has fourteen classes, one being a kin- dergarten, which occupies a basement room, and two being first-grade classes, which occupy one room on a half-time arrangement. Of the remaining classes eight have from forty-four to forty-nine pupils.
Nearby is the Edgerly School where six classes have forty-eight or more pupils, five have forty-four to forty- seven, and the remaining one has forty-two. These four schools furnish the accommodations for a neighborhood compact and thickly settled but one which has a section now being developed which will yield a considerable in- crease to the school population in the next few years. As a circle having its centre at Bonair and Autumn streets and a radius of one-half mile will circumscribe the territory of these schools permanent relief for them all could be made by an increase of accommodations made near the centre. As the Edgerly and the Prescott are old buildings, the latter having been built in 1867 and the former in its original part having been built in 1871 it would be unwise to try to alter either. A new building is needed.
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