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94.8
Tardiness
3,334
Dismissals
1,086
277
In Class 1919-A February, 1915 June
249
Per cent. of loss
10.1
In Class 1918-B September, 1914 June Per cent. of loss
13.2
In Class 1918-A September, 1914 Tune .
164
Per cent. of loss
6.3
In Class 1917-B September, 1914 June .
388
Per cent. of loss
13.4
In Class 1917-A September, 1914 June
118
Per cent. of loss
11.3
In Class 1916-B September, 1914 June .
284
Per cent. of loss
7.2
In Class 1916-A September, 1914 June
92
Per cent. of loss
13.2
In Class 1915-B September, 1914 June .
286
Per cent. of loss
1.0
In Class 1915-A September, 1914 February . .
31
Per cent. of loss
16.2
Special students, September, 1914 June .
23
Total, September, 1914
1,960
June . .
1,994
Per cent. of gain
1.7
Number of graduates, male
129
Number of graduates, female Total
311
Average age, male graduates
18 yrs. 3 mos. 18 yrs. 4 mos.
Number entering college
35
Number of graduates entering technical schools
20
Number of graduates entering normal schools . Cost of instruction
$83,724 52
Cost of supplies Total cost .
10,775 28
Per capita cost of instruction
1 90
Per capita cost of supplies .
5 39
Total cost per capita
.
.
47 29
.
336
133
306
106
289
37
17
Average age, female graduates
182
24
94,499 80
509
442
175
155
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 10 .- PUPILS BY GRADES, JUNE, 1915.
TEACHERS.
PUPILS.
Never in First Grade Before.
Women.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Regular.
Assistants.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Sept.
Feb.
High
Special .
13
10
23
Thirteenth .
158
220
378
Twelfth .
174
228
402
Eleventh
235
267
502
Tenth
271
335
606
Total .
24
53
851
1,060
1,911
Grammar
Ninth
11
23
402
442
844
Eighth
23
462
452
914
Seventh .
26
1
569
585
1,154
Sixth
30
586
598
1,184
Fifth
24
526
501
1,027
Fourth
27
537
502
1,039
Total gram- mar .
11
153
1
3,082
3,080
6,162
Third
30
3
672
675
1,347
Second
30
1
672
670
1,342
First .
33
5
721
680
1,401
Total pri-
mary . .
93
9
2,065
2,025
4,090
Total gram-
mar and
11
246
10
5,147
5,105
10,252
Kindergarten .
4
4
113
90
203
Specials
5
12
27
31
58
Cadets
8
Atypical
2
14
17
31
Boys' Vocational
6
49
49
Girls' Vocational
10
70
70
Grand Total .
46
335
14
6,201
6,373
12,574
Primary
966
367
primary .
1
Men.
156
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 11 .- PUPILS IN HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, 1914-1915.
.
TABLE 12 .- NUMBER OF PUPILS ADMITTED TO GRADE I IN SEPTEMBER AND FEBRUARY.
1912-13
1913-14
1914-15.
School.
Sept.
Feb.
Sept.
Feb.
Sept.
Feb.
Prescott
44
8
33
13
58
11
Hanscom
72
23
81
24
82
24
Bennett
38
30
76
21
65
9
Baxter
33
11
40
14
32
17
Knapp
34
13
31
14
9
15
Perry
37
10
43
1
33
12
Pope
33
7
29
11
42
6
Bell
Cummings
55
22
50
9
61
15
Edgerly
37
17
35
15
33
10
Glines
55
17
41
17
42
31
Forster
66
23
60
21
42
21
Bingham
54
32
64
21
57
27
Carr
39
19
50
21
55
16
Morse
49
17
52
21
44
23
Proctor
41
13
44
10
43
8
Durell
28
12
24
16
3
8
Burns
44
13
47
25
58
27
Brown
47
26
16
16
47
20
Highland
. .
:
. .
..
Hodgkins
53
27
54
14
50
25
Cutler
20
22
55
26
0
0
Lincoln
. .
. .
·
·
45
30
Lowe
39
34
43
22
65
12
Total
918
396
968
352
966
367
Grand Total
1,314
1,320
1,333
Total.
Annual enrollment .
2,258
11,756
298
64
100
29
14,505
Average membership
1,998
10,698
207
59
81
30
12,903
Average attendance
1,894
9,951
188
56
73
27
12,189
Per cent. of attendance
94.8
93.0
91.0
95.0
90.3
89.6
94.5
Number cases of tardiness
3,334
4,235
...
45
359
27
8,000
Number cases of dismissal
1,086
2,529
...
5
..
1
181
Membership, October, 1914
1,955
10 562
217
64
85
28
12,911
Membership, June, 1915
1,911
and Primary
Kinder-
gartens.
Vocational
School
for Boys.
Vocational
School
for Girls.
Atypical
Schools.
High
School.
Grammar
Schools.
10,310
203
49
70
31
12,574
6
3,626
Number cases of punishment
180
..
. .
. .
157
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 13 .- GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1915.
SCHOOLS.
Number receiving Diplomas.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally.
Prescott
40
6
34
6
25
Knapp
70
2
68
1
52
BeÎl .
61
5
54
2
47
Edgerly
67
6
59
5
50
Glines
67
12
55
9
38
Forster
77
15
59
15
52
Bingham
58
0
56
0
42
Carr
46
3
42
1
29
Morse
29
2
27
2
25
Brown
51
1
50
1
42
Highland
105
21
82
18
70
Hodgkins
33
6
27
3
26
Cutler
30
18
9
12
5
Total
789
112
658
86
533
15
36
11
30
Pope
Number Certificated for High School.
Number En- tering High School.
158
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 14 .- COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF THE ATTEND- ANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1914-1915.
1913.
1914.
1915.
Change.
Number of visits to the schools Number of visits to the homes
831
891
823
-68
Number of cases investigated
1,674
1,826
1,562
-264
Number of cases found to be tru- ancy or absenteeism
449
431
405
-26
Number of different pupils who were truants or habitual absen- tees
331
321
311
-10
Number who were truants for the first time
251
259
244
-15
Number who were truants for the second time · · . Number who were truants for three or more times .
54
38
44
+6
26
24
23
-1
Number of girls who were truants or absentees
42
53
52
-1
Number of cases of parental neg- lect of children found and re- ported to charitable institutions Number of cases of removal of children from the custody of parents by order of the court . Number of visits to mercantile or manufacturing establishments Number of minors found to be working without employment certificates .
5
6
6
0
Number of employment certifi- cates issued to boys .
315
408
210
-198
Number of employment certifi- cates re-issued to boys
. .
. .
115
..
Number of employment certifi- cates issued to girls . .
261
269
103
166
Number of employment certifi- cates re-issued to girls ·
. .
·
..
Number of educational literate certificates issued to minors over 16 years of age .
673
2,967
1,158
-1,809
Number of newspaper licenses issued to boys 12 to 16 years of age
140
197
194
-3
· Number of transfer cards investi- gated .
1,412
1,492
1,401
-91
Number of truants in the County Training school at the close of the year
13
15
16
+1
Amount paid for board of truants Salary of Attendance Officer, Benjamin R. Jones . .
847.43
718.40
941.86
1,350.00
1,350.00
1,350.00
.
. .
1
3
+2
64
61
58
-3
43
76
66
-10
1,534
1,712
1,455
-257
64
159
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 14 (Continued) .- COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF THE ATTENDANCE DEPARTMENT.
For School Year 1914-1915.
Disposition of truancy and absenteeism cases :-
192
Warned and returned to school.
7
Obtained certificates (14 to 16 years).
31
Left school (over 16 years)
25
Removed from city.
24
Brought before court and returned to school
5
Brought before court and sent to Training School.
13
Appealed to Superior Court and placed on probation.
4
Parent brought before court for keeping child out of school (convicted)
1
Sent to Lyman School.
1
Sent to School for Feeble Minded.
1
Given in charge of Society Prevention of Cruelty to Children
3
Returned to Training School, violation of parole.
2
Pending, 1 being kept out of school, 1 absentee.
2
311
TABLE 14-A .- TRUANCIES AND ABSENTEEISM BY AGES AND GRADES.
BY AGES.
GRADE.
Totals.
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 or Over
I.
4
5
1
1
. .
. .
.
. .
. .
. .
II.
1
8
12
8
1
1
. .
.
.
.
. .
31
III.
2
10
7
3
1
. .
1
1
1
26
IV.
·
1
9
8
7
4
.2
1
3
1
26
VI.
8
7
46
VII.
10
15
20
20
2
69
VIII.
4
13
21
12
1
51
IX.
4
7
1
13
X.
2
?
14
10
29
XI
1
1
10
12
XII.
.
. .
. .
. .
·
. .
12
12
XIII.
. .
.
. .
. .
.
2
2
Vocational 1st yr.
7
13
20
2d yr.
..
. .
. .
. .
1
1
2
Ungraded , .
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
4
16
Total .
5
16
26
28
16
30
29
52
72
90
41
405
1
1
7
4
6
3
.
2
11
6
12
1
.
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
2
. .
11
39
V.
Transferred to other schools ..
160
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 14-B .- TRUANTS AND ABSENTEES BY SCHOOLS.
School
No. of Truants
High
53
Prescott
24
Hanscom
9
Bennett
24
Baxter
4
Knapp
4
Perry
6
Pope
25
Bell
17
Cummings
2
Edgerly
15
Glines
11
Forster
11
Bingham
6
Carr
11
Morse
11
Proctor
3
Durell
3
Burns
1
Brown
7
Highland
14
Hodgkins
10
Cutler
5
Lowe
4
Vocational School for Boys
19
Bell Evening
2
Highland Evening
1
Parochial
49
Not attending school; found on street
54
Total
405
161
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 15 .- ATTENDANCE IN ELEMENTARY EVENING SCHOOLS FROM OCTOBER, 1914, TO MARCH, 1915.
Bell.
Highland.
Total.
Enrolled
·
Male Female
169
103 53
646 222
Total
712
156
868
Ave. membership
Male Female
245
66
311
94
32
126
Total
339
98
437
Ave. attendance
Male Female
189
51
240
73
25
98
Total
262
76
338
Per cent. Att. out of No. belong- ing
77.3
77.7
77.3
Per cent. Att. out of No. en- rolled . ·
36.8
48.7
38.9
Ave. No. of teachers
Male Female
2
3
5
20
3
23
Total
22
, 6
28
Teachers, cost of Janitors, fuel, supplies and lights, cost of
$3,274.00 $1,027.00
$4,301.00
439.64
309.57
749.21
Total
$3,713.64 $1,336.57
$5,050.21
Cost per pupil per evening Cost per evening
$0.142
$0.177
$0.15
48.23
17.36
65.59
10.95
13.64
11.56
14.17
17.59
14.94
.
77
77
No. of sessions
·
Cost per pupil in ave. membership Cost per pupil in ave. attend- ance .
543
162
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 15 (Concluded) .- Evening High School, Season of 1914-1915.
Male
Female
Total
Enrolled
566
359
925
Average membership
277
208
485
Average attendance
235
156
391
Number of teachers.
16
11
27
Number of sessions
57
Cost of instruction.
$4,496 00
Cost of janitors, fuel, supplies and light.
989 38
Total cost $5,485 38
Cost per pupil per evening. $0 198
Average attendance: October, 547; November, 532; December, 445; January, 355; February, 324; March, 391.
TABLE 16 .- GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
WEAR.
Prescott.
Bell.
Forster.
Morse.
Highland.
Edgerly.
Pope.
Knapp.
Hodgkins.
Glines.
Carr.
Bingham.
Brown.
Cutler.
Total.
Membership of
Primary Schools.
Per cent. of Aver-
Graduating.
Entered
Per cent.
Graduating.
1890
54
106
45
+56
57
296
6,035
4.90
199
67.23
1891
44
73
41
55
44
39
370
6,525
5.67
228
61.62
1892
41
36
ST
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
=
35
32
374
6,955
5.37
255
68.18
1895
36
32
58
63
73
42
36
34
370
7,201
5.13
281
76.00
1896
00
34
72
38
70
46
37
35
368
7,602
4.84
273
74.19
1897
A
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
497
9,328
5.33
350
70.40
1902
41
48
61
45
67
€.
35
31
32
40
51
484
9,362
5.17
354
73.14
1903
A
45
62
35
65
5,1
28
34
52
31
47
512
9,739
5.26
367
71.68
1904
31
35
84
46
79
44
36
38
40
36
43
606
10,298
5.88
463
76.40
1905
40
40
74
44
85
47
42
48
61
36
58
640
10,209
6.22
474
74.10
1906
35
54
67
44
109
49
4-4
64
58
40
43
33
725
10,440
6.94
561
77.40
1908
44
51
71
71
88
50
64
66
61
42
58
36
40
742
10,410
7.13
551
74.26
1909
27
59
73
44
95
82
48
70
55
43
66
36
43
741
10,582
7.00
546
73.68
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
1912
40
75
79
56
90
70
62
79
62
33
43
47
45
781
9,806
7.96
538
68.88
1913
41
34
71
44
113
51
39
59
38
26
43
46
47
39
691
9,961
6.94
533
77.13
1914
62
72
66
38
85
65
47
58
26
28
61
51
47
35
741
10,098
7.32
587
79.21
1915
40
61
77
29
105
67
55
70
67
46
58
51
30
789
10,765
7.33
619
78.45
1,006
1,343
1,680
1,257
1,961
1,295
1,002
1,172
920
761
842
449
369
104
14,161 229,084
6.18
10,301
72.74
-
1907
37
62
67
44
126
81
36
56
59
62
60
35
31
318
6,062
5.24
184
57.86
Average
Grammar and
age Membership
High School.
Entering of those
164
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
3,965
94.3
2,566
0.286
1900
12,345
9,823
9,174
93.4
2,759
0.300
1901
12,499
9,991
9,350
93.6
2,937
0.294
1902
13,116
10,402
9,733
93.5
3,335
0.343
1903
13,475
10,719
10,056
93.9
3,428
0.342
1904
13,804
11,094
10,422
93.9
3,887
0.373
1905
14,296
11,543
10,897
94.4
3,746
0.344
1906
14,551
11,762
11,069
94.1
4,046
0.366
1907
14,802
11,909
11,166
93.8
4,170
0.373
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
*1912
13,272
11,710
11,083
94.6
6,307
0.569
*1913
13,491
11,903
11,216
94.2
7,354
0.655
*1914
13,932
12,320
11,610
94.2
7,380
0.635
*1915
14,505
12,903
12.189
94.5
8,000
0.656
·June.
165
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
137
1.49
1900
9,823
1,031
10.49
131
1.33
1901
9,991
1,098
10.99
152
1.52
1902
10,402
1,138
10.94
164
1.58
1903
10,719
1,208
11.27
181
1.70
1904
11,094
1,286
11.60
179
1.61
1905
11,543
1,372
11.89
211
1.83
1906
11,762
1,473
12.52
208
1.77
1907
11,909
1,614
13.55
223
1.87
1908
12,159
1,707
14.04
235
1.93
1909
12,423
1,828
14.71
265
2.13
1910
12,131
1,796
14.80
266
2.20
1911
11,871
1,836
15.47
277
2.33
*1912
11,710
2,023
17.28
296
2.53
*1913
11,90 3
2,081
17.48
296
2.48
*1914
11,610
2,111
18.18
273
2.35
*1915
12,903
2,258
17.50
311
2.41
*For school year ending June 30.
166
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 19 .- PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL SEMESTER ENDING JANUARY 22, 1915.
GRADE.
On Promotion List.
Unconditionally
Promoted
One-half Grade.
Promoted on Trial.
Retarded One-half
Grade.
Promoted More than
One-half Grade.
Special Promotions
the Semester.
Back after
Two Months' Trial.
I
1,625
1,305
52
246
22
3
2
II
1,361
1,142
66
103
50
3
11
III
1,311
1,072
93
132
14
10
7
IV
1,047
779
115
88
65
12
4
V
1,082
792
180
94
16
3
1
VI
1,232
935
186
99
12
16
2
VII
1,185
849
215
105
16
1
3
VIII
983
661
196
97
29
3
2
IX
78'
618
133
25
11
7
3
Total
10,613
8,153
1,236
989
235
58
35
Percentage of Promotions for Semester Ending January 22, 1915.
GRADE.
On Promotion List.
Unconditionally
One-half Grade.
Promoted on Trial.
Retarded One-half
Promoted More than
One-half Grade.
Special Promotions
Promotees Dropped
Two Months' Trial.
I
100
80.3
3.2
15.1
1.4
0.1
2.2
II
100
83.9
4.8
7.6
3.7
0.2
11.8
III
100
81.8
7.1
10.0
1.1
0.7
8.9
IV
100
74.4
10.9
8.4
6.3
1.2
3.1
V
100
73.2
16.7
8.7
1.4
0.2
0.6
VI
100
75.9
15.1
8.1
0.9
1.3
0.9
VII
100
71.7
18.1
8.9
1.3
0.1
1.4
VIII
100
67.3
19.9
9.9
2.9
0.3
1.1
IX
100
78.5
16.9
3.2
1.4
0.8
2.4
Average
100
76.9
11.6
9.3
2.2
0.5
2.7
during
Promotees Dropped
the Semester.
Back after
Grade.
during
Promoted
167
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 19 .- PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL SEMESTER ENDING JUNE 25, 1915.
GRADE.
On Promotion List.
Unconditionally
Promoted
One-half Grade.
Promoted on Trial.
Retarded One-half
Promoted more than
One-half Grade.
Special Promotions
Promotees Dropped
Two Months' Trial.
1
1,401
1,131
78
177
15
3
1
II
1,384
1,147
108
107
22
III
1,371
1,102
115
97
57
15
2
IV
1,059
806
115
79
59
3
2
V
1,086
840
167
68
11
3
6
VI
1,195
899
183
102
11
.
3
VII
1,079
766
198
103
12
00
10
VIII
929
656
171
91
11
2
11
IX
853
644
136
61
12
-1
. .
Total
10,357
7,991
1,271
885
210
48
38
Percentage of Promotions for Semester Ending June 25, 1915.
GRADE.
On Promotion List.
Unconditionally
One-half Grade.
Promoted on Trial.
Retarded One-half
Promoted more than
One-half Grade.
Special Promotions
Promotees Dropped
Two Months' Trial.
-
100
80.9
5.5
12.6
1.0
0.2
1.9
II
100
82.9
7.8
7.7
1.6
0.5
4.6
III
100
80.3
8.4
7.1
4.2
1.1
2.2
IV
100
76.1
10.9
7.5
5.5
0.3
1.7
V
100
77.3
15.4
6.3
1.0
0.3
3.3
VI
100
75.2
15.3
8.5
1.0
1.6
VII
100
71.0
18.4
9.5
1.1
0.8
4.7
VIII
100
70.6
18.4
9.8
1.2
0.2
5.6
IX
100
75.5
15.9
7.2
1.4
0.8
...
Average
100
77.2
12.3
8.5
2.0
0.5
3.1
the Semester.
Back after
Promoted
Grade.
during
during
the Semester.
Back after
3
Grade.
TABLE 19-A .- DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES, OCTOBER 1, 1915.
AGE.
Total.
GRADE.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 or over
Kgn ....
4
206
1
1
.
.
..
. .
..
1 .....
....
67
1,047
316
45
12
1
.
. .
..
..
. .
....
1,488
58
3.89
2 ...
....
9
104
830
357
33
19
4
1
1
1
1,357
140
10.32
4. . .
. .
...
6
164
576
295
108
36
21
3
5
·
...
1,214
173
14.25
5.
...
4
276
1,156
1,277
1,315
1,201
1,154
1,182
1,209
1,080
1,051
835
562
375
164
36
9
12,886
....
..
Under Normal Grade ..
45
95
119
140
176
201
184
144
65
45
19
1
8
Per cent. under Normal Grade.
3.42
7.91
10.31
11.84
14.56
.18.61
17.51
17.25
11.57
12.00
11.59
19.44
88.89
.
.
..
4
64
340
308
242
78
18
3
. .
...
1,057
99
9.37
9.
5
52
267
268
132
44
6
...
....
774
50
6.46
10.
..
..
...
12
88
259
256
112
35
5
2
....
769
42
5.46
11 ...
157
59
14
1
550
15
2.73
12.
..
·
..
....
11
63
168
120
35
4
2
403
6
1.49
13.
. .
.
..
....
...
12
60
148
101
28
6
355
6
1.69
P. G. ...
.
.
..
. .
.
3
9
1
1
14
164
14.19
7 ...
32
367
381
212
127
36
1
1
1,066
201
18.86
6 .. .
.
1
24
238
372
248
124
40
20
2
1,069
186
17.40
3 .....
. .
4
124
730
359
100
27
10
1
1
55
13
3
18
147
466
234
129
..
1,402
108
7.70
ANNUAL REPORTS.
This table does not include children in special classes or vocational schools.
168
..
4
87
228
....
Above Normal Age.
Per cent. Above Normal Age.
212
...
....
1,156
8. .
...
Total.
1
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 19-B .- DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS, 14 BUT NOT 15, OCTOBER 1, 1915.
NUMBER OF GRADES
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Total
High.
..
. .
.
.
.
3
7
15
23
·
..
..
50
Hanscom
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
..
. .
2
Baxter.
. .
Knapp
2
14
8
20
Perry .
. .
1
1
5
16
17
25
Bell.
. .
..
..
..
1
5
16
14
16
..
. .
..
.
3
3
12
17
19
29
17
51
Proctor
4
1
..
. .
..
..
3
8
. .
. .
. .
..
.
. .
·
1
..
. .
..
. .
..
*Specials
40
..
. .
..
40
Total by grades. P. C. by
40
0
0
1
3
13
40
127
242
268
259
87
11
0
1.091
.037
0
0
1.001 .003 .012 .036 !. 116 .221 .246
.238
.08
.01
0
1.00
. .
. .
. .
..
. .
. .
. .
87
11
0
357
Prescott
1
1
2
14
14
15
..
37
Glines.
39
Forster
10
25
26
61
Bingham
1
3
8
6
17
64
Morse
5
Durell
0
Burns.
4
Brown
12
Highland
3
7
31
35
76
Hodgkins
6
11
18
9
44
Cutler.
7
19
12
40
Lincoln
0
Lowe ..
..
..
..
1
5
17
Carr.
1
1
25
Pope
63
45
Cummings.
0
Edgerly
1
. .
4
1
..
1
1
·
* This number includes children in backward, atypical, non-English speaking and vocational classes-
0
Bennett.
. .
2
0
·
44
2
54
1
169
259
170
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 20 .- RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS, 1915.
SCHOOL.
Teacher.
Resignation Took Effect.
In Service.
High
Roy W. Hatch
June 30, 1915
6 years
Marjorie L. Henry
66
66
1 year
66
Louise B. Hoyle
March,
1 year 6 mos.
Nancy B. Kimball
June 30,
5 years
Howard W. Poor
66
11 years
66
Edward N. White
66
3 years
Edgerly
Sophia C. Mague
Feb. 19,
66
1 year 6 mos.
Glines
Ellen C. Boynton
Jan. 29,
23 yrs. 5 mos.
Forster
Jessie L, Paine
June 30,
66
9 months
Carr
Mary A. Haley
Jan. 29,
47 yrs. 5 mos.
6.
Blanche L. Paine
June 30,
10 years
Morse
Helen O. Locke
66
3 years
Cutler
Anna L. Brown
May,
66
2 yrs. 5 mos.
Girls' Vocational
Ruth Meister
June 30,
9 months
Special
E. Christabel Winslow
April 1,
2 yrs. 7 mos.
66
19 years
Anna Pushee
9 months
Ellen J. Whitcomb
Dorothy Perry
1 year
3 years
..
Edna F. Gordon
Died: S. Henry Hadley, February 2, 1915. William A. Whitehouse, June 12, 1915.
171
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 21 .- TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1915.
SCHOOL.
Teacher.
Coming From.
Began Service.
Salary.
High
Fred W. Carrier
Wilmington
Sept. 1915
$1,200
High
Irving P. Colman
Milford, Conn.
Sept. 1915
1,100
High
Frances C. Hall
Somerville
Feb. 1915
600
High
Joseph I. Horton
Somerville
Sept. 1914,
1,000
Bennett
Julia M. Riordan
Somerville
Sept. 1914
450
Edgerly
Berta M. Burnett
Malden
Apr. 1915
750
Glines .
Ruth E. Clarke
Medford
June 1915
750
Forster
Anna R. Canfield
Somerville
Sept. 1914
450
Forster
Ethel V. Chisholm
Somerville
Sept. 1914
450
Forster
May A. Daly
Passaic, N. J.
Sept. 1915
700
Forster
Anna R. Walsh
Somerville
Sept. 1914
450
Bingham
Grace M. Lovering
Somerville
Sept. 1913
525
Carr
Eva S. Bent
Everett
Mar. 1915|
750
Carr
Bessie I. Berry
Everett
Sept. 1915
750
Burns
Margaret Beattie
Somerville
Sept. 1914
450
Highland .
Bessie M. Royce
Malden
Jan. 1915
700
Cutler
Mary L. Ennis
Hillsboro, N. H.
Sept. 1915
650
Cutler .
Inez M. Rodgers
Passaic, N. J.
Sept. 1915
750
Boys' V.
Fred P. Carter
Not teaching
Nov. 1914
1,000
Boys' V.
Arthur E. Gordon
Not teaching
Nov. 1914
1,000
Boys' V
Herbert L. Gregory
Not teaching
Oct. 1915
900
Special .
Joseph S. Hawthorne
Pepperell
Apr. 1915
1,000
Special.
James P. McVey
Somerville
Mar. 1915
1,700
Special .
Ruth L. Whitehouse
Somerville
June 1915
750
172
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 22 .- LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS.
April 26, 1915, Clara B. Parkhurst, until June 30, 1915.
June 30, 1915, Mabel G. Curtis, for year ending June 30, 1916. June 30, 1915, Francis A. Ryan, for year ending June 30, 1916. September 8, 1915, Mary C. Buck, for indefinite length of time.
Cadets.
Helen M. Farr Agnes M. Keating Ethel M. Gross
Dorothy L. Lundgren Mary L. McKenna Florence W. Schroeder
Bessie Thorpe
TABLE 23 .- TRANSFER OF TEACHERS.
TEACHERS. -
From
To
Marion F. Orne
High
Bessie N. Page
Knapp
Knapp High
L. Alice Grady
Glines
Carr
Hazel N. Friend
Forster
Edgerly
Harriet F. Ward
Bingham
Glines
Lillian M. Wentworth
Carr
Lincoln
173
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
-
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
54₺
157
99*
7
9
29
297
326
1907
57+
160
97*
9
14
32
305
337
1908
58₺
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
1912
661
168
84*
22
9
40
309
349
1913
68
166
91*
28
12
39
326
365
1914
75₺
167
99*
30
20
44
347
391
1915
76±
172
100*
31
15
45
349
394
· Including four kindergartners.
t Including two secretaries.
¿ Including one secretary.
174
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 25 .- BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE, 1915.
For High School.
As text-books.
A First Course in Physics, Milliken & Gale. . Ginn & Co.
Essentials of Chemistry, with Laboratory Exercises, Hessler & 1 Smith . Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co.
Elementary Biology, Peabody & Hunt .. . Macmillan Co. A Spanish Grammar (complete edition), Olmsted & Gordon, Henry Holt & Co.
A Spanish Commercial Reader, E. S. Harrison .... .. Ginn & Co. All Spanish Method, First Book, Guillermo Hall .. World Book Co. All Spanish Method, Second Book, Guillermo Hall,
World Book Co.
Textiles, William H. Dooley. D. C. Heath & Co.
Shop Problems in Mathematics, Breckenridge, Mersereau, & Moore
... Ginn & Co.
Modern Business Punctuation (without exercises), Benjamin J.
Campbell Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis Exercises in Plane Geometry. Newton & Lynde
Fabulæ Faciles, Ritchie, edited by Kirkland,
Outlines of European History Longmans, Green & Co.
Ginn & Co.
Part I. Robinson and Breasted. Part II. Robinson and Beard.
American History, D. S. Muzzey Ginn & Co.
As text-hook. For High and Forster Intermediate Schools.
Essentials of Latin, Henry Carr Pearson ... American Book Co.
For Elementary Schools.
As text-book.
Progressive Steps in Writing, Farley, Whitehouse & Gunnison, Silver, Burdett & Co.
175
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 26 .- GRADUATION EXERCISES.
High School.
The first high school class to graduate in January held their graduation exercises in the High School Hall on Thurs- day, January 21, 1915, in the presence of a large audience of parents and friends.
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