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ANNUAL REPORTS.
SOMERVILLE PLAYGROUNDS ASSOCIATION.
Comparative Statement of Receipts and Expenditures.
Receipts :
1915.
1916.
1917.
Balance from pre-
vious account . $51 06
$180 76
$425 47
Donations and sub-
scriptions . .1,347 17
1,058 38
959 32
Interest on deposit
82
7 24
in bank
$1,398 23 -
$1,239 96
$1,392 03
Expenditures :
Instructors .
. $554 60
$237 00
$477 47
Supplies
120 25
260 52
130 39
Printing
29 35
57 25
23 50
Expressing
30 50
65
Rent of land for
garden
16 00
Expenses, Field
Day
.
19 92
Stamps, envelopes, etc.
15 62
Catering · A. E. McCarthy
House
·
Tuition
of teach-
ers
·
Membership
in
Somerville
Fed-
eration for Civic Service
1 00
Gustavus T. Kirby
for services ren-
dered by Row-
land Haynes
327 00
Gustavus T. Kirby
for Survey of
Recreation Prob-
lem in Somerville 153 65
Expense of dele-
gates to Recrea-
tion Congress at
Grand Rapids
160 00
$1,217 47
$814 49
$941 45
Balance
180 76
425 47
450 58
$1,398 23
$1,239 96
$1,392 03
.
309 44
Labor
49 30
103
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
SUMMER PLAYGROUNDS.
Comparative Statement of Receipts and Expenditures.
Appropriation .....
1914. $2,000 00
1915. $1,700 00
1916. $2,300 00
1917. $2,500 00
Salaries of Supervisors and
Instructors
1,598 00
1,292 20
1,538 00
1,066 50
Equipment:
Jumping Standards
86 00
Tent
55 00
Hose
Labor and Training
2 70
9 00
Repairing
18 38
6 27
Athletic Supplies :
Baseballs, bats, etc.
107 27
134 87
251 44
11 35
Medals, etc.
13 75
15 45
Miscellaneous Supplies, etc .:
Printing
6 25
12 00
Labor
10 50
20 00
45 00
Teaming and Expressing
9 50
10 85
12 80
Sand
10 75
33 23
37 80
Band
61 60
61 60
Handwork Supplies
44 84
52 00
7 40
14 81
Various
61 00
43 82
83 49
35 07
Baths:
Salary of Attendant
35 00
79 20
91 20
84 00
School Gardens:
Salaries of Supervisors and Instructors
1,175 64
Plowing, team, etc.
93 53
Supplies
17 67
Labor
5 55
1 50
Balance unexpended
37
$2,000 00
$1,700 00
$2,300 00 $2,500 00
Expended by Somerville Play-
grounds Association:
Playgrounds
407 90
1,191 47
814 49
177 52
Gardens
18 46
26 00
422 47
$2,426 36
$2,917 47
$3,114 49
$3,099 99
.
Supplies and Laundry
15 25
12 00
8 60
104
ANNUAL REPORTS.
GARDEN EXPENDITURES FROM CONTINGENT FUND 1917.
Equipment :
Lawn Sprinkler
4 50
Barrow
2 90
Hose and Nozzle
26 07
Preserving Kettle, etc., .
4 01
Making Signs
70 00
Lettering Signs
40 00
Watering Pots
1 40
Spading Fork
1 25
Wheel Cultivator
5 14
Hoes
40
Insecticides Fertilizer, Seeds, Plants, etc.,
153 23
Labor, Teaming and Expressing
82 55
Travel and Incidentals
68 04
Salary (one week) F. C. Stackpole
23 33
$488 82
Credit, potatoes sold
32 00
$456 S2
105
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SAVINGS BANKS. November 1, 1916 to October 31, 1917.
Balance Nov. 1, 1916
Amount Deposited. Withdrawn. Amount
Amount Transferred to Somer- ville Insti- tution for Savings.
Balance Oct. 31, 1917.
Prescott
$910 76
$197 14
$713 62
Hanscom
$29 67
903 40
75 05
717 83
$140 19
Bennett
470 25
141 16
235 84
93 25
Knapp
68 11
1,065 38
154 37
880 79
98 33
Perry
36 75
660 50
99 90
498 80
98 55
Baxter
62 73
524 37
70 85
441 64
74 61
Cummings
39 46
453 20
38 55
372 60
81 51
Pope
97 05
970 56
168 75
762 01
136 85
Bell
58 80
701 60
131 75
526 00
102 65
Edgerly
107 29
1,200 80
237 92
882 87
187 30
Glines
98 00
1,344 70
59 35
1,303 50
79 85
Forster
249 81
1,100 95
179 80
1,003 00
167 96
Bingham
166 70
1,358 53
146 89
1,175 47
202 87
Carr
44 20
1,084 44
156 63
857 58
114 43
Morse
35 65
706 68
98 90
553 32
90 11
Burns
71 85
715 80
62 70
599 45
125 50
Proctor
1 00
732 95
33 65
606 60
93 70
Brown
267 01
1,818 13
168 76
1,507 00
409 38
Highland
81 62
919 30
116 50
748 00
136 42
Hodgkins
168 85
1,255 00
143 30
1,166 65
113 90
Lowe
109 85
822 85
64 10
758 00
110 60
Cutler
332 08
2,022 37
95 07
1,985 51
273 87
High School
100 20
202 45
32 75
152 45
117 45
W. Som. Jr. High
36 65
36 65
Girls' Vocational .
65
65
$2,227 33 $21,981 62
$2,673 84 $18,448 53
$3,086 58
STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ISSUING OF EMPLOYMENT
CERTIFICATES, 1917.
Table showing the number of different persons receiving employment certificates, distributed as follows :-
Boys .- 14-year-old
307
15-year-old
202
509
Girls .- 14-year-old
185
15-year-old
143
328
Grand total
837
106
REPORT OF SCHOOL DENTIST. For the School Year Ending June 27, 1917.
MONTH.
No. Children Treated.
No. First Appointment
No. Reappointment.
Teeth Extracted.
No. Treatments.
No. of Teeth Filled.
No. Cleansings.
No. Having Brush.
No. not Having Brush.
No. Given Novocain.
Examinations Made.
Dental Talks.
Amount of Fees
Collected.
Incidental Expenses.
October
102
90
12
85
8
40
28
85
11
38
6
$13.21
5.47
November
134
123
11
128
7
51
35
106
28
32
9
16.29
2.82
December
83
64
19
68
15
24
13
64
19
25
8
8.66
3.71
January ..
180
135
45
123
56
54
33
144
36
33
11
10
21.34
3.91
February
163
116
47
98
41
21
33
139
24
46
15
6
17.64
4.33
March
144
100
40
85
27
24
32
121
19
29
11
2
20.49
2.81
April.
139
109
30
96
31
26
17
120
19
37
12
2
14.24
4.53
May
158
89
69
79
34
44
29
147
11
34
13
16.31
3.02
June
140
47
93
53
21
64
28
124
6
35
5
16.60
3.57
Total.
1,243
873
366
815
240
348
248
1,050
173
309
90
20
$144.78
34.17
ANNUAL REPORTS.
COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Receipts :-
1914-1915
1915-1916
1916-1917
Cash on hand September 1.
$12.78
$54.36
From fees.
123.48
$141.88
144.78
From sale of tooth brushes and powder
128.75
132.50
24.96
$265.01
$274.38
$224.10
Expenditures :- For supplies. Cash on hand June 30
$265.01
$220.02
$184.59
54.36
39.51
$265,01
$274.38
$224.10
No. of
Annual Report of School Nurses. For Year Ending June 27, 1917.
No. of Pupils
Inspections for
Eye
Ear
Nose and Throat
*Medi- cal
Surgical Skin
Dental
Optician
Tonsils
Adenoids
School
Home
New
Old
School
Home
October
74
526
89
121
99
12
1
4
7
1
1 1
7
5
25
21
Assisted in medical inspection. Arranged to send children to Forsyth Dental Infirmary. Reported unsanitary home conditions
Hospitals
76
40G
204
56
1
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
21
35
December
60
141
169
95
34
2
16
1
1
1
1
12
29
January ..
75
232
213
100
81
2
1 1
1
10
8
5
19
33
5
Schools
78
413
251
91
1
20
1
3
6
20
43
Three cases of eye trouble found and glasses arranged for. Two children taken to Psychopathic Hospital for examination.
Secured clothing for two needy families. Assisted in medical inspection.
Arranged for five children to be treated at Dental Dispensary. One case reported to City physiciau. Clothing found for two needy families. Reported unsani- tary home conditions to Board of Health. Three children taken to hospitals. Child with contagious disease found in school. Assisted in medical inspection. Two children taken to hospitals. Child with contagious disease found in school.
Assisted in medical inspection.
4 Assisted in medical inspection. First aid for fracture given. Two children sent to hospitals.
Two children with contagious diseases found in school.
Reported case of neglected children to Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Reported unsanitary home conditions to Board of Health. Sent child to Children's Hospital for treatment.
Totals
Schools Hospitals
712 79
2749
1937
1383 607
51
6
8
2
11
6
3
1
6
3
72
185
8
9
1
8
10
53
18
215
347
31
11
REMARKS
DATE
School or Hospital
New
Old
Unel.
New
Old
New
Old
New
New
Old
New
Old
New
Old
Old
Corrected Vision
Corrected Hearing
Oper- ations
Conta- gion found in
Home Visits
Hy- giene Talks
November ..
Hospitals
10
Schools
Hospitals
13
Schools
Hospitals
Hospitals
75
240
204
87
46
2
2
1
3
1
32
1
1
1
1
1
9
13
44
April
Schools
69
231
275
123
53
6
29
3
9
6
21
41
May
Schools
85
205
160
399
100
18
2
1
1
9
20
1
1
1
47
69
15
June.
Schools
120
355
312
240
47
2
1
2
2
7
37
3
16
7
Hospitals
20
105
1
1
9
March.
Schools
Hospitals
3
2
1
Ilospitals
7
Hospitals
3
17
to Board of Health. Examined teeth of children. Sent City physician to treat a very sick child. Two children taken to hospital. Sent three children to Dental Dispensary. Reported a needy family to
Associated Charities. Assisted in medical inspection. Secured clothing for six needy families. Four children taken to hospitals. One child taken to Forsyth Dental Infirmary.
Assisted in medical inspection.
Sent two children to Dental Dispensary. One child taken to Tufts Dental Infirmary. One child taken to Hospital. Reported one needy family to Associated Charities. Assisted in medical inspection.
8
1
1
February
Schools
113
- 1
2
New
Schools
Treatments in School
PUPILS ESCORTED TO CLINICS
Ped.
Old
2
*Treated by family physician or dentist.
1
107
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
SOMERVILLE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. Officers, 1917.
President, George E. Pearson.
S Francis A. Ryan.
Vice-Presidents, Harriet M. Bell.
Secretary-Treasurer, M. Genevieve Smith. Executive Committee :-
Superintendent Charles S. Clark, ex-officio.
Charlotte A. Norton, High.
Edith M. Dow, Glines.
Elizabeth J. Mooney, E. S. Junior Annie S. Gage, Forster. High.
Clara L. Griffiths, Bingham.
Gertrude W. Chaffin, W. H. Junior Eva S. Bent, Carr. High.
Lennie W. Bartlett, Morse.
James S. Thistle, W. S. Junior Edith L. Hunnewell, Proctor. High.
Louise E. Pratt, Prescott.
Marion A. Viets, Hanscom.
Persis A. Richardson, Brown.
Eleanor W. Nolan, Bennett.
Martha W. Delay, Baxter.
Clara B. Parkhurst, Knapp.
Irene Vincent, Perry.
Emma J. Kennedy, Pope.
Esther L. Small, Bell.
Fannie L. Gwynne, Cummings.
Mabel C. Mansfield, Edgerly.
Nehemiah E. Gillespie, Boys' Voca- tional.
The meetings held under the auspices of this association in the year 1917 were as follows :-
February 14-Address by Dr. Luther H. Gulick of New York.
May 15-Address by F. W. Wright, Deputy Commissioner of Education. October 10-Address by John F. Thompson, Principal of the Fitchburg Normal School.
Ethel M. Park, Highland.
Edith W. Emerson, Hodgkins.
Georgie B. Collins, Cutler.
Lillian M. Wentworth, Lincoln.
Martha A. Jencks, Lowe.
Mary Donoghue, Girls' Vocational.
December 12-Illustrated Lecture on "Switzerland," by Lewis W. Newell.
Abigail P. Hazelton, Durell.
Margaret Beattie, Burns.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
SOMERVILLE TEACHERS' CLUB. Officers, 1917-1918.
President, Mrs. Phebe E. Mathews.
.
Vice-Presidents, S Miss Annie C. Woodward. Miss Mary L. Bryant.
Recording Secretary, Miss Edith L. Laycock. Corresponding Secretary, Miss Mary A. Holt. Auditor, Miss Mary F. Osborne.
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 the home and school.
Program.
January 9-Dramatic Reading, Professor Thomas Crosby, Yale Uni- versity.
February 14-Valentine Party.
March 13-Annual Meeting, Recital by Barleben Musical Club.
April 10-Benefit Night,
Mr. Howard White. Mme. Evelyn Scotney. Mr. Herbert Seilver.
June 20-Reception to retiring President, Elizabeth M. Collins. October 9-Address on "Citizenship" J. Franklin Knotts November 26-War Supper, Knitting, Sewing Bee.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Report of Treasurer, January 1, 1918.
Receipts : -
Balance on hand January 1, 1917
$281 23
Hockey
1 00
Sweater
5 82
Baseball games
589 45
Students' Council
50 00
Football
2,824 32
Memberships .
268 50
Disbursements :- -
Coaching
$741 10
Ticket selling and taking
26 00
Hockey
43 65
Official
219 50
Police
227 00
Advertising and printing
89 79
Treasurer's salary
200 00
League dues
2 00
Travelling expenses .
67 24
Stationery and postage
21 18
Guarantees to teams
970 96
Telephoning
27 45
Medical attendance
100 00
Supplies
750 40
Football charms
74 50
Bay State School of Musketry
18 90
Transportation
10 00
Repairs at Armory
8 00
Rindge Technical School, one-half net profit, ·baseball game
29 20
Miscellaneous
18 17
Balance on hand, January 1, 1918
375 28
$4,020 32
$4,020 32
110
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 1916-1917.
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, school year 1916-1917.
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 registration.
8. Attendance, etc., of the schools for school year 1916-1917.
9. Statistics of the high school for school year 1916-1917.
10. Pupils by grades, June, 1917.
11. Separate statistics for grammar and primary schools, for school year 1916-1917.
12. Admissions to first grade in February and September.
13. Number of grammar school graduates, 1917.
14. Truant statistics for a series of years.
15. Evening school statistics, 1916-1917.
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, 1917.
19-A. Distribution of pupils by ages, 1917.
19-B. Distribution of pupils, 14 but not 15, 1917.
CONCERNING TEACHERS.
20. Resignations of teachers, 1917.
21. Teachers elected in 1917.
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, 1917.
26. High school graduation exercises, 1917.
27. Grammar school graduation exercises, 1917.
28. Organization of school board for 1918.
29. Teachers in service January, 1918.
30. Officers in service January, 1918.
31. School janitors.
CLASSIFIED STATEMENT SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES CONTROLLED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1917.
-SALARIES
Seat Work and Kindergarten
Tuition and Board of
SCHOOLS.
Substitute $62 00
$536 28
$84,060 28
$1,909 37
$88 14
$323 42
331 62
195 94
62 47
63 23
20 03
484 70
98 98
$8 21 191 06
Printing. $144 26 14 63
Fravel. $30 89 13 40
Graduation. $235 78 18 27
Truants.
Miscellaneous.
Equipment. $807 39
Telephone Service. $63 37
Census Expenses
SCHOOLS.
High
Regular. $83,462 00 13.443 38
Special.
Kindergarten. Total.
Administrative. Books
White Paper. $479 19 145 03
Blant Books,
Penclis, Pens, etc. $306 59
Drawing Supplies. $561 14
Laboratory Supplies $443 14
Bookkeeping Blinks.
Science Supplies.
Postage $22 50
$578 05
......
High
East Somerville Junior High.
16,556 00
5 0
266 26
16,827 26
441 31
105 85
111 60
9 96
46 17
33 94
149 87
61 68
149 07
26 21
27 02
......
. .....
31 47
21 96
.....
. ...
8,328 07
148 32
8.476 39
741 73
42 06
61 66
.....
....
$1 78
42 1
9 41
3 56
14 8
4 92
21 41
450 30
Prescott
Hanscom
9,376 00
80 75
189 82
21 00
129 42
1,270 00
18 81
22 62
10 62
2 35
6 32
13 65
13 98
2 90
5 97
12,701 01
102 50
702 62
13,506 13
89 61
84 99
71 96
41 05
22 98
21 67
51 24
3 10
17 71
12 04
8 66
25 25
458 96
Knapp
Perry
10,955 13
46 50
561 43
11,563 06
352 08
22 64
48 65
22 13
21 79
19 7.
19 52
7 60
23 66
559 GG
Popa
9,493 25
41 25
775 11
10,309 61
162 63
52 21
26 01
12 90
28 22
39 71
32 39
60 39
16 94
22 37
488 70
Bell
3,340 88
22 50
67 90
3,431 28
236 62
10 62
6 25
1 35
1 71
4 59
2 1G
Cummings
11.301 51
53 75
421 90
11,777 16
245 01
12 25
37 83
2 10
11 85
11 34
10 5:
Edgerly
12,265 45
86 25
1,266 50
14.037 77
172 57
37 82
25 00
2 10
14 63
21 28
22 00
LO 33
7 00
Glines
6.244 88
28 75
177 94
6,451 67
46 08
26 44
3 53
10 76
34 9
13 63
5 88
Forster
14,248 63
140 50
509 35
14.898 48
284 17
49 92
3 16
24 08
9 4
16 61
43 72
6 85
24 87
658 06
Bingham
16.113 00
71 75
817 33
17,002 08
159 42
59 06
25 17
6 45
16 56
14 25
1 34
51 24
2 60
15 15
22 9
10 50
29 92
473 85
Carr
11,626 50
59 75
607 24
12,193 49
215 87
52 03
39 82
17 00
27 20
9 G
20 29
42 77
C 00
17 21
8 90
8 GG
21 54
611 42
Morse
6.145 $8
90 00
230 86
6,466 74
93 03
4 64
7 20
9 11
14 05
4 70
3 50
75
26 46
163 44
Proctor
3,324 25
17 25
GT 88
3,409 38
49 06
6 01
13 48
4 85
1 20
18 1
2 3
3 10
3 97
11 48
3 09
24 24
504 42
Brown
11.518 01
767 43
12,337 94
447 20
49 08
18 80
5 10
24 39
17 02
20 30
42 86
: 10
31 41
11 45
22 16
693 87
Highland
9,599 38
437 73
10,155 36
61 55
47 80
51 61
4 06
10 67
23 79
3 25
0 75
12 2
33 0G
288 15
Hodgkins
15.173 38
242 00
661 87
342 14
86 50
74 92
20 75
12 46
69 01
33 02
14 18
10 21
27 96
24 79
797 86
Cutler
3.229 75
30 50
67 76
3,328 01
101 92
14 67
32 57
2 85
13 06
1 52
12 78
84
4 80
8 7
.....
37 60
10 10
7 00
32 92
861 39
50 59
303 27
1.617 01
Boys" Vocational
Girls' Vocational
4,389 00
4,389 00
135 00
39 43
25 44
13 20
53 58
80 83
98 70
68 13
8 22
32 71
4 60
= 25
41 85
26 21
24 98
222 26
Girls' Vocational
Evening, High
2,043 00
2,043 00
1 51
2 98
5 26
8 49
: 10
1 3
Evening, Morse
131 00
131 00
53 83
286 50
1 89
Evening, Industrial
Evening, Practical Arts
545 00
645 00
.....
....
8 82
18
52 04
227 90
31 73
180 57
54 40
6 8:
9 27
567 12
64 54
. 1 00
831 99
24 20
563 65
4,599 52
Miscellaneous
Dental
......
......
....
......
.....
......
...
Totals
$363.341 85
$1.824 25 $10.178 00
$5.046 50 $380,390 60
$8.772 93
$2,210 32
$1,331 27
$598 27
$1,230 09
$674 85
$1,344 47
*$2,059 00
$443 14
$1.236 94
$498 61
$1.135 $9
$520 11
$445 63
$330 70
$1,091 62
#$2.480 47
$5,283 31
$808 68
$568 65
$33,881 93
Totals
*Hardware. $663 30; Lumber, $1,395 70
Gardens
$456 83
For supplles
$33.881 93
Maps. charts ....
96 91
t Baths
201 50
Miscellaneous
1.132 71
Expresg
154 75
Stationery
357 00
no tuning
and repair's.
27 00
Typewriter supplies .............
63 78
8.141 25
94 00
150 06
9,625 31
172 55
8 39
15 26
3 76
13 55
3 61
33 02
53 46
....
82 41
2 1
215 23
28 GO
580 21
97 22
Baxter
Knapp
4.965 38
28 00
185 '75
5,179 13
76 16
4 84
44
16 14
7 92
2 3
3 77
. . ...
8 46
West Somerville Junlor High.
7,415 50
324 45
7,796 20
75 41
94 03
98 80
4 73
35 62
43 69
73 72
164 14
139 55
72 87
23 02
22 51
91 88
1,868 63
......
Totals $8,110 68 2,406 72 2,079 24 3,358 93
. East Somerville Junior High . Winter Hill Junior High West Somerville Junior High
Vinter Hill Junior High . ...
83 75
276 22
13,803 33
31 4
696 44
21 48
.....
...... 56 25
1,240 00 1,270 00
10,916 57
162 19
34 17
16 83
1 25
22 18
2 47
62 78
Beunett
Bennett
Baxter
17 44
24 46
9 22
2 18
57 84
27 84
453 92
Edgerly
419 57
1 52
21 08
338 39
Glines
21 42
189 62
Forster
Bingham
7.417 50
34 00
170 28
7,621 78
58 52
22 00
33 83
350 28
7 95
30 37
8 74
26 37
15 8G
9 34
12 90
Brown
10,201 60
107 50
473 60
10,782 60
Highland
...
1
6.582 25
48 00
133 62
6,763 87
101 93
15 30
28 19
2 73
25
2 22
4 15
7 20
1 55
63
8 46
16 44
263 45
Boys' Vocational
7.045 25
7,045 25
10 62
465 26
Evening, High
Evening, Bell
805 00
805 00
45
64 28
Evening, Morse
Evening, Industrial
286 50
1 89
2 50
....
307 68
120 85
219 23
1,987 28
Administration
Administration
8,772 93
15 3:
23 14
Miscellaneous
900 00
900 00
263 63
546 54
77 43
25 07
19 76
1 54
CAIT
Morse
Proctor
3 75
95
83 86
Durell
161 16
Burns
Hodgkins
14 62
5 72
7 39
174 01
Lowe
Atypical
1,760 00
1,760 00
50
25 22
Atypical
8.163 88
8.163 88
5 90
2 50
3 0
11 87
60
33 70
Evening, Bell
Evening, Highland
11 45
Evening. Highland
2 60
Evening, Practical Arts
306 05
#223 26
276 69
1,091 62
@ 15
1 50
314 24
Hanscom
4.103 50
111 30
Perry
Pope
Bell
265 38
Cummings
33 00
4 23
Durell
8 60
4 97
3 74
7 90
21 42
49 65
17 67
Cutler
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lowe
12 83
6 70
Manual Training Supplied $586 59
Domestic
TEACHERS
Manila
Paper.
Supplies.
Bookbinding. $291 38 17 88
......
Dental
tMaintenance of automobile. $481 05
For salaries
8.772 93
Total spent from Contingent $42,654 86
Burns
52 50
118 25
16,077 25
18 28
24 64 44 44
4 20
68 14
1 26
2 28
5 4
39 22
25 44
4 52
$837 97
59 02
804 12
Electric Service Power $393 00
$696 27
188 05
3 10
7 31
7 20
$7,985 1₺
$427 53
48 70
Prescott
5,523 92
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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
Population, state census, 1915
86,854
Children between five and sixteen years of age, April, 1917, by school census
15,465
2 .- SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
1916.
1917.
Change.
Number of school buildings in June
27
28
+1
Number of classrooms in use in June.
313
323
+10
Valuation of school property.
$1,901,700
$2,062,100
+$160,400
3 .- TEACHERS.
1916.
1917.
Change.
In high schools
77
70
-7
In junior high schools
35
65
+30
In grammar schools
152
137
-15
In primary schools
105
103
-2
In kindergartens.
8
8
0
Total in elementary schools
265
248
-17
Vocational school for boys
7
8
+1
Vocational school for girls.
9
9
0
Atypical classes
2
2
0
Cadet
teachers.
5
9
+4
Special
12
12
0
Total
412
423
+11
4 .- ATTENDANCE FOR YEAR.
*1916.
*1917.
Change.
Entire enrollment for the year.
14,647
13,967
-680
Average number belonging
13,191
12,770
-421
Average number attending
12,323
11,933
-390
Per cent. of daily attendance.
93.4
93.7
+0.3
High school graduates.
348
340
Grammar school graduates
781
528
-253
5 .- COST OF SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.
*1916.
*1º17.
Change.
Salaries of teachers
$356,198 06
$367,869 15 +$11,671 09
Salaries of officers
7,750 00
8,268 62
+518 62
Cost of books and supplies.
25,378 63
29,221 07
+3,842 44
Cost of light.
6,232 57
5,428 62
-803 95
Cost of janitors' services
34,576 78
35,717 91
+1,141 13
Cost of fuel.
20,196 92
25,487 12
+5,290 20
Total cost of day and evening schools
451,142 99
471,992 49
+20,849 50
Per capita cost.
34 20
34 91
+0 71
Cost of high school instruction
84,379 05
83,933 00
-446 05
Per capita cost
40 98
47 05
+6 07
*School year.
112
ANNUAL REPORTS.
6 .- MISCELLANEOUS.
*1916. $81,183 73
*1917. $94,420 27
Change. +$13,236 54
Paid for new school buildings
Repairs and permanent im- provements
21,634 32
27,283 00
+5,648 68
Total school expenditures.
553,961 04
593,695 76
+39,734 72
Number of dollars spent
to maintain schools out of every $1,000 of valua- tion
5 69
5 95
+0 26
Valuation of city
79,304,329 · 00 78,921,472 00 -382,857 00
Number of dollars spent for all school purposes out of every $1,000 of valua- tion
6 98
7 52
+0 54
* School year.
Cost of the Schools.
The total amount spent for the maintenance of the schools of Somerville for the school year ending June 30, 1917, is $471,992.49.
This includes the sums spent for care of school buildings, including janitors' services, fuel, light, and school telephones ; the amount paid for salaries of officers, and the amount spent for school supplies ; and the sum paid for salaries of teachers.
The expenditures for care of school buildings is wholly in charge of the City Government.
The amount paid for janitors is.
$35,717 91
The cost of fuel is
25,487 12
The cost of light is
5,428 62
A total cost of
$66,633 65
The cost per capita.
4 93
Cost of repairs
27,283 00
The second important expenditure is wholly under the control of the School Committee and is covered by what is · known as the "School Contingent" appropriation. The fol- lowing is the itemized account :-
DAY SCHOOLS.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Expenditures.
Total.
High and Vocational
Elementary
High and Vocational
Elementary
Officers' Salaries
$8,268.62
Office Expenses
1,925.73
Textbooks.
8,304.88
$2,623.42
$5,677.71
$3.75
Stationery and Supplies and
1,782.72
8,402.16 609.36
8,059.61
$288.66 252.05
32.29
Other Expenses of Instruction Miscellaneous (Tuition, etc.) ...
2,207.74
1,334.80
11.53
Total.
$37,489.69
$11,634.94
$15,072.12
$540.71
$47.57
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
The third, and by far the largest, element of the cost of schools is the sum spent for the salaries of teachers. This expenditure is under the control of the School Committee.
The following statement shows the distribution of the sums paid for salaries :-
DAY SCHOOLS.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Expenditures.
Total.
High and Vocational
Elementary
High and Vocational
Elementary
Supervisors
Principals
$5,477.25 37,007.00 345,384.90
$640.19 7,696.00 99,203.422
$4,837.06 28,090.00 219,448.98
$541.00 4,357.00
2,375.50
Total
$367,869,15
$107,539.61
$252,376.04
$4,898.00
$3,055.50
The total outlay for all school purposes includes all of the preceding and the sums spent for schoolhouse repairs and! new buildings.
The total outlay for the school year ending June 30, 1917,, is as follows :-
Care
66,633 65
Contingent
34,489 69
Salaries
367,869 15
Total for school maintenance
$471,992 49
Paid for repairs.
27,283 00
Paid for new buildings
94,420 27
Total for all school purposes.
$593,695 76.
Each dollar of the sum spent for the support of schools: has been divided in the following proportion :-
1912.
1913.
1914.
1915. $0.074
1916.
1917.
Janitors' salaries
$0.071
$0.082
$0.079
$0.077
$0.076
Heat and light.
0.054
0.055
0.060
0.054
0.059
0.066
Administration
0.020
0.018
0.018
0.017
0.017
0.018
School supplies
0.076
0.065
0,065
0.067
0.058
0.062
Teachers' salaries
0.779
0.780
0,778
0.788
0.789
0.778
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, and the vocational : schools. The following shows :-
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