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Total
170
83
253
Ave. attendance.
Male Female
80
40
120
44
27
71
Total
124
67
19
Per cent. Att. out of No. belong- ing
72.9
80.7
75.5
Per cent. Att. out of No. en- rolled
26.9
46.5
31.6
Ave. No. of teachers
Male Female
13
3
16
Total
14
5
19
No. of sessions
76
76
Teachers, cost of
$2,185.50
$870.00
$3,055.50
Janitors, fuel, supplies and lights, cost of
444.88
267.32
712.20
Total
$2,630.38 $1,137.32 $3,767.70
Cost per pupil per evening
$0.203
$0.180
$0.195
Cost per evening
34.61
14.96
49.57
Cost per pupil in ave. membership
15.47
13.70
14.89
Cost per pupil in ave. attendance
21.21
16.97
19.73
1
2
3
114
56
133
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 15. (Concluded). - Evening High School, Season of 1916-1917.
Male
Female Total
Enrolled
381
254
635
Average membership
290
209
499
Average attendance
211
155
366
Number of teachers
24
Number of sessions
54
Cost of instruction
$4,349 00
Cost of janitors, fuel, supplies and light. ... 1,012 03
Total cost
$5,361 03
Cost per pupil per evening
$0 20
Average attendance: October, 530; November, 405; December, 325; January, 260; February, 258; March, 418.
Table 16. - Grammar School Graduates.
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
Prescott.
Bell.
Forster.
Morse.
Highland.
Edgerly.
Pope.
Knapp.
Hodgkins.
Glines.
Carr.
Bingham.
Brown.
Cutler.
Total.
Membership
and Primary
of Average
Membership
Entered
Per cent.
Entering of
those Gradua-
1890
54
106
45
56
57
1891
44
73
41
55
44
39
39
398
6,674
5.97
240
60.30
1893
40
60
48
63
67
46
36
38
389
6,600
5.89
253
65.04
1894
39
29
79
66
68
41
35
32
1895
36
32
58
63
73
42
36
34
374
6,955
5.37
255
68.18
1896
38
34
72
38
70
46
37
35
370
7,201
5.13
281
76.00
1897
34
39
50
48
41
29
30
25
45
27
382
8,029
4.75
281
73.56
1898
36
43
31
46
36
50
36
28
41
35
468
8,351
5.60
345
73.72
1899
37
50
62
48
49
40
34
34
39
37
38
434
8,689
4.99
317
73.00
1900
36
45
43
31
43
47
44
34
42
36
33
497
8,811
5.64
372
74.80
1901
34
38
70
43
72
47
43
38
41
35
36
497
9,328
5.33
350
70.40
1903
34
45
62
35
65
51
28
34
52
31
47
484
9,362
5.17
354
73.14
1904
31
35
84
46
79
44
36
38
40
36
43
512
9,739
5.26
367
71.68
1905
40
40
74
44
85
47
42
48
61.
36
58
31
606
10,298
5.88
463
76.40
1906
35
54
67
44
109
49
44
64
58
40
43
33
1907
37
62
67
44
126
81
36
56
59
62
60
35
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
33
67
46
58
51
30
789
10,765
7.33
619
78.45
1916
53
56
90
46
96
64
55
69
29
36
55
60
38
34
781
10,998
7.10
599
76.70
1917
94
66
119
67
43
55
48
36
528
10,652
4.96
357
67.61
1,059
1,493
1,770
1,369
2,176
1,359
1,057
1,308
992
797
952
509
455
174
15,470| 250,734
6.17 |11,257 72.76
1892
41
36
75
49
45
49
36
370
6,525
5.67
228
61.62
368
7,602
4.84
273
74.19
1902
41
48
61
45
67
46
35
31
32
40
51
318
6,062
5.24
184
57.86
296
6,035
4.90
199
67.23
Average
of Grammar
Schools.
Per cent.
Graduating.
High School.
ting.
640
10,209
6.22
474
74.10
.
135
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 17. - Attendance Statistics.
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
DECEMBER.
ENROLLMENT.
Average Average Per cent. of Number of Membership. Attendance Attendance 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
0.35S
1897
11,293
8,589
8,144
94.8
2,486
0.305
1898
11,577
9,085
8,636
95.1
2,941
0.341
1899
11,975
9,502
8,965
94.3
2,566
0.286
1900
12,345
9,823
9,174
93.4
2,759
0.300
1901
12,499
9,991
9,350
93.6
2,937
0.294
1902
13,116
10,402
9,733
93.5
3,335
. 0.343
1903
13,475
10,719
10,056
93.9
3,428
0.342
1904
13,804
11,094
10,422
93.9
3,887
0.373
1905
14,296
11,543
10,897
94.4
3,746
0.344
1906
14,551
11,762
11,069
94.1
4,046
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
*1916
14,647
13,191
12,323
93.4
9,373
0.761
*1917
13,967
12,770
11,933
93.7
7,325
0.613
* June.
-
-
136
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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
5.9
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
7.5
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
11,903
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
*1916
13,191
2,288
17.35
348
2.64
*1917
12,770
1,973
15.45
340
2.66
* For school year ending June 30.
137
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 19. - Promotions for School Year Ending June 28, 1917. Junior High Schools.
GRADE.
On June
Promotion List.
Unconditionally
Promoted
to next Grade.
Promoted on Trial.
Retarded.
Promoted more
than One Grade.
Special Promo-
tions during Year.
Promotees
Dropped Back
after Three
Months' Trial.
Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 28, 1917. Junior High Schools.
GRADE.
On June
Promotion List.
Unconditionally
Promoted
to next Grade.
Promoted on Trial.
Retarded.
Promoted more
than One Grade.
Special Promo-
tions during Year.
Dropped Back
after Three
Months' Trial.
I
100
71.5
5.9
7.3
II
100
86.0
6.5
7.5
III
100
76.2
13.0
10.8
Average ...
100
77.6
7.4
8.0
7.0
I
354
25
21
26
54
II III
278
239
18
21
139
106
18
15
Total.
771
598
57
62
54
Promotees
15.3
138
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 19. - Promotions for School Year Ending June 28, 1917. Grammar Grades.
GRADE.
On June
Promotion List.
Unconditionally
Promoted
to next Grade.
Promoted on Trial.
Retarded.
Promoted more
than One Grade.
Special Promo-
tions during Year.
Dropped Back
after Three
Months' Trial.
1
1,474
1,153
56
209
56
11
II
1,349
1,117
84
88
60
31
7
III
1,341
1,101
97
77
66
20
IV
1,273
984
115
85
89
13
V
1,214
961
126
62
65
16
2
VI
1,025
732
145
64
84
00
5
VII
983
703
144
68
68
34
VIII
593
464
81
40
8
16
IX
402
334
37
16
15
5
Total
9,654
7,549
885
709
511
154
16
Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 28, 1917.
GRADE.
On June
Promotion List.
Unconditionally
to next Grade.
Promoted on Trial.
Retarded.
Promoted more
than One Grade.
Special Promo-
tions during Year.
Dropped Back
after Three
Months' Trial.
1
100
78.2
3.8
14.2
3.8
0.7
II
100
82.8
6.2
6.5
4.5
2.3
0.5
III
100
82.1
7.2
5.7
5.0
1.4
IV
100
77.3
9.0
6.7
7.0
1.0
V
100
79.1
10.4
5.1
5.4
1.3
0.1
VI
100
71.4
14.1
6.3
8.2
0.7
0.4
VII
100
71.5
14.6
7.0
6.9
3.4
0.2
VIII
100
78.2
13.7
6.7
1.4
2.7
IX
100
83.1
9.2
4.0
3.7
1.2
Total
100
78.2
9.2
7.3
5.3
1.6
0.1
Promotees
Promotees
Promoted
Table 19-A. - Distribution of pupils By Ages, October 22, 1918.
AGE.
Total
GRADE.
1
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
1.1
15
16
17
18
19
20 or Over
210
Kgıl.
27
182
1
1
180
1085
287
37
1
1
1
1,598
16
2.87
2
2
88
810
357
96
1.1
2
1
1,372
115
8.38
3
1
136
727
358
98
25
5
1
1
1,352
130
9.61
4.
1
131
652
358
133
12
11
3
1
1,335
190
14.23
5
10
148
581
306
125
56
12
-1
1
1,243
198
15.92
6
1
22
251
511
290
139
34
5
1.253
178
11.20
7.
1
23
178
125
236
92
31
3
990
127
12.82
8.
3
32
254
377
191
65
1
931
74
7.92
9.
1
54
292
2.4-1
1.17
1.2
782
1.4
5.62
10
9
88
288
2:21
75
22
3
1
707
26
3.67
11
1
9
00
228
172
58
13
1
571
16
2.78
12.
12
67
113
106
35
12
375
12
3.20
13.
56
127
80
25
1
291
1
1.36
P. G
3
3
2
1.1
Total
27
364
1175
1237
1263
128.1
1330
1187
1206
1209
972
771
503
323
134
12
13.033
Under Normal Grade
37
103
113
160
173
207
14-4
106
54
26
16
15
6
Per cent. under Normal Grade
2.93
8.02
8.50
13.48
1.1.34
17.12
11.81
13.75
10.74
8.05
11.94
35.71
1.00
.
Above Normal Age
Per cent. Above Normal Age
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
139
1
8
140
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 19-B. - Distribution of Pupils, 14 but not 15, October 22, 1917.
NUMBER OF GRADES
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Total
High
84
90
12
0
186
E. Som. Jr. High
47
42
50
139
Winter Hill Jr. High
31
43
76
153
W. Som. Jr. High
63
86
78
227
Prescott
1
2
6
9
Hanscom.
1
1
Baxter
1
1
1
12
8
22
45
Perry
1
4
6
11
Bell
2
1
17
18
41
Cummings
2
1
4
8
Glines
1
5
2
8
Forster
1
3
4
Bingham
4
7
Carr
1
1
5
7
18
14
46
5
7
19
35
Proctor
1
2
3
Durell
0
Burns
0
Brown
4
4
Highland
1
6
11
18
Hodgkins
1
1
2
Cutler
20
Lincoln ..
0
Lowe
0
*Special
31
31
Total by Grades.
31
0
2
1
3
12
34
92
194
244
288
90
12
0
1,003
Per cent. by Grades ..
.031
0
.002
.001
.003
.012
.034 .092
.193|
.243
.287
.090
.012
0
1.000
...
0
Knapp
1
1
Pope
0
Edgerly
1
11
Morse
3
1
1 19
*This number includes children in backward, atypical, non-English speaking and voca- tional classes.
0
Bennett
Table 20. - Resignations of Teachers, 1917.
SCHOOL.
Teacher.
Resignation Took Effect
In Service.
Edith R. Macurdy
Feb. 2, 1917
5 years
High
Mabel Butman
June 30,
11
East Somerville Junior High
Irvin S. Wells Carrie M. Frost
June
5 years
Euphemia Potts
April,
4
3
8
16 years
Hanscom and Bennett.
May 1,
10
8 mos.
Bennett
Julia A. Mahoney
Feb. 1,
12
3
Baxter
Minnie A. Perry
Oct. 29,
26
Knapp
Annie J. Ireland
June 30,
18
Forster
Lilla M. Marble
Glines
Pearl F. Dame
Carr
Katherine A. Pike
-
11
66
I m10.
Morse
66
Burns .
2
6 mos.
Brown
Marguerite Burns
Feb. 19,
0
Highland
Mildred Archibald
June 30,
3
Lowe ..
9
Boys' Vocational.
William H. Hoyt
66
I year 1
.
-
East Somerville and Winter Hill Junior Highs
Ruth E. Kingman
Dec. 1,
April,
Prescott
A. Louise Bean
Elizabeth M. Collins
June 30,
Nellie F. Eaton
June 30,
5
5 mos.
Herbert L. Gregory
February,
1 year
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
141
¥
15
11
Catherine A. Faircloth
May 1, ,
66
June 30,
34
Laura J. Brooks Gladys Stimson
Reginald Webster
Dental Dispensary
3
8 mios.
142
Table 21. - Teachers Elected in 1917.
SCHOOL.
Teacher.
Coming From
Service Began
Salary.
High
East Somerville Junior High
Pertie I. Gray
Wakefield
April,
1917
750
Ellen G. Hopkins
Somerville
October,
1916
450
Irvin S. Wells
Gilbertville
February,
1917
1,000
Anna J. Coll
Somerville
October,
1916
500
Walter W. Newcombe
W. Boylston
September,
1917
1,000
Constance Hall
Franklin
800
Carolyn E. Armitage
Somerville
66
500
Edith E. Neylan
October,
600
West Somerville Junior High
Melvin T. Carver
Winthrop
1917
1,000
66
James S. Thistle
No. Adams
September,
66
750
Prescott
M. Jeannette Hannabel
Everett
November,
1916
800
Baxter
Margaret M. Breen
Hinsdale
October,
650
Knapp
Minnie P. Cunningham
Somerville
Dec. 10,
1917
850
Helen I. Burton
Forster
Anna E. McCully
September, 1916
500
Carr
Dorothy Lundgren
February,
650
Highland
Sophia C. Mague
Newark, N. J.
September,
1917
850
Cutler
Hazel R. McMillan
Somerville
February,
1916
600
Mary L. McKenna
September,
1915
550
Lincoln
Ruth E. Andrews
April,
1916
700
Lowe.
Mildred Archibald
Somerville
September,
1914
525
Octavia A. Stewart
Medford
1917
800
Boys' Vocational
H. Ralph Aubin
Not teaching
1,100
Bernard B. Patten
1,100
Clarence W. Dickey
Burlington, N. C.
1,000
Special (Sewing)
Josephine G. Nicholson
Lexington
October,
700
·
October, 1916
1916
500
Winter Hill Junior High
Mary T. Gurvin
66
1,050
Mabel C. Whitaker
Wakefield
800
Bennett
Amy F. Woodbury
Somerville
1915
550
Mary E. Flanley
Meriden, Conn.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$750
Phebe E. Mathews
143
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 22. - Leave of Absence of Teachers.
Lucy I. Topliff, from March 5 to April 13, inclusive. Edith L. Hurd, for school year 1917-1918.
Mary L. Norton, for school year 1917-1918. M. Edith Callahan, for school year 1917-1918, in exchange with Helen I. Burton, of Oakland, California.
M. Eva Warren, for school year 1917-1918.
Carolyn Armitage, for school year 1917-1918.
Blanche E. Thompson, for school year 1917-1918.
Gertrude W. Leighton, from September, 1917, to February 1, 1918. Harry L. Jones, from December 10 for six weeks.
Cadets.
Margaret M. Brennan
Stella Bucknam
Alice Cumming Doris D. Farr
Gertrude E. Gaddis Marcella M. Garrick M. Gertrude McCarthy Clare Sweeney C. Edith Taylor
Table 23. - Transfers of Teachers.
Teachers.
From
To
F. Gertrude Perkins
High
W. Hill Jr. High
Lydia A. Jones
High
W. Som. Jr. High
Florence C. Bowen
High
W. Som. Jr. High
John J. Mclaughlin
High
W. Som. Jr. High
Anna J. Dolan
E. Som. Jr. High
W. Hill Jr. High
Mary L. Guyton .
Prescott
E. Som. Jr. High
Catherine Heagney
, Prescott
E. Som. Jr. High
Mina P. Bickford
. Forster
W. Hill Jr. High
Harriet M. Bell
Bingham
Highland
Eva M. Barrows
, Bingham
Highland
Cora E. Crawford
Bingham
Morse
Helen L. Galvin .
Bingham
Brown
Elva A. Cutler .
. Morse
Cutler
Cara M. Johnson
. Burns
Highland
Annie G. Smith .
. Brown
W. Som. Jr. High
Ida M. Record
. Brown
E. Som. Jr. High
Helen I. Stearns
, Highland
W. Som. Jr. High
Elsie M. Ross
Highland
W. Som. Jr. High
Sarah E. Pray
Highland
W. Som. Jr. High
Mary L. Bryant .
. Highland
W. Som. Jr. High Bingham
Edith W. Emerson
Hodgkins
W. Som. Jr. High
Isabelle M. Brunton
Hodgkins
W. Som. Jr. High
Augusta H. Bergin
Hodgkins
W. Som. Jr. High
Ruth E. Andrews
. Lincoln
Burns
Olevia M. Woods
. Cutler
Lincoln
Katherine A. Breen
. Cutler
W. Som. Jr. High
N. Irene Ellis .
. Cutler
W. Som. Jr. High
Elizabeth R. Henderson
. Cutler
W. Som. Jr. High
Kathinka Fessman
. Bell Man. Train'g E. Som. Jr. High
Eva G. Hardy .
. Cutler Man. Tr. Bell Man. Train'g
Helen M. Farr .
Hodgkins
Alice S. Hall
Hodgkins W. Som. Jr. High
144
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 24. - Number of Teachers.
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
High School.
Junior High Schools.
Grammar Schools.
Primary Schools.
Special Teach- ers.
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
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
571
160
97*
9
14
32
305
337
1908
58+
164
97*
10
16
34
311
345
1909
591
166
99*
10
16
36
314
350
1910
631
165
87*
13
11
41
298
339
1911
621
164
86*
20
11
40
303
343
1912
66₺
168
84*
22
9
40
309
349
1913
68+
166
91*
28
12
39
326
365
1914
751
167
99*
30
20
44
347
391
1915
761
172
100*
31
15
45
349
394
1916
771
189
101*
30
15
46
366
412
1917
70±
65
136
102*
33
17
49
.374
423
*Including four kindergartners.
tIncluding two secretaries.
#Including one secretary .
145
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 25. - Books Authorized for Use, 1917.
For High Schools.
As Text-Books.
Gil Blas de Santillano, Geddes and Josselyn .D. C. Heath & Co.
Marianela, Geddes and Josselyn. .D. C. Heath & Co.
A Trip to South America, Waxman. D. C. Heath & Co.
First Principles of Chemistry, Brownlee and Others,
Allyn and Bacon
Elementary Spanish-American Reader, Frederick Bliss Luquiens,
The MacMillan Company ..
A History of Commerce and Industry, Cheesman A. Herrick, The MacMillan Company.
Form and Functions of American Government, Thomas Harrison Reed World Book Company. Rational Typewriting: Gregg Publishing Company.
Office Training for Stenographers. Gregg Publishing Company.
Grammaire Elementaire, Armand. D. C. Heath & Company.
Lectures Faciles, Bruce. D. C. Heath & Company. Mes Premiers Pas en Francais, Chapuzet and Daniels,
Pour Charmer Nos Petits, Capus D. C. Heath & Company.
D. C. Heath & Company.
School Civics, Boynton
Ginn and Company. As Reference Book.
For Elementary Schools.
As Text-Books.
Holidays in Mother Goose Land, Higgins. . Newson & Company.
A Beginner's Reader, Hammond Newson & Company.
Busy Brownies at Play, Davidson and Bryce. . Newson & Company. The Progressive Music Series, Parker, McConathy, Birge & Meissner, Silver, Burdett & Company. Intermediate Song Reader, New Educational Music Course, Ginn and Company.
As Reference Book for Intermediate Grades.
The Patriotic Reader, Bemis, Holtz & Smith. ... Houghton, Mifflin Co.
For Evening Schools.
As Text-Books.
English for New Americans, Field and Coveney. . Silver,Burdett & Co. Civics for New Americans, Hill & Davis. . Houghton, Mifflin Company ..
146
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 26. - Graduation Exercises.
High School.
The February graduation exercises of the High School were held in the High School Hall on Friday, February 2, 1917, in the presence of a large audience of parents and friends.
Order of Exercises.
GEORGE E. WHITAKER, Chairman of the School Committee, Presiding.
1. OVERTURE - "Golden Sceptre"
High School Orchestra, Russell A. Cook, Leader
2. PRAYER - Rev. Chester A. Drummond, Pastor of the First Uni- tarian Church
3. SINGING - "Cast Thy Burden," Elijah. .... Mendelssohn
4. ADDRESS - "System" Lillian H. Lacey
5. DUET - "Forget Me Not" MacBeth
Saxaphone, Clarence Wood Flute, John Leland
6. ORATION - "The Unguarded Door" John L. Weston
7. SINGING - "Italia" from "Boccaccio"
8. Presentation of Diplomas to Girls.
9. ORCHESTRAL SELECTION - "Berceuse" from "Jocelyn" B. Godard
High School Orchestra.
10. Presentation of Diplomas to Boys
11. SINGING - "Lovely Night"
12. POSTLUDE Offenbach
Singing under the direction of James P. McVey. Teacher of Music in the Public Schools
LIST OF GRADUATES.
February 1, 1917.
Asterisk before name indicates that the pupil is graduated "with honors."
Katherine Elizabeth Artz Katherine Elizabeth Bacigalupo Helene Deaborah Furbush Baker Doris Adelaide Barber Helen Eda Barris *Sophie Ella Berman
Anna Catherine Brennan Evelyn Nerissa Briggs
Lillian Della Caless Elizabeth Carnes Ruth Hamlin Chapin Gertrude Frances Cowick
147
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
*Theresa Crowley
Viola Mae Webber
Catherine Margaret Welch Marie Cecilia Welch Evelyn Errico Werner
Gladys Rose Harlow Valda Madeleine Hilton
Dorothy Beatrice Holmes
Florence Elizabeth Hunter
*Walter Elbert Clapp Stanley Estey Cliff Walter Stanley Currie
Harold Joseph Downey
Israel Louis Goverman
* Mildred Gladys Krug *Lillian Hilma Lacey Marguerite Alice LeHand Alice Grace LeSueur Sadie Marion Lyle Jennie MacIver
John Aldrich Grimmons
William Porter Hadley Francis Burr Hamilton
Lloyd Crockett Harding
Gladys Eleanor March
Edna Elizabeth Marsh Virginia Martyn
LaForest Harold Johnson. Jr.
Frank Middleton Libbey
Walter James Love
*Olga Elizabeth Massari Frances Mildred McLeod Helen Edna Mellett Helen Elizabeth Nangle
Charles Wilson Meinberg Frederick James O'Donoghue
Thomas Edward O'Lalor
Olive Grayce Olsen
Andrew Warren Orioli
Leona Erica Paasche
Walter Lawrence Repetto
Emma Harmon Perkins
William Vandesande Schroeder
Alice Scott Helen Imelda Sheridan Leola Grace Smiley
John Henry Shea Harry Lawrence Turner William Andrew Walsh
* Madeline Stockwell Grace Audrey Taylor Bernice Myrtilla Teele
Martha Louise Thayer
*John Lambert Weston Francis Thomas Whitworth Clarence Milton Wood Alexander Youngerman
Number of graduates, 81; boys, 30; girls 51.
The June graduation exercises of the High School occurred on Tuesday, June 26th, 1917.
Order of Exercises. GEORGE E. WHITAKER. Chairman of the School Committee, Presiding.
1. OVERTURE - "The Golden Sceptre" Scheppegrell High School Orchestra, Russell Cook, Leader.
2. PRAYER - Rev. J. M. Wathen, Pastor of the Highland Congregational Church
3. THE CITY'S GREETINGS - His Honor, Mayor Cliff.
4. 'SINGING - "And the Glory of the Lord" Handel
Graduating Class
5. ESSAY - "Women and the War" Hazel L. Cloyes
6. PIANO SOLO - "Rigoletto" Bella Ruff Verdi
*Ruth Etta Cunningham Evelyn Mary Daykin Grace Magdalene Driscoll Lillian Givan
Clifford Thomas Abbott
Francis Frederick Bonaparte James Frederick Brittain
*Ruth Elizabeth Jones Mary Gertrude Kelley Helen Madeline Kodad
John Duff Hopkins Merle Lloyd Hunt
148
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Order of Exercises. - (Continued.)
7. ESSAY - "Aeronautical Defense"
Merritt F. Farren
8. CORNET SOLO - "Serenade" Shubert
Dorothy Dooling
9. ADDRESS TO GRADUATES Lemuel H. Murlin, LL.D., President Boston University.
10. SINGING - "Hallelujah" Graduating Class
Handel
11. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO GIRLS
12. SOLO, Wilda Whiting Chipman
13. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO BOYS
14. SINGING - "Star Spangled Banner" Smith
15. POSTLUDE- "The Regiment's Return" High School Orchestra Crosby
Singing under the direction of James P. McVey, Supervisor of Music in the Public Schools.
LIST OF GRADUATES. June, 1917.
Asterisk before name indicates that the pupil is graduated "with honors."
Helen Marie Ahlner
Annie Frances Delaney
Gladys Mae Allingham
Margaret Mary Desmond Anna Kathlyn Donovan
Dorothy Bradford Atwood Inez Marion Atwater
Dorothy Dooling
*Ruth Lincoln Avery Katherine Elizabeth Ayers Eunice Alma Babcock
Marie Ellen Dresser Gladys Evelyn Dunn Elsie Maude Fales
Lillian Marion Bachelder
Ruth Adele Falkenstein
Mildred Edith Baker
Mildred Benton Fitch Ethel Genevieve Fitzmaurice
*Bessie Janet Berman Gladys Irene Bowditch Doris Isobel Bradt Olive Blanche Briggs Madeleine Brine Eva Buchinsky Winnifred Agnes Buckley Lilian Adelaide Cahoon Theresa Cameron Vanda Rose Cappuccio Elizabeth· Madeline Carlin
Laura Monica Flynn Edith Elizabeth Foster
*Gertrude Bigelow French Edith Maude Gilliatt Eleanor Chalmars Geiger
Helen Mary Carr Gertrude Ursula Casey Grace Elizabeth Casey Alice Cheever Wilda Whiting Chipman
*Hazel Leora Cloyes Elizabeth Frances Coakley Marion Amelia Coye Edna Louise Dearborn
*Grace Anna Goodwin Willma Josephine Gullion Harriett Edna Hamilton Marie Louise Hamilton Dorothy Arline Haskell Clara Geneva Haynes Maria Cecilia Hedlund Doris Estelle Hicks Eunice Snow Higgins
*Gertrude Armstrong Hincks
*Doris Homer Helen Amina Honnors Dorothy Olea Hopkins Florence Howard
149
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Mildred Emerson Hunkins Mildred Frances Irving Helen Clifton Jackson Marion Littlefield Jerauld * Alice Evangeline Johnson Frances Marion Johnson Marguerite Vivian Johnson Mary Campbell Jones Helen Eunice Jones Marion Rose Jordan
*Alice Wenonah Kallom Isabella Margaret Kellock Enid Bartlett Kenney Winifred MacLean Kenney Esther Eames Keogh Beatrice Thelma King Edith Wilhelmina Lang * Alfrida Christine Lind *Edith Martha Lynch Helen Gertrude Lynch Mildred Irene MacKay Esther Mable MacPhee Miriam Louise MacWilliams Marion Evelyn March Eleanor Brown Maynard
*Josephine Mary Mccarthy Mary Rose McHugh Helen Cameron Mckinley Jeanette Veronica Mclaughlin Helen Josephine Meagher Helen Virginia Meredith *Helen Louise Merrill Esther Pearl Miller *Claire Milliken Margaret Louise Monroe Mary Catherine Moore Mary Elizabeth Morris Agnes Claire Morrison Anna Hart Murphy Lucy Ellen Murphy Henrietta Ruth Nicholas Mabel Evelyn O'Donnell Martha Georgina Olson Doris Gertrude Ordway Alice Dean Padelford Evelyn Elizabeth Parker Florence Randall Parker Emma Ethel Margaret Parks Anna Louise Petersen Kathleen Pillsbury Lillian Frances Prescott Grace Veronica Reardon Mabel Isabel Reddick Maude May Richards Mary Margaret Riordan Mary Hayes Roberts Katherine Anna Roche Marietta Corinne Rondina Bella Ruff
Ruth Runyan Florence Gertrude Ryan Dorothy Moore Ryder Lillian Frances Severance Dorothea Annette Shay Marguerite Mary Shea Mary Elizabeth Shields
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