Report of the city of Somerville 1924, Part 13

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Publication date: 1924
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81 35


.


213


Average age, male graduates


13


756


218


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table 10 .- Pupils by Grades, June, 1924.


TEACHERS.


PUPILS.


Men.


Women.


SCHOOL.


(.RADE.


Regular.


Assistants.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


High


Special


4


1


Twelfth


218


285


503


Eleventh


253


323


576


Tenth


424


756


Total


17


56


807


1,036


1,843


Ninth


533


534


1,067


Junior High


Eighth.


489


560


1,049


Seventh


634


630


1,264


Total


16


100


1,656


1,:24


3,380


Sixth


31


603


626


1,229


Elementary


Fifth


31


646


675


1,321


Fourth


34


668


763


1,431


Third


33


1


711


712


1,423


Second


35


755


694


1,449


First


34


3


806


764


1,570


Total


8


198


1


4,189


4,234


8,423


Kindergarten


176


167


343


Special


3


Sight Saving


1


7


13


Cadets


14


Atypical.


4


36


58


Boys' Vocational


(65


65


Independent


Household Arts


1


Continuation


3


1


102


38


140


Americanization


·2


Grand Total


55


391


11


7,038


7,227


14,265


Never in First Grade Before


1.397


219


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


Table 11 .- Pupils in High, Junior High, Elementary, Vocational, and Continuation Schools, 1923-1924


High


School.


Junior


High


School>.


Elementary


Schools.


Kinder-


gartens.


Vocational


for Boys.


Atypical


Schools.


Sight


Saving


Continuation:


School


Total.


Annual enrollment


2104


3752


9351


383


102


53


13


334


16,092


Average membership


1936


3505


8470


3337


72


58


13


163


14,554


Average attendance


1811


3331


7937


301


69


52


12


134


13,647


Per cent. of attendance.


93.5


95.0


93.7


89.3


96.5


89.0


91.2


82.6


93.8


Number cases of tardiness


4872


2808


4506


11


122


46


19


144


12,528


Number cases of dismissal


602


1112


1822


35


1


2


12


3,586


Membership, October, 1923


2048


3593


8513


352


80


55


13


143


14,797


Membership. June, 1924


1843


3380


8423


343


65


58


1:


140


14,265


No. cases corp. punishment


·2


3


23


28


Table 12 .- Number of Pupils Admitted to Grade 1 in September


SCHOOL ..


1920


1921


1922


1923


Prescott


66


78


87


82


Hanscom


126


78


114


83


Bennett


96


117


74


89


Baxter


34


26


35


35


Knapp


47


74


45


40


Perry


40


37


48


32


Pope


71


79


89


86


Cummings


47


48


50


41


Edgerly.


54


53


43


40


Glines


110


79


94


104


Forster


31


25


32


Bingham


95


91


106


95


Carr


81


74


66


113


Morse


78


69


74


72


Proctor


36


44


36


Durell


30


37


337


46


Burns


72


72


68


Cutler


116


168


120


129


Lincoln


32


32


44


33


Lowe


72


79


61


69


Total


1,411


1,416


1,414


1,397


58


83


76


Brown


1-


1


School


220


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table 13 .- Eighth Grade Promotions - Junior High Schools - June, 1924


Promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade in the Junior High School corresponds to the promotion from the last grade of a grammar school to the High School.


SCHOOL


Number in Class


in June


No. Promoted to


Grade 9


No. Entering Grade 9 '


No. Entering Schools


No. Going to Work


No. Not Located


No. Entering Voca-


tional School


No. Entering Other


Junior High Schools In City


Northeastern Jr. High School


418


387


362


7


14


3


-


Southern Junior High School ..


292


286


251


8


13


12


0


Western Junior High School


370


362


330


24


1


4


1


Total


1080 1035


943


39


28


19


3


3


Table 13A. - Ninth Grade Promotions - Junior High Schools - June, 1924


Promotion from the ninth grade to the tenth is the pro- motion from the Junior High School to the Senior High School. The tenth grade corresponds to the second year of a four year High School.


SCH001


Number in Class in June


No. Promoted to


High School


No. Entering


Somerville High


Other Schools, Pub-


No. Going to Work


No. Not Located


No. Entering Boys Vocational School


Northeastern Junior High


396


383


354


Southern


346


*334


275


10


32


15


0


Western


339


330


280


24


16


7


Total


1081 |1047


909


39


55


37


5


· Includes two pupils who died.


1


15


2


School


No. Entering


lic or Private


Outside City


221


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


Table 14. - Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year 1923-1924


1923


1924


Change


Number of visits to the schools


377


429


+52


Number of visits to the homes


1,101


989


-112


Number of cases investigated .


1,172


1,083


-89


Number of cases found to be truan- cy or absenteeism .


322


296


-26


Number of different pupils who


were truants or habitual absen- tees .


249


237


--- 12


Number who were truants for the first time


201


187


-14


Number who were truants for the second time


37


35


-2


Number who were truants for


11


7


-4


Number of girls who were truants or absentees


68


55


-13


Number of visits to mercantile or manufacturing establishments · Number of minors found to be working without employment certificates


33


32


-1


70


24


-46


Number of employment certificat issued to boys


322


256


-66


Number of employment certificates reissued to boys


252


128


-124


Number of employment certificates issued to girls


179


107


-72


Number of employment certificates reissued to girls


90


37


-53


Number of educational literate cer- tificates issued to minors over 16 years of age (first issue) .


2,363


1,852


-511


Number of newspaper licenses is- sued to boys 12 to 16 years of age Number of transfer cards investi- gated


45


45


0


1,489


2,200


+711


Number of transfer cards forwarded


........


1,403


........


Number of truants in the County Training school at the close of the year


11


6


Amount paid for board of truants


$1,006.56


$910.02


-$96.54


three or more times


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table 14. - (Concluded) - Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year 1923-1924


Disposition of truancy and habitual absentee cases :-


Warned and returned to school


137


Transferred to other schools


10


Obtained certificates (14 to 16 years)


26


Left school (over 16 years) . Removed from city .


44


Brought before court and returned to school


4


Brought before court and sent to Training School


4


Returned to Training School (violating parole)


1


Sent to Lyman School


1


Sent to Shirley


3


Sent to Home of the Angel Guardian


1


Given in charge State Board of Public Welfare .


1


Table 14-A. - Truancies and Habitual Absenteeism by Ages and Grades.


BY AGES.


GRADES.


Total.


6


8


y


10


11


12


13


14


15


16 or Over


I


1


1


1


6


II


4


1


11


III.


1


6


2


2


21


IV


1


4


3


3


20


V


1


5


6


3


1


2


30


VI.


1


8


13


1


29


VII


1


6


15


18


8


50


VIII


5


14


3


22


IX


1


4


10


15


x


5


2


7


XI


XII.


Ungraded


5


2


1


8


Special ..


1


1


2


4


Boys' Voc']


1


1


2


Contin't'n


5


7


12


Total


1


14


12


17


18


17


24


34


59


37


4


237


.


5


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


Table 15. - Evening High School - Season 1923-1924


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


516


409


925


Average membership


287


229


516


Average attendance


188


157


345


Number of teachers


21


Number of sessions


59


Cost of Instruction


$5.502 50


Cost of janitor,


fuel, light,


and supplies


1,555 65


Total cost $7,058 15


Cost per pupil per evening 0 23


Average attendance: October, 510; November, 401; December, 335; January, 285; February, 238; March, 244.


Table 15 .- A .- Evening Elementary Schools-Season 1923-1924


Enrolled


.


Male 131


Female


Total


Average membership


84


50


134


Average Attendance


50


33


83


Number of teachers .


6


Number of sessions


79


Cost of instruction


$1,617 00


Cost of janitor, fuel, light,


and supplies .


591 88


Total Cost


$2,208 88


Cost per pupil per evening


0 21


Table 15-B .- Evening Vocational Classes-Season 1923-1924


Enrolled


Average Membership .


.


185


Average Attendance


159


Number of teachers


12


Number of sessions .


39


Cost of instruction


$1,997 13


Cost of janitors, fuel, light and supplies


318 45


Total expenditure


$2,315 58


Income from sources other than local taxation


334 15


Net expenditure


$1,981 43


Reimbursement from State


$990 72


Net cost


$990 71


Net cost per pupil per evening .


$0 137


.


Women 215


71


202


224


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table 15-C .- Americanization Classes-Season 1923-1924


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


291


263


554


Average membership


189


184


373


Average attendance


144


146


290


Number of classes


25


Number of teachers


15


Number of sessions


75


Membership hours


51,885


Cost of Instruction


$7,683 50


Cost of supplies


39 55


Total cost


$7,723 05


Reimbursement


from


the


State


3,861 53


Net cost


$3,861 52


Net cost per membership bour


$0 074


.


-


225


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


Table 16 .- Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools


1920


1921


1922


1


1923


1924


Knapp.


107


83


91


132


161


Perry.


32


39


Pope.


127


136


129


136


88


Edgerly.


171


171


168


157


189


Glines.


83


94


91


90


95


Forster.


31


29


35


29


40


Bingham.


66


95


87


78


87


Carr.


96


113


142


118


138


Morse.


61


43


68


58


68


Proctor.


59


44


53


64


59


Brown.


70


43


69


73


44


Highland.


178


155


161


156


129


Cutler.


120


115


154


147


146


Total.


:1201


1160


1248


1238


1244


Average Membership of Elementary Schools


8334


8270


8268


8347


8878


Per cent of Average Membership Promoted


14.41


14.03


15.09


14.83


14.02


i


226


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table 17. - Attendance Statistics. FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


JUNE


ENROLLMENT


Average Membership


Average Attendance


Per cent. of Attendance


Number of Tardi- nesses


Ratio of Tardiness to Average Attendance


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


1918


14,256


12,656


11,798


93.2


8,970


0.760


1919


14,039


12,733


11,609


91.2


9,744


0.839


1920


14,091


12,836


11,807


91.9


11,628


0.993


1921


14,500


13,396


12,533


93.6


11,337


0.904


1922


15,225


14,004


13,160


94.0


11,620


0.883


1923


15,932


14,308


13,276


92.8


13,164


0.991


1924


16,092


14,554


13,647


93.8


12,528


0.918


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


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


1918


12,656


1,520


12.01


332


2.62


1919


12,733


1,854


14.56


310


2.43


1920


12,836


1,714


13.35


241


1.87


1921


13,396


1,762


13.15


316


2.36


1922


14,004


2,037


14.55


613


4.38


1923


14,308


2,061


14.40


419


2.93


1924


14,554


2,104


14.45


497


3.41


For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.


227 ·


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


Table 19 .- Promotions for School Year Ending June 26, 1924 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 Two


Months' Trial


1.286


1,054


141


91


II


1,075


886


135


54


III


1,080


977


70


33


17-


Total


3,441


2,917


346


178


4


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 26, 1924 Junior High Schools.


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List


['nconditionally .


Promoted to


Next Grade


Promoted


on Trial


Retarded


Promoted more


than One Grade


Special Promo-


tions during Year


Promotees


Dropped Back


after Two


Months' Trial


1


100


82.0


11.0


7.0


0.7


100


82.4


12.6


5.0


0.1


III


100


90.0


6.5


3.5


0.9


Average


100


84.8


10.1


5.1


1.0


Promotees


228


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table 19A .- Promotions for School Year Ending June 26, 1924


Elementary Grades.


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.


I


1,593


1,259


96


234


4


2


II


1,472


1,254


84


125


9


10


III


1,432


1,218


110


98


6


·2


IV


1,347


1,154


113


76


4


1


1


V


1,329


1,063


163


71


32


8


VI


1,244


1,094


100


36


14


3


Total


8,417


7,042


666


640


69


24


10


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 26, 1924


Elementary Grades.


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List.


Unconditionally


Promoted


to next Grade.


Fromoted


on Trial.


Retarded.


Promoted more


than One Grade.


Special Promo-


tions during Year.


Dropped Back


Months' Trial.


I


100


79.0


14.7


6.0


0.3


0.1


II


100


85.1


5.9


8.4


0.6


0.6


0.4


IV


100


85.7


8.4


5.7


0.2


0.7


0.7


V


100


80.0


12.2


5.4


2.4


0.6


VI


100


88.0


8.1


2.8


1.1


0.2


Average ...


100


83.7


7.9


7.6


0.8


0.2


0.1


Promotees


after Three


100


85.1


7.6


6.8


0.5


0.1


Promoted


Promotees


DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES, APRIL 1, 1924.


AGE


GRADE


TOTAL


Above º Normal Age


Per cent. Above Normal Age


Kgn.


212


136


348


1


1


844


652


94


22


6


1


3


1.626


129


7.93


1


11


716


546


158


34


1 1


3


I


1.480


207


13.98


3


1


31


634


495


191


11


14


4


3


2


1,452


291


20.04


4


43


587


553


178


69


22


4


1,463


280


19.14


5


1


45


471


480


213


89


2.2


1


1,330


333


25.04


6


4


60


447


141:


187


: 85,


5


1,261


309


24.50


1


4


61


361


437


188


2 1.


1.092


2.29


20.97


4


2


82


416


426


151


24


4


1


1,108


182


16.42


10


4


77


331


273


96


10


İ


1


793


108


13.62


11


6


51


289


201


48 1


7


1


603


56


9.29


12


7


75


252


129


34


11


508


45


8.85


P. (i.


213


992


1,399


1,318


1,311


1,320


1,271


1,282


1,211


1,270


1,118


841


584


199


45


16


14.390


Under Normal Grade


94


180


231


270


299


303


334


303


203


128


64


43


Per cent. Under Normal Grade 7.13 13.73


17.50


121.24


23.32


25.02


26.30


27.10


24.14


21.90 32.16


95.55


5


9


10


11


1.2


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20 or over


5


6


7


5


70


479


461


217


66


14


1


1,313


298


22.70


8


-


1


3


6


2


1


13


Total


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


229


8


32


230


TABLE 20-RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS 1924


School


Teacher


Resignation took effect


In Service


High


Elsie M. R. Maclaren


Dec. 24, 1924


16 yrs.


High


Ethel M. Moore


June 30, 1924


1 yr.


Higlı


Ethyn Williams


June 30, 1924


1 yr.


High


Edna Woodbury


April 12, 1924


2 yrs., 51/2 mos.


Southern


Mildred B. Barmby


Jan. 1, 1924


2 yrs., 4 mos.


Southern


Elsie B. Fiske


June 30. 1924


1 yr., 4 mos.


Southern


+Marie T. Smith-Brandt


Dec. 24, 1924


26 yrs., 4 mos.


Northeastern


Anna R. MeLaughlin


Feb. 21, 1924


8 yrs., 6 mos.


Northeastern


Aline Morgan


June, 30, 1924


1 yr.


Northeastern


Olive B. Place


June 30. 1924


1 yr.


Northeastern


Rachel M. Pratt


June 30, 1924


3 yrs., 4 mos.


Northeastern


Gladys M. II. Sullivan


October. 1924


2 yrs., 2 mos.


Western


Jean Frazier


Dec. 24, 1924


4 mos.


Western


Jessie M. Howard


Sept. 12, 1924


4 yrs., 8 mos.


Western


Helen M. Stone


June 30, 1924


3 yr's.


Western


Helen S. Wright


Feb. 2, 1924


7 yrs., 5 mios.


Prescott


Hazel S. Ashman


Jan. 25. 1924


1 yr .. 5 mos.


Perry


Irene Vincent


June 30. 1924


Glines


Helen P. Colley


Nov. 21. 1924


Glines


Editha A. Sharkey


Feb. 1, 1924


Bingham


+S. Jane Batson


June 30, 1924


Bingham Kgn.


M. Regina MeDonough


June 30, 1924


Carr


+Susie L. Luce


June 30, 1924 Oct. 10, 1924 Mar. 31, 1924 Nov. 7, 1924


4 yrs., 5 mos. 9 yrs., 3 mos.


Morse


Elizabeth White


June 30, 1924


Brown


Bessie I. MacCutcheon


Dec. 24, 1924


Cutler


Katie L. Harmon


Dec. 7, 1924*


Cutler


Mabel W. Thomas


June 30. 1924


1 yr., 6 mos. 9 yrs., 4 mos. 8 yrs., 4 mos. 5 yrs.


¡ Retired


* Died


ANNUAL REPORTS.


21 yrs., 6 mos. 3 yrs., 3 mos. 4 yrs., 5 mos. 24 yrs. 5 yrs.


27 yrs., 7 INOS. 4 yrs., 6 mos.


Carr


Helen M. Mason


Carr


Ada C. Mawhinney


Morse


Louise F. Deady


TABLE 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1924


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Service Began


High


Gladys B. Hastings


Somerville


$1,500


Sept., 1924


Higlı


Helen G. Leitch


Not Teaching


1,700


Nov. 3. 1924


Northeastern


John J. Malone


Everett High


1,800


Sept., 1924


Northeastern


Florence W. Wheeler


Keene, N. H.


1,600


Sept., 1924


Southern


Charles W. Copp


Matsumoto, Japan


1,600


Sept., 1924


Southern


Anne C. Donohue


Not Teaching


1,200


Sept., 1924


Southern


Evelyn E. Weston


Fairhaven, Mass.


1,600


Sept., 1924


Western


Frances E. Biller


Somerville


1,200


Sept., 1923


Western


Veola DeLauzon


Somerville


1,300


Nov., 1923


Western


Madeline E. Flynn


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1923


Western


Jean Frazier


Not Teaching


1,200


Sept., 1924


Western


Viola M. Jackson


Milton


1,600


Sept., 1924


Western


Dorothy Perkins


Somerville


1,100


Sept., 1923


Western


Miriam Poole


Not Teaching


1,500


Oct., 1924


Western


Carolyn E. Precious


1,300


Sept., 1924


Prescott


Gertrude F. Donahue


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1924


Prescott


Evelyn MacDonald


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1924


Prescott


Doris F. Rudd


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1924


Bennett


Bessie W. Young


Somerville


1,400


Sept., 1923


Bennett


Kgn.


Abigail Bailey


Somerville


900


Sept., 1924


Knapp


Helen L. Gallagher


Somerville


1,100


Sept., 1923


Knapp


I. Gertrude McEachern


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1923


Perry


Helen M. Armstrong


1,000


Sept., 1924


Edgerly


Mary M. Dorney


Somerville


1.000


Sept., 1923


Glines


Helen Northrup


Somerville


1,100


Sept., 1924


Forster


Hazel C. Wellington


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1923


Forster


Lillian G. Wells


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1923


Bingham


Margaret Callahan


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1923


Carr


Helen Hession


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1923


Carr


Grace A. McElhiney


West Bridgewater


1,500


Jan., 5, 1925


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


Somerville


Table 21-(Concluded)-Teachers Elected in 1924


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Service Began


Morse


Kgn.


Esther D. Hamilton


Not Teaching


900


Sept., 1924


Brown


Ruth Brown


Cincinnati


1,400


Sept., 1924


Brown


Valborg Prebensen


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1923


Cutler


Hilda Foley


Somerville


900


Sept., 1923


Cutler


Alice Parlin


Somerville


1,200


Sept., 1923


Cutler


Gladys Stone


Somerville


1,000


Sept., 1923


Continuation


Marion H. Hathaway


Fitchburg


1,400


Sept., 1924


...


..


..


ANNUAL REPORTS.


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Table 22-Leave of Absence of Teachers


Adela Balch, for one year ending June 30, 1925.


Berta M. Burnett, for one year ending June 30, 1925.


Edith V. Blood, for one year ending June 30, 1925.


Marion Allen for six months beginning Sept. 1, 1924. Helen E. Harrington from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1, 1925. Marion A. Viets beginning Sept. 1, 1924 for an indefinite period. Jennie M. Twiss beginning Sept. 1, 1924 for an indefinite period.


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Cadets


Lillian Andrews


Ruth M. Drew


Mona Burke


Mary Harrington


Eleanor Casey


Alice Frances Morgan


George K. Coyne


Gladys M. Wellington


Dorothea Crosby


Catherine Wiggins


Pauline D. Dodge


Helen Wilson


Table 23-Transfers of Teachers


Teacher


From


Francis J. Mahoney


Eastern


High


Estelle Crowe


Continuation


High


Hazel L. Smith


Northeastern High


Gladys M. H. Sullivan


High


Northeastern


Helen L. Galvin


Brown


Northeastern


Elsie M. Guthrie


Cutler


Northeastern


Hortense F. Small


Lincoln


Cutler


Table 24. - Number of Teachers.


FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


YEAR.


High School.


Junior High Schools.


Elemen- tary Schools.


Special Teach- ers.


Assistants not in Charge of Room.


Contin.


Amer.


Men. Women Total


1912


661


252*


22


9


309


349


1913


68


257*


28


12


39


326


365


1914


75+


266*


30


20


44


347


391


1915


76


272*


31


15


45


349


1 394


1916


77


290*


30


15


46


366


412


1917


70


65


238*


33


17


49


374


423


1918


70%


108


207*


28


5


49


369


418


1919


70°


106


207*


26


9


48


370


418


1920


69°


113


212*


23


.


1921


75°


115


2161


25


14


5


60


392


452


1922


72₺


114


216+


22


16


5


57


390


447


1923


75°


120


2221


24


18


1


55


410


465


1924


76°


117


221+


24


16


4


59


401


460


¡Including a secretary .


*Including four kindergartners.


tIncluding seven kindergartners.


oIncluding a secretary and a matron


-


54


371


425


234


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table 25-BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE, 1924


For High Schools


As Text Books:


Book of Choruses, Silver, Burdett and Company.


Plane Geometry, Durell and Arnold.


Advanced Dictation and Secretarial Training, with an accom- panying Budget of Forms and Classified Dictation Drills, by Reigner.


Fortuna, by Perez Escrich, D. C. Heath and Company.


La France et Les Francais, Pargment, The Macmillan Co.


Un Jeune Homme Presse, Lehman, Henry Holt & Co.


Conteurs Francais d'Aujourd'hui, Michaud, D. C. Heath & Co.


Le Pari d'un Lyceen, Chancel, Charles E. Merrill Co.


Un Jeune Legionnaire, Erlande, Charles E. Merrill Co.


La France et Sa Civilisation. Lanson et Desseignet, Henry Holt & Co.


French Idioms and Phrases, Cheney, Ginn & Co.


La Poudre aux Yeux, Labiche et Martin, American Book Co.


Les Miserables, Hugo, Charles Scribner's Sons.


Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon, Labiche et Martin, D. C. Heath & Co.


Biology for Beginners, Moon, Henry Holt & Co.


History of the U. S., Fite, Henry Holt & Co.


History of the U. S., Beard and Beard, The Macmillan Co.


Practical Map Exercises and Syllabus in American History, Bishop and Robinson, Ginn & Co.


Practical Map Exercises and Syllabus in European History, Bishop and Robinson, Ginn & Co.


Sentence and Theme. Ward, Scott, Foresman & Co.


Captains Courageous, Kipling. Doubleday, Page & Co.


Hugh Wynne, Mitchell, The Century Co.


Short Stories for English Courses, Mikels, Charles Scribner's Sons. Present Day Essays. Knickerbocker, Henry Holt & Co.


Types of Essays, Heydrick, Charles Scribner's Sons.


A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After. Bok. Charles Scribner's Sons.


The Making of an American, Riis, The Macmillan Co.


Contemporary One-Act Plays, Lewis, Charles Scribner's Sons. Twelve Plays, Knickerbocker, Henry Holt & Co.


Short Stories of Various Types, Charles E. Merrill Co.


Secretarial Studies-Sorelle & Gregg, with accompanying Labora- tory Materials, Gregg Publishing Co.


Second book in Algebra, Enlarged Edition, Durell and Arnold, Charles E. Merrill Co.


As Desk Books: -


Secretarial Dictation, Sorelle & Gregg. Gregg Publishing Co.


As Reference Books :-


Industrial Geography, Whitbeck, American Book Company.


For Junior High Schools


As Text Books :-


Cuentos y Lectures en Castellano. Maria Solano, Silver, Burdett & Co.


Junior English Book, Hitchcock, Henry Holt & Co.


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


For Elementary Schools


As Text Books: - Basic Readers


Home and Country Reader (Bk. 2 to 6), Little, Brown & Co. Bolenius Readers, Houghton Mifflin Co. The Elson Readers, Scott Foresman & Co. Supplementary Readers


Robin Hood and His Merry Men, Rand, McNally & Co. King Arthur and His Knights. Rand, McNally & Co. Geography for Beginners, Rand, McNally & Co. Twilight Town, Little, Brown & Co.


The Outdoor Books, Little, Brown & Co. Stories of U. S. for Youngest Readers, Educational Pub. Co. Red Feather Long Ago Series, Lyons and Carnahan.


Our European Ancestors, Houghton Mifflin Co. The Circus Reader, Benjamin Sanborn & Co. Midway Readers (Bk. 1, 2, 3), Laidlow Brothers. Sets of Three


Pets and Companions, Ginn and Co. Myths of the Red Children, Ginn and Co.


Sea Stories for Wonder Eyes, Ginn and Co.


Stories Old and New, Ginn and Co. Wilderness Ways, Ginn and Co. Northern Trails, Ginn and Co. Wood Folks at School, Ginn and Co.


A Little Brother to the Bear, Ginn and Co.


Secret of the Woods, Ginn and Co. Ways of Wood Folks, Ginn and Co.


Pilgrim Stories, Rand, McNally & Co.


Viking Tales, Rand, McNally & Co. Little Lives of Great Men, Rand, McNally & Co. Lincoln Washington Napoleon Frederick the Great


Little Pioneers, Rand, McNally & Co.


Bunny Rabbit's Diary, Little, Brown & Co.


Log Cabin Days, Little, Brown & Co.


Stories of Colonial Children, Educational Pub. Co.


Robinson Crusoe, Educational Pub. Co.


Stories of Our Holidays. Silver, Burdett & Co.


Little Home Workers, Benjamin Sanborn & Co. Desk Copies


Busy Builders at Work, Ginn and Co.


Mary of Plymouth, American Book Co.


Seth of Colorado


Peter of Amsterdam


Antoine of Oregon


Philip of Texas


Martha of California


Benjamin of Ohio


Calvert of Maryland Good Citizenship, American Book Co.


Play Awhile. Little, Brown & Co.


Children of the Palm Lands, Educational Pub. Co. Work-a-Day Doings on the Farm, Silver, Burdett & Co. In Fable Land, Silver Burdett & Co. Amer. History Plays for Little Americans, Benjamin Sanborn & Co. Citizenship Plays, Benjamin Sanborn & Co.


The Winston Simplified Dictionary, Jolin C. Winston Co. The Winston Simplified Dictionary, John C. Winston Co. Primary Edition


236


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table 26-HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION


The graduation exercises of the High School occurred Monday, June 23, 1924.


Order of Exercises


OSCAR W. CODDING, Chairman of the School Committee, Presiding.


1. OVERTURE-"William Tell" Rossini High School Orchestra, Oliver W. Holmes, Leader


2. PRAYER-Rev. George E. Leighton Pastor First Universalist Church


3. SINGING-"The Heavens. Resounding". Beethoven


Graduating Class


4. CLASS ORATION-"Youth's Responsibility" Basil Mills


5. PIANO SOLO-"Concert Etude in D Flat" Liszt


Catherine Carver


6. CLASS POEM-"Youth Goes Forth" John A. Holmes


7. SINGING-"The Caravan Song" .Chadwick


Semi-Chorus


8. ADDRESS TO GRADUATES John A. Cousens, LL. D., President of Tufts College


9. ORGAN SOLO-"Offertoire in B Flat". Read Florence Cooper


10. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO GIRLS


11. SINGING-"The Gypsy Life" Balfe


Graduating Class


12. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO BOYS


13. SINGING-"Class Ode" Graduating Class


14. March-"The NC-4" Bigelow


Orchestra


Singing and orchestra under the direction of James P. McVey, Supervisor of Music in the Public Schools.


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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL


LIST OF GRADUATES June, 1924 *Graduated with honor


Ethel May Aikens


Adelle Cecelia Allen


Claire Ruth Andarson


Esther Marie Anderson


Mary Elizabeth Anderson


Helen Marie Ash


Emma Victoria Louise Atley


*Ruth Jeanette Bain Clara Baker Mona King Baker


Petronilia Mary Balboni


Alice Morse Belden


Adelaide Norma Bensaia


Helen Rose Bergen


Ruth Linnell Berry Philomena Mildred Bianco Rose Blish


Bertha Kathryn Bockman


Florence Maria Bond


Elizabeth Lovering Bowser


Sybil Isabelle Boyce


Marguerite May Boynton Ruth Elizabeth Brann Edith Otillia Braun


Mary Alma Brosseau


Alice Mae Brown


May Gertrude Brown Miriam Rae Brown *Frances Linnette Bullen *Dorothy Lillian Burgess Frances Lilla Burhart Inda Elizabeth Butler Celia Frances Capodano Helen Esther Carey Marjorie Isabel Carl Beatrice Evelyn Carr Terrilia Catherine Carver


* Alice Frances Chandler Doris Churchill Eleanor May Clark Dorris Mae Clough


*Esther Molly Cohen Rebecca Cohen Emilie Bartlett Cole Elizabeth Rose Collins Irene Frances Collins Margaret Mary Collins Ruth Anna Collins


Anna Margaret Coneeny Angela Flavan Conlan


Irene Mildred Connell Florence Emily Cooper


*Katherine Cooper Mary Theresa Corcoran Winnifred Esther Coville




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