Report of the city of Somerville 1925, Part 14

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1925
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613,294


40,079


10,092


37,083


55,381


*757,679


1921


13,396


714,859


26,329


12,163


63,017


61,435


*878,153


1922


14,109


747,905


42,682


10,531


26,521


61,987


*889,877


1923


14,308


752,272


44,106


9,883


64,726


63,408


934,395


1924


14,544


769,773


52,757


9,803


34,162


67,277


933,772


1925


14,699


790,963


45,259


12,226


41,846


73,967


964,261


+ $92.50 included for rental of church for schoolhouse purposes in Ward 7.


* Includes $882.50. rent of Armory, in 1919.


, in 1920.


*


350.00,


, in 1921


250.00,


. in 1922.


Table 5 .- Annual Cost Per Capita of Maintaining Schools.


FOR A SERIES OF YEARS. [ Based on the average membership. ]


YEAR.


Instruction and Supervision.


School Supply Expenses.


Janitors. Heat and Light.


Total.


Assessors' Valuation of City.


Ratio of Cost of School Main- tenance to Valuation.


1912


$23 61


$2 12


$3 99


$29 72


$69,632,540


$ .00556


1913


24 54


1 91


4 18


30 63


71,848,811


.00559


1914


24 55


1 89


4 27


30 71


74,887,800


.00568


1915


24 90


2 03


3 92


30 85


77,153,500


.00575


1916


26 25


1 88


4 41


32 54


79,304,329


.00569


1917


26 72


2 05


4 61


33 38


78,921,472


.00595


1918


29 58


2 40


6 09


38 07


84,639,280


.00625


1919


31 82


2 45


6 43


40 70


87,353,424


.00643


1920


44 34


2 80


7 45


54 59


83,910,855


.00903


1921


50 07


1 60


9 62


61 29


86,718,290


.01012


1922


50 90


2 77


6 73


60 40


88,158,139


.01009


1923


50 39


2 85


9 24


62 48


92,519,400


.01010


1924


51 21


3 34


7 39


61 94


99,311,000


.00940


1925


51 25


2 79


8 35


62 39


104,769,800


.00920


..


750.00,


FROM SCHOOL APPRO- PRIATION.


SUM SPENT UNDER DIRECTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT.


Total.


228


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 6 .- Amount Spent Annually for all School Purposes. FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


YEAR.


For New Schoolhouses.


For Repairs and Permanent Improvements.


For Maintaining Schools.


Amount Spent for all School Purposes


1912


$35,527


$14,163


$389,431


$439,121


1913


34,866


19,341


402,092


456,299


1914


120,913


19,700


425,165


565,778


1915


9,745


28,212


443,978


481,935


1916


81,184


21,634


451,143


553,961


1917


94,420


27,283


471,993


593,696


1918


-100,177


30,126


529,062


659,365


1919


104,067


20,492


559,328


683,887


1920


200


44,286


757,679


802,165


1921


3,285


39,573


878,153


921,011


1922


7,576


36,629


889,877


934,082


1923


588,302


63,052


934,395


1,585,749


1924


289,938


57,593


933,772


1,281,303


1925


18,663


45,848


964,261


1,028,773


For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.


TABLE 7 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS


FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1924-25


1842


1.013


1901


63,000


1913


· 81,000


1850


3,540


1902


65,273


1914


. 85,000


1860


· 8,025


1903


67,500


1915


86,854


1865


9,366


1905


69,272


1916


88,000


1870


14,693


1906


70,875


1917


90,000


1875


21,594


1907


72,000


1918


91,000


1880


24,985


1908


75,500


1919


91,500


1885


29,992


1909


75,500


1920


93,033


1890


. 40,117


1910


77,236


1921


94,500


1895


52,200


1911


78,000


1922


98,000


1900


61,643


1912


80,000


1923


99,000


1924


. 100,440


1925


99,032


School Census


Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, inclusive, April 1, 1925


17,591


School Registration


Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, inclusive, April 1, 1925 :-


In public schools


13,289


In private schools


3,595


Total


16,884


Number of compulsory school age, 7 to 13 inclusive :-


In public schools, males


4,670


females


4,638


9,308


In private schools, males


1,347


females


1,360


2,707


Total


12,015


·


·


·


229


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 8 .- Attendance of the Public Schools for the School Year 1924-1925


Rooms used for Classrooms in June


SCHOOLS.


Annual


Enrollment.


Average


Membership.


Average


Attendance.


Per cent. of


Attendance.


No. Attending


in October.


- No. Attending in June.


72 High


2,229


2,046


1,894


92.7


2,166


1.953


35 Northeastern Jr. High


1,478


1,365


1,284


94.1


1,415


1,286


32


Southern Jr. High


1,173


1,062


987


92.9


1,114


1,009


38


Western Jr. High


1,187


1,139


1,077


94.5


1,150


1,101


20


Prescott


905


787


727


92.4


799


765


10 Hanscom


442


401


368


91.8


405


388


11 |Bennett


480


464


442


95.3


465


456


5


Baxter


216


142


130


91.6


181


175


10 6


Knapp


502


444


419


94.4


431


453


Perry


290


269


245


91.2


Cummings


206


171


158


92.0


176


168


3


Edgerly


149


127


119


92.7


133


123


14 Glines


683


603


563


93.3


624


594


8


Forster


344


335


308


92.1


307


340


16


Bingham


755


688


641


93.2


696


684


15


Carr


656


589


555


94.2


588


589


11


Morse


497


457


429


93.9


462


448


8


Proctor


341


314


294


93.8


324


314


4 Durell


187


169


158


93.5


175


166


8 Burns


335


310


284


91.6


306


308


10 Brown


414


392


368


93.8


390


394


7


Highland


314


278


264


94.8


281


281


21


Cutler


965


876


804


91.8


874


854


4


Lincoln


183


150


141


94.0


163


152


8 Lowe


323


299


274


91.6


302


308


4


Atypical


60


58


53


91.4


56


55


1


Sight Saving


12


10


10


92.5


12


10


Boys' Vocational


111


84


80


96.0


79


69


4 Continuation


285


169


149


88.3


134


150


401


Total


16,262


14,699


13,691


93.1


14,959


14,360


403 Total for 1923-24


16,092


14,554


13,647


93.8


14,797


14,265


264


265


12 Pope.


540


501


466


93.2


487


502


4


230


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 9 .- Statistics of High School for School Year


September 10, 1924 to June 25, 1925


Number of teachers, including Head Master


74


Number of days school kept


181


Number enrolled


2,229


Average number belonging


2,046.3


Average daily attendance


1,894


Tardinesses


5,531


Dismissals


In Class of 1927, September


989


June


834


Per cent of loss


15.7


In Class of 1926, September


627


June


578


Per cent of loss


7.8


In Class of 1925, September


542


June


525


Per cent of loss


3.1


Special Students, September


20


June


16


Per cent of loss


20.


Total, September


2,166


June


1,953


Per cent of loss


9.8


Number of graduates, male


Number of graduates, female


Total


526


Average age, male graduates


18 yrs. 0 mos.


Average age, female graduates


18 yrs. 0 mos.


Number entering college


87


Number of graduates entering scientific schools.


48


Number of graduates entering normal schools


28 $151,743 43


Cost of supplies


12,048 17


Total cost


$163,791 60


Per capita cost of instruction


74 16


Per capita cost of supplies


5 89


Total cost per capita


$80 05


231


295


Cost of instruction


624


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


231


Table 10 .- Pupils by Grades, June, 1925.


TEACHERS.


PUPILS.


Men.


Women.


SCHOOL.


GRADE.


Regular.


Assistants.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


High


Special


7


9


16


Twelfth


230


295


525


Eleventh


247


331


578


Tenth


416


418


834


Total


19


55


900


1,053


1,953


Junior High


Ninth


506


560


1,066


Eighth.


558


572


1,130


Seventh


570


630


1,200


Total


18


100


1,634


1,762


3,396


Elementary


Sixth


32


602


638


1,240


Fifth


35


733


752


1,485


Fourth


35


1


682


660


1.342


Third


36


1


715


706


1,421


Second


35


1


737


704


1,441


First.


35


1


760


724


1,484


Total


8


208


4


4,229


4,184


8,413


Kindergarten


7


7


152


162


314


Special


3


6


Sight Saving


1


6


4


10


Cadets.


1


11


33


22


55


Boys' Vocational


8


69


69


Independent


Household Arts


1


Continuation.


3


1


95


55


150


Americanization


2


Grand Total


60


396


11


7,118


7,242


14,360


Never in First Grade Before


1,411'


Atypical.


4


232


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 11 .- Pupils in High, Junior High, Elementary, Vocational, and Continuation Schools, 1924-1925.


High


School.


Junior


High


Schools.


Elementary


Schools.


Kinder-


gartens.


Vocational


School


for Boys.


Atypical


Schools.


Sight


Saving


School


Total.


Annual enrollment


2229


3838


9350


377


111


60


12


285


16,262


Average membership


2046


3566


8441


325


84


58


10


169


14,699


Average attendance


1894


3348


7870


287


80


53


10


149


13,691


Per cent. of attendance.


92.7


93.9


93.2


88.3


96.0 163


91.4


92.5


88.3


93.1


Number cases of tardiness


4531


2422


4412


80


78


11


117


11,814


Number cases of dismissal


624


1483


2342


2


51


8


3


1


4,514


Membership, October, 1924


2166


3679


8493


340


79


56


12


134


14,959


Membership, June, 1925


1953


3396


8413


314


69


55


10


150


14,360


No. cases corp. punishment


1


51


1


53


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


SCHOOL.


1921


1922


1923


1924


Prescott


78


87


82


75


Hanscom


78


114


83


83


Bennett.


117


74


89


80


Baxter


26


35


35


41


Knapp


74


45


40


45


Perry


37


48


32


33


Pope


79


89


86


77


Cummings


48


50


41


42


Edgerly


53


43


40


38


Glines


79


94


104


100


Forster


25


32


33


64


Bingham


91


106


95


112


Carr


74


66


113


72


Morse


69


74


72


88


Proctor


42


44


36


41


Durell


37


37


46


40


Burns


58


83


76


84


Brown.


72


68


63


54


Cutler


168


120


129


129


Lincoln.


32


44


33


47


Lowe


79


61


69


66


Total


1,416


1,414


1,397


1,411


Continuation


233


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 13 .- Eighth Grade Promotions - Junior High Schools - June, 1925


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


No. Promoted to


Grade 9


No. Entering Grade 9


No. Entering Schools


Outside City


No. Going to Work


No. Not Located


No. Entering Voca-


No. Entering Other


Junior High Schools In City


Northeastern Jr. High School


448


411


396


5


7


0


Southern Junior High School.


302


273


241


16


14


1


Western Junior High School ..


404


391


362


21


5


2


NOO


018


Total


1154 1075


999


42


26


3


1


4


Table 13A. - Ninth Grade Promotions - Junior High Schools - June, 1925


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.


SCHOOL


Number in Class


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


395


377


306


0


20


51


0


Southern


66


334


313


258


13


27


14


1


Western


357


349


302


24


21


1


1


Total


1086 1039


866


37


68


66


2


in June


School


No. Entering


lic or Private


tional School


in June


234


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 14 .- Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year 1924-1925


1924


1925


Change


Number of visits to the schools


429


392


-37


Number of visits to the homes


989


1,188


+199


Number of cases investigated


1,083


1,271


+188


Number of cases found to be truan- cy or absenteeism


296


352


+56


Number of different pupils who were truants or habitual absentees ...


237


261


+24


Number who were truants for the first time


187


207


+20


Number who were truants for the second time


35


39


+4


Number who were truants for three or more times


7


15


+8.


Number of girls who were truants or absentees


55


62


+7


Number of visits to mercantile or manufacturing establishments ........


32


22


-10


Number of minors found to be work- ing without employment cer-


tificates


24


22


-2


Number of employment certificates issued to boys


256


418


+162


Number of employment certificates reissued to boys


128


118


-10


Number of employment certificates issued to girls


107


134


+27


Number of employment certificates reissued to girls


37


47


+10


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


1,852


2,040


+188


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


45


33


-12


Number of transfer cards forwarded


1,403


1,546


+143


Training school at the close of the year


6


9


+3


Amount paid for board of truants


$860.28


2,200


2,296


+96


Number of truants in the County


235


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 14 .- (Concluded)-Comparative Statistics of the Attendance. Department for the School Year 1924-1925


Disposition of truancy and habitual absentee cases :- -


Warned and returned to school


127


Transferred to other schools


16


Obtained certificates (14 to 16 years)


28


Left school (over 16 years)


19


Removed from city


35


Brought before court and returned to school


11


Brought before court and sent to Training School


8


Returned to Training School (violating parole)


1


Sent to Lyman School


7


Sent to Shirley


4


Sent to House of Good Shepherd


2


Sent to Industrial School for Girls


2


Sent to Waverley


1


261


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


BY AGES.


GRADES.


Total.


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16 or Over


I


3


5


5


1


14


II


4


5


1


10


III


7


2


2


1


2


1


15


IV


2


7


6


3


1


19


V


4


10


6


2


1


3


26


VI


3


8


9


7


6


33:


VII


1


3


16


17


6


1


44


VIII


8


14


12


34


JX


8


8


2


18:


X


2


3


6


11


XI


5


5


XII


Voc. 1


3


3


Voc. 2


.


2


1


1


4


Special.


2


2


1


1


6


Contin't'n


10


9


19


Total


3


9


19


8


14


23


22


36


64


49


14


261


·


·


.


.


. ·


.


·


·


.


.


·


Ungraded


.


236


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 15 .- Evening High School-Season 1924-1925


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


499


478


977


Average membership


305


237


542


Average attendance


217


175


392


Number of teachers


22


Number of sessions


57


Cost of Instruction


$5,566 00


Cost of janitor,


fuel, light


and supplies


1,595 69


Total cost


$7,161 69


Cost per pupil per evening ....


$0.232


Average attendance: October, 581; November, 464; December, 412; January, 285; February, 278; March, 269.


Table 15 .- A .- Evening Elementary Schools-Season 1924-1925


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


99


39


138


Average membership


80


28


108


Average attendance


60


21


81


Number of teachers


6


Number of sessions


73


Cost of instruction


$1,509 00


Cost of janitor,


fuel, light,


and supplies


474 80


Total Cost


$1,983 80


Cost per pupil per evening


$0 251


Table 15-B .- Evening Vocational Classes-Season 1924-1925


Women


Enrolled


251


Average membership


149


Average attendance


134


Number of teachers


10


Number of sessions


38


Cost of instruction


1,726 75


Cost of janitors, fuel, light, and supplies


182 44


Total expenditure


$1,909 19


Income from sources other than local taxation


228 46


Net expenditure


$1,680 73


Reimbursement from State


829 65


Net cost


851 08


Net cost per pupil per evening


$0 150


%


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


237


Table 15-C .- Americanization Classes-Season 1924-1925


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


337


213


550


Average membership


215


143


358


Average attendance


165


119


284


Number of classes


21


Number of teachers


12


Number of sessions


70


Membership hours


39,684


Cost of instruction


$6,918 14


Cost of supplies


71 29


Total cost


$6,989 43


Reimbursement


from


the


State


$3,494 71


Net cost


$3,494 72


Net cost per membership hour


$0 088


...


238


ANNUAL REPORTS


'TABLE 16 .- Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools.


1921


1922


1923


1924


1925


Prescott


178


Bennett


4


Knapp


83


91


132


161


177


Perry


39


Pope


136


129


136


88


91


Edgerly


171


168


157


189


Glines


94


91


90


95


82


Forster


29


35


29


40


41


Bingham


95


87


78


87


90


Carr


113


142


118


138


136


Morse


43


68


58


68


54


Proctor


44


53


64


59


55


Brown


43


69


73


44


43


Highland


155


161


156


129


112


· Cutler


115


154


147


146


137


Total


1160


1248


1238


1244


1224


Average Membership · of Elementary Schools


8270


8268


8347


8878


8766


Per cent of Average Membership 'Promoted


14.03


15.09


14.83


14.02


13.96


239


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 17. - Attendance Statistics.


FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


JUNE


ENROLLMENT


Average Membership


Average Attendance Attendance


Per cent. of


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


1925


16,262


14,699


13,691


93.1


11.814


0.863


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


1925


14,699


2,229


15.16


524


3.56


For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.


240


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 19 .- Promotions for School Year Ending June 25, 1925 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


I


1,214


1,033


100


78


3


3


II


1,154


936


136


81


1


1


III


1,086


909


127


50


3


Total.


3,454


2,878


363


209


4


7


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 25, 1925 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 Two


Months' Trial


I


100


85.1


8.2


6.5


0.2


0.2


II


100


81.1


11.8


7.0


0.1


0.1


III


100


83.7


11.7


4.6


0.2


6


Average ....


100


83.3


10.6


6.0


0.1


0.2


Promotees


241


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Table 19A .- Promotions for School Year Ending June 25, 1925 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.


1


1,553


1,239


75


219


20


II


1,421


1,220


68


128


5


2


III


1,433


1,251


97


74


11


8


IV


1,356


1,173


93


76


14


5


V


1,457


1,202


173


73


9


13


VI


1,259


1,110


110


29


10


2


Total


8,479


7,195


616


599


69


5


25


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 25, 1925


Elementary Grades


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List.


Unconditionally


to next Grade.


Fromoted


on Trial.


Retarded.


Promoted more


than One Grade.


Special Promo-


tions during Year.


Dropped Back


Months' Trial.


I


100


79.7


4.8


14.1


1.3


II


100


85.8


4.8


9.0


0.4


0.1


III


100


87.3


6.8


5.1


0.8


0.5


IV


100


86.5


6.9


5.6


1.0


0.3


4


100


82.5


11.9


5.0


0.6


0.9


VI


100


88.2


8.7


2.3


0.8


0.1


Average ...


100


85.0


7.3


6.9


0.8


0.06


0.4


Promotees


after Three


Promoted


Promoted


Promotees


DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES, APRIL 1, 1925


AGE


GRADE


TOTAL


Above Normal Age


Per cent. Above Normal Age


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20 or over


Kgn.


213


120


1


338


1


.29


1


856


621


99


9


3


1


1,589


112


7.04


2


22


675


575


153


36


6


1


1


1,469


197


13.41


3


25


637


497


193


62


29


1


1,444


285


10.97


4


3


44


576


447


188


87


25


8


4


1,383


313


22.63


5


52


567


517


194


79


26


6


1,443


307


21.27


6


1


50


449


435


216


80


23


3


1,257


322


25.61


7


6


71


440


464


189


75


10


1


1,256


275


21.89


8


5


77


475


435


196


39


7


1,234


242


19.69


9


2


68


371


441


1


1,054


172


16.31


10


1


90


371


290


21


2


885


133


15.02


11


4


68


255


203


49


5


592


62


10.47


1'2


7


51


249


176


8


532


49


9.21


P. G.


1


5


9


4


19


Total


213


998


1,328


1,356


1,288


1,302


1,298


1,266


1 330


1,203


1,191


791


5.98


259


59


15


14,495


Under Normal Grade


100


162


232


256


312


322


303


304


194


141


74


55


15


Per cent. Under Normal Grade


7.36 12.50


17 82


19.72


20.46


24.21


25.18


25.52


24.52


23.57


28.56


93.22


212


ANNUAL REPORTS


104


6


?


8


.


41


1


2


139


29


TABLE 20 .--- RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS IN 1925


School


Teacher


Resignation took effect


In Service


High


Ruth L. Card


June 30, 1925


12 yrs., 5 mos.


High


Dorothy H. Maynard


June 30, 1925


5 yrs.


High


Gladys L. Swallow


December 4, 1925


9 yrs., 3 mos.


Northeastern Junior


Guy P. Carver


March 16, 1925


1 yr., 5 mos.


Northeastern Junior


Sarah H. Christie


February 6, 1925


Northeastern Junior


Mary C. Fox


November 13, 1925 June 30, 1925


2 yrs.


Northeastern Junior


Elma I. Mattson


November 13, 1925 .


yrs., mos.


Northeastern Junior


Mary A. O'Donoghue Annie M. Rockwell


*April 23, 1925 June 30, 1925 June 30, 1925


6 yrs.


Southern Junior


Carrie M. Frost


Reinstated


Southern Junior


F. Antoinette Pratt Augusta H. Bergin Anna A. Burns


September 30, 1925 June 30, 1925 June 30, 1925


9 yrs., 4 mos.


Prescott


Alice M. Saben


* April 5, 1925


21 yrs., 7 mos.


Knapp


June 30, 1925


10 yrs., 7 mos.


Pope


Alice A. Tassinari Eunice S. Higgins Lizzie W. Parkhurst


June 30, 1925


5 yrs.


Pope


Margaret L. Trayers Fannie L. Gwynne Helen G. Northrup Ethel F. Rudd


June 30, 1925 April 17, 1925


4 yrs., 8 mos.


Morse


Edna M. Scriven .. Mary Winslow


June 30, 1925


5 yrs.


Durell


37 yrs., mos.


Brown


Ruth B. Brown


2 yı`s.


Brown


Alice M. Dorman


¡June 30, 1925


22 yrs.


Cutler


M. Eunice Byrne


June 30, 1925


13 yrs., 2 mos.


Cutler


Alice Parlin


June 30. 1925


2 yrs.


+ Retired


* Died


243


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


40 yrs.


yrs., mos.


Cummings


7September 12, 1925


39 yrs.


Glines


2 yrs.


Bingham


1December 9, 1925 June 30, 1925


7 yrs., 1 mo.


Western Junior


2 yrs.


Hanscom


Pope


¡June 30, 1925 December 23, 1925


13 yrs., 8 mos.


Northeastern Junior


..


10 yrs., 5 mos. 7 yrs., 2 mos.


Northeastern Junior


Mary L. Holway


Table 20-(Concluded)-Resignations of Teachers in 1925


School


Teacher


Resignation took effect


In Service


Supervisor of Music


November 5, 1925


10 yrs., 6 mos.


Supervisor of Drawing


James P. McVey Clara M. Gale


January 29, 1925


13 yrs., 5 mos.


Asst. Physical Director


Arthur R. Ayer M. Helen Campbell


June 30, 1925


4 yrs.


Sup'r. Physical Education


June 30, 1925


3 yrs.


+ Retired


* Died


244


ANNUAL REPORTS


-


TABLE 21 .- TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1925


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Service Began


High


Pauline D. Dodge


Somerville


$1,200


September 1


High


Marguerite A. Ellison


Natick


1,750


September 1


High


Esther B. Lacount


Amesbury


1,400


September :


High


Lila H. Paul


Deering, Me.


1,700


September 1


Higli


Helen Wilson


Somerville


1,200


September 1


Northeastern Junior


Alice M. Austin


Gloucester


1,500


March 9


Northeastern Junior


Mona Burke


Somerville


1,200


September 1


Northeastern Junior


Margaret J. Cotter


Somerville


1,000


September 1


Northeastern Junior


George K. Coyne


Somerville


1,100


September 1


Northeastern Junior


Margaret E. Dolan


1,600


Did not accept


Northeastern Junior


Robert K. Hughey


Somerville


1,900


September 1


Northeastern Junior


Katherine Reycroft


1,300


September 1


Southern Junior


Carrie M. Frost


1,675


(Reinstatement )


Southern Junior


Mary L. Harrington


1,100


September 1


Southern Junior


Alice W. Jones


Bath, Maine


1,600


February 16


Western Junior


Ruth M. Lang


Randolph


1,300


January 4, 1926


Knapp


Catherine Wiggins


Somerville


1,000


September 1


Pope


A. Fern Fowler


Fort Fairfield, Me.


1,500


September 1


Pope


Elizabeth Sliney


Franklin, N. H.


1,500


September 1


Glines


Lillian Andrews


Somerville


1,000


September


Glines


Ruth Drew


Somerville


1,000


September 1


Forster


Dorothea Crosby


Somerville


1,000


September 1


Forster


Lillian J. Rollins


Not teaching


1,500


September


Forster


Gladys M. Wellington


1,000


September 1


Morse


Alena M. Shea


Somerville


1,100


September 1


Brown


Mildred S. Flint


Somerville


1,400


September 1


Brown


Margaret Hamblen


Lynnfield


1,500


September 1


Brown


Helen M. Lawrence


Saugus


1,500


September 1


Highland


Eleanor Casey


Somerville


1,000


September 1


245


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Somerville


Somerville


Somerville


Somerville


Table 21-(Concluded)-Teachers Elected in 1925


246


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Service Began


Lincoln


Dorothy M. Fay


Somerville


1,100


September 1


Cutler


Pauline Emery


Saugus


1,200


November 9


Asst. Superintendent


Everett W. Ireland


Somerville


3,300


December 1


Drawing Supervisor


Elfrida V. Callister


Beverly


1,900


September 1


Sup'r. Physical Training


Alice F. Morgan


Somerville


1,100


September 1


Band Instructor


Wesley A. Maynard


Somerville


1,500


January 1


ANNUAL REPORTS


247


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 22 .- Leave of Absence of Teachers


Marion Allen, from March 1 to end of school year, June 30, 1925. Berta M. Burnett, for one year ending June 30, 1926.


Helen E. Harrington, for month of June 1925.


Mary E. Keefe, for two months beginning September 1, 1925.


Eleanor W. Nolan, from the middle of March 1925 to May 4, 1925.


Cornelia D. Pratt, for school year ending June 30, 1926.


Julia M. Riordan, for remainder of school year from May 25, 1925.


Cadets


Elizabeth D. Armstrong


Anna E. Keating


H. Beatrice Bingham


Helen Keefe


Gertrude M. Chapin


Dorothy Levy


William Crotty


Katherine T. Lombard


Jane Ann Doyle


Mary E. McCarthy


Grace M. Henchey


Catherine M. Scanlan


Table 23 .- Transfers of Teachers


Teacher


From


To


E. Bella Weisman


High


Director, Thrift In


struction


Helen C. Jackson


Northeastern Jr.


High


Mary A. Hickey


Northeastern Jr.


High


Hortense F. Small


Cutler


Southern Jr.


Margaret McCarthy


Baxter


Perry


Dorothy C. Huddy


Hanscom


Highland


Eliza I. Patterson


Proctor


Cutler


Mary E. Keefe


Perry


Knapp


Ethel H. Werner


Forster


Hanscom


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


66


252*


22


9


40


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


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


8


54


371


425


1921


75°


115


216+


25


14


5


2


60


392


452


1922


72


114


216+


22


16


5


2


57


390


447


1923


75°


120


2221


24


18


4


2


55


410


465


1924


76°


117


221+


24


16


4


2


59


401


460


1925


76°


118


229+


23


16


4


2


59


409


468


#Including a secretary.


*Including four kindergartners.


+Including seven kindergartners.


oIncluding a secretary and a matron


.


248


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 25 .- BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE, 1925


For High Schools


As Text Books :-


SCIENCE BOOKS


Chemistry for Boys and Girls, Greer and Bennett-Allyn and Bacon. Practical Physics, Black and Davis-The Macmillan Company. Laboratory Experiments in Practical Physics, N. H. Black-The Macmillan Company. Elementary Principles of Physics, Fuller, Brownlee and Baker-Allyn and Bacon. Laboratory Exercises in Physics, Fuller and Brownlee-Allyn and Bacon.




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