Report of the city of Somerville 1932, Part 9

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1932
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1,276,118


1,700,684


1931


690,414


59,634


1,359,876


2,109,924


1932


440,776


: 637


1.406,152


1,899,565


For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.


170


ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE 7 - POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS


FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1931-1932


1842


1,013


1905


69,272


1919


91,500


1850


3,540


1906


70,875


1920


93,033


1860


8,025


1907


72,000


1921


94,500


1865


9,366


1908


75,500


1922


98,000


1870


14,693


1909


75,500


1923


99,000


1875


21,594


1910


77,236


1924


100,440


1880


24,985


1911


78,000


1925


99,032


1885


29,992


1912


80,000


1926


101,000


1890


40,117


1913


81,000


1927


102,000


1895


52,200


1914


85,000


1928


104,000


1900


61,643


1915


86,854


1929


105,000


1901


63,000


1916


88,000


1930


103,604


1902


65,273


1917


93,000


1931


104,000


1903


67,500


1918


91,000


1932


104,000


School Census


Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, inclu-


sive, October 1, 1932


19,231


School Registration


Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age inclu-


sive, October 1, 1932 :-


In public schools


14,228


In private schools


4,891


Total


19,119


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


In public schools, males


4,588


females 4,519


9,107


In private schools, males


1,373


females


2,095


3,468


Total


12,575


171


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 8-Attendance of the Public Schools


FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1931-1932


SCHOOLS.


Annual


Enrollment.


Average


Membership.


Average


Attendance.


Per cent. of


Attendance.


No. Attending


in October.


No. Attending in June.


High


3,033


2,778


2,583


93.0


2,916


2.707


Northeastern Jr. High


1,544


1,473


1,337


94.8


1,501


1,466


Southern Jr. High


1,355


1,285


1,215


94.6


1,302


1,260


Western Jr. High


1,189


1,128


1,077


95.5


1,134


1,115


Boys' Vocational


191


162


153


94.0


169


153


Prescott


727


664


627


94.5


657


657


Hanscom


479


433


404


93.3


434


430


Bennett


415


386


368


95.3


397


378


Baxter


241


202


190


94.1


206


200


Knapp


406


355


333


93.7


373


351


Perry


214


192


178


92.7


197


194


Pope.


572


540


512


94.7


529


542


*Cummings


Edgerly


217


184


175


94.7


190


173


Glines


607


542


518


95.6


558


530


Grimmons


340


321


306


95.3


292


327


Forster


654


585


541


92.5


559


595


Bingham


643


585


564


96.4


593


615


Carr


615


566


534


94.3


568


568


Morse


445


407


389


95.5


405


410


Proctor


282


264


251


94.9


266


270


Durell


126


120


115


95.8


117


118


Burns


286


263


248


94.3


263


267


Brown


456


419


391


93.3


368


369


Highland


358


317


301


94.9


322


314


Hodgkins


541


504


477


94.7


512


492


Cutler


866


809


756


93.4


819


792


Lincoln


75


67


62


91.7


74


63


Lowe


259


236


219


92.9


236


231


Atypical


107


91


83


91.2


91


83


Sight Saving


14


13


12


94.0


11


13


Continuation


132


139


125


90.5


91


66


Total


17,389


16,030


15,104


94.2


16,150


15,749


Total for 1930-31


17,218


15,915


14,940


93.9


15,973 15,640


* Torn down-Being replaced.


172


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 9-Statistics of High School for School Year Ending June, 1932


Number of teachers, including Head Master


107


Number of days school kept


179


Number enrolled


3033


Average number belonging


2778.4


Average daily attendance


2582.9


Tardinesses


8207


Dismissals


613


In Class 1934, September


1257


June


1127


Per cent. of loss


10.3


In Class 1933, September


858


June


787


Per cent. of loss


8.3


In Class 1932, September


765


June


771


Per cent. of increase


0.8


Special Students, September


36


June


22


Per cent. of loss


38.9


Total, September


2916


June


2707


Per cent. of loss


7.2


Number of graduates, male


347


Number of graduates, female


423


Total


770


Average age, male graduates


18 yrs. 2 mos.


Average age, female graduates


18 yrs.


Number of graduates entering college


68


Number of graduates entering scientific schools


29


Number of graduates entering normal schools


38


Cost of instruction


$247,059.75


Cost of supplies Total


261,159.57


Per capita cost of instruction


88.92


Per capita cost of supplies


5.07


Total cost per capita


93,99


14,099.82


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 10-Pupils by Grades, June, 1932


TEACHERS.


PUPILS.


Men.


Women.


SCHOOL.


GRADE.


Regular.


Assistants.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Never in First Grade Before


1


High


Special


14


8


22


Twelfth


347


424


771


Eleventh


401


386


787


Tenth


578


549


11.27


Total


36


69


1,340


1,367


2,707


Junior High


Ninth


620


660


1,280


Eighth


594


619


1,213


Seventh


685


663


1,348


Total


39


115


1,899


1,942


3,841


Elementary


Sixth


40


3


693


646


1,339


Fifth


35


662


628


1,290


Fourth


38


689


670


1,359


Third


38


2


702


687


1,389


Second


39


2


720


673


1,393


First


40


2


753


680


1,433


Total


7


230


9


4,219


3,984


8,203


Kindergarten


14


7


357


326


683


Special


5


18


Sight Saving


1


5


8


13


Cadets


3


10


57


26


83


Boys' Vocational


13


153


153


Independent


Household Arts


1


Americanization


1


Continuation.


2


2


43


23


66


Grand Total.


105


469


16


8,073


7,676


15,749


173


1,362


Atypical


8


174


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 11-Pupils in High, Junior High, Elementary, Vocational and Continuation Schools, 1931-1932


High


School


Junior


High


Schools


Elementary


Kinder-


gartens


Vocational


School


for Boys


Atypical


Schools


Sight


Saving


Class


School


Total


Annual enrollment


3033


4088


8996


828


191


107


14


132


17,389


Average membership


2778


3886


8263


698


162


91


13


139


16,030


Average attendance


2583


3689


7836


623


153


83


12


125


15,104


Per cent. of attendance.


93.0


94.9


94.9


89.2


94.0


91.2


94.0


90.5


94.2


Number cases of tardiness


8407


2107


4340


151


347


89


11


182


15,634


Number cases of dismissal


613


1076


1444


6


89


5


24


3,257


Membership, October, 1931


2916


3937


8240


695


169


91


11


91


16,150


Membership, June, 1932


2707


3841


8203


683


153


83


13


66


15,749


No. cases corp. punishment


6


.........


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


SCHOOL.


1927


1928


1929


1930


1931


Prescott


101


79


70


67


76


Hanscom


77


72


64


71


80


Bennett ..


60


84


80


76


75


Baxter


31


40


37


46


29


Knapp


45


44


40


33


32


Perry


45


49


46


44


47


Pope


72


76


68


81


83


Cummings


56


37


54


59


65


Glines.


96


167


77


82


75


Grimmons


56


58


Forster


69


75


70


87


93


Bingham


98


121


94


91


73


Carr


36


52


45


30


60


Morse


80


69


66


66


55


Proctor


37


36


30


40


40


Durell


33


42


35


29


28


Burns


84


60


72


68


59


Brown


57


58


52


69


53


Hodgkins


148


149


120


168


114


Lincoln


40


48


45


41


35


Lowe.


56


77


55


69


73


Total


1,358


1,480


1,257


1,407


1,362


37


45


37


34


Edgerly


Schools


Continuation


6


59


Cutler


175


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 13-Eighth Grade Promotions-Junior High Schools- June, 1932


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- tional School


No. Entering Other


Junior High Schools


In City


Northeastern Junior High


520


*481


470 364


3 8


1 2


1 1


0


0


Southern Junior High


407


382


4


3


Western Junior High


393


348


331


9


0


0


1


7


Total


1320


*1211 1165


20


3


2


5


10


* 6 at home.


Table 13A-Ninth Grade Promotions-Junior High Schools-June, 1932


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


SCHOOL


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


No. Remaining at Home


Northeastern Junior High


482 384


471 371


402 327 317


31 11


19


4 6


3


12


Southern Junior High


16


Western Junior High


375


359


20


6


8


1 5


3


Total


1241 1201 1046


62


35


18


9


31


School


No. Entering


lic or Private


10


in June


176


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 14-Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year 1931-1932


1931


1932


Change


Number of visits to the schools


943


936


-7


Number of visits to the homes


2,767


3,006


+239


Number of cases investigated


2,154


2,310


+156


Number of cases found to be truancy or absenteeism


487


378


-109


Number of different pupils who were tru- ants or habitual absentees


192


227


+35


Number who were truants for the first time


228


175


-53


Number who were truants for the second time


44


39


-5


Number who were truants for three or more times


23


13


-10


Number of girls who were truants or ab- sentees


45


49


+4


Number of visits to mercantile or man- ufacturing establishments ...


14


24


+10


Number of minors found to be working without employment certificates


23


27


+4


Number of employment certificates issued to boys


104


70


-34


Number of employment certificates re-is- sued to boys


30


18


-12


Number of employment certificates issued to girls


77


38


-39


Number of employment certificates re-is-


sued to girls


21


2


-19


Number of educational literate certificates issued to minors over 16 years of age (first issue)


1603


1227


-376


Number of newspaper licenses issued to boys 12 to 16 years of age


120


115


-5


Number of transfer cards investigated


2,305


2,054


-251


Number of transfer cards forwarded


1,522


2,406


+884


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


8


4


Amount paid for board of truants


$572.58


$565.71


-$6.87


...


177


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 14-(Concluded)-Comparative Statistics of the Attendance De- partment for the School Year 1931-1932


Disposition of truancy and habitual absentee cases :


Warned and returned to school


114


Transferred to other schools


22


Obtained certificates (14 to 16 years)


25


Left school (over 16 years)


32


Removed from city


21


Brought before court and returned to school


3


Brought before court and sent to Training School 3


Violating parole and returned to Training School


1


Sent to Lyman School


4


Sent to House of Good Shepherd


1


Sent to State


1


227


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


BY AGES.


Total


GRADES.


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


16 or over


I


3


II ..


1


2


.....


5


III.


2


1


2


6


IV.


1


2


1


2


V.


4


5


5


4


1


..


.


.


18


VI ..


3


4


7


2


2


.


. .


37


VII.


3


4


7


16


7


.


.


·


1


19


23


1


44


IX


1


8


22


19


50


X.


15


5


20


XI.


3


1


XII ..


.


1


Voc.


....


..


1


2


1


2


. .


9


Contin't'n


1


8


Eve'g Sch.


1


1


Total.


1


3


4


6


15


16


22


48


81


28


3


227


ANNUAL REPORTS


178


.


.


.


4


1


1


1


..


. .


8


2


Ungraded .


..


20


VIII


. .


179


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 15-Evening High School Season 1931-1932


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


613


623


1236


Average Membership


404


354


758


Average Attendance


273


297


570


Number of teachers


25


Number of sessions


56


Cost of Instruction


$8,403.00


Cost of janitor, fuel, light, and supplies


1,612.79


Total cost


$10,015.79


Cost per pupil per evening ...


$.236


Average attendance: October, 669; November, 593; December, 572;


January, 546; February, 449; March, 444.


Table 15A-Evening Elementary School-Season 1931-1932


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


76


36


112


Average Membership


70


33


103


Average Attendance


48


26


74


Number of teachers


5


Number of Sessions


56


Cost of Instruction


$1,263.00


Cost of janitor, fuel, light, and supplies


1,092.59


Total cost


$2,355.59


Cost per pupil per evening


$0.408


Table 15B-Evening Vocational Classes-Season 1931-1932


Women


Enrolled


129


Average Membership


85


Average Attendance


68


Number of teachers


6


Number of sessions


36


Cost of instruction


$854.00


Cost of janitors, fuel, light, and supplies


75.73


Ttotal expenditure


$929.73


Income from sources other than local taxa- tion


121.36


Net expenditure


808.37


Reimbursement from State


447.06


Net cost


361.31


Net cost per pupil per evening


$0.118


180


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 15C-Americanization Classes-Season 1931-1932


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


176


212


388


Average Membership


107


187


294


Average Attendance


85


140


225


Number of classes


21


Number of teachers


12


Number of sessions


68


Membership hours


39,984


Cost of instruction


$5,656.25


Cost of supplies


64.71


Total cost


$5,720.96


Reimbursement from the State


2,860.48


Net cost


$2,860.48


Net cost per membership hour


0.071


181


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 16-Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools


1927


1928


1929


1930


1931


1932


Prescott


181


197


169


171


169


191


Bennett


31


41


34


41


48


Knapp


161


176


144


158


122


113


Pope


84


84


81


81


89


89


Glines


76


81


77


79


84


82


Grimmons


34


41


47


Forster


69


76


92


93


75


81


Bingham


93


89


82


91


78


80


Carr


126


127


138


125


114


116


Morse


62


67


68


60


64


44


Proctor


58


46


59


44


47


46


Brown


67


67


60


65


61


41


Highland


126


163


115


163


97


127


Hodgkins


84


Cutler


168


178


172


127


138


128


Total


1302


1392


1291


1291


1220


1317


Average Membership of Elementary Schools


8358


9039


9092


9133


9124


9065


Per cent. of Average Membership Promoted


15.58


15.4


14.2


14.13


13.37


14.53


182


ANNUAL REPORTS


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


1926


16,687


15,042


14,074


93.6


12,256


0.871


1927


16,669


15,042


14,094


93.7


12,526


0.888


1928


16,807


15,190


14,232


93.1


15,160


1.065


1929


17,083


15,521


14,435


93.0


16,626


1.152


1930


16,851


15,632


14,666


92.8


13,904


0.948


1931


17,218


15,915


14,940


93.9


13,429


0.891


1932


17,389


16,030


15,104


94.2


15,634


1.035


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


1926


15,042


2,230


14.82


524


3.48


1927


15,042


2,318


15.41


521


3.46


1928


15,190


2,356


15.51


513


3.38


1929


15,521


2,430


15.66


606


3.90


1.930


15,632


2,500


15.99


564


3.61


1931


15,915


2,723


17.11


621


3.90


1932


16,030


3,033


18.92


770


4.80


(For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.)


183


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 19-Promotions for School Year Ending June 23, 1932 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


1,276


1,133


106


37


2


II


1,274


1,128


95


51


000


000


3


III


1,241


1,179


26


36


0


Total


3,791


3,440


227


124


0


0


5


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 23, 1932 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


after Two


Months' Trial


1


100


89.0


8.0


3.0


000


000


.2


II


100


83.5


7.5


4.0


.2


III


100


95.0


2.1


2.9


0


Average


100


91.0


6.0


3.0


0


0


.1


Promotees


Dropped Back


184


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 19A-Promotions for School Year Ending June 23, 1932 Elementary 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 Two


Months' Trial


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 23, 1932 Elementary 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 Two


Months' Trial


I


100


84.2


4.7


11.1


0


II


100


85.2


6.2


8.2


.4


1


.2


III


100


82.6


9.8


7.3


.3


1


.3


IV


100


86.8


9.0


4.2


0


0


. 4


V


100


86.0


10.4


3.6


0


0


0


VI


100


90.0


8.0


2.0


O


0


.4


Average ...


100


85.8


7.9


6.2


.1


.03


co


1


1,466


1,234


68


163


II


1,406


1,199


87


115


0191


120


4


III


1,405


1,161


137


103


5


IV


1,373


1,192


123


58


0


6


V


1,298


1,117


133


48


0


0


1


VI


1,345


1,208


109


28


0


0


4


Total.


8,293


7,111


657


515


10


3


20


Promotees


0


Promotees


O


DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES AND GRADES, OCTOBER 1, 1932


AGE


GRADE


TOTAL


4


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


21 or over


Kgn.


145


701


1


..


1


263


928


128


28


4


2


1


1,354


35


2.58


2


245


889


202


57


3


1


1


1,398


62


4.43


3


6


241


851


214


75


12


4


1


1.404


92


6.55


4


2


224


785


242


74


19


3


1.349


96


7.12


5


4


224


747


282


79


21


2


2


1,361


104


7.64


6


6


187


694


281


90


24


10


1


1,293


125


9.67


7


8


222


702


285


119


47


6


1


1,390


173


12.45


8


3


26


267


627


291


114


21


3


1,352


138


10.21


9


12


208


703


305


91


1


1,328


100


7.53


10


2


14


267


304


65


13


2


1


1,302


81


6.22


11


24


258


495


201


18


9


2


1


1,038


60


5.78


12


13


191


363


106


21


5


1


700


27


3.86


P. G.


Total


145


964


1,180


1,260


1,290


1,267


1,311


1,367


1.249


1,431


1,383


1,109


641


168


32


7


3


16,116


Under Normal Age


28


61


80


87


103


115


146


173


109


77


62


32


Per cent. Under Normal Age


2.14


4.73


6.31


6.64


7.53


9.21


10.20


12.51


9.83


12.01


36.90


1.00


Above Normal Age


Per cent. Above Normal Age


847


185


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


8


634


1,309


186


Teble 20-Resignations of Teachers in 1932


School


Teacher


Took Effect


In Service


High


Ruth E. Danforth


June 30


6 yrs.


High


Lila H. Paul


June 30


7 yrs.


High


Phebe E. Mathews


*July 1


31 yrs.


High


Esther B. Card


June 30


7 yrs.


High


Thelma Magoon-Clerk


September 17


2 yrs., 6 mos.


Northeastern


Grace M. Henchey


June 30


7 yrs.


Northeastern


Mona C. Burke


June 30


8 yrs.


Northeastern


Elizabeth J. Mooney Annie G. Smith


*April 10


30 yrs., 7 mos.


Western


Irene Gottholm


June 30


4 yrs.


Prescott


Louise S. Weare


*June 30


36 yrs.


Pope


Florence A. Chaney


*June 30


40 yrs., 4 mos.


Grimmons


Evelyn Macdonald


September 30


9 yrs.


Bingham


Harry F. Hathaway


*July 1


43 yrs.


Proctor


Lucia Alger


*July 12


43 yrs., 2 mos.


Prcotor


Hazel G. Leith


July 12


6 yrs.


Highland


Eleanor Casey


July 12


7 yrs.


Hodgkins


Muriel L. Jex


February 28


2 yrs., 6 mos.


Director Physical Education


Margaret Burke


June 30


10 yrs.


* Retired,


ANNUAL REPORTS


*June 30


28 yrs.


Western


Table 21-Teachers Elected in 1932


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Service Began


High


Ruth Gordon


Somerville


$1200


Sept. 1, 1932


High


Marion K. McCarthy


"


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


High


Joseph M. Thornton


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


High


A. Caroline Tucker


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


High


Mary A. Mahoney


1400


Jan. 1, 1932


Northeastern


Dorothea Forrest


"


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


Northeastern


Edward G. Giroux Alice Meisner


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


Northeastern


Helen Mahoney


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Southern


Thomas Horne


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


Southern


James P. McGuire


1500


Sept. 1, 1932


Southern


John Murray


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


Southern


Mary J. McCarthy


1400


Jan. 1, 1933


Western


Paul L. McCarthy


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


Western


Lorna Proudfoot


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


Western


Frances Mullen


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Bennett


Louise H. Killory


1400


Oct. 1, 1932


Bennett


Eunice F. Lanigan


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Pope


Agnes Barry


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Pope


Anna Wischmann


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


"


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


Northeastern


",


Not Teaching Somerville "


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


Northeastern


Not Teaching Somerville


,


1400


Sept. 1, 1932


Prescott


Joseph McCabe


",


187


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Dorothy A. Wyman


188


TABLE 21-(Concluded)-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1932


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Service Began


Edgerly


Julia A. Arata


Somerville


$1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Glines


Helen G. Kane


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Glines


Helen MacKay


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Bingham


Helen B. Hesson


"


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Carr


Abbie Drago


"


1200


Jan. 1, 1933


Carr


A. Adeline Bocchino


1200


Nov. 22, 1932


Morse


Lucy L. Kelley


1200


Jan. 31, 1932


Proctor


Mary Mingolelli


1200


Nov. 3, 1932


Durell


Isabel Leyden


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Hodgkins


Mabel M. Sheehan


1200


Jan. 31, 1932


Hodgkins


Grace I. Harkins


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Hodgkins


Margaret Morgan


1300


Sept. 1, 1932


Cutler


Evelyn L. Magwood


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Lincoln


Ruth Kelley


=


1200


Oct. 19, 1933


Atypical


Margaret Donovan


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Atypical


Ruth C. Kennedy


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


Atypical


Ruth Harrington


1200


Sept. 1, 1932


ANNUAL. REPORTS


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


189


Table 22-Leave of Absence of Teachers


Clara L. Griffiths, for school year ending June 30, 1933 Almena J. Mansir, for school year ending June 30, 1933, from Oct. 1, 1932.


Table 23-Transfers of Teachers, 1932


Arthur J. Marchant


Teacher From Northeastern Jr. High Western Jr. High as Vice-Principal High Northeastern Jr. High as Vice-Principal Lincoln Principalship of Pope and Hanscom


Blanche Llewellyn Bennett


Wilfred H. Roberts Southern Jr. High


Joseph S. Hawthorne Western Jr. High


William J. Crotty


Northeastern Jr. High Principalship of


Mary L. Cannon


Hanscom


Gladys R. Clark


. Hodgkins


Ella H. Bucknam Cutler


Bennett Prescott Kindergarten Cutler Hodgkins


CADETS 1932-1933


Mary R. Egan


Iris Membrino


Earl Cahalan


Leo Lapidus


. 225 Pearl St. 90 Electric Ave.


Beaumont Herman Joseph B. Weene


3 Autumn St. 367 Medford St.


John J. Collins


25 Hall St. .


Charles Q. Adams


26 Aberdeen Rd.


Mildred Ayers


4 Walter Ter.


Catherine O'Leary


12 Acadia Park


1932-1934


Mary Mccarthy


.


158 Walnut St.


To


Leo J. Donahue


Principalship of Forster, Bingham & Proctor


22 Aberdeen Road 1 Fairlee St. 9 Cedar St.


Olive MacPherson


190


ANNUAL REPORTS


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


681


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


222


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


1926


75


118


228


27


11


3


2


58


406


464


1927


77°


123


233


30


11 .


3


1


62


416


478


1928


80°


123


239


33


10


3


1


64


425


489


1929


88°


125


239


33


27


3


1


70


446


516


1930


95°


131


241


39


33


3


1


78


465


543


1931


104 **


138


235


50


46


4


1


93


485


578


1932


105 **


154


251


46


29


4


1


105


485


590


* Including kindergartners.


# Including a secretary.


** Including a secretary and two matrons.


· Including a secretary and a matron.


TABLE 25 - BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE, 1932 For High School


As Text Books :-


Lives of Today and Yesterday, Rowena Keyes-D. Appleton & Co. Florence Nightingale, Laura E. Richards-D. Appleton & Co. Our Economic Life, Carver and Adams-John C. Winston Co. Aventures par la lecture, Bovée-Harcourt, Brace & Co. Historiettes, Jean Leeman-Harcourt, Brace & Co.


For Junior High Schools


As Text Books :-


Junior High School English, Book One, Crumpton; Book Two Crumpton; Book Three, Crumpton and Hosic-American Book Company.


Speaking and Writing English, Books Five and Six, Sheridan, Kleiser, Mathews-B. H. Sanborn & Co.


High School English, Canby, Opdycke and Gillum-Macmillan Co. Modern English, Book Three, Emerson, Bender and Thompson- Macmillan Co.


The Highways to English, Book One, Clark, Starnes, Neu and Stigler-John C. Winston Co.


191


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


TABLE 26 - HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION


The graduation exercises of the High School occurred Thursday, June 16, 1932.


ORDER OF EXERCISES


FRANCIS J. FITZPATRICK, Chairman of the School Committee. Presiding.


1. MARCH-Coronation from "The Prophet" Meyerbeer High School Orchestra, Aaron Hershkovitz, Leader


2. PRAYER Rev. John J. Quinlan St. Joseph's Church, Somerville


3. RESPONSE-Teach Me Thy Statutes Mozart


Graduating Class


4. CLASS ORATION-A Great Need Arthur A. Martin, Jr.


5. CHORUS-Shout Aloud in Triumph Manney


Graduating Class


6. CLASS POEM-Vers la Vie Annette Jervis


7. ADDRESS TO GRADUATES Prof. Newell C. Maynard Tufts College


8. SELECTION-"Jupiter" Symphony Mozart High School Orchestra


9. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO GIRLS


10. CHORUSES-(a) Song of Deliverance Taylor


(b) Emer's Farewell to Cucullian Stanford


Graduating Class


11. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO BOYS


12. CLASS ODE-Shall We Forget? Words and music by William A. Tesson The Graduates


13. MARCH-Young America Goldman High School Orchestra


Chorus and Orchestra under the direction of Harry E. Whitte- more, Director of Music in the Public Schools. Rita A. Flanagan, Class of 1932, at the organ.


.


ANNUAL REPORTS


SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LIST OF GRADUATES June, 1932 * Graduated with Honor


GIRLS


Romola Mary Buselli


Ella Velma Abbott


Mary Celia Adams


Muriel Florence Adams


Mary Eleanor Aherne


Lena Albanese


*Angela Calandrella Marguerite Frances Callahan Doris Louise Callow


Mary Love Gray Allen


Irene Adelaide Campbell


Gertrude Mary Amero


Grace Marion Ames


Gertrude June Anderson


Eleanor Rose Carbone


Evelyn Ruth Annis


Frances Mary Carey


Phyllis Arlene Atkinson


Evelyn Bina Carr


Mary Doris Avey


Agnes Veronica Carroll


Lillian Edna Ayer


Thelma Gertrude Carter Evelyn Cataldo


Rosa Bagdigan


Gertrude Viola Baker


Avis Ann Baxter


Elvira Rose Chiesa


Helen Mary Chiesa


Christine Florence Chisholm


Catherine Vera Christian


Nellie Dorothy Chute


Ann Gertrude Clair


Dorothy Elaine Clogston Mary Teresa Cloran


Agnes Grace Coady


Theresa Louise Cole


Marion Natalie Coll




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