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82 90
123,051,300
.01105
1932
71 95
3 15
9 99
85 09
150,285,500
.00936
1933
72 15
2 83
9 41
84 39
119, 798,800
.00704
1934
72 17
2 67
9 12
83 96
118,100,500
.00711
1935
72 40
2 51
9 60
84 51
117,182,500
.01236
1936
73 23
2 01
8 62
83 86
115,688,600
.01259
280
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
1926
741
59,903
1,009,814
1,070,458
1927
22,000
77,201
1,127,460
1,226,661
1928
105,469
57,226
1,149,391
1,312,086
1929
673,185
74,968
1,213,521
1,961,674
1930
351,638
72,927
1,276,118
1,700,684
1931
690,414
59,634
1,359,876
2,109,924
1932
440,776
52,637
1,406,152
1,899,565
1933
15,142
39,350
1,407,413
1,461,905
1934
29
50;357
1,434,950
1,485,336
1935
72,418
40,507
1,448,697
1,561,622
1936
339,510
39,194
1,457,378
1,836,082
For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.
287
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
TABLE 7- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS
FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1935-1936
1842
1,013
1906
70,875
1921
94,500
1850
3,540
1907
72,000
1922
98,000
1860
8,025
1908
75,500
1923
99,000
1865
9,366
1909
75,500
1924
100,440
1870
14,693
1910
77,236
1925
99,032
1875
21,594
1911
78,000
1926
101,000
1880
24,985
1912
80,000
1927
102,000
1885
29,992
1913
81,000
1928
104,000
1890
40,117
1914
85,000
1929
105,000
1895
52,200
1915
86,854
1930
103,604
1900
61,643
1916
88,000
1931
104,000
1901
63,000
1917
93,000
1932
104,000
1902
65,273
1918
91,000
1933
104,000
1903
67,500
1919
91,500
1934
104,000
1905
69,272
1920
93,033
1935
100,773
1936
101,000
School Census
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age
inclusive, October 1, 1936
18,838
School Registration
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age,
inclusive October 1, 1936:
In public schools
14,195
In private schools Total
4,515
18,710
Number of compulsory school age, 7 to 13 inclusive :-
In public schools, males
4,595
females
4,446
In private schools, males
1,613
females
1,682
3,295
Total
12,336
9,041
288
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 8-Attendance of the Public Schools for the School Year 1935-1936
SCHOOLS.
Annual
Enrollment.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
No. Attending in October.
No. Attending in June.
High
3,626
3,267
3,012
92.0
3,483,
3,182
Northeastern Jr. High
1,550
1,562
1,389
94.3
1,477
1,472
Southern Jr. High
1,329
1,274
1,197
94.6
1,286
1,250
Western Jr. High
1,326
1,262
1,191
94.4
1,268
1,250
Boys' Vocational
177
147
142
96.0
155
134
Prescott
882
822
763
92.8
830
805
Hanscom
587
547
502
91.7
547
551
Bennett
367
354
333
94.1
337
352
Baxter
206
194
179
92.3
191
191
Knapp
363
342
321
94.0
342
334
Perry
199
191
178
93.2
196
184
Pope
532
499
470
94.2
498
498
Cummings
324
309
288
93.2
303
319
*Edgerly
Glines
518
496
465
93.7
498
508
Grimmons
284
260
241
92.7
262
255
Forster
831
759
694
91.4
766
774
Bingham
587
532
497
93.4
538
515
Carr
600
457
432
94.5
475
451
Morse
440
411
387
94.1
416
410
Proctor
249
237
222
93.7
23
247
Durell
107
95
90
95.0
95
93
Burns
279
261
242
92.7
264
264
Brown
376
367
339
92.4
368
366
Highland
348
315
295
94.0
319
311
Hodgkins
534
483
452
93.6
483
490
Cutler
786
751
689
92.0
753
737
Lincoln
143
136
128
94.0
134
138
Lowe
248
229
213
93.0
229
237
Atypical
113
102
92
90.2
103
100
Sight Saving
12
12
11
94.0
11
11
Open Air ..
3
17
16
94.0
18
Continuation
77
89
67
81.0
3
34
Total
18,003
16,779
15,537
92.6
16,895
16,481
Total for 1934-35
17,811
16,613
15,506
93.3
16,864 16,314
* New building being erected ..
289
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 9-Statistics of High School for School Year Ending June, 1936
Number of teachers, including Head Master
120
Number of days school kept
178
Number enrolled
3,626
Average number belonging
3,266.5
Average daily attendance
3,011.5
Tardinesses
8,079
Dismissals
In Class 1938, September
June
1,311
Per cent. of loss
13.7
In Class 1937, September
1,039
June
963
Per cent. of loss
7.3
In Class 1936, September
856
June
858
Per cent. of gain
.2
Special students, September
82
June
50
Per cent. of loss
39
Total, September
3,496
June
3,182
Per cent. of loss
9
Number of graduates, male
415
Number of graduates, female
441
Total
856
Average age, male graduates
18 yrs. 5 mos.
Average age, female graduates
18 yrs. 2 mos.
Number of graduates entering college
87
Number of graduates entering scientific schools
8
Number of graduates entering normal schools
33
Cost of Instruction
$270,933.82
Cost of supplies
12,836.94
Total
$283,770.76
Per capita cost of instruction
82.94
Per capita cost of supplies
3.93
Total cost per capita
$86.37
1,627
1,519
290
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 10-Pupils by Grades, June, 1936
TEACHERS.
PUPILS.
Men.
Women.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Regular.
Assistants.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
High
Special
29
21
50
Twelfth
415
443
858
Eleventh
471
492
963
Tenth
653
658
1311
Total
48
71
1
1,568
1,614
3,182
Junior High
Ninth
647
705
1,352
Eighth.
661
650
1,311
Seventh
666
643
1,309
Total
49
114
1
1,974
1,998
3,972
Elementary
Sixth
9
38
659
640
1,299
Fifth
38
686
668
1,354
Fourth
39
676
629
1,305
Third
39
1
700
650
1,350
Second
38
741
624
1,365
First.
41
1
788
665
1,453
Total
9
233
2
4,250
3,876
8,126
Kindergarten
16
15
444
460
904
Special
6
1.4
12
6
18
Sight Saving
1
8
3
11
Cadets
7
25
Atypical.
8
65
35
100
Boys' Vocational ..
12
134
134
Independent
Household Arts
1
Americanization
1
Continuation
2
1
20
14
34
Grand Total
133
485
19
8,475
8,006
16,481
Never in First Grade Before
1317
-
291
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 11-Pupils in High, Junior High, Elementary, Vocational and Continuation Schools, 1935-1936
High
School
Junior
High
Schools
Elementary
Schools
Kinder-
gartens
Vocational
for Boys
Atypical
Schools
Sight
Saving
Class
School
Total
Annual enrollment
3626
4205
8678
1115
177
113
12
77
18,003
Average membership
3267
4098
8129
935
147
102
12
89
16,779
Average attendance
3012
3777
7634
802
142
92
11
67
15,537
Per cent. of attendance.
92.0
92.2
93.9
85.8
96.0
90.2
94.0
81.0 235
13,656
Number cases of dismissal
1627
1252
1852
42
64
33
0
34
4,904
Membership, October, 1935
3483
4031
8105
973
155
103
11
34
16,895
Membership, June, 1936
3182
3972
8144
904
134
100
11
34
16,481
No. cases corp. punishment.
Table .12-Number of Pupils Admitted to Grade 1 in September
SCHOOL.
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
Prescott
78
82
96
72
77
Hanscom.
60
70
108
117
59
Bennett ..
60
50
42
49
43
Baxter
29
23
27
37
35
Knapp
37
30
31
38
30
Perry
38
32
31
33
33
Pope
59
80
60
67
46
Cummings
44
38
44
43
52
Edgerly
51
51
74
64
68
Grimmons.
51
49
39
46
44
Forster
92
94
130
118
101
Bingham
101
80
71
70
78
Carr
51
57
44
55
63
Morse
46
60
50
53
60
Proctor
30
35
32
29
45
Durell.
35
18
21
26
30
Burns
63
68
64
68
67
Brown
53
55
48
56
59
Hodgkins
71
60
83
61
93
Cutler
92
121
111
114
137
Lincoln
36
41
40
26
Lowe.
50
67
43
57
52
Total
1,296
1,330
1,289
1,299
1,344
8079
1384
3439
162
192
162
3
72
Glines.
69
69
School
Continuation
92.6
Number cases of tardiness
292
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table .13-Eighth Grade Promotions, Junior High Schools, June, 1936
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
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
503
484
465
6
4
4
1
4
Southern Junior High
417
396
376
7
7
0
3
3
Western Junior High
399
380
357
13
1
2
2
5
Total
1319
1260,1198
26
12
6
6
12
Table 13A-Ninth Grade Promotions, Junior High Schools, June, 1936
Promotion from the ninth grade to the tenth is the promo- tion 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 in June
No. Promoted to
High School
No. Entering
Somerville High
Other Schools, Pub-
No. Going to Work
No. Not Located
No. Entering
No. Remaining at Home
Northeastern Junior High
496
489
431
33
15 20 co
3 17 0
5
2
Southern Junior High
398
391
334
2
9
Western Junior High
419
411
368
0
Total
1313
1291 1133
76
38
20
13
11
Vocational School
School
No. Entering
lic or Private
6 34
6
Grade 9
.
293
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 14-Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year, 1935-1936
1935
1936
Change
Number of visits to the schools
650
564
-86
Number of visits to the homes
2,158
2,199
+41
Number of cases investigated
1,563
1,633
+70
Number of cases found to be truancy or absenteeism
323
261
-62
Number of different pupils who were tru- ants or habitual absentees
182
173
-9
Number who were truants for
132
116
-16
Number who were truants for the second time
36
41
+5
Number who were truants for three or more times
13
16
+3
Number of girls who were truants or ab- sentees
44
38
-6
Number of visits to mercantile or manu- facturing establishments
9
13
+4
Number of minors found to be working without employment certificates
8
21
+13
Number of employment certificates issued to boys
0
12
+12
Number of employment certificates reis- sued to boys
0
1'
+1
Number of employment certificates issued to girls
0
6
+6
Number of educational literate certificates issued to minors over 16 years of age (first issue)
1,247
1,984
+737
Number of newspaper licenses issued to boys 12 to 16 years of age
223
187
-36
Number of transfer cards investigated
2,248
2,236
-12
Number of transfer cards forwarded
2,147
1,452
-695
Number of truants in the County Training School at the close of the year
0
1
+1
Amount paid for board of truants
0
$34.58
+$34.58
Disposition of truancy and habitual absentee cases:
Warned and returned to school
86
Transferred to other schools
24
Obtained certificates (14 to 16 years)
4
Left school (over 16 years)
39
Removed from city
19
Brought before Court
1
173
Number of employment certificates reis- sued to girls
0
1
+1
the first time
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
17 or over
I.
1
1
....
2
1
1
1
II.
9
III
1
2
3
2
1
9
IV
9
V
3
2
2
1
1
9
VI.
10
7
7
1
25
VII.
2
4
10
20
2
38
VIII.
1
2
17
2
22
IX
2
14
7
23
X
2
2
XI.
6
Voc. I .
1
1
Voc. II
1
3
1
3
8
Ungraded .
2
Contin't'n
Total.
1
1
4
8
8
10
9
24
23
70
15
173
.
.
.
·
.
ANNUAL REPORTS
294
.
6
. .
.
1
1
3
3
1
1
2
3
1
3
3
295
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 15-Evening High School, Season 1935-1936
Male
Female
Total
Enrolled
531
609
1,140
Average Membership
355
434
789
Average Attendance
236
270
506
Number of teachers
41
Number of sessions
57
Cost of instruction
$10,710.74
Cost of janitor, fuel, light, and supplies ..
1,530.87
Total cost
$12,241.61
Cost per pupil per evening
$0.25
Average attendance: October, 752; November, 672; December, 599; January, 424; February, 416; March, 410.
Table 15A-Evening Elementary School, Season 1935-1936
Male
Female
Total
Enrolled
33
18
51
Average Membership
30
8
38
Average Attendance
18
6
24
Number of teachers
6
Number of sessions
58
Cost of instruction
$1,606.86
Cost of janitors, fuel, light, and supplies
235.87
Total cost
$1,842.73
Cost per pupil per evening
$0.836
Table 15B-Evening Vocational Classes, Season 1935-1936
Women
Enrolled
65
Average Membership
52
Average Attendance
40
Number of teachers
5
Number of sessions
39
Student hours
3,088
Cost of instruction
$792.57
Cost of janitors, fuel, light and supplies
103.90
Total expenditure
$896.47
Income from sources other than local taxa- tion
74.80
Net expenditure
821.67
Reimbursement from State
410.84
Net cost
$410.83
Net cost per pupil per evening
$0.208
296
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 15C-Americanization Classes, Season 1935-1936
Male
Female
Total
Enrolled
176
232
408
Average Membership
108
158
266
Average Attendance
86
139
225
Number of classes
17
Number of teachers
10
Number of sessions
68
Membership hours
36,076
Cost of Instruction
$5,307.28
Cost of supplies
$28.89
Total cost
$5,336.17
Reimbursement from the State
$2,501.00
Net cost
$2,835.17
Net cost per membership hour
$0.078
297
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 16-Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
Prescott
169
191
158
198
178
181
Bennett
41
48
26
44
49
43
Knapp
122
113
99
106
108
98
Pope
89
89
78
86
75
73
Cummings
32
40
35
39
Glines
84
82
80
92
60
74
Grimmons
41
47
45
30
32
34
Forster
75
81
84
82
106
95
Bingham
78
80
82
78
88
64
Carr
114
116
75
82
85
75
Morse
64
44
57
52
52
58
Proctor
47
46
46
53
46
50
Brown
61
41
65
45
55
58
Highland
97
127
134
111
122
133
Hodgkins
84
84
71
83
69
Cutler
138
128
110
134
135
128
Total
1220
1317
1255
1304
1309
1272
Average Membership of Elementary Schools
9124
9065
9024
9058
9057
9178
Per cent. of Average Membership Promoted
13.37
14.53
13.91
14.40
14.45
13.86
298
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
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
1933
17,758
16,303
15,322
93.9
14,488
0.945
1934
17,903
16,616
15,591
93.8
14,962
0.960
1935
17,811
16,613
15,506
93.3
15,532
1.000
1936
17,926
16,707
15,470
92.6
13,656
0.982
(For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917)
299
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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
12,320
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
1930
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
1933
16,303
3.226
19.79
700
4.29
1934
16,616
3,442
20.71
847
5.10
1935
16,613
3,468
20.87
826
5.00
1936
16,707
3,626
21.70
856
5.12
(For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.)
300
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 19-Promotions for School Year ending June 19, 1936 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
1,340
1,186
95
59
II
1,320
1,141
118
61
000
000
4
III
1,313
1,242
49
22
1
Total
3,973
3,569
262
142
0
3
8
Percentage of Promotions for School Year ending June 19, 1936 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
88.5
7.1
4.4
00
0 0.2
0.2
II
100
86.4
9.0
4.6
0.3
III
100
94.6
3.7
1.7
O
0
0
Average
..
100
89.8
6.6
3.6
0
0.08
0.2
Promotees
3
Dropped Back
301
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Table 19A-Promotions for School Year ending June 19, 1936 · 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
1
1,463
1,180
110
170
3
24
2
II
1,344
1,138
89
113
4
28
III
1,361
1,128
145
87
1
2
15
IV
1,311
1,117
115
72
7
7
17
V
1,328
1,122
158
47
1
1
23
VI
1,301
1,185
97
18
1
0
00
Total
8,108
6,870
714
507
17
16
91
Percentage of Promotions for School Year ending June 19, 1936 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
Months' Trial
1
100
80.7
7.5
11.6
0.2
0.1
0.1
II
100
84.7
6.6
8.4
0.3
0.3
2
III
100
82.9
10.7
6.4
0
0.1
1.1
IV
100
85.2
8.8
5.5
0.5
0.5
1.2
4
100
84.6
11.9
3.5
00
0
1.7
VI
100
91.1
7.5
1.4
0
0.4
Average ...
100
84.7
8.8
6.3
0.2
0.2
1.1
Promotees
Promotees
after Two
Promoted
DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES AND GRADES, OCTOBER 1, 1936
AGE
GRADE
TOTAL
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21 or over
Kdgn.
213
777
1
..
..
1
257
954
152
26
8
1,397
34
2.43
2
1
251
878
192
53
4
1
1,380
58
1.20
3
4
219
788
237
80
15
4
1.347
99
7.34
4
..
213
1,035
1,210
1,253
1,238
1,285
1,223
1,264
1,337
1346
1,384
1,391
1.254
737
227
48
7
2
16.454
Under Normal Grade
26
61
84
86
132
131
124
130
100
96
73
39
Per cent. Under Normal Grade
2.10
4.74
6.87
6.80
9.87
9.73
8.95
9.35
7.97
13.02
32.15
81.25
1
1.318
106
8.04
5
2
253
644
244
95
40
1
1,282
139
10.84
6
2
244
696
238
91
27
8
1.306
126
9.64
7
5
232
712
249
92
26
3
1
1,320
122
9.24
8
6
242
698
251
94
18
1
1,310
113
8.62
9
12
256
715
279
79
1
1,354
92
6.79
10
1
12
289
717
327
82
25
1
1,454
108
7.42
11
5
251
597
180
47
7
1
1
1,089
56
5.14
12
230
436
139
31
4
854
35
4.09
P. G.
25
15
9
2
1
52
3
5.76
Total
4
230
732
246
71
33
1
991
Above Normal Age
Per cent. Above Normal Age
.
302
ANNUAL REPORTS
.
14
12
TABLE 20-RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS IN 1936
School
Teacher
Took effect
In Service
High
Ruth L. Gordon
June 30, 1936
4 yrs.
Northeastern
Helen E. Carroll
June 30, 1936
7 yrs.
Northeastern
Catherine Fleming
Dec. 31, 1935
5 yrs. 4 mos.
Northeastern
Clara V. Pomeroy
Oct. 23, 1936
10 yrs. 5 mos.
Southern
Anna Coll
June 30, 1936
20 yrs.
Western
Geneva C. Farnsworth
Oct. 9, 1936
19 yrs.
Prescott
+Myra Lucca
Feb. 5, 1936
3 yrs. 2 mos.
Prescott
Frances Mullen
June 30, 1936
6 yrs.
Bennett
Anna M. Hurley
June 30, 1936
2 yrs.
Bennett
Eunice M. Lanigan
June 30, 1936
5 yrs.
Knapp
Mildred Wantman
Oct. 9, 1936
2 yrs.
Pope
*Annie G. Sheridan
50 yrs. 3 mos.
Glines
*Florence E. Baxter
45 yrs.
Glines
*Cora J. Demond
36 yrs. 2 mos.
Glines
Agnes McElhinney Lillian C. Sigel
June 30, 1936
7 yrs.
Carr
#Marion Morash
Sept. 6, 1936
1 yr. 3 mos.
Carr
Ruth E. Sibley
7 yrs. 1 mo.
Durell
25 yrs.
Burns
21 yrs.
Highland
July 1, 1936
33 yrs.
Lowe
Sept. 2, 1936
35 yrs.
Atypical
June 30, 1936
6 yrs.
Special Teacher of Lip Reading
July 1, 1936
39 yrs. 6 mos.
Visiting Teacher ..
Sept. 30, 1936
8 yrs.
Director of Music
May 22, 1936
9 yrs. 9 mos.
Matron of High School
Mar. 1, 1936
7 yrs. 4 mos.
* Retired,
t Died.
303
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
* Alice M. Jordan Margaret Beattie *Eva M. Barrows *Maude C. Valentine Margaret E. Donovan *Elizabeth M. Warren Rose J. Cairnes +Harry E. Whittemore "Christina T. Hunkins
July 1, 1936 Aug. 20, 1936 July 1, 1936
June 30, 1936
8 yrs.
Grimmons
Oct. 9, 1936 July 1, 1936 Oct. 9, 1936
TABLE 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1936
School
Teacher
Coming From
Salary
Service Began
High
Gertrude Burns
Barnstable
$1800
Sept. 1, 1936
High
*Gertrude C. Dooley
Not teaching
1600
Mar. 2, 1936
High
Mary Hall
Somerville "
1400
Sept., 1936
High
Natalie King
1500
Northeastern Jr.
Rita Flanagan
Not teaching Grafton
1400
May 1, 1936
Northeastern Jr.
Mary I. Fleming
1400
Mar. 9, 1936
Northeastern Jr.
James J. Noonan
Somerville
1400
Sept., 1936
Northeastern Jr.
Peter Peterson
1400
Nov., 1936
Northeastern Jr
Mary Pineo
1400
Northeastern Jr.
Wallace Sinclair
1400
Feb., 1936
Northeastern Jr.
Ruth Strehlis
1400
Sept., 1936 "
Southern Jr.
Raymond H. Faxon
Not teaching
1400
Oct. 1, 1936
Southern Jr.
Gertrude Hickey
Somerville "
1400
Feb. ,1936
Southern Jr.
Mary Neylon
",
1400
Feb., 1936
Southern Jr.
George A. Sharkey
1700
Nov. 2, 1936
Southern Jr
Katherine Stack
1400
Sept., 1936
Western Jr.
Bertha Corfield
1400
"
Western Jr.
Esther Doolin
1400
"
Western Jr.
Geraldine Fitzgerald
1400
Western Jr.
Kenneth Macleod
1500
Feb., 1936
Western Jr
San Jose, Cal.
1875
Sept., 1936
Western Jr.
¡Dorothy E. Parsons ¡Marjorie Shoup Janet Woodman
"
1925
Western Jr.
Somerville
1400
Mar., 1936
Prescott
Thelma Butler
1300
Nov., 1936
Prescott
Doris M. Donnine
"
1300
Oct. 1, 1936
Prescott
*Mary T. Shanahan
1300
Apr. 1, 1936
Prescott
Catherine Sutkus
Not teaching Somerville
1300
Oct. 1, 1936
Southern Jr.
Dorothy Bozigian
1400
Southern Jr.
James Marchant
Not teaching Somerville "
1400
Sept., 1936
ANNUAL REPORTS
304
..
"
TABLE 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1936
School
Teacher
Coming From
Salary
Service Began
Bennett
Eleanor Bates
Somerville
$1300
Nov., 1936
Bennett
Anna M. Hurley
1300
Sept., 1936
Knapp
Mildred Wantman
1300
Pope
Elizabeth Lamborghini
1300
Cummings
Frances Allen
1300
",
Edgerly
Thelma C. Hutchins
1200
Glines
Philomena Buccelli
1400
Oct., 1936
Forster
Elsie Capone
1300
Sept., 1936 "
Forster
Jeanne M. Henchey
",
1200
Forster
Margaret O'Neill
1400
Oct. 1, 1936
Bingham
Josephine Lacey
1200
Sept., 1936
Carr
Elinor M. Sullivan
1200
Dec. 1, 1936
Morse
Eleanor M. Shanahan
1300
Sept. 1, 1936
Proctor
Terence Griffin
1400
Dec., 1936
Proctor
Olga Storlazzi
1300
Sept., 1936
Durell
Mary H. Looney
,
1400
Oct. 1, 1936
Brown
Alice Fitzpatrick
1300
Nov., 1936
Brown
M. Kathleen Scanlan
1300
Sept., 1936
Highland
Lillian R. Lucey
1200
Nov. 1, 1936
Cutler
Doris Spellman
1400
Sept., 1936
Cutler
Mildred D. Williston
1200
Atypical
Ursula H. Cairns
1300
Atypical
Irma DiGuisto
1400
",
Atypical
Dorothy Leighton
Wrentham
1500
Atypical
Margaret McDonald
1500
Director of Music
Bart E. Grady
Boston Somerville
2500
"
* Reinstated.
1 Exchange teacher.
305
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
...
",
"
"
306
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 22-Leave of Absence of Teachers
Lillian Wells, indefinite leave of absence from September 1, 1936.
Helené M. D'Alelio, for school year ending June 30, 1937.
George M. Hosmer, Sabbatical Leave, for the second and third quarters of the present school year.
Lillian E. Haskell, Sabbatical Leave, for one year from November 1, 1936.
Isobel M. Cheney for school year ending June 30, 1937 (exchange with teacher from San Jose, California.
Lorna M. Proudfoot, for school year ending June 30, 1937 (exchange with teacher from San Jose, California.
Table 23-Transfers of Teachers, 1936
Teacher
From
To
Mary E. Gill
Lowe
High
Paul L. McCarthy
Western Jr.
High
Arthur L. Fleming
Southern Jr.
Vocational
Helen E. Clark
Proctor Atypical
Prescott
Doris M. Donnine
Hanscom
Prescott
Margaret M. Kuhn
Prescott Atypical
Glines
Ruth C. Kennedy
Prescott Atypical
Glines
Dorothea Myers
Bennett
Grimmons
Mary R. Mingolelli
Proctor
Carr
Blanche Llewellyn
Lincoln
Burns
Muriel P. King
Lincoln
Hodgkins
Margaret Crowley
Lincoln
Cutler
Ruth M. Kelley
Lincoln
Cutler
Katherine D. Millen
Bennett
Lowe
Margaret McAuley
Prescott
Proctor Atypical
Ursula Cairns
Knapp
Knapp Atypical
CADETS 1936-1938
Charles S. Hatton
Anna J. MacNeil
M. Eileen Kenney
Elva L. Hutchins
Frances G. McNally
Francis L. Leary
Janet Cannon
Dorothy C. Neagle
Helen M. Merry
Margaret F. Driscoll
Mary E. Miller
William H. Howard
Lois C. Banks
John C. Palmer Frances Shea
Ernestine Keach
Anthony C. Calabro
Second-Year Cadets (Status)
Muriel Adams
John E. Flynn
Thomas F. O'Brien
Walter A. Buckley
Emma Givan
Mary L. O'Neill Guy A. Petralia
Vincent J. Burke John J. Carroll
Mary Lima
Robert A. Radochia
Dorothy M. Reynolds
Margaret E. Connors Walter J. Corbett John J. Costello Marion Cotter
Nancy G. Marquess James J. McGowan Ellen M. McSweeney M. Paul McSweeney Loretta Morley
Daniel W. Twomey
Albert C. Williamson
Robert D. Wright
Mary T. Crotty
John J. Hickey
307
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
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
761
272
31
15
45
349
394
1916
771
290
30
15
46
366
412
1917
70
65
238
33
17
49
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