Report of the city of Somerville 1936, Part 16

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1936
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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


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