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Male
Female
Total
Enrolled
558
610
1,168
Average Membership
315
357
672
Average Attendance
195
244
439
Number of teachers
36
Number of sessions
57
Cost of instruction
$8,777.62
Cost of janitor, fuel, light, and supplies ..
1,939.29
Total cost
$10,716.91
Cost per pupil per evening
$0.28
Average attendance: October, 644; November, 534; December, 438; January, 374; February, 318; March, 301.
Table 15A-Evening Elementary School, Season 1936-1937
Male
Female
Total
Enrolled
35
20
55
Average Membership
30
.19
49
Average Attendance
19
8
27
Number of teachers
6
Number of sessions
57
Cost of instruction
$1,659.40
Cost of janitors, fuel, light, and supplies ..
267.01
Total cost
$1,926.41
Cost per pupil per evening
$0.689
Table 15B-Evening Vocational Classes, Season 1936-1937
Women
Enrolled
61
Average Membership
49
Average Attendance
40
Number of teachers
4
Number of sessions
37
Student hours
2,987
Cost of instruction
$543.49
Cost of janitors, fuel, light, and supplies ..
110.77
Total expenditure
$654.26
Income from sources other than local taxa- tion
67.43
Net expenditure
586.83
Reimbursement from State
293.42
Net cost
$293.41
Net cost per pupil per evening
$0.161
....
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Table 15C-Americanization Classes, Season 1936-1937
Male
Female
Total
Enrolled
153
248
401
Average Membership
98
205
303
Average Attendance
70
157
227
Number of classes
17
Number of teachers
10
Number of sessions
70
Membership hours
42,420
Cost of Instruction
$5,833.50
Cost of supplies
23.44
Total cost
$5,856.94
Reimbursement from the State
2,916.75
Net cost
$2,940.19
Net cost per membership hour
$0.069
270
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 16-Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
Prescott
191
138
198
178
181
192
Bennett
48
26
44
49
43
39
Knapp
113
99
106
108
98
98
Pope
89
78
86
75
73
72
Cummings
32
40
35
39
37
Glines
82
80
92
60
74
73
Grimmons
47
45
30
32
34
45
Forster
81
84
82
106
95
110
Bingham
80
82
78
88
64
84
Carr
116
75
82
85
75
67
Morse
44
57
52
52
58
45
Proctor
46
46
53
46
50
42
Brown
41
65
45
55
58
43
Highland
127
134
111
122
133
123
Hodgkins
84
84
71
83
69
76
Cutler
128
110
134
135
128
126
Total
1317
1255
1304
1309
1272
1272
Average Membership of Elementary Schools
9065
9024
9058
9057
9178
8093
Per cent. of Average Membership Promoted
14.53
13.91
14.40
14.45
13.86
15.72
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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
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
1937
17,871
16,626
15,564
93.6
13,647
0.876
(For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917)
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 18-Membership, Etc., of High School
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS
YEAY.
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
1937
16,626
3,594
21.62
871
5.24
(For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.)
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Table 19-Promotions for School Year Ending June 24, 1937 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
Months' Trial
I
1,301
1,118
110
73
II
1,276
1,087
130
58
OHO
OHO
5
III
1,317
1,267
25
25
1
Total.
3,894
3,472
265
156
1
1
6
Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 24, 1937 Junior High Schools
GRADE.
1
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
86.0
8.5
5.5
II
100
85.2
10.2
4.6
000
000
0.3
III
100
96.2
1.9
1.9
0
Average
100
89.1
6.9
4.0
0
0
0.1
Promotees
after Two
0
Promotees
0
274
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 19A-Promotions for School Year Ending June 24, 1937 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.
Promotees
Dropped Back
after Two
Months' Trial
Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 24, 1937 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.
Promotees
Dropped Back
after Two
Months' Trial
I
100
82.6
6.4
10.9
0.1
0
0.1
II
100
85.7
6.9
7.4
0
0
1.0
III
100
82.5
9.3
7.9
0.3
0
1.0
IV
100
85.5
9.3
5.2
0
0
1.1
100
87.0
9.3
3.5
0.2
0.3
0.7
VI
100
90.6
7.1
2.3
0
0
0.1
Average ...
100
85.5
8.0
6.4
0.1
0.1
0.7
H
1,505
1,243
97
163
0
2
II
1,358
1,162
94
101
1
14
III
1,346
1,110
125
107
0
13
IV
1,298
1,110
121
67
1
15
V
1,261
1,097
117
44
4
10
VI
1,272
1,152
90
29
1
2
Total
8,040
6,874
644
511
11
7
56
180F12
DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES AND GRADES, OCTOBER 1, 1937
AGE
GRADE
TOTAL
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21 or over
-
Kdgn.
324
576
2
902
1
446
880
128
16
6
1,476
22
1.49
2
308
855
198
39
9
1,409
18
3.40
3
1
248
794
221
68
10
3
1,345
31
6.02
4
197
691
267
119
29
5
1,308
153
11.69
5
24
251
688
218
76
28
3
1
1,289
108
8.37
6
1
209
615
268
102
42
5
1,242
149
11.99
7
1
251
730
251
114
34
3
1,384
151
10.91
8
4
260
667
239
90
13
1
1,274
104
8.16
9
2
19
260
681
247
56
8
1
1,274
65
5.12
10
9
333
716
281
79
3
1
1,428
89
6.23
11
11
233
605
242
3
2
1,141
50
4.38
12
1
6
238
498
115
25
2
885
27
3.05
P. G.
...
324
1,022
1,191
1,231
1,229
1,209
1,242
1,219
1,385
1322
1,424
1,331
1,199
840
184
37
6
1
16,396
Under Normal Grade
16
15
77
129
108
135
159
129
73
88
52
31
Per cent. Under Normal Grade
1.30
3.72
6.19
10.58
779
10.21
11.16
9.69
6.08
14.76
28.26
83.78
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2
12
17
6
1
1
39
2
5.12
Total
Above Normal Age
Per cent. Above Normal Age
6
45
276
TABLE 20-RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS IN 1937
School
Teacher
Took Effect
In Service
High
*Elizabeth Campbell
June 30, 1937
35 yrs.
High
Dorothea Hanscom
Dec. 18, 1937
8 yrs. 4 mos.
Northeastern
*Mary Clifford
June 30, 1937
30 yrs.
Northeastern
Mary I. Fleming
June 30, 1937
1 yr. 4 mos.
Southern
Mary Harrington
Nov., 1936
12 yrs. 1 mo.
Southern
*Leila L. Rand
June 30, 1937
29 yrs.
5 mos.
Western
Charles S. Hatton
Oct. 1, 1937
1 yr.
1 mo.
Prescott
Loretta Souza
June 30, 1937
8 yrs.
Hanscom
*Maude Nichols
June 30, 1937
31 yrs.
Perry
Helen Haley
June 30, 1937
9 yrs.
Pope
Mary J. Basile
June 30, 1937
8 yrs.
Cummings
*Katherine M. Fox
June 30, 1937
41 yrs.
Cummings
*Lillian E. Haskell Hilda Foley
Mar. 1, 1937
23 yrs.
6 mos.
Edgerly
June 30, 1937
14 yrs.
Forster
Mary A. Earle Isabelle Keppe
June 30, 1937
11 yrs.
Burns
*Alice E. Morang Lucy L. Kelley
Nov. 5, 1936
6 yrs. 10 mos.
Brown
Charlotte M. Pearson
June 30, 1937
4 mos.
Highland
*Catherine A. Burden
June 30, 1937
35 yrs. 2 mos.
Highland
Frances I. O'Brien Louva Cogswell
June 30, 1937
4 yrs.
Hodgkins
Grace I. Harkins
June 30, 1937
7 yrs.
Cutler ..
*Harlan P. Knight
June 30, 1937
40 yrs.
Cutler
June 30, 1937
39 yrs.
Clerk of High School
* Almena J. Mansir Mildred Calley
Sept., 1937
13 yrs.
* Retired.
+ Died.
ANNUAL REPORTS
June 30, 1937
10 yrs.
Carr
June 30, 1937
44 yrs.
Brown
Jan. 29, 1937
6 yrs.
4 mos.
Hodgkins
TABLE 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1937
School
Teacher
Coming From
Salary
Service Began
High
John E. Flynn
Somerville
$1400
Feb. 1, 1938
High
Mary M. Lima
1400
Sept. 1, 1937
High
Nancy Marquess
"
1400
Apr. 1, 1938
High
Arthur L. McManus
Boston
2200
Sept. 1, 1937
High
Ellen M. McSweeney
Somerville
1400
Sept. 1, 1937
High
Thomas F. O'Brien
",
1500
Mar. 1, 1938
High
Guy E. Petralia
",
1400
Feb. 1, 1938
High
..
Robert Radochia
1400
Jan. 1, 1938
High
Alice M. Scanlan, Matron
1700
Sept. 1, 1937
Northeastern Junior
John J. Carroll
Somerville
1400
Sept. 1, 1937
Northeastern Junior
Walter J. Corbett
1400
Oct. 1, 1937
Northeastern Junior
Anna MacNeil
1400
Sept. 1, 1937
Northeastern Junior
M. Paul McSweeney
1400
Jan., 1938
Northeastern Junior
Loretta Morley
1400
Sept., 1937
Northeastern Junior
Daniel W. Twomey
1400
Mar., 1938
Southern Junior
Walter A. Buckley
1400
Jan., 1938
Southern Junior
Marion Cotter
1300
Sept., 1937
Southern Junior
Ernestine Keach
1400
Sept. 1937
Southern Junior
James J. McGowan
1400
Mar., 1938
Southern Junior
Albert Williamson
1400
Jan., 1938
Western Junior
Vincent J. Burke
1400
Jan., 1938
Western Junior
John J. Costello
1400
Sept., 1938
Western Junior
Charles S. Hatton
Boston
1500
Sept., 1937
Western Junior
William Howard
Somerville "
1500
Sept., 1937
Western Junior
Robert D. Wright
1400
Jan., 1938
..
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-
277
278
TABLE 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1937
School
Teacher
Coming From
Salary
Service Began
Boys' Vocational
Christopher J. Kirk, Jr.
Not teaching "
1800
Oct., 1937
Boys' Vocational
J. Edward Sharkey
1800
Oct., 1937
Boys' Vocational
Walter E. Struble, Jr.
Somerville
1600
Oct., 1937
Prescott
Elva Hutchins
1400
Sept., 1937
Bennett
Mary T. Crotty
1300
Jan., 1938
Bennett
John J. Hickey
"
1400
Jan., 1938
Bennett
Frances G. McNally
1400
Sept., 1937
Perry
Lillian E. Parker
1500
Sept., 1937
Pope
Muriel Adams
"
1300
Jan., 1938
Cummings
E. Marion Kadis
"
1200
Jan., 1938
Edgerly
Janet Cannon
"
1300
Sept., 1937
Edgerly
Margaret F. Driscoll
1400
Sept., 1937
Edgerly
Mary E. Miller
"
1300
Sept., 1937
Forster
Anna Rachdorf
1500
Sept.,
1937
Proctor
Emma Givan
1300
Jan., 1938
Highland
Dorothy Neagle
1400
Sept., 1937
Cutler
Edward L. Smith (Master)
"
27.00
Sept., 1937
Lowe
M. Lillian O'Neill
1400
Jan., 1938
Open Air
Dorothy M. Reynolds
1400
Jan., 1938
Physically Handicapped
Clare M. Stanton
1500
Sept., 1937
Visiting Teacher
KatherineF. McDonnell
1500
Sept., 1937
Visiting Teacher
Estelle C. Walsh
1200
Sept., 1937
Atypical
Margaret Connors
Not teaching Somerville
1300
Jan., 1938
ANNUAL REPORTS
279
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
TABLE 22-LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS
Grace E. Allen, Sabbatical Leave for school year 1937-1938.
Alice Blodgett, Sabbatical Leave for school year 1937-1938.
Hazel Wellington, Sabbatical Leave from Feb. 1, 1938 to close of school year in June.
Rena S. Hezelton, Sabbatical Leave of absence from Sept. 1, 1937. Ruth E. French, Sabbatical Leave of absence from Sept. 1, 1937.
TABLE 23-TRANSFERS OF TEACHERS, 1937
Teacher Edward L. Smith
From
To
Northeastern
Mastership Cutler
Hodgkins
Katherine Stack
Southern Junior
High
Doris M. Donnine
Prescott
Hanscom
Mary T. Shanahan
Prescott
Edgerly
Muriel F. Adams
Bennett
Pope
Frances E. Savage
Carr
Burns
Terence Griffin
Proctor
Highland
CADETS
Charles S. Hatton
Elva L. Hutchins
Janet Cannon
Margaret F. Driscoll
William H. Howard
Ernestine Keach
Anna J. MacNeil
Frances G. McNally
Dorothy C. Neagle
Mary E. Miller Lois C. Banks
September 1, 1938
Anthony C. Calabro
M. Eileen Kenney
Francis L. Leary
Helen M. Merry
"
John C. Palmer
Frances Shea
Helen K. McNally
September 1, 1939
Mary A. Dewire
CADETS (Status)
John J. Carroll
September 1, 1937
Marion Cotter
Mary Lima
Ellen M. McSweeney
Loretta Morley
Walter J. Corbett
October 1, 1937
E. Marion Kadis Muriel Adams
November 1, 1937 January 1, 1938
Walter A. Buckley
Term expires September 1, 1937 „
",
280
ANNUAL REPORTS
Vincent J. Burko
January 1, 1938
Margaret E. Connors
Mary T. Crotty Emma Givan
"
John J. Hickey
"
M. Paul McSweeney
Mary L. O'Neill
"
Robert A. Radochia
Dorothy M. Reynolds
Albert C. Williamson
Robert D. Wright
John E. Flynn
February 1, 1938 "
Guy E. Petralia
James J. McGowan
March 1, 1938
Thomas F. O'Brien
Daniel W. Twomey
Nancy G. Marquess
John J. Costello
„ April 1, 1938 September 1, 1938
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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
...
48
370
418
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
1950
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
1933
106 **
154
250
44
33
3
1
120
477
597
1934
116 **
160
257
43
39
3
1
125
494
619
1935
116 **
164
257
42
40
3
1
128
495
623
1936
120 **
165
265
40
43
3
1
133
504
637
1937
126 **
167
271
38
31
3
1
142
495
637
.
1919
70°
106
207
26
9
....
49
369
418
1920
69°
113
212
23
8
54
371
425
.....
* Including kindergartners.
t Including a secretary.
** Including a secretary and two matrons.
° Including a secretary and a matron.
-
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TABLE 25-BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE 1937 For High School
As Text Books : -
Gregg Shorthand Manual Parts I and II, Functional Method- Gregg Publishing Co.
Une Aventure en Francais Book II by Bovee and Lindquist-Har- court Brace Co.
En Amerique, by Andre Maurvis-American Book Co. Ritchies' Fabulae Faciles (rev. edition) by Kirkland-Longmans Green & Co.
High School Courses in Latin Composition by Baker and Inglis- Macmillan Co.
Integrated Mathematics Review by Theodore Herbert.
Instruction Tests in Plane Geometry by Bishop, Irwin.
Man's Achievement Part 1, To the Age of Steam by Edwin W. Pahlow-Ginn & Co.
Applied Secretarial Practice and Its Laboratory Materias by Sor- elle and Gregg-Gregg Publishing Co.
The Book of Living Verse by Louis Untermeyer-Harcourt Brace & Co.
First Year Latin by Smith and Thompson-Allyn and Bacon. Second Year Latin by Scudder-Allyn and Bacon.
For Junior High Schools
As Text Books : --
Typewriting Technique by Harold H. Smith.
For Elementary Schools
As Text Books : --
Nature-By Seaside and Wayside (Some Animals and Their Homes I; Some Animal Neighbors II; Plants and Animals III) by Phillips and Wright-D. C. Heath & Co.
Curriculum Foundation Series (to continue series) Life Reading Service (Science Stories, Book 3) by Beauchamp, Fogg,
Crampton, Gray; Standard Mathematical Service (Number Stories, Book 3) by Studebaker, Findley, Knight, Ruch, Gray; Social Studies-Everyday-Life Stories (Peter's Family, Prim- er; David's Friends at School, Book I) by Hanna, Anderson, Gray-Scott Foresman and Co.
New Silent Readers (to complete new series) (Tots and Toys, Pre- primer; Pets and Playmates, Primer) by Lewis and Gehres- Winston.
Wiggles, A Funny Little Dog by Wilson and Pennell-Houghton Mifflin Co.
Community Life Series (Dean and Don at the Dairy) by Miller; (Here Comes the Postman) by Park-Houghton Mifflin Co.
The Billy and Frisky Stories (Halloween Fun and Other Stories; Billy and Frisky Play House and To School! to School; A Home for Turkey Gobbler and Billy and Frisky See Santa; At Work in the Woods and A Ride on the Water) by Hahn- Houghton Mifflin Co.
Childhood Readers (to continue series) (Stories for Every Day, Second Reader; Children Near and Far, Third Reader) by Grady, Klapper, Gifford-Scribner's
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Reading for Appreciation (Fifth Year-First Half; Fifth Year- Second Half; Sixth Year-First Half; Sixth Year-Second Half) by Grady and Klapper-Scribner's.
Reading Foundation Series-The Alice and Jerry Books (to contin- ue series) (If I were Young, Third Reader) by O'Donnell and Carey-Row Peterson Co.
Young Americans by Meigs-Ginn and Co.
Indians of the Oaks by Lee-Ginn and Co.
Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle-Scribner's.
Komoki of the Cliffs by Harrington-Scribner's.
Johnny Bear, Lobo, and Other Stories by Seton-Scribner's.
Cha-Ki-Shi by Rhode and Coon-Scribner's.
The Good-Companion Books (to continue series) (Fun With Nick. and Dick) by Gates, Baker, Peardon-Macmillan Co.
The Dearborn Series (to contiue series) (City Friends) by Dear- born-Macmillan Co.
Home by Waddell, Nemec, Bush-Macmillan Co.
Early America by Woodburn and Hill-Longmans, Green & Co. The Hoosier School-Boy by Eggleston-Scribner's.
Social Studies Intermediate Grades, Book One by Bruner and Smith-Charles E. Merrill Co.
The Rugg Social Science Series, Man and His Changing Society (to continue Series) (The Building of America Vol. V; Man at Work; His Industries, Vol. VI) by Rugg and Krueger-Ginn & Co.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE 26-HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
The graduation exercises of the High School occurred Wed- nesday, June 9, 1937.
ORDER OF EXERCISES
EDITH L. HURD, Chairman of the School Committee, Presiding
1. MARCH-Coronation from "The Prophet" Meyerbeer
High School Orchestra
2. PRAYER- Rev. Archiver J. Strait Pastor, College Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Response-"Gottschalk" Old German
The Choral Club
3. SALUTATORY- Francis X. Thornton
4. SELECTION-"Stradella Overture" F. V. Flotow
High School Orchestra
5. CLASS ORATION-"The Middle Course" John H. Condon
6. SELECTION-"Lo, A Voice to Heaven" Bortniansky The Choral Club
7. CLASS POEM-"Alma Mater Farewell" Mary A. Connelly
8. SELECTION-"The Heavens Resounding" Beethoven
The Choral Club
9. CLASS ODE- Eileen M. Rogers
10. SINGING OF CLASS ODE Music by Jeannie Bertocci The Graduates
11. PRESENTATION OF PRIZES- Harry F. Sears, Headmaster
12. SELECTION-"War March from Athalia" ....... Mendelssohn
High School Orchestra
13. VALEDICTORY- Barbara Wemyss
14. SOLO-"Inflammatus" Rossini
Cornet-David J. Ashton
15. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO GIRLS Catherine E. Falvey Vice Chairman of the School Committee
16. SELECTION-"Dance a Cachucha" Sullivan
The Choral Club
17. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO BOYS Lawrence J. Donovan Member of the School Committee
18. MARCH-"Greetings to Bangor" Hall High School Orchestra
Chorus and Orchestra under the direction of Bart E. Grady Director of Music in the Public Schools
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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LIST OF GRADUATES JUNE, 1937
* Graduated with Honor
GIRLS
*Miriam Ackerman Lena Maria Alberghini Doris Frances Allbee Eileen Jacqueline Anderson Mary Elizabeth Anderson Florence Antoinette Annese Emma Louise Arbing Lucy Mildred Ashman
*Eleanor Louise Babbitt Helen Phillips Bailey Eleanor Margaret Bannister Mary Barbagallo Elizabeth Judson Barker
*Frances Catherine Barrett Edna May Barry Marion Lillian Bauer Evelyn Louise Bean Margaret Elizabeth Beckett Helen Jean Bennett Eleanor Rita Bent Clara Lois Bertocci
* Jeannie Bertocci Eleanor Mary Blackall Thelma Arline Blanchard Sadie Blumsack
* Alma Rita Bonello
*Rose Lillian Borgatti Mary Antoinette Borges Jean Mildred Bowe Mildred Frances Brady Helen Patricia Brannan Gertrude Anna Braudis Alice Virginia Breen Edith Cavell Brown Kathleen Hilda Brown Ruth Marion Brown Sarah Dyer Brundige Antonette Rita Buccelli *Anne Buchman Marion Bugden Louise Margaret Bulbur Ann Margaret Burke Mary Louise Burke Phyllis Burtt Loretta Anne Cacicio Kathleen Josephine Callahan Mary Louise Callahan Phyllis Frances Callahan Catherine Josephine Callan
Virginia Janet Camacho Margaret Hamill Cameron
Byrl Tessa Campbell
Rita Frances Campbell
Edna Hortense Campos Assunta Rose Candelieri
Adelina Capuano Louise Carangelo
Florence Estella Carciero Graco Marie Cardy
*Eleanor Margaret Carey Beatrice Ellen Carrie Claire Cecelia Carroll Thelma Evelyn Carter Marion Elizabeth Carvo Carrie Pearl Cashin Anna Adele Castagnetti Norma Bebe Castignoli Edna Anna Cavicchi Rose Mary Cenerazzo
*Dorothy Freeman Cheek Helen Irene Cheney Ada Louise Choate Alice Elizabeth Christie Barbara Frances Christie Anna Ciaramaglia Anna Rosaria Cincotta Rita Mary Cintioni Rita Margaret Clancy Barbara Wales Clark Ethelyn Clarke Violet Gwendolyn Clarke Blanche Marie Cochrane Jeanette Cohen Mabel Shirley Colbath Sara Bernadette Cole Mabel Theresa Coleman Norma Jane Collins
*Marjorie Mable Combie Mary Antonia Connelly Katherine Virginia Conroy
*Genevieve Copithorne Mary Alice Copithorne Norma Davis Copithorne Lillian Catherine Corbin Frances Mary Corcoran Elvira Dorothy Corricelli Lorraine Gertrude Cotter Helen Leonice Crabtree Marion Barbara Craib Marion Phyllis Crane
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Doris Gertrude Cranford Lillian Pauline Cullen Elvira Elizabeth Cunha
Genevieve, Claire Cunningham Marjorie Elizabeth Curran Mary Catherine Curran Dorothy May Cutting Helen Elizabeth Daley Marguerite Mary Daly Rena Rose DaPrato Lillian Jean Davin Marjorie Barbara Davis Adeline Mary DeAngelis *Elizabeth Mary DeCane Rita Anne Deegan Maria Vincenzia DelTorto Rena Eleanor DeMarco Beatrice DeStefano Helen Fay Devine Ruth Madalyn Dickie Mariana DiGiacomantonio Anna Victoria DiGiorgio
*Katherine Ethel Dillman Patricia Josephine Dillon Eva Maria DiNitto Frances Mary Doherty Ruth Marie Dolan Rita Anna Donlan
Mary Esther Donnellan Vera D'Onofrio Eleanor Mary Doolin
Martha Helen Dushuttle Mary Eileen Eames
Charlotte Mary Edwards Alice Mae Eisnor Marina Ercolini Elizabeth Mary Farrell
Margaret Matheson Farrell
Evelyn Rose Fencl Ida Mae Fencl Mary Antoinette Ferreira
Kathleen Mary Finneran Edna Florence Fishburne Ruth Fishlin Josephine Virginia Flanagan Mary Teresa Foppiano Adeline Roma Forgione
Alberta Lucille Forte Charlotte Emma Foster Dorothy Gordon Fowler Barbara Anne Francis
Anna Loretta Franklin Katherine Ruth Fraser Mary Elizabeth Fraser *Phyllis Hazel Fraser Marjorie Vincent Fyfe Hedwig Louise Galinis Sarah Yvonne Garabedian
Shirley Elizabeth Garland Rena Marie Gatti Iva Maude Getchell Florence Stuart Gillespie Mary Louise Gillis Catherine Margaret Gilmore Mary Alice Giroux *Hannah Pauline Glazer Marjorie Rose Glendon Elaine Goddard Lorraine Marie Goguen
Pearl Goldstein
Ruth Lillian Goldstein
Edna Frances Gore Cynthia Gouvea
*Barbara Mae Govoni Rosemary Theresa Grady Lillian Mary Graham Virginia Marcia Graves LeoLa Hazelton Gray Ruth Rose Guazzaloca
*Sharkay Gumushian Ruth Frances Hale Frances Abbott Haley Helen Marion Hall Ellen Hamelburg Helen Doris Hammond Judith Harding Mary Lauretta Harney Dorothy Harron Florence Ruth Hart Helen Louise Hazen Oda Mae Healey
Phyllis Christina Hebb
Doris Catherine Hengsbach
Constance Heos Anna Louise Herlihy
Mary Laird Hillis Pauline Fern Hines
Lillian Frances Hixenbaugh
Lillian Mae Hodgdon Grace Marie Hoey Catherine Lillian Hogue Lurline Anna Holck
Barbara Rose Marie Holman:
Marjorie Ardella Howe Edna Mae Hoyt Eleanor Marie Humber
Alice Blanche Hurley
Mary Esther Hynes
Mary Virginia Iannacone
Dorothy Ivester Evelyn Marie Jackson
Jennie Elizabeth Jackson
Phyllis Margaret Jennings,
Edith Helen Johnson
Lena Johnson Amy Mary Jones
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Anna Frances Joyce Colette Angela Kane Grace Genevieve Frances Keaney
Virginia Marie Kearns Catherine Teresa Keefe
Marie Elizabeth Keenan Anne Beatrice Kelley Janice Kelley Dorothy Marie Kelly Edna Linnie Kelson
Grace Freeman Kempton
Claire Lorraine Kenney Eleanor Catherine Kieran
*Marion Estelle Kingston Josephine Laghetto Marjorie Frances LaHait
*Marcelle Margaret Lambert Betty Elinor Langill Florence Teresa Langone Rose Jean Langone Nollie Louise Wilma Laurie
*Phyllis Georgianna La Voie Dorothy Anna Leary Ruthı 'Zelda Leavitt Anna Marie Lee Blanche Marie Leveroni Lillian Etta Libby Gertrude Marvin Lindsay Nelda Pauline Lisson *Ada Catherine Lodi Mary Elizabeth Logan Grace Kelford Lucas Lillian Mae Lundquist Evelyn Ida MacCourt Jessie Marie MacDonald Lillian Beatrice MacDonald Charlotte Ellen Carroll Mackey Margaret Cameron Mackinnon Christene Alexandria Macleod *Clara Macrokanis *Rita Mary Madden Lillian May Magee *Dorothy Eleanor Magoon Winifred Josephine Maguire Helen Catherine Maloney Mildred Margaret Mann Gina Helen Marchi Marie Antoinette Marchi Mary Josephine Margi Mary Ellen Marsac Beatrice Josephine Marshall Elizabeth Claire Marsie Mary Carolyn Martignette Ruby Vernette Martin Lynda Lillian Martini Alice Marie Matthews Alma Rose Mattola Doris Margaret Mazzarello
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