Report of the city of Somerville 1938, Part 12

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1938
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$655.84


Income from sources other than local taxa- tion


46.74


Net expenditure


$609.10


Reimbursement from State


321.75


Net cost


$287.35


Net cost per pupil per evening


$0.13


196


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 15c-Americanization Classes, Season 1937-1938


Male


Female


Total


*Enrolled


136


320


456


Average Membership


108


270


378


Average Attendance


74


210


284


Number of classes


18


Number of teachers


10


Number of sessions


70


Membership hours


52,920


Cost of instruction


$5,837.00


Cost of supplies


6.24


Total Cost


$5,843.24


Reimbursement from the State


2,918.50


Net Cost


$2,924.74


Net cost per membership hour


$0.055


* 29 Illiterate minors were also enrolled.


197


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 16-Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools


1933


1934


1935


1936


1937


1938


Prescott


158


198


178


181


192


190


Bennett


26


44


49


43


39


38


Knapp


99


106


108


98


98


89


Pope


78


86


75


73


72


71


Cummings


32


40


35


39


37


36


Glines


80


92


60


74


73


65


Grimmons


45


30


32


34


45


30


Forster


84


82


106


95


110


102


Bingham


82


78


88


64


84


68


Carr


75


82


85


75


67


89


Morse


57


52


52


58


45


55


Proctor


46


53


46


50


42


36


Brown


65


45


55


58


43


44


Highland


134


111


122


133


123


110


Hodgkins


84


71


83


69


76


71


Cutler


110


134


135


128


126


105


Total


1255


1304


1309


1272


1272


1199


Average Membership of Elementary Schools


9024


9058


9057


9178


8093


8064


Per cent. of Average Membership Promoted


13.91


14.40


14.45


13.86


15.72


14.87


198


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


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


1938


17,762


16,623


15,551


93.6


14,508


0.932


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


199


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


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


1937


16,626


3,594


21.62


871


5.24


1938


16,623


3,626


21.81


920


5.53


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


200


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 19-Promotions for School Year Ending June 23, 1938 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


1


1,352


1,173


116


63


0


II


1,244


1,105


98


41


III


1,264


1,218


32


14


00


000


1


Total


3,860


3,496


246


118


0


0


5


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 23, 1938 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


1


100


86.8


8.5


4.7


0


II


100


88.8


7.9


3.3


C


000


0


III


100


96.4


2.5


1.1


0


0


Average


100


90.5


6.5


3.0


O


0


0.1


Promotees


3


1


Promotees


0.2


201


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 19a-Promotions for School Year Ending June 23, 1938 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


1,454


1,206


71


176


1


2


2


II


1,401


1,202


85


114


0


0


14


III


1,361


1,140


126


91


4


4


14


IV


1,277


1,085


119


70


3


3


3


V


1,284


1,106


127


51


0


2


6


VI


1,203


1,106


69


27


1


1


6


Total.


7,980


6,845


597


529


co


12


45


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 23, 1938 Elementary Grades


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List.


Unconditionally


to next Grade.


Promoted on Trial.


Retarded.


Promoted more


than One Grade.


Special Promo-


tions during Year.


Dropped Back


after Two


Months' Trial


1


100


83.0


4.9


12.1


0


0.1


0.1


II


100


85.0


6.0


9.0


O


0


0.9


III


100


83.7


9.3


6.7


0.3


0.3


1.0


IV


100


85.0


9.3


5.5


0.2


0.2


0.2


V


100


86.2


9.8


4.0


0.1


0.4


VI


100


91.9


5.8


2.3


00


OC


0.4


Average ...


100


85.8


7.5


6.6


0.1


0.1


0.5


Promotees


Promotees


Promoted


DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES AND GRADES, OCTOBER 1, 1938


AGE


GRADE


TOTAL


Above Normal Age


Per cent. Above Normal Age


4


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


21 or over


Kdgn.


300


592


892


1


419


789


138


18


1,364


18


1.32


2


371


740


188


42


9


1


1,351


52


3.85


3


300


765


227


60


20


3


1,375


83


6.04


4


231


694


261


75


22


4


1


1,288


102


7.93


5


3


213


673


228


94


29


7


1


1,248


131


10.5


6


5


232


657


242


80


31


2


1


1,250


114


9.12


7


7


228


618


262


112


27


9


1,263


148


11.72


8


1


238


688


247


108


17


1,299


125


9.62


. 9


12


254


641


257


85


11


1,260


96


7.62


10


1,355


68


5.02


11


7


261


628


225


54


5


1,180


59


5.00


12


8


239


501


161


19


3


1


932


23


2.47


P. G.


...


300


1,011


1,160


1,178


1,181


1,242


1,209


1,230


1325


1,350


1,379


1,240


812


265


30


5


1


16,123


Under Normal Grade


18


42


69


95


120


113


151


138


111


64


68


26


5


1


Per cent. Under Normal Grade


1.49


3.56


5.56


7.86


9,76


8.53


11.19


10.


8.95


7.88


25.66


86.67


8


304


715


260


52


14


2


2


66


3.03


2


22


36


4


2


202


ANNUAL REPORTS


Total


1,205


TABLE 20-RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS IN 1938


School


Teacher


Took Effect


In Service


High


Marion K. McCarthy


June 30, 1938


7 yrs.


High


*Rena S. Hezelton


Feb. 17, 1938


28 yrs.


Northeastern Junior


¡Emma G. Blanchard


June 30, 1938


36 yrs.


Southern Junior


Grace T. Merritt


June 30, 1938


38 yrs.


Western Junior


Ruth M. Lang


June 30, 1938


12 yrs.


3 mos.


Hanscom


Frances Connor


Jan. 28, 1938


5 yrs.


3 mos.


Hanscom


¡Agness M. Travis


Dec. 31, 1938


30 yrs.


4 mos.


Bennett


Eleanor Bates


June 30, 1938


4 yrs.


Bennett


Louise Killory


June 30, 1938


7 yrs.


Edgerly


+Martha M. Power


June 30, 1938


48 yrs.


Glines


+Harriet F. Ward


June 30, 1938


44 yrs.


Carr


Abbie Drago


June 30, 1938


7 yrs.


6 mos.


Morse


*** Agnes C. Rice


March 1, 1938


37 yrs.


6 mos.


Proctor


+Edith L. Hunnewell


June 30, 1938


44 yrs.


Hodgkins


Dolphie Berg


Jan. 1, 1938


7 yrs.


4 mos.


Atypical


Ruth S. Willard


May 20, 1938


6 yrs.


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


7 Retired


* Died


** Died July 16, 1938


203


TABLE 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN .1938


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Service Began


High


Elaine Edmunds John C. Palmer


Lunenburg Somerville


1400


Sept. 1, 1938


Southern Junior


Anthony C. Calabro


1500


Sept. 1, 1938


Western Junior


Mary L. Swansey


1300


Jan. 1, 1938


Prescott


Francis L. Leary


Not Teaching Somerville


1400


Sept. 1, 1938


Bennett


Frances H. Shea


"


1400


Sept. 1, 1938


Cummings


Mary C. Lawler Eileen M. Kenney Lois C. Banks Helen M. Merry


"


1400


Sept. 1, 1938


Hodgkins


"


1400


Sept. 1, 1938


Vocational


Thomas E. DeMont


Not Teaching


1600


Oct. 1, 1938


Vocational


Edward A. Guazzaloca


1600


Feb. 2, 1938


Vocational


Francis G. Parker


East Boston Lawrence


1600


Feb. 7, 1938


Lip Reading


Grace A. Foley


1400


Jan. 1, 1938


--


204


ANNUAL REPORTS


Jan. 1, 1938


Glines


1400


Sept. 1, 1938


Forster


1200


Sept. 1, 1938


$1500


Northeastern Junior


205


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


TABLE 22-LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS


Mary G. Blackwell, Sabbatical Leave from December 1, 1938. Ruth E. French, Leave of absence for school year 1938-1939. Guy A. Petralia, Leave of absence for school year 1938-1939. Mary A. Whitney, Leave of absence for six months from November 1, 1938.


TABLE 23-TRANSFERS OF TEACHERS


Teacher


From Northeastern Junior


To


Sarah L. Wolfe


John J. Mitchell


Northeastern Junior


Daniel J. Griffin


Southern Junior


Junior Vocational Southern Junior Northeastern Junior Hanscom


Elva L. Hutchins


Prescott


Bennett


Mary M. Eaton Grace McElhiney Alice M. MacFarland


Edgerly Cummings


Hodgkins


Sarah Tashjian


Bingham


Forster


Ethel M. Ziegel


Bingham


Proctor


Grace M. Murphy


Burns


Proctor


Margaret Morgan


Hodgkins


Carr


Lois P. Wilbur


Hodgkins


Cummings


Margaret Crowley


Cutler


Burns


Cutler


Prescott


Ruth M. Kelley Joseph F. Geary


Bingham


Vocational


CADETS


Helen K. McNally Mary A. Dewire


Term expires September 1, 1939 " September 1, 1940 "


Elizabeth Dalton Margaret McCrossan


Forster


Edgerly


206


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₺


40


309


349


1913


68₺


257


28


12


39


326


365


1914


75₺


266


30


20


44


347


391


1915


76₺


272


31


15


45


349


394


1916


77₫


290


30


15


46


366


412


1917


70±


65


238


33


17


49


374


423


1918


70±


108


207


28


5


49


369


418


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


1933


106 **


154


256


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


1938


133 **


178


263


39


26


3


1


157


486


643


.


54


371


425


1919


70°


106


207


26


9


48


370


418


1920


69


113


212


23


8


* Including Kindergartners.


į Including a secretary.


** Including a secretary and two matrons.


Including a secretary and a matron. o


1


252


22


9


207


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


TABLE 25-BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE 1938 For High School


As Text Books :-


Elements of Business Training, Brewer, Hurlburt, Caseman-Ginn & Co. Business Arithmetic, Miner, Elwell, Touton-Ginn & Co.


Elementary Sociology, Finney and Mills; Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. Third Edition Everyday Economics, Janzen and Stephenson; Silver Burdett. Government in Action, Keohane, Keohane, and McGoldrick; Har- court, Brace.


First Year Italian, Russo; D. C. Heath & Co.


Thought and Expression, Book II Thomas and Paine; Longmans, Green & Co.


Cuentos Contados, Pittaro & Green; D. C. Heath & Co. As Reference Books :-


Macmillan's Modern Dictionary.


For Junior High Schools


As Text Books :-


Bookkeeping for Today, First Course, F. H. Elwell-Ginn & Co. First Year Italian, Russo; D. C. Heath & Co.


First Year Latin, Smith-Thompson; Allyn & Bacon. Practical Algebra, Introductory Course, Upton; American Book Co. Master Key Arithmetics, Grades 7 and 8, Clapp; Houghton Mifflin. First Course in Algebra, Barber & Johnson; Houghton Mifflin. Practical Mathematics, Lennes; Macmillan.


The New Applied Mathematics, Lasley & Mudd; Prentice-Hall Inc. Science, Davis & Sharpe; Henry Holt & Co.


The World's Messenger, Hanson, Hart, Webster; Houghton Mifflin. Travel by Air, Land, and Sea, Hanson, Hart, Webster; Houghton Mifflin.


The Discovery Series, Persing, Leary; Harcourt, Brace. Adventure Bound, Book One.


Flying the Printways, Hovious; D. C. Heath.


Junior English in Action, Tressler, Shelmandine; D. C. Heath. Book One. Book Two. Book Three.


Junior Language Skills, Teuscher, Johnson, Howard; Harcourt, Brace. Book One. Book Two.


Words in Action, Wright; Henry Holt & Co.


Easy English Exercise, Riddlesbarger-Cotner; World Book Co. Sentence and Theme, Ward; Scott, Foresman & Co.


Graded Drill Exercises in Corrective English, Boylan & Taylor; Noble & Noble.


Book I. Book II.


Hidden Treasures in Literature, Cook-Norvell-McCall; Harcourt, Brace. Book I. Book II. Book III.


208


ANNUAL REPORTS


Prose and Poetry for Enjoyment, Greer-Van Arsdale-Wilbur; L. W. Singer.


Prose and Poetry Journeys, Greer-Van Arsdale-Wilbur; L. W.


Singer.


Prose and Poetry Adventures, Greer-Van Arsdale-Wilbur; L. W. Singer.


The Peasant and the Prince, Martineau.


Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain.


Captains Courageous, Kipling.


The Story of a Bad Boy, Aldrich.


Juan and Juanita, Baylor.


Living Through Biography, Starbuck; World Book Co. The High Trail.


Action Speaks. Real Persons.


Penrod, Tarkington.


Penrod and Sam, Tarkington.


Oliver Twist, Dickens.


David Copperfield, Dickens.


Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Doyle.


A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After, Bok; Scribners.


At School in the Promised Land, Antin; Houghton Mifflin.


The Poet's Craft, Deringer & Eaton; World Book Company.


For Elementary Schools


As Text Books :-


Essential Songs, Graham-American Book Co.


Blending Voices (World Music Series,) Mabelle Glenn and others- Ginn & Co.


Reading for Enjoyment, Reynolds & Horn; Noble & Noble.


Book Two.


Book Three.


Book Four.


Book Five.


Book Six.


Treasury of Life & Literature, Lyman, Hill, et al; Scribner's. Volume I.


Volume II.


Volume III.


The Friendly Hour Series, Leavell, et al; American Book Co. Friends at Play, Pre-Primer.


Ben and Alice, Primer.


' Playmates, Book One. Indoors and Out, Book Two.


Friends to Know, Book Three.


Trails of Adventure, Book Four.


The World's Gifts, Book Five.


Winning Our Way, Book Six.


Child Development Readers, Julia Letheld Hahn; Houghton Mifflin Co.


Who Knows, Little Primer.


Exploring New Fields, (Grade 4) Parker-Harris.


Discovering Our World, Beauchamp, et al; Scott, Foresman & Co. Book One.


Everyday Life Stories, Hanna, et al; Scott, Foresman & Co. Susan's Neighbors, Book Two.


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Better Speech and Better Reading, Schoolfield; Expression Co. The Story of Ancient Times, McClure, Scheck, Wright; Laidlaw. Our Animal Books, Sondergaard, et al; D. C. Heath & Co. Fuzzy Tail, Primer.


Sniff, Book One.


Pets and Friends, Book Two.


The Pet Club, Book Three.


On Charlie Clark's Farm, Book Four.


Our Town and City Animals, Book Five.


Paths to Conservation, Book Six.


Good Companions, Hardy-Hecox-Gareissen; Newsom Co.


Our Pets, Primer. Helpers, Book One.


Comrades, Book Two. Neighbors, Book Three.


The Nature Activity Readers; Little, Brown & Co. Earth and Sky, Book Four, Edwards and Sherman.


Forest Families, Book Five, Graham and Sherman.


The World's Children Series; Silver Burdett Co. Erik and Britta, Olcott.


Unit-Activity Reading Series, Nila B. Smith, et al; Silver Burdett. Co. (At Home and Away)


Unit II. (Home Stories) Jack Helps at Home. Joan Helps at Home. Making a Playhouse (Activity.)


III. (City Helpers) Milk for the City. The Baker Makes Bread.


VIII. (Boat Stories) Helpers on a Boat.


IX. (Source of Foods) Cluck-Cluck's Egg. Nancy's Apple Tree. (In City and Country)


Unit IV. (Wild Animals) Gray Elephant. About Camels. Bears at Home.


V. (Farm Crops) Story of Wheat.


VI. (Garden Stories) Dick Makes A Garden. Mr. Long's Garden.


VII. (Bird Stories) Big Black Crow. Robin Comes. Woodpecker Taps. The Happy Bluebird. Social Studies, Intermediate Grades-Book Two, Bruner-Smith; Chas. Merrill. What the World Eats, Webster & Polkinghorne; Houghton Mifflin .. Indians of the Pueblos, Deming & Deming, Laidlaw. Health and Growing Up, Dansdill; Benj. H. Sanborn. Safe Living, Hippler-Durfee; Benj. H. Sanborn. Good Companion Books, Second Reader, Macmillan.


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The Story Book of Nick and Dick, Gates, Baker, & Peardon. Helpers, Waddell-Nemec-Bush; Macmillan.


The New Frontier Social Science Series, Freeland, et al; Scribner's. America's Building-The Makers of Our Flag.


A Brave Young Land, Edna McGuire; Macmillan.


A Full Grown Nation, Edna McGuire; Macmillan.


Glimpses into the Long Ago, Edna McGuire; Macmillan.


Historic Background of Our United States, Woodburn & Hill; Long- mans, Green & Co.


Adam Lee, Cobb & Cobb; The Arlo Co.


Let's Grow, Hahn-Winslow; Merrill.


Let's Stay Well, Hahn-Winslow; Merrill.


The Adventures of Pinocchio, Angelo Patri; Doubleday-Doran.


Our Ways of Living, Wilson-Wilson-Erb; American Book Co.


Ways of Living in Many Lands.


Where Our Ways of Living Come From.


Living in the Age of Machines.


Richer Ways of Living.


Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling; Doubleday-Doran.


Childhood Readers, Grady-Klapper-Gifford; Scribner's.


My Airplane Book.


New Stories for Boys and Girls.


New Stories of Today and Yesterday.


New Stories of Life and Adventure.


"Reading Foundation Series, Huber, Salisbury, O'Donnell; Row, Peterson & Co.


I Know a Story.


It Happened One Day.


Down the River Road.


For Vocational Schools


As Text Books :-


Elements of Electricity, W. H. Timbie-John Wiley & Sons.


For Junior Vocational Schools


As Text Books :-


Fundamentals of Home Economics, Jensen, Jensen, & Ziller; Mac- millan.


Textile Fabrics, Dyer; Houghton Mifflin Co.


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TABLE 26-HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION


The graduation exercises of the High School occurred Wed -- nesday, June 8, 1938.


ORDER OF EXERCISES


CHARLES A. CAMPBELL, Chairman of the School Committee, Presiding


1. MARCH-Coronation from "The Prophet" Meyerbeer High School Orchestra


2. PRAYER- Rev. John N. Gerotheou, Pastor Greek Church, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Response-"Gottschalk" Old German


Choral Club


3. CLASS ORATION-"The Rights of the American Citizen" Richard E. Henning


4. SELECTION-"Poet and Peasant" F. Von Suppe High School Orchestra


5. ADDRESS- His Excellency, Charles F. Hurley Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts


6. SELECTION-"Shout Aloud in Triumph" C. F. Manney-


Choral Club


7. CLASS POEM-"At Parting Time" Mary E. Finneran


8. PRESENTATION OF PRIZES Harry F. Sears, Headmaster


9. SELECTION-"Pilgrims' Chorus-from "Tannhauser" Wagner Choral Club, Senior Class, and Orchestra


10. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO GIRLS Edward M. McCarty Member of the School Committee


11. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO BOYS William J. Koen Vice-Chairman of the School Committee


12. CLASS ODE .Words and Music by Josephine Annarelli


13. SINGING OF ODE Senior Class


14. MARCH-"Procession of the Sardar" from Caucasian Sketches.


M. Ippolitow-Iwanow.


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, 1938 *Graduated with Honor


GIRLS


*Anna Ernestine Aitchison Mary Eagleson Aitken Eleanor Zilpha Alger Barbara Ridenour Allen


*Marie Florence Amelotte Hattie Elizabeth Ames Priscilla Francese Ames Mary Jennie Amoruso Anna Linea Anderson Josephine Annarelli


*Evelyn Rita Antonelli Pearl Rita Aquino Dorothy Frances Arcana Margaret Jane Armstrong Florence Elizabeth Aucoin Mary Delores Azzolino Dorothy Mary Bacon Alice Madeline Bailey Ruth Marie Balboni


*Virginia Kathryn Balboni Antigoni Christine Balis Margaret Eva Baro Catherine Mary Barrese Helen Irene Barry Mildred Claire Barry Helen Frances Bauer


Eleanor Margaret Bearse


₮Lorraine Frances Behenna Beverly Anna Bent Alma Marie Bernardi Ruth Arlene Berrill Anna Marie Bertucci


Dorothy Barbara Blackall Justine Marie Blasi Rita Frances Bliven Alice Marie Blute


Claire Lillian Boos Kathleen Agnes Brady


Ellen Marie Brennan Charlotte Brenner Marion Elizabeth Brenton Geneva Audrey Brooks Natalie Olive Brooks


Frances Marie Brown Dorothy Priscilla Brownlee


Clara Elizabeth Buchan Teresa Mary Buonopane


*Doris Leah Busi Marie Vivian Butler


Helen Alice Byrne Elizabeth MacLean Calder Vera Elmina Camacho Jeanette Isabell Cameron Louise Catherine Campbell


*Florence Ann Capobianco Frances Mary Capodanno Josephine Marie Capone Mary Eileen Carney Ruth Louise Carr Catherine Vivian Carroll Edith Helen Casali Josephine Esther Casali Elizabeth Ann Catanzano Mary Clara Catanzano Doris Margaret Cavanaugh Shirley Louise Clark Emma Marguerite Clarke Rowena Alberta Cobham Eva Ruth Colarusso Marion Clara Colarusso Barbara Louise Colby Helen Mary Comber Olga Lillian Comparetti Kathleen Marie Conley Anne Regina Conlin


Anna Elizabeth Connarton


Helen Theresa Conway Ruth May Cooke Barbara Evelyn Coutts Blanche Evelyn Cram Eleanore Frances Crean


Eva Antcinette Crescentini Helen Louise Crine Catherine Anne Cronin Catherine Emily Cronin Mildred Louise Crosby Teresa Louise Crovo Ella Jean Crowell Rhoda Marjorie Crowell Eileen Elizabeth Cuddy Margaret Louise Cullen Marie Gertrude Cullen Ruth Ann Cummings Mary Margaret Curtin Mary Teresa Dacey Jenney Ellen D'Agostino Catherine Cecelia Dalton Catherine Elizabeth Daly Veronica Claire Daly


+ Deceased


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Dorothy Augusta Davenport Florence Mabel Davis Helen Theresa Davis


Priscilla Tiziana DeAngelis


Margaret Doris DelGaudio Estelle Kathryn Delmore Shirley Barbara del Vecho Luise Helen DeMarco


Louise Ann Dennehy


Mary Anne Gaspar


Mildred Mary Gately


Eleanor Christine Gaudette


Eleanor Jeanne Gaumond


Actina Gazunis


Sophie Gazunis Anna Gerotheou Phyllis Eleanor Gibbons


*Margaret Agnes Giberti Elvira Elena Gigli Mary Josephine Gilhooly Elizabeth Gillespie


*Dora Mary Giusti Ruth May Glines Vivian Augusta Goddard Ellen Godimis Annette Beatrice Goldstein Mary Regina Goodwin Edith Isabel Gosnell


*Eleanor Agnes Gould


*Marjorie Virginia Govoni Helen Frances Grace Kathleen Teresa Greeley Catherine Elizabeth Griffin Dorothy Josephine Guidi Evelyn Emma Gwinnearth Anna Haak Marjorie Ann Hackett


*Ruth Martha Hagberg Mary Agnes Halloran Barbara Quintard Hamilton Margaret Gertrude Hamilton Pearl Irene Hammond Rose Hamwey Johanna Mary Hanrahan Katherine Haratsis Harriett Louise Harding Marie Herlihy Florence Geraldine Hersom Doris Catherine Higden Mary Frances Hoar Isabel Marie Hodgdon


Mary Eleanor Josephine Finneran Mary Agnes Hogue


Charlotte Dorothy Flahive Dorothy June Flint Janet Lucy Flint


Florence Elizabeth Floyd Marion Constance Flynn Kathleen Elizabeth Fothergill


*Esther Nickerson Fox


Anna Marie Frazer Hilda Frances Friedenberg Dorothy Alice Fritz


Jennie Mary Fucci Winifred Anna Galvin


Elaine Claire Gamble Helen Mary Gardella


Anne Garfinkle


Gilda Mary DeSimone


Mary Agnes DeStasio


Lillian Deukmejian


Evelyn Geraldine Deyoe


Helen Rose DiCicco Joan Anna Didris


Dora DiGiacomantonio Shirley Patience Dillon Mary Carmen DiLuna Frances Ann DiMare Rose Marie DiMilla Violet Dolores DiNitto Aurore Anne Dionne Margery Geraldine Doane Betty Joan Doherty Eleanor Claire Doherty Phyllis Doherty Alice Mary Dolan Edith Alice Donegan Catherine Theresa Donovan Esther Theresa Donovan Helena Mary Dooley *Clara Ida Dratch Barbara Marcella Drew Andrea Anne Driscoll Mary Rita Driscoll Anne Teresa Duffey Dorothy Agnes Duggan *Grace Frances Dunn Virginia Marie Durant Mary Anna Durgin Helen Mary Dyer Anna Louise Eames Frances Isabel Eldridge Helen Dorothy Elrick Lillian Marie Erbetta Barbara Louisa Estey Marion Ethel Fales Dorothy Mary Feleciano Eunice Blunt Felton Selita Mae Ferreira


Mary Elizabeth Holden Priscilla Jerauld Holmes Millicent Park Horton Eileen Virginia' Hubert Olivian Mary Hughes Eleanor Frances Hunt Frances Carolyn Hurst


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Beatrice Evelyn Inglesby Ruth Vivian Ireland


Irene Frances Jeffery Alice Gertrude Jeffrey


Rose Mary Jennings Edith Frances Jones Jean Roslyn Jones Delia Julia Jutras Jennie Karageorges Queenie Kazanjian Myrtle Amelia Kearley Anna Louise Kearns


Catherine Anne Keenan


Grace Catherine Kelley


*Dorothy Marie Kelly Winifred Amelia Kelly Barbara Ann Kilty *Doris Mary King Elizabeth Jane Kirkland Marie Klinge Eileen Frances Knight Catherine Kostas Helen Kushoian Pauline Gertrude Larkin Margaret Bridget Latta Ethel Frances La Valley Phyllis Marie Lavelli Isabel Gertrude Lavery Thelma Regina Leach Joan Frances Leader Mary Virginia Leahy Freda Leavitt Pearl LeBaron Ann Elizabeth Lehan Evelyn Claire Lettieri Anne Dorothy Locchi Edna Anita Lodi


Irene Catherine Lodi Lillian Frances Lopez *Jeannette Elizabeth Loring Marion Elizabeth Lorrey Frances Agnes Ludwig Marion Orinda Luke Eleanor Bertha Luongo Doris Isabel MacArthur *Rose Ann Maccini Margaret Elizabeth MacDonald *Betty Dorothy Mace *Ann Rita MacGraham Gladys Mary Macintosh Caroline Margaret Mack Ada Elizabeth Mackenzie Gladys Kathleen Mackenzie Katherine Patricia MacLean Vera May Macleod Mary Susan MacNeilly Jean Isabelle MacRae Josephine Macri




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