Report of the city of Somerville 1942, Part 9

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1942
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76


Cost of instruction


$311,964.22


Total


326,206.30


Per capita cost of instruction


101.19


Per capita cost of supplies


4.62


Total cost per capita


105.81


1


* This includes 15 who enrolled in the Armed Services and received diplomas.


t This includes one girl who studied in the Good Samaritan Hospital and received sufficient credit to graduate.


480


Cost of supplies


14,242.08


149


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 10-PUPILS BY GRADES, JUNE, 1942


TEACHERS.


PUPIL8.


Men.


Women.


SCHOOL.


GRADE.


Regular.


Assistants.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Never in First Grade Before


High


Special


4


1


5


Twelfth


413


480


893


Eleventh


427


508


935


Tenth


525


581


1.106


Total


54


71


1,369


1,570


2,939


Junior High


Ninth


517


614


1,131


Eighth


577


545


1,122


Seventh


613


610


1,223


Total


61


94


1,707


1,769


3,476


Elementary


Sixth


8


36


568


619


1,187


Fifth


32


632


586


1,218


Fourth


37


564


577


1,141


Third


34


596


524


1,120


Second


37


616


548


1,164


First


39


644


625


1,269


1101


Total


8


215


3.620


3.479


7,099


Kindergarten


16


12


468


462


930


Special


7


11


Sight Saving


1


3


7


10


Cadets


1


7


Atypical


2


10


119


70


189


Vocational


20


195


195


Independent


Household Arts


1


Americanization


1


Jr. Vocational


2


2


28


20


48


Grand Total


155


429


12


7,509


7,377


14,886


Continuation &


...


150 ·


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 11-Pupils in High, Junior High, Elementary, Vocational and Continuation Schools 1941-1942


High


School


Junior


High


Schools


Schools


Kinder-


gartens


Vocational


School


Atypical


Schools


Sight


Saving


Class


Continuation


Schools


Total


Annual enrollment


3348


3700


7693


1051


319


207


11


87


16,416


Average membership


3083


3528


7121


917


272


176


10


63


15,170


Average attendance


2770


3268


665-4


784


249


151


10


53


13,939


Per cent. of attendance


89.9


92.6


93.4


85.5


91.0


85.8


93.9


84.3


91.9


No. cases of tardiness


6937


1904


3651


80


879


204


1


141


13,797


Number cases of dismissal


2423


1623


1581


14


196


47


3


409


6,296


Membership. October, 1941


3278


3567


7179


945


309


181


11


84


15,554


Membership, June, 1942.


2939


3476


7099


930


195


189


10


48


14,886


No. cases corp. punishment


-


Table .12-Number of Pupils Admitted to Grade 1 In September


SCHOOL.


1938


1939


1940


1941


1942


Prescott


66


66


59


72


60


Hanscom


49


54


48


39


43


Bennett


46


36


38


25


35


Baxter


39


27


24


34


23


Knapp


28


21


26


21


23


Perry


37


34


34


39


36


Pope


55


41


46


51


39


Cummings


40


44


47


40


42


Edgerly


67


70


57


61


44


Glines


68


66


73


52


66


Grimmons


36


32


31


36


37


Forster


91


101


88


91


108


Bingham


54


74


68


54


60


Carr


33


51


43


51


35


Proctor


37


35


42


36


38


Durell


30


25


36


23


27


Burns


52


44


51


59


47


Brown


48


43


60


47


60


Hodgkins


60


66


67


54


64


Cutler


104


101


119


123


120


Lowe


45


46


56


56


43


Total


1,143


1,130


1,175


1,116


1,101


51


Morse


58


54


62


52


Jr. Voc. and


Elementary


151


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 13-Eighth Grade Promotions, Junior High Schools, June, 1942


Promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade in the Junior High School corresponds to the promotion from the last grade of an elementary school to the High School.


SCHOOL


Number in Class


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


460


450


417


17


2


2


12


Southern Junior High


327


308


282


12


9


00


2


3


Western Junior High


378


353


334


00


1


1


5


4


Total


1165


1111 1033


37


12


1


9


19


Table 13a-Ninth Grade Promotions, Junior High Schools, June, 1942


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


School


No. Entering


lic or Private


No. Going to Work


No. Not Located


No. Entering


Vocational School


No. Remaining at Home


-


Northeastern Junior High


439


432


377


35


5


6 3


8


1


Southern Junior High


326


310


270


15


14


8


Western Junior High


339


327


290


17


11


3


5


HO


Total


1104


1069


937


67


30


12


21


2


in June


Građe 9


Somerville High


Other Schools, Pub-


152


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 14-Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year 1941-1942


1941


1942


Change


Number of visits to the schools


1,170


688


-482


Number of visits to the homes


2,532


2,380


-298


Number of cases investigated


2,299


2,707


+408


Number of cases found to be truancy or absenteeism


589


317


-272


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


253


248


-5


Number who were truants for the first time


94


160


+64


Number who were truants for the second time


33


32


-1


Number who were truants for three or more times


45


18


-37


Number of girls who were truants or ab- sentees


182


168


-- 14


Number of visits to mercantile or manufac- turing establishments


9


14


+5


Number of ininors found to be working without employment certificates


3


12


+9


Number of employment certificates issued to boys


15


21


+6


Number of employment certificates reis- sued to boys


1


1


0


Number of employment certificates issued to girls


13


8


-5


Number of employment certificates reis- sued to girls


1


0


-1


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


3,888


2,783


-905


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


69


68


-1


Number of transfer cards investigated


2,401


2,033


368


Number of cards forwarded


1,092


416


-676


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


2


1


-1


Amount paid for board of truants


$115.43


$140.57


+$25.14


Disposition of truancy and habitual absentee cases


Warned and returned to school


195


Transferred to other schools


10


Left School (over 16)


21


Left school other reasons


5


Removed from City


15


Committed to M. S. P. C.


()


Sent to House of Good Shepherd


0


Sent to Mrs. Crowell's Class


0


Sent to Lyman School


2


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


BY AGES.


Total


GRADE.


17


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


3


I.


4


II.


6


1


3


1


III.


10


1


2


3


1


2


1


IV.


2


V.


20


3


5


7


5


VI


51


VIJ


70


VIII


·10


17


1


2


30


IX


4


X


...


.


.


. .


.


.


.


. .


.


.


..


XII.


4


7


.....


. .


9


Voc. II


4


5


14


5


28


Ungraded


.....


.


....


...


..


.


Total.


1


2


6


6


5


6


9


41


68


92


10


2


248


. .


.


.


.


.


1


2


19


16


13


10


28


32


. .


.


.


.


...


.


. .


.


2


2


XI.


11


Voc. I.


7


2


..


.


.


..


.


......


. .


.


.


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


153


.


1


2


..


.


..


..... .


.


.


1


1


.


.


..


. .


..


. .


.


.


....


4


154


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 15-Evening High School, Season 1941-1942


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


427


476


903


Average Membership


238


269


507


Average Attendance


166


178


34.4


Number of teachers


29


Number of sessions


58 1


Cost of Instruction


$7,254.00


Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup-


plies


845.04


Total cost


$8,099.04


Cost per pupil per evening


$0.275


Average attendance: October, 549; November, 409; December, 362; January, 253; February, 223; March, 214.


Table 15a-Evening Elementary School, Season 1941-1942


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


18


11


29


Average Membership


8


8


16


Average Attendance


7


6


13


Number of teachers


4


Number of sessions


58


Cost of instruction


$1,008.00


Cost of Janitors, Fuel, Light and Sup-


plies


171.78


Total cost


$1,179.78


Cost per pupil per evening .......


$1.27


Table 15b-Evening Vocational Classes, Season 1941-1942


Women


. Enrolled


72


Average Membership


45


Average Attendance


36


Number of teachers


4


Number of sessions


39


Student hours


3,163


Cost of instruction


$598.50


Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup-


plies


108.63


Total expenditure


$707.13


Reimbursement from State


363.45


Net cost


$343.68


Net cost per pupil per evening


0.108


155


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 15c-Americanization Classes 1941-1942


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


108


406


514


Average Membership


75


332


407


Average Attendance


47


202


249


Number of classes


18


Number of teachers


12


Number of sessions


59


Membership hours


48,026


Cost of instruction


$5,997.50


Cost of supplies


16.17


Total cost


$6,013.67


Reimbursement from the State


2,998.75


Net cost


$3,014.92


Net cost per membership hour


$0.063


156


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 16-Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools


1937


1938


1939


1940


1941


1942


Prescott


192


190


205


208


189


174


Bennett


39


38


31


49


37


32


Knapp


98


89


99


92


100


110


Pope


72


71


69


56


66


51


Cummings


37


36


34


37


36


35


Glines


73


65


64


65


63


63


Grimmons


45


30


40


28


29


40


Forster


110


102


98


124


128


102


Bingham


84


68


86


66


54


62


1


Carr


67


89


87


80


70


74


Morse


45


· 55


45


41


47


47


Proctor


42


36


42


32


38


31


Brown


43


44


63


51


46


54


Highland


123


110


95


104


105


101


Hodgkins


76


71


47


61


44


75


Cutler


126


105


122


111


108


148


Total


1272


1199


1227


1205


1160


1199


Average Membership of Elementary Schools


8093


8064


8679


8808


8556


8224


Per cent. of Average Membership Promoted


15.72


14.87


14.08


13.68


13.55


14.58


157


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


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


1939


17,559


16,307


15,093


92.6


14,123


0.936


1940


17,486


16,325


15,276


93.6


15,572


1.019


1941


17,266


15,988


14,792


92.5


13,741


0.928


1942


16,416


15,170


13,939


91.9


13,797


0.989


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


158


ANNUAL REPORTS


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


1939


16,307


3,673


22.52


933


5.72


1940


16,325


3,775


23.12


996


6.10


1941


15,988


3,680


23.02


985


6.16


1942


15,170


3,348


22.07


906


5.97


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


159


SCHOOL DERARTMENT


Table 19-Promotions for School Year Ending June, .1942 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


Total


3,494


3,070


27


149


0


4


9


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1942 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


Dropped Back


after Two


Months' Trial


1


100


85.3


9.1


5.6


0


0.2


0.3


II


100


84.3


11.1


4.6


C


0.1


0.2


III


100


94.5


3.2


2.3


0


0.1


0.3


Average . ..


100


87.9


7.8


4.3


C


0.1


0.3


I


1,223


1,043


111


69


4


II


1,165


982


129


54


000


1


2


III


1,106


1,045


35


26


1


3


Promotees


after Two


160


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 19a -- Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1942 Elementary Grades


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List.


Unconditionally


Promoted


to next Grade.


Promoted on Trial.


Retarded.


Promoted more


than One Grade.


Special Promo-


tions during Year.


Dropped Back


after Two


Months' Trial


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1942 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


I


100


82.1


6.3


11.6


0.07


0.2


0.4


II


100


86.3


6.5


7.2


0


O


2.0


III


100


84 4


9.2


6.4


0


0.4


2.7


IV


100


87.0


8.4


4.6


0


0.2


1.8


4


100


85.4


8.8


5.8


0


0.6


0.4


VI


100


89.3


7.8


2.9


0


0.2


0.4


Average ...


100


85.7


7.8


6.5


0.01


0.3


1.3


1


1,272


1,044


80


147


3


5


II


1,175


III


1,121


946


103


72


4


31


IV


1,140


992


96


52


2


21


V


1,183


1,010


104


69


9


VI


1,235


1,103


96


36


0


2


5


Total


7,125


6,109


555


461


1


18


95


OOOOH


0


1,014


76


85


24


Promotees


Promotees


Promoted


DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES AND GRADES OCTOBER 1942


AGE


GRADE


TOTAL


4


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


21 or over .


Kdgn.


362


553


1


916


1


417


695


94


8


3


1,217


11


.903


2


351


640


141


26


4


1,162


30


2.58


3


302


596


188


44


8


1


1,139


53


4.65


4


7


263


559


194


58


17


1,098


75


6.83


5


1


270


537


225


86


17


3


1,139


106


9.31


6


1


290


571


222


68


13


1


1.)66


82


7.03


7


12


315


599


204


73


19


1,222


92


7.53


8


17


234


626


221


74


11


1,183


35


7.18


9


1


15


214


621


239


49


1.143


53


4.64


10


13


296


6:27


172


30


2


1,140


32


2.81


11


11


281


478


124


18


3


915


21


2.30


12


2


240


473


99


14


1


829


15


1.81


P. G.


...


Total


362


970


1,047


1,043


1,009


1,047


1,081


1,195


1,174


1,142


1,238


1,243


951


633


120


18


1


14,274


Under Normal Grade


8


29


18


66


104


85


39


94


60


34


20


17


Per cent. Under Normal Grade


79


2.77


4.44


5.52


8.85


7.44


7.19


7.56


6.32


5.37


16.66


94.44


161


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


0


..... ..


5


0


1


2


1


1


Above Normal Age


Per cent. Above Normal Age


·


4


Table 20-RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS IN 1942


School


Teacher


Took Effect


In Service


High


*Ella W. Burnham


March 23


22 yrs., 7 mos.


High


Mary E. Gill


May 1


7 yrs., 7 mos.


High


Helen G. Leitch


September 1


20 yrs.


Northeastern Junior


Catherine O'Leary


January 1


9 yrs., 4 mos.


Northeastern Junior


Anna J. MacNeil


April 24


5 yrs., 8 mos.


Northeastern Junior


*John J. Anderson


May 10


11 yrs., 8 mos.


Northeastern Junior


*John J. Carroll


May 14


5 yrs., 6 mos.


Northeastern Junior


¡Minnie A. Holden


July 1


36 yrs.


Southern Junior


Ruth Grush


January 26


9 yrs.


Southern Junior


Vincent Burke


April 2


5 yrs., 7 mos.


Western Junior


September 1


52 yrs., 8 mos.


Western Junior


October 27


13 yrs., 2 mos.


Vocational


*Benjamin C. Bowman Frank Leary


February 28


5 yrs., 6 mos.


Prescott


Barbara C. Harding


July 1


15 yrs., 11 mos.


Prescott


Patricia Harding Mary C. Eaton


July 1 July 1


41 yrs.


Knapp ..


*Mildred D. Dewire


March 30


19 yrs.


Edgerly


* Mary J. Shanahan


November 5


9 yrs., 4 mos.


Glines


July 1


6 yrs.


Glines


October 14


2 yrs., 2 mos.


Carr


July 1


8 yrs.


Morse, Proctor, Durell, Burns


/Frank W. Seabury


July 1


31 yrs.


Morse


Harriette C. Hamilton


July 1


42 yrs.


Morse


¡Clara L. Griffiths Margaret McAuley


July 1


40 yrs.


Proctor (Special Class)


January 23


9 yrs., mos.


Brown


Helen Smith Irene Durant


May 25


4 yrs., 7 mos.


Brown


+Mary T. Ford


July 1


31 yrs.


Highland (Sight Saving)


July 1 -


30 yrs., mos.


Hodgkins


¡Amy F. Woodbury Anne McCarthy


January 1


12 yrs., 4 mos.


Lowe


¡Katherine E. Hourahan


July 1


49 yrs.


162


ANNUAL REPORTS


16 yrs.


Baxter, Knapp, Perry


+Catherine E. Sweeney


December 31


14 yrs., 4 mos.


Bennett


Clara B. Parkhurst Rose L. Felt


July 1


23 yrs.


Prescott


Eileen Kenney Mary J. Robbins Mary Looney


January 30


15 yrs., 5 mos.


Brown


+ Retired * Died


Table 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1942


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Service Began


High


Virginia McCarty


Somerville


$1400


September 1


High


Richard W. Obear


1400


September :


Northeastern Junior


Pauline Magwood


1400


September 1


Northeastern Junior


Eileen Monahan


"


.400


September 1


Northeastern Junior


John Carty


"


1600


1 September 1


Northeastern Junior


Mary E. Guthrie


400


September 1


Northeastern Junior


Philip J. Koen


1400


September 1


Northeastern Junior


Leo C. Lanigan


1500


September 1


Southern Junior


Ruth A. Peck


1400


May 1


Western Junior


Elizabeth Healey


"


1400


September


Western Junior


Rose Traniello


1400


September 1


Western Junior


Agnes Carroll


1400


September 24


Western Junior


Isabelle Sheehan


1400


November 16


Vocational


Bryant W. Patten


Somerville


1700


September 1


Prescott


Victoria Ollila


1400


September 1


Prescott


Bernard F. Walsh


1400


September 1


Prescott


Leora E. Richardson


Wrentham


1500


September 1


*John J. Collins


Somerville


2700


September 1


September 1


Glines


Mary J. Robbins


1400


September 1


Glines


Rose F. Willwerth


1400


September 1


Glines


Doris Clark


Portland, Maine


1400


September


1


Carr


Rita L. Crispo


Somerville


1400


September 1


Morse


Agnes L. O'Brien


1400


September 1


Morse


Eunice Lanigan


1000


September 1


Durell


Marjorie E. Kincaid


Not Teaching Norway, Maine


1400


September 1


* Leave of absence-Armed Forces


+ Filected for duration


163


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


1


"


Not teaching Cambridge


"


Baxter, Knapp, Perry, Durell Supervising Principal


+John E. O'Loughlin


2700


"


"


164


Table 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1942-Concluded


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Service Began


Brown


Anne E. Waters


Somerville


1400


September 1


Atypical


Nicoletta Grillo


"


1400


September 1


Atypical


A. Teresa Dictaiuti


"


1400


September 1


Atypical


Mary J. Clifford


Wrentham


1400


September 1


Supervisor of Art


Elsie M. Guthrie


Somerville


2100


September 1


Audiometer


Virginia Holman


"


1400


September 1


Second Year Cadet


John W. Murphy


1200


January 1


Second Year Cadet


William J. Duffy


1200


February 19


First Year Cadet


Anna M. O'Brien


600


September 1


First Year Cadet


Bessie Nahigian


",


600


September 1


First Year Cadet


Nora F. Keniry


600


September 1


First Year Cadet


Mary J. Gilhooly


Not teaching


600


September 1


First Year Cadet


Josephine Hourihan


Somerville


600


September 1


First Year Cadet


Ruth Brooks


600


September 1


-


ANNUAL REPORTS


165


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 22-LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS


George M. Hosmer, Sabbatical Leave from Sept. 1, to Dec. 31, 1942 Joseph B. Fitzgerald, from Sept. 1, 1942 to Jan 1, 1943 Anna N. Johnson, from Sept. 1, 1942 to close of school year in June, 1943 Eliza I. Patterson, Sabbatical leave from Mar. 1, 1942 for year John J. Collins For duration of War Service from Jan. 19, 1942


William Duffy


Feb. 18, 1942


John L. Murphy


"



Feb. 20, 1942


Edward Guazzaloca


„,


Mar. 30, 1942


Robert E. Ball, Jr. .. „,


April 1, 1942


Leo Lapidus


April 10, 1942


Joseph B. McCabe


April 17, 1942


Edward G. Giroux


",


April 24, 1942


James Keefe


",



",


May 1, 1942


Wilbur E. Parker


,,



Sept. 1, 1942


Dorothy Rice



Sept. 1, 1942


Terence Griffin


Sept. 1, 1942


Paul Broderick


Sept. 1, 1942


James C. Marchant


"


"


Sept. 1, 1942


Thomas Scott



"


Sept. 14, 1942


Thomas J. D. Horne


Sept. 24, 1942


Harold P. Sullivan ..


"


Oct. 2, 1942


John E. Flynn


Oct. 7, 1942


Frank E. Martin


=


Oct. 13, 1942


Anthony Calabro


Oct. 14, 1942


James J. Mooney


Nov. 6, 1942


Edward Berra


Nov. 7, 1942


Gertrude Burns


Nov. 7, 1942


Francis X. Foley ...


Nov. 9, 1942


James J. Noonan ...


Nov. 13, 1942


Richard F. Hegarty


„,


Nov. 20, 1942


Joseph M. Thornton


Dec. 4, 1942


Daniel W. Twomey ..


",


",


Dec. 15, 1942


Robert Healey


Dec. 11, 1942


Table 23-TRANSFERS OF TEACHERS


Teacher


From


To


Bernard R. Moulton


High


Dir. Physical Education


Geraldine J. Fitzgerald


Western Junior Hanscom


High


Phyllis Joy


Northeastern Junior-


John J. Hickey


Bennett


Northeastern Junior


Gertrude Macdonald


Grimmons


Brown


Gertrude Prichard


Morse


Edgerly


Mildred Williston


Hodgkins


Morse Hodgkins


Dorothy Reynolds Katherine McDonnell


Visiting Teacher


Northeastern Junior


Elsie M. Guthrie


Northeastern Junior


Supervisor of Art Western Junior


Clare M. Stanton


Prescott


Brown


Mary Crotty


Bennett


Morse


Anne Doherty


Bennett


Brown


,


Sept. 1, 1942


John J. St. Angelo ..


Sept. 11, 1942


Arthur Kelleher


Oct. 2, 1942


M. Paul McSweeney



",


",


„,


„,


,,


,,


Open Air Class


Thomas J. D. Horne


Southern Junior


"


May 30, 1942


Thomas F. O'Brien


„,


*


166


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 23-Transfers of Teachers-Concluded


Agnes Hayes


Proctor


Grimmons


Anna McCarthy


Grimmons


Brown


Constance MacDonald


Cutler


Burns


Elizabeth Crine


Morse


Pope


Alice Fitzpatrick


Brown


Lowe


Ruth Andrews


Burns


Proctor


Barbara Shay


Forster


Southern Junior


Ursula Cairns


Knapp Atypical


Southern Special


Alice Hayes


Highland Atypical


Highland Sight Saving


CADETS


Helen T. Leddy


Term Expires September 1943


Robert Healey


Elizabeth T. Crine


Agnes Hayes


Frances O'Brien


M. Constance MacDonald


Anna M. O'Brien


1944


Bessie Nahigian


"


Ruth Brooks


Mary J. Gilhooly


Nora F. Keniry


Josephine Hourihan


"


167


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


661


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


771


290


30


15


46


366


412


1917


70±


65


238


33


17


49


374


423


1918


70±


108


207


28


5


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


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


1938


133 **


178


263


39


26


3


1


157


486


643


1939


127 **


173


260


43


19


5


1


163


465


628


1940


129+


167


259


44


14


5


1


164


455


619


1941


1291


160


253


53


12


5


1


163


450


613


1942


127+


155


247


52


12


4


1


155


443


598


1919


70°


106


207


26


9


48


370


418


1920


69°


113


212


23


8


54


371


425


1921


75°


115


216


25


14


....


· Including Kindergartners.


¿ Including a secretary.


** Including a secretary and two matrons o Including a secretary and a matron.


+ Including two matrons.


.. .


49


369


418


168


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 25-BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN 1942


For High Schools


As Text Books:


Vocabulary Building Speller, A. Meyer-Macmillan Co.


Work Book in Business Arithmetic, Joseph W. Smith-South- western Publishing Co.


September to June, Appleton-Century-Cadigan.


Stories of Many Nations, D. C. Heath-Braun, Safarjian.


Reading for Skill, Noble & Noble-Broening, Law, Wilkinson, Ziegler.


Active Reading, Appleton-Century Co .- Bessey and Coffin.


Enjoying English, II, III, IV; Newson & Co .; Wolfe and Geyer (Replace Brooks Comp.)


Americans All, Harcourt, Brace & Company-Hendrick and Thomp- son.


How to Read a Newspaper, Scott, Foresman & Co .- Dale. Correlated Dictation and Transcription, Heath-Forkner, Osborne, O'Brien .*


Romani, University Press-Robinson.


Los Otros Americanos, Odyssey Press-Weisinger and Johnson. Your Clothes & Personality. Appleton-Century Co .- Ryan.


Let's Study Foods, Little, Brown & Co .- Harris and Henderson. Housekeeping Workbook: How to Do It (1942 Edition)- J. B. Lip- pincott Co .- Balderston.


Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry and Spherical Trigonometry, Hart and Hart-D. C. Heath & Co.


How to Use the Calculator and the Comptometer, James R. Meehan -Gregg Publishing Co.


* To replace "Gregg Speed Building".


For High and Junior High Schools


As Text Books:


Roma, University Press-Robinson & Hunter.


For Junior High Schools


As Text Books:


Modern School Arithmetic, New Edition-World Book Company; Clark-Otis-Hatton-Schorling.


Our America Past and Present, American Book Company-Knowl- ton and Harden.


My Worth to the World (Studies in Citizenship); American Book Company; Capen and Melchior.


Building Citizenship: Allyn and Bacon; Hughes-Revision.


Civics in American Life; Macmillan; Edmonson, Dondineau- Re- vision.


New Frontiers, Houghton Mifflin-Briggs, Jackson, Bolenius, Berz- berg.


Living Words, Odyssey Press-Frieda Radke.


Language for Living, Scribners-Addison and Walker.


Experiences in Reading and Thinking, Macmillan-Center and Per- sons.


169


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Experiences in Homemaking, Ginn and Company-Laitem and Miller.


If You Please! Lippincott-Allen and Briggs.


Let's Read! I. II, III, Henry Holt & Co .- Roberts-Rand-Lundgren.


For Elementary Schools


As Text Books:


Step by Step in English, Macmillan-Bair, Neal, Foster, Storm. (To replace "Modern English"). Fun With Words. With Tongue and Pen.


Words and Their Use.


Better English Usage.


Building Better English, Row, Peterson & Co .- Greene, McBroom, Moscrip, Gillett. Step by Step. For Every Need. In School and Out. Day by Day.




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