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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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