Report of the city of Somerville 1944, Part 11

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1944
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School


No. Entering


lic or Private


No. Going to Work


No. Not Located


No. Entering


Vocational School


No. Remaining at Home


Northeastern Junior High


425


409


340


21


39


00


0


0


Southern Junior High


305


29


270


4


9


7


0


Western Junior High


326


311


278


22


5


-


5


0


Total


1056


1010


888


47


53


1


21


0


2 .


5


Somerville High


Other Schools, Pub-


174


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 14-Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year 1943-1944


1943


1944


Change


Number of visits to the schools


507


514


+7


Number of visits to the homes


4,060


4,664


+604


Number of cases investigated


3,795


4,303


+508


Number of cases found to be truancy or ab- senteeism


497


533


+36


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


336


362


+26


Number who were truants for the first time


211


230


+19


Number who were truants for the second time


52


72


+20


Number who were truants for three or


more times


44


66


+16


Number of girls who were truants or ab- sentees


196


292


+96


Number of visits to mercantile or manu- facturing establishments


15


10


-5


Number of minors found to be working without employment certificates


23


10


-13


Number of employment certificates issued to boys


67


59


-8


Number of employment certificates reissued to boys


5


19


+14


Number of employment certificates issued to girls,


29


21


-8


Number of employment certificates reis- sued to girls


3


12


+9


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


4,243


3,929


-314


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


53


103


+50


Number of transfer cards investigated


1,820


1,314


-506


Number of cards forwarded


632


752


+120


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


3


4


+1


Amount paid for board of truants


$69.14


$449.16 +$380.02


Disposition of truancy and habitual absentee cases


Warned and returned to school


287


Transferred to other schools


8


Left school (over 16)


19


Left school other reasons


7


Removed from City


17


Sent to House of Good Shepherd


3


Sent to Lyman School


11


Sent to Middlesex County Training School


10


362


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


BY AGES.


GRADE.


17


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


or over


I.


2


2


. .. .


8


II ..


2


3


1


2


8


III.


2


4


2


...


...


...


2


6


5


6


4


2


25


V ....


4


5


7


1


4


7


17


45


24


93


VII.


18


39


2


59


VIII.


12


51


3


66


X.


4


4


XI.


XII.


8


12


20


Voc. II


1


8


5


4


10


28


Total.


2


4


7


11


13


17


27


33


88


155


5


362


..


21


VI.


4


6


3


2


..


.


Voc. I ..


11


11


Ungraded


175


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Total


4


IV.


15


IX


176


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 15-Evening High School, Season ,1943-1944


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


110


220


330


Average Membership


51


121


172


Average Attendance


32


73


105


Number of teachers


10


Number of sessions


38


Cost of instruction


$1,776.00


Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup- plies


225.66


Total cost


$2,001.66


Cost per pupil per evening


0.306


Average attendance: October, 143; November, 148; December, 108 January, 79; February, 69; March, 49


Table 15a-Evening Vocational Classes, Season 1943-1944


Women


Enrolled


30


Average Membership


21


Average Attendance


12


Number of teachers


1


Number of sessions


36


Student hours


716


Cost of instruction


$162


Cost of Janitor, Fuel and Light


45.50


"Total expenditure


$207.50


Reimbursement from State


112.37


Net cost ...


$95.13


Net cost per pupil per evening


$0.126


Table 15b-Americanization Classes 1943-1944


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


52


210


262


Average Membership


27


153


180


Average Attendance


17


111


128


Number of classes


12


Number of teachers


6


Number of sessions


40


Membership hours


14,400


Cost of instruction


$4,199.00


Cost of supplies


14.92


Total cost


$4,213.92


Reimbursement from the State


$2,099.50


Net cost


$2,114.42


Net cost per membership hour


$0.147


177


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 16-Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools


1939


1940


1941


1942


1943


1944


Prescott


205


208


189


174


173


165.


Bennett


31


49


37


32


30


32


Knapp .


99


92


100


110


97


78


Pope


69


56


66


51


59


53


Cummings


34


37


36


35


37


27


Glines


64


65


63


63


58


64


Grimmons


40


28


29


40


31


37


Forster


98


124


128


102


86


86


Bingham


86


66


54


62


42


52


Carr


87


80


70


74


84


67


Morse


45


41


47


47


47


35


Proctor


42


32


38


31


38


24


Brown


63


51


46


54


61


44


Cholerton


95


104


105


101


86


95


Hodgkins


47


61


44


75


54


55


Cutler


122


111


108


148


116


100


Total


1227


1205


1160


1199


1099


1014


Average Membership of Elementary Schools


8679


8808


8556


8224


7950


7511


Per cent. of Average Membership Promoted


14.08


13.68


13.55


14.58


13.82


13.50


178


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


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


1943


15,703


14,304


12,758


89.2


14,804


1.160


1944


14,975


13,742


12,296


89.5


18,497


1.504


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


179


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


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


1943


14,304


2,974


20.79


800


5.59


1944


13,742


2,719


19.78


677


4.93


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


180


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 19-Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1944 Junior High Schools


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List


Unconditionally


Promoted to


Next Grade


Promoted


on Trial


Retarded


Promoted more


than One Grade


Special Promo·


tions during Year


Dropped Back


after Two


Months' Trial


I


1,160


920


125


115


1


II


1,097


881


125


91


1


7


III


1,056


946


62


48


3


Total.


3,313


2,747


312


254


1


11


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1944 Junior High Schools


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List


Unconditionally


Promoted to


Next Grade


Promoted


on Trial


Retarded


Promoted more


than One Grade


Special Promo-


tions during Year


Promotees


after Two


Months Trial


I


100


79.3


10.8


9.9


....


II


100


80.3


11.4


8.3


0.6


III


100


89.6


5.9


4.5


0.3


Average ..


100


82.9


9.4


7.7


0.3


....


Promotees


Dropped Back


181


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 19a-Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1944 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, 1944 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


78.4


4.6


17.0


..


II


100


80.3


8.3


11.4


. .


..


1.4


III


100


79.9


9.7


10.4


..


..


0.9


<


100


75.9


13.7


10.4


2.5


VI


100


85.2


10.5


4.3


1.5


Average ...


100


80.4


9.4


10.2


1.3


I


1,210


949


56


205


4


II


1,091


876


90


125


III


1,108


885


107


116


..


13


IV


1,127


931


117


79


1


10


V


1,097


833


150


114


28


VI


1,060


903


111


46


..


Total


6,693


5,377


631


685


1


87


Promotees


0.3


1.2


IV


100


82.6


10.4


7.0


..


..


Promotees


...


16


16


Promoted


DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES AND GRADES, OCTOBER 1, 1944


AGE


GRADE


TOTAL


Above Normal Age


Per cent. Above Normal Age


Kdgn.


421


552


3


1


977


1


439


670


131


25


2


1,267


27


2.13


2


340


561


152


44


6


1


1,105


52


4.70


3


2


283


536


164


57


11


1


1,054


69


6.54


4


2


297


515


176


53


21


2


1,066


76


7.12


5


261


541


212


102


26


7


1,149


135


11.74


6


1


231


493


188


81


30


1,024


111


10.83


7


12


260


468


232


102


30


4


1


1,109


137


12.35


8


4


285


540


212


87


3


1,131


90


7.95


9


1


243


572


208


51


1,080


51


4.72


10


3


268


638


31


2


2


1,160


35


3.01


11


4


222


499


117


9


1


852


10


1.17


12


7


213


412


29


3


664


3


.44


P. G.


Total


421


991


1015


978


1010


987


1,023


1,034


1,066


1,132


1,196


1,192


986


561


40


6


1


13,639


Under Normal Grade


25


46


63


65


124


109


140


117


58


32


11


6


1


Per cent. Under Normal Grade


2.47


4.66


6.15


6.28


11.63


9.72


11.70


9.81


5.88


5.61


27.50


4


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


21 or over


..


1


0


0


1


.


182


-


·


ANNUAL REPORTS


216


Table 20-RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS IN 1944


School


Teacher


Took Effect


In Service


High


*Blanche S. Bradford Esther Doolin Cronin


July 1


40 yrs., 7 mo.


High


December 31


9 yrs., 5 mo.


High


+Francis J. Gannon


August 11


13 yrs., 3 mo.


High


*Ella D. Gray Leo J. Jennings


September 8


13 yrs.


High


Frances Mendell


July 1


14 yrs.


High


Marion A. Newell Gautreau


September 1


13 yrs.


High


*Harry F. Sears


July 1


43 yrs.


High


* Arthur N. Small


July 1


27 yrs., 8 mo.


. High


Northeastern Junior


Southern Junior


*Emma J. Kennedy


July 1


32 yrs.


Southern Junior


Gertrude Hickey O'Loughlin


September 1


9 yrs.


Southern Junior


*Hortense F. Small Bertha Corfield


September 1


10 yrs.


Western Junior


FL. Alice B. Grady


May 5


31 yrs., 7 mo.


Western Junior


*Elizabeth R. Henderson


August 22


32 yrs.


Western Junior


*Edith F. Hersey Helene D'Alelio Lydon


September 1


14 yrs., 7 mo.


Prescott


*Jeannette M. Hannabell


July 1


27 yrs.


Knapp


*Ellen C. Moynihan Greta K. Olsen MacDonald


September 1


4 yrs.


Perry


Agnes Hayes Wolfe


September 1


3 yrs.


Bingham


M. Gertrude McCarthy Frances E. O'Brien


September 1


3 yrs.


Morse


¡Helen T. Smith


August 2


32 yrs.


Burns ..


Mary Mingolelli


October 29


12 yrs., 1 mo.


Brown


Alice C. Fitzpatrick


July 1


9 yrs.


Cholerton


Marjorie Glendon


March 1


2 yrs., 5 mo.


183


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


..


July 1


43 yrs.


High


*Laurence A. Sprague Eileen M. Murphy


July 1


38 yrs.


September 1


4 yrs.


July 1


32 yrs.


Western Junior


December 31


45 y


4 mo.


Prescott


July 1


25 yrs., 6 mo.


Grimmons


March 1


26 yrs., 5 mo.


Morse


·


184


Table 20-RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS IN 1944-Concluded


School


.


Teacher


Took Effect


In Service


Hodgkins


November 7


18 yrs.


Hodgkins


៛Margaret E. Bucknam *Olevia M. Woods Kells S. Boland


July 1


33 yrs., 4 mo.


Junior Vocational


July 1


24 yrs.


Special-Director of Music


*Bart E. Grady Mildred A. Merrill


September 14


36 yrs.


High-Stenographer


Mary W. Fitzgerald Bernice F. Parker


March 4


4 yrs., 5 mo.


Western Junior High-Clerk


October 14


20 yrs., 9 mo.


* Retired


Died


ANNUAL REPORTS


July 1


9 yrs., 4 mo.


Administration-Clerk


Table 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1944


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


1 Service Began


-


Northeastern Junior


Helen Bennett


Somerville


$1400


September 1


Northeastern Junior


Mary C. O'Keefe


"


1400


Southern Junior


Rita L. Harrington


"


1400


Southern Junior


Gertrude Robbins


1400


Western Junior


Eileen Knight


1400


Did not accept September 1


Western Junior


Arline Peretsman


1400


Prescott


Elena Alberghini


"


1400


Prescott


Andrea A. Driscoll


"


1400


Prescott


Norma M. Morandi


"


1400


Hanscom


Anne M. Clark


1400


Knapp


Mary J. Gilhooly


1400


Bingham


V. Maria DelTorto


1400


Carr


Eleanor M. Rose


1400


"


High-Teacher Coach


Thomas M. Lynch


2200


Knapp


*Mary Mullins Hare


Not Teaching


1900


Morse


*Thelma Blanchard Sheehan


1400


Hodgkins


*Eileen Kenney Hartwell


1900


First Year Cadet


Helen Crine


1000


Dorothea T. Finn


1000


"


"


"


Claire Gorman


1000


"


Julia M. Leddy


"


1000


"


Carol Mullaney


1000


Mary M. Sharry


1000


-


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


* Reinstated


185



Prescott


Jennie Albano


1400


"


"


Somerville Not Teaching


",


.


186


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 22-LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS


Ruby F. Sutherland, Sabbatical leave extended to Sept. 1 Barbara Shay Costigan, from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1, 1945


Elizabeth D. Callanan, from Sept. 1 for school year.


Helene D'Alelio from Jan. 1 to end of school year.


Pauline C. Emery, from Feb. 1 to May 1, Sabbatical leave. Bertha Corfield, from March 1 to June 30. Rita C. Collins, from Feb. 18 to June 30.


Doris S. Purcell from Jan. 1 to May 15.


Mary A. Mackenzie King, from May 1 to June 30.


Thelma E. Butler, for school year ending June 30.


Gertrude E. Hickey O'Loughlin, from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1, 1945. Margaret E. Bucknam, Sabbatical leave (Died Nov. 7).


Marie F. Morgan, from Oct. 23 to June 30, 1945.


Ida M. Kane, from Sept. 1 to Jan. 2, 1945.


Wallace E. Sinclair, for duration of War Service, from May 1 Bryant W. Patten, for duration of War Service, from Feb. 4. Alexander Ladd, for duration of War Service, from Sept. 1. Ernestine Keach, for duration of War Service, from Sept. 1.


Table 23-TRANSFERS OF TEACHERS


Teacher


From


To Northeastern Junior


Mary C. O'Keefe


High


Pauline Magwood


Northeastern Junior


Southern Junior


Beatrice Sweet


Northeastern Junior


High


Helen Bennett


Southern Junior


Northeastern Junior


Madeleine Parsons


Western Junior


Northeastern Junior


Thelma C. Hutchins


Hanscom


Prescott


Norma Morandi


Bennett


Prescott


Mary Connor


Knapp


High


Mary E. McCarthy


Knapp


Proctor


Josephine P. Hourihan


Durell


Knapp


Margaret Crowley


Burns


Audiometer Work


Dorothy Reynolds


Hodgkins


Western Junior


Claire Gorman


Hodgkins


Western Junior


Virginia Holman


Audiometer Work


Southern Junior


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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


761


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


1919


70°


106


207


26


9


..


48


370


418


1920


69°


113


212


23


8


54


371


425


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


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


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


1943


118+


145


234


49


12


4


1


127


436


563


1944.


113+


142


235


48


12


4


1


121


434


555


* Including Kindergartners.


Including a secretary.


** Including a secretary and two matrons.


0 Including a secretary and a matron.


+ Including two matrons.


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Table 25-BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN 1944


As Text Books : Grade


For High School


12 1000 Pre-Flight Problems; Harper & Brothers; Thompson & Aiken; supplementary textbook in Aeronautics.


11 - 12 Bookkeeping Principles and Practice, Advanced Course; Prentice- Hall, Inc. Rosenkampff and Wallace; supplementary Bookkeep- ing textbook.


10 - 11 Business Filing; South-Western Publishing Co .; Bassett-Agnew;


12 supplementary textbook in Clerical Practice.


10 English in Action, Book One; D. C. Heath & Co .; J. C. Tressler; supplementary textbook in English Composition.


12 Learning to Care for Children; D Appleton-Century Co .; Brad- bury & Amidon; basic textbook for Wartime Home Economics. Applied Business Law; South-Western Publishing Company; Pomeroy & Fisk; basic textbook in Commerical Law.


11


As Text Books :


Grade


For Junior High Schools


7 French Storybook Grammer; Ginn and Company; Spink and Millis; basic text.


7 Health for Young Americans; Lyons and Carnahan; Burkhard, Chambers, Maroney; basic Hygiene textbook.


7-8 Exercises and Drills in Rapid Calculation; Ginn and Company; Powers & Loker; basic Junior Business Training textbook.


8 General Business, Complete Fourth Edition; South-Western Pub- lishing Company; Crabbe and Salsgiver; basic Junior Business Training textbook.


My Word Book; Lyons and Carnahan; Breed and Seale; basic Spelling Text:


7 Grade 7


8 Grade 8


The Stanford Speller; Laidlaw Brothers; Almack & Staffelbach; basic Spelling textbook


7 Grade 7 .


8 Grade 8


9 High School


As Text Books :


Grade For Elementary Schools


3, 4, 5 It's Fun to be Safe; Beckley-Cardy Co .; Stack-Huston; basic text- book in Safety


1-3 Our First Speech Book; Newson Company; M. Pearl Lloyd; sup- plementary text in Speech and Reading Improvement


5 The American Nations; Ginn and Company; Atwood-Thomas; basic textbook in Geography


4 Visits in other Lands; Ginn and Company; Atwood-Thomas; basic textbook in Geography


1-6 You Can Make It; Silver Burdett Company; Newbeck et al .; ref- erence book


3-4 The Book of Fables and Folk Stories; Houghton Mifflin Com- pany; H. E. Scudder; supplementary reading


Child Experience Readers; Lyons and Carnahan; Sallen et al .; supplementary reading


1 Paul and Betty, Pre-Primer


1 Happy Children


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1 At Home and School, Primer


Core-Vocabulary Readers; Macmillan; Huber, Salisbury & Gates; supplementary reading


2 Smoky the Crow


3 Planes for Bob and Andy


Easy Growth in Reading Series; John C. Winston Co .; Hildreth et al .; supplementary reading


4 Today and Tomorrow


1 Jerry Goes Fishing, Primer; Beckley-Cardy Co .; Battle; Supple- mentary reading


Laidlaw Basic Readers; Laidlaw Brothers; Yoakam et al .; sup- plementary reading


1 Jack and Nancy At Home, Pre-Primer


1 On the Way to Storyland, Primer


1 Making Storybook Friends


2 Stories We Like


3 Children Everywhere


4 On the Trail of Adventure


5 The World Around Us


6 From Every Land


The Primary Social Studies Series; Beckley-Cardy Co .; Michaels; supplementary Reading


1 All Around Us, First Reader The Quinlan Readers; Allyn & Bacon; Quinlan; Supplementary reading


2 Faces and Places


3 Busy World


Reading for Interest Series; D. C. Heath Co .; Witty et al .; sup- plementary reading


1 Something Different


2 Lost and Found


3 Fun and Frolic


4 Luck and Pluck


5 Merry Hearts and Bold


6 The Brave and the Free


2 The Timbertoes (Revised Edition) ; Beckley-Cardy Co .; McKee; supplementary reading


For Use in Evening High School


As Text Book :


Actual Business English by P. H. Defendall,-Macmillan Co.


BOOKS DELETED FROM THE AUTHORIZED LISTS ELEMENTARY Health, Science, and Nature Study


Andress Health Book


3 A Journey to Healthland


4 Boys and Girls of Wake-Up-Town


5 Health and Success (Revised)


6 Health and Good Citizenship (Revised)


1-2 Discovering Our World, Book One; Beauchamp et al.


2-3 Everyday Doings in Healthville; Serl


2 Health and Growing Up; Dansdill


The Health and Growth Series; Charters et al.


1 From Morning Till Night


2 Happy Days


3 Good Habits


4 Living Healthfully


5 Wise Health Choices


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6 Health Problems


Health, Happiness, & Success Series; Burkhard et al.


3 Health Stories and Practice


4 Health by Doing


5 Building for Health


6 The Body and Health


Lummis-Schawe's Health Readers


1-2 The Safety Hill of Health


2 Building My House of Health


3 Road of Health to Grown-Up Town


4 A Journey to Many Lands


Nature and Science Readers: Patch & Howe


1-2 Hunting


2-3 Outdoor Visits


3-4 Surprises


4-5 Through Four Seasons


5-6 Science At Home


5-6 The Work of Scientists


The Nature Science Series; Fisher and Langham 1 Our Pets


2 On the Farm


3 World of Nature


4 Ways of the Wild Folk


5 Our Wonder World


6 In Field and Garden


The New Healthy Living; Hahn-Winslow


1 Let's Grow


2 Let's Stay Well


Our Animal Books; Sondergaard et al.


1 Fuzzy Tail, Primer


1 Sniff, Book I


2 Pets and Friends, II


3 The Pet Club, III


4 On Charlie Clarke's Farm, IV


5 Our Town and City Animals, V


6 Paths to Conservation, VI


Pathways in Science Series; Craig et al.


1 We Look About Us, Book I


2 Out of Doors, Book II


3 Our Wide, Wide World, Book III


4 The Earth and Living Things, Book IV


5 Learning About Our World, Book V


6 Our Earth and Its Story, Book VI


2-3 Safety Every Day; Stack & Schwartz Science Readers: Nida


1 Our Pets


2 Trailing Our Animal Friends


3 Baby Animal Zoo


4 Animal Life


5 Makers of Progress


6 Early Men of Science


SUPPLEMENTARY READING


1. Informative and Literary Readers Bobbs-Merrill Readers: 1 Primer


1 The First Reader


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2 The Second Reader


3 The Third Reader


4 The Fourth Reader


5 The Fifth Reader


Bolenius Boys' and Girls' Readers


1


Primer, Tom and Betty


1 First Reader, Animal Friends


2 Second Reader, Happy Days


3 Third Reader, Door to Bookland


4 Fourth Reader


5 Fifth Reader


6 Sixth Reader


2 Bunny Rabbit's Diary; Blaisdell


1 Cherry Tree Children; Blaisdell Community Life Series; Miller


1 Dean and Don at the Dairy


1 Here Comes the Postman


1-2 Pets are Fun


2 Jimmy the Groceryman


2-3 To Market We Go


Curriculum Readers; Baker and Reed


1 Playmates, Pre-Primer


1 Friends for Every Day, Primer


1 Friends in Town and Country, First Reader


2 Friends Here and Away, Second Reader


3 Friends Around the World, Third Reader


4 The Earth We Live On, Fourth Reader


5 Making America, Fifth Reader


6 Our World and Others, Sixth Reader


5 Days to Remember; Dopp, Pitts, Garrison


Fact and Story Series; Suzallo et al.


1 Primer


1 Book I


2 Book II


3 Book III


4 Book IV


5 Book V


6 Book VI


3-4 Fairyland Reader; Shimer The Friendly Hour Series


1 Friends At Play


1 Ben and Alice


1 Playmates


2 Indoors and Out


3 Friends to Know


4 Trails of Adventure


5 The World's Gifts


6 Winning Our Way


2 Circus Reader; Buffiington et al. Goober Village; Bigham Good Companion Books; Gates et al.


1 Nick and Dick


1 Fun With Nick and Dick


2 The Story Book of Nick and Dick


3 Caravan of Nick and Dick, Book 3 Good Companions; Hardy-Hecox-Gareissen 1 Our Pets, Primer


-


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1 Helpers, Book 1


2 Comrades, Book 2


3 Neighbors, Book 3


Good Reading Series; Manley et al.


1 Primer


1 First Reader


2 Second Reader


3 Third Reader


4 Fourth Reader


5 Fifth Reader


6 Sixth Reader


1-2 The Grocery Man; Wolfe and Holmes


Happy Road to Reading Series; Dopp et al.


1 Little Friends, Pre-Primer


1 Little Friends At School, Primer


1 Busy Days with Little Friends


2 Outdoors and In


3 Now and Long Ago


2-3 Having Fun; Wright


1 Henry, Stories About; Tippett


1 Henry and His Friends; Tippett


1 Henry and the Garden; Tippett


Horace Mann Readers


1 New Primer


1 New First Reader


2 New Second Reader


3 New Third Reader


5-6 Johnny Bear, Lobo, and Other Stories; Seton


3-4 Komoki of the Cliffs, Harrington


5 Lad of Dundee; Tippett


LaRue Readers


1 The Good Time Book, Easy Primer


1 The F-U-N Book, Primer


1-2 Under the Story Tree, First Reader


2-3 In Animal Land, Second Reader Long Ago Series


2-3 Red Feather


3-4 Red Feather's Adventures


4-5 Red Feather's Home Coming


1-2 Magic Clothespins; Lynch


2-3 Merry Animal Tales, Bigham


4-5-6 More Silver Pennies; Thompson New Atlantic Readers; Condon et al.


4 The Understanding Prince, Book One


5 High and Far, Book Two


6 The Wonderful Tune, Book Three


New Progressive Road to Reading (Revised Edition) ; Burchill et al.


1 Book I


2 Book II


3 Book III


4 Book IV


New Silent Readers; Lewis et al.


1 Tots and Toys, Pre-Primer


1 Pets and Playmates, Primer


1 Growing Up, Grade I


2 New Friends, Grade II


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3 Wonder World, Grade III


4 Facts and Fancies, Grade IV


5 Whys and Wherefores, Grade V


6 Scouting Through, Grade VI


6 On Jungle Trails; Tippett Our Book World; Tuttle




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