Report of the city of Somerville 1945, Part 12

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
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1,571


1,651


3,222


Elementary


Sixth


7


30


500


491


991


Fifth


35


577


573


1,150


Fourth


35


517


531


1,048


Third


32


526


549


1,075


Second


33


593


496


1,089


First


38


705


563


1,268


Total


7


203


3,418


3,203


6,621


Kindergarten


16


12


448


467


915


Special


6


10


Sight Saving


1


6


4


10


Cadets


9


Atypical


1


10


105


57


162


Vocational


17


105


105


Independent


1


Americanization


1


Continuation & .....


2


2


15


14


29


Grand Total


131


404


12


6,660


6,752


13,412


1022


Household Arts


Jr. Vocational


181


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 11-Pupils In High, Junior High, Elementary, Vocational and Continuation Schools 1944-1945


High


School


Junior


High


Schools


Schools


Kinder-


gartens


Vocational


School


Atypical


Schools


Sight


Saving


Class


Schools


Total


Annual enrollment


2697


3462


7010


1098


206


207


10


70


14,760


Average membership


2493


3264


6606


936


164


175


11


44


13,693


Average attendance


2176


2988


6054


792


140


157


9


32


12,348


Per cent. of attendance


87.2


91.5


91.6


84.6


85.3


89.7


81.8 31


72.7


90.1


No. cases of tardiness


8122


3770


4981


98


586


402


80


18.070


Number cases of dismissal


1678


1820


1573


11


137


47


1


38


5,305


Membership, October, 1944


2676


3336


6665


977


197


185


10


49


14,095


Membership, June, 1945.


2348


3222


6621


915


105


162


10


29


13,412


No. cases corp. punishment


5


5


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


SCHOOL


1941


1942


1943


1944


1945


Prescott


72


60


43


72


53


Hanscom


39


43


43


31


21


Bennett


25


35


20


31


15


Baxter


34


23


34


15


26


Knapp


21


23


17


20


19


Perry


39


36


29


30


38


Pope


51


39


43


45


42


Cummings.


40


42


36


49


39


Edgerly


61


44


47


59


76


Glines


52


66


63


49


52


Grimmons


36


37


27


39


35


Forster


91


108


93


100


88


Bingham


54


60


43


37


64


Carr


52


51


41


56


45


Morse


51


35


49


69


32


Proctor


36


38


26


35


35


Durell


23


27


33


23


29


Burns


59


47


45


52


48


Brown


47


60


38


43


48


Hodgkins


54


64


69


57


47


Cutler


123


120


133


120


124


Lowe


56


43


43


55


46


Total


1,116


1,101


1,015


1,087


1,022


Jr. Voc. and


Continuation


Elementary


182


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 13-Eighth Grade Promotions, Junior High Schools, June, 1945


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


in June


No. Promoted to


Grade 9


No. Entering Grade 9


No. Entering Schools


Outside City


No. Going to Work


No. Not Located


No. Entering Voca-


No. Entering Other


Junior High Schools In City


Northeastern Junior High


363


326


315


8


1


2


O


Southern Junior High


369


345


326


8


5


820


1


3


Western Junior High


366


300


266


13


2


6


5


Total


1098


971


907


29


00


10


00


8


Table 13a-Ninth Grade Promotions, Junior High Schools, June, 1945


Promotion from the ninth grade to the tenth is the pro- motion 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


No. Promoted to


High School


No. Entering


Somerville High


Other Schools, Pub-


No. Going to Work


No. Not Located


No. Entering


No. Remaining at Home


Northeastern Junior High


396


386


341


10


13


10


4


8


Southern Junior High


301


288


263


10


3


3


9


0


Western Junior High


356


343


320


11


4


4


4


0


Total


1053


1017


924


31


20


17


17


8


Vocational School


in June


School


No. Entering


lic or Private


tional School


183


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 14-Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year .1944-1945


1944


1945


Change


Number of visits to the schools


514


384


-130


Number of visits to the homes


4664


5197


+533.


Number of cases investigated


4303


4783


+480


Number of cases found to be truancy or absenteeism


533


528


-5


Number of different pupils who were truants or habitual absentees


362


391


+19


Number who were truants for the first time


230


247


++17


Number who were truants for the second time


72


81


+9


Number who were truants for three or more times


66


63


-3


Number of girls who were truants or absentees


292


240


-52"


Number of visits to mercantile or manu- facturing establishments


10


10


Number of minors found to be working without employment certificates


10


7


-3.


Number of employment certificates is- sued to boys


59


18


-41


Number of employment certificates re- issued to boys


19


8


-11


Number of employment certificates is-


sued to girls


21


5


-16


Number of employment certificates re- issued to girls


12


1


-11


Number of educational literate certifi- cates issued to minors over 16 years of age (first issue)


3929


3342


-587


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


103


67


-36


Number of transfer cards investigated ..


1314


1863


+549


Number of cards forwarded


752


333


-419


Number of truants in the County train-


4


6


+2


$449.16


$462.27


+$13.11


Disposition of truancy and habitual absentee cases


Warned and returned to school


325


Transferred to other schools


6


Left school (over 16)


26


Removed from City 15


Sent to House of Good Shepherd


5


Sent to Lancaster


4


Sent to Middlesex County Training School


10


391


.


ing School at the close of the year .... Amount of board paid for truants


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


BY AGES.


Total.


GRADE.


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17 or over


8


I


3


3


2


3


1


2


..


.


4


III.


21


IV


22


V.


3


18


8


10


2


VI.


2


8


24


42


25


76


VIII.


51


IX


12


X.


.


XI.


.


.


4


12


Voc. I ..


7


Voc. II


29


1


9


6


9


4


.


Total.


3


4


4


0


12


18


49


46


94


146


10


391


.


.


·


...


.


3


8


7


3


1


. .


.


.


#


...


. .


......


..


3


19


49


5


..


..


2


8


36


5


. .


.. .


.


.


. .


XII ..


16


1


6


..


...


. .


Ungraded


..


...


.....


1


8


5


7


....


41


101


VII


......


....


. .


...


..


12


.


II.


..


4


.


ANNUAL REPORTS


184


185


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 15-Evening High School, Season 1944-1945


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


77


232


309


Average Membership


44


132


176


Average Attendance


26


77


103


Number of teachers


10


Number of sessions


36


Cost of instruction


$1,759.50


Cost of Janitor, Fuel, Light and Sup-


plies


290.73


Total cost


$2,050.23


Cost per pupil per evening


0.292


Average attendance: October, 180; November, 120; December, 99 January, 79; February 62; March, 64


Table 15a-Evening Vocational Classes, Season 1944-1945


Women


Enrolled


50


Average Membership


32


Average Attendance


24


Number of teachers


1


Number of sessions


36


Student hours


1728


Cost of instruction


$157.50


44.34


Cost of Janitor, Fuel and Light Total expenditure


$201.84


Reimbursement from State


117.76


Net cost


$84.08


Net cost per pupil per evening


$0.097


Table 15b-Americanization Classes 1944-1945


Male


Female


Total


Enrolled


39


156


195


Average Membership


25


98


123


Average Attendance


15


73


88


Number of classes


11


Number of teachers


5


Number of sessions


40


Membership hours


8796


Cost of instruction


$3,718.16


Cost of supplies


8.46


Total cost


$3,726.62


Reimbursement from the State


$1,859.08


Net cost


$1,867.54


Net cost per membership hour


$0.212


186


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 16-Promotions from Elementary to Junior High Schools


1940


1941


1942


1943


1944


1945


iPrescott


208


189


174


173


165


247


Bennett


49


37


32


30


32


27


Knapp


92


100


110


97


78


77


Pope


56


66


51


59


53


47


Cummings


37


36


35


37


27


35


Glines


65


63


63


58


64


55


Grimmons


28


29


40


31


37


29


Forster


124


128


102


86


86


96


Bingham


66


54


62


42


52


47


Carr


80


70


74


84


67


71


Morse


41


47


47


47


35


24


Proctor


32


38


31


38


24


39


Brown


51


46


54


61


44


42


Cholerton


104


105


101


86


95


69


Hodgkins


61


44


75


54


55


54


Cutler


111


108


148


116


100


95


Total


1205


1160


1199


1099


1014


954


Average Membership of Elementary


8808


8556


8224


7950


7511


6606


Per cent. of Average Membership Promoted


13.68


13.55


14.58


13.82


13.50


14.44


187


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 17-Attendance Statistics FOR A SERIES OF YEARS


JUNE


ENROLLMENT


Average Membership


Average Per cent. of Attendance Attendance


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


1945


14,760


13,693


12,348


90.1


18,070


1.382


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


188


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


1943


14,304


2,974


20.79


800


5.59


1944


13,742


2,719


19.78


677


4.93


1945


13,693


2,714


19.82


677


4.94


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


189


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 19-Promotions for School Year Ending, June, 1945 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


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1945 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


78.0


11.6


10.4


..


....


II


100


85.0


9.8


5.2


0.1


0.09


III


100


92.4


4.4


3.2


....


...


O


Average


100


85.1


8.6


6.3


00.6


0. 03


. .


...


2


1


III


1,057


977


46


34


....


0


Total


3,247


2,763


279


205


2


Promotees


after Two


H


1,093


853


126


114


0


II


1,097


933


107


57


1


Promotees


190


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 19a-Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1945 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


Months' Trial


I


1,269


999


75


195


..


II


1,094


911


79


103


1


1


10


III


1,075


906


91


78


. .


...


IV


1,048


865


114


69


...


..


V


1,153


909


153


91


...


1


13


VI


991


867


87


37


...


...


Total


6,630


5,457


599


573


1


2


54


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June, 1945


Elementary Grades


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List.


Unconditionally


to llext Grade.


Promoted on Trial.


Retarded.


Promoted more


than One Grade.


Special Promo-


Promotees


after Two


Months' Trial


I


100


78.7


6.0


15.3


II


100


83.4


7.2


9.4


0.01


0.01


0.9


III


100


84.2


8.5


7.3


...


...


0.7


IV


100


82.5


10.9


6.6


...


4


100


78.9


13.2


7.9


...


0.01


1.1


VI


100


87.5


8.8


3.7


...


...


Average ...


100


82.3


9.0


8.7


O


£


0


0.8


tions during Year.


Dropped Back


0.2


...


Promotees


after Two


3


00


10


10


1


0.9


Promoted


Promoted


Distribution of Pupils by Ages and Grades October 1, 1945


AGE


TOTAL


GRADE


4


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


21 ог over


Above Normal Age


Per cent. Above Normal Age


Kdgn.


433


644


2


1


407


657


121


20


2


2


347


569


1.69


47


6


2


984


80


8.13


3


292


525


167


66


14


966


95


9.83


4


1


258


520


187


+3


20


1


1


951


96


10.00


5


1


254


493


203


63


30


2


1


6


1


257


498


194


105


26


4


950


135


14.21


7


2


211


494


200


114


31


907


145


15.98


8


18


240


387


205


92


11


3


850


106


12.47


3


309


533


193


65


3


1,038


68


6.55


9


1,153


45


3.90


10


1


1


878


22


2.50


11


2


210


397


49


P. G.


...


433


1051


1006


983


953


942


939


930


931


900


1,044


1,066


926


531


49


12,684


Under Normal Grade


20


49


7.2


89


83


136


148


128


76


46


25


2


1


870


Per cent. Under Normal Grade


2.09


5.20


7.66


9.56


8.91


15.11


13.60


12.00


8.20


8.66


51.02


..


191


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


658


1


0.15


12


0


0


0


231


511


134


40


5


4


304


640


205


20


1


Total


.


1,079


1,185


22


1.85


1,085


55


5.06


.


2


192


TABLE 20-RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS IN 1945


School


Teacher


Took Effect


In Service


Northeastern


Junior


Mary Guthrie Kenney


July 1


4 yrs., 9 mo.


Northeastern Junior


Helen Bennett Marotta


Sept. 1


2 yrs.


Northeastern Junior


Marie Farrell Morgan


Dec. 31


13 yrs.


Northeastern Junior


Alice Meisner Thurman


July 1


13 yrs.


Southern Junior


M. Caroline Tucker Bradbury


Oct. 31


14 yrs.


Southern Junior


Mary M. Neylon


July 1


11 yrs.


Western Junior


*Lillias T. Lawton


July 1


30 yrs.


Western Junior


Arline Peretsman


Jan. 2


4 mo.


Prescott


Thelma Butler


March 26


8 yrs., 4 mo.


Prescott


Thelma C. Hutchins McDonnell


July 1


11 yrs.


Hanscom


Muriel Adams


Nov. 26


7 yrs., 9 mo.


Baxter


Mary Brady McKeever Dorothea Finn-Cadet


July 1


1 yr.


Forster


* Alice C. Blodgett


July 1


28 yrs.


Cutler


Doris Spellman Purcell


Nov. 30


11 yrs., 3 mo.


Cutler


Evelyn G. Stern


Dec. 31


17 yrs. 4 mo.


Lowe


*Clara G. Hegan


July 1


44 yrs.


Lowe


*Octavia A. Stewart


Feb. 9


27 yrs., 4 mo.


Special-Field Music


*Wesley A. Maynard


July 1


20 yrs.


*Retired


ANNUAL REPORTS


Nov. 21


17 yrs., 3 mo.


Knapp


TABLE 21-TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1945


School


Teacher


Coming From


Salary


Services Began


High


Thomas Lynch


Not Teaching Somerville


$1550


September 1


Northeastern Jr.


William Duffey


1740


Western Junior


Mary Kacoyanis


1550


Western Junior


Paul Kelley


1550


Western Junior


John C. Kelley


1960


Western Junior


Charles Murphy


1600


Western Junior


Eileen Ryan


1550


Prescott


Mary D. Dalaklis


1550


Prescott


Frances A. Welch


1550


Prescott


Catherine Hagan


1550


Perry


Evelyn Bucknam


1550


Cummings


Helen L. Crine


"


1550


Forster


Helen Sharry


",


1550


April 1 September 1


Morse


Eileen Knight


Somerville


1550


Morse


Margaret Walsh


1550


January 1


Brown


Frances H. Aylward


1550


October 1


Cholerton


Ruth Sproul


1550


February 1


Hodgkins


Lucille K. Moseley


1550


January 1


Hodgkins


Helen B. Busher


1550


September 1


Cutler


¡Mary D. Manning


Not Teaching


1500


First Year Cadet


Somerville


1000


First Year Cadet


Not Teaching


1000


First Year Cadet


Mary Macero


Somerville


1000


First Year Cadet


Jeanette Marsilii


Not Teaching "


1000


First Year Cadet


Clare A. Stanton


1000


Administration Clerk


Virginia V. Hender


1150


Special-Instructor Field Music ..


Bart E. Grady, Jr.


Boston Not Teaching


1550


Did not accept September 1 September 10 December 1


₸Reinstated


*Returned from War Service


193


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Forster


Margaret M. Buckley


Peterboro, N. H.


1550


Boston Somerville "


"


December 1


Marion C. Drew Helen F. DeStefano


September 1 "


*November 1 February 1 „


*September 1 October 1 September 1 "


194


ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE 22-LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS


Marie F. Morgan, from Sept. 1945 to Dec. 31, 1945.


Muriel P. King, for duration of War Service, from Jan. 1, 1945


Gladys Wellington, Sabbatical leave from Jan. 1, 1945 to close of school June 1945.


A. Caroline Bradbury, for six months from May 5, 1945.


Leo Lapidus, for months of September and October


Virginia A. Holman, from March 23 to June 30 and from Oct. 9 for the rest of the school year.


Mary Sweeney, for the school year ending June 1946.


Mary M. Sullivan, from May 18 to Sept. 24.


Beaumont Herman, for the school year ending June 1946.


Dorothy M. Reynolds, for the months of Sept. and Oct.


Phyllis M. Joy, for the month of Sept.


Mary M. Hare, from Sept. to Dec. 31.


Agnes F. Viano, for school year ending June 1946.


Jennie Albano, for school year ending June 1946.


Gertrude C. Dooley, from Sept. 1 to Mar. 1, 1946.


Albert C. Williamson, Jr., from Nov. 13 for the rest of school year ending June 1946.


Anna N. Johnson, for school year ending June 1946.


Jeanne H. Dinand, for the month of Dec.


Margaret M. Benson, for the months of Dec. and Jan. 1946.


J. Edward Sharkey, from Nov. 9 for the rest of the school year to June 30, 1946.


Florence Hopkins, Sabbatical leave from Dec. 1, for the rest of school year to June 30, 1946.


Table 23-TRANSFERS OF TEACHERS


Teacher


From


To


James Curtin


Western Junior


High


Ellen Bellamy


Western Junior


High


Grace McElhiney


Hodgkins


Northeastern Junior


Eileen Ryan


Southern Junior


Western Junior


Geraldine Fitzgerald


Western Junior


High


Helen Crine


Hanscom


Cummings


Elizabeth D. Callanan


Bennett


Bingham


Elizabeth Sline'y


Pope


Lowe


Nora Keniry


Baxter


Cutler


Helen M. Mason


Lowe


Forster


Ruth Sproul


Cholerton


Hodgkins


Lucille Moseley Marion Pugh


Cutler


Hodgkins


Nathaniel A. Colbert


Southern Junior


High


Frances M. Smith


High


Northeastern Junior


Rita DeLeo


High


Northeastern Junior


Guy Piro


Western Junior


Vocational


Marion C. Drew


Morse


Grimmons


Hodgkins


Cholerton


195


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 24-Number of Teachers FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


YEAR.


High School.


Junior High Schools.


*Elemen-| Special Teach- ers. tary Schools.


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


751


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


..


..


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


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


1945


110+


139


238


46


9


4


1


131


416


547


* Including Kindergartners.


t Including a secretary.


** Including a secretary and two matrons


Including a secretary and a matron.


t Including two matrons.


49


369


418


1919


70°


106


207


26


9


48


370


418


1920


69º


113


212


23


8


54


371


425


1921


75°


115


216


25


14


5


1


196


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 25-BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN 1945


As Text Books :


Grade


For High School


12 Handbook of Writing and Speaking; Wooley, Scott, Tressler; D. C. Heath Co .; supplementary English


11 Nuevos Cuentos Contados; Pitarro; D. C. Heath Co .; basic text in Spanish


11 Short Stories in Parallel; Bauer; D. C. Heath Co .; supplementary English


10 Silas Marner; Edited by Gulich; Macmillan Co.


12 A Tale of Two Cities; Dickens-adapted by Holmes; Globe Book Co.


10 World History; Hayes, Moon, Wayland; Macmillan Co.


As Text Books :


Grade


For Junior High Schools


8 Refresher Arithmetic; Stein; Allyn and Bacon; basic Mathe- matics


7-8-9 Lassie Come Home; Knight; John C. Winton Co .; supplementary reading


7-8-9 Living Your Life; Crawford, Cpoley and Trillingham; D. C. Heath Co .; supplementary Guidance text


7-8-9 Modern Verse (Revised); Forbes and Smith; Henry Holt & Co .; supplementary English textbook


The Poetry Book; Huber, Bruner, Curry; Rand McNally Co .; supplementary English textbook


7 Book 7


8 Book 8


9 Book 9


7 Wings for Reading; Hovious and Shearer; D. C. Heath Co .; supplementary reading


8-9 Practice of Printing; Ralph W. Polk; Manual Arts Press


As Text Books :


Grade


For Elementary Schools


4 Aviation Readers; Airplanes At Work; Gertrude Whipple; Mac- millan Co .; supplementary textbook in reading


Alice and Jerry Series; Coughlan and O'Donnell; Row, Peterson Co .; supplementary reading


1 The Wishing Well-Parallel Primer


2 Neighbors on the Hill


3 The Five-and-a-Half Club


5 Engine Whistles


6 Runaway Home


5 Easy Growth in Reading Series-Looking Forward; Hildreth, Fel- ton, Meighen, and Pratt; John C. Winston; supplementary textbook in reading


2 Language for Meaning-Let's Talk; McKee-Harrison; Houghton Mifflin Co .; supplementary textbook in reading


Learning to Read; Nila Banton Smith; Silver Burdett Co .; supplementary reading


1 Under the Tree-Pre-Primer


1 Bill and Susan-Pre-Primer


197


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


1 Through the Gate-Primer


1 Down the Road-Book I


2 In New Places


3 From Sea to Sea


New Intermediate Basic Skills Readers; Spencer et al .; Lyons and Carnahan, supplementary reading


4 Finding New Trails


5 Exploring New Trails


6 Traveling New Trails


3-4 Walt Disney Story Books-Bambi; Purnell; D. C. Heath & Co .; supplementary reading


Books Deleted from the Authorized Lists JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL


9 First Year Algebra, Stone


8 Master Key Arithmetic, Grade Eight-Clapp


7 Our Home State and Continent, N. E. Edition, Book Two; Brigham et al.


7 Our World Today, Stull and Hatch (1) Asia


(2) Europe and Europe Overseas


7-8 History of the American People, Beard and Bagley


8 Building Our Nation; Barker et al.


8 America, Yesterday and Today; Nichols et al.


9 America in a World at War, Browne et al.


9 Civics in American Life (revision), Edmandson and Dondineau


7-8


9 My Worth to the World, Capen and Melchoir Working for Democracy, Bryson and Smith


7-8-9 Easy English Exercises, Riddlebarger-Cotner


9 High School English, Book 1, Canby et al.


7-8-9- Junior Grammar, Harding


9 Sentence and Theme, Ward Health and Growth Series


7 Adventures in Health


8 Health Knowledge New Health and Growth Series


7 Growing Up Healthily


7 Health for Young Americans


9 Science for Today, Caldwell


7-8 Elements of Business Training, Revised; Brewer et al.


7-8 Preparing for Business; Hamilton et al.


8 Junior Music (Music Education Series)


7-8-9 Junior Song and Chorus Book, Giddings et al.


9 Gallic War (New Caesar), Greenough et al.


7-8-9 First Year Latin, Smith-Thompson 9 Latin for Americans, Book I; Ullman and Henry


9 Roma, Robinson and Hunter


7-8-9 First Book in Italian, Covello et al.


7-8 Mes Premiers Pas en Français, Chapuzet and Daniels


8 At School in the Promised Land, Antin


7 Children's Book Shelf-The Attack and Other Stories


8 A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After


7-8-9 Experiences in Reading and Thinking, Center 7 Juan and Juanita, Baylor


7-8-9 The Life of Edison


8 Man Without a Country, Hale


9 Modern American Short Stories, Cook


9 Modern Lyrics, Dickinson


198


ANNUAL REPORTS


8 Penrod and Sam, Tarkington


7-8 Poems of Youth, Cooper


7 The Prince and the Pauper, Twain


9 The Sketch Book, Irving


8 Snowbound, Whittier


9 Sohrab and Rustam, Arnold


7 Story of a Bad Boy, Aldrich


7 Tales of a Wayside Inn


7-8-9- Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to his Children


7-8 Travel by Air, Land, and Sea; Hanson et al.


9 Vision of Sir Launfal, Lowell


7-8 World's Messenger, Hanson et al.


199


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


PART III ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARD, 1946


School Committee


FRANCIS H. BROWN WILLIAM J. SHEA


Chairman


. Vice-Chairman


Members


EX-OFFICIIS


G. EDWARD BRADLEY, Mayor JAMES F. HALL


40 Benton Road


15 Parkdale Steet


President, Board of Aldermen


WARD ONE


MARY E. WHOLEY


WARD TWO


FRANCIS H. BROWN


34 Bow Street


JOSEPH J. GALVIN


34 Central Street


WARD FOUR


72-R Marshall Street


WILLIAM J. SHEA


10 Aberdeen Road


WARD SIX'


V. THERESA MORRISSEY


17 Warner Street


WARD SEVEN


JOHN F. FITZGERALD .


.


86 Yorktown Street


Superintendent of Schools EVERETT W. IRELAND


Office: West Building, High School, Highland Avenue


Residence: 18 Day Street


The Superintendent's Office will be open on school days from 8:00 to 5:00; Saturdays, 8:00 to 10:00 A. M. His office hour is 4:00 on school days and 8:30 on Saturdays.


Assistant Superintendent of Schools


LEO C. DONAHUE 383 Broadway


.


191 Broadway


WARD THREE


EARL W. LANDRY


WARD FIVE


.


-


200


ANNUAL REPORTS


ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARD, 1946-Concluded


Superintendent's Office Force


Mary A. Clark, 156 Summer Street


Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street


Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Avenue


Margaret R. O'Connor, 2 Adrian Street Frances C. Geaton, 29 Tennyson Street Virginia V. Hender, 202 School Street




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