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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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