Report of the city of Somerville 1954, Part 17

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1954
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Number of Pages: 366


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after Two


Months' Trial


PERCENTAGE OF PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1954 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


1


100


84.4


4.2


11.4


..


...


II


100


88.3


7.8


3.8


. ..


. .


III


100


86.2


9.1


4.6


...


...


IV


100


83.8


11.7


4.4


..


...


V


100


86.3


10.4


3.3


..


...


...


VI


100


89.1


8 3


2.5


..


..


Average ...


100


86.4


8.2


5.3


.1


1


1,318


1,113


55


150


..


...


II


1,207


1,066


94


46


...


1


7


III


826


712


75


38


1


1


IT


857


718


100


38


...


..


...


VI


943


840


78


24


...


Total


6,137


5,300


504


329


...


4


23


..


1


3


936


851


102


33


2


1


7


Promoted


Promotees


.1


1


1


.1


Promotees


3


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


TABLE 19a PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1954 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


VII VIII IX


826


714


70


35


J


1


813


674


82


57


5


801


724


59


18


...


Total


2,440


2,112


211


110


7


7


PERCENTAGE OF PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1954 Junior High Schools


GRADE.


On June


Promotion List


Unconditionally


Promoted to


Next Grade


Promoted on Trial


Retarded


Promoted more


than One Grade


Special Promo-


tons during Year


Dropped Back


after Two


Months' Trial


VII


100


86.4


8.4


4.2


1.0


VIII


100


82.9


10.1


70


IX


100


90.4


7.4


2 2


.... . .


Average


86 €


8.6


4.5


.3


Promotees


1


Promotees


DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY AGES AND GRADES OCTOBER 1, 1954


AGE


GRADE


TOTAL


4


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


17


18


19


20


21 or over


Kdgn.


608


861


3


1,472


1


410


758


91


12


1


1


1.273


14


1.10


2


372


718


109


12


5


1,216


17


1.40


3


414


604


98


24


7


1147


31


2.70


4


232


413


118


29


7


800


37


4.63


5


200


404


133


51


1


797


60


7.53


6


1


208


447


128


48


9


841


57


6.78


7


1


249


456


158


80


28


2


974


110


11.29


8


1


195


410


150


99


21


15


891


135


15.15


9


196


450


196


36


1


1


880


1


.11


10


4


263


379


133


1


831


52


6.26


11


4


206


428


109


12


1


1


761


14


1.84


12


16


374


219


53


16


1


679


17


2.50


P. G.


Total


608


1271


1133


1223


957


724


761


1063


1287


825


543


7.29


959


394


75


18


9


12,579


Under Normal Grade


12


12


30


37


58


57


90


127


24


66


13


17


9


552


Per cent. Under Normal Grade


1.25


1.66


3.94


3.48


4.51


6.91


16.57


17.42


2.50


16.75


17.33


94.44


100.0


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...


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284


ANNUAL REPORTS


-


1


7


17


7


41.18


...


Above Normal Age


Per cent. Above Normal Age


..


8


51


9


TABLE 20-RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND DEATHS OF TEACHERS IN 1954


SCHOOL


TEACHER


TOOK EFFECT


IN SERVICE


High


Margaret Cochran


June 30, 1954


33 yrs.


High


Julia T. Connor


June 30, 1954


27 yrs., 5 mos.


High


Robert Hayes


Dec. 31, 1954


5 yrs., 3 mos.


High


Richard Obear


Jan. 2, 1954


13 yrs., 4 mos.


High


Harold Sullivan


Dec. 3, 1954


21 yrs., 3 mos.


Northeastern


Eileen M. Mirabello


June 30, 1954


2 yrs.


Southern


Nona Blackwell


June 30, 1954


47 yrs.


Southern


Mabel H. Eddy


June 30, 1954


32 yrs.


Southern


Raymond E. Shepherd


June 30, 1954


35 yrs.


Western


Benjamin Belonga


Mar. 16, 1954


32 yrs., 7 mos.


Prescott


Anna L. McCarthy


July 2, 1954


25 yrs.


Prescott


Joan Silverman


June 30, 1954


3 yrs.


Janet Hadden Flood


Aug. 11, 1954


3 yrs.


Durell


Helen P. Driscoll


Oct. 26, 1954


3 yrs., 7 mos.


Brown


Teresa N. Fantasia


Aug. 11, 1954


1 yr.


Cholerton


Dorothy C. Huddy


June 30, 1954


31 yrs., 8 mos.


Cutler


Mildred H. Lunt


Nov. 30, 1954


28 yrs., 7 mos.


Cutler


.


Mary E. Marquis


June 30, 1954


4 yrs.


Principal


John J. Collins


July 27, 1954


22 yrs.


Special


Mary E. Miller


Oct. 14, 1954


17 yrs., 6 mos.


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286


TABLE 21-ELECTIONS IN 1954


TEACHER


SCHOOL


COMING FROM


SALARY


SERVICE BEGAN


Charles Diehl


Southern


Somerville


3000


Sept. 1, 1954


Vincent Cronin


Southern


Somerville


4100


Sept. 1, 1954


Albert Perry


Southern


Somerville


3600


Sept. 1, 1954


John McSweeney


Southern


Somerville


3500


Sept. 1, 1954


Edmund Mitchell


Southern


Somerville


3200


Nov. 23, 1953


Anne Canniff


Western


Somerville


3200


Sept. 1, 1954


Ramona Lazar


Western


Somerville


3200


Sept. 1, 1954


Patricia Turner


Prescott


Somerville


3200


Sept. 1, 1954


Amalia DiMauro


Baxter


Somerville


3900


Sept. 1, 1954


M. Louise Renner


Cummings


Athol


3200


Sept. 1, 1954


Eileen Ivons


Glines


Somerville


3200


Faith Small


Glines


Somerville


3500


Sept. 1, 1954


Helen Martignette


Proctor


Somerville


3200


Sept. 1, 1954


William F. Kelly


Brown


Somerville


3600


Sept. 1, 1954


Robert A. Leahy


Brown


Somerville


3200


Sept. 1, 1954


Theresa Andrews


Hodgkins


Somerville


3200


Sept. 1, 1954


Margaret Grady


Cholerton Kdgn.


Somerville


4425


Sept. 1, 1954


Mary H. Botelho


Glines Kdgn. Ass't.


Somerville


3200


Sept. 1, 1954


George H. Ellison


1st Year Cadet


Not Teachiing


2800


In Armed Forces


Mary A. Driscoll


1st Year Cadet


Not Teachiing


2800


Sept. 1, 1954


John A. McDonald


2nd Year Cadet


Somerville


3000


Sept. 1, 1954


Rose Santosuosso


2nd Year Cadet


Somerville


3000


Sept. 1, 1954


John J. Madden


2nd Year Cadet


Somerville


3000


Sept. 1, 1954


M. Virginia Jennings


2nd Year Cadet


Somerville


3000


Sept. 1, 1954


George F. Hickey


High School Librarian


Somerville


3800


Sept. 1, 1954


Geraldine F. Fitzgerald


Head Math. Dept.


Somerville


4800


Oct. 1, 1954


Principal Eve. High


Somerville


12.25 eve.


Sept. 1, 1954


Thomas J. D. Horne John F. McMahon


Principal Southern Jr. High


Somerville


5300


Sept. 1, 1954


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1954


ANNUAL REPORTS


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287


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


TABLE 22-LEAVES OF ABSENCES


Abigail R. Bailey Leave of Absence (February 1 to March 5, 1954) Phyllis Angelo Leave of Absence (School Year 1954-55)


Anna L. McCarthy Sabbatical Leave (Feb. 1 to June 30, 1954)


M. Eileen Kuhn Sabbatical Leave (School Year 1954-55)


Paul McCarthy


Sabbatical Leave (April 1 to May 31, 1954)


Paul McCarthy Sabbatical Leave (Dec. 1, 1954 to June 30, 1955)


Marion C. Drew Leave of Absence (School Year 1954-55)


Joseph F. Durant Military Leave (June 14-25, 1954)


Dorothy M. Leighton Leave of Absence (School Year 1954-55)


Francis G. Parker Military Leave (Dec. 20, 1954 to Jan. 2, 1955)


Margaret E. Connors Leave of Absence (School Year 1954-55)


Thomas Devine Leave of Absence (School Year 1954-55)


Bernard Walsh Leave of Absence (Sept. 25 to Sept. 30, 1955)


Robert A. Leahy Leave of Absence (School Year 1954-55)


Alice M. Austin Leave of Absence (Sept. 1, 1954 to Feb. 1, 1955)


Wilfred H. Roberts


Sabbatical Leave (School Year 1954-55)


Marie R. Spiers


Leave of Absence (Oct. 7 to Oct. 22, 1954)


Mary Scolles Leave of Absence (Oct. 1, 1954 to Sept. 1, 1956) Patricia Daley Leave of Absence (Nov. 29 to Dec. 3, 1954)


Mary C. Smith Leave of Absence (Oct. 1, to Dec. 31, 1954)


Gertrude McNamara Leave of Absence (Nov. 9, 1954 to Sept. 1, 1955)


Albert Williamson Leave of Absence (Dec. 6, 1954 to Sept. 1, 1955)


Wallace E. Sinclair Leave of Absence (Jan. 1, 1955 to Dec. 31, 1955)


TABLE 23-TRANSFERS


Name


From


To


Margaret Connors


Prescott


Carr


Anne M. Clark


Proctor


Forster


Frederick Tirrell


Brown


Northeastern Jr.


Edith Murchie


Hodgkins


Glines


Alice Burkhart


Cholerton


Cutler


Sarah L. Wolfe


Jr. Vocational


Southern Jr.


Ruth F. Richmond®


Jr. Vocational


Southern Jr.


Monira C. Blodgett


Forster


Cutler


288


ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE 24-NUMBER OF TEACHERS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS


YEAR.


High School.


Junior High Schools.


*Elemen- tary Schools.


Special Teach- ers.


Supv.s Prins. etc.


Assistants not in Charge of Room.


Contin.


Amer.


Men


Women


Total.


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


37


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


22


23


16


4


2


59


409


468


1926


75°


118


228


27


11


3


2


58


406


464


1927


77º


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


129a


167


259


44


14


5


1


164


455


619


1941


129a


160


253


53


12


5


1


163


450


613


1942


127a


155


247


52


12


4


1


155


443


598


1943


118a


145


234


49


12


4


1


127


436


56


1944


113a


142


235


48


12


4


1


121


434


555


1945


110a


139


238


46


9


4


1


131


416


547


1946


127a


160


249


46


8


4


1


158


437


595


1947


119a


129


223


43


21


5


3


1


149


395


544


1948


119a


124


229


42


21


4


4


1


157


388


544


1949


123a


122


224


47


21


7


4


1


162


387


549


1950


127a


125


227


48


21


9


4


1


174


388


562


1951


127a


123


227


49


21


12


4


1


182


382


564


1952


125a


126


226


49


21


9


4


1


193


368


561


1953


124a


122


231


48


21


5


4


1


189


365


556


1954


124a


120


238


48


21


5


4


1


199


362


561


· Including Kindergartners


t Including a secretary.


** Including a secretary and two matrons.


Including a secretary and a matron.


a Including two school nurses.


289


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING TEXTBOOKS


PART 1


BOOKS TO BE ADDED TO THE AUTHORIZED LIST OF TEXTBOOKS-1954


Grade


1 1 Cowboy Sam; Beckley-Cardy Co .; Chandler; supplementary reading Cowboy Sam and Shorty; Beckley-Cardy Co .; Chandler; supple- mentary reading


2 Cowboy Sam and the Rodeo; Beckley-Cardy Co .; Chandler; supple- mentary reading


3 Cowboy Sam and the Rustlers; Beckley-Cardy Co .; Chandler; sup- plementary reading


Reading for Living Series; Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc .; Burton, Baker, Kemp; supplementary reading Don and Peggy (1st pre-primer)


1


1


Come and See (2nd pre-primer)


1


Here We Play (3rd pre-primer)


1


Days of Fun (basic primer)


1


Our Happy Ways (first reader)


2


Meet Our Friends (second reader) Our Good Neighbors (third reader)


3


The Macmillan Readers; Macmillan; Gates et al .; supplementary reading


2


5 4


It Is A Big Country Sharing More Adventures A World to Enjoy


Developmental Reading Series; Lyons and Carnahan; Bond et al .; supplementary reading


Stories from Everywhere (Classmate Edition)


Meeting New Friends (Classmate Edition)


Days of Adventure (Classmate Edition)


2 The American Singer, Second Edition, Book Two; American Book Co .; Beattie, Wolverton, Wilson, Hinga; supplementary music text


3 The American Singer, Second Edition, Book Three; American Book Co .; Beattie, Wolverton, Wilson, Hinga; supplementary music text


5 Exploring the New World; Follett Publishing Co .; Hamer, Follett, Ahlschwede, Gross; supplementary social studies text


Learning to Use Arithmetic; D. C. Heath & Co .; Gunderson- Hollister; supplementary text in arithmetic


1 Readiness Book


1


. Junior High


7M-8M Reading Today Series: Stories Old and New; Charles Scribner's Sons; Orr, Reed, Franseth; supplementary textbook reading


7 For Healthful Living (The Road to Health Series); Laidlaw Brothers; Jones, Morgan, Landis; basic hygiene textbook


9 Citizens Now; Scott, Foresman & Company; Krug and Quillen; basic Civics text


8-9 Our Singing World Series: Singing Teen-agers; Ginn and Company; Pitts, Glenn, Watters, Wersen; basic Music text


9 First Year Latin (Smith and Thompson's) revised by Charles Jen- ney, Jr .; Allyn and Bacon, Inc .; basic textbook in Latin


3 4 5


1 2 2


A. Elementary


290


ANNUAL REPORTS


c. High


10 Second Year Latin (Scudder's) revised by Charles Jenney, Jr .; Allyn and Bacon, Inc .; basic textbook


11-12


10-11 Bilderlesebuch Für Anfanger; Second Edition; Gerhard Wiens; Henry Holt and Company; supplementary textbook in German I Modern Chemistry; Dull, Brooks, Metcalfe; Henry Holt and Com- pany; basic textbook in Chemistry


10 Story of Nations; Rogers, Adams, Brown; Henry Holt and Com- pany; basic textbook in World History


10-11-12 Physical Sciences for High Schools; Hogg, Cross, Little; D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc .; basic textbook in Physics


D. Vocational


10 Cimarron (Edna Ferber); A School Edition by Frederick Houk Law; Globe Book Company; supplementary reading textbook


PART II


BOOKS TO BE DELETED FROM THE AUTHORIZED LIST OF TEXTBOOKS


7


Practical Junior Mathematics; Strayer-Upton; Book One


8


Book Two


Living Geography, Book Two, The New World; Huntington et al.


8


Our Industrial World; Smith


8


New World Horizons, Laurence et al.


7-8-9 8


Modern Verse (Revised; Forbes and Smith)


The Poetry Book; Huber, Bruner, Curray


7 8


Book 7


Book 8


9


Book 9


7 Enjoying English 7


8


Enjoying English 8


Enjoying English 9


Everyday Science; Caldwell & Curtis (Revision)


Hidden Treasures in Literature; Cook et al.


Book |


Book 11


Book III


Adventures in Literature; Cook et al.


Challenge to Grow


Challenge to Explore


9


Challenge to Understand


America Reads Series; Good Times Through Literature; Pooley et al.


Junior High School Literature: Elson et al.


Book I


Book II


Book III


English Grade 7 sec. ed .; Stoddard et al.


English Grade 8 sec. ed .; Stoddard et al.


English First Course; Stoddard et al.


9


Expressing Ideas Clearly; Stratton et al.


9 8-9 Cuentos Contados; Pittaro et al.


8-9 Primo Curso de Espanol


9 Cours Pratique de Francais pour Commencants; de Sauze


8 Le Francais et la France, Premier Cours; Greenberg


9 Grammaire Elementaire, Premiere Annee; Armand


8-9 Stories for Beginners; Greenberg


9 Historiettes; Leeman


8 Que fait Gaston; Perley


9 7 8 9 7 8


9 7


9 7 8


8-9


Story of Our Land and People; Moon


7


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


PART III


ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARD, 1955 SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Somerville, Massachusetts 1955


WILLIAM J. SHEA EDWARD F. MOYNIHAN, JR.


Chairman


Vice-Chairman


MEMBERS


Ex-Officiis


WILLIAM J. DONOVAN, Mayor EDWARD J. BUTLER, President, Board of Aldermen


71 Bay State Ave.


. 121 Lowell St.


Ward One


ALBERT G. CIAMPA ·


66 Pearl St.


Ward Two


15 Kingman Rd.


Ward Three


59 Preston Rd.


SARAH M. MCLAUGHLIN


167 Central St.


WILLIAM J. SHEA


27 Aberdeen Rd.


EDWARD F. MOYNIHAN, JR.


905 Broadway


Ward Seven


50a Gordon St.


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. His office hour is 4:00 on schools days.


Assistant Superintendent of Schools LEO C. DONAHUE 108 Summer Street


Ward Six


JOHN J. BRENNAN


WALTER J. CASEY ·


ELEANOR S. COYNE


Ward Four


Ward Five


292


ANNUAL REPORTS


ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARD, 1955 - Continued


Superintendent's Office Force


Marion E. Marshall, 62 Highland Avenue


Regina Truelson, 22 Blackrock Rd., Melrose


Frances C. Geaton, 104 Bartlett Steret William E. Hogan, 12 Richardson Road, Newton


Eileen M. Mahoney, 14 Madison Street


Julia DiMaggio, 53 Main Street Claire F. McAnneny, 33 Pearson Road


Elizabeth E. Cassidy, 50a Powder House Blvd.


Standing Committees of the Whole


with Chairman and Vice-Chairman designated to act during such times as the matters set opposite their names are under discussion:


TEACHERS


Coyne, Moynihan, (Brennan)


FINANCE McLaughlin, Casey, (Ciampa)


CURRICULUMS AND INSTRUCTION Ciampa, Coyne


HEALTH, PHYSICAL TRAINING AND ATHLETICS Shea, Casey


INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION Moynihan, McLaughlin, (Ciampa)


SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS Brennan, Moynihan, (Shea)


RELUES AND REGULATIONS


Casey, Brennan


Meetings


January 3


April 26


October 25


January 24


May 24


November 22


February 28


June 28


December 27


March 29


September 27


293


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Number of Pupils by Subjects December, 1954


English


2059


Physical Education


1406


United States History


761


World History


266


Ancient History


194


Economic and Civic Problems


156


Latin


207


French


264


Spanish


136


Italian


53


German


13


Chemistry


270


Physics


218


Astronomy and Geology


56


Physiology


40


Biology


299


Mathematics Beta


84


Mathematics Gamma


47


General Mathematics


254


Geometry


226


Algebra


270


Secretarial Training


60


Transcription


57


Stenography


176


Typewriting


600


Bookkeeping


75


Clerical Practice


362


Business Records


427


Office Machines


80


Retail Distribution


35


Business Organization


275


Economic Geography


450


Commercial Law


214


Occupations


698


Household Arts


125


Home Nursing


193


Fine Arts


12


Art


216


Art Appreciation


75


Art in Retail Distribution


14


Crafts


31


Mechanical Drawing


194


Manual Training


63


Music Theory


87


Music Appreciation


548


Choral Practice


106


Pre-Driving (1st half year)


54


Pre-Driving (2nd half year)


70


Banking


122


Lip Reading


10


Student Council


36


School Paper


103


Traffic Squad


28


Business Management


50


294


ANNUAL REPORTS


National Honor Society


60


Portia Debating Society-Girls


30


Webster Debating Society-Boys


15


Players' Club


56


Camera Club


25


Girls' Bugle and Drum


50


Band


58


Cheer Leaders


30


Girls' Athletics


312


Boys' Athletics


290


Girls' Glee Club


432


Boys' Glee Club


180


Junior Red Cross


2012


Girls' Choir


70


Art Club


30


Library Club


21


Chess Club


15


Aeronautics Club


12


Students Entering Higher Institutions in September, 1954


STATE TEACHERS COLLEGES


17


Boston


3


Framingham


2


Lowell


2


Massachusetts School of Art


3


Salem


7


COLLEGES, UNIVERSITY and ENGINEERING SCHOOL


156


Boston College


19


Boston University


62


Brandeis


1


Brown


1


Dartmouth


1


Emmanuel


3


Gordon College


1


Harvard


2


Holy Cross


1


Jackson


4


Massachusetts Inst. of Tech.


3


Massachusetts School of Pharmacy


4


Northeastern


27 1


Regis


3


Saint Michaels


1


Simmons


3


Suffolk


3


Tufts


University of Maine


7 1 7


University of Massachusetts


University of New Hampshire


1


JUNIOR COLLEGE


7


Lasell Vermont Jr. College


1


1


Fisher Jr. College 5


Radcliffe


295


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


OTHER INSTITUTIONS


22


Bentley


5


Burdett


2


Katherine Gibbs


4


Lincoln Technical School


3


Wentworth


3


HOSPITALS


30


SOMERVILLE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION REPORT OF THE FACULTY MANAGER January 1, 1954 to January 1, 1955


Receipts:


Balance on hand January 1, 1954


$503.64.


Minstrel Show


914.11


Football Games


197.55


Totals


$1,615.30


Expenditures:


Balance of bills previous to March 1, 1949


$200.00


Athletic and Medical Supplies


52.13.


Cleaning Equipment


205.50


Transportation


260.00


Officials


262.00


Police Officers


28.00


Attendants at Games


30.00


Athletic Awards


98.55


Printing of Tickets


20.43


Dues-Eastern Mass. Vocational High School Association


15.00


Dues-Mass. Secondary Principles Association


10.00


Entry Fee-Bay State Basketball Tournament


5.00


$1,186.61


Balance in Treasury January 1, 1955


$428.69


SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION REPORT OF THE TREASURER


January 1, 1954 to December 31, 1954


Receipts:


Balance on hand January 1, 1954


$4,251.34


Appropriation


10,000.00


Football


6,411.23


Basketball


6,471.10


Sale of Tonic and Chips


268.51


Pupils' Buses


96.80


Total


$27,498.98


Expenditures:


Athletic Supplies


$5,884.71


Cleaning and Repairing Equipment


1,803.60


Transportation


1,771.45


296


ANNUAL REPORTS


Policing


323.00


Custodians


116.00


Officials


520.00


Timer and Scorer


95.00


P. A. System


120.00


Supervision, Ticket Sellers and Collectors


645.00


Entry Fees and Dues


224.45


Meals


944.69


Miscellaneous


25.76


X-Rays


164.47


Rink Rental


259.50


Track Expenses


217.00


Baseball Expenses


100.00


Photographs


10.00


Tonic and Chips


96.41


Medical Services


721.00


Medical Supplies


62.97


Printing


175.07


Insurance


109.60


Telephone


185.93


Guarantees


250.00


Football Films


192.00


Use of Tufts Oval


68.86


Boston Garden (Tournament Tickets)


1,670.10


Total


$16,756.57


Appropriation Balance transferred to Excess


and Deficiency Account, December 31, 1954


45.70


Balance Carried forward to 1955


10,696.71


$27,498.98


297


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


SOMERVILLE TEACHERS' CLUB OFFICERS 1953 - 1954


President, MARGUERITE M. DRISCOLL First Vice-President, KATHRYN A. McCANN Second Vice-President, ELEANOR ROSE Recording Secretary, ISOBEL M. CHENEY Corresponding Secretary, ANNE E. LAFFIN Treasurer, MARY J. MCCARTHY Auditor, E. BELLA WEISMAN


OBJECT


The object shall be to secure a close union among the women teachers in Somerville; to promote the spirit of mutual helpfulness; to advance professional interest; to create a deeper sense of the dignity of the profession; to unite the interest of the home and school.


PROGRAM 1953 - 1954


OCTOBER 22-AUTUMN MEETING and TEA - Unitarian Hall Mrs. Norman Alden Downs, Speaker "Women and the Law" Welcome to exchange teachers


DECEMBER 12-SCHOLARSHIP BAZAAR - High School Gymnasium


DECEMBER 17-CHRISTMAS MEETING and TEA - Unitarian Hall Collection of gifts for Home for the Aged


FEBRUARY 17-PATRIOTIC TEA - Unitarian Hall Mr. Al Capp-cartoonist, Speaker Guests-Future teachers from Salem Teachers College


MAY 15-NIGHT at POPS JUNE 2-ANNUAL MEETING and DINNER - Unitarian Hall Election of Officers Mr. Lee Falk, Speaker "Behind the Scenes of the Theater"


298


ANNUAL REPORTS


The graduation exercises of the High School and Trade High School occurred Monday, June 7, 1954.


ORDER OF EXERCISES


JOHN J. BRENNAN, Chairman of the School Committee, Presiding


1. MARCH-"Processional" Marcelli


High School Band


2. PRAYER Rt. Rev. Msgr. Cornelius T. Sherlock Pastor, Immaculate Conception Church, North Cambridge Response-Gottschalk Old German Choral Club


3. SALUTATORY ADDRESS-"The Challenge" Anthony Fedele


4. ADDRESS Dr. Francis M. Rogers Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University


5. CLASS POEM-"A New Day" Maureen K. Biggie


6. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS- High School Walter J. Casey and Mrs. Eleanor S. Coyne Members of the School Committee Trade High School Edward F. Moynihan, Jr. and Edward A. Ciampa Members of the School Committee


7. SELECTION-"Onward Ye People" S. Belius


Choral Club


8. CLASS ODE-To the Class of 1954 Doris MacEachern


9. SINGING OF THE ODE-High School Senior Class


10. PRESENTATION OF PRIZES- Albert H. Giroux, Headmaster, High School Philip J. Heffernan, Principal, Trade High School


11. VALEDICTORY ADDRESS-"And Now the Future" Elizabeth Anne Short


12. BENEDICTION Reverend Walter Schoepfer Pastor, First Baptist Church, Belmont St., Somerville


13. RECESSIONAL-"Ceremonial March" Morrissey


High School Band


299


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL


LIST OF GRADUATES June, 1954


* Graduated with Honor


GIRLS


* Nancy Jeanne Addor Susan Agostino Phyllis Anne Ahern


* Angela Rose Albano Mary Fermina Aletto Edna J. Allen Dorothy Patricia Almeida Vivian V. Amato Joan Marie Andersen Barbara Ruth Andrews


* Alia J. Antetomaso Rosalie Marie Arcaro Phyllis Archer Irene M. Arpin


* Rose M. Aveni Carole Jeanne Aylward Carole Janet Bagni Irene Jeannette Barrasso Anna Marie Barsano Fermina Battinelli Ernestine M. Bellini Barbara Ann Bennett Maureen K. Biggie Janet Louise Blute Elizabeth M. Boland Mary Denise Boland Eileen Joyce Bond Evelyn Fay Boudreau Rhoda Mary Boudreau Patricia Mary Boyle * Carol Anne Brady Joan Phyllis Breeden Nancy Noreen Breen Delores I. Brennan Shirley June Brian Anne M. Brinton Carole C. Brown Jeanne Louise Bruillard Catherine Margaret Busby Irene Virginia Busi Joyce Marie Butt * Janice Marie Callahan


* Marietta Camelio Maria J. Cammarata Barbara Elaine Campbell Dolores Loretta Campinell


* Marie Elizabeth Campisano Gwendolyn Joan Canfield


Barbara Ann T. Caparella Mary Katherine Casey Mary Margaret Cassidy Genevieve R. Catanese Mary Priscilla Cawthron Anna V. Cerrato Carolyn Marie Clark Mary Elizabeth Clifford Joanne Patricia Coady Margaret Theresa Coffey Ida Patricia Coffin Constance Jeanne Cole Marie Louise Colosi Elizabeth Coneeny Patricia Ann Connor Ruth Marie Conroy Shirley Ann Corazzini Margaret Mary Corlin Mary Frances Costello Joyce A. Cragg


*Lois June Crocker Margaret Alice Crosby Theresa Mary Cullen Joanne H. Cummings Mary Louise Curran Joan Christine Curtin Claire Adelaide Daly Phyllis D'Ambrosio


* Claudia Josephine Dardeno Edna Marie Davis Norma Jean Dearborn Marie Elizabeth Del Ponte Phyllis Roberta Del Vendo Shirley R. Dias Mary Ann Diehl Marie J. DiFranco Jean M. DiGregorio Loretta Cecilia DiMartino Phyllis Mary DiPasquale Jean Mary DiPerna


* Margaret M. DiPirro Mary Louise DiRocco Carol Ann Doherty Margaret Mary Donahue Lorraine Frances Donovan Marjorie Ann Donovan Marylee Douglass Mary Frances Drinan Marguerite Drinkwater


300


ANNUAL REPORTS


Mary Jane Duffy Ann Catherine Dugan Catherine Mary Dugan Helen Louise Dunn


* Doris Thayer Ells Marie Dorothy English Shirley Mildreth Erickson Lillian Ann Marie Falardo


* Tilia Fantasia Patricia Anne Faulkner


* Lorraine Ann Fidalgo Joanne Marie Filadoro Theresa Mary Fitzgerald Ellen M. Fitzgibbons


* Therese Lenore Flynn Catherine Theresa Foley Mary Elizabeth Foley Anita Mae Forcina Mary Louise Franciosi


Doris E. French


* Venetia C. Galitis Jeanne Frances Gannon Cynthia Marie Gardini Jeanette M. Gentile Joan Mary Ghella Camille R. Giarrizzo Edith B. Gillingham Barbara Jean Giordano Clare Glynn


* Charlotte Myra Goldfine Joan Claire Goodfellow Jean Goodridge Eleanor Ann Gordon


* Loretta Ann Govoni Ruth Lydia Granata Mary H. Greco Anita Louise Guidoboni Rosemarie Dorothy Hagan Phyllis Marie Hamm Jean Violet Harnum Eleanor Jean Harris Margaret Frances Healey Thelma Mae Helie


Claudette C. Higgins Barbara Ann Hogan Carole Elaine Holmes Dorothy Ruth Honey Marie Teresa Hughes Adele Marie lacopucci




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