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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
. ..
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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
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Average ...
100
86.4
8.2
5.3
.1
1
1,318
1,113
55
150
..
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II
1,207
1,066
94
46
...
1
7
III
826
712
75
38
1
1
IT
857
718
100
38
...
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VI
943
840
78
24
...
Total
6,137
5,300
504
329
...
4
23
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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
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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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ANNUAL REPORTS
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1
7
17
7
41.18
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Above Normal Age
Per cent. Above Normal Age
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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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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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ANNUAL REPORTS
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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.
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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
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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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