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it now appears possible to make an arrangement with the dentists of the town to undertake this examination. Great good will doubtless follow here as it has in other communities.
Such remarkable mental development has resulted from the removal of adenoids and enlarged tonsils from the throats of some children, as a result of examinations made by the school physician, that it has come to be realized that great benefit would be derived from the systematic examination of all children in the lower grades. This has been done in some communities and has proven to be of great benefit to many children.
VACATION SCHOOL.
As stated by your chairman, the Vacation School had its second season in the Russell School building during July and August of last summer. The school opened on July 5, and was in session for five weeks. A greater degree of success was secured than during the preceding year both in the number of children attending and in the standard of work resulting. There were classes in carpentry, basketry, cane seating, sewing, crocheting, knitting and hammock making; a class for young children in kindergarten games and oc- cupations, and two classes for backward children and for children needing help to secure a double promotion. Nine teachers in the building and two on the playground were employed, and all who visited the school during the summer or during the hours of the closing day can testify as to the value of the work done. The duty of a community towards its children is not limited to opportu- nity for work in graded schools for forty weeks. It is the function of the school to do all that can be done to help individual children to a higher plane of living and accomplishment. As a proof of the demand for school work during the vacation I need only give the attendance figures, which speak for themselves. The total number enrolled was 255, and the average attendance was 234, or 91.8%. Attendance was entirely voluntary, the only spur used being the attraction of the work and games offered. Every pupil was given part time in some department of the school and part time on the playground. The police department report that they had a smaller number of complaints from people annoyed by mischievous boys than ever before during vacation time. The school has proven to be a good "preventive medicine," the best of modern cures.
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Eighty pupils attended the classes for school work. Eighteen of these secured a promotion otherwise lost, which means theoretically a saving to the Town of about $600. Besides this, many more re- moved conditions and fitted themselves to do successfully the work of the next grade. These pupils, as a rule, worked faithfully and attended regularly, seeming appreciative of the opportunity offered them to make up deficiencies. I will not go into details of the work accomplished because it was so well described by the local paper at the close of the school term. We were very fortunate in our choice of teachers. They gave of their time and strength unspar- ingly and made the work both attractive for the children and valuable as a training. The funds for the support of the school were obtained largely by subscriptions. It was very gratifying to me to find the large number of people who were interested in the project to the extent of giving toward its support. Of the funds raised, $208 was given by the Woman's Club and its individual members; $100 was contributed by the Teachers' Club; $50 was raised at a baseball game on June 17; and the remainder contributed by individuals. The receipts and expenditures follow :
Receipts.
Balance from last year
$24.42
Woman's Club
208.50
Teachers' Club
98.50
Ball game
53.40
Sowers' Lend-a-Hand
25.00
Lend-a-Hand
25.00
Eastern Star
5.00
Clover Lend-a-Hand
50.00
Individual contributions
310.56
Total
$800.38
Expenditures.
Salaries
$590.00
Lumber
23.81
Materials, reeds, raffia, cane, etc.
41.78
Expressage
26.60
Playground materials
12.15
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Printing
$5.38
28.89
Miscellaneous expenses
$728.61
Total
71.77
Balance
$800.38
It seems to me that the Vacation School has justified its con- tinuance, and that it is of sufficient value for the Town to support. I am anxious to do everything I can to help the school except solicit funds for its further support.
TEACHERS.
The progress and improvement of our school system are hampered by constant changes of teachers. While this evil is not as marked as formerly when lower salaries were paid, it is still a serious detri- ment. Sixteen, over twenty per cent, of our teachers are new to the work of Arlington this year. While all of these are experi- enced teachers, their first year's work cannot be the best because of the necessity of adapting themselves to new conditions, new courses of study, and new methods. The first year must be given largely to learning local conditions, becoming acquainted with chil- dren and parents, and fitting themselves into our scheme of work and discipline. Some do this much more quickly than others, and a few never succeed at all.
RESIGNATIONS.
High - Ruth Tenney, Harriet P. Ryder.
Russell - Florence A. Morrison.
Crosby - Ina J. Pearson, Martha T. Foster, Victoria Jansson. Cutter - Lola H. Taylor.
Locke - Laura M. Dermon, Lucy E. Evans, Bessie M. Hart- shorne, Jennie M. Dunlap, Gertrude Sanderson.
NEW TEACHERS.
High - Carolyn R. Holt, Ruth Jennison, Ethel H. Woods, Elizabeth H. Briggs.
Russell - Sarah Hirst, Pearle Diffin, Edith L. Shorrock.
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Crosby - Thomas E. Freeman, Ethelyn Brown, Elizabeth Merrill.
Cutter - Carrie E. Fletcher, J. Adelaide Moffit.
Locke - Eva M. Farrington, Ruby Christie, Harriet S. Bishop, Bertha W. Richardson.
The difficulty of securing the type of teacher we desire for our schools is growing constantly more difficult, especially for the upper grammar grades. Many other respectable and remunerative voca- tions that seem more attractive than teaching are now open to young women, and many of the most promising High School graduates choose these callings in preference to teaching. Many of those who become teachers stay in the work a comparatively short time. While there are some teachers in service who have taught more than twenty-five years, the average term of service in our country is only four years. Nearly one-half the teachers in our town have taught here less than three years.
I feel that I can justly say of the teachers of Arlington that there are as small a proportion of poor teachers and as large a propor- tion of good ones as can be found in any system in the Metropolitan district. They are an earnest, progressive, optimistic body, bent upon doing their best for the boys and girls who come under their instruction, willing to work in school and out for the good of the cause, and striving with enthusiasm to realize the highest possible standards of accomplishment. They realize that teaching is more than hearing lessons; that it means the most careful study and most correct estimate of the possibilities in every individual child, and the training of these powers to the highest point of efficiency. I cannot say enough in appreciation of the faithful efforts made, and the gratifying results obtained by our teachers during the past year. A large measure of public appreciation and confidence is due these faithful public servants who are giving the best years of their lives to a noble calling, and receiving as a recompense salaries too small to enable them to save enough to remove the dread of a dependent old age.
The Teachers' Club held eight meetings last year, the last of which was a banquet. In April the drama "Cranford" was pro- duced with excellent success. As a result of one performance $100 was given to the Vacation School fund. The object of the club is social and professional profit. The meetings have been a source
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of great enjoyment to the teachers, practically all of whom are members, and a fine spirit of harmony and co-operation between teachers has resulted.
A FINAL WORD.
I believe I am warranted in saying that the schools are generally in good condition. The year has been marked by a spirit of co- operation and earnestness among the teachers, and progress throughout the system. We can see many ways in which we may improve, many faults which must be corrected, but in general I believe we are facing in the right directions. Our ideals are high, but the highest ideals are often the most practical. Today we are shaping the lives of the young people who twenty years from now will be running this town or city. Their ideals and standards will be the results of our ideals and sacrifices today. The future of Arlington is in our hands. Let us give these young lives in our keeping the best possible opportunities for development - mental, physical, and moral; let us make this year better than last; let us realize that the best training of our youth is of greater importance to the future than a few cents' reduction in the tax rate. Then our reward shall be freedom from regret and the knowledge that we have performed our duty.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. SCULLY, Superintendent of Schools.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Mr. John F. Scully, Superintendent of Schools, Arlington:
I herewith submit my report as School Physician for the year ending December 31, 1911.
The total number of children examined is 1964, a considerable increase over last year. The Locke and Crosby Schools, being the largest, naturally furnished the greatest number of examinations. All new pupils were examined as to vaccination and all either had a satisfactory scar or presented a physician's certificate of disability.
Sixty-nine pupils were temporarily excluded from school, for the following causes: nausea, fever, exposure to diphtheria, too early
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return after diphtheria, and cut of nose, 1 each; mumps and whoop- ing cough, 2 each; scarlet fever, headache, sore throat and measles, 3 each; measles in household, 5; ringworm and pediculosis, 6 each; chicken pox, 7; acute conjunctivitis and exposure to scarlet fever, 12 each.
The work has been conducted on practically the same lines as last year and I consider that it has been efficient.
There are two subjects to which I would like to refer which are of the greatest importance. One is the child of sub-normal mental development. In a few cases there is actual mental defect, but the great majority of this class are below the average development of a child of their age from malnutrition or ill health. A certain number of cases are capable of rapid relief by attention to the eyes, ears, or throat, while others, naturally inattentive, may be taught to apply their minds to the work in hand. I consider much good might be accomplished if these backward pupils could be placed in a class by themselves, where they could have more individual instruction than is possible in the regular grade.
Another class of afflicted children which is always with us is the boys and girls with defective teeth. The trouble is well-nigh uni- versal, and the best dressed child is just as likely to have an un- sanitary, neglected mouth as the one obviously coming from a humble home. If every one having children in his charge who reads this report will resolve to see to it that his children's teeth are kept clean and free from decay, a great deal will be accom- plished.
We have fortunately had no serious outbreak of contagious dis- ease during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M.D.
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER.
ARLINGTON, MASS., January 1, 1912.
John F. Scully, Superintendent of Schools,
I herein present my sixth annual report as Truant Officer to the Town of Arlington, Mass., for the year ending December 31, 1911.
Crosby
Cutter
Russell
Locke
Number of calls
144
17. 14
177
Number of truants
6
5
4
1 16
Kept at home by sickness
62
3
5
1
71
Number taken to school
6 .
5
1
0
12
Kept at home by parent
25
0
3
0
28
No one at home when officer called.
30
2
1
0
33
Kept at home for lack of clothes.
15
2
0
0
17
WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Truant Officer.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1910-1911.
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled
for Year
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per Cent. of Attendance
HIGH SCHOOL
X-XI-XII-XIII
350
327.6
314.4
96.5
NINTH GRADE.
Harriet P. Ryder
IX
46
44.4
42.7
96.2
RUSSELL SCHOOL.
*Augusta A. Jackson
VIII
39
31.
28.9
92.5
Pearle Diffin .
VIII
39
31.
28.9
92.5
Florence A. Morrison
VIII
39
33.4
31.9
95.6
Dorothy Connor
VII.
48
47.6
44.1
95.5
Wyllian H. Cutler
VII
44
39.9
41.9
95.0
Amy A. Lapham
VI.
45
40.4
37.8
93.5
Fannie L. Morrison
VI
39
41.1
38.8
94 4
Nellie A. Grimes .
V
51
45.6
42.2
92.7
Gertrude Woolner
IV
41
37.5
37.5
97.3
Clara M. Hartshorn
III .
46
42.3
40.3
95.4
Myrtle M. Davis
II-III
28
31.2
30.0
96.4
Sarah L. Gifford .
II
36
37.6
34.8
93.0
Elizabeth A. Day
I
48
46.4
42.5
91.5
504
476.0
450.7
94.6
CROSBY SCHOOL.
Jennie B. Allyn
IX.
41
37.1
35.5
95.9
Mary F. Scanlan
VIII
28
24.6
23.5
95.3
C. L. Minott.
VII.
41
36.1
33.5
94.7
Jennie M. Cottle
VI.
44
33.9
32.6
96.1
Ursula B. Hanna.
V .
47
39.6
37.7
94.7
Amelia J. Bisbee.
IV
56
48.3
45.6
94.4
Sara M. Henderson
III
57
52.2
49.6
95.3
** Victoria H. Jansson
II-III
II
67
61.4
60.7
98.0
Annie W. Cobb.
I
32
30.3
27.3
89.9
Ellen E. Sweeney
I .:
31
27.2
24.4
89.6
444
390.7
370.4
94.4
CUTTER SCHOOL.
Jennie A. Chaplin .
IX.
13.9
13.3
96.9
Jennie A. Chaplin
VIII
33
25.3
24.3
94.8
Eva G. Jones
VII
31
27.7
26.8
97.2
Katherine E. Russell
VI.
56
46.8
45.1
95.6
Lena B. Libbey
V .
39
37.6
36.1
95.8
Carolyn M. Young .
IV
42
41.3
39.3
96.0
Florence R. Norton
III
43
38.6
37.0
95.7
Antoinette L. Canfield
II
35
33.9
32.4
95.9
Emma S. Whitmore
I
41
36.0
33.8
94.5
320
301.1
288.1
95.6
* Resigned December 31. Miss Diffin finished the year
** Employed in April, May and June only.
Daily
Ina J. Pearson .
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STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1910-1911 - Concluded
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled
for Year
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per Cent. of Attendance
LOCKE SCHOOL.
Martha E. Randall
IX.
38
38.7
37.3
96.4
M. Alice Connor
IX.
38
35.6
34.5
96.0
Myrtle A. Bacon.
VIII
46
38.9
37.0
95.0
Bertha M. Wright
VII.
44
40.9
38.7
94.4
Lillian C. Miniter
VI-VII.
37
36.2
34 2
94 4
Ethel Sugden.
V-VI.
41
37.8
36.1
93.6
Ethel L. Sargent
V.
45
38.8
33.2
94.3
Effie M. Carter .
IV
45
40.2
37.5
93.4
Laura M. Dermon
III-IV
29
25.8
23.2
90.2
Lucy E. Evans
III.
35
31.7
29.5
93.4
Alice M. Bean.
II.
49
35.6
32.5
91.0
Pauline Banks.
II.
27
25.3
22.5
88.5
Ethelyn M. Brown
56
35.4
31.1
87.5
Bessie M. Hartshorn
I
41
35.1
33.4
91.2
571
496.0
460.7
93.2
PARMENTER SCHOOL.
Susan F. Wiley
V.
39
36.0
33.7
93.5
Elizabeth L. Geer
III-IV
47
44.7
41.2
92.4
Grace B. Tibbetts.
II-III
45
41.5
36.6
90.1
Helen M. Dow
I.
28
24 4
24 0
87.7
159
146.6
135.5
92.4
Totals and averages .
2394
2182.4
2062.5
94.6
Daily
I.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPALS' MONTHLY REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1910-1911
High
Ninth
Crosby
Cutter
Locke
Russell
Parmenter
Totals of Averages
Enrolled for year .
350
46
444
320
571
504
159
2,394
Average for month .
329.1
44.5
396.1
305.3
501.4
485
149.6
2,211
Average number belonging . .
327.6
44.4
390.7
301.1
496
476
146.6
2,182.4
Average daily attendance .
314.4
42.7
370.4
288.1
460.7
450.7
135.5
2,062.5
Per cent of attendance
96.5
96.2
94.4
95.6
93.2
94.6
92.4
94.6
Absent pupils. . .
2,430
279
6,544
4,579
11,299
9,057
4,359
38,547
Absent teachers
26
1
49
68
11
49
35
239
Tardy pupils .
358
17
264
125
355
357
64
1,540
Dismissals .
222
12
250
132
381
307
391
1,695
Corporal punishments.
0
0
6
15
11
14
0
46
Truants.
0
0
3
4
6
10
0
23
Visits by committee.
6
7
34
38
11
21
30
147
Visits by superintendent. .
58
25
183
156
99
103
54
678
Visits by others. .
93
24
204
303
. 493
617
275
2,014
.
.
.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
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AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, YEAR ENDING JUNE.
Year
Russell and Parmenter
Crosby
.Cutter
Locke
Total Grammar
High Building
1895
433.0
103.0
179.0
136.0
851.0
165.0
1896
457.8
162.7
216.3
155.6
992.4
183.3
1897
431.7
256.8
174.6
184.5
1,047.6
177.5
1898
426.7
256.7
186.2
194.3
1,063.9
196.0
1899
476.9
267.6
187.2
209.5
1,141.2
206.0
1900
470.4
263.9
189.1
207.5
1,130.9
206.1
1901
504.9
250.2
201.4
237.1
1,193.6
200.8
1902
527.3
279.0
219.5
278.7
1,304.5
222.2
1903
507.3
298.3
241.8
307.2
1,354.6
232.1
1904
505.2
287.1
260.6
308.1
1,361.0
250.5
1905
563.9
260.1
270.1
315.1
1,409.2
252.8
1906
562.6
255.5
293.6
353.6
1,465.3
253.9
1907
579.8
267.3
324.4
313.2
1,484.7
293.7
1908
615.5
283.1
320.3
346.5
1,568.4
318.0
1909
606.2
319.8
322.8
344.1
1,592.9
360.6
1910
613.4
342.0
270.3
456.6
1,682.3
367.3
1911
622.6
390.7
301.1
496.0
1,810.4
372.0
EXPENDITURES AND AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL.
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
Salaries
$48,410 34
$51,562 24
$53,831 62
$58,014 51
$62,453 09
Books and supplies .
3,835 71
4,176 23
4,302 07
4,347 47
3,698 69
Light and power.
201 73
273 62
434 41
467 71
461 54
Manual training.
354 66
357 03
821 87
462 71
847 05
Furnishing and repairs
1,058 41
1,715 26
653 44
1,010 08
1,245 57
Janitor's supplies .
288 93
387 57
466 74
353 24
479 72
Fuel .
3,409 93
3,712 56
3,319 84
3,061 31
3,134 47
Miscellaneous
1,115 78
1,183 44
1,290 46
1,398 32
1,700 36
Repairs on buildings
$58,675 49 2,499 86
$63,367 95 1,000 00
$65,120 45 1,010 13
$69,115 35 789 72
$74,020 49 999 25
$61,175 35
$64,367 95
$66,130 58
$69,905 07
$75,019 74
Cost per pupil in total enrollment. .
(a) exclusive of repairs .
29 80
30 27
30 07
30 55
30 92
(b) including repairs .
31 07
. 30 75
30 53
30 90
31 34
In average membership.
(a) exclusive of repairs
32 99
33 65
33 53
33 74
33 91
(b) including repairs.
34 40
34 18
34 05
34 12
34 37
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Name
HIGH SCHOOL. Subject
Began Service in Arlington
Fred C. Mitchell, Principal Science and Mathematics
1909
A. H. Smith, Sub-master
German and Latin 1909
George I. Cross, Sub-master Commercial Subjects
1910
Sarah J. Bullock
Mathematics
1903
Evangeline Cheney
Stenography and Typewriting 1905
Clara M. Trask
French
1908
Etta M. Richmond
English
1909
Marguerite McIntosh
English
1909
Helener G. Robertson
Latin
1906
Ethel B. Flewelling
Science
1910
Elizabeth H. Briggs
Science and Com. Arithmetic
1911
Ruth R. Jennison
French and Mathematics
1911
Carolyn R. Holt
History
1911
Ethel H. Wood
English and Latin
1911
Name
Grade.
Began Service
Arthur W. Kallom
Principal
1910
Bessie A. Conway
IX
1905
Sarah A. Hirst
VIII
1911
Pearle Diffin
VIII
1911
Dorothy Connor
VII
1907
Wyllian H. Cutler
VII
1909
Amy A. Lapham
VI
1909
Fannie L. Morrison
VI
1910
Nellie Grimes
V
1894
Edith L. Shorrock
IV
1911
Clara M. Hartshorn
III
1910
Sarah L. Gifford
II
1893
Elizabeth A. Day
I
1894
Name
CROSBY SCHOOL. Grade
Began Servic in Arlington
Thomas E. Freeman
Principal
1911
Mary F. Scanlan
Assistant Principal, VIII 1873
RUSSELL SCHOOL.
in Arlington
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Name
Grade
Began Service in Arlington
Jennie B. Allyn
IX
1908
Carrie L. Minott
VII
1902
Jennie M. Cottle VI
1903
Ursula B. Hanna V
1904
Gertrude W. Woolner
IV and V
1908
Amelia J. Bisbee
IV
1902
Sara M. Henderson
III
1901
Elizabeth Merrill
III
1911
Ethelyn Brown
II
1910
Ellen E. Sweeney
I and II
1906
Annie W. Cobb
I
1903
Name
CUTTER SCHOOL. Grade
Began Service in Arlington
Jennie A. Chaplin
Principal
1884
Eva G. Jones
VIII
1899
Katherine E. Russell
VII
1901
J. Adelaide Moffitt
VI
1911
Lena B. Libby
V
1909
Caroline M. Young
IV
1902
Florence R. Norton
II]
1905
Antoinette L. Canfield -- II
1897
Carrie E. Fletcher
I
1911
Name
LOCKE SCHOOL. Grade
Began Service in Arlington
Thomas L. Barnes
Principal
1909
M. Alice Connor
IX
1906
Martha E. Randall
IX
1905
Myrtle A. Bacon
VIII
1909
Bertha W. Richards
VIII
1911
Bertha M. Wright
VII
1906
Lillian C. Miniter
VI
1909
Ethel Sugden
V and VI
1910
Ethel L. Sargent
V
1910
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Name
Grade
Began Service in Arlington
Effie M. Carter IV
1909
Eva M. Farrington
III and IV
1911
Ruby L. Christie III
1911
Alice M. Bean II
1895
Harriet N. Bishop
I and II
1911
Myrtle M. Davis
I
1907
Name
PARMENTER SCHOOL. Grade
Began Service in Arlington
Susan F. Wiley, Principal
1901
Elizabeth L. Geer
III and IV
1884
Grace B. Tibbetts
II and III
1906
Helen M. Dow
I
1904
Name
SUPERVISORS. Subject
Began Service in Arlington
Blanche E. Heard
Music
1893
Fannie E. Fish
Drawing
1908
Bessie L. Barnes
Gymnastics
1905
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Mary J. Copeland
Sewing
1892
Alfred C. Cobb
Carpentry
1894
Miriam A. Tobey
Gymnastics
1905
JANITORS.
Richard Robbins
High School
1908
Nathaniel E. Whittier
Russell School
1894
J. F. Sullivan
Crosby School
1909
M. W. Callahan
Cutter School
1901
M. E. Callahan
Locke School
1900
Patrick McCarthy
Parmenter School
1906
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GRADUATION EXERCISES.
ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.
Town Hall, Arlington
Wednesday evening, June 21, 1911. Class Motto: "I have taken all knowledge for my province." Francis Bacon. Dudley Buck
Festival Hymn
Chorus of Seventy
Prayer
Dr. Nathan E. Wood
Adams
A Warrior Bold
Melody in Bass
LITERARY CHESS IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF ELIZABETH Combatants Progress and Retrogression
Proclamation by the Herald
Harlan L. Reycroft
The Winning Pieces: King Shakspere, "the myriad-minded"
Queen
Horatio W. Lamson Elizabeth, Patron of Letters Gertrude Thomas
a. Where the Bee Sucks. From "The Tempest." . Dr. Arne b. " Who is Sylvia?" From "The Two Gentlemen of Verona." Girls' Voices [Schubert Bishops: Wolsey and Campeius Dialogue. Henry VIII, act 3, scene 1. Wolsey Philip Wood
Campeius C. Lawrence Münch
Queen Katherine Grace Donnelly
Knights. Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Philip Sidney Helen A. Lyons
Castles. Kenilworth, Warwick Harriet F. Holt
Pawns. The "Nest of Singing Birds"
Elizabeth Yerrinton
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes (Old English air)
Ben Jonson
Checkmate. The Triumph of Progress Dorothy H. Black
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The Evening Wind
Saint Saens
Semi-chorus of Seniors
Class Prophecy
Thomas H. Carens
Cantata
The Old Clock on the Stairs. (Words by Longfellow) F. H. Pease Senior and Junior Chorus Accompanist, Miss Marion Young
GRADUATES
Grace Adeline Barr
Helen Anna Lyons
Harriet Lucy Bartlett
Mary Veronica McCarthy
Roger Warren Bell
Gertrude Mary McWeeney
Theodore Perry Bell
Rose Frances Meehan
Eliza H. Bitzer
Charles Lawrence Münch
Dorothy Hildreth Black
Mildred Caroline Osgood Arlene Lavina Pike
Thomas Henry Carens Nellie Ann Clare
Jennie Nowell Prince
John Edward Cronin
Harlan Long Reycroft
Edwin Bertram Dallin
John Edward Rohinson
Mary Elsie Danforth
Louise Mary Robinson
Dorothy Elizabeth Dawes Grace Frances Donnelly
Dorothea Rowse
Helen Elizabeth Scannell
Margaret Elizabeth Duffy
Gertrude Josephine Schnetzer
Edith Parker Estabrooks John Whittemore Gowen Isabel Christina Gratto
Alice Edna Smith
Rena Gray
Gertrude Thomas Mildred Whilton
Harriet Frances Holt Mildred Horrocks
Chester Robie Whitman
Rhoda Johnson
Carolyn Wilson Whittemore
Blanche Edna King
Philip Wood
Horatio Wellington Lamson
Mildred Wyman
Elizabeth Yerrinton
William Richard Sears
Ruth Elizabeth White
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE NINTH GRADE ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. Cotting Hall, High School Building, Wednesday, June 21, 1911. At 2 P.M. PROGRAM.
Music. Flag of Our Ancestors C. Gounod Chorus of Twenty-five
Recitation. Love of Country Scott
Class
Essay. The Desirable Citizen® Norman R. Frost
Music. Lullaby Brahms
Melody in Bass
Recitation.
Our State
Whittier
Margaret J. Melly
Recitation. Fable Emerson
Alfred E. Bower, Jr.
Music. Stories M. White
Semi-Chorus
Recitation.
For A'That and A'That
Margaret A. Bell
Recitation.
Opportunity
E. Rowland Sill
Robert D. Black
Music.
(a) Pippa's Song
John W. Tufts C. B. Edmund
(b) Forget-me-not
Semi-Choruses
Essay. Patriotism
Joseph W. Zwinge
Recitation. The House by the Side of the Road Sam Walter Foss
Alice G. Read
Recitation.
The American Boy
Roosevelt
Boys
Class Prophecy David T. Percy
Presentation of Diplomas Dr. Frederick A. Bisbee
Charles Kinkel
Music. Come Where the Fields are Beaming Class Accompanist, Marion Young
Burns
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Class Motto: "He conquers who conquers himself." GRADUATES.
Karin Alsen
Margaret J. Melly
Marion F. Anderson
James J. Moynihan
Laurence W. Adams
Charles A. McCarthy
Charles J. Adams
John T. McCarthy
Robert D. Black
Howard G. Musgrave
Mary F. Burns
Ruth Mitchell
Margaret A. Bell
Francis J. Neville
Alfred E. Bower, Jr.
Helen C. Neville
Warren H. Blair
Elizabeth K. O'Hanlon
Pauline Clare
David T. Percy
Mabel G. Callahan
Mary H. Plaisted
Salvado Caterino
Frank J. Parker
Edward R. Cutter
Donald Ross
Gertrude K. Clifford
Alice G. Read
Marian S. Dawes
May D. Robinson
James R. Doughty Norman R. Frost
Russell S. Smith
Maude H. Gray
Charlotte A. Swain
George O. Greenleaf
George O. Sinclair
May H. Gallagher
Francis E. Tobin
Irene R. Irwin
Winthrop A. Wood
Paul E. Lombard
Joseph W. Zwinge
GRADUATION EXERCISES.
CUTTER SCHOOL. June 20, 1911. PROGRAM. John W. Tufts
Summer Song
Chorus of Twenty
Essay. Sir Walter Scott Catherine Ogilvie
Songs. a. Lullaby (Melody in Alto) b. Forget-me-not The Lady of the Lake
Brahms C. B. Edmunds Sir Walter Scott
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