Annual Report of the Department of Education
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Public Document No, 2 CA^y?^ tZTfie Commontoealtl) of i^a£(sac|)u^ett^ S. L. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Department of Education Year ending November 30, 1940 Issued in Accordance with Section 2 of Chapteb 69 OF the General Laws Part I Publication op this DoctmzNT Afpboved by the Commission on Adminibtbation and Finance 1500—6-'41—6332. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WALTER F. DOWNEY, Commissioner of Education Members of Advisory Board Ex officio The Commissioner of Education, Chairman Term Expires 1940. Alexander Brin, 55 Crosby Road, Newton 1940. Thomas H. Sullivan, Slater Building, Worcester 1941. Mrs. Anna M. Power, 15 Ashland Street, Worcester 1941. Kathryn a. Doyle, 99 Armour Street, New Bedford 1942. Mrs. Flora Lane, 27 Goldthwait Street, Worcester 1942. John J. Walsh, 15 Pond View Avenue, Jamaica Plain George H. Varney, Business Agent Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and State Teachers Colleges PATRICK J. SULLIVAN, Director Supervisors Alice B. Beal, Supervisor of Elementary Education A. Russell Mack, Supervisor of Secondary Education Raymond A. FitzGerald, Supervisor of Educational Research and Statistics and In- terpreter of School Law Thomas A. Phelan, Supervisor in Education of Teacher Placement Daniel J. Kelly, Supervisor of Physical Education Martina McDonald, Supervisor in Education Ralph H. Colson, Assistant Supervisor in Education Ina M. Curley, Supervisor in Education Philip G. Cashman, Supervisor in Education Presidents of State Teachers Colleges and the Massachusetts School of Art John J. Kelly, Bridgewater James Dugan, Lowell Charles M. Herlihy, Fitchburg Grover C. Bowman, North Adams Martin F. O'Connor, Framingham Edward A. Sullivan, Salem Annie C. Crowell (Acting), Hyannis Edward J. Scanlon, Westfield Clinton E. Carpenter, Worcester Gordon L. Reynolds, Massachusetts School of Art, Boston Division of Vocational Education ROBERT O. SMALL, Director M. NoRCROSS Stratton, Assistant Director Supervisors Subdivision of Supervision John G. Glavin, Field of Agricultural Schools and Departments Dakiel H. Shay, Field of Industrial Schools for Boys and Men Frank L. Allen, Field of Vocational Art Education in Industry and Business {Resident, Massachusetts School of Art, 370 Longwood Avenue, Boston) Caroline H. Wilson, Assistant, Fields of Industrial Schools, Household Arts Schools and Departments, and Continuation Schools for Girls and Women Clare L. Walsh, Assistant, Field of Household Arts Schools and Departments Subdivision of Teacher-Training M. NoRCROSS Stratton, Co-ordinator, Teacher-Training and Supervision, and Fields of Industrial Schools for Boys and Men, and Continuation Schools for Boys Franklin E. Heald, Field of Agricultural Schools and Departments {Resident, 203 Stockbridge Hall, Massachusetts State College, Amherst) WiNTHROP S. Welles, Part-time Assistant, Field of Agricultural Schools and Depart- ments {Resident, 307 Stockbridge Hall, Massachusetts State College, Amherst) Thomas L. Flynn, Field of Industrial Schools for Boys and Men William J. McConnell, Assistant, Field of Industrial Schools for Boys and Men John I. Lusk, Assistant, Field of Continuation Schools for Boys Louis J. Gaetani, Assistant, Field of Public Service Occupations Anna A. Kloss, Fields of Industrial Schools, Household Arts Schools and Departments, and Continuation Schools for Girls and Women 2 P.D. 2 Martha T. Wonson, Assistant, Field of Household Arts Schools and Departments Clare L. Walsh, Assistant, Field of Household Arts Sc?tools and Departments Lou Lombard, Assistant, Field of Household Arts {Resident, Framingham State Teachers College) Subdivision of Occupational Information, Vocational Counseling, Survey and Placement George P. Haley, Field of Occupational Information and Vocational Counseling Robert F. Nolan, Field of Survey and Placement Subdivision of Administration Carl E. Herrick, All Fields Earl B. Webb, All Fields Rehabilitation Section Herbert A. Dallas Edward D. Callahan, Assistant Henry Heim, Assistant M. Monica King, Assistant Katherine MacLarnie, Assistant Frederick V. Nissen, Assistant Anthony A. Rosse, Assistant Joseph F. Rogers, Assistant Louis Tracy, Assistant Division of University Extension JAMES A. MOYER, Director Supervisors E. Everett Clark, Supervisor in Education Helen B. Garrity, Supervisor, Class Organization Mary L. Guyton, Supervisor in Adult Alien Education John P. McGrail, Supervisor in Education Ellen Fitzpatrick, Registrar Ursula K. Toomey, Field Agent in the Connecticut Valley Division of Immigration and Americanization Term expires Members of Advisory Board 1940. Loretta M. Murphy, Maiden 1940. Mrs. Eva Whiting White, Boston 1941. Everett A. Churchill, Belmont 1941. Joan C. Kiley, Lynn 1942. Narcizo Gomes, New Bedford 1942. Bronislaus A. Jr^zisRSKi, Cambridge Alice W. O'Connor, Supervisor of Social Service Patrick J. Hurley, District Immigration Agent {Fall River) Joseph A. Donovan, District Immigration Agent {Lawrence) William F. Kelleher, District Immigration Agent {Worcester) John A. McInnis, District Immigration Agent (Springfield) Division of tlie Blind WILLIAM H. McCarthy, Director Term expires Members of Commission 1940. Florence A. Johnson, Lawrence 1941. Arthur F. Sullivan, Boston 1942. Mrs. Homer Gage, Worcester 1943. Robert H. Hallowell 1944. Edward J. Wall, Melrose Florence W. Birchard, Employment Joseph S. Phelps, Relief Edith R. Ervin, Employment Mary W. Richardson, Social Work Ethel M. Frederick, Relief Ida E. Ridgeway, Work for Children Francis B. Ierardi, RelieJ Rose E. Trainor, Sales Promoter Helen E. Jowders, Work for Children Fred V. Walsh, Relief Theodore C. Leutz, Census Louise C. Wright, Employment Robert J. McCarthy, Census Florence E. Cummings, Manager, Helen F. O'Leary, Accountant Sale^'oom P.D. 2 Division of Public Libraries STACY B. SOUTHWORTH, Director Term expires Board of Commissioners 1940. Rev. John A. Butler, Cambridge 1941. Mrs. GoLDA R. Walters, Woburn 1942. William T. O'Rottrke, Brockton 1943. Stacy B. Southworth, Braintree, Chairman 1944. Ruth Haynes Furber, Watertown E. Louise Jones, Field Library Adviser Mary M. Doyle, General Secretary Teachers' Retirement Board CLAYTON L. LENT, Secretary Members of the Board Ex officio WALTER F. DOWNEY, Commissioner of Education Term expires 1940. Elizabeth F. Wassum, Springfield 1940. Harry Smalley, Fall River Massachusetts Nautical School WILLIAM H. DIMICK, Secretary Term expires Board op Commissioners 1940. Clarence E. Perkins, Winthrop, Chairman 1941. Walter K. Queen, Needham 1942. Theodore L. Storer, Cambridge Massachusetts State College, Amherst HUGH P. BAKER, President Trustees Ex officio His Excellency Leverett Saltonstall Ex officio Walter F. Downey, Commissioner of Education Ex officio William Casey, Commissioner of Agriculture Ex officio Hugh P. Baker, President of the College Term expires 1940. Davis R. Dewey, Cambridge 1940. John F. Gannon, Pittsfield 1941. Joseph W. Bartlett, Newton 1941. Philip F. Whitmore, Sunderland 1942. John Chandler, Sterling Junction 1942. Frederick D. Griggs, Springfield 1943. Nathaniel I. Bowditch, Framingham 1943. William C. Monahan, Framingham 1944. James T. Cassidy, Dorchester 1944. Mrs. Elizabeth L. McNamara, Cambridge 1945. Mrs. Katherine G. Canavan, Amherst 1945. Joseph B. Ely, Westfield 1946. Clifford C. Hubbard, Norton 1946. David J. Malcolm, Charlemont Officers of the Trustees His Excellency Leverett Saltonstall, President Nathaniel I. Bowditch, Framingham, Vice-President Robert D. Hawley, Amherst, Secretary Fred C. Kenney, Amherst, Treasurer The Bradford Durfee Textile School, Fall River HENRY W. NICHOLS, Principal Trustees Ex officio His Honor Alexander C. Murray, Mayor Ex officio Walter F. Downey, Commissioner of Education Ex officio Hector L. Belisle, Superintendent of Schools 4 P.D. 2 Term expires 1942. John S. Brayton, Fall River, President 1941. James Tansey, Fall River, Vice-President 1939. Frank L. Carpenter, Fall River, Treasurer 1940. Edward F. Doolan, Fall River, Clerk 1940. Odias Dumont, Fall River 1940. James W. Hennessey, Fall River 1940. Roy A. Jenkins, Fall River 1940. Richard A. Soja, Fall River 1941 . Edmond a. Berube, Fall River 1941. John A. Granfield, Somerset 1941. Percy Marriott, Somerset 1941. Nathan Sternsher, Fall River 1942. Raymond F. Morton, Fall River 1942. Thomas Platt, Swansea 1942. Antone Souza, Fall River 1942. Godfreyde Tonnancoxjr, Fall River Lowell Textile Institute CHARLES H. FAMES, President Trustees Ex Officio His Honor George T. Ashe, Mayor Ex officio Walter F. Downey, Commissioner of Educatior, Term expires 1940. Edward G. Boyle, Woburn 1940. William F. Corliss, Amesbury 1940. Albert J. Malley, Andover 1940. Joan C. Shanley, Lowell 1940. Frank P. Sweeney, Peabody 1941. John A. Calnin, Lowell 1941. Walter A. Conway, Marblehead 1941. John H. Corcoran, Cambridge 1941. Harold W. Leitch, Andover 1941. Francis P. Madden, Winthrop 1942. Richard G. Chadwick, Lowell 1942. Roland E. Derby, Tyngsborough 1942. Harold V. Farnsworth, Winchester 1942. Stephen R. Gleason, Lowell 1942. Ulysses J. Ltjfien, Chelmsford New Bedford Textile School GEORGE WALKER, Principal Maud L. Clark, Treasurer Trustees Ex officio His Honor Leo E. J. Carney, Mayor Ex officio Walter F. Downey, Commissioner of Education Ex officio Allen P. Keith, Superintendent of Schools Term expires 1940. Raymond R. McEvoy, Taunton 1940. Ernest Robitaille, New Bedford 1940. Samuel Ross, New Bedford 1940. John A. Shea, Taunton 1940. James B. Sullivan, New Bedford 1941. Philip G. Cashman, Lynn 1941. Frederick H. McDevitt, Sr., New Bedford 1941. F. Milton McGrath, Brockton