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Town Report 1873
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TOWN TREAS- URER, COLLECTOR OF TAXES, AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OF THE
TOWN OF ATTLEBORO. .
FOR THE
AT 977.48
1873
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 1873.
Town Officers for 1872 & 1873. -
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of Poor .- Elisha G. May, Joseph G. Barden, A. B. Carpenter.
Town Clerk .- Nathan C. Luther.
Town Treasurer .- Geo. Price.
School Committee .- Rev. Wm. Fitz, Ebenezer Carpenter, term expires March, 1873. Dr. O. C. Turner, E. Adams, Jr., term expires March, 1874. Rev. J. Whitehill, Rev. Wm. B. Heath, term expires March, 1875.
Collectors of Tares .- Elisha G. May, John Thatcher, John T. Bates.
Auditors. - Thomas A. Barden, Seneca M. Stanley, E. Adams, Jr.
Highway Surveyors .- John Brown, Lorenzo Morse, Wm. H. Wilcox, Chas. E. Briggs, Chas. Cummings, Ezra Perry, E. E. Wilmarth, B. G. Mott, Alfred Chatterton, Jessie R. Carpenter, G. N. Crandall, Loring Cole, Lorenzo Jordan, J. G. Barden, Sanford Hall, B. I. Draper, Charles Sweet, Samuel Dunster, Wm. H. Bushee, John McDonald, Geo. A. Peck, James H. Tingley, Carlos Barrows, J. H. Stanley, Wm. H. Carpenter, Charles Jordan, Joel Abbott, A. H. Robinson.
Constables .- James W. Riley, Willis J. Follett, Chas. E. W. Sherman, Elijah Capron, James H. Engley, Otis Williams, Geo. F. Ide, Ambrose Nichols, Alfred Chatterton, Jeremiah Williams, Asahel H. Robinson, Clarence Guild.
Field Drivers .- Wm. H. Wilcox, Dennis Everett, Charles Fuller, Rob- ert E. Harris, Marcus Cole, E. Irx Richards, Wm. A. Bradford, Elisha G. May, Edward O'Brien, Wur. E. Goundd.
Pound Keeper. Hard. Arnold. Seater of Weights and Morsures . Joseph Wilcox.
:Surveyors of. Funtber .-. B. Adams, Jr., Wm. II. Riley, T. A. Barden, John A. Tycker; Arnold Jilson.
Helsiners of Wood and Bark .- Lorenzo Jordan, E. S. Capron, James S. Day, T. A. Barden, L. Z. Carpenter, Mark O. Wheaton, N. B. Follett, Chas. F. Holmes.
Fence Viewers .- Lyman M. Stanley, Seneca M. Stanley, Jos. G. Albro. Sealer of Leather .- J. O. Tiffany.
Weighers of Hay and Coal .- Chas. B. Thompson, Thomas G. Sandland, Edward B. Pierce, Chas. HI. Sturdy, James S. Day, J. G. Barden, Henry Rice.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
TOWN OF ATTLEBORO,
FOR THE YEAR 1872 -'73.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHN WHITEHILL, CHAIRMAN.
EBENEZER CARPENTER,
WILLIAM FITZ,
WILLIAM H. STARR, O. C. TURNER,
WILLIAM B. HEATH, SECRETARY.
Appropriations for 1872-'73.
COMMON SCHOOLS $10,021 41
HIGH SCHOOLS 3,500 00
Whole number of Children between five and fifteen years of age, May 1st, 1872. .1,425
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
THE citizens of Attleboro, at their last annual town meet- ing evinced a disposition to be generous toward their schools. Their appropriations at that time allowed for the education of each child between five and fifteen years of age, were nearly one dollar more than the appropriations of the · year previous,-a larger rate of increase than for several years past. Some of the registers show also that the schools have been better visited by parents and others than heretofore. In Districts 4, 5 and 15, money has been raised to continue the schools beyond the limit allowed by the town appropriation. Nos, 9 and 11 have reorganized,
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repaired their school houses, and employed teachers for about four months each. In No. 18 steps have been taken to put up a new and commodious school building.
These signs of interest in the education of our children are encouraging. The committee have acted through the year in the belief that they would be sustained in the effort to carry out a progressive policy.
HISTORY.
We found that little attention was paid in the common schools to United States History,-a branch of study of the very first importance to all our youth, and wisely placed by our legislators among the essentials of a common school education. Without expense to the town we have introduced Barnes's One Term History,-a text book which is both concise and comprehensive, as lively and interest- ing as a story, free from dry details, and yet containing all the leading points in the history of our nation which could be of use to those for whom the book is intended. We look to see a fresh interest awakened in this branch of study.
SCIENCE FOR THE CHILDREN.
The desks of all our teachers have been supplied the past year with a book entitled, The Manual of Commerce. This is a work crowded full of interesting facts in the science of common things. Any judicious teacher, with this book in her hands might easily awaken in the minds of her pupils a thirst for scientific research. The complaint is often made, and not without reason, that our present methods of study do not cultivate habits of observation in the children. This book will help every teacher who is willing to step out of the ruts and call the attention of her pupils to the interesting facts that may be known about the things which they daily see and handle.
DRAWING.
The committee in compliance with the statutes of the Commonwealth have introduced drawing into all. the
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schools. This was a work of no little labor, inasmuch as the teachers were nearly all unacquainted with the art and there were no appliances in our schools for teaching it. Through the efficiency of our late colleague, Mr E. Adams, Jr., the publishers of Bartholomew's series of drawing . books were induced to send gratuitously two accomplished teachers, who spent some days giving instruction to our teachers in the rudiments of the art, and helping us to in- troduce the study of it into the schools. The results thus far have been, on the whole, very gratifying. Some teach- ers have taken much pains to qualify themselves to give instructions in drawing (a few, we are sorry to say, have done little or nothing), and scholars have surpassed our ex- pectations in the progress they have made. We do not look upon drawing as a mere accomplishment, neither do we think the study of it should be limited to those who show a special aptitude for it. No one, in these days can well afford to be without the training which it gives to eye and hand. The persistent and enthusiastic pursuit of this study in our public schools will at length do something to remove the reproach which rests upon this country of being largely dependent on foreign nations for its mechan- ical designers and draughtsmen.
FOUR YEARS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
We have taken still another step, which we believe to be a step in advance,-that of lengthening our high school course to four years, in place of three. It is not without long deliberation that we have done this. A change of any kind usually produces irritation. So great a change , as this cannot be made without hurting some people. We sympathize with those who expected that the senior classes would graduate this year as usual, and who will be disap- pointed that they do not. If we could have made the change sooner,-before these expectations had gained their present strength, we would have done it. But the step
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was one not to be taken hastily. Although some will be disappointed by the new arrangement, no one will suffer injustice in consequence of it. Those who prefer to grad- uate this year can do so, and will receive the diploma which has been awarded to former graduates. While it would be pleasant for all who have been so long together to graduate at the same time, it would be unfair to put any obstacle in the way of those who wish to pursue their studies another vear.
We have been prompted in our action by a desire to make our high schools such as to afford a good, thorough education to our boys and girls without going out of town. The plan of study in the high schools has been revised, and adapted to the four years' course. The studies are to be uniform term by term in both schools. As there are from time to time young men in town who are looking for- ward to a collegiate education, we have arranged a classical course by pursuing which a pupil of average abilities will be abundantly fitted in four years after leaving the gram- mar school to enter college. The studies in the classical course, as will be seen by a reference to the following plan, coincide to some extent with those in the general course thus obviating, so far, the necessity for separate recitations.
GENERAL COURSE.
FIRST YEAR.
1st Term.
2d Term.
3d Term.
Arithmetic,
Algebra, English Grammar, Latin Lessons,
Algebra,
English Grammar, Physiology.
Physiology. Physical Geography.
SECOND YEAR.
Algebra, Latin Lessons, Natural Philosophy.
Geometry, Geometry, Eng. Lang. Lat. Reader, Eng. Lang. Lat. Reader, Natural Philosophy. Book Keeping.
THIRD YEAR.
Geometry, Rhetoric, Lat. Reader, Book Keeping.
Rhetoric, Lat. (Virgil), Chemistry.
Trigonometry, Astronomy, Eng. Lang., Latin (Virgil), Chemistry.
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FOURTH YEAR. 2d Term. 3d Term. .
1st 'Term.
Geology, Geology and Botany, Botany, .
English Language,
History of English Lit- History of English Lit-
Latin (Virgil), erature, erature, Civil Polity of Massa- Latin (Virgil), Latin (Virgil), Moral Philosophy.
chusetts and the Uni- Mental Philosophy. ted States.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
FIRST YEAR.
Latin Lessons,
Latin Lessons,
Arithmetic,
Algebra,
Physiology.
Physiology.
. Latin Reader, Algebra, Physical Geography.
SECOND YEAR.
Latin Reader,
Cæsar, two books,
Cæsar, four books,
Algebra,
Geometry,
Geometry, · Greek Grammar.
THIRD YEAR.
Cicero, three Orations, Cicero, five Orations,
Sallust's Catiline,
Greek Lessons,
Ancient Geography.
Anabasis, one book, Mythology.
Anabasis, two books, Latin Prose.
FOURTH YEAR.
Eneid, two books,
Eneid, three books,
Eneid, one book,
Anabasis, three books, Iliad, one book,
Latin Prose. Reviews.
Iliad, two books, Reviews.
STUDIES COMMON TO BOTH COURSES.
Drawing, Penmanship, Music, Reading and Spelling, ---- one recitation each per week.
History, ancient and modern,-two recitations per week. Declamations and compositions alternately each three weeks by the boys.
Compositions and select readings or recitations alter- nately each three weeks by the girls.
ELECTIVE STUDIES.
Some other study, such as Zoology, Political Economy, Surveying, French or German may be taken in place of 2
Greek History.
Roman History.
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one of the studies of the regular course, subject to the ap- proval of the School Committee.
By "English Language " in the course is meant the study of English authors in some such work as Under- wood's Hand Book of English Literature. The design is to study the language itself (and not merely about the lan- guage) in some such ways as the following: To analyze sentences, and otherwise apply the principles of Grammar, to study prefixes and suffixes, to get a knowledge of the derivation and various meanings of words, to practice the substitution of words of Saxon for words of Latin origin to transpose sentences, to point out the rhetorical princi- ples used by the author, etc., etc .; in short to get inside of the author's thought and push out in every direction which promises to reward investigation. Our aim is to stimulate the pupils to explore the English Dictionary, that they may be enriched with the wealth of their mother tongue. The study of English and the study of Latin are to go hand in hand. That study which in the "plan " is coupled with Latin is to alternate with the latter; that is, there shall be a recitation in Latin one day and in the study which is coupled with it the next, and so on.
WORK OF THE TEACHERS.
The public schools during the past year, while differing much in excellence have been, in the main, successful. There is a wide variety in capacity and attainments on the part of our teachers, yet in general they are persons who work with a higher motive we believe, than to draw their pay. They try to promote the right moral as well as in- tellectual development of those committed to their care. This was particularly true of that estimable lady Miss Augusta E. Perry, who for several years past has served the town as teacher of the south primary department in No. 18, but who, when returning to her school near the close of the summer vacation, was drowned by the wreck of the ill-fated steamer Metis. Both in character and abil-
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ity she was an honor to the teacher's profession. Teach- ers like her are worth more to a State than mines of gold.
MORE MONEY NEEDED.
Instead of dwelling on the comparative merits of the different schools in town it would be quite as well perhaps to call attention to some things yet needed to ensure the full measure of their usefulness.
They need more money. It is humiliating that any of them after terms of only moderate length in the spring and fall are compelled just when the winter's work is fairly begun either to suspend or fall back for continuance on private donations. It may be said that the money is equitably apportioned, and that some of the districts are so prudent in their management as to make out 36 weeks of school in the year on what the town allots them. But, after all, the difference is not one of economy. The dis- tricts which are most lavish in their use of money are suf- ficiently economical for the good of their schools. A long piece of wire may be made from an ounce of gold, but it must of necessity be quite slender. It is possible to lengthen a school at the expense of other desirable features.
The Committee think that $15,000 would be none too much to appropriate the coming year, $11,500 for common schools and $3,500 for high schools. This looks like a large sum, but it is only about 43 mills to each dollar of taxable property in the town. Five or six years ago the town was appropriating almost 5 mills to the dollar for its 'schools. The liberal spirit manifested at the last annual meeting has yet abundant room for expansion. There are at least one hundred towns in the State which appropriate more money for each of their schools than Attleboro' does. Some of them appropriate nearly three times as much.
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ABSENCE WITHOUT CAUSE.
A great evil with which our schools have to contend is absence without cause on the part of scholars. We have tried in various ways to remedy this evil. Teachers have done something in the same direction. But the root of the evil is in the homes to which the children belong. The parents are mainly responsible for it. No school can be of the first order in which scholars are allowed by the parents to stay out every now and then on the most frivolous pre- texts. Such scholars are a dead weight on the school. They keep back their classes, they create uneasiness, they embarrass and discourage the teacher, they reduce the average attendance, and give a bad name to the school. The town pays for their education, yet they get no educa- tion. And this is not the last payment the town will have to make for some of them. Their loose habits are fitting them to live at the public cost in the almshouse or-a worse place.
TRUANT CHILDREN.
In some parts of the town truant children are attracting notice. It is time something were done for them. Neither teachers nor school committee have authority to compel attendance on the schools. They can advise; but those who most need their advice are least disposed to avail them- selves of it. The law, however, gives towns the power to appoint truant officers, whose duty it shall be to look after the neglecters. It seems to us that the town at the ensuing annual meeting should appoint truant officers, and make such by-laws as may be necessary to give efficiency to their proceedings.
The United States Commissioner of Education tells us that less than one-fifth of one per cent. of the crime com- mitted in this country is committed by those who are edu- cated. On the other hand, as he informs us, at least eighty per cent. of all the crime committed in New England is
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committed by those who have no education or none suffi- cient to serve them a valuable purpose in life. As crime costs the community more than education, economy, to say nothing of higher considerations, requires us to look after the boys and girls who are staying out of school. Massa- chusetts law gives authority to towns to make and enforce such regulations concerning truants as they may see fit to adopt, subject to the approval of the superior state court sitting within the respective counties to which the towns belong.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Another want of our schools is an efficient superintend- ent ; a man who is an enthusiast in the cause of education, a man of experience, a man of large views, yet who would not consider it drudgery to give attention to all the minute details of school affairs. Such a man is needed to give his whole attention to the supervision of the schools. When the municipal system is restored and such a man appointed a great step in advance will be taken.
DISTRICT WANTS.
The special wants of some of the districts ought to be noted. No. 1 is poorly furnished with accommodations. For more than two hundred scholars that district has but two rooms, both in one building. Although No. 18 has but twenty-four scholars more than No. 1, yet the former has three school buildings, one of which is nearly new and sup- plied with modern conveniences. Not satisfied with these accommodations, No. 18 has taken steps to put up next season a large new building for its schools. Let No. 1, for · the sake of her crowded children and overworked teachers, do likewise.
No. 2 needs better blackboards, and has money enough to get them.
If No. 8 is satisfied with its school house, it takes little to satisfy it.
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The exterior of school house No. 12 is not calculated to make a favorable impression upon a stranger. It is as well so, perhaps. Otherwise it might convey an erroneous idea of the condition of the inside. Both in Nos. 12 and 14, blackboards are needed. It is a great mistake in these days to require children to work without tools, or worse still, to let them leave their work undone for want of tools.
HIGH SCHOOL ROOMS.
As for our high school rooms, to save the reputation of the town abroad, let us preserve in regard to them a dis- creet and profound silence.
TEACHERS FOR THE COMING YEAR.
The committee desire to secure, as far as lies in their power, the best teachers for the schools the coming year. They have, therefore, arranged for a
WRITTEN EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS AT THE EAST HIGH SCHOOL ROOM,
Thursday, March 27th, at 9 A. M. All who desire to teach in this town the coming year are required to present them- selves. Should there be two or more candidates for any school, the committee propose to approve the one who seems best fitted by learning, experience, and general ability to teach and manage a school. All candidates will be expected to answer correctly at least sixty per cent. of the questions put to them. Those who wish to teach will find it for their interest not to put off their examination to a later day.
HIGH SCHOOL EXPENSES.
The expenses of the high schools the past year to be met by the town appropriation, are as follows :
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North High School.
Wages of Principal, -
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$1200 00
Wages of Assistant, -
400 00
Fuel, -
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67 12
Care of House, -
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34 75
$1,701 87
Less tuition from non-resident pupils,
146 00
Total,
$1,555 87 -
East High School.
Wages of Principal, -
- $1070 00
Wages of Assistant,
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400 00
Fuel,
-
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31 98
Care of House, - -
25 00
Total, - - -
- $1,526 98
Appropriation,
. - $3,500 00
Expenses for both schools, -
- 3,082 00
Unexpended balance,
-
$418 00
The town would increase the efficiency of its high schools if it would now, at the beginning of the four years' course, devote this excess of appropriation over expendi- ture for the past year, to the purchase of apparatus to illus. trate the sciences taught in these schools.
STATE APPROPRIATION.
We have divided seventy-five per cent. of the State appropriation for 1873, among the common schools, giving to each district eighteen cents per scholar. This consti- tutes a part of the $10,021 41 given on page five.
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NAMES OF GRADUATING CLASS, 1872.
East High School .- Annie B. Dean, Olive C. Joslin, Mary A. Wetherell, Mary H. Wolfenden.
North High School.,-George A. Bicknell, Isaac Glidden, W. Osmond Clark, George D. Draper, James M. Galliher, Richard B. Esten, Frank L. Day, Florence L. Hancock, Mary E. Robinson, Amelia Amos, Ellen L. Chace, Sarah G. Bishop, Mary S. Peavey, Hattie L. Richardson, S. Josephine Eldridge, Alice C. Newell, Mary A. Kent.
SCHOOL REPORTS.
EAST HIGH SCHOOL.
Teachers, Mr. J. Osmond Tiffany, Principal. Spring, Miss Emma M. Tonks, Assistant. Fall and Winter, Fannie Kelton, Assistant.
Wages per month, Principal, Spring and Fall,
$100 00
66
66 Winter, 120 00
66
6. Assistant, 40 00
Weeks of school, Spring 13, Fall 13, Winter 14
Number of scholars, 38, “ 43, 43
Average attendance,
Spring 35 1-13, Fall 38g, Winter 38
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.
Teachers, Mr. B. Porter, Jr., Principal. Miss Mary Hinckley, Assistant.
Wages per month, Principal, 6: Assistant,
$120 00
40 00
Weeks of School, Spring 13, Fall 13, Winter 14
Number of scholars,
76,
76,
"
72
Average attendance,
72,
72,
643
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No. 1 .-- GRAMMAR.
Teachers, Miss E. A. Gerould, Principal. Miss M. A. Gerould, Assistant.
Wages per month, Principal, $48 00
Assistant, 36 00
Weeks of school, Spring 11, Fall 13, Winter 13
Number of Scholars
80, “ 81,
66
82
Average attendance,
71, “
72,
70
No. 1 .- PRIMARY.
Teachers, Miss Hattie A. George, Principal. Miss M. A. Gerould, Assistant.
Wages per month,
- $36 00
Weeks of school, Spring 11, Fall 13, Winter 13
Number of scholars,
99,
84,
69
Average attendance, Spring 84 59-104, Fall 64 38-61, Win- ter 52 13-83
No. 2.
Teachers, Spring, Miss Etta E. Whiting. Fall and Winter, Miss M. F. Atwood.
Wages per month, Spring, $34 00
Fall and Winter, 36 00
Weeks of school,
Spring 11, Fall 12, Winter 12
Number of scholars,
12, " 11,
"
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Average attendance, Spring 8 29-100, Fall 8 93-100, Win- ter 14 39-100.
No. 3.
Teacher, Miss Jennie E. Ellis.
$32 00 Wages per month, -
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Weeks of school, Number of scholars,
Average attendance,
Spring 10, Fall 9 21, “ 16
Spring 19 1-10, Fall 12 8-9
No. 4 .- GRAMMAR.
Teachers, Spring, Mr. F. B. Davis.
Fall and Winter, Miss Jennie E. Hastings.
Wages per month, $52 00
Weeks of school, Spring 12, Fall 12, Winter 14
Number of scholars,
33, “ 43,
66
47
Average attendance, Spring 29 13-14, Fall 40, Winter 36.
No. 4 .- INTERMEDIATE.
Teacher, Miss Abbie A. Somes.
Wages per month,
Spring
$40 00
Fall and Winter,
44 00
Weeks of school, Spring 12, Fall 12, Winter 14
Number of scholars,
46, “ 51,
56
Average attendance, Spring 40 9-50, Fall 46, Winter 43.
No. 4 .- PRIMARY.
Teachers, Spring, Miss Lucy E. Fairbanks. Fall and Winter, Miss Florence L. Hancock.
Wages per month,
Spring and Winter,
$40 00
66 66
Fall,
36 00
Weeks of school, Spring 12, Fall 12, Winter 14
Number of scholars,
68, “ 58,
55
Average attendance, Spring 54 7-20, Fall 47 18-25, Win- ter 54.
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No. 5 .- GRAMMAR.
Teachers, Spring, Miss Jennie E. Hastings. Fall and Winter, Miss Maria S. Briggs.
Wages per month,
66
Spring,
$48 00
Fall and Winter
44 00
Weeks of school,
Spring 12, Fall .12, Winter 5
Number of scholars,
49,
42,
66
36
Average attendance,
Spring 44, Fall 323, Winter 26
No. 5 .- PRIMARY.
Teachers, Miss F. I. Phelps, Principal. Miss Minnie S. Stanley, Assistant.
Wages per month, Principal,
$40 00
66 66 Assistant,
24 00
Weeks of school,
Spring 12, Fall 12, Winter 5
Number of scholars,
80, “ 80, 58
Average attendance,
Spring 63 7-10, Fall 62 17-60 Win-
ter 45 13-25.
No. 6.
Teacher, Miss Isabella C. Esten.
Wages per month,
Spring, $32 00
66 66
Fall, 34 00
66 66
Winter, 36 00
Weeks of school, Spring 11, Fall 10, Winter 8
Number of scholars, 66 29, “ 26, 66 27
Average attendance, Spring 254, Fall 22}, Winter 20 1-40
No. 7.
Teachers, Spring, Miss Mary E. Pike. Fall, Miss Stella M. Barrows. Winter, Miss Delia M. Stanley,
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Wages per month,
$32 00 Weeks of school,
Number of scholars.
Spring 11, Fall 11, Winter 10 25, " 25, 66 35
Average attendance, Spring 17 1-54, Fall 20 89-106, Win- ter 28.
No. 8.
Teacher, Miss Mary A. Mathias.
Wages per month, 66
Spring,
$36 00
Fall and Winter, 40 00
Weeks of school,
Spring 12, Fall 12, Winter 12
Number of scholars,
41, " 51, 40
Average attendance, Spring 37.3-20 Fall 38 13-15, Win- ter 32.
No. 9.
Teacher, Miss Clara M. French.
Wages per month,
$32 00
Weeks of school,
Winter, 16
Number of scholars,
22
Average attendance,
66
14 19-20
No. 10.
Teacher, Miss Ella Robinson.
Wages per month,
$22 00
Weeks of school,
Spring 11, Fall 15 66 15, " 13
Number of scholars,
66
13, “ 9
No. 11.
Teacher, Miss Cora Joslin.
Wages per month, -
$24 00
Weeks of school, 15
-
Average attendance.
21
Number of scholars, - Average attendance, 7 77-100.
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No. 12.
Teacher, Miss Rosa A. Walker.
Wages per month,
$32 00
Weeks of school, Spring 12, Fall 12, Winter 5
Number of scholars,
16, “ 19,
20
Average attendance, Spring 12}, Fall 13 37-100.
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