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In this connection the committee cannot forbear expressing their conviction of the importance of the moral education of the youth, without which the best intellectual training is worthless, or worse than worth- less. They cannot too earnestly recommend to teachers under their jurisdiction the patient and zealous culture of the ethical sentiments as well as the understanding of their pupils. That education cannot be complete which neglects the discipline of the emotions and pas- sions, which are the springs of human conduct.
Debarred as the state must ever be from the direct inculcation of religion in the public schools (as our government has no right to impose a religious creed on its subjects), it is nevertheless the bounden duty, as it is the highest interest, of the state to insist that its schools shall be nurseries of those social virtues and those moral principles, concerning whose utility and whose necessity all are agreed, and without which soci- ety itself could not exist.
No changes in the administration of these schools have been made in the past year, except that, in June,
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the board was called upon to accept the resignation of Miss Belle B. Emerton, assistant in the Jackman male primary, on School street, in whose place Miss Hannah H. Page was elected.
The following statistical tables give particulars as to pupils and attendance at the several schools, showing the average age of pupils, number of cases of corporal punishment, number of half days the school has been in session, average attendance, average number of pupils during the year, number of pupils at the beginning of the year, number at the close of the year, number of different pupils during the year, number of seats in school rooms, number of pupils sent from sub-primary to primary, from primary to grammar, from grammar to high schools, and number of graduates from high schools in the year 1883.
JOHNSON FEMALE PRIMARY SCHOOL, HANCOCK STREET.
FIRST DIVISION : MISS ANNE A. CURRIER, PRINCIPAL.
Number of pupils sent to grammar school ...
18
Number of seats in school room.
40
Number of different pupils during the year.
39
Number at the beginning of the year ....
.. .
. ..
....
57
Number at the close of the year. . ..
34
Average number of pupils during the year. .
....
...
. . .
36
Number of half days in session ....
. . ..
...
. . .
. . .
393
Number of cases of corporal punishment ...
.. .
... .
... .
2
Average age of school
. . 9 years, 1 month
Pupils Sent to Grammar School.
AGE.
AGE.
y. m.
y.
m.
Lena S. Adams
9
6
Mabel J. Lang
10 11
Ella M. Bollman
8 9
Carrie K. Marshall
9 2
Alice A. Bartlett
9 3
Lizzie A. Mills.
9
10
Annette E. Currier
11 11
Lucy S. Soule.
12 6
Lizzie A. Collins
8 10
Florence T. Putnam
8
5
Mattie M. Cook
10
8
Lavina A. Young. .
11
9
Edith H. Greenlief.
9
Abbie B. Pettingell
10
1
Mamie E. Greenlief
10
2
Florence N. Johnson
8 10
Arvilla P. Lunt
11
Georgie E. Thurlow
9
8
Average age of class
10 years
Principal absent : none.
. .. ...
. .
....
....
29
Average attendance ...
. .
...
....
6
JOHNSON FEMALE SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOL, HANCOCK STREET. SECOND DIVISION, MISS JENNIE P. HASKELL, ASSISTANT.
Number of pupils sent to Miss Currier's department.
14
Number of seats in school room ....
40
Number of different pupils during the year. ....
....
...
Number at the beginning of the year
....
....
. .
...
. .
43
Average number of pupils during the year. .
...
. .
. .
. ...
39
Average attendance
....
....
. ..
....
....
28
Number of half days in session ....
....
...
...
393
Number of cases of corporal punishment.
....
. . .
. .
Class Promoted.
AGE.
AGE.
Ida L. Perkins.
y. 10
2
Florence M. Tilton
8
3
Ammie A. Williston
7 10
Florence E. Soule. .
8 11
B. Gertie Dodge ..
8
11
Edith E. Lunt.
8
2
G. Florence Blaisdell
9
1
Perces P. Cook
7
6
Mary I. Van Amburgh.
10
3
Lizzie A. Wallace.
6
1]
Lottie M. Butman .
6
8
Mamie C. Bliss
6
3
Laura F. Piper .
7
1
Mabel W. Burnham
7
5
Average age of class
9 years, 5 months.
Teacher absent, none.
BROMFIELD STREET MALE PRIMARY SCHOOL. FIRST DIVISION, MISS CARRIE M. CLEMENT, PRINCIPAL.
Number sent to grammar school. . .
12
Number of seats in school room ....
. ..
. . . . .
... .
40
Number of different pupils during the year.
....
....
...
35
Number at the beginning of the year
..
.. .
....
....
....
30
Number at the close of the year .. ..
....
....
... .
....
28
Average number of pupils during the year. .
....
...
. .. .
....
29
Average attendance
....
....
. ..
....
....
24
Number of half days in session ....
...
. . .
....
...
394
Number of cases of corporal punishment ....
...
....
... .
..
9
Average age of school
.. .
...
....
9 years, 1 month
Class Sent to Grammar School.
AGE.
RANK.
RANK.
Ernest W. Bliss
10 1
97
George P. Peckham
10
11 90
John P. Colby .
8. 8 82
Albert G. Piper
10
8 94
Frank W. Colby ..
9 11 80
George W. Ross .
9
3 80
Albert D. Frost
9
8 86
Fred W. Thurlow.
10 4
88
J. Walter Griffin .. . .
11 0 93
Frank A. Walton. .
10 9
86
Herbert S. Noyes. . . . 8
0
93
Horace Wilson
9 11 80
Average age of class . .
. .
9 years, 9 months.
Average rank . . .
· 87 5-12.
0
Average age of school ..
. .
....
... .
62
31
Number at the close of the year ...
. . 6 years, 9 months
m.
y.
m.
Teacher absent, 3 half days.
.
. .
. .
.
· AGE. y. m.
y. m.
7
BROMFIELD STREET MALE SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOL.
SECOND DIVISION, MISS CORA B. LOUGEE, ASSISTANT.
Number of pupils sent to Miss Clement's department
11
Number of seats in school room.
...
Number of different pupils during the year
...
. ..
....
Number at the close of the year.
....
....
Average number of pupils during the year. .
... .
....
41
Average attendance
...
....
33
Number of half days in session
... .
...
.. ..
394
Number of cases of corporal punishment
...
...
. . .
12
Average age of school
. 6 years, 11 months
Class Promoted.
AGE.
AGE.
y
m.
y.
m.
Allen Brooks. .
6
Charles Lang . .
7
George W. Brown.
8
1
Charles W. Marsh.
8
3
John Buzzell ..
11
8
Fred T. Noyes.
8
5
Frank Hoyt . .
8
2
Willie T. Pearson. .
7
10
Willie Hudson .
10
0
Arthur E. Robbins.
9
4
Willie Lane ..
7
5
Average age of class
.... 8 years, 6 months.
Teacher absent, none.
FEMALE PRIMARY SCHOOL, PURCHASE STREET. MISS MARY E. ESTES, PRINCIPAL.
11
Number of seats in school room ....
. .
....
....
....
48
Number of different pupils during the year. .
...
..
....
. .
..
.
.. .
... .
17
Number at the beginning of the year
17
Number at the close of the year ...
19
Average number of pupils during the year ..
. .
. . .
... .
19
Number of half days in session ....
. .
..
....
...
392
Number of cases of corporal punishment ..
0
Average age of school
...
....
....
. . 9 years, 8 months
Class Admitted to Grammar School.
AGE.
RANK.
AGE. y.
m.
Mary Woodwell
10
0
95
Mary E. Dirhan
11
0 90
Annie Stevens.
10
8 90
Addie Pritchard
8
7 85
Edith Torrey ..
11
4 76 Helen Johnson
10
1 75
May Belle Lovering
11 1 90 Sadie Norton ..
13
3
75
Sarah Wheeldon
11 3 98
Susie Torrey . .
10
3
80
Susie Richardson
10 1 78
Average rank ...
84.8
Average age.
...
.... . . 10 years, 1 month.
Principal absent three half days, on account of sickness.
.
. .
.
.... ..
. .
. .
....
....
....
. .
...
RANK,
y. m.
. .
...
40
62
Number at the beginning of the year
38
41
. .
Number sent to grammar school.
32
Average attendance
8
FEMALE SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOL, PURCHASE STREET. MISS JENNIE C. TEEL, ASSISTANT.
Number of pupils sent to Miss Estes' room. .
....
....
9
Number of seats in school room ....
...
....
...
48
Number of different pupils during the year.
. ..
. .
....
....
43
Average attendance
..
....
. .
. . .
....
21
Number at the beginning of the year
...
... .
...
. ..
. .
....
29
Number at the close of the year ....
. .
... .
. .
...
....
25
Average number of pupils during the year. .
....
....
....
....
29
Number of half days in session ....
. .
. .
....
...
. .
... .
0
Average age of pupils ...
. 7 years, 1 month
Pupils Promoted.
AGE.
AGE.
y.
m.
y.
m.
Bertie Gemignani ..
8
5
Martha Andrews . .
8
10
Mabel Tilton ..
8
5
Grace Foster ..
10
3
Hattie Nelson.
9 11
Mabel Gaddis. .
8
1
Daisy West ..
8
Gertie Noyes. .
Mary Johnson.
7
10
Average age of class.
8 years, 5 months.
Assistant absent 7 half days on account of sickness.
JACKMAN MALE PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL STREET. MISS HELEN M. CURRIER, PRINCIPAL.
Number sent to grammar school ....
. .
....
. .
. ..
16
Number of desks in school room ..
.
....
... .
Number of different pupils during the year ..
35
Number at the beginning of the year
. .
...
....
....
....
35
Number at the close of the year ....
....
....
... .
... .
....
27
Average attendance
....
....
....
....
25
Average number of pupils during the year ..
....
....
... .
31
Number of half days in session . .
...
....
....
... .
... .
394
Cases of corporal punishment . .
....
....
... .
.. ..
. . 9 years, 3 months
Class Sent to Grammar School.
AGE.
RANK.
AGE.
RANK.
y.
m
y.
m.
10
1 95
Frank Tappan.
12
1
92.5
Charlie Morse.
11
10
93.7
Lawrence Huse
10
10
95
Fred Smith
12
2 91.2
Charlie Smith.
11
91.2
Eddie Lunt
10
3 88.7 Willie. Nye
10 5 95
Jesse Wetherell
12 3 93.7 Cutting Pettingell.
10 9 92.5
Clarence Reed.
10
3 82.5
Jacob Johnson
10 7 83.7
Walter Kezer.
10
2 91.2
Daniel Barth ..
10
8 92.5
Willie Colby .. . .
9
3 92.5
Edmund Duchemin .. 12
9 97.5
Average age of class .. . .
10 years, 10 months.
Average rank.
91.2
...
Principal absent 2 half days.
.. .
.. ..
....
. ..
. .
... .
6
6
. .
.
... .
Number of cases of corporal punishment ...
....
. . .
....
392
50
Average age of school
34
Charlie Packer
9
JACKMAN MALE SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL. STREET. MISS HANNAH H. PAGE, ASSISTANT ( four months). MISS BELLE B. EMERTON (six months ending June 30th).
Number sent to Miss Currier's room
15
Number of seats in school room ....
...
....
....
Number of different pupils during the year.
47
Average attendance
. .
. .
. . . .
...
. .
....
29
Number at the beginning of the year
...
..
..
. .
..
....
37
Number at the close of the year ....
....
....
...
....
39
Number of half days in session ....
....
....
....
....
....
394
Cases of corporal punishment . .
....
....
....
....
....
Average age of school . ..
....
....
....
. . 6 years, 5 months
Class Promoted.
AGE.
AGE.
1.
m.
m.
Moses Andrews
10
John Robert
y. 8
Frank Adams.
9
Allen Smith
8
J. Barlow.
8
James Smith ..
7
Ralph Bray
8
Albert Stevens
7
Ernest Foss
7
John Tobin
9
George Hodgkins. .
8
R. Pettingell. .
8
George Noyes.
8
J. Greenaway.
8
Fred Plummer.
6 10
Average age of class
...
.. 8 years.
Assistant absent 3 half days.
TEMPLE STREET FEMALE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
MRS. M. N. GRAY, PRINCIPAL.
Average number of pupils during the year ..
....
...
37
Number of seats in school room ....
....
·
. .
....
59
Number of different pupils during the year ..
. ..
...
....
44
Number at the beginning of the year
33
Number at the close of the year ....
....
. .
....
. .
..
....
37
Average attendance
...
..
....
..
....
29
Number of half days in session
....
....
....
0
Average age of pupils ...
...
....
. .
....
.7 years, 11 months
Names and Ranks of Pupils sent to Grammar School.
RANK.
RANK."
Nettie Davis
100
Mabel Osgood ..
80
Annie Brown
100
Julia Carr ..
70
Minnie Prager ..
80
Sadia Post.
80
Marion Digean.
80
Average rank.
84
Teacher absent four half days.
. .
..
..
....
390
Cases of corporal punishment
...
....
50
...
... ....
29
Average number of pupils during the year. .
....
....
....
....
0
..
. .
10
CONGRESS STREET MALE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
MISS S. E. WHITMORE, PRINCIPAL. MISS NELLIE M. STANTON, ASSISTANT.
Number of desks in school room ...
84
Number of different pupils during the year. .
76
Number at the beginning of the year
57
Number at the close of the year ..
64
Average number of pupils during the year. .
....
.. . . .
... .
60
Average attendance
. . .
... .
51
Number sent to grammar school.
. .
...
....
14
Number of half days in session
. .
... .
...
....
27
Average age .. ..
.8 years, 10 months
Class sent to Grammar School.
AGE.
RANK.
AGE.
RANK.
William Adams.
10
100
Charles Gibbs. .
13
80
J. LaBurton Atkinson
9
90
George Hewitt.
10
80
Charles Boardman. .
8
80
Arthur Pike
9
90 46
George Brock .
9
100
Edward Stickney
9
7084
Alexander Caldwell
9
8084
Charles Swasey
9
70
William Crombie
10
90
Edward Wiggin
10
7012
George Fuller ..
14
7084
Arthur McMahan
14
Average age of class
9 years.
Average rank
Principal absent 1 half day.
Assistant absent 9 half days.
CONGRESS STREET FEMALE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
MISS CLARA J. EDGERLY, PRINCIPAL.
Number of desks in school room ...
84
Number sent to grammar school ...
. .
....
...
Number of different pupils during the year. .
....
....
....
33
Number of pupils at the close of the year .. .
....
....
. ..
....
30
Average number of pupils during the year ..
... .
. .
.
. .
....
. .
....
. . ..
....
26
Number of half days in session.
...
....
....
398
Cases of corporal punishment
....
....
... .
....
.10 years
Class sent to Grammar School.
AGE.
RANK.
AGE.
RANK.
y. 11
6 100
Sadie Swasey.
10
10 95
Maud Smith
9
1 100
Mabel Durand.
10
3
85
Etta Gorwaiz ...
10
100
Cassie Snow .
13
85
Carrie Amend.
10
8 100
Edna Fuller
11
4 85
Laura Ford .
10 8
100
Lucinda Massay
14
1 75
Cora Hussey
10
95
Georgie Carter
9
7 75
Maud Gilbert ..
9
10
95
Lizzie Gurney .
14
7
Flora Bridges.
11
3
95
Carrie Pike
13
Mabel Johnson
9 10
95
. .
....
The last two named girls were admitted on their scholarship during the year, as they were detained at home by sickness at the time the class was examined.
Average age of class.
11 years, 1 month.
Average rank of class as given ...
...
92
Principal absent none.
. . .
. ..
.
. ..
....
398
Cases of corporal punishment
.
0
Average age of school
..
. .
m.
y.
m.
Mary Ross .
. .
....
. 83.
17
31
Average attendance
11
KENT STREET MALE SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOL. MISS SUSAN I. ADAMS, TEACHER.
Number of seats in school room ....
:53
Pupils promoted. .
24
Average number of pupils during the year. .
....
.
..
. ..
. . .
47
Number of different pupils during the year .
. ...
. .
... .
53
Number at the beginning of the year
..
.. .
...
27
Number at the close of the year ... .
28
Average attendance
25
Number of half days in session
. .
....
... .
....
397
Cases of corporal punishment . .
...
...
... .
. .
. .
1
Average age of school
. . 6 years, 3 months
Class Promoted.
AGE.
AGE.
y. m.
y.
m.
Charles O. Akerman. .
5
Charles Slater
6
5
John F. Cutter
6
11
John Toomey .
7
6
Alvah Dole . .
7
2
George Bollman ..
5
9
Joseph O. Evans.
7
2
John Sheehan
7 J0
George Goldthorpe
6
8
Thomas Strangman
9
5
Roy P. Hardison. .
7
8
John Strangman. .
8
5
Alfred Hughes
8
7
Willie Johnson
8
4
George Nealon
7
11
Willie Donahoe .. John Osborn.
6
8
J. Frankie Pike . .
6
5
Edgar Choate Pearson
7
8
E. Frankie Porter
6
4
Frederick Dow
6
2
George P. Rand. .
8
Louis Peabody
. .
6
8
Average age of class
7 years, 1 month.
Principal absent none.
KENT STREET FEMALE SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOL.
MISS CARRIE M. BAYLEY, TEACHER.
Number of seats in school room ....
56
Number of different pupils during the year ..
55
Average number during the year. ..
... .
. ..
41
Number at the beginning of the year
34
Number at the close of year
36
Average attendance
28
Number of half days in session.
... .
. . .
.. .
.. .
... .
397
Cases of corporal punishment . .
...
... .
... .
....
. .
. .
. .
.
...
....
.. .
. 7 years
Class Promoted.
AGE.
AGE.
y.
m.
y.
m.
Mary Cutter
6
Ruby Kellogg.
6 10
Nellie Dockam
9
6
Nettie Osborn.
10
10
Katie Green ..
10
2
Edith Soule
9
3
Mattie Hewitt.
7
10
Freddy Kellogg
. .
9
5
Average age of class
9 years.
Teacher absent 32 half days on account of sickness.
.
...
. .
...
. .
. .
. .
. .
. . .
. .
...
5
10
George E. Perkins
5
7
..
. . .
. . . ..
. . .
....
....
....
.
...
.
0
Average age of school
. .
12
ASHLAND STREET MIXED PRIMARY SCHOOL. MISS FRANCES L. PETTIGREW, PRINCIPAL.
Average number of pupils.
44
Number of seats in school room.
54
Number of different pupils during the year
...
Number at the beginning of the year
44
Number at the close of the year.
...
.. .
.
. .
...
38
Number of half days in session.
389
Cases of corporal punishment
21
Number of females
29
Number of males. .
.. .
.
...
. .
Average age of school
....
.
. . .
. . 9 years, 4 months
Class sent to Grammar School.
MALES.
AGE.
RANK.
FEMALES.
AGE.
RANK.
Walter S. Town.
9
80
Helen Bowlen ..
9
90
William J. Turple
11
90
Grace M. Bridges
10
80
Gilman S. J. Merritt.
11
80
Mary C. Carr
9
100
George T. Merrill
9
90
Nellie O. Clark ..
4
90
Burton B. Marsh
10
100
Alice M. Hodgkins
11
100
Katie Lyons.
10
80
Josie Potter.
. .
9
90
Carrie D. Pressey
10
70
Sarah J. Sidebotham.
11
90
Alice A. Strangman. .
10
90
Average age : males, 10 years ; females, 9 years, 8 months. Average rank : males, 88.75; females, 88. Principal absent, none.
ASHLAND STREET MIXED SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOL.
MISS FLORENCE PETTIGREW, ASSISTANT.
Number of seats in school room.
56
Number of different pupils during the year. .
..
...
....
46
Number at beginning of the year ...
..
...
....
48
Number at the close of the year ....
61
Average number of pupils during the year. .
...
.
...
54
Average attendance
41
Number of half days in session
389
Cases of corporal punishment
0
Number of female pupils ...
25
Number of male pupils
....
. ..
36
Average age of school
. . 6 years, 4 months
Class sent to Principal's Department.
MALES.
AGE.
FEMALES.
AGE.
George Burns
13
Alice H. Hicken ..
7
Martin Boyle
7
Bessie Hills. .
9
Davis E. Lidstone
13
Della Hynes.
8
Horace F. Wetherby . FEMALES.
Mattie B. Morey.
9
Nellie M. Adams.
8
Lena R. Pulcifer.
7
Hattie M. Dockum
8
Lena W. Sargent
8
Nettie R. M. Hodgkins
7
Ida L. Wadlin
7
Minnie Harriman
. .
12
Anne Morrill
9
. .
. . .
.
.
. ..
. .
. .
.
...
18
Edgar G. Hopkinson.
9
90
Eugene Dockum.
11
80
...
...
.. .
. .
.
....
..
....
....
. . .
...
.. .
8
7
Lillian F. Marston
.
. .
Average age : males, 10 years ; females, 8 years, 3 months. Teacher absent by sickness 28 half days.
...
....
68
...
47
Average attendance
George O. Kent.
10
100
. .
....
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GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The grammar school is intermediate between the primary and the high school. The course of study, extending over five years, embraces all those branches of education requisite to fit a pupil for the ordinary business and industrial pursuits ; in short, for practical duties of life. The most of those that go through the course and pass the examination are fitted to enter the high school, but many are obliged to finish their educa- tion here.
A year ago a very excellent arrangement was effected for raising the grade of these schools and increasing their usefulness. An additional year was given to the course, and the following recommendation, by a special committee appointed by the board to consider the feas- ibility of a revision of the curriculum, was unanimously adopted. The following was arranged for the fifth course :
The arithmetic to be more thoroughly and carefully studied.
The grammar to be finished and revised.
A more complete knowledge of book-keeping to be acquired, and the study to be made as practical as possible.
Physical geography in place of political geography, composition and declamation as often as once a fortnight.
United States history to be read daily.
Spelling and defining.
Should the history be finished before the close of the year, some interesting his- torical or biographical sketches might be read by the teacher, and the class required to write a synopsis from memory, or this might occasionally take the place of history reading.
The examinations for admission to the high and Putnam schools were fixed last year at a scale of 80 per centum, in order to raise the standard to that of other high schools of the cities of the commonwealth. The examinations were in writing and were three in number, at the close of each term, in arithmetic, geog- raphy and grammar. The first and second examina-
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tions were held in the several grammar school rooms, and the final examination in the high school building. The questions were prepared by the teachers of the high schools and were as follows :
ARITHMETIC. (DECEMBER, 1882.)
1. Divide the sum of 3 1-2 and 4 2-3 by the difference between 7 5-6 and 8 1-5.
2. Divide .35 by the product of .07 and 500, and express the result in words.
3. If a piece of land 5 rods square costs $52.50, what will 37 square rods cost.
4. What is the simple interest of $856 for 7 years, 2 months, 26 days, at 4 1-2 per
cent ?
5. Sold a horse for $350, thereby gaining 25 per cent ; for what sum should I have sold him to lose 25 per cent ?
GRAMMAR. (DECEMBER. 1882.)
1. What is a sentence ?
2. Name the parts of speech.
3. Define a transitive verb, and make a sentence which has one.
4. Analyze the following sentence : That good boy in Boston has a chest of nice tools.
5-8. In the sentence above, name the prepositions, and tell what words they show the relation between ;- name the nouns and tell whether they are common, proper or abstract ;- name the adjectives, tell whether they are limiting or qualifying, and what nouns they limit or qualify ;- tell why the word Boston begins with a capital letter.
9-10. Write a letter of twenty words or more, to your cousin, in regard to Christmas presents.
GEOGRAPHY. (DECEMBER, 1882.)
1. Bound France.
2. Where are Calcutta, Cairo, St. Louis, and Santiago situated ?
3. Name the mountain systems of North America.
4. Name the states on the northern bank of the Ohio river.
5. Name six rivers that flow southeast from the Appalachian mountain system.
6. Name ten cities of Massachusetts.
7. Name the most easterly, the most southerly, and the most westerly cape of South America.
8. Where is Greenwich, and for what is it noted ?
9. Name the capitals of the largest state and the smallest state in the United States.
10. Where is the Japanese empire ? Bound it.
11. What is the largest lake in the world? Where is it situated?
12. Of how many states and territories does the United States consist?
13. Which is the largest of the West Indies, and to what country does it belong?
14. Bound the Gulf of Mexico.
15. Name the countries of South America.
16. Describe the course of the Amazon, Missouri, and Rhine rivers.
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17. What and where is the highest mountain peak in the world?
18. For what is Switzerland noted?
19. Name the five largest rivers of New England.
20. Where are Moscow, Bangor, Geneva, Liverpool and Stockholm?
ARITHMETIC. (MARCH, 1883.)
1. Two partners begin business each with a capital of $2000. A adds $500 at the end of 2 months, and $500 more at the end of 7 months; B adds $800 at the end of 3 months. What is the share of each, at the end of a year, of a profit of $3,605 . 25?
2. What is the compound interest of $642 for 3 years, 3 months, 3 days, at 5 per cent.
3. A ship worth $75,000 was lost at sea. X owned 1-5 of her, Y owned 1-3 of the remainder, and Z owned the rest. She was insured for $56,220. What was each man's actual loss.
4. At 25-26 francs to a pound sterling, how much English money will be required to remit 2000 francs from London to Paris?
5. What sum must be invested in 7 per cent railroad stock at 115 to yield an an nual income of $1000?
GRAMMAR. (MARCH, 1883.)
1. Define number. Write the plural of table, box, thief, and hero.
2. Define case. Write the possessive plural of child, ox, sheep, and boy.
3. Write the personal pronouns, and decline the one used in the second person.
4. Write the relative pronouns, and name those that are declined.
5 Compare the adjectives nice, well, red, and happy. Compare the adverbs sweetly, up, and out.
6. Name the voices of verbs, and write a sentence to illustrate each.
7. Conjugate the verb to fear in the active, subjunctive, past.
8. Write a sentence with the verb to spring in the active. indicative, perfect.
9. Define mood, and name the different moods.
10. Define tense, and name the different tenses.
GEOGRAPHY. (MARCH, 1883.)
1. Name the countries of South America and their capitals.
2. Name the principal seas, gulfs, and bays that border on Europe.
3. A steamer leaves New York to go around the world, and stops at these places in turn : Liverpool, Suez, Bombay, Singapore, San Francisco, Rio Janeiro. Through what bodies of water does she pass? (Name them in the order in which the vessel would pass through them.)
4. Give the general direction of the following cities from Berlin : London, Lis- bon, Rome, St. Petersburg, Stockholm.
5. What is the form of government in England? In France? In Switzerland? In Brazil? In Russia?
6. Name five rivers of Asia.
7. Name the principal mountain range of Asia. Of Europe. Of South America.
8. Tell what you know of London.
9. Where would you send a ship for hides? Teas? Cotton cloth ? Wine? Oranges? Guano? Coffee? Silk? Figs? Spices?
10. Name the principal foreign possessions of Great Britain.
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ARITHMETIC. (JUNE, 1883.)
1. Find the greatest common divisor of 315, 504, and 441.
2. Find the sum of 7-5, 1-3, 5-8.
3. Divide fifty millionths by six hundred and twenty-five ten-thousandths, and express the quotient in words.
4. A wagon and its load weigh 2 tons, 3 cwt., 48 lbs .; the wagon weighs 18 cwt., 75 lbs. This load consists of 215 packages, each of the same weight. Find the weight of each package.
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