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5. $1200 includes a sum to be invested and a commission of five per cent of the sum to be invested. What is the sum to be invested ?
6. $1250.75.
East Dennis, Mass., June 4, 1854.
For value received, I promise to pay Christopher Sears, or order,
twelve hundred and fifty and 75-100 dollars, on demand, with in- terest at 6 per cent. SETH CROWELL.
Indorsements :- Dec. 16, 1854, $300; Feb. 18, 1855, $400; March 15, 1855, $300. What was due May 15, 1855?
7. My agent has sold 34 cases of rubber shoes, containing 100 pairs each, at 75 cents per pair. His commission being 1 1-2 per cent, what shall he retain for his ser- vices and what shall he pay over to me ?
8. For what time must $56 be put to interest at 8 1-2 per cent to amount to $69.09?
9. Sold 10 shares of the Fitchburg railroad stock for $800, and thereby lost 20 per cent on the cost ; what did I pay per share ?
10. The town of C, whose taxable property amounts to $1,058,000, wishes to raise a tax of $3184. There are 385 polls each taxed $1.40. The property of A is valued at $33,333.33 1-3, and he pays 2 polls, what is his tax ?
GRAMMAR. (JUNE 28, 1883.)
1. Give an example of a complex sentence ; of a compound sentence.
2. Analyze this sentence :- Prosperity did not unduly elate Washington, nor did misfortune cast him down.
3. Parse the nouns in the sentence above.
4. Parse the verbs.
5. Parse the adverbs.
6. That man said that he would go. Parse the words in italics.
7. To work is healthy. Parse "to work."
8. Tell how a phrase differs from a sentence, and give an example of each. 9 and 10. The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story ;
The long light shakes across the lakes And the wild cataract leaps in glory.
Analyze and parse the words in italics.
GEOGRAPHY. (JUNE 28, 1882.)
1. Define geography, latitude, peninsula, continent, island, bay, gulf, isthmus, river, strait.
2. Which is farther north, New Orleans or St. Louis? Chicago or Cincinnati? New York or Boston? Paris or London? St. Petersburg or Rome?
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3. Name three peninsulas on the coast of Europe.
4. Name the continents.
5. Name four of the West Indies.
6. Name five great bays on the coast of North America.
7. Bound the Gulf of Mexico.
8. Tell all you know concerning the isthinus of Panama, its location, climate, inhabitants, railroad.
9. Name three rivers of Asia, and two rivers of Africa.
10. What strait between Asia and Africa? Between Greenland and British America.
MODIFICATIONS ADOPTED BY THE PRESENT BOARD IN THE REGULATIONS FOR EXAMINATION FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The present board, feeling that a system requiring three examinations during the year for admission to the high school was unnecessarily onerous to both teachers and pupils, entailing much extra work for which there did not seem to be sufficient offset, in No- vember voted to abolish the December examination; and at the December meeting, in accordance with the advice of a special committee appointed to consider the mat- ter, voted that the second examination in March be also abolished, thus restoring the old method of one exam- ination of candidates at the end of the school year.
The corps of teachers remains the same as last year, with the exception that in the Jackman male grammar school the resignation of Miss Addie K. Hale, in De- cember, was accepted, and Miss Elizabeth A. Dodge was elected to fill the vacancy.
Non-resident pupils in grammar schools are required to pay $12 a year tuition.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING.
During the year a committee was appointed to report as to the feasibility of introducing supplementary read- ing into the schools. The argument in favor of such
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supplementary reading is briefly as follows: first, the text books in reading at present in use soon lose the charm of novelty to pupils; second, if new and inter- esting reading lessons are provided for pupils sufficient- ly meritorious, a taste for reading will be stimulated, more zeal will be manifested in the reading exercises of the schools, and greater improvement will be noted. The report of the committee being favorable, a small sum of money was appropriated by the board to pur- chase supplementary readers, of which ten sets were supplied to the primary and eight sets to the grammar schools, each school to exchange with some other school its set of books when read through by the pupils.
JOHNSON FEMALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, HANCOCK STREET.
MISS ANNE L. COFFIN, PRINCIPAL. MISS EMMA M. LANDER, ASSISTANT.
Number of desks in school room ....
70
Number of different pupils during the year. .
....
.. .
.
55
Number at the close of the year
.
.
....
65
Average number belonging
. . .
...
....
57
Average attendance
. . .
. .
....
51
Number of half days in session
...
...
393
Cases of corporal punishment
0
Average age of school . . .
. 11 years, 9 months
Pupils admitted to Putnam Free School.
AGE. RANK.
AGE. RANK.
y. m.
3. m.
Helen H. Ilsley 14 11 88
Mary C. Lunt. 15 1 80
Lizzie G. Johnson. . . 13 8 82
Average age of class .. . .
.. .14 years, 6 months.
Average rank .
.. 831/3
Principal absent on account of sickness 5 half days.
Assistant absent on account of sickness 55 half days.
. .
59
Number at the beginning of the year
...
...
. ..
. .
19
BROMFIELD STREET MALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. GEORGE W. BROWN, PRINCIPAL.
Advanced class. ..
3
Number of desks in school room ..
....
.. .
. . .
40
Number of different pupils during the year.
....
..
... .
37
Number at the beginning of the year
..
....
...
....
32
Number at the close of the year ... .
....
....
32
Average number of pupils during the year ..
30
Average attendance
....
.
....
....
26
Number of half days in session ..
·
. .
....
·
... .
1
Number over 15 years of age
. .
... .
. . .
3
Average age of school
...
....
....
. . 12 years, 9 mouths
Advanced Class.
Fred W. Ireland . .
Age, 15 years, 3 months.
Rank, 88
A. G. Perkins
"1
13
11
6
11
93
F. A. Perkins
. . . .
....
15
"
80
Average age
14 years
Average rank
88.8
Entered Putnam School.
Fred G. Brown ...
13 years. Rank, 91
Daniel Lunt. .
14 #
92
Principal absent 5 half days.
BROMFIELD STREET MALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
MISS RHODA TILTON, ASSISTANT.
Number of pupils sent to Mr. Brown's department ...
18
Number of seats in school room ....
....
... .
. . .
40
Number of different pupils during the year.
...
. . .
.. . .
44
Number at the beginning of the year
. .
.. .
...
35
Number at the close of the year.
.. .
...
....
26
Average number of pupils during the year.
. .
. .
.. .
... .
....
31
Average attendance
...
. .
....
. . .
. . . .
28
Number of half days in session ....
... .
.. ..
... .
399
Number of cases of corporal punishment ...
....
....
... .
1
Average age of pupils
.. 10 years, 3 months
Pupils Promoted.
AGE. RANK.
AGE.
RANK.
y.
m.
3/.
m.
11
6
99
Freddie Pearson
12
9
98
B. Clark Atwater. .
11
7 97
Eddie E. Post.
12
9
96
J. Herbert. A. Brown . .
13
4 94
C. Wallace Stevens
10
8 89
Hiram Brooks.
12
9
94
Willie F. Small
14
11
95
Engene P. Frost
14
2
91
Willie E. Taylor . .
11
11
92
Eddie E. Gould
12
6
94
Emery Walton
13
11
94
Charles L. Hughes
12
6 96
Charles S. Wells . .
12
11
84
Herbert E. Noyes. .
12
1
92
D. Albert Wells
12
1
96
George A. Noyes. .
11
3 96
Arthur D. Wise
12
11
98
Average age of class
12 years, 9 months.
Average rank . . .
. . 94 1-6.
Teacher absent, none.
... .
....
..
. .
.. .
. .
. .
. . .
.
....
399
Number of cases of corporal punishment ...
...
...
... .
. .
. .
. ..
. ... .
. .
....
..
...
...
....
.
Herbert L. Adams.
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PURCHASE STREET FEMALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
MISS PRISCILLA G. CRAIG, PRINCIPAL. MISS SUSIE B. LOWELL, ASSISTANT.
Number of desks in school room ...
....
68
Number of different pupils during the year . .
. .
. ...
....
72
Number at the beginning of the year
....
. .
....
48
Number at the close of the year ...
....
·
....
....
57
Average attendance
Average number of pupils during the year ..
52
Number of half days in session ....
..
...
393
Number of cases of corporal punishment.
...
. . .
... .
11 years, 11 months
Names and Ranks of Pupils sent to High School.
AGE.
RANK.
AGE. y. m.
RANK.
y.
m.
Mabel S. Gillett
14
9
86
Annie J. Barlow ..
14
10
85
Helen B. Moody ..
15
10
91
Celestena Thurlow
13
11
86
Lottie E. Dixon
14
6
90
Lizzie O. Lunt
14 11
85
May S. Johnson
13 8
80
Average age.
....
.14 years, 7 months.
Average rank
. .
. . .
...
....
Principal absent none ; assistant absent none.
JACKMAN MALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, SCHOOL STREET.
WILLIAM P. LUNT, PRINCIPAL.
Number sent to high school
12
Number of desks in school room ....
.
. .
...
. . .
40
Number at the beginning of the year
. .
. . .
....
30
Number at the close of the year. .. . .
...
....
....
27
Average number of pupils during the year. .
...
...
...
....
27
Number of half days in session ....
....
...
396
Number of cases of corporal punishment
...
...
Average age of school
. .
....
....
. . 13 years, 2 months
Names, Age, and Rank of Pupils Admitted to the High School.
AGE.
RANK.
m.
У. 12
11
9316
Elmer Wheeler
15
9 8312
David P. Page.
12
10 891/2
Ernest M. Lunt
12
7
94
R. S. Prescott. . .
13 3 90
J. H. Wheeler.
12
5 91
R. D. Bayley. . . .
14 4 85 12
Henry Coffin.
12
9 95
J. H. Gilleney .
13 3 81
A. M. Nutter. .
13
92
William A. Barron
15 2
83
Philip Knapp ..
14
6 90 42
Average age of class
13 years, 6 months.
Average rank.
89
Principal absent 1 half day.
...
...
....
28
Average attendance
.. .
..
.
....
RANK.
2.
AGE. m.
George A. Butman.
....
50
Number of different pupils during the year.
....
....
....
50
...
... .
0
Average age of school ..
. .
86 1-7
0
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JACKMAN MALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, SCHOOL STREET.
SECOND DIVISION : MISS ADDIE K. HALE, ASSISTANT.
Number of pupils sent to upper room
..
...
...
....
Number of desks in school room.
. .
...
...
....
Number of different pupils during the year.
....
....
....
....
36
Number at the beginning of the year
....
....
. . .
. .
.....
Number at the close of the year ...
....
....
....
..
32
Average number of pupils during the year. .
... .
. .. .
....
....
32
Number of half days in session ....
....
... .
.. . .
396
Number of cases of corporal punishment.
....
....
....
Average age of school ..
....
....
Class Promoted.
AGE.
AGE.
Herbert Smith.
13
11
Herbert Wheeler ..
6
David Gaddas.
12
8
Howard Sargent .
12
6
Harry Ross
11
9
J. L. Currier ..
12
1
George Kezar.
13
H. C. Adams ..
11
11
Cushing Todd.
11
6
John Kilborn. .
12
4
Louis Levy
12
8
John Ingram ..
. . 12
3
Average age of class ....
12 years, 4 months.
Teacher absent, 5 half days.
FORRESTER STREET MALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
MISS SARAH B. CHUTE, PRINCIPAL. MISS ELLEN FROTHINGHAM, ASSISTANT.
Number of desks in school room ...
72
Number of different pupils during the year. .
75
Number at the beginning of the year
. .
....
. .. .
. ..
....
54
Number at the close of the year ....
. .
. ..
. . .
. ...
55
Average number of pupils during the year ..
. ..
.. .
..
....
..
....
...
....
....
49
Number of half days in session ... .
....
....
....
....
400
Number of cases of corporal punishment ....
....
....
...
39
Average age of school
12 years, 11 months
Class Admitted to High School.
AGE.
RANK. 85
Rufus G. Patriquin. .. 12
83
Frank E. Choate
15
82
Louis A. Patriquin. . .. 15
81
George T. Hicken . .
14
80
Alfred M. True. ..
13
89
Average age of class
.. . 13 years, 8 months.
Average rank
. ..
.. . 83%
Principal absent 5 half days, on account of sickness.
Assistant absent 1 half day.
..
. . .
AGE.
RANK.
Albert C. Chase
13
-
. .
..
. ..
...
34
Average attendance
30
. . .
..
....
30
.11 years, 4 months
y.
m.
m.
54
Average attendance
..
12
50
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FORRESTER STREET FEMALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. .
MISS SERENA D. TOPPAN, PRINCIPAL. MISS AGNES A. SOMERBY, ASSISTANT.
Number of desks in school room ...
Number of different pupils during the year ..
.
. .
.
. .
74
Number at the beginning of the year
58
Number at the close of the year .. ...
. ..
... .
....
69
Average attendance
.. .
... .
.. .
....
61
Number of half days in session
. .
....
....
400
Cases of corporal punishment
. .
. .
Average age
.12 years, 2 months
Pupils Admitted to High School.
Lucy H. Currier.
Age, 14 years, 7 months. Rank, 891/2
Lula G. Hodgdon
14
88
Sarah E. Spaulding
15
=
?
85
Mabel C. Choate.
14
=
8
11 84
Average age of class . .
....
14 years, 2 months.
Average rank of class
. 86 4/2
Principal absent none.
Assistant absent 5 half days.
WESLEY STREET MIXED PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. MISS LIZZIE H. CHEEVER, PRINCIPAL.
Number of seats in school room
48
Number of different pupils during the year .
56
Number at the beginning of the year
36
Number at the close of the year ..
40
Average number of pupils during the year ..
37
Average attendance
27
Number of half days in session
387
Cases of corporal punishment
3
Average age of school
. .
...
. . . 10 years
Class Admitted to High School.
Clara E. Marshall
Age, 14 years, 2 months. Rank, 851/2
Carrie B. Gove ..
"
12 11
9
83
Average rank
. . ....
. . .
13 years.
Teacher absent 7 half days.
MOULTONVILLE MIXED GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOL. MISS ALICE M. LEACH. PRINCIPAL.
Number of seats in school room ..
40
Number of different pupils during the year. .
. .
...
. .
...
47
Number at beginning of the year .. .
..
.. .
.. .
30
Average attendance
19
Average number of pupils during the year. .
29
Number of half days in session
. .
.. .
...
...
4
Number of female pupils ...
.. .
...
...
.. .
....
25
Number of male pupils . .
.. .
.. .
Average age of school . .
Teacher absent 14 half days.
.... .
. . .
. . 9 years, 6 months
. .
...
....
...
. . .
...
. .
. .
. .
...
...
....
. .
....
. .
. .
...
382
Cases of corporal punishment
...
. .
.. .
.
22
..
64
Average number of pupils during the year. .
. . .
....
... .
0
. .
...
... .
. .
. .
.
....
.. 84
Average age
27
Number at the close of the year ..
..
....
51
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KELLEY SCHOOL.
Rooms A, B, and C, in the building, are used for primary schools, and rooms D, E, F, G, and H for gram- mar schools. The residence of pupils situated on or between Green and Boardman streets entitles them to go to the Kelley primary department, but in admission to the grammar department the practice has been to admit all who reside between Warren street and the line of the same extended southeasterly to Fair street. Grammar school pupils are admitted to the Kelley upon passing examination, who have attended the primary course in the school on Temple street, in the Kelley, and in the Congress street primary schools, provided they reside within the grammar school limits. There have been no changes of teachers in this school during the past year. This is a graded school for boys and girls, and is divided into eight rooms, as given in the following table :
school rooms.
absent.
No. of desks in the
No. half days teacher
No at the beginning
No. at the close of the
Average number dur-
Average attendance.
No. of half days in
No. cases of corporal
No. over fifteen years
y m
N. A. Moulton, Principal,-Room H.
49
0
41
33
36
33
399
0
15
13-6
Abby Short.
Assistant,-
G.
49
0
30
33
32
27
399
5
0
12-3
Martha J. Bradley,
=
"
F.
49
26
28
31
30
27
399
2
0
11-9
Eva J. Smith,
11
E.
49
21
30
35
31
28
399
10
0
10-6
Mary L. Bartlett,
11
D.
56
5
34
42
37
32
399
20
0
10
Hattie C. Piper,
11
C.
56
17
32
43
36
30
399
7
0
8
Mary E. Jaques,
"
B.
56
26
31
42
34
25
393
0
0
8
Alice H. Olmstead,
11
11
A.
56
5
40
54
47
33
3.98
4
0
6-4
Number of desks in building, 420 ; female pupils, 191; male pupils, 212; number of different pupils during the year, 406; average age of school, 10 years.
Pupils Admitted to the High School.
AGE.
RANK.
AGE.
RANK.
m.
y.
m.
Hattie M. Burrill ..
14
10 831/2
Marv A. Rolfe.
13
6
89
Carrie S. Daniels. .
15
861/2
Sarah N. Smith
13
8
83
L. N. Woods ..
14
851/2
Eleanor E. Russell.
14
81
Mabel C. Pearson. .
15
80
Lizzie S. Rogers
13 9112
Bessie R. Bullock ..
15
85
Nannie Butler.
12 3 8112
Bertha M. Stiles .
13
8 9512
Carrie E. Gilbert ..
15
85
Edna G. Bryant
14
84
Philip Pearson.
13
84 1/2
Nellie M. Ross.
14
841/2
Harry M. Lord
15
8212
Josie Henderson
13
9 82
George A. Caldwell
14
80
Lizzie Marshall
13
80
George L. Kimball. 12
80
of the year.
year.
ing the year.
session.
punishment.
of age.
Average age.
Average age of class, 13 years, 9 months. Average rank, 84 .2.
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HIGH SCHOOL.
A year ago, in accordance with a vote of the school board, notice was served on the Putnam trustees by the common council that the consolidation of the High and Putnam schools would terminate with the end of that school year. Last June the school com- mittee, by a majority vote, resolved that it was inex- pedient at present to terminate the union of the schools, and petitioned the common council to continue the same by making new arrangements with the trus- tees of the Putnam fund, and obtaining, on the most favorable terms possible, a new lease of the building. In accordance with this recommendation of the board the common council renewed, for one year, the lease with the Putnam trustees, on the same terms of rental as heretofore, viz : the payment by the city govern- ment of $1500 per annum; mutual privileges being granted in connection with this lease, as stipulated in the articles of agreement made in June, 1879, by and between the Trustees of the Putnam Free School and the City of Newburyport.
In November, Mr. George E. Gay, principal of the high school, resigned his office, which resignation was accepted by the board; and Mr. Charles D. Seelye, of Provincetown, Mass., was elected to fill this vacancy, and entered upon his work on the first day of Decem- ber, 1883, and the board have reason to expect that he will discharge his duties as principal of the consolidated schools to their entire satisfaction.
NON-RESIDENT PUPILS.
In the high school, the non-resident pupils of the Putnam free school who study Latin and Greek are
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required to pay tuition, for Latin $12, and for Latin and Greek $15 a year.
SALARIES.
A reduction of $200 was made, December 1st, of the salary of principal of the high schools.
EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR TEACHERS.
There has been no examination by the sub-commit- tee this year.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The course of study prescribed is as follows :
PREPARATORY YEAR.
CLASSICAL COURSE :- Algebra (40); Latin grammar and reader (40); English grammar (20) and ancient history (20).
ENGLISH COURSE :- Algebra (40); English grammar (40); physical geogra- phy (40).
COLLEGE PREPARATORY :- Algebra (40); Latin grammar and reader (40); English grammar (20) and ancient history (20).
JUNIOR YEAR.
CLASSICAL COURSE :- Geometry (20) and arithmetic (20); Cæsar, four books (40); physics (40).
ENGLISH COURSE :- Geometry (20) and arithmetic (20); history (20) and bot- any (20); physics (40).
COLLEGE PREPARATORY :- Geometry (20) and arithmetic (20); Cæsar, four books (40); Greek grammar and reader (40).
MIDDLE YEAR
CLASSICAL COURSE :- Physiology (20) and rhetoric (20), or French (40); Cicero, eight orations (40); chemistry (40).
ENGLISH COURSE :- Physiology (20) and rhetoric (20); French (40); chemis- try (40).
COLLEGE PREPARATORY :- French (40); Cicero, eight orations (40); Anabasis, four books (40).
SENIOR YEAR.
CLASSICAL COURSE :- English literature and composition (40); French (40), or geology (40), or trigonometry and surveying (40), or astronomy (40); Virgil, 6 books of Æneid and Bucolics (35), Cicero, De Senectute (5).
ENGLISH COURSE :- Geology (40), or astronomy (40); trigonometry and sur- veying (40), or French (40); English literature and composition (40).
COLLEGE PREPARATORY :- Reviews (40); Virgil, six books of the Æneid and Bucolics (35), Cicero, De Senectute (5); Homer, three books of the Iliad (40).
The course is arranged for those who merely wish to graduate from the high school; but for pupils who
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have the disposition and ability for a more extended course, the following was adopted by the board, on recommendation of the principal, who says :
The course of study as arranged for the high schools, and now pursued there, is the same for all members of the schools. From this it happens that pupils of more than average ability cannot always be supplied with appropriate work, and have leisure for reading and other extra employment. I submit herewith a plan of optional supplementary work for pupils of this sort, designed to aid the pupil in putting his leisure to a good use.
As will be seen by an examination of the plan, the supplementary work is divided into three sections for each year of the course, making twelve sections in all. As an encouragement to the performance of this additional work, I recommend the following plan : When a pupil has completed four sections in a manner satisfactory to his teach- ers, he is to receive from them a certificate of the fact; and for every four sections he is to receive one such certificate. It will therefore result that at graduation a pupil may have obtained one, two, or three of these certificates. A graduate holding one certificate should be entitled to the words "cum laude" on his diploma ; one holding two, to "magna cum laude;" one holding three, to "summa cum laude."
This plan of supplementary work has been submitted to several prominent educat- ors, and is believed to be eminently practical and useful :
PREPARATORY YEAR.
LITERATURE :- Higginson's History of the United States ; Dickens' History of England; two of Cooper's novels; Scott's longer poems and Ivanhoe ; Nicholas Nick- elby ; Irving's Sketch Book ; Whittier's poems.
MATHEMATICS :- Wentworth's Arithmetical Problems.
COMPOSITION :- History of Newburyport in 2500 words.
JUNIOR YEAR.
LITERATURE :- Young People's History of France and Germany ; Vicar of Wakefield ; Harold ; Longfellow's poems; Pilgrim's Progress.
MATHEMATICS :- Problems in Robinson's Higher Algebra.
COMPOSITION :- History of the Great Rebellion in 3000 words.
MIDDLE YEAR.
LITERATURE :-- Green's History of England ; Henry Esmond ; Bacon's Essays; Bryant's History of the United States ; Bryant's poems.
NATURAL SCIENCE :- Special work, under the direction of the teacher, in physics or zoology.
COMPOSITION :- Essays on assigned topics.
SENIOR YEAR.
LITERATURE :- Paradise Lost; five plays of Shakespeare; Adam Bede; Faerie Queene ; Boswell's Life of Johnson.
NATURAL SCIENCE :- Collection of cabinets and other work, under the direc- tion of teacher.
COMPOSITION :- Essays on assigned topics.
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CONSOLIDATED BROWN, FEMALE HIGH, AND PUTNAM SCHOOLS.
GEORGE E. GAY, PRINCIPAL FOR NINE MONTHS, RESIGNED. CHARLES D. SEELY, PRESENT PRINCIPAL.
OLIVER B. MERRILL, Assistants for MISS MARGARET CLARKSON, Perceptress. MISS SARAH W PIKE,
LUTHER DAME, Brown and Female
ANNETTE A. SENTER, High Schools.
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MISS ELIZABETH G. BIGELOW Assistants.
Number of desks in building
315
Female pupils in Putnam. .
37
Male pupils in Putnam ....
20
Average age of Putnam pupils
. 15 years, 6 months
Number of Putnam pupils.
57
Number of non-resident pupils
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8
Number at the beginning of the year
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87
Number at the close of year
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85
Average number during the year. . .
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83
Number of different pupils during the year. .
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160
Number of male pupils in high
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103
Number of half days in session .. . .
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391
Cases of corporal punishment . .
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0
Number over 15 years of age
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. 15 years, 2 months
Putnam Graduates.
Lizzie E. Badger.
May L. Brown.
Carrie I. Coffin.
Anna M. Cole.
S Belle Delano.
Alice M. Cummings.
Nellie Holker.
Mary A. Crafts.
Kate C. Hurd.
Hattie F. Creasey.
Lula F. Montgomery.
Carrie A. Drake.
Lizzie Moynihan.
Nellie F. Drake.
Annie K. Pettingell.
Mary E. Hoyt.
S. Isabel Jewell.
Elinor C Lunt.
Claribel Mou ton.
Mary L. Moulton.
Annie M. O'Dowd.
S. Evannah Stiles.
Alice F. Whittier.
Annie T. Withington.
Edward H. Clarkson.
Thomas D. Hobbs.
Frank W. Green.
William T. Humphreys.
Frank B. Sauborn.
Everett L. Stearns.
George B. Welch (entered Chand- ler's Scientific School).
Average age of class, 18 years.
Edward M. Smith. Fred L. Weare.
Average age of class, 17 years, 8 months.
CALISTHENICS.
A few minutes every day are devoted to calisthenics or lighter gymnastic exercises, which, in the judgment
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Average attendance
75
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94
Average age of school ....
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Female High Graduates.
Lizzie C. Adams.
Emma F. Bridges.
Nellie L. Stanley.
Annie K. Tuck.
Annie L. Whitmore.
Average age of class, 17 years, 3 months.
Brown High Graduates.
Edward L. Bliss (entered Yale Col- lege).
Jesse B. Rogers.
57
Number of female pupils in high ...
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of the board, are calculated to benefit both teachers and pupils, while affording a brief relaxation from labor and study.
SALARIES.
No changes have been made in the salaries of teach- ers the past year, except the reduction of the salary of the principal of the high school.
DRAWING.
By the public statutes the teaching of drawing is made compulsory in all the schools. The law, never- theless, does not prescribe the manner or the extent of such teaching, and the committee have left it largely to the principals of schools to decide how much time each pupil shall devote to this study.
TEXT BOOKS.
The text books used in the schools remain the same as last year, with additional supplementary readers.
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