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PUNCTUALITY AND REGULARITY.
It is needless for the committee to insist upon a truism so obvious as that those pupils who are the most prompt and regular in their attendance at their schools will, other things being equal, make the most progress in their studies.
They cannot too strongly recommend to all youth. attending school, who would reap the utmost possible advantage from the golden but fleeting opportunities now within their reach, to emulate each other in their earnestness to improve every precious moment.
To parents they would say, our most zealous efforts
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will fail without your interested co-operation. See to it that your children are punctually at school, and that they remain there during all the hours of study unless there be urgent reason for their dismissal, nor ought they, without good cause, to be allowed to stay away from school Wednesday and Saturday forenoons.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS.
By the rules of the school committee, teachers are annually elected at the regular meeting of the board, in June of each year, to hold their places during the pleasure of the board. If citizens or parents have a knowledge of incapacity, unfaithfulness, or other rea- sons which disqualify a teacher from continuance in service, such information should be presented to the school committee before the annual appointments are made. Both committee and teachers are servants of the public, for whom they act, and to whom they are responsible.
SUBSTITUTES.
The following substitutes were employed during the year : Miss Jeanette N. Balch, Miss Nellie Cogswell, Miss Fannie E. Pettingell, Miss E. A. Dodge, Miss Sarah F. Badger, Miss Georgianna Teel, and Mr. Philip D. Adams.
TRUANCY.
In regard to truancy, we are pleased to state that the efforts of the truant officer have been so directed that there has been quite a falling off in absences from school, and there is a better disposition manifested by former delinquents to be more constant in attend- ance.
Whole number of absences. .
73
Tardiness.
8
Insolence to teachers .... ... . ... . . ..
. .. .... 12
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ROLL OF HONOR.
The following pupils were not tardy or absent dur- ing the year:
Edith Morrill, of Congress street female primary school.
Alexander Caldwell, of Congress street male primary school.
George O. Kent, of Ashland street mixed primary school, first division.
Mary N. Pettingell, of Hancock street female grammar school.
Isaac E. Pettingell, of Bromfield male grammar school, assistant's department. Lizzie McIntire and Annie B. Shaw, of Forrester street female grammar school. Julia A. Dyke, of Moultonville mixed grammar and primary school.
Mary A. Roaf, Gertrude Johnson, Edith Johnson, Ellen M. Frost, and Grovenor T. Blood, of Kelly school.
EVENING SCHOOLS. .
It may be seen by the last printed report that even- ing schools for men have been discontinued for some years, on account of non-attendance of pupils. The committee now understand that the omission to estab- lish evening schools is a plain violation of the laws, and no other course is left them but to re-open these schools. There seems to be a propriety in provid- ing such schools for many in our workshops and mills, who, deprived of the advantages of the day schools, nevertheless realize the necessity of an edu- cation.
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SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SALARIES.
BROWN AND FEMALE HIGH SCHOOLS.
Ward Four.
George E. Gay, A. M., principal, nine months, ..
$1,530
Luther Dame, assistant. . 700
150 Miss Annette A. Senter, assistant, 600
KELLEY SCHOOL. Ward Four.
Nathan A. Moulton, principal, ..
$1,000 | Miss Eva J. Smith, assistant, .. $350
Miss Abbie Short, assistant, .
350 | Miss Mary L. Bartlet, assistant, . . 350
Miss Martha J. Bradley, assistant,
350 Miss M. E. Jaques, ass stant, . . .
325
Miss Hattie C. Piper, assistant. .
350 Miss Alice H. Olmstead, assistant, 325
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. Ward One.
BROMFIELD MALE, Bromfield street, n Miss Rhoda Tilton, assistant, 350
Ward Two.
JACKMAN MALE,
William P. Lunt, principal, .. 1,000
School street,
Miss Addie K. Hale, assistant, 350
Ward Six.
CURRIER MALE,
Miss Sarah B. Chute, principal, .. 750
Forrester street,
Miss E. Frothingham, assistant, . . 350
Ward One.
JOHNSON FEMALE, Miss Anne L. Coffin, principal, .. 425
Hancock street,
Miss Emma M. Lander, assistant, 350
Ward Two.
SOUTH FEMALE,
Purchase street,
Miss Priscilla G. Craig, principal, 425 Miss Susie B. Lowell. assistant, .. 350
Ward Six.
CURRIER FEMALE, Forrester street,
Miss Serena D. Toppan, principal, Miss Agnes A. Somerby, assistant, 350
PRIMARY SCHOOLS. Ward One.
MALE PRIMARY,
§ Miss Carrie M. Clement, principal, Miss Cora B. Longee, assistant, .. 325
JOHNSON FEMALE PRIMARY, ? Hancock street,
( Miss Aune A. Currier, principal, . . 350
Miss Jennie P. Haskell, assistant, 325
Ward Two.
FEMALE PRIMARY.
S Miss Mary E. Estes, principal, . .
350
Purchase street,
Miss Jennie C. Teel, assistant, . .
300
JACKMAN MALE PRIMARY, School street,
Miss Helen M. Currier, principal, Miss Hannah H. Page, assistant,. . 325
Ward Three.
Ward Five. 350
DAVENPORT FEMALE PRIMARY, - Miss Clara J. Edgerly, principal, 350
Congress street,
DAVENPORT MALE PRIMARY, Miss Sarah E. Whitmore, principal, Miss Nellie M. Stanton, assistant, . 325
350
Congress street,
SUB-PRIMARY, - Male. Miss Susie I. Adams, Ist division. 325
Kent street. - Female. Miss Carrie M. Bayley, 2d " 325
Ward Six. Miss Frances J. Pettigrew, 1st div. 350 Ashland street,
MIXED PRIMARY,
Miss Florence Pettigrew, 2d 325
MIXED GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY, Plains,
Miss Lizzie H. Cheever, principal, 450
MIXED GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY, Miss Alice M. Leach, 325 Moultonville,
350
FEMALE PRIMARY, Temple street, .. . Mrs. M. N. Gray, principal, .. . .
$350
Bromfield street,
425
George W. Brown, principal, . . $1,000
Charles D. Seelye, principal, one month,. . .
| Oliver B. Merrill, A. M., assistant, $1,200
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CREDIT.
City government appropriation
$22,000 00
One year's interest on Brown fund ..
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...
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Tuition fees from non-resident pupils
179 00
State school fund ...
254 52
Overdrawn
2,879 88
$25,988 40
DEBIT.
Teachers' salaries, High schools
$4,180 00
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Grammar schools.
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...
8,950 00
Primary schools ..
6,725 00
= Evening school .. .
11 66
Books and stationery
320 97
Printing .. .
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1,053 45
Cleaning school rooms
142 15
School furniture ...
192 08
Water
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8 00
Census .
75 00
Secretary's salary ..
100 00
Agent's salary
100 00
Truant officer's salary
100 00
Rent of Putnam building
1,500 00
Repairs of school houses
1,403 18
Hard and soft coal. .
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852 91
School report
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224 00
Janitors and sweepers
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50 00
$25,988 40
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675 00
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Cost per pupil in high schools, $68.73 ; in grammar, $22.13; in primary, $13.29.
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RECAPITULATION TABLE.
Number of persons in the city in May last between the ages of 5 and 15 years
2681
Ward one
462
Ward two
473
Ward three
. . 363
Ward four
400
Ward five
529
Ward six
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454
Number between the ages of 8 and 14 years
. . .
1177
Number of different pupils in the schools during the year .. .
1836
Number at the beginning of the year
1360
Number at the close of the year. ..
1438
Average membership
...
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1361
Average attendance
1113
Per centum of attendance based on average membership.
82
Number of schools in the city (public)
34
Number of teachers employed in day schools
42
Number of days in the school year
200
Number of days schools were in session ....
195
Number of months, reckoning 20 days in each month
984
Number of seats in school rooms. .
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. 15 years, 2 months
Average age of pupils in Grammar schools.
. . 11 years, 4 months
. . 8 years, 10 months Average age of pupils in Primary schools .. ... ...
17 years, 6 months
Average age of graduates of class of 1883 (High schools) . . .. Average age of classes sent from Grammar schools to High. . Average rank of classes sent from Grammar school to High.
86.12
Average age of classes sent to Grammar schools .... ...
10 years
Average rank of classes sent to Grammar schools ... ....
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87.75
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2079
Number of cases of corporal punishment ...
232
Average age of pupils in High schools . .
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14 years
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BOOKS USED IN THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Warren's Class-Word Speller.
Franklin's Third Reader, reviewed the first and second terms. Franklin's Fifth Reader.
Guyot's Grammar School Geography, completed.
Ellsworth's Writing Books, and Single-entry Book-keeping.
Harper's Language Series.
Colburn's Mental Arithmetic. Greenleaf's Common School Arithmetic.
Quackenbos' History of the United States, to be employed as a reading book. Our World, No. 2, as a reference book (on the desk of the teacher).
BOOKS USED IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Franklin's Primer, the First, Second, and Third Readers.
Warren's Class-Word Speller.
Mac Vicker's Elementary Arithmetic.
Guyot's Elementary Geography, completed.
Penmanship, Ellsworth's Writing Books.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM A. JOHNSON, (Mayor) Chairman,
JOSEPH E. MOODY, Vice-Chairman,
STEPHEN COLLINS, Secretary, DAVID T. WOODWELL, Agent,
CHARLES H. BLISS,
GEORGE E. POOR,
EDWARD P. HURD,
HARRISON G. JOHNSON,
CHARLES L. DAVIS, ALVAH B. DEARBORN,
EDWARD A. HALE,
CHARLES A. CURRIER,
JAMES A. MERRILL,
School Committee.
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SUPPLEMENTARY.
PRIVATE SCHOOL, MIXED.
MISS MARGARET M. STONE, TEACHER.
Number of pupils attending during the year ..
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38
Average membership
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21
Average attendance ... ...
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18
Average age of pupils
.... 9 years
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The pupils of this school receive instruction in the primary, grammar, and high school course, and many of the pupils complete their education here.
PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR, MIXED. MISS A. R. WHITTIER, TEACHER.
Number of pupils belonging
25
Average membership
28
Average attendance
20
Number under 5 years of age
3
Average age of pupils
8 years
Number of half days in session
400
Number of ferrales
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14
Number of males. .
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11
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PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.
This school was established by the Roman Catholic society in 1881. Being a sectarian school, designed especially to propagate the tenets of a large religious body, it is debarred from government support and is dependent on the funds of its patrons. Being thus constituted a private school, this institution is not thereby wholly excluded from the jurisdiction of this school board, as is seen from section 2, chapter 47, of the General Statutes of Massachusetts : " For the pur- poses of the preceding sections, school committees shall approve a private school only when the teaching therein is in the English language, and when they are satisfied that such teaching equals in thoroughness and efficiency the teaching in the public schools in the studies required by law. They will not refuse to ap-
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prove a private school on account of the religious teaching therein." Indirectly the school committee has a voice in the conduct of all private schools, as the law specifies what studies shall be taught, and as the prose- cution of these studies by all youths of certain ages is compulsory, and as, moreover, a school not approved by the proper government officers could not have a legal existence. The present school board, therefore, claims an interest in the Parochial school, a school which has assumed large proportions within two years and now numbers more than 600 pupils, and notes with satisfaction the thoroughness of the teaching and the excellent discipline in the several departments of this school. The following statistics will be of interest to the friends of education and will be a useful supple- ment to this report :-
Cases of corporal punishment
0
Average membership
550
Average attendance
515
Number at the beginning of the year
600
Number at the close of year
675
Number of different pupils during the year. .
675
Number admitted to the Parochial high school
30
Number of primary school pupils ...
442
Number of grammar school pupils. .
203
Number of female pupils .. .
...
352
Number of male pupils ....
323
Average age of primary pupils
....
.7 years
Average age of school .. . .
12 years
Class Admitted to Parochial High School.
MALES
AGE.
RANK.
FEMALES.
AGE.
RANK.
Francis Donahoe
13
86
Annie Dunn.
12
87
Joseph Hale.
14
92
Catherine Fahey
17
80
William McGrath
14
87
Ellen Haley .
13
90
Thomas Moylan.
14
83
Amelia Hennessey
16
92
George O'Connell
14
87
Annie J. Moynihan. .
13
91
Anthony Reddy .
13
85
Margaret O'Neil.
12
94
William Woods. . FEMALES.
13
80
Mary O'Grady .
16
91
Mary E. Buckley
15
95
Mary E. Quill . .
14
88
Catherine M. Buckley
13
80
Mary J. Wallace
13
83
Hattie Donahoe.
15
80
Mary Welch
15
91
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Average of class : males, 13 vears, 6 months; females, 14 years.
Average rank : males, 85-7 ; females, 88.
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Mary A. Quill
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