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Number of boys in High school over 15 years of age. .32 Number of girls in High school over 15 years of age. .40
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OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE CLASS OF 1888,
AT CITY HALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 26.
PIANO DUET, -
EDITH D. NEWMAN. LILLIAN HENDERSON.
PRAYER
MUSIC.
LATIN SALUTATORY, -
A PAGE FROM HISTORY.
TREES, -
GEORGE A. MERRILL. ABBY N. LITTLE. - LILLIAN E. BRADSTREET. MUSIC.
".THERE IS A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN," C. E. JANVRIN. CLASS HISTORY, A PURE BALLOT,
PIANO SOLO, -
THE HOLY GRAIL,
MARY NEWMAN. GEORGE W. KIMBALL. LILLIAN HENDERSON. GRACE G. ROGERS.
MUSIC.
BOOKS, ALVAH A. EATON. - "HOW MANY THINGS BY SEASON SEASONED ARE," MARY M. S. JOHNSTONE.
IN ADVANCE OF HIS TIME, -
HENRY A. NOYES.
MUSIC.
CLASS PROPHECY.
CARRIE M. GERRISH.
W. L. BARTLETT.
THE VENEZUELAN DISPUTE,
BRUTUS-WITH VALEDICTORY,
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ROBERT G. DODGE.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
CLASS HYMN. WORDS BY MARY ALICE TRUE.
BENEDICTION.
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GRADUATING CLASS.
HIGH SCHOOL. Carrie Spring Daniels, Mary M. S. Johnstone, Sadie Louisa Ross, Walter Loring Bartlett, Robert Gray Dodge, George Woodbury Kimball, Frank Henry Merrill, George Albert Merrill, Arthur Munroe Moody, Henry Andrews Noyes, Alonzo Edward Nutter. David Perkins Page, Albert Perley Wilson,
PUTNAM SCHOOL. Emma Frances Blaisdell, Lillian Emily Bradstreet, Susie Maud Cressey, Carolyn Moody Gerrish, Clara Viola Gould, Lillian Henderson, Lucy Abbie Ilsley, Abby Noyes Little, Edith Danforth Newman, Mary Newman, Grace Gordon Rogers. Gertrude Isabella Sears, Mary Alice True, Alvah Augustus Eaton, Charles Edwin Janvrin, John William Newman.
C. H. BLISS, JAMES PARTON, P. H. REED, GEORGE W. SNOW, JOSEPH B. LITTLE, W. A. EASTMAN,
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High School Committee.
FRANCIS A. HOWE, On the part of trustees of Putnam Free School.
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OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
KELLEY SCHOOL.
Mr. A. F. Gilbert, who was placed in charge of the school in March, 1887, was elected principal for the year. Under his management some new methods in teaching and discipline are gradually being intro- duced, which tend to advance the standard of scholar- ship and deportment.
At the examination for admission to the High school, the graduates from the Kelley held a high rank.
The work in music, under the direction of Mr. George H. Pearson, has been so great a success, and its advantages are so manifest, that other schools have been encouraged to make the same experiment.
The resignation of the assistant in room C took place at the close of the school year; Miss Olmstead had taught in this and in other schools for some years and carried with her the respect and affection of her pupils and her associates in teaching.
Although later than the school year which ended June 30th, it may not be out of place to mention the loss of the second assistant by death in November last. Miss Martha J. Bradley had been identified with the Kelley school from its existence in its pres- ent form; although not in good health for the past few years, Miss Bradley had kept to the work which she loved, and was held in high esteem by past and present pupils, as well as by parents and teachers.
PRINCIPAL-A. F. Gilbert.
ASSISTANTS-Abby Short, M. J. Bradley, Eva J. Smith, M. E. Cogswell, Alice H. Olmstead, Susan I. Adams, Sarah F. Badger.
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Number of different scholars during the year. 425
Average membership .368
Average attendance. .307
Per cent. of attendance .83₺
Average age. . . Io years, 9 months
Number under five years of age O
Number over fifteen. 14
Number admitted to High school by examination II
Number admitted by Grammar school rank. I
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mabel Balch, Mary Dean, Gertrude Dickens, Lillian Hamilton, Helen Hamilton, Charles Boardman, William Craig, Sumner Hopkinson, John Lunt, Robert S. Lunt, Howard Morrill, Lillian Goodwin.
Average rank, 85.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
It is now several years since the fifth year was added to the grammar school course; that it has re- sulted in sending better prepared pupils to the High school cannot be doubted; it has also been a great benefit to those who complete the course but do not enter the High school, in giving them better prepa- ration in those common branches which are most needed in practical life. It has at the same time greatly increased the labor of the principals of the grammar schools; where with the four years course they had two classes, they now have three. With the numerous studies in each class, it has become diffi- cult to find time to accomplish the best results. It is therefore more than ever necessary that some of the elementary branches should be so thoroughly learned
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in the lower grades that but little time need be de- voted to them in the upper classes.
It is believed that in many schools good work is being done in this direction, by giving more drill in the fundamental operations of arithmetic; by insisting upon correct holding of pen and pencil in writing, which should commence not later than the third year of the primary school; by daily exercises in language both oral and written; and by such preparation in reading that good tone and expression shall become habitual.
The class which graduated from these schools at the close of the year, notwithstanding an apparently lower average rank, is considered by the teachers in the High school as better prepared than ever before.
JACKMAN (BOYS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
GEORGE W. BROWN, Principal. RHODA TILTON, Assistant.
Number of different scholars during the year . 87
Average membership 81
Average attendance . 74
Per cent. of attendance 91
Average age. II years, 9 months
Number over fifteen years of age 2
Number admitted to High school on examination. 5
Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school 6
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
H. S. Noyes, R. A. W. Pritchard, L. C. Huse, G. R. Tenney, G. H. Bliss, H. F. Whittier, J. D. Taylor, J. N. Haskell, Harry W. Noyes, A. W. Thurlow.
Average rank, 72.
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JOHNSON (GIRLS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
ANNA L. COFFIN, PPINCIPAL. EMMA M. LANDER, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year. 74
Average membership .66
Average attendance . 58.2
Per cent. of attendance. .88
Average age .. . 12 years, 5 months
Number over fifteen years of age . 3
Number admitted to High school by examination. 5
Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school 5
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Georgie E. Thurlow, Edith H. Greenleaf, Lizzie A. Mills, Carrie K. Marshall, Josie W. Hughes, Fannie E. Little, Nettie B. Marsh, Mary L. Greenleaf, Florence V. Cullen, Florence N. Johnson.
Average rank-77.2
BROMFIELD STREET (GIRLS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
PRISCILLA G. CRAIG, PRINCIPAL. SUSIE B. LOWELL, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year 73
Average membership . 63
Average attendance
60.6
Per cent. of attendance
.95
Average age. 12 years, I month
Number over fifteen years of age. 4
Number admitted to High school on examination. 6
Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school I
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Julia J. Hubbard, Addie H. Pritchard, Annie E. Brown, Nettie A. Davis, Bessie R. Baumgartner, Sarah Wheelden, Edith M. Gillett. Average rank, 82.4-7.
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FORRESTER ST. (BOYS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
SARAH B. CHUTE, PRINCIPAL. ELLEN FROTHINGHAM, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year 83
Average membership .69
Average attendance.
Per cent. of attendance. 65
Average age. . 12 years, 2 months
94
Number of scholars over fifteen years of age 3
Number admitted to the High school by examination. 3
Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school 3
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
George O. Kent, Arthur E. Pike, Burton B. Marsh, George M. Brock, Arthur P. Morrison, George O. Merrill.
Average rank, 77.6.
FORRESTER ST. (GIRLS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
SERENA D. TOPPAN, PRINCIPAL. AGNES A. SOMERBY, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year 65
Average membership 61
Average attendance. 50
Per cent. of attendance 82 Average age .. 12 years, 5 months
Number over fifteen years of age. 2
Number admitted to the High school by examination. 2 Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school. 3
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Alice A. Bartlett, Annie B. Caskin, Helen Bowlen, Eva M. Smith, Susan B. Silloway.
Average rank, 80 4-5.
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TEMPLE STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. LIZZIE C. IRELAND, PRINCIPAL.
Number of different scholars during the year. 29
Average membership 26
Average attendance. 23
Per cent. of attendance
89
Average age. .
12 years, 3 months
Number over fifteen years of age I
WESLEY ST. (MIXED) GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY.
EDNA E. GREATON, PRINCIPAL.
Number of different scholars during the year. 42
Average membership .. 33.6
Average attendance . 24.9
Per cent. of attendance 74
Average age. . .8 years, 9 months
Number under five years of age O
Number over fifteen years of age. 2
Number admitted to the IIigh school by examination O
Number admitted by school rank.
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NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mary A. Corcoran, Ivory F. Scribner.
Average rank, 56.
MOULTONVILLE (MIXED) GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY.
ALICE S. WHITTIER, PRINCIPAL.
Number of different pupils during the year 42
Average membership .. 36
Average attendance. 26.5
Per cent. of attendance 73 3
Average age. . 9 years, 4 months Number under five years of age. O Number over fifteen years of age I
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QUESTIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE 27, 1888.
ARITHMETIC.
I. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 2 days ; B can do it in 8 days, and C in 4. How long will it take A to do it?
2. The circumference of the large wheel of a bicycle is 180 inches. How many revolutions will it make in passing over a mile and a half?
3. A bin is 8 ft. 6 in. high, 10 ft. long, and 8 ft. wide. How many loads of coal will it hold, the cart being 4 ft. wide, 2 1-2 ft. high, and 6 ft. long ?
4. Multiply five ten-thousandths by five thousand, and divide the product by five millionths.
5. Find the compound interest on $400, for 4 years, 7 months, 12 days, at 4 per cent.
6. Goods cost $600; they were marked 20 per cent. above cost, and sold 20 per cent below the marked price. What was the gain or loss ?
7. $5040.00. Newburyport, May 5, 1886.
Eight months after date I promise to pay J. L. Howe five thousand and forty dollars for value received.
GEORGE M. SMART.
The note was discounted at a bank August 29. How much money did Mr. Howe receive, the rate being 5 per cent.
8. Find L. C. M. and G. C. D. of 18, 24, 42, 108 and 144. 1
IO. A sold a horse for $450 and lost 10 per cent. What did he pay for him? What per cent. would he have gained, had he sold him for $700?
GEOGRAPHY.
I. Name some city situated in north latitude and west longi- tude ; also one in south latitude and east longitude. (Longitude reckoned from Greenwich.) Explain fully how longitude and latitude are reckoned.
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2. Locate following cities : Berlin, Madras, Florence, Mos- cow, Venice, Valparaiso, Aspinwall, Vera Cruz, Queenstown and Edinburgh.
3. Describe the body of water on which each of the following cities are situated : London, Paris, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Odessa, Constantinople, Cairo, Calcutta, St. Louis and Chicago.
4. Name the countries bordering upon the Mediterranean Sea.
5. Describe the physical features of the country, that make the Missisippi river system possible.
6. In what direction from Newburyport is Cape Cod? New York City? Portland, Maine? Montreal? Lowell ?
7. Describe the largest country in South America. Name its capital.
8. Describe the mountain systems of South America.
9. Through what bodies of water would you pass in sailing from St. Louis to Bombay ?
ENGLISH.
I. (Dictation). To be correct in spelling, punctuation and capitals.
2. Analyse and parse the following sentence :-
" Belgium's capital had gathered then, Her beauty and her chivalry."
3. Correct the following sentences, if they are faulty :--
(a) The sound of the horse's feet were very distinct.
(b) He had not ought to do such a thing.
(c) He came to tell you and I that he could not go.
(d) There aint nobody to home.
(e) I think that I done the question correct.
4. Write a short composition on "Christmas."
U. S. HISTORY.
I. What nations made early discoveries in North America? What land did each claim on account of these discoveries ?
2. Give an account of the settlement of Plymouth, with date ; of Providence ; of Jamestown.
3. Write upon historical events connected with the name of John Winthrop ; of Edmund Andros ; of Sir William Berkeley.
4. What is meant by Braddock's campaign?
5. Narrate events that led to the capture of Quebec by Gen- eral Wolfe.
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OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. .
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
The condition of nearly all of these schools shows continued improvement. The introduction of a more definite course of study has, we believe, been a ben- efit. The work to be done each year is now so plainly outlined, that with a few improvements in methods of teaching, there will soon be no reason why our primary schools should not compare favor- ably with the best of other cities. Most of the prim- ary teachers have shown the ability to adapt them- selves to this new course, and the work accomplished in their schools testifies to the benefits derived from a more systematic arrangement of the studies. At the time of the examination of scholars for promotion, these schools labored under one serious disadvantage, shared to a less extent by some of the grammar schools. This was the great amount of absence, caused by the prevalence of measles. Many pupils were kept from school four weeks or more at the busiest season of the year. In all, there were more than twelve thousand half-days lost from this cause alone. At certain times of the year, the lower grades of several schools are over-crowded. This is the case with the Bromfield Street, school Street, Congress Street, and Ashland Street Schools. Ifthe city were less elongated in form, one additional room would probably afford the needed relief. As it is, it is not unlikely that additional accommodations may soon be needed between Congress and Ashland streets, and between School and Bromfield streets.
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JACKMAN MALE PRIMARY SCHOOL,
HELEN M. CURRIER, PRINCIPAL. REBECCA W. PERKINS, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year IIO
Average membership 81
Average attendance. 69
Per cent. of attendance 85 Average age. . . 8 years, 2 months
Number under five years of age. I
Number admitted to the grammar school 14
JOHNSON (GIRLS) PRIMARY SCHOOL.
FRANCES J. PEARSON, PRINCIPAL. JENNIE P. HASKELL, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year . 98
Average membership 72
Average attendance. 58.6
Per cent. of attendance 81
Average age. . . .
8 years, I month
Number under five years of age. O
Number admitted to Grammar school.
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BROMFIELD ST. (MIXED) PRIMARY SCHOOL,
CORA B. LOUGEE, PRINCIPAL. ABBIE L. FROST, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year 97
Average membership. 71
Average attendance 62
Per cent. of attendance. 87
Average age . . . 7 years, 7 months
Number under five years of age. 5
Number admitted to the Grammar school. 22
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TEMPLE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
MARY E. ESTES, PRINCIPAL .
Number of different scholars during the year . 53
Average membership. 40
Average attendance
Per cent. of attendance
33
82₺
Average age .
.8 years, 7 months
Number under five years of age.
O
Number admitted to grammar school.
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DAVENPORT (MIXED) PRIMARY SCHOOL.
SARAH E. WHITMORE, PRINCIPAL. ELIZABETH H. CHEEVER, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year. 82
Average membership. 69
Average attendance. 58
Per cent. of attendance.
84
Average age .
8 years, 7 months
Number under five years of age ..
0
Number admitted to the grammar school.
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DAVENPORT (GIRLS) PRIMARY SCHOOL,
CLARA J. EDGERLY, PRINCIPAL.
Number of different scholars during the year. 39
Average membership. 32
Average attendance. 25.3
Per cent. of attendance
79
Average age. 9 years, 5 months
Number under five years of age. O
Number admitted to the grammar school.
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KENT STREET (MIXED) PRIMARY SCHOOL, ANNIE L. WHITMORE, PRINCIPAL.
Number of different scholars during the year . 62
Average membership. 47
Average attendance . 30
Per cent. of attendance 64
Average age. 6 years, 3 months
Number under five years of age 5
Number promoted. 25
ASHLAND STREET (MIXED) PRIMARY SCHOOL.
FRANCES L. PETTIGREW, PRINCIPAL. FLORA PETTIGREW, ASSISTANT.
Number of different pupils during the year. 114
Average membership. 97
Average attendance. 74
Average age .. 7 years, 10 months
Per cent. of attendance. 76
Number under five years of age. O
Number admitted to the grammar school. 22
EVENING SCHOOLS,
Two evening schools were opened in November, at the Temple Street school house, one for boys, the other for girls. Sessions were held two evenings a week for each. The plan of issuing tickets to the pu- pils and requiring them to be presented each evening was very satisfactory in its results. The deportment in both schools was all that could be desired, so also was the attention to study. Many of the scholars
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were of foreign birth, some of them unable to read or even speak in English. The school for males was placed in charge of Mr. A. F. Gilbert, that for fe- males in charge of Mrs. Selwyn Adams. The com- mittee on evening schools were so well pleased that the term was continued till early in March.
PUPIL TEACHERS.
At the close of the school year, the secretary was authorized to employ pupil teachers, without pay, in such of the schools as were available for that purpose. Four young ladies, graduates of the High school, availed themselves of the opportunity to learn by ex- perience the trials and pleasures of a teacher's life. The plan was the same that has been adopted suc- cessfully elsewhere. Those who are selected for this purpose enter some school and under the guid- ance of the regular teacher, assist in the work of the school. The school is benefitted by the additional help, while the pupil teacher obtains a practical knowledge of a teacher's duties, and also ascertains whether she is adapted to the business, and likely to be successful if she should adopt that as a profession. If a vacancy in one of the lower grades should occur, the pupil teacher,if she has shown energy and ability, would naturally have the preference for the position, although the school committee do not promise positions to any, but simply give these young ladies, in return for their services, the chance to learn the business before as-
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suming the responsibilities of a school should they in- tend teaching. It is not to be expected that all will be found suitable or that enough vacancies will al- ways occur here to immediately supply them with positions.
SELECTION OF TEACHERS.
One of the reasons that led to the introduction of pupil teachers was the difficulty of obtaining substi- tutes when the regular teachers were absent, from sickness or other causes. There exists a feeling in the community that the teachers employed in our schools should be of this city or its vicinity; without entering upon that question, it may be sufficient to state, that the school committee, before seeking teach- ers from other places, have carefully considered whether any teachers adapted to the vacancies occur- ing could be found at home. They were fortunately able to secure Miss Lizzie C. Ireland for the Temple Street Grammar School, which she kept through the year. When she resigned Miss Annie Tuck was se- lected for the school, but before entering on her du- ties, a long and serious illness prevented her from tak- ing the position. The committee were then obliged to go outside for a teacher, and Miss Abbie N. Frink, a lady of successful experience, was placed in charge. In the Kelley School two vacancies have occurred, in one of these no teacher adapted to the requirements of the place was available here, in the other, the posi-
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tion was offered to a lady of this city whose ability and energy were considered as admirably fitting her for the place; but as she declined, it became neces- sary to look elsewhere, and after careful consideration the committee on the Kelley School, believing it would not be wise to disturb several rooms by mov- ing the teachers along, as had been suggested, con- cluded to secure the services of a lady whose record as an able and successful teacher was unusually good. This statement is not made as an apology for any action of the school committee (their position enables them to see the needs of the schools,) but to call at- tention to the fact that for the past few years the supply of able teachers here has not equalled the de- mand, and most of those applying for positions have not had the training and successful experience that would justify placing them in schools of more than average difficulty.
REPAIRS.
Early in the year, the school committee requested the City Government to make repairs on quite a num- ber of the school buildings. No one familiar with the previous state of these buildings can fail to be grati- fied that so much improvement has been made in their condition. The narrow limits of an annual re- port do not afford space to give a detailed statement of what has been done. Many of these improvements had long been needed, and could not have been much longer delayed without serious detriment to the pub-
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lic property, and in some instances, without risk to the health and safety of the children. The buildings upon which most of the work has been done were those occupied by the Hancock Street, Bromfield Street, Jackman, Congress Street, Forester Street, and Ashland Street schools.
AGENT'S REPORT.
A detailed statement of the cost of books and sup- plies since the free text-book law went into effect was given in the report for 1887. Many of the books first purchased have since been worn out and re- placed. Some of our teachers take great pains to preserve the books used in their schools. frequently repairing them with their own hands, or what is bet- ter still, insisting upon careful use of them by their pupils. The admirable rule passed last year by the school committee, requiring the same book to go with the pupil through every grade in which that book is used, thus limiting each scholar to a single book of a kind, would have saved much expense if it had been in force from the first. For 1887 a very fair showing was made, viz: $1.05 per scholar for books and supplies. It is gratifying to find that the expense for 1888 shows a still further reduction.
Books and supplies on hand, December 1, 1887 . . .. . . $439 47 Purchased from December 1, 1887 to December 1, ISSS 836 1 I
$1275 58
Books and supplies on hand, December I, ISSS. 43º 73 Cost of books and supplies for the year $ 844 85 Cost per scholar based upon average membership. 59.3
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A comparison of the total expenditures with those of last year will show an increase of $211.16, due to the opening of the grammar school in Temple street, and the longer term of the evening schools.
TEXT BOOKS USED IN THE SCHOOLS,
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
READERS :- Monroe's, Lippincott's.
ARITHMETIC :- MacVicar's Elementary.
GEOGRAPHY :- Harper's Introductory.
PENMANSHIP :- Harper's Series.
PHYSIOLOGY :- Hutchinson's.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
READERS :- Monroe's, Lippincott's.
ARITHMETIC :- Greenleaf's, Colburn's.
SPELLER :- Worcester's.
GEOGRAPHY ;- Harper's Introductory and School.
LANGUAGE :- Swinton
UNITED STATES HISTORY :- Quackenbos.
BOOK-KEEPING :- Meservy.
PENMANSHIP :- Harper's Series.
PHYSIOLOGY :- Hutchinson.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE :-- Grammar, Swinton ; Elements of English Com- position, Chittenden ; Rhetoric, A. S. Hill ; Studies in English Literature, Swinton ; English Literature, Kellogg; Dictionary, Worcester's Compre- hensive and New School; English Classic Series, Clark, Maynard and Company ; Riverside Series, Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
HISTORY :- General, Anderson; United States, Scudder; England, Stone; Rome, Leighton ; Greece, Smith's smaller.
CIVICS :- Civil Government, Martin.
MATHEMATICS :- Commercial Arithmetic, Thompson ; Algebra, Wells ; Algebra, Wentworth; Book-Keeping, Meservy; Geometry, Wentworth ; Trigonometry, Loomis.
MUSIC :- Independent National Music Reader and Mason's Hymn and Tune book, Mason.
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. NATURAL SCIENCE :- Geology, Dana; Chemistry, Shepard ; Botany, Wood; Astronomy, Sharpless and Phillips ; Physics, Avery; Physiology, Hutchinson ; Physical Geography, Warren.
FRENCH ;- Grammer, Keetel; Reader, Keetel; Elementary Reader, Janan ; Dialogues, Number One, Ahn ; Dictionary, Spiers and Surenne ; Contes Biographique, Foa ; Picciola, Saintine ; Colomba, Merimee ; Petite Histoire du Peuple Francais, Lacombe ; Philosophe sons Les Toits.
GERMAN : - Grammar, Cook's Otto; Rudiments, Ahn ; Dictionary, Adler. LATIN :- Grammar, Harkness; Lessons, Collar and Daniel; Prose Composition, Harkness ; Vergil, six books, Greenough ; Vergil. Harper's Text; Cicero, Harkness ; Cicero de Senectute et de Amicitia, Harper's Text; Cæsar, Harkness ; Nepos, Chase and Stuart.
GREEK :- Grammar, Goodwin; Lessons, White; Exercises in Prose Composition, Jones ; Reader, Goodwin ; Anabasis, four books with vocab- ulary, Goodwin ; Anabasis, Harper's Text; Herodotus, Harper's Text; Homer's Iliad, six books, Boise ; Lexicon, Liddell and Scott.
CENSUS OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE,
Ward One 428
Ward Two 405
Ward Three 412
Ward Four
313
Ward Five
437
Ward Six
443
Total. 2438
Total enrolment in public schools 1695 Average membership. 1425 Average attendance I204
Per cent. of attendance. 84₺
Number in parochial and private schools (estimated) . 800
ALBERT C. TITCOMB, (Mayor), Chairman,
NATHAN N. WITHINGTON, Vice-Chairman,
CHARLES H. BLISS,
GEORGE W. SNOW,
ELISHA P. DODGE,
WILLIAM A. EASTMAN,
School
JAMES PARTON,
STEPHEN PEABODY,
Committee.
JOSEPH B. LITTLE,
JAMES M. JACKMAN,
GEORGE H. PLUMER,
PRENTISS H REED,
MISS H. E. LUNT.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT,
FROM DECEMBER 1, 1887, TO DECEMBER 1, 1888.
Income.
Appropriation.
$20,000 00
One year's interest on Brown fund.
675 00
State school fund .
170 30
Tuition fees from non-resident pupils .
206 90
Sale of books
2 15
$21,054 35
Overdrawn
725 31
$21,779 66
Expenditures.
Salaries of teachers
$18,147 63
Janitors . .. ...
981 05
Secretary and agent
800 00
Books and supplies
836 09
Evening school .
265 00
Printing school reports advertisements etc.
93 60
Census of school children
75 00
Sundries .
81 29
Rent of Putnam school
500 00
21,779 66
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TEACHERS AND SALARIES,
-1888='89 .---
High School
E. C. Adams. A.M., principal, salary $2000, paid by city .. $1,500
O. B. Merrill, A. M., assistant 1,100
Miss Sarah A. Leonard, 66 650
Miss Mary T. Spaulding, 550
Miss Emma H. Parker 650
A. F. Gilbert. principal . 1,000
Miss Abby Short, assistant. 375
*Miss Alice M. Akerly “ 350
Miss Eva J. Smith 3.50
Miss M. E. Cogswell 3.50
*Miss Mary T. Kingman“ 350
Miss Susan I. Adams, “ 325
Miss Sarah F. Badger, 325
Jackman (boys) Grammar ..
Miss Rhoda Tilton, assistant. 375
Miss Sarah B. Chute, principal. 750
Currier (boys) Grammar. .
I Miss Ellen Frothingham, assistant. . 350
Johnson (girls) Grammar.
Miss E. M. Lander, assistant. . .
350
Miss Priscilla G. Craig, principal ..
450
Miss Susie B. Lowell, assistant. . ..
35
'Currier (girls) Grammar ..
Miss Agnes A. Somerby. 350
Temple St. Grammar
Bromfield Street (Mixed) Primary . . ..
§ Miss Frances J. Pearson, principal ..
Johnson (girls) Primary.
Miss Jennie P. Haskell, assistant. . . .
Jackman (boys) Primary .. 5 Miss Rebecca W. Perkins, assistant .. Miss Helen M. Currier, principal ... 350 325 350 350
325
Congress St. (girls) Primary
Miss Frances L. Pettigrew, principal Miss Flora Pettigrew, assistant. ...
325
Wesley St. Grammar and Primary (Mixed).
Miss Ednah E. Greaton, principal .. 400
Moultonville, Grammar and § Primary(Mixed) .
Miss Alice T. Whittier, principal. .. 400 *Miss Bertha Stiles, assistant. . ..... 275
450
Bromfield St. (girls) Gram- mar .. .
Miss S. D. Toppan, principal. . . 450
*Miss Abby N. Frink. principal. 3.50
Miss Cora B. Lougee, principal. .. 350 Miss Abbie L. Frost, assistant. . . 325 350 325
Temple St. (girls) Primary .. Miss Mary E. Estes, principal. . .....
Congress St. (boys) Primary
Miss Sarah E. Whitmore, principal .. Miss Anna L. Whitmore, assistant .. Miss Clara J. Edgerly, principal. .... Miss Lizzie H. Cheever, assistant ...
350
325
Ashland Street Primary
350
(Mixed) ...
* Temporary appointments.
Kelley School .
George W. Brown, principal. 1000
Miss Anna L. Coffin, principal .. . .
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