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TABULAR STATEMENT 38
City, County and State Taxes 170
TREASURER'S REPORT 40
TRIAL BALANCE, December 21, 1889
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Overseers of the Poor
Surveyor of Highways
Sinking Fund Commissioners 47
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT,
FOR THE
YEAR 1889.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
TERRA
MARIQUI
MDCCCLI
NEWBURYPORT : NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS, 1890.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1889,
CHAIRMAN, ALBERT C. TITCOMB, MAYOR.
VICE-CHAIRMAN, N. N. WITHINGTON.
WARD ONE
CHARLES H. BLISS,
STEPHEN PEABODY
WARD Two
GEORGE H. PLUMER,
PRENTISS H. REED.
WARD THREE
ELISHA P. DODGE,
RUDOLPH JACOBY.
WARD FOUR
S JOSEPH B. LITTLE,
MISS H. E. LUNT.
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WARD FIVE
NATHAN N. WITHINGTON,
WILLIAM A. EASTMAN.
WARD SIX
S JAMES M. JACKMAN,
PAUL A. MERRILL
SECRETARY AND AGENT, WILLIAM P. LUNT.
ANNUAL REPORT.
THE HIGH AND PUTNAM SCHOOLS,
HIGH SCHOOL .- E. C. Adams, A M., principal ; O. B. Merrill, A. M., Miss Sarah A. Leonard, Miss Mary T. Spaul- ding, Miss Emma H. Parker, assistants.
PUTNAM SCHOOL .- Miss Margaret Clarkson, preceptress ; Miss Sarah W. Pike, assistant.
The work done by the united High and Putnam Schools still continues to show the marked improve- ment reported last year. The success of the schools depends in a great measure upon the almost perfect harmony between teachers and pupils. The disci- pline has been mild, but firm, all unnecessary restric- tions being avoided. No serious case of misconduct has occurred during the past four years.
The Putnam trustees have improved the sanitary condition of the building and made other general improvements, thus continuing their generous policy towards the school.
The Toppan political science prize (for excellence in civil government) was awarded to Grosvenor T.
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Blood. The committee who made the award were Rev. S. C. Beane, Mr. J. E. Moody and Mr. J. D. Parsons. The papers of the competitors, as a whole, were commended by the committee.
The boys who applied for admission to the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology were all successful and thus bore testimony to the thoroughness of the work done in our school. The success of applicants for admission to the higher institutions of learning is one of the best tests of the character of the work done in a high school. There is, however, danger that in the desire for success in examination, the work may aim at the mere acquisition of facts to the neglect of those methods of study and consecutive thought which constitute true education. This danger has been recognized and great care has been taken by the teachers to avoid it. For the most part the pupils work like men and women, and ac- complish all that could be expected.
The library has been increased during the year. The pupils use it more and more, thus not only ac- quiring information but what is more important, learning to know and use good books. It is hoped that further additions to the library may be made during the coming year.
Nearly four years ago the trustees of the Public Library at his request granted the principal of the High School the privilege of taking from the library twenty books at a time to be used in connection with school work; advantage has been taken of this privi- lege, which is highly prized. Lately the trustees
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have granted a similar privilege to all teachers in public schools. The action of the trustees was a step in the right direction as the public library and the public schools are the two chief factors in public education and should be brought into close connec- tion with each other.
Miss Clarkson, for thirty years a teacher in the Putnam School and therefore connected with the High School since its union with the Putnam School, resigned at the close of the school year. She was a most conscientious and efficient teacher, always doing work of the most thorough kind. As a teacher of mathematics she was hardly to be excelled. Rarely has a city the good fortune to be served by a teacher so long and so well.
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STATISTICS OF HIGH AND PUTNAM SCHOOLS.
1888-1889.
Whole membership of boys 43
Whole membership of girls 80
Whole membership. 123
Average membership .. II2
Average attendance of boys. 40
Average attendance of girls 67
Average attendance of school.
Per cent. of attendance.
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95.5
Number of boys in Putnam school
26
Number of girls in Putnam school
40
Whole number of pupils in Putnam school.
66
Whole number of pupils in High and Putnam schools. .. 189
Average age of boys in I. class
17 years, 2 months
Average age of boys in II. class
15 years, 9 months
Average age of boys in III. class. 15 years, II months
Average age of boys in IV. class
. 14 years, 6 months
Average age of girls in I. class 17 years, 4 months Average age of girls in II. class 15 years, II months
Average age of girls in III class
14 years, 10 months
Average age of girls in IV. class.
14 years, 4 months
Number of boys over 15 years of age
27
Number of girls over 15 years of age.
53
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GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE CLASS OF 1889, AT CITY HALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 25.
PIANO DUET .- " Italy,"
ALICE C. MOULTON. ALICE J. BARTLETT.
PRAYER.
CHANT, - -
SCHOOL.
LATIN SALUTATORY, MAUDE STILES.
ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS, E. W. EATON.
MUSIC IN NATURE, ELIZABETH M. DODGE. SINGING .- "Give Thy Heart's Best Treasure," FEMALE CHORUS. HEROES, - JUDITH A. PLUMMER.
ADVERTISEMENTS,
H. R. SARGENT. FANNIE R. KNIGHT.
BLUNDERS, - PIANO SOLO .- " Caprice Fantastique." HATTIE O. PEARSON. CONSERVATISM, W. H. FRENCH. I
FOUR CAMPAIGNS, LILLIAN W. GREENLAAF.
SINGING a " Evening," " Sailor Lad," - MALE QUARTETTE.
THE CRITICAL PERIOD OF AMERICAN HISTORY, G. T. BLOOD.
- ANNIE M. PIKE. FOUR SCHOOLMASTERS,
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" Praise of Tears,"
SONGS.
" To be Sung on the Waters." }
ELIZABETH M. DODGE.
PUBLIC PARKS,
C. M. SPOFFORD.
PERSIS H. KIMBALL.
PROPHECY, - - SINGING .- " Song of the Vikings." - CHORUS. LAUGHTER, - - ANNIE B. BROWN.
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PHYSICAL TRAINING, - A. H. SAWYER.
SINGING .- " Harp of the Wind," FEMALE CHORUS. THE PURITANS - WITH VALEDICTORY, FLORENCE A. TRUE. AWARD OF TOPPAN PRIZE. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS. BENEDICTION.
GRADUATING CLASS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Alice J. Bartlett,
Mary E. W. Bartlett,
Annie Bartlett Brown, Fannie W. Boardman, Elizabeth M. Dodge, Lillian W. Greenleaf, Persis Harris Kimball. Fannie R. Knight, Judith Anne Plummer, Mary N. Pettingell, Ethel Maude Stiles. Grosvenor T. Blood, Winthrop Osgood Coffin,
Howard R. Sargent, Albert Haydn Sawyer.
PUTNAM SCHOOL.
Eliza Ilsey Adams,
Alice Coffin Moulton,
Hattie Olive Pearson,
Annie Mary Pike, Florence Adams True,
Francis Cogswell, Edward Winthrop Eaton, William Henry French, Irving Ashley French, Charles Milton Spofford,
C. H. BLISS, RUDOLPH JACOBY, PRENTISS H. REED, PAUL A. MERRILL, JOSEPH B. LITTLE, - WM. A. EASTMAN.
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High School Committee.
FRANCIS A. HOWE,
On the part of Trustees of Putnam School.
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KELLEY SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL-A. F. Gilbert.
ASSISTANTS-Abby Short, Alice M. Akerly, Eva J. Smith, M. E. Cogswell, Mary J. Kingman, Susan I. Adams, Sarah F. Badger.
At the close of the school year Mr. A. F. Gilbert, who had accepted a more lucrative position, resigned and Mr. L. G. Smith, of Newton Centre, was ap- pointed principal; Miss Alice M. Akerly, teacher of room F, also resigned and Miss Eva J. Smith was promoted to the vacant position, Miss Anna L. Whit- more was elected to the place vacated by Miss Smith. These changes were all in the grammar department. It having been determined by the school board to establish a training school for teachers, in the primary department of the Kelley, still greater changes took place in the lower rooms, which it is hoped will be beneficial to the pupils in the school, as well as to the young ladies who are learning the business of teaching. Farther information in regard to this mat- ter is given under the head of Training School.
KELLEY SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Number of different scholars during the year. 429
Average membership 347 Average attendance. 305 Per cent. of attendance .88
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Average age. . 10 years, 8 months
Number under five years of age. O Number over fifteen .. IL
Number admitted to High school on examination. 15
Number admitted by Grammar school rank I
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Ella Duchemin, Annie S. Dodge, Elizabeth E. Towle, Hattie M. Bing- ham, Mabel C. Johnson, Alexander Caldwell, Arthur B. Reed, Robert D. Hamilton, Edward W. Roaf, Joseph L. Jacoby, Nathan C. Burrill, Allen L. Smith, Charles W. Kezer, Charles A. Pearson, Albert T. Drew, George W. Blood.
Average rank, 84 2-3.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Here as in former years a large proportion com- plete their education. Nowhere is more faithful, more important work done than in these schools. The teachers have all their energies concentrated on their classes; their hopes, their fears, are all with their schools, nowhere is their listlessness or indiffer- ence, yet their pupils cannot always stand at equally high ranks. Sometimes a teacher will have a class which no amount of extra effort will bring up to the usual standard, and yet more labor and pains may have been given than with some previous class, which had stood unusually high. Constant effort is made not only to enable those pupils who intend going to
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the High School to receive proper preparation, but also to have all the scholars well drilled in such work as they will need in practical life. Every child should leave school with the ability to read fluently and well, to write a legible and rapid hand, and to perform accurately and quickly all the simple opera- tions of arithmetic.
JACKMAN (BOYS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
GEORGE W. BROWN, Principal. RHODA TILTON, Assistant.
Number of different scholars during the year 99
Average membership. 86
Average attendance. 79.3
Per cent. of attendance .. 92
Average age. 12 years
Number over fifteen years of age 5
Number admitted to High school on examination 7 Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school I
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
John S. Noyes. W. J. Cook, Edward Popp, Willie Binley, Henry P. Rolfe, H. M. Kilborn, E. G. Perkins, J. M. Nutter.
Average rank, 83.
JOHNSON (GIRLS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL
ANNA L. COFFIN, Principal. EMMA M. LANDER, Assistant.
Number of different scholars during the year 76 Average membership. 68
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Average attendance 58 Per cent. of attendance. .85 Average age .. 12 years, 8 months
Number over fifteen years of age. 6
Number admitted to High school by examination. 4
Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school. [
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL,
Nellie M. Robinson, Alice Howard, Bertha Griffin, Ella M. Bollman. Mary E. Thurlow.
Average rank, 75.4-
BROMFIELD STREET (GIRLS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
PRISCILLA G. CRAIG, Principal. SUSIE B. LOWELL, Assistant.
Number of different scholars during the year . .74
Average membership
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Average attendance. 55 Per cent. of attendance 90 Average age. 13 years, 4 months
Number over fifteen years of age. 7
Number admitted to High school on examination. 4 Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school. I
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Edith V. Collins, Lelia E. Kimball, Mabel E. Thurlow, Mamie T. Colby, Mabel F. Norton.
Average rank, 79.
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FORRESTER STREET (BOYS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
SARAH B. CHUTE, Principal. ELLEN FROTHINGHAM, Assistant.
Number of different scholars during the year 74
Average membership . 68
Average attendance. 66
Per cent. of attendance 97
Average age. 12 years, 3 months
Number of scholars over fifteen years of age. 3
Number admitted to High school by examination. 6
Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school. 2
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Frank M. Babson, Fred L. Edmands, Freeman B. Currier, Willard E. Porter, C. Percy Bridges, C. Arthur Garland, Willard A. Hatch, George H. Pressey.
Average rank, 80.
FORRESTER STREET (GIRLS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
SERENA D. TOPPAN, Principal. AGNES A. SOMERBY, Assistant.
Number of different scholars during the year. 67
Average membership. 64
Average attendance . .56
Per cent. of attendance. 85 Average age. 12 years, 8 months
Number over fifteen years of age. I
Number admitted to High school by examination, 9
Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school. 2
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Lizzie S. Shaw, Florence M. Weatherby, Bessie E. Jackman, Edith M. Merrill, Jennie Adams, Eva S. Jackman, Carrie Hardy, Helen Johnson, Alice M. Hopkinson, Hattie M. Jackman, Minnie E. Kimball. Average rank, So.
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WESLEY STREET (MIXED) GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY,
EDNA F. GREATON. Principal.
Number of different scholars during the year 45
Average membership. 30
Average attendance. 18
Per cent. of attendance. .55
Average age. 9 years
Number under five years of age O
Number over fifteen years of age O
MOULTONVILLE (MIXED) GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY,
ALICE T. WHITTIER. Principal. BRETHA M. STILES, Assistant.
Number of different scholars during the year. .79
Average membership. 62
Average attendance. 48
Per cent. of attendance 77.4
Average age. . 9 years, 1 month
Number under five years of age. I
Number over fifteen years of age. I
Number admitted to High school by examination.
Number admitted to High school by rank in Grammar school. 2
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Ella M. Kingsbury, Ernest W. Piper.
Average rank, 68.
TEMPLE STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. ABBIE N. FRINK, Principal.
Number of different scholars during the year .34
Average membership 30
Average attendance. 28
Per cent. of attendance. 93
Average age .. 12 years. 2 months
Number over fifteen years of age. 2
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QUESTIONS FOR THE EXAMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE, 1889.
ARITHMETIC.
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I. The sum of 5 of 6 5 and 4
x - 1.2 is how many times their difference ? 0.5
7 4 X 2.25 7
9
2. A owns 13 of a field, and B owns the remainder ; 2- of
3 the difference between their shares is 18 acres. What is B's share in acres ?
3. How much will it cost to carpet a room 27 feet long and 18 feet wide, with carpeting 4 of a yard wide at $1.60 per yd.
4. A piece of land is 300 feet long and 2 rods wide. What is its value at $2.00 per square yard ?
5. A man bought a horse for $150 and sold him for $200. What per cent. did he gain ?
A man sells flour at $5.50 a barrel and gains 10 per cent. What per cent. would he gain if he sold the flour at $6.05 a bbl.
6. What principle at 4 per cent. will gain $27.00 in three months.
7. $2110.60.
NEWBURYPORT, MASS., June 12, 1888.
Three months after date I promise to pay G. M. Gerry two thousand one hundred and ten and 100 60 dollars, for value received.
S. A. KING.
Mr. Gerry discounts the note at the bank. Required proceed.
8. Find the prime factors of 32 and 48. Find G. C. D. of 27, 81 and 108 and find the L. C. M. of the same numbers.
9. A and B go into partnership for a year. A puts in $500 and B $600. After 4 months they take in C with a capital of $1000. At the close of the year they have gained $2000. What is each man's share ?
IO. If 5 men can do a piece of work in 10 days of 8 hours each, how many men will be required to do the same work in 5 days of 10 hours each ?
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GEOGRAPHY.
I. Locate the following cities :- Trieste, Geneva, Antwerp, Marseilles, Melbourne, Glasgow, Bombay, Cadiz, Liverpool and Quebec.
2. Describe the following rivers :- Yukon, Danube, Niger, Potomac and Gila.
3. Through what waters would you sail in going from New Orleans to Odessa ?
4. Locate Cuba, Ceylon, Madagascar, Sicily and the Samoan Islands. Describe North Sea, Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Bay of Bengal and the Suez Canal.
5. Describe the principal features (physical) that determine the location and general direction of the three chief river systems of South America.
6. Name states bordering upon the Mississippi river.
7. Name and locate two cities (not including capitals) in each of the following states :- Pa., N. Y., Md., Minn. and Ohio.
8. Describe Lake Superior and trace the course of its waters to the ocean ?
9. Name a state which is noted for the production of iron ; of. coal ; of copper ; of wheat ; of fruit. (In each case name only one state.)
IO. Describe the mountains systems of the United States.
ENGLISH.
I. (Dictation, to be correct in spelling, capitals and punctua- tion.)
2. Correct the following sentences :-
(a) Not a line of the lectures were written beforehand.
(b) I saw the man whom we thought was dead.
(c) Do you remember the foxes remark about the grapes ?
(d) When does your father and mother come home?
(e) He don't impress me favorably.
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3. Analyze the following :-
"By his bed a monk was seated, Who, in humble voice repeated
Many a prayer and paternoster,
From the missal on his knee."
Parse BY, HIS, WHO, WAS SEATED and MANY.
4. Write sentences in which the following words shall appear correctly used :-
LIE, LAY, SIT, SET, OUGHT, DID, DONE, WILL, SHALL and EITHER.
5. Write a short composition on "Washington," or on " vacation."
AMERICAN HISTORY.
I. What were the terms of the treaty at the close of the French and Indian war? Date of this treaty.
2. Write upon historical events connected with the following names :- Roger Williams, Marquette, De Soto, John Smith, La Salle. (Give approximate dates.)
3. Give an account, with date, of the settlement of Georgia ; of Maryland.
4. How did the colonists of Massachusetts differ socially from those of Virginia?
5. What was New Amsterdam? When and why was this name changed?
6. Locate the following places and state with what events each is associated :- Fort Duquesne, Louisburg, Plymouth, St. Augustine.
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NEWBURYPORT NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
The committee feeling the importance of employ- ing trained teachers and being unable to compete with larger cities for high-priced teachers, established the Normal Training School in September, 1889. The school is pleasantly located in the Kelley school building on High street, at the head of Market street and is now in successful operation.
The school has two departments, a normal depart- ment and a practice department. In the normal department the pupil teachers are instructed in the principles of teaching, as found in the laws that con- trol the mind in its developments and in the acquisi- tion of knowledge, also in the methods of teaching founded on those principles. The lowest four grades of the Kelley school serve as a practice department where the pupil-teachers engage in the actual work of teaching under the direction of the principal and her assistant.
It is the intention of the sub-committee to furnish in this school a training for PRACTICAL work in teach- ing, equivalent to the training furnished by the best normal schools.
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE NEWBURY- PORT NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
Candidates for this school must be at least seventeen years of age, must have completed the course in the Newburyport High
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school, or an equivalent course and must pass a satisfactory examination.
The course of instruction in the school shall continue for three terms of twenty weeks each, and all pupil-teachers entering the school do so with the understanding that they will remain for this length of time, unless excused by the sub-committee. The arrangement of the course of study provides for the pupil-teachers one year's course in the normal department and a year and a half of actual teaching.
There are three classes of pupil teachers : a senior or third term class, each member of which has charge of a room an entire term ; a middle or second term class, and a junior, or first term class. The members of the junior and middle classes divide their time between study and recitation in the normal department and assisting the seniors in teaching.
At stated intervals the principal shall report to the sub-com- mittee on the training school her judgment of each pupil-teacher as to her fitness for the work and probable success as a teacher. Pupil-teachers whose work is not satisfactory or who do not prom- ise success for the future may be excused at any time during the course. To those who satisfactorily complete the course the committee will give a certificate stating the fact.
During the first term the pupil-teachers do not receive any com- pensation ; during the second term they receive two dollars per week ; during the third term, three dollars.
When a vacancy occurs in the corps of city teachers it will be filled by a graduate of the training school if one suitable for the position be available.
COURSE OF STUDY.
JUNIOR CLASS.
Reading, numbers and arithmetic, geography.
MIDDLE CLASS.
Psychology, theory and art of teaching, school organization and school management, school government.
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JUNIOR AND MIDDLE CLASSES UNITED.
First Term.
Vocal music, penmanship, school laws of Massachusetts, ob- ject lessons.
Second Term.
Drawing, history of education, language, grammar, elementary science, calisthenics.
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
For the past two years the primary schools have received an extra amount of care and attention. More and more the interests of education are felt to depend upon the breadth and soundness of the foun- dation. We believe the quality of this work averages better than ever before. This is especially true of what is accomplished in language and the science of numbers. In penmanship also, there is shown con- siderable improvement.
Reading, although faithfully taught by the teachers generally, does not as a whole show results that are quite as satisfactory in any grade. The scholars do not have that command of the vocal organs, that would, after they had mastered the thought, enable them to express it with clearness and force.
Daily vocal exercises will probably be of benefit. Like every other art, good reading "must be preceded by a certain mechanical expertness."
The calisthenic exercises, which are now a part of the daily routine, not only produce a good effect upon the health of the pupils, but also have an indirect in- fluence on school discipline. The children uncon- sciously carry into their general deportment much of the habit of prompt obedience acquired in gymnastic drill.
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JACKMAN (BOYS) PRIMARY SCHOOL.
HELEN M. CURRIER, PRINCIPAL. REBECCA W. PERKINS, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year . 114
Average membership. 83
Average attendance 76.4
Per cent. of attendance
92
Average age.
.8 years, 4 months
Number under five years of age. . I
Number admitted to the Grammar school 16
JOHNSON (GIRLS) PRIMARY SCHOOL.
FRANCES J. PERRSON, PRINCIPAL. JENNIE P. HASKELL, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year . 82
Average membership 64.2
Average attendance. 53
Per cent. of attendance
.82.5
Average age ..
. 8 years, I month
Number under five years of age
I
Number admitted to the Grammar school. 13
BROMFIELD STREET (MIXED) PRIMARY SCHOOL.
CORA B. LOUGEE, PRINCIPAL. ABBIE L. FROST, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year .. 85 Average membership. . 69
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Average attendance 61 Per cent. of attendance .. 88 Average age. 8 years
Number under five years of age . 2
Number admitted to the Grammar school. . 13
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TEMPLE STREET (GIRLS) PRIMARY SCHOOL,
MARY E. ESTES, PRINCIPAL.
Number of different pupils during the year .47
Average membership. 35
Average attendance.
Per cent. of attendance.
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83
Average age .. . . . . 7 years, 9 months
Number under five years of age.
Number admitted to Grammar school.
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DAVENPORT (BOYS) PRIMARY SCHOOL.
SARAH E. WHITMORE, PRINCIPAL. ANNIE L. WHITMORE, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year 107
Average membership. 85
Average attendance. 69
Per cent. of attendance. 81
Average age. 8 years
Number under five years of age. I
Number admitted to the Grammar school. 18
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DAVENPORT (GIRLS) PRIMARY SCHOOL.
CLARA J. EDGERLY, PRINCIPAL. ELIZABETH H. CHEEVER, ASSISTANT.
Number of different scholars during the year. 83
Average membership .71
Average attendance. 59
Per cent. of attendance. 83
Average age. . .8 years, I month
Number under five years of age. I
Number admitted to the Grammar school. 16
ASHLAND STREET (MIXED) PRIMARY SCHOOL,
FRANCES L. PETTIGREW, PRINCIPAL. FLORA PETTIGREW, ASSISTANT.
Number of different pupils during the year. I 20
Average membership 98
Average attendance. 83
Per cent. of attendance. 85
Average age .. 8 years, 5 months
Number under five years of age. O
Number admitted to the Grammar school 18
EVENING SCHOOLS.
These schools were successfully conducted through the winter. The boys' school was in charge of Mr. A. F. Gilbert, that for girls was in charge of Miss Lizzie C. Ireland. Steady industry and good deport-
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ment prevailed through every session. Most of the pupils were employees in the various manufacturing establishments, and were obliged to attend evening schools, under the law relating to illiterate minors. A few, however, did not belong to this class but had previously made considerable progress in the day schools and now that they had entered the busy walks of life, felt the need of more education and the ambition to work for it. Much credit is due to both teachers and pupils for the excellent tone of the schools and the faithful work done through the term.
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CHANGES AND RESIGNATIONS,
It should be understood that the school year in this city begins about the first of September and ends the Saturday preceding July 4th. In September 1888, the Kent Street School was transferred to one of the lower rooms of the Congress Street School building, which had been divided by partitions so as to give four rooms in place of two. This was found to be a good arrangement, and a saving of expense in fuel and janitor.
At Moultonville, the school which had hitherto been ungraded was provided with an assistant teacher and the grammar department placed in a separate room.
In the Ashland Street School, Miss Enola E.Gowen substituted during the entire school year, in place of Miss Flora Pettigrew, whose ill health kept her from her duties.
Miss Edna E. Greaton, who had taught long and faithfully in the school at the Plains, resigned her position and Mr. Irving H. Johnson was placed in charge.
Miss Agnes A. Somerby, assistant at the Forrester Street girls' Grammar school, at the close of the year
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resigned her position, which she had filled with so much satisfaction, and Miss Ellen Frothingham was transferred from the boys' school in the same building to the place thus vacated. Miss Sarah E. Whitmore was transferred from the Congress Street Primary to the position of assistant in the Forrester Street boys' Grammar School.
Miss Susan I. Adams, formerly assistant in the pri- mary department of the Kelley, was appointed princi- pal of the Congress Street boys" primary school.
Miss Anna L. Whitmore was promoted to the pos- ition of assistant in the grammar department of the Kelley, and Miss Enola E. Gowen was elected as assistant in the Congress Street School. !
The Temple Street Grammar School, which was established to relieve some of the over-crowded rooms in other schools, was discontinued.
One of the rooms of the Purchase Street School building was opened for a primary school and Miss Mary A. Roaf placed in charge.
Other changes are noted under the head of Kelley School.
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ANNUAL REPORT
AGENT'S REPORT.
Free text books and supplies began to be furnished in September, 1884. Those books that have not already been replaced have now been in use over five years. Books for the older children last longer than those for younger pupils. Some of the more expen- șive books have been rebound, but this will not pay for most of those used in the schools.
The cost of books and supplies is given below, 3 and when it is considered that this includes text- books, paper, pencils, slates, ink, composition books, writing books, erasers, brushes, mats, water-pails, dippers, and many other articles, the expense per scholar is certainly as low as it can be without ham- pering the schools in their work.
Books and supplies on hand Dcember 1, 1888. . ... $430.73 Purchased from December 1, 1888, to December 1, 1889 884.86
1315.59
Books and supplies on hand December 1, 1889. 485.67
Cost of books and supplies for the year. 829.92 Cost per scholar based upon average membership(1433) 58 cts. nearly
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OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CENSUS OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
Ward One.
369
Ward Two
431
Ward Three. 395
Ward Four 370
Ward Five 452
Ward Six
475
Total
2492
Total enrolment in public schools.
1738 Average membership. 1433
Average attendance .
1250
Per cent. of attendance. .87
Number in parochial and private schools (estimated) 800
ALBERT C. TITCOMB, (Mayor) Chairman, --
NATHAN N. WITHINGTON, Vice-Chairman,
CHARLES H. BLISS,
STEPHEN PEABODY,
GEORGE H. PLUMER,
PRENTISS H. REED,
ELISHA P. DODGE,
Schoo
RUDOLPH JACOBY,
JOSEPH B. LITTLE,
Committee.
MISS H. E. LUNT,
WILLIAM A. EASTMAN,
JAMES M. JACKMAN,
PAUL A. MERRILL,
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ANNUAL REPORT
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Income.
FROM DECEMBER I, ISSS, TO DECEMBER 1, 1889.
Appropriations . $20,000.00
One year's interest of Brown Fund. 675.00
State School Fund
79.80
Tuition fees from non-resident pupils 147.33
Sale of books
4.02
$20,906 15
Overdrawn.
1671.73
$22,577.88
Expenditures.
Salaries of teachers .$18,673.07
Janitors .
989 64
Secretary and agent.
980 00
Books and supplies. 884.86
Printing Annual Report, advertisements, etc.
97.20
Census of school children 90.00
249.00
Sundries ..
84.11
Truant officer for November.
30.00
Rent of Putnam School
500.00
$22.577.88
:
Evening school.
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OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS AND SALARIES,
1889-1890.
E. C. Adams, A. M .. principal, Salary $2,200, paid by city . . $1,600
High School
O. B. Merrill, A. M., assistant 1,100
Miss Sara A. Leonard, 650
Miss Mary T. Spalding,
550
Miss Emma H. Parker, 66
650
L. G. Smith, principal . ..
1,000
Kelley School.
Miss Eva J. Smith, 2d 375
Miss Anna L. Whitmore, 3d assistant 375
Training School
Miss H. A. P. Roth, principal 750
Miss Mary Z. Kingman, assistant ... 375
George W. Brown, principal .. 1,000
Jackman School (boys) ....
Miss Helen M. Currier, 2d “ 375
Miss Rebecca W. Perkins, 3d " .... 350
Miss Anna L. Coffin, principal. . . .
4.50
Miss Emma M Lander, Ist assistant 375
Miss Frances J. Pearson, 2d 66
375
Miss Jennie P. Haskell, 3d 66
350
Miss Priscilla G. Craig, principal ... 450
Miss Susie B. Lowell, Ist assistant. 375
Miss Cora B. Lougee, 2d 375
Miss Abbie L. Frost, 3d 66
350
Miss Sarah B. Chute, principal . 750
Miss Sarah E. Whitmore, assistant .. 375
Miss S D. Toppan, principal. 450
Currier Grammar (girls) ..
Miss Ellen Frothingham, assistant. . 375
Moultonville (mixed) .
Miss Bertha M. Stiles, assistant. 325
Wesley St. (mixed).
Irving H. Johnson, principal . 400
Miss Mary E. Estes, principal. 375
Miss Susan I. Adams, principal of boys' department.
375
Congress St. Primary . ...
Miss Clara J. Edgerly, principal of girls' department.
375
Miss Lizzie H. Cheever, assistant. .. Miss Enola E. Gowen, assistant .... 325
350
Ashland Street Primary
( Miss Frances L. Pettigrew, principal 375
(mixed) .
Miss Flora Pettigrew, assistant . . 350
Purchase St. Prim (mixed) | Miss Mary A. Roaf, principal. 275
Bromfield St. School (girls)
Currier Grammar (boys) ..
Miss Alice T. Whittier, principal ... . .
400
Temple St. Primary.
Miss Rhoda Tilton, Ist assistant .... 400
Johnson School (girls) ....
Miss Abby Short, Ist assistant. 400
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