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Rapid addition, oral and written, to fifty.
Tables of multiplication to 10.
Teach 1/2, 1/3, 14, 1-6.
Teach objectively inch, foot, yard, pint, gallon.
Addition of numbers in columns.
Teach -|-, -, x, -: , =.
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LANGUAGE .- Continue conversation and observation lessons on familiar objects. Short stories by the teacher reproduced orally by the scholars. Stories from pictures. Short sentences, oral and writ- ten containing names of the months, of the days of the week, of per. sons and places. Require distinct articulation and natural expres- sion. Teach practically capitals for days of the week, names of months, of particular persons and places. Each pupil write his own name and residence. Sentences copied from board and from dicta- tion. Teach abbreviations for forenoon, afternoon, also how to write Mr. Mrs. Teach the correct use of I, me, is, are, was, were, has. have, son, sun, red, read. to, two, hear, here, their, there, by, buy. These are to be learned by using them, and not by rules. Consult Bent's Hints and Miss Badlam.
WRITING .- Use slates and ruled paper with long pencils. Teach analytically and with care the remaining small letters. Let the teach- er do upon the board what the scholar is doing on slate or paper. Teach in this way upper and lower loops and all small letters, also capitals. Insist upon position and proper holding of pencils. Con- sult Manual.
DRAWING.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
PHYSICAL TRAINING .- As in first grade.
CONDUCT AND MANNERS .- Truth, kindness, courtesy, cleanliness. SINGING.
THIRD GRADE.
READING .- Complete Monroe's Second Reader and Seaside and Wayside, Part I. Insist upon distinct articulation, correct pronun- ciation and natural expression. Practice silent reading, let the scholars close books and tell what they have seen at a glance, or after a little longer looking. let them tell in their own words the sub- stance of what they have read. Teach them to put correctly into sentences words that are sounded alike but spelled differently. Ex- plain the use of apostrophe, hyphen, quotation marks, abbreviations and contractions. All new words in the reading lesson to be taught on the board before the lesson is read.
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SPELLING .- Written and oral ; words in common use, words from reader.
NUMBERS .- Continue work of second year.
Continue multiplication tables through 12.
Reading numbers of two periods.
Writing numbers of five places.
Mental work of Grube system.
Rapid drill, oral and written.
Roman numerals to C.
Addition and subtraction of U. S. money.
Multiplication begun.
Many examples involving one process.
LANGUAGE .- Continue oral work. Review and expand work of previous grades. Correct all errors, oral or written, at all times. Remember in all grades, first, oral work, then written. Short sen- tences to be made by pupils, containing new words in the reading les- son, name of city, names of principal streets, public buildings. Let- ter writing. Regular plurals of nouns, common abbreviations, com- mon contractions. Fill out skeleton sentences. Teach correct use of this, that, these, those, saw, seen, did, done, went, gone, know, no, new, knew, bough, bow, cent, scent, sent, to, too. two. Children write their own names and residences.
Review 2nd year's work.
It would be well at first that letters, very short ones, should be copied from the board. In all this work, the scholars learn by doing; they enjoy doing.
GEOGRAPHY .- Oral instruction. Commence with relative position of objects, right, left, up, down. Teach cardinal and semi-cardinal points.
Form of school-room on board, also of school yard. Talk with children about the natural features of the neighborhood, of the city and vicinity, also the streets, railroads, mills, shops, manufactured articles, the earth, its shape, size, motions. Definitions of land and water, divisions after they have been observed in the neighborhood or on moulding board.
Position of equator, poles, zones.
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Substance of first 23 pages of Introductory Geography-
Direction from school of important points and objects in city and vicinity.
Use, if it can be obtained, a map of Newburyport. Consult Prince's Courses and Methods, pages 137 to 146.
WRITING .- Ruled paper and pencils. Insist upon proper position. l'eacher use the board to illustrate the pupll's work. Consult Manual.
DRAWING.
PHYSIOLOGY, HYGIENE PHYSICAL TRAINING as before. CONDUCT AND MANNERS.
SINGING.
FOURTH GRADE
READING .- Complete Monroe's or an equivalent Third Reader, Seaside and Wayside, Part 2. Insist upon distinct articulation and correct pronunciation. See that the end of the word is brought out distinctly.
Practice silent reading. Spell all new words in the reader and review those previously learned. Drill on spelling of difficult words encountered in geography and other branches. Explain use of cap- itals, and marks of punctuation.
SPELLING .- Oral and written; words in common use, words from reader.
NUMBERS .- Continue work of the 3rd Grade. Long division with divisors of not more than two places, short division, U. S. money in addition, subtraction, and easy multiplication. Rapid combina- tions of numbers not less than three times per week. Rapid slate work. Tables of multiplication thoroughly learned. Many problems not in the text book. Problems involving two processes. Have all written work neatly and systematically arranged.
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LANGUAGE,-Continue as before, observation and expression les- sons. Have errors of speech constantly corrected.
Stories told by teacher reproduced by pupil, first orally, then writ- ten. Sentences containing new words in reading lesson. Give syn- onyms of words in reading lesson. Teach correct use of common contractions, abbreviations, period, apostrophe, hyphen, capitals. Teach how to write possessive singular of nouns.
Letters, first copied then dictated. Complete and correct sen- tences to be used in asking or answering questions. Correct use of come, came, sit, set, write, wrote, written, lie, lay, lain, lay, laid, lying. laying, have, got.
Review 3d year's work. In all these exercises let the practice precede the rule. With care and judgment pupils can frequently cor- rect each other's work.
WRITING .- Practice movement drill the first month. using practice paper and slates.
Afterwards precede each lesson in writing by 10 minutes move- ment drill. Last half of year use pens. Insist upon proper position. Consult Manual.
GEOGRAPHY .- Review work of 3d grade. Read descriptive por- tions of Harper's Introductory Geography, in connection with map studies to South Atlantic States.
MAP STUDIES .- Hemispheres, pages 24, 25. N. America, p. 36. United States, pages 34. 35. N. Atlantic States, p. 38. Middle Atlantic States, p. 45.
Memorize and frequently review definitions.
Locate and observe frequently cardinal and semi-cardinal points. Draw map of Massachusetts.
PHYSICAL TRAINING .- As before.
DRAWING.
PPYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
MORALS AND MANNERS .- Insist upon respectful language. Teach the virtues of honesty, truth, economy, self-control, industry, courtesy, cleanliness.
SINGING.
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OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
FIFTH GRADE.
READING .- Complete an advanced third reader, and such supple- mentary reading as may be available. Read also in Harper's Intro- ductory Geography those portions of the text not included in the course in geography.
Silent reading, questioning pupils carefully on subjects so read. Talk with pupils about home reading. Induce them to tell what books or papers they read. Tell them interesting stories and the books where such stories may be found. Do not require the read- ing of long paragraphs. Occasionally read as a model. Ends of words to be plainly articulated. Drill on vocal gymnastics.
SPELLING .- Worcester's Speller to section 5, oral and written. Keep a list of difficult words and of words frequently misspelled, on which drill daily. Spelling of new words in other studies, names of parts of the body, articles of food and clothing, names of relations, parts of the house, articles of furniture.
NUMBERS .- Arithmetic to multiplication of fractions, each subject to be developed by oral and mental work with small numbers until it is thoroughly understood. Continue long and short division. Re- view primary work. Give many examples not in text-book. Daily practice in rapid combinations, mental and written. Review tables of weights and measures. Give problems requiring thought, also bills, making change, etc,
Colburn's Arithmetic to Section 8.
LANGUAGE .- Sentences written from dictation. Four kinds of sen- tences, change from one form to another. Formation of plurals. Use of terminal points, common abbreviations, capitals, hyphen. Teach correct use of wood, would, sit, set, lie, lay, nose, knows, flour, flower, pale, pail, heel, heal, gate, gait, mane, main, to, too, two, lessen, les- son, way, weigh.
Write bills, receipts, letters. Describe objects, pictures. Let scholars give synonyms of words in reading lesson. Have all errors,
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either oral or written, corrected. Review essential work of 3d and 4th grades.
In technical grammar develop nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs. Construct sentences using these parts of speech. Develop subject and predicate, each a single word.
Teach possessive singular and possessive plural of nouns. Com- bine two sentences in one, Remembering that oral language is used more than written. require the use of correct language in all school exercises.
GEOGRAPHY .- Review 4th year's work. Take map exercises, pages 50 and 56. Locate and name West Central States. States of the Plains, Highland States. Locate all cities of U. S. with over 100 .- 000 inhabitants. Map exercises, pages 81, 110 : 87, 110 ; 97, 110 : 102, 110; 10I, IIO. Read descriptive matter in connection with map studies. Review frequently definitions of preceding grades.
Draw map of New England States.
Use Harpers' Introductory Geography.
WRITING-Precede every lesson by ten minutes' movement drill. Insist upon correct position and proper holding of pen and pencil in all exercises. Teacher to use the blackboard to illustrate form of letters. Use practice paper and half of copy book per year. Con- sult Manual, pp. 15, 16, 17, 18.
DRAWING.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
PHYSICAL TRAINING .- Gymnastic exercises each session.
CONDUCT AND MANNERS.
SIXTH GRADE.
READING .- Complete 4th Reader. Read if available some simple history of our country. Train pupils to read with expression, teaching by example. Drill in silent reading, letting pupils tell in their own words the substance of what they have thus read. Drill on tone, em- phasis, inflection. Practice vocal gymnastics.
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SPELLING .- Worcester's Speller to section 8, oral and written. Spell difficult words in reading lesson, names of trees, animals, fishes. states countries, cities. Review work of previous grades.
NUMBERS .- Arithmetic from multiplication of fractions to addition of denominate numbers. Develop tables objectively as far as possi- ble, letting the pupils make actual measurements and find dimen- sions of all available objects, such as the schoolroom, the yard, desks. boards, boxes, etc. Give many examples in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of small fractions and mixed numbers. Frequent drill on fundamental rules. Consider how large a part of practical number work is in addition, and secure great accuracy and rapidity in mental and written work of that kind. Rapid combina- tions daily, carrying the work into small fractions and making change. Omit page 105. Extend knowledge of class in tables to embrace gross, score, fathom, quire, ream, square of roofing, weight of bushel of potatoes, bbl. of flour, etc. Colburn's Arithmetic to Section 12.
LANGUAGE .- Letters, original and dictated. Stories reproduced, first orally, then in writing. Describe objects, places, events in the same manner. Written abstracts of lessons in geography. Teach use of capitals. Review and expand work of previous grades, form of plurals, possessive singular, possessive plural of nouns, writing of bills, receipts, letters. Teach correct use of common contractions. Correct use of coarse, course, flue, flew, hour, our, seen, scene, sail, sale, ex'port, export,' im'port, import,' threw, through, blue, blew, wrap, rap, heard, herd.
Develop remaining parts of speech. Teach subdivisions of nouns. Expand subject and predicate.
Require correct language in all school work.
Require synonyms of words in reading lessons.
Stories reproduced after silent reading.
Let it be constantly remembered that correct speech is as much a part of language work as correct writing.
GEOGRAPHY .- Review continents topically, taking the same fea- tures through all, in the following order: boundaries, mountains. rivers, lakes, islands, peninsulas, capes, seas, gulfs or bays. Occa- sionally put outline sketch of continent on board, pupils to fill in details.
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Review continents also with respect to political divisions, viz .: names of countries, location, boundaries, comparative size, moun- tains, rivers, islands, lakes, peninsulas, chief productions, inhabitants, government, chief cities and their location. Map building in connec- tion. Descriptive portions read. Review definitions.
Use Harper's Introductory Geography.
WRITING .- As in fifth grade.
HISTORY .- If available, use some simple history as supplementary reading, or let the teacher tell general facts in such history to be re- produced orally by scholars.
DRAWING.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
PHYSICAL TRAINING .- Gymnastic exercises each session.
CONDUCT AND MANNERS.
SEVENTH GRADE.
READING .- Advanced Fourth Reader. American History as sup- plementary reading, if possible. Reading many books does not make good readers, but reading one lesson with eloquence and ex- pression, makes the scholar capable of reading others well.
Silent reading, pupils to close books and give substance of what they have read in their own language.
Regular practice of vocal drill.
SPELLING .- Worcester's Speller, oral and written, from section 8 to section 10. Review work of 5th grade. Difficult words met in other studies.
NUMBERS .- From addition of denominate numbers to exact inter- est, omitting Metric System and pages 159 and 160. Review all pre- vious work. Thorough drill on fundamental rules in whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Rapid combinations daily.
Many examples not in text book, bills, rapid work in finding cost of articles where fractions are involved, making change, etc. Com- plete Colburn's.
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LANGUAGE .- Reproduction, first orally, then in writing, of historical facts and incidents. Abstracts of lessons in geography. Correct writing of possessive pronouns. Abbreviations, capitals, common contractions. Use of comma, period, apostrophe, hyphen, quotation marks, terminal points. Plurals regular and irregular.
Dictation exercises, stories after silent reading. Correct use of sees, seize, dear, deer, so, sew, sow, in'sult, insult, produce, prod uce, ab'sent, absent,' ac'cent, accent,' reb'el, rebel.' Review work of pre- vious grades.
Grammar to section 3d. Subdivisions of parts of speech. Sub- ject and predicate expanded ; changes to express number, gender. case, person, comparison ; analysis of simple sentences.
Require correct language in all school work, also natural tones and distinct articulation. Synonyms in reading lessons. Wherever prac- ticable train pupils to correct each other's work.
GEOGRAPHY .- Harper's School Geography, first 18 pages.
Map exercises, pp. 8, 10, 21, 22, 23.
Sec. 37, pp. 30, 31, 37. 41. Lessons, 44, 47, 51, 54, 56, 60. Brit- ish America, Lesson 67. Mexico, Central America and West Indies, Lessons 70, 71.
Draw maps of U. S. & S. A.
Review definitions of primary grades.
Occasionally outline maps put on the board to be filled in by pupils.
WRITING .- Precede each lesson with movement drill, using prac- tice paper and slates. Insist upon proper position and forearm movement. Consult Manual, pp. 15, 16, 17, 18.
HISTORY .- As in 6th Grade.
DRAWING.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
PHYSICAL TRAINING .- Gymnastic exercises each session.
CONDUCT AND MANNERS.
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EIGHTH GRADE.
READING .- Fifth Reader. Descriptive matter in geography not laid down for course in geography. General directions as in seventh grade. Would strongly recommend drilling on one lesson till it can be read with eloquence and power.
Vocal drill as before.
SPELLING .- Worcester's Speller, Sec. 10 to Sec. 13. Review work of 6th Grade. Difficult words outside of speller as before.
NUMBERS .- From exact interest to cube root. Omit foreign ex- change and average of payments. Give many examples not in text- book. Drill in rapid work, mental and written, as before. Many practical examples in measurements, making of change, etc. Review work of previous grades.
LANGUAGE .- Abstracts of lessons in history and geography ; brief biographies of eminent Americans, great events, letters, bills, notes, receipts, business letters. Review work of previous grades, strength- ening weak points. Teach correct use of ring, wring, due, dew, bury, berry, fair, fare, here, hear, seem, seam, pair, pare, slay, sleigh, seal- ing, ceiling, strait, straight, tied, tide, weighed, wade. One written exercise per week to be preserved in permanent form.
Review work of previous grades.
Grammar to Section 6, and review.
Classification and modifications of parts of speech.
Parsing; analysis of simple sentences.
Synonyms of words in reading lessons.
Correct all errors of speech. Silent reading.
GEOGRAPHY .- Lessons 80, 82, 85, 88, 92, 95, 97. Pages 102, 105. Read as much descriptive matter in connection as time will allow. Complete above during first half of the year. Review all definitions during the last half of the year and take countries topically as fol- lows ;- Position, boundaries, surface and drainage, mountains, rivers, lakes, islands, peninsulas, capes, seas, gulfs or bays, soil, climate, productions, exports, imports, political divisions, chief cities and towns, telling some important fact in connection with each.
Occasionally outline maps on board to be filled in by pupils.
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Draw maps of Mass., North America, South America.
WRITING .- Precede each lesson by movement drill on paper or slates. Insist upon correct position and forearm movement.
Use Manual, pp. 15, 16, 17, 18.
HISTORY .- Of United States to " Eve of Revolution."
DRAWING.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
PHYSICAL TRAINING .- Gymnastic exercises each session.
CONDUCT AND MANNERS.
NINTH GRADE.
READING .- Fifth Reader, History and Geography. See directions for 7th and 8th Grades.
SPELLING .- Worcester's Speller completed and reviewed. Review lists of difficult words. Give words out but once in spelling, and do not allow pupils to try more than once upon a word in oral spelling.
NUMBERS .- Commence with cube root, and take to Art. 397. (Omit 397 to 413.) Take from Art 413 to 464. Take Roman no- tation, longitude, time and taxes.
Review work of this and previous grades.
Drill as before.
Take pp. 105, 159, 260, previously omitted.
LANGUAGE .- Business forms, abstracts of history and geography. Teach correct use of shall, will, may, can, in, into, among, between, began, begun, teach, learn, brothers, brethren, weather, whether, beside, besides, later, latter, older, elder, either, neither, these, those, sit, sat, set, lie, lay, laid, lain. Review work of other grades. One exercise per week to be preserved.
Synonyms in reading lessons.
Grammar completed and reviewed.
Correct all errors of language, oral and written.
GEOGRAPHY .- Careful study of text of North America. Sec. 27. Map Studies, Sec. 10, 12. Coarse print of Sec. 39. Govern- ment of United States, Sec. 40, pp. 120, 12I. Map questions on Special Geography of Massachusetts. Read text in connection.
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Review all definitions.
Once a week during last half of year review continents topically, as in eighth grade.
WRITING .- Precede each lesson in writing with movement drill. Where 7th, 8th and 9th Grades are in the same room, let all do the same work.
If obtainable use book of business forms last half of year.
HISTORY .- Of United States to Civil War.
General Review.
BOOK-KEEPING .- Meservey's Single Entry.
DRAWING.
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
PHYSICAL TRAINING .- Gymnastic exercises each session.
CONDUCT AND MANNERS.
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BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR HOME READING.
A Great Emergency, &c.
Mrs. Ewing
Jan of the Windmill
Adventures of a Brownie
Muloch
Boy Heroes
Cats and Dogs Johannot
Friends in Feathers and Furs
Neighbors with Wings and Fins 66 66 Claws and Hoofs
Danish Fairy Legends Anderson
Seven Little Sisters
, Jane Andrews 66
Each and All
Ten Boys
Mopsy the Fairy
Jane Ingelow
The Rose and the Ring
Thackeray
My Girls ·
Miss Alcott
Seaside and Wayside
Julia McNair Wright
Stories Mother Nature Told
Jane Andrews H. Martineau 66
Zigzag Journeys
Butterworth
Robinson Crusoe
Defoe
Stories Told to a Child
Ingelow
Studies for Stories 66
Lucy's Wonderful Globe
Miss Yonge
Swiss Family Robinson
Wyss
Boys of Other Countries
Bayard Taylor Towle
The Story of Our Country
Miss Monroe
Around the World
Kingston
Life of Columbus
Abbott
66 Franklin
66
.6 Washington .
Thayer
46 Lincoln
Stories from English History ·
Miss Yonge
Greek and Roman History
Doings of the Bodleys
Scudder
At the Back of the North Wind
McDonald
Feats on the Fiord
Crofton Boys
Young Folks Heroes of History
·
OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
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Building the Nation
Coffin
Boys of '76
Old Times in the Colonies
Little Women
Miss Alcott
Hoosier Schoolmaster
Eggleston
Tom Brown at Rugby
Hughes
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
Tanglewood Tales
Hawthorne
Famous American Indians
Eghleston
Pilgrim's Progress
· Bunyan
Four MacNicols
Black
Child's History of England
Dickens
What Katy Did
Cooledge "
What Katy Did at School
.
What Katy Did Next
Miss Alcott's Stories
Christmas Stories
Dickens
Hans Brinker
Mary Mapes Dodge
Palissy the Huguenot Potter
Captains of Industry
James Parton Scott
Ivanhoe
66
Fair Maid of Perth
.
Marmion
66
Lady of the Lake
Magna Charta Stories Gilman
Sweden, Denmark and Lapland
Bayard Taylor
Stories of American History
N. S. Dodge
Stories of Adventure
E. E. Hale
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Stowe
Sketch Book
Irving
Views Afoot]
Taylor
Conquest of Mexico
Prescott
Wonders of the Yellowstone .
Richardson Goldsmith
Arthur Bonnicastle
Holland
Zenobia
W. Ware
Self Help
Smiles
Politics for Young Americans .
Nordhoff
History of France
Montgomery
England
Silas Marner
Geo. Eliot
Mrs. Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy The Pioneers
Cooper
.
Guy Mannering
66
.
Vicar of Wakefield
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The Spy ·
Cooper
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
Holmes
Chemistry of Common Life
Johnston
Macaulay's Essays
Hard Cash Chas. Reade
Ramona
Helen Hunt Jackson
House of Seven Gables
Hawthorne
Alhambra
. Irving
Two Years Before the Mast
Dana
In His Name
Hale
Life of Julius Cæsar
Froude
Nicholas Nickleby
Dickens
Evangeline
Longfellow Kingsley
Glaucus
A Century of Electricity .
Gray's Elegy
.
Lorna Doone
Blackmore
David Copperfield
Dickens
Snow Bound .
Whittier
Idyls of the King
Tennyson
Frederick the Great
Lavengro
Geo. Borrow
Gipsies in Spain
Experimental Science
Ben Hur
Essays
Lew Wallace R. W. Emerson . Lubbock
The Pleasures of Life
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
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SCHOOL EXPENDITURES FOR 1890.
While the school expenses for the past year have been greater than for the year before, they are still less per scholar than in most other cities of the Commonwealth.
The increase has been due in part to the opening of two additional schoolrooms, and in part to a slight increase in salaries of several grades of teachers.
Returns from other places have not yet been received for the year 1890, but we can compare the cost per pupil for 1890 here with the cost for the previous year in those cities from which we have such in- formation.
Totat Expense per Scholar in
Cost of Books and Supplies
Lowell
$23.50
$1.21
Cambridge
23.03
1.29
Woburn
18.46
.
.
1.50
Newton
31.29
.
1.36
Boston
24.II
Salem
25.23
1.50
Lawrence
16.70
.70
Newburyport
16.69
.84
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TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT.
GENTLEMEN ;- I have the honor to submit my report for the year ending July Ist, 189c.
In regard to absenteeism, the parents in many instances are to blame, owing to carelessness or indifference in allowing the child to remain at home a day or half a day to run errands, or because the child wanted to, and afterward's refuse to send the proper excuse to the teacher for the child's absence. I find many instances of chil- dren kept at home to take care of younger children while the parents are away from home, employed in the factory or elsewhere.
Many have been kept at home for lack of proper clothing, shoes, etc. In these cases I have appealed to the charitable people of. this city, and in every case the appeal has been favorably received, and the children provided with neat and comfortable clothing. Much has been done to prevent truancy, and unnecessary absences, and only two extreme cases have been taken before the court. When the teacher, the parents, and the truant officer lose influence and con- trol over the child, the only resource is the reform school.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT G. ALLEN, Truant Officer.
Truant Officer's Report for the Year ending July 1st, 1890.
No. schools visited.
No. parents notified.
No. cases absenteeism in-
Truancies determined by
Truants returned to sch'l.
No. children returned to
school from streets.
Complaints issued against
No. convictions of chil-
No. children placed under
temporary arrest.
No. children placed on
probation.
Remarks.
November
1889
277
126
130
I2
12
2
December.
268
188
123
IO
IO
I
January .
1890
249
160
171
20
8
3
February
24°
130
139
6
6
O
March .
254
168
186
7
7
1
April . .
240
160
166
8
8
I
May .
254
179
187
5
5
3
June.
368
183
194
6
6
2
2
1
1
1
Total
2030
1294
1296
A
64
13
N
1
I
1
ROBERT G. ALLEN, Truant Officer.
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vestigated.
investigation.
children.
dren.
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CENSUS OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
MAY, 1890.
Ward One
. 417
Ward Two
354
Ward Three
. 332
Ward Four
305
Ward Five 450
Ware Six
381
Total 22.40
.
Total enrolment in public schools 1731
Average membership 1403
Average attendance 1271
Per cent. of attendance
Number in parochial and private schools (estimated)
800
ELISHA P. DODGE, (Mayor) Chairman
N. N. WITHINGTON, Vice-Chairman,
CHAS. H. BLISS,
PRENTISS H. REED,
RUDOLPH JACOBY,
JOSEPH B. LITTLE,
MISS H. E. LUNT,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
J. C. STANLEY,
GEO. H. PLUMER,
WM. F. HOUSTON,
STEPHEN PEABODY,
PAUL A. MERRILL,
JAMES PARTON, .
WVM. P. LUNT, Secretary.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT. FROM DECEMBER 1, 1889, TO DECEMBER 1, 1890
-
Income.
Appropriation
$22,000 00
One year's interest of Brown Fund.
675 00
State School Fund .
98 36
Tuition fees from non-resident pupils
164 00
Sale of books
3 05
Cr. by bill
8 00
$22,948 41
Overdrawn
1199 63
Expenditures.
Salaries of teacher.
. $19,064 49
66
pupil-teachers
452 50
66
secretary and agent .
1000 00
66
truant officer 300 00
janitors.
1064 80
Evening schools.
235 25
Printing & Advertising
115 60
Sundries
99 74
Census of school children
90 00
Books and supplies .
1225 66
Rent of Putnam School .
500 00
$24,148 04
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OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS AND SALARIES. 1890-1891
E. C. Adams, A.M., principal, salary
$2,200 paid by city $1600
High School
O. B. Merrill, A.M., assistant. 1100
Miss Sara A. Leonard, 66
650
Miss Mary T. Spalding 66
550
Miss Emma H. Parker
650
L
L. G. Smith, principal .
Miss Abby Short, assistant 400
Kelley School
Miss Eva J. Smith 37 5
Miss Anna L. Whitmore. 37 5
Training School
Miss Helen M. Johnson, assistant 500
George W. Brown, principal. L
1000
Jackman School
Miss Helen M. Currier 2d " 375
Miss Rebecca W, Perkins 3d " 350
Miss Anna L. Coffin, principal. 450
Miss Emma M. Lander, Ist assistant. . 375
Johnison School.
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 . 37 5
Bromfield St. School.
Miss Cora B. Lougee, 2d 375
Miss Abbie L. Frost, 3d 350
Miss Sarah B. Chute, principal 750
Currier Grammar (boys)
Miss Mary E. Bassett, 'assistant. 375
Miss Sarah E. Whitmore, principal. 450
Currier Grammar (girls)
Miss Ellen Frothingham, assistant .. 37 5
Miss Enola E. Gowen, principal 400
Moultonville (mixed).
Miss Clara Poor, assistant. 300
Wesley St. (mixed)
Irving H. Johnson, principal. 400
Temple St. Primary
Miss Susan I. Adams, principal 37 5
Miss Elizabeth H. Cheever, principal of boys' department.
37 5
Congress St. Primary
Miss Clara J. Edgerly, principal of girls department . 37 5
Miss Olive L. Rogers, teacher 2d grade 350
Miss Kate B. Symonds, Ist grade 325
Miss Frances L. Pettigrew, principal . . 375
Ashland St. Primary
Miss Flora Pettigrew, assistant. 350
Miss Mary W. Kimball, “ 275
Purchase St. Primary (mixed) . Miss Mary A. Roaf, principal . 300
Miss Mara L. Pratt, principal 7 50
Miss Rhoda Tilton, Ist assistant 400
CONTENTS.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
CITY GOVERNMENT, 1890 66 66 1891
271
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
46
DETAILED STATEMENTS :
Abatement of Taxes
54
Ashes and Rubbish .
55
Board of Health
56 57
Bromfield Fund
61
City Bonds
62
Fire Department
62
Fuel Department
67
Highway Department
71
Incidental Department
76
Interest Department
93
Lighting Streets and Public Buildings
94
Memorial Day .
96
Miscellaneous Expenses .
132
Notes Payable .
96
Parks and Public Grounds
98
Paving State Street .
99
Police Department
101
Poor Department
103
Printing
110
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Bridges and Culverts
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Public Library .
· Page 111
Public Property
113
Salaries of City Officers
120
School Depar ment .
121
Sewerage .
126
Sidewalks and Edgestones
128
State Account, Armory Rent .
131
Water Supply .
132
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF MAYOR DODGE, 1890 .
15
OFFICE HOURS of Officials, etc.
REPORT of Board of Health
247
Board of Assessors .
185
Bridge Tender .
181
Chief Engineer
153
City Inspector .
195
City Marshal .
175 261
City Solicitor .
169
Overseers of the Poor
143 199
Public Library .
205
School Committee .
313
Surveyor of Highways
231
Trust Funds .
189
STATEMENT of City Debt
48
Account with State of Massachusetts
50
Commissioners of Atkinson Common
51
Debts Due the City .
51
Income and Expenditures
41
Sinking Fund Commissioners .
52
STATISTICAL ACCOUNT of Deaths .
268
TABULAR STATEMENT
42
City, County and State Taxes .
140
TREASURER'S REPORT .
44
TRIAL BALANCE, December 20, 1890
53
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1891 .
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City Registrar .
Park Commissioners
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