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JOHNSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
ANNA L. COFFIN, Principal. EMMA M. LANDER, Assistant.
Number of different pupils
73
Average membership
64.7
Average attendance 60.9
Per cent. of attendance
94
Average age 12 yrs. 7 m.
6
Number of graduates
16
Number admitted to High school without examination II
66
by examination . I
66
by record 3
Number over 15 years of age
19
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NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Florence L. Atwood, Edith C. Noyes, Josie E. Thurlow. Laura E. Perkins, Lizzie A. Colby, Laura M. Tanner, Alice K. Lunt, Jessie E. Peckham, Flora I. Stevens, Kate C. Nutting. Grace Aubin, Lizzie M. Bryant, Daisy L. Stevens, Florence E. Short.
BROMFIELD STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
.
PRISCILLA G. CRAIG, Principal. SUSIE B. LOWELL, Assistant.
Number of different pupils
· 97
Average membership ·
· 74.9
Average attendance
. 69.5
Per cent. of attendance
· 92.7
Average age 12 yrs. I m.
Number over 15 year of age
9
Number of graduates
IO
Number promoted to High school without examination . 6
by
O
66
66 66
011
record ·
.
.
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Elva O. Jones, Mabel R. Porter, Jennie P. Lowell, Minnie F. Collins, Gertrude H. Gowdey, Sadie W. Holmes.
JACKMAN GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
GEORGE W. BROWN, Principal. GRACE G. ROGERS, Assistant.
Number of different pupils 88
Average membership . . 79
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Average attendance
·
74.2
Per cent. of attendance
·
· 94
Average age . 13 yrs.
Number over 15 years of age II
Number promoted to High school without examination .
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record
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NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Charles I. Pettingell, Charles T. Smith, Walter N. Brown, Moses G. Pettingell, Frank A. Smith, James H. Hunt, Robert B. Clark, Paul D. Dean, Fred E. Greene, Edward C. Reddy, Lawrence A. Noyes, John A. Currier, Howard A. Noyes, Arthur Little, Samuel Agoos, George W. Chase, Daniel D. Thurlow, Charles E. Meader, George O. Plummer, Ralph L. Shepard, Lyman E. Dodge.
CURRIER (GIRLS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
SARAH E. WHITMORE, Principal. ELLEN FROTHINGHAM, Assistant.
Number of different pupils
· 77
Average membership ·
·
65
Average attendance .
. 60
Per cent of attendance
·
92.3
Average age 12 yrs. 6 m. ·
Number over 15 years of age · 4
Number graduated ·
7
Number promoted to High school without examination . 3
by O ·
Number admitted on record
.
2
NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Carrie M. Cobb, Florence L. Kimball, Hattie M. Ordway. Rosa L. Robinson, Bessie M. Sargent.
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CURRIER (BOYS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
SARAH B. CHUTE, Principal. EMILY A. HALE, Assistant.
Number of different pupils 79
Average membership 67.7
Average attendance . 63.3
Per cent. of attendance 93.5
Number over 15 years of age
7
Average age
12 yrs. 6 m.
Number admitted to High school without examination . 2
66
by ·
2
66 ..
on record .
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NAMES OF THOSE ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
E. Fred Cutter, Louis A. Sloman, Frank L. Hatch, George E. Cooper.
WESLEY STREET GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOL.
IRVING H. JOHNSON, Principal.
Number of different pupils
43
Average membership
37
Average attendance
33
Per cent. of attendance
89
Average age
II yrs.
Number over 15 years of age .
2
Number admitted to High school without examination
O
66
by
.
O
..
66
66
on
record J
ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Bessie T. Murley.
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MOULTONVILLE SCHOOL.
MABEL B. SANBORN, Principal. ELEANOR J. FOWLE. Assistant.
Number of different pupils 47
Average membership 43
Average attendance
37
Per cent. of attendance
86
Average age 9 yrs. 5 m.
Number under 5 years of age .
O
over 15 " . O
Admitted to High school on examination . I
ADMITTED TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Charlotte E. Chase.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Many important changes have occurred in the corps of primary teachers. Miss Helen M. Currier, so long connected with the Jackman school as principal of the primary department, a most devoted and faithful teacher for many years, at the close of the school year resigned her position, and Miss Annie M. Lamprey was appointed her successor. Miss Rebecca W. Perkins, for several years past, assistant in the primary department of the same school, feeling the need of rest, also resigned at the same time. Miss Perkins was a most conscientious and faithful teacher. Miss Josie W. Kimball was transferred from the Congress street school, to the position made vacant by the re- signation of Miss Perkins.
In the Congress street school, Miss Gertrude Lewis now holds the position from which Miss Kimball was transferred, while Miss Annie P. Toppan has been appointed to the first grade, from which Miss Symonds resigned on account of ill health.
In the Ashland street school, there has been no change in teachers. At Moultonville, the primary department has lost Miss Towle, who accepted an advantageous offer in another state. Miss Flora Pettigrew has been appointed in her place.
Miss Frances J. Pearson, second assistant of the Johnson school, died before the close of the school year. Miss Pearson had for many years taught in the schools of this city. She was a thoroughly faithful, honest and conscientious teacher. Her classes were admirably prepared.
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the school board :
Whereas, the school department has been deprived of the services of a valued teacher in the death of Miss Frances J. Pearson,
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Resolved, that we desire to place on record our appreciation of the services in the schools of this city, and to recognize her untiring devotion to her duty and her faithful efforts for the wel- fare of the children in her care. Her patient and unassuming character, her interest in all methods of educational progress, secured for her the respect and confidence of her associates and the cordial approval of this board.
Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be transmitted with our sympathy, to the family of the deceased.
Notwithstanding the loss to our schools of so many primary teachers, the school board has been able to maintain the stand- ing of these schools and continue their faithful work. By pro- motions, judicious transfers and the appointment of graduates from the Training school, the vacancies have been filled, and at the present time the primary schools can be said to be in a more prosperous condition than ever before.
In no other department have there been such radical changes in methods of management and instruction. While changes are not always improvements, most of those in the primary schools are based upon sound, scientific and psychological principles. The results are such as to be generally approved. Certainly the chil- dren are happier, better work is done, cases of corporal punish- ment are fewer, while the relations of pupils and teachers are more harmonious than under the older methods.
Let us hope that while school is made interesting and children do work that is pleasant and attractive, they will not fail to cul- tivate also the power of doing that which is not always so. Per- haps this is one of the dangers of modern methods, that where nearly everything is presented in such a bright and attractive style, that the interest of the pupil is kept excited, there may not be developed the power to do that which is not interesting simply because it is a duty. In every grade, among much that is pleas- ant, there should be some work that requires the must of the teachers and the will of the scholar. Such work should be in- creased from year to year, so that as the pupil advances he may develop power for duties that are not interesting, and be better fitted for a life which is not all entertainment or pleasure, that
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the oft quoted lines of Emerson may be verified in those that have been trained in our own schools ;
So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.
JOHNSON SCHOOL.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
FRANCES J. PEARSON, Principal. JENNIE P. HASKELL, Assistant.
Number of different pupils
· 86
Average membership
· 70.8
Average attendance
. 66.2
Per cent. of attendance
· 93.5
Average age
8 yrs. I m. . 0
Number under 5 years of age
Number promoted to grammar school
.
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BROMFIELD STREET SCHOOL.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
ABBIE L. FROST, Principal. ELIZABETH HOXIE, Assistant.
Number of different pupils
106
Average membership ·
80
Average attendance
· 71
Per cent. of attendance
8 yrs. 2 m. . 88.7
Average age
Number under 5 years of age
O
Number promoted to grammar school 4
.
I2
·
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JACKMAN (BOYS') PRIMARY SCHOOL.
HELEN M. CURRIER. Principal. REBECCA W. PERKINS. Assistant.
Number of different pupils
· 93
Average membership
73
Average attendance · 67.5
Per cent. of attendance
.
92.4
Average age
9 yrs. 9 m.
Number under 5 years of age
O
Number promoted to grammar school . 15
TEMPLE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
SUSAN I. ADAMS, Principal.
Number of different pupils
50
Average membership
37
Average attendance
33
Per cent. of attendance
89
Average age
8 yrs. 9m.
Number under 5 years of age O
Number promoted to grammar school S
PURCHASE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
MARY A. ROAF, Principal.
Number of different pupils . 42
Average membership · · 33.2
Average attendance .
. 28.7
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Per cent. of attendance
86.4
Average age ·
Number under 5 years of age
7 yrs. 3 m. 0
TRAINING SCHOOL.
FRANCES W. RICHARDS, Principal.
Number of different pupils 248 ·
Average membership 182
Average attendance
161
Per cent. of attendance
88
Average age ·
8 yrs. 6 m.
Number under 5 years of age
0
Number promoted to grammar school
45
CONGRESS STREET SCHOOL.
ELIZABETH H. CHEEVER, Principal.
SARAH L. Ross, Ist Assistant.
JOSIE W. KIMBALL, 2d . KATE B. SYMONDS. 3d "
Number of different pupils 207
Average membership .
147
Average attendance . .
Per cent. of attendance .
130.8 89. 1
Average age 8 yrs. 2 m.
Number under 5 years of age
O
Number over 15 years of age
0
Number promoted to grammar school
.
25
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ASHLAND STREET SCHOOL.
FRANCES L. PETTIGREW, Principal. SARAH F. BADGER. Assistant.
Number of different pupils 89
Average membership
.
71
Average attendance .
65
Per cent. of attendance
91.5
Average age ·
9 yrs. 2 m.
Number under 5 years of age .
O
Number promoted to grammar school .
.
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ASHLAND STREET SCHOOL (WARD ROOM).
FLORENCE A. TRUE, Principal.
Number of different pupils
· 62
Average membership
·
34
Average attendance
· 30
Per cent. of attendance ·
. 88.2
Average age
Number under 5 years of age
·
6 yrs. 2 m. O
TRAINING SCHOOL.
This school commences a new school year with increased trust and hope for future usefulness. It has become well established in public confidence. With wise management, there is no reason why it should not continue to supply our primary schools with efficient teachers as occasion may demand, and do still more ex- cellent work in the education of the children attending.
At present there are sixteen pupil-teachers, the largest number at any one time since the opening of the school in September, 1889. Of these, seven are in the senior class, nine juniors, and no middle class. The seniors graduate at the end of January, 1894. It would probably be wise to retain one of the senior class for a few months, to assist in the management of the school, as without a middle class now, there will be no Senior class to take charge of the rooms in February, making it more difficult for the principal to properly manage the four rooms.
An unusually large proportion of the present pupil-teachers are residents of this city, thus securing for our own citizens the benefit of the experience and training which they have received.
There has been a mistaken idea as to the expense incurred in the maintenance of a training school. The fact is, that at the present time, the four rooms included in the school are taught at less expense than it would require to employ four salaried teachers for those rooms. Before the establishment of this school. in two rooms the teachers received $375 each per annnum, and with our present schedule of salaries, $350 would be paid to each of the other two teachers required, making a total of $1450 per annum. The Training School has, during the year ending
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December 1, 1893, paid its principal $830, and its pupil-teach- ers $411, making a total of $1241, thus saving the city $209 by the present arrangement.
The need of an office for class work was strongly felt, and during the summer vacation one was supplied over the hall. which has proved a great benefit to the school.
The following pupil-teachers completed their course during the school year ending July Ist, 1893 :
Grace E. Bartlett, now teaching in Johnson school.
Annie P. Toppan, יי " Congress street.
Grace Hallier, 66 " Amesbury.
Ethel Savage,
The present members of the school are as follows :
Mary Greenleaf, of Newburyport, Junior class.
Mary Colby,
Lillian Goodwin,
..
Alice Hopkinson, 66
Eleanor Robinson, .. .6
..
Mary Buckley, ..
..
Hattie Baxter, Merrimac, ..
Nora Whittier, Amesbury
66
Carrie Willcomb, Ipswich,
66
Lillian D. Hamilton, Newburyport, Senior class.
Charlotte K. Dickens,
Alice A. Bartlett, 66
6 6
Julia J. Hubbard,
66 66
K. Lillian Buckley,
Alice Hatch, Amesbury,
66
Emily Smith, 66 יי
EVENING SCHOOLS.
The evening schools continued the excellent work that has been carried on for several years during the winter term.
The difficulty of grading properly the pupils makes it necessary to employ a larger force of teachers than would be required for the same number of pupils in the day schools.
In the boys' school Mr. L. G. Smith was principal and had for assistants, Miss Elizabeth Dodge, Miss Margaret Sargent, Miss Harriot Colman and occasionally, when necessary, Mrs. L. G. Smith.
· Miss Flora Pettigrew was principal of the girls' school, with Miss Elizabeth Pearson and Mrs. Frank Hale as assistants.
The personal interest taken by the teaches in their pupils was conducive to their welfare and improvement in more ways than in their studies.
The interest taken by the school committee was manifested in a substantial manner. Ample teaching force was supplied, so that individual attention could be given where it was needed.
CHANGES IN TEACHERS.
RESIGNATIONS.
L. G. Smith, principal of Kelley school.
Henriette E. deRochemont, first assistant of Kelley school. Helen M. Currier, second assistant at Jackman school.
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Rebecca W. Perkins, third assistant at Jackman school.
Kate B. Symonds, second Congress st.
Emily A. Hale, assistant at Forrester street, boys'
Eleanor J. Towle, assistant at Moultonville
TRANSFERS.
Irving H. Johnson, from Wesley street to Kelley school.
Mabel B. Sanborn, from Moultonville to 7th grade of Kelley school.
Jennie P. Haskell, from Ist and ed grades to 3d and 4th of Johnson school.
Josie W. Kimball, from 2d grade Congress street to 2d and 3d Jackman.
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
Anna M. Lamprey, 2d assistant at Jackman school.
Grace E. Bartlett, 3d 66 Johnson “
Gertrude E. Lewis, 2d
Congress street school.
Inez G. Hulbert, Ist Forrester street boys' school.
Annie P. Toppan, 3d Congress street school.
Nellie G. Stone, principal of Wesley street school.
QUESTIONS FOR PROMOTION.
Pupils belonging to the first three grades are promoted with- out a final examination. A large proportion of all the other grades are also promoted without a final examination. The following examination was given to those in each grade who were not promoted without examination.
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FOURTH GRADE.
ARITHMETIC.
I. A man earns $1450 a year and spends $800 a year. How much will he save in 12 years?
2. How many 5 ounce packages can you make from 10 lbs. of candy ?
3. A had 400 sheep, he sold 1/2 of them at $2 each, and the remainder at $3 each. What did he receive for all?
4. 9001 X 1050; 38264 + 48.
5. 6 x 12; 54 + 9; So = 4 ; 9 x 7; 4 x 8; 27-9; 37 +. 6: 46-7:56-II; add results.
LANGUAGE.
I. Write sentences using correctly : Came and written.
2. Dictate : Is it too early for the two o'clock boat ?
3. Dictate : Tell George to send Mr. Brown's carriage to the depot.
4. Write abbreviations for afternoon, United States, Massa- chusetts, pound, forenoon.
5. Did you pare the pear with a pair of scissors?
GEOGRAPHY.
I. What ocean is nearest us? Where shall I go to see it?
2. Lake on the boundary of Vermont? City on that lake ?
3. Locate Newburyport.
4. What do you mean by the circumference of the earth? How many miles is it?
5. What motion of the earth causes day and night?
SPELLING.
1, 2. Untie the knot.
3,4. A picture of a pitcher.
5, 6. Prepare your work.
7, 8. A soldier's shoulder.
9, 10. Which woman.
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11, 12. The doctor has gone.
13, 14. A journey to Europe.
15, 16. Until Wednesday.
17, 18. A patient scholar.
19, 20. A dried raisin.
FIFTH GRADE.
ARITHMETIC.
I. Divide L. C. M. of 9, 18, 24, 72, 42 by G. C. D. of 18, 564.
2. If 24 men dig a ditch in 844 days, how long will it take 36 men ?
3. Cost of 144 lemons at the rate of 2 for half a dime?
4. A buys 433 and 61/2 bbls. of flour, he sells 11/2 and 41/3 bbls., how many bbls. has he left?
5. Add $300, 25 cents, $1.08, 5 cents, $26, $1.99, 2 cents.
6. How much is 6 times $5, $7, 6 cents, 4 mills, $60, 3 dimes, 28 cents, $1, 1 mill, 4 half dollars, 2 eagles.
7. Coal cost $614 , hat cost $21/2 less. Cost of both ?
8. When 25 yds. cost $1.25, how many can you buy for $5 ?
9. 12,340,567 : 7809. Prove it.
10. Divide 70 X 3 X 11 X 5 x So by 71 X 4 X 22 X 14 X 75.
LANGUAGE.
I. Wait, my dear cousin. Tell what part of speech each word.
2. Sentence containing com. noun, proper noun and adjective.
3. Correct : I haven't no pencil. There aint no slate in my desk. Why can't you set down. Where was you jest now.
4. Plu. of knife, monkey, lily, valley, gas, family, calf, wharf, piano, dwarf.
5. Abb. for afternoon, Captain, page, barrel, Doctor.
6. Write declarative sentence with girl as subject ; change to interrogative.
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7. Dictate : "Did you see Mr. Thomas's horse running down Broad street last Wednesday ?" asked Esther.
S. Pos. sing. of ox, pony, brother, lady, I.
9. Make out and receipt a bill to yourself from some grocer.
10. Write sentences using correctly, lie, lay, laid, sit, set.
GEOGRAPHY.
1. Describe Merrimac River and name 4 cities on its banks.
2. Name 5 Great Powers.
3. Locate Sandwich Islands. Why important ?
4. Locate capital of U. S.
5. Define strait, isthmus.
6. Locate New Orleans, Chicago, Paris, London, Pekin.
7. Great Lakes and outlet.
8. Continents north of equator.
9. 4 capes of S. A.
10. Define latitude, longitude.
SPELLING.
animal
mighty
seized
cheese
received
spectacles
skein
murmurs
Delaware
coarse
climbs
delicious
swear
necessary schooner
galloping
division
curious
preferred through
SIXTH GRADE.
ARITHMETIC.
1. If . 5 of a bbl. costs $314, how many bbls. for $51/2 .
2. Add results :- 16 : . 16; 16: 1.6; 1.6 : 16; . 16 : 1.6; 1.6 + 1.6.
3. From 3534 yds. sold A 534yds .. B 72/3yds., C 13.75 yds. How many yards left?
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4. If .25 of an oz. of spice cost 11/2 cts. what costs I lb? What cost 18 lbs. 12 oz. ?
5. Cost of 3 bu. of tomatoes at $ . 15 a half peck ?
6. Find total length in feet of 100 rds., 35 ft., 7 yds., .50 mile, 41/2 fathoms.
7. 5 -. 004; (.01 + 100.1)-(. 105 x .05).
8. If 34 of a house is worth $1260, what is the value of 7/8 of it.
9. 34 of 3-11 of 11-18 + 34 of 2-9 of 3-8.
IO. 124.03-1.4 X .00212 + 49184.
LANGUAGE ..
I. Dictate : "Did you see Charles's niece," asked Mary, "when she went to Ipswich ?"
2. Adjectives derived from China, Japan, Italy, Greece, Arabia.
3. Mary then wrote carefully a long letter to her mother. Parts of speech.
4. James Adams sold Ellen Foley a pair of shoes for $3.50 April 6, 1893. Write receipted bill.
5. Pos. sing. of wolf, monkey, field-mouse, ox, landlady.
6. Pos. plu. of the same.
7. Write a memory gem.
8. Use correctly in sentences lie, lay, laid, lain, set.
9. Abbreviations for Colonel, Captain, ounce, dozen, Esquire, Honorable.
IO. Write sentences using correctly : Difficult, employ.
GEOGRAPHY.
I. Name British Isles and 2 rivers, 4 cities, 3 productions.
2. Define latitude, longitude.
3. What two motions has the earth, and what does each cause.
4. Locate Havana, Cairo, Tokio, St. Louis, Venice.
5. Longest river in the world, highest mountain, largest city, largest island, largest sea.
6. Define peninsula, name 6 in Europe.
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7. What is a republic, name one in N. A.
S. Voyage from Buffalo to London.
9. Territories of U. S.
IO. Where are the Sandwich Ilands. ?
SPELLING.
scenery
bicycles
crystal
weasel
kerosene
necessary
biscuit
stomach
amiable
February
families
Connecticut
scissors
twelfth
beefsteak
onion
collar
initial
cashier
victuals
SEVENTH GRADE.
ARITHMETIC.
I. Int. of $105.50 for 1 yr., 3 mo., 16d. at 9 per cent.
2. From 29 acres take 9 acres 149 rods 6 yds., I ft., 100 sq. in.
3. If I lose 331/3 per cent. by selling for $1500, what should I have gained if I had sold for $2540?
4. Cost of 5/8 of a ton at 34 of a cent per lb.
5. Write as per cent. : 1/2, 1/3, 23, 5/8, 1-16.
6. At $15 per dozen what cost 31/2 gross?
7. 1000+ . 1 -. 7 X 100+ 25.
8. How many bbls. of flour at $5.04 will buy four tons, 12 cwt., 40 lbs. of hay at $12 per ton?
9. 1/2 is 80 per cent. of what?
IO. What will it cost to carpet a room 15 ft. by 18 ft. with carpet 34 of a yd. wide at $.871/2 per yard ?
LANGUAGE.
I. Put into sentences pos. plu. of I, he, thief, ox, fox.
2. Correct : I aint the one who done it, You was. They told he and I. Where was you last night. The stick is four foot long.
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3. Compare : Easily, sweet, beautiful, red, happy.
4. Write correctly : Why do you speak so rudely to me mary said her mother.
5. Plural of fox, ox, calf, woman, lily, I, who, he, it, baby.
6. Pos. sing. of above words.
7. Pos. plu. of the same.
8. Give opposite gender of niece, hero, lion, prince, queen, landlady, aunt, ox, bride, widow.
9. Write a receipt for rent.
10. Make out bill to yourself and receipt.
GEOGRAPHY.
I. States that touch Great Lakes.
2. Width of temperate and torrid zones.
3. Dif. between republic and monarchy, ex. of each.
4. Define strait, river-system.
5. What body makes the laws of U. S .?
6. Define latitude, longitude.
7. Voyage from Chicago to Paris.
8. Define isthmus, island, volcano, strait, ex. of each.
9. Locate Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco.
IO. Name the republics of S. A.
SPELLING.
different
writing
reconcile
judgment grandeur
believe
military
separate
beefsteak syllable
pamphlet
millinery
bicycle
several sphere
weasel
beginning
salary
different sulphur
EIGHTH GRADE.
ARITHMETIC.
1. If 31/2 bus. cost $414, how much can be bought for $62/3 ?
2. V 3927 1-9 + V 98-18.
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3. If a carpenter receives $18 for 6 days' work of 10 hours each, what should he receive for 5 days' work of 8 hours each ?
4. How many paving stones 6 in. by 8 in. will pave a street 27 rds. long, 50 ft. wide?
5. Comp. int. of $10,000 for 2 yrs., 6 m., 18 d. at 4 per cent., compound semi-annually.
6. Dif. between true and bank dis. of $346.87 for 2 yrs., 4 m., 12 d .?
7. Sq. ft. in an acre, sheets in ream, feet in fathom, things in gross, things in score, cu. ft. in yd., cord ft. in cord, pages in quire, cu. ft. in cord ft., lbs. in ton.
8. 18 is 3 per cent. of what? 18 is 10 per cent. less than what ? 18 is 20 per cent. more than what? 18 is 1/2 per cent. of what? What is 1/2 per cent. of 18?
9. Distance in ft. around a sq. field of 25 acres.
10. . 6 - 100 X 10 -. 0000I.
LANGUAGE.
I. Obj. case of I, we, he, she, whom?
2. Compare thin, evil, near, graceful. little.
3. Analyze : Franklin, the philosopher, was a printer.
4. Correct : It was me and him who done it. Every one of his acts were criticised.
5. Rules for pos. sing. and pos. plu. of nouns.
6. Conjugate teach in potential-passive, past-perfect.
7. Write a promissory note.
8. Write correctly : He was the man who I gave the check to. Your's truely.
9. Sentence with pred. nom. Parse the pred. nom.
10. Write bill and receipt it.
GEOGRAPHY.
I. Name and locate zones.
2. Define latitude, longitude.
3. Exports of W. Indies.
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4. Government of France, Russia. Gt. Britain, U. S .. Switzerland.
5. Define water shed, river basin.
6. Loftiest chain of each continent.
7. Locate Rio Janeiro, Berlin, Venice, Trieste, Detroit.
8. Voyage from Chicago to London.
9. Describe Merrimac River, name cities on it.
10. Continents crossed by equator.
HISTORY.
I. Cause of French and Indian war.
2. Results of the same.
3. Spanish explorers.
4. What did the Northmen discover.
5. How did America receive name?
6. Who were the Puritans?
7. One fact about Leif Ericson.
8. Who were the Pilgrims?
9. First settlement of Massachusetts When ? Where ?
IO. Date of Columbus' first voyage.
SPELLING.
complete attendance
antipathy until audience
epitaph business
plaintiff bureau receipted
peaceable official
prejudice salable sympathy
millinery pitiable
bilious pursuit aqueduct
recommend confectionery certificate sheriff
HIGH AND PUTNAM SCHOOLS. ENTRANCE EXAMINATION.
ARITHMETIC.
1. Find the value of I + 3-5 of 133 + (1 2-7+.114) 6+ 71/2
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