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Scientific classification and a permanent catalogue is still the great need of the library. To do this work thoroughly it is usual to reckon the expense on a basis of 15 cents a volume. This would amount to $4500 for the library at present, and it is easy to reckon how the figures will grow from year to year. Classification -the bringing of works on a given subject into juxtaposition, the gathering of allied subjects in groups-is first needed. Then should come a card catalogue showing exactly the resources of the library on the very day it is consulted. Finding-lists, a sort of a
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catalogue abstract, should be printed from time to time for use away from the library.
In one other respect could the usefulness of the library be greatly extended, and that is by the creation of a separate refer- ence department. There should be set apart a room in which should be placed the various cyclopedias, dictionaries and pure works of reference not adapted to outside circulation. These should be free to the public without the necessity of first calling on an attendant to deliver them. I cannot urge this too strong- ly. In all progressive public libraries it is regarded of the first importance and in this particular we should not be behind. The question of location and extra attendance naturally arises, but that could be easily met. The proper place for this library is the read- ing room. There is room on the walls for building shelves which would accommodate hundreds of volumes, certainly all that is necessary for a start. It would relieve the library proper from much pressure which ought not to exist, and would many times expand the value of the reading room. Some little rearrangement of the room might be necessary, but only a little, and no extra at- tendant would be demanded.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN D. PARSONS, Librarian. Newburyport, Nov. 30, 1895.
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APPENDICES
APPENDIX A .- RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
City appropriation.
$1850 00
From town of Newbury, use of library,
1895.
$150 00
From dog Icenses
786 83
936 86
Total appropriation and income
$2,786 83
Amount overdrawn
23 52
$2,810 35
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the City Council.
Salaries
$2,353 08
Binding and rebinding books
205 72
Insurance premium
75 00
Supplies . . .
57 15
Stock and labor
52 45
Printing and advertising
48 75
Examining library
15 00
Express
3 20
-- $2,810 35
MISCELLANEOUS.
Receipts from fines and book lost
$37 65
Balance from last year
40 93
$79 58
EXPENDITURES
Supplies and miscellaneous
$21 65
P. O. boxes, stamps, etc.
18 64
Express, freight, truckage
6 75- 47 04
$32 54
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APPENDIX B .- BUILDING FUND.
The building fund of $5000 left over after the present library building was purchased and equipped through private donations has never been impaired, and although hundreds of dollars have been spent for necessary repairs during the past 28 years it now amounts, with accretions of interest, to over $6000. During the past year several minor bills for repairs have been paid, receipts for which are on file as vouchers, and a balance of $30.30 is on deposit. Lawrence B. Cushing has been selected by the surviving members to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. E. F. Stone.
E. S. MOSELEY, Treasurer. E. P. DODGE, L. B. CUSHING, Trustees. Newburyport, Nov. 30, 1895.
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APPENDIX C .- PEABODY FUND.
As was requested by the late George Peabody that the trus- tees of the Peabody fund should annually report its condition and doings as trustees, the board herewith reports : That the original sum of $15,000 continues as originally invested on deposit in the Institution for Savings.
The income during the past year has been $600 as usual with the balance on hand made $1063.68. There have been purchased during the year 345 volumes at an expense of $573.32, leaving a balance in hand of $490.36.
The 346 books added to the 7608 put into the library since the fund became available in 1867 makes a total of 7954 volumes which can be credited to the Peabody fund.
Since our last report the board has been called on to mourn the death of one of its esteemed and honored associates in the per- son of Hon. E. F. Stone. The vacancy occasioned by his demise has been filled by the choice of Lawrence B. Cushing as his suc- cessor.
This account has been audited and a certificate of correctness appended to the book.
E. S. MOSELEY, Treasurer. BENJ. HALE, W. H. SWASEY, JOHN J. CURRIER, L. B. CUSHING.
Newburyport, Nov. 30, 1895.
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APPENDIX D .- THE TODD FUND.
The donation of $10,000 by Hon. William C Todd, for the support of a free reading room, is invested in a city note yielding $400 annually. There are at present on file at the reading room 22 daily newspapers, 50 semi-weekly, weekly and monthly newspa- pers and periodicals, 35 domestic magazines and quarterlies, and 16 foreign ditto. Of these 123 publications 19 are donations and 104 have been subscribed for at an expense of $378 for the year.
OTHER FUNDS
The other funds are the Sawyer, Frothingham, Bradbury, Williams and Green, the incomes of which are respectively $225, $40, $40, $40 and $80. There have been purchased and credited to the funds 199 books at an expense of $202.59.
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APPENDIX E .- STATEMENT OF LIBRARY INCREASE, WITH CLASSIFICATION.
Number of volumes last reported .
30,194
Added by purchase in 1895 :
Peabody fund
346
Sawyer fund
96
Todd fund.
79
Frothingham fund
47
Williams fund.
27
Bradbury fund.
23
Green fund.
5
623
Less volumes replaced
11
612
Added by donations
83
Total number of new volumes.
695
30,889
Withdrawn (worn out).
33
Lost or missing
37
70
Less number replaced.
11
To be deducted
59
Total Nov. 30, 1895.
30,889
The new volumes may be classified as follows : General works, 17 ; philosophy, 24; theology, 25; sociology (including government publication), 107; philology, one ; natural science, 19 ; useful arts, 17; fine arts (including recreations), 15; general literature (poetry, drama, oratory, letters, satire, humor), 100 ; adult fiction, 184; juvenile literature, 19 ; travel, descriptive, adventures, 47; biography, 90 ; history, 45.
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APPENDIX F .- CIRCULATION OF BOOKS CLASSIFIED BY SUBJECTS.
During the year ending Nov. 30, 1895, 38,830 books were withdrawn for home reading, by months as follows : December, (1894), 3727 ; January, 4329; Februrary, 3975; March, 4264 ; April, 3644; May, 2870; June, 2806 ; July, 2952; August, 219 ; September, 2677; October, 3347; November, 3920. These vol- umes are classed and compared with previous years as follows :
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
Adult fiction
· 20,909
20,439
19,524
18,768
18.921
17,349
Juvenile literature .
7,669
8,308
8,014
6,692
6,547
4,634
Miscellaneous literature. 2,345
2,202
2,203
2,032
2,087
2,094
Travels, descriptive, etc. 1,886
2,164
1,970
1,682
2,07I
2,508
History .
1,789
1,666
1,333
1,340
1,506
1,808
Biography
1,607
1,168
1,078
1,134
1,42I
1,317
Science and arts
1,260
1,416
1,040
1,088
876
934
Philosophy & sociology ..
521
467
325
320
271
343
Theology
424
401
265
376
431
339
Magazines
420
334
461
482
515
402
38,830
38,565
36,213
33,914
34,646
31,727
The percentage of classes to circulation has been as follows : Adult fiction, 53.54 ; juvenile literature, 19.75; miscellaneous lit- erature, 6.15 ; travels and descriptive, 4.83 ; history, 4.62; biog- raphy, 4.14 ; natural science, useful and fine arts, 3.25; philoso- phy and sociology, 1.55 ; theology, 1.09 ; magazines, 1.08.
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APPENDIX G .- DONATIONS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
NOTE. - Acknowledgement of pamphlets include those received to April 20, 1896.
Books
Pamph
Adams, I. Smith, Milltown, Me. 0
1
American Congregational Association, Boston. .0
1
American Humane Association, Chicago. .0
1
American Humanitarian League, Providence .0
1
American republics, Bureau of .3
13
Appleton, W. S. . .1 0
Balch, E. L., Philadelphia .1
0
Bartlett, Edmund . .0
1
Boston, city of . . .1
0
Brooklyn Ethical Association .0
1
Bunker Hill Monument Association .1
0
Cambridge Civil Service Reform Association 0
1
Chicago civic federation .0
1
Colleges :
Amherst. .0
1
Blount, Tenn .0
1
Dartmouth 0
1
Harvard University .1
1
Institute Technology
.0
1
University, Penn.
.0
1
Yale University .0
1
Colonial wars, society of .0
1
J. J. Currier
.0
5
Cutter, A. E., Boston
.0
1
Emery, S. A.
.1
0
Gilman, Miss E. S., Norwich .0
2
G. A. R., Dept. Mass 1
0
Herald Publishing Co 1
0
Institute deaf and dumb, N. Y. .0
1
Indian rights association, Philadelphia . . 0
6
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Books
Pamph
Lanier, Mrs. C. .
1
0
Lytle, J. J., Philadelphia. .0
1
Massachusetts, Com. of. 10
1
Massachusetts Historical Society
1
0
Massachusetts Society Promoting Agriculture
1
0
Moseley, E. S.
1
2
National civil service reform league 0
1
New Jersey, State of
2
0
News Publishing Co.
1
0
Newburyport, city of.
1
0
Noyes, A. A.
1
0
Osgood, A .
1
0
Perkins institute for blind
0
1
Pierce Steam Heating Co. Buffalo.
1
0
Prince Society, Boston.
0
1
Raum, G. E., N. Y.
1
0
Remick, J. A., Boston
1
0
Stone, G. F., Chicago
1
0
Toppan, Robert Noxon
0
1
Unknown .
.5
1
Watkins, W. N., Boston
.0
1
Webster, P., Lowell.
1
0
U. S. Government :
Civil service com.
2
0
Department agriculture
1
43
* Weather bureau
0
11
Department interior
5
27
Commission of education
2
0
Census bureau
6
0
Geological survey
3
6
Department of labor
.3
2
Department of state. .0
12
Department of the treasury
.2
4
Coast and geodetic survey
.
2
0
Life saving service.
.2
0
355
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Books
Pamph
Department of war
10
2
Fish commission.
3
0
Interstate commerce commission
.1
0
Smithsonian institution
1
12
.
*Also, weather maps.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Publications in Newburyport Free Reading Room
DAILIES
Newburyport Herald (morning)
News (evening)
Providence Journal (morning) Salem Gazette New York Herald 66
Boston Advertiser (morning)
Herald
Star
Post
66 Sun
Globe (evening)
Tinies
66 Journal
66 Tribune 66
6. Transcript
Traveler
Post (evening)
Haverhill Gazette 66
Congressional Record, Washingt'n 66 World
SEMI-WEEKLY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY
Alta California, San Francisco Argonaut,
Bradstreet's, New York
Christian Register, Boston
Christian Union, New York Chronicle, San Francisco
Commercial Bulletin, Boston Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.
Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky. Dial, Chicago
Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
Electrical World, New York
Enquirer, Cincinnati, O.
Financial and Commercial Chron- icle, New York
Forest and Streanı, New York
Frank Leslie's Illustrated News- paper, New York Gazette, Montreal, Canada Graphic, London Harper's Bazar, New York
Weekly Young People, New York
Herald, Rutland, Vt.
Independent, New York
Item (weekly ) Newburyport
Journal of Education, Boston
Journal, Kansas City, Mo.
Machinist, New York
Mirror and Farmer, Manchester, N. H.
Nation, New York
Nature, London
News, Charleston, S. C.
Observer, New York
Pioneer-Press, Minneapolis, Minn. Punch, London
Republican, Springfield
Rocky Mountain Weekly, Denver, Colo.
Scientific American, New York
(builder's ed.)
Supplement
Star, Washington, D. C. Times, Philadelphia
Times, London Tribune, Chicago
Weekly News, Galveston, Texas Official Gazette, U. S. patent office
Mail & Express (eve'g)
Lynn Item
Portland Advertiser
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MAGAZINES AND QUARTERLIES DOMESTIC
Arena, Boston Atlantic Monthly, Boston Bibliotheca Sacra, Oberlin, O. Century, New York Cosmopolitan, New York Current Literature " Donahoe's Magazine, Boston Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, New York Forum, New York Godey's Ladies' Book, Phila. Harper's Magazine, New York Household, Boston Home Missionary, Boston Ladies' Home Journal, Phila. Life, New York
Lippincott's Magazine, Phila. Littell's Living Age, Boston McClure's Magazine, New York Munsey's Magazine® Naturalist, Philadelphia N. E. Homestead, Springfield New England Magazine, Boston New World, Boston North American, New York Peterson's Magazine, Phila. Political Science Quarterly, N. Y.
Popular Science Monthly, Popular Science News Review of Reviews, New York St. Nicholas 66
FOREIGN
Art Journal, London Blackwood's, Edinburg Cassell's Magazine, London Contemporary Review " Cornhill Magazine Edinburg Review, Edinburg English I11. Magazine, London Fortnightly Review
Good Words, London London Quarterly Review Macmillan's Magazine, London Nineteenth Century Strand, London Temple Bar " Westminster Review, London
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Donations to the Reading Room
- --
Boston Sunday Globe Librarian
Boston Sunday Herald.
Christian Register · American Unitarian Association
Christian Science Journal
· George Morrill
Churchman. St. Paul's parish
Congregationalist. Rev. J. W. Dodge
Congressional Directory
E. S. Moseley
Congressional Record
Hon. W. H. Moody
Cook's Excursionist
Publishers
Free Russia .
Good Government
Home Missionary
. E. S. Moseley
Manifesto Publishers
Newburyport Daily News
Newburyport Item.
Hon. John N. Pike
Official Gazette
Patent office
Outlook W. W. Goodwin
Science . Publishers
Signal Service Weather Maps · U. S. Department of Agriculture
St. Andrew's Cross St. Paul's parish
Tablet .
. Publishers
Unitarian
Mrs. Swasey
Woman's Journal
C. K. Whipple
New York Observer
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR
THE YEAR 1895
OF NEWBURYPORT
CITY
CARIOUS
MOCCCLI
NEWBURYPORT : PRESS OF THE NEWBURYPORT ITEM IS96
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, 1895
SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
ORRIN J. GURNEY (Mayor) -
-
Chairman
HENRY B. LITTLE - - - Vice-Chairman.
Term of Office expires January 1, 1896 :
EDWARD OSGOOD · 49 Purchase street
CHARLES W. POORE
GEORGE H. PLUMER .
. 65 Prospect street 93 High street
GEORGE W. WORCESTER 124 High street
HENRY B. LITTLE 215 High street
*EMORY A. HOWARD
15 Woodland street
Term of Office expires January 1, 1897 :
WILLIAM T. HUMPHREYS · 56 Purchase street
PRENTISS H. REED 55 Lime street
GEORGE E. L. NOYES IOI State street
SAMUEL C. BEANE 6 Harris street
OLIVER B. MERRILL . Monroe, cor. Broad street
ALBERT W. HITCHCOCK
298 High street
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
WILLIAM P. LUNT Office at City Hall
TRUANT OFFICER
ROBERT G. ALLEN Office with Superintendent
*Succeeded by Paul A. Merrill.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, 1895 --- (concluded)
SUB-COMMITTEES : HIGH SCHOOL
George H. Plumer, Samuel C. Beane,
William T. Humphreys, Emory A. Howard, Oliver B. Merrill. (On the part of trustees of Putnam School, Joseph E. Moody) GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
Edward Osgood, Charles W. Poore,
Albert W. Hitchcock, George E. L. Noyes,
Oliver B. Merrill.
TRAINING AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS
George W. Worcester, Emory A. Howard,
Prentiss H. Reed, Wm. T. Humphreys,
George E. L. Noyes. TEXT-BOOKS
Albert W. Hitchcock, Edward Osgood, George W. Worcester. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS
Oliver B. Merrill, Wm. T. Humphreys,. George W. Worcester. RULES AND REGULATIONS
Henry B. Little, Albert W. Hitchcock,
Charles W. Poore. EVENING SCHOOLS
Samuel C. Beane, Charles W. Poore, George H. Plumer. PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE
Prentiss H. Reed, Edward Osgood, George H. Plumer. SALARIES
George E. L. Noyes, Prentiss H. Reed, Emory A. Howard. JANITORS AND SUPPLIES Charles W. Poore, Emory A. Howard, Samuel C. Beane.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY AND CALENDAR.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE ROOM-City Hall.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT-City Hall.
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD-Last Monday evening of each month except July and August.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE HOURS-Wednesdays and Saturdays 9 to 10 a. m. ; other days, 4 to 5 p. m.
SCHOOL YEAR-Begins tenth Tuesday after the Saturday preced- ing the Fourth of July.
VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS-Wednesday and Saturday after- noons, Thanksgiving day and two succeeding days, Wash- ington's birthday, Memorial day, May day, Labor day ; from Christmas to New Year inclusive ; one week commencing the first Monday in April ; also, nine weeks from the Satur- day preceding the fourth of July.
PAY DAY-Wednesday after the first Monday of each month ex- cept August and September.
SCHOOL SIGNALS.
8.15 a. m .- Two strokes of fire alarm, no forenoon session of primary and grammar schools.
1.15 p. m .- Two strokes of fire alarm, no afternoon session of primary and grammar schools.
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GENTLEMEN OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
In obedience to your instructions I have the honor to submit the following report for the year 1895.
WILLIAM P. LUNT, Superintendent of Schools.
IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, - Dec. 30, IS95.
Voted, to accept and adopt the annual report of the superin- tendent of schools as the report of the school committee.
WILLIAM P. LUNT, Secretary.
THE HIGH AND PUTNAM SCHOOLS
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HIGH SCHOOL-E. C. Adams, A. M., principal ; Harlan F. Stone, Sara A. Leonard, Mary T. Spalding, Bertha J. Atwater, Ida M. Wallace, assistants.
PUTNAM SCHOOL-Mary R. Bond, Harriet Piper, assistants.
Another year of successful work has been accomplished at the High and Putnam Schools. The progress in these schools under the present management has been steady. The principal, Mr. Adams, has now been with us ten years, and we feel that we can congratulate ourselves that we have had the services of so efficient and energetic a man for so long a period. During this time the schools have constantly increased in numbers and effi- ciency and in the appreciation of our citizens.
As was indicated in the last report, two new teachers began work at the opening of the school year, Miss Ida M. Wallace and Mr. Harlan F. Stone. Both proved themselves able instructors, well equipped for their work, and faithful and painstaking in the performance of every duty. We regret that Mr. Stone felt that' his own interests called upon him to resign at the end of a single year ; he is an able young man, of great energy and steadfastness of purpose, and does with his might what his hands find to do.
Miss Atwater, after a service of several years, resigned her position for the purpose of continuing and completing her studies at Boston University. Her work in our school has been highly satisfactory.
Miss Sarah M. Dean has been elected to the position left va- cant by the resignation of Miss Atwater. Miss Dean was grad-
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uated from Radcliffe in June, having previously taken a diploma at the Boston Normal School. Her department will be history. She will enter upon her work with a thorough preparation and with all the enthusiasm of an earnest and scholarly nature. Her success, we feel, is assured.
The Toppan prize was awarded to Edward Shippen Under- wood, and honorable mention was made of John W. Brown. Hon. E. P. Dodge and Hon. John J. Currier made the award.
The usual proportion of the graduating class entered higher institutions of learning. Two of the young ladies were admitted to Wellesley, one to Smith, and one to Vassar. Of the young men, seven were admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, while two are to take a special course at Boston Univer- sity and one at Harvard.
As has been stated in this report, the High and Putnam Schools have been gradually increasing in numbers during the last ten years. This growth has made an increase in the teaching force necessary ; it now looks as though another teacher will be needed next year. During the past year the principal's time has been so fully taken up with his own class-work that he has been unable to devote as much time to general supervision as the interests of the schools demand.
It is difficult to speak of special features of the work where careful attention has been given to all departments. Yet a word ought to be said as to the study of English. The committee is fully alive to the criticism being made by the colleges and by educators in general, upon the character of the English work done in all of our secondary and high schools. They claim that pupils leave these schools with a poor equipment in this most important branch. This claim is, doubtless, based upon fact. The fault, however, is not wholly chargeable to the schools, but · is rather the result of conditions and influences prevailing in our communities. The bad English and bad rhetoric of many of the most popular books and of much newspaper work exert a tre- mendous influence upon the speech and literary taste of our people, and particularly upon the speech and taste of our youth.
Great attention and earnest effort are given to this subject in the high school. The work begun in the primary and grammar
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grades, is continued through the four years of the course. Every thing possible is done to cultivate a simple and correct style and a refined taste, and to give facility in oral expression. To this end much time is devoted to reading standard authors, and to writing themes upon simple subjects. Great stress is laid upon purity and simplicity of style. All recitations in all branches are made exercises in the use of accurate and idiomatic English. This work, if persistently and conscientiously pursued in all grades of our public schools, will in time correct many of the faults now so noticeable in the speech and writing of our people.
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STATISTICS OF THE HIGH AND PUTNAM SCHOOLS, 1894-1895
Whole membership of boys in High school -
- 84
Whole membership of girls in High school -
-
-
93
Whole membership of High school -
177
Average membership of boys in High school Average membership of girls in High school
81-4
Average membership of High school
154.6
Average attendance of boys in High school
-
71.9 76.2
Average attendance of High school
148.1
Per cent. of attendance of boys -
98.2
Per cent. of attendance of girls -
93.5
Per cent. of attendance of school -
95.8
Cases of tardiness in High school
277
Whole number of boys in Putnam school
39
Whole number of girls in Putnam school
52
Whole number of pupils in Putnam school -
91
Whole number of pupils in High and Putnam schools Cases of tardiness in Putnam school
25
Average membership of boys in Putnam school
37.7
Average membership of girls in Putnam school
-
48.9
Average attendance of boys in Putnam school Average attendance of girls in Putnam school
-
37.I
Per cent. of attendance of boys -
98.4
Per cent. of attendance of girls -
96.2
Per cent. of attendance of school
97.3
Average age of boys in I. class, High school
17.6
Average age of girls in I. class, High school
17.6
Average age of boys in I. class, Putnam school Average age of girls in I. class, Putnam school
18.1
Average age of boys in II. class, High school -
16.3
Average age of girls in II. class, High school -
16.7
-
-
17.6
Average age of boys in II. class, Putnam school Average age of girls in II. class, Putnam school Average age of boys in III. class, High school
15.8
Average age of girls in III. class, High school
16.3
Average age of boys in III. class, Putnam school
16.3
Average age of girls in III. class, Putnam school
15.8
Average age of boys in IV. class, High school
14.II
Average age of girls in IV. class, High school
15.0
Average age of boys in IV. class, Putnam school
14.8
Average age of girls in IV. class, Putnam school Number in High school over fifteen years of age, boys
60
Number in High school over fifteen years of age, girls
-
80
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
14.8
-
-
- 73.2
Average attendance of girls in High school
-
-
47.3
17.1
-
16.3
-
268
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE CLASS OF '95 At City Hall, Friday, June 21, 1895.
PROGRAMME.
MUSIC-Mosaic Overture
- Rollinson
High School Orchestra.
CHANT-"I will lift mine eyes," -
School Chorus.
PRAYER.
RESPONSE
- School Chorus. ESSAY-(Salutatory Rank) A National Flower Anna H. Colby.
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ESSAY-American Oratory
-
John W. Brown.
PIANO SOLO-Chrysantheme-Original Elizabeth P. Cheney. ESSAY-The Preservation of Historical Relics May E. Boynton.
ESSAY-The Citizen's Duty
J. H. Walton, jr.
MUSIC-Concert Gavotte
High School Orchestra.
PROPHECY-
Margaret Ilsley. ESSAY-Amusements - - Elizabeth S. Bean.
ESSAY-Woman and the Future
George E. Bartlett.
VIOLONCELLO SOLO-Romance
Henry Lahee Frank M. Bingham.
ESSAY-The Struggle for Existence - Ernest Foss. ESSAY-Milton's Treatment of Flowers in his Lyrics Frances A. Lord.
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Bendix
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MUSIC-Anchored
School Chorus.
ESSAY-Municipal Reformn
E. S. Underwood.
ESSAY-Physical Culture of Women, with Valedictory Addresses
Alice M. Burnham. AWARD OF TOPPAN PRIZE. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS. ʻ
SINGING - Class Ode
Music by Elizabetlı P. Cheney. Words by Mary E. Batchelder.
As the sculptor moulds his clay From the image of his thought, So from lofty, pure ideals
Every noble life is wrought ; Graceful curves and noble inien Make the statue more sublime ; So the kindly word and deed
Make the human more divine.
In our hands is placed the clay,
In our hearts the impulse swells ; From on high the spirit comes That inspires the soul, and dwells With each one whose open mind
Heeds the influence from above, That the image of his thought May be shaped in perfect love.
BENEDICTION.
GRADUATING CLASS
HIGH SCHOOL
Georgie Elizabeth Bartlett,
Elizabeth Silsbee Beane,
Mary Campbell Bliss,
Julia Boyle,
Francis Monroe Bingham,
Alice Miriam Burnham,
John Wesley Brown,
Elizabeth Plumer Cheney,
Anna Hale Colby, Grace Aura Gale,
Bertha Florence Ingalls,
Edgar Francis Noyes,
Edward Shippen Underwood, James Henry Walton, jr.
PUTNAM SCHOOL
Mary Elizabeth Batchelder, Bertha Whittredge Boynton,
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