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CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR
THE YEAR 1898.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
TERRA
MARIQUE MDCCCLI
NEWBURYPORT NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS IS99.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT-1898.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
GEORGE H. PLUMER (Mayor)
Chairman
SAMUEL C. BEANE
Vice-Chairman
Term of office expires January 1, 1899.
WILLIAM T. HUMPHREYS 75 Purchase street
PRENTISS H. REED 55 Lime
GEORGE E. L. NOYES IOI State
SAMUEL C. BEANE 6 Harris
OLIVER B. MERRILL Monroe, cor. Broad
ALBERT W. HITCHCOCK
298 High 66
Term of office expires January 1, 1900.
CHARLES W. POORE
65 Prospect 66
EDWARD PERKINS 13 Parsons 66
DAVID P COFFIN 73 High
GEORGE W. WORCESTER
124 High 66
HENRY B. LITTLE
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215 High
PAUL A. MERRILL 24 Tyng
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
WILLIAM P. LUNT Office at City Hall
TRUANT OFFICER.
ROBERT G. ALLEN Office with Superintendent
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT (CONCLUDED.)
SUB-COMMITTEES.
HIGH SCHOOL-O. B. Merrill, Geo. W. Worcester, Geo. E. L. Noyes, H. B. Little, A. W. Hitchcock.
(On part of Trustees of Putnam Free School, Joseph E. Moody.)
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS-A. W. Hitchcock, Wm. T. Humphreys, Prentiss H. Reed, David P. Coffin, O. B. Merrill.
TRAINING AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS-H. B. Little, P. A. Merrill, Chas. W. Poore, Geo. E. L. Noyes, Edward Perkins.
TEXT BOOK COMMITTEE-Geo. W. Worcester, P. A. Merrill, O. B. Merrill.
RULES AND REGULATIONS-Prentiss H. Reed, Chas. W Poore, H. B. Little.
EVENING SCHOOLS-Geo. E. L. Noyes, Edward Perkins, Chas. W. Poore. PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE-Edward Perkins, Chas. W. Poore, David P. Coffin.
JANITORS AND SUPPLIES-Chas. W. Poore, Wm. T. Humphreys, D. P. Coffin.
SALARIES-Wm. T. Humphreys, Geo. W. Worcester, P. H. Reed.
DRAWING-P. A, Merrill, Wm. T. Humphreys, D. P. Coffin.
Music-Geo. E. L. Noyes, A. W. Hitchcock, P. H. Reed.
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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, 9 to 10 a. m .; other days, 4 to 5 p. m.
SCHOOL YEAR-Begins tenth Tuesday after the Saturday preceding the Fourth of July.
VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS-Saturdays, Thanksgiving day and two succeeding days, Washington's birthday, Memorial day, Patriot day, Labor day ; from Christmas to New Year inclusive; one week commencing the first Monday in April; also, nine weeks from the Saturday preceding the Fourth of July.
PAY DAY -- Wednesday after the first Monday of each month except Au- gust 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.
THE HIGH AND PUTNAM SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL-Geo. A. Dickey, principal; Arthur H. Berry, Sara A. Leonard, Mary T. Spalding, Bertha J. Atwater, Nellie G. Prescott, Mary E. Smith, assistants.
PUTNAM SCHOOL-Mary R. Bond, Harriet Piper, assistants.
The annual exhibition of the High and Putnam schools was held at City Hall, June 28th, 1898, when a class of thirty-nine students, nineteen young men and twenty young women, having completed the course of study prescribed, received their diplo- mas, and became graduates of the school. Twenty-seven of the students were from the High and twelve from the Putnam school.
Three members of the class passed their final examinations and were admitted to college, while eight of the young men became members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Seven young men took the preliminary examination for the institute, and one young woman took the preliminary examination for college. Five other young women would have presented them- selves for this examination had they not intended to enter where such examinations are not required.
The corps of teachers in the school was without change until the close of the winter term, when Miss Cohen, teacher of English, resigned, and was succeeded by Miss Nellie G. Prescott. At the same time Miss Bond, teacher of mathematics, was com- pelled by ill health to resign her position, her place being filled by the trustees of the Putnam school by the appointment of Miss Isabel Howe.
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At the close of the school year the position of teacher of mathematics, held for several years by Miss Mary T. Spalding, became vacant and Miss Elizabeth Goldsmith was appointed to the place. The committee expect and have reason to believe, that the excellent work hitherto done in this important depart- ment will be continued.
Harvey R. Nutting, of Salisbury, having passed the best exam- ination in " Civil Government," was awarded the Toppan Prize of ten dollars, and Joseph Philbrick, whose paper came next to Mr. Nutting's in merit, received honorable mention. During the year, the school received from the City Improvement Society three valuable pictures ; from the graduating class, a fine engrav- ing ; and from Rev. J. W. Dodge, a bust of Socrates and a bust of Virgil. The committee appreciate the kindly spirit that prompted these valuable and instructive gifts and have expressed their thanks to the donors for thus adding to the teaching appa- ratus of the school, these beautiful specimens of art.
In September, '98, sixty-four students entered the High school, and the Putnam. The number of pupils now (December, '98) in the school is two hundred forty-one, one hundred seventy five in the High and sixty-six in the Putnam.
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STATISTICS OF THE HIGH AND PUTNAM SCHOOLS .- 1897-98
Whole membership of boys in High school
89
66
girls
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66
174
Average .. boys 66 66
82.7
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girls
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83.7
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166 4
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66 girls
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66 160.9
. 97-3
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$6
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96.7
Whole number of boys in Putnam school
66
girls
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38 .69
·· High and.“
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Average age of boys in I class, High school
17.5
girls in I 66 17.7
66
66 boys in I 66 Putnam 17.6
66 66 girls in I 66
66 66
17 S 66
16.5
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girls in II 66 66
Putnam 66
16 5
.6 girls in II 66 6.
66
66 boys in III “ High 6.
64
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girls in III "
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boys in IV “
High 66
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66 girls in IV "
15 4
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66 boys in IV " Putnam .. 14.5
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girls in IV «
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153
Number over fifteen years of age, boys, in High school .
.72
66
" girls, 66
76
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attendance of boys 6. 66
80.5 80.4
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Per cent. of 66 boys .6 66
66
pupils
66 66
66 boys in II 66 High 60
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66 boys in II "
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GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE CLASS OF '98. At City Hall, June 28, 1898.
MUSIC. [ March, "Philadelphus." . Weigand Selection of Patriotic Airs, Laurendeau
ORCHESTRA.
PRAYER,
REV. FRANK G. ALGER.
SINGING-" Anchored."
SCHOOL CHORUS.
ORATION-with Salutatory Address-The American College, ..
MR. HALE.
SELECTION-" The News-boy's Friend,"
Anon
MISS JONES.
ORATION-Municipal Government, . ....
MR. J. PHILBRICK.
SINGING-" 'Tis Morn." . Geibel
DOUBLE QUARTETTE.
ESSAY-Frances Willard,
MISS CURRIER.
ORATION-Business Depression in Newburyport,
MR. BEALE.
ESSAY-Progress of Peace, MISS STOCKMAN.
MUSIC-Idyl "Evening Breeze," Tangey ORCHESTRA.
ORATION-The Economic Problem, .
MR. NUTTING.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ESSAY-Thoreau,
MISS SHAPLEY.
SELECTION-"Toussaint L'Ouverture," ... Phillips
MR. PERRY.
SINGING-"The Red Scarf," Bonheur
SOLO AND CHORUS.
ORATION-British-American Alliance,
MR. B. G. PHILBRICK.
CLASS PROPHECY
MISS MILLS.
ORATION - with Valedictory Address -Possibilities of the Future,.
MR. PAGE.
MUSIC-Gavotte, Titania
ORCHESTRA.
Award of the Toppan Prize.
Presentation of Diplomas.
SINGING, . Class Ode
Music, "Fair Harvard." Words by Miss Lundberg.
As the traveller pauses a moment to gaze O'er the pathway his feet lately pressed, Then turns with a sigh where the lingering rays Still glow on the mountain's bright crest ; .
How quick o'er his thought comes the past like a dream Old friends and fond memories bright, And he looks back again with the last fading gleam That falls ere the gathering night.
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And thus as we start on our Future today, While bright Hope sheds o'er us her fair beams, We may linger awhile ere we turn on our way Toward the glittering mount of our dreams. But no joys of the past were so cloudless and keen, No pathway yet seemed half so bright, As that of our future untried and unseen, Awaiting the strength of our might.
Though our journey through life may not always be bright, Though fain we would rest by the way, Press onward, O class-mates, and strive for the right, Remembering our motto each day. While, Father in Heaven, we pray that Thy light May guide as we strive each alone, And may the bright goal of our aims and our might Be that of Thy shining white throne.
Benediction.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
GRADUATING CLASS.
High School.
Virginia M. Adams Laura Eleanor Butman Edith Hawley Cooper Margaret Stone Greenleaf Charlotte M. Hoyt Eleanor Moore Jones Helene Louise Mackinney Edna Rosa Mills Bessie Thyra Murley
Agnes Minerva Pike Lillie Maude Ross Maude Alicia Smithson Florence Hoyt Stockman
Alexander Seymour Ackerman Forrest Wilbur Beale Harold A. Besse
James Shirley Currier George Albert Edmunds
Ralph Tracy Hale John Joseph Kane Newell Caldwell Page Charles William Perry, 3rd Burton Garfield Philbrick Joseph Philbrick Howard Irving Pike
Robert Anderson Pope John Joseph Woods, Jr.
Putnam School.
Ethel Spaulding Currier Lillian Susan Hamilton Grace L. Horsch Josie May Lundberg Grace Garfield Pettingill Abbie Ruth Shapley Edna Day Thurlow
Frank Maynard Burke Ernest Leslie Currier Harold Irving Lamprey Harvey Raymond Nutting Winfred L. Pike
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The most important change that has occurred in these schools since the printing of the last annual report, was the union of the boys' and girls' schools at Forrester street. Previously the boys' school was entirely distinct from the girls'. The two upper rooms were devoted to the girls, with Miss Sarah E. Whitmore, principal, and Miss Ellen Frothingham as assistant. The lower rooms were used for the boys, with Miss Sarah B. Chute, prin- cipal, and Miss Adelena Sargent, assistant.
In June, 1898, the school board decided to make a mixed school of the whole building. Shortly after this decision was reached, Miss Whitmore, who had received an offer of an excel- lent position, at an increased salary, decided to accept the position, and Miss Frothingham, feeling the need of rest, re- signed her position. Both of these teachers had taught in the public schools of Newburyport for many years, faithfully and with success.
Miss Sarah B. Chute was appointed principal of the united schools, taking the eighth and ninth grades, both boys and girls in her room. Miss Adelena Sargent was placed in charge of the seventh grade. Miss Clara J. Edgerly was promoted from the fifth grade in the Kelley school to the sixth grade of this school, and Miss Cassine H. Brown, who had been teaching school in Roxbury, was chosen as teacher of the fifth grade. Notwithstanding all these changes, the new school promises to be a success, all the rooms are running smoothly and are in excellent order.
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The transfer of Miss Edgerly from the Kelley school left a vacancy which was filled by the promotion of Miss Lillian Greenleaf from the third and fourth grades of the Bromfield street school to the fifth grade in the Kelley.
In February, Miss Anna M. Lamprey resigned her position as first assistant at the Jackman school. Miss Lamprey had taught for several years at the Jackman school, where she had secured the respect and esteem of all who new her. Miss Josie W. Kimball was promoted from the fourth and fifth grades of the same school to the position vacated by Miss Lamprey.
In all the other grammar schools the teachers remain un- changed. The character of the work of these schools does not materially differ from that. of the previous year. In the eighth grade the girls are away from their rooms one-half day each week in attendance at the cooking school. Those from the, Kelley school take their lessons on Wednesday forenoon, those from the Moultonville and Forrester street schools on Friday forenoon, while the girls from the Johnson and the Bromfield street schools have their lesson in cooking Friday afternoon.
At the present time there remain but two schools in the city where both boys and girls do not attend. The Jackman having only boys, and the Temple street primary school girls alone. If a new building is erected to take the place of the Jackman, it will probably be occupied by pupils of both sexes, taking all the grammar pupils below State street, and the primary children in the near neighborhood of the school.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
KELLEY SCHOOL (Grammar Department.)
Irving H. Johnson, principal.
Nellie G. Stone, § Alice W. Hopkinson, Anna L. Whitmore,
Assistants Clara J. Edgerly. .
Total enrollment
250
Average membership
215
attendance
200
Per cent of
92.9
Cases of tardiness
724
Dismissions
287
Average age
12 years 4 months
Number over fifteen years of age
13
admitted to High school without examination 12
by 66
5
Names of pupils admitted to High school :
Ellen Graves
Annie Chase Helen Thomas
May Miller
Ellen Craig
Blanche Bridges
Adelaide Dodge
Mary Cusack
Moses Low
Ralph Bartlett
Edward Constantine
William Lambert
Frank Barboro
William Brewster
Edward Sargent
Frank Patton
Abram Saltinsky.
JOHNSON SCHOOL (Grammar Department)
Anna L. Coffin, principal.
Emma M. Lander, assistant.
Total enrollment
69
Average membership
60
attendance
57.8
Per cent of
964
Cases of tardiness
77
Dismissions
88
Average age
12 years 5 months
Number over fifteen years of age 3
admitted to High school without examination
2
66
by 2
Names of pupils admitted to High school :
Lizzie A. Walsh Clarissa E. Hathaway
Nellie C. Furlong Annie M. Heywood.
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BROMFIELD STREET SCHOOL (Grammar Department.)
Priscilla G. Craig, principal.
Abbie L. Frost, assistant.
Total enrollment
86
Average membership attendance
73.2
Per cent of
94₺
Cases of tardiness
210
Dismissions
102
Average age
12 years 42 months
Number over fifteen years of age 4
admitted to High school, without examination 3
60
by 4
Names of pupils admitted to High school :
Rachel S. Hadden
Margaret S. Coates Bertha A. Wright
Lottie A. Ladd
Nathalia Whittier
Everett T. Goodwin
Katharine Conway.
JACKMAN SCHOOL (Grammar Department.)
George W. Brown, principal
Anna M. Lamprey, assistant.
Total enrollment
86
Average membership
73.9
attendance -
69.5
Per cent of
93₺
Cases of tardiness
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400
Dismissions
224
Average age
13 years 3 months
Number over fifteen years 18
66 admitted to High school without examination 16
66
by 5
Names of pupils admitted to High school :
Charles Erickson David Ricks William G. Dodge
J. Murray Colby
Dennis Hagarty Harold W. Smith
Frank W. Adams F. H. Jaques
Wiley D. Noyes
Harry V. Noyes F. M. Maguire
Dudley S. Currier
Ignatius Donahoe
George B. Merrill
A. H. Hudson
Enoch Plummer C. E. Fogg
Fred S. Noyes
Harold Wilson
Ralph Plumer
W. T. Underwood
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CURRIER (BOYS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Sarah B. Chute, principal.
Adelena Sargent, assistant.
Total enrollment
74
Average membership 66 attendance 62.1
65.8
Per cent of «
94+
Average age
12 years 10 months
Cases of tardiness
114
Dismissions
48
Number over fifteen years of age
7
66 admitted to High school without examination
2
60 66 by 66
3
Names of pupils admitted to High school :
Francis J. Chesterman Herbert T. Moody Allan V. Bradshaw Norman Russell Willard M. Fox.
CURRIER (GIRLS) GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
S. E. Whitmore, principal. Ellen Frothingham, assistant.
Total enrollment
77
Average membership 66 attendance
65.5
Per cent of
93.8
Cases of tardiness
52
Dismissions
IS5
Average age
12 years S months
Number over fifteen years of age
1I
admitted to High school without examination
6
66
by 2
Names of pupils admitted to the High school :
Alice E. Philbrick Annie C. Pottle Gertrude A. Huntington Maud E. Curtis Blanche W. Pearson Delia C. Howard
Catherine R. Poore
Eunice E. Hoyt.
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MOULTONVILLE SCHOOL (Grammar Department.)
Helen S. Merrill, principal.
Total enrollment
28
Average membership
24
66 attendance
Per cent of “
90
Cases of tardiness
82
Dismissions
45
Average age
12 years 6 months
Number over fifteen years of age
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Names of pupils admitted to High school:
Gertrude Jackman Mary Perkins Ray Fowle.
STOREY AVENUE GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Georgie Bartlett, principal.
Total enrollment
26
Average membership 66 attendance 20.7
23.4
Per cent of
88.4
Cases of tardiness
59
Dismissions
39
Average age
10 years 8 months
Number over fifteen years of age
O
under five 66 O
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
There are about eight hundred children attending school in the primary or four lower grades of the city. These children are nearly all between five and eleven years of age. To teach these grades nineteen teachers are employed, in addition to the pupil teachers in the Training school. There are twenty-one rooms occupied by primary grades alone. Of these twenty-one rooms, nineteen are attended by both boys and girls, one is devoted to boys only, another is occupied wholly by girls.
The children are instructed in reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic, geography, music and drawing, and are, if the laws of the state are complied with, taught the elements of physiology.
Few changes occurred among the teachers of these schools during the year that has passed. At the Jackman school, the promotion of Miss Kimball to the grammar department of the same school, caused a vacancy which was filled by the promotion of Miss Lillian Hamilton. Miss Dorothy Packer was elected to take Miss Hamilton's place. At the close of the school year Miss Lillian Greenleaf, teacher of the third and fourth grades in the Bromfield street school, was promoted to the fifth grade in the Kelley school. Miss Mary T. Colby, teacher of the first and second grades in the Bromfield, was promoted to the room formerly in charge of Miss Greenleaf, while Miss Eleanor Rob- inson was transferred from the Ward Room to the position vacated by Miss Colby. Miss Ina C. Walton was elected as teacher in the Ward Room.
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The work done at most of these schools has been satisfactory, and in some respects better than in previous years. The teach- ers, especially those having charge of the younger children, are tender, careful and sympathetic in their treatment of their pupils. Many of them helping the little ones in putting on their outer garments at dismission, and in other ways showing a care and interest which deserve recognition, especialy as they are are not included in any curriculum, and are not scheduled in any part of the rules and regulations.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHNSON SCHOOL (Primary Department.)
Jennie P. Haskell, principal. Grace E. Bartlett, assistant.
Total enrollment
94
Average membership
74.4
attendance 70.6
Per cent of 94.8
Cases of tardiness
193
Dismissions 61
Average age
8 years 3 months
Number under five years of age
O
promoted in all grades 61
BROMFIELD STREET SCHOOL (Primary Department.)
Lillian Greenleaf, principal.
Mary T. Colby, assistant.
Total enrollment 92
Average membership
78
attendance 71
Per cent of 91
Cases of tardiness
357
Dismissions 60
Average age
8 years 7 months
Number under 5 years of age
0
promoted to grammar school 15
JACKMAN SCHOOL (Primary Department.)
Josie W. Kimball, principal. Lillian Hamilton, assistant.
Total enrollment
89
Average membership
attendance 67.4
Per cent of
94
Cases of tardiness
636
Dismissions
155
Average age
9 years 10 months
Number under five years of age
O
promoted to grammar grade 15
71.2
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TEMPLE STREET SCHOOL.
Lillian Goodwin, principal.
Total enrollment
56
Average membership
42.8
attendance 37.3
Per cent of
S7
Cases of tardiness
164
Dismissions
ot
Average age
8 years 2 months
Number under five years of age
O
promoted to grammar school 12
TRAINING SCHOOL.
Frances W. Richards, principal.
Total enrollment 241
Average membership 66 attendance 165
184
Per cent of “
89.5
Cases of tardiness
604
Dismissions
261
Average age
8 years 3 months
Number under five years of age · I
Promoted to grammar school
38
CONGRESS STREET SCHOOL.
Elizabeth Cheever, principal.
Sarah A. Ross, Ist assistant. Gertrude E. Lewis, 2d assistant. Annie P. Toppan, 3d assistant.
Total enrollment 166
Average membership
129
66 attendance II1
Per cent of "
86
Average age
8 years 2 months
Cases of tardiness
805
Dismissions 151
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Number under five years of age
promoted to grammar school 24
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CURTIS SCHOOL.
Frances L. Pettigrew, principal.
Charlotte Dickins, assistant. Sarah F. Badger, assistant.
Julia J. Hubbard, assistant.
Total enrollment
158
Average membership 141.6
66 attendance 130.2
Per cent of “ 91.9
Cases of tardiness
225
Dismissions
119
Average age
7 years 7 months
Number under five years of age
0
promoted to grammar school . 36
PURCHASE STREET SCHOOL.
Mary A. Roaf, principal.
Total enrollment 54
Average membership
36.8
attendance
33.4
Per cent of “
90.7
Cases of tardiness
166
Dismissions
14
Average age
6 years 7 months
WARD ROOM, WARD ONE.
Eleanor S. Robinson, teacher.
Total enrollment
31
Average membership
25
60 attendance
23.3
Per cent of "
93.3
Cases of tardiness
39
Dismissions
19
Average age
6 years 2 months
Number under five years of age
O
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MOULTONVILLE SCHOOL (Primary Department.)
Flora Pettigrew, teacher.
Total enrollment 41
Average membership
32
66 attendance 30
Per cent of . 933
Cases of tardiness
68
Dismissions
9
Average age .
Number under five years of age .
7 years 5 months O
TRAINING SCHOOL.
This school has continued its work of preparing teachers for the primary schools. In September, 1897, there were fifteen pupil-teachers. In December this number was reduced to four- teen, one of the seniors having been alowed to leave one month before the close of the term, in order to accept a position which was offered to her in Winchendon. The class remaining consist- ed of six seniors, three of the middle class, and five juniors.
January 31, 1898, the seniors graduated, and two new mem- bers were admitted, leaving a working force of eleven for the new term. Two of the graduates were employed in the city, Miss Dorothy Packer taking charge of the lower room at the Jackman school, and Miss Ina C. Walton assisting at Temple street. At present the entire class are teaching, three having received appointments in other towns. In June three more graduated. The term commencing in September, 1898, opened with fourteen members, seven more having been admitted.
The work for the past year has been conducted nearly in the same manner as in previous years. The pupil-teachers observe, study-methods, and practice. In addition to this-the regular work of the school-they have acted as substitutes in other schools, and have occasionally assisted the superintendent in his work, as secretary.
More attention has also been given to child-study, the pupils be- ing observed as individuals, in order that their wants might be known and more intelligently supplied. In this way some
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physical defects, such as defective sight, and difficulty of hearing have been discovered. In such cases the parents have been in- formed. Some children have also been found able to do more than the regular work of the class. These have, during the year, been advanced to the next grade, and will be able to complete the course in less than the prescribed time.
The whole number of pupil-teachers attending during the year was eighteen, the number graduated ten, and the number of graduates who are now teaching is forty-three.
DRAWING.
The work in drawing shows considerable advance over that of last year. The brush work commenced in October, 1897, was continued with success, and the supervisor of drawing hopes to extend this branch gradually through all the grammar grades. The object being not to supplant but to assist and give greater freedom to the work of the pencil. It is now used in all the principals' rooms.
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