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175
73
154
I31
78
6II
Sewell H. Noyes
33
41
40
37
56
207
George A. Schofield .
38
60
76
48
73
295
Blanks
81
59
79
71
61
350
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Wards
One
Two Three Four
Five
Six
Total
Fred E. Oelcher
27
29
26
24
38
40
184
Elbridge C. Sawyer
164
84
170
125
93
196
837
William Stopford
33
64
75
63
75
53
363
Blanks.
37
I7
28
27
27
28
163
ACCEPTANCE OF CHAP. 10I ACTS OF 1899
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five
Six
Total
Yes
117
91
159
I47
I35
176
825
No
84
61
69
45
57
76
392
Blanks
60
47
7I
47
41
65
331
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT (2nd Essex dis. )
Six
Alfred L. Binley .
I02
John Q. A. Pettingell
195
Blanks
20
TOTAL VOTE
Wards
One Two Three Fonr
Five
Six Total
Totals.
261
199
299
239
233
317
1548
VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVE
In the Towns of Salisbury, Merrimac and West Newbury (2d Essex District).
SALISBURY
Alfred L. Binley
17
John Q. A. Pettingell
188
Blanks
7
Total vote 212
276
ANNUAL REPORTS
MERRIMAC
Alfred L. Binley 80
John Q. A. Pettingell 15I
Blanks. 42
Total vote. 273
WEST NEWBURY
Alfred L. Binley 77
John Q. A. Pettingell 138
Blanks .. II
Total vote 226
VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVE
In the Towns of Newbury, Rowley and Ipswich (22d Essex District) NEWBURY
Francis D. Henderson 84
Charles W. Johnson
4
Charles E. Marshall
I3
Charles P. Mills
64
Sewell H. Noyes
5
George A. Schofield.
16
Blanks
32
Total 218
ROWLEY
Francis D. Henderson 181
Charles E. Marshall 75
Charles P. Mills 136
Sewell H. Noyes
3
George A. Schofield
103
Blanks
IO2
Total 600
IPSWICH
Francis D. Henderson . 233
Charles W. Johnson 7
Charles E. Marshall. 69
Charles P. Mills
226
Sewell H. Noyes
8
George A. Schofield
399
Blanks.
350
Total I292
277
RETURNS OF ELECTIONS
CITY ELECTION
MAYOR
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five
Six
Total
Charles W. Hidden
14
6
7
5
7
5
44
Albert F. Hunt
67
40
68
79
62
79
395
Thomas Huse
261
I86
258
I82
165
212
I264
Charles W. Johnson
81
93
I33
II7
147
I73
744
Blanks
18
I2
15
I3
7
20
85
ALDERMAN AT LARGE
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five
Six
Total
Andrew J. Casey .
81
I19
160
II5
200
II4
789
Benaiah F. Gerrish
159
95
I27
IO2
49
82
614
Sewell H. Noyes
44
35
39
46
38
46
248
Herman S. Stevens
II7
58
II6
107
78
193
669
Blanks
40
30
39
26
23
54
212
ALDERMAN WARD ONE
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five Six
Total
Eben C. Knight
372
254
375
282
257
354
1894
Blanks.
69
83
IO6
II4
I3I
I35
638
ALDERMAN WARD TWO
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five Six
Total
James F. Carens
29I
257
358
261
281
318
I766
Blanks ..
150
80
I23
I35
107
I7I
766
ALDERMAN WARD THREE
Wards
One
Two Three Four
Five Six
Total
Irvin Besse
232
I55
245
198
I7I
258
I259
Benjamin P. Ireland
169
I42
207
I37
170
165
990
Blanks
40
40
29
61
47
66
283
ALDERMAN WARD FOUR
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five Six
Total
John E. Batchelder
I32
82
92
II2
60
I42
620
William H. T. Dodge
60
38
67
88
50
69
372
William G. Fisher
178
I62
261
I5I
217
198
1167
Blanks
71
55
61
45
61
80
373
2 78
ANNUAL REPORTS
ALDERMAN WARD FIVE
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five Six
Total
John H. Balch, Jr.
I65
104
I71
I3I
I04
204
879
Ernest C. Lang
75
32
46
66
47
52
318
Arthur Withington
I55
I60
218
I52
210
I61
1056
Blanks.
46
4I
46
47
27
72
279
ALDERMAN WARD SIX
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five Six
Total
Albert H. Beckford
202
I32
209
149
I77
203
IO72
Alfred L. Binley
47
49
62
56
55
33
302
Job Weston
28
93
I52
I24
109
225
831
Blanks
64
53
58
67
47
28
326
OVERSEER OF THE POOR (three years)
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five Six
Total
Benjamin F. Hathaway ...
28I
I88
303
220
185
285
1462
Blanks
I60
I49
178
I76
203
204
1070
LICENSE
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five Six
Total
"Yes"
216
182
30I
197
213
198
1307
"NO"
202
132
169
I86
I64
265
III8
Blanks
23
23
II
13
II
26
IO7
TOTAL VOTE
Wards
One
Two Three Four Five Six
Total
44I
33"
481
396
388
489
2532
279
RETURNS OF ELECTIONS
COUNCILMEN
Wards
One Two Three Four Five
Six
George P. Greenleaf.
22I
. .
J. Albert Stevens
I35
. .
. ..
Edward W. Tilton .
260
. . .
William A. Underwood
157
Samuel R. Welch.
228
. .
Blanks
322
. .
. .
Laurens C. Emery
IOI
.. .
. . .
Clarence J. Fogg
I68
..
Edward A. Huse
I68
Moody B. Noyes
I42
...
Alexander G. Perkins
II4
Louis A. Thibault
5I
William G. Wood .
59
Blanks.
208
..
.
Arthur P. Brown
303
Robert G. Dodge
280
Edmund M. Dow.
284
David F. Souther
I56
. .
.
Blanks
420
. .
Ralph S. Bailey
William Balch .
196
Charles E. Carter
81
Percy B. Jackson
146
..
. .
Charles P. Kelley
142
Everett F. McLean
88
. . .
..
Charles Edward Preble.
48
. . .
. .
Blanks
300
...
. .
George O. Atkinson
I73
Timothy Herlihy
15I
...
Frank Hudson.
. . .
65
. .
George W. Hussey
192
.
George G. Ladd
83
. . . .
Charles L. Marble
65
...
Rufus G. Patriquin
I4I
...
Blanks
. . .
294
. . .
. .
.
. .
.
...
.
. .
. ..
..
. .
...
.
.
.
..
...
.. .
. ..
...
187
280
ANNUAL REPORTS
John M. Chase
Thomas H. Chisnell
...
. .
84
·Franklin W. Dorr
. .
.. .
.. .
.
II7
Edward W. Fowle
53
Charles E. Ives
. . .
.. .
199
Herbert Patten .
.. .
.. .
250
Benjanmin F. Stanley
...
. . .
186
Blanks.
. . .
209
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Wards.
One Two Three Four Five
Six
Richard G. Adams
303
...
Blanks.
I38
...
.
...
·
. .
Oliver O. Jones
I28
..
...
...
Elizabeth G. Porter
I45
...
..
...
. . .
Blanks
64
.. .
. . .
. . .
John F. Young .
339
...
.. .
. . .
Blanks
142
.. .
.. .
. . .
Clarence C. Day
262
.. .
. . .
Blanks
I34
.. .
. . .
Charles A. Pearson
...
...
. . .
Warren W. Pillsbury
183
...
Blanks
85
...
Paul A. Merrill
..
.. .
. . .
338
Blanks
..
. ..
. . .
151
...
..
I32
Greely J. Fogg
237
.. .
I20
281
CITY GOVERNMENT
City Government-1900
MAYOR HON. THOMAS HUSE
BOARD OF ALDERMEN President of the Board JAMES F. CARENS
WARD ONE
EBEN C. KNIGHT
WARD Two
JAMES F. CARENS
WARD THREE
IRVIN BESSE
WARD FOUR
.
WILLIAM G. FISHER
WARD FIVE
ARTHUR WITHINGTON .
.
ALBERT H. BECKFORD
WARD SIX AT LARGE ANEREW J. CASEY, WARD FIVE Clerk of the Board GEORGE H. STEVENS Assistant Clerk HENRY W. LITTLE
BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL ARTHUR P. BROWN, President
WARD ONĘ
EDWARD W. TILTON, GEORGE P. GREENLEAF, SAMUEL R. WELCH,
WARD TWO
EDWARD A. HUSE, MOODY B. NOYES, CLARENCE J. FOGG,
WARD THREE
ARTHUR P. BROWN, ROBERT G. DODGE, EDMUND M. Dow,
WARD FOUR
WILLIAM BALCH, PERCY B. JACKSON, RALPH S. BAILEY
WARD FIVE
GEORGE W. HUSSEY, TIMOTHY HERLIHY, GEORGE O. ATKINSON, WARD SIX HERBERT PATTEN, CHARLES E. IVES, JOHN M. CHASE,
Clerk of Common Council THOMAS E. CUTTER
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Table of Contents
CITY GOVERNMENT, 1899
5
66
1900. 28I
MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 1899.
19
OFFICE HOURS OF CITY OFFICIALS, ETC. · 3 and 4
REPORTS :
Board of Assessors 175
Board of Health . 177
Bridge Tender . 19I Chief Engineer 159
City Auditor 24
City Marshal. 18I
City Physician 156
City Registrar . 197
City Solicitor 185
City Treasurer 54
Election Returns for 1899 273
Overseers of the Poor I53
Park Commissioners . 209
Public Library 247
Sinking Fund Commissioners 50
Superintendent of Sewers 193
Surveyor of Highways. 203
Tax Collector 64
Trust Funds 213
Water Commissioners 227
Watering Street 89
JURY LIST 267
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF RECEITPS AND EXPENDITURES : PAGE
Abatement of Taxes
68
Ashes and Rubbish 69
Board of Health 70
Bridges and Culverts
71
Bromfield Fund
75
City Bonds
76
Fire Alarm Improvement.
76
Fire Department .
77
Fuel Department .
82
Highway Department. 83
Incidental Department. 91
Interest Department IO6
Lighting Streets and Public Buildings . IO7
Memorial Day 109
Mercantile Affairs . 109
Notes Payable . 109
Parks and Public Grounds.
III
Parks (Atkinson Common).
II2
Parks (Cushing)
. II2
Police Department
II3
Police Station Repairs
II5
Poor Department II5
Printing Department.
I20
Public Library
. I20
Public Library (Special)
I2I
Public Property .
I22
Salaries of City Officers
I26
School Department . 127
132
Sewerage ( Maintenance)
I33
Sidewalks and Edgestones 136
I34
Sub-Draining State Street. I36
State of Mass., Armory Rent
State of Mass., Military Aid I37
Soldiers' Relief I37
Watering Streets for year 1899 138
Miscellaneous I39
Sewerage (Construction)
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR
THE YEAR 1899
CITY
OF NEWBURYPORT
PORT.
MARIQUE
MDCCCLI
NEWBURYPORT NEWBURYPORT HERALD PRESS
1900
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT-1899
-
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
THOMAS HUSE, (Mayor)
Chairman
WILLIAM T. HUMPHREYS
Vice Chairman
Term of office expires January 1, 1900.
EDWARD PERKINS . 56 Bromfield street
CHARLES W. POORE
. 65 Prospect 66
DAVID P. COFFIN
73 High
GEORGE W. WORCESTER
124 High 66
HENRY B. LITTLE
215 High 66
PAUL A. MERRILL .
24 Tyng 66
Term of office expires January 1, 1901.
WILLIAM T. HUMPHREYS
75 Purchase street
PRENTISS H. REED .
55 Lime
GEORGE E. L. NOYES
101 State 66
SAMUEL C. BEANE 6 Harris 66
OLIVER B. MERRILL
Monroe, cor. Broad
JOHN G. P. THURLOW
20 N. Atkinson 66
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-Geo. W. Worcester. Geo. E. L. Noyes, O. B. Merrill, H. B. Little, D. P. Coffin. (On part of Trustees of Putnam Free School, Joseph E. Moody.)
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS-S. C. Beane, P. H. Reed, C. W. Poore, J. G. P. Thur- ow, Edward Perkins.
TRAINING AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS-H. B. Little, O. B. Merrill, G. W. Worcester, P. A. Merrill, S. C. Beane.
TEXT BOOKS-G. W. Worcester, P. A. Merrill, P. H. Reed.
RULES AND REGULATIONS-C. W. Poore, H. B. Little, O. B. Merrill.
EVENING SCHOOLS-G. E. L. Noyes, P. A. Merrill, Edward Perkins.
PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE-Edward Perkins, C. W. Poore, P. A. Merrill. JANITORS AND SUPPLIES-D. P. Coffin, C. W. Poore, J. G. P. Thurlow. SALARIES-P. H. Reed, G. W. Worcester, Edward Perkins.
DRAWING-G. E. L. Noyes, J. G. P. Thurlow, Edward Perkins. MusIo-J. G. P. Thurlow, G. E. L. Noyes, P. H. Reed.
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 suc- ceeding days, Washington's birthday, Memorial day, Patriot day, Labor day; from Christmas to New Year inclusive ; one week com- mencing the first Monday in April ; also, nine weeks from the Sat- turday 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, Bertha J. Atwater, Mary E. Smith, Ruth A. Paul, Elizabeth Goldsmith, assistants.
PUTNAM SCHOOL-Isabelle H. Howe, Harriet C. Piper, assistants.
The thirtieth annual exhibition of the High and Putnam schools was held at City hall, June 27th, 1899.
The graduating class consisted of thirty-nine students, twenty young men and nineteen young women, upon whom twenty-nine diplomas were conferred by the School Board, and ten by the Putnam Trustees.
This class both in numbers and mental ability was equal to the average of other classes.
The literary excellence of the essays as well as the clear- ness and distinctness of their delivery, showed careful train- ing by the Principal and his associate teachers.
Four members of the class have been admitted to college, and seven to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Four students from the second class took the preliminary examination for the Institute, and three for college.
The action of the Wheelwright Trustees requiring those who wish to become beneficiaries of the fund, to maintain for three years in the High school a rank of 80%, may limit somewhat the number of young men who will become mem-
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ANNUAL REPORT
bers of the Wheelwright school, but will act as a wholesome incentive to those who by ability and industry show them selves worthy to enjoy the benefit of this noble bequest.
During the summer vacation Mr. Dickey resigned his posi- tion as principal of the school, after three years of able, faith- ful and efficient service. The School Board in appreciation of his work adopted the following resolutions :
RESOLVED, That in accepting the resignation of Mr. George A. Dickey, for three years principal of the High and Putnam schools, this board hereby expresses its appreciation of the energy, faithfulness and ability that have characterized his work in that institution.
In their opinion the former high standard of scholarship has been well sustained, the present condition of the school being evidence of Mr. Dickey's success in that direction. This board commends Mr. Dickey to school authorities elsewhere as a man of superior mental acquire- ments, and of marked ability as an instructor.
Mr Dickey in retiring from the schools does so with the kind regards of this board, as well as with the best wishes of his pupils and their parents.
The duty incumbent upon the sub-committee of the High School, of filling the vacancy, was not an easy one to perform, owing to peculiar circumstances.
The diminished salary offered, and the uncertainty as to its amount in future ; the unsettled agreement between the city and the Putnam Trustees involving a possibility that the schools might be separated and things thrown into confusion, with the short time given for electing a principal, brought as applicants a class of men able and intelligent, but of less ex- perience, than have usually applied for such a position.
From about forty applicants, three or four were selected, and the record of each having been carefully- looked up and considered, Mr. Walter E. Andrews, sub-master in Malden High school, was elected principal at a salary of $1800 a year. Mr. Andrews' experience in Malden and Worcester, seemed
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
to be more in the line of the requirements of our school, than that of any other candidate.
As far as the committee are able to judge from four months' service, Mr. Andrews shows himself to be an able and efficient principal.
Miss Nellie G. Prescott who was appointed assistant at the general election of teachers, being unable to be present, her place was filled temporarily by Miss Ruth A. Paul. Miss Paul's services proving satisfactory, and Miss Prescott having withdrawn, Miss Paul has been elected permanent teacher.
Miss Howe of the Putnam teaching force resigned during the summer vacation, and her place was filled on the part of the trustees by the election of Miss Clio Chilcott. With these exceptions the faculty of the school is the same now as last year.
The Toppan prize, given for the best examination paper on Civil Government, was awarded to Fred W. Piper, the judges being Messrs. John D. Parsons, J. C. M. Bayley and L. D. Cole.
The addition of a commercial course to the course of study, has been urged by many business men, and Mr. Andrews will in the near future present to the School Board and the Putnam Trustees the plan for such a course, with a statement of the accommodations needed and the teaching force necessary to carry it into effect.
The subject of "Athletics" which has caused the Board some thought, seems to be in process of adjustment. While the Board wishes in no way to curtail any proper enjoyment which young men find in the various games, yet duty com- pels them to see that the intellectual work of the school suffers no harm from such pursuits.
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ANNUAL REPORT
The regulation by which a student's relation to the "Athletic" Association shall depend upon his rank in the class, has been judiciously applied by the Principal. As the young men themselves have cooperated with the Principal in the matter, it is hoped that "Athletics" may be enjoyed with- out detriment to the serious work of the school.
At the beginning of the present school year 99 pupils were admitted to the High and 22 to the Putnam school. There are now in the school 211 High school and 70 Putnam pupils.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
STATISTICS OF THE HIGH AND PUT- NAM SCHOOLS- 1898-99
-
Whole membership of boys in High school.
95
girls
102
..
167
Average
66
boys 66
85.5
girls
66
66
90.4
66
175.9
66
attendance of boys
81.4
60
girls
66
87.1
66
168.5
Per cent of
boys
.6
95.2
girls
60
66
96.3
66
66
school
95.8
Whole number of boys in Putnam
66
28
..
girls
43
pupils
66
71
Average age of boys in I class, High
17.9
girls in I 66
66
17.8
boys in I
Putnam
66
17.8
.6 . 6 boys in II
High 66
.. 16
girls in II
66
66
16.4
boys in II " Putnam
16.5
66
girls in II 66
16.2
66
.
boys in III "
High
16.3
66
girls in III "
66
16.2
15.5
66
66
girls in III " . .
66
15.6
66
66
boys in IV “
High
66
15.0
girls in IV “ -
66
15.2
boys in IV " Putnam 66
14.2
66
girls in IV “
14.3
Number over fifteen years of age, boys, in High school.
78
66 girls, 4 6 ..
79
66
boys in III " Putnam
17.9
66 girls in I
" High and " 66
268
66
66
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
GRADUATING EXERCISES THE CLASS OF '99 CITY HALL, JUNE 27, 1899
MARCH-"U. S. Columbia" Boroman
SELECTION-"The Fortune Teller"
Herbert
ORCHESTRA
PRAYER
REV. ARTHUR H. WRIGHT
SINGING-"Old Glory," Words by F. E. Pettengell Hugg
SCHOOL CHORUS
ESSAY-Dreamers, with salutatory addresses
MISS PEARSON
ORATION-The Greek Drama.
MR. TODD
ESSAY-Social Extravagance. MISS BOYNTON
SINGING-" The Marathon Race," arranged from Carmen. Bizet
SCHOOL CHORUS
ORATION-The Peace Congress.
MR. REED
ESSAY-Point of View
MISS WADLEIGH
ORATION-The Street Railroad
MR. PLUMMER
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ANNUAL REPORT
CLASS PROPHECY
MISS LEGATE
CORNET SOLO-"Magnolia Serenade"
Missud
MR. PEABODY
ESSAY-Julia Ward Howe. ......
MISS STOOKMAN
SELECTION-Death of Bendedict Arnold
MR. SPALDING
ESSAY-Robert Burns
MISS WEARE
ORATION-Pension Reform
MR. BROWN
ESSAY-Trifles, with valedictory addresses.
MISS EDMANDS
SELECTION-"The Gondoliers" Sullivan
ORCHESTRA
Award of Toppan Prize. Presentation of Diplomas.
CLASS ODE [Tune Auld Lang Syne.] As when the knights in olden time Went forth in armour clad, Eager to win the goal they sought, Undaunted, brave, and glad.
So let us, too, as knights of old In life's great battlefield, Be girded round with love and truth, With faith our shining shield.
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As in the ranks we take our stand Our motto still in mind, "After the struggle then the crown," Assured success we'll find.
1
Before us lies our future life To do with as we will. May we with high and lofty aim Each separate task fulfil.
Looking above for help in need Our trust in God alone ; O may we all at last receive The welcome words, "Well done."
WORDS BY MISS GOODRICH.
Benediction.
GRADUATING CLASS
HIGH SCHOOL
Grace P. Cook Carrie E. Dodge
Moses Brown, Jr. Benjamin G. Fogg
Gertrude Lillian Edmands
William Kyle Hamilton
Blanche Sumner Fox Beulah Winn Johnson
Ernest Leslie Huse Alfred W. Kimball
Grace Howe Legate Goldia S. McArthur Mary E. O'Connell Helen Foster Pearson
Frederick Leicester Medcalf
James Arthur McGrath
Edward Adams Osgood
Fred Willis Piper
Edith Ashton Stanley
Carrie Pearson Stockman Ellen Augusta Torrey Ada Norris Tucker Carrie Lillian Weare
Rufus C. Reed J. Warren Somerby George R. Spalding Oscar G. Thurlow
William Newman Todd
Walter Whitmore
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ANNUAL REPORT
PUTNAM SCHOOL
Dora Charlena Bachelder Blanche Harvey Boynton Annie Dunlap Goodrich Katie Locke Frances Marshall Wadleigh
Jerome Allen Chase Harold R. C. Mahar Walter Francis Plummer Abbott True Rowe
Henry A. Young
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GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
During the year ending June 30, 1899, no changes occurred in the corps of grammar school teachers. The work accom- plished by the pupils gave evidence of industry on their part, and faithful adherence to the course of study by most of the teachers having charge of these grades.
In every school room a programme or time-table of the daily recitations is placed in a conspicuous position, so that neither the pupils nor the teachers need lose time in deter- mining what comes next. The acquiring of regular habits of daily work, is not the least valuable of the results of our sys- tem of public schools. If the teacher insists upon punctual- ity, and is systematic and exact in adhering to her programme, she will not only accomplish more during each session, but she will find that her pupils are gradually forming such habits of industry, as will greatly help her in her work and be of benefit to them in their future.
The present course of study not only aims at preparing pu- pils for entrance to the High school, but it also provides those who finish their studies at the grammar school with a very good preparation for the practical work of life. It is be- lieved that most of the pupils who have completed the gram- mar school course are able to perform the ordinary problems that come before them in actual life quickly and correctly and
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to write the English language legibly and rapidly. They have also acquired some skill of hand and eye that will better fit them for mechanical employment and will be of benefit to them in any walk of life. They have become familiar with the history of their own country, not only of its wars and bat- tles, but also of its growth and development, the social, polit. ical and economic questions which have marked the different periods, and the great men who have contributed to its pro- gress.
Five years are required to complete the grammar school course, although many pupils are successful in passing the en- trance examination for the high school from the eighth grade or at the end of the fourth year. Whether the latter course is wise depends so much upon the individual and upon his future calling that no general rule can be given. But it seems safe to say that if only one year more is to be given to school, the last year of the grammar school will be of far more value than the same length of time in the high school, where the study of subjects would be begun, which might be dropped forever upon his leaving school. But for those pupils who learn more quickly than the average, and who intend going to some higher institution after completing the high school course, it may be best to enter from the eighth grade, in order that too large a portion of their lives may not be spent in preparation for the real business of life.
Our grammar schools as a whole are doing excellent work. The teachers are eager to secure the best results from their classes, and in most rooms the pupils are habitually busy. This is a very good criterion by which to judge a school. If the children are industrious and keep right on with their
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work whether the teacher is attending to them or not, there is proof of good management and good feeling. We probably have less overwork and less home study than in many other places. If a pupil faithfully employs his time at school, and does his best, he should not be required to study at home. The hours between school sessions should be devoted to recreation and bodily work. Especially should the child have the privilege of helping his parents, and the satisfaction of of doing something for those who do so much for him.
So far the committee have not seen their way clear for the introduction of manual training into the school course. Yet it seems evident that such training would reach many who find but little congenial work in the studies pursued in school. A recent writer says :- "The cure for hoodlumism is manual training, and an industrial condition that will give the boy or girl work-congenial work-a fair wage, and a share in the honor of making things. Salvation lies in the Froebel meth ods carried into manhood. You encourage the man to work by taking the things he makes, the product of hand and brain, and pay him for them, supply a practical, worthy ideal, and your hoodlum spirit is gone, and gone forever."
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KELLEY SCHOOL (Grammar Department) Irving H. Johnson, principal.
Nellie G. Stone, ( Alice W. Hopkinson, Anna L. Whitmore, Lillian Greenleaf. Assistants
Total enrollment
259
Average membership
209.5
attendance 194.6
Per cent of
92.9
Cases of tardiness
903
Average age .
12 years 9 months
Number over fifteen years of age
·17
66 admitted to High school without examination
11
.. 66 66
" by =
from 9th grade .
1
66
60
66 8th
9
Names of pupils admitted to High school :
Grace E. Boyd, A. Elinor Heath, Edith M. Constantine, Louise Manning, Perley Haskell, W. D. Littlefield, Flossie Danforth, Jeannette Pillsbury, Elizabeth W. Post, Merle Beckman, Marion Legate, Harry Choate, Henry C. Bickford, Nicholas J. Waters, Chester F. Chase, Charles Houghton, Bessie M. Bailey, Priscilla Jones, Eleanor J. Little, Albert Toppan, Eliza- beth Boardman.
JOHNSON SCHOOL (Grammar Department)
Anna L. Coffin, principal.
Emma M. Lander, assistant.
Total enrollment
75
Average membership
63
attendance
58.9
Per cent of
933
Cases of tardiness
45
Average age
12 years 6 months
Number over fifteen years of age
4
admitted to High school without examination . 8
.. 66
by
from 9th grade 1
66
6.
8th
1
Names of pupils admitted to High school :
Mary E. Welch, Lucy E. Thurlow, Alice M. Tenney, Susan B. Brook- ings, Susan J. Plumer, Ethel B. Gurney, Gertrude H. Ryan, Blanche L. Perkins, Grace M. Shackford, E. Belle Woodman.
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