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It is to be hoped that the opening of these schools in larger and more commodious buildings will lead to larger evening schools, with attendance of pupils calling for a more varied and advanced course of instruction. It is not wholly what the pupil might acquire at these schools that would seem valuable to the community. It is the desire. for improvement, the awakening to higher and better in- terests that lead to good and lead away from evil.
MUSIC
From the reports of the teachers and from personal ob- servation it is found that the singing throughout the city under the able direction of the teacher of music, Miss Elizabeth C. Adams, has become generally popular, and that marked improvement has been made in many schools. The limited time that can be spared for this branch of school work, about one hour each week, appears too short, but with the many other studies in the schools, the short sessions, and the interruptions that frequently cause the closing of some of the rooms it does not seem feasible to lengthen the time for music, especially in the grammar grades.
The teacher of music has made an earnest effort to have every pupil in the lower grades thoroughly instructed, even if not quite so much ground is covered. She believes that every child is able to learn to read the notes correctly even if he has not the ear to sing them correctly.
In the upper grades the classes are now using the fifth reader, the schools having reached the point where each class can use the book appropriate to its grade. -
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At the graduation exercises of the grammar schools, last. June, special music was prepared for each school. At the Currier school a cantata, entitled King Rene's Daughter, was sung in such a manner as to please all who heard it. At the graduation exercises of the High school, music was given by a small chorus, as on account of the loss of time by. the school, the interruption to the work of the pupils and the want of a suitable room at the armory for rehearsals, a. large chorus could not be prepared ..
DRAWING
While there is room for large improvement in our schools in this branch, distinct and decided gain can be seen in the freehand and color work, particularly of the younger children. The teacher of drawing, Miss Helen E. Hewes, has given her time and energy faithfully to the duties of her position.
Her aim has been to develop and cultivate power of ob- servation and expression, appreciation of beauty, and good taste. Two of the most valuable results of freehand work and color are an increased power of concentration and a more discriminating taste. Freehand work deals with ap- pearances -expressing them with crayon, pencil, ink or paint, and includes designing.
Many children when they begin to use color, are de- lighted with garish combinations of crude yellows, blues, and greens, but if after some practice and instruction we find them choosing good arrangements of soft reds, browns and greens, we feel that our labor has not been lost.
The High school work is now carried on under better conditions than ever before, and very good work is done in
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the limited time that can be allowed. The mechanical classes are large and are working on a course intended for a broad foundation for any kind of work taken up later.
In the absence of manual training, mechanical drawing should be thoroughly taught, as for the boys in our gram- mar schools it is the nearest approach to that branch that is available. In case of the introduction of manual train- ing in the future, mechanical and geometrical drawing would afford an excellent preparation.
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COOKING AND SEWING
The classes for cooking and sewing were continued through the year under the efficient guidance of Miss Sara A. Chase. The classes for cooking were held in the upper room of the schoolhouse on Purchase street. The light was excellent, windows being profusely distributed on three sides of the room. Other conveniences were not so praiseworthy. There were sixty-four pupils instructed in this branch, all girls of the eighth grade. The sessions were one-half day for each division of the class. Pupils living beyond the Kelley school district were conveyed in in the electric cars at the city's expense, each pupil being supplied with school tickets.
The instruction in sewing was given to girls of the fifth and seventh grades. One hundred and fifty-three pupils received instruction in sewing, taking one lesson for one hour each week. Such limited time caused the teacher to confine the lessons to the most practical kinds of work. such as plain stitching, drawing, patching and making button holes. The lessons in sewing were given in the Purchase street school for those living in the Kelley and
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Jackman school districts, and for those living farther up, in the Ward Room on Ashland street.
On the recommendation of the committee on cooking and sewing the instruction in sewing was changed so that hereafter this subject will be taught in the sixth and seventh grades. This was in accordance with the advice of the teacher of sewing who, felt that more could be ac- complished by having the instruction given in two con- secutive years.
Much credit is due to the teacher of these branches, who has not only carried on her work successfully under great difficulties, but has also maintained in her school excellent discipline, and taught habits of system, neatness and order, which are quite as important as any single branch of study taught in our schools.
IN GENERAL
The most pressing need today of our public schools is for more room. The changes in the building now used for the high school have given for that school ample and excellent rooms. The other schools are not so fortunate. The erection of the new Jackman school gave better ac- commodations for many pupils than they had enjoyed pre- viously, but it has left much to be desired when we con- sider all the school children below State street. The Bromfield street school is always more than full. The Temple street is also crowded beyond its capacity, and children living below State street have been transferred to the Kelley school.
A new room has been opened in the old Purchase street schoolhouse to accommodate children of the first and sec- ond grades living in that vicinity. Possibly these could have gone to the Temple street school or to the Bromfield if those schools had not already been too full.
The Kelley school had more pupils than could be ac- commodated in the grammar department. A part of them are now attending the temporary school in the Congress
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street ward room. The training school finds itself cramped for want of sufficient room. The Forrester street school has also part of its pupils in the ward room on Congress street.
Every year at the opening of the schools the same diffi- culties have to be met by transferring pupils out of the districts where they belong. Much dissatisfaction results, parents are aggrieved and valuable time is lost. I believe that this is a matter demanding the serious consideration of those in authority. How shall sufficient room be pro- vided, within reasonable distance of the dwelling places of the pupils, so that this annual trouble may not arise? For notwithstanding the transfers and temporary arrange- ments made to meet these difficulties, there are many rooms where there are too many pupils for the teachers to do satisfactory work, no matter how capable and ambitious they may be.
No teacher should have more than forty pupils. With that number, which ought to be the maximum, proper at- tention may be given to the work of each scholar, and proper care may be exercised over his habits of attend- ance and study. Beyond that, the work can only be par- tially performed, and the individual care and oversight so often needed, become impossible. Good results which should be demanded of all, so far as their natural ability allows, can be obtained from only a part of the class, those children who would do well under · almost any circum- stances.
The room just opened on Purchase street was the only
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available location for the children now there, but it is no: a desirable place, being too small for a school room, and without modern conveniences for work or for comfort. The question arises whether the hall at the Jackman school might not be safely used for a school room for one grade. If that could be done, the strain on other rooms and schools might be somewhat relieved. This is not ad- vised, but suggested as a matter for consideration.
Every one of our larger buildings with the exception of the high school needs one or two additional rooms.
It would also be an admirable thing if there was land enough belonging to the schools, so that the children could have little gardens to cultivate. The only way to prevent unwholesome influences among young or old is to supply wholesome ones in their place. The child who has plants or flowers to cultivate, or a garden of his own, or a camera, or a printing press, or even a collection of postage stamps in which he is interested, has a great moral influ- ence, more potent than books or sermons. Every child and every grown person should have some object of inter- est, some hobby, some specialty outside of his daily work or study.
The parent is wise if he encourages his child to take up something of this kind. He will be more likely to know where he is, and what he is doing with his spare hours.
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TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT
Gentlemen of the School Committee : -
I have the honor to submit my report for the school year ending June 30, 1903.
Many cases of absence and tardiness have been investi- gated this year. The factories have been visited and wherever I have found the law violated the attention of employers has been called to the fact. As in previous years, most of the overseers have tried to comply with the law.
The school attendance is not as good as it should be, and for most of the absence and tardiness parents are to blame. The time seems to have arrived, when it becomes necessary to enforce the law, which makes the parents, whenever a child is kept from school ten half-days in six months, lia- ble to a fine.
Yours respectfully,
ROBERT G. ALLEN,
Truant Officer.
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TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1903
Number of schools visited.
Number ofabsences report-
ed by teacher
dians notified
Number of children absent
from school on suspicion
Truancies determined by
Truants returned to school
Number of children warned
Number of children return- ed to school from streets
Tardiness investigated
Number of manufactories
Number of certificates is-
Number of children found employed contrary to law Number of children dis- charged to attend school Number of employers noti-
Number of half-days' tru-
Number of children place
Number of children
to truant school
Number of children placed on probation
September, 1902 ..
92
I26
I20
0
6
6
9
3
5
9
NW
1
N
86
00
October .
107
I59
152
II
8
8
II
3
4
8
7
8
IO
2
O
I
IO
I
9
C
8
0
C
0
April .
III
107
92
0
0
6
0
3
6
I2
9
4
O
N
9
C
May.
IOI
178
162
I4
0
9
I4
5
6
IO
8
3
O
1
12
C
June.
119
168
I51
I2
IO
IO
N
N
A
0
9
I
C
I
10
0
0
Total
1093
I497
1385 114
82
82
II41 32
56
92
82
23
I 14
97
0
0
0
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT G. ALLEN, Truant Officer.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
March.
I30
198
184
I2
IO
IO
I2
N
H
IO
8
I
O
1
I3
0
0
O
February.
IO4
136
I28
=
0
0
II
N
5
0
7
N
O
1
9
O
1
November .
I27
I74
16I
II
7
7
8
8
I2
A
4
II
7
8
4
O
3
January, 1903
92
I20
II3
I3
9
9
13
A
5
0
I
O
December
IIO
T3I
I22
I2
II
4
6
6
visited
sued
fied
ancy
before the court
sent
investigation
Number of parents or guar-
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CENSUS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN September 1, 1903 PUBLIC, PAROCHIAL AND PRIVATE SCHOOL PUPILS TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT
WARD ONE
WARD Two
WARD THREE
WARD FOUR
WARD FIVE
WARD SIX
TOTAL
Public schools.
4II
263
278
236
242 161
394
1824
Parochial schools.
13
103
IOI
93
37
508
Private schools.
I
5
3
I
5
2
17
Neither at school or at work
21
27
IO
6
14
5
83
At work
I2
15
I3
7
8
7
62
Total
458
413
405
343
430
445
2494
AGES OF CHILDREN IN THE DIFFERENT WARDS
WARD ONE
WARD TWO
WARD THREE
WARD FOUR
WARD FIVE
WARD SIX
TOTAL
Five to six years
35
49
34
31
38
34
221
Six to seven years.
56
45
49
25
58
46
279
Seven to eight years.
52
56
4I
36
44
49
278
Eight to nine years.
42
39
49
38
64
52
284
Nine to ten years.
50
38
46
38
38
46
256
Ten to eleven .
53
44
40
41
47
46
27I
Eleven to twelve .
46
39
37
34
38
47
24I
Twelve to thirteen
43
39
44
37
37
39
239
Thirteen to fourteen .
30
20
31
35
35
45
205
Fourteen to fifteen years
51
35
34
28
31
4I
220
Total
458
413
405
343
430
445
2494
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COMPARISON OF 1902 WITH 1903
Ward One.
446
458
Ward Two
398
413
Ward Three.
414
405
Ward Four.
361
343
Ward Five.
422
430
Ward Six
432
445
Total
2483
2394
ARRANGEMENT OF CHILDREN ALPHABETICALLY
WARD ONE
WARD Two
WARD THREE
WARD FOUR
WARD FIVE
WARD SIX
TOTAL
A.
II
6
I3
9
I2
7
58
B
40
23
4I
21
22
46
193
C.
31
47
44
34
73
67
296
D
24
45
34
18
31
16
I68
E
8
5
4
I3
O
3
33
F
28.
7
14
I6
8
II
84
G
32
17
22
14
19
24
128
H
29
19
55
20
46
38
207
I
O
2
O
O
O
2
4
J .
6
19
8
IO
6
8
57
K
I2
IO
3
26
I5
22
88
L
30
46
16
17
47
I3
16ç
M
20
34
32
28
56
46
216
N
II
I2
IO
II
I
II
5€
O
5
5
2
8
I6
5
41
P.
30
30
20
14
I6
22
132
Q
3
2
3
6
5
O
19
R
22
23
20
I3
5
26
109
S
52
25
25
32
28
38
200
T
26
21
16
23
IO
IO
IO6
U
0
O
O
I
O
2.
3
V
6
I
O
O
3
O
IO
W
32
14
23
8
9
28
II4
X
O
O
O
I
2
O
3
Z
0
Total
458
413
405
343
430
445
2494
O
Y
O
1902
1903
TEXT BOOKS USED IN SCHOOLS.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Readers-Ward's, Cyr's, Monroe's, Barnes's, Davis's, Harpers's, etc. Geography-Frye's Elements.
Writing-Medial Slant.
Physiology-Hutchinson's.
Arithmetic-Walsh's First Book.
Language-Practical work, topically.
Spelling-from readers.
Music-Natural System.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
Arithmetic-Walsh's, Bradbury's Sight Arithmetic.
Language-Miss Hyde's, Buchler's Grammar. Geography-Frye's Grammar School.
Speller-Worcester' s, Morse's, Moore & Spalding's Language Speller.
Readers-Davis's. Monroe's, Harpers , etc. Dictionary-Worcester's, Webster's.
History-Montgomery's Beginners', Montgomery's American His- tory.
Book-keeping-Meserve's Single Entry. Writing -- Medial Slant.
Physiology-Hutchinson's.
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HIGH SCHOOL
Rhetoric-Lockwood, Hill.
History-Ancient History-Myers', Botsford, West, Wolfson ; Me- dæval and Modern-Adams; English History-Larned, Connor & Kendall, Montgomery ; U. S. History-Channing, Johnson, Mont- gomery ; Greece-Oman, Botsford ; Rome-Myer, Botsford
English-Lockwood & Emerson Composition; Rhetoric-A. S. Hill Algebra-Wells, Wentworth.
Geometry-Plane, Wentworth ; Solid, Wentworth.
Trigonometry -- Wentworth.
Arithmetic-Business, Sadler's.
Stenography-Pitman, Chandler. Physics-Gage, Stone, Hall & Bergen. Chemistry-Storer, Lindsay. Astronomy-Sharpless, Phillips. Physiology-Hutchinson. Botany- Gray. Civil Government-Fiske.
Book-keeping-Williams & Rogers.
Physical Geography -- Tarr. First Latin Book -- Collar, Daniell. Gate to Cæsar-Collar, Daniel1.
Latin Grammar-Allen & Greenough.
Cæsar-Allen & Greenough. Cicero-Allen & Greenough.
Virgil-Allen & Greenough.
Latin Prose -- Daniell's. First Greek Book -- White.
Greek Grammar -- Goodwin.
Anabasis-Goodwin, White, Harper. Iliad-Seymour, Tauchnitz.
Greek Prose-Aigley, Pearson. French Grammar-Worman's (Aldrich & Foster) Chardenal. French Reader-Super's. German-Shorter Eysenbach, Collar. German Reader-Joynes.
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ANNUAL REPORT
NUMBER OF PUPILS
Pursuing the several branches of Study in the High and Putnam Schools, December, 1903
SUBJECTS
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
Total
English
84
7I
39
48
242
Latin.
67
45
12
I3
I37
Greek.
14
5
IO
29
French
31
25
25
36
II7
German
90
I4
I3
27
Algebra
31
18
. .
I39
Geometry .
28
28
I2
68
Commercial Arithmetic
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
.
.
. .
. .
.
4I
. .
23
64
Chemistry
22
. .
. .
. .
25
25
History.
95
31
32
25
183
Stenography, Typewriting
29
I2
7
48
Physiology
15
. .
. .
I6
. .
. .
66
Drawing
44
3I
4
12
IOI
. .
. .
22
22
Book-keeping
Astronomy, Physiology, Geography
22
22
Physics
22
Civil Government.
. .
. .
. .
15
Botany.
T
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NUMBER OF PUPILS IN EACH GRADE December 1, 1903
SCHOOLS
I
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Tot.
Johnson
36
34
33
27
. .
. .
.
. .
I30
Bromfield street.
48
40
40
39
. .
. .
. .
. .
44
49
52
45
46
48
389
Purchase street
2I
14
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
35
Temple street.
42
28
24
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
46
48
45
30
18
228
Training school
55
55
52
47
. .
. .
. .
209
Congress street school
48
34
39
45
. .
. .
..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
34
39
32
13
23
141
Moultonville.
I3
4
9
IO
7
5
2
6
3
59
Storey avenue.
5
4
3
5
I
3
3
2
I
27
1806
High School :
City
Putnam Pupils
Fourth Class
79
14
Third
66
5I
17
Second
20
I5
First
66
33
II
Post Graduates
4
3
187
60 -- 247
2053
.
. .
. .
. .
37
7
. .
I66
Ward room
32
Currier school.
Curtis school .
29
26
37
37
. .
. .
. .
I29
Kelley school.
23
I8
I4
18
167
Jackman . ..
Jackman, ungraded
94
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ANNUAL REPORT
AVERAGE AGE OF EACH GRADE
September 1, 1903
GRADES
SCHOOLS
I.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Y. M. Y. M.
Y. M.
Y. M.
Y. M.
Y. M.
Y. . MY. M. Y, M.
Johnson
6.3
6.5
8. II
9.8
Bromfield street. .
7.I
8.7
9. IO
9.8
II.O
II.5
13.0
13.6
14.1
Jackman
.. ung'd room.
Temple street . . .
5.8
7.2
8.3
Purchase street. . .
8.2
9.6
10.9
II.9
12.8
I3-7
14.6
10.3
II.2
Training school ..
6.3
7.6
8.5
9.6
Congress street . . . ward room
6.6
7.6
8.5
IO.I
Currier .
10.6
II.7
12.9
I3-0
13.3
Curtis
6.0
6.11
8.4
8.11
Moultonville.
6.3
7.7
8.6
9.8
II.O
IO.2
II.9
[2-4
13.10.
Storey avenue
5.8
7.I
7.7
9.1
II.4
IO . IO
13.6
I3-6
13.10
Average age .
6-6
7.1I
8.6
9.6
IO. IO|II.I
12.8
13.2
13.IF
High School :
Fourth class
14.IF
T4.6
Third
. 15 .2
15.9
Second
16.10
16.4
First
17.10
17.10
9.5
II.3
II.3
12.5
Kelley.
12.8
13-3
.
..
Putnam Pupils
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SCHOOLS AND GRADES December, 1903
SCHOOLS
ROOM
TEACHERS
GRADES
DESKS
PUPILS
High
Walter F. Andrews principal Dana C. Wells, sub-master Frank A. Page, sub-master
Sara A. Leonard, assistant Elizabeth Goldsmith, ass't
Mary R. Stark, assistant Mabelle L. Moses, assistant C. Maud Norris, assistant
Kelley
H
Irving H. Johnson, principal VIII, IX
49
G
Nellie G. Stone, assistant
VII
49
4.5
F
Anna L. Whitmore, assistant
VI
49
4S
I
Bertha F. Ingalls, assistant Josephine Coffin, assistant V
V, VI
41
46
Training .
D
Francis W. Richards, prin.
IY
56
55
₾
III
56
55
B
66
II
.56
52
A
I
56
47
Jackman
I
IX
48
48
H
VIII
48
46
G
VII
48
45
F
Nellie Des Barrett, assistant
VI
48
52
J
Abbie Frost, Josie Kimball
VI, VII
56
57
E Mary T. Colby, assistant
V
48
49
D
Lillian Greenleaf, assistant Dorothy C. Packer, assistant IV
48
44
Johnson
D Lelia Kimball, principal
IV
36
27
C
Tula M. Reed, assistant
III
36
33
B
Grace E. Bartlett, assistant
II
40
34
A
Mary F. Whitmore, assistant
I
40
36
Bromfield
D
Jennie P. Haskell, principal A :na B. Richardson, assistant Lillie M. Ross, assistant
II
40
40
A Grace A. Page, assistant
I
44
Temple
B
Bessie E. Davis, principal Edith Annis, assistant
II, III I
48 48
42
Currier
D Sarah B. Chute, principal
VIII, IX
36
36
C
Adelena Sargent, assistant
VII
36
32
VI
36
39
V
36
34
Congress
D Elizabeth H. Cheever, prin.
IV
44
45
C
Cora Oliver, assistant
III
44
39
II
40
34
A Hortense F. Small, assistant
I
40
Ward Room
A Mrs. Alice Silloway, prin.
VII, VIII
40
32
IV
42
37
C
Sarah F. Badger, assistant
III
42
37
B
Charlotte Dickins, assistant Julia J. Hubbard, assistant
I
42
29
Moultonville
Helen S. Merrill, principal Carrie F. Merrill, assistant
V, VI, VII, VIII; IX
36
23
I, II, III, IV
36
36
Storey
Julia Boyle, principal
I to IX, inclusive
48
27
Purchase
Mary E. O'Connell
I, II
36
35
₾
III
48
52
A
B Clara J. Edgerly, assistant A Cassine H. Brown, assistant
IV
40
39
B
George W. Brown, principal Priscilla G. Craig, assistant Emma M. Lander, assistant
48
45
C
Curtis
D Francis L. Pettigrew, prin.
42
26
A
48
E
49
247
B Gertrude E. Lewis, assistant
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ANNUAL REPORT
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
SCHOOLS
MATERIAL
NUMBER
ROOMS
METHOD OF HEATING
LOCATION
High
Brick
8
Steam
High St.
Kelley
9
Steam
High St.
Jackman
8
Steam
Atwood St.
Johnson1
4
Furnace
Hancock St.
Bromfield St.
4
Furnace
Bromfield St.
Temple St ...
4
Furnace
Temple St.
Purchase . . .
Wood
3
Stoves
Purchase St.
Congress St ..
Brick
2
Furnace
Congress St.
Currier.
-
4
Furnace
Forrester St.
Curtis
Wood
I
Steam
Ashland St.
Moultonville.
66
2
Stoves
Cushing Ave.
Storey Ave ...
Brick
I
Stoves
Storey Ave.
GENERAL STATISTICS
Taxable property of the city $10,680,229.00
Estimated value of school property . 117,484.00
Total sum available for schools in 1903 36,403.80
Total expenditure (not including repairs ) 41.019.24
Population at last census 14,478
Children of school age, September, 1903 2,494
Number in public schools between 5 and 15
1,824
Number in private and parochial schools .
525
Average membership in public schools, 1903
1,797
Average attendance in public schools
1,641
Per cent of attendance in public schools
91.3
Number of teachers employed (public schools) .
53
Number of male teachers
5
Number of female teachers
48
Number of special teachers
3
Number of school buildings I2
55
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
December 1, 1902, to December 1, 1903.
INCOME
Appropriation
$34,000.00
Credits : -
Income from Brown fund
$ 675.00
Tuition from non-residents.
514.00
Received from Putnam trustees ..
1,200.00
Sale of books
14.30
Rebate on bill
.50
$2,403.80
Total appropriation and credits
$36,403.80
Overdrawn
4,615.44
$41,019.24
EXPENDITURES
Salaries of teachers
$29,105.77
Salaries of pupil teachers
670.70
Salary of superintendent
1,200
Salary of truant officer
650.00
Janitors
2,741.25
Evening schools.
358.75
Printing and advertising
170.80
Books and supplies
2,357.88
Sundries
405.06
Fuel.
3,259.08
Paid highway department.
99.95
$41,019.24
TEACHERS AND SALARIES
1903- 1904
Walter E. Andrews, principal $2,000
Dana C. Wells, sub-master .. 1, 100
Frank A. Page, sub-niaster 1,100
Sara A. Leonard, assistant ...
700
Elizabeth Goldsmith, assistant.
700
Mary R. Stark, assistant. 650
C. Maude Norris, assistant 650
Mabelle L. Moses, assistant.
700
Irving H. Johnson, principal 1,200
Nellie G. Stone, assistant
450
Kelley school.
Anna L. Whitmore, assistant
450
Josephine Coffin, assistant.
425
Bertha F. Ingalls, assistant ..
450
Training school r
Frances W. Richards, principal 1,000
George W. Brown, principal
1,500
Priscilla G. Craig, assistant
500
Emma M. Lander, assistant 450
Abbie L. Frost, assistant
450
Jackman school.
Josie W. Kimball, assistant. 450
Nellie de S. Barrett, assistant. 450
Mary T. Colby, assistant
450
Lillian W. Greenleaf, asssistant 450
Dorothy C. Packer, assistant
400
Sarah B. Chute, principal.
1,000
Currier school.
Adelena Sargent, assistant.
45℃
Clara J. Edgerly, assistant.
450
Cassine H. Brown 450
Ward room
Mrs. Alice E. Silloway 450
Moultonville school
Helen S. Merrill, principal
500
Storey avenue school
₹ Julia Boyle, principal 425
1 Carrie F. Merrill, assistant. 425
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High school.
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Jolinson school S
Lelia Kimball, principal 350
Tula M. Reed, assistant. . 300
Grace E. Bartlett, assistant 400
Mary F. Whitmore, assistant. 375
Jenny P. Haskell, principal. 425
Bromfield st. school
Annie B. Richardson, assistant. 400
Lillie M. Ross, assistant. 375
Grace A. Page, assistant 350
Temple st. school
Bessie E. Davis, principal 350
Edith Annis, assistant 325
Elizabeth H. Cheever, principal 425
Cora Oliver, assistant. 400
Congress st. school
Gertrude E. Lewis, assistant. 400
Hortense F. Small, assistant 375
Frances L. Pettigrew, principal
425
Curtis school
Charlotte K. Dickins, assistant
400
Julia J. Hubbard, assistant. 400
Purchase st. School
Mary E. O'Connell 300
Helen E. Hewes, teacher of drawing .. 55℃
Special teachers
Elizabeth C. Adams, teacher of music 550 Sarah A. Chase, t'r sewing and cook'g 48a
Sarah F. Badger, assistant. 400
EXTRACTS FROM SCHOOL LAWS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
All children between the ages of seven and fourteen years shall attend some public day school in the town or city in which they reside, during the entire time in which the public day schools are in session.
Any person having under his control a child between seven and fourteen years of age who fails for five day sessions or ten half day sessions within any period of six months while under such control, to cause such child to attend school, the physical or mental condition of such child not being such as to render his attendance at school harmful or impracticable, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors while school is in session any child absent unlawfully from school, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Every habitual truant, that is, every child between seven and four- teen years of age who wilfully and habitually absents himself from school, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, may be committed, if a boy, to a county truant school for a period not exceeding two years, and if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls, unless such child is placed on probation as provided in section twenty-eight of this act.
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Every habitual absentee, that is, every child between seven and sixteen years of age who may be found wandering about in the streets or public places of any town or city of the Commonwealth, having no lawful occupation, habitually not attending school, and growing up in idleness and ignorance, upon complaint by a truant officer or any other person, and conviction thereof, may be committed, if a boy, at the discretion of the court, to a county truant school for a period not exceeding two years, or to the Lyman school for boys, and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls, unless such child is placed on probation as provided in section twenty-eight of this act.
Every habitual school offender, that is, every child under fourteen years of age who persistently violates the reasonable regulations of the school which he attends, or otherwise persistently misbehaves therein, so as to render himself a fit subject for exclusion therefrom, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof. may be committed, if a boy, at the discretion of the court, to a county truant school for a period not exceeding two years, or to the Lyman school for boys, and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls, unless such child is placed on probation as provided in section twenty-eight of this act.
EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN
No child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed in any factory, workshop or mercantile establishment. No such child shall be employed at work performned for wages or other compensation, to whomsoever payable, during the hours when the public schools of the city or town in which he resides are in session, nor be employed at work before six o'clock in the morning or after seven o'clock in the evening.
No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed in a factory, workshop or mercantile establishment unless his employer procures and keeps on file, accessible to the truant officers of the city or town, and to the district police and inspectors of factories and public build- ings, an age and schooling certificate and keeps two complete lists of
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all such minors employed therein, one on file, and one conspicuously posted near the principal entrance of the building in which such children are employed, and also keeps on file and sends to the super- intendent of schools or, if there is no superintendent, to the school committee a complete list of the names of all minors employed therein who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language.
Truant officers may visit the factories, workshops and mercantile establishments in their several cities and towns and ascertain whether any minors are employed therein contrary to the provisions of this chapter, and shall report any cases of such illegal employment to the school committee and to the chief of the district police or to the in- spector of factories and public buildings. Inspectors of factories and public buildings and truant officers may require that the age and schooling certificates and lists of minors who are employed in such factories, workshops or mercantile establishments shall be produced for their inspection. Complaints for offences under the provisions of this chapter sliall be made by inspectors of factories and public build- ings.
While a public evening school is maintained in the city or town in which any minor who is over fourteen years of age and who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language resides, 110 person shall employ him and no parent, guar- dian or custodian shall permit him to be employed unless he is a reg- ular attendant at such evening school or at a day school; but, upon presentation by such minor of a certificate signed by a registered practising physician and satisfactory to the superintendent of schools, or, if there is no such superintendent, to the school committee, show- ing that his physical condition would render such attendance in addition to daily labor prejudicial to his health, said superintendent or school committee shall issue a permit authorizing the employment of such minor for such period as said superintendent or school com- inittee may determine. Said superintendent or school committee, or . teachers acting under authority thereof, miay excuse any absence from
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such evening school which arises from justifiable cause. Whoever employs a minor in violation of the provisions of this section shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars for each offence to the use of the evening schools of such city or town. A parent, guardian or custodian who permits a minor under his control to be employed in violation of the provisions of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars to the use of the evening schools of such city or town.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a pub- lic school except upon presentation of a certificate signed by a regular practising physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a member of a household in which a person is ill with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or measles, or of a household exposed to such contagion from another household as aforesaid, shall not attend any public school during such illness or until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the city or town, or from the attending physician of such person, stating that, in a case of smallpox, diphtheria or scarlet fever at least two weeks, and in a case of measles, at least three days, have elapsed since the recovery, removal or death of such person, and that danger of conveying such disease by such child has passed.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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CITY GOVERNMENT, 1903 .
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66 66 1904 . 357
MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 1903 19
OFFICE HOURS OF CITY OFFICIALS 4
REPORTS :
Board of Assessors 221
Board of Health 223
Bridge Tender 237
Chief Engineer 211
City Auditor 43
City Marshal 229
City Physician . 206
City Registrar 245
City Solicitor 235
City Treasurer 84
Election Returns for 1903. 347
Inspector of Milk 283
Overseers of the Poor . 203
Public Library . 289
School Committee . 361
Sealer of Weights and Measures
. 286
Sinking Fund Commissioners 77
Superintendent of Sewers
239
Surveyor of Highways . 255
Tax Collector 96
Trust Funds . 265
Water Commissioners . 328
JURY LIST . 341
ANNUAL REPORTS
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES : PAGE
Abatement of Taxes 100
Ashes and Rubbish 102
Board of Health 104
Bridges and Culverts
106
Bromfield Fund
109
City Bonds 110
Fire Department
111
Fuel Department
116
Highway Department
118
Incidental Department 125
Interest Department 143
Lighting Streets and Public Buildings 145
Memorial Day 146
Notes Payable 146
Parks and Public Grounds
148
Parks (Atkinson Common) . 149
Parks (Cushing) . 149
Police Department . 150
Poor Department . 153
Printing Department . 159
Public Library . 160
Public Property . 162
Salaries of City Officers . 167
School Department . 169
Sewerage (Construction) . 176
Sewerage ( Maintenance) . 177
Sidewalks and Edgestones 178
180
State of Massachusetts, Military aid 181
Soldiers' Relief
Watering Streets for 1903 182
Miscellaneous
183
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1903 194
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