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In the higher grades, the designing of large surface patterns, and especially. those patterns which can be worked out in cloth, will be taken up and carried out as far as time and skill will permit, while the lower grades will devote the last term to the study of the general prin- ciples of good design, color, and the making of book cov- ers and border designs and simple surface patterns.
In the lower grades a good deal of attention is being given to ruler practice and accurate measurement, while dexterity of finger is being gained by paper cutting and folding, and later, they, too, will begin to lay the foun-
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dation of design work through nature drawing and color study.
I consider that the superintendent, members of the school board and the teachers of all the schools deserve much credit for their earnest and honest endeavors in this line, and for the hearty manner in which they seek to promote this work, striving so cheerfully to overcome the many obstacles in its path.
Respectfully submitted,
FLORENCE M. MURPHY.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
The classes for cooking and sewing have been held in the upper room,of the Purchase Street School building and in the Ward Room on Ashland street.
The pupils in the eighth grade, seventy-seven in number, attend the Cooking School, and all seem to take great interest in their work.
Reports are given each week, showing the result of home work, and parents are constantly signifying their gratification that these branches have been added to the public school curriculum.
The lessons are carefully prepared and arranged that the student may have as thorough a knowledge of plain cooking as it is possible to give in a course of thirty lessons.
There are one hundred and fifty-nine pupils in the sixth and seventh grades who have received instruction in needlework.
As the time is limited, only the most practical stitches are attempted : basting, stitching, overcasting, hemming, darning, patching and button holes.
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Such a course tends to train the eye and the hand, and its educational advantage is shown in the gradual development of self-reliance of the pupils.
Respectfully,
SARAH A. CHASE.
IN GENERAL
The regular work of the various schools has been carried on much as in previous years. While some branches of study have been added in recent times, the fundamental subjects have not been neglected. Reading, writing, spelling and arithmetic are still considered of first importance, and it is believed that in these branches there has been no falling off. In fact those most familiar with the schools and with the progress made in the differ- ent grades are fully convinced that the general scholar- ship of the children of to-day is superior to that of former times.
The tests given in the different grades show a higher average than was obtained ten, twenty or more years ago. We frequently hear or read comments on the poor spelling of children. How this may be in other cities or towns we cannot say, but here this is not true. The children now spell better than they formerly did. One reason for this is that there is much more written work done at the present time. Another is that the teachers
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have had their attention called in every grade to the words that pupils are likely to misspell, and their pupils are drilled particularly on those words. In former times children generally failed in spelling some of the most common words, Wednesday, February, which, twelfth, until, separate, niece, and many others would be missed at least half of the time. Now such words are generally spelled correctly.
In reading there is less elocutionary effect than for- merly, but there are more pupils who can read in a plain and simple way. In the primary schools where one reader was formerly used for a year, now three or four are required. In arithmetic children are given fewer hard problems and puzzles, but they receive much more drill on the fundamental processes, requiring accuracy and speed.
In writing we believe that there is a great advance over old methods. The great hindrance to success in teaching penmanship in old times was the use of a copy book by the pupils, in which if the work was carefully performed, it was drawing and not writing, and in which each line, as the pupil went down the page, would be worse than the one preceding it. Without a copy book the teacher must teach, and her ability and success as a teacher is shown by the improvement of her pupils. The substitution of a moderate slant for the unnatural vertical has helped very much towards better penmanship. At
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the present time the teachers of every grade are making earnest efforts to secure good writing in their schools.
FIRE DRILLS
The subject of fire drills was mentioned in the last annual report. It is of so much importance that attention should again be called to the necessity of these drills, and also to the opportunities for safe egress in case any school should again be threatened with fire. In build- ings of a single story there would seem to be no danger or difficulty in dismissing the children. In buildings of more than one story there should be more than one stairway from the second floor. There are still several school buildings with but one pair of stairs : viz., the Hancock Street, the Bromfield Street and the Temple Street Schools, have each but one flight of stairs. £ If exit from the upper rooms was prevented by fire attacking the stairs, serious results might ensue.
It is gratifying to be able to state that the principals of most of the schools have appeared to be fully alive to the importance of having their pupils thoroughly pre- pared for any emergency. The fire drills are well planned, and the schools are frequently tested at unex- pected times.
FREE TEXT BOOKS
It is customary to speak with approval of the Free Text Book Law. It is in fact a great convenience, but
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it also has some disadvantages. If every scholar could on leaving school take his books with him. to keep as souvenirs of his school days, or for reference in case of need, it would be better still. This might add consider- able to the cost of text books, unless some plan were de- vised by which the cost of all books used by the pupil should be added to the annual tax bill of the parent. Much care is taken in our schools to prevent the spread of diseases like diphtheria or scarlet fever by books or pen- cils. When a pupil is reported as having either of these diseases, the books and other articles used by him are burned and the desk disinfected.
But there are other diseases, such as skin diseases and diseases of the eye, that, perhaps, may be dissem- inated through the books of the school. As far as possi- ble pupils retain their own books, even those taken up by the teacher are marked and given out to the pupils who had them before.
Many plans for the improvement of the schools can- not be adopted on account of the lack of sufficient room in most of the school buildings. Each year, at the opening of the schools, there are many rooms so overcrowded that it is only with great difficulty that accommodation is made by moving children out of their district and making changes in schools and grades. Admission has, however, never been refused to any child by the superintendent on the ground of full schools.
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This makes it practically impossible to carry out any plan for individual instruction, if such were desired. But individual instruction, if given at all, should be given to the dull pupil and not to the bright scholar, who does not need it, and who has already received more than his share of nature's gifts. Many teachers have forty or more pupils. If individual instruction were given to all, the teacher after deducting the time for the general exercises required, would be able to give not more than six minutes per day to each pupil. With one hour per day for each pupil, individual instruction would require a force of . about five hundred teachers here, instead of the fifty now employed.
While graded schools have their disadvantages, they make it possible for all the children of any community to receive a fair elementary education. The child receives other benefits. He is brought into contact with other children and finds his level. His own mental activity is awakened by contact with other minds. He finds that he is not the only person in the world, and that others may be as bright and smart and as deserving of respect and consideration.
NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS
I. More room in the three large buildings, the Jack - man, the Kelley and the Currier Schools.
2. Additional means of egress from the Johnson, Bromfield and Temple Street Schools.
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3. Sufficient appropriation to supply the needs of the schools without an overdraft.
4. A book for the teachers which, while as scientifi- cally accurate as the one now in use, will be a better guide for instruction in hygiene.
5. Manual training in all grades, including Primary, Grammar and High Schools.
TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT
Gentlemen of the School Committee :
My annual report for the year ending June 30, 1905, must be in the main a repetition of those given in preced- ing years. Children absent from school without their parents consent have been looked up and a strong effort has been made to prevent a repetition of the offence. There have also been many cases where parents have un- necessarily allowed frequent absences of their children. These parents have been visited and urged to insist upon regular attendance of their children.
The factories have also been visited, and children found employed contrary to the provisions of the school laws have been compelled to obtain the proper certificate or return to school. In general, however, employers are careful to comply with the law.
The census of school children, now taken in Septem- ber, has been completed, and that, and the statistics of my work, are herewith submitted.
Very respectfully yours,
ROBERT G. ALLEN, Truant Officer.
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TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT-YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1905
Number of schools visited
Number of absences report-
ed by teacher
dians notified
on suspicion
vestigation
Truants returned to school
Numberof children warned
Number children returned to school from streets
Tardiness investigated
Number of manufactories
Number certificates issued
Number of children found employed contrary to law Number of children dis- charged to attend school
Number employers notified
Number half days' truancy
Number children placed
Number children sent to
truant school
probation
September, 1904 ....
91
I2I
I13
I2
Co
00
I2
4
3
5
7
2
0
2
IO
O O
00
October.
131
205
194
13
IO
IO
I3
3
6
IO
4
3
12
9
3
8
3
0
N
6
O
0
December . ..
103
I43
I34
=
6
6
II
5
6
0
3
3
12
8
N
2
13
O
0
January, 1905 .
109
115
109
00
5
6
4
4
II
9
I
0
1
000
O
March.
II2
I45
I35
12
3
I2
4
5
IJ
9
April . .
104
109
93
12
8
00
12
4
5
IO
0
0
O
15
O
0
May ...
139
187
I75
I7
I2
12
17
5
4
I4
10
3
O
1
14
O
C
118
I33
I28
13
9
0
13
4
5
13
II
2
0
1
16
0
0
0
June ..
1136 1463 1362
I18
78
78
1
118 8
40
44
III
89
23
O
16
119
O
O
0
-
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT G. ALLEN, Truant Officer
0
November . ..
II5
160
142|
IO
6
Number of parents or guar-
Number of children absent
Truants determined by in-
Number children placed on
ANNUAL REPORT
0
O
February .
I14
I45
139
2
Ow
0
NW
15
O
00
9
4
0
IO
6
15
or
oocr
6
visited
before the court
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CENSUS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN-SEPT. 1, 1905 TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT
PUBLIC, PAROCHIAL AND PRIVATE SCHOOL PUPILS
WARD ONE
WARD Two
WARD THREE
WARD FOUR
WARD FIVE
WARD SIX
TOTAL
Public schools.
405
243
269
236
266
399
1818
Parochial schools.
I2
91
IO2
76
I35
32
448
Private schools.
5
7
7
8
9
2
38
Neither at school or at work
9
14
14
IO
7
II
65
At work.
II
IO
6
9
6
52
Total
442
365
402
336
426
450
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AGES OF CHILDREN IN THE DIFFERENT WARDS
WARD ONE
WARD TWO
WARD THREE
WARD FOUR
WARD FIVE
WARD SIX
TOTAL
Five to six years
40
25
35
34
35
56
225
Six to seven years
39
41
39
39
37
34
229
Seven to eight years
43
43
33
27
42
39
227
Eight to nine years
50
37
42
29
50
50
258
Nine to ten years
48
49
42
43
4I
44
267
Ten to eleven years.
42
35
35
35
67
46
260
Eleven to twelve years
51
27
50
39
38
51
256
Twelve to thirteen years.
43
42
42
32
42
38
239
Thirteen to fourteen years.
45
31
39
32
40
5I
238
Fourteen to fifteen years.
41
35
45
26
34
41
222
Total
442
365
402
336
426
450
2421
COMPARISON OF 1904
WITH
1905
1904
1905
Ward One
440
442
Ward Two
399
365
Ward Three
402
402
Ward Four
327
336
Ward Five.
445
426
Ward Six
458
450
Total.
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242I
ARRANGEMENT OF CHILDREN ALPHABETICALLY
WARD ONE
WARD Two
WARD THREE
WARD FOUR
WARD FIVE
WARD SIX
1905
11904
A
8
7
7
IO
7
50
52
B
39
30
33
3I
3I
4I
205
192
C
35
30
5I
32
68
50
266
287
D.
9
43
32
28
39
I3
I64
I57
E
8
9
6
8
O
2
33
28
F
26
8
I4
I4
I5
7
20
90
G
21
I3
2I
19
I8
25
II7
I27
H
28
14
57
I4
42
47
202
204
O
2
O
0
0
3
5
4
I2
I9
6
I3
5
9
64
59
K
I6
IO
6
23
18
23
96
94
L
30
27
I2
13
50
I3
I45
165
M
I3
24
26
33
49
42
I87
207
N
I2
I3
I3
I4
O
7
59
60
O
5
4
I
3
9
7
29
29
P
30
37
I5
IO
I3
22
I27
I32
Q R
2
2
5
6
2
o
I7
I7
24
15
23
I2
I3
30
II7
II6
S
49
28
29
27
25
37
195
204
T
26
I4
2I
20
9
I4
104
108
U
O
I
0
I
o
I
3
3
V
7
O
I
O
3
I
I2
I5
W
42
I4
19
7
I3
36
I31
I2I
Y
O
I
O
O
2
O
3
3
Total.
442
365
402
336
426
450
242I
247I
ROBERT G. ALLEN, Truant Officer
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TEXT BOOKS USED IN SCHOOLS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Readers - Ward's, Cyr's, Monroe's, Barnes's, Jones's, Morse's, Pro- gressive, 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, South worth's Problems.
Language - Buehler's Grammar, Buehler's English Lessons.
Geography - Frye's Grammar School.
Speller -- Worcester's, Morse's, Moore & Spalding's Language Speller.
Readers - Progressive, Morse's, Jones's.
Dictionary - Worcester's, Webster's.
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History - Montgomery's Beginners', Montgomery's American His- tory.
Book-keeping - Meservey's Single Entry.
Writing - Medial Slant.
Physiology - Hutchinson's.
Civics, Dole's American Citizen.
HIGH SCHOOL
English - Lockwood & Emerson's Composition, Hill's Beginnings of Rhetoric, Halleck's English Literature, Worcester's Acad- emic Dictionary, selected annotated edition of English and American Classics.
History - Oman's History of Greece, Botsford's Greece, Botsford's Ancient History, Botsford's History of Rome, Myer's Rome : Its Rise and Fall, Myer's Ancient History, Wolfson's Ancient History, Leighton's History of Rome, Smith's History of Greece, Emerton's Introduction to Middle Ages, Emerton's Mediaval Europe, Adams's Mediæval and Modern History, Montgomery's French History, Larned's History of England, Montgomery's English History, Channing's United States His- tory, Fisk's History of United States, Scudder's History of United States, Johnston's History of United States, Fisk's Civil Government.
Latin - Collar's First Year Latin, Allen & Greenough's Latin Grammar, Pearson's Latin Prose, Jones's Latin Prose. Linsay's Nepos, Allen & Greenough's Cæsar, Greenough & Daniell's Sallust, Allen & Greenough's Cicero, Allen & Greenough's Virgil, Jones's Ovid.
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Greek - White's First Year Greek, Goodwin's Greek Grammar, Harper & Wallace's Xenophon's Anabasis, Seymour's Iliad, Liddell & Scott's Greek Lexicon, Pearson's Greek Prose, Jones's Greek Prose.
French - French Grammars : Worman, Chardenal, Aldrich & Fos- ter, Fraser & Squair. Introductory French Prose, Francois. Advanced French Prose, Francois. Bauvet's Syntax and Com - position. Reading : Super's Reader, L' Abbe Constantin, Sans Famille, La Poudre aux Yeux, Super's Readings from French History, Colomba, Trois Contes Choisis, Le Bourgeois Gentil- homme, La Chute, Pecheur d'Islande, Le Cid, La Belle Niver- naise, Mlle. de la Seigliere, La Prise de la Bastille.
Mathematics- Well's Essentials of Algebra, Wentworth's Ele- ments of Algebra, Wentworth's School Algebra, Wentworth's Plane Geometry, Wentworth's Solid Geometry, Wentworth's Trigonometry.
Ancient History - History of Greece from Earliest Times to 146 B. C. History of Rome from Earliest Times to 800 A. D. Text Book : Myers' Ancient History. Readings in texts of Botsford, West, Wolfson, Smith, and Gayley's Classic Myths, Plutarch's Lives, etc.
Mediæval and Modern European History - History of the Rise and Development of Modern European Nations from 800 to 1900 A. D. Text books : Adams' Mediæval and Modern His- tory and Emerton's texts. Readings from books in the school and city libraries.
English History - History of England from the Earliest Times to 1900 A. D. Text book: Larned's History of England. Read- ings from Green, Gardiner, Kendall, Macaulay, etc.
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Ancient History - A Brief History of Important Oriental Nations, followed by a Review of the History of Greece and of Rome, in Preparation for College Examinations. Text books : Oman's History of Greece, Botsford's History of Rome and Myers' Rome : Its Rise and Fall. Readings from other texts, Cnr- tius', Holm, Greenidge, Tarbell, Plutarch, Pelham, How and Leigh, Mommsen, etc.
American History and Civil Government - American History from Earliest Times to 1900 A. D. (about two terms), Civil Gov- ernment (about one term). Text books : Channing's Students' History of the United States. Fiske's Civil Government in the United States. Readings from Fiske, Parkman, Thwaites, Hart, Wilson, Lodge, Lecky, Rhodes, Winsor, etc., and read- ings from the sources as in American History Leaflets, and American History told by Contemporaries. Readings from Bryce, Hart, Wilson, Hinsdale, Stanwood, etc.
Science - Gage's Introduction to Physical Science, Hall & Ber- gen's Physics, Tarr's Physical Geography, Hutchinson's Physiology, Bergen's Botany, Newell's Descriptive Chemistry.
Commercial -Phonographic Amanuensis, Manual of Phonography. First and Second Phonographic Readers : "Sentence Method of Touch Typewriting," Williams & Rogers' " Office Routine," Commercial Law, A. T. Hills.
German - Collar's Shorter Eysenbach, Harris's German Lessons, Joynes's Meissner German Grammar, Harris's German Compo- sition, Guerber's Marchen und Erzahlungen, Zschokke's Der Zerbrochene Krug, Storm's Immensee, Baumbach's Der Schwie- gersohn, Schiller's Wilhelm Tell, Heine's Harzreise, Joynes's German Reader, Hillern's Hoher als die Kirche, Deering's Fasy Selections for Sight Translation, Dippold's Scientific German.
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NUMBER OF PUPILS
PURSUING THE SEVERAL BRANCHES OF STUDY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, DECEMBER, 1905
SUBJECTS
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
Total
English
129
88
58
50
283
Latin
62
40
I6
I3
I3I
Greek.
. .
8
7
5
20
French .
61
81
30
I7
I89
German
. .
..
I6
9
25
Algebra
IIO
I4
IO
II
I45
Geometry
..
38
22
7
67
Commercial Arithmetic.
.
. .
. .
.
. .
32
28
28
Astronomy, Physical Geography.
55
9
. .
.
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
25
25
History
IIO
15
II
25
I7I
Stenography, Typewriting.
. .
44
29
I3
86
Physiology
. .
.
. .
14
I4
Botany
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
Drawing
I23
I5
6
7
15I
.
. .
. .
.
32
Book-keeping
64
Physics Chemistry.
Civil Government.
. .
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HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
The following are the names of the High School teachers, the department they teach, and where they were educated :
WALTER E. ANDREWS, A. B., Principal, Mathematics ; Brown Uni- versity.
DANA C. WELLS, A. B., E. E., Science ; Columbia University.
ROLLIN H. FISHER, Commercial Studies ; Dorchester High. SARA A. LEONARD, English, History ; Kent's Hill, Me.
ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH, A. B., German, Mathematics; Boston Uni- versity.
CLIO CHILCOTT, A. M., French, Mathematics; Colby College.
C. MAUDE NORRIS, A. M., English ; A. B. Smith College, A. M. Boston University.
ELIZABETH A. TOWLE, A. B., History ; Wellesley College. BERTHA A. BONART, A. B. French ; Boston University.
FRANCES H. KINGSLEY, A. B. Latin, Greek ; Smith College. FRANCES E. MAY, A. B., Latin, Greek; Mt. Holyoke College.
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NUMBER OF PUPILS IN EACH GRADE
DECEMBER 1, 1905
GRADES
SCHOOLS
I
2
3
4
5 6
7
8
9
Total
Johnson .
3I
26
33
40
.
. .
. .
. .
. . 130
Bromfield street.
37
38
43
44
97
II6
70
54
52
389
Purchase street. . .
21
I2
32
19
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
42
49
44
44
39
218
Training
45
42
46
55
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
40
Davenport
33
40
40
43
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
155
Currier.
32
36
30
II
I44
Curtis. .
35
27
33
25
..
. .
. .
. .
I20
Moultonville
5
4
9
7
14
7
3
6
2
57
Storey avenue
6
4
I
6
2
3
I
4
I
28
237
212
237
239
230
207
I54
138
105
1759
. .
.
. .
33
Temple street.
24
19
94
Kelley.
188
Ward room
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
I62
Jackman
·
40
35
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AVERAGE AGE OF EACH GRADE
SEPTEMBER, I, 1905
GRADES
SCHOOL
I 2
3
4
5
6 7 8
9
Y MY MY MY
MY MY MY MY MY M
Johnson
6-0
7-3
8-7
10-4
Bronifield street ..
6-4
8-9
9-6
IO-I
..
...
.
Jackman
. . .
. . .
6-9
9-10
9-10
. . .
. .
10-10 11-7
12-7|13-4 14-2
Training
5-5
6-5
9-6
9-6
. .
. .
. ..
...
Ward room
...
. .
10-2
. ..
...
...
Davenport
6-1
7-5
9-8
9-8
. . .
..
...
...
. .
...
9-10
II-4
12-7 13-2
14-3
Curtis ..
5-5
6-9
9-4
9-4
...
. .
. .
Moultonville
5-II
7-2
9-I
9-III-2
II-9 12-0 12-II
13-8
Storey avenue.
5-5
7-4
9-I
9-I
10-7
II-6
13-0
13-6
14-8
5-II
7-3
8 -- 4
9 -- 7 10 -- 3
II-7
12-6
13-314-I
·
10-8
II-5
. .
13-3
...
Ungraded
Purchase street .. .
Temple street
6-6
7-4
Kelley.
. ..
. .
.
10-4III
12-3
13-0
13-6
6-6
...
...
.
.
Currier.
12-0
·
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SCHOOLS AND GRADES
DECEMBER I, 1905
SCHOOLS
ROOM
TEACHERS
GRADES
DESKS
PUPILS
High.
Walter E. Andrews, principal
304
Dana C. Wells, sub-master
Rollin H. Fisher,
Sara A. Leonard, assistant
Elizabeth Goldsmith, “
Clio Chilcott,
C. Maud Norris,
Bertha A. Bonart,
Frances H. Kingsley,
66
Frances E. May,
Elizabeth A. Towle,
Kelley
Irving H. Johnson, principal
IX
49
39
Nellie G. Stone, assistant
VIII
49
42
Anna H. Whitmore,
VI
49
50
E. Josephine Coffin,
VII
49
43
Emily F. Upton,
V
41
43
Training
....
AUA4
Frances W. Richards, prin.
IV
56
55
66
III
56
46
II
56
41
I
56
41
Jackman.
I George W. Brown, principal
IX
52
H
Priscilla G. Craig, assistant
VIII
48
44
G
Nellie Des Barrett,
VII
48
45
J
Abbie L. Frost,
VI, VII, VIII
58
58
J
Josephine W. Kimball, “
VI, VII, VIII
F
Mary T. Colby, 66
VI
48
45
F
Lillian W. Greenleaf,
VI
48
47
.D
Bessie E. Davis,
V
48
48
C
E. Belle Woodman,
V
48
47
Johnson
D
Lelia Kimball, principal
IV
40
40
C
Charlotte K. Dickins, assist.
III
36
33
Jennie P. Haskell,
II
40
26
Julia J. Hubbard,
I
40
30
ins
64
ANNUAL REPORT
SCHOOLS AND GRADES (CONCLUDED)
SCHOOLS
ROOM
TEACHERS
GRADES
DESKS
PUPILS
Bromfield
.AUM4 B A
Tula M. Reed, principal
IV
42
40
Feroline L. Woods, assistant
ȚII
48
47
Adelaide Dodge,
II
40
38
Elizabeth Boardman,
I
44
38
Temple
B
Edith M. Annis, principal
III, IV
48
50
A
Elizabeth Bailey, assistant
I, II
48
43
Currier .
AUM4
Sarah B. Chute, principal
VIII, IX
36
41
Adelena W. Sargent, assist.
VII
36
34
Clara J. Edgerly,
VI
36
31
Ruth Sargent,
V
36
35
Congress.
AUM4
Elizabeth H. Cheever, prin.
IV
44
43
Mary E. O'Connell, assistant
III
44
37
Hortense F. Small,
II
40
40
Marguerite Pritchard, «
I
40
34
Ward Room.
Retta V. Marr
V
42
4I
Curtis
D
Frances L. Pettigrew, prin.
IV
42
25
C
Sarah F. Badger, assistant
III
42
33
B
Grace E. Bartlett,
II
42
27
A
Mary F. Whitmore, “
I
42
24
Moultonville
B
Helen S. Merrill, principal
v to Ix inc.
36
32
Carrie F. Merrill, assistant
I to IV inc.
36
25
Storey
Edith E. Davis, principal
I to IX inc.
48
26
Purchase.
Mary A. Doyle, principal
I, II
35
33
817
20 30
65
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
SCHOOLS
MATERIAL
NUMBER ROOMS
METHOD HEATING
LOCATION
High
Steam
8
Brick
High street
Kelley
Steam
9
Brick
High street
Jackman
Steam
8
Brick
Atwood street
Johnson
Furnace
4
Brick
Hancock street
Bromfield street.
Furnace
4
Brick
Bromfield street
Temple street .. .
Furnace
4
Brick
Temple street
Purchase street.
Stoves
2
Wood
Purchase street
Congress street.
Furnace
4
Brick
Congress street
Currier
Furnace
4
Brick
Forester street
Curtis
Steam
4
Wood
Ashland street
Moultonville
Stoves
2
Wood
Cushing avenue
Storey avenue. .
Stoves
I
Brick
Storey avenue
JANITORS AND SALARIES
SCHOOLS
JANITORS
SALARY
High
Hiram T. Balch
$750.00
Johnson
Albert Hodgdon
120.00
Bromfield street.
William E. Woodman
120.00
Purchase street
Albert O. Colby
84.00
Jackman
500.00
Temple street.
Edward L. Noyes
120.00
Kelley . .
Charles H. Lewis
524.00
Congress street
Charles E. Ash
200.00
Ward
48.00
Currier.
Stephen Gale
420.00
Curtis .
Moultonville
Mrs. Alsa T. Bushee
75.00
Storey avenue.
James Grant
54.00
GENERAL STATISTICS
Population of the city 14,673
Valuation, May, 1905 .. $10,889,592
Valuation of school buildings ( estimated ) 200,000
Number of children of school age (5-15), September, 1905 2.421
Number between 7 and 14 yesrs of age .. 2,207
1,745
Total enrollment year ending July 1, 1905.
Number attending school under 5 years of age.
2
Number attending over 15 years of age 273
Average membership 2,020
Average attendance. 1,866
Number of buildings used as schools. I3
Number of grammar school rooms December, 1905 19
Number of primary school rooms 24
Number of mixed grammar and primary . I
Number of teachers in High School, December, 1905. Men 3, women 8. II
Number of teachhrs in grammar schools, men 2, women 18. 20
' Number of teachers in primary schools. 2I
Number of teachers in mixed primary and grammar .. . . I Special teachers : Music I, drawing I, cooking and sew- ing I 3
66
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
INCOME
Appropriation . .
$37,000.00
Credits :
Income from Brown fund.
675.00
Tuition from non-resident pupils.
572.00
Received from Putnam trustees
1,200.00
Sale of books. 6.45
$39,453.45
Overdrawn
2,583.05
$42,036.76
EXPENDITURES
Teachers' salaries.
$30,343.51
Pupil teachers' salaries
567.20
Superintendent
1,200.00
Truant officer. 650.00
Janitors.
3,082.5I
Evening schools.
210.00
Printing and advertising.
139.62
Books and supplies.
2,107.20
Sundries
532-37
Fuel
3,179.79
Paid highway department.
24.30
$42,036.50
67
TEACHERS AND SALARIES 1905-1906
High School
Elizabeth Goldsmith, “
800
C. Maude Norris, 700
Elizabeth A. Towle.
700
Frances H. Kingsley, 700
Frances E. May,
...
600
Irving H. Johnson, principal 1,200
Nellie G. Stone, assistant
450
Anna L. Whitmore, 450
E. Josephine Coffin, 450
Emily F. Upton, -
450
George W. Brown, principal. 1,500
Priscilla G. Craig, assistant 500
Abbie L. Frost, 450
Josie W. Kimball, 450
Jackman School
Nellie DeS. Barrett,
450
Mary T. Colby, 450
Lillian W. Greenleaf, 450
Bessie E. Davis, 450 ...
[ E. Belle Woodman,
....
375
L
Walter E. Andrews, principal. $2,000
Dana C. Wells, sub-master
1, 100
Rollin H. Fisher, sub-master
1,100
Sara A. Leonard, assistant.
700
Kelley School .
68
69
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Currier School.
Sarah B. Chute, principal.
$1,000
Adelena W. Sargent, assistant
450
Clara J. Edgerly, "
450
Ruth Sargent,
66
450
Training School ... . { Frances W. Richards, principal. 1,000
Ward room, Congress { Retta V. Marr.
Moultonville ·
Helen S. Merrill, principal. 550
1 Carrie F. Merrill, assistant. 425
Storey Ave. School. ¿ Edith E. Davis, principal .
350
Johnson School.
Lelia Kimball, principal. 400
Charlotte K. Dickins, assistant .. 400
Jennie P. Haskell, 400
[ Julia J. Hubbard,
400
Tula M. Reed, principal 375
Feroline L. Woods, assistant 325
Adelaide P. Dodge, 325
Elizabeth' Boardman.
300
Temple St. School ..
Edith M. Annis, principal. 375
Elizabeth M. Bailey, assistant 300
Elizabeth H. Cheever, principal. 425
Mary E. O'Connell, assistant . 350
Curtis School
Hortense F. Small, 400
Marguerite Pritchard,
300
Frances L. Pettigrew, principal. 425
Sarah F. Badger, assistant. 400
Davenport School ...
Grace E. Bartlett, 400
L Mary F. Whitmore, ...
400
Purchase St. School. { Mary A. Doyle, principal. 300
Bromfield St. School
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