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In regard to the changes in the teaching force, only three teachers are left who have served the school two years. Last year five new teachers began work in the school. Last September four new teachers began their work here and the fifth is expected in February.
Last summer Miss Bonart, Miss Goldsmith and Miss Chilcott severed their connection with this school to accept positions in the Boston schools. These teachers had stood
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the test of several years of service in the school and pupils and parents alike recognized their worth. They were all three able as instructors, tactful in discipline and deservedly popular in the school. Their loss to the school is most keenly felt.
The teachers chosen to fill these vacancies are given work as follows: Maude B. Randall, a graduate of Smith, German and College preparatory French; John A. Backus, a graduate of Tufts, Mathematics; Ella W. Burnham, French. Miss Sullivan is absent for the year and Miss Eleanor J. Little, a graduate of Smith, is carrying on her work in a very acceptable manner.
Last year the School chorus, under the direction of Miss Adams, gave the cantata, "Joan of Arc," before a large and appreciative audience in City Hall. They were assisted by soloists secured through Mr. Mollenhauer and an orchestra of ten players of the Boston Festival Orchestra. The chorus again sang at the April Concert given by the Boston Festival Orchestra. This training of the past few years has been of great value to the work of the school. Never since my con- nection with the school has the chorus done such good work as they are doing at the present time. They are now prepar- ing their annual concert when they will give "The Holy City," assisted by soloists and the same orchestra as last year.
The speaking contest for the Merrill prizes was held April second. The judges, Mr. William E. Chase of this city, Principal J. A. Pitman of the Salem Normal School and Prin- cipal H. K. Whitaker of the Salem High School, awarded the prizes as follows : Boys' first, Boyd B. Jones ; second, Clarence K. Reiman. Girls' first, Grace L. Langley ; second, Elsie M. Reiman.
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Following the contest for the Merrill prizes our school joined in a prize speakng contest with the Amesbury, Georgetown, West Newbury and Groveland High Schools at Groveland. Our school was represented by Clarence K. Rei- man and Margaret A. Atwood, each of whom won first prize in their respective contests.
Much interest was manifested in the rhetorical work and it is with regret that, due to the increased work put upon the teachers, we are compelled to give less attention to this work than last year.
The work of drawing in the school demands attention. I find that more pupils entering the scientific colleges fail in descriptive geometry than in any other subject. An increased amount of time should be given to this subject and credit to- ward the diploma given the same. This can only be done by giving to the school an increased amount of the supervisor's time or giving our attention exclusively to mechanical work. I hesitate to mention the second alternative because of the presence in the school of so many doing such excellent work in freehand. Nearly every year we have one or more enter the art school and their need should receive considera- tion.
Graduation exercises were held in City Hall, June 26. Of the 54 members of the class four returned for the five years' college course, thirteen entered college, five entered the Training School and four have returned to the school for post graduate work.
The Toppan prize was awarded to Hazel M. Fowler. The committee of award consisted of Robert E. Burke and Ernest Foss. The prize was awarded for the best written ex- amination in Civil Government.
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At the opening of school in September one hundred and forty-two were admitted from the grammar school. One hundred and twenty were admitted upon the recommendation of their former teachers and twenty two upon examination.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER E. ANDREWS,
Dec. 28, 1908.
Principal
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GRADUATES, CLASS 1908.
HIGH. Five Years' College Course.
Rachael Frances Campbell Ada Wilson Simpson Ethel Milner Stevens
Four Years' College Course. Mabel Louise Page
Scientific Course.
** Lawrence Newton Barrett
Norman Fredriksen
Earl Estabrook Gagnon
Lawrence Halliwell Gregson
Henry Adams Johnson
John Mason Pettingell
George Woodward Langdon, Jr
Clarence Kenworthy Reiman
General Course.
** Lena Mae Brown Leland Balch
*Marguerite Stella Cashman Elizabeth Ashton Coffin
Eugene John Moynihan
** Everett Simeon Shaw ** Leota Louise Stevens
*Hazel Mellie Fowler ** Mildred Sarissa Goodrich Russell Willey Gillette Genevieve Hale
Helen Elizabeth Somerby
Nina Myrtle Spofford
Lydia Elena Trask
Julia Merrill Hopkinson *Bertha Frances Houston Boyd Nelson Jones
Lewis Clarkson Tyree Bertha Hastings Welch
Commercial Course.
** Margaret Ann Atwood Lena Frances Carter Agnes Ellen Cashman Daniel Francis Condon Frederick William Condon George Emery Currier John Willis Currier
Joseph Patrick Doyle ** Ethel Maude Kingston
Harriet Frances Kendrick Annie Frances Morse
** Bernice Elizabeth Pike
Hazel Winnefred May Safford Annie Simon Abbie Elizabeth Sullivan.
3
Marion Caldwell Foster
George Edward Leavitt ** Millard Warren Merrill
** Walter Rolfe Noyes
Arthur Fowler Petts
** Joseph Napoleon Lefferrier *** Frances Eliza Little Willard Stone Little
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* These pupils, enrolled in the five years college course, have completed work equivalent to that demanded by the general course, and are therefore ranked with the class of the present year and par- ticipate in the graduation exercises, but they cannot receive their appropriate course diploma until next year.
Graduates of the Putnam Free School.
GRADUATION EXERCISES CLASS OF 1908.
PROGRAM.
MARCH-"Priest March"-Athalie. Mendelssohn Nellie Mildred Roby.
PRAYER- Rev. Laurence Hayward.
MUSIC-"Soldiers' Chorus"-Faust Gounod Glee Club.
ESSAY-(Salutatory Rank)-"A Sheaf of Local Legends" ... Hazel Mellie Fowler.
CLASS PROPHECY Clarence Kenworthy Reiman.
MUSIC-"Evening Hymn of the Crusaders" . Gade
Glee Club.
ESSAY-"The Beginnings of Religious Music in New England" ..
Lena Mae Brown.
ESSAY-"Cotton Mather and Jonathan Edwards" George Edward Leavitt.
MUSIC-"Spring Song" Mendelssohn Glee Club.
ESSAY-"The Ballad of Old Black Ann"
Margaret Ann Atwood.
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ESSAY-"The Log of Old Newburyport"
John Mason Pettingell.
MUSIC-"The Village Blacksmith" . Glee Club Noyes
ESSAY-"Puritan School Girls and Their Successors" with Valedictory Frances Eliza Little.
AWARD OF TOPPAN PRIZE-Robert E. Burke, Ernest Foss, Committee of Award.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Music, Fair Harvard
CLASS ODE Words by Clarence Kenworthy Reiman.
We rejoice here today for the guerdon is won, That with purpose and fervor we've sought; And tomorrow anew we shall start on life's way, With new strength which from labor we've wrought.
We are thankful and glad that our goal is not reached,- That our work is not yet wholly through; For, in years that are coming, with fates yet unknown Our metal we'll test and find true.
For the path may with roses and laurel be strewn, Or with rocks and sharp briers abound, May be cloudless and mirthful and joyous all through, Or may lead where but failure is found. Be our fate what it will,-today we'll be glad In this bond where we labored and grew, And secure in our faith, walk with duty and right,- To our God and our fellows hold true.
BENEDICTION.
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GRADUATED WITH HONOR.
Frances Eliza Little Hazel Mellie Fowler
For a pupil to be graduated with honor his general average for each year must be A. In one subject his work may be B provided it is 85 or better.
GRADUATED WITH CREDIT.
John Mason Pettingell Lena Mae Brown
For a pupil to be graduated with credit he must maintain for each year a general average of 85 or better. One study only may be below this average and this must be at least grade B.
SPECIAL HONORS.
Margaret Ann Atwood-French and Phonography.
Elizabeth Ashton Coffin, George Edward Leavitt, Clarence Ken-
worthy Reiman-French.
Ada Wilson Simpson-Algebra.
Honors in special studies will be given to pupils whose yearly marks in the particular studies are A's, provided the maximum amount of time alloted these studies in the course pursued by the pupil is taken.
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TRAINING SCHOOL.
To Mr. E. L. Willard,
Superintendent of Schools.
The greatest need of our City Training School is room, more room, room for two distinct purposes.
First, room for the recitation of the children; these are now being held in the cloak rooms which are not at all adapted to the purpose of class work, being small, poorly ventilated and dark.
Second, room for the recitations of the pupil teachers, This need is more felt than ever before since the increase in the number of pupil teachers.
The only available place for these recitations is a small room known as the office. This room is half way between the two floors with no breathing space and so poorly lighted that artificial light is needed nearly all the time. It is too small for the sixteen teachers to meet in conference. There is also no chance whatever for written work to be done.
A room fitted for the normal work of the school might be arranged at a small expense by remodeling the small brick building in the rear of the Kelley School building.
At the meeting of the School Board held in June, sev- eral changes were made that affected this school; the admis- sion of candidates to occur but once a year and the number changed from twelve to sixteen. This means only one class to be graduated a year. The change also affected the amount
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paid to the pupil teachers. Only those who had been graduated from our city High School are entitled to any compensation and those only during the second year. The pupil teachers are also to be ready to substitute at any time in the city schools, at no extra expense to the city.
When one considers these two changes of salary and the substituting without pay, it will readily be seen that aside from the other benefits it is to our city, it is surely an econo- mic arrangement.
It teaches four schools, provides for the substitute work in our schools and helps many of our young ladies to be able to be self supporting.
A list is here given of the young ladies who have taken their places in the state as teachers since the year 1905.
Name
Residence Time of graduating Where teaching
Emma Bachelder
Hampton
1906
Not teaching
Bessie Langley
City
1906
Amesbury
Bertha Chesley
Amesbury
1906
Amesbury
Josephine Joplin
Hampton
1906 Hampton
Ethel Welch
City
1906
Salisbury
Lillian Ordway
City
1906
Not teaching
Ella Robinson
City
1907
Temple St.
Ruth Brown
City
1907
Hancock St.
Elizabeth Roaf
City
1907
Currier School
Annie Dixon
City
1907
Ward Room
Lulu Colby
Haverhill
1907
Not teaching
Emma Jewett
Ipswich
I907
Rockland
Frances Cotter
Rowley
1907
Peabody
Mary Fernald
Amesbury
1907
Davenport School
Anna Doyle
City
1908
Danvers
Elizabeth Davis
City
1908
Salisbury
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Name
Residence Time of graduating Where teaching
Caroline Bradbury
City
1908
Newbury
Susan George
Amesbury 1908
W. Newbury
Beulah Evans
City
1908
Isabelle Menut
Dunstable
1908 Milford
Rosalie Chase
City
1908
Ipswich
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCES WARD RICHARDS,
December 28, 1908.
Principal Training School
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EVENING SCHOOL.
Mr. E. L. Willard,
Superintendent of Schools.
The large attendance at the evening school and the in- creasing interest of the public show that the policy of improv- ing the evening school in the course of study and the in- creased length of term are appreciated.
The number of pupils taking advanced work and prepar- ing to take the Civil Service examinations is increasing. There is room to develop this part of the usefulness of the evening school.
The larger part of the pupils are the people who have come to us from foreign countries and have to be taught to speak the English language.
The following list will give you some idea how cosmopol- itan we are. Of the total enrollment of 186 there are 34 Rus- sians, 18 Austrians, 20 Canadians, 20 Greeks, 12 Italians, 8 Turks, 5 Armenians, I German, I Irishman and 67 Ameri- cans.
In order to improve this part of the work, we need ob- jects for objective teaching and more room so that it will not be necessary to have two or three teachers in a room.
The text books that are used in these classes are the same as used by pupils five or six years old, so naturally the subject matter is incongruous for men and women from twenty to forty years of age.
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The school lost by death, two very efficient teachers Mrs. Adams and Miss Badger.
The present teachers are Flora Pettigrew, C. Louise Woodbury, Elizabeth Walsh, Edith M. Merrill, Alberta K. Winslow, Cora O. Jaques, Gertrude E. Nelson, Vera Castle- hun and the principal.
Yours, I. H. JOHNSON,
Principal. Dec. 28, 1908.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Mr. E. L. Willard, Superintendent.
With the exception of the interruption, caused by ill- ness, last spring, my work in the schools has proceeded in systematic order.
In many respects the work has been practically the same as in previous years.
Weaver slips for use in the third grades, have been intro- duced, and have proved to be beneficial, supplying, as they do, individual work in sight reading for each child.
Much more such material might be used to good ad- vantage and that for use in the ninth grades is most essential.
The result of that which has been accomplished in the nine grades is perhaps best shown in the work of the High School Chorus.
The little difficulty which they have in reading Parker's "Harold Harfagar" and "The Holy City" by Gaul, is surpris- ing and most gratifying, and each grade teacher may well feel proud of his or her share in the preparation for this work. At present, work is in progress for the annual concert, which we hope to give in the near future, when we trust the public will be as generous in its patronage as last year.
Through the influence of Mr. Mollenhauer, because of his interest in the musical life of our city, we are enabled to secure talent for these concerts which we could not other- wise afford.
To the management of our Choral Union we wish to ex- press our appreciation for the kindly interest they have mani- fested in many ways.
Respectfully yours, ELIZABETH C. ADAMS,
Newburyport, Dec. 28, 1908. Supervisor of Music
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
To Mr. E. L. Willard,
Superintendent of Schools.
The school year opened with a drawing exhibition held at the Agricultural Fair of Newburyport and consisted of samples of drawing, painting and of some manual work from every public school room in the city, a large majority of the children being represented.
In many respects this exhibition was crude, mainly be- cause of the infancy of the art in the city. In many respects it was good, due to the honest efforts of pupils and teachers.
Another exhibition will be held, I expect, the coming fall. We trust that a big improvement will be shown be- cause we are trying to teach the "music fine of a perfect line". In one thing I have found a decided improvement this year. The pupils are becoming more able to help themselves. They are beginning to see, more clearly, the end desired and are be- coming more capable in self improvement towards that end. That is as it should be and I have the teachers to thank, in a large measure, for it. I doubt if any drawing teacher in the state has a more pleasant group of teachers to help her in her work. Willingness and conscientiousness seem the watch- words in all branches of their school work and I thank them heartily for the help which they have given me in mine.
The Superintendent and the School Board have been most kind in many ways. I wish to say that I appreciate whatever they have been able to do for me in my work. If I were to find fault with anything, it would be with the lack of material with which to do really good work, in comparison with other cities of the state, and in the High School branch I could complain of lack of time.
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The boys who go from here to the Scientific Schools are handicapped in their knowledge of drawing because so little time can be put upon it and because so little practical work can be done. Each boy, who can arrange to take the drawing, has a forty-five minute period a week. Many of them cannot take the work. Several students, mostly girls, also, recently have gone from our High School to Art Schools; but they are not prepared as they should be on ac- count of the small amount of time allowed for the work.
Of course the ideal way would be to have a drawing teacher established permanently at the High School. Draw- ing is a more important study than most of us realize. Im- portant to the child not artistic, as well as to the child artis- tic. When we can see it applied in daily life we begin to understand the position it holds in our course of study.
For myself, I wish to say that I am trying to eliminate everything in my course that will not and cannot help the child in some way in practical life. I am not trying to make artists ; I am trying to help artisans. And I am also trying to give each and every one a love of accuracy and a knowl- edge of the beauties of the ordinary natural objects sur- rounding him in his daily life.
The hope of our nation is the child, and we who are working in the "Great Uplift," are searching for the best tools with which to work, for the best way in which to work. To help us in this we want encouragement from the parent. We have done our best, I think, but what we have done in the past is not very much compared with what we hope to do in future, and "hope smiles upon the threshold of the year to come."
Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE M. MURPHY,
Dec. 28, 1908. Supervisor and Teacher of Drawing.
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DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
To Mr. E. L. Willard,
Superintendent of Schools.
The lessons in Domestic Science have been given in the Purchase Street building and in the Ashland Street Ward Room.
The girls from the eighth grades are instructed in cook- ing and those from the sixth and seventh grades are taught the theory and practice of plain sewing.
The same general outline of work has been followed, but from year to year the details are somewhat changed.
Sixty-nine girls attended the cooking school. The cur- riculum for these classes includes the study of food materials their classification composition and nutritive value, and the relation of food to the body.
An exhibition was given in May, to which the parents and the public were invited to inspect the articles cooked by the pupils.
Needle work has long been acknowledge to be an im- portant part of our girls' education.
One hundred and eighty-four pupils attended the sewing school. The time is so limited that only plain sewing is at- tempted, button holes, basting, stitching, hemming, dress and stocking darning, patching, etc., with the cutting of simple garments.
The entire course tends to train the eye and hand and to cultivate the habit of industry.
The exhibition of sewing was held in connection with the cooking school exhibition.
Respectfully submitted,
December 28, 1908. SARA A. CHASE.
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REPORT OF THE TRUANT OFFICER.
Gentlemen of the School Committee.
I present my annual report for the year ending June 30, 1908. I find in making my calls to the houses that one of the greatest reasons for children being kept out of school is for lack of proper clothing to wear, there is quite a little being done on the line of helping relieve the deserving cases. I wish to thank Mr. Dixon and all others who have given clothing and helped keep quite a number of children at school, through the hard times. The census shows a gain of 14 children over last year. During the month of January I was unabe to do any work owing to my illness.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSHUA L. CHASE, Truant Officer.
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CENSUS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, SEPT. 1, 1908.
Ward
I
2
3
4
5
6
Total.
Public
360
207
267
217
243
430
1724
Parochial
4
86
95
52
174
25
436
French
24
63
34
0
II
0
132
Private
5
I
4
5
4
4
23
Neither at school or
at work
9
5
7
6
9
5
41
At Work.
4
4
5
I
2
3
19
Totals
406
366
412
28I
443
467
2375
CENSUS BY WARDS BETWEEN 5 AND 15 YEARS.
Ward
Boys
Girls
Total
I
206
200
406
2
185
18I
366
3
222
190
412
4
I30
151
281
5
209
234
443
6
.227
240
467
Totals
1179
1196
2375
PUPILS BY WARDS BETWEEN 5 and 15 YEARS. 1907 AND 1908.
Ward
1907
1908
I
393
406
2
395
366
3
404
412
4
289
281
5
420
443
6
460
467
Totals
2361
2375
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CENSUS BY WARDS BETWEEN 7 AND 14 YEARS. SEPT. 1, 1908.
Ward
Boys
Girls
Total
I
I57
148
305
2
158
150
308
3
179
153
332
4
IIO
I20
230
5
159
I81
340
6
180
I84
364
Totals
943
936
1879
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TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT-YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1908.
Number of schools visited
Number of absences report- ed by teachers
Number of parents or guar-
Number of children absent from school on suspicion
Truancies determined by
Number of truants returned
Number of children warned
Number children returned to school from streets
Tardiness investigated
Complaints issued against
Complaints issued against
Number of convictions of
Number of factories visited
Number of children placed under temporary arrest
Number of children placed on probation
Number of certificates issued
Number of children found employed contrary to law Number of employers noti-
fied
September.
147
70
65
IO
9
6
7
5
O
I
O
O
IO
1
0
O
I
1
October
150
90
84
15
12
12
O
5
I
0
I
15
0
0
0
I
I
November .
175
I46
I35
IO
9
6
5
I
NW
O
O
14
O
0
8
3
3
December ..
147
0
0
0
O
O
O
O
0
0
O
O
0
0
O
O
O
February
28
33
32
N
N
N
1
0
0
0
O
O
N
0
O
I
O
O
March .
234
159
149
00
II
II
9
8
0
0
0
I
0
1
I
2
O
May
198
I33
128
20
14
14
4
A
O
O
0
O
O
O
0
0
June.
244
125
121
6
7
7
2
1
A
0
O
0
0
O
13
0
0
Total.
1476
964
909
92
72
72
32
30
I6
N
1
1
75
N
1
30
5
5
Respectfully submitted, JOSHUA L. CHASE, Truant Officer.
*Unable to work, sick.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
April .
153
105
100
00
00
00
4
2
0w
O
O
0
4
O
O
4
O
O
3
ow
O
N
*January
O
.
8994
O
O
2
O
O
6
parents
children
parents or guardians
dians notified
investigation
to school
O
.
95
0
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ATTENDANCE.
SCHOOL
Total enrollment
Over 15 years of age
Between 7 and 14
Average membership
Average attendance
Per cent of attendance
Pupils completing grammar course
Days of school
Tardiness
Dismissals
Cases of truancy
Not absent, late nor dismissed
Corporal punishments
Number of absences of teachers Non-resident pupils
3|65
Currier
187
15
136
163.5
153.5 93.8
26
189
345 1880
757
2 I2
II
16
I
Kelley .
244
7
206
205.6
194 .5 94.6
34 189
381
208
6
5
4
Bromfield .
J38
I
78
106.9
93.9 87.8
185
583
91 22
Curtis .
156
83
128.5
120.1|93.4
189
331
62
7
2
16
43
Davenport ..
148
81
II4.4
106.7 93.2
188
20I
58
6
3
5
II
Johnson
I22
79
108.0
98.5 90.4
189
399
68
2
4 II
25
5
Purchase
44
IO
30.9
27.7 88.I
188
I25
8
4
7
Temple .
I20
I
63
80.9
73.9 91.3
189
56
46
2
Training.
179
I18
133.2
131 .5|91.0
188
658
107
I
4
6
Moultonville
72
44
57.6
54.8 95. I
194
146
49
I
5
IO
2
3
StoreyAvenue
25
I6
21.5
20.2 94.0
188
38
145
Ward Room.
55
54
38.7
35 . 5 90.3
188
II5
55
I
130
Plum Island.
6
I
5
5 .I
4 .8|94. I
144
I
Totals .. . .
2295 287
1408
1921.3
1788.2
93 .0 118 185 5701 2375
63 58 97 359 79
High
369 242
66
345.0
326.0 94.5
186 1443
616 16 13
II2
Jackman
430
20
369
380.6
346.6 91.0
58 187
105
I
27
6
4
2
47
48
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
BOYS AND GIRLS
Boys
Girls Total
High School.
170
1199
369
Currier, Grade IX
I3
12
25
VIII
I6
I6
32
",
VI.
23
II
34
V.
13
24
37
Jackman, Grade IX
VIII
3I
I9
50
Ungraded.
27
30
57
"
VII.
24
29
53
VI Room E
25
20
45
66
VI
F
27
20
47
"
V
D
.27
I6
43
„
V
"
C
26
20
46
Kelley, Grade IX
20
I6
36
VIII
19
19
38
VII
18
29
47
VI
26
28
54
"
V.
21
28
49
Bromfield Street, Grade IV.
"
"
"
III
19
17
36
"
"
II
I4
6
20
"
"
I
9
I5
24
Curtis, Grade IV
17
22
39
III
I4
21
35
II
I2
20
32
66
66 I.
13
I9
32
"
VII
20
I8
38
29
29
58
I8
I2
30
49
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Davenport, Grade IV.
21
24
45
",
III
I2
IO
22
">
II.
9
I8
27
I.
21
I8
39
Johnson, Grade IV
I4
I3
27
,,
III
I3
I3
26
66
66
II.
I3
17
30
I
I4
15
29
Purchase Street, Grades I and II
19
17
36
Temple Street, Grades III and IV
22
27
49
" I and II
35
23
58
Training School, Grade IV.
19
27
46
"
III
25
18
43
II
18
19
37
"
I
19
16
35
Moultonville, Grades V, VI and VII
I3
16
29
I, II, III, IV.
17
I4
31
Storey Avenue, Grades V, VI and VII
I2
21
Ward Room, Grades V and VI.
31
23
54
Plum Island, Grades I to IX
3
3
6
Totals
I04I
1055
2096
50
ENROLLMENT BY GRADES.
GRADES
SCHOOL
XIV|XIII| XII
XI
X | IX VIII |VII
VI
V
IV
III
II
I
High
5
56
62
100
146
34
43
43
41
Jackman
61
79
94
100
96
Kelley
38
47
5I
57
51
Bromfield st
36
44
30
28
Curtis ...
41
37
38
40
U2
Davenport
48
25
30
45
Johnson . . .
28
29
33
32
Purchase st .
28
25
30
37
Training
54
47
41
37
Moultonville .
7
7
19
8
8
IO
13
Storey Avenue.
2
6
2
2
4
4
5
Ward Room.
32
23
Plum Island.
I
2
2
I
Totals.
5
56
62
I46 I25
161
197 247 |
232
245
22I
234
264
.
.. .
. .
.
.
.
18
26
Temple st
.
...
...
...
Whole number of different pupils attending the schools during the year, including transfers. . ....... 2295 Transfers within the city . . .. 151
Names on supplementary list. 48 199
Not including transfers or pupils who have been enrolled elsewhere in the state . . .. .. . . .. ............ 2096 ..
SCHOOL COMMITTEE C
.....
Currier
26
. ...
·
51
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AMOUNTS PAID IN SALARIES.
Walter E. Andrews $1,600 00
Dana C. Wells [,200 00
John A. Backus 240 00
Elizabeth Goldsmith
560 00
Elizabeth A. Towle
525 00
Frances H. Kingsley
765 00
Laura R. Sherman 615 00
Ethel V. Z. Sullivan 420 00
Mabel L. Hayes
522 50
Marjorie S. Noyes 615 00
Annie M. Chase 565 00
Eleanor J. Little 180 00
Maude B. Randall
195 00
Ella W. Burnham 195 00
Sarah B. Chute 1,000 00
Gertrude L. Barrett.
457 50
Adelena W. Sargent
284 6g
Clara J. Edgerly
467 75
Ruth Sargent
329 II
George W. Brown 1,500 00
Inez G. Kilton
472 50
Priscilla G. Craig
500 00
Abbie L. Frost
429 52
Josie W. Kimball
472 50
Ellen deS. Barrett
473 92
Florence Carleton 471 00 Lillian W. Greenleaf 472 50
Bessie E. Davis 463 00
Lelia E. Kimball
472 50
Irving H. Johnson 1,358 00
52
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Nellie G. Stone. 472 50
E. Josephine Coffin 472 50
Anna L. Whitmore 472 50
Emily F. Upton 472 50
Tula M. Reed 442 68
Feroline L. Woods
382 50
E. Belle Woodman 382 50
Elizabeth Boardman 357 50
Frances L. Pettigrew
427 33
Clarissa E. Hathaway
349 00
Grace E. Bartlett 422 50
Mary F. Whitmore 421 79
Mary E. O'Connell
428 87
Goldia S. McArthur
422 50
Marguerite L. Pritchard
38~ 62
Anne J. Dixon 302 ()I
Ruth W. Brown
356 3.3
Charlotte K. Dickins
4II 32
Jenny P. Haskell
421 08
Julia J. Hubbard
421 08
Elizabeth M. Roaf
337 88
Mary A. Doyle
382 50
Ella F. Robinson
317 86
Frances W. Richards
1,000 00
Carrie G. Bradbury
24 00
Bessie M. Davis
174 00
Anna L. Doyle
24 00
Beulah Evans
24 00
Rosalie E. Chase
76 00
Annie M. Ryan
82 41
Frances West
73 58
Helen S. Merrill
550 00
53
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Carrie F. Merrill 447 50
Edith E. Davis 407 50
Retta V. Marr 2II 75
Gertrude E. Nelson 251 27
Florence M. Murphy
590 00
Elizabeth C. Adams
600 00
Sarah A. Chase 530 00
E. L. Willard
1,630 00
Joshua L. Chase 650 00
Sarah F. Badger
61 00
Elizabeth Walsh
114 90
C. Louise Woodbury 50 00
Cora O. Jaques 65 00
Belle B. Adams 208 52
Caroline B. Manning
88 07
Flora Pettigrew
83 17
Edith Merrill 64 00
Gertrude Huntington 117 78
Eva J. Smith
12
Isabel C. Noyes
120 32
M. Alice George
II 00
Susie F. George
I 17
Hiram T. Balch
750 00
James H. Brown
500 00
Alsa F. Bushee 75 00
Albert O. Colby 369 99
Albert Hodgdon
90 00
Humphrey Haley
514 96
Stephen W. Gale 428 00
Casper Kohlhaas 248 00
Charles W. Weymouth
54 00
Charles H. Lewis
10 92
54
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Philippe Champoux
60 12
Helen M. Maguire
39 80
Fannie S. Goodwin
24 50
10 00
Alberta K. Winslow
18 08
Ella B. Stevens
161 98
Isabel A. Menut
2 13
Susie Knapp
I 23
Mary I. Fernald
97 50
Vera Castelhun
11 00
Edna J. Smith
6 50
-$38,897 39
EXPENSES FOR TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
American Bank Note Company $ 30 00
American Book Company 242 68
American Express Company 16 56
Andrews, A. R. 31 00
Atkinson, Fred L.
12 52
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover
85 54
Babb, Edward E. & Company
731 98
Balch, Hiram T.
5 20
Balch, John H. Jr
23 73
Barker, A. S.
100 00
Barnard, F. J. 164 00
Boston Regalia Company
15 75
Bradley, Milton & Company 52 28
Brown Brothers Company
18 00
Carter, Rice & Company
9 38
Champoux, Philippe 50
Chase, J. J. & H. J
65
55
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Choate, L. S. 9 50
Cilley, James
4 00
Citizens Electric Street Railway Co 64 00
Cody, Sherwin 28 80
Coffin, W. W. I 00
Colby, Albert O 18 80
Collins, F. E.
I 50
Davis, Frank E. 8 66
Dickens, James 9 98
Ditson, Oliver & Company
2 93
Dow, E. W.
2 25
Dummer, William
55 00
Essex Book Bindery
6 50
Esterbrook Steel Pen Company
2 75
Fisher, W. G. & Company.
2 38
Fogg, George A I 65
Fowler, Albert E.
II 25
Gillett, Herbert A. 16 32
Ginn & Company 456 09
Goldberger, Herman
2 35
Goodwin, D. A.
49 41
Gould & Adams
3 15
Hales' Express
10 80
Haley, Humphrey I 37
Hammett, J. L. Company 754 88
Heath, D. C. & Company
45 60
Herald Publishing Company 45 60
Holker, William 45
Houghton, Mifflin & Company 15 64
Hughes, S. J.
4 46
Hunt, W. I. 50
Ingalls Garage Company I 50
56
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Item Publishing Company 3 00
Jackson Express Company 8 75
Jaques, George N. 3 75
Johnson, Catherine F. Company 2 00
Knott, L. E. Apparatus Company
80 17
Kohlhaas, Casper
IO
Leader Publishing Company
4 35
Leighton, A. J
2 50
Library Bureau
65 34
Little, John M.
50 92
Lunt, John T.
I 40
Mannix, Frank J
7 14
Marden, A. P. 6 50
Massachusetts, State of 24 00
Merrill, Paul A.
I 24
New England Tel. & Tel. Company.
II 90
News Publishing Company
190 21
Osgood & Goodwin
17 43
Parker, Rufus H
44 46
Paton, A. H
12 90
Pearson, George H. 6 64
Perkins, Edward, Lumber Company
50
Phonographic Institute Company
II 25
Pray, H. W. & Company
19 42
Remington Typewriter Company 80 00
Richards, Frances W. I 76
Robbins, George B. 5 00
Sargent, C. R. & Company 4I II
Silver, Burdett & Company 125 4I
Stevens Grocery Company
I 40
Stockman, Charles C. 5 85
57
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Swan, The Printer 21 00
Tarpon, The
5 80
Thompson, Brown & Company 42 14
Thorp & Martin Company 22 50
Thurlow, D. P.
3 50
Thurlow, S. H
46 21
Twomey, James
2 75
Wadsworth, Howland & Company
17 04
Wakefield Rattan Company 2 85
Wells, Dana C. 4 44
Willard, E. L. ($7 60 not ap. by Fin. Com.) 18 40
Winchester, C. F
73 06
Woodman, Emily J.
5 40
Young, John F 72
$4.285 65
58
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ORGANIZATION FOR 1909.
Hon. Albert F. Hunt, (Mayor) Chairman Samuel J. Hughes Vice Chairman
SUB-COMMITTEES.
HIGH SCHOOL-J. F. Young, A. H. Berry, W. W. Pillsbury, A. H. Wright, A. P. Brown.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS-W. F. Lunt, C. W. Bailey, E. H. Little, G. L. Whitmore, H. C. Stevens.
TRAINING AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS-H. C. Stevens, P. H. Reed, W. F. Lunt, A. H. Wright, G. L. Whitmore.
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES-A. P. Brown, J. F. Young, G. L. Whitmore.
EVENING SCHOOLS-P. H. Reed, W. F. Lunt, E. H. Little.
PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE-E. H. Little, A. P. Brown, A. H. Berry.
SALARIES-C. W. Bailey, H. C. Stevens, P. H. Reed.
JANITORS AND BUILDINGS-G. L. Whitmore, A. H. Wright, W. F. Lunt.
MUSIC AND DRAWING-A. H. Wright, P. H. Reed, E. H. Little. COOKING AND SEWING-A. H. Berry, C. W. Bailey, W. W. Pillsbury.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
City Government, 1908 3
Detailed Account of Receipts and Expenditures:
Abatement of Taxes.
67
Aldermen and Council
70
Anna Jaques Hospital 69
Ashes and Rubbish
69
Assessors
72
Bridges and Culverts.
73
Board of Health (Miscellaneous)
75
Board of Health (Supervision and Labor)
78
Bromfield Fund.
75
City Auditor
80
City Bonds. 85
City Clerk
80
City Clocks
83
City Hall
78
City Messenger
83
City Treasurer and Collector
82
Cemeteries (Improvements)
84
Cemeteries (Supervision )
84
Elections
86
Fire Department (Fuel)
87
Fire Department (Miscellaneous)
89
Fire Department (Supervision ) 92
Fire Engine Houses. 88
Detailed Account of Receipts and Expenditures:
Fire Department (Lighting Engine Houses) 92
Fire Department (Salaries) 93
Fire Alarm (Miscellaneous) . 94
Fire Alarm (Supervision of Wires) 95
Garbage and Disposal 96
Harbor Master. 96
Highways (Maintenance) 97
Highways (Repairs) 100
Highway (Supervision ) 99
Ice and Snow 102
Interest Department 103 105
Inspector of Provisions.
Inspector of Weights and Measures.
107
Inspection of Plumbing
106 104
Income Account
Law Department
108
Lighting Streets.
109
Mayor's Office
109
Memorial Day.
110
Military Aid.
139
Parks
Parks (Atkinson Common)
111
Police (Supervision )
112
Police (Salaries)
112
Police (Station)
113
Police (Miscellaneous) 113
115
Poor Department.
115
Public Landings and Other City Property .
120
Public Library .
121
Preservation of Trees.
123
Rent of Sheds.
125
Schools (Salaries) .
125
Schools ( Buildings)
133
Schools (Fuel)
132
Schools (Lighting) . 135
Schools ( Miscellaneous) 129
Sewers (Construction ) 136
Detailed Account of Receipts and Expenditures:
Sewers (Maintenance) 137
Sidewalks and Edgestones 138
Soldiers' Relief . 140
142
Watering Streets (Operating)
141
Jury List. 249
Mayor's Inaugural Address, 1908.
17
Mayor's Inaugural Address, 1909
272
Mayors of Newburyport
15
Meetings
6
Reports:
Salaries of City Officers.
110
Police (Lighting)
Board of Assessors 149
Board of Health.
153
Chief Engineer 159
City Marshal.
173
City Physician
191
City Clerk.
195
City Solicitor
205
Directors of the Public Library
215
Overseers of the Poor. 210
Superintendent of Highways and Sewers. 179
Water Commissioners 236
City Auditor
31
Collector of Taxes.
59
Returns of the Election, 1908
255
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