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GRADUATES OF FIRST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
June 27, 1884.
MINNIE E. BACKER. JOHN T. BARKER.
FRANCIS N. BEMIS.
CHARLOTTE BENNETT.
CHARLES H. LERNED.
MARION E. BRADBURY.
SARAH A. MACLACHLAN.
NELLIE R. BRADBURY.
SARAH J. MARTIN.
ALEXANDER C. BURKE. CORNELIUS S. CASEY. FRANK W. CHAPMAN.
ALICE L. MCINTYRE. WILBUR DE LOSS MERRILL. DAISY MORSE.
CHARLES W. COBURN.
LILLIAN K. MORSE.
ALFRED E. NORRIS.
STEPHEN P. COLLEGAN. ESTHER L. COPELAND. MARY BERTHA CORSON.
ELIZA G. PEAKES.
ALVAH L. PEMBERTON.
EDWARD P. PHILLIPS.
WILLIAM E. PLUMMER.
JAMES L. RILEY. NELLIE C. RORKE.
HATTIE DELIA FIELD.
ALBERT M. FRENCH.
HENRY A. SMALL. EDWARD H. STEPHENS.
MABEL STEPHENS. WARREN A. STONE.
JOHN H. TAPLEY. EDITH A. TERRILL. ANNIE WHELDEN.
ISABELLE WHOWELL.
LILLIE S. CROCKER. CECILIA COYLE. JOSEPHINE E. DEMPSEY. ERNEST W. EMERY.
WALTER S. GIBBONS. HELEN I. GORDON. EDITH G. HOCKING. FRANK B. HOLMES. BLANCHE S. JACOBS.
HENRY V. JAMISON. JOHN J. KEATING. CLARA B. LEAVITT.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HIGH SCHOOL.
For a full decade of years this institution has been under the tuition of Mr. Whitman and his efficient ally, Miss Bug- bee, as Principal and Assistant (in fact, Associate Principal), to the continued satisfaction of all interested, - pupils, parents, and Committee. With the Christmas vacation the services of Miss Bugbee terminated by resignation, and while to the optimist the plan of compensation associates gain and loss, yet less philosophic minds cannot offset the loss of the multitude by the gain of one - or two. In look- ing back to the promoter cause of the fruits of this ten years' tillage, it can be said, modestly and truthfully, by and of her : "Quorum magna pars fui (fuit)." Miss B. pos- sessed in an eminent degree the essential attributes of an educator of youth, - earnestness of purpose, enthusiastic love of the work, natural gifts and acquirements, and a method of teaching based on a knowledge of human facul- ties. The relations she held to the school were not inci- dental to her as a teacher of special branches, but came to the individual by reason of peculiar merit. There has never been any designated First or Second Assistant in our High School ; but there always will be a particular assistant, who will assume control in absence of the Principal, by desig- nation of the Principal or Committee.
Neither is there any arbitrary arrangement of branches to be taught by a particular teacher, but a rearrangement will be made when for the best interests of the school. The vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Bugbee was filled by the appointment of one of our own townswomen, Miss Clarimond Mansfield, who, while she has had limited expe- rience in actual school work, has energy, enthusiasm, and undoubted attainments.
In November, Miss Annette Clark, by reason of impaired health, was obliged to ask for a leave of absence for the remainder of the school year, which was granted, and Miss Hattie Ricker, another of our own, was appointed ad interim.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Miss Ricker has had several years' experience in the work, and gives successful promise here.
The past doubts of many as to the legitimacy of the High School in the plan of public instruction are now entertained by the few; and that it has a mission, and an important one, in the grand scheme of republican govern- ment, is held by the wise legislators of the Commonwealth.
High schools should not be viewed as supplementary to grammar schools, but as schools of secondary instruction in that which directs to a successful individual life, - the har- monious development of the whole man.
To what extent these results are attained or fall short, turns not on the system as a fact, but on the character of its administration. The wise agriculturist is he who plows deep and broad for a yearly increasing harvest. The wise in- structor looks less to present eclat than to ultimate achieve- ments,- aims rather to the training of the faculties for self- acquisition than for present effect ; realizes that the greater world lies outside of school walls, where flowers go on to fruiting. The after history of the Melrose High School graduates, whether in normal schools, art schools, or col- leges, speaks eloquently either of their endowments or past instruction, or both, Naturally, however, their preparatory training gets more or less of the glory.
Graduates.
*SARAH A. BURNS.
LOUIE H. ORCUTT.
*LIDA A. CHUTE. HERBERT L. BOWDOIN.
NELLIE C. DEMPSEY.
*GRANT DRAKE.
ADELAIDE FRENTZ.
*FRED E. ELLIS.
HELEN G. HARRIS.
*CHARLES S. LIBBY.
G. LILIAN JONES. +WILLIAM H. PREBLE. EDWARD B. WALTER.
ETTA P. MERRILL.
ARTHUR H. WHITTEMORE.
* English Course. College Course.
Not marked, Classical Course.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ABECEDARIANS.
The primary school of to-day is an enjoyable affair, - paradoxical as this may seem to those who hold to the pre- vailing tenets, or cherish the experiences, of a generation past. The "little tyrant of village school " has played his little part, and passed away forever from the scenes of his triumph, and with him the sentiment that any one can teach the A, B, C's. The present excellence of primary teachers comprehends the virtues of love, gentleness, firmness, and large enthusiasm, together with grace of speech and manner and person,- in short, personal teaching. Pleasure and instruction go hand-in-hand, and each is the gainer. And this, too, increases healthy physical development without taking the child out of the innocence of the childish sphere of imagination and affection ; and, withal, lengthens the term of harmonious infancy. Illustrative of the happy effects of right infant teaching, we do not hesitate to bespeak an examination of the schools in charge of the three teachers senior in our service ; viz., Miss Lewis, Mrs. Dermot, and Miss Hersey.
CONCLUSION.
Your Committee have aimed to keep fairly abreast of what they have considered true progress toward better edu- cational work ; erring, perhaps, in the conservative accept- ance of established worth, rather than in the enthusiastic pursuit of ideal methods, that might or might not be of more ultimate value.
Rapidly changing social and industrial conditions pre- vail; yet our schools remain comparatively fixed. There have been as yet no Arcana unfolded : no royal road, or even short cut, to knowledge has been discovered. The way, at least, is democratic, and the same as of old, and is ever to be the same beaten path, with points of attrition smoothened, the mechanism of its system more nicely adjusted, and its bear- ings lubricated,-and that is about all. A maximum of
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
teaching, with a minimum of studying, will never make a scholar. Thinking and reasoning and inventing and con- structing are the prime factors in mental development.
There are tendencies in educational affairs toward experi- mentation in new departures,-the pursuit of the new to the neglect of the old,-the letting go of that which has stood the test of time to seize some alluring phantom, that may melt in the very grasp. The safe processes of evolution have been set aside for speedy results of revolution. It is possible that the limit has been nearly reached where extraneous aids to education practically avail to mental achievement. It is also probable that the natural powers of the pupil are often stunted from want of wholesome exer- cise, uncalled for by officious efforts toward a reduction of the art of teaching to a science. This undoubtedly obtains
in much of the educational literature outside of the schools, in the way of the profuse illustration that is proffered and demanded, to the prejudice of the inventive and constructive faculties, which are dormant through passive pleasure. The taste is being gratified and improved, and the eye educated ; but at the expense and to the disparagement of other senses and faculties.
In holding fast to that which we deemed good, we may at times see, retrospectively, that we might have sooner adopted what has subsequently seemed necessary and for the best, and we may at the same time have avoided errors of fact less reparable.
However, in all things your Committee have acted in harmony and with unanimity, and have endeavored to make our schools the best they could with the means at their command.
JULIUS S. CLARK,
Chairman.
APPENDIX.
CORPS OF TEACHERS.
NAMES.
SCHOOLS.
DATE OF ELECTION.
SALA- RIES.
A. (+. Whitman
High, Principal.
November, 1874.
$1,600
*Annette Clark.
High, Assistant.
August, 1880
550
Clarimond Mansfield
High, Assistant
December, 1884. 550
Harriett C. Fairbanks.
First Grammar, Principal.
November, 1880 800
Charlotte Bishop.
September, 1882
500
Lucy W. Bisbee
May, 1867. 550
Alice Maud Swett.
December, 1882. 550
Susan D. Melcher
May, 1873. 550
Helen J. Barrett.
December, 1882
550
Mary A. George.
Fourth Gram., Cent. School. Fourth Grammar, Grove St.
May, 1880.
500
Kate W. Bascom.
September, 1878 500
Lena Bracket
Intermediate, Grove St ... .... January, 1885.
450
Alice H. Long ..
Intermediate, Vinton St ...
September, 1877
475
Effie C. Sweetser
Intermediate, Lynde St. ...
September, 1882
450
Emma L. Randlette
September, 1884
450
Belle Mitchell.
Intermediate, Centre School, Intermediate, Frank'n Sch'l.
September, 1883
450
Hannah F. Lewis
Primary, Centre School.
March, 1876
500
Lucy F. Dermot.
Primary, Vinton St.
April, 1880. 500
Mary A. Hersey
Primary, Grove St.
August, 1883
450
Lillie J. Davis .
Primary, Franklin School.
September, 1884. 450
Mary E. Whitcomb.
Primary, Lynde St
December, 1883.
400
Alma J. Guptil.
Upham Street (mixed).
December 1884. 450
Hannah Gibbons.
Converse , Fells (mixed).
December, 1883 ..
400
Charles E. Whiting.
Music Teacher.
September, 1879. 350
W. F. Wentworth
Elocution Teacher.
September, 1884.
100
* Miss Hattie Ricker present substitute teacher.
JANITORS.
High School Building, Frank Mclaughlin Centre School Building, Charles T. Stevens Grove Street Building, Charles F. Valentine Franklin School Building, Charles H. Fuller Lynde Street Building, Wm. F. Serratt
$300
175
175
150
Vinton Street Building, Anthony A. Rich
100
Upham Street School, Eri Upham
60
Converse School, Joseph Emerson
50
$1,110
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Frank Mclaughlin.
Charles T. Stevens.
Charles H. Fuller.
Lydia Mendum.
First Grammar, Assistant ... Sec. Grammar, Emerson St. Sec. Grammar Centre School
Third Gram'r, Emerson St .. Third Gram'r, Grove St. .... Third and Fourth Grammar, Franklin School.
November, 1874. 525
100
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APPENDIX.
HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES.
First Class.
Myrtie J. Bowker.
Lizzie F. Stratton.
M. Lizzie Bowker.
Frank C. Albee.
Minnie W. Cass.
Wilbur F. Beale.
Mary E. Cochrane.
Edwin C. Cragin.
Mary M. Dempsey.
Edmond E. Fernald.
S. W. Dempsey.
Harry H. Hunt.
Nellie O. French.
Gardner I. Jones.
Gertrude M. Goss.
L. Henry Kunhardt.
Second Class.
Annie A. L. Fox.
George E. Fenn.
Florence M. Lerned.
George H. Hardy.
Marion K. Norris.
Arthur L. Jacobs.
Carrie D. Vinton.
D. Ross. Lecraw.
Lyman W. Cleaveland.
Herbert S. Manley.
William H. Woodman.
Third Class.
Edith L. Burlen.
Albert Bryant.
Laura L. Cass.
Edwin H. Crosby.
Gertrude Day.
Allen R. Gibbons.
Alma F. 'Field.
R. Henry Harris.
E. Gertrude Furber.
George W. Haskell.
Rosa May Gibbons.
Wm. E. Keating.
Callie H. Hayward.
Frank A. Ingersoll.
Gertrude R. Hesseltine.
Frank W. Lynde.
Carrie L. Lavender.
James W. Grady.
Nellie W. Lynde.
George B. Ellis.
Hattie E. Meleney.
Edward R. Maker.
Grace C. Richards.
K. W. Mansfield.
Carrie H. Roberts.
John Philpot. Ernest A. Remond.
Bertha S. Shepard.
Virginia L. Webster.
H. G. Ripley.
Edward F. Blanchard.
W. W. Robbins.
Fred P. Bowden.
Robert W. Williams.
Alfred D. Woodman.
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APPENDIX.
Fourth Class.
Minnie E. Backer. Charlotte Bennett.
Nellie Roberts Bradbury.
Esther Louise Copeland.
M. B. Corson.
Lily S. Crocker. E. Josephine Dempsey. Hattie Delia Field.
Walter Scott Gibbons.
Cora B. Fox.
Frank B. Holmes.
Helen Isabella Gordon.
Henry Verner Jamison.
Gertrude H. Hillman.
John J. Keating.
Edith H. Hocking.
Charles Henry Lerned. Alfred Edson Norris.
Blanche Sanborn Jacobs.
Louisa Jones.
Alvah L. Pemberton.
Clara Belle Leavitt.
Edward P. F. Phillips. James L. Riley.
S. Josephine Martin.
Daisy Morse.
Fritz H. Small.
Nellie C. Rorke.
Harry Augustus Small. Edward H. Stevens.
Wilbur A. Stone.
Whole number of scholars in the English Course, 34.
66
66 66 « " Classical 66
52.
66
66 66 College
Including those contemplating it, Not in regular course, 4.
13.
Edith A. Tirrell.
Annie Whelden. Harry P. Allen. J. F. Barker. Frank W. Chapman. Charles W. Coburn.
Ernest Emery. Albert M. French.
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APPENDIX.
ORDER OF SCHOOL EXERCISES.
December, 1884.
Mr. Whitman.
Ist hour, Ist Class, Virgil.
2d 3d & 4th, Civil Gov't.
3d 4th, Algebra.
4th 66 2d & 3d, Physics.
5th 3d, Algebra. 66
MONDAY.
Miss Mansfield.
Miss Ricker.
4th, Drawing.
2d, Literature.
3d, Caesar.
Ist, Literature.
Ist, French. .
TUESDAY.
2d, Sallust.
2d, Anabasis.
Ist, Homer.
4th, English History
Ist, Eng. Literature.
2d, French.
WEDNESDAY.
Ist hour, Ist, Virgil.
2d 4th, Algebra.
3d 3d, Algebra.
4th Ist, Geology,
5th
Ist hour, Ist, Virgil.
2d 3d & 4th, Civil Gov't.
3d 2d & 3d, Physics.
4th 3d, Algebra .
5th
Elocution.
FRIDAY.
Ist hour, Ist, Virgil.
2d 3d & 4th, Civil Gov't.
3d 4th, Algebra.
Ist & 3d, Greek.
3d, Rhetoric.
Ist, Eng. Literature.
5th
4th 2d, Geometry. " Ist, Geology.
2d, Sallust.
3d, Caesar.
4th, Latin.
2d, French.
4th, Rhetoric.
2d, Anabasis.
4th, Drawing.
2d, Anabasis. Ist & 3d, Greek.
2d, Sallust.
4th, English.
4th, Rhetoric.
Ist hour, Ist, Geology.
2d 66 4th, Algebra.
3d 3d, Algebra.
4th 2d, Geometry.
5th 3d & 4th, Civil Gov't.
4th, Latin.
3d, Caesar. Ist, French.
2d, Anabasis. 2d, French.
Ist, Greek. Ist, French. 3d, Rhetoric.
4th, Latin.
Music.
THURSDAY.
2d, Sallust.
Ist, Homer.
3d, Greek. 4th, Eng. Literature. 2d, Eng. Literature.
4th, Latin.
3d, Caesar. 2d, French.
Recess of 20 minutes between 3 and 4 hours, and one of 10 minutes between 4 and 5.
3d, Greek.
2d, Latin Composition. 4th, Eng. Literature.
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APPENDIX.
ORDER OF EXERCISES, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS, Town Hall, Friday Evening, June 27th, 1884.
Part I.
PART SONG - " Phœbus," Barnby. DECLAMATION - Phillips on Disunion. Herbert L. Bowden.
ESSAY- Jew of Shakespeare and Scott.
Etta P. Merrill.
ESSAY - The Self-made Man. Charles S. Libby.
QUARTETTE - "Spring Song," Pinsuti. Misses Bowker and Chute, Messrs. Cleveland and Preble. ESSAY - SELF CULTURE.
Fred E. Ellis.
RECITATION, Louie H. Orcutt.
Kate Shelly.
RECITATION - " How the Old Horse Won the Bet."
Edward B. Walter.
SOLO AND CHORUS - " Here in Cool Grot," 1 C. E. Whiting.
Solo by Miss H. G. Harris.
CLASS CHRONICLES.
Grant Drake.
Part II.
ESSAY - Hidden Gems.
Helen G. Harris.
ESSAY - Different Modes of Living.
Sarah A. Burns.
QUARTETTE-"God Ever is Good,"
Koschat. Misses Cochrane and Cass, Messrs. Whittemore and Beale.
RECITATION - A Medley.
G. Lilian Jones.
ESSAY - Honesty.
Nellie C. Dempsey.
ESSAY - Electricity.
Arthur H. Whittemore.
CLASS SONG - " Sancta Maria,"
By the Graduating Class.
CLASS PROPHECY.
Lida A. Chute.
ESSAY, WITH VALEDICTORY- Old Age.
Adelaide Frentz. Webb.
PART SONG- " Come, Gentle May,"
Meyerbeer.
AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS.
This programme is arranged according to rank, from lowest to highest.
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APPENDIX.
FRANKLIN FRATERNITY.
Prizes for 1885.
The prizes of the Franklin Fraternity are as follows :-
Two prizes for excellence in English Literature and Composi- tion. One prize in Algebra to Affected Quadratic Equations. One prize in Plane Geometry. These examinations are to be held in April.
One prize is offered by Rev. A. G. Bale for the best essay upon the following subject :-
" Learning and Living, or Truth and Light."
Mr. J. O. Norris offers one prize for the best result in Natural History or Physical Science,- the conditions and results to be determined by the teachers.
The last two prizes will be awarded at the close of the school year.
The following were the recipients of the prizes of 1884 :
ADELAIDE FRENTZ,
Ist prize, excellence in English Literature and Composition. WILBUR F. BEALE,
2d prize, excellence in English Literature and Composition.
ARTHUR L. JACOBS,
Ist prize, excellence in Geometry.
DAVID ROSS LECRAW,
2d prize, excellence in Geometry.
EDWIN I. BLANCHARD,
Ist prize, excellence in Algebra.
MARION K. NORRIS,
DAVID H. WOODMAN, $ Honorable mention, excellence in Geometry.
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APPENDIX.
Table of Statistics for the Year ending December 31, 1884.
SCHOOLS.
Maximum number from
Jan. 1 to July 1.
Average attendance dur-
ing same time.
Maximum number from
Sept. 1 to Dec. 31.
Average attendance dur-
Number of Pupils, Jan.
Per cent. of attendance
Average age Dec.
31, 1884.
Age by Grades.
HIGH, First Class.
15
14.1
18
16.8
17
95.9
16 10
Second Class
15
14.5
11
10.9
11
97.5
16
7
16.7
Third Class
22
20.
36
34.8
36
96.8
16
1
Fourth Class
41
37.3
43
37.9
39
96.5
15
1
Totals
93
85.9
108
100.4
103
96.6
15
8
First Grammar ..
84
77.3
75
68.
75
94.
14
4
14.4
Second
Emerson St.
43
37.5
48
42.
45
90.6
13
4
13.2
66 Centre
...
39
33.7
50
45.
48
93.
13
2
Third
Emerson St.
56
43.
55
48.5
52
89.8
12
6
66
66
Grove St.
47
40.5
54
47.8
49
93.2
12
6
12.5
Mixed
66 Franklin
4h
26
22.3
34
28.7
31
91.5
11
1
Fourth
Centre
29
26.
46
43.
46
92.
11
4
11.4
Fourth, Grove Street.
47
40.
51
43.
49
94.
11
6
Intermediate, Grove Street.
53
45.1
40
34.2
40
90.7
9
3
51
42.1
37
31.
36
90.
9
4
-
-
40
34.3
38
95.7
8
8
9.2
66
Vinton St. .
35
31.6
44
38.6
42
93.3
9
6
66
Franklin.
-
46
38.5
44
92.6
9
2
Primary, Centre
48
39.4
54
41.
52
91.
6
6
66
Grove Street.
51
37.7
56
46.5
54
92.
6
7
51
48.
56
48.
56
91.3
6
9
6.9
66
Lynde Street.
38
31.2
40
31.4
38
90.3
7
3
66
Franklin.
50
43.
47
86.
6
6
Mixed, Upham Street.
66
Converse.
31
21.4
42
30.7
41
84.2
8
7
Aggregate
1087
932.4
1039
91.6
3d
20
17.3
23
19.3
22
93.7
12
2
-
-
38
28.5
31
89.2
8
1
8.4
ing same time.
1, 1885.
for the year.
Yrs.
Mos.
Lynde St .. .
Centre.
Vinton Street ...
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APPENDIX.
Number Pupils Attending Last Term of the Year, from 1875 to 1884, inclusive.
GRADES.
'75.
'76.
'77.
'78.
'79.
'80.
'81.
'82.
'83.
'84.
High
74
88
86
93
100
88
102
93
99
108
First Gram.
53
53
42
81
61
64
67
81
89
75
Second «
49
65
84
75
90
97
99
95
89
98
Third «
94
104
112
117
124
117
123
99
129
132
All other.
436
432
425
439
437
446
501
545
581
675
Total.
706
742
746
805
812
813
892
913
987
1087
No. Teachers.
16
16
17
19
19
19
20
21
. 23
24
Special Instructors
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Total outlay .. . . . . $
16,389
15,734
14,682
13,705
13,568
14,189
16,436
16,981
Cost per pupil. $
23.20
21.20
19.48
10,851 (10 mo) 16.17
16.87
16.66
15.75
18.00
17.20
Miscellaneous Data of Neighboring Towns Compared, from Reports of 1882.
Melrose.
Malden.
Wakefield.
Winchester.
Stoneham.
Woburn.
No. Pupils in High Schools
112
180
68
60
62
145
No. Inhabitants to one H. S. Pupil
50
68
100
69
64
77
No. Pupils to a Teacher.
43.7
37.3
41
34.5
35.3
38.8
Per cent. attendance in all Schools.
93
89
88
90
91
91
The upper table gives at a glance the progress of our schools in various grades, and shows an increase of 381, or 35 per cent., in 10 years. The lower table compares us with our neighbors, and the towns are not selected for this special showing. However, Melrose leads in desired results: proportionately more pupils; more pupils to a teacher; better attendance.
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APPENDIX.
AN ACT.
To furnish Free-Text Books to the Pupils of the Public Schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, snd by the authority of the same, as follows : -
SECTION I. The School Committee of every city and town shall purchase, at the expense of said city or town, text-books and other school supplies used in the public schools, and said text-books and supplies shall be loaned to the pupils in said public schools, free of charge, subject to such rules and regula- tions as to care and custody as the School Committee may prescribe.
SEC. 2. Pupils supplied with text-books at the time of the passage of this Act shall not be supplied with similar books by the Committee until needed.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon the first day of August, 1884.
AGENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MELROSE: I hereby submit a Report of all School Supplies received, issued, and on hand from September Ist to December 31st, 1884.
Dr.
Value of Text-Books received from Miss Eastman $137 IO Text-Books purchased from Sept. Ist to Dec. 31st, '84 1,477 82 Supplies, other than Text-Books, received from Miss Eastman 56 05
Supplies, other than Text-Books, purchased from Sept.
to Dec. 31st . 496 63
Total to be accounted for $2,167 60 ·
Cr.
Value of Text-Books in hands of pupils (issued) . $1,530 80
Supplies, other than Text-Books, expended and dropped 312 05
Text-Books in Stock 140 17
Supplies, other than Text-Books, in Stock 184 58
$2,167 60
Value of all Supplies on hand
$324 75
A. K. MILLER, Agent. MELROSE, Jan. Ist, 1885.
By request of the School Board, I have examined the books and accounts kept by Mrs. A. K. Miller, containing a record of all Text-Books and School Supplies purchased and charged to the several schools, also stock on hand, and find them to be correct. T. W. RIPLEY.
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APPENDIX.
The following is a copy of an Order of Exercises for- merly used in the High School. No date is attached.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
MORNING.
Assistant's Room. Principal's Room.
Reading the Testament.
Arithmetic, Ist. History, 3d.
Arithmetic, 4th. Arithmetic, 4th.
Recess.
History, 2d. Geometry, Ist.
Grammar, 4th. Latin, 3d.
AFTERNOON. Writing.
Greek, 2d. Latin, Ist.
History, 4th. Arithmetic, 3d.
WEDNESDAY.
Reading, Spelling.
Drawing.
SATURDAY. Composition, Drawing. Declamation, Spelling.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR THE SEVERAL SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
COMMITTEE.
High
First Grammar
Second & Third Grammar, Emerson St.
66 Miller,
Ripley.
Schools of Centre Building
66 Miller,
" Clark.
" Grove St.
" Bradbury. " Fletcher.
66
66 Franklin 66
" Adams, 66 Ripley.
66 Lynde St. 66
" Bradbury, " Clark.
66 " Vinton St.
Adams,
66 Ripley.
Converse School .
" Bradbury,
" Clark.
Upham St. School
Mr. Fletcher,
" Clark.
Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Adams, Mr. Fletcher.
66 Adams, 66 Fletcher.
Supply-day for schools, every day during first week of Fall Term, at II A. M., and each Tuesday during the rest of the school year.
Regular meeting of School Board, second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, at 4.30 P. M.
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APPENDIX.
. SCHOOL REGULATIONS.
I. The school year shall consist of forty weeks, beginning the first Monday in September.
II. The following holidays and vacations shall be granted : Every Saturday, New Year's, Washington's Birthday, Fast, Me- morial, Bunker Hill, Independence, Thanksgiving and Christmas Days, and no other day unless by written permission of the Chair- man of the School Committee.
Vacations : Christmas week ; the Friday after Thanksgiving ; one week, beginning the third Monday in February ; one week, beginning the fourth Monday in April. From close of summer term to first Monday in September.
III. The daily session of the High School shall begin at 8 o'clock A.M., and close at 1 o'clock P.M. There shall be two recesses, - one of twenty minutes, the other of ten minutes.
The hours for keeping school, except the High School, shall be from 9 o'clock A.M. until 12 M., with a recess of twenty minutes ; and from 2 P.M. until 4 P.M., with a recess of ten minutes in Pri- mary and Intermediate Schools. No variation from these hours shall be allowed without the express permission of the Committee.
IV. In case of stormy weather, when, in the judgment of the Committee, it shall be thought proper to omit the forenoon session for all schools, the bell will be rung at 7.45; but if the ringing of the bell is delayed to 8.15, the High, First, Second, and Third Grammar grades will not be affected. When afternoon sessions are to be omitted on account of inclement weather, the bell will be rung at 11.45, but all schools of grammar grade will continue in ses- sion until 1 P.M.
V. Teachers shall be in their school-rooms fifteen minutes before the opening of the schools, admitting pupils, beginning promptly at the hours specified.
VI. Teachers shall hear all recitations.
VII. Teachers are not to absent themselves from school, or procure substitutes, without the consent of the Committee. All such absences are to be distinctly recorded in the school-registers, and the Chairman notified of any unavoidable violation of this rule. But, for the purpose of observing modes of discipline and instruc-
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tion, teachers may visit other schools to the extent of one half-day each term, at such times as may be arranged between them and the sub-committee of the respective schools. Substitutes will receive from the teachers for whom they substitute five-sevenths of their salary.
VIII. Teachers are required to report all damages to school property, unless repairs are immediately made at the expense of parent or guardian.
IX. Teachers shall not detain pupils after the close of the morning session.
X. Teachers may temporarily suspend pupils for violent or pointed opposition to authority, informing the parent or guardian and the Committee at once of such suspension, and the reason therefor.
XI. "The several school-teachers shall faithfully keep the reg- isters furnished to them, and make due return thereof to the School Committee ; and no teacher shall be entitled to receive payment for services until the register, properly filled up and com- pleted, shall be so returned." * A fortnight's notice required of resignations, except in case of sickness.
XII. It shall be the duty of the teacher to report at once, in writing, to the Chairman of Committee, every case of corporal pun- ishment ; which report shall state the name and age of the pupil, the amount of punishment, and the reason for its infliction.
XIII. It shall be the duty of all the teachers to give vigilant attention to the ventilation and temperature of their school-rooms.
XIV. No teacher shall contract a bill for repairs on any school buildings, furniture, or grounds, or purchase any article to be charged to the Town.
XV. In case of absence, tardiness, or dismissal before the close of the session, a written excuse from the parent or guardian shall be required. The younger classes in Primary Schools are to be dismissed at recess. All cases of habitual truancy shall be reported to the Committee.
XVI. No pupil shall be admitted to any public school without a permit from some one of the Committee, who will require satis- factory evidence that the child is five years of age, and has been vaccinated ; and no pupil will be admitted to any of the Primary Schools except during the first two weeks of each term, unless qualified to enter existing classes.
* Revised Statutes.
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XVII. No pupil will be allowed to attend school while any member of their household is sick with small-pox, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, or during a period of two weeks from the death, recovery, or removal of such sick person.
XVIII. Pupils absent one month, except on account of sick- ness, shall be considered new pupils, liable to lose their connec- tion with their class, and needing on their return a permit from the Committee.
XIX. No non-resident child, nor one who has only a tempo- rary residence in the town, shall be received or retained in any school, except with the consent of the School Committee, who may require parent or guardian of such child to pay the average cost per scholar in such school, for the time the child is instructed there.
XX. Pupils guilty of defacing or injuring school-houses, school furniture, out-buildings, fences, or school property in general, shall be subject to such penalty as the statute prescribes or the Com- mittee deem proper.
XXI. Pupils are not allowed in school yards after school hours, or during vacations or holidays ; are not allowed in other school yards than their own at any time, unless sent with messages. No pupil shall be permitted to leave the school yard at recess, except with permission of the teacher.
XXII. No wares or amusements shall be advertised in any of the schools without the consent of the Committee.
XXIII. Teachers shall read to the pupils, at such times as they deem expedient, any or all of the foregoing Rules and Regu- lations.
XXIV. The duties of the several janitors shall be to sweep and dust each schoolroom and entry twice every week ; wash the floors and windows during each of the vacations of May and November ; clean and wash all out-buildings as often as neces- sary ; wash the blackboards each week; keep steps and paths free from snow in winter; yards, free from tall grass, weeds, and litter ; close gates when schools are not in session ; report to teachers or. Committee all injuries to property ; prepare and put in the coal and wood, and practice rigid economy in its use, and have a general oversight of the buildings in their care. No extra pay for any of the above services.
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Janitors shall not contract a bill for repairs on any of the school buildings, furniture, or grounds ; or make any purchase of any article to be charged to the town, unless authorized by the Committee.
XXV. When a pupil does not attain the required per cent. for promotion, by reason of sickness, unavoidable absence, or other causes requiring consideration, the circumstances will be reported by the teacher, to be passed upon by the Committee.
XXVI. The Supply Agent shall be at the Committee rooms each day of the first week of Fall Term, and each Tuesday during term time throughout the year, from 11 to 12 M.
The Agent's duties are : To keep a correct account of books and supplies received, issued, and on hand, and to have such account open at all times to the inspection and for the information of the Committee.
In January and June of each year, to make a thorough inspec- tion of the books in hands of pupils of the several schools, in order to promote the care of the same ; to advise with teachers on the subject, and report whatever may be necessary to the Com- mittee for their action or information.
To adjudge damage in case of gross carelessness or wanton destruction of books, to the end that parents shall make restitu- tion in such cases.
To perform such other duties as from time to time the Board may find necessary.
WARRANT
FOR
TOWN MEETING,
MARCH 2, 1885.
1
WARRANT.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Melrose, in the County of Middlesex : GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the Inhabitants of the Town of Melrose, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall on Monday, the second day of March, A. D. 1885, at 7 o'clock, A. M., then and there to act upon the following Articles, viz. :
I. To choose a Moderator.
2. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Selectmen, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Assessors, two Water Com- missioners, one for three years, one for two years, Library Trustees, Highway Surveyor or Surveyors, Water Loan Sinking Fund Commis- sioner for three years, three Auditors, two School Committee for three years, and Constables. Upon a separate ballot to bring in their votes in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" Form of ballots to be "Yes" or " No."
3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers.
4. To authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow money for the purpose of meeting the demands of the Town, with the approval of the Selectmen.
5. To hear and act upon the report of the Finance Committee appointed at meeting held Nov. 12, 1884.
6. To raise money for Schools.
7. To raise money for School Contingent Expenses.
8. To raise money for Highways.
9. To raise money for Sidewalks.
IO. To raise money for Crossings and Gutters.
II. To raise money for the Support of the Poor.
1 2. To raise money for the Fire Department.
13. To raise money for lighting and care of Street Lamps.
14. To raise money for additional Street Lamps.
15. To raise money for Police and Watchmen.
[6. To raise money for Contingent Expenses.
17. To raise money to pay Interest on the Town Debt.
18. To raise money for the Reduction of the Town Debt.
19. To raise money for the Public Library.
20. To raise money for Water, viz. : to pay cost of constructing works for the past year, and for the use of the water, in hydrants, public buildings, etc.
21. To raise money for Salaries of Town Officers, and to fix the compensation of all officers and committees elected or appointed by the Town.
22. To raise money for Drainage, Bridges, and Culverts.
23. To raise money for deficiencies in accounts for the past year and for all other necessary expenses for the ensuing year.
24. To determine the method by which the taxes for the year shall be collected.
25. To see if the Town will appropriate money for keeping in repair and decorating the graves of soldiers on Memorial Day.
26. To see what action will be taken in reference to the school building and lot on Franklin Street, west of the Highlands depot.
27. To see if the Town will build a school house at the Fells, on lot of land presented by Hon. E. S. Converse, and appropriate money for the same.
28. To see if the Town will build a plank sidewalk on Tremont Street, between Emerson and Melrose Streets, and appropriate money for the same, on the petition of F. W. Hunt and others.
29. To see if the Town will purchase a Steam Fire Engine and appropriate money for the same on petition of A. W. Lynde and others.
30. To hear and act on the reports of committees and for the transaction of any other business which may legally come before this meeting.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the several places of Public Worship, and at the Depots, seven days, at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hand this seventeenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
DANIEL NORTON, ) Selectmen HENRY G. FIELDS, of WM. BOYNTON, Melrose.
A true Copy. Attest, ANSEL B. PIERCE, Constable.
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