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26. Teachers shall be held responsible for good order and neatness in the schoolhouse and on the grounds, and for the preservation of the furniture, books and apparatus in the school-rooms.
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27. Every case of corporal punishment, which should be resorted to only after mature deliberation in extreme cases of breach of discipline, must be reported at once, in writ- ing, to the chairman of the committee. Said report shall state the name and age of the pupil, the nature of the offence and the amount of punishment. Teachers shall also make such other reports as the committee may order.
28. 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.
29. It shall be the duty of all the teachers to give vigi- lant attention to the ventilation and temperature of their schoolrooms, which should be thoroughly aired at recesses and at the end of each session.
30. No teacher shall contract a bill for repairs on any school buildings, furniture or grounds, nor purchase any article to be charged to the town.
31. 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 shall be dismissed at the middle of the session.
32. No pupil shall be admitted to any public school with- out a permit from some one of the committee, who will require satisfactory evidence that the child is five years of age and has been vaccinated; and no pupil shall be admitted to any of the primary schools except during the first two weeks of September and March, unless qualified to enter existing classes.
33. No pupil will be allowed to attend school while any person residing in the same house 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.
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34. No non-resident child, nor one who has only a tem- porary residence in the town, shall be received or retained in any school, except with the consent of the school com- mittee, 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.
35. No deviation from the course of study prescribed by the committee shall be permitted, and no pupil shall be advanced or put back in grade without the consent of the. committee.
36. Pupils guilty of defacing or injuring schoolhouses, school furniture, out-buildings, fences or school property in general, shall be subject to such penalty as the statute pre- scribes or the committee deem proper.
37. Public announcements of any nature, either verbal or printed, not connected with the public schools, must not be made or distributed without the consent of the chairman of the committee.
38. The duties of the several janitors shall be to sweep and dust each schoolroom and entry twice every week; to wash the floors and windows during each of the vacations of May and November ; to clean and wash all out-buildings as often as is necessary to keep them perfectly clean ; to keep steps and paths free from snow in winter, and the yards clean and in good order ; to report to teachers all injuries to property; to see in cold weather that the schoolrooms are at a proper temperature half an hour before the time for beginning each session of school, and that doors and windows are locked at night and during vacations.
39. Janitors shall not contract any bill for repairs on any of the school buildings, furniture or grounds, nor make any purchase of any article to be charged to the town, unless authorized by the committee.
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40. 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 1I to 12 M. The agent's duties shall be to purchase and issue to the schools such books and supplies as are ordered by the committee ; 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 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, and report what- ever may be necessary to the committee for their action or information ; to adjudge damage in case of gross careless- ness or wanton destruction of books, to the end that par- ents shall make restitution in such cases.
41. No books or supplies shall be furnished to teachers or janitors, except upon written requisition from them made upon blanks furnished by the committee.
COURSE OF STUDY
In Melrose, with a brief account of the work of each grade of schools in the various studiss.
FIRST YEAR'S WORK, PRIMARY GRADE.
Number .- Counting to one hundred. Practice in making figures. Various combinations in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to ten.
Reading .- Blackboard work. One hundred written words and half as many sentences. Monroe and Appleton charts, also using blackboard. Monroe and Interstate Primers ; Parker's Supplementary First Reader, and first half of
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Barnes' New National First Reader, and Lippincott's Be- ginner's First Reader.
Music .- Tonic sol-fa.
Writing .- Capitals and small letters. Simple words and sentences. Name, town and state. Months and seasons.
Drawing .- Sphere, cube and cylinder. Modeling in clay. Paper cutting, folding and pasting. Designs.
Language .- Simple sentences teaching use of capitals and of period, interrogation and exclamation points. Letter writing. Every lesson a language lesson.
Physical Exercises. Lessons on Human Body. Object Lessons. Memory Gems. Morals and Manners.
SECOND GRADE.
Reading .- The last half of the Beginner's book, and Barnes' First Reader. Supplementary Reading.
Numbers .- All combinations to 20 taught. The "Number Game," number cards, number stories and pigs used as sup- plementary. Various devices for "busy work." Roman Numerals to 100.
Spelling .- Words selected from reading lesson. Names of objects, &c.
Writing .- Book No. I, lead pencil course, finish.
Punctuation .- Period, comma, question mark.
Drawing .- Forms taught from objects and by moulding. Drawn on slate, paper and blackboard. Different forms combined to bring out design, color and harmony.
Object Lessons .- Various subjects.
Lessons on Morals, Temperance and Politeness.
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THIRD GRADE.
Arithmetic .- Combinations from 20 upward. Reading and writing of numbers to hundred - thousandths. Examples taught in addition, subtraction, multiplication and short di- vision. Franklin Primary Arithmetic finished.
Geography .- Oral lessons, including forms of land and water, points of direction and geography of Melrose.
Reading .- Monroe's Second Reader finished. Supple- mentary reading.
Spelling .- First Section of Meleney's Speller, and words selected from readers.
Language .- Simple lessons, including stories written from pictures. Stories reproduced. Letter writing. Sentence making. Use of capitals and punctuation.
Writing .- Harper's Copy Book No. I, finished.
Drawing .- Oral lessons on form, using objects. Prang's Drawing Book No. I, finished.
FOURTH GRADE.
Arithmetic .- Written arithmetic as far as fractions. First three sections of Eaton's Mental Arithmetic.
Geography .- Butler's Elementary Geography to South America.
Reading .- Appleton's Third Reader finished. Supple- mentary reading.
Spelling .- Section Second and half of Section Third of Meleney's Speller.
Language .- Stories written. · Letter writing.
Sentence-making .- Use of capitals. Punctuation.
Writing .- Harper's Copy Book No. 2, finished.
Drawing .- Oral lessons on form, using objects. Prang's Drawing Book No. I, finished.
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FIFTH GRADE.
Written Arithmetic .- Greenleaf's Complete. Beginning of book to page 95. Subjects, fractions, common. Review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Intel. Arithmetic .- Eaton's. . Sections III, IV, V. Pages 48 to 101 inclusive.
Spelling .- Meleney's. Pages 18 to 58 inclusive. Monroe's Spelling Blanks.
Geography .- Butler's Elementary. Begin page 86, finish book. Subjects, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Aus- tralia. Rudimentary Map Drawing.
Language .- Hyde's Practical Lessons. Whole of book I. Letter and story writing.
Drawing .- Prang's Shorter Course. Introductory book. Three lessons a week, including drawing teacher one-half hour.
Writing .- Harper's No. 3. Three lessons a week.
Music .- Tonic sol-fa, No. 2, daily. Mr. Benson one-half hour, fortnightly.
Reading .- Munroe's Third.
Physical Exercise, daily.
Physiology and Temperance .- Once a week or oftener.
SIXTH GRADE.
Geography. - United States and other countries of North America. Subjects completed. (Butler's Complete Geog- raphy. )
Arithmetic. - Work in Common Fractions extended and reviewed. Practical work. Decimal Fractions, completed. Compound Numbers. Mensuration, subjects completed. Oral work in the subjects taught. (Greenleaf's Complete Arithmetic. Eaton's Intellectual Arithmetic.
Languages. - Analysis of simple sentence. Parts of
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speech, with technical names. Modifications of parts of speech, omitting the verb. Simple parsing. Punctuation, composition, letter and story writing. (Swinton's Language Lessons. )
SIXTH GRADE.
Reading. - Fourth Reader, completed. Supplementary Reading. (Appleton's Fourth Reader. )
Spelling, from Worcester's Speller, and selections from other studies, and words in common use. Oral and written work.
Spelling. - Harper's No. 3, completed. Daily outside practice and drill.
Drawing .- Three lessons per week, one given by special teacher. (Prang's Elementary Course. )
Singing (tonic sol-fa) daily. One lesson fortnightly, by special teacher.
SIXTH GRADE.
Oral lessons each week in physiology, and selected subjects.
Gymnastics each session.
SEVENTH GRADE.
Reading .- Munroe's New Fourth Reader.
Supplementary .- The Making of New England.
Reading, in connection with the study of Geography.
Spelling .- Oral and Written. Worcester's Spelling-book. Words selected from daily studies. Attention given to Syl- labication.
Writing .- Harper's Writing Charts and books used. Daily exercises on Practice Paper, for holding the pen and for rap- id movement.
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Arithmetic .- Review of Reduction and Decimals. Percent- age, including Profit and Loss, Commission, Insurance, In- terest and Bank Discount. Mental Exercises.
Geography .- Butler's Complete. South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Review New England States. Map Draw- ing.
Language .- Punctuation, Parsing and Analysis of Com- plex and Compound sentences. Exercises in correcting false syntax.
Compositions .- On simple subjects. Reproduction of Prose and Poetry. Letters.
Declamation .-- Once in six weeks for each pupil.
Drawing .- Form Study, Free-hand Drawing, Perspective and working drawings of models. Instruction in simple design.
Vocal Music .- Tonic Sol-fa Music Course, Book III, first half of year. Staff notation, supplement to Book III. Last half, reading from staff in all keys.
Physiology and Hygiene .- Oral Lessons.
EIGHTH GRADE.
Reading .- Appleton's Fifth Reader, first half of the year.
Supplementary Work. - Geographical Reader, American Poems, American Prose, etc., last half of the year.
Spelling .- In connection with the other studies. Instruc- tion in the significance of prefixes and suffixes, definitions.
Writing .- Harper's Series. Movement exercises, practice on paper.
Arithmetic .- Greenleaf's Complete Arithmetic. Simple proportion, partnership, square root, practical mensuration. Daily mental exercises. Review of the book.
Geography. - General review. Much attention given to map drawing.
History .- Eclectic History of United States. Readings
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from other histories, with occasional written exercises.
Language .- Syntactical parsing and analysis of sentences. Exercises in correcting false syntax.
Composition .- On topics developed from reading or oral instruction ; business forms, letters, orders, bills of purchase, promissory notes, receipts, etc.
Declamation .- Monthly for each pupil.
Physiology .- Steele's Fourteen Weeks in Physiology, with Yaggy's Charts. Simple experiments and illustrations.
Drawing .- Free-hand drawing. Prang's Introductory Book. Perspective and making drawings of models. Drawing from dictation, from memory, and from the blackboard.
Vocal Music .- Whiting's Third Music Reader, with exer- cises in minor scales and chords, from the blackboard.
Physical Culture .- One hour a week.
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST YEAR.
First Term. College Course. Latin, Reader, 5* ; Algebra, 4; History of England, 3 ; Rhetoric, 2.
Latin Course. Latin, Reader, 5 ; Algebra, 4 ; History of England, 3 ; Rhetoric, 2.
English Course. Civil Government, 4 ; Algebra, 4 ; Hist- ory of England, 3 ; Rhetoric, 2.
Second Term. College Course. Latin, Reader, 5 ; Alge- bra, 4 ; History of England, 3; Rhetoric, 2.
Latin Course. Latin, Reader, 5 ; Algebra, 4; History of England, 3 ; Rhetoric, 2.
English Course. Civil Government, 4; Algebra, 4 ; Hist- ory of England, 3 ; Rhetoric, 2.
Third Term. College Course. Latin, Reader, 5 ; Alge- bra, 4 ; History of Greece, 3 ; Rhetoric, I.
Latin Course. Latin Reader, 5; Algebra, 4; History of Greece, or Book-keeping, 3 ; Rhetoric, 2.
* Number of recitations per week.
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English Course. Book-keeping, 4; Algebra, 4; History of Greece, 3 ; Rhetoric, 2.
Fourth Term. College Course. Latin, Reader, 5 ; Alge- bra, 4 ; History of Rome, 3 ; Rhetoric, 2.
Latin Course. Latin, Reader, 5 ; Algebra, 4; History of Rome, or Book-keeping, 3 ; Rhetoric, 2.
English Course. Book-keeping, 4; Algebra, 4; History of Rome, 3 ; Rhetoric, 2.
SECOND YEAR.
First Term. College Course. Latin, Cæsar, 4 ; Greek, Anabasis, 5 ; Algebra, 4.
Latin Course. Latin, Cæsar, 4; Civil Government, 3 ; Algebra, 4; Rhetoric. 2.
English Course. French, 4; Physics, 2; Algebra, 4 ; Rhetoric, 2.
Second Term. College Course. Latin, Cæsar, 4 ; Greek, Lessons, 5 ; Geometry, 4.
Latin Course. Latin, Cæsar, 4; Civil Government, 3 ; Geometry, 4 ; Rhetoric, 2.
English Course. French, 4; Physics, 2; Geometry, 4 ; Rhetoric, 2.
Third Term. College Course. Latin, Cæsar, 4 ; Greek, Lessons, 5 ; Geometry, 4.
Latin Course. Latin, Cæsar, 4; English Literature, 4 ; Geometry, 4.
English Course. French, 4; English Literature, 4 ; Geometry, 4 ; Physics, 2.
Fourth Term. College Course. Latin, Cæsar, 4 ; Greek, Anabasis, 5 ; Geometry, 4.
Latin Course. Latin, Cæsar, 4; English Literature, 4 ; Geometry, 4.
English Course. French, 4 ; English Literature, 4 ; Geom etry, 4 ; Physics, 2.
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THIRD YEAR.
First Term. College Course. Latin, Cicero, 5 ; Greek, Anabasis, 5 ; Geometry and Physics, 4 ; English Literature, 2.
Latin Course. Latin, Cicero, 5 ; French, 4: Geometry and Physics, 4 ; English Literature, 2.
English Course. French, 4; Geology, 3; English Liter- ature, 5.
Second Term. College Course. Latin, Cicero, 5 ; Greek, Anabasis, 5 ; Geometry and Physics, 4 ; English Literature, 2.
Latin Course. Latin, Cicero, 5 ; French, 4; Geometry and Physics, 4 ; English Literature, 2.
English Course. French, 4 ; Astronomy, 3 ; English Lit- erature, 5.
Third Term. College Course. Latin, Cicero, 5 ; Greek, Anabasis, 5 ; Geometry and Physics, 4 ; English Literature, 2.
Latin Course. Latin, Cicero, 5 ; French, 4 ; Geometry and Physics, 4 ; English Literature, 2.
English Course. French, 4; Botany, 3; English Litera- ture, 5.
Fourth Term. College Course. Latin, Cicero, 5 ; Greek, Anabasis, 5 ; Geometry and Physics, 4 ; English Literature, 2.
Latin Course. Latin, Cicero, 4; French, 4 ; Geometry and Physics, 4; English Literature, 2.
English Course. French, 4; Botany, 3; English Litera- ture, 5.
Drawing and Rhetorical Exercises in all courses.
FOURTH YEAR.
First Term. College Course. Latin, Virgil, 5 ; French, 5 ; Greek, Homer, 5 ; English Literature, 2.
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Latin Course. Latin, Virgil, 5; French, 4; Geology, 3 ; English Literature, 4.
Second Term. College Course. Latin, Virgil, 5 ; French, 4 ; Greek, Homer, 5 ; English Literature, 2.
Latin Course. Latin, Virgil, 5 ; French, 4 ; Astronomy, 3 ; English Literature, 4.
Reviews of Mathematics in all courses.
Third Term. College Course. Latin, Virgil, 5 ; French, 4 ; Greek, Homer, 5 ; English Literature, 2.
Latin Course. Latin, Virgil, 5; French, 4; Botany, 3 ; English Literature, 4.
Fourth Term. College Course. Latin, Virgil, 5 ; French, 4 ; Greek, Homer, 5 ; English Literature, 2.
Latin Course. Latin, Virgil, 5; French, 4; Botany, 3 ; English Literature, 4.
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1889. Palma non sine pulvere.
GRADUATION EXERCISES,
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL, TOWN HALL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, Commencing at 8 o'clock. PROGRAMME. PART I.
OVERTURE .- "King Midas," .
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.
Eilenburg MELROSE ORCHESTRAL CLUB.
CHORUS .- "On the Mountains," . BY THE SCHOOL. . Kalliwoda
SALUTATORY ESSAY .- TheAdvantages of Bible Study.
MARION E. BRADBURY.
ESSAY .- Melrose, Past, Present, Future.
ISADORA C. BARRETT.
RECITATION .- Selection from "Les Miserables."
MARY W. GATELY.
ESSAY .- Is the Annexation of Canada Desirable ?
FRED A. SARGENT.
ESSAY .- Chaucer's Prologue.
EMMA L. LEIGHTON.
RECITATION .- "Robert of Sicily."
GRACE D. SMITH.
PART II.
SELECTION from "Faust." . ORCHESTRA.
Ch. Gounod CHORUS .- "The Quiet Valley,"
Tufts
SCHOOL.
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AWARDING OF THE PRIZES OF THE FRANKLIN FRATERNITY.
CLASS PROPHECY.
HENRY AUGUSTUS SMALL.
RECITATION,-"The Boat Race."
LILLIAN K. MORSE.
ESSAY .- Homeric Women.
HELEN L. BURR.
RECITATION .- "Lasca."
MELLISS H. MCKOY.
ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY,-Modern Heroism.
AMBROSE COLLYER DEARBORN.
AWARDING DIPLOMAS.
WALTZ .- "Santiago," (Spanish,) .
ORCHESTEA. A. Corbin
NAMES OF GRADUATES.
L. ISADORA CARVER BARRETT.
L. GRACE DUTTON SMITH,
c. MARION E. BRADBURY.
L. LENNIE AMELIA WHITE.
C. HELEN LOUISE BURR.
c. AMBROSE COLLYER DEARBORN.
E. MARY WINNIFRED GATELY. c. FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN.
L. EMMA LOUISE LEIGHTON. L. J. WALTER NEWHALL.
E. MELLISS H. McKOY.
E. FREDERICK AMASA SARGENT.
c. LILLIAN KIMBALL MORSE.
L. HENRY AUGUSTUS SMALL.
E. COLLETTA A. PARKER. L. HARRY W. VINTON.
C. JULIAN CUSHMAN WOODMAN.
c. College Course. L. Latin Course. E. English Course.
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PARTS FOR GRADUATION.
Selected for scholarship.
Marion E. Bradbury. Helen L. Burr. Isadora C. Barrett. Ambrose Collyer Dearborn. Selected for excellence in English composition, Lillian K. Morse.
Selected by the class.
Melliss H. McKoy. Grace Dutton Smith. Henry Augustus Small. Selected by the teachers.
Mary Winnifred Gately. Emma Louisa Leighton. Frederick Amasa Sargent.
Honorable mention is made of the following scholars for excellence in literature and mathematics :
First Class.
LITERATURE. Marion E. Bradbury,
MATHEMATICS. Marion E. Bradbury, Helen L. Burr,
Helen L. Burr,
Ambrose Collyer Dearborn,
Fred. A. Sargent.
Lillian K. Morse,
Fritz H. Small.
Colletta A. Parker, Isadora C. Barrett, Emma L. Leighton.
Second Class.
Grace C. Albee, Grace L. Bradbury, Grace B. Carr, Edward A. Tucker, Asa C. Pulsifer.
Grace C. Albec, . Herbert M. Cox, Fred. H. Hodge, Edward A. Tucker James F. Popc.
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Third Class.
Sarah C. Bryant,
Sarah C. Bryant,
Alice M. Burr,
Alice M. Burr,
Sarah M. Fisher,
Emma J. Norris,
Maud L. Sanford,
Maud L. Sanford,
Mary L. Loring,
Arline A. Merrill,
Etta M. Taylor,
Wm. D. Collins.
Fred. P. Woodbury.
Fourth Class.
Helen J. Bartholomew,
Helen J. Bartholomew,
Maud H. Marshall,
Maria L. Cass,
Ellie L. Shapleigh,
Sarah Conant,
Harry R. Patten,
Susie M. Flint,
James H. Raisbeck,
Roger M. Campbell,
Albert E. Small.
Eugene F. Ehlert,
Albert E. Small,
Clifford P. P. Sprunt.
FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES.
Subjects selested for the literary prizes of the Franklin Fraternity :
First Class. The Spirit of the Rebel Angels, as shown by their speeches in Pandemonium.
Second Class. Any character or contrast of characters in " Merchant of Venice."
Third Class. The boyhood of Whittier.
Fourth Class. Feudal customs as shown in "Marmion."
Fraternity prizes were awarded as follows : Literature, first prize, Evelyn C. Coggeshall. second prize, Helen Louise Burr.
Mathematics, first prize, geometry, Helen Louise Burr.
algebra, third class, Maud L.
Sanford.
Mathematics, first prize, algebra, fourth class, Helen J. Bartholomew.
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GRADUATING CLASS OF FIRST GRAMMAR SCHOOL, June 27th, 1889.
Harold P. Bale, Emma G. Baldwin,
Royal P. Barry,
Carrie L. Bemis,
Henrietta Berry,
Maude E. Brown,
Mabel S. Brown,
Nora L. Brown,
Lizzie Bucknam,
Arthur W. Burke,
Grace I. Butterfield,
Ashton L. Carr,
Ellen M. Carr, Anita B. Clark,
Roy S. Cleaveland,
Ingersoll Coggeshall,
Catherine W. Coombs,
Richard B. Conner,
Arthur L V. Currier, Evelyn Dowling, Joseph P. Dufty,
Harry M. Eastman, John H. K. Edwards, Mary E. Fanley,
Grace E. Fernald,
Walter H. Flanders,
Warren E. Gilchrist, Charles F. Gourley, Annie E. Hawley, Jessie O. Henderson,
Annie E. Howes, Ervin C. Hunnewill,
Charles H. Hurd,
Frank W. Johnson,
Harriet M. Jones, Annie S. Kiander, ·Grace M. Kirmes, Edward J. Kitching, John W. Kohr, Grace B. Leighton, M. Harlan Nims, Mary L. Norris, William J. Riley,
Grace G. Robbins, Edith J. Sampson, Manley B. Sampson,
Grace D. Sanford,
Frank D. Shepard, Mary E. Slocum, Annie E. Small,
George H. Smith,
Mattie A. Smith, Helen W. Snow, Cyrus J. Spencer, Dwight C. Sturges, Inez V. Stickney, Charles A. Swan, Mary I. Taylor,
John T. Timlin, Fannie M. Tucker, Florence E. Upham, Vernon Vaughan, Sarah S. Westgate, Mary L. Wilder, Francis C. Worthen.
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SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
NAMES.
SCHOOLS.
SALARIES.
Alonzo G. Whitman
High, Principal . $2,000
Clarimond Mansfield .
Assistant 625
Hattie G. Ricker
66
625
A. A. Ballou .
60 66
800
Harriet C. Fairbanks 8th Grade, Principal 1,000
Effie C. Sweetser
Assistant 550
Lucy W. Bisbee
7th Grade, Emerson st. 600
Alice M. Swett
Vinton st. . 600
Lydia Mendum.
66
Franklin 600
Susan D. Melcher
6th Grade, Centre 550
Helen J. Barrett
Grove st. 550
Belle Mitchel
6th & 5th Gr., Franklin 500
Mary J. George .
5th Grade, Centre 6 6
500
Lillie J. Davis
4th & 3d Gr., Centre 500
66
Franklin
500
Della H. Crosby
Grove st.
500
Emma A. Weeks
66
Converse
450
Lucy F. Demot .
Mary E. Nye
2d & Ist Gr., Converse
450
Amelia F. Trowbridge
66
Grove st.
450
Isabel Chapin
66
66
Centre
500
Emma L. Randlett
-
66 Franklin 500
Ist Grade, Vinton st. 450
Mixed school, Upham st. 500
Vacancy
Ripley
450
Florence M. Perry
Green st.
450
Mary A. Plummer
West
450
Florence Ellis
66 Lynde st.
500
Harry Benson
Music
400
Elizabeth Creveling
Drawing
350
$18,400
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Vinton st. 500
Kate W. Bascom
Grove st.
500
Alma J. Guptill
Alice H. Long
2d & 2d Gr., Vinton st. 500
Annie M. Ransom.
Annie Chadbourne
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JANITORS.
NAMES.
SCHOOLS. SALARIES.
J. W. Boyce .
High School . $324
Arthur Armington
Cedar, Grove & Vinton sts. 600
C. H. Fuller
Franklin, Green st. 235
W. F. Serrat .
Lynde st. . 100
Joseph Emerson
Converse school 100
Eri Upham
Upham st. 60
John Davis
Ripley 60
$1,479
SUPPLY AGENT'S STATEMENT.
Value of text-books and supplies in stock, Jan. 1, 1889 $596 05
Value of text-books and supplies purchased from
Jan. I, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1890 1,503 63
Value of text-books and supplies issued to schools from Jan. I, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1890 1,723 09
Value of text-books and supplies in hand of agent, Jan. 1, 1890
376 59
A. K. MILLER, Supply Agent.
MELROSE, Jan. 1, 1890.
Books worn out and discarded
560
re-bound
306
Most of these books had been in use four or five years.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS.
SCHOOLS.
Maximum Number,
Jan. I to July I.
Average attendance,
Jan. I to July I.
Maximum number,
Sept. I to Dec. 31.
Average attendance,
Sept. I to Dec. 31.
Number of pupils,
Jan. 1, 1890,
Per cent. of attend-
ance for the year.
Average age,
Dec. 31, 1889.
Mos.
HIGH, First class.
18
17.6
27
25
96.I
I7
Second class.
15
14.3
25
22
95.7
17
Third class.
42
4.0
38
35
98
15
4
Fourth class
48
4.4
55
54
94
14
7
Totals
123
II5.9
I44
-
136
8th"grade,
and
94
83.2
100
93.5
97
93.8
I4
6
Miss Sweetser.
7th
Bisbee
46
35.5
50
45. I
47
89.4
13
7th
Swett .
45
38.9
48
42.9
45
94
4
7th
Mendum
43
37.7
54
39
39
91
13
2
6th
Melcher.
50
41.5
57
49
54
84.2
12
7
6th
Barrett
55
49
59
52.3
56
94.5
12
7
6th and 5th grade, Miss Mitchel.
64
51-7
45
38
40
91. I
II
7
5th grade, Mrs. Bascom.
56
47
53
48.5
52
94.3
II
6
55
53
50
47
50
95
I 1
I
63
56.6
59
53.7
56
90.4
9
2
56
43.4
48
42.6
45
91.3
10
-
55
50.3
56
50
56
93.2
IC
9
52
47.2
54
50.8
52
93
9
9
34
28.4
33
29.2
33
94.8
9
6
42
38.6
48
43·4
47
92.5
8
I
3d and 2d grade, Mrs. Dermot. 2d and Ist grade, Miss Nye *
23
17.9
36
32.3
34
30.6
36
91-2
6
7
67
54.3
68
53.8
63
94.9
6
9
66
50.4 .
69
50.I
59
74.5
7
4
51
25.6
39
32.I
39
89.6
6
6
Ist grade, Miss Ransom.
5[
47.3
58
52.8
56
95.I
6
3
MIXED SCHOOLS.
Upham street, Miss Chadbourne.
53
42
50
47
47
7
IO
Green
=
Perry.
45
37
41
38
40
95. [
West
Plummer
39
30.5
.36
30.5
7
7
Lynde
Ellis
49
39.6
45
88.7
8
8
Totals
I350
II45.I
1405
I325
8
5th
Miss George
4th and 3d grade, Miss Davis
Guptill
20.4
25
Miss Long.
Weeks
-
-
Trowbridge ..
Chapin
-
" Randlett ..
Yrs.
4 8
Miss Fairbanks
Ellis ..
Mrs. Crosby.
80.4
* Miss Nye's first report is the Lynde street Primary ; her second, the Converse Primary.
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 third day of March, A. D. 1890, at 7 o'clock, A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator.
2. To see if the Town will vote to increase the number of Selectmen to five, on petition of George T. Brown and others.
3. To bring in their votes on one ballot for all necessary Town Officers.
4. Upon a separate ballot to bring in their votes in an- swer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" Form and size of ballots to be as prescribed in Chapter 49, Acts of 1886.
5. To choose any other Town Officers deemed necessary or required by law. .
6. To authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow money for the purpose of meeting the demands of the town, with the approval of the Selectmen.
7. To raise inoney for Schools.
8. To raise money for School Contingent Expenses.
9. To raise money for Highways.
IO. To raise money for Sidewalks.
II. To raise money for Crossings and Gutters.
I2. To raise money for the support of the Poor.
I3. To raise money for the Fire Department.
14. To raise money for lighting and care of Street Lights.
15. To raise money for additional Street Lamps.
16. To raise money for Police and Watchmen.
17. To raise money for Contingent Expenses.
18. To raise money to pay interest on the Town Debt.
I9. To raise money for the Reduction of the Town Debt.
20. To raise money for the Public Library.
2I. To raise money for the use of Water, in hydrants, public buildings, etc.
22. To raise money for the relief of needy soldiers and sailors as provided by Chap. 298, Acts of 1889.
23. To raise money for Salaries of Town Officers, and to fix the compensation of all officers and committees elected or appointed by the Town.
24. To raise money forDrainage, Bridges and Culverts.
25. To raise money for the purposes for which the Treas- urer has been authorized to borrow and the Selectmen to expend during the past year, and for any other necessary expenses for the ensuing year.
26. To determine the method by which the taxes for the year shall be collected.
27. To authorize the Town Treasurer to issue Water Fund Bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of construc- tion for the ensuing year.
28. To see if the Town will raise the sum of $200 for keeping in repair and decorating the graves of Soldiers on Memorial Day.
29. To see if the Town will raise money to grade and improve the "Soldiers' Lot" in Wyoming Cemetery, as set apart by the Selectmen.
30. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $200 to improve the Town Common, on petition of William N. Folsom and others.
31. To see if the Town will remove the ledges within the limits of High and Vinton streets and otherwise improve said streets, and raise money for the same on petition of William A. Burrell and 24 others.
32. To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed Nov. 9, 1889, to procure plans, specifications and estimates for a High School Building, to select land, etc.
33. To see if the Town will build a High School Build- ing, purchase land for the same, remove the present High School Building if necessary, and authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for said purposes.
34. To see if the Town will alter or amend the Town By- 1 Laws relating to the keeping of swine, on petition of Wil- liam N. Folsom and others.
35. To see if the Town will authorize the cemetery com- mittee to build a barn on the Pratt farm.
36. To see what action the Town will take to meet the payment of the first issue of Water Fund Bonds at their maturity, July 1, 1890, to petition the Legislature for author- ity to issue additional bonds and to pass such other votes as may be deemed necessary in the premises.
37. To see if the Town will sell the lot of land on Main street, near the estate of Warren Lynde, and purchase other land in a more suitable location, and build a hose house thereon for the use of Hose Company No. 2, and raise or appropriate money for the same, by request of the company.
38. To see if the Town will place electric lights upon the following streets: At the corner of Trenton and Washing- ton streets, an arc light, and two small electric lights on Trenton street between Washington street and Wyoming avenue, on petition of Joel W. Brown and 22 others.
39. To see if the Town will place electric lights at the corner of Cleaveland street and Wyoming avenue, and at the corner of Wyoming avenue and Ravine street, on peti- tion of John Burns and others.
40. To see if the Town will alter, amend or annul a portion of Section 4, Article 2, of the Town By-Laws relat- ing to the duties of Town Officers.
41. To see if the Town will build a sidewalk on Pleasant street its entire length from Wyoming avenue to Washing- ton street, and raise or appropriate money for the same, on petition of H. F. Ehlert, the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.,E . S. Converse and others.
42. To see if the town will grade Lebanon street from Second street to Grove street, and raise money for the same, on petition of Henry N. Cass and others.
43. To see if the Town will repair Wyoming avenue from the railroad crossing westerly to Stoneham line, and build a sidewalk along said avenue, and raise money for the same, on petition of John Burns and twenty-six others.
44. To see if the Town will raise or appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to build gravel sidewalks on Grove street, on petition of Charles Boardman and twenty-four others.
45. To see if the Town will properly grade Gooch street, and raise or appropriate money for the same, on petition of William N. Folsom and others.
46. To see if the Town will grade and otherwise improve Botolph street and West Hill avenue from said Botolph street to Franklin street, and raise or appropriate money for the same, on petition of R. H. Watkins and twenty-two others.
47. To see if the Town will grade Walton Park, and raise or appropriate money for the same.
48. To see if the Town will build on the north side of Wyoming avenue a gravel walk from Cleaveland street to the estate of John W. Hensby, near Ravine road, and raise money for the same, on petition of A. C. Sibley and others.
49. To see if the Town will purchase a steam fire engine, with necessary equipments for the same, and raise or appro- priate such sum of money as may be required.
50. To see if the Town will take the necessary steps to widen, deepen and clear from obstructions Ell Pond and Spot Pond brooks, on petition of Justus Geist and 129 others.
51. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the establishing of an electric plant for the furnishing of electric light.
52. To see if the Town will permit the property now owned by Mrs. M. A. Hunt adjoining the Jewish burying ground on Linwood avenue, to be used for the enlarge- ment of said burying ground, and for cemetery purposes, on petition of Moses S. Page and others.
53. To hear and act upon the reports of committees, and for the transaction of any other busines which may legally come before this meeting.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof at the Town Hall, each of the Post Offices and Depots of the town, not less than seven days before the day appointed for said meeting, and by leaving printed copies of the Warrant at the dwellings of the legal voters before the day of 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 hands this twenty-first day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
LEVI S. GOULD, - Selectmen J. P. DEERING, of
C. W. HIGGINS, 1 Melrose.
A true copy. Attest,
ANSEL B. PIERCE, Constable.
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