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F. H. NICKERSON, Superintendent of Schools.
I. Is it probable that your child (or children) will spend the larger part of the summer vacation in Melrose ?
Answer:
2. Do you think that children who remain in the City during the summer would be benefited by attendance upon a vacation school for a portion of the vacation, provided the work in such school is mainly along the line of manual training, domestic science, nature study, etc., and the sessions are short and confined to the earlier hours of the day ? Answer :
About fourteen hundred circulars were sent out. Thir- teen hundred and seventy-eight replies were received. Seventy-eight per cent. of those who replied stated that their children would probably spend the greater part of the summer vacation in Melrose. Seventy-nine per cent. heartily favored the idea of a vacation school; sixteen per cent. did not favor the idea; and five per cent. were in doubt.
The above facts indicate that there exists, in the minds of parents, a need for vacation schools in Melrose.
The following answers to the second question in the circu- lar express the prevailing feeling among the seventy-nine per cent. who indorsed the idea.
One father writes: "Employment of the kind indicated, I shall even be willing to pay for. Children, parents and the City will reap much from the idea. May you succeed."
Another father says : "Yes, I think it a fine idea, and wish that manual training, domestic science, etc., might be included in the regular school course, as it is done in sur- rounding towns and cities."
Still another father expresses himself thus: "I trust that this idea will meet the approval of all, as I most heartily indorse it."
A mother writes : "Such a school would be of great -- est possible benefit, especially to children who are left mainly to their own devices on the streets during vacation,"
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Another mother says : "Yes, I think it will be one of the greatest things the City could do for the children."
As a further indication of the City's need in this direction I submit the following communication which was sent me in response to a request for information regarding the suc- cess of the vacation school that was conducted under the charge of the Educational Committee of the Melrose Woman's Club during the summer of 1903.
MELROSE, February 24, 1904.
F. H. NICKERSON, Superintendent of Schools.
DEAR SIR: In reply to your letter of inquiry in regard to the vaca- tion school of last summer, may I go back to the beginning ?
You doubtless know that the undertaking was the direct outcome of a talk you gave at a Round Table Conference just before the close of the school year. Members of the Educational Committee of the Melrose Woman's Club who were present felt impressed with the urgent need of such work in our midst and at once made preparation to begin in an experimental way.
Hampered as they were by the lack of time (for vacation was at hand) and with no funds, there seemed no other way to begin than with a class of girls in sewing. That would require but little outlav, only for the necessary equipment, for of course the ladies themselves would act as instructors.
If the experiment proved a success, then the experience gained would be helpful another year.
Permission to use the Sewall School building was given by the School Committee and an announcement of the opening class in July was made in the local papers.
Eighteen children had signified their intention of attending and materials had been prepared for a class of thirty. All our plans were upset for about one hundred and fifty children were present the first day, twenty-five of them being boys. Realizing that we were incom- petent to take care of such numbers and trusting blindly to Providence for help in meeting expenses, a trained teacher was engaged to super- intend the work, the ladies acting as teachers under her direction.
Three sessions of one and a half hours each were held each week for five weeks. The attendance was excellent, two hundred and two being the highest number recorded in a day and averaging about one hundred and seventy-five.
The pupils, varying from five to seventeen years of age, represented all classes of society, the poorer class predominating of course.
Discipline was not needed except in the ungraded room in which there were boys. The interest of pupils as well as teachers never flagged even during the hottest of days.
It was the desire of our Superintendent to teach the children in
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accordance with the method generally adopted in public schools so that nothing would have to be unlearned if ever sewing should be added to the public school curriculum. Neatness and accuracy were taught and reflected in the clean faces and attire of the children.
The five weeks passed quickly. It was the desire of all to continue, but the number of regular helpers was insufficient and, last but not least, the financial situation had to be considered. With the strictest economy, supplying everything as we did, and paying superintendent and janitor, bills were accumulating and had to be met.
The disappointment of the children at the closing of the school and' the eagerness with which they asked if the sewing would not be carried on through the year, showed what they thought of vacation work. The disappointment was so general that at one time the ladies questioned the advisability of conducting a class on Saturdays throughout the school year, and the children were directed to ask their parents how many would promise to attend such a class, paying ten cents for each lesson. About sixty-five expressed their willingness to do so and at once registered.
Although little seems to have been accomplished, the committee and other ladies who assisted felt that it paid. It had been proved to their satisfaction that such work was absolutely necessary in the long vaca- tion to keep the children from idleness and lawlessness. To them it was not work but a pleasant occupation.
But this work must be extended. Boys as well as girls should be given an opportunity to expend their surplus energy. Sewing is hardly the thing for them, although the boys in our care seemed interested in the bags for their marbles and bats. It is the aim of the committee who took charge of this work to give the boys an opportunity this coming season to do card and wood work, and to give the children of both sexes out-of-door nature work under competent instructors.
We hope at no distant day to see this undertaking carried on by the City with trained teachers of experience directing it. That it can be of very great assistance in shaping the characters of our boys and girls is believed by all who have done vacation work and can be imagined by those who know of the large numbers of children who are compelled to spend their vacations year after year in Melrose with only an occa- sional day at the beaches.
Hoping this resume may be of assistance to you and thanking you for the help you have always so generously given this Committe of the Woman's Club, I am,
Very respectfully,
MARY P. HOLDEN,
Chairnian Educational Committee.
I refrain from particular argument to prove the value to the community of this suggested extension in the use of the school plant because my present purpose is simply to place
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the suggestion before the Committee for consideration with such facts as may be helpful in determining the merit of the proposition.
CHANGES IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
An unusually large number of changes have occurred during the year in the membership of the School Committee. Edward B. Marsh and Bessie B. Dearborn, whose terms ex- pired January, 1904, declined to be considered for re-elec- tion; Fred L. Wood, whose term expired at the same time, removed to Springfield, Mass .; Susan F. Flanders, whose term would have expired January, 1906, resigned during the latter part of the year.
Messrs. Wood and Marsh had each served upon the Com- mittee four years; Mrs. Flanders had served for a period of ten years, and Mrs. Dearborn for a period of eleven years.
The new members elected to fill the above vacancies are Oscar F. Frost, Dr. E. C. Fish, Isabelle I. Stantial and Mary F. Holden. While the withdrawal of so many experienced members from the Committee was distinctly a loss to the City, it is fortunate that men and women of the character of their successors are willing to give to the service of the schools the time and energy required for their successful management.
CHANGE IN SUPERINTENDENT'S CLERK.
At the close of the school year in June, Helen L. Burr, who for five years had been the efficient clerk to the Superintendent of Schools, resigned to pursue a course of study at Simmons college. Miss Burr was a woman of rare good sense and executive ability and her loss has been keenly felt in the administrative work of the schools.
From the list of candidates available for the vacancy selection was made of Rosetta M. Pendleton. Miss Pendle- ton is a native of Melrose and was graduated from our High School in the class of 1903.
I desire to commend the faithfulness with which she has performed the various duties of her position.
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CONCLUSION.
No one is in a position to appreciate better than myself the fact that our schools are far from perfect. I believe, however, that steady improvement in their efficiency is going on.
Not all has been accomplished during the past year that I had hoped to see, but I am confident that, in point of actual accomplishment and in power to advance for the year to come, the school system of Melrose is a little better off today than it was a year ago.
In closing this report, I desire to express my appreciation of the faithful work of our teachers ; of the spirit of co- operation in school affairs manifested by our citizens gener- ally; of the courteous bearing of our pupils, as I have gone among them; and, finally, of the unfailing support given me by the School Committee.
These conditions contribute much to lighten the labors of a Superintendent of Schools, as well as to render his efforts effective.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED H. NICKERSON,
Superintendent of Schools. April 4, 1904.
APPENDIX.
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL. GRADUATING EXERCISES. CLASS OF 1903.
CITY HALL, EVENING OF JUNE TWENTY-FOURTH AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
PROGRAM.
INVOCATION,
REV. THOMAS SIMS, D.D.
"UP, SAILOR BOY, 'TIS DAY," F. F. Bullard GLEE CLUB.
ADDRESS, " Knowledge and Power," REV. EDWIN H. HUGHES, President Elect of De Pauw University.
"THE DAFFODILS," King Hall GLEE CLUB.
AWARD OF PRIZES GIVEN BY FRANKLIN FRATERNITY.
"SNOWFLAKES,"
F. H. Cowen GLEE CLUB.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS,
HIS HONOR, MAYOR SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK.
"FAREWELL SONG,"
Wiegand GLEE CLUB.
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"Esse Quam Videri."
Adams, Anna Brooks Adams, Nina Arritta
Baker, Charles Everett, Jr.
Blodgett, Ernest Frank Boylen, Florence Elizabeth Bragdon, Ralph Mayne Bridgewater, Georgie Mary Scott Buttrick, Sibyl Andrews Childs, Irene Mae
Loveland, Don Everett Merrill, Alice Louise Mitchell, Guy Taylor
Mower, Bertha Morrell Noble, Grace Helen
Pendleton, Rosetta Mabel Perry, Harold Edwin Pettengill, Heman Judson, Jr. Powers, Barnard
Reed, Harold Douglas Reilly, Marybelle
Slade, Mary Heywood
Smith, Clarence Grover
Smith, Mabelle Alice
Durrell, Stella May
Foster, Martha Todd
Soule, Mary Eliza Storey, Sherwood Lindsay
Gile, Philip Lindsey
Green, Frank Wallace, Jr.
Tucker, Frank Edward
Hili, Marguerite Elizabeth
Underhill, Chester Jay
Holden, Lillian
Upham, Rachael Louise Vaughn, Harry Nathan
Hurley, Herbert Daniel
Keeney, Bertha Elizabeth
Waterhouse, Edwin Clinton
King, Mary Nickerson
Winn, Harold Francis
Wood, Ethel Louise
Wooldridge, Reginald
Wooldridge, Ethel Grace
CLASS HONORS.
Philip Lindsey Gile
Stella May Durrell
HONOR LIST.
CLASS OF 1903.
Mary H. Slade 1 Nina A. Adams
Harold D. Reed Marguerite E. Hill
CLASS OF 1904.
Florence M. Child Marion H. Stafford
Helen M. Hill Julius H. Serra
Caroline G. Whitney
Churchill, Isa Mildred Cobb, Elisha Wilbur
Cummings, Ethel May
Duncan, Harold Stephen
Kitching, Albert Harper
Laycock, Helen Louise
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CLASS OF 1905.
Florence W. T. Cooper Annie B. Murray
Ethel N. Day
Augustus B. Merry
Ester B. O'Brien CLASS OF 1906.
Gladys L. Damon Ruth Hazard Ethel L. Norris
Marion B. Gould Helen W. Munyan Zelma I. Stone
FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES.
ENGLISH (Senior Class) Lillian Holden Barnard Powers
ENGLISH (Junior Class) ENGLISH (Third Class) Mabel A. Van Riper
ENGLISH (Fourth Class) Mabel A. Farnum Helen W. Munyan
GEOMETRY (Open to all) J. Herschel Serra.
ALGEBRA (Open to all) J. Herschel Serra GEOMETRY (Third Class) ALGEBRA (Fourth Class) Ira Mosher
MELROSE WOMAN'S CLUB HONORS.
Bertha Morrell Mower Rosetta Mabel Pendleton
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CITY OF MELROSE
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PUPILS PROMOTED FROM THE NINTH GRADE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE, 1903.
*Adams, James Fowler
*Aldrich, Gladys Viola
*Anderson, Harold Whidden Anderton, Frank
*Atwood, Roy Farrar
*Bartlett, Jessie Warner
*Batchelder, Alice Elizabeth
*Bean, William Kimball
*Berry, Emma Lillian Berry, William Edwin Beshong, Ruth Carolyn
*Bishop, Alfred Arthur
*Bishop, Henrietta Viola
*Bishop, Vita St. Clair
*Blanchard, Carl Atherton
*Boyd, Christina Anna
*Bragdon, Marston
*Brettell, Harry
*Brittain, Mabel Louise
*Brock, Phyllis Azile
*Brown, John Edwin Buckley, Alice Mary
*Buckley, Frances Mary
*Bullens, Jos. Daniel
*Butler, Jos. Alvin
*Casey, Nora Marie Casey, Jeremiah Thomas
*Chisholm, Lester Bury Church, Herbert Irving
*Churchill, Bertha Frances
*Clarke, Blanche Elizabeth
*Clifford, Alice Martha
*Creadon, Agnes
*Creadon, Rena Harriet
*Cronin, George Neal
*Cronin, Mary Alice
*Dearborn, George Godfrey
*DeCecca, Louise Rose Dragon, John, Jr.
*Dwyer, Catherine Agnes
*Durrell, Josephine Thorpe
*Estes, Edith Marion
Fahey, Mary Beronica
Farmer, Carrie May
Fenton, Geo. Edw. Flatley, Marguerite Christina
*Flett, Chas. Florian
*Foley, Cornelius Alexander
*Folsom, David Leighton
*Folsom, Florence Nelson
*Foster, Ethel Morrison
*Franklin, Clara Violet
*Fuchs, Mary Caroline
*Fuller, Lorin Lovejoy Furze, Alfred Ernest
*Gerry, Elizabeth Teresa Grottendick, Ruth Converse
*Guilder, Ruth Pierce
*Hawkes, Chas. Arthur
*Hebblethwaite, Joseph Ralph
*Hill, Mahlon Wallace Hill, Louise Esterbrook
*Hinchey, James Henry
*Hinchey, Joseph, Jr.
*Hodgkins, Dorothy Eveline
*Holmes, Hazel
*Hunt, Nathaniel Kent
*Hyde, Louis R.
*Hyland, Sumner Francis
*Jenkins, Carl
*Jenks, Harold Gould
*Jenks, Mildred
*Jennings, Marion Fuller
* Jones, Stella Worth
*Joslin, Blanche Towne
*Kellogg, Chester Elijah
*Kingston, Edna Claire
*Kirk, Amy Elizabeth
*Kirmes, Victor Hannon
*Lang, Beatrice May
*Lay, Daisy
*Laycock, Harold Goodwin
* Lawson, Gertrude Colston Leach, Lila Belle
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*Lewis, Mabel Louise
* Lewis, Marion Dorothy
* Linton, Grace Palmer
* Locke, Daisy
* Lunt, Herminia Kridell
* Lunt, Laurena Kaler
* Lux, Ellen Mary
* Lyall, Harold
* Lynde, Chas. Arthur
* Mahoney, Dennis
*Manley, Elmer Elsworth Mayo, Alice Irene
* McAnanny, Alice Maude
*McKay, Erminie Marie
* Melchert, Doris Adelaide
* Moor, Ruth Muehlberg, Freda
* Murdock, Grace Eudora
*Norris, John Oscar, Jr.
*Nute, Josephine Wyote O'Brien, Wm. James *O'Keefe, John Benson
*Osgood, Emily Neal
*Page, Lillian Franklin
*Parker, Ernest Wiswell
* Parker, Ernestine Evelyn
*Parsons, Charles Williams Payton, Maude Sarah
* Pendleton, Walter Irving
* Perkins, Dora Frances
*Pillsbury, Ray
*Pike, Beatrice Pratt, Dexter Guilford
*Provandie, Irene Frances Ramsdell, Jessie Marion
* Reed, Clarence Primrose Reilly, Wm. Bernard
*Ricker, Clara Louise
*Riley, Sadie Agnes
*Sawin, Walter Harrison
*Scribner, Alice Margery
*Shapleigh, Helen Augusta
*Sisson, Mary Louise Smith, Ira Dean Snowden, Henry Watt
1
*Soule, Wm. Freeman
*Spaulding, Frances
*Spaulding, Lucy Spink
*Sprague, Chas. Frederick
*Stamen, Ida Sara Florence Stantial, Alfred Brooks
*Stearns, Vera
*Stebbins, Annie Emma
*Stevens, Frances
*Stevens, John Warren
*Stevens, Katherine Alice Swain, Arthur
*Swett, Marion
*Thompson, Mildred Rose
*Townsend, Irene
*Upham, Irma Elmira
*Vaughn, Douglas Norman
*Walker, Louise Newell
*Ward, James Haller
*Wedger, Alice Dodge
*Wells, Eleanor
*Wells, Faustina Lander
*Whitman, Arthur Holmes *Whitney, Wm. Brighton
*Widner, Harry Walker *Wilkinson, George Warren Williams, Frank Loring *Wilson, Frank Harrison
*Woodward, Mary Ames
*Wolley, Harold Sampson
*Young, Edwin George
*Entered High School in September 83%
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ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL STAFF. December 31, 1903.
Superintendent of Schools.
FRED H. NICKERSON, 49 ? Lebanon Street.
Superintendent's Clerk.
ROSETTA M. PENDLETON,
179 Trenton Street.
CORPS OF TEACHERS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
WHERE
WHEN
NAME. GRADE.
EDUCATED).
ELECTED.
William C. Whiting . . Principal .. .. Dartmouth College. 1899
Alonzo G. Whitman . . Prin. Emeritus Bowdoin College. 1874
George H. Hutchins. . Sub-Master .... Bates College.
1901
Kenneth Beal . English Dept. . Dartmouth College.
1902
Annie C. Merritt . Modern Lang. Hanover (Germany) Normal
Dept . . School, Cours Sevigne, Paris. . 1896
Margaret McGill. . History Dept. . . Mt. Holyoke College 1900
Adelma A. Ballou ... Latin
. Dean Academy . 1887
Harriet C. Fairbanks Algebra, Laun Natick High School 1880
Hattie G. Ricker .... French
. Lapham Institute 1884
Jennette Moulton . . . Greek Wellesley College 1899
Helen M. Armstrong English, French Boston University . . 1900 Sara Fisher History, Sten. Boston University . 1902
Amelia C. Ford. History, Eng .. Radcliffe College. .. 1903
J. Thatcher Sears . . Eng., Algebra Harvard University . 1903
G. Walter Williams. . Business Dept. Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Bus. College 1903
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FRANKLIN SCHOOL, COR. FRANKLIN AND MAIN STREETS.
NAME. GRADE.
WHERE WHEN
EDUCATED ELECTED.
Archer C. Bowen Principal, IX . . Bridgewater Normal School . . 1901
Mary J. George. Prin. Assit Wakefield, Mass., High Sch. . . 1880
Rose D. Lanphear VIII Boston University. 1903
Louise G. White. VIII & VII. .. Salem Normal School. 1895
Alice C. Day VII
Salem Normal School. 1900
Marguerite Pierce VI.
Farmington (Me. ) Normal 1903
Blanche M. Brickett . . VI . Bridgewater Normal School. .. 1903
Nora P. Nason. . V. · Gorham (Me. ) Normal School 1899
Alma J. Guptill V Girl's High School, Boston . . . 1884
WASHINGTON SCHOOL, COR. LEBANON AND LYNDE STREETS.
Eva R. Crane. . Principal, IX .. Coburn Classical Institute. ... 1899
Harriett H. Dowe .. .. Prin. Ass't. Mt. Holyoke College 1894
Helen B. Stevens. . Prin. Smith College. 1902
Laura H. Horsman. . VIII
Provincial Normal Sch., N. B. 1903
Lavinia W.Smallwood VII
· Bridgewater Normal School .. 1899
Etta J. Call. VI. Ellsworth (Kan. ) Normal Inst. 1890
Genieve R. Barrows . . V & IV
Framingham Normal School. . 1903
Mary L. Loring .
III.
Salem Normal School ... . . 1897
Annie P. Long. II
Melrose High School 1894
Mary A. Bailey .
I.
Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten
Training Class. 1896
Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten
Training Class
.1899
LINCOLN SCHOOL, WYOMING AVENUE.
Augustus O. Burke. . Principal, IX .. Bridgewater Normal School. . 1898 Edith S. Blake. Prin. Ass't .. Bates College 1903 Ethel E. Thomas VII Bridgewater Normal School . . . 1901 Mary R. Clarke VI Franklin Academy 1894 Mary S. Haley . IV Framingham Normal School. . 1901 Harriet A. Saunders . . III.
Jeannette A. Doane . . II .
Malden High School. 1898
Templeton High School. 1895 Grace C. Albee .I. Wellesley College 1898
Grace A. Lynde .I.
Miss Page's Kindergarten
Training Class 1897
Bertha W. Leighton . . I.
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D. W. GOOCH SCHOOL, COR. FOSTER AND FLORENCE STREETS.
NAME. GRADE.
WHERE
WHEN
EDUCATED. ELECTED.
Augustus O. Burke . . Principal, VIII Bridgewater Normal School . . 1898
Lydia Mendum Prin. Ass't. . .. Salem Normal. 1874
Harriet E. Benson . VII · Gorham (Me.) Normal School 1902
Lois M. Holmes. . VI. Melrose High School. 1896
Alice H. Long V .. . Boston Normal School. 1877
Minnie F. C. Snow. IV.
. Orono (Me.) High School 1892
Grace M. Perkins. .. III Salem Normal School. 1903
Amelia F. Trowbridge II Melrose High School 1889
A. Arline Merrill
. Melrose High School
1894
Mabel Price. .I. · Miss Symonds' Kindergarten
Training Class 1897
HORACE MANN SCHOOL, COR. GROVE AND MYRTLE STREETS.
Alice M. Swett ... . Principal, VIII Plymouth (N.H.) Normal Sch. 1882 Mary S. Wentworth . . Prin. Ass't. .... Wakefield (N. H.) Academy .. 1806 Aubigne Lermond. .. VII Bridgewater Normal School .. 1902
A. Louise McCormick VI. . Wheaton Seminary . .. 1891
Edith M. Maxwell . . . V. Farmington (Me.) Normal Sch. 1902
. Provincetown High School. 1897 Anna W. Atkins. ... .IV
Nellie C. Dempsey . . III Salem Normal School . 1891
Anastatia G. Riley . . . II. . Salem Normal School. 1900
Annie G Balch . .
Wakefield High School 1900
Lillian M. Tufts .. .I. · Miss Symonds' Kindergarten
Training Class. 1901 .
MARY A. LIVERMORE SCHOOL, MAIN STREET.
Annie M. Washburn . . Principal VIII Wellesley College. 1900
Annie P. O'Hara ..
Ass't. Prin. . .
. . Boston Normal School ....
.1903
Bessie A. Conway . VII Partial Course Tufts College . . 1903
Marion D. Dean . VI Partial C. Boston University . . 1902
Lucy E. Shute. V . Pinkerton Academy . ... .1895
JOSEPH WARREN SCHOOL, WARREN STREET.
Alice J. Coffin. . Principal IV ... Gorham (Me.) Normal School 1895 Mary E. Tupper. III .. · Framingham Normal School .. 1892 Ruth M. Knowles II · Mt. Holyoke College. 1894 Margaret E. Grady . · Salem Normal School. . 1896 G. Rose McConnell. .. I. · Miss Symonds' Kindergarten
Training Class. 1903
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WINTHROP SCHOOL, COR. ELEVENTH AND FIRST STREETS.
NAME. GRADE.
WHERE WHEN
EDUCATED. ELECTED.
Edith S. Dermot . Prin. V & IV .. Framingham Normal School . . 1896
Annie P. O'Hara . Prin. Ass't. .. .... Boston Normal School. 1903
Annie Dinnie. III . Quincy Training School. 1900
Mabel G. Gilbride ... II .
· Quincy Training School. 1900
Mary E. Deans . .I. Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Training School. 1902
Jennie S. Prescott. .. I. . Miss Symonds' Kindergarten Training Class. 1903
SEWALL SCHOOL, UPHAM STREET.
Martha A. Briggs. .. . Principal, IV .. Edw. Little High School. .1898
Lena D. Marshall .. .III . Salem Normal School. 1900
Mary A. Chisholm. . II. . Salem Normal School. .1896
Frances B. Brown .. . I. . Exeter, N. H. Training Sch ... 1899
Emma C. French .... I. Miss Symonds' Kindergarten Class. 1902
WHITTIER SCHOOL, COR. FRANKLIN AND PRATT STREETS.
Archer C. Bowen .... Principal . . Bridgewater Normal School .. 1901
Josephine Burleigh . . Prin. Asst. · Farmington (Me) Normal Sch. 1903
Isabelle L. Atwood. . III . Robinson Seminary 1892
Gertrude B. Stewart . . II . . Melrose High School ... .1894
Annie Jenness . .. I. Froebel Kindergarten Training School 1903
Marion P. Goodwin . . I Miss Symonds' Kindergarten Training Class .1901
CONVERSE SCHOOL, FELLS.
Helen L. Patten. .... I, II, III .... Salem Normal School. ........ 1903
RIPLEY SCHOOL, SWAIN'S POND AVENUE.
Dora F. Whittredge. . I, II, III .
.1903
GENERAL ASSISTANT.
Ella J. Spooner . Framingham Normal School .. 1903
SUPERVISORS.
Alvin C. Saunders . Music · 1901 Willis S. Carter ...... Drawing .1891
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JANITORS.
NAME. SCHOOL.
RESIDENCE.
George A. Beckford . . Ripley
Off Swain's Pond Ave ... . .
Charles J. Critchett. . Livermore & Sewall. .. 80 Whitman Ave.
James Fahey .
Warren & Whittier. . 62 School St.
George E. Fogg
High
102 E. Foster St.
John Hitchins . Winthrop.
Waitt St.
Samuel Lear Franklin.
931 Main St.
Archie McIlwraith
. Lincoln
. 5 Allen Place.
Henry S. Payne
. Washington
. 28 Albion St
Thomas Ray
Converse.
52 Main St.
John Thyng
· Gooch & Mann
43 Winthrop St.
ENGINEER IN HIGH SCHOOL.
.50 Porter St Charles Brown
CONTENTS OF SCHOOL REPORT.
Calendar
. 131
School Committee (Membership and Organization)
. 132
Report of the Superintendent of Schools 135 .
1. Statistical Tables :
I. Regarding School Houses and School Lots . 136
II. Number of Teachers in Different Departments, 137
III. Number of Pupils in the Different Grades 138
IV. Average Number of Pupils per Teacher in the Average Membership of the Schools 140
V. Average Age of Pupils in Respective grades 141
VI. Summary of Principals' Reports for the School Year, 1902-1903 . 142
VII. Comparative Statistics on Attendance 143
VIII. School Census and Enrollment 144
IX. Annual Financial Exhibit for 1903 . 145
X. Comparative Financial Exhibit covering the Period since Melrose became a City 146
XI. Changes in the Teaching Force during 1903 149
XII. Professional Training of Teachers
153
XIII. Time Lost by Teachers for Sickness, etc. 153
XIV. Comparative Statistics regarding Corporal Punishment 154
2. The High School:
I. Regarding Attendance 155
II. Regarding Graduates 156
III. Regarding Choice of Studies 156
IV. Regarding Cost of High School 156
3. Progress of the Year in General :
I. Changes in Text-books 158
II. Professional Improvement of Teachers 159
III. School Property 162
IV. Decoration of School Buildings 163
V. Music, Drawing and Penmanship 166
VI. Manual Training 171
4. Some ways in which Parents may help the Schools to become more efficient 174
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