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Free hand drawing of objects an I principles of perspective. Study of form, light and shade. Study of historic ornament.
Study of design, applied decoration.
Study of color.
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DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC (Required ), Director,-J. D. Buckingham.
The aim of the department of music is to cultivate a taste for good music and to prepare the girls for intelligent and ap- preciative work in the further pursuit of the art in its various branches.
The course in singing embraces the study of solfeggio- rythm, sight reading, dynamics, breath control, intonation, enunciation, unison and part singing.
The theoretical work aims to give the pupil a thorough foundation in the elements of music and includes knowledge of intervals, the derivation and construction of our present day tonalities, major and all minor forms.
Triads-The chords of the Dominant seventh and Dimin- ished seventh. Cadences and harmonic and thematic analysis.
Individual class work, one forty minute period each week ; United class work, one forty minute period weekly.
COURSE OF STUDY JANUARY 1, 1901.
FRST YEAR.
SECOND YEAR.
THIRD YEAR.
FOURTH YEAR.
FIFTH YEAR.
.
English,
5
English,
5
English,
6
English,
4
English,
History.
3
History,
3
History,
2
History,
History,
5
Natural Science,
3
Natural Science,
4
Chemistry.
4
Physics, 4
1
Geometry,
3
Algebra,
4
Algebra,
4
Geometry,
4
News of the day ,
1
News of the Day,
1
News of the Day,
1
News of the Day,
1
News of the Day,
1
Drawing,
2
1
Drawing,
1
Drawing,
1
Drawing,
1
Music,
Drawing,
2
Music,
2
Music,
2
Music,
2
Gymnastics,
Music,
2
Gymnastics,
2
Gymnastics,
2
Gymnastics,
2
Gymnastics,
Electives.
Electives.
Electives.
Electives,
Electives.
French,
3
German,
3
French,
3
German, (max.)
3
German, (max.)
3
Latin,
Latin,
Greek,
4
Latin,
4
Latin,
4
Commercial Arith-
Stenography,
2
Greek,
4
Greek,
3
metic,
2
Stenography,
2
Type-writing,
3
Typewriting,
3
Political Economy, 3
3
Bookkeeping,
2
Solid Geometry, Math. Reviews,
4
.
NOTE. The numeral follow- a subject indicates the
NOTE.
NOTE.
NOTE. An elective may be
NOTE.
One elective required.
An elective may take
An elective may take substituted for
ge-
If three foreign lan-
number of recitations the place of either his- the place of either al- ometry. If threeforeign guages be elected, sci- per week. College pre- tory or science.
gebra or science.
languages be elected, ence may be omitted, as history and science also either history or Imay be omitted. physics.
paratory work begins with this first year.
German,
3
German, (min.)
4
German, (min.)
4
4
French,
Latin,
5
French,
French,
3
Bookkeeping and
4
Typewriting,
3
Algebra,
2
Stenography,
Stenography,
3
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2
Natural Science,
3
2
DAILY PROGRAMME, 1900 & 1901 .- MONDAY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
TIME.
MISS SMALL.
MISS BURGESS.
MISS COWELL.
MISS DODD.
MISS TINKER.
8.15.
Opening Exercises.
8.30.
IV. Algebra. M & F
III. Stenography. M & F
II. Latin.
III. Latin.
W
B V Physics. M
VI. Science. W
V. Literature. W & F
Type Writing.
W
Il. Greek.
FF
IV. Latin.
M
W &F
I. Physics.
V. Literature. M LII. Literature. W
Type-Writing.
M
9.50.
II. News of the Day. M.
I. Bookkeeping.
W & F
I. Latin.
III. Biology. M & W IV. Science. F
III. Literature.
10.30.
Recess.
Type-Writing. M & F
III. Latin. M
IL. Latin.
W & F
A V. Physics. M & F B V. Physics. W
IV. Literature. M & F
11.35.
V. & VI. News of the Day. F.
I Stenography.
V. Latin. M & W
III. Lat n.
III. Biology.
Type-Writing.
M
12.15.
IV. Stenography, W & F | II. Greek.
IV. Composition. M W
Il. Chemistry.
M
I. Literature.
.
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VI. Grammar.
W
10.55.
IV. News of the Day W.
I. Stenography. W
VI. Grammar.
M
II. Chemistry. M
II. Literature. W & F
IV. Biology. W & F
9.10.
III News of the Day. M.
IV. Book-keeping.
II Greek.
W
TIME.
MISS BATES.
MISS WESTGATE.
MISS WALKER.
MISS G. C. LANE.
MR. BUCKINGHAM
8.15.
Opening Exercises.
8.30.
II. German. (min.) M
I. History. M & W
II. French. W & F
V. & VI. Drawing. M BV. Drawing. Thes
IV. Music. W
German.
V & VI. Compo.
F
M
V1. History.
M
V. History.
W
VI. Geography
W
II. Drawing. M
II. Music. W
II. German (min) W
II. Geometry. F
III. French. F
IV. Drawing. Tues
9.50.
III. German.
M
II. German. W & F
V. Geometry.
M & W
I Water Colors. M
III. Music. W
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10.30.
10.55.
I. German. (min) M
III. Algebra.
IV
II. Geometry. M
Il. History W & F
I. French.
I. Drawing. M
III. German. F
IL. German. M
11.35.
Vl. Arith.
W
I. German (min.) F
IV. History, M & W I. Geometry. F
III. French. M & W IV. Rhetoricals. F
12.15.
VI. Arith. M & F IV. German. W
III. History.
V. French.
IV. French.
F
III. Drawing. Tues
9.10.
I. German.
F
VI. History. F.
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
TIME.
MISS SMALL.
MISS BURGESS.
MISS COWELL.
MISS DODD.
MISS TINKER.
8.15.
Opening Exercises.
9.10.
IV. Algebra. Th
II. Bookkeeping. Tu II. Stenography Th
III. Latin.
II. Chemistry. Tu Th
I. Literature.
8.30.
I. Algebra.
II. Typewriting.
IV. Latin.
B V. Physics. Th
VI. Gramm ar.
9.50.
IV. Algebra. Tu
Clerical work.
I. Latin III. Greek. Th
Tu
V. Literature. Tu
10.30.
Recess.
1. Stenography. Tu
II. Latin. III. Greek. Th
Tu
I. Physics. Tu
IV. Literature. Tu
10.55.
II. Bookkeeping Th
V. Latin.
I. Solid Geometry
III. Literature.
12.15.
I. News of the Day Th
Type-writing.
III. Greek.
A V. Physics IV. Biology. Tu Th
II. Literature.
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11.35.
Type-writing.
TIME.
MISS BATES.
MISS WESTGATE. MISS BLACKWELL
MISS WALKER.
MR. BUCKINGHAM
8.15.
8.30.
VI. Arithmetic Tu
V. History Tu
III. Rhetoricals. Tl
V. VI. Music. Th
9.10.
III. German.
II. Algebra
I. Gymnastics
A. V. Rhetoricals. Tu
9.50.
I. German (min) Tu. II. German (min) Th
VI. History.
Tu II. Gymnastics. Tu
I. Rhetoricals Tı
School in Music. Th
10.30.
10.55.
III. Algebra
IV. History. Th
V. VI. Gymnastics.
II. Rhetoricals Il. French
Tu
I. Music. Th
11.35.
I. German.
II. Geometry.
IV. Gymnastics.
VI. Geography
12.15.
IV. German.
I. Geometry. Tu
V. History. Th
III. Gymnastics
B. V. VI. Rhetoricals Tu
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Founder's Day Exercises.
MARCH 12, 1900.
Programme. Part 1.
Music by School,
Under the Direction of Mr. John D. Buckingham.
Dear Woodward
The Dream,
Parting,
Gounod Hugo Jungst Beethoven
The Young Greek's Prayer,
Midsummer Night,
April Showers,
PART II.
Gymnastics,
Under the Direction of Miss Helen L. Blackwell.
Swedish Exercises,
Class V
Military Drill,
Girls from Classes I, II and III
Clubs and Poles, Girls from Classes I, II, III and IV
Dumb Bells, Class IV
Club Swinging, Girls from Classes I and II
Wands, ( with singing accom- paniment.) Girls from Classes II and III
Hoop Drill, Girls from Classes II, III and IV Two Woodward Teams
Basket Ball,
Graduation Exercises of the Class of 1900.
"Character is Higher Than Intellect."
Programme.
Woodward Hymn, Salutatory, Chorus, a. Clouds, b. Daybreak, Deane
Alnmnæ and School Janet F. Carr
Hatton
School
Hugo Jungst J. L. Hatton
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Essay, Needed Reforms in American Politics,
Elinor P. Randall Discussion : Quincy and its Needs, Woodward Institute Debating Society President, Louise E. Joss. Secretary, Edith G. Olney. Essayist, Ethel F. Babcock.
Members :
Elizabeth A. Burns,
Estella Cannon,
-Mary A. Keefe Louise HI. Mahoney
Elizabeth F. Curley,
Margaret W. Milne
Caroline A. Glover
Breta F. Mitchell
Phebe E. Harris, Alice B. O'Neil
Annie S. Johnson, - Myra II. Spear
Chorus, a. Hope in the Lord, Handel,
b. Sunset, Hugo Jungst School
Class Prophecy,
Mabel E. Pierce Catherine A. Lennon
Helen H. Baxter
Valedictory,
Class Song
Address : Books and Reading,
Professor E. Charlton Black School
Dear Woodward
Presentation of Diplomas, By Rev. Ellery Channing Butler
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
March,
School
CLASS SONG. Words by Tina M. King.
We pass through the gates that have stayed our young feet ; The old scenes are fading which dearly we've loved ; The new broader fields and fresh woodlands so sweet, Of fairest land yonder now gladden our sight- The wonderful land which we e'er longed to greet.
Let us take from these meadows the loveliest flow'rs . That if lost in dark vales, tho' sadly we roam,
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With gladness we'll think of these sunnier hours. And our hearts will be lighter, our courage renewed, We shall press bravely onward with e'en stronger powers.
Today with the sun on our path shining bright, Let us hopefully, thoughtfully start on our way .; Nor darkness our sky cloud, nor storms rise by night, But may our lives happy be, and like a fair flow'r In sweet beauty blossom, and reach virtue's height.
CLASS OF 1900
Ethel Frances Babcock,
- Helen Hoyt Baxter, Elizabeth Agnes Burns,
-Estella Cannon,
Catherine Ann Lennon Annie Louise Hyland Mahoney Margaret Westland Milne
Janet Faxon Carr, Elizabeth Frances Curley,
- Breta Frances Mitchell Edith Gibson Olney
Caroline Angelia Glover,
Phebe Ethel Harris,
Alice Beatrice O'Neil
Annie Siverina Johnson, ' Mabel Elizabeth Pierce
Louise Elizabeth Joss,
-- Elinor Pickering Randall
- Myra Harlow Spear
Alumnae Meeting
JUNE 23, 1900.
College Work, The Business Woman, Violin Solo, Gymnasium Work,
Domestic Science, Vocal Solo,
Mary Agatha Keefe
Tina Marie King
Florence Carr, '99 Alice G. Thompson, '97 Edith Olney, 1900 Maud Macfarlane, '98 Eloise Flood, '96 Alice O'Neil, 1900
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Woodward Fund and Property.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Board of Managers of the Woodward Fund of the City of Quincy :
GENTLEMEN : Herewith I submit the following statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Woodward Fund for the year ending December 31, 1900. Also a statement of the secur- · ities in which the Fund is invested.
Receipts.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1900
$3,023 83
Loans secured by mortgages
$5,900 00
Interest on same 7,060 79
Loans on personal security .
20,000 00
Rents from sundry persons,
1,931 91
Interest on bank balance
232 40
Books sold to pupils
206 98
Land sold, Metropolitan Park
50 00
Sale of old furnace
5 00
Dividend on $10,800 bonds Central Vermont R. R. 432 00
Dividend on $7,500 bonds Atchinson Topeka and Santa Fe R. R. 300 00
Dividend on 4 bonds Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R. Dividend on 10 bonds N. Y. & N. E. R. R. .
200 00
600 00
350
Dividend on 4 bonds Vermont and
Massachusetts R. R. 200 00
Dividend on 5 bonds Union Pacific R. R. 200 00 Dividend on 4 bonds Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western R. R. 160 00
Dividend on 9 bonds C. B. and Q. R. R. 425 00
Dividend on 5 bonds City of Cleve- land 200 00
Dividend on 5 bonds City of Minne- apolis 200 00
Dividend on 3 bonds City of Sheboy- gan . 135 00 Dividend on 10 bonds Michigan Tel. Co. . 375 00
Dividend on 10 bonds Weymouth Power and Light Co. 150 00 Dividend on 33 shares Mt. Wollas- ton Bank 174 00
Dividend on 27 shares Boston & Albany R. R. . 222 75
Dividend on 148 shares Old Colony R. R. 259 00
Dividend on 66 shares Fitchburg R. R. pref. 429 00
Dividend on 45 shares Union Paci- fic R. R. pref. 180 00
Dividend on 30 shares Union Pacific R. R. com. 105 00
1 bond C. B. and Q. R. R. called 1,050 00 148 shares Old Colony R. R. sold 5 bonds City of Cleveland by matur- ity . 5,000 00
. 30,485 04
Copeland Street Award .
1,000 00
Total Receipts
$77,868 87
$80,892 70
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Expenditures.
Loans by Personal Security
37,400 00
Loans secured by mortgage 200 00
5 bonds Michigan Telephone Co.
5,100 69
10 bonds Seaboard, Air Line R. R.
9,847 22
5 bonds Weymouth Power and Light Co.
5,000 00
Interest on same
25 00
5 shares Mount Wollaston Bank
600 00
3 shares Mount Wollaston Bank
360 00
2 interest store Faneuil Hall Sq. Boston
1,400 00
Bills approved by Board of Instruc- tion
10,924 83
$70,857 74
SEMINARY BUILDING.
L. Favorite
$230 00
Harkins Bros.
75 00
W. F. Stedman
47 00
$352 00
IMPROVEMENT OF LOT.
Edward J. Sandberg
$189 00 $189.00
FARNUM PROPERTY.
HI. W. Campbell,
$45 30
John Furey
11 50
E. Menhinick .
18 50
R. D. Chase
27 63
P. J. Williams & Co.
545 00
City of Quincy, water
49 21
$697 14 ·
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PEABODY HOUSE.
J. S. Todd $2 31
J. MacFarland & Son
14 87
City of Quincy, water
$44 18
SHEEN HOUSE.
E. G. Hayden . $8 08
18 50
George W. Prescott & Son
1 90
E. Menhinick .
1 75
G. B. Bates
10 40
A. R. Keith
80 11
J. E. Keniley & Co.
1 60
E. S. Beckford
7 83
Liston & Cox .
1 50
F. F. Crane
863.63
W. F. Stedman
41 56
Ames & Bradford
599 12
B. Johnson
6 87
H. J. Davenport
11 45
J. Meaney
75 00
Thomas Hewson
27 51
John A. Hallquist
185 62
J. G. Thomas .
242 80
W. Thompson
52 58
Sanborn & Damon .
$2,237 81
CASEY AND MURPHY HOUSE.
T. H. Crane & Sons
$1 08
E. Menhinick . 2 80
$3 88
27 00
363
LINDEN STREET HOUSE.
W. F. Stedman
$1,611 72
James Meaney .
134 00
Field & Wild
153 00
F. T. Appleton .
41 35
P. J. Williams & Co.
75 00
B. Johnson
1 38
W. Thompson
205 00
Ames & Bradford
7 40
H. L. Kincaide & Co.
38 00
E. S. Beckford
28 00
Quincy Electric Light & Power Co.
10 16
Sanborn & Damon
78 24
City of Quincy, water
25 53
$2,408 78
Expense of Fund.
James F. Burke
$33 33
H. Walter Gray
366 67
George A. Sidelinger
50 00
Edgar G. Cleaves
100 00
Russell A. Sears
50 00
Paul R. Blackmur
100 00
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
25 00
S. W. Fiske
9 80
National Granite Bank .
1 25
A. W. Stetson
1 65
S. Penniman & Son
1 50
James Dunn
1 00
City of Quincy, taxes
308 67
$1,048 87
Total expenditures . Cash on hand December 31, 1900
$77,839 40
3,053 30
$80,892 70
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Income Account, 1900.
Received from Investments .
$14,126 85
Expense of Fund
$4,116 62 Expense of Institute "Bills approved by Board of Instruction" less amount received from sale of books 10,717 85
Defecit charged to Unexpended In- come $707 62
$14,834 47
$14,834 47
Maintenance of Institute.
Pay roll
$8,924 96
George W. Prescoet & Son
84 15
Sibley & Ducker 12 82
T. H. Castor & Co
71 31
American Book Co
32 67
Houghton, Miffin & Co. .
40 04
Ginn & Co
102 65
D. C. Heath & Co.
66 53
Allyn & Bacon
30 56
Citizens Gas Light Co.
20 92
Benj. H. Sampson & Co.
23 35
Edw. E. Babb & Co.
74 35
Standard Chemical Co.
4 50
Oliver C. Faust
4 00
E. G. Hayden
6 50
Wollaston Foundry Co.
1 80
Carrie E. Small
59 93
E. A. Chase
10 00
Horace Partridge & Co.
5 61
Fred F. Green
5 75
Margaret E. Dodd
8 21
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George D. Langley
60 85
C. F. Pettengill
.
6 25
N. Y. & B. Despatch Ex. Co. .
12 25
Austin & Winslow-Gallagher Ex. Co
1 85
E. S. Beckford
18 72
Eugenia M. Hatch .
5 00
M. R. Sparrow
28 00
Smith, Premier Typewriter Co.
5 65
W. A. Wood & Co.
10 68
E. C. Black
27 00
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.
2 20
M. A. Mitten
4 25
Henry Holt & Co.
50
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
37 17
The Twombly Co. .
20 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons
560 61
S. W. Fiske
22 35
H. L. Kincaide & Co
2 00
Hickox's Shorthand
2 12
C. C. Hearn
55
F. W. Burnham
2 50
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
17 68
Longmans, Green & Co.
9 64
Huey Bros.
22 10
John A. Lowell Co.
99 00
J. Howard Richardson
24 60
Georgiana C. Lane
3 61
John II. Pray & Sons Co.
89 00
Western Union Telegraph Co.
72
Charles W. Homeyer & Co.
50 70
Harkins Bros.
8 25
W. G. Shaw
10 00
F. F. Crane
22 90
Silver, Burdett & Co.
2 74
Thorp & Martin Co.
1 15
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
13 02
Q. E. Light & Power Co.
34 00
366
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co. 4 75
52 20
E. O. Vaile
3 48 .
J. P. Lippencott Co.
4 18
Lee & Sheppard
30 00
City of Quincy, water
$10,924 83
Less amount received from sale of books
206 98
$10,717 85
Statement of Fund Jan. 1, 1901.
Personal property received from estate of Dr. Ebenezer Wood- ward
$30,089 83
Personal property received from executors of the will of Mrs. Mary A. W. Woodward .
51,556 78
Land sold
120 00
One-third interest in store No. 32 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston
12,000 00
Income account
8,552 14
Unexpended income
240 68
Premium Account .
$274,448 50
Invested as Follows.
$10,800 Cent. Vt. R. R. 4's . $9,460 00
$7,500 Atch. Topeka & Santa Fe
R. R. 4's 7,500 00
$4000 Phil., Wil. & Balt. R. R. 5's. 4,000 00
$10,000 N. Y. & N. E. R. R. 6's 10,000 00
$4,000 Vt. & Mass. R. R. 5's 4,000 00
81,765 16
Pews sold
90,123 91
367
$5000 Union Pacific R. R. 4's-45 shares pref. stock, 30 shares com. stock
10,593 75
4,000 00
$4,000 Detroit Gr. R. & W. R. R. 4's $8,000 Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. 5's
8,000 00
$5,000 City of Minneapolis 4's 5,000 00
$3,000 City of Sheboygan 42's 3,000 00
$10,000 Michigan Telephone Co. 5's 10,000.00 $10,000 Seaboard Air Line R. R. 5's $5,000 Weymouth Power & Light Co. 6's 5,000 00
9,847 22
33 shares Mount Wollaston Bank 27 shares Boston & Albany R. R.
4,655 00
66 shares Fitchburg R. R. pref.
7,260 00
9 shares Central Vermont R. R. 500 00
13 interest store F. H. Sq. Boston
12,999 00
2 interest store F. II. Sq. Boston 81
1,400 00
Sheen property, Greenleaf street
6,747 36
Peabody property, Norfolk Downs
2,500 00
Farnum property, West Quincy
3,862 83
Linden street house
2,820 04
Loans on personal security
17,400 00
Loans secured by mortgage
115,950 00
Cash on hand December 31, 1900
3,053 30
Net fund January 1, 1901 $274,448 50
The seminary building and the grading of the lot having been completed, it was voted by the Board of Managers that the cost of the same be charged to Income Account. According to said vote, the cost of the building $47,134.15 and the cost of the grading of the lot $6,780.62 was charged to income account and hereafter the treasurer's report will be the net statement of the fund.
Respectfully submitted,
H. WALTER GRAY, Treasurer of the Fund.
4,900 00
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
City of Quincy
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1900
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QUINCY
ADVERTISER STEAM JOB PRINT
1901
School Committee
For 1900.
At Large.
DR. HENRY C. HALLOWELL .
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. Term expires 1900
DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING, ·
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66 1901
MR. CHARLES F. MERRICK
1902
By Wards.
Ward 1. HON. CHARLES H. PORTER
Term expires 1900
Ward 2. MR. FREDERICK H. SMITH
66
1901
Ward 3. MISS MABEL E. ADAMS
66
1901
Ward 4. DR. THOMAS J. DION,
66
1902
Ward 5. DR. WELLINGTON RECORD
66
66 1900
Ward 6. DR. FREDERICK J. PEIRCE
66
1902
Chairman of the School Board,
HON. CHARLES H. PORTER.
Secretary of the Board and Superintendent of Schools, FRANK EDSON PARLIN.
Office, No. 1281 Faxon Block, Hancock Street.
Office Open :- Monday, 8 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 and 7.30 to 8.30 P. M. Tuesday, 8 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M. Wednesday, 8 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 p. M. Thursday, 8 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M. Friday, 8 A. M. to 1 P. M., 2 to 5 P. M. Saturday, 8 to 12 A. M.
Regular Hours of Superintendent :- Monday, 7.30 to 8.30 P. M. Tuesday, 4 to 5 P. M. Thursday, 4 to 5 P. M. Friday, 12 to 1 P. M.
The regular meetings of the School Board are held at eight o'clock p. M. the last Tuesday in each month.
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Standing Sub-Committees for 1900.
FOR THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
HIGH
ADAMS
.
CODDINGTON
CRANCH .
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GRIDLEY BRYANT
JOHN HANCOCK
LINCOLN .
MASSACHUSETTS FIELDS
QUINCY .
WASHINGTON
WILLARD
WOLLASTON
Messrs. Porter, Hallowell, Miss Adams Miss Adams, Messrs. Hunting, Peirce Messrs. Hallowell, Porter, Peirce Miss Adams, Messrs. Peirce, Hunting . Messrs. Porter, Dion, Merrick Messrs. Hallowell, Dion,' Miss Adams Messrs. Hunting, Dion, Miss Adams Messrs. Merrick, Smith, Record Messrs. Peirce, Record, Hunting Messrs. Smith, Record, Merrick Messrs. Dion, Hallowell," Merrick . Messrs. Record, Smith, Peirce-
Finance and Salaries.
Messrs. Porter, Hallowell, Smith.
Books, Supplies and Sundries. Miss Adams, Messrs. Record, Hunting.
Transportation. Messrs. Record, Dion, Merrick.
Evening Schools. Messrs. Peirce, Hunting, Dion.
Text Books. Messrs. Hallowell, Peirce, Miss Adams.
Special Subjects. Messrs. Hunting, Smith, Merrick.
Report of School Committee.
To the Citizens of Quincy :-
The School Committee herewith present to the citizens of Quincy their annual report.
They have expended with conscientious care the sum of $101,500 entrusted to them for the maintenance of the schools. For the details of this expenditure they refer to the financial statement of the Superintendent, which is made a part of this report, and ask for it a careful and critical consideration.
The Committee believe that owing to various causes arising directly and indirectly from the financial problem, the expendi- ture of this large sum of money has not accomplished so much for the progress of the schools as it would, had the conditions been different.
The School Committee of 1899 rather than sacrifice the ef- ficiency of the schools overran their appropriation and incurred a deficit of about $1,500. They had legal advice, which led them to the conclusion that under the City charter as well as under the general statutes of the State they were fully author- ized to do this in order to maintain the schools. As that con- clusion was opposed by the City Council, the Chairman of the Committee of 1900 was instructed to obtain an opinion from the
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City Solicitor in regard to the question at issue. City Solicitor Sears responded as follows :
The question "In the annual care, maintenance and support of the schools, is the School Committee limited in its expendi- turés to the amount appropriated by the City Council ?" is of large importance and I have given much thought and time to it. It is the manifest intention of the legislature that the public schools of the Commonwealth shall be maintained at a high standard and it has consequently given large powers to school committees. There are certain requirements of all towns and cities as to the support of certain schools ; there are require- ments that certain studies shall and others may be taught, the discretion of the committee governing the latter studies. The Statutes provide (Chapter 44, Sec. 17) that 'towns shall at their annual meetings, or at a regular meeting called for the purpose, raise such sums of money for the support of schools as they judge necessary ' etc., and inasmuch as this section is equally applicable to cities, unless otherwise provided, in the city of Quincy the city government is to vote such money for the schools as the council voting may judge necessary.
The charter of the city of Quincy provides (Section 48), 'no expenditure shall be made, nor liability incurred, by or in behalf of the city, until an appropriation has been duly voted by the City Council sufficient to meet such expenditures or liability.'
Taking the Statute quoted and the charter together, this, to my judgment, is deducible : That the City Council of Quincy has the sole power of appropriating money for the School Com- mittee and it must for the support of the schools appropriate such sums as the Council judge necessary. No expenditure can ordinarily be legally made unless the appropriation precedes the liability, hence it is my judgment that the School Committee is limited for the annual care, maintenance and support of the schools to such amount as may be duly voted by the City Council."
It was unanimously voted to follow the opinion of the City Solicitor-and to spend no more for the schools than the $98,000
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appropriated by the City Council. There followed, of course, a general feeling of uneasiness among the teachers con- cerning both the amount of salary and the length of the school year, and some of our teachers found less embarrassing positions in our neighboring cities.
The rigid and unwise economy practiced to make the ap- propriation last as long as possible necessitated a lack of paper, pencils, books and minor school essentials which retarded the progress of the schools and resulted in a direct pecuniary loss before the supplementary appropriation of $3,500, voted by the Council became available.
The law on the subject of school expenditure being such as is expounded by the City Solicitor, we call the attention of the citizens to the question whether the arrangement is a wise one and in keeping with the spirit of the City charter.
We offer for consideration the following suggestions : The School Committee is a continuous body interested as much for the schools of last year and next year as for the present year. The City Council is an annual body whose action may possibly represent only a temporary prejudice of the community. The school year for which the important contracts are made is from September to September during the life of two Councils. The fiscal or council year is from January to January. The anomaly is presented now of a council fixing an appropriation of whose expenditures it controls but forty per cent. Whether a body new every year can appreciate the needs of the schools so well as a continuous body equally interested is a fair question for unselfish consideration. If the determination of the annual sum required may not be left to the School Committee might not a certain definite proportion of the City's income for a se- ries of years be so devoted or some other plan devised by which the stability of the school system may be better assured ?
At the end of the summer term Mr. Herbert W. Lull, for eight years our efficient and faithful Superintendent, attracted by the offer of a higher salary and of better equipment for work, accepted an election to the Superintendency of the Newport (Rhode Island ) schools. Mr. Lull was a worthy successor of
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an eminent trio of Quincy Superintendents, "par nobile fra- trum." His resignation was received by the Committee with regret in which all the friends of the schools shared.
The plan of having one principal supervise two school buildings which was inaugurated at the Wollaston and Massa- chusetts Fields, having proved satisfactory under Principal Finch, upon the resignation of Principal Candlin (who resigned to áccept a more lucrative position at Waltham) the Lincoln and John Hancock schools were united under one principal. Upon the completion of the Cranch building, that school and the Adams will be also united. This plan so long as our needs are so far in excess of our means, appears to furnish a saving less harmful than others and while the Committee do not approve of it as an educational scheme, they realize that a principal who can devote but half his time to a school is still vastly more effi- cient than no principal, and they hope for the golden age when a principal for each school will not be an extravagance. "My poverty but not my will consents."
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