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455
Blanks,
210
249
459
Councilmen from Ward Two.
Timothy J. Carey, D.,
248
Alexander S. Fryer, D.,
72
108
180
Melville C. Holmes, R.,
137
138
275
John C. McGuane, D.,
70
130
200
William M. Packard, S.,
11
25
36
G. Wesley Sargent, S.,
13
15
28
Eugene R. Stone, R.,
280
Alexander W. Thompson, R.,
98
162
260
Blanks,
129
158
287
Councilmen from Ward Three.
Julius Johnson, R.,
171
167
338
Albert A. Murphy, D.,
172
81
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Walter E. Piper, R.,
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190
389
Alexander W. Russell, S.,
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152
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129
William T. Spargo, R.,
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218
127
345
William Taylor, S.,
53
71
124
Blanks,
Councilmen from Ward Four.
Andrew Anderson, R.,
67
142
209
William Corcoran, 2d, S.,
30
36
66
James Edwards, R.,
81
145
226
William P. Hughes, D.,
247
185
432
Willard B. Jones, R.,
62
138
200
Daniel J. McDonald, S.,
20
40
60
John J. Reardon, D.,
240
202
442
Richard H. Walsh, D., Blanks,
158
210
368
Councilmen from Ward Five.
Clarence H. Barstow, S.,
83
Elmer E. Gray, S.,
70
Benjamin W. Hurlbert, S.,
69
Charles A. McFarland, R.,
526
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Nathan G. Nickerson, R.,
508
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Herbert J. Polk, R.,
547
Blanks,
339
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232
183
415
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263
John T. Savage, S.,
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Councilmen from Ward Six.
Charles J. Axberg, S.,
14
45
59
Francis E. Bergeron, S.,
10
34
44
Alfred L. Blanchard, S.,
21
44
65
Herbert D. Gearwar, R.,
168
110
278
Charles A. Hadlock, R.,
1.69
111
280
Louis F. R. Langelier, R.,
148
120
268
Bartholomew A. McLane, D.,
110
90
200
Blanks,
206
184
390
School Committee from Ward One, 3 Years.
Charles H. Porter, R.,
261 284
545
All others,
2
2
Blanks,
94 127
221
School Committee from Ward Four, 2 Years.
James F. Burke, D.,
257
215
472
Karl F. Henrikson, R., Blanks,
56
81
137
School Committee from Ward Five, 3 Years.
Welington Record, R.,
594
Blanks,
License Question.
92
139
76
113
157
98
113
126
94
77
85
1170
239
246
157
193
271
224
223
267
594
180
140
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Blanks,
24
28
23
36
26
37
43
34
26
25
21
323
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66
131
197
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283
124
Yes, No,
Jury List for 1904.
Prepared by the Registrars of Voters ; posted for ten days and then accepted by the City Council.
Avery, John A., 8 River st., foreman.
Adams, Herbert D., 767 Washington st., clerk.
Addison, Leonard F., 5 Old Colony ave., machinist. Ames, Samuel E., 58 Cross st., grocer.
Ahern, John J., Newbury ave., book-stamper. Andrews, Walter H., 441 Washington st., spar maker.
Burke, Robert G., 289 Newport ave., laborer.
Beattie, Robert, 179 Willard st., granite cutter.
Black, Alexander T., 59 Payne st., granite cutter.
Baker, George S., 270 Safford st., clerk. Bryant, George V., Madison st., builder.
Bowman, George C., 115 Intervale st., stonecutter. Brewer, Frank, 2 Bigelow st., grocer.
Brown, George H., 29 Garfield st., engineer.
Barry, William B., 58 Crescent st., stonecutter.
Burkhard, Aloys, 10 Wittich pl., shipper.
Bennett, Edwin S., 27 Granite st., carriages.
Branch, Ernest W., 72 Putnam st., civil engineer.
Bean, Joseph E., 104 Washington st., machine operator.
Boyden, Fred S., 644 Hancock st., builder. Barlow, Elisha J., Norfolk st., carpenter.
Bigelow, John P., 95 Franklin st., clerk.
Burns, Michael, 20 Payne st., granite dealer.
Buckley, Phineas, Flint st., iron moulder.
Barstow, Alfred T., 154 Beach st., machinist. Burns, John Edward, 50 Payne st., shoemaker. Ballou, John C., 6 Rogers st., granite. Bent, John H., 11 Cottage ave., salesman.
Barnes, James M., 25 Saville st., foreman. Beal, Arthur C., Vane st., printer. Bestgen, John G., 1 Vershire st., cutlery.
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Bisson, Thomas J., Federal ave., granite cutter. Branscheid, Peter W., 19 Botolph st., variety store. Brasee, Watson H., 103 Grand View ave., merchant. Burch, Ernest D., 61 Squantum st., agent. Burke, John W., 82 Common st., granite cutter. Carlson, Charles F., 40 Saville ave., variety store. Chase, William P., 75 Beach st., gold beater. Coolidge, Waldo A., 39 Quincy ave., carriage painter. Casey, James P., 30 Brook st., machinist. Carter, Benjamin W., 25 Granite st., gardener. Chase, Richard D., 9 Goffe st., bookkeeper. Connelly, Dennis, 15 Cottage ave., teamster. Coyle, Luke J., 47 Brackett st., blacksmith. Crane, Frank W., 92 Revere road, grain dealer. Conway, Patrick E., 13 Cross st., blacksmith. Curry, Michael, 47 Bates ave., stonecutter. Crowell, Fred S., 42 Crescent st., stonecutter. Coleman, Patrick, 106 Federal ave., stonecutter. Chase, William L., 1585 Hancock st., baker. Carey, Charles P., 327 Newport ave., gardener. Coombs, Fred H., 280 Farrington st., carpenter. Curtis, Thomas, 265 Franklin st. Canty, John, Hodges ave., machinist. Clark, Joseph P., 68 Squantum st., clerk. Costa, Joseph S., 45 Pearl st., granite cutter.
Carey, Timothy J., 176 South st., insurance. Cunningham, John E., 33 Squantum st., plater. Chissell, Dennis J., 35 Glover ave., machinist.
Campbell, Murdock A., 150 Granite st., blacksmith. Cantley, Thomas C., 7 Prospect Hill st., stonecutter. Crammond, David, 9 Intervale st., stonecutter. Dunn, Edward J., 118 Whitwell st., conductor. Damon, Amos E., 39 Edwards st., stove dealer. Drake, George W., 478 Washington st., poultry dealer. Drew, Cephas, 9 Walker st., clerk. Donovan, Jeremiah W., Squantum st., real estate. Drake, Thomas F., 170 Washington st., real estate. Dunphy, Thomas J., 39 Chestnut st., bookkeeper. Drummond, David T., 4 Jackson st., tool maker.
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Dugan, John J., 80 Common st., insurance agent. Desmond, James F., 105 Copeland st., granite. Devine, William, 4 Center st., stonecutter. Dillon, James P., 3 Conant st., blacksmith. Drohan, Edward F., 7 Conant st., stonecutter. Dunn, Columbus, 1 Dunn's hill, blacksmith. Dunbar, Walter H., 46 Gay st., compositor. Devine, Jerome, 4 Centre st., stonecutter. Duggan, John, 2d, 2 Bryant ave., quarryman.
Dolliver, Albert G., Upland road, clerk. Elcock, James C., 18 Furnace ave., granite cutter. Edwards, Stephen H., jr., 20 Walker st., tinsmith. Edgerton, David R., 249 S. Central ave., carpenter. Egan, Philip T., 2 Cross st., salesman. Ewell, William W., 7 Foster st., bookkeeper. Ela, Levi C., 197 Farrington st., carpenter. Estabrook, Henry L., Fenno st., farmer. Elcock, George F., 162 Copeland st., granite dealer. Farquhar, George, 19 Centre st., polisher. Fletcher, James B., 33 Garfield st., stonecutter. Fay, Patrick, 19 Brooks ave., laborer. Finnigan, Frank B., Calumet st., machinist. Fuller, Virgil W., 9 Hall pl., granite agent. Freeborn, James, 1200 Hancock st., gardener. Flynn, Dominick, 56 Hancock st., laborer. Furnald, Channing T., 39 Washington st., clerk. Findlay, Robert, 79 Trafford st., granite cutter. Farnum, George W., 6 Ballou st., blacksmith. Fennessey, James L., 167 Willard st., bookkeeper. Ferriter, John, off Grove st., stonecutter. Foley, Paul E., 193 Willard st., student. Fruth, Frank X., 16 Revere st., stonecutter. Forbes, Walter L., 46 West st., stonecutter. Furbish, Charles A., 3 Douglas st., laborer. Ferguson, Patrick, 61 Warren ave. ext., foreman. Fitzgerald, John, 30 Bryant ave., polisher, Fratus, John L., 151 Hancock st., plumber. Gay, John S., 20 Newcomb pl., carriage painter. Glover, J. Edwin, 68 Washington st., clerk.
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G ilcoine, John, 61 Quincy st., stone mason. Gelotte, Otto, 255 Whitwell st., stonecutter. Goodridge, Edward L., 39 Granite st., compositor. Geer, Henry F., 16 Wesson st., granite dealer. Goodhue, J. Frank, 40 Phipps st., clerk. Gatcomb, Morris I., Mill st., lumber surveyor. Goodhue, Augustus J., 9 Cottage st., butcher. Gallagher, Edward J., 4 Appleton st., clothing cutter. Geekie, James, 26 Atlantic st., hair dresser. Golden, John, Sagmore st., moulder. Hobart, William, 13 Verchild st., shipper.
Hobart, Elisha, 35 Pearl st., brick mason. Hobart, Winslow, 13 Verchild st., grader. Hinkley, Howard G., 314 Safford st., insurance. Hardwick, Justin K. 41} Granite st., farmer.
Hevahan, Francis J., 33 Common st., stone contractor. Howley, Andrew W., 57 Phipps st., shoemaker. Hunter, Charles W., 102 Federal ave., granite dealer. Hayden, Jesse C., 1126 Hancock st., clerk. Hedman, Gustaf E., 14 Eustis st., carpenter. Hallet, Henry L., 8 Myrtle st., foreman. Hobbs, Ralph W., Clark st., clerk. Hall, Charles, 1 Graham st., grocer. Howie, Alexander, 234 Liberty st., stonecutter. Hayes, Robert J., 24 Cross st., foreman.
Hetherston, John, 14 Bryant ave., stone driller.
Hewitson, Lyman F., 161 Grand View ave., clerk.
Hendrie, Charles R., Henry st., salesman. Johnson, Julius, 64 Centre st., carpenter.
Johnson, Joseph W., 21 Russell park, provisions. Jordan, William A., 121 Taylor st., foreman. Joss, James, 10 Garfield st., granite dealer. Johanson, Per Victor, 11 Cranch st., polisher. Kelly, James W., 158 Copeland st., stonecutter. Kilmartin, John, 53 Crescent st., provision dealer. Kittredge, Henry P., 32 Chestnut st., variety store. Kennedy, Joseph G., 92 Quincy ave., granite dealer. King, William, jr., 2 Kent st., stonecutter. Keiley, William D., 17 Grove st., blacksmith.
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Keating, Albert, 187 Washington st., lumber dealer. Kingsley, Albert D., Pierce st., moulder. Kempton, George E., 63 Botolph st., piano tuner. King, Benjamin, 239 South Central ave., machinist. Lizotte, Joseph, 6 Edison st., manufacturer.
Leslie, William J,, Everett st., tailor.
Lincoln, Daniel B., 231 Safford st., superintendent.
Lennon, Martin J., 89 Centre st., carpenter.
Lamb, Thomas J., 1 Crescent st., merchant. Lawton Lucius W., Whalley road, farmer. Lincoln, Thomas W., 764 Washington st., sail maker. Litchfield, Elwood M., 40 Baxter st., house painter. Lathrop, Orlando F., Billings st., railroad employe. Lord, Charles F., 14 Appleton st., stone mason. Leslie, Frank, 21 Squantum st., clerk. Lyons, Charles A., 35 Squantum st., laborer. McTiernan, John, 16 Common st., granite cutter.
- Mckenzie, Malcolm, 14 Albertina st., polisher. McGrath, James J., 2 Franklin pl., quarryman. McInnis, Miles J., 10} Quincy st., granite dealer. Martin, Angus D., 16 Jackson st , polisher.
McDonald, Malcolm A., 12 Brooks ave., granite dealer. Moran, William T., 333 Hancock st., plater.
McFarlane, George, Commonwealth terrace, granite dealer.
McGovern, James P., 79 South st., salesman. McNally, Michael, 17 Hancock ct., stonecutter.
McPherson, Andrew, 8 South Central ave., commission merchant. McTear, Ellis M., 191 Beach st., carpenter. McLane, Bartholomew, 9 Squantum st., machinist.
Myatt, Edward A., Winthrop st., motorman.
Maloney, Stephen H., jr., 239 Farrington st., stone mason.
Mc Donald, Charles J., 128 Davis st., machinist. Manhire, John E., 9 Albertina st., stonecutter. Mitchell, Wellington W., 5 Pleasant st., granite cutter. McGilvary, John B., 51 Crescent st., stonecutter. McGowan, John A., 37 Crescent st., blacksmith. Moriarty, John J., off Grove st., stonecutter. Morrissette, Arthur J., 25 Crescent street., clerk.
Menhinick, Edwin, 38 South Walnut st., stone contractor.
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Moran, Peter, 344 Washington st., conductor. Magee, Robert, 47 Copeland st., teamster. Markham, Francis J., 22 Beacon st., draughtsman. Minnehan, John P., 10 Rustic pl., blacksmith. McNealy, Joseph J., 172} Willard st., plumber. McGuerty, Michael, 15 Old Colony st., nailer. McNeice, Patrick, 362 Hancock st., laborer. Manning, Bernard F., 10 Squantum st., clerk. Mitchell, John R., 15 Quarry st. ex., laborer.
Mullarkey, Michael, 41 Quarry st. ex., stone polisher. Melzard, George M., 52 Botolph st., salesman. Maxim, James E., 33 Quincy ave., janitor. McDonald, John, 307 Water st., granite cutter. Newcomb, Arthur W., 98 E. Howard st., grocer. Nicol, Harry S., 250 Water st., granite. Nash, Lysander W., 114 S. Central ave., real estate.
Nutting, Abel, 20 Payne st., stone mason. Newcomb, Edwin W., 1 Newcomb pl., shoe manufacturer.
Nightingale, Frank W., 1287 Hancock st., collector.
Nyhan, Daniel J., 329 Hancock st., brass founder. Nelson, Warren H., Atlantic st., clerk. Nye, Alfred G., 3 Webster street, painter. Odom, John S., Charles st., carpenter.
O'Brien, John A., 31 Bates ave., stonecutter.
O'Neil, Michael, 20 Newbury st., stonecutter. Owens, Charles H., 64 Willard st., clerk. O'Brien, James, 42 Cross st., stonecutter. Olson, J. N. Alfred, 10 Ryden st., polisher. Olney, Albert G., 137 Grand View ave., dry goods. O'Connell, Cornelius, Madison st., moulder. Pratt, Frank G., 18 Edwards st., carpenter. Pratt, Walter F., 401 Washington st., painter. Pendis, John C., 8 Rogers st., stonecutter. Prentiss, George H., 32 Eustis st., engineer. Page, Charles W., 146 Beach st., machinist. Pearson, John, 7 Squantum st., porter. Poland, John E., 20 Freeman st., carpenter. Philbrook, Samuel C., 8 Webster st., wood tank maker. Phillips, Alexander, 16 Jackson st., granite polisher.
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Ramsdell, John B. F., 54 Billings st., laundry. Roberts, John H., 80 Brooks st., upholsterer. Reardon, William P., 66 Common st., foreman. Roche, David J., 5 Carruth st., carpenter. Richards, William T., 19 Adams st., salesman. Reardon, James, 61 Hancock st., laborer. Restelli, Gaspre, 80 Trafford st., granite cutter. Ross, Thomas, 46 Cranch st., stonecutter. Reardon, John J., 54 Common st., salesman. Rogers, Henry C., 28 Edwards st., bookkeeper. Runnels, Perley R., 53 Common st., stonecutter. Rounds, David, 28 Cottage st., confectioner. Read, Henry W., Squantum st., salesman. Regan, Dennis, 52 Hancock st., laborer. Ramsdell, Eliab, 1 Oak st., carpenter. Reed, Charles W., 47 Billings st., artist. Rowell, William F., 37 Walnut st., laborer. Shevlin, John C., 186 Willard st., draughtsman. Steward, Frederick R., 5 Grove st., blacksmith. Shortle, Thomas H., 23 Common st., stonecutter. Scammell, Charles H., 1 Glencoe pl., wheelwright. Shepard, George N., 18 River st., wood engraver. Sweeney, George M., 81 Mill st., laborer. Souden, Alexander, 317 Water st., polisher. Souter, Alexander, 44 Taber st., stonecutter. Saville, George G., 33 Saville st., merchant. Shirley, Alexander, 6 Filbert st., stonecutter. Sullivan, James H., 21 Quincy ave., stonecutter. Swain, Stephen N., 62 Phipps st., shoemaker. Sweeney, Michael, 31 Main st., bootmaker. Swingle, Jonathan.S., 1262 Hancock st, contractor. Smith, Frederick3H., 701 Washington st., real estate. Sullivan, John J., 99 S. Walnut st., rivet maker. Scharnagel, Robert, Prospect st., chemist. Stenzel, George C., 3 Botolph st., clerk. Stephenson, Albert E., Newbury ave., plumber. Shepherd, George, 18 River st., shoemaker. Sullivan, James H., 21 Quincy ave., stonecutter. Sprague, Eugene H., 210 Arlington st., provisions.
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Thayer, Thomas J. H., 9 Wendell st., engineer.
Totman, Henry S., 96 Chubbuck st., provision dealer. Tower, Charles H., 182 E. Howard st. upholsterer. Tilton, Charles B., 24 Merry Mount rd., salesman. Turner, A. Lincoln, 459 Hancock st., carriage manufacturer. Trask, Edward V., 2 Willard st., wood dealer. Thayer, Otis, 90 Copeland st., blacksmith.
Thomas, Herbert, Moscow st., machinist. Taylor, George P., 82 River st., machinist.
Thayer, Frederick A., 549 South st., variety store. Vogel, Adam S., 74 Willard st., real estate.
Vogel, John, 65 Willard st., granite.
Walsh, William J., 54 Putnam st., conductor.
Walsh, John W., 158 Quincy ave., salesman.
Wild, Frank M., 127 Granite st., granite dealer.
Whalen, Thomas A., John st., hair dresser.
Woodward, Washington G., 10 Billings st., steam fitter. West, Charles F., Adams st., machinist.
Webb, James H., 213 Washington st., janitor.
Whiton, Joseph L., Jr., 700 Washington st., boot and shoe.
Welsh, Morris, Rawson rd., machinist.
Wilson, Stephen E., 1126 Hancock st., real estate.
White, Fred L., 269 Beale st., clerk.
Welch, John H., 83 Botolph st., druggist.
Williams, Albert J., 207 Liberty st., clerk.
Westland, George T., 8 Cottage st., clerk.
For convenience of printing and indexing there are no pages from No. 293 to 352, inclusive, in this book. The report of the Woodward Institute follows this page.
Annual Report
OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE
WOODWARD INSTITUTE
CITY OF QUINCY
MASSACHUSETTS
1903
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PRESS OF GEO. W. PRESCOTT & SON 1424 HANCOCK ST., QUINCY 1904
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WOODWARD INSTITUTE
ORGANIZATION OF TIIE BOARD OF DIRECTORS For 1904
Chairman REV. ELLERY C. BUTLER
Vice Chairman
REV. FRANK W. PRATT
Secretary REV. WILLIAM B. BARR
Finance Committee
REV. ELLERY C. BUTLER, ex officio
REV. NATHANIEL J. SPROUL REV. WILLIAM A. MAYO REV. LEON H. AUSTIN
Textbooks and Supplies
REV. ELLERY C. BUTLER, ex officio REV. CARLETON P. MILLS REV. WILLIAM J. HEATH REV. EDMUND D. WEBBER
Superintendent
FRANK E. PARLIN
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THE FACULTY
Principal
Frederic W. Plummer .
Latin and History
Teachers
Charlotte J. Burgess
Stenography and Typewriting
Nellie H. Swift
Natural Sciences
Mary L. Westgate
Greek and Mathematics
Adella W. Bates
English and Latin
Helen H. Claflin
French and German
Catherine M. Tinker
English
Martha E. Maccarty
Physical Training
Georgiana C. Lane Art
John D. Buckingham
. Vocal Music
Seth W. Fiske, Engineer and Janitor
Woodward Institute
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To the Mayor and City Council :
GENTLEMEN : The work accomplished in and for the In- stitute the past year has been highly satisfactory. The patient devoted efforts of the instructors have met with a hearty response on the part of the scholars, so that the standard of conduct and scholarship was never higher than it is at the present time.
The policy of the Board of Directors to provide every con- venience and facility for the acquirement of knowledge has been followed in so far as was deemed consistent with good business management.
It is confidently expected that the results attained the past year will be productive of greater success in the months to come.
The Superintendent's report, giving a detailed statement of present conditions, together with certain needs of the school, follows and to it your attention is respectfully called.
LEON H. AUSTIN,
Secretary of the Board of Directors.
January, 1904.
Report of Superintendent
To the Board of Directors of the Woodward Institute :
GENTLEMEN : The report herewith submitted is, in the series of annual reports of Woodward Institute, the tenth, and, of the Superintendent the third.
The factor which always determines the real character of a school is the teacher. There never was a satisfactory school according to right standards with an unsatisfactory teacher in charge, and, it is safe to predict, there never will be. The school exists for the pupils and, where wise counsel prevails, their needs and welfare will always dominate the choice of teachers. How to improve the conditions and how to meet more fully the needs of the pupils are the most important, and should be the ever present questions in the thought of those having the re- sponsibilities of school management. To allow personal or other considerations to obscure these is to betray the interests of the pupils and the trust imposed. No profession makes a larger demand upon the highest and best qualities of the human mind than teaching. Scholarship is not enough. There must be ability to impart knowledge and to direct study ; there must be power to interest and to control; purity and strength of character, refinement of taste and of manners, sound judgment, genuine kindness, patience and appreciation, cheerfulness and unselfishness, tact and all the other qualities of mind and heart which are needed to awaken, stimulate and inspire the thought, ambition and conduct of the learner to their highest aim and best expression.
Our present corps of teachers which possesses to a high degree these most desirable characteristics deserves more than a word of appreciation and commendation. Each teacher seems not only interested in the progress of her classes and in the improvement of her department but anxious to broaden her own
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knowledge, to increase her own efficiency and to co-operate with all the others in promoting the general welfare of the pupils. These teachers have a most excellent professional spirit and are doing more and better work than they were a year ago. There seems to be no discords or conflicting aims among them and an atmosphere of respect, confidence and good will pervades the school. Its influence is wholesome in every respect and the girls who can have its advantages are fortunate indeed.
The pupils, too, are doing their part well. There is rarely any occasion for unfavorable criticism of their conduct, and, with few exceptions, they respond satisfactorily to the efforts of the .teachers in their behalf. The pupils are acquiring better habits of study, the classes are doing more work and doing it more easily than ever before. Some pupils who did unsatisfactory work last year are doing creditable work this year, the sum total of which is a general improvement in study and scholarship.
The class which will graduate in June promises to be by far , the largest in the history of the school, as it will be composed of two sections-those who complete the old course and those who will have met the requirements of the new. Next year all pupils will be following the new course and it will be possible to make a better classification than at present.
The improvement in attendance to which your attention was called in our last report has continued through the past year, giving an average of 91.2, a percentage considerably higher than that for any year of which the records are available. The number of cases of tardiness and dismissal have decreased nearly seventy-five per cent. notwithstanding the increased member- ship of the school.
Although the Preparatory class was abolished last June the enrolment during the fall term was one hundred sixty-four-nine more than during the preceding year.
The following table shows the class and total enrolment of pupils each year since the school was opened, also the number of regular and special teachers employed :
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Teachers.
Seventh Class.
Sixth Class.
Fifth Class.
Fourth Class.
Third Class.
Junior Class.
Senior Class.
Post Graduates.
Total.
Regular.
Special.
Total.
Spring of 1894,
28
15
17
13
7
80
7
7
1894-1895,
41
44
18
17
5
125
8
1
9
1895-1896,
9
41
36
10
11
8 8
5
107
8
3
11
1897-1898,
13
22
23
28
5
3
94
8
3
11
1898-1899,
14
13
17
21
27
92
8
3
11
1899-1900,
20
14
13
11
14 14
21 14
3
85
8 8
3
11
1901-1902,
13
40
28
15
9
14
2
121
7
3
10
1902-1903,
11
55
35
16
9
2
155
8
2
10
Fall of 1903,
43
46
27 30
25
15
5
164
8
2
10
115
8
2
10
1896 -- 1897,
29
28
32
5
1900-1901,
3
28
18
The membership has nearly reached the capacity of the school and, if the growth continues, it will soon be necessary to limit either by an examination of all applicants or by some other method, the number admitted each year. Considering the size of the class to graduate in June, the number next year is not likely to be much larger than at present.
Some of the benefits of regular and well-directed physical training are already apparent. In the last report the results of the first measurements of all the pupils were given. The second measurements of the same girls at the end of the year show an improvement in practically every pupil, while more than twenty- five per cent. of the pupils received marked benefit from the year's work. Three cases of spinal curvature were entirely corrected, while the carriage and standing position of many have been greatly improved. Of the new pupils who were measured in September about eighty per cent. had depressed chests but no structural or otherwise serious defects.
During the summer vacation the Blodgett system of electric clocks was installed. This consists of a large regulator or master clock in the Principal's office, a dial and an electric bell in each room and a system of wires connecting all with a large battery in the basement. The dials in the several rooms are
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controlled by the master clock and always indicate the same time. By means of a perforated tape in the office clock the bells are rung regularly at such times as desired. In fact besides winding itself and keeping uniform time throughout the building, this clock gives automatically the signals in each room for all changes in the daily program. Before the installation of this system it was impossible to keep the clocks together and it was necessary for some teacher or pupil to go to the office twice each period to give the signals by means of electric bells con- trolled by push buttons. The person charged with this duty had her attention constantly distracted from her work. Even the most faithful would sometimes forget and then there was con- fusion and the program of the day more or less upset. No one who has not worked under both conditions can fully appre- ciate the saving of time and of nerve-force by the automatic system. It increases perceptibly the efficiency of the school by preventing loss of time, distraction of attention and waste of nerve-force, to say nothing of habits of promptness and regularity.
Several years ago while repairs were being made the small flag-staff, which was on the building, was removed and the school was without one until last summer when a very handsome mast was placed on the grounds just west of the building. A new flag was purchased and the usual flag days have been regularly observed. Such exercises are just as appropriate in this school as in a school for boys. National loyalty and patriotism are by no means, nor ever have been, confined to the male sex.
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