Inaugural address of the mayor, with the annual report of the officers of the city of Quincy for the year 1922, Part 19

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CITY OF QUINCY


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DI- RECTORS AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WOODWARD INSTITUTE, 1922


ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1923


Chairman Rev. FRED ALBAN WEIL.


Vice-Chairman Rev. LEANDER HOKENSEN.


Secretary


Rev. THOMAS W. DAVISON.


Supervisory Committee


Rev. FRED ALBAN WEIL, Chairman, ex officio.


Rev. ISAIAH W. SNEATH.


Rev. WILLIAM M. CRAWFORD.


Rev. THOMAS R. TURNER.


Superintendent


HORACE W. RICE.


THE FACULTY


Principal


HORACE W. RICE Latin


Teachers


CHARLOTTE J. BURGESS


Commercial subjects Art


GEORGIANA C. LANE


JOHN D. BUCKINGHAM .


Music


GLADYS D. ROSE English


NELLIE L. JONES .


Modern languages Mathematics


MARGARET F. EVANS


ARLINE H. PIKE


Science


ELIZABETH H. BAKER


History


DORIS S. PARKER .


Physical training


Engineer and Janitor HARRY P. JOHNSTONE.


At a meeting of the Board of Directors held January 2, 1923, the report of the superintendent was accepted, adopted and ordered printed as the report of the Board.


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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT


GENTLEMEN: - I herewith submit the annual report of Woodward Institute.


In June two teachers resigned to accept positions elsewhere with a sub- stantial increase in salary. Miss Arline H. Pike of Saugus, Mass., a graduate of Bates College, was engaged for the science department, and Miss Elizabeth H. Baker of Farmington, Me., a graduate of Brown University, for the history department.


In April Mr. Allan W. Walker resigned after having served for twelve years as engineer and janitor. Mr. Harry P. Johnstone was chosen to fill the vacancy.


Woodward Institute occupies a distinct place in the educational facili- ties of the city and at no cost whatever to the taxpayers. If the pupils who attend this school were enrolled in the High School, the cost of maintain- ing the High School would be increased at least $15,000 dollars annually.


There are many parents who prefer to have their daughters attend a school maintained exclusively for girls. They realize that in many im- portant respects both girls and boys will be likely to do better and more work when apart, especially during the high school age.


The enrollment at the present time is larger than it has been for some years, owing to the fact that an unusually small class was graduated in June and a class of the usual size entered in September. The school is now as large as the building can comfortably accommodate, and the present teaching force can properly care for.


Every effort is being put forth to keep the standard of scholarship as high as possible. It requires constant pressure to persuade pupils that an education cannot be obtained, except by hard and continuous work; that something cannot be had for nothing; that they are not attending school for the sake of amusement or to pass away the time; and that they owe it to their parents and to themselves to make the best use of the privileges afforded them through self-denial on the part of others.


The annual prize given by the Alumnæ Association for the best essay written upon an assigned subject by a member of the senior class was awarded to Constance F. Stecher, now a student at Boston University.


The graduating class left in the hands of the principal the sum of $30 with which to purchase a parting gift to the school.


Respectfully submitted,


HORACE W. RICE.


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STATISTICS Class and Total Enrollment by Years


TEACHERS


Seventh Class


Sixth Class


Fifth Class


Fourth Class


Third Class


Junior Class


Senior Class


Postgraduate


Total


Regular


Part-time


Total


Spring of 1894


28


15


17


13


7


-


-


-


80


7


7


1894-95


41


44


18


17


5


11


8


-


115


8


2


10


1896-97


29


28


32


5


8


5


107


8


3


11


1897-98


13


22


23


28


27


3


94


8


3


11


1898-99


20


13


17


21


21


3


92


8


3


11


1899-1900


20


14


13


14


21


3


85


8


3


11


1900-01


3


28


18


11


14


14


-


88


8


3


11


1901-02


13


40


28


15


9


14


2


121


7


3


10


1902-03


11


55


35


27


16


9


2


155


8


2


10


1903-04


43


46


30


25


15


5


164


8


2


10


1904-05


47


38


38


33


4


160


8


3


11


1905-06


47


43


35


37


6


168


8


3


11


1906-07


51


40


37


34


9


171


8


3


11


1907-08


49


48


28


33


4


162


8


3


11


1908-09


50


43


39


23


6


161


8


3


11


1909-10


55


47


34


30


5


171


8


3


11


1910-11


66


43


31


30


8


178


8


4


12


1911-12


73


47


35


31


2


188


9


2


11


1912-13


82


62


36


25


6


211


9


2


11


1913-14


60


69


36


32


4


201


8


2


10


1914-15


52


59


49


32


5


197


8


2


10


1915-16


72


49


32


47


7


207


8


4


12


1916-17


65


63


28


34


7


197


8


4


12


1917-18


68


46


39


29


2


184


8


4


12


1918-19


32


50


31


41


1


155


8


4


12


1919-20


60


18


37


32


3


150


8


2


10


1920-21


67


42


12


38


3


162


7


3


10


1921-22


65


50


36


12


5


168


7


3


10


Fall of 1923


65


52


39


37


2


195


4


3


10


Average attendance, 94.49 per cent.


Pupils in College and Normal Courses


College


Normal School


Postgraduates .


2


-


1923


7


6


1924


8


6


1925


9


8


1926


13


9


Total


39


29


-


125


8


1


9


1895-96


9


41


36


10


-


.


-


Distribution of Pupils by Courses


Enrollment


Sept. 6, 1922


English


Physical


Physiology


Music


History


Science


Mathematics


Latin


French


German


Commercial


Bookkeeping


Drawing


Stenography


Typewriting


Commercial


Geography


Postgraduates


2


2


1


!


1


2


2


IN


2


1923


37


37


35


4


36


10


7


1924


39


39


39


1


15


12


17


10


28


1925


52


52


51


48


31


17


13


34


7


17


9


9


1926


65


65


65


22


59


38


28


52


30


1


26


22


-


I


-


Total


195


195


190


23


126


87


78


79


62


79


2


26


29


67


51


51


23


-


1


1


-


-


-


1


1


-


-


1


-


22


=


20


20


22


22


22


--


1


-


REPORT OF WOODWARD INSTITUTE


Training


Arithmetic


1


309


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CITY OF QUINCY


Cost of conducting Woodward Institute since Organization


Total Cost


Per Capita Cost


1894-95


$8,874 00


$70 99


1895-96


11,660 00


96 17


1896-97


10,874 00


101 66


1897-98


10,349 00


110 09


1898-99


10,458 00


113 67


1899-1900


10,924 00


128 52


1900-01


10,947 00


125 54


1901-02


12,727 00


105 18


1902-03


11,877 00


78 56


1903-04


12,241 00


74 64


1904-05


12,122 00


75 76


1905-06


12,359 00


73 56


1906-07


12,374 00


72 62


1907-08


12,625 00


77 93


1908-09


12,963 00


80 52


1910 .


13,036 00


76 23


1911


13,168 00


73 95


1912


13,422 00


71 39


1913


13,009 00


61 65


1914


12,991 97


64 66


1915


13,013 27


66 16


1916


13,208 39


68 65


1917


13,617 13


74 68


1918


14,409 25


86 46


1919


13,437 54


92 91


1920


16,309 97


108 48


1921


17,051 67


106 69


1922


16,165 99


93 32


.


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COURSE OF STUDY (Adopted 1919) College Course


First Year


Second Year


Third Year


Fourth Year


English


. 4


English


. 4


English


. 4


English


. 4


Algebra


. 5


Geometry


. 5


Latin


. 5


Latin


. 5


Latin


. 5


Latin


. 5


French


. 5


American


his-


Ancient history 5


French


5


Music (1)


1


tory


and


Music (2) . . 1


Music (2)


1


Physical train-


civics . 5


Physical


train-


Physical train-


ing (2)


. 1


Review of math-


ing (2)


. 1


ing (2)


. 1


Elect one


Music (1) .


. 1


German .


. 5


Physical train-


Modern history 5


Chemistry (5) 4


Elect one


German . . 5


French .


. 5


Normal Course


First Year


Second Year


Third Year


Fourth Year


English


. 4


English . 4


English


. 4


English . 4


Algebra . 5


Geometry 5


Chemistry (5) 4


American


his-


Ancient history 5


Science (5)


4


Modern history 5


tory


and


Music (2) . .


1


Music (2)


1


Physical train- ing (2) .


1


Physical train-


ing (2) .


1


ing (2) .


1


Drawing (2)


1


ing (2) . 1


Drawing (2)


1


Drawing (2)


.1


Music (1)


1


Music (1) . . 1


Elect one


Elect one


Elect one


Latin


. 5


Latin


. 5


Latin


. 5


Elect two


Science (4)


. 3


French


5


French


. 5


Latin . 5


French


. 5


Review of math- ematics . 5


Industrial geog- raphy . 5


Harmony may be taken during the third and fourth years.


civics . 5


Physical train-


Physical train-


.


.


.


Drawing (2) . 1


ematics . 5


ing (2) . 1


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General Course


First Year


Second Year


Third Year


Fourth Year


Required


Required


Required


Required


English


. 4


English . 4


English . . 4


English . 4


Algebra . 5


Music (2) .


1


Music (1) . 1


American


his-


or


Physical train- ing (2) . 1


Physical train- ing (2) . 1


tory


and


Arithmetic . 4


civics . 5


Music (2) . 1


Elect not more


Elect not more than sixteen


Physical train-


Physical train- ing (2)


. 1


points


points


Elect not more than ten points


Drawing (2) . 1


Drawing (2) . 1


Elect not more


Drawing (2) . 1


French . 5


Latin . 5


Latin 5


Science (5) . 4


French . 5


Drawing (2) . 1


Science (4) . 3


Geometry . 5


German . 5


Harmony . . 1


Ancient history 5


Science (5) . 4


Latin


. 5


Physiology


. 4


Bookkeeping . 5


French . 5


Modern history 5


German . 5


Stenography . 5


Review of math-


ematics . 5


(5) .


. 3


Industrial geog- raphy . 4


Stenography . 5


Typewriting (5) 3


Notes


1. The figure at the right of each study denotes the diploma points allowed for its successful completion. The figure in parentheses denotes the number of recitations per week when this differs from the number of diploma points.


2. Two foreign languages should not be begun at the same time. A foreign language to be beneficial should be studied at least two years.


3. Every pupil is required to take physical training unless excused upon the advice of a regular physician.


4. Place X opposite the course elected, also before each study elected.


5. A total of seventy-two points is required for a diploma.


6. Report cards are issued every eight weeks.


7. The daily session begins at a quarter past eight and closes at one o'clock.


8. A written request by parent or guardian is required for dismissal during the school session.


9. Parents are requested to co-operate with the school in requiring a definite amount of home study. No pupil can be expected to complete her work satisfactorily without home study.


Music (1) . . 1


than sixteen


ing (2) . 1


Latin


. 5


Harmony . 1


than twelve points


Typewriting


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Department of English


LITERATURE


The first two years of the course in literature are spent in reading care- fully as many of the best English classics as the time will allow. There are three distinct aims in the course: (1) to teach the students to read in- telligently and enjoyably; (2) to develop in them a taste for good litera- ture; (3) to lay a broad foundation for the subsequent study and appre- ciation of the books selected for the third and fourth years. An outline history of English literature, supplemented by a study of the English poets, completes the four years' course.


GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION


The course in grammar deals with the simple essentials of the English language; the parts of speech, the construction of sentences, and the laws of syntax. Grammatical accuracy is demanded in all work.


The work in composition is correlated with the course in literature- narration, description, exposition, and argumentation, each being taken in turn. The course is designed to aid pupils in expressing themselves clearly and logically in oral as well as in written form. They are urged to write from their own experience, to write often, and to acquire the habit of using simple, correct, idiomatic English. During the fourth year, formal argument is studied, together with preparation and practice in debating.


Department of Latin


I. Latin lessons.


Translation of prose selections.


II. Cæsar - Commentaries on Gallic War, Books I-IV, inclusive. Sight reading. Prose composition, based on Cæsar. Grammar.


III. Cicero - Orations against Catiline, The Manilian Law and Archias. Sight reading.


Prose composition, based on Cicero.


IV. Virgil, Æneid, Books I-VI, inclusive. Sight reading from Ovid. Prosody.


Prose composition reviewed, supplemented by college entrance ex- amination papers.


Department of Modern Languages


FRENCH


I. Pronunciation.


Grammar:


Conjugation of regular verbs, and a few irregular verbs.


Simpler uses of tenses and moods.


Syntax.


Memorizing - Prose selections.


Reading - Lectures Faciles, Le Français et Sa Patrie or La Tache du Petit Pierre.


II. Dictation.


Conversation. Paraphrasing. Composition.


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Grammar: Continuation. Conjugation of irregular verbs. Uses of tenses and moods.


Reading:


de Maistre's Prisonniers du Caucase.


Sandeau's Mlle. de la Seigliére. Daudet's La Belle Nivernaise. Le Gendre de M. Poirier. Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon. Memorizing - Poetry.


III. Dictation.


Conversation. Constant practice in translating into French.


Memorizing - Prose and poetry.


Grammar:


Bruce's Grammaire Française.


Review and continuation of difficult points, especially the sub- junctive. Study of idioms.


Reading:


Molière's L'Avare.


Corneille's Le Cid. Balzac's Eugénie Grandet. Hugo's La Chute.


Prose composition - François.


GERMÁN


I. Pronunciation. Grammar:


Declension.


Conjugation of weak verbs and of the more usual strong verbs. Simpler uses of tenses and moods.


Prepositions. Syntax. Memorizing: Vocabulary for oral and written work.


Prose and poetry selections.


Composition : Translation into German.


Transposition.


Reproduction. Dictation.


Easy conversation.


Im Vaterland. Glück Auf. Storm's Immense.


II. Grammar:


Conjugation of strong and irregular verbs and modal auxiliaries. Order of words.


Translation :


Schiller's Der Neffe als Onkel.


Arnold's Fritz auf Ferien. Gerstacker's Germelshausen. Hillerne's Höher als die Kirche.


Wildenbruch's Das Edle Blut. Sight reading from easy texts. Memorizing - Poetry.


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III. Prose Composition. Grammar - Continuation of difficult points. Conversation. Memorizing of German Folk Songs. Translation :


Gerstacker's Irrfahrten. Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm. Schiller's William Tell. Freytag's Die Journalisten.


Selected books for supplementary reading.


Department of Science


I. Introducing to science - to teach the meaning of science as a whole and to develop a taste for science as a preparation for subsequent work by making it both useful and attractive. This is done by including in the course subjects of common interest like the fol- lowing: How to read a meter; water supply systems; adulterants and simple methods for their detection; color in foods; headache preparations; removal of stains; the camera and photographic printing.


II. Biology. This is made to include the functions of all living things, both plant and animal, as they relate to man; movement, irri- tability, nutrition, respiration, excretion and reproduction.


Birds, reptiles and mammalia from the economic standpoint. Health and disease from the standpoint of private and public hygiene. Protective inedicine and sanitation.


The relations of insects and animals to the spread of disease.


Man is the center of the course, and at the close all biological prin- ciples studied are applied to the human mechanism.


In the spring a small herbarium is made.


III. Chemistry.


Department of Mathematics


I. Elementary algebra.


II. Plane geometry - Demonstrations and original work.


III. College reviews.


Department of Business


FIRST YEAR


Commercial arithmetic - A review of fundamental processes. Short methods and drill in business problems.


THIRD YEAR


Bookkeeping - Double and single entry.


Stenography - Principles of stenography.


Typewriting - Touch method.


FOURTH YEAR


Stenography - Practice in reading and writing shorthand.


Typewriting - Transcribing shorthand notes. Copying. Duplicating.


Commercial geography - A study of commercial and industrial conditions, products and countries.


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Department of Physical Training


I. Physical examination - Prescription and individual work, when necessary.


Class work - Free gymnastics, bar work, rings and clubs.


Games - Basket-ball, tennis and outdoor games, when the weather permits.


Simple dancing steps, including the polka and schottische steps Folk dances.


II. Physical examination and prescription work.


Class work - Muscle free work as well as apparatus work, which includes bar, rings, wands, dumb-bells and clubs.


Games - Basket-ball, tennis and outdoor games. Folk dancing and fancy steps.


III. Physical examination and prescription work.


Class work the same as that of the second year, but more advanced. Games - Basket-ball and tennis.


Advanced folk dancing and fancy steps.


IV. Physical examination and prescription work.


Class work - Free work and apparatus work. Games - Basket-ball and tennis.


Advanced folk dancing and æsthetic dancing.


Department of History


I. Ancient history :


(a) A preliminary consideration of the origin and races of mankind - their primitive condition, migrations, and progress toward civilization.


(b) A brief study of the extinct civilization of the East.


(c) Greek history to the death of Alexander.


(d) Roman history from the founding of the city to 800 A.D.


II. Mediæval and modern history.


III. American history, special attention being given to the forces which have shaped the government of the United States and developed its present institutions.


Civil government of the United States.


Department of Music


The aim of the department of music is to cultivate a taste for good music and to prepare the pupils for intelligent and appreciative work in the further pursuit of the art in its various branches.


The vocal and choral study includes vocalization, solfeggio, sight read- ing, dynamics, breath control, intonation, enunciation, unison and part singing.


The elementary theoretical work (required) aims to give the pupil a thorough foundation in the elements of music and includes rhythm, meter intervals, the derivation and construction of our present-day tonalities, major, all minor forms and chromatic scale in all keys, triads, chords of the dominant and diminished sevenths and cadences, leading to the study of -


Harmony - elective, but strongly advised for all pupils in vocal or in- strumental study.


Individual class work, one period weekly.


Vocal and choral work (entire school required), one period weekly.


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Department of Art


The study of art must necessarily be considered as a whole rather than the work of different classes; therefore, the course in drawing is arranged to meet the needs of the individual student and is varied to suit any re- quirements.


Pupils are not only fitted for continuing their studies in advanced schools, but also to appreciate the best in art.


The general plan is as follows: -


Freehand drawing of objects in pencil, and pen and ink, and principles of perspective.


Study of form, light and shade.


Study of design, applied decoration.


Study of color in waters and in oil.


Modeling and casting.


Mechanical drawing.


FOUNDERS' DAY FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1922, AT 8 O'CLOCK


Program


(Music by past and present members of the school, under the direction of Mr. John D. Buckingham)


1. CHORUS


(a) Praise Ye the Father Gounod


(b) Carol . Geraert


2. PIANO SOLO - Fantasie Op. 49 Chopin


Miss ETHEL BEAL, 1914


3. SONGS:


(a) When Spring Returns Arthur Somerrell


(b) There are Fairies at the Bottom of our Garden Miss MARIAM MILLER, 1912


. Liza Lehmann


4. VIOLIN SOLO - Reverie Vieuxtemps


Miss RUTH ANDREWS, 1921


5. CHORUS:


(a) Rain Turner


(b) Ole Uncle Moon Scott


6. READINGS:


(a) The Minuet Anon.


James Whitcomb Riley


(b) The Bear Story Miss AUDREY BUTLER, 1924


7. SONGS:


(a) I wonder if ever the Rose D. D. Slater


(b) May Day Miss MARIAM MILLER, 1912


R. H. Walther


8. PIANO SOLO:


(a) Melodie Rachmaninoff


(b) Improvisation Moszkowski


Miss SIDNEY SIMMONS, 1921


9. CHORUS - Springtime Watkins


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GRADUATION EXERCISES, CLASS OF 1922 WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1922


Program


(Music by the school, under the direction of Mr. John D. Buckingham)


1. WALTZ FROM FAUST


Gounod


2. LONGING


Densmore


3. BALLYMACLOE


Scott


ADDRESS


Prof. DALLAS LORE SHARP Boston University


CONFERRING OF DIPLOMAS


Rev. FRED ALBAN WEIL Chairman of Board of Directors


Members


Esther Lillian Donovan.


Marion Elizabeth Foy.


Elsie Rice Hay. Barbara Emerson Hobbs.


Annie Pope.


Constance Field Stecher.


Lillith Maria Lund.


Edith Verna Trask.


CALENDAR FOR 1923


First term: Monday, January 2, to Friday, February 16.


Second term: Monday, February 26, to Thursday, April 13.


Founders' Day: Friday, March 9.


Third term: Monday, April 23, to Friday, June 22. Graduation: Wednesday, June 20.


Fourth term: Wednesday, September 5, to Friday, December 21.


Holidays: February 22, Good Friday, April 19, May 30, June 17, October 12, Thanksgiving Day and the day following.


Dorothy Marion Macleod. Mary Etta Polk.


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REPORT OF CITY SOLICITOR


JANUARY 1, 1923.


Hon. GUSTAVE B. BATES, Mayor, City of Quincy.


DEAR SIR: - I submit herewith my report as City Solicitor for the year 1922.


During the year, whenever requested by the City Council for an opinion on any matter pending before it, I furnished the same. I also rendered from time to tiine, whenever requested by His Honor the Mayor, and the several heads of departments, opinions concerning matters having to do with their respective departments.


The matter of the apportionment of the expense of the new Monatiquot River Bridge was referred by the Superior Court in 1921 to three com- missioners, - Hon. Frederic H. Chase, Hon. George L. Mayberry and Hon. Frederick S. Hall.


Hearings were held in the fall of 1921 and during the year 1922. In October last the hearings were concluded. To date the commissioners have not made a finding.


The following is a list of cases now pending in the courts to which the city is a party:


Norfolk County


Charles Francis Adamns v. City of Quincy.


Brooks Adams et al. v. City of Quincy.


Brooks Adams et al. v. City of Quincy.


Gustave B. Bates v. City of Quincy.


William F. Bennett v. City of Quincy.


Inhabitants of Braintree v. City of Quincy.


Ellen M. Clark v. City of Quincy.


County Commissioners of County of Norfolk v. City of Quincy.


Hilda Carlson v. City of Quincy.


Edwin J. Fairbank v. City of Quincy.


Alexander Falconer J. City of Quincy.


Henry M. Faxon v. City of Quincy.


Finnish Workingman's Association "Veli" of Quincy v. City of Quincy.


Catherine Flaherty v. City of Quincy.


Joseph P. Flaherty v. City of Quincy.


Nathan H. Glover v. City of Quincy.


Louis Grossman v. City of Quincy.


City of Quincy v. Robert Kent James et al.


James Knight v. City of Quincy.


Margaret Nolan v. City of Quincy.


C. Eaton Pierce et al. v. City of Quincy.


Harriet B. Pierce v. City of Quincy.


Arthur G. Pinel v. City of Quincy.


Walter P. Pinel v. City of Quincy.


Quincy Quarries v. City of Quincy. Fred B. Rice v. City of Quincy.


Mary L. Sheahan et al. v. City of Quincy.


S. Margaret Smith et al. v. City of Quincy.


Sarah E. Veasey v. City of Quincy.


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CITY OF QUINCY


Suffolk County


Dr. David P. Hayes v. City of Quincy. John H. Loughan et al. v. City of Quincy. James E. Mclaughlin et al. v. City of Quincy. Frank B. Newton v. City of Quincy. Cornelius J. Ryan v. City of Quincy. Josephine Wilson 2. City of Quincy. Mary Wright v. City of Quincy.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN W. McANARNEY, City Solicitor.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DE- PARTMENT OF THE CITY OF QUINCY, MASS.


FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1922


SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1922


Chairman Hon. WILLIAM A. BRADFORD, Mayor.


Vice-Chairman Dr. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING.


Hon. WILLIAM A. BRADFORD 67 Upland Road, Quincy


term expires Dec. 31, 1922


Mr. ROBERT E. FOY


term expires Dec. 31, 1922


13 Eliot Street, South Quincy


Dr. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING


. term expires Dec. 31, 1922


1136 Hancock Street, Quincy


Dr. DANIEL B. REARDON . term expires Dec. 31, 1923


1186 Hancock Street, Quincy


Col. WARREN E. SWEETSER


term expires Dec. 31, 1923


99 Elmwood Avenue, Wollaston


Mr. GEORGE W. ABELE


term expires Dec. 31, 1924


64 Presidents Lane, Quincy


Mr. SYDNEY W. YOUNG


term expires Dec. 31, 1924


73 Conant Road, Atlantic


Secretary of Board and Superintendent of Schools Mr. FRED H. NICKERSON 25 Edgemere Road, Quincy


The regular meetings of the School Committee are held at 8 o'clock P.M., on the last Tuesday in each month excepting July.


SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1923


First term: Tuesday, January 2, to Friday, February 16.


Second term: Monday, February 26, to Friday, April 13. Third term: Monday, April 23, to Friday, June 29. Fourth term: Wednesday, September 5, to Friday, December 21. Grammar school graduations: Friday, January 26; Friday, June 22. High school graduations: Thursday, January 25; Wednesday, June 27. Holidays: all legal holidays, Good Friday, June 17, and the remainder of the week from Wednesday noon next preceding Thanksgiving.


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CITY OF QUINCY


REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


To the Citizens of Quincy.


The School Committee wishes to present herewith its annual report for the year 1922.


As usual, the most urgent question for consideration has been adequate accommodations for the pupils. In September last there were enrolled 9,539 pupils - an increase of five hundred and thirty-three over the en- rollment of the previous year, or about 6 per cent, which has been found to be about the normal annual increase. This increase, if housed in one building, would fill thirteen rooms.


To take care of this additional number of pupils it has been found neces- sary to provide portable school buildings in different sections of the city. A one-room building has been placed at the Atherton Hough School and a two-room building at the new location at Adams Shore. There are now. in process of construction, buildings at the Coddington, Wollaston and Massachusetts Fields Schools - making, with those already in use, nine such buildings throughout the city. These, while not as satisfactory as permanent buildings, yet, serve a useful purpose in housing the pupils.


A constructive building program extending over ten years has been worked out and it is hoped it may soon be put into operation. Steps have already been taken toward permanent enlargement of the Massachusetts Fields School, where the congestion is most acute.




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