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HANSON
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HAWKINS .
1
HIGH .
1
HIGHLAND AVENUE
1
2
HOLLAND .
5
HAZELTINE
I
IVALOO . .
1
1
JAQUES
1
LAUREL
1
LELAND
1
LINCLON
LINDEN . .
1
LINWOOD.
1
4
LOWELL
1
MARSHALL
1
2
MEDFORD .
1
1
1
6
MEACHAM
4
4 2
12
MILLS
1
MIDDLESEX .
1
MOSSLAND
1
MORRISON
3
1
MOUNT VERNON . .
2
1
MOUNT PLEASANT. .
2
* Off 20-Inch main.
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FLORENCE
1
2
1
JENNY LIND AVENUE JOY
1
1
1
MILK.
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Statement Showing Total Number of Gates and Hydrants set in Somerville to January 1, 1873.
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STREET.
12-Inch.
10-Inch.
8-Inch.
6-Inch.
4-Inch.
3-Inch.
2-Inch.
Post.
Flush.
Lowry.
MOUNT BENEDICT
1
MYRTLE
2
MYRTLE (off Milk)
MUNROE .
1
1
MYSTIC AVENUE.
1
1
1
MURREY
2
OLIVER . .
1
ORCHARD .
1
2
OTIS .
1
1
OXFORD
1
PARK AVENUE
1
PARK. .
2
2
PEARL .
3
1
2
PERKINS
3
1
2
1
PINCKNEY .
1
PINCKNEY (new)
1
PRESCOTT .
2
1
PUTNAM
2
1
POPLAR .
3
PORTER
2
1
PROSPECT .
1
1
PLEASANT AVENUE
2
1
RUSH . .
2
SARGENT
1
1
SCHOOL. .
2
SHAWMUT
1
SPRING ..
SUMMER
6
1
6
SUMMIT AVENUE
1
1
SPRINGFIELD
1
1
TEMPLE
1
1
THORP PLACE
1
TUFTS .
1
1
TOWN FARM
1
1
THURSTON
2
1
UNION .
1
1
VERNON
1
VINAL AVENUE
2
1
VILLAGE .
1
VINE . .
1
WALNUT .
1
2
2
WARREN AVENUE .
1
1
1
.
1
NEWTON .
GATES.
HYDRANTS.
SYCAMORE .
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Statement Showing Total Number of Gates and Hydrants set in Somerville to January 1, 1873.
GATES.
HYDRANTS.
STREET.
12-Inch.
10-Inch.
8-Inch.
6-Inch.
4-Inch.
3-Inch.
2-Inch.
Post.
Flush.
Lowry.
WASHINGTON . . WASHINGTON AVENUE. WEBSTER AVENUE . WEBSTER
4
1
1
6
2
1
1
2
WALLACE
1
2
WINTHROP
1
WINTER
1
WINSLOW AVENUE
1
Total number of Gates to January 1st, 1873, . 220 Total number of Hydrants to January 1st, 1873, . 184
One 12-Inch Gate on Medford Street, at Medford line.
One 6-Inch Gate on Sacramento Street, at Cambridge line.
One 8-Inch Gate on Washington Street, at Charlestown line.
One 6-Inch Gate on Washington Street, at Asylum Avenue, owned by McLean Asylum.
In closing this Report the Board wish to say that it has been their endeavor to discharge the important trust committed to their charge, with a due regard to perma- nency, prudence and economy, and for the best interests of the city. They also wish to acknowledge the cordial and courteous manner in which their many applications for information and assistance have been met by the Com- missioners, Clerk, and Superintendent of the Charlestown Water Works.
C. E. RYMES, THOS. CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT A. VINAL, CUTLER DOWNER, HORACE HASKINS.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF SOMERVILLE
FOR THE YEAR 1872.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, DEC., 31, 1872.
The Superintendent submitted his Annual Report, which was read and unanimously accepted.
It was voted that the Committee adopt the report now sub- 1 mitted by the Superintendent of the public schools, and present it to their fellow-citizens as the Report of the School Committee for the year 1872.
J. H. DAVIS, Secretary.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF SOMERVILLE : -
GENTLEMEN-In conformity with the requirements of your regulations, I respectfully submit the following as the First Annual Report on the condition of the Public Schools of the City of Somerville.
At the commencement of the year the School Commit- tee was composed as follows:
HON. GEO. O. BRASTOW, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.
OREN S. KNAPP, President of the Common Council, ex officio.
WARD ONE.
JOSHUA H. DAVIS, for three years. HENRY M. MOORE, for two years. URIAH R. HARDING, for one year.
WARD TWO.
REV. GEO. W. DURELL, for three years. REV. J. W. HAMILTON, for two years. EDWIN MILLS, for one year.
WARD THREE.
HENRY F. SPENCER, for three years. SELWIN Z. BOWMAN, for two years. REUBEN WILLIS, M. D, for one year.
WARD FOUR.
HORACE CHAPIN, M. D., for three years. PROF. BENJAMIN G. BROWN, for two years. ENOCH R. MORSE, for one year.
ORGANIZATION.
Chairman. Secretary and Superintendent. JOSHUA H. DAVIS.
HON. GEORGE O. BRASTOW.
SUB-COMMITTEES. ON THE HIGH SCHOOL. Messrs. DURELL, SPENCER, BROWN, CHAPIN.
ON SCHOOLS IN FORSTER DISTRICT. Messrs. SPENCER, BOWMAN, WILLIS.
ON SCHOOLS IN PRESCOTT DISTRICT. Messrs. DAVIS, MOORE, HARDING.
ON SCHOOLS IN PROSPECT HILL DISTRICT. Messrs. KNAPP, MILLS, HAMILTON.
ON SCHOOLS IN MORSE DISTRICT. Messrs. MORSE, DURELL, CHAPIN.
ON SCHOOLS IN LINCOLN DISTRICT. Messrs. BROWN, MORSE.
ON EVENING DRAWING SCHOOL. Messrs. SPENCER, DAVIS.
ON EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. Messrs. MORSE, DURELL, CHAPIN, SPENCER.
ON BOOKS. Messrs. KNAPP, MILLS, HARDING, HAMILTON.
ON MUSIC. Messrs. DURELL, WILLIS, BROWN, MOORE.
ON SCHOOL FURNITURE. Messrs. KNAPP, SPENCER, BOWMAN, MORSE.
ON HEATING APPARATUS. Messrs. MILLS, HARDING, MOORE.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES. Messrs. SPENCER, DURELL, DAVIS.
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At the meeting of the Committee, held February 12, the resignation of Selwin Z. Bowman, was received and accepted. The vacancy thus occasioned was filled in convention of the City Council and School Committee, February 17, by the election of Samuel A. Carlton.
Mr. Carlton was subsequently appointed to fill all va- cancies in the Sub-Committees, caused by the resignation of Mr. Bowman.
To meet the requirements of the 7th Section of the 15th City Ordinance, adopted April 6th, the Superinten- dent resigned, as member of the School Board, and the vacancy was filled in convention of the City Council and School Committee, April 20, by the election of Sanford Hanscom, M. D.
The year just closing has been one of continued pros- perity, and its review presents much that is encouraging.
The schools have maintained their usual standard of excellence. Liberal appropriations have been made for their support. Parents and the Committee have mani- fested their accustomed solicitude. Teachers have la- bored faithfully-many of them with marked ability and success. Pupils have pursued their work with commen- dable industry, and reasonable expectations have been fully realized.
True intellectual progress and development, however, must ever be comparatively slow. The transient outstrips the enduring. Annuals come to maturity in a few weeks only, while the yearly growth of perennials that thrive amid the vicissitudes of a century, is scarcely perceptible. "As we perceive the shadow to have moved, but did not
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perceive it moving ; so our advances in learning, as they consist of such minute steps, are perceivable only by the distance."
In the brief period of their pupilage, the young can do but little more than lay the foundation for an educa- tion. The activities and study of a long life-time alone, can rear a superstructure of tolerably fair proportions.
To complete our entire Course of Study requires about thirteen years ; but the average period of pupilage is less, probably, than ten years. Hence within the year just closing, the majority of our pupils have enjoyed more than one-tenth of their school privileges.
The shortness of the time allotted to the schools to accomplish their measure of influence in forming the character of the young, and in preparing them to go forth and assume the duties of citizens, should stimulate us to greater fidelity and increased activity in our work.
Whatever of error the review of the past may reveal to us, we must labor earnestly to correct in the future. Ever keeping before us a high standard of excellence, it should be our constant endeavor to attain thereto.
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GENERAL SUMMARY FOR 1872.
PUPILS.
The whole number of pupils connected with the public schools in January last, was 2905.
The number of persons in the city between the ages of five and fifteen years upon the first day of May last, as reported by the Assessors, was as follows :-
Ward One,
1041
Ward Two,
1024
Ward Three,
482
Ward Four,
385
Total,
2932
Increase for the year,
108
The number of pupils connected with the schools at that date, was 2987.
Of that number 235 were over fifteen years of age.
It will be seen that the whole number of pupils of all ages belonging to the schools, on the first day of May, was in excess of the number of persons in the city be- tween the ages of five and fifteen years.
Whole number of pupils in December,
3128
Boys, .
1569
Girls,
1559
Number over 15 years of age,
206
HIGH SCHOOL.
First Class,
29 or .927 per cent of the whole number.
Second 66
33 " 1.055
Third
50
1.598
66
.
66
Fourth 66 69
" 2.206
66
66
66
Total, 181 " 5.786 66 66 66
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GRAMMAR SHOOLS.
First Class, 116 or 3.708 per cent of the whole number.
Second "
175 “ 5.595
66
66
Third
269 “ 8.600
66
66
Fourth "
289 “ 9.239
66
66
66
Fifth 66
341 " 10.901
66
66
66
66
Sixth
409 “13.076 66
66
66
66
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
First Class,
337 or 10.774 per cent of the whole number.
Second “ . .
266 “ 8.504
66
Alphabet and
primer classes,
745 “ 23.817
66
Total,
1348 “ 43.095
66
66
Per cent of pupils in each of the several departments of the Public Schools for the four years next preceding January 1, 1873 :
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
High School, ·
6.37
6.02
6.17
5.786
Grammar Schools,
48.47
49.22
52.38
51.119
Primary
. 45.16
44.76
41.45
43.095
Per cent of pupils in each of the several departments of the Public Schools of Boston in 1872 :
High School,
4.7
Grammar Schools,
53.6
Primary 66
41.6
.
Total, 1599 “ 51.119
66
66
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Number of pupils graduated at the High School, 21
66
Grammar Schools, 83
Prescott,
33
Forster,
20
Prospect Hill,
12
Morse,
13
Lincoln,
5
Eighty of the graduates from the Grammar Schools applied for admission to the High School; seventy-three passed the required examination, and sixty-six entered the school in September.
Eight pupils were admitted to the fourth class, in Sep- tember, from schools outside of the city.
Average attendance in the High School, 146.7
66 66 grammar schools, 1398.2
66 66 66 primary 1052.9
Per cent of attendance in the High School, 96.9
66
grammar schools, 93.8
66
66
66 primary 66 91.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Whole number of different pupils during the year, 232
Number admitted during the year, 77
Number graduated, . 21 Whole number at the present time, 181
Number in course preparatory for College,
22
Number at the present time over fifteen years of age, 139
Number on entering the new building, March 4, . 150 No. of 1st Class, on entering the school, 59, present No. 29
66
2d 66
66
65. 66
33
66 3d
66
66
59.
66
50
66
4th 66 66
74, 66 69
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TWENTIETH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
OF THE
HIGH SCHOOL,
FRIDAY, JULY 12TH.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
MUSIC. Edmands' Band.
1. SINGING. " The Humming Bird."
Rossini.
" Arrayed in Clouds of Golden Light," (Duet, Sacred.) Horne.
2. SALUTATORY IN LATIN.
3. READING. From "Richelieu."
Frank Eugene Leland. Sarah E. G. Davis. Martha Helen Pennock.
5. READING. " The Legend of Bregenz."
Mary Barnard Currier.
6. SINGING.
" Sweet sister Fay." Barnett.
"Sweet Star of Hope." (Song with Flute.) " The Tempest." (Trio.)
Halevy.
Campana.
7. READING. " Ballad of Babie Bell." Ada Cowles.
8. FRENCH READING. "Les Djinus." Mary Alice Paul.
9. READING. " Travelling under the care of a gentleman." Mary Florence Taft.
10. DECLAMATION. " Tribute to Webster." Charles Lester Hopkins.
11. SINGING. " Wake gentle Zephyr." Rossini.
" Freedom, God and Right." (With Orchestra.)
March of the Men of Harleck.
12. ESSAYS. What shall we do with Belinda. An Outlook.
Emeline Agusta Dane.
Allie Ursula Edmands. Ella Frances Lears.
The Polar Star.
MUSIC.
Arthur Stearns Eddy.
4. ESSAYS. Wild Flowers.
Cloud and Blue Sky.
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RECESS.
13. SINGING. " Inflamatus." (Solo and Semi-chorus,) (with Orchestra.) " Stabat Mater."
14. LATIN DIALOGUE. Samuel N. Cutler, Edwin N. Lovering, John L. Nichols.
15. READING. " The Silent Tower of Bottreaux." Annah Maria Brown.
16. READING. From "Macbeth." Emma Frances Schuh.
17. GREEK TRANSLATION FROM WEBSTER. Nathan Augustus Taylor.
18. SINGING. " Greeting to Spring." (Solo and Chorus.) " The Indian Drum."
19. ESSAYS. Dress. Check and Credits in Life. Emma Thayer Tower.
Helen Wilder Chapin.
Summer Journeys. Effie Cutter.
20. READING. " The Robber."
Annie Elizabeth Robinson.
21. ORIGINALS.
22. POEM.
Louisa Marie Wilde.
23. READING. "Enlisting as an Army Nurse." Carrie E. Conant.
Emma Elizabeth Robbins.
25. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS, by Chairman of School Committee, Mayor George O. Brastow.
26. PARTING HYMN.
MUSIC.
MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS.
ANNAH MARIA BROWN.
HELEN WILDER CHAPIN,
ADA COWLES,
MARY BARNARD CURRIER,
EFFIE CUTTER,
MARY FLORENCE TAFT,
EMELINE AUGUSTA DANE,
SARAH E. G. DAVIS,
EMMA THAYER TOWER, LOUISA MARIE WILDE,
ALLIE URSULA EDMANDS,
ELLA FRANCES LEARS,
MARY ALICE PAUL,
* ARTHUR STEARNS EDDY, CHARLES LESTER HOPKINS, FRANK EUGENE LELAND,
* NATHAN AUGUSTUS TAYLOR.
* Entered Harvard College.
MARTHA HELEN PENNOCK, EMMA ELIZABETH ROBBINS, ANNIE ELIZABETH ROBINSON, EMMA FRANCES SCHUH,
24. VALEDICTORY.
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SCHOOLS.
Five new schools have been organized during the year:
In the Edgerly school-house, 2
In the Lincoln school-house, 1
In the Morse school-house, 1
In Hawkins Hall, .
1 59
Whole number of schools,
High, 1
Grammar,
36
Primary,
22
SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Number of School Houses, 16
Number of School-rooms, 60
Number of School-rooms, unoccupied,
3
Number of rooms rented and occupied by schools, 2
Estimated value of school property, $299,890.34
DWELLING HOUSES.
Ward One,
1055
Ward Two,
920
Ward Three,
579
Ward Four,
507
Total,
3061
TEACHERS.
Number of male Teachers in the High School,
2
female 66 66 66
4
male 66 66
grammar schools, 5
65 female 66
66 66 31
66
66
66 primary 22
Special Teachers of Music, Drawing, and Elocution, 4 Number of Assistants, in grammar and primary Schools, 5 Whole number of Teachers, including Assistants, 73
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The following changes have been made in the corps of Teachers within the year :-
RESIGNED.
John Wilson, Esq., Principal of Prescott school.
Miss Eva M. Edmands, Teacher in Cedar Street school.
66 Jennie M. Belknap, 66 Forster 66
. Sue L. Lathe, 66 Webster 66
66 Mary E. Sargent,
Morse 66
Charlotte R. Cutter, 66
Edgerly 66
Kate D. Perry, 66
" Anna M. Leland, Principal of
66
ELECTED. Miss Lilian E. Woodward, Teacher in Lincoln school.
66 Alice Simpson,
Cedar Street "
66 Kate D. Perry, Bennett 66
66 Agnes Woodberry, 66 Forster 66
66 Agnes M. Cox, 66
Webster 66
" Lizzie J. Hamilton, 66
Jackson 66
" Abbie M. Bigelow, 66 Edgerly 66
Pauline S. Downes,
Morse 66
Alice I. Bradford, 66
66 66
" Rowena G. Delano,
66 Edgerly 66
Helen Tincker, Principal of Bennett 66
Augustus Linfield, Esq. was elected Principal of Pres- cott school, March 7th, and died May 5th. When invit- ed to Somerville, he was Principal of the High School in Lenox, Mass.
He was an estimable Christian gentleman. During the brief period of his connection with the school, he won the confidence and esteem of the Committee, and gave promise of great usefulness in his profession.
June 20, Luther B. Pillsbury, Esq., was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Linfield. When elected he was Principal of the High School in Bridge- water, Mass.
Bennett 66
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DISTRICTS.
FORSTER.
Number of Schools,
7
Pupils,
332
66
Male Teachers,
1
Female
6
PRESCOTT.
Number of Schools, 14
Pupils,
761
66
Male Teachers,
1
Female 66 13
.
PROSPECT HILL.
Number of Schools,
22
66
Pupils,
. 1159
66
Male Teachers,
1
66 Female 66 21 .
MORSE.
Number of Schools,
10
Puplis,
496
66 Male Teachers, 1
Female 66 9
LINCOLN.
Number of Schools,
5
66 Pupils, . 199
66 Male Teachers, . 1
Female 66 4
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EXHIBIT OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Average whole Number.
Average Attend- ance.
Per cent of At- tendance.
Number Tardy.
Number Dismissed.
High ..
Geo. L. Baxter.
151.4
146.7
96.9
276
409
Forster.
Geo. R. Bradford ..
38 4
37.2
96.7
18
49
Anna M. Snow ..
32.
30.7
95 9
22
48
Frances M. Guptill.
40.7
38.9
95.5
38
33
Alida C. Willis.
38.1
36.3
95.3
63
94
66
Edith C. Long.
38.
35.3
92.8
26
48
Helen E. Magoun.
52.
47.6
91.5
37
68
Agnes Woodberry.
53.1
46 3
87.1
50
44
Prescott.
Luther B. Pillsbury.
33.4
31 5
94.3
160
45
Isabel S. Horne.
43 3
40.1
92.6
137
101
60
Harriet N. Sands.
45.3
40.9
90.3
142
88
. .
Mary E. Eddy
46.8
43.7
93 3
262
234
60
Anna A. Hall.
47.5
44.7
94.1
218
106
66
Nancy W. Proctor.
48 8
46.
94.2
158
136
M. Ellen Eddy.
46.9
43.6
92.9
128
75
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Catharine T. Brown.
60.4
55.4
91.7
197
84
. .
Mary E. Hartshorn.
60.5
54.1
89.4
266
177
Grace A. T. Wilson
59.8
53.1
88.7
290
143
Augusta M. Cowles.
43 7
40.4
92.4
127
88
66
Harriet A. Adams.
54.9
51.8
94.3
145
104
66
Rowena G. Delano.
31 2
27.6
88.4
53
20
Prospect Hill.
Samuel C. Hunt.
40.2
38.9
96.8
38
41
Frances L. Child.
40 8
39.7
97.3
24
44
66
.
Lydia L. Gordon.
45.7
42.2
92.5
46
106
*
.
.
Augusta A. Roberts
96.8
88.9
91.8
396
228
Brastow
Sarah E. Pennock.
35.7
34 4
96 3
108
96
Beulah A. Hill.
66.2
56.6
85.5
123
97
Bennett
Helen Tincker
47.1
44.6
94.7
159
85
Harriet A. Locke
45.2
41.1
91.0
280
65
66
Adeline Sanderson.
51.
47.
92.1
179
47
Jackson
Lizzie W. Shelton.
50.2
47.7
95.
180
65
66
Maria Miller ..
46.4
43.6
93.9
153
89
Rebecca F. Woodberry.
58 2
52.2
89.7
192
18
Lizzie W. Hamilton .
58.6
54.2
92.4
127
55
Webster.
Ada L. Sanborn.
32.5
30.6
94.1
184
129
66
Agnes M. Cox.
43.1
39.7
92.1
177
118
Ella F. Leland.
40.5
38.6
95.
121
93
Union.
Fannie W. Kaan
43.
40.2
93.5
140
99
Morse.
Wm. B. Allen.
46.3
43.1
93.1
190
144
Nellie P. Nichols.
38.1
36.4
95.5
101
86
Sue S. Stetson
35.7
34.3
96.
72
171
66
Pauline S. Downes
45.4
42.5
93.6
126
263
+
Alice I. Bradford.
42.3
39.6
93.6
136
35
Spring Hill
Harriet H. Weld ..
53.3
49.
91.9
195
54
Franklin
Frances N. Howard
40.5
37.3
94.5
74
108
Mary A. Haley ..
47.3
42.8
90.4
254
50
Harvard ..
Emma F. Merritt ..
57.5
53.9
93.7
169
31
Lincoln.
Horace P. Makechnie.
29.3
27.3
93.1
143
159
66
Ella L. Burbank ...
30.4
27.6
90.7
143
89
Lilian E. Woodward.
31.5
28.4
90.1
296
176
35.6
31.1
87.3
230
88
Cedar Street. .
Alice Simpson.
38.2
36.8
96.3
58
47
Total.
2,798.5
2,597.8
92.8
8,557
5,591
High School
151.4
146.7
96 9
276
409
Grammar School
1,490.5
1,398.2
93.8
4,085
3,391
Primary Schools.
1,156.6
1,052 9
91.
4,196
1,791
Total
2,798.5
2,597.8
92.8
8,557
5,591
* Organized in September.
# Organized in October.
Organized in May.
| Organized in March.
.
Clara Taylor
52 4
49.9
95.2
71
.
Lydia J. Page.
42.
38.7
92.1
16
19
44.3
39 3
88.7
251
51
+
·
*
66
.
Caroline S. Plimpton
43.3
40.3
93.
26
39
Ellen M. Gooding.
40.2
38.8
96.5
50
92
101
49.8
45.4
91.1
231
71
..
Lizzie C. Howe ..
47.7
43.2
92.5
283
43
P. Jenette Teele ..
Edgerly.
Abbie M. Bigelow
A TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
District.
School.
Principal.
Assistants.
Sub-Committee.
Sarah L. Graves . .
Rev. Geo. W. Durell.
Sarah W. Fox.
Henry F. Spencer.
Mary E. Davis .
Horace Chapin, M. D.
Annette E. Long
Benj. G. Brown.
Anna M. Snow .
Samuel A. Carlton.
Frances M. Guptill
Henry F. Spencer.
FORSTER
. .
Forster
Edith C. Long
Helen E. Magoun .
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Luther B. Pillsbury
Agnes Woodberry . Isabel S. Horne . Harriet N. Sands
Henry M. Moore.
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Anna A. Hall .
Mary E. Eddy
Nancy W. Proctor
M. Ellen Eddy .
PRESCOTT .
Catharine T. Brown Mary E. Hartshorn Grace A. T. Wilson . Harriet A. Adams .
Augusta M. Cowles . ..
Edgerly . ·
Samuel C. Hunt .
Caroline S. Plimpton . Ellen M. Gooding .
PROSPECT HILL .
Prospect Hill .
Lydia L. Gordon · Clara Taylor .
· Augusta A. Roberts .
Lydia J. Page . .
High . .
Geo. L. Baxter, Principal . . · Walter F. Marston, Sub-master.
George R. Bradford
Alida C. Willis .
Reuben Willis, M. D.
Uriah R. Harding.
Sanford Hanscom, M. D.
Prescott . .
Abbie M. Bigelow . Rowena G. Delano . . Frances L. Child
Oren S. Knapp. Edwin Mills. Rev. J. W. Hamilton.
A TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. - (Concluded.)
District.
School.
Principal.
Assistants.
Sub-Committee.
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Brastow . .
Sarah E. Pennock Helen Tincker . .
Beulah A. Hill
Bennett . .
Lizzie W. Shelton
Maria Miller
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PROSPECT HILL .
Jackson . ·
Rebecca F. Woodberry . Lizzie J. Hamilton .
Webster . . ·
Ada L. Sanborn .
Ella F. Leland
Agnes M. Cox .
Union .
.
Fannie W. Kaan. Wm. B. Allen .
Nellie P. Nichols
Sue S. Stetson
Pauline S. Downes . Alice I. Bradford
MORSE .
Spring Hill . .
Harriet H. Weld . . Frances N. Howard
Mary A. Haley Lizzie C. Howe
Franklin . .
Harvard . .
Emma F. Merritt. . Horace P. Makechnie
Ella L. Burbank .
Benj. G. Brown. E. R. Morse.
LINCOLN
Cedar Street. .
Alice Simpson .
S. H. O. HADLEY, Teacher of Music. HARRIET E. BEAN, Teacher of Elocution.
LIZZIE J. WOODWARD, HELEN J. WOODWARD,
Teachers of Drawing.
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Lincoln . ·
Lilian E. Woodward .
P. Jenette Teele
Benj. G. Brown. Henry F. Spencer.
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Enoch R. Morse. Rev. Geo. W. Durell. Horace Chapin, M. D.
Morse
Harriet A. Locke . · Adeline Sanderson . ·
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Expenditures from January 1, 1872, to January 1, 1873.
Teachers' Salaries,
$47,340 67
Janitors' Salaries,
. 1,919 43
Fuel,
4,424 73
Repairs,
6,040 88
Rent,
548 57
Insurance,
2,352 00
Furniture,
4,737 74
Miscellaneous, .
3,235 30
Superintendent's Salary,
2,000 00
$72,599 32
SPRING HILL CHAPEL.
By request of the School Committee, the City Coun- cil purchased of the Baptist Society, for $5000, their property situated on Beech Street, and adjoining the Spring Hill primary-school lot.
The property is centrally and beautifully located. It may be regarded a matter for congratulation that it has been secured to the city for school purposes.
HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE.
This beautiful and substantial edifice was commenced in April, 1871, and completed in February, 1872.
It is situated on the summit of Central Hill, and near the geographical centre of the city. Its style of archi- tecture is novel, and its appearance is pleasing from all points of observation.
The building is sixty-seven by one hundred feet on the ground, and three stories in height. Its front entrance is from Highland Avenue, and there are two side entran- ces for the pupils.
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The basement contains the heating apparatus, a room for fuel, water-closets, rooms for the Janitor's family, two entries for the pupils, a laboratory, and a philosophical room.
Each of the first and second stories contains a hall twenty-two by twenty-four feet, a school-room fifty-two feet square, two recitation rooms twenty-two by twenty- six feet.
Communicating with each school-room there are two spacious and convenient dressing rooms for the pupils, and two rooms for the teachers.
The third story contains an exhibition hall sixty-four by eighty feet, with three ante-rooms attached.
The view from this story is rarely surpassed. The eye of an observer standing upon the floor of the Exhibition Hall is about one hundred and sixty feet above the water level. In an open, level country an area of more than seven hundred and fifty square miles comes under obser- vation at such an elevation. After making ample deduc- tion for that portion of this area hidden by hills which elevate a part of the horizon, there remains, doubtless, within the range of vision, an unobstructed view of more than five hundred square miles of territory.
The walls of the building, including the partitions, are constructed of bricks. The exterior walls are faced with pressed bricks. The base and belt courses, the door-steps, and the door and window trimmings are of fine hammer- ed granite. The roof is covered with copper and slate, and fitted with copper gutters.
The ground at the base of the building is one hundred and sixteen feet above the level of the sea at mean low tide. The first floor is nine and one-fourth feet above the ground. Each of the first and second stories is four-
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teen and one-half feet high in the clear. The Exhibition hall is twenty and one-fourth feet in height.
The second floor is sixteen feet below the level of the reservoir on Walnut Hill, from which the supply of water is obtained.
The building is heated by steam, and is provided with ample means for ventilation.
Cost, including heating apparatus, $59,919. 45.
It was formally dedicated to the service of education, with appropriate ceremonies, on the evening of February 27, 1872, and occupied by the school, March 4th.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
1. MUSIC, by the Somerville Musical Associations.
2. READING : Selections from Scripture, Rev. H. H. Barber.
3. PRAYER, Rev. George W. Durell,
4. STATEMENT, by Samuel A. Carlton, Esq. Chairman of the Building Committee, on passing the Keys to the Mayor, Chairman ex-officio of the School Committee.
5. ADDRESS of His Honor, Mayor George O. Brastow.
On receiving the Keys, and passing them to O. S. Knapp, Esq., former Chairman of the School Committee.
6. ADDRESS of O. S. Knapp, Esq.
On receiving the Keys, and delivering them to the Principal of the High School. .
7. ADDRESS of George L. Baxter, Esq. Principal of the High School, on receiving the Keys.
8. SINGING, ·
by Pupils of the High School.
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DEDICATION ODE.
Fair Science, from her sacred hill, Shineth afar with gems of light, Whose glories beam like stars that fill The clear and distant skies of night.
And fair the scenes that she beholds ; Here, Freedom's battle hills and plains, There, towns where wave the starry folds, And Industry in quiet reigns.
Through all the lands her temples rise ; Where rivers to the ocean wind, Or hamlet in the valley lies, Her name is sacredly enshrined.
So on this hill of prospect fair, This temple to her honor stands, Guarded by Freedom's watchful care, And crowned by work of skilful hands.
God of the nations, learning's Source, From whom are liberty and light, Through whom we keep our peaceful course, Take Thou our work and praise to-night.
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