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1 Hand Hose, 12 00
1 Hydrant Hose, 5 00
3 Saws, 3 50
4 Drills, 10 00
4 Striking Hammers, 14 00
5 50
1 Sand Screen,
10 00
4 Hydrant Wrenches,
4 00
8 Mending Knives,
4 00
13 Pails, 2 00
3 Water Tubs, 2 50
2 Bbls.
4 Mortar boxes and 2 Hods, 8 00
5 Trowels, 6 00
3 Tool boxes,
10 00
7 Pair Rubber Mits,
11 63
1 Wheel Barrow,
5 00
15 Picks,
18 75
10 Shovels,
10 00
2 Wire Gauge and 1 Rule, 2 00
2 Mending Horses, 4 00
1 Kettle, 1 00
1 Grindstone, 7 00
1 Small bar for rounding Pipe, 1 00
2 Tape measures, 1 50
4 Pair Rubber Boots,
13 00
1 Cutting bench,
4 00
3 Rammers, .
3 00
1 Pump for Hydrant, 4 00
1 Pair Tongs and Hook for Hydrants, 3 00
1 Pipe Cradle, 2 50
1 Axe and 1 Hatchet, 2 00
Office Furniture, 25 25
1 Horse, Wagon, harness and 2 Blankets, 300 00
516 38
Total,
$1,338 89
3 Iron Bars, 1 25
3 Gate Wrenches,
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REPAIRS ON THE WORKS.
Stopped 15 leaks on new work caused princi- pally by dead ends. .
Repaired 5 Hydrant Connections,
Repaired 18 leaks on old work, charged to Pa- tent Water and Gas Pipe Co. as per con- tract. $184 27
Pieced 25 Gate Boxes.
WATER SERVICE. MATERIALS ON HAND.
95 ft. 1} in. pipe lined, at 28 cts. per ft., $26 60
1138 " 1 " 21 238 98 273 " 1 " not lined, at 17 cts. 46 41
15 12 in. clamps, 45 00 .
9 10 " 22 75
23 8 66 63 25
23 6 66 57 50
12 4 "
30 00
13 3 "
32 50
5 6 " Ludlow Gates, 30 00
5 4 " 66 66 30 00
12 1 in. Stop Cocks,
36 00
12 1} " Brass Ts. 7 20
12 1} " Nipples, 6 60
93 § " Stop Cocks, 209 25
93 1 Brass Ts. 46 50
86 § " Nipples, 34 40
3 14 " Stop Cocks,
9 57
41 “
8 00
3 ₺ “ Spigot Stop Cocks, 2 70
1 36
12 14 " Elbows, 2 97
16 1 " Ts. 3 12
15 1 " Elbows, 1 95
11 Corporation Cock, 2 67
3
" Stop Cocks & Nipples, 6 00
3 Loose Solder Nipples, 2 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,003 28
4 1} " Iron Ts.
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Amount carried forward, . $1,003 28
11 1} in. Plugs, 1 36
64 1
5 63
26
1 69
10 12
52
883 lbs. Lead Pipe, 83 24
7 Solder Leads, 4 69
1 coil small wire for Cards, 1 50
23 lbs Solder, .
5 06
6 % in. Solder nipples,
3 & " Ts.
3 2 by & in. Ts.
2 ₺ in. Ts. 1 2 60
106 29
1 4 & 1-2 in Ts.
6 ₺ in. couplings, -
$1,109 57
INVENTORY OF TOOLS FOR WATER SERVICE.
1 & in. Tapping Machine, 20 00
11" 66 12 80
1 2 " Die Plate, 14 in. to 2 in. 22 50
11"
1 14 " Die
8 25
31 "
6 75
1 Pipe Cutter and Wheels,
10 50
1 Press for lining Pipe,
65 00
1 Bench Vise,
16 00
3 Pr. Pipe Tongs,
9 00
3 Monkey Wrenches,
3 00
1 Fire Pot,
3 00
3 Soldering Irons, . 3 00
2 Round Files, 1 00
6 Flat
2 25
7 Small 66
1 00
1 Pair rubber mits, 1 75
2 Chisels and 1 Hammer, 1 50
1 Lining Bench, 5 00
3 Sets Washer Cutters, 2 25
2 Gate Wrenches, 2 00
$196 55
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No. of Services put in, 239
ft. of Service pipe laid, 9875
No. of leaks repaired on services, 4
No. of Services lowered, 26
SIZE OF SERVICE PIPE LAID.
1 in. Iron and Cement, 375₴
8821₴
§ " Lead
382
66
296
2
Total in feet,
9875
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN ALMY,
Superintendent.
STATEMENT Showing Total Length of Distribution Water Pipes Laid in Somerville, to Jan. 1, 1874.
.
Total in Miles and Feet.
FEET. 12-inch.
FEET. 10-inch.
FEET, 8-inch.
FEET. 6-inch.
FEET. 4-inch.
FEET. 3 inch.
FEET. 2-inch.
Miles.
Feet.
Laid previous to 1873, Laid in 1873, . .
5,946.6
3,470.
24,526.6 72,035.2
69,633.
5,972.5
1,747.
34.
3,810.9
.
8.
1,023.
8,303.5
7,021.
246.
3.
761.5
TOTAL, ·
5,946.6
3,478.
25,549.6 80,338.7
76,654.
6,218.5
1,747.
37.
4,572.4
70
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The value of the works are as follows :
Value, December 31st, 1872, 245,686 76
Expended during the year 1873, including stock now on hand, 27,691 26
$273,378 02
The pipe laid the present season (with the exception of that left over from last year), has been manufactured at the pipe shop belonging to the City; the service con- nections are also made under the supervision of the Superintendent, it being, in the opinion of this Board, desirable that pipe owned by the City should be tapped, . and repaired, by those only who are accountable to the Water Board for its being done in a careful and thorough manner.
The engineering has been under the charge of Mr. L. R. Horn, the City Engineer.
The wrought iron and cement pipe continues to give satisfaction; the leaks the past year being an average of less than one for every 7,000 feet of pipe laid in the streets of the City.
Since our last report, the City with which the contract for the supply of water to the inhabitants of Somerville was originally made, has, by annexation, become a part of the city of Boston ; this may, in time, cause important changes in the terms of said contract; and it may be that before the time for our next Annual Report shall arrive, our own City will also become a part of Boston ; be that as it may, it is evident that however much the distri- bution of the Mystic Water may be extended by the city of Boston, Somerville, having within her limits so large a part of the Mains connected with the Mystic Water Works, can never be deprived of its full supply.
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Each successive year demonstrates the wisdom of hav- ing introduced the Mystic Water, and that it was done none too soon for the welfare of the inhabitants of the City.
The Board would express their thanks to the Commis- sioners, Clerk, and Superintendent of the Charlestown Water Works, for the continued courtesy extended to them the past year.
C. E. RYMES, CUTLER DOWNER, THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, HORACE HASKINS, ROBERT A. VINAL.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF SOMERVILLE,
FOR THE YEAR 1873.
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, DEC. 31, 1873.
The Superintendent submitted his Annual Report, which was read and unanimously accepted.
It was voted that the Committee adopt the report now sub- 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 1873.
J. H. DAVIS, Secretary.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, MARCH 9, 1874. Referred to the Committee on Printing with full powers, and sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
In Common Council, March 16, 1874.
Concurred in,
SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 1 873.
HON. GEO. O BRASTOW, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.
CHAS. G. POPE, President of Common Council, ex officio.
WARD ONE.
HENRY M. MOORE, . Term expires Dec. 31, 1873.
SANFORD HANSCOMB, M. D.,
1874.
S. S. WOODCOCK,
1875.
WARD TWO.
REV. J. W. HAMILTON, Term expires Dec. 31, 1873.
REV. GEO. W. DURELL,
1874.
EDWIN MILLS,
1875.
WARD THREE,
SAML. M. PENNOCK, . . Term expires Dec. 31, 1873.
HENRY F. SPENCER,
1874.
REUBEN WILLIS, M. D.,
1875.
WARD FOUR.
PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN, Term expires Dec. 31, 1873. 66 1874.
HORACE CHAPIN, M. D.,
RUSSELL H. CONWELL,
1875.
At the meeting of the Committee, held March 27th, the resignation of Rev. J. W. Hamilton was received and accepted. The vacancy thus occasioned, was filled in convention of the City Council and School Committee, May 5th, by the election of Oren S. Knapp.
ORGANIZATION.
Chairman. HON. GEORGE O. BRASTOW.
Secretary and Superintendent. JOSHUA H. DAVIS.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
On the High School, . Messrs. DURELL, SPENCER, BROWN, CHAPIN, HANSCOM.
On Schools in Forster District, . Messrs. SPENCER, WILLIS, PENNOCK. On Schools in Prescott District, . Messrs. MOORE, HANSCOM, WOOD- COCK, POPE.
On Schools in Prospect Hill Dist. Messrs. MILLS, HAMILTON, DURELL. On Schools in Morse District, . Messrs. DURELL, CHAPIN.
On Schools in Lincoln District, . Messrs. BROWN, CONWELL.
On Evening Drawing School, . Messrs. SPENCER, WILLIS.
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On Examination of Teachers, . Messrs. CHAPIN, DURELL, SPEN- CER, POPE.
On Books, . Messrs. MILLS, HAMILTON, CON- WELL, PENNOCK.
On Music, . Messrs. DURELL, WILLIS, BROWN, MOORE.
On School Furniture, . . Messrs. POPE, WOODCOCK.
On Heating Apparatus, . Messrs. MILLS, MOORE.
On School Supplies. . Messrs. SPENCER, HANSCOM.
On Printing, . . Messrs. POPE, MOORE.
On Fuel, . , Messrs. MILLS, WOODCOCK.
On Finance, . . Messrs. BROWN, SPENCER.
On Repairs, . . Messrs. MILLS, WOODCOCK, CHAPIN.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
1 874.
Hon. WM. H. FURBER, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. WM. H. HODGKINS, President of the Common Council, ex officio.
WARD ONE.
SANFORD HANSCOM, M. D., Term expires, Dec. 31, 1874.
S. S. WOODCOCK, 66 1875.
HENRY M. MOORE,
1876.
WARD TWO.
REV. GEO. W. DURELL, Term expires, Dec. 31, 1874.
REV. CHAS. LOWE,
1875.
DANIEL E. CHASE, 66 1876.
WARD THREE.
HENRY F. SPENCER, .
. Term expires, Dec. 31, 1874.
REUBEN WILLIS, M. D.
66
1875.
JAMES E. WHITNEY,
66
1876.
WARD FOUR.
HORACE CHAPIN, M. D.,
Term expires, Dec. 31, 1874.
66
1875.
CHAS. F. KING,
PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN,
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66
1876.
ORGANIZATION.
Chairman. HON. WILLIAM H. FURBER.
Secretary and Superintendent. JOSHUA H. DAVIS.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
On the High School, . Messrs. BROWN, DURELL, SPENCER, CHAPIN, HANSCOM, LOWE.
On Schools in Winter Hill Dist. Messrs. SPENCER, WILLIS, WHITNEY, HODGKINS.
On Schools in E. Somerville Dist. Messrs. HANSCOM, WOODCOCK, MOORE.
On Schools in Prospect Hill Dist. Messrs. DURELL, CHASE, LOWE. On Schools in Spring Hill Dist. Messrs. CHAPIN, KING, BROWN. On Schools in W. Somerville Dist. Messrs. BROWN, KING, CHAPIN. On Examination of Teachers, . Messrs. CHAPIN, DURELL, LOWE, HANSCOM.
On Text Books, . Messrs. BROWN, LOWE, WHITNEY, MOORE.
On Music, . Messrs. DURELL, WILLIS, KING.
On School Furniture, . . Messrs. CHASE, KING.
On Heating Apparatus, . Messrs. MOORE, LOWE.
On School Supplies, . Messrs. SPENCER, HANSCOM.
On Drawing, . Messrs. WILLIS, WOODCOCK, BROWN.
On Fuel, . . Messrs. CHASE, WHITNEY.
On Finance, . . Messrs. SPENCER, CHASE.
On Repairs, . . Messrs. WOODCOCK, CHAPIN, WILLIS.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF SOMERVILLE :- -
GENTLEMEN - In conformity with your requirements, I respectfully submit the following as the Thirty-First Annual Report on the condition of the Public Schools of Somerville, and as the Second since its organization as a city.
In representing to our fellow-citizens the condition of the important interest intrusted to us, I shall endeavor to be as explicit as is consistent with the proper brevity of a school report. I wish to commend whatever is com- mendable in our schools, to specify their defects, to call attention to the causes which prevent their greater efficiency, and to suggest such changes as, in my judg- ment, will secure more desirable results.
The year just closing has been one of general prosper- ity. The usual changes have transpired in the schools, but nothing has occurred to affect, seriously, their har- mony and success.
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The presence of a contagious disease in our city, last winter, reduced the average attendance of pupils in the schools for a brief period, and excited serious apprehen- sions concerning them ; but the wise precautions of the Board of Health, and the great care exercised in retaining at their homes all children who had been exposed to the disease, prevented its presence in the schools.
It gives me pleasure to bear testimony to the general fidelity of the teachers, and to commend the pupils for their correct deportment and cheerful submission to school requirements.
An increase in our school population has created a necessity for the organization of eight new schools within the year.
Twenty-one teachers have been elected to fill vacan- cies caused by the resignation of other teachers and for the new schools.
The City Council, through their Committee on Public Property, have promptly supplied the material wants of the schools as they have occurred. The Cedar Street school-house has been enlarged : the building on Beech Street has been thoroughly repaired and fitted up for the accommodation of schools: two additional school- rooms have been formed in the Prescott school-house by placing a temporary partition in the centre of the exhi- bition hall: important improvements and repairs have been made in several school buildings : eight new schools have been supplied with furniture : the school-rooms have been renovated: the heating apparatus has been repaired : land has been purchased on Vinal Avenue and a building to contain ten school-rooms and an exhibition hall, for the accommodation of Prospect Hill grammar school, is in process of construction thereon.
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The names, designating the five important sections of the city, have been applied to the several districts into which the schools are grouped for convenient supervision.
East Somerville District has been substituted for Prescott District.
Winter Hill 66
Forster 6:
Spring Hill 66
Morse
66
West Somerville 66 66 Lincoln
Prospect Hill District retains its former name.
The afternoon sessions of the schools have been reduc- ed to two hours.
To meet the urgent demand for additional school ac- commodations in. East Somerville District, the City Coun- cil have been requested to make an appropriation of money sufficient to purchase land and to construct of brick a school-house of the capacity of Prescott school- house.
Attention is respectfully invited to the following sum- mary of statistics which contains in a condensed form, much information pertaining to the several schools.
I. POPULATION AND VALUATION.
Population in 1870, United States census, 14,693.
Estimated present population, .
19,160.
.
Valuation of the city, May 1, 1873, $29,643,100.00.
Increase for the year, $6,887,775.00.
II. DWELLING HOUSES.
Number of Dwelling Houses in May last, 3,337.
Ward One, 1,110.
Ward Two,
936.
Ward Three, . 683. Ward Four, 608.
Increase for the year,
276.
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III. SCHOOLS.
Number of schools, . 67.
High, . 1.
Grammar,
. 41.
Primary,
. 25.
Increase for the year,
S.
Increase in ten years,
. 37.
IV. SCHOOL HOUSES.
Number of school-houses, 17.
In process of construction, 1.
Number of school-rooms, 66.
Number of sittings, . 3740.
Number of school-rooms unoccupied, .
2.
Number of rooms rented and occupied by schools, .
4.
Estimated value of school property, . $371,400.00.
Probable cost of the building in process of con-
struction, including land, heating apparatus,
and furniture,
$60,000.00.
V. TEACHERS.
Number of teachers in all the schools, . 74.
Male teachers 8.
Female teachers, . 66.
Number of teachers in the High School,
6.
Male teachers,
2.
Female teachers,
4.
Number of teachers in the Grammar Schools, .
. 42.
Male teachers, :
5.
Female teachers,
. 37.
Number of teachers in the Primary Schools, . 25. One teacher of vocal music.
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The following changes have been made in the corps of teachers within the year :
RESIGNED.
Luther B. Pillsbury, Esq., Principal of Prescott School.
Miss Sarah W. Fox, . Teacher in the High School.
Miss Harriet A. Adams, .
Edgerly 66
Miss Harriet A. Locke,
66 Bennett 66
Miss Alida C. Willis, 66 Forster 66
Miss Mary E. Eddy, 66
66
Prescott 6
Miss Rowena G. Delano, .
Edgerly 66
Miss Ella F. Leland,
Webster
Miss Sue S. Stetson,
66
66
Morse
66
Miss Alice I. Bradford,
66
Miss Emma F. Merritt,
66
66
Harvard 66
Most of those who have resigned have been employed in our schools several years, and by their resignation we have lost the services of some of our best teach- ers.
TRANSFERRED.
Miss Abbie M. Bigelow, from the Edgerly school to the Pres- cott school.
Miss Beulah A. Hill, from the Brastow school to the Prescott school.
Miss Emeline A. Dane, from the Bennett school to the Har- vard school.
Miss Mary A. Haley, from the Franklin School to the Beech Street school.
Miss Lilian E. Woodward, from the Lincoln school to the Franklin school.
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ELECTED.
Gordon A. Southworth, Esq., Principal of Prescott School.
Miss Mary A. Rice,
Teacher in the 66
66
Miss Fannie R. Morse,
66
66
High 66
Miss Martha H. Pennock,
66
Forster
Edgerly
66
Miss Clara M. Bagley,
66
66
66
66
Miss Anna L. Prescott,
66
66
66
66
Miss Abbie C. Hunt, .
Prosp't Hill
Miss Ada C. Bennett, .
66
66
66
Miss Harriet J. Williams,
66
Brastow
66
Miss Georgiana Stevens,
66
66
Bennett 66
Miss Emeline A. Dane, .
66
66
Miss Mary B. Currier,
66
66
66
Miss Annie L. Savage, ·
66
66
Morso
66
Miss Anna E. Sawyer,
·
66
66
Lincoln
66
Miss Louisa M. Wilde,
66
Franklin,
66
Mrs. Jane E. Clark, .
66
66
66
Mrs. Lizzie J, Conwell, ,
66
Cedar St.
1
Miss Helen W. Chapin, .
66
66
Miss Georgiana Cutter, .
Webster
66
66
Miss Julia A. Stetson, .
Miss Amelia Sears, .
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Mr. Pillsbury, during his brief connection with the Prescott school, exerted a most salutary moral influence upon his pupils and secured their confidence and esteem. He resigned in August, to accept a position in the Charlestown High School.
Mr. Southworth, the successor of Mr. Pillsbury, was elected Sept. 12, and entered upon his duties Sept. 29. At the time of his election he was Principal of the Centre Grammar School in Malden - a position he had filled with marked ability and success for eight years.
Miss Fox, an assistant in the High School, - a lady of rare attainments and capabilities- resigned at the close of the summer term to accept the position of first assis- tant in the Newton High School. She was elected a teacher in our school in February 1868, and served with great fidelity and to our entire acceptance. Her resigna- tion was accepted with reluctance by the Committee.
Miss Stetson, the successor of Miss Fox, has had ten years of successful experience as first assistant in the High Schools of Plymouth and Peabody.
Of the one hundred and forty-one regularly elected teachers who have been employed in our public schools during the last ten years, sixty-five have resigned. Some of these have been allured to more lucrative employ- ments ; several have accepted more remunerative situa- tions as teachers in other places ; and many have entered upon other relations in life.
Of the seventy-four teachers in the schools at the pres- ent time, none of the gentlemen and only four of the ladies were teaching in Somerville ten years ago.
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The vast importance of the interests committed to teachers, the brevity of their term of service, and the indispensable necessity of suitable preparation and actual experience to insure success, should receive due consideration in filling the vacancies which occur so frequently.
We cannot confer upon our schools a greater blessing than to place over them teachers who are well adapted by nature, amply furnished by culture, and thoroughly prepared by experience to perform successfully the im- portant duties devolving upon them. In no other way can we make our influence so effective as by a judicious selection of those to whom we intrust the education of our children.
We may be lavish in our expenditures to provide for the material wants of the schools, and furnish with most commendable liberality every needful appliance; but if we fail to make a wise selection of suitable teachers, the inevitable consequence will be indifferent and compara- tively profitless schools; much of the precious time of our pupils will be squandered, and their education will be correspondingly defective.
A TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
District.
School.
Principal.
Assistants.
( Geo. L. Baxter.
High
Walter F. Marston, Sub- master
Geo. R. Bradford
WINTER HILL.
Forster
Gordon A. Southworth.
Sarah L. Graves. Mary E. Davis. Annette E. Long. Julia A. Stetson. Anna MI. Snow. Frances M. Guptill. Edith C. Long. Helen E. Magoun. Agres Woodberry. Martha H. Pennock. Ella F. Lears. Isabel S. Horne. Harriet N. Sands. Mary A. Rice.
Prescott.
Abbie MI. Bigelow. Nancy W. Proctor. M. Ellen Eddy.
EAST SOMERVILLE ..
Catherine T. Brown. Beulah A. Hill. Mary E. Hartshorn. Grace A. T. Wilson. Fannie R. Morse.
Edgerly
Horace P. Makechnie .
Lincoln
Alice Simpson. Samuel C. Hunt
Amelia Sears. Anna L. Prescott. Clara M. Bagley. Ella L. Burbank. Georgiana Cutter. P. Jenette Teele. Lizzie J. Conwell. Frances L. Child. C. S. Plimpton. Ellen MI. Gooding. Lydia L. Gordon. Clara Taylor.
Prospect Hill .
Lydia J. Page. Abbie C. Hunt.
Augusta A. Roberts. Ada C. Bennett.
Brastow
Sarah E. Pennock ( Helen Tincker
Bennett.
Harriet J. Williams. Adeline Sanderson. Georgiana Stevens. Mary B. Currier.
Jackson
Ada L. Sanborn
Webster
Union
Harvard
Fannie W. Kaan Emeline A. Dane Wm. B. Allen.
Morse
Beech Street ..
Harriet H. Weld.
Franklin.
Jane E. Clark
S. Henry O. Hadley, Teacher of Music.
Nellie P. Nichols. Pauline S. Downes. Helen W. Chapin. Anna E. Sawyer. Mary A. Haley. Lizzie C. Howe. Lilian E. Woodward. Louisa M. Wilde.
WEST SOMERVILLE ..
Cedar Street.
PROSPECT HILL . ..
Lizzie W. Shelton
Maria Miller. R. F. Woodberry. Lizzie J. Hamilton. Agnes M. Cox. Annie L. Savage.
SPRING HILL.
Augusta M. Cowles
Anna A. Hall.
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GRAMMAR MASTERS, AND THEIR TERM OF SERVICE.
Name.
School.
From.
To.
Wm. E. Graves,
Prospect Hill, . . .
April 23, 1842.
Oct. 12, 1846.
George Swan, .
Lower Winter Hill,
April 12, 1844.
Sept. 1, 1851.
Wm. E. Graves, .
Franklin,
Oct. 12, 1846.
Aug. 9, 1852.
Martin Draper, Jr., . .
Prospect Hill, .
Oct. 12, 1846.
May 17, 1852.
Robert Bickford, .
Prescott,
Sept. 10, 1851.
Mar. 15, 1852.
L. F. Cook, .
April 5, 1852.
Nov. 7, 1853.
Chas. S. Lincoln,
Prospect Hill,
May 17, 1852.
April, 1853.
Oren S. Knapp, .
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May 2, 1853.
Feb. 8, 1864.
Geo. T. Littlefield, .
Franklin,
Oct. 4, 1852.
Sept. 24, 1867.
Mr. Whittemore,
Prescott,
Nov. 7, 1853.
Aug. 1, 1854.
Daniel B. Wheeler, .
66
Sept. 4, 1854.
Aug. 1, 1859.
John Jameson,
Forster,
Feb. 22, 1855.
Jan. 9, 1860.
John Wilson,
Prescott,
Aug. 1, 1859.
Feb. 24, 1872.
Edward W. Howe,
Forster,
Jan. 9, 1860.
Aug. 15, 1864.
Geo. R. Bradford, . .
Prospect Hill, .
Mar. 7, 1864.
May 14, 1866.
Chas. G. Pope,
Forster,
Aug. 22, 1864.
Sept. 14, 1870.
Saml. C. Hunt,
Prospect Hill,.
May 14, 1866.
Horace P. Makechnie,
Lincoln,
Jan. 1, 1867.
Geo. R. Bradford, .
Franklin,
Sept. 24, 1867.
Feb. 21, 1868.
John D. Marston, . .
Mar. 4, 1868.
Nov. 4, 1869.
Wm. B. Allen,
Morse,
Nov. 8, 1869.
Geo. R. Bradford,
Forster,
Sept. 14, 1870.
Augustus Linfield, . .
Prescott,
Mar. 7, 1872.
May 5, 1872.
Luther B. Pillsbury . .
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June 20, 1872.
June 28, 1873.
Gordon A. Southworth 66
Sept. 29, 1873.
The School Committee, at their first meeting held March 21, 1842, voted to advertise for a Grammar Master for Prospect Hill School. Wm. E. Graves was selected from the sixteen applicants. Salary $600.
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VI. PUPILS.
Number of children in the city between the ages of five and fifteen years on the first day of May last as reported by the Assessors, . 3352.
Ward One, . 1170.
Two, .
1074.
Three, 596.
Four, 512.
Increase for the year, 420.
Increase in ten years, . 1464.
Whole number of pupils in May last, . 3355.
Average whole number, . . 3071.
Number of pupils over 15 years of age, 226.
Number of pupils in December 1872, . 3128.
Number of pupils in December 1873, . 3381.
Boys,
1704.
Girls,
1678.
Number of pupils in December over 15 years of age, 220.
Number of pupils in the High School in December, . 186.
Boys, 88.
Girls,
98.
Number of pupils in the Grammar schools in Dec.,
1716.
Boys,
865.
Girls,
851.
Number of pupils in the Primary schools in Dec., . 1479.
Boys,
729.
Girls,
750.
I2
90
Number of pupils in each of the thirteen classes in December, was as follows :
High School, First Class,
.
26.
66
66 Second "
34.
66 66 Third
. 44.
66
66 Fourth "
.
82.
Grammar Schools, First Class,
. 122.
66
66
Second "
. 187.
66
Third «
. 247.
66
66 Fourth "
306.
66
Fifth
66
.
. 407.
66
66
Sixth
.
. 447.
Primary
66
First
66
.
. 401.
66 Second "
.
. 340.
66
Third
738. .
Number of pupils in Prospect Hill District in Dec.,
1312.
66
66
" East Somerville “
66
843.
66
Spring Hill 66
66 479.
66
66.
Winter " 66
330.
66
66
" West Somerville "
66
231.
Pupils in the High School are not included in this enumeration.
91
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PUPILS IN EACH CLASS OF THE GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN DECEMBER.
Winter Hill.
East Somerville.
Spring Hill.
West Somerville.
Prospect Hill.
Grammar Schools, First Class.
20
53
27
8
14
Second "
27
80
26
11
43
45
80
38
12
72
66
66
Fourth
43
78
46
15
124
66
6
Fifth
37
109
77
21
163
66
Sixth
45
112
73
39
178
Primary
66
First
66
42
94
60
27
196
66
Second . "
23
85
49
31
157
66
66
Third
43
152
83
67
365
330
843
479
231
1312
TABLE SHOWING HOW MANY THOUSANDTHS OF ALL THE PUPILS IN EACH DISTRICT WERE IN THE SEVERAL CLASSES IN DEC- EMBER.
Winter Hill.
East Somerviile.
Spring Hill.
West Somervile.
Prospect Hill
Grammar Schools, First Class.
.063
.063
.056
.035
.011
Second “
.081
.095
.054
.048
.033
.136
.095
.079
.052
.055
66
Fourth
.130
.093
.096
.065
.094
66
66
Fifth
66
.112
.129
.161
.091
.125
Primary
66
First
66
.128
.112
.125
.117
.149
66
66
Second
66
.084
.100
.102
.134
.119
66
66
Third
66
.130
.180
.174
.290
.278
66
Sixth
.136
.133
.153
.168
.136
Third
Third
92
Average whole number in all the schools for the year, 3216.5.
High School, 171.1 Grammar Schools, 1698.7
Primary Schools, .
. 1346.7
Average attendance in all the schools for the year, 2972.7.
High School, .
167.4.
Grammar Schools,
1600.2.
Primary Schools,
. 1205.1.
Per cent of attendance in all the schools for the year, 92.4.
High School,
97.8.
Grammar Schools,
94.2.
Primary Schools,
89.5.
Number of tardinesses in all the schools for the year, 8505.
High School,
209.
Grammar Schools, .
. 4395.
Primary Schools,
. 3901.
Number of dismissals in all the schools for the year, 4761.
High School,
373.
Grammar Schools,
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