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S. S. WOODCOCK,
1875.
HENRY M. MOORE,
66
1876.
WARD TWO.
REV. GEO. W. DURELL, . Term expires Dec. 31, 1874.
REV. CHAS. LOWE,
66
66
1875.
DANIEL E. CHASE,
66 1876.
WARD THREE.
HENRY F. SPENCER, ·
Term expires Dec. 31, 1874.
REUBEN WILLIS, M. D.,
66 1875.
JAS. E. WHITNEY,
66
66
1876.
WARD FOUR.
HORACE CHAPIN, M. D., . Term expires Dec. 31, 1874.
CHAS. F. KING,
66
66
1875.
PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN, 66
66
1876.
Chairman. Secretary and Superintendent. JOSHUA H. DAVIS.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
On Examination of Teachers,
Messrs. CHAPIN, DURELL, LOWE,
HANSCOM.
On Text-Books,
Messrs. BROWN, LOWE, WHITNEY, MOORE. Messrs. DURELL, WILLIS, KING.
On Music,
On School Furniture,
Messrs. CHASE, KING.
On Heating Apparatus,
Messrs. MOORE, LOWE.
On School Supplies,
Messrs. SPENCER, HANSCOM.
On Drawing, .
On Fuel, On Finance,
On Repairs,
On the High School,
Messrs. WILLIS, WOODCOCK, BROWN. Messrs. CHASE, WHITNEY. Messrs. SPENCER, CHASE. Messrs. WOODCOCK, CHAPIN, WIL- LIS. Messrs. BROWN, DURELL, SPENCER, CHAPIN, HANSCOM, LOWE.
HON. WM. H. FURBER.
REV. CHARLES LOWE died at Swampscott on Saturday, June 20th.
At the call of the Chairman, a special meeting of the Board was held on Tuesday, June 23, to make arrangements for attending the funeral of Mr. Lowe, and to initiate measures for placing upon record suit- able testimonials of regard and to tender proper expressions of sympathy to his bereaved family. The Chairman, Mr. Spencer, Rev. Mr. Durell, and Dr. Chapin severally expressed their sorrow for the loss sustained by the Board and the community in the death of Mr. Lowe, and paid a high tribute to his exalted character and those qualities of mind and heart which endeared him to all who knew him.
The following Resolutions, prepared by Rev. Mr. Durell and Mr. Spencer, at the request of the Chairman, were unanimously adopted by the mem- bers of the Board, at their regular meeting, June twenty-seventh: -
WHEREAS it has pleased Almighty God, in his wise Providence, to remove from this world the soul of our friend and associate upon this Board, the Rev. Charles Lowe ; therefore,
Resolved, That we desire by these minutes to place upon perma- nent record our sense of the great bereavement that has fallen upon this city by the early and sudden death of one whose prom- inent position was rendered yet more conspicuous by the rare com- bination of excellences that marked his character. The duties of his sacred calling were his joy and delight, and his highest happi- ness was found in ministering to the happiness of others, in
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guiding, sustaining, and comforting those who were distressed in mind, body, or estate.
Resolved, That we deeply deplore the loss we have sustained as a Board, and the important interests, also, which we represent, in the final departure from our midst of a member distinguished for scholarly attainments, for sound judgment, and that delicate cour- tesy and kindness in all relations which made his counsel always wise and his presence something like a benediction.
Resolved, That we shall gratefully cherish the remembrance of his pride in the honor and prosperity of this city, his chosen home ; and that we shall hold his singular worth in a most pleasant and sacred recollection.
Resolved, That we offer to his afflicted family the assurance of our hearty sympathy in their bereavement.
The City Council and School Committee met in convention Monday evening, August 10, and filled the vacancy in the School Board by the election of Rev. Henry H. Barber.
At the regular meeting of the School Board, August 29, Mr. Barber was appointed to fill all vacancies in the several sub-committees.
Rev. George W. Durell has been a member of the School Committee since March, 1867. His uniform urbanity, mature and accurate judgment, scholarly attainments, and long experience in school matters, rendered him an invaluable member of the Board. We greatly regret that the urgency of other duties compelled him to decline a re-election.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1875.
HON. WM. H. FURBER, Mayor, ex officio. SAML. M. PENNOCK, President of Common Council, ex officio. -
WARD ONE.
S. S. WOODCOCK, .
Term expires Dec. 31, 1875.
HENRY M. MOORE,
60
1876.
S. HANSCOM, M. D.,
66
66
1877.
WARD TWO.
M. F. FARRELL,
Term expires Dec. 31, 1875.
DANIEL E. CHASE,
1876.
REV. H. H. BARBER,
66
1877.
WARD THREE.
REUBEN WILLIS, M. D.,
Term expires Dec. 31, 1875.
JAS. E. WHITNEY,
66
1876.
HENRY F. SPENCER,
1877.
WARD FOUR.
CHAS. F. KING,
Term expires Dec. 31, 1875.
BENJ. G. BROWN,
1876.
HORACE CHAPIN, M. D.,
1877.
Chairman.
HON. WM. H. FURBER.
Secretary and Superintendent. JOSHUA H. DAVIS.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
On Examination of Teachers, On Text-Books,
On Music,
On School Furniture,
On Heating Apparatus,
Messrs. MOORE, FARRELL.
On School Supplies, . Messrs. SPENCER, HANSCOM.
On Drawing, . Messrs. WILLIS, WOODCOCK,
On Fuel, On Finance,
BROWN. Messrs. CHASE, WHITNEY.
Messrs. SPENCER, CHASE. Messrs. WOODCOCK, CHAPIN, WIL- LIS, FARRELL.
On Repairs,
Messrs. CHAPIN, HANSCOM, BARBER. Messrs. BROWN, WHITNEY, MOORE, BARBER. Messrs. WILLIS, KING, CHASE.
Messrs. CHASE, KING.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF SOMERVILLE:
Gentlemen, -The General Statutes of the Com- monwealth require that the School Committee shall annually make a detailed report of the condition of the schools under their charge. Your Regulations require that the superintendent, under your direction, shall prepare the Annual Report.
In accordance with these requirements, the follow- ing report is respectfully submitted.
We enter upon a review of the year just closing with more than ordinary satisfaction, and would not fail to recognize, with gratitude, the Source of that prosperity which has marked the important interest committed to our supervision.
The deliberations of the Board have been uniformly harmonious and indicative of the deep solicitude of its members for the prosperity of the schools. No abatement has been witnessed in the interest which our citizens have always manifested in the cause of education. The City Council have generously made all necessary appropriations. The Committee on Public Property have supplied the numerous and ever-recurring wants of the schools with promptness, and have kept the buildings in excellent repair. The Truant officers have performed their duties faithfully, and have rendered valuable aid in preventing tru-
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ancy. Teachers and pupils have labored industri- ously. In all respects, the schools generally are in a more satisfactory condition at the present time than at any previous period during our connection with them.
In our prosperity, however, we have not been ex- empted from ordinary vicissitudes. Here and there, all over the city, school desks have been vacated by those who never returned to claim them. For the first time in our history the members of the School Board have been called to deplore the loss by death of an associate, - Rev. Charles Lowe.
Mr. Lowe combined in his character whatever is pure and lovely and of good report. He was greatly beloved, and his death is universally lamented. When the end came he received his summons cheerfully, and furnished an additional illustration that
" The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven."
In compliance with the request of the School Board, the City Council, early in the year, authorized their Committee on Public Property to purchase land within the precincts of East Somerville District, and to erect thereon a school building similar to the Luther V. Bell School-house.
In accordance with their instructions, the com- mittee selected an eligible lot of land on Tufts Street; but causes beyond their control prevented them from
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negotiating for its purchase until the season was far advanced. The work of erecting the building will be commenced, probably, early in the coming spring.
Ten years ago a single school-room furnished ample accommodations for West Somerville District. At the present time six school-rooms are insufficient to meet the demands of that thriving section of our city.
A petition has been received from citizens resid- ing in the northwestern portion of that district - remote from the Lincoln School-house - requesting that a school may be established in their immediate neighborhood.
In compliance with that petition, the Committee on Public Property are seeking for a suitable lot of land near the junction of Holland Street and Broadway, on which to erect a school building for the accommo- dation of the petitioners.
The completion of the Luther V. Bell School-house has supplied all deficiencies of school accommodations in Prospect Hill District.
There are at present eighteen school-houses, con- taining seventy-six school-rooms, all of which are occupied, except one in the Webster School-house and two in the Prospect Hill School-house.
Six additional schools have been organized within the year, - one in Spring Hill District, one in East Somerville District, and four in Prospect Hill Dis- trict. Two of these additional schools were formed
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by the division of two Primary Schools, which con- tained severally 104 and 106 pupils. The remaining four were required by the increase in our school population.
The whole number of schools at the present time is seventy-three: -
High School 1
Grammar Schools 43 ·
Primary Schools 29
In consequence of the crowded condition of the primary department in the Prescott School-house, it became necessary, early in the spring, to separate the pupils in the lower classes into two divisions ; and from the first week in April to the end of the school year, their attendance was restricted to one session only each day, - one division attending in the fore- noons only, and the other in the afternoons only, alternating each successive week.
To avoid the continuance of this arrangement, the Committee on Public Property obtained a lease of the building known as the "Tufts Street Chapel," and during the summer vacation prepared it for school use. At the beginning of the school year, in September, a Primary School, composed of pupils taken from the Prescott School-house, was organized in that building.
Previous to the summer vacation, there was a Pri- mary School in Vinal's Hall, containing 104 scholars, and another in Hawkins Hall containing 59 scholars; and in the vestry of the church edifice on Webster
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Avenue there were two Grammar Schools containing 56 scholars each. At the beginning of the school year, in September, these 275 pupils were distributed among the schools that were formed in the Luther V. Bell and Prospect Hill School-houses.
Pupils composing the school that was organized in the Spring Hill Primary School-house, in September, were taken from the Beech Street School.
The Primary School in the Lincoln School-house, containing about 80 pupils, will be relieved by the school that will be established in the northwestern section of West Somerville District.
The Duntonian Writing Primer was introduced into the first and second classes of the Primary Schools in April, and the Writing Books into the Grammar Schools at the beginning of the school year, in September, at the expense of the city. Monroe's and Hillard's Franklin Readers have been substituted for Sargent's; Swinton's Language Lessons, for Greene's Grammar; and Swinton's School Compo- sition, for Quackenbos's.
Teachers have been instructed in Drawing by Prof. Lucas Baker. Pupils have been taught in this branch of instruction by the regular teachers of the schools, and have made good proficiency. Very creditable specimens of drawing by every pupil in the Grammar Schools, were on exhibition at the close of the school year, in June. Instruction in Geomet- rical Drawing, has been given to pupils of the fourth
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class in the High School by Miss Stetson, one of the teachers in the school.
A series of lessons in Elocution was given to pupils in the High School, previous to the annual exhibition of the school, by Mrs. Harriet E. Bean.
Pupils in the High and Grammar Schools have been instructed in vocal music by Mr. Hadley, as formerly, and his instruction has been supplemented by that of the regular teachers of the schools. The singing at the annual exhibitions of the schools gave gratifying evidence of the proficiency of pupils in this interesting and important branch of instruction. The singing at the exhibition of the High School especially indicated rare ability on the part of the teacher, and a high degree of cultivation on the part of the pupils.
Eight teachers have resigned during the year, and sixteen have been elected. Whole number of teachers at the present time is eighty-two : male teachers, eight; female teachers, seventy-four. There has been no change in the corps of male teachers within the year.
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SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
SCHOOL.
TEACHER.
Salary.
First Elected.
HIGH
George L. Baxter .
$2,400
1867
Walter F. Marston
1.800
1871
Sarah L. Graves
.
.
1 000
1865
Mary E. Davis
1.000
1864
Annette E. Long
1,000
1864
Julia A. Stetson
1,000
1873
FORSTER .
George R. Bradford
1,800
1864
Anna M. Snow
650
1866
Frances M. Guptill
650
1869
Edith C. Long
650
1868
Helen E. Magoun
650
1868
Martha H. Pennock
475
1873
Harriet J. Williams
475
1873
Ella F. Lears
475
1874
PRESCOTT
Gordon A. Southworth
2,000
1873
Anna M. Bates
650
1874
Nantie Adams
650
1874
Harriet N. Sands
650
1864
Kate A. Duncan .
650
1874
Anna A. Hall .
650
1855
M. Ellen Eddy
650
1869
Nancy W. Proctor
650
1869
Catharine T. Brown
650
1868
Clara Taylor
650
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Georgette P. Hall
650
1874
Fannie R. Morse
650
1873
Mary A. Rice .
650
1873
EDGERLY
Augusta M. Cowles
700
1865
Amelia I. Sears
650
1873
Anna L. Prescott .
475
1873
Clara M. Bagley
375
1873
Grace A. T. Wilson
650
1871
TUFTS STREET . .
LUTHER V. BELL .
Samuel C. Hunt.
1,800
1866
Eudora Morey
650
1874
Clara A. Battles
650
1874
Ellen M. Gooding
650
1868
Lydia L. Gordon
650
1869
Caroline S. Plimpton
650
1859
Abbie C. Hunt
650
1873
Fannie A. Wilder
575
1874
Lydia J. Page
650
1869
Lizzie Appleton
375
1874
Belle H. Grieves
575
1874
PROSPECT HILL . . Augusta A. Roberts
700
1861
Ada C. Bennett .
575
1873
Ellen Ledyard
650
1874
Minnie Towle
375
1874
Sarah E. Pennock .
650
1871
BRASTOW
Annie W. Chickering
650
1874
Helen Tincker
700
1872
BENNETT
Adeline Sanderson
650
1871
Lilian A. Washburn
575
1874
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SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS - Continued.
SCHOOL.
TEACHERS.
Salary.
First Elected.
BENNETT, Contin'd.
Mary B. Currier
375
1873
Emma F. Schuh
375
1874
JACKSON
Lizzie W. Shelton
700
1860
Maria Miller
650
1870
Rebecca F. Woodberry
650
1863
Lizzie J. Hamilton
575
1872
WEBSTER
Ada L. Sanborn
700
1869
Annie L. Savage
475
1873
UNION
Fannie W. Kaun
650
1870
HARVARD
Emeline A. Dane
475
1873
MORSE .
William B. Allen
1,800
1869
Pauline S. Downes
650
1872
Helen W. Chapin .
475
1873
BEECH STREET .
Harriet H. Weld
650
1871
Mary A. Haley .
650
1868
SPRING HILL .
Louisa M. Wilde
475
1873
FRANKLIN .
Jane E. Clark .
700
1873
Lizzie C. Howe .
650
1868
Lilian E. Woodward
650
1872
Hattie A. Hills
475
1874
LINCOLN
Horace P. Makechnie
1,800
1867
Ella L. Burbank
650
1868
Georgianna Cutter
650
1873
P. Jenette Teele
650
1870
CEDAR STREET .
.
Alice Simpson
650
1872
Lizzie J. Conwell .
650
1873
S. H. O. Hadley, Teacher of Music
1,000
1868
.
Nellie P. Nichols
650
1871
Anna E. Sawyer
650
1873
Nora O'Leary .
375
1874
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TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS, THE TIME OF THEIR ERECTION. THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE BUILDINGS, LAND, AND FURNITURE, THE NUMRER OF SCHOOL-ROOMS IN EACH BUILDING, AND THE NUMBER OF FEET IN EACH SCHOOL LOT.
NAME.
LOCATION.
When built.
No. of feet in
the Lot.
Estimated
value.
No. of
School-Rooms.
High
Highland Avenue
1871
$64,000
2
Forster
Sycamore Street
1866
32,693
54,000
8
Prescott
Pearl Street.
1867
21,444
58,000
12
Edgerly
Cross Street
1871
26,428
35,500
4
Luther V. Bell .
Vinal Avenue .
1874
22,262
60,600
10
Prospect Hill .
Washington Street.
1848
25,313
30,600
6
Brastow
Medford Street
1861
10.019
8,250
2
Bennett
Joy Street
1868
20,560
15,500
4
Jackson
Poplar Street
1861
11,212
13,550
4
Webster
Webster Avenue
1868
11,050
12,500
4
Union. .
Prospect Street
1842
9,360
4,600
1
Harvard
Beacon Street
1851
9,810
3,700
1
Morse .
Summer Street
1869
29,109
31,250
5
Beech Street .
Beech Street
1872
6,000
6,500
2
Spring Hill
Rear of Harvard St
1850
4,991
2,700
1
Franklin .
Milk Street .
1846
33,017
18,500
4
Lincoln
Elm Street
1866
18,000
15,000
4
Cedar Street .
Cedar Street
1843
1,600
2
291,268
$436,350
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PUPILS.
The Assessors report that on the first day of May last there were 3,402 children in the city between the ages of five and fifteen years.
Ward One
1,182
Ward Two
1,201
Ward Three
571
Ward Four
448
.
Before
Purchased
Whole number of pupils in all the schools in May last 3,469 Number over fifteen years of age . 234
108
Number between five and fifteen years of age . 3,235 Number of pupils in the High School . ·
165
Number of pupils in the Grammar Schools 1,660
Number of pupils in the Primary Schools
· 1,644
Whole number of pupils in all the schools in Dec. 3,626
Boys
1,840
Girls 1,786
Number over fifteen years of age
236
Number of pupils in the High School
193
Boys
91
Girls
102
Number of pupils in the Grammar Schools
1,806
Boys
903
Girls
903
Number of pupils in the Primary Schools
1,627
Boys
846 .
Girls
781
The High School contained 5.323 per cent of all the pupils. The Grammar Schools " 49.807 66 66 66
The Primary Schools " 44.870 66 66 66 66
Average age of pupils in the High School in December 16 yrs. 0 mos.
Average age of pupils in the Grammar Schools in December . 11 « 9 "
Average age of pupils in the Primary Schools in December .
7 66 3 "
Average age of pupils in all the schools in December .
9 " 11 «
Average age of pupils in the Grammar and Primary Schools
7 "
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TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PUPILS IN EACH OF THE THIRTEEN CLASSES, IN DECEMBER, THE AVERAGE AGE OF PUPILS IN EACH CLASS, AND THE PER CENT THAT THE NUMBER IN EACH CLASS IS OF THE WHOLE NUMBER.
SCHOOL.
Class.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Average Age.
Per cent.
High
First,
13
18
31
17 yrs. 9 mes.
.855
Second,
20
18
38
16
9
66
1.048
Third,
27
25
52
15
" 11
1.434
Fourth,
31
41
72
15
0
1.986
Grammar
First,
65
74
139
14
9
9
66
4.900
Fourth,
175
172
347
12
2
66
9.570
Fifth,
224
217
441
11
2
66
12.162
Sixth,
244
222
466
9
9
12.851
First,
190
188
378
8
9
10.425
Second,
221
210
431
7
66
8
66
11.886
Third,
435
383
818
6
4
66
22.559
Total . . .
1840
1786
3626
100.000
Second,
85
93
178
13
12
9
3.834
Third,
110
125
235
6.481
Primary
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Average
whole number.
Average
attendance.
Per cent of
attendance.
Number of
tardinesses.
Number of
dismissals.
Forster
Martha H. Pennock
38.1
34.2
89.7
97
44
. .
Harriet J. Williams
48.1
43.4
91.4
88
48
66
Ella F. Lears
51.1
45.2
88.4
245
26
Prescott
Georgette P. Hall
50.1
45.1
90.2
53
56
66
Mary A. Rice
80.0
68.8
86.0
53
11
Edgerly
Anna L. Prescott
51.6
47.0
91.1
95
48
*Tufts Street
Grace A. T. Wilson
59.8
53 8
89.9
25
5
*Luther V. Bell
Lizzie Appleton
45.7
42.5
92.8
44
22
+
Belle H. Grieves .
37.0
33.5
90.5
26
8
#Vinal's Hall
Augusta A. Roberts
85.7
79.2
92.4
136
55
¿Hawkins Hall
Ada C. Bennett
49.2
43 9
89 3
210
9
*Prospect Hill .
Ellen Ledyard
42.7
39.7
93.4
21
14
*
66
Minnie Towle .
50.7
40.0
80.3
40
30
Brastow
Annie W. Chickering
63.2
54.8
86.7
87
50
Bennett
Adeline Sanderson
40.6
38 1
93.8
66
21
Mary B. Currier .
57.0
510
90.7
52
33
66
Emma F. Schuh
58 0
54.0
93.1
73
33
Jackson
Rebecca F. Woodberry .
52.8
47.7
90.3
180
28
56.2
50.7
90.1
277
34
Webster 66
Nora O'Leary
43.5
41.7
93.5
68
12
Union
Fannie W. Kaan
56.1
52.8
92.3
173
92
Harvard
Emeline A. Dane
63.3
58 8
92.9
74
14
Beech Street
Mary A. Haley .
53.3
49.6
93.1
197
35
*Spring Hill. Franklin
Lilian E. Woodward .
49.1
45 9
93.4
133
30
Hattie A. Hills
49.0
45 9
93.4
109
37
Lincoln
P. Jenette Teele .
62.2
55.1
88 5
143
87
Cedar Street
Alice Simpson .
50.6
43.3
85.6
89
42
1637.6
1479.7
Correction for pupils represented twice .
211.9
197.9
Total
1425.7
1281.8
89.9 3118 1038
* Organized in September.
t Organized in October.
# Discontinued in June.
Nineteen of the twenty-nine Primary Schools are graded; the remaining ten are mixed schools, and contain pupils in all stages of advancement from their
37.9
33.6
88.3
67
17
47.0
43.9
93.4
55
32
Fannie R. Morse .
52.9
47.4
89.5
34
48
Clara M. Bagley
55.1
49.1
89.1
108
17
66
Lizzie J. Hamilton .
Annie L. Savage .
Louisa M. Wilde .
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admission to their promotion to the Grammar Schools. They contain at the present time 1,627 pupils.
1873.
1874.
Average whole number for the year
. 1,346.7
1,425.7
Average attendance
66
1,205.1
1,281,8
Per cent of attendance
66
89.5
89.9
Number of tardinesses 66 66
3,901. 3,118.
Number of dismissals
66
. 1,401.
1,038.
The schools in this department are doing excellent work, and some of them may be regarded as model schools. Since no discrimination is now made in the salaries of primary and grammar school teachers, there is less inducement than formerly for a transfer from the primary to the grammar department, and consequently we have a much larger number of ex- perienced teachers in our primary schools at the present time than at any previous period. A teacher who is eminently successful in a primary school possesses a combination of qualities rarely found in the same individual, and should receive the maximum salary, and be retained, if possible, in this department.
Too great stress cannot be placed upon the impor- tance of correct and thorough instruction in these elementary schools. If the opportunity for laying a good foundation for an education during the years assigned to the primary school is lost, it is forever lost. Would we have the tree symmetrical and beautiful at maturity, it must be carefully pruned and nurtured in the early periods of its growth. Omit the appropriate work of the early spring-time, and we shall surely fail to rejoice in the possession of an abundant harvest when autumn comes.
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GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Average
whole number.
Average
attendance.
Per cent of
attendance.
Number of
tardinesses.
Number of dismissals.
FORSTER
Geo. R. Bradford .
47.0
45.9
97.6
55
35
Anna M. Snow
33.5
32.5
97.0
43
33
Frances M. Guptill
41.7
38.5
92.2
45
14
Edith C. Long .
39.3
37.1
94 2
53
43
Helen E. Magoun
40.3
37.9
94.1
76
44
PRESCOTT
G. A. Southworth
52.2
51.4
98.4
7
27
Harriet N. Sands .
37.5
35.6
94.9
26!
42
Nantie Adams
32.4
30.8
94.8
13
50
Kate A. Duncan
42.2
39.4
93.4
15
138
Anna A. Hall .
33.5
31.5
94.1
26
79
M. Ellen Eddy
46.9
44.4
94.7
12
50
Nancy W. Proctor
44.3
42.1
95.1
31
54
Catharine T. Brown
39.9
36.9
92.6
22
38
Clara Taylor .
51.2
47.2
92.2
52
12
EDGERLY
Augusta M. Cowles .
50.1
47 6
94.9
50
41
Amelia J. Sears
45.9
42.8
93.2
137
47
LUTHER V. BELL
Samuel C. Hunt
33.2
32.8
98.7
17
16
Clara A. Battles
36.2
34.9
96.5
21
24
Ellen M. Gooding
35.3
33.5
94.6
31
12
Lydia L. Gordon .
36.5
34 3
93.9
15
31
Caroline S. Plimpton .
44.1
42.9
97.3
26
26
Abbie C. Hunt .
52.3
49.1
93.6
77
68
Fannie A. Wilder
46.0
. 43.2
93.9
29
22
Lydia J. Page
51.9
55.0
96.2
43
43
*PROSPECT HILL . *
Augusta A. Roberts
46.6
42.4
91.0
21
13
BRASTOW
Sarah E. Pennock
48.8
46.8
95.9
89
96
BENNETT
Helen Tincker .
43.8
41.0
93.6
79
54
JACKSON
Lizzie W. Shelton
36.9
37.3
94.2
129
104
Maria Miller .
39.0
36.7
91.4
152
62
WEBSTER
Ada L. Sanborn
40.6
38.5
94.8
93
40
MORSE
William B. Allen
24.0
22.7
94.5
101
97
Nellie P. Nichols .
33 0
31.6
95.8
119
81
Pauline S. Downes .
35.6
34.8
97.7
12
30
Helen W. Chapin .
42.0
38.1
90.6
197
115
Anna E. Sawyer
31.8
29.5
92.6
140
90
BEECH STREET
.
Jane E. Clark
38.2
35.8
93.7
76
51
Lizzie C. Howe
38.4
36 4
94.8
92
23
LINCOLN.
H. P. Makechnie
17.9
16.7
93.3
72
62
Ella L. Burbank
32.4
29.7
91.6
84
65
Georgiana Cutter .
40.0
36.3
90.7
113
47
CEDAR STREET
·
Lizzie J. Conwell . .
31.3
29.0
92.6
65
22
1,727.8
1,637.5
Correction for pupils represented twice .
56.2
51.7
Total
1,671.6
1,575.8|
94.3 2,739 2,180
Ada C. Bennett
47.0
43.8
93.1
25
16
Harriet H. Weld
47.1
43.1
91.5
158
123
FRANKLIN .
* Organized in September.
113
There are forty-three Grammar Schools, -two more than last year. They contain at the present time 1,806 pupils.
Average whole number for the year . 1,671.6
Average attendance 66
1,575.8
Per cent of attendance
94.3
Number of tardinesses 66
·
2,739.
Number of dismissals,
2,180.
The number of tardinesses in the Grammar Schools during the present year is 62 per cent of the num- ber in 1873, and the number of dismissals is 73 per cent of the number during the previous year.
In one building the number of tardinesses during the year, in the Grammar and Primary Schools, is only 28 per cent of the number in 1873. In the same building the number of cases of corporal pun- ishment this year is 60 per cent of the number in 1873.
In one school, with an average whole number of 52 pupils, there have been only seven cases of tardi- ness during the entire year. One school reports thirteen cases of tardiness; two schools report twelve cases each; and two, fifteen cach. In nineteen Grammar Schools the number of tardinesses has been less than the number of pupils.
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