Report of the city of Somerville 1874, Part 5

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1874
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 214


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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


187


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


110


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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