Report of the city of Somerville 1876, Part 5

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 222


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John F. Cole & Co., groceries and provisions, 580 00


J. Harris & Co., groceries and provisions, 1,299 07


Carpenter Bros., groceries and provisions, 943 08


H. W. Crowell, groceries and provisions, 517 85


H. W. Burgess, groceries and provisions, 58 00


U. R. Penney & Co., groceries and provisions, 205 00


Webster & Stevens, groceries and provisions, 636 00


James Bartley, groceries and pro- visions, 185 93


C. A. Small, groceries and pro- visions, 281 00


George Mclaughlin, groceries and provisions, 73 00


Simon White, groceries and pro- visions, 100 00


Trainor Bros., groceries and pro- visions, 562 05


M. D. Dewire, groceries and pro- visions, 19 00


Amounts carried forward, $16,464 47 $642,087 37


90


Amounts brought forward, $16,464 47 $642,087 37


Paid A. Cross & Son, groceries and pro- visions, 161 00


B. Halloran, groceries and provis- ions, 42 00


C. E. Edlefson & Co., groceries and provisions, 60 00


Dorr, Loring & Co., groceries and provisions, 68 00


J H. Hanley, groceries and pro- visions, 36 00


S. T. Littlefield & Co., for grocer- ies and provisions, 10 00


Henry McAvoy, for groceries and provisions, 46 00


E. Drew, for groceries and provisions, 33 00


I. H. Packard, 66 16 00


Sundry persons, " 66


54 50


F. N. Lewis, for crackers, 36 11


J. C. Davidson, for milk,


10 56


H. K. Woodward, 66


4 96


John Monahan,


66


3 36


Philip Eberlee, boots and shoes, 888 23


Dyer Bros.,


61 75


Smith & Cole, 66


4 60


J. M. Adams, 66 128 55


J. H. Brooks, clothing, etc., 109 32


J. W. Brine,


66


46 75


J. P. Farnsworth,“


66


2 25


Excelsior Dry Goods Store,


clothing, etc., 17 57


D. A. Sanborn, stove, 4 00


J. J. Giles, for washing and food furnished, 40 82


George B. King, stationery,


30 47


Amounts carried forward,


$18,380 27 $642,087 37


91


Amounts brought forward,.


$18,380 27 $642,087 37


Paid M. R. Warren, stationery,


8 03


G. F. Ricker, 66


2 70


J. E. Farwell & Co., for stationery and printing,


46 75


J. C. Davidson, clerical services, 56 00


Brown & Alger, rent of rooms,


15 00


Patrick Terry, 66


4 00


Catherine Sullivan, "


12 00


Bridget Conlon, 66 66


18 00


Michael Carey,


66


12 00


Patrick Sheridan, 66


28 00


J. Delay, 66


66


24 00


B. McCarroll, 66


66


78 00


Bernard Hagan, 66


66


108 00


J. C. Row, 60


66


96 00


Mary McLaughlin, "


51 00


Patrick Shea, 66


66


56 00


P. A. Cunningham,“ 66


28 00


J. Newhall,


66


60 50


Benjamin Tilton, 66


66


12 00


Thomas Tighe, 66


66


9 00


Patrick Rafferty, undertaker's ser- vices,


442 50


H. B. Runey, undertaker's services,


88 50


W. L. Lockhart, “


17 75


Woodlawn Cemetery Corporation, for grave,


17 00


J. Tinkham, for coffin,


10 00


Ansel Lewis, transportation of paupers,


48 11


City of Boston, support of paupers,


1,600 26


Town of Ipswich, "


66


440 00


City of Cambridge, "


353 48


Town of Holliston, "


183 00


Amounts carried forward,


$22,305 85 $642,087 37


.


92


Amounts brought forward,


$22,305 85 $642,087 37


Paid town of Canton, support of paupers, 106 15


City of Lawrence, support of paupers, 74 00


City of Chelsea, support of


paupers, 29 10


City of Taunton, support of


paupers, 123 91


Worcester Lunatic Hospital, sup-


port of paupers, 574 38


City of Haverhill, support of paupers, 19 00


State of Mass., support of paupers,


105 17


Charles McMann, board of pau- per, 28 28


M. A. Terry, board of pauper, 1 00


J. H. Hollis,


12 00


C. S. Kimball, 66 7 00


F. J. Tutien,


66


66


9 00


Massachusetts General Hospital,


board of Bernard O'Brien,


65 00


Vermont Asylum, board of Bridget Bradburn, 187 00


G. H. Cowdin, for medicine, 2 00


(). C. Hanson, removing pauper, 2 00


Philip Eberle, moving family to Maryland, 40 00


Woodward, Gage & Co., for bed- ding, 5 00


Flynn Bros., for bedstead and moving furniture, 19 00


Howe & Flint, for rake, 80


Horace Chapin, for medical ser- vices, 2 00


Amounts carried forward, $23,717 64 $642,087 73


93


Amounts brought forward, Paid H. P. Hemenway, for medical ser- vices, 9 00


$23,717 64 $642,087 37


W. W. Dow, for medical services, 4 00


Thomas Cunningham, an overseer of the poor, 300 00


Ansel Lewis, an overseer of the poor, 300 00


Horace Chapin, an overseer of the poor, 300 00


Horace Chapin, secretary of the Board, 200 00


24,830 64


State of Massachusetts.


Paid State Treasurer, State tax,


27,792 00


Sundry Persons.


Paid the following named amounts to their credit, Dec. 31, 1875 : -


C. L. O'Neil,


1,125 00


Calvin Horton,


102 50


B. W. Patten,


100 00


Harrison, Beard & Co.,


200 00


Interest coupons,


1,395 00


2,922 50


Sinking Fund Contributions.


Paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, 45,130 62


Taxes.


Paid heirs Wm. A. Russell, abatement awarded by the county com- missioners on tax of 1875,


129 60


Amount carried forward,


$742,892 73


94


$742,802 73


Amount brought forward,


Temporary Loans.


Paid as follows : -


April 1. - Brewster, Basset &


Co , notes dated March 21, 1876, $105,000 00 April 1. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, note dated Dec. 29, 1875, 50,000 00


May 27. -. Warren Institution for Savings, note dated Nov. 27, 1875, 50,000 00


June 1. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, note dated Dec. 1, 1875, 100,000 00


June 1. - Aaron Sargent, trustee, note dated Dec. 31, 1875, 20,000 00 June 14. - Bunker Hill National Bank, note dated Dec. 14, 1875, 50,000 00


June 21. - People's £ National Bank, note dated Dec. 18, 1875, 20,000 00 July 1. - Charles Wilson, note dated Dec. 31, 1875, 5,000 00


July 1 .- Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, City of Cam- bridge, note dated Feb. 19, 1876, July 1 .- Brewster, Basset & Co., note dated May 5, 1876, 10,000 00


13,500 00


Aug. 11 and Sept. 23 .- Brewster, Basset & Co., notes dated July 1, 1876, 35,000 00


Dec. 1. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, note dated April 1, 1876, 50,000 00


Dec. 1. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, note dated June 1, 1876, 100,000 00


Amounts carried forward, $608,500 00


$742,892 73


95


Amounts brought forward, $608,500 00 $742,892 73


Paid Dec. 1. - Boston Five Cents Sav ings Bank, note dated July 1, 1876, 100,000 00


Dec 1. - Maria M. Runey, note dated July 1, 1876, 2,000 00


Dcc. 6. - Maverick Nat. Bank, note dated April 3, 1876, 25,000 00


Dec. 14 and 27. - Brewster, Bas- set & Co., notes dated Oct. 20,. 1876, 165,000 00


Dec. 16. - Bunker Hill National


Bank, note dated June 14, 1876, 50,000 00 Dec. 30. - Warren Institute for Savings, note dated May 27, 1876, 50,000 00


Dec. 30. - Aaron Sargent, trus- tee, note dated June 1, 1876, 20,000 00


Dec. 30. - Charles Wilson, note dated July 1, 1876, 5,000 00


Dec. 30. - Mrs. S. E. Fisk, note dated Dec. 9, 1876, 4,000 00


1,029,500 00


Water Maintenance.


Paid interest coupons of Water Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 to 3, 6 to 28, and 30 and 31 : -


$60,000, 6 months at 7 per cent, 2,100 00


235,000, 1 year at 6} per cent,


15,275 00


20,000, 1 year, at 6 per cent, 1,200 00


65,500, 6 mos., at 5} per cent,


1,801 25


20,376 25


Laborers, repairing pipe,


1,586 52


J. F. Paul & Sons, for lumber,


99 45


Amounts carried forward,


$22,062 22 $1,772,392 73


96


Amounts brought forward, $22,062 22 $1,772,392 73


Paid E. Clement & Co. for shingles, 5 49


Sewell, Day & Co., for rope, 11 02


Boston Machine Co., hydrant valves, 7 50


Carpenter, Woodward & Morton, lead, 9 50


Cook, Rymes & Co., sharpening tools, 6 40


Union Glass Co., for lanterns, 5 25


Chaffee & Cummings, for charcoal, 7 50


C. H. North & Co., " salt, 4 55


C. Maguire, horseshoeing, 15 30


J. N. White, harness work,


25 00


Enoch Emerson, repairing wagon,


29 00


R. A. Vinal, clerk of the Water Board, 200 00


E. A. Foster, for hay,


9 60


S. L. Pratt, carriage hire,


1 50


Andrew Monahan, compensation for injuries received from ob- structing gate box, 500 00


Patrick Farrell, teaming,


9 00


J. Manning,


3 00


Michael Norton,


14 00


Benjamin Almy, ten months' sal- ary as superintendent, 1,000 00


Somerville Water Works account,


two months' salary of superin- tendent, 200 00


24,125 83


Water Services.


Paid laborers,


799 42


Thomas Cunningham, for pipe, etc. 433 32


Amounts carried forward,


$1,232 74 $1,796,518 56


97


Amounts brought forward, $1,232 74 $1,796,518 56


Paid Union Water Meter Co., for couplings, stopcocks, etc., 732 25


Hamblen & Matthews, for couplings, stopcocks, etc.


65 20


George Woodward & Co., coup- ling, etc., 7 79


C. Sullivan & Co., plumbing, 105 84


Boston Lead Co., for lead pipe, 56 01


J. A. Merrifield, for soldering, 26 50


A. J. Wilkinson, for padlocks, 20 18


William R. Bradford, gate covers, 9 77


J. A. Wellington & Co., cement, 24 00


Aiken & Woodward, charcoal,


28 00


Cook, Rymes & Co., sharpening tools,


6 70


Walworth Manufacturing Co.,


pipe, etc., 40 40


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


11 30


C. Maguire, horseshoeing, 13 40


James Bartley, grain, etc.,


27 50


Philip Eberle, rubber boots,


7 00


J. A. Cummings & Co., printing,


5 00


Parker & Gannett, shovels,


6 75


B. F. Tyler, for hay,


7 08


H. W. Raymond & Co., hardware,


52


Worcester & Nashua R. R. Co., freight on castings, 90


Boston & Albany R. R. Co.,


freight on castings,


34


2,435 17


Total disbursements,


$1,798,953 73


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REPORT


OF


COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND


FOR


1876.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 29, 1877. Accepted, and ordered to be printed with the City Reports for 1876. Sent down for concurrence.


CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 29, 1877.


Concurred in.


SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUNDS, Jan. 27, 1877.


To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Somerville.


GENTLEMEN, -The Commissioners of the Sinking Funds, required by an ordinance of the city to report to the City Council, annually, the amount and condition of the sinking funds and the income thereof, report that the amount received from the city treasury, as contribution for the year 1876, was $45,130.62 ; that investment of the same has been made in Bonds of the City of Somerville, for the redemption of which sinking funds have been established, or which are secured by sinking funds, $44,500.00, and by deposit in savings bank, $630.62, and that no income has yet accrued to the credit of said funds.


Respectfully submitted.


NATHAN TUFTS, JOHN A. HUGHES, HENRY F. WOODS,


Commissioners.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


CITY OF SOMERVILLE,


FOR THE


YEAR 1876.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Dec. 29, 1876


The Superintendent submitted his Annual Report, which was read and unanimously accepted.


It was voted, that the committee adopt the report now submitted by the Superintendent of the Public Schools, and present it to their fellow-citizens as the Report of the School Committee for the year 1876.


J. H. DAVIS, Secretary.


IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Feb 12, 1877.


The Report of the School Committee for the year 1876 was received and accepted, and the Committee on Printing were instructed to cause the same to be printed in the annual report.


Also that two hundred copies of the report be printed independent of the annual City Report.


Sent down for concurrence.


CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


Concurred.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 14, 1877.


SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1876.


HON. AUSTIN BELKNAP, Mayor, ex officio. STILLMAN H. LIBBY, President of Common Council, ex officio.


WARD ONE.


HENRY M MOORE . Term expires Dec. 31, 1876.


SANFORD HANSCOM, M. D.


1877.


JOHN H. BUTLER


66


1878.


WARD TWO.


DANIEL E. CHASE . Term expires Dec. 31, 1876.


CHARLES S. LINCOLN .


1877.


MICHAEL F. FARRELL


66


66


1878.


WARD THREE.


JOSEPH P. WILLIAMS . Term expires Dec. 31, 1876.


HENRY F. SPENCER


66


1877.


ALBION A. PERRY .


66


1878.


WARD FOUR.


PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN


Term expires Dec. 31, 1876.


HORACE CHAPIN, M. D.


COL. CHARLES F KING .


Chairman,


HON. AUSTIN BELKNAP.


Secretary and Superintendent, JOSHUA H. DAVIS.


SUBCOMMITTEES.


On High School Messrs. BROWN, SPENCER, CHAPIN, LINCOLN, BUTLER.


On Schools in E. Somerville Dist., On Schools in Prospect Hill Dist., On Schools in Winter Hill Dist , On Schools in Spring Hill Dist., On Schools in W. Somerville Dist., On evening Schools


On Examination of Teachers On Text-Books


On Repairs and School Furniture . On School Supplies.


On Fuel . On Music


FARRELL, WILLIAMS.


KING, HANSCOM, LINCOLN.


On Finance


On Heating Apparatus


On Drawing


HANSCOM, MOORE, BUTLER.


CHASE, FARRELL, LINCOLN.


66 SPENCER, WILLIAMS, PERRY.


CHAPIN, KING, LIBBY.


BROWN, KING, CHAPIN.


MOORE, WILLIAMS, CHAPIN, FARRELL.


66 LINCOLN, BUTLER, BROWN.


BROWN, HANSCOM, KING.


66 MOORE, CHASE, LIBBY, PERRY.


SPENCER, PERRY.


SPENCER, CHASE.


CHAPIN, WILLIAMS.


HANSCOM, PERRY, LIBBY.


1877.


1878.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1877.


HON. AUSTIN BELKNAP, Mayor, ex officio. STILLMAN H. LIBBY, President of Common Council, ex officio.


WARD ONE.


SANFORD HANSCOM, M. D.


Term expires Dec. 31, 1877.


JOHN H. BUTLER .


66 1878.


HENRY M. MOORE


66


66


1879.


WARD TWO.


CHAS. S. LINCOLN Term expires Dec. 31, 1877.


MICHAEL F. FARRELL


66 66 1878.


DANIEL E. CHASE .


66


66


1879.


WARD THREE.


HENRY F. SPENCER Term expires Dec. 31, 1877.


HENRY F. WOOD


66


66 1878.


JOSEPH P. WILLIAMS


66 1879.


WARD FOUR.


HORACE CHAPIN, M. D. . Term expires Dec. 31, 1877.


COL. CHARLES F. KING


66


66 1878.


WALTER W. COLBURN


66


66 1879.


Chairman, Secretary and Superintendent,


HON AUSTIN BELKNAP.


JOSHUA H. DAVIS.


SUBCOMMITTEES.


On the High School Messrs. SPENCER, CHAPIN, LINCOLN, BUTLER, KING. HANSCOM, MOORE, BUTLER.


On Schools in E. Somerville Dist.,


On Schools in Prospect Hill Dist., On Schools in Winter Hill Dist., On Schools in Spring Hill Dist., On Schools in W. Somerville Dist., On Evening Schools


CHASE, FARRELL, LINCOLN.


66 WILLIAMS, SPENCER, WOODS.


KING, CHAPIN, LIBBY.


66 CHAPIN, KING, COLBURN. FARRELL, WILLIAMS, CHAPIN, BUTLER.


On Examination of Teachers 66 LINCOLN, BUTLER, COLBURN.


On Text-Books 66 HANSCOM, CHAPIN, KING.


On Repairs and School Furniture . On School Supplies . 60 SPENCER, WOOD.


On Fuel .


66 FARRELL, WILLIAMS.


On Music


66 KING, HANSCOM, LINCOLN.


On Finance


66 SPENCER, CHASE.


On Heating Apparatus .


WILLIAMS, MOORE.


66 HANSCOM, LIBBY, COLBURN.


On Drawing


MOORE, LIBBY, CHASE, WOOD.


HIGH SCHOOL.


THE High School has been a subject of much solicitude to the committee which has been selected to watch over its interests, not from any misgivings as to the quality of instruction given there, nor from a suspicion that a comparison with the High Schools of other cities of the Commonwealth would be unfavorable to our own, but because the demands made by many leaders in educational matters for more extended and varied courses of study in our higher public schools arouse expectations in the community which may not immediately be answered.


The purpose of the instruction given in the High School is two- fold : first, to give a large measure of intellectual culture and useful learning to those pupils whose school-days must end in this school ; secondly, to give good preparation for college to those who desire it. That the first purpose is fully attained by the present prescribed course of study, we would by no means claim. For we are well aware that educators differ widely in their estimates of the relative importance of the different studies in the courses of instruc- tion in High Schools. No one can complain that the course in our High School lacks variety. Literature, science, language, math- ematics, history, philosophy, are all represented, and in no meagre quantities. We believe that no graduate of the school will ever regret having studied any of the required branches, but will only lament that he did not learn more of each.


The success of the College Preparatory Course is conspicuous. The committee has cheerfully indorsed all steps taken by the Prin- cipal in his endeavor to have the pupils who graduate in this course fully prepared for examination in all the studies required for admis- sion to the college which makes the highest and most varied


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demands. And the graduates of this school, at examination for admission to college, acquit themselves as well now as at any time in the past.


We are not indifferent to the sentiment which has been earnestly proclaimed by some influential citizens of the State, that prepara- tion for college and higher education are not legitimate subjects of public expense ; but we decidedly dissent from it. We would rather protest against the withdrawal of these pupils from the High School. All the other members of the school, more especially those who are joined with them in some of the studies, are benefited in no small degree by having, as fellow students, those who are studying for a high and definite purpose. Besides, we have not lost faith in the wisdom of the fathers, who enacted that "when any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families, they shall set up a grammar school, the masters thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university."


The school has increased in numbers proportionately with the growth of the city, so that to-day it has two hundred and twenty- one pupils. At the beginning of the school year there were two hundred and twenty-two. This is a larger number than can be seated in the rooms of the Principal and the sub-master ; and a few have been seated in the recitation-rooms of the assistants.


The class which joined the school last September numbered eighty-six. Formerly, when classes had no more than sixty mem- bers, they were divided for recitation into two sections. Now they are divided into three, thus increasing the number of hours per week for recitation. Besides, the recent requirement of French for admission to Harvard College has added two hours per week to the number of recitations. As a result, every teacher is occupied in teaching every hour of the week. We believe that the Principal should have some hours each school-day to supervise the work done in all the class-rooms. This he cannot do unless he shall be re- lieved of some of his present work of instruction by the appoint- ment of an additional assistant.


In our examinations of the classes, and occasional visits, we have always been impressed by the thorough knowledge of his subject as evinced in the intelligent instruction given by the Principal in what-


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ever department he was teaching. But in some cases, when the sections of a class were under different teachers, while one section would be finely taught in a given branch, another would show marked deficiency. This was what we anticipated. We believe that no teacher can be equally qualified to teach all the branches in the High School Course, and that " Departmental Instruction " should be insisted on, so that each teacher should teach those studies, and those only, in which the Principal and Superintendent have satisfied themselves that he or she excels. And we trust that this method, which is already acquiesced in by all the teachers as to some of the studies, will at no distant day become the law of the school.


We cannot too highly commend the school, both for the large amount of good instruction, and the general decorum which shows a consciousness, especially on the part of the pupils in the upper classes, that it is their duty to comport themselves as young gen- tlemen and ladies ; and we feel sure that the parents of the pupils, . if they favored the school with frequent visits, would indorse this commendation.


BENJAMIN G. BROWN,


Chairman of the High School Committee.


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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


To the School Committee of Somerville.


GENTLEMEN, - In compliance with a requirement of your regula- tions, the following report is respectfully submitted.


The year just closing has been one of general prosperity, as re- gards the educational interests of our city. In their leading fea- tures, the schools remain essentially the same, as time advances ; but each succeeding year furnishes cheering evidence of substantial progress and decided improvement in methods and results.


It gives me pleasure to bear testimony to the industry and com- mendable deportment of pupils, and the general fidelity of teachers in the performance of their duties. With few exceptions, pleasant relations have existed between parents and teachers, and the conse- quent co-operation so essential to the highest efficiency has been secured.


With accustomed liberality, the City Council have made all re- quired appropriations to meet the current expenses of the schools. The Committee on Public Property have responded promptly to the numerous and ever-recurring demands upon them. The school buildings, school furniture, and heating apparatus have received careful attention, and important and permanent improvements have been made in the Forster School-house and about the High School building.


By vote of the Board, at their meeting in February last, perspec- tive views of the exterior of the High School building and the Luther V. Bell School-house, and of the hall and Principal's room in the High School building, were furnished for the Centennial Ex- position at Philadelphia. These views have been returned, and will be retained in the buildings represented.


At the beginning of the school year in September, Greenleaf's series of arithmetics was substituted for Walton's, in the primary schools, and in the fifth and sixth clases of the grammar schools.


The course of study in Vocal Music has been revised during the


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year, and a new impulse has been given to this interesting branch of instruction.


Albion A. Perry, Esq , a member of the School Board for Ward Three, tendered his resignation in consequence of the urgency of other duties. His resignation was accepted by the Board at their meeting in November.


In May last, a primary school was organized in Prospect Hill district ; and in September, a grammar school was organized in West Somerville district. For the accommodation of the new pri- mary school in Prospect Hill district, a room was vacated in Pros- pect Hill School-house by the removal of one of the grammar schools from that building to the hall on the corner of Washington and Prospect Streets, formerly known as Armory Hall. In West Som- erville district, the new grammar school was accommodated by the transfer of the primary school from Lincoln School-house to a room in Clarendon Block.


Whole number of schools at the present time


79


High . 1


Grammar


45


Primary


33


Seven teachers have resigned during the year, and nine have been elected to fill vacancies and for the new schools.


In March last, Samuel C. Hunt, Esq., resigned his position as Principal of the Luther V. Bell School, and was succeeded by Simeon C. Higgins, Esq. Mr. Hunt was first elected Principal of Prospect Hill School in May, 1866, which position he occupied until the completion of the Luther V. Bell School-house in 1874, when he was transferred to that building.


At the end of the school year in July, Horace P. Makechnie, Esq., resigned the position he had occupied as Principal of the Lincoln School, since January 1867, and was succeeded by Edward E. Bradbury, Esq.


We have to record the death of a highly esteemed teacher, - Miss Emeline A. Dane. Miss Dane graduated at our High School in 1872, and was elected teacher of the Harvard School in 1873,


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which position she occupied until the time of her death, which occurred January 24th.


Whole number of teachers at the present time


Male teachers, 8 ; female teachers, 80.


Number of teachers in the High School


6


Male teachers, 2 ; female teachers, 4.


Number of teachers in the grammar schools,


48


Male teachers, 5 ; female teachers, 43.


Number of teachers in the primary schools One teacher of Vocal Music.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.


SCHOOLS.


TEACIIERS.


SALARY.


FIRST ELECTED.


High


George L. Baxter


$2,400


1867


William S. Forrest ...


1,800


1875


Sarah W. Fox


1,200


1868


Sarah L. Graves


1,000


1865


Annette E. Long.


1,000


1864


Julia A. Stetson


1,000


1873


Forster


George R. Bradford.


1,800


1864


Lillian A Washburn


650


1874


Anna M. Snow.


650


1866


Frances M. Guptill


650


1869


Edith C. Long


650


1868


Helen E. Magoun


650


1868


Martha H. Pennock


650


1873


Ella F. Lears


650


1874


Mary E. Wiggin ..


475


1875


Prescott


Gordon A. Southworth


2,000


1873


Anna M. Bates.


700


1874


V. E. Hapgood


650


1876


Harriet N. Sands


650


1864


Kate A. Duncan


650


1874


Frances L. Child .


650


1867


M. Ellen Eddy


650


1869


Nancy W. Proctor


650


1869


Catharine T. Brown


650


1868


Clara Taylor.


650


1871


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


650


1873


Clara M. Bagley .


650


1873


Tufts Street.


H. V. Hathaway


650


1875


Ada Cowles


575


1875


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SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. - Continued.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


SALARY.


FIRST ELECTED.


Luther V. Bell.


Simeon C. Higgins


$1,800


1876


Minnie H. Marden


650


1876


Clara A. Battles


650


1874


Lydia L. Gordon.


650


1869


Ellen M. Gooding.


650


1868


Caroline S. Plimpton


650


1859


Abbie C. Hunt .


650


1873


Fannie A. Wilder


650


1874


Lydia J. Page.


650


1869


Lizzie Appleton


575


1874


Belle H. Grieves


650


1874


Prospect Hill


Augusta A. Roberts


700


1861


Maria Miller .


650


1870


Hattie M. Sears


650


1875


Ellen Ledyard


650


1874


Ida A. Howe.


575


1875


Lillian F. Howe.


650


1876


Charlotte I. Houghton


475


1875


Brastow


Sarah E. Pennock


650


1871


Bennett


Helen Tincker


700


1872


Adeline Sanderson


650


1871


Mary B Currier


575


1873


Emma F. Schuh


575


1874


Lizzie W. Shelton




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