Report of the city of Somerville 1876, Part 6

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


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700


1860


Rebecca F. Woodberry


650


1863


Mary L. Sanderson


475


1875


Louise A. Brine


375


1876


Webster


Ada L. Sanborn


700


1869


Annie L. Savage


575


1874


Morse


William B. Allen .


1,800


1869


Nellie P. Nichols


650


1871


Pauline S. Downes


650


1872


Helen W. Chapin.


650


1873


Anna E. Sawyer


650


1873


Beech Street


Mary A. Haley .


650


1868


Marion Damon .


650


1875


Spring Hill


Louisa M. Wilde


650


1873


Jane E. Clark


700


1873


Lizzie C. Howe


650


1868


Emeline C. Ruggles


650


1876


Hattie A. Hills . ..


575


1874


Harvard.


Annie E. Robinson.


475


1876


Lincoln .


Edward E. Bradbury


1,800


1876


Jennie Colburn


650


1875


Georgiana Cutter


650


1873


Margaret D. Barter


475


1875


Carrie L. Lacount


650


1875


Holland Street.


P. Jenette Teele


650


1870


Cedar Street.


Alice Simpson .


650


1872


Lizzie J. Conwell.


650


1873


Teacher of Music


S. H O. Hadley


1,050


1868


Union


Isabella M. Prince


375


1876


Annie W. Chickering


650


1874


Jackson


Nora O'Leary


650


1873


Franklin


8


114


PUPILS.


The whole number of persons in the city between five and fifteen years of age, on the first day of May last, as ascertained by the Truant Officer, was 4,028 .


Ward One


1,340


Ward Two


1,400


Ward Three


633


Ward Four 655


Increase for the year 343


Whole number of pupils in all the schools in May


last


.


4,021


Number over fifteen years of age . 305


Whole number of pupils in all the schools in De- cember 3,974 .


Boys


1,994


Girls


1,980


Number over fifteen years of age . 306


Number of pupils in the High School


221


Boys


93


Girls


128


Number of pupils in the grammar schools 1,945


Boys


957


Girls


988


Number of pupils in the primary schools 1,808


Boys


944


Girls


864


The High School contained 5 562 per cent of all the pupils. The grammar schools contained 48.943 per cent of all the pupils. The primary schools contained 45.495 per cent of all the pupils.


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Number of pupils in all the schools in December, 1872,


3,148


66


1873,


3,381


66


66


66


1874,


3,626


66


1875,


3,708


66


66


1876,


3,974


Whole number of pupils registered in all the schools


during the year 1876 .


4,960


TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PUPILS IN EACH OF THE THIRTEEN CLASSES IN DECEMBER; THE AVERAGE AGE OF PUPILS IN EACH CLASS, THE PER CENT THAT THE NUMBER IN EACH CLASS IS OF THE WHOLE NUMBER, AND THE NUMBER OF CLASSES IN EACH GRADE.


SCHOOL.


Class.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Average Age.


Per Cent.


No. of Classes in each Grade.


High


First ..


15


23


38


18 yrs. 0 mos.


.956


1


Second


15


25


40


17


2


66


1.007


1


Third ..


26


32


58


16


4 .4


1.459


1


Fourth


37


48


85


15


9


2.139


1


Grammar ..


First ..


55


71


126


14


10


3.171


4


Second


71


101


172


14


0


66


4.328


4


Third ..


129


137


266


13


4


6


6.693


Fourth


210


201


411


12


4


10.342


10


Fifth . .


229


208


437


11


66


3


10.997


10


Sixth.


263


270


533


10


66


3


13.412


12


Primary. .


First ..


244


226


470


8


5


11.827


8


Second


264


252


516


7


7


12.985


8


Third ..


436


386


822


6


3


20.684


17


Total ....


..


1994


1980


3974


100.000


84


116


PRIMARY SCHOOLS.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Average


whole number.


Average


attendance.


Per cent


of attendance.


Number


Number


of dismissals.


Forster


Martha H. Pennock


. .


44.1


41.2


93.3


65


49


66


Ella F. Lears


44.5


40.7


91.3


110


18


66


Mary E. Wiggin .


49.5


42.6


86.0


234


60


Prescott.


Georgette P. Hall


54.2


51.6


95.2


28


35


66


Fannie R. Morse


55.7


51.9


93.2


33


18


66


Mary A. Rice


61.0


55.3


90.6


38


22


Edgerly


Anna L. Prescott.


52.7


48.6


92.2


56


22


66


Clara M. Bagley


59.0


53.8


91.2


52


3


Tufts Street


Hannah V. Hathaway ..


42.2


39.8


94.2


55


24


Luther V. Bell ..


Lizzie Appleton


52 5


50.8


96.7


55


33


Belle H. Grieves


61.1


55.4


90.6


61


13


*


Charlotte I. Houghton.


51.0


45.5


89.2


30


19


Brastow


Annie W. Chickering ..


55 3


52.7


95.3


53


36


Bennett


Adeline Sanderson ....


46.6


43.0


92.2


83


22


66


Mary B. Currier


51.0


46.5


91.2


42


31


66


Emma F. Schuh


50 6


46.7


92.2


47


11


Jackson


Rebecca F. Woodberry


45.4


43.4


95.6


100


63


60


Mary L. Sanderson


50.2


47.7


95.0


92


10


60


Louise A. Brine


50.0


46.7


93.4


81


18


Webster.


Annie L. Savage


53.5


51.0


95.3


59


32


Union .


Isabella M. Prince


52.1


46.3


88.8


179


18


Beech Street


Marion Damon.


52.5


47.9


91.2


124


192


Spring Hill


Louisa M. Wilde ..


55.0


48.9


88.9


182


48


Franklin


Emeline C. Ruggles


51.9


47.9


92.1


68


18


Harvard


Annie E. Robinson.


51.4


46.3


90.1


41


12


Lincoln


Carrie L. Lacount


56.4


51.4


91.1


45


34


Holland Street ..


P. Jenette Teele


31.8


28.9


90.9


82


26


Cedar Street


Alice Simpson


42.2


37.1


87.9


85


38


Total


1675.7


1537.4


91.7


2607


1044


.


Ida A. Howe


49.0


45.6


93.1


60


29


.


Lillian F. Howe


54.9


49.1


89.4


72


43


1


Ada Cowles


51.5


44.0


85.4


99


7


Prospect Hill


Nora O'Leary


52.2


49.5


94.8


113


20


Hattie A. Hills ..


44.7


39.6


88.6


83


20


. .


* Organized in May.


of tardinesses.


117


Number of primary schools .


· 33


Average whole number of pupils for the year .


1,675.7


Average attendance


66


1,537.4


Per cent of attendance


66


91.7


Number of tardinesses 66


2,607


Number of dismissals


66


1,044


Average number of pupils to a teacher


51


Number of pupils in the primary schools in December . 1,808


Great importance is attached to the schools in this department. They contain forty-five per cent of all the pupils in our schools. The work performed in them is preparatory, - foundation work, - which, in consequence of its effect upon all that follows, is ever regarded as most important work. The children composing them are ingenuous, confiding, impressible, and easily moulded to the will of those in whom they have confidence, and consequently require skilful treatment. The quality of teaching in these element- ary schools should be of the highest order. The impulse and direc- tion that pupils receive during their connection with them will be manifest throughout their entire subsequent course.


Especially should teachers of primary schools be in full sympathy with their pupils. Sympathy, more than any other thing, is the special need of childhood. Children should ever feel that they have in their teacher a sympathizing friend whom they can approach with confidence at all times. The following general observation is per- tinent : "Whenever we find ourselves losing sympathy with youthful hearts and pursuits, we may be sure that something is wrong with us, for it is not in the nature of the soul to grow old. It may grow in height and depth and breadth and power ; but the passage of years can bring it no decay." Teachers should witness with apprehension the first symptom of decline in their sympathy with their pupils, for it is an evidence that they are losing what must ever be regarded as an essential, fundamental element of success in their vocation.


As we advance in life and feel the pressure of its cares, we are sometimes inclined to inquire, " What is the cause that the former days were better than these?" and are disposed to regard


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childhood as the happiest period of life. But such impressions are delusions which the remembrance of our own childhood soon dissipates. The susceptibilities of children are easily moved. They are capable of exquisite pleasure and of acute sorrow also. Goldsmith says, " The sports of childhood satisfy the child." But their sorrows often overwhelm them too. It has been said, " The sorrows of childhood are not sorrows of that complicated and perplexing nature which sit heavily on the heart in after years ; but in relation to the little hearts that have to bear them, they are overwhelming for the time." Boyd says, "Let me say to every one who has it in his power directly or indirectly to do so, do what you can to make children happy! Seek to give that great enduring blessing, a happy youth ! Whatever after-life may prove, let there be something bright to look back upon in the horizon of their early time."


One teacher in this department reports no case of corporal pun - ishment during the year ; one reports two cases ; and another, who has had one of the largest schools of this grade, reports three . cases only. Several teachers report small numbers ; but in some of the schools we could wish that the numbers had been smaller. The impression is very general that, under proper management, corporal punishment is rarely a necessity. Before the infliction of punishment, it is always wise to deliberate. Deliberation, if it does not suggest a better way, will tend to moderate the severity and add to the effectiveness of the punishment; for it is not so much the weight of the blow that affects the recipient of it, as the manifest spirit and motive of the one who inflicts it. Children have a keen appreciation of justice, and their intuitions are rarely at fault.


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GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


A verage


whole number.


Average


attendance.


Per cent


of attendance.


f tardinesses.


Number


of dismissals.


Forster


George R. Bradford ...


47 7


46 3


97.0


62


54


Anna M. Snow ..


36.3


34 5


95.0


37


37


Frances M. Guptill.


46.9


43 9


93 5


73


24


Edith C Long


34.6


32.2


92.9


55


49


Helen E. Magoun . ..


39.5


37.2


94 0


35


26


Prescott


Gordon A Southworth


47.4


46 5


98 0


9


7


V. Eunice Hapgood


. .


48.5


46.9


96.7


10


29


Harriet N. Sands


29.5


28.1


95.4


4


14


Kate A Duncan


32.7


31.2


95 3


9


27


Frances L. Child ..


36 1


34.6


95.9


11


27


M. Ellen Eddy .


37 9


35.7


94.1


11


56


Nancy W. Proctor


44.5


42 7


95.9


8


28


Catharine T. Brown


36.4


34.7


95 3


23


24


Clara Taylor.


46.7


44 8


95.8


13


33


Edgerly


Augusta M. Cowles


41.8


40 1


95 9


46


36


Amelia I. Sears


45.8


42 8


93 5


49


49


L. V. Bell


Simeon C. Higgins


40.9


39.8


97.3


8


4 ,


Clara A. Battles


33 6


32.6


97.0


14


21


Lydia L. Gordon.


43.3


40.7


93.9


21


63


Ellen M. Gooding


35.5


33.8


95.3


18


20


Caroline S. Plimpton .


43.0


41.8


97.2


24


34


Abbie C. Hunt


42.4


39 7


94 2


32


36


Fannie A. Wilder


43.9


40.4


92.0


25


25


Lydia J. Page


55.2


52.2


94.5


18


50


Prospect Hill


..


Augusta A. Roberts


42.3


40.7


96 3


77


49


Hattie M. Sears


43.8


40.1


91.6


89


51


Ellen Ledyard


45.5


42.5


93.3


71


24


Maria Miller


41.8


38.9


93.0


70


57


Brastow


Sarah E. Pennock


40.3


38.5


95 6


81


72


Bennett


Helen Tincker


38.8


36.7


94.5


102


45


Jackson


Lizzie W. Shelton


38.8


36.7


94.6


84


43


Webster


Ada L. Sanborn


36.1


34.4


95.3


44


25


Morse .


Wm. B. Allen.


24.0


22.7


94.7


49


44


Nellie P. Nichols . .


39.7


38.1


95 9


60


46


Pauline S. Downes .


46 3


45 5


98.3


14


9


Helen W. Chapin .


41.3


37.3


90 4


125


73


Anna E. Sawyer


39.0


36.8


94.2


86


61


Beech Street . ,


Mary A. Haley .


45.4


43 2


95.3


92


81


Franklin


Jane E Clark


39.5


36 6


92.6


65


129


Lizzie C. Howe


34 5


32.5


94 2


63


53


Lincoln


Edward E Bradbury ..


36.6


33.5


91.7


103


67


Jennie Colburn . ..


45.4


41.3


90.8


62


59


Georgiana Cutter


44.7


42 5


95 0


74


74


*


Margaret D. Barter.


44.9


42.4


96.4


44


35


Cedar Street.


Lizzie J. Conwell


31.1


29.2


94.0


29


9


Total .


1829.9


1733.3


94.7


2099


1879


* Organized in September.


Number


120


Number of grammar schools .


45


Average whole number of pupils for the year .


1,829.9


Average attendance 66


1,733.3


Per cent of attendance 66 66


94.7


Number of tardinesses 66


2,099


Number of dismissals 66 66


1,879


Average number of pupils in each school


41


Number of pupils in the grammar schools in December . 1,945


In the grammar schools, during this year, there have been 408 less tardinesses, 303 less dismissals, and 79 less punishments than during the preceding year. In one school there were only four tardinesses, and in another, only four dismissals, during the entire year.


At the close of the school year in July, one hundred and twenty- three pupils of the grammar schools received Certificates of Grad- uation.


At the Prescott School . 39


66 Luther V. Bell School . 29


66 Forster School


24


Morse 66


.


23


66 Lincoln 66 8


Of the graduates, 114 made application for admission to the High School; 101 passed a satisfactory examination; and 82 entered the school in September.


About two thirds of the graduates of the grammar schools enter the High School.


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The following table shows the result of the monthly examinations, and of the examination for admission to the High School, of pupils from the several grammar schools who passed a satisfactory exam- ination in July last.


No.


SCHOOL.


Average Age.


Monthly Examina· tions.


High School Examina- tions.


Average.


Arithmetic and Grammar.


39


Prescott


15 yrs. 2 mos.


80.27


83.29


81.78


80.74


29


L. V. Bell ..


15 " 3 "


74.54


78.29


76.41


75.81


24


Forster


15 4


5 66


76.59


75.93


76.26


70.80


23


Morse


14 “ 7 “


81.89


77.15


79.52


74.83


8


Lincoln


15 “


2 “


82.51


77.14


79.82


75.00


123


Average


15 “ 2 4


78.82


79.50


79.16


76.45


HIGH SCHOOL.


Whole number of pupils during the year .


301


Largest number at one time


226


Number admitted during the year


91


Number graduated .


34


Whole number at the present time


221


Number at the present time over 15 years of age


173


Number in course preparatory to college .


54


In the first class £


9


66 second class


14


66 third 66


22


66 fourth 66


9


Number pursuing the regular course .


112


66


" English


55


Average whole number for the year


206


Average attendance


66


201.7


Per cent of attendance


.


97.9


Number of tardinesses


.


115


122


Number of dismissals for the year


282


Number of the first class on entering the school 83


Present number


38


Number of the second class on entering the school


72


Present number


40


Number of the third class on entering the school 81


Present number


58


Number of the fourth class on entering the school 86


Present number


85


GRADUATED JULY 3.


Lillian Eliza Bagley.


Ella Jane Davis.


Mary Jane Delano.


Emma Alice Steele.


Hattie Eleanor Dodge.


Cora Leishman Tyler.


Nellie Frances Furber.


Florence Estelle Jerauld.


Thomas Moulton Durell. Joseph Winn Fiske. John Walter Kelley.


Sarah Emily Keyes.


Joseph E. B. Lovering.


Ella Bennett Kilburn.


Albert Freeman Mason.


Susie Elizabeth Moore.


Alice May Porter.


Frank Hayward Richardson. William Edward Robinson. Paul Junkins Smith.


Emma Frances Porter.


Alice Amanda Proctor.


Stephen Marvin Sullivan.


Emma Thompson Russell.


Samuel Briggs Willis.


OF THE COURSE PREPARATORY TO COLLEGE.


* Henry Cutler Baldwin. * William Henry Hills.


William Goss Crocker. ¡ Laura Adams Elliott.


* Arthur Cyrus Hill. + Mary Katharine Pike.


We have graduated 30 per cent of all pupils who entered the school from 1858 to 1864, inclusive ; 42.05 per cent of all who entered from 1865 to 1870, inclusive ; and 48.09 per cent of all who entered in 1871 and 1872. Average for fourteen years, 41 per cent.


Fifteen per cent of all the graduates entered college.


Entered Harvard College. + Entered Boston University.


Catherine Marie Shannon. Carrie Maria Sibley.


Carrie Damon Johnson.


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The following named pupils, graduates of the grammar schools. passed a satisfactory examination for admission to the High School.


FROM PRESCOTT SCHOOL.


Chas. F. Aiken.


Ellen Hanson.


John Durant.


Bertha P. Joslyn.


Frank E. Furber.


Nellie Kauler.


Owen E. Golden.


Ella Knight.


Fred. A. Rumney.


Abbie S. Laighton.


Walter H. Milliken.


Adeline E. Lovering.


Louis H. Mudgett.


Josie D. Melvin.


Harry Porter.


Carrie F. Meserve. Gratia M. Moore.


Arthur W. Sanborn.


Harland H. Totman.


Emily S. Overlock.


Wm. S. Woodcock.


Annie F. Page.


Iliram G. Hammett.


Annie S. Preston.


Jennie Appleton.


Eunice W. Shedd.


Nellie Coburn.


Ada L. Snow.


Nellie Cole.


Ella A. Tarbell.


Hattie II. Colgrove.


Belle G. Taylor.


Sarah E. Davis.


Carrie M. Taylor.


Gertrude Edmands.


Martha W. Tenney.


Nella L. Fitch.


Carrie M. Uihlein.


LUTHER V. BELL.


James L. Bowlby.


B. R. Twombly.


John G. Hayward.


E. Clifford Walker. Celia H. Canfield.


Edward K Hewlett.


John II. Holmes.


Mary J. Coakley.


Fred HI. Osgood.


Lottie M. Farrington. Minnie L. Flagg.


Jones N. Robinson.


Minnie W. Jackson.


Lewis J. Smith.


Carrie H. Parker.


Ervin W. Snow.


Ella Sampson.


Orville L. Story.


Jennie B. Warren.


FORSTER SCHOOL.


Frank E. Davis.


Wm. F. Lovejoy. Chas. L. Morss.


Chas. E. Sanborn. Chas. F. Williams.


John H. Corbett.


Wm. E. Plummer.


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George H. Thompson. Lydia E. Berry. Amelia G. Brown.


Corinne Cutter.


Nellie F. Davis.


Emma J. Dodd.


Cora W. Foster.


Hattie L. Furber. C. M. Maynard. Alice H. Murch. Nida M. Pennock. Flora I. Towle.


Sarah L. Winn. Abbie M. Bennis.


Mary P. Banks.


MORSE SCHOOL.


Chas. W. Merritt.


G. Ernest Lane.


John Finnon.


John D. Bullard.


Lillian E. Tower. E. Louis Tibbetts. Josie C. Leuchte.


Alden N. Libby.


Rolla J. Butman.


Hattie F. Johnson.


Wm. J. McDermott.


Wm. W. Sartwell.


Hattie F. Homer. Lizzie Robertson.


Marilla A. Woodworth.


LINCOLN SCHOOL.


Alex. M. Graham.


Addie L. Buss.


Ella N. Bickford.


Lillie M. Fiske.


L. Gertrude Bullard. Hallie M. Hood.


Hattie A. Packard.


PUPILS ADMITTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE YEAR FROM SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF CITY.


SECOND CLASS.


September. Ida May Blaikie, from Bridgewater Normal School.


66 E. H. L. Gilman, from Amherst High School. THIRD CLASS.


January. Maude M. Hobson, from Roxbury High School. Ella H. Hood, from Lynn High School.


FOURTH CLASS.


May. Fannie C. Hartwell, from Taunton High School.


September. Frederick W. Archer, from Brookline grammar school. Sarah A. Clarke, from Cambridge grammar school. Rosa C. Safford, from East Boston grammar school. 6. Grace W. Dane, from private school.


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ATTENDANCE.


The following table represents the number of pupils in each of the thirteen classes in December, each year, for the last five years, the per cent that the number of pupils in each class is of the whole number, and the average for those years.


1872.


1873.


1874.


1875.


1876.


Average No. of


Pupils.


Per cent


High


1


29


.927


26


.769


31


.855


34


.917


38


.956


31,6


.890


2


33


1.055


34


1.006


38


1.048


40


1.079


40


1.007


37.0


1.033


3


50


1.598


44


1.302


52


1.434


57


1.538


58


1.459


52.2


1.465


4


69


2.206


82


2.425


1.986


79


2.131


85


2.139


77.4


2.173


Grammar


5


116


3.708


122


3.60S


139


3.834


143


3.857


126


3.171


129.2


3.626


6


175


5.595


187


5.532


178


4.909


160


4 315


172


4.328


174.4


4.895


7


269


8.600


247


7.305


235


6.481


237


6.392


266


6.693


250.8


7.039


8


289


9.239


306


9.051


347


9.570


397


10.706


411


10.342


350.0


9.823


9


341


10.901


407


12.038


441


12.162


391


10.545


437


10.997


403.4


11.322


10


409


13.076


447


13.222


466


12.851


512


13.808


533


13.412


473.4


13.274


Primary,


11


337


10.774


401


11.858


378


10.425


466


12.568


470


11.827


410.4


11.518


12


266


8.504


340


10.056


431


11.886


426


11.486


516


12.985


395.8


11.108


13


745


23.817


738


21.828


818


22.559


766


20.658


822


20.684


777.8


21.823


Total . .


. .


3,148 100.


3,381 100.


3,626 100.


3,708 100.


3,974 100.


3,563


100.


Taking the average number of pupils in the several classes in Decem- ber of each year for the last five years, as a basis of computation, we obtain the following results : -


No. of pupils in First Class was 85.4 per cent of the No. in Second


Class.


Second


70.8


66


66


Third


66


66


Third


66


67.4


51.0


74 1


69.1


66


66


Seventh


Eightlı


66


66


66


Ninth


85.2


66


66


Tenth


66


115.3


66


Eleventh ..


66


66


Eleventh


66 103.7


66


66


Twelfth


66


66


Twelfth


66 50.8


66


66


Thirteenth


66


School.


Class.


No of


Pupils.


Percent


No. of


Pupils.


Per cent


No. of


Pupils.


Per cent


No. of


Pupils.


Per cent


No. of


Pupils.


Per cent


Fourth


Fiftlı


66


66


Fifth


Sixth


66


66


71.6


66


66


Seventh


Eighth


86.7


66


Ninth


66


Tenth


66


66


Fourth


66


Sixtlı


66


66


66


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From the foregoing tables we derive the following items : -


During the last five years the primary schools have contained 44.5 per cent of the pupils in all the schools ; the grammar schools have contained 50 per cent ; and the High School, 5.5 per cent.


One half of all the pupils in the Grammar Schools have been in the fifth and sixth classes, one third in the third and fourth classes, and one sixth in the first and second classes.


In the grammar schools, the -


No. of pupils in First Class has been 27 per cent of No. in Sixth Class.


66 Second 66 36.6


Third


53


66


66


Fourth 66


74


66


Fifth


66


85


66


66


66 66


About one fourth of all the pupils who enter the grammar schools complete the entire course of study prescribed for those schools, and graduate.


These items present to us the most discouraging feature of our schools. It is a cause of deep regret, and of unpleasant apprehen- sion in regard to our future, that so large a proportion of our pupils fail to secure the full benefits of our liberal system of education.


We must look for the remedy in an improved public sentiment in regard to the importance of education, and the desirableness of a systematic and extended course of instruction and training.


As teachers and school officers, we must earnestly employ all the means at our disposal to render our schools profitable and attrac- tive, and must omit no proper influence to induce our pupils to avail themselves of all the advantages so generously afforded them.


A large proportion of our pupils receive their only instruction in the lower grades of our schools. Hence the importance of placing those schools under the best instruction that the means afforded us can secure. Since large numbers leave school at all stages of ad- vancement, every teacher should labor constantly with the feeling that many of his pupils are receiving from him their last school in- struction, and should direct his efforts accordingly.


66 66


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COURSE OF STUDY.


The pupils composing the schools may be grouped into five divisions, as follows :


1. Those who do not complete the full course of the grammar schools, being about three fourths of all who enter those schools.


2. Those who graduate at the grammar schools but do not enter the High School, being about one third of the graduates.


3. Those who enter the High School, but do not complete the full course, being about fifty-nine per cent of all who enter the school.


4. Those who graduate at the High School and enter at once upon the active duties of life, being about eighty-five per cent of the graduates.


5. Those who pass from the High School to higher institutions of learning.


Since it is impracticable to have more than one course of study in the primary and grammar schools, all of the five classes of pupils specified must be educated together during the time of their continuance in those schools.


No course of study can be arranged that will be exactly adapted to pupils whose pursuits in life will be numerous and varied. We are compelled therefore, to adopt such a course as will secure the highest good of the largest number. The studies of each year must be adapted to the age and mental development of those who are to pursue them, and preparatory also to the studies of subsequent years. As far as possible, those studies which will be of the highest practical value to those who leave school before they complete the full course should be placed first in the course.


Since it is impossible for us to foresee what will be required of our pupils in their various occupations, or how extensive will be their pursuit of knowledge, we should endeavor to lay such a foun- dation in the elementary schools as will be adapted to any super- structure.


All who graduate at the grammar schools may profitably pursue the same course of study in those schools, since the qualifications


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essential for admission to the High School are identical with those most useful in the ordinary pursuits of life.


To meet the manifest requirements of the community, three courses of study have been arranged for the High School, - an Eng- lish or Mercantile Course ; a regular English and Classical Course ; and a Classical Course especially adapted to the wants of pupils who wish to prepare for college.


Pupils who do not intend to remain in the school the full term of four years, usually adopt the English Course ; hence, for their spe- cial benefit, those studies which are of the highest practical impor- tance are placed first in this course.


At present I am unable to see wherein the course of study for the various departments of the schools can be modified to the advan- tage of any one of the five classes of pupils specified, without detri- ment to the remaining classes.


EVENING SCHOOLS.


The evening school which was opened the first week in Decem- ber, 1875, was continued until March 31 of the present year. It was divided into two divisions. Each division met three times a week upon alternate evenings.


Whole number registered . 251


Boys, 185 ; girls, 66.


Average attendance .


97


Boys, 82 ; girls, 15.


Number of teachers 6


Male teachers, 3 ; female teachers, 3.


Cost of tuition . $756.00


Total cost .


.


$1,100.00


The school was reopened in the hall of the Luther V. Bell School-house Monday evening, Nov. 13. Average attendance, about fifty, including both males and females.


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MONTHLY REPORTS OF TRUANT OFFICER.


1876.


Cases investigated.


Cases of truancy.


Arrests.


Absentees placed in school.


January


31


16


February


26


10


March


66


20


2


19


April


100


25


2


May


12


10


June


16


15


2 21 1


September


117


19


October


115


23


November


92


22


1


December


72


14


Total .


647


174


6


21


Truant Officer, ELI A. SMITH.


POPULATION AND VALUATION.


Population of the city, census of 1875 . 21,594


Valuation of the city, May 1, 1876 .


. $26,573,400 00


Personal estate


.


$2,978,800.00


Real estate . . $23,594,600.00


Estimated value of school property . $436,350 00


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EXPENDITURES.


BY THE CITY COUNCIL.


Repairs


$8,930 88


Furniture


504 32


Insurance


888 70


Rent .


401 00


Fuel .


· 3,987 75


$14,712 65


BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Teachers' salaries


66,600 34


Superintendent's salary


2,500 00


Janitors' salaries .


3,283 74


Truant officer's salary


1,000 00 .


Water .


370 42


Gas


348 28


Printing


315 36


Books for indigent pupils and evening


school .


.


788 91


Writing books


496 72




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