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It has often been stated by parents that their children have been overrasked in school, and in consequence they have either left school or been excused by the committee from one or more studies required of the class. This is met with in every grade of school. but more frequently in. the advanced classes of the grammar schools and in the High School. The withdrawal from school, or permission to omit certain studies on account of illness. is more frequent with the girl« than with the boys. Is this owing to the severe demands made upon them by the requirements of the school, or may there not often have been other and more potent causes at
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work to undermine the health? We believe the latter generally to have been the case.
Girls of this age in this country are taught by example and pre- cept that they are too old to indulge in out-of-door sports, that walking to and from school is quite exercise enough for them. and so they relinquish the open air and the health-giving sports of child- hood. This. together with the rapid growth and other physical changes which take place at this period of life, probably causes much of the sickness which is attributed to overwork in school. If the pupil is so unfortunate as to have inherited a weakly constitu- tion, it would be better not to attempt a High School course, for to master difficult branches there is a necessity for much mental labor ; and to attain a fair standing in the classes, a pretty continuous application to study.
But the young person who inherits ordinary health and fair men- tal ability, by guarding against excesses, such as late hours for bed, indulgence in much highly seasoned food, and in too many hours of study out of school, will be enabled in almost every instance to take a respectable position in the classes, and to gradu- ate in perfect health ; provided that physical exercise be practised daily for one or two hours in the open air through the entire school course.
Those pupils who have a reasonable prospect of availing them- selves of the entire school course, ought if possible to " make haste slowly," for the brain does not become fully strengthened so as to be in a condition to perform arduous and continuous work before the individual reaches adult life. This country might profitably follow the example of the Germans in applying the principles of physiology to the selection and arrangement of the branches which are best adapted to the age of the pupil. Their school system, in the arrangement of the studies, is based on the idea of continuing the pupil in school until adult age, rather than of hurrying him through before the brain is sufficiently matured to allow such efforts of mind as are demanded, to grasp and analyze the many difficult problems which meet the advanced student in every department of knowledge ; while we, forgetting that the brain does not mature sooner than the other bodily organs, attempt to cram the minds of mere youths with a knowledge of language, ancient and modern history, mathematics, and the sciences, during the time of life that
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the brain is being enlarged and strengthened, so as to be fitted for the performance of its highest office.
The result is that very few persons in our country attain so high a point in matters that require the highest mental ability as is easily attained by many German students.
In considering the question thus far, we have presumed that the pupils can avail themselves of all the school privileges that are pro- vided by the city ; and what we have said does not apply therefore to that class of pupils, much the larger of the two, who leave school at an early age. Three fourths of the whole number of pupils do not reach the first classes of the grammar schools.
Is this great falling-off in the attendance to be attributed to the character of our people. or is it due rather to our plan of classifica- tion and promotions, which is so strictly enforced ? It is undoubt- edly due to both.
Very many of the pupils are children of parents who, not having the advantages of early education, do not realize its importance, and are quite satisfied with such limited attainments as a knowl- edge of reading, penmanship, and the simple principles of arithme- tic. This having been accomplished, some of the children leave school to assist their parents in the maintenance of the family ; and others, their associates, whom necessity does not oblige to leave school for this purpose, finding the confinement and work of the school irksome, leave of their own accord. To prevent this we are powerless, beyond enforcing the law of our commonwealth. which requires children between the ages of five and fifteen years to at- tend school a part of each year.
Children after having been out of school for a term, or more, are usually averse to returning, as they will then be classed with younger pupils.
There is another quite large class of pupils who leave school because they are not promoted with their classes at the end of the year, on account of their failure to attain the required per cent in the various branches at the monthly examinations. Some of these, if they could be persuaded to remain in school, might succeed in taking a high position as scholars, as their failure may have been the result of other causes than mental inability. If the pupil is slow to learn, more time should certainly be given him, and he and his parents should be made, if possible, to understand that another year's drill upon the same lessons would be greatly to his advantage.
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If the teachers would interest themselves sufficiently to present the matter in its true light to the pupils and parents, many per- haps might be persuaded to remain in school, who otherwise would leave.
If the pupil is in good physical condition, of sufficient age and mental ability to perform the work of his class, and fails month after month to do so, the teacher should carefully inquire into the causes, and do what is possible to remedy the evil.
It should be a rule with every teacher not to allow repeated fail- ures in any case where the pupil is neither physically nor mentally weak. Any teacher who will allow such pupils to fall below the minimum per cent, month after month, as has sometimes been the case, falls himself far below the requirements of his position.
There is a class of minors scattered throughout the city, who are not attending school, that have received hitherto too little consideration. This is evident from the number of young persons - over two hundred - enrolled as pupils of the Evening School. Many of these have recently come into our city from various places, but finding that, having little or no knowledge of some of the branches taught in our schools, they will be classed with pupils much smaller and younger than themselves, they do not seek admission to our schools. The establishment of one or two un- graded schools, conveniently located, under the charge of devoted and efficient teachers, would greatly benefit the community and this class of persons, by giving them an opportunity to attend school.
There are also pupils in our schools who, from some peculiarity of mental organization, are incapable of learning certain branches, but are in nowise deficient in other respects, who under the present plan are obliged to remain in the lower classes until they leave school. An ungraded school would give them an opportunity to receive proper instruction in the branches which they are capable of understanding, as well as in those they do not easily com- prehend.
We would further suggest to our successors such modifications in the plan of the arrangement of the studies as will enable a pupil who has ability to perform more work than is assigned his class, to do so, and to receive promotion whenever he is qualified to enter the next higher class. With these changes, the present plan, we believe, will be suited to the necessities of most of the pupils who attend our public schools.
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During the past year the teachers have generally faithfully per- formed their duty, and the pupils have made the usual progress.
For much valuable and interesting matter in regard to the schools, we refer to the accompanying report of the Superin- tendent.
HENRY F. SPENCER. HORACE CHAPIN. CHAS. S. LINCOLN. ENOS T. LUCE.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Somerville :
GENTLEMEN, - In conformity with your rules, I respectfully sub- mit the following report for the year 1877.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
I. POPULATION AND VALUATION. -
Population of the city, census of 1875 ·21,594
School census, May, 1877 ·
4,157
Valuation of the city May 1, 1877
$25,479,400 00
Personal estate . $2,280,400 00
Real estate . 23,199,000 00
Estimated value of school property
$437,350 00
Number of dwelling-houses 4,250 .
Ward One
1,215
Ward Two
1,348
Ward Three .
777
Ward Four
910
II. SCHOOLHOUSES.
Number of schoolhouses 18
Number of schoolrooms
76
Number of school-halls
5
Number of rooms hired for school purposes
4
Number of vacant school-rooms
2
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TABLE SHOWING THE NAME, LOCATION, CAPACITY, TIME OF CON- STRUCTION, AND ESTIMATED VALUE -INCLUDING LAND AND FURNITURE - OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
NAME.
LOCATION.
SCHOOL. ROOMS.
WHEN CONSTRUCTED.
ESTIMATED VALUE.
Union .
Prospect Street
1
$4,600
Cedar Street .
Cedar Street
2
1843
1,600
Franklin
Somerville Ave.
4
1846
18,500
Prospect Hill
Washington Street
G
1848
30,600
Spring Hill
Harvard Street
1
1850
2,700
Harvard
Beacon Street
1
1851
3,700
Brastow
Medford Street
2
1861
8,250
Jackson
Poplar Strect
4
1861
13,550
Lincoln
Elm Street
4
1866
15,000
Forster
Sycamore Street
8
1866
54,000
Prescott
Pearl Street
12
1867
58,000
Bennett
Joy Street
4
1868
15,500
Webster
Webster Ave.
4
1868
12,500
Morse
Summer Street . .
4
1869
31,250
High
Highland Ave.
2
1871
64,500
Edgerly
Cross Street
4
1871
35,500
Beech Street .
Beech Street
2
*1872
6,500
L. V. Bell
Vinal Ave.
10
1874
61,100
III. SCHOOLS.
Whole number of schools
78
High .
1
Grammar
41
Primary
33
Decrease for the year
·
1
·
In consequence of the decrease of population in the neighborhood of Cedar Street Schoolhouse, the grammar school in that building
Purchased.
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was discontinued at the beginning of the school year, in September. The pupils were assigned to the Lincoln and Forster Schools, and the teacher was transferred to the Lincoln School.
Four primary schools are occupying rooms which have been hired and prepared, temporarily, for their accommodation, -two in East Somerville, and two in West Somerville.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Average
whole number.
Average
attendance.
Per cent
of attendance.
Number
of tardinesses.
Number
of diemissals.
Forster
Martha H. Pennock
44.6
41.5
93.0
73
58
66
Ella F. Lears .
45.1
41.2
91.3
138
26
Prescott
Sarah E. Pratt .
513
48 5
94.5
17
23
Fannie R. Morse
59.0
54.5
92.3
22
23
Edgerly
Anna L. Prescott
57.3
53.3
93.0
55
27
Tufts Street
H. V. Hathaway
45.0
41.9
93.1
54
42
L. V. Bell
Lizzie Appleton
55.9
51.7
92.5
65
30
Prospect Hill
Ida A. Howe .
50.8
47.1
92.7
56
27
66
Lillian F. Howe
52.2
48.8
93.5
58
46
66
Charlotte I. Houghton
51.6
46.7
90.5
68
23
Brastow
Lizzie D. Harding
48.5
46.4
95.6
51
21
Bennett
Adeline Sanderson
43.9
40.9
93.2
44
14
66
Emma F. Schuh
49.1
45.3
92.2
21
12
Jackson
Rebecca F. Woodberry
46.7
44.2
94.6
120
60
48.2
44.5
92 3
81
5
61
Louise A. Brine
48.1
44 2
91.8
48
2
Webster
Annie L. Savage
51.9
48.6
93.6
63
32
Union .
Isabella M. Prince
54.5
48.7
89.3
104
27
Beech Streeet
Marion Damon .
56.0
50.8
90.7
95
178
Spring Hill
Louisa M. Wilde
57.0
50.6
88.7
98
47
Franklin
Emeline C. Ruggles
46.9
43.3
92.3
70
6
Harvard .
Annie E. Robinson .
54.9
50.0
91.0
110
22
Lincoln
Carrie L. Lacount
57.5
51.5
89 5
47
34
Holland Street .
P. Jenette Teele
33.2
30.6
92.2
92
29
Cedar Street .
Alice Simpson
44.2
39.9
90.2
71
36
Total
1672.7
1540 1
92 1
2479
1022
Mary A. Rice
65.2
60.5
92.8
32
27
Clara M. Bagley
55.2
52.8
95.6
59
4
Ada Cowles
44.6
39.3
88.1
138
15
Augusta M. Houghton
58.2
53.2
91.4
67
22
19
51.3
47.6
92.8
39
22
Nora O'Leary
50.5
47.6
94.2
85
Hattie A. Hills .
42.1
39.2
93.1
88
16
Mary E. Wiggin
52.2
45 2
86.6
250
47
.
Mary B. Currier
Mary L. Sanderson .
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GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Average
whole number.
Average
attendance.
Per cent
of attendance.
Number
Number
of dismissals.
Forster
Geo. R. Bradford
43 0
42.1
97 9
25
37
Anna M. Snow .
42.8
40.6
94.8
56
34
Frances M. Guptill .
51 0
47.8
93.7
84
25
Alice A. Batchelor
42.1
39.5
93.8
90
59
Helen E. Magoun
45.4
43 2
95.1
40
29
Prescott .
G. A. Southworth
45.6
44.7
98.0
1
1
V. Eunice Hapgood
50.4
48.4
96.0
1
21
Harriet N. Sands
32.3
30.8
95.3
0
13
Adelaide Reed .
32.8
31.6
96 3
3
23
Annie F. Hills .
45.3
43.4
95.8
26
40
Frank P. Hudson .
45.8
43.8
05.6
8
46
Nancy W. Proctor
52.0
50.1
96.3
9
15
Catharine T. Brown
38.7
36.9
95 3
13
21
Clara Taylor .
44.4
42.4
95 5
10
16
Edgerly
Augusta M. Cowles
46.6
44.6
95.7
35
38
Amelia I. Sears
47.8
45.4
04 9
44
43
L. V. Bell
S. C. Higgins
51.4
49.8
96 9
9
1
Clara A. Battles
42 3
41.0
96 9
12
19
Lydia L. Gordon .
36 4
34.5
94 7
21
27
Ellen M. Gooding
37.2
35.2
94.6
23
32
Caroline S. Plimpton .
43.3
41.3
93.4
34
18
Abbie C. Hunt
41.4
39.1
94.4
50
65
Fannie A. Wilder
44.6
41.5
93 0
18
36
Lydia J. Page
51.7
48.6
94.0
44
31
Prospect Hill
.
Augusta A. Roberts
47.9
44.7
93 3
56
63
Maria Miller .
41.6
39 0
93.7
98
74
Hattie M. Sears
46 4
43 6
93.9
65
56
Ellen Ledyard
48.2
45.2
93.8
68
34
Brastow
Sarah E. Pennock
38.0
36 2
95 2
66
53
Bennett
Helen Tincker
43.3
40 9
94.4
47
72
Jackson
Lizzie W. Shelton
38.6
36 4
94 3
67
11
Webster .
Ada L. Sanborn
45.3
43.8
96 6
36
10
Morse
Charles C. Hunkins
26.7
25.0
93 6
77
66
Nellie P. Nichols .
39.6
38.0
95.9
64
25
Pauline S. Downes
46.4
45.2
96.9
18
13
Helen W. Chapin
42.9
39.0
90.9
112
39
Anna E. Sawyer
43.7
41.7
95.4
82
39
Beech Street ..
Mary A. Haley
40.7
38 6
94.9
52
47
Franklin
Jane E. Clark
38.7
35 7
92.2
59
110
Lizzie C. Howe
34 5
32.6
94 5
53
35
Lincoln
George E. Nichols
26.9
24.5
91.1
83
62
Jennie Colburn
41.7
37 8
90.6
119
61
Georgiana Cutter
41.8
38.1
01.1
98
85
Lizzie J. Conwell .
46.2
42 9
90.7
69
77
*Cedar Street
Lizzie J. Conwell .
32.3
29.7
91.7
26
3
Total
1905.7
1804.9
94.7
2071
1725
of tardinesser.
* Discontinued Sept. 3d.
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HIGH SCHOOL.
Whole number of different pupils during the year · 302
Largest number at one time 227
Number admitted during the year
89
Number who left school during the year, exclusive of the graduates 45
Number graduated
36
The number of graduates is forty-three per cent of the number of pupils forming the class on entering the school.
Whole number at the present time 221
Number at the present time over fifteen years of age 172
Number in course preparatory to college 59
In the first class 9
second class 19
66 third class 15
66 fourth class
16
Number pursuing the regular course . 116
Number pursuing the English course . 25
Number pursuing the Commercial course
21
Number of pupils in the first class on entering the school
72
Number at the present time
33
Number of pupils in the second class on entering the school
81
Number at the present time
43
Number of pupils in the third class on entering the school
86
Number at the present time
55
Number of pupils in the fourth class on entering the school
83
Number at the present time
90
It has been the endeavor of successive committees to render the High School as valuable as possible to all classes of the community. Originally there were but two courses of study in the school, the regular course and the classical course, each continuing four years. These courses have been variously modified from time to time, to adapt them to the necessities of the pupils. r In 1870 an English course of study, embracing four years, was
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introduced for the benefit of those pupils who do not wish to study Latin.
In September of the present year, a commercial course was introduced for the accommodation of those who do not intend to remain in the school more than one or two years, and who wish to pursue such studies only as will be of direct practical use in busi- ness. This course is completed in two years.
The regular and classical courses are the same for the first year. Hence, this may be regarded as the trial year, the results of which will assist the parent to determine whether or not his son or daugh- ter would probably succeed in the classical course and become prepared to enter college.
Any scholar is allowed at the end of a year to leave the regular or the classical course, and to enter the English course of corre- sponding grades ; also to leave the English course and to enter the regular or the classical course, if he gives satisfactory evidence that he is able to pursue. in the course selected, the studies that he has previously omitted.
In the English course, arithmetic, spelling, English grammar and composition take the place of the Latin of the regular course during the first year ; physiology and French (one year earlier than in the regular course) during the second year ; civil govern- ment and natural history during the third year. The studies in both courses are identical during the last year.
In the classical course, Greek is substituted for physical geog- raphy, natural philosophy and chemistry, during the second year. The elements of these omitted branches are studied later in the classical course. During the last two years of the classical course, such studies are taken as are required for admission to college.
Pupils will be entitled to promotion when their average rank in scholarship, during the year, has been sixty-five per cent, and to diplomas when they have completed any one of the four courses of study, without the omission of any branch, and have maintained an average rank in scholarship of sixty-five per cent in the studies of each year.
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TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1877.
. .
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
OVERTURE. - " Don Munio." Buck.
ORCHESTRA. *
1. SINGING.
Unison Chorus : "Fest Gesang " (antiphonal) (with Brass Band).
Mendelssohn.
Vocal March (with Orchestration by Henry Hadley). Veazie.
2. SALUTATORY IN LATIN.
FRANK CLINTON FERNALD.
3. READING. - The Painter of Seville. Willson.
GEORGETTE KELLY DOW.
4. ESSAYS - Obstacles Essential to Glory. EDWARD COLLINS PORTER. Whims. NORA FRANCES BYARD
5. READING. - The Taking of the Belen Gate. Anon.
MARTHA ADAMS VINAL.
6. GREEK DIALOGUE. LOUIS BRACKETT CARR. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS FISKE.
7. SINGING. - Selections from " Don Munio " (with Orchestra). Buck. a - Chorus : Ave Maria. 6 - Battle Hymn (Male Voices) (accomp. by Wind Instru- ments). c - Soprano Solo and Chorus. (Finale.)
8. ESSAYS. - Humor. EMMORETTA AMY TAYLOR. Can the Wrong be Righted? FANNIE GERTRUDE TOMPKINS.
9. READING. - Mother and Poet. Mrs. Browning. CELENE WINKLEY PALMER.
10. ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS. EMMA WARTON KAAN. MUSIC. - Bolero. Buck.
Recess.
11. SINGING.
Quintet : "Hie thee, Shallop" (Male Quartet with Soprano Obli- gato), unaccomp. Kucken.
Recit. and Aria : "Don Munio" (with Orchestra). Buck. Semi-Chorus : "Walpurgis Night " (Female Voices). Mendelsshon.
12. READING. - New England Weather. Mark Twain.
LAURA AMELIA EASTMAN.
* Hadley's Orchestra.
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13. POEM. - Blue Glass and the Telephone. (Class Poet.) MARY GRACE WOODWARD.
14. READING. - Kentucky Belle. Woolson.
ELLEN LEORA RIPLEY.
CHAS. HERBERT TENNEY.
15 ESSAYS. - The Dignity of Labor. Permanent Peace in Europe. CHAS. GALE LEONARD.
16. Le Fils de ma Mére.
ALICE ELIZABETH FURBER. EMMA CAROLINE SAYLES. GEORGE WARREN HASLET. ROBERT LUCE.
17. SINGING. - Duet : "I heard a voice " (with Flutes). Glover.
Quartet : The Savoyard's Return. Blodgett. Chorus : "Hark ! the Curfew " (with Glockenspiel Obli- gato). Attwood.
18. READING. - Love and Lunacy. Hood.
CHARLES MORRISON HEMENWAY.
19. PROPHECIES. NELLIE AUGUSTA BRADSHAW.
20 VALEDICTORY. ELEANOR ROSE MAYNARD.
21. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS, by MAYOR AUSTIN BELKNAP. 22. PARTING HYMN.
MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS.
Sarah Frances Barnard. Mary Chesler Batchelder. May Estelle Berry. Nellie Augusta Bradshaw. Nora Frances Byard. Alice Amelia Cann.
Georgette Kelly Dow.
Laura Amelia Eastman.
Alice Elizabeth Furber. Emma Warton Kaan. Margaret Frances Kirkpatrick.
Georgianna Turner Lears. Eleanor Rose Maynard. Celene Winkley Palmer. Ellen Leora Ripley.
Emma Caroline Sayles. Emmoretta Amy Taylor. Fannie Gertrude Tompkins. Ada Eliza Tower.
Nellie Tuttle. Martha Adams Vinal.
Mary Grace Woodward.
John Franklin Bacon. George Warren Haslet. Arthur Horace Houston. Frederic Little Keyes. Charles Plimpton Lincoln.
Simeon McCausland Metcalf.
OF THE COURSE PREPARATORY TO COLLEGE.
Louis Brackett Carr. Frederic A. P. Fiske. Frank Clinton Fernald. Charles Morrison Hemenway.
Charles Gale Leonard. Robert Luce. Edward Collins Porter.
Charles Herbert Tenney.
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IV. TEACHERS.
Whole number of teachers ·
88
Male teachers, 9 ; female teachers, 79. .
.
7
Number of teachers in the High School Male teachers, 3 ; female teachers, 4. Number of teachers in the grammar schools Male teachers, 5 ; female teachers, 42.
47
Number of teachers in the primary schools . One teacher of vocal music.
33
The following named teachers have been elected during the year : -
Alfred Bunker, Esq., teacher in the High School.
Chas. C. Hunkins, Esq., principal of the Morse School.
Geo. E. Nichols, Esq., principal of the Lincoln School.
Miss Stella M. King, teacher in the Forster School.
Miss Alice A. Batchelor, teacher in the Forster School. Miss Adelaide Reed, teacher in the Prescott School.
Miss Sarah E. Pratt, teacher in the Prescott School.
Miss Annie F. Hills, teacher in the Prescott School. Miss Elgina M. Plummer, teacher in the Prescott School.
Miss Frank P .. Hudson, teacher in the Prescott School.
Miss Augusta M Houghton, teacher in the L. V. Bell School. Miss Lizzie D. Harding, teacher in the Brastow School.
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
SALARY.
FIRST ELECTED.
High
Geo. L. Baxter
$2,400
1867
Wm. S. Forrest
1,800
1875
Alfred Bunker
1,500
1877
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
Geo. R. Bradford
1,800
1864
Stella M. King
650
1877
Anna M. Sulow
650
1866
Frances M. Guptill
650
1869
Alice A. Batchelor
650
1877
Helen E. Magoun
650
1868
Martha H. Pennock
650
1873
Ella F. Lears
650
1874
Mary E. Wiggin
575
1875
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SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. - Continued.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
SALARY.
FIRST ELECTED.
Prescott .
G. A. Southworth
$2,000
1873
Anna M. Bates
700
1874
V E. Hapgood
650
1876
Harriet N. Sands
650
1864
Adelaide Reed .
650
1877
Annie F Hills
650
1877
Frank P. Hudson
650
1877
Nancy W. Proctor
650
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Catharine T. Brown
650
1868
Clara Taylor
650
1871
Sarah E. Pratt .
650
1877
Elgina M. Plummer
650
1877
Mary A. Rice
650
1873
Augusta M. Cowles
700
IS65
Amelia I. Sears
650
1873
Anna L. Prescott
650
1873
Clara M. Bagley
650
1873
Tufts Street .
H. V. Hathaway
650
1875
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
1874
Lizzie Appleton
575
1877
Prospect Hill
Augusta A. Roberts
700
1861
Maria Miller
650
1870
Hattie M. Sears
650
1875
Ellen Ledyard .
650
1874
Ida A. Howe
650
1875
Lillian F. Howe
650
1876
Charlotte I. Houghton
575
1875
Brastow
Sarah E. Pennock
650
1871
Lizzie D. Harding
375
1877
Helen Tincker
700
1872
Adeline Sanderson
650
1871
Mary B. Currier
650
1873
Emma F. Schuh .
650
1874
Lizzie W. Shelton
700
1860
Rebecca F. Woodberry
650
1863
Mary L. Sanderson
575
1875
Louise A Brine
475
1876
Webster
Ada L. Sanborn
700
1869
Annie L Savage
650
1873
Nora O'Leary
650
1874
Union
Isabella M Prince
575
1876
Edgerly
Ada Cowles .
650
1875
Augusta M Houghton
650
1869
Bennett
Jackson
134
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. - Continued.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
SALARY.
FIRST ELECTED.
Morse
Chas C Hunkins
$1,600
1877
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
Franklin
Jane E Clark .
700
1873
Lizzie C. Howe
650
1868
Emeline C. Ruggles
650
1876
Hattie A. Hills
650
1874
Harvard
Annie E. Robinson
575
1876
Lincoln
Geo. E. Nichols
1,500
1877
Jennie Colburn
650
1875
Georgiana Cutter
650
1873
Lizzie J: Conwell
650
1873
Carrie L. Lacount
650
1875
Holland Street . .
P. Jenette Teele
650
1870
Cedar Street .
Alice Simpson .
6-0
1872
Music
S. H. O. Hadley
1,050
1868
Female teachers in the grammar and primary schools receive for the first year $375 ; for the second year $475 ; for the third year $575 ; for the fourth and each succeeding year $650.
The foregoing table shows that a very large proportion of our teachers have had an experience that entitles them to the highest salary.
The liberal policy of the City Council and the School Board, in regard to compensation, enables us to secure for our schools teachers of superior ability, and removes the necessity for the em- ployment of any except such as have had marked success in their vocation
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