Report of the city of Somerville 1877, Part 7

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 252


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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


IS69


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


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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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