Report of the city of Somerville 1886, Part 7

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 330


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Mr. Morse, who succeeds Mr. Bickford, and Mr. Newton, the successor of Mr. Parker, have had several years of successful ex- perience as principals of important schools in different sections of the State.


Whole number of teachers . 120


Male teachers, 9 ; female teachers, 111.


Number of teachers in the high school


Male teachers, 3 ; female teachers, 6. ·


9


Number of teachers in the grammar schools 62


Male teachers, 5; female teachers, 57.


Number of teachers in the primary schools .


48


One teacher of vocal music.


Number of teachers who are graduates of our high school, 52.


Number of teachers who are graduates of normal schools, 42.


The average term of service of our present corps of teachers is six and two thirds years.


136


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


SALARY.


When Elected.


High


George L. Baxter


$2,400


1867


66


Frank M. Hawes


1,800


1879


Fred B. Hall


1,000


1885


66


Sarah W. Fox


1,200


1868


Sarah F Litchfield


850


1880


Fannie W. Kaan


850


1882


66


Eudora Morey .


800


1882


66


Minnie C. Clark


800


1882


66


Laura E. Giddings


800


1882


Forster


John S Hayes


1,800


1878


66


Mary E. Stiles


600


1883


Agnes L. Adams


600


1884


66


Frances M. Guptill


600


1869


66


Lizzie F. Clement


575


1884


66


Addie S. Winnek


575


1883


66


Alice A. Batchelor


575


1877


66


Martha H. Pennock


550


1873


66


Leila V. Colby


.


550


1879


66


Annie S. Gage


550


1883


Lizzie G. Perry .


550


1878


66


Mary A. Osborne


550


1885


66


Nora F. Byard


400


1884


Prescott


G. A. Southworth


1,900


1873


66


Adelaide Reed


650


1877


66


Amy C. Hudson .


600


1885


Abbie A. Anderson


600


1878


66


Amelia I. Sears .


600


1873


Catharine T. Brown


575


1868


Clara Taylor


575


1871


Sarah E. Pratt


600


1877


66


Elgina M. Plummer


550


1877


66


Florence M. Morton


550


1882


Frank P. Hudson


800


1877


66


Harriette H. Winslow


600


1881


Hattie M. Pierce


575


1882


66


Fannie F. Fuller


575


1×84


66


Anna L. Prescott


550


1873


66


Clara M. Bagley


550


1873


66


Ada Cowles


550


1875


Davis


.


Lucretia A. Burns


625


1882


66


Florence A. Robinson


550


1883


Gertrude A. Earle


400


1884


Priscilla A. Merritt


475


1885


Anna M. Bates .


700


1874


Emma M. Cate


600


1882


Mary E. Northrup


675


1878


Minna L. Wentworth


600


1885


Edgerly


Lillian Nealley .


550


1882


137


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. - Continued.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


SALARY.


When Elected.


Luther V. Bell


Herbert L. Morse


$1,600


1885


Abbie C. Hunt


675


1873


May E. Berry


675


1880


66


Lillian M. Walton


600


1886


66


Hattie E. Adams


600


1885


Ellen M. Gooding


600


1868


66


Alice M. Wight .


525


1886


66


Fannie A. Wilder


600


1874


66


Emma F. Schuh


600


1874


Nellie A. Hamblin


600


1882


66


Ellen M. Farnsworth


575


1886


66


Elvira Morrill


575


1884


66


Addie M. Brown


325


1886


66


Augusta M. Houghton


550


1877


Prospect Hill


Helen Tinker


700


1872


66


Mary B. Currier


550


1873


66


Lucy E. Clark


400


1884


66


Charlotte I. Houghton


550


1876


Brastow


Maria Miller


575


1870


Bennett


Mary B. Smith .


625


1885


66


Lizzie W. Parkhurst .


550


1885


Annie Sheridan


300


1886


Jackson


Annie E. McCarty


625


1880


66


Fannie L. Gwynn


300


1886


66


Annie E. Crimmings .


400


1884


Webster


Alice I. Norcross


625


1885


66


Estelle E. Patrick


550


1886


16


Annie L. Savage


550


1873


Union


Isabella M. Prince


550


1876


Morse


Horatio D. Newton


1,600


1886


66


Stella Hall


600


1884


66


Pauline S. Downes


600


1872


66


Anna E. Sawyer


600


1873


Ella F. Gould


600


1882


Mary A. Haley


575


1868


Laura J. Brooks


575


1883


66


Minnie S. Turner


325


1885


Beech Street


Mary E. Bosworth


600


1882


Nelly W. French


550


1886


Spring Hill


Bertha L. Emerson


550


1885


Eliza L. Schuh


550


1882


Lydia J. Page


625


1869


Cummings


Annie Coffin


400


1884


Sarah A. Tuttle .


300


1886


Ellen Ledyard


575


1874


Helen M. Dodge


400


1884


Isadore E. Taylor


475


1883


Lena G. Allen


400


1884


Mina J. Wendell


675


1882


138


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. - Concluded.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


SALARY.


When Elected.


Franklin


Hattie A. Hills


$650


1874


Emeline C. Summerhayes .


575


1876


66


Anna C. Damon


550


1879


Caroline S. Plimpton .


550


1859


Harvard


Annie E. Robinson


550


1876


Highland


George E. Nichols


1,700


1877


66


Lilla A. Hayward


675


1881


66


Alice E. Gage


600


1884


66


Evelyn E. Getchell


600


1885


66


Florence N. Robbins


600


1885


66


S. Adelaide Blood


575


1882


66


Annie R. Cox


575


1883


Sarah E. Pray


550


1878


66


Emeline S. Curtis


475


1886


Hallie M. Wood


550


1884


Annie L. Browne


400


1885


Lincoln


Mary A. Paul


625


'1879


66


Jennie Colburn .


575


1875


66


Charlotte F. Mott


550


1886


Annie C. Thayer


325


1885


Cedar Street


Alice Simpson


550


1872


Alice M. Porter .


550


1880


Teacher of Music


S. H. O. Hadley .


1,333


1868


PUPILS.


Number of pupils in attendance January


5,141


Estimated number of persons in the city between five and fifteen years of age, on the first day of May last .


5,296


Estimated number between eight and fourteen years of age · ·


3,557


Number in attendance in December


.


5,317


In the high school


363


In the grammar schools


2,638


In the primary schools .


2,316


Number over fifteen years of age in December


558


In the high school


324


In the grammar schools


232


Whole number registered during the year


6,350


In the high school


520


In the grammar schools


2,767


In the primary schools .


3,063


139


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


TABLE


SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PUPILS IN EACH OF THE THIRTEEN CLASSES IN DECEMBER, THE AVERAGE AGE OF PUPILS IN EACH CLASS, AND THE PER CENT THAT THE NUMBER IN EACH CLASS IS OF THE NUM- BER IN ALL THE CLASSES.


GRADE.


Class.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Average Age.


Per Cent.


High


First


15


42


57


18 years, 5 mos.


1.07


60


.


Second


25


44


69


17


6


66


1.30


Third


36


64


100


16


66


4


66


1.88


66


Fourth


65


72


137


15


8


66


2.58


Grammar


First


118


127


245


14


9


66


4.61


66


.


·


·


Fourth


284


240


524


12


5


66


9.85


66


Fifth


312


233


545


11


66


6


66


10.25


66


Sixth


346


262


608


10


6


66


11.44


Primary


First


360


270


630


9


66


3


11.85


66


Second


356


325


681


7


66


10


12.81


66


Third


580


425


1,005


6


4


18.90


2 852


2,465


5,317


100.00


ATTENDANCE.


Average whole number in all the schools for the year


. 4,984.7


high school


349.5


grammar schools


2,447.4


primary schools


2,187.8


Average attendance in all the schools for the year


. 4,678.0


high school


333.3


grammar schools


2,328.4


primary schools


2,016.3


Per cent of attendance in all the schools for the year


93.8


high school


.


95.4


grammar schools


95.1


primary schools


92.2


.Number of tardinesses in all the schools for the year high school


392


grammar schools


1,019


primary schools · 1,423


2,834


66


Third


219


199


418


13


1


66


7.86


5.60


Second


136


162


298


14


0


·


.


.


140


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Number of dismissals in all the schools for the year . 2,509


high school 571


grammar schools


1,284 primary schools . 654


Our city has always made ample provision for the education of all persons of school age within its limits ; but either from inability or disinclination, large numbers do not avail themselves of the opportunities liberally furnished them for securing an education and all the benefits which might accrue.


Our statistics show that only about ninety per cent of all persons in the city between five and fifteen years of age are in school at any given time; that only thirty per cent of our pupils complete the course of study prescribed for the grammar schools ; that only sixty-five per cent of the grammar-school graduates enter the high school ; and that only forty-two per cent of those who enter the high school complete the entire public school course, and receive diplomas of graduation. It will be seen by reference to the table on page 139, that more than one half of all the pupils in the thir- teen classes constituting the schools, are in the primary schools and the sixth class of the grammar schools.


TRUANCY.


We ascertain from the monthly reports of the truant officers that, of the seven hundred and sixty-four absentees whose cases were investigated, three hundred and thirty-four were found to be truants. Three habitual truants have been sent to the House of Reformation in Lowell.


The number of cases of truancy reported does not indicate the actual number of truants, since pupils frequently repeat their offence, and their names recur in different reports. But the preva- lence of truancy is sufficient to awaken solicitude, and the magni- tude of the evils resulting therefrom should lead to the adoption and exercise of all precautionary measures at our disposal. We must labor earnestly to make the schools attractive as well as profitable, and diligently employ all available moral influences to secure greater regularity of attendance and to diminish the number of truants. Truant officers can exert a restraining influence by their vigilance, and by frequent visits to the homes of delinquents and to the by-places where they are prone to resort.


141


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


In the treatment of truants, firmness should be accompanied by kindness. As a rule, truants are unfortunate in their homes and all their surroundings, and, not infrequently, are " more sinned against than sinning." Herbert Spencer says : " We do not hesi- tate to say that to parental misconduct is traceable a great part of the domestic disorder commonly ascribed to the perversity of chil- dren." In dealing with the unfortunate and the erring we should refrain from appeals to processes of law, until all other means prove ineffectual, and should avoil whatever tends to diminish self-respect and the respect of others. It has been wisely said, "The first step downward is to sink in the estimation of others; the next and fatal step is to sink in one's own estimation."


SCHOOLS.


Whole number of schoo's .


104


High school


1


Grammar schools


56


Primary schools . 47


The first class in the Luther V. Bell schoolhouse occupies two schoolrooms, but it is regarded as one school in this enumeration.


PRIMARY SCHOOLS


One primary school was established in the basement of the Morse Schoolhouse in September.


Number of primary schools


47


Number of pupils in attendance in January


2,244


Number admitted during the year .


819


Number promoted to the grammar schools


487


Number in attendance in December


2,316


Boys, 1,296 ; girls, 1,020.


Average number to a teacher, at the present time 49


Whole number registered during the year


3,063


·


The primary schools are in a satisfactory condition. Many of them may be regarded as model schools. Pupils are making com- mendable progress in school work, and are learning the " cardinal lessons of punctuality, promptness, cleanliness, silence, industry, self-control, attention, and application." Their school life is made enjoyable as well as profitable, and they are acquiring a fondness for school and its duties.


142


ANNUAL REPORTS.


EXHIBIT OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Average


Whole No.


Average


Attendance.


Per Cent of


Attendance.


Tardinesses.


Dismissals.


Forster


·


M. H Pennock .


43.0


40.2


93.5


8


5


66


·


L. V. Colby


41.0


39.0


95.1


7


6


66


.


A. S. Gage


47.0


43.6


92.8


5


4


.


L. G. Perry


92.3


84.4


91.7


13


3


66


.


S. E. Pratt


46.5


43.7


94.1


4


11


66


·


F. M. Morton .


58.0


54.2


93.5


10


4


Edgerly


·


A. L. Prescott .


47.8


45 6


95.3


7


7


·


C. M. Bagley


44.2


40.7


92.1


12


4


66


Ada Cowles


45.1


39.2


87.0


23


4


Davis .


.


F. A. Robinson .


37.2


35.2


94.5


19


16


66


.


.


G. A. Earle


42.1


38.7


41.9


17


9


66


P. A. Merritt


50 9


47:0


92.2


21


4


L. V. Bell


E. L. Schuh


43.3


39.9


92.3


9


4


Cummings . 66


A. M. Houghton


54.4


49.1


90.2


30


1


66


Annie Coffin


47.7


43.0


90.1


10


22


Prosp't Hill,


M. B. Currier


56.4


52.6


93.2


24


17


66


C. I. Houghton


44.6


40.1


90.0


38


13


Brastow


.


L. W. Parkhurst


45.5


42.3


92.9


41


10


66


I. E. Taylor


.


55.2


49.1


88.9


57


8


Jackson


·


F. L. Gwynn


44.6


40.7


91.2


90


22


66


·


A. E. Crimmings


59.4


55.4


93.2


153


0


Webster


·


A. L. Savage


.


54.2


51.0


94.1


13


2


Morse


.


M. E. Bosworth


38.2


36.2


94.8


6


19


Spring Hill,


B. L. Emerson .


48.6


45.5


93 7


36


31


Franklin


·


A. C. Damon


.


42.0


38.2


90.9


39


28


66


·


C. S. Plimpton .


58.2


56.1


96.3


29


14


Harvard


·


A. E. Robinson


44.0


40.5


92.0


72


25


Highland


S. E. Pray


49.6


46.4


93.6


40


4


66


E. S. Curtis


48.7


44.3


91.4


19


13


H. M. Hood


36.6


33.0


90.0


22


10


66


A. L. Browne


28.6


25.6


89.6


12


23


Lincoln


.


C. F. Mott


43.3


39.5


91.2


3


9


66


A. C. Thayer


48.6


42.2


86.9


17


4


Cedar Str't. 66


Alice Simpson


39.7


35.5


89.4


35


47


A. M. Porter


36.4


30.6


84.1


45


10


Total


·


.


2,187.8


2,016.3


92.2


1,423


654


.


.


L. E. Clark


45.4


42.2


92.9


21


43


Bennett


.


Annie Sheridan


.


46.2


42.1


91.0


63


24


.


·


L. G. Allen


47.1


43.2


91.6


104


5


66


·


C. J. Whittemore


32.2


30 0


93.1


85


38


66


·


I. M. Prince


.


28.5


26.0


91.2


10


13


Beech Str't, 66


H. M. Meade


41.7


39.2


94.0


14


23


H. M. Dodge


48.9


45.6


93.3


19


15


60


·


E. M. Plummer


44.5


40.9


91.9


6


14


Lillian Nealley


48.0


45 2


94.2


10


12


·


N. F. Byard


43.3


40.6


93.9


4


16


Prescott


%


·


A. M. Brown


50 3


46 4


92 2


43


16


Union


.


M. S. Turner


.


49.0


46.6


95.1


58


22


.


·


.


·


·


.


143


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.


The customary exhibitions of the grammar schools were omitted at the close of the school year. Near the end of the year, a day was appointed on which every school in the city was open to the inspection of parents and others interested. On that day all spe- cially arranged exercises were prohibited, and the regular daily work of the schools was exhibited.


At the close of the year all graduates of the several grammar schools assembled in one place, and received from the city the diplomas to which they were entitled.


The occasion on which the graduates received their diplomas was one of unusual interest, as may be inferred from the following pro- gramme of exercises : -


GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES' DAY.


THURSDAY, JULY 1, AT 7 O'CLOCK P. M.


ORDER OF EXERCISES.


1. PRAYER. REV. GEORGE W. DURRELL.


2. SINGING. - " Gloria - 12th Mass." Mozart.


3. ADDRESS. HIS EXCELLENCY GOV. GEORGE D. ROBINSON.


4. SINGING. - " Forsaken."" Koschat.


5. ADDRESS. HON. SELWYN Z. BOWMAN.


6. SINGING. - " Night sinks on the Wave." Smart.


7. ADDRESS. REV. ELMER H. CAPEN, President of Tufts College.


8. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS. MAYOR MARK F. BURNS.


9. SINGING. - " Protect us through the Coming Night." Curschmann.


LUTHER V. BELL SCHOOL.


DISTRICT COMMITTEE.


ALPHONSO H. CARVILL, M. D. CHARLES I. SHEPARD. JAMES F. BEARD. Principal, ROBERT BICKFORD. Sub- Master, HERBERT L. MORSE. Assistant, ABBIE C. HUNT.


144


ANNUAL REPORTS.


GRADUATES.


Clarence C. Bartlett.


Walter E. Barton.


Edith I. Cann.


Joseph B. Belliveau.


May G. Canfield.


James A. Campbell.


Nora A. Cavanagh.


George A. Clark. Walter M. Daniels.


Grace P. Caswell.


George E. Davis.


Sarah L. Davis.


Nathaniel J. Doane.


Cordelia A. Foster.


Charles A. Draper.


Bertha A. Gould.


Willard H. Everton.


Mary E. Gorman.


Frederick W. Fitts.


Carrie L. Grant.


Hiram A. Gillett.


Maria T. Hollander.


Hattie N. Hayden


Isabella M. Horrell.


Anna Kenny.


Edith G. Merrill.


May F. Marshall.


Maggie A. McConnell.


Onata I. North.


Alice M. Paine.


Emma J. Parker.


Bertha E. Place.


Leila I. Primus.


Laura E. Parmenter.


Maggie L. Phillips.


Millie E. Randall.


Nellie L. Russell.


Clara B. Suow.


Mary A. Sheridan.


Flora M Twitchell.


Edith M. Walker.


Florence E. Whitman.


Jennie Webb.


PRESCOTT SCHOOL.


DISTRICT COMMITTEE.


HON. JOHN HASKELL BUTLER. S. NEWTON CUTLER. HORACE C. WHITE, M. D.


Principal, G. A. SOUTHWORTH. Assistants, ANNA M. BATES, ADELAIDE REED.


Lillian S. Allen.


Georgia P. Austin.


Bertha L. Bartlett.


Mary Bayfield.


Martha E. Burrows.


Carrie F. Bent.


Frances M. Broadhead.


Henry Y. Gleason.


Robert D. Graham.


George E. Howe.


Frank S. Hight.


Harry M. Haven.


John E. Hanlon. George Harris.


Warren D. Holt.


William J. Kaula.


Thomas D. McCloskey.


Carl E. Merrill.


Dennis F. O'Connell.


William H. O'Connell.


William H. Rinn.


Charles E. Souther.


Maude T. Cowdin.


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 145


GRADUATES.


Charles A. Battelle. Walter T. Bisbee.


Blanche B. Bassett.


Herbert E. Buffum.


Belle M. Benner.


John'L. Butler.


Maude Burns.


Edward L. Chase.


Belle Burns.


Henry E. Coan.


Edith A. Chapman.


Arthur S. Davis.


Lillian E. Chauncey.


Frank R. Dunklee.


Emma L. Colby.


Charles E. Giles.


Agnes W. Crosby.


John E. Goldthwait.


Lillian G. Daley.


G. Ernest Griffin.


Zenobia H. Daniels.


Henry K. Hadley.


John C. Hazelton.


Allie B. Ellis.


Peter J. Hill.


Alice M. Emerson.


Freeman L. Lowell.


John G. McCarthy.


Howard A. McIncire.


Leslie Moore.


Lottie M. Leonard.


Charles L. Morrill.


William B. O-good.


Kezia J. Meredith.


Alice M. Nickerson.


Mary E. Nickerson.


E. Lula Rich.


Arthur B. Roberts.


Frank S. Sargent.


Frances R. Tainter. Bertha Underhill.


Mary Louise Webb.


Bessie M. Wood.


FORSTER SCHOOL.


DISTRICT COMMITTEE.


WILLIAM P. HILL. QUINCY E. DICKERMAN. NORMAN W. BINGHAM.


Principal, JOHN S. HAYES. Assistant, MARY E. NORTHUP.


GRADUATES.


Harry A. Barnes. John P. Burke. Alfred L. Dod .. John D. Flyun.


William H. Hilling. Sydney H. Jaques. Charles F. Maguire.


George H. Maynard.


10


Beulah E. Davis.


Charles E. Hughes.


Alice L. Fisher.


Alice MI. Grillis.


Rosella W. Gould.


Maude Jones.


Alice M. Libby.


Arthur N. Park. Henry W. Pratt.


T. Franklin Preston.


. Marion I. Thompson.


I. Hartwell Staples. George L. Sullivan. Howard A. Weston. William H. White. Frank Wiuslow.


Grace L. Atkins.


146


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Lawrence A. Murphy. Edwin G. Osgood.


Horace D. Phelps. Aldis D. Rines.


William A. Wilkins.


Edgar M. Young.


Honor a M. Buttimer. Mattie L. Coan. Helen V. Grey


Nettie F. Gray. Eliza T. Hollis.


Josie F. A. Hopkins. Carrie T. Lincoln.


Josephine T. Mack. Edith R. Morris. Constance C. Pelham. Alice G Pelham. Grace Shorey.


MORSE SCHOOL.


DISTRICT COMMITTEE.


MARTIN W. CARR. PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN. HORACE P. MAKECHNIE, M. D.


Principal, HENRY C. PARKER. Assistant, MINA J. WENDELL.


GRADUATES.


William E. Bucknam.


Fred M. Carr.


Edward L. Child.


Evelyn F. Folan.


Edward H. Daniels.


M. Edith Frost.


Arthur C. Dyer.


Huntlie Gordon.


Nellie S. Fogg. Hannah M. Higgins.


John B. Merrifield.


Arthur C. Morang.


Edward F. McGarr.


Marion M. Perkins.


Guy H. Proctor.


George F. Sibley.


Addie E. Woodcock.


HIGHLAND SCHOOL.


DISTRICT COMMITTEE.


PROF. BENJ. G. BROWN. HORACE P. MAKECHNIE. MARTIN W. CARR.


Principal, GEORGE E. NICHOLS. Assistant, LILLA A. HAYWARD.


GRADUATES.


William I. Bevins. Arthur D. Flitner. Fred C. Hoyt.


- Osgood H. Lacount. Alfred C. Nash. Harry C. Skinner.


Gertrude M. Smith.


George R. Windslow.


May E. Bridge. Lulu J. Deacon.


Editlı L. Hunnewell. Lulu W. Mathers.


147


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Norman W. Stearns. Harry G. Waters.


Adelaide L. Burton.


Annie L. Shedd.


Suzella Cummings.


Ada E. Dodge.


Annie E. Waters.


Addie I. Downs.


Florence L. Wilson.


Bessie W. Yeaton.


Whole number of graduates 193


Boys, 92 ; Girls, 101.


From the L. V. Bell School, 62 : boys, 27 ; girls, 35. 66 " Prescott


60 : boys, 31 ; girls, 29.


" Forster 66 26: boys, 14 ; girls, 12.


66 " Morse


23 : boys, 12; girls, 11.


66


" Highland 66 22: boys, 8; girls, 14.


One hundred and thirty-three graduates from the grammar schools entered the high school in September : boys, 57; girls, 71.


From the L. V. Bell School, 44 : boys, 16 ; girls, 28.


" Prescott


38 : boys, 21 ; girls, 17.


66 " Highland 17 : boys, 6 ; girls, 11.


" Morse 66 16 : boys, 9 ; girls, 7.


" Forster


13 : boys, 5; girls, 8.


Number promoted to the first class in June 234


66


second ‹‹


322


66 66 third 66 66


.


392


66 66 66 fourth 66


. 396


66 66 fifth 66


489


66 sixth 66 66


487


Eighty-seven per cent of all pupils in the grammar schools were promoted in June.


Number of grammar schools .


57


Number in attendance in January . 2,532


Number received from the primary schools


487


Number in attendance in December


2,638


Average number to a school .


47


Number over fifteen years of age


232


.


Number registered during the year


2,767


.


Elizabeth A. Lambert.


Gertrude M. Muzzey.


Edith M. Sears.


Mabel E. Townsend.


Abbie G. Fish.


Emma F. Gerry.


148


ANNUAL REPORTS.


We can speak of our grammar schools in terms of high commen- dation. They are all in charge of competent, earnest, faithful teachers, who are perfectly conversant with the requirements of their respective grades, and are doing thorough, substantial, and satisfactory work.


EXHIBIT OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Aver. whole


Number.


Average


Attendanee.


Per Cent of


Attendance.


Tardinesses.


Dismissals.


Forster


·


J. S. Hayes


28.1


26.9


95.9


0


1


66


·


M. E. Stiles


38.3


36.7


95.8


0


11


66


·


A. L. Adams


42.1


39.8


94.3


1


11


66


M. L. Wentworth


33.9


32.1


94.9


2


6


66


F. M. Guptill


42.1


39.5


93.9


4


8


66


L. F. Clement .


46.6


44.2


95.0


4


16


66


.


A. S. Winnek


39.8


38.0


95.3


5


14


66


·


A. A. Batchelor


51.8


48.8


94.2


7


15


Prescott


G. A. Southworth


62.1


60.4


97.2


3


2


66


A. C. Hudson


.


33.1


31.9


96.4


2


10


66


.


A. A. Anderson


41.9


40.1


95.7


0


5


66


E. M. Cate


42.0


40.2


95.5


1


14


66


A. I. Sears


46.6


44.1


94.7


2


12


66


C. T. Brown


50.9


48.2


94.7


2


20


66


Clara Taylor


53.1


50.3


94.7


11


21


Edgerly


·


H. H. Winslow .


40.7


39.2


96.4


3


14


66


.


L. A. Burns


40.0


38.0


95.0


9


26


L. V. Bell


H. L. Morse


72.6


69.6


95.8


35


56


66


.


E. M. Gooding


44.7


42.6


95.2


33


16


66


·


A. M. Wight


47.9


46.0


96.0


34


35


66


.


E. F. Schuh


41.4


39.7


95.9


8


15


66


N. A. Hamblin


44.7


41.8


93.5


48


9


66


E. M. Farnsworth


52.2


49.6


95.0


33


13


Prosp't Hill, 66


S. A. Tuttle


45.7


43.4


94.9


17


7


66


Ellen Ledyard


45.8


42.4


92.5


34


27


Brastow


.


M. B. Smith


.


44.1


42.2


95.7


11


32


Bennett


.


A. E. McCarty


43.4


41.7


96.1


41


26


Webster


.


A. I. Norcross


34.6


32.8


94.7


85


34


Morse


·


H. D. Newton .


30.9


30.1


97.4


14


27


·


Stella Hall


43.0


40.9


95 1


19


55


.


H. M. Pierce


43.0


41.1


95.6


4


5


·


F. F. Fuller


48.4


46.2


95.4


7


7


.


H. E. Adams


44.1


41.7


94.6


23


79


F. A. Wilder


44.2


42.2


95.5


15


12


60


.


·


.


Elvira Morrill


46.5


44.2


94.9


39


29


Cummings


L. J. Page


47.4


45.6


95.9


19


16


Helen Tincker


44.1


41.8


92.4


10


10


.


F. P. Hudson


39.9


38.8


97.1


2


1


66


.


·


Adelaide Reed


34.5


33.1


95.9


3


6


·


·


·


Davis


L. M. Walton


37.1


36.2


97.4


29


7


.


Maria Miller


46.2


42.2


91.3


115


79


Jackson


.


66


·


·


.


149


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


EXHIBIT OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. - Concluded.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Aver. whole


Number.


Average


Attendance.


Per Cent of


Attendance.


Tardinesses.


Dismissals.


Morse


·


P. S. Downes


47.9


46.5


97.2


4


7


A. E. Sawyer


47.6


45.1


94.6


33


26


66


E. F. Gould


46.0


44.6


96.9


39


36


M. A. Haley


49.5


46.8


94.5


37


20


Franklin 60


·


E. C. Summerhayes


37.8


35.6


94.1


42


13


Highland


G. E. Nichols


38.9


37.6


96.5


1


28


A. E. Gage


46.0


44.1


95.7


3


30


66


Jennie Colburn .


48.6


45.3


93.2


8


56


66


S. A. Blood


49.7


45.8


92.2


37


88


.


A. R. Cox


48.3


45.6


94.3


4


15


Lincoln


M. A. Paul


30.7


29.2


95.2


2


33


E. E. Getchell


41.8


39.5


94.5


3 L


18


Total


.


.


2,447.4


2,328.4


95.1


1,019


1,284


HIGH SCHOOL.


Whole number of different pupils during the year .


520


Largest number at one time .


Number admitted during the year


·


146


from our grammar schools


133


66 graduated


56


66 of graduates who entered college


13


66


66


Mass. Agr'l College . 1


U. S. Naval Academy at 66


1


Number of graduates who entered Institute of Technology ·


who have left the school during the year, exclusive of graduates


101


Whole number at the present time


. 363


Average number to a teacher


40


Number over fifteen years of age .


324


66 in course preparatory to college


96


66 pursuing the regular course


· 195


.


.


L. J. Brooks


34.5


33.3


96.0


12


13


·


H. A. Hills


32.0


30.2


94.4


30


22


.


F. N. Robbins


48.6


44.9


92.4


9


70


·


.


66 from other schools .


13


.


Annapolis .


·


3


·


374


.


150


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Number pursuing the English course .


72


in the first class on entering the school


96


at the present time . 57


in the second class on entering the school


122


at the present time .


69


יי in the third class on entering the school 170


at the present time .


. 100


66 in the fourth class on entering the school


. 140


at the present time . 137


The high school maintains a firm hold upon public confidence and regard. It is held in high esteem by our citizens, not only for what it accomplishes directly for its members, but also for its elevating influence upon all other schools in the city. It has been said by one occupying a high position as an educator : "Experience has proved that elementary education flourishes most where pro- vision for higher education is most ample. If the elementary schools of Germany are the best in the world, it is owing, in a great measure, to the fact that the higher schools are accessible to all."


We cordially welcome to the school the large number of pupils who enter it from the grammar schools, and regard it a cause for congratulation that the number of graduates, and of those who pursue the course preparatory to college, is annually increasing.


Fifty per cent of the pupils who entered the school in September, 1882, graduated at the close of the school year in June last. Thir- teen of the graduates joined their classes in college in September, - four at Harvard, one at Tufts, three at Boston University, one at Smith, one at Wellesley, one at Amherst, one at Brown, one at Williams. Three entered the Institute of Technology, one the Massachusetts Agricultural College, one the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.


Herbert Spencer says : " To prepare for complete living is the function which education has to discharge; and the only rational mode of judging of any educational course is, to judge in what degree it discharges such function." Most young persons aspire to some useful and remunerative employment as their life-work, and are entitled to such education as will give the best preparation for its successful prosecution. Whenever marked tendencies to special avocations are exhibited, they should be encouraged, for




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