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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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