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McNeal Pipe and Foundry Co., iron pipe .
2,235 10
City of Newton, iron pipe .
322 16
Boston & Maine Railroad,
freight 475 95
Somerville Iron Foundry Co.,
castings
511 21
Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Co., castings 1,738 74
Walworth Manufacturing Co., castings .
334 44
Osgood & Hart, castings
100 96
Chapman Valve Manufacturing Co., hydrants .
1,069 10
Holyoke Hydrant and Iron Works, hydrants 159 70
Whittier Machine Co., gates 921 18
Boston Lead Manufacturing Co., lead
1,218 10
Jaques Brothers, pattern work,
65 15
Builders Iron Foundry, pattern work 40 00
Amounts carried forward $49,624 69
$53,887 20
138
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $49,624 69 $53,887 20
Star Brass Manufacturing Co., gauge 26 25
Scrannage Bros. & Cook, coupl- ings. 27 00
Henry McShane & Co., valve,
5 82
A. M. Morton & Co., valve
2 11
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., valve 1 00
Sumner & Goodwin, fittings
3 11
Dalton & Ingersoll, fittings .
16 20
Braman, Dow, & Co., fittings
1 31
Perrin, Seamans, & Co., tools
80 49
William T. Wood & Co., tools
6 00
J. Baker & Co., tools .
4 74
Sylvester & Co., spikes
96
Boston Bolt Co., bolts
9 00
H. H. Harvey, steel .
4 50
J. F. Hodge, cork scraps
26
Fairbanks, Brown, & Co., scales,
80 00
Miller & Shaw, machine work
168 68
Richard Dowd, iron work .
131 81
Sewall & Day Cordage Co., packing .
65 22
A. W. Russell, packing
7 87
Waldo Bros., stone
103 60
John Kennedy, chip stones
20 20
E. Horn, mason work
147 62
Wood & Lee, mason work .
8 75
George W. Trefren, Jr., carpen- tering
389 24
George M. Starbird, carpentering,
143 28
L. S. Emery, painting
16 65
J. H. Hollis, glazing
6 00
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware,
115 78
Whitney & Snow, hardware
33 60
S. W. Mann & Son, plumbing
50 40
H. C. Folger, plumbing .
28 15
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Amounts carried forward . . $51,330 29
$53,887 20
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Amounts brought forward . $51,330 29
$53,887 20
William B. Holmes, plumbing
3 56
S. W. Fuller, lumber .
120 41
H. C. Dodge, wood
10 00
L. B. Angier, wood
1 25
H. Wellington & Co., fuel
49 73
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing
70 20
F. Dooris, blacksmithing ·
25 55
Hosmer, Crampton, & Hammond, hay and grain
143 71
George H. Sampson, powder
62 75
Cambridge Gas Light Co., coke,
12 35
Samuel Walker & Co., oil .
7 84
Gilmore & Eustis, rails
19 96
W. M. Hadley, lime .
2 00
Andrew J. Morse & Son, hose
28 10
William H. Brine, furniture
118 49
Charles E. Hall & Co., marble tablet
29 50
E. Gibbs, lettering
6 00
Sanborn & Hatch, bricks
36 40
Berry & Ferguson, bricks
25 50
George D. Goodrich, pipe .
2 10
Dodge, Haley, & Co., iron
12
Jeremiah Donovan, sodding
147 58
A. M. Prescott, teaming
30 00
Richard Falvey, teaming
77 50
James Harvey, teaming
2 00
George McKenna, teaming
195 50
James Hoar, teaming .
124 12
Owen Cunningham, teaming
446 11
Daniel E. Hoar, teaming
238 50
T. F. Crimmings, teaming
166 10
Henry Gray, teaming .
21 00
Charles Booth, teaming
15 00
E. R. Perham, expressing .
30
Walter Bates & Son, concreting,
100 70
Amounts carried forward . $53,670 22
$53,887 20
140
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $53,670 22 $53,887 20
West End Street Railway Com- pany, paving . 50 09
Samuel McKeever, compensation for damages 35 00
$53,755 31
Balance to credit in account 1891 .
131 89
$53,887 20
WATER SERVICES.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of Sarah Gill, fittings, etc. . . $3 50
R. H. Sturtevant, fittings, labor, etc. .
7 40
Joseph Miller, fittings, labor, etc.,
1 50
Edward D. Hall, fittings, labor, etc. .
20 10
Mary R. French, fittings, labor, etc. .
16 70
George D. Goodrich, fittings, labor, etc. 7 48
J. B. Humphrey, fittings, labor, etc. .
1 50
Richard Dowd, fittings, labor, etc.,
8 84
Sylvanus R. Kneeland, service pipe, etc.
9 50
Frederick M. Kilmer, service pipe, etc.
31 30
Levi L. Tower, service pipe, etc., 7 75
Henry Woehrn, service pipe, etc., 14 80
E. G. Park, service pipe, etc.,
19 38
M. O. Boyce, service pipe, etc.,
40 40
W. L. Snow, service pipe, etc.,
13 10
Amount carried forward $203 25
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Amount brought forward $203 25 Lodema D. Kimball, service pipe, etc. 12 21
Charles Robinson, service pipe, etc. 13 67
R. E. Nickerson, service pipe, etc. 19 50
North Packing & Provision Co., service pipe, etc. 95 00
B. O. Wilson, service pipe, etc., 15 50
J. H. Steele, service pipe, etc., 12 70
A. Sawtell & Co., service pipe, etc.
16 85
Second Unitarian Society, service pipe, etc.
10 40
Albert Kennison, service pipe, etc.,
18 76
William Veazie, gate box and labor
7 60
Sundry persons, money not
called for 3 94
Schoolhouse Ward Three ac-
count, service pipe . 28 85
$458 23
Water Service Assessments, cost of services laid
9,691 29
$10,149 52
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$4,289 72
Boston Lead Manufacturing Co., pipe
367 65
George K. Paul & Co., pipe
1,363 52
Whittier Machine Co., pipe
18 43
Chadwick Lead Works, pipe
24 75
Grundy Brass Works, pipe .
2 00
Somerville Iron Foundry Co., castings .
588 37
Amounts carried forward .
$6,654 44
$10,149 52
142
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $6,654 44
$10,149 52
Osgood & Hart, castings
201 33
Dalton & Ingersoll, fittings
1,048 14
Boston Bolt Co., fittings
66 75
Henry McShane & Co., fittings,
142 11
A. J. Morse & Son, fittings
1 50
Sumner & Goodwin, fittings
387 88
Walworth Manfg. Co., fittings
208 01
William F. Wood & Co., tools
6 00
Guptill & Steers, tools
2 00
Boston Belting Co., washers
22 66
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves, 21 52
H. H. Harvey, steel .
1 43
Braman, Dow, & Co., pipe .
14 76
Jaques Brothers, pattern work
42 40
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., taps
11 43
Albert Kenneson, old lead
3 78
J. McCarthy's Sons, charcoal
2 10
Waldo Brothers, cement
12 50
E. Van Noorden, solder
7 25
Henry C. Hunt & Co., leather
12 50
Globe Gas Light Co., torch
4 25
W. I. Heald, axe
1 00
Charles McGuire, blacksmithing,
3 00
E. Spalding, robes
19 30
Sturtevant Brothers, horse .
150 00
Philip Eberle, rubber boots
7 50
Sylvester & Co., keys .
12 00
Abram French & Co., globes
7 75
James F. Davlin, plumbing
122 54
William B. Holmes, plumbing
1 96
Richard Dowd, plumbing
33 28
J. A. Durell, hardware
10 10
Howe & Flint, hardware
95
D. W. Crocker, repairing wagon,
27 25
Hosmer, Crampton, & Hammond, hay and grain . 111 19
Amounts carried forward .
$9,382 56
$10,149 52
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143
Amounts brought forward. . $9,382 56
$10,149 52
Samuel Walker & Co., oil . 4 20
Thomas Hollis, drugs 3 50
Somerville Journal Co., stationery,
4 00
Hooper, Lewis, & Co., stationery,
1 00
Thorpe's Express, expressing
3 00
H. J. West, overcharge on pipe .
1 50
E. G. Brown, water service
13 74
$9,413 50
Water Maintenance, balance trans-
ferred
736 02
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$10,149 52
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry persons, water
services ·
$9,597 63
Balance to debit in account 1891 .
2,196 45
$11,794 08
DEBIT.
Balance from 1889
$2,102 79
Water Services, service pipes laid in 1890 . ·
9,691 29
$11,794 08
WATERING STREETS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$4,000 00 Cash, received of abutters . .
6,024 36
Amount carried forward . ·
$10,024 36
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Amount brought forward . $10,024 36
DEBIT.
Cash, paid N. C. Barker, overseeing $434 40
Disbursements 45
Christopher Burke, watering 400 50
Frank Buttimer, watering .
404 10
Owen Cunningham, watering J. F. Elkins, watering
370 35
260 55
Richard Falvey, watering .
391 05
Charles Faulkner, watering
416 25
Martin Gill, watering .
424 80
Henry Gray, watering
412 65
George McKenna, watering
474 30
Henry McAvoy, watering .
421 20
Jeremiah McCarthy, watering
184 95
Daniel O'Brien, watering
119 25
A. B. Prichard, watering
414 45
A. M. Prescott, watering John Walsh, watering .
463 05
Studebaker Brothers Manufac- turing Company, watering cart, 465 00 Old Colony Railroad Company, freight 20 00 ·
L. S. Emery, painting carts
130 00
F. H. Flagg, repairing carts
44 40
P. E. Somers, repairing carts
2 00
W. H. Richardson, repairing
carts
3 25
Charles W. Ingalls, repairing carts
10 00
L. A. Wright, repairing carts 22 80
D. J. Bennett, repairing carts
1 75
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing
107 66
Boston Woven Hose Company, hose
12 18
City of Boston, water
2,725 79
Amounts carried forward .
$9,603 78
$10,024 36
466 65
is
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Amounts brought forward . $9,603 78 $10,024 36
Citizen Publishing Company, ad- vertising .
6 00
J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising, 6 00
McDonnell Bros., advertising .
6 50
Highways account, paving .
120 75
Water Maintenance account,stand- pipes, etc.
97 63
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery,
4 50
$9,845 16
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account .
179 20
$10,024 36
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE D.
BALANCES DECEMBER 31, 1890.
Cash
$20,285 15
City and Water Loan Bonds 194,000 00
Public Property .
1,547,167 93
Real-estate Liens
55 44
State of Massachusetts, State Aid,
4,919 50
State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors 649 00
State of Massachusetts, Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, Sidewalk Assessments
70 00
4,548 24
Sewer Assessments
6,931 10
Taxes
164,632 78
Water Service Assessments
2,196 45
Funded Debt
$1,057,500 00
Highland Schoolhouse addition,
1,209 06
Overlay and Abatement
12,207 77
Overplus on Tax Sales
102 13
Property and Debt Balance
489,667 93
Public Library
131 91
Sundry Persons .
372 60
Schoolhouse in Ward Two .
600 00
Schoolhouse in Ward Two, Pros- pect Hill District
33,712 32
Schoolhouse in Ward Three
26,819 98
Temporary Loans
.
323,000 00
Water-works Extension
131 89
$1,945,455 59
$1,945,455 59
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REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 11, 1891.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 11, 1891.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1890.
HON. CHARLES G. POPE, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. CHARLES B. OSGOOD, President of the Common Council, ex officio. .
MEMBERS.
WARD ONE.
* H. P. HEMENWAY, M. D., 143 Perkins Street Term expires 1890.
S. NEWTON CUTLER, 28 Flint Street
1891.
HORACE C. WHITE, M. D., 149 Perkins Street 66 1892.
WARD TWO.
CHARLES I. SHEPARD, 33 Vinal Avenue . ALPHONZO H. CARVILL, 18 Bow Street
Term expires 1890.
1891.
JAMES F. BEARD, 17 Prospect Hill Avenue
66 1892.
WARD THREE.
WILLIAM P. HILL, Sycamore Street . NORMAN W. BINGHAM, 235 School Street ·
Term expires 1890.
1891.
Q. E. DICKERMAN, Highland Avenue
66 1892.
WARD FOUR.
MARTIN W. CARR, Craigie Street .
Term expires 1890.
. MRS. ADDIE B. UPHAM, 36 Newbury Street
1891.
GILES W. BRYANT, M. D., 396 Highland Ave.
66 1892.
C. E. MELENEY, Superintendent and Secretary, 40 Greenville Street.
Office, 4 Walnut Street, corner of Bow Street, Union Square. Office hours, from 4 to 5 P. M., each day that the schools are in session.
* Deceased. Vacancy filled by election of Sanford Hanscom, M. D., April 23, 1890.
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STANDING COMMITTEES, 1890.
High School. - MESSRS. CARVILL, BINGHAM, DICKERMAN, BEARD, CUTLER, WHITE, CARR, HANSCOM.
On Schools in East Somerville District. - MESSRS. WHITE, CUTLER, HANSCOM. On Schools in Prospect Hill District. - MESSRS. SHEPARD, BEARD, MAYOR POPE, CARVILL.
On Schools in Winter Hill District. - MESSRS. BINGHAM, DICKERMAN, OSGOOD, HILL. On Schools in Spring Hill District. - MR. CARR, MRS. UPHAM, DR. BRYANT. On Schools in West Somerville District. - DR. BRYANT, MRS. UPHAM, MR. CARR. On Rules and Regulations. - MESSRS. SHEPARD, CUTLER, HILL.
On Examination of Teachers. - MRS. UPHAM, MESSRS. WHITE, DICKERMAN. On Text-Books. - MESSRS. BEARD, DICKERMAN, HANSCOM, CARR, BINGHAM, WHITE, SHEPARD.
On Music. - MESSRS. BEARD, CUTLER, BINGHAM, BRYANT. On Evening Schools. - MESSRS. DICKERMAN, CARR, CUTLER, SHEPARD. . On Drawing and Penmanship. - MESSRS. DICKERMAN, CUTLER, SHEPARD, BEARD. On Industrial Education. - MESSRS. CUTLER, SHEPARD, CARVILL, MRS. UPHAM, MESSRS. HILL, CARR.
On Approval of Private Schools. - MESSRS. OSGOOD, BEARD, MRS. UPHAM. On School Supplies. - MESSRS. CARR, HANSCOM, CARVILL, WHITE. On Finance. - MESSRS. WHITE, BEARD, OSGOOD.
On Salaries. - MESSRS. BINGHAM, SHEPARD, BRYANT, CUTLER.
On Repairs and Heating Apparatus. - MESSRS. HANSCOM, CARR, CARVILL, CUTLER. On Additional School Accommodations. - MAYOR POPE, MESSRS. CARR, BRYANT, CARVILL, WHITE, BINGHAM.
On Fuel .- MESSRS. HILL, CARVILL, OSGOOD.
On Examination of Ninth Class. - MRS. UPHAM, MESSRS. BINGHAM, SHEPARD, HANSCOM.
On Examination of Eighth Class. - MESSRS. CARVILL, BRYANT.
On Examination of Seventh Class. - MESSRS. BEARD, OSGOOD.
On Examination of Sixth Class. - MESSRS. WHITE, CARR.
On Examination of Fifth Class. - MESSRS. CUTLER, HILL.
On Examination of Fourth Class. - MESSRS. DICKERMAN, SHEPARD.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1891.
HON. CHARLES G. POPE, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio.
FRANK E. DICKERMAN, President of the Common Council, ex officio.
MEMBERS.
WARD ONE.
S. NEWTON CUTLER, 28 Flint Street Term expires 1891.
HORACE C. WHITE, M. D., 149 Perkins Street ·
66 1892.
SANFORD HANSCOM, M. D., 1 Webster Street
66
1893.
WARD TWO.
A. H. CARVILL, M. D., 18 Bow Street JAMES F. BEARD, 17 Prospect Hill Avenue
T. M. DURELL, M. D., 23 Bow Street
Term expires 1891.
66
66 1893.
WARD THREE.
NORMAN W. BINGHAM, 235 School Street
Term expires 1891.
Q. E. DICKERMAN, Highland Avenue
66
1892.
HELEN J. SANBORN, 383 Broadway
66
66 1893.
WARD FOUR.
MRS. ADDIE B. UPHAM, 36 Newbury Street GILES W. BRYANT, M. D., 396 Highland Avenue
Term expires 1891.
66
66 1892.
MARTIN W. CARR, Craigie Street
66 1893.
C. E. MELENEY, Superintendent and Secretary, 40 Greenville Street.
Office, 4 Walnut Street. Office hours, from 4 to 5 P. M., each day that the schools are in session.
1892.
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1891.
High School. - MESSRS. BINGHAM, Q. E. DICKERMAN, CARVILL, DURELL, WHITE, CUTLER, CARR, .MRS. UPHAM.
Schools in East Somerville District. - MESSRS. CUTLER, HANSCOM, WHITE. Schools in Prospect Hill District. - MR. BEARD, MAYOR POPE, MESSRS. CARVILL, DURELL. Schools in Winter Hill District. - MESSRS. Q. E. DICKERMAN, F. E. DICKERMAN, MISS SANBORN, MR. BINGHAM.
Schools in Spring Hill District. - MR. CARR, MRS. UPHAM, DR. BRYANT. Schools in West Somerville District. - MRS. UPHAM, MESSRS. CARR, BRYANT. Rules and Regulations. - MESSRS. CUTLER, BRYANT, Q. E. DICKERMAN.
Examination of Teachers. - MRS. UPHAM, MESSRS. Q. E. DICKERMAN, HANSCOM. Text-Books. - MESSRS. Q. E. DICKERMAN, HANSCOM, CARR, MISS SANBORN, MESSRS. WHITE, DURELL, BEARD.
Music. - DR. DURELL, MRS. UPHAM, DR. HANSCOM, MISS SANBORN. Evening Schools. - MESSRS. CARR, Q. E. DICKERMAN, HANSCOM, CARVILL. Drawing and Penmanship. - MISS SANBORN, MESSRS. BEARD, Q. E. DICKERMAN, DURELL.
Industrial Education. -- DR. CARVILL, MRS. UPHAM, MISS SANBORN, MESSRS. CARR, BEARD, CUTLER.
Approval of Private Schools. - MESSRS. F. E. DICKERMAN, BEARD, BRYANT.
School Supplies. - MESSRS. WHITE, BINGHAM, CARVILL, CARR.
Finance. - MESSRS. BEARD, F. E. DICKERMAN, HANSCOM. Salaries. - MESSRS. BRYANT, CUTLER, BINGHAM, DURELL.
Repairs and Heating Apparatus. - MESSRS. HANSCOM, CARVILL, CUTLER, BRYANT. Additional School Accommodations. - MAYOR POPE, MESSRS. CUTLER, BEARD, Q. E. DICKERMAN, CARR.
Fuel. - MESSRS. CARVILL, F. E. DICKERMAN, BINGHAM. Examination of Ninth Class. - MESSRS. BRYANT, CARVILL, HANSCOM. Examination of Eighth Class. - MESSRS. BEARD, Q. E. DICKERMAN. Examination of Seventh Class. - MESSRS. CARR, WHITE. Examination of Sixth Class. - MISS SANBORN, MR. CUTLER. Examination of Fifth Class. - MESSRS. Q. E. DICKERMAN, DURELL. Examination of Fourth Class. - MRS. UPHAM, MR. BINGHAM.
REPORT
OF
COMMITTEE ON HIGH SCHOOL.
To the School Committee of the City of Somerville : -
In conformity to the action taken by the committee early in the year, I respectfully submit the following report upon the condition of the High School of this city for the year 1890.
The year has been every way pleasant and prosperous. The great increase in the size of the school has come from the unusually large number that remain in the upper classes. Miss Short returned from her year's vacation and entered upon her work in September. We were obliged to increase the teaching force, which was done by retaining Miss Clarke, who substituted for Miss Short last year. There has been no teacher of physical training or of elocution, be- cause there is no room for them in the present building.
The great and urgent need of the High School is still that to which the attention of the citizens has been called by every school report for the last six years - that of more accommodations. With out this, little can be done to improve the school. Several years ago the hall was divided into school-rooms. This year the increased number of pupils made it necessary to place desks in every available space of every room. This seemed the only possible way of getting through this year. But the rooms are over-crowded, the ventilation is poor, and the air bad in spite of the most vigilant efforts of the teachers. The ventilation could be greatly improved at small expense by connecting the ventilating shaft with a receiving chamber in the
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attic, and removing the air from this chamber by an exhaust fan. This, with a slight change in the mode of heating, would make a good system of ventilation.
When this school first occupied the present High School build- ing, March 4, 1872, it contained one hundred and fifty pupils and six teachers, a teacher to every twenty-five pupils. In September of this year it contained four hundred and eighty-seven pupils and ten teachers, a teacher to every forty-nine pupils. In a high school, with this very large number of pupils per teacher, it is impossible to do satisfactory work or justice to the scholars. But even these figures do not represent the full amount of crowding in the lower classes, where the average is nearly sixty to a teacher.
The City Government seems thoroughly convinced of the urgent necessity for more accommodations for the High School, and it is confidently expected that arrangements will be made early in the year for the erection of a new building. This should be for an English high school, so that we may have both an English and a classical high school, in accordance with the recommendations of the annual report of the School Board, adopted by unanimous vote in 1888. It should furnish accommodations for at least four hundred pupils, and should provide all the facilities for teaching mechanical and free-hand drawing, gymnastics, and military drill. It should also provide a complete outfit to supplement the course of manual training and industrial education. It would be economical to locate these rooms thus centrally, so that they could be used by pupils from the various grammar schools of the city.
The only change in the course this year has been the introduc- tion of military drill once a week, under the efficient discipline of Captain Kirk. The battalion was organized in September, and one hundred and ninety-two of the one hundred and ninety-eight boys voluntarily took up the drill. Although they have received no mus- kets, the exercises have been. highly beneficial physically, and the carriage of the students in the school-room and upon the streets already shows what can be done by systematic, well-directed exercise. They should be provided with muskets by the 1st of February, and should have two hours drill per week.
An intimate acquaintance with the school as administered by the principal, under all the disadvantages of crowded rooms and lack of teaching force, convinces your committee that the city is fortunate in
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having a man of Mr. Baxter's scholarship and faithfulness at the head of the High School. It is a pleasure to bear testimony to the fact that all the teachers second his efforts loyally. He has seen the school double in the number of pupils to each teacher, and his duties have more than doubled, and yet his students go into college and maintain their rank there with the three best schools in the state.
A. H. CARVILL.
REPORT
OF
COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
SOMERVILLE, MASS., December 29, 1890. To the School Committee : -
In accordance with the vote of the Board, the committee on industrial education have prepared the following report for the year 1890 :-
It affords us much pleasure to be able to report substantial prog- ress in our department, the most noteworthy event being the introduc. tion of mechanical drawing.
On the 24th of February your committee, realizing the need of providing something in the way of manual training for the boys, recommended an appropriation of fifteen hundred dollars for the establishment of a school in wood-working. This recommendation was adopted by the Board, and the amount included in the annual budget, but failed to meet the approval of the City Council.
At the same time your committee suggested the advisability of introducing mechanical drawing into the eighth and ninth grades, and subsequently, May 26, reported a course of instruction in this branch for the boys of all the grammar grades, to be given during the hour occupied by the girls in sewing. June 30, the Board adopted
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the recommendation, and at the opening of the school year in Sep- tember the following course was introduced : -
MECHANICAL DRAWING AND CONSTRUCTION.
FOURTH YEAR. - I. DRAWING.
Tools : rule and pencil.
1. Draw horizontal, vertical, and oblique parallel lines.
2. Locating lines at given distances (arrangement).
3. Dividing lines into inches, 1/2 in., 14 in., 7/8 in .; bisecting, etc.
4. Measuring books, slates, desks, etc. Laying off lines of exact measurements.
5. Draw squares and oblongs by aid of cards with square cor- ners ; angles ; crosses.
6. Practical applications of above at teacher's discretion.
7. Application of above to work in arithmetic.
II. CONSTRUCTION.
Material : sticks, tablets, and paper (manila and colored).
1. Folding squares ; diameters and diagonals, areas, circles, diameter, and radius.
2. Cutting quadrilaterals and triangles, crosses ; developments, patterns of cube, to correspond with the free-hand drawing.
3. Clay modeling : tiles, fruit, and leaves.
FIFTH YEAR. - I. DRAWING.
Tools : pencil, rule, angle 45 degrees, compass and pencil.
1. Review work of fourth year. Teach 16 inch.
2. Draw quadrilaterals (all the parallelograms) and triangles (by taking half the quadrilaterals).
3. Draw patterns of cube, square, and triangular prisms, rec- tangular box. All drawings to measurement.
4. Draw circles : diameters, semicircle, and quadrant.
5. Draw fractions of a circle : 1/2, 14, 18, 1/3, 1/6.
II. CONSTRUCTION.
Materials : manila paper, card-board, paste. Tools : scissors, knife, cutting-board.
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1. Continue and review work of fourth year.
2. Make tablets of card-board as above ; fractions of circles ; maps of paper and card-board. Cut out all forms drawn, to test accuracy.
3. Make patterns as above, and paste.
4. Clay modeling as in fourth grade ; make clay maps.
SIXTH YEAR. - I. DRAWING.
Tools : pencil, rules, angle 45 degrees, pencil and compass.
1. Review previous work. Begin drawing to scale, half size and quarter size.
2. Draw all quadrilaterals. All triangles.
3. Draw patterns as before, adding equilateral-triangular prism.
4. Divide circles into thirds and sixths. Draw hexagon.
5. Ellipse (string and pins), vase forms, shields, etc.
6. Block letters.
7. Simple problems in plain figures.
II. CONSTRUCTION.
Material : clay, manila paper, card-board, soft wood, paste,
glue.
Tools : scissors, knives.
1. Construct figures drawn.
2. Invention.
3. Make letters.
4. Make fractions.
5. Make maps.
6. Clay : tiles, bas reliefs, maps, invention of designs in clay.
SEVENTH YEAR. - I. DRAWING.
Tools : pencils, rules, angles, pencil and compasses, T square, and drawing-board.
1. Review work of previous grades. Draw to scale, 1 inch equals 1 foot.
2. All quadrilaterals and triangles to scale and upon given lines ; erect perpendiculars.
3. Inscribe triangles, squares, and hexagons in circles.
4. Draw ellipse and oval.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
5. Draw surface patterns as in drawing-book and working drawings.
6. Lettering. Designs for ornaments.
7. Continue geometric problems involving the circle, inscribing and circumscribing.
II. CONSTRUCTION.
Material : clay, card-board, soft wood, paste, glue. Tools : knives, try square.
1. Construct all forms drawn of paper, card-board, or wood.
2. Continue work of previous grades.
3. Test the accuracy of all forms by cutting out, dissecting, and applying.
EIGHTH YEAR. - I. DRAWING.
Tools : same as for seventh grade.
1. Review work of previous grades. Draw to scale, 1/2 inch and 14 inch equals 1 foot.
2. Draw all polygons. Circumscribe and inscribe.
3. Draw stars corresponding to polygons drawn.
4. Draw surface patterns of solids, base corresponding to poly- gons drawn.
5. Draw working drawings of same, including simple sections.
6. Lettering. Designs for ornamental work.
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