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The introduction of science, algebra, geometry, and foreign lan- guages into the grammar-school curriculum has been attempted in some cities, and our committee on course of study was requested to consider the subject. Such an addition is possible, and perhaps de- sirable, but it should be done on the elective principle. From a third to a half or more of our pupils are capable of doing the work in arithmetic, geography, history, and language in about half of the school year in any grammar grade. For these there should be the opportunity of electing algebra and geometry in lieu of certain work in arithmetic, other science for a part of the geography, readings in literature or general history for some now required. These electives should be open also to pupils who have no aptitude for certain of the regular old-time studies. There should be ample opportunity for laboratory work, for private reading and study, and greater facilities for individual work and instruction. We may not be able to afford all this, but private institutions do it, and the public will before long demand it.
The question is asked, Can anything be done in this direction ? Yes, by fitting up a room in each building for this special work, by employing one extra teacher to look after electives and superintend- ing individual work. Many of the regular teachers could, without assistance, make a beginning. It need not cost much to start some- thing in an experimental way. Is not this worthy of special consid- eration ?
HIGH SCHOOL.
The need of an English High School is discussed in another part of this report, but justice to our present excellent school de- serves something more than a passing notice. The report of last year set forth truly and faithfully the great work that is being done there. No similar school in the State stands higher in the estimation of the institutions which receive our students. No preparatory course excels for completeness, and no instructors anywhere surpass ours in reputation for thoroughness and scholarship. Considering the disadvantages in the way of accommodations and appliances, it is wonderful that so much has been accomplished. No corps of
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teachers in the State has had to work at such disadvantage. This overwork has told most seriously upon Mr. Baxter, the honored and beloved principal, who, always taking upon himself more than his share of the burdens, has labored all the sessions and many extra hours overtime to save others, to put up with inconveniences, to economize in books and supplies, and to accommodate all comers. His patience and long suffering can never be repaid by the school committee or the people of Somerville, and, I fear, will never be appreciated. None but constant visitors at the school can realize the amount of detail and the interminable perplexities with which the office of principal is burdened, and never have I seen him im- patient, discouraged, or disconcerted. At last, without warning, he was obliged to give up, for a time at least, and seek much-needed rest. In his absence the responsibility has fallen upon the other principal teachers, Miss Fox taking his place in the most important work of his department. Substitutes have been appointed, and it is hoped no detriment will be experienced. The services of the head teachers, especially Miss Fox, cannot be over-estimated at this time, and I am happy to testify to their efficiency and their admirable spirit. It is now fully realized that the time has come to begin the organization of a new English High School. Until then very little change can be made in the methods of instruction or in the course of study, which should be done each year to meet the requirements of higher institutions and the conditions of active life. Nothing can be introduced successfully for want of room. Two years ago free-hand drawing was introduced, but under such unfavorable circumstances that the results were very meagre, and has now been discontinued for want of a teacher and a suitable room. Mechanical drawing was also begun, but has not advanced beyond the drawing of geometric problems, for want of room. Physical culture was begun, and good results were coming; but this year nothing has been attempted out- side the class-room of elocution, because the large rooms are so crowded. Military drill was started, but had to be abandoned be- cause there was no place that could be fitted up as an armory and no convenient place to drill, and because there was no money to expend for guns. All of these exercises conflicted more or less with the existing classes. There was no time as well as no room.
There are changes that ought to be made in the High School curriculum and in the methods of study and text-books in use.
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These can all best be made when a new organization is effected. In the mean time the present course is being carried out with commend- able spirit, method, and result.
GRADUATION.
The graduating exercises of the High School took place in the First M. E. Church, as usual, on Tuesday, June 30th, and were very creditable to the school and to those who took part. Mayor Pope awarded the diplomas to sixty-eight graduates, this being the largest class on record.
The following is the programme : -
THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1891, AT 9 A. M.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
PRAYER. REV. CHARLES A. SKINNER.
SINGING .*- Ave Verum. Gounod.
1. SALUTATORY IN LATIN.
JOHN P. SYLVESTER.
2. ESSAY. Man the Architect of His Own Fortune. ELLA L. DANIELS.
3. READING. THE SECOND TRIAL. S. W. Kellogg.
LYDIA SPENCER.
SINGING. - DUET AND CHORUS : "Lobegesang." Mendelssohn.
4. DECLAMATION. THE TRUE USE OF WEALTH. Ruskin.
ARTHUR E. HAM.
5. Das Hufeisen.
FLORENCE I. BORNS, JULIA A. COONEY, MAUDE T. COWDIN,
FRANCIS D. CARR, HENRY F. SANDER.
SINGING. - SONG OF THE VIKINGS. Faning. ( Scored for orchestra by S. Henry Hadley.)
6. ESSAY. " Is mirth so tremendous a Crime ?" J. EDWIN LACOUNT.
7. READING. THE SLAVE'S LULLABY. Edwards.
LAURA L. LEIGHTON.
* Singing accompanied by Hadley's Orchestra.
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VIOLIN SOLO. - ROMANZE. Svendsen.
HUGH LEICHTENTRITT.
3. SCENE FROM SHAKESPEARE.
SAMUEL C. EARLE, IRVING J. ENSLIN, PETER S. MCADAMS, WILLIAM R. WHITEHORNE,
( Original version in Greek.) LIZZIE E. DOE, LUELLA M. EATON, ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH.
RECESS.
MUSIC. - WALTZES ( For orchestra. ) : Das erste Waldveilchen. H. K. Hadley.
SINGING. - BALLAD FOR SOLO, CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA : The Fairies. H. K. Hadley.
9. Les chapeaux.
MAUD P. BRACKETT, MIRIAM A. CAVANAGH,
HERBERT E. BUFFUM,
FREDERICK W. COOK, FRANK B. HARMON,
FLORENCE N. DAY, FRANCES O. GILSON,
MABELLE W. HOUGHTON,
LILIAN T. KING,
ELIZABETH T. MAGUIRE,
FREDERIC S. HAYNES, FRED HALEY, JOHN B. MERRIFIELD, ARTHUR N. PARK.
F. MABEL NORCROSS,
10. READING. MASSACRE OF ZOROASTER. LIZZIE M. CARVILL.
F. Marion Crawford.
11. POEM. Pandora. SINGING. - WALTZ IDYL: The Magic of Spring. Weinzierl.
12. READING. HOW PEGGY HELD THE FORT. Bradley.
CORA C. HOWES.
13. PROPHECIES.
NORMAN W. BINGHAM, JR. MARGARET F. BERTON.
14. VALEDICTORY.
15. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS. BY HIS HONOR MAYOR POPE.
16. PARTING HYMN. Written by MIRIAM L. WOODBERRY.
MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS.
Florence Irene Borns. Maud Parsons Brackett. May Gertrude Canfield. Miriam Agnes Cavanagh. Maud Rose Connolly. Julia Agnes Cooney.
Fred Haley. Arthur Elias Ham. Frank Badger Harmon. Harry Merritt Haven. Frederic Sherman Haynes. James William Hyson.
JOSEPHINE C. BRAY.
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Ella Louise Daniels.
Arthur Nelson Park.
Frederick Leonard Richards. Henry Franklin Sander.
John Cary Spring. George Robbins Winslow
*Leona May Goodspeed. Jessie Annie Handley. Grace Anna Hitchcock. Mabelle Waugh Houghton.
Course Preparatory to College.
Norman Williams Bingham, Jr.
Joseph Arthur Clark.
Jerome Ford Dewing.
Samuel Chandler Earle.
Laura Louise Leighton.
Irving Judson Enslin.
Elizabeth Theresa Maguire.
Timothy Francis Goulding.
John Edwin Lacount.
Hugh Leichtentritt.
Peter Stephens McAdams.
Felix Francis McGirr.
John Blaisdell Merrifield.
Franklin Osborne Poole.
Ira Andrew Smith.
Helen Bland Thomas.
Miriam Louise Woodberry.
William Risby Whitehorne.
Frank Henry Wilkins.
Warren Harrison Beckley.
Herbert Edwin Buffum.
Francis Daniel Carr.
Lizzie Maud Carvill.
Joseph Arthur Connelly.
Maude Tannatt Cowdin.
Frederick White Cook.
Lizzie Edith Doe.
James Avery Daniels.
Luella Miranda Eaton.
Wilfred James Doyle.
Elizabeth Goldsmith.
Frank Leonard Eastman.
Bozenka Annie Haderbölets.
* Diploma not received on account of the omission of a part of the Course of Study
GRADUATION.
The graduation of the grammar classes took place in the First M. E. Church on Thursday evening, July 2d, in the presence of a large audience. Addresses were made by Rev. Charles G. Ames, of Boston, and Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, of Cambridge, a member of the State Board of Education. The addresses were inspiring to the pupils and to their friends, and marked a fitting close to an important course of study. Mayor Pope conferred the diplomas,
Florence Nathalie Day. Annie Catherine Garde. Frances Olive Gilson.
*Cora Cotelle Howes. Gertrude Greenwood Kendall. Lilian Tibbetts King.
Mabel Elizabeth Mansir.
Grace Tilden Merritt. Mirion Helen Milner.
*Annie Franklin Mullin. Florence Mabel Norcross. Josephine Smith. Lydia Spencer.
John Percival Sylvester.
Margaret Frances Berton.
Josephine Compton Bray.
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accompanying this duty with appropriate and valuable advice. The programme was as follows : -
PROGRAMME.
PART I.
1. GRAND OPERA SELECTION. "Bohemian Girl." Balfe.
ORCHESTRA.
2. PRAYER. REV. W. H. PIERSON.
3. * SINGING. - ANTHEM ( EVEN-SONG). "The Radiant Morn
Hath Passed Away."
Woodward.
( Arranged for orchestra by S. Henry Hadley. ) COMBINED GRADUATING CLASSES.
4. ADDRESS. REV. CHARLES G. AMES, D. D.
PART II.
5. * SINGING. a. SEMI-CHORUS. "Stars Look O'er the Sea." Smart. b. CHORUS. "May-Day Sports." Gounod.
6. ADDRESS. MRS. ALICE FREEMAN PALMER.
7. * SINGING. - TWO-PART SONG. "Music on the Waves." Glover
( Girls' Voices. )
8. ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES AND CONFERRING OF DIPLOMAS. MAYOR CHARLES G. POPE.
9. * SINGING. - " SOLDIERS' CHORUS" from "Faust." Gounod.
* Singing accompanied by Hadley's orchestra, under the direction of S. Henry Hadley, teacher of music in the schools.
GRADUATES.
PRESCOTT SCHOOL.
Adah G. Aldrich. Bessie Baker. Ida M. Coldrick. Ada A. Cole. Sarah M. Cram.
Joseph J. McAdams. Angela M. Medros. Mabel C. Mortimer. Effie C. Norris. Imelda K. Peate.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Lena N. Crane.
Alice G. Peck.
Louisa J. Price.
Ruby C. Cutter. Mabel Dakin.
Edith N. Putney.
Bessie D. Davis.
Arthur S. Rice.
Evelyn A. Davis.
Emma M. Rich.
William T. Dole.
Frank L. Rumney.
George H. Dustin.
Arthur B. Sanborn
Lucy B. Fitch.
Edith Staples.
John M. Fitzpatrick.
Mabel Stockbridge
Ethel C. French.
George E. Turner.
Fred E. Giles.
Edwin L. Waite.
Mabel M. Ham.
Gertrude M. Watkeys.
Louise R. Hemenway.
Etta E. Webber.
Walter C. Henderson.
Eva F. Wessells.
Herbert P. Hill.
Alice F. West.
Sadie C. Johnson.
Nellie F. Wood.
Carolyn F. Lapham.
Alice V. Woodcock
EDGERLY SCHOOL.
Alfred L. Barrett.
Wallace A. Leonard.
Dora P. Bearse.
Ida L. Lincoln.
Harold L. Chandler.
Carrie E. Mills.
Florence E. Cate.
Walter A. Rice.
Ella E. Collins.
Harry O. Ray.
Etta M. Cromwell.
Edward G. Russell.
Edwin S. Dillon.
Frederick C. Ross.
Herbert E. Enslin.
Ethel I. Wentworth
Evelyn H. Furbush.
Cora E. Winterton.
Ida C. Freeman.
Herbert A. White.
Maggie M. Fraser.
L. Arthur Woodward.
Thomas H. Gill.
Charles I. Teague.
Joseph F. Golden.
Percy E. Thayer.
Carlotta A. Gilchrest.
Emma L. Tompkins
Myrtie L. Goodspeed.
Walter I. Smith.
Binney L. Harding. Frank F. Hultman.
Emma P. Sands.
May G. Hatchell.
H. Agnes Sewall.
J. Elmer Kauler.
Abbie D. Southworth.
George E. Lowell.
LUTHER V. BELL SCHOOL.
James Adams. Grace M. Bardwell. Wilbur E. Barnes.
John Hart. Orvis L. Hill. Daniel F. Keane.
Idella L. Kibbe.
Dorothea M. Benson.
Ida M. Sylvester.
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Frank S. Boyd.
Josephine M. Kimball. .
Fred Ellsworth Brown.
John H. Long.
Elizabeth C. Brown.
Regina B. R. Leichtentritt
Nellie A. Brown.
Emma May Lyman.
Lorenzo W. Burlen.
Arthur N. Maddison.
Maud E. Burroughs.
Louis N. Mathews.
Mamie R. Caldwell.
William May.
Clara L. Came.
John B. McAvoy.
James J. Carr.
Charles F. McCaffrey.
Susie M. Caswell.
Annie A. MacDonald.
Alfred M. Cutler.
Mary M. McGann.
Louise M. Cuddy.
George B. Mclaughlin.
Edward C. Daley.
Earnest B. McLean.
J. Louise Deacon.
Amy E. Meserve.
Margaret S. R. Douglas.
Edna M. Milner.
William C. Drouet.
Harry J. North.
Carrie J. Durant.
Rose L. O'Neil.
Herbert F. Dwyer.
Isabel G. Rinn.
John J. Earl, Jr.
James Robb.
Charles E. Eveleth.
Edward F. Saunders.
Alice M. Eugley.
Charles A. Saunders.
William H. Flaherty.
Chester W. Sellon.
Catherine A. Fitzgibbon.
Grace F. Simons.
Harvey Frost.
Ambrose F. Smith.
Maud E. Gibbs.
Charles E. Smith.
Willie T. Gill.
Louise M. Sturtevant.
Camilla E. Gilpatrick.
Frederick L. Wilkins.
Valentine Earl Gilson.
Joseph E. Wiley.
Nellie M. Gray.
Katie E. Williston.
George H. Grout.
Cora L. Wood.
Clarence P. Johnson.
Edwin S. Worden.
Katie May Jones.
Edward J. Young
FORSTER SCHOOL.
Arthur W. Collins.
Helen H. Davis.
Louis G. Columbus.
Mary L. Desmond.
Frank W. Currier.
Florence S. Hartshorn.
Burley D. Gould.
Florence M. Hunt.
Lemuel G. Hodgkins.
Mary B. Ingham.
Carroll Q. Jones. Arthur I. Kendall.
Mary A. Lamont.
Harold H. Martin.
Lena M. McDonald.
John J. McCormack.
Alice S. Mayhew.
James J. Murphy.
Lillian G. Miles.
Edward W. Perkins.
A. Florence Nichols.
Mary C. Haderbölets.
Blanche E. Kendall.
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Harry O. Pratt. Joseph A. Rearson.
James Robinson.
William B. Smith.
Harry E. Stewart. Robert C. Woodberry.
Ara L. Tinkham.
Emma L. Bacon.
Nettie L. Whipple.
Winnifred P. Briggs.
Lena T. Whittemore.
Honora M. Cotter.
Mary C. Wyman.
MORSE SCHOOL.
Chester K. Appley.
George N. Stoppell.
George Francis Ashley.
Harry Augustus Worthen.
Oliver F. Brastow.
Alice Amelia Beckwith.
Harry W. Brown.
Laura May Bezanson.
Edward Francis Collins.
Alice G. Birmingham.
Robert B. Collupy.
Emily Josephine Burdakin.
Herbert Edwin Cook.
Florence S. Conant.
Henry B. Day.
Alice Celeste Daniels.
Albert A. Densmore.
Clarence Edward Dow.
Charles L. Downes.
Clarence O. Fernald.
Edmund A. Healey.
Michael Francis Kelly.
Mabelle Adelia Gilson.
Joseph M. P. Kingman.
Bessie Parker Jackman.
William T. Knowlton.
Charles Adams Landers.
Timima Logan. Nellie Theresa Murphy.
Elmer R. Libby. Thomas E. Marchant.
Alice Eames Palmer.
J. Joseph McNamara.
William J. Purcell.
Annie L. Pauly.
William Worcester Ramsay.
Louie Gertrude Pitman.
Charles D. Richards.
Margaret A. Purcell.
George H. Riker.
Ella Maud Smith.
Martin James Ryan.
Lulu M. Smith.
D. Werter Skinner. Horace W. Soule.
Anna J. Stoppell.
Mabel Webber.
HIGHLAND SCHOOL.
May F. Aldrich. M. Clinton Bacon. Grace V. Benson.
Frederick M. Hollis. Gertrude M. Holt. Ella M. Hoyt.
Arthur Stern.
Martha B. Perkins.
N. Gertrude Record. Blanche M. Souther. Mabel L. Stone.
Mabelle W. Thomas.
Hattie R. Currier.
Mabel E. Dodge. Nettie A. Dodge. Ethel S. Fleming. Florence Cecelia Foster.
Mabel Frances Gilmore.
Alice Louise Noble.
Mabel Maud Parker.
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Bella Belyea.
Charles E. Keniston
Maud B. Belyea.
Frank I. Libbey.
Emily J. Bray.
Ida B. Litchfield.
Estelle M. Byrnes.
Gertrude S. Lovejoy.
Leon A. Cameron.
James F. Mahoney.
Maud F. M. Clark.
Grace A. Mason.
Francis A. Countway.
Lottie R. McKean.
Charles F. Crocker.
Alice M. Quirin.
Francis M. Dion.
Philinda P. Rand.
Mary A. Dodge.
Guy F. Raynes.
Charles R. Duhig.
Lizzie A. Richardson.
Georgina W. Durno.
Lillian M. Sargent.
Nellie E. Eames.
William L. Shedd.
Julia Gaskill.
Elizabeth C. Sweeney.
Alice L. Goldthwaite.
Frances M. Townsend.
Lillian A. Grant.
Nellie J. Wallace.
Eliza G. Gray.
Fannie H. Watkins.
Jeanette Gunsenhiser.
Catherine D. Wood.
Mary A. Haskell.
Martin Wax.
TEACHERS.
There have been thirteen resignations during the year. Three have been granted leave of absence for the year, and three others leave of absence during several months. There have been twenty- four transfers of teachers to other schools, and we have elected thirteen new teachers, including one male and one female principal, and appointed four on trial. The list of changes will be found in the record of proceedings, and have been so numerous that com- ment upon the several vacancies would be impossible.
It would, however, be impossible to overlook the services of Miss Elizabeth A. Herrick, who came here in November, 1888, to introduce and build up a system of instruction in drawing, the foun- dation of which she laid more firmly than any of us yet realize ; and Miss C. Isabelle Livingstone, our director of physical education, who inaugurated a work in our schools which has already won us fame. These two departments have accomplished much for our schools, and the loss of the builders has not yet been made good. Miss Herrick resigned to accept a position on the faculty of the College for the Training of Teachers in New York, as head of the depart- ment of art education, where we hope she will attain a success far
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in excess of her expectations. Miss Livingstone has taken a respon- sible position in an institution in Northampton. Her success is beyond question. She is a born teacher, and enthusiastic and pro- ficient in her chosen specialty.
The establishment of the new Charles G. Pope Grammar School brought to us Mr. George M. Wadsworth, a graduate of Brown University, and a teacher of successful experience in Adams and Quincy at the head of grammar schools, and in the Bedford district as superintendent of schools.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, allow me to acknowledge the kind consideration of the board and the cordial support rendered during the year. I wish to commend the faithfulness and co-operation of the teachers, and express my confidence in their ability and integrity of purpose and character. We are all indebted to an intelligent and apprecia- tive community for support and interested sympathy.
Respectfully submitted,
C. E. MELENEY,
Superintendent.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON DRAWING.
Prang's Educational Course in drawing, now in use in our public schools, since it is designed to underlie the whole course of study and to permeate every department of instruction, is one of the most important branches taught. The term " drawing " but inadequately expresses its office, since it deals not only with pictorial representa- tion, but, what is far more important, gives to the child an education in art, cultivating the æsthetic side of his nature at the same time that it trains the mind and the hand.
With the exception of the sewing for the girls and the privilege granted a few of attending classes in Sloyd and cooking in Boston, it is the only form of manual training furnished our pupils ; and its im- portance in this direction has been recognized in the fact that, by the new Rules and Regulations to go into effect at the beginning of the year, the whole subject is relegated to the committee on indus- trial education, to whom mechanical drawing was previously assigned. While this feature is made prominent, its other important functions should not be overlooked. In its thorough and systematic study of form and color, in its use of models and natural objects, and in its artistic treatment of "design," the powers of observation, reason, and judgment are brought into use; and the æsthetic faculties are given a development not furnished in any other way. That it is an artistic as well as a manual training should be duly recognized, and the former, rather than the latter, office should be constantly before the minds of all instructors.
So important and far-reaching a subject makes the need of a special instructor apparent. Miss Lizzie A. Herrick, during her term of service as special teacher, received the willing and able
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cooperation of all the teachers, and most satisfactory results in draw- ing were attained in all the schools. The excellence of the work was recognized by all who attended the manual training exhibition held in Boston in April, where the Somerville exhibit compared most favorably with that of other cities, and received high commendation for its " honesty, simplicity, and faithfulness." In June Miss Herrick resigned to accept a position at an increased salary in the New York College for Training Teachers. Since then the schools have been without a special teacher, and the experience of these few months has plainly shown that a supervisor is a necessity in order to keep the work up to the standard it had already attained. This need is felt most among the new teachers, but in all grades, and especially in those above the fourth, where new work is now being taken up, supervision and instruction are necessary for the best results.
The teachers of the eighth and ninth grades were called to- gether in November, and the work for the year outlined to them by an instructor from the Prang Educational Company. Prang's draw- ing books numbers seven and eight, to be supplemented in the usual way, were assigned to grades eight and nine, respectively. Mechanical drawing was given to girls in these grades for the first time, and is likely to be as popular among them as it has been among the boys.
Feeling the financial stress that has been upon the School Board this year, the drawing committee could not recommend a teacher at the salary formerly paid, and they have felt equally unwilling to pre- sent any candidate except one of marked ability and undoubted fitness for the position. At a salary of $700 a year for three days in the week, it is now possible to secure a most able supervisor, who would visit each school, except the High School, once a month, and give the teachers instruction at special meetings outside of school hours as often as may be found necessary. A more economical plan could scarcely be presented, and the committee believe the results will be satisfactory.
The drawing committee of last year called attention to the need of models, and this want has been met, partly, at least, by sets con- taining the simpler forms, such as the cube, sphere, cylinder, and cone, of a size suitable for the individual use of the pupils. A set of larger models, like Prang's set No. 4, for the teacher's desk would be a val- uable addition, and only one set for each grammar school would be required.
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PENMANSHIP.
The work in this branch the past year has been satisfactory. The faithful efforts of the teachers to secure and maintain the correct position of the pen in writing have been appreciated, and persever- ance in this direction is commended and encouraged. While so many other departments call loudly for special teachers, it is not deemed advisable to recommend one for this, although greater interest and better results would doubtless follow from the employment of an en- thusiastic and competent special teacher of this branch.
Respectfully submitted, HELEN J. SANBORN. JAMES F. BEARD. QUINCY E. DICKERMAN. THOMAS M. DURELL.
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APPENDIX TO SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
The estimates for the year made by the committees of the School Board aggregated : -
For teachers' salaries .
$105,500
For school contingent . .
27,629
The appropriation made by the City Council was :-
For teachers' salaries .
$102,000
For school contingent . 21,000
The expenditures were as follows :-
Teachers' salaries
$110,615 92 .
Salary of superintendent ·
$2,500 00 950 00
Salaries of truant officers
Salaries of janitors
8,543 61
Water and light .
1,035 81
Text-books
6,583 92
Writing-books 652 88
Drawing-books and material
1,512 31
Stationery and supplies
4,026 70
Printing
384 31
Miscellaneous
740 66
Total school contingent 26,930 20
Total . . $137,546 12
Received for tuition of non-resident pupils
·
65 50
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TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND PUPILS, THE NUM- BER IN THE NINTH CLASS, AND THE AVERAGE NUMBER TO A SCHOOL IN THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN DECEMBER.
DISTRICTS.
No. of Schools.
No. of Teachers.
No. of
Pupils.
No. in
Ninth Class.
Average No. to
a School.
1
2
3
East Somerville
26
2
26
7
1,319
89
50.7
Prospect Hill
52
3
52
-
2,334
116
44.9
Winter Hill
24
1
24
2
1,093
81
45.5
Spring Hill
23
1
23
4
1,100
52
47.8
West Somerville
16
1
16
715
48
44.7
141
8
141
13
6,561
386
46.5
1. - Principals of large grammar schools.
2. - Regular teachers.
3. - Assistants.
TABLE SHOWING THE NAME, LOCATION, DATE OF ERECTION, ESTIMATED VALUE, CAPACITY, ETC., OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
DISTRICTS.
SCHOOLS.
LOCATION.
When Built.
No. Feet
in Lot.
Estimated
Value.
No. of
Rooms.
No. of
Classes.
No. of
Classes.
No. of
Primary
Classes.
East Somerville
Prescott
Myrtle Street
1867
21,444
42,000
12
12
8
4
Edgerly
Cross Street
1871
26,42S
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