Report of the city of Somerville 1891, Part 7

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 448


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S. W. Fuller, lumber . ·


185 36


George A. Richards, lumber


8 05


I. H. Brown, lumber .


13 05


.


Amounts carried forward . . $17,834 94


$22,288 19


131


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $17,834 94 $22,288 19


Perrin, Seamans,& Co., tools, etc.


40 40


Thomas Allen, chip stone .


11 00


George W. Trefren, carpenter work


238 03


F. Ivers & Son, repairing wagon,


13 00


Brown & Call, repairing wagon .


13 05


D. W. Crocker, repairing wagon,


23 50


H. D. Brown, repairing sleigh,


1 75


D. J. Bennett, harness work


35 00


E. Spaulding, harness work


31 50


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


198 82


F. Dooris, blacksmithing


102 85


Charles L. Underhill, black- smithing


39 00


Charles Maguire, horseshoeing,


33 75


John Kellogg, blacksmithing


2 80


Miller & Shaw, blacksmithing,


21 35


James F. Davlin, plumbing


70 21


Davis P. Bucknam, mason work,


14 00


Wood & Lee, mason work


8 00


William E. Bucknam, mason work,


5 44


J. Q. Twombly, glazing


16 48


Charles F. Pond, painting .


146 01


E. H. Buxton, painting


8 50


R. Walsh, painting


50


George McKenna, teaming


40 50


Daniel Hoar, teaming


469 50


James Hoar, teaming


16 00


John Walsh, teaming


22 00


Owen Cunningham, teaming


19 25


A. B. Prichard, teaming


10 00


Jeremiah Donovan, labor .


2 00


Union Glass Co., chimneys


25


Globe Gas Light Co., torch


3 85


James Breck & Sons, seed


6 20


J. A. Litchfield, soap, etc .


10 09


Amounts carried forward . $19,509 52


$22,288 19


132


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $19,509 52


$22,288 19


George H. Cowdin, drugs 2 79


Thomas Hollis, sponges 4 50


Elias Lathrop, ointment 2 00


H. Wellington & Co., fuel .


444 50


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel


805 00


S. M. Fuller, fuel


17 70


Charles Booth, fuel


5 00


J. J. Underhill, fuel


1 75


S. S. Young, fuel


4 13


P. T. Gayton, charcoal


12 25


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas .


69 38


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting . 56 58


Standard Thermometer Co.,


thermometer . ·


3 00


F. W. Barry, Beale, & Co., books, 11 10


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery, 45 90


Somerville Journal Co., printing, 4 50 Citizen Publishing.Co., printing, 5 70 W. A. Greenough & Co., direc- tory 2 50


Richard Dowd, stove, etc.


42 60


N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., rental and tolls


187 18


G. K. Creighton, use of telephone,


25


F. E. Studley, use of telephone,


10 40


V. A. Cook, transmitter


2 50


H. C. Dodge, brush


5 00


J. H. Brooks, flannel


3 45


P. Eberle, rubber boots


12 00


S. J. Wood, filing saws, etc. 7 75


A. Coleman, weighing


10 43


Charles R. Simpson, veterinary services 17 00


Boston & Maine Railroad, labor


on Cross-street bridge 35 00


·


Amounts carried forward . . $21,341 36


$22,288 19


133


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $21,341 36 $22,288 19


Fitchburg Railroad Co., labor


14 00


Boston & Albany Railroad Co., labor


11 00


West End Street Railway Co., gravel and labor 14 31


E. P. Perham, expressing 50


Thorpe's Express, expressing 50


Charles E. Farnham, expressing,


55


Barker & Tibbetts, expressing .


30


Matthew McCormick, watching,


6 00


Sundry persons, reporting leaks, 9 00


City of Boston, water 22 40


Hartford Steam Boiler Inspec- tion & Ins. Co., insurance


50 00


Crane & Woods, premium of in- surance


30 00


Nancy Carleton, compensation for damages 15 00


Herbert S. Kingman, compensa- tion for damages . .


75 00


Eliza P. Munroe, compensation for damages 17 00


Samuel F. Teele, compensation for damages . 20 00


Sidewalk Assessments, sidewalk on Belmont street


61 69


$21,688 61


Balance to credit in account


1892 599 58


$22,288 19


WATER-WORKS EXTENSION.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on funded debt account


$10,000 00


City of Boston water rates, transferred


35,000 00


Amount carried forward .


$45,000 00


134


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . $45,000 00


Cash, received of North Packing and Provision Co., pipe, fittings, etc. ·


$178 46


Charles M. Hinckley, part cost of laying pipe 100 00


Middlesex Bleachery & Dye


Works, pipe, fittings, etc. 32 37


Thomas Allen, stone .


19 00


329 83


Balance from 1890


131 89


$45,461 72


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$10,423 78


Boston Lead Manfg. Co., lead


1,318 60


Chadwick Lead Works, lead


930 58


McNeal Pipe & Foundry Co., iron pipe 8,492 12


R. D. Wood & Co., iron pipe


7,150 65


Warren Foundry & Machine Co., iron pipe


2,108 90


Sumner & Goodwin, pipe


195 27


City of Newton, iron pipe


357 07


Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works, hydrants


1,373 65


Somerville Iron Foundry, cast-


ings


574 70


Osgood & Hart, castings


307 02


Davis & Farnum Manfg. Co., castings


1,546 57


Walworth Manfg. Co., castings,


581 32


Chapman Valve Co., gates ·


1,315 11


Peet Valve Co., gates


921 00


Sewall & Day Cordage Co., packing


69 55


H. H. Harvey, tools


39 49


.


Amounts carried forward . . $37,705 38


$45.461 72


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


135


Amounts brought forward $37,705 38 82 40


$45,461 72


Perrin, Seamans, & Co., tools .


Scrannage Bros. & Cook, air valves 7 35


amuel Walker Oil Co., oil


9 85


Cunningham Iron Works, paint- ing stand-pipe 250 00


Walter Bates, concreting


328 09


Boston & Maine Railroad,


freight


779 51


Fitchburg Railroad Co., freight, 5 00


J. E. Mullen, freight on pipe 492 37


G. W. Whitman, inspecting pipe, 100 00


George H. Sampson, powder


44 29


George W. Trefren, carpentering,


28 28


George A. Richards, lumber


8 00


Henry Dainty, lumber


1 00


H. C. Dodge, brush


5 00


Whitney & Snow, hardware


22 33


Bernard Cahill, filling


2 05


W. A. Bertsch, use of derrick


15 00


F. Dooris, blacksmithing


31 51


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing


96 24


H. G. Collins, blacksmithing


34 44


Miller & Shaw, blacksmithing


70 53


Charles L. Underhill, black- smithing 1 75


Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain . Cambridge Gas Light Co., coke,


9 70


J. A. Porter & Co., fuel


5 00


George C. Emerson, fuel


3 00


J. McCarthy's Sons, charcoal


70


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe,


1 63


Owen Cunningham, teaming


360 11


Daniel Hoar, Jr., teaming


213 00


George F. McKenna, teaming


75 00


T. F. Crimmings, teaming


30 75


Amounts carried forward . · $40,956 13


$45,461 72


136 87


136


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $40,956 13


G. S. & W. F. Howe, teaming 49 18


John Welch, teaming 20 00


Charles Faulkner, teaming


10 00


John C. H. Snow, compensa- tion for damages .


3 00


$41,038 31


Balance to credit of account in 1892


4,423 41


$45,461 72


WATER SERVICES.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of George H. Derby,


valve, labor, etc.


$3 50


Richard Dowd, pipe


9 30


Fresh Pond Ice Co., pipe, fit- tings, etc.


56 02


James T. Fitzgerald, pipe, fit- tings, etc. 29 10


D. C. Griffin, service pipe


15 00


R. E. Gilman, service pipe


19 52


Elmer N. Hutchins, stone


8 00


W. A. Muzzey, pipe, fittings, etc.


19 50


Malcolm McLane, fittings, etc. .


12 20


James McNeil, service pipe


19 77


L. B. Pillsbury, service pipe 15 80


Thomas Spelman, service pipe .


30 40


Tucker & Titus, pipe


16 38


Hazen Sturtevant, service pipe .


14 70


W. W. Vaughn, lining pipe


19 60


L. P. Wyman, pipe, fittings, etc. 26 32


Highways account, fittings, etc.


11 50


$326 61


Water Service Assessments, cost of services laid


9,480 79


$45,461 72


$9,807 40


Amount carried forward .


$9,807 40


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


137


Amount brought forward $9,807 40


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers .


$4,088 69


Somerville Iron Foundry, cast- ings


1,107 00


Sumner & Goodwin, pipe and fittings .


2,586 15


Fred. H. Holton & Co., fittings,


443 18


Henry McShane & Co., fittings,


221 67


Dalton, Ingersoll, & Co., fittings,


1 76


Boston Lead Manfg. Co., lead pipe


218 43


George K. Paul & Co., pipe


329 35


Chadwick Lead Works, lead pipe,


42 98


A. A. Sanborn, pipe


2 38


Walworth Manfg. Co., fittings.


137 77


Sylvester & Co., keys


23 52


Osgood & Hart, gate boxes


57 37


Boston Belting Co., washers


12 72


Boston Bolt Co., fittings


6 24


Chapman Valve Manfg. Co., valve


3 13


W. M. Hadley, cement


20 80


Waldo Brothers, cement


30 00


Berry & Ferguson, cement


6 72


Stoughton Rubber Co., gloves


12 27


William T. Wood & Co., tools


6 00


James Bartley, naphtha


30


Thomas Groom & Co., sta- tionery .


5 50


William B. Holmes, plumbing


4 04


Howe & Flint, plumbing


4 79


James F. Davlin, plumbing


15 92


Charles Maguire, blacksmithing,


11 25


Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain,


97 48


$9,497 41


Water Maintenance, balance


transferred 309 99


$9,807 40


138


ANNUAL REPORTS.


WATER SERVICE ASSESSSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons, water services $9,038 29


Balance to debit in account 1892 2,638 95


DEBIT.


Balance from 1890


$2,196 45


Water Services, service pipes laid in


1891 . 9,480 79


$11,677 24


WATERING STREETS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed .


$4,000 00


Cash, received of abutters


$6,889 79


George F. McKenna, old water- ing cart .


25 00


6,914 79


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to debit of account .


1,201 43


$12,116 22


DEBIT.


$392 50


Cash, paid N. C. Barker, overseeing Disbursements


11 05


Christopher Burke, watering


450 00


Frank Buttimer, watering .


450 45


T. F. Crimmings, watering


400 50


Owen Cunningham, watering


514 35


J. F. Elkins, watering


532 80


Richard Falvey, watering .


459 90


Charles Faulkner, watering


.


456 30


Henry Gray, watering


434 70


Martin Gill, watering


517 50


A. M. Prescott, watering


558 45


· A. B. Prichard, watering


438 29


George McKenna, watering


529 20


Amounts carried forward .


$6,145 99


$12,116 22


.


$11,677 24


139


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$6,145 99


$12,116 22


Henry McEvoy, watering 448 65


Jeremiah McCarthy, watering


447 30


John Walsh, watering


517 95


City of Boston, water


3,300 34


Proctor Brothers & Billings,


watering cart


365 00


Harry T. Walsh, watering cart .


350 00


L. A. Wright, repairing cart


29 00


J. L. & H. K. Potter, repairing cart .


125 00


Charles W. Ingalls,repairing cart,


18 35


F. H. Flagg, repairing cart


23 25


James Miller, repairing cart


4 30


W. J. Logan, painting carts


108 00


Boston Woven Hose Co., hose .


42 13


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing


.


45 29


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware .


39


James F. Davlin, plumbing


75


Charles L. Underhill, repairing stand-pipe


3 50


Thomas Groom & Co., books


1 00


McDonnell Bros., advertising ·


6 00


Somerville Journal Co., advertis- ing


6 00


Citizen Publishing Co., advertis- ing


6 00


Water Maintenance account, re- pairs on stand-pipes


122 03


$12,116 22


WATER LOAN INTEREST.


CREDIT.


City of Boston water rates, transferred $5,150 80


DEBIT.


Balance to credit in account 1892


$5,150 80


140


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE D.


BALANCES DECEMBER 31, 1891.


Cash


$37,007 03


Public Property


. 1,685,637 46


Real-Estate Liens


888 40


State. of Massachusetts, State Aid


5,480 00


State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors 418 50


State of Massachusetts, Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors,


87 50


Sidewalk Assessments .


3,585 43


Sewer Assessments


8,172 53


Taxes


205,827 26 ·


Water Service Assessments


2,638 95


Funded Debt


$1,045,500 00


Highland Schoolhouse Addition,


318 03


Overlay and Abatement


13,115 44


Overplus on Tax Sales


102 13


Property and Debt Balance


640,137 46


Public Library


3 48


Sundry Persons


162 60


Schoolhouse in Ward Two


600 00


Schoolhouse in Ward Two, Pros- pect Hill District


856 26


Schoolhouse in Ward Three


773 87


Temporary Loans


238,000 00


Water Maintenance


599 58


Water-works extension


4,423 41


Water Loan Interest


5,150 80


$1,949,743 06 $1,949,743 06


REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


-


-


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 10, 1892.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence. .


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 11, 1892.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.


CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


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 .


1892.


SANFORD HANSCOM, M. D., 1 Webster Street


1893.


WARD TWO.


A. H. CARVILL, M. D., 18 Bow Street


Term expires 1891.


JAMES F. BEARD, 17 Prospect Hill Avenue .


1892.


T. M. DURELL, M. D., 23 Bow Street . .


1893.


WARD THREE.


NORMAN W. BINGHAM, 235 School Street


Term expires 1891.


Q. E. DICKERMAN, Highland Avenue


1892.


HELEN J. SANBORN, 383 Broadway .


1893.


WARD FOUR.


MRS. ADDIE B. UPHAM, 36 Newbury Street GILES W. BRYANT, M. D., 396 Highland Avenue


Term expires 1891.


1892.


MARTIN W. CARR, Craigie Street


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.


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.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1892.


HON. WILLIAM H. HODGKINS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. ISAIAH H. WILEY, President of the Common Council, ex officio.


MEMBERS.


WARD ONE.


HORACE C. WHITE, M. I)., 149 Perkins Street SANFORD HANSCOM, M. D., 1 Webster Street S. NEWTON CUTLER, 28 Flint Street


Term expires 1892.


66


1893.


66


1894.


WARD TWO.


JAMES F. BEARD, 17 Prospect Hill Avenue THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D., 23 Bow Street .


Term expires 1892.


66


1893.


ALVAH B. DEARBORN, M. D., 34 Bow Street


66


66 1894.


WARD THREE.


Q. E. DICKERMAN, 85 Central Street


Term expires 1892.


HELEN J. SANBORN, 383 Broadway


NORMAN W. BINGHAM, 235 School Street


66


66 1894.


WARD FOUR.


GILES W. BRYANT, M. D., 396 Highland Avenue


Term expires 1892.


MARTIN W. CARR, 74 Craigie Street


.€ 1893.


PROF. BENJAMIN G. BROWN, 38 Professors' Row


66


66 1894.


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.


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1892.


High School. - MESSRS. DICKERMAN, BEARD, DURELL, WHITE, CUTLER, CARR, BROWN, BINGHAM.


Schools in Eust Somerville District .- MESSRS. HANSCOM, WHITE, WILEY, CUTLER. Schools in Prospect Hill District. - MESSRS. DURELL, BEARD, DEARBORN. Schools in Winter Hill District .- MISS SANBORN, MR BINGHAM, MAYOR HODGKINS, MR. DICKERMAN.


Schools in Spring Hill District .- MESSRS. CARR, BRYANT, BROWN. Schools in West Somerville District .- MESSRS. BRYANT, BROWN, CARR.


Rules and Regulations .- MESSRS. BRYANT, DICKERMAN, CUTLER.


Finance .- MESSRS. CARR, HANSCOM, WILEY, BEARD.


Additional School Accommodations. - MAYOR HODGKINS, MESSRS. HANSCOM, DURELL, MISS SANBORN, MR. CARR.


Repairs. - MESSRS. WHITE, BRYANT, BINGHAM, BEARD.


Supplies .- MESSRS. BINGHAM, CARR, DURELL, WHITE.


Text-Books. - MESSRS. HANSCOM, CARR, MISS SANBORN, MESSRS. WHITE, DURELL, BEARD, DICKERMAN.


Industrial Education. - MR. BEARD, MISS SANBORN, MESSRS. CARR, CUTLER, DICKERMAN.


Music .- MISS SANBORN, MESSRS. HANSCOM, CARR, DEARBORN.


Examination of Teachers .- MESSRS. BROWN, DICKERMAN, HANSCOM.


Salaries - MESSRS. CUTLER, BINGHAM, DEARBORN, BROWN.


Evening Schools .- MESSRS. DURELL, DICKERMAN, HANSCOM, CARR. Examination of Ninth Class .- MESSRS. DICKERMAN, BEARD.


Examination of Eighth Class. - MESSRS. WHITE, CARR. Examination of Seventh Class .- MR. CUTLER, MISS SANBORN. Examination of Sixth Class .- MESSRS. DURELL, DICKERMAN.


Examination of Fifth Class .- MESSRS. BINGHAM, BROWN.


Examination of Fourth Class .- MESSRS. DEARBORN, HANSCOM, BRYANT Private Schools. - MESSRS. DEARBORN, BRYANT, WILEY.


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.


To the School Committee of the City of Somerville : -


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, - In compliance with the rules of the School Board, I have the honor of submitting my fourth annual report of the public schools of this city for the year 1891, this being the twentieth annual report of the superintendent of schools.


A summary of the statistics shows the following : ---


Population of the city, United States census, 1890 40,117


Number of persons in the city between five and fifteen years of age in May last


6,800


East Somerville District


1,258


Increase. 45


Prospect Hill District


2,603


126


Winter Hill District


1,016


19


Spring Hill District


1,036


60


West Somerville District


887


81


Total


6,800 331


Number between eight and fourteen years of age · 4,249


Whole number of different pupils registered


8,510


Average whole number belonging


6,502


Average attendance


6,091


Valuation of the city May 1, 1891


$36,843,400 00


Real estate $32,767,200 00


Personal estate


4,076,200 00


Rate of taxation


.014


Estimated value of school property


$137,546 12


Expenditures by the school board Teachers' salaries


$110,615 92


Salaries of officers and janitors


11,993 61


Books, supplies, water, and light


14,936 59


Expenditures by the city government 113,672 29


Buildings and improvements


90,793 20


Repairs, etc. ( Schoolhouse Incidental account )


14,847 16


Fuel


8,031 93


Total


$251,218 41


148


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SECTION I.


REVIEW OF THE MINUTES.


The School Board of 1891 organized with a new ex-officio mem- ber, the president of the Common Council, Mr. F. E. Dickerman, and two elected members, Dr. Thomas M. Durell, of Ward Two, and Miss Helen J. Sanborn, of Ward Three.


The following subjects have occupied the attention of the board and its committees during the year : -


Rules and Regulations.


Course of Study.


Text-books. Salaries.


Industrial Education.


Additional School Accommodations.


RULES AND REGULATIONS.


April 27. The board accepted the following recommendation made by the committee on rules at the previous meeting : The pay of substitutes shall be as follows : For first or second year's experi- ence, $1.50 a day; for second or third year's experience, $2.00 a day; for fifth year's experience, $2.50 a day; which shall be the maximum.


May 25. The committee on rules submitted a final report on revision of the rules, which was adopted as reported ; amendments relating to spring vacations and sessions of the High School having been voted down.


COURSE OF STUDY.


September 28. Mr. Dickerman, chairman of the special com- mittee on course of study, submitted the proposed new course in manuscript.


Mr. Cutler moved that the committee take into consideration the advisability of introducing the elective system in the High School, and the addition to the course of study for the ninth grade of the subjects of geometry, algebra, and Latin.


October 26. The report of the committee on course of study was presented in the form of proof copies of the prepared course.


149


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


After discussion, it was moved that the committee be enlarged to five, and the report be referred back to the committee, with instructions to report at the next meeting. Voted. Dr. Hanscom and Miss Sanborn were added to the committee.


November 30. The committee reported that they had agreed upon the course of study presented at the last meeting, and it was. moved that it be adopted, and that the committee have power to make any change in the phraseology that might be necessary after the proofs came from the printer. Carried.


Dr. Hanscom moved that the committee on supplies have power to have the course of study printed in such manner and number as. should seem to them desirable. Voted.


TEXT-BOOKS.


March 30. The committee on text-books submitted a report with the following recommendations : -


1. That the charts of the Normal System of Music, with the accompanying manuals, be adopted for use in the first, second, and third grades of the schools.


2. That King's Geographical Reader, No. 2, be added to the list of supplementary reading for use in the fifth grade.


3. That Blaisdell's " How to Keep Well" be purchased in sets of fifty for use as a reader in the three highest grammar grades, and that the committee on supplies be authorized to furnish a set to each building having seventh grade classes.


The report was considered in detail. The first recommendation was adopted, ten for, one against. The second and third adopted by unanimous vote.


May 25. The committee on text-books reported, recommend- ing -


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1. That a change of geographies be postponed.


2. That the Information Reader be adopted for the sixth grade as a supplementary reader.


3. That the board authorize the purchase of three sets of blocks for teaching mensuration.


4. That Southworth and Goddard's Elements of Composition and Grammar be supplied to the seventh grades ; and that Swinton's. Language Lessons be discontinued in the sixth and seventh.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


The report was accepted and the several recommendations adopted.


June 29. The committee on text-books reported in favor of the adoption of Southworth and Goddard's First Lessons in Lan- guage for use in the fifth and sixth grades, one set to be furnished to each building, and desk copies for teachers of the fourth grade ; also, that Mowry's Elements of Civil Government be adopted for use in the ninth grade. The report was received and the recommendations adopted.


September 28. The committee on text-books submitted the following report, which was accepted and the recommendations adopted, viz. :-


1. That Bar nes' Elementary Geography be added to the list of supplementary text-books for the fourth grade, to be purchased in sets of twenty-five.


2. That Maury's Physical Geography be supplied as a desk- book for the teachers of the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades.


3. That Harper's New Elementary Geography be supplied to the fifth and sixth grades; and


4. That Harper's New School Geography be supplied to the seventh and eighth grades.


November 30. The committee on text-books recommended that the First Normal Music Reader be adopted in the fourth grade.


SUPPLEMENTARY READING.


February 20. The committee on supplies spoke in favor of establishing a plan for circulating some of the sets of supplementary reading, and moved that they have power to order boxes made for the books. Voted.


SALARIES.


June 29. The committee on salaries recommended that the salaries of janitors be at the rate of sixty dollars a room per annum, with the exception of the janitor of the High School, which was to remain as at present. Accepted and adopted.


September 28. The salary of the janitor was raised $100, making it $700; and the salaries of the janitors of the Bingham, Burns, and Lincoln Schools were fixed October 26 at $300 each per annum.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.


February 20. The report of the committee on industrial edu- cation was accepted, and the following recommendations adopted, viz. : -


That the committee on supplies be empowered to supply the boys of the sixth and seventh grades with drawing kits.


That the finance committee be instructed to include $500 in the salary account for a teacher of elementary tool instruction.


That the City Government be requested to appropriate $200 to defray the expenses of holding a summer school in wood-work.


June 30. It was voted that the committee on drawing be authorized to select and nominate a director of drawing, the salary not to exceed $700 ( Miss Herrick having resigned ).


ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION.


February 20. The committee on additional school accommo- dations presented the following report, viz .: -


At the meeting of the School Board held January 12, 1891, three matters were referred to this committee : --


1st. A petition from residents of Ward Four, asking for the erection of a schoolhouse in that ward on the south side of the Fitch- burg Railroad.


2d. A request from the East Somerville District committee, that the needs of that district be considered with special reference to increasing the accommodations of the Edgerly School.


3d. The subject of increased accommodations for the High School.




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