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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.
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-
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
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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.
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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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