Report of the city of Somerville 1894, Part 16

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 684


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Carl R. Ringdahl.


Charles E. Dyer


Winifred J. Roberts.


Adelaide R. Edmands.


Alice G. Sartwell.


Charlotte Cordelia Eldridge.


John J. A. Seitz.


Isaac Edward Sexton.


Emma Goldthwaite Fenton.


Michael F. Shea.


Charles Joseph Fulton. Arthur Hall Goodwin.


Hubbard Vaughan Smith.


Heathe I. Gregory.


Etta M. Thorpe.


Nora Frances Hallissy.


Charles Augustus Waterman.


Frank R. Wheelock.


William F. Willmann.


Harry Garner Hooper.


Lester H. Jackson.


Alfred William Woods. Fritz R. Zoeller.


Martha L. Haugh. Ida C. Hilt.


Carrie A. Smith.


Hortense May Estes.


273


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


HIGHLAND SCHOOL.


GRADUATES.


Rose A. Blackall. Bella M. Bland.


Maggie V. V. Herrick.


Bessie E. Howe.


E. Louise Hunter. Josephine H. James.


Fred K. Jones.


George T. Jones.


Horace R. Brown.


William W. Lea.


Ethel F. Browne.


Portia Lowe.


Mabelle F. Bryant.


Ida M. Lynam.


Josephine R. Burke.


Lizzie E. Marshall.


Lillian I. Cameron.


Joseph K. McRae.


Horace A. Cammon.


Emma E. Mills.


Ruth P Capen.


Charles H. Munger


Alvan W. Clark.


Franklin N. Parsons.


Harry V. Clark.


Albert L. Pearson.


Frank E. Cleveland.


Annie S. Peter.


Eva M. Colesworthy.


Maud K. Phinney.


Wilbur J. Pierce.


John J. Comey. James W. Cronan.


Frank J. Pushee.


George B. Curtis.


Harry N. Robbins.


William R. Davis.


Florence A. Russell.


William E. Dillon.


Arthur L. Ryan.


Caroline V. Sargent.


Lenora F. Downs.


Helen W. Skinner.


Percy C. Smith.


Ethel H. Sparrow.


Vivian L. Stevens.


Effie M. Fife.


Mabel P. Foster.


Constance E. Freethy.


Moses A. Gunsenhiser. Ruth M. Harmon.


Harry T. Hartwell.


Maud R. Tousey. Agnes K. Wallace. Clara L. Weitze.


Robert R. White.


Florence Young.


Henry W. S. Downs.


John K. Duhig.


Laura M. Eastman. Esther Ericson. Irwin S. Felt.


Bertha W. Studley. Edna F. Thresher.


Mabel F. Bossey. Sadie B. Bradshaw. Estelle Bray. Mae E. Brock.


274


ANNUAL REPORTS.


CHARLES G. POPE SCHOOL.


GRADUATES.


Cornelius E. Ahern.


Florence E. Mitchell.


Carl F. Ashton.


John H. Murphy.


Fred H. Ashton.


William O. Packard.


Ellen G. Bowen.


Walter H. Pearson.


George H. Carter.


Jennie E. Perry.


William J. Casey.


Joseph P. Phillips.


Edith G. Cross.


Marion Pitman.


Grace L. Doherty.


John W. Quinlan.


Bernard D. Elkins.


Jennie L. Ray.


Annie E. Foley.


Annie L. Regan.


Albert E. Gordon.


Percy E. Roffe.


James T. Heshion.


Margaret G. Rooney.


John Higgens.


Annie E. Sharkey.


Maria G. Kelly.


Walter K. Smith.


Edward P. Lovering.


Thomas M. A. Sweeney.


Forrest S. Lunt.


Lillian J. Trenholm.


Mary Y. Martin.


Albert W. Wormwood.


Albert J. Meserve, Jr.


275


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 33 .- TEACHERS IN SERVICE DECEMBER, 1894.


1COLLEGE GRADUATE. 2NORMAL SCHOOL GRADUATE. 3SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.


HIGH SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


George L. Baxter


Principal


$2,400


1867


Frank M. Hawes I


Sub-Master


2,000


1879


Charles T. Murray I


Junior Sub-Master


1,600


1887


Sarah W. Fox


Assistant


1,200


1868


Frances W. Kaan 2


850


1882


Eudora Morey 2


850


1882


M. Isabel Goldthwaite I


800


1893


Grace A. Tuttle 2


800


1893


Mrs. Lena Gilbert


800


1893


Helen H. Wadsworth I


66


800


1893


Carrie A. Marsh I


800


1894


Florence H. Paul I


800


1894


Florence K. Bailey I


800


1894


Nellie S. Bakeman I


750


1894


BELL SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


F. W. Shattuck I


Principal


$1,800


1890


May E. Berry 3


IX


675


1880


Emma F. Schuch 3


VIII


600


1874


Mary A. Bradford


VII


600


1888


Nellie S. Dickey


VII


600


1889


Vyra L. Tozier 2


VI


600


1892


Mabel T. Totman


VI


600


1892


Mary S. Rinn 3


600


1889


Ada F. Fernald 2


V


600


1893


Anna L. Alger 2


IV


600


1891


Edith J. Holden 2


III


600


1893


Martha E. Daniels 3


II


600


1891


Eliza L. Schuch 3


I


600


1882


·


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276


ANNUAL REPORTS.


EDGERLY SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Charles E. Brainard


Principal


$1,800


1889


Clara B. Cutler


IX


675


1892


Annie L. Dimpsey


VIII


600


1891


Mary E. Richardson


VII


600


1893


Gertrude L. Gardner 2


VII


600


1889


Mabel C. Mansfield 2.


VI


600


1893


Helen P. Bennett 2


VI


600


1890


Carrie Alma Colton 2 .


V


600


1893


Gertrude C. Mason 2 .


IV


600


1893


Alice M. Dearing


III


600


1890


Lillian Nealley 2


II


600


1882


Clara M. Bagley


I


600


1873


Martha M. Power


I


600


1891


FORSTER SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Fred C . Baldwin I .


Principal


$1,800


1893


Elizabeth A. Page 2


.


IX


675


1893


Mrs. Cora F. Sanborn 2


IX


675


1893


Mary E. Bunton


· VIII


600


1894


Ella F. Gould


VII


600


1882


Lizzie Frances Clement


VI


600


1884


Lucy K. Hatch 2


V


600


1892


Alice A. Batchelor


IV


600


1877


Ursula M. Willard


III


400


1894


Luetta M. Wescott 2


III


600


1892


Annie S. Gage 3


II


600


1883


Grace Shorey 2


I


500


1892


Harriet A. Brown 2


I


600


1890


277


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


HIGHLAND SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


George E. Nichols I


Principal


$1,800


1877


M. Alice Paul 3 .


IX


675


1879


Jennie S. Wescott 2


IX


675


1892


Mabel A. Jepson 2


VIII


600


1892


Mrs. M. J. Bryant


VIII


600


1894


Annie R. Cox 2 .


600


1883


Grace M. Clarke 2


VI


600


1893


jennie C. Frazier 2


V


600


1887


Sarah E. Pray 3


IV


600


1878


Alice L. Hayward


III


500


1893


Jennie M. Horner 3


II


600


1888


Gertrude Friend 2


I


600


1893


Katherine E. Hourahan 2


I


500


1892


KNAPP SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


John S. Emerson 2


Principal


$1.800


1894


Abby C. Hunt


IX


675


1873


Emma Frye 2


VIII


600


1891


Clara B. Parkhurst 2


VII


600


1889


Nellie A. Hamblin 2


VI


600


1882


Clara B. Sackett 2


V


600


1891


Annie E. Robinson 3


IV


600


1876


Nellie F. Sheridan 3


IV


600


1888


Abbie A. Gurney 2


III


600


1888


Grace M. White 3


II


600


1893


L. Gertrude Allen 3


II


600


1884


Minnie A. Perry 2


I


600


1891


Lucia Alger 2


I


600


1889


278


ANNUAL REPORTS.


MORSE SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Miss Mina J. Wendell


Principal


$1,700


1882


Genevieve Allen .


IX


675


1894


Pauline S. Downes


VİII


600


1872


Lennie W. Bartlett


VII


600


1893


Addie E. Wentworth 2


VII


600


1893


Adelaide F. Eaton


VI


600


1894


Charlotte Duguid .


600


1894


Mary A. Haley .


V


600


1867


Lizzie E. Hill 2 .


IV


600


1891


Helen M. Mead 2


III


600


1893


Ella P. McLeod


II


600


1888


Annabel M. Perry 3


I


600


1891


POPE SCHOOL.


NÁME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


George M. Wadsworth I


Principal


$1,800


1891


Florence A. Chaney


IX


675


1892


Harriet M. Clark 2


VIII


600


1893


Alice I. Norcross


VII


600


1885


Frances A. Wilder


VI


600


1874


Lizzie W. Parkhurst


600


1885


Carrie E. Cobb


V


600


1887


Jeannette M. Billings


IV


600


1892


Annie G. Sheridan 2


1V


600


1886


Charlotte S. Buck 2


III


600


1894


Lillian C. Albee


II


600


1888


Lydia E. Morrill 3


I


600


1892


Maizie E. Blaikie 3


I


600


1891


279


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


PRESCOTT SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


.


Samuel A. Johnson I


Principal


$1,800


1893


Anna M. Bates 2


IX


700


1874


Adelaide Reed 2


VIII


650


1877


E. M. Cate


VII


600


1882


A. A. Anderson .


VI


600


1878


Amelia I. Sears 2


VI


600


1873


Catherine T. Brown


V


600


1868


Grace L. Shaw


V


600


1892


Clara Taylor 3


IV


600


1871


Sarah E. Pratt 2


III


600


1877


E. M. Plummer .


II


600


1877


Louise E. Pratt 3


III


600


1889


Sarah W. Turner 2


I


600


1893


BINGHAM SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Harry F. Hathaway 2, Principal


VII


VI


$1,000


1890


Carrie E. Fay I


.


.


V


600


1894


Harriet M. Ward 2


IV


600


1894


Maude L. Kent


III


600


1893


Ruby A. Johnson 2


II


600


1892


Belle J. Tifft 2


I


600


1892


Mabel E. Mansir 3


I


350


1891


V


600


1889


Elizabeth J. O'Neil 2


.


280


ANNUAL REPORTS.


GLINES SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Mary E. Northup, Principal


VIII


$1,000


1878


Mary E. Stiles 2


VII


675


1883


M. Frances Guptill


VI


600


1869


Nellie A. Boynton 2


V


600


1891


Margaret A. Orr 2


IV


600


1891


Mary A. Goddard


III


600


1893


Florence E. Baxter 3


II


500


1891


Emma Burckes 3


I


600


1890


BURNS SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Laura }. Brooks, Principal


IV


$675


1883


Minnie S. Turner 3


III


600


1885


Annie L. Brown


II


600


1885


Florence M. Hamlin 3


I


600


1889


CUMMINGS SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Lydia J. Page 3, Principal


IV


$675


1869


Fannie L. Gwynn 2


III


600


1886


Lena B. Blaikie 3


II


500


1893


Margaret L. Martin


I


400


1893


281


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


DAVIS SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Mrs. L. A. Burns, 2, Principal


IV


$675


1882


Annie J. Richardson


III


600


1889


Carrie T. Lincoln 3


.


II


500


1893


Priscilla A. Merritt 2 .


I


600


1885


.


DURELL SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Nora F. Byard 3, Principal


IV


$675


1884


Grace Bosworth 2


III


600


1894


Edith I .. Hunnewell 2


II


350


1894


Mary Winslow


I


600


1893


FRANKLIN SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Harriet A. Hills 3, Principal


VI


$675


1874


Jennie A. Chapman 2 .


VII


600


1894


Anna C. Damon 2


V


600


1879


Caroline S. Plimpton


II


600


1859


.


·


.


282


ANNUAL REPORTS.


LINCOLN SCHOOL.


NAME.


. Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Grace Emerson 2, Principal


VII


VI


$700


1892


Flora A. Burgess 2


.


V IV


600


1894


Charlotte F. Mott


III


II


600


1886


Eliza H. Lunt


I


600


1890


BENNETT SCHOOL.


NAME


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Mary B. Smith, Principal .


III


$675


1885


Isadore E. Taylor 3 .


II


600


1883


Miriam Cavanagh 3 .


I


400


1893


JACKSON SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of. Service.


Annie E. McCarty 3, Principal


III


$675


1880


Annie E. Crimmings 3


.


II


600


1884


Annie L. Savage 2


I


.


600


1873


283


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Helen Tincker 2, Principal Blanche Seabury 2


V Kg


$800 500


1872


1892


BEECH STREET SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Ella M. Coops, Principal


Florence B. Ashley 3 .


III I


$625 600


1892


1887


CEDAR STREET SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Lizzie A. Davies, Principal


M. E. Lacy 3


IV II I


III


$625 500


1893 1890


HARVARD SCHOOL.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


Grace B. Tibbetts


I


$500


1890


284


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SPECIAL TEACHERS.


NAME.


Grade.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


MUSIC.


S. Henry Hadley


9-6


$1,333+ 800*


1869


Mrs. Gish Garwood


5-1


1891


DRAWING.


Augusta L. Balch


9-1


900*


1891


SEWING.


Mrs. Charlotte M. Coffin


7-4


600


1888


Mary L. Boyd


7 -4


600


1888


PHYSICAL TRAINING.


Blanche A. Bemis


9-1


600*


1894


*For three days' service. [For four days' service,


ASSISTANTS IN SERVICE DECEMBER, 1894.


NAME.


School.


Salary.


Beginning of Service.


A. Maude Emerson 3 .


Morse


$425


1890


Florence S. Farnham


Glines


200


1893


Mary H. Joyce 2


Highland


425


1891


Alice E. Morang 3


Burns


200


1893


Minerva L. Mills 3


Davis


200


1893


Frances M. Seymour 3


Prescott


425


1890


Emma L. Ward 2


Lincoln


425


1893


Ida B. Mason 3 .


Substitute


500


1893


Marjorie B. Hall 3


Lincoln


1894


Ethel Trask .


Highland


1893


H. Belle White 3


Cummings


1894


285


SCHOOL, DEPARTMENT.


34. - AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES


OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ADOPTED SINCE 1891.


CHAPTER I.


Section 2. (Additional.) To the list of Standing Committees is added one " on the English High School."


CHAPTER IV.


Section 3. (Additional.) The Committee on Finance shall ex- amine and approve the pay-rolls of all bills passed by the Board.


Section II. (Additional.) The Committee on Salaries shall ex- amine the pay-rolls of salaries of all persons in the service of the School Committee and approve such as are found correct.


CHAPTER VI.


Section I. Changed so that Teachers and Truant Officers are to be elected at the April meeting of the Board.


Section 7. The district committees may at their discretion appoint assistant teachers in the primary and grammar schools having an average of over 56 pupils.


Assistant teachers in primary and grammar grades, without experi- ence or Normal training, are paid for the


First year


. Nothing


Second year


$200


Third year


275


Fourth year


350


Fifth and subsequent years .


425


Normal school graduates acting as assistants in primary or grammar grades are paid for the


First year .


8275


Second year


350


Third and subsequent years


425


286


ANNUAL REPORTS.


An experience of at least 30 weeks shall be required to constitute a year's work.


Section 7. When an assistant who is not a Normal graduate be- comes a regular teacher during the first or second year of service she shall receive $300


During the third year of service


350


During the fourth year of service 400


During the fifth or any subsequent year of service 500


When an assistant who is a Normal graduate becomes a regular teacher during the first or second year of service she shall receive


During the third year of service . $350


425


During the fourth or any subsequent year of service 500


No assistant shall receive the maximum salary of $600 as a regular teacher until she has served at least one year in the latter capacity.


Section 8. Salaried assistants shall receive no increase of pay for substituting.


In determining the pay of assistants or substitutes a single year at a Normal school shall be considered equivalent to a year of teaching experience.


In determining the pay of a substitute or of a regular teacher, graduation at a Normal school shall be considered equivalent to a year of teaching experience.


Section 9. Form of teacher's certificate of election.


287


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


1 SEAL. 1


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


.189 .


NI


At a meeting of the Board of School Committee held 189 , you were elected a teacher in the School, under the General Regulations of the Public Schools of Somerville, for the year ending June 30, 189 , at an annual salary of. dollars.


Should you decide to leave the service of the City before the end of the period for which you have been elected, a four weeks' notice of your intention will be expected.


Please fill the blanks below, affix your signature, detach the paper along the perforated line, and send it to the Secretary of the Board. If not received by him within ten days from date, the position will be considered vacant.


Respectfully,


Secretary of the Board of School Committee.


To the Board of School Committee of the City of Somerville :


Gentlemen, - I accept the position of teacher in the School, to which I was elected on the day of 189 , under the Gen- eral Regulations of the Public Schools of Somerville, for the year ending June 30, 189 , at an annual salary of. dollars.


It is my present expectation to continue in the service of the City to the end of the period for which I have been elected.


Signature,


288


ANNUAL REPORTS.


AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


CHAPTER I.


Section 3. April 19 is substituted for Fast Day as a school holiday.


Section 5. The Superintendent, at his discretion, may dismiss the schools when the weather is unsuitable.


The number 5 - 5 will be struck twice on the fire-alarm bells to indicate the omission of the next session of the schools, as follows : -


High Schools. - From April to November at 7. From November to April at 7.30.


Primary Schools. - At 8.05, 11.45, or 1. During November, December and January at 12.45 instead of 1.


Grammar Schools. - At 8.15, 11.45, or 1.15. During November, December and January at 1 instead of 1.15.


The morning signal shall be for the omission of the morning session only.


CHAPTER II.


Section 9. (Additional.) Principals of schools containing the Ninth grade shall be known as " Supervising Principals." They shall perform all the duties of principals as set forth elsewhere in these regulations. In addition to these duties they shall, at the request of the Superintendent, instruct classes, examine and grade pupils, and supervise the instruction of teachers in their own schools and in all other schools which are tributary to them.


Whenever a school is tributary to two or more higher schools it shall be under the charge of the Senior Supervising Principal, unless otherwise ordered by the District Committee.


Supervising Principals shall teach at least 12 hours per week, not ess than 10 of which shall be in the highest grade.


Chapter V. The Middlesex County Truant School at Chelmsford is made the place of detention for truants by change in the city ordinances.


Chapter VI. is rendered nugatory by a change in the city ordinances.


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289


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


35 .- MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL LEGISLATION OF 1893 AND 1894.


1893.


CHAPTER 108. - Resolve to provide for the codification of certain statutes which the inspection department of the district police is required to enforce.


Attention is called to these points : -


1. Section 7, chapter 48, of the Public Statutes, which appears among the school laws as published in 1892, is not in force.


2. The provisions of sections 24, 25, and 70, chapter 508, of the Acts of 1894, do not appear in the school laws as published in 1892. These sections read as follows : -


Section 24. No person shall employ or permit to be employed a minor under 14 years of age, or over, who cannot read and write in the English language, and who resides in a city or town in this Com- monwealth wherein public evening schools are maintained, and is not a regular attendant of a day school, or has not attained an attendance of 70 per cent. or more of the yearly session of the evening school.


Section 25. Whenever it appears that the labor of any minor who would be debarred from employment under section 24 of this Act, is necessary for the support of the family to which said minor belongs, or for his own support, the school committee of said city or town may in the exercise of their discretion, issue a permit authorizing the em- ployment of such minor within such time or times as they may fix : provided, such minor makes application to said school committee, or some person duly authorized by said committee, for such a permit before the opening of the yearly session of the evening school of said city or town ; and the provisions of said section 24 shall not apply to such minor so long as said permit is in force ; provided, also, that if such minor has been prevented by sickness or injury from attending said evening school, as provided in said section, the school committee shall issue to such minor the permit provided for in this section, upon the presentation of the following blank properly filled and signed : -


290


ANNUAL REPORTS.


To the School Committee of the


I hereby certify that I have attended from to that said was sick or injured with


; and that said


was not in suitable physical condition to attend evening school for the term of days. (Signed) (Dated)


Section 70. Any person who employs or permits to be employed a minor in violation of the provisions of section 24 of this Act, shall for each offence forfeit not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for the use of the evening schools of such city or town.


3. The age and schooling certificate required by chapter 508 of the Acts of 1894 must certify to an attendance of 30 weeks instead of 20 weeks, as required by the law of 1888.


CHAPTER 208 .- An Act authorizing cities and towns to provide free evening lectures.


Section I. The school committees of cities and towns maintain- ing free evening schools are hereby authorized to employ competent persons to deliver lectures on the natural sciences, history and kindred subjects, in such places as said committees may provide.


Section 2. Said committees are hereby authorized to provide cards or pamphlets giving the titles and names of authors of books of reference, contained in the local public libraries, on the subject-matter of said lectures.


1894.


CHAPTER 151. An Act relating to' vivisection and dissection in the public schools.


Section I. No teacher or other person employed in any public school of this Commonwealth shall, in the presence of any scholar in said school or any child or minor there present, practise vivisection, nor, in such presence, exhibit any animal upon which vivisection has been practised.


Section 2. Dissection of dead animals or of any portions thereof, in the public schools of this Commonwealth, shall in no instance be for the purpose of exhibition, but shall be confined to the classroom


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


and to the presence of pupils engaged in the study to be illustrated by such dissection.


Section 3. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.


CHAPTER 188 .- An Act relating to school attendance and truancy.


Section I. Every person having under his control a child between the ages of eight and fourteen years, and, in cities and towns where industrial training is taught, between the ages of eight and fifteen years, shall annually cause such child to attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides, for at least 30 weeks if the schools are kept open that length of time, with an allowance of two weeks' time for absences not excused by the superintendent of schools or the school committee ; such period of attendance shall begin within the first month of the Fall term of school, and for each five days of absence of any such child thereafter, in excess of the above allowance, before the completion of the required annual attendance of 30 weeks, the person having such child under his control shall, upon the complaint of the school committee or any truant officer, forfeit to the use of the public schools of such city or town a sum not exceeding twenty dollars ; but if such child has attended for a like period of time a private day school approved by the school committee of such city or town, or if such child has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or has already acquired the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable, such penalty shall not be incurred.


Section 2. (This repeals everything inconsistent with section 1.) The provisions of section 1 of this Act have been incorporated in section 1 of chapter 498, Acts of 1894. In the codification the words " cities and towns where industrial training is taught" are omitted from the second and third lines, and in their stead are the words " every city and town where opportunity is furnished, in connection with the regular work of the public schools, for gratuitous instruction in the use of tools or in manual training, or for industrial education in any form, a child." In all other respects the language remains un- changed.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


CHAPTER 320 .- An Act relating to instruction in the use of tools and in cooking in public schools.


This Act provides that the use of tools and the art of cooking shall be taught, by lectures or otherwise, in all the public schools in which the school committee deem it expedient, and that wherever such in- struction is given the tools, implements and materials required for such instruction may be purchased by the school committee at the expense of the city or town, and loaned to pupils, free of charge, sub- ject to such rules as the committee may prescribe.


CHAPTER 471 .- An Act to provide for manual training in cities and towns of more than twenty thousand inhabitants.


After the first day of September in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, every city of twenty thousand or more inhabitants shall maintain as part of its High School system the teaching of manual training. The course to be pursued in said instruction shall be sub- ject to the approval of the State Board of Education.


CHAPTER 515 .- An Act relative to vaccination.


Section 2 of this Act provides that " all children who shall present a certificate signed by a regular practising physician that they are unfit subjects for vaccination shall not be subject to the provisions of section nine of chapter forty-seven of the Public Statutes excluding unvacci- nated children from public schools."


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


36. - RULES FOR SCHOOL JANITORS


ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, 1894.


1. It shall be the duty of janitors to open and close their build- ings every school day during the year.


2. To sweep the entries and stairways daily, after the last session of the school ; the rooms, by Wednesday night, and again on Saturday of each week. The yards, out-houses, and basement are to be kept clean and in good order. The sanitaries flushed every day and left clean at night. Dust the furniture daily ; the windows, blinds, walls and ceilings as often as necessary to keep them free from dust.


3. To clean the doors, wainscoting, and all other wood work, in- cluding seats and desks, during the summer vacation. The windows shall be thoroughly cleaned, outside and inside, three times in each year ; once in the month of May, August, and October. The tran- soms, windows, and other glass inside of the building must be kept clean. The ink-wells shall be cleaned five times in each year, once in the months of August, November, February and May, and once at the request of the Principal, or five times in each year other than those stated above, at the request of the Principal.


4. To build fires when necessary, in season to have the rooms warmed to such temperature as the school committee shall direct at the time for opening the schools. Where stoves are used, fuel sufficient for the day must be carried to the several rooms.


5. To use the fuel economically. To screen the ashes and use the screenings on the fires.


6. To remove the ashes and all other debris from the cellars in order that the ashes and debris can be collected by the city once a week.




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