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" The constant tendency of classification to become imperfect by reason of the difference in rates of advancement of the several pupils, owing to disparity in ages, degree of maturity, temperament, and health, makes frequent reclassifi- cation necessary. This is easily accomplished by promoting the few pupils who distance the majority of their classmates into the next class above, separated as it is, or ought to be, by an interval of less than half a year. The bright pupils . thus promoted have to struggle to make up the ground covered in the interval between the two classes, but they are nearly always able to accomplish this, and generally will in two years' time need another promotion from class to class.
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" In all good school systems the pupils take up new work when they have completed the old, and the bright pupils are transferred to higher classes when they have so far distanced their fellows that the amount of work fixed for the average ability of the class does not give them enough to do."
THE WORK OF THE SCHOOLS, PAST AND FUTURE.
It may seem that thus far this report has dealt chiefly with the material and financial interests of our schools to the exclusion of the real work done in them by teachers and pupils. It is impossible to measure mental growth, the acquisition of power, the development of character. It is difficult to make an inventory of the intangible but no less real products that day by day and week by week are wrought out through the diligent labors and subtile influences of the schoolroom. To say that teachers have been faithful, enthusiastic, devoted, and that children have responded with interest and profit, seems a trite remark. And yet it states a fact recognized by all who have observed our schools during the year. The year has been one of patient, intelligent, uninterrupted labor. There have been no innovations, no new departures. The work has progressed along the given lines, steadily and without digression. There has been the spirit of harmony and co-operation so essential to success. There have been some apparent failures to reach desirable ends. Ideals have not been attained in any instance. But as far as can be seen there have been steady advances. Somerville teachers take a just pride in their work and in the reputation of their schools, and it is their determination to maintain their high standard.
I venture to suggest six directions in which special effort should be made by teachers and principals during the coming year : -
More mid-year individual promotions should be made. The number of these in 1895 is but one half those in 1894. There are more pupils in the school, with ability to push ahead of their associ- ates. These should be found, encouraged, and placed in higher grades. As far as our large numbers will permit, the work should be individualized. Wherever possible, the plan of grading suggested in the reports of the last two years should be followed.
The work in physiology and elementary science should be systematized. If need be, special courses of instruction should be secured by teachers.
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The change of text-books in geography has made necessary not only a change in the arrangement of courses, but also a modifica- tion of methods of teaching. To these, early and continued attention should be given.
We must secure less mechanical and more thought work. The power of attention, of concentration, of reasoning, of independent investigation and conclusion, the spirit of self-reliance must be more diligently cultivated.
Graduates are now deficient in the ability to express their thoughts, orally and in writing, with clearness and correctness. Training of the language faculty and the power of expression should receive constant attention.
And lastly, our efforts should be continually directed throughout all grades to develop the moral nature, to teach self-control, to make children honorable, to secure right conduct by controlling motives and appealing only to what is highest and best in the child.
IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTED.
It may serve the purpose of convenience if we group together suggestions for the improvement of the schools made in this and previous reports. Not all these things can be secured at once, but they should be in our thought as objects to be accomplished whenever the financial conditions are favorable : -
1. The increase of school accommodations by the erection of buildings in East Somerville, on Hudson street, on Beech street, and on Washington street, and by the enlargement of the Glines school- house. Land should be secured for a building in the westerly part of Ward Three.
2. The consequent reduction of the number of pupils assigned to each instructor to a teachable limit.
3. The establishment of kindergartens in all parts of the city.
4. The revision of the course of study with the possibility of important modifications of elementary school work.
5. The extension of the manual training course in the English School, with the consideration of the location and erection of a separate building for a manual training school.
6. The increase of the supply of standard literature for reading and study in the upper grammar grades.
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7. The establishment of cooking-schools for ninth-grade girls. A beginning could be made at once in the Prospect Hill building.
8. The modification or extinction of present district lines.
9. The more frequent and thorough cleansing of schoolrooms.
10. The ventilation of the Bell schoolhouse in accordance with the recommendation of the State Inspector, and the completion of the ventilating system of the Prescott, in accordance with the original plans.
11. The substitution of adjustable furniture for the old-fashioned desks and chairs so ill-adapted to health and comfort.
12. The provision of additional windows to increase the light in several of the older buildings.
13. The improvement of schoolhouse grounds and surroundings.
14. The adoption of a five-years' course of study in the Latin School, open to eighth-grade pupils.
15. The establishment of a fixed schedule of salaries for teachers in high schools.
16. The disuse of schoolrooms for election purposes.
17. The reorganization of the administrative system of the schools in connection with a new city charter.
IN CONCLUSION.
Great activity continues in all parts of the educational world. All phases of the important problems of education, new and old, are everywhere under discussion by educational reformers, by thoughtful and progressive teachers, and by the intelligent public. The time is one of investigation, of experiment, and of earnest desire to find what is best. Experts are not yet agreed as to the fitting solutions of the great questions. The leaders differ among themselves. On one point only are all united, the immeasurable value of education to the individual, to society, to the State. Out of all this agitation the best will be evolved. The true ends and aims of education, the subjects to be taught, the right sequence of their presentation, the best methods of teaching, these and other fundamental questions are in process of solution. We must patiently wait their answer.
In the meantime local conditions, the needs of our own community must govern our action, our courses of study, our methods of instruc- tion. If the changes and improvements suggested can be secured,
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if we can increase the effectiveness of our teaching force by concen- trating it on fewer pupils, if we can stimulate all our instructors to attain the standards of the best among us, if we can adopt in our objects and methods whatever has passed the stage of experiment and proved its value, if there can be an onward and upward move- ment all along our lines and the joining of hands for a common purpose among all who are interested,- the public, the press, parents, teachers, pupils, the school board, the government of our city, the supervising force,- if all these things can be achieved there need be no fear but that the best interests of our schools will be conserved, their standard advanced, and their blessings secured.
The Superintendent acknowledges with gratitude the sympathy and aid given him by principals and teachers, and the kindness and forbearance shown him by members of the Board in the discharge of his duties during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
G. A. SOUTHWORTH,
SOMERVILLE, Dec. 30, 1895.
Superintendent.
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APPENDIX.
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CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
CONCERNING FINANCE.
NO. OF TABLE.
1. Schedule of school property.
2. Cost of maintaining schools, 1895.
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, 1895.
4. Cost of maintaining schools for a series of years.
5. Cost per capita of maintaining schools for a series of years.
6. Amount spent annually for new school buildings, and for repairs for a series of years.
CONCERNING PUPILS.
7. Population of Somerville for a series of years.
8. School census for a series of years, and by districts for 1895.
9. Attendance, etc., of the schools for 1895.
10. Statistics of the High School, 1895.
11. Separate statistics for Grammar and Primary Schools, 1895.
12. Number of schools and pupils by districts, 1895.
13. Pupils by grades, December, 1895.
14. Pupils in each grade, and per cent of whole number.
15. Admissions to First grade in April and September.
16. Truant statistics, 1895.
17. Number of Grammar School graduates, 1895.
18. Evening School statistics, 1895.
19. Grammar School graduates for a series of years.
20. Attendance statistics of all schools for a series of years.
21. Statistics of the High School for a series of years.
CONCERNING TEACHERS.
22. Resignations of teachers, 1895.
23. Teachers elected in 1895.
24. Transfers of teachers, as to schools.
25. Leave of absence of teachers.
26. Time lost by teachers, 1895.
27. Number of teachers employed for a series of years.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
NO. OF TABLE.
28. Changes in text-books, 1895.
29. High School graduation exercises, 1895.
30. Grammar School graduation exercises, 1895.
31. Teachers in service in December, 1895.
32. Amendments to School Regulations
E - SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 1 .- SCHOOLHOUSES.
NAME.
No. of Classrooms.
| Rooms not occupied.
Size of
Lot.
Valuation.
When
built.
No. of years used.
Enlargements.
1
Latin High School
a4 614
1
$50,000
1871
24
2
English High Prescott
12
21,444
47,000
1867
28
4
Edgerly
12
26,428
47,000
1871
24
§4 rooms added 1882 1892 66 24
5
L. V. Bell
12
23,396
47,000
1874
21
6
C. G. Pope
12
27,236
62,000
1891
4
7
O. S. Knapp
13
24,517
47,000
1889
6
4 rooms added 1894
S
Forster
12
27,499
47,000
1866
29
9
Morse
12
29,109
47,000
1869
26
6 rooms added 1890 4 rooms added 1891
11
J. T. Glines
9
28,800
46,400
1891
12
Bingham
S
21,017
30,000
1886
4 rooms added 1894 4 rooms added 1865
14
Davis
4
.
38,152
25,700
1884
11
15
Bennett
4
20,560
10,600
1868
27
16
Jackson
4
11,212
8,600
1861
34
17
Cummings
4
11,300
15,700
1884
11
18
Franklin
4
33,017
15,600
1846 1894
49 1
20
Burns
4
16,080
15,700
1886
9
21
Lincoln
4
17,662
14,700
1885
10
22
Beech Street
2
6,000
4,800
1872
23
23
Cedar Street
2
800
1843
52
Moved from Broad- way 1868.
24
Harvard
1
9,810
3,600
1851
44
street 1867, from Kent street 1871.
Total,
175
4
$813,200
.
10
Highland
12
23,260
47,000
1880
15 4 9
13
Prospect Hill
6
3
25,313
21,000
1848
47
2 rooms added 1862
19
G. W. Durell
4
13,883
19,000
.
140,000
1895
. .
3
( a ) Six recitation rooms, a physical laboratory, three teachers' rooms.
(b) A chemical, a physical, a bilogical laboratory, three recitation rooms, a lecture hall, drawing room, two teachers' rooms, library, and principal's office. Four manual training rooms in basement.
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Moved from Cherry
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 2 .- COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1895.
SCHOOL.
Instruction and Supervision.
Janitors, Water, Heat, Light.
School Supply Expenses.
Total.
Old High (a)
$ 9,921.63
$1,367.94
$ 363.01
$11,652.58
Latin High (b)
4,928.79
624.87
544.53
6,098.19
English High (b) .
8,203.41
987.76
6,018.93
15,210.10
Bell
10,002.31
1,220.95
656.90
11,880.16
Edgerly
9,919,50
1,413.83
708.55
12,041.88
Forster
9,715.61
1,248.15
710.90
11,674.66
Highland
10,379.31
1,451.75
806.29
12,637.35
Knapp
10,057.87
1,754.81
796.45
12,609.13
Morse .
9,853.81
1,483.51
801.56
12,138.88
Pope
10,251.37
1,632.14
661.98
12,545.49
Prescott ·
10,179.18
1,261.84
722.15
12,163.17
Bingham
5,475,52
936.67
320.14
6,732.33
Glines .
6,162.61
1,164.01
302.60
7,629.22
Burns .
3,170.07
559.92
219.21
3,949.20
Cummings
2,444.16
541.25
118.60
3,104.01
Davis
2,831.93
498.59
178.09
3,508.61
Durell :
2,636.32
571.42
214.94
3,422.68
Franklin
2,759.82
381.48
208.27
3,349.57
Lincoln
3,587.81
736.39
304.03
4,628.23
Bennett
2,123.10
257.46
49.18
2,429.74
Jackson
2,521.22
301.53
99.79
2,922.54
Prospect Hill
1,591.96
415.00
130.11
2,137.07
Beech Street
1,451.48
244.22
58.78
1,754.48
Cedar Street
1,282.10
171.36
50.20
1,503.66
Harvard
631.98
88.38
17.97
738.33
Evening Schools .
2,030.00
459.69
2,489.69
Totals .
$144,112.87
$21,774.92
$15,063.16
$180,950.95
(a) For 6 months.
(b) For 4 months.
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TABLE 3. - COST PER CAPITA OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1895.
SCHOOL.
Instruction and Supervision.
Janitors, Water, Heat, Light.
School Supply Expenses.
Total.
Old High (a)
$16.29
$2.25
$ .60
$19.14
Latin High (b)
18.67
2.37
2.06
23.10
English High (6)
17.16
2.07
12.60
31.83
Bell
17.83
2.18
1.17
21.18
Edgerly
17.68
2.52
1.25
21.45
Forster
17.89
2.30
1.31
21.50
Highland
17.10
2.39
1.33
20.82
Knapp
18.91
3.30
1.50
23.71
Morse
17.72
2.67
1.44
21.83
Pope
19.98
3.18
1.29
24.45
Prescott
17.83
2.21
1.26
21.30
Bingham
15.60
2.67
.91
19.18
Glines
16.22
3.06
.79
20.07
Burns
12.48
2.20
.87
15.55
Cummings
14.13
3.13
.68
17.94
Davis
.
14.02
2.47
.SS
17.37
Durell
14.49
3.14
1.18
18.81
Franklin
17.58
2.43
1.33
21.34
Lincoln
16.31
3.35
1.38
21.04
Bennett
16.46
2.00
.38
18.84 18.26
Jackson
15.76
1.88
.62
Prospect Hill
16.76
4.37
1.37
22.50
Beech Street
13.57
2.29
.55
16.41
Cedar Street
22.11
2.95
.87
25.93
Harvard
14.36
2.01
.41
16.78
High Schools.
$34.82
$4.51
$10.46
$49.79
Gram. and Primary Schs.
17.41
2.70
1.17
21.28
All Schools
18.92
2.86
1.98
23.76
(a) For 6 months.
(b) For 4 months.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 4 .- ANNUAL COST OF MAINTAINING THE SCHOOLS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
Amounts are given to the nearest dollar and include what has been paid for maintaining day and evening schools of all grades.
YEAR.
Average Member- ship.
Instruction and Supervision.
Water and Light
Heating.
Janitors.
School Supplies
Total.
1885
4,904
$ 79,506
$ 728
$4,965
$ 4,000
$ 8,449
$ 97,648
1886
4,985
83,542
624
4,929
4,194
6,676
99,865
1887
5,198
86,713
765
6,475
5,084
7,526
106,563
1888
5,488
88,967
953
7,121
5,892
7,421
110,354
1889
5,956
96,466
805
6,081
6,448
9,903
119,703
1890
6,486
104,184
1,004
5,586
7,539
10,371
128,684
1891
6,502
114,066
1,047
8,032
8,544
13,899
145,588
1892
7,035
124,232
1,064
7,148
9,795
12,944
155,183
1893
7,217
128,720
1,014
8,312
10,160
10,137
158,333
1894
7,212
132,919
958
9,673
10,686
10,919
165,155
1895
7,617
144,113
1,398
8,796
11,581
15,063
180,951
TABLE 5. - ANNUAL COST PER CAPITA OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS. [Based on the average membership.]
YEAR.
Instruction and Supervision.
Janitors, Water, Heat, and Light.
School Supply Expenses.
Total.
Assessors' valua- tion of City.
Ratio of cost of school main- tenance to valuation.
1885
$16.21
$1.98
$1.72
$19.91
$24,878,400
.00392
1886
16.76
1.94
1.34
20.03
26,003,200
.00384
1887
16.68
2.37
1.45
20.50
27,469,300
.00388
1888
16.21
2.54
1.36
20.11
28,756,400
.00384
1889
16.20
2.24
1.66
20.10
30,004,600
.00399
1890
16.06
2.18
1.60
19.84
32,557,500
.00395
1891
17.54
2.71
2.14
22.39
36,843,400
.00395
1892
17.66
2.56
1.84
22.06
38,093,100
.00407
1893
17.84
2.70
1.40
21.94
41,773,600
.00379
1894
18.43
2.96
1.51
22.90
44,142,900
.00374
1895
18.92
2.86
1.98
23.76
46,506,300
.00390
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TABLE 6. - AMOUNT SPENT ANNUALLY FOR NEW SCHOOL- HOUSES, AND FOR REPAIRS, ETC.,
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
For New Schoolhouses.
For Repairs.
For Maintaining Schools.
Amount spent for all school purposes.
1885
$19,185
$ 7,052
$ 97,648
$113,885
1886
15,515
8,706
99,865
114,086
1887
14,839
13,636
106,563
135,038
1888
4,996
13,994
110,354
129,344
1889
20,167
14,225
119,703
154,095
1890
75,775
19,168
128,684
223,627
1891
84,902
14,847
145,588
245,337
1892
12,679
17,734
155,183
176,001
1893
22,809
12,440
158,333
193,582
1894
82,206
*44,764
165,155
292,125
1895
87,680
15,651
180,951
284,282
* Including heating apparatus in both High School buildings.
TABLE 7. - POPULATION OF SOMERVILLE.
1842
1,013
1875
21,594
1850
.
3,540
1880
.
. 24,985
1860
8,025
1885
· 29,992
1865
9,366
1890
40,117
1870
·
14,693
1895
52,200
.
.
.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 8 .- SCHOOL CENSUS, 1895.
Number of children in the city between 5 and 15 years of age, as reported by the truant officer, on the first of May.
1885
5,608
1891
6,800
1886
5,296
1892
7,191
1887
5,722
1893
7,601
1888
5,959
1894
8,040
1889
6,135
1895
8,510
1890
6,469
BY DISTRICTS FOR 1895.
DISTRICT.
1894.
1895.
Increase.
Increase Per Cent.
East Somerville
1,459
1,504
45
3.08
Prospect Hill .
2,977
3,089
112
3.76
Winter Hill
1,276
1,335
59
4.62
Spring Hill
1,200
1,311
111
9.25
West Somerville
1,128
1,271
143
12.68
Total
8,040
8,510
470
5.83
Between 8 and 14
4,993
5,242
249
4.99
.
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TABLE 9. - ATTENDANCE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1895.
Rooms occupied in December.
SCHOOL.
Annual
Enrollment.
Average
Average
Attendance.
Attendance. Per cent of
No. cases of
Tardiness.
Dismissal. No. cases of
No. cases of
Punishment.
No. attending in
No. attending in
Average No. to
classroom in
December.
No. over 15
years of age.
No. between 8
and 14 years of
High Schools
688
662
635
96.0
327
155
653
742
605
16
Old High
656
609
577
94.7
236
·
.
·
·
.
25
0
12
Bell
705
561
543
96.9
132
153
29
577
557
46.3
39
445
12
Edgerly .
684
561
540
96.3
89
41
20
556
604
50.3
43
346
12
Forster .
639
543
519
95.5
89
79
19
527
601
50.1
49
321
12
Highland
753
607
579
95.1
180
260
6
617
630
52.5
73
400
13
Knapp .
734
532
515
96.8
125
144
13
535
571
44.
29
370
12
Morse
680
556
522
94.0
149
152
26
562
599
50.0
64
477
12
Pope
708
513
496
96.5
168
66
35
523
577
48.1
26
437
12
Prescott
741
571
551
96.5
91
64
23
602
589
49.1
51
455
S
Bingham
483
351
334
94.9
183
113
30
367
356
44.5
3
269
9
Glines
517
380
361
95.0
80
27
9
381
395
43.9
41
247
4
Burns
.
285
254
239
94.3
130
104
2
198
274
68.5
0
153
4
Cummings
232
173
163
94.2
203
104
10
176
191
47.7
0
92
4
Davis
281
202
191
94.7
85
44
18
215
187
46.8
1
124
4
Durell
305
182
172
94.3
66
67 .
2
227
202
50.5
0
156
4
Franklin
.
220
207
94.4
146
74
14
220
238
59.5
4
165
4
Bennett
205
129
119
92.1
69
26
12
121
131
43.6
0
51
4
Jackson
172
108
100
92.5
78
14
5
117
136
44.
0
44
2
Beech Street .
136
107
99
92.5
101
26
3
88
104
52.
0
38
2
Cedar Street
78
58
54
93.2
70
17
4
59
63
31.
0
35
3
Prospect Hill
57
57
54
94.1
7
5
4
50
79
41.
1
87
Harvard
87
44
40
90.6
26
11
0
39
45
45.
0
5
Kindergarten
234
89
73
82.6
88
. .
. .
37
135
30.3
. .
· ·
Total .
·
9,914
7,617
7,255
95.2
2,736
1,791
292
7,609
8,191
48.3
1,035
4,874
1894.
9,387
7,212
6,840
94.8
3,000
2,509
314
7,385
7,649
46.9
950
4,218
age.
3
Latin High
7
264
259
98.1
36
98
267
2
1
14
English High
25
478
464
96.9
55
57
475
.
.
578
15
·
January.
December.
E - SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
.
8
162
185
46.
6
141
4
Lincoln .
314
157
149
94.7
54
45
196
Membership.
1
653
86
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 10. - STATISTICS OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, 1895.
Latin.
English.
Both.
Whole number of different pupils during year
733
30
763
Largest number at one time
267
508
775
Number admitted during the year
80
534
614
64
197
261
66
from our Grammar schools from other schools
16
30
46
92
. . .
66
of graduates who entered college
22
. . .
7
66
in December, 1895
267
475
742
Average number to a teacher
29.7
25.0
26.5
Number over 15 years of age
421
. . .
normal schools, etc.
. . .
79
79
66
in thirteenth grade
54
69
123
66
in twelfth grade
57
84
141
66
in eleventh grade
85
120
205
in tenth grade
71
192
263
66
of post graduates
. .
10
10
66
66 Scientific schools
7
.. .
66 66 Medical school .
1
. .
1
in course preparatory to college
267
. . .
267
. .
35
35
of special students
37
37
fitting for Institute of Technology,
Number graduated .
92
22
87
E - SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 11 .- PUPILS IN HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Number of persons in the city on the first day of May, 1895, between 5 and 15 years of age, 8,510.
Number between 8 and 14 years of age, 5,242.
High Schools.
Grammar and Primary Schools.
Total.
Annual enrollment .
688
9,225
9,913
Average membership
662
6,955
7,617
Average attendance .
635
6,620
7,255
Per cent of attendance
96.0
95.2
95.24
Number cases of tardiness
327
2,409
2,736
Number cases of dismissal
155
1,636
1,791
Number cases of punishment
292
292
Membership, January, 1895
653
6,956
7,609
Membership, December, 1895
742
7,449
8,191
Average number to a teacher
48.3
48.3
Number over 15 years of age .
605
430
1,035
Number between 8 and 14 years of age
16
4,858
4.874
TABLE 12. - NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND PUPILS, BY DISTRICTS. December 15, 1895.
Number of Teachers.
DISTRICT.
No. of Schools.
Number of Pupils.
Number in Ninth Grade.
Average Number to a Room.
East Somerville
28
2
28
.
·
1,380
90
49.3
Prospect Hill
52
3
52
1
2,377
114
45.7
Winter Hill .
29
1
29
1
1,352
71
46.6
Spring Hill
23
1
30
3
1,135
44
49.3
West Somerville .
22
1
17
3
1,205
82
54.8
Totals
154
8
156
8
7,449
401
47.9
·
a. Principals of ninth-grade grammar schools.
b. Regular teachers.
c. Salaried assistants.
a
C
88
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 13. - PUPILS BY GRADES, DECEMBER, 1895.
TEACHERS.
PUPILS.
Average Age.
Women.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Men.
Regular.
Assistants.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Years.
Months.
No. single promo- tions in June, 1894.
No. double promo- tions in 1894.
High 66
Special
3
7
10
20
5
Thirteenth Class
34
89
123
18
6
.
4
. .
66
Eleventh
205
16
5
66
Tenth
.
1.0
18
287
455
742
Grammar
Ninth
7
11
·
196
205
401
14
11
367
4
66
Eighth
11
.
A
66
Seventh
14
. .
6
Sixth
1
15
1
378
371
749
12
4
572
4
66
Fifth
16
1
414
407
821
11
5
604
19
Fourth
..
.
445
421
866
10
4
607
7
Total Grammar
S
85
2
1,932
1,968
3,900
2,973
57
Primary
Third
.
26
2
476
449
925
9
2
727
12
Second
.
. .
.
First
20
6
774
672
1,446
6
5
944
7
Kindergarten
2
2
65
70
135
4
6
44
..
Total Primary
71
10
1,866
1,683
3,549
2,488
23
Total Grammar
S
156
12
3,798
3,651
7,449
5,461
80
Grand Total
18
174
12
4,085
4,106
8,191
14
2
389
12
301
310
611
13
4
434
11
Twelfth
6
53
88
141
17
72
125
138
263
15
4
. .
-
4
23
551
492
1,043
7
9
773
198
254
452
Total
18
and Primary
133
E -- SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 14 .- NUMBER OF PUPILS AND PER CENT OF WHOLE NUMBER OF PUPILS IN EACH GRADE IN DECEMBER, 1895.
GRADE.
PUPILS. .
PER CENT.
1
17.9
Primary.
2
1,071
13.2
3
925
11.4
4
866
10.7
5
821
10.2
6
749
9.3
Grammar.
7
611
7.6
S
452
5.6
9
401
5.0)
10
263
3.3
11
205
2.5
High.
12
141
1.7
13
133
1.6
Total, 8,084
89
1,446
90
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 15. - ADMISSIONS TO FIRST GRADE IN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER, 1895.
SCHOOL.
April.
Sept.
On Half Time.
SCHOOL.
April.
Sept.
On Half Time.
Bell .
25
54
·
Burns
13
28
28
Edgerly
27
40
42
Cummings
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