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"I desire to record the opinion that no public library in the Commonwealth is doing more, or can do more, for the public schools than the Somerville Public Library. When the use of as many books as are desired, for a time as long as desired, is sup- plemented by a willingness to purchase books to a reasonable extent for the use of the school, the serviceableness of a public library surely has reached its highest point of efficiency and power. As the school bases its work largely upon laboratory and library methods, the need and value of books for refer- ence and comparative study are vital points around which the success of the school is centered.
"In history and literature many of the important books neces- sary for our work are owned by the school, and yet about thirty volumes have been called for, and twenty-five have been received from the Public Library each week since last January. In round numbers, this makes about a thousand different volumes actually used by the school in a year.
"It would be difficult to keep a record or to make an accurate statement of the exact circulation of these books. Some of them are used one or more times by classes of 170 or 120 pupils. It would not be unreasonable to consider that every volume has been used by at least forty individuals. A grand total of forty thousand volumes a year is thus obtained! Nor does this aston- ishing figure adequately show the extent to which the Library is being used for school purposes by the members of the English High School alone. Teachers and pupils have private cards, and it is safe to assume that a large majority use them in obtaining books as an aid in school work.
"The above facts express better than any formal words the vast amount of good which is being accomplished by an institu- tion which, through the will of its Trustees and the action of
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its Librarian, has placed itself in the front rank of educational work. The Somerville Public Library is an educational centre in every sense of the term, and its mission will be potent for the upbuilding of the city and for the enrichment of the lives of its citizens."
THE FUTURE.
Activity in educational circles is one of the marked character- istics of these closing years of the nineteenth century. It might properly be styled a period of educational awakening. Old methods are being superseded by the new, text-books that are patterns of the bookmaker's art and that compel our admiration are keeping pace with the advance of modern and progressive ideas, school problems and social questions are being talked, read, and written about as never before, costly and beautiful speci- mens of the architect's skill are rising in the places of ill-planned schoolhouses of the past, great institutions are being founded, endowed, and supplied with all that wealth can purchase, and it would seem as though a second and a better revival of learning had come.
In the midst of this discussion, the secondary school appears as a frequent and, perhaps, the most prominent theme. Its course of study, its function, its methods, its tendencies, its articu- lation with the schools below and the colleges above are con- stantly before the public in one form or another.
English high schools, or rather general high schools, have received considerable attention in these conferences, and, in the main, favorable comment has been expressed regarding their present work and their future development.
Whatever place it may be called upon to take, it can never have a more honorable or more responsible function than that of the present time: Its duty is to "reveal the world of nature and the world of man" to its pupils, to develop in them the greatest capacity for usefulness, and send them forth, without the training of university or college, and oftentimes without even the full four years of the high school, fitted to grapple with the great difficul-
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ties, and discouragements, and opportunities of actual life. Call it a finishing school, not a fitting school, if you will, and its province is more accurately defined.
Our own school, one of this class, is keenly alive to the prob- lem set before it, and is eager and ready for service. Its province is to give a superior course of instruction and training to those children whose education is to be the shortest. Vast and diffi- cult though the task may be, it hopes it can, in a measure, meet the expectations of all citizens, merit their approbation, and receive their hearty and willing co-operation.
It would be, yes, it should be, in close touch with every force, with every factor, that counts for the upbuilding of civic life in this region. Its influence should radiate into every corner of the city.
Like the commanding position it occupies on the eminent hill in the centre of this community, so it will be the aim and the endeavor of the pupils, the graduates, and the teachers to place the English High School in a position of confidence and affection in the hearts of the people of this good city.
Sincerely acknowledging to you, sir, and to the School Board my obligation for the advice and support which have ever been accorded me, and deeply appreciating the continued confidence in my administration, I remain
Very respectfully yours,
C. T. C. WHITCOMB.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
FIRST FLOOR
CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
CONCERNING FINANCE.
NO. OF TABLE.
Amendment to rules.
1. Schedule of school property.
2. Cost of maintaining schools, 1897.
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, 1897.
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 1897.
9. Attendance, etc., of the schools for 1897.
10. Statistics of the High School, for school year 1896-'97.
11. Separate statistics for grammar and primary schools, 1897.
12. Number of schools and pupils by districts, 1897.
13. Pupils by grades, December, 1897.
14. Admissions to first grade in April and September.
15. Truant statistics, 1897.
16. Number of grammar school graduates, 1897.
17. Evening school statistics, 1897.
18. Grammar school graduates for a series of years.
19. Attendance statistics of all schools for a series of years.
20. Statistics of the High School for a series of years.
CONCERNING TEACHERS.
21. Resignations of teachers, 1897.
22. Teachers elected in 1897.
23. Transfers of teachers, as to schools.
24. Leave of absence of teachers.
25. Time lost by teachers, 1897.
26. Number of teachers employed for a series of years.
MISCELLANEOUS.
27. Changes in text-books, 1897.
28. High School graduation exercises, 1897.
29. Grammar School graduation exercises, 1897.
30. Teachers in service in December, 1897. 31. School janitors.
380
ANNUAL REPORTS.
AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES AND REGULA- TIONS OF THE SCHOOLS.
Section 4, page 4, has been changed to read as follows :-
The regular meetings of the Board shall be held at eight o'clock in the afternoon of the last Monday of each month, except- ing July. Whenever a regular meeting comes upon a holiday, the date of such meeting shall be changed at the regular meeting of the preceding month.
To Section 31, page 9, the following has been added :-
Any book of reference, globe, map, or chart may be adopted by a majority vote of the Board after examination and report thereon by the committee on text-books.
In Section 56, page 15, read :-
Supervisor of drawing, $900 minimum, $1,000 maximum, $100 annual increase.
In Section 103, page 26, for "12" read 11.45.
In Section 106, page 26, the second paragraph should read as follows :-
In the grammar and primary grades, midway of each session, there shall be a recess of five minutes for the four lower grades, and five minutes of gymnastic exercises for all other grades.
In Section 109, page 27, the words "typhoid fever" in the first sentence have been striken out, and "or" inserted before "diph- theria," and the last paragraph has been changed to read, "No person affected with any contagious disease shall be allowed to attend the public schools."
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
381
TABLE 1 .- SCHOOLHOUSES.
NAME.
No. of Classrooms.
Rooms not occupied.
Size of Lot
Valuation.
When built.
No. of years used.
Enlargements.
4
Edgerly
12
26,428
47,000
1871
26
1892 § 4 rooms added 1882 14 66
5
L. V. Bell
12
23,396
47,000
1874
23
6
C G. Pope
12
27,236
62,000
1891
6
7
O. S. Knapp
13
24,517
47,000
1889
8
4 rooms added 1894
8
Forster
12
27,499
47,000
1866
31
9
Morse
12
29,109
47,000
1869
28
6 rooms added 1890
10
Highland
12
23,260
47,000
1880
17
4
1891
11
J. T. Glines
13
28,800
65,000
1891
6
5
66
1896
12
Bingham
8
·
21,017
30,000
1886
11
4
66
1894
13
Prospect Hill
6
25,313
21,000
1848
49
4
1865
14
Davis
4
38,152
25,700
1884
13
15
Bennett
4
20,560
10,600
1868
29
16
Jackson
4
11,212
8,600
1861
36
17
Cummings
4
11,300
15,700
1884
13
18
Franklin
4
33,017
15,600
1846
51
2 rooms added 1862
19
G. W. Durell
4
13,883
19,000
1894
3
20
Burns
4
.
16,080
15,700
1886
11
21
Lincoln
4
17,662
14,700
1885
12
22
Cedar-street
2
.....
800
1843
54
Moved from Broad- way, 1868.
23
Hodgkins
12
.
35,034
60,000
1896
1
24
Harvard
1
·
9,810
3,600
1851
46
Moved from Cherry street, 1867. from Kent street, 1871.
25
Hanscom
6
·
12,756
43,000
1897
. .
Total,
197
1
$946,000
....
. .
.
·
21,444
$50,000 140,000 47,000
1871 1895
26
1 Latin High School
a4 b15
1
English High
2
3 Prescott
12
.
1867
30
(a) Six recitation rooms, a physical laboratory, three teachers' rooms.
(6) A chemical, a physical, a biological laboratory, three recitation rooms, a lecture hall, drawing room, two teachers' rooms, library and principal's office. Four manual training rooms and lunch room in basement.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 2. - COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1897.
SCHOOL.
Teachers.
Care.
Supplies.
Total.
Latin
$12,033 06
$1,748 31
$725 77
$14,507 14
English
24,158 19
3,427 75
3,281 22
30,867 16
Prescott
10,206 88
1,427 70
506 78
12,141 36
Edgerly
10,017 39
1,265 08
866 09
12,148 56
Davis
2,836 29
575 66
209 00
3,620 95
Bell
10,197 27
1,879 37
742 51
12,819 15
Cummings
2,706 43
389 49
227 30
3,323 22
Knapp .
9,923 51
1,815 76
770 43
12,509 70
Prospect Hill
2,490 67
365 98
121 19
2,977 84
Jackson
10,243 54
1,364 09
788 14
12,395 77
Glines
11,269 25
1,594 91
845 73
13,709 89
Bingham
5,939 65
912 39
325 55
7,177 59
Morse
10,931 80
1,604 95
850 93
13,387 68
Beech-street
1,588 83
116 66
87 01
1,792 50
Franklin
2,900 25
512 41
245 06
3,657 72
Durell
2,805 49
635 28
198 46
3,639 23
Harvard
737 66
217 52
24 46
979 64
Burns .
3,347 40
474 50
205 31
4,027 21
Cedar-street
1,313 33
178 38
70 69
1,562 40
Highland
10,076 73
1,927 45
580 54
12,584 72
Lincoln
2,250 98
636 98
256 01
9,143 97
Hodgkins
10,329 06
1,558 76
812 86
12,700 68
Hanscom
1,690 83
361 19
646 09
2,698 11
Evening Schools .
3,053 00
766 14
213 81
4,032 95
Total
·
$180,221 63
$28,235 60
$14,815 49
$223,272 72
Pope
3,765 27
568 32
383 45
4,717 04
Bennett
2,954 73
391 07
121 85
3,467 65
Forster
10,454 14
1,519 50
709 25
12,682 89
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 3. - PER CAPITA COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1897.
SCHOOL.
Teachers.
Care.
Supplies.
Total.
Latin
$45 24
$6 57
$2 73
$54 54
English .
44 41
6 30
6 03
56 74
Prescott
20 05
2 80
1 00
23 85
Edgerly
18 90
2 39
1 63
22 92
Davis
15 25
3 09
1 12
19 46
Bell
17 11
3 15
1 25
21 51
Cummings
15 04
2 17
1 26
18 47
Knapp
17 05
2 48
1 16
20 69
Pope
19 19
3 51
1 49
24 19
Prospect Hill
21 15
3 19
2 15
26 49
Bennett
18 45
2 71
90
22 06
Jackson
18 82
2 49
78
22 09
Forster
18 49
2 46
1 42
22 37
Glines
18 63
2 64
1 40
22 67
Bingham
17 57
2 70
96
21 23
Morse
18 13
2 66
1 41
22 20
Beech-street
14 85
1 09
81
16 75
Franklin
17 06
3 01
1 44
21 51
Durell
.
15 00
3 40
1 06
19 46
Harvard
17 15
5 06
57
22 78
Burns
15 15
2 15
93
18 23
Cedar-street
24 32
3 30
1 31
28 93
Highland
18 52
3 54
1 07
23 13
Lincoln .
17 87
5 06
2 03
24 96
Hodgkins
19 49
2 94
1 53
23 96
Hanscom
17 61
3 76
2 55
23 92
High Schools
$44 68
$6 39
$4 95
$56 02
Gram. and Primary
18 52
2 96
1 39
22 87
All Schools .
20 98
3 29
1 73
26 00
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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
9,794
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
1896
8,077
161,551
1,469
9,962
14,160
17,601
204,743
1897
8,589
180,222
1,920
10,065
16,251
14,815
223,273
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
, 37
1 45
20 50
27,469,300
.00388
1888
16 21
: 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
: 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
1896
20 00
3 17
2 18
25 35
49,013.050
.00418
1897
20 98
: 29
1 73
26 00
50,173,775
.00444
385
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 6. - AMOUNT SPENT ANNUALLY FOR ALL SCHOOL PURPOSES
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
For New Schoolhouses.
For Repairs and Permanent Improvements.
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
1896
61,016
33,240
204,743
298,999
1897
46,621
20,507
223,273
290,400
TABLE 7. - POPULATION OF SOMERVILLE.
1842
1,013
1880 .
24,985
1850
3,540
1885
29,992
1860
8,025
1890
40,117
1865
9,366
1895
52,200
1870
.
14,693
1896
54,400
1875
.
21,594
1897 .
56,000
386
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 8. - SCHOOL CENSUS, 1897.
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
1892
7,191
1886
5,296
1893
·
7,601
1887
·
5,722
1894
.
·
8.040
1888
5,959
1895
·
·
8,510
1889
6,135
1896
.
·
8.885
1890
6,469
1897
.
BY DISTRICTS FOR 1897.
DISTRICT.
1896.
1897.
Increase.
Increase per cent.
East Somerville
1,528
1,540
12
0.79
Prospect Hill
3,167
3,186
19
0.06
Winter Hill
1,430
1,487
57
4.00
Spring Hill .
1,418
1 501
83
5.09
West Somerville
1,342
1,399
57
4.25
Total .
8,885
9,113
228
2.57
Between 8 and 14 .
5,205
5,449
244
4.69
.
1891
6,800
9,113
·
.
.
.
TABLE 9 .- ATTENDANCE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1897.
Rooms occupied in December.
SCHOOL.
Annual
Enrollment.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Tardiness. No. Cases of
Dismissal. No. Cases of
Punishment. No Cases of
No attending in
No attending in
Average No. to
December.
No. over 15
years of age.
No. between 8
and 14 years of
co
Latin
.
281
266
258
97.1
68
102
266
. 282
31.0
224
10
15
English
610
544
520
95.5
83
80
560
595
27.0
525
00
12
Prescott
700
509
487
95.6
99
60
541
495
41.0
69
406
12
Edgerly
684
530
508
95.8
92
67
15
572
499
42.0
46
421
4
Davis
275
186
175
94.0
70
22
15
201
164
41.0
0
116
13
Bell
718
596
575
96.5
146
144
7
580
618
48.0
53
450
4
Cummings
238
180
170
94.3
99
58
01
177
190
48.0
0
93
13
Knapp
666
517
496
96.0
140
47
27
577
489
41.0
31
395
6
Prospect Hill
247
178
165
94.0
86
24
8
105
211
35.0
09
43
4
Bennett
287
157
138
91.5
121
12
8
118
164
41.0
O
75
12
Forster
687
554
526
95.0
72
17
563
576
48.0
35
350
14
Glines .
811
605
567
94.3
102
26
555
650
46.0
39
387
00
Bingham
432
338
317
93.7
79
24
26
344
340
43.0
0
224
12
Morse .
725
603
571
94.7
190
135
7
612
632
53.0
53
402
0
Beech-street
207
170
162
95.5
60
25
6
183
176
69.0
0
206
4
Durell .
240
187
177
94.4
150
32
9
175
220
55.0
-
114
1
Harvard
79
43
40
93.0
32
0
41
40
40.0
0
6
4
Burns .
293
221
208
94.2
102
co
212
245
61.0
1
170
2
Cedar-street
89
54
50
94.2
45
0
64
58
29.0
0
29
12
Highland
697
544
513
94.4
130
187
5
559
555
46.0
52
407
4
Lincoln
171
126
118
93.5
43
28
0
121
162
40.0
0
94
12
Hodgkins
·
753
530
501
95.5
109
51
8
506
561
47.0
46
354
9
Hanscom
88
96
90
95.4
32
19
3
0
253
42.0
0
7
198
Total
11,293
8,589
8,144
94.8
2,486
1,410
204
8,671
9,078
45.9
1,214
5,397
1896 .
10,582
8,077
7,663
94.9
2,743
1,560
257
8,098
8,703
46.3
1,090
5,080
·
=
74
5
Franklin
159
107
98
91.4
00
4
0
107
117
50.0
34
429
12
Pope
·
205
135
124
91.5
71
17
7
144
134
35.0
4
Jackson
846
613
590
96.3
187
131
4
617
652
400
January.
December.
classroom in
age.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
387
·
127
68
OÑO
Attendance.
388
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 10. - STATISTICS OF HIGH SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR SEPTEMBER 8, 1896, TO JUNE 30, 1897.
Latin.
English.
Both.
Number of days school kept
182
182
Number enrolled .
273
583
856
Average number belonging
262
531
793
Average daily attendance
254
508
762
Per cent. of attendance
96.94
95.85
96.1
Tardiness
60
69
129
Dismissals
101
66
167
In Class
I. September June
72
183
255
Per cent. of loss
11.2
32.2
19.4
In Class
II. September
66
155
221
June
64
136
200
Per cent. of loss
8.5
12.3
9.6
In Class III. September
71
115
186
June
65
90
155
Per cent. of loss
8.5
21.8
16.7
In Class IV. September
55
77
132
June
.
54
74
128
Per cent. of loss
1.9
3.9
3.1
Total, September
273
582
855
June
255
483
738
Per cent. of loss
6.6
17.1
13.7
Number graduates, male
18
30
48
Number graduates, female Total
51
70
121
Average age, male
.
3 mos.,
11 mos.
1 8 mos.
Average age, female
.
6 mos.
2 mos.
10 mos.
Number of graduates entering college .
33
3
36
Number of graduates entering M. I. T.
. .
9
9
Number of graduates entering normal schools
3
1 $23.009 75
4 $34,849 75
Cost of supplies and equipment Total cost
738 67
2,424 47
3.163 14
Cost per capita of instruction
45 19
43 33
43 95
Cost per capita of supplies and equip- ment
2 81
4 56
3 98
Total cost per capita
48 00
47 89
47 93
·
·
§ 18 yrs.,
- 18 yrs.,
§ 18 yrs.,
18 yrs.,
19 yrs.,
18 yrs.,
Cost of instruction
$11,840 00
12,578 67
25,434 22
38,012 89
.
33
40
73
81
235
316
389
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 11. - PUPILS IN HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
High Schools.
Grammar and Primary Schools.
Kinder· gartens.
Total.
Annual enrollment
891
9,962
440
11.293
Average membership
810
7,602
177
8,589
Average attendance
778
7,217
149
8,144
Per cent. of attendance
96.05
94.94
84.18
94.82
Number cases of tardiness
151
2,335
..
2,486
Number cases of dismissal
182
1,228
·
204
Membership, January, 1897
826
7,101
171
8,671
Membership, December, 1897
877
7,601
225
9,078
Average number to a teacher
28.3
45.8
45 0
. .
TABLE 12. - NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND PUPILS BY DISTRICTS, DECEMBER, 1897.
Number of Teachers.
DISTRICT.
No of Schools.
Number of Pupils
Number in Ninth Grade
Average Number to a Room.
East Somerville
34
2
34
1
1 411
89
41.5
Prospect Hill
56
3
56
3
2,458
119
43.9
Winter Hill
34
2
34
3
1.566
73
46.1
Spring Hill
27
1
25
6
1,185
49
51.5
West Somerville .
35
2
35
4
1,581
81
46.7
Totals
·
186
10
184
17
8,201
411
45.9
a. Principals of ninth-grade grammar schools.
b. Regular teachers.
c. Salaried assistants.
...
204
1,410
Number cases of punishment
b
C
390
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 13. - PUPILS BY GRADES, 1897.
TEACHERS.
PUPILS.
Average Age.
Women.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Regular.
Assistants.
Boys.
Girls.
Totals.
Years.
Months.
Single Promotions,
Double Promotions
Never in School
From other City
From other
Schools.
Latin
Thirteenth .
23
40
63
18
2
62
1
Twelfth .
34
29
63
17
0
59
1
3
Eleventh
31
36
67
16
3
66
Tenth
77
10
Total .
3
6
124
158
282
. .
187
78
15
Special .
4
16
20
20
4
2
2
Thirteenth .
22
58
80
18
5
1
1
Twelfth .
47
74
121
17
5
6
8
Eleventh
75
88
163
16
8
1
5
Tenth
82
121
211
15
9
1
197
23
Total .
8
14
230
365
595
Total High School
11
20
354
523
877
1
285
54
Grammar
Ninth
8
12
173
238
411
14
10.5
364
23
27
Eighth
14
268
308
576
14
1.7
390
59
50
Seventh .
15
313
371
684
13
3.0
547
86
78
Sixth
19
380
411
791
12
2.7
617
125
81
Fifth
1
19
1
426
456
882
11
4.4
699
123
109
Fourth
21
507
457
964
10
2.6
854
1
245
143
Total Gram- mar . .
9
100
1
2,067
2,241
4,308
3,471
1
661
488
Primary
Third
23
2
528
485
1,013
9
0.3
800
161
146
Second
23
3
549
562
1,111
7
9.3
852
236
188
First .
34
5
811
733
1,544
6
4.7
950
1,044
352
242
Total Pri-
mary
. .
80
11
1,888
1,780
3,668
. .
2,602
1,044
749
576
Total Gram-
mar and
9
180
12
3,955
4,021
7,976
6,073
158
1,045
1,410
1,046
Kindergarten .
5
6
112
113
225
4
4.5
92
307
1
6
Special Teach-
ers .
. .
2
4
1
Grand Totals
22
209
18
4,421
4,656
9,078
...
....
..
1,353
1,697
1,124
1
36
53
89
15
6
June, 1897.
in 1897.
before.
Schools.
English
1
207
39
Primary .
Men.
891
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 14 .- ADMISSIONS TO FIRST GRADE IN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER, 1897.
SCHOOL.
April.
Sept.
On Half Time.
SCHOOL.
April.
Sept.
On Half Time.
Bell
29
27
·
.
Cummings
12
21
·
Edgerly
28
11
34
Davis
15
23
30
Forster
27
45
27
Durell
17
17
. .
Highland
24
29
30
Hanscom .
.
23
. .
Morse
17
31
. .
Bennett
7
31
. .
Pope .
16
19
. .
Jackson
17
21
·
Prescott
22
35
23
Prospect Hill
15
18
. .
Bingham
28
25
· ·
Beech street
10
21
18
Glines
28
44
. .
Cedar-street
12
10
. .
Hodgkins
17
32
. .
Harvard
19
11
. .
Burns
20
28
32
Totals
·
428
606
194
Average age of April children, 5 years 6 months.
Average age of September children, 5 years 7.5 months. Of all admitted during 1897, 5 years 6.8 months.
. .
Knapp
41
62
. .
Lincoln
7
22
392
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 15 .- TRUANT STATISTICS.
1895.
1896.
1897.
Number of visits to schools
·
615
364
427
Absences investigated
499
312
342
Cases of truancy
98
116
110
Truants arrested
9
16
10
Sent to Truant School
8
8
8
TABLE 16. - GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1897.
Number certificated for High School.
Number en- tering Latin School.
Number enter- ing English School.
Total.
SCHOOLS.
Number receiving Diplomas.
Unconditionally.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally.
Conditionally.
Unconditionally
Conditionally.
Prescott
34
33
3
. .
22
·
25
·
Edgerly
29
27
3
.
17
2
20
2
Bel!
39
34
5
13
3
13
2
26
5
Knapp
25
18
7
3
·
.
10
4
13
4
Pope
30
17
8
6
1
8
4
14
5
Forster
50
35
8
14
2
20
5
34
7
Glines
27
18
8
3
. .
14
3
17
3
Morse
48
37
7
7
·
23
3
30
3
Highland .
41
31
9
10
1
16
5
26
6
Hodgkins.
45
39
3
8
. .
21
4
29
4
Total
368
289
57
70
7
164
32
234
39
1
393
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 17 .- ATTENDANCE IN EVENING SCHOOLS, 1896 AND 1897.
Prescott.
Bell.
Forster.
Highland.
Total.
Enrolled .
Male
46
175
80
70
371
Female
22
37
65
28
152
Total
68
212
145
98
523
Ave. Membership .
·
Male
28
51
28
22
129
Female
14
17
27
15
73
Total
42
68
55
37
202
Ave. Attendance
. Male
23
36
20
12
91
Female
10
12
20
10
52
Total
33
48
40
22
143
Per cent. of Attendance
Male
2
2
3
2
9
Female
1
5
2
1
9
Total
3
7
5
3
18
No. of Sessions
.
75
66
63
26
. .
Cost of Instruction
$1,585 50
Cost of Supplies, Janitors, and Light
487 10
Total cost
.
.
EVENING DRAWING SCHOOL, SEASON OF 1896-1897.
Industrial.
Freehand.
Total.
Enrolled
110
77
187
Ave. Membership
79
66
145
Ave. Attendance
64
56
120
Per cent. Attendance .
81.0
84.3
82.7
No. of Teachers
4
3
7
Cost of Instruction .
$1.410 50
Cost of Supplies, Janitors, and Light
317 64
Total cost .
$1,728 14
Cost per Capita
14 40
Cost per Evening
36 77
Number of Sessions
47
·
78.6
70.6
72.7
59.5
70.3
No. of Teachers
$2,072 60
Cost per pupil
14 49
394
TABLE 18. - GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
Prescott.
Bell.
Forster.
Morse.
Highland.
Edgerly.
Pope.
Knapp.
Hodgkins.
Glines.
Total.
Membership of
Primary Schools.
Per cent. of Aver-
Graduating.
Entered
Per cent.
entering of those
Graduating.
1885
51
73
28
30
29
211
4 584
4.60
155
73.46
1886
60
66
26
23
22
197
4 635
4.25
133
67.51
1887
52
67
28
37
37
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