Report of the city of Somerville 1897, Part 19

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 870


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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


·


372


ANNUAL REPORTS.


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-


373


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


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.


APPENDIX.


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L


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FAN ROOM


BASEMENT


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


377


378


SCHOOL ROOM


Books


TEACHER


WARDROBE


TOILET


TEACHER'S PM


up


Dan.


CLOSET


......


BOOK


SCHOOL ROOM


Dawn


Downly


TEACHER


TEACHER


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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.


382


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


383


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


384


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


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