Report of the city of Somerville 1899, Part 15

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 430


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11,577


9,085


8,636


95.1


2,941


1,321


256


9,051


9,637


46.3


170


ANNUAL REPORTS.


254


63.5


285


2.57


246


95.9


72


138


0


45


21


518


534


44.5


614


514


488


95.1


81


68


33


8


173


174


43.5


224


168


156


93.7


12


12


267


Punishment.


January.


December.


Membership.


Attendance.


1


171


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 9. - STATISTICS OF HIGH SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR, SEPTEMBER 6, 1898, TO JUNE 30, 1899.


Latin.


English.


Both.


Number of days school kept


183


183


183


Number enrolled .


283


630


913


Average number belonging


263.6


574 5


838.1


Average daily attendance


253.4


548.5


801.9


Per cent. of attendance


95.8


95.4


95.7


Tardiness


75


113


188


Dismissals


I. September


75


231


306


June


71


185


256


Per cent. of loss


5.3


19 0


13.9


In Class


II. September


81


158


239


June


74


138


212


Per cent. of loss


8 6


12 0


11.2


In Class III. September .


59


120


179


June


.


54


115


169


Per cert. of loss


8.5


40


05.6


In Class IV. September


.


54


98


152


June .


.


54


80


134


Per cent. of loss


0


12.0


16


Total, September


.


*269


*607


*876


June


.


253


518


771


Per cent. of loss


5.9


14.6


11.9


Number graduates, male


24


34


58


Number graduates, female Total


51


86


137


Average age, male


18-0


18-11


18-6


Average age, female


18-8


18-7


18-7


Number of graduates entering college .


30


7


37


Number of graduates entering M. I. T.


1


6


7


Number of graduates entering normal schools


1


2


3


Cost of instruction


$11,935 00


$26,159 00


$38,094 00


Cost of supplies and equipment


584 80


2,651 05


3,235 85


Total cost


12,519 80


28,810 05


41,329 85


Per capita cost of instruction


45 21


45 49


45 40


Per capita cost of supplies and equip- ment .


2 22


4 61


3 86


Total cost per capita


47 43


50 10


49 26


.


27


52


79


Special Students


3


13


11.8


·


131


55


186


In Class


* Specials not included.


-


172


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 10. - PUPILS BY GRADES, 1899.


TEACHERS.


PUPILS.


Average Age.


SCHOOL.


GRADE.


Regular.


Assistants.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Years.


Months.


Before.


Schools.


From Other


Schools.


Latin


Thirteenth .


20


33


53


17


11


Twelfth .


25


39


64


17


5


1


3


Eleventh


26


47


73


16


2


Tenth


36


28


64


15


7


59


6


Total .


3


6


107


147


254


62


17


English


Special .


5


11


16


19


7


4


3


Thirteenth .


30


67


97


18


3


3


Twelfth .


43


82


125


17


8


3


4


Eleventh


61


101


162


16


4


1


5


Tenth


125


174


299


15


7


288


23


Total .


8


19


1


264


435


699


296


38


Total High School


11


25


1


371


582


953


358


55


Grammar


Ninth


9


13


189


264


453


14


10.0


14


29


Eighth


14


271


339


610


14


0.2


35


47


Seventh


18


348


384


732


13


1.9


2


74


63


Sixth


20


432


428


860


12


1.7


1×6


105


Fifth


1


21


1


499


525


1,024


11


3.9


367


127


Fourth


23


..


581


560


1,141


10


1.0


254


172


Total Gram- mar .


10


109


1


2,320


2,500


4,820


. .


2


930


543


Third


26


566


577


1,143


8


9.0


206


176


Second


28


647


656


1,303


7


7.2


1


2×1


209


First .


33


2


844


763


1,607


6


2.2


1,016


232


265


Total Pri-


mary


·


87


2


2,057


1,996


4,053


1,017


719


650


Total Gram-


mar


and


Primary .


10


196


3


4,377


4,496


8,873


1,019


1,193


Kindergarten .


5


5


130


119


249


4


5.6


307


4


2


Special Teach-


ers .


.


.


2


5


. .


. .


Grand Totals


23


231


9


4,878


5,197


10,075


1,326


2,011


1,250


..


Primary


Women


Men


Never in School


From Other City


8


. . .


173


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 11. - PUPILS IN HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.


High Schools.


Grammar and Primary ~ Schools.


Kinder- gartens.


Total


Annual enrollment


923


- 10,546


506


11.975


Average membership


872


8,351


279


9.502


Average attendance


834


7,902


229


8,965


Per cent. of attendance


95.5


94.6


82.0


94.3


Number cases of tardiness


191


2,375


. ..


2,566


Number cases of dismissal .


203


1 312


1 515


Number cases of punishment


312


312


Membership, January, 1899


853


8,444


241


9.538


Membership, December, 1899


953


8,873


249


10,075


Average number to a teacher


25.7


45.6


24 9


45.6


TABLE 12. - ADMISSIONS TO FIRST GRADE IN SEPTEMBER, 1898 AND 1899.


SCHOOLS.


1898.


1899.


Under five in Sept., 1898.


Under five in Sept., 1899.


Prescott


37


53


9


8


Edgerly


26


32


2


Bell .


27


32


1


1


Knapp


59


63


17


9


Pope


22


37


1


4


Forster


42


71


9


12


Glines


65


69


1


5


Morse


58


66


11


4


Carr


49


52


3


7


Highland .


43


47


4


1


Hodgkins .


51


60


6


10


Bingham


53


60


6


6


Burns


42


67


3


19


Prospect Hill


17


30


.


2


Perry


15


51


6


5


Hanscom .


45


57


12


13


Bennett


27


47


4


4


Jackson


22


28


·


.


:


Davis


26


34


4


8


Durell


25


46


2


8


Lincoln


46


44


6


4


Cummings


33


37


9


4


Total


·


·


830


1,083


119


136


.


Average age, 1898, 5 years, 6.1 months. Average age, 1899, 5 years, 6 months.


174


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 13. - GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1899.


Number certificated for High School.


Number en- tering Latin School.


Number enter- ing English School


Total.


SCHOOLS.


Number receiving Diplomas.


Conditionally.


Unconditionally


Conditionally.


Unconditionally.


Conditionally


Unconditionally


Conditionally.


Unconditionally


Prescott


37


36


0


0


0


0


22


0


22


Edgerly


40


37


3


0


3


1


29


1


32


Bell .


50


46


4


0


9


3


26


3


35


Knapp


34


27


3


0


5


0


21


0


26


Pope


34


29


5


0


4


6


8


6


12


Forster


62


44


13


1


5


5


31


6


36


Glines


37


28


5


1


3


3


23


4


26


Morse


.


4S


35


11


1


9


3


25


4


34


Carr


.


38


37


1


0


7


1


18


1


25


Highland .


49


45


1


0


4


0


36


0


40


Hodgkins.


39


34


5


1


6


1


24


2


30


Outside


6


0


22


0


28


Total


468


398


51


4


61


23


285


27


346


TABLE 14. - TRUANT STATISTICS.


1896.


1897.


1898.


1899.


Number of visits of officer to schools


364


427


415


538


Absences investigated


312


342


411


448


Cases of truancy


116


110


135


158


Truants arrested


.


.


16


10


7


6


Sent to Truant School


S


S


6


6


Number released during year


S


5


Number now in Truant School .


.


.


9


7


.


·


.


0


175


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 15. - ATTENDANCE IN EVENING SCHOOLS, SEASON OF 1898-1899.


Prescott.


Bell.


Highland.


Total.


Enrolled


Male Female


53 20


222 52


55 12


330 84


Total


73


274


67


414


Ave. Membership


Male Female


35


76 20


19 9


45


Total


51


96


28


175


Ave. Attendance


Male Female


27 12


50


13


90


12


5


29


Total


39


62


18


119


Per cent. Att. out of No. Be- longing ·


76.4


64.6


64.3


68.0


Per cent. Att. out of Enroll-


53.4


22.6


26.8


28.7


No. of Teachers


Male Female


3


2


2


7


1


5


1


7


Total


4


7


3


14


No. of Sessions


78


78


47


Teachers, cost of .


$480 00 111 79


$834 00 202 89


$271 50 71 74


$1,585 50 386 42


Janitors and supplies, cost of .


Total


$591 79


$1,036 89


$343 24


$1,971 92


Per evening .


.


$7 58


$13 29


$7 30


$28 17


Per pupil in average member- ship .


11 60


10 80


12 25


11 26


Per pupil in average attendance


15 17


16 72


19 06


16 57


Average attendance : -


October . .


177


71


November ·


140


December 102


January . · February 55


130


16


ment


·


176


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 15 (Concluded). - EVENING DRAWING SCHOOL, SEASON OF 1898=1899.


Industrial.


Freehand.


Total.


Enrolled


.


Male Female


S2


30


13


112 13


Total


82


43


125


Ave. Membership


Male Female


56


20


76


. .


10


10


Total


56


30


86


Ave. Attendance


Male Female


43


13


56


. .


7


7


Total


43


20


63


Per cent. of Attendance out of Number Belonging .


Male Female


76.8


66.6 70.0


73.2 70.0


Total


76.8


66.6


73.2


Per cent. of Attendance out of Enrollment .


Male Female


52.4


43.3


50.0


. .


53.8


53.8


Total


52.4


46.5


52.4


No. of Teachers .


Male Female


4


.


2


2


Total


4


2


6


Cost of Instruction . Cost of Supplies, Janitors, and Light


$1,143 50


408 38


Total cost .


$1,551 88


Cost per Capita ( Average Membership )


18 04


Cost per Capita (Average Attendance )


24 63


Number of Sessions


49


Average Attendance : -


October . 90


January


53


November 77 ·


February


·


49


December 60


March .


·


49


. .


4


. .


177


TABLE 16. - GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES


FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


YEAR.


Prescott.


Bell.


Forster.


Morse.


Highland.


Edgerly.


Pope.


Knapp.


Hodgkins.


Glines.


Carr.


Total.


Membership of


Primary Schools.


Per cent. of Aver-


age Membership


Entered


Per cent.


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


221


4,849


4.56


146


66.06


1888


54


64


34


41


50


243


5,109


4.75


156


64.19


1889


59


91


48


42


41


-


281


5,568


5.04


169


60.14


1890


54


106


45


56


57


318


6,062


5.24


184


57.86


1891


44


73


41


55


44


39


296


6,035


4.90


199


67.23


1892


41


36


75


49


45


49


36


39


370


6,525


5.67


228


61.62


1893


40


60


48


63


67


46


36


38


398


6,674


5.97


240


60.30


1894


39


_29


79


66


68


41


35


32


389


6,600


5.89


253


65.04


1895


36


32


58.


63


73


42


36


34


374


6,955


5.37


255


68.18


1896


38


34


72


38


70


46


co


35


370


7,201


5.13


281


76.00


1897


34


39


50


48


41


29


30


25


45


27


368


7,602


4.84


273


74.19


1898


36


43


31


46


36


50


36


28


41


35


382


8,029


4.75


281


73 56


1899


37


50


62


48


49


40


34


34


39


37


38


468


8,351


5.64


345


73.72


675


863


725


705


729


382


280


265


125


99


35


4,886


92,710


5.27


3,238


66.27


Average


Grammar and


Graduating.


High School.


entering of those


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


. .


178


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 17. - ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


DECEMBER.


ENROLLMENT.


Average Membership.


Average Attendance.


Per cent. of Attendance.


Number of Tardinesses.


Ratio of Tardiness to Average Attendance.


1885


6,276


4,904


4,627


94.4


2,480


0.536


· 1886


6,350


4,985


4,678


93.8


2,834


0.606


1887


6,605


5,198


4,879


93.8


2,699


0.553


1888


7,262


5,488


5,174


94:0


2,938


0.549


1889


7,757


5,956


5,585


93.8


2,780


0.498


1890


7,878


6,485


6,075


93.6


3,133


0.516


1891


8,510


6,502


6,091


93.7


3,182


0.522


1892


9,120


7,035


6,608


93.9


3,181


0.481


1893


9,632


7,217


6,790


94.1


3,375


0.497


1894


9,387


7,212


6,840


94.8


3,000


0.419


1895


9,913


7,617


7,255


95.2


2,736


0.377


1896


10,582


8,077


7,663


94.9


2,743


0.358


1897


11,293


8,589


8,144


94.8


2,486


0.305


1898


11,577


9,085


8,636


95.1


2,941


0.341


1899


11,975


9,502


8,965


94.3


2,566


0.286


179


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 18 .- MEMBERSHIP, ETC., OF HIGH SCHOOL


FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


YEAR.


Average Membership all Schools.


Largest Number in High School.


Per cent. of Average Membership of all Schools.


Number of Graduates of High School.


Per cent. of Average Membership of all Schools.


1867


2,157


119


5.51


7


0.32


1868


2,285


141


6.17


17


0.75


1869


2,480


158


6.37


25


1.01


1870


2,639


165


6.25


16


0.65


1871


2,549


161


6.31


33


1.29


1872


2,799


186


6.64


21


0.75


1873


3,217


190


5.91


28


0.87


1874


3,265


198


6.06


26


0.79


1875


3,515


213


6.06


31


0.88


1876


3,712


226


6.09


33


0.81


1877


3,788


227


5.91


37


0.98


1878


3,992


250


6.26


31


0.78


1879


4,169


246


5.90


34


0.82


1880


4,278


254


5.93


27


0.63


1881


4,064


256


6.29


34


0.84


1882


4,263


280


6.57


33


0.77


1883


4,438


278


6.26


43


0.97


1884


4,804


315


6.55


46


0.96


1885


4,904


385


7.85


46


0.94


1886


4,985


374


6.70


56


1.12


1887


5,198


387


7.44


53


1.02


1888


5,488


435


7.92


60


1.09


1889


5,956


444


7.45


67


1.12


1890


6,485


487


7.51


60


0.93


1891


6,502


535


8.23


68


1.05


1892


7,035


577


8.20


80


1.14


1893


7,217


626


3.67


82


1.14


1894


7,274


691


9.50


111


1.52


1895


7,617


775


10.17


92


1.21


1896


8,077


858


10.62


119


1.47


1897


8,589


885


10.31


121


1.59


1898


9,085


890


9.80


130


1.43


1899


9,502


985


10.70


137


1.49


180


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 19. - PROMOTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1899.


GRADE.


On June Promo-


Unconditionally


Promoted to Next


Grade.


Promoted on Trial.


Left Behind.


Promoted more than


Special Promotions


September and June.


Promotees Dropped


Three Months' Trial.


Percentage of Promotions for School Year Ending June 30, 1899.


GRADE.


On June Promo-


Unconditionally


Promoted to Next


Promoted on Trial.


Left Behind.


Promoted more than


Special Promotions


September and June.


Promotees Dropped


Three Months' Trial.


1


100


67.3


6.5


26.2


0.7


0.1


10.4


II


100


80.4


7.7


11.9


1.1


0.6


12.2


III


100


80.7


7.1


12.2


0.5


0.3


9.0


IV


100


78.1


8.3


13.6


0.5


0.1


12.3


V


100


73.9


10.1


16.0


0.1


0.3


8.7


VI


100


76.3


13.3


10.4


. .


1.5


7.7


VII


100


73.1


13.6


13.3


2.1


0.9


10.0


VIII


100


73.8


14.2


12.0


2.3


2.5


2.7


IX


100


83.1


10.6


6.3


. .


3.1


5.9


Total


100


75.7


9.3


15.0


0.9


0.8


9.3


I


1,624


1,093


106


425


12


2


11


II


1,162


935


90


137


25


11


III


1,099


887


78


134


or or


3


7


IV


1,068


834


89


145


1


11


V


917


678


92


147


1


3


8


VI


777


593


103


81


·


12


8


VII


661


483


90


88


14


6


9


VIII


516


381


73


62


12


13


2


IX


479


398


51


30


. .


15


3


Total


8,303


6,282


772


1,249


74


62


70


tion List.


Grade.


between


back after


One Grade.


One Grade.


between


back after


tion List.


181


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 20. - RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS, 1899.


SCHOOL.


Teacher.


Time of Resignation.


In Service.


Prescott


Grace L. Shaw.


June 26.


7 years.


Hanscom


Carrie A. Pond.


66


66


Edgerly .


Alice M. Dearing.


66


9


Davis


Abbie J. Prouty.


66


11


66


Bennett .


Mary B. Smith.


66


14


66


Glines


Gertrude F. Brown.


66


2


66


Glines


Laura A. Lamont.


Aug. 28.


4


Forster


Minnie L. Burglund.


June 26.


1


66


Hodgkins


Maud M. Hartwell.


1


66


Durell


Grace A. Bosworth.


5


66


Lincoln .


Grace A. Hutchins.


Aug. 28.


2


English High .


Merle S. Getchell.


4


English High .


Winfred C. Akers.


Sept. 25.


3


66


TABLE 21 .- TEACHERS ELECTED IN 1899.


SCHOOL.


Teacher.


Coming From


Date.


Salary.


Bell


Grace E. Weeks.


New Bedford.


Feb. 27. 66


$600


Pope .


Ella M. Robinson.


Framingham.


600


Prescott


Susan M. Hosmer.


Wakefield.


June 26.


· 600


Davis


Mary A. Holt.


Everett.


600


Perry


Laura B. Underhill.


Milton.


66


600


Knapp


Mary E. Stearns.


Barre.


600


Knapp


Charlotte Holmes.


Beverley.


Nov. 27.


600


Glines


Mary G. Woodman.


Everett.


June 26.


600


Glines


Ida M. Record.


Somerville. 66


Nov. 27.


500


Glines


Carrie Armitage.


Stoneham.


June 26.


600


Forster


Gertrude F. Deane.


Reading.


66


600


Forster


Jo Winslow K ng.


Hopedale.


66


600


Forster


Mary I. Bradish.


Somerville.


Nov. 27.


600


Bingham


Ida M. Kimball.


Reading.


June 26.


600


Bingham


Nellie R. Bray.


Somerville.


Nov. 27.


600


Highland .


Mary E. Cunningham.


Revere.


June 26.


600


English High


Fred O. Small.


E. Machias, Me.


Aug. 28.


1,400


English High


Harriet E. Tuell.


Fall River.


900


English High


Hila H. Small.


Somerville.


66


850


English High


Bertha P. Marvel.


Winchendon.


800


English High


William I. Corthell.


Leominster.


Sept. 25.


1,300


English High


Bessie L. Forbes. Elsie B. Porter.


Revere.


Aug. 28.


600


Bennett


Agnes S. Campbell.


Nov. 27.


675


Perry


Florence M. Marshall. Maud M. Brackett. Ida M. Pettee.


Revere.


600


Hodgkins


·


Brockton.


66


600


Hodgkins .


Almena J. Mansir.


Somerville.


500


Lincoln


Martha A. Jenks.


Webster.


66


600


Carr .


Ethel F. Morang.


Somerville.


66


500


Burns


Amy W. Freeman.


Dec. 28.


500


Edgerly


Fannie G. Holt.


Tyngsboro.


600


Bennett


Carrie L. Bliss.


Somerville. 66


600


Durell


Lawrence.


600


Somerville.


400


Hanscom .


Edith Hersey.


Revere.


725


Knapp


500


Forster


Mary C. Strange.


2


66


Knapp


Nellie F. Sheridan.


182


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 22. - LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF TEACHERS. October 1. Florence M. Gooding, for nine months.


TABLE 23. - TIME LOST BY TEACHERS IN 1899.


SCHOOL.


Number of Teachers.


Days Lost.


Days per Teacher.


1. Latin High


·


.


9


1


0.1


2. English High


28


76


2.1


3. Prescott


13


13


1.0


4. Hanscom


7


30


4.3


5. Davis


4


5


1.2


6.


Bennett


.


5


30号


6.1


8.


Knapp


.


.


..


2.2


11.


Prospect Hill


6


17


2.8


12.


Bell


13


79


6.0


13.


Cummings ·


4


0.0


14.


Edgerly


13


30分


2.3


15.


Glines


16


641


4.0


16.


Forster


18


373


2.1


17.


Bingham


9


39}


4.4


18.


Carr


18


45


2.5


19.


Morse


13


39


3.0


20.


Durell


4


8


2.0


21. Burns


S


37


4.6


22.


Highland


13


20


1.5


23.


Hodgkins


13


42}


3.3


24.


Lincoln


5


45分


9.1


25.


Special


.


.


7


203


2.9


Total


.


.


263


795₺


3.0


.


4


2


0.5


7. Jackson


14


44


3.1


9.


Perry


6


0.0


10.


Pope


13


.


183


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 24. - NUMBER OF TEACHERS


FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.


YEAR.


High School.


Grammar School.


Primary School.


Special Teachers.


Assistants not in charge of room.


Men.


Women.


Total.


1885


9


63


48


1


0


10


111


121


1886


9


62


48


1


0


9


111


120


1887


10


64


48


1


0


9


114


123


1888


10


66


52


4


7


9


130


139


1889


10


60


56


4


7


10


127


137


1890


10


78


58


5


7


12


146


158


1891


12


86


63


5


13


12


167


179


1892


13


90


67


5


10


12


173


185


1893


14


88


63


5


19


12


177


189


1894


15


91


66


6


11


12


177


189


1895


28


91


73


5


12


19


186


209


1896


30


102


74


6


14


22


208


230


1897


31


109


85*


6


18


22


227


249


1898


32


112


87*


7


1


13


23


229


252


1899


36


119


92*


7


9


23


240


263


*Five Kindergartners.


TABLE 25 .- NAMES OF MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD UNDER THE FIRST CHARTER JANUARY, 1872, TO JANUARY, 1900.


Mayors.


George O. Brastow


1872-'73


2 yrs.


William H. Furber .


1874-'75


2 yrs.


Austin Belknap


1876-'77


2 yrs.


George A. Bruce


1878-'80


3 yrs.


John A. Cummings


1881-'84


4 yrs.


Mark F. Burns


1885-'88


4 yrs.


Charles G. Pope


1889-'91


3 yrs.


William H. Hodgkins


1892-'95


4 yrs.


Albion A. Perry .


1896-'98


3 yrs


George O. Proctor


1899


1 yr.


Presidents of the Common Council.


Oren S. Knapp


1872


1 yr.


Charles G. Pope


1873


1 yr.


William H. Hodgkins


1874


1 yr.


Samuel M. Pennock


1875


1 yr.


Stillman H. Libby


1876-'77


2 yrs


Luther B. Pilsbury 1878


Jesse J. Underhill


1878


Edward Glines


1879


1 yr.


6 mos. 6 mos.


184


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 25. - Names of Members of the School Board Under the First Charter .- Continued. JANUARY, . 1872, JANUARY, 1900.


James W. Bailey


1880


1 yr.


Mark F. Burns


1881


1 yr.


Albion A. Perry .


1882


1 yr.


Frank E. Fitts


1883


1 yr.


Josiah B. Mayhew


1884


1 yr.


Herbert C. Hall .


1885


1 yr.


Walter C. Mentzer


1886


1 yr.


Charles L. North


1887


1 yr.


George O. Proctor


1888


1 yr.


Albert W. Edmands


1889


1 yr.


Charles B. Osgood .


1890


1 yr.


Frank E. Dickerman


1891


1 yr.


Isaiah H. Wiley


1892


1 yr


Fred W. Gilbert


1893


1 yr.


Frank W. Kaan


1894


1 yr.


L. Herbert Huntley


1895


1 yr.


George E. Whitaker


1896


1 yr.


F. DeWitt Lapham


1897


.


1 yr.


Francis M. Wilson .


1898


1 yr.


Charles A. Grimmons


1899


1 yr.


From Ward One.


Joshua H. Davis


1872


-


3 mos.


Henry M. Moore


1872-'85


14 yrs.


Uriah R. Harding


1872


1 yr.


Sanford Hanscom, M. D.


1872-'80, 1890-'99


18 yrs., 5 mos.


S. S. Woodcock


1873-'75


3 yrs.


John H. Butler


1876-'87


12 yrs.


Horace C. White,


M. D.


1881-'92


12 yrs.


S. Newton Cutler


1886-'99


14 yrs.


H. P. Hemenway, George S. Poole


M. D. 1888-'90


2 yrs., 2 mos.


1893-'99


7 yrs.


From Ward Two.


Rev. George W. Durell


1872-'74, 1883-'85


6 yrs.


Edwin Mills


1872-'73


2 yrs.


Rev. J. W. Hamilton


1872-'73


1 yr., 3 mos.


Oren S. Knapp


1873, 1879-'84


6 yrs., 9 mos.


Rev. Charles Lowe


1874


1 yr.


Daniel E. Chase .


1874-'77


4 yrs.


M. F. Farrell .


1875-'78


4 yrs.


Rev. H. H. Barber


1875


1 yr.


Charles S. Lincoln Enos T. Luce . 1878


1876-'80


5 yrs. - 11 mos.


Alphonso H. Carvill, M. D.


1879-'82, 1886-'91


10 yrs.


Rev. A. E. Winship


1881-'83


3 yrs.


Mrs. Cornelia B. Skinner


1884-'85


2 yrs.


Charles I. Shepard .


1885-'90


6 yrs.


James F. Beard


1886-'92. 1897-'99


10 yrs.


T. M. Durell, M. D.


1891-'96


6 yrs.


Alvah B. Dearborn, M. D ..


1892-'99


8 yrs.


Herbert A. Chapin


1893-'98


6 yrs.


Fred W. Gilbert


1899


1 yr.


.


185


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 25. - Names of Members of the School Board Under the First Charter-Concluded.


JANUARY, 1872, JANUARY, 1900.


From Ward Three.


Henry F. Spencer


1872-'77


6 yrs.


Selwyn Z. Bowman


1872, 1878-'79


1 yr., 5 mos.


Samuel A. Carlton .


1872


- 11 mos.


Walter S. Barnes


1879


8 mos.


Reuben Willis, M. D.


1872-'75


4 yrs.


Samuel M. Pennock


1873 1874-'75


2 yrs.


Joseph P. Williams


1876-'79


4 yrs.


Albion A. Perry .


1876


- 10 mos.


Henry F. Woods


1877-'84


8 yrs.


Q. E. Dickerman


1880-'99


20 yrs.


Norman W. Bingham


1880-'94


15 yrs.


William P. Hill 1885-'90


6 yrs.


Helen J. Sanborn 1891-'93


3 yrs.


Thomas S. Wentworth


1894-'96


3 yrs.


Frank H. Hardison


1895-'99


4 yrs., 9 mos.


William P. Jones


1899


- 3 mos.


George W. W. Whiting, M. D.


1897-'99


3 yrs.


From Ward Four.


Horace Chapin, M. D.


1872-'77


6 yrs.


Prof. Benjamin G. Brown


1872-'76, 1879-'88, 1892-'94 17 yrs., 3 mos.


Enoch R. Morse


1872


1 yr.


Russell H. Conwell


1873


1 yr.


Colonel Charles F. King


1874-'78


5 yrs.


Walter H. Colburn .


1877-'79


2 yrs., 9 mos.


Rev. Charles M. Smith


1878-'83


6 yrs.


Henry C. Buck


1879-'81


3 yrs.


Harriet M. Pitman .


1882-'83


2 yrs.


Martin W. Carr


1884-'99


16 yrs.


Horace P. Makechnie, M. D. .


1884-'99


6 yrs.


Mrs. Addie B. Upham


1889-'91


3 yrs.


Giles W. Bryant, M. D.


1890-'98


9 yrs.


George A. Miles, M. D.


1895-'99


5 yrs.


Mrs. H. B. H. Attwood


.1899


1 yr.


Superintendents of Schools.


Joshua H. Davis


1872-'88


16 yrs., 4 mos.


Clarence E. Meleney


1888-'93


5 yrs., 4 mos.


Gordon A. Southworth


1893-'99


6 yrs., 4 mos.


1 yr.


James E. Whitney


186


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 26. - BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE, 1899. For Grammar and Primary Schools.


Child Life Series of Readers.


Nash's First Reader.


Lights to Literature Series.


Colonial Massachusetts.


Wilson's History Reader.


Four Great Americans.


Four Great American Patriots.


Guerber's Story of the English People.


Clarendon Dictionary.


Rational System of Reading.


For High Schools.


Le Siege de Paris,


Sarcey.


La Chute,


Hugo.


Selected Letters of Madame de Sevigne, Syms.


First Book in French,


Le Roy.


History of Greece,


Botsford.


Office Routine Bookkeeping,


Williams & Rogers.


Astronomy,


Todd.


Astronomy,


Howe.


Physiology,


Overton.


Physiology,


Blaisdell.


Physiology,


Dunglingson.


Essentials of Algebra,


Wells.


New School Algebra,


Wentworth.


187


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 27 .- GRADUATION EXERCISES, 1899. High Schools.


The graduation exercises of the high schools occurred on Tuesday evening, June 27, at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, in the presence of a large audience of parents and friends.


The address to graduates was given by Rev. George H. Lorimer, D. D., of Boston.


At the close of the address, His Honor Mayor Proctor pre- sented diplomas to the 137 members of the graduating classes.


The graduation exercises were followed by a reception to the graduates and their parents, given by the School Board, at which about 500 were present.


Order of Exercises.


Overture. "Rosamunde." Schubert


Hadley's Orchestra.


1. * Singing. Excerpts from Cantata "Joan of Arc." A. R. Gaul


a. Chorus (Peasants), "Gien." A Shepherd Maid Has Passed.


b. Chorus (The Choir), In the Cathedral.


2. Prayer. Rev. Nathan K. Bishop.


3. Singing. Three-part Songs.


a. "Fret Not Thyself To-day." Gaul Taubert


b. Cradle Song. Girls' Voices.


4. Address to Graduates. Rev. George H. Lorimer, D. D., of Boston.


5. Singing. Ballade for Soli, Chorus, and Orchestra. "Lelawala," An Indian Legend of Niagara. Poem by George Anderson. Music by H. K. Hadley. Indian Motives from the Aboriginal. Solos by Miss Lottie Williams, of the English High .. (Conducted by the Composer.)


6. Presentation of Diplomas. Mayor George O. Proctor.


7. Singing. Four-part Songs. a. My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose. Garrett


b. Farewell to the Forest. Mendelssohn


*Accompanied by Hadley's Orchestra, under the direction of S. Henry Hadley, teacher of music in the schools.


Latin High School Graduates.


Elsie Gertrude Ashton. Ruth Moulton Harmon. Grace Nancy Blood. Mary Alice Kilmer. Minnie Gertrude Kimpton.


Blanche Gertrude Bowtell. Maude Ella Butters. Anna Emma Callahan.


Mary Winship Kingsley.


Lena Lea Lewis.


Grace Elizabeth Clough. Helen Dearborn.


Charlotte Raymond Lowell.


Mary Ellen Driscoll.


Edna Mary Friend.


Mabel Emilie Hall.


Esther Laffay Abigail McCloskey. Emma Georgina Medros. Ethel Almira Moore. Harriet Cleveland Moore.


188


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amy Faustina Phillips. Edith Wilder Poole.


Elva Inez Shattuck.


Ethel Marion Tarbox. Alice Ida Teele.


Luella Parker Winship.


Stephanie Josephine Zoeller.


Samuel Ellsworth Armstrong.


Albion Millett Boothby.


Arthur Warren Byam.


Dean Gray Edwards.


Frank Eugene Fitts, Jr. George Holland Garcelon. Arthur Francis Gooding. Torr Wagner Harmer.


George Laurence Harrington.


Robert Brine Harrington. Wallace Eugene Hubbard. Mark Robert Jouett, Jr. Charles Allen Keach. Ralph Preble Keyes. Frederick Mills Kilmer, Jr. Thomas Sawyer Knight. Harry Warren Litchfield. Christopher Muldoon, Jr. George Leon Peirce. Roscoe Hunter Philbrick. Harry Joseph Sanborn.


Isaac Franklin Story. Stanley Hovey Tead.


Carleton Grieves White.


English High School Graduates.


Emily Bates Anderson.


Margaret Bertha Sprague.


Edith Florence Baker.


Elsie Tufts.


Gertrude Frances Ball.


Grace Lillian Tuttle.


Anna Louise Beckwith. Ruphena May Benner.


Ethel Twycross. Elizabeth Warren Waldron.


Jennie Elizabeth Brown. Alice Mae Cavanagh. Marion Helen Chase.


Bertha Adelia Whipple.


Lottie Elizabeth Williams.


Marguerita Lewis Clarke.


Ellen Ada Dellea.


Francis Joseph Brine. Martin Henry Cassidy.


Allen Granger Chapin. Charles Francis Cuddy.


Lillian Mary Dudley. Ada May Durell. Ethel Conant Fairbanks.


Alvah Webster Dodge. Arthur Eugene Ellis. Curtis Stowell Fairbanks.


Ernest Durell Foster.


George Stoddard Gerrish.


Florence Marguerite Farrell. Annie May Fleming. Ella Gertrude Flynn. Marguerite Foote. Alice May Gilman. Grace Iva Godfrey. Lottie Edith Gordon. Ada Gertrude Hartwell.


Leo Sprague Greenwood. Joseph Roy Harris. Arthur Vivian Howland.


James William Lacy.


Myrtie Blanche Haskell.


Merrill Scott Lovering. William Douglas Macrae.


Henry Eckert Mead.


Ernest Litchfield Nichols.


Walter Crane Nickerson. John Joseph A. Nolan.


William Joseph O'Connor. Arthur Lloyd Philbrick. Carleton Cleveland Pipe. Charles Roy Pipe.


George Joseph Pratt.


Jennie Grace Mason.


Elsie Viola McQuarrie. Mary Estelle Morton. Amelia Martina Norris. Jennie Estella Perry. Louise Amy Pitman. Hattie Florence Ralph. Myra Lavinia Roffe. Mildred Silsbee.


Guy Crosby Riddell. Ralph Robinson. Hubbard Vaughan Smith. Russell Harold Spaulding. Alton Lyford Stevens. William Emery Taylor. Harold Kenney Thomas. Theodore Henry Tomfohrde. Edward Lawrence Watson. Ernest Weston Young.


Clyda Blanche Hazeltine. Mary Magdalen Healey. Marion Gertrude Hitchings. Annie Rich Hopkins. Ellen Louise Hunter. Charlotte Florence Huntley. Alice Mabel James. Jennie May Landers. Jennie Mabel Lindquist. Lula Martin. Alice Theodora Mason.


Annie May Witham.


Mildred Arland Dolliver.


Mary Ida Wentworth.


189


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 28 .- GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES.


The number of grammar school graduates was so large,- 468,-that it was found necessary to devote two evenings to the graduation exercises. Accordingly, Wednesday evening, June 28, and Thursday evening, June 29, were set apart for the purpose. The following was the order of exercises on Wednesday even- ing :--




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