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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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