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House paper, $3 34; butchering, $1 00; ploughing, $4 00 8 34
Horse covering, $1 50; tea, $9 85; moll, $6 08. 17 43
Seth Foster, for stove, pipe, and expressage. 11 15 Clothing, $15 50; sundries, $10 44; coal, $4 20 .. . 30 14 E. T. Fogg, for standing wood. 45 00
Dr. N. P. Brownell, for medical attendance 16 00
J. H. Corthell and others, for meat. 177 86
Amount carried forward. $787 47
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Amount brought forward. $787 47
Repairs on wagons, $4 50; cutting wood, $12 00 16 50
E. H. Bonney, for coal 48 71
Butter, $27 52 ; sugar, $53 53. 81 05
Stove polish, rye meal, and vinegar 1 55
Stephen Benson, as superintendent 270 86
$1,206 64
ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Received for hay, $11.08 ; poultry, $1.00 $12 08
Pig, $5.00; calf, $10.80 15 80
Use of hearse out of town 6 75
Horse hire 4 25
Hay cutter, $5.00; hay rack, $2.00. 7 00
Meals and lodgings . 58 89
Articles on hand more than last year, consisting of
stoves, furniture, wood, coal, &c 100 00
Due from J. J. Peterson for board . 14 30
Number of vagrants, 19; cost of keeping the same ... 35 00
Board of 6 23-24 paupers, at $2.66 per week. 952 57
$1,206 64
The following persons are now in the Almshouse.
John Woodward,
admitted 1864. [ Nancy Damon, admitted 1867.
Siba Briggs, 66 1858. Sarah Totman, 1869.
Jefferson Damon,
‹‹ 1863. Jeremiah Gunderway, 1871
Admitted during the Year.
Hannah Bowker.
Discharged during the Year.
Mary Williams. Hannah Bowker.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid James B. Tabor, for services as School Committee, $40 35 Chas. A. Litchfield, for services as School Com- mittee 25 00
Lucy Turner, for services as School Committee. . 30 75
C. W. Sparrell, for warning town meetings 16 00
C. W. Sparrell, for warning town officers. 5 00
C. W.Sparrell, for returning deaths to Town Clerk, 10 25
E. T. Fogg, for registering marriages, births, and deaths. 24 35
Chas. A. Litchfield, for services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor 134 00
Edward Stowell, for services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor 146 00
Thomas B. Waterman, for services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor. 80 00
E. T. Fogg, for extra services as Town Clerk 3 00
$514 70
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid-
Paid-
R. V. C. Turner,
$28 20
William Hatch,
$15 90
George Sylvester,
15 60
Isaac Burrill,
65 60
Ansel G. Groce,
40 97
Horace Griggs,
16 20
Richard P. Briggs,
63 15
George O. Torrey,
11 25
Sylvanus Clapp,
24 30
Samuel Loring,
34 94
Abel A. Vinal,
8 75
Seth Thomas,
26 70
Liba Litchfield,
36 86
Walter Simmons,
30 90
Piam Jacobs,
14 50
Benjamin Jacobs,
16 74
David W. Studley,
12 50
Abner Stetson,
94 65
$557 71
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ASSISTANCE RENDERED OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
City of Boston, for burial of J. Westover Damen $10 00 Ansel G. Groce, for board of Sarah Totman 12 50 City of Charlestown, for supplies to Hoyt family, " small pox case 33 00
City of Taunton, for supplies to A. T. Clapp and family, 28 87 Massachusetts Hospital for medical attendance and board of Catharine G. Mee and child. 32 00
C. W. Sparrell, for coffin for child of S. Prince 9 00
B. W. Jacobs, for house rent for Mrs. Mee 10 00
N. B. Sylvester, for opening grave for child of S. Prince, 2 00 Town of Weymouth, for supplies to John Stoddard and family 17 53
State Lunatic Hospital, for board of Patrick Monahon, 9 months 145 95
Town of Hanover, for supplies to Benj. F. Lee, " small por case ' 49 00
State Lunatic Hospital, for board of Lydia Gunder- way, 9 months. 146 78
Supplies to Mary Monahon and family 180 14
Supplies to Hewitt Baker and family 102 00
Supplies to Charles Sylvester 5 99
Supplies to James Thompson and family 94 25
Supplies to Alice Brooker
52 00
Supplies to Joseph B. Bowker and family 20 82
Town of Pembroke, for supplies to E. B. Howland and family S4 48
$1,036 31
Received and due from town of Marshfield . . $11 00
from State for Alice Brooker . .. 52 00
from Pembroke for Hewitt Baker .. 102 00
៛165 00
Total expense to the Town. $871 31
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ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
Valuation as taken by the Assessors, May 1, 1873.
Valuation of real estate
$634,985 00
Personal estate 259,199 00
Total valuation. $894,184 00 Rate of taxation, $16.00 on $1,000.00. Number of Polls, 463.
Total Tax for State, County, and Town Purposes.
State tax
$1,710 00
County tax. 1,272 79
Poor and incidental 6,000 00
Schools.
4,000 00
Highways
2,000 00
Overlayings
250 16
School books 12 15
Amount placed in hands of Collector $15,245 10
Statistics.
Acres of land taxed 12,020
Horses
262
Cows
258
Sheep
24
Dwelling houses
351
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ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Patrick Monahon, 1871, '72, $7 38
A. R. Griggs,
1872,
$2 70
W. H. Farrar, 1870,
8 75
J. Southworth,
2 70
Howard Litchfield, 1872,
2 70 L. S. Cazneau,
3 44
Leander Osborne, 66
4 65
Joseph Harvey,
3 44
C. H. Smith, 66
2 70
R. C. Knapp,
2 70
C. A. Farrar,
3 44
E. M. Magoun,
66
2 70
E. A. Jacobs,
2 70
E. W. Spurr,
66
2 70
Charles Leroy,
2 70 C. A, Foster,
66
7 68
W. T. Slayson,
74
Jacob Vinal, est.,
30
J. E. Church,
3 44
W. Henderson, est.,
25
J. L. Hunt,
3 44
Nathaniel Turner, 1873,
6 78
Marcus M. French, 66
40
Eleanor Wright, est., "
1 71
$85 25
E. L. Hyland, 1871,
5 11
We would suggest the following estimates, and recommend that the amounts be raised by taxation the present year :
For repairs on highways
$2,000 00
Schools .
2,500 00
New roads and extra repairs
1,500 00
Poor and incidental.
3,000 00
$9,000 00
The above estimates, in our opinion, will meet the current expenses of the Town the ensuing year, and will reduce the rate of taxation to about $1.23 on $100.00.
LIST OF JURORS FOR ACCEPTANCE OR REVISION BY THE TOWN.
Seth H. Vinal, Samuel Waters, William Hatch, Franklin Jacobs,
William B. Pratt, Andrew J. Litchfield, Ansel G. Groce, Peleg Curtis,
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Horace Griggs, James House, William S. Winslow, George E. Jacobs, Joseph H. Curtis,
Cummings Litchfield, Walter Simmons,
Richard P. Briggs,
Samuel Turner,
John S. Barker,
Joshua B. Reed, Samuel Tolman,
Coleman Ford,
George H. Torrey.
RECAPITULATION.
Repairs on highways
$2,204 23
Removing snow
557 71
Extra repairs on highways
356 39
Gravel .
129 54
State Aid
1,065 50
Repairs on school houses
142 85
Schools . . .
2,809 06
Town Officers
514 70
Incidentals
908 71
Abatement of taxes
85 25
Supplies for almshouse
1,206 64
Supplies out of almshouse
871 31
Repairs on almshouse ..
509 14
State and county tax 2,982 79
$14,334 82
Benjamin P. Foster,
Thomas J. Studley,
Loring Jacobs, George Stearnes, John H. Jones, E. T. Fogg, David T. Stoddard, John C. Nash,
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Notes in favor South Scituate Savings Bank $2,957 00
Ephraim Otis. 1,000 00
Joseph T. Litchfield. 725 00
C. W. Sylvester
470 00
H. T. Sylvester
200 00
Michael Ford. 1,025 00
Ebenezer Stetson 2 0 00
J. C. Tolman 300 00
R. V. C. Turner. 575 00
Nathaniel Turner
300 00
Interest due on the above notes. 150 00
Estimated amount due the several schools 925 00
Bills outstanding, estimated 400 00
$9,227 00
Resources.
Outstanding taxes $3,651 99
Cash .. 2,536 73
State Treasurer for State Áid. 1,365 50
Due from Hanover for supplies to Mrs. Henderson .
44 67
Marshfield for supplies to child of S. Prince 2 00
County Treasurer, for school fund,estimated, 140 00
$7,740 89
Balance against the town $1,486 11 Decrease of debt from last year, $4,945.82.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. A. LITCHFIELD, Selectmen, EDWARD STOWELL, Assessors, and THOMAS B. WATERMAN, ) Overseers of the Poor.
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE IN ACCOUNT WITH E. T. FOGG, TREASURER.
DR.
To Balance due the Town on settlement of March 1, 1873. . .$3,287 42
CR.
By cash paid on Town allowances and orders, .. . $11,112 58
State tax .. 1,710 00
cash received on notes. 2,950 00
sale of grass on flats ... 47 00
cash received for pedlars' licenses. ..
12 00
cash received for sale of old lumber. 13 00
balance of corporation tax of 1872. .. 245 32
cash received from Town of Marshfield, supplies to poor ... 9 00
of State Treasurer, for State aid .... . 1,093 00
of State Treasurer, corporation tax .... 1,137 36
of State Treasurer, Nat. Bank tax .. 1,529 10
for sale of school books .. 147 14
for interest on taxes of 1872 .. 116 35
for income of Mass. school fund ..
153 96
for board of Eunice Damon. 148 64
of State Treasurer, supplies to pauper. 52 00
for use Town Hall ...
77 92
from Town of Pembroke, support of
paupers.
17 52
assessment of 1873. 15,245 10
$26,281 83
$26,281 83
The undersigned, a committee to settle with the Treasurer for the year ending January 31, 1874, find the above account correct, and satisfactorily vouched.
South Scituate, Jan. 31, 1874.
CHAS. A. LITCHFIELD, EDWARD STOWELL, THOMAS, B. WATERMAN.
County tax. 1,272 79
Scituate tax. . . 15 23
Discount for prompt payment of taxes.
351 65
By cash paid on notes and interest ..
5,530 86
Treasurer's salary. .
100 00
taxes outstanding. 3,651 99
cash on hand ...
2,536 73
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MARRIAGES IN 1873.
January 30. William C. Lapham and Adeline J. Sprague, both of Marshfield. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
February 27. Edgar F. Poole, of Hingham, and Martha W. Young, of South Scituate. By Rev. A. G. Jennings.
April 6. Charles P. Turner, of Hanover, and Carro I. Cushing, of South Scituate. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
April 8. Seth Foster, of South Scituate, and Evelina B. Lin- coln, of Boston. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
April 19. Henry H. Bowker and Mary C. Merritt, both of South Scituate. By Rev. Andrew Reade.
May 4. Alonzo C. Sylvester and Hannah C. Talbot, both of South Scituate. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
May 22. Edwin C. Litchfield, of Scituate, and Mary F. Whit- comb, of Cohasset. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
May 26. Charles A. Lincoln and Mary A. Henderson, both of South Scituate. By Rev. James B. Tabor.
June 11. Alvin D. Vinal and Lucy I. Litchfield, both of South Scituate. By Rev. Josiah Moore.
June 14. Arthur B. Chamberlain and Mary A. Smith, both of South Scituate. By Rev. James B. Tabor.
July 10. Andrew J. Litchfield, of South Scituate, and Deborah N. Merritt, of Scituate. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
August 9. Michael Lynch and Bridget Farrell, both of South Scituate. By Peter J. Leddy.
October 7. William H. Daniels, of Milford, and Mary L. Nash, of South Scituate. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
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November 27. Caleb D. Litchfield, of South Scituate, and Lourana Bates, of Cohasset. By Aaron Pratt, Esq.
November 29. Thomas Parkinson and Ella C. Stetson, both of South Scituate. By Rev. George H. Bates.
November 29. Philip Tilden and Lottie Worrall, both of South Scituate. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
December 8. Charles D. Cushing, of Hingham, and Irene Mº Rose, of Hanover. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
December 12. Otis Delano, of Duxbury, and Lizzie F. Osborne, of South Scituate. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
December 26. Charles H. Damon and Helen M. Farrington, both of Scituate. By Rev. W. H. Fish.
Whole number of marriages registered in 1873. .. 19
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Births Registered in 1873.
ĐATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan. 17, Jan. 20,
George Henry Wilder
George A. and Paumelia.
Annie Caroline Damon,
Josiah A. and Annie R.
, Jan. 28,
Edith F. Clapp,
James F. and Lucy L. Marcullus and Julia M.
Feb. 4, Feb. 23, Feb. 24,
Georgianna M. Leavitt
Jarius and Georgianna M. John D. and Bethia C. William and Jane,
Mar. 4, Mar. 11,
Addie F. Litchfield,
Mar. 17,
Henry Jackson Tolman,
Joseph S. and Annie. William C., Jr. and Ellen. Edwin W. and Emily.
Mar. 19,
Edwin P. Freuch,
Grace Loring Tilden,
Mar. 22, Apr. 14, June 1, June 27, July 1,
Edna May Damon, ..
Carrie Frances Pierce
Eva H. Vinal,
- Greene,
July 7, July 10,
Walter R. Litchfield,
Carrie W .. Gardner,
July 13, July 21, July 27,
David Warren Stockbridge,.
Ida Maria Patterson,
James H. and Adeline B.
Aug. 2. Aug. 2, Sept.20,
Alice Maria Leslie,.
Patrick and Mary. Joseph F. and Lucy.
Nov. 9, Nov. 16,
John Joseph Sculley,
Florence Maria Greene,
Amos W. and Emily A. Charles and Annie. Andrew N. and Adeline L. William H. and Flora L.
Nov. 20, Dec. 14, Dec. 14, Dec. 15,
- Litchfield,.
Caleb D. and Lourana.
Lizzie Josephine French,
Charles H. and Ada F.
Dec. 22, Dec. 22,
William D. Litchfield,
Henry and Julia M. Wilber and Hattie P.
Adella F. Nichols,
Charles W. and Emma F. James E. and Hannah M. John A. and Caroline S. William R. and Mary E. James and Bridget. Elisha F. and Abby F. Charles F. and Mercy S. Edwin and Emma D. Albert and Hannah. Andrew and Anna M.
Mary Grey Colman,
George Osborn,.
George F. Ford,
Sprague,
Richardson,
Wilber Thomas Jones, .
James F. Gardner,
Elizabeth Rose,
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Deaths Registered in South Scituate, 1873.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
CAUSE.
BIRTHPLACE
Yrs.
Mos
Days
Jan. 2.
Jonathan Merritt,
78
-
-
Apoplexy.
Scituate.
Jan. 12,
David Damon,
57
-
-
Consumption So. Scituate
Jan. 13,
Edward W. Spurr,
29
2
Consumption
Boston.
Jan. 18,
M. Edith Bates, .
5
4
12
Diabetes.
So. Scituate
. Feb. 13,
Albert S. Litchfield,
31
-
-
Paralysis.
Scituate.
Feb. 25,
Richard S. Fitts,
-
9
Teething.
So. Scituate
Mar. 10,
Rachel Jenkins,
85
5
10
Old Age.
Bath, Me.
Mar. 30,
Mary E. Prince,
1
-
-
Cong. Brain. So. Scituate
Apr. 3,
Cyrus Stoddard,
85
11
28
Dropsy.
So. Scituate
Apr. 14,
W. J. Connolly.
14
-
-
Consumption P. E. Island
Apr. 29,
Nathaniel Brooks
77
-
-
Paralysis.
So. Scituate
May 6,
Samuel Tolman
87
9
Old Age.
So. Scituate
May 4,
Edwin P. French
-
1
15
Influenza.
So. Scituate
Mạy 30,
Robert C. Knapp.
35
Consumption So. Scituate
May 30,
Sally C. Pincin.
75
CO 8
Paralysis.
So. Scituate
June 1,
Charles T. Sylvester
26
20 5
Pneumonia.
¡So. Scituate
June 4,
William J. Kender.
88
Old Age.
Duxbury.
June 9,
Lydia J. Wilder.
49
11
10
Paralysis.
So. Scituate
June 23,
Thomas B. Greene
63
2
-
Paralysis.
N. Bedford.
June 27,
Alfred C. Winslow
5
8
- Consumption So. Scituate
June 28,
Esther Turner
94
11
22
Old Age.
So. Scituate
July 7,
-
Greene
-
-
7
Fits.
So. Scituate
July 25,
Billings Litchfield.
74
10
-
Paralysis.
So. Scituate
July 27,
Joseph Stockbridge.
67
4
-
Paralysis.
So. Scituate
July 31,
Lucy W. Jacobs
54
3
-
Consumption Hanover.
Aug. 2,
James F. Gardner
-
5
9
Cholera In- fantum.
So. Scituate
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
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Deaths Registered in South Scituate .- [Continued.]
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
CAUSE.
BIRTHPLACE
Yrs (Mos. Days
Aug. 7,
Wilber T. Jones
-
6
-
Dysentery.
So. Scitnate
Aug. 11,
George Osborn
-
-
21
Canker.
So. Scituate
Aug. 17,
Matilda B. Stoddard.
77
Dysentery.
So. Scituate
Aug. 24,
Eveline Prince.
1
-
Cholera In- fanturn. Accidental.
Abington.
Sept. 21,
Henry F. Stoddard.
26
-
- 1
Heart Dis- ease.
So. Scituate
Sept. 30,
Eva H. Vinal.
3
3
Cholera In- fantum. Paralysis.
So. Scituate
Oct. 10,
Sally Randall
84
Old Age.
Hingham.
Oct. 17,
Hittie Curtis
87
1
14
Old Age.
So. Scitnate
Nov. 3.
Harriet Bates
62
-
-
Cancer.
Scituate.
Dec. 1,
Alevena B. Gardner
20
1
16
Consumption So. Scituate
Dec. 24,
James Thompson
49
-
-
Chronic Dia- rhœa.
Dec. 27,
Stephen Clapp
49
-
-
Bright's Kid- So. Scituate ney Disease
Whole number of deaths registered in 1873
40
-
-
1
-
-
So. Scituate
Oct. 10,
Martha Turner
47
So. Scituate
Sept. 28,
Patty Sylvester
76
447 4 4 7
-
-
-
Number of deaths of persons over 70 years of age 13 Number of deaths of persons between 50 and 70. 5 Number of deaths of persons between 30 and 50. 6 Number of deaths of persons between 10 and 30. 5 Number of deaths of persons under 10 years of age . .11
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE-
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
-OF THE-
Town of South Scituate,
-FOR THE-
School Year 1873 -- 4.
REPORT.
The facts connected with the working of our schools during the current year, indicate, in a ma- ority of the districts, very good methods of govern- ment and instruction and a fair degree of success. In a few instances the good promises of last year have been possibly more than realized. In other cases the energy and enterprise that always characterize the best teachers may have been wanting in some measure, and, as a consequence, the proficiency of the scholars falls below the possible and probable, because ef- ficient aids to progress remain untouched. In two districts, by reason of an unfortunate choice of teach- ers, together with kindred causes, the fair success ap- parent at the beginning of the Fall term became quite the reverse at the close. But with these ex- ceptions our Fall examinations, which were, perhaps unusually careful, proved the scholars to be in a
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good working condition with a creditable under- standing of the various subjects taken up during the time covered by the exercises.
To speak of the schools more particularly, the one in District No. 5 sustained the best examination. The methods of instruction employed in this school, much the same as those used in No. 1, and perhaps in one or two others, commend themselves alike to teachers and parents, as approximating the style of teaching employed in the most successful schools of the country. If in No. 1 the larger class did not reach its usual standard of excellence in the exami- nation, the smaller scholars certainly acquitted them- selves with great credit. This school has been steadily improving ever since it came under the management of the present teacher, and is doubtless in a better condition now than it has been for a long time. The appearance of No. 2 was excellent, and the examination was very satisfactory. No. 3, steadily improved during the Summer and Fall, and at the examination its condition and appearance were certainly very pleasing. During the Summer the school in No. 4 was quite successful, but, for various reasons, it seemed advisable to make a change of teachers at the close of the term. Another teacher was obtained for the Fall term and the school com- menced with every prospect of success ; but as the term advanced, the teacher lost control of the school
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and the examination was far from satisfactory. Nos. 5 and 6 were quite successful throughout both terms, but No. 7, although doing well during the Summer and commencing the Fall term in good condition, followed the same course as No. 4 with a similar result.
Of the Winter (present) term, we can say full better things than of either of the others. Nos. 4 and 7, are retrieving their reputation rapidly, as both are highly successful. Some of our old teachers are employing more energy and skill than ever before in their school-room work, and the results cannot be other than beneficial to all concerned. To the best of our knowledge and belief, all of our scholars at the time of writing are in a very satisfactory con- dition. But to this declaration of satisfaction possibly we ought to make an exception,- an exception relative to passing scholars into books, and permitting them to take up subject for which they are not qualified.
In many or all of our schools there are classes or scholars using books or pursuing studies for which they are not sufficiently advanced. We find scholars in the Second Reader who cannot read well in the First, and others in the Third, who ought to remain another Fall term, at least, in the Second. And, taking a wider range of illustration, scholars try to explain the intricacies of the English language two years before they ought to look into a Grammar
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or vex themselves with a fruitless attempt to com- prehend Interest, Square Root or the Progressions before they know anything about simple fractions, if indeed they have any true knowledge of the first prin- ciples of Arithmetic. Very many classes have one or more of these scholars-just enough to destroy the in- terest of the others, or spoil the perfection of reci- tations-and yet no one has the heart to put them . back where they belong because of the discouraging effect upon the scholars themselves, and they are frequently in need of every inducement to keep them along at all. But the subject becomes even more serious when we consider whether it is truly just or beneficial to any one to keep these pupils in places for which they are not fitted. While they will undoubtedly learn something, these scholars cer- tainly work at a great disadvantage, and, as to making the best of their time and opportunities, the classes to which they belong must be kept back for them, causing great dissatisfaction among their classmates and parents, or their best efforts will, in a great' measure, prove worthless.
The causes that lead to this condition of things are various. One is the absence of an appreciative knowledge of the acquirements of the pupil, and, consequently, urging or permitting the purchase of a new book, whereas the whole attention should have been turned backward to a careful review o
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the old one. Another course lies in the fact that some children, when first sent to school, are supplied with books much too difficult for their use-the pur- chase being made more in accordance to their age or size than with their needs-for the reason that they feel ashamed to be classed with the little boys and girls, who are fully their equals in scholarship. But this feeling of shame is a feeling of false shame and ought not to decide the selection of books. The only honor received by a scholar as the mem- ber of any class, consists in being a good member of that class. And farther than this, differences in teachers make great differences in the attainments of pupils. The facts are clear and the conclusions cannot be avoided. Two teachers having pupils of the same ability, as far as human eye can see, will produce entirely different results. With one, the classes and individual scholars will pass rapidly over subjects and books and seem to be making famous progress, when a close questioning will reveal the unwelcome fact that they have been so high "over" their studies that they know but little about them. With the other teacher, the scholars go "through" every subject they take up and are not permitted to leave it until they have completely mastered it, and not only know it, but know that they know it. The one teacher is perfectly satisfied if her scholars have learned the printed questions and answers, and in-
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structs them to rest their reason on the printed rules : while the other takes the substance of all this and uses every other means within her reach to assist her scholars to look through and beyond these rules, to understand the principles on which they rest. and to develop their reasoning faculties and powers of comprehension. rather than burden their memories with what they are sure to forget. It is easy to see how under the management of the first mentioned teacher scholars drift into positions for which they are not prepared : and it is also easy to see which teacher will work for the best inter- ests of her scholars. although she may seem to "make haste slowly."
And relative to school teaching. we would say a word to those in our schools, and out of them. who desire to obtain schools. It is not sufficient for you to understand all the subjects that are taught in our common schools in order to become good teach- ers. Much more is requisite. You must not only possess the knowledge and the ability to govern, but you must also possess the ability to impart that knowledge to others in an attractive and vet in an impressive manner. Teaching is becoming more of a science every year. and the best teachers are those who keep abreast of the times and are able to use every known instrumentality. certainly every one
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within their reach, to make their work effective. To make the most of themselves, teachers must be trained to their work-to teaching-as one is trained to a trade or to any of the professions. Those who are thus trained, other qualifications being equal, have the preference, in the majority of Committees, over those who have received no such instruction, in the selection of teachers. And as the number of . these teachers is increasing every year, we would most emphatically advise all who desire to teach in our town or elsewhere, to take advantage of the op- portunities so generously offered by our State, in her Normal Schools, and fit themselves to work success- fully and secure good situations, before they make a beginning
We note, as an indication favorable to the greater usefulness of our schools, the efforts made by many of our teachers and pupils to do away with un- necessary absenteeism. We give a list of those in each District who have not been absent during the several terms of a year-taking into the time the Winter term of last, and the Summer and Fall terms of the present school year.
NOT ABSENT FOR ONE YEAR.
No. 1, Mary E. Cowing. No. 5, Nellie H. Fogg, Mary E. Sparrell. No. 6 John Monahon. No. 7, Angela B. Ford, Chauncy D. Ford.
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NOT ABSENT FOR TWO TERMS.
No. 1, Helen J. Cowing, Inez A. Loring, Alice M. Simmons, Frank A. Prouty. No. 2, Frank W. Jones. No. 5, Lizzie W. Corthell, Lettie W. Sylvester, Albert L. Sparrell, C. Walter Sparrell. No. 6, Hannah F. Jacobs, Annie Turner, Willie Tuner. No. 7, Hattie Tolman, Maria Tolman.
NOT ABSENT FOR ONE TERM.
No. 1, Carrie E. Simmons, Emma B. Poole, Mabel Welch, Georgie Cowing H. Clinton Gardner, Allie Thomas, John C. Wilder. No. 2, Jennie W. Brooks, Carrie A. Damon, Mary L. Wilder, Mellie P. Stevens, Etta M. Stoddard, Walter S. Bailey, Henry B. Jacobs, Freddie B. Jacobs, E. Everette Jacobs, J. Alvah Stoddard. No. 3, Virginia Lincoln, Hattie M. Simmons, Willie Richardson., Leonard Richardson, Jessie F. Damon, George Farrar. No. 4, Mary S. Brown, Charles W. Brown, Louis Ellms. Freddie M. Curtis, Willie H. Hayden, Georgo R. Hayden, Willie H. Clapp. No. 5, Sarah L. Bowker, Nellie E. Lawrence, Mary L. Nash, Mabel R. Hatch, Bennie T. Fogg, Willie F. Lawrence, N. Nelson Brooks, Walter R. Brooks, George E. Torrey, Jimmie Leslie, Howard C. Torrey, Harry S. Merritt. No. 6, Marv A. Jacobs, Annie Nichols. Lizzie M. Turner, Frank Turner, George B. Totman. No. 7, Florence Church, Lizzie Barker, Isa Capell, Lucy B. Clark, Hattie Vinal, Susie D. Litchfield, Velma Stetson, Elvena Currell, Chester S. Bowker, Eddie Litchfield, Frank D. Stetson, Gustavus F. Tolman.
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