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28th. To see if the town will vote to authorize their Road Commissioners to build an Iron Bridge over Ten Mile River, on County street, near the factory of W. D. Wilmarth in Attle. borougli, agreeable to a petition.
29th. To see how much money the town will vote and appro- priate to carry the same into effect, agreeable to a petition.
30th. To see if the town will vote to set off the estate of O. M. Draper, lately owned by C. L. Guild, from School Dis- trict No. 1 to School District No. 4.
31st. To see if the town will accept of Grove street in North Attleborough, as laid out by the Commissioners, agreeable to a petition.
32d. To see if the town will accept South Main street, as laid out by the Commissioners, agreeable to a petition.
33d. To see if the town will accept Peck street to the Attleborough Branch Railroad, as laid out by the Commission- ers, agreeable to a petition.
34th. To see if the town will accept Gustines Avenue, as laid out by the Commissioners, agreeable to a petition.
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35th. To see if the town will accept the road between I. N. Williams' and Isaac Alger's, as laid out by the Commissioners, agreeable to a petition.
36th. To see if the town will accept of the road between J. S. Davis and H. C. Read, as laid out by the Commissioners, agreeable to a petition.
37th. To see if the town will accept the road between South Main street and Union street, across the Boston and Providence R. R., as laid out by the Commissioners, agreeable to a petition. 38th. To see if the town will vote to abolish the School Districts.
39th. To determine the discount for prompt payment of taxes.
40th. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money, to be expended by the School Committee for the purpose of Evening Schools.
41st. To determine how much money the town will raise by assessment of taxation, to meet the appropriations, defray the annual expenses, and pay the County and State Taxes.
42d. To see if the town will authorize their Treasurer to borrow money, in anticipation of receipts from Collectors.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the public Meeting Houses, the principal stores, and the several Post Offices in said town, at least seven days before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this, with your doings thereon, at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Attleborough, this tenth day March, A. D. 1876.
G. M. HORTON, Selectmen D. S. HALL, of
H. C. READ, Attleboro.
A True Copy. Attest : W. A. MACDONALD.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF
ATTLEBOROUGH,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1876.
REPORT.
The first meeting of the School Board was held March 27th, when it was organized by the choice of J. Whitehill, Chairman, and G. A. Adams, Secretary. In June, Mr. Whitehill, very much to the regret of his associates, resigned his position as a member of the board. The vacancy was filled in the prescribed form by the election of S. P. Lathrop, and J. D. Peirce was chosen Chairman. We have held eighteen regu- lar sessions, and have made some four hundred and twenty-five school visits during the year.
The school property remains in much the same con- dition as last year, though some needed improvements have been made in the school structure in District No. 10. Most of our school-houses are in good con- dition, sufficiently spacious to answer their ends, neat and attractive, provided with more or less apparatus and with convenient out-buildings, and pleasant surroundings.
The High School, North, is a notable exception in nearly all the particulars named ; but as special atten- tion was called to its necessities in our last report, we need not repeat them. The only change in text-books
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has been the introduction of Eaton's Primary, and Common School Arithmetics, in place of Appleton's Series. This change was made, partly, because, when a teacher or pupil becomes familiar with a manual, he finds it difficult to keep alive his interest in it, but chiefly because the substituted books are more modern and popular, and, it is believed, intrinsically superior.
In the course of the year, forty-eight teachers have been employed in our schools for a longer or shorter period. Seven only of the number were entirely in- experienced in the calling when they entered on their work. Thirty-eight of them had taught in town in former years, nearly all of them having had charge of the same schools, some for so long a time that it would scem they are " settled for life." It is pleasant to be able to testify that it is our conviction, all our teachers, without exception, have been diligent and conscien- tious, and interested in their work; but they have not been, of course, for various reasons, equally success- ful. Still, we honor them all for their efforts and sacrifices, for their fidelity to the charge with which they were intrusted. Some are naturally more " apt to teach" than are others, and some are "born to com- mand," while others are inherently almost destitute of the qualities necessary to secure obedience. A thor- ough examination of a candidate in the prescribed cur- riculum of study will enable us to judge of his literary qualifications for the office, but his skill to educate, and his tact to govern, can be learned only by actual trial. The failure of a teacher in a given locality is not always owing to his incompetence, but it may be the
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result of circumstances not subject to his control, when, of course, his want of success is not his fault but his misfortune.
It was found necessary at the beginning of the au- tumn term to add another school to the number in Dist. No. 18, to relieve the crowded rooms of the lower departments. We feared for a time that our High School, East, would be compelled to leave its comfortable quarters in the new and sightly school- house of the district, to make room for the new school, but fortunately it was found that the fifth school could be accommodated within its walls. This . school is known as the "Lower Intermediate."
We have now thirty-three schools-seven primary, four intermediate, five grammar, fifteen mixed and two high schools ; the high schools and one of the primaries, have each an assistant teacher. The aver- age length of all the schools for the year has been thirty-four weeks and two days,-of the same length as last year, but not so long as is desirable by a month, at least. But though our teachers have not received a more liberal compensation than usual, several of the districts have been obliged to overdraw to meet their payments. We have appropriated nearly a hundred dollars from the State School Fund of last year to two districts to lengthen their schools to six months, the minimum length as prescribed by stat- utes to entitle us to receive that income. The residue of the fund of last year, with the fund of the present year, about five hundred and seventy-five dollars alto- gether, is to be distributed among those districts
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whose needs are the greatest, so that our pupils in all parts of the town may have as nearly as possible the same school privileges. Our schools, as a whole, have been eminently satisfactory to us. They have been in general quiet and 'orderly, and have given evidence of faithful and earnest work. None of them have been perfect schools, or have come up perhaps, in all par- ticulars to an ideal standard of excellence, nor have we ever seen such a school. "To err is human." Teachers are but men and women, and when it is re- membered how often there are emergencies m the school-room, when they are required to act promptly, without having time for calm and mature deliberation, it is to be expected that they will sometimes be un- wise and injudicious in the course which they pursue. Complaints have reached us, at various times, and from various quarters, in reference to the condition of several of our schools ; but on inquiry we have in- variably found that the complainants knew nothing of the state of the schools by actual observation, not hav- ing visited them, but having received all their infor- mation from hearsay, generally from interested parties. In all such instances, we have found"on investigation, that the statements embodying the charges made have been, perhaps, an unintentional perversion of facts. It is safe to hazard the remark that the parents and friends who have passed the most time in our school- rooms the past year, have been best pleased with their management. But it may be said that children will put on the appearance of orderly deportment in the presence of visitors. This may be so, and it may not
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be so. If a pupil has no respect for his teacher-and the insubordinate and refractory ones are made up of this class-he will be as likely, we think, to take ad- vantage of the presence of company, and behave worse than usual, in the belief that his teacher will refrain from reproof or correction before visitors. However this may be, we would urge our parents who may hear floating rumors derogatory to the schools in which they may be specially interested, to visit them often and familiarly, that they may see for themselve's how they are conducted.
We give, in accordance with the requirements of the statutes, the statistics of our schools in detail. We have required our teachers to be particular and exact in their records, and these tables may be re- garded as a near approximation to accuracy.
DETAILED STATEMENT OF THE SCHOOLS.
No. 1 .- LOWER PRIMARY.
Teachers .- Spring, Miss H. P. Cowell. Fall and Win- ter, Miss S. S. Russell.
Wages per month,
$40.00
Weeks of school, Spring 13, Fall 11, Winter 11
Number of pupils, 60 86, " 87,
75
Average attendance,
66, '6 70, 57
Per cent of attendance for the year, .78 nearly.
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No. 1 .- UPPER PRIMARY.
Teachers .- Spring, Miss H. A. George. Fall and Win- ter, Miss H. P. Cowell.
Wages per month,
$40.00
Weeks of school, Spring 13, Fall 11,
Winter 11
Number of pupils,
63.
“ 59,
59
Average attendance,
54,
" 48,
46
Per cent of attendance for the year, .81 plus.
No. 1 .- INTERMEDIATE.
Teacher .- Miss M. A. Gerould.
Wages per month,
$40.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 13, Fall 10,
Winter 12
Number of pupils, 40, “ 47, 40
. Average attendance 66 33, " 41, .6 34
Per cent of attendance for the year, .85.
No. 1 .- GRAMMAR.
Teacher .- Miss E. A. Gerould.
Wages per month,
$48.00
Weeks of school, Spring 13, Fall 10,
Winter 12
Number of pupils, . 39, " 31,
28
Average attendance, 25, " 28, 24
Per cent of attendance for the year, .78 plus.
No. 2.
Teachers .- Spring, Miss A. M. Browne ; Fall and Win- ter, Miss J. A. Capron.
Wages per month, Spring $32, Fall $36, Winter $40
Weeks of school, 10, 11, 12
Number of pupils, 11, 6. 13, 20
Average attendance,
9,
11,
15
Per cent of attendance for the year, .79.
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No. 3.
Teacher .- Miss J. E. Ellis.
Wages per month,
$32.00
Weeks of school, Spring 11, Fall 12
Number of pupils,
7,
" 10
Average attendance,
6,
8
Per cent of attendance for the year, .82.
No. 4 .- PRIMARY.
Teacher .- Miss L. A. Riley .
Wages per month,
$40.00
Weeks of school, Spring 14; Fall 12,
Winter 12
Number of pupils, 74,
72,
62
Average attendance,
5 6
64,
.
6. 59.
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Per cent of attendance for the year, .84 plus.
No. 4 .- INTERMEDIATE.
Teacher .- Miss A. A. Somes.
Wages per month,
$44.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 14, Fall, 11, Winter, 11
Number of pupils,
45,
6
48,
49
Average attendance,
39, “ 42, . 6 42
Per cent of attendance for the year, .87, nearly.
No. 4 .- GRAMMAR.
Teacher .- Miss A. M. Quincey.
Wages per month,
$52 00
Weeks of school, Spring, 14, . Fall, 12,
Winter, 12
Number of pupils, 36. " 43,
39
Average attendance,
32,
6: 37,
66
36
Per cent of attendance for the year, .89.
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No. 5 .- PRIMARY.
Teachers .- Miss L. D. Peck ; Assistant, Miss E. F. Regan. Wages per month, Principal, $40.00; Assistant, $24.00 Weeks of school, Spring, 13, Fall, 12, Winter, 8
Number of pupils,
75,
66
64,
60
Average attendance, “ 61,
52,
52
Per cent of attendance for the year, .82 plus.
No. 5 .- GRAMMAR.
Teachers .- Spring, Mr. J. Everett ; Fall and Winter, Mr. G. O. Smith.
Wages per month, Spring, $56, Fall, $48, Winter, $48
Weeks of school, 13, 12, 66 8
Number of pupils.
37,
42,
40
Average attendance,
32
". 36,
34
Per cent of attendance for the year, .853.
No. 6.
Teacher .- Miss M. A. Matthias.
Wages per month,
$36.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 13, Fall, 12, Winter, 9
Number of pupils, 66 29,
30,
25
Average attendance,
23,
66
24,
21
Per cent of attendance for the year, .81.
No. 7.
Teachers .- Spring, Miss D. M. Stanley ; Fall and Win- ter, Miss A. Griggs.
Wages per month,
$42.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 13, Fall, 11, Winter, 12
Number of pupils,
46,
66
43,
48
Average attendance,
35,
34,
40
Per cent of attendance for the year, nearly 80.
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No. 8.
Teachers .- Spring and Fall, Miss R. E. Parker ; Winter, Miss S. Bailey.
Wages per month,
$40 00
Weeks of school, Spring, 12, Fall, 12, Winter, 13
Number of pupils,
35,
"' 33,
41
Average attendance,
26,
(: 24,
36
Per cent of attendance for the year, .79 nearly.
No. 9.
Teacher .- Miss A. M. Metcalf.
Wages per month, Spring, $36, Fall, $40, Winter, $40
Weeks of school, 66 12, 12, 13
Number of pupils,
66
25,
25,
66
26
Average attendance,
23,
22,
23
Per cent of attendance for the year, .89 plus.
No. 10.
Teacher .- Miss L. H. Capron.
Wages per month,
$32.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 12, Fall, 10, Winter, 6
Number of pupils,
17,
16,
16
Average attendance,
15,
14,
66 15
Per cent of attendance for the year, .90 nearly.
No. 11 .- PRIMARY.
Teacher .- Miss L. C. Sweet.
Wages per month, $32.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 13, Fall, 12,
Winter, 13
Number of pupils, 34, 48, 41
Average attendance,
25.
36,
35
Per cent of attendance for the year, .79.
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No. 11 .- GRAMMAR.
Teacher .- Mrs. A. H. Chatterton.
Wages per month,
$40.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 13, Fall, 12, Winter, 13
Number of pupils, 26,
29, 33
Average attendance,
20,
23,
26
Per cent of attendance for the year, .78.
No. 12.
Teacher .- Miss J. L. Briggs.
Wages per month,
$32.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 12, Fall, 11, Winter, 12
Number of pupils,
18,
66
13,
18
Average attendance,
14,
10,
15
Per cent of attendance for the year, .80 nearly.
No. 13,
Teacher .- Miss F. R. Blanding.
Wages per month,
$34.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 13, Fall, 12, Winter, 12
Number of pupils,
23,
23, 24
Average attendance,
16,
18,
19
Per cent of attendance for the year, .76.
No. 14.
Teacher .- Miss L. C. Blanding.
Wages per month, $34.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 12, Fall, 12, Winter, 10
Number of pupils, 28, 32. 21
Average attendance, 17, 23, 15
Per cent of attendance for the year, .68.
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No. 15.
Teachers .- Miss L. P. Morey Spring and Fall ; Miss A. F. Dean Winter.
Wages per month,
$50.00
Weeks of school, Spring 12, Fall 10, Winter 12
Number of scholars,
66
58,
“' 56,
66
61
Average attendance,
42,
"' 44,
66
44
Per cent of attendance for the year, .74 plus.
No. 16.
Teacher .- Miss D. Jacobs.
*
Wages per month, Spring $44, Fall $48, Winter $48
Weeks of school, 12, 13, 66 13
Number of scholars, 38,
38,
32
Average attendance,
30,
30,
26
Per cent of attendance for the year, .80 nearly.
No. 17.
Teachers .- Spring, Miss A. E. Smith ; Fall, Miss H. S. Horton.
Wages per month, Spring, $34, Autumn, $40
Weeks of school, 10, 14
Number of scholars, 66
19, 16
Average attendance, 66 18, 66 15
Per cent of attendance for the year, .94.
No. 18 .- SOUTH PRIMARY.
Teacher .- Miss L. A. Shepard.
Wages per month,
$40.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 12, Fall, 12,
Winter, 13
Number of scholars, 66 65, " 50, 44
Average attendance,
58,
“ 45,
. 6
40
Per cent of attendance for the year, .89.
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No. 18 .- NORTH PRIMARY.
Teachers .- Spring, Miss L. C. Becket ; Fall and Winter, Miss H. S. Beers.
Wages per month, Spring, $40, Fall, $32, Winter, $32
Weeks of school,
12,
12,
13
Number of scholars,
89,
65,
66
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Average attendance,
68,
46.
36
Per cent of attendance for the year, .73.
No. 18 .- LOWER INTERMEDIATE.
Teacher .- Miss L. C. Becket.
Wages per month, $40.00
Weeks of school, Fall, 12,
Winter, 13
Number of scholars,
“ 57,
66 57
Average attendance,
' 46,
47
Per cent of attendance for the year, .81.
No. 18 .- UPPER INTERMEDIATE.
Teachers .- Spring and Fall, Miss J. A. Stanley ; Winter, Miss J. E. Ellis.
Wages per month, $40.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 12, Fall, 12, Winter, 12
Number of scholars,
49,
40,
66
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Average attendance, “
40,
32,
43
Per cent of attendance for the year, .81.
No. 18 .- GRAMMAR.
Teachers .- Spring and Fall, Mr. H. W. Bisbee ; Winter, Miss H. I. Horton.
Wages per month, Spring, $663, Fall, $663, Winter, $48
Weeks of school,
12,
12,
13
Number of scholars, " 58, 56, 57
Average attendance, " 48, 66 48, 48
Per cent of attendance for the year, .84.
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No. 19.
Teachers .- Spring, Miss A. A. Babcock ; Fall, Miss M. E. Dean ; Winter, Mr. G. Dunham. Wages per month, Spring, $34, Fall, $34, Winter, $40
Weeks of school, 16 6, 10, 103
Number of scholars, 9,
66
12,
15
Average attendance,
8,
9,
13
Per cent of attendance for the year, .83.
No. 20.
Teachers .- Spring, Misses S. C. Bowen and Clara A. Olney ; Fall, Miss Olney ; Winter, Miss M. H. Wolfenden.
Wages per month,
$48.00
Weeks of school, Spring, 13, Fall, 12, Winter, 13
Number of scholars, 51, 55, 71
Average attendance, 41,
44,
49
Per cent of attendance for the year, .76.
High School .- EAST.
Teachers .- Principal, J. O. Tiffany, A. M. ; Assistant, Miss A. S. Hawes.
Wages per month, Principal, $120; Assistant, $50
Weeks of school, Spring, 13, Fall, 12, Winter, 13
Number of scholars, 44, 66 49, 52
Average attendance, 39, 66 45, 48%
Per cent of attendance for the year, .91.
High School .- NORTH.
Teachers .- B. Porter, Jr., A. M. ; Spring, Miss F. M. At- wood ; Fall and Winter, Miss E. K. Goss, Assistants. Wages per month, Principal, $120; Assistant, $50
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Weeks of school, Spring, 13; Fall, 12; Winter, 13
Number of scholars, 70,
70.
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Average attendance,
55,
64, 57
Per cent of attendance for the year, .92.
Average per cent of attendance for the year in all the Schools, .82, the same as last year.
The whole number of children in town between 5 and 15 by the last enrollment, was 1,501. The num- ber of different pupils enumerated with our schools during the year has been 1,686. But of this number 29 were under 5, and 131 over 15, leaving 1,526 pu- pils between 5 and 15. This would be an admirable exhibit were it not for the fact that, owing, perhaps partly to the stagnation of business in our manufac- turing districts particularly. removals have been the order of the day, and families have come and gone in quick succession.
It has been our custom for a few years past to in- scribe in the report the names of pupils neither absent nor tardy for a full term. The practice is open to the objection that it savors of injustice to those who aim to be constant and punctual, but who are occa- sionally necessarily away in consequence of illness or other circumstances beyond their control. Several instances of this class have come within our observa- tion the last year. Still, as we have reason to be- lieve that as a healthy stimulus to fidelity in attend- ance, more good than evil results from the custom, we have thought it best to continue it. We find by the teachers' records a number who have not been
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absent but who have been tardy a few times, and some who have not been tardy, and absent but one, two or three half days, but as the dividing line must be drawn somewhere, our list comprises those only neither absent nor tardy for an entire term.
ROLL OF HONOR.
No. 1 .- LOWER PRIMARY.
Walter Lord, Hattie Ginnodo, Teresa Rogers, Winnic Barden, Charlie Frost, Anna Galliher, Mattic Tills, Edith Blackinton, James Corrigan, Willie Galliher, John O. Kelley, Charlie Long, Joseph Miller, Joseph Smith, Lizzie Cargill, Lettie Freeman, Eddie Malony.
UPPER PRIMARY.
Charlie Balzan, Jennie Carroll, Stephie Donnell, Georgie King, Arthur Lord, Willie Long, Maggie Sulli- van, Carrie Schlevoight, Lizzie Thompson, Nellie Blanch- ard, Marion Dean, David Glidden, Abra Glidden, Annie Brown, Hubert Johnson, Sylvester McGinn, Mary Doyle.
INTERMEDIATE.
Georgie Balzan, Georgie Beers, Annie Bicknell, Lewis Groeck, Leda Thompson, Annie Wright, Arthur Brain- ard, Walter Farnam, Willie Shaw, Matthew Doyle, Everett King, Sophie Rister, Edgar Barden, George Farnum.
GRAMMAR.
Joseph Galliher, Minnie Niles, Minnie Thompson, Alice Hatch, Eddie Lull, Mamie Lull.
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No. 2.
Willie Ralph, Willie Jordan, Lorenzo Jordan, Sammie Henshaw.
No. 4 .- PRIMARY.
Lizzie Schmadl, Annie Bride, Belle Ryan, Maggie Maguire, Louisa Armstrong, Ida Eaton, Charlie Bride, Georgie Whiting, Henry Struck.
INTERMEDIATE.
Laura Annis, Louis Kurtz, Freddie Schmadl, Walter Darling, Johnnie Benz, Charlie Sandland, Lawrence Ry- an, Josie Bennett, Harry Tufts, Georgie Day, Charlie Hartmeyer, John Brown, Charlie Metcalf, Jennie Stanley, Harvey R. Franklin, Arthur S. Bruce, Eddie Martin, El- len Donlon, Annie McGowan.
GRAMMAR.
Minnie White, Lizzie Sadler, Eva Smith, Henry Hall, Willie Ames, Anna Codding, Frankie Draper, Neil Mc- Queeny, Oswald Schmadl, Lena Davis, Lillie Bruce, Jen- nie Sandland, Eddie Darling, Mary W. Peirce, Lena Reg- nall, Nellie Codding, Charlie Stanley, Lawrence Leary.
No. 5 .- PRIMARY.
Eugene Flaherty, Sophia Dehm, George Dehm, Clar- ence Wood, Mary Shepardson, Sanford Wood, Annie Dick, Clara Reid, Eva Reid, Ephraim Knapp, Charlie Ma- son, Robert Hull.
GRAMMAR.
Sarah E. Fisher, Susie Peirce, Patrick Flaherty, Louis Follett.
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No. 6.
Tommy Flannegan, Irving Sylvester, Charlie B. Philips.
No. 7.
Arthur Newell, Lillie P. Clark, T. Delmedia Clark, Gracie M. Newell, Nattie Tannant, Floria A. Guild, Hen- ry B. Carpenter, Freddie Coons, Lizzie Canfield, Letitia Duckworth.
No. 8.
Damon A. White, Charlie Shaw, Freddie Gay, Jennie Orr, Ellen Orr.
No. 9.
Jennie Allen, Levina Allen, Ruth Roberts, Mary E. Horton, Edith Horton, Annie Coupe, Jennie Horton.
No. 10.
Camilla A. Briggs, Marion A. Cooper, Isabella C. Ide, Georgianna B. Tingley, Arthur H. Eldredge, Leon H. Tingley, Isabella Rice, John F. MeGrane, Georgie T. Read, Albert C. Read.
No. 11 .- PRIMARY.
Lizzie Taylor, Charles Bushee, Mary Short.
GRAMMAR.
Christina Hood, Grizelda White, David Short, Eva Fuller, Sarah Taylor, John Kelley, Annic Burtenwood, Mary Chadwick.
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No. 12.
Mary A. Briggs, James H. Hagan.
No. 13.
Annie M. Torrey, Nellie B. Perry, Florence E. Rich- mond, John C. Alexander, George B. Stoddard.
No. 14.
Ada B. Cummings, Anna L. Atkinson, Sarah A. Leon- ard, Emmie E. Leonard, Cora H. Cummings, Inez God- frey, Walter H. Follett, Philip Collum.
No. 15.
Emma E. Wilcox, Willie Roberts, Ralph Barney, Howard Carpenter, Alice O. Robbins, Annie Bartosch.
No. 16.
Ida E. White, Hattie F. Field, Hattie E. Lee, Lavinia S. Cooper, Arthur W. Parmenter, Willie H. White, Freddie P. Cooper, Charlie E. Briggs, Jennie M. Smith, Charlie White, Evie H. Lee, Hattie A. Drake, Frankie P. Parmenter, Johnnie Brown, Bennie F. Brown, Isaac Alger.
No. 17.
Mary Parmenter, Jennie Thurber, Emma Parmenter, Annie F. Thurber, Willie N. Thurber, Freddie Parmenter.
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No. 18 .- SOUTH PRIMARY.
Marion Briggs, Harry Carlisle, Frank Carnes, Edgar Weaver, Herbert Richards.
NORTH PRIMARY.
Willie Dennis, Bertie Parker, Allie Richards.
LOWER INTERMEDIATE.
Clara Peirce, Ida Warren, Bertie Bliss, Elmer Baxter, Hattie Whitman, Katie Goff, Lizzie Chapman, Oscar Adams, Willie Dennis, James Dennis, Neddie Horton, Frank Rhodes.
UPPER INTERMEDIATE.
Nellie Ryder, Albert Angell, Eddie Kingsley, Harvey Kingsley, Carrie Beach, Willie Bodman, Willis Nye.
GRAMMAR.
John F. Angell, Edwin A. Tucker, Fannie Peirce, Eddie Richards, Willie H. Everett, Ada A. Hammond, Minnie E. Guild, M. Edith Horton, Cora L. Huse.
No. 19.
Mary Chambers, Nellie Chambers.
No. 20.
Frank E. Atwell, Johnny Meon, Robbie Whittaker, Ellen Driscoll, Katie Conus, Frankie Meon.
HIGH SCHOOL-EAST.
Amelia Beach, R. Lincoln, W. Adams, P. Brady, F. Nye, Edward Wales, Annie Cooper, Clara Mason, Emma Richardson, Cora Sturdy, Hattie Witherell, Carrie Bab- cock, Sara E. Dean, Sara Potter, F. Blackinton, Henry Snell.
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HIGH SCHOOL .- NORTH.
Lydia Fisher, Myra Ballou, Inez Freeman, W. Cush- man, Mary Matthias, Celia Atkinson, Ida Kent, Edwin White, Henry Hall, George Cheever, Bertha Peirce, Susie Porter, Mary White, George Paine, Frank White, Nellie Phelps, Frank Mason, Lillian Aldrich.
We do not vouch for the orthography of all the names in the roll above. It has been our aim to copy, as nearly as possible, the characters which we have found in the teachers' registers, whether the letters as thus arranged seemed to form a pronounceable word or not. We cannot suppress the remark that, were Charles Dickens living, he would doubtless rejoice to find a list containing so many rare and euphonic names.
The effort to establish an evening school in the East Village, proved unavailing. Provision was made for it, a place secured and teachers engaged, but the pupils were wanting. After repeated trials we had to abandon the enterprise, much to our surprise and regret. In the North Village we were more success- ful. The school was taught in the High School- room, and it was under the care of Mr. Porter and Miss Quincey.
Number of sessions, 44.
" pupils, 30.
Average attendance, 16 plus.
The scholars were largely of the number who at- tended the former winter and endured to the end. They were interested, faithful and earnest, and evi- dently appreciated the privilege. Their deport-
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ment was excellent, and their progress satisfactory.
It has been suggested that in this centenary year, it would be well to publish a revised list of the graduates of our High Schools. It may be remem- bered that our two High Schools were opened in May, 1867, the course of study comprising three years. Early in 1873, another year was added to the course, but the members of the first class in each school were promised diplomas at the expira- tion of their three years' course, if they could not consistently remain longer, and five of the class at the North, as will be seen below, availed themselves of the privilege.
GRADUATES OF THE EAST HIGH SCHOOL.
1869.
Frank Babcock, Alice A. Babcock, Linnie L. Bacon, Lenora Beers, Emily B. Hodges, Emmie W. Stanley, Ellen A. Sturdy.
1870.
Mary A. Brady, Ella Daggett, Susie Brady, Lepre- lette Sweet.
1871.
Elvira E. Babcock, Sarah C. Bowen, Florence M. Hayward, Ella J. Sturdy, S. Addie Walton.
1872.
Annie B. Dean, Olive C. Joslin, Mary A. Witherell, Mary H. Wolfenden.
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1874.
Lydia B. Babcock, Hattie S. Beers, Julia L. Briggs, Lena H. Capron, Edith L. Capron, Lucy C. Sweet, Lillian C. Sturdy, Emma B. Walcott, Fanny E. Wol- fenden, Caroline E. Sanford, Walter E. Hayward.
1875.
Florence E. Aldrich, Clara B. Blackinton, Cordelia L. Bliss, Ellen M. Brady, Clara L. Bullock, Clara S. Streeter, Annie C. Tinkham, Emma L. West, Lizzie J. Wilmarth.
HIGH SCHOOL .- NORTH.
1869.
Anna C. Bailey, Kate S. Bailey, Ella J. Barden, Laura F. Blackinton, Isabel M. Cortis, Editha B. Jackson, Alice M. Price, Lizzie A. Riley, Ella H. Thomas, Josiah E. Draper, Thomas P. Wharton.
1870.
Flora M. Beebe, Hattie A. Bailey, Isa A. Carpenter, Julia Cotton, Annie M. Cameron, Clara D. Ellis, Anna C. Grant, Ella M. Mason, Hattie A. Richards, Ellen M. Riley, Maria S. Stanley, Walter E. Barden, Frank A. Chase, George A. Gould, George E. Hawes, Hattie O. Richards, Edwin O. Stanley.
1871.
Edwin A. Codding, Ernest A. Guild, Benjamin F. Walcott, Addie C. Franklin, Hattie L. Draper, Jose- phine A. Freeman, Mary A. Mathias, Mary M. McKin- ley, Annie M. Mason, * Ella F. Regan, Ada M. Perry, Ella A. Hawes, Annie S. Lynch, Sarah E. Stanley, Nellie S. Pratt.
1872.
. George A. Bicknell, Isaac Glidden, W. Osmond Clark. George D. Draper, James M. Galliher, Richard
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B. Esten, Frank L. Day, Florence L. Hancock, Mary E. Robinson, Amelia Ames, Ellen L. Chace, Sarah G. Bishop, Mary S. Peavey, * Hattie L. Richardson, S. Josephine Eldrige, Alice C. Newell, Mary A. Kent.
1873.
Susan O. Brien, Annie Dooley, Orin Coombs, Charles Barden, Charles Follett.
1874.
Fred S. Gilbert, Cora F. Barden, Annie H. Jillson, Hattie B. Paine, Abbie E. Perry, Gertie A. Rolinson, Minnie A. Sadler, Lizzie M. Thompson.
1875.
Helen N. Cheever, Mary E. Hurley, Agnes Peirce, Mary Regan, Nellie E. Thompson, Marsella Lynch, Olin F. Gleason, Harry P. Kent, Rufus King, Arthur L. Warren, Harrie H. Wilson.
In this report, we have aimed to present essential facts directly and plainly, without amplification or embelishment, and without indulging in any plati- tudes on the value or importance of education. This record of the history of our schools for the past year, is respectfully submitted.
S. P. LATHROP, G. A. ADAMS,
School J. D. PEIRCE. Committee.
* Deceased.
George A. Bicknell, Isaac u. Clark. George D. Draper, James M. ...
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