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1516.12 Browning, R. Agamemnon, ete. . 1414.14 Balaustion's adventures and other poems 1414.15
Ref.35 Dramas 1414.17
Dramatis personæ, etc. 1414.16
Fifine at the fair, etc. 1414.20 Men and women · and Sordello 1414.19 Selections from the poetical works of Robert Browning 1425.21 The ring and the book . 1414.18
Autobiography of an actress. Mow- att, A. C. .
Badeau, A. Aristocracy in England . Balaustion's adventure and other poems. Browning, R ..
1414.15
Ballou, M. M. Due south, or Cuba, past and present . Notable thoughts about women. 1514.12
Banks, M. R. Bright days in the old plantation time .
Birney, C. H. Sarah Angelina Grimké .
Blaine, J. G. Twenty years of Con- gress : 1861-1831 .
Bolton, S. K. Lives of girls who be- came famous
Lives of poor boys who 1 fa- mous . ·
1521.10 Chambers, R. Book of days 1521.10
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Champney, L. W. Three Vassar girls on the Rhine .
Charles, E. R. Three martyrs of the nineteenth century . Charles XII. Topelius, Z. Times of Charles XII. .
Cheney, E. D. Sally Williams, the mountain girl
Children, The, of Westminster Abbey. Kingsley, R. G.
Clark, H. H. Boy life in the United States navy
Clemmer, M. Hudson, E. A memo- rial of Mary Clemmer
Collier, R. L. English home life . Coming race, The. Bulwer-Lytton, E. G. E.
Communism and Socialism. Nordhoff, C. Communistic societies of the United States .
· Concord, Mass. Celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Concord. 1635-1885.
Cookery. Henderson, M. P. Diet for the sick.
124 .. 9
English home life. Collier, R. L. 418.14 328.7 Etching. Hamerton, P. G ._ The un- known river . 411,6
Europe. Seguin, L. G. A picturesque tour in picturesque lands . 428.1
416.26 Ewing, J. H. Lob-Lie-by-the-fire 724.23
Cuba. Ballou, M. M. Due South or Cuba past and present .
415.18
Family flight, A, through Mexico. Hale, E. E., and Hale S. 414.18 917.10 Family flight, A, through Spain. Hale 817.9 S. .
414.17
Deming, P. Adirondack stories . Dentistry. White, J. W. The mouth and teeth .
126.33
1414.21 717.7 Ferishtah's fancies. Browning, R. . Fields, Mrs. J. T. How to help the poor 1527.18 Fifine at the fair, etc. Browning, R. . 536.1 Fisher, G. P. Outlines of universal history 314.11
1414.20
DeQuincey, T. Page, H. A. Thomas De Quincey
Dictionary. Brewer, E. C. Diction- ary of phrase and fable
Brewer, E. C. The reader's handbook of allusions, etc.
Cushing, W. Initials and pseu- donyms Lib. room, Ref.11 Frederick II. Carlyle, T. Frederick
Lewis, C. T. and Short, C., editors. Harper's Latin dictionary.
Smith, W. Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities Ref.35
Diet for the sick. Henderson, M. P. . 124.19 812.23 Drama. Browning, R. Dramas . . . 1414.17 Dramatis personæ, etc. Browning. R. 1414.16 517.13 Drawing. Hamerton, P. G. The un- known river . 411.6
718.17 Due South or Cuba past and present. Ballou, M. M. 415.18 817.12 Early and late papers. Thackeray, W.M. 1517.27 Eggleston, G. C. Strange stories from 327.24 history 817.13
Ellis, G. E. Memoir of Sir Benjamin 817.8 Thompson, Count Rumford, 515.15 Ellis, S. Smith, M. P. W. Miss Ellis's 518.18 mission . 528.19 418.14 Elocution. Fobes, W. K. Five-minute readings . 1526.31 718.14 Warner, C. D., editor. The book of
eloquence . 1514 14 Encyclopædia. Lossing, B. J. Harp- er's cyclopædia of U. S. history 336.1
112.10
England. The cathedral churches of England and Wales . 1521.11 Travel. Froude, J. A. Oceana, or England and her Colonies 424.1
312.10
England, as seen by an American banker 417.6
Coppee, H. Conquest of Spain by the Arab-Moors
Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud. See M. N. Murfree.
Crest, The, of the continent. Ingersoll, E. .
Crowninshield, M. B. All among the lighthouses .
812.21
Gatty, H. K. F. Juliana Horatia Ew- ing and her books . 516.20
Family flight, A, around home. Hale, E. E., and Hale, S., . 414.16
Cushing, W. Initials and pseudonyms. Lib. room, Ref.11 David Elginbrod. Macdonald, G. Dawes, A. L. How we are governed . Dean Stanley with the children. Humphrey, F. A. .
817.3
Fawcett, H. Stephen, L. Life of Henry Fawcett . 515.13
Ref.36 Five-minute readings. Fobes, W.K., ed. 1526.31 Fobes, W. K. Five-minute readings . 1526.31
Ref.37 Frederick I. Topelius, Z. Times of Frederick I. . 718.18
the great, 6 v. 326.1
1612.1 Froebel, F. Marenholz-Bülow, B. Reminiscences of Frederick Froebel 528.18
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Froude, J. A. Oceana, or England and her colonies
Garrison, W. L. 1805-1879. The story of his life. 2 v .
Gatty, H. K. F. Juliana Horatia Ew- ing and her books
Germany. Literature. Hedge, F. H. Hours with German classics . . Girls who became famous. Bolton, S.K. Glimpses of three coasts. Jackson, H. M.
Goodwin, C. How they learned house- work .
Gordon, C. G. Charles, E. R. Three martyrs of the nineteenth century . Gordon, G. H. Brook Farm to Cedar mountain .
Grandissimes, The. Cable, G. W.
Grant, U. S. Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant
Gray, A. Botany for young people and common schools
117.32
The town: Its memorable characters and events 1518.19
1516.9 Wit and humor 1518.20
The autobiography of Leigh Hunt . 517.11
416.25 Imagination and fancy. Hunt, J.H. L. Incidents and anecdotes of the Civil 1518.21 War. Porter, D. D . 315.7
India revisited. Arnold, E .. 417.7
411.5
Ingersoll, E. The crest of the conti- nent 416.26
528.17 Jackson, H. M. Zeph. 927.22
Glimpses of three coasts . 417.8
414.12 Jameson, A. M. Macpherson, G. Memoirs of Anna Jameson . 515.14
414.16 Japanese homes and their surround-
414.18 ings. Morse, E. S. 125.24
414.17 Jar of honey, etc. Hunt, J. H. L. 1518.17
Jewett, S. O. A white heron, etc. . 717.8
418.13 John Leech, etc. Brown, J. 1516.12
Jo's boys. Alcott, L. M. 817.15
114.13 Keary, C. F., ed. Dawn of history, 317.19
411 6 Kingsley, R. G. Children of West- minster Abbey, . 327.24
1527.17
Lady, The, or the tiger? etc. Stock-
1612.1 ton, F. R. . 718.11
1514.13
Latin language. Lewis, C.T. Harper's Latin dictionary .
1612.1
917. Life on a ranch. Aldridge, R. 213.15
124.19
Lighthouses. Crowninshield, M. B. Among the lighthouses
812.21
126.31 Little country girl. Woolsey, S. C. 817.4
Little folks in feathers and fur. Miller,
817.13 O. T. . 823.20
who became Lives of poor boys
314.11| famous. Bolton, S. K. 817.10 317.19 Livingstone, D. Charles, E. R. The
Keary, C. F., ed. The dawn of history Mackenzie, R. The 19th century 317.18 1 martyrs of the nineteenth century . 517.13
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Holland. Boughton, G. H. Sketching
424.1 rambles in Holland 423.10 Home life. Ware. J. F. W. . 1516.7
522.14 Hours with German classics. Hedge, F. H. . 1514.13
516.20 How plants grow. Gray, A. 117.32
How they learned housework. Good- win, C. 817.11
517.14 How to help the poor. Fields, Mrs. J. T. 1527.18 How we are governed. Dawes, A. L. . 817.9 417.8 Howard, B. W. One summer . 917.13
Hudson, E. A memorial of Mary Clemmer 518.18
817.11
Humbler poets, The. Thompson, S., ed. 1414.13 Humphrey, F. A. Dean Stanley with the children . 817.3
328.8 9 17.11
Hunt, J. H. L. A jar of honey from Mount Hybla 1518.17
Imagination and fancy, etc. 1518.21
315.6
Men, women and books, ete. 1518.18
Table talk, etc. 1518.16
Great Britain. Badean, A. Aristoc- racy in England
Carnegie, A. An American four-in- hand In Britain
Greece. Smith, W. Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities
Greely, A. W. Three years of Arctic service. 2 v. .
Grimpe, S. and A. Birney, C. H. The Grimpé sisters .
Groham, W. A. B. Camps in the Rockies .
Hale, E. E. and Hale, S. A family flight around home
A family flight through Mexico Hale, S. A family flight through Spain Half-hours in the Holy Land. Macleod, N. Half-hours with a naturalist. Wood, J. G.
Hamerton, P. G. The unknown river Hardy, E. J. " Manners makyth man " Harper's Latin dictionary. Lewis, C.T. and Short, C., editors
Hedge F. H. Hours with German classics .
Heidi. Spyri, J. Henderson, M. P. Diet for the sick . History. Atkinson, W. P. History and the study of history .
Eggleston, G. C. Strange stories from history .
Fisher, G. P. Outlines of universal history
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Lob-Lie-by-the-fire. Ewing, H. J. . . Locke and Sydenham, etc. Brown, J. London. Hunt, J. H. L. . .
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Longfellow, S., ed. Life. 2 v. . Lossing, B. J. Harper's popular cyclo- pædia of U. S. history .
Macdonald, G. David Elginbrod Mackenzie, R. The 19th century
Macleod, N. Half-hours in the Holy Land
Macpherson, G. Life of Anna Jame- son
515.14
Madison, D. Memoirs and letters of Dolly Madison "Manners makyth man." Hardy, E.J. 1527.17 Marenholz-Bülow, B. von. Reminis- cences of Freidrich Froebel . 528.18 917.14
Marryat, F. Mr. Midshipman Easy Men and women, etc. Browning, R. Men, women and books. Hunt, J.H.L. Mexico. Hale, E. E. and S. Family flight through Mexico
Midge, The. Bunner, H. C.
Miller, O. T. Little folks in feathers and furs
Miss Ellis's mission. Smith, M. P. W. Mr. Midshipman Easy. Marryat, F. . Morse, E. S. Japanese homes, etc. .. Mouth. Cathin, G. Shut your mouth White, J. W. Mouth and teeth 126.33
Mowatt, A. C. Autobiography of an actress .
Mowry, W. A. Talks with my boys . Mrs. Herndon's income. Campbell, H. Murfree, M. N. Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains
Natural History. Abbott, C. C. Up- land and meadow .
Wood, J. G. Half-hours with naturalist
Nelly Marlow in Washington. Nichols, L. D. .
Nordhoff, C. Communistic societies of the U. S.
Norton, C. E., ed. Early letters of T. Carlyle .
Norway. Boyesen, H. H. Story of Norway .
Notable thoughts about women. Bal- lou, M. M .. Oceana, or England and her colonies. Froude, J. A.
Old Creole days. Cable, G. W. 917.12
Old Salem. Putinan, E.
One summer. Howard, B. W.
Origin of republican form of Govern-
ment in the U. S. Straus, O. S. . . 117.33
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724.23 Page. H. A. Thomas de Quincy, life,
1516.10 etc.
536.1
1518.19 Palestine. Macleod, N. Half-hours in the Holy Land . 418.13 514.14 Patteson, John Coleridge. Charles, E. R. Three martyrs of the nine- teenth century . 336.1 517.13
917.10 People who hav'nt time and can't afford 317.18 it. Alden, J. M. 917.8 Picturesque tour in picturesque lands. 418.13 Seguin, L. G. 428.1
Porter, D. D., Admiral. Incidents and anecdotes of the civil war 315.7 Prime minister, The. Trollope A. 716.26 517.16 Prophet of the Great Smoky Moun- tains. Murfree, M. N. . 927.21
Pseudonyms. Cushing, W. Dic-
tionary of literary disguises. Lib. room Ref. 11
1414.19 Putnam. E. Old Salem . 417.9
1518.18 Rhine, The. Champney, L. W. Three Vassar girls on the Rhine 1414.18 812.23 414.18 Ring and the book. . Browning, R. . . 718.13 Rocky Mountains. Grohman, W. A. B. Camps in the Rockies 414.12
823.20
Ingersoll, E. The crest of the continent Rome. Smith, W. Dictionary of
416.26
528.19
917.14 Greek and Roman antiquities . . . Ref. 35 125.24 Rudder grange. Stockton, F. R. 917.7
1517.28 Saint Gregory's guest, etc. Whittier, J. G. 1417.30
Salem. Putman, E. . 417.9
517.10 Sally Williams. Cheney, E. D. 817 12
817.7 Sanborn, F. B. Life and letters of
927.23 John Brown . 513.22 Schwartka, F. Along Alaska's great
927.21 river . 423.13
151€.8
Seguin, L. G. Picturesque tour in picturesque lands 428.1
Shut your mouth. Catlin, G. 1517.28
114.13 Signs and seasons. Burroughs, J. 1516.6 Smith, M. P. W. Miss Ellis's mission . 528.19
812.22 Smith, W. Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities Ref. 35
112.10 Spain. Coppee H. History of the
conquest of Spain by the Arab Moors 328.7
517.15 Hale, S. Family flight through Spain Spare hours. Brown, J. Rab and his friends 1516.11
414.17
317.20
Spyri, J. Heidi . 917.9
1514.12 Stanley, A. P. Historical memorials of Westminster Abbey . 315.8
424.1
Humphrey, F. A. Dean Stanley with the children . 817.3
417.9 Stephen, L. Life of Henry Fawcett . 615.13
917.13 Stock-raising. Aldridge, R. Life on a ranch . 213.15
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Stockton, F. R. The lady or the tiger ? Rudder Grange
Stoddard, W. O. George Washington Stork's nest, A . Strange stories from history for young people. Eggleston, G. C.
Straus, O. S. Origin of republican form of government in U. S. 117.33
Sugar and spice and all that's nice
Table-talk, etc. Hunt, J. H. S. Talks with my boys. Mowry, W. A. Teeth. White, J. W. The mouth and the teeth
Ten boys who lived on the road from long ago to now. Andrews, J. . Thackeray, W. M. Early and late papers, . . Thompson, B., Count Rumford. Com- plete works. 4 v.
Ellis, G. E. Memoir of Count Rumford Thompson, S., ed. The humbler poets Three martyrs of the nineteenth century. Charles, E. R. .
Three Vassar Girls on the Rhine. L. W. Champney .
Three years of Arctic service. Greely, A. W. 2 v.
Times of alchemy: Surgeon's stories. Topelius, Z. 718.20 White, J. W. The mouth and the " battle and of rest. 718.16 66 teeth . Saint Gregory's 718.17 Whittier, J. G.
" Charles XII.
66 " Frederick I. 66
" Gustaf Adolf.
718.15 Wit and humour, selected from the
718.19 English poets. Hunt, Leigh. . . 1518.20 917.15 Without blemish. Walworth, Mrs. J.
716.26 H. . 927.24
Wood, J. G. Half hours with a natu-
315.9 ralist . 114.13
Woolsey, S. C. A little country girl . 817.4 What Katie did next 817.16 328.8 Zeph. Jackson, H. M. 927.22
315.7
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718.11 United States. Constitution. Dawes,
A. L. How we are governed . . 817.9
Blaine, J. G. Twenty years of Con- gress 2 v .. . 315.9 Lossing, B. J. Harper's popular cyclo- 336.1 pædia of U. S. history
817.13
United States. Navy. Clark, H. H. Boy life in the U. S. navy . . 817.14 Unknown river, The. Hamerton, P.G. 817.8 411.6 Upland and meadow. Abbott, C. C. 1516.8
817.7 Wales. Cathedral churches of Eng- land and Wales . 1521.11 126.32
126.33 Walker, A. C. How to play whist . 817.6 blemish . 927.24 1516.7
1517.27
Warner, C. D. Book of eloquence . . 1514.14 Washington, D. C. Nichols, L. D. Nellie Marlow in Washington . . 812.22
123.10
575.15 Washington, George. Stoddard, W.
1414.13 O. . 517.12
517.13
Westminster abbey. Kingsley, R. G. Children of Westminster abbey . . Stanley, A. P. Historical memorials of Westminster abbey .
327.24 315.8 817.16 126.32
411.5
What Katie did next. Woolsey, S. C. . Whist. Walker, A. C. The correct card White heron, A, etc. Jewett, S. O .. 717.8
126.33
718.18 guest, etc. . 1417.30
66 " Linnæous. 66
Tolstoi, L. N. Anna Karenina. Trollope, A. The prime minister
Twenty years of Congress : 1861-81. Blaine, J. G. 2 v. .
United States. Civil War. Gordon, G. H. Brook farm to Cedar moun- tain
Porter, D. D. Incidents and anecdotes of civil war
917.7 517.12 718.12
1518.16
Walworth, Mrs. J. H. Without Ware, J. F. W. Home life
812.23
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
FOR THE
SCHOOL-YEAR 1886-87.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Agreeable to the statute of the Commonwealth, chap. 46, sec. 8, the School Committee of the town of Lincoln present the following report upon the condi- tion of their schools, and their action in connection therewith, for the year 1886.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Teacher-MR. JOHN E. BUTLER.
Winter Term-January 4th to April 2d, 13 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 28; average attendance, 24. Spring Term-April 12th to June 11th, 9 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 21; average attendance, 16. Autumn Term-September 6th to December 24th, 16 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 23; average attendance, 19.
CENTRE SCHOOL.
Teacher-MISS CARRIE B. CHAPIN.
Winter Term-January 4th to April 2d, 13 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 2S; average attendance, 25. Spring Term-April 19th to June 11th, 8 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 32; average attendance, 28+. Autumn Term-September 6th to December 24th, 16 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 34; average at- tendance, 28+.
EAST SCHOOL.
Teacher-MISS HELEN F. PIERCE.
Winter Term-December 28th to April 2d, 14
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weeks. Whole number of pupils, 24; average attend- ance, 21.
Teacher-MISS ELSIE PIERCE.
Spring Term-April 12th to June 11th, 9 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 22; average attendance, 15+.
Teacher-MISS ETHEL W. KIDDER.
Autumn Term-September 6th to December 24th, 16 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 30; average at- tendance, 21.
NORTH SCHOOL.
Teacher-MISS LOTTIE M. NELSON.
Winter Term-November 30th to March 12th, 15 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 22; average attend- ance, 16.
Teacher-MISS ETHEL W. KIDDER.
Spring Term-March 29th to June 11th, 11 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 19 ; average attendance, 14+
Teachers-MISS ESTELLA M. BROOKS. MR. MERLE A. DRAKE.
Autumn Term-September 6th to December 24th, 14 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 27; average at- tendance, 18++.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Teacher-MISS MINNIE L. GOOLD.
Winter Term-January 4th to April 2d, 13 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 46; average attendance, 38. Spring Term-April 12th to June 11th, 9 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 54; average attendance, 31. Autumn Term-September 6th to December 24th,
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16 weeks. Whole number of pupils, 59; average at- tendance, 45.
The per cent. of attendance in the several schools for the past year is as follows :
Winter.
Spring.
Autumn.
Average.
High,
85.
76.
82+
81.
Centre,
89++
87.5
82+
86.
North,
72+
73+
67.
70.6
South,
82.6
57+
75.
71.6
East,
87.5
68+
69.
75.
When compared with previous years, your Commit- tee feel warranted in assuming that the schools under their supervision have been conducted. with a fair measure of success. But are we to rest satisfied with such comparison ? We are only entitled to such satis- faction when the best possible results have been at- tained, when all connected with the schools have done their full duty. In the last year, from the Committee to the pupils, who can say truthfully, " I have done all that was possible to make the schools what they should be ?"
The chief fault lies at the door of indifferent parents, who feel and show no interest in the education of the children under their charge. Is it not most natural that such children should linger in the primary school until time points the finger of scorn at them, as others, though younger, are advanced to the higher schools ? How many such parents wait to be prompted by the Committee or the truant officer, and then by subter- fuge or plea defeat our purpose. "No thoughtful pa- rent will plan the affairs of the house or shop or farm so as to require a child to break into fragments the
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short term of school life. If parents are not thoughtful, the school authorities and the community in which they live should be thoughtful for them. It should be settled as the basis of all action, that all children of proper age must be in school."
If your Committee are inattentive to their duty, and show a lack of interest in the welfare and progress of the schools, will not this spirit prove contagious, involving teachers and pupils in a general disaster ? The schools are far from being what they should be. What is the remedy ? Parents, send your children constantly to school, every session let them be promptly in their seats, that there may be no interruption from tardy pupils after school has begun.
With a thorough application of this one remedy our schools would soon become models of perfection, and the just pride of our town.
Your Committee, in full recognition of this chief evil of absenteeism, have made constant and strenuous effort for its mitigation ; realizing moreover the great waste of the appropriation which is annually made for the support of our schools. The question may most pertinently be asked, Who wastes it? We reply, the indifferent and careless parent. If all the pupils en- rolled in our schools had attended every session, the cost to the town, about $2,500, would in no way have been increased ; 23 per cent., or $575, has been wasted by absenteeism. This, however, is not a tithe of the loss to the pupils themselves, at the very reasonable estimate made many years ago by Horace Mann. At one dollar a day the time lost amounts to more than $7,000.
The evil next in magnitude in our schools is tele-
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graphy in various forms and whispering among the pupils; this, it is humiliating to confess, is most notice- able in the High School, where every one knows full well the rule forbidding it, yet many pay but slight regard to the rule. The teacher and your Committee have sought by appeal to the pupils to overcome this mischief. It still continues. Our last resort, “ suspen- sion from school," will be reluctantly applied, but the evil must be removed.
Although earnest in our desire that all should have the educational advantages offered in our High School, we cannot admit pupils without such qualification as may be obtained in the lower schools. If they neglect their privileges there, they may dismiss all hope of advancement. Increase in age, or size, or desire, will never substitute increase in knowledge.
Of our teachers, all have striven to do their duty under discouragements that ought not to exist; the more experienced fully maintaining their former credit for faithfulness and ability.
Changes of teachers have been unfortunately fre- quent in the North and East Schools within the year, the first having had four and the other three in suc- cession. At the East School, Miss Helen F. Pierce sent in her resignation as teacher at the close of the winter term, and was succeeded by Miss Elsie Pierce, who resigned at the close of the spring term, to accept a position in one of the Concord schools, and was suc- ceeded by Miss Ethel W. Kidder in the autumn.
Miss Lottie M. Nelson having taught through the winter term at the North School, resigned and was suc- ceeded by Miss Ethel W. Kidder, who was transferred to the East School in the autumn.
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Miss Estella M. Brooks was appointed to teach in the autumn, and continued but for a few weeks when com- pelled by sickness she relinquished the work, which was then given to Mr. Merle A. Drake, the present teacher.
Unusual expenditures have been authorized by your Committee in repairing and improving the several school-houses and their appurtenances. At the Centre school-house (agreeable to vote of the town) water from the town main has been introduced through suit- able fixtures to each of the recitation rooms.
In front and on the north side of the house concrete has been laid, greatly to the comfort and advantage of all who approach the building as well as a protection to the foundation from the action of surface water and frost. The North, South and East school-houses have been repaired and painted and put in such order as we believe the credit of the town demands and our people will approve.
Instructing children to be tidy in their person and dress, and to take due care of their books to keep them cleanly is hardly practicable in school-houses that bear the records of many years of use and abuse inscribed everywhere upon them and their furniture. Appre- ciating that both comfort and economy would result, double windows have been applied to the North and East school-houses, and improved ventilation secured by their peculiar arrangement.
At the South school-house coal has been substituted in place of wood for fuel, and a change of stoves was necessary. Also, in consideration of the large number of pupils usually in attendance the ventilation was deemed inadequate and a ventilator has been placed
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upon the house and suitable connections provided to insure a more wholesome atmosphere within; both health and comfort of teacher and pupils will be en- hanced thereby. There is strong indication that the roof of the South school-house will require general repair before another autumn.
Strict and rigid instruction has been given, and the laws posted in every school-house against all injuries and defacements of the school buildings or any appur- tenances thereof, the effect of which has been distinctly marked.
Conveyance of a few pupils from the south part of the town to the centre, which was adopted last winter by your Committee under sanction of law (chap. 132, secs. 1 and 2, 1869,) has been continued through the year as a measure of economy, the alternative being enlargement of the old, or building a new house, and the employment of an assistant teacher. The latter proposition is pressing forward for consideration as the number of pupils increase.
The enrolment for the autumn term of this school shows 50 members in 1880; in 1883, 52; in 1884, 55; in 1885, 53; in 1886, 59; notwithstanding the num- ber transferred to the Centre school in the two latter years.
There is a limit beyond which a teacher's usefulness is impaired by too many pupils. In the South school this limit has been reached.
In conclusion, your Committee would state that their view of the purpose of the report required by law is to present facts as they exist, for public information and direction, and if wrong stands in the place of right the public may be made conscious of the fact. An eminent
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publicist suggests that the public is a great sluggard, much disposed to sleep, difficult to awake, and impos- sible to keep awake.
We earnestly hope that our report may in no small degree disquiet the sluggard.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE FLINT, JAMES H. FARRAR, School Committee.
MOSES W. KIDDER,
Report of the fficers
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
From Feb. 1, 1887, to Feb. 1, 1888.
ALSO, THE
Report of the School Committee,
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