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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
LINCOLN, February 5, 1896.
The Trustees of the Public Library submit the report of its Treasurer, and the statistical report of its Librarians ; also a list of books purchased during the year. And acknowledge with sat- isfaction the gift of Hon. Charles Francis Adams, of twenty-five dollars.
INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
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STATISTICS.
No. of volumes in the Library Feb. 1, 1895,
5,550
6 66 added past year, 253
" withdrawn, 3
250
No. of volumes in the Library Feb. 1, 1896, 5,800
Total delivery of books,
4,148
Total registration of borrowers,
1,039
Number of names registered during the year,
60
Gifts of books, pamphlets and periodicals have been received from the following :
Adams, Hon. C. F.
Bemis, Miss J.
Cary Library, Lexington.
Children of Hon. E. R. Hoar.
Town of Concord, by Town Clerk.
Farrar, E. R.
Hoar, Hon. G. F.
Ropes, George.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
U. S. Government, various departments.
APPENDIX TO CATALOGUE. List of Accessions for 1895. No. 11.
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ABSENTEE, The. Edgeworth, M.
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ADVENTURES of Captain Horn. Stockton, F. R
921.22
AFLOAT with the Flag. Henderson, W. J.
1222.26
ALLEN, G. Story of the plants
136.8
ALLEN, J. L. A Kentucky cardinal
928.4
. AMATEUR Emigrant, The. Stevenson. R. L . . .
. 427.26
AMERICAN Congress, The. Moore, J. W .
343.7
AMHERST College, History of. Tyler, W. S.
346.1
ANDREWS, E. B. History of the United States. 2v.
343.8
AMONG the northern hills. Prime, W. C.
427.27
ARNOLD, M. Discourses in America .
1327.24
Essays in criticism. Ser. 1-2.
1327.25
On the study of Celtic literature; and, On translating Homer ..
1327.23
Saint Paul and Protestantism ; with an essay on Puritanism and
1128.2
the church of England : Last essays on church and religion . . ART for art's sake. Van Dyke, J. C.
135.23
BAKER, Mrs. W. Pictures of Swedish life; or, Svea and her children. .
435.2
BALFOUR, A. J. The foundations of belief
1127.15
BALZAC, H. de. The country doctor 1021.1
BARLOW, J. Maureen's fairing .
1018.19
BEALE, M. Jack O'Doon.
717.12
BEAUTIFUL Joe ; autobiography of a dog. Saunders, M. 1212.4
1324.26
BELL, L. A little sister to the wilderness .
928.5
BERANGER, P. J. de. Songs of France ..
1425.30
BESANT, W. Beyond the dreams of avarice.
717.19
BESIDE the bonnie brier bush. Maclaren, Ian, pseud .. ... .
727.22
BESSIE Costrell, Story of. Ward, Mrs. H. 918.20 . . .
717.19
BIRDS. Chapman, F. M. Hand-book of birds of eastern America 135.21
North
Minot, H. D. Land birds and game birds of New England .
132.2
Parkhurst, H. E. The bird's calendar 135.20
BLANCHARD, A. E. Girls together ..
1212.19
BOG-MYRTLE and peat. Crockett, S. R.
BOLLES, F. Chocorna's tenants.
1413.23
and women and their clubs. .
Ref.
BOOTH, E. Recollections by his daughter, Mrs. E. Grossman; and letters .
622.4
BOURGET, P. Outre-Mer ; Impressions of America.
435.3
BROOKS, E. S. Great men's sons : from Socrates to Napoleon.
1211.7
BROOKS, N. How the republic is governed ..
1227.10
BROWN, A. Meadow grass ; tales of New England life. 918.21
BROWN, J. Rab and his friends 918.15
Dr. John Brown and his sister Isabella; outlines by E. T. M'Laren 918.15
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BEERS, H. A. The ways of Yale in the consulship of Plancus
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BEYOND the dreams of avarice. Besant, W.
717.18
BOOKS. Leypoldt, A. H. and Iles. G. ed. List of books for girls
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BURNETT, F. H. Two little pilgrim's progress .
1212.13
CAPTAIN Close. King, Capt. C .....
717.21
CAPTAIN Horn, Adventures of. Stockton, F. R. 921.22
CASA Braccio. Crawford, F. M.
1011.11
CASTLE Rackrent. Edgeworth, M.
1018.20
CENTURY cyclopedia of names ..
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CHAMBERS, G. F. Story of the stars.
136.7
CHAPMAN, F. M. Hand-book of birds of eastern North America. 135.21
CHAPTERS from some unwritten memoirs. Ritchie, A. T 622.5
1223.19
CHILDREN'S wonder-book ; by popular story-tellers.
1223.18
CHOCORNA'S tenants. Bolles, F.
1413.23
CHURCH building in the Middle Ages. Norton, C. E.
132.3
CLARKE, R. S. [Sophie May]. Jimmy Boy . Wee Lucy ....
1223.16
CLODD, E. Story of primitive man
136.9
CLYDE, H. Pleasure-cycling. 136.6
COCKE, J. R. Hypnotism; how it is done; its uses and dangers. . 133.19
COMING, The of Theodora. White, E. O ..
1011.12
CONCORD, Mass. Births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850
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COPFIN, C. C. Daughters of the Revolution, and their times
717.15
CONSTANTINOPLE. Crawford, F. M. 435.9
1021.1
CRAWFORD, F. M. Casa Braccio.
1011.11
Constantinople. .. 435.9
Tale of a lonely parish
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The Ralstons ..
727.23
CRICKET. Timlow, E. W.
1212.16
CROCKETT, S. R. Bog-myrtle and peat.
1212.9
DANVIS folks. Robinson, R. E. . .
717.14
DARWINIAN theory, The ; lectures by A. M. Marshall .. 132.1 .
717.15
DAVIS, R. H. The princess Aline.
717.17
DAYS of Auld Lang Syne. Watson, J. M. (Ian Maclaren)
1011.10
DICKENS, C. ed. Household words, V. 1-19. . ...
DODGE, M. M. The land of pluck; stories [of Holland] for young folks .
1212.10
DOLE, N. H. trans. A Madonna of the Alps; from the German of B. Schulze-Smidt .. 1018.18
DOTY Dontcare. Foster, M. F. 1018.24
DOUGALL, L. The Zeit-Geist. 1018.23
DOWDEN, E. New studies in literature.
1314.17
DOYLE, A. C. The mystery of Cloomber
717.20
DRAKE, S. A. Watch fires of '76. .
1226.10
EASEL, J. Our square and circle; or, The annals of a little London house . .
1322.17
EBERS, G. In the fire of the forge ; romance of Old Nuremberg, 2 v. EDGEWORTH, M. Castle Rackrent ; and, The Absentee
918.19
Life and letters ; edited by A. J. C. Hare, 2 v.
627.9
ENGLISH lands, letters and kings, 3d ser. Mitchell, D. G.
1323.3
ERASMUS, D. Froude, J. A. Life and letters of Erasmus 622.7 EUROPE. Fyffe, C. A. History of modern Europe. 343.6
FENN, G. M. First in the field .. 1222.25
FITZGERALD, E. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in English verse ....
1427.10
FIVE minute stories. Richards, Mrs. L. E
1212.14
FLORIDA sketch-book, A. Torry, B 435.7
Fox, Mdme. E. The boy life of Napoleon 1211.4 . FORT Frayne, Story of. King, Capt. C. .. . 918.18
433.12
CHURCHES and castles of mediæval France. Larned, W. C.
1223.17
COUNTRY doctor, The. Balzac, H. de.
717.18
CROMPTON, F. E. Messire ; and other stories .
DAUGHTERS of the Revolution and their times. Coffin, C. C. ..
1018.20
CHILDREN'S nonsense-book; by favorite fun-makers
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FOSTER, M. F. Doty Dontcare 1018.24
FOUNDATIONS of belief. Balfour, A. J ..
FOUR American Universities ; Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia . 1127.15
431.7
FOUR years of novel reading; ed. by R. J. Moulton
1322.11
FRANCE. Young, A. Travels in France.
435.1
FROUDE, J. A. Life and letters of Erasmus.
622.
FULLER, H. B. With the procession
918.17
FUR-seal's tooth, The. Munroe, K. 1222.23
FYFFE, C. A. History of modern Europe. 343.6
GIRLS together. Blanchard, A. M 1212.19
GLADSTONE, W. E. The odes of Horace translated into English.
1425.29
GOD's image in man. Wood, H .. 1127.16
GOODWIN, M. W. The head of a hundred .. 717.22
GREAT men's sons ; from Socrates to Napoleon. Brooks, E. S. 1211.7
GROSSMAN, E. B. Edwin Booth; recollections by his daughter. 622.4
HAPGOOD, I. F. Russian rambles .. 435.4
HARE, A. J. C. Life and letters of Maria Edgeworth 627.9
The story of two noble lives . 625.20
HARRIS, J. C. Mr. Rabbit at home 1212.12
HARTE, F. B. Poetical works. 1412.11
HEAD of a hundred. Goodwin, M. W 717.22
HEARN, L. Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan 433.11
Out of the East; reveries and studies in new Japan . 435.5 HENDERSON, W. G. Afloat with the flag . 1222.26
HENTY, G. A. Through Russian snows ; story of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow .... 1211.6
HEPWORTH, G. H. Hiram Golf's religion.
918.22
HILDEGARDE's neighbors. Richards, L. E
1212.18
HIRAM Golf's religion. Hepworth, G. H ..
918.22
HOAR, E. R. Tributes of the Bar and of the Supreme Judicial
Court to the memory of E. R. Hoar ; with the proceedings of the Mass. Hist. Soc. Feb. 14, 1895. 531.13
HORACE. Odes ; translated into English by W. E. Gladstone
1425.29
HOUSEHOLD words, v. 1-19, 1850-'59; ed. by C. Dickens HOWELLS, W. D. My literary passions .
1322.12
How the Republic is governed. Brooks, N
1227.10
HUTTON, L. Literary land-marks of Jerusalem. 435.8
HYPNOTISM ; how it is done ; its uses and dangers. Cocke, J. R ...
133.19
IN the fire of the forge. Ebers, G ..
918.19
INTO the highways and hedges. Montressor, F. F
928.7
ISLAND Garden, An. Thaxter, C.
213.18
JACK O'Doon. Beale, M ...
717.12
JAMES, H. Terminations ; [stories]. . ....
921.21
JAPAN. Hearn, L. Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan . .
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Out of the East .. .
· 435.5
JERUSALEM. Hutton, L. Literary land-marks of Jerusalem 435.8
JIM of Hellas ; and Bethesda Pool. Richards, L. E. 918.13
JIMMY Boy. Clarke, R. S ... 1223.17
JOLLY good times today. Smith, M. P. W. 1212.7
343.9
KING, Capt. C. Captain Close and Sargeant Crœsus . .
717.21
The story of Fort Frayne .
918.18
KNOX, T. W. Hunters three.
1211.5
KOVALEVSKY, S. Recollections of childhood; trans. from the Rus- sian by I. F. Hapgood . 622.8
LAND of pluck. Dodge, M. M. 1212.10
LARNED, W. C. Churches and castles of medieval France 433.12
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HUNTERS three ; sport and adventure in So. Africa. Knox, T. W . 1211.5
JUDSON, H. P. The growth of the American Nation . KENTUCKY cardinal, A. Allen, J. S .... 928.4 . .
435.6
FRASER, M. In Stevenson's Samoa.
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LE BARON, G. Little Miss Faith
1212.8
LEXINGTON, Mass. Cary Library. Catalogue Ref.
LEYPOLDT, A. H. and Iles. G. ed. List of books for girls and
women
Ref.
LIFE of the spirit in the modern English poets. Scudder, V. D. .. 1314.18
LITERATURE. Dowden, E. New studies in literature. 1314.17
LITTLE lady of the horse. Raymond, E
1212.5
LITTLE Miss Faith. LeBaron, G .. 1212.8
LITTLE sister to the wilderness. Bell, L. pseud 928.5
LUMMIS, C. F. The man who married the moon
1212.11
A New Mexico David ..
1222.22
MAARTENS, M. My Lady Nobody.
921.23
MACLAREN, Ian. pseud. See Watson, J. M ..
MCLELLAN, J. A. and Dewey, J. The psychology of number and its application to the teaching of Arithmetic. 136.10
1018.18
MAN who married the moon. Lummis, C. F.
1212.11
MARSHALL, A. M. Lectures on the Darwinian theory ; and life and work of Darwin. 132.1
MASSACHUSETTS. Attorney General. Report of the trial of J. A.
Trefethen and W. H. Smith for murder
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General Court. Acts and resolves, 1895.
Ref.
Laws and resolves, 1788-91. .
Ref.
House of Representatives. Committee.
History of the emblem
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of the cod-fish in the hall of the House of Representatives .. Journal of the House, 1895.
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Journal of the Senate, 1895.
Ref.
MASTER, The. Zangwell, I.
921.20
MASTER and man. Tolstoi, L.
1018.21
MAUREEN's fairing, Barlow, J ..
1018.19
MEADOW grass; tales of New England life. Brown, A ..
918.21
MELANCHOLY of Stephen Allard. Smith, G.
1322.10
MEMORIAL day selections. Mathews, H. L. and Rule, E. E. comp. Hymns, poems, and patriotic selections. 1316.2
MESSIRE ; and other stories. Compton, F. E.
1212.9
MINOT, H. D. Land-birds and game-birds of New England.
132.2
MR. RABBIT at home. Harris, J. C ..
1212.12
MITCHELL, D. G. English lands, letters and kings, 3rd ser 1323.3
MITCHELL, S. W. When all the woods are green 928.8
MOLESWORTH, Mrs. M. L. My new home ... 1212.6
928.7
MOORE, J. W. The American congress . .
343.7
MORE, Sir T. Utopia .... 711.1 . .
MOULTON, R. G. ed. Four years of novel-reading .
1322.11
MUNROE, K. The fur-seal's tooth. . 1222.23
921.23
MY new home. Molesworth, M. L.
1212.6
MYSTERY of Cloomber. Doyle, A. C.
717.20
NAPOLEON I. Emperor of France. Foa, Mdme. E. The boy-life of Napoleon.
1211.4
Ropes, J. C. The first Napoleon .
625.17
Wolseley, J. G. viscount. The decline and fall of Napoleon. NAUTILUS. Richards, L. E.
1212.15
NEW Church. Mercer, Rev. L. P. The New Jerusalem in the World's Religious Congress of 1893. 1113.8
NEW Mexico David, A, etc. Lummis, C. F
1222.22
NODIER, C. Trilby, the fairy of Argyle. 928.9
NORDAU, M. Degeneration. .
1521.12
NORTON, C. E. Historical studies of church-building in the middle ages
132.3
MONTRESSOR, F. F. Into the highways and hedges
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MY Lady Nobody. Maartens, M. pseud.
622.6
MADONNA of the Alps. Smidt, B. S ...
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NOVEL-READING. Moulton, R. G. ed. Four years of novel-reading OLD Representatives' Hall, 1798-1895. Roe, A. S .. Ref.
1322.11
OUR square and circle ; or annals of a little London house. Easel, J. OUT of the East; reveries and studies in new Japan. Hearn, L .... 435.5
1322.17
OUTRE-mer ; impressions of America. Bourget, P .. 435.3 PAINTING. Van Dyke, J. C. Text-book of the history of painting 135.22
PARKHURST, H. E. The birds' calendar ..
135.20
PATRIOTS' day ; Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775. Varney, G. J.
1227.9
PAUL, M. E. Ruby's vacation .
1212.17
PEPYS, S. Diary ; ed. by H. B. Wheatley
627.8
PICTURES of Swedish life; or, Svea and her children. Mrs. W ..
435.2
PILLARS of the house. Yonge, C. M ..
928.6
PONY tracks. Remington, F.
433.13
PRESIDENTS. See U. S. Presidents.
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PRIME, W. C. Among the northern hills.
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PRINCE, H. C. Story of Christine Rochfort
717.16
PRINCESS Aline, The. Davis, R. H. 717.17
. PRINCETON stories. Williams, J. L. 918.14
PSYCHOLOGY of number and its application to the teaching of Arith- metic. Mclellan, J. A. and Dewey, J. 136.10
RALSTONS, The. Crawford, F. M ..
727.23
RAYMOND, E. The little lady of the horse
1212.5
RAYMOND, W. Tryphena in love
918.12
REMINGTON, F. Pony tracks .
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RENAN, E. My sister Henrietta.
627.10
RICHARDS, Mrs. L. E. Five minute stories
1212.14
Hildegarde's neighbors. . 1212.14
918.13
Jim of Hellas ; and Bethesda Pool .. Nautilus. .
1212.15
RITCHIE, A. T. Chapters from some unwritten memoirs.
622.5
ROBINSON, R. E. Danvis folks.
717.14
ROE, A. S. The old Representatives Hall, 1798-1895; address before Mass. House of Rep. Jan. 2, 1895.
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RUBY'S vacation. Paul, M. E ..
1212.17
RUSSELL, W. H. The great war with Russia; invasion of the Crimea, etc ..
343.10
RUSSIA. Hapgood, I. F. Russian rambles
435.4
Russell, W. H. The great war with Russia
343.10
ST. JAMES' palace, Memorials of. Sheppard, E. 2 v .. ...
342.8
SCRIPTURE, E. W. Thinking, feeling, doing.
136.11
SCUDDER, V. D. The life of the spirit in the modern English poets SHEPPARD, E. Memorials of St. James' palace.
1314.18
SIRS, only seventeen. Townsend, V. F.
717.11
SMILES, S. Josiah Wedgwood; his personal history
625.18
SMITH, M. P. W. Jolly good times today
1212.7
SONGS of France. Beranger, P. J. de.
1425.30
STABLES, G. To Greenland and the Pole.
1222.24
STARR, F. Some first steps in human progress
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STARS. Chambers, G. F. Story of the stars
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. . . . .. STEVENSON, R. L. The amateur emigrant .. 427.26 .
STIRLING, A. H. Torch-bearers of history. 2 v 1226.11 . . . . ·
STOCKTON, F. R. Adventures of Captain Horn .
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STORY of Babette. Stuart, R. M.
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STORY of two noble lives. Hare, A. J. C.
625.20
STUART, R. M. Story of Babette. ..
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TALE of a lonely parish. Crawford, F. M. 921.24
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342.8
ROPES, J. C. The first Napoleon.
625.17
Baker,
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THAXTER, C. An island garden. 213.8.
Letters ; ed. by her friends. A. F. and R. L.
625.18
THINKING, feeling, doing. Scripture, E. W. . 136.11
THIS goodly frame, the earth. Tiffany, F.
433.14
THOMPSON, R. W. Recollections of sixteen presidents, from Wash- ington to Lincoln, 2 v .. 622.9.
THROUGH Russian snows. Henty, G. A.
1211.6
TIFFANY, F. This goodly frame, the earth; impressions in a journey to Japan, etc. .
438.14
TIMLOW, E. W. Cricket. ..
1212.16
TOLSTOI, Count Leo. Master and man 1018.21
To Greenland and the Pole. Stables, G.
1222.24
TORRY, B. A Florida sketch-book.
435.7
TOWNSEND, V. F. Sirs, only seventeen .
717.11
TRILBY, the fairy of Argyle. Nodier, C .; trans. by N. H. Dole.
928.8
TRYPHENA in love. Raymond, W ...
918.12
TYLER, W. S. History of Amherst College.
346.1
UNITED States Census (11th) 1890. Reports on manufactures, pop- ulation, transportation, valuation and taxation.
Ref.
Congress. Moore, J. W. The American Congress ; history of national legislation, etc. . 343.7
Message of the President to 51st Congress .
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Description. Bourget, P. Outre-mer; impressions of America 435.3
1227.10
History. Andrews, E. B. History of the U. S .. 343.8
343.9
Official records of Union and Confederate navies in the war of the Rebellion, Ser. 1, v. 1 . Ref.
Walker, F. A. The making of the nation.
346.2.
Industries. Wright, C. D. Industrial evolution of the U. S.
136.13
Presidents. Thompson, R. W. Recollections of sixteen pres- idents, from Washington to Lincoln.
622.9.
UTOPIA. More, Sir T ..
711.1
VAN Dyke, J. C. Art for art's sake.
135.23.
Text-book of the history of painting.
135.22
VARNEY, G. J. Patriot's day ; Lexington and Concord, Apr. 19, 1775 .
1227.9
WALKER, F. A. The making of the Nation, 1783-1817.
346.2
WARD, Mrs. H. Story of Bessie Costrell .
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1895-96.
Report of the School Committee of the Town of Lincoln.
In compliance with the requirements of a statute of the Commonwealth, Chap. 46, sec. 8, the School Committee of the town of Lincoln present the following report ; also, the report of the Superintendent, upon the condition of the public schools of the town, and their action relative thereto, for the year 1895.
The membership of the Board has remained unchanged through the year. Mr. McKenney is still serving us as Superintendent. Fortunately the High School has not been disturbed within the year, by a change of teachers. Mr. Richards, who was engaged as teacher near the close of the last year, is still with us and doing good work. Early in the year, it being his first experience in teaching, and being unacquainted with the school and its requirements, his was the common lot of all new teachers, his critics, both in school and out of it, were looking sharply after him. He very soon comprehended the situation however, and the Commit- tee was so fully assured of his ability and usefulness, that his re-election in June was unanimous.
The condition of the school has greatly improved within the last year ; a more thorough and rational understanding of the various studies pursued, has been insisted upon ; the pupils are much more studious and are doing much better work, seeming to realize the true answer to the question, " What are we here for ?"
The grade of this school has been maintained upon the High School basis, admitting none but such as were found qualified upon examination to take advantage of the studies there pursued.
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There were graduated from this school in June, four pupils, viz. : Misses Irene A. Ehlert, Mary E. Cook and Mary E. Dougherty, and Mr. Edwin Bent. Five were admitted in the autumn from the lower schools, and seven who attended in the early part of the year did not continue in the autumn ; so that the whole number enrolled in the last term was but twenty, being now reduced to eighteen.
This is but a very small percentage of the whole number of pupils in our schools, and indicates a lack of appreciation of the privileges here offered. The cost per capita is very large, because of the small number, being about seventy-five dol ars each per annum.
Some towns in this Commonwealth send their graduates from the Grammar Schools, to a High School in an adjoining town for the greater advantage which may there be afforded. We would offer this suggestion for the consideration of our citizens, as the cost per capita in our adjoining town of Con- cord is quoted at forty-two dollars per annum.
The adoption of such a plan by this town would give us the extra room heretofore asked for at the Center School- house, enable us to combine the North School with the Center School, and grade the same; thus disposing of the whole question of enlargement, or moving of the Center building. The saving in interest, on the cost of moving and enlarging the Center building, added to the present cost of our High School, and the saving of the teacher's salary at the North School, would in the aggregate exceed the cost of sending our High School pupils to a school out of this town. Our schools should be so organized as to give to every pupil the largest equivalent for the time spent in school, as they are now arranged we cannot do this.
The above proposition will doubtless strike many as revo- lutionary in the extreme, yet many towns in this State do what is here proposed. The town of Revere sends one hun- dred pupils to the High School in Chelsea, at a cost of $65 per capita per annum. The town of Dracut send their pupils to Lowell at a cost of $60 per capita per annum. The town
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of Tewksbury is aiming to do likewise. Berlin sends hers to Northboro, Raynham to North Easton ; towns adjoining Fall River send their children there.
Why do they so? We apprehend they realize the great advantage of the best possible education for their children, who will soon emerge from school to enter the great world of competition ; they wisely desire that they may be fully equipped for the contest. A great advantage would result to our entire school organization from this step, from the School Committee down. The teachers in our lower schools would feel bound to qualify their pupils for the High Schools in our adjoining towns, which confessedly they do not now. All would feel an increased responsibility if their work was to be probated by others.
CENTER SCHOOL.
As no agreement of the Committee appointed by the town was possible in the matter of enlargement of, or re-location of the Center School-house, there has been no change in the school. It is in the same unsatisfactory condition, and for the same reasons as stated last year. The estimated loss to the pupils in such mixed schools is twenty-five per cent., or one year in four, or two years of the eight spent in the lower schools. Two years of that most impressionable age lost forever. Who is responsible for it ?
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