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7.51
92.16
Henry H. Lewis.
1
.48
2.48
Bryant C. Pratt
1
225
.81
6.73
Calvin B. Paine.
800
1.18
15.10
Isaac M. Paine.
1
.48
2.48
Elisha Peterson
1
1,210
155
2.48
27.97
Jabez Peterson .
933
130
1.56
19.83
Luther Sherman
1
2,000
465
4.14
49.20
Luther Sherman & Co.
125
.19
2.36
Lysander Sherman.
1
.48
2.48
Peter A. Sennott
1
1,575
55
1.40
2.88
34.55
Est. Lewis Simmons
1,000
1.48
18.88
Lewis Simmons
1
2,987
338
5.44
65.73
Mason Simmons.
225
.33
4.25
Levi P. Simmons.
1
150
.70
5.31
Levi Simmons
1
1,625
185
3.15
36.47
Joseph Sprague
1
1,500
380
1.42
3.26
38.30
Ezekiel Sprague.
827
1.22
15.58
Benjamin White.
2
1,815
277
4.07
44.61
Harriet Witherell .
800
" (Exempt)
500
Est. A. C. Witherell ..
780
1.15
14.64
DISTRICT NO. 11.
William Bradford.
1
1,075
2.07
22.77
Abel P. Burgess
1
.48
3.78
Abner C. Barrows
1
100
.63
4.37
Joseph Brewster
1
100
.63
4.37
A. Oliver Brown .
1
.48
2.48
Maurice Colmache.
1
.48
2.48
Phillip Chandler.
1
850
330
2.22
24.67
George Cushman.
1
725
1,000
3.03
35 05
Willard Clark.
1
1,373
400
3.11
35.99
Willard Clark, jr.
1
.48
2.48
George P. Crocker
1
.48
2.48
George W. Childs
1
300
130
1.11
10.50
Est. Samuel Delano
1,050
1.55
20.08
Nathaniel Delano
1
950
1.89
20.42
Nathaniel Ellis.
1
215
.12
.81
6.85
...
300
.44
5.66
.
43
NAMES.
Polls. R. Estate. P. Estate.
Undue Books.
Highway.
Total.
George A. Faunce. ...
1,050
1.55
19.82
Winfield S. Freeman. .
1
1,490
2,175
.
5.92
71.86
Jerusha Faunce
1,000
66 Exempt
500
500
.74
9.44
Zenas Faunce.
1
1,925
3.33
38.83
Samuel A. Frazer
1
.48
2.48
William S. Frazer
1
2,005
260
3.81
44.96
Benjamin Goodspeed. .
1
.48
2.48
Joseph Goodspeed ... .
1
.48
2.48
Augustus A. Graves . .
900
1.33
16.99
Charles A. Hodgeden .
1
.48
2 48
Nelson V. Hutchinson
1
100
150
.85
7.20
Allen Holmes
1
1,060
2.03
22.30
Elisha Holmes
1
650
1.44
14.75
William E. Holmes
1
.48
2.48
Jabez Hatch.
1
850
.42
1.74
18.95
Joshua W. Hathaway .
1
1,255
25
2.37
26.55
John B. Hollis .
1
650
1.44
14.75
William T. Harlow
1
50
.55
3.42
Rufus O. Hawkes.
2
.96
4.96
Est. Parker Jones ?.
900
392
1.92
24.54
Stephen H. Jackson . .
1
1.59
.48
4.07
Aaron Josselyn
1,050
1.55
19.82
Est. Robt. B. Kennedy
825
300
1.66
21.24
Samuel Knowles
1
.48
2.48
Nathaniel P. Keene.
1
.48
2.48
Est. Charles Latham
1,515
2.26
28.80
Charles Loring .
315
.48
6.14
Alexander Lane.
1
625
1.40
14.28
Chas. & J. S. Loring, Trustees. .
2,150
1,412
5.29
67.50
George F. Nickerson. .
1
1,600
1.07
2.85
33.76
Andrew Northey
1
200
1.22
.78
7.48
Alfred Paulding.
1
1,100
2 11
23.25
Est. Ralph Patridge
750
700
2.15
27.38
Eliphas Prior, W. C. Society, Trustee.
900
1.33
16.99
Allen Prior
1
2,300
887
5.21
62.89
George C. Prior
1
5,475
400
9.17
113.39
Geo. C. Prior, Trustee.
900
1.33
16.99
Eden S. Sampson. .
1
1,700
3.00
34.58
Eden S. Sampson & Co.
1,450
2.15
27.38
Eden Sampson, 2d.
1
550
1.29
12.86
Augustus Sampson].
1,750
.
2.59|
33.04
..
1
44
NAMES.
Polls. R. Estate.
P. Estate.
Undue Books.
Highway.
Total.
George T. Sampson. .
850
1.26
16.05
Geo. T. Sampson, Agt.
. ..
850
1.26
16.05
Est. Samuel Stickney .
550
.81
10.38
Elisabeth P. Sampson.
.
1,251
978
3.29
42.01
Ichabod Sampson.
814
1.22
15.58
Horace E. Sampson.
1
.48
2.48
Erastus Sampson.
3.050
4.51
57.58
Jacob Sprague
1
975
190
2.22
24.67
Joshua W. Swift.
1
1,075
2.07
22.78
Edgar W Swift
1
.48
2.48
William Sheldon
1
865
275
2.19
24.20
Sheldon & Loring
1,040
3,800
7.17
91.56
Seth L. Sprague. .
7,175
10.62
135.46
Henry L. Sampson.
1
.48
2.48
James Thomas
1
.48
2.48
Hesekiah Turner
1
800
750
2.77
31.74
James B. Vinal.
1
550
1.29
12.86
Seth Winsor .
1
900
1.81
19.47
Est. Isaac Winsor
1,900
500
3.55
45.31
Samuel Winsor
1
.48
2.48
Spencer T. Winsor.
1
3,000
1,000
6.40
78 00
DISTRICT NO. 12.
David C. Allen.
1
2,600
200
4.63
55.35
Augustus P. Barstow.
1
990
2,025
4.96
59.59
Edgar H. Bailey . .
1
152
.48
4.00
Est. Benj. Barstow
2,100
170
3.37
42.95
Henry W. Barstow.
1
1,835
350
3.70
43.55
Lewis B. Barstow.
1
900
1.81
19.47
Lewis Barstow
1
2,010
215
3.77
44.49
C. H. Chandler & Co.
400
1,000
2.07
26.43
Thaddeus W. Chandler
1
295
100
1.07
10.03
Charles H. Chandler ..
2
3,897
297
7.17
84.25
Stillman B. Chandler. .
1
.48
2.48
Elisha Delano.
1
7,640
4,235
18.05
226.67
Sprague Freeman.
1
950
1.89
20.42
Nathan J. Freeman.
1
.48
2.48
Benjamin Foster
1.
1,125
25
2.19
24.20
Charles E. Furnald
1
·
.48
2.48
Sumner F. Furnald
1
815
115
1.89
20.42
Bailey Gulifer.
2
1,420
3.07
31.87
Isaac N. Howland.
1
.48
2.48
Nathan C. Keene.
1
600
5.88
1.37
19.70
.48
2.48
George Foster
1
45
NAMES.
Polls.
R. Estate. P. Estate.
Undue Books.
Highway.
Total.
Joseph Lewis
1
2,775
30
.88
4.62
56.21
Joseph H. Lewis
125
.19
2.37
Lafayette Litchfield.
...
1
.48
2.48
Antonio Lopez.
1
1,000
155
2.18
24.19
Isaac T. Loring
1
300
.92
8.14
Henry D. Osgood
1
740
1.59
16.64
Horace D. Osgood.
1
.48
2.48
Samuel Rogers.
1,400
2 07
26.43
Alfred Rogers
50
.07
.94
G. Bailey Standish
1
.48
2.48
Elijah F. Snell
1
.48
2.48
George Simmons.
1
350
384
1.56
16.17
George A. Simmons, 2d
1
.48
2.48
Charles H. Snell.
1
125
.67
4.84
Charles Snell
1
1,020
25
2.04
22.30
Huldah Standish.
1,775
2.63
33.51
George B. Standish. .
1
450
6,141
10.25
127.09
David P. Walker.
1
.48
2.48
.
NON-RESIDENTS.
NAMES.
R. Estate. Highway.
Total.
BOSTON.
Barnabas Davis.
$2,400
$3.55
$45.31
Abram Freeman
4,050
5.99
76.46
Est. John M. Doane
1,600
2.37
30.17
Charles W. Perkins
80
.11
1.42
James Simmons
445
.67
8.50
Eben P. Robinson
1,500
2.22
28.32
Mr. Day. .
250
.37
4.72
N. B. Stevens & Co.
500
.74
9.44
William Sayward
1,150
1.70
21.71
C. E. Lewis
400
.59
7.55
J. M. Cook
1,400
2.07
26.43
C. M. Cook .
200
.30
3.78
S. N. Stanwood.
400
.59
7.55
G. W. Lewis
400
.59
7.55
C. Webber
1,200
1.78
22.66
J. E. Came
700
1 04
13.22
J. Brown
200
.30
3.78
A. Winsor
100
.15
1.89
L. Newcomb
100
.15
1.89
N. B. Sherman
100
.15
1.89
R. G. Chase.
100
.15
1.89
Z. H. Thomas, jr.
100
.15
1.89
C. E. Goodwin.
100
.15
1.89
F. A. Sylvia. .
100
.15
1.89
J. D. A. Sylvia.
100
.15
1.89
R. R. Higgins.
100
.15
1.89
HAVERHILL.
D. Harriman
200
.30
3.78
SALEM.
F. A. Morrill
.
1,400
2.07
26.43
FRAMINGHAM.
C Birchard
500
.74
9.44
47
NAMES.
R. Estate. Highway.
Total.
QUINCY.
W. H. Bradford
100
.15
1.89
NEWTONVILLE.
William McAdams
600
.89
11.33
BRIDGEWATER.
Est. Solomon Alden
30
.04
.47
NORTH BRIDGEWATER.
Est. David Hall
500
.74
9.44
Joseph Hewitt.
1.,400
2.15
27.38
EAST BRIDGEWATER.
Celia Delano
50
.07
.94
HANSON.
William Bourne.
90
.15
1.89
Bradley S. Bryant & Co.
1,075
1.59
20.29
EAST ABINGTON.
Horatio Baker
40
.07
.94
Paul Baker
40
.07
.94
Elijah Delano
40
.07
.94
Ezra Arnold
125
.19
2.37
HALIFAX.
George Drew.
25
.04
.47
Nathaniel Soule
40
.07
.94
Jabez Soule.
40
.07
.94
Isaac Wood .
28
.04
.47
KINGSTON.
Est. Thomas Bailey
140
.22
2.83
Angenon Chandler .
380
.56
7.09
Nathaniel Washburn
140
.22
2 83
.
48
NAMES.
R. Estate.
Highway.
Total.
Richard Holmes
28
.04
.47
Nathan Chandler
125
.19
2.37
Edward Holmes
150
.22
2 83
Est. Jabez Fuller
1,050
1.55
19.82
Est. John A. Chandler
25
.04
.47
James Foster.
280
.41
5.20
Timothy French
140
.22
2.83
Est. Stephen Holmes
325
.48
6 14
Ezra Mitchell
125
.19
2.37
John Faunce
25
.04
.47
Oliver Sampson .
25
.04
.47
Nathaniel Waterman
20
.04
.47
James Holmes
75
.11
1.42
Est. John Hall
290
.44
5.66
William Peterson
200
.30
3.78
John Bearce.
28
.04
.47
Baker Ford
28
.04
.47
Joseph A. Stranger
355
.52
6.61
Daniel Howland
50
.07
.94
Philemon W. Mclauthlin
50
.07
.94
Est. George Adams
150
.22
2.83
Job W. Drew, Trustee
100
.15
1.89
Jame+ H. Dawes.
100
.15
1.89
Ira Chandler .
1,825
2.70
34.46
David Chandler.
435
.63
8.03
William H. Myrick.
350
.52
6.61
John S. Chandler
25
.04
.47
MARSHFIELD.
George Hall.
1,050
1.55
19.82
John Chandler.
245
.37
4.72
Ichabod Wadsworth
100
.15
1.89
Luke Wadsworth
100
.15
1.89
Mary Wadsworth
450
.67
8.50
Seth Sprague.
40
.07
.94
Charles Sprague
150
.22
2.83
Harvey Sprague
100
.15
1.89
Est. Nathaniel Simmons
692
1.04
13.22
Ezra Wright.
20
.04
:47
Lewis Taylor.
975
1.44
18.41
Alden Harlow
125
.19
2.37
Est. Anthony Thomas
225
.33
4.25
Luther Thomas
750
1.11
14.16
John Bourn
350
.52
6.61
James Sprague.
75
.11
1.42
· ·
49
NAMES.
R. Estate.
Ilighway.
Total.
Est. Ray Stevens
75
.11
1.42
Betsey Bourn
75
.11
1.42
Luther White.
592
.74
4.92
John Ford.
380
.56
7.09
Est. David Carver
450
.67
8.50
Est. Asa Hewitt ..
325
.48
6.14
Est. Peleg Kent ..
625
.93
11.81
Est. Nahum Packard
350
.52
6.61
Est. Eleazer Harlow
450
.67
8.50
Ezra Smith.
300
.44
5.66
John Sprague ..
75
.11
1.42
Charles P. Wright
125
.19
2.37
James Baker .
250
.37
4.72
Joseph Sampson.
240
.37
4.72
Seth Weston.
325
.48
6.14
Thomas White
40
.07
.94
Henry G. Crossley
280
.41
5.20
Hiram Butterfield .
250
.37
4.72
Estate Samuel Baker
660
· .96
12.27
Nancy R. Baker
200
.30
3.78
Elisha C. Sprague.
20
.04
.47
Samuel Williamson.
900
1.33
16.99
Martin Kent
125
.19
2.37
Henry Hatch.
150
.22
2.83
Sarah Simmons. .
400
.59
7.55
Simeon B. Chandler
60
.07
.94
Thomas B. Blackman
246
.37
4.72
·
PEMBROOK.
Simeon Chandler
400
.59
7.55
Abel Keene.
40
.07
.94
W. Ellis Chandler
35
.04
47
Nathan T. Shephard.
2,720
4.03
51.46
Warren T. Whiting.
545
.81
10.38
Charles Church.
80
.11
1.42
John Barker
2,325
3.44
43.90
George H. Church.
150
.22
2.83
Olive Churchill
440
,67
8,50
Isaac Sampson.
220
.33
4.25
Charles Estus. .
75
11
1.42
Est. Joseph W. Magoun.
525
.78
9.92
Est. Martin Bryant ..
20
.04
.47
50
.07
.94
Est. Chandler Ford
1,150
1.70
21.72
Seth C. Sprague
150
.22
2.83
John Baker.
4
50
NAMES.
R. Estate.
Highway.
Total.
Horace Hall
465
.70
8.97
Hiram Randall
2 125
3.15
40.03
David H. Foster
20
.04
.47
Peleg R. Sampson
100
.15
1.89
Henry Magoun.
125
.19
2.37
Calvin Peterson .
320
.48
6.14
Elisha K. Josselyn
125
.19
2.37
Sulivan Sawin .
350
.52
6.61
Est. Alden Loring.
300
.44
5.66
Thomas M. Sampson, Agent.
550
.81
10.38
Thomas H. Sampson
90
.15
1.89
Bailey D. Damon
200
.30
3.78
Francis Merritt.
90
.15
1.89
William Taylor.
450
1.67
8.50
Benjamin Standish, Agent
1,000
1.48
18.88
Est. George M. Witherell.
40
.07
.94
Isaac Curtis.
175
.26
3.31
Abel Stetson ..
25
.04
.44
Thomas Peterson.
40
.07
.94
Est. Isaac Hatch.
165
.26
3.31
George H. Keene.
50
.07
.94
Lemuel Lefurgy.
300
.44
5.66
PLYMPTON.
Isaac Sturtevant
32
.04
.47
Charles S. Morse ..
50
.07
.94
PLYMOUTH.
Bradford Barnes.
36
.04
.47
Ezekiel Ryder.
36
.04
.47
Samuel Bradford.
50
.07
.94
Samuel Cole, jr.
24
.04
.47
Samuel Barnes ..
32
.04
.47
James and William Hall.
25
.04
.47
Est. Stafford Stutefant.
64
.11
1.42
WOBURN.
Est. Oliver Bacon
675
1.00
12.75
WEYMOUTH.
John O. Foye
150
.22
2.83
Jesse and Herbert A. Chandler
150
.22
2.83
Lydia A. Bates
40
.07
.94
.
.
51
NAMES.
R. Estate.
Highway.
Total.
MIDDLEBORO'.
Sarah Pratt.
450
.67
8.50
NATICK.
Charles L. Hosmer.
650
.96
12.27
BRIGHTON.
Emily M. Herrick.
275
.41
5.20
WESTON.
Sarah E. Willard
300
.44
5.66
SOMERSET, HILLSDALE CO., MICHIGAN.
Heirs of Amasa Chandler
100
.15
1.89
PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.
.
Thomas K. Hewes.
600
.89
11.33
TAUNTON.
William Almond.
650
.96
12.27
HYDE PARK.
· Edwin J. Chandler
65
.11
1.42
CHELSEA.
Seth Weston
290
.44
5.66
CHARLESTOWN.
Est. William K. Perry
125
.19
2.37
NEWTON.
George Ames
1,450
2.15|
27.38
52
NAMES.
R. Estate. Highway.
Total.
SOUTH MALDEN.
-
George T. Barney
400
.59
7.55
ANNISSQUAM, ESSEX Co.
George L. Patridge
300
.44
5.66
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDING
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Duxbury,
For the Year 1872-3.
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM BOOK & JOB PRINTERS, CORNER OF COURT AND NORTH STREETS. 1873.
REPORT.
In conformity with the laws of the Commonwealth, your School Committee, at the close of their official la- bor for the year 1872-3, submit their annual report, and consider it to be their duty to state the fact, that the labor devolving upon us has been much greater than in some former years. When the Prudential Committee were relieved of the duty of employing the teachers, i increased the duties of the general School Committee a corresponding degree.
Each member of the Prudential Committee had one teacher to employ, and that one to teach in his immedi- ate vicinity, and always easy of access, in case his servi- ces were needed. He could give his one school his undi- vided attention, and not be subject to unfavorable com- parisons. Your School Committee have been as a unit in their work the past year, and whether their efforts have been attended with success or failure, we have the satisfaction of knowing that the best teachers that they could command were placed in charge of the schools.
The necessity of improving our school accommoda- tions has been urged as opportunity offered. We regret
4
ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT.
that these efforts have not been well received by a few, who find it inconvenient to keep pace with the rest of the world ; whose faces are apparently set backwards, and who do not therefore recognize the great law of hu- man advancement. We hope their disapproval will not discourage our successors, nor prevent them from stand- ing true to the cause of education, either in improving our school facilities and the surroundings, nor the secur- ing of good teachers. We acknowledge one difficulty; that some of the best teachers, otherwise, fail to over- come, viz : adapting themselves to the surroundings and to the habits of those around them. This is an art that all are not accomplished in. With a teacher that understands it, and has the other requisite qualifications, the school is always a success. No grace is sacrificed, and every scholar feels at ease in the presence of the teacher. If a teacher's carriage is one of dignity and refinement, in some cases they are called "stuck up." On the other hand, if they are of a free and easy turn, the complaint comes, "We don't want to see a teacher mixed up with everybody." .
If there is any way that these difficulties can be over- come, your Committee have failed to discover it. But if grumbling could be utilized, and each grumbler, instead of finding fault, would hand in a well written article on the "improvement of our public schools," the Commit- tee would be relieved of much of this annoyance, and at the end of the year have material enough to fill a large
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
report. Your Committee have been impartial in their work, and can safely say good progress has been made in all the schools.
Some of the closing examinations have been well at- tended by parents. Their presence is highly appreciated by the Committee, teachers and scholars. It is due to the teachers who have labored hard, and are desirous of showing that they have performed their duties faith- fully; it is due to the children, who feel that they can prove they have been diligent, and it is due to the cause of education that parents should visit and encour- age the teachers and pupils by their presence. If pa- rents would more frequently visit the school-room, they would discover in their children what it is very impor- tant for all parents to know. They would see what in- clination their children have for study, and be better able to determine what course to pursue in the future. After the age of sixteen (all other conditions being equal), it is wrong to confine a boy or girl in a school- room, if they have no inclination to stay there. The bent of inclination should be taken into consideration at this period. Therefore, previous to this, the common school education must as a matter of necessity be of a varied nature, embracing thorough elementary instruc- tion in all the English branches, as on this depends much
if not all future success. In order to meet this demand, the qualifications of teachers should be great good na- ture, firmness of purpose. a good disciplinarian, and
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given to their work ; not always seeming to see the faults of their scholars, but assist them in a manner that the pupil will not be exactly clear whether he has mastered the problem himself, or the teacher has mastered it for him. In this way the scholar will gain confidence in himself and respect for his teacher. When a school makes good progress it is always taken for granted that the teacher is adapted to the situation. The duty of a School Committee (if they do it) is more arduous than appears to the casual observer. They must visit the schools at the commencement of each term, and see that they are properly organized, and again at the close, and note the progress ; also at intervals during the term, some one of them as often as once in four weeks, and one at least must be in readiness to answer any intermediate call at short notice. To a certain extent they are held responsible for the education of your children, the value of which cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. On the other hand there are no bounds to the cost of igno- rance. The first is respected by all ; saves time, labor, and fits the possessor for any service he may desire to engage in, whether it be for himself or others ; a source of pleasure and comfort in old age, and elevating to the highest degree, while ignorance leads to vice, and the opposite extreme. No one loses by dispensing knowl- edge. Some one has likened the act of education and imparting knowledge, to lighting other men's candles at our lamp, and still not deprive ourselves of any of the
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flame. Hence the duty of lighting the pathway of oth- ers less fortunate than ourselves. It is in darkness, not in daylight, that people miss their way.
Education ! What is it? It is to the latent intellect as the sail to the ship. the muscle to the arm, the power to the engine, the sun to the earth. Nothing so cer- tainly puts people on an equality as mental culture. Nothing so truly assures one of his own wants and the means to supply them. It arouses and elevates the hum- ble, gives direction to latent strength and courage to the weak. It adds to the bravery of the brave, and achieves results which, without it, would have been inconceived. General education is a general leveller, but it levels up, and gives elevation to human character.
We are of a nation whose government is of the peo- ple, and the aggregate individual character gives character to the nation. Educate the individuals and the country will be educated.
The average length of the schools for the year has been nine months, divided into three terms.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
MISS EMILY W. SEARS, PRECEPTRESS.
The purpose of this school is to relieve some of the larger schools of the oldest and most advanced pupils. The graduating class at the close of each school-year are expected to answer the requirements necessary to enter the Partridge Academy, where such as desire to take a
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higher course are admitted as at the other schools, and it is free to all inhabitants of the town. The closing ex- amination was highly satisfactory and evinced the fact that idleness is not tolerated here.
The occasion called out a large number of parents and friends. The school was highly commended by Prof. Worcester, Principal of the Academy, who stated that he saw a good prospect of receiving a valuable class at the commencement of another year. We earnestly hope he will not be disappointed. The school still remains at the Masonic Hall. The proprietors have done what they could to put it in good condition, but it is dark, ill-venti- lated, and not adapted to the purpose. We hope the day is not distant when the town will furnish a school- house, with suitable accommodations.
The average number of scholars for the year has been 29.
The average attendance for the year has been 26.
PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 1. VILLAGE.
MISS SARAH C. GOODSPEED, Teacher.
She has been unremitting in her labor and thorough in her work. As future success depends upon a thorough primary course, this department is of the utmost import- ance. The school is under good discipline, and the work has been well done.
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The average number of scholars for the year has been 35.
The average attendance for the year has been 27.
UNGRADED SCHOOL NO. 2. NOOK.
This school has had five different teachers to make out three terms. The first term, with Miss M. D. Boylston as teacher, the school made good progress. The second term, in charge of Miss A. P. Ventress, the same can be said. But the third term was one of disappointment. A case of varioloid near the school-house caused alarm, and the Board of Health thought best to close the school. Previous to this the teacher had been regarded as a fail- ure, and the Committee were very fortunately relieved of an unpleasant duty. After the panic subsided, the school was opened again with Mrs. L. A. Curtis as Prim- ary teacher, and Miss A. R. Simmons the more advanced department. Under these teachers the school gained its former standard, and at the closing examinations there appears no cause for complaint.
Whole number 58. Average 45.
UNGRADED SCHOOL NO. 3. LORINGVILLE.
Has had a different teacher each term. The first term, E. B. Maglathlin, teacher, the school rapidly advanced. He was a graduate of the Normal School at Bridgewater, and at the close of the term left the service to enter col- lege. His teaching was characterized by mutual good feel- ing. The second term opened with much promise, with 2
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Mrs. A. E. H. Cross as Teacher. After a few weeks her health failed, and the school was closed for the term. The third term the school was taught by J. E. Crane, Jr., a graduate of Brown University. He labored incessantly for the good of the school, and at the close of his service here, he was called to take charge of the Academy at Bridgewater. Successful teachers are not allowed to re- main idle. On the whole, this school has been one of the favored ones.
The average number of scholars for the year has been 51. The average attendance for the year has been 44.
UNGRADED SCHOOL NO. 4. SUNNYSIDE.
Has had four teachers to make out three terms. The first term the "school was in charge of Miss Susan B. Holmes, the former teacher, and was all that could be desired. She returned to the Normal School at Bridge- water at the close of the term. This involved a change of teachers, and the Committee experienced some diffi- culty in securing a competent one. Miss G. M. Picker- nell, a Normal School graduate, was secured, and the school maintained its former rank. The first part of the third term was one of disaster to all concerned. The school having been left under good discipline, very natu- rally opened with fair prospects, but it soon became ap- parent that the Committee had made a mistake, and had secured a good scholar, but wanting in discipline, as after a few weeks it was difficult to tell who had command. The
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teacher was requested to resign, which he did, and stated he was very glad to do so. Fortunately, Miss Emeline Holmes, a graduate of Plymouth High School, at this time applied for a school, at such time as there was a vacancy. She was secured at once, and the school was opened the remainder of the winter term. At the close of the school it showed no signs of the previous misfortune.
Whole number of scholars for the year has been 41. The average attendance for the year has been 33.
UNGRADED SCHOOL NO. 5. ASHDOD.
Has held a high position for several years. Miss Mercy Alden, an assistant at the Academy in former years, had brought this school to a high standard, but at the close of the fall term she left the service for the more impor- tant duties of a home. She is deserving of abundant success, and may it attend her and hers. It was with some difficulty that a teacher was secured at all for the winter term, but finally a teacher was secured.
The average number of scholars for the year has been 29. The average attendance for the year has been 24.
UNGRADED SCHOOL NO. 6. CROOKED LANE.
MISS MARY D. BOYLSTON, Teacher.
Who has had charge of the school for several terms. Some good work has been done here ; the closing exam- ination was highly satisfactory.
The average number of scholars for the year has been 33. The average attendance for the year has been 26.
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UNGRADED SCHOOL NO. 7. HILLSIDE.
Has been subject to two changes the past year, viz. : a change of teachers, and a change to a new and more commodious house. The latter was a very desirable change, and we hope it will be duly appreciated. Miss L. E. Peterson taught the Fall and Winter terms, and at the closing examination the school presented a very creditable appearance.
The average number of scholars for the year has been 38. The average attendance has been 34.
PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 8. UNION.
MISS MARY C. GOODSPEED, Teacher for the Year.
She has been thorough in her work, which was evinced at the closing examination.
The average number of scholars for the year has been 18. The average attendance has been 15.
UNGRADED SCHOOL NO. 9. HIGH STREET.
MISS HELEN A. PERRY, Teacher of Winter Term.
This school is gradually increasing in the number of scholars, and the closing examination was a credit to the teacher and pupils.
The average number for the Winter has been 15. The average attendance for the Winter has been 13.
Agreeable to a vote of the town passed March 10th, 1873, the finance relating to schools is to appear in the Annual Report of the Selectmen hereafter.
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