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No. 1, PRIMARY .- Charles Clogston, Herbert Lamphere, Lizzie Sullivan, Ella A. Clogston, Annie D. Pearson, Bertha F. Wilson, Gertrude Wilson, Ida L. Farwell, Kate Sullivan, Jennie Loring, Frances Loring (11). .
No. 2, PRIMARY .- Frank E. Adams, Eddie Emerson, Onic M. Hobbs, Frank Hall, Frank R. Parker (5).
No. 3, PRIMARY .- Lottie M. Paine, Walter Wilkins, Fannie Wilkins, Louise Wilkins, Blanche Hutchins, Frank Bean, Minot Bean, Newton Bean (9).
No. 4, PRIMARY .- Alice Greene, Mattie Parker, Nellie Nickles, Alva Nickles, Florence Stevens, Frankie Fernald (6).
No. 5, PRIMARY .- Edith M. Ward, James S. Byam, (2).
NO 6, PRIMARY .- Nathan MCEwan (1).
No. 7, PRIMARY. - Lois E. Blaisdell, Ida M. Woods, George O. Spalding (3). No. 8, HIGH .- Annie M. Cummings, Annie G. Hood, Kate Sleeper, Josie A. Keith, Ranie Sargent, Gertie M. Parker, Mary A. Willstced, Minnie A. Worden, Ella F. Davis, Ellen M. Chandler, Bertie J. Spalding, Samuel H. Libby, Herman W. Flint, John Warley, Owen Fox, James C. Flagg, Edward E. Dutton, James P. Morris, John Donahue, George W. Ripley (20).
No. 8, INTERMEDIATE .- Imogene Cummings, Bertie Ripley, Walton Mason, Eddie Bruce, Henry Connors, Frank Dunn, Willie Gilman, James Quigley, Willie Quigley, Walter Smart, Pat Ward, Clara Charters, Jennie Davis, Effie Fuller, Cora Huntress, Villa Smith (16).
No. 8, PRIMARY .- Eddie Donegan, James Donagan, Henry Davis, Patrick McMann, Benny Monnehan, Henry MeCabe, Willie Smart, Morton Wright, Patrick Ward, James Ward, May Chandler, Cora Sprague, Selina Moison, Kate McQuade, Lotta Phillips, Harry Hogau (16).
No. 9, GRAMMAR .- Thomas Russell, John Maxwell, Fanny Maxwell, Laura Butterfield, Lora Leduke (5).
No. 9, PRIMARY .- Olive Morton, Clara Jeffroy, Lucy Ferris, Alice Ferris, Frank Naylor (5).
SPECIFIC REPORT OF SCHOOLS.
NUMBER ONE HIGH.
The work in this school has attained a very high degree of excellence and illustrates, in the clearest manner possible, the great advantage and importance of continuing the school for successive terms and years under the same faithful, thorough and efficient teacher, Mrs. E. M. Robinson, assisted by Miss Mary E. Hammons .It seems scarcely an exaggeration to apply the strong term, perfect, to the performance of many classes. The experiment is being tried, which promises to be a grand success, of training a class of beginners in arith- metic, thoroughly, in a full knowledge of the decimal sys- tem of numbers. This class, which was advanced from the
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primary school at the commencement of the Fall term, having previously received considerable training in writing numbers, and in addition and subtraction without the use of a text-book, will now write neatly, correctly and very rapid- ly, any number from one million to a decimal of the de- nomination, ten-thousandths, and in any form in which it may be given. These scholars have commenced the work in reduction, and are prepared, after only two terms, to take up at once a large part of the drill in decimal fractions, in one-fourth the time which is usually required for that work, and it is confidently believed, if this course is pursued, under as favorable circumstances as have attended them the last two terms, they will become proficient in arithmetic in from one-third to one-half the time usually required in this branch. During a part of the year a very valuable service was rendered a section of the school by Miss Ham- mons, in a course of instruction in the elementary principles of plane geometry, without the use of a text book. Two sections have pursued, with remarkable success, the study of Language in the same manner. One under the principal has made most astonishing progress, and of the whole num- ber, twelve or fifteen, eight read compositions at the closing examination of the Winter term, which would have done credit to much older scholars, and in any school. The compositions which were read, were the ordinary exercises of the class in their work, and every member was prepared to read one, had time allowed. The advanced class in arithmetic have taken up, the last term, very thoroughly, the metric system.
In reading and singing this school has made a marked advance, the past year, and any one who was present at the recent examination, will hardly remark any longer that we have no good reading in town. Drawing, also, continues to be a feature of marked excellence. There are several
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scholars who have developed a remarkable talent in this branch which should be cultivated in an Art School. The rhetorical exercises have attained a high rank, consisting of compositions, declamations, recitations and select readings. Many of those presented at the closing examination of the year were gems. There have been classes in Bookkeeping, Algebra, Latin and Physiology, and the school has exerted a greater influence for good upon the other schools in town, than during any previous year of its existence. The time has come when, in order to promote its greater efficiency and enable it to meet more fully than it has hitherto done the wants of a class of scholars, it will be necessary to raise the standard of admission, by requiring scholars to be advanced beyond the grade of the higher primary or inter- mediate school. The first two years' work, at least, of the ordinary grammar school should be performed in the most thorough manner, to entitle any scholar to admission here- after to the lowest classes in this school. Scholars, before beginning the work here, should be familiar with at least one-half the work in the intellectual arithmetic, and with the general principles of common and decimal fractions, and with the Language Primer, or its equivalent in a knowledge of language. The large number of persons who visited the school during the year, as indicated by the register, with the very large attendance at the closing examination of the year, for two full sessions, of parents and other friends, in- cluding nearly a dozen teachers, filling the room, especially in the afternoon, to its utmost capacity, several being obliged to stand throughout the exercises, prove conclusively that the school and its teachers are justly held in very high estimation.
NUMBER ONE PRIMARY.
This school was under the charge of Miss Adelaide C. Barnard through the year, who sustained her previous repu-
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tation as a teacher. The situation of teacher in this school is in some respects a hard one to fill, since the school, in addition to being one of the largest in town-the number during the three terms of the year having been 47, 43 and 46 respec- tively-possesses the usual proclivities of any ordinary village school, and combines the primary and intermediate grades. The latter circumstance renders the position of teacher an exceedingly difficult one to fill satisfactorily, for the reason that while the first years of the school life of the child are the most important in many respects, and de- mand a large share of the teacher's time and a peculiar mental and moral organization, here is a large class always crowding upon her attention, who are to be prepared as thoroughly and speedily as possible for advancement to the higher grade. It is believed Miss Barnard has met the demand and surmounted the difficulties of the situation far better than most teachers of her limited experience could have done. In reading, drawing and language this school excels for one of its grade. The class in language, taught without the use of a text-book, have had exercise in con- structing and writing sentences on the blackboard, with the correct use of capitals and marks of punctuation, and designating the emphatic words by underscoring. They will also write short compositions very rapidly upon subjects, either at will or assigned by the teacher. The singing has improved very much during the year; and the recitations at the closing examination were of a high order, and a very pleasant feature in the exercises.
NUMBER TWO
Has been favored for the second time, during the entire year, with the services of Miss Hannah C. Hunt as teacher, and is in many respects a model school, and has retained the rank it acquired the previous year as the first in town
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as to the regularity and punctuality of the scholars in attend- ance. It occupies the honorable and enviable position of being the only one which has not a single tardiness for the entire year. The register shows, also, the splendid record of an average for the entire year of more than seventy per cent. who were neither absent nor tardy, and during one term of seventy- five per cent., and for the winter term of more than sixty- eight per cent. This is a mixed school, the ages of the scholars varying from five to more than fifteen years, and several have a long distance to travel to reach the school. The secret of all the success of this school in this respect lies in the fact that teacher, parents and children all work together with a will, which is further shown by the fact that nearly every parent, with several other friends, attended the clos- ing examination of the year in the midst of a pouring rain. Miss Hunt is a progressive teacher; one who is always ready to adopt a new method when it is proved to be better than the old one; possessed of a quiet dignity of character, and true refinement and deep sympathy, she draws her scholars by the silken cord of love. Her school is marked by a profitable variety of exercises, especially for the younger pupils, and by thoroughness and a philosophical gra- dation in the work. In general exercises in numbers and in leading this school ranks the second in town, with the ex- ception of the two High Schools. Much use is made of the blackboard and with excellent results; beginning with the youngest as soon as they can spell very simple words, they are required to write them; as they advance they are early taught to form a simple sentence, and still further on, to take a word selected either from the reading lesson or the speller and form and write a sentence, using that word correctly. They are also instructed almost from their first day in school in writing figures and adding num- bers, and a class in the second reader will write and add
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two and three columns quite rapidly. The singing is very sweet and cheerful, and the compositions, declamations and recitations very good for scholars of the age and limited experience of these. The number of scholars in this school has increased from eight, two years ago, to an average attendance during the entire year of nineteen.
NUMBER THREE,
Under the charge of Miss Mary L. Lincoln, a graduate of the Bridgewater Normal School, and a teacher of expe- rience, performed an excellent year's work in every respect. This school from occupying, as it did three years ago, very nearly the lowest rank among the mixed schools, now ranks first in all the essential requisites of a first-class school. The order and decorum are well-nigh perfect, and all the movements of the scholars, whether in class exercises or in passing in and out at recess, are more prompt, quiet and uniform than in any other school in town. Everything in the school is characterized by thoroughness, approaching very near to absolute perfection. There was also a perfect method and system in all the work. Consequently during the latter part of the year all the machinery was in complete running order for producing a large amount of the best work in the shortest possible space of time, thus reaching the climax of a thorough and efficient school. At one visit to the school I took note of a class of small scholars who had been through the first book in spelling and were reviewing at the rate of two pages at a lesson, daily; that they spelled eighty words in ten minutes and misspelled only one, and the scholar who misssd that one afterwards spelled it correctly.
Geography was studied in this school exhaustively by all the classes, and history also. Thirty-two writing-books presented generally and almost uniformly a neat, tidy appearance and showed very satisfactory progress and very
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few blots. Attention was given to letter-writing with very marked success. There was one specimen which deserves particular notice ; it was by a scholar nine years old and exhibited a correct use of capitals and punctuation, with a proper address and superscription and every word of the two full pages correctly spelled. In reading, this school has advanced more during the year than any other, with one exception, in town, and there were a few compositions at the closing examination of a high order and read in a very effective manner. There are several scholars in this school who should avail themselves immediately of the privilege of the High School for as long aperiod as possible, as several others have wisely done the past year.
NUMBER FOUR
Was taught during the year by Miss Frances M. Talbot, who discharged her duties so acceptably in Number Five the previous winter term. This school illustrates very clearly the great changes which occur, frequently at short intervals, in the number of scholars in several of the schools in the rural districts, the number having decreased from 35, two years ago, with an average attendance of 30, to 20 the last term, with an average attendance of 16. Miss Talbot brought to her work the same energy and sense of responsi- bility which marked her work previously, and the effect is very visible in the school, which exhibits much more mental discipline and close application, with a thorough knowledge of principles than hitherto. Her excellence as a teacher consists largely in a nice adaptation to the peculiar wants and temperament of her scholars and all the attendant circum- stances of the school, and in a judicious variety and selection of exercises for all. In arithmetic the school has made much progress in thorough analysis, a department in which it has hitherto been deficient. The progress in drawing is
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also particularly noteworthy, and the same may be said in reference to the thoroughness in geography and map- drawing.
NUMBER FIVE.
The number of scholars who would attend school appearing to be too small to warrant the opening of this school, it was suspended during the spring term, but a larger number presenting themselves, the school was kept open during the fall and winter terms. It was under the charge of Miss Nellie M. Perham, an undergraduate of the Fram- ingham Normal School. This was her first experience as a teacher and has proved a success. She has shown herself to be a thoroughly live teacher, and so had a live school, and succeeded in a remarkable degree in infusing her own energy into her scholars, and although having only ten, she found enough profitable work to do to occupy every moment of time allotted to the sessions of the school, as the result at the end of the two terms fully verified. The youngest scholars were taught to form script letters, and those who were older were well trained in the several branches pursued.
At the closing examination of the winter term, at which there were a large number of interested visitors present, the scholars were remarkably prompt and self-pos- sessed. The writing-books were neat and showed good progress, and the recitations and compositions were very well executed, and the singing was a very great advance on any thing previously presented in that school. A very pleasant feature in the exercises was the appropriate presentation to the teacher, by one of their number, of a neat and valuable gift, as a testimonial of respect and esteem from the scholars. In order and decorum this school ranks among the first in town, and all the movements of the scholars are very prompt and quiet.
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NUMBER SIX
Is a school which taxes severely the strength and power of endurance of the teacher, and the patience, also, very frequently. It was successfully managed during the year by Miss Ella F. Whitcomb, a teacher of experience from an adjoining State. Though apparently scarcely strong enough for the great demand which the situation made upon her, she possessed such an indomitable will and spirit of unconquerable peserverance that she was enabled to surmount obstacles under which many would have been led to succumb.
Before the close of the fall term it was very evident she had made her influence felt in the school in a very marked degree. The order was very nearly perfect, and in decorum and studious habits, with scarcely a single excep- tion, there had been a very unexpected and unlooked-for ad- vance-so much so that from being by far the lowest in rank among our schools three years ago, it could justly press its claims to an average rank at least, and very much good work was anticipated for the winter term in real study and acqui- sition in the several branches taught, as the crowning result of the year's work, and there is no doubt this anticipation would have been fully realized had not the teacher been prostrated by sickness in the midst of her valuable work, and thereby compelled to relinquish her trust for the remainder of the term. In reading and arithmetic, two highly important and necessary branches in which this school has been lamentably deficient, there was a wide step forward, and the scholars were all required to do their work for themselves ; there was no prompting by the teacher, they said what they knew or said nothing, and very gener- ally were ready and prompt and ready to detect errors in others. Twenty writing books gave good evidence, gener- ally, of care and progress, and most of them were neat,
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considering the class of scholars who used them. The room was cleanly and tidy, and the movement of the scholars quiet and prompt.
NUMBER SEVEN
Has been well taught by Miss Francena L. Davis, who though never having enjoyed the privilege of any more professional training than that afforded by our own high school at the centre of the town, succeeded admirably in this her first attempt in the teachers' vocation. Her system and methods were well adapted to the work and the class of scholars with whom she had to labor, and the result is the best practical commentary on the valuable and thorough work of the high school. Thoroughness characterizes everything in Miss Davis' school, and her scholars speak for themselves. In writing numbers all the scholars nearly, but especially the younger, make the figures very neatly and clearly. A class which is about completing the study of the primary arithmetic, write numbers correctly from thousands to ten-thousandths, add and subtract well and express the money of the United States by figures to mills. Physiology was taken up by a section of the older scholars as a general exercise without the use of a text- book, for a few minutes daily for one term, with a very good result. The work with the advanced classes in arithmetic and geography was performed in a very thorough, practical manner, and the scholars held at ready command what they had taken up. The declamations and compositions were a great advance upon any previous effort in this direction, and highly creditable to teacher and scholars.
NUMBER EIGHT HIGH SCHOOL
Has continued for another year under the charge of Mr. B. F. Harmon, with Miss S. Maria Taylor as assistant.
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The work in this school continues to be very seriously re- tarded in consequence of the large amount of absence.
It is most lamentable that a school enjoying the rare opportunity which is possessed by this, should be obliged to carry continually this weight, which so mars its usefulness. Here is a school composed entirely of scholars residing within its immediate limits, thus relieving it entirely of the difficulty which attends the school of corresponding grade at the centre of the town, of being compelled to provide, from term to term, for a class of scholars who come in from several other schools, frequently for only one or two terms ; also, for those who must be sent forward from the primary school in the village for the lack of an intermediate grade. Such a school ought to be so fully appreciated as to create a public spirit which would soon relieve it of the incubus of all unnecessary absence and make it one of the first of its grade in the State. The very meagre accommodation is, if possible, a still more serious drawback on the prosperity of the school. To properly meet the wants of all the schools in this section of the town, the house should be enlarged and re-arranged so as to give each of the four teachers an opportunity to have under their personal charge and instruc- tion nearly the same number of scholars, in a room of suit- able size, by themselves, all of which can be accomplished for a very reasonable outlay, and the gain to the schools would be incalculable. During the winter term this school, in common with those of lower grade in the village, suffered serious loss in consequence of sickness, but notwithstanding this drawback a good year's work has been performed. There have been classes in Latin, book-keeping, algebra and physiology. In the latter the work was perfectly exhaus- tive, the most full and thorough of anything in this branch we have ever had in town. In reading, there has been good progress, and the school continues to present by far the
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largest array of neat writing-books. In declamation, reci- tation and composition it has attained a high degree of excellence.
NUMBER EIGHT INTERMEDIATE.
This school continues to maintain the high rank it had previously attained under the faithful guidance of Miss Louie A. Allen. The scholars here still excel in intellectual arithmetic, especially, considering their age. Miss Allen is an adept in this branch herself and inspires her scholars, as indeed she does in everything.
A very large class in this school will write and add numbers very rapidly as high as ten millions, and the work is more uniform than in any similar class in town. It is a peculiarity of this school that all the scholars make figures neatly and plainly, which would be a valuable lesson to very many older pupils in several other schools. The advanced class perform the work in written arithmetic nearly through division, rapidly and correctly.
NUMBER EIGHT PRIMARY,
Under the charge of Miss Emma L. Burgess, performed much more and better work than could reasonably have been looked for under the inconvenient and unwholesome circumstances which attend it; crowded to the number of 60 in a room unfit for 30, unless better ventilated. This room being without any desks, the teacher is utterly debarred from the privilege of introducing a variety of valuable exercises into the school, and much time is actually wasted, while the health of all who occupy the room is being seriously impaired, if breathing poisonous air is ever an in- jury. Miss Burgess has toiled under these disadvantages for years, with an unflagging zeal, energy and perseverance which prove, if any proof were necessary, that she is
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heartily in love with her work and possessed of the material of which martyrs are made. As she has no desks for her little ones, her Yankee ingenuity does all in human power to supply the deficiency, in the use of the blackboard, and her scholars, many of them, excel in writing and adding figures, for those of their age. She also continues to do a grand work in the primary arithmetic. May the day be near at hand when she and her school shall have suitable accommodations for their work in a health-conducing room.
NUMBER NINE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
This school has suffered from frequent change of teach- ers, as is almost inevitable to a greater or less extent in every case where this is unavoidable. It requires consider- able time for any teacher, however skilful and experienced, to get fully into the harness in a new situation, and it is human nature that a portion at least of the school will, in- stead of lending the new incumbent in the teacher's chair a cordial, helping hand, take undue advantage of the situa- tion, thus doing what they may to embarrass the teacher and injure the school and their own reputation, and worst of all their own character, and waste their time. This school has proved no exception to the rule. During two terms it was under the charge of Miss Stella J. Allen, who brought to the work good literary attainments for the teacher's vo- cation, and a willingness and determination to discharge her duty faithfully. Her methods were in the main very good, but not having had any previous experience in a school of this character, her efforts were not productive of as satis- factory results as would otherwise have been the case. Much credit is due to a portion of the school for their praise- worthy endeavor to assist and encourage the teacher, while another portion is deserving of severe censure. There was
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a very gratifying improvement in the order and decorum of the school, and a habit of application during the latter part of the Fall term, and the closing examination gave evidence of a good degree of progress in the several branches pur- sued, and the declamation and composition were very good, and there was a marked advance in the singing. The Win- ter term was taught by Miss Clara A. Bearce, a teacher of limited experience, of much force of character and determi- nation, who after a somewhat severe struggle to raise the standard of order and decorum, and a prompt obedience to wholesome rules and regulations, succeeded in advancing the school as well as could have reasonably been expected under the circumstances. Miss Bearce brought to her work great energy and readiness to work hard, and the term's work left good results. The most marked progress was in drawing and singing. In the latter, Miss Bearce enjoyed the benefit of her predecessor's efforts and her own skill and experience in this branch. The exercises in composition and recitation and declamation were the best they have ever been in this school.
NUMBER NINE PRIMARY
Was, for the spring term, under its former teacher, Miss Lydia A. Spalding, who was succeded for the remaining terms by Miss Aline E. Gardner, a graduate of the Bridge- water Normal School, who had previously taught one year in another school in town. The school was higly favored in securing the services of a teacher of Miss Gardner's experience and peculiar adaptation to the work of a primary school. She took up the work where her predecessor left it, with no loss of time, and the result of the year's work is very satisfactory. The reading was marked by good expres- sion, is very easy and natural, with sufficient force, and takes
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rank with the first in town. There was the greatest advance in the exercises of recitation and declamation, considering the age of the scholars, of any school in town, and the sing- ing improved very much and was a very pleasant exercise at the closing examination of the year.
In conclusion, permit me to congratulate the Committee and the parents on the success which has crowned our efforts, and to express my thanks for the uniform courtesy which have been accorded to me at all times.
Very respectfully, J. R. FLETCHER, Superintendent of Schools.
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BOOK ACCOUNT.
J. R. FLETCHER, Book Agent, in account with the Town of
Chelmsford :
DR.
Feb. 28, 1877, To books, $248 08
"
To cash, 36 22
Mar. 9, 1878,
To cash from sale of books, to date,
332 29
$616 59
CR
Mar. 9, 1878. By books on hand,. $274 86
By cash paid for books, to date, .. 245 82
By cash paid for express, postage and commission, . 58 37
66 By books furnished scholars which have
not been paid for, 10 41
By cash on hand, 27 13
$616 59
J. R. FLETCHER,
Book Agent.
TABLE .
Showing the number and per cent. of absences in the schools, amount and per cent. of tardiness, also the number and per cent. not absent, number and per cent. not tardy, and number and per cent. neither absent nor tardy for each term of the school year 1877-78.
SCHOOLS.
of
Scholars.
Absences.
Per eent.
absences.
No. not
absent.
not absent. Per eent
Tardiness.
Per eent.
tardiness.
No. not
Per eent.
No. not
or tardy.
absent
or tardy.
Average
attendance.
No. 1, High . .
41
247 411
6 63
6|1426 13 2735
9
9
41
37|9010| 39|83
6|1426 34.00
1, Primary . . .
47
21
18361º
15 712
15 713 20.32
3,
. . .
33
263
83
12
4
26
13
22 662
8|24,8. 33
29.20
4,
66
22
92
42
1150
26
13
17 7711
9|4010
19.03
5,
66
. . .
25
271
125
84
330
5 20
7,
66
16
125
85
3
83
8
11684
318%
13.78
8, High.
66
481
614
22|333
44
11 18
40 6039
16 24.8 +33
56.57
8, Int'diate.
48
470
911
20 413
23
23
35 7212
15 314
43.48
8, Primary
63
860 13 1
16 25움닭
75 25
11
345383
11 172$ 54.73
9, Grammar
37
304
0, 00
53
1037,1
9
22 8123
8 2917 23.93
446
3693
133
337
304
105
No. 1, Hight.
49
330
7.8
163232
49|100
163232 39.80
1, Primary
43
598| 235
71613
3
1
7 1612 27.33
2,
66
20
20
24
15 75
20 100
15|75
19.79
3,
66
32
150
12373
32
1
25 781
11 343
29.62
4,
66
10
14
12
5 50
6
15 25
7 2535
1
3}$ 22.00.
7,
66
15
87
513
3|20
15 100
3 20
13.02
8, High
59
456
76
20 3338
42
37 6233
14 2343 50.98
8, Int'diate.
51
611|11₺
91. 17
46
23
28 5646
4 7₫3 45.34
8, Primary . ..
53
702
1214
$1533
44
33 6214 3 535 46.50
9, Grammar .
25
175
7号
728
21
15 60
6|24
20.50
9, Primary . . .
21
193
8€
2
48
6 284
·
429 3935
107
376
303
87
No. 1, High . . .
51
398
614
11|213
11
46
9.1
10 193 43 61
1, Primary . . .
46
391
7%
11 2572
6
1
41 891
11 2512 40.03
2,
. ...
. .
33
296
183
8,9
7 35
6
6
16 80
6.30
16.32
5,
.. .
10
60
43
3 30
6
7 70
3,30
9.37
6,
66
13
106
3,23.1
18
1
9,69-3 1'8
3,23
10.44
8, Hight. .....
58
627 11g
10 1733
51
51 53
345838
8 1333
42.41
8, Int'diatet ..
50
8142119
3
6
25
38/76
3
6
40.31
8, Primary t . .
48 1084 27
2
41
13
37 771
2
41
35.09
9, Grammar ..
28
397 1419 îŠ
7 75
6.2
24
7.75
414%
22.70
9, Primary . ...
24
314 1433
3'18}
33
13
9,373
3|183
18.08
433 5039
83
352
297
74
..
24
216
9.9
2| 83
7
21 872 7|70
2
5|50
9.28
6,
66
27
383
15%
1
127
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
4,
66
. .
20
33
333 1333
107
43
7 2133
7
26 00
7,
. .
19
36
12
13,68.8
19 100
3,
66
10 301
14
19
27 812%
13 68 8 18.06 19 8 24385 28.63 33
19
.
*No Spring Term.
+Sickness.
SPRING TERM.
2,
·
. . .
*
6,
66
. .
.
...
8
1
oť
tardy.
not tardy.
absent
Per cent. not
51319 30.79
9, Primary .
27
151
5 1337
215638
83 18 38
10
5,
. . .
. .
.
53
18.88
22
66
. . .
13
.
409343
9 19 7 37.57 77
21 100
17.00
. .
27
13
Whole No.
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STATISTICAL TABLE OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD FOR THE YEAR 1877-78.
SCHOOLS.
NAMES OF TEACHERS During the year.
Days. ( Length.
Whole number.
Av. attendance.
Under five.
Over fifteen.
Wages per month.
Mos.
Days.
Whole number.
Av. attendance.
Under five.
Over fifteen.
Wages per month.
Mos.
Days.
Whole number.
Av. aitendance.
Under five.
Over fifteen.
Wages per month.
Different scholars during the year.
Mos.
No. 1, High.
Mary E. Hammons, assistant,
. .
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. . ·
.
3 ·
32
2
5
44 27.30
1 .
34
3 ..
46 40.03
2
36
2,
Hannah C. Hunt .
2 10, 21 20.32
1
1
30
3
40)
2 15
32 29.61
1|
3
40
2
2
28
3 5
20 16.32
..
2
34
31
Nellie M. Perham .
. . ..
·
15
25
17.00
28
2 15
27 22.00
32
2 . .
33| 26.00
. .
3
321
36
Francena L. Davis ...
2 10
16
13.25
. .
1
30
2 15
15
13.02
2
30
· · 3 13| 10.44
7
30
21
Benjamin F. Harmon.
31
.
65| 61.25
18
90
31
59
56.00
21
90
3
. .
56
48.40
. 20
90
- 78
8, High ..
S. Maria Taylor, assistant .. Louie A. Allen. .
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·
.
1
34, 2 15
51
45.44
34
2
5
50 40.31
34
60
Emma L. Burgess.
2 15
63 54.73
.
.
12
32 2 15
25 27.70
4
32
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·
..
..
·
· · ·
·
·
·
·
2 15
28| 22.00
2
36
. .
Lydia A. Spalding ..
2.
15
27
23.90
32
.
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..
·
·
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..
34
9, Primary . .
Aline E. Gardner. .
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.
Totals.
445 386.40
841
430 373.79
4 40
431 357.18
3,53
571
..
7 $68
2 15
49 39.81
7
$75
3!
5
51
43.61
. . 12 $75
·
·
. .
1, Primary
Adelaide C. Barnard. .
3
. .
3,
66
. .
.
4,
.
Frances M. Talbot ..
2 10
22
18.91
1 1
28 2 15
.
2 10
10|
9.28
28
3 5
10
9.37
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·
32)
5
..
.
· .
.
8, Primary .. .
341
2 .5.48 35.09
34
75
Stella J. Allen .
2 15
37 31.02
..
9, Grammar. .
Clara A. Bearce. .
36
S
. .
..
2 15
21 18.89
.
32 2 15
24 18.80
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..
3
..
41 34.00
- 53
. .
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·
60
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·
.
. .
. .
1
34
6
40
42
Mary L. Lincoln
2 10,
33
29.20
.
2 10| 20 19.97
. .
1
30
. . 3 19 18.06
3 33 28.75 5
1
Length.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
FALL TERM.
Length.
50
47| 39.11
71
21
Ella F. Whitcomb. .
· ·
34 2 15
53 46.50
.
.
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.
2 15
48 43.71
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.
.
8, Intermediate
44
· ·
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24| 18.27
Mrs. Eliza M. Robinson ....
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33
LIST OF NAMES OF TEACHERS, LENGTH OF SCHOOLS, AND AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR.
SCHOOLS.
NAMES OF TEACHERS.
No. of weeks of school.
Av. atten- ance for the year.
No. 1, High.
1, Primary
Miss Adelaide C. Barnard.
33
34.98
Miss Hannah C. Hunt.
32
19.39
Miss Mary L. Lincoln ..
34
29.15
5,
66
Miss Nellie M. Perham.
23
9.33
6,
66
Miss Francena L. Davis.
33
12.41
7,
Mr. Benjamin F. Harmon.
36
49.99
8, High
Miss S. Maria Taylor.
31
43.04
8, Primary
Miss Emma L. Burgess.
31
45.41
9, Grammar
Miss Clara A. Bearce. .
33
20.30
9, Primary
Miss Aline E. Gardner .
..
...
2,
3,
66
Mrs. Eliza M. Robinson
36
39.14
Miss Mary E. Hammons.
. .
4,
Miss Frances M. Talbot.
34
17.91
Miss Ella F. Whitcomb.
30
21.66
8, Intermediate
Miss Louie A. Allen.
Miss Stella J. Allen.
33
24.66
. .
Miss Lydia A. Spaulding.
TABLE SHOWING COST OF CONDUCTING EACH SCHOOL,
Including salaries of teachers and superintendent.
SCHOOLS.
School No.
Cost of teaching.
Fuel.
Care of houses.
Repairs of houses, &c.
Supplies.
Cost of introducing new books.
No. weeks kept.
Average attendance for year.
Total cost of each school.
Av. cost to each child for year.
Centre High.
1
$ 829.27
$53.40*
$30.50
$43.68
$24.50
$28.83
36
39.14
$1010.18
$25.81
Primary.
1.
301.38
53.40*
30.50
15.24
15.82
25.78
33
34.98
442.12
12.64
2
271.12
21.75
19.00
5.00
8.01
12.31
32
19.39
337.19
17.39
South
3
364.13
29.62
11.75
1.50
9.63
24.30
34
29.15
440.93
15.13
4
276.62
21.00
6.75
3.00
9.17
14.30
34
17.91
330.84
18.47
5
193.13
23.00
12.25
5.50
7.63
12.30
23
9.33
253.81
27.21
East
6
248.11
41.87
11.00
15.02
21.54
12.00
30
21.66
349.54
16.14
66
1
266.61
20.75
12.00
10.43
13.29
33
12.41
323.08
26.00
North High .
8
1167.77
32.86*
24.24
41.42
13.47
24.29
36
49.99
1304.05
26.08
66
Intermediate.
8
282.61
32.44*
24.63
26.30
22.69
22.36
31
43.09
411.03
9.55
66 Primary .
8
282.61
32.84*
24.23
19.79
12.86
14.49
31
45.41
386.82
8.52
West Grammar.
9
294.11
35.20*
16.00
8.03
11.04
16.29
33
24.66
380.67
15.44
Primary . .
9
294.14
35.20*
16.00
8.02
10.30
15.31
33
20.30
378.97
18.67
TOTALS .
$5071.61
$433.33
$238.85
$192.50
$177.09
$235.85
419
367.37
$6349.23
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*Proportion estimated.
The reason why the totals of different expense accounts do not agree with selectmen's report is a different apportion- ment of items of expense.
By GEO. F. DYAR, Sec'y.
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