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Grammar School .- North Chelmsford Grammar school has been very fortunate in having the same efficient teacher in this school the past four years - Miss Addie M. Taylor. The work in this school is marked by promptness, thoroughness, and pride, on the part of the scholars, in doing their work well. The ex- amination at the close of the fall term was excellent, and gave great pleasure to the large number of visitors present. The remark was, by those who have known the school for years, that great advancement was noticeable in this school.
Intermediate School .- Miss Minnie E. Worden taught the spring term with her well-known skill, but resigned at its close to accept a position in Marlborough, and was succeeded by Miss Hattie A. Burgess, of Worcester, who kept her scholars interested and making progress. The winter term she was succeeded by Miss Kate Sleeper, who kept her scholars wide- awake and doing good work. Miss Sleeper's methods of in- struction are such as to excite the ambition of her scholars, and each tries to excel the other.
Primary School .- Miss Laura G. Hoyt's work in this school is still a matter of pride to the parents of the children,
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whose confidence Miss Hoyt has. Miss Hoyt takes pains with the slow scholars, and encourages them, until slow and quick start off together in classes. The examination at the close of the fall term was very enjoyable to the large num- ber present. Composition-writing by the little folks is at- tended to, and everything done well.
No. 9. - WEST CHELMSFORD.
Grammar School. - Miss Carrie E. Robbins was the efficient teacher in this school the past year. Miss Robbins is certainly one of our best teachers. A thorough scholar herself, she aims to make her scholars the same. There is no need of repeating the work she takes her scholars through. When the classes were called out on examination day, she showed the Superin- tendent the work the classes had been over, and gave him the privilege to choose any part they had been over, and the schol- ars certainly acquitted themselves well.
Primary School. - The same teacher, Miss Agnes Naylor, and the same good work has been done the past year in this school as in other years. Miss Naylor has a remarkable faculty for interesting little folks, and of helping them understand their work, and of helping them think on their feet. The usual excellent examination, and the same large number of vis- itors were present at Miss Naylor's annual examination. This should be said for West Chelmsford people : that they turn out in large numbers at their school examinations, which of course is a source of encouragement to the teachers.
Now, I have said only a part of the good things that might be said of teachers and schools, but space forbids my saying more. And from this brief survey, some may say that I think the schools are perfect ; but no one knows better than the Superintendent that they are not. But allowing for the imper- fections that belong to all things human, I can conscientiously say that in most of the schools -not in all-the work has been about what ought to be expected, taking the health and physi- cal growth of the scholars into consideration ; for in most of the schools sterling work has been done. And if some teachers
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had followed the suggestions made by the Superintendent, in- stead of finding fault with them, their work would have been more gratifying to themselves, as well as more pleasing to the parents of the scholars, judging by the work done by those teachers who have always been ready to receive suggestions.
Our schools are now, gentlemen, in such a state of advance- ment that great care should be exercised in the selection of teachers well qualified to teach ; for in our district schools we need teachers who can teach High-school studies.
I close this report thanking you, gentlemen, for having en- trusted me with the schools the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. VINCENT,
Superintendent. 0
ROLL OF HONOR - PUPILS NOT ABSENT. Those marked * were tardy.
HIGH SCHOOL No. 1.
THE YEAR - Alvan R. Saunders.
Two TERMS - Wm. Fletcher, Ena Bickford.
ONE TERM - Arthur M. Warren,* Emile Paignon,* Louise Reed,* Edith Emerson .*
GRAMMAR No. 1.
THE YEAR-James Emerson,* Clara Hutchinson .*
Two TERMS -Ernest Mansfield, Dannie Haley, Harry Merrill, Annie Curtin.
ONE TERM - Grace Hallett, Stephen Mooney, Eugenie Paignon, Bertha Parkhurst, Grace Mansfield.
INTERMEDIATE No. 1.
Two TERMS- Cora Hutchinson, Sadie Thurlow, John Haley.
ONE TERM-Edward M. Parkhurst, Jessie Holt, Alice Paignon, Ralph Emerson.
PRIMARY No. 1.
Two TERMS - Estelle Hutchinson, Harold Davis, Hawthorne Howard.
ONE TERM -Cora Hutchinson, Louise Wiggin, Herbert Whit- ney, Timmy Curtin, Leslie Davis, Leon Thurlow, Harry Ward, Lulu Parkhurst.
MIXED No. 2.
Two TERNS - Gertie Fulton, Willie Fulton.
ONE TERM -Gertie Hall, Bridget Driscoll, Willie Fowle, Tommy Sheehan.
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MIXED No. 3.
THE YEAR - Grace Garland, Lyman Byam, Nettie Byam.
Two TERMS - Arthur Smith, Maggie Sloan.
ONE TERM- Fred Park, Emma Parker, Mabel Pickard.
MIXED No. 4.
Two TERMS - Ida E. Melvin.
ONE TERM - Inez A. Davis, Florence Cummings, Merton Cum- mings, Eddie J. Robbins.
MIXED No. 5.
THE YEAR - Stella M. Byam, Charles H. Dutton, Harry A. Dutton.
Two TERMS- Bertha A. Rowell, Arthur E. Dutton, Walter E. Newhall, Clara E. Newhall.
MIXED No. 6.
THE YEAR - Bertha Teabo.
ONE TERM- Walter Devine, Ernest Bartlett, Mary Devine, Bella Sharp, Jane Finnick.
MIXED No. 7.
THE YEAR - Elsie L. Hodson, Frank E. Martin.
Two TERMS - Ella Hodson, Oscar Hodson, Guy E. Reed, Willie Martin.
ONE TERM - Michael Donelley,* Almeda Reed.
HIGH No. 8.
THE YEAR -Royal C. Reed, Belle E. Smith.
Two TERMS - Daisy E. Ripley.
ONE TERM -Jennie R. R. Brown, Martha Hall, Clara A. Wright, Nellie L. Perham, Bertha A. Swain, Henry E. Davis, James Con - nor, George B. Perham, Ralph L. Ripley, James A. Sawyer, Walter E. Swain.
GRAMMAR No. 8.
Two TERMS - Amelia B. Marinel, Blanche L. Sampson, Fannie G. Holt, Celia A. Marinel, Irving L. Keith .*
ONE TERM - Martha S. Hall, Rosanna H. McManamin,* Della G. Sprague, G. Walter Peterson, Ralph L. Ripley, Harry I. McLaugh- lin, Charlie E. Hyde, Harry C. Libby.
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INTERMEDIATE No. 8.
THE YEAR - Luella Merrill, Frank Small .*
Two TERMS - Viola Green, Lillie Sweat,* Lena Small,* Hannah Shields,* Hattie Hall,* Herman Shaw .*
ONE TERM - Celia Marinel, Lena Bridgford, Charlie Hyde, Harry Libby, Albert Peterson, Fred Chandler, Augustus Duncan, James Leahey .*
PRIMARY No. 8.
THE YEAR - Carrie Cook, Walter Marinel.
Two TERMS - Delia Shields, Florence Sampson, Eliza McLaugh- lin, Nellie Dunigan, George Lumbert.
ONE TERM - Viola Greene, Georgia McEnnis,* Cora Pearson,* Hattie Cook, Edith Merrill, Grace Merrill, Annie Woodard, Florence Shaw,* James Leahey,* Eddie McEnnis,* Gardner Ripley, George Spaulding, Arthur Wheeler, Willie Chandler, George Swain, Clarence Spaulding.
GRAMMAR No. 9.
THE YEAR - Lottie L. Snow.
ONE TERM - Bertha V. Parkhurst.
PRIMARY No. 9.
THE YEAR - Freddie A. Snow.
Two TERMS - Charles Daw, Oscar Naylor, Edward B. Mason, Arthur Mason.
ONE TERM - Florence May Winship, Louisa Pelsue, Myra L. Coburn, Lottie Hale,* Nettie Harrington, Minnie Pelsue, Lilla Cun- ningham, Freddie Daw, Freddie Hale, John E. Dane, Charlie Jor- dan, Carl Spaulding, Warren Marshall, Walter Mason, Roy Mason .*
STATISTICAL TABLE OF SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.,
For the Year Ending March 1, 1887.
SPRING TERM.
FALL TERM.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Time.
No. on register.
Av. attendance.
No. under 5 years.
No. over 15 years.
and 14.
Time.
Months.
Days.
No. on register.
Av. attendance.
No. under 5 years.
No. over 15 years.
No. between 8
Wages per month.
Grammar and High, } Centre,
1
Emma L. Pierce ..
2
15
56
47
0
10
35
$65 00 40 00
2
5
31
28
0
15
6
$85 00
Grammar, Centre ......
1
Ray M. Hodsdon ..
2
5
46
38
0
1
12
32 00
Intermediate, Centre ..
1
Ada M. Sheldon
2 15
50
42
0
0
30
32 00
2
5
39
34
0
0
19
32 00
Mixed .
2
S. Eva Worthen ...
15
16
15
1
1
9
32 00
2 10
16
13
1
0
9
32 00
Mixed, South.
3
2
15
22
18
0
1
16
32 00
15
22
16
0
1
19
32 00
Mixed ..
4
2
15
21
19
0
1
17
32 00
2
15
25
21
0
1
18
32 00
Mixed ..
5
¿ Lydia A. Heywood. Susie S. McFarlin ..
15
39
31
0
0
39
34 00
2
15
33
30
0
0
39
34 00
Mixed, East.
6
§ Etta G. Locke.
2
15
13
12
1
0
6
32 00
2 15
14
13
0
0
8
32 00
High, Northı.
8
¿ V. B. Wells.
15
15
14
0
12
2
75 00
2
15
35
33
0
21
7
85 00
2
15
30
25
0
2
20
32 00
2 15
35
32
0
2
32
32 00
Intermediate, North ...
8
Hattie A. Burgess ..
( Kate Sleeper ...
2
15
36
31
0
0
36
32 00
2 15
34
26
0
0
34
32 00
Primary, North ..
8
Laura G. Hoyt ...
15
51
39
4
0
14
32 00
2
15
56
45
4
0
13
32 00
Grammar, West ..
9
Carrie M. Robbins ..
15
16
12
0
2
14
32 00
2
15
13
11
0
1
12
32 00
Primary, West.
9
Agnes Naylor ..
15
34
30
2
0
15
32 00
2 10
35
31
0
0
19
32 00
TOTALS ... ..
405
341
8
29
259
447
378
5
42
284
.
.
.
1
1
15
6
6
0
0
6
24 00
2 10
7
0
0
7
24 00
Mixed .
7
Mary L. Keith.
Geo. F. Partridge ...
..
Grammar, North.
8
Addie M. Taylor ...
.
( Minnie A. Worden ...
2
( Helen J. Gookin .....
15
.
2
A. F. Gilbert .. ..
.
Ada M. Sheldon ..
Months.
Days.
No. between 8
Wages per month.
and 14.
Number.
Primary, Centre ..
1
Nellie M. Perham.
2
Blanche Henshaw .... Araminta V. Paasche ... Gertrude W. Byam ..
Ida E. Byam ...
2
2
2
2
2
Statistical Table of Schools in the Town of Chelmsford, Mass. - (Continued.)
WINTER TERM.
THE YEAR.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Number.
Months. ]
Days.
No. on register.
Av. attendance.
No. under 5 years.
No. over 15 years.
No. between 8
Months
Days.
No. on register.
Av. attendance.
Wages of teachers.
Grammar and High, { Centre,
1
( A. F. Gilbert .....
3
5
30
26
0
22
2
$85 00
8
5
77
33
$640 00 110 00
Grammar, Centre ......
1
Ray M. Hodsdon ..
3
5
34
27
0
3
19
32 00
5
10
50
32
176 00
Intermediate, Centre ..
1
Ada M. Sheldon ....
3
0
24
18
0
0
24
32 00
3
0
24
18
96 00
Primary, Centre ..
1
Nellie M. Perham.
3
5
39
24
0
0
20
32 00
8
5
50
33
264 00
Mixed .
2
S. Eva Worthen.
0
15
11
0
0
11
32 00
8
5
16
13
264 00
3
0
23
17
0
3
18
32 00
8
10
26
17
272 00
Mixed, South.
3
Araminta V. Paasehe ... Gertrude W. Byam ..
3
0
20
15
0
1
13
32 00
8
10
25
18
272 00
Mixed .
5
Lydia A. Heywood .. Susie S. MeFarlin.
0
33
22
0
0
33
34 00
8
10
12
28
289 00
Mixed, East.
6
.
§ Etta G. Locke ...
2 10
18
15
1
3
8
32 00
8
0
18
13
·256 00
High, North.
3
0
29
24
0
18
7
85 00
8
10
35
23
695 00
Grammar, North .. ...
8
Addie M. Taylor.
3
0
37
29
0
3
34
32 00
8
10
40
28
272 00
.
.
S
3
0
37
29
0
0
37
32 00
8
10
48
28
272 00
Primary, North.
8
Laura G. Hoyt ...
0
44
29
2
0
11
32 00
8
10
67
37
272 00
Grammar, West .. .
3
0
24
20
0
1
20
32 00
8
10
28
15
272 00
Primary, West.
9
3
5
23
19
0
0
10
32 00
8
10
43
26
272 00
TOTALS ...
437
333
3
54
275
596
369
$4,862 00
·
.
.
..
Mixed .
4
( Ida E. Byam ..
2
15
7
0
0
7
24 00
7
0
7
7
168 00
Mixed ..
7
Mary L. Keith ...
8
V. B. Wells ..
Minnie A. Worden .... )
Intermediate, North ...
8
Hattie A. Burgess. . .
( Kate Sleeper ..
3
Carrie M. Robbins ..
Agnes Naylor.
Time.
¿ Time.
and 14.
Wages per month.
Emma L. Pieree ..
.
§ Ada M. Sheldon ...
( Helen J. Gookin .. ...
( Blanche Henshaw .. .
3
+
Geo. F. Partridge. ...
75.70.11
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