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66
2 20
Fred Hull,
3 10
Arthur Montgomery, 66
3 45
W. L. Stone, Jr., ١١
4 50
C. W. Smith,
2 20
H. A. Churchill,
4 45
D. W. Stone,
4 00
A. W. Conant,
3 80
Irving Brown,
2 85
William Claxton,
·
2 55
60
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Frank C. Hull,
labor 3 30
George Dort,
3 00
W. H. Burnham,
2 10
Henry Cook,
..
2 20
James Cameron,
3 05
Amos Scotton,
1 40
Burton Holland,
80
Nathaniel Rust,
1 90
Albert Rogers,
2 35
Jere. Brocklebank,
3 55
Robert L. Gove,
50
James A. Lord,
80
William A. Mayo,
..
1 05
John Rollins,
1 00
Wm. Brocklebank,
20
J. F. Claxton,
20
Fred C. Rust,
70
96 65
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Paid :
W. B. Atkinson,
labor $ 7 40
H. Witham,
5 40
D. Witham,
66
1 80
J. Cronin,
5 60
Alfred Young,
3 40
J. Atherly, Jr.,
1 60
C. W. Spiller,
1 80
Hiram Parlee,
1 60
Edward Plouff,
2 00
Frank Campbell,
5 60
Rassie Final,
1 80
Edward Robicheau, ..
5 60
Alonzo Butler,
.
5 00
1
63
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Robert L. Gove,
labor.
4 80
John Dorr,
1 80
Wm. E. Barton,
5 60
J. H. Hull,
6 20
J. H. Hull, Jr.,
6 60
W. H. Jewett, .
5 60
Leander Jewett,
5 60
John T. Harris,
5 60
John Pear,
6 00
Arthur Sheppard,
5 60
Charles Small,
5 60
E. H. Hall,
1 80
William Soar,
1 80
George W. Plouff,
80
Alfred Norman,
3 80
John Spencer,
1 60
A. W. Brown,
41 10
Daniel Sheehan,
2 80
Smith E. Hayes,
3 00
Walter F. Gould,
6 00
John E. Norman,
2 80
....
-- -$ 173 10
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Paid :
Augustine Stone,
labor $ 15 60
J. F. Kinsman,
10 00
John Wright,
3 90
John Galbraith,
8 40
Alden Story,
6 00
David Lowe,
9 10
C. W. Spiller,
9 10
Hiram Parlee,
9 20
John Pear,
،،
2 60
62
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
J. R. Richards,
labor
1 60
Chester Patch
1 60
Frank Hicks,
1 60
Chester B. Caverly,
4 60
Frank Scotton,
80
George Smith,
9 20
H. H. Story,
5 10
Walter Story,
3 80
Edgar Story,
1 70
Asa R. Brown,
1 80
G. L. Woodbury,
1 60
Charles Patch,
3 20
Alfred Young,
66
2 80
R. W. Bolles,
66
3 00
Robert Spencer,
16
1 70
.. .
---
-$ 118 00
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Paid:
J. B. Brown,
labor $ 15 80
Frank Smith,
4 80
Timothy Comeau,
5 40
J. B. Caverly,
7 00
George Woodbury,
7 30
G. L. Woodbury,
66
7 30
George E. Smith,
15 15
H. H. Story,
66
5 90
W. H. Story,
5 20
Asa R. Brown,
7 40
Charles Patch,
15 20
E. K. Brown,
66
13 00
· ..
-- $ 109 45
63
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Paid :
J. W. Carlisle,
labor $ 33 10
Joseph Marshall,
8 00
W. G. Horton,
33 80
T. M. Norman,
12 60
C. G. Brown,
13 20
Quincy Kinsman, 66
5 80
R. W. Bolles,
80
Frank Taylor,
10 80
F. A. Goodwin,
18,00
W. H. Girard,
6 20
W. E. Girard,
6 20
E. M. Girard,
6 20
H. F. Girard,
6 20
D. C. Sheehan,
10 20
F. L. Sheehan,
12 00
F. Brown,
5 60
Rufus Brown,
13 40
Enos Manthorn,
66
12 00
E. W. Tarr,
2 40
Jeremiah Sullivan,
2 60
Dennis Minnehan,
8 40
J. Girard,
2 00
W. F. Kinsman,
66
9 50
Eben Moulton,
13 80
W. B. Sturgis,
1 60
Michael Laffy,
8 00
P. Byrnes,
66
6 00
John Holtum,
6 00
John Doyle,
66
4 00
C. B. Eastman,
66
3 00
L. G. Parsons,
4 00
S. C. Parsons,
4 00
64
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
J. M. Fall,
labor 8 40
James A. Morey,
2 00
A. S. Brown, Jr.,
1 00
-$ 300 80
DISTRICT NO. 7.
Paid :
E. Newton Brown, labor $ 34 40
A. Story Brown,
23 40
Fred G. Cross,
40 00
B. R. Horton,
30 40
Mannasseh Brown,
11 40
-- $ 139 60
DISTRICT NO. 8.
Paid :
J. H. Brown, labor. $ 25 80
Ralph B. Haskell,
9 20
Geo. A. Tibbetts,
21 00
William Waddy,
5 40
A. B. Fellows,
27 40
D. W. Appleton,
10 35
H. H. Wall,
4 80
J. E. Fellows,
5 80
-- $ 109 75
DISTRICT NO. 9.
Paid:
Joseph R. Wilson,
labor $ 28 20
Aaron Lord,
17 80
W. B. Sturgis,
12 20
Charles Buzzell,
3 00
F. G. Whittier,
2 80
C. L. Harvey,
2 80
Ambrose Young,
4 40
65
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Alfred Young,
labor
1. 20
C. B. Caverly,
1 20
J. O. Smith,
6 40
F. R. Daniels,
2 80
F. L. Buzzell,
4 40
Albert S. Brown,
7 00
T. A. Howe,
. (
3 20
W. H. Soar,
1 80
F. A. Ross,
1 60
Maynard Whittier,
35 55
- -$ 136 35
DISTRICT NO. 10.
Paid :
Aaron Morse,
labor $ 8 25
J. M. Purinton & Son,
6 00
M. J. Driscoll,
8 25
Charles Steele,
5 10
John Gerry,
66
3 70
Dennis Minnehan,
1 80
William Brennan,
40
William Goodhue,
2 30
Est. W. G. Brown,
2 00
William Hardy,
1 70
Amos Potter,
1 70
Alfred Young,
60
Peter Quill,
5 20
Joseph Quill,
4 40
Eugene Sullivan,
66
12 50
Seth Senior,
70
1
Arthur Senior,
١١
3 60
Eben Hurlburt,
3 50
Brackett Brothers
3 00
-- $
74 70
66
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
DISTRICT No. 11.
Paid :
T. R. Lord, labor $ 15 30
T. A. Howe, 4 50
F. A. Ross, 1 30
Philip Kimball,
4 30
T. D. Gould,
1 30
W. F. Burnham,
4 30
Sawyer Burnham,
1 30
Ambrose Young,
3 40
R. B. Pickard,
4 00
G. A. Pickard,
4 70
Chester Patch,
2 00
T. L. Jewett,
6 30
E. S. Greenleaf,
3 90
Edward Gwinn,
3 60
Spencer Gwinn,
4 40
Odbur Hurlburt, ..
1 30
John W. Davis,
3 00
Eben Lord, 8 50
John M. Dawes,
4 20
Dexter McIntyre.
5 70
Thomas Barney,
1 60
Joseph Leno,
4 40
W. F. Ellsworth,
11. 00
W. H. Bodwell,
4 60
Robert Irwin, 3 80
Frank Hicks, 3 40
Levi L. Howe,
3 20
J. R. Richards, 6.
4 00
N. R. Underhill, 7 30
A. H. Rutherford,
2 80
J. W. Burns,
4 10
Thomas Marriott, $6
2 80
67
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
1
Harry Marriott, labor
2 20
Fred Sheppard,
2 80
Thomas Donahue,
2 80
James Sheppard,
8 00
E. M. Girard,
1 60
Burton Holland,
2 00
Frank Taylor,
1 80
Harry Girard, 66
1 60
F. B. Saunders,
1 50
Walter Hicks, 66
2 00
W. E. Girard,
1 60
T. D. Gould,
3 20
John Girard,
1 60
M. A. Saunders,
1 30
W. K. Chapman, Hart & Lord,
3 39
-
-$ 178 69
DISTRICT NO. 12.
Paid :
Walter C. Frost,
labor $ 1 40
W. H. Lavalette,
4 27
C. W. Conant,
2 92
M. G. Phillips,
1 20
W. O. Conant,
3 25
J. C. Conant,
5 60
G. H. Phillips,
66
1 20
W. E. Garrette,
4 20
24 04
DISTRICT No. 13.
Paid :
James Kinnar, labor. $ 13 47
Thomas Kınnear,
6 40
Walter Farnum,
..... 3 82
1 00
68
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
A. P. Guilford,
labor 2 60
Henry Stone,
2 30
L. R. Stone,
4 10
D. S. Perley,
4 00
-_ $
36 59
DISTRICT NO. 14.
Paid :
C. M. Perley,
labor Si 3 65
Clarence Howe,
1 65
L. H. Perley,
4 00
Orrie M. Hills,
66
2 30
Walter Farnum,
66
1 60
-$
13 20
DISTRICT NO. 15.
Paid :
John A. Smith,
labor $ 36 10
John A. Brown,
66
6 50
Charles Jewett,
5 00
J. B. Mitchell,
66
4 20
Jesse Rutherford,
6 80
John Brogan,
5 00
James W. Ready,
14 80
Thomas Ready, 6 6
14 80
Epps Norwood,
9 60
Samuel Foss,
3 00
Joseph Chaput,
11 60
Fred Chaput, 66
6 80
Fred Noyes, 66
12 40
William Ready,
16
5 60
William Dresser, ١١
8 60
Frank Scotton,
9 80
Frank Tobey,
9 80
Edward Smith, 16
14 40
66
69
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
J. C. Underhill, James Ready, D. R. Johnson, Thomas Burns,
labor
1 50
4 00
5 40
2 00
Charles Smith,
6 40
Elmer Smith,
4 60
John Lowe,
4 00
.....
--- $ 212 70
DISTRICT No 16.
Paid :
James Dillon, labor $ 3 00
Joseph Hirtle,
3 30
Alexander Hirtle,
3 30
A. Everett Jewett,
3 40
W. A. Mitchell, 66
6 80
Thomas Marriott, “
4 00
Thomas Donahue,
3 40
A. H. Rutherford, Albert Norwood, 66
1 80
L. D. Pickard, 66
2 00
D. S. Appleton,
1 80
-
-$
34 10
Total snow account. $1976 64
Balance from highway account. 2436 54
Unexpended balance. -$ 459 90
1 30
70
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
State and Military Aid Account.
Commonwealth.
DR.
To amt. due for state aid Jan. 1, 1897 ... G2570 00
To amt. due for military aid Jan. 1, 1897 48 00 To amt. paid for state aid Jan. 1, 1897 .. 2790 50 To amt. paid for military aid Jan. 1, 1897 63 00
$5471 50
CR.
By cash received for state aid 2570 00
By cash received for military aid 18 00
By amt. due for state aid. 2790 50
By amt. due for military aid.
63 00
--- $5471 50
Debt Statement.
Town of Ipswich.
DR.
To notes payable. $25940 00
To orders drawn and not paid 833 44
--- $26773 44
CR.
By cash in treasurer's hands 692 10
Bills due farm in treasurer's hands. .. 386 28 Uncollected taxes 1073 33
71
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Amount due for state aid.
2790 50
Amount due for military aid
63 00
Amount due for burial of soldiers
70 00
Amount due on poor account.
279 72
Amount due corp. tax.
950 00
6304 93
Total debt Jan. 1, 1898
$20468 51
Total debt Jan. 1, 1897
22930 76
Statement of Town Property.
Real Estate.
Farm. $18000 00
Town house and land
16000 00
Cemeteries 2000 00
Engine houses and land
2000 00
School houses and land
26000 00
Woodland at Linebrook.
100 00
Woodland at Common Fields
100 00
Land, Prospect street. 300 00
Thatch banks, Great Flats
50 00
Thatch banks, Third Creek.
10 00
Gravel pits, Washington street
150 00
Gravel pit near A. B. Fellows 150 00
Gravel pit near J. C. Carlisle's
100 00
Two pounds
100 00
-- $65060 00
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Personal Property.
At the farm $7472 00
Fire engines and apparatus 9300 00
Hearse. 400 00
Furniture at town house. 500 00
Hay scales (2)
800 00
Safes for treasurer and clerk 400 00
Town team. 500 00
19372 00
Total real and personal estate
$84432 00
Town debt Jan. 1, 1898 20468 51
Balance in favor of town $63963 49
Balance Jan. 1, 1897 $60770 24
Respectfully submitted,
Luther Wait, ) Selectmen
John A. Brown,
of
Walter E. Lord, JIpswich.
I hereby certify that I have examined the books of the selectmen, assessors and overseers of the poor, and find them correct, with proper vouchers for all bills paid.
Henry F. Dunnels, Auditor.
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Thomas E. Condon, Treasurer and Collector, in Account with the Town of Ipswich for the year ending Jan. 19, 1898.
DR.
January 20, 1897.
To cash on hand. $ 225 76
collected taxes of 1896. 323 62
66 collected bills due town farm for 1896. 144 02
66 income Mass. school fund. 180 06
County of Essex, dog licenses refunded 398 04
cor. tax of 1896
954 74
Commonwealth, burial of
state paupers 15 00
Commonwealth support of
state paupers. 129 37
Commonwealth expense of contagious diseases. 21 00
cor. tax of 1897
1356 43
national bank tax. 524 03
military aid of 1897 48 00
state aid of 1897
2570 00
burial of indigent soldiers and sailors 70 00
interest on taxes.
52 82
collected bills due town farm 1897
1236 96
received from cities and towns poor account 536 66
received from rent town hall 309 50 received from school tuitions 109 41 received from curbing and concreting !.. 174 05
74
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
To cash received from town scales ...... $ 166 01 received from licenses, pedlers, billiards, etc 103 00
received from County on ac- count of seals reimbursed .... 129 00 received from sale Centennial books 3 00
received from James Graffum damage to hose 6 00
received from rent of Grape Island school house. 6 00
received from undrawn or- ders returned to town. 2 95
١١ received from Wm. Jean on account of board of wife at Danvers asylum 15 00
received from John Duprey rent of cemetery pasture ..... 12 00 received on account soldiers' relief 62 00
received on account highways 21 60
66 received on account criminal fines 44 29
received on account cemetery lots 250 00
received from Water Dept. temporary loan. 2500 00
66 hired on town notes for Win - throp school house 1000 00
hired on town notes in antici- pation of taxes. 18000 00
66 bills due superintendent town farm 386 28
tax list 1897 state tax 2065 00
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
tax list 1897 county tax $ 2731 31
.
tax list 1887 town tax. 43442 15
66 undrawn orders 833 44
$81158 50
CR.
By cash paid on orders for 1896
1116 99
66 county tax.
2731 31
Commonwealth state tax
2065 00
national bank tax.
529 72
abatements for 1896-97
416 16
66 discount on taxes.
607 01
paid for killing seals
129 00
paid officers by orders of the Court 89 90
paid prin. on Winthrop school house note 1000 00
paid prin. on bridge note. 500 00
paid interest on notes. 1392 90
gross amt. selectmen's orders for 1897
44996 30
state aid.
2790 50
66 military aid.
126 00
.6 uncollected taxes of 1897
1073 33
66 paid prin. on notes hired in anticipation of taxes.
18000 00
66 paid Water Dept. temporary loan.
2500 00
Uncollected bills due town farm 1897 .. 386 28
· Uncollected bills due town farm 1896 .. 16 00 Cash on hand. 692 10
81158 50
This is to certify that I have examined the accounts of the treasurer and have found them to be correctly cast and properly vouched.
Henry F. Dunnels, Auditor. Ipswich, Mass., Jan. 20, 1898.
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Funds Left in Trust with the Town for the Care of Burial Lots.
In account with Thomas E. Condon, Treasurer.
COGSWELL FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Saving Bank Feb. 1, '97 .. $248 26 To interest to Jan. 1, '98. 10 02
-- $ 258 28
CR.
By cash paid W H. Kirk for care of lot ... 2 00
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1, '98 .. 256 28
258 28
ANDREWS FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Saving Bank Feb. 1, '97 .. 183 80 To interest to Jan. 1, '98. 7 40
CR. 191 20
By cash paid W. H. Kirk for care of lot ... 2 00
By cash paid Luther Lord for care of lot .. 1 50
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1,'98 .. 187 70
191 20
STANIFORD FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Feb. 1,'97 .. 73 61
To interest to Jan. 1, '98. 2 96
CR. 76 57
By cash paid W. H. Kirk for care of lot .. 1 00
By amt. in Ips Savings Bank Jan. 1, '98 .. 75 57
76 57
77
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
KINSMAN FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Saving Bank Feb. 1,'97 .. $ 51 63 To interest to Jan. 1, '98 2 06
CR. 53 69
By cash paid W. H. Kirk for care of lot ... 1 00
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1, '98 .. 52 68
53 69
EBEN KIMBALL FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Feb. 1, '97 .. 112 11 To interest to Jan. 1, '98 4 52
116 63
CR.
By cash paid Luther Lord for care of lot .. 1 '50
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1,'98 .. 115 13
116 63
LAKEMAN FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Feb. 1, '97 .. 53 95
To interest to Jan. 1, '98 2 16
56 11
CR.
By cash paid Luther Lord for care of lot .. 1 00
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1, '98 .. 55 11
56 11
GIDDINGS FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Feb. 1,'97 .. 109 87 To interest to Jan. 1, '98. 4 42
CR. 114 29
By cash paid W. H. Kirk for care of lot .. 2 00
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1,'98 .. 112 29 114 29
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT. 1
POTTER FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Feb. 1,'97 .. $103 66 To interest to Jan. 1, '98 4 16
---- $ 107 82
CR.
By cash paid W. H. Kirk for care of lot .. 2 00
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1,'98 .. 105 82
107 82
WILLCOMB FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Feb. 1, '97 .. 60 08
To interest to Jan. 1, '98. 2 42
62 50
CR.
By cash paid Luther Lord for care of lot .. 2 00
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1, '98 .. 60 50
62 50
DAWSON FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Feb. 1 '97 .. 100 50 To interest to Jan. 1, '98. 4 04
CR. 104 54
By cash paid Luther Lord for care of lot .. 1 50
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1,'98 .. 103 04
104 54
HANNAH L. KIMBALL FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Feb. 1,'97 .. $101 00 To interest to Jan. 1, '98 4 08
CR. 105 08
By cash paid Luther Lord for care of lot .. 1 50
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1, '98 .. 103 58 ·
105 08
79
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
TROW FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank May 15, '97$300 00 To interest to Jan. 1, '98. 6 00
---- $ 306 00
CR.
By cash paid W. H. Kirk for care of lot .. 2 00
By amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Jan. 1, '98 .. 304 00
306 00
VARRELL FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Feb. 1,'97 .. 204 00 To interest to Jan. 1, '98. 8 24
212 24
BIRCH FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank Sept. 27, '97 50 00
To interest to Jan. 1, '98. 50
50 50
AARON KINSMAN FUND.
DR.
To amt. in Ips. Savings Bank July 28, '97 50 00
To interest to Jan., '98 1 00
51 00
This is to certify that I have examined the books of the above trust funds and find them to be correct and properly vouched.
Henry F. Dunnels, Auditor.
Jurors.
List of jurors prepared by the seleetmen to be submitted to the voters of said town, at the annual town meeting, to be holden Monday, March 7, 1898:
Wesley B. Atkinson, John H. Baker, Thomas W. Baxter,
Warren Boynton, Charles G. Lord,
J. Howard Lakeman, William H. Lavalette, Austin L. Lord, George A. Lord, George E. Lord,
E. Newton Brown, Nathaniel Burnham,
Levi W. Mallard, Austin Measures,
Clifford F. Chapman, Edward W. Choate, William A. Clarke, John H. Cogswell, Arthur W. Conant, Frank R. Daniels, John E. Dodge, Edward Dole,
William A. Mitchell, John E. Norman, John W. Nourse, Henry L. Ordway,
Isaac E. B. Perkins, Charles M. Perley,
Edwin M. Poole,
William P. Reilly,
Charles W. Rogers,
George Fall, John M. Fall, Moses A. Fellows,
Albert S. Garland,
John S. Glover, Frank T. Goodhue,
Foster Russell, John W. Russell, 2nd,
George P. Smith, J. Albert Smith, George Spencer,
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IPSWICH TOWN RÉPORT.
William Goodhue, Frederic M. Gordon, James Griffing, George Harris, Fred O. Hart,
Peter Hennessey,
Benjamin R. Horton,
Seymour I. Hudgins,
Winfield L. Johnson,
Daniel W. Stone, John E. Tenney, Charles S. Tyler, Hale Wait, Arthur H. Walton, Jesse Warren, Frederick Willcomb,
Price G. Williams, Joseph R. Wilson.
Luther Wait, ) Selectmen
John A. Brown, of Walter E. Lord, J Ipswich.
Ipswich, January 28, 1898.
Town of Ipswich.
ANNUAL REPORT
- OF THE
School Committee
For The Year Ending December 31st, 1897.
WICH
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1687
IPSWICH, "MASS .: CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. 1898.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
ORGANIZATION,
Dr. Gro, E. Magertby, Chairman. John h. Cogswell. Secretary
Sub Committees.
MER. BAMFORD,
Primary Grades. MRS. NOYES, MR. CUMMINGS.
Winthrop Grammar. MR. COGSWELL, MRS NOYES.
manning Crammar. DE. MACARTHY, REV. M. H. GATES.
High School. THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE.
Argilla School. REV. M. H. GATES.
Appleton School. MRS. NOYES.
Candlewood School. MR. BAMFORD.
Linębrook School MR. COGSWELL.
Village School. MR. CUMMINGS.
- Willowdale School. DR. GEO. E. MACARTHY
On Repairs. MR. COGSWELL, MR. BAMFORD.
On labor Certificates. DR. MACARTHY.
Truant Officers. FRANK B. PAGE, W. H. BROCKLEBANK.
4.
SCHOOL REPORT .
REPORT.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT,
REGEIPTS.
Balance due the Schools, Jan. 1897
$ 1110 8º
Town Appropriations. 18300 00
Received from State School Fund,
180 08
Dog Licences, 398 04
" Echolars (other towns) 109 41
Rent of Grape Island shoolhouse, 6 00
$15101 40
EXPENDITURES.
Trustees Manning School,
$1850 00
Teachers' salaries,
9098 26
Books and supplies,
979 71
Care of School Building?,
635 77
Fuel,
652 55
Repairs,
715 11
Incidental»,
246 03
$13676 42
$1428 98
Balance due the schools. Jan. 1898
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SCHOOL REPORT.
LIST OF TEACHERS,
January 1, 1897.
HIGH SCHOOL.
JOHN P. MARSTON, Principal. EMMA G. GARDNER, BERTHA A. CROCKER, S Assistants.
MANNING GRAMMAR.
JOSEPH I. HORTON, Principal. LUCY HAMLIN, ( CARRIE L. LAKEMAN,
Assistants.
WINTHROP GRAMMAR.
M. ELMA SMITH, Principal. S. ISABEL ARTHUR EVA M PURINTON, Assistante.
E. MABEL ADAMS,
COGSWELL SCHOOL.
/ KATHERINE C. RAKER, Principal. LUCY A. KIMBALL, Assistant
DENNISON SCHOOL.
MABEL R. WILLIS, Principal, ANNIE P. WADE, Assistant.
PAYNE SCHOOL.
EVA. A. WILLCOME, Principal KATHARINE F. SULLIVAN GRACE E. SMITH, Assist'e
WAINWRIGHT SCHOOL. { MYRTA B. DECATUR
APPLETON SCHOOL. MARTHA U. LORD.
ARGILLA SCHOOL. ¿ CORA A. SMITH. CANDLEWOOD SCHOOL, { LOUISE S. GLOVER.
GRAPE ISLAND SCHOOL { CORA H. JEWETT.
LINEBROOK SCHOOL. ¿ ELIZABETH F. TODD
VILLAGE SCHOOL. { SUSAN R. KIMBALL.
WILLOWDALE SCHOOL. { EDITH F. PERLEY. MUSIC. LAURA A, HUBBARD.
DRAWING. . { HARRIET D. CONSON.
SCHOOL REPORT.
NUMERICAL STATEMENT.
Number of children in town between the ages of 5 and 15 accord- ing to the census taken in May 1807. 818
Number of pupils enrolled in the Public Schools as follows:
836
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In High School,
74
In Grammar School-,
316
In Primary Schools, In Ungraded Schools,
118
Total.
335
ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE.
NAME OF SCHOOL.
NUMBER ENROLLED
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP ATTENDANCE
AVERAGE
PER CENT. OF ATTENDANCE
High School
74
52.3
50
95.6
Manning Grammar,
Grade IX
51
6.2
60.2
95.8
Grade VIII
51
42.8
39.8
Winthrop Grammar School,
Grade VII
58
46.5
44.2
96
Grade VI
50
13,8
10.5
92,7
Grade V
48
44.3
39.9
90.2
Grade IV
33
29.8
25.6
86.6
Cogswell Primary,
Grade III
31
28.3
25
Grade I and 11
42
34.7
30
87
Deunison Primary,
Grade III
88.7
36.4
91
Grade I and 11
50
10.8
37.7
92.5
Payne Primary,
Grade LIY
33
30.8
28.0
9% .:
Grade I and 11
Wainwright Primary,
34
28.3
.4.9
Appleton, Ungraded
13
10.4
9.8
93
Argilla, Ungraded
11
5.9
5 1
88.4
Candlewood. Ungraded
12
10.7
90
Grape Island, Ungraded
3
19.3
17.7
91.7
Linebrouk, Ungraded
19
10.7
98
Willowdale, Ungraded
23
13.6
11.7
88.9
Total
885
678.1
61 €
90.8
77.7
86.3
85.8
Grade [ and li
2.8
93.5
Village, Uugraded
35%
SCHOOL REPORT
REPORT.
Although it has been said that "Progress in the nineteenth con- tury is found to consist in a return to ancient ideas", the commitise in a careful review of the past year, And no retrograde movement in our school work. While we do not find that absolutely "old things have passed away and all things become new", we do And that a substantial gain has been made in many directions. Wo can but state, however, the line of effort and the methods employed in our educational endenvor; the real results can be learned only as the school boy of today becomes the active, thinking, working and governing citizen of the future, and illustrates by his own de- feats or victories the true value of his intellectual equipment for the practical work of life. To train the children of today for the future service of the nation is the teacher's mission ; and lessons, not alone in science aud language, in physics and mathematics, but also in the principles of truth and order, of honor and patriot. iem, must be inculcated. Good schools will produce good citizens, and the grand gospel of education which everywhere is being preached today, is the training of the individual pupil for the do- velopment of all his powers, physical, mental and moral, whoss
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results can neither be represented by figures nor reckoned mu por centส.
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The plan of instruction and gradation inaugurated nearly two years ago, which has for its aim the systematic development of the individual pupil, has been followed with encouraging success. Tho order of gradation may not as yet be perfect, but it presents a bar- inonious sequence, and a natural order of teaching in accordance with established psychological principles. Although we are told that "it is more profitable to reckon up our defects than to boast of our attainments", the committee take pleasure in stating that the classes promoted in September, the first to be advanced under the new system, were also the best equipped of any that ever have gone from a lower to a higher grade.
TEACHERS.
Our corps of teachers includes many who have served the town long and well. Three new names will be found upon the roil. Miss Bertha A. Crocker of Salem was elected to the position of second assistant in the High School, made vacant by the resignation of Mise Remick. Miss Susie L. Kimball succeeded Miss Archer at the Village, the latter having resigned, - (after being reelected), -- to pursue her own studi . Miss Edith F. Perley was elected to the Willowdale School. All have proved acceptable teachers. A com : mon luterest has seemed to animate the majority of our toachard to make the schools of Ipswich second to none In point of exoel . lence. By visits to progressive schools in other towns they have brought themselves more in touch with the best thoughts and methods of prominent educators. New and modern methods bave been studied, the best In them wiunowed out aud adopted into daily use by the more progressive of our teachers; but how to lead the whole corps to do this and to discard their old hap-hasard ways, is a problem yet unsolved.
DISCIPLINE.
Discipline does not mean the keeping of good order alone, but
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includes the general tone and spirit of the school. With a few ex- ceptions this has been of an excellent character, and the majority . of the teachers possess the strong will-power, impressive personality and keen sense of justice necessary to good government. One of the greatest barriers to good discipline is the disposition to talk tou much. To constantly threaten punishment for the repetition of au offence is far less effective than to visit each infraction of rule by such a surprise as the nature of the offence may warrant. "Pay as you go" is as good a maxim in the schoolroom as elsewhere. Sar- casio, scolding and "snappishness" are elements of weakness in any teacher and we are glad to say seldom employed in our schools. Very few instances of corporal punishment have occurred during the year, the teachers wisely preferring to spoil the rod and spare the child.
PROMOTIONS.
While the committee recognize fully the admirable results of tho graded system, they find it impossible that all the pupils in a class can advance uniformly. There will always be found scholars who are capable of going on much more rapidly than the average child in the glass. Consequently, uniformity -- , which has been called "the demon of the graded system"- must be revised by common sense, and some provision must be made for the advancement of the more apt pupila without regard to the "demon". in accordance with this idea the committee has inaugurated a plan of mid-year promotion, the test work and daily work of the pupils being made the basis of such promotion. Thirty-eight scholars were advanced at the beginning of the January term. It is perhaps a little early to Judge of lis success or wisdom, but thus far it has worked well and the committee believe it will be both beneficial to the individual promoted, and an incentive to increased application to the class from which he is removed. It will serve to bring out the individu- ality of the scholar and make him more self dependent; he will ad vance by his own personal effort and not be pushed along the up- grade by the momentum of his class. This, it is hoped, by stimu- iating to better work will give fuller schools in the higher grades.
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