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Somerville.
Moses C. and Nellie T., Dennis and Anne,
Ireland,
Ireland.'>
68
David and Lemira,
Scotland,
Plymouth.
2.,
Daniel aud Aurissa, Johu A. and Annie,
i Sweden,
Anthony and Susan T.,
Ireland.
29,
Walter H. Burgess, Julia Morton Allen,
Peleg S. and Anne J., Sherman and Julia,
Plymouth.
Stockport, England,
i Plymouth. | Bridgewater. East Warcham.
10,
9, Addie F. Sears, Harriet G. Wood,
1 William H. and Arabella, Alfred I'. and Mary A., Winslow W. and Mary A., John W. and Ella A., Walter H. and Mary J.,
Plymouth, Plymouth,
Liberty, Va. Plymouth. Woodbury, Vi.
Quincy.
21, 21
Charles Hurley, : Charles Arthur Strong,
Ella .M. Horan's
Cornelius C. and Mercie F.,
Plymoutlı,
Plymouth. Germany. Newfoundland.
12,
George W. and Lizzie D.,
Plymouth,
Arthur N. Wood,
John and Elizabeth,
Pembroke.
Auburn, Me.
! Ethel Jane Jordan,
15, Harry E. Valler,
Franklin, La.
July 66
26, 1 Flora Shaw Whitten, ¡ Hannah O'Connell,
Joseph N. La Fayette,
Aug.
: Annette L. Briggs,
I Edward W. and Laura, John and Anne M., Peter and Nellie M., John B. and Annette, | Charles S. and Alice,
i Jose and Veter,
: Italy,
Italy.
Taunton,
: Plymouth.
Mary Schreiber,
Abuer Ellis.
:
: Wareham,
! Clark aud Antoinette,
Richard and Ellen,
: Ireland,
21,
Anne Mabel Keunedy,
24.
Douglass,
William C. and Lizzie A.,
-
Newport. R. I.,
-- Plymouth.
69
4,
Cora Bell Raymond,
Edwin C. and Joanna, James S. and Mary,
Plymouth, Maine,
Scotland. South Boston.
Adelbert C. and Harriet,
Plymouth,
Plymouth.
66
Philip Henry Steidle,
John and Charlotte,
Germany,
Rehoboth.
66
Mary Emily Drew, Leila Louise Tripp.
Lyman and Emma, William H. and Sophia P.,
: Westport, Wareham,
Dighton.
19,
21, Joseph Chester Mawbey, Gertrude S. Brooks,
David and Mary A., Peleg S. and Hattie M.,
Wareham,
France,
Boston.
66
Katie Mousse,
Balthazar and Minnie, Barnabas and Helena,
Plymouth,
Plympton. Ireland.
Oct.
2, 3, Jeffrey C. Holmes,
! Thomas and Mary,
Ireland,
Newport, R. I.
Daniel W. and Clara,
Plymouth,
Kingston,
New Brunswick.
.6
5, Lizzie Chandler,
John F. and Myrtie A.,
¡ Plymouth,
Plymouth. Boston.
Ireland, Starksboro, Vt.,
Plymouth, Plymouth,
Kingston. i Plymouth. Plymouth.
i Job E. and Mary H., Adolph and Salome, Frank W. and Mercie C., Frank E. and Esther M.,
: Germany, | Plymouth.
Deunisport. Plymouth.
8, 10, 11, I Helen J. Manter, Finney.
11, 12, John Patrick Fraher,
Mary F. Cassady,
Thomas J. and Mary T ..
: Plymouth, Lowell, Plymouth,
Sandwich. Ireland. Bridgewater. Salem. Plymouth. Plymouth. Plymouth.
29. Grace L. Dunlap, 31. Mildred Potter, Bartlett,
Jeffrey and Abby A., Alex. and Esther S., John and Mary J.,
Plymouth, --
. Flores, Western Islands. Boston.
James and Mary,
: Ireland,
Ireland. Plymouth.
5. 6, 10, 12, 15. 16,
Timothy Dolan, Harriet Iua Finney,
Timothy and Josephine,
| West Roxbury,
Boston.
William H. and Mary C.,
Plymouth,
.
England,
Duxbury. England. Plymouth.
66
Miriam A. Bartlett,
· 24, 24, 27, 28, Robert B. Hedge, Mary Ellen O'Brien,
Sept. 1, 4, Mary Fratus, Daniel P. Norton,
66
Margaret S. Kelley,
! Andrew J. and Katie,
Warren S. and Lydia W ..
l'lymouth,
| Germany.
29. 29, 4. 5. Katharine V. Morton, Felicia L. Jeffrey, Alma P'. Luscomb,
BIRTHS - Continued.
BIRTHPLACE OF PARENTS.
DATE.
NAMES.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
FATHER.
MOTHER.
1881.
Charles F. and Lizzie L.,
Plymouth,
Oct. 11,
13,
15,
18,
Jessie Ella Brown,
Charles F. and Sarah J.,
Plymouth,
18,
William J. Brown, - Morton,
Henry H. and Lizzie K.,
Plymouth,
66
18,
i Alice G. Wood,
Ichabod and Mercie D., Franklin and Mary L.,
Plymouth,
Boston. Plyinouth.
21,
Helen A. Burns.
Shadrach and Abby J.,
Plymouth,
Plymouth.
Nov.
3, Sarah F. Manter,
Coliasset.
4, Seneca Porter Brown,
A. O. and Mary C., George T. and Lucy A.,
Milford,
North Abington.
20. Katie Gillespie,
Kingston, R. I.
21.
Eaton, Chase,
William L. and Lucy E.,
ḷ Harwich,
Plymouth.
Dec.
10, Florence McDonald,
l'lymouth.
66
11, Addie May Torrence,
George H. and Mary, William and Sarah.
.. Plymouth,
Plymouth.
13, Grace Evelyn Manter,
--- Ilarmon,
.
4 .
13, 14, Simeon H. Morrison, Jane Sullivan,
Simeon H and Nancy W., John E. and Eliza, Frank R. and Lucy T.,
Plymouth,
14, Peterson.
Plymouth.
16, William Weston Whiting,
William and Annie F.,
! Plymouth,
Plymouth.
16, - Bagnell, Ella A. Holmes,
Allen and Mary E., Caleb B. and Mary, Lester and Hattie S.,
Plymouth, Weymouth,
Boston.
26, 27.
Bertram S. Tirrell,
John J. and Edith L.,
East Bridgewater, Gilmanton, N. H.,
Warren S. and Louisa N.,
Charles F. and Sarah J.,
Plymouth,
Nova Scotia.
Brockton.
South Carver.
19,
20,
Lillian M. Holmes,
Robert B. and Elizabeth W.,
-- Plymouth,
Sandwich.
70
28, Frank Gooding Raymond,
Freeman and Abby A.,
Hanover, N. H.,
Braintree.
8, Ernest E. Johnson,
South Bridgewater,
William H. and Alice A., Edgar and Sarah E.,
Wakefield, R. I.,
John and Mary A.,
! Ireland,
Mendon.
Plymouth,
East Bridgewater.
Alpheus K. and Clarissa.
Livermore, Me.,
Nova Scotia, Piymoutlı,
=
14,
Plymouth.
Quincy. Plymouth.
Plymouth,
Brockton.
George Weston Perkins, Lillian Estes Shaw, Fred. Albert Gale,
Wareham. River Point, R. I. Melville. Nova Scotia.
Middleboro,
Plymouth,
DEATHS REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1881.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATHI.
DATE.
NAMES.
.
Years.
Months.
ครับ(
1881.
26°
Bronchitis,
Jan.
4,
Betsey M. Clark,
18
4
Typhoid Fever,
66
G,
David S. Holmes,
78
11
21
Hernia,
Ebenezer and Sally. David and Hannah Holines.
9,
Hannah Jane Holmes,
34
4
11
Pulmonary Phthisis,
10,
Betsey Torrey Morton,
71
9
1
11,
Alexander Madena Harrison,
51
15
Pneumonia,
11,
Elizabeth Sullivan,
9
1
27
Recorded in Abington,
66
20,
Sarah Searson,
48
1
1
Hemmorhage,
Edward and Mary Jane.
21,
Edward Millburn,
-
-
5
12
Splenic Leucoeythemia.
:
25,
Recorded in New Bedford,
20,
Jane Cheetham,
15
1
1
28,
Leon Butler Ellis,
-
-
Premature Birth,
Feb.
6,
Helen M. Morse,
1
2
2 Diphtheria,
John and Ellen Williams.
=
.,
| Celestina A. Peckham,
31
2
16
Puerperal Fever,
10.
Sarah Cleale,
85
10
-
Recorded in Middleboro, Diphtheria,
William L. and Mary E.
11,
Edna L Quinnell,
10
11
23
Rheumatic Fever,
Benjamin and Mary.
:
15,
Benjamin Pierce, Amasa Bartlett,
77
1
Cancer of Stomach,
Nathaniel and Betsey. Charles W. and Sarah F.
25,
Charles W. Sherman,
1
1
13
Lung Fever,
27,
Ezra H. Blackmer,
88
1
18 Pneumonia,
March 1,
Daniel J. Robbins,
52
6
5 Narcotism,
Heman and Jane Churchill.
66
13.
i Dennis James O'Brien,
13
9
19
Bright's Disease,
Ichabod and Sally Morton. Benjamin and Charlotte Forrest. Died in Kingston.
4,
Mary Terry,
32
Eli Joyce,
84
5
Old Age,
9,
John and Betsey Harlow. Alexander and Sarah G. [Abington. Patrick H. and Joanna G. Died in John and Ann.
71
Philip M. and Rebecca T. [Bedford. Thomas and Martha A. Died in New Charles and Hannah. Died in Hol- Helen M. [brook.
Mary E. Giles,
44
2
-
Abdominal Tumor,
Reuben R. and Lucy B. Bruce. William and Ruth Shaw. Died in Jacob and Elizabeth. [Middleboro.
10,
Henry Mahler
14
1
7
69
10
Apoplectic Fit,
16,
John and Sarah M.
Josiah and Rebecca.
1,
Patience C. Randall,
83
3
Strangulated Hernia,
William and Ann.
-
.
9,
Annie P. Snow,
2
28
Disease of lleart,
NAMES OF PARENTS, ETC.
DEATHS-Continued.
AGK.
DATE.
NAMES.
|Years.
Months.
Days.
1881. March 16,
Esther Wheeler,
30
0
8
Pbthisis Pulmonalis,
22,
John Armstrong,
23,
i Harriet N. Wood,
61
1
1
1
27,
Eveline Alden Lyles,
1
6
9
Lung Fever,
Nathaniel H. and Alice.
27.
William Thomas Simmons,
8
10
Tubercular Meningitis,
¥
27.
Maria E. Harlow,
Ivory W. and Maria E.
29,
| Lucretia W. Harlow,
-
-
1
3
Premature Birtlı,
31, i Thomas M. Paty,
56
-1
1
1 : 14 | General Debility,
11 . 25
! Convulsions,
4.
: William Hager,
72
8
14 i Typhoid Pneumonia,
Jesse and Betsey. [ River.
66
4. : Heman C. Robbins,
24
8
8 Phthisis,
4
Atalectasis Pulmonum,
76
1
24
Paralysis,
Benjamin and Maria Holmes.
:
9. [ Rebecca D). Griffin,
2
1 -
10 : Paralytic Stroke,
William S. and Phebe T.
11. Hannah W. Vaughn,
-
-
:3gh : Premature Birth,
12. Alexander P. Bumpus,
9
18
- Pulmonary Phthisis,
19,
. Elizabeth R Wood,
69 -
:
9 Pleuritis,
25, ; Hannah F. Avery,
1
8 : 11
: Marasmus,
May
2,
Ada H. Manter,
15,
Lucy W. Thurston,
1
. 2 ! 22 | Brain Disease, 1
1
71
1
1 | 18 Chronic Bronchitis,
Francis and Joanua.
72
3, . Margaret Schifer,
!
-
-
Debility,
Died in Kingston.
George and Martha. Died in Fall
G. Lizzie Dries.
2
-
Softening of Brain.
: John Chase.
1. こに し
-
4 . Lung Fever.
Francis A. and Virginia E. [Carver. Andrew and Martha. Died in North Gamaliel and Ruth J.
16, Eunice L. Thomas,
George B. and Elizabeth Robbins.
Winslow W. and Mary A. [Boston. Chase and Mary P. Taylor. Died in William H. and Emma P.
20 1 11 |
1 : P'neumonia,
18, | Watson Ellis,
Charles and Caroline.
Samuel and Clarissa Elliott. George and Jessie Elizabeth.
Ivory W. and Maria E.
-
1
Premature Birth,
Ephraim and Martha.
Amaziah and Polly Churchill.
Apri! 1, i Louise H. Sears.
72
Charles and Christina.
4. Annie L. Sampson,
Philip and Margaretta. Robert and Mary Short.
Elizabeth Ray,
John and Abigail.
9, 11, . Norman Leslie Burbank,
1 25
Pleurisy and Pneumonia,
1
Brain Tumor,
76
Rheumatic Fever,
NAMES OF PARENTS, ETC.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Paralysis,
65
! William and Ellen Mahony.
| James G. and Asenath I).
25, Mary Morissey, .
--
63 73
25 Old Age.
16
27, Esther Holmes,
30, John H. Petersou,
38
- - Cancer of Stomach, 6 . Sclirosis of Liver,
June 4. 16. Sybit Pierce. ·
61 4
9
4 ! Scarlet Fever,
| Weston C. and Matilda B.
10. Walter V. Vaughn,
26. James Byron Mackey, Hinchcliffe,
29,
July 5. John Nickerson:
66
10
39
3
13 , Pulmonary Phthisis,
13,
Emily B. Wright,
14,
Samuel Cole,
James and Mary McNamara.
=
15, Mary A. Thrasher,
58
37 i
5 ! -
21
6
17
Drowning, ' ' Drowning,
Ephraim and Rebecca Dunham. George B. and Adaline S. Tuth and Honora Hickey.
73
=
, Stephen P. Brown,
71
3
22
27,
Walter H. White,
1
9
28,
Hattie May McLean,
83
2
14
.Old Age,
30, · Algernon F. Harvey, William E. Sylvester,
57 18
9
17
August 1,
3,
Anu Maria Weston,
.
68
2
-
Cancer, Premature Birth, Typhoid Dysentery,
7,
' Sarah Ann Bartlett,
62
8
1
-
82
10
1 16 17
Cholera Infantum,
66
18: Eliza Gray Thomas,
81
10
12
Old Age,
20, Leslie Freeman,
-
10
-
Infantile Diarrhea,
Peleg Churchill Chandler,
55
5
S
Tumor of Brain,
-
-
1 Blue Disease,
Walter H. and Alfaretta G. Josephi and Eliza. Warren S. and Lydia W.
23, 24.
Douglass,
36
2 28 'Scarlet Fever, 14 | Pleurisy Fever, 6 Puhnonary Hepatigation, 8 4
| Stephen Skinner. Edward and Esther Doten.
i John C. and Roxanna L. David and Deborah.
Charles A. and Laura.
10 8
- 19 2
26 Introsusception, Scarletina Maligna, ! Premature Birth,
- ļ
Senile Gangrene,
13, Gideon Perkins,
Gideon and Joauna. William and Jane B. Paulding. Samuel and Sally.
17, 17. Prudence Rebecca Thomas,
50
-
Consumption,
20, Honora Frawley,
10 1 17
Old Age,
22, 22. Daniel C. Wolf,
Convulsions, Diphtheria,
Diarrhoea,
29, , Richard Pope,
-
-
Cancer of Liver, Accidental Drowning,
Charles T. and Julia A. Coomer and Hannah. John and Anna.
6, Elkanalı Finney, Jennie R. Herrick,
78 2
11
22
Introsusception, Cancer,
12, 14, : Mary Swift,
General Debility,
16, George H. Richardson,
6
Lucy. Austin G. and Rachel S. Prince and Susanna Doten. Clark and Mary Finney. Charles F. and Nellie M. Benjamin and Bethiah Bryant.
5, Hannalı O'Connell,
-
(C - 1 9
6
12
2 | 17
66
22 1 : Bright's Disease,
! James and Lizzie. Daniel and Aurissa H. Seth and Maria.
8G
72 9 : 19 Heart Disease,
9 3 Paralysis,
, Adaline S. Thomas,
Lemuel and Sarah.
John and Nellie. Francis E. and Adaline. David and Lenora. Thomas and Priscilla. Jonathan and Hannah. Died in Boston.
20. : Catharine I. Christie, 23, ; John G. Gleason,
John J. Wade,
DEATHS-Continued.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days.
1881.
Consumption of Bowels,
Aug. 31,
31,
Lewis King,
72
6
17
Anemia,
31,
Jennie E. Dunham,
1
2
Cholers Infantum,
Sept. 1,
2,
Annie M. O'Connell,
31
11
2
Pulmonary Consumption,
6,
Annie Mabel Kennedy,
-
-
2
19
Marasmus,
6,
Kimball R. Bartlett,
66
8
16
Paralysis,
Heart Disease,
1],
James M. Stillman, Anna E. Lovell,
1
2
29
Cholera Infantum,
11,
Joseph Mawbey,
68
4
12
Softening of Brain,
14. Timothy Dolan,
-
17,
Mary Holmes,
78
11
Cancer in Stomach,
Charles and Mary Williams.
Frederick W. and Mary A. Nathan H. and Keziah D. Haskins.
24, Sarah R. Towns,
3
29
| Feeble from Birth,
Oct.
2. Lizzie Weber, Mary Fratus,
-
1
3
Exhaustion,
1
2.
Recorded in Kingston,
83
11
11
Old Age, Old Age,
9, i Charles Churchill, Rhoda Davie.
86
-
14
Dysentery,
11,
17, Harriet Inez Finney,
33
20
Phlebitis,
20,
George Henry Robbins,
20,
Benjamin Franklin Snow, William Henry Pugh,
52
29
Apoplexy,
21
13.| Phthisis Pulmonalis,
NAMES OF PARENTS, ETC.
Warren and Nancy E. William and Huldah. Isaac T. and Angie. Died in Boston.
John and Elizabeth. Robert and Maria Hobson. Thomas and Mary. William and Hannah. Died in Brockton. Ansel and Abigail.
74
John Franklin and Mary C. William S. and Sarah.
Timothy and Josephine. [ton.
Nathaniel and Elizabeth. Died in New-
24
8
Puerperal Fever,
17, Mary J. Fratus,
2
19
56
8
17
Fatty Degeneration of Heart,
Charles and Rosena. John and Mary J. [ton.
| Thomas and Bridget. Died in Kings- Ebenezer and Priscilla. Thomas and Mary. John and Rhoda Perry. Frederick and Harriet Bartlett .. Heman and Harriet. 1
Leonard and Maria. Thomas and Susan.
.
22,
Lizzie Ella Gibbs, ·
7
George Gellar,
5
Croup,
16
Sick from Birth,
Edna Allen,
71
1
4 Premature Birth,
-
6, Thomas McGrath,
9, : Ebenezer Dunham,
89
29
3 6 3 00 00-100
15 Consumption,
23, James Henry Clark,
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Oct.
) Anna E. Barnes,
59 83
7
4 Cholera Morbus, Paralysis,
-
"
27, 28, 31,
Nathaniel Sylvester, Ebenezer Avery,
73 51
5
G Double Pneumovia,
Nor. 1, 1,
Nancy Barnes Fuller, Lucia Russell Briggs, Louisa May Bradford,
59
11
9 Recorded in Cambridge,
=
2. Leonice M. Churchill,
66
5
15 18
Disease of Heart, Eulargement of Heart,
Bettise and Mary.
¥
Joseph Gardner.
66 86
5
8
Valvular Disease of Heart,
Typhoid Malarial Fever,
3
12,
Francis I. Bartlett,
2
29
Teething,
20,
Mary Estella Tillson,
33
4
Consumption,
23, 23, 23,
- 73
11 1
2
Malignant Disease of Stomach, Old Age,
Charles and Lucy Gibbs.
25,
Catherine Holmes,
84
2
26,
Henry F. Chubbuck, Isaac Wetherell,
30
9
16
Erysipelas,
Typhoid Fever,
Dec.
Betsey T. Bradford,
71
4
21
Paralysis,
Florence G. Doten,
12
11
1
Diabetes,
80
8
18
Old Age,
Peter and Margaret.
10,
Polly Clark,
David H. and Mary.
11,
Anne Maria Gilbert,
45
9
3
Consumption,
George B. aud Lydia Anu.
13,
Estella Frances Williams,
15
2
18
Burns,
Samuel and Mercy.
19,
William Lewis,
54.
6
2
Chronic Catarrh of Bile Ducts,
25,
Polly Southworth,
81
10
8
Heart Disease,
27,
Betsey F. Holmes,
75
5
3
Paralysis,
31,
Mary Ellen Rich,
41
7
19
Recorded in Somerville,
Joseph N. and Abby C. Leonard. Died in Somerville.
The Town Clerk requests information of any omission or error in the above tables, in order that the registration may be as complete as possible.
75
3, ,
Abbot Drew,
Charles Heinrich,
5
10
Diphtheria Croup,
Ezekiel and Faith Morton.
90
1
Bronchitis,
Henry L. aud Susan S. Died in Boston. Thomas and Nancy S. Died in Boston. Thomas and Abigail Goodwin. Benjamin F. and Maria L. Died in Nicolas and Azubah. [Somerville.
30, 1, 2,
Josephine Gibbs, Charles Peck,
53
7
24
Heart and Lung Disease,
¥
3, 8. 11,
Abner S. Taylor,
Margaret Richardson,
43 1
10
1
Gideon and Betsey Holbrook. Nathaniel and Elsie.
George and Mary. Died in Duxbury. Joseph and Joan Bradford. Nathaniel and Martha Russell. Died in Louis K. and Myra M. [Cambridge. John and Betsey Harlow.
Edward and Mary. Died in Dorchester. Jolin and Mary Sidebottom. Died in Temple H. and Nancy E. [Putnam, Cona. Isanc L. and Mary A. Austin. Died in Thomas and Mehitable G. Harris. [Lynn. John and Margaret.
Atwood and Lydia.
George Henry Drew,
75
-
Membranous Croup,
11
3 Malignant Tumor,
2.
1
11
1
3 Recorded in Duxbury,
Benjamin and Hannah Goddard.
Joseph and Hannah Davie.
76
SUMMARY.
The following are the statistics of births, marriages and deaths registered in Plymouth for the year ending December 31, 1881 :
BIRTHS.
Number of births registered in 1881 149
Females 82
Males 67
The parentage of the children is as follows :
Both parents American . 105
British Provinces
5
Irish
4
.
English
1
Italian
1
Swede . 1
Mixed, one parent American
24
1
other nationalities
Unknown 3
-
German
4
77
MARRIAGES.
Number of marriages registered in 1881
75
Both parties born in United States
61
British Provinces 2
Ireland 1
"
Prussia 1
Mixed, one American . 9
Mixed, other nationalities 1
DEATHS.
Number of deaths registered in Plymouth in 1881, one hun- dred and forty-eight, twenty-three of whom diod out of town, and were brought to Plymouth for burial.
Females 80
Males 68
Born in United States 135
" England 3
" Ireland. 3
" British Provinces 3
" Germany. 1
" Scotland 1
Unknown 2
CURTIS DAVIE, Town Clerk.
1
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE- -
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
-AND-
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
FREDERICK N. KNAPP, CHARLES B. STODDARD, JAMES D. THURBER,
NATHANIEL MORTON, GEORGE G. DYER,
PHEBE R. CLIFFORD.
CHAIRMAN-FREDERICK N. KNAPP. SECRETARY-PHEBE R. CLIFFORD.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-CHARLES BURTON.
1
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
In accordance with the requirements of the law, the School Committee of the Town of Plymouth make their annual report. First, we have kept within the limits of the appropriations. The outlay for a new school-house and extensive repairs and for the salaries of additional teachers has not exceeded the estimates.
Secondly. We report evident gain to both pupil and Teachers in the increased facilities for obtaining room, light and good air in many of the school-houses ; a gain fully justifying the cost.
Thirdly. We report successful progress in the move- ment, presented and urged by us last year, in the direc- tion of making our schools more and more places where " The Knowledge of Practical Subjects and of the Events of the Day " can be obtained, and where it shall take its place as one of the regular and most important branches of Common School Education.
Fourthly. We report an increase, if possible, of faith- fulness and hard work on the part of our Teachers, who have not hesitated to meet the demand made upon them, especially during the past year, for much additional labor, part of it outside of school hours. 6
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Fifthly. We report our great satisfaction in the re- sults to the pupils of that system which has indeed required this additional labor on the part of the Teachers, viz., the having frequent " written examinations " (some- times as often as once each month) and having drawing taught in all the schools together with constant exercises in written composition.
Sixthly. We refer with satisfaction to the method of conducting the exhibition of the last graduating class, the exercises being limited almost exclusively to original compositions by the members of that class, and divested of those scenic additions which might have been thought essential to draw and satisfy an audience. We believe that the people of Plymouth were never more thoroughly satisfied with a School Exhibition, and with the oppor tunity given of judging of the real requirements of the pupils. We desire here to draw attention to the gratify- ing fact of how large a number of the subjects selected, as usual, on the occasion by the graduating class them- selves for their Essays, were of a practical sort, dealing with common-sense thoughts, and familiar things, instead of those of an abstract or merely poetical kind, which youthful ambition so often leads "graduates " to select. and expand upon. This fact, above named, we assume is worthy of note in our report, for it tells well for the drift of the instruction in our High School and the tone that is given to the minds of the pupils.
Seventhly. We refer also to the wholesome interest which seems now more than ever before taken by the pupils of our High School in learning how to write good
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English ; how to express in letters or composition correct thoughts in a correct and simple manner. This increased interest is doubtless due in a large measure to the stimu- lating influence and earnest labor of the special teacher who has had this branch in charge. The increased num- ber of scholars at the High School, imperatively demand- ing an additional assistant, resort was had for the time being to the employment of one who with moderate compensation but with peculiar qualifications for the work assumed the care of this entire brauch of instruc- tion. The results are clearly seen.
Eighthly. We report the need of better accommoda- tion for our High School, with room for a third assistant ; also, a need, which has now become almost an absolute necessity, for another Grammar School. The number of pupils in each of the two Grammar Schools in the village is oppressive to the teachers and a wrong to the pupils. There are about seventy scholars in each school. Justice cannot be done to all of them.
It has been asked, if the necessity for another Gram- mar School could not be obviated by retaining scholars longer in the Primary School ; but the reply is, they are now kept there until by a thorough examination they prove themselves qualified to enter a school of a higher grade ; and to the instruction of such a school they then have a right ; and the parents have a right to demand it. Beside which, nothing but confusion would come from the attempt to change the Primary into a school which should be adapted to scholars who under the present system were ready to enter a Grammar School.
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We present these facts for the consideration of the Town, and ask their instructions.
We request that the Town shall appoint a committee of five, who, in connection with the School Committee, shall recommend to the Town at a future day a method for meeting the present demand for additional school accommodation.
The Cliff School-house calls for thorough repairs, and we propose to make them during the coming year. And in connection with this we ask authority from the Town to purchase a lot and move the building to another location near by, if in the judgment of the Committee it is desir- able to do so.
The Committee recommend that the Primary School building at South Plymouth be moved to some position nearer to the Manomet Grammar School building, and suitably repaired ; and they ask that an appropriation be made for the cost of the same, and, if required, for the purchase of land on which to place the building.
Ninthly. From the report of the Sub-Committee on heating and ventilation we make the following extract, indicating that this important subject is receiving atten tion at the hands of the School Committee : -
" The four rooms in the Russell Street school building, and the rooms of the new school houses at Cold Spring and Oak Street, have systems of ventilation which are very satisfactory.
" The principle on which they operate is similar to that of the open fire place ; which is to exhaust the air from the floor or near to the floor of the room. The open fire
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place, however, has one defect. As much air as goes up the fire place must come into the room from some source; if no regular source of supply is furnished, the air will come in at the cracks and crevices of doors, windows, floors, etc., and falling toward the floor make cold drafts of air near the floor in the direction of the fire place. The remedy for this as applied in the before mentioned school rooms is to heat the air as it comes into the room by a box opening under the stove and connecting with the out door air and then passing up into the room through a casing which is placed around the stove ; or else the fresh air is admitted through many small open- ings at the top of the room, the air becoming heated and diffused before reaching the heads of the scholars. This gives the ventilation of an open fire place with the advan- tage of more even heat.
" Many of our other school rooms need improved means for heating and ventilating, and we hope, by degrees, to secure fresh air for all our pupils."
As but few persons visit the High School, and many are evidently not acquainted with what is done there, we subjoin for the information of all a summary of the work. It is not a tabulated statement, but given in general terms. . It will furnish evidence we think, that the High School is far more practical in its instruction than some assume it to be.
The entering class study Arithmetic, reviewing what- ever parts they may seem deficient in. They also study Elementary Geometry, learning to apply Geometry to the common affairs of life. This class devotes a year to a
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very elementary course of Physics, treated in a manner to render the subjects comprehensible to very young scholars. The lessons are rendered attractive, and illus- trated by instruments and models whenever possible. The work of composition is constantly and thoroughly attended to.
In the second year, Arithmetic is continued, and schol- ars commence the study of Chemistry and Physiology, but only in the simplest form, and always in reference to practical applications. Essay writing goes on, and by this practice, scholars are invariably made good spellers. Penmanship of essays is attended to, and all scholars be- come legible penmen, and almost all girls become excel- lent writers.
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