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Maurice Shean, balance contract, 450 00
for Centre School House Lot, ... . . 497 00
1,387 00
Making the actual debt of the Town, February 2, 1857, $32,087 76 The debt, February 1, 1858, is as follows, viz:
Bills Payable, $29,817 25
Due for Centre School House Lot, 524 00
$30,341 25
Cash in Treasury, $1,260 00
.. due from Lewis Bass, Tax of 1858, 1,956 63
due from State, for Soldiers and Armory,
499 00
$3,715 63
Making the actual Town Debt, February 1, 1858,
$26,625 62
Decrease of Debt the past year, . $5,462 14
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LIQUOR AGENCY.
DR.
Merchandise. CR.
1857.
Feb. 2. To Merchandise at
Agency, ..... . .. . $248 10
1858.
Feb. 1. By Cash for Sales in
1857,
...
. $1,351
By M'dise at Agency, ..
288
1858.
Feb. 1. To Cash for Mer'dise,
bought in 1857,
1,036 46
To Salary of Agent,
..
300 00
To Profit and Loss Acc't,
55 32
$1,639 88
$1,639
DR. John Whicher, Agent. CR.
1857.
Feb. 2.
To Stock in Trade, . $575 59
1858.
Feb. 1. To Profit and Loss in
1857,
55 32
$630 91
1858.
Feb. 1. By Merchandise, ... $288
.. Cash, .
..
342
$630
1858.
Feb. 1. Amount of Capital now in business, $630
..
at commencement in 1855,
$525 39
Simple interest on same,
86 68
612
Gain in two years and nine months, $18
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DR.
The TOWN OF QUINCY, in Account with THOMAS CURTIS, Treasurer.
CR.
1858.
Feb. 5. To Cash paid Notes and Interest, . $58,930 09
Feb. 5. By Cash in Treasury, February 2, 1857, . $1,890 73
Tax of 1857, . 32,714 78
. .
. Town Orders, . 26,410 02
for Town Notes, .
52,705 70
..
.. H. F. Walling, Maps, . ·
455 00
for Lots in New Cemetery, ·
279 25
.. Interest on amount of County Tax, ....
39 14
$89,161 11
.. .. To balance, .
1,260 00
. .
. of T. Huntress, Rent of Land and Note, rec'd for Rent of Rooms in Town House,
275 00
·
Produce sold from Town Farm, .. ..
634 30
..
. S. Morse, Jr., Tax of 1856, and int. use of Hay Scales,
72 96
..
. .
use of Receiving Tomb, .
20 50
. .
.. sale of Niagara Engine, in part, ..
85 00
. .
use of Town Hall, . ..
97 76
Town of Braintree, for burial of E. Bryant,
12 00
. .
.. sale of Maps, ..
35 75
· ·
. sale of Loam, ..
1 41
. .
. sale of Circus License, .
40 00
. .
error in Town Order No. 44, .....
0 40
$90,421 11
$90,421 11
E. O. & E.
THOMAS CURTIS, TREASURER.
29
. .
1,204 00
from State School Fund,
276 46
35 97
State Tax, .. 3,366 00
. .
.
1858.
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DR.
Town of Quincy Note Account. CR.
By am't paid the past year, $57,039 02
To am't issued the past year, $52,921 2 To balance, .... 4,117 7
$57,039 02 $57,039 0
Amount Town Notes outstanding, February 2, 1857, $33,934 9
Deduct the balance in the above account, , . . 4,117
Amount Town Notes outstanding, February 5, 1858. $29,817 2
E. O. & E. THOMAS CURTIS, TREASURER.
THE foregoing pages give a true account of the receipts and ex penditures of the town of Quincy for one year, ending first inst. as shown by the books of the Selectmen and Treasurer. W believe these books to be correctly kept.
Some of the bills which have been paid contain charges which we think are large for the amount of labor performed, but the were approved by the persons having charge of the subordinat departments, and we do not see how the Selectmen could do other wise than pay them.
The Almshouse has been visited, and its management is approved The whole number at present in the house is twelve, and they ar pear contented. Few persons could better conduct the affairs o the house than the lady of the Superintendent, to whom we ar under great obligations for attentions received.
STEPHEN MORSE, JR., THOMPSON BAXTER, WILLIAM WALKER, RICHARD NEWCOMB, CHARLES A. SPEAR,
Auditors
Quincy, Feb. 5, 1858.
APPENDIX.
MARRIAGES,
REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF QUINCY, 1857.
Jan. 7, 1857, Henry E. Flint, of Quincy. Anna M. Hardwick,
Jan. 14, 1857, Daniel F. Ela, of Quincy. Lucy Cummings, of Milton.
Feb. 1, 1857, James Newcomb, 3d, of Quincy. Abby M. Spear, -
Mar. 4, 1857, Henry M. Sawyer, of Boston. Caroline E. Bartlett, of Quincy.
Apr. 6, 1856,* Isaiah White, Jr., of Quincy. Mary Josselyn,
Mar. 29, 1857, James I. Healy, of Boston. Charlotte Stocker,
Apr. 13, 1857, William I. Vinal, of Quincy. Martha A. Brown,
Apr. 18, 1857, Elbridge F. Arnold, of Braintrec. Ellen M. Williams, of Quincy.
Apr. 12, 1857, William Davenport, of Quincy. Abigail N. Billings, 66
Apr. 12, 1857, Harris W. Pope, of Dorchester. Julia C. Newcomb, of Quincy.
Apr. 30, 1857, John Stoddard, of Braintree. Susan I. Robbins, 66
Apr. 30, 1857, Edward Rosenfeld, of Weymouth. Lucy Jane Follansbee, of Braintree.
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May 10, 1857, E. Francis Pratt, of Weymouth. Mary F. Joseph, of Quincy.
May 10, 1857, Daniel Vining, of Weymouth. Elizabeth A. Field, of Quincy.
May 14, 1857, Willard Lothrop, of Easton. Harriet O. French, of Quincy.
May 17, 1857, William W. Pratt, of Weymouth. Florinda M. Harding,
May 24, 1857, Walter Gregory, of Quincy. Margaret Sprole, 66
June 28, 1857, A. Everett Nash, of Quincy. Susan Cleaves, Saco, Me.
July 21, 1857, Benjamin T. Monson, of Dorchester. Lois M. Newcomb, of Quincy.
Aug. 30, 1857, Samuel W. Noyes, of Plainfield. Susan Noyes, Abington.
Sept. 5, 1857, R. W. C. Elwell, of Quincy. Harriet M. Davis, -
Sept. 2, 1857, Edwin H. Dewson, of Quincy. Elizabeth W. Williams, “
Sept. 15, 1857, Francis P. Loud, of Weymouth. Angeline Duelle, of Quincy.
Sept. 16, 1857, Henry H. Reed, of Nashua, N. H. Mary B. Joy, of Quincy.
Apr. 9, 1856,* Charles C. Dickerman, of Braintree. Lydia Bailey,
Sept. 17, 1857, Francis Douglass, of Quincy. Caroline Ela,
Sept. 24, 1857, George A. Woodman, of Quincy.
Hannah H. Tilton,
66
Oct. 18, 1857, Albert C. H. Knowles, of Quincy. Joan H. Brown,
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Sept. 13, 1857, James York, of Quincy. Rosalie Drigsea,
Oct. 25, 1857, Edward Huff, of Quincy. Lucy Jane Luzardee, of Quincy.
Nov. 8, 1857, George Spear, 2d, of Quincy. Annie S. Blakie, of Weymouth.
Nov. 8, 1857, Solomon Lovell, of Quincy. Sarah J. Pratt,
Nov. 8, 1857, Samuel T. Allen, of Quincy. Mary A. Damon, 66
Nov. 22, 1857, Charles A. Spear, of Gardiner, Me. Harriet N. Murdock, of Quincy.
Nov. 26, 1857, Joseph B. Barstow, of Boston. Elmira Josselyn, of Quincy.
Nov. 17, 1857, John W. Hall, of Quincy. Mary E. Ditson,
Nov. 14, 1857, George R. Kidder, of Quincy.
Betsey H. Crane,
66
Dec. 7, 1857, Joshua H. Bartley, of Quincy. Ellen Henni, 66
Nov. 29, 1857, Franklin Jacobs, of Milton. Mary A. Perigo, of Quincy.
Dec. 12, 1857, William Lewis, of Quincy. Mary Williams,
Apr. 26, 1857, William Burke, of Quincy. Ellen Crowley,
May 10, 1857, Daniel Larkin, of Quincy. Bridget McGrath,
Sept. 13, 1857, Patrick Woods, of Abington. Ellen Moneghan,
Sept. 13, 1857, John A. Fields, of Weymouth. Sarah Devlin, 66 5
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Oct. 11, 1857, Robert Morrison, of Dorchester. Nancy Ann Healy, of Quincy.
Jan. 11, 1856,* William Kailey, of Braintree. Hannah Welsh,
Jan. 1, 1857, Edward Ryae, of Hingham. Rosa Cunningham, 6
Feb. 22, 1857, Daniel Flynn, of Braintree. Mary Sullivan,
Apr. 19, 1857, Matthew Henry, of Quincy. Maria Gafny,
Apr. 19, 1857, Lawrence Kelly, of Quincy. Ellen Golden,
Aug. 15, 1857, Frank Welsh, of Quincy. Mary Jane Gulliver, of Quincy.
Apr. 19, 1857, John Daly, of Hingham. Margaret Hayes, “
Nov. 27, 1857, Martin Lanon, of Quincy. Margaret Malony,
Nov. 29, 1857, James McCarty, of Quincy. Joanna Commins,
Three marriages marked * were not returned, by persons officiated at said marriages, until 1857, or one year from time by law.
Ministers and Justices solemnizing marriages cannot be particular in immediately returning certificates, properly certif to Town Clerk.
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MARRIAGES
RETURNED TO TOWN CLERK UNDER LAW OF 1857.
From Scituate.
Mar. 6, 1794, Nathan Hunt, of Quincy, to Polly Turner, of Scituate.
From Weymouth. Apr. 6, 1794, William P. Everson, of Quincy, to Elizabeth Pratt, of Weymouth.
Oct. 30, 1796. Henry Hayden, of Quincy, to Polly Phillips, of Weymouth.
Nov. 20, 1796, Nathaniel Beale, of Quincy, to Lydia Lovell, of Weymouth.
Oct. 30, 1796, Samuel Bent, of Quincy, to Mary Pratt, of Weymouth.
From Bridgewater.
Dec. 16, 1797, Thompson Baxter, of Quincy, to Anna Whitman, of Bridgewater.
From Milton.
June 4, 1799, Thomas Webster, of Quincy, to Mary Burgan, of Milton.
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DEATHS
Registered in Records of Quincy, for the year 1857.
DATE
NAME
AGE
DISEASE
WHERE BORN
Jan.
4
Polly E. Bennet,
85
. .
·
5 Hannah R. Spear,
57
Consumption,
22 Marietta Packard,
6
. .
30 Ebenezer Shaw, .
68
.
Feb. 1 William Hobart, 69
3 Infant, White,
5 Angeline Dustin,
40
4 20
Consumption,
9 Daniel French,
77
8
Consumption,
12 Lydia Beals,
71
. . Lung Fever, .. . .
35 Caroline M. Amnes, 20
Consumption,
17 Louisa D. Bigelow, 16
4
Consumption,
17 William S. Underwood,
42
4
Consumption,
18 Arthur French,
2
Infantine,
20 Infant, Congdon,
.
1
14
Lung Fever,
26 James Dolan,
42
Delirium Tremens,
27
Charles Hardwick,
86
Old age,
Mar. 19
Sarah A. S. Packard,
1
6
Lung Fever,
20 John Spear,
86
Old age,
30
Abram Newcomb, 58
Fever,
April 7
Infant, ..
5 Adam Hardwick,
83 10
Old age,
Willson Wildman,
1
6
Dropsy on Brain,
13 Ruth S. Clary, .
1
7
Dropsy in Head,
13
Mrs. Elisha Nightingale,. Infant, Brown,
84
Old age,
22
22 Mrs. Bryant,
May 7 John F. Lincoln,. 40
2
Consumption, . .
12 Bryant B. Newcomb,. 47
2
17 Lizzie F. Souther,
4
24 Fanny H. Horton, 18
26
Thomas Haggerty, 31
26 Caroline B. Newcomb,
23
27 Andrew I. Rideout,
43
27| Eliza Thomas, 73
Old age,
June 2 Infant, Faxon,
8 Thomas Scott,
28
Cancer,
Boston. Milton.
24
Caroline M. Nightingale,
40 9
. .
24 William P. Everson, 86
Old age,
Quincy. Kingston.
. . 26 George W. Richards, 29
Consumption,
Quincy.
29 George W. Packard, 41 8 . .
Consumption,
Dorchester.
July 1 Rebecca R. Bugbee, 28
. .
1 Ida F. Hayden,
3
2 Elizabeth McKay, 27
Consumption.
3 Rebecca Hunt, 25
Inflam. of Bowels,
6 Polly Thomas, 59
.. Dropsy, .
9 Huldah Adams, 60 9
. Lung Fever,
11 Ensign Barnes,
26 . .. Fit,
Rochester. Scituate. Quincy.
Quincy. Quincy. Topsham, Vt. Randolph. Hingham. Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Braintree. Ireland.
Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Quincy.
Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Braintree. Boston.
Consumption, Consumption, .. ... Consumption, .. ... Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Ireland. Quincy. Quincy.
Dorchester. Quincy. Scotland.
10 C. Augusta Mott, 23 11
19 William Reed,
8
.
Accidental,
Fit, .
.
Consumption, . .. Infantine,. .
Quincy. Quincy. Ireland. Quincy.
State of Main Medway. Hingham.
.
..
Scarlet Fever, .... Heart Complaint,. Dropsy, .
. .
.
. .
..
. .
Old age,
YM
D
..
Consumption, Consumption, Fit,
7
21 Albert W. Bass,
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Deaths in Quincy-Continued.
DATE
NAME
AGE
DISEASE
WHERE BORN.
July 14
Sabina Nourse, .
52
. ·
Consumption,
13 Charles E. Emery,
34
6 . .
Accidental,
Biddeford, Me. Quincy.
17 Ellen Graham, .
20
·
· ..
Consumption, . .
Quincy.
25
Francis I. Newcomb,
31
4
..
Insanity,
Quincy.
27
Infant, Harrington,
Quincy.
- 30 Mary L. Farrington, 18
4
Consumption,
Boston.
Aug. 2 Infant, Stearns,
Quincy.
10 Mary R. Brown,
41
4
Consumption,
Hingham. Quincy.
25 Mary Bent, 79
Old age,
Quincy.
Sept. 2 Sumner Leavitt,
49 8
5
Thomas A. Taylor,
5
Disease of Head, .
Quincy.
8
Addie F. Brown, :
2
. . . .
12
Netty Jane Eliott,
.
13/ Samuel Andrews,.
92
6 27
Old age,
29
William Belcher, .
68
Oct.
1 Willie H. Brown,
1
6 Chol. Infantum, .. .
Quincy.
6 Daniel F. Higgins,
16
2
Heart Disease, . .. Infantine,
Quincy.
9 George W. Rhines,.
8 15
Teething,
Quincy.
13 Julia M. L. Trask,
1
6
Lung Fever,
Quincy.
Nov. 11
Mary J. R. Bigelow,
15
4
8
Disease of Head, . Consumption, . .
Quincy. Quincy. Ireland.
26 Mary Sexton,
23
Consumption,
Ireland.
7 Sarah B. Jacobs,
21
Infantum,
22 Infant, Newcomb,.
22 Christine Osmun,
2 6
26| Moses R. Marsh,
73
Old age,
27 John Curran, 50
.
Consumption,
Ireland.
29 Lucy M. Spear, 33
Childbirth,.
Quincy.
29 Julian Miller, 1
4 .
Dedham.
T
Congest. of Brain, Dysentery,
Quincy. Boston.
15 Horace A. Bemis,
4 5 9 · Chol. Infantum, .. Paralysis,.
Quincy.
8 Loring M. Meservey,
13
23 - French, .
·
21 John Beston, . .
81
Old age,
Killed by Cars, ..
Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Quincy. Quincy.
Dec. 4 George B. Nightingale, 42
.
Y
MD
Inflam. of Bowels,
19' Eliza Davis Bugbee,
1 0 21
25 Infant, How,
Consumption,
Pembroke.
Leominster.
Quincy.
Quincy.
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Number of births registered, - -
Number of births where both parties were American, Number of births where fathers were American and mothers foreign, - - - Number of births where mothers were American and fathers foreign, -
- - Number of births where both parties were foreign, - 132
101
2
3
Number where both parties were natives of Quincy, -
Number of certificates of intentions of marriage issued, -
Where both parties were residents of Quincy, - 33
Where the males were of Quincy and females of other places, - - 10 - Where the females were of Quincy and males of other places, - - 14
-
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OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF QUINCY FOR THE YEAR 1857.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways.
GEORGE MARSH, ENSIGN S. FELLOWS, EBENEZER ADAMS.
Town Clerk.
FRANKLIN CURTIS.
Town Treasurer.
THOMAS CURTIS.
School Committee.
Rev. Luther Rice,
John Q. Adams, Edmund Pope,'
William W. Baxter,
James Bradford, George H. Locke,
D. H. Bills.
Constables.
Washington M. French, Frederick A. Lapham, Charles H. Pray,
Edward A. Spear,
Reuben Ricker, Frederick A. Trask,
William Walker.
Seth Adams,
Fence Viewers. Thaddeus H. Newcomb, Edward A. Spear.
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Surveyors of Lumber.
Richard Newcomb, William Parker, Jr.,
Charles H. Edwards,
Joseph G. Brackett, John Chamberlain, Peleg F. Jones,
Warren J. Vinal,
Jacob Ewell, John T. Ripley.
Seth Crane, William F. Dyer, John Arnold,
Field Drivers.
Frederick Hardwick,
George Spear, 3d.
Samuel Ames, Henry Hayden,
Edward B. Souther,
George Newcomb,
Andrew Turner,
Richard W. Dexter.
Auditors of Accounts. Richard Newcomb, Charles A. Spear,
Stephen Morse, Jr.,
Thompson Baxter,
William Walker.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF QUINCY,
For the Year 1857 -- 8.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF QUINCY,
For the Year 1857 -- 8.
BOSTON: PRESS OF T. R. MARVIN & SON, 42 CONGRESS STREET 1858.
VOTED, That the School Committee cause their Report to be p and distributed to every family in town.
A true copy from record.
Attest :
FRANKLIN CURTIS, Town Cle
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
IN accordance with the usual custom and in discharge of their duty, it has become necessary for the School Committee to submit their Annual Report of the progress and present situation of the schools and pupils intrusted to their supervision. And they deem it a subject of congratulation not less to the town than to them- selves, that the review will be both pleasant for them to make, and gratifying to all who have this most important interest at heart.
During the past year we have been called upon to mourn the loss of one of the most faithful and zealous members of our board, to whose active and enlightened interest and exertions his district was much indebted, and whose valuable cooperation was sincerely appreciated by his associates.
The school year which is now just closing, has been one of almost unexampled quiet and prosperity. The few changes of teachers which have become necessary, from time to time, have not been attended with any untoward effects, nor marked by any permanent check in the satisfactory progress of the schools.
But before entering upon the facts which constitute the body of the Report, the Committee would venture a few words, upon a topic which they would always urge most earnestly upon the attention of all parents and guardians.
There is nothing from which the best welfare and success of both schools and individuals has so much to dread, and from which it actually suffers so grievously, as from negligence in attendance and frequent unnecessary absence from school. No argument is
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requisite to demonstrate how fatal such irregularities must b any properly organized system of instruction, and how pernic their effect upon the habits of industry and regularity which a such vital importance to the pupil. The Committee have t measures, in regard to the High School and some of the Gram Schools, to require an application of the pupil to the memb the Committee in whose District the school is situated, before mission is given to resume a place in the school; and a very effect has been observed, from a partial application of the sys But the utmost exertions of both Committee and teachers, I ever faithful and earnest they may be, must fail of the de result, unless sustained by the active assistance of parent home.
In order, however, to a more particular reference to the wor and effect of our system in its various parts, as well as to a r specific indication of such measures as, in the opinion of the C mittee, would materially conduce to its efficiency and usefulne will be proper to pass briefly in review the various grade schools as they are at present classified.
PRIMARIES.
To this class of schools great attention has been given, and i great interest is justly felt. It is conceived that to the early t ing and habits of order, cheerful obedience and industry, acqu in a properly conducted school of this description, the easy meritorious course of scholars through the more advanced sch may be attributed, and a vast improvement in those schools th selves may be readily traced. And here the year's result has f equaled the most sanguine anticipations. There is not on these schools respecting which the Committee would speak in te other than those of high commendation.
Early in the year a new school was collected in the Stone sch house in the South District, composed of a portion of the child previously under the charge of Miss Veazie. This has intrusted to the care of Miss Foster. Although laboring ur the disadvantages incident to such a change, yet by faithful persevering effort on the part of the teacher, they have been o come; and the school now ranks very well, both for order proficiency in studies.
The school formerly taught by Mrs. Burrill, also in the So
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District, has been, throughout the year, in the hands of Miss Esther W. Mansfield. And although the Committee are conscious that it may seem ungracious to select any one for particular commenda- tion, where all are deserving of high praise, yet they would express the especial pleasure which they have always derived from their visits to this school, and their approbation of the somewhat novel and admirable system of discipline and instruction which has been introduced there. But although the improvement here has been particularly striking, there has also been a very marked advance in the standing of this entire grade of schools. This may justly be attributed to the patient and laborious efforts of a corps of teachers excellently adapted to their positions, and indefatigable in the discharge of their duties. The Point and West, Centre and South Districts have vied with each other in the struggle for excellence, and the result has been most gratifying.
Nor has this been without its influence upon the Intermediate Schools.
These very important schools must necessarily depend very much for their full efficiency upon the previous habits and instruc- tion which the pupil brings with him from the Primary School. If he comes thence thoroughly and properly instructed and trained, his progress here is easy and his ultimate success almost certain.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS.
This important class of schools, demands qualities of firmness, decision, and a power of unremitted control in the teacher, which it is difficult to find ; and this fact has sometimes rendered the supervision of these schools a source of considerable anxiety to for- mer committees. The past year has, however, been singularly exempt from trouble in this department. Undoubtedly at the time this Committee entered upon their duties, the Intermediate School in the South District was in a very disorderly and unsatis- factory condition. We are, however, glad to say that it has been rapidly improving under the energetic rule of Miss Holbrook, and now appears to have entirely recovered the tone of discipline and cheerful obedience, without which instruction is useless, and with which, this school, comprising as it does some of the brightest and most capable children in the town, can never long remain in an inferior rank of merit.
But while this school has been rapidly assuming its proper
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position, there has been a steady improvement even in the alr excellent school kept by Miss Bowditch at the Point. Her a and vigorous direction has left little to be desired in the order proficiency of her scholars.
With the condition of Miss Ayer's school in the West Dist the Committee are entirely satisfied. She has labored under siderable difficulties, and great praise is due to her for her unt and assiduous exertions.
The success of Miss Moulton, in the Centre District, has exceedingly gratifying. The satisfaction expressed in her ser by the Committee of the preceding year is most heartily rene If it is fair to adjudge precedence where conflicting claims a nearly balanced and shades of merit so faintly drawn, it may be considered improper to say, that all things considered, the place in its grade belongs to this school.
Having thus closed the record of the schools kept exclusi by female teachers, the Committee would pause a moment to gest a change in this department, which they deem wise expedient. They would recommend that in future, all eng ments with female teachers in charge of separate schools, be n at a certain fixed rate of compensation by the year, payable q terly, instead of the present hiring at a certain sum per week.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The four schools of this grade have fully upheld their prev satisfactory positions. For while those of Mr. Dewing in West, and Mr. Morse in the South District, have continue present very fair specimens of schools of their class, that of Murdock at the Point, concerning which some dissatisfaction at times been manifested, has exhibited a marked improvem and bids fair to rise to a high rank among its associates.
At the same time the Committee would remind teachers, the only discipline which wholly conduces to the best interest a school and of society, and the only culture which can attain most beneficial and lasting results, must spring from a co sympathy and hearty fellow-feeling between the teacher and taught.
In the Coddington School, the Committee had every reason be highly pleased with the result of the faithful services of Fletcher. In consequence, however, of a very favorable ope
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in an adjacent town, he has lately relinquished this position, and the vacancy was immediately filled by the Committee. They selected Mr. I. H. Upton, who was already possessed of much experience in teaching. From the short time which has elapsed since his appointment, it might seem hasty to venture a decided opinion as to its propriety. But as far as can be judged from a careful examination and frequent observation, no ill effects have as yet resulted, and the most favorable anticipations are entertained for the future.
In connection with these remarks upon this department, it will not be out of place to draw attention to the alterations and im- provements which seem to be called for, by a proper attention to the health and comfort of the pupils, and a due regard to the true interests of the town. The Committee would especially recom- mend them to a careful consideration.
They would suggest that, in the gradual improvement in school buildings, which has produced such a beneficial change in their appearance, comfort and usefulness, nothing has as yet been accom- plished at the Point. They would therefore recommend, that a new and ample school-house be substituted there, for the one now occupied, which is entirely inadequate to the present wants of the population, and is year by year becoming still less sufficient to accommodate the increasing number of children. They would also represent the necessity of securing a strip of land adjoining the lot on which the school-house now stands, in order to ensure a sufficient yard.
And the Committee further represent, that it has become neces- sary to the proper direction and instruction of schools of the large numbers of Mr. Morse's and Mr. Upton's, that some assistance should be afforded to those gentlemen. They would therefore recommend that an assistant female teacher be appointed for each of those schools, believing that this course will be attended with material advantages. The expense is estimated at not more than three hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
The Committee hope that if this plan should be adopted, it may be possible to raise the standard of proficiency in these schools, to the point indicated by the best exponents of our system of com- mon school education. According to the only consistent and sym- metrical theory of public education, the scholar, when turned out from the Grammar School, should be thoroughly acquainted with
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all the principles and practice of the Arithmetic taught as the book in the schools ; he should have a competent knowled Geography, a familiar acquaintance with Grammar, Book-kee and History, and be able to read, write and speak his native guage with ease, fluency and correctness.
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