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Primary No. 2. - Miss Julia E. Underwood.
Primary No. 3. - Miss Mary B. Howland, succeeded by Miss Florence B. Howland.
ADAMS SCHOOLS.
Grammar. - Mr. Seth Dewing, Jr., Principal ; Miss Carrie L. P. Torrey, Miss Carrie P. Barnes (transferred to Coddington Grammar), Assistants.
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Intermediate. - Miss Emily A. Dinegan.
Primary No. 1. - Miss Mary E. Dinegan.
Primary No. 2. - Miss Eliza C. Sheahan.
Primary No. 3. - Miss M. Ella Eaton, succeeded by Miss L. Annie Williams.
WASHINGTON SCHOOLS.
Grammar. - Mr. B. T. Hillman, Principal ; Miss Dora A. French, Assistant, succeeded by Miss Amelia G. Mead.
Intermediate. - Miss H. A. French, succeeded by Miss A. P. Robbins.
Primary No. 1. - Miss Lizzie E. Morse, succeeded by Miss Elgina M. Plummer.
Primary No. 2. - Miss S. Addie Souther.
WILLARD SCHOOLS.
Grammar. - Mr. David A. Caldwell, Principal, succeeded by Mr. Granville S. Webster, succeeded by Mr. D. T. Bradford ; Miss Carrie L. Rideout, Assistant, succeeded by Miss Eliza J. Norris, succeeded by Miss Louisa E. Schouler, succeeded by Miss Ella M. Walker.
Intermediate. - Miss Martha A. Veazie.
Primary No. 1 .- Miss E. A. Newcomb.
Primary No. 2. - Miss H. E. Hardwick, succeeded by Miss Ada E. Locke.
Primary No. 3. - Miss M. A. Spear.
Primary No. 4. - Miss E. F. Cole.
QUINCY SCHOOLS.
Grammar .- Mr. Lewis F. Hobbs.
Primary. - Miss Lizzie A. Flint.
CRANE SCHOOL.
Mixed. - Miss Abbie C. Burge, succeeded by Miss Phinie C. Sheldon.
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HIGH SCHOOL APPLICANTS.
The following is a statement of the number of applicants for admission to the High School, and the result of the examinations held July 25th and Aug. 31st, together with the number admitted from each school and their percentage of attainments, based upon a standard of sixty-five per cent. The whole number of applicants was 37.
Examination, July 25th.
Applied. none
Admitted.
Percentage.
Adams Grammar School,
none
Coddington
66
11
10
74.6
Washington 66
7
7
78.3
Willard
5
3
76
Quincy
3
1
65
Private
66
3
1
72
SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION, AUG. 31.
Coddington Grammar school, 2
2
65
Washington
1
0
00
Willard
2
2
78
Quincy
1
1
65
Private
2
2
77
FINANCIAL.
Appropriation by the Town,
$16,475 00
State School Fund,
530 77
Coddington «
75 00
$17,080 77
Expenses of teaching (day schools),
$14,437 33
66 fuel,
1,127 35
teaching (evening schools),
420 00
66
lamps, oil, and care of houses,
145 26
66 horse-hire,
35 00
$16,164 94
Less than the appropriations,
$915 83
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ESTIMATED EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS.
The amount required for the salaries of teachers and for fuel for the ensuing year, as estimated by the Committee, is $17,550 00.
And your Committee herewith recommend the above appropria- tion.
STATISTICS OF THE SCHOOLS FOR 1870-71.
Number of children in Quincy between the ages of five
and fifteen years, May 1, 1869, as per Assessors' enumeration. 1,541
Number of children in Quincy between the ages of five
and fifteen years, May 1, 1870,
1,536
Decrease,
5
Number of schools,
24
Number of pupils in all the schools,
1,521
Increase from last year,
30
Average attendance in all the schools,
1,120
Percentage of attendance,
74
Number of teachers, 30
Classification of the schools.
No. of teachers.
High School, 1
2
Grammar Schools,
5
10
Intermediate Schools,
4
4
Primary Schools,
13
13
Mixed School,
1
1
-
24
30
HIGH SCHOOL.
Number of teachers,
2
Number of pupils, 57
Decrease from last year,
2
Average attendance, 50
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GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Number of schools,
.5
Number of teachers,
10
Number of pupils,
456
Decrease from last year,
14
Average number of pupils in each school,
91
Total average attendance,
354
Average attendance in each school,
71
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS.
Number of schools,
4
Number of teachers,
4
Number of pupils,
238
Decrease from last year,
12
Average number of pupils in each school,
60
Total average attendance,
181
Average attendance in each school,
.45
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Number of schools,
13
Number of teachers,
13
Number of pupils,
747
Increase from last year,
32
Average number of pupils in each school,
58
Total average attendance,
518
Average attendance in each school,
43
MIXED SCHOOL.
Number of schools,
1
Number of teachers,
1
Number of pupils,
23
Increase from last year,
5
Average attendance, 17
GENERAL TABLE.
Names of Schools.
Names of Teachers.
Whole Average Number. | Att'dance. Ist Term.
Ist Term.
Whole Number. 2d Term.
Average Att'dance. 2d Term.
Per cent. Per cent. Ist Term. 2d Term.
S Mr. H. A. Keith, Principal, ·
· ·
.
52
48
62
59
93
95
Miss L. Jennie Butler, Assistant,
.
.
S Mr. Seth Dewing, Jr., Principal,
106
74+
129
108
79-1
84
Grammar,
·
& Miss C. L. P. Torrey, Assistant, .
69
52
50
38
75
76
Primary No. 1, .
·
.
Miss Eliza C. Sheahan, .
50
35
48
39
70
81
· Primary No. 2, .
Miss L. Annie Williams,
57
34
59
27
60
46
CODDINGTON SCHOOLS.
Grammar, .
·
Miss Carrie P. Barnes, Assistant,
98
80
103
91
92
88
Miss Ida Edwards, . ·
53
43
60
50
81
83
Miss Lizzie E. Morso, ·
63
47
46
38
75
80
Miss Julia E. Underwood, ·
52
37
57
42
71-+
74
Miss Florence B. Howland,
49
30
41
34
61
83
WASHINGTON SCHOOLS.
.
$ Mr. B. T. Hillman, Principal, ·
·
77
52
78
62
67
80
Miss Amelia G. Mead, Assistant, Miss A. P. Robbins, .
.
49
35
44
38
71++
Miss Elgina M. Plummer, .
.
. .
31
24
30
23
77
86-+- 76
12
..
Intermediate, ·
.
Primary No. 1, ·
.
·
Primary No. 2, ·
·
Primary No. 3, . .
.
Grammar, .
.
.
Intermediate, ·
·
·
Primary No. 1, . .
.
Miss Mary E. Dinegan, .
68
52
63
52
76
82
Primary No. 3,
HIGH SCHOOL.
ADAMS SCHOOLS.
Intermediate,
Miss Emily A. Dinegan,
( Mr. H. B. Brown, Principal,
.
Primary No. 2, . ·
WILLARD SCHOOLS.
Grammar, .
·
Miss Ella M. Walker, Assistant,
Miss Martha A. Veazie, .
52
36
55
45
69
81
Miss E. A. Nowcomb,
53
39
58
48
74
83
Miss Ada E. Locke,
53
40
51
42
76
84
Miss M. A. Spear, .
89
70
56
48
78
86
Primary No. 3,
.
.
Primary No. 4, .
Miss E. F. Cole, .
44
38
41
36
86
88
QUINCY SCHOOLS.
Grammar, ·
Mr. Lowis F. Hobbs,
·
. .
. .
.
·
.
.
.
Miss E. A. Flint, .
70
38
61
37
54
60
CRANE SCHOOL.
Mixed,
. Miss Phinie C. Sheldon,
16
11
23
17
69
74
.
68
42
55
43
62
78
S Mr. D. T. Bradford, Principal, ·
105
62
83
58
59
70
Intermediate,
.
Primary No. 1. .
.
Primary No. 2,
.
.
.
61
37
57
41
60
72
Primary, .
.
.
Miss S. Addio Souther, . .
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REPORT OF THE
SUPERVISORS OF THE
Adams Temple and School Fund,
TO THE
INHABITANTS OF QUINCY.
REPORT.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF QUINCY : -
It is now but one year less than half a century since John Adams, three years before his decease, executed successively three deeds of trust, conveying to the town of Quincy certain tracts of land situated in that town, for purposes therein fully expressed. At the same time he constituted a board of five persons, inhabi- tants of the town, whom he especially named, to act as supervisors in regard to the accomplishment of those purposes, with authority to fill up the vacancies that might occur, by new elections made from among the citizens of the town. From the date of the acceptance by the town of the terms of those deeds of trust, the board of supervisors, thus named, has labored steadily in the duty devolved upon it of seeing that the conditions prescribed by the donor should be faithfully fulfilled, and the time seems now to have arrived when it is proper that it should submit, through you, a brief and clear statement of the results that have been reached, in the form of a report, for the consideration of the citizens of the town.
In order to a complete understanding of the nature of this trust, copies of the three deeds, upon which it rests, are appended in a paper marked as No. 1, following this report.
From an examination of the substance of these deeds, it would appear that the objects contemplated by the donor were, First, to contribute to raise a fund for the completing and furnishing of a stone temple, for the public worship of God, and the public in- struction in religion and morality, for the use of the Congrega- tional Society in said town.
Secondly, after the completion of said temple, to apply the proceeds of rents and profits arising from the granted lands, to the
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support of a school for the teaching of the Greek and Latin lan- guages, and any other languages, arts, and sciences, which might be recommended by a board designated in the deed.
These two conditions are found in the first of the deeds, dated the twenty-eighth of June, 1822.
Thirdly, after the attainment of the objects above mentioned, a stone school-house is to be erected over the spot which was the site of the house built by the Reverend John Hancock, being in one of the lots conveyed to the town by the donor.
Fourthly, that, as soon as the funds should be sufficient, a school- master should be procured, with certain qualifications particularly described therein.
These two conditions are found in the second of the deeds, dated the twenty-fifth of July, 1822.
Fifthly, that the library, made a part of the donation to the town, shall be deposited in an apartment of the building erected for a Greek and Latin school, and kept under certain regulations therein prescribed.
Sixthly, a modification of the first and second conditions, so far as to express a wish that the building of the academy and establish- ment of a classical master should be made to precede all other objects ; but this is not made in any way a condition.
These two objects are found stated in the third of the deeds, dated the tenth of August, 1822.
Such being the purposes intended to be accomplished, the per- sons designated in the deeds as supervisors, shortly after the acceptance by the town of the trust thus created, assembled to- gether and organized themselves in a form proper to transact any business which might properly come before them. This meeting was held on the twenty-second of July, 1822, and from that time a record has been regularly kept of all their proceedings, in proper form.
But it being found that it would be, on many accounts, more convenient for the transaction of business to have the advantage of an act of incorporation, application was made, under the author- ity of the town, to the General Court of the Commonwealth, for such an act in behalf of the supervisors, and it was accordingly granted. This act bears date the third February, 1827. Its object was confined strictly to the facilitation of the execution of
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the specific objects to be attained through the deeds of trust. It gave no additional powers whatsoever. A copy of this act will be found with the deeds, marked No. 1, attached to this report.
The only sources of income to the trust thus established have come from the sales of wood standing on the lands, or the rents derived from the use of the quarries, or from the use of the pastures, and latterly from leases of lots for a term of years, on ground rents. It has been the duty of the supervisors to see to the proper execution of the papers in conjunction with the Select- men, and to the care and investment of the accruing funds in the hands of the Town Treasurer.
On the fifth of May, 1827, in accordance with a vote of the town, and in fulfilment of the first condition specified in the deed of trust of the twenty-eighth of June, a contribution was made to the completion and furnishing of a stone temple, as designated in the deed, of all the funds which had been received by the Town Treasurer, on account of this trust, clear of all expenses, amount- ing to $2,402 63. Thus the first condition prescribed in the deed was entirely fulfilled.
From that date the funds annually received from all sources have been collected and invested according to the directions specified in the deeds, so far as was found practicable, under the direction of the supervisors, deducting only the necessary charges incident to the care of the property ; and reports of the state of the property have been regularly made from time to time and recorded in the books of the corporation. An abstract of the same has been made, showing the progress of accumulation from time to time, and is attached to this report, - paper No. 2.
It is at once apparent, from an examination of the deeds as a whole, that the chief purpose of the donor was the erection of a stone building and the establishment in it of a classical school of high grade, as well as of the library which he had given to the town. Although he appears in his first deed to have contemplated the establishment of the school first of all, it is plain, from the terms in his latest conveyance, that he had changed his mind, and wished the academy to be built first.
In accordance with this construction of his wishes, this object has been steadily kept in mind by the supervisors. It appears from the records that at least four times, commencing on the twenty-
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seventh Oct., 1832, again in 1846, again in 1850, and a fourth time in 1860, measures had been taken to obtain plans for the construction of a suitable edifice. In each instance a plan was actually obtained without incurring any charge to the fund, but either from the inadequacy of the fund at the time, or from objec- tions of other kinds, no actual progress was made. It was not until the twenty-fourth of June, 1869, that the report of the increase of the fund seemed to be sufficient to warrant the fulfilment of the chief condition of the donor. Measures were then taken to pro- cure plans and estimates of the cost of a suitable building. It was found that all the objects contemplated in the deed of trust could be attained at a cost very considerably within the means provided ; hence it was deemed proper to proceed to the execution of the work. The academy was completed according to the terms of the contract on the first day of January, 1871, at a cost of $28,867 99, and is now ready for use.
The conditions attached to this part of the trust by the donor were first, that the building should be of stone ; second, that it should be placed in the lot of land given by him, known as the Hancock lot, and upon the site of the house built by the Rev. John Han- cock, the traces of which have remained clearly perceptible down to this day ; third, that the interior should be fitted for the accom- modation of the proposed academy ; and at the same time, fourth, a room should be provided and set apart, in which the library given by the donor should be placed, there permanently to remain. All these conditions have been fully complied with. The library has been actually removed, and it occupies the place for which it is intended. Nothing appears to have been left unaccomplished which depends upon the attention of the supervisors.
The establishment of a school, by the selection.of a teacher competent to instruct in the branches of knowledge designated in the deeds of trust, constitutes the single remaining condition to be fulfilled. The proper mode of proceeding to arrive at that result has occupied much of the attention of the supervisors. To that end they have given a careful examination of the terms of the deeds of trust in order to ascertain the extent of their own powers. The conclusion to which they have come will be found embodied in the paper numbered one, attached to this report. It necessarily follows that whilst the supervisors are competent to advise and rec-
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ommend a course of studies additional to those specifically indicated in the deeds, in conjunction with certain other citizens of the town therein designated, they have no power to organize or to direct it. This duty appears therefore to devolve upon the town itself. The supervisors will therefore simply confine themselves, in the present report, to the consideration of the means at present under the control of the trust for maintaining such a school, and to the suggestion of a form or plan such as appears to them best fitted as well fully to carry out the purposes of the donor as also to meet - the actual present needs of education in this country.
From a reference to the paper No. 2, annexed to this report, it appears that, after deducting the expense of constructing the academy, a balance remains in the hands of the Town Treasurer, who is also treasurer of this corporation of $6,914 32.
It further appears, from an estimate made by him, that the an- nual income from rents and proceeds accruing to the trust may be set down as equal to about $1,000 00.
There seems to be a necessity for a further outlay of a portion of the accumulated fund, in the construction of a fence or wall on the lines of the Hancock lot, which may, to a corresponding extent, diminish the income to be expected from that fund. The school and the library will likewise call for some expense in fitting and furnishing, in order for use.
It would not therefore be safe to estimate the means at the command of the fund for the annual expense of the school and the payment of the instructor at more than $1,000 00.
In regard to the nature of the school to be established, the supervisors, after a careful consideration of the language and in- tentions of the donor, have unanimously come to the conclusion that his purpose was to establish a classical school for advanced instruction, such as is not commonly supplied under the customary system established in the town. Indeed, in view of the general goodness of the common-school system, the establishment of any school of the same kind would be of no public use. The only demand which is rising among us is of still higher forms of in- struction, made the more necessary by the advanced age required to fit the young men for admission to the universities. The con- sequence of raising the standard in them is, that so much more time must be taken to study before reaching them. And this
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effect reaches also that class of young persons who desire to fit themselves for certain classes of pursuits, without going to the universities. They need precisely the degree of instruction here proposed to be supplied, in order to save the necessity of applying to go to college. One great need now felt all over the United States is of a higher grade of instruction than was formerly thought necessary in the less advanced schools ; and this need can be most readily met in the form now recommended.
The supervisors cannot feel their own obligations as advisers, designated by the donor of the trust, entirely fulfilled, without presenting to the consideration of the town a plan or model of the system of instruction to be hereafter adopted. Of the time when, and the form in which, the school shall be established, they do not undertake to be the judges. Much will of course depend upon the disposition of the town itself. Neither has it been deemed neces- sary at this time to enlarge upon the possible extension of the library, as that may more properly constitute a subject by itself, to be considered hereafter. At present they confine themselves to a recommendation of a plan of education for the school, which will be found embraced in the paper No. 3, annexed to this report.
All which is respectfully submitted.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, \ ISRAEL W. MUNROE, JOSIAH P. QUINCY, Supervisors.
EDWARD TURNER, JOHN Q. ADAMS,
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NO. 1.
Upon the completion of the building recently erected upon the Hancock lot, for the accommodation of the school and library, contemplated by John Adams in his deeds of gift to the inhabitants of Quincy, the supervisors of the trust established by these in- struments conceive that they have exhausted the powers conferred upon them, in so far as they concern the establishment and man- agement of a system of instruction to be pursued therein. They desire to state briefly to their fellow-townsmen their reasons for this conclusion. It is clear that they can exercise no functions which cannot be derived from the expressed or implied intention of the donor, or from some act of the Legislature in furtherance thereof. The will of Mr. Adams, in this regard, must be sought in the deeds by which he conveyed his lands and his library to his fellow-citizens, and the will of the Legislature is expressed in the act by which the supervisors were made a body corporate for certain specified purposes. Copies of those deeds and that act are, therefore, appended to this report, for the examination of such persons as may desire to verify the references which it has been thought necessary to make to them. But in order to gather into a single view those portions of these instruments which are deemed to bear more particularly upon the extent of the duty of the supervisors, they have been extracted from the general context and grouped together in the order of their dates, The earliest mention of the supervisors is contained in the first of the three deeds from John Adams to the inhabitants of Quincy, and is in these words. They are named and requested " to give their advice to the selectmen for the time being, concerning the best mode of managing the said estate for the best interest of the town and for the advancement of the objects herein before specified." In the second deed, it is expressly provided that the estates therein conveyed shall be " managed and conducted upon the same princi- ples, and under the same conditions, restrictions, limitation, for- feiture, and supervisors," as in the former deed. Further on, in
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the same deed, it is provided that, " when the objects mentioned in the former deed are obtained, a stone school-house shall be erected over the cellar which was under the house anciently built by the Rev. John Hancock." By his third deed, Mr. Adams gave to the town " the fragments of his library," upon the condition, "that those books be deposited in an apartment of the building to be hereafter erected for a Greek and Latin school or academy," and also, upon the further condition, " that these books be placed under the direction of the five gentlemen mentioned in my former deeds as supervisors of the temple and school fund, with the addition of the Rev. Mr. Whitney and the successive settled ministers of the Congregational Society, and also, of the future .settled ministers of the Episcopal Society, while they shall remain such."
The act of the Legislature which was obtained by the town, to insure a more convenient exercise of the duties devolved by the deeds upon the supervisors, was approved February third, 1827. The second section provides that, " The said supervisors, in concert with the selectmen of the town of Quincy for the time being, shall have power and authority, and it shall be their duty to carry into effect the intentions of said donor by any act which by said deeds they are authorized and directed to perform, and upon the con- ditions therein prescribed and accepted by said town." They may " make reasonable rules, regulations, and by-laws, and annex penalties for the breach thereof ; " and may " do and perform all acts which corporate bodies are by law authorized to do and per- form, subject to the conditions prescribed by said deeds of gift." By the sixth section, " the library shall be and continue under the direction of the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund with the addition of the settled ministers of the Congregational Society, and the settled minister of the Episcopal Society at Quincy for the time being and their successors while they shall remain such re- spectively, to be disposed of according to the conditions pre- scribed in said deed of gift." The next section makes it "the duty of the said supervisors to cause to be recorded upon their books copies of any proceedings of the inhabitants of said town of Quincy, and also of the majority of the ministers, magistrates, lawyers, and physicians inhabiting said town, made or had in con- formity with the conditions expressed in the deeds of gift of said
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John Adams. And the succeeding section provides, "That the supervisors aforesaid be and they are hereby authorized, upon the erection and establishment of said school, to exercise any authority and to do and perform any act in relation to the support and maintenance of the same as trustees forever which the inhabitants of the town of Quincy may authorize and confer upon them."
The supervisors therefore think that the result of all these pro- visions taken together amounts pretty plainly to this. They are ordered to advise the selectmen, in the management of the lands granted, to take charge of the library in concert with certain ministers of the gospel, and after the erection of the school build- ing to exercise such powers in respect to the school as the inhabi- tants of Quincy may confer upon them. It would seem to lie entirely with the inhabitants of Quincy, therefore, to prescribe the character and control which they may think most fitting to im- press upon this institution. To them in free gift is remitted the duty of providing a wise guidance for this institute of learning, with certain general restrictions and limitations, however, con- tained in the grants and solemnly assented to by the town. The school, by whomever directed and managed, must be a " Greek and Latin school, for the teaching of the Greek and Latin languages," under a " classical master learned in the Greek and Roman languages." So much is peremptory, and cannot be dispensed with, except by a manifest breach of the condition coupled with the grant. But, besides these studies, " any other languages, arts and sciences, which a majority of the magistrates, ministers, lawyers, and physicians inhabiting in said town may advise," may be added.
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