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Nov. 2, 1865,
47
Nov. 15, 1865,
Thomas T. Moore, Quincy, Emily F. Howard,
Nov. 27, 1865,
Thomas I. Cochrane, Salem, Ellen M. Hickey, Hingham.
Nov. 27, 1865, Michael Hartnett, Quincy, Margaret Cuniff,
Nov. 29, 1865, Augustus Canney, 66
Abby Ellen Baker, 66
Nov. 30, 1865, Joseph W. Hayden, “ Lavina H. Tilton, Braintree.
Dec. 7, 1865,
Simon H. Cowen, Falmouth,
Dec. 24, 1865,
Carrie L. Veazie, Quincy. John A. Davis, Ellen E. Ricker,
Dec. 25, 1865, Alonzo A. Nightingale, Quincy, Almira C. Ryder, Barnstable.
Dec. 26, 1865,
Albert W, Stetson, Randolph, Phebe Dow,
Dec. 31, 1865,
Michael O'Hare, Braintree, Catherine Costello, “
Whole number of Marriages registered, 57.
DEATHS
REGISTERED IN QUINCY DURING THE YEAR 1865.
CAUSE.
AGE.
NAME.
DATE.
Y.
M.
D.
Starvation.
40
. . ..
Michael Fenton.
23
January
3
Edward Damon, Jr.
47
.
..
5
Elizabeth C. Smalley
52
·
..
11
Thomas G. Fenno
79
·
..
Old Age.
14
Mary Marsh. .
30
2
17
18
Charles L. Josselyn
76
. .
23
Oliver T. Newcomb
21
8
. .
Starvation.
25
Charles C. Dickerman
86
11
7
26
John Wilson
49
3
February 1
1
Alvin Parker
9
11
Lung Fever.
5
Sarah L. Arnold.
21
.
..
Peritonitis.
8
Lucretia Smith
6
13
Margaret Linnehan
40
·
Convulsions.
23
Mary Keenan.
2
. .
Old Age.
24
Elizabeth A. Adams
55
.
26
William Buchan . .
68
4
15
Pleurisy & L'ng Fvr.
9
Lucy Marsh. ..
27
.
14
Erasmus Thomas
72
..
Water on Brain.
16
Elizabeth Buckley
34
1
10
Dropsy.
17
Winslow B. Thomas
2
8
..
Stillborn.
22
Infant Chubbuck.
81
. .
25
William Bailey
2
2
10
Dysentery.
26
30
·
14
31
45
·
3
Eli Pierce. .
48
3
.
4
Catharine Willett.
3
. .
1
7
James E. O'Sullivan
15
1
9
Ulcerated Throat.
14
Ellen M. Rich.
13
7
. .
20
Ella W. Whiting
. .
7
26
Lung Fever.
19
Betsy Nightingale .
49
23
Emma H. Field.
34
. .
.
Congestion of Brain.
Allen J. Washburne.
51
11
. .
Killed in battle.
6
James Donley .
77
Water on Brain.
. .
Starvation.
18
William E. Colburn
40
Quinsy.
24
Timothy Mahoney .
84
Congestion of Lungs.
March
8
William V. Lincoln
8
Infantile.
.
.
Chronic Diarrhea.
15
Joanna Nightingale
2
1
14
Throat Distemper.
20
. .
. .
Pleurisy Fever.
30
Ellen Donnavan
2
2
Brain Fever.
April
Consumption.
Infl'mation of Brain
6
Jonathan C. Durgin
24
9
3
Consumption.
Congestion of Brain.
17
Humphrey Moynihan
Infl'mation of Lungs.
Marietta Buck. .
..
Old Age.
Consumption.
23
Consumption.
Pleurisy Fever.
Eliza A. Lombard.
John Griffin ..
Consumption.
Terrance B. Early
. .
..
Consumption.
49
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE.
April
21
William Farrell
33
22
John J. Carr .
58
25
Timothy Maguire
66
.
Lung Fever.
25
Margaret Maguire
63
. .
25
Catherine Hussey
31
·
.
27
Eady Rideout.
79
6
Paralysis.
4
Lucy Carner
80
.
Liver Complaint.
21
Elisha Turner.
72
6
. .
Erysipelas.
26
Levi White .
65
9
.
June
2
Lucy Sampson
87
.
.
Dropsy.
30
Adoniram Cain
33
18
July
12
Mercy Lincoln
23
. .
Heart Disease.
13
Benjamin R. Pierce
27
. .
. .
Typhoid Fever.
14
Simon Hunt. .
75
3
Disease of Brain.
14
Nelly Etta Pratt.
2
2
..
Diphtheria.
21
Hattie Conner. .
15
5
23
Lizzie J.,Glover
6
8
15
25
Charles F. Marsh.
11
2
20
Peritonitis.
27
Charles F. Edgarton
1
11
. .
Croup.
29
Mary O. Thomas
40
10
. .
August
3
John McGann.
52
. .
Dysentery.
6
Ellen E. Keating
11
5
25
Dropsy.
11
Mary B. Crane
68
4
12
Cholera Morbus.
79
10
5
Dysentery.
20
Samuel A. Nightingale
27
10
20
Chronic Diarrhiœa.
20
George A. Porter
1
1
Cholera Infantum.
22
Eugene Sullivan
. .
4
·
Cholera Infantum.
25
Otis M. Swett.
6
7
.
Dysentery.
30
Lizzie A. Swett.
8
7
..
Dysentery.
Sept.
5
John A. Duggan.
66
5
.
9
Truman A. Huntress .
47
5
. .
Apoplectic Fit.
15
Nancy C. Hayden
83
5
.
Old Age.
15
Maria Crane
35
11
·
Gastric Inflam nat'n.
18
John R. Brown
59
. .
. .
Consumption.
18
Michael Sullivan
..
5
. .
Cholera Infantum.
3
Mary Hoar.
..
.
Infantile.
14
Mary F. McGann
2
7
Consumption.
5
Infants Marshall (Twins) .. Honora Kennedy
..
..
Consumption.
12
Honora Powell
14
8
. .
Consumption.
Timothy Conlin
21
Starvation.
21
Catharine Craig
40
·
. .
Accident. Drowning. 66
29
Sarah Nightingale
74
24
Rheumatism.
29
Annie F. Kelly .
10
.
Diphtheria.
3
Anson D. Aldrich
. .
5
19
Cholera Infantum.
10
Mary Louise Glover
. .
8
22
Teething.
15
Mary Furnald.
17
John D. Sullivan
..
2
3
Cholera Morbus.
20
Lucy J. Wilson.
2
8
16
Diphtheria.
21
Thomas Cuniff
48
Infl'mation of Bowl's.
24
Benjamin Taylor
68
. .
Killed by R. R. Cars.
30
Sally Kidder
89
10
31
Lemuel Nightingale
58
3
..
Consumption.
12
Lucy Wildman
34
·
.
Stillborn.
6
Patrick Crosgnue
49
..
Consumption.
May
Consumption.
25
Tumor.
3
General Debility.
·
Tumor.
Dropsy on Brain.
Typhoid Fever.
7
50
CAUSE.
DATE.
NAME.
52
. .
. .
Sept.
21
Mrs. C. R. Gibbs
1
9
. .
21
Herbert Thwing
25
9
3
22
Martha C. Algoa.
62
27
Bartholomew Donohue
90
10
21
28
Jonathan Newcomb.
..
2
26
Paralysis of Stomach.
30
Andrew A. Pollock.
42
. .
. .
Dysentery. 66
Oct.
1
Isabella Ray ..
9
1
12
Accident'l Drowning.
14
William F. Tanzy
18
4
. .
15
Edward Woodbury
59
4
. .
16
Annie S. Spear
52
2
. .
Cholera Infantum.
18
William H. Wedlin
20
·
Consumption.
23
Andrew Bagley . .
37
. .
Infl'mation of Bow'ls.
60
8
. .
25
Lloyd G. Horton. .
20
5
. .
26
Nettie D. Newcomb
45
. .
. .
Infantile.
29
Infant Washburn.
7
9
..
31
Eugene Linnehan .
35
7
31
Nov.
4
Hannah Williams.
48
. .
..
4
Richard F. Billings
4
Martin Koztelni.
35
·
·
Heart Disease. 66
7
Mary Mahoney.
5
.
Croup.
9
George H. Dell.
Stillborn.
11
Infant Shaw ..
Diabetis.
19
Nathaniel Nash
50
.
Infantile.
23
Elmer E. Burr.
1
..
12
Teething.
24
Ellen Wrenn
90
3
21
Old Age.
Dec.
2
Anna Hovey
28
·
4
Sophia Weich ..
35
·
Disease of Liver.
17
Joseph W. Morton.
16
4
. .
Old Age.
20
Mary Brennan
88
·
..
Consumption.
23
Ludovicus Hayden
12
8
. .
Croup.
23
Josialı Hayden .
4
11
. .
Consumption.
24
Walter Stancombe.
42
4
20
66
27
Margaret Fury
38
.
. .
·
Old Age. Infl'mation of Brain.
28
Willie G. Hayden .
..
. .
12
Christina Martin ..
26
·
..
Consumption.
16
Ebenezer Ford.
8
25
Lung Fever.
24
Consumption.
Kld. by falling stone.
27
John Bethel.
. .
.
3
Scarlet Fever.
George Thayer.
75
. .
Infl'mation of Bow'ls. Killed by R. R. Cars.
5
Elizabeth Thomas
40
8
3
. . .
. .
.
12
17
Catharine Moloney
25
4
25
Consumption.
19
Elizabeth Donohue
Whole number of Deaths registe; ed
141
.
AGE.
Typhoid Fever. Dysentery. Consumption.
15
Cancer.
Acute Insanity.
Thomas Shortell.
..
7
Childbirth.
BIRTHS.
Registered in Quincy during the Year 1865.
Males, 8S. Females, 74. Total, 162. Stillborn, 5. Illegitimate, 3. Twins, 1 pair.
The Parentage of the Children is as follows, viz: -
Both parents Americans,
70
60 Irish,
57
66
Welsh, 3
..
Scotch, 2
Swedes,
1
.6 Canadians,
1
German,
1
Parents American and Foreign mixed,
17
Foreign mixed,
10
Total, 162
The number where both parents were natives of Quincy, 11
52
AID TO SOLDIERS' FAMILIES.
Amounts paid by the Selectmen to the Families of Soldiers from Jan- uary 1, 1865, to January 1, 1866.
$ 61 20
Abbott, Henry S.
29 00
Algoa, Adam
144 00
Fox, Thomas
Armstrong, John L.
28 35
French, Joseph T.
48 00
Badger, Leone C.
55 46
Garrity, Bernard
61 20
Barrett, William H.
30 00
Garvin, Patrick
30 00
Bartlett, Edward A.
28 93
Gibson, George W.
38 00
Basley, George W.
84 00
Goldie. Henry F.
26 00
Bent, Charles M.
26 00
Graham, Charles H.
82 80
Blaisdell, Lemuel J.
57 00
Hanifan, John
38 00
Bradford, Lewis E.
72 00
Harris, John
45 00
Brogan, Charles
38 00
Hastings, William
46 70
Brophy, John
26 00
Brown, Edward A.
25 00
Hayden, Joseph W. 2d
61 20
Brown, John, Jr.
16 00
Hayden, Josiah Jr.
60 00
Brown, John P.
41 47
Haynes, Joseph P.
52 00
Buchan, William
144 00
Hennessy, John
44 56
Burke, William
60 00
Hersey, George W.
28 28
Caldwell, Samuel P.
88 16
Hodgkinson, William
120 00
Chubbuck, James
8 00
Horgan, John
59 15
Chubbuck, M. M. C.
5 00
Howe, Belcher S.
16 00
Coffin, Paul G.
44 84
Howley, John
36 73
Collins, Michael
61 20
Howley, Michael J.
26 84
Conner, Michael
52 00
Howley, Thomas, Jr.
20 00
Cummings, Charles
4 00
Hughes, James
44 84
Cummings, Noah L.
61 20
Keenan, Matthew
55 20
Dewoody, Mortimer L.
50 00
Kelly, James
20 00
Dickerman, Charles C.
52 00
Kelly, John
52 00
Dinnegan, Martin
76 00
Kelly, Thomas
60 00
Donaghue, Michael
52 00
Kettrelle, Albert S.
60 00
Donahue, Michael
34 00
King, Andrew G.
38 00
Dow, Lorenzo
52 00
Kittredge, Josiah N.
1 00
Dunn, Arthur
Lapham, William H. H.
38 00
Eccles, John
96 00
Loud, Francis P.
144 00
Enderle, Joseph L.
44 84
Lourney, Dennis
42 00
Fenton, Michael
22 42
Luzarder, John L.
8 00
Fsneran, Patrick
90 40
Forrester, Isaac N.
144 00
Magee, Thomas
48 00
Driscoll, John
21 00
Lampson, John H.
26 00
144 00
Durgin, Jonatan
61 60
Lincoln, Charles K.
82 40.
Ela, Elisha T. C.
26 00
Huntress, Trueman H.
22 42
Curtis, Henry
144 00
Derry, Barden B.
40 00
Kanily, Daniel
61 20
Hetherstein, Martin C.
126 40
108 00
Caterson, Thomas
72 00
Hayden, Joseph W.
106 40
$ 52 00 Fowle, Theodore W.
Lunt, Theodore H.
144 00
Kirwin, James
53
Maguire, Hugh
$ 44 08
Phillips, George L.
$ 30 00
Maguire, Patrick F.
44 08
Rich, Isaiah, Jr.
84 00
Mahoney, James
144 00
Ricker, John W.
77 60
Marrah, Jeremiah
26 00
Roach, Maurice
66 70
McCarty, John N.
46 70
Russ, George W.
61 20
McGann, John
144 00
Ryan, Peter,
30 00
McGlone, Michael
52 80
Savil, George W.
60 00
McGrath, John
45 00
Scannell, James
126 40
McIntyre. Lewis G.
16 00
Shavlin, Hugh
26 00
McKay, Duncan
8 00
Simonds, William,
53 34
Merritt, Quincy A.
22 84
Simpson, John E.
27 70
Mitchell, William
30 00
Smith, Martin Jr.
26 00
Moore, John W.
43 57
Smith, Thomas
88 16
Moran, Patrick
22 42
Spear, Warren Q.
26 00
Merrison, Sylvander
22 00
Sproul, Alexander
68 00
Mullen, Andrew
44 08
Taylor, Marcus
22 42
Mulen, William
32 00
Thayer, Thomas J. H.
60 00
Muloy, George
38 00
Thayer, William F.
52 00
Newcomb, Bryant Jr.
84 00
Thomas, Peter
37 72
Newcomb, Henry A.
144 00
Tool, John
144 00
Newcomb, Peter
80 00
Trask, George W.
22 42
Noyes, John
84 00
Trask, Joseph E.
4 00
Nu ting, Charles A.
78 00
Turner, George W.
24 00
O'Brien, Timothy
138 00
Usher, James 2d
80 80
O'Keef, John
126 40
White, Joseph H.
24 00
O'Reardon, John D.
132 00
Wilbur, William S.
52 00
Parker, John, Jr.
32 00
Wildman, Henry G.
96 00
Parker, William 3d
26 00
Wildman, Wilson
38 00
Parkott, Luther H.
44 00
Willis, William
12 00
Parrniman, Gardner
52 00
Woods, Thomas
67 60
Percival, George P.
44 84
Young, William J.
44 84
Perkins, Charles N.
8 00
Perkins. Edward L.
24 00
Perry, Samuel N.
96 00
$ 8,442 54
54
DELINQUENT TAX-PAYERS OF 1865.
Allen, Horatio F.
$ 4 60
Howe, Edward S.
$50 10
Bass, Josiah,
62 45
Halloran, Timothy, 5 90
Bass, Josiah, Heirs of,
128 48
Haskell, Silas H. 8 50
Bent, George,
13 70
Jones, Joshua (balance),
13 00
Blanchard, George,
16 30
Keating, Jerusha,
10 40
Bradford, James,
31 20
Keenan, Horace,
1 30
Belzer, William, estate of,
87 10
Kelly, Dennis,
5 20
Balkam, Cyrus,
94 95
Lincoln, William V., estate of, 22 10
Boyd, William,
10 45
Lines, Thomas D.
13 70
Bancroft, Stephen K.
44 90
Lines, Cornelius,
5 90
Breen, James,
7 85
Longee, Hazen,
20 20
Brown Charles F.
3 30
Lines, John,
8 50
Bowen, Jeremiah,
7 20
Leary, Catherine,
10 40
Baylor, Charles G.
132 00
McGunnigle, Thomas,
4 60
Burrell, Charles, estate of,
3 90
Mahoney, Daniel, 2d,
5 20
Cleverly, Mary and Sarah,
11 70
McGovering, Daniel,
8 50
Cleverly, James T.
13 70
McCarey, Michael,
3 25
Churchill, Thaddeus,
19 50
Newcomb, Paul W.
15 65
Carroll, William,
3 85
Newcomb, Winslow M.
15 00
Curley, Patrick,
3 90
Newcomb, Bryant, Jr.
3 90
Cook, Charles,
5 90
Newcomb, William,
12 40
Clark, Francis M.
1 30
Neal, John G.
46 80
Donnahue, Bart., estate of,
11 70
O'Brien, John,
18 25
Damon, Ezra, estate of,
6 50
Pope, Edmund,
87 80
Donegan, Michael,
9 10
Parker, Alvin, estate of,
15 60
Donnavan, Timothy,
1 95
Page, Peter R.
35 80
Dailey, Daniel,
3 30
Richards, E. A.
2 65
Douglass, Francis,
15 00
Riordan, Daniel, estate of,
14 90
Durgin, Jona.
9 80
Reed, John N.
78 70
Deady, Jeremiah,
8 50
Ryder, James E.
5 90
Driscoll, John,
7 80
Savil, John, estate of,
49 40
Fallon, John,
11 10
Spear, Lemuel W.
9 10
Foran, Patrick,
1 30
Shea, Jeremiah,
4 60
Ford, Jeremiah and David,
7 80
Sullivan, Timothy,
5 25
Faxon, William L.
8 50
Tansey, William,
8 50
Glover, William S.
20 20
Veazie, Joshua, estate of,
15 60
Gallagher, Bernard, estate of,
7 80
White, Nathaniel, 117 70
Golding, John,
15 00
White, Isaiah P. (balance),
7 60
Hall, Edward (balance),
18 90
Wentworth, Josiah P.
3 95
Hayden, Jonathan,
9 15
Weeks, Stephen,
5 90
Hayden, James M.
18 90
Wren, John,
2 65
Hayden, Eli,
58 55
55
NON-RESIDENTS.
BOSTON.
Bent, Albert,
2 60
Evans, William,
158 60
Crocker, Henry,
1 95
Tuckerman, George W.
65
Parker, James,
10 40
McCarty, John,
1 30
BRAINTREE.
Hobart, Charles S.
9 10
Thayer, Elisha, Heirs of,
9 10
Robins, Robert,
36 40
Dyer, Asa and Samuel,
1 30
White, Elliot L.
11 05
DEDHAM.
Leland, Richard,
2 60
Raymond, Rowland,
6 50
DORCHESTER.
Green, Charles A.
62 40
Bailey, B. C.
1 30
POLL TAXES.
The following persons have not paid the poll tax of $ 2.00, assessed upon them for 1865.
Moses Averill, Ira Aleen, Patrick Ballou, Robert Boyle, James Baker, George W. Blair, Jeremiah Buckley, George Beard, Lewis E. Bradford, Horace Barnes, Thomas Bates, Gilbert F. Blaisdell, John Burke, 2d, Charles H. Brown, 2d, Thomas Brady, Edwin Brown, Lawrence Conway, Maurice Conner, Michael Cronin, John Carrigan, Daniel Carroll, Thomas Cantlin, Joseph Cole, James Callahan, David T. Chubbuck, Jeremiah Currier, James F. Currier, Albert E. Currier, Paul G. Coffin, Edward Donlan, Michael Dailey, James Dolan, William Doyle, Edward Dowe, David H. Edwards, Michael Fitzpatrick, James Fitzgerald, Dexter Faxon, Richard H. Fisher, Frank Fitzgerald, Thomas Flynn, John S. Farrell, Alonzo Furnald, Patrick Gallagher, 2d, James Gallag- her, Nathaniel E. Glover, John Grady, William A. Griffin, Erastus M. Glover, George W. Griffin, John Gibbons, John Harris, Stephen Hardy, Jerome Hersey, James A. Hayden, John R. Hall, John Harmon,
Spear, Charles,
1 95
Colman, Patrick,
2 60
Eastman, John, 3 90
Hines, Peter,
2 60
RANDOLPH.
Dean, Moses C. 6 50
Belcher, Ephraim, Heirs of, 1 30
ROXBURY.
Sargent, James O. 7 80
Young, Joseph, 7 80
PLYMOUTH.
Hathaway, Benjamin,
18 20
RESIDENCE UNKNOWN.
Skelton, C. P. 2 60
Hill, William R. 1 30
Spaulding, William, 2 60
Osgood, William F. 2 60
56
Edward Hardwick, John Hamlin, Alonzo Howard, John W. Howley, Ward L. Hayward, Charles W. Howard, John Higgins, Samuel F. Harrington, Martin Harding, Alonzo Jones, Michael Kenny, Michael Looney, Nathan P. Leighton, Eugene Linnehan, Cornelius Linne- han, Enoch D. Lathrop, William Logan, Thomas Mead, Michael Maguire, John McGrath, Daniel Monk, Robert Monk, George Monk, John S. Merchant, Michael McLaughlin, Peter Martin, James H. Murphy, J. P. C. Marshall, Patrick F. Maguire, Charles H. Miller, George F. Moffat, Nathaniel R. Mears, Peter McGovern, John Norton, Daniel Nightingale, William Newcomb, Jr., Henry Newcomb, John Noonan, Charles A. Nutting, Edward C. Nutting, Edward Nutting, Elihu Nightingale, Daniel Nightingale, 2d, B. Loring Newcomb, James M. Nightingale, George H. Newcomb, Charles O. Newcomb, Patrick Owens, Frederic Orr, John O'Brien, 2d, John O'Brien, 3d, Timothy O'Brien, Garrett Pendable, George H. Patterson, Thomas D. Pierce, John Parker, Jr., Alvin F. Parker, William Pickles, Charles E. Pierce, Jonathan S. Paine, Daniel Phalen, Edwin Packard, George F. Packard, George Pike, Andrew J. Preston, William Regan, Eugene Riordan, Lewis B. Richardson, Edward Russell, James Reed, Joseph Richardson, Augustus E. Rich, Andrew Riley, Andrew Scannell, George Spear, 2d, Alexander Stephenson, George T. Spear, Warren Q. Spear, William Sanders, Edward Sheridan, Eugene Sullivan, Henry P. Scott, W. T. Standish, Dennis Sullivan, Edgar P. Stoddard, Lewis M. Soule, William Simmons, John Stanton, James R. Taylor, Edwin Tilden, George W. Trask, Henry A. Vialle, Abram Wright, Edward Whicher, John Ward, Charles H. Whiting, George Waite, Edward Williams, Roswell Welch, J. Davis Wilder, William J. Young.
Total amount of unpaid taxes,
$ 2,467 78
REPORT
OF
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF QUINCY,
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 4, 1866.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1865-6.
JOHN D. WELLS, JOSEPH W. ROBERTSON, CHARLES R. MITCHELL,
HENRY BARKER,
WILLIAM B. DUGGAN,
E. GRANVILLE PRATT.
BOSTON: J. E. FARWELL & COMPANY, PRINTERS, 87 CONGRESS STREET. 1866.
REPORT.
" The school committee shall annually make a detailed re- port of the condition of the several public schools, which report shall contain such statements and suggestions in relation to the schools as the committee deem necessary or proper to promote the interests thereof. The committee shall cause said report to be printed for the use of the inhabitants, in octavo, pamphlet form, of the size of the annual reports of the board of education, and transmit two copies thereof to the secretary of said board, on or before the last day of April, and deposit one copy in the office of the clerk of the city or town." Gen. Stat. Chap. 40, Sec. 6.
In this Report of the condition of the Schools of Quincy for the school year ending February 4, 1866, we shall endeavor to comply with the letter and with the spirit of the above law.
CONDITION OF THE SCHOOLHOUSES.
We are happy to record several improvements in the school buildings ; while there is evidently room for several more.
The " Stone Schoolhouse" has been made on the whole as pleasant and convenient as its structure, situation, and surround- ings will permit. In addition to the improvements of last year, new seats and desks have been placed in the upper room. These seats and desks are serviceable and durable, and can be removed to the new schoolhouse whenever it shall be built.
The playground on the southwest side of the building was leased again during the year.
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We trust that we may live to see the day, when this building shall be set apart for a more legitimate purpose than that to which it is now devoted.
With regard to the Coddington Schoolhouse, we have only to say that, the Selectmen, whom the joint boards of the School Committee' and Selectmen constituted, in May, 1864, " a committee to procure a room for Coddington Primary School, No. 2, and report to the committee when they are ready," have not yet signified that they are ready.
In May last it became necessary to vacate the building used for Willard Primary School, No. 4, and an arrangement was effected with Messrs. Bass & Robertson, whereby the lower story of the house owned by them, and known as the " Old Schoolhouse in the West," and already partially occupied by Willard Primary School, No. 3, should be fitted up at their expense, for the reception of Primary, No. 4 ; and the whole building leased by the town, from the Monday following the May vacation to the close of the school year, at the rate of $ 175 per annum. The rooms are pleasant and fairly furnished.
The Quincy Schoolhouse has been farther improved in its upper room, which is now in excellent condition.
Improvements have been made in the Crane Schoolhouse, but it is far too small and badly ventilated for the number of pupils in attendance, and the addition of a very few more pupils will make it necessary to enlarge or reconstruct the edifice.
An arrangement has been effected with the trustees of the " Sailors Snug Harbor," whereby a considerable portion of land has been leased by them to the town, for a term of twenty years, on the payment by the town of the nominal rent of one dollar. A new well has been nearly completed.
The Schools have yet to be furnished with many articles of great importance to their well being ; showing that, however long the list of " Incidental Expenses," we have left some needs still unprovided for.
The good influence of a comfortable, pleasant, and well fur- nished room upon the hearts and minds of the pupils is un- questionable. We should be glad to see every school edifice enriched not only with maps and charts, but also with pictures hung upon its walls. We assure our fellow-citizens that every dollar spent in fitting and adorning their schoolhouses, so as to make them of themselves attractive places to teachers and pupils, will be abundantly repaid to them in a higher culture, and an improved tone and bearing, on the part of their chil- dren.
CHANGES OF TEACHERS.
The following list of Teachers will exhibit whatever changes have taken place during the past year.
High School .- Principal, Mr. E. W. Howe, succeeded by Mr. A. B. Adams. Assistant, Miss Cora A. Chapin.
Coddington Grammar School .- Principal, Mr. L. P. For- bush, succeeded by Mr. W. E. Eaton. Assistant, Miss Louise Burrell, succeeded by Miss Emma A. French.
Coddington Intermediate .- Miss M. A. Prescott.
66 Primary No. 1 .- Miss Mary E. Thayer. 66 No. 2 .- Miss J. E. Underwood. Adams Grammar .- Principal, Mr. H. F. Allen, succeeded by Mr. H. E. Morse, succeeded by Mr. A. B. Adams, suc- ceeded by Mr. J. W. Armington, succeeded by Mr. J. L. Collins, succeeded by Mr. W. E. Endicott. Assistant, Miss S. V. Wilde.
Adams Intermediate .- Miss A. A. Holbrook, succeeded by Miss M. A. Holbrook.
Adams Primary, No. 1 .- Miss M. A. Holbrook, succeeded by Mrs. Emily A. Hardwick.
Adams Primary, No. 2 .- Miss L. M. Jillson, succeeded by Miss E. H. Fisher.
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Adams Primary, No. 3 .- Miss E. A. Flint, succeeded by Miss J. M. Wright.
Adams Primary, No. 4 .- Mrs. F. E. Whicher, succeeded by Miss Ellen B. Churchill.
Washington Grammar .- Principal, Mr. S. H. Haskell, suc- ceeded by Mr. C. W. Carter. Assistant, Miss L. R. Clem- ents, succeeded by Miss Dora A. French.
Washington Intermediate .- Miss Hannah A. French.
Primary, No. 1 .- Miss Emma A. French, suc- ceeded by Miss Susie G. Baxter.
Washington Primary, No. 2 .- Miss C. A. Thomas.
Willard Grammar .- Mr. S. Dewing, Jr.
Intermediate .- Miss C. D. Fuller, succeeded by Miss
A. C. Foster.
Willard Primary, No. 1 .- Miss E. A. Newcomb.
No. 2 .- Miss Ellen F. Nightingale.
No. 3 .- Miss M. A. Davis, succeeded by Miss E. C. Sheahan.
Willard Primary, No. 4 .- Miss M. A. Spear.
Quincy Grammar .- Mr. L. F. Hobbs.
Primary .- Miss J. M. Wright, succeeded by Miss E. A. Flint.
Crane School .- Miss Dora A. French, succeeded by Mrs. E. S. Smith.
Nearly all of these changes were brought about by circumstan- ces not under our control. In those changes which have been voluntary on our part, we have sought to act for the best inter- ests of the schools.
GRADING OF THE SCHOOLS.
We have made some progress towards a more perfect grad- ing of the schools. Our experiments have been most satisfactory with respect to the Adams Schools. In nearly all these Schools it will be the practice henceforth to promote once a year, and
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then to promote each entire school below the grammar, excepting such pupils of it as are unfitted to advance. The Intermediate School, and Primary Schools Nos. 1 and 2, have severally but one class. The other schools have two classes each, which will finally be reduced to one.
No longer time is occupied by the pupil in completing the entire course than formerly, while the teacher is enabled to give her undivided attention to her whole school, to instruct more thoroughly each individual member of it, and to accom- plish more work in a given amount of time.
In the Willard Schools, each school below the grammar has two classes each, and the promotions are made every six months. The teachers thought it impossible to make any farther reduc- tion of their classes, and it was deemed unwise to force such change upon them against their will. It is believed, however, that they will soon bring about a more perfect grading of their own choice, from seeing the beauty of its working in other schools.
In the other parts of the town the schools are graded as well as circumstances will allow, except at the Point. The schools there suffer very much for want of a proper grading, nor can such grading be readily effected without either enlarging the " Point Schoolhouse," erecting a new building, or removing the " Neck Schoolhouse " from its position at the extreme corner of the town to a more suitable location. It is hoped that a vote of the town will enable us to make some one of these desirable improvements at an early day. Then we shall be enabled to create two grades of primary schools, and raise the interme- diate and grammar schools respectively to the same level with corresponding schools in other parts of the town.
We heartily wish that it were possible for us to arrange a uniform course of study for our schools. At present, owing to their imperfect grading, we can do so only in part.
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THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
This Board has repeatedly declared its belief in the impor- tance of the Primary Schools. We are firmly persuaded that the success of the pupils in the upper departments depends in no small degree upon the kind and amount of instruction, and the method of training which they receive in the beginning. If they have not learned to be eager for knowledge when first taught, it will be more difficult to awaken that laudable desire at a later period. And let it be understood, we mean by knowledge, not knowledge of books merely, but knowledge of facts and of principles.
It has been the earnest endeavor of the Committee, not only during the past year, but for several years, to break up the old system of mere book learning, and to substitute more rational and useful methods of instruction. We have furnished, and are still furnishing maps, charts, and larger surfaces of blackboard. We have insisted upon every scholar's possession of a slate. We have endeavored to impress upon the teachers the desirable- ness of every kind of object-teaching. We have declared that we do not expect or wish the little pupils of a Primary School to sit still during the whole session, and have enjoined frequent intervals of rest and recreation. And while perfectly well aware that habits of order, discipline, and industry can hardly be inculcated at too early an age, we have not forgotten, but have always taught, the inadvisability - shall we not say impossibility - of requiring of the little child of five, six, or seven years, the same intense and continued application that we expect from older pupils ; and have repeatedly stated it as our fixed convic- tion, that not the least important part of the Primary Teacher's work is the awakening of the child's dormant faculties, and the enkindling and encouraging in him of the principle of curiosity.
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