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43 64
Deficiency, -
14,900 87
$24.362 00
GEO. W. PHILLIPS, E. P. ROBINSON, Auditors. GEORGE H. HULL.
TOWN FARM IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN.
DR.
To rent of house; valued at $2,000, at 8
per cent.,.
$160 00
Rent of barn, valued at $820, at 8 per cent.,
65 60
Rent of pasture, valued at $525, at 6 per ct.,
31 25
Forty acres tillage land, valued at $2,000, at 6 percent .. 120 00
Use personal property, valued at $2,835.63, at 6 per cent.
170 14
Tax allowed,
118 61
D. S. Allen, M. D., salary,
15 00
Keeper's salary,
275 00'
Wood used,
40 00
Overseers' orders for supplies,
915 59
Decrease in personal property,
240 00
$2,151 19
CR.
By cutting and hauling wood and logs, $171 67
Supporting an average of ten paupers, at $3.80 per week, $1,979 52
$2,151 19
T. O. W. HOUGHTON, O. M. HITCHINGS, Appraising Committee.
LOTT EDMANDS,
List of Delinquent Tax Payers.
Nathan Ames, heirs,
$58 73
C. A. Hobbs,
$6 36
David Alders,
2 00
Roswell Hitchings,
6 50
J. L. Andrews,
13 20
Mrs. Roswell Hitchings, 8 70
W. H. Allen,
2 00 Roswell Hitchings, Jr., 2 00
Joseph Ames,
2 00
H. B. Hitchings,
2 00
Warren Burrill,
12 15
James Hall.
2 00
Isaac Burrill,
7 43
E. G. Hawkes,
21 31
J. C. Brown's heirs,
10 15
2 00
Thomas Bassett,
2 00
A. Hatch,
24 47
Emery Bailey,
2 00
G. Holliday's heirs,
26 83
Noah Bentley,
14 50
N. G. Harriman,
2 00
J. Breithweith,
2 00
Albert Hawkes,
2 00
Pat Briody,
2 00
Thomas Hayden, 2 00
W. L. Cheever,
4 55
R. A. Johnson,
77 40
Lott Cheever,
16 95
Ellen M. Johnson,
1 22
Asa Cheever,
4 52
Benjamin Jarvis,
2 00
N. B. Cross,
16 97
Nancy Kidder,
7 02
B. P. Coats,
9 25
James Kettelle,
15 05
John Cook,
18 26
William Keyes,
2 00
George Campbell,
2 00
John King,
2 00
Charles Clemens,
2 00
William Mansfield,
2 00
Mr. Conant,
2 00
Samuel Mansfield,
2 00
John Carney,
2 00
Owen Mullen,
2 00
Thomas Dagger,
13 17
John Marron,
2 00
Porter Downing,
10 13
Mr. McCluer,
2 32
H. L. Downing,
2 00
Hugh McGinnis,
2 00
Jerome Davis,*
29 48
Jonathan Newhall,
10 57
Leverett Davis,
3 82
S. N. Newhall,
13 60
H. A. Danforth,
2 00
G. H. Newhall,
2 00
William Edmands,
2 00
Gardiner Newhall,
2 00
D. B. Fiske,
38 43
E. Nourse,
2 00
Charles A. Fiske,
30 28
Phineas Nourse's heirs, 20 01
Isaac Fiske,
2 00
William Noble,
3 45
Francis Fiske,
6 35
Mrs. William Noble,
14 50
Daniel Furbur.
13 05
Joe Oliver,
2 00
William Fairchilds,
20 45 William Parker's heirs,
32 63
W. E. Gabriel,
2 00 Benjamin Parker, 22 67
J. Gregory,
2 00
D. A. Parker,
2 00
John Hooker,
13
D. H. Perkins,
$2 00
NON-RESIDENT LIST.
W. H. Proctor, 2d,
8 53
Kit Avery's heirs,
73
J. W. Proctor,
10 70
Samuel Brown,
2 90
T. G. Poland,*
2 00
S. M. Barnes,
2 61
J. Prince,
2 00
M. L. Buss,
2 03
D. G. Pinkham,
4 90
R. Boyle,
87
Samuel L. Putney,
4 90
Pat Conway,
10 15
John Ramsdell,
4 54
P. Coleman,
2 18
Amos Rhodes,
11 43
Jane Cram,
2 90
Benjamin Rhodes,
41 04
L. N. Emerson,
1 39
Joe Rowe,
22 70
C. W. Green,
14 50
James Roots, Jr.,
2 00
Gould & Metcalf,
7 25
Benjamin Richards,
8 28
C. E. P. Hill,
0 45
W. C. Richards,
2 00
N. Hall,
5 22
W. F. Rogers,
2 00
W. Hitchings' heirs,
8 70
G. W. Redding,
2 73
T. W. Hartshorn,
1 16
J. L. Ricker,
1 45
E. Jones,
73
Peter Scott,
2 00
James Lowe,
6 09
Smith Brothers,
13 05
Thomas Livermore,
14 50
J. Scollins,
2 00
Epes Mansfield,
85
Abby Tuttle,
13 35
Pat Mahoney,
2 32
Nathaniel Trefethen
54 49
N. Metcalf,
1 16
Benjamin N. Trefethen,
2 00
HI. L. Newhall,
87
W. A. Trefethen,
2 00
F. H. Newhall,
2 90
John Thacker,
2 00
Hannah Newhall,
1 74
William Twoomy,
2 00
William Mont. Newhall,
4 35
Joshua Upham,
6 15
W. Phillips,
1 30
W. H. Underwood,
4 90
Osmus Phillips,
17 40
D. D. Walker,
19 18
Jonathan Phillips,
73
William Williams,
9 98
Mrs. Pellett,
2 03
Simeon Williams,
2 00
T. Pratt,
1 16
Samuel Wormstead,
6 75
Amos Parker,
1
16
S. A. Wormstead,
2 00
Thomas Prince,
73
Gilbert Waldron,
16 95
W. C. Smith,
1 82
W. E. Waldron,
2 00
C. C. Shackford,
25 52
John Westwood,
54 20
J. A. Scott,
73
David Westwood,
2 00
S. Tarbell's heirs,
4 35
Josiah Warren,
2 00
R. Turner,
6 67
Jane Webb,
13 49
H. Tewksbury,
1 23
Cyrus Putnam,
11 30
H. N. Wiley,
4 13
$1,119 42 Total,
$1,287 93
* Paid since the List was made out.
BIRTHS IN SAUGUS FOR THE YEAR 1868.
Date of Birth. Name of Child.
Jan. 7,
Pillings.
Feb. 26. Jason Carter,
Feb. 26. Jesse Carter. S
March 9. Helen M. Conant,
April 7, Rose G. Hawkes,
May 5. Julia E. Hicks.
May 8.
Frederick J. Edmands.
May 15.
Nelly F. Houghton.
May 21.
Arthur E. Brvor.
May 22.
Ira Farnham.
May 27.
Annie J. Libbey.
June 9.
Mary E. Battie.
June 11.
John R. Morrisson.
June 29.
Nellie Suyden,
July 1. Etta F. Mansfield.
July 4.
Frederick Stocker. Jr ..
July 8, Samuel T. Jones.
July 8.
Edwin R. Brown.
July 9.
Alfred F. Hill.
July 14. Andrew Deardon.
July 26,
Esther A. Hargreaves.
July 28, Charles J. Davis.
July 30,
Addie M. E. Wormstead.
Aug. 1. Aug. 9,
Alfred N. Birtwhistle.
Annie B. Hitchings.
Aug. 22.
Amy Pearce,
Sept. 8,
Arthur W. Jones,
Sept. 9,
Frederick L. Hobbs.
Oct. 6. Mary E. Newhall, Oct. 15. Oct. 16. Gertrude C. Brown.
Anna M. Butterfield.
Oct. 21, Harry C. Schofield,
Nov. 12, Edward A. Burrill.
Nov. 20, Albert C. Barnard.
Dec. 14. William Milligan,
Dec. 17, Mary Hickey.
Names of Parents. John and Catherine Pillings. Daniel C. and Nancy A. Carter. Daniel C. and Nancy A. Carter. John H. and Helen Conant. Elbridge G. and Rose Hawkes. Charles S. and Eldosa A. Hicks. John and Phebe Edmands. Thos. O. W. & Sarah A. Houghton. Samuel G. and Susan C. Bryor. James C. and Annis Farnham. Alfred W. and Mary E. Libbey. Jonathan and Martha Battie. Wm. H. and Harriet A. Morrisson. John and Emma Suyden. Edwin and Abigal Mansfield. Frederick and Ida F. Stocker. Samuel G. and Mary Jones. Horace and Eliza M. Brown. Alfred C. and Mary G. Hill. John and Mary Deardon. William and Mary Hargreaves. A. Elwood and Dinah Davis. Sam'l A. & Maria M. Wormstead. Thos. N. & Susannah Birtwhistle. Chas. S. & Margaret A. Hitchings. Henry J. and Mary Pearce. Alfred W. and Rebecca Jones. Charles A. and Eliza Hobbs. Jonathan A. & Margaret Newhall. George W. and Salva Butterfield. Harrison G. and Anna J. Brown. Isaac B. and Annie M. Schofield. George and Christina Burrill. Luman and Delilah P. Barnard. Alexander and Mary Milligan. Michael and Bridget Hickey.
MARRIAGES,
Date of Marriage. Name of Groom.
June 11, Albert W. Mugridge,
July 23. Daniel Hargreaves,
July 7, Frank Neal,
Aug. 2, Hubert O. Morse,
Sept. 1, John Battie,
Name of Bride. A. Gerty Payne. Alice Thorpe. Charlotte M. Parker. Phebe A. Stocker. Hannah Goddard.
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Date of Marriage. Name of Groom.
Name of Bride.
Sept. 16, Phineas H. Nourse.
Sarah J. Collins.
Dec. 8, John Cook.
Abigail Ordway.
Dec. 14,
John W. Cook,
Elizabeth H. Perkins.
Dec. 23,
William H. Wormstead,
Mary E. Birch.
Dec. 25,
George Parsons,
Mary J. Armitage.
Dec. 30,
John Rawson,
Sarah M. Stocker.
Dec. 31,
William M. Stocker.
Ella A. Hawkes.
DEATHS.
Date of Death.
Names of Persons.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Jan. 23,
Phineas Nourse,
64
Jan. 5,
Henry M. Raddin,
20
Jan. 10,
Pillings.
Jan. 27,
John M. Raddin,
50
11
Feb. 3 ..
Lucy A. Morriss.
29
2
5
Feb. 12.
Eddie L. Walker.
7
1
Feb. 27.
Allen P. Hawkes.
15
1
10
Feb. 29.
Huldah Howard,
76
19
March 2.
Elizabeth Cook.
59
5
March 14.
Edward T. Fiske,
1
9
June 13.
James Burrill.
73
2
June 15,
Frederick T. Stocker.
58
1
4
June 15,
Gladis G. Oliver,
S
5
July 13,
John H. Hone.
24
2
15
July 20,
George W. Hawkes,
22
9
12
Aug. 2,
John Marron.
41
Aug. 6,
William Tattersall,
24
4
2
Aug. 8,
Warren P. Proctor,
24
9
Sept. 8,
Enoch Train,
67
4
6
Sept. 10,
Arthur E. Carey,
3
4
Sept. 22,
Caroline Brown.
38
6
Oct. 1,
Levi B. Waldron.
30
3
Oct. 6,
James Westwood,
23
Nov. 17,
Mary Richardson.
76
Nov. 26,
Lucy M. Parker,
33
1
Dec. 1,
Eleanor Pranker,
74
2
Dec. 4,
Richard T. Hughes,
11
4
Dec. 23,
Inez M. Pranker,
1
7
3
Feb. 25.
Jesse Carter.
March 2,
Jason Carter,
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Number of polls, 513; tax on polls, $1,006.00; value of personal estate, $396,558; value of real estate, $914,214; total tax, $20,026.69; rate per cent., $14.50; total value, $1,311.772; number of dwelling- houses, 349; number of horses, 172; number of cows, 240; number of acres of land taxed, 6,2772.
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Sept. 23,
Alfred N. Birtwhistle,
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To William H. Twiss, Constable of the Town of Saugus, in the County of Essex, Greeting.
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Elections, to meet at the Town Hall, on MONDAY, the first day of March next, at one o'clock, P. M., then and there to act on the following articles :
1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
2. To hear and act on Reports of Committees.
3. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, Selectmen and Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Constable, and one School Committee for three years, all on one ballot. 4. To choose all other Town Officers required by law to be chosen in the months of March or April annually.
5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year, and make appropriations of the same.
6. To revise the Jury Box.
7. To see if the Town will discharge the old Appraising Committee, and choose a new one.
8. To see if the Town will accept the street, called " Newhall Street," in East Sau- gus, as laid out by the Selectmen.
9. To see if the Town will cause a Flagstaff to be erected in East Saugus.
10. To see if the Town will widen the road from the house of William H. Twiss t. the Railroad track in Saugus Centre, agreeable to the petition of S. A. Parker and others. 11. To see if the Town will widen the travel of the road from the house of William H. Twiss to " Dark Hole," so called, in North Saugus, to be completed by June 15, 1869, agreeable to the petition of A. A. Scott and others.
12. To see what action the Town will take in reference to building a School House to accommodate a higher grade of schools.
13. To see what action the Town will take in reference to prosecu ing a claim before a commission appointed under an act of the Legislature, in relation to Salem Turnpike and Chelsea Bridge Corporation.
14. To see if the Town will move the Old Hearse House from its present location, or sell the same and build a new one in the New Cemetery, or see what action the Town will take in relation to the same, agreeable to the petition of Geo. H. Hull and others. 15. To see what action the Town will take in relation to selling a part or the whole of the Town Farm laying west of the Turnpike.
16. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money sufficient to meet the ex- pense of maintaining a watering trough.
17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to cut down the hill near Howlett's Pond, on Myrtle Street, agreeable to the petition of John Howlett and others.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies of the same, at the usual places, seven days, at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands this eighteenth day of February, A. D. 1869.
WILLIAM H. NEWHALL, ? Selectmeu HARMON HALL, S of Saugus.
A true copy. Attest :
WILLIAM H. TwIss, Constable of Saugus.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1869.
LYNN : THOS. P. NICHOLS, PRINTER. NO. 179 MARKET STREET. 1869.
ANNUAL REPORT.
WE have, during the past year, attended to the usual duties assigned to us, and cheerfully present to our fellow-citizens of Saugus the Annual School Re- port for the year ending February 28th, 1869.
Our duties have chiefly consisted in the superin- tending of the nine public schools in town which we are glad to report in at least as good condition as ever before. In saying this we know how much encour- agement we express, and we intend all we say.
The order and discipline-things of such vital im- portance, and without which even moderate success is so impossible-have continued entirely satisfac tory-mild, but efficient.
We attribute this pleasing feature mainly to well directed home influence co-operating with that of the teacher upon the growing self-respect of our intelli- gent youth, who more and more readily understand that it is better and wiser to become, as it were, a law unto themselves, than to defy the rigors of a rule strong enough to deal with the lawless and diso- bedient.
We have suffered the rod and the ferule, in extreme cases, to be sparingly used; but our rules, herewith published, require teachers, in all cases, to- keep a record of cause and extent, in each individual appli-
cation. No complaints have reached us of any abuse by their instrumentality.
We regret to say it, but we greatly fear their shadow, as a terror to evil doers, must, for a while, linger in our midst; not from choice, except as a choice of evils. We frankly admit that what is called flogging, in the forcible language of those who de- nounce the practice, which in modern parlance is elegantly termed heroic punishment, is an evil; or to use a more definite and guarded expression, is a par- tial evil; that is to say, wrongs may, and undoubtedly do, in individual cases, result from it; but if, on the whole, greater good than harm result therefrom, in our opinion, we are justified in arraying ourselves on the side of its advocates. The large majority of teachers of the best culture, of the most careful ob- servation and extensive experience, claim, and we think the argument is fair, that to abolish corporeal punishment entirely from the school-room would be to subvert all discipline, or give it over, at least, into the hands of a few restless spirits, the least blessed by salutary home influences-the most ignorant, the most neglected, the most reckless and the most vicious, and therefore the least able to appreciate the supreme necessity of wholesome discipline and that subordina- tion to constituted authority, no less in the school than in society at large, is the very bond of its healthy and useful existence. It is said this disturbing ele- ment could be banished from the school-room. The power may exist, but all power should be exercised, not only in wisdom and firmness, but in mercy. And why should the most needy be the most neglected ;
and why, because hungry, should they be starved to death, or why should they be left to the filthy rags of idleness, at an age when idleness is almost sure to lead to vice, temptation and crime. Why rob commu- nity of a useful citizen, and bequeath in his stead a criminal ?- spared and spoiled!
It is further said that this kind of punishment should not be inflicted because it is a relic of bar- barity-degrading to scholars and brutalizing in its influence upon teachers. This is but the argument of the criminal, brought to the bar of public justice, in mitigation of sentence, after a plea of guilty, or rather of crime, kindly advising justice to save itself from demoralization by allowing the guilty to escape un- whipped. Again, it is said that mere exhibitions of cruelty are degrading to beholders. We should hope, for the credit of humanity, that such would be more likely to disgust than to degrade. But justice is not cruelty, it is simply the exercise of that virtue with means nicely adjusted to ends, which consists in giv- ing to every one his due according to his deserts.
Tact and talent should, if possible, take the place of brute force; and brains are an excellent substitute for birch. Other things being equal, the more tact and talent the less birch is needed, but, unfortunately, the conditions vary with different schools and with the varying dispositions of scholars. Children, like their parents, are better controled by mixed motives, and to do away with compulsion, entirely, would be no less absurd than to rely wholly upon it. Again, salutary home-influence is to some a thing unknown, while it surounds others like a halo the very atmos-
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phere of their breath. Some have unfortunate or- ganizations, are clowns by nature; these should share our warmest sympathies and kindest care. Others are mere clods of clay and water, or rare specimens of physical force, with feeble or undevel- oped intelligence, and can be greatly improved by kindness: they may have to be restrained. Some are strong, some are weak, others are delicately organ- ized, of etherial mould, creatures of air and fire, who would, no doubt, be pained in their exquisite sensibil- ities at the sight of merited castigation; but more pained that one of their fellows should deserve such infliction. The love of justice is enthroned in every true heart. The time may come, but now is not, when corporeal punishment can be safely abolished. We confess our temperament is not too sanguine ; our hope not too vivid, and we fail to see, at present, those rosy tints, in the blushing east, which are said to herald the rising day of millennial glory.
GRAMMAR.
We often hear this important branch of what is termed common school education spoken of slight- ingly, in tones of impatience and dislike, which has led us to reflect somewhat upon the propriety of giv- ing the subject such prominence as it usually receives in our schools. We do not propose to write a critical or learned homily upon the subject; we have no such ambition, if we had the time and ability for such a work. Our text books on the subject have defined English grammar to be the art of speaking and writ-
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ing the English language correctly. This definition we accept as true; but we by no means admit that all books, with this high sounding title, can commu- nicate this important knowledge, or a hundredth part of it. The difficulty is not in the guide-post or the lettering, but the finger-mark points in the wrong direction. It is a well known fact that some of the master-pieces of English composition were written without the slightest aid from what is called learning communicated by grammar manuals; and some of the best scholars in grammar speak and write with the least freedom and the most blunders. When, where and how, then, is this useful and necessary art of speaking and writing correctly to be acquired? We answer, the time for its acquisition is from prattling infancy onward-in the nursery; in the school; in social intercourse; by reading and thinking; by the cultivation and improvement of natural good taste; in the use and power of language; in the expression of the nicer shades of thought. Of course, in order to make language a subject of critical examination and study, and to direct attention to its parts in detail, it must be subdivided, and its subdivisions named, and the rules of its construction defined. This is substantially the whole practical use of the study of grammar proper, except a thorough and familiar understanding of the verbs, their modes, ten- ses, number and person, and a few other matters, all of which might be easily learned by a child of ordi- nary capacity in a few months, and better learned and understood than now, in twice as many years.
As fast as a child can master the meaning of words
and phrases, he may be taught with profit the practi- cal use of grammar as applied to those words and phrases, and no faster. This will aid him to speak and write those words correctly. For instance,-by way of illustration,-if a German, with a limited knowledge of our language, wished to inform us he had called upon us, he would say, perhaps, "I shall call you was not there." We fail to catch his mean- ing; he has used words enough, more than was ne- cessary, if he had used the right word in the right place; or, in other words, put his verb in a different tense. We say his knowledge of grammar is imper- fect; but in time, (of necessity,) he will learn to be more correct. He thinks rightly enough, and right thinking, by aid of the faculty of observation and irrepressible power of thought, will lead to right speaking ; that is, he will learn to use words simply as others use them; and grammar is but another name for fashion, or style, applied to the use of words and phrases, the meaning of which is known, founded upon good taste and common sense. The truth is, grammarians are not the best teachers of the use, beauty, power and flexibility of language as a vehicle of thought. Says Channing, "the most ordinary words and phrases owe their definiteness and perspicuity not so much to the invariable precision of the Eng- lish language as to an almost incredible activity of the mind, that grasps the idea from the words used, and assigns to each word its proper meaning, and each phrase its appropriate limit." Grammatical accuracy by no means implies elegance and force of expression and is but a poor help to ease and
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fluency; it is useful so far as it goes, but it cannot extend to the use of words imperfectly under- stood. We attempt to teach grammar too fast; we attempt to teach a child of tender years a knowledge of grammar sufficiently extensive for the vocabulary of a sage of fifty. Because a few grains are needed why load the young learner down with tons ? and why, because a few simple rules may be of use. bur- den the memory with the contents of a volume ? And why, because a single stick is needed, give him to carry a forest of rules and exceptions, useless, tasteless and meaningless ? In an architectural point of view it seems absurd to attempt to erect a superstructure of such vast proportions on so slight a foundation.
The morals and manners of our scholars have re- ceived their due share of attention, and we notice with pleasure their improving tendency. Most of them, perhaps all, are members of our excellent Sunday schools, where they receive additional in- struction in the fundamental principles of that faith which is the foundation of all good governments and sound morals, the distinguishing characteristics of an enlightened Christian nation. Their health and com- fort have been well looked after, the school-rooms being properly warmed and ventilated.
With a single exception the school-rooms are all that could be desired-large, convenient, airy, and in perfect order-and, as public buildings, a credit to the town. The exception,-the Primary school-room at the Centre,-which, if at all fit for human beings,
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is not fit for seventy scholars; it is large enough, but low-studded, ill-ventilated and gloomy.
WARD ONE.
Miss DILLON, Spring Term: Miss PIERCE, Summer Term, and Miss DELIA A. GOLDER, Winter Term.
This school has made some progress; as much as, under the unfavorable circumstances above indicated, we had reason to expect. The frequent change of teachers is almost inevitably attended with a train of evils more or less permanent ; discipline suffers ; an- bition is chilled, and energies, if not prostrated, are not quickened to such an extent as under the foster- ing influence of teachers permanently employed, who identify themselves with the interests of the school, and make the field of labor peculiarly their own. We say this school has suffered, but are happy to add it is now rapidly recovering lost ground under the able, skilful, and efficient management of its present teacher, whose past efforts give promise to great fu- ture usefulness.
WARD TWO.
Miss FRANCES H. MUNROE, Grammar school : Miss ESTHER A. PARKER, Intermediate : Miss L. A. HARDY, Primary.
This, the largest of our Grammar schools, though surrounded by some adverse elements, has succeeded finely under the guidance of the strong, firm hand of its talented and gifted teacher. We have never seen a fairer record, so large an average of attendance, or so great a percentage, at any time, in any school, or
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more industrious and earnest scholars. A constant reproach to idleness.
The Intermediate, during the past year, has been, as usual, managed with efficiency and skill. We never visited this school without a feeling of admira- tion for the keen. subtle, controlling intellect of its teacher. She leads her pupils, step by step, with the ease and grace of a master hand, giving just such help, in kind and quality. as is needed-teaches her charge to be self-reliant and thoughtful, by thought- inspiring methods, peculiarly her own.
The Primary school is still in charge of its beloved friend, who wins by her kindness and gentleness all hearts. No teacher ever shared more heartily the love of her pupils. This is the largest school in town, and constantly increasing in numbers, and should have a more airy and cheerful room.
Of course, to expect a teacher to give that atten- tion to cach of this number of scholars which they require and should receive, is impossible. Many of them must be more or less neglected. Yet, to a large number of these children, it is a finishing school, af- fording all the means of a common school education they will ever be likely to receive. Yet the teacher does not seem to lack heart or lose courage, sus- tained, no doubt, however weary, by the soothing thought, that she has done, from day to day, all with- in the limits of her physical and mental power.
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