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Burrill Street to the hay-scales, with suitable number of hydrants, and report at the next meeting.
CHIEF ENGINEERS.
IVORY EMMONS, A. F. NESBITT, NATHANIEL, GALEUCIA.
LIST OF MEMBERS.
DANIEL MYERS, Captain. STEPHEN MCDONOUGH, Stewart. AMOS CAHOON, Clerk.
WILLIAM MARTIN,
PETER A. MARTIN,
ARTEMUS GOODRICH,
HENRY WIDGER,
KNOTT PEDERICK,
CHARLES E. GOODRICH,
THOMAS BERGIN,
JASPER STONE,
ABRAHAM STONE,
ROBERT CAREY,
JOHN CURTIS,
GEORGE PRIME,
JAMES C. GANNON,
GEORGE KNOWLTON,
HORACE STONE,
JOHN CULLEN,
HENRY CULLEN,
JOHN GANNON,
GEORGE P. CAHOON,
FREEMAN CHILDS,
PERLEY KENDRICK,
EDWARD KNOWLTON,
WILLIAM ROBERTS,
CHARLES ROBERTS.
THOMAS H. MAHAN,
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
BIRTHS.
Males, 14 ; Females, 24 ; Total, 38.
Fathers born in Swampscott, 3 ; Mothers, 5.
Births in January, 3 ; February, 3 ; March, 2 ; April, I ; May, 3 ; June, 4 ; July, 2; August, 5; September, 5 ; October, 2 ; November, 2 ; December, 6.
MARRIAGES.
Certificates issued, 29. Marriages recorded, 30.
Oldest couple, 79 and 65 ; youngest couple, 20 and 17. Oldest groom, 79; oldest bride, 65. Youngest groom, 20; youngest bride, 17. Second marriages, grooms, 3 ; brides, 3.
Nativity of Grooms. - Maine, Vermont, Ireland, Pennsylva- nia, New Jersey, New Brunswick, I each ; New Hampshire, 2 : Halifax, N. S., 2 ; Massachusetts, 20.
Nativity of Brides. - Maine, England, Prince Edward's Island, I each ; Nova Scotia, 2 ; Ireland, 2 ; Massachusetts, 23.
Occupation of Grooms. - Fisherman, merchant, mechanic, wood-worker, book-keeper, cabinet-maker, farmer, coach driver, retired manufacturer, barber, and mariner, I each ; laborer, painter, E.R.R. employee, 2 each ; morocco dressers, 3 ; shoe- makers, 5 ; clerks, 4.
Marriages in January, 3 ; February, 2 ; March, I ; April, I ; May, I ; June, 4 ; July, I ; August, 2 ; September, 5 ; October, 5 ; November, 3 ; December, 2.
Married by John E. Dame, 4 ; Geo. A. Jackson, W. H. Rog-
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ers, 3 ; J. C. Harrington, Lynn, 3 ; N. H. Martin, 2 ; J. Coleman Adams, Lynn, 2 ; J. J. MeNamara, Lynn, 2 ; Raymond T. Hol- way, Lynn, 2; J. H. Williams, Marblehead, A. J. Canfield, Chelsea, Jno. H. Flemming, Boston, Seth C. Corey, Beverly, I. H. Gilbert, Medfield, J. B. Clark, Swampscott, Henry Hinck- ley, Lynn, W. S. Hubbell, Lynn, Wm. T. Burns, Lynn, I each.
DEATHS.
Males, 22 ; Females, 19; Total, 41.
Deaths in January, 4; February, 2; March, 2; April, I ; May, 5 ; June, I ; July, 2 ; August, 6 ; September, 9 ; October, 4 ; November, I : December, 4.
Under 5 years, 16 ; 5 to 10 years, none ; 10 to 20 years, 2 ; 20 to 30 years, 5 ; 30 to 40 years, 4 ; 40 to 50 years, 3 ; 50 to 60 years, 5 ; 60 to 70 years, 3 .; 70 to 80 years, 3.
The following persons were over 70 years : -- Sally Oliver, Ann M. Kendall, William Cole.
Causes of Death. - Softening of brain, disease of liver, hepatites, tumor, pneumonia, leucocythemia, cancer, child-birth, uremia, canker, suicide, heart disease, diarrhæa, phthisis, dysen- tery, choked to death, premature birth, I each ; typhoid fever, infantile debility, apoplexy, still-born, 2 each ; convulsions, 3 ; consumption, 9.
DOG LICENSES.
Number of dogs licensed, 94 ; males, 87 ; females, 7.
Amount received for dog licenses from County Treasurer for the year 1880, $172,84.
BENJ. J. LINDSEY, Town Clerk.
REPORTS OF SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
NUMBER of loads of gravel put on Roads and Sidewalks.
Essex Street and Sidewalk 540
Beach Avenue and Sidewalk 60
Burrill Street and Sidewalk 140
Pine Street and Sidewalk . 70
New Ocean Street and Sidewalk
60
Humphrey Street and Sidewalk
26c
Redington Street and Sidewalk
140
Rockland Street and Sidewalk
70
Rose Street and Sidewalk 80 Blaney Street and Sidewalk
40
Columbia Street and Sidewalk
Cheney Street and Sidewalk 20
20
Patching Roads and Sidewalks
, 200
Stones hauled from pit to Salem Street Swamp Road and Essex Street Swamp
. 460-2160
C. S. PITMAN, Surveyor.
Humphrey Street . 821
Orient Street . . 601
Atlantic Avenue
Rockland Street
27
Salem Street
149-
Blaney Street .
225
Highland Street . 50
Rose Street . 13
Rose, Blaney, and Rockland Streets, for paving 49
Sidewalks 214
Filling Atlantic Avenue 200
Filling Swamp Road 222 .
Filling Salem Street
. 250-2932
R. S. HARRIS, Surveyor.
TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, ss.
To JAMES WHEELER, CONSTABLE OF THE TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT : GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the TOWN HALL, in said Swampscott, on the EIGHTEENTH day of MARCH current, at nine o'clock A.M., then and there to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one year. To choose a Town Treasurer for one year. To choose a Board of Selectmen for one year. To choose one Assessor for three years. To choose a Collector of Taxes for one year. To choose one or more Surveyors of Highways for one year.
To choose one School Committee for three years. To choose one Overseer of the Poor for three years. To choose three Fence Viewers for one year. To choose a Board of Health Officers for one year. To choose three members of the Auditing Committee for one year.
To choose all necessary Constables, Field Drivers, and Pound Keepers for one year.
All to be chosen on one ballot.
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ART. 3. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town? Yes, or No .. By ballot.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the Reports of the Selectmen, the Auditors, the School Committee, the Trustees of the Library, the Surveyors of Highways, the Chief Engineer of the Fire De- partment, the Committee on Street Lights, the Superintendent of Cemetery, and any other Committee previously chosen.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses for the ensuing year, and make appropri- ations for the same.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen, to pay Town indebtedness.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen in anticipation of the Taxes to be assessed and collected.
ART. 8. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the current year.
ART. 9. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector for the collection of the Taxes for the current year.
ART. 10. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Collector for the collection of the Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. II. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the collection of Taxes.
ART. 12. To see what discount, if any, the Town will allow on Taxes paid before a certain date.
ART. 13. To see in what manner the Town will appropriate the money received for the licensing of dogs.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will accept Rose Street as im- proved.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will accept the street in front of Depot, leading from Pine Street to Burrill Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and name the same.
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ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to build a Fire-proof Vault in the lower Town Hall, to connect with the Selectmen's Room, for the preservation of books, plans and documents, etc.
ART. IS. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for paved gutters.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to furnish and set curb-stones, provided the abutters will pay one-half of the expenses.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to lay street crossings.
ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take in regard to lighting street lamps, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 22, To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to re-locate the Soldiers' Lot in the Cemetery, agreeable to the pe- tition of John R. Merritt and others.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will gravel and put in good con- dition the sidewalks on both sides of Boynton Street, agreeable to the petition of A. L. Pierce and others.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of draining King Street, agreeable to the petition of William Healy and others.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient' sum of money to grade that part of King Street, north-easterly of Highland Street, so as to make the same safe for public travel, agreeable to the petition of James Burnett and others.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will elect one Surveyor of Highways for the current year, instead of two, agreeable to the petition of R. Phillips and others.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money sufficient to construct an ample and permanent outlet to Stacey's Brook, agreeable to the petition of Fred O. Ellis and others.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of
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($3,000) three thousand dollars, for the purpose of erecting a Soldiers' Monument in the Town of Swampscott, provided that a suitable location can be procured without expense to the Town, agreeable to the petition of W. G. Earp and others.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will take some action in relation to the removal of snow from the Horse Railroad tracks, agreeable to the petition of L. D. Pettingell and others.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up at- tested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office, and three other public and conspicuous places in the Town, 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 said meeting.
Given under our hands, this fourth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
FRANK E. INGALLS, Selectmen ALLEN ROWE, of ARTHUR C. WIDGER, ) Swampscott. A true copy. Attest :
JAMES WHEELER, Constable.
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THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,
FOR THE YEAR 6 ENDING FEB. 28, 1882.
LYNN: THOS. P. NICHOLS, PRINTER, NO. 24 MARKET STREET. 1882.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THE proper scope of a report, such as we are called upon to make, might be a subject for consideration, if public interest warranted the necessary time and space. Since, however, our chief duty is to convey information to the towns-people, as to the condition and working of the schools for the year now closing, we shall waive a disposi- tion to record an educational essay, and give our citizens the usual review of what we have been doing.
While not enthusiastic as to the progress of the schools as a whole, vet it is only fair to say that in our judgment their average condition is better than at any other time in recent years. This improvement may not be marked, yet we think it has taken place ; and we should indeed rela- tively lose ground, if we did not make positive advances in this age of progress. Modern methods may be a subject of ridicule with some who prefer the " good old ways," but in our estimation, the science of teaching and its aids and helps have made great advances in recent years.
ATTENDANCE.
The population of the Town increases every year, con- sequently we have a larger number of pupils. The aver- age attendance, has however, not been perceptibly greater
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than last year, owing mainly to severe weather and sick- ness.
HEALTH.
Aside from the effects of a very open and changeable Autumn and early Winter, there has been little illness in the school ranks. Our teachers have suffered more than usual, though without any protracted or serious illness. A large number have been vaccinated in the Town recently, including a few pupils who had escaped previous attention. The prejudice existing in regard to this preventive, seems to have abated wherever the subject has been investigated.
TRUANCY.
The report of our Truant Officer is as follows :- for the year ending February 20, investigated 31 cases ; visited 21 families in quest of truants, and returned 6 to school. The Committee hope to have the more earnest co-opera- tion of parents in preventing the waste of time on the part of their children. We have had occasion in former re- ports, to remark the carelessness of some fathers and moth- ers in regard to securing a constant and punctual attend- ance during school sessions. Pupils are still, as formerly, frequently kept at home on very trifling account ; and it is not to be wondered at if some should take advantage of this demoralizing practice, and absent themselves at their own pleasure, afterward inventing, and sometimes writing their own excuses in the name of the parent.
TEACHERS.
A few changes have taken place during the year in our corps of teachers. Miss Wardwell's health, which had been so affected by her school work a year since, has remained until recently in a very discouraging state. We are glad to learn, however, that she is now in a greatly im- proved condition, ard will perhaps be able to resume her duties next September. During the present year her place
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in the Beach Intermediate School has been creditably filled by MIss Lou W. COCHRANE, a recent graduate of the Salem Normal School.
During the present school year MISS GREY of the Beach Primary became MRS. HUSSEY, and at the close of the Fall Term resigned her position, leaving her school in a condi- tion very much improved over that of a year ago. Her place was filled by the transfer of MISS STANLEY from the Farms School, and this vacancy in turn was filled by the Committee in the appointment of MISS LUCY G. CHASE as teacher, who begins her work there with the best wishes of all interested.
The more important subject of the administration of the affairs of the High School, has been happily settled by the good fortune of the Committee in securing the services of REV. J. B. CLARK as principal. The well-known ability and experience of MR. CLARK in educational affairs, and his former active labors in this town, render the present arrangement an occasion of special congratulation to our citizens, on the part of the Committee.
As to the work of the school since the opening of the Fall Term, we feel that any one who might visit it now, would be pleased with the thoroughness and amount accomplished. Further than this, we purpose to let the school tell its own story by its results. In connection herewith is submitted the special report of MR. CLARK, pre- pared at the request of the Committee ; including the course of study adopted by the Committee. The daily sessions of this school have been arranged to terminate at half-past one o'clock, agreeably to the general custom of High Schools, and the principal is enabled thereby to give atten- tion to school affairs outside his own department, visitation of other schools, etc.
At the close of the last school year, there were gradu- ated from the High School two young ladies, Lilian B. Hatch and M. Estella Smith.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
HIGH SCHOOL.
GENTLEMEN OF SCHOOL BOARD :-
Herewith I submit to you my report of the attendance, scholarship, and deportment of the pupils in my department from the first Monday in September, 1881, to March I, 1882. I am quite well aware that statistics are not very readable or attractive, and yet they are often full of instruc- tion and valuable suggestions. Such are these offered in the Table below, as connected with the names of the pu- pils enrolled.
NAMES.
Days Belonging
Days Absent.
Scholarship.
Deportment.
NAMES.
Days Belonging.
Days Absent.
Scholarship.
Deportment.
First Class.
Third Class.
Bunting, Elliot A.
.117.
.. I ...
.98. .82.
Knowlton, C. F
.117.
.. 6.5.
.90.
.65.
Crowell, Josie
, 117.
·35 ···
.55.
.35.
Rowell, Charles G.
.117.
.. 6 ...
.91.
.75.
. II7.
.15 ...
.SS. .So.
Second Class.
Gale, Mary
. 117.
.. O ...
.78.
.95·
Barberie, May.
.117.
.13 .. .
.78.
.So.
O'Brien, Maggie
.117.
.4 ...
.99.
100
Blanchard, Fred.
. II7.
.22.5.
.65.
.75.
Hatch, Herbert O.
.117.
.. 7.5.
.90.
.90.
Caswell, Eliza.
.117.
.. 3 ...
.79.
.65.
Oliver, Grace
. 117.
. 2 ...
.98.
.So.
Delano, Arthur B
.117.
.18.5.
.60.
.45.
Potter, Ernest H.
.117.
.. 6 ...
.85.
.93.
Galeucia, Lillie.
.117. .. 8 ...
.95.
.So.
Roberts, Minnie G.
.117. .26 ... .79.
.75.
Horton, Jerry L.
. 117.
.. 6 ..
.SS.
.75.
Ryan, Peter F.
.117.
.. 3.5.
.So.
.85.
Morris, Stephen
. 117.
.. I ...
.S2.
.80.
Rich, William
.117.
.. o ...
.05.
.65.
Stanley, Louise C.
.117.
.18.5.
.85.
.So.
Paine, Thomas
.117.
.25 ... .75.
.55.
Eastman, Fred
.117.
.IO ...
.99.
.95
Morris, Oscar F.
.. 60.
.I ...
.99.
.95.
Carroll, Charles W
.100.
.41.5.
.50.
.45.
Dyer, Joseph
.. 35.
.. O ...
.85.
.95.
Kemp, Fred
.. 80. . 17 .. .
.45.
.42.
. 102 .
.. 9 ..
.S5.
.78.
Hayes, Hannah.
.60.
..
Shaw, Flora B
.. 80.
.. 4 ...
.96.
.70.
Besides the above, we have two past members of the School in the French class, Mondays and Thursdays at 3, P.M., viz. :- Lillie Hatch and R. B. Atwood.
Blaney, J. J.
Chase, Herbert
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The figures under " days belonging " show the number of school days that each pupil has actually belonged to the school.
The figures under " days absent" show the amount of time lost during these regular school days.
The numbers under " scholarship" give a fair estimate of the relative standing of each pupil in the several depart- ments of study.
The numbers under " deportment " give an approximate idea of the scholars under rule, not a want of courtesy or respect for the powers of the school room, but evidently a want of self-control, self-respect, of rigid habits of study, of attention and application to assigned tasks. But, gen- tlemen, these are but excresences ; the pruning knife will remove them, the early spring will show a more healthful growth.
The whole number connected with the school during the period above-named has been 31 ; the per cent. of attend- ance has been 97. The course of study ordered by the Board has been carried out as fully as possible under the circumstances.
The following Text Books have been used with more or less success :- Bradbury's Algebra ; Bradbury's Geom- etry ; Physiology ; Harkness' Latin Introductory ; Hark- ness' Latin Reader ; Stuart's Cæsar ; Barnes' United States History ; Swinton's General History ; Hall's Rhetoric ; Steele's Natural Philosophy ; Gray's Botany ; Kettel's French ; Meservey's Book-keeping ; Astronomy.
General Exercises. - Collateral Reading ; Declama- tions ; Recitations ; English Composition ; also, Written Abstracts on important studies ; Familiar Talks on street life, home life, school life, and general habits. We have had classes in all the above studies except Botany and As- tronomy. We hope before the year closes to make a be- ginning even in these.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
The school in its present aspect, must suffer in compar- ison with other and older schools of the same grade, and for very apparent reasons ; Ist, In the limited preparation and immaturity of the pupils; 2d, In the thinness of par- tition wall between the Grammar and High School rooms ; and 3d, In the want of recitation rooms, (an absolute ne- cessity to a school of this grade) ; and yet, prospectively, we may look forward with a good hope, and rational ex- pectation of future success. Temporary results can never satisfy a teacher who understands his work and the great- ness of his opportunities. His motto is and ever must be, " Non scholæ sed vitæ."
Expressing my many thanks to the School Committee for efficient aid in this present good undertaking,
I am respectfully, J. B. CLARK, M. A., Principal.
THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The attendance at the above schools and the general progress of the same, have been alike satisfactory to the Committee. The vigorous administration of MISSES HAD- LEY and Morr is a good preparation for entrance to MAS- TER CLARK's department, and the Committee feel that only the most careless or stubborn can fail to acquire the neces- sary Grammar School training.
On account of the large attendance in these two schools, the requisite individual attention could not be given by the teachers, hence the Committee have arranged a division of labor, employing MISS GRACE B. CLARK as assistant, who now takes charge of certain recitations, enabling the prin- cipals to devote more time to personal instruetion.
The seating of these two schools is far from what it should be, the desks being double, which is inconvenient and objectionable. No improvement however can be made until more room is provided. If the entire building
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SCHOOL REPORT.
was placed at the disposal of the two Grammar Schools, the rooms might then be re-seated and made comfortable for the prospective increase of some years. The Commit- tee has endeavored to remedy the defective ventilation of the Second Grammar and First Primary Schools, by put- ting in a hot-air shaft, which carries off a large portion of the foul air. A pump connecting with a well on a neigh- boring estate, has been set in the lower entry, giving good water ; the well dug on the premises having been abandoned.
In this connection, the Committee would recommend the purchase of the Wiley estate, adjoining the present school property ; the dwelling thereon being available for the pri- mary school at a small outlay, and a very considerable re- lief would then be experienced. Undoubtedly within a few years a new building will be erected for the advanced schools, and by this plan we shall secure immediate and much needed relief, and have the land ready when the new building is to be erected.
OTHER SCHOOLS.
We find it unnecessary to report in detail as to the Pine Street Schools, their affairs having been conducted during the year in.a manner generally satisfactory to the Commit- tee and all others interested. The seats are all filled, and health has been good.
In the Beach Schools, there has been more irregularity on account of sickness than elsewhere. There is a consid- erable number of spare seats in both rooms, indicating a slower growth of population than in the western section of the Town. This building is altogether the best of the Town's school property, and the Committee wish that it was practicable to utilize the spare room for the benefit of the Pine Street district.
At the Farms School the attendance remains as for two years past. Though somewhat remote from the cen-
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tre of population, the school is not less interesting or effect- ive ; and as in the past, so in the future, we expect to see thorough elementary instruction in this school.
In the Essex Street School there has been a very con- stant attendance, with no material increase. We believe MISS MEACHON's efforts are giving as good results as are obtainable anywhere under like circumstances.
In view of the small local school population in this vicin- ity, and the large increase in the Pine Street section, the Committee favor the removal of this school to some point between the bridge over the Eastern Railroad, and the corner of Burrill and Essex Streets. The old lot would then be available as a gravel-pit and largely pay the ex- pense of removal, while the school would be improved by being filled up by the overflow of the Pine Street School.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK O. ELLIS, SAM'L O. INGALLS, IVORY EMMONS,
Committee.
STATISTICS OF SCHOOLS. 1881.
WINTER
SPRING
FALL
TERM.
TERM.
TERM.
SCHOOL.
TEACHER.
Whole No.
in attend. .
Average No.
in attend.
Whole No.
in attend.
Average No.
in attend.
Whole No.
in attend.
Average No.
in attend.
AVERAGE AGE.
FIRST PRIMARY
Miss Mott
40
34
46
40
45
38
7.5
BEACH PRIMARY
Mrs. Hussey.
38
35
42
36
37
34
7+
PINE STREET PRIMARY
Miss Boynton ...
32
28
45
38
48
45
7.5
ESSEX STREET
Miss Machon
20
17+
19
17.5
17
15,7
8.4
FARMS
Miss Stanley. ...
25
21
30
26
29
25
8.5
BEACH INTERMEDIATE.
Miss Cochrane ..
40
38
39
37.5
26
25
10.3
PINE STREET INTERMEDIATE.
Miss Thing.
. .
47
43
45
42
44
41
10.5
SECOND GRAMMAR.
Miss Hadley ....
50
45.9
49
41.5
53
47
12.S
FIRST GRAMMAR
Miss A. M. Mott
41
37.5
42
35
56
51.3
13+
HIGH
Mr. Clark.
24
22
20
17
30
2S
15
..
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