Town annual report of Swampscott 1890, Part 5

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 110


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Language .- First year's work continued.


Arithmetic .- Numbers through 25, roman numerals, original concrete problems by the pupils.


Writing .- Tracing books No. I, copying exercises from black- board, writing selections from reading books and from dictation. Drawing .- Clay modelling, drawing from objects.


PRIMARY SCHOOL .- THIRD YEAR.


Last half of three Second Readers with supplementary reading, phonetic analysis.


Spelling .- Oral and written; words dictated from lesson.


Language .- Part 1, Mary Hyde's Lessons.


Arithmetic .- Numbers to 100, use of common measures, roman numerals, written arithmetic, four operations with no multi- plier or divisor exceeding two figures, writing numbers through thousands.


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Writing .- With pen and ink.


Drawing .- Drawing-book. Prang, No. I. Physiology .- Taught orally. Geography .- Taught orally. History .- Stories.


INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL .- FOURTH YEAR.


First two weeks spent in review of preceding grades, two Third Readers with supplementary reading, phonetic analysis.


Spelling .- The same as Third Grade and Harrington Spelling Book.


Language .- Part II, Mary Hyde's Lessons.


Arithmetic .- Mental arithmetic, written arithmetic, four opera- tions, multipliers and divisors of more than two figures, additions and subtraction of decimals, two places, United States money, simple illustrations of fractions.


Geography .- To Physical North America, map drawing.


Writing .- As before in copy-book.


Drawing .- Drawing-book, Prang, No. 2.


Physiology .- Taught orally.


History .- Orally.


INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL .- FIFTH YEAR.


Review, during first two weeks, the fourth year work.


Reading .- Some Third Reader with United States history begun as supplementary reading, phonetic analysis.


Spelling .- Same as preceding grade.


Language .- Part III, Mary Hyde, composition writing, declama- tion.


Arithmetic .- Mental work, written work, through decimals to common fractions.


Geography .- From Physical North America, through New England


States, with special geography of our own State, map drawing. Writing .- As before, in Copy-book.


Drawing .- Drawing-book, Prang, No. 3. Physiology .- Taught orally. History .- Taught orally.


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THIRD GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- SIXTH YEAR.


First two weeks spent in review of the fifth year work.


Reading .- Some Reader as a drill book, Lippincott's Fourth, sup- plementary reading, phonetic analysis. Spelling .- Harrington's Spelling Book.


Language .-- Part IV, Mary Hyde's Lessons, grammar, the simple sentence, its analysis and punctuation, composition writing, declamation.


Arithmetic .- Common fractions and linear measure.


Geography .- Finish United States and take South America, map drawing, writing continued.


Drawing .- Drawing book, Prang, No. 4.


Physiology .- Skeleton, muscles and skin.


History .- The discoveries and settlements.


SECOND GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- SEVENTH YEAR.


First two weeks spent in review of the sixth year work.


Reading .- Same as preceding grade.


Spelling .- Continued.


Language .- Grammar, the complex and compound sentence; its analysis and punctuations, composition writing, declamation. Arithmetic .- Compound quantities and percentage, mental work. Geography .- Europe and Asia, map drawing.


Writing .- +Continued.


Drawing. - Drawing book, Prang, No. 5.


Physiology .- Respiration and the voice, circulation.


History .- French and Indian war, the Revolution, War of 1812.


FIRST GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- EIGHTH YEAR.


Reading .- Fifth Reader, supplementary reading, phonetic an- alysis.


Spelling .- Continued.


Language .- Swinton's Grammar reviewed, written work, composi- tion writing, Declamation.


Arithmetic .- Continued. Geography .- Completed and reviewed, map drawing. Writing .- Continued.


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Drawing .- Drawing book, Prang, No. 6.


Physiology .- Digestion and food, nervous system, special senses. History .- Complete and review the History topically.


PREPARATORY CLASS .-- NINTH YEAR.


Grammar School studies in High School.


HIGH SCHOOL COURSE.


FIRST YEAR.


Physical geography. bookkeeping, algebra, Latin, English, study of authors.


SECOND YEAR.


Algebra completed, geometry, Latin, physics, English, study of authors.


THIRD YEAR.


Geometry completed, civil government, chemistry, botany, Latin, English, study of authors, history, French (Optional).


FOURTH YEAR.


Latin, French (Optional), History, English literature, astronomy, geology, drawing, English composition, and declamation throughout course.


This course may be modified for scholars preparing for college or any other higher school.


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CORPS OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1890.


Name.


School.


Salary. Date of Appointment.


Gardiner P. Balch . . High.


$1,500 Sept. 1888.


Gertrude L. Drake . High (assistant)


Abbie M. Mott .. .. First Grammar


Elizabeth J. Hadley Second Grammar.


Miss M. H. Fernald . Third Grammar


Lulu P. Washburn .. Beach Intermediate ..


500 Jan. 1888-Sept. 1886


Fannie A. Gould .. Pine St. Intermediate


500 Sept. 1888.


Emma J. Machon ... Essex Street ..


450 April 1888


Miss H. A. Thayer. . Pine Street Primary . .


450 Oct. 1888.


Miss M. A. Wells ... Beach Primary . . ..


450 Oct. 1888


Emma J. Shackley .. Redington St. Primary


500 Sept. 1888.


Louise C. Stanley .. . Farms


400 Jan. 1888


Elizabeth A. Bill. ..


Music and Drawing .. .


600 Jan. 1890


[Date of appointment to present position is given in Roman type. If the teacher had previously served in other schools in town. the earliest date of such appointment is stated in Italics.]


SCALE OF SALARIES FOR TEACHERS.


Grammar-4 or more years' experience (maximum), $550. Intermediate-3 or more years' experience (maximum), $500. Primary-3 or more years' experience (maximum), $450. Primary-2 years' experience, $400.


Primary-1 year's experience, $350.


Primary-No previous experience, $300.


500 April 1889


550 Sept. 1879-Sept. 1874


550 Sept. 1880-Dec. 1872 550 Sept. 1888.


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SCHOOL STATISTICS.


SCHOOL.


TEACHERS.


Average number of pupils


during winter term.


during spring term.


Average number of pupils


during fall term.


Average attendance dur-


Average attendance dur-


Average attendance dur-


Per cent. of attendance.


Average age in years.


High


( Gardner P. Balch ) ( Gertrude L.Drake )


30


25


46


27


24


42


92


15


First Grammar.


Abbie M. Mott


41


35


28


38


33


26


93


14


Second Grammar


Elizabeth J. Hadley ..


34


33


36


31


30


33


91


12!


Third Grammar. .


Minnie H. Fernald .. .


43


39


48


40


37


45


93


12


Pine St. Intermediate. Fannie A. Gould.


33


35


43


31


32


39


91


10


Beach Intermediate. .. Lulu P. Washburn. ..


31


31


34


.27


29


32


91


10


Essex Street.


Emma J. Machon


30


33


31


28


32


29


92


8


Farms


Louise C. Stanley


22


25


21


17


24


19


88


0


Redington St. Primary Emma J. Shackley .. .


23


24


38


22


33


32


92


-1


Pine Street Primary .. Hattie A. Thayer.


36


34


29


34


30


28


93


Beach Primary.


Mary A. Wells.


30


33


29


24


30


25


86


Average for all schools


353


347


383


319


334


350


92


Number enrolled in Town, 434.


ROLL OF HONOR.


Pupils Who Have Been Neither Absent Nor Tardy During the Year.


Hattie Martin. Addie Gibson.


Albert Tucker. Arthur Small.


A few others were absent only on account of sickness.


ing winter term.


ing spring term.


ing fall term.


Average number of pupils


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INJURY TO BUILDINGS.


The Committee is determined to put a stop to the practice of defacing the buildings and town property which are entrusted to its care. We have had occasion to take action on this subject the past year, and future violations of the law will meet with severe punishment. We quote from the statute :-


MALICIOUS INJURY TO BUILDINGS. [Pub. Stats., chap. 203.]


SECTION 78. Whoever wilfully and maliciously or wantonly and without cause destroys, defaces, mars or injures a school-house, church or other build- ing erected or used for purposes of education or religious instruction, or for the general diffusion of knowledge, or an outbuilding, fence, well or appurtenance of such school-house, church or other building, or furniture apparatus or other property belonging to or connected with such school-house, church or other building, shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding one year.


INJURY TO LIBRARIES.


SECTION 79. Whoever wilfully and maliciously or wantonly and without cause writes upon, injures, defaces, tears or destroys a book, plate, picture, engraving or statue belonging to a law, town, city or other public library, shall be punished by fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, or by im- prisonment in the jail not exceeding six months.


SALE OF TOBACCO TO MINORS.


The discovery of half-burned cigarettes in some of the class rooms disclosed the fact that certain dealers were careless in relation to the law governing the sale of tobacco to minors. We have reason to believe that more care will be exercised . in future.


Respectfully submitted,


W. H. ROGERS, G. L. CROSMAN, School Committee.


W. R. HASTINGS,


TOWN WARRANT.


ESSEX, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott, in Said County, Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott qualified to vote in Elections, and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Swampscott. on Saturday, the Fifteenth day of March, current, at Seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz :


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for one (1) year. To choose a Board of Selectmen for the year ensuing. To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.


To choose a Town Treasurer for one (1) year. To choose a Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing. To choose one member of the School Committee for thres (3) years.


To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.


To choose three members of the Board of Auditors for the year ensuing.


To choose one Overseer of the Poor for three (3) vears.


To choose a Board of Health for one (1) year.


To choose one or more Surveyors of Lumber for the ensuing year.


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To choose one or more Measurers of Wood and Bark for one (1) year.


To choose two or more Fence Viewers for the year ensuing.


To choose all necessary Constables and Field Drivers for one (1) year.


All to be chosen on one ballot.


ART. 3. To vote by ballot "Yes " or "No " upon the ques- tion, Shall Licenses be granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town.


ART. 4. To hear and act upon the Reports of the Auditing Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the School Committee, the Superintendent of Streets, the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, the Engineers of the Fire Department, the Superinten- dent of the Cemetery, the Board of Health, the Chief of Police, the Milk Inspector, and the Committee on Street Lights.


ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropria- tions therefor.


ART. 6. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Town Treasurer for the current year.


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 for the current year.


ART. 8. To see what amount of bonds will be required of the Collector for the collection of taxes for the ensuing year.


ART. 9. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Collector for the collection of taxes for the current year.


ART. 10. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the collection of taxes, and what rate of discount, if any, will be allowed for prompt payment on or before a certain date.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will accept the list of names for Jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the money re- ceived from the County Treasurer for dog licenses to aid in support of the Public Library.


ART. 13. To see what compensation the Town will allow the members of the Fire Department the current year, and grant money for the same.


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ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to furnish and set curbstones, and lay concrete sidewalks; pro- vided, the abutters will pay one-half of the expense.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) to be placed in the hands of James L. Bates Post, 118, G. A. R., towards defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.


ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take in regard to altering or amending the By-Laws of the Town, or make any additions thereto.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will extend the Water Main from Beach Bluff avenue through Mostyn street as far as Eulow street, agreeable to the petition of C. W. Holden and others; and raise a sum of money sufficient to construct the same either by appropriation from the taxes of the current year or by loan.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will extend the Water Main from Beach Bluff avenue through Humphrey street to Salem street, and on Salem street northerly a distance of about 850 feet, agreeable to the petition of Wm. Seger and others; and raise a sum of money sufficient to construct the same either by appro- priation from the taxes of the current year or by loan.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will extend the Water Main on Humphrey street from the junction of Orient easterly about 1000 feet, and set hydrants, agreeable to the petition of Chas. K. Roberts and others; and raise a sum of money sufficient to con- struct the same either by appropriation from the taxes of the current year or by loan.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will accept Hillside avenue as laid out by the Selectmen, and put the same to grade and make an appropriation therefor.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will accept Newhall court as laid out by the Selectmen, and put the same to grade and make an appropriation therefor.


ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take for the drain- age of King street and appropriate money therefor.


ART. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the improvement of Humphrey street according to the recommenda- tions of the Selectmen.


ยท


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ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take toward pav- ing gutters and building catch basins and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 25. To see if the Town will construct a proper street crossing on Humphrey street, opposite or nearly opposite the store of Geo. H. Holden & Co., and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Jos. F. Crowell and others.


ART. 26. To see if the Town will appropriate money for a street crossing across Monument avenue on the line of Burrill street.


ART. 27. To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the building of steps to King's Beach, near the Monument.


ART. 28. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the purchase of a stone crusher, or to furnish the Town with crushed stone by contract, agreeable to the recommendations of the Selectmen.


ART. 29. To see what action the Town will take to repair the Town Hall, and appropriate money therefor.


ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take on the recommendations of the Engineers of the Fire Department, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 31. To see what aetion the Town will take. on the rec- ommendations of the Selectmen toward a Fireman's Fund.


ART. 32. To see what action the Town will take to provide a new building for the Fire Department, and appropriate money therefor, agreeable to the petition of David K. Phillips and others.


ART. 33. To see if the Town will establish a Drinking Foun- tain at the junction of Beach Bluff avenue and Humphrey street, agreeable to the petition of Maurice Flynn and others, and appro- priate money for the same.


ART. 34. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall free of expense to hold a Children's Christmas Tree Dec. 25, 1890, agreeable to the petition of Joseph C. Hamilton and others.


ART. 35. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to cause to be removed the ledge and boulder on Humphrey street, opposite Beach Bluff avenue, so as to make said street of a


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uniform width of Fifty feet, the expense not to exceed Eight Hundred Dollars, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of Samuel F. Crosman and others.


ART. 36. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the curbing and grading of the Town lot on the beach, nearly opposite Ingalls court, and appropriate money for the same, agree- able to the petition of. Alonzo Corey and others.


ART. 37. To see what action the Town will take relative to the laying of a cross walk from the easterly corner of Pine street to the depot platform of the B. & M. Railway, and appropriate money for the same, agreeable to the petition of E. N. Wardwell and others.


ART. 38. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum sufficient to employ a Civil Engineer, said Engineer to make a survey of the Town for the purpose of establishing a system of sewers therein and report the probable cost of the same to the Select- men, agreeable to the petition of Benj. G. Ingalls and others.


ART. 39. To see if the Town will establish a Sinking Fund sufficient to meet its note dated Nov. 15, 1884, given to the Lynn Institution for Savings for $26,000, and due Nov. 15, 1894, or authorize its Treasurer under the direction of the Selectmen to. borrow a sum of money sufficient to pay the same forthwith, said sum so borrowed to be payable in equal annual proportions. in the years 1890 to 1895 inclusive, or take such action in regard to the payment of said note within the time provided by law, as may lawfully be done.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by post- ing attested 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 War-


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rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.


Given under our hands, this Fourth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hun- dred and ninety.


JOHN H. FARWELL, Selectmen AARON R. BUNTING, ANDREW L. HARRIS, Swampscott. of


A true copy. Attest :





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