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Oct. 9, 1858, Thomas B. Seabury, Weymouth, and Emily Thayer, Quincy.
Oct. 26, 1858, Cottington Nash, Weymouth, and Sarah Wild, Brain- tree.
Oct. 28, 1858, Alpheus S. Nickerson, Boston, and Jennie Humphrey, Weymouth.
Nov. 14, 1858, Alonzo W. Blanchard, Weymouth, and Mariam J. Bicknell, do.
Nov. 25, 1858, Charles G. Thompson, Weymouth, and Rebecca F. Hunt, do.
The above marriages were not returned to the Town Clerk until after the returns were sent to Boston.
Jan. 12, 1859, William Reed, Jr., Braintree, and Maria L. Derby, Weymouth.
Feb. 6, 1859, John W. Page, Weymouth, and Mary M. Nichols, do.
Feb. 23, 1859, Danforth W. Cushing, Weymouth, and T. Jane Shaw, Abington.
March 10, 1859, Jas. A. Lovell, Weymouth, and Caroline B. Colyer, do. March 31, 1859, Henry M. Loud, 6 and Clarissa E. Cushing, "
April 3, 1859, John P. Lovell, and Lucinda W. Rice,
50, 1859, Edward H. Davis, “ and S. Addie Manning, “ May 2, 1859, Cotton Bates, 66 and Charlotte W. Hawes, “ 4, 1859, Edm'd Humphrey, “ and Lucy Ann Collier,, “ 8, 1859, Joseph Truett, Abington, and Catherine P. Holbrook, do.
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May 10, 1859, Elliot L. Toombs, Weymouth, and Mary A. Hollis, do. 11, 1859, Nathaniel Z. Battles, Weymouth, and Celia A. Good- win, do.
14, 1859, John A. Holbrook, Weymouth, and Priscilla L. French, do.
14, 1859, Frederic A. Kenney, Weymouth, and Cinderella Stoddard, do.
June
5, 1859, Elbridge T. Richards, Weymouth, and Elizabeth A. Tirrell, do.
July
5, 1859, Sanford Makepeace, Weymouth, and Lucy Dwyer, do. 14, 1859, Joseph R. Totman, Weym'th, and Lucinda Pratt, do. 3, 1859, Josiah Q. Gardner, Hingham, and Lucinda R. Gard- ner, do.
5, 1859, Matthew Macauly, Weymouth, and Augusta E. Peter- son, do.
12, 1859, George Turner, Weymouth, and Lucy Ann B. Bates, do.
9, 1859, Peter Hugh, Weymouth, and Julia Fitzgerald, do.
27, 1859, Henry C. Pratt, Weymouth, and Abby Pittman, do.
Aug. 6, 1859, Leander R. Joyce, Abington, and Francis D. Crocker, do.
20, 1859, Ansel R. Holbrook, Weymouth, and Nancy J. Ross, do. 25, 1859, Allen Smith, Randolph, and Caroline White, do.
25, 1859, Leonard Powers, Weymouth, and Susan A. Lawrence, do.
Sept. 11, 1859, Edward L. Doten, Abington, and Elizabeth Shaw, Weymouth.
11, 1859, John A. Hickman, Weymouth, and Margaret Doran, do.
Oct. 3, 1859, John Jackson, Weymouth, and Elizabeth Cort, do.
8, 1859, Leander Pratt, Weymouth, and Sarah A. Willis, Braintree.
9, 1859, Orsamus Littlejohn, Middleboro', and Eliza S. Holmes, Weymouth.
16, 1859, J. Addison Allen, East Bridgewater, and Fidelia H. Cook, Abington.
19, 1859, Wm. Sears, Jr., Weymouth, and Sarah B. L. Nichols, Cohasset.
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Oct. 23, 1859, Thomas Lane, Weymouth, and Bridget Conners, do. 26, 1859, A. Lozrene Hollis, Weymouth, and Harriet A. Bry- ant, do.
30, 1859, Wm. Hanley, Weymouth, and Hannah Ahern, do.
Nov. 6, 1859, George C. Whiting, Quincy, and Emeline A. Thayer, Weymouth.
9, 1859, Wm. W. Smith, Weymouth, and Avis A. Richards, do. 15, 1859, Nathan D. Canterbury, Weymouth, and Adeline W. Pratt, do.
16, 1859, Joseph W. Richards, Braintree, and Eliza. B. Tirrell, Weymouth.
16, 1859, Henry A. Hollis, Weymouth, and Lydia M. Burrell, do.
23, 1859, Charles C. Tinkham, Weymouth, and Melinda J. Blanchard, do.
26, 1859, Patrick Conners, Weymouth, and Mary Donovan, Hingham.
Dec. 11, 1859, George A. Holbrook, Weymouth, and Jane S. Stod- dard, do.
25, 1859, Michael J. Donovan, South Scituate, and Mary Ma- han, Hanover.
31, 1859, Bela Shaw, Abington, and Rosaltha M. Bates, Wey- mouth.
BIRTHS.
Number of births registered,
252
Number of births, where both parties were American, 147
Number of births, where fathers were American and mothers were foreign, . 6 Number of births, where mothers were American and fathers were foreign, . 8
Number of births, where both parties were foreign, . 91
252
Number of births, where both parties were natives of Weymouth, 25 .
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Deaths in Weymouth in 1859.
AGE.
Date.
NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days
Jan. 16, 21,
Nancy Pratt, .
73
1
Dropsy,
Francis A. Hayden, .
23
-
Consumption,
10,
Benjamin Bates, 2d,
67
7
12
Heart Disease, .
24,
Maria Fogg,
34
9
16
29,
Clara Lizziette Hunt,
17
1
25
Consumption,
19,
Lydia C. Trufant,
22
29
4
1
24,
Feb. 1,
8,
Wilson Raymond,
13
Consumption, . Thrush,
Warcham. Weymouth.
3,
Sarah M. Hunt,
28
1
Canker,
5.
Jonathan Pratt,
28
8
-
Consumption,
11, Jolin Long,
3
1
26
Croup,
10,
Elizabeth A. Whitten,
24
7 Consumption,
.
18.
Angie B. Dyer, .
1
1
8 Dropsy on the Brain,
.
20,
Mary B. Cushing,
16
8
1
23.
Frank H. Phillip,
1
1
- Marasmus in Bowels,
Hanover.
Mar.
4, Eliza F. McHugh,
7, Hannah French, John Dowd,
1
1
14
Influenza, .
7.
Cordelia R. Tirrell, .
21
11
25
Consumption,
15,
Irene F. Loud, .
30
1
16
24,
Elmer B. Dunn,
1
-
14
Purpuras, .
22,
A. Somerfield Robinson,
12
1
6
28,
Margaret C. Condrick, Frank S. Stevens,
10
8
15,
Charles C. Nash,
27
Co
31,
William P. Lewis,
1
3
10
Croup,
April
18, Emelius S. Pratt,
27
10
16,
Hannah M. Nash,
21
10
21
1
15
9
29
Scarlet Fever, Dropsy on Brain,
24, 12,
Helena J. Greenwood,
2
1
24,
James P. Luttea,
13
11
Lockjaw, .
16,
Josiah L. Copeland, .
25
6
-
Consumption,
19.
Jolın Sisk,
23
1
28
8
95
1
8
June
3.
Micah Lovell, .
61
2
2
Paralysis, .
15. James A. Elms,
1
6
2
1
34
6
10
29,
Ackley Ware,
50
1
57
1
29
3
10
Disease of Heart,
10,
Isaac French, . Isabel Briggs, . Sarah F. Hollis, Emily L. Loud, .
67
1
1
20
Cholera Infantum,
27,
1
21
Throatale,
19,
Laura Maria Nash, .
1
G
15
Abscess,
18,
Ida Frances Orcutt, .
7,
Alvah Thompson,
3
4
29
Throatale,
3.
Jabez Franklin Thompson, Jerusha Joy,
1
5
10
84
Old Age, .
.
Halifax. Braintree.
1
6,
Emily Torrey, .
Walter A. Gammons, Harry Wendall Rogers, - Lydia Case,
1
5
1
1
36
4
1
Susan L. Pray, .
47
15 Consumption,
21
Erysipelas,
56
11
18
Consumption,
Weymouth. Hingham. Quincy. Hebron, Me. Bridgewater. Weymouth. Scituate.
Weymouth.
21,
21
Consumption,
Consumption,
Hingham. Weymouth.
May 30,
Leander W. Thayer,
-
-
7
28
29
5
Consumption, Fit,
Wat'rv'e,Me. Weymouth.
Allie Derby,
8
Throatale,
1
19
46
Old Age,
13 1
Consumption, Fit,
[Boston.
7,
Margaret Cohen, Severas Richards, Ezra Reed,
71
1
1 Fit, died in Insane Hos., S. . 8 Heart Disease, . - Consumption, . Cancer,
Middlefield. Weymouth.
20
July
21,
Daniel S. Lovell
7 Consumption, .
25,
30.
10 20
Consumption,
44
24
Teething, .
46
1.
Weymouth.
Randolph. Weymouth. N. Carolina. Weymouth. Mansfield.
Braintree. Weymouth. 16
28, Elizabethi T. Tower,
7
Lung and Typhoid Fever, Dropsy, .
Boston. Weymouth.
7,
Dropsy on Brain, Whooping Cough, Fit,
5 Liver Complaint, Rheumatism,
22, 26, 13,
Lucy M. Vinal, . Mary J. Clark, .
Lucy A. Burrell,
Sarah Ann Waters, .
Scotland. Weymouth. Ireland. Weymouth.
17, 28. William Loud, .
16.
7.
Nancy Reed,
6
26
-
10
Ulceration of the Stomach, Croup,
9 Cholera Infantum,
1
Disease.
Where Born.
1
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Deaths in Weymouth-Continued.
AGE.
Date.
NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Disease.
Where Born.
Aug.
8.
Thomas Hill,
65
3
12
Paralytic Fit, .
17,
Frederic P. Barrows,
4
8
Cholera Infantum,
12,
William L. Haskins,
2
2
Disorder in Head,
[H.
23,
Janc S. Loud. .
35
10
Canker,
6,
Ella J. Burrell, .
1
11
Humor,
31,
Willie A. Harlow,
6
24
Cholera Infantum,
31,
Mary A. Russell,
William N. Dizer,
18
7
24
Inflammation, .
2,
Stephen Ford, .
27,
Harris E. Rogers,
3
22
Cholera Infantum,
14,
Margaret Dowd,
4
6
18
Canker,
3.
James McGwin,
1
4
-
9
Cholera Infantum,
23,
9, Robert F. Porter, Elizabeth H. Richards,
3
14,
Emma W. Rhines, Arthur Tirrell, .
16
9
Consumption,
29,
William Whelan,
3
21
Cholera Morbus, =
21,
Theodore Waters,
4
4
7
1g
Killed,
4,
Jennie A. Loud,
1
5
Canker,
16,
Ozin P. Lathrop,
9
23
Bowel Complaint, Fit,
29,
John P. Makepeace, . Mrs. - Pratt, .
89 63
11
13,
Mary J. Tracy, .
1
5
Infantum, .
11,
Arthur H. Trufant,
1
28
Cholera Infantum, Consumption, Fit,
=
8.
William E. Shea,
7
Inflammation, .
Died
24,
Flavius Hayden,
20
24,
Edmund Tirrell,
41
12,
John S. Barrett,
43
7
Heart Disease, . Influenza, .
Vermont. Weymouth.
30,
Walter Holbrook,
19
2
20
16,
Charlotte Hunt.
71
8
Paralysis, . 1
Nov.
28,
Lucy T. Orcutt,
47
8
Consumption,
Mansfield. Braintree.
20,
Amos S. Newton, Joseph Vinson,
32
11
9
10
2
Middleboro.
Dec.
30,
20, Catharine J. Farrar, Abiah W. Salisbury, 24, Lucinda Tirrell, 19, Mary Wildes,
48
9
86
8
-
5
- Consumption,
9,
William W. Pratt, Charles F. Boynton, Nancy Thayer, .
32
3
-
8.
Maria Hollis,
15
6
- Throatale,
16,
Elizabeth J. Tirrell.
4
10
- Scarlet Fever,
Gloucester. Weymouth. Randolph.
1
4
Cliolera Infantum,
Sept. 29,
5,
Samuel W. French, . Sarah E. Main .
18
7
16
Consumption,
Townsend. Weymouth.
9.
Addie M. Tirrell,
3
4
6
6
16 Consumption,
4
Old Age, died in Poor Ho. Cancer,
Stoughton. Weymouth.
Oct.
11,
Charlotte M. Phillip. Bridget Connell,
5
10
General Debility, Burned to Death,
in Poor
Weymouth.
6.
---- Groves,
-
1
25,
Mary Cusack Hill,
9
5
1
Consumption,
Weymouth.
35
4
-
12,
Weymouth.
76
7
=
Braintree. Weymouth.
21 Dropsy,
Old Age, .
15,
31
6
Liver Disease, Child Birth,
14.
Thomas Green,
59
-
5
6
=
4,
1
22,
Mary Capen,
1 Influenza, .
Quincy. Weymouth.
15,
Elizabeth P. Farrar,
3
Q
Scarlet Fever, .
=
18,
-
2
Heart Disease, .
Charlestown Weymouth.
Lampter, N. Weymouth.
-
Consumption,
7
12,
=
12,
7,
Housc.
-
23
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OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH,
FOR THE YEAR 1860.
Z. L. Bicknell,
Selectmen. James Humphrey, Oran White.
Town Clerk.
E. Granville Pratt.
Treasurer. Gilman Burrell.
Overseers of the Poor. James Tirrell, Samuel Curtis.
Lemuel Torrey,
Assessors.
Elbridge G. Hunt, Josiah Q. Torrey, , Francis B. Bates.
School Committee for Three Years
Rev. James P. Terry, Atherton N. Hunt,
Rev. S. L. Rockwood, Stephen Cain.
School Committee for Two Years. Daniel Humphrey, Benjamin F. White, James L. Bates.
School Committee for One Year.
E. Granville Pratt, Rev. Levi A. Abbott, Gilbert Bates.
Highway Surveyors.
Charles Humphrey, James Tirrell, Jason Holbrook
Lovell Bicknell, John R. H. Williams.
Constables. Geo. W. White, Jr., B. F. Robinson, Wm. Stoddard, Jacob N. Bates.
Surveyors of Wood, Lumber, and Bark.
E. S. Beals, B. W. Dowse, J. H. Stoddard, Is'c L. Blanchard,
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Solomon Lovell, Leonard Gardner, John Thomas, Elias Richards, Lot W. Bicknell, Jos'p. D. Gardner, Franklin Derby, John O. Foye, Edwin Pratt, Jonathan Trufant, Elon Sherman, M. N. Blanchard,
Cyrus Washburn, Reuben Loud, Quincy L. Reed, T. H. Humphrey,
Z. L. Bicknell, B. F. White, Ira Curtis,
Benj. F. Shaw,
J. E. Rice, Henry Dyer, W. P. Sanborn, Wm. Rice,
Francis Richards, Alan'n Holbrook, Edwin Pratt,
Abner W. Paine,
Henry Hunt, Jason Pratt, Haskel Boynton, Elipha't Loud, Jr.,
Jacob Loud, Minot Holbrook, George S. Baker, Martin Derby.
Jonathan Hunt, Wm. II. Thomas, Samuel Curtis,
Field Drivers.
Wm. Blanchard, Matthew Pratt, Richard Loud, Henry Sinclair, Ansil Burrill, Jr., Francis Shaw,
Prince E. Cushing, Benjamin Orcutt,
Warren Dyer, Jacob Clapp, Jacob Lovell, Sidney O. Tower,
Joshua Vinal, M. C. Huntress, David Holbrook, Clinton F. Pope,
James Lovell,
Henry Cleverly, Samuel Shores,
Daniel White,
James Totman, Josiah Copeland, Benj. Whitman,
Thomas B. Porter,
Edward Cushing, John Q. Bicknell, James Reed,
David Pratt, Jr.,
Andrus Lane, Enos Raymond, Harr'n G. Tirrell, Thomas Derby,
Austin Tirrell, W. B. Tirrell,
Jesse H. Sprague, Ferdinand Loud.
John Jordan, Henry Oliver, Isaac Binney,
Samuel Estes,
Charles Gowell,
T. A. Kingman,
Samuel Tirrell,
E. W. Vining,
Joshua Holbrook,
Tything Men.
Thomas Bicknell, Henry Thomas, Andrew Gerry, P. H. Cushing,
Isaac Lawrence, E. S. Wright,
W. B. Coolidge, James Clapp,
Geo. E. Porter, Eben'r Tirrell, Asa Holbrook, John Bates,
Thos. J. Nash, Nath'l D. Pratt,
Isaac N. Hollis,
Fence Viewers.
Cottington Nash, Jacob N. Bates, Daniel Holbrook, Wm. Stoddard.
Weigher of Vessels. Benjamin Bates.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures. George W. Pratt.
Pound Keeper. Francis Tirrell.
Collector of Taxes. Cotton Bates.
Warren W. Barker,
Fire Wards. James Tirrell, D. S. Murray,
R. E. Dwelley, Asa Holbrook.
Auditing Committee.
Elias Richards, Loring Tirrell, Lovell Bicknell
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH.
The School Committee of the town of Weymouth respectfully submit the following Report: -
Having made, at the commencement of the year, such general arrangements for the schools as they deemed advisable, the Com- mittee divided among themselves their particular superintendence, assigning to the member residing in East Weymouth the nine schools in the 1st, 3d, and 10th Districts ; to the member residing at Weymouth Landing, the seven schools, in the 2d, 4th, and 9th Districts ; the supervision of the North Weymouth High School being shared between these two; and to the member residing in South Weymouth, the twelve schools including the High School in that part of the town. Their several reports of the schools under their particular supervision have been adopted by the Com- mittee and arranged in the following order, as a part of their general report.
NORTH WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.
In accordance with the action of the town, at its last annual ` meeting, a new High School was established, as soon as practica- ble, in the South Parish, and the one already in successful opera- tion was removed to the northern section of the town, to be known henceforth as the North Weymouth High School.
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Of this school, its condition, labors, and achievements, during the past year, we will first speak.
Although located in a new place, and having new surroundings, yet retaining its able and efficient teachers, Mr. W. K. Fletcher, and Miss R. V. Humphrey, together with a large portion of its scho- lars, it has been essentially the same school that it was the year before. It is believed also that it has suffered no material injury by its transplantation ; but, under the fostering care of devoted friends, it has fully sustained its former well-earned reputation ; and, in the opinion of the Committee, has exhibited a more marked proficiency in the several studies pursued, and reached a higher degree of excellence than ever before.
The first term of the school opened March 28th, and continued 18 weeks. The number of scholars admitted was 62, and the average attendance for the term, 56.
It was, of course, impossible for the Principal alone, even with his large experience and rare tact as a teacher, to do justice to a school of so many scholars and classes, and it was, therefore, ab- solutely necessary to employ an assistant teacher.
Unfortunately, several scholars left the school in the early part of the term, some by reason of sickness, and others in consequence of leaving town. But while the number in school and the average attendance was thus reduced, the number of classes, and the amount of labor to be performed, remained about the same.
The school has been frequently visited by the Committee, and its condition and tendencies have always given them the highest satisfaction. The order of the school has been perfect, - the system of instruction unusually critical and thorough, - going down to the foundation of principles and things, and the recita- tions narrowly watched and keenly criticised by the scholars them- selves, as well as the teachers, have generally been of a high order of excellence.
The principal studies to which attention has been given during the term, and the number in each, has been as follows, viz. : - In Reading and Spelling, the whole school; in Arithmetic, 32; Al- gebra, 40; Natural Philosophy, 6; Intellectual Philosophy, 5; Book-keeping, 5; Geometry, 3; Physical Geography, 10; Eng- lish Grammar and Analysis, 45; Latin, 35; French, 10; and
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Greek, 3; together with regular weekly exercises, either in de- clamations or in reading compositions.
In summing up the amount and quality of the labor performed in the school this term, we feel assured that the teachers must have been faithful to their trust, and unremitting in their exer- tions to secure the progress of their pupils ; and that they, in turn, must have co-operated with the teachers in the attainment of the beneficent objects of the school. And the results of their combined efforts were such as fairly to entitle the school to the encomium bestowed upon it by a lecturer on education, in a distant State, viz .- a model school.
The examination at the close of the term was patient, critical, and thorough, and was most admirably sustained by the pupils, eliciting warm commendations from the Committee, and, as far as we know, giving satisfaction to the large number of visitors present.
The second term of the school commenced Aug. 29th, and con- tinued six months. Whole number of scholars, 49; average at- tendance, 44.
The studies pursued need not be repeated here, as they were essentially the same as in the preceding term, with the addition of Surveying and Trigonometry.
It is enough to say in commendation of the school this term, that, if possible, its standard of excellence was raised ; its aims and achievements were higher than ever before; and certainly, it has always exhibited in its routine of daily labor, that life and enthusiasm, that generous and healthful emulation, which are sure indications of an earnest spirit and of complete success.
The exercises at the closing examination, occupying a full day and a half, were of a high order of excellence; manifesting, on the part of the pupils, an ability to grapple with, and master dif- ficulties ; a breadth and maturity of scholarship, such as are rarely seen even in schools of this grade. It was beyond question the best exhibition ever witnessed in this school, and this is say- ing a great deal, when they have uniformly been of so high a character.
The close of the term was embittered only by the reflection that the pleasant relations so long existing between teachers and
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scholars, were then to cease, and the strong ties which bound them together were then to be sundered. This thought occasioned sad- ness in many hearts, and suffused with tears many eyes.
SOUTH WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.
The town having voted, at its annual meeting in March last, to appropriate $700 for the maintenance of a High School, in the south part of the town, the Committee proceeded to carry out that vote by hiring of the Universalist Society the use of their vestry for a school-room, furnishing it with suitable desks and seats, and en- gaging Mr. Elbridge Torrey to take charge of the school. Know- ing the rare qualifications and previous success of Mr. Torrey as a teacher, the Committee felt confident that to place the school under his care was to insure its success.
The first term opened May 9th, and continued twelve weeks. The whole number of scholars was 47; and the average attend- ance 46.
Mr. Torrey brought to the instruction of his classes much ex- perience, a peculiar tact to awaken in his pupils an interest in study, and a thorough knowledge of the branches taught. Ener- getic himself, he infused, in a remarkable degree, life and enthu- siasm into his scholars. His instruction was critical and thorough, extending beyond rules and formulas to the principles which underlie them. The ordinary recitations, when heard by the Committee, gave evidence of interest and industry on the part of the pupils, and of fidelity on the part of the teacher. The order was uniformly good, and was secured without any apparent effort. The teacher and the scholars appeared to feel a common interest in the success of the school.
The examination, at the end of twelve weeks, was witnessed by a large number. The several classes acquitted themselves in an admirable manner. There was not a decided failure throughout the examination, which continued through the day. Much had been anticipated, but the anticipations of the most sanguine were more than realized. The examination was a perfect success - a triumph.
The second term commenced September 5th, and continued 24
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weeks. The whole number of scholars being 42; and the average attendance 41. There were sixteen classes, exclusive of the exer- cises in reading, spelling, composition, and declamation. It seems hardly possible for one teacher, without an assistant, to instruct so many classes with any degree of thoroughness; yet the Com- mittee are satisfied that instruction of the most thorough kind was given to cach of these classes. The teacher was clear and full in his exposition of principles; the scholars applied them- selves with uncommon zeal and diligence to their several studies. Their entire deportment was characterized by the utmost proprie- ty. The relations between teacher and pupils were of the most gratifying character. Mr. Torrey secured in an unusual degree the good-will and confidence of his school.
The closing examination brought together a large number from different parts of the town, who listened with interest to the seve- ral exercises. These were conducted under the direction of the Committee, and in such a manner, that the examination was seen to be a fair test of the pupils' knowledge of the ground they had gone over. All the performances were of a highly satisfactory character; most of them were of unusual excellence; some, par- ticularly those in Philosophy and Geometry, were of the highest order of excellence. Two of the scholars gained for themselves distinguished credit by their original demonstrations. The classes in Arithmetic did more than perform problems and recite rules, - they gave reasons for the rules.
The recitations in Latin gave evidence of critical and thorough instruction. It was manifest to all present that the teacher had been devoted to the interests of his school, and that the pupils had been industrious and faithful. Those interested in the success of the school were abundantly satisfied with the examination. It more than met the high anticipation, founded upon the success of the previous term.
There were during this term 28 scholars in Arithmetic; 25 in Algebra ; 9 in Geometry ; 2 in Trigonometry ; 4 in Natural Phi- losophy; 12 in Physical Geography ; 38 in Analysis and Parsing; 4 in Intellectual Philosophy; 18 in Latin, including classes in Latin Reader, Cicero, and Virgil.
The average attendance through the year was about 98 per
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cent, and would have been 99₺, had there been no absence on account of sickness.
This school was established as an experiment. No experiment was ever more successful. It may therefore be presumed that the South Weymouth High School is to be henceforth a permanent institution.
FIRST DISTRICT. - Grammar Department. - Confident of the ability of Miss J. Frances Vining, as an able and skilfull teacher, who has had charge of this school for several consecutive terms, the Committee advised, that she be retained, if possible; thus affording the school the advantage of the same uniform system of instruction.
Under her management, the school commenced March 28th. The order of the school has invariably given the most entire satis- faction. The appearance of the room has been inviting, tasteful, and home-like.
The pupils have exhibited much respect for their teacher, and a tender interest in each other.
At our several visitations, the recitations were animated, and, in the main, quite accurate. Particular attention has been given to reading and spelling, together with the rules and definitions.
The classes in Mathematics, Geography, and Grammar, gave evidence, at the examinations, of thoroughness and commendable proficiency.
Summer term, eighteen weeks. Whole number of scholars, 42. Average attendance, 36 and a fraction.
Winter term, twenty weeks. Whole number of scholars, 41. Average attendance, 33.
Intermediate School .- Summer Term .- This school was assigned to Miss Sarah E. Loud, whose previous success, for several terms in the Primary School, had earned her the reputation of an excel- lent teacher, and which was fully sustained in her management of this higher department of instruction.
She succeeded in correcting many errors, into which the school had lapsed.
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Order, animation, and industry soon became the welcome cha- racteristics of this school-room.
The examination gave delightful evidence of a term of pro- ficiency.
Length of term, eighteen weeks. Whole number of scholars, 41. Average attendance, 34 and a fraction.
Winter Term. - Miss Loud having declined a re-election as teacher of this department, it was given in charge to Miss Abbie E. Vining, of Randolph, promoted from the Primary. The school could not well have been entrusted to better hands.
Endowed with an amiable and affectionate disposition, she early gained the confidence and good will of her pupils, while her scho- larly attainments, and aptness for teaching, admirably fitted her for the post to which she was called.
Many of the classes were thoroughly drilled in the elementary sounds and rules ; and the closing exercises were peculiarly grati- fying to the Committee and visiting friends.
Miss Vining leaves the school with the best wishes of both parents and pupils.
Length of term, twenty weeks. Whole number of scholars, 41. Average attendance, 36.
Primary School. - Summer Term. - Miss Abbie E. Vining, of whom mention has been made in another department, was secured as teacher for this school. Possessing largely those qualities requisite to a good primary teacher, her connection with this school was one of marked success.
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