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of such a building need not, as the case just cited illustrates, exceed the combined current expenses of two of the three smaller houses. By paying about $500 for the transportation of the younger children, the schools of Weymouth can be so far consolidated as to effect a saving of four times that amount annually, better schooling be secured for the children living at a distance from the centres of population, and no child be seriously inconvenienced or made to walk an unhealthy distance. The school-rooms in the large house can all be upon two floors, and the children be safer in such a building, strongly mastered, than in several separate buildings less firmly controlled.
SEATING.
To be under easy control from the teacher's desk, the children should be massed in column, and. not displayed in thin lines across the school-room. The difference between the depth and the width of the column need not be great, but what difference there is should be in favor of the depth.
Violations of this principle of arrangement, more or less marked, may be found in the lower story of the Athens, Tremont Street, Torrey Street, and new Broad Street (E. W.) buildings, and throughout the Central Street. In the first-named school this obstacle to good dis- cipline and good instruction is so serious, and the shape of the rooms so faulty, that some action in the matter is imperatively demanded. The best remedy would be the erection of a new building somewhat nearer the North Weymouth railroad station, so as to provide for the absorption of the upper grades in the Adams School by the North and East Weymouth Grammar Schools.
When an enlargement of the Central Street building becomes neces- sary, the seating and other hampering arrangements in each of the old rooms can be altered. All the children in every school-room in the town should be so seated as to be commanded by the eye of the teacher at a single glance.
EQUIPMENT.
The use of the blackboard is the most essential condition for good teaching. We ask it of our teachers. Can we fairly expect it of them if we furnish blackboards which can be used only by a large outlay of time and physical strength, and some of them not at all? There are no first-class and but few good blackboards in our school buildings. At least two per cent of the time, to say nothing of effec- tive teaching, for which the town pays its teachers, is wasted because of this defect. It would be good economy to expend $500 a year for blackboards, until this drawback is removed.
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Other aids to good teaching are imperatively needed, especially in our primary grades. Most of our teachers are now ready to use such aids. They are clamoring for them. The town will furnish them if it does not wish to dampen their awakened enthusiasm.
Not costly, nor even ornamental buildings are asked for. The true educator prefers, first, perfect equipment in buildings as plain and cheap as the limitations of the public resources may require.
Consolidate and concentrate our schools in a few such buildings, properly equipped, and have them taught in accordance with correct principles of education ; then they will make such progress as can- not otherwise be made.
COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
Year.
Term.
MATHEMATICS.
LANGUAGE.
SCIENCE.
MISCELLANEOUS.
I.
I.
Algebra.
Latin. English (historically).
Commercial Arithmetic (including Metric System).
II.
Algebra. Book-keeping.
Latin. English Literature (his- torically ).
III
Algebra.
Latin.
* English Language and Grammar.
English Literature (mod- ern authors).
II.
I.
Geometry.
Latin. Greek.
Ancient History and Ge- ography.
English Literature (clas- sical authors).
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COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS. - Continued.
Year.
Term.
MATHEMATICS.
LANGUAGE.
SCIENCE.
MISCELLANEOUS.
II.
II.
Geometry.
Latin.
Physics.
* Arithmetic (including application of Algebra and Geometry).
Greek.
Rhetoric.
III.
Trigonometry and Sur- veying.
Latin.
Physics.
Greek.
* Modern and Physical Geography.
III.
I.
Latin.
Chemistry.
Ancient History and Ge- ography.
Greek.
French.
English Literature (clas- sical authors).
II.
Latin.
Zoology.
Greek.
French.
Rhetoric.
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COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS. - Continued.
Year.
Term.
MATHEMATICS.
LANGUAGE.
SCIENCE.
MISCELLANEOUS.
III.
III.
Latin.
Botany.
Civil Government.
Greek.
French.
IV.
I.
Latin.
Geology.
Greek.
French.
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II.
* Arithmetic.
Latin.
Greek.
French.
III.
Latin
* Modern and Physical Geography.
Greek.
Astronomy.
French.
* English Language and Grammar.
Political Economy.
Physical Geography.
Mental Philosophy.
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Pupils may elect, with the consent of their teachers, between the following studies.
Those electing Latin may take one of the electives as an extra.
No pupil shall have less than three nor more than four studies at a time.
Each study begun is to be continued to the end prescribed.
YEAR.
TERM.
ELECTIVE.
I.
I.
Latin
English.
II.
·
·
English Literature.
III.
66
. .
II.
I.
Latin
. .
English Literature.
II.
66
Rhetoric.
III.
66
Trigonometry and Surveying.
III.
I.
Latin
English Literature.
French . .
II.
66
. .
Zoology.
III.
66
. .
. .
IV.
I.
Latin
Political Economy.
French
II.
66
Mental Philosophy.
.
III.
Astronomy.
66
. .
Throughout the Year III all pupils will study modern history topi- cally, "with the aid of lectures, readings, and essays.
Latin can be taken in Terms II and III of Year IV by students not fitting for college, only when no additional class exercise would be created thereby.
Students in Greek may omit in Years II, III, IV all branches not required for entrance at the college which they propose to attend. The Ancient History and Geography of Year III is intended only for such students.
* These studies are to be Normal Reviews, carried on by aid of Training Classes, composed of scholars from the lower grades, and so
·
·
Civil Government.
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Botany.
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directed as to prepare the pupils of the High Schools to understand the art of teaching.
Physical Drill ; ten minutes every day. Drawing; one hundred minutes every week. Reading, Declamation or Recitation, Composi- tion ; one exercise in each every month.
In each of the first two terms of every year every pupil is to read one of the books named in the course of reading for the year, and to write an essay upon the book read; at least one of the two books chosen each year to be a prose work.
COURSE OF READING.
FIRST YEAR.
Irving : Sketch Book.
Longfellow : A Poem.
Lowell : Vision of Sir Launfal.
Scott : Marmion, Lady of the Lake, Guy Mannering, Ivanhoe, Kenilworth.
SECOND YEAR.
Hawthorne : Wonder Book, Tanglewood Tales, Mosses from an Old Manse.
Motley : Rise and Fall of the Dutch Republic.
Addison : An Essay.
Goldsmith : Deserted Village, Vicar of Wakefield.
THIRD YEAR.
Shakespeare : Merchant of Venice, Julius Cæsar.
Bacon : An Essay.
Emerson : English Traits, Representative Men.
Webster : An Oration.
Everett : An Oration.
Sumner : An Oration.
FOURTH YEAR
Shakespeare : Tempest, Hamlet.
Milton : Paradise Lost.
Macaulay : An Essay. Burke : An Oration.
Pitt : An Oration.
Fox : An Oration.
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TEXT-BOOKS ADOPTED FOR USE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
LANGUAGE.
Bain's Brief English Grammar.
Hart's Composition and Rhetoric.
Brooke's Primer of English Literature.
Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar.
Leighton's Latin Lessons.
Allen and Greenough's Latin Course I.
Allen and Greenough's Virgil (no vocabulary).
Allen and Greenough's Latin Composition.
White's Latin Lexicon (abridged).
Goodwin's Greek Grammar.
White's Greek Lessons.
Goodwin's Greek Reader.
Boise's Homer's Iliad.
Jones's Greek Prose Composition.
Souvestre : Au Coin du Feu.
Michelet : Jeanne d'Arc.
Corneille : Le Cid
MATHEMATICS.
Crittenden's Commercial Arithmetic.
Walton's Written Arithmetic.
Duff's Book-keeping.
Bradbury's Eaton's Algebra.
Bradbury's Geometry and Trigonometry (new edition).
SCIENCE.
Norton's Elements of Physics.
Morse's Zoology.
Gray's School and Field Book of Botany.
Dana's Geological Story.
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.
Swinton's Outlines.
Guyot's Grammar School Geography.
Physical Geography.
MUSIC.
Eichberg's Fifty Hymns and Tunes. High School Reader. Tilden's High School Choir. Emerson and Tilden's Hour of Singing.
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DRAWING. Walter Smith's American Text-Books of Art Education.
1878-9.
Geometricál, Nos. 1 and 2.
Freehand, No. 2.
Geometrical, No. 3.
Years II, III, and IV,
Freehand, " 3.
1879-80.
Geometrical, No. 2.
Year I,
Freehand, " 2.
Geometrical, No. 3.
Year
. II,
Freehand, " 3.
Geometrical, No. 4.
Freehand, " 4.
COURSE OF STUDY.
PRIMARY GRADES. LOWER.
Language and Reading. - Greene's Thought and Expression, No. 1, to Lesson 19. Munroe's First Reader, to Lesson 30. Neither teach nor use the alphabet. Teach by thought and perception, not by analysis and synthesis.
Arithmetic. - Count by object ; count to 100 by twos, fives, and tens. Form all combinations to ten, in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division ; using objects. United States coins, etc., and representing the numbers in figures and in words.
Penmanship. - Imitate words in Language and Reading exercises, in a large hand, on paper or ruled slates, with pencil. Practise ele- ments.
MIDDLE.
Language and Reading. - Greene's Thought and Expression, No. 1, to Part III. Munroe's First Reader, to end ; Munroe's Second . Reader, to Lesson 21. Attend to the use of capitals, punctuation, and other printing marks. Do not spell in order to read.
Spelling. - Chiefly written exercises from Language and Reading lessons. Let the child take into his mind the word as a whole, asso- ciated with the object it represents, before attempting to spell it.
Year
I,
Years . II and IV,
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Arithmetic. - Through multiplication tables in Walton's Primary Arithmetic. Roman numerals to C. All combinations to 20, in addi- tion, subtraction, multiplication, and division ; method same as in lower grade.
Penmanship. - Primary Book, No. 1. Frequent practice on paper, as in preceding grade, with pencil.
UPPER.
Language and Reading. - Greene's Thought and Expression, No.1, and Munroe's Second Reader ; both to end. Cultivate expression and correct utterance.
Spelling. - Words from Language and Reading lessons, and from the children's daily life. Write them Some of the same words may afterwards be spelled orally, with separation into syllables by pauses.
Arithmetic. - Walton's Primary Arithmetic, to end. Oral, slate, and blackboard work. Addition and subtraction ; multiplication and division, with a single figure for multiplier and divisor ; expression of numbers in figures and in words. Use numbers to 1,000.
Geography. - Guyot's Elementary, to page 30.
Penmanship. - Primary Book, No. 2. Paper practice, as before.
INTERMEDIATE GRADES.
LOWER.
Language. - Swinton's Language Primer, to Section II.
Reading. - Franklin Third Reader, to page 111.
Spelling. - Words from Reader, and from such parts of nature and common life as would come to the notice of children of this grade. Take names of objects and action. Words first, then quality. Words and abstract terms, the last sparingly as yet.
Arithmetic. - Walton's Intellectual, to page 43. Notation and numeration ; addition and subtraction ; multiplication with two and three figures for multiplier ; and division with a single figure for divisor. Use numbers in three periods.
Geography. - Guyot's Elementary, to Part III.
Penmanship. - Writing Book, No. 1. Special attention to position and movement.
MIDDLE.
Language. - Swinton's Language Primer, to Section III.
Reading. - Franklin Third Reader, to end.
Spelling. - As in previous grades.
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Arithmetic. - Walton's Intellectual, to page 63. Walton's Writ- ten, to page 56.
Geography. - Guyot's Elementary, to end.
Penmanship. - Writing Book, No. 2.
UPPER.
Language. - Swinton's Language Primer, to end.
Reading. - Franklin Fourth Reader, to page 122.
Spelling. - As before.
Arithmetic. - Walton's Intellectual, to page 97. Walton's Writ- ten, pages 150-158, and 56-89.
Geography. - Guyot's New Intermediate, to North Atlantic States. Penmanship. - Writing Book, No. 3.
GRAMMAR GRADES.
LOWER.
Language. - Greene's Introduction to English Grammar, Lessons XXI and XL-LXI.
Reading. - Franklin Fourth Reader, to end.
Spelling. - As before, enlarging the lists of words from practical life, and adding words from school studies.
Arithmetic. - Walton's Intellectual, to page 121. Walton's Writ- ten, to page 171.
Geography. - Guyot's New Elementary, to page 54, and Geogra- phy of Massachusetts.
Penmanship. - Writing Book, No. 4.
MIDDLE.
Language. - Greene's Introduction, Lessons XXII-XXXIX, and LXII-LXXX.
Reading. - Franklin Fifth Reader, to Part II. Selections from the History.
Spelling. - As before.
Arithmetic. - Walton's Intellectual, to page 150. Walton's Writ- ten, to page 230.
Geography. - Guyot's New Intermediate, to Asia.
History. - Anderson's United States, through the Revolution.
Penmanship. - Writing Book, No. 5.
UPPER.
Language. - Greene's Introduction, to end. Analysis and parsing. Reading. - Franklin Fifth Reader, to end. Selections from the
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History and other books used in or connected with the course, and authorized as reference-books.
Spelling. - As before.
Arithmetic. - Walton's Written, to page 283.
Geography. - Guyot's New Intermediate, to end.
History. - Anderson's United States, to end.
Physiology. - Steele's Fourteen Weeks in Physiology.
Penmanship. - Writing Book, No. 6.
Thorough review of the entire course will be made in the upper grammar grade, and in each grade such reviews as may be necessary to enable the pupils to go on with their work successfully.
Throughout the course preparation of compositions, and declamation or recitation of good prose selections, are to be encouraged.
There shall be physical exercises in each grade every day.
The regular Writing exercises shall occupy as much time as those in Drawing, and there should be much additional practice in Penman- ship.
In Walton's Written Arithmetic all starred paragraphs may be omitted.
The assignment of Intellectual Arithmetic to the grammar grades indicates only that in beginning each subject simple work and the mental and oral method should be used.
It is recommended that in the upper grammar grade the pupils be assisted by algebraic statement as well as geometrical illustration.
Teachers are advised to use the following books, so far as they find them adapted to advance their work : -
Kiddle's How to Teach.
Sheldon's Elementary Instruction.
Calkins's New Primary Object Lessons.
Prang's Natural History Series and Text.
Apgar's Natural History Studies.
Hooker's Child's Book of Nature.
Hall's Our World, Nos. 1 and 2.
Carver's Topics in Geography.
Manual of Commerce.
Higginson's History of the United States.
Richardson's Our Country.
Hall's Alphabet of Geology.
Greene's, Harvey's, Hadley's, or Swinton's Lessons in Language. The National Music Course.
Smith's Drawing Manuals.
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DRAWING. Walter Smith's American Text-Books of Art Education.
1878-9. PRIMARY GRADES.
Lower. - Drawing Cards, First Series.
Middle. - 66 66 One hour each week.
Upper. - 66 66 Second Series.
INTERMEDIATE GRADES.
Lower. -- Drawing Cards, Second Series.
Middle. - Intermediate Book, No. 1.
One hour and a quarter
Upper - 66 66 1. each week.
GRAMMAR GRADES.
Lower. - Intermediate Book, No. 2.
Middle. - 66 66 " 3. One hour and a half each
Upper. - 66 66 " 3. week.
1879-80. PRIMARY GRADES.
Lower. - Drawing cards, First Series.
Middle. - 66 66
One hour each week.
Upper. - 66 66 Second «
INTERMEDIATE GRADES.
Lower. - Intermediate Book, No. 1.
Middle. -
..
1. One hour and a quarter each
Upper. - 66 66 2. week.
GRAMMAR GRADES.
Lower. - Intermediate Book, No. 2.
Middle. - 66 66 66 3. One hour and a half each
§ Geometrical, 66 66 1. week.
Upper. - Freehand, 66 1.
The entire foregoing course is merely provisional. Each assign- ment is made only as a basis of work for the teacher, and it is not expected that either the instruction or examinations will be limited by anything save the topics included and the capacity of the pupils.
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TABLE I. - CLASSIFICATION.
Departments.
Schools.
Grades.
Low.
Mid. ..
Upp. 66
Low.
Mid.
Upp.
Low.
Mid.
Upp.
Primary 6 4
.
Athens
Broad Street
.
.
.
.
Commercial Street
66
Grant Street
66
66
Main Street .
66
66
Perkins (lower)
06
Perkins (middle)
Pleasant Street
Intermediate.
Athens .
66
Broad Street
Central Street
. .
.
.
. .
.
Main Street .
Middle Street .
Mount Pleasant
. .
.
Pleasant Street
School Street
Tremont Street
.
.
.
.
.
.
Central Street
.
.
.
.
Centre
16
60
16
Pond Street .
60
66
.
.
.
River Street .
66
. .
.
. .
Union Street
Washington Street Athens
Central Street
66
Com'rcial St. (low.) Commercial Street.
Main Street .
Mt. Pleasant (low.)
.
.
Mt. Pleasant (mid.)
. ·
.
Mt. Pleasant (upp.)
.
. .
.
66
.
.
Adams
.
Pratt
North High . South High
Class 4 . . "' 4
Class 3 “ 3
Class 2 . “ 2
Class 1. 4 1.
.
.
.
High Street .
. ·
.
Adams
Mixed.
Pratt
Randolph Street
66
66
.
Torrey Street
Mix'd.
High . ·
.
. .
.
Grammar .
Central Street .
High Street .
Middle Street .
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66
.
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TABLE II. - ENROLMENT.
PRIMARY.
INTERMEDIATE.
GRAMMAR.
HIGH.
SCHOOLS.
Low.
Mid.
Upp.
Low.
Mid
Upp. Low Mid. Upp
|Poys.
'Girls.
| Boys.
| Girls.
Boys.
'Girls.
|Boys.
|Girls.
Boys.
| Girls.
Boye
Girls.
| Boys.
| Girls.
[ Boys.
| Girls.
|Boys
[ Girls.]
I Boys.
| Girls.
|Girls
| Boys. ]
| Girls.
[ Girls.
PRIMARY.
Athens
16
22
9
4
5
5
Broad Ft.
9
18
12
3
Commercial St.
11
5
8
5
5
3
Grant St.
15
13
-7
3
8
5
High St.
GO
1
-1
6
8
-1
Middle St.
17
15
7
3
6
11
Perkins, low.
33
26
23
19
Pleasant Et. .
8
15
10
co
10
8
INTERMEDIATE.
Athens
Broad St. .
Central St.
11
14
15
High St.
Main st.
4
Middle St.
Mt. Pleasant
Pleasant St. .
School Sir. et
·
.
·
.
·
16 29
11 28
9
Tiemont St.
Adamıs . .
Central St.
Centre . .
3
1 1
Pond St. .
0
2
5
5
3
2
3
3
4
2
1
Pratt .
r
3
6
11
2
5
4
4
1 3
0
1
Umon St. .
1
U
8
2
2
2
2
3
1
-1
3
Wash'n St. J
6
8
4
2
3
4
6
4
5
6 9
GRAMMAR.
Athens
6 10
4
4
Central St. .
Commercial St. lower . .
23
13
Commercial St.
Main St. . .
.
4 10 19|19
6
Mt. l'leas't, low.
Mı. Pleas't, mid.
23
14
Mt.Pleas't, upp.
14 19
Torrey St.
15 15 13 14
Adams .
Pratt .
M'A.
HIGH.
North High . South High
14 11
19 14
5 10
4
4
·
·
4
Totals
144 131 139 103 126 115 125 97 116 124
95
95 92 92 84 76
57|61
11
25
9 133
9 |21
9
8
Tot. by Grades
275
242
241
222
240
190
184
160
118
36
42
30
17
Tot. by Depart.
758
652
462
125
6
13
9
0
4
Perkins, mid.
.
6
4
8
6
23 20
5
5
13 00
11 13
11 23
29
12
5
11
3
15 14
.
·
·
6
6
2
3
8
6
2
4
4
3
3
2
1
Rand'ph St.
3
U
4
5
3
4
2
2
1 2
4
1
2
River -t. .
5
3
4
4
2
6
·
.
·
3
1 8
5 7
0 71 10
6 3
6
4
1
1
-
- -
1
4
.
·
. ·
17 20
·
-1 25
19 4
21 15 16 6 4
3
·
·
3
14
11
11
1 6
Mixed.
22
26
Central St.
Class
IV.
lBoys.| Class
III.
Class
II
IBoys. | Class
I.
.
· ·
·
5
rı
6
8 10
Main St.
14|11 33|17
11
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TABLE III. - ADMISSIONS.
ADMITTED FROM
SCHOOLS.
WEYMOUTHI PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
OTHER
SCHOOLS.
HOMES.
ALL
SOURCES.
TOTAL.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Athens
16
13
16
13
29
Broad St.
Perkins, middle
18
23
2
1
3
21
26
47
Central St.
Commercial St.
High St., primary Middle St., primary
1
7
5
9
5
14
High St.
Commercial St .. primary Pleasant St., primary
6
2
3
2
9
5
14
Main St.
Central St .. primary Comm reial >t., primary High St., primary
1
2
1
8
11
11
12
23
Perkins ( lower)
1
1
1
28
30
25
55
l'erkins (middle)
Perkins, lower
19
2
22
21
43
Pleasant St. .
Commercial St., primary School St., prim dry
7
2
1
8
8
16
Broad St.
Athens. intermediate
1
10 13
10
15
25
High St.
8
3
2
1
18
9
27
1
6
5
6
11
1
9
1
1
1
10
12
22
1
1
0
1
13
13
1
14
13
27
Pleasant St. .
Pleasant St., primary .
5
7
1
5
8
13
11
11
12
12
21
1
1
3
2
16
17
33
1
2
5
9
14
14
10
14
11
25
2
1
7
15
13
28
3
5
2
2
2
Pratt
Perkins, middle primary
1
1
7
7
10
Randolph St.
Adams, grammar
1
2
19
10
20
10
30
8
0
5
2
2
23
12
35
10
8
20
15
2
20 10
17
37
Mt. Pleasant (lower) .
12
11
1
12
12 24
Mt. Pleasant (middle) .
11
11
11
22
Mt. Pleasant (upper)
3
6
6
9
10
11
1
10
12
22
1
4
1
1
8
10
3
2 4
4 3
1
8
7
15
1
3
4
1
6
1
6
14
20
1
4 2
1
4
11
15
( Torrey St., grammar
1
5
0
0
0
Union St.
Central St., lower primary
2
2
2
Washington S
Athens, intermediate
5 10
8
14
22
Central St.
Central St., upper int. ¿ Pond St., mixed int. .
1
Commercial St. (lower)
Commercial St.
Main St. .
Main St , intermediate
.
10
4
4
14
Torrey St.
· · Mix'd.
School St., intermediate . ( Pratt, intermediate Washington St., int. Mt. Pleasant, intermediate, Athens, grammar
North High
Commercial St., grammar .
( Mt. Pleasant, grammar Main St., grammar
2
South High
Mixed.
Main St., intermediate ( Washington St., int.
81
3
3
River St.
B oad St .. primary
21
17
25
17
42
Central St.
.
2
5
Main St.
Central St., mixed int. Middle &t., primary . Athens, intermediate Broad St., intermediate (High St., intermediate
Mt. Pleasant
Tremont St., middle int ..
School St.
Athens, intermediate
Tremont St.
Broad St .. Lower int ..
13
15
Adams
Grant St , pri nary
2
Central St.
Central St., middle primary, Pratt. grammar .
Centre
1
Pond St.
§ Central St., middle int. Randolph St., mixed int. High St., primary . Grant St., primary ( Athens, intermediate Main St., primary ,
6
Athens
Athens, primary
1
10
3
10
5
15
Middle St.
1
1
3
2
6
3
9
2
11
14
11
14
25
2
4
6
Grant St.
1
-
Adams
Pratt
Mt. Pleasant, intermediate . . Mt. Pleasant, lower gram. Mt. Pleasant, middle gram. . Central St., lower grammar, § Adams, primary
11 B
7
9
Athens
( Middle St., intermediate Pleasant St., intermediate . ( School St., intermediate . Commercial St., lower
4
7
Middle St.
§ High St., intermediate
§ Athens, primary
9 1 1
Pratt, grammar
2.2
2
100 '
TABLE IV. - ATTENDANCE.
CALENDAR YEAR, 1877.
SCHOOL YEAR, 1876-7. SCHOOL YEAR, 1877-8.
Second Half.
First Half.
Boys.
Girls.
27
54
44
81
30
31
61
51
84
Broad Street.
20
44
39
89
22
26
48
40
83
..
Commercial Street
26
12
33
28
74
24
13
37
31
84
Grant Street .
24
25
49
37
75
30
21
51
39
76
High Street
27
27
54
39
72
29
21
50
37
74
Main Street
16
18
34
26
76
23
14
37
28
76
Middle Street
32
32
64
52
81
30
29
59
45
76
Perkins (lower)
33
23
56
38
68
33
26
59
39
66
Perkins (middle)
22
25
47
38
81
23
19
42
34
80
Pleasant Street
23
36
59
43
73
32
60
46
77
Summary .
280
269
549
425
7'7
293
253
546
423
77
Intermediate
·
Athens
.24
22
46
40
87
28
21
49
44
90
Broad Street .
23
44
38
86
33
17
50
47
94
Central Street
36
15
51
45
88
26
21
47
41
87
High Street
19
20
39
32
82
23
20
43
34
80
Main Street
28
19
47
43
90
25
20
45
39
87
Middle Street
.26
15
41
34
83
28
26
54
45
83
Mt. Pleasant .
24
26
50
41
82
23
29
52
43
83
Pleasant Street
20
28
48
38
79
20
33
53
44
83
School Street
26
23
49
44
90
25
25
50
45
90
Tremont Street
27
24
51
42
84
29
28
57
44
78
Adams Street
20
16
36
26
17
19
36
26
72
Central Street
23
23
46
43
25
19
44
37
84
Centre .
Not
e stab
lish ed.
15
13
28
27
93
Pond Street
22
18
40
32
80
19
17
36
31
86
Pratt
31
21
52
39
75
30
20
50
43
86
Randolph Street
10
16
26
20
77
13
15
28
21
75
River Street
14
20
34
29
85
14
19
33
28
85
Union Street
18
14
32
28
88
21
16
37
33
89
Washington Street
34
32
66
52
79
2.2
29
51
45
90
Summary
425
373
793
666
83
496
407
843
718
85
Grammar . . ·
Athens
14
21
35
33
94
17
31
48
44
92
Central Street
19
21
40
36
90
25
20
45
38
86
Commercial Street (lower).
22
21
43
37
86
23
13
36
33
92
Commercial Street .
21
31
52
49
9-
33
38
71
63
89
Main Street
13
15
28
26
93
19
14
33 38
31
82
Mt. Pleasant (middle)
19
11
30
26
8'
23
14
37
31
84
Mt. Pleasant (upper)
15
18
33
30
91
14
19
33
26
79
Torrey Street
29
24
53
48
91
28
29
57
49
86
Adams
12
20
32
26
8.
10
21
31
25
81
Pratt .
27
27
54
45
83
30
24
54
49
91
Summary .
212
22:
439
390
89
241
242
483
418
87
High
.
22
40
62
5S
94
20
47
67
63
94
South High
25
35
60
56
93
18
40
58
51
88
Summary .
47
75
122
114
93
38
87
125
114
91
General Summary
964
944|1908 1595
84
1008
939 1997
1673
84
NAMES OF SCHOOLS.
Whole No. Bt longing.
Average Att.
Per cent.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Average Att.
Per cent.
Primary .. .
Athens
27 24
26
24
50
41
82
21
21
42
33
79
Mixed.
..
29
88
Mt. Pleasant (lower)
21
18
39
34
8'
19
19
Mxd.
North High
72
93
21
Total.
Whole No. Belonging.
Central Street
101
TABLE V. - MID-YEAR PROMOTIONS
DEPARTMENTS.
SCHOOLS.
Whole Number
Number not
promoted in
July. 1877.
Number of these
yet belonging i ı
January, 1878.
Number of these
promoted in Jan-
| Number of Half-
Year Pupils pro- moted Jan., 1878.
Whole Number
promoted in Jan-
Number of
Grades in School.
Primary
Athems
61
4
4
1
6
7
Broad Street .
48
3
1
1
19
20
1
Central Street
42
37
2
.
1
4
4
3
High Street
50
11
11
3
Main Street
37
3
3
5
14
19
3
Perkins (lower).
59
36
36
12
3
15
1
Perkins (middle).
42
11
11
7
11
18
1
60
3
3
3
23
26
3
Intermediate
Athens
49
17
17
1
1
9
10
1
66
.
High Street
42
12
5
5
4
9
1
.
Main Street
46
8
8
·
5
5
3
.
Middle Street
54
11
8
2
4
6
3
.
Mt. Pleasant
52
27
19
4
2
6
1
53
23
21
2
9
11
3
50
14
7
3
3
57
22
22
14
14
28
1
36
.
Central Street
44
4
4
4
4
2
28 36
25
21
13
13
26
6
Pratt Street
50
5
6
River Street
33
9
9
2
22
5
Union Street
37
1
1
12
12
6
Grammar
Athens
48
14
11
1
4
5
3
. 4
Central Street
45
13
11
8
3
11
1
36
1
1
1
2
3
1
Commercial Street
71
4
4
1
1
2
Main Street
33
2
3
Mt. Pleasant (lower)
38
12
12
2
2
1
37
16
13
1
Mt. Pleasant (upper)
21
23
6
2
8
1
Torrey Street
57
11
8
4
4
2
Adams .
31
4
54
6
6
8
8
4
Totals,
1872
377
327
89
134
323
Number of Pro- motions.
Primary.
Intermediate.
Grammar.
By Grades .
.
45
49
51
53
52
28
21
5
19
By Departm'ts
145
133
45
Total,
323
-
Centre .
5
5
6
Pond Street
Randolph Street
28
1
1
8
8
Washington Street
51
8
8
5
.
.
.
M'd.
-
Pratt .
50
10
47
.
.
5
5
2
.
Pleasant Street
School Street .
·
Tremont Street
Adams .
7
7
4
Mixed.
Grant Street .
51
1
.
3
3
Middle Street
59
11
11
3
·
Commercial Street
7
7
3
Pleasant Street
.
1
3
Broad Street
Central Street
.
.
.
Commercial Street (lower)
2
Mt. Pleasant (middle)
33
2
2
belonging.
uary, 1878.
uary, 1878.
102
TABLE VI. - SALARIES.
TEACHERS.
SCHOOLS.
No.
Scholars.
Date of Election to Present Position.
Salaries.
Miss N. L. Poole
Athens
Pri.
8 grades
61
Aug. 24, 187;
$300 00
Miss Hannah E. Ward
Broad St.
U.
1
48
Aug. 28, 1876 Jan.
300 00
Mrs. S. J. Rogers . .
Central St.
L. & M.
2
42
5,1874
300 00
Miss Mary A. Webster
Commercial St.
3
37
June 20,1877
300 00
Miss Ella Maria Burgess Grant St.
51
Ang. 23, 1876
300 00
Miss C. L. Farren .
High St.
3
50
April 27, 1874
300 00
Mrs. J. E. French .
Main St.
3
37
Aug. 31, 1872
300 00
Mrs. A. F. Gardner
Middle St.
3
59
Aug. 31, 1874
300 00 300 00
Miss Mary L. Hunt
Perkins(middle) "
M.
1
42
Aug. 25, 1873
300 00
Miss Josephine A. Raymond Miss M. L. Ells .
Athens
Inter.
3
49
Aug. 28, 1876
340 00
Miss Emma F. Parker .
Broad St.
U.
1
50
Aug. 23, 1876
340 00
Miss S. C. Vining . .
Central St.
M. & U.
2
47
Jan. 4,1875
340 00
Miss L. R. Healey
lligh St.
L.
1
43
Ang. 31, 1872
340 00
Miss Maria C. Holbrook
Main St.
3
45
Jan. 4, 1875
340 00
Miss Hattie J. Farren
Midd'e St.
3
54
.Aug. 28. 187€
340 00
Miss A. L. Loud
Mt. Pleasant
U.
1
52
April 6, 1875
340 00
Mrs. Abbie A. Shaw
Pleasant St.
School St.
M. & U.
2
50
June 29, 1877
340 00
Mrs. Flora A. Tilden
Tremont St.
M.
1
57
Aug. 28, 1876
340 00
Miss Louie F. Briggs
Adams L.Int.& L.,M.& U.Pri. 4
36
Aug. 28, 1876
300 00
Mrs. Maria A. Morrill
Central St.
L. Int. & U. Pri. 2 M. Gr .. L. )
44
Sept. 1,1860
340 00
Miss Mary E. Reilly ·
Centre, Int. < M.&U.Int $ 6
( L.&U.Pri )
Mrs. Mary E. Hutchinson
Pond St.
" 3 Int., 3 Pri. 6
36
Jan. 24,1877
340 00
Miss Sarah W. Spitsread
Pratt,
" L &M.&3 Pri 5
50
Jan. 4, 1875
340 00
Miss Emilie V. White .
Randolph St.
" 3 Int., 3 Pri. 6
=
23
Aug. 28, 1876
340 00
M ss Clarabelle Pratt
River St. Int. !
( T .. Gram. M .. { 5
33
Aug. 28, 1876
340 00
Mrs. Emma .J. Smith
Union St. 3 Int.3 Pri. 6
=
37
Dec.
16, 1872
340 00
Miss Ellena 8. Spilstead
Wash'ton St. "
L.&M.3 Pri. 5
51
Aug.
29,1875
340 00
Mr. Edward N. Dyer
·
Central St. " L.
1
=
45
Jan. 5,1875
380 00
Miss Ellen G. Parrott
Com'l St. (lower) " L.
1
36
Aug. 31, 1872
330 00
Commercial St.
" M. & U. 2
71
Aug. 23, 1876
950 00
Main St.
3
38
Jan. 10, 1876
380 00
Mt. Pleas'nt (mid.) " M.
1
=
37
March 1, 1875
380 00
Mt. Pleas'nt. (up.)" U.
1
33
April 6, 1870
950 00
Torrey St.
" M. & U. 2
57
Aug. 3, 1872 Aug. 28, 1876
340 00
Adams
Gra. L.&M.&M.
31
April 11, 1866
450 00
Mr. Geo. C. Torrey, Prin. .
Pratt
Mix'd
& U. Int.
a "3 G. & U.Int. 4
54
Aug. 25, 1873 April 6, 1874
340 00
North High
4
67
April 10, 1877
500 00
South High
4
58
Jan. 10, 1876
450 00
3
53
Aug. 31, 1872
340 00
Miss C. H. Alger
Perkins (lower) “
L.
1
59
June 20, 1877
Pleasant St.
3
60
June 20, 1877
300 00
· Mixed.
Athens
Gram.
3
=
48
Aug. 25, 1873
950 00
Mr. Lucius Brown, Prin. . Miss Martha J. Hawes, Ass't Miss S. L. Vining .
Nov. 20, 1871
450 00
.
Mt Pleas'nt (low.) " L.
1
33
Aug. 28, 1876
340 00
Miss Carrie A. Blanchard · . Miss Antoinette W. Knights Mr. J. W. Armington . · Mr. Louis A. Cook, Prin. .
-.
Miss Mary F. Logue, Ass't Miss Eliza French . . .
950 00
Miss Mary L. Dyer, Ass't .
Aug. 31, 1868
1,250 00
Aug. 31, 1874 1,250 00
Mr. Geo. W. Shaw, Prin. . Miss Helen A. Fiske, Ass't Mr. Geo. B. Vose, Prin. . . Miss Alice R. Rogers, Ass't
28
Aug. 31, 1877
340 00
Int. & 3 Pri. §
Mis. L. L. Whitman .
3
=
Miss Helen H. Blanchard
=
950 00
103
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Population of town, according to census of 1875 . 9,819 Number of children in town between five and fifteen years of age, by school census of May, 1877 : -
Ward I
· 269
II . · 603
66 III
459
IV
309
V
320
Total
1,960
Number of children of all ages belonging to the public schools : -
Primary grades
758
Intermediate grades
652
Grammar
. 462
High School
125
Total
1,997
Average daily attendance . 1,673
Per cent which the average daily attendance is of the whole number belonging
84
Respectfully submitted.
WM. G. NOWELL, Superintendent of Schools.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 31, 1878.
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