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INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS.
Of our twenty intermediate schools, eleven are strictly interme- diate, the other nine being mixed, or containing primary classes.
Those strictly intermediate are now as well graded as it seems possible they should be, two of them having three grades, and two two grades, while the remaining seven have but one grade each. Of the nine mixed schools, one contains seven grades three six, three five, and two two. A large proportion of these schools are under the care of efficient, faithful teachers, who are enthusiastic in their work, and accomplish most excellent results, as, in several instances, all the pupils in a class were promoted at the last exami- nation, and in several others nearly all.
These classes are in charge of teachers who are at work and alive to all that pertains to the interest of their calling. While the fact is to be deplored that so few parents visit our schools, yet they may be assured that the pupils in most of these grades are receiving valuable instruction and discipline.
It may not be out of place to mention, just here, that while the secretary of this board has visited all the schools in town many times during the past two years, she has never, save in one instance,
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met any of the parents of pupils. except at the annual exhibitions. This implies either great confidence in the teachers or a want of genuine interest in school affairs.
Many of the schools of this grade have made marked progress during the year, both in mental and written arithmetic ; yet others show a lack of promptness desirable in operations in the funda- mental rules, without which further advance is useless, and we have been sorry to find that some of the pupils in our third grammar grade have not been able to give ready answers to questions popu- larly known as the Multiplication Table.
This censurable failure probably arises from want of drill in mental arithmetic in lower grades, and in in a few instances may be excused on account of numerous classes.
While the study of language was once something not to be thought of in connection with our intermediate schools, we now find these pupils able to construct quite complicated sentences, and to punctuate well, besides having a fair knowledge of technical gram- mar. Geography has been well taught, and some excellent work has been done in map-drawing. In five or six of these schools the reading has been good, and improvement noted, but generally it is far below what should be expected, especially in the upper grade. This defect might be remedied, in a measure, by an increased sup- ply of supplementary reading adapted to the capacities of the pupils ; but we fear, in too many instances, the teachers fail to give themselves as thorough preparation to instruct in this department as its importance demands.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Our grammar schools now number eleven, of which five are taught by male teachers. The school in the First Ward consists of three grades under one male teacher. In the Second Ward the upper and middle classes are in charge of a male teacher and one female assistant, and the lowest grade of one female teacher. In the Third Ward each grade is under a separate teacher. The Fourth Ward has two grammar schools, one containing four grades in charge of a male teacher with one female assistant, the other having three grades under one female teacher. The Fifth Ward Grammar School is graded like the Second Ward, under a male teacher and assistant for the upper grade, with the third grade in charge of a female teacher.
But few changes have been made in our corps of teachers in this grade during the year, and the effect of the continuance of faithful
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and successful instructors is marked. We believe few towns are more fortunate than Weymouth in respect to their grammar-school teachers. The male teachers are gentlemen of ability, whose influ- ence is felt in the communities where they are located; and the female teachers are ladies of enthusiasm and experience, and pos- sessed of that high moral character which is so invaluable to all having in charge the education of young people. We might speak of the different branches taught, and the methods employed by the several teachers, but will only say that while one excels in teaching history, another language, and another arithmetic, we believe that none neglect to allot to each branch a resonable amount of instruc- tion and drill. The order is generally good, great improvement in that direction having been made in one or two schools during the past year.
While our criticisms are few upon the general management of our grammar schools, we have yet to complain of the want of good readers, in too many instances the pupils reading as if the only thought they had upon the subject was to hurry through a paragraph in the shortest possible time, without any idea of the meaning involved in the sentences.
While more supplementary reading is needed in these grades, as well as in the lower, and a change in text-books very desirable, from the fact that the pupils have become too familiar with the selections given, yet we fear importance enough is not attached to the sub- ject, and that when anything is to be omitted in the daily work it is too often the reading. More attention might be paid to the inflection and emphasis in the daily recitations in other branches, which would render them much more agreeable to hearers, and would also give a certain amount of drill that would help to remedy some of the defects mentioned in reading.
BIMONTHLY EXAMINATIONS.
A plan which liad for some time been under discussion by several of the male teachers and members of the committee, for a more just examination for admission to the high schools, and for the presentation of diplomas, was carried into effect at the com- mencement of the school year in September, and is as follows : That bimonthly examinations should be given to the upper gram- mar classes, three by the teachers, and two by the committee, the average of tliese five examinations being the basis for the presenta- tion of diplomas, which shall entitle the holders to admission to
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the high schools. A similar plan is also in operation in the other two grammar grades. That the best results may be reached, it is highly important that the plan may have the hearty co-operation of all the teachers ; that very careful attention be paid to the mark- ing of papers ; and it is also important that the teachers' meetings have a full attendance, so that all the questions discussed and acted upon may be fully understood by all concerned. The committee are convinced that greater thoroughness and uniformity will thus be secured, and that the arrangement has already been bene- ficial in inciting an increased interest on the part of both teachers and pupils, and in a more regular attendance, especially in the upper grade.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
The committee gladly express their opinion that the high schools during the year covered by their report have been in a prosperous condition relatively to their condition at any former period, and also relatively to the average condition of the high schools of other towns of like resources in pupils and wealth. They have been prosperous in respect to attendance, and the num- ber of their graduates ; in respect to the thoroughness of instruc- tion, and the mental culture gained ; and, in a reasonable degree, in respect to the discipline maintained and the habits of industry and subordination to authority formed ; but while we are able to speak thus encouragingly of these schools, we wish distinctly to record our conviction that they are capable of making large advances collectively, both in character and scholarship. It must be true that a majority in each class, where the general result is as good as in these schools, are industrious, self-respecting pupils, and our personal acquaintance confirms this deduction ; but there is a minority who fail to appreciate the privileges afforded, and are willing not only to lose for themselves the advantages proffered, but also to hinder and delay those who desire to secure the great- est attainable benefit from these privileges. It is a question much discussed, whether it is the duty or the right of the State to pro- vide high-school education for its pupils at the public charge ; but while your committee entertain the strongest convictions of the existence both of the right and duty to maintain such schools, yet we cannot believe that those pupils who wilfully and persistently neglect to make reasonable efforts to sustain a fair rank in scholar- ship, or who, by their general deportment, lessen the reputation and
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impair the usefulness of these schools, have any rights therein which the public are bound to respect. Such abuse of his rights by the pupil abridges the rights of others, and those of the tres- passer must yield The common schools, below the rank of the high school, are designed for the use of all pupils of suitable age, and attendance upon them is by law made compulsory, unless a substitute is provided by the parent ; but the high schools are in- tended only for those who, by their mental capacity, industry, and good deportment, indicate fitness to receive from the train- ing there given. marked benefits to themselves, without lessening these benefits to others.
The committee think that a somewhat sharper enforcement of the principles above stated, in the discipline of the high schools, would advance their character and utility.
The subject of the failure of the high school to thoroughly edu- cate and train its pupils for successful careers as teachers has been much considered by the committee, and, as we have reason to know, has been largely discussed by the general public. By the introduc- tion of normal reviews and drills in the fundamental branches into the course for the senior year of the high schools, we have done all that has, thus far, seemed practicable in the matter of providing for this assumed defect. But the radical difficulty lies in the fact that for the average of pupils entering our high schools the term of four years is too short in which to lay the basis of a liberal culture and sound learning, and fit one to discharge worthily the duties of a vocation which has already come to be recognized by the enlightened nations of the earth as one of the " learned professions."
The addition of a single year to our present course, to be devoted solely to such professional study and training, is a thing to be aimed at and waited for until the resources of the town will justify the increased expense. In the mean time our graduates must, as heretofore, supplement the preparation we afford by the aid of tech- nical schools supported by the State, or by practical work as assist- ants in well-taught schools.
TEXT-BOOKS.
A change in the text-books in arithmetic used in our schools was made near the beginning of the present school year. by the substitution of White's Complete Intermediate and Primary Arith-
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metics in the places respectively of Walton's Written Intellectual and Primary Arithmetics. This change had become needful, in our judgment, from the advances made, in the interval of nearly thirteen years since the introduction of Walton's arithmetics, in the meth- ods and order of presenting and explaining the several topics usually embraced in the course of study marked out for our com- mon schools.
DRAWING.
Since the beginning of the present school year the new edition of Professor Walter Smith's drawing-books has been substituted for the old, and marked improvement has generally been made in this important study.
This is noticeable in the scrupulous attention paid to the neat- ness of the work ; better lines have been produced, better and more positive instruction given by the teachers, and the pupils have been careful to supply themselves with better working apparatus, so that we confidently expect to see some highly commendable specimens presented at the close of the year.
MUSIC.
We cannot report so favorable progress in this branch as in some others. While considerable attention has been paid to music in a few schools, the majority have done but little except in rehears- ing a few well-worn songs, and those not always being of the high- est sentiments. In a town so widely known as Weymouth for its music-loving people, there should be more real interest in the sub- ject in our public schools.
As the committee have the subject of a change in Music Readers under consideration, it is hoped that some new impetus may be given to the study of music during the coming year, and that our schools may be as proficient in this branch as in many others now pursued.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The Athens School-house has been enlarged, remodelled, and refurnished, under the superintendence of the committee appointed for that purpose at the last annual meeting of the town, and is now in thorough repair, and as commodious and suitable for its uses as any school-house in the town. As is wont to happen in the reconstruction of buildings which have been in use for a con-
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siderable term of years, the expenses of this renovation considerably exceeded the estimated expense, and this increase was mainly due to the necessity developed during the progress of the work for more extensive repairs than could easily be foreseen. The committee think it their duty to renew, in substance, the recommendation in their last annual report respecting school buildings in the Third Ward. The erection of a new school-house upon the easterly part of the Broad Street School lot of nearly the same capacity as the Athens house, to be similarly divided into four school-rooms, would provide in a central location, and at a minimum of cost, ample and proper accommodations for the next six or eight years for the pupils of this ward, enabling the committee to remove the two schools from the Perkins house, and the primary school from the crowded recitation-room in the Tremont Street house, and the town to sell the Perkins house and lot. and thus, in part, repay the expense of the new building. As the committee suggested last year, the needs of the Second Ward for more' and better school- rooms are becoming urgent ; and, did we not deem it unwise to ask for two houses in one year, we should believe it proper to recom- mend a new house for that ward during the present year.
ESTIMATES.
The committee estimate the expense of the maintenance of our public schools for the ensuing year as follows : -
Salaries of fifty-three teachers for ten months
$23,200 00
For janitors, cleaning, etc ..
2,000 00
Fuel and other incidentals
2,300 00
$27,500 00
Income from other sources : -
Pratt Fund .
· $300 00
State Fund .
·
200 00
Alewife Fund
·
252 00
Dog license (estimated)
748 00
1,500 00
Appropriation
$26,000 00
For repairs of school-houses . . . .
$2,000 00
·
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STATISTICS.
The names of the graduates from the high schools in June, 1880, are as follows : -
THE NORTH SCHOOL.
EDITH M. BATES. ALICE H. FORD.
S. ANNETTA BINNEY.
BEATRICE G. HARLOW.
MARY E. BUTTIMORE. MINNIE M. HUNT.
ANNA H. COPELAND.
LIZZIE L. REED.
SUSAN JJOSEPHINE DOWSE.
GEORGE H. BAKER.
SUSIE L. FARREN.
LYMAN J. TERRY.
LYMAN C. WILLIAMS.
THE SOUTH SCHOOL.
MARY L. BATES.
LILLA J. HOLBROOK.
HELEN E. DAGGETT.
THOMAS F. KELLEY.
ISADORA L. DERBY.
MARY E. LOVELL.
MARY A. FOGG. CHARLOTTE B. TOWER.
QUESTIONS USED AT THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE 30 AND JULY 1, 1880.
ARITHMETIC.
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1. Multiply 773 of 7.4. by 2 - 2
2. Divide five and five ten thousandths by five hundredths, and from the quotient subtract five tenths.
3. How many cords in a pile of wood 27 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 8§ feet high ?
4. A certain street is 106 rods 8 feet long, and 30 feet wide between the sidewalks. How much will it cost to pave it with asphalt blocks, at $3 a square yard ?
5. A man loaned $750 for 3 years and 4 months and received $160.50 for the use of it. What did he receive per cent per annum?
6. If I sell land at $75 per acre and by so doing gain 25% , how much per acre did the land cost me ?
7.
LOWELL, Sept. 4 1870.
For value received, I promise to pay William Snow, or order, $800 on demand, with interest at 6 % . JAMES LEONARD.
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On this note were the following indorsements: Jan. 6, 1872, $104; July 10, 1873, $16; Dec. 11, 1876, $120. What was due April 15, 1878 ?
8. C. Washburn is assessed on $5,760 of property, and on a taxable income of $1,240. What is his tax, if the tax on $1 of valuation is $.016, and his poll tax is $2 ?
9. A man bought a farm for $4,268 ; how large a note, payable in four months, must he take to a bank to obtain the money, at 6 % discount ?
10. Two ships, A and B, sailed from a certain port at the same time. A sailed north 8 miles an hour, and B sailed east 6 miles an hour. How far apart were they at the end of the third hour?
DRAWING.
1. What is an angle ?
2. What is meant by the diameter of a square ?
3 to 7 (inclusive). Draw a vertical line and divide it into three equal parts. Through each end draw a horizontal line equal to one third of the vertical line and extending equally on either side. Complete the oblong, and divide its sides into three equal parts. On this oblong draw a vase in outline, using reversed curves. Add the pedestal to the vase.
8. Define a horizontal line.
9. Define a vertical line.
10. Define reversed curves.
GEOGRAPHY.
1. Define latitude, longitude, zone. Tell the difference between meridians and meridian circles.
2. Name and give the situation of five large seas.
3. Draw a map of Massachusetts. Locate five cities, two rivers, and three mountain peaks.
4. Name the South Atlantic and Gulf States, and give their apitals. What is the general surface of the Pacific States and Territories ?
5. What divisions of South America border on the Caribbean Sea? Whot great river systems has South America, and into what ocean do they all discharge their waters?
6. Name the leading countries of Europe in agriculture. What countries of Europe export manufactured goods chiefly ?
7. Bound Europe, and mention five peninsulas on its coast. Mention five great commercial centres of Europe.
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8. Name and describe the course of three great streams that drain the northern plains of Asia.
9. Mention three salt lakes of Asia. Name five great commer- cial ports of Asia.
10. What cape forms the extreme northern point of Asia? The eastern? The southern? The western ? Where is the cape of Good Hope ?
HISTORY.
1. Name two discoverers who came to America on account of fabulous stories about the new country. What did each accom- plish ?
2. Give date and place of the earliest Spanish, French, and English settlement in America.
3. Write a brief account of the last English expedition of the French and Indian war.
4. Give the time, place, American commander, result, etc., of the greatest naval battle of the Revolution.
5. Name in order the Presidents of the United States who were elected for a second term, giving year of inauguration, and length of service of each.
6. Causes, two land and two naval battles, and length of the war of 1812.
7. What was the " Missouri Compromise " ?
8. What battle was the turning-point of the Rebellion ? Give date, commanders, and result. Where was Grant at this time, and what was his success ?
9. What were the " Alabama Claims," and how settled ?
10. Connect each of the following dates, persons, and places with some important event : James Oglethorpe, Plymouth, Patrick Henry, June 17, 1775, Saratoga, Robert Fulton, Buena Vista, January 1, 1863, Gen. W. T. Sherman, Appomattox Court House.
LANGUAGE.
1. Dictation Exercise.
Young Genius walked out by the mountains and streams, Entranced by the power of his own pleasant dreams, Till the silent, the wayward, the wandering thing Found a plume that had fallen from a passing bird's wing : Exulting and proud, like a boy at his play, He bore the new prize to his dwelling away ; He gazed for a while on its beauties, and then He cut it, and shaped it, and called it a Pen.
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2. Give the case and construction of Genius, streams, bird's wing, boy.
3. Give the case and construction of his (in the second line), that, its, it (after called), and Pen.
4. Parse entranced, wandering, bore, had fallen, beauties.
5. Change the first and second lines into prose. Also, the fifth and sixth.
6. Analyze the first and second lines.
7. Give the passive form of each of the transitive verbs.
8. Correct the following sentences : I intended to have left more early. Having sat the chair in the floor and being asked to sit himself in it, he set down. Johns' hat was lost in the river but the other boy's saved their's. Who do you see? I see them two boys. The two persons were her and me.
9. Write a compound sentence. Change it to a complex sen- tence. Then to a simple sentence.
10. Write a letter not exceeding eight lines in length.
PHYSIOLOGY.
1. What different kinds or classes of bones constitute the human skeleton? Tell the principal uses of the bones. Of how many bones does the spinal column consist? Of what kind or class are they? What is each one called? Is there any substance sep- arating these bones? If so, what is it called? What are its uses ?
2. Describe the structure of muscle. What is a voluntary muscle? What is an involuntary musele? Give an example of each. Give an example of a muscle having both voluntary and in- voluntary motion. What are the uses of muscles ?
3. Name the organs of circulation. What two movements has the heart? Name some of the valves of the heart. Why are these valves needed ? What are the uses of the blood ?
4. What organs constitute the nervous system? Of what two parts is the brain composed? Give the position of the spinal cord. With what is it connected? Into what two classes are the nerves divided? What do you mean by a motory nerve? What do you mean by a sensory nerve ?
5. What are the organs of digestion? Where is the saliva secreted? Where is the gastric juice secreted? Where is the bile secreted? Where is the pancreatic juice secreted? Is the frequent use of alcohol good, or bad? Is the frequent use of tobacco good, or bad? Is the frequent use of tea good, or bad?
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Is the frequent use of coffee good, or bad? Give, briefly, your reasons in each case.
6. What do you mean by respiration? What are the organs concerned in it? What is the immediate effect on the blood ? What do you mean by inspiration ? What do you mean by expira- tion ?
SPELLING.
Successful
Magazine
André
Leisurely
Conscientious
Actually
Ascertain
Umbrella
Mississippi
Headache
Chimney
Suffolk
Pneumonia
Circuitous
Amherst
Pamphlet
Lafayette
Surrendered
Announce
Gradually
Exasperate
Qualifications
Schuyler
Enormous
Managers
Siege
Ellipsis
Embarrassment
Seize
Etymology
Photographer
Fierce
Diphthong
Machinist
Saratoga
Bituminous
Emerald
Philadelphia
Parallel
Hyacinth
Organize
Alleghany
Piano
Massacred
Bananas
Electricity
Preferred
Occupation.
Cincinnati
Minnesota
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TABLE OF ADMISSIONS TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING AUG. 30, 1880,
Showing the per cent of correct answers given by the successful applicants in the two semi-annual examinations of the first grammar grade, made in February and June of that year under the supervision of the Committee, and also the per cent of correct answers given to the foregoing questions used at the general examination held on the 30th of June and the 1st of July last.
Pupils' Rank in Scholarship.
Examination.
Second
Examination.
Third
Examination.
Average of
Examinations.
From what school promoted.
Franklin School.
76
83
75
78
Torrey Street School.
3
74
76
73
74
Franklin School.
4
73
75
75
74
Mt. Pleasant School.
5
74
77
71
74
Franklin School.
6
75
75
72
74
Torrey Street School. Main Street School.
7
71
77
69
72
8
75
70
68
71
Pratt School.
10
66
76
70
70
Mt. Pleasant School.
11
61
74
72
69
Athens School.
12
66
72
70
69
Main Street School.
13
72
68
68
69
14
68
72
65
68
15
64
71
62
66
Mt Pleasant School.
16
63
68
67
66
Mt. Pleasant School.
17
63
71
64
66
Franklin School.
18
70
66
59
65
Pratt School.
19
62
70
64
65
Mt. Pleasant School.
20
69
66
61
65
21
61
67
68
65
Torrey Street School.
22
66
64
65
Athens School.
23
52
71
68
64
Torrey Street School.
24
67
66
60
64
Torrey Street School.
25
60
67
61
63
Torrey Street School.
26
66
60
60
62
Torrey Street School.
27
60
63
63
62
28
. .
61
63
62
29
54
69
63
62
Franklin School.
30
58
64
60
60
Franklin School.
31
53
70
58
60
Franklin School.
32
50
67
63
60
Franklin School.
33
71
62
47
60
Mt. Pleasant School.
34
61
59
60
60
Athens School.
35
58
65
57
60
Franklin School.
66
72
73
70
Mt. Pleasant School.
86
86
86
Franklin School. Pratt School.
Franklin School.
Mt. Pleasant School.
Athens School.
First
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TABLE I. - CLASSIFICATION.
GRADES.
DEPARTMENTS.
SCHOOLS.
Primary.
Intermediate.
Grammar.
Primary
.
Athens
L.
M.
Athens
·
M.
U.
Broad Street
L.
M.
Grant Street
L.
M.
High Street
L.
M.
Main Street
L.
M.
Middle Street
L.
M.
Perkins
L.
M.
M.
Torrey Street
L.
M.
Adams (mixed)
L.
M.
U.
L.
Intermediate .
Athens .
L.
M.
U.
Broad Street
L.
. .
M.
Commercial Street
. .
. .
U.
High Street
L.
M.
U.
Middle Street
L.
M.
U.
Tremont Street
·
M.
Torrey Street
L.
M.
U.
L.
U.
L.
Pleasant Street
·
·
U.
L.
Pond Street
L.
M.
U.
L.
U.
Union Street
L.
M.
U.
L.
M.
U. U.
L.
Washington Street
L.
M.
U.
L.
. .
.
·
L.
M.
U.
Central Street
L.
Central Street
M.
U.
Franklin
L.
M.
U.
Mt. Pleasant
.
.
. .
. .
M.
Mt. Pleasant
Adams
U.
M.
U.
Pratt
. .
U.
L.
M.
U.
High
North High
South High
Grades IV., III., II., I. Grades IV., III., II., I.
M.
U.
·
·
.
L.
Mt. Pleasant
·
. ·
U.
Mx'd.
-
Athens
16
Mixed.
River Street
L.
M.
U.
L.
M. M.
U.
School Street
. .
U.
L.
Main Street
L.
Mt. Pleasant
. .
Grammar . .
Franklin
. .
Main Street
L.
.
.
Franklin.
Perkins
Pleasant Street
Commercial Street
Centre
(2 Div.)
(1 Div.)
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TABLE II. - ENROLMENT.
SCHOOLS.
Whole No.
Enrolled.
Average No.
Belonging.
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent of
Attendance.
Primary
Adams (mixed) . .
37
29
17
58
66
Athens (half time) sub.
50
36
31
86
60
Athens
58
56
49
87
Broad Street
51
48
43
89
Central Street
53
53
50
94
66
Franklin
70
58
50
86
Grant Street
51
41
33
80
High Street .
62
48
40
83
66
Main Street .
42
39
31
87
60
51
38
74
111
78
67
86
42
42
37
88
Intermediate
.
Athens .
39
36
31
94
66
.
Broad Street
39
33
30
90
·
Central Street .
45
41
39
95
66
·
.
Commercial Street (upper)
52
44
38
S6
66
.
High Street
39
37
27
73
35
34
31
91
Middle Street
44
38
34
89
Mt. Pleasant
51
42
37
88
School Street
33
28
21
75
.
.
.
1
Central Street .
40
36
33
91
.
Pleasant Street
42
40
35
87
Pratt
52
45
41
91
Pond Street .
28
26
22
84
26
21
2.2
91
43
35
33
94
Union Street
36
32
28
87
Washington Street
47
44
38
86
Grammar
Adams (mixed) .
33
31
28
90
53
46
42
91
66
Central Street .
45
40
35
87
66
Franklin (lowest)
69
58
54
93
Main Street .
32
28
25
89
Mt. Pleasant (lowest)
37
33
29
87
Mt. Pleasant (middle)
37
34
30
88
16
Mt. Pleasant (upper)
45
36
33
91
6
Pratt (mixed) .
59
49
46
94
Torrey Street
62
59
54
91
High
North High .
63
59
56
95
..
South High
55
49
46
94
.
Tremont Street (2d Div.)
30
29
25
86
66
Tremont Street
47
43
37
86
·
Centre (kept 7 m. 3 days)
33
24
23
95
· · Mixed.
·
Athens .
50
41
39
95
66
.
Commercial Street (middle) .
46
40
32
80
·
Main Street .
50
41
34
S2
Middle Street
Perkins (lower)
Perkins (middle)
Pleasant Street
.
Randolph Street
River Street .
Franklin (middle and upper)
133
TABLE III. - SALARIES.
TEACHERS.
SCHOOLS.
No. Grades.
Number of
Scholars.
Salaries.
PRIMARY.
Miss Louie F. Briggs .
Adams (mixed) .
29
$172 50
Miss Stelia L. Tirrell*
Adams (mixed )
29
120 00
Miss N. L. Poole . .
A hens (upper and middle)
56
172 50
Mi-H Ella M. Burgess*
Athens (upper and middle)
56
120 00
Miss Emm . F. Thayer
Athens (2d div., mid. and lowest)
36
206 25
M ss Hannah E. Ward
Broad Street
1
48
292 50
Mrs. S. J. Rogers
Central Street, trans. to Torr
St.
2
53
292 50
Mrs. A. F. Gard, er
Franklin .
3
5S
292 50
Miss Ella M. Burgess
Grant Street.
3
41
172 50
Miss Susie L. Farren*
Grant Street .
3
41
120 50
Miss Mary A. Webster
High Street
3
48
292 50
Mrs L. B. Holbrook
Main Street
3
39
292 50
Mies Carrie L Farren
Middle Street
3
51
292 50
Miss &. Lizzie Hunt
Perkins ( lower)
1
78
292 50
Miss Mary L. Hunt
Perkins (middle)
1
42
292 50
Miss Lillian A. Harlow
Pleasant Street
2
41
291 75
Miss Cora D'Arcy
Tremont Street
1
35
120 00
INTERMEDIATE.
Miss Mary L. Ells
Athens
3
36
331 50
Miss Emma F. Parker
Broad Street
1
33
331 50
Miss Harriet D. Hall
Central Street
2
41
331 50
Miss M. J. Hawes
Commercial Street (middle)
1
40
330 65
Miss Marion Lewis
Commercial Street (upper)
1
44
331 50
Miss L. R. Healey .
High Street
1
37
331 50
Miss M. C. Holbrook
Main Street
3
34
331 50
Miss H. J. Farren
Middle Street
2
38
236 50
Miss Mabel Lamson*
Middle street
2
38
120 00
Miss H. B. Baker
Mount Pleasant
1
42
195 50
Miss Mary E. Sparrell*
Mount Pleasant
1
42
136 50
Miss A. W. Knights
Tremont Street
1
43
331 50
Miss Cora D'Arcy
Tremont Street (discontinued)
29
198 80
Mr. Fred E. Loud
School Street
1
28
326 40
Mrs. Maria A. Morrill
2
36
331 50
Miss Mary JJ. Moore
Centre .
6
24
331 50
Miss J. A. Raymond
Pleasant Street
2
40
331 50
Miss Martha E. Belcher
Pond Street
5
26
331 50
Miss S. W. Spilstead
Pratt
5
45
328 95
Miss Emilie V. White
Randolph Street
5
24
329 SO
Miss Clarabelle Pratt
River Street
7
35
331 50
Mrs. Emma JJ Smith
Union Street .
32
331 50
Miss E. S. Spilstead
Washington Street
5
44
329 80
GRAMMAR.
Miss Eliza French
Adams
4
31
214 70
Miss Minnie E. Bodman*
Adams
4
31
152 00
Mr. J. J. Prentiss
Athens
3
46
528 75
Mr. James E. Humphrey*
Athens
3
46
337 50
Miss L. L. Whitman . .
Central Street
1
40
370 50
. Miss Ellen G. Parrott
Franklin (lowest)
1
41
370 50
Mr. E. E Thompson, Principal
Franklin (middle and upper )
2
53
877 50
Mr. James E. Humphrey, Assist. Miss Alice Carter, Assistant*
Franklin (middle and upper)
2
53
203 15
Franklin (middle and upper)
2
53
127 50
Miss S. L. Vining .
Main Street
3
28
487 50
1
Central St., trans. to Torrey St.
Mixed.
* Present incumbent.
134
TABLE III. - SALARIES - Continued.
TEACHERS.
SCHOOLS.
No. Grades.
Number of Scholars.
Salaries.
Mr. Frank M. Hathaway
Mt. Pleasant (lowest)
1
33
$218 50
Miss Hattie B. Baker*
Mt. Pleasant (lowest)
1
33
152 00
Mi-s Emma Hood
Mt. Pleasant (middle)
1
34
218 50
Miss Mary L. Lewis*
Mt. Pleasant (middle)
1
34
152 00
Mr. J. W. Armington
Mt. Pleasant (upper) .
1
36
877 50
Mr. Louis A. Cook, Principal
Torrey St. (middle and upper),
3
59
805 50
Miss L. F. Logue, Assistant
3
59
329 70
Mr. Geo. C. Torrey, Principal
Pratt
4
49
877 50
Miss Mary L. Dyer, Assistant
Pratt
4
49
331 50
Mr. Geo. W. Shaw, Principal .
North High
4
63
487 50
Mr. Geo. B. Vose, Principal .
1,170 00
Miss Hattie Torry, Assistant
South High
4
55
287 50
Miss Alice Rogers*
200 00
3
59
65 25
Mr. Edgar R. Downs*
transferred to Central Street .
HIGH.
1,170 00
Miss Helen A. Fiske, Assistant .
* Present incumbent.
135
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Population of town according to census of 1880 . 10,578 Number of children in town between five and fifteen years of age by school census of May, 1880 : -
Ward I.
. 297
66
II.
. 703
66
III.
. 458
66
IV.
· 262
V.
308
Total
2,028
No. of Scholars enrolled.
No. of Teachers.
Av'ge per Teacher.
Ward I.
313
7
44+
II
668
14
47+
III.
490
10
49
66
IV.
267
8
.
33
V.
335
9
·
37
High Schools
118
4
30-
Total · 2,191
.
52
Number of pupils in South High fifteen years of age and upwards .
30
Number of pupils in North High fifteen years of age and upwards . 38
Number in other grades fifteen years of age and upwards, 55
Total
123
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES HUMPHREY, ELIZABETH C. HAWES, HENRY DYER, F. F. FORSAITH, Z. L. BICKNELL, LOUIS A. COOK,
School Committee.
WEYMOUTH, Dec. 31, 1880.
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