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26. Bessie Sprague Randall.
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Date of Birth.
27. Bessie French.
28. Mabel Florence Burbank.
29. Grace Ethel Tilden.
29. Sarah Adelaide Wright.
29. Frederick Warren Fish.
December.
1. Margaret McIntosh.
3. Patrick James McDon- nell.
7. Grace Nelson Marden.
11. Catherine Halnon.
Date of Birth.
12. Annie Elizabeth Han- nafin.
14. Clara Holmes Bartlett.
17. Dennis Collins, Jr. 18. Florence Lilian McDon- ald.
22. John Coyle.
22 James William Santry.
26.
Anora McIsaac.
26.
Edward Fraser Wilder.
29. Harriet Cornelia South. - 31. John Thomas Condon.
Whole number of births for 1881 :
Males 113
Females
. 121
Whole number of deaths for 1881 : -
Males
.
96
Females .
107
·
.
.
203
Excess of births over deaths
31
Whole number of marriages registered for 1881 : -
Where one or both parties reside in Weymouth 81
Non-residents 25
Attest, 106
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Toun Clerk.
WEYMOUTH, January, 1882.
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REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
For the Year 1881.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THE School Committee of Weymouth respectfully submit to the town their annual report, as follows : -
The appropriation by the town at its last March meeting, of the sum of $26,000 in accordance with the committee's estimate for that year, enabled us to add two dollars per month to the salaries of all our primary teachers, and also to those of the teachers of the up- per intermediate grades, beginning such increase with the current school year. The payment of this increase of salary to nineteen teachers for four months required the sum of $152.
Seven dollars per month has been added to the salary of the teacher of the Adams grammar school, requiring $28 for the term just closed ; and the services of an additional teacher in the third grade of the Franklin grammar school for the same term add $152 to the sum of $180, above reported, and makes with it $332 as the amount of increase in salaries paid during the year 1881. The same rate of increase continued through the year would amount to $830.
The present number of our public schools is forty-eight, of which fourteen are classed as primaries, twenty as intermediates, twelve as grammar, and two as high schools, in which fifty-three teachers are employed, five of whom are assistants, and the salaries of all amount to $2,315 per month.
CHANGES OF TEACHERS.
No changes in the schools in the First Ward have occurred dur- ing the year, except in the Adams grammnar, Miss Minnie E. Bodman terminating her connection with that school at the close of the summer term, when Mr. Fred. E. Loud was appointed to fill the vacancy.
In the Second Ward, Mrs. J. A. Den Broeder tendered her resig- nation of her position in the Pleasant Street intermediate school,
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Feb. 1, after a successful career of several years as a teacher, and Miss Mary E. Long was appointed to fill her place. Miss Alice A. Carter left her position as assistant in the Franklin grammar at the close of the school year, and Miss Mary F. Leavitt was ap- pointed to the vacant position. Miss Marion Lewis terminated her connection with the Bicknell upper intermediate school, and Miss Harriette M. Terry was appointed her successor. Miss Lil- lian A. Harlow not accepting her re-election to the Pleasant Street primary, Miss Minnie M. Hunt was appointed teacher of that school. During the current year several changes have been made, consequent upon the regrading of some of the schools and the in- creased number of pupils in the ward.
The primary schools in the eastern part of the ward have been regraded, placing the upper grade in the Grant School-house, Miss Mary A. Webster teacher, and the other two grades divided he- tween the High Street and Pleasant Street buildings, Miss Susie L. Farren teacher of the former, and Miss Minnie M. Hunt of the latter.
This arrangement has thus far appeared to work very favorably, as it enables the teachers to devote more time to the instruction adapted to the wants of each grade ; but the advantages are so evident to any one at all conversant with the working of our best schools that it is not necessary to discuss the subject in these pages.
At the beginning of the current year the committee decided that the first intermediate school, which was located in the School Street house, could be dispensed with, and that while this grade would be somewhat larger than formerly, yet it might be comfort- ably accommodated in the Bicknell School-house ; and as the third grammar grade was overcrowded, a portion of it was placed in the School Street house, with Miss Mary E. Long as teacher.
A few days after the opening of the schools in September, it was found that the attendance was so large that a thorough reor- ganization must be made in the intermediate grades, and for the highest interest of all concerned that some transfers of teachers must be made; consequently the third grammar grade was re- moved to the Franklin building, and all the girls of that grade were placed in charge of Miss Parrott, in the lower room, while the recitation-room was fitted up for a school-room, and the boys' division located there, in charge of Miss Long.
A small room, designed for a laboratory, was then arranged for a recitation-room for the second grammar grade. This room is much too small for the accommodation of so many pupils as are
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obliged to remain there during the day, and the arrangement was only resorted to as a temporary one, and because no other room could be found in the ward.
The number of pupils in the middle intermediate grade of the Bicknell School, Miss M. J. Hawes teacher, being above seventy, it was decided to place a little. more than half the number in the School Street building, and transfer Miss Mabel Lamson from the Middle Street school to the School Street, -and to fill the vacancy caused by the transfer of Miss Lamson, Miss Clara L. Hutchins* was transferred from the Hollis School ; then, to relieve the Bicknell upper intermediate of so large a number, a portion of the pupils were placed in the lower room, which gave to the teacher in charge two grades. The selection of pupils for this school was made so carefully, however, and both teacher and pupils are working so enthusiastically, that before the close of the present year the classes will be able to do the same work, and it is expected that a large number will be promoted from that room to the third grammar. The most of these transfers and changes have seemed to work to the entire satisfaction of the committee.
No changes have been made in the Third and Fourth Wards during the entire year. In the Fifth Ward, Mrs. S. J. Rogers resigned her position as teacher of the Howe primary at the be- ginning of the spring vacation, after a long and faithful service in that capacity, and Miss Mary L. Bates was appointed her succes- sor. As Miss Hattie D. Hall did not accept her reappointment to the Bates intermediate for the present year, Miss Bates was transferred from the Howe primary to that school, and Miss Mary B. Tirrell was placed in charge of the above named primary. Miss Emilie V. White terminated her connection with the Hollis School at the close of the summer term, and Miss Clara L. Hutch- ins was elected to that position ; but as previously reported, was transferred to the Middle Street school, and the vacancy was filled by Miss Lenna B. Cook.
CONDITION OF SCHOOLS.
As the grammar schools remain in charge of the same teachers as last year, we believe that these schools are even more success-
* Since the date of this report, Mies Clara L. Hutchins has tendered her resignation, and Miss Minnie E. Hunt has been transferred from the Pleasant Street primary to the Middle Street intermediate, and Miss Hattie E. Darcy has been elected to the vacancy in the above- named primary.
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ful than reported in previous years. All are well disciplined, and the instruction in each department is thorough and systematic. Our intermediate schools are not so uniformly well conducted as the grammar grades, various causes affecting their management. Many are not well graded, and the multiplicity of duties makes it simply impossible to give the proper attention to every detail.
Owing to the prevalence of contagious diseases in two or three wards, the average attendance has been greatly reduced ; but by a little well-directed extra effort, most of the schools thus affected have sustained their usual rank in scholarship. In many schools, . however, there has been no apparent excuse for absence, and the want of punctuality in several is deserving much censure. Teachers can do much towards remedying this fault by creating a proper sentiment in regard to the very great importance of being " on time," and parents can do even more. Doubtless there are a num- ber of instances when the pupil must be late or lose an entire session, and here the old adage of "Better late than never " is the best one to adopt; but when the number of tardinesses in our schools, averaging forty scholars or less, ranges in the aggregate from three hundred in some, to nearly thirteen hundred in others, there must be somewhere a very serious neglect of duty.
While speaking thus severely of this fault, we are happy to re- port many excellent schools in this grade, -really model schools. Such speak for themselves.
Our primaries have sustained their good reputation of last year. Marked attention has been paid to the teaching of reading, writing, and language, and with wonderful success ; and even much better results might be attained if the young ladies who graduate from our high schools would supplement that preparation for teaching by a year or two at some normal or training school.
To quote the thought of another, the one essential want of a good system of public schools is that there should be thoroughly honest and skilful work at the foundation. About all the difficul- ties which we encounter in the higher grades of our schools can be traced to inferior instruction and unskilful management in the first few years' work with the little children. The fountain is thus roiled at its very head-waters, and the stream never runs clear.
We are glad to notice in this connection that five or six young ladies of our town are at present under training at the excellent normal schools of the State.
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BIMONTHLY EXAMINATIONS AND TEACHERS' MEETINGS.
The plan of bimonthly examinations has been continued in the grammar schools through the year with excellent results ; and not- withstanding some criticisms and fault-findings, we believe it to be the best method that we have yet tried for testing the qualifications of pupils for admission to the high schools. All systems are im- perfect, but that method which affects the greatest number most favorably would seem to be the best method. We can all see mis- takes in the carrying out of the plan of last year ; but we hope to make improvements this year, and to carry on the work more thoroughly and systematically than before. Diplomas admitting to the high schools were presented to fifty-eight graduates from our grammar schools at the close of the school year. A table appended to this report will show the rank of each, and from what school promoted. Teachers' meetings have been held monthly in con- nection with the preparation of the examination questions, and much good has resulted therefrom, not only in securing a greater uniformity of work, but also in stimulating the teachers to an increased enthusiasm and a more lively interest in the methods of teaching. A few meetings have been held in the lower grades, and we are hoping to make some arrangements during the coming year for more of these very useful and practical gatherings.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
No marked change in the character of the discipline or instruc- tion of our high schools has been observed, they having continued in charge of the same teachers as during the present year ; but the committee and teachers have united in the effort to make the edu- cation imparted as thoroughly practical as the circumstances in which they are placed will permit. To this end we have made careful reviews of the grammar-school studies an indispensable part of the course of instruction in these schools, and have added such tech- nical instruction in the art of teaching and in the details of busi- ness transactions as the various demands upon the time of both teachers and pupils will allow. We, however, regard the mental and moral discipline of their pupils as the grand object to be gained in these schools. General culture, including the capacity to reason logically, and to appreciate truly the arguments in favor of right
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action, must continue to be the real test of their success or failure. They could not, if they attempted it, compete successfully with the endowed classical school in preparation for college, with the State normal school in preparation for teaching, with the school of technology in preparation for engineering, or with the business col- lege in preparation for the counting-room.
To the problem how to increase the usefulness of our high schools, we are confident no citizens of the town have given more anxious thought than the committee, past and present, who have been charged with their supervision, though perhaps others may have been more fortunate than we in its solution.
Although it is true that we admit to these schools as large a per- centage of our pupils in the grammar grades as other towns of sim- ilar size and resources, that we graduate from them more than the average number in such towns, that our basis of admission is not below the average, and that in a comparison we have no reason to be ashamed of the attainments of our graduates ; yet we are pain- fully conscious that our pupils do not accomplish all that is desira- ble and possible.
The co-operation of the parents of these pupils in encouraging those under their care to greater efforts, and the counsels .and suggestions of these and of all other citizens who are truly well- wishers to these schools, will greatly assist the teachers and com- mittee in their endeavors to advance their usefulness.
During the present school year, a great disparity in numbers be- tween the two schools has existed, and its increased size has ren- dered the labor of instruction in the North school considerably greater than heretofore to secure equal results in the education of its pupils ; and if the class admitted to that school at the begin- ning of the next year shall be as large as the present junior class, it would become impracticable for two teachers, within the usual limits of school sessions, to give a reasonable amount of attention to each of the branches of study contained in the authorized course, and now taught in the school, and the alternative must be to increase the number of teachers or reduce the number of studies. Except for the requirement of the statutes of the Com- monwealth, the committee would seriously consider the propriety of excluding the Greek language from the list of permitted studies, since the few who elect to take it consume a disproportionate share of the time of the principal teacher. But the law impera- tively requires the town to provide suitable instruction in this lan- guage to such of its pupils as desire to receive it, and only by
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arrangement to provide at the expense of the town satisfactory opportunities for this study in some other place can it be relieved of this obligation.
If only one high school existed in town, the raising of the stand- ard of admission to it would result in a decrease of the number of its pupils ; but in the opinion of the committee, it would be disastrous to the interests of both schools to create a difference in their grade, and the present standard of admission is as high as the welfare of the South school, owing to the much smaller number of pupils in the grammar schools from which it is recruited, will permit.
Such being the situation, the committee confidently expect that if the exigency suggested should arise, you will sustain us in mak- ing such addition to our corps of teachers as may be necessary to maintain, at least, the existing grade of attainment in each of these schools.
READING.
The public schools of this town hold an enviable position among those of the Commonwealth. In what particulars can they be improved ?
Probably there is more difficulty in teaching reading successfully than any other study required by the statute.
It is comparatively easy to instruct a pupil how to name a word or a series of words correctly ; but to bring before the minds of the reader and the listener the true meaning of an author most effec- tively - in other words, to make the most of a paragraph or chapter - is quite another thing.
Vast strides have been made in our schools, within a few years, in the methods of instruction in other branches. This is not true in regard to reading. That part of our education which is called into requisition more than any other, except that used in our daily conversation, has been too often tacitly ignored.
One reason of this is that not all of our teachers have had such training as to enable them to perform this work skilfully and acceptably. Some of them, especially in the lower grades, are doing most excellent work in this direction, and are entitled to high commendation ; but it is worthy of remark that among the most successful are those who have had more or less elocutionary training.
Feeling the need of far higher and more systematic effort in this direction, and failing to obtain it elsewhere, we have considered it to be for the best interests of our high schools to employ a professional
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teacher, competent to carry out this idea and give the requisite instruction.
The result of the limited number of lessons thus far given - only ten to each school - is entirely satisfactory, and has convinced us that this course, which was undertaken with some hesitation on account of the extra expense involved, is a necessity and ought not to be given up for the present.
It seems more important that this instruction should be con- tinued in the high schools, from the fact that we wish to draw our supply of new teachers for the lower schools from the ranks of the graduating classes of the high schools, just so far as is compatible with the best interests of the schools, and so far as such graduates can show reasonable attainments as required by State enactment. If they receive this instruction which we desire to afford them in the high school, they will go to their own schools stronger and better fitted for the duties there demanded of them.
It seems equally important that our present able and faithful corps of teachers should also have the benefit of this instruction, in order that they may apply the same principles which they them- selves acquire, to the pupils under their care respectively. In no other way can the scholars in our public schools receivesuch adequate instruction at so slight expense. For these reasons, among others, it has been thought best to ask the town for such increased appro- priation as will afford the pupils of the two high schools one lesson a week in elocutionary training, and also allow of a weekly exer- cise to the teachers in the different sections of the town, in order to prepare them to introduce similar methods into their own schools.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The new school-house in the Third Ward, for the erection of which an appropriation was made by the town at its last annual meeting, owing to the failure of the contractors to fulfil their en- gagements, is not yet completed ; but the building committee in charge anticipate no difficulty in making it ready for occupancy in the early summer. Upon the completion of this house, no pressing need for additional school-rooms will exist in any ward except the second, and in this the need is very urgent. A temporary relief may be had by the addition of two rooms to the Franklin house, if an enlargement of the lot can be made ; but such addition would not fully meet the present wants of the schools, and if we may judge of the future of this ward by its past history, the demand
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for a new school building within two years from the erection of such addition would be again as strong as it now is. In the belief that it is in the interest of economy, as well as of the prosperity of the schools, to provide now for all their present requirements and . their probable needs during the next three years, we recommend the erection of a building withi capacity to accommodate four schools of average size, and including a hall suitable for exhibi- tions and other general exercises by the pupils, to be similar in size and arrangement to the new school-house in the Third Ward.
ESTIMATES.
The committee estimate the expense of the maintenance of the public schools, for the ensuing year, as follows : -
Salaries of fifty-three teachers for ten months
$23,150
For one additional teacher four months
200
For teacher in elocution
400
For janitors, cleaning, etc. .
2,000
For fuel and incidentals
2,400
$28,150
Income from other sources :
Pratt fund
. $300
State fund
200
Alewife fund
. 252
Part of dog fund
398
.
1,150
Tax
$27,000
For repairs of school-houses
1,500
.
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STATISTICS.
NAMES OF THE GRADUATES FROM THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, JUNE, 1881.
Ward I.
NETTIE E. BRADFORD,
ETTA A. CLAPP,
CLARA F. PRENTISS,
CLARA S. PROUTY,
MABEL S. ROBBINS,
RUSSELL H. WHITING.
Ward II.
EDWARD N. BATES, WARREN T. BEARSE,
FLORENCE C. BATES,
MARY B. DUNBAR,
MARY E. FOGARTY,
LULU M. FRENCH,
ANNIE MCGREAREY,
MARY E. MORAN,
FRED. G. PEASE, ERNEST TIRRELL,
MARY L. TUCKER.
Ward III.
EVERETT F. ARMINGTON,
FRANK D. BOND,
CHARLES CLAPP,
NELLIE F. CONNOR,
LULIE CLARK, E. LILLIE EASTERBROOK,
JAMES W. GRIMES,
MARY E. KEOHAN,
PETRICIA MORRILL,
JENNIE L. SMITH,
WALLACE BICKNELL,
JAMES BURNS,
MARY E. CROTTY,
DELIA COHAN,
KATIE F. COFFEY,
HENRY GRIFFIN, ROSE S. HARDWICK,
ABBIE C. LOUD,
ANNIE W. PRATT,
MAGGIE F. WALSH.
CHARLES W. GAREY,
WARREN S. MITCHELL,
JULIA A. MCENROE,
CLARA A. REAMEY,
LIZZIE J. BURKE,
LIZZIE W. CANTERBURY,
FRED. DREW,
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JOSEPHI HAWES, MATTIE E. DERBY,
Ward IV.
LILLIAN PROUTY,
BENJAMIN N. ELLS,
SUSIE A. LOUD.
Ward V.
WILLIE H. BASS,
CHARLES G. LONG,
HAMILTON TIRRELL, BESSIE O. LOUD,
J. NORMAN DEANE, WARREN T. SIMPSON, IRVING L. SHORES, CLARA C. PAINE, MAGGIE GAVIN.
GRADUATES FROM NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE 30, 1881.
ANNIE A. BURGESS,
ABBIE P. PRATT,
GRACE M. BURRILL,
JESSIE H. ROGERS,
HATTIE W. DYER,
CORA F. RICHARDS,
LOUISA E. HUMPHREY,
MARY F. LEAVITT,
GEORGIA M. SHAW, HATTIE TUCKER, JACOB B. DENBROEDER.
GRADUATES FROM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, JULY 1,- 1881.
SARAH E. BRASSILL,
CHARLES N. DYER,
MARY E. GRUNDSTRUN,
CHARLES A. LOUD,
NELLIE F. PROUTY, MINNIE E. HUNT, IDA F. TAYLOR,
SARAH B. TIRRELL.
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TABLE,
Showing the per cent of correct answers given at the five bimonthly examinations of the first grammar grade, held during the school year ending July 1, 1881, by pupils who received diplomas admitting to the high schools.
Pupil's Rank in Scholarship.
First
Examination.
Second
Examination.
Third
Examination.
Fourth
Fifth
Examination.
Average.
From what school promoted.
1
86
92
89
... .
91
89
Tufts.
85
89
91
90
86
88
Tufts.
3
80
89
85
88
82
85
Franklin.
4
88
84
81
83
84
84
Tufts.
5
81
85
83
83
81
83
Tufts.
6
81
85
77
90
83
83
Franklin.
7
80
85
81
90
82
82
Franklin.
8
85
82
79
82
84
82
Franklin.
9
83
83
76
85
85
82
Tufts.
10
83
70
83
83
88
81
Shaw.
11
82
83
80
83
79
81
Franklin.
12
76
81
81
80
80
80
Franklin.
13
75
77
78
82
81
79
Franklin.
14
84
78
79
76
81
79
Tufts.
15
81
81
75
80
81
79
Tufts.
16
71
81
79
79
83
79
Franklin.
17
77
76
72
83
82
78
Bates.
18
72
76
80
84
81
78
Tufts.
19
72
80
81
79
80
78
Franklin.
20
71
73
79
83
82
78
Bates.
21
82
...
78
78
73
78
Shaw.
22
....
·
74
76
82
81
77
Athens.
24
73
75
76
81
79
77
Franklin.
25
81
77
73
80
75
77
Tufts.
26
79
76
73
78
77
77
Tufts.
27
78
75
70
78
80
76
Athens.
28
71
76
72
80
80
76
Franklin.
29
70
75
80
80
73
76
Franklin.
30
78
73
69
77
82
76
Tufts.
31
69
69
80
80
79
75
Bates.
33
70
73
72
80
79
75
Athens.
34
82
67
72
78
74
74
Athens.
35
73
74
71
77
78
74
Bates.
36
69
72
69
81
78
74
Bates.
37
77
73
74
74
74
74
Bates.
38
75
65
76
75
79
74
Tufts.
39
75
71
67
75
84
74
Tufts.
40
81
72
71
68
76
74
Tufts.
41
63
82
70
75
76
73
Athens.
42
66
73
69
84
74
73
Franklin.
43
80
70
74
68
74
73
Tufts.
44
76
76
70
65
78
73
Tufts.
45
75
71
71
65
78
72
Tufts.
46
69
68
66
78
78
72
Franklin.
47
71
69
68
81
70
72
Franklin.
48
66
71
71
73
79
72
Pratt.
49
74
64
74
73
77
72
Shaw.
50
78
67
68
74
76
72
Athens.
51
63
67
67
79
78
71
Bates.
52
67
74
68
70
79
71
Tufts.
53
74
69
65
69
79
71
Tutts.
54
61
71
66
73
78
70
Bates.
55
64
80
70
68
68
70
Franklin.
56
·
.. .
68
66
75
72
70
Pratt.
57
68
67
....
73
73
70
Bates.
32
78
74
84
79
75
Franklin.
74
82
78
Athens.
23
73
Examination.
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TABLE I. - CLASSIFICATION.
GRADES.
DEPARTMENTS.
SCHOOLS.
Primary.
Intermediate.
Grammar.
Primary ·
.
Athens
L.
M.
Athens
.
M.
U.
Franklin
L.
M.
U.
Grant
. .
M.
U.
66
High Street .
L.
(2 Div.) M.
Howe
L.
M.
U.
Middle Street .
L.
M.
U.
Perkins .
. .
M.
Perkins .
· .
U.
Pleasant Street
L.
M.
Shaw
L.
M.
TJ.
'T'remont
L.
Intermediate
.
Athens
L
. .
Bicknell
.
M
High Street
L.
Lincoln .
L.
M.
School Street
··
M.
U.
Tremont
M.
'l'uits
Centre
L.
M.
U.
L.
M.
U.
· ·
.
U.
. .
·
Hollis .
L.
M.
U.
L.
M.
U.
Holbrook
L
M.
U.
L.
M.
Pond
L.
M.
U.
L.
M.
U.
Pratt
L.
M.
U.
L.
M.
Pleasant Street
. . L.
M.
U.
M.
U.
L.
Thomas
L.
M.
U.
L.
M.
U.
L.
U.
Athens
L.
U.
Bates .
.
·
M.
U.
Bates
Franklin
. .
·
M.
U.
Franklin
L.
L.
M.
U.
Shaw
Tufts
Tufts
. .
Tufis
.
L.
High
·
North High
South High .
Grades IV., III., II., I. Grades IV., III., II., I.
L.
M.
U.
. .
·
M.
·
Mixed.
Grammar .
·
Adams
· ·
M.
U.
M. M.
·
. .
L.
Pratt
·
U.
L. L.
River .
Middle Street
L.
M.
Nhaw .
L.
U.
.
U.
L.
Howe .
(2 Div.)
(1 Div.)
(1 Div )
Lincoln .
·
Bates
Bicknell
U.
U.
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TABLE II.
RECORD OF ATTENDANCE FROM AUG. 30, 1880, TO JULY 1, 1881.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Whole No. Enrolled.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Average Age
when Enrolled.
Tardiness es.
Number of
Visitors.
PRIMARY.
Adams (mixed) .
Stella L. Tirrell
· 42
31.7
27.9
7.5
486
22
Athens (upper and middle) .
Ella M. Burgess
54
49.8
43.6
8++
236
68
Athens (2d div., mid., and low.)
Emma Thayer
55
43.9
39++
6
34
82
Lincoln (upper) . .
Hannah E. Ward .
50
48.1
42
8.4
276
60
Howe (lowest and middle) .
Mary L. Bates .
46
31.2
26.2
5.5
57
30
Franklin (lowest, mid., and up.)
Mrs. A. F. Gardner . 65
55.4
48.4
6.7
66
32
Grant
Susie L. Farren
45
39.9
32.3
6.4
278
27
High Street "
Mary A. Webster
66
48.6
45.1
6
59
36
Shaw
Mrs. L. B. Holbrook
49
33.8
28.6
6.2
217
20
Middle Street“
Carrie L. Farren . .
63
57.4
42.2
6.7
234
14
Perkins (lower) .
S. Lizzie Hunt
68
56
41.5
6-
243
75
Perkins (middle)
Mary L. Hunt
40
37.6
30 6
7+
101
52
Pleasant Street
Lillian A. Harlow
53
42.1
37
6.1
2:29
17
Tremont (lowest)
Cora L. D'Arcy
43
41.5
34.5
6.3
588
25
INTERMEDIATE.
Athens
Mary L. Ells .
42
37
33.1
10.7
.
34
Bates .
Hattie D. Hall
40
39
33 6
11
99
24
Bicknell (1st)
Marion Lewis
50
42 9
37.7
10 9
482
18
Bicknell (2d)
Martha J. Hawes
49
43
36.2
10-+
429
31
High Street
Lizzie R. Healey
44
42.1
34.1
9.8 9
81
25
Lincoln .
Emma F. Parker
52
47.7
42
435
53
Sehool Street
Fred. E. Loud
31
28.5
20
9 11.5
187
25
Tremont
Ant'netteW. Knights
53.4
44.6
10.7
774
40
Tufts .
Mary E. Sparrell . . Mary J. Moore
27
24.9
21
9+
109
14
Howe
66
Mrs. Maria A.Morrill
47
43,3
37.6
8-
19
31
Hollis
Emilie V. White .
30
27.3
23.6
8-
-
14
Pond
Martha E. Belcher
28
26
21.2
8.5
101
36
Pratt
Sarah W. Spilstead .
50
41.7
33.9
7.1
309
10
( J. A. Raymond . .
36
33
29 8
9-
405
33
River
Clarabelle Pratt
32
26.5
24
8++
163
20
Thomas
Emma J. Smith .
39
37.9
31.5
7.5
*%
12
GRAMMAR.
Adams
Minnie E. Bodman . James E. Humphrey § E. R. Downs, Prin.
51
41
37
12
226
33
Bates (1st and 2d) .
¿ C. L. Logue, Asst. .
65
53.4
47
13.4
463
*
Bates (3d) .
Lizzie L. Whitman .
33
30.5
26.9
11.9
137
17
Franklin (1st and 2d)
70
63.8
59.7
11.7
189
*
Franklin (3d) .
Ellen G. Parrott . .
46
41.4
38.5
11.9
54
18
Pratt (1st, 2d & 3d, and 1st int.)
46
41.5
39
12
216
45
Shaw (1st, 2d and 3d)
40
36
32.2
12
266
18
T'ufts (1st)
J. W. Armington . .
42
36.8
30
13
505
31
T'ults (2d)
Mary L. Lewis .
40
37.6
31.2
12.8
394
35
Tufts (3d)
Hattie B. Baker
.
35
33
28
11.7
422
30
HIGH.
( G. W. Shrw, Prin.
₹63
60
56.5
14
797
*
South High .
Aliee R. Rogers . .
51
46.5
43.5
15
388
27
Shaw .
M. C. Holbrook .
31
27.9
24.1
91
15
52
47.9
39.7
· 10 4
1292
27
Holbrook "
E. S. Spilstead
52
43.9
39.4
8+
*
15
Pleasant Street (mixed) .
M. E. Long .
32
26.3
23.3
11.8
512
15
Athens
Mabel Lamson
35
33.2
28.6
400
33
Middle Street
.
North High .
Helen A. Fiske . .
Geo. B. Vose, Prin.
S E. E. Thompson, Pr.
Aliee A. Carter, As.
§ Geo. C. Torrey, Pr. Mary L. Dyer, As. Sophia L. Vining . .
*
60
Centre (mixed)
Mrs. S. J. Rogers
Number of
Not reported.
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TABLE III. ELECTIONS AND SALARIES.
TEACHERS.
SCHOOLS.
No. of Grades.
Salaries.
When Elected to Present Position.
PRIMARY.
Stella M. Tirrell .
Adams
4
$320
Aug. 27, 1880.
Ella M. Burgess .
Athens
2
320
Aug. 20, 1880.
Emma F. Thayer
Athens
2
320
Aug. 6, 1880.
Mrs. A. F. Gardner
Franklin
3
320
June 2., 1878.
Mary A. Web-ter .
Grant
2
320
June 22, 1881.
Susie L. Farren .
High Street
2
3.20
June 22, 1881.
Mary B. Turrell .
Howe
2
320
Aug. 26, 1881.
Hannah E Ward
Lincoln .
1
320
Aug. 28, 1876.
Carrie L. Farren
Middle Street
3
320
June 21, 1818.
Mary L. Hunt .
Perkins
1
320
Aug. 25, 1873.
S. Lizzie Hunt
Perkins
1
320
Aug. 29, 1879.
Minnie M. Hunt .
Pleasant Street
2
320
Aug. 20, 1851.
Mrs. L. B. Holbrook
Shaw
3
320
Aug. 29, 1879.
Cora L. D)'Arcy .
Tremont
1
320
Aug. 6, 1880.
INTERMEDIATE.
Mary L. Ells
Athens
3
$360
Aug. 28, 1876.
Mary L. Bates
Bates .
2
360
Aug. 26, 1881.
Harriette M. Terry
Bicknell
1
360
Jan. 18, 1882.
Martha J. Hawes
Bicktell
1
340
Aug. 12, 1878.
Lizzie R. Healey
High Street
1
340
Aug. 31, 1872.
Emma F. Parker
Lincoln
1
340
Aug. 28, 1876.
Clara L. Hutchins
Middle Street
2
340
Jan. 18, 1882.
Mabel Lamson
School Street
1
340
Sept. 9, 1881.
Maria C. Holbrook
Shaw . .
3
360
Jan. 4, 1875.
Antoinette W. Knights
Tremont
1
340
Aug. 1, 1879.
Mary J Moore
Centre
7
340
Oct. 31, 1879.
Mrs. Maria A. Morrill
Howe
2
340
Sept. 1, 1860.
Lenna B. Cook
Hollis
6
340
Sept. 12, 1881.
Ellena S. Spilstead
Holbrook
5
340
Aug. 29, 1875.
Martha E. Belcher
Pond .
6
340
Aug. 9, 1878.
Sarah W. Spilstead
Pratt .
5
340
Jan. 4, 1875.
Katie C. Keohan .
Pleasant Street
2
340
Aug. 17, 1881.
Clarab-lle Pratt .
River .
7
340
Aug. 28, 1876.
Mrs. Emma J. Smith
Thomas
6
340
Dec. 16, 1872.
GRAMMAR.
Fred. E. Loud
Adams
5
$500
June 22, 1881.
James E. Humphrey
Athens
3
900
Sept. 14, 1880.
Edgar R. Downs, Principal
Bates .
2
900
Feb. 6, 1880.
Louvie F. Logue, Assistant
Bates .
Bates .
1
380
Jan. 5, 1875.
Edgar E. Thompson, Principal
Franklin
2
900
Aug. 15, 1879.
Mary F. Leavitt, Assistant Ellen G. Parrott
Franklin
1
380
Aug. 31, 1872.
George C. Torrey, Principal
Pratt .
4
900
Aug. 25, 1873.
Mary L. Dyer, Assistant
Pratt
340
April 6, 1874.
Sophia L. Vining .
Shaw
3
500
Nov. 20, 1871.
J. W. Armington
'Tufts
1
900
April 6, 1870.
Mary L. Lewis
'Tufts
1
380
Dec. 20, 1880.
Hattie B. Baker .
Tufts
1
380
Aug. 27, 1880.
HIGH.
George W. Shaw, Principal .
North High
4
$1200
Aug. 31, 1868.
Helen A. Fiskc, Assistant .
500
April 10, 1877.
George B. Vose, Principal
South High .6
4
1:00
Aug. 31 1:74.
Alice R. Rogers, Assistant
500
Jan. 10, 1876.
'Tufts .
1
360
Aug. 27, 1880.
Mary E. Sparrell
340
June 13, 1879.
Lizzie L. Whitman
Franklin
340
Aug. 17, 1881.
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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, 1881 : -
Ward I.
298
II
. 682
66
III.
463
IV:
313
V.
. 284
Total .
2,040
No. of Scholars enrolled.
No. enrolled over 15 yrs. of age.
No. of teachers.
Ward I.
308
2
7
6
II.
663
4
14
III.
478
12
.
10
66
IV
281
4
·
8
V. .
. 331
16
9
North High School
· 63
38
2
South 66 66
. 51
29
2
Total :
2,175
105
· 52
.
The above table is based upon the school registers for the year ending July 1, 1881.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES HUMPHREY, ELIZABETH C. HAWES, HENRY DYER,
.F. F. FORSAITH,
Z. L. BICKNELL, LOUIS A. COOK,
School Committee.
WEYMOUTH, Dec. 31, 1881.
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