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Pneumonia
Pneumonia
. .
Epilepsy
Spina Bifida
Stillborn
Atelectasis
=
16.
.Tennic M. Lincoln
4h 1
20. 23
Ezekiel J. Whitcomb 58
Cardiac Dropsy
26.
5 Jersie C. Hosley. 1
Phthials Pulmonalis
15. John M. Veader .. 13
Cardiac Syneope
..
6 15 6
·
3 23
Elizabeth (Worster) Bragdon 82 11 IS Pneumonia
Phthisis Pulmonalis.
. .
114
DEATHS, Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Mar. 21.
Ethel May Pierce
1 9 22
Meningitis Tubercular.
" 21.
Bertrana F. Joy
9
2 21
Pneumonia.
1 12 Pneumonia.
-
6
27.
Thomas F. Yourell
1:4
Lung Fever
27.
James H. Clapp
51
· 19
Encephaloma.
29. Samuel French
85
6|17
l'aralysis.
31.1 Jane L. ( Thomas) Tirrell
44
9 |11
Cancer
April 6.
9.
John Flynu
60
.
12.
Charles Merritt.
60 6 24
15.
Elizabeth Marrow
Old Age.
16.
Frank W. Lovell
28
. . .
16.
Theodore J. Rand.
71
3 12 Apoplexy
23.
Female child of Horace M. and Cora E. Randall.
23.
Priscilla (Shaw) Hunt.
83
Cardiac Dropsy
23.
Mary B. (Blanchard) Spear.
52 -1 8 kneephalitis.
24.
Albree M. Thomas
30 11 24
26.
Edna 1 .. Belcher.
24
28. Lydia R. (Richards) Loud .. 83,11 5
May 1. Abbie L. (Perry) Bieknell 62
5 21
2. Winfield B. Tirrell .
43 4
. ·
4. Joseph F. Marrow.
2
4
4
4. Clarissa S. (Littlefield) Thomas .. 58
10
1
5. Evelme D. Sherman.
5
1 28 Diphtheria
6. George A. Tracey 13
5 25
7 Michael Kennedy 69
8. Eliza (Loud) Burrell
88
7
9. Ezra W. Reed.
0
3
Acute Enteritis. . .
10.
Lewis Beals.
88
6 2 Old Age.
13. Minot Gage Kidder.
5h
14. Male child of Geo. E. and Ellen L. Garey ..
15.
Male child of Geo. E. and Ellen L. Garey ...
1
15. Bridget (Sheehan) Bresnahan
Puerperal Fever.
19. Edward P. Dailey
Spasms.
Dropsy .
Pneumonia
Paralysis.
Consumption
1 26. Thomas Kennedy 18 Inanition .
28. Sarah Whitney Partridge. 7 21
Typhoid Pneumonia.
29. Sumner Spaulding. 44
.
30. Catherine Casey 24
1 27 Phthisis.
June 1. Minnie M. Cram 3
17
Consumption.
Disease of Kidney & Old Age.
**** 9. Harry W. Clark
18
00 11 Heart Disease ..
66 10. Seth Sutton
2 12 Paralysis.
15.
Alvah Raymond .. 83
2 27
Cystitis.
Consumption
19.
Evelyn B. ( Brown) Sherman
29
3 16
Pyæmia
19.
Margaret C (Car ary) Stone. 3+
5 25
Brain Disease
23.1 Timothy E. Cleary 1 ·
Consninption
25. Lizzie ri. Richards 21
5 6 Peritonitis
06
229. Hervey E. Weston 65
. . . . Paralysis
July 1. Walter T. Gerald. 19
Thrush.
..
2.| Lydia W. (Loud) Thayer. 70 5 .. Cystitis
6. Male child of Michael and Mary A. Larrey ..
. .
Stillborn
Place of Birth.
Weymouth. ..
Scituate. Weymouth. ..
Ireland. Weymouth. Ireiand. Weymouth. N. Hampsh'c.
Weymouth. Rockland. Weymouth.
Boston. Weymouth.
Ireland. Weymouth,
Ireland. Weymouth. ..
Middle boro'. Weymouth. Marshfield. I nknown. Weymouth.
Vermont. Ireland Weymouth. Scituate. Middleboro'
Hanover. So. Abington. Weymouth. Braintree.
Weymouth. G. Falls, N.H. Weymouth.
25 Helen M. Twombly'. 18
68
66
15. Abigail S. (D'amon) Stetson 46
1 10
5
87.
25. Almira B. ( Blanchard) Tirrell ... 25. Nabby B. (Tirrell) Pratt.
74
27
26. Sally S. (Raymond) Gay
81
.
..
Debility
36
7
20. David P. Richards 62
Meningitis.
Heart Disease.
Hip Disease
Typhoid Pneumonia.
.
5 Senile Gangrene.
Premature Birth
Stillborn
Quick Consumption
Congestion of Lungs
Senile Consumption
Phthisis.
Pneumonia.
Solomon Lovell. 65 10 22
Hydrothorax and Exhaustion.
. . Erysipelas
Dropsy of Chest.
Phthisis Pulmonalis
Stillborn
Percy F. Hosley.
.
9. William Fogerty
. ..
Nephritis
8 21 l'elvie Abscess
Cause of Death.
115
DEATHS, Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
July 15.
Bridget Callahan
] |11 25
Tubercular' Meningitis and Pulmonalis ..
66
$6
19.
Florence A. Ilarding
39
1
Heart Disease
21.
Female child of Edgar E. and Hannah L. Thomson
Stillborn
21. Charles A. House
2
7
.
4 6 Phthisis Pulmonalis.
66
27.
Thomas Pray
75
1 19 Gastritis
(+=29.
Caleb S. Cleverly. 68
6 18
Bright's Disease.
Aug. 1.
Sylvanus Cushing
77
S
. .
4.
Lizzie Friary.
1
S
2 Convulsions
9.
Onnie Nolan 74
.
10.
Sarah W. French. 18
5 3 Heart Disease
=
12. Freeman Littlefield.
64
9 25
1 14. Henry T. Saville 17 ·
..
17. Margaret Landerkin Giles
81
5
Heart Disease
18. John Parrott
89
11
3 Paralysis.
21. Harold L. Blanchard
9
21
2.2 .!
John Fraher ....
72
. .
-
25.
Thomas Londergan.
2
2
Cholera Infantum.
26. Francis A. Pitts. 14
Marasmus
. . Paralysis
Sept. 2.
Catherine A. Rice 87
1
=
3. Honora Coffey 70
..
5
5
4. Carrie Morse Loud.
11
2
.6
6.1 John P. Monks. ..
4 10
Cholera Infantum .
Cholera Infantum
6 Pneumonia
Dysentery
Cancer
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
2 13 Teething .
14. Ellen T. Reilly .
3 Cholera Infantum
2.2.1 Nathaniel Ford. 79
57
241
6
26.
James Andrew Borden.
Cholera Infantum
66 29. Barney Lynch.
76
..
30. George Eddie Shields
Oct. 1. Clara Blanchard.
22
3 1
2.
James H. Smith.
4 114
Marasmus.
3.1
Clarissa H. Ford.
10
Paralysis
Marasmus
Consumption
Consumption
9. Ella F. (Stickney) Earle 21 5 21 Consumption
11.
William Holbrook.
. .
66
16. Warren Edward Smith.
.
66 17.
Julia (McGorvern) Gorman
8
18.
John Hogan.
65
66 6.
19 21. Thomas Cullen. 62
64
10
Paralysis
Heart Disease.
8 Cancer
66
Thomas W. Nash . 9]
2
Pneumonia.
6. 25. Margaret (McFarlane) Chapin 40
7
2 Cancer
16 Phthisis Pulmonalis and
Bright's Discas-
Pneumonia .
66
20 30.
William Dwyer
73 8,20
Emma M. Lendrey
3
Infantile Debility
Place of Birth.
Weymouth.
Hingham. Weymouth.
Plympton. Weymouth. Ireland. Braintrec. Weymouth.
Marblehead. ('nav'u Wales Weymouth. Ireland. Weymouth.
66
Marlboro'. Ireland. Weym. uth.
Scituate. Weymouth. Stoughton. Weymouth ..
Vermont Weymouth. . Ireland. Weymouth.
Braintree. Weymouth. Duxbury Weymouth.
New York. Ireland.
Heart Disease
Weymouth.
Ireland. Randolph.
Weymouth. Camden, Me ..
Weymouth. Ireland. Weymouth.
66
17.
Barnabas Pratt.
73
..
Senility
Pneumonia and Dysentery
24. Ellen E. Jackson.
14
1
1 6 Brain Disease
Dropsy from Heart Disease .. Measles
Encephalomalacia
Congestion of Brain & Kidney Cholera Infantum
Cholera Infantum
3
28
8. Arthur Clifford Rowell. 2
1
10.
Temperance (Barrell) Denton. 81
..
12.
Lucy (Philip) Whitmarsh 78
28
12.
Ida Florence (Tenny) Dizer 26 1 12
13. Percy Clayton Lovell ..
1
cayki 5 17 Paralysis.
Septicæmla from Cellulitis
. . Encephaloid.
2.4 Marasmus
Pulmonary Consumption
..
3.
Kate Agnes shields
7
3. Nellie Boyle
16 5 ..
4. Mary A. Welch
.
82
Typhoid Fever
·2 Cyanosis
29
8
Puerperal Fever
Norton Quiney Tirrell.
. .
Lizzie W. (Kelly) Hunt 45
-1.
26. Sarah Pratt Perkins. 52
9
..
Apoplexy
11. Mabel (). Morales
Cholera Infantum
Concussion of Brain
3. Julia Maria Delory
23. David L. Sterling.
20
8. Archie Leon Merrett
31. John W. Loud 80
Cause of Death.
Typhoid Dysentery.
116
DEATHS, Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Nov. 7.
James Barrett.
60
Paralysis .
Weymouth.
7.
Morgan J. Connell.
23
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
7.
Susan R. (Hunt) Thayer
66
7 27
Inflammation of Bowels.
66
10.
Thomas Richards
84
6 19
Paralysis
66
20.
Jonathan Hunt ...
74
6 15
Unknown
21.
Sarah (Wilder) Gardner
73
1|27
Hepatic and Cerebral Conges- tion .
66
22.
Fannie L. Merrill.
6 11 15
Diphtheritic Croup.
6
22.
Herbert T. Mellen.
23
6 23
Blood .poisoning.
Dec. 1. Betsey Harlow Curtis
64
9
7
Dropsy.
Abington. Ireland.
Weymouth. Ireland. Weymouth. Freeport, Me. Upton.
Weymouth.
14.
Hannah Bates (Rice) Joyce.
67
Dropsy.
=
17.
Lucius S. Bates 10 66
7
Pulmonary Thrombosis
17.
Priscilla L. (Holbrook) Poole. 52 1
Cancer
20.
Francis Joseph Sullivan 2 7 13 Membraneous Croup
66
21. Hannah (Belcher) Tirrell 80 11 24
Shock from Burns.
.6 Holbrook. Weymouth.
Easton. Ireland Weymouth.
Whole number of marriages registered for 1882 : - Where one or both parties reside in Weymouth ·
91
Non-residents
18
109
Whole number of births for 1882 : -
Males
134
Females .
121
255
Whole number of deaths for 1882 :
Males
. 101
Females .
94
.
·
195
Excess of births over deaths
. 60
Attest,
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
WEYMOUTH, January, 1883.
7
Acute Nephritis
.6
25. Catherine Curley.
2 115 Marasmus
6.
27
Martha A. (Hewett) Davy.
35
.. .. Consumption
66
27. Ann Cook .... 58
8
.. Cancer
28.
Lucinda B. (Bieknell) French 68
3 . .
Puerpera
16
7. Margaret (Moore) Dwyer
40
10 19
Erysipelas and Pneumonia .
9.
Belinda M. (Burrell) Joy
64
CO 17 Congestion of Lungs
66
11.
Sarah (Davis) Scabury
74
2 14
Endocarditis .
12.
Richard H. Clark ..
14
7 . .
Concussion of spine & brain . .
13.
Male child of Harry W. and Josephine Pool Woodbury .
..
Stillborn
Complication of diseases.
4. | Julia ( Bradley ) Quigley
39
·
· Paralysis
6. Jason Pratt.
84
9
. .
Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Ilingham. Rockland. Middleboro.
·
.
·
21. William Peters Clark.
REPORT
OF THIE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
FOR THE YEAR 1882.
BOSTON:
ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, No. 34 SCHOOL STREET. 1883.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THE School Committee of Weymouth respectfully present to the citizens of the town their
ANNUAL REPORT.
The sum appropriated at the last annual town meet-
ing, to be raised by tax, for the support of our schools during the year, was
$27,000 00
This was increased by the Pratt fund
300 00
Bv the alewife fund .
252 00
By the State fund
200 00
By the dog license fund .
398 00
Appropriation for repair of school-houses
1,500 00
Total
. $29,650 00
Believing that this was a generous appropriation, such as was to be expected from the enlightened sentiment of the town, the com- mittee determined that the expenses of the department should not exceed it.
They have strictly adhered to this determination, and are now able to show an expenditure somewhat less than the appropriation, viz. : For the salaries of the teachers, repairs of the school-houses, fuel. incidentals, janitors' services, and cleaning, $29,335.50. In- cluded in this sum is $52.89 paid by the town for books supplied to children in the several wards, as follows, viz. : Ward I., $4,59 ; Ward II., $33.59 ; Ward III., $3.72 ; Ward IV, $6.17 ; Ward V., $4.82. This leaves an unexpended balance in favor of the town of $314.50, occasioned principally from the saving made by unit- ing two schools in Ward II.
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SUPERINTENDENT.
At the last annual town meeting, a vote was passed, instructing the School Committee to employ a superintendent, and appropriat- ing $1,800 for his salary.
Your committee immediately took steps to carry this vote into effect. After careful deliberation they unanimously voted to employ Mr. Gilman C. Fisher, of Dover, N. H., for one year, and on the eighteenth day of April passed over to him the care of the schools. At that time he assumed their general management, and has, thus far, had the entire control and responsibility of their literary super- vision. He is earnest and industrious, and we believe his work in most respects is satisfactory. We think it would be well to re-en- gage him for another year. His report is herewith transmitted.
CHANGES OF TEACHERS.
The following-named teachers have terminated their connection with the Weymouth schools during the year : -
Mr. G. W. Shaw, of the North High; Mr. Geo. B. Vose, of the South High ; Miss Helen A. Fiske, assistant, North High ; Mr. James E. Humphrey, Athens Grammar ; Mr. Fred. E. Loud, Adams Grammar ; Misses Stella L. Tirrell and Hattie Dyer, Adams Pri- mary ; Miss Harriette M. Terry, Bicknell Upper Intermediate ; Miss Susie L. Farren, High Street Primary ; Mrs. A. F. Gardner, School Street Primary ; Miss Carrie L. Farren, Middle Street Pri- mary ; Miss Mary L. Hunt, Perkins Primary ; Miss Cora L. D'Arcy, Tremont Primary ; Miss Mary L. Lewis, Broad Street Second Grammar.
The vacancies in the North High School have been filled by the election of Mr. Robert E. Denfeld as principal, and Miss Edith A. Parkhurst as first assistant. Owing to the unusually large number admitted to this school from the grammar schools, it was found necessary at the beginning of the school year to employ another assistant, and Miss Carrie A. Tower was elected to that position.
The vacancy existing in the South High School was filled by the
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election of Mr. Nathaniel S. French as principal. In the First Ward Mr. C. S. Haskell was elected as teacher of the Athens Grammar ; Miss Lottie A. Ham. Adams Grammar, and Miss Hattie Dyer, Adams Primary. Miss Dyer tendered her resignation in November, and Miss Agnes T. Dunphy was elected to the position.
More changes have been made in the schools in Ward Two than in either of the other wards. The long-talked-of re-grading of the primaries has been accomplished without any of the clashing antici- pated by those who were unfavorable to the movement, and the results have thus far proved highly satisfactory
We believe that the schools in this ward are now as well graded as is possible, considering all the circumstances of location and extent of territory.
The primary schools are now located as follows : -
Grant. first and third primary, Miss Ida M. Taylor, teacher ; High Street, second primary, Miss Priscilla L. Collier, teacher ; School Street, first primary, Miss Mary A. Webster, teacher ; Franklin, third primary, Miss Charlotte B. Tower, teacher ; Middle Street, first and second primary, Miss Mabel J. Thayer, teacher ; Pleasant Street, third primary, Miss Katie C. Keohan, teacher. During the summer vacation Miss Mattie N. Hanson, who had been re-engaged as teacher of the Bicknell Intermediate School, received a much more remunerative appointment to a position in her own town, and consequently tendered her resignation.
This left one of the most difficult positions in town without a teacher ; and not only that, but it was found that the number at- tending that grade would be so large that two schools would also be necessary.
The superintendent and committee made diligent search for suc- cessful teachers of experience who would accept these positions for the salaries offered.
This search was continued without success until the last week of vacation, when it was decided to locate the entire upper intermedi- ate grade of the ward in the Bicknell school-house, and, if possible, induce Miss Hanson, with a half-time assistant, to take charge of the school. The committee accordingly added $100 to the regular salary, and engaged Miss Florence J. Fay as assistant, at a salary
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of $100 per annum, making the salary of two teachers of this grade $560.
The plan was carried out, and has thus far worked admirably, besides making a saving to the town in teachers' salaries of $160, and also the expense of fuel and care of room.
There were, doubtless, several teachers in town who would have accepted the position at the increased salary, and would have made the school a success, but at that late day in the vacation it was thought to be unwise to make any more changes than were abso- lutely necessary.
At the beginning of the current year the class formerly known as the Perkins lowest primary was placed in the lower room of the Lincoln school-house, Miss S. Lizzie Hunt, teacher, and the middle primary was placed in the Tufts school-house, Miss Hattie E. Darey, teacher, in place of Miss Mary L. Hunt, resigned.
The upper primary, Miss Hannah E. Ward, teacher, formerly located in the Lincoln school-house, was also transferred to the Tufts school-house, as was also another third primary which had previously occupied a recitation-room in the high-school building. Miss Cora D'Arcy, who had taught this school several terms, ten- dered her resignation in March, and Miss Hattie L. Reed was elected to the position.
The lowest intermediate school, under Miss Emma F. Parker, was also transferred from the Lincoln to the Tufts building.
Very much to the disappointment of all interested, the four upper grades in the Third Ward were unable to commence their work until the other schools in town had been in session three or four weeks, owing to the fact that the new building was not ready for occupancy, and by the transfer of other grades no suitable accommodations could be found elsewhere.
The same teachers are in charge of these schools as were during the last year, with the exception of Miss Mary L. Lewis, who tendered her resignation at the beginning of the Thanksgiving vacation, and her place was filled by the selection of Miss Lottie E. Allen as teacher. No changes have been made in the schools or teachers in the Fourth and Fifth Wards, with the exception of those in the high school previously mentioned.
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TEXT-BOOKS.
Very few changes in text-books have been made during the past year. Greene's " Thought and Expression " has been taken out of the primary grades ; and the " Franklin Intermediate Reader" has been introduced in the third grammar grade. In accordance with the wishes of the superintendent, and for the purpose of increasing interest and proficiency in reading, five sets of supple- mentary readers have been placed in the primary grades, viz., Appleton's, MacGuffie's, Swinton's, Parker's, and Harvey's. These books are carried from one school to another, at stated times, and thus each pupil has an abundant supply of fresh read- ing matter throughout the year. The committee feel that this is a measure which is decidedly progressive as well as economical (the whole of the above supply cost less than $125), and one which should be extended to all the grades. We say it was an economi- cal measure : for these books were purchased at wholesale prices ; and as they are the property of the town, the teachers feel more directly the responsibility of having them properly cared for, and thus the pupils will be trained in an art which is too much neglected, - the art of taking care of things ; and, moreover, the books will serve quite a number of classes before they are worn out, and there will be no need of further outlay for supplementary reading in these grades for several years.
For the sake of practising and encouraging economy, would it not be wise for the town to own all the text-books used in the schools? Is not the text-book just as much a piece of school apparatus as the blackboard, the dictionary, or the map ?
Doubtless many just criticisms can be made upon all the text- books in our schools ; nevertheless we think that, with very few exceptions, - and those mainly in the high-school studies, - no changes in text-books are needed at the present time. The perfect text-book has not yet appeared, and real progress toward it, as in all other directions, is necessarily slow. That being the case, the se- lection of a text-book depends upon little else than a comparison of the excellences and deficiencies of one author with those of another ;
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and a change in text-books depends upon well-grounded dissatis- faction with those in use and undoubted superiority in those to be substituted. Therefore changes should be made guardedly, and not hastily.
The quality of the text-book, however, is of far less consequence than the quality of the teacher, - a fact that most authors fail to. recognize ; for their works seem to be written under the idea that the teacher knows very little, if anything, and that, in using their books, there is almost no need of a teacher. Wehold, on the other hand, that a good teacher knows more than the book, and will use a poor one to advantage, while a poor teacher will make but sad work in attempting to use the best of text-books.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
They are among the most important of our schools, for two rea- sons : viz., they are the graduating schools for a large majority of our children, and they are the nurseries of our high schools. As graduating schools they ought to give those who go out from them a good practical education, so that they may be well furnished for the ordinary business of life. As sources of supply for the high schools they ought to be made as good as possible. The beginning of the high school and the ending of the grammar school are on the same plane ; hence in lifting the grammar school to a higher position, we by just so much elevate the high school. It would appear, then, that all our citizens should feel the deepest interest in the grammar schools, and should heartily welcome any sugges- tions looking toward the irimprovement ; some, that their children may get the best preparation they can give them for their life work, and others that they may be better fitted to pursue their studies through the high school and college.
Our grammar schools, we believe, are supplied with an excellent corps of teachers, and are making very commendable progress, but this by no means implies that they might not be improved, neither do we mean the slightest disparagement to those teachers when we affirm that they ought to be improved. We believe they would heartily respond to any suggestions by which they might be en- abled to do more thorough work.
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We believe there is too great an inclination on the part of parents and children to rush through the grammar school, as if the sooner they are out of it the better.
As a result, many enter our high schools at too early an age ; they are not sufficiently strong. mentally or physically; to sustain the pressure of high-school work without injury. Hence many, on grad- uating from the high school, are shattered in health, while others fall far below the standard they ought to have reached. We believe this is one of those cases where it is very much better to make haste slowly. It would be better for many of our children to remain longer in the grammar school ; it would by no means be lost time. Later in life they would realize its benefit to them. We do not believe in precocious work. Things which grow and mature very rapidly are usually short lived. We would advise parents and children not to be in too much haste to get out of the school, but to remember that they are doing foundation work, and that the better the foundation the more permanent and useful the building will be likely to be. It would also be well to look after the springs which feed the grammar schools, viz., the schools of lower grade. We are inclined to the opinion that they are not doing their best work, and that the percentage of promotion should be raised in all the lower grades, and that a much higher per- centage should be demanded for promotion from the grammar to the high schools. For this we propose to work, hoping to show, erelong, far better results in. all our schools, from the lowest to the highest grade.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
It was thought to be for the best interests of these schools that a change of teachers should be made at the close of the last school year.
We appreciate the high intellectual attainments and the general ability of both the gentlemen previously connected with the schools as principals, and realize that they have many friends both among our citizens and their former pupils.
In regard to making this change we did not feel that we could
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be governed by our individual friendships, but by what we believed to be the highest interests of the schools.
From the large number of applicants for these situations, after careful inquiry and investigation of previous history, the two gen tlemen who now fill the positions were selected.
They entered upon their duties enthusiastically, and, while it is . too early to judge fully of their work, it is believed they will be successful.
On the last day of the summer vacation the committee were surprised to receive the resignation of Miss Helen A. Fisk, for five years the successful assistant teacher in the North High School, she having previously obtained a situation in Gloucester, Mass.
At that late day, when most of the schools in this vicinity were just commencing, it was a difficult matter to obtain a teacher to fill her place. We were, however, successful in engaging Miss Edith A. Parkhurst, a graduate of the Salem Normal School, who had just been re-elected for the eighth year to a position as teacher in Gloucester, Mass. Miss Parkhurst, for the seven years since her graduation, in connection with her teaching, has been pursuing the study of the modern languages at the institution where she graduated.
Miss Carrie A. Tower, of South Weymouth, a recent graduate of Bridgewater Normal School, was elected to fill the position of second assistant in this school.
The number of pupils receiving diplomas entitling them to ad- mission to the North High School, at the commencement of the present school year, was larger than it had ever been before, viz., fifty-seven.
The committee have not felt that they were called upon to decide as to the rate of promotions, as that subject was in the hands of the superintendent, but we believe that the rate should be raised. We think that, especially in reference to the high schools, it is below the demands of the times and the best interests of the pupils, and that, if the grade of scholarship for admission was raised to its old stand- ard or even higher to keep place with the advanced educational demands, these schools would fulfil much more satisfactorily the expectations of their friends.
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It early became a question how to provide accommodations for this unusually large class. The main school-room was far to small, and the recitation-room, in addition, would not afford sufficient space.
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