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A PLEA FOR EDUCATED LABOR.
" He that makes his son worthy of esteem, by giving him a liberal education, has a far better title to his obedience and duty than he that gives a large estate without it." SOCRATES.
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I believe that one of the things we ought to teach in our schools is the dignity of labor. If a man's hand is calloused in any honest employment, he has no reason to be ashamed of it. An education and all the other graces of life are for him as much as for any one.
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It is a mistake to suppose that only those who intend to enter the learned professions, so called, need to be educated. A farmer needs an education, especially in New England, where it takes a particularly smart man to till the soil successfully. A mechanic needs an education, especially in New England, where Nature has been so niggard in those two great promoters of material prosperity, coal and iron. Go into one of our great agricultural and industrial fairs and see the magnificent reapers and mowers and other appli- ances by which the forces of nature are subdued to the will of man. In their presence you will feel that no one can know too much to make the most of his opportunities in any department. The world demands, first of all, great natural endowments, and second, great scholarly attainments.
Because a weakling goes through college and turns out poorly, is no reason why a boy with a strong and vigorous intellect should not have a good education, no matter what he intends to do. New England boys and girls especially must fight brute force with brains, and low wages with educated labor. I am pleased, there - fore, to see so many boys in the High school, and perhaps even more pleased to see so many girls there. The High school is for them quite as much as for the boys. The industries of the times and the culture of the times are passing over more and more to the women, and the day is not far distant when, except in the very lowest walks of life, a gross, uneducated woman will be a pitiful curiosity.
In conclusion, gentlemen, while thanking you for many personal and official courtesies, I am happy to say that the relations of the teachers and myself have been harmonious throughout the year. Thanks to the enlightened service of those who, as a class, are the noblest and bravest of public servants, it has been possible to con - duct the schools without material friction.
GILMAN C. FISHER.
Dec. 31, 1884. .
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NAMES OF GRADUATES FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
NORTH HIGH, JUNE 27, 1884.
GRACE T. BAKER. JOHN H. GUTTERSON.
GERTRUDE E. BLANCHARD. WALLACE M. LEONARD.
EDITH P. SIMMONS.
SOUTH HIGH, JUNE 26, 1884.
IRA E. GARCELON.
DELIA T. NELLIGAN.
CARRIE J. GARDNER.
HELEN L. ROCKWOOD.
INA F. MARLOWE. WILLIE T. THAYER.
NAMES OF GRADUATES FROM THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, JUNE, 1884.
ADAMS.
CLARENCE BRIGGS.
WINNIE GOODWIN.
MABEL HATCH.
LAURA HAYES.
WILLIE F. HUNT.
ATHENS.
JOHN H. ASH.
KATIE T. DYER.
CORA L. BEARD.
MARTHA THOMPSON.
STELLA M. CLARK.
RUBY M. TYLER.
BATES.
HATTIE TIRRELL BATES. GRACE GERTRUDE HUNT.
ELIPHALET HOWARD BELCHER. CORA LOUD.
JAMES HENRY DONAHUE.
ELLA MARIA REYNOLDS.
MINNIE HALLAHAN.
ARRIA GERTRUDE STEWART.
CHARLES IRVING HAYDEN.
ANNIE LOUISA STODDARD.
ALBERT HUMPHREY.
LOUIS BRADFORD VINING.
FRANKLIN.
AGNES M. BATES. MINOT BATES. JOHN S. BEAN.
ARTHUR W. BEEDEM. MABEL BLACKWELL. CLARA J. BOYLE.
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ALBERT C. BURRELL.
LILLIAN O. BURRELL.
LUELLA S. BURRELL.
CHARLES C. COLLIER.
MAGGIE J. DONOVAN. CARRIE W. DYER.
THOMAS R. O'BRIEN. FLORA A. PRATT.
ALICE G. EAGAN.
MYRON T. FORD.
LULIE MAY IRISH.
SUSIE B. LITCHFIELD. ·
JOSEPH W. VINAL.
F. PERCY WILLIAMS.
HUNT.
ELLA M. BEARCE.
IDA M. CALLAHAN.
WILLIE H. COWING.
MARY E. LONERGAN.
MAGGIE A. COYLE.
KATE F. PIERCE.
MARY H. DAVIS.
FANNIE A. PUTTILLOW.
EDITH M. FAIRBANKS.
LIZZIE M. STACK.
CHARLES F. FORD.
HANNAH C. WHELAN.
FRED. M. WILBAR.
PRATT.
ALBERT BARNES. MARY E. BURKE.
FRANK DALY.
WILTON HAWES.
EMMA F. MOORE.
IDA SUTTON.
SHAW.
ERNEST W. AYER. CLARA FEARING.
NELLIE A. HAWES.
EMMA B. STOWEL.
DAVID F. MCMORROW.
GRACE W. MITCHELL. J. HENRY MORAN.
NELLIE M. NICKERSON.
GERTRUDE V. PRATT. JENNIE W. RICE. LIZZIE E. TIRRELL.
S. ADELLA MARDEN.
PETER F. GRIFFIN.
WILLIE F. GRIFFIN.
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*
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WM. A. DRAKE, M. D., Ward One .
Term expires 1885
JOHN C. FRASER, M. D., ." Two .
66
66 1887
AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS, " Three
66
66 1886
O. B. BATES, 66 Four .
66
1885
L. A. COOK, EsQ., " Five .
.
66
66
1886
REV. W. H. BOLSTER, " Five .
66
66
1887
.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
Chairman, AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS.
Secretary, O. B. BATES.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
GILMAN C. FISHER.
OFFICE HOURS OF SUPERINTENDENT.
1
At North High School on Mondays and Thursdays.
At South High School on Wednesdays.
At Bicknell School, East Weymouth, on Tuesdays and Fridays. From 4.45 to 5.45, each school day.
Residence, near Railway Station, North Weymouth.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
GEORGE G. FRENCH, Ward One 1 ISAAC N. TIRRELL, Ward Four
ASA B. PRATT, Ward Two CHARLES E. HAWES, Ward Four L. H. LOUD, Ward Three C. C. TINKHAM, Ward Five
143
SCHOOLS, SALARIES, ETC., JAN. 1, 1885.
TEACHERS.
SCHOOLS.
*GRADES.
Sala- ries.
When Elected to present Position.
Charles S. Haskell
Athens
.7th to 9th
$900
August 11,1882
Mary L. Ells ..
.5th and 6th
360
August
28,1876
Ella M. Burgess.
.3d and 4th
340
August
20, 1880
Emma F. Thayer.
.Ist and 2d
320
August 6,1880
Minnie M. Hunt.
A danis 5th to 9th
500
June S, 1883
Agnes T. Dunphy
1st to 4th
320
Nov. 24.1882
Clarabelle Pratt ..
River ..
1st to 7th
340
August 27,1876
WARD II.
Edgar E. Thompson
Franklin
9th
900
August 15, 1870
Mary L. Bates
8th
400
July
11, 1884
Ida J. Barker
7th
400
July
27,1883
Martha J. Hawes.
1st
320
August 22, 1884
Sadie Stetson
Ist
320
July 27,1883
Mrs. E. C. Hawes
6th
360
Dec.
28,1883
Mary Ford ..
5th
340
August
22, 1884
Lizzie R. Healey
340
August
31,1872
Julia M. Talbot
66
2d
320
July
27,1883
Mary A. Webster
School Street.
320
Sept.
15, 1882
Mabel J. Thayer
340
June
8, 1883
Britannia E. Harlow
320
August
22, 1884
Ida F. Taylor .
Grant .
1st and 3d
320
August
11, 1882
Lucy G. Tucker
Pleasant Street ..
340
Sept. 7,1883
Katie C. Koehan
66
1st
320
August 17, 1881
WARD III.
Hunt
9th
900
April
6,1870
Hattie B. Baker
8th
400
April
20, 1883
Mary J. Moore.
7th
400
April
20,1883
Sara E. Wilbar
6th
360
Jan. 27,1882
8. Lizzie Hunt .
1st
320
August
29,1879
Emma F. Parker.
4th
340
August
28,1876
Hannah E. Ward
320
August
28, 1876
Hattie E. Darcy.
320
August
11, 1882
Hattie L. Reed
66
1st
320
March
30,1882
WARD IV.
George C. Torrey
Pratt
7th to 9th
900
August 25,1873
Sarah W. Spilsted
66
1st to 6th
360
Jan.
4,1875
Ellena S. Spilsted .
Holbrook.
1st to 6th
360
August 29, 1873
Sophia L. Vining .
Shaw.
7th to 9th
500
Nov.
20,-1871
Mary E. Grundstrom
360
Dec.
28, 1883
Mrs. L. B. Holbrook
66
.Ist to 3d
320
August 29,1879
Sadie J. Holbrook.
Centre.
.1st to 6th, and 9th 340
May
23, 1884
WARD V.
Edgar R. Downs.
Bates
.8th and 9th
900
Feb.
6, 1880
Lizzie L. Whitman
400
Jau.
5,1875
Mrs. E. J. Smith.
.5th and 6th
360
August
22, 1884
Mrs. M. A. Morrill
Howe
.3d and 4th
340
Sept.
1, 1860
Ella M. Clark.
1st and 2d
320
July 27,1883
Stella L. Tirrell.
Thomas
Ist to 6th
340
Sept.
3. 1884
Martha E. Belcher
Pond.
1st to 6th
340
August 9,1878
Mrs. Lenna B. Daniels
Hollis
1st to 6th
340
Sept.
12, 1881
HIGH SCHOOLS.
Frank H. Beede.
North High.
.10th to 13th
11,200
July
30, 1884
Edith A. Parkhurst
66
500
August
31, 1882
Hattie Tucker.
66
360
Sept.
3,1883
Nathaniel S. French
South High.
.10th to 13th'
1,200
August 11, 1882
Harriet C. Torrey.
66
500
April
10,1882
66
Lincoln.
5th
340
August 1, 1879 .
Tufts.
.3d
66
.2d
Bicknell.
High Street.
4th
.3d
Middle Street .. 66 66
4th and 5th
.2d and 3d
.4th aud 5th
J. W. Armington
Antoinette W. Knights.
4th to 6th
. 7th
* Grades 1st to 3d arc primary; 4th to '6th, intermediate; 7th to 9th, grammar; 10th to 13th, high.
66
WARD I.
144
RECORD OF ATTENDANCE FROM SEPT. 5, 1883, TO JUNE 27, 1884.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Whole No.
Enrolled.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Perc'tage of
Attendance.
Number of
Visitors.
PRIMARY.
Adams (mixed)
Agnes T. Dunphy .
40
30
25
83
69
Athens
Ella M. Burgess.
50
49
46
94
96.
Athens.
Emma F. Thayer.
59
. 51
44
86
227
Franklin
Britannia E. Harlow
59
52
43
83
88
Franklin
Sadie Stetson.
2.4
21
17
81
61
Grant
Ida F. Taylor
53
43
37
86
70
High
Julia M. Talbot
57
54
42
78
104
Howe
Ella M. Clark
50
41
32
78
67
Lincoln
8. Lizzie Hunt
62
42
35
82
107
Middle Street
Annie M. Thompson
49
46
39
85
118
Pleasant Street
Katie C. Koehau
69
45
37
82
53
School Street
Mary C. Webster
48
43
.38
88
83
Shaw
Mrs. L. B. Holbrook
44
37
34
92
92
Tufts
Hannah E. Ward.
46
45
41
91
121
Tufts
Hattie E. Darcy.
56
52
47
90
79
Tufts
Hattie L. Reed.
68
54
44
81
137
INTERMEDIATE.
Athens
Mary L. Ells
41
37
35
95
83
Bates
Mary L. Bates
46
44
41
93
82
Bicknell
Lizzie G. Hyland, Ass't ..
Bicknell.
Martha J. Hawes.
44
39
35
90
48
High Street.
Lizzie R. Healey.
45
42
35
83
132
Hunt
Sarah E. Wilbar
49
42
37
88
62
Lincoln
Antoinette W. Knights
47
38
90
75
Middle Street. .
Mabel J. Thayer
49
46
42
91
124
Pleasant Street
Lucy G. Tucker.
29
26
24
92
111
Centre (mixed) ..
Alice Ford .
30
29
27
93
25
Holbrook ( mixed)
Ellena S. Spilsted
50
48
43
90
32
Hollis ( mixed).
Lenna B. Cook.
34
31
25
81
36
Howe (mixed)
Mrs. Maria A. Morrill
40
39
37
95
95
Pond (mixed)
Martha E. Belcher
28
26
21
81
24
Pratt (mixed)
Sarah W. Spilsted.
48
42
37
88
47
River (mixed) .
Clarabelle Pratt .
34
24
22
92
15
Thomas (mixed)
Mrs. Emma J. Smith
31
27
24
89
18
GRAMMAR.
Adams (mixed)
Minnie M. Hunt.
24
21
18
86
114
Athens
Charles S. Haskell
32
29
27
93
140
Bates
E. R. Downs
46
41
37
90
144
Bates
Lizzie L. Whitman
34
32
29
91
35
Franklin
E. E. Thompson
42
36
35
97
182
Franklin
Mary E. Long.
40
37
35
95
60
Franklin
Ida J. Barker
54
45
41
91
36
Hunt.
J. W. Armington
27
26
24
92
180
Hunt.
Hattie B. Baker
23
22
20
91
13
Hunt.
Mary J. Moore
42
33
32
97
57
Pratt.
Geo. C. Torrey
29
29
$27
93
96
Shaw
Sophia L. Vining.
22
20
19
95
46
HIGH.
Robert E. Denfeld.
North High
Edith A. Parkhurst
84
81
96
50
( Carrie A. Tower
Nathaniel S. French
South High
Harriet C. Torrey.
50
47
45
96
42
Tufts.
Emma F. Parker
50
45
41
91
91
Shaw
Mary E. Grundstrom
33
32
29
91
61
Mrs. E. C. Hawes.
56
50
89
75
.
..
145
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, 1884 :-
Ward I.
257
66 II.
793
6 III.
440
66 IV.
269
". V.
282
Total
2041
No. of Scholars Enrolled.
No. enrolled over 15 Years of age.
No. of Teachers.
Ward I.
280
6
7
6 II.
722
18
15
“ III.
.
470
12
10
IV.
256
5
7
66
V.
309
12
8
North High School
86
76
3
South High School
50
30
2
Total
2,173
159
52
.
.
This table is based upon the school registers for the year ending June 27, 1884.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF WEYMOUTH.
JANUARY, 1885.
A CLASSIFIED CATALOGUE
OF BOOKS IN THE TUFTS LIBRARY, WHICH PUPILS OF THE GRAM- MAR GRADES ARE RECOMMENDED TO READ IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR WORK IN GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.
GEOGRAPHY.
NORTH AMERICA.
British America and Arctic Regions.
Arctic Explorations
224.10
American Explorations in the Ice Zones 227.45
Alaska and the Yukon 224.13
Young Nimrods in North America
223.30
Zigzag Journeys in the Occident . .
224.41
Zigzag Journeys in Acadia .
.
227.36
Voyage of the Vivian .
528.30
Mexico and Central America.
Young Folks' History of Mexico . 614.39
Knockabout Club in the Tropics .
227.40
Travels in Mexico
224.61
Mexico To-day .
227.32
Old Mexico and her Lost Provinces
227.31
Summerland Sketches
224.36
New England States.
Old Landmarks of Boston . 224.21
Heart of the White Mountains
224.42
Young Folks' History of Boston . 610.22 .
4
147
·
Around the Hub
610.19
Marco Paul in the Forests of Maine
525.46
Marco Paul in Vermont
525.47
Marco Paul in Boston
525.48
Marco Paul at the Springfield Armory
525.49
Nooks and Corners of the N. E. Coast
224.33
Boston
525.60
Boston Town
610.18
Family Flight Around Home
227.43
Bodleys on Wheels
516.3
Bodleys Afoot
516 1
Middle Atlantic States.
Marco Paul in New York
525.45
Marco Paul on the Erie Canal
525.44
New York .
525.67
Aboard the Mavis
224.32
Central States.
Life on the Mississippi
224.51
Southern States.
Palmetto Leaves
224.77
Pacific and Plateau States and Territories.
Knocking Round the Rockies 224.43
Rustlings in the Rockies
224.55
Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
223.28
· Picturesque Journeys in America
227.30
South America.
Thousand-Mile Walk Across South America 224.4
The Giant Raft (2 vols.)
. 516.45-46
Glimpses of South America
224.63
Three Vassar Girls in South America . .226.27
Forest Exiles
517.6
.
148
EUROPE.
The Continent.
Zigzag Journeys in Europe (England and France) 516.22
Rollo in Paris
525.2
Rollo in Switzerland
525.3
Rollo on the Rhine
525.5
Rollo in Geneva .
525.7
Rollo in Holland
525.8
Rollo in Naples .
525.9
Rollo in Rome
525.10
Dikes and Ditches
523.8
Down the Rhine .
523.10
Family Flight through Spain
226.31
Rome .
525.66
Wanderings in Spain .
225.5
Zurich
525.64
Berlin
525.65
Palace and Cottage
523.17
Up the Baltic
523.15.
Zigzag Journeys in Classic Lands (Germany and Rome)
516.34
Family Flight through France, Germany, etc.
226.22
Northern Lands .
523.13
Cross and Crescent
523.16
Sunny Shores
523.18
Vine and Olive .
523.14
Our Young Folks Abroad
226.23
Three Vassar Girls Abroad .
226.25 .
. Innocents Abroad
123.8
Zigzag Journeys in the Orient
235.21
Land of the Midnight Sun (2 vols.)
. 226.18-19
St. Petersburg
525.61
Moscow
525.63
Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands
225.34.
Mr. Bodley Abroad
516.31
140
British Isles.
Rollo in London .
525.4
Rollo in Scotland
525.6
Shamrock and Thistle .
523.12
Red Cross .
523.11
In the Hebrides .
225.40
Rambles Round London Town
232.63
ASIA.
The Land of the White Elephant
234.2
English Governess at the Siamese Court
234.13
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
234.10
Our Boys in India
235.30
Beyond the Himalayas
235.33
Wonderful City of Tokio
235.27
Young Americans in Japan
235.22
Boy Travellers in the Far East (Ceylon and India)
235.23
Boy Travellers in the Far East (Japan and China)
233.17
Boy Travellers in the Far East (Siam and Java) .
234.25
Sunshine and Storm in the East
234.20
The Steam House (2 vols.) ,
. 517.23-24
Michael Strogoff.
338.14
Pekin .
525.62
Little People of Asia .
234.41
Our Boys in China
235.31
Bear Worshippers of Yezo .
235.29
In the Lena Delta 236.17
In the Himalayas and on the Indian Plains . 235.37
A Ride to Khiva
234.22
Through Asia Minor on Horseback
234.28
AFRICA.
Through the Dark Continent (2 vols. )
233.4-5
. Our Young Folks in Africa . 233.31
Family Flight over Egypt and Syria 234.34
.
150
Boy Travellers in the Far East (Egypt and the Holy Lànd) . 235 24
Adventures in Equatorial Africa . 233.1
Great African Travellers 233.13
Last Journals of Livingston
233.7
· Travels in South Africa
233.2
Life in the Great Sahara
233.23
How I found Livingston
233.28
Lost in the Jungle 233.21
Stories of the Gorilla Country
233.20
Wild Life under the Equator
233.22
Boy Travellers in the Far East (Africa)
233.32
Five Weeks in a Balloon
516.6
Coomassie and Magdale
233.3
AUSTRALIA.
British Colonies, Australia .
231.24
Boy's Adventures in Australia 513.18
ISLANDS OF THE SEA.
Typee
234 5
Isles of the Sea
523.9
THE OCEAN
Voyage in the Sunbeam
224.28
Notable Voyages from Columbus to Parry 223.8
Rollo on the Atlantic .
525.1
Outward Bound .
523.7
In the Trades, in the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties 223.54
Man-of-War Life
223.53
Merchant Vessel -
223.50
Viking Bodleys .
516.35
MISCELLANEOUS.
How to Travel . 223.19
Our New Way Round the World .
223.14
Young Nimrods Around the World
.
223.38
151
Knockabout Club Alongshore
227.22
Fairy Geography
231.12
Knockabout Club in the Woods .
227.23
Around the World in Eighty Days
227.40
Mountain Adventure .
516.9
What Darwin Saw
223.5
The Wild North Land
223.19
Modern Explorers
223.48
Children of all Nations
223.39
Around the World with Gen. Grant
223.47
HISTORY ..
UNITED STATES.
Mound Builders.
Aborginal America
613.18
History of the United States, Vol. 1:
615.36
Indians.
The Men of the Backwoods .
612.28
Greyhawk .
220.50
Our Wild Indians
613.34
Prairie
426.17
Pioneers ,
426.21
Deerslayer .
426.12
Last of the Mohicans .
425.24
Pathfinder .
426.22
Indian History for Young Folks.
615.30
Northmen.
Popular History of United States (vol. 1) .
615.36
Early Discoveries und Settlements,
Book of American Explorers
213.15
Magellan
222.6
Pizarro
222.5
Vasco da Gama .
222.7
Marco Polo
222.34
152
Raleigh
911.2
Drake
911.3
La Salle
220.38
De Soto
220.35
Columbus
220.41
Discovery of America
613.19
Tales of Pathfinders
610.39
Development of the Colonies.
Old Times in the Colonies .
612.14
Capt. John Smith
911.6
Capt. Kidd
220.40
Miles Standish
216.8
Peter Stuyvesant
220.36
Northern Colonies
613.20
Southern Colonies
613.21
Wars of the Colonies .
613.22
Grandfather's Chair
513.52
Life of Pocahontas
224.4
The Old French War .
610.14
Stories of the Old Dominion
612.13
Revolt of the Colonies
613.23
Revolutionary War.
The Boys of '76 .
516.23
Franklin
220.44
Washington
220.42
John Paul Jones .
220.37
The Spy
426.18
War of the Revolution
613.24
Gen. Washington
613.25
The Pilot
426.5
Development of the States.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
413.31
Neighbor Jackwood
536.34
Building the Nation
612.44
Kit Carson .
220.39
153.
Daniel Boone
220.45
Nina Gordon
413.5
The War of 1812
610.13
The War with Mexico .
610.45
Anti slavery Days
610.49
Civil War ..
Following the Flag
612.12
Boys of '61
610.7
Young Folks' History of the War for the Union
612.34
Young Folks' History of the Civil War
612.22
Youths' History of the Rebellion (4 vols.)
612.7-8-9-10
Recollections of a Drummer Boy .
614.36
Civil War in America (3 vols.)
614.12-13-14
Captain Phil
527.44
Capturing a Locomotive
612.39
Anecdotes of the Civil War
614.35
Reconstruction and the Present.
A Fool's Errand
413.35
From Canal Boy to President
220.49
Miscellaneous.
Stories about American History . 612.27
History of our Country
612.25
Young Folks' History of America
610.21
Young Folks' History of the United States
613.17
Story of the United States Navy
612.15
Story of American History .
525.24.
Romance of American History
613.16
America, a History
610.12
Bryant's Popular History of the United States (4 vols.)
615.36
Exploration of the World (3 vols.)
223.11-12-46
Captains of Industry . 212.36
History of the United States 612.50
History of the American People . · 612.24 ·
Aunt Charlotte's Stories of American History 612.49
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