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For these reasons, I will not attempt to give a detailed account of the advancement made since my last report, but will state, as nearly as I can, what has been accomplished since music was introduced here two years ago.
There were then, as there always will be in every school, a few individual pupils who had some knowledge of vocal music, but it could not be said that any of the classes could sing the simplest music at sight. I remember that on my first visit to the different schools, I asked to hear what they could do, and all that was attempted was the singing in unison of some simple song which had been taught by rote, and the singing was engaged in by only a small proportion of the scholars present. The songs were sung below pitch, wholly in what is known as the chest register of voice, and in a style that showed at least a lack of special and systematic training.
The " National Music Course " provides ample material for each of the nine years below the high school. And we have not yet had time to bring the classes up to the high standard attainable in public schools through a regular and systematic course of training in each and every grade; this will require years of patient work on the part of both the regular teachers and the special instructor.
The only way to establish a thoroughly graded and systematic course of study, is to begin in the primary schools, and give those same pupils as they advance through the different grades, such instruction and practice as is suited to their ages and to the full development of the subject. We are, however, using a graded set of books, and the most of our classes are now doing in a very acceptable manner the work intended for the grade to which they belong. Some of the classes are now singing standard German and English three-part songs. Still I feel that in none of the upper classes do the pupils have' that complete knowledge of the subject that they will have when these classes shall consist of pupils who have completed the full course in each of the lower grades.
Nearly all the pupils in our public schools are learning to read good music. They are also learning to use their voices carefully and in such a way that their development will be normal and healthy.
Special teachers of voice culture unite in saying that the first and most difficult thing they have to do, is to break up certain perverse habits. that have become so firmly fixed by a continued wrong use of the organs, that that which has become habitual, almost seems to be natural. I said in my report last year, " I am confident that another year will see far greater improvement, not only in the singing, but indirectly, through the study of the singing voice, in the reading."
I am more than satisfied with the way in which this prophesy has been fulfilled. The singing in all grades is very much improved since last year, and a good deal of attention is being given to the proper use of the voice.
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in reading and recitation. A lively interest was shown in Prof. Leib's lectures to our teachers on this subject; not only by the teachers them- selves, but by members of the School Committee and many who are not directly connected with the schools; this shows that people are beginning to realize the importance of good instruction in the correct use of the voice, in the different stages of development through which it passes, during the child's life in school.
True progress in the art of singing, as taught in public schools, depends quite as much upon good discipline, the general management of the school, and correct methods of teaching, as upon any special musical endowment of either teacher or pupils. I have heard very poor singing (the result of poor instruction in this particular branch) in schools which were in other respects good, but I have never heard good singing in schools that were in other respects poor.
It is no doubt true, that many teachers are more dependent upon the Supervisor of Music for methods of teaching in this branch, than they are upon the Superintendent of Schools for methods in any other one branch of study ; still a supervisor of music can no more do good work without. the co-operation of the regular teachers, than could the Superintendent himself teach the other branches. Our teachers have seemed to realize this fact, and whatever of success has attended my work, has come largely through faithfulness on their part.
The Superintendent has been always ready to do all in his power to help the cause of music, and a large share of credit is due the committee. First, for thoroughly investigating the claims of the different systems, and finally adopting the National Music Course; and second, for standing by the course now that it has been adopted. I believe that it is already proven that they made no mistake, and that each year the wisdom of their action will be more and more apparent.
· A. E. BRADFORD, Supervisor of Music.
Clay-modeling has been introduced in the lowest primary grade as a part of the work in form-study and drawing. .
PARENTS' VISITS.
The schools have received during the year 6,750 visits from parents and others. These visits have been distributed as follows : Ward One, 1,077 ; Ward Two, 1,798 ; Ward Three, 1,477; Ward Four, 926 ; Ward Five, 1,322.
IN CONCLUSION.
The year has been gladdened in many ways, but perhaps in no one way more than by the gift of the flags. It is pleasant to feel
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that the people are on the side of the schools, and that they asso- ciate the work of the schools so intimately with the welfare of the country. For that is what the flags say. They are a practical proclamation of the fact that the schoolmaster is the defence of the nation, and that the strength and perpetuity of republican institu- tions depend upon the education of the masses.
I value the flags as an aid to discipline. A teacher might say to a lad of the gnarled and twisted type, Why, see here, my boy, think of the flag up yonder ! Why is it waving above your head ? It is placed aloft there to tell you that the country rests on the school, and that you are here to become a good citizen. The country wants you to aid in carrying on its great work, and you are here to learn the ways of usefulness in order that you may help your fellowman and be a man yourself. You cannot be a true citizen of this republic, without doing your duty, day by day, as it comes to you in little bits, and the time to begin is now, and the place to begin is here !
I believe the flags will clothe the teachers with a power of appeal to the honor and ambition of the pupils, such as they have never had before. With the " Stars and Stripes " waving above their heads, the pupils will grow more serious, more docile, more faithful, and the act of placing above our schoolhouse gables that starry emblem, " as beautiful as a flower to those who love it, as fierce as a meteor to those who hate it," will be accepted by all as an inten- tional guarantee of free institutions, and a public recognition of the fact that the schools are the bulwark of our liberties.
Respectfully submitted,
GILMAN C. FISHER,
Superintendent of Schools.
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GRADUATES OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL, 1889.
S. Laura Batchelder.
Clara E. McGreevy.
Agnes M. Bates.
Grace W. Mitchell.
Cora L. Beard.
Ella M. Reynolds.
Annie L. Coffey.
Jennie W. Rice.
Katie M. Fitzgerald.
Estelle Robinson.
Fannie E. Hadaway.
Arria G. Stewart.
Maggie E. Heffernan.
Lizzie M. Stack.
Clara A. Holbrook.
Mary L. Tucker.
Nellie M. Holbrook.
Hannah C. Whelan.
GRADUATES OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
NORTH HIGH.
College Preparatory Course.
Minnie L. Eaton. Mary J. Flannery.
Joseph Hardwick. Theresa M. Jenkins. Susie C. Richards.
Classical Course.
Mary E. Lonergan.
Mary E. Hunt.
Sadie L. Powers.
Lizzie T. Pratt.
Mary T. Turner. .
English Course.
Alice T. Keohan.
Maggie Z. Ahern.
Lena Gertrude Bailey. Nellie Alton Churchill. Lucy Mabel Gay. Charles Irving Hayden. Mary Lizzie Hollis.
SOUTH HIGH.
James Franklin Maynard. Julia Winifred Melville. Grace Mary Nado. John Lawrence Riley. Thomas Martin Ryan. Helen Florence Tirrell.
Chrissy M. Ahlf.
Maggie A. Dee.
E. Louise Fay. Annie A. Fraher.
Mathew P. Gloster.
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GRADUATES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
ATHENS.
Alice S. Beals.
Clarence A. Beard.
Herbert F. Binney.
Alton J. Blanchard.
Emma F. Chubbuck.
Arthur C. Newton.
Maud C. Clapp.
Laura E. Oldham.
Mary L. Crockett.
Elbert F. Prouty.
Gertrude M. Thayer.
BATES.
Charlotte Scott Baker.
Lena Marion Bates.
Rena Forest Blanchard.
Louis Prescott Curtis.
Almy Plummer Cushing. Bertha Frances Cushing.
Fannie Maria Cushing.
Edith Frances Raymond ..
Alvin Tirrell Reed.
Helen Reed. Ralph Duryea Reed.
George Russell Sellers.
Gertrude Anna Strickler ..
Annie Maria Sullivan.
Mary Warren Thayer. James Richard Thomas.
Prince Henry Tirrell, Jr.
FRANKLIN.
Lester E. Bates.
Frank E. Briggs.
Lewis B. Canterbury. Hannah A. Coffey.
Frank J. Dee.
Charles H. Davis. Nellie G. Flynn. Sadie E. Ford.
Maggie A. Hyland. Susie A. Kelley. Bertha O. Litchfield.
Ida A. Mitchell. Katie O'Connor. Effie M. Ryerson. M. Lizzie Sullivan. Julia A. Sylvester.
Bertie Thomas Loud. Daniel Loud.
Helen Maria Loud.
George Ellis Pitcher.
Nellie Russell Drew. Bernard Steven Donahue. Bridget Agnes Flynn. Lena Mason Graves. Joseph Brooks Greenwood.
Mary Eleanor Healey.
Mary Agnes Holbrook. Maria Hollis.
Minnie Barton Joy. Wallace Whitney Lee.
Anna B. Dyer.
Clara F. Graves.
Carrie C. Litchfield.
Frank H. Miller.
Clara G. Newton.
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Emma M. Fraher. Maggie A. Fraher. Arthur B. Hayward.
Howard W. Haskins. Walter T. Heffernan. Carl R. Hunt.
Hattie I. Thayer. Ada B. Tirrell. Robbie O. Tirrell.
Eva M. Torrey. Orilla J. Wade. Harry W. Vogel.
Lottie L. Wilder.
HUNT.
Fred W. Allen.
Oliver B. Loud.
Charles W. Baker.
Ralph W. Loud.
Alice L. Burrell.
Frank C. Lyon.
Alice S. Carpenter.
Charles J. Martell.
Lizzie J. Condrick.
M. Alice Cross. Eva M. Curtis.
James P. Mckeever Clementine E. Our. Lewis W. Pease.
Mabel W. Damon.
Carrie D. Peterson.
Charles E. Greelish.
Alice M. Pierce.
W. Edward Gutterson.
Lulie E. Rand. Arthur W. Randall ..
Mary A. Hopkins.
Lillie R. Leduc. Edwin Linton.
Sarah A. Lonergan.
Annie E. Richards. James F. Walsh. Lillian F. White. C. Louise Worster.
Mabel F. Wright.
PRATT.
Mary E. Daley. Rachel L. Hawes. L. Florence Holbrook. Mary J. Quinn. Emma J. Rea.
Mabel A. Stuart. A. Gertrude Taylor .. Minnie R. Thayer. Will D. Pratt. Frank T. Taylor.
Harry D. Tisdale.
SHAW.
Jennie Howland Blanchard. Agnes Everetta Cushing. Wendall Murray Joy. Theron Beldon Shaw.
Velma May Booth. Esther Rose Clavin. Sadie Maria Ells. Alice May Lafon.
Henry S. Hathaway.
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF HIGH SCHOOLS.
NORTH HIGH,
AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH, EAST WEYMOUTH, JUNE 27, 1889,
COMMENCING AT 7.45 P. M.
" Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies."
OVERTURE, " Vivant" . Orchestra INVOCATION. SONG, "Sion "
School
SALUTATORY
RECITATION, " Lily Servosse's Ride " .
ESSAY, " Shall America have a Westminster Abbey ?"
SOLO, " The Spanish Orange Girl "
Mary E. Hunt Annie A. Fraher . Sadie L. Powers . Lizzie T. Pratt Theresa M. Jenkins
MERCHANT OF VENICE, Act I., Scene II. ( Portia
¿ Nerissa E. Louise Fay ESSAY, " Virtue, not Wealth, the Source of a Nation's Prosperity,"
RECITATION, " The Bell of Zanora " . .
Maggie A. Dee Maggie Z. Ahern Matthew P. Gloster
ORATION, "Charles Martel and the Battle of Tours," WALTZ, " Ein Waldtenfelchen " . Orchestra EXERCISE IN VIRGIL, " Departure of the Trojans from Sicily," a Latin, Chrissy M. Ahlf. b Translation, Susie C. Richards DECLAMATION, "The Potency of English Words " Joseph Hardwick POLKA, "Pretty Lips " Orchestra
EXERCISE IN CHEMISTRY, " Water" a
Lizzie T. Pratt . Mary J. Flannery
RECITATION, " A Scene from Little Dorrit "
C
. Alice T. Keohan
CLASS HISTORY . . Mary T. Turner
. Minnie L. Eaton ESSAY WITH VALEDICTORY ADDRESSES, "Mythology," PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
Mary E. Lonergan
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CLASS ODE.
SELECTED.
Hand in hand, our parting song Sing we now with heart and voice ; Of the past for which we long, Much remains to bid rejoice.
Fate severe may from us part Friends for whom we often pine, It cannot sever heart from heart In the class of Eighty-nine.
Though the thought of days gone by Sadden onward-looking eyes, Each tear seals the sacred tie Made by earlier memories.
Singing here our parting song, Courage rises high once more, As we think of friendships strong, Formed in days that now are o'er.
BENEDICTION.
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SOUTH HIGH, AT
FOGG'S OPERA HOUSE, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1889.
COMMENCING AT 7.45 P. M.
" Not for School, but for Life."
INVOCATION.
OVERTURE, " Down to Twilight" Orchestra SALUTATORY AND ESSAY, " Class Motto " .
Nellie A. Churchill ESSAY, " The Art of Recording Speech" · Julia W. Melville ORATION, " Slavery in the United States" . · Thomas M. Ryan
SINGING BY THE SCHOOL, "Sion."
ESSAY, " Education " .
. Grace M. Nado
GERMAN ESSAY, "Das Niebelungenlied " . Lucy M. Gay ORATION, " Republics, Ancient and Modern " PIANO SOLO, "Selected " James F. Maynard . Annie R. Dyer ORATION, " Ancient and Modern Warfare " . John L. Riley
ESSAY, " What a Girl Should Do"
. Mary L. Hollis
ORATION, " The Age of the Earth"
· £ Charles I. Hayden
CLARINET SOLO, Selected.
CLASS PROPHECY . . · · . Helen F. Tirrell
ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY, "Mastery " . . Lena G. Bailey PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
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CLASS HYMN.
LUCY M. GAY
" Mount Vernon Bells."
As one goeth forth at morning With eager heart to roam, So we now begin life's journey, Each to tread the path alone. We may find it rough and dreary, Yet we'll still press on, Trusting Him who e'er will guide us Till our pilgrimage is done.
Patiently striving Till our tasks are done, That when earthly toil is ended, Priceless treasures may be won.
Though our days in school are over, Yet we are learners still, New the lessons each day brings us, New the tasks our hands fulfil. Yet the past shall aid the future, E'en through toil and strife, Giving blessing, daily richer, Not alone for school but life.
Swift has come the hour of parting, We now must say farewell ; Yet the tie in school days woven Holds us with its tender spell. Ay, - and it shall hold forever, Pure, and strong, and bright, Till we stand once more together In the 'never-fading light.
BENEDICTION.
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
ATHENS,
AT
PILGRIM CHURCH VESTRY, JUNE 26, 1889.
COMMENCING 7.45 P. M.
INVOCATION.
SINGING, " Roaming". By the School
SALUTATORY
COMPOSITION, " Necessity of an Education"
READING, " A Brave Boy " .
COMPOSITION, " The Revenue of the United States " .
SINGING, " The Happy Miller " . By the School . COMPOSITION, " The Study of Physiology " . Gertrude M. Thayer COMPOSITION, " Leisure Hours " Clarence A. Beard READING, " The Maid of Orleans " . Maude C. Clapp
COMPOSITION, " A Modern Phenomenon " Anna B. Dyer Alton J. Blanchard Emma F. Chubbuck
COMPOSITION, " The Industries of the United States," READING, " The Lightkeeper's Daughter "
SINGING, " Native Land, farewell"
By the School . . Frank H. Miller
COMPOSITION, " Laws of the Early Colonies "
. Clara F. Graves COMPOSITION, " History of a Day at School "
GYMNASTICS
By the School · Arthur C. Newton
COMPOSITION, " Why Women should not vote "
COMPOSITION, " Why Women should vote " Clara G. Newton
CLASS PROGNOSTICATIONS, '89 £ Mary L. Crockett
VALEDICTORY, "Industry and Genius " . Lura E. Oldham
PARTING HYMN .
.
By the Graduating Class
Alice S. Beals Elbert F. Prouty Carrie E. Litchfield Herbert F. Binney
(Music composed by Clara G. Newton.)
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
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BATES,
AT
FOGG'S OPERA HOUSE, JUNE 27, 1889,
COMMENCING AT 3.30 P. M.
INVOCATION.
SONG .
SALUTATORY, " Welcome ".
RECITATION, " Pat's Mistake " ESSAY, " Heroes "
RECITATION, " Nantucket Skipper "
ESSAY, " Newspapers "
RECITATION, " Tobacco "
ESSAY, " Autobiography of a Mirror " RECITATION, " Witch of Woody Dell " CORNET SOLO
. Bridget Flynn . Agnes Holbrook Gertrude Strickler Bernard Donahue
Almy Cushing
.
Richard Thomas Wallace Lee Nellie Drew Fannie Cushing . Helen Reed and Lottie Baker
. Ralph Reed Rena Blanchard George Pitcher . Minnie Joy .
Prince Tirrell ·
RECITATION, " How He Saved St. Michaels "
ESSAY, " Great Characters in American History " SONG
RECITATION, " Crazy Kate "
Maria Hollis Daniel Loud Bertha Cushing Mary Healey Louis Curtis
ESSAY, "Cause of the Civil War and Lessons from it" RECITATION, " Giant and Dwarf "
. Alvin Reed
.
ESSAY, " My Experience in Public Schools " RECITATION, " The Organ Builder "
ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY, " Change " ·
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS. SINGING BY THE SCHOOL. BENEDICTION.
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By the School . Helen Loud Joseph Greenwood . Edith Raymond George Sellars
Lena Graves Bertie Loud ·
ESSAY, " From England to India " RECITATION, " Pledge witlı Wine " ESSAY, " Match Making "
RECITATION, " McLaine's Child " ESSAY, "Education " .
RECITATION, " Prayer and Potatoes " SCENE FROM " MARY STUART " ESSAY, " Review of Our Country's Growth " RECITATION, " Skipper Ireson's Ride " ESSAY, " Experience on a Whaler " .
RECITATION, " The Schoolmaster's Guests ' ESSAY, " 1989" .
Annie Sullivan Mary Thayer . Lena Bates
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FRANKLIN,
AT
MASONIC HALL, EAST WEYMOUTH, JUNE '28, 1889,
COMMENCING AT 2.30 P. M.
" Advance or go backward."
SONG, " Cold the Blast May Blow " School
SALUTATORY AND ESSAY, " Town Improvements "
Frank E. Briggs
CLASS STATISTICS Carl R. Hunt
SONG, " Merry Farmer Boy" School
COMPOSITION, " What we Learn in Physiology " Maggie A. Hyland
TRIO, " The Chase " . Hattie I. Thayer, Susie A. Kelley, Ada B. Tirrell
READING, " Tecumseh " Julia A. Sylvester
PIANO SOLO, " The Robin's Return" M. Lizzie Sullivan TALES OF THE TOURISTS, Nellie G. Flynn, Eva M. Torrey, Ida A. Mitchell, Orilla J. Wade, Katie O'Connor, Charles H. Davis, Howard W. Has- kins, Harry W. Vogell, Walter T. Heffernan. SONG, " Peace on the Deep " School
READING, " School Close " .
COMPOSITION, "Inauguration Centennial "
SOPRANO SOLO, "Happy Birds "
Maggie A. Fraher . Lewis B. Canterbury Emma M. Fralıer Effie M. Ryerson
CLASS HISTORY
SONG, " The Happy Miller ' School
COMPOSITION, " The Merrimac and Monitor " SONG, " Nursery Rhymes " School
Robbie O. Tirrell
DECLAMATION, " Bernardo Del Carpio " Frank J. Dee SOPRANO SOLO, " The Song that Reached my Heart," COMPOSITION, " Housekeeping " . Effie M. Ryerson Hannah A. Coffey Sadie E. Ford
RECITATION, "' The Common Chord "
TENOR SOLO, " "Tis Evening brings my Heart to Thee " COMPOSITION, "My Grandmother's Journal " PIANO SOLO, " Maddelena '
CLASS PROPHESY .
. Lester E. Bates Lottie L. Wilder Hattie I. Thayer Arthur B. Hayward
SONG, "Lo! Again 'tis Evening "
School
VALEDICTORY AND ESSAY, " Advance or go Backwards,"
SONG, " Parting Ode " AWARDING DIPLOMAS.
Bertha O. Litchfield Graduating Class
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HUNT, AT
HUNT SCHOOL HALL, JUNE 26, 1889,
COMMENCING AT 3.30 P. M.
" Through toil is triumph."
SINGING, "There was a Man Lived in our Town,"
SALUTATORY
First and Second Classes . Oliver B. Loud Alice L. Burrell
DECLAMATION, "The Common Chord "
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COMPOSITION, " Gibraltar " . Fred W. Allen
DECLAMATION, "The Soldier's Reprieve " . DECLAMATION, " The Annual Town Meeting " SINGING, " Blacksmith's Chorus"
. Eva M. Curtis Mabel W. Damon . First and Second Classes
COMPOSITION, " Astrakhan " . M. Alice Cross DECLAMATION, " Exhortation to the Greeks " RECITATION, " Tom Poorhouse " Mary A. Hopkins . Lillie R. Leduc Alice S. Carpenter
MUSIC, " Rigoletto "
WASHINGTON EXERCISE, Charles W. Baker, Lizzie J. Condrick, W. E. Gutterson, Edwin Linton, Frank C. Lyon, James P. Mckeever, Clem- entine E. Our, Lewis W. Pease, Arthur W. Randall, James F. Walsh. COMPOSITION, " The Caspian Sea "" Charles E. Greelish
SINGING, " So ! Again 'tis Evening" First and Second Classes
DECLAMATION, " The Polish Boy" Sarah A. Lonergan COMPOSITION, " Electricity " Henry S. Hathaway DECLAMATION, " The Declaration of Independence " . COMPOSITION, " Constantinople " Ralph W. Loud Charles J. Martell GYMNASTICS . Second Class DECLAMATION, " A Schoolboy's Reverie " . Frank C. Lyon MUSIC, "Grand March de Concert " . Lulie E. Rand . Oliver B. Loud C. Louise Worster
DECLAMATION, " Charge of the Light Brigade" COMPOSITION, " MOSCOW"
SINGING, " Nursery Rhymes " . First and Second Classes DECLAMATION, " The Ride of Jennie McNeal" Carrie D. Peterson . Alice M. Pierce Annie E. Richards Mabel F. Wright Lillian F. White DECLAMATION, " Abraham Davenport " MUSIC, " The Old Oaken Bucket " COMPOSITION, " St. Petersburg " DECLAMATION, " The Wind of Death" VALEDICTORY Alice S. Carpenter . SINGING, " The Happy Miller " . First and Second Classes PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
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PRATT,
AT THE VESTRY OF THE PORTER M. E. CHURCH, LOVELL'S CORNER, EAST WEYMOUTH, JUNE 27, 1889.
COMMENCING AT 1.30 P. M.
" Our Country's Crisis."
BATTALION MARCH Emma J. Rea
INTRODUCTION
.
Fred T. Barnes
ESSAY, " Causes of the Rebellion "
L. Florence Holbrook
WAR PICTURES . . Mabel A. Stuart
1. " Capture of Sumpter."
2. " The Monitor and the Merrimac."
3. " Sherman's Campaign in Georgia." 4. " Andersonville."
5. " Lee's Surrender."
RECITATION, " Our Country's Call" Mary E. Daley .
CHORUS, " All forward to Battle."
RECITATION, "After all"
. Annie M. Quinn
RECITATION, " The Picket Guard "
A. Gertrude Taylor
SONG AND CHORUS, "Tenting To-night."
SKETCH, " The Monitor and Merrimac."
RECITATION, " The Cumberland "
S. Lillian Belcher
DECLAMATION, " Barbara Frietchie' . . W. Porter Pratt CHORUS, " Our Flag is there."
ESSAY, " Slavery " Minnie R. Thayer
RECITATION, " The Slave in the Dismal Swamp " Abbie G. Stuart
SONG, " Telephone in de Air " A. Louise Tirrell
RECITATION, "Keenan's Charge "
Mary J. Quinn®
RECITATION, " John Burns of Gettysburg" .A. Louise Tirrell
DECLAMATION, " Sheridan's Ride " Will D. Pratt
DUET, " Brave Boys are they " . Misses Tirrell and Taylor
SKETCH, " Sherman's Campaign in Georgia."
DECLAMATION, " Sherman's March to the Sea ".
. J. Alfred Moore
CHORUS, " Marching through Georgia."
SKETCH, " Andersonville."
SONG AND CHORUS, " The Prisoner's Hope." ESSAY, "Life of Grant"
Mary E. Daley .
SKETCH, " Lee's Surrender."
RECITATION, " Our Dead " .
Rachel L. Hawes
SONG AND QUARTETTE, " The Vacant Chair."
DECLAMATION, " Tribute to Lincoln " . Frank T. Taylor
RECITATION, " Are ye all there ? "
Emma J. Rea
DECLAMATION, " The American Union "
Harry D. Tisdale
CHORUS, " God save our Union.",
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
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SHAW, AT
SCHOOL-ROOM, JUNE 26, 1889,
COMMENCING AT 1.30 P. M.
MARCH.
SINGING BY THE SCHOOL.
SALUTATORY
Velma Booth
RECITATION, " A New Holiday"
Rana Cushing
RECITATION, " Rock of Ages "
Louise Lafon
. Fred Blanchard ESSAY, " Arnold, the Traitor"
TRIO, "The Fairies' Revel" Misses Lafon and Booth
RECITATION, " I have no Chance "
Luke Kennedy
RECITATION, " Nannie Nutter "
. Lina Loud
READING, " Selected" .
Grace Tirrell
RECITATION, " Jennie McNeal "
. Mary Halloran
DECLAMATION, " War is Begun" SINGING BY THE SCHOOL.
Walter Blanchard
RECITATION, ' The Seige of Lucknow "
Essie Clavin
RECITATION, "The Charcoal Man "
Alice Garcelon
DECLAMATION, " Behind Time" .
RECITATION, " Tree and Maid " .
SOLO, "Kissing Sunbeams " .
RECITATION, "My Lesson "
RECITATION, " One of the Little Ones "
Henry Clavin Lilian Blanchard Rana Cushing Lizzie Kelly Agnes Cushing . Alice Tirrell
ESSAY, " My Visit to Japan "
DECLAMATION, " New England's Fairest Boast " RECITATION, " Flying Jim's Last Leap " DECLAMATION, " Speech of Otis "
ESSAY, "From September to June "
SOLO, " Fisher Maiden "
RECITATION, " Caldwell at Springfield " RECITATION, " Rippantair "
READING, " A Railway Matinee "
RECITATION, " Darius Green "
ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY , .
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS. SINGING, " America."
·
. Albert Fearing Jennie Blanchard Wendall Joy Theron Shaw . Lina Loud Maud Sherman Arthur Tirrell Alice Lafon . Sadie Ells
Jennie Blanchard
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WM. A. DRAKE,
Ward One .
Term expires 1891.
JOHN C. FRASER,
66 Two .
66
66 1890.
JOSEPH A. CUSHING, 66
Two .
66
66 1890.
AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS,
66
Three
66
66 1892.
BRADFORD HAWES,
66
Four .
.6
66 1891.
HENRY A. THOMAS,
66 Five . ·
66
66 1892.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
Chairman, WM. A. DRAKE. Secretary, JOSEPH A. CUSHING.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
GILMAN C. FISHER.
OFFICE HOURS OF SUPERINTENDENT.
At North High School, on Mondays and Thursdays.
At South High School, on Wednesdays.
At Bicknell School, East Weymouth, on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 3.30 to 4.30, from the first Monday in November to the April vacation, and from 4.45 to 5.45 at other times of the year - each school day.
Residence, near railway station, North Weymouth.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
GEORGE G. FRENCH, Ward One. OLIVER HOUGHTON, Ward Three. ASA B. PRATT, Ward Two. GEO. B. BAILEY, Ward Four. ANDREW J. GAREY, Ward Two. GEO. F. MAYNARD, Ward Four. GEORGE W. CONANT, Ward Five.
1
303
RECORD OF ATTENDANCE FROM SEPT. 4, 1888, TO JUNE 28, 1889.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Whole No.
Enrolled.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Percentage of
Attendance.
Number of Visitors.
PRIMARY.
Athens
Addie M. Canterbury
83
64
48
75
176
Bates.
Ella M. Clark. ..
65
47
42
89
202
Franklin.
Alice G. Egan.
65
58
48
83
128
Lincoln.
Ella Chandler ..
43
40
35
88
144
Middle Street.
Martha J. Hawes ..
66
50
41
82
86
Shaw.
Mrs. L. B. Holbrook
37
26
'24
92
84
Tufts
Anne B. Hunt. ..
47
44
39
S7
66
Tufts.
Helen L. Rockwood
52
48
44
92
116
Tufts.
Mary E. Crotty ..
56
46
41
88
145
Washington.
Susie B. Litchfield.
62
52
43
S2
189
Washington.
Nettie E. Bradford.
50
43
38
88
144
Washington
Katie C. Keohan. .
75
53
45
85
163
Washington.
Annie J. McGreevy
52
48
42
87
101
INTERMEDIATE.
Athens.
Sadie J. Holbrook.
42
41
37
90
135
Athens (mixed ).
Jessie A . Custance ..
39
38
35
95
146
Bates ..
Mrs. Emma J. Smith.
39
38
35
93
122
Bicknell.
Brit. «. Harlow.
48
45
33
73
116
Bicknell
Carrie J. Gardner
48
46
41
89
87
Hunt ..
Emma F. Parker.
57
51
46
90
75
Hunt. .
Helena M. Callahan.
35
32
91
92
Mary E. Walsh ..
40
37
94
135
Mary \. Dee.
47
44
36
83
70
Mary E. Grundstrom
39
34
32
94
177
Hannah E. Ward.
46
42
39
93
180
Mary A Webster
56
52
47
-90
141
Adanıs (mixed).
Lillian H. Burrill
33
22
14
65
148
Holbrook ( mixed).
31
29
26
90
103
Hollis (mixed)
Sadie Stetson ..
29
26
23
SS
71
Howe (mixed).
Hattie L. Reed.
38
37
34
92
190
Pond (mixed;
L. Gertrude Bates.
36
32
25
SO
50
Pratt (mixed).
A. Amelia Jordan
43
34
28
82
59
River (mixed).
Clarabelle Pratt. .
32
18
14
77
17
Thomas (mixed)
Jennie T. Holbrook.
28
24
23
96
85
GRAMMAR.
Athens
F. L. Kelley.
54
52
49
96
455
Bates
Caleb K. Sullivan
63
59
58
99
506
Bates.
Jennie M. Allen.
33
31
29
94
96
Franklin
W. F. Sayward.
38
35
31
88
318
Franklin
Julia M. Talbot
40
32
29
92
100
Franklin
Mary E. Ford ..
36
33
29
89
68
Hunt.
J. W. Armington
40
36
34
94
350
Hunt
Sara E. Wilbar. .
40
36
33
91
108
Hunt ..
Hattie E. Darcy.
42
38
34
90
66
Pratt.
George C. Torrey
33
31
30
95
254
Shaw.
Mary E. Brassill,
28
26
25
96
149
Washington
Martha E. Belcher.
42
36
32
89
87
HIGH.
L. Herbert Owen.
Blanche G. Wetherbee ...
112
94
89
95
80
( Emma C. Fisher.
Edgar R. Downs.
65
59
56
96
70
South High
Jessie F. Smith.
38
Lincoln
42
Middle Street.
Shaw ..
Tufts.
Washington.
Fannie E. Hawes
North High
304
SCHOOLS, SALARIES, ETC., DEC. 31, 1889.
TEACHERS.
SCHOOLS.
* GRADES.
Sala- ries.
When eleeted to present position.
F. L. Kelley
Athens
. 7th to 9th
$900
Aug. 3, 1888
Addie M. Canterbury
.. 5th and 6th
360
June 21, 1889
Jessie A. Custance.
66
.. 3d and 4th
340
Aug. 3, 1888
Grace W. Mitchell.
66
. . 1st and 2d
320
June 21, 1889
Jennie W. Rice.
Adams
.1st to 6th
340
Sept. 30, 1889
Clarabelle Pratt.
River.
.. 1st to 6th
340
Aug. 27, 1876
W. F. Sayward.
Franklin
.9th
900
July
15, 1887
Julia M. Talbot.
66
7th
400
Jan.
7, 1887
Brit. E. Harlow.
Bieknell
.6th
360
July
15, 1887
Martha E. Beleher.
Washington
.5th
400
Jan.
7, 1887
Mary A. Webster.
.4th
340
Jan.
7, 1887
Annie J. McGreevy
66
.2d
320
Jan.
7, 1888
Katie C. Keohan ..
66
.1st
320
Aug. 17, 1881
Susie B. Litchfield
Middle Street ...
. . 5th and 6th
360
July
15, 1887
Carrie J. Gardner
.. 3d and 4th
340
Jan.
7,1887
Alice G. Egan ..
.. 1st and 2d
320
Aug.
3, 1888
Martha J. Hawes
66
66
. .
1st
320
July
15, 1887
WARD III.
J. W. Armington
Hunt
.9th
900
April
6, 1870
Sara F. Wilbar.
8th
400
Jan.
7, 1887
Hattie E. Darcy.
.7th
400
July
15, 1887
Emma F. Parker.
66
.6th
360
Jan.
7, 1887
Helena M. Callahan
340
July
15, 1887
Mary E. Walsh
Lincoln
.. 3d and 6th
360
Sept.
2, 1885
Ella Chandler.
66
.1st
320
July
3, 1888
Hannah E. Ward
Tufts
.4th
340
Jan.
7, 1887
Anne B. Hunt ..
3rd
320
July
15, 1887
Helen B. Rockwood.
2d
320
July
15, 1887
Mary F. Crotty.
1st
320
July
15, 1887
WARD IV.
George C. Torrey
Pratt
... 7th to 9th
900
Aug. 25, 1873
A. Amelia Jordan.
... 1st to 6th
360
Aug.
3, 1888
Fannie E. Hawes
Holbrook
... Ist to 6th
360
Aug.
26, 1887
Mary E. Brassill ..
Shaw
.. 7th to 9th
500
July
27, 1886
Mary E. Grundstrom
. .. 4th to 6th
360
Dec.
28, 1883
Mrs. L. B. Holbrook.
.1st to 3d
320
Aug. 29, 1879
Caleb K. Sullivan. .
Bates
.. 8th and 9th
900
Aug.
3, 1888
Arria G. Stewart, Assistant ..
100
Oct.
5, 1888
Jennie M. Allen ..
.. 7th
400
July
15, 1887
Mrs. E. J. Smith.
.. 5th and 6th
360
Aug.
22, 1884
Ella M. Clark.
"
.. 1st and 2d
320
July
27, 1883
Hattie L. Reed.
Howe
.. 3d and 4th
340
July
15, 1887
Jennie T. Holbrook
Thomas
.1st to 6th
340
Jan.
7, 1887
L. Gertrude Bates
Pond .
.1st to 6th
340
Jan.
7, 1887
Sadie Stetson
Hollis.
.1st to 6th
340
July
20, 1885
HIGH SCHOOLS.
L. Herbert Owen.
North High.
.10th to 13th
1,200
Aug.
3, 1888
Blanche G. Wetherbee.
"6
66
500
Aug.
3, 1888
Mirah L. Judd ..
500
Sept.
2, 1889
Walter R. Marsh
450
Nov. 19, 1889
Edgar R. Downs
South High.
. 10th to 13th
1,200
Nov. 9, 1886
Jessie F. Smith.
"
66
500
Dee. 17, 1886
Alice D. Adams
....
66
66
450
Nov. 14, 1889 -
66
66
·
...
3rd
320
Jan.
7,1887
Nettie E. Bradford
1st
320
Aug.
3, 1888
Mary A. Dee ..
8th
400
July
15, 1887
Mary E. Ford ..
WARD I.
WARD II.
* Grades 1st to 3d are Primary; 4th to 6th, Intermediate; 7th to 9th, Grammar; 10th to 13th, High.
66
WARD V.
5th
66
305
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, 1888 : -
Ward One
258
Two
·
678
" Three
458
6. Four
214
Five
298
Total
1,906
No. of Scholars Enrolled.
No. Enrolled over 15 Years. of Age.
No. of Teachers.
No. of Visitors.
Ward One
283
20
7
1,077
Two
725
15
14
1,798
66 Three
500
19
11
1,477
( Four
212
12
6
926
66 Five
327
15
9
1,322
North High School
112
98
3
80
South High School
65
51
2
70
Total
2,224
230
52
6,750
This table is based upon the school registers for the year ending June 28. 1889. The number of visitors exceeds that in any previous year.
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