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Briefly outlined the course is as follows : Nature work, to train the powers of observation ; color study, to train the color sense and teach the children how to use colors harmoniously ; mechan- ical drawing, to train the eye and hand to obey the mind with perfect service; design, to lead the children to a love for the beautiful and develop the power of original expression ; picture study, to bring about intelligent appreciation of works of art.
The work has been carried on in the following manner : At a general teachers' meeting a glimpse of the year's work was given,
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also general directions for the work to be done in each grade for two weeks. The teachers were then divided into two divisions according to grades. Each division attends a teachers' meeting each month at which a plan of work for the following month is given and explained.
Each room has been visited every four weeks and the work of the children examined, and if possible a lesson given. The pupils have taken much interest in the work, and it has been a pleasure to work with them. We have taken but a step, but it is in the right direction. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the constant, helpful support of the teachers, as I realize the work accomplished is due to their efforts.
I wish to thank the Committee and Superintendent for their generous support.
Respectfully submitted, ANNIE ROBINSON.
V. School Laws in Brief.
1. All children between 7 and 14, unless sick, feeble-minded, at an approved private school, or otherwise instructed in branches required by law, to the satisfaction of the School Committee, must attend the public school during the entire time of each school year. Penalty to parent or guardian for failure in attend- ance for five days' sessions within any period of six months, $20. -Revised Laws, Chap. 44, Sect. 1.
2. No child under 14 shall be employed "in any factory, workshop, or mercantile establishment." "No such child shall be employed in any work performed for wages or other compen- sation " during the hours when the public school is in session, nor before six o'clock in the morning, nor after seven in the evening. -Chap. 106, Sect. 28.
3. No child under 16 shall be employed in any factory, work- shop or mercantile establishment without a certificate from the Superintendent of Schools. He must present an employment ticket from the person who wishes to employ him, on applying for a certificate. The father, if living and a resident, must sign the certificate of age; if not, the mother; if neither, the guardian .- Chap. 106, Sects. 29, 30, 31, 32.
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4. Children between 14 and 16 must either attend school or be regularly employed .- Chap. 46, Sect. 4.
5. Whenever a child is absent from school for the whole or a part of a session a written excuse stating cause of absence, and signed by parent or guardian, must be presented by the pupil on his return to school .- Chap. 44, Sect. 1.
6. "A pupil who is not present during at least half of a ses- sion shall be marked and counted as absent for that session."- Chap. 43, Sect. 10.
7. While a public evening school is maintained in a city or town in which any minor who is over fourteen years of age and who does not have a school certificate resides, no person shall employ him unless he is a regular attendant at such evening school or a day school. Any minor not holding a certificate shall furnish to his employer a record of his attendance each week while the evening school is in session. Unexcused absences from the evening school shall be deemed irregular attendance. Fine to parent or guardian, $20, and to employer, $100 .- Revised Laws, Chap. 183, Sect. 35.
8. Children must be vaccinated before attending school, but a certificate from a regular physican, saying a child is an unfit sub- ject for vaccination, allows attendance.
No child can attend school from a household in which there is a case of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or measles, or from a household exposed to a contagion from a household as afore- said. Two weeks after the death, removal or recovery of the patient in a case of the first three mentioned, or three days after in a case of measles, the child may return on presentation of a certificate from the attending physician or from the Board of Health .- Chap. 44, Sect. 6.
9. "Every child under fourteen years of age who persistently violates the reasonable regulations of the school which he attends, or otherwise persistently misbehaves therein, so as to render him- self a fit subject for exclusion therefrom, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, may be committed, if a boy, at the discretion of the Court, to a county truant school for a period not exceeding two years, or to the Lyman school for boys, and if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls."-Chap. 46, Sect. 5.
10. Every child, of whatever age, enrolled as a member of a
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public school is subject to the regulations governing the attend- ance and behavior of the other pupils of the school, and the at- tendance officers shall enforce the same .- Chap. 44, Sect. 3; Chap. 46, Sects. 4, 13.
11. "The last regular session prior to Memorial Day, or a portion thereof, shall be devoted to exercises of a patriotic na- ture."-Chap. 42, Sect. 20.
12. A United States flag, not less than four feet in length, shall be displayed on the schoolhouse grounds or building every school day, when the weather will permit, and on the inside of the schoolhouse on other school days .- Chap. 42, Sect. 50.
SELECTIONS FROM THE REGULATIONS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Sect. 40. Every pupil is expected to attend school punctually and regularly; to conform to the regulations of the school; to observe good order and propriety of deportment; to be diligent, respectful to teachers, and kind and obliging to school-mates ; to refrain entirely from the use of profane and vulgar language; to be clean and neat in person and clothing ; and when dismissed at the close of each session to go promptly and quietly home, unless otherwise directed by parents or guardians.
Sect. 44. In the school room the teacher has exclusive control of his pupils.
He may rightfully exercise the same full control over his pupils at any time while they are on any part of the school premises.
While the pupils are on their way to and from the school, the authority of the teacher is concurrent with that of the parent or guardian.
Sect. 47. Corporal punishment shall not be administered dur- ing the session in which the offence is committed, nor in the pres- ence of other children.
Sect. 48. Detention of children. (a) No child shall be de- tained, under any pretext, at the close of the morning session, and teachers are expected to see that children do not loiter upon the streets near the school building ; (b) No child shall be de- tained more than thirty minutes after the close of the afternoon session, nor below the tenth grade, be allowed to remain of his own volition over thirty minutes without previous arrangement with parent or guardian.
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VI. Statistics. TABLE OF SCHOOL CENSUS BY WARDS, SEPTEMBER, 1902.
WARDS.
BOYS
BETWEEN
7 AND 14.
GIRLS
BETWEEN
7 AND 14.
TOTAL,
1902.
TOTAL,
1901.
BOYS
BETWEEN
5 AND 15.
GIRLS
BETWEEN
5 AND 15.
TOTAL,
1902.
TOTAL,
1901.
GAIN OR
LOSS.
Ward 1. .
158
119
277
187
162
124
286
280
Gain 6
Ward 2. .
233
233
466
612
330
336
666
694
Loss 28
Ward 3.
132
140
272
247
189
184
373
363
Gain 10
Ward 4.
86
112
198
165
125
140
265
236
Gain 29
Ward 5.
140
119
259
194
153
130
283
279
Gain 4
Totals .
749
723
1472
1405
959
914
1873
1852
Gain 21
TABLE OF SCHOLARS BY GRADES, SEPTEMBER, 1902.
SCHOOL.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
Tufts
40
14
20*
..
. .
. .
. .
24
44
45
37
37
44
31
. .
262
Shaw
14
12
13
13
17
18
13
11
8 00
. .
. .
119
Howe
29
19
16
19
. .
..
. .
..
..
..
. .
24
39
30
22
21
136
Hollis
8
5
5
5
5
..
Pond[.
17
7
6
7
:
. .
:
.
Thomas.
6
3
4
5
. .
..
:
..
..
18
Pratt .
4
8
20
12
6
5
6
. .
13
12
7
: :
. .
..
. .
..
40
47
49
42
:
47
25
.
:
Franklin
. .
..
.
..
:
32
45
38
.
. .
30
Jefferson
17
27
29
18
28
20
Adams
15
6
6
6
..
. .
..
.. 11 =: :
· SJ : 26
..
33
Athens
37
40
17
18
36
38
21
River
3
5
2
2
3
. .
.
..
. .
..
..
High
. .
..
93
71
42
32
243
Totals
325
233
211
204 225 211
164
138
130
2079
Teachers: Lower grades, 52; High, 8; Special, 2; Total, 62.
*Braces indicate grades under one teacher.
.
260
Washington
36
Bicknell
·
8 :
:
. .
244
15
.
:
72
115
32
33
139
Hunt-Lincoln.
83
Bates.
28
31
73
Holbrook
39
169
. . :
. .
VI. Details of Statistics.
Months and
Days.
No. Enrolled.
Boys
Girls.
Average Member-
Average Daily
Average Per Cent.
No. of Days'
Tardinesses.
Dismissals.
Corporal
Reported.
gations.
of age.
No. under 5.
No. between 5
No between 7
Visits by Com-
Visits by Super-
intendent.
Visits by Others.
WARD 1.
Athens-8-9 ..
co
11}
46
20
24
44
43
96
418
79
142
2
0
2
O1
0
39
28
7
28
46
Athens-6-7 ..
9
11 %
39
25
14
36
33
92
377
J69
42
1
3
0
0
39
39
1
17
28
Athens-4-5 .
9
11%
64
30
34
52
49
93
603
94
51
9
1
4
0
0
64
64
4
19
50
Athens-2-3 .
9
10%
47
28
19
41
40
95
308
71
00
4
0
0
0
0
47
37
00
13
53
Athens-1 ..
9
11
38
24
15
31
26
90
564%
36
-1
0
2
2
0
4
35
0
2
19
81
Adams-3-6 .
9
7
27
13
14
24
22
92
202
29
23
5
1
1
0
0
24
24
0
13
71
9
7
27
15
12
20
19
94
341%
115
23
1
5
0
0
27
25
0
12
60
River-1-6 .
9
15
21
11
10
19
18
94
114}
13
11
0
1
1
0
T
20
14
0
6
6
Total Ward 1. .
309
166
142
267
250
94
29283
606
307
32
16
5
5
295
231
17
127
449
V ARD 2.
Washington-5.
00
10
47
21
26
47
45
96
35
27
8
5
6
0
C
47
47
00
24
73
Washington-4
9
10
50
20
30
46
41
85
789
68
71
16
2
4
0
0
50
49
Co
18
59
Washington-3 ..
9
=
44
25
19
£
37
92
707
29
168
21
4
1
0
0
44
43
3
18
47
Washington-2.
9
10
49
29
20
47
44
7.6
664%
74
29
3
3
0
0
49
27
4
27
110
Washington-1.
10%
34
17
17
33
91
6023
52
12
-
0
1
0
0
34
7
4
17
53
Washington-1
10}
68
33
35
40
35
89
847
75
22
0
-
-
63
2
13
95
Bicknell-7.
9
22
15
7
17
16
95
177%
6
25
0
3
3
0
0
22
. 22
15
33
Bicknell-6 ..
9
35
18
17
34
32
95
326
0
32
4
6
7
0
0
1 35
35
0
12
32
Franklin-9
13
53
29
24
50
47
95
4663
104
142
0
0
14
0
53
19
23
129
Franklin-8 ..
13
47
27
20
₺
37
95
4473
74
85
20
20
19
4
0
43
34
6
27
50
9
13
35
2.2
13
34
31
94
387
-7
128
a.
6
14
0
0
35
35
4
18
68
Jefferson-5-6 .
46
17
29
43
40
94
501
50
115
16
2
5
0
46
41
10
16
75
Jefferson-3-4 .
12
52
26
26
50
47
93
655
63
119
4
4
0.
C
0
52
52
14
23
77
9
45
29
16
43
41
94
5553
47
47
10
=
0
45
28
11
20
102
9
53
25
28
39
34
88
858₺
60
30
1
1
1
U
3
50
2
6
17
83
Total Ward 2 ...
680
353
327
608
557
92
8566
763
1052
119
03
13
18
CO
668
443
81
288
11086
28
. .
9
9
9
0
9
Franklin-7 ..
9
9
Jefferson-1-2 ..
Jefferson-1.
12
SCHOOLS.
ship.
Attendance.
Attendance.
Absence.
Punishments.
No. of Truants
No. of Investi-
No. over 15 years
and 15.
and 14.
mittec.
D. M.
Adams-1-2 ...
7
00
1
5
8
11
581}
.
445
220
225
376
345
92
49412
361
840
65
10
4
8
13
424
302
+4
238
1064
WARD 4.
9
10
25
8
17
24
23
94
2432
4
38
0
0
0
3
0
22
21
3
15
132
Shaw-5-6
9
10
51
27
24
37
36
95
359
25
37
1
0
0
1
0
50
49
2
15
100
Shaw-3-4
8
12
. 52
32
20
32
30
93
326
29
22
2
0
0
0
4
48
17
3
16
38
Pratt-6-9 .
9
12
27
8
19
29
26
93
224%
13
132
5
0
0
1
0
26
25
1
15
122
Pratt-1-5 ..
9
11%
31
15
16
30
27
90
591
31
85
2
2
0
0
0
31
18
15
42
Holbrook-1-5
9
13
44
17
27
39
36
94
4942
34
32
0
1
1
0
5
39
28
2
10
60
Total Ward 4.
230
107
123
219
205
94
24722
169
415
12
3
1
5
9
216
158
14
99
589
WARD 5.
Howe-1-2
9
51
29
22
45
42
92
707%
92
56
1
0
0
0
6
45
6
4
17
233
Howe-3-4 ..
9
39
19
20
41
39
96
349
14
68
0
0
0
0
0
39
38
5
15
397
Bates-8-9 .
9
48
27
21
46
44
97
241
5
174
9
0
0
3
0
45
33
6
24
135
Bates-7 .
9
12
26
12
14
23
22
95
195
3
34
0
0
0
0
0
26
26
4
19
142
Bates-6.
9
11
61
31
30
37
35
94
358%
1
162
0
0
2
0
0
61
58
2
11
138
Bates-5 .
9
11
..
. .
25
24
95
195%
10
23
0
0
0
.
..
. .
2
17
18
13
5
18
17
96
30%
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
12
0
4
S
9
10
35
15
20
26
24
93
353
15
21
0
0
0
5
30
20
0
7
80
Hollis-1-5 ...
9
11
26
16
10
25
23
92
36]}
18
22
4
0
0
0
2
24
14
1
10
61
Total Ward 5. .
304
162
142
286
270
94
2791%
169
560
14
0
2
3
13
288
207
25
123
1324
High-X-XIII ..
9
3
239
90
149
212
204
96
7023
55
471
0
0
0
176
0
63
17
6
40
117
Grand Total.
2207
1098
1108
1968
1831
93
224022
2123
3645
242
83
96
215
48
1 1954
1358
207
915
4629
.
8
18
52
7.7.
30
31 47 37
$3
35
94 92 92 94
250 433% 561 346
133 66 52 13
146 176 184 93
28 8
0 0
0
5
0
23 35
13 25
9
353
Hunt-9 ..
8
161
28
8
20
28
25 28
33 34
17
Hunt-7 ..
8
18
39
22
17
22
27
45
23
42
41 38 22
92 91
5553 660
12
669
11
0
0
0
0
4
28
1
6
15
78
Tufts-4
8
18
43
13
30
33
31
94
357
23
27
0
*2
1
0
43
42
4
20
55
Tufts-3 .
9
5
28
19
9
25
24
95
365%
12
22
0
0
1
0
0
46
43
17
74
Tufts-3-4 .
9
5
46
23
23
37
34
94
275元 468%
16 19
49 23
0 0
2 0
0 0
0 0
0 6
38
4
22
120
Tufts-1
9
5
44
35
9
26
24
92
4
95 22 3
4 6
1
0 0
0) 0
49 45
49 34 49 14
6
24 23 16
61 41 77
Hunt-5.
8
18
8
19
45
19
35
19
16
25
88
Lincoln-1 .
8
18
36
15
21
1
0
1
9 10
4 0 U 2
0)
2
37
0
52
4
5
9
14
110
Lincoln-2
27 5
6
20
13
95
234
69
2
0
0
. .
. .
.
Shaw-1-2 ..
9
10
.
.
29
1
WARD 3.
1
1
3
Hunt-8.
S
.
2
3
16
130
Thomas-1-7
Pond-1-5 ..
.
-
Total Ward 3
Shaw-7-8-9. .
2
28
27
95
Hunt-6 ..
49
2.2
28
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VII. Teachers, Schools, Salaries, etc., December 31, 1902.
NAME.
SCHOOL.
SALARY.
ELECTED
RESIDENCE.
Edmund J. Bugbee.
High
$1,400
1893
Weymouth Heights.
J. B. Merrill. .
750
1901
Weymouth Heights.
Edwin R Sampson.
60
600
1899
Frances A. Wheeler.
66
600
1895
Helen M. Curtis.
66
500
1899
Weymouth Heights.
Sophronia B. Rich ..
66
600
1901
East Weymouth.
Theodosia G. Sargeant.
66
600
1901
South Weymouth.
Grace T. Blanchard
66
550
1902
Weymouth Centre.
Sumner C. Poor.
Athens, 9.
$900
1901
Weymouth Heights.
Helen L. Sweet.
7-8
500
1902
North Weymouth.
Marion C. Small.
6. .
475
1902
North Weymouth.
Mabel Fiske.
5
475
1901
North Weymouth.
Nellie B. Blodgett.
3-4.
475
1902
North Weymouth.
Anne Carmichael
66
1.
....
475
1900
Weymouth.
Clarabelle Pratt.
River, 1-2-3-4-5.
475
1876
North Weymouth.
Cora L. Beard.
Adams, 1-2-3-4 .. WARD II.
475
1898
North Weymouth.
Albert L. Copeland .
Franklin, 9.
$900
1902
East Weymouth.
Adeline M Canterbury ..
66
8.
. .
66
7. . .. ..
500
1902
East Weymouth.
Annie F. Conroy
Bicknell,
475
1894
Annie A. Fraher.
6. . . . . .
475
1891
East Weymouth.
Nellie- A. Gront ..
Washington, 5 ... 66
600
1902
East Weymouth.
Mary L. Kempton.
66
3 ...
475
1887
East Weymouth.
Florence B. Hnut ..
66
2 ...
475
1901
Weymouth.
Florence E Pratt.
66
1 ...
475
1897
East Weymouth.
Lizzie G. Hyland.
66
1 ...
475
1896
East Weymouth.
Jefferson, 5-6. . . .
500
1902
Weymouth Center.
Alice G. Egan.
66
1-2 ....
475
1895
North Weymouth.
Martha J Hawes.
1.
475
1887
East Weymouth.
George W. Chamberlain.
Hunt, 9.
$900
1895
Weymouth.
66
8.
500
1901
Weymouth.
H. Louise Tilden.
66
7. .
500
1900
Weymouth.
Elizabeth T Tracy.
6 ..
475
1902
Weymonth.
Lizzie L. Hallahan.
5.
475
1896
South Weymouth.
Nellie T. Whelan
Tufts 4. .
500
1895
Weymouth.
Mary E. Crotty.
3.
475
1887
Weymouth.
66
3-4
475
1899
Weymouth.
M. Carrie Hart.
66
1. . :
475
1892
Weymouth.
Mary E. Walsh
475
1885
Weymouth.
Kate C. Keohan
1.
475
1881
Weymouth.
Martha E. Belcher.
Shaw, 7-8-9.
3525
1887
South Weymouth.
66
5-6.
475
1899
South Weymouth.
Katherine MeEnroe.
3-4 ..
475
1891
East Weymouth.
Mary M. Tirrell.
1-2 ..
475
1899
South Weymouth.
Pauline Buckminster.
Pratt, 7-8-9.
525
1900
South Weymouth.
Jennie F. Emerson
asst. 5-6 ...
200
1902
Braintree.
Nellie M. Holbrook
1-2-3-4 ....
475
1890
Porter.
Maria E. Hawes.
Holbrook, 1-2-3-4 WARD V.
475
1896
Porter.
Everett N. Hollis
Bates, 8-9.
$900
1899
South Weymouth
Helen L Rockwood
66
7 ..
500
1892
South Weymouth.
Emma J. Smith. .
66
6 ..
475
1884
South Weymouth.
Nellie L. Reidy.
66
5 ..
400
1901
Sonth Weymonth.
Stella L. Tirrell.
Howe, 3-4.
475
1891
South Weymonth.
Edith B. Bates. .
66
1-2.
475
1897
Julia W. Melville.
Pond, 1-2-3-4 ...
475
1892
Idella M. Barry
IIollis, 1-2-3-4-5.
400
1901
South Weymouth.
Gertrude L. Reed.
Thomas, 1-2-3-4.
400
Substitute; East Weymouth.
-
4. . .
475
1899
East Weymouth.
Jennie M. Cottle.
3-4 ....
475
1896
East weymouth.
Lura F. Oldham.
66
2 .. .
..
475
1900
North Weymouth.
L. May Chessma
500
1889
East Weymouth.
Minnie E. Haas.
Weymouth Center.
Annie J. McGreevy
WARD III.
S. Nellie Henderson.
66
66
Lincoln, 2.
66
WARD IV.
Ellen L. Roche ..
66
66
....
North Weymouth. Nash.
WARD I.
66
66
66
....
South Weymouth. Nash.
Florence E. Pierce
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CHANGES OF TEACHERS.
The following is a list of the changes of teachers from January 1, 1902, to January 1, 1903 :
RESIGNED.
Month.
Name.
School.
May
Eben D. Bodfish
Franklin, IX.
June
Elizabeth S. Magay
. High.
June
Maude W. Kendrick
. Hunt, VII.
July
Florence B. Brown
Athens, VII. Washington, V.
July
Mary A. Oliver
July
Almira W. Bates
. High.
September
·
Henrietta N. Cowen
.
Jefferson, V-VI.
December
·
Gertrude L. Bates
.
Thomas.
December
Britania E. Harlow
Franklin, VII.
APPOINTED.
1
Month.
Name.
School.
May
Albert S. Copeland
Franklin, IX.
June
Almira W. Bates
. High.
June
Annie A. Robinson
Drawing.
August
Nellie A. Grout
Washington, V.
August
Helen L. Sweet
Athens, VII.
August
.
Nellie B. Blodgett
Athens, III-IV.
August
Marion C. Small
Athens, VI.
August
Elizabeth Tracy
Hunt, VI.
September
Jennie Emerson, asst.
. Pratt
October
Jennie M. Cottle
Jefferson, V-VI.
VIII. Roll of Honor.
This list includes the names of all pupils who were not absent a single session during the school year 1901-1902. The figure (1) indicates that the pupil was also not tardy during the year.
WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.
Mary Blanchard. Margaret Madeline Leary.1
Ethel Murray.1
Gertrude L. Sumner.1 Kenneth Torrey.1
Dorothy Nash.1
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Lottie Richmond Tirrell.1 Myron Leslie Bailey.1 John Rufus Bruce. 1 Elsie Blanchard. Agnes Cecilia Kennedy.1
Lottie Mabel Murphy.1
Harry Bissell Alvord.1 Somers Fraser. 1
Edward Pratt Hunt. 1
Harold Douglass Allen.1
Carrie Otis Burrell.1
Marie Lelia Delorey.1
Marguerite Mckeever. 1
Fred S. Hammett. 1 Julia Allen. 1 Bessie Burton. Joanna Connell. 1 Agnes Marion Cronin. 1 Bessie Ahern Donovan. 1
Marion Coleman Little. 1
Margaret Lonergan.1 Marion L. Torrey.1
Percy C. Fairbanks.1
James Hannafin.1 Arthur Pratt. 1 John Emmett Reidy.1
ATHENS SCHOOL.
Bernard Ruggles.1
Ebed Litchfield.1
Frank Curtis.1
Ernest Libby.1
Amory Tyler.
Henry Clapp.1
Winifred Kittredge.
Ethel Hurley.
Thomas Coleman.
Herbert McLeod.
Charles Alden.
Samuel Cassidy. Arthur Benjamin.
ADAMS SCHOOL.
Barbara K. Ries.1
Bertha C. Nash.1
Alfred W. Sladin.1 Frieda H. Ries.1
FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
Karl Tirrell. Charles Reidy. Carlton White. 1 Blanche Condrick.1
Benjamin Hunt. Harvey Bearce.1 Leishman G. Munro.1 Mabel Farrar. 1
Cecil Spinney.
BICKNELL SCHOOL.
Harry Mattson. Ida M. Cronin.1
Marguerite A. Connor.1 Frank D. Reidy.1
Louisa Embree.
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JEFFERSON SCHOOL.
Norton Pratt. 1 Jennie Bleakney. James Condrick. 1
Grace Tonry. 1 George Hunt. Mary Reid. Carl Pratt. 1
WASHINGTON SCHOOL.
Sadie G. Lonergan.1
Ruth M. Reidy.1
Ralph;Morton.1
Dorick White.
Alice Morton. 1 Walter Kennedy.1
HUNT SCHOOL.
Florence Downton. 1
Charles Bicknell.
Helen Lonergan.1
Adelaide McCarty.1
Mary Trask.1
Elizabeth O'Connell.
Mollie Condrick. 1
Harry Hilton.
Leonard Bicknell.1 Fred Quinn. Esther E. Helquist.1
Esther W. Bicknell. 1 John M. Liberty.1 Harold Trask.1
John J. O'Connor. 1 Harold E. Williams.1
LINCOLN SCHOOL. Helen Griffin.1
TUFTS SCHOOL.
Russell Dexheimer. 1 Helen Dowd. Fred Phillips.1
Charles Hunt. 1 Marion Griffin. 1 Alice Helquist.1 Leo Condrick.1
SHAW SCHOOL.
Stacey Loud. 1 Bertie L. Doble. 1 Justin L. Fearing.1 Hilda R. Harris.1 Lettie M. Sherwood.1 Charles H. Derusha. 1 Louise M. Hersey.
Ruth G. Allen.1 Annie F. Durant. 1 Francis Halloran. 1 Theresa St. C. Lowell.1
Mabel K. Sherwood.1
Alan Monroe.1 Etta Blenis. 1
Bessie L. Roberts. 1 Frances McGreevy.1
Helen Richards. Louis Hunt.
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BATES SCHOOL.
Addie Hollis.1
Ralph Vining.1
Arabel Vining.1
Ruth Wright.1
J. Leo O'Dowd.1 Alfred R. Thomas.1
Lawrence Belcher. 1
Sallie Vining.1
Florence Lawler. 1
W. Edward Leary.1
C. Stuart Frawley.1 Mary F. Descalzo. 1
Henry Madden. 1
HOWE SCHOOL.
Hattie M. Taylor.1 Frederick W. Polley.1
Everett M. Holbrook. 1 Luiggi Dondero.1
HOLLIS SCHOOL.
Harry Howe.1
POND SCHOOL.
Louisa E. Descalzo.1 Irving L. Doble.1 Daniel D. Santry.1
PRATT SCHOOL.
Ruth French.1
Herbert French.1
IX. School Calendar. 1902-1903.
FALL TERM-SIXTEEN WEEKS. Tuesday, September 2, 1902, to Friday, December 19, 1902. Holidays : Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following.
WINTER TERM-TWELVE WEEKS. Monday, December 29, 1902, to Friday, March 20, 1903. Holidays : Washington's Birthday, celebrated Monday, Febru- ary 23, 1903.
SPRING TERM-TWELVE WEEKS. Monday, March 30, 1903, to Friday, June 19, 1903. Holidays : Patriots' Day, celebrated Monday, April 20, 1903.
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1903-1904.
FALL TERM-SIXTEEN WEEKS.
Tuesday, September 8, 1903, to Friday, December 25, 1903.
Holidays : Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday follow- ing, Christmas Day.
WINTER TERM-TWELVE WEEKS.
Monday, January 4, 1904, to March 25, 1904.
Holidays : Washington's Birthday.
X. Report of the Building Committee-New Athens School.
At a special Town meeting held in Odd Fellows' Opera House, April 12, 1901, at 7.45 P. M., the following vote was passed : -
Voted, That the town raise by a loan the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars and appropriate that sum for the erection and furnishing of a schoolhouse in Ward One in this town adequate to the accommodation of not less than three hundred and fifty pupils, and that a Building Committee to consist of nine citizens of the town (none of whom shall be members of the School Com- mittee), to be appointed as hereinafter set forth, shall be charged with the whole duty of contracting for the erection, furnishing and finishing complete for its use such schoolhouse, including the general superintendence of its construction, which Building Com- mittee shall be appointed by the Moderator of this meeting, the names of the persons to be certified to by the Town Clerk and a record of them made by him. Payments from the treasury to the amount of said appropriation shall be made upon the order of the Selectmen, approved by the Building Committee.
Voted, That final plans and specifications shall be approved by the School Committee before contracts are made by the Build- ing Committee.
The following committee were appointed by the Moderator : F. H. Torrey, F. A Bicknell, A. W. Bartlett, E. H. Benson, J. B. Jones, Gordon Willis, A. C. Pratt, G. H. Bicknell, W. C. Earle.
April 17th the committee met at the rooms of the East Wey- mouth Savings Bank and organized by the choice of F. H. Tor- rey, Chairman ; J. B. Jones, Secretary .
F. H. Torrey, E. H. Benson, F. A. Bicknell and A. W. Bart-
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lett were appointed a committee to receive and examine sketches from different architects. This committee received sketches from nine different architects, which were submitted to the whole com- mittee and from which were selected that of Clarence P. Hoyt and Loring & Phipps. As neither of these sketches were just what the committee desired, it was voted to resubmit them to Hoyt and Loring & Phipps, agreeing to pay for alterations and elevations the sum of one hundred dollars, provided said altera- tions and elevations were not accepted by the committee. After receiving the sketches and elevations from Hoyt and Loring & Phipps, showing alterations, it was voted to accept the sketches of Loring & Phipps, and they were submitted to the School Com- mittee and approved by them.
Loring & Phipps advertised for bids and received five, ranging from $20,000.00 to $24,900.00.
The $20,000.00 bid was received from one of our own towns- people, and it being the lowest bid received, the contract was given to G. M. Pratt.
The ventilating and heating apparatus to be installed in the new building was advertised and bids were received; from these bids that of the Magee Furnace Co. was accepted and contract given to them for the sum of $2,729.00.
This contract was submitted to the School Committee and by. them approved.
The furnishing of the building was advertised and bids were received, and that of the Chandler Desk Works, they being the lowest bidders, was accepted, the price being $838.00.
At the time the contract was given G. M. Pratt, the several plans were submitted to the State Police and were approved by them. Before, however, the building was completed, two changes were demanded by them which caused an additional expense of $114.50, making the expense paid to the contractor $20,114.50.
The total expense of the new building is summarized as follows :
G. M. Pratt
$20,114 50
Loring & Phipps
1,136 45
Magee Furnace Co.
·
2,729 00
Chandler Desk Works
838 00
Ford Furniture Co.
65 00
C. P. Hoyt
100 00
$24,982 95
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The building was practically finished and turned over to the School Committee a few days previous to the closing sessions of school in June, and accepted by them. The committee are of the opinion that the contract was wisely let out to one of our own townspeople, and that we have a useful as well as an ornamental building that will be of service for many years to come.
Respectfully submitted,
F. H. TORREY, J. B. JONES, GORDON WILLIS,
F. A. BICKNELL, GEO. H. BICKNELL,
W. C. EARLE,
A. W. BARTLETT,
A. C. PRATT.
In addition to this report we desire to add an explanation re- garding the excess over the appropriation of twenty-five thousand dollars, as will be shown by the Town Reports as charged to the new school building. At the time the vote was passed no money was raised to purchase any land for the new building ; it was, therefore, taken for granted by the committee that the new build- ing was to occupy the same situation as did the old one. It be- came necessary, therefore, that a lease be taken of a plot of land, fences, furnaces and building removed, the whole after being removed to be again placed in good order for occupancy. Per- mission was granted to do this by the School Committee, and the carrying out of such plans were performed by the Building Com- mittee at an expense of between six and seven hundred dollars. This expense the School Committee did not think should be charged to the School Expense account. We, therefore, ap- proved bills to the above amount, which will appear in the Town Reports as mak ng the expense of the new school building run that much over the appropriation.
INDEX.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT
3
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT 8
APPENDICES :
I. Report of Principal of High School 16 II. Graduating Exercises of High School and Lists of Grammar School Graduates ·
18
III. Report of Supervisor of Music 22 .
IV. Report of Supervisor of Drawing 23 .
V. School Laws in Brief 24 .
VI. Details of Statistics ·
28
VII. Teachers, Schools, and Salaries .
.
30
VIII. Roll of Honor. .
IX. School Calendar .
34
31 . X. Report of Building Committee, New Athens School 35
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