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1865.
March 17,
Henry Patrick Toban,
Webster and Sarah A .. Charles W. and Abby B .. Frederick and Lizzie, James A. and Alice V .. Louis K. F. and Sarah E., Wesley C. and Lizzie E., Everett II. E. and Elizabeth A., Thomas and Rachael, Frank N. and Priscilla P., Sydney A. and Carrie L., William H. and Mary J., Thomas and Ellen, William H. Randall and Cora M.,
James and Martha A.,
Edwin S. and Anna, Michael F. and Annie,
Michael and Deborah,
Francis M. and Harriet F.,
William W. and Ida V.,
Elijah P. and Mary E.,
Frank C. and Sarah A.,
Peter and Mary, Cornelius and Mary T.,
John II. and Caroline E., Abner S. and Lizzie C.,L. Philip and Kate,
Edward and Kate,
Dalby. Merritt.
Newcomb. Prouty. Bates. Linnehan. Graham. Litchfield. Trowbridge.
Sullivan. Chandler. McDonald. Pratt. Corson. Moriarty. Jenkins. Newtoil.
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Rodriguez. Delano. Herley. Gilboy. Stetson. Studley.
Wherrity.
27. 1,
Edna Frances Morley, Minnie Murphy, Margaret Dewire, Nettie May Randall, James Henry Doherty,
Anna Agnes Litchfield, Mary Ellen Doyle, Michael Mannox,
Gertrude May Litchfield,
Edith Adelaide Manson, Carleton Pratt,
- Litchfield,
Hattie Lorange, John Francis Driscoll, - Spencer, Arthur James Dalby, Mary Catharine Gillis,
BIRTHS .- Continued.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
1879.
April
17,
June
4,
Percy Bryant Clapp, Maggie Burke,
Albert and Mary A., Martin and Ellen,
Martin and Ellen.
James and Martha A., Arthur C. and Etta A., Albert and Mary A., William H. and Olive C.,
Melzar and Rosa,
MAIDEN NAME.
Packard. Cunningham.
Cunningham.
McDonald. Fernald. Packard. Litchfield.
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Hines.
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NAMES OF PARENTS.
1881.
September 29, 1882. January 15,
John H. Burke,
Alice Catharine Doherty, Blanche Cole Gardner,
February 8.
June 22.
22,
Rena Gertrude Clapp, Lillian Gertrude Litchfield.
1881. July 20,
Lucy Ellen Vinal,
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1883.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE OF EACH AT TIME OF MARRIAGE.
AGE.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
January
16,
Elvira Swan Damon,
Scituate,
21
Wm. L. Litchfield,
Scituate,
25
24,
Cora Mabel Neil,
Scituate,
22
Charles H. Vinal,
Milwaukee,
24
February
Ida May Fernald,
Scituate,
24
Howland A. Hunt,
Scituate,
27
26,
Annie S. Willcut,
Cohasset,
34
March
16,
Sarah H. Barnes,
Scituate,
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William H Watson,
Scituate,
25
April
24,
Ida May Bearce,
21
Wilbur F. Nott,
Scituate,
19
Scituate,
17
Arthur E. Ferguson,
Boston,
32
May
10,
Hattie M. Damon,
Scituate,
24
Charles Albert Brown,
Scituate,
21
12,
Mary Frances Litchfield,
Scituate,
17
Rev. T. W. Sheppard, at No. Scituate.
Rev. Will. C. Wood, at Scituate.
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Rev. Nath. Seaver, Jr., at Scituate. Rev. T. W. Sheppard, at No. Scituate. Rev. Wm. H. Fish, at South Scituate. Rev. Nath. Seaver, Jr., at Scituate.
Rev. Nath. Seaver, Jr., at Scituate.
29,
Hattie R. Mott,
Rev. Will. C. Wood. at Scituate.
Rev. T. W. Sheppard, at No. Scituate.
1
South Scituate,
49
Rhodolphus Ellms,
Scituate,
30
Alvin Abbott Colburn,
MARRIAGES .- Continucd.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE OF EACH AT TIME OF MARRIAGE.
AGE.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
May
30,
Hattie Frances JJenkins,
Scituate,
25
Chicago, Ill ..
28
July
3,
Lilian De Rocher,
Waterville, Me.,
26
Quincy,
35
66
4,
Lizzie Merritt Curtis,
Scituate,
32
Frank Cudworth Litchfield
Scituate.
21
Sarah Ann Delano.
Scituate,
18
Addison Childs Damon,
Boston,
23
September 3,
66
7,
66
9,
Maggie Emeline Mehan,
Scituate,
22
Scituate,
35
Scituate.
24
Boston,
22
Scituate,
22
Cohasset,
24
Cohasset,
26
Boston.
25
Scituate.
25
Rev. T. W. Sheppard, at No. Scituate.
Rev. T. W. Sheppard, at No. Scituate.
Rev. Nath. Seaver, Jr., at Scituate. Rev. Lucien H. Frary, at E. Braintree.
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Rev. Charles Tilton, at Boston.
Nellie James Brown,
Scituate,
21
East Weymouth,
24
Rev. T. W. Sheppard, at No. Scituate.
Scituate,
20
South Scituate.
22
HI. J. Mulligan, at Hingham.
Rev. Will. C. Wood, at Scituate.
Rev. Nath. Seaver, Jr., at Scituate.
Rev. T. W. Sheppard, at No. Scituate.
Clara May Safford,
Frank Wesley George,
66
10,
Li ian Carver Clapp,
Scituate.
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Francis Mason Litchfield,
Sydney Burton Oakes,
Geo. Kimball Livermore,
22.
Robert Samuel Mills, Josie Brown.
Thos. Henry Monahon,
Wilbur Parker Brown,
27,
October 1,
Jessie Annie Campbell, Israel M. Barnes, Jr., Bethia Augusta Clapp,
Charles Eugene Nott,
2,
Rev. Nath. Seaver, Jr., at Scituate.
66
10,
21.
November 6,
15.
66
28.
- Amos Woodis Carlton. Fannie Isabel Rodriguez, John Francis Cushman, Matilda Nightingale,
Charles Parker Welch,
Scituate,
25
Scituate,
23
Scituate,
22
Scituate,
21
Scituate,
61
Scituate.
64
Scituate,
22
Brockton.
21
Scituate, 25
Scituate,
20
Edith Reed Vinal, -
Boston.
25
Scituate, 19
Scituate, 30 28
Scituate,
Elizabeth Rogers Ware Fuller,
Cassius Elmer Cushman,
Mary Morphet Dryden,
Oramel S. Senter. Sophia Curtis,
George Albert Lane,
December 12.
Velmer Louise Stetson:
Frank Stone Watson,
25.
Rev. T. W. Sheppard, at No. Scituate.
Rev. L. P. Causey, at Scituate. Rev. T. W. Sheppard, at No. Scituate. Rev. T. W. Sheppard, at No. Scituate. Rev. J. W. Wellman, at Malden.
Rev. Albert P. Palmer, at Brockton. Rev. T. W. Sheppard. at No. Scituate.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1883.
DATE.
NAMES.
DISEASE.
PARENTS' NAMES.
Years.
Mos
Days.
Jan.
3,
Ignatius Vinal,
Old age.
85
Job and Sarah.
. .
8,
Sarah JJ. Ellms,
Dropsy,
61
Augustus and Sarah J. Cole.
14,
Ella B. Leach,
Phthisis,
26
4
Thomas and Ann R. Clapp.
Feb.
4,
Welthea W. Reed.
Paralysis,
79
2
Asa and Abigail Walker.
March 5,
Leavitt,
Stillborn,
77
1
7
Rowland and Eleanor.
15.
Sewall Bailey.
Old Age,
79
7
9
Israel and Abigail.
April 6,
Joseph Northey.
Old Age,
88
11
Joseph and Betsey.
17,
Edwin O. Beal,'
Peritonitis,
28
1
Caleb and Sarah.
30,
Abraham Litchfield,
Cancer,
80
Joab and Hannah.
May
1.
Leonard Litchfield,
Old Age,
90
6
Elijah and Elizabeth.
9,
Harriet E. Cole,
Carcinoma,
61
3
4
Ambrose and Mary. Hiran and Ruth.
Disease of the Brain,
4
June 12,
Stillborn,
30
John and Cordelia. Samuel and Lois Ellms.
July
21.
Frankie W. Ellms,
4
Henry L. and Lucy A.
Congestion of the Brain,
11
9
13
Benjamin F. and Emily A.
Carcinoma,
84
C
Benjamin and Lucy.
Pneumonia,
79
11
David and Cynthia.
8, John Akin,
Apoplexy,
72
6
25
John and Lydia.
Cholera Infantum,
-
11
6
Leonard and Bessie.
1
85
9
18.
Hannah L. Wheelwright, James Allen,
Paralysis of the Brain,
79
-
17
James and Priscilla.
August 3,
3,
Ruth L. Stacey,
4,
Benjamin Stetson,
5. Noah C. Ellms;
9, Joseph Raymond.
-
Henry and Frances.
5,
Polly Jackson,
Bronchial Phthisis,
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14,
Josie A. Litchfield, Wilder,
Everett E. and Mary E.
12,
Daniel W. Taylor,
Consumption,
Diarrhea,
AGE.
Aug. 14, Daniel HI. Litchfield, 16, 22, Frank McDonald, Mary Decosta, James L. Hill,
Sept. 27, 66 27. 27. 28.
George B. Litchfield, Moran, Mabel Cudworth,
Erpsipelas, Old Age,
88
2
Oct. 13. Louisa B. Bryant,
Influenza,
71
Cancer(?),
42
11
21 John and Mary Hafferman.
Cancer,
74.
8 26 Samuel and Eunice Hatch.
20. Mary A. Ford,
20, Lucy N. Brown,
Consumption,
25
1
13
Joseph and Emily.
Disease of the Kidneys,
71
2
-
Old Age.
88 6
13
18.
Rebecca Bailey,
Paralysis,
87
8
Joseph and Ruth Gannett.
Phthisis,
21
8
-
John and Ann.
Dec.
2,
Susan Penniman,
,
Typhoid Fever,
18
1
Nicholas and Eliza.
5,
Clara E. Wherity,
Infantile, Convulsions, Cholera Infantum, Typhoid Fever,
-
-
3
Everett E. and Annie.
11
-
3
21
31
-
Railroad Accident,
24
1 Reuben D. and Annie.
3
22 William E. and Eunice. Calvin and Elizabeth Jenkins. John B. and - Braid.
13.
Margaret Boniface,
Nov. 3, 5,
Isaac C. Nightingale, Bailey Vinal,
Joseph and Delight. Stephen and Charlotte.
29, Mary A. Hughes,
76
Elijah and Lucy Stone.
-
Frank and Mary. Joseph and Mary. Daniel and Lydia.
45.
THE FOLLOWING WERE BROUGHT TO TOWN FOR INTERMENT.
DATE.
NAME OF DECEASED.
DISEASE.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Jan.
9,
66
14,
Mary C. Brown,
Pulmonary Consumption. Heart Disease.
22
1
14
Boston.
Feb.
9,
Allen B. Litchfield.
7
7
25
Plymouth.
Mar.
10,
Mary L. Mendoca,
54
9
Cohasset.
66
21,
Polly O? Colman,
,
70
6
Somerville.
Apr.
4,
Martha Merritt,
,
52
Boston.
June
14,
Benjamin Munroe,
78
1
16
Boston.
July 28.
Daisy Norwood,
Diarrhea,
8
Boston.
Aug. 2,
Shadrack Wade,
-,
79
5
Braintree.
Oct.
26,
Daniel J. Donovan,
21
2
17
South Boston.
Nov. 10,
Deodat W. Binney,
Phthisis,
35
Boston.
-
-
Davis W. Bailey,
Heart Disease.
58
Washington, D. C.
-
.
73
Washington, D. C.
6,
Harriet T. Turner,
Cancer,
Gangrene,
70
6
Revere.
Sept.
16,- Mary A. Bailey,
.
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AGE.
PLACE OF DEATH.
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SUMMARY.
-
Whole number of births during the year 1883 46.
Males . 22
Females .. 24
Whole number recorded in 1883 55
Number of marriages recorded 27
Number of marriage certificates issued . 28
Number of deaths in Scituate during the year 40
Males 21
Females. 19
Whole number recorded during the year 53
Of those who died in Town, nine were under ten years ; two between ten and twenty ; five between twenty and thirty; two between thirty and forty ; one between forty and fifty; none between fifty and sixty ; two between sixty and seventy ; ten between seventy and eighty; eight between eighty and ninety ; and one over ninety. Average age, 48 years, 2 months, 17 days.
Thirteen bodies where brought to Town for interment.
Number of dogs licensed during the year 1883 102
Amount received for the same $237 00
CHAS. E. BAILEY, Town Clerk.
SCITUATE, Feb. 1st, 1883.
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ANNUAL REPORT
-- OF THE-
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
-OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
FOR THE YEAR
1883.00
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1884.
ร
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
FELLOW CITIZENS :
We submit the following report for your careful consideration.
We wish we could say that all of our schools had reached our ideal, and that the past year had been an eminently successful one ; but we can hardly say as much. We feel, however, that some of the disturbing elements, especialy sickness and bad weather, were beyond any person's control, and hence no one is to blame.
There are, however, serious hinderances to the high- est success of our schools, for which the parents are directly responsible. The first of these is irregularity in the attendance of children of school age. The great injury is not confined solely to the boy or girl who is allowed to stay away from school for any trifling pretext, but is a detriment to the whole class of which he or she is a member ; for when the scholar returns the time of the teacher must be taken to try and supply the missing links, so that the pupil can intelligently proceed with the lesson for the day. Meanwhile, the class must wait. Indeed, it is detrimental to the
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whole school. There are in our Town five hundred and twenty-two children between the ages of five and fifteen years. The average attendance, according to our last returns, was only three hundred and seventy, or about seventy per cent. This average attend- ance includes children under five and over fifteen, so that the actual attendance of children of school age would bring the percentage still lower. This is a bad showing for Scituate, and we ought, every one of us. to say, it shall be so no longer.
Very few are dependent upon the trifling help a child can render ; it is more frequently the case that the child wants to stay out, and the indulgent parent says "'Yes, you may today, but you must go tomorrow." Quite recently, five or six boys came leisurely into the school-room about ten o'clock. When questioned " why so late," the reply was they " couldn't get there earlier." The reason given was " they had to work," but a sharp reprimand brought them to school the next morning on time ; and so, if parents would oblige their children to be prompt and regular in their school attendance, just as they would in any business engagement, how much better it would be for all concerned.
Another evil is a lack of parental visitation of the schools. Let those who are disposed to criticise, visit our schools and look into the faces of forty or fifty irrepressible young mortals, all needing so much help, each needing such careful and thoughtful training, adapted to their several capacities and temperaments,
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and they will be likely, after such a visit, to sympathize more truly with the teacher and try to help, rather than discourage. Then, again, all are apt to think their children are bright and smart, and do not see why they are not promoted as rapidly as some others. A visit to the school will show whose hand goes up first when a question is asked,-who stands at the head of the class, etc. Make this comparison in the school-room for your- self, and you will have less reason to complain.
Briefly we note the changes which have occurred during the year :
After the annual Town Meeting, we sought an assistant for the High School, but we found that the extra appropriation raised would be entirely consumed for this purpose, leaving nothing for the extra expense at the East Grammar School ; but we have felt that the money was well invested in securing the services of Miss Lucy Peirce, of Billerica. She has proved herself to be a very competent and successful assistant.
Immediately after the close of the High School, last June, the Committee advertised for a principal ; and out of about a hundred applicants, Mr. Lewis A. Burr, of Boston, was elected. Upon his assuming the charge of the school .-- which had increased to about sixty,-we at once saw the wisdom of our choice, and were antici- pating a great improvement in the school. when, unexpectedly, he received a call to the city of Malden, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars with a prospect of an increase.
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The services of Mr. P. B. Runyan were securedto complete the term,-a gentleman of good character, and possessing many excellent qualities ; but having devoted much of his time of late to another profession, we felt he was not just suited to the wants of so large a school.
We next invited Mr. Charles F. Murray, of Fisher- ville, N. H., who already had a position, to visit us. He did so, and the result was that he would take the school at the close of the present term, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per year, and after that one thousand dollars per year. We are happy to say he has fully met the expectation of the Committee, and has proved himself to be the right man in the right place.
Under the present management of this school, if those sixty bright, intelligent scholars do not secure a thorough, practical High School education, it will be through wilful and persistent neglect of the best opportunities this Town ever furnished.
The East Grammar School, still too large for the school-room, has been divided, the lower class being taught by Miss Sarah L. Young, in the Satuit Library building nearly opposite. This change has been far preferable to occupying the hall over the school-room, as the expense of heating was great, and the pupils had no desks. They now have comfortable chairs and desks. If these had been introduced into the hall, the rental would have been greatly increased, as the hall could not easily have been used for any other purpose.
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We are very sorry to record the fact that the evils arising from the use of that old school-room have fallen upon the devoted teacher, Mrs. J. A. Neely. The reason we have not seen similar results upon the health of the children, is because they are confined in the room for only a brief time, and then are out romping in the pure air, while the teacher is confined there for six or seven hours. We have no doubt that the impurity of the atmosphere in that room contributed largely to impair the teacher's health. In order to retain the position for Mrs. Neely, several changes in the substi- tutes have been necessary ; but it soon became apparent that she would not be able to resume work this term, so we at once sought for a practical teacher for that time. We have in Miss Stevens the practical illustration of what we have so frequently stated, that a teacher, in order to be successful, must first have tact and a genuine love for the work, and then a thorough preparation. ' We think she has all of these qualifications.
The West Grammar School is still under the care of Miss Sarah R. Damon, who is faithfully and consci- entiously doing the best she can, and at the last annual examination sent up an excellent class to the High School.
To speak particularly of each of our ten Primary Schools would make this report too lengthy ; and we can only say that the new teacher, Miss Stella B. Baker, of Marshfield, and all the long tried and faithful teachers are doing good work, and the Committee are pleased
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to retain them, and wish we could have such in all the Primary Schools. How important a good foundation is to a superstructure. Precisely so in the formative period of childhood. Those who have studied the human mind and have become familiar with its working, and intuitively, or through a process of training, know how to present subjects clearly and definitely to chil- dren, are laying the foundation and developing their faculties, so that they can reason and grasp subjects which, without such training, would be incomprehensible. 1 The new school board may deem it expedient to make some changes in teachers for the year to come ; but whether they do or not, they will do what, in their judgment, is for the best interest of the cause of education.
We were gratified, last November, in seeing so much interest manifested by the people in the Institute and in the lecture of Secretary Dickinson. The papers read at the Institute, and the talks given, must have been of practical help to our teachers.
REPAIRS, ETC.
In this branch of our work we have not done all that was really desirable, but only a part of what was actu- ally necessary. One half of the roof of the High Street school-house has been shingled. The Grove Street. house received two coats of paint and a recitation bench in the rear of the desks. Twelve additional sittings were furnished for the High School, and twenty-four for
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the East Grammar. Tle ceilings, blackboards, etc., in several houses have been repaired.
At the last annual meeting, the Town adopted by-laws concerning truants, which have been approved according to law. and we have commenced the enforce- ment of them. The truant officers have promptly acted on all cases reported to them. They have made no arrests as yet. but have four on probation.
We hope they will in the future, as generally in the past, receive the hearty support and co-operation of the parents in correcting the evils of truancy and illiteracy.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. BAILEY. School
JULIA E. WEBB, Committee of
ADELAIDE A. F. HAMMOND - Scituate.
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Roll of Honor for Punctual Attendance.
BROOK STREET.
ONE YEAR :
Harry W. Otis.
Two TERMS :
Alice F. Ward, Florence McDonald, Josephine Ward,
Martha A. Conroy, Annie F. Damon, James E. Otis.
ONE TERM :
Nellie W. Torrey, Eldora F. Geary, C. Harry Smith,
Walter J. Litchfield, Harry B. Ellms, Willie T. Colman,
Daniel E. Ward.
COMMON STREET.
THREE YEARS :
Arthur N. Colman. ONE YEAR :
Everett L. Bearce.
Ralph B. Frye,
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Two TERMS : 1
Percey T. Mann, Julia M. Hoar,
Charlie E. Manson, Sarah Curran, Elisha F. Brown.
ONE TERM :
Mary Cummings, Sarah Mitchell, Eddie S. Manson,
Mary Graham, Irving E. Harrub, Clifford J. Brown,
Richard Graham.
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SOUTH MAIN STREET.
ONE TERM : Myrtle H. Randall.
WILLOW STREET.
Two TERMS :
Lucius L. Bonney, Emma Clapp,
Annie M. Landers, Katie McCarty,
Marcus Damon.
ONE TERM :
Orilla J. Wade, Annis Sullivan, William Kenney, Eugene P. Rouviere,
Annie Murphy, Willard Webb, Louis Levangel, Louis A. Rouviere,
Grace Doherty.
12
GROVE STREET. Two TERMS : Savillion F. Dalby. ONE TERM :
Archibald Merritt, John E. Manson,
Lillian F. Merritt, Flora F. Litchfield.
BEACH STREET.
Two TERMS :
Lyman Pratt,
Stella G. Litchfield.
ONE TERM :
Harry H. Mott, Stevie Litchfield.
Alice F. Hastings, Mary E. Spooner.
CHARLES STREET.
ONE YEAR :
Willie Litchfield. Two TERMS : Irving Litchfield. ONE TERM :
Maggie Cullen, Henry Litchfield,
Herbert Litchfield, Effie Litchfield.
HIGH SCHOOL.
ONE YEAR :
Geo. S. Bailey,
13
Two TERMS : Geo. W. Wade.
ONE TERM :
Fred T. Bailey, Elmer W. Litchfield,
Agnes J. Merritt,
Gardner Bates,
Willard L. Bailey, Minta C. Bowditch, Leonard M. Glover, Irving E. Gannett.
EAST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
FOUR YEARS : Grace L. Otis.
Two YEARS : Grace Torrey.
Two TERMS :
Ella S. Bailey, Charles H. Waterman,
R. Floyd Clapp, Lottie Torrey, Grace R. Neely.
ONE TERM :
Maggie Sullivan, Nellie D. Vinal, Charles P. Wade, Fred T. Colman,
Sarah Burke, Sadie Young,
Nettie Sanborn, Otis Cooke, Jennie Cushman, Mary W. Prouty, Maria McDonald, Stevie Hammond.
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WEST GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Two TERMS :
Charles W. Bailey, Mary E. Nott, Henry C. Seaverns. ONE TERM :
Blanche C. Nott, Cora W. Wilder,
Edward C. Newcomb,
Emma F. Vinal, Mary E. Mitchell, Thaddeus M. Payne, Arthur L. Seaverns.
NORTH MAIN STREET.
ONE YEAR : Harry M. Litchfield.
Two TERMS : Fanny J. Newcomb. ONE TERM : -
Henry J. Briggs, Jessie P. Litchfield,
W. Prescott Gannett, Silas A. Newcomb,
Addison Poland.
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CENTRAL STREET. FOUR YEARS : Edgar W. Whittaker. ONE TERM :
Moses L. Brown.
15
HIGH STREET.
ONE TERM :
Caroline Bates,
Emeline F. Hyland.
Lucius E. Bates,
Francis N. Hyland,
Lizzie F. Crane, Ellen F. Marsh,
E. Clayton Hyland, Herbert L. Marsh,
Two TERMS :
Maria W. Hardwick,
Everett R. Marsh,
Edwin A. Hyland,
Herbert B. Prouty.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Greatest Number
Enrolled during any one Term.
Average Number
Belonging.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent.
High School,
Stephen A. Snow, Lewis A. Burr, P. B. Runyan, Charles F. Murray,
63
54
49
.91
(Lucy S. Pierce, Assistant,
Mrs. J. A. Neely, Mabel Stevens,
72
68
62
.91
West Grammar, North Main Street, Willow Street, Common Street, Brook Street,
Sarah R. Damon,
54
43.6 37.8
.87
Mary L. Clapp,
25
22
21
.95
Carrie W. Litchfield,
57
47
43.2
.92
Emma F. Manson,
42
35
32
.91
Gertrude K. Vinal,
32
26
25
.92
Jennie P. Seaverns,
34
26
24
.92
South Main Street,
Mabel Cole,
36
32
27
.84
High Street,
S. Alice Reed,
44
40
35
.88
Charles Street,
Gertrude C. Gardner,
23
18
16
.89
Beach Street,
Annie E. Chubuck,
29
25
23
.92
Grove Street,
Mary F. Carr, Jennie P. Seaverns,
26
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Sarah L. Young, Assistant,
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Stella B. Baker,
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TRUANT LAWS.
ARTICLE 1. The Town of Scituate hereby avails itself of the several provisions of the statutes of this Commonwealth, now in force, relating to habitual truants and absentees from school, and in pursuance of authority conferred thereby, adopts the following By-Laws :
ART. 2. All children between the ages of seven and fifteen years, residing in said.Town, and who may be found wandering about in the streets or public places of said Town, having no lawful occupation or business, not attending school, and grow- ing up in ignorance, shall be committed to the truant school at Lawrence, in the County of Essex,-no truant school having been legally established within and for the County of Ply- mouth, -the aforesaid truant school in said Lawrence is hereby affixed to be the place of confinement, instruction and discipline of all children convicted a truant under these By-Laws.
ART. 3. Two or more Truant Officers shall be appointed annually, whose duty it shall be to inquire into all the viola- tions of the truant laws, and of the law relating to compulsory education, and to do all the acts required of them by the laws of the Commonwealth.
ART. 4. It shall be the duty of every Truant Officer, pre- vious to making any complaint under these laws, to notify the truant or absentee from school, also his parent or guardian, of
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amitted, and of penalty therefor, and if the can obtain satisfactory pledges for the restraint tion of the child, he may at his discretion forbear 9, so long as such pledges are faithfully kept.
It shall be the duty of the School Committee, the s of the public schools, and the citizens generally, to aid Truant Officers, as far as possible, in the discharge of their duties.
ART. 6. It shall be the duty of the Truant Officers to keep a full record of all their official acts, and make an annual report thereof to the School Committee, who shall publish the same with their own report.
ART. 7. Nothing in these By-Laws shall be so construed as to alter or impair the obligation and duty of teachers to enforce punctuality and regularity of attendance, and to preserve good order and discipline.
The foregoing By-Laws are recommended for the consideration of the Town.
CHAS. E. BAILEY, - School Committee JULIA E. WEBB, of
A. F. HAMMOND, Scituate.
Accepted and adopted by the Town, March 5, 1883.
Attest :
CHAS. E. BAILEY, Town Clerk.
PLYMOUTH, SS.
Probate Court, March 19, 1883.
Approved :
WM. H. WOOD, J. P. C.
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ORT OF TRUANT OFFICERS.
undersigned, duly appointed Truant Officers for the l year 1883-84, would make, in pursuance of the require- nts of the By-laws of the Town, the following report :
We have examined the several cases of truancy reported to us, and, so far, have not been compelled to make any arrests.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY YOUNG, TURNER LITCHFIELD, JOHN H. YOUNG, HOSEA D. NOTT.
SCITUATE, February 5, 1884.
Since writing the above, I have put three boys on pro- bation, and if they break over once more, they must expect the law to be enforced.
Respectfully, HENRY YOUNG.
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