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Female .
Male ...
99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109
Reardon, Patrick. Haggerty, Mary E
Female .
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Albert F. and Abby F. (Bancroft).
Ira E. and Sarah JJ. (Pearl)
1
Deaths Registered in the Town of Wakefield in 1875.
Date of Death.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Irs
Mos
Dys
Jan.
2
Staples, Sarah J . Sherman, Jabez ..
27
7
28
Moulder.
8,
Minniken, Lilly V.
4
10
3
11,
McCormick, Thomas.
3
6
. . .
11,
Campbell, Bridget A.
38
11
3
12,
Stone, Ambrose ...
65
10
19
Shoemaker
12,
Gihon, George A .... Nichols, Elbridge S .. Evans, Amos.
87
3
10
Jeweler
24,
Fairbanks, Martha (Gould) ..
60
10
11
28,
Haskell, Annie M .... .
3
5
. .
28,
Bradbrook, George G ..
2
1
24
30,
Carlson, Oscar II ..
2
6
6
Carter, Charles E.
19
9
19
Wright, Lizzie (Poland).
24
14
Married ..
1 .... Single ....
Gas Pipe Fitter. Gardener
8, 10, 10, 13,
King, Lottie C. ·
5
25 Single
Ripley. Hannalı (Maxim) .. Hale, Frank L.
. 67
11
19
1
5
·
·
84
5
Widow . Single .
Charlestown .
Smith, Alice A ..
3
10
4
Hartshorne, Joseph ...
82
8
23
Sliney, Ellen ..
6
18 6
Thayer, Charles E.
· 62
10
12
Brush Maker ...
Boston
.
Leominster .. .
14, 15,
Oliver. Eliza P .. McCarty, Julia ..
77 70
. ..
. . .
21,
26, May
2, 4,
Parker Dole ..
55
3
Married ..
Farmer ..
. New Salem, N.H. England ...
Ellery and Henrietta A .. William H. and Emma E Edward and Mary ..
Abel and Amanda ...
Cerebritis Consumption. Diphtheria. 66
Lung Fever. Cystitis. Bronchitis. Premature Birth. Old Age. Calculi in Kidney. Gastrix Enteritis. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Consumption. Tubercular Dis. Lungs. Congestion of Lungs. Diphtheria. Diabetis. Consumption.
76
31, Feb.
1, 5,
32 Westgate, Charles T. Gustaf H. Carlson ... . 38
. .. .
14
Married ..
22
Cordwainer ...
Sullivan, Mary.
. . . ...
·
Widow
Ireland ... · Stoneham .
Married . Single ..
Paris, Me ... Lawrence . · Wakefield . ..
Washington and Mary ... Silas and Hannah ... Henry F and Annie A ... . Edward and Huldah ..... Samuel and Jemima .. . Paralysis.
Disease of Liver. Softening of the Brain. Tubercular Meningitis. Premature Birth.
Still-born. Rubiola. Ossification of Heart. Whooping Coughi. .
Typhoid Pneumonia. Pneumonia. Paralysis. Phthisis. Pneumonia. Tubercular Dis. Brain. Killed by cars. Abscess on Bowels.
4;
Downs, Margaret (Bass) .... 31
Age.
Condition.
Occupation.
Place of Birth.
Names of Parents.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Wakefield . .. Fairhaven .. Providence, R.I. England ..
Albert H. and Sarah Jane Jesse and Charlotte ... John and Elizabeth. Francis and Mary . .. ·
John and Catherine .... ...
Charles and Bridget ..... Edward and Ellen.
13,
.
·
·
16,
Widower . Married .
Single
Cambridgeport. Wakefield . .. .
Charlestown Essex .
Nantucket. Sweden
Wakefield .
Skinner, Thomas B .. · 65
. .. .
45 3
Faunce . Wilder, Betsy (Pierce). Ardill .
Wakefield . ..
Cambridge . ·
Wakefield . . ·
·
·
Timothy and Mary ... John and Mary.
· McMahan, Kate ...
5
... .
Widower . Single . ..
Gentleman . . . .
23, 26, April 9,
Walton, Eliza (Hall). . 69
6
Married .. Widow .. Single . Widow Single ...
Boston .
. Richard and Martha .... Gershom and Barbara ... Ebenezer and Elizabeth. John and Julia. .
Ireland ... ·
Wakefield ... ·
Capen, Grace L .. . .... 1
1
. . . 2
Mansir, Willie E ..
10
16
·
7
14
Single Married ..
Single .
Married ..
Ireland .. St. Croix, C. E .. Wakefield . . .. ·
Single
7
....
.
Jeff'n J. and S. Adelaide. Thomas and Rebecca .... .
William and Sally.
Henry L. and Saralı A ... Albert and Susan. Gustaf H. and Catherine. Edwin S. and Ennice ... .
Jeremiah and Lucy E. ... James and Lydia ... Carl G. and Annie M ... Thomas and Mary ...
George M. and Hannah .. . · Charles M. and C. A James and Sarah ...
.
·
28, 23, 23, 26, March 8, 14,
3.
May 4, | Thompson, Charles A. .... 36
....
19
6,
Cronin, David.
6
... .
15,
Edmands, Marcellus .. ·
27
11
19 Widower .
Mitchell, Cora Vesta
3
S
8
Single ..
Reading . .
Wakefield .
28, Borthwick ...
.... . .
·
June 2, Sloan, Rufus A.
33
9
1
4, White, William.
61
10
6
Farmer
Wakefield
James and Catherine .... Joseph G. and Beulah .. John and Judith.
Andrew and Nancy .... Sammel and Lydia ... . Winfield and Clara T .... James and Eliza. George M and Mary A ... James and Patty .... .. John and Bridget .. ...
Cancer. Typhoid Fever. Consumption. Scarlatina. Burned. Still-born. Consumption. Peritonitis. Child-birth and Tumor. Ossification of Heart. Spinal Meningitis. Dropsy. Phthisis. Apoplexy. Consumption. Cere. Spinal Meningitis. Apoplexy. Marasmus. Premature Birth. Cholera Infantnn. Nephritis. Cholera Infantum.
77
Enteritis. Disease of Heart. Pneumonia& B'ghts Dis Pneumonia. Consumption. Marasmus.
Cholera Infantum. Enteritis. Cholera Infantum. Canker. Congestion of Lungs. Cholera Morbus. Typhoid Fever. Cerebral Meningitis.
Consumption. Dysentery.
Pneumonia. Phthisis Pulmonalis. Phthisis. Consumption. Dysentery.
19. Oct.
92
Married .. Widow .
Wakefield
1 Single ... Married . .'
Laborer
Ireland . ·
Hugh and Margaretta .... Daniel and Mary .. . Rodney and Mary ..
James M. and Amanda M. Thomas and Hannah ..... Patrick and Margaret .... Anthony and Annie L ... Allen L. and Sarah M .... Edward and Clarinda .... Washington and Mary J. Joseph J. and Fannie M. James F. and Sarah E ... Oliver and Rebecca T .... Henry C. and Sarah H. J. Lowell and Dorcas. Hiram and Lydia .... Washington and Mary J. A. W. and Helen J. ... Edwin W. and Hannah M. John and Alice J. P. Martha. .
Benjamin and Eliza A ... Hero and Mary ..
28,
Savage. Selinia ...
S
30, Sept. 2.
Wright. Joseph W. More. John.
· 23
7
....
72 11
1
.... 2
4
6
10
13 Single . 20 Married .. Single . . . Widow Single 12
Machinist Weaver ..
England . St. Jolıns. N. B .. Merrimac, N. H. Reading . · Scituate . Wakefield .
Bowdoin, Me ... Selkirk, Scotland Wakefield ... So. Reading ....
·
12
2
20
Downs, John P.
4
1-2
·
11
33
·
King, Francis C.
3
Titcomb, Ida ...
...
7
19
Walton. Leonard .. 79
S
26
Married .
Farmer ..
-
.
7. Pratt, Henry D. J .. 43 ·
8
Faulkner, Samuel F. _59
Eaton. Caroline L. (Wright) . 27
3 12
Brownell. Charles W.
9
20
.
8
. ..
66
Wakefield
1
. ...
10
17 Single ...
Laborer .
Leslie. Caroline H (Nichols).
8
14 Married .
Kirkpatrick, Frank M. 6 3
64 19 19 31
....
·
Bellows, Elizabeth (Burnett) Ahlert, Mary.
Carter, Joseph II .. . 11
Thompson, Andrew B. .... 45 26
14, 1.), 17, 21, 26, 25, Philbrick, Eliza M (Cowdrey) Hawkes, Martha (Greene) ....
.
Milner, Margaret (Steele). ..
37
8
16
10, 13. 18,
Cushman. Elizabeth (Bryant) Maxwell. Mabel E.
75
1
15 1
Widow Single .
Wakefield . Wakefield . ·
Lynnfield.
28,
Summers. George F.
21
1
13
Shoe-maker
.
17 Widow
29, 2. 11. 13,
Sanger, Lucy (Gould). Nagle, Maria B ... . Wiley. Nelly F Hinchon. Honora (Shean). ..
21
. .... Single
Wakefield .. .. ·
Ireland ·
Wakefield ...
.
·
Married .
Grocer. .
Brighton. .
Wakefield . ·
·
·
·
Charlestown .. .
Andover ..
Danvers .
Wakefield ... .
King, Washington -I.
Single
.
Georgetown .
Ricker. Frank H .. McLain. Lewis Hurd. Carey, Mattic G ..
9
9. 12, 14, 19, 23, 2.), 26, 27.
31. 2 Birchstead, George W ....
14
Aug.
Minniken, Elizabeth (Fulton)
.
7
1
.
12 · Married .. .
Upholsterer
.
Orleans .. ·
Orrington, Me .. Gorham, ·
Hurley, Daniel J ...
9
1
5
63 .
July
74
Widow .
Single .
14, 15, Hanson, Robert M. 24. Dunshee, Willie G. 26. Mansfield, Edward G.
5
6
... Single .
Chf.of Dip. Bur. Stone Mason ...
17
Jarvis, Gilman D. 15
Farmington Salem ..
George and Emma ... . Hngh B. and Margaret ... Franklin and Clara A ... John and Mary. Thos. W. and Mehitable. William and Elizabeth ... Edwin S. and Eunice .... Robert and Jane B. . . .. John and Margaret M. ... J. Green and Martha .. ...
Chas. and Georgianna F.| Cyanosis. . England .. .
Shoe-maker . · Saugus .. · Lynnfield. . Samuel H. and Susan J .. John and Mary A. .
16. 28. Donnelly, Nelly ...
..
1
Newtou.
Boston
·
Widower . | Farmer ... .... 26 24 1
Deaths Registered in the Town of Wakefield in 1875-(Concluded.)
Age.
Condition.
Occupation.
Place of Birth.
Names of Parents.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Date of Death.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Yrs
Mos
Dys
Oct. 19.
Biggs. Herbert F.
20.
Emerson, Daniel P.
8
17
Married .. Provision Dealer
Lynnfield .
30,
Emerson. Lois (Burnham) ...
84
10
6
Nov. 10,
Bancroft, Ruth.
85
11
5
11,
Johnson. Mary ..
13
16,
Brewer, James.
50
Married .
Wakefield .
19.
Currier .
...
19,
Willcutt. Lucy ...
82
7
20
27,
Bryant, Stephen N. H.
5-1
26
29.
Wyman. William T.
7
20
Single . . .
29.
Gould, Mary.
83
26
Dec.
2,
Anderson, Elizabeth (Hiller).
30
11
2
2,
Simonds. Lizzie E.
16
....
41
1
15
Married ..
Grocer .
11.
Mitchell. Milton C.
....
Single . .
13,
Tully, Mary E ..
6
21,
Tully. Patrick ...
14
. . ·
24.
Knight, Charles G. .
19
3
29,
Lord, George F ... .
12
6
23
30,
Kenney, Patrick S.
5
8
18
June 11,
Forsyth. Hattie C.
3
Married .. | Furniture Man'r Single . . .
Salem . Effingham, N.H Wakefield ...
Thomas and Mary .. Willard and Almira P. ... Thomas and Asenath .... Patrick and Bridget. ...
Congestion of Brain. Bright's Disease. Old Age. Congestion of Lungs.
Phthisis. Still-born. Apoplexy. Peritonitis.
Widower.
Mason.
Saco, Me . ..
Wakefield .. .. ...
John and Mary. ...
John and Elizabeth ..
Disease of Heart. Pneumonia. Heart Disease.
Single ...
Cambridgeport. So. Reading . Wakefield ...
James L. and Sarah M ... John and Harriet. Reuben H. and Elvira M. Thomas and Mary ..
Consumption. Anencephala. Meningitis. Phthisis Pulmonalis. Pulmonary Phthisis. Nephritis. Peritonitis. · James B. and Margaret Al Typhoid Fever.
78
...
...
5
Single .
Wakefield
William and Rebecca .... Oliver and Betsy.
Reading.
Edmund and Sarah. William and Sarah.
...
·
·
Trenton, N. J . . So. Carolina ..
Single ...
Cohasset . . ..
Horace P. and Mary E ... Thomas and Susanna ... Samuel and Patience. .. William T. and Eliza J. .. Abscess in Ear.
So. Reading . . . . Scotland ...
Married .
29
4.
Brown. Charles B.
....
....
Widow ...
Single .
Joslina and Lois ..
·
79
RECAPITULATION.
Births registered in 1875,
119
Males,
59
Females,
60
Nativity of Parents.
Fathers. 11
S
Other towns in the United States,
47
54
British Provinces,
6
11
Ireland,
35
37
England,
8
3
Scotland,
9
4
Poland,
1
1
France,
1
0
East Indies,
0
1
Marriages registered in 1875,
· 60
Widowers, 12
Widows, ' 8
Nativity.
Grooms.
Brides.
Born in Wakefield, .
8
8
Other towns in the United States,
38
36
British Provinces,
4
6
Ireland,
9
8
Sweden,
.
1
1
Grooms.
Brides.
Number under 20 years of age,
2
6
between 20 and 30,
44
44
between 30 and 40,
9
8
between 40 and 50,
2
2
between 50 and 60,
3
0
Oldest Groom, 56
Oldest Bride 47.
Youngest " . 19
Youngest "
18
.
Mothers.
Born in Wakefield,
.
.
.
.
.
.
80
Deaths registered in 1875,
·
104
Males, 56 Females, 48
Average age, 29 years 2 months 14 days.
Number under 5 years of age,
35
between 5 and 10,
4
between 10 and 20,
9
between 20 and 30,
7
between 30 and 40,
11
between 40 and 50,
5
between 50 and 60,
3
between 60 and 70,
·
9
between 70 and 80,
6
between 80 and 90,
8
between 90 and 100,
.
1
still-born,
6
Nativity of Persons Deceased.
Born in Wakefield, 45
· Other towns in the United States,
45
British Provinces,
England, .
.
.
4
Ireland,
5
Scotland,
2
Sweden,
.
1
Dogs licensed in 1875,
· 241
Males, 228 Females, 13
Cash paid County Treasurer,
$472 80
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
In presenting their annual report, the Committee take pleasure in saying that the interests confided to their care have received much attention, and are believed to be in as good condition as, from the means afforded them, the citizens of the town could well expect.
They gladly bear witness to the fidelity of the teachers, to the general obedience and studiousness of the scholars, and to a good degree of co-operation on the part of parents. Few difficulties have arisen during the year either from disci- pline, or sickness, or loss of teachers, or any other cause ; and progress in study has been uninterrupted.
GRADING.
One of the difficult questions with which a School Com- mittee in a town like ours has to deal, relates to the grading of the schools. On the one hand, it is desirable to gain the advantage that comes from system; and on the other, it is desirable to escape the evils that come from running the schools in one mould. The best results of education are lost, both when the course of education does not follow some defined and settled plan ; and also when a plan is followed so closely, and with such attention to details, as to make the procedure mechanical and formal.
With the increase of scholars, it is, of course, necessary to introduce more systematic methods, and establish more minute and careful grading. The risk of making the schools more formal -more like pieces of mechanism, which may,
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indeed, work beautifully to the spectator, but, after all, result in the loss to the pupils of individuality and whole- some ambition-is increased thereby. The more minute the grading, the more uniform will. be the impression upon the minds of the children. The teacher, when expected to impart instruction upon but few things, will be likely to contract habits of speaking and drilling that will, uncon -. sciously to herself, have a mechanical effect.
The concert exercises, and the necessary confinement of all the scholars, to small rounds of exact duties and the unvarying daily routine, do have a tendency to assimilate minds to each other, and give a shade of truth to the remark that the graduates of our highest public schools resemble each other as closely as so many peas. It is not possible wholly to avoid evil effects of this nature. The number of scholars in public schools make it inevitable that there should be system more or less exact, and all must, to some extent, come under the system.
The Committee, however, have endeavored to adjust, so far as they could, the demands made upon scholars to pecu- liarities of mind, and to the varying circumstances of the pupils-such as frail health, or necessary absence for various reasons. We are reluctant to consent to the dropping of any study laid down in the course of study; yet we are not blind to the fact that it is better to keep a scholar in school, though some study be omitted, than to drive him from school by compelling him to go through a certain unvarying course. Indeed, whatever variations from the general system it seems wise to sanction in particular cases, we are always ready to approve.
We also highly prize that versatility in teachers which enables some of them to break up monotony, and arrest the evil effects of mere mechanical attention to duties, by intro- ducing variety in exercises, and awakening, by various means, the curiosity and natural love of inquiry of scholars.
The grading of our schools has, within a few years, under- gone modifications. Children entering the Centre Primary School, No. 1, at the age of five, spend one year in each of
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seven schools, and at twelve reach the Advanced Grammar School. In the Ward schools the grading must be very different. The West Ward and the Franklin Street schools are the only others in which more than one grade is possible, and these have but two. The Montrose and North Ward schools are large, but not large enough to be divided.
To those persons who think highly of minute grading, this will appear to involve misfortune to the scholars in the outer Wards ; but the evil is not an unmixed one. If those pupils do not have the advantages of close grading, they do not suffer from the evils of it; and, so far as our experience has yet gone, we find that when scholars reach the Advanced Grammar School, the advantage of the superior grading of the Centre schools, though perceptible, is not so great as it might be expected to be. Competent teachers in the outer Wards, with all the disadvantages of inferior grading, furnish about as good material as those of the Centre schools.
Occasionally, a class of superior excellence will come up through the grades of the Centre schools, and, being large, and having been associated together for some time, and become emulous of each other, will throw into the shade, for the time, scholars who have come in by twos and threes from the outer wards ; but after a year or two real excellence finds its level, and at graduation little difference can be discerned.
In the High School some option is allowed to the scholars in the choice of studies. Formerly, all were expected to pursue the same branches ; but experience has taught us that, as some scholars cannot become interested in, and will never want to pursue, certain studies,-Latin for example,- it is not wise to insist that they shall devote time to them. There are, therefore, practically, three courses of study in the High School-an English course, a mixed course, and a classical course. With the present teaching force in the school we have allowed scholars to choose their studies to an extent quite as great as is wise. The more studies, with a given teaching force, the less time can be spent upon cach. Did we deem it best to employ another assistant in the school we could meet more fully the wish of some parents to have
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their children study only such branches as, in their view, would be useful. In consideration, however, of the cost of the High School as compared with that of other schools in town, we are not satisfied that it would be just to expend a larger sum in sustaining it. At the same time we are con- fident that the best interests of the school, judged by itself, would be promoted should we add to the teaching force employed in it.
THE SCHOOLS.
The year has been one of continued prosperity. The teachers have, without exception, labored diligently and successfully. The schools are large, and some of them diffi- cult ; but the Committee have found very little to reprove or correct. It is deemed a matter for congratulation that so few changes have occurred during the year. The influence and the skill which experience and continuance in the same school give a teacher, arc of great value to the school and to herself. The question of transferring a teacher from one school to another, or of promoting a teacher, sometimes comes before the Committee ; but it is one which, if a teacher is successful in the place she already fills, they never like to consider.
At the same time, they are not unmindful of the fact that a teacher who has proved her fidelity and ability by years of successful service, has some claim to that recognition of her services which advancement to a more responsible post gives. Circumstances, however, have not, for some time past, given that opportunity for showing such recognition, which, were the teachers less permanent, would be given. While, with so few exceptions, the teachers meet our wishes by remain- ing at their posts, there is opportunity neither to appoint teachers from without, of whom we think well, nor to pro- mote those already in our service.
One teacher whose departure from us was much regretted, Miss Abbie F. Nye, resigned her post in January. She was a very valuable teacher, and by her faithful labors during eight years as assistant in the High School, did much to
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make its instruction thorough, and its influence elevating. She carried with her to her new sphere the sincere respect of the Committee, the high regard of the Principal, and the affection of many pupils. Her resignation was tendered in the middle of a terin, when it would be altogether unwise to transfer to her place any teacher already employed, and Miss Eliza M. Greenwood was appointed temporarily to fill the vacancy. Her success, however, induced the Committee to continue the appointment.
We do not think it necessary to pass the schools in review, and point out what we might deem the special excellences or defects of each. No brief remarks would convey any very valuable information regarding them.
It is a standing regret of the teachers that so few parents visit the schools, and learn for themselves concerning the difficulties of which complaint is sometimes made, and consult with them regarding the best method of controling those inclined to be unruly, and awakening the ambition of those who are inattentive and dull. With this regret the Committee sympathize. It is not difficult to understand how it happens that parents leave the schools almost wholly to the teachers and the Committee ; but the evil flowing from such neglect is very great. Parents have no higher duty than that which relates to the training of their children. Teachers are their assistants in this matter, and the parent and the teacher should have a common understanding about the methods to be pursued, and ends to be aimed at.
Often does the remark reach the car of the Committee, " The teacher does not understand my boy." How should the teacher understand your boy ? Have you ever talked with her about his temperament and other peculiarities ? The child has been under your eye from infancy. You know all about him-his failings and his excellences-and could, if you would take the time to do it, put the teacher in pos- session of points that, perhaps, the child, in his natural timidity, would conceal from her for years. To say nothing of many irritations which intercourse between parents and teachers would allay, it is quite certain that it would give the
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teachers great advantage in all efforts to awaken the interest of the children in studies.
SINGING.
In the wish to reduce expenses, it was determined, a year ago, to dispense with the services of the teacher of Music." Some of the Committee consented to the measure with great reluctance, while none wished that instruction by a special teacher in that branch should be permanently discontinued. It does not admit of doubt, that there will be serious loss if no such teacher is employed. The effect of the instruction of the former teacher, Mrs. Grover, yet remains ; but many of our teachers have far too little acquaintance with the best method of teaching music, to permit the hope that they can keep the schools at the point of excellence at which they now are. A competent teacher could be secured at considerably lower rates than those formerly paid; and our conviction is very decided that the grant for schools the coming year should be sufficiently large to enable the Committee to employ such a teacher.
As will be remembered by many, a highly successful concert, under the direction of Mrs. Grover, was given by several hundred scholars in the Town Hall, last summer.
The pleasure and surprise which the attainments in music, of very young scholars, then occasioned, are not yet for- gotten ; and many families would decm it a great misfortune if regular instruction by a special teacher were not renewed.
GRADUATION.
The closing exercises of each class, on leaving the High School, are becoming more and more matters of general interest to the public.
This is, of itself, excellent testimony to the valuable results reached by the education provided by the town. It is no slight proof of thoroughness in study, and acquaintance with good methods of expressing thoughts, that young persons of the age of those graduating at our High School can present to our intelligent people so attractive entertainments. If criticism and complaint regarding our schools were common-
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as, happily, they are not-it would be a ready answer to them to point to the results year by year presented for the judgment of all capable of judging. We do not challenge comparisons between our High School and Academies or endowed schools ; and yet the actual ends attained by us are not inferior to those reached in many schools of such char- acter. All graduating classes are not equally large or equally intelligent ; but it is a matter for congratulation that every class is a good witness to the liberality of the town, and the fidelity of teachers.
The graduating exercises of the last class were held in the Town Hall, June 30th, in the presence of a large audience. Rev. Wm. F. Potter, then Chairman of the School Com- mittee, presented the diplomas.
GRADUATES OF 1875.
ALICE A. ALEXANDER,
EVERETT G. DALAND,
CLARA E. BANCROFT,
HARRY FOSTER,
JULIA A. BLAKE,
IDA E. PENNELL,
WALTER O. CARTWRIGHT,
WALTER F. PERKINS,
FRANK F. CUTTER,
SUSIE D. TURNBULL,
GEORGE A. TYZZER.
SCHOOL HOUSES.
It was said in the last report that the condition of the school property was such that but little money for repairs would be required ; and, as a matter of fact, little has been expended. Much attention, however, has been paid to many matters about and within the houses ; and, in respect to most of the buildings, the remark made for the past year will be true for the coming one. One or two of the buildings, however, will need the expenditure of more money than they required last year. The means of heating some of the rooms have been changed-coal stoves taking the place of those suitable for burning wood. The janitors have faithfully performed their duties, at rates considerably below those paid in previous years. The Committee have changed their method of exercising oversight over school property. Whereas it had been the custom to appoint one member for
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