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John Murphy,
9 35
Dennis Shine,
11 22
Thomas Magee,
11 22
Thos. Stringer, 11 22
John F. Maloney,
10 23
Michael Sullivan, 11 22
Stephen McCullar,
10 23
Willian Scanlon, 10 12
John Neise,
271 73
Mark Tully, 10 12
Henry Oliver,
69 50
W. M. Ward,
391 22
Tim. O'Connell,
156 60
Solon Walton,
148 48
Dennis O'Connell,
154 82
John White,
269 16
Thos. E. O'Neil,
54 49
T. M. Ward,
30 50
Michael H. O'Neil,
100 09
Wm. F. Welsh,
39 85
Philip J. O'Rourke,
10 12
Pat'k Welsh,
133 43
Pat'k O'Connell,
11 22
Edward Weary, 2 00
Wm. O'Neil,
11 22
Thos. Welsh, 9 68
Dan'l Pearson,
163 07
Manuel Welsh,
11 55
T. Burtt Pratt,
2 00
John Watts, 11 22
Alex. Peterson,
11 55
Amos White,
21 34
Geo. C. Perry,
9 02
Casper Wilde,
11 11
Joseph Reid,
142 04
Andrew Young,
76 05
Henry Reid,
44 38
TEAMS ON HIGHWAY AS PER PAY ROLL.
Henry Davis,
$60 82
Haley & Jones, $29 22
John Flynn,
103 30
Frank Hoyt, 43 00
Arthur Greenough, 243 15
Geo. H. Hathaway, 76 56
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Dan'l W. Hunt, $88 17
W. M. Ward, $536 08
Geo. W. Killorin,
94 89
Wm. F. Welsh, 39 85
A. L. Mansfield,
23 00
Edward Weary, 2 00
George E. Mears,
84 39
T. M. Ward, 32 00
Henry Oliver, 71 50
Andrew Young,
123 89
Wm. G. Strong,
131 17
Bills contracted in 1892,
$327 65
Snow work, 1892-'93,
1,204 27
1893-'94,
214 62
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109 88
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS.
Printing, advertising, etc.,
$33 83
Sandcatchers and gutters,
56 83
Washouts,
206 94
Sanding sidewalks, .
37 25
Setting lamp posts, .
10 91
Setting fire alarm posts,
4 44
Surveys,
60 00
Resetting hydrants, .
29 45
Anvil and forge,
27 00
Bound stones, .
26 00
Sundry bills, .
143 95
$636 60
Macadamizing Albion Street.
Appropriation, . . $1,000 00
Expended as follows :
Labor at crusher as per pay rolls, 1,336 08
Labor on street as per pay rolls, excavating, carting and rolling, 739 91
Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Co., 1 plug cock. . 1 75
Geo. H. Sampson, powder, fuse, etc., .
37 71
N. E. Water Pipe Co., pipe and labor, ·
5 05
.
·
repairs, snow plows, etc., .
.
184
George H. Taylor, hardware,
$48 36 C. H. Spencer, lumber, 2 66
Sederquest & Wanamake, sharpening tools, 20 10
M. F. Gould, 16 loads water,
4 00
$2,195 62
Balance overdrawn, . 1,195 62
$1,000 00
Main Street, Lakeside.
March, 6, Appropriation, . . $1,000 00
Labor as per pay rolls, 946 23
G. H. Taylor, drainpipe and hardware, ·
9 57
S. F. Littlefield & Co., hardware and tools, 10 40
W. A. Smith, moving boat house, .
50 00
John G. Aborn, gravel, . 33 90
J. Laybolt, hardware and tools,
9 62
$1,059 72
Balance overdrawn, .
59 72
$1,000 00
Macadamizing Main Street.
Appropriation, .
. $2,000 00
Expended as follows :
Labor at crusher as per pay roll, 937 21
Labor on street as per pay roll, excavating, carting and rolling, ·
461 32
60 64
George H. Sampson, powder, fuses, etc., . Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Co., steam hose, valve springs, etc., 28 57
Sederquest & Wanamake, rep. and making tools, ·
169 44
Haley & Jones, coal and wood, . 79 23
Wakefield Coal Co., coal and wood, . 56 37 ·
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A. J. Wellington, 10 gals. oil, . $6 00
Nightingale & Child, rep. at crusher, 54 28
Geo. H. Taylor, sheet iron, 1 63
C. H. Spencer, lumber, · 18 74 ·
J. Laybolt, hardware at crusher, . .
15 89
John Conley, 25 railroad sleepers. 1 50
Cutler Bros., oil, barrows & weighing stone, 8 45
S. F. Littlefield & Co., hardware and tools, 8 01
Wakefield Rattan Co., belt lacing & labor, . 1 40
Roger Howard, lumber, . ·
3 54
M. F. Gould, 8 loads water, 2 00 ·
G. W. Killorin, labor on curb stone, . 1 00
Total, · .
. $1,924 22
Balance unexpended, . 75 78
$2,000 00
NOTE .- Main street should be credited with 228 tons of crushed stone which was unused. This taken at the average price per ton, viz., $1.58, would make a total of $360.24, which being taken from the total of Main street, would leave the cost of macadamizing $1,563 98.
Spring Street.
March 6, Appropriation,
$500 00
Expended as follows :
Labor as per pay rolls, 452 62
Thomas McCoubry, 5 steel picks,
6 25
Sederquest & Wanamake, sharpening tools, 7 63
J. Laybolt, tools,
1 15
French & Hobbs, gravel,
·
.
57 92
$525 57
Balance overdrawn,
25 57
$500 00
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Draining Elm Street.
March 6, Appropriation,
$250 00
Expended as follows :
Labor as per pay rolls,
89 24
Smith & Anthony Stove Co., 2 80
Geo. H. Taylor, drain pipe,
1 81
S. F. Littlefield & Co., drain pipe,
188 56
$282 41
Balance overdrawn, 32 41
$250 00
Water Street Sidewalk.
Nov. 13, Appropriation,
$40 00
Labor as per pay rolls,
86 06
Balance overdrawn,
46 06
$40 .00
Lake Street Culvert.
Nov. 13, Appropriation,
$200 00
Expended as follows :
Labor as per pay rolls,
92 42
C. H. Spencer, lumber,
67
A. S. Atherton & Son, oil and pail,
1 95
T. R. Newhall, 108 ft. covering stone, 32 40
Howard Hart, care of lantern, .
10 23
$137 67
Balance unexpended, .
62 33
$200 00
Steadman Street.
March 6, Appropriation,
$75 00
Labor as per pay rolls, 75 00
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Park Avenue.
March 6. Appropriation,
$75 00
Labor as per pay rolls,
78 31
Balance overdrawn, 3 31
$75 00
Chestnut Street, Widening.
March 6, Appropriation, .
$75 00
Labor as per pay rolls,
75 00
Emerson Street.
March 6, Appropriation, .
$50 00
Labor as per pay rolls,
50 00
Prospect Street, Ledge.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$293 21
Robert J. Todd, steel bars,
17 16
J. Laybolt,
2 30
Sharpening tools,
.
10 61
Total,
$323 28
Main Street.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$299 31
T. R. Newhall, flag stones,
40 18
Total, ·
$339 49
Oak Street.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$163 22
W. M. Wanamake, gravel,
7 90
Total,
$171 12
Fitch Court.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$11 00
Bennett street.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$91 52
·
188
Forest Street.
S. M. Gates, repairing fence, $1 60
Traverse Street.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$35 00
Park Street. ʻ
Labor as per pay rolls,
$9 00
Nahant Street.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$166 78
W. M. Wanamake, gravel, 3 95
Sederquest & Wanamake, sharpening tools, 5 12
T. R. Newhall, bound stones,
·
1 20
Total,
$177 05
Valley Street.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$41 50
Broadway.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$35 00
M. O'Connell, gravel and labor,
1 25
Total,
$36 25
Water Street.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$70 50
Avon Court.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$54 00
Vernon Street.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$445 64
Railroad street.
Labor,
$34 88
Centre Street.
Labor, (sidewalk ) . $3 00
.
.
189
Crescent Street.
Labor,
$268 61
Salem Street.
Labor,
$10 00
J. Laybolt, tools,
56
Total,
$10 56
Mechanic Street.
Labor, (culvert)
$11 00
Chestnut and Railroad Streets.
Labor, (scraping)
$163 43
Junction of Franklin and Nahant Streets.
Labor,
$50 00
Pearl Street.
Labor,
$13 00
New Salem Street.
Labor,
$5 00
Elm Street.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$60 23
STONE CRUSHER.
Working under appropriation of Nov. 13, 1893.
Labor as per pay rolls, .
. $1,303 43
Wakefield Coal Co., coal and wood, 44 34
Geo. H. Sampson, powder, fuse, etc., . 65 40
Cutler Bros., barrows, oil, etc., . 32 22
A. S. Atherton, oil, salt, etc.,
1 20
Thos. B. Cann, repairs,
2 40
A. J. Wellington, engine oil, powder, wire,
21 40
B. & M. R. R., freight, 1 00 . .
C. H. Spencer, lumber. ·
. 21 34
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J. Laybolt, hardware and tools, . $19 19
Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Co., packing, 1 50
G. M. Kelley, blacksmith work, 2 15
N. E. Water Pipe Co., repairs, . 33 48
Sederquest & Wanamake, sharpening tools,
41 27
Total, .
$1.590 32 .
CONCRETE.
March 6, Appropriation, sidewalks, .
$500 00
March 6, repairs, ·
500 00
$1,000 00
The contract for concreting was awarded to T. Burtt Pratt of Wakefield, for 50 cents per yard, and 54 cents per yard for crossings and gutters. The sum of $1,509.61 was ex- pended for concrete as per contract.
LIST OF TOWN PROPERTY IN OUR HANDS IS AS FOLLOWS :
1 road scraper, 1 road roller, 11 snow plows, 1 steam drilling machine, 16 steam drills, 2 coils steam hose, 6 inches- steam drill packing, 3 steam drill wrenches, 1 steam whistle, 1 battery, 400 ft. battery wire, 1 spool connecting wire, 2 pipe wrenches, 1 steam drill hammer, 5 lengths steam pipe with couplings, 16 hand drills, 4 striking hammers, 6 stone hammers, 8 short handle shovels, 4 long handle shovels, 1 coal shovel, 4 wooden wheelbarrows, 2 iron wheel barrows, 2 hoes, 2 rakes, 1 long pump, 1 short pump, 1 ten-gallon oil can, 2 binding chains, 5 water pails, 1 auger, 1 bitstock, 1 nail hammer, 1 saw, 1 axe, 1 hatchet, 3 fork wrenches, 1 crusher wrench, 2 monkey wrenches, 2 points, 1 screw driver, 2 brooms, 1 portable forge and anvil, 2 pair tongs, 15 picks, 5 crow bars, 1 large bar, 1 coal basket, 12 pick handles, 2 grub hoes, 2 spoons, 4 lanterns.
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STONE CRUSHER,
Amount used on Albion street, . .
961 tons.
·
Main ·
400
": . Centre sidewalk, ·
13
66
Water 66
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12 66
on hand Sept 1, 1893, .
228
Amount crushed from Mch. 16, to Sept. 1, '93, 1,614 tons.
" Dec. 17,'93, to Feb. 1,'94, 1,021
on hand Feb. 1, 1894, . 1,249
Average cost per ton,
. $1 58
NOTE .- In addition to the crushed stone there was used on Albion street 50 tons and on Main street 75 tons of cobble stones.
For further details we respectfully refer you to the Audi -.. tors' Report.
Respectfully submitted,
WINDSOR M. WARD, SOLON WALTON,
Road Commissioners.
ANNUAL REPORT
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD,
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YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1894.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1893-4.
Edward A. Upton,
Melvin J. Hill,
Ashton H. Thayer,
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William E. Rogers,
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Selim S. White,
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Miss .Eliza M. Greenwood, .
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OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
Ashton H. Thayer,
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Chairman
Chas. E. Hussey,
Secretary and Treasurer.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Prudential.
William E. Rogers,
Ashton H. Thayer,
Selim S. White,
Melvin J. Hill.
Teachers.
Edward A. Upton,
Miss E. M. Greenwood.
Course of Study.
Melvin J. Hill,
William E. Rogers,
Miss E. M. Greenwood.
Accounts.
Melvin J. Hill,
Ashton H. Thayer,
Superintendent of Schools. Chas. E. Hussey.
Truant Officers.
Rufus F. Draper.
Alvin L. Vannah,
Term expires 1894
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Text Books and Supplies.
William E. Rogers,
Selim S. White,
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SCHOOL COMMITTEES' REPORT.
Another year has passed and the School Committee again pre- sent to the citizens of Wakefield their annual report of the con- dition and needs of the public schools.
In the preamble of the first legislative enactment on this subject by the founders of Massachusetts in 1642, " they pledged them -- selves to this principle, that education is a matter of the deepest possible importance and the greatest possible interest to all nations- and to all communities."
In 1647 Massachusetts passed the first act making the support. of public schools compulsory, and education universal and free. Her schools have maintained a high standard and their influence- has gone out through all the world.
Times change and methods of teaching necessarily change also. Now, as in 1642, education is still of the deepest importance, .. and notwithstanding all criticism to the contrary, we believe the changes have been for the better, making the average intelligence of those educated in our public schools much higher than in former years.
To make the thirteen or more years of a child's school life as profitable and pleasant as possible it is necessary to work accord- ing to a well defined plan, and if such plan is under the direct supervision of a person trained and fitted for the work, the re- sults will be more thorough and satisfactory than it is possible to attain under the old plan of general supervision by a school board.
The town at its annual meeting in March last kindly granted! our request for an appropriation for the employment of a Super- intendent of Schools, with the understanding that we should unite with Reading in his employment. At a joint meeting of the School Committees of both towns, the unanimous choice of the convention from a list of thirty or more candidates was for Mr. C. E. Hussey, then Superintendent of Schools at Natick ..
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Mr. Hussey has had several years' successful experience as a teacher and superintendent, and we are of the opinion that we made no mistake in our choice.
KINDERGARTENS AND MANUAL TRAINING.
The result of a common school education should be to enable our boys and girls to make practical application of that which they have been taught. It is not, perhaps, possible, nor desirable to attempt to graduate them as finished workmen in any line of business, but it is both desirable and possible to so teach them that they shall go from school with the ability to think and to put their thoughts to practical and profitable use and to this end the kindergarten and manual and industrial training schools are not only desirable but almost indispensible.
Professor John D. Runkle of the Institute of Technology says : " With the gradual and almost total extinction of apprenticeship, labor has become not only unskilled, and nearly dead to all sense of professional pride and ambition, but too often dishonest, de- moralized, and brutal. The consequences are serious and far reaching, and thoughtful persons everywhere are beginning to seek a remedy. As the system of apprenticeship was based upon a form of education, we naturally seek the remedy through the same agency.
In June, 1891, a resolution was passed by the General Court of Massachusetts directing the Governor to appoint a commission " to investigate the existing systems of manual training and indus- trial education, with special reference to the question whether any existing system of manual training or industrial education, or any modification thereof, can be adopted with advantage in any of the public schools of this Commonwealth." Governor Russell appointed as members of this commission, Mrs. Louisa P. Hopkins, Mr. Edwin. P. Seaver, and Mr. Geo. E. McNeill, from whose excellent report we would like to make copious ex- tracts did space permit, but we give only a few.
Mr. Edwin P. Seaver says : " The effectiveness of the me- chanic arts instruction now given in Girard college may be esti- mated from the fact, which we have taken pains to verify, that boys of eighteen who have had that instruction ten hours a week for two years are, as a rule, credited with two full years of time
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when they enter the machine shops at Philadelphia ; so that they are placed on the same level with other boys who have worked in the shops two. years, the full time, say fifty hours a week. Thus it appears that the instruction of the mechanic arts school, ten hours a week, is equally effective with the instruction obtained in the ordinary apprenticeship of the shop's fifty hours a week. In other words, the mechanic arts school is better than apprentice- ship in the shops in the ratio of five to one. And this is the judg- ment, not of theorists nor of sentimentalists. but of hard-headed
business men. Many of the promoters of manual training for boys have been at pains to emphasize the fact that their schools do not teach trades. While this is true, it is also true that their schools do bring their pupils a long way on towards the learning of many trades. And this is because the instruction is based on the principles underlying the trades, not on the details of the trades themselves. It is the result of applying the science of education to the learning of trades."
The more this matter is looked into the more manifest is its importance, and we hope at some early date that our town will join the ranks of those who believe in an education that educates the hand and the eye, as well as the brain, and will provide for the introduction of manual and industrial training.
SCHOOLS AND CHANGES.
There have been but few changes in our corps of teachers the past year. Miss C. E. Emerson resumed charge of her former room in the Hamilton building in September, after a year's leave of absence. Miss Alice Kernan who had acted as assistant for two years in the Hamilton and Lincoln buildings, was appointed teacher of the West Ward Primary school, Miss Murdock having resigned on account of poor health. Miss H. B. Dow, an expe- rienced teacher, was appointed to the Franklin Street Interme- diate school in September. Miss Johnston was retained as assist- ant in the Hamilton building. Owing to the increase in the East Ward school it was necessary to employ an assistant for that school and Miss Rebecca O'Connell, a graduate of our High and of the Salem Normal school, was appointed to that positition.
We would call special attention to the crowded condition of the Lincoln, Hamilton, West Ward and Franklin Street buildings,
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and the necessity for some early action for their relief. The Lincoln building has one school which properly belongs to the Hamilton building the transfer having been made to provide room for younger children.
It is desirable and may be necessary in the fall to divide the East Ward and Woodville schools. These and the North Ward, each have a spare school room which can be fitted up when re- quired, but in the other districts the only relief is in new or enlarged buildings.
The most immediate and satisfactory relief would be in the erection of a new building in the district west of the railroad, and so situated as to relieve the other two buildings. The erection of such a building would allow of the retransfer of Miss Warren's school to the Hamilton building, thus at the same time relieving the Lincoln building.
The condition at the Franklin Street schools remains practically unchanged, the two lower rooms especially being very cramped. There are over forty children in one and nearly as many in the other, each room being only about 16x32 feet. As the town decided against the enlargement of the present building, there seems to be but one other remedy, and that is the erection of a new building. The schools at Greenwood are also quite large, though the rooms are not crowded.
HIGH SCHOOL.
We are pleased to say that this school continues in a prosper- ous condition. Year by year its numbers increase and last fall it was necessary to put in additional seats filling the room to its full capacity.
There has been but one change in the corps of teachers the past year. In December Miss Grace Weston had the offer of a posi- tion in the Somerville High school at a considerable advance of salary, and the committee received her resignation with regret, as she was an efficient and popular teacher. Though we deplore and condemn the practice of taking teachers from the schools of neighboring towns during the school year, we think "a fair exchange is no robbery," and as one of our Wakefield young ladies, Miss Carrie E. Strong, was a teacher in the Somerville High school, we reciprocated the action of the Somerville com-
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mittee and secured Miss Strong to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Weston. Miss Strong comes well fitted for her work being a graduate of our High school and of Boston University, and has had an experience of three years as teacher.
There are at present one hundred and twenty-eight pupils in this school, and only eight to graduate. The Advanced Gram- mar school has seventy pupils. If twenty should leave the High school in addition to the eight graduates and only fifty of the Advanced Grammar pupils enter there would then be one hun- dred and fifty pupils, which is more than the room will accom- modate. What shall be done with the overflow? If there are but twenty of these the solution is comparatively easy but if there should be thirty or more the matter is more serious, as there is no available room except the vacant room on the top floor, which, owing to the arrangement and height of the building, the com- mittee do not consider desirable nor safe for occupancy as a school room. In all probability the entire building must soon be . given up to the High school or the building enlarged if the Ad- vanced Grammar school is to retain its present quarters.
On Monday, the 4th of last December, we had a narrow escape from a very serious catastrophe. Fire was discovered in the building by Miss Minnie Greany who notified Principal C. T. C. Whitcomb. Both teachers and scholars deserve much credit for the orderly manner in which the building was vacated with the smoke coming up through the floor about the scholars as they passed out. The cause of the fire unquestionably was an over- heated smoke pipe, though there was a space of thirteen inches between the funnel and the ceiling at the point where the fire evidently caught. The ceiling was plastered but had become broken. The ceiling and wood work all about the furnace pipes is now protected by a thoroughly fire proof material.
The cadets continue to do commendable work and we still believe military drill to be beneficial to the boys and the school. We question, however, the advisability of the cadets attending evening prize drills in neighboring towns. It is very question- able if the benefits derived from these drills in any measure coun- terbalance the possible evil effects in other ways.
It is very creditable, both to the cadets and their instructor, that they hold their position in the regiment. The large towns,
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like Lynn, Malden, Lowell and Gloucester, with their large schools and frequent drills, have a great advantage over the smaller schools holding drills but once or twice a week.
The graduating exercises occurred in the Town Hall on the evening of June 22d, 1893. The entire program was not only commendable but excellent, the good results of the pupils evi- dencing care and hard work of the teachers.
Following is the program of the exercises :
PROGRAMME.
OVERTURE. "Rosalind." Orchestra.
MUSIC. "Gloria" from Mozart.
SALUTATORY ORATION. "True and False Success."
Henry Fay Look.
CLASS HISTORY.
Edith Virginia Buzzell.
MUSIC. "Springtime." . Schubert.
ENGLISH HONOR RECITATION. "Garfield's Ride at Chickamauga." Hezekiah Butterworth.
Gertrude May Whittredge.
ORATION. "Golden Ages."
Chester Noyes Greenough.
MUSIC. "Soldiers' Chorus." . Gounod's "Faust."
RECITATION. "Old Ace." Fred Emerson Brooks.
Lillian Mason Scovell.
CLASS PROPHECY. Jessie Gowen.
MUSIC. "The Jolly Blacksmith's Song." Geibel.
VALEDICTORY. "Out of School Life into Life's School." Emily Elizabeth Emerson.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
MR. A. H. THAYER, Chairman of School Committee.
CLASS ODE.
Written by Jennie Mabel Wilson.
BENEDICTION.
Rev. N. R. Everts.
Honorable mention is made of Mary Grace Atherton, whose rank is only a fraction of one per cent. below that of the Salutatorian.
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CLASS ODE.
WRITTEN BY JENNIE M. WILSON.
The time has come when we must part, And to our High School say, farewell. We backward gaze with saddened heart, And dread to break the school life's spell. The future waits 'mid visions bright- O may our paths lead to the right.
CHORUS .- Farewell, farewell ! O fare thee well ! Dear schoolmates, one and all, Farewell !
Dear teachers, who have been our guide To paths of knowledge broad and deep, Your patience rare we've sorely tried. In mem'ry we will fondly keep, Dear sharers in our toil and rest, The pleasant hours of all, the best.
Out of School-life's happy days Into Life's School of toil and care. May He, who guideth all our ways, Crown ev'ry life with blessings rare ! · Good bye, dear school, 'tis sad to part ; We leave thee with an aching heart.
NAMES OF GRADUATES.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
Mary Grace Atherton,
Edith Virginia Buzzell,
Flora Elizabeth Elliot, Emily Elizabeth Emerson,
Henry Mullen Goodwin,
Chester Noyes Greenough,
Henry Fay Look,
Florence Louise Morrison,
Lillian Mason Scovell,
Ernest Edward Tyzzer,
Ethelwyn Wallace.
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ENGLISH COURSE.
Mary Frances Cahill,
Tessie Gowen,
Rose Ella Cahill,
Mabel Gertha Mitchell,
William Dennis Connelly,
Annie Christabel O'Conner,
William Hall Coon,
Louise Kingsley Ruggles,
Myrtie Cooper,
Jennie Mabel Sweetser,
Herbert Addison Dowuing,
Gertrude May Whittredge,
Jennie Mabel Wilson.
We sadly recall another graduation night in June, 1889, when Mr. Fred H. Anderson, valedictorian, delivered his excel. lent essay, "The Sea ! The Sea !" little dreaming how short was to be his own voyage. Beside standing at the head of his class, he was also captain of the cadets, in fact, everything he under- took was well done. He entered Harvard College the following fall and graduated in 1893 with honors, but was unable to partici- pate in the Commencement exercises, as that dread disease, con- sumption, had already marked him as a victim, and on December 30, at the age of 24, he completed his voyage of life and sailed peacefully into the fair haven of rest.
For a more detailed report of the condition of the High School we would call attention to the report on another page of Principal C. T. C. Whitcomb.
SCHOOL BOUNDARIES.
With the increase of pupils in the Lincoln Building, the fact was brought to our attention that quite a number of children had strayed from their proper district, and it became necessary to more sharply define the school boundaries, and it also became necessary to transfer some children from schools in their own to those in other districts. Children naturally prefer to attend the centre schools and especially those in the Lincoln Building, and parents are inclined to encourage them in this preference. This is hardly to be wondered at when we compare the building erected forty or fifty years ago with a structure like the Lincoln building with its modern conveniences. While we would gladly oblige all, if possible, in their choice of schools and school build- ings, it is no easy matter for the committee to act in all cases both justly and satisfactorily to those most concerned.
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