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During the year, some of the parents and friends of the boys have visited the school. A most cordial invitation is extended to all to visit us during working hours, 8.30 to 9.55 A. M., and 2 to 3.30 P. M., daily. The Manual Training room is in the southwest corner of the Lincoln School basement.
In closing, I wish to thank the Superintendent and members of the School Committee, who have so royally supported me ; the Su- pervisor of drawing for her aid ; and especially those teachers who, in spite of the necessary inconvenience caused by a special teacher, have always had a kind word and a pleasant mien.
Respectfully submitted,
C. E. MCKINNEY, Jr.
Supervisor of Manual Training.
WAKEFIELD, MASS., January 29, 1900.
Military Instructor's Report.
I herewith submit my report as military instructor. The school has one battalion of two companies composed of ninety boys, the battalion is allowed one drill each week of one half hour. The drills have been as satisfactory as I could expect under the existing con- ditions, as we do not have room enough for two companies to drill at one time. The attention to the drill and discipline of the boys has been good. I would recommend that two drill periods be given each week, as with ninety boys in the armory at one time, we can- not get satisfactory results, there being only room enough for one company on the floor at a time. I would also recommend better fa- cilities for storing the guns as much time is lost each drill in getting and putting away the guns. I cannot see any good reason why some boys in the senior class should be excused from drill, as the boys in that class have had three years of drilling and their experience would be a great help to the battalion.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. WALTON.
Military Instructor.
Report of Truant Officer.
WAKEFIELD, Feb. 1, 1900.
MR. U. G. WHEELER, Superintendent of Schools.
DEAR SIR :- I herewith present my report for the year ending Jan. 31, 1900.
Number of cases investigated from May 20, '99 to Feb. 1, 1900, 93 ; number of cases of truancy, II ; boys found on the street and re- turned to school, 5.
I have visited the larger schools quite frequently, and by good ad- vice and persuasion have succeeded in keeping the children quite regular and punctual in their attendance.
In no case has it been necessary to resort to the courts, but one case has been notified for the last time. I also found three children between the lawful age of seven and fourteen, who were not attend- ing school, the parents were notified of the law and they were im- mediately placed in school.
I wish to extend to you, also to the teachers of the several schools, my acknowledgments for their co-operation and assistance in my duties.
Yours respectfully,
H. A. SIMONDS,
Truant Officer.
:
Graduating Exercises, High School.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1899.
PROGRAMME.
Overture,
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA.
Chorus, "Heavens and the Earth Display," Mendelssohn
Salutatory and Essay, " The Influence of a Name." MARY ANASTASIA GRADY.
Chorus,
( a. "The King's Champion,"
Watson
Lecocq
b. " Let Our Voices be Glad,"
Oration, "A Defence of Benedict Arnold." ARTHUR LUCIUS EVANS.
Recitation, " Melody's Return."
.
Mrs. Richards
LOUISE DAKOTA REYNOLDS.
Semi-Chorus,
a. "The Swing Song,"
Lohr
b. " Summer Now Hath Come Among Us."
Pinsuti
Recitation, " Gaulberto's Victory."
Donnolley
MARION HODGES TAY.
Honor Essay, " I Wonder If-"
EUNICE JANE WESTON.
Chorus, " The Gypsy Chorus."
Balfe
Recitation, " Dora and David."
. Dickens
ADELAIDE MARSH HOLLAND.
Chorus, "The March of Our Nation."
.
·
Geibel
Oration and Valedictory, "City vs. Town Government."
STEPHEN NICKERSON MASON.
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Presentation of Diplomas, Mr. A. H. Thayer, Chairman of School Committee.
Class Song, Benediction,
Music from Beethoven
Rev. C. H. Learoyd
MOTTO : Honor, not Honors.
CLASS SONG.
WRITTEN BY HELEN S. ELDRIDGE.
Fair Honor, thy praises all ages have sung,
To thee and thy teachings all manhood has clung, And shall cling, till Heaven, with glory foretold, Shall gather thy children and thee to its fold.
Thy standard shall strengthen the law with its might, All powerful 'gainst wrong, upholding the right, 'Till the world shall stand forth as it was at its birth, Thy Kingdom forever, God's Kingdom on earth.
Dear Honor, we lay at thy shrine all our fears, Our hopes, while our eyelids brim over with tears, As life's lanes fall behind, as broad fields stretch ahead, As the world with its mysteries fills us with dread.
With strength to our purpose, with God for our aid, By the prayers we have offered, the vows we have made, We ask that thy presence may walk by our side, With " Honor, not Honors," our motto and guide.
GRADUATES.
ENGLISH COURSE.
Nellie Maud Alice Abbott, Trossie Hilton Bangs, Arthur Lucius Evans, Adelaide Marsh Holland, Nellie Evelyn Lamont, John DeWitt Lent,
Ellen Mary Maloney,
Mary Ann McCarthy,
Sarah Eileen Sliney,
Blanche Babcock Tompson,
Charles Robert Wait,
Martha Wellman Young.
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CLASSICAL COURSE.
Helen Edgecome Abbott, Harriet Louise Allen,
Nellie Saunders Burnham,
Carrie Ellen Buzzell,
Ralph Edward Carlisle,
Maidia Cooper, Hope Dutton,
Helen Sawyer Eldridge, Mary Anastasia Grady,
Sarah Adeline Harrington,
Elizabeth Henkel,
Gertrude Alice Lambert, John Joseph Loughlin,
Stephen Nickerson Mason, Louise Dakota Reynolds, Marion Hodges Tay, Susie Arvilla Woodward,
Mercie May Whittemore, Eunice Jane Weston.
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HighSchool Statistics, Feb. 1.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898,
1899.
1900.
Whole number of different pupils during year . .
177
192
221
223
246
309
Largest number at one time,
137
149
171
174
204
251
Number not enrolled in any other school in town dur- ing year,
131
133
148
169
176
216
Number graduated,
10
20
26
16
30
40
Average age of Senior Class at graduation, years,
19
1811
19
19 12 .
Number admitted during
year,
54
66
82
59
87
111
Number from
advanced
grammar school,
50
59
73
53
71
94
Number admitted from other schools,
4
7
9
6
16
17
Number from Lynnfield,
5
12
13
11
16
21
Membership, February,
124
142
165
160
196
239
Pupils over 15 years old,
121
129
146
138
170
231
Number in Classical Course,
61
63
90
105
114
149
Number in English Course,
63
78
75
55
82
90
Senior Class, Feb. 1,
21
26
16
20
30
40
Senior Class, when entered,
54
48
53
51
62
78
Junior Class, Feb. 1,
29
20
22
31
45
34
Junior Class, when entered,
48
53
51
62
78
57
Second Year Class, Feb. 1,
27
35
46
57
44
64
Second Year Class, when en- tered,
53
51
62
78
57
84
First Year Class, Feb. 1,
46
60
76
52
77
97
First Year Class, when en- tered,
51
62
78
57
84
105
Average membership of year,
124.66 139
148.3
160
175.1
215.7
Average attendance of year,
119.94 126.7
142.7
154.7
168.5
208.7
Per cent. of attendance,
96.21
96.7
96.2
96.7
96.2
96.8
.
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GRADUATES FROM GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Beane, Elsa W.
Jones, Howard
Birch, May
Jordan, Loring
Boardman, Evelyn
Lane, Jenny
Boardman, Wallace
Lane, John
Brennan, Mary
Lavery, Willard
Callahan, Annie
Lee, Edward
Callan, Mamie
Lemander, George
Casey, Lizzie
Little, Willis
Casey, Marion
Lockhart, Annie
Clemons, Harry
MacQuarrie, David
Coakley, Annie
MacQuarrie, Duncan
Collins, Patrick
Magee, Ada
Counihan, Lillian
Magee, Frank
Cronin, Nellie
Magee, Harry
Cronin, James
Maloney, Annie
Crosby, Ralph
Mansfield, Mabelle
Curley, Leo
Mansfield, Willie
Downs, Herbert
Marshall, Mary
Emerson, Roger
McLaughlin, James
Evans, Percival
McMasters, Eva
Farley, Inna
Meloney, John
Farwell, Clarence
Merrill, Marjorie
Flanders, Ethel
Montgomery, William
Frye, Mildred
O'Leary, Mary
Gammons, Abner
Park, Ethel
Goodwin, Annie
Parker, Ethel
Goodwin, Mildred
Parsons, Fannie
Gosnay, Florence
Peabody, Joseph
Phelan, Nellie
Grant, Howard Griffin, Winthrop Harrington, Horace
Regan, Willie Remmel, Fred
Hartshorne, Stuart
Robbins, Marion
Holland, Edward
Ruggles, Frank
Hopkins, Lillian Hurley, Edward
Russell, Kendall
Ryland, Herbert
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Sliney, John Small, Alice
Vaitses, Paul Vannah, Florence Walton, Blanche
Smith, Edward Southworth, Frank
Wenzell, George
Stark, Edwin
Wheeler, Philip Whiton, Arthur
Stimpson, Bessie
Stone, Louis
Wiggin, Albert
Stuart, Harry
Wiley, Alice
Sweeny, Rosie
Wooldridge, Alice
STATISTICS.
Population, census of 1880,
5,547
" 1890, .
6,982
" 1895,
8,304
estimated 1900,
9,625
According to the school census the number of children in town between five and fifteen years on May 1, was as follows :
1895,
1,433
1896,
1,50I
1897,
1,563
1898,
1,620
1899,
1,732
Number not in school for various reasons,
104
Number between 7 and 14 years,
1,016
Length of School year, 40 weeks
Days lost-stormy weather, holidays, etc.,
17 days
Actual length of whole year,
36.6
Number of different schools,
40
Increase during the year,
3
Number of regular teachers employed,
50
Increase during the year,
6
Number of special teachers employed,
5
Increase during the year,
.
2
Sunman, Annie
Wilson, Helen
Tompson, William
Enrollment and Attendance.
Total enrollment of pupils in May,
1,800
66 66 October,
1,812
Average number belonging in May,
1,720.6
" October,
1,780.3
66
" year,
1,752.7
66 daily attendance for year,
1,64I
Per cent of attendance for year,
93.6
Enrollment and Attendance.
Total Enroll- ment.
Average Mem- bership.
Average Atten- dance.
Per cent. of atten- dance.
From Feb., 1894 to Feb., 1895
1,680
1,375
1,28
93.5
From
1895
66
1896
1,882
1,499
1,405
92.7
From
1896
66
1897
1,863
1,606
1,48I
91.8
From
1897
66
66
1898
1,893
1,598
1,497
93.5
From
66
1898
6
.
1899
1,999
1,662
1,545
92.7
From
1899 “
66
1900
2,171
1,753
1,64I
93.6
Increase during year in total enrollment,
172
66
average membership,
91
66
66 66
attendance,
96
Average percentage of attendance for six years,
HIGH SCHOOL. Number of pupils in each class, with average ages ; Sept., 1899.
Classes.
Boys
Girls.
Total.
Average Age.
Oldest.
Youngest.
First year,
54
51
105
15-3-3
17-3
12-II
Second year,
25
41
66
16-1.6
18-0
14-5
Third year.
15
22
37
16-II
18-8
15-2
Fourth year,
16
25
41
18-3
23-0
I5-6
GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V. VI. VII.
VIII.
IX.
TOTAL.
No. pupils in )
each grade
291
220
187
I76
172 160 142
137
IO3
1588
Sept., 1899.
Average age
of pupils,
5-10
7-2
8-5
9-3
IO-5 II-I 12-4
13-2
13-8
Sept., 1899.
No. pupils
promoted
198
172
162
I59
I 56
138
I34
105
94
1318
June, 1899.
92.9
GRADE.
TEACHER.
Enrollment.
Average
Average
Average
per cent. of
Pupils under
Pupils over 15
Pupils bet'wn
7 and 14
Total
Half Days'
No. Cases of
Tardiness.
No. Cases of
Truancy.
High, Lincoln, IX,
Charles H. Howe,
215
215.7
208.7
96.8
205
9
1,373
281
1
48
45.7
43.6
95.4
0
10
23
805
134
2
E. F. Ingram,
41
41.6
39.2
94.1
0
5
34
951
142
2
46
42.8
40.1
93.2
0
5
33
1,039
240
0
45
41.7
39.6
94.9
0
1
39
832
53
1
46
36.7
33.9
90.7
0
0
29
1,237
150
3
56
46 2
43.5
94.3
0
0
44
1,035
168
46
VI,
H. Richardson,
30
34.9
32.4
92.8
0
0
44
981
61
2
V.
36
29.7
26.6
93 4
0
0
29
802
177
3
49
45.5
42.6
93.6
0
1
43
1,246
143
1
53
47.7
44.3
92.9
0
0
12
1,300
183
0
Isabel M. Elliott,
39
35.5
31.1
87.6
0
0
21
1,665
310
2
I,
Edith R. Marshall,
136
57.4
51.3
88.9
10
0
6
2,320
313
2
31
36 4
35.1
96.5
0
8
17
508
33
0
H. M. Warren, IX,
66
VIII,
Clara E. Emerson,
43
42.7
40.8
95.5
0
4
35
737
53
4
47
38.7
37
95.8
0
0
35
662
53
1 0
66
V. VI,
H. Gertrude Elliott,
46
41.2
39
94.6
0
41
1,190
229
1
53
50
46
92
4
0
17
1,982
325
2
43
38.4
36.4
94.7
0
21
791
157
1
VIII,
51
43.4
41.6
95.9
0
0
49
670
153
Greenwood, IV, V,
II, III,
M. I. Hawkins,
47
42.5
39.4
92.7
0
1
45
1,207
164
3
66
I, II,
Annie G. Balch,
77
41 2
37.6
91.2
0
0
36
1,427
242
3
42
38.9
36.9
94.9
0
0
42
772
154
3
14
33.7
32.1
95.4
0
2
63
646
98
0
47
41.7
39 6
94 8
0
0
47
841
189
0
75
46.6
43.8
93.8
1
0
23
1,106
215
1
66
V, VI,
Alice B. Poor,
32
30.6
28.7
94
0
0
31
352
49
0
78
35.8
33.4
93.4
0
0
48
887
122
0
41
45.3
42.8
94.3
0
0
41
945
161
0
Franklin, III, IV, V,
34
30.1
28
92 8
0
0
18
823
192
0
69
37.4
33.2
86.6
0
0
9
1,596
152
0
49
31.3
28.7
91.8
0
2
46
1,015
219
3
47
27.8
24.6
86.2
0
0
22
1,320
353
1
.43
34
32
94
0
2
37
920
108
4
62
42.5
38.6
90.9
0
0
36
1,423
271
3
56
37.6
34
90
0
0
20
1,349
107
0
West Ward, I, II, III,
2,171
1,752.7
1,641
93.6
15
257
1,321
41,980
6,512
59
0
47
1,309
296
0
=
III,
L. J. Mansfield,
59
45.5
42.2
91.5
II,
I, II,
VII,
Mary Kalaher,
45
46.1
38.1
94
0
1
44
905
58
66
III, IV, Isabel G. Flint,
I, II,
A. J. Kernan,
Greenwood, VI, VII, Sarah E. Wilkins,
Hamilton, VI,
Sarah M. Aldrich,
V.
III, IV,
Mary E. Kelley,
31
28.5
26.4
92.5
0
1
25
532
41
F. P. Hurd, VII, VIII,
Winifred Cobb,
33
29.7
28.1
92.8
0
1
30
379
43
1
66
I, II,
Jennie L. Carter,
M. Lulu Whitney,
Katharine Kelley,
II, I.
Irene F. Boone,
Woodville, III, IV, V,
I, II,
Elvah M. Hayes,
Montrose, IV, V, VI.
Orie Raymond,
I, II, III,
L. E. Blanch,
Sallie F. Gardner,
VIII, IX.
VII, VIII,
Elizabeth Fuller,
VII,
E. E. Emerson,
VI, VII,
A. Pond,
Bessie G. Pierce,
V.
Grace Carleton,
IV,
Fannie Carter,
L. Isadore Wood,
M. A. Warren,
L. P. McCormick,
Elizabeth Gardner,
6
I, TI,
Eva E. Howlett,
III, IV,
Emma A. Mansfield,
L. B. Reynolds,
Membership.
Attendance.
Attendance.
5 years.
years.
Absence.
M. E. Wentworth,
42
0
0
43
Corps of Teachers, with Salary, Year of Election, Grade, and Where Educated.
NAME.
Sala- ry.
Date of first elect'n.
GRADE.
WHERE EDUCATED.
HIGH SCHOOL, COMMON STREET.
Charles H. Howe,
$1,950
1895
Principal,
Helen W. Poor,
800
1896
First assistant,
Clara W. Barnes,
700
1897
Assistant,
Virginia E. Kimball,
650
1899
Emilie E. Emerson,
600
1898
66
Jessie D. Pierson, H. S. Allen,
600
1899
66
Ethel G. Britton,
500
1898
66
C. E. Mckinney, Jr.
400
1898
LINCOLN SCHOOL,
CRESCENT STREET.
M. E. Wentworth,
900
1871
Principal,
Maude L. Arnold,
200
1899
Elizabeth F. Ingram,
600
1881
Eighth and ninth,
Elizabeth B. Fuller,
500
1898
Seventh and eighth, Seventh,
Eleanor F. Emerson,
500
1887
Sixth and Seventh,
Mary G. Atherton,
450
1898
Sixth,
*Henrietta Richardson, Bessie G. Pierce,
450
1896
Fifth,
Grace W. Carleton,
360
1899
Fifth,
Fannie E. Carter,
500
1886
Fourth,
L. Josephine Mansfield, L. Isadore Wood, Flora E. Elliott,
360
1897
First and Second,
Edith R. Marshall,
450
1894
First,
Addie R. Crosman.
200
1899
Assistant,
H. M. WARREN SCHOOL, CONVERSE STREET.
M. Annie Warren,
750
1871
Principal,
550
1879
Eighth,
Clara E. Emerson, Mary Kalaher.
500
1888
Seventh,
H. Gertrude Elliott,
400
1897
Fifth and sixth,
Isabel G. Flint,
360
1899
Third and Fourth,
Alice J. Kernan,
450
1890
First and second, ...
Mabel Kernan.
200
1899
Assistant,
GREENWOOD SCHOOL, MAIN STREET.
600
1883
Principal,
Grace E. Rowe,
240
1899
Assistant,
Lila P. McCormick,
450
1891
Fourth and fifth,
Mary I. Hawkins,
450
1896
Second and third,
Annie G. Balch.
425
1896
First and second,
HAMILTON SCHOOL, ALBION STREET. Sarah M. Aldrich,
525
1894
Principal,
Elizabeth Gardner,
450
1898
Fifth,
Mary E. Kelley,
450
475
1881
First and second,
FRANKLIN SCHOOL, FRANKLIN ST. M. Lulu Whitney,1
500
1894
Third and fourth, Second,
Katharine L. Kelley, Irene F. Boone.,
425
1894
425
1896
First,
Dartmouth College. Radcliffe College. Vassar College. Vermont State Norm'l Smith College. Vassar College. Colby Univ. Tufts Col. Boston University. Amherst College.
Berwick Academy. Salem Normal, Smith College. Farmington, Me., Nor. Salem Normal.
Castleton, Vt. Normal. Boston University. Salem Normal. Wellesley College. Tufts College. Millbury High School. Wakefield High Sch. Quincy Training Sch. Wakefield High Sch. 66 66 66
Wellesley College.
Wakefield High Sch. 66 66 66
Salem Normal. Melrose High School. Salem Normal. Wakefield High Sch. Wakefield High Sch.
Salem Normal. Salem Normal. Bridgewater Normal. Southboro High Sch. Colby Academy.
Nichols Academy. Calais High. Wakefield High Sch. Salem Normal.
Gorham Normal. Salem Normal. Woburn High.
Antoinette A. Pond,
500
450
1875
Third,
425
1896
Second,
600
1898
66
Sarah E. Wilkins,
ك
Third and fourth,
Eva E. Howlett.
66
66
44
NAME.
Sala- ry.
Date of first elect'n.
GRADE.
WHERE EDUCATED.
F. P. HURD SCHOOL, CORDIS STREET.
550
1898
Principal,
Winifred Cobb, Alice B. Poor,
400
1899
Fifth and sixth,
Emma A. Mansfield,
360
1899
Jennie L. Carter
400
1897
Third and fourth, First and second,
Bates College. Symonds Kin. T. Sch. Salem Normal. Millbury High Sch.
WOODVILLE SCHOOL, FARM STREET. Lena B. Reynolds, Elvah M. Hayes.
425 360
1898
Third to sixth, First and second,
Framingham Normal. Farmington High Sch.
EAST WARD SCHOOL, SALEM STREET. Orie M. Raymond,
450
1899
Fourth to seventh, First to fourth,
North Adams Normal. New Brunswick Nor.
WEST WARD SCHOOL, PROSPECT STREET. Sallie F. Gardner.
400
1898
First to fourth,
Kindergarten Normal, Providence, R. I.
Special Instructors, George F. Wilson,
750
1876
Supervisor of Music, 66
Boston Conserv. Music Prang Normal Course.
Annie B. Parker,
500
1893
" Drawing,
C. E. Mckinney, Jr.,
400
1899
Mary P. Wilson,
350
1899
66 Manual Train. Amherst College. 66 of Sewing,
Lieut. C. E. Walton,
100
1897
Military Instructor,
Sew. Sch. Brookline. Co. A. 6th Reg.M.V.M.
JANITORS.
RESIDENCE.
SAL- ARY.
High School,
Geo. O. Russell,
14 Church Street.
$350
Lincoln,
Chas. E. Newman,
Park Street.
700
Hamilton, Į
Edward Eaton,
30 Park Street.
500
Franklin,
Thomas Thrush,
32 Franklin Street.
125
Greenwood,
T. L. Ringer,
Greenwood Ave.
200
Frances P. Hurd,
W. W. Shedd,
Cordis Street.
200
Woodville,
Alexander Murray,
Nahant Street.
80
Montrose,
Maurice Hurley,
Lowell Street.
80
West Ward,
A. W. Ventress,
Park Street.
40
Luella E. Blanch.
425
1896
Warren,
EXTRACTS FROM THE PUBLIC STAT- UTES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
CHAPTER 203.
CONCERNING INJURY TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Whoever wilfully and maliciously or wantonly and without cause, destroys, defaces, mars, or injures a schoolhouse, church, or other building erected or used for purposes of education, or religious in- struction, or for the general diffusion of knowledge, or an outbuilding, fence, well or appurtenance of such schoolhouse, church, or other building, or furniture, apparatus, or other property belonging to or connected with such schoolhouse, church, or other building, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprison- ment in the jail not exceeding one year.
CHAPTER 494.
APPROVED JUNE 2, 1898.
SECTION I. No child under fourteen years of age shall be em- ployed in any factory, workshop, or mercantile establishment. No such child shall be employed in any work performed for wages or other compensation, to whomsoever payable, during the hours when the public schools of the town or city in which he resides are in ses- sion, nor be employed at any work before the hour of six o'clock in the morning or after the hour of seven o'clock in the evening.
SEC. 2. No child under sixteeen years of age shall be employed in any factory, workshop, or mercantile establishment unless the person or corporation employing him procures and keeps on file and accessible to the truant officers of the town or city, and to the dis- trict police and inspectors of factories, an age and schooling certifi- cate as hereinafter prescribed, and keeps two complete lists of all such children employed therein, one on file and one conspicuously
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posted near the principal entrance of the building in which such children are employed, and also keeps on file a complete list, and sends to the superintendent of schools, or, where there is no super- intendent, to the school committee, the names of all minors employed therein who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language.
SEC. 4. An age and schooling certificate shall not be approved unless satisfactory evidence is furnished by the last school census, the certificate of birth or baptism of such child, the register of birth of such child, with the town or city clerk, or in some other manner, that such child is of the age stated in the certificate.
SEC. 5. The age and schooling certificate of a child under six- teen years of age shall not be approved and signed until he presents to the person authorized to approve and sign the same an employ- ment ticket, duly filled out and signed.
CHAPTER 496.
APPROVED JUNE 2, 1898.
SEC. II. No child who has not been duly vaccinated shall be ad- mitted to the public school except upon presentation of a certificate signed by a regular practising physician that such child is an unfit subject for vaccination. No child who is a member of a household in which a person is sick with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or measles or of a household exposed to contagion from a household as aforesaid, shall attend any public school during such sickness or until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the town or city, or from the attending physician of such sick person, stating in a case of smallpox, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, that a period of at least two weeks, and in a case of measles at least three days, has elapsed since the recovery, removal, or death of such person, and that danger of conveying of such dis- ease by such child has passed.
SEC. 12. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public school in the town or city in which he re- sides during the entire time the public day schools are in session, sub- ject to such exceptions as to children, places of attendance, and schools, as are provided for in sections three, seven, ten and eleven
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of this act : provided that the superintendent of schools, or, where there is no superintendent of schools, the school committee, or teachers acting under authority of said superintendent of schools or school committee, may excuse cases of necessary absence ; and, provided, further, that the attendance of a child upon a public day school shall not be required if such child has attended for a like period of time a private day school approved by the school commit- tee of such town or city, in accordance with section two of chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hun- dred and ninety-four, or if such child has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or has already acquired the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable. Every person hav- ing under his control a child as described in this section shall cause such child to attend school, as required by this section.
SEC. 24. Every habitual truant, that is, every child between seven and fourteen years of age who wilfully and habitually absents himself from school, contrary to the provisions of section twelve of this act, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, may be committed, if a boy, to a county truant school for a period not exceeding two years, and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls, unless such girl is placed on probation, as provided in sec- tion twenty-eight of this act.
SEC. 25. Every habitual absentee, that is, every child between seven and sixteen years of age who may be found wandering about in the streets or public places of any town or city of the Common- wealth, having no lawful occupation, habitually not attending school, and growing up in idleness and ignorance, upon complaint by a truant officer or any other person, and conviction thereof, may be committed, if a boy, at the discretion of the court, to a county tru- ant 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, unless such child is placed on probation, as provided in section twenty-eight of this act.
SEC. 26. Every habitual school offender, that is, every child under
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fourteen years of age who persistently violates the reasonable regula- tions of the school which he attends, or otherwise persistently misbe- haves therein, so as to render himself a fit subject for exclusion there- from, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, may be committed, if a boy, at the discretion of the court, to a county tru- ant 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, unless such child is placed on probation, as provided in section twenty-eight of this act.
SEC. 31. Any person having under his control a child between seven and fourteen years of age, who fails for five day sessions or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months while under such control, to cause such child to attend school as required by section twelve of this act, the physical or mental condition of such child not being such as to render his attendance at school harmful or impracticable, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors while school is in session any child absent unlawfully from school, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
SEC. 34. The truant officers of towns and cities shall inquire into all cases arising under sections eleven, twelve, twenty-four to twenty- six inclusive, and thirty-one of this act, and may make complaints, serve legal processes, and carry into execution judgments thereun- der. They shall perform the duties of oversight of children placed on probation, as may be required of them under section twenty- eight of this act. A truant officer of any town or city may appre- hend and take to school, without warrant, any truant or absentee found wandering about in the streets or public places thereof.
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