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$450.12
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The smallness of the balance on hand, as compared with former years, may be partly accounted for as follows :
The Assessors took the liberty to deduct from the amount to be raised by tax- ation, the amount of State tax last year, which was improper, amount- ing to $1,619.00
Amt. of State tax in excess of last year, 675.00
Amt of County tax in excess of last year, 229.95
Amt. unexpected outlay on bridge, 1,205.54 Amt. Military and State aid in excess of last year, 405.00 $4,134.49
Your Selectmen respectfully submit for your consideration the following list of appropriations for the expenses for the next year :
Highways,
$3,000.00
Schools,
6,000.00
Poor,
2,500.00
Salaries,
1,200.00
Lighting streets,
700.00
Town debt and interest,
2,500.00
Fire department,
700.00
Incidentals,
1,000.00 $17,600.00
L. S. JUDD, CHARLES F. HOWARD, JOHN I. BRYANT, Selectmen.
We have examined the foregoing accounts, and believe them to be correct.
HERVEY TRIPP, G. E. DEAN.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Fairhaven.
1887.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, PRINTERS. 1888.
REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS OF FAIRHAVEN :
Your committee would respectfully submit the following report.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The crowded condition of the Rogers school during the Winter and Spring terms, while the High school was tem- porarily located in the Rogers building, decided the commit- tee to return this school, at the opening of the Fall term, to the High school building on Main street. Temporary accom- modations might have been made for this school by finishing a class-room in the attic of the Rogers building, but the prob- able cost of such temporary accommodation would have ex- ceeded that of the repairs needed to be made to the High school building.
The exterior of the High school building is in good repair. Many of the desks in the upper hall have been retopped. The laboratory and class-room have been connected by a door- way. Chemistry and physics are taught by practical experi- ments. The scholarship and discipline are good. Both the principal, Mr. Z. W. Kemp, and the assistant, Miss Clara A. Bourne, are experienced teachers. The sessions of the school are held from 8 30 A. M. to 1 30 P. M .; thus allowing the principal to be present during the afternoon session of the Rogers school.
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ROGERS SCHOOL.
During the Winter term the primary grades in room 1, taught by Miss Lena A. Chubbuck, were so crowded that Miss Lillian E. Page was employed as an assistant.
The accommodations for the pupils in the primary grades being insufficient during the Spring term, the High school gave up the use of room 5 as a recitation room, reciting in the upper hall instead. Grade 8 was transferred from room 4 to room 5, and grades 10 and 9 were respectively trans- ferred from rooms 2 and 3 to rooms 3 and 4, and grade 11 was transferred from room 1 to room 2, under charge of Miss Alice P. Winchester.
At the opening of the Fall term grade 7 was transferred to room 6, previously occupied by the High school, and grades 10 and 9 were respectively returned to rooms 2 and 3, leav- ing room 4 unoccupied.
By reason of the crowded condition of the primary grades, it is believed that it will soon be a matter of necessity to employ another teacher and occupy room 4.
During the illness of Miss Amanda F. Sears, the teacher in room 6, grade 7, substitutes were placed in charge of that grade, and during the present term, upon the resignation of Miss Sears, Miss Mary W. Leymunion was placed in charge of grade 7, and the school gives promise of speedily recover- ing from the injury sustained consequent upon so many changes in its instructors.
All of the teachers are doing faithful and efficient work, and good discipline and scholarship are attained. Mr. Z. W. Kemp has been retained as principal, at a salary of $200 for the school year.
Mr. Hiram T. Lumbard has been retained as janitor. For his efficient and conscientious services and efforts for the care and preservation of the building and grounds, and his thought- ful assistance and courtesy to the teachers, the committee de- sire to express their appreciation.
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During the present term, through the thoughtful generosity of Mr. Rogers, a commodious hall has been finished in the third story of the Rogers school building, complete in all its appointments and construction, and provided with ample means of exit, and was appropriately dedicated " Rogers Hall." The appreciation of the citizens of the noble and in- telligent spirit that prompted such gifts cannot be expressed by words, but will be manifested in after years in the vigor of body, strength and breadth of mind, and ennobled purposes developed in the pupils who have been privileged to enjoy them.
RURAL SCHOOLS.
All of these schools have the services of efficient and expe- rienced teachers, and the scholarship and discipline are good.
The school-houses are in good general repair. The school- house lot at Sconticut Neck has been enlarged by the purchase of additional land, and new out-buildings have been erected.
The attendance at the schools in the eastern section of the town is small, and the advisability of uniting two or more of these has been suggested.
As was stated in the report made by your committee in February, 1887, that " the Course of Study adopted a year ago for our schools, while in the main judicious, has developed a few defects, and corresponding changes will doubtless be made to adapt it still better to the needs of all the pupils," a majority of your committee adopted a careful revision of the Course of Study for all the grades, and the course is pub- lished herewith. The changes in the High school course were made with the intent of making the first two years, primarily, a commercial course, for the benefit of those pupils who de- sired to prepare especially for mercantile pursuits. To this end all languages were made elective during the entire course, and several studies, of which it was believed, in the time al- lotted to them, only a smattering could be obtained, were
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dropped from the course. The changes in the course for the grades below the High school consist principally in the intro- duction of the study of physiology and hygiene in reference to stimulants and narcotics, as now required by law, and in the introduction of the study of bookkeeping in grade 5, in place of algebra.
At the date of the annual town meeting in 1887, the bal- ance of $727.31, reported unexpended Feb. 5th, 1887, had been fully expended, and at that meeting $6505 were placed at the disposal of your committee. With this amount, and the sum of $578.23 received from the state and county fund, it has conducted the schools, employed an additional teacher, and occupied and repaired the High school building that had been closed for the previous two years, and at the date of the annual meeting on March 5th next will have to its credit a net balance of at least $450.
Your committee believe that an intelligent economy may require during the coming year such readjustment of teachers' salaries as will prevent the liability of changes injurious to the schools, and that there may arise the necessity of employ- ing an additional teacher; and although these additional ex- penditures be necessitated, they regard the appropriation asked for as sufficient.
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COURSE OF STUDY.
PRIMARY SCHOOL COURSE.
Grade 13, First Year .- Reading from blackboard, word method ; Franklin First Reader ; adding and subtracting num- bers up to 10; slate and pencil.
Grade 12, Second Year .- Franklin First Reader com- pleted, with supplementary reading; spelling from reader ; addition and subtraction tables ; writing numbers up to 100; easy language lessons ; writing with slate and pencil.
Grade 11, Third Year .- Franklin Second Reader com- pleted ; supplementary reading ; Harrington's Speller, Part I, to page 40 ; writing numbers to millions ; addition, subtrac- tion, multiplication and division tables ; pen and ink, practice paper, and Tracing Books, Nos. 1 and 2; lead pencil, slate and pencil ; easy language lessons.
Grade 10, Fourth Year .- Franklin Third Reader com- pleted ; supplementary reading ; Harrington's Speller, Part I; Franklin Elementary Arithmetic to factors ; Harper's Writing Book No. 1, and Tracing Book No. 3 ; Prang's Drawing Book, No. 1; dictation exercises and easy language lessons ; lead pencil, slate and pencil.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL COURSE.
Grade 9, Fifth Year .- Franklin Written Arithmetic, to fractions ; Harper's Introductory Geography to South Amer- ica, with map drawing; Franklin Advanced Third Reader, and supplementary reading ; Harrington's Speller, Part I com- pleted ; language lessons ; Harper's Writing Book, No. 2; Prang's Drawing Book, No. 2; physiology and hygiene in reference to stimulants and narcotics.
Grade 8, Sixth Year .- Franklin Written Arithmetic, from fractions to weights and measures ; Franklin Fourth Reader, and supplementary reading ; Harper's Introductory Geogra- phy completed, map drawing ; Goodrich's Child's History of the United States ; Swinton's Language Lessons, to section
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4; Harrington's Speller, Part II; Harper's Writing Book, No. 3 ; Prang's Drawing Book, No. 3; physiology and hy- giene in reference to stimulants and narcotics.
Grade 7, Seventh Year .- Franklin Written Arithmetic, from weights and measures to percentage ; Franklin Advanced Fourth Reader, with supplementary reading ; Harper's School Geography, to South America ; Swinton's Language Lessons ; Higginson's United States History, to Indian Wars ; Harring- ton's Speller, Part II ; Harper's Writing Book, No. 4; Prang's Drawing Book, No. 4; physiology and hygiene in reference to stimulants and narcotics.
Grade 6, Eighth Year .- Franklin Written Arithmetic, to square root ; Franklin Fifth Reader, and supplementary read- ing ; Harper's School Geography completed ; Higginson's United States History, to Mexican War ; Swinton's Language Lessons completed ; Harper's Writing Book, No. 5 ; Prang's Drawing Book, No. 5; Harrington's Speller, No. 2; physi- ology and hygiene in reference to stimulants and narcotics.
Grade 5, Ninth Year .- Fall Term-Franklin Arithmetic ; United States History ; grammar and composition ; supple- mentary reading ; Harper's Writing Book, No. 6; Prang's Drawing Book, No. 6 ; Harrington's Speller, No. 2. Winter Term-Franklin Arithmetic ; single-entry bookkeeping to alternate with Cutter's Physiology and Hygiene ; physical ge- ography ; Harrington's Speller, No. 2; grammar and compo- sition ; supplementary reading ; Harper's Writing Book, No. 6 ; Prang's Drawing Book, No. 6. Summer Term-Single- entry bookkeeping to alternate with Cutter's Physiology ; Harrington's Speller, No. 2; physical geography ; grammar and composition ; supplementary reading ; Harper's Writing Book, No. 6; Prang's Drawing Book, No. 6; Franklin's Arithmetic.
The Course of Study for the ungraded schools will conform as near as possible to that of the graded schools. The full number of studies will be pursued by all pupils of proper age and attainments.
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HIGH SCHOOL.
FIRST YEAR.
First Term .- Commercial arithmetic ; bookkeeping ; gen- eral history.
Second Term .- Commercial arithmetic ; physiology ; gen- eral history.
Third Term .- Commercial arithmetic; physiology ; gen- eral history.
SECOND YEAR.
First Term .- Algebra ; rhetoric ; physics.
Second Term .- Algebra ; rhetoric ; physics.
Third Term .- Algebra ; physics ; commercial law.
THIRD YEAR.
First Term .- Civil government ; chemistry ; geometry. Second Term .- Civil government ; chemistry ; geometry. Third Term .- Civil government ; geometry ; geology.
FOURTH YEAR.
First Term .- Geology ; astronomy ; English literature.
Second Term .- Astronomy ; English literature ; general review.
Third Term .- General reviews.
Exercises required during the whole course in reading, spelling, composition, and elocution. Languages elective during course.
HIGH SCHOOL.
TEACHERS.
month.
enrolled.
membership.
attendance.
TERM.
Number of
Z. W. Kemp, Principal,
120 120
33
32.3
100
50
45.5
34.6 31.9 43
Winter, Spring, Fall,
11 12 15
Jan. 3d to Mar. 25th. Apr. 4th to June 24th. Sept. 5th to Dec. 16th.
Clara A. Bourne, Asst.,
40
Whole No.
Average
Average
weeks.
Salary per
39
36.6
10
ROGERS SCHOOL.
weeks.
TEACHERS.
month.
Salary per
Whole No.
Average
Average
Winter, Spring, Fall,
12
Jan. 3d to March 4th. April 4th to June 24th. Sept. 5th to Dec. 9th.
Room 8, Annie H. Delano,
$40
44
43.1
40.4
Winter,
9
40
50
46.9
45.2
Spring,
12
40
24
22.5
21.6
Fall,
14
32
42
40.3
37.1
Winter,
9
32
37
35.1
33.2
Spring,
12
32
35
32.3
35.6
Fall,
14
32
Fall,
3
Sept. 5th to Sept. 23d. Sept. 26th to Oct. 7th.
Samuel W. Babbitt,
32
43
41
38.5
Fall,
6
32
43
40.7
38.7
Spring,
12
Room 5, Sara B. Clarke,
32
41
38.8
36.2
Fall,
14
Carrie E. Jenney,
32
38
38
34.5
Winter,
9
Room 4, Sara B. Clarke,
32
44
43.2
43
Winter,
9
Room 3, Ida E. Cundall,
32
39
37.9
33
Spring, Fall,
14
32
47
45.4
44.5
Winter,
9
32
54
51.5
45.1
Spring, Fall,
12
32
59
47.6
41.4
14
Mary W. Leymunion,
32
63
53.1
43.8
Winter,
9
32
39
32.9
28.8
Spring,
12
32
55
48.2
41.3
Fall,
14
Lillian E. Page, Asst.,
20
Winter,
00
Jan. 18th to March 4th.
11
Room 6, Amanda F. Sears,
Minnie L. Westgate,
32
Fall,
2
Fall,
3
Oct. 10th to Oct. 28th. Oct. 31st to Dec. 9th.
12
Mary W. Leymunion, Ida E. Cundall,
32
54
44.2
39.4
Room 2, Mary W. Leymunion,
Alice P. Winchester,
Room 1, Lena A. Chubbuck,
TERM.
Number of
Z. W. Kemp, Principal. Salary $200 per school year, from Sept. 5th.
enrolled.
membership.
attendance.
9
14
Room 7, Lucy F. Winchester,
Amanda F. Sears,
32
RURAL SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
month.
enrolled.
membership.
Average
Winter, Spring, Fall,
12 14
Jan. 3d to March 4th. April 4th to June 24th. Sept. 5th to Dec. 16th.
Oxford,
Alice P. Winchester, Jessie B. Kemp,
$32
40
33.6
31.7
Winter,
9
32
38
35.3
35.9
Spring,
12
32
49
38
30.2
Fall,
14
32
29
25.8
21
Winter, Spring, Fall,
9
32
26
22.3
19.3
12
32
27
22.6
22.7
14
30
23
22.3
15.2
Winter,
9
30
22
18.4
14.1
Spring, Fall,
12
32
20
17.6
13.2
14
30
22
18.5
16.5
Winter,
9
Sconticut
30
28
22.3
16.6
Spring,
12
Neck, .
Mary E. Haney, Lehella M. Snow, Lucia R. Allen,
32
27
19
15.2
Fall,
14
-
weeks.
Salary per
Whole No.
Average
attendance.
TERM.
Number of
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12
New Boston, Angenette Chase, Mary E. Haney,
Naskatucket, Ellen H. Akin,
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount unexpended, Feb. 5, 1887,
$727.31
Town appropriation, 1887,
6,505.00
Income from state fund,
178.24
Income from county fund,
399.99
Books and supplies sold,
17.77
$7,828.31
BILLS APPROVED.
Teachers' salaries,
$4,677.01
Care,
709.00
Fuel,
427.45
School books and stationery,
404.92
Incidentals,
348.88
Truant officer's charges,
14.25
6,581.51
Balance unexpended, Feb. 11, 1888,
$1,246.80
Your committee would recommend an appropriation, for teachers' salaries, care, fuel, school books, stationery, and incidentals, of sixty-five hundred dollars.
FREDERICK JENNEY,
J. L. GILLINGHAM,
D. C. POTTER, J. W. L. HILLMAN.
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