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HONORABLE MENTION.
In addition to those who receive the four deportment medals, a large number of the pupils made a commendable appearance at the examination, and furnished evidences of promising scholarship in several studies. The following is a complete list of the names deemed worthy to be noticed under this head, the arrangement being in the order of precedence.
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Greek-Preston D. Jones, Wm. H. Workman, Joseph C. B. Miller.
Latin-Eldora M. Aldrich, Emma L. Griggs, David Man- ning, Joseph C. B. Miller.
Algebra-Wm. F. Morse, Mary L. Brown.
Geometry-Lizzie N. Eager, Roger F. Upham, Evelyn E. Harrington.
Astronomy-Julia A. Rockwood, Lillian L. Sanderson.
History-Margaret M. Geary, Julia A. Rockwood.
Physiology and Chemistry-Carrie P. Townsend, Minnie Palmer, Edward H. Greenleaf.
Normal Course Studies-Emma L. Griggs, Hattie D. Smith, Eldora M. Aldrich, Lenora E. Perry, Mary E. Partridge.
Drawing-Edward H. Greenleaf.
Composition-Susie G. Gale, May L. Foster, Mary E. Par- tridge.
Declamation- - , Wm. W. Hibbard.
Reading-Mary E. Partridge, May L. Foster.
French-Julia A. Rockwood, Linnie M. Allen.
As it seems to be established by precedent that the compe- tition in reading belongs exclusively to the young ladies of the school, the name of Walter R. Bynner-notwithstanding the very creditable manner in which he performed his part-was omitted from the list of those who are specially commended in that department.
Respectfully submitted by the committee,
GEORGE JAQUES, CHAIRMAN.
APPENDIX.
ROLL OF HONOR.
The scholars whose names are found in the following list are worthy of honorable mention for their constancy and regularity in daily attendance. Each school is credited first, with all its members who have not been absent, tardy, or dismissed during the entire year; and secondly, with all whose attendance, though not perfect for the entire year, has been perfect for at least six consecutive months. Of the former there are eighty-two; of the latter, three hundred and one.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Perfect the whole Year.
Mary A. E. Adams, Julia A. Rice,
Wilbur F. Morse,
Lizzie E. Bigelow,
Abbie A. Swallow,
Charles E. Seaver,
Susie G. Gale, Mary A. Tolman,
George H. Stone,
Sarah E. Goddard, Carrie E. Townsend,
Roger F. Upham,
Jennie E. Greene,
J. Henry Cummings,
Stedman Clark,
Abbie F. Knowles, Fred O. Harrington,
William P. Aldrich,
Sarah R. Lathe, William A. Harrington, Maria S. Cummings,
Jennie E. Prentice,
David Manning,
Mary L. Firth.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS,-HIGHER GRADE.
EDW. I. COMINS, Teacher.
John D. Curtis,
A. A. HUNT, Teacher.
Frank D. Allen,
Maggie I. Melanefy, Ida B. Stone,
Mary C. Bond,
Sarah F. Putnam, Hattie L. Ward,
Gonzalo E. Buxton,
Charles A. Russell, Frank Wood,
Walter A. Morse,
Julia A. Buttrick. Clara S. Bemis,
Lizzie Carter,
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A. S. DUNTON, Teacher.
Judson B. Bonnell, Samuel F. S. Shepard,
John P. Grover, William H. H. Carey.
Ella Spaulding.
H. BLOOD, Teacher. Henry J. Wood.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS,-LOWER GRADE.
E. M. WHEELER, Teacher.
J. Everett Bardwell, Ella A. Carter, Norman Harrington. M. H. WARREN, Teacher. Theodore H. Smith.
Minnie A. Bynner,
A. C. SMITH, Teacher.
H. WHITNEY, Teacher.
Carrie F. Phelps,
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Freddie Bardwell, Helen Perkins,
Nettie Wright, Nellie M. Muzzy.
T. S. NICHOLS, Teacher.
Herbert Townsend.
H. A. GREENE, Teacher.
William L. P. Robbins, Ada L. Sherman.
C. HEWETT, Teacher.
Ada Harrington, Mary H. Moss,
Florence Peck, Charles Carter,
Sumner Gould,
R. BARNARD, Teacher. Clemence Davis. C. N. FOLLETT, Teacher.
Ellen M. Spiers.
Willie Ross,
PRIMARY SCHOOLS. S. J. NEWTON, Teacher. Flora J. Nelson.
Emma C. Moulton, Maria Carey,
Charles Holden.
E. H. COE, Teacher.
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M. E. BOTHWELL, Teacher.
George A. Thayer,
Martha Kirwin,
Sarah McGarr, Katic Follen,
SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
H. M. SHATTUCK, Teacher.
Mary Thompson.
LIZZIE PRATT, Teacher.
Nora Kean.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
H. S. CLARK, Teacher.
Patience Preston,
M. A. PRATT, Teacher.
Sarah A. Harrington,
Lizzie P. Converse,
HIGH SCHOOL.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Eldora M. Aldrich,
Mary E. Partridge, Mary A. Rockwood,
Thomas C. Clapp,
Charles H. Daniels,
Ceorgianna A. Barton, Emma L. Blood, Emma I. Claflin, Carrie L. Flagg, Lizzie Gleason,
Marion L. Smith,
Eddie H. Greenleaf, Edward B. Hamilton, George W. Hawes,
Emily G. Cutler, Ella L. Drury, Lizzie N. Eager,
Eunice M. Walker, Jennie A. Woodworth, Mary T. Gale,
George W. Fisher, Willie H. Lee, Charles F. Mecorney, Elisha F. Merrill,
Agnes F. Flagg,
Charles C. Luther,
Sarah G. Gould,
Preston D. Jones,
Emma L. Griggs, Carrie E. Gilbert,
Albert E. Peirce, James T. Shchan, .
William N. Wheeler,
S. Abbie Heywoo 1, Evelyn E. Harrington, Lottie E. Holmes,
Eunice M. Gates, M. Gertrude Greene, Mary A. Mason, Ella L. Partridge, Amanda M. Phillips, Addie E. Rockwood, Eliza F. Prentice,
Daniel F. Cronin,
Linnie M. Allen,
Martha Rumery, Hannah E. Smith,
Alla W. Foster,
Charles E. Hall,
Ardelle Estabrook,
Martha L. Rice, Ellen C. Thoma 3,
Charles W. Bartlett, Franklin Brown,
S. W. CLEMENTS, Teacher. Irving Popc, Katie Conklin.
M. J. MACK, Teacher.
Anna Spaulding, Mary A. Kelly,
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Antie A. Holden,
Mary E. Hacker,
May L. Foster,
Mary D. E. King,
Jennie G. Munyan,
F. Minnie Palmer,
Emma F. Stevens,
Charles E. Gordon,
Harry E: Hill,
Elmer P. Howe,
Frank L, Messinger,
Edward Moulton,
Edgar Patch.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS,-HIGHER GRADE.
EDW. I. COMINS, Teacher.
Susan Buttrick,
Flora M. King, Fred Fairbanks,
Hannah Chaffin,
Gennio A. Newton,
Walter Bigelow,
Mary Clapp,
Josie E. Thayer, Sumner P. Hale,
Abbie Howland,
Mary E. Prouty, George E. Phelps,
Emma Hovey,
Franklin Bullard, Windsor C. Wright,
George L. Estey,
William T. Souther,
Ellen Parker, Emma Parker.
A. A. HUNT, Teacher,
Sarah A. Foster,
Nellie L. Gilbert,
Edward L. Spurr,
S. Josephine Harris, Melvin H. Harrington,
Andrew Stone,
Mary E. Kavanagh,
Daniel J. M. Sullivan,
Joseph A Manning,
Henry E. Swan,
M. Vincent O'Callaghan, William Child's.
A. S. DUNTON, Teacher, Nettie Chapin, Luella Chestley,
H. BLOOD, Teacher.
S. Jennie Stone.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS -- LOWER GRADE.,
E. M. WHEELER, Teacher.
Frank Beales, Frank Dryden, Addie M. Blackmer, Frederick Flagg,
Barclay Dergan.
M. H. WARREN, Teacher.
Fred S. Converse, Louis K. Brigham, M. Ella Magoun.
Julia A. Buttrick, Flora Goodnow, Ella J. Pierce,
Edna M. Derby, Fred O. Flagg,
Clara Story,
Emma E. Upham,
William F. Barbour,
Albert W. Curtis,
Cornelius J. Cronin,
Kitty A. Sweetser, John F. Shehan,
Josiah W. Allen, Anna E. Balcom,
Emma H. Barton, Maggie E. Barton, Sarah L. Buck, Lizzie H. Ellis, Ellen G. Fay,
J. E. Carey, Henry Chapin.
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Frank Higgins, Abbie Fales.
George W. Amidon,
Mary E. Brown, Edgar E. Clark,
Ellen Shannon,
Daniel Anglum, John Donahue,
Ella Bruce,
A. C. SMITH, Teacher. John W. Lincoln, Charles Gates,
C. A. GEORGE, Teacher,
Charles R. Kirby.
H. WHITNEY, Teacher. Fannie A. Hinds, Elizabeth T. Harding,
M. M. LAWTON, Teacher.
Mary Russell, Mary Gleason.
E. MERRICK, Teacher.
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James Redican, Maggie Scanlin,
E. E. CRANE, Teacher.
Appleton Kean, Carrie Gates,
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
E. H. Cox, Teacher.
Johnny Underwood, Addie Wilson, Eva Clemence.
T. S. NICHOLS, Teachers
Edgar Chaffee, Addie Blackmer,
K. A. MEADE, Teacher.
Ada Kent, Josiah Brown,
Mary Sexton, Frank Cummings,
Josie Broadbent, Charles Green.
John Phalon,
H. A. GREENE, Teacher.
Flora M. Jones, Lizzie Wceson,
C. H. HEWETT, Teacher.
Charles Huse, Arthur Morse.
Lizzie Angier, Celia Doherty,
Jane Maloney, Emma Graves, Mary Booth; Annie Johnson,
Fred W. Hamilton, Charles M. Kean,
Eva Palmer, Ida May Smith,
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C. R. CLEMENTS, Teacher.
Mary Willard,
Willie Pratt,
Allie Longley, Franklin Rice, Ella Stratton, Eddie Bliss, Willie Lewis.
Charlie Coes,
R. BARNARD, Teacher.
Charlie Merriam, Winnie Morgan,
Hattie Reed, Mary Flagg,
Mary Cavanough,
C. N. FOLLETT, Teacher.
Joanna McSweeney,
Maggie Gurney. .
H. HATHAWAY, Teacher.
Frank Leary.
E. BROWN, Teacher.
Maggie Fitzgerald, James Connor, John Sullivan. M. S. MAYNARD, Teacher. Hattie I. Gordon.
Emma A. Gordon,
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
C. F. AYRES, Teacher.
Lewis W. Holland.
E. G. CHENERY, Teacher.
John Murphy, Willie M. Russell, Charlie Brown, Oliver Brigham,
Eddie Mawhinny, Fannie Cook,
John Whalen, Mary McGady,
Willie W. Hills, Katie McGady.
S. J. NEWTON, Teacher.
Herbert Fairbanks, George A. Sanders,
Herman Kimmel, Charlie H. Seavey.
L. M. WILMARTHI, Teacher.
Philips H. Earle, Fred O. Higgins.
Fanny E. Fitch, Lizzie B. Robinson,
Helen Gates, Mary Kean, Alfred Arnold,
M. E. BOTHWELL, Teacher.
Willie Guilfoil, John Guilfoil, Annie Robbins, Charlie Murray.
Emma Tufts,
George Redding, Willie Smith, Willie Bryant, Lizzie Sweetser,
Charlie Follett, Willey Whitney, Albert Nickerson,
Ella A. Hawes,
Alice R. Bardwell,
George W. Smith, Henry Marcy,
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S. W. CLEMENTS, Teacher.
Michael Welsh, Ellen Hogan,
Freddie Pierce, Rosie Kirwin.
M J. MACK, Teacher.
Alice Welsh.
Helen E. Perkins.
Etta Hancock.
J. F. SMITH, Teacher.
Mary Flynn.
L. L. NEWTON, Teacher.
Ella Guider,
Mary Lynch,
Willie Higgins, Annie Lavelle,
Ella Shehan.
S. D. TUCKER, Teacher.
Mary Casey,
John Redican.
T. S. DARLING, Teacher.
· Ellen Connor, Maggie Dolan, Lizzie Fineran,
Mary Toole,
Frank Mack, Patrick Calier.
Eddie Barigan,
SUR-PRIMARY SCHOOLS. M. A. SLATER, Teacher.
Willie F. Hurlburt.
C. EATON, Teacher.
Tommy Carter.
S. S. BANISTER, Teacher.
Henry Schneider.
M. S. FITCH, Teacher.
Ferdinand D. Barret, Daniel Guilfoil, James Kahil,
Mittie L. Nichols Jettie A. Smith,
Jennie A. Harrington, Teresa McMahan.
H. N. CHASE, Teacher.
Mary Kirwin.
Frank Baxton.
M. A. SMITH, Teacher.
Herbert Fuller, Frank Chamberlin,
M. HOBBS, Teacher,
K. HOBBS, Teacher.
Bridget Comesky, Mary Comesky, Katie Crow,
Jerry Warden,
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Clarence P. Roath,
Nellie Follen, Minnie Foster, Mary A. Shehan.
Eddie Ballard, Johnnie Fallon.
Marilla F. Brackett, Bennie S. Newton.
Etta Boyd.
Katie Coonan.
John Adams.
Eunie M. Gates,
Mary A. Davis.
Ella B. Sears.
M. E. LOVELL, Teacher. Clifford O. Lamb, Roscoe E. Freeman.
H. M. SHATTUCK, Teacher.
Katie Moore, Lizzie Sullivan
Mary McMannis, Agnes Weir,
E. L. BROOKS, Teacher. Patrick Finnegan, Emma Otto,
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
M. PARKER, Teacher. William H. Eastman, Jeremiah Sullivan,
L. C. GOODWIN, Teacher.
H. S. CLARK, Teacher.
E. F. MARSH, Teacher.
M. A. PRATT, Teacher. Lizzie J. Draper, Waldo L. Woodward.
A. M. PRATT, Teacher. L. V. PALMER, Teacher.
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Statistical Table showing the Teachers employed in the Public Schools ; their respective salaries for the year 1865; and the statistics of each School for the year 1864.
Schools, and their location.
Teachers.
Salaries.
Whole number
registered.
Males.
Females.
Average mem-
bership.
.Av. attendance.
Ratio of attend.
No. Teachers.
Average age of
Scholars, Jan. 1, 1865.
CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL.
Yrs. Mo.
Walnut street,
Harris R. Greene,
$1400| 281/104|177| 185|180 .97[ 6| 16| 7
Henry P. Boyden,
1200
Ava Williams,
625
Anna U. Russell,
475
Clara C. Plimpton,
450
Ella A. Baker,
450
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, HIGHER GRADE.
Thomas street,
Edward I. Comins,
1200| 145| 61
81
95
921.97
2
14| 3}
Sycamore street,
Addison A. Hunt,
1200
123
51 25
72 37
57 52
55.97 46.90 1 13 8
Salem street,
Hattie Blood,
42
65
31
34
48
44 .91 1|
2
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, LOWER GRADE.
Thomas street,
Ellen M. Wheeler,
425
108
50|
58
85
801.94| 2
13| 1
Mary A. Harrington,
400
92
58
34
61.94 1 12 11
Elm
Harriet M. Walker,
425
61
0
61
65 46 36
39.85 1 13
1
Pleasant
P. Maria Cole,
425
85
72
31
41
29
54 52 50
48 .92 1 12
Ash
Mary M. Lawton,
425
67
26 22
20
37
34 .92 1 12 9
N. Worcester,
Emeline E. Crane,
425
58
28|
30 60
33 95
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Thomas street,
66
Elizabeth Thurber,
350
60
35 34
43
40
47
30
30
37
52 42
54
56
51 .90
1
11
Providence street, Now Worcester,
Mary S. Maynard, Julia A. Rockwood,
425
64
25
41 39
42
35 85 1
9:
G
425
4.7
24
23
34
31.91 1.
1
11
35
Pleasant
Caroline Hewett,
1
...
Hester A. Greene,
Carrie R. Clements,
425
425
4.25
425
87
71
29
E. Worcester,
Harriet Hathaway,
425
68
27
65 69
32
52
40
.87
1
11 3
Salem
Rebecca Barnard,
11 3
Ash
Charlotte N. Follett,
425
77
425
67
79 62
32
25
49 .92 1 11 03
Summer
Tirza S. Nichols,
Main
66
Kate A. Meade,
57
55 52 46
47
1
10 10
Sycamore 66
66
Hattie E. Lamb,
425
129
69
56
46 .83
1 1
11 3 11 7 4
Sycamore "
Carrie A. George,
Salem
Lois P. Grosvenor,
425
65
36
41
E. Worcester,
Nellie Merrick,
425
42
70
15
32 .87 1 12
50 .94 1 12
45.90 1 14
31.93 1
13
7 93 9
Elizabeth H. Coe,
841.88 2
11| õ₺
66
Mary H. Warren,
Caroline Parkinson,
425
1| 14 2
66
Ann S. Dunton,
425
62
27
32
35
35
54 55 52.95 50 .87 1 11 1
49 .89 .90
11
2
48 .92 1
48 .83
Emma Brown,
425
11
9. 8
.6
425
425
425
425
78
Schools, and their location.
Teachers.
Salaries.
Whole number
registered.
Males.
Females.
Average mem-
bership.
Av. attendance.
Ratio of attend.
No. Teachers.
Average age of
scholars, Jan. 1, 1865.
PRIMARY SCIIOOLS.
Yrs. Mo.
Thomas street,
Carrie F. Ayres,
$400
144 71|
73
68
59.87 91.91 2
9
3
Main
Sarah J. Newton,
400
150
73
77
112
99.88 2 9
9
Pleasant
Lydia M. Wilmarth,
400
10
46
57
82
72.88
1
9
3
Mason
Mary E. Bothwell,
400
71
30
41
61 54.89 1
9
2
Sycamore
Sarah W. Clements,
400
103
45
58
78
66.85 1
8 9
Ash
Mary J. Mack,
400
130
55
75
115 100 .87 2
8
4
6
Hattie A. Harrington,
400
78
37
41
71
61.86
1 9
4
Front
Martha Hobbs,
400
73
31
42
64
56.87
1
8
10
E. Worcester,
Laura L. Newton,
400
70
26
44
70
63.90 1
9
2
Sarah D. Tucker,
400
76
33
43
67
56.84 I
11
6
66
T. S. Darling,
400
98
49
49
55
51.92 1
9
2
SUB-PRIMARY SCIIOOLS.
Thomas stree t,
Sarah L. Phillips,
400
87
38
49
62|
50.81| 1 6
11
Summer
.6
Mary A. Slater,
400
93
48
45
74
64.86 1
7
8
Fannie H. Coe,
400
91
52
39
72 64.89 1
6
5
Main
S. Sophie Banister,
400
186
91
95
100
83.83 2
6
7
Pleasant
66
Harriet N. l'erry,
400
8
45
43
62
51.83 1
7
0
Mason
Mary E. Pease,
400
75
46
29
61
51.85
1
6
8
Sycamore
Hattie N. Chase,
400
74
38
36
70
60 .86 1
8
1
Mary A. Smith,
400
67
24
43
58
50.86 1
6
5
Salem
Mary E. Lovell,
400
88
45
43
69
54.79 1
6
11
Ash
Helen M. Shattuck,
400
162
84
78
115
93.85 2
7
2
66
Mary T. Magennis,
350
400
117
57
60
70
60.86
1
6
2
Front
Abigail Pratt,
400
- 87
44
43
71
58.82
1
6
6
Cornelia M. Draper,
400
91
50
41
70
58.83 1
6
8
E. Worcester,
Carrie E. Putnam,
400
154
82
72
135 110.81 2
6
9
Ann E. McCambridge,
350
Lydia A. Perry,
400
174
96
78
119
97 .82
2
6
7
Ella M. McFarland,
350
Addie H. Barnes,
400
63
27
36
52
43.82 42.87 1
1
7
5
Providence street, New Worcester,
Lizzie B. Pratt,
400
81
41
40
48
551
52|.95| 2 14 1
Henry F. Cole,
Thomas Wheelock,
Henry F. Cole,
900 §8 100
0 142|142 84 71 13
44
39 .90 2
1
7
6
Kate Hobbs,
400
70
34
36
61
54.88
Temple
66
Joanna F. Smith,
400
114
56
58
100
Charlotte M'Farland,
350
1 8 10
Summer
Esther G. Chenery,
UNCLASSIFIED SCHOOLS.
Temple street, for Boys, Evening School,
66
Thomas Wheelock,
§ Per week.
* New School.
66
6
9
Emma L. Brooks,
400
Minnie S. Fitch,
350
79
Schools, and their location.
Teachers.
Salaries.
Whole number
registered.
Females.
Average mem-
bership.
Av. attendance.
Ratio of attend.
No. Teachers.
Average age of
scholars, Jan. 1, 1865.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Yrs. Mo
Tatnuck,
Ellen M. Fay,
400
76
37
40
34.86
10
2
Valley Falls,
Lizzie C. Goodwin,
350
65
36
29
31
26.86 1
8
9
Leesville,
Hattie A. Smith,
350
61
38
23
26 21.83 1
9
7
So. Worcester,
Anna E. Webster,
400
93
47
46
44 38.85 1
10
8
Quinsigamond,
A. A. Woodward,
400
72
31
41
38
68 55.80 1
7
5
Blithewood,
Matilda Parker,
350
30
21
9
16
14.87 1
11
Pond,
Martha A. Pratt,
400
53
27
26
24
21.88 1
11
7
Adams Square,
Mary F. Wentworth,
350
67
40
27
35
30.83 I
8
11
Burncoat Plain,
Eliza A. Eddy,
350
43
25 34
37
23 57
45.89
1 10
4
North Pond,
Adelia M. Pratt,
350
51
30
21
39
27.69
1 10
0
Chamberlain,
Louisa V. Palmer,
350
28
14
14
18
14.72 1
8
2
VOCAL MUSIC .- Isaac N. N. Metcalf ; 3712 cents per lesson.
WRITING .- Calvin E. Moran, $500.
The teachers who have not been in the service of the city one year receive for the first year's service $50 less than the regular salary of the position which they hold. In the above table the regular salary of the position is given.
1
10
7
Northville,
Mary E Maynard,
400
71
48
57
60 41.68 1
6
9
Henrietta S. Clark,
350
74
36
48 43.90 1
11 6
Ann E. Hall,
350
105
Males. 39
18
19.81
SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER, FOR THE YEAR 1865.
PHINEHAS BALL, Mayor, Ex-Oficio, President.
J. D. E. JONES, Superintendent.
Members whose Term expires January 1st, 1868.
Members whose Term expires January 1st, 1867.
Members whose Term expires January Ist, 1866.
WARD ONE,
WM. H. SANFORD,
( D. HITCHCOCK. O. A. WHEELER.
WARD Two, EDWARD EARLE,
T. K. EARLE,
GEO. W. GALE.
WARD THREE, J. J. POWER,
SAMUEL PUTNAM,
GEORGE HOLMES.
WARD FOUR, CHAS. A. TENNEY,
M. S. McCONVILLE,
SAMUEL CLARK.
WARD FIVE, THOS. MAGENNIS,
S. V. STONE,
C. W. HAMILTON.
WARD SIX, JOHN DEAN,
T. E. ST. JOHN,
J. C. NEWTON,
WARD SEVEN, T. M. LAMB,
THOMAS EARLE, R. R. SHIPPEN.
WARD EIGHT, C. B. METCALF,
SAM'L F. HAVEN,
JOS. D. DANIELS.
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STANDING COMMITTEES
FOR THE YEAR 1865.
ON SCHOOL HOUSES :
Messrs. T. K. Earle, Newton, Gale, Power, and T. Earle, ON BOOKS AND APPARATUS :
Messrs. Shippen, Daniels, Haven, Metcalf, and Sanford.
ON EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS :
Superintendent, ex-officio, Shippen, Power, St. John, and Haven. ON FINANCE :
Mayor, Superintendent, Edward Earle, Newton, and McConville. ON CONFERENCE ;
Mayor, Superintendent, Lamb, Stone, and Hamilton.
VISITING COMMITTEES.
CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL.
Principal.
Committee.
Walnut St. Harris R. Greene, Messrs. Shippen, Power, St. John, T. K. Earle and Haven.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, HIGHER GRADE.
Principals.
Committees.
Thomas Street, Edw. I. Comins,
Messrs. St. John, Sanford and Gale,
Sycamore Street,
Addison A. Hunt,
Edw. Earle, Haven, and Daniels.
Sycamore Street,
Miss A. S. Dunton,
66 T. Earle, Wheeler and Hitchcock.
Salem Street,
" H. Blood,
T. K.Earle, Newton and Dean.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, LOWER GRADE.
Thomas Street, Thomas Street, Elm Street,
Mrs. E. M. Wheeler,
Miss M. A. Warren,
" H. M. Walker,
" P. M. Cole,
" C. A. George,
" L. P. Grosvenor,
" M. M. Lawton,
Magennis and Power.
East Worcester,
" N. Merrick,
Power and Newton.
New Worcester,
" E. E. Crane,
Messrs. McConville and T. Earle.
Newton and Shippen.
Haven and Daniels.
Pleasant Street,
Lamb and Stone.
Daniels and Metcalf.
Sycamore Street,
Salem Street, Ash Street,
66 Stone and Tenney.
Dean and McConville.
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SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Thomas Street,
Mrs. E. H. Coe,
Messrs. Hitchcock and Wheeler.
.Summer Street,
Miss T. S. Nichols,
T. K. Earle and Gale.
Main Street,
" K. A. Meade,
T. Earle and Putnam.
Pleasant Street,
" C. Hewett,
Lamb and McConville.
Pleasant Street, " H. A. Greene,
- Edw. Earle and Daniels.
Sycamore Street,
" C. R. Clements,
( ! St. John and Clark.
Sycamore Street,
" H. E. Lamb,
Stone and Magennis.
Salem Street,
" R. Barnard,
Newton and T. Earle.
Ash Street,
" C. N. Follett,
Metcalf and Hamilton.
Providence Street,
" M. S. Maynard,
McConville and Hitchcock.
East Worcester,
" H. Hathaway,
Power and Holmes.
East Worcester,
" E. Brown,
Putnam and Sanford.
New Worcester,
" J. A. Rockwood,
Dean and Wheeler.
VOCAL MUSIC.
High, Grammar & Secondary Schools, I. N. Metcalf, Messrs. Power, Shippen and St. John.
WRITING.
High, Grammar & Secondary Schools, C. E. Moran, Messrs. T. Earle, Newton and Gale.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Thomas Street,
Miss C. F. Ayres,
Messrs. Gale and Hamilton.
Wheeler and Clark.
Summer Street,
" E. G. Chenery,
Main Street, " S. J. Newton,
Sanford and St. John.
Pleasant Street,
" L. A. Wilmarth,
T. Earle and St. John,
Mason Street, " M. E. Bothwell,
Shippen and Lamb.
Sycamore Street,
" S. W. Clements,
Edw. Earle and McConville.
Ash Street,
" M. J. Mack,
Tenney and Magennis.
Temple Street,
" J. F. Smith,
Hamilton and Magennis.
Front Street,
" M. Hobbs,
Newton and Hitchcock.
Front Street,
" K. Hobbs,
Tenney and Newton.
East Worcester,
" L. L. Newton,
Putnam and Stone.
East Worcester,
" S. D. Tucker,
Power and Wheeler.
East Worcester,
" T. S. Darling,
Metcalf and Holmes.
SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Thomas Street,
Miss S. L. Phillips,
Messrs. Edw. Earle and Gale.
Summer Street,
" M. A. Slater,
Ilaven and IIolmes.
Summer Street,
". F. H. Coe,
Haven and Hamilton.
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Main Street, Main Street,
Miss S. S. Banister,
Messrs. Newton and T. Earle.
Daniels and Shippen. St. John and Stone.
Pleasant Street,
Mason Street,
" M. E. Pease,
66 Shippen and T. Earle.
Sycamore Street, Sycamore Street,
" H. N. Chase,
60 St. John and Tenney.
Salem Street,
" M. A. Smith, " M. E. Lovell,
66 Magennis and Wheeler. Gale and Stone.
Ash Street,
" H. M. Shattuck,
66 Hitchcock and T. Earle.
Ash Street,
" E. L. Brooks,
Stone and Daniels.
Providence Street,
" A. H. Barnes,
Hitchcock and McConville.
Front Street,
" A. Pratt,
Sanford and Haven.
Front Street,
" C. M. Draper,
Lamb and Clark.
East Worcester,
" C. E. Putnam,
66 Tenney and T. K. Earle.
East Worcester,
" L. A. Perry,
Putnam and Power.
New Worcester,
" L. Pratt,
66 Dean and McConville.
UNCLASSIFIED SCHOOLS.
Day School for Boys, Thomas Wheelock,
Messrs. Power, Edward Earle and Metcalf.
Evening School for both sexes, § Thomas Wheelock,
Magennis, Stone and Sanford.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Principals.
Tatnuck,
Miss E. M. Fay,
Valley Falls,
" L. C. Goodwin,
Leesville, " H. A. Smith,
So. Worcester,
" A. E. Webster, " A. E. Hall,
Visiting Committees. T. K. Earle and Metcalf. Dean and McConville. McConville and Dean. Putnam and Hamilton. 66
Prudential Committees. Harrison Moore. Samuel Parsons. John F. Boice. Henry Goddard. 66 66
Alden B. Plimpton. 66
Quinsigamond, Blithewood, Pond,
" M. Parker,
Hamilton and T. K. Earle.
" M. A. Pratt, Putnam and T. Earle.
Adams Square,
Burncoat Plain,
" M. F. Wentworth, Shippen and T. K. Earle. " E. A. Eddy, Lamb and Sanford. " M. E. Maynard, Lamb and Gale.
Northville,
North Pond, " A. M. Pratt,
Daniels and Haven.
Chamberlain, " L. V. Palmer,
Metcalf and Edw. Earle.
Sylvanus Sears.
Reform School, Geo. B. King,
Daniels, T. K. Earle and Power.
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So. Worcester, Quinsigamond,
" A. A. Woodward, Gale and Hitchcock. " H. S. Clark, Hitchcock and Gale.
Charles Wesson. Henry Prentice. Geo. A. Barnard. Willard P. Knight. Samuel Warren. G. P. Rogers.
" M. S. Fitch, " H. N. Perry,
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
OF THE
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
To HON. PHINEHAS BALL, Mayor, and the CITY COUNCIL, of the City of Worcester, the Directors of the Free Public Library, respectfully present their Fifth Annual Report.
The benefits of intelligence and intellectual power need no advocate in this community. The prevailing sentiment in Massachusetts is well expressed in these plain words of Arch- bishop Whateley : "If you wish to establish an unjust and despotic government-or if you wish to set up a false religion, it would be advisable to avoid the danger of enlightening the people. But if you wish to maintain a good government, the more the people understand the advantages of such a govern- ment, the more they will respect it; and the more they know of true religion the more they will value it." The education of childhood is provided for without sparing money or labor, but it is observed with regret that our public libraries, the most useful adult schools, are too often maintained with discouraging
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economy. The slow progress of such libraries in gaining popu- lar favor is a common experience all over the world. The British museum has a library of unequalled value, with the most free arrangements for reading, yet it is stated that the number of readers was but five in the sixth month after its read- ing room was opened. Seventy thousand visitors are reported there in 1850, and the number must constantly increase.
A few words may be permitted to suggest some of the rea- sons why these institutions may fail to have their proper esti- mation and encouragement as the most important agencies to carry on the education of childhood and compensate for the lack of early instruction. There are many persons not desti- tute of intelligence and influence, having as many books as they want, or with no desire for any, who regard Public Li- braries chiefly, as objects of civic pride, becoming to a pros- perous population, temples of learning, more for worship than for work. From such worshippers large sacrifices will not be expected. A larger and more generous class includes those who consider these libraries as conveniences for professional . students, for those who have special occasions for literary re- search, and for those who seek amusement, rather than for the many, whose lives are devoted to the active work of society. The opinion of the wise son of Sirach, "That the wisdom of the learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure" has been modified, but not wholly exploded by the progress of society. Public libraries would become more popular, if our citizens could understand the importance of the accommodations and variety which they offer to the cultivation of the habit of reading among the people, and the blessed effect of that habit on individual character and happiness. This privilege is ne-
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cessarily liable to abuse, but it will be the duty of managers of these libraries to give it a safe direction. In its general effect, reading suggests far better thoughts than the gossip of society or the musings of the idle and it often softens the heart, elevates the taste, and rouses to healthy action the in- tellectual faculties, when no special learning has been sought. And in physical pain, disappointment, anxiety or sorrow, this balm of hurt minds is found to be a congenial aid to the con- solations of christianity and the best substitute for those con- solations, when they are unknown. Though it is the boast of Massachusetts that the power of reading is possessed by a larger proportion of population within her borders than in any other State or country, it must be confessed that the number of those among our learned and unlearned, who can apprehend and communicate the beauty and strength of language by reading, is very small, and the attention to this elegant art is ill directed and inefficient in most of the schools of our State, and the greatest deficiency is sometimes observed in schools, which have the highest range of instruction.
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