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Patrick O'Toole,
Herbert Lathe,
Wm. B. Childs,
Edward Spurr.
William Souther,
Eunice Gates,
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. Higher Grade.
EDWARD I. COMINS, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Julia A. Butrick,
Sam'l A. Souther, Clara S. Bemis.
Emma E. Whiting,
Perfect two consecutive terms. Bella T. Hoyt, John A. Sears,
Clara L. Marcy, Lizzie P. Converse,
Fanny S. Tucker,
Emma G. Fletcher,
Evelin E. Town, Flora M. King,
Eveline E. Harrington, Emma L. Rice, Abbie L. Heywood, Mary A. E. Adams, Lottie M. Harrington,
Ella L. Drury, Eunice M. Walker,
Marion L. Smith, Cornelius Cronin, Wm. W. Hibbard, Steadman Clarke, Lucy F. Sawyer, Henrietta Stone, Jennie G. Munyan, Georgia Barton, George H. Stone, Daniel F. Cronin, Howard A. McKenney, Mary T. Gale, Susan Buttrick, Eliza Draper,
Angie S. Lowe, Alice M. Prouty, Herbert E. Case,
Mary E. Prouty,
S. Lizzie Carter, Josie E. Thayer, Fred W. Fairbanks, Charles E. Phelps, 17
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Edward R. Pratt, William T. Souther, Celia M. Doherty,
M. H. Harrington, S. H. Clarey, Miss E. H. Barton, Miss M. Melanefy,
Charles R. Kirby, Viola M. Putnam,
Mary Bush,
Nettie Patterson,
Patrick Larkin,
Frank Estabrooks, Lizzie Gill, Emma Moulton, W. W. H. Carey,
Ella Magoun,
Carrie Chapman.
John P. Grover, Henry J. Wood, Emma Aldrich,
Flora S. Goodnow,
Frank Holland, J. Everett Bardwell, Herbert Case, Sam'l A. Souther,
Sarah Broadbent, Lizzie Wesby. Ada Harrington,
Charles F. Gates, Simpson Heald,
John D. Curtis, Herbert W. Lathe, George E. Phelps,
Clara L. Putnam, Fred A. Walker.
A. A. HUNT, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Miss L. S. Coes, Miss C. Harrington,
Miss I. A. E. Kenney, Miss S. P. Walker,
F. Wood,
Miss L. E. Daniels.
F. E. Winslow,
Miss ANNA S. DUNTON, Teacher. Perfect the whole year. Myron E. Barrows, Theodore Day.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Henry Chapin, Hattie Lathrop,
George Cutler,
Amelia Wood,
Evie Aibee,
Elliott Carey,
Louise Rice,
Lizzie Coes,
Frank Knox,
Dwight Davis,
Julius H. Goddard,
Frank D. Babcock.
Alice Griggs,
Miss V. E. HAPGOOD, Teacher.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Mary Daniels, Edna Derby.
New School organized in May.
Miss HATTIE BLOOD, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Ellen T. Shannon,
Mary F. Gleason,
L. Jennie Stone,
Eva L. Barker.
Ella Spaulding,
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. Lower Grade.
Mrs. ELLEN M. WHEELER, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Norman Harrington, Ella F. Carter.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Barclay Durgin,
Joanna Driscoll,
Herbert Townsend, Willie A. Alger
Lizzie Molineux,
John Lowe.
Ellen J. Pierce,
Miss EMMA BROWN, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Minnie Meade, Abbie Fales.
Mary A. Dennis, Marian Pratt,
Miss P. MARIA COLE, Teacher. Perfect the whole year. William Kean, Adee Wood.
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Perfect two consecutive terms.
George T. Scott,
Frank Higgins,
Edgar Richards,
Frank Aldrich,
Willie H. Chase,
Charles Fitch.
Miss CARRIE GEORGE, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Melvin B. Smith,
Thomas W. Roach.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Patrick H. Keefe, George O. Ward.
Miss LOISE P. GROSVENOR, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Carrie F. Phelps,
Emma French,
Fannie A. Hinds, Alice S. Todd.
Miss MARY M. LAWTON, Teacher,
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Mary Lawler, Anna Fallon.
Mary Russell,
Miss ELLEN MERRICK, Teacher.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Kate Quirk, Mary Madden.
Miss EMMA E. CRANE, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Perfect two consecutive terms. Alice V. Jenks.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Mrs. ELIZABETH H. COE, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Helen Perkins.
William Barker, Freddie Bardwell, Addie Coombs,
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Mary M. Dermot,
Nellie Mussy. Frank Tabor,
Hattie Morse, Addie Newton.
Miss TIRZAH S. NICHOLS, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms.
J. Herbert Townsend, Levi Cutting.
Ellen Welch,
Miss KATE A. MEADE, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
George A. Smith,
Maria Athay,
Thomas Maloney, Andrew Reokie.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Sammie Smith, Nellie Barber,
Eddie Jourdon, John Chamberlin,
Annie Johnson, Charles Green,
Josie Broadbent, Cornelius Healy.
Mary E. Staples,
Charles M. Kean, Edward Pierce, Willie E. Higgins,
Charles W. Coes,
Willie J. Cuddy,
Mary A. Stone.
Ida E. Fitch, Irving E. Grover, Mary O. Hoyt,
Mary Gleason, Ellen Shannon,
James Redican,
Ella F. Bruce.
Ella M. Cooper,
Lizzie Ryan, Adolphus Chambers,
Emma Morse, John Cooper,
Jane Maloney, Ada Kent, Lizzie McCann, Emma Jourdon, Lucy Pickup,
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Miss HESTER A. GREEN, Teacher. Perfect for two consecutive terms.
Etta J. Dean,
Lizzie Wesson,
Effie M. Aldrich,
Annie E. Vaill,
Lizzie Holbrook,
Mary S. Brown,
Lizzie Robinson,
Ella M. Kelley,
Charles Robinson,
Belle Smith.
Flora M. Jones,
Miss CAROLINE HEWETT, Teacher. Perfect the whole year. Willie Guilfoyle, Charles Huse.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Charles Patterson, Albert Barker,
Sumner Thayer. Henry Earle,
Emma Kettell,
Eddie Houghton,
Etta Hancock,
Walter Lewisson.
Miss CARRIE R. CLEMENTS, Teacher. Perfect the whole year. Martha Kirwin.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Eddie Bliss, Willie Pratt,
Arthur Comstock, Franklin Rice,
Abbie McFarland, Freddie Kirby,'
Lucie Stratton,
Willie Lewis,
Mary Carroll,
Ella Stratton, Christopher Lynch,
Agnes Stone, Louis Torrey,
Lucie Walker,
Theodore Johnson.
Miss MARY E. LOVELL, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms. Alice S. Todd, Susan M. Nealy.
Miss REBECCA BARNARD, Teacher, Perfect the whole year.
Mary Flagg.
Charlie Follett, Walter Phelan, Sumner Gould, Charlie Merriam, Eddie Pierce,
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Hattie Thwing,
Carrie Merriam,
Charlie Houghton, Carrie Ryan,'
Luella Ballard,
Susie Merrick,
Mary Cavanough,
Flora Kendall,
Rosa Delvin,
Ida Jackson.
Miss CHARLOTTE N. FOLLETT, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms.
John Skahan, Horace Russell, Ellen M. Spiers,
Sarah McGone, Thomas Carroll, Katie McKenna, Jennie Spiers.
Joanna McSweeney,
Miss JOANNA F. SMITH, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Mary Flynn.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Willie E. Higgins, Henry W. Leland, C. M. Kean, Henry C. W. Rollins, William L. G. Robbins, Ada L. Sherman,
Arthur Morse,
Florence Peck, Ada Harrington, Mary Barker, Charles Carter, Fred Templeton,
Lillie Richardson,
Emma Tolman,
Lizzie Sweetser, Lizzie Clapp, Allie Longley,
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Charlie Coes, George Redding, Merrell Boyden,
E. Wesley Squires,
Josie Ryan.
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Miss HARRIET HATHAWAY, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Ella Henry.
Miss JULIA A. ROCKWOOD, Teacher. Perfect the whole year. James Sutton, Nellie Gill.
Mary Houlihan, Nora Kean,
Seth C. Gill,
Miss MARY S. MAYNARD, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms. Hattie Gordon.
Mary Stowell,
PRIMARY SCHOOLS. Miss CARRIE F. AYRES, Teacher.
Leander Newton,
Perfect two consecutive terms. Charlie Newton. Miss ESTHER G. CHENERY, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Charlie Brown, Charlie Blodgett, J. Winifred Case, Mary Underwood,
Mary Wilkinson, Addie Eldridge,
Mary McCormick, Effie C. Smith, Jennie Blackmer.
Joseph Flagg, John Sackett,
Miss SOPHIE S. BANNISTER, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms. Captola Langley.
Henry Schneider,
Miss SARAH J. NEWTON, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Elmer D. Swain, Flora J. Nelson,
Leila A. Mason, Jennie J. Lamb.
George W. Smith,
Perfect two consecutive terms. Lawrence McAlier, Emma S. Ballard.
Miss LYDIA M. WILMARTH, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Walter L. Sheldon.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Jennie A. Hammond, Mary E. Houghton,
Lily Brigham, Carrie H. Maynard,
Fannie J. Moore, Emma F. Goodrich,
Fred O. Higgins, Mary L. Spurr,
Frank W. Graves,
Hattie M. Mowbray.
Sarah Shippen,
Miss MARY E. BOTHWELL, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
George Alden Thayer, Emily Bemis, John Guilfoyle.
Willie Guilfoyle, Hattie Sullivan, Flora Combs,
Perfect two consecutive terms. Addison Clements, Ella Morse,
Mary Kean,
Nellie Richards.
Ernest Leland,
John E. Brown,
Jennie J. Clough,
Henry Earle, A. Fry Palmer,
Charles S. Barton, Willis H. Stoddard, Effie M. Aldrich, Mary L. Maynard,
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Martha Kirwin, Irvine Pope,
Anna Spaulding.
Thomas Fitzpatrick, Katie Fallon, Nicholas Drohan, Mary Kelly, Joanna Keefe,
Annie Mahoney, Michael Finnigan,
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Mary Heron, Laura Carter,
Katie Handlin, Lizzie Sulivan,
Katie Moore, Mary McManus,
Winnie Foster, Flora Saxoni,
Alice Welch, Anna Monaghan.
Miss LIZZIE C. GOODWIN, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms. Thomas Dwyer, Mary Malone.
Miss MARTHA HOBBS, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Mary Kelley.
George Crosby, Gertrude Robbins, Lizzie Stone,
Miss KATE HOBBS, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms. Addie Kendall,
Susie Merrick,
Ann Cavanaugh, Arabella Perkins.
Lizzie Stott,
Mrs. T. S. DARLING, Teacher. Perfect the whole year. Lizzie Finneran, Edward Bannigan.
John Bannigan, Michael Daily, Mary Ann Quirk,
SUB PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Miss S. L. PHILLIPS, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Omer J. Whiting.
Geo E. Fitzgerald,
Hattie E. Maynard, Jennie I. Hubbard,
Miss M. A. SLATER, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms. Fred L. Patch.
Miss HARRIET N. PERRY, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terins. Walter L. Sheldon, Warren M. Maynard. Edith H. Miles,
Frank Mack,
Perfect two consecutive terms. Mary Kneeland, John Kelly,
Willie Cronin, Nannie Ryan.
Willie N. Holland.
Miss SARAH W. CLEMENTS. Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms. Ellen Baldwin, Martin Flaherty,
Freddie Pierce, Thomas Linch,
Miss MARY J. MACK, Teacher. . Perfect the whole year.
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Miss MARY E. PEASE, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Willie Tew, Daniel Guilfoyle,
Sarah Thayer, Miss H. N. CHASE, Teacher.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Margaret Flaherty, Katie Sullivan.
Daniel Tainter, Mary Kerwin,
Miss MARY A. SMITH, Teacher, Perfect two consecutive terms.
Jennie Willard, Ellen Galahan.
Mary Flaherty, Hattie Taylor,
Miss HARRIET A. HARRINGTON, Teacher. Perfect the whole year.
Lavina Sampson.
Clarence L. Routh,
Roscoe E. Freeman, George Reed.
Mary Sampson,
Miss HELEN M. SHATTUCK, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Agnes Weir,
Lizzie Sullivan,
Hattie Putnam, Mary Thompson,
Mary McGovern, Alice Rickhan.
Miss EMMA L. BROOKS, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms. James Heron.
Miss ABIGAIL PRATT, Teacher.
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Willie Bowen.
Miss CARRIE E. PUTNAM, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms. Maggie Reardon, Mary Cronin.
Besbice Phaneuf, Mary Reardon,
Miss LIZZIE PRATT, Teacher. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Joseph La Foye,
Luella Baker,
Clarence Sutton, John Maude,
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
QUINSIGAMOND PRIMARY. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Eddie Mathews.
Charles F. Wheelock.
TATNUCK SCHOOL. Perfect the whole year.
Jennie Harrington, Ella Kettell,
Frank Stevens, Charley Cleveland, Hattie Loring,
George Taylor, Freddie Taylor,
George Stevens,
Perfect two consecutive terms.
James Weir, Mary McManus, Maggie Sheehan,
Stephen Dunn,
Clara Sibley, Annie Quinn,
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Sarah F. Eastman, Alice Hammond, Arthur Conant,
Perfect two consecutive terms.
Arthur J. Moore, Marilla Bracket.
Hattie M. Wheelock,
Willie H. Eastman.
NORTH POND SCHOOL. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Herbert E. Atherton.
POND SCHOOL. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Chandler Gilman.
CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL. Perfect two consecutive terms.
Abbie L. Sears.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER,
FOR THE YEAR 1866:
JAMES B. BLAKE, Mayor, Ex-officio, President.
B. P. CHENOWETH, Superintendent.
SAMUEL V. STONE, Secretary and Prudential Com- mittee for Centre District.
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Members whose Term expires Jan'y 1, '69.
Members whose Term expires January 1st, 1868.
Members whose Term expires January 1st, 1867.
1. JOS. D. DANIELS,
HARTLEY WILLIAMS,
W. H. SANFORD,
2. GEORGE W. GALE,
EDWARD EARLE,
T. K. EARLE,
3. E. D. MCFARLAND,
JOHN J. POWER,
SAMUEL PUTNAM,
4.
P. T. O'REILLY,
CHARLES A. TENNEY,
M. S. McCONVILLE,
5. JOHN C. NEWTON, THOMAS MAGENNIS,
SAMUEL V. STONE,
6. FRANCIS L. KING,
T. E. ST. JOHN,
7. GEORGE JAQUES,
JOHN DEAN, . T. M. LAMB,
THOMAS EARLE,
8. R. R. SHIPPEN.
C. B. METCALF.
FRANK H. RICE.
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SUB-COMMITTEES
APPOINTED RY THE School Committee of the City of Worcester, FOR THE YEAR 1866.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
On SCHOOL HOUSES :
Messrs. T. K. Earle, Newton, Gale, Power and T. Earle. ON BOOKS AND APPARATUS :
Messrs. Shippen, Daniels, Williams, Metcalf and Sanford. ON EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS : Superintendent, ex-officio, Shippen, Power, St. John and Jaques. ON FINANCE .
Mayor, Superintendent, Edward Earle, Newton and McConville. ON CONFERENCE ; Mayor, Superintendent, Lamb, Stone and O'Reilly.
VISITING COMMITTEES.
CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL. Principal. Committee.
WALNUT ST .- Harris R. Greene,
Messrs. Shippen, Power, St. John, T. K. Earle and Jaques.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS,-HIGHER GRADE.
Principals.
Committees.
THOMAS ST .- Edward 1. Comins,
THOMAS ST .- Miss V. E. Hapgood,
SYCAMORE ST .- John M. Manning, SYCAMORE ST .- Miss A. S. Dunton,
SALEM ST .- Miss H. Blood.
Messrs. St. John, Sanford and Gale. Newton, Daniels and O'Reilley. Edw. Earle, Jaques and Daniels. T. Earle, Williams and King. T. K. Earle, Newton and Dean.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS,-LOWER GRADE.
THOMAS ST .- Mrs. E. M. Wheeler,
THOMAS ST .- Miss M. Fitch,
ELM ST .- Miss Emma Brown, PLEASANT ST .- Miss P. M. Cole, SYCAMORE ST .- Miss C. A. George, SALEM ST .- Miss L. P. Grosvenor, ASH ST .- Miss M. M. Lawton, EAST WORCESTER .- Miss E. Merrick, NEW WORCESTER .- Miss E. E. Crane,
Messrs. McConville and T. Earle. Newton and Daniels. Daniels and Shippen. Lamb and Stone. O'Reilly and Metcalf. Stone and Jaques.
Magennis and Power.
Power and Newton.
Dean and King.
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SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Principals.
THOMAS ST .- Mrs. E. H. Coe,
SUMMER ST .- Miss T. S. Nichols,
MAIN ST .- Miss K. A. Mcade, PLEASANT ST .- Miss C. Hewett,
PLEASANT St. -- Miss H. A. Greene,
SYCAMORE ST .- Miss C. R. Clements,
SYCAMORE ST .- Miss M. E. Lovell,
SALEM ST .--- Miss R. Barnard, ASH ST .- Miss C. N. Follett,
PROVIDENCE ST .- Miss L. A. L'erry,
EAST WORCESTER .- Miss H. Hathaway,
EAST WORCESTER -Miss L. L. Newton, NEW WORCESTER .- Miss J. A. Rockwood,
TEMPLE ST .- Miss J. F. Smith,
PROVIDENCE ST .- Miss M. Wentworth,
Committees. Messrs. Rice and Gale.
T. K. Earle and McFarland. T. Earle and Putnam. Lamb and McConville. Edward Earle and Daniels.
St. John and King. Stone and Magennis. Newton and T. Earle. Metcalf and O'Reilley. McConville and Rice. Power and McFarland.
Jaques and Putnam. Dean and Williams. O'Reilly and Williams. Rice and Lamb.
VOCAL MUSIC.
HIGH, GRAMMAR AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS,-I. N. Metcalf, Messrs. Power, Shippen and St. John.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
THOMAS ST .- Miss C. F. Ayres, SUMMER ST .- Miss E. G. Chencry, MAIN ST .- Miss S. J. Newton,
PLEASANT ST .- Miss L. A. Wilmarth,
MASON ST .- Miss M. E. Bothwell,
SYCAMORE ST .- Miss S. W. Clements, ASH ST .- M. J. Mack, FRONT ST. - Miss M. Hobbs, FRONT ST .- Miss Kate Hobbs,
EAST WORCESTER .- Miss L. Congdon,
EAST WORCESTER .- Miss Anna Brown, EAST WORCESTER .- Mrs. T. S. Darling. TEMPLE ST .-- Miss L. Goodwin,
Messrs. Gale and Newton. King and Rice. Sanford and St. John.
T. Earle and St. John. Shippen and Lamb. Edward Earle and Mc Conville. Rice and Magennis. Newton and Magennis. Tenney and Newton. Putnam and Stone.
Power and McFarland.
Metcalf and King.
Gale and McFarland.
SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
THOMAS ST .- Miss S. L. Phillips, SUMMER ST .- Miss M. A. Slater, SUMMER ST .- Miss F. H. Coc, MAIN ST .- Miss S. S. Bannister, MAIN ST .- Miss Susie G. Gale, PLEASANT ST .- Miss H. N. Perry, MASON ST .- Miss M. E. Pease, SYCAMORE ST .- Miss H. N. Chase, SYCAMORE ST .- Miss M. A. Smith, SALEM ST .- Miss. H. A. Harrington, ASH. ST .- Miss Hellen M. Shattuck, ASFt ST .- Miss E. L. Brooks, PROVIDENCE ST .- Miss A. H. Barnes,
Messrs. Edward Earle and Gale. O'Reilley and McFarland. Williams and Rice. Newton and T. Earle. Daniels and Shippen. King and St. John. Shippen and T. Earle. St. John and Tenney. Magennis and Jaques. Gale and Stone.
T. Earle and Stone. Stone and Daniels.
McFarland and McConville.
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Principals.
FRONT ST .- Miss A. Pratt, FRONT ST .- Miss C. M. Draper,
EAST WORCESTER .- Miss C. E. Putnam, EAST WORCESTER .- Miss E. M. McFarland, NEW WORCESTER .- Miss L. Pratt,
PROVIDENCE ST .- Miss M. T. Magennis,
Committees.
Rice and Sanford. Lamb and O'Reilly. Tenney and T. K. Earle.
Putnam and Power.
Dean and King. O'Reilly and Magennis.
UNCLASSIFIED SCHOOLS.
Principals.
Committees.
DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS,-Thomas Wheelock,
Messrs. Power, Edward Earle, and Metcalf.
Magennis, Stone and McConville.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Principals.
Tatnuck,
Miss L. A. Eddy,
Valley Falls,
Leesville,
M. E. D. King, H. A. Smith,
South Worcester, South Worcester,
J. E. Prentice, A. E. Hall,
Quinsigamond,
M. M. Geary,
Quinsigamond,
H. S. Clark,
Blithewood, Pond,
M. Parker, A. A. Swallow,
Adams Square,
E. K. Arnold,
Burncoat Plain,
F. N. Chapman,
Northville,
M. E. Maynard,
North Pond,
A. M. Pratt,
Chamberlain,
S. J. Bates,
Reform School,
Lizzie Wood,
Visiting Committees. T. K. Earle and Metcalf. Dean and Williams. Jaques and Dean. Putnam and Daniels. Daniels and Putnam, Gale and Power. Power and Gale. Williams and T. K. Earle. Putnam and T. Earle. Shippen and T. K. Earle. T. Earle and Sanford. Lamb and Gale. Daniels and King. Metcalf and Edw. Earle. Sup't., Gale and Newton.
Prud'l Com'tees.
Chas. Houghton. Samuel Parsons. J. F. Boice. H. Goddard. H. Goddard.
A. B. Plimpton. A. B. Plimpton. C. Wesson. Samuel Putnam. Alden B. Knights. W. P. Knight.
G. W. Mann. J. H. Brooks.
S. Sears.
EVENING SCHOOL FOR BOTH SEXES,-Thomas Wheelock,
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS ON SHADE TREES.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the City Council :
In compliance with section 3 of Chapter 35 of the Laws and Resolves of 1862, the Commissioners on Shade Trees and Public Grounds respectfully submit the follow- ing report :
The Commissioners have planted out but few trees during the past year, and they cannot, as they would like to, recommend any considerable expenditures for this purpose, for some time to come. The indebtedness of the City, already large when this board was first or- ganized, has been within the past few years greatly augmented, in consequence of the terrible ordeal through which the country has been passing. Various causes, more remotely, or not at all, connected with the recent war, are also operating to increase the necessary annual expenses of our municipal government, and these de- mands for money can be met only by heavy taxation, or by that ingenious mode of borrowing from posterity which goes by the name of a permanent loan.
Fine thrifty trees with their rustling foliage and grate- ful shade, are, undeniably, luxurious and attractive orna- ments with which to decorate the sides of our public streets ; but should the commmissioners go forward and plant trees in every vacant sidewalk, where the owners
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of adjacent property solicit improvements of this sort, such a procedure, in these days of other, seemingly in- dispensable outlays, would be deservedly censurable for its extravagance. For the immediate future, therefore, as it appears to the commissioners, the City ought to rely, for decorations of this kind, mainly upon private enterprise. To this source, indeed, we are already greatly indebted for many of our most valuable shade trees, and public-spirited individuals are every year increasing our obligations in this direction. Other citizens, it is not to be doubted, would be stimulated to do likewise,' were they but to reflect a little upon the practical opera- tion of this class of improvements. Let any one having a fine ornamental tree in the street in front of his house, attempt to fix a price for which he would consent to have it cut down, and he will then better understand what benefit he confers upon himself, while at the same time he adds to the beauty of the city, by planting such a living ornament in some vacant sidewalk elsewhere adjoining his estate. Again, experience has abundantly proved that the amount of care almost indispensable to the success of any tree however well set out, is much more likely to be bestowed upon trees planted by pri- vate individuals, than upon those in which no one feels more than a general interest. Every person of taste and ability who has erected a new house, decorated his grounds, and built an ornamental fence in front of his premises, feels that his embellishing operations are in- complete, if there is not a row of fine trees in the adja- cent sidewalk ; and he at once says to himself: “Such trees are indispensable to my enjoyment, if I am to make this place my home ; and if not, they are yet more in-
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dispensable, inasmuch as they will so largely enhance the value of my property, in case I may wish to dispose of it ; since less powerful influences than those of a few shade trees have often proved the turning point, in effecting important sales of real estate."
Were the city out of debt, were there chance for any considerable retrenchment of more necessary expendi- tures, were there no complaints of heavy taxation, even on the part of those who desire more planting of orna- mental trees, many improvements of the streets and public grounds, appropriately within the province of this commission, might perhaps seem of pressing importance ; but under existing circumstances, the commissioners can hardly feel justified in attempting more than to take care of the fences enclosing the burying grounds and parks, to protect the growing trees, and to plant a few others in vacant places where the necessity for setting a tree may seem most urgent.
In some parts of the city,-it is to be regretted,-the existence of a board of tree-commissioners appears to have abated private enterprise in setting trees, but there are other quarters where a merited commendation ought to be bestowed. It has been truly gratifying to observe the zeal of some of the small proprietors of real estate in East Worcester, carrying their trees home on their backs, setting them out, and taking care of them through the year, with a devotion that would do credit to men of greater resources and more noisy professions of public spirit.
It would be an important point gained, in this tree business, to awaken a proper spirit, so that it should be- come fashionable for all proprietors of real estate to set
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a few trees every year at their own expense. Let it be imagined, for a moment, how much more beautiful this already beautiful inland city would become in a period of ten years, were every owner of land bordering on its more populous streets, to set out suitable trees for the little distance of sidewalk that extends along his premis- es. Then, again, to a man in his declining years, what more gratifying enjoyment than to point out to his chil- dren, or it may be, to his great-grand-children, some graceful maple or towering elm, which he planted in his youthful days, and which, long after his mortal career is ended, will spread its refreshing shade over the sultry street, a leafy monument to his memory and a cherished ornament to the city ? Along the lines of Front street, there are some such noble specimens of the elm, stately witnesses to the public spirit of one of our oldest living citizens who planted them there. Other fine trees also, in different parts of the city, may justly awaken a sense of pride in the breasts of those, who, long years ago, con- tributed something of their labor and skill to embellish the then charming rural village of Worcester.
Whoever builds a costly dwelling-house, generally undertakes the work with a view to the gratification of himself or of his family ; but he who sets out a fine shade tree, and protects its growing years from injury, labors with more disinterested hands, and performs a more ennobling service.
The commissioners will not allow themselves to doubt that these well-meant suggestions will be received in the same kindly spirit in which they are here offered, and that those interested in the prosperity and embellishment of the city-already one of the most beautiful in the
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country-will, by their doing every year, each a little tree-planting for the public benefit, render the combined result as surprising, as it will be gratifying to all.
The principal outlay of the commission, during the past year, has been the expenditures on the fences en- closing the burying ground in East Worcester, and that on Mechanic street. The former of these unfortunately located homes of the dead, has been put in such a con- dition as to be protected, for a time at least, from lawless intrusion and shameful desecration. The other will re- ceive proper attention the coming season. A proposition to sell these two cemeteries and to discontinue them as burial places, it is feared, would still meet with fierce opposition ; but certainly no further interments ought to be allowed in either of them. While they remain, the cost and trouble of protecting them from every species of insult, will be an annually increasing burden upon the city.
It has been suggested by some of our good citizens that it would be well to abolish this commission, and to leave its business, where it formerly was, in the hands of other city officers. In this opinion the retiring mem- ber of the board, from his experience, does not concur. The commissioners constitute a continuous living board, two of its three members having always the qualifica- tion of at least a year's official service, and all of them expressly appointed, from the city at large, from among the citizens who are supposed to be competent to per- form the duties required of such a commission. For the present, it is true, the labors of the commissioners may not be productive of any great results ; but should pros- perous times arrive, when the municipal government
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