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Griggs, John S.
Gordon, Lyman Graves, Willie Graves, Charles Gates, Susie
Harrington, Sara A.
Moran, Daniel
Harrington, Anna
McDermott, James
Hemenway, Abbie F.
Hickey Bertie
Holland, Carrie Henry, Anita
Monahan, Annie
Sheldon, Theo. H.
Halloran, Alice
McNamarra, James
Hackett, James
McManns, Mary
Norcross, Emma J.
Nelligan, Nellie Otis, Charles
Sullivan, Maggie Sheehan, Agnes Sears, Abbie L. Spaulding, Anna Spears, Willie Tehean, Mary
Jones, Edward S.
Omara, Daniel
Overend, Thomas
King, Katie E.
Paul, Ida E.
Timon, Teresa
Kerr, Josie
Pratt, A. E.
Taylor, Samuel
Kelley, Charles
Park, George A.
Trey, Lizzie
Little, Hattie A.
Pero, George F.
Taylor, George H.
Lucus, Harry E.
Pero. Eddie
Thayer, Eddie D.
Longley, Emma E.
Paradise. Henry
Volkner, Willie
Lewis, Lydia M.
Quinn, Eliza
Wesson, L. Wesby, Herbert
Leonard, Eugene Largess, Peter Moore, A. J.
Rafferty, Michael
Whitney, Omer Wentworth, Rosa
Makepeace, E. S. McDonald Mary Miles, Edith H.
Stowell, Etha M.
Wood, Arthur J.
Wilson, Sarah W.
Shannon, Ellen T.
Wilkinson, Frank M.
Souther, Abbie C.
Weir, Solomon
PEPFECT TWO TERMS.
Aldrich, Josie Adams, Charles D. Allen, William E. Allyn, John B. Abertin, Aug. Allyn, Charles Athy, Francis
Amidon, Fred E. Alton, Stella J. Adams, Lizzie Agnew, Thomas Abercrombie, Ella Atwood, Lizzie Aldrich, Eddie E.
Adams, Charlie
Abbott, Jennie
Adams, Florence
Adams, Myra
Adams, Ida
Ange, August Andrews, Frank
Seaver, Eliza J. Sherman, A. L. Sibley, Ansel H. Searles, Annie J. Stratton, Charles G. Sullivan, Lizzie Sullivan, Daniel Sullivan, Thomas Stockwell, Lizzie Sampson, Lorena H.
Shurtliff, Henry Sullivan, John Stiles, Herbert A.
Sullivan, Cornelius Smith, Mary Sullivan, Dennis Smith, M. Louisa
HIallagan, Mary Heron, Nellie Johnson, Walter Johnson, George
Jewell, Eddie
Johnson, Rachel
O'Connell, Willie O'Rourke, Dennis Overend, Walter
Joslin, Charles
Lawrence, George C. Lee, Albert
Russell, Mary E. Richardson, C.
Whitcomb, Nellie
Ryan, John
Wilson, Lucius
Ross, Hattie
Richardson, Nellie S.
Whalen, Ellen White, Herbert
Robbins, Willie
Stone, L. Jennie
Malone, Mary Maude, John Morbray, Hattie
Marshal, Frank McGrath, Nellie Maynard, Marion May, Evelyn J. McCann, Patrick Morgan, Ellen E. Moore, Eddie McKenney, James
Madans, Louis
Moran, Eliza Mahann, Lizzie
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Auger, Augustus
Brown, Michael
Chase, Henry
Adams, Frank
Brady, Maggie
Clisby, Clara
Atwood, Nellie
Brahm, Maggie
Cooper, Annie
Bacon, Lizzie
Burnes, John
Comins, Irving
Bigelow, George A.
Buckley, Nellie
Conlon, Owen
Bemis, Clara
Beatie, Patrick
Collins, Mary
Berry, Cora F.
Boyd, Ida
Casey, Ellen
Brigham, William H.
Baker, Lulie
Connor, Thomas
Boland, Leo P.
Britt, Joseph
Carroll, Peter
Buxton, Angustus A.
Boyle, Tommie
Cronin, Mary A.
Beaman, Arthur M.
Buckley, Daniel
Connor, Emma
Burgess, Ella
Buxton, Etta
Clisbee, Wm.
Britton, Nellie S.
Bartlett, Lester M.
Cheney, Florella
Barton, Edith
Ball, Frank
Coonan, Willie
Barton, Lucy
Bailey, Willie H.
Clarke, Belle
Bartlett, Ella
Bigelow, Frank A.
Colton, Katie
Barbour, Nellie
Burnes, Freddie
Currier, Ephraim
Batchellor, Clifford H. Barrett, Sarah E. Button, Eddie Bullock, Lizzie
Converse, Hattie M.
Blandon, Charlie
Bennett, Lizzie
Collier, Charlie
Burlingame, Harris
Burke, Mary
Carter, Montie
Bigelow, Charles
Burke, Julia
Coffee, Maggie
Babbett, Harry
Bibby, George
Conly, Michael
Barry, Agnes
Bishop, Freddie
Canavon, Cornelius
Briggs, Frank
Bressihan, Nanno
Coburn, Peter
Brown, Lizzie
Barrow, Paul
Cutler, Eddie C.
Barrett, Lucy
Buxton, Clara
Chase, Edward I.
Brooks, Walter
Conlin, James W.
Claflin, Charlie
Bush, Addie B.
Cooley, Addie M.
Coleman, John
Beaumont, Richard
Cutter, George R.
Cooney, Bridget
Brosnihan, Eugene
Connor, James P.
Cooney, Willie
Barnes, Charlie
Colton, Reuben
Canovan, Hugh
Burnett, Annie
Carter, Ella F.
Collins, Lizzie Croake, James
Biberback, Lizzie
Chase, Emma D.
Burnham, Charles
Curtis, Willie
Clarke, Charles
Belisle, Felix
Childs, Hattie J.
Carroll, James
Buxton, Ida
Colvin, Byron
Cassidy, Charlie
Budding, Alice
Caldwell, Jennie E.
Campbell, John Casey, Daniel
Burley, Jennie S.
Carroll, James B.
Barker, Martha
Carlton, Edward C.
Connor, Honora
Bradshaw, Richard
Coes, Charles W.
Condon, Willie
Baker, Albert
Chamberlain, Alma
Curran, John
Burke, Bessie
Clarke, Munroe
Curran, Joseph
Bacon, Frank
Clough, Jennie
Barber, Clara E.
Coes, Stella
Collins, Timmie Crook, Willie Cunningham, Sarah
Bacon, Edgar
Corbin, Emma
Bosley, Joseph
Connor, Ellen M.
Buckley, Charles
Carroll, John
Cunningham, Arthur Collins, Julia
Bigelow, Irving
Caldwell, Eddie
Butterworth, Martha
Combs, Addie P.
Crawford, Jennie Casey, Maggie
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Cook, Lucian
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Connor, Eliza
Day, Willie A.
Doran, James H.
Doran, Mary E.
Cross, Joseph
Drago, Gilbert
Cross, David
Donahue, Charles Doherty, Stephen
Fogarty, Albert H.
Cooper, George
Cooney, Edward
Conlin, James
Cunningham, Thomas
Ellsworth, Hattie L.
Constant, Josepli
Eastman, Emma A.
Flagg, Jennie W.
Dickinson, Samuel F.
Ellsworth, Albert
Gleason, Mary F.
Delaney, Maggie A.
Earle, Ollie K.
Gilbert, Mary
Dean, Minnie E.
Elwood, James
Gilbert, Eliza H.
Dugan, John
Emerson, Ella J.
Gauren, Fred A.
Downey, William
Eddy, Charles H.
Garvin, John
Doherty, Mary K.
Earler, Maggie
Green, Alice
Dexter, Mattie
Eidt, Fannie M.
Gilbert, Walter
Dudley, Fred
Estabrooks, Charles
Goddard, Rosalie M
Dunton, Carrie
Eldridge, Ella
Goddard, Gertie Griggs, Gertie
Dower, Willie
Flagg, Mary Ella
Flagg, Mary Elizabeth Gunderson, Carl
Doane, Clara
Fallon, Lizzie
Graves, Frank Gassett, Maria
Dewey, Wende!l
Flint, Annie
Dryden, Martha
Fay, Stella
Gates, Carrie
Dunning, James
Fales, Nellie
Graves, Willie
Dorr, Viola
Fitzpatrick, Thos.
Gow, G. Coley
Daily, John
Finnegan, Nora
Guilfoyle, Timmnie
Danahy, Daniel
Fitzgerald, Mary
Gallagher, Annie
Douglass, Emma
Flaharty, Martin
Griffin, Willie
Durgan, Frank
Fitzgerald, John
Griggs, G. Albert
Dray, Bridget
Fallon, John
Griggs, Albert Gullivan, Annie
Drohan, Nicholas
Fiske, Charlie
Davis, John W.
Foley, John
Downes, Andrew
Foley, Maggie
Gafferny, Jennie Gateley, Tommie Goodwin, Frank
Desper, Willie Doyle, Michael
Fabrey, Charlie
Doyle, James
. Flaherty, James E. Flaherty, Maggie Fredericks, Fred Francis, Emma
Gunther, Alexander
Driscoll, Michael
Flynn, Jerry
Devine, Anthony
Finneran, James Flynn, Robert Flynn, Mary A.
Donahue, Kartin Dean, Willie
Foley, Jerry
Deland, Etta
Fallon, Rosa
Holden, George C. .
Dryden, Euphrusia Dolin, Alice
Flemming, Peter Fallon, Ellen
Hoar, Rockwood Hicks, Ella J.
Dean, Delia J.
Finnegan, Tommie Flemming, Willie Fallon, Theodore Fahy, John
Flynn, Mary E.
Crouty, Morris Chandler, John
Drogan, Martin Dunn, John
Develin, Minnie Dunn, Mary
Fragner, Isaac Fiske, Eddie Fuller, C. Gertrude Foley, Katie Ford, Thomas
Gunderson, Norman Gordon Gertrude Gleason, Freddie Ganche, Delia Hoppin, Ida
Donahue, Mary
Fuller, Daniel
Garvey, John Glennen, Ellen Gill, Ruth Gauren, Addie
Doyle, Annie
Doyle, Willie
Davis, Lunella
Cutting, Etta Cooper, Willie
Doherty, John
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Holbrook, Lizzie
Howe, Edgar Hoyle, George E. Houghton, Willie Holmes, Lilla
Harding, Mary
Holey, John
Hopkins, Herbert
Halloran, Thomas
Hogan, Ellen
Higgins, Etha
Hartwell, Mae
Hamilton, Harry W. Hill, Etta
Hackett, Tommie
Hannant, Henry
Hargadon, Mary
Jones, George
Holland, Lincoln
Jones, P. Brignoli Jones, Louisa
Harrington, Jennie A. Johnson, Alice
Hubbard, Jennie J.
Johnston, Mary
Lavin, Katie
Hurley, Patrick
Knight, Henry A.
Leonard, Elma
Huntley, Lizzie
Kent, Ada F.
Lochmane, John
Hopkins, Lizzie
King, John E.
Longley, Henry
Hackett, George
Kiley, Mary A.
Morse, Fannie
Higgens, Jennie
Kendall, Addie
Meade, Minnie
Hallagin, James
Kendall, Flora
Muzzey, Nellie M.
Hinchliffe, George
Knight, Etta
Morse, Albert T.
Haggarty, Owen
Kenney, Celia
Melanefy, Maggie J.
Houghton, Mary
Kenney, Katie
Madden, James T. F.
Henty, Josie
Keen, Nora
McMahon, Alice E.
Hackett, Mary
Kenney, Frank
Maynard, Emma K.
Hart, Maggie
Knight, Edgar Keeffe, Jamie
McFarland, Myra
Hiffron, Michael
Keeffe, Joanna
Marshal, Simon E.
Holohan, Nellie
Kennedy, Daniel
McCloskev, John
Kiley, William
McFarland, Lizzie Merriam, Isaac
Mawhinney, Eddie
Kimmel, Albert
McDonald, Thomas
Horogan, Mary
Knight, Wm. H.
Millett, Georgie
Hart, Tommie
Kelley, Jolın
Messenger, Mary G.
Higgens, John Hinkle, Eddie Holmes, Aurelia
Kickman, Hannah Kelly, Joseph Kholman, John
Marcy, Arthur D. McKenna, Mary Murphy, Mary
Ingals, Walter G.
Keyes, David
McAvoy, Annie
Ingraham, James
Keyes, George
Millie, John
Ingraham, Lizzie M.
Kiley, John
Kelley, Thomas
McCarty, James McKeon, Frank
Irving, Eddie
Jordon, Louise S. Johnson, Charles R. .Johnson, Julius P. Johnson, Annie D. Jewett, Warren F. Johnson, Alice Jordon, Genevieve II. Johnson, Cora Judge, Patrick Jones, Frank Jordon, Charlie
Keagan, Jolın Kendal, Herbert Lynch, Christopher A. Lathe, Herbert W. Lathe, Albert P. Longley, Allie M. Lynch, Christopher Langlois, Joseph Lackey, George W. Leonard, Mary O. Ladd, Carrie
Lavin, Patrick Lynch, Thomas
Lawler, Nellie
Leland, Katie G.
Haly, Jolın
Johnson, Aroline F. Jordon, Jennie Johnston, Willie Jencks, Frank Johnson, Frank
Lewis, Charles Lawler, Joanna Lynch, James Ladoux, Lois
Lavin, Annie
Henchley, Addie Hurachy, Katie Hardy, Charlie Hannigan, John Hurley, James
Kane, Henry
Kimmel, Herman
Kelly, Frank A.
Mason, Frank
Merrifield, Julius W.
Higgins, James
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McCann, Thomas Mason, Herbert Moore, Myra S. McDonough, James McCrackin, Frank McCann, Jennie McGregor, Beckie Mahoney, Julia Murphy, Nellie
McManus, Lizzie Mannix, Stephen McGouty, Charles
Mahan, Frank Mahanney, Mary
May, Ida E.
McCabe, Mary J. McGrouty, Mary E.
Murphy, Ella
Maloney, Edwin
May, Eddie
McCann, George
Mullins, Bradford
Muzzey, Frank W.
Mathews, Lillian
Murphy, James
Magone, Jennie M.
McCann, Lizzie
Murphy, Mary
McCauliff, Cornelius
May, Alice
Marshal, Laura
Morse, Eddie
McGrath, Maggie
Mulloy, Charlie
McGee, Rebecca
Marsh, Charles
McLaughlin, Nellie
Preston, Patience
Perry, Frank D.
Mc Laughlin, Katie
McLaughlin, Maria
Mahoney, John
McDonough, Mary
Murphy, Annie
McCann, Tommie Melaven, Albert
Mannix, Joanna
Perry, Adella
McLaughlin, Robert Mannix, John
Moran, John McCarty, John
Malone, Maggie
Newton, Waldo J.
McCafferty, Joseph
Norcross, Frank
Mahar, Phillip
Needham, Annie
McQueeney, Annie McNiff, John
Nelson, Flora Newbury, Cora
Maynard, Mary
Nichols, Mittie
Mathews, Thomas
Naylor, Mary A.
McCormick, John
Needham, Mary A.
Nealy, Flora
Neylon, Ellen Noon, K.
Newell, Ellen M. Newton, Emma Norcross, Arthur Norton, Flora O'Brien, John, O'Connor, Alice O'Neil, James Oliver, Lucy
O'Sullivan, Timothy O'Rourke, Ida O'Marra, Joseph O'Rourke, Barnard O'Brien, Annie Oberer, Albert O'Marra, Michael O'Neil, Abbie O'Neil, Patrick O'Neil, Anthony O'Harra, John O'Brien, Austin Oliver, Cora A. O'Grady, Carrie O'Brien, Simon Pero, John P. Putnam, Ella A. Pierce, Arba F.
Perkins, Helen Parker, Lizzie Pond, Inez Pierce, John E.
Monahan, John Mellor, Davis Moore, Susie
McMannis, Hannah Millie, Willie McLaughlin, Mary
Phelps, Alida Parsons, Thomas Perry, Freddie Park, Charlie
Patch, Freddie Pike, George Phelps, William Pero, James Palmer, Horace
Murphy, Ella McGooty, Mary Maloney, John
McCloskey, James
McCloskey, John Moore, Nellie McDermott, Mary Millson, Willie McCafferty, Eddie McCarty, John Mack, Ella
Moore, Edward H. McFarland, Fred W.
Mann, Earnest Murphy, Ella
McLaughlin, James Mack, Julia
Murphy, Thomas
Piper, Lyman Palmer, Willie Putnam, Hattie Perry, Eddie Pevey, Nellie F. Power, Johanna Pierce, Abbie Phelps, George Parsons, Henry Paradise, Louis Pomeroy, Delia Prue, Joseph Pierce, Jefferson D. Power, James Plaisted, Eddie B. Phanief, Phillip
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Pero, Louis N. B. Prentice, Frank
·Risley, Stenie
Shealds, Mary
Sawyer, Annie H.
Parkis, Eddie
Reardon, Mary
Stearns. Addie S.
Prouty, Hattie Parker, Harry
Rafferty, Michael
Parker, George Perkins, Walter
Ryan, James Roberts, Stephen
Palmer, Mary
Russell, Edward S.
Phelps, Mary
Rose, Lizzie
Power, William
Ross, Hattie
Quinlan, L.
Rourke, David
Riordan, John
Smith, Stella
Smith, Alice Sullivan, Katie
Reynolds, Carrie A.
Sweetzer, Lizzie J.
Sykes, Charlie
Ruggles, Willard O.
Sherman, Ada L.
Stoddard, Clarence M.
Rawson, Joanna J.
Souther, Willie T.
Sullivan, Julia
Russell, Willie R.
Scott, Fred
Sykes, Eddie Sexton, Michael
Reed, Emma
Seavey, Katie E.
Sullivan, Mary A.
Ryan, Josie M.
Stockman, Hattie
Sheehan, Mary
Raymond, Ella
Stone, Clara A.
Shea, Daniel
Richardson, Hattie
Stone, Albert H.
Russell, Ella
Smith, Ella
Rogers, Charlie
Richardson, Roby.
Ray, Jennie
Sullivan, Nora
Reindon, William
Sullivan, Daniel
Reindon, Mary
Sullivan, Thomas
Rogers, Sarah
Stone, Aggie Sullivan, Joanna Sullivan, John Stowell, Minnie
Smith, Bertie Smith, Minnie M. Sullivan, Mary
Rugg, Edward
Sullivan, Patsey
Ryan, Joanna
Shedd, Mary L.
Stevens, Everett
Riley, Julia
Smith, Fannie M. Stratton, Ida
Sullivan, Lizzie Scofield, Willie Sevoy, Susie
Ryan, Kate
Seavey, Charlie
Sexton, Kate
Rose, Marion Rice, Etta
Smith, Fred W.
Sullivan, Josie
Riley, John 1st
Spiers, Alexander
Spiers, Thomas
Riley, John 2d
Sibley, Emma
Townsend, Herbert J.
Rice, Eva
Torrey, Frank W.
Reardon, Alice
Sibley, Mary Southwick, Vara Sibley, Clara Satchwell, Bennis D.
Thwing, Hattie W. Towne, Evelyn E:
Raymond, John Ryan, John
Raymond, Nellie
Russell, Marion S.
Reynolds, James
Reeves, Laura Rourke, Edgar
Seavey, Rosa Shippen, Henry
Tomlinson, Alice
Tyler, Laura A.
Stockwell, Charles Smith, Oscar Stanton, George
Stearns, Sarah Sawin, Flora
Sullivan, Delia Sexton, John
Quinn, Rosa Quinlan, Freddie Rice, Jennie J.
Southwick, Jennie
Stone, Mary A.
Russell, Herbert J.
Smith, Geo. P.
Sullivan, Thomas Sampson, Alfred Smith, Mary Stowe, Willie
Spiers, Jennie A. St. John, Charlie Schofield, James Schofield, Flora Sawyer, Lizzie
Rogers, Arthur
Reed, Charles
Reynolds, Frank
Sheldon, Hattie
Smith, W. H. B. Sampson, Eavina Sheldon, Walter
Tuttle, Clarence M. Thayer, Jennie Thayer, Cora
Thorne, Carrie
Ranger, Annie
Ready, Patrick
Sampson, Nellie A.
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Tyler, Lizzie A.
Walker, Lucie E.
. Thayer, Joseph
Woodis, Austin, W.
Templeton, Fannie M. Woodward, Willie Thompson, Frank Wilcox, Lois
Twomey, Mathew
Wood, Jennie A.
Wells, George Wilson, Eugene
Tennant, Edgar Tucker, Albert
Williams. Gordon
Wittie, Lawrence
Tarbell, Eddie
Wilcox, George
Wood, Solomon
Tansey, James
Walker, Nellie
Wilmot, Bernard
Toomey, Thomas
White, Carrie
Washburne, Willie
'Toole, Elizabeth
Wheeler, Fannie
Wood, Freddie
Trainer, Ellen
Waite, Walter
Winn, Mary
Thompson, Willie
Williams, Hattie
Winn, Thomas
Tyler Eddie
White, Nellie
Wright, Melissa
Tainter, Jennie M.
Williams, Nathan G.
Wright, Matilda
Townley, Joseph
Whiting, Lillie M.
Weekley, Joseph
Thompson, Jessie F.
Warren, Nathan
Waite, Annie
Thompson, Carrie
Wilcox, Lucy Weston, James
Wheatley, Eddie
Towne, Lizzie
Whitin, George
White, Frank
Thayer, Grace
Whitmore, George
Warren, Ellie
Taylor, Willie
Woodcock, Eddie
Wood, Cora
Toner, Willie
Weixler, Annie T.
Whitney, Mary
Usher, Irving E.
Whitter. Lillie A.
Wheelock, Herbert
Underwood, Nettie A. Warfield, Clara
White, Herbert P.
Vallie, Josephine
Willard, Jennie White, Alice
Whalon, Kate
Wheeler, Henry H.
Wheeler, Josie
Weixler, Paul
Walker, Annie L.
Whitney, Nellie
White, Nellie
Warden, William A.
Warren, Jennie
Whitcomb, Annie B.
Whitney, Emma L.
Williams. George A.
Welsh, Nellie
Whiton, Grace R.
Woodis, Henry
Weir. Lizzie
Williams, Etta
Weire, Henry
Williams, Henry HI.
Whitcomb, Willie A.
Winn, Fred A.
Welch. James E.
Ward, Robert
Tainter, Eddie
Woodward, Jennie
· Winslow, Sam'l E. Wight, Carrie Wood, Georgianna Welsh, Ned
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE TRUANT SCHOOL.
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Gentlemen of the City Council :
The Committee on the Truant School respectfully submit the following report :
The city ordinance establishing this school at the city farm directs that children between the ages of seven and sixteen years, wandering about the streets, having no lawful occupation, not attending school, and residents of the city, shall, when their names become known to the Overseers of the Poor, be required to attend such of the public schools, and for such time as the overseers may direct. Any child neglecting without good cause shown. to attend the school to which he is assigned, shall be deemed an habitual truant.
During the past year the truant officer has attended to two thousand, two hundred and thirty cases of absence from school from unknown causes. Of these twelve hundred and sixty were returned to their schools. One hundred and thirty obstinate truants have been assigned to the several public schools ; and of these twenty-nine, being apparently habitual truants in the sense of the above definition, have been arrested as such, and brought before the Municipal Court. Seventeen have been convicted and sentenced to this school, usually for the term of either six months or one year.
Scholars are not reported to the officer, nor assigned to the schools by the overseers of the poor, till their
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teachers have used all the means in their power to ro claim them. Ample time is given them for reformatio after they have been assigned ; and when on trial, every reasonable opportunity is afforded their parents to show that their absence was authorized. Yet when all the links of evidence are furnished, and when in spite of the ingenuity of counsel for the defense, a conviction is reached, the truants are no sooner fitted to their new suit of clothes than the importunities of the parents for a pradon begin, in a majority of cases. This is most natural ; for even in the bosom of those parents who provide least for their children, the parental instinct, always strong, is aroused by the absence even of those whose presence is a burden. It is a sad thing to deprive a parent of his offspring; and it should be done only when some necessity or the good of the children plainly demands it. The great caution with which convictions are reached, proves that there is such a necessity in the case of every boy sent to this school. It therefore is, and ought to be, the settled policy of those in charge of this school, to retain all scholars sent here during the full term of their sentence.
If those parents whose children are sent here would be as solicitous to secure proper attendance at the pub- lic school, as they are to secure a release from this, its work would be accomplished without pupils between the walls. Here is the difficulty ; they are not thus solici- tous ; and so the city, in self-protection, must undertake the reformation of what they have suffered to become an injury to society-idle boys, the future candidates for the police office and the jail.
In the establishment of this school is involved the whole question of compulsory attendance upon the pub- lic and other schools. Here is exercised the right of
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removing children from the care of their natural guar- dians, for the public good and the welfare of the chil- dren themselves. How far this right extends, and to what extent it should be exercised, depends upon the other question, how much ignorance is permissible with safety to the republic. Certain it is, that ignorance is the one great enemy of all our institutions ; and in com- bating this enemy, that broad liberty which every man has, to do as he pleases when in comparative solitude, must yield to the necessities of a denser population. In this country, at this time, no man has a right to allow his children to grow up in ignorance.
Of those who leave this school nearly all who re-enter the public schools, it is thought, are improved in respect to punctuality. Many are unquestionably benefitted. But the utility of this institution is by no means con- fined to them. The great majority of our boys, who in- cline to truancy, have a wholesome respect for "the farın "; and when once brought to school by the officers, and reminded that the first step thither has been taken, they are far more punctual at school than if no such school awaited them. Only a small portion of those thus brought to the schools, persist in their truancy till they become inmates of this.
The following statistics exhibit the attendance at school, cost per scholar, etc., for the past year :
Number of different pupils during the year, 35
Average number, 13%
Cases of tardiness,
0
" absence,
77
·· absence per scholar, 5.7
Per cent of attendance, .9805
Cases of punishment.
33
Average deportment,
.8575
Cases of sickness,
0
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Cost of boarding teacher and scholar during the year at $2.35 per week,
Cost of clothing, bedding, books, &c., furnished,
$1541.83 331.22 400.00
Cost of teaching and supervision,
Total expense $2263.05
Value of boys labor,
96.75
Net cost $2176.30
Average cost per week for each scholar,
3.10
Value of property belonging to the school,
$371.00
Whole number sentenced since the origin of the school, 100
Number sentenced this year, 17
The regulations appended to this report will further explain the management and aim of the school.
Respectfully submitted,
A. P. MARBLE, Supt. Schools,
JAS. M. DRENNAN, City Marshal,
I). F. PARKER, Chairman Com. on Farm,
TRUANT SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
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REGULATIONS OF TRUANT SCHOOL.
SECTION I. Article 1. The School shall be under the general di- rection of the Committee on the Truant School, which shall be appointed by the Mayor, from the Board of Overseers of the Poor.
SEC. II. Art. 1. The Superintendent of the Almshouse shall keep a separate book of accounts for the Truant School, in which he shall credit all appropriations for its support, and all the labor of the boys at a price fixed by the Board of Overseers of the Poor, and he shall charge against the school all the expenses incurred for its support, including the cost of the clothing and the board of the boys, and the salary and board of the teacher.
Art. 2. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to aid the teacher to secure prompt attendance in the school, ready obedience, good de- portment and faithfulness to study.
SEC. III. Art. 1. It shall be the duty of the teacher of the Truant School to keep a register of attendance, in which shall be noted the date, cause and length of, and authority for, every case of tardiness or absence from the school. The teacher shall also keep a faithful record of the deportment of each scholar, with the reason for, and nature and extent of, every punishment inflicted, either personally or by the Superintendent.
Art. 2. The teacher shall make a quarterly report of the above and other matters pertaining to the interests of the school, to the Board of Overseers of the Poor, at their meeting next succeeding the close of the quarter.
Art. 3. The teacher shall labor to inspire the pupils with self- respect, and to this end, shall insist on cleanliness, and shall strive to inculcate principles of morality and justice.
Art. 4. The teacher shall assemble them every Sunday forenoon, and spend an hour with them in the reading and study of the New Testament, but shall strictly abstain from all sectarian comment.
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GENERAL REGULATIONS.
Art. 1. From the 1st of April to the 1st of October, there shall be only one session of the Truant School, each day, which shall invariably begin at 8, A. M., and close at 12, M. No boy shall be kept out of the school for any purpose whatever, except in case of emergency in the busy farming season, and every such case shall be recorded as provided in Sec. 3., Article 1, and reported by the Superintendent at the next meeting of the Board of Overseers of the Poor. It shall also enter into the next quarterly report of the teacher. From the 1st of October to the 1st of April, there shall be two daily sessions of school, from 9 A. M. to 12 M., and from 2 to 4 P. M., and on no account shall a boy be taken from the school during this season, except by permission previously ob- tained from the Mayor or some member of the Committee on the Tru- ant School.
Art. 2. The use of tobacco, in any form, by the boys, is prohibited, and both the Superintendent and teacher are held responsible for the enforcement of this prohibition.
Art. 3. The teacher shall be employed and the salary fixed by the Committee on the school, subject to the approval of the Board, but no teacher shall be engaged without previously passing a satisfactory ex- amination according to the laws of the Commonwealth and the rules of the School Committee of the City of Worcester.
Art. 4. The rate of board per week to be charged by the Super- intendent against the teacher and pupils of the Truant School shall be fixed annually by the Overseers of the Poor at their regular meeting in January, but they may change it at any time they deem it necessary by a vote of a majority of the members of the Board. The price per hour of the services of the boys shall also be fixed at the same time and in the same manner, subject likewise to the same conditions of change.
Adopted by a unanimous vote.
JAMES B. BLAKE, Mayor.
GEORGE W. GALE, Clerk.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF WORCESTER,
FOR THE YEAR 1870.
JAMES B. BLAKE, President.
ALBERT P. MARBLE, Superintendent.
SAMUEL V. STONE, Secretary.
Members whose term expires January, 1873.
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