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In this calculation the school room and the recitation
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room of the double schools are counted as one and one- half rooms, all of these, six in number, are heated by wood. It will be seen that about twenty-four per cent is saved by the use of coal. This is not all ; it costs more to keep wood stoves in repair, they are continually giv- ing out, from the breaking of the doors, sides or bottoms. Wood for fuel is much more unsafe than coal and cer- tainly it is much more trouble to keep wood fires run- ning.
The "Morning Glory" coal stoves if used with ordinary care, will not cost on an average one dollar per year each for repairs. These stoves seem to be the best adapted for the school room of any yet put into the market. With the most ordinary care they will run during the entire winter, without being obliged to rebuild a fire. There is therefore a saving of quite an item of expense in charcoal.
I would therefore strongly recommend the substitution of these stoves for the wood stoves now in use, and that it be done before another fall.
MANUFACTURE OF SCHOOL HOUSE FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS.
During the year about six hundred new desks have been manufactured and put into the Thomas Street and other school houses, and one thousand more are in pro- cess of manufacture for the Dix Street and the Lamar- tine Street School Houses.
A very favorable contract has been made for the fur- nishing of the desk iron castings. They are now furnish- ed for five cents per pound, they have formerly cost about ten cents per pound. The lumber has been bought for the desks at a saving of twenty per cent on former prices.
Our pattern for school desks is being adopted by many
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of the towns in the county, in preference to the Boston or New York patterns, as ours are much more durable and cost less.
The City Council having declined to furnish a work shop for the department, the School House Committee of this Board contracted with Mr. Fletcher to rent one of him, if he would build it upon his own land. He has done so, and now we have a work shop suitable for our present purposes for the manufacture of school house furniture and furnishings, and the repair of same.
Real Estate
BELONGING TO THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
WALNUT ST. SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building-brick, 50 by 75 feet, two stories and basement ; six school rooms, occupied by High School. Condition-fair ; estimated val- ue,
$18,000.00
Lot-This lot, without the building, could be divided into two lots, viz : one on the corner of Walnut and Maple streets, 100 by 85 feet; or two lots, each 50 by 85 feet, each 8,500 square feet, worth 75 cents per square foot, 6,375.00
One lot on Walnut street, 100 by 180 feet, or about 18,000 square feet, worth 50 cents per square foot, 9,000.00 $33,375.00
THOMAS ST. SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building-Pressed Brick, 75 by 56 feet, three stories, ten school rooms. Condition-good ; es- timated value,
$20,000.00
Lot-170 feet on Thomas street, 174 feet on Summer street, with average depths of about 147 feet, or about 25,000 square feet. Estimated value, 75 cents per square foot, 18,750.00 $38,750.00
SYCAMORE STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building-pressed brick. Condition-fair. Size-75 by 52 feet, with two L's 52 by 21 feet each. Eight school rooms ; estimated value, $25,000.00 Lot-133 feet front by 95 deep, or about 12,625 square feet, worth 30 cents per foot, 3,790.50 $28,790.50
PROVIDENCE STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building-brick. Condition-new ; four sto- ries, eight school rooms. Size, 50 by 62 feet. Estimated value, $18,500
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Lot-379 feet on Providence street, 488 feet on Grafton st., 301 1-2 feet in rear. The lot is in form of a triangle, and contains about 58,000 square feet. Estimated value 15 cents per square foot,
8,700.00 $27,200.00
PLEASANT STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building -- brick, three stories, five school rooms and play room. Condition-good. Size 52 by 50 feet. Estimated value, $12,000.00
Lot 121 feet on Pleasant street, 122 feet on Oxford st., or about 17,200 square feet, worth 60 cent per square foot, 10,320.00 $22,320.00
SALEM STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building --- brick, two stories, four school rooms. Condition-good. Size, 62 by 50 feet. Esti- mated value, $12,000.00
Lot-93 feet on each of two fronts, Salem and Orange streets, and 135 feet from street to street, or about 12,555 square feet, worth 25 cents per square foot, 3,138.75 $15,138.75
ASH STREET HOUSE.
Building-brick, three stories, six school rooms. Condition-fair. Size of building, 59 by 51 feet. Estimated value, $12,000.00
Lot 100 feet on Ash street, 130 on Summit street, or about 13,400 square feet. Estimated value 15 cents per square foot, 2,010.00 $14,010.00
EAST WORCESTER (NEW) HOUSE.
Building-brick, three stories, six school rooms -condition good. Estimated value $15,000.00 Lot 121 by 150 feet, or about 18,150 square
feet, at 15 cents per square foot, 2,722.50 $17,722.50
EAST WORCESTER (OLD) HOUSE.
Building-brick, two stories, two school rooms, condition poor, size of building 30 by 52 feet, es- timated value $4,000.00
Lot-27 feet front, 150 south side, 93 rear, 152 north side, or about 9060 square feet, esti- mated value 25 cents per foot, 2,265.00 $6,265.00
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SUMMER STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building-wood, two stories, four school rooms. Condition-poor. Size of building 51 by 48. Estimated value, $35,000.00
Lot-triangular, 243 feet on Summer street, 257 feet rear, and 149 base, or about 18,300 sq. feet. Estimated value, 50 cents per square foot, 9,150.00 $11,150.00
Small House-wood, now occupied as a ward room. Size, 22 1-2 by 22 1-2 feet. Condition -- very old, one room. Value,
100.00
Lot, 37 by 41; 1517 square feet, 50 cents per foot,
758.50 $858.50
FRONT STREET HOUSE.
Building, brick, two stories, four school rooms, condition fair, size of building 67 by 31 feet. Estimated value,
$6,000.00
Stands on the public square.
MASON STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, two stories, two school rooms, condition good, size of building 44 by 30 feet. Estimated value,
$6,000.00
Lot, 120 feet front, 110 feet deep, or 13,200 square feet, at 10 cents per square foot,
1,320.00 $7,320.00
ORANGE STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, two stories, two school rooms. Condition-new. Size of building, 50 by 30 feet. Cost, $6,950.00
Lot-45 feet on Orange street, 47 feet on Washington street, 147 1-2 feet deep, contains 7,188 square feet, valued at 30 cents per square foot,
Grading and fencing cost
2,156.40 650.00 $9,756.40
ADRIATIC MILLS SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building-wood, two stories, two school rooms.
Condition new. Size-45 by 30 feet ; cost, with out buildings, $3,580.00
Lot-100 feet on front, 250 feet deep, or 25,000 square feet. Cost, 1,300.00 $4,880.00
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NEW WORCESTER SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, two stories, four school rooms. Condition, nearly new. Size-50 by 36 feet, with vestibule 36 by 12 feet. Estimated value $10,000.00 Lot-81 feet front by 184 feet deep, or about 14,900 square feet, valued at 10 cents per square foot,
1,490.00 $11,490.00
QUINSIGAMOND SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, two stories, two school rooms.
Condition-fair. Size-51 by 33 feet. Estima- ted value, $5,500.00
Lot-126 by 156 feet, or about 19,065 square feet. Estin ated value, five cents per square foot, 982.50 $6,482.50
SOUTH WORCESTER SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, two stories. two school rooms.
Condition-fair. Size, 40 by 33 feet. Estimated value, $4,500.00
Lot-114 feet front by 256 feet deep, or about 29,184 square feet. Value, five cents per square foot, 1,459.20 $5,959.20
VALLEY FALLS SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, wood, one story, one school room. Condition-poor. Size 28 by 22 feet. Estima- ted value,
$450.00
Lot, 58 by 86 feet, or about 4,988 square feet, 150.00 $600.00
LEESVILLE SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, wood, one story, one school room. Condition-poor. Size-25 by 30 feet. Value,
$200.00
Lot, 71 by 71 feet, or about 5,050 square feet. Value,
50.00
$250.00
NORTHVILLE SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, one story, two school rooms.
Condition-good. Size-73 1-2 by 30. Esti- mated value, $6,000.00
Lot-155 feet front by 225 deep, or about 34,- 875 square feet, 500.00 $6,500.00
PROVIDENCE STREET (HILL) SCHOOL HOUSE. Building, wood, two stories, two school rooms. Condition-fair. Size-38 1-2 by 28 1-2 feet. Estimated value, $1,500.00
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Lot 86 by 143 feet, or about 11,000 square feet, at 8 cents per foot, 615.00 $2,115.00
BLITHEWOOD SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, wood, one story, one school room. Condition-good. Size, 28 1-2 by 36 3-4 feet.
Estimated value
Lot about one acre. Value,
$1,500.00 100.00 $1,600.00
POND DISTRICT SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, one story, one school room.
Condition-good. Size, 32 by 40 feet. Estima- ted value, $2,500.00
Lot, 104 by 134, or about 14,000 square feet, 200.00 $2,700.00
TATNUCK SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, two stories, two school rooms. Condition-good. Size, 42 3-4 by 31 3-4 feet.
Estimated value,
$5,000.00
Lot, 87 by 132 feet, or about 11,500 square
feet. Value, 250.00 $5,250.00
CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, wood, one story, one school room.
Condition-good. Size, 22 1-2 by 38 1-2 feet.
Estimated value,
Lot about one half acre. Value,
$1,200.00 100.00 $1,300.00
NORTH POND SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, wood, one story, one school room.
Condition-good. Size, 32 1-2 by 40 1-2 feet. Estimated value, $1,600.00
Lot 147 by 145 feet, or about 20,300 square
feet. Value,
200.00
$1,800.00
BURNCOAT PLAIN SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, one story, one school room.
Condition-good. Size, 28 by 31 feet. Estima- ted value,
$2,500.00
Lot, 166 by 130 feet, or about 21,500 feet, 150.00 $2,650.00
ADAMS SQUARE SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, one story, one school room. Condition-fair. Size, 40 by 32 feet. Estimat- ed value, $2,800.00
Lot-172 by 130 feet, or about 22,360 square feet, 250.00 $3,050.00
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DIX STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, two stories, French roof and basement, 96 by 60 feet, ten school rooms. Hall over all in French roof. Condition new, not yet occupied. Value, $23,000.00 2,600 $25,600.00
Lot 120 by 200 feet, or 24,000 square feet,
LAMARTINE STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
Building, brick, two stories and French roof, 96 by 60 feet, eight school rooms. Hall over all in French roof. Condition, to be completed in May next. Value when completed, $23,000.00 2,000.00 $25,000.00
Lot 151 b :- 179 feet, 27,000 square feet,
$347,383.45
Other School Property.
2255 School room desks,
$9,020.00
2058 Primary School chairs,
1,500 00
110 Teachers' chairs, -
- 210 00
384 common 66
192 00
135 tables,
1,560 00
95 clocks, -
760 00
33 " Morning Glory " coal stoves and pipe,
2,310 00
30 Miller's
66
600 00
67 wood stoves, various patterns,
400 00
. 1 coal screen,
8 00
12 " sieves, -
-
-
3 60
50 " shovels,
-
-
7 50
31 pairs of tongs,
-
-
-
15 00
60 coal hods, - -
60 00
40 porcelain kettles, -
-
-
20 00
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-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
Total value of Real Estate,
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948 outline maps,
950 00
507 tablets and charts,
150 00
57 globes,
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-
250 00
49 map stands,
-
-
190 00
61 numeral frames,
-
-
30 00
1080 slates,
-
-
-
85 00
845 chalk erasers,
-
-
150 00
62 window openers,
-
ยท
-
12 00
116 yards table covers,
7 50
37 wood boxes,
-
-
-
37 00
43 settees,
-
-
129 00
2 water tanks,
-
-
-
10 00
92 thermometers,
46 00
137 school bells,
-
-
-
70 00
217 pointers,
-
-
20 00
96 waste paper baskets,
-
-
75 00
175 door mats,
175 00
140 yards towels,
10 00
93 wash dishes,
18 00
182 tin dippers,
17 50
106 water pails,
20 00
104 dust pans, -
-
-
25 00
233 dust brushes.
-
-
-
-
-
12 00
162 floor brushes,
80 00
100 brooms, -
-
-
17 00
144 inkstands,
-
-
28 80
2150 ink wells and covers,
200 00
40 ink fillers,
20 00
33 jugs, -
6 00
82 quarts of ink,
-
-
33 00
74 boxes Crayons, -
-
-
16 25
877 keys, -
150 00
1 wash-stand and furniture,
5 00
6 lanterns,
6 00
38 crickets,
-
-
-
2 book-cases in Superintendent's office,
85 00
2 desks 66
-
65 00
Stationery
66
15 00
Blanks
-
-
50 00
10 chairs
-
15 00
1 each, wheelbarrow, shovel, and pick, -
-
6 00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8 00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
45 00
7 feather dusters,
-
-
-
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1 hammer $1, 1 screw driver 40 cents,
-
1 40
167 Text Books in High School,
-
-
150 00
31 Gazetters,
155 00
90 Unabridged Dictionaries,
-
-
450 00
64 School
30 00
29 5th Readers, -
25 00
49 4th
-
-
30 00
50 Int. 66
-
-
-
25 00
126 3d
-
-
-
50 00
117 2d
1
-
-
35 00
88 1st
-
-
-
17 60
69 Primers,
-
-
-
10 00
128 El. Spellers,
-
-
12 80
79 Pro. -
15 80
83 Testaments,
8 00
35 Bibles,
-
-
-
9 00
267 Int. Grammars,
-
-
93 50
128 Large "
-
-
- 90 00
34 Song Wreaths,
6 00
96 Musical Text Books,
-
-
15 00
83 Eaton's Pri. Arithmetics,
25 00
124 Common School "
62 00
152 Colburn's 66
30 00
51 Manuals of Penmanship,
35 00
37 Object Lessons,
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-
32 50
249 Guyot's Common School Geographies, 86 Pri. 66 66
50 00
13 Physiologies, -
6 50
25 Histories, -
-
25 00
355 Miscellaneous Books,
-
-
150 00
Library at High School, 290 vols.,
600 00
1 Piano, -
275 00 -
Philosophical and other apparatus belonging to High School, 3,000 00 1 Piano in Miss Hapgood's School, amount paid, 275 00
Miss Harrington's " 275 00
Registers and Soap Stones, High School Building, taken out with furnace,
20 00
1 Book Case at Chamberlin district, -
- 20 00
800 Slate Pencils, 3 50 -
75 Ink wells and covers, - -
7 50
680 sheets cover paper, -
-
30 00
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.
-
-
-
-
-
448 00
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
130
1 copying press, &c.,
-
12 00
$26,616.25 347,383 45
Real Estate,
Total value of School Property,
$374,000 70
We have been thus particular in giving the expenses of the schools in detail, and a full exhibit of the workings of the Department, the amount and value of the Real Estate and other property in the charge of the Board, in order to present to our citizens, especially the tax payers, the importance of the trust imposed upon us in a financial view, and to show in what manner the large amount of money raised for school purposes is expended.
Thirty-three (33) per cent. of the total ordinary expenditures of the city are for the support of schools. This is no larger, relatively, than it has been for years past. We are a growing city, and while we ad- vance so rapidly in population, more money will be needed, from year to year, for the support of schools. But at the same time, the proper- ty of the city, upon which the tax is levied, is increasing, so that the burden of taxation for education will be no heavier than it has been.
SAMUEL V. STONE,
Secretary and Prudential Committee.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF WORCESTER,
FOR THE YEAR 1868.
JAMES B. BLAKE, Mayor, Ex-officio, President, B. P. CHENOWETH, Superintendent.
SAMUEL V. STONE, Secretary.
Members whose Terms expire Members whose Terms expire Members whose Terms expire
Jan'y 1st, 1871. Jan'y 1st, 1870. Jan'y 1st, 1869.
H. WILLIAMS,
WM. DICKINSON, JOS. D. DANIELS,
EDWARD EARLE, T. L. NELSON,
GEO. W. GALE,
JOHN J. POWER, SAMUEL PUTNAM, E. D. MCFARLAND,
JOHN L. MURPHY, JAMES MELANEFY, P. T. O'REILLEY, RUFUS N. MERRIAM, SAMUEL V. STONE, JOHN C. NEWTON, JOHN DEAN, D. S. GODDARD, FRANCIS L. KING,
B. F. BOWLES,
H. K. PERVEAR, GEORGE JAQUES,
E. B. STODDARD.
EBENEZER CUTLER. R. R. SHIPPEN.
SUB-COMMITTEES
Appointed by the School Committee of the City of Worcester for the year 1868.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
On School Houses .- Messrs. Stone, Newton, Earle, Power and Goddard.
On Books and Apparatus .- Messrs. Shippen, Daniels, Williams, Cutler and Stoddard.
On Examination of Teachers .- Superintendent, ex-officio, Shippen, Power, Cutler, Jaques and Pervear.
On Finance .- Mayor, Superintendent, Earle, Nelson, Dickinson, Daniels and Murphy.
On Assigning Visiting Committees .- Superintendent, ex-officio, Newton, Daniels, Jaques, O'Reilley and Dean.
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VISITING COMMITTEES.
CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL.
Principal.
Committee
Ellis Peterson, Messrs. Shippen, Power, Jaques, Pervear, Cutler, Newton and Daniels.
THOMAS STREET SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Cutler, Merriam, Nelson, Williams, Farle, Gale, Stone, Stoddard, and McFarland.
Grade.
Principals. Special Committee.
GRAMMAR, 66
Edward I. Comins,
Cutler.
Miss Caroline Parkinson,
Merriam.
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Miss V. E. Hapgood,
Nelson.
Mrs. E. M. Wheeler,
Williams.
Miss Eldora Aldrich,
Earle.
Miss M. A. Harrington,
Gale.
Mrs. E. H. Coe,
Gale.
Miss Abbie Knowles,
Stone.
PRIMARY,
Miss L. M. Allen,
Stoddard.
SUB-PRIMARY,
Miss S. L. Phillips,
Mc Farland.
SYCAMORE STREET SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Jaques, Goddard, O'Reilley, Pervear, Bowles, Dean, King and Stone.
Grade.
Principals.
Special Committee.
GRAMMAR,
S. W. Hale,
Jaques.
Miss A. S. Dunton,
Pervear.
=
C. A. George,
O'Reilley.
SECONDARY,
C. R. Clements,
Goddard.
J. A. Green,
Stone.
PRIMARY,
S. R. Clements,
Bowles.
SUB-PRIMARY,
E. F. Marsh,
Dean.
King.
PROVIDENCE STREET SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. O'Reilley, Goddard, Bowles, Dickinson, Murphy, Earle, Putnam and Merriam.
Grade.
Principals.
Special Committee.
GRAMMAR, 66
H. M. Harrington,
O'Reilley.
Miss M. F. Reed,
Goddard.
66
J. F. Smith,
Bowles.
SECONDARY, 66
" L. A. Perry,
Dickinson.
PRIMARY,
L. Goodwin,
Murphy.
SUB-PRIMARY,
" S. J. Newton,
Merriam.
M. T. Magennis,
Putnam.
PLEASANT STREET AND MASON STREET SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Bowles, Shippen, Cutler, Williams and Jaques.
Grade.
Principals. Special Committee. Bowles.
GRAMMAR,
Miss Mary F. Wentworth,
Caroline Hewett,
Cutler.
Lizzie Graham,
Shippen.
PRIMARY,
= L. M. Wilmarth,
Williams.
SUB-PRIMARY,
HI. N. Perry,
Jaques.
M. E. Pease,
Cutler.
ASH STREET SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Pervear, Stone, Melanefy, McFarland, Gale and Daniels. Grade.
Principals. Special Committee.
Miss M. M. Lawton,
Pervear.
GRAMMAR, SECONDARY,
C. N. Follett,
Melanefy.
6 J. E. Prentice,
Daniels.
PRIMARY,
M. J. Mack,
Gale
SUB-PRIMARY,
H. M. Shattuck,
Stone.
E. L. Brooks,
McFarland.
P. M. Cole,
Earle.
SECONDARY,
M. E. Bothwell,
Shippen.
SECONDARY, 66
M. A. Smith,
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SALEM STREET AND FRONT STREET SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Newton, King, Stone, Jaques, Merriam, Power and Melanefy.
Grade.
Principals. Special Committee. Newton.
GRAMMAR,
Miss A. E. Daniels, 66 M. E Fitch,
Jaques.
SECONDARY,
R. Barnard,
Merriam.
PRIMARY,
M. Hobbs, King.
66
K. Hobbs,
Newton.
SUB-PRIMARY,
66 H. A. Harrington,
Stone.
Melanefy.
66
C. M. Draper,
Power.
EAST WORCESTER SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Power, Putnam, King, Nelson, Murphy, Dickinson, Newton and McFarland.
Grade. GRAMMAR, SECONDARY,
Principals. Miss E. Merrick,
Special Committee.
Power.
H. Hathaway,
Nelson.
Newton.
McFarland.
PRIMARY,
Mrs. T. S. Darling,
Dickinson.
E. G. Wheeler,
Murphy
SUB-PRIMARY, 16
Miss C. E. Putnam,
King.
Putnam.
SUMMER STREET SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Williams, Cutler, Gale and Earle.
Grade.
SECONDARY,
Principals. Miss T. S. Nichols, 6 E. G. Chenery, 66 M. A. Slater,
Special Committee. Williams.
Cutler.
Earle.
Gale.
MAIN STREET SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Dickinson, Stoddard, Melanefy, Daniels and Stone.
Grade. SECONDARY,
Principals. Special Committee.
K. A. Meade,
Stoddard. Stone.
PRIMARY,
M. A. Smith,
Dickinson.
SUB-PRIMARY, 66
A. H. Barnes,
Melanefy.
Daniels.
ELM STREET SCHOOL.
Grade. GRAMMAR,
Principal. Miss Emma Brown,
Special Committee.
Daniels and Newton.
Grade. GRAMMAR,
HOLBROOK'S BLOCK SCHOOL. Principal. Miss A. B. Souther,
Special Committee.
Stoddard.
TEMPLE STREET SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. O'Reilley and Murphy.
Grade.
Principals. Miss M. M. Geary, M. J. Morse,
Special Committee.
O'Reilley.
Murphy.
ADRIATIC MILLS AND SOUTH WORCESTER SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Goddard and Dean.
Grade.
Principals. Miss E. Osgood,
Special Committee.
Goddard.
SECONDARY,
M. Harrington,
PRIMARY,
A. E. Hall,
Dean. Dean. Goddard.
NEW WORCESTER, VALLEY FALLS AND LEESVILLE SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Jaques, Dean and Stone. Grade. Principals. Miss M. E. Maynard, GRAMMAR, SECONDARY, Margaret Metcalf, PRIMARY
M. P. Valentine,
Stone.
SUBURBAN,
M. E. D. King,
Dean. Jaques.
16 Alice Dean,
Special Committee. Jaques. Dean.
PRIMARY,
SUB-PRIMARY,
GRAMMAR,
A. Perry,
PRIMARY
SUB-PRIMARY. 66
I. C. Upton,
S. G. Gale,
L. L. Newton, 66 A. Brown,
E. L. McFarland,
A. Pratt,
M. Parker,
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UNION HILL SCHOOL.
Grade.
SECONDARY,
Principal. Miss A. E. Ayres, QUINSIGAMOND SCHOOLS.
Special Committee.
Merriam.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- O'Reilley and Goddard. Grade.
GRAMMAR,
PRIMARY,
Principals. Miss M. E. Carr, L. E. Perry, TATNUCK SCIIOOLS.
Special Committee.
O'Reilley.
Goddard.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Dickinson and Stoddard.
Grade.
Principals.
GRAMMAR,
Miss M. S. Leonard,
PRIMARY,
E. M. Rice,
Special Committee.
Dickinson.
Stoddard.
NORTHVILLE SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Daniels and Merriam.
Grade.
Principals,
GRAMMAR,
PRIMARY,
Miss E. S. R. Kendrick, S. M. Brigham,
Special Committee.
Daniels.
Merriam.
OTHER SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Districts.
Principals.
Committre.
BLITHEWOOD,
Miss S. E. Goddard,
POND,
M. O. Whitmore,
ADAMS SQUARE,
F. J. Bean,
Nelson.
BURNCOAT PLAIN,
C. L. Goodale,
Nelson.
NORTH POND,
H. S. Clarke,
Daniels.
CHAMBERLIN,
E. G. Cutler,
Power.
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Power, Newton and McFarland.
Location.
Principals.
ORANGE STREET,
Thomas Wheelock,
Miss P. E. King, EVENING SCHOOLS. 1
Special Committee.
Power.
Newton.
GENERAL COMMITTEE .- Messrs. Jaques, Newton and Daniels.
Location.
Principals.
Special Committee. Jaques. .
Orange Street,-Boys, Elm Street,-Girls,
A. L. Smith, Miss L. Lawrence,
East Worcester,-Girls,
E. Merrick.
Daniels.
Newton.
VOCAL MUSIC.
HIGH, GRAMMAR AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS .- I. N. Metcalf, Teacher.
COMMITTEE .- Power, Shippen and Cutler.
The members of the Visiting Committees are all of equal rank; they arc expected to report once a month upon all the Schools specially assigned to them. Each member of a General Committee is expected to report, at least, once in three months, upon each of the Schools assigned to such Committee.
The Committees of Visitation shall exercise a general supervision over the Schools to which they are severally assigned, and shall visit them according to the provisions of the Statutes, not less than once in four weeks, and generally during the week preceding the monthly meet- ing of the Board, at which they shall report their true condition .- Rules, Chap. 3, Sec. 6.
ERRATUM. 17th line, 83d page, read " ever " for " never "
Williams. Putnam.
Hope Cemetery Report.
Report of the Commissioners
ON
HOPE CEMETERY.
To His Honor the Mayor, the Aldermen, and the Com- mon Council of the City of Worcester :
The Commissioners of Hope Cemetery, in compliance with their duty, present their fourteenth annual Report, and for the year 1867. In the winter months the wood that had heen cut in the autumn of 1866 in clearing the unoccupied ground within Glen, Walnut, and Chestnut avenues was sold for the sum of $81.27, and removed. As early as was practicable in the Spring, the paths and avenues were cleaned and repaired in places where the action of frost and rains had produced their usual effects. Trees were reset in places where those previously plant- ed had died, and fifty-four larch trees of good size and vigorous growth were set upon the avenues.
The ground that had been cleared of the trees and stumps in 1866 and left to be graded this year, was found to be as available for burials, and as pleasant and attrac- tive in its location, as any in the Cemetery, but the ine- qualities of surface were such that it required time and labor to bring it into suitable condition to be laid out into lots, and of the $873.82 paid for labor and the use of teams, $300 was expended on that locality, and the balance on paths and avenues. When the work was finished, the Commissioners were satisfied that it had
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been judiciously done, because the more perfect grading will in all coming time make the care of the paths and ways less expensive. Nearly the whole surface was made available for use, giving more lots and fewer waste places than in other parts of the grounds, as they have heretofore been left by us when lots were offered for sale, and bringing all the lots so near to a level that pur- chasers will not feel it necessary to make embankments and terraces so high and steep that they cannot stand or be kept in order without continual care and expense, and which give to the grounds an unsightly, almost re- pulsive appearance. .
In this connection we may be allowed to express our gratification that there is an increasing disposition on the part of purchasers of lots to accept and use them, graded in conformity with the surrounding surface, in- stead of attempting to make each lot level without re- gard to others bordering upon it.
On the plot of land lying between the avenues already referred to, which was graded during the Autumn, two hundred and twenty-five lots have been laid out, and are now ready for sale. The grading of this part of the Cemetery seems to finish one important part of the plan proposed in the first annual report of the Commissioners, and proves the wise foresight of the Chairman-the Hon. Levi Lincoln-and his associates, fourteen years ago, when they decided " it would conduce to the interests of the city and subserve the purposes of the appropriation of these extensive grounds to designate a small portion for immediate improvement," because in the origi- nal plan the avenues had been too far extended over the grounds, and lots laid out in several localities without any connection. Now all the available space between Chestnut, Walnut, a part of Glen and Linden
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