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Burying Ground, Mechanic street-not used.
Hope Cemetery.
Hospital lot, Prince and Queen streets-152,550 feet, $38,000 00
Burying Ground, Pine Court-88,236 feet,
39,452 00
Pound lot, Pine street-2,600 feet, 520 00
40,000 00
$117,972 00
Three CITY SCALES,
$1,000 00
CITY HALL.
Personal property, $3,670 90
In charge of the ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT : Personal property, $810 50
In charge of the FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Real estate,
$63,494 25
Personal property, 27,000 00
$90,494 25
City Hall,
79
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY.
In charge of DIRECTORS OF FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY :
Real estate, Personal property,
$45,804 00 13,000 00
$58,804 00
In charge of the HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT :
Real estate, Personal property,
$28,315 00
18,345 65
$46,660 65
In charge of COMMITTEE ON LIGHTING STREETS : Personal property, $17,787 32
In charge of the OVERSEERS OF THE POOR :
$39,100 00
Real estate, Personal property,
12,578 17
$51,678 17
In charge of COMMISSION OF PUBLIC GROUNDS : Personal property,
$300 00
In charge of SCHOOL DEPARTMENT :
Real estate, Personal property,
70,325 00
$902,222 00
In charge of SEWER DEPARTMENT : Personal property, $2,523 75
$831,897 00
In charge of WATER DEPARTMENT : The estate at Leicester, Bell Pond, reservoirs, pipes, hydrants, and all the fixtures and tools belonging thereto, $943,600 00
$2,237,523 54
REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS OF CITY TREASURER.
CITY OF WORCESTER, In Committee, Feb. 11, 1873.
The Joint Standing Committee on Accounts, having attended to the business referred to them under Section 16 of the Ordinance in relation to Finance, beg leave to report-
That they have audited and compared the books and accounts of the Treasurer with the vouchers on file, have ascertained the sums due the City on bills of the several departments, have examined all securities in the hands of the Treasurer-Trust Funds excepted-and find all mat- ters correctly stated, and all securities properly accounted for.
They find the business of the office for eleven months amounted to $2,021,666 53
Cash on hand Nov. 30, 1872, $268,496 34
Note due the City, March, 1873, $19,000 00
Stock-Boston, Barre & Gardner R. R .- par value, $262,200 00 Amounts due on sundry bills, as per Auditor's Report, $480,625 46
Respectfully submitted.
SAMUEL D. HARDING. W. H. DEXTER. GEO. F. WOOD. GEORGE F. HEWETT.
IN CITY COUNCIL, Feb. 24, 1873.
Report accepted.
SAMUEL SMITH, City Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF WORCESTER, FOR THE YEAR 1872.
GEO. F. VERRY, President.
ALBERT P. MARBLE, Superintendent. SAMUEL V. STONE, Secretary.
Members whose term expires January, 1875.
Members whose term expires January, 1874.
Members whose term expires January, 1873.
C. B. METCALF. HARTLEY WILLIAMS. EDWARD H. HALL.
GEORGE W. GALE. G. HENRY WHITCOMB. ANN B. EARLE.
JAMES MCDERMOTT. JASON CHAPIN.
P. J. GARRIGAN. THOS. GRIFFIN.
F. J. MCNULTY.
M. J. MCCAFFERTY.
F. P. GOULDING. LOAMMI HARRINGTON. EDWARD H. PEABODY.
GEORGE JAQUES.
EMERSON WARNER. CHARLES BALLARD.
P. EMORY ALDRICH. E. B. STODDARD.
RUFUS WOODWARD.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
ON SCHOOL HOUSES-Mayor, Messrs. Stone, Woodward, Gale, Whitcomb and Chapin.
ON BOOKS AND APPARATUS-Messrs. Woodward, Stoddard, Williams, Jaques and Hall.
ON EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS-Superintendent, and Messrs. Warner, Jaques, Hall, Metcalf and Garrigan.
ON FINANCE-Mayor, Superintendent, and Messrs. Metcalf, Aldrich, War- ner, Goulding and Harrington.
ON ASSIGNING VISITING COMMITTEES-Superintendent, and Messrs. Griffin, Ballard, Gale, McNulty and Ann B. Earle.
JAMES DRAPER.
JOHN F. MURRAY.
SAMUEL V. STONE.
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VOCAL MUSIC.
ALL GRADES-Edward S. Nason, Teacher.
COMMITTEE-Warner, Whitcomb, Garrigan.
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 meeting of the Board, at which they shall report their true condition .- Rules, Chap. 3, Sec. 6.
Though each School is assigned to a Special Committee, yet every member of the Board shall deem it his duty to watch over all the Public Schools of the city, to attend their examinations, and visit them at other times as his convenience will permit .- Rules, Chap. 9, Sec. 9.
VISITING COMMITTEES.
HIGH SCHOOL.
PRINCIPAL.
COMMITTEE.
Abner H. Davis.
Messrs. *-- -, Hall, Aldrich, Metcalf, Stoddard, Wil- liams, Griffin, and A. B. Earle.
TEACHERS.
Roswell Parish.
Latham Fitch. Florence V. Beane.
Ann C. Stewart.
Mary A. Parkhurst.
Mary E. Wilder.
Martha M. Ripley.
BELMONT STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
IX
Edward I. Comins.
Gale.
Asst.
Annie C. Wyman.
Gale.
VIII
Vaslıti E. Hapgood.
Gale.
VII
Mary H. Warren. Gale.
VI
Sarah W. Phillips.
Gale.
V
Tisrah S. Nichols.
Harrington.
IV
Esther G. Chenery.
Harrington.
III
Mary E. Deane. .
Harrington.
II
Susie E. Gale.
McDermott.
I
Ida C. Upton.
McDermott.
DIX STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
IX
Addison A. Hunt.
Aldrich.
Asst.
Clara Manley.
Aldrich.
VII
Carrie A. George.
Aldrich.
VII
Eldora M. Aldrich.
Williams.
VI
Ellen Merrick.
Williams.
Elizabeth E. Daniels.
Griffin.
IX III
Abbie J. Reed.
Goulding.
II
Emily M. Halsted.
Goulding.
I
E. C. Moulton.
Peabody.
* The blanks indicate the places occupied by Mr Geo. Jaques.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WOODLAND STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
IX
Samuel E. Fitz.
Woodward.
Woodward.
Woodward.
VI
Mary M. Lawton.
Peabody.
Carrie R. Clements.
Peabody.
Addie H. Barnes. Peabody.
Lizzie C. Goodwin.
Whitcomb.
Maggie I. Melanefy.
Whitcomb.
Whitcomb.
WALNUT STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
VI -
Etta A. Rounds.
Murray.
Griffin.
McDermott.
SUMMER STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
Abbie A. Wells. Libbie H. Day.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES. McDermott. Stoddard.
LAMARTINE STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
IX
Charles T. Haynes.
Metcalf.
Asst.
Mary W. Mitchell.
Metcalf.
VIII
Mary E. Eastman.
Metcalf.
VII
Mary A. Smith.
Metcalf.
V
Nellie L. Moore.
Stone.
IV
M. A. E. Adams.
Stone.
Louise A. Dawson.
Stone.
Mary E. Cavanaugh.
Garrigan.
Nellie J. Spurr.
Garrigan.
Alice M. Prouty.
Garrigan.
I
Bella Y. Hoyt.
Garrigan.
LEDGE STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
IX
C. C. Woodman.
Carrie P. Townshend.
Williams.
J. F. Smith.
Williams.
Maria P. Cole.
Williams.
VI
Charlena C. Harrington.
Murray.
V
Charlotte M. Follett.
Murray.
IV
Margaret M. Geary.
Murray.
Nancy M. Hopkins.
McCafferty.
Esther M. Rice.
McCafferty.
I
Mary E. D. King.
McCafferty.
I
Mary V. Calligan.
McCafferty.
Asst. VIII VII
Jennie A. Howard.
Emma C. Mcclellan.
Ann S. Dunton.
Woodward.
V IV III
II I
Sarah J. Melanefy.
VII V IV
Kate A. Meade.
Nellie C. Thomas.
III II
III II II I
Williams.
Asst. VIII VII
III II
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THOMAS STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
VIII
Harriet G. Waite.
A. B. Earle.
VII
Ann E. McCambridge.
A. B. Earle.
VI
Eliza J. Wallace.
A. B. Earle.
VI
Mary A. Harrington.
Gale.
V
Elizabeth H. Coe.
Gale.
IV
Abbie F. Knowles.
Gale.
III
Helen M. Shattuck.
Warner.
II
Amanda M. Phillips.
Warner.
I
Abbie F. Hemmenway. Warner.
I
Flora G. Osgood.
Warner.
SYCAMORE STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
VII
Mary F. Reed.
Hall. Hall.
VI
Mary F. Wentworth.
V
Jennie A. Greene.
IV
Mary E. Trask.
III
Sarah W. Clements.
Aldrich.
II
Emma F. Marsh.
Aldrich.
I
Eliza J. Day.
Aldrich.
EAST WORCESTER SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
V
Minnie F. Whittier.
Whitcomb.
IV
Annie Brown.
Whitcomb.
IV
Tamerson S. Darling.
Whitcomb.
III
Ella M. McFarland.
McNulty.
III
Sylvia N. Stackpole.
McNulty.
Hattie A. Smith.
McNulty.
· Mattie A. Collins.
Chapin.
Aloysia Radcliff.
Chapin.
PROVIDENCE STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE. V
IV III II I I
Sarah J. Newton.
Griffin.
M. Jennie Morse.
Ballard.
Ella J. Pratt.
Ballard.
Evelyn E. Towne.
Harrington.
Delia M. Welch.
Harrington.
ASH STREET SCHOOLS.
PRINCIPALS.
Sophia H. Herrick. Mary J. Packard. Sarah A. Harrington. Emma J. Barton. A. H. Davie.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
IV
III
III
II I
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Elizabeth L. King.
Griffin.
GRADE. V
Mary J. Mack.
Goulding. Goulding.
Murray. Murray.
II I I
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SOUTH WORCESTER SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Ballard.
Ballard.
Ellen M. Boyden.
Ann E. Hall.
Susan M. Forbes.
Goulding.
Ida A. Kenney.
Goulding.
PLEASANT STREET TRAINING SCHOOL.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
V
Carrie E. Gilbert.
Stoddard.
Eunie M. Gates.
Stoddard.
Mary L. Norcross. Hall.
Emma J. Houghton.
Metcalf.
Emma J. Norcross.
Earle.
SALEM STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
VI
Rebecca Barnard. Stone.
V IV S
Mary O. Whitmore. Stone.
Emma J. Claflin.
Hall.
Hattie A. Harrington.
Hall.
EDGEWORTH STREET SCHOOLS,
V 2 IV S III II I
Hattie E. Clark. Warner.
Sarah M. Brigham. Warner.
Susan M. Buttrick.
Draper.
Hattie M. Bliss.
Draper.
NEW WORCESTER SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
IX
Charlotte N. Munger.
Peabody.
VIII S VII VI S
S. Lizzie Carter.
Peabody.
IV I
Adeliza Perry. Draper.
E. J. Seaver. Draper.
QUINSIGAMOND SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
VIII
Eveline Conant.
Jennie P. Fish.
McNulty.
I
M. Ella Spaulding.
Garrigan.
MASON STREET SCHOOLS.
GRADE. III II I S
Julia M. Martin. Mary E. Pease.
PRINCIPALS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES. Harrington, Hall.
12
VIII V IV III
Myra J. Wetmore.
Sarah A. Bigelow.
Griffin.
Griffin.
II I
Rebecca Jones.
IV III II I
III I
PRINCIPALS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES. McNulty.
IV S
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ADRIATIC SCHOOLS.
PRINCIPALS. Martha T. Wyman. Maria J. Metcalf.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES. Draper.
UNION HILL SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Ellen G. Wheeler.
McCafferty.
Esther B. Smith. Chapin.
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.
PRINCIPALS.
George A. Adams. Persis E. King.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES. Garrigan. Garrigan.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Woodward.
Sarah A. Bullock.
Ballard.
Whitcomb.
Ella P. Newton.
McNulty.
Josephine P. Raymond. Hattie M. Johnson.
Chapin. McNulty.
Ada M. Davis.
Woodward.
Chapin.
Lizzie Vaughan.
Metcalf.
Metcalf.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
PRINCIPALS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES. Stone.
Carrie A. George.
Mary A. Slater.
Jennie E. Stiles.
Laura L. Newton.
McCafferty.
EAST WORCESTER Girls.
SUMMER ST .- Mixed.
SO. WORCESTER- Mixed.
Preston D. Jones.
Goulding.
EVENING DRAWING SCHOOL-BELMONT STREET.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Gale. Metcalf. Warner.
PRINCIPALS.
George E. Gladwin. Milton T. Higgins.
MONDAY AND THURSDAY, TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, George I. Alden. Henry M. Armsby.
Edward I. Comins, Ass't. Edward R. Smith, Ass't.
LOCATION. ORANGE ST., 66
LOCATION.
NORTHVILLE. TATNUCK. VALLEY FALLS. LEESVILLE.
BLITHEWOOD. BLOOMINGDALE. ADAMS SQUARE. BURNCOAT PLAIN. NORTH POND. CHAMBERLAIN.
LOCATION. ORANGE ST .- Boys.
ELM ST .- Girls.
Sarah J. Newton.
3 Ella M. McFarland.
McDermott.
Tamerson S. Darling.
Samuel A. Souther. Abbie A. Souther.
Williams.
Myra J. Wetmore.
GRADE. II I
IVS
I S
Abbie E. Clough.
Susie A. Partridge.
Ada E. Simonds.
Lilla F. Upton.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the School Board of Worcester:
In conformity to your regulations, I submit the following as my Fifth Annual Report.
Free government and free schools commenced on this conti- nent at about the same time. In this Commonwealth they seem to have been equally dear through all her history ; and each has been regarded as essential to the perfection of the other. But from year to year the conditions of both are changing. Society is not what it was. The occupations of the people are different ; new questions in legislation and government arise ; new methods of teaching, and a different organization of schools are from time to time required, to adapt the education of children to the chang- ing wants. Our public schools affect every individual of all the complex classes of citizens in this busy community. They belong equally to all. They cannot attain the highest excellence without the thoughtful interest of every parent, and friend of humanity. The details of the following report are therefore earnestly com- mended, not only to you upon whom the responsibility now rests, but also to every citizen ; for as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, so, much more, do your schools depend upon a constant popular interest, and a sleepless care.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, FOR THE YEAR 1872.
I. POPULATION.
Population of the city January, 1873, estimated, 47,000
Population, census 1865, 30,058
Population, census 1870, 41,115
Number of children in the city between the ages of five and fifteen, returned by the assessors, May, 1872, 8,432
II. VALUATION.
$42,242,550 00
Valuation of the city May, 1872, Increase for the year, 4,101,300 00
City debt, including cost of water works and sewers, and in- vestment in B., B. & G. Railroad,
2,687,910 55
Value of school houses, lots, and other school property, 893,330 00
Amount assessed for State, county, and city tax, 1872, 739,856 37
Rate of taxation, .0174
Ordinary expense of schools,
$128,027 24
Per cent. of the same to valuation, .00303
Per cent. of the same to whole tax, .173
Amount for fuel, janitors, ordinary repairs, etc., $24,991 14
Salaries of teachers, 98,719 44
Salaries of school officers, 4,316 66
Extraordinary expense, including permanent repairs, furnish- ing new houses, etc., 17,321 01
Amount expended in new houses and lots,
41,349 71
Whole expense for schools, including cost of new houses, etc.,
$186,697 96
Amount received from State School Fund for 1872,
1,604 44
Average cost per scholar for all schools,
18 76
Same last year,
16 78
Cost of Evening schools,
2,697 05
Average per scholar,
.8 19
Cost of Mechanical Drawing School (Belmont St.) to Dec., 1872,
1,680 69
Average per scholar, estimated,
7 03
III. SCHOOL HOUSES.
Number occupied December, 1872,
34
Completed and occupied during the year, Walnut St. house,
1
Rooms occupied December, 1872,
144
Drawing rooms, 2
SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 89
Whole number of sittings, In High School, Additional space for 180,
400
Grammar schools,
1,656
Secondary schools,
1,578
Primary schools,
3,681
Ungraded schools,
107
Suburban schools,
395
IV. SCHOOLS.
High School, nine rooms,
1
Grammar rooms, four grades,
33
Increase,
1
30
Secondary rooms, two grades, Decrease,
1
Primary rooms, three grades,
59
Ungraded school, for boys,
1
Ungraded school, for girls,
1
Suburban schools,
11
Northville, 2,
Bloomingdale.
Tatnuck,
Adams Square.
Valley Falls,
Burncoat.
Leesville,
North Pond.
Blithewood,
Chamberlain.
Evening Schools, 5
Orange St. for boys; Walnut St. for girls.
Belmont St. for boys; Summer St. for girls. Cambridge St. for both sexes.
5
V. TEACHERS.
4
Male teachers in Grammar and Ungraded Schools,
6
Female teachers in all grades below the High School,
137
Male teachers in Evening Schools,
2
Female teachers in Evening Schools,
12
Teachers in Mechanical Drawing Schools, males,
6
Special teacher of Music, male,
1
Number of teachers in Day Schools,
153
Whole number of teachers, 173
VI. PUPILS.
Whole number registered in the public schools, 10,465
Number exclusive of Evening Schools and Drawing Schools, 9,245
Increase,
524
Male teachers in High School, Female teachers in High School,
5
Mechanical Drawing Classes, at Walnut St.
7,817
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Number over fifteen years old,
1,034
Estimated number from this city in private schools here,
800
Average number belonging to the schools,
6,824
Decrease, 200
Average daily attendance,
6,049
· Decrease, 273
Average daily absence,
775
Number at close of Fall Term, 1871,
7,145
At the close of Winter Term, 1871-72,
6,647
Decrease, 498
At the close of Spring Term, Decrease, 641
6,006
At the close of Summer Term, Increase, 282
6,288
At the close of Fall Term, 1872, Increase, 897
7,185
Per cent. of daily attendance to average number belonging,
.898
Number perfect in attendance the whole year, 258
Number perfect three terms,
412
Number perfect two terms,
619
Number perfect one term,
1,695
Whole number registered in the High School,
441
Boys, 181. Girls, 255.
Number at close of the year,
301
Average number belonging,
289
Average daily attendance, 277
.958
Average age of pupils January, 1873,
16:1
Number of graduates June, 1872,
23
Average number of pupils to a regular teacher, 32
The estimated population of this city January, 1870, was 41,000. The estimate was based upon the number of voters, the taxable polls, and the average number of pupils in school. The U. S. census of that year confirmed the estimate. The same data, compared both with those of the year 1869 and those of 1864, make the present population more than 50,000. The recent presidential campaign, however, has largely increased the lists of voters and of polls; and on the other hand, the average number of pupils in school is unusually small in comparison with the whole number registered. These data are therefore less reliable than usual; but the above estimate makes ample allowance for these fluctuations, and must be very nearly correct.
Per cent. of daily attendance,
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The ordinary expenses of the schools have increased by about $9,900. The increase in teachers' salaries has been $14,746. The total amount expended for schools and school houses is $23,455 less than last year. The average cost per scholar is nearly $2 00 more than it was for the year 1871, because the average number of pupils to a teacher has been less.
HOUSES.
The old brick school house of four rooms, on the north-east cor- ner of the Common, has been demolished. It was in a noisy and dusty place. There was no play ground attached; the children played on the public park or were exposed to danger in the busy street. This house had been in use since 1838.
The damp, dark school rooms in the basement of the Dix street school house have been abandoned to other uses. There is no longer a public school in the basement of the Public Library - building.
The old High school house on Walnut street has been fitted up at an expense of $36,859 58, including the new lot and a part of the cost of the heating apparatus, which also warms the High school house. It contains accommodations for four schools, with the best dressing rooms in the city, two excellent drawing rooms for the evening classes on the second floor, a ward room in the basement, and two rooms under the roof, which it is proposed to fit up for a small art gallery for the benefit of the drawing schools. The old school house on the east side of Summer street has been re-occupied with two schools, and one evening school. A new room has been finished in the basement of the Woodland street house, one in the hall of the South Worcester school house on Cambridge street, and another in the hall of the Lamar- tine street school house. The only vacant school rooms are two at Quinsigamond, besides a room now used as an engine house, two in the fourth story in the Providence street school house, one in the house on Sycamore street, one in the house on Walnut street, now used for an evening school, and two in the house on Summer street.
The new State Normal school building has been erected upon
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an eminence in the eastern part of the city. Its exterior is nearly completed. This is "not a city school."
The Belmont street and Thomas street houses are no more crowded than they were last year, because the old house on Sum- mer street has been re-opened, and pupils between Main and Summer streets are sent to Walnut street, and many from the vicinity of East Worcester and Front street are sent south. Hence there seems to be at present no such need of a new school house on Summer street, as appeared a year ago. The re-loca- tion of the railroads at East Worcester may necessitate the removal of the school houses there.
A school for practice is thought by some to be essential to the highest success of a Normal school; it may be best to build the next house in the vicinity of that school. Till these questions are settled it would be unwise to erect a new school house in that vicinity. The school houses on Lamartine and Cambridge streets are filled, and the population tributary to them is increasing. A school house will soon be needed near the Junction depot. The proper location of school houses in a growing city, presents great perplexities. It affects the attendance, and controls the grading of the schools. Hence no new site should be selected without a full knowledge of the needs of the schools.
SCHOOLS.
A new school of the first grade was opened at the Lamartine street school and another at Woodland street at the beginning of the present school year, the last of August; one of the fourth grade was opened at South Worcester at the same time. The pupils from the Front street schools, from the fifth grade on Dix street, and from the school in the Public Library building, at , the commencement of the Fall term, were distributed to the schools, as now organized, on Walnut street, Thomas street and Salem and Orange streets.
The Training School was removed to Pleasant street at the same time. It was extended, so that the young ladies in training have the benefit of practice in schools of the fourth and fifth grades as well as in the first, second and third, The
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present class numbers seventeen, the majority of whom have either graduated at the High School or received an equivalent education elsewhere. The course of instruction embraces School Economy, Lessons on Objects, Mental Philosophy, Methods of Teaching and practice with a class of pupils. The work of each student is criticised by her teacher and classmates. This practice and criticism is the most important feature of this school, and it should be part of every Normal school. Besides supplying this city with a large number of excellent teachers, this school has furnished several for prominent positions in other cities. Seven young ladies received the diploma of the school in June last, viz: Misses D. M. Welch, A. H. Davie, S. J. Melanefy, N. J. Spurr, E. J. Seaver, E. C. Moulton and Mrs. N. M. Hopkins. Five more nearly completed the course of study.
EXERCISES OF EXAMINATION AND GRADUATION OF THE WORCESTER NORMAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL, MONDAY, JUNE 24TH, 1872.
AFTERNOON.
ROOM
B.
C.
2 o'clock.
2:20.
Objects.
Color.
Number.
2:30.
Number.
Spelling.
Animals.
2:40.
Place.
Animals.
Reading.
2:55.
SINGING.
3:00.
Reading.
Number.
Human Body.
3:15.
Human Body.
Objects.
Reading.
3:30.
Color.
Form.
Spelling.
3:40.
Animals.
Human Body.
Objects.
EVENING.
DIX STREET HALL, 7:30.
Music.
Instrumental Duett,
E. B. Holman and M. D. Shute.
E. J. Phelps. - E. M. Mason.
Music-Song.
C. J. Smith.
Lesson with Children-" Objects," -
D. M. Welch,
13
A. Spelling.
Reading.
Forms.
Lesson with Children-" Sound,"
Essay-" The Study of the Mind,"
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 27.
Essay-" The Good Old Times," - -
A. H. Davie.
Music-Instrumental, S. J. Melanefy.
Lesson with Children-" Objects."
Essay-" Mighty things from small beginnings grow,"
N. J. Spurr. E. J. Seaver.
Music-Instrumental, E. C. Moulton. - N. M. Hopkins.
Essay-" Who shall teach the Children ?" -
Presentation of Diplomas.
Music-Class Song. CLASS SONG. [ORIGINAL.] The sculptor moulds with tender care, Nor ever deems his calling hard,
Till he beholds the statue fair, Whose beauty is his sweet reward.
So we must toil and wait to see From each rough-hewn, unpolished stone,
The ideal of our dreams set free, A graceful, comely figure grown.
The world is full of souls that hold The hidden grace of Love Divine ; It is our work the form to mould, And polish for a worthy shrine.
With skillful hand and purpose true, We'll labor with unceasing care; Our perfect model still in view, And strive to make the image fair.
As one by one its charms unfold, Beneath our faithful, loving touch,
Our grateful joy can ne'er be told, That all God's Kingdom is of such.
THE HIGH SCHOOL
Appears better, and is better, in the elegant and commodious house. Four hundred and forty-one pupils have been members during the year. The present number is about three hundred. The proceeds of an exhibition by the Junior and Senior classes has supplied a valuable lot of pictures and busts to adorn the walls of the school rooms. For the interest thus expressed much credit is due Mr. Davis and the pupils. In the month of March
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SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
the sum of five hundred dollars was expended in putting all the apparatus in thorough repair. To secure a more thorough super- vision than had been possible, it was decided at the end of the summer term to reorganize the school by employing a principal, in addition to the corps of teachers then remaining. Accordingly Prof. Ellis Peterson, of Harvard University, well known from his former connection with the school, was elected to the position in October, and entered upon his duties in December. Below is the programme of exercises of graduation June, 1872.
PART I.
Music.
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