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Emma E. Hayward.
IV
Miss Barnard,
Carrie A. Smith,
IV
Miss Barnard,
Mary T. Gale,
III
Miss Barnard,
Anna M. Waite,
III
Dexter,
Addie T. Gauren,
II
Dexter,
Maud L. Davis,
II
Dexter,
Lilla F. Upton,
I
Dexter,
Hattie B. Andrews,
I
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS. GRADE.
Moriarty,
James Jenkins, Principal,
Moriarty,
Carrie L. Paige, Assistant,
IX
Moriarty,
Mary A. Hayward,
VIII
Moriarty,
Mattie Howe,
VII
Moriarty,
Minnie W. Sherman,
VI
Souther,
Nellie F. Lindsay,
Souther,
Susie W. Forbes,
IV
Souther,
Esther B. Smith,
IV-III
Souther,
Alice W. Giddings,
III-II
Drennan,
Harriet Lightbourn,
II-I
Drennan,
(Mary E. Barnard,)
Drennan,
Maria F. Bosworth.
I
Mrs. Merriman,
Emma C. McClellan, Assistant,
Miss Barnard,
Mattie A. Collins,
DIX STREET.
SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
315
SUNNYSIDE.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Drennan, Drennan,
Mary A. Morrissey, Carrie A. Thompson,
VI-IV III-I
WINSLOW STREET.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Miss Barnard,
J. Chauncey Lyford, Principal,
IX
Miss Barnard,
Sarah Brigham, Assistant.
Miss Barnard,
Mary A. Drake,
VIII
Miss Barnard,
Jessie M. Nichols,
VII
Miss Barnard,
Eva E. Stone,
VI
Moriarty,
Octavia H. Vaughan,
V
Moriarty,
Ella E. Goddard,
IV
Moriarty, Nihill,
Edna Currier,
III
Nihill,
Emma G. Goodwin,
III-II
Nihill,
A. Calista Hale,
I
CHANDLER STREET.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Swan,
William H. Bartlett, Principal,
IX
Swan,
Clara Manly, Assistant.
Swan,
Jennie L. Higgins,
VIII
Swan,
Helena M. Kalaher,
VII
Swan,
Lucy Lewisson,
VI
Lovering,
Mary E. Convery,
V
Lovering,
Eliza J. Seaver,
V-IV
Lovering,
Harriet E. Maynard,
IV
D. J. Kelley,
Anna M. Murray,
III
D. J. Kelley,
Mary L. Haselden,
II
D. J. Kelley,
D. Isabell Newbury,
I
Ada E. Mason.
WOODLAND STREET.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Lovering,
Joseph Jackson, Principal,
IX
Lovering,
Alice E. Meriam, Assistant.
Lovering,
Ann S. Dunton,
VIII
Lovering,
Mary M. Lawton,
VII
Lovering,
Carrie R. Clements,
VII-VI
Mrs. Taft,
Martha T. Wyman,
VI
Mrs. Taft,
Emma F. Brown,
V
Mrs. Taft,
Susie A. Partridge,
V
Sarah J. Melanefy,
IV
Conaty,
M. Rosalie Goddard,
IV
Conaty,
Maggie I. Melanefy,
III
Conaty,
(Carrie F. Meriam,)
III
Conaty,
Grace R. Everett.
Conaty,
Maggie A. Flaherty,
II
Young,
Emma Buckley,
II
Young,
Mary E. Proctor,
I
Carrie A. Hildreth,
I
Young,
D. J. Kelley,
COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Taft,
Ida M. McCambridge,
IV
COMMITTEE.
1
316
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 41.
WASHINGTON STREET.
COMMITTEE.
D. J. Kelley,
D. J. Kelley, D. J. Kelley,
TEACHERS. Charles T. Haynes, Principal, Ida L. Gaskill, Assistant. M. Louise Rice, Assistant.
GRADE. IX
LEDGE STREET.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
A. Brown,
Charles C. Woodman, Principal,
IX
A. Brown,
Margaret M. Geary, Assistant.
A. Brown,
Emma L. Cowles,
VIII
A. Brown,
Maria P. Cole,
VIII-VII
A. Brown,
Kate A. McCarthy,
VII
D. J. Kelley,
Alice G. McMahon,
VI
(Mary J. Packard,)
VI
Daniel H. Casey.
V
D. J. Kelley,
L. Elizabeth King,
V
Tolman,
Mary E. D. King,
IV
Tolman,
Fanny A. Williams,
III
Tolman,
Carrie E. Howe,
III-II
Tolman,
Mary B. Dudley,
II
Tolman,
Hannah M. Kickham,
I
MILLBURY STREET.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
J. H. Kelley,
Francis P. Mckeon, Principal,
IX
J. H. Kelley,
Ella J. Lyford, Assistant.
J. H. Kelley,
Mary A. Rourke,
VIII
J. H. Kelley,
Eliza J. Lawler,
VII
J. H. Kelley,
Elida M. Capen,
VI
Warner,
Hannah Sheehan,
V
Warner,
Hattie S. Putnam,
IV
Warner,
Myra H. Baker,
III
McCafferty,
Mary L. Gafney,
II
McCafferty,
Julia A. Riley,
I
McCafferty,
Julia A. Quinn,
I
THOMAS STREET.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Parker,
Harriet G. Waite, Principal,
VIII
Parker,
Anna P. Smith, Assistant.
VII
Parker,
Mary E. Fitzgerald,
VI
Parker,
M. Ella Clark,
VI
Barker,
Rosa I. Seavey,
V
Barker,
Hattie G. Gates,
V-IV
Barker,
(Esther E. Travis,)
IV
Scannell,
Ella A. Casey,
III
Scannell,
Addie E. Sprague,
II
Scannell,
Belle H. Tucker,
I
Scannell,
Nellie M. Rood,
I
Scannell,
Jennie C. Clough,
I
D. J. Kelley,
D. J. Kelley,
D. J. Kelley,
Frances M. Athy,
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE.
Parker,
John E. Lynch,
Barker,
Mary E. Houghton.
317
SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
EDGEWORTH STREET.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Souther,
Ella E. Roper, Principal,
VII
Souther,
Anna 'T'. Cavanough,
VI
Souther,
Julia E. Greenwood,
V
Souther,
Sarah M. Brigham,
IV
Swan,
Louise F. Clark,
III
Swan,
Lucia N. Jennison,
III
Swan,
Fransess D. Martin,
II
Swan,
Estella V. Rolston,
II
Swan,
Selma P. Ahlstrom,
I
Swan,
Cora A. Cooley.
WALNUT STREET.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
F. Brown,
Nellie C. Thomas, Principal,
VIII
F. Brown,
Kate A. Meade,
VII
F. Brown,
Ella M. Macfarland,
VI
F. Brown,
Mary L. Norcross,
V
Parker,
Kate A. Coughlin,
IV
Parker,
Mary E. McCormick,
III-II
Parker,
Mary L. Seavey,
I
OXFORD STREET.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Mrs. Taft,
Ella L. Dwyer, Principal,
VIII
Mrs. Taft,
Mary A. Hathaway,
VII
Mrs. Taft,
Nettie A. Murray,
VI
Mrs. Taft,
Mary F. Harrington,
V
Mrs. Taft,
(Alphonsine T. L'Esperance. )
Mrs. Taft.
(Ida A. Tew.)
IV
Thompson,
Mary F. Barker,
III
Thompson,
M. Gertrude Griggs,
II
Thompson,
Catherine T. Nevins,
I
SYCAMORE STREET,
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Young,
Charlotte H. Munger, Principal,
VIII
Young,
Janet Martin,
VII
Young,
A. Teresa Timon,
VI
Young,
S. Lizzie Carter,
IV
Mrs. Merriman,
Sarah W. Hay.
Mrs. Merriman,
Sarah W. Clements,
III
Mrs. Merriman,
Ida A. E. Kenney,
II
Mrs. Merriman,
Eliza J. Day,
I
FREELAND STREET.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Mrs. Taft,
M. Ella Spalding, Principal,
VIII
Mrs. Taft,
Emma M. Plimpton,
VII
Mrs. Taft,
Martha D. Adams,
VI
Mrs. Taft,
Ida F. Buxton,
V
Mrs. Taft,
Annie M. Ham,
IV
A. Brown,
(Jennie M. Tainter,)
III-II
A. Brown,
Madge H. Coughlin.
A. Brown,
Addie T. Banister,
I
COMMITTEE.
Thompson,
Mabel B. Tew,
COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Merriman,
(Hattie S. Hagen,)
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE.
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NEW WORCESTER.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS. Georgianna M. Newton, Anna B. Ranger, Rebecca H. Davie,
GRADE.
A. Brown,
A. Brown,
A. Brown,
I
SOUTH WORCESTER.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Tolman,
Carrie A. George, Principal,
VIII
Tolman,
Ellen M. Boyden,
VII
Tolman,
Edward A. Quinland,
VI
Tolman,
Mary O. Whitney,
V
Nihill,
(Lydia W. Ball,)
IV
Nihill,
Minnie A. Davis.
IV-III
Nihill,
Nellie Hinsley.
III
Nihill,
Maggie A. Mahony,
II
Nihill,
Mary McBride,
I
QUINSIGAMOND.
, COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Conaty,
Richard H. Mooney, Principal,
VIII-VII
Conaty,
F. May Prentice, VI
Conaty,
Annie W. Newell,
Conaty,
Jeannie E. Sanderson,
IV
Young,
Mary A. Winter,
III
Young,
Alice V. Phelps,
II
Young,
Mary G. Smith,
I
Young,
Carrie M. Sweetzer,
I
PROVIDENCE STREET.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
McCafferty,
Etta A. Rounds, Principal,
VIII
McCafferty,
Etta R. Leonard,
VII
McCafferty,
Anna G. Foley,
VI
McCafferty,
Marion C. Tucker,
VI-V
Lovering,
Margaret F. Hagan,
IV
Lovering,
Sarah J. Newton,
III
Lovering,
Mary C. Smith,
II
Lovering,
Ellen G. Daley,
I
GAGE STREET.
TEACHERS. GRADE.
Scannell,
Ella W. Foskett, Principal,
VIII
Scannell,
(Minnie M. Parmenter,) Assistant.
Scannell,
Nellie F. Saunders.
Scannell,
Annie Brown,
VII
Scannell,
Mary E. C. Carroll,
VI
Scannell,
Jennie E. Maloney,
V
Barker,
Aloysia Radcliffe,
V
Barker,
Julia A. Bunker,
IV
Barker,
Lilla Ingalls,
IV
Barker,
Kate C. Cosgrove,
III
Hughes,
Mary J. O'Connor,
III
Hughes,
Maggie E. Magone,
II
Nihill,
(Minnie J. Condy, )
Nihill,
Mary C. Paige,
III II
COMMITTEE.
-
SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 319
EAST WORCESTER.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Dexter,
Anna T. Kelley,
II
Dexter,
Nellie G. McGillicuddy,
I
Dexter,
Ellen F. Fallon,
I
LAMARTINE STREET.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE
Warner,
Owen H. Conlin, Principal,
VII
Warner,
Abbie A. Wells, Assistant.
Warner,
Mary J. Sullivan,
VI
Warner,
Louise A. Dawson,
V
Warner,
Ellen T. Shannon,
IV
McCafferty,
Mary E. Russell,
IV
McCafferty,
Mary E. Horgan,
III
McCafferty,
Abbie F. Hemenway,
III
McCafferty,
Katharine B. Adams,
II
Hughes,
Agnes J. O'Gorman,
II
Hughes,
Mary C. Morrissey,
I
Hughes,
Edith M. Rolston,
I
ADRIATIC.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Thompson,
Emma A. Porter, Principal,
VII
Thompson,
Eudora E. Hay,
VI
Thompson,
Lizzie E. Chapin,
V
Thompson,
Abby B. Shute,
IV
Moriarty,
Cora A. Baldwin,
IV-III
Moriarty,
Mary A. McGillicuddy,
III
Moriarty,
Mary M. Bowen,
II
Conaty,
Etta T. Whalen,
II-I
Conaty,
Alice L. Bainbridge,
I
ASH STREET.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Barker,
Mary J. Mack, Principal,
VI
Barker,
Mabel Piper,
V
Barker,
Florence M. Waite,
IV
Warner,
Kate A. Fallon,
III
Warner,
Sarah A. Boyd,
II
Warner,
Marina H. Tucker,
I
GRAFTON STREET.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS. GRADE.
Hughes,
Bridget T. Carlon, Principal,
V
Hughes,
Evelyn E. Towne,
IV
Hughes,
(Kate A. McLoughlin,)
III
Hughes,
Katharine A. Hackett.
Parker,
Margaret J. McCann,
II
Parker,
Carrie M. Adams,
II
Parker,
Ella J. Emerson,
I
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SUMMER STREET.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Drennan,
Mary A. Gauren, Principal,
Drennan,
(Anna De W. Pearce,)
Drennan,
Elma L. Studley.
Drennan,
Anna T. Smith, III
Drennan,
Alice Chapin, II
Drennan,
Agnes R. Stewart,
I
SALEM STREET.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Dexter,
Minnie F. Whittier, Principal,
IV
Dexter,
Mary O. Whitmore, III
Dexter,
Addie M. Blenus,
II
Dexter,
Nellie J. Carlon,
I
UNION HILL.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
Nihill,
Etha M. Stowell, Principal, Anna D. Stowell,
II-I
MASON STREET.
COMMITTEE.
TEACHERS.
GRADE.
F. Brown,
F. Brown,
Mary E. Pease, Principal, Effie L. Bennett,
, II
I
SUBURBAN.
COMMITTEE. J. H. Kelley,
PLACE.
Northville,
TEACHER. (Mary F. Lewis.)
Joanna F. Smith.
Edith M. Harding.
Ada D. Saunders.
Blithewood,
Susan R. Hartwell.
Bloomingdale,
Lizzie M. Urban, VIII-V
F. Brown, Mrs. Merriman,
Adams Square,
Olive G. Davidson.
Alice C. Mason.
Burncoat Plain,
Hattie L. White.
A. Brown,
F. Brown, F. Brown, Tolman, J. H. Kelley,
Lake View, Lake View, Valley Falls, Greendale,
Minnie A. B. Chase, VIII-V Rebekah L. Taft, IV-I
Ann Foskett, VI-I
Hattie M. Ruggles.
Drennan, Miss Barnard, Souther, F. Brown,
Tatnuck, Jamesville,
Bloomingdale,
Ada B. Braman, IV-I
J. H. Kelley, A. Brown,
North Pond, Chamberlain,
Etta M. Thayer. (Fanny R. Spurr.) Josephine E. Bauer.
V IV
IV-III
Nihill,
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DRAWING.
TEACHER. Walter S. Perry. Annie N. Sinclair, Assistant, High School. COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Parker, Barker, Tolman, D. J. Kelley and Mrs. Merriman.
MUSIC. TEACHER. Seth Richards.
COMMITTEE. Messrs. Swan, Lovering, J. H. Kelley, Drennan, Mrs. Taft, Miss Barnard and the Superintendent.
EVENING SCHOOLS. COMMITTEE. Messrs. Conaty, Mrs. Taft, Miss Barnard, Thompson, McCafferty, Moriarty and Souther.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Henry E. Fayerweather, 105 Summer St. Michael J. English, Brackett Ct.
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 Nineteenth Annual Report ; and by these regulations this report, which it is the duty of the Superintendent to prepare, becomes the Report of the School Board to the public, and the school authorities of the State.
ABSTRACT OF STATISTICS,
FOR THE YEAR 1886.
I. POPULATION.
Population, Census of 1885 68,383
Estimated population . 75,000
Children between the ages of five and fifteen, May, 1886 . 13,795
II. FINANCIAL.
Valuation, May, 1886 . $54,566,389 00
Increase for the year 1,846,988 00
City Debt, December, 1886, less Cash and Sinking Fund . 2,209,816 34
State, city and county tax, 1886.
1,020,913 00 1
Rate of taxation . $0.18
Value of school-houses and lots 1,027,510 00
Other school property .
116,734 89
*Ordinary expense of day schools, exclusive of ordinary repairs .
209,399 39
Per cent. of same to valuation .0038
Per cent. of same to whole tax .205
Repairs of school-houses, furniture and stoves 10,412 64
$219,812 03
*See detailed statement in Secretary's report.
SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 323
New furniture $1,652 23
New windows and fire escapes 639 97
$2,292 20
Cost of evening schools
3,894 28
Expended for all purposes .
$225,998 51
Average cost per scholar for day schools, including ordi- nary repairs
$20 23
Average cost for all schools, including ordinary repairs 20 07
Same last year . $18 67
Cost of evening schools
3,894 28
Average per scholar 13 71
Cost of evening drawing schools
1,147 46
Average per scholar 7 88
Cost of High School
26,841 31
Increase . 4,541 58
Average per scholar
42 04
Increase .
4 50
Expended by City Council for new school-houses
45,354 26
III. SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Number occupied December, 1886 . 49
Rooms, not including recitation rooms 277
Rooms rented
1
Drawing-school rooms, recitation and evening-school rooms, additional 5
Whole number of sittings :-
In High School 710
Grammar schools, Grades IX .- VI. 3,540
Grammar schools, Grades V .- IV. 3,062
Primary rooms, Grades III .- II .- I. 5,197
611
IV. SCHOOLS.
High School rooms . . 17
Grammar rooms, Grades IX .- VI. 70
Grammar rooms, Grades V .- IV. 59
Primary rooms, Grades III .- II .- I. 96
Suburban schools 14
Northville, Tatnuck, Valley Falls, Jamesville, Blithewood, Bloom- ingdale (2), Adams Square, Burncoat Plain, North Pond, Cham- berlain, Lake View (2), Greendale.
Evening schools . 9
Belmont Street, South Worcester and Grafton, for both sexes; Washington Street, New Worcester, Lamartine Street, Quin- sigamond and East Worcester, for boys; Walnut Street, for girls.
Free Evening Drawing Schools, both sexes
6
Suburban schools
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V. TEACHERS.
Male teachers in High School . 7
Female teachers in High School 11
Male teachers in Grammar Schools 14
Female teachers in all grades below the High School 242
Special teacher of Music, male
1
Special teacher of Drawing, male .
1
Special teacher of Drawing, female . 1 Number of teachers in Day Schools. 277
Graduates of the Worcester Training School, or of a State Normal School . 189
Male teachers in Evening Schools 21
Female teachers in Evening Schools 6
Teachers in Free Evening Drawing Schools, male 5, female 1. 6
Whole number of teachers 310
VI. PUPILS.
Census of children 5 to 15, May, 1886
13,795
Number registered in Day Schools 13,263
Increase
282
In Evening Schools
369
In Free Evening Drawing Schools 181
Number registered in all the schools . 14,095
Increase . 515
Number over 15 years old 2,116
Increase 801
Estimated number attending in private schools .
2,300
Pupils in State Normal School, this city .
130
Average number belonging to public day schools Decrease . 7
10,751
Average daily attendance in day schools
9,481
Decrease . 117
Average daily absence Increase 110
1,270
Number at close of Fall term, 1885
10,861
At close of Winter terin, 1885-86 . 10,644
Increase from last year 132
At close of Spring term Increase 65
10,446
At close of Summer term
10,152
Increase
14
At close of Fall term
11,019
Increase
158
88.2
Per cent. of daily attendance to average number belonging, Decrease 1.9
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325
Number perfect in attendance the whole year .
116
Decrease
39
Perfect three terms
340
Perfect two terms .
580
Perfect one term
1,892
Number registered in High School .
959
Increase
161
Boys .
460
Increase
25
Girls
499
Increase
36
Number at the close of the year
695
Increase
35
Number of graduates, June, 1886 .
88
Number left the school .
188
Average number belonging
638.4
Average daily attendance .
613.1
Average daily absence
25.3
Per cent. of daily attendance to average number belonging,
96.1
Average age of pupils, January 1, 1887
17
Average number of pupils to a regular teacher
35.5
THE BULLOCK
HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY AND APPARATUS FUND.
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, WORCESTER, MASS., December 18, 1886.
To A. P. MARBLE, EsQ.,
Supt. of Schools.
SIR :
The undersigned, as Treasurer, ex-officio, of the Bullock High- School Library and Apparatus Fund, presents for your informa- tion, and for that of the Honorable School Board, the following brief Statement, showing the receipts and payments, on account of said fund, during the last financial year, and the balances car-
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ried forward, on the books of the treasurer, at the close of busi- ness on Monday, November 30, 1886 :-
Balances, December 1, 1885, viz. : Savings-Bank deposits, $1,500 00 Cash on deposit, 4 76
$1,504 76
Receipts during the year, viz. : Dividends on deposit,
$60 08
Total,
$1,564 84
Payments during the year, viz. : Sundry bills for books, $61 45
Balances, November 30, 1886, viz. :
Savings-Bank deposits,
$1,500 00
Cash on deposit,
3 39
$1,503 76
Total,
$1,564 84
Respectfully submitted,
WM. S. BARTON, City Treasurer.
ABOUT THESE STATISTICS.
The entire cost of schools, exclusive of new houses, has been about $18,000 more than for the year preceding. This increase is out of proportion to the number of additional pupils registered, because of the opening of the new houses at Freeland street, Gage street and Chandler street, and at Sunnyside, just before the beginning of the year. The same cause has made a slight increase in the average cost per pupil throughout the schools.
The amount expended for new houses has been $45,354.26 against $64,467.72 the year before. This sum includes the ex- penditures to complete the Freeland street and the Sunnyside houses, the cost of the Bloomingdale house of two rooms, and of the Greendale house of one room; and the cost of the Ledge street house now partly finished. For a new house of one room
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at Jamesville, and one of four rooms at Adams Square, now be- fore the City Council for action, the estimated cost is $15,000.
There are in the day schools 277 teachers constantly employed, ten more than for the year preceding. Of these one hundred and eighty-nine, or more than two-thirds, are graduates of some Normal School. Including the Evening school teachers who are employed about four months in the year, the total number of teachers is three hundred and ten.
The census of school children from 5 to 15 years of age, May 1st, 1886, is 13,795. And the total registration in day schools is 13,263 ; while there are in private schools 2,300 pupils. This excess of registration over the school census is due to the number, 2,116, attending school who are over 15 years of age. The aver- age number belonging to the day-schools is 10,751, which is smaller than for the previous year by 7. This decrease is due to the employment of children in factories. There has been a still greater decrease, 117, in the average daily attendance, owing probably to the same cause. This decrease, it is apparent, has made the cost per scholar greater ; since the schools continue through the year though the number of pupils is less.
The total number of pupils registered in the High School is 959 ; this includes with the five classes regularly in the school, a sixth class; since the year Dec. 1st to Dec. 1st for which the report is made, covers a part of two school years, Sept. 1st to July 1st. The largest number in that school at one time is 705 ; and the number at the close of the year, Nov. 30, 1886, is 695. There are 18 teachers in this school.
Early in the year it was found that a considerable number of young pupils at Jamesville, in the southern part of the city, could not attend school on account of the distance. The chapel on Clover street was hired; and a new school was opened. The school at Trowbridgeville and one of the two rooms at Valley . Falls were abandoned, and the pupils were sent to New Worces- ter or to Clover street.
The new houses at Bloomingdale, in the east part of the city, and at Greendale, between Northville and Burncoat Plain, were opened in September. The lighting of the attic rooms at Bel-
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mont street, has been improved by two large dormer windows. It is to remove the Jamesville school from the chapel, that a new house is ordered in that neighborhood. The school at Adams Square is too large for the house; and a new one is to be built in that neighborhood also.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The number of pupils graduated, including all the courses, was 88, as appears below. The number of pupils admitted from the Grammar Schools at the end of the year July 1st was 307. The exercises of graduation took place as shown in the following programme :-
WORCESTER HIGH SCHOOL.
GRADUATING EXERCISES, CLASS OF '86, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 3 o'clock, P. M.
PROGRAMME.
MUSIC.
Chorus :- " Oh Beautiful Dreams" (Mendelssohn).
*1. Salutatory :- with Oration : The Effect of Monuments upon Nations.
2. Essay :- "The Abbot."
3. Oration :- Two American Patriots.
Stanley H. Rood. Fanny T. Bugbee. Rupert H. Murray.
4. Essay :- Landscapes, from Bryant. Catharine D. Carney.
MUSIC.
Chorus :- " The Dawning of the Day " (Kalliwoda).
5. Essay :- What does it cost to maintain the High School?
6. Oration :- Heroism.
Minnie G. Fisher. Clarence K. Prince.
7. Essay :- The Uses of Poetry. Anna L. Foster.
MUSIC.
Chorus :- Ladies' voices : " In May Time" (Ritter).
8. Essay :- Washington Irving.
9. Oration :- " Shylock."
10. Essay :- Discipline, with Valedictory.
Charlotte A. Maynard. John P. Putnam. S. Edith Warren.
MUSIC.
Chorus :- The German Fatherland.
Pianist-E. Maud Clark.
Presentation of Diplomas by His Honor the Mayor.
* The Essays and Orations were not prepared specially for this occasion ; they have been selected from regular class-work during the past two years.
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CLASS SONG.
Words by JAMES S. SULLIVAN. Music by ELLEN V. KIRWAN.
Thoughts arise in strange commotion Grave and glad this natal eve ; Deep is felt the sad emotion As we take each other's leave. Though we part, yet still forever Live the days that fled so fast ; Time and fortune cannot sever Our remembrance from the past.
Duty summons; from this haven We must sail o'er unknown seas, Where our barks must strongly braven Storm and billow and the breeze. Over life's uncertain ocean Thou alone must guide thy bark, Hold thy course with strong devotion, Fearless be when skies are dark.
Shun the spot where shoals lie hidden ; Boldly conquer rock and wave; Honor calls thee ; go where bidden ; Fear the wrong more than the grave. Voyage onward; hearken never To the Syren's harp or wiles ; Fame will crown thy brave endeavor; Thou shalt reach the Happy Isles.
CLASS OF '86. " Confide, recte agens."
Erastus Hopkins. John Parkhurst Putnam.
COLLEGE COURSE.
Thomas Bond Shaw. Robert Morris Washburn.
PARTIAL COLLEGE COURSE.
James William Dolan. William Francis Donahue. John Aloysius Fitzgerald. Owen Michael McGee.
James Stephen Sullivan. Joseph Edward Underwood. Louisa Sewall Cheever.
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CLASSICAL COURSE.
Edward William Daniels. Ernest Warren Desper.
Henry Joseph Gross.
Margaret Helen Griggs.
Albert Henry Inman. Charles Frank Lancaster.
Kate Frances Henry.
Rupert Henry Murray.
Nellie Matilda Holbrook.
Clarence Knight Prince.
Cecilia Theresa Kelley.
Stanley Hale Rood.
Mabel King. Mary Ellen Loughlin.
Grace Hulford Bishop.
Charlotte Adelaide Maynard.
Mabel Gooding Bishop. Hattie Amelia Blood.
Mary Martha Moran.
Clara Lawrence Brigham.
Ellen Agnes O'Neil.
Fanny Theresa Bugbee.
Eliza Frances Palmer.
Carrie Eugenia Caldwell.
Belle Frances Phelon.
Catharine Dora Carney.
Sarah Elizabeth Rollison.
Ellen Doyle. Cora Minnie Earle.
Anna Louisa Smith. Susie Edith Warren.
Marie Antoinette Estabrook.
Minnie Gertrude Fisher. Ellen Estelle Fitzgerald.
Anna Lottie Foster. Margaret Jane Gartland.
ENGLISH COURSE.
Elmer Cooke Rice. William Lewis Smith. Marion Julia Blood. Laura Elizabeth Capen. Ella Maud Clark. Mary Adaline Hackett. Ellen Veronica Kirwan. Mary Jane Parmenter. Bertha Louise Perry. Susie Train Sprout.
PARTIAL COURSE.
Stephen Mason Gates. Herbert Lincoln Green. Grace Goodhue Allen. Carrie Maria Cady. Camille Maria Clark. Mary Sophia Davenport.
Cora Delia Gates. Alice Barber Hammond. Lillian Matilda Hildreth. Martha Leonard Lathe. Cora Angelina Start. Lucy Minette Wallace.
Harry Veevers Baldwin. Louis Edwin Booth. Frank Henry Brophy. Frank Elijah Buxton. Ernest Francis Dakin. Fred Herbert Fuller. Walter Henry Hildreth. Daniel James McAuliffe. Daniel Francis O'Regan. Willis Sumner Putnam.
Minnie May Belle Wheeler.
Emma Lizzie Whittemore.
Luella Washburn Whittemore.
Addie Frances Yeaton.
Mary Gertrude Geary.
Louise Lettice Gorham.
Florence Isabelle Henderson.
Grace Bigelow Baker.
Effie Barnes Moore.
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For non-resident pupils, the tuition in this school has been fixed at $10 a term or $40 a year; for the ninth grade, at $18 a year ; and in other schools at $12 a year.
The proposition to introduce military drill for the boys and some form of light gymnastics for the girls, has been agitated during the year. It is now before the committee for further consideration.
This school is now too large for the building; and at the recent rate of increase something will need to be done before the beginning of the fall term to provide accommodations. The High School House is centrally located, and by the new lines of horse-cars, it is accessible from all parts of the city. Any loca- tion at a distance from this centre, on any one of the streets radiating outward, would be merely local in its accommodations ; a new High School located towards the south end of Main street, for example, could not be reached from Southbridge street, Mill- bury street, or Providence street, so easily as the present house ; and there are not pupils enough in any one of those outlying districts for a High School. Moreover, to educate our pupils in two high schools would add greatly to the expense; since, be- sides the new house, another corps of teachers and a second set of apparatus would be required. The time for such a new school is therefore a half-score or more years in the future.
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