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Lines, Batholomew
37
TAXES.
Lapham, Luther
186 00 | McCarty, Dennis 2 00
Lane, W. J. 46 48
Mahoney, Timothy 2 00
Lane, George W.
6 00 Mitchell, Thomas 2 00
Locke, Amos, Mrs. 19 60 Murphy, Cornelius 10 20
Lawrence, John W. 2 00
Murphy, Michael
2 00
Locke, Benjamin D. 38 00
Maynard, George C. 9 20
Locke, Hannah, Mrs. 24 48
Mayo, Seth, Estate,
22. 80
Locke, Lorenzo 31 60
Martin, George W. 2 00
Locke, Lorenzo & Bros. 127 72
Merrill, Frank S. 2 00
22 88
Locke, Henry J.
4 00
Martin, James 2 00
Lacy, John
4 40
Madden, John 2 00
Lacy, Edward 2 00
McCarty, John 2 00
2 00
Locke, William P. 2 00
Martin, Franklin
2 00
Locke, Elbridge G. 88 46
Mitchell, Theodore
92 40
Locke, Elbridge G. Prin- tiss Estate, 18 08
Mallen, Patrick
2 00
Locke, William H. 21 20
Mayo, Jesse
10 80
Locke, Charles D.
2 00
McCarty, Dennis
2 00
Locke, Stephen
71 00
Mead, Patrick
2 00
Locke, Stephen
7 76
Mayo, L. Henry, Capt.
2 00
Landres, James
2 00
Murphy, James
2 00
Lewis, Samuel
56 12
McCarty, Cornelius
2 00
Lewis, Samuel
27
92
McComerick, John
2 00
Lewis, Henry
2 00
Mullett, William H.
2 00
Laduke, Peter
3 60
Mullett, Frank
2 00
Lagrow, Joseph 2 00
Mahoney, Bartholomew
10 20
Locke, Rebecca R. Mrs. 32 00
Mahoney, James
2 00
Leary, Jeremiah 5 60
Moore, Edward B.
2 00
Locke, Hannah C. Miss. 30 88
McCarty, John
2 00
Locke, Elizabeth, Mrs. 6 48
Meredith, Edward
2 00
Locke, Anne, Mrs. 31 52
Mc Means, George
2 42
Locke, Abel, Estate, 8 64
Morrow, James
2 00
Morrow, John
2 00
Morrow, William
2 00
Miller, Archibald
2 00
M.
Maroney, James
18 64
Mahoney, Dennis
2 00
Mason, J. D. Dr.
29 60
Mason, Henry F.
2 .00
McMeans, Andrew 2 00
McCarty, Dennis
2 00
Mahoney, James 2 00
Merrifield, Joseph A.
17 24
McGrath, Patrick 2 00
Merriffeld, Joseph A. 16 80
Mott, Henry 29 92
McCarty, John 2 00
Mott, Susan, Mrs. 18 99
McCarty, Maurice 13 52
Muzzey, Sarah, Mrs.
25 60
Locke, Benjamin B. 4 00
Mott, Henry
Laughlin, Robert M. 2 00
Murphy, James
McCarty, Michael
2 00
Lane, W. J. Guardian for
W. Carnes, 20 00
McCarty, Cornelius 2 00
38
TAXES.
Mitchell, Frank
2 00 | Peabody, James
86 68
Peabody, James 6 00
Morse, T. D.
McMullin, John
2 00
Peirce, Abner
8 40
Pierce, Harris J. 2 00
Peirce, Henry A. 2 00
N.
Noyes, James L. 2 00
Nelegan, Peter 2 00
Noland, John
2 00
Nichols, John F.
13 60
Pool, L. Frederick 2 00
Nichols, John 2 00
Pierce, George, Capt. 93 00
Nickerson, J. C. 21 04
Pierce, George, Capt. 1 60
Noble, E. T. 41 08
Pierce, George, Capt. 7 04
Nourse, Nathan 8 12
Pierce, George, Capt. 12 80
Niles, W. J. 189 52
Pierce, George, Capt. 9 60
Niles, George E. 2 00
Pitts, Lemuel, Jr. 2 00
Nason, Charles H. 2 00
Pierce, Harriet, Mrs. 16 40
Nesmith, George W. 2 00
Prentiss, Amos E. 28 20
Patterson, Matthew 2 00
O.
Pratt, Nathan 138 96
Pratt, Nathan
16 24
O'Connell, William 2 00
O'Brien, Dennis 3 60
O'Brien, John 2 00
Owen, Terrence 2 00
Potter, John S. 39 60
O'Donnell, John 2 00
Poor, Edward E. 6 80
O'Brien, Dennis 2 00
86 00
Osborn, John
21 20
Ober, Joseph E. 6 80
Phippen, Ann H. Mrs. .. 16 00
O'Conner, Morris 2 00
Prescott & Proctor, 136 00
Price, William 6 64
Pattee, Jesse P. 83 84
Pattee, Jesse P. 5 60
Pattee, Jesse P. 26 40
Pattee, Jesse P.
2 40
Pattee, Jesse P. 9 84
Pattee, John A. 2 00
Pattee, William H.
2 00
Palmer, Alanson 6 60
Peabody, Joseph 2 00
Parker, O. G. 4 00
Purcell, James 7 20
Prentiss, Mary, Miss. 3 60
Puffer, David 79 08 Prentiss, Fanny R. Mrs. 19 44
Peabody, John 97 00
8 33
O'Brien, Peter
P.
Proctor, Moses 45 59
Poland, Benjamin F. 2 00
O'Leary, Dennis 2 00
O'Conner, Michael 2 00
Payson, Mary P. Miss. 31 68
Prentiss, Samuel P. 2 00
Preintss, Abigail W. 5 18
Peck, Abel G. 257 80
Osborn, John
Poland, Benjamin 60 40
O'Neil, James 4 00
O'Brien, Edward 2 00
Peck, William G. 2 00
Parmenter, Wm. E. Esq. 10 00 Puffer, David 1 84
Patten, J. M.
2 00
2 00
Pierce, Francis E. 2 00
Patch, William F. 2 00
Pierce, Winslow J. 72 44
Prescott, Edwin R. 67 28
O'Donnell, Michael 2 00
Pratt, Nathan 47 52
39
TAXES.
Proctor, Abel R.
40 40 | Russell, George 24 40
Proctor, Abel R. 32 40
Russell, J. Willard 4 40
Price, James
8 96 Richardson, Geo. B. Est. 100 61
Pierce, Thomas W. 5 20 Rude, Daniel C. 2 00
Pierce, Jonas, Mrs. 10 44
Richardson, Orlando B. 2 00
Pierce, James A.
2 00
Russell Walter 48 44
Prentiss, Samuel
6 00
Russell, Amos 36 20
Prentiss, William
6 00 Russell. George C. 142 54
Pierce, Jonas L.
2 00
Robbins, James 2 80
Paine, William, Jr.
2 00
Russell, Thomas, Col. .. 370 86
Palmer, Wilson
6 80
Russell, Thomas, Col. .. 16 00
Pierce, Thomas P.
88 62 Russell, Thomas, Col. .. 14 40
Pierce, Horace B.
6 92
Russell, Thomas, Col. .. 12 00
Pierce, Ebenezer P.
57 52
Russell, Thomas, Col. . 8 80
Pierce, Thomas B.
2 80
Russell, Thomas J. 76 60
Pierce, John A. P.
60 32
Russell, Thomas H. 23 60
Pierce, Oliver H.
14 00
Robbins, Nathan 427 88
Pierce, Abel 56 0S
Robbins, Nathan 6 71
Pendagast, John
3 43
Robbins, Nathan 40 19
Proctor, William
3 60
Robbins, Nathan 10 50
Pierce, Thomas P. Trus-
Russell, William W. 18 00
tee, for Mrs. Grant, 8 80
Russell, Theodore E. 2 00
Pierce, John A. P.
12 00
Robbins, Alvin S. 2 00
Pierce, John A. P. 57 86
32 52
Richardson, William H. 55 52 Robbins, Eliza E. Mrs. 7 76
Rowe, Patrick 2 00
Rauber, Frederick 2 00
Russell, Benjamin F. 66 92
Russell, Bowen 38 46
Russell, Benjamin F. 6 00
Russell, Ira L.
10 00
Russell, & Kimball 23 20
Russell, J. S.
19 52
Robbins, Joshua 55 00
Reardon, Peter 4 24
Russell, Jeremiah 88 92
Richardson, Mark A. 14 00
Russell, Jeremiah 6 40
Russell, Amos F. 2 00
Russell, Jeremiah 13 33
Russell, Thodore L. 2 00
Russell, Jeremiah 2 40
Russell, Marcus M. 2 00
Robinson, Isaac 2 08
Ruffley, Henry
2 00
Rawson, Warren 141 95
Roper, James 2 00
Rawson, Warren
8 16
Reardon, Michael 2 00
Roper, Barnard 9 20
Russell, James, Hon. 246 96
Ramsdell, Thomas 36 40
Russell, Rebecca, Est. .. 39 76 Russell, Rebecca, Est. .. 4 40
Ramsdell, Thomas 12 00
Russell & Lawrance, .. ---
31 92
Ramsdell, Thomas 3 20 Russell, M. M. W. Mrs. 52 00
Ramsdell, Thomas 29 60 Russell, M. M. W. Mrs. 18 72
Richardson, David W. 2 00
Pierce, Lydia Mrs.
R.
2 00 Russell, Frank F. 2 00
Paine, William
Russell, Rebecca, Est. .. 10 40
40
TAXES.
Russell, Sarah Mrs. 3 60|
Russell, George C. In
Trust, for Ed. Russell,
8 00
Russell, Edward, Capt. .. 14 98
Robinson, Ann, Mrs. ..... 13 60
Richardson, William H.
In Trust, 4 00
Richardson, George. B.
Mrs. 4 80
Richardson, George B.
Mrs. Guardian for her
Children, 9 60
Smith, Samuel A. Trus-
tee for Smith, E. D. 16 80 Spaulding, Lewis 2 80
Swain, S. B. Rev. 30 00
Setchell, William F. 17 84
Stakes, Alfred 4 40
Southwell, William 22 00
Swan, Henry
44 08
Schouler, James
32 40
Schouler, Bros. & Locke, 107 72 Strahan, Thomas 2 00
Shay, Henry 10 64
Soles, William 7 04
Sullivan, John
2 00
Schwamb, Theodore
3 60
Sullivan, Daniel 2 00
Splan, Daniel 5 70
Scott, Thomas
2 00
Speatman, Robert 2 00
Sullivan, Michael 21 20
Shattuck, Isaac
81 80
Scanlan, William 2 00
Sullivan, Jeremiah 2 00
Swan, Stephen 113 10
Squires, John P. 16
Symmes, Stephen 89 15
Sawyer, Charles C. 6 00
Stowe, William E. 2 00
Stowe, William
34 00
Sterling, John 2 00
Staples, Frank 2 00
Schouler & Pattee, 12 80
Swan, Charles 2 00
Swan, Henry, Estate, .. 26 76
Schwamb & Brothers, .. 8 80
Society, Baptist, Trus. .. 101 06
Schouler, Mary N. 2 00
Schouler, Robert 43 96
Schouler, Robert 14 80
Schouler, Robert 8 40
Schouler, Robert 9 60
Schouler, Robert 8 40
Schouler, Robert 11 60
Squires, John P. Pierce, Estate, 97 60
T.
Teel, Thomas R. 18 00
Toomey, Cornelius
2 00
Smith, Samuel A. Rev. 38 40 Trowbridge, John T. 14 00
Soloman, Edward
2 00
Stowe, William, 2d. 98 00
Shattuck, R. W. 44 00
Sweeney, Jeremiah 2 00
Sweeney, Daniel 2 00
Sanderson, Mary, Mrs. 4 32
Stines, James 2 80
Smith, Arthur P. 6 00
Swan, Samuel, Estate, 34 72
Swan, Timothy, Estate, 66 92
Spear, Joseph S. 34 96
Schouler, John 150 56
Swan, Phebe, Mrs. 30 96
Swan, James 6 80
Stanwood, Theodore 8 40
Stanwood, Daniel R. 7 20 Swan, Gershom, Estate, 32 76 Swett, William L. 2 80
Smith, James E. 2 00
Storer, Edward 24 52
Stevens, John R. 2 00
S.
Smith, Nelson 2 00
Schwamb, Charles
2.00
Schwamb, Frederick 2 00
Schwamb, Jacob 2 00
Symmes, Stephen, Jr 24 45
41
TAXES.
Tufts, Benj. I. Capt. 20 00| Warren, Joseph P. .2 00
Thorpe, Thomas 19 44
Warren, Marshall 2 00
Teel, Joseph 43 76 Woods, Benjamin F. 22 84
Teel, William F. 2 00 Walker, Edwin R. 10 64
Toomey, Michael 2 00
Teel, B. C. Estate, 16 06
Tingley, T. C. 3 60
Thompson, S. F. 2 00
Thorpe, Thomas E. 2 00
Wood, Charles P. 42 SS
Thelisphore, Amio
2 00
Tufts, Ephriam 137 66
Thompson, William 2 00
Thurston, Samuel 2 00
Tufts, Henry A.
50
16
Tufts, George D.
2 00
Tukey, John
2 00
Teel, Albert L.
18 56
Trask, M. C.
25 98
Taylor, William 2 00
Thaxter, James
14 60
Thornton Thomas A.
2 00
Toland, James
4 41
Tann, H.
2 00
Tibbetts, Robert
2 00
Tarbox, Michael
2 00
Teel, Thomas H. Est. .. 3 20
Teel, Thomas H. Est. .. 97 92
Teel, Thomas H. Est. .. 26 40
Tufts, Helen W. Mrs. .. 3 20
U.
Underwood, Napoleon .. 42 60 Underwood, Joseph, Dr. 19 68
V.
Vogel, A. C.
2 00
W.
Whittemore, William H. 95 44 Whittemore, William H. 42 12
Whittemore, Henry W. 2 00 Whittemore, Charles 26 00 Wood, Cyrus 60 96
Wyman, Abner P.
3 20
Wyman, Abner P.
2 40
Wilson, James
10 20
Wellington, T. Estate, .. 151 04
Wellington, George Y. .. 2 00
Winn, John
21 24
Wright Stephen E. 2 00 Whittemore, Wm. A. Jr. 2 00
Waters, Eugene S. 2 00
Whittemore, Henry C. .. 2 00
Whittemore, Henry, Est. 25 36 Whittemore, Henry, Est. 29 20 Whittemore, Henry, Es-
tate of, Trustee for
E. A. & H. C. Whit-
temore,
.123 20
Whittemore, Henry, Es-
tate of, Trustee for Isaac Coffin, 8 00
Whittemore, Rebecca
56 53
Whitten, J. W.
41 20
Wood, William T.
49 20
Wyman, John P. 119 92
Wyman, John P. 45 20 Wyman, Samuel, Heirs, 38 12 Wyman, Samuel, Heirs,
Imp. by Pierce & Hall, 20 00
Wells, Sarah, Mrs.
10 64
Welch, Richard
2 00
Whittemore, F. H. 17 60
Whittemore, Jona. Est. 145 72
Whittemore, E. L. Mrs. 6 91
Whittemore, E. Estate, 7 00
Wyman, Abner P. 168 48
Webster, James 2 00
Winn, Adolphus 2 00
Wharten, Charles H. 2 00
Whittemore, John F. 3 60
Wyman, James 41 88
Wright, Nancy Mrs. 6 40
Whitney, Hannah Mrs. 13 36
42
TAXES.
Woodbridge, James M. 3 92
Wellington, D. K. 27 28 Wyman, Luke, Deacon, 113 26
Wright, George
2 00
Wyman, Luke, Jr.
21 44
Walker, Robert W. 2 00 Wyman, Joseph 128 94
White, Nathaniel
2 00
Waugh, Michael
2 00
Winship, Oliver
3 00
Walton, Henry P.
2 00
Woodbridge, Saml. F. __ 136 23
Woodbridge, Saml. F. ..
10 00
Woodbridge, Saml. F. .. 7 60
Woodbridge, Saml. F. .. 22 24
Winn, Sarah, Estate, ..... 5 04
Woodbridge, Samuel
3 64
Woodbridge, Stephen A.
2 00
Woodbridge, Henry W. 28 84
Warren, John
2 00
Whittle, Robert E. 7 60
Winn, Albert
164 48
Winn, Albert
4 32
Winn, Albert
15 12
Whittemore, P. Heirs, .. 32 00
Whittemore, Wm. A. 156 42
Wyman, James
9 70
Whittemore,
Rebecca,
and Heirs, of William
A. Russell, 64 00
Wilson, Sally, Mrs .. 6 00
Wyman, Mary, Mrs. 17 20 Wellington & Swain, .. 16 32
Winn, Russell & Schou- ler 16 56
Wright, Joshua, Estate, 14 40
Waite, Cynthia, Mrs. .. 49 20
Wilson, William 9 80
Winship, Mary
24 00
Y.
Yore, Michael
2 00
NON-RESIDENTS.
Supply, Barney 1 20
Alewood, Richard 1 03
Singleton, Hannah L. 1 20
Collins, Mr. 1 35
Harkins, Phillip 11 09
Carroll, James 1 40
Thompson, George C. 1 20
Rooney, Patrick 1 60
Rymill, William H. 1 20
Farwell, J. S. 1 67
Spurgen, William 1 37
Haynes, William T. 2 22
Niles, John N. 2 80
Leach, Jacob H. 8 00
Peterson, Charles 1 20
Coakley, John 1 23
Robey, Franklin
2 40
Kendall, William B. 7 33
Kimball, Daniel
1 34
Anderson, Charles E. 2 33
Rider, Patrick
5 40 Comeire, Joseph 1 20
Parks, Joseph H.
3 84
Kelley, Thomas
2 01
Taplin, George
3 60
Reardon, Patrick
1 57
Packard, Nahum
21 20
Westwood, John
2 88
Parker, Benjamin
1 97
Dempsey, Peter 1 51
Tewksbury, William
2 40
Pollard, Joshua H. 1 58
Jennings, F. M. Estate,
9 60
Gleason, Thomas
1 64
Reed, Joseph H.
4 17
Fahay, Martin
2 44 80
Fisher, Isaiah 1 36
Welch, John
Thorpe, David H.
1 20
Ayer, Daniel
4 10
Wright, Joel H.
3 02
Sleeper, Oliver
4 19
Abbott, Jacob
1
20
Russell, Levi, and Heirs,
Chamberlin, U. D.
1 20 of Wm. A. Russell, .. 14 60
Teulon, Edward
9 10
Russell, Levi 4 80
Farwell, J. S.
1 66 Flagg, Hiram 4 80
Kendall, William B.
2 43 Haley, William 1 90
McMurry, Felix
99 Holt, Samuel 2 00
· Kelley, Michael
1 20
Draper, Daniel
69 75
44
TAXES.
Draper, Daniel 51 48 ! Cooley, Sarah, Mrs. 11 60
Brighton Bank, 19 20
Osgood, Geerge 18 00
Brighton Bank, 46 40 Adams, Samuel 4 00
Jones, Thatcher L. 24 00 Hobbs, Lorenzo 5 76
Russell, Wm. A. Heirs, 33 60
Snelling, Charlott, Est. 20 16
Griffiths, Charles W. 4 SO
Whittemore, Gershom 13 44
Safford, M, F. 6 40
Frost, Varnum 38 40
8 00
Huffmaster, Susan, Hrs, 8 00
Allen, B. F.
11 40 Horn, William, Heirs, .. 1 60
Locke, Francis
2 60
Locke, Micajah, Heirs, 17 28
Russell, Levi
24 00
Locke, Asa, Heirs, 9 60
Patch, Daniel A.
33 20
Hanscomb, Jacob 6 00
Emery, Marshall 57 83
Hutchinson, Thomas 48 40
Usher, Daniel 7 20
Fessenden, James M. 4 20
Hill, David 18 80
Waitt, James 11 20
Sheehan, Michael 2 16
Bowmen, Francis Heirs, 8 00
Whiton, Royal
4 00 Cotting, William Heirs, 93 56
Dwight, Edward
17 20
Pierce, T. J. 6 35
Collins, Michael
8 00
Brooks, John W.
3 60
Reed, Reubin 26 56
Munroe, William 6 00
Whittemore, Sarah 35 20
Tufts, Anna, Estate, 4 00
Cutler, Silas
12 40
White, Daniel
2 40
Cutler, Silas
2 80
Fiske, Elbridge
16 80
Cutler, Silas 9 60
Prentiss, James, Mrs. 3 48
Fenno, George A. 8 80
Dodge, John 3 60
Simonds, Marshall 19 20
Winship Oliver M. 11 36
Whitney, Lydia 16 00
Pierce & Hall, 41 60
Hagan, John R.
18 40
Twiggs, Patrick 3 20
Carnes, Edward
33 84
Morton, Thomas
8 40
Fletcher, J. V.
8 00
Frost, Henry 8 00
Green, Samuel 1 20
Wells, Samuel
80
Frost, Jonathan S 40
Bailey & Pitts,
51 20
Frost, Varnum S. 6 60
Bailey & Pitts, 40 00
Frost, Artemus C. 8 40
Sargent, Cyrus 3 13
Frost, Isaac
5 60
Demmon, R. E. 18 00
Lawrence, William, Hrs. 6 00
White, W. & W. K. 1 60
Bonney, George W. 2 65
Hartz, John P. Capt.
2 65
Elliott, George N. 3 37
Carnes, Edward
11 96
Whittemore, Henry, Es-
tate of,
4 50
Thorpe, Thomas
3 00
Frost, Silas 36 00
Hill, William 14 40
Frost, Newell C. 16 80
Hill, Amos 2 40
Sawyer, Timothy T. 20 80
Whittemore, Timothy 32 00
Sullivan, John L. Heirs, 8 00
Hill, Henry Y. & Fran- cis, 30 00
Shepard, Preston, Estate, 20 00
Perry, John 19 80
Cutler, George D.
Porter, Hannah C. 20 80
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TAXES.
AMOUNT OF TOWN VALUATION, FOR THE YEAR 1862.
Real Estate, $1,639,948 00
Personal Estate,
847,462 00
$2,541,410 00
Rate of Taxation, $8.00 on the Thousand,
$20,331 28
684 Polls $2.00 each, 1,368 00
$21,699 28
Town Grant,
$14,000 00
State Tax,
4,806 00
County Tax,
1,974 83
Overlayings,
918 45
$21,699 28
The record of this book is a true and correct copy of a list of Town, State, and County Taxes, for the Town of West Cam- bridge, assessed upon the Polls and Estates of the inhabitants of said Town, and also the Non-Residents, according to a valuation as taken by the Subsbribers, on the first of May, A. D. 1862, and committed to ABEL R. PROCTOR for collection, for the cur- rent year, with their Warrant, in due form of law.
WASHINGTON J. LANE, ? Assessors of the STEPHEN SYMMES, JR., Town of SAMUEL S. DAVIS, West Cambridge.
West Cambridge, June 1, 1862.
SCHOOL REPORT.
TO THE TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE : -
The School Committee submit their Annual Report.
NORTH-WEST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
WILSON PALMER, Teacher. A. FRANCES RUSSELL, Assistant.
MR. PALMER has finished another year of service, and with it his con- nection with the School. He resigns with the intention of changing his profession. The praise we may bestow will not avail him, therefore, as a teacher, and must serve only as an expression of gratitude, for work con- scientiously performed, and rich with good result. He has labored dili- gently, persistently, and discreetly, to the last moment. He returns his School to the Committee, improved, especially in regard to its general and uniform activity and progress.
The School has lost its oldest class of pupils, which was one of its chief ornaments. The Committee observed that in this, and in the other Gram- mar School, the number of pupils above fifteen years was small. Some of these had left, as a matter of necessity, to engage in outside employment ; but there are other causes for withdrawal, which will be alluded to in an- other part of this Report. The annual examination, therefore, was limit- ed to the Grammar branches, and in these the School maintained its well established proficiency.
Miss HILL, the former assistant, resigned at the close of the Winter Term. She was succeeded by Miss A. FRANCES RUSSELL, who had been a very meritorious pupil in the Russell School. The classes of the new assistant appeared well, and experience will develop in her good qualities as a teacher.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
NORTH-WEST INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. ELIZA A. SIMMONS, Teacher.
Miss SIMMONS has given constant attention to her severe task in this School, and the effect of her exertion is apparent. At the examination, the reading was excellent, the spelling good, and the recitations in Arith- metic prompt and accurate. The School exhibits marked improvement in deportment, and in methodical instruction, and in all respects the founda- tion is well laid for rapid advancement.
NORTH-WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL. FRANCENA R. FESSENDEN, Teacher.
This School has passed another year in its narrow and crowded enclosure, for school-room it should not be called. It is surprising that Miss Fessenden should be able to teach at all in the apartment in which she and her School are confined, and a marvel indeed, that she should teach so well. Thc Committee can no longer be accessory to this " murder of the innocents," and therefore call upon the Town for largely increased accommodations for this School, and the other Schools kept under the same roof.
It is useless to particularize faults in the present building. It must be transformed into a commodious edifice by the most thorough re-modelling, or its place must be supplied with something much better. The alterations made a few years since, were insufficient, and their cost was money thown away. " The Town should be wisely economical in the change asked for, and make its appropriation large enough to provide for the wants of the District in respect of School accommodations for many years to come.
RUSSELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. ALANSON PALMER, Teacher. LIZZIE S. MORSE, Assistant.
The Committee gave an entire day to the examination of this School. The faithfulness of the teachers is undoubted. In a School of the ordina- ry number of pupils, the success would have been complete. In one so numerous, and various in age and studies as is this, impossible results must not be looked for, and merit of the teachers must be measured by relative improvement. No sign is wanting of diligence or ability on their part, but when both thesc qualities are exhausted, there is failure of entire ful- filment of the purpose of the School. Relief must come to the School by separation, not laterally but upward ; not by creating two similar Schools, but by removing the older pupils into a School by themselves.
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REPORT OF THE
RUSSELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. CAROLINE C. TURNER, Teacher.
This, and the attendant Primary School, have been regularly graded, and there is no halting in their improvement. The arrangement of this School, combined with Miss TURNER's approved experience and excellence, as an instructor, has had the happiest effect upon its comfort, harmony and progress.
RUSSELL PRIMARY SCHOOL. ELLEN CUTTER, Teacher.
The Committee cannot too highly praise Miss Cutter's earnestness, pa- tience, and well-applied skill in training her young charge in their first steps in education. The grading of this School has been to its marked benefit.
EAST SCHOOL. MARY S. CADY, Teacher. LYDIA MARIA CROSBY, Assistant.
The division of this-School into Intermediate and Primary Departments, should have taken place a year ago. Nothing but the lack of School ac- commodations prevented. These should be at once supplied, so that no time be lost in changing the organization of the Schools. So far as the convenience of the rooms would permit, classes of pupils have been as- signed to the separate control of the teachers, but the division is, of course, incomplete. The Schools require distinct rooms. With due allowance for serious disadvantages, the School is in a highly satisfactory condition, and its teachers are fully qualified for their position.
The Committee in thus presenting a cursory Report of the Schools, adhere to their usage, of avoiding all unfavorable personal criticism ; and in naming defects, of limiting themselves to those which can be removed by public action only. The passing trouble is otherwise met. A teacher who should be inefficient, would be quietly dismissed. If short-comings in study or deportment, among pupils are observed, they are made the subject of free comment and advice within the School-room. The Committee have seen, with peculiar pleasure, the emulation among the Schools, to redress the faults which from time to time have been indicated to them. The extent of tardiness noticed last year, as reprehensible, has been diminished by two- thirds. If reformation can privately be effected, what need is there of parading the delinquent School in the printed Report.
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Beyond these considerations, it would be unfair to hold the Schools to strictest account, while the principle on which they are established is as yet imperfectly carried out. The superiority of the system is unquestion- able ; its partial development only, makes its success partial. The system embraces in its scheme, a complete series of graded Schools, commencing with the Primary Schools, and culminating in a High School. With every ycar there has been a gradual approach to completencss. The end of the School year now beginning, will find a perfect sub-division of the younger Schools, with graded Intermediate and Primary departments. But onc step more will remain to be taken ; that is, to relieve the Grammar Schools, by crowning the series with a High School. The Committee have more than once endeavorcd to impress upon the Town, that its plan of Schools was of its own adoption, if indeed it were not evolved from local peculiaritics and wants, and had taken shape as time and circumstance compelled. That it is not the invention, whim, nor experiment of those who lately have had charge of the Schools, is surely the case, for it is found by reference to the Reports of former Committees, that thé plan is in no way a novelty. The Report of the School Committee, made in the year 1840, contains the following :
" The solicitude which has manifested itself among the inhabitants of the Town, during the last few years, to elevate the standard of education has effected a change which must be apparent to all who visit the Schools." *****
" The new arrangement of separating the large scholars from the small, in different apartments, and under teachers with different literary acquire- ments, has, in the opinion of the Committee, tended to elevate the standard of education."
" With the advantages at present enjoyed by the youth of the Town, much may reasonably be expected, and we have strong assurances that these advantages have not been, and will not be lost on them."
The School Committee were, JAMES RUSSELL, ABNER PIERCE, JOHN. FOWLE, TIMOTHY C. TINGLEY.
The above extracts, to be found in the Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education, for 1839-40, show conclusively that nearly a quar- ter of a century ago, the plan of Schools had made its inception, and that the sagacions Committee of that day appreciated its benefits and prospects.
The simple arrangement described in this old Report, by which the older are separated from the younger pupils, and cach School placed under its fit teacher, is the key to our system of Schools. It includes the whole theory of graded Schools. The educational experience of many years in this Commonwealth, has demonstrated the system of gradation to be the
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best, and the able Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education for the present year, discusses it as a leading topic, and commends it for uni- versal adoption.
The purpose of the system is to include in one School only that class of children, to whom, from their years and condition of mental advancement, a uniform mode of government and instruction will apply. If the range of age be too great, the teacher is embarrassed by the variety of disci- pline required, and if the studies be too numerous, his faculties are over- tasked and diffused. His best success is secured by concentrating his attention upon pupils and branches that do not distract by conflict or incongruity.
But if the Schools in this Town are partially within this system, they nevertheless suffer wherever the grading is not introduced. This may be seen in the Grammar Schools. In these, there has been a long struggle for a monopoly of the teachers' attention, which has ended where it ought to end, in favor of those who are properly Grammar pupils. The conse- quence has been, that the older children have found their claims unanswer- ed, their position incompatible, and of course their interest in study declin- ing. Some of them have resorted to private Schools ; others, and by far the majority, have quitted School altogether. The number of pupils in the Schools, over fifteen years of age, is very small, and the Committee cannot say that the older class of Grammar pupils has been distinguished by any superiority of deportment or application to study.
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