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ART. 22. To see what action the town will take toward fixing the salaries of the Town officials.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen, in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes, which a Town Treasurer when appointed collector may use agreeable to chapter 25, section 75 of the Revised Laws.
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ART. 25. To determine what time tax bills shall be issued and taxes become due.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors as proposed and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 27. To act on any other matter that may legally come before said meeting.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the meeting House, one at the Town Hall, and one at the Wenham Depot Post Office, in said Town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this War- rant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-seventh day of February, 1907, A. D.
ISAAC F. KNOWLTON,
Selectmen
GEORGE H. GIBNEY, of
ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS, Hamilton.
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LIST OF JURORS.
As proposed by the Selectmen.
Appleton, Charles W.
Carpenter
Ayers, George P.
Farmer
Berry, Fred
Farmer
Dane, Arthur H.
Clerk
Dane, Frank
Laborer
Gibney, Edward P.
Carpenter
Gibney, George H.
Real Estate
Goodhue, Samuel G.
Farmer
Knowlton, Isaac F.
Farmer
Litchfield, George T.
Janitor
Lovett, Elbridge D.
Trader
Mann, John R.
Carpenter
Peterson, Charles A.
Carpenter
Roberts, Clarence P.
Laborer
Smith, Everett A.
Farmer
Towle, Addison B.
Carpenter
Whipple, Austin A.
Farmer
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF HAMILTON
1906-1907
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School Committee's Report.
Annual report of the School Committee of the Town of Hamilton, 1906-1907 :
ORGANIZATION.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, Chairman, Term expires 1907
EVERETT A. SMITH, Secretary,
1908
LESTER E. LIBBY, 1909
ANDREW S. THOMSON, Superintendent.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, Purchasing Agent.
J. CHOATE UNDERHILL, Truant Officer.
FRED A. NASON, Truant Officer.
REPORT.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
(Closed Feb. 13, 1907.)
Amount appropriated for Town School, $5,500 00
High School pupils, 2,400 00
66 66 Transportation of scholars, 800 00
special for Town High School, 500 00
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Town appropriation, 9200 00
Received from State on account of Super- intendent, 250 00
Received from City of Boston for tuition of scholars,
57 00
Dog tax,
372 54
$9,879 54
PAID TEACHERS.
Mr. E. Channing Polk, $400 00
Miss Harriet E. Boynton,
602 21
" Dessa M. Washburn,
472 50
Annie W. Chase,
279 05
" Carrie E. Robie,
391 41
Edith W. Elliott,
90 00
" Alice E. Wilcomb,
380 00
" Nelly G. Cutting,
399 94
Mrs. Grace C. Stone,
399 84
Mrs. Grace O. Lamson,
380 00
Miss Susan M. Paine,
212 00
" Edith L. Fletcher,
112 00
" N. Mae Withey,
40 00
" Caroline Black,
10 00
" Annie L. Dodge,
6 00
" Myrtle Allen,
5 00
" Mary Griffin,
4 00
Isabel Cline,
67 00
Mr. George F. Smith,
85 00
$4,336 05
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PAID FOR CARE OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
Fred C. Shaller,
$355.00
Sylvester Day,
18 00
Thomas A. Poole,
14 00
Harry L. Blaisdell,
18 00
Francis J. Hart,
18 00
William J. Elliott,
6 14
$429 14
PAID FOR FUEL.
Charles S. Gwinn,
$332 66
John Girdler,
25 00
Everett A. Smith,
21 00
Isaac F. Knowlton,
12 00
William H. Dodge,
8 00
Arthur W. Day,
7 00
$405 66
PAID FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
L. E. Knott, Apparatus Co.
$240 04
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
156 83
Ginn & Co.,
101 95
A. J. Tiffany,
70 00
J. L. Hammett Co.,
44 12
D. C. Heath & Co.,
15 18
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn,
6 75
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
5 00
George T. Smith,
2 25
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H. E. Boynton, 1 05
Citizen Printing Co., 4 25
$647 42
MISCELLANEOUS.
James F. Dean, stove for West school
house, $29 50
James F. Dean, repairing stove, Centre schoolhouse, 8 70
Mrs. A. F. Lougee, labor at Centre school- house, 1 00
Robert Robertson Co., repairing pump, East
school, 3 60
Robert Robertson Co., repairing pump, South school, 4 76
Robert Robertson, Co., water supplies, 1 00
Henry A. Wheeler, flag,
2 96
C. E. Doner, filling diplomas,
8 25
Edward Perley, binding books,
27 80
Zina Goodell, repairing steam pump,
5 85
Harris' Express, 2 00
Waters & Brown, hardware,
3 70
American Seating Co., desks
201 60
W. B. Badger & Co., school furniture, 114 00
Forman A. Crosby, repairing South school chimney, 59 50
Citizen Printing Co., printing,
9 00
Mrs. Annie Curran, labor at Center and North schools, 6 50
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S. Day, sanitary and school-yard work, 8 00
F. C. Shaller, school-room supplies and expressage, 1 25
Everett A. Smith, cleaning funnel, West school, 2 00
Whitcomb-Carter Co., wheelbarrow,
4 00
Whitcomb-Carter Co., sanitary paper holders, 7 20
A. C. Lunt, schoolroom supplies, 5 40
Daniel Pratt's Son, two clocks, 8 75
C. S. Gwinn, cover for cesspool, 4 50
W. G. Webber Co., window shades, South school, 23 66
Scully & Morrow, wrench and poker, 5 50
James W. Hart, labor at West schoolhouse, 4 00 L. E. Libby paid Bligh McGlauflin for labor, 2 00
C. A. Peterson, stock and labor on school- houses, 44 33
A. C. Cummings, carriage, express and freight, 57 82
S. C. Gould, schoolroom supplies, 6 00
F. C. Norton, schoolroom supplies, 7 98
John W. Goodhue, schoolroom supplies, 5 78
J. C. Underhill, services as truant officer, 4 60
Fred A. Nason, services as truant officer, 75
Andrew S. Thomson, carfare, telephone, postage, etc. 11 60
George K. Knowlton, repairs and cash paid out, 15 91
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George K. Knowton, expense six trips to Boston, 8 25
George K. Knowlton, taking school census, 10 00
$734 00
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid Andrew S. Thomson, $450 00
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS.
Paid Boston & Maine Railroad Co., 268 22
Boston & Northern Street Ry. Co., 135 00
Lester E. Libby, for scholars tickets, 296 35
Albert R. Merrill,
18 70
James B. Hart,
17 50
Caleb W. Dodge,
8 75
Quinn McGregor,
5 83
Peter Smith,
1 00
$751 35
PAID TUITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARS.
City of Beverly, $1,687 50
300 00
City of Salem, Albert R. Merrill,
50 00
$2,037 50
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GROSS RECEIPTS FOR ALL SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Town appropriation,
$9,200 00
From State on account of Superin-
tendent,
250 00
Dog tax,
372 54
City of Boston,
57 00
$9,879 54
GROSS EXPENSE FOR ALL SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Paid for teachers,
$4,336 05
Care of schoolhouses,
429
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Fuel,
405 66
School supplies,
647 42
Miscellaneous,
734 00
Superintendent of schools,
450 00
Tuition High school scholars,
2037 50
Transportation of scholars,
751 35
$9,791 12
Balance unexpended,
$88 42
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PUPILS ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOLS. for the year ending June, 1907.
BEVERLY.
Tuition for each scholar, $50.00.
GRADE XI.
GRADE XII.
Leverett L. Durkee
Bligh C. McGlauflin
Justin A. Fitz
Mercy G. Abbott
Harold L. Knowlton
Ella W. Chandler
Edward S. Vennard
Annie F. Crosby
Hepsy G. Roberts
Rosetta P. Jones
Ellen Hart
Martha W. Dodge
Frank J. Burton, half year
Bertha M. Durkee
Percy W. Burton, half year
Mary E. Potter
Elizabeth A. Robinson
GRADE XIII.
George I. Dodge
Lawrence H. Striley
Findley D. McDonald
Joseph L. Roberts
Elsie M. Peterson Catherine J. McDonald
Vera Jones
SALEM.
Tuition for each scholar, $50.00.
Walter E. Cheever Nellie C. Goodridge
Samuel T. Haraden
Florence W. Goodridge
Myrtle A. Small Mae E. Schaller
Albert R. Merrill allowed $50.00 for tuition of daughter in Lynn High School.
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ESTIMATE FOR SCHOOLS.
Following is an estimate of the amount of money that should be appropriated by the Town for all public school pur- poses for the year 1907-8. For Town public schools, $6,895 00
Tuition scholars to City High Schools, 1,400 00
Transportation,
400 00
$8,695 00
The above table shows the material lessening of the amount of money paid by the Town for tuition and transportation to other High schools, and which may now be applied to our own High and other schools so far as may be necessary.
Should the Town desire the committee to furnish transportation for pupils to our own schools in those cases where it would seem to be necessary and right to do so, an appropriation of $100 should be made for that purpose.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
The committee recommends an appropriation for the fol- lowing purposes.
For shingling East school buildings, $70 00
For painting inside Centre school rooms, 40 00
For rebuilding chimney West schoolhouse,
50 00
$160.00
INSURANCE.
Insurance on the following schoolhouses will expire May 12, 1907. The committee recommends an appropriation of $52.50 for its renewal.
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Centre schoolhouse, insured for
$900.00
North
700.00
West 66 66
700.00
East
66 66
700.00
$3000 00
Additional insurance has been placed on the South school- house in the following companies :
Royal Insurance Co. of Liverpool, Eng.,
$4000 00
Palatine Insurance Co. of London, Eng.,
2000 00
Fire Association of Philadelphia, 2000 00
Insured for five years and covers the whole building.
$8,000 00
Cost of the insurance $240.00.
Expires August 11, 1911.
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICERS.
To the School Committee of Hamilton :
Gentlemen : - In submitting my report I would say that I have attended to my duties in looking after quite a number of cases of absence and truancy during the part of the year which I have served as truant officer.
Yours truly, J. C. UNDERHILL.
To the School Committing of Hamilton :
Gentlemen : - Since my appointment as Truant Officer for the Town of Hamilton by your board, I am pleased to say that
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I have been called upon by the teachers to look after absent scholars but four times, and in each of those cases it was represented by the parents that sickness was the cause of absence.
I have met school children on the street a number of times when the schools were in session and I have inquired as to the cause of their absence, and their answers have been satisfactory to me.
Respectfully yours, FRED A. NASON.
In presenting our report to the citizens of the town we have to record a year of strenuous work.
The four room extension to the South schoolhouse during the summer vacation, and the establishment of a High school course were matters of much importance to the educational interests of the town.
It has been done none too soon as will be seen by reference to the record of the last school census which shows an increase in the number of school children in town large enough to make a fair sized school.
Two rooms of the four in the new extension are already in use; one of them being fitted up with students' chairs and used for a recitation room to the High school.
Probably it will be necessary to furnish this room with desks by another year.
A fine laboratory room has been fitted up in the basement and everything necessary for the use of scholars in the High school will probabiy be furnished for that room.
As our pupils in other High schools are graduated, and as
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no more will enter at the expense of the Town, we shall save quite a sum of money for use in our own schools which would otherwise be paid out for tuition and transportation.
The East school buildings need to be shingled, the Centre school should be painted inside, and the chimney of the West school needs to be re-built.
An appropriation of $160.00 is recommended for this purpose.
For a report in detail of the work and progress of the schools see the report of the Superintendent.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, EVERETT A. SMITH, LESTER E. LIBBY,
School Committee.
Report of Superintendent of Schools.
GENTLEMEN OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE:
It is my privilege to submit herewith to you my fifth annual report of the work in the schools of the town. It is to be understood that the statistical tables are for the school year ending June, 1906. Other matters of interest are brought up to the beginning of the present calendar year. We hope that the townspeople will find the discussion of school questions of concern and value.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Last spring when the school committee explained to the citizens at Town meeting the necessity of increased school accommodations in the south end of the town and advised the erection of a four room addition to the South school building and the establishment of a High school, the project was under- taken and pushed forward with energy and dispatch quite com- mendable which argues well for the general desire that the town's schools may be on a par with those of the best towns about us.
We have an eight room modern building which is a credit to the town and will provide sufficient room for the pupils of the grade schools for a number of years to come. The plans and construction of the building will be difficult to excel.
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The four old rooms of the South building are occupied by the first seven grades. The numbers in these grades bid fair to overcrowd these rooms the next school year. The eighth, ninth and tenth grades occupy the two upper rooms of the addition. These three grades are taught by two teachers and comprise the High school department. The eighth grade is not considered a High school grade proper and will not be in the High school eventually when the eleventh and twelfth are formed.
Last spring the ninth grade work was finished by thirteen pupils not all of whom were eligible for the tenth grade in Beverly or Salem, but since it was decided to do the tenth grade work in Hamilton they were given permission to enter that class. Three of the pupils are attending Beverly or Salem High school; seven returned to school in town some of whom have since dropped out.
A course of study is established which corresponds very nearly with the course in Beverly High school. Some of these studies were not adapted to the need of all the pupils and the more practical subjects of bookkeeping and civil government were offered in their stead.
The establishment of a High school is a difficult task and often a discouraging one. It is the firm determination of the School Committee to offer a good High school course and to have the school equipped with all needed apparatus. A fine laboratory has been built in the basement where the sciences can be taught to good advantage. The school provides a course which fits for the Normal schools and colleges; also a a course to prepare pupils for business positions. The instruc- tion in these subjects will be thorough and the influences
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exerted over the pupils who are at home and kept off the trains and cars will be a great factor in their physical and moral upbuilding.
COURSE OF STUDY.
1. Sixteen periods per week of prepared work are required of every pupil.
2. This course may be altered to meet the needs of the school at any time.
3. The numbers after the studies denote the number of periods per week.
GRADE IX.
Required studies :
English 4
History, Greek and Roman .
4
Mathematics, Algebra and Arithmetic 4
Elementary Science
2
Latin 3
GRADE X.
Required studies :
English
4
Mathematics, Geometry
4
Electives :
History, English
4
Latin
4
French
4
Bookkeeping and Penmanship
4
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GRADE XI.
Required :
English 4
Electives :
Science, Chemistry
1
Latin
4
French .
T
Business
4
Physical Geography and Botany
4
GRADE XII.
Required :
English 4
Electives :
Science, Physics
Latin
3
French .
4
German
3
History, European
3
Stenography
4
Typewriting
2
Bookkeeping
3
GRADE XIII.
Required :
English 4
Electives :
Science, Geology and Astronomy
Latin
1
German
1
History, U. S. 1
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Stenography
4
Typewriting
4
Bookkeeping
3
Mathematics, Review
4
THE EIGHTH GRADE.
During the present year the West school and Center are sending their eighth grade pupils to the South school. The other district schools have no pupils in the eighth grade. The children from the Center can easily walk. The two pupils from the West district are providing their own means of transporta- tion. It should be the policy of the town to transport the eighth grade to the South school. It gives the needed relief to the district schools and an opportunity of performing the year's work more thoroughly.
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.
At the last session of the Massachusetts legislature a law was passed which requires every school child to be examined by his teacher or superintendent for defective eyesight and hearing. It is surprising to discover from this examination how large a number of children suffer from defective eyesight and hearing and who are nevertheless unconscious of the fact. These cases have been reported to the parents and good results are already manifest. When very defective children are found whose par- ents are not financially able to secure the services of a specialist. means should be provided by which the children may receive proper attention. A small endowment fund for this purpose by some philanthropist and friend of the town would be a gracious gift.
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The law also requires that a physician shall be appointed by the school board who may be called upon by the teachers for advice concerning the health of pupils. In cases where children have been exposed to infectious diseases or have recovered from some disease and wish to return to school, teachers are often in doubt as to the course to pursue. At these times the school physician's advice is imperative. A small sum should be pro- vided in Town meeting which will carry out this law.
SCHOOL DECORATION.
The walls of most of our schools are bare and unadorned with pictures. This is a state of affairs to be remedied. It is a great uplift for the children to live in the presence of the beautiful in nature and art. Good light, neatly tinted walls, a few inspiring pictures, in a thoroughly clean and orderly schoolroom make lasting impressions for good in the lives of the children.
It has been some years since the walls and ceilings of our district schools have been freshened. They have become very dingy and need to be painted and tinted. The West school is sadly in need of a new chimney.
SALARIES.
Everyone has been made forcibly to realize the increased cost of living in the last few years. The mechanic has felt the extra strain upon his income and has demanded and is receiving a better return for his labor. This extra pressure is to some extent effecting the teachers salaries though not in proportion to the extra expense of her living. The requirement for a
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first-class teacher today is three-fold : first, she must be personally adapted to teach, well trained and experienced; then she must keep up to the trend of educational movements by taking papers, magazines and attending lectures; lastly she must be neatly dressed and physically in trim, which necessitates a comfortable room, good board and recreation. All of these requisites are expensive. The teacher who fulfils these require- ments and has the power to discipline and properly instruct a class of from forty to fifty children is in demand and the town must pay reasonable salaries or it is destined to lose its best teachers. The town of Hamilton is financially able to pay its teachers liberal salaries and good teachers should be retained as long as possible.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
The subject uppermost in the minds of many educators and manufacturers at the present hour is industrial training and trades schools for the future artisan. Our public schools are criticized for being unpractical and in failing to give children adequate training for their after school life. Many a child drops out of school as soon as the compulsory age of attendance is passed. These boys and girls go into the factories and shops as unskilled labor. If our schools offered an opportunity for these same pupils to stay to learn a trade they would enter the great mercantile enterprises as skilled workers. It is evident that the trend of modern education is toward industrial education and continuation of trade schools. This movement is inceptive in our common schools in the form of sewing classes, manual training, school gardens and business
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courses. Our opportunity to fall into line with the march of progress is by inaugurating a business course in our High school and sewing classes in our grammar schools.
TEACHERS.
The following are the changes and additions in our teach- ing force : Ellery C. Polk, a graduate of Tufts College and a a teacher of experience, was hired as principal of the High school. Miss Harriet E. Boynton, who had been principal of the grammar school, was made assistant in the High school. Miss Susan M. Paine, a graduate of the Salem Normal school, was secured to teach the fourth and fifth grades in the South school. Upon the resignation of Miss Anna Chase, who secured a more lucrative position in Swampscott, Miss Edith L. Fletcher was engaged to teach the South upper primary. Miss Isabel Cline our drawing teacher, resigned in December. Her position has not yet been filled.
In closing this report I wish to thank the teachers for their cordial attitude toward me at all times and to express my gratitude to the committee for their continual confidence.
Respectfully submitted, ANDREW S. THOMSON,
Superintendent of Schools.
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Music Report.
TO THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HAMILTON MASS:
Gentlemen : - I am pleased to state that the schools are steadily gaining in their musical ability both in reading music at sight and also in appreciation of good music and some have now acquired the ability to write tunes that they know and to transpose them from one key to another. This writing songs and transposing them into the different keys has proven to be very interesting to the scholars and very helpful in acquiring a knowledge of the elements of music and training the ear to recognize the tones quickly. We need new up to date music books in the schools, with more good songs and less exercises. The old book has been sung through and is not good enough for the work we are able to accomplish in this line of study.
I encouraged the scholars in some of the schools to buy a book of old folk songs arranged for school work at four cents a copy and it has helped us out a great deal this year.
In the High School we are studying some octavo music which is very inspiring and the scholars are singing very satis- factorily. Thanking the teachers for their interest and help.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE F. SMITH,
Supervisor of Music.
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CENSUS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER, 1906.
Number of children in town between five
and fifteen years of age.
Boys, Girls, 149
166
Total, 315
Number between seven and fourteen
Boys, 120
Girls. 109
Total, 229
Whole number September, 1906,
315
Whole number September, 1905. 286
Increase of the number of children in town between five and fifteen,
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ROLL OF HONOR.
The numbers indicate the number of terms the pupils has not been absent.
NORTH SCHOOL. Bessie M. McGregor, 1
John E. Cox. 3
William F. Cox. 2
Herman D. Durkee, 1
Lester S. Durkee, 2
EAST SCHOOL.
Abbott Preston. 2
Norman Day, 3 Richard Preston, 1
Herbert Wood, 1
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CENTER SCHOOL.
Jennie Fisher, 1
Walter Holton, 2
Isabel Nichols, 1 James Pool, 2 Helen Sweeney, 1
James Elliott, 1 Letitia Elliott, 1 Bernice Austin, 1 Tom Pool, 1
WEST SCHOOL.
Florence Peatfield, 1
Hugh Duran, 1
Clarence Tufts, 1
Edward Connelly, 1
Francis Hart, 2
Lena Harradin, 1
James Hart, 2
Grace Harradin, 1
Austin Miller, 1
Roger Taylor, 1
Catherine Connelly, 1
SOUTH UPPER PRIMARY.
Daisy Bach, 1
Clara Frear, 1
Mary Sculley, 1
Ethel Williams, 1
Charles McGlauflin, 1
John McGinley
SOUTH GRAMMAR.
Pauline Chandler, 2 Anna Hart, 2
Eleanor Peterson, 2 Rufus Barrett, 1
Martha Cross, 1 Abbie Frear, 1
Peter Martin, 1
Willie Taylor, 2
Robert Chandler, 1
Lena Williams, 1 Lawrence Dodge, 1
S. Evelyn Gould, 1 Christie Hall, 1
Marion Jones, 1 William McGarry, 1
Viola Striley, 1
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SOUTH LOWER GRAMMAR.
Furber Libbey, 3
James Gwinn, 1
Ruth Cross, 2
Abbie McGlauflin, 2
Walter Newcomb, 2
Rebecca Jeddrie, 1
Gladys Smith, 2
Olive Conrad, 1
Sarah Turnbull, 1
William Torngren, 1
Maei Vroom, 1
Houston Jewett, 1
SOUTH PRIMARY.
Ruth Nutter, 1
Ellsworth Benoit, 1
Walter Ramsdell, 1
Edward Dixon, 1
May Gammell, 1
George Saulnier, 1
Eleanor Andrews, 1
Forest Shepparson, 1
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CLASS OF 1906 HAMILTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATING EXERCISES TOWN HALL, HAMILTON, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 15, AT 2.00 O'CLOCK
Program
MARCH Miss Schaller INVOCATION Rev. J. J. Goodacre
ANTHEM -"O Thou, Whose Power" School
.
Whittaker
DECLAMATION -"William Lloyd Garrison" Frank Jewett
RECITATION - "Each and All" Ethel Abbott
CHORUS-"Let Our Voices Be Glad" Lecocq
ORATION-"The Grandeur of American Scenery" Ritchie Small
DECLAMATION-"The Present Crisis" Ralph Berry
SOLO-"Springtime" Florence McGregor
ESSAY-"What We Owe to the Past"
Evelyn Gould
CHORUS-"Soldiers' Chorus" Gounod
School
DECLAMATION-"Ulysses"
Augustine Dodge
DUET-"Evening Song"
Bessie Dodge Florence McGregor
RECITATION-"The Painter of Seville"
Scene I Anna Hart
Scene II Katharine Hart
SONG-"The Flag"
Crosby
Ephraim Pitman
. Frank Jewett Ralph Berry
Ritchie Small
ESSAY-"Gail Hamilton" Violet Taylor Eleanore Robinson CHORUS-"Anchored" Watson
School
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS .
Chairman of School Committee
BENEDICTION
Rev. A. D. Gorham
CLASS PROPHECY
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CLASS MOTTO: "To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield"
GRADUATES
Ethel Mae Abbott
Frank Maynard Jewett
Ralph Clinton Berry
Florence Louise McGregor
Augustine Dalton Dodge
Ephraim Washington Pitman
Bessie Edith Dodge
Eleanore Glover Robinson
Sarah Evelyn Gould
George Ritchie Small
Anna Mitch Hart
Violet Eleanor Taylor
Katherine Henrietta Hart
MUSICAL DIRECTOR Mr. George F. Smith
PIANISTS Miss Mae Schaller Miss Eleanor Robinson
( No parts are assigned according to rank )
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SCHOOL CALENDAR. 1907-1908.
March 29. . All schools close for spring vacation. Thirteen weeks in term.
April 8. South schools opens for spring term.
April 8. District schools open for spring term. June 21. District schools close for summer vacation. Eleven weeks in term.
June 28. South schools close for summer vacation.
Twelve weeks in term.
September 9. All schools open for fall term.
November 27. All schools close for Thanksgiving. Twelve weeks in term.
December 2. All schools open for winter term.
December 20.
All schools close for Christmas.
December 30.
High school open.
January 6.
Grade schools open.
March 20, 1908. All schools close for spring vacation. Fifteen weeks in term.
March 30. All schools open for spring term.
June 19. Grade schools close for summer vacation. June 26. High school close for summer vacation.
SCHOOLS, SALARIES, TEACHERS, ETC., SEPTEMBER, 1906.
TEACHERS.
SCHOOL.
GRADES.
SALARY
WHERE EDUCATED.
Mr. E. Channing Polk ..
I High School
VII, IX, X
$800
Tufts College
Miss Harriet E. Boynton ..
Assistant in High
600
Salem Normal and Radcliffe College
Miss Dessa M. Washburn
South Grammar
VI-VII
532
New Hampshire Normal
Miss Susan M. Paine .
South Lower Grammar
IV-V
400
Salem Normal
Miss Edith L. Fletcher
South Upper Primary
II-III
400
Salem Normal
Miss Carrie E. Robie . .
South Primary
I
425
Lancaster Academy
Miss Alice E. Wilcomb.
Center School
I-VII
$80
Bridgewater Normal
Mrs. Grace C. Stone. .
North School
I-VII
400
Ipswich High
Miss Nelly G. Cutting
East School
I-VII
400
Salem Normal
Mrs. Grace O. Lamson .
West School
I-VII
380
Quincy Training School
NAMES OF SCHOOLS. 1905-6.
Months and
Days.
Number
Enrolled.
Number
Boys.
Girls.
Average
Average
Attendance.
Per cent of
Attendance.
No. between
5 and 15 years.
No. between
7 and 14 years.
No. over 15
years.
No. under 5
years.
South Grammar .
9-6
49
18
31
45
41
92
37
23
12
0
South Lower Gammar .
9-8
40
22
18
38
32
92
37
36
3
0
South Upper Primary.
9-6
54
26
28
49
46
94
54
52
0
0
South Primary. .
9-8
63
36
27
53
48
90
63
13
0
0
Center School.
9-8
29
14
15
25
23
91
26
23
1
2
North School
9-8
15
11
4
16
15
93
15
11
0
0
East School.
9-5
23
12
11
25
22
88
23
15
0
0
West School .
9-3
27
14
13
23
21
93
25
21
0
0
Total
300
153
147
274
248
92
280
194
16
2
Membership.
20
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