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$5,174 71
PAID FOR CARE OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
James H. Perron,
$565 00
Sylvester Day,
30 00
Mrs. A. F. Lougee,
17 60
John E. Cox, Jr.,
30 50
Silas W. Grant,
24 00
Charles E. Grant,
6 00
James E. Poole,
4 00
$677 10
PAID FOR FUEL.
T. A. Moynihan,
$250 75
Sprague, Breed & Brown,
266 84
Isaac F. Knowlton,
35 50
Everett A. Smith,
16 00
George M. Adams,
10 50
$579 59
PAID FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
$349 10
Ginn & Co.,
139 20
Remington Typewriter Co.,
108 00
D. C. Heath & Co.,
64 69
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L. E. Knott, Apparatus Co., $24 71
Horace E. Andrews, 21 10
American Book Co.,
13 71
Milton Bradley Co.,
10 93
Silver, Burdette & Co.,
2 07
C. W. Horneper & Co.,
39
$733 70
MISCELLANEOUS.
Charles A. Peterson, stock and
labor on schoolhouse, $132 37
C. H. Davis, M. D., school physi- cian, 1908, 85 85 X
Robert Robertson Co., plumbing and heating work, 60 68
American Seating Co., desks, 51 60 X
W. B. Badger & Co., furniture, 46 00 X
A. C. Cummings, carriage, team- ing and freight, 53 71 X
T. A. Moynihan, removing ashes and other teaming, 35 25 X
F. P. Trussell, stock and repairs on schoolhouses, 34 89
WV. L. Smith, stove work,
39 15
S. C. Gould, school room supplies, 24 66 %
Standard Oil Co., floor oil, 22 63 X
A. B. Towle, repairs schoolhouse, 14 05
J. W. Goodhue, hardware supplies, 23 51
W. G. Webber Co., window shades, 11 93 X
Daniel Pratt's Son, clocks, 10 50 X
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Henry Bushek, inspection of boilers, $10 00 Mrs. A. F. Lougee, labor in school-
houses, 9 50
Annie Curran, labor in schoolhouses, 3 50
E. A. Day, labor in schoolhouses, 5 00
Mrs. J. Hart, labor in schoolhouses,
3 00
C. E. Doner, filling diplomas, 3 00
E. A. Lane, paint, 1 35
Owen E. McQueeny & Son, school- room supplies, 2 50 ×
Sylvester Day, labor on school yards, 5 15 X
A. J. McGinley, school room supplies,
3 00 X
J. A. Smith, cleaning clocks,
6 75 X
F. C. Schaller, printing,
9 50
Hopkinson & Holden, school room supplies, 8 75 X
Zina Goodell, boiler room supplies, 3 00 ×
Rider-Ericsson Engine Co., supplies, 6 55 X
L. E. Libby, envelopes, 3 23 ×
Kimball Dry Goods Co., school room supplies, 7 30 %
S. E. McGlauflin, services as truant officer, 4 00 ×
Everett A. Smith, labor at West school,
2 00
F. P. Stanton, school room supplies,
2 65
Barry Printing Co., printing,
8 25
G. W. Felton, printing,
3 25
J. Breck & Sons Corporation, boiler room supplies, 1 00
Geo. T. Litchfield, services as truant officer, 80
X
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J. H. Perron, cash paid out, $1 05
A. S. Thomson, extra expenses in school work, 15 65
John G. Corcoran, M. D., school physician, 1909. 13 25
George K. Knowlton, time and ex- pense on account of supplies, teachers, extra work and cash paid out, 49 14
George K. Knowlton, taking school census, 15 00
$853 90
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid Andrew S. Thomson $320 00 X
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS.
Paid Boston & Maine Railroad Co., $81 50
Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.,
10 00
Frank G. Durkee, 26 00
W. A. Brumby, 23 80
A. T. Poole,
20 40
Peter Duran,
17 40
Alexander Crowley,
8 65
S. W. Grant,
12 00
F. P. Trussell,
3 90
F. B. Johnson,
3 90
W. H. Ramsdell,
·
70
G. O. Lamson,
2 50
$210 75
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TUITION.
Paid Town of Ipswich for one
scholar in High School, $30 00
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION.
For ash vault at South schoolhouse, $200 00
Paid T. A. Moynihan for construc- tion of ash vault, $208 00
Edwin B. Balcomb, architect, 42 03
George K. Knowlton, time and
expense, 5 20
255 23 X
Balance overdrawn, $55 23
The following explanation is necessary in order to show the full cost of the ash vault.
In consulting an architect it was found that an iron and brick top for the ash vault would be much superior to one of wood, which was contemplated when the appropriation of two hundred dollars was asked for, but that it would cost much more than this amount of money.
The committee consulted the board of selectmen in the matter and they very kindly agreed to pay two hundred dollars of the cost.
This enabled the committee to have a first class vault constructed for immediate use, the full cost to the Town being $455.23.
The money was well expended, as the ashes are not wanted on the school ground, and the cost of removing them was fully equal to the interest on the cost of the vault.
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Now they can probably be removed every year without any cost to the Town, at any rate the ashes making this year are already spoken for to be removed without any charge to the Town.
GROSS RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation for schools,
$9,700 00
Town appropriation for ash vault,
200 00
From State on account of Super- intendent,
375 00
From State, tuition for State ward,
19 00
City of Boston, tuition for City wards, 76 00
Town of Ipswich, tuition,
30 00
Dog tax, 310 89
Balance from 1908-9,
339 95
$11,050 84
GROSS EXPENSE.
Paid for teachers,
$5,174 71
Care of schoolhouses,
677 10
Fuel,
579 59
School Supplies,
733 90
Miscellaneous,
853 90
Superintendent,
320 00
Transportation of scholars,
211 90
Tuition High School scholar,
30 00
Ash vault, 255 23
8,836 33
$2,214 51
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Received of Alexander Crowley, re-
bate on tuition, $5 00
Received of D. C. Heath & Co., special
discount on school supplies, 14 68
Balance unexpended, carried over to 1910-11, $2,233 19
George K. Knowlton, balance on hand for scholars' tickets, $6 50
INSURANCE.
Insurance on four district school houses will expire May 12, 1910.
An appropriation of forty dollars is recommended for its renewal.
ESTIMATES FOR SCHOOLS, 1910-11.
The following is a careful estimate of the amount of money that should be raised and appropriated for all public school purposes by the Town for the year 1910-11, $10,800 00
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER.
To the School Committee of Hamilton :
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my report as Truant Officer for 1909.
Have had only one complaint, that was for child being absent from school, I investigated the case and notified
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parents that the child must attend school regular. Have had no further complaint, so suppose scholar is in school.
Respectfully, George T. Litchfield,
Truant Officer.
At the last annual Town meeting it was voted to close the fiscal year December 31. This enables the various de- partments to have their manuscript ready for the printer much earlier than in previous years.
While the town reports this year will not show a full financial year, it will establish a new rendering of accounts, so that the town reports can be printed and distributed two or more weeks at least before the annual Town meeting in the month of March.
In our report to the citizens of the town we wish to express our appreciation of the work and educational prog- ress which has been made during the past year under the direction of an efficient corps of teachers.
But we should be satisfied with nothing less than this, as, according to the last report of the State Board of Edu- cation, the Town of Hamilton is paying its female teachers an average wage per month more than any other town in Essex County, excepting six, and several of these are very wealthy, also comparatively few towns in the State are paving female teachers as much as we do.
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It will be noticed that a larger appropriation for the schools is asked for this year. This is owing to the fact that the valuation of the Town having exceeded three and a half millions of dollars, we must now pay from our own treasury the three hundred and seventy-five dollars that the State has been paying for us towards the salary of the Superintendent of Schools.
Also that another room for grammar grades has been opened in the South school, costing five hundred dollars for an additional teacher; and the probable need of another teacher in the High School next September, when the full five years' course of study will be established.
We shall then be running eleven schools with fourteen regular teachers.
As the report of the Superintendent gives the details of the condition of the schools, we will here turn our at- tention to the matter of additional room for our scholars.
We have plenty of seat room for all scholars in Town excepting for the High School, and we are now confronted with the question, what shall we do for them?
It has been known for several years that we were fast coming to this condition of need.
It will probably be necessary at some time to erect a High School building, and when this is done it should be a good one, and would probably cost not less than thirty-five thousand dollars.
Now we are in no financial condition to do this, the town is yet owing about twenty thousand dollars on the debt for the South schoolhouse and Town hall.
To put up such a building as should be erected would increase the indebtedness of the Town to nearly fifty-five
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thousand dollars, and a majority of the committee do not feel justified in recommending this burden to be put upon the tax-pavers of the Town.
Therefore the following course for additional school room is recommended by a majority of the school board.
It is very practical to add two rooms to the South schoolhouse on the north end, at the High School entrance. at an estimated cost of six thousand five hundred dollars.
This would give the High School a sufficient amount of room for several years; probably until the present debt of nearly twenty thousand dollars would be paid.
This addition could be completed in season for use at the opening of the schools next September, and would fur- nish sufficient room for perfect arrangement and classification of all grades in the High School.
In the rooms of the present grammar grades there are now more than fifty spare sittings. In 1911 graduation from the High School will begin, and this will tend to pre- vent any serious congestion in the grammar grades for several years.
In the matter of economy, the care and heating of these additional rooms will be at a minimum.
A majority of the committee therefore recommend an appropriation of seven thousand dollars for the addition and seating of two additional rooms to the South schoolhouse.
The committee is pleased to present the following letter from Mr. L. E. Libby, a former member of the school board. and to express our thanks to him for the splendid portrait of Abraham Lincoln, which now hangs in the High School room.
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South Hamilton, Mass., March 4, 1909.
Messrs. George K. Knowlton, Chairman, and
Everett A. Smith, Secretary of Hamilton School Board,
DEAR SIRS :- My three years term on your board being about to expire, wishing to add something to our now small collection of pictures in our school rooms, with your kind consent, and with the hope that it may be of benefit to the scholars, I have placed in the South school building a picture of Abraham Lincoln, to be hereafter kept in such places as you and future boards may see fit.
Thanking you for considerations shown me while on your board, I am,
Truly yours,
LESTER E. LIBBY.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, EDWIN A. BLAKE, HOUSTON A. THOMAS,
School Committee.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools.
Gentlemen of the School Committee :
It affords me pleasure to submit to you this my eighth annual report as superintendent of the schools of the town.
In making a report at this time, approximately the middle of the school year, we must of necessity cover the second half of the last school year. from January to June, and the former half of the present, from September to January ; and in planning for the year to come there must be a look ahead to ascertain the conditions of the schools for the next school year. It must also be borne in mind that by the law of the Commonwealth the statistical tables of school attendance cover the school year ending June 1909.
CLOSING EXERCISES.
The graduating exercises of the grammar schools were held at the Town Hall on June 18, at which twenty pupils were given diplomas. Nineteen of these pupils entered the High School in September, which shows an earnest and am- bitious spirit existing among pupils and parents. The value of a High School training is everywhere apparent.
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There was no graduating class in the High School, nor will there be until June 1911, but the closing exercises of the school were held, which were very pleasing and showed care in preparation as well as much drill in the productions rendered.
GENERAL CONDITION.
The schools of the town are having an unusually pros- perous year. It has been some time since the teaching corps has shown so many strong teachers. Our district school teachers are efficient. The East school, which has given some trouble during the past few years, is in a most respect- ful and orderly condition ; and the work is progressing in a thorough and accurate manner.
AN EXTRA TEACHER.
Soon after the opening of the school in September it was evident that the classes in the South building were too large, accordingly one of the rooms which had been used as a class room by the High School pupils was fitted up with desks and seats and another school established. This extra teacher reduced the average number of pupils to the teacher in South building to about thirty-five pupils each. Since Thanksgiving we have had six teachers in the graded schools. This gives the teachers a better opportunity to drill the backward pupils and to bring the grades up to a good standard. The work being done in these schools is a credit to the town and in the fundamental branches will be found equal to the best.
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BUSINESS COURSE ESTABLISHED.
In September the time had arrived when the commercial course should be established in the High School. A third teacher was secured to teach these subjects. Two type- writers were purchased and classes in stenography, type- writing, bookkeeping, commercial geography and penman- ship were begun. The present indications point that this department will be one of the largest and most popular in the school, as well as practical and useful. The requirements will be such that pupils will not elect these studies in the hope of finding what are commonly termed " snap " courses. The commercial course is largely confined to the last two years in the High School work, the 12th and 13th grades. During the present year the business teacher has had but the beginning grade, in commercial work, the 12th, so that she has been enabled to take subjects outside her department. Next year, when there will be a first and second year in this department, the commercial studies will take all the time of one teacher. At the present time the High School work completely occupies the time of the three teachers ; with the addition of another class next year it seems probable that a fourth teacher will have to be added.
INCREASED ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
At present the High School department in the South building has for its use two class rooms, a small laboratory in the basement, and two very small coat rooms. These small rooms are of no use when a class numbers more than six pupils and then they are too small for any satisfactory work.
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Plans should be made at this present town meeting for a High School building to be ready for use one year from next September.
In order to make it possible to accommodate the classes for the next year, the partition between the halls and the small rooms should be removed. This will make these rooms five feet longer and will give room for some of the smaller classes.
PENNY SAVINGS.
The penny saving system has been continued by the teachers in the South Hamilton building because it is believed that learning the habit to save is as important as knowledge of any subject matter. The system has been started only within recent years yet we are confident that both pupils and parents appreciate the effort and will assist in every way within their ability. The money collected is deposited in the Beverly Savings Bank and the interest is used to defray incidental expenses. When the amount de- posited by a pupil reaches three dollars, a bank book is given the depositor who then becomes an individual holder of a bank account. The system was originally begun in our schools by the W. C. T. U. who felt they could no longer continue the work, which as before stated, is now in the hands of one of the teachers of the school. If the postal saving system becomes a law, the money can be deposited with the U. S Government instead of the Savings Bank.
TEACHERS ENTERTAINMENT COURSE.
It is universally recognized that we learn more through the power of vision than by that of any other sense. This
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has led the teachers and superintendent to make an effort to purchase a stereoptican reflectoscope for the purpose of illus- trating the subjects of geography and history, and for assis- ting in the science work.
A course of five entertainments was organized, two by the school, and three by outside talent. It appears from present indications that over one hundred dollars will be netted. The instrument will cost two hundred dollars, and it does not seem too much to ask, to request the town to ap- propriate the balance.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL.
Now that the new bell has been placed in the tower of the Union Church Chapel, a " no school " signal could be sounded upon days when it is unfit for the children to come out to school.
THE VALUE OF HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING.
The question of the economic administration of a High School has many view points. There are those who take little interest in the rapid growth of high schools during the past few years. They feel that the growth is due to a lowering of standards of admittance and that the unfit are allowed to enter. They urge " Weed out the unfit at the beginning, much to the relief of both teachers and tax- payers." Although this may be the "way of least resis- tance," it has the weight of opinion of the most enlightened educators against it, and with reason.
In the first place it requires more than a brief interview to separate the " fit " from the " unfit," especially is this so
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with children of the grammar school age. The plodder, who, with greatest difficulty, can do very low passing work, reaps greater personal benefit, and in many cases will prove him- self a far more helpful member of society than some brilliant boy who acquires readily, yet wastes his time and talents. Therefore, mere attainment, at a given instant, is not a true test of distinction between the fit and the unfit.
There is a strong consensus of opinion that even the most unpromising pupils receive much benefit from their at- tendance at a good high school. The most valuable results in such cases cannot be measured by marks, or a definite amount of knowledge skilfully injected. Rather is it the broadened outlook, the inspiration from certain subjects otherwise unknown, the general raising of ideals and inter- ests in life, which, priceless to the individual recipient, are equally invaluable to the nation when multiplied by the thousands which we have to estimate.
It is becoming more and more to be recognized that when a pupil has culled out of a certain grade or school all that there is in it for him he should be admitted to the next school. No pupil should be allowed to remain in any school, especially a high school, who constantly fails to improve the opportunities offered. The number of such will be very few when our High School courses become as broad as the needs of the pupils. As long as a pupil puts forth an honest effort there should be work provided which he can do with benefit to himself and with satisfaction to his teachers. The educa- tional systems of the past have been exclusively or largely for the advancement of the intellectually endowed. We claim this to be both undemocratic, and fatal to the highest development of society at large. We unchangingly advocate
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system and methods which are adapted to bring the greatest good to the faithful workers, even the least gifted; and to abolish caste distinctions based upon intellectual gifts. This seems a correct philosophy in a democratic institution, sup- ported by the people and for the benefit of all.
This does not presuppose a lowering of standards of scholarship, but does mean adapting our methods and courses of study to the needs of the individual, so that each, so far as in him lies the power and inclination, may attain some degree of scholarship. The wilfully negligent should not be maintained in any school. Parents and pupils alike ought understand that regular attendance, earnest devotion to work. and an evident capacity to grasp the work of a higher grade, should form the basis of promotion.
CHANGE OF TEACHERS.
The changes in the corps of teachers for the current year are here recorded. Mr. Felton, principal of the High School, resigned in June to take a position in Littleton, New Hampshire. Mr. H. Gardner Blount, a teacher of four years' experience was secured for the High School. Mr. Blount is meeting with success in the school and has shown great in- terest in the social betterment of the community.
Miss Lillian Eaton, a teacher of excellent experience in Cushing Academy, was obtained for the Business department and we are confident that the graduates of her department will be well prepared to compete ably in the business world.
Other teachers new to our force this year are Miss Marcia Gordon, of the South Primary; Miss Eloise Pitcher, at the West ; Miss Emma D. Bowker, at the East ; and Miss
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Hariette Wetherbee of the fifth grade at the South building. Each of these teachers is accomplishing commendable work.
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
The work in music has been much enthused by our supervisor, Mr. Henry L. Stone, who suggests in his report that he can do more efficient work if more time is allowed him. We have been without a drawing teacher during the last year. This should not be continued for another year.
In conclusion I beg to extend to the members of the committee my sincere thanks for their many courtesies and generous support during the year.
Respectfully submitted, ANDREW S. THOMSON, Superintendent of Schools.
Mr. Andrew S. Thomson,
Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR :- I want to thank you for the opportunity you have given me of making this report, since it enables me to thank those who have supported me in my work and bring before the parents the needs of their children.
To you, sir, and to the members of the school board, I desire to express my appreciation for all that has been done to make my efforts successful and my work happy. You have supported me generously.
I am grateful, also, to the teachers of the building who have always helped me by their co-operation in the solution of problems of discipline. I am sure that a perfect spirit of
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harmony has existed, a condition, which is so necessary for good work.
This spirit, too, the pupils have and because of it they are doing good work. Decided improvement may be noted both in discipline and schoralship. I believe the boys and girls in Hamilton have great possibilities in them which may be developed by careful training. I wish to commend in them their willingness to work and the cheerfulness with which they have supported the teachers.
At your suggestion, and with your help, the teachers of the South school have organized and supported a course of entertainments. Three of these have already been given with marked success, for which we desire to thank the people of the community. We invite them to attend the remaining two. It is our desire to raise money enough to purchase a reflectoscope for the use of the schools in the building. This will be an invaluable aid to our scientific department and to nature work.
A business course has been set in operation this year and carried on in an efficient manner by the instructor of the department. It is hoped that this will be fostered and increased in strength and occupy a prominent place in the High School curriculum as it deserves. Thus pupils will be enabled to obtain a good business training and be materially equipped for life.
On the other hand, I would like to urge the necessity of maintaining strong departments in English, Science, Mathematics, History, and the languages, in order that there may be fostered in the youth a desire for the higher training which fits him so admirably for life. Abundant provision has been made for these departments and I trust the com- inunity may see their fruits in the years to come.
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I would like to urge upon the parents the necessity of home study for their children. Since the one session school system is employed very little time to study in school is given the pupil. His recitations on most days occupy more than two thirds of the time. I believe that not less than two hours outside study should be done and this is absolutely necessary for the intellectual welfare of the school. Parents, will you not see that children conform to this suggestion?
Regular attendance, also, is to be sought, for if the con- tinuity of work is broken a pupil is liable to lose interest.
I congratulate the citizens of Hamilton upon the start they have made in the maintainance of a High School, and all officers connected with its management and assure them of the hearty interest of the teachers in its progress.
Respectfully submitted,
H. G. BLOUNT, Principal of High School.
Mr. A. S. Thomson, Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR :- Some improvement is shown in the music of the schools of Hamilton, particularly in respect to the spirit in which the songs and exercises are sung. Very much however, is still to be desired. The tone production is not what it should be, neither is the sight singing, and the knowledge of the rudiments of music is rather limited. I am doing all I can to better conditions, and feel that I should be successful if only more time were allowed me. Nine hours a year to a room are not enough to bring about any great change in the rather chaotic condition I found the schools in at the beginning of the school year. For the work to be well done I deem a day and a half a week necessary.
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I feel grateful to the teachers for the work they have put in on music and for the courtesy they have always shown me. The pupils, too, deserve my thanks for their cheerful- ness and their willingness to be guided in the appreciation of the divinest of the arts.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY L. STONE.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR.
TO JUNE, 1910.
March 25. All schools close for spring vacation.
April 5. All schools open for spring term.
June 17. Grade schools close for summer vacation.
June 24. High school closes for summer vacation.
SCHOOL CENSUS, SEPTEMBER 1909.
Number of children in town between five and fifteen years of age.
Boys, 190
Girls, 160
Total, 350
Number of children in town between
seven and fourteen years of age.
Boys, 148
Girls, 120
Total, 268
Number of illiterate minors over 14, 0
Number of blind, 0
Number of deaf, 1 Number of feeble-minded, 0
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EYE AND EAR TEST.
Number enrolled, 301
Number defective in eyesight, 36
Number defective in hearing, 15
Number notices sent to parents,
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ROLL OF HONOR.
The numbers before the names show the number of terms pupils have not been absent.
EAST SCHOOL.
3 Agnes Choate
3 Caroline De Witt
1 Catherine Curran
1 Frank Minard
2 Daniel Curran
1 Edward DeWitt
1 Elizabeth Curran
1 Ethel Edwards
3 Norman Day 1 Herbert Wood
SOUTH, GRADES V and VI.
3 Harold McQueeney
1 Melissa Porter
2 Rowland Dufton
1 Robert Chittick
1 Elsie Adams
1 Maud Costello
2 Eva Chase 1 Mary Sculley
SOUTH, GRADE IV.
1 Marion Crowley
1 Scott Libby
1 Walter Ramsdell
1 Rudolph Smerrage
1 Charles Stone
2 Thomas Burnes
1 Ernest Tuck
1 Elsie Abbott
1 Jordon Crocker
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SOUTH, GRADES II and III.
2 James Chisholm Gladys Smerrage
2 Frank Crowley
William Stone
2 Hermon Herrick Charles Peterson,
2 Arthur Norrow Myrtle Conrad
1 Francis Moynihan
Teddy Holland
2 Theodore Nutter Laurence Miller
SOUTH PRIMARY.
2 Harry Stillson
1 Francis Cunningham
SOUTH GRAMMAR.
3 Olive Conrad
1 Jennie Herrick
3 Ralph Hayes
1 Sophie Koloski
2 Willie Taylor
3 Furber Libby
1 Houston Lovett
2 Abbie McGlauflin
2 Florence Peatfield
3 Elsie Russell
3 Frank Ramsdell
NORTH SCHOOL.
2 Madeline Appleton
1 Wmn. Cox
2 Roland Appleton
CENTER SCHOOL.
Leslie Tinkham Elizabeth Wallace
Bertha Johnson
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WEST SCHOOL.
1 Augustine Drew
1 Hugh Duran
1 John Duran
1 Rea Goldthwait
2 James Hart
1 Harold Roper
1 Howard Roper
2 Sylvester Sullivan
1 Willard Goldthwait
1 Pauline Taylor
3 Warren Grant Olive Harraden
1 Roger Taylor
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CLASS OF 1909. HAMILTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL. GRADUATING EXERCISES, TOWN HALL, HAMILTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, AT 2 P. M.
Program
March
Piano Solo, Second Mazurka, Benj. Godard (Op. 54)
MAY WELLS FREAR
Invocation
REV. E. A. BLAKE, PH. D.
Chorus, " Morning Song " Franz Abt
GRADES VII AND VIII
Essay,
" Our Favorite Poet " Original
ANGELINE RUPHELLE CROCKER
Essay, " Acadia and the Acadians " Original
CLARENCE MATTHEWS GIBNEY
Selection from " Evangeline,"
Longfellow
PART I
Canto 1 Grand Pre and its Inhabitants.
IRVING LESLIE PEATFIELD WILLIAM LEO BRUMBY
Canto 2
By Benedict's Fireside.
Canto 3 The Ceremony of Betrothal.
MARY FLORENCE PEATFIELD WILL HOWARD RAMSDELL
LESTER STEPHEN DURKEE GARDNER BURNHAM LOW
Canto 4 The Tragic Ending of the Betrothal Feast.
LESTER STEPHEN DURKEE WILLIAM W. L. TAYLOR
Canto 5 At the Gaspereau's Mouth.
MARTHA EUNICE POOLE ALBERTA FRANCES DURAN
Chorus,
" Glorious Sunlight," C. Vincent
GRADES VII AND VIII, assisted by MISSES CHASE, HILL, FREAR AND WILLIAMS. PART II
Canto 1 Prolonged Separation of the Lovers. ELSIE AMELIA RUSSELL
Canto 2 Down the Mississippi.
Canto 3 The Home of Basil, the Herdsman. JOHN HOUSTON LOVETT
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Canto 4 The Hopeless Quest. ABBIE RICHARDSON MCGLAUFLIN OLIVE CARRIE CONRAD
Canto 5 The Quest Ended. OLIVE CARRIE CONRAD JENNIE GERTRUDE HERRICK Trio, " Snow Flakes." F. H. Cowen
MEMBERS OF GRADUATING CLASS
Recitation, " The Deacon's Masterpiece," Holmes
FRANK HAYES RAMSDELL Ben Hur Chariot Race, E. T. Paull
Duet.
WILLIAM LEO BRUMBY ABBIE RICHARDSON MCGLAUFLIN " The High Tide," Anonymous
Recitation.
ETHEL MAY CHASE
Chorus, " Welcome Pretty Primrose." GRADES VII AND VIII
Ciro Pinsuti
Address,
REV. C. R. SMALL
Award of Diplomas.
Chairman of School Committee.
Benediction,
REV. A. D. GORHAM
Class Colors : Green and White.
CLASS MOTTO. .. Do Right Because it is Right."
GRADUATES.
William Leo Brumby.
Gardner Burnham Low, John Houston Lovett,
Ethel May Chase,
Angeline Ruphelle Crocker, Abbie Richardson McGlauflin.
Olive Carrie Conrad. Lester Stephen Durkee.
Mary Florence Peatfield, Martha Eunice Poole.
Alberta Frances Duran. Irving Leslie Peatfield.
May Wells Frear, Will Howard Ramsdell,
Clarence Matthews Gibney, Elsie Amelia Russell,
Jennie Gertrude Herrick. Frank Hayes Ramsdell,
William Wallace Lincoln Taylor.
GEO. K. KNOWLTON
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SCHOOL REPORT.
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL. CLOSING EXERCISES. TOWN HALL, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1909, 7.45 P. M.
Program
Piano Solo, Miserere, PAULINE CHANDLER
Krug
Invocation
" The Song of the Bells," Aldwych
Chorus,
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
Declamation, " The Monroe Doctrine," Thurston
EARL ELMER JOHNSON " Little Christel," Bradley
Recitation,
LENA ALLEN HARRADEN
Piano Solo,
" Kiss Your Hand,"
Heins
Recitation, " The Old Actor's Story," GLADYS MINERVA SMITH
Anonymous
Declamation,
" The Traitor's Remorse," Lippard
JOSEPH WALLACE COSTELLO
Anonymous
Semi-Chorus, " There's Music in the Air," MISSES CROSS, DODGE, LIBBY, LOW, MCGLAUFLIN, PETERSON, TAYLOR
Recitation, " Mr. Brown's Hair Cut," LILLIAN JOSEPHINE GILLESPIE
Anonymous
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Declamation, "The Last Charge of Ney," Headley PERCIVAL DODGE WHIPPLE Piano Duet, " Clayton's Grand March," Blake
MISSES CUMMINGS AND HORAN
Recitation, " The Leap at Bayou Carr," Barr
FLORENCE REID SCHALLER
Declamation, "The Book Agent Beats the Bandit," Anonymous
THOMAS STEENES JONES
EDWIN LESTER BARKER
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SCHOOL REPORT.
Semi-Chorus, " Spring Song." Mendelssohn
MISSES CROSS, DODGE, LIBBY, LOW, MCGLAUFLIN, PETERSON, TAYLOR " Brier-Rose," Boyesen
Recitation
CORA ELIZABETH HILL
Declamation. " The Unknown Speaker," Anonymous
RUFUS WINN BARRETT
Piano Solo, "Invitation a La Polka," Bender
RUBY PRIME HAYES
REV. EDWIN ALONZO BLAKE, PH. D., S. T. D.
Address,
Chorus,
" The Fairies' Moonlight Dance." Grech
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
Benediction
TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, SALARIES, ETC., SEPTEMBER, 1909
TEACHERS
SCHOOLS
GRADES
SALARIES PER YEAR
WHERE EDUCATED
Mr. H. Gardner Blount.
High School
IX-XIII
$1,050
Bates Gollege
Miss Harriett E. Boynton.
High School
625
Salem Normal
Miss Lillian E. Eaton . .
High School
700
Business College
Miss Mattie P. Buell .
South
VII-VIII
650
Hyde Park High
Miss Louise E. Dearing
South
VI
525
Vermont Normal
Miss Harriett A. Wetherbec .
South
V
500
Emerson College
Miss Ada E. Moulton .
South
IV
500
Salem Normal
Miss Edith L. Fletcher.
South
II-III
500
Salem Normal
Miss Marcie A. Gordon. .
South
I
500
Farmington Normal
Miss Nellie G. Cutting .
Center
I-VII
400
Salem Normal
Miss Grace M. Stonc.
North
I-VII
400
Ipswich Iligh
Miss Emma I). Bowker.
East
I-VII
450
Boston High
Miss Eloise A. Pitcher
West
I-VII
380
Weymouth Iligh
Mr. Henry L. Stone . .
Music
Harvard College
NAMES OF SCHOOLS
Months and
Days
Number
Enrolled
Enrolled
Enrolled
Average
Average
Attendance
Per Cent of
ages 5 and 15
Number between
ages 7 and 17
over 15
under 5
High School .
9-17
26
6
20
24
23
93
12
5
14
0
Grammar School.
9-8
39
15
24
34
32
92
35
27
4
0
South Grades V and IV.
9-8
48
22
26
48
46
93
48
48
0
0
South Grade IV ..
9-8
37
23
14
33
29
89
37
36
0
0
South Grades II and III.
9-8
44
27
17
43
40
93
44
37
0
0
South Grade I.
9-8
46
33
13
33
28
85
46
46
0
0
Center School.
9-8
20
12
8
17
15
88
18
15
0
0
West School
9-5
26
15
11
23
21
94
25
23
0
0
East School ..
9-6
34
20
14
33
28
S7
34
23
0
()
North School
9-5
15
10
5
14
13
92
14
11
0
1
Total and Averages
335
183
152
302
275
96
312
271
18
1
Number
Number
Boys
Girls
Membership
Attendance
Number between
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口水
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