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HORATIO F. ALLEN,
For the Sub- Committee.
| Districts.
TEACHERS.
Grade of
School.
Whole No.
Summer.
Whole No.
Winter.
Average
for the year.
Percentage
attendance.
Scholars
under 5.
Scholars
Amounts
paid to
Teachers.
Francis A. Waterhouse
High.
150
115
117
.88
111
$2,500 00
Ezra W. Sampson
1,402 00
A. Amy Breck.
66
650 00
Margaret Kyle.
1.000 00
Carrie Spear.
66
800 00
David S. Farnham
Grammar.
91
72
68
.84
15
1,800 00
Emily W. Young
66
600 00
Fannie A. Shapleigh.
Intermediate.
49
46
40.1
.87
1
586 25
Sarah J. Nickels. ..
58
64
55
.85
275 00
Isabel C. Patten ..
66
100 83
Isabel C. Patten.
51
53
36
.80
275 00
Etta M. White
Sub-Primary.
28
45
24
.75
600 00
Levi C. Wade.
29
24
22.5
.85
15
1,800 00
Emma E. Farnum
42
43
34.5
.81
4
550 00
Clara M. Hovey
Intermediate. 66
39
44
32
.76
165 00
Helen M. Dunn
398 75
Martha L. Perkins
49
41
38
.84
600 00
H. L. Macreading ..
53
53
47
.88
600 00
Sub-Primary.
60
53
43
.76
600 00
Grammar.
47
48
45.4
.96
4
1,800 00
Martha C. Hagar ..
66
550 00
Ellen M Gifford .....
Intermediate. .6
37
40
36
.93
275 00
A. H. Campbell.
40
44
34
.82
495 00
S. Helen Stewart.
96 25
Charles A. Chase
27
40
29.5
.88
14
1.800 00 ·
Adelaide B. Poor Mary C. Sanford.
Intermediate. . 66
51
47
39.5
.81
398 75
Isabel Treadwell.
43
54
38
.78
600 00
L. F. Warren. .
46
38
38
.90
15
1,750 00
Lydia C. Dodge.
64
52
54
.93
10
575 00
E. E. Simmons
59
56
49
.85
2
600 00
Elizabeth A. Pinnock
66
49
51
46
.92
1
600 00
Ella G. Bates.
3d
58
59
49
.83
575 00
1st Primary.
53
62
50
.87
600 00
2d
66
63
64
47
. 74
1
600 00
3d
82
76
50
.63
17
1,730 00
Clara A. Armes
Intermediate.
52
52
38.5
. 74
1
275 00
M. A. Prescott. .
Sub-Intermediate
47
45
30
.71
600 00
Julia A. Goodwin. . .
60
47
35.5
.66
480 00
Ella M. Armes.
Sub-Primary.
42
52
34
.73
300 00
Ida F. Conner
N. Intermediate.
44
36
.82
275 00
Mary A. Willard.
North Primary .
72
52
51.5
.83
575 00
Ella M. Armes
N. Sub-Primary.
90
63
59.5
.78
Emma H. Sanger
Grammar.
37
39
35
.95
20
1,800 00
Hattie Goodrich.
66
28
34
26
.90
2
275 00
Martha A Verry
66
44
28
32
.91
1
600 00
Hattie F. Cole ..
66
47
35
32
.88
600 00
Susannah M. Duncklee. M. Bamford ..
66
43
42
35
.85
600 00
Martha C Harriss
49
37
39
.87
600 00
Fannie A. Valentine.
45
52
36.5
.75
600 00
Alma A. Leonard.
36
38
28
.82
600 00
Annie C. Grant.
49
48
44
.91
540 00
Priscilla P. Edes.
Sub-Primary. 66
34
55
27
.68
55 00
Henry F. Howard
Grammar.
34
29
24
.76
8
1,800 00
Sarah E. King.
Intermediate.
32
31
21 5
.68
1
600 00
Total.
2448 2370| 19.79
.82
1
248
$44,527 83
* This school is now divided ; Miss Dewing having the first, and Miss Patten the second class.
t This school was established in September.
7
J. H. Foss ..
275 00
Angenette F.Tinkham
66
Intermediate.
44
48
37
.86
1
600 00
John S. Hayes
Grammar. 66
90
78
78 5
.93
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STATISTICS.
1
.
2
3
Luther E. Leland
300 00
Ellen M. Gifford
Grammar. 66
45
37
36
.88
165 00
M. A. Richards,
Primary.
Grammar. 66
1st Intermediate. 1st Sub-Teacher.
200 00
Lucy G. Coe ..
2d
66
Hattie L. Butler.
Kate D. May.
66
600 00
Sarah E. Foster.
600 00
Nettie T. Winship
300 00 0
Julia W. Butterfield.
Primary.
575 00
Lydia B. Bird
275 00
Martha M. Ring t
110 00
66
Primary. 66
600 00
Helen Edes .
8
4
5
Primary. 66
Sarah J. Wood.
Sub-Intermed .* 66
600 00
C. E. Dewing.
.
...
Sub-Intermediate Primary.
Sybilanna Clark
C. A. Washburn.
Primary. 66
600 00
Grammar. 16
Attendance
of
over 15.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation of March 7, 1870, to cover deficit in appropriation for the school year, ending Jan. 21, 1870 . $430 64
Appropriation of March 7, 1870, for the fi-
nancial school year ending Jan. 27, 1871, 54,000 00 Received from the State School Fund 671 11
Received from the County Treasurer, in ac- cordance with the provisions of chap. 250, Acts of 1869 554 37
$55,656 12
Amount expended in excess of appropriation for the year ending Jan. 21, 1870 $430 64
Amount expended for the financial school year ending Jan. 27, 1871 . 52,701 20
53,131 84
Balance unexpended Jan. 27, 1871 . $2,524 28
· Amount paid for teachers' salaries, fuel, and care of school-buildings : -
High School
$5,893 13
Schools at Newton Centre
5,639 81
66 Upper Falls 5,448 25
" Lower Falls
3,871 25
" Auburndale 3,936 30
66 " West Newton 6,930 58
66 " Newtonville and North Village 7,074 46
66 " Newton Village .
8,841 87
" Oak Hill . 2,565 55
Instruction in vocal music ..
1,500 00
Amount carried forward,
$52,701 20
25
Amount brought forward,
$52,701 20
Furniture, repairs, and incidentals for schools
15,294 93 Printing .
501 50
Services of School Committee
1,430 00
Services of Building Committees
750 00
New schoolhouse at Newton Centre
40,000 00
Enlarging schoolhouse, North Village
6,000 00
Horse-sheds at High-school building
575 35
Total expenditure for school purposes . $117,252 98
Total amount expended for school purposes for the five years ending January, 1871 . $480,765 85
Total value of school property owned by the town . $327,600 00
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COURSE OF STUDY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Elements of Reading and Spelling, by use of Sheldon's or Leigh's Chart and Primer. Hillard's Primer, Second Reader, and Third Reader, as far as Twenty-fifth Lesson. Worcester's Primary Speller, Walton's Primary Arithmetic, - the four Tables thoroughly learned. Drawing and Printing on Slates. Oral Instruction in Geography. Singing. Miscellaneous Oral Instruction and Physical Exercise.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT. First Year.
Hillard's Third Reader. Worcester's Comprehensive Speller, to page 49. Intellectual Arithmetic. Warren's Primary Geography. Writing.
Second Year.
Hillard's Fourth Reader. Worcester's Comprehensive Speller, to page 69. Walton's Intellectual Arithmetic. Warren's Primary Geog- raphy. Writing.
Third Year.
Hillard's Fourth and Intermediate Reader. Worcester's Compre- hensive Speller, to page 94. Walton's Intellectual Arithmetic. Writ- ten Arithmetic, -four Rules. Swift's Natural Philosophy, - Part Second. Review of Primary Geography, -third term. Writing.
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
First Year.
Hillard's Intermediate Reader. Written Arithmetic, to compound denominate numbers. Mental Arithmetic once each week. Penman- ship. Worcester's Comprehensive Speller, to page 113. Warren's Common School Geography.
Second Year.
Hillard's Fifth Reader. Spelling, to page 133, and Defining. War- ren's Common School Geography. Arithmetic, to Percentage. Mental Arithmetic once each week. Writing, daily. Oral Instruction in Gram- mar.
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Third Year.
Hillard's Fifth Reader. Spelling and Defining. Declamation and Composition. Hooker's Natural History. Greene's Grammar. Arith- metic, to Involution. Warren's Common School Geography and Natu- ral History, to alternate. Mentil Arithmetic once each week. Writ- ing, daily.
Fourth Year.
Hillard's Sixth Reader. Spelling and Defining. Declamation and Composition. Grammar. Warren's Common School Geography. Physiology, taught orally. Common School Arithmetic completed and reviewed. Mental Arithmetic once each week. Warren's Physical Geography, and Anderson's United-States History, to alternate. Writ- ing, daily. General Instruction one hour each week through the course.
Regular lessons in drawing are to be given throughout the Intermedi- ate and Grammar courses.
HIGH-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL COURSE.
First Year.
First Term. - Arithmetic and Book-keeping. Modern History. Composition. Latin or French.
Second Term. - Algebra. Modern History. Composition. Latin or French.
Third Term. - Algebra, Ancient History, and Geography. Composi- tion. Latin or French.
Second Year.
First Term. - Algebra. Natural Philosophy. English Literature and Rhetoric. Latin or French.
Second Term. - Geometry. Natural Philosophy. English Literature and Rhetoric. Latin or French.
Third Term. - Geometry. Natural Philosophy. English Literature and Rhetoric. Latin or French.
Third Year.
First Term. - Geometry. Chemistry. English Literature and Rhet- oric. Latin, or French and German. Second Term. - The same.
Third Term. - Trigonometry. Natural History. Moral Philosophy. Latin, or French and German.
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Fourth Year.
First Term. - Trigonometry. Geology. Moral Philosophy. Latin, or French and German. Second Term. - Surveying. Botany. Mental Philosophy. Latin, or French and German. Third Term. - Astronomy. Physical Geography. Constitution of United States and Massachusetts. Latin, or French and German.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
First Year.
First Term. - Arithmetic. Ancient History and Geography. Latin Lessons.
Second Term. - Algebra. Ancient History. Latin Lessons. Third Term. - Algebra. Ancient History. Latin Grammar and Reader.
Second Year.
First Term. - Algebra. Greek. Latin Grammar and Reader. Second Term. - Geometry. Greek. Cæsar.
Third Term. - Geometry. Greek. Cæsar.
Third Year.
First Term. - Latin Composition. Greek. Virgil.
Second Term. - Latin and Greek Composition. Greek. Virgil. Third Term. - Latin and Greek Composition. Greek. Virgil.
Fourth Year.
First Term. - Latin and Greek Composition. Greek. Cicero. Second Term. - Latin and Greek Composition. Greek. Cicero. Third Term. - Latin and Greek Composition. Greek. Cicero.
Reading, Composition, and Declamations throughout the course. Drawing, Perspective, and Designing.
LIST OF BOOKS
ORDERED FOR THE USE OF THE SCHOOLS.
READERS. - Hillard's Series.
SPELLERS. - Worcester's Series.
GRAMMAR. - Greene's. ARITHMETIC. - Walton's Series.
ALGEBRA. - Greenleaf's.
GEOGRAPHIES. - Warren's Series.
HISTORIES. - Worcester's General, and Anderson's United States.
PHILOSOPHY. - Quackenbos's. PHYSIOLOGY. - Hooker's.
WRITING. - Payson, Dunton, & Scribner's, and Potter & Hammond's. BOOK-KEEPING. - Payson, Dunton, & Scribner's.
DICTIONARIES. - Worcester's Comprehensive.
NATURAL HISTORY. - Hooker's.
SWIFT'S FIRST LESSONS IN NATURAL HISTORY. - Part Second. DRAWING. - Bartholomew's System, and Apgar's Map-Drawing. LEIGH'S AND SHELDON'S PHONIC CHARTS.
The Sub-Committee in the High School Department order the following text-books and studies in addition to the above : -
GREEK. - Crosby's or Sophocles' Grammar; do. Greek Lessons ; Xeno- phon's Anabasis, and Homer's Iliad.
LATIN. - Harkness's Grammar and Reader; do. Viri Roma ; Johnson's Cicero; Gould's Virgil ; do. Cæsar; do. Sallust.
FRENCH. - Fasquelle's Method and Reader; Magill's Grammar and Reader. BOTANY. - Gray's. CHEMISTRY. - Youman's or Steele's.
GEOMETRY. - Greenleaf's.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. - Quackenbos's.
AGASSIZ AND GOULD'S COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC. - Quackenbos's Series. GERMAN GRAMMAR. - Otto's. NATURAL HISTORY. - Smellie's. INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY. - Wayland's.
MORAL PHILOSOPHY. - Wayland's. GEOLOGY. - Hitchcock's or Tenny's. ASTRONOMY. - Olmstead's.
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