Town of Newton annual report 1881-1882, Part 7

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 434


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500 81


1876


9,336 14


1861


757 14


1877


10,259 57


1862


781 50


1878


8,284 10


1863


632 27


1879


8,246 42


1864


605 02


1880


6,455 80


1865


870 77


1881


6,808 75


1866


643 72


SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS, 1882.


Mayor,


$1,000 00


City Clerk,


2,000 00


City Treasurer and Collector,


2,700 00


Assistant for Treasurer and Collector,


1,100 00


City Auditor,


1,900 00


City Solicitor,


1,000 00


Chairman of Assessors,


1,200 00


Two Assessors, each,


700 00


Assistant Assessors, each per day,


4 00


City Messenger,


1,100 00


Clerk of Common Council,


300 00


Sealer of Weights and Measures,


75 00


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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.


Superintendent of Streets, two horses, and carriage furnished, City Engineer,


$1,400 00


1,900 00


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Chief Engineer, team furnished,


$1,300 00


Assistant Engineer, 300 00


Superintendent of Fire Alarm Telegraph,


1,000 00


Three Engineers of Steamers, each,


950 00


Four Drivers of Steamers and Hook and Ladder Co., each, 750 00


Eight Foremen of Steamers and Hook and Ladder and Hose Co., each, 90 00


Eight Assistant Foremen and Clerks of Steamers, and Hook and Ladder and Hose Co., each, 75 00


Fifty-eight hosemen and laddermen, each,


70 00


POLICE DEPARTMENT.


City Marshal, team furnished,


$1,300 00


Sergeant of Police,


1,000 00


Two mounted policemen, each,


900 00


Ten policemen, each,


900 00


One policeman, 825 00


One policeman,


750 00


First year of service,


750 00


Second year of service,


825 00


Third and subsequent years,


900 00


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POOR DEPARTMENT.


Seven Overseers of Poor, each, $50 00


City Almoner and Clerk of Board,


700 00


Warden of Almshouse,


600 00


WATER DEPARTMENT.


Water Registrar,


$1,800 00


Superintendent of Water Works, team furnished,


1,500 00


Inspector of meters and fixtures,


900 00


Engineer at Pumping Station, with allowance for house rent, 1,200 00


Fireman and Watchman, Pumping Station,


600 00


SCHOOLS.


Superintendent,


$2,700 00


One teacher,


2,700 00


Four teachers, at $1,900,


7,600 00


One teacher,


1,950 00


Three teachers, at $1,700,


5,100 00


Two teachers, at $1,500,


3,000 00


One teacher,


1,400 00


One teacher,


800 00


Four teachers, at $1,000,


4,000 00


One teacher,


900 00


Twelve teachers, at $750,


9,000 00


Forty teachers, at $600,


24,000 00


One teacher,


550 00


Five teachers, $500,


2,500 00


One teacher,


400 00


Two teachers, at $300,


600 00


One teacher,


200 00


Secretary of School Committee,


300 00


99


Janitors.


One Janitor,


$650 00


626 00


66


540 00


66


425 00


66


400 00


300 00


66


275 00


66


200 00


180 00


66


120 00


192 00


Two Janitors, at $96,


LIBRARY.


Librarian,


$1,000 00


Assistant Librarian,


600 00


Three assistants, each $400,


1,200 00


Janitor, -


600 00


100


THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES and DEATHS


IN NEWTON FOR THE YEAR 1881, are as follows :-


Births, 410


Marriages, 160


Deaths, 284


OVERSEERS' REPORT. 1881.


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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWTON, THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR RESPECTFULLY SUBMITS ITS ANNUAL REPORT.


The year has been an uneventful one, with only the ordi- nary calls upon the Board, with the exception of the months of January and February, which were unusually severe, and the demands for aid during those months were large.


General business prosperity has given all who desired it abundance of work at remunerative prices, since the opening of Spring.


There has been no unusual or prevailing sickness in any of the Wards of the City during the year.


These two latter facts have had an important bearing upon the work of this department. As a whole, the year may be called one of more than average prosperity for the City, and thus favorable to the Board in its operations.


The class composed of widows with their families and the aged, are not, equally with others, relieved by general busi- ness prosperity, and the calls from these have continued large.


So far as employment can be furnished to both males and females, in corresponding degree is the City relieved of the burden of the poor. Greater than this is the good influence of the feeling of independence and self-support on the part of those who would be otherwise obliged to ask for aid.


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There is destitution arising from lack of employment in winter, not only on the part of men who work out of doors in summer, but also women who wholly, or in greater part, support their families in summer, but can get only a small amount of work in winter, when their needs are greatest.


The suggestion, not original with this Board, that aid from the State, to those not having settlement, be not limited to four weeks in winter, is endorsed. In many cases, light aid during the winter months is sufficient to carry a family suc- cessfully through the year.


Public charities, at the best, fail to do all that is called for in case of the worthy poor. By them only the bare necessities of life are provided. Charitable societies can most effectually supplement public aid in many cases, where such societies exist, and prove of great benefit to worthy persons struggling for existence, and save them from breaking down in perma- nent discouragement. Private, much better than public agencies, can know and do for the unfortunate and needy, as they can better understand their condition and necessity and meet them.


The whole amount appropriated by the City Council for this department, for the year 1881, was as follows :


Poor out of Almshouse, $7,500 00


Almshouse and repairs, 3,500 00


Additional appropriation for land purchase, 3,100 00


Total appropriation, $14,100 00


The whole number of persons relieved out of Alms-


house during the year, 364


Having legal settlement in Newton, 250


Having settlement in other cities and towns, 43


Having no settlement, 71


The whole amount expended for relief of poor out of Alms- house for the year is as follows :


105


Cash payments,


$293 35


Groceries,


1,446 86


Fuel,


963 64


Clothing,


27 30


Board,


122 86


Medical attendance,


380 30


Medicine,


77 05


Burials,


98 00


Feeding travellers,


53 20


Support of insane,


1,652 69


Paid other cities and towns,


481 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts,


162 50


Salary of Almoner and Clerk,


700 00


Salary of Overseers, 350 00


Total expenditures,


$6,808 75


Receipts from the State, other cities and towns, and


friends of the relieved,


992 38


Net cost of poor out of Almshouse,


$5,816 37


Amount of appropriation,


$7,500 00


Balance of appropriation unexpended, net, $1,683 63


The management of the Almshouse and farm has continued in the efficient hands of Mr. N. D. Moody and wife, and they have been successfully and profitably conducted.


The larger part of the inmates of the house are aged, and receive the peculiar consideration which this class requires.


Mr. Moody, with his son who has been retained as assistant, has performed nearly all the labor of the farm, with the help of the inmates of the house.


Additional land for pasturage has been purchased, consist- ing of 261% acres at a cost of $95 00 per acre, amounting to $2,498 50. The convenience and profit of this additional land has proved the wisdom of the purchase.


A house with two acres of land, adjoining the above-named, has been purchased, to be used, if required, as a small-pox


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hospital. The cost of this was $700 00, making the whole purchase amount to $3,198 50.


The almshouse which has been built about thirty-five years, with little enlargement or improvement, is too limited in capacity for the present needs of the City. The amount of work to be done, and the numbers to be provided for, call for an enlargement of the house, not only that the work may be conveniently performed, but also that the inmates may be more properly and comfortably cared for.


The whole number cared for at the Almshouse during


all or part of the year is 44


Present number, 35


Average number for the year, 27


Number died during the year, 1


Excellent general health has prevailed, although so many in the house are far advanced in life, thirteen of the number being between the ages of 60 and 98, two being over 90. The person who died in the house was, for lack of hospital accom- modations in the City, carried to the almshouse in a paralyzed condition, and died in ten days.


The collection of house offal, under direction of the Warden, has been made most satisfactorily in Ward Five and part of Ward Three, without additional expense, and utilized on the farm. It may be found desirable and profitable to enlarge this branch of operations in connection with the farm in the future.


The whole amount appropriated for Almshouse ex-


pense and repairs was $3,500 00


Additional, for land purchase, 3,100 00


Total appropriation, $6,600 00


Expense and repairs including land purchase, $6,987 66


Excess of expense above appropriation,


$387 66


107


Amount received from sales of produce, wood, board, etc.,


$1,552 35


Receipts deducted from whole expense leaves


$5,435 31


Cost of poor out of Almshouse, 5,816 37


Total cost of Poor Department for the year, $11,251 68


Total appropriation for Poor Department,


$14,100 00


Unexpended balance of whole appropriation,


$2,848 32


For the Overseers of the Poor, 1 -


NATHAN MOSMAN, Clerk.


January 5, 1882.


CITY MARSHAL'S REPORT. 1881.


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REPORT OF CITY MARSHAL.


OFFICE OF THE CITY MARSHAL, WEST NEWTON, Dec. 31, 1881.


To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF NEWTON :


Gentlemen :- I have the honor to present herewith, as required by City Ordinance, the Eighth Annual Report of this Department, reviewing its transactions for the year 1881, as far as may be necessary for general information. Its routine of service has not materially differed from that of recent years, although enlarged in its sphere of duty and supervision. It is hoped and believed, however, that its increasing responsibilities, necessarily entailed by growth of population and extension of business interests, requiring more and more of municipal care and police vigilance, have been as fully and efficiently met as could reasonably be expected.


The number and arrangement of the Department has remained substantially unchanged from that of the previous year; the men numbering sixteen in all, including two mounted patrolmen, one located as before at Newton High- lands, and the other changed from Auburndale to West New- ton. With a single exception, the men composing the force are the same as in 1880; the exception occurring in Ward Five, where one resigned and another was appointed to the vacancy. The City Marshal and the Sergeant, or ranking officer of the force, have retained their headquarters at the City Hall. This arrangement has secured practical and needed advantage, and with the general disposal of the force,


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a more effective preservation of the public peace and security has been maintained.


The compensation and expenses of the Department paid during the year aggregate $16,930 96, and the receipts into the City treasury, from the fees of officers, etc., have amount- ed to $808 00, leaving the net expenditure $16,122 96.


It will be remembered that in two or three previous reports attention was earnestly called to the sanitary and unsafe condition of the Police Station at the City Hall, and to the pressing necessity of a more substantial location for Station One in Ward Seven. It is now a source of great satisfaction to be able to say that, in the enlargement and improvement of the City Hall, the much desired and needed relief and security have been satisfactorily obtained in the former case. In the latter, however, the disadvantages and inconveniences are so manifest and serious, that it seems again necessary to urge the removal of that Station to some better locality ; not only will the public interest, but also the convenience of both the Police and Fire Departments be very essentially promoted thereby. It may be proper to add that the Chief of the Fire Department, as well as other citizens interested in the efficiency of both, fully coincide in this view.


The telephone, placed at headquarters the past year, has been of much value to this Department, both as regards com- municating quickly with the different stations, and also the saving of expense for carriage hire which was formerly in- curred.


The general service of the Police Department for 1881 is briefly exhibited in the following recapitulation :


General Statistics.


Number of Arrests,


402


Number of Search War-


66 Males,


361


rants served, 13


:6


Females,


41


Number of Truant cases re-


66


Americans, 93


ported and investig'd, 80


113


Number of Foreigners, 309


66


Minors,


65


66


Commitments, 41


Lost and stolen property rest'd to owners, $3,274 99


Nativity of Prisoners.


United States,


93


Scotland, 1


British Provinces,


3


Italy,


1


Ireland,


268


Negro,


1


England,


20


Sweden,


1


France,


3


Russia,


1


Germany,


9


Indian,


1


Nature of Crime.


Assault and battery,


53


Fornication, 1


66 felonious,


2


Idle and disorderly,


1


66


on officer,


3


Insane,


8


Adultery,


4


Larceny, simple, 23


Attempt at rape,


Larceny, felonious,


3


Attempt to burn a dwell- ing house,


1


itation,


1


Breaking street lamps,


4


Libel,


1


Breaking and entering,


1


Malicious mischief,


11


Burning trees and grass,


2


Night walker,


1


Breaking glass,


1


Obtaining money under false pretences,


4


Common drunkard,


15


Robbery,


1


Cruelty to dumb animals,


4


Runaway,


2


Contempt of court,


2


Suspicion of incendiarism,


1


Disorderly,


8


Stubborn children,


5


Disturbing the peace,


84


Stealing a ride,


3


Drunkenness,


79


Suspicious persons,


5


Evading car fare,


3


Trespass,


1


Embezzlement,


2 Tramp,


3


Employing a boy under the


Truants,


5


age of 16 without a


Throwing stones,


1


certificate from the


Threatening bodily harm, 2


School Committee,


1 Vagrant,


3


1


Lewd and lascivious cohab-


Breaking jail,


1


Number provided with Lodging, 432


114


Violation of City Ordinance, 5 Violation of liquor law, 36


66 Sunday law, 3 Vagabond, 1


Miscellaneous.


Accidents where assistance


was rendered, 19


Buildings found open and secured, 280


Dangerous buildings, 4


Dead bodies,


2


Defective gas lamps, 351


66


naphtha lamps, 666


sidewalks, 45


streets, 25


66 water pipes,


6


Notices served, 8,100


Nuisances, 35


Stray teams put up, 26


Disturbances suppressed,


139


Fire alarms given,


13


Fires extinguished without alarm, 7


Horses killed, 8


Injured persons assisted, 24


Intoxicated persons helped home, 130


Lost children restored to


friends, 14


Lanterns hung in danger- ous places, 28


66 gas pipes, 8


Dogs killed, 17


Street obstructions re- moved, 35


Water running to waste, 28


It will be observed that the whole number of arrests during the year have been 402, against 346 in 1880. The number will probably increase from year to year, unless some excep- tional condition interposes. It is also gratifying to note, as the result of recent salutary legislation, that the number of tramps provided for by the City has been reduced from 2,846 in the year 1876, to 432 during the past year.


Another matter in connection with the Police service of the City may have appropriate reference here, viz .: the en- forcement of the law against the unlicensed sale of intoxicat- ing liquors. The arrests for violation of that law, in 1881, have been 36 against 25 in the preceding year. This result, unimportant as it may appear, affords at least some indication of purpose to enforce the law and restrain intemperance. That more has not been accomplished in this direction is largely attributable to failure in securing proof necessary for


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conviction, and in some cases to the unwillingness of persons to enter complaint or to testify against neighbors, and against those with whom they have business relations. With proper authority and evidence, no officer would be faithful to his trust, if neglecting to proceed in the enforcement of the law. With such requisites and with faithful co-operation on the part of officers, especially in localities most exposed to the evils of the liquor traffic, much more might be done towards their suppression.


It should be understood that the jurisdiction of the City Marshal gives no authority in the matter of appointment or discharge. He can only suspend for one week in case of disobedience of orders or dereliction of. duty. Re-instatement or dismissal devolves upon higher executive administration. But it is a source of satisfaction, creditable alike to the City and to its Police Department, that neglect of duty and dis- qualification for service have been the exceptional conditions. With no thought of invidious intent or discrimination, it is only fair to say that the integrity of the force as a whole has been acceptably maintained; nor should it be permitted to suffer disparagement from any cause, not even from a suspicion of individual failure or disloyalty.


With many thanks to all who have aided the Department by counsel and co-operation, and by faithfulness and devotion to its service, this Report is


Respectfully submitted,


R. L. HINDS, City Marshal.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


CITY OF NEWTON.


1 882.


No. XLIII.


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BOSTON : FRANKLIN PRESS: RAND, AVERY, & COMPANY. 1883.


ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


JANUARY, 1882.


HON. WILLIAM P. ELLISON, MAYOR, CHAIRMAN, ex officio. EDWIN W. GAY, PRESIDENT COMMON COUNCIL, ex officio. REV. AMOS E. LAWRENCE, CHAIRMAN.


ISAAC HAGAR, SECRETARY. JOHN E. KIMBALL, SUPERINTENDENT.


Elective Members.


EDMUND W. CONVERSE,


Ward One,


66


66


1883.


E. FRANK HOWE,


Two,


1883.


A. AMELIA SMEAD,


66


66


66


1883.


JULIUS L. CLARKE,


66


Three,


66


1885.


ELIJAII W. WOOD,


66


66


66


1885.


WILLIAM S. SMITH,


Four,


ISAAC HAGAR,


66


66


66


1885.


JOHN A. GOULD,


Five,


66


1884.


EDWIN P. SEAVER,


66


66


EMILY W. HYDE,


66


Six,


66


1884.


AMOS E. LAWRENCE,


66


66


1884.


GEORGE W. SHINN,


66


Seven,


66


66


1884.


LINCOLN R. STONE,


66


66


1885.


Present Term of Office. Expires January, 1883.


CHARLES H. STONE,


1885.


1884.


STANDING COMMITTEES.


High School. - Amos E. Lawrence, Elijah W. Wood, E. Frank Howe, William S. Smith, George W. Shinn, Edmund W. Converse, Edwin P. Seaver, Mayor, ex officio. Rules and Regulations. - George W. Shinn, Amos E. Lawrence, Edwin P. Seaver. Accounts and Printing. - Isaac Hagar, Elijah W. Wood, Julius L. Clarke. Schoolhouses. - Isaac Hagar, John A. Gould, Lincoln R. Stone. Salaries. - E. Frank Howe, Edwin W. Gay, Edmund W. Converse. Text-books. - Amos E. Lawrence, William S. Smith, Julius L. Clarke. Music. - Lincoln R. Stone, A. Amelia Smead, Emily W. Hyde.


Drawing and Writing. - A. Amelia Smead, Charles H. Stone, Emily W. Hyde. Industrial Drawing. - Elijah W. Wood, Charles H. Stone, Edwin W. Gay. Evening Schools. - Lincoln R. Stone, Charles H. Stone, George W. Shinn.


DISTRICTS.


NEWTON CENTRE.


AMOS E. LAWRENCE, Newton Centre. JOHN A. GOULD, Newton Upper Falls.


EMILY W. HYDE, Newton Highlands. EDWIN P. SEAVER, Newton Highlands. EDWIN W. GAY, Newton.


UPPER FALLS.


JOHN A. GOULD, Newton Upper Falls. AMOS E. LAWRENCE, Newton Centre.


EMILY W. HYDE, Newton Highlands. EDWIN P. SEAVER, Newton Highlands. ISAAC HAGAR, Newton Lower Falls.


LOWER FALLS.


WILLIAM S. SMITH, Auburndale. ELIJAH W. WOOD, West Newton. ISAAC HAGAR, Newton Lower Falls.


WEST NEWTON.


JULIUS L. CLARKE, West Newton. ELIJAH W. WOOD, West Newton.


E. FRANK HOWE, Newtonville. WILLIAM S. SMITH, Auburndale. A. AMELIA SMEAD, Newtonville.


NEWTONVILLE.


E. FRANK HOWE, Newtonville. LINCOLN R. STONE, Newton.


A. AMELIA SMEAD, Newtonville. EDMUND W. CONVERSE, Newton. CHARLES H. STONE, Newton.


NEWTON.


LINCOLN R. STONE, Newton. GEORGE W. SHINN, Newton.


CHARLES H. STONE, Newton. EDMUND W. CONVERSE, Newton. EDWIN W. GAY, Newton.


ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


JANUARY, 1883.


HON. WILLIAM P. ELLISON, MAYOR, CHAIRMAN, ex officio. EDWIN W. GAY, PRESIDENT COMMON COUNCIL, ex officio. REV. AMOS E. LAWRENCE, CHAIRMAN. ISAAC HAGAR, SECRETARY. JOHN E. KIMBALL, SUPERINTENDENT.


Elective Members.


EDMUND W. CONVERSE,


Ward One,


Present Term of Office. Expires January, 1886.


CHARLES H. STONE,


-


66


66


1886.


JOHN W. DICKINSON,


66


Two,


66


66


1886.


A. AMELIA SMEAD,


66


66


1886.


JULIUS L. CLARKE,


Three,


66


1885.


FISHER AMES,*


66


66


66


1884.


WILLIAM S. SMITH,


66


Four,


ISAAC HAGAR,


66


66


66


66


1884.


EDWIN P. SEAVER,


66


66


1884.


EMILY W. HYDE,


Six,


66


1884.


AMOS E. LAWRENCE,


66


1884.


GEORGE W. SHINN,


66


Seven,


1884.


LINCOLN R. STONE,


66


66


1885.


* Elected to fill a vacancy.


66


1885.


1885.


JOHN A. GOULD,


66


Five,


STANDING COMMITTEES.


High School .- A. E. Lawrence, Fisher Ames, J. W. Dickinson, W. S. Smith, G. W. Shinn, E. W. Converse, E. P. Seaver, and the Mayor, ex officio.


Evening Schools. - G. W. Shinn, L. R. Stone, J. W. Dickinson.


Music. - L. R. Stone, A. A. Smead, E. W. Hyde.


Drawing and Writing. - A. A. Smead, C. H. Stone, E. W. Hyde. Industrial Drawing .- J. A. Gould, C. H. Stone, E. W. Gay.


Text-books. - A. E. Lawrence, W. S. Smith, J. L. Clarke.


Rules and Regulations. - G. W. Shinn, A. E. Lawrence, E. P. Seaver.


Salaries. - E. W. Converse, E. W. Gay, Fisher Ames.


Schoolhouses. - Isaac Hagar, C. H. Stone, L. R. Stone.


Accounts and Printing. - Isaac Hagar, Fisher Ames, J. L. Clarke.


DISTRICTS.


NEWTON CENTRE.


A. E. LAWRENCE.


E. W. HYDE.


J. A. GOULD. E. P. SEAVER.


E. W. GAY.


UPPER FALLS.


J. A. GOULD. ISAAC HAGAR.


A. E. LAWRENCE. E. P. SEAVER.


E. W. HYDE.


AUBURNDALE AND LOWER FALLS.


W. S. SMITH.


FISHER AMES.


ISAAC HAGAR.


WEST NEWTON.


J. L. CLARKE.


J. W. DICKINSON.


A. A. SMEAD.


NEWTONVILLE.


J. W. DICKINSON.


A. A. SMEAD. C. H. STONE.


L. R. STONE.


E. W. CONVERSE.


NEWTON.


L. R. STONE.


G. W. SHINN. C. H. STONE.


E. W. CONVERSE.


E. W. GAY.


FISHER AMES. W. S. SMITH.


CITY OF NEWTON.


IN BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Sept. 27, 1882.


The following-named members were appointed to prepare the Annual Report of the School Committee for the year 1882; viz., Amos E. Lawrence, Edwin W. Gay, Edwin P. Seaver, John A. Gould, and Julius L. Clarke.


Dec. 27, 1882.


The Annual Report was presented by Rev. Amos E. Lawrence, and accepted.


Jan. 3, 1883.


Ordered, That twenty-eight hundred copies of the Annual Report be printed. 1


ISAAC HAGAR, Secretary.


TABLE OF CONTENTS.


PAGE


GENERAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


11-17


Rules and Regulations of the Committee


11


Expenditures of the department


11


Schoolhouses


12


Light, ventilation, drainage


13


Sewing in the schools


14


Superintendent's report .


16


HIGH SCHOOL


18-33 19


Graduating class


21


Arrangement of studies .


21


Laboratory


25


Physical culture


25


The department of belles-lettres


26


Mathematical department


30


GRADUATES OF 1882


33


GRAMMAR-SCHOOLS


34-49 34


Report of Oak-Hill School


35


Report of Thompsonville School


36


Report of Prospect School


37


Report of Hyde School .


37, 38


Report of Hamilton School


39,40


Report of Williams School


41-43 44


Report of Pierce, Davis, and Franklin Schools ·


Report of Adams, Claflin, and Jackson Schools


45-47 ·


Report of Bigelow, Underwood, and Lincoln Schools .


· 18, 49


REPORT OF DRAWING COMMITTEE


· 50,51


REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL DRAWING


· 52, 53


REPORT ON MUSIC


· 54-58 59


REPORT OF EVENING SCHOOL


.


STATISTICS ·


. 60-64


REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT


· 65-81


SECRETARY'S REPORT .


. 82-87


APPENDIX


. S9, 90


Statistics


Report of Mason School .


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


TO THE CITIZENS OF NEWTON, -In compliance with usage and the statute of the Commonwealth, the School Committee of Newton respectfully submit their Forty- third Annual Report.


RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE.


The Rules and Regulations which six years ago were adopted for the administration of the schools, have, dur- ing the past year, been carefully revised by a Committee of the Board, aided by the school superintendent. The result has been highly satisfactory. Rules that experi- ence had proved in a few cases to be cumbersome or impracticable have been eliminated ; others have been cleared of ambiguities ; others still have been condensed or simplified; and the whole code has gained in per- spicuity and order by a more logical arrangement. Con- venience in use has also been greatly aided by the addi- tion of marginal headings and a copious index.


EXPENDITURES OF THE DEPARTMENT.


The accompanying Report of the Secretary will show, that, of the $91,252.72 available for school purposes the past year, there has been expended the sum of $91,241.90.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


The expenditures of the department, exclusive of school-buildings, during the last nine years, since New- ton changed from town to city government, have been as follows : -


Expenditure for 1874


$97,353 65


Expenditure for 1875


96,649 23


Expenditure for 1876


86,533 64


Expenditure for 1877 83,917 89


Expenditure for 1878 83,208 63


Expenditure for 1879 . 82,260 08


Expenditure for 1880 83,613 47


Expenditure for 1881


83,700 27


Expenditure for 1882


91,252 72


The increased expenditure of about $8,000 this year over that last reported is due chiefly to repairs and essential changes in several of the school-buildings. It will be seen, however, that the aggregate still falls below. that of 1874 by about $6,000, - a fact that will be accepted by our citizens as sufficient evidence that the Board are watchful against all extravagance in administering the trust confided to them, while yet careful that the schools shall not suffer through mis- taken ideas of economy. A still larger appropriation will be necessary for the year 1883, and will be un- grudgingly granted, we will not doubt, by a govern- ment justly proud of its schools, and not willing that their usefulness shall be crippled.




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