Town of Newton annual report 1882-1883, Part 22

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 836


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GRADES. - Concluded.


VIII.


IX.


Class IV.


Class III.


Class II.


Class I.


SCHOOLS.


No. of Pupils.


Av Age


Av Ag.


Av Age


Av Ag.


dr Age


Av Age


Years.


Mos.


No. of Pupils.


Years.


Mos.


No. of Pupils.


Years.


Mos.


No. of Pupils.


Years.


Mos.


Years.


Mos.


Years.


Mos.


296 313


High


§ 1892, ₹ 1883, 2,


15 16


11 1


51 70


16 17


49 40


17 12


10


413 403


Mason


§ 1882, ₹ 18.3.


32 32


13 .10


32 16


14 14


1


:


c ..


:


36 27


§ 1882,


25


Thompsonville ...


₹ 1883,


40


Hyde.


§ 1882, ₹ 1883,


15 10


13 .


2


13 |14


C.


-720


:


Hamilton


¿ 1883,


9


13


T


2


15


10 11


120 101


Williams


§ 1882. ₹1883,


27


13


2


13


14


4


12


14


1


22


14


14


Pierce


₹ 1883,


27


13


6


30


14


185 192


Davis


₹ 1883,


3 1882,


183 168


Adams.


$ 1882, 1883,


26


13


8


23


it


0:00


193 205


Claflin'.


₹ 1883,


ii


10


216 167


Jackson


$ 1882.


.


. .


. .


.


320


Bigelow


§ 1882. ₹ 1883,


53 33


13 14


1


33


14


9


299


Underwood


§ 1882, ₹ 1883,


180


Lincoln


§ 1892. 1883,


39


Total.


§ 1882, ₹ 1883,


225 133


13 13


7 8


180 166


14 14


5 7


104 125


15 15


5 3


92 78


15 16


1


51 70


16 17


49 40


17


8


3311


17 10 3028


: :


.


104 125


15 15


5


..


..


13


13


1


. .


. .


.


.


13


3


15


14. 6


180 185


§ 1882,


17


13


6


18


14


Prospect.


₹ 1883,


23


13.


->


17


14


240 243


§ 1882,


6


14


3


17


14


271 269


§ 1882.


29


13


6


35


195 195


Franklin


1883,


39


13


6


28


14


10


22


14


6


298


159


35


Total Number of Pupils.


No. of Pupils.


No. of Pupils.


5


8


Oak Hill'


$ 1882, ¿ 1883,


5


14


..


92


11


5


§ 1882.


§ 1882,


266


₹ 1883,


Table showing the Monthly Attendance, by Schools, for the Year ending June 29, 1883.


94


.


182.8


168.5


92.4


178.6


164


92.1


169.7


155.4


91.5


158.1


140.5


88.9


160.6


144.3


89.8


153.4


140.3


91 2


Adams


182.7


170.3


93.8


229.6


190.9


95.6


202.8


193


95.5


198.3


182


92.3


188.2


169.6


90.8


182.4


169.3


92.8


Claflin .


203.3


184.1


90.7


215.3


198.9


92.6


205.6


187.4


91.4


205.6


187.4


91.4


206.4


194.6


94.5


206.4


187.6


91.1


Jackson


250.5


226.5


90.2


265.7


241.7


90.9


274.9


247.2


89.8


270.3


237.4


87.9


265.8


227.9


82.6


258


224.2


86 7


Bigelow


281.7


270.1


95.6


293.9


280.1


95.5


291.5


274.8


94.6


287.9


268.8


93.1


286.8


267


93.3


279.7


260.1


93


Underwood


151.2


138.2


91.1


163.5


154.3


94.2


173.8


160.9


92.6


178


159


89.3


176.7


152.9


86.8


176.2


153.3


87.3


Lincoln


34.3


30.4


88.8


32.3


30.1


93.5


32


30.5


95.5


31.6


29.4


93


33


29.6


89.6


32.7


30.2


92.3


'Total


3177.6


2965.4


93.3


3307.1


3115.1


94.1


3286.2


3048.4


92.7


3221.2


2920.3


90.7


3176.8


2857.6


90


3125


2854.3


91.3


Attendance.


High.


287.5


274.9


95.6


294.2


282


95.8


289.4


272.6


94.2


279.7


256.5


91.7


270.4


248.9


92


269.4


249.5


92.6


Mason


400.4


369.8


92.6


415.5


381.5


92.7


425.8


379.7


90.8


403.1


345.2


86


395.7


358.3


91


394.1


354.5


90.3


Oak Hill


35.5


32.1


90.3


34.6


31


89.6


34.5


31.5


91.3


30.9


25.6


82.4


28.8


23.9


82.9


25.6


23.6


92.1


Thompsonville


24.4


21.6


88.5


26.8


22.5


83.9


26.8


24.1


89.9


26.7


22.9


83.7


25.3


22.2


87.7


25


22.4


89.6


Hyde .


172.8


159.8


91.9


172.5


161.8


93.3


175.6


165.9


94.7


179.7


166.4


92.8


179.1


174.2


92 9


175.1


162.9


92.5


Prospect


229.5


218


94.8


227.7


218.5


95.9


231.2


214.7


93


228.4


220.2


96.3


229.3


217.4


94.5


227


214.6


94.4


Hamilton


116.4


112.5


96.7


118


112.9


95.9


116


110.7


95.9


113


103.3


92.3


10S.6


100.1


93.6


111.2


104.2


94.7


Williams.


259.9


241.3


93.1


265.8


246.3


92.4


264.8


245.3


92.5


259.8


230.7


88.9


252.4


226.3


89.4


246.4


218.1


88.7


Pierce


178.2


172.7


97


182.1


175.3


96.5


177.1


170.9


96.5


178.6


169


94.9


180.3


170.5


94.8


177.5


170.9


96.2


Davis .


186.7


174.6


93.5


191


183.3


95.6


194.7


183.8


94.6


191.5


176


92.1


189.4


169.9


89.9


184.9


168.6


91.2


REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


SEPTEMBER.


OCTOBER.


NOVEMBER.


DECEMBER.


JANUARY.


FEBRUARY.


Average


Average


Attendance.


Percentage of


Whole Number.


Average


Attendance.


Percentage of


Average


Average


Average


Average


Attendance.


Percentage of


Whole Number.


Average


Attendance.


Percentage of


Average


Average


Attendance.


Percentage of


SCHOOLS.


Whole Number.


Average


Attendance.


Attendance.


Whole Number.


Attendance.


Percentage of


Attendance.


Whole Number.


Average


Attendance.


Attendance.


Whole Number.


Franklin


.


MARCH.


Whole Number.


Average


Attendance.


Percentage of


Whole Number.


Attendance. Average


Percentage of


Attendance. Average


Attendance. Average


Percentage of


Attendance. Average


Average


Attendance.


Percentage of


Whole Number


Pupils Enrolled.


Number under


five years of age.


Number over fif-


Whole Number.


Attendance.


Percentage of


Attendance.


High


266.3


245.1


92.1


254.6


232.9


91.5


247.5


223.4


90.3


241.4


212.4


88


311


0


265


270


249.8


92.5


Mason


376.2


323.3


86.3


381.8


351.2


90.1


385.5


341.8


89.4


370.3


335.4


91.1


474


1


18


394.8


354.1


89.7


Oak Hill


25.6


21.6


84.5


25.8


23.3


90.1


26.5


24.8


93.7


26.5


24.3


91.6


37


1


1


29.4


26.2


89.1


Thompsonville


25


21.4


85.6


24.5


21.6


88.1


27.5


23.9


86.9


28


25.1


89.6


41


4


0


26


22.8


87.7


Hyde .


171.8


154.5


89.7


189.2


169


93.7


183.2


171.4


93.6


181.6


170


93


202


0


cr


178.1


165.6


93


Prospect .


225.4


204.6


90.6


229.2


215.2


93.8


227.9


213.9


94


228.3


218.6


95.5


285


1


7


228.4


215.6


94.4


Hamilton


110.1


103


94.1


112.4


105.5


94


109.2


103.7


95.4


102.4


97.4


96


139


1


9


111.7


105.3


94.4


Williams.


238.2


191.3


88.7


255.3


231


90.9


250.4


230.1


92.4


222.3


202.7


91.9


314


1


17


251.5


226.3


90


Pierce


172.8


161.2


93.4


164.8


156.9


95.3


165.7


157.5


95.1


160


150.1


93.9


192


0


15


173.7


165.5


95.3


Davis .


178.9


158.5


88.5


194.4


180.3


93


199.7


185.5


93.2


196.7


182.1


93


241


0


0


190.8


176.3


92.4


Franklin


153.6


134.9


87.9


166.1


150.1


90.5


158.2


145.3


91.9


156.3


146.2


92.3


186


0


0


163.7


149


91


Adams.


181.5


162.7


90.1


182.7


168.8


92.4


176


162.6


92.4


150.9


133.1


89.1


240


0


16


187.5


170.2


90.8


Claflin


203.4


181.2


89.4


215.6


198.9


92.5


205.7


188.1


91.7


180.3


160.4


88.7


261


2


204.8


186.9


91.3


Jackson


261


228.6


87.5


302.6


263.8


87.1


284.6


246.3


86.6


274.5


242.2


88.3


478


9


270.8


238.6


SS 1


Bigelow


272.5


249.1


91.5


275.2


253


92


269.3


250.5


93.1


255.9


240.2


94


332


0


ão


280


261.4


93.4


Underwood


179.2


162.4


90.6


191.3


170.9


90


186.7


170.2


91.9


181.8


166.7


91.8


229


0


0


175.8


158.9


90.4


Lincoln ..


31.8


29.7


93.6


37.4


33.4


89.2


39.3


36.5


93


39.1


35.8


91.7


40


0


0


34.4


31.6


91.9


Total


3073.3


2733.1


88.9


3202.9


2925.8


91.3


3142.9


2875.5


91.4


2996.3


2742.7


91.5


4002


23


409


3170.3


2903.8


91.6


95


STATISTICS.


JUNE.


ENROLLED.


YEAR.


SCHOOLS.


Average


Average


Average


Average


teen ycars of age.


Attendance.


APRIL.


MAY.


Whole Number.


Whole Number.


Attendance.


of


ROLL OF TEACHERS.


HIGH SCHOOL.


HEAD MASTER.


EDWARD H. CUTLER, Washington Street, Newton. MASTER. EZRA W. SAMPSON, Washington Street, Newtonville. ASSISTANT MASTER.


S. WARREN DAVIS,


Miss CAROLINE SPEAR, Miss S. ALICE WORCESTER, Miss M. ABBY SMITH, Miss MAYBELL P. DAVIS, Miss EVELYN RICH,


River Street, West Newton. ASSISTANTS.


Walnut Park, Newton. Highland Avenue, Newtonville. Court Street, Newtonville. Highland Avenue, Newtonville. Trowbridge Avenue, Newtonville.


SPECIAL TEACHERS.


Military Drill. Walnut Street, Newtonville. Calisthenics and Elocution.


No. 185 West Canton Street, Boston. Drawing and Writing.


Lexington Street, Auburndale.


Music.


Brooks Avenue, Newtonville.


DISTRICTS.


NEWTON CENTRE.


N. B. - Roman numerals indicate Grades. I-III, Primary ; IV-IX, Grammar.


MASON SCHOOL.


MASTER.


ALBERT L. HARWOOD, IX,


Crescent Avenue, Newton Centre.


ISAAC H. HOUGHTON,


Miss JENNIE E. IRESON,


Miss ADELINE V. POND,


TIMOTHY L. ROBERTS,


97


ROLL OF TEACHERS.


FIRST ASSISTANT.


Warren Street, Newton Centre. Miss SARAH H. MUNGER, VIII,


ASSISTANTS.


Miss DELLA E. DODGE, VII,


Miss MARIA F. WOOD, VI,


Miss MARY TENNEY, V,


Miss SUSAN C. WOOD, IV, V,


Miss LIZZIE S. FRIEND, IV,


Miss MYRA A. WILSON, III,


Miss MARGARET MARTIN, II,


Miss ELLEN M. COOK, I,


Sumner Street, Newton Centre. Homer Street, Newton Centre. No. 378 Tremont Street, Boston. Homer Street, Newton Centre. Station Street, Newton Centre. Sumner Street, Newton Centre. Centre Street, Newton Centre. Station Street, Newton Centre.


VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT.


Miss ALICE S. FRIEND, Station Street, Newton Centre.


OAK HILL SCHOOL.


PRINCIPAL. C. HOWARD WILSON, IV, V, IX, Crescent Avenue, Newton Centre. ASSISTANT.


Miss ANNIE E. BANCROFT, I, II, III, Dedham Street, Newton Centre.


THOMPSONVILLE SCHOOL.


Miss HELEN A. DAVIS, I, II, III, Crescent Avenue, Newton Centre.


UPPER FALLS.


HYDE SCHOOL.


MASTER.


GEORGE A. MOORE, VIII, IX, No. 3 Bowdoin Street, Newton Highlands.


FIRST ASSISTANT. Miss CHARLOTTE E. CAMERON, VI, VII,


Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands.


ASSISTANTS.


Miss GERTRUDE BLACKMAR, IV, V, No. 70 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Miss MABEL R. WETHERBEE, II, III,


No. 4 Bowdoin Street, Newton Highlands.


Miss PHEBE E. CHURCHILL, I, Centre Street, Newton Highlands.


VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT.


Miss ADDIE A. SCOTT,


High Street, Newton Upper Falls.


7


98


REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


PROSPECT SCHOOL.


MASTER.


WALTER C. FROST, VIII, IX, Cottage Hill, Newton Upper Falls. FIRST ASSISTANT.


Miss MARTHA L. PERKINS, VI, VII,


Rockland Place, Newton Upper Falls. ASSISTANTS.


Miss ELLA F. CROOKER, IV, V, No. 876 Fourth Street, South Boston.


Miss'LUCY A. HAYWARD, III, IV, High Street, Newton Upper Falls.


Miss LIZZIE W. EVERETT, II, High Street, Newton Upper Falls.


Mrs. MARY P. FANNING, I,


Spring and Summer Streets, Newton Upper Falls.


LOWER FALLS.


HAMILTON SCHOOL.


MASTER.


LUTHER E. LELAND, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, Mrs. ELLEN M. LELAND, Washington and Beacon Streets, Newton Lower Falls. FIRST ASSISTANT.


Miss ANNIE G. SWAIN, III, IV, Walnut Street, Wellesley.


ASSISTANT.


Miss SARAH H. JUMPER, I, II, Walnut Street, Wellesley.


WILLIAMS SCHOOL.


MASTER. .


GEORGE L. CHANDLER, VII, VIII, IX, Auburn Street, West Newton. FIRST ASSISTANT. Miss ELIZABETH A. PINNOCK, VII, VIII, IX, Highland Street, West Newton.


ASSISTANTS.


Miss LOUISE N. BURBANK, V, VI, Auburndale. Centre Street, Newton.


Miss LAURA SALTONSTALL, IV,


Miss DORA A. ALLEN, III, Washington Street, West Newton.


Miss HATTIE A. INGRAHAM, II, Natick. Natick.


Miss ANN B. SMITH, I,


VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT.


Miss ANNIE A. JACKSON, Washington Street, Newton Lower Falls.


99


ROLL OF TEACHERS.


WEST NEWTON.


PIERCE SCHOOL.


MASTER.


LEVI F. WARREN, VIII, IX, Otis Street, West Newton.


FIRST ASSISTANT. Mrs. SARAH A. WARREN, VIII, IX, Otis Street, West Newton.


ASSISTANTS.


Miss M. ALICE WARREN, VI, VII, VIII, Otis Street, West Newton.


Miss HELEN S. TOLMAN, V,


Miss ELIZA E. SIMMONS, VI, Henshaw Street, West Newton. Washington Street, West Newton.


DAVIS SCHOOL.


PRINCIPAL.


Miss ELLA G. BATES, IV, Otis Street, West Newton.


ASSISTANTS.


Miss CALISTA S. WOOD, III, Highland Street, West Newton. Miss SUSAN E. COPELAND, II, Highland Street, West Newton. Miss SARAH E. FOSTER, I, Waltham Street,. West Newton.


Miss JENNIE M. DANIELS, I, Washington Street, West Newton.


FRANKLIN SCHOOL.


PRINCIPAL. Miss ELIZABETH F. PADDOCK, V, VI, River Street, West Newton. ASSISTANTS. Miss M. ISABEL JENKINS, III, IV, Washington Street, Newton Lower Falls.


Miss EMMA J. THOMPSON, II, River Street, West Newton. River Street, West Newton.


Miss MARGARET A. MAGUE, I,


VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT.


Miss GERTRUDE A. ELDER, Davis Street, West Newton.


100


REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


NEWTONVILLE.


ADAMS SCHOOL.


MASTER.


WILLIAM A. SPINNEY, IX, Webster Street, West Newton. FIRST ASSISTANT.


Miss V. E. HAPGOOD, VII, VIII, ASSISTANTS.


Crafts Street, Newtonville.


Miss ABBIE I. FISKE, V, VI,


Court Street, Newtonville.


MISS ESTELLA M. HAYNES, III, IV, No. 381 Columbus Avenue, Boston.


Miss ANGELIA A. SMITHI, I, II, Prescott Street, Newtonville.


VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT.


Miss LILIAN G. HAYDEN, Washington Park, Newtonville.


CLAFLIN SCHOOL.


PRINCIPAL.


HERBERT F. SYLVESTER, VI, VII, VIII, Bowers Street, Newtonville. ASSISTANTS.


Miss LILLA T. WILDER, VI, VII, VIII, Prescott Street, Newtonville. Miss MARY R. WARE, IV, V, Near Seavern Street, Auburndale. Mrs. LIZZIE JONES, II, III, Lake Street, Waltham. Walnut Street, Wellesley Hills.


Miss LYDIA A. BRIERLEY, I,


VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT.


Miss ANNIE F. MERRILL, Riverside Place, Watertown.


JACKSON SCHOOL.


PRINCIPAL.


GEORGE G. EDWARDS, VII,


Cabot Street, Newtonville.


ASSISTANTS.


Miss H. AUGUSTA MILLARD, VI, Miss GERTRUDE G. TEWKSBURY, V, Mrs. LOUISE W. CLELLAND, IV, Mrs. ABBY J. CLARK, III, Miss ELIZA J. LOVELY, II, Miss GERTRUDE H. SMEAD, I, Miss LOTTIE E. STEARNS, I,


Lowell Street, Newtonville. Walnut Street, Newtonville. Watertown Street, Watertown. Washington Park, Newtonville. Gardner Street, Newton. Court Street, Newtonville. Watertown Street, Newton.


101


ROLL OF TEACHERS.


NEWTON.


BIGELOW SCHOOL.


MASTER.


H. CHAPIN SAWIN, IX,


Maple Place, Newton.


FIRST ASSISTANT.


Mrs. M. M. BAKEMAN, VIII,


No. 28 Upton Street, Boston.


ASSISTANTS.


Miss ANNIE E. GEORGE, VII,


Jefferson Street, Newton.


Miss S. LOUISE SHELTON, VI,


Bennington Street, Newton.


Miss AUGUSTA A. LENTELL, V, VI, Jefferson Street, Newton.


Miss EMILY J. DYER, IV, V, Newtonville Avenue, Newton.


Miss ELIZABETH AYLES, IV, Church Street and Waverley Avenue, Newton.


UNDERWOOD SCHOOL.


PRINCIPAL.


Miss EMMA M. CLEARY, III,


No. 564 Broadway, South Boston.


ASSISTANTS.


Mrs. LIZZIE C. CLARK, II, No. 122 F Street, South Boston. Wellesley.


Miss ANNIE L. WOOD, II,


Miss JOSEPHINE W. LITTLEFIELD, I, Richardson Street, Newton. Summer Street, Watertown.


Miss CLARA A. FARWELL, I,


VOLUNTEER ASSISTANTS.


Miss ADA L. DONKIN, Miss ELLA M. DONKIN,


Brook Street, Newton. Brook Street, Newton.


LINCOLN SCHOOL.


PRINCIPAL.


Mrs. NELLIE B. RAND, I, II, III, Oak Avenue, West Newton.


ASSISTANT. Miss ROSE A. HARKINS, I, II, III, Washington Street, Newtonville.


SECRETARY'S REPORT.


SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1883.


General appropriation for schools


$85,500 00


Received from the dog tax . 1,075 26


$86,575 26


Amount paid to the superintendent $2,700 00


paid to the teachers


73,181 64


paid to the janitors 4,238 00


paid to the secretary 300 00


66 paid for fuel .


4,436 76


Total amount expended


84,856 40


Balance unexpended .


$1,718 86


Appropriation for evening school


$650 00


Amount expended


523 39


Balance unexpended


.


126 61


Appropriation for industrial drawing . $300 00


Amount expended


167 75


Balance unexpended


132 25


Appropriation for conveyance of pupils to the High School .


$650 00


Amount expended


600 00


Balance unexpended


50 00


Appropriation for school incidentals


$10,000 00


Amount expended


9,794 73


Balance unexpended


205 27


Total balance unexpended


$2,232 99


103


SECRETARY'S REPORT.


RECAPITULATION.


APPROPRIATIONS.


General appropriation, including dog tax


$86,575 26


Evening school appropriation


650 00


Industrial drawing


300 00


Conveyance of pupils 66


.


650 00


School incidentals 66


10,000 00


Total appropriations


$98,175 26


EXPENDITURES.


General appropriation


$84,856 40


Evening school .


523 39


Industrial drawing


167 75


Conveyance of pupils .


600 00


School incidentals


9,794 73


Total amount expended


95,942 27


Balance unexpended


$2,232 99


ISAAC HAGAR,


Secretary.


TEXT-BOOKS AUTHORIZED IN THE NEWTON SCHOOLS.


THE rules of the city School Board very wisely provide that " The Committee on Text-Books shall carefully consider every proposition to change any text-book or text-books, or to make any addition to the text-books prescribed for the schools ; and report thereon to the Board, in writing, stating the vote in Committee. No new text-book shall be introduced into any school without the knowledge of the Committee, or unless it has been recom- mended by said Committee, and approved by the Board, in ac- cordance with the law of the State." The following list of text- books, authorized in accordance with this provision in the several schools of the city at the close of the year 1883, has been care- fully revised from the records of the Board since the previous pub- lication in 1880.


FOR GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS.


Analytical Speller. Bowler and Thompson's Copy-Books. Bible Manual. Perry.


Child's Book of Nature. Hooker.


Franklin, Second, Third, Fourth, and Intermediate Readers .*


Franklin, Elementary and Written Arithmetic.


Guyot's New Intermediate Geography.


History of the United States. Higginson. Hotze's Physics. Hour of Singing. Jarvis's Physiology.


Monroe's First, Fifth, and Sixth Readers. ¡ Monroe's Practical Speller.


* Second and Third Advanced.


t Revised in grades where the old series are now used.


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TEXT-BOOKS.


Meservey's Single Entry Book-keeping. Grammar Classes. Music Readers. First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Intermediate. Our World. Part I.


Swinton's Language Lessons. Swinton's Introductory Geography .*


Scribner's Geographical Reader and Primer.


Worcester's Comprehensive Dictionary.


FOR TEACHERS' TABLES.


American Text-Book of Art Education. Smith. Appleton's Readers. t


Cooley's Natural Philosophy. Colburn's Common School Arithmetic.


Elementary Instruction. Sheldon.


Greenleaf's New Elementary Arithmetic.


Greenleaf's New Elementary Algebra. Eighth and Ninth Classes.


History of our Country. Richardson. History of the United States. Barnes. Harrington's Graded Spelling-Book. Harper's Geography. Lesson on Objects. Calkins and Sheldon.


Meservey's Book-keeping. Eighth and Ninth Classes. Manual of Commerce.


Manual of Parsing. Eighth and Ninth Classes.


McGuffey's Readers. t Swinton's School Composition.


Swinton's Language Primer. Walton and Hagar's Written Arithmetics. All classes. Walton's Common School Arithmetic. Wilson's Readers.t Worcester's Comprehensive Dictionary.


* As reading-books in grammar grades.


t And other Supplementary Reading, with Globes, Maps, Charts, etc.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


FOR EACH SCHOOL BUILDING (ONE COPY).


Agassiz's Seaside Studies.


Alcohol and Hygiene. Colman.


First and Second Books of Botany. Youmans.


Geike's Geological Primer.


Goodrich's Child's History.


How to Teach. Lippincott's Gazetteer.


Morse's First Book of Geology.


Supplementary Reading for Primary Schools. Parts I. and II. Parker and Marvel.


HIGH SCHOOL.


TEXT-BOOKS.


LATIN.


Grammar. - Harkness, or Allen and Greenough. Reader. - Harkness. Cæsar. - Harkness. Vergil. - Hanson and Rolfe. Cicero. - Chase and Stuart. Ovid. - Allen and Greenough, or Lincoln. Composition. - Harkness, Allen and Greenough, or Jones. Latin Method. - Allen and Greenough.


GREEK.


Lessons. - White. Grammar. - Goodwin. Reader. - Good- win. Anabasis. - Goodwin, Owen, or Boise. Iliad. - Owen, or Boise. Composition. - Jones.


FRENCH.


Grammar. - Magill, or Keetels. Readers .- Magill. Prose and Poetry. - Magill. Life of Charles XII. - Voltaire. The Adven- tures of Telemachus .- Fénelon. Clos Pommier. Théâtre Classique. Dictionary. - Spiers and Surrenne.


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TEXT-BOOKS.


GERMAN.


Grammar. - Otto, or Sheldon. Readers. - Ahns. German Translation of Campbell's History of the United States. - Fischer. Marie Stuart. - Schiller. Minna von Barnhelm. - Lessing. Ger- man Classics. - Bucheins. Dictionary. - Adler, or Elwell.


MATHEMATICS.


Algebra. - Eaton, Wentworth, or Greenleaf. Geometry. - Wentworth. Trigonometry. - Bradbury. Surveying. Logarithms. - Pierce. Analytic Geometry. Arithmetic. - Walton, or Crit- tenden.


ENGLISH. Language.


Exercises in Composition. - Parker. Sketch- Book. - Irving. English Classics. - Clark and Maynard, and Rolfe. Modern Clas- sics. - Houghton & Co., Publishers. Literary Studies. - Morgan. Shakespeare. - Hudson, or Rolfe. Prose and Poetry. - Hudson. Poems of Goldsmith. - Rolfe. Rhetoric. - Hart. How to Write Clearly. - Abbott.


Science.


Natural Philosophy? - Quackenbos. Physics. - Rolfe and Gil- lett, Arnold and Avery. School and Field-Book of Botany. - Gray. Chemistry. - Eliot and Storer, or Hooker. Astronomy. - Lockyer. Zoology. - Hooker. Mineralogy. - Hooker. Geology. - Hooker. Political Economy. - Nordhoff. Physical Geography. - Guyot. Mental Philosophy. - Wayland. Moral Philosophy. - Peabody. Commercial Geography. - Harper. Questions on Geography. - Tufts. Book-keeping. Comer, or Meservey, the lattter single and double entry.


History.


Constitution of the United States. - Andrews. Outlines of His- tory. - Swinton, or Freeman. Smaller Histories of Greece and Rome. - Smith. History of Rome. - Leighton.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


PENMANSHIP.


Eclectic System. - Thompson and Bowler.


MUSIC. High-School Choir. - Emerson and Tilden.


DRAWING.


American Text-Book of Art Education. - Smith.


DECLAMATION. Union Speaker. - Philbrick.


REFERENCE BOOKS.


History of Greece. - Grote. History of England. - Hume. History of England. - Froude. History of England. - Macaulay. History of England. - Collier. Middle Ages. - Hallam. Consti- tutional History of England. - Hallam. History of Civilization in England. - Buckle. History of the Romans. - Merivale. History of Rome. - Arnold. Plutarch's Lives. - Clough. Ancient His- tory. - Rawlinson. Smith's History of Greece. - Felton. History of the United States. - Bancroft. History of Peru. - Prescott. History of Mexico. - Prescott. Ilistory of Philip II. - Prescott. Robertson's Charles V. - Prescott. History of the United Nether- lands. - Motley. American Conflict. - Grecley. Universal His- tory. - Tytler. Rise of Dutch Republic. - Motley. Science of Language. - Müller. Shakespeare's Works. - White. Scott's Poems. History of the English Language. - Marsh. Grammar of English Grammars. - Goold Brown. Dick's Works. Informa- tion for the l'eople. - Chambers. Handbook of English Litera- ture. - Underwood. History of English Poetry. - Warton. Eng. lish Literature. - Taine. Concordance of Shakespeare. - Clarke. History of Philosophy. - Lewes. Natural Philosophy. - Cooley. Manual of Mythology. - Murray. Manual of English Literature. - Shaw. Familiar Quotations. - Bartlett. Shakespearean Grammar. -Abbott. Dictionary of Americanisms. - Bartlett. Essay on the Human Understanding. - Locke. Juventus Mundi. - Gladstone.


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TEXT-BOOKS.


English Synonymes. - Whately. English Synonymes. - Graham.


English Synonymes. - Crabb. English Synonymes. - Smith French Grammar. - Girault-Duvivier. Getting to Paris. - Wil- liams. Age of Fable. - Bulfinch. Age of Chivalry. - Bulfinch. Chemistry. - Muspratt. Physics. - Ganot. Principles of Geol- ogy. - Lyell. Manual of Geology. - Lyell. Manual of Geology. - Dana. Manual of Botany. - Gray. Structural and Systematic Botany. - Gray. Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts. - Emerson. The Earth. - Reclus. The Ocean. - Reclus. Latin Grammar - Madvig and Zumpt. Greek Grammar. - Sophocles and Had- ley. Greek Moods and Tenses. - Goodwin. Classical Dictionary. -Anthon. Greek and Roman Biography. - Smith. Greek and Roman Geography .- Smith. Charicles and Gallus. - Becker. Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities. - Rich. English- Latin Dictionary. - Smith. Dictionary of Authors. - Allibone. English Dictionary. - Richardson. French Dictionary. - Bescher- elle. Biographical Dictionary. - Lippincott. Gazatteer. - Lippin- cott. English Dictionary. - Webster. English Dictionary. - Worcester. American Cyclopædia (two sets). Greek Lexicon. - Liddell and Scott. Latin Lexicon. - Andrews and Bullions, and Harper's. General Statutes of Massachusetts. Supplement to Gen- eral Statutes. American Text-Book of Art Education. - Smith.


Besides the above a set of the best editions of classical English authors, for reference in the study of English literature.


Globes, Maps, Charts, and Philosophical Apparatus.


A laboratory, with city water and gas, and all needed apparatus and appliances for elementary chemistry, in qualitative and quanti- tative analysis.


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JULIUS L. CLARKE. TERM EXPIRES 1888


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TERM EXPIRES 1889


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PRESIDENT. JOHN S. FARLOW.


SECRETARY. JULIUS L. CLARKE.


COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY.


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COMMITTEE ON THE BUILDING.


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SUPERINTENDENT.


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LIBRARIAN. HANNAH P. JAMES.


ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS.


ELIZABETH P. THURSTON.


ETTA P. CLEAVELAND.


LOUISE J. SMALLWOOD.


MILLIE E. MICHAELS.


JANITOR.


JAMES J. TOWER.


ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1884.


PRESIDENT. JOHN S. FARLOW.


SECRETARY. JULIUS L. CLARKE.


COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY.


PRESIDENT, ex officio. JULIUS L. CLARKE.


BRADFORD K. PEIRCE.


WILLIAM CLAFLIN.


COMMITTEE ON THE BUILDING.


PRESIDENT, ex officio. EBEN THOMPSON. A. LAWRENCE EDMANDS.


NOAH W. FARLEY.


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LIBRARIAN. HANNAH P. JAMES.


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ELIZABETH P. THURSTON. ETTA P. CLEAVELAND.


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TRUSTEES' REPORT.


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