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During the past year I have made the new plan the sub- ject of careful study. The medical profession has been con- sulted with special reference to its effect upon the health of the pupils. The testimony of parents and teachers has been carefully gathered. Its effects upon the schools, so far as it relates to the mental, moral and physical development of the pupils, have been diligently observed. The experience of others in similar fields of labor has been duly considered. As a result of this investigation I am convinced that the best interests of our schools demanded its permanent adoption.
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I have dwelt upon this subject at considerable length, that we may place on record the reasons that have led to so important and so radical a change in the management of our schools. I am confident that the advantages that will result from the change will vindicate fully the wisdom of your action.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, I wish to tender my thanks to the teachers for their ready and generous co-operation in the measures proposed to advance the interests of the schools. My grate- ful acknowledgment is also due to the members of the Board for many acts of kindness and courtesy and for their forbear- ance and support.
Respectfully submitted, THOMAS EMERSON, Supt. of Schools.
NEWTONVILLE, Dec. 23, 1885.
APPENDIX.
STATISTICS IN DETAIL.
TABLE 1, -- Number of Persons in the City between Five and Fifteen Years of Age, May 1, 1881-5, by Wards.
WARDS.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
Increase. Decrease
I.
453
463
512
541
527
14
II.
603
645
699
705
705
III.
449
506
519
543
531
12
IV.
523
562
554
567
593
26
V.
436
470
460
464
423
VI.
494
549
558
559
560
1
VII.
294
263
262
274
272
2
Total
3,252
3,458
3,564
3,653
3,611
27
69
41
TABLE II .- Number of Rooms, Halls, Sittings, Pupils, Teachers, Number of Pupils to a Teacher, Number of Pupils ov er 15 years of age, and Number under 5 years of age, in each school, May 1, 1885.
Number of
SCHOOLS.
Rooms, (occupied.)
Rooms, (unoccu- pied.)
Halls.
Sittings.
Number of pupils.
Number of teachers.
Number of pupils to a teacher.
Number of pupils over pupils under 15 years of age.
5 years of age.
High, .
*6
430
338
11
30.7
319
Mason,
7
1
1
312
247
7
35.2
18
Rice,
3
1
202
143
3
47.6
Oak Hill,
1
1
40
22
1
22.
Thompsonville,
1
40
38
1
38.
Hyde, . .
4
1
266
191
5
38.2
Prospect,
6
2
1
271
210
6
35.
15
Hamilton,
.
4
1
163
109
4
27.2
4
Williams,
7
1
333
257
7
36.7
15
Pierce,
4
1
194
204
4
51.
24
Davis, .
4
220
205
4
51.2
Franklin,
4
208
174
4
43.5
Claflin,
5
1
188
184
5
36.8
11
Adams,
5
1
269
196
5
39.2
22
Eliot,
4
196
116
4
29.
Jackson,
5
1
235
221
5
44.2
Bigelow, .
7
1
1
381
302
7
43.1
53
Underwood,
.
4
195
177
4
44.2
Lincoln, .
1
1
131
44
1
44.
.
·
* Also three recitation rooms, one laborat ory, ard one art rom.
50
.
.
.
TABLE III .- Semi-Quarterly Attendance, etc .. by Schools, for the Year ending June 26, 1885.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Average
Average
Attendance.
Percentage of
Attendance.
Cases of
Average
Attendance.
Percentage of
Cases of
Tardiness.
Punishment.
Whole Number.
Average
Attendance.
Percentage of
Attendance.
Cases of
Tardiness.
Average
Attendance.
Percentage of
Attendence.
Tardiness.
Cases of Corporal
Punishment.
High .
364.9
349.8
95.9
66
0
368. 396.8
348.
94.6
172
0
357.7 395.6
327.1 363.4
91.5
153
0
349.9
314.3 356.4
90.1
116
-
Mason . .
395.6
367.6
92.9
70
0
364.9
91.9
83
CT
Rice . .
18.8
17.6
93.6
4
0
20.
18.9
94.7
0
22.5
20
90.1
0
0
22.6
19.4
85.4
1
0
39.
35.2
90.2
10
0
40.
36.
90.
-1
40.
34.4
86.
4
2
40.
34.3
85.7
6
0
Thompsonville
205.7
195.4
94.6
21
0
203.9
188.7
92.2
28
1
204.3
189.5
92.6
51
0
204.9
182.1
88.8
25
2
Hyde .
231.7
218.1
93.8
41
00
215.7
202.4
93.4
49
1
218.4
204.6
93.3
8
1
225.8
210.3
92.6
46
6
Prospect
99.6
96.4
96.7
21
C
101.2
98.5
97.5
5
95.4
89.3
93.6
5
1
94.2
88.8
94.1
00
1
Williams
268.6
256.
95.1
34
00
277.1
258.
93.4
51
07
277.6
244.1
87.9
48
1
259.5
215.3
84.
56
01
1
Pierce .
212.9
207.1
97.2
0
0
208,6
199.3
95.5
4
3
205.
195.3
co
2
207.4
196 2
97.1
11
10
Davis .
198.2
191.8
96.9
12
7
204.7
195.2
9 8
11
9
194.6
183.8
94.6
17
5
193.8
179.4
92.8
7
13
158.3
144.3
91.2
10
8
161.
142.
88.2
24
18
161.3
141.3
87.6
15
9
Franklin
171.1
160.5
94.
0
183.4
170.1
16
0
181.5
163.1
90.6
32
4
179.3
157.6
88.7
19
0
Claflin .
199.1
191.2
95.9
00
0
201.
188.9
94.9
4
0
196.1
180.6
91.3
00
0
189.9
175.7
92.1
10
Adams
140.1
123.3
88.1
0
136.3
121.8
89.6
10
0
131.8
117.7
89.2
12
0
111.7
96.4
86.5
15
0
Jackson .
197.1
177.7
90.
ão
0
189.8
169.9
16
1
192.9
173.6
90.1
29
0
166.9
135.5
81.2
15
0
Bigelow . .
305.5
292.7
95.8
57
0
311.8
291.
93.
15
0
307.7
283.6
92.1
51
0
305.8
283.5
92.7
79
0
Underwood
173.8
164.8
94.7
15
0
172.9
156 2
90.1
27
0
171.4
147.1
85.
27
0
169.
148.1
87.2
26
0
Lincoln .
36.8
34.7
94.
15
1
37.6
35.
93.
13
0
38.2
35.4
92.8
22
1
35.6
31.3
87.9
14
0
SCHOOLS.
Whole Number.
Average
Average
Whole Number.
Cases of Corporal
Punishment.
Cases of
89.8
209
0
89.5
87
0
396.5
Tardiness.
Cases of Corporal
Punishment.
Whole Number.
Average
Attendance.
Cases of Corporal
Oak Hill. .
00
Hamilton
167.7
153.3
91.5
93.
Eliot .
89.1
51
TABLE III .- (Concluded.)
V.
VI.
VII.
Average
Average
Attendance.
Percentage of
Cases of
Average
Average
Attendance.
Percentage of
Cases of
Tardiness.
Cases of Corporal
Punishment.
High .
351.
321.1
91.5
301
0
344.
312.5
90.8
301
0
338.8
302.9
89.4 249
0
323.8
278.2 210.2
88.4
34
1
Mason .
253.6
222.6
87.6
62
0)
239.
206.
86.
48
1 249.4
228.1
89.
59
0
235.5
148.5
131.5
88.7 95.
1
0
Oak Hill
22.2
18.5
83.4
0
0
20.6
19.
92.5
1
0
20.9
19.2 34.9
91.6 91.8
4
0
38.
35.1
92.3
01
0
Hyde .
196.5
170.8
87.
0
188.5
159.5
85.2
00
0 194.9
172.7
88.8
33
7
198.9
175.
24
1
Prospect
221.6
202.5
90.2
31
1
216.9
196 3
90.1
68
0
205.
184.8
22
2
183.
165.
88.5 92.8
37
0
Hamilton .
94.2
91.
96.5
11
2
97.7
93.2
95.4
4
2
110.5
107.1 215.1
60
2
238.5
206.5
86.8
41
2
Williams
253.1
222.8
85.8
79
6
262.9
235.
89.8
67
2
251.8
0
203.6
190.7
93.6
3
0
198.2
187.7
94.9
1
1
Pierce .
213.4
200.2
93.7
-7
4
210.8
198.9
90.4
6
1
202.5
189.4
93.7
13
2
192.8
182.2
94.7
12
0
Franklin
156.9
139.4
88.6
15
12
152.2
134.5
88.2
21
10
176.
161.9
92.
11
9
175.2
155.8
89.1
9
2
Claflin .
175.8
155.7
88.8
00
0
177.8
159.9
89.8
5
1
181.7
166.6
14
0
175.1
157.6
89.5
23
0
Adams
188.9
173.5
91.4
12
0
200.5
188.3
93.9
4
1 210.3
192.5
93.1
-1
2
203.
189.7
93.6
11
1
Eliot
114.2
99.6
87.2
15
0
116.9
101.6
87.5
24
0
116.6
101.7
86.9
11
0
111.5
99.2
89.5
12
0
Jackson .
172.9
145.1
83.7
12
0
194.3
173.4
89.3
7
0
223.2
200.8
17
1
227.5
203.5
89.2
17
0
Bigelow .
301.
276.3
91.8
91
0
299.2
274.5
91.8
63
0
298.1
271.9
91.4
85
0
286.4
262.8
91.7
81
0
Underwood .
167.7
143.9
85.7
29
0
166.
47.
88.6
50
0
179.2
159.1
88.4
32
0
179.1
159.1
86.7
24
0
Lincoln .
29.
25.9
89.6
9
0
38.5
35.4
91.9
11
0
14.8
42.
93.7
15
0
42.3
37.9
89.6
12
0
Rice . .
134.4 |110.
82.2
38
2
111.2
90.
80.7
21
0
144.7
127.4
88.7
33
1
1
0
21.
19.9
Thompsonville
38.8
33.
85. . -7
1
38.2
34.3
89.7
7
0
38.
89.5 96.3 86.2
10
1
114.
110.1
96.7
11
5
Davis . .
192.6
177.9
92.5
5
2
195.6
176.4
Attendance.
Percentage of
Cases of
Tardiness.
Punishment.
VIII.
Average
Average
Attendance.
Percentage of
Attendance.
Cases of
Tardiness.
Punishment.
Average
Whole Number.
Average
Attendance.
Cases of Corporal
Whole Number.
Attendance.
Tardiness.
Whole Number.
Cases of Corporal
Punishment.
SCHOOL.
Whole Number.
Attendance.
85.9
196
0
0
52
94.3
5
92.
89.9
31
Cases of Corporal
19
53
TABLE IV. Total Enrolment, etc., by Schools, for the year ending June 26, 1885.
SCHOOLS.
Whole Number of
Pupils enrolled.
Average Whole
Number.
Average Attend-
ance.
Percentage of
Attendance.
Cases of Tardi-
Cases of Corporal Punishment.
High,
389
349.7
319.2
91.1
1647
0
Mason, .
456
387.5
347.2
87.9
634
11
Oak Hill,
25
21.
19.1
90.7
8
0
Thompsonville,
43
39.
34.6
88.8
50
3
Hyde,
243
199.7
179.2
89.7
231
14
Prospect,
264
227.2
198.
92.5
363
14
Hamilton,
126
100.8
96.8
95.1
77
14
Williams, .
312
261.1
231.6
88.6
436
27
Pierce, .
233
207.4
196.9
95.1
28
11
Davis,
243
196.8
184.5
93.9
87
28
Franklin,
184
161.
146.5
89.5
112
81
('laflin, .
199
178.2
161.3
90 3
126
5
Adams,
235
197.3
185.
93.2
64
4
Eliot,
156
122.3
107.6
88.
113
0
Jackson,
284
195.5
172.4
87.8
126
2
Bigelow,
354
301.9
279.5
92.5
552
0
Underwood,
233
172.3
153.1
88.3
198
0
Lincoln,
48
37.8
34.7
91.5
111
2
Total,
4029
3356.5
30-17.2
90.8
4955
216
ness.
TABLE V. Number of Pupils and their Average Age by Grades and Classes, in September, 1884.
GRADES.
VI.
I.
No. of Pupils.
Av. Age
Years.
Mos.
No. of Pupils.
Years:
Mos.
Years.
Mos.
No. of Pupils.
Years.
Mos.
No. of Pupils.
Years.
Mos.
Years.
Mos.
High
9
52
9
10
63
10 11
3
4
10
8
Mason
-
56
5
8
38
7
3
53
7
2
7
5
5
9
1
7
Oak Hill
27
5
6
14
7
11
9
Hyde -
48
6
2
26
11
28
8
8
33
11
7
24
11
1
10
6
24
11
3
Prospect
17
9
6
10
11
1
10
11
7
Hamilton
10
7
35
11
27
12
10
Williams
52
10
1
52
12
46
8
9
41
9
8
9
1
23
10
9
15
12
Davis -
70
6
1
58
7
9
7
10
37
8
6
28
9
4
23
10
1
15
11
8
17
12
3
Claflin
25
6
6
38
8
1
8
3
29
9
3
26
10
2
22
11
4
18
12
Adams
-
47
11
44
12
2
22
13
1
Eliot -
94
6
7
62
8
52
9
7
Jackson -
63
9
9
89
10
11
54
12
&
Bigelow -
Underwood
37
6
4
58
7
11
75
8
11
Lincoln -
31
6
2
16
315
12
Total
-
605
5
11
467
7
7
436
8
7
412
10
411
11
No. of Pupils.
Av. Age.
Av. Age
Av. Age
Av. Age
Av. Age
SCHOOLS.
44
11
10
2
6
8
Thompsonville
9
10
27
34
5
5
40
7
18
7
10
18
8
9
32
5
5
11
49
7
4
31
8
4
46
60
-
-
-
-
-
-
39
5
8
19
37
8
6
31
Pierce
Franklin
52
2
29
-
-
-
-
III.
IV.
V.
II.
No. of Pupils.
5€
-
-
11
28
8
28
TABLE V .- (Concluded.) Number of Pupils and their Average Age by Grades and Classes, in September, 1884.
GRADES .- (Concluded.)
CLASSES.
VIL.
VIII.
IX.
IV.
İIL.
II.
I.
SCHOOLS.
Years.
Mos.
No. of Pupils.
Years.
Mos.
Years.
Mos.
Years.
Mos.
Y'ears.
Mos.
Years.
Mos.
Years.
Mos.
High -
145
15
3
113
15
10
77
16
7
54
17
9
Mason -
31
12
7
35
13
3
28
14
2
Oak Hill
Thompsonville Hyde - -
20
12
7
16
14
6
8
13
10
Prospect
21
12
4
14
12
9
22
14
2
126
Hamilton
7 | 12
3
10
13
7
4
14
6
286
Williams
18
13
6
10
14
10
15
3
Pierce
-
-
68
13
4
21
13
10
30
14
6
Davis
184
Franklin
181
Claflin
10
12
7
15
13
7
10
14
8
207
Adams
-
-
143
Eliot - -
11
12
10
19
13
Jackson -
324
Bigelow -
54
12
7
31
14
5
38
15
170
Underwood
47
Total
-
260
12 : 10 185
13
8 165
14
5 145
15.
3 11315 10 77
16
7
54
17
9 3645'
-
Total No. of Pupils.
No. of Pupils.
Av. Age
Av. Age
Av. Agel
Av. Age
Av. Age
Av. Age
Av. Age
No. of Pupils.
No. of Pupils.
No. of Pupils.
No. of Pupils.
No. of Pupils.
389 400 20 41
231
250
-
-
-
-
-
20
13
14
14
1
20
14
2
223
215
-
208
Lincoln -
55
TABLE VI. Annual Enrolment in Each Grade and Class, in September, 1880-1884.
GRADES.
CLASSES.
DATE.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX
IV.
III.
II.
I.
Total.
September, 1880 -
-
464
372
376
321
296
342
260
221
162
104
97
60
43
3118
September, 1881 - -
530
386
381
394
270
312
311
211
150
114
58
77
37
3231
September, 1882 - -
510
436
405
353
403
237
266
225
180
104
92
51
49
3311
September, 1883 - -
514
454
436
398
369
298
210
183
166
125
78
70
40
3341
September, 1884 -
605
467
436
412
411
315
260
185
165
145
113
77
3645
56
TABLE VII.
Percentage of the Total Annual Enrolment in each Grade and Class, in September, 1880-1884.
GRADES.
CLASSES.
DATES.
Total.
I.
II.
III
IV.
V.
VI.
VII. VIII.
IX.
IV.
III.
II.
I.
September, 1880,
14.9
11.9
12.1
10.3
9.5
11.
8.3
7.1
5.2
3.3
3.1
1.9
1.4
100
September, 1881,
16.4
11.9
11.8
12.2
8.4
9.7
9.6
6.5
4.6
3.6
1.8
2.4
1.1
100
September, 1882,
15.4
13.2
12.2
10.7
12.2
7.2
8.
6.8
5.4
3.1
2.8
1.5
1.5
100
September, 1883,
15.7
13.6
13.1
11.9
11.
8.8
6.3
5.2
5.
3.7
2.4
2.1
1.2
100
September, 1884.
16.6
12.8
12.
11.3
11.3
8.6
7.1
5.1
4.5
4.
3.1
2.1
1.5
100
57
.
.
.
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TABLE VIII. Distribution of Pupils in High School by Classes and Courses of Study.
GENERAL.
CLASSICAL.
MERCANTILE. Girls.
SPECIAL. Girls.
TOTAL.
CLASS.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
I, - -
6
24
12
7
0
0
0
5
54
II, - -
12
38
13
4
3
0
1
6
77
III,
-
-
-
-
24
47
21
9
7
0.
1
4
113
IV,
-
-
-
-
-
36
35
29
33
4
0
1
1
145
Total,
-
-
-
78
144
75
53
14
0
3
22
389
,
-
-
1
Boys.
Boys.
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ROLL OF TEACHERS.
High School.
HEAD MASTER.
EDWARD H. CUTLER,
EZRA W. SAMPSON,
S. WARREN DAVIS,
CAROLINE SPEAR, S. ALICE WORCESTER,
M. ABBY SMITH, MAYBELL P. DAVIS,
EVELYN RICH,
S. ALICE RANLETT, MRS. LIDA P. UNDERHILL,
Washington Street, Newton. MASTER. Washington Street, Newtonville. ASSISTANT MASTER. River Street, West Newton. ASSISTANTS.
Walnut Park, Newton. Highland Avenue, Newtonville. Cabot Street, Newtonville. Highland Avenue, Newtonville. Washington Park, Newtonville. Central Street, Auburndale. Watertown.
SPECIAL TEACHERS. Military Drill. J. P. B. FISKE, Cor. of Wolcott and Lexington Streets, Auburndale. Calisthenics and Elocution. JENNIE E. IRESON, 185 West Canton Street, Boston. Drawing and Writing. ADELINE V. POND, Lexington Street, Auburndale.
DISTRICTS.
NEWTON CENTRE. N. B .- Roman numerals indicates garde. I-III, Primary; IV- IX, Grammar.
Mason School.
MASTER. ALBERT L. HARWOOD, IX, Crescent Avenue, Newton Centre.
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FIRST ASSISTANT.
DELLA E. DODGE, VIII, ASSISTANTS.
ELLEN S. BAKER, VII,
MARIA F. WOOD, VI,
MARY TENNEY, V,
ANNIE E. BANCROFT, IV, V, Station Street, Newton Centre.
FANNIE E. LONGFELLOW, IV, Station Street, Newton Centre.
Rice School.
PRINCIPAL.
MYRA A. WILSON, III,
MARGARET MARTIN, II, ELLEN M. COOK, I,
Sumner Street, Newton Centre. ASSISTANTS.
Centre Street, Newton Centre. Pelham Street, Newton Centre.
Oak Hill School.
PRINCIPAL. C. HOWARD WILSON, I, II, III, IV, V. VI, Elgin Street, Newton Centre.
Thompsonville School.
PRINCIPAL.
HELEN A. DAVIS, I, II,
Crescent Avenue, Newton Centre.
UPPER FALLS.
Hyde School.
MASTER. GEORGE A. MOORE, VIII, IX, Floral Avenue, Newton Highlands. FIRST ASSISTANT. CHARLOTTE E. CAMERON, VI, VII, Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands. ASSISTANTS.
GERTRUDE BLACKMAR, IV, V. No. 70 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.
N. GRACE GOULD, II, III, No. 29 Union Square, Boston. Centre Street, Newton Highlands.
PHEBE E. CHURCHILL, I,
Warren Street, Newton Centre. 1
Sumner Street, Newton Centre. Homer Street, Newton Centre. No. 378 Tremont Street, Boston.
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Prospect School.
MASTER. CHARLES E. HUSSEY, VIII, IX, High Street, Newton Upper Falls. FIRST ASSISTANT.
MARTHA L. PERKINS, VI, VII,
Rockland Place, Newton Upper Falls. ASSISTANTS.
ELLA F. CROOKER, IV, V, No. 876 Fourth Street, South Boston.
LUCY A. HAYWARD, III, IV, High Street, Newton Upper Falls.
LIZZIE W. EVERETT, II, High Street, Newton Upper Falls.
MRS. MARY P. FANNING, I. Cor. Spring and Summer Streets, Newton Upper Falls.
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LOWER FALLS.
Hamilton School.
MASTER.
LUTHER E. LELAND, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, Cor. Washington
MRS. ELLEN M. LELAND, and Beacon Streets, Newton L. Falls. FIRST ASSISTANT.
ANNA G. SWAIN, III, IV, Grove Street, Newton Lower Falls. ASSISTANT. SARAH H. JUMPER, I, II, Grove Street, Newton Lower Falls.
Williams School.
MASTER. GEORGE L. CHANDLER, VII, VIII, IX, Auburn Street, Auburndale.
FIRST ASSISTANT.
ELIZABETH A. PINNOCK, V, VI, Walnut Street, Newtonville. ASSISTANTS.
GRACE G. BILLINGS, V, LAURA SALTONSTALL, IV, DORA A. ALLEN, III, HATTIE A. INGRAHAM, II, ANN B. SMITH, I,
Auburn Street, Auburndale. Centre Street, Newton. Washington Street, West Newton. West Central Street, Natick. North Main Street, Natick.
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WEST NEWTON.
Pierce School. MASTER.
LEVI F. WARREN, IX, Otis Street, West Newton. FIRST ASSISTANT.
MRS. SARAH A. WARREN, VII, VIII, Otis Street, West Newton. ASSISTANTS.
M. ALICE WARREN, VII, ELIZA E. SIMMONS, VI, HELEN S. TOLMAN, V,
Otis Street, West Newton. Henshaw Street, West Newton. Washington Street, West Newton.
Davis School.
PRINCIPAL.
ELLA G. BATES, IV, Otis Street, West Newton.
ASSISTANTS.
CALISTA S. WOOD, III. SUSAN E. COPELAND, II, SARAH E. FOSTER, I, GERTRUDE A. ELDER, I,
Highland Street, West Newton. Highland Street, West Newton. Waltham Street, West Newton. Davis Street, West Newton.
Franklin School.
PRINCIPAL.
ELIZABETH F. PADDOCK, V, VI, River Street, West Newton. ASSISTANTS. M. ISABEL JENKINS, III, IV, Washington Street, Newton Lower Falls. MRS. EMMA T WEEKS, II, III, River Street, West Newton. MARGARET A. MAGUE, I, River Street, West Newton.
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NEWTONVILLE.
Claflin School.
MASTER.
HERBERT F. SYLVESTER, VIII, IX, Bowers Street, Newtonville. FIRST ASSISTANT. LILLA T. WILDER, VI, VII, Walnut Street, Newtonville. ASSISTANTS.
ELLEN M. HARRIGAN, IV, V, Washington Street, Newtonville.
ELLEN S. TEWKSBURY, II, III, Walnut Street, Newtonville.
MRS. LIZZIE F. JONES, I, II, Lake Street, Waltham.
Adams School.
MASTER. WILLIAM A. SPINNEY, VIII, IX, Webster Street, West Newton. FIRST ASSISTANT. V. E. HAPGOOD, VI, VII, Crafts Street, Newtonville.
ASSISTANTS.
ABBIE I. FISKE, IV, V, Court Street, Newtonville. ESTELLA M. HAYNES, II, III, No. 381 Columbus Avenue, Boston. ANGELIA A. SMITHI, I, Prescott Street, Newtonville.
Eliot School.
MASTER. GEORGE G. EDWARDS, VII, VIII, Prescott Street, Newtonville. FIRST ASSISTANT. H. AUGUSTA MILLARD, VI, Lowell Street, Newtonville. ASSISTANTS.
MRS. LOUISE W. CLELLAND, V, Watertown Street, Watertown. MRS. ABBY J. CLARK, IV, Washington Park, Newtonville.
Jackson School.
PRINCIPAL.
ELIZA J. LOVELY, III,
Gardner Street, Newton.
ASSISTANTS. GERTRUDE G. TEWKSBURY, II, Walnut Street, Newtonville. Webster Street, West Newton. Court Street, Newtonville. Watertown Street, Newton.
MARY A. WELLINGTON, II, GERTRUDE H. SMEAD, I, LOTTIE E. STEARNS, I,
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NEWTON.
Bigelow School. MASTER.
H. CHAPIN SAWIN, IX,
Maple Place, Newton. FIRST ASSISTANT.
MRS. M. M. BAKEMAN, VIII, No. 28 Upton Street, Boston. ASSISTANTS.
ANNIE E. GEORGE, VII, S. LOUISE SHELTON, VI,
AUGUSTA A. LENTELL, V,
EMILY J. DYER, V,
ELIZABETH AYLES, IV,
Jefferson Street, Newton. Bennington Street, Newton. Jefferson Street, Newton. Newtonville Avenue, Newton. Waverley Avenue, Newton.
Underwood School.
PRINCIPAL.
CHARLOTTE E. SEWALL, III, Myrtle Street, Winchester. ASSISTANTS.
ANNIE L. WOOD, II, III, Wesley Street, Newton.
ADA L. DONKIN, IL, Brook Street, Newton.
JOSEPHINE W. LITTLEFIELD, I, Richardson Street, Newton.
Lincoln School. PRINCIPAL. MRS. NELLIE B. RAND, I, II, Oak Avenue, West Newton.
SPECIAL TEACHERS. Music.
JULIA GRANT,
MRS. ELLEN L. BOND,
Sewing. Washington Street, Newton. Paul Street, Newton Centre,
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1885.
General appropriation for schools, $95,650 00 Received from the dog tax, 1,841 45
$97,491 45
Transferred to school incidentals,
$4,311 02
" conveyance of pupils, 250 00
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" evening schools, 164 54
4,728 56
$92,762 89
Amount paid to the superintendent, $2,590 00
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66 teachers,
77,424 51
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.6 janitors, 5,875 14
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66 secretary,
300 00
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for fuel,
633 11
92,522 76
Balance unexpended,
$240 13
School incidentals, . . $9,500 00
Transferred from general appropriation,
4,311 02
Amount expended,
$13,811 02
Evening schools,
$550 00
Transferred from general appropriation,
167 54
Amount expended,
$717 54
Conveyance of pupils,
$650 00
Transferred from general appropriation,
250 00
Amount expended,
$900 00
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RECAPITULATION. APPROPRIATIONS.
Total amount, including dog tax, . . $108,191 45
EXPENDITURES.
General appropriation, $92,522 76
Books, supplies, furniture and incidentals, 13,811 02
Evening schools,
717 54
Conveyance of pupils,
900 00
Total amount expended,
107,951 32
Balance unexpended,
$240 13
ISAAC HAGAR,
Secretary.
:
CITY OF NEWTON.
ANNUAL REPORT
- OF - -
THE TRUSTEES
- OF THE -
NEWTON FREE LIBRARY
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1885.
LIBERTY AND UNION
FOUNDE
630
688.A CITY 1873
IN N
M
ORAT
NEWTON : PRESS NEWTON JOURNAL. 1886.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 1885.
At Large.
JOHN S. FARLOW .
WILLIAM CLAFLIN
TERM EXPIRES 1886.
A. LAWRENCE EDMANDS TERM EXPIRES 1887.
JULIUS L. CLARKE TERM EXPIRES 1888.
BRADFORD K. PEIRCE
TERM EXPIRES 1889.
From the Board of Aldermen. NOAH W. FARLEY
.
TERM EXPIRES 1886.
From the Board of Common Council. JOHN F. HECKMAN TERM EXPIRES 1886.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 1886.
At Large.
JOHN S. FARLOW .
WILLIAM CLAFLIN
.
A. LAWRENCE EDMANDS TERM EXPIRES 1887.
JULIUS L. CLARKE TERM EXPIRES 1888.
BRADFORD K. PEIRCE:
TERM EXPIRES 1889.
From the Board of Aldermen. GEORGE M. FISKE
TERM EXPIRES 1887.
From the Board of Common Council. ELLIS W. REDPATH
TERM EXPIRES 1887.
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1885.
President. JOHN S. FARLOW.
Secretary. JULIUS L. CLARKE.
Committee on the Library.
PRESIDENT, ex officio, WILLIAM CLAFLIN.
BRADFORD K. PEIRCE. JULIUS L. CLARKE.
Committee on the Building.
PRESIDENT, ex officio,
JOHN F. HECKMAN.
A. LAWRENCE EDMANDS. NOAH W. FARLEY.
Superintendent. BRADFORD K. PEIRCE.
Librarian. HANNAH P. JAMES.
Assistant Librarians.
ELIZABETH P. THURSTON. LOUISE J. SMALLWOOD.
ETTA P. CLEAVELAND. MILLIE E. MICHAELS.
Janitor. JAMES J. TOWER.
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1886.
President. JOHN S. FARLOW.
Secretary. JULIUS L. CLARKE.
Committee on the Library.
PRESIDENT, ex officio, WILLIAM CLAFLIN. BRADFORD K. PEIRCE. JULIUS L. CLARKE.
Committee on the Building.
PRESIDENT, ex officio, ELLIS W. REDPATH.
A. LAWRENCE EDMANDS. GEORGE M. FISKE.
Superintendent. BRADFORD K. PEIRCE.
Librarian. HANNAH P. JAMES.
Assistant Librarians.
ELIZABETH P. THURSTON. LOUISE J. SMALLWOOD.
ETTA P. CLEAVELAND. MILLIE E. MICHAELS.
Janitor. JAMES J. TOWER.
TRUSTEES' REPORT.
To His Honor the Mayor, and the City Council of Newton, Mass. : -
For the details of the operation of the Newton Free Li- brary for the year ending December 31st, 1885, the Trustees ask reference to the report of the Superintendent, herewith submitted. His report is so full and comprehensive that the Trustees can add but little thereto. They approve and con- firm the views and recommendations therein set forth.
It is with constantly renewing pleasure that the Trus- tees witness from year to year, the steady growth in efficien- cy and usefulness of the library as an educator. They com- mend to the careful consideration of the City Council, what the Superintendent says in his report in regard to the ar- rangement made during the past year with the masters of the city schools, for supplying them with books suited to the va- rious classes in the schools, and to be used as aids to the teachers' instructions.
Tables A and B, in the appendix to the Superintendent's report, show the receipts the past year to have been, from appropriations made by the City Council. $7,500 00
Balance from last year, 38
From fines, etc., 348 64
$7,849 02
The expenditures for the same period, 7,847 47
Leaving a balance at the close of the year of $ 1 55
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There has also been expended during the year, from the income derived from the "Jewett Art Fund," . $318 78 From the " Alden Speare Fund," 57 80 And from the "Read Fund," 401 19
$777 77
The accounts of these several funds are kept separate and entirely distinct from the appropriations made by the City Council from the City Treasury. Isaac T. Burr, Esq., is treasurer of the "Jewett Art" and "Alden Speare," and A. Lawrence Edmands, Esq., of the "Read Fund." The income derived from these funds is of great service in enabling the Trustees to procure works on science and art that are neces- sarily costly and which they could not so well procure under the limited appropriations from the City Treasury.
The gifts and bequests to the library, which were the foundations on which these funds are based, were intended by the donors as means for enlarging its usefulness, and not with any idea or expectation that the City Council would, because or by reason of such bequests or gifts, reduce the amount of the appropriation asked for annually by the Trustees for its support, as was the case last year, when the appropriation was reduced five hundred dollars from that of the previous year, it having been then urged, in favor of such reduction, that the income to be derived from the "Read Fund" would make up for the reduction in the city's appropriation.
It was very gratifying to the Trustees to learn that the appropriation for the current year had been restored to the amount they asked for, and they sincerely hope that no di- minution will be made hereafter in the city's annual appro- priation for the library, by reason of any donations or be- quests it has received or may be fortunate enough to obtain in the future.
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The Trustees would again urge on the City Council the pressing necessity for an immediate enlargement of the libra- ry building. Plans for the proposed enlargement, and the pressing necessity therefor, were submitted last autumn to a committee of the City Council. That committee made favor- able report thereon. The Trustees respectfully ask your at- tention to their petition in the matter and to the report of the late City Council's committee thereon, in the hope that early and favorable action may be had.
Respectfully submitted by the Board of Trustees,
JOHN S. FARLOW, President.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees of the Newton Free Library :-
GENTLEMEN :- The appropriation asked by the Trustees of the Library for last year was $8,500, in accordance with a carefully revised schedule of expenses, but the City Council appropriated only $7,500. By delaying the publication of a bulletin, the want of which has been severely felt by the pat- rons of the library, by postponing the rebinding of many books requiring it, by using the funds given by a generous citizen for the benefit of the library, which ought to be devoted to special purposes, and by employing the services of one im- portant assistant only half of her time, we have been able to supply the library with the current publications of the year, and to make a little progress in securing for our shelves what is lacking in general literature. As many of the books sup- plied in duplicates for the public schools were small and com- paratively inexpensive, and a large number of gifts have been received, we shall show as great an increase in the number of volumes added to our shelves the present year as heretofore. The total accessions for the year have been 1576. One hun- dred and twenty-two volumes, chiefly worn out, have been withdrawn from circulation, making the net increase 1,454.
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