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I have the honor to submit the usual accompanying tables which give at a glance the work done and its relation to previous years, with the cost to the city of the books which have been bought, of the reading room with its papers and periodicals, and of the administration and incidental expenses during the past year. The whole circulation for the year has been 110,627 volumes; 5,397 in excess of the previous year. The Library itself has been much more largely used than heretofore, especially the Farlow reference room and the reading room. The demand for the reading room by all classes has been so great that it was deemed expedient to keep it open from 7.30 A. M. to 9 P. M., and the hours for keeping the Farlow reference room open will soon have to be increased.
It would be a source of much interest and gratification to any intelligent person to look into this room during almost any evening while open. In addition to its adult occupants a large company of lads, who would otherwise be found in the streets, will be seen reading the newspapers or magazines. Our citizens from the other wards, beside those nearest the Library, are more and more availing themselves of the facili-
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ties of the reading room during the day. We have on file papers from all the chief cities in this country from Canada to Mexico, and from Europe to the East.
Ladies forming various literary clubs in the different wards of the city find the Farlow reference room of great advantage to them as well as those pursuing special studies.
A long-felt want has been supplied by putting in an elevator running from the janitor's office to the covering room, thus enabling the janitor and messenger to handle the thousands of books which they are required to do, with comparative ease and safety, instead of carrying them up a flight of stairs as they were formerly obliged to do.
I recommend that a new floor be laid in the reading room during the current year ; also that more shelves be put into the document room.
The appropriation made by the City Council for the year was $10.495. Amount realized from fines, sales of bulletins and old paper was $468.46.
The whole number of books in the Library is 32,613. Every book is accounted for, and only in a very few instances have they been defaced. The number of books covered was 13,449; 941 in excess of the previous year. The largest number of books delivered at the Library on any one day was 708 on February 24th. The number of books added during the year was 1,991. The registered number of names of persons using the Library is 9,704.
It is no small commendation of our present faithful and accomplished Librarian, and one well deserved, that she has not failed to meet these growing requisitions upon her knowledge of the literature which has been gathered, as well as exhibited a general familiarity with the various subjects under public discussion. Miss Thurston has been well supported also by her assistants. No complaint has reached the ear of the Superintendent as to the readiness or
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courtesy with which all demands upon the Library have been met.
There has been some change during the year in its personnel, Miss H. W. Harlowe having retired from the position of assistant. Her place has since been filled by Miss M. E. Chase of Newton, a lady of fine education, well read, of literary tastes, and fond of labor among books. Into her hands falls much of the work of completing the card catalogue.
During the year the Library has been fortunate in receiving many valuable donations of books and works on art, and I desire especially to thank William G. Farlow, M. D., for the following donation. A few weeks before President Farlow's death he requested his son to make out a list of works on fungi, which it would be desirable for the Library to own. Dr. Farlow, who is Professor of Crypto- gamic Botany at Harvard College and the leading authority in the country in this branch of study, made the list and sent to London for the works, which have since arrived and been presented to the Library, after being beautifully bound. The works are:
" Illustrations of British Fungi," by M. C. Cooke; "Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England, by C. D. Badham; "Diseases of Plants," by H. Marshall Ward ; " Histoire des Champignons, Comestibles et Veneneux," with Atlas of Plates, by Jos. Roques; "Sveriges Atliga och Giftiga Svampar," by E. Fries; and "Die Pilze Nord- Deutschlands," by Otto Weberbauer.
The many volumes contain hundreds of colored plates of the different species, exquisitely executed and showing wonderful beauty and variety in form and coloring.
Also to Mr. George C. Lord for a beautiful copy of the " History of Middlesex County," in three volumes; and to Miss Mary Shannon for Tennyson's " Idylls of the King," illustrated by Dore; works of Capt. Wm. Baillie; "Les
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Chefs-d'Œuvre de la Peinture Italienne ;" "Eux Fortes Modernes."
During the year our Library met with a great loss in the death of our honored and respected President, John S. Farlow. He had contributed very generously from his fortune and time towards making the Library what it is today. As superintendent it was my fortune to meet him almost daily at the Library, and I always found in him a pleasant, genial, upright man, one always careful of the interests of others, and taking the deepest interest in matters pertaining to the welfare of the City of Newton, especially the Newton Free Library.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN C. KENNEDY, Superintendent.
APPENDIX.
A.
RECEIPTS.
1890.
1889.
1888.
December 31.
Municipal appropriation
$10,495 00
$10,295 00
Fines, bulletins, etc.
468 46
418 38
$10,170 00 446 39
Cash on hand at last report
41 79
5 64
56
$11,005 25
$10,719 02
$10,616 95
B.
EXPENDITURES.
1890
1889.
1888.
December 31.
Salaries
$4,186 51
$4,042 15
$3,518 16
Reading Room
539 51
504 60
463 60
Incidentals
236 93
169 76
168 85
Repairs
212 49
11 80
428 28
Furniture and fixtures
11 10
63 29
233 95
Printing bulletins
188 40
Printing and advertising
37 00
36 75
123 35
Binding
434 33
380 05
242 55
Books .
2,821 95
3,061 49
2,455 49
Light
653 60
569 40
539 80
Fuel
301 39
288 40
553 50
Distributing agencies and express .
1,467 40
1,425 21
1,292 95
Blanks and stationery .
84 71
102 72
392 43
Postage account
18 33
21 50
10 00
Total expenditure
11,005 25
10,677 12
10,611 31
Bal. with City Treasurer, $0 00
Balance at the Library, 0 00
Total balance,
$0 00
0 00
41 90
5 64
$11,005 25
$10,719 02
$10,616 95
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C.
CIRCULATION.
1890.
1889.
1888.
Number of days the Library was open .
30
304
305
Number of holidays the Library was closed . .
8
9
8
Number of other week-days the Library was closed
. .
. .
Number of volumes delivered for home nse .
110,627
105,230
104,700
Average daily use
362.3
346.1
343.2
Largest daily use, Feb. 24, 1890
708
680
. .
Mar. 17, 1888 .
23
. .
. .
..
187
. .
Nov. 26, 1888
. .
90
Number of books lost and not paid for
6
15
12
Number of boooks lost and paid for
5
2
4
Number of books worn out and withdrawn
129
50
39
Number of notices to delinquents,
169
177
262
of volumes covered
13,449
12,508
13,460
of volumes bound .
1,117
884
601
of names registered during the year
931
1,026
1,025
Total number of names registered
9,704
8,773
7,747
. .
Feb. 23, 1889
. .
. .
641
Smallest daily use, Aug. 12, 1890 . July 25, 1889 .
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APPENDIX.
D.
DISTRIBUTION THROUGH TIIE AGENCIES AND TO TIIE SCHOOLS.
1890.
Books distributed at Newton Centre
13,964
Newtonville
13,932
Newton Highlands
8,746
Auburndale
7,140
West Newton .
5,082
Newton Lower Falls
3,753
Newton Upper Falls
3,237
Nonantum
879
Oak Hill
563
Total agency distribution
57,296
Books delivered to 14 of the 20 Public Schools.
to Adams
795
Mason
743
Bigelow
733
Underwood
666
Prospect
644
Eliot
440
High .
428
Williams
427
Hyde
413
Claflin
359
Rice .
170
Pierce
157
Lincoln
130
Hamilton
50
Total number of books delivered for school use . 6,155
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E.
ACCESSIONS.
1890.
1889.
1SSS.
Increase by purchase
1,838
2,050
1,804
by gift
123
128
103
by binding pamphlets . by binding periodicals
15
8
143
136
96
Number of missing volumes re- stored since last report
1
1
. .
Total accessions for the year Number of volumes missing or withdrawn since last report .
2,120
2,323
2,010
129
67
55
Actual increase .
1,991
2,256
1,955
Number of volumes in the Li- brary, as last reported . .
30,622
28,366
26,411
Total number of volumes in the Library .
32,613
30,622
28,366
Number of pamphlets bound since last report
37
32
74
Number of papers subscribed for of newspapers given .
35
34
36
8
9
7
of magazines subscribed for .
79
79
71
of magazines given
.
11
11
9
Total number received
133
133
123
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APPENDIX.
F.
CLASSIFICATION, GROWTH, SIZE, AND USE.
Increase
during the
Year.
Total
Number of
Volumes.
Volumes
isued during
the Year.
1890.
1889.
1888.
Literature.
Prose, fiction, and juvenile read- ing
224
6,691
68,417 8,197
61.84 64.11 7.41 6.79
66.34 6.43
Essays, poetry, and drama .
253
3,976
Periodicals
313
2,503
3,569 513
.46
.58
.46
History.
Geography and travels
185
2,963
9,374
8.47 4.89
8.20
7.49
Biography .
203
3,102
5,406
History
151
2,952
5,701
5.15
4.81
4.70
Arts and Sciences.
Natural science and industrial arts
247
3,270
7,432
6.72
6.03
5.77
Political and social science
98
1,679
1,197
1.08
1.26
1.09
Theology
83
1,337
804
.73
.73
.68
Reference Library
168
3,391
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.02
.04
.16
Accessions for the year .
1,991
Number of volumes in the
Library
32,613
..
. .
Circulation for the year .
. .
..
110,627
.
G.
Received for catalogues sold in 1890
$7.00
Paid City Treasurer .
7.00
2.41
Foreign Literature
66
749
3.23
3.05
4.40
4.47
Per Cent. of Circulation.
LIST OF PERIODICALS FOR 1891 IN THE READING ROOMS.
MAGAZINES.
All the Year Round.
American Agriculturist.
American Architect.
Engineering and Building Record.
American Garden.
English Illustrated Magazine.
American Naturalist.
Folio .*
American Notes and Queries.
Fortnightly.
Forum. Garden and Forest.
Gardener's Chronicle.
Good Housekeeping.
Harper's Magazine.
Haus und Herd.
Atlantic Monthly.
Bibliotheca Sacra.
Blackwood's Magazine.
Cassell's Family Magazine. Catholic World.
Life.
Lippincott's Magazine.
Chautauquan. Civil Service Record .*
Common School Education.
London Punch.
Magazine of American History.
Contemporary. Converted Catholic.
Magazine of Art. Magazine of Western History.
Medical Bulletin .*
Nation. Nationalist .*
American Philatelist. Andover Review. Appalachia. Arena. Art Amateur. Art Interchange.
Home-Maker.
Illustrated London News. Lend a Hand. Library Journal.
Century. Chambers' Journal.
Literary News. Literary World. Littell.
Cosmopolitan. Country Gentleman. Critic. Decorator and Furnisher.
Edinburgh Review.
Education.
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Nature. New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg.
New Eng. Journal of Education. New England Magazine. New Englander and Yale Rev. Nineteenth Century. North American Review.
Notes and Queries. Official Gazette, U. S. Pat Office * Open Court .* Our Dumb Animals .*
Outing. Overland.
Philanthropist .*
Political Science Monthly.
Political Science Quarterly. Public Opinion.
Publishers' Weekly. Puck.
Quarterly Journal of Economics. Quarterly Review. St. Nicholas. Sanitarian. Science. Scientific American. Scientific American Supplement. Scribner's Magazine. Traveler's Record.
United Service Magazine.
Westminster Review.
Wide Awake.
Writer.
Youth's Companion.
NEWSPAPERS.
Alta California. American Citizen.t
Atlanta Constitution. Baltimore American. Boston Advertiser. Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Boston Globe.
Boston Herald.
Boston Journal.
Boston Post. Boston Transcript.
Boston Traveller.
British American Citizen.t Brooklyn Eagle. Charleston News and Courier. Chicago Tribune.
Christian Leader.+ Christian Register. + Cincinnati Commercial. Denver Times.t Florida Times Union.
Harper's Bazar. Harper's Weekly. Independent. London Times.
Montreal Gazette.
New Orleans Picayune.
New York Evening Post.
New York Herald.
New York Sun.
New York Times.
New York Tribune.
New York World. Newton Graphic.
Newton Journal. Paradise of the Pacific.t Philadelphia Press. St. Louis Globe Democrat. Saturday Evening Gazette. Springfield Republican. Woman's Journal.t Zion's Herald.
* Represents magazines given. t Represents newspapers given.
CITY OF NEWTON.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1890.
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BERTY AND UNJO ON.
FOUNDED 1630.
CITY 1873
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NEWTON UPPER FALLS : FANNING PRINTING CO. 1891.
At the regular meeting of the Board of Overseers of the Poor held this day the annual report, as prepared by the Clerk, (for 1890,) was accepted by the Board, and the Clerk was instructed to present the same to the City Council.
NATHAN MOSMAN. Clerk. WEST NEWTON, Feb. 5, 1891.
BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, 1890.
HIS HONOR HEMAN M. BURR, Chairman ex-officio.
Ward One.
WILLIE M. RUSSELL.
Ward Two. JOHN F. PAYNE.
Ward Three. Ward Four. NATHAN MOSMAN.
ANDREW J. FISKE.
Ward Five.
Ward Six.
EUGENE FANNING.
GEORGE WARREN.
Ward Seven. HENRY C. DANIELS.
Committee on Almshouse.
NATHAN MOSMAN. EUGENE FANNING. GEORGE WARREN.
City Almoner, and Clerk of the Board. NATIIAN MOSMAN.
Warden of Almshouse. NATHANIEL D. MOODY.
Matron of Almhouse. MRS. ELIZA A. MOODY.
City Almshouse, Beacon Street.
FREE
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Newton :
GENTLEMEN : - The Board of Overseers of the Poor herewith presents its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1890.
The membership has remained unchanged. The per- sonal attendance at the twelve meetings for business has been seventy-two out of a possible eighty-four.
The general condition of business and of health in the city has been good, consequently no unusual amount of aid for the destitute has been required.
The fact that so large a part of the expense of this department is caused by the use of intoxicating liquor appears a sufficient reason for vigorous efforts for suppress- ing its illegal sale within city limits. Such efforts have been made with partial success, yet from some source a supply is still continued to such a degree as to result in a large expense to taxpayers.
The charitable societies, through their visitors, are doing an important work in many families aided by this depart- ment. The material aid, encouragement, and common sense carried by them into these homes are of great value where these elements are so often lacking.
In 1889 the city had twenty-seven patients in the New ton Cottage Hospital. In 1890 thirty-nine were placed
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there. Of this number thirty-five, having no settlement, were chargeable to the State, and four to other cities and towns. No bills are presented to this Board for persons having a settlement in Newton. The cases having no settle- ment are mostly of persons working at trades and temporally residing here, and of women and girls engaged in domestic service. For the relief and care of these, when destitute, the city is responsible. In no other way could this Board so well or economically care for the sick who come to it for relief. The hospital is admirably managed and giving most satisfactory results in return for the outlay.
The whole number of families receiving aid out of Alms-
house, including the Newton Cottage Hospital
patients, during any part of the year, was . . 164
Whole number of persons, . 404
Having settlement in Newton, . 232
Having settlement in other cities and towns in the State, 76
Aided in other cities and towns and chargeable to New- ton, . 53 .
Having no settlement and chargeable to the State, . 96
Of the whole number there were males, . 176
females, . 228
Of persons having full support out of almshouse during any part of the year, there were at Danvers Lunatic Hospital,
2
Tewksbury Insane Asylum, .
2
Westboro Insane Hospital, .
5
Worcester Insane Asylum, .
4 6
Worcester Lunatic Hospital. . Placed in a family, 1
Whole number of insane supported, 20
Number at present supported,
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
The amount appropriated by the City Council for
poor out of Almshouse was
$9,200 00
77 42 Overdrawn,
Details of expenditures and receipts will be found in accompanying tables.
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Expenditures for the Year 1890.
MONTH.
Cash.
Groceries.
Fuel.
Clothing.
Board.
Medical
Attendance.
Medicine.
Burials.
Tramps.
Commonwealth
Massachusetts.
Insane.
Other Towns.
Salaries.
January
$12 64
$136 76
$58 74
. .
$30 59
$20 00
$8 65
$22 00
$117 12
$14 86
$424 50
.
February
22 40
191 25
127 04
$2 55
46 72
22 00
12 90
20 00
March
13 61
187 37
123 52
10 50
48 85
30 50
20 14
..
. .
.
451 76
3 49
April
29 06
120 81
45 28
57 52
26 50
16 56
..
.
.
. .
38 66
May
24 43
149 16
32 51
32 15
55 00
8 08
36 00
.
.
. .
..
June
24 50
98 42
7 95
142 14
6 00
5 65
July
12 10
142 81
10 20
3 00
49 15
5 00
7 10
10 00
186 33
169 00
197 88
August .
21 50
87 95
14 70
9 25
14 00
·
..
.
..
..
September
15 70
138 84
35 51
89 58
40 00
14 88
12 50
..
.
622 13
..
..
October .
48 76
124 05
77 62
..
93 32
7 50
17 71
..
..
..
156 55
..
November
10 06
114 46
75 60
12 98
8 50
12 15
7 00
.
..
. .
218 78
.
December
15 15
203 04
137 96
..
71 44
29 00
16 17
15 00
.
..
515 24
·
. .
Total
$249 91 $1,682 35
$746 63
$16 05
$683 69
$264 00
$139 99
$122 50
$12 57
$371 45 $2,378 42
$1,059 86
$1,550 00
..
.
.
. .
..
.
605 43
:
.
..
.
.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
..
..
68 00
..
20 00
of
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Receipts from Various Sources.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
$690 69
City of Boston,
94 75
City of Chelsea,
125 53
City of Waltham,
106 83
City of Somerville,
21 00
City of Lowell,
2 00
City of Lawrence,
20 75
Town of Pittsfield,
60 00
Town of Blackstone,
70 50
Town of Needham,
50 38
Town of Wellesley,
23 05
Town of Concord,
9 60
Town of Watertown,
8 00
Town of Natick,
802 28
Guardians and relatives,
Total receipts for poor out of Almshouse,
. $2,128 96
Almshouse Department.
The average number of inmates at the almshouse re- mains low. While all really needing a home here are received, the aim is to encourage and assist those who can to remain outside in partial self-support and independence. On the other hand there are those who by age and infirmity are unable to properly care for themselves and therefore need the comfort and attention given at the Almshouse, who flatly refuse this offered aid, choosing to receive the small cost of support here and with it attempt to live outside.
The number of persons supported at the Almshouse for all or any part of the year has been 41 ; present number, 28 ; average number for the year, 28. Four persons have died, two males and two females, aged respectively eighty-one, seventy-three, sixty-nine and fifty-three years.
· 43 60
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
The amount appropriated by the City Council for
Almshouse expense and repairs was . . $4,500 00
Amount expended,
. 3,544 98
Balance, $955 02 Amount received from board, sale of produce.
wood, etc., . $1,803 03
Almshouse expense and repairs, net, . 1,741 95
The amount expended has been less than usual for the reason that no standing wood has been bought or the manure taken from the city stables.
In view of the expected transfer of the department to a new location the appropriation for 1890 was increased to cover the cost of removal a d house furnishing. This change not being made a balance was returned into the treasury. No provision is made for such expense in the appropriation for 1891.
The total appropriation for the Poor Department
for the year was . $13,700 00
Total expenditures, . . 12,822 40
Total receipts, .
· 3,931 99
Total expense of the department, net, 8,890 41 Unexpended balance, 877 60
The condition of the live stock and tools on the farm remains substantially as at the beginning of the year.
The condition of the buildings at present is second- elass, expenditures having been spared in anticipation of removal.
Respectfully submitted,
For the Overseers of the Poor, NATHAN MOSMAN, Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF NEWTON.
1890.
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NEWTON UPPER FALLS : FANNING PRINTING CO. 1891.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JANUARY 1890.
IION. HEMAN M. BURR, MAYOR, CHAIRMAN, ex officio. ELLIOTT J. IIYDE, PRESIDENT COMMON COUNCIL, ex officio. J. EDWARD HOLLIS, CHAIRMAN.
THOMAS EMERSON, SECRETARY AND SUPERINTENDENT.
TERM OF OFFICE
WARDS. EXPIRES.
I.
. January, 1892
I. . January, 1892
II. . January, 1892 MARY R. MARTIN SAMUEL BARNARD
II. . January, 1892
III.
. January, 1891 III. . January, 1891
DAVID E. BAKER
IV. . January, 1891
CHARLES E. PARKER .
IV. . January, 1891
FRANK J. HALE
V. . January, 1893
ALBERT B. PUTNEY
V. . January, 1893
AMOS E. LAWRENCE
VI. . January, 1893
ALBERT D. S. BELL
VI. January, 1893
GEORGE C. TRAVIS
VII. . January, 1893
FRANCIS B. HORNBROOKE
VII. . January, 1891
ELECTED MEMBERS.
CHARLES A. DREW J. EDWARD HOLLIS JOHN W. DICKINSON
ABBY E. DAVIS
STANDING COMMITTEES.
High School.
J. EDWARD HOLLIS. JOHN W. DICKINSON. FRANCIS B. HORNBROOKE.
Ward One.
CHARLES A. DREW. J. EDWARD HOLLIS. ALBERT D. S. BELL.
Ward Two.
JOHN W. DICKINSON. MARY R. MARTIN.
CHARLES A. DREW.
Ward Three.
ABBY E. DAVIS. SAMUEL BARNARD.
DAVID E. BAKER.
Ward Four.
CHARLES E. PARKER. DAVID E. BAKER.
SAMUEL BARNARD.
Ward Five.
ALBERT B. PUTNEY. FRANK J. HALE.
ELLIOTT J. HYDE.
Ward Six.
AMOS E. LAWRENCE. ALBERT D. S. BELL.
FRANK J. HALE.
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Ward Seven.
GEORGE C. TRAVIS. FRANCIS B. IIORNBROOKE. AMOS E. LAWRENCE.
Evening Schools.
CHARLES A. DREW.
FRANK J. HALE.
MARY R. MARTIN.
Drawing, Music, and Sewing.
ALBERT B. PUTNEY. ABBY E. DAVIS.
MARY R. MARTIN.
Text Books. FRANCIS B. HORNBROOKE. DAVID E. BAKER.
ALBERT B. PUTNEY.
Rules and Regulations.
FRANK J. HALE. GEORGE C. TRAVIS.
AMOS E. LAWRENCE.
Salaries.
FRANCIS B. HORNBROOKE. SAMUEL BARNARD. J. EDWARD HOLLIS.
School Houses.
JOHN W. DICKINSON. CHARLES E. PARKER.
J. EDWARD HOLLIS.
Accounts.
SAMUEL BARNARD. ALBERT D. S. BELL.
CHARLES A. DREW.
Supplies.
AMOS E. LAWRENCE. CHARLES E. PARKER
ELLIOTT J. HYDE.
CITY OF NEWTON.
IN BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
December 17, 1890.
VOTED: That the report of the Superintendent for 1890 be the Annual Report of the School Board.
ORDERED : That the same number of copies be printed as last year.
1. L. HARWOOD, Secretary.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Newton :-
In conformity to the rules of the Board, I respectfully present my annual report for the year 1889-90. The schools were in session forty weeks, beginning September 9, 1889, and ending June 27, 1890. The statistics in this report cover the school year from July 1, 1889, to June 30, 1890.
A general exhibit of the results of the last school census, of the number of school buildings and the value of the school property, of the enrolment and attendance of the pupils, and of the cost of the schools, is given in the follow- ing statistics.
School Census.
Population of the city, U. S. Census of 1890, 24,375 Number of persons in the city between five and
fifteen years of age, May 1, 1890, 4,241
Number of pupils between five and fifteen years of age attending the public schools in May, 1890, 3.362 Number of pupils between five and fifteen years of age in private schools, 237 .
Number of persons between five and fifteen years of age not attending school, 642
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Number of pupils between eight and fourteen years of age attending the public schools in May, 1890, 2,356 · Number of pupils between eight and fourteen years of age in private schools, 122
Number of persons between eight and fourteen years of age not attending school, 88
School Buildings.
Number of school houses, . 22
Number of occupied rooms, May 1, 1890, 106
Number of unoccupied rooms, May 1, 1890, . 7
Total number of rooms, May 1, 1890, 113
Number of halls, May 1, 1890. 4
Total number of sittings, May 1, 1890, 4,705
The total value of the school houses, furniture and land is $581,600. The following table gives the value of the school property in detail :
High school buildings, furniture, and land. . $113,000 00 Bigelow school house, furniture, and land, 44,000 00
Underwood school house, furniture, and land, . 24,000 00 Lincoln school house, furniture, and land, 5,500 00
Eliot school house, furniture, and land, . 19,000 00
Jackson school house, furniture, and land, 15,000 00
Adams school house, furniture, and land, 22,500 00 Claflin school house, furniture, and land, 35,000 00 Pierce school house, furniture, and land, 32,000 00
Davis school house, furniture, and land, . 13,000 00
Franklin school house, furniture, and land, 15,500 00
Barnard school house, furniture, and land, 21,000 00 Williams school house (old), and land, 10,000 00
Williams school house (new), furniture, and land, . 35,000 00
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
Hamilton school house, furniture, and land. $28,000 00 Prospect grammar school house, furniture, and land. . 31,000 00
Prospect primary school house, furniture, and land, . 7,500 00
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