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Respectfully,
E. P. FITTS. (9)
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DRAWING.
Industrial drawing has been introduced into all of the schools the past year, to meet the requirements of the law. Instruction in this branch has been governed by the proficiency of the pupils, as no uniform grade work could be fixed, because of the want of previous tuition. The primary schools, however, commenced with the first, or rudimentary, work, and as the pupils advance they will take the series of lessons in their regular order.
MUSIC.
Music has received the attention one would expect under the efficient guide of so popular a teacher as Mr. H. G. Carey, whose services we were fortunate in securing for the winter term, and hope to retain for the en- suing year. This pleasing and instructive part in the routine of school studies, has been given once every week in the centre schools, and every two weeks, on the average, in the outlying district schools. For the spring and fall terms the matter of music was put under the charge of Mr. S. H. Hadley, who brought to his work a conscientious fidelity that met the ap- preciation of the committee.
PENMANSHIP.
More consideration has been given to improving the penmanship of the scholars, and many of the schools exhibit a progress that is most gratifying. This has been supplemented by two private evening writing schools under the direction of professional penmen, who have been given the use of necessary room in two of the central buildings.
ATTENDANCE.
There has been a good deal of absenteeism during the winter term, owing to the prevalence of diphtheretic affections, either real or supposed, and other sickness, that the frequent and sudden changes of climate have induced.
There have been some cases which seemed to call for the execution of the law pertaining to truancy. The law of the state is found in Chapter 48, Sections 10-17, and in conformity to its requirements the town of Reading adopted, in public meeting, April 3, 1882, the following by-laws, which were approved by Judge Brooks, of the Probate Court at Cam- bridge :-
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SEC. 1. All children between the ages of 7 and 15 years, residing in the town of Reading, and who may be found wandering about in the streets and public places of said town, having no lawful occupation or business, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance, shall be committed to the Reform School in Lowell, Mass., for confinement, instruction, and discipline.
SEC. 2. There shall be appointed annually two or more truant officers, who shall be under the direction of the school committee, whose duty it shall be to inquire into all the violations of the truant laws relating to compulsory education and do all acts required of them by the laws of the Commonwealth.
SEC. 3. All previously enacted by-laws relating to truancy are hereby repealed.
The committee have appointed Edward F. Parker and Wm. L. Crowe truant officers.
The law further sets forth that every person having control of children between 8 and 14 years of age shall annually cause the same to attend some public day school for at least twenty weeks, which time shall be divided into two terms, each of ten consecutive weeks. The penalty attached to the neglect of this provision is twenty dollars.
We hope parents and guardians will take such cognizance of the fore- going law, as to relieve the committee from the necessity of enforcing it.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
In the latter part of last October the towns of Melrose, Wakefield, North Reading, Wilmington and Methuen, joined the town of Reading in holding a Teachers' Institute, at the latter place, for two days, under the immediate direction of the State Board of Education. The citizens and teachers of Reading are entitled to more than the ordinary amount of thanks for the hospitable manner in which they extended welcome to the guests on that occasion, and thus contributed largely in making the affair one, if not the most successful Institute of the season, held within the state.
VACANCIES.
There will be three vacancies at the end of this year, to be filled at the ensuing town meeting.
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Mr. Stillman E. Parker and Mr. Edward F. Parker, whose terms ex- pire March 31. Walter S. Parker resigned March 10th, to take effect March 31, 1883.
APPROPRIATIONS.
We suggest that the sum of $8,100 be appropriated for the schools, and $700 for incidentals.
Respectfully submitted.
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman. STILLMAN E. PARKER, JAMES A. BANCROFT, EDWARD F. PARKER, GEORGE E. PUTNEY,
HENRY G. KITTRIDGE.
Secretary.
Members of School Committee of Reading.
ADOPTED IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
March 17, 1883.
Table showing Salaries, Attendance, and Number of Visitors.
NAMES OF SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS NOW EMPLOYED.
SALARIES NOW PAID.
1st Term.
2d Term.
3d Term.
1st Term.
2d Term.
3d Term.
over 15 years.
Pupils during yr
under 5 years.
High School. .
103
Miss Mary L Stinchfield, 1st Assistant ...
86
69
66
83
67
63
58
....
First Grammnar ...
115
Miss Jennie R. Barrus. .
13 00
28
40
41
26
39
39
· .
Second Grammar .
82
Miss Alice M. Barrows.
12 00
30
36
33
29
35
29
6
Third Grammar.
91
Miss A. M. Buswell ..
10 00
27
34
34
26
33
33
....
....
Upper Medium
105
Miss Ella F. Wakefield.
10 00
32
38
37
30
37
34
. .. ..
....
Lower Medium ..
132
Mrs. Alice W. Emerson .
10 00
33
30
30
31
28
25
. ...
....
Union-st. Upper Primary ..
131
Mrs. Sarah A. Goodridge.
10 00
53
48
50
50
45
43
. ...
....
Union-st. Lower Primary ..
149
Miss Ruth L. Pratt
10 00
58
43
38
53
37
30
. ...
1
Walnut-st. Grammar.
74
Miss Sarah M. Pearson.
8 00
13
19
19
10
17
17
...
Woburn-st. Primary .
65
Miss Martha F. Davis
7 50
33
30
30
31
28
26
.
...
Woburn-st. Grammar.
85
Miss Clara J Coney
12 00
31
36
33
30
34
31
.
....
Lowell-st Mixed.
53
Miss Kate L. Beard ..
8 00
32
36
27
30
34
24
..
..
....
Main-st. Mixed .. ...
17
Miss Maud F. Littlefield
6 00
9
10
9
9
10
8
. ..
..
Haverhill-st. Mixed
50
Miss Z. A. Wakefield ....
6 00
12
16
17
10
16
15
....
1
1,305
504
515
493
473
487
440
74
2
.
.
.
.
, .
6 00
27
30
29
25
27
23
· ...
Walnut-st. Primary ...
53
Miss Mary W. Howard .
.
.
.
....
No of visitors.
(E. P. Fitts, Principal ..
$1,200 00 per year 12 00 per week
9 00
( Miss Cora F. Adams, 2d Assistant
.
.
...
. .
. .
Average Average Mem'slıip. Attend'nce.
Pupils during yr
APPENDIX.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Population of Reading 3,118
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, May
1882. 527 Number of children between 8 and 14 years of age, May 1882 309
Amount appropriated for instruction, fuel, and care of rooms. $8,000 00
Amount appropriated for incidentals. 700 00
Amount drawn from State School Fund.
249 97
Amount received from other sources
16 05
Total receipts $8,966 02 Expended for instruction, fuel and care of rooms. $8,207 47
Expended for incidentals. 523 13
Expended for books, &c.
235 42
Total expenditure
$8,966 02
PUPILS.
Number of different pupils enrolled during the year. . 618
Average membership of all the schools. 504
Average attendance in all the schools during the year .... 467
The per cent. of attendance based upon the average mem- bership. .92
Number attending within the year between 8 and 14 years of age (compulsory school-age) 358
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Number of pupils admitted to the High School.
215
Youngest pupil admitted, age. 12 years 1 month. Oldest .. 16 66 8 4
Average age of pupil admitted 14 3
TEACHERS.
Number of male teachers employed. 1
Number of female teachers employed. 16
Average wages per month of female teachers.
$37 373
Number of teachers who have attended Normal Schools .. 8
Number of teachers graduated from Normal Schools. .... 8
NAMES OF PUPILS GRADUATED FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL JUNE, 1882.
Lottie H. Allen,
Louise D. Hooton,
Hattie E. Austin,
Cora F. Hunter, .
Martha E. Babb,
Annie C. Lawrence,
S. Lizzie Batchelder,
Laura C. Melendy,
Alice E. Broad,
Anna M. Moulton,
Laurie E. Clark,
Georgia P. Pendergrace,
F. Mabel Cummings,
Effie M. Sanborn,
L. Fannie Cummings,
Lillian V. Smith,
Hattie F. Damon,
Hattie V. Stone,
Hattie C. Eaton,
S. E. Wigglesworth,
M. Alice Emerson,
M. Fannie Wilson,
Mary F. Foote,
Edward F. Atkinson.
Hattie M. Foster,
Fred W. Atkinson,
Ella F. Gray,
George G. Pearson,
Grace M. Holden,
Charles F. Reid.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Giving the names of those who have been neither absent nor tardy since March, 1882, and the schools to which they belong ;
HIGH SCHOOL.
Hattie N. Richardson, Nathaniel G. Hill,
72
*Mary A. Bancroft, § Emma M. Damon, Annie P. Channell,
Hattie B. Lewis. Lillia F. Kidder.
Emma F. Berry,
FIRST GRAMMAR. Lizzie A. Parker.
Winefred Emerson, *Mamie Vermille,
SECOND GRAMMAR. ¿Kirke P. Sanborn.
Edith P. Parker, Minnie L. Jones,
THIRD GRAMMAR. +Henry W. Jones, Louis G. Hill
LOWER MEDIUM.
*Mary L. Temple.
UPPER
PRIMARY.
Susie Berry.
Hattie Corkins, +Lucy Roby,
WOBURN STREET GRAMMAR. Crissie Copeland.
HAVERHILL STREET MIXED.
Edith Wakefield.
*Neither absent nor tardy in two years.
+Neither absent nor tardy in three years.
#Neither absent nor tardy in four years. §Neither absent nor tardy in six years.
EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS.
INSTRUCTION.
Paid for teaching High School. $1,998 00
First Grammar 481 00
Second Grammar.
456 00
Third Grammar
407 00
Woburn Street Grammar 456 00
Walnut Street Grammar
304 00
Upper Medium
351 00
Lower Medium 375 00
Union Street Upper Primary .. 380 00
Union Street Lower Primary ..
380 00
Woburn Street Primary. ..
267 00
Walnut Street Primary 228 00
Lowell Street Mixed.
322 00
Haverhill Street Mixed.
228 00
Main Street Mixed.
217 20
Music.
337 39
--- $7,187 59
JANITORS.
Paid for care of Centre School buildings. $317 00
Woburn Street School buildings
68 60
Walnut Street School buildings.
52 00
Lowell Street School buildings.
31 75
Main Street School buildings. .. 28 50
Haverhill Street School buildings 38 00
535 85
Amount carried forward,
$7,723 44
(10)
74
Amount brought forward, $7,723 44
FUEL.
Paid Wendell Bancroft, for coal. $28 00
J. C. Gleason, 317 25
J. L. Parker, for wood. 79 09
E. F. Parker,
31 50
Labor on wood. 28 19
484 03
Total amount expended. $8.207 47
Receipts : -
Appropriation.
$8,000 00
Drawn from School Fund. 207 47
8,207 47
STATE SCHOOL FUND.
Balance, March, 1882.
$176 48
Received from Treasurer of Commonwealth. 201 76
378 24
Expended for tuition.
$207 47
66 for books, etc., on incidental account 42 50
Amount remaining unexpended. 128 27
378 24
TUITION OF NON-RESIDENTS.
Received.
13 00
Paid into treasury on incidental account 13 00
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Paid Citizens gas light Co., gas for High School
building.
$17 50
Wm. Damon, statistical table 7 50
C. C. Gerry, erasers 18 76
Allen & Noble, call-bell.
1 00
C. A. F. Emery, printing.
9 00
New England School Furnishing Co., maps 2 25
S. H. Hadley, music books. 19 00
Amount carried forward, $75 01
75
Amount brought forwad, $75 01
Paid D. Appleton & Co , maps. 9 45
Thompson, Brown & Co., books 25 00
Willard Small, books. 53 90
R. S. Davis & Co., books. 32 50
Lang's Express, for expressage and keys. . 4 35
A. D. Albee, ink wells.
27 68
Ginn, Heath & Co., book.
1 01
Copeland & Bowser, shades, fixtures, etc. .
4 08
A. T. Holden, expense on pump 10 70
W. H. Twombley, printing. 1 50
A. H. Murray, diplomas 8 00
C. M. Barrows, printing.
15 00
S. R. Roby, labor.
13 36
J. F. Runnells, labor.
3 00
Wendell Bancroft, labor and material.
21 49
Merrimac Chemical Co., chemicals for High School. 86
M. E. Nichols, painting and glazing. 121 82
T. W. Gilson, books. 5 00
Winkley, Thorp & Dresser, ink. 10 00
D. Lothrop, books. 10 50
N. W. Broad, repairs. 68 85
Burditt & Williams, hooks. 62
S. M. Hall, labor and material. 6 52
Garfield & Co., blackboards 4 00
Melvin Batchelder.
50
A. W. Danforth, books.
14 82
Boston School Supply Co., apparatus and books 47 33
Ward & Gay, napkins for Teachers' Insti- tute. 3 25
J. C. Richardson, horse hire, Teachers' Institute. 4 00
Amount carried forward,
$604 10
76
Amount brought forward $604 10
Paid G. W. Atkinson, sundries.
10 40
H. G. Kittredge, sundries. 10 23
Lyceum Hall Association, use of hall for Institute 25 00
Titus & Stevens, sundries. 20 62
A. S. Richardson, repairs on pump. 1 50
H. G. Wadlin, lettering diplomas 5 00
W. S. Parker, dictionary. 4 00
E. F. Parker, labor and material. 8 43
Daniel Pratt's Sons, repairs of clock. .
50
G. O. Batchelder, rent of Main street school lot. 5 00
Cummings' Express, fees.
6 55
Parker & Stone, sundries.
19 98
Wm. H. Willis & Son, books, etc 10 04
T. Littlefield, repairs and material. 8 60
R. L. Been, repairing clock. 75
Old South Parish, use of church 15 00
S. E. Parker, cash paid for repairs 60
C. A. F. Emery & Co., printing 2 25
758 55
Receipts : -
Appropriation 700 00
From tuition of non-residents
13 00
For books
3 05
Drawn from School Fund
42 50
758 55
Reading's Educational Statistics for Twenty Years. COLLATED FROM THE REPORTS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
TABLE A.
For
From Vols. Nos. 5-24.
Population of the Town.
Valuation of the Town.
Raised by Taxes for Public
Schools, including Wages of
of Fires and School-Rooms.
No. of Public Schools.
No. of diff't sch'lrs in the Pub.
Average attend'ce in the Pub.
Schools during the School yr. No. of sch'lars in town bet. 5 &
15 yrs. of age on the 1st of May Scholars over 15 years of age
who attended the Pub. Schools
Scholars under 5 years of age who attended the Pub. Sch'ls.
No. of different Teachers
in the Public Schools.
No of Teachers fm Nor. Sch'ls.
No. Graduates of Nor. Sch'ls.
Average wages of Teach-
ers per month, including
Agregate length of the
Public Schools for the
year, in mos. and days.
Average length,, turned by the
Committee.
Males. Fem's.
Mos.
Mos.
Ds
1
1840-41
5
1841-42
6
3
1842-43
1843-44
8
5
1844-45
9
6
1845-46
*10
2,193
$463,024 61
$1,300 00
11 11
610 592
468
635 +36
593 +38
£33
137
6
12
31 67
15 50
96
14
8.
15
10
1849-50
14
3,044
463,024 61
2,000 00
12
616
468
544
70
80
6
12
31 50
16 84
100
15
8
08
11
1850-51
15
3,108
1,071,042 00
2,000 00
12
625
468
579
63
73
6
13
31 22
17 94
92
10
14
12
1851-52
16
3,108
1,071,042 00
2,000 00
13
621
460
546
70
68
6
14
33 42
17 50
96
19
09
13
1852-53
3,108
1,071,042 00
2,500 00
13
503
617
62
6
17
35 83
18 58
111
10
8
12
14
1853-54
18
3,108
1,071,042 00
2,000 00
452
334
415
44
3
9
43 49
19 20
69
01
8
13
15
1854-55
19
3,108
1,071,042 00
2,500 00
9
482
362
447
51
3
10
43 33
18 96
82
06
9
03
16
1855-56
20
2,522
1,071,042 00
2,500 00
9
475
373
521
26
17
3
12
41 89
19 13
77
8
12
17
1856-57
21
2,522
1,071,042 00
2,600 00
10
525
387
487
64
11
2
14
.
50 00
21 56
80
. .
...
18
1857-58
22
2,522
1,071,042 00
3,000 00
10
555
433
502
84
23
3
9
.
54 61
21 87
83
18
8
08
19
1858-59
23
2,522
1,071,042 00
2,500 00
12
409
393
502
69
3
1
68 40
21 19
88
07
07
20
1859 -60
24
2,522
1,071,042 00
3,000 00
13
504
404
553
36
27
2
11
47 90
18 90
108
05
8
07
Averages.
2,664
$868,369 54 |$2,213 33 |
11
561
4241
547
53
40
4
12
$40 40
$17 87
89| 07
8| 03
* In vols. Nos. 10, 11, 12 and 13, scholars are rated between 4 and 16 years of age.
§ 22 days in a month.
t Scholars over 16 years of age.
# Scholars under 4 years of age.
Years in Table.
Twenty Years,
or
From 1840-41
To 1859-60.
1847-48
*12
2,193
463,024 61
1,800 00
11
598
478
414
654 +32
..
·
cascoscarlos
32 05
13 75
85| 14
16
9
1848-49
*13
2,193
463,024 61
2,000 00
11
585
408
616 +36
146 141
6 6
11
...
$29 16
$12 60
77
...
. .
1846-47
*11
2,193
463,024 61
1,500 00
21
8
04
8
12
. . .
31 60
14 42
89|
as re-
Town
Mal's
Fe- mal's
11
.
·
.
8
672
64
33
31
07
8
.
1
lic Schools du'g the School y'r.
Teachers, Board, Fuel, Care
Ds
the value of board.
Reading's Educational Statistics for Twenty-one Years. COLLATED FROM THE REPORTS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
TABLE A.
For
Twenty-one Years,
or
From 1860-61
To 1880-81.
From Vols. Nos. 25-45.
Population of the Town.
Valuation of the Town.
Raised by Taxes for Public
Schools, including Wages of
Fires and School-Rooms.
No. of Public Schools.
lic Schools dur'g the School y'r.
Avr'ge attend'nce in the P'blic
Schools during the School y'r. No. Sch'lrs in Town betw'n 5 & 15 y'rs of age on the 1st of May Scholars over 15 years of age
who attend'd the P'blic Schools
Scholars under 5 years of age who attend'd the P'blic Schools
No. of different Teachers
in the Public Schools.
No. Teachers fr. Nor. Schools.
No. Graduates of Nor. Schools.
Average Wages of Teach-
ers per Month, including
Aggregate length of the
P'blic Schools for the y'r
in months and days.
Average length, as re- turned by the Town Com-
mittee.
Mal's
mal's
Males.
Fe- Įmales
Mos.
Mos.
Ds
1
1860-61
25
2,662
$1,269,570 00 $3,000 00
13
542
433
540
47
20
1
.
$60 00
$20 05
114
07 8
16
1861-62
26
2,662
1,269,570 00
2,500 00
13
577
457
561
53
I
12
55 50
18 69
108
. .
8 06
3
1862-63
27
2,662
1,269,570 00
2,500 00
13
582
434
540
54
23
I
12
60 00
17 25
110
01
8
09
5
1864-65
29
2,436
1,293,056 00
3,500 00
543
454
515
52
17
1
·.
.
70 00
22 84
115
05
8
17
6
1865-66
30
2,436
1,293,056 00
4,000 00
536
446
510
54
16
2
13
95 00
26 73
103
18
8
6
1866-67
31
2,436
1,293,056 00
4,500 00
13
587
484
598
27
13
1
14
100 00
27 50
115
03
8
17
8
1867-68
32
2,436
1,293,056 00
4,750 00
14
674
476
561
42
15
1
19
108 10
27 50
113
05
8 8
02 12
10
1869-70
34
2,664
1,293,056 00
5,500 00
14
578
485
520
65
21
1
17
166 67
35 04
113
8
..
11
1870-71
35
2,664
1,293,056 00
7,000 00
14
550
4831
547
82
6
1
. .
167 00
37 00
127
10
9
02
12
1871-72
36
2,664
1,850,653 00
7,000 00
14
499
585
88
1
21
...
166 67
40 00
121 02
8
18
13
1872-73
37
2,664
1,702,763 48 8,000 00
547
480
532
87
1
22
...
200 00
41 40
126
.
. .
15
1874-75
39
3,186
2,337,407 00 11,000 00
600
503
525
95
15
1
16
200 00
50 37
117
·
9
15
17
1876-77
41
3,186
2,376,662 00
8,500 00
14
599|
458
482
114
6
3
18
94 74
42 11
133
.
136
10
9
15
19
1878-79
43
3,186
2,377,061 00
8,000 00
14
590
457
475
139
7
2
17
4
4
87 80
35 85
136
10
9
15
20
1879-80
14
3,181
2,457,816 00
7,500 00
15
607
473
487
107
20
2
16
4
4
87 80
38 00
142
10
9
10
21
1880-81
15
3,181
2,523,165 00
8,000 00
15
594
460
498
89
5
2
2.2
5
5
105 25
37 75
142
10
9
10
Averages,.
2,972
$2,103,404 13|$7,028 17| 15
588| 464 513!
821
10
2
20
5
4 |$112 07 |$35 14
1311
09)
9 1 4
..
.
70 00
18 33
104 17!
8
01
1863-64
28
2,662
1,269,570 00
2,500 00|
13
558
449
543
54
18
1
12
.
..
9
1868-69
33
2,436
1,293,056 00
5,000 00
14
599
464
520
44
15
2
23
111 11
32 00
120
..
.
8
19
14
1873-74
38
2,664
1,702,763 48
8,500 00
608
520
552)
68
9
20
. . .
.
40
3,186
2,377,630 00
9,426 61|
14
607
471
537
95
4
1
19
6
184 62
42 50
126
10
10
18
1877-78
42
3,186
2,360,437 00
8,500 00
14
550
457
454
117
10
2
16
2
2
92 92
38 25
125
9
16
1875-76
.
.
. .
40 25
..
610
14
14
13
Teachers, Board, Fuel, Care of
No. of diff't Sch'lrs in the Pub-
13
12
15
12
....
the Value of Board.
Years in Table.
Ds
Fe-
15
200.00
Reading's Educational Statistics for Twenty Years. COLLATED FROM THE REPORTS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
TABLE B.
FIRST SERIES.
SECOND SERIES.
THIRD SERIES.
Unincor.
Acade-
for
and fuel for the Schools.
Years in Table.
No. of towns in State.
For twenty years, or
from 1840-41 to 1859-
From Vols. Nos. 5-24.
chusetts School Fund.
Money appropr'ted for
between 5 and 15
years of age.
propriations.
the county.
Percentage of valuat'n
appropt'd to Public
and hund'rths of mls.
Position of the town
with the 333 towns of
the State on its valu-
Position of the town
Ratio of attendance of
bet. 5 & 15 yrs of age,
expres'd in decimals.
Position of the town
the State on its ratio
Position of the town
No. of schools.
Ave. No. of scholars.
Aggregate paid for
Amount
board
Public
-
1
304
1840-41
304
1841-42
6
3
304
1842-43
7
4
304
1843-44
8
5
304
1844-45
9
156
38
.
.
.
3
115
$660 00
........
311
1846-47
11
2.360
146
40 .
.74-00
94
25
5
159
768 00
$15 00
8
313
1847-48
12
3.040
66
28 .
.80-00
32
10
4
125
1,532 00
6 00
9
315
1848-49
13
3.058
78
.
...
84
27
.86-03
67
18
1
20
59 00
..
11
321
1850-51
15
3 509
110
34
.80-66
87
22
...
..
1
22
260 00
.......
13
322
1852-53
17
121 48
4.052
87
31
2 33
67
11
.81-52
96
21
1
25
50 00
.......
14
328
1853-54
18
96 82
4.819
58
24
2 71
41
12
.80-48
80
24
1
20
200 00
...
15
330
1854-55
19
99 60
5.593
45
20
3 17
29
7
.80-98
72
22
.
16
331
1855-56
20
99 23
4.798
86
33
3 17
43
11
.70-82
193
40
..
17
332
1856-57
21
105 91
5.339
75
30
3 36
43
12
.79-47
85
23
18
332
1857-58
22
103 49
5.976
557
26
3 92
29
11
.86-25
67
18
. .
.
.. .
19
332
1858-59
23
105 42
4.982
96
32
3 27
57
15
.78-29
123
31
10
50 00
....
20
333
1859-60
24
105 42
5.425
77
28
3 74
42
11
.73-06
206
43
Averages
$107 36
4.160
94
31
.003 06
55
13
.84-21
103
25
1
37
$248 33
$1 50
·
10
316
1849-50
14
3.676
.
...
.001 87
140
26
.84-25
55
12
322
1851-52
16
124 49
3.663
111
38
.
30
.63-15
185
39
3
51
146 00
6
309
1845-46
10
2.110
180
13 .
...
ation,
with the 52 towns of
whole No. of children
with the 333 towns of
of attendance.
the county.
60.
Town's share of the Massa-
each scholar in town,
Position of the town
with the 333 towns of
the State on its ap-
Position of the town
Sch's, given in mills
with the 52 towns of
contributed
tuition.
.
mies and Private schools.
with the 52 towns of
the county.
.
...
. . ...
.
.
1
$111 70
18
2
(11)
1
334
1860-61
25
$113 36
$5.55
87
33
.002-36
68
12
.80-19
107
22
87.
22
2
334
1861-62
26
105 30
4.456
175
49
1-97
159
31
.81-46
126
31
153
37
3
334
1862-63
27
110 70
4.630
115
34
1-97
116
20
.80-46
138
32
123
29
4
334
1863-644
28
124 89
4.604
131
38
1-97
133
25
.82-69
89
19
118
27
5
334
1864-65
29
126 69
6.796
56
22
2-71
39
5
.88-16
45
13
47
13
7
335
1866-67
31
$12,259
173 00
8.467
68
26
3-67
59
15
.84-94
€6
15
64
19
9
535
18€8-69
33
$221 91
227 25
181 25
9.615
55
22
3-87
65
15
.89-33
31
9
50
15
10
335
1869-70
34
1,191 10
250 00
185 97
10.577
53
21
1-25
64
15
.93-17
27
9
18
15
11
337
1870-71
35
310 00
200 00
245 35
12.797
36
18
5-41
25
9
.88-30
48
12
36
13
12
340
1871-72
36
1,100 00
200 00
209 43
11.966
60
24
3-78
76
10
.85-30
64
15
67
16
13
340
1872-73
37
1,150 00
250 00
212 25
15.037
36
18
4-70
22
5
.90-23
21
8
26
10
14
340
1873-74
38
647 00
160 00 $30 00
197 97
15.398
13
19
4-99
25
6
.94-20
25
16
31
14
15
340
1874-75
39
575 00
250 00}
60 00
280 98
20.952
13
8
4-71
29
3
.95-81
22
6
21
6
16
31
1875-76
40
1,400 00
35 00
255 26
17.554
22
12
3-96
61
7
.87-71
66
18
50
12
17
342
1876-77
41
493 541
275 00
50 00
232 46
17.635
22
13
3-58
106
10
.95-02
24
6
51
10
18
342
1877-78
42
403 89
258 00
50 00
204 94
18.722
15
9
3-60
113
10
1.00-66
11
3
46
7
19
344
1878-79
43
213 74
265 00
50 00
16.840
19
10
3-37
151
16
.96-21
22
6
64
11
20
345
1879-80
44
436 04
275 00
50 00
197 05
15.400
21
12
3-05
172
20
.97-13
13
5
69
12
21
345
1880-81
45
529 55
275 00
50 00
197 53 $35 87
16.064
19
10
3-17
159
19
.92-37
26
8
. .
..
Averages ..
$604 03]
$248 91 $48 22|$188 63
13.841
38
16 .003-34
119
16
.90-67
40
11
64 |16
Series in State Combined. Series in County Combined.
Years in Table. No. of Towns in State.
For
Twenty-one
Years,
or
From 1860-61
To 1880-81.
From Vols. Nos. 25-45.
ing School-Houses.
ing School Houses.
Expense of Superintendence
by the School Committee, in-
Expenses of Printing the
Town's Share of the Massa-
How much of said Fund was
Seholar in town between 5
Position of the town with the
345 towns of the State on its
Appropriation.
the County.
Perc'nt'ge of valuat'n appro-
en in mills and 100ths of in'ls
Position of the town with the
345 towns of the State on its
Position of the Town Valuation.
with the 54 Towns of
Ratio of at'nd'nce of whole]
numb'r of Childr'n bet. 5 & 15
Position of the town with the
345 towns of the State on its
Ratio of Attendance.
Position of the Town
with the 54 Towns of
the County.
73
20
8
335
1867-68
30
$269 00 290 00
151 50
7.843
46
18
3-09
46
8
.87-55
52
11
48
12
7.525
75
28
3-48
42
8
.80-94
101
23
....
.
FIRST SERIES.
SEC'ND SERIES. THIRD SERIES.
TABLE B.
Amount expended for Ereet-
Amount expended for Repair-
cluding the Salary of the Su-
perintendent.
School Reports, &c.
chusetts School Fund.
used for Apparatus and Books
of Reference.
Money approp'ated for each
and 15 years of age.
Position of the Town
with the 54 Towns of
pria'd to P'blie Schools, giv-
the County.
-
. ..
..
238 79
6
335
1865-66
32
220 61
Reading's Educational Statistics for Twenty.one Years. COLLATED FROM THE REPORTS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
yrs. age, expr's'd in decim'ls.
Reading's Educational Statistics for Twenty-one Years. COLLATED FROM THE REPORTS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
TABLE C.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
UNINCOR'AT'D ACADEMIES AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
For
Twenty-one Years,
or
From 1860-61
To 1880-81.
From Vols. Nos. 25-45.
No. of Schools.
No. of Teachers.
No. of Scholars.
How Supported.
MOS.
Days
Salary of Principal.
No. of Schools.
Average No. of
Aggregate paid for
Tuition.
Board and Fuel for the Public
Schools.
1860-61
25
... .
.
26
...
.
27
28
$82 00
5
1864-65
29
6
1865-66
30
1
Taxation.
10
$1,000 00
3
20
$100 00
85 00
7
1866-67
31
1
10
1,000 00
3
10
100 00
100 00
8
1867-68
32
1
9
05
1,000 00
1
10
50 00
72 00
9
1868-69
33
1
9
1,000 00
500 00
10
1869-70
34
1
66
9
1,500 00
1
10
30 00
500 00
11
1870-71
35
1
66
9
1,500 00
1
10
50 00
300 00
12
1871-72
36
1
66
9
....
1,500 00
275 00
13
1872-73
37
1
9
.
1,800 00
375 00
14
1873-74
38
1
9
1,800 00
15
1874-75
39
1
.
..
.
1
2
76
9
15
1,800 00
1
10
150 00
17
1876-77
41
1
2
110
9
10
1,500 00
1
10
150 00
....
18
1877-78
12
1
2
114
9
15
1,500 00
2
15
200 00
....
19
1878-79
13
1
2
123
66
9
15
1,400 00
2
12
175 00
....
20
1879-80
44
1
2
139
9
10
1,400 00
2
15
200 00
....
21
1880-81
45
1
3
108
9
10
1,000 00
2
18
324 00
.
Averages.
1
2
110
9
9
$1,216 66
2
13
$196 50
$134 65
..
.. .
.
.. .
...
.
.
..
..
9
1,800 00
1
10
100 00
16
1875-76
40
.
. .
. . ...
....
..
.
1
15
75 00
...
1862-63
1863-64
..
Length.
Years in Table.
Scholars.
Amount contributed for
.
1861-62
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF READING.
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the in- habitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Lyceum Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the second day of April, A. D. 1883, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz .: -
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Treas- urer, Collector, School Committee, Road Commis- sioners, Engineers of the Fire. Department, Trustees of the Public Library, Trustees of the Cemetery, and Auditors.
ART. 3. To choose a Town Clerk, Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Col- lector, two School Committee for three years, and one
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for one year; one Road Commissioner for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, and two for two years, and all other necessary town officers.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will accept the pro- visions of sections twenty-two and twenty-three of chapter fifty of the public statutes.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will revoke its accept- ance of the provisions of the one hundred and fifty- eighth chapter of the laws of this State, enacted in the year 1871, and abolish the Board of Road Com- missioners chosen and constituted under said law, and substitute therefor the best practical road builder available, for the best interests of the town, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of laying concrete sidewalks and edgestones the ensu- ing year; provided the abutters pay one-half the expense of laying the same.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of five hundred dollars for the improve- ment of the Common, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 8. "Shall licences be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town "?
ART. 9. To see what action the town will take in regard to lowering or removing and remodeling the Walnut-street schoolhouse, and to see if they will sell the lot on which the house now stands, or what they will do in relation thereto, and to see how much money they will raise and appropriate for the purpose.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will employ a night watch the ensuing year, or what they will do in rela- tion thereto.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will erect a brick
.
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building on the lot of land owned by them, situated on the corner of Pleasant and Parker streets, for town offices, to include a fire-proof room for the preserva- tion of the town's records and other valuables, accommodation for the Public Library, Eagle engine and company, Hooks and Ladders and company, and for a lockup, substantially in accordance with a plan submitted at the annual meeting, April 3, 1882, and how much money they will raise and appropriate therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will purchase, for school purposes, the house and land now occupied by the Baptist Church, located on Salem street.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will cause a bridge to be built over the Boston & Maine R. R., at the Highland station, so as to connect the two parts of Mineral street, and to see how much money shall be raised and appropriated therefor.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will construct a reservoir at the intersection of Charles and Pearl streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will erect and main- tain street lights at the corner of Washington and Minot streets, Main and Avon streets, also at a point one hundred and fifty feet south of Avon, on Main street, corner of John and Parker streets, corner of Lincoln and Prescott streets, and corner of Woburn and Lincoln and corner of Prescott and Arlington streets, so called.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee to investigate the subject of the introduction of a water supply for Reading, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will instruct the Road Commissioners to build a crosswalk across Main street, from the corner of Pleasant street to the
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opposite sidewalk, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, to build a sidewalk from Centre avenue to Main street.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners on widening Elliott street, between Parker and Green streets, and how much money they will raise and appropriate therefor.
ART. 20. To hear and act on the report of the Road Commissioners in relation to guideposts.
ART. 21. To determine how much money the Town will raise for schools, incidental school expenses, re- pairing highways and bridges, fire department, support of the poor, street lights, salaries of town officers, military aid, printing, abatement of taxes, town office, maintenance of police, cemetery, public library, Old South clock, soldiers' graves, interest on the town debt, reduction of the town debt, and miscellaneous expenses.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the payment of the following notes: -
One for $800.00, due April 10, 1883.
One for 2,000.00, due May 1, 1883.
One for 300.00, due May 30, 1883.
One for 500.00, due July 8, 1883.
One for 3,000.00, due Aug. 17, 1883.
One for 1,000.00, due Feb. 1, 1884. One for 500.00, due Feb. 1, 1884.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen, in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will purchase five hundred feet of new hose, and see how much money
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they will raise and appropriate therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of two hundred dollars, for the purpose of repairing and arching the well at the corner of Green and Elliott streets, or what they will do in re- lation thereto.
ART. 26. To see what instructions the town 'will give their Assessors and Collector.
ART. 27. To hear and act on a list of jurors pre- pared by the Selectmen.
ART. 28. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the removal of snow the ensuing year.
ART. 29. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will authorize their Selectmen to collect, by process of law, a bill due from the City of Malden for supplies furnished Sarah L. Penney.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this war- rant, with your doings therein, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands, this twenty-first day of March, A. D. 1883.
JAMES REID, WILLIAM J. HOLDEN, JOSEPH L. PRATT, Selectmen of Reading.
A true copy. Attest :
WILLIAM L. CROWE,
Constable.
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