Dedham Town (part 7 of 7)

Beginning in the fall of 1898 Mabel Gertrude Berry had charge of the Avery Kindergarten until Feb. 1903. After that date she taught in the public schools of Boston a year, and is now in charge of the W. L. P. Boardman Kindergarten. She is the daughter of Solon Kendrick and Elizabeth Ann (Cummings) Berry, born in Thetford, Vt., and educated in the public schools and Academy of that town, and the Page Normal Kindergarten Class of Boston. At this date, Feb. 24, 1904, she resides at 234 Franklin Street, Cambridge.

From Sept. to Jan. 1898, Marion Nellie Darling was a teacher in the Ames School, having previously taught a year, 1896-7, in the seventh and eighth grades of a grammar school in Amherst. Since leaving Dedham she has been Supervisor of Drawing two years, 1901-1903, in Attleboro, and one year,

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1903-4, in Northampton. She is the daughter of Leander Allen and Emma (Thompson) Darling, born in Tongaloo, Mississippi, and educated in the Bridgewater State Normal and Boston Normal Art Schools. Her residence May 15, 1904, was at 42 Rockview Street, Jamaica Plain.

The seventh grade of the Avery School from 1898 to 1902 was in charge of Marion Helen Garfield. She had taught in Peabody from Sept. 1896 to April 1898. She is the daughter of Moses Howell and Isabel (Warren) Garfield, born in Reading, educated in the public schools of Maynard, from fourth grade through High, and Bridgewater State Normal, four years course. She was married Oct. 15, 1902, at Maynard, to Dr. Frederick Prescott Drew, and now, Jan. 1904, resides at East Dedham.

Cornelia Mills Gay began to teach the second division of the Colburn School in 1876 and managed it with rare success till 1885 when she was enrolled among the teachers of the Ames. There her work still goes on safe from all criticism, and a reason for deep gratitude to both parents and children. She is the daughter of Henry and Mary A. (French) Gay, born in West Dedham, and educated in the public schools of Dedham from primary to the end of the High. She resides in Westwood. I am indebted to Miss Gay for valuable assistance in preparing this volume, and while acknowledging this, I regret the accident which made her own record appear later in the volume than it should.

In 1898-9 the Riverdale School was in the care of Mary Catherine Hannon who has since taught continuously and of course successfully in the Quincy. She is the daughter of Thomas and Anne (Mahoney) Hannon, born in Dedham, and educated in her public schools, primary, grammar and high, with a supplementary course in the Boston Normal School. Her post office address is East Dedham.

experience in teaching. She is the daughter of George Foster and Anna Washburn (Knight) Nowell, born in Milford, N.H., and educated in the schools of Cambridge. Her residence in May, 1904, was at 373 Broadway, Cambridge, Mass.

William Ware Locke, since 1898, has taught and directed manual training in the Dedham Schools. He had previous experience in Dover, 1878, Denver, Colorado, 1879, and Boston Evening Schools, 1886 to 1898. He is the son of Eev. Calvin Stoughton and Anne (Lincoln) Locke, of Westwood, where in public and private schools he was prepared for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute from which he graduated B. S. and later from Harvard University. He was the Superintendent of the Barnard Memorial, 1885-1893 ; Secretary of Good Government Club, N. Y., 1894-1898 ; Superintendent of Vacation Schools, N. Y., 1894-1897; Supervisor, Truancy Department, N. Y. 1894-1897. Since 1895 he has lectured and worked to promote Social Settlement Clubs, Temperance Societies and Boys' Clubs. June 16, 1900, he was married to Sarah Kendall Savary, at Groveland, Mass. ; and now, 1904, resides in Boston at 15 Ashburton Place.

From Sept. 1898, to June, 1903, Christine Tilton Mansfield was fourth Assistant in the High School. Her previous experience in teaching was in Belmont, from Sept. 1893, to June, 1897. She is the daughter of Preston Rugglesand Harriet Josephine (Davis) Mansfield, born in Lancaster, educated in the Dedham public schools and Smith College, supplemented by a year at Radcliffe. She was married to Henry Cole at Dedham, Oct. 21, 1903, and remains a resident of the town.

The fifth grade of the Avery School from 1898 to 1900 was in charge of Martha Isabel Shaw, who had previously taught in Meriden and Plain ville. Conn. She left Dedham for a years study in the Boston Normal, at the close of which she accepted a position in Weymouth, and after a year and three months was offered a more desirable one in New Bedford which she filled for the remainder of the year, then she received an appointment to the Sherwin School of Boston where she was teaching March 10, 1904. She was the daughter of Walter S. and Sarah E. Shaw, born in Westville, Conn., and educated in the public schools of Meriden, Conn, and the State Normal at New Britain. Her last residence was in Boston, Mass., 197 St. Botolph Street, where she died May 8, 1904.

Barbara E. Vogler was a teacher in the Ames School, 1898-9, and in the Avery 1899-1900. She had previously taught in Franklin, 1897-8, and in Everett, 1898. She is the daughter of John Sprague and Lilian Earle (Downs) Vogler, born in Concord, N. H., educated in the public schools of Portsmouth, N. H., Quincy High and Bridgewater State Normal. She was married Oct. 3, 1900, at Quincy to William Emerson Tower, and resided at Atlantic, (Quincy), Mass., Jan. 21, 1904.

From Sept. 1898, to April, 1902, Marshall Wentworth assisted in the High School, having previously taught, 1894-5, in Mr. Teal's Select School, Plainfield, N. J. ; and from 1895 to 1898 as principal of the High School in Winchester, Mass. In 1902-3 he was principal of the High School, Wareham, Mass. At the present time, Feb. 1904, he has charge of the Canton High. He is the son of Alonzo Bond and Isabel Sewell (Goodwin) Wentworth, born in Cambridge, and educated in the public schools of Dedham, Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College, A. B. 1894, magna cum laude. His home is still in Dedham, 562 East Street.

John Laing Gibb began in 1899 to teach music in the District Schools as assistant of Samuel AV. Cole, and so continued till 1902. He had previously much experience in private class instruction, and since 1892 has been Supervisor of Music in Attleboro and Lexington. For four years he taught in the People's Singing Classes of Boston, and for seven years has been a member of the Handel and Haydn Society of that city ; also for two years director of music in the Church of the

Good Shepherd, Oakdale ; for three years, of the Baptist of East Dedham; for two years, of the Second Congregational of Attleboro ; is now Director of the Wrentham Musical Association. He is the son of James and Elizabeth (Laing) Gibb, born in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland, and educated in the Keith Public School and the New England Conservatory of Music. In 1904 he married Irene B. Smith of Attleboro, where he now resides at 62 North Main Street.

The Kindergarten department of the Ames School from 1899 to 1902 was under the care of Agnes Richards Hinman. She is the daughter of Charles W. and Mary (Richards) Hinman, born in Chelsea, and educated at Chauncy Hall, Boston ; the Friends School, Providence, R. I. ; Abbott Academy, Andover, and Miss Garland's Kindergarten Normal Training School. Her residence May 15, 1904, was at 29 Albano Street, Roslindale, Mass.

From Jan. 1899, to June, 1901, the Ames School had Lydia Mabel Munson as Principal's Assistant. She is the daughter of George Gilbert and Jennie (McKnight) Munson, born in Great Barrington, educated in the Pittsfield grammar and High Schools and the North Adams State Normal. She was married Aug. 8, 1901, at Ashley Falls, Mass., to Frederick William Swan. Their present residence, Jan. 20, 1904, is at 469 Meridian Street, East Boston.

Helen Waterman's first experience as a teacher was in the Ames School where she was an Assistant two years from Sept. 8, 1899, to June, 1901 ; then she taught a year in East Bridge water, and since Sept. 1902, her work has been continued in Everett till the present, Dec. 20, 1904. She is the daughter of George Lewis and Sarah (Sawyer) Waterman, born in Hyde Park, Vt., and educated in the Lamoille Central Academy, Hyde Park, Vt. ; Peoples' Academy, Morrisville, Vt., and the Framingham High and State Normal Schools. Her residence is at 24 Pleasant Street, Everett.

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Hall Wentworth who had taught previously in the Phillips Avenue School of New Bedford, and since leaving Dedham to the present time, March 10, 1904, has been a teacher in the Kingman School of Brockton. She is the daughter of Samuel Marshall and Anna A. (Hall) Wentworth, born in Berwick, Me., and educated in the High School of Somersworth, N. H. and the Bridge water State Normal. Her address is 14 Highland Street, Brockton.

Ellen Eliza Barker was a teacher in the Ames School from 1900 to 1904: the first two years of the fifth grade; after Dec. 24, 1902, as Principal's Assistant; but on June 24, 1904, she was elected to the ninth grade of a school in Brookline. Before coming to Dedham she had taught the fifth and sixth grades in the Atlantic Avenue School of Patuxet, R. I. She is the daughter of George R. and Clara A. Barker, born in Rutland, Vt., educated in the Fairmount Grammar and the High Schools of Hyde Park and the Bridge water State Normal.

Florence Christine Boynton in 1900 took charge of the Riverdale School, but in October was promoted to the Ames, sixth grade. Before coming to Dedham she had taught one term in Sterling previous to her normal course, and a year in Holden after that course. She is a daughter of Henry Alonzo and Sarah Augusta (Goodale) Boynton of Spencer, and obtained her education in the public schools of West Boylston and the Bridge water State Normal.

From 1900 to 1901 Sara Arnold Browne was a teacher in the Avery School, having taught the previous year in the Mark Hopkins School of North Adams. She is the daughter of Charles Albert and Susan (McCullum) Browne, born in North Adams and educated in the public schools of that city including the State Normal. In the same city she was married to Clifford Campbell Haskins Sept. 18, 1901, and still resided there, Jan. 25, 1904.

continued till Feb. 1903, when she was made Principal of the Kindergarten, and in Jan. 1905 held that position. She never has taught elsewhere. She is the daughter of Charles and Atossa Ellis (Pratt) Burrill of Bridgewater where she was educated in the public schools, Model, High and State Normal. When not teaching her residence is in Bridgewater.

Beginning as Assistant in the Averj School, Feb. 1900, William Farwell Howe was elected principal in April, 1901. His previous experience had been in Nashua, N. H., 1894 to '96 ; North Adams Training School, 6 months, 1899, and Granville, 6 months, 1899-1900. He is the son of John Prentis and Olive Wilson (Farwell) Howe of Nashua, N. H. ; graduated from the four years course of the Nashua High School, 1891 ; from the three years course of the North Adams Normal, 1899. At the present time, Jan. 9, 1905, Mr. Howe with eleven assistants is in charge of the Avery School which numbers about 400 pupils. His residence is in Dedham ; his P. O. address. East Dedham.

In June, 1900, Bertha May Layman took charge of the eighth grade of the Avery School and held the position about three years. She had previous experience as a teacher in Lenox and Montague, and is now teaching in Helena, Montana. She is the daughter of Benham and Julia Ann (Stevens) Layman, born in Middletown, New York, educated in the Adams High and the North Adams State Normal School. Her residence Jan, 1904, was Helena, Montana.

In Nov. 1900, Bertha Miriam Loheed was elected temporary assistant in the High School "in order that more time should be devoted to the study of English and to the general course." From Oct. 1901, to the present time, March, 1904, she has taught Latin and English literature in the Brockton High School. She is the daughter of William J. and Anna L. Loheed of Springfield, and was educated in the Brockton High School and Smith College, class of 1900. She resides at 24 Newton Street, Brockton.

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In 1901-2 the Riverdale School was taught by Florence Keyes Alexander. She had previously some experience as a teacher in Valley Falls, R. I., and since leaving the Riverdale has taught in Boston. She is the daughter of Henry R. and Selma Alexander, born in East Dedham, and educated in the Avery, High and Boston Normal Schools. Her residence is Chauncey Street, East Dedham.

In 1901 Miriam Folsom Babbitt took charge of the first grade of the Avery School, and in June, 1902, resigned to take a similar position in the Claflin School of Newtonville. Before teaching in Dedham she had taught two years in the Shirley School of Winthrop. Since Nov. 1903, she has taught in the Pierce School of Brookline. She is the daughter of Rollin Herbert and Florette Adella (Bailey) Babbitt, born in Berkley, Mass., educated in the Taunton Hisjh and Bridge water State Normal Schools. She resides in Newton Centre ; but when not teaching, in Berkley.

In June, 1901, Jessie Elizabeth Burton was put in charge of a grade in the Ames School made up of portions of the second and third, but in Sept. 1902, was transferred to the third grade. She had previously taught in Cochituate. The daughter of John Lockhart and Jessie (Hunter) Burton, she was born in Lawrence, educated in Holyoke Public Schools, Hopedale High, Framingham State Normal and the Hyannis Summer School. Jan. 29, 1904, Miss Burton was elected to the third grade of a school in Brookline, and when she is not teaching resides in Newmarket, N. H.

During the school year, 1901-2, Mabel Robinson Coombs was Master's Assistant in the Ames School, having previous experience in the Brick School of Colraine, Mass. Leaving the Ames, she taught in 1902-3 as Master's Assistant in the Centre Grammar of Maiden, and in 1903 took the same position in the Peabody Grammar of Cambridge. She is the daughter of Edwin Wilson and Flora (Barrington) Coombs, born in Shelburne, and educated in the grammar schools of that town, the High School of Greenfield and the North Adams State Normal. She resides at 8 Shepard Street, Cambridge, in term time ; her summer address is Bardwell's Ferry, Mass.

From Feb. 1901, to Jan. 9, 1904, Marion Frances Maddocks taught the ninth grade of the Avery School, coming to the position after good experience in Enfield High School from Sept. 1899 to June, 1900 ; Norwood, seventh and ninth grades, Everett School, Sept. 1900, to May, 1901. She is the daughter of Fred Herbert and Mary Elizabeth (Hills) Maddocks, of Foxboro, educated in the schools of Foxboro and Hopedale, graduating at the State Normal School in Framingham. In June, 1904, she accepted a position in Jersey City, N. J.

In October, 1901, Lillian Gertrude Marr was appointed third Assistant in the High School and retains that position at the present time, Jan. 20, 1904. She had previous experience in the Medway High School. She is the daughter of Parker and Lizzie Marr, born in Gloucester, educated in its High School and at Boston University. When not teaching her home is in Gloucester.

In Sept. 1901, Jennie Allen Orendorff was put in charge of the fifth grade of the Avery School. Her previous experience had been the entire charge of a primary building in Cranston, R. I. In Feb. 1903, she resigned for a position in West Newton. She is the daughter of Joseph Henry and Lucy Ellis (Allen) Orendorff, born in Boxborough, and educated in the Concord High School and the Bridgewater State Normal. Her residence Jan. 1904 was at 1191 Washington Street, West Newton.

From October, 1901, to June, 1902, Susan Pennell was Assistant in the first grade of the Oakdale School. She previously had charge for two years of a primary school in Gray, Me. ; and after leaving the Oakdale she taught a year and a half in the Winslow High School, Me. She is the daughter of Charles Thayer and Emma Weston (Hunt) Pennell, born in Gray, and educated in the Pennell Institute of her native town and at the Boston University. June 30, 1903, she was married in Gray, Me., to Guy W. Chipman, A. B., and at the present date, Feb. 6, 1904, resides in Winslow, Me.

In Oct. 1901, Herbert Leslie Rand was elected Master of the Ames School. He was an experienced teacher : had taught in the common schools of Me., seventy-two weeks; had been principal of the Webster Grammar School, Auburn, Me., one year ; of the Washington, Melrose, three years, and had taught in the Maiden Evening School from 1898 to 1901. He is the son of Edwin and Susan Cynthia (Bessey) Eand, of Unity, Me. The Central Institute at Pittsfield and the State Normal at Castine, were attended by him ; and in 1897 he graduated at the Bridgewater State Normal, the four years course. He was married, Dec. 26, 1899, to Bessie James Holmes of Fall Eiver, and resides in Dedham. He was manager of the Windermere Summer Camp, Lake Winnecook, Unity, Me., 1903, and was the President of the Castine Normal Alumni Association of Boston, Jan. 1904. Mr. Rand resigned in Jan. 1905, to accept a mastership in Maiden.

In Nov. 1901, Alice Adele Todd was elected as teacher of Stenography and Type- writing in the High School. She had before taught in the Somerville English High. She is th« daughter of Frank and Charlotte Adele Todd, born in Charlestown, educated in the Girls' Latin School, Boston, and Smith College. The course of study, which Miss Todd was teaching, is optional and to be completed in two years. Those who excel in it may be sure of profitable and constant employment. Miss Todd resigned in June, 1904, to accept a position in Sanford, Maine.

Laura Clarke Brooks, from 1902 till June, 1904, was a teacher of the first grade in the Avery School. She had previously taught a year in Cliftondale. She is the daughter of Joseph Watson and Jennie (Clarke) Brooks, born in St. Mary, N. S., and educated in the Grammar, High and State

Harriet Barstowe Capron was appointed teacher of the second grade of the Avery School, April 7, 1902. Her previous experience was in the Brayton, Johnson and Houghton Schools of North Adams. She is the daughter of Clement Lamont and Sarah Jane (Halse) Capron, born in North Adams, where she was educated in the Grammar, High and State Normal Schools. Her services in the Avery were still retained, and she resided in Dedham, Jan. 20, 1904.

In 1902 Blanche Genevieve Fuller became the teacher of the sixth grade of the Avery School, and on June 20 was transferred to the seventh. She had previously taught in Attleboro, the Sanford Street School, 1900-1 ; the Richardson, 1901-2. She is the daughter of Alfonso Tisdale and Ruth Augusta (Stearns) Fuller, born in MansjQeld, educated in the High School, full course, and in the Bridge water State Normal. In June, 1904, Miss Fuller accepted a ninth grade position in Newton.

In April, 1902, Mary Frances Gould was appointed sixth assistant in the High School. Her previous experience had been as pupil teacher in the Chelsea High, 1896-7, and as assistant in the Beverly High from Sept., 1900, to May, 1902. She is the daughter of George Willis and Harriet (Clark) Gould ; born in Chelsea ; educated in Chelsea High School, and Radcliffe College, A. B. 1900. When not teaching she resides in Everett, Mass.

September 8, 1902, Edith Austin Holton was put in charge of the new fifth grade of the Oakdale School. She had previous experience in the Richardson School of Attleboro. She is the daughter of Seba Austin and Grace Lawrence (Pierce) Holton, of Wayland, and completed her education for teaching in the Bridgewater State Normal School. In June, 1904, Miss Holton resigned to become a student in Boston University.

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charge of the Riverdale School ; in 1903 she was transferred to the Quincy. She is the daughter of Edward and Caroline Russell Livermore, born in Watertown and educated in its High School, and in the Framingham Normal. Before coming to Dedham she taught six months in Rutland, Massachusetts. In June, 1904, Miss Livermore accepted a position in Weymouth, Mass.

Dec. 1, 1902, Bessie Mae Pooler was elected to have charge of the second and third grades of the Ames School. She had previously taught in Ashland and North Grafton. She is the daughter of Sumner Weston and Cora Mae (White) Pooler ; born in South Framingham ; educated in the schools of Framingham, including the primary, grammar, High, and State Normal. She is a resident of Dedham.

Sarah Elizabeth Smith was placed in charge of the Endicott School, Sept. 8, 1902 ; later of the Riverdale. She is the daughter of William Elijah and Sarah Elizabeth Smith, born in Amherst, and educated in the Amherst schools, and the Westfield State Normal. Before coming to Dedham she had taught three years in Grafton. June 24, 1904, she was transferred to the Oakdale, second grade.

The sixth grade of the Avery School was in charge of Bessie J. Welch, 1902-3; but June 23, 1903, she was elected to a like position in the Salem Model School.

In 1903 Martha Mabelle Ames was appointed assistant in the High School. She is the daughter of Mrs. Abbie (Scates) Ames, born in Rutland, Illinois, educated at a High School for Wellesley College, and graduated A. B. 1900 ; at Radcli^e College, A. M. 1902. When not teaching, her home is at 24 Holmes Avenue, Brookline, Mass.

The assistant teacher of the Avery Kindergarten, 1903-4, and later transferred to the Ames, was Maud Bennett, the daughter of Samuel Robert and Hannah Adams (Ryder) Bennett of New Bedford. She received her education in the New Bedford public schools, supplemented by a course in Miss

Lucy Wheelock's Kindergarten Training School, Boston. In 1902-3 Miss Bennett taught a year in Miss Bonney's Private School, New Bedford. Her residence is 8 Marbury Terrace, Jamaica Plain.

In September, 1903, Alton Clifford Churbuck began as Master of the Oakdale School in a new and most elegant school edifice in the midst of very beautiful grounds. He had previously taught three years in Cotuit, Mass., and two in Auburn, R. I. He is the son of Henry Swift and Elizabeth Wideman (Tripp) Churbuck, born in Bridge water, and educated in her public schools and the State Normal School. Sept. 1, 1903, at Cotuit, he was married to Florrie Chatfield, and resided at 38 Oakdale Avenue, East Dedham.

From January to June, 1903, Ruth Burleigh Dame was a teacher in the Ames School, having previously taught a private school in Medford. Since leaving Dedham she has taught in the High School of Lexington, and is now, June, 1904, teaching in the High School of Medford. She is the daughter of Loren Low and Nancy Isabel (Arnold) Dame, born in Medford, and educated in its public schools, and still resides in her native town.

In September, 1903, Jennibelle Calef Dennett took charge of the seventh grade of the Avery School. She is of Amesbury, the daughter of Moses Morrill and Jennie Mary (Eastman) Dennett, trained in the public schools of her native town and the Salem Normal. When not teaching her residence is in Amesbury.

Since Nov. 1, 1903, Isabel Rich Drew has been a teacher in the Ames School, sixth grade. She had previously taught a year and a half in Roseland, New Jersey, and a year and two months in Sharon, as principal of a school of four grades. She is the daughter of John Henry and Louise (Lancaster) Drew, born in Farmingdale, Maine; educated in the High School of Gardiner, Me., Jamaica Plain High School, and Mount Holyoke College.

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Blanche Elizabeth Hellyar was elected sixth assistant in the High School, 1903. She is the daughter of Samuel Henry and Lizzie Georgiana (Blanchard) Hellyar, born in Palmer, educated in the schools of that town and Mount Holyoke College. In June, 1904, she accepted a position as teacher in Adams.

In 1903 Irene Colgate Hunter Hines was elected fifth assistant in the High School. She is the daughter of Thomas Colgate and Sophia Carolina Hines, born on a plantation in Nansemond Co., Virginia; educated at Norfolk College, Va., Vassar College, and in Paris, France. When not teaching, she lives in Northampton, Mass.

September 8, 1903, Alice Elizabeth Joyce began to teach the sixth grade of the Avery School. She is a native of South Walpole, the daughter of Edward Francis and Mary Alice (Morrissey) Joyce, educated in the Framingham Normal Practice School, High School, and State Normal School. When not teaching, her home is in Framingham.

Lillian Munson began to teach the fifth grade of the Avery School in 1903. The previous year she had taught in Greenfield. She is a native of Great Barrington, and the daughter of George Gilbert and Jennie (McNight) Munson. Her education was obtained in the Pittsfield public schools, grammar and High, and the State Normal School at North Adams. When not teaching, her residence is Springfield, Mass.

Instruction in kindergarten was given in the Avery and Ames Schools, 1903 and 1904, by Mary Elizabeth Lynch, who had previous experience in the town of Warren. She is a. native of Boston, the daughter of Thomas Henry and Margaret Lynch, and the Boston public schools supplied her education. Her residence is at 24 Dun more Street, Roxbury.

Feb. 9, 1903, Ethel Rinn took charge of the fifth grade of the Ames School, and was later transferred to the ninth, having previously taught in the Adams School of Quincy. She is the daughter of Louis and Harriet Freeman (Warren)

Rinn ; born in Atlantic, Mass ; educated in the Quincy School, Atlantic, the Woodward Institute, Quincy and the Hyannis State Normal School.

Mrs. Annie Louisa Albee began to teach as Seventh Assistant in the High School, Sept. 1904, after some experience in Brookfield, Somerville English High and Evening Schools, and the Weymouth High and Chandler Normal Schools. She is the daughter of Charles Albert and Mary (Bemis) Rhodes, born in Brookfield, and educated in the Brookfield and Somerville High Schools, also by private tuition and a short course in the Metropolitan University. She was for a time private secretary to Mr. George A. Southworth, Supt. of Somerville schools, doing work on books he was making, also did similar work for Mr. J. Avery of Somerville. She was married May 12, 1884, to Fred Lewis Albee at Brookfield ; resides when not teaching at 51 Putnam Street, Somerville ; when in Ded* ham, at 61 D wight Street.

Gertrude Edna Billings took charge of the kindergarten work in the Avery School, Sept. 1904, having held the same position two years in Greenfield. She is the daughter of Charles Wesley and Abbie Olivia Billings, born in North Adams, educated in the Drury High School and the State Normal of her native town. She resides at present, Oct. 1904, at 38 Oakdale Avenue, E. Dedham.

Henrietta Frances Elizabeth Byam was added to the corps of Oakdale teachers in Sept. 1904, having taught in Quincy, from Sept. 1903 till the following June. She is the daughter of Warren Stilman and Mary Ellen Byam of Carlisle, and was educated in the schools of Carlisle, Duxbury, Chelmsford, the High school of Milford, N. H. and the Bridge water State Normal. Her present residence is at 150 Cedar Street, East Dedham ; home address, Milford, N. H.

Adella Roxana Goodrich began to teach in the Quincy School Sept. 1904, having been for three years Principal of the Training School, and Teacher of Methods in the State Nor- mal of Kandolph, Vt., and previously five years a teacher in Everett, and several years in Nashua, N. H. She is the daughter of Levi W.and Martha R. Goodrich, born in Nashua, N. H., and educated in the public schools of that city, the State Normal of N. H., a special course in the Bridgewater Normal, and other special courses in physical and vocal culture. She resides at 38 Oakdale Avenue, East Dedham ; home address, 7 Court Street, Nashua, N. H.

Marion (Chester Goward was elected an assistant in the Ames School Sept. 1905, and commenced her duties in Oct. having previously taught in Kingston and Attleboro. She is the daughter of Willard Kimball and Harriet (King) Goward, born in Bridgewater, and educated in the schools of North Easton and the Bridgewater State Normal. When not in Dedham her residence is North Easton, Mass.

As a special teacher and Superintendent of Penmanship in the Dedham schools, the first employed was John L. Howard, who began his work in Sept. 1904, after much experience in Brattleboro and Bellows Falls, Vt., D. L. Moody's Schools, and in Lynn, Nahant, Winchester and Maiden. While serving Dedham he is Supervisor of Penmanship in Maiden and Winchester. Teachers' Institutes and summer schools have employed his services. He is the son of Amos and Laura (Boynton) Howard, born in Jamaica, Vt., and was a student in Leland and Gray's Seminary, Hinman's Business College, and Zanerian Art College. He also enjoyed the instructions of C. R. Wells, D. H. Farley and W. H. Kibbe. He married Oct. 18, 1885, Jennie May Byard, at South Londonderry, Vt. At this time, Oct. 1904, his residence is at 209 Main Street, Maiden.

Winifred Eva Howe began to teach in the High School Sept 6, 1904, having previously taught in Bald win ville two terms, 1901-2, and in Natick High School from April, 1902, till July, 1904. She is the daughter of William Richards an d Ethelyn Estella (Brigham) Howe, born in Norwich, Conn., and educated in the public schools and Free Academy of that city, class of 1895 ; also receiving the degree of A. B. from the College of Liberal Arts, Boston University, 1901. Her home residence, Holden ; Dedham address, 34 School Street.

May Christine O'Brien began to teach in the Riverdale School, Sept., 1904. She is a native of Ashland, daughter of James and Ellen (Sullivan) O'Brien, and was educated in the public schools of her native tovrn and the Fraraingham State Normal. She had experience as a teacher in Ashland, eighth and ninth grade work; also in Holliston, sixth grade. Her residence, Oct., 1904, was at 150 Cedar Street, East Dedham.

Alice Maude Otis took charge of the fifth grade in the Ames School, Sept., 1904. She had formerly taught in Rochester, N. H., and Amesbury, Mass. She is the daughter attended the public schools and later the Plymouth, N. H., Training School, followed by the Framingham State Normal. She resides at 36 Willow Street, Dedham.

Lucie Maria Ware became a teacher of the first grade in the Avery School, Sept., 1904, having previously taught in Natick. She is the daughter of Palmer and Maria F. (Wilcox) Ware, born in Sherburne, and educated in Arms Academy and the State Normal School at North Adams. Her residence, Oct. 1904, was at 38 Oakdale Avenue, East Dedham.

In Sept., 1904, Irma Ethyl Wing began to teach in the Avery School after a year's experience in the Cranch School of Quincy, 1903-4. She is the daughter of William (Clarke and Elizabeth Wing, born in Fitchburg, educated in the Nantucket High and the Bridgewater State Normal Schools. She resided, Oct., 1904, on Humboldt Avenue, Boston.

Herbert Lee Sackett entered upon his duties as assistant teacher in the High School, November, 1904. He is the son of Irving W. and Maria A. Sackett, born at Smith's Mills, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., educated in the High School of For-

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The master of the South School of South Dedham, 1856-7, was George Wesley Mason. Later he taught in Georgia, E. Bethel and Brandon (Price Sem.), Vt. ; Franklin, Needham, and as principal of the High School of Stoneham, Mass. ; Hamilton and Attica (Union School), N. Y. He was born in Medfield, March 26, 1838, the son of George S. and Ellen B. Nason, educated at Madison University, Class of 1864 : Degrees A. B. and A. M. In 1864 he married Marriette Scran ton of Covington, N. Y. For the last thirty years he has been editor and publisher, and in general insurance and brokerage. He resides at 125 No. Norwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York.

It has been our intention to confine oxjj: personal records strictly to the Teachers of Dedham : but we think it is proper to make one exception and include the present Superintendent, who has labored much as a model teacher and with excellent results during the last twelve years. Roderick Whittelsey Hine entered upon his duties as superintendent of the Dedham schools in August, 1893. As a preparation for his work he had devoted nine years to school instruction ; was Master of a grammar school in Norwich, Conn ; and principal of High Schools in Waterbury and West Hartford, Conn. He is the son of Orlo Daniel and Ellen Whittelsey Hine ; born in Lebanon, Conn., and educated at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and at Yale College, graduating in the class of 1884. He was married Nov. 23, 1888, to Mary A. Kirkham, at Newington, Conn., and since 1893 has resided in Dedham. The present condition of the schools in this town is ample proof of his professional ability. His valuable assistance in furnishing materials for this record is hereby gratefully acknowledged.

In the foregoing pages we have seen how the schools of Dedham originated, and chiefly by means of their personnel, we have traced their growth for two hundred and sixty years. Let us now take a rapid survey of their present condition.

Such a view may not be of special interest to those citizens of Dedham who give them their patronage and fostering care, and consequently are familiar with their beneficent work ; but we trust it will gratify the desire of some to see' the final product of this long period of almost silent evolution. But, before making this survey, it may be well to recall the fact, that the original Dedham for which the school of 1644 was established embraced territory which is now distributed among eighteen different towns, and on this territory there are at the present time not less than a hundred public and private schools, which employ over four hundred teachers. These eighteen towns are Bellingham, Dedham, Dover, Franklin, Foxboro ugh, Hyde Park in part, Medfield, Millis, Natick, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Sherborn in part, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, and Wrentham.

An inventory of Dedham's school property need not wound the pride of any citizen. It will be remembered that her first schoolhouse, built near the meeting house in 1649 by John Thurston, cost eleven pounds and three pence, so that less than sixty dollars was all the money then invested in school accommodations. In 1904 the value of Dedham's school investment is given in the town book as $276,275.

An inspection of the large and convenient school rooms, excellent furnishings, some of them even elegant, the abundant supplies of books and everything else necessary for effective school work causes a person of advanced years to question whether he was not born in the wrong half of the nineteenth century. In the most costly of our school edifices the outlook from all the rooms is so delightful that it is said every

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The first schoolmaster in Dedham was one who, as a member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, England, had received the degree of Master of Arts. His salary was 20£ or one hundred dollars per annum, by vote of the town ; during the year ending February 1st, 1904, the amount paid for salaries of Dedham teachers was over $35,000, a case of expansion of which no one need be ashamed.

In the present town of Dedham, which, as I have intimated, occupies only a small fraction of the area of the original town, there were seven schools with a total enrollment of 1592 pupils on the last day of December, 1904. Of this number twenty-five attending the High School came from three other towns. This enrollment includes the three Kindergartens which are hardly to be considered as part of the graded school course, because the training in them is not required as a preparation for entering the primary class, or first grade of the grammar school. The Kindergartens, when in session, occupy the time of six teachers and enroll ninety-five children from three and a half to five years of age, with an average attendance of seventy-five. An inspection of these schools reveals their utility as gateways to the noble edifice of public school instruction. They are most effective as civilizers, places where children, too young to study and coming from all sorts of families, may become accustomed to behave with propriety, may gain much practical use of their hands and eyes, and may learn to exercise their taste and their conscience.

For these three Kindergartens belonging to the Ames, Avery and Oakdale the town expends about $2500 annually. Those who have charge of them deserve great praise for their patience, skill and ingenuity in keeping their classes employed and interested so many hours day after day in exercises and games designed to improve and refine their infantile character. No teachers in our public schools work more diligently or expend more enthusiasm and nerve force than the Kindergartners. It is well that they have the rare satisfaction oi knowing that the impressions they make on the plastic natures under their care will be permanent and precious.

For the primary and grammar schools, including everything between the Kindergarten and the High, a nine years course of training and study is in full operation in the Ames, Avery and Oakdale. The Quincy has a four years course from which children pass on to the Avery. From the Dexter the pupils enter the sixth grade of the Ames, and from the Riverdale, the eighth grade of the same school. This system is well established and made effective by an excellent corps of teachers and the assiduous care of the Superintendent. This course of nine years may seem to some a long preparation for secondary, or High School instruction ; but it should be remembered that only a few children are mature enough to enter profitably upon the proper work of the High School before the age of fourteen years. Besides, it is always possible for a pupil of marked ability to obtain promotion, so as to reach the tenth, or High School grade, at an earlier age.

As the work of the elementary schools is now arranged, the pupil can enter the High School with a good knowledge of Music and Drawing, a good beginning in Algebra and Latin, some acquaintance with good literature, and with his love of nature and habits of observing her works duly cultivated. The importance of these qualifications it is quite needless to discuss. But, while the studies are thus broadened by exercises to improve the taste and open the eye to the beauties of the universe, the fundamental studies are taught as fully as pupils of that age are capable of instruction. So that, if any are obliged to shorten their school course, they will have gained as much useful learning as their years made it possible to acquire. Indeed they will be better educated than they would have been by devoting all their school days to the acquisition of the three utilitarian r's with grammar and geography added.

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The High School enrollment is one hundred ninety-nine ; one hundred sixty-six from Dedham, nineteen from Westwood, five from Medfield and one from Dover. The school is instructed by eight regular teachers, music and drawing are in charge of two special teachers. Four courses of study have been arranged, each of four years.

The College Course is shaped to meet the requirements of Yale and Harvard Universities ; and students who complete it are expected to be able to enter those institutions by examination ; at other New England colleges they will be received on certificate.

The Institute Course meets the demands of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Cambridge Scientific School, and prepares the student to pass examination for those schools or any other institutions of like character.

The General Course prepares for the Normal Schools of any state, for the requirements of cultivated homes and the responsible duties of good citizenship.

A Commercial Course including penmanship, correspondence, bookkeeping, type-writing, stenography and other specialties relating to mercantile affairs will serve the purpose of the Commercial College, or at least prepare students to do more effective work in such an institution.

The adequacy of these courses in the hands of capable teachers and in behalf of well prepared and diligent students has been abundantly proved year after year. The system is complete, carefully adjusted to the wants of the community and in perfect harmony with the most advanced ideas of public education.

Having indulged in this general review of the Dedham schools, it would be a pleasant duty to speak particularly of all the fifty-four teachers who are carrying forward this work of training youthful Dedham for its near and remote future. But the more I inspected their excellent performance, the more difficult it seemed to speak of individuals. So far as I could observe, they were all faithful, intelligent, enthusiastic ; working with a common purpose and clearly discerning the end to be attained, namely, a thorough preparation of their pupils for their next step in the process of learning and living. By their combined efforts the admirable system wrought out by the Superintendent of the Dedham Schools is made effective ; and no young person of the present generation ought to be found deficient in his qualification for good citizenship. On the whole, it is evident that the town, which was the first to establish and support a public free school by direct taxation, has not faltered in its voluntary efforts to place a good education within the reach of all her sons and dauo^hters.

Index Of Subjects

Farm, School, Attempts to Kecover, 51. Feoffees, Names of, 7. Fools Caps, 118. Founders' Forethought, 5. Free School First Mentioned, 6. Free School Established, 1644, 7.

Index Of Subjects

in Money, 34. Scarcity of Teachers, 12. School Districts of 1789, 86. School Farm Laid Out, 34. School house of 1752, 69. Schoolhouse of 1801, 92. Schoolhouse Resolved to be Built

Teachers of Liberal Education, 35. Telegrams of Special Interest, 238. Tenor. Old, Middle and New, 57. Text Books of Early Schools, 36. Town Pay, Merchantable, 13. Towns Formerlv Included in