Principal, Stephen B. Netherby/$100 per month. 1st Assistant, Angus B.
McNeill/$80 per month. 2nd Assistant, Edward F. Doran/$75 per month. 3rd
Assistant, Ernest H. Russell, B.A/$70 per month. Monitor of 4th Division,
Miss Mina Sanderson, until June 30th, 1893; present Monitor, Miss Caroline
A. Dowler/$40 per month. 4th Assistant, Miss Elizabeth E. Sylvester/$65
per month. 5th Assistant, Miss Gertrude H. Withrow/$60 per month. 6th Assistant,
Miss Sarah Kermode/$55 per month. 7th Assistant, Miss Grace H. Fawcett/$50
per month. Monitor of 8th Division, Miss Eliza King/$40 per mouth. Examined,
December 6th and 7th, 1892 and June 1st and 2nd, 1893 Enrolled during the
year, 570 Average monthly attendance, 483 Average actual daily Attendance,
418.69 At the Christmas Examination, 1892, the following passed the standard
required for admission to a High School: Ernest E. Blake Edward H. McEwen
Henry M. Wilson William E. Reynolds John R.B. Anderson John W. Spencer
Stuart H.D. Bayne Harcourt P. Dickinson Lachlan McMillan Charles H. Lowe
Herbert P. Winsby Thomas D. Faweett Francis A. Thornson Alfred S. Huxtable
Eilbeck C. Wilson Edward H. Griffith Earl W. Clarke William A. McKeown
Robert Jesse At the Midsummer Examination, 1893, the following obtained
the percentage required for admission to a High School: Leonard Spragge
William W. Wilson Bernhard P. Schwengers Charles W. Steers Christopher
J. Loat Charles T. Revely George H. Arthur Thomas Kermode Alexander W.
Dow Arthur Thomas Paul H. Renwick Isidor Cohen John A. Worthington Walter
W. Storey Linclater G. Marshall Stanley McB. Smith Edwin S. Tuck Frederick
K. Vigor Walter J. Sheriff Frederick Nickerson William J. Beam John W.
Lorimer William H. Kinsman
The following is taken from the Report of the Principal.
The high percentage made by the pupils of each division at the written
examinations is a testimony of the excellent work done by the teachers.
The course of study prescribed by the Education Department has been faithfully
carried out in each division. A carefully prepared time-table is followed
by each teacher. Punctuality in assembling and dismissing has been our
watch word. Truancy is fast disappearing, but irregularity in attendance
still lingers with us to some extent. The evil consequences of irregular
attendance would be difficult to exaggerate. It is indeed a formidable
enemy. Not only is it injurious to the progress and proficiency of the
pupils, it is really fatal to education. A sound or successful education
cannot possibly be acquired by pupils who are irregular in attending school.
These considerations parents should bear in mind, and should likewise be
earnest in contriving and using means for the purpose of preventing or
curing the evils complained of. It is an unquestionable fact, that parents
and children naturally become indifferent where the discipline is inferior,
and the instruction of a worthless character. On the other a good, cheerful,
popular school, exerts a kind of attractive influence on the children;
and it is certain that the regularity of the attendance greatly depends
on the character of the teacher and of the school. Top
GIRLS' SCHOOL
Principal, Miss Frances E. Armstrong, until June 30th, 1893; present Principal,
Miss Mary Williams/$100 per month. 1st Assistant, Mrs. L. M. Caldwell/$80
per month. 2nd Assistant, Miss Mary Williams, until June 30th, 1893; present
2nd Assistant, Miss Lizzie A. Barron/$75 per month. 3rd Assistant, Miss
Ada Keast/$70 per month. 4th Assistant, Miss Frances E. Arrowsmith/$65
per month. 5th Assistant, Miss Sarah A. Robinson/$60 per month. 6th Assistant,
Miss Alexandrina Russell/$55 per month. 7th Assistant, Miss Isabel R. Christie/$50
per month. Examined, December 6th and 7th, 1892 and June 1st and 2nd, 1893
Enrolled during the year, 482 Average monthly attendance, 411 Average actual
daily attendance, 349.46 At the Christmas Examination, 1892, the following
passsed the standard required for admission to a High School: Lilian R.
Renwick Eleanor A. Lee Mary R Fletcher Mary L. Wooley May G. Duncan Martha
E. Redfern Ethel L. McKitrick Charlotte A. Thomas Margaret S. Blackbourn
Edith M. Roberts Caroline H. Green Alice M. Eckersley Lilias F. Sutherland
At the Midsummer Examination, 1893, the following passed the standard required
for admission to a High School: Grace E. Sherk Bibianne Moore Mary McGraw
Bessie E. Morrison Rose T. Jackson Rosa Tranter Alice Doran Florence G.
Jackson Mary L. Van Horst Mary Cathcart Belle Netherby Margaret Murray
The following is taken from the Report of the Principal.
The subject of writing has received special attention, and with good results.
The optional subject of linear drawing is growing in favour, with teachers
and pupils alike, and satisfactory progress is being made. I am sorry to
say we have now no systematic teaching of vocal music. I hope ere long
this want will he remedied, as the refining and ennobling influence of
music can not be overestimated. In January of the present year it was deemed
necessary to open a branch school, to relieve the over-crowding in the
first four divisions of this school. Very beneficial results arose from
this, as we then had special time to devote to individual pupils, necessary
in the higher grades." Top
CENTRAL BRANCH SCHOOL
Teacher, Hiram H. Schuyler, B.A., until April 30th, 1893; present teacher,
Joseph F. Sallaway/$80 per month. 1st Assistant, Miss Ellen G. Lawson,
until June 30th, 1893; present 1st Assistant, Duncan Ross/$60 per month,
2nd Assistant, Richard J. Hawkey, until June 30th, 1893; present 2nd Assistant
Miss Christina T. Lorimer/$60 per month. 3rd Assistant, Miss Christina
T. Lorimer, until June 30th, 1893; present 3rd Assistant, Miss Mina. Sanderson/$50
per month. Inspected, February 22nd, 1893, April 7th, 1893, April 27th,
1893 and May 17th, 1893. Enrolled during the year, 161 Average monthly
attendance, 146 Average actual daily attendance, 126.24 Top
WEST SCHOOL
Principal, Thomas Nicholson/$90 per month. 1st Assistant, Joseph F. Sallaway,
until April 30th, 1893; Hiram H. Schuyier, B.A. until June 30tb, 1893;
present 1st Assistant, Miss Ellen G. Lawson/$70 per month. 2nd Assistant,
Richard J. Hawkey, until January 31st, 1893; present 2nd Assistant, Miss
Orvilla Northcott/$50 per month. Monitor, Miss Ellen G. Lawson, until January
31st, 1893; Miss Ida M. Carmichael, until June 30th, 1893; present teacher,
Leonard Tait, assisted by Miss Mabel Gaudin as monitor/$40 per month. Inspected,
November 7th, 1892, January 23rd, 1893, March 1st, 1893, March 6th, 1893,
April 6th, 1893 and May 17th, 1893. Enrolled during the year, 235 Average
monthly attendance, 180 Average actual daily attendance, 145.52 At the
Christmas Examination, 1892, Master William Fairall, a pupil of this school,
passed the standard required for admission to a High School.
The following is taken from the Report of the Principal.
About the close of last term there were, in the fourth division, too many
children for one teacher to instruct properly, and the room of the third
division has, from the very first, found too small to accommodate the number
of pupils belonging to it. During last term, the Trustees transferred two
of my assistant teachers to the Central School and about a month before
the term closed, my first assistant was likewise transferred, others being
sent to fill their places. The Trustees, doubtless, had good reasons for
doing so, but I am of the opinion that changes of this kind (unless they
he made at the end of a term) are, as a rule, not calculated to advance
the best interests of the school. At the last examination for entrance
into the High School, there were no pupils from this school who were candidates,
giving as their reason that they could attend school only one more term,
and that, should they pass successfully they would be under the necessity
of leaving School altogether, as no pupil gaining admittance into a High
School is permitted to attend any other public school in the city. Top
JAMES BAY WARD SCHOOL
Teacher, Miss Julia M. Bradley/$70 per month. Monitor, Miss Christina T.
Lorimer, until January 31st, 1893; Miss Annie E. Carmichael, until June
30th, 1893; present Monitor, Miss Caroline C. Christie/$40 per month. Monitor,
Miss Annie E. Carmichael, until January 31st, 1893; Miss Caroline C. Christie
until June 30th, 1893; present Monitor, Miss Ida M. Carmichael/$40 per
month, Examined, December 9th, 1892 and June 9th, 1893. Enrolled during
the year, 246 Average monthly attendance, 170 Average actual daily attendance,
147.70 Top
HILLSIDE WARD SCHOOL
Teacher, Miss Annie J. Monro/$70 per month. Monitor, Miss Sarah J. Murton/$40
per month. Monitor, Miss Caroline A. Dowler, until June 30th, 1893; present
Monitor, Miss Edith Jesse/$40 per month. Examined, December 9th, 1892 and
June 9tb, 1893. Enrolled during the Year, 241 Average monthly attendance,
174 Average actual daily attendance, 142.94 Top
ROCK BAY WARD SCHOOL
Teacher, Miss Lueretia Horton/$70 per month. Monitor, Miss Frances G. Walker,
until June 30th, 1893; present Monitor, Miss Pauline Frank/$40 per month.
Examined, December 9th, 1892 and June 9th, 1893. Enrolled during the year,
100 Average monthly attendance, 89 Average actual daily attendance, 74.37 Top
SPRING RIDGE WARD SCHOOL
Teacher, Lizzie A. Barron, until June 30th, 1893; present Teacher, Richard
J. Hawkey/$70 per month. Monitor, Miss Orvilla Northcott, until January
31st, 1893; Miss Frances A, Smith, until June 30th, 1893; present Monitor,
Miss Lizzie. M. Speers/$40 per month. Monitor, Miss Frances A. Smith, until
January 31st, 1893; Miss Lizzie M. Speers, until June 30th, 1893, present
Monitor, Flora C. Fraser/$40 per month. Examined, December 9th, 1892 and
June 9th, 1893. Enrolled during the year, 261 Average monthly attendance,
186 Average actual daily attendance, 148.66 At the Christmas Examination,
1892, Percival E.T. Snider, a pupil of this school, having obtained first
rank at examination of pupils of the Ward Schools, won the prize donated
by Colonel the Hon. James Baker, Minister of Education. At the Midsummer
Examination, 1893, Catherine Chapman, a pupil of this school, having obtained
first rank at competitive examination of pupils of the Ward Schools, won
the prize semi-annually donated by Colonel the Hon. James Baker, Minister
of Education.