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... thing I can say , - with all the bickerings over the expenditure of money in the City Government , there is never a question as to the amount which shall be appropriated for the support of the public schools . There is one item in the ...
... thing I can say , - with all the bickerings over the expenditure of money in the City Government , there is never a question as to the amount which shall be appropriated for the support of the public schools . There is one item in the ...
Page 71
... things , and the discipline very severe ( and I tested it as much as any scholar that I can call to mind ) , yet I look back to those days with pleasure and satis- faction . As I recall the teachers , some of whom have passed away , and ...
... things , and the discipline very severe ( and I tested it as much as any scholar that I can call to mind ) , yet I look back to those days with pleasure and satis- faction . As I recall the teachers , some of whom have passed away , and ...
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... smile , that he would get out of me all the news that I had re- ceived from Europe , before there were any steamers , long , long ago . I am happy to meet him here . But there was one thing he said about the North 90.
... smile , that he would get out of me all the news that I had re- ceived from Europe , before there were any steamers , long , long ago . I am happy to meet him here . But there was one thing he said about the North 90.
Page 91
Organized 1880 Old School-Boys of Boston. But there was one thing he said about the North End boys that I do not believe : that is , that the Fort Hillers always beat them . Never ! never ! My father used to tell me that eighty years ago ...
Organized 1880 Old School-Boys of Boston. But there was one thing he said about the North End boys that I do not believe : that is , that the Fort Hillers always beat them . Never ! never ! My father used to tell me that eighty years ago ...
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... thing of great interest occurred in Boston . It was the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of this city , and the school children were expected to walk on the Common . I was one of that company , and I would like to know how ...
... thing of great interest occurred in Boston . It was the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of this city , and the school children were expected to walk on the Common . I was one of that company , and I would like to know how ...
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Adams Allen annual meeting Association auld lang syne Baldwin believe Benjamin birth blessing Born Boston boys Boston public schools Boston school boys Bowdoin Boylston Boys of Boston called Carpenter Chairman Charles H Charlestown City of Boston committee Curtis Guild dear Dennet Dorchester Edward elected Eliot School enjoy feel fifty years ago Francis gathering George George W glad Hall Hancock Hawes heart held at Young's High honor James John JOHN M. S. WILLIAMS Joseph Latin School LAWRENCE live Mayor memories NAME never North End occasion Old Boston old boys Old School Boys pleasant pleasure Pratt present President and Gentlemen pupils remember reminiscences REUNION Roxbury Samuel school-house schools of Boston Sec'y and Treas Secretary song Spencer W spoke as follows Street teachers thing Thomas Boston Thomas Hills thought tion to-day to-night Vice-President WARREN RICHARDSON William H young Young's Hotel
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