History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . nd nine hundred and sixty-four dollars. Thetotal expense has been six hundred and twenty-four dollars, andprizes, including books given to pupils selling tickets, to the valueof six hundred and eighty-five dollars, have been distributed, leavinga balance on hand of one thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollarsas a guarantee for future contests. SCHOOLS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. 1293 Mrs. Mary Parker Woodworth, a graduate of Vassar college(1870), was elected a
History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . nd nine hundred and sixty-four dollars. Thetotal expense has been six hundred and twenty-four dollars, andprizes, including books given to pupils selling tickets, to the valueof six hundred and eighty-five dollars, have been distributed, leavinga balance on hand of one thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollarsas a guarantee for future contests. SCHOOLS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. 1293 Mrs. Mary Parker Woodworth, a graduate of Vassar college(1870), was elected a member of the board of education in April,1890, and by subsequent re-elections served until 1899. She wasthe first of her sex to be elected to membership in the board ofUnion district, though Miss Ella R. Holden was elected in West Con-cord in 1889. Some attention had been given to drawing in the schools for at least fifty years, but it wasgenerally confined to map-drawing until about 1870,after which evidenceof greater interest be-gan to be manifestedin the art of delinea-tion and free-handdrawing. In Septem-ber, 1873, it was first. High School Cadets. made a regular branch of study, and Pilking-ton Jackson, an English artist of much abil-ity, was employed to give two lessons a weekto the teachers. Mr. Jackson served a year or two, and in 1876Miss Ada L. Cone was engaged to give instruction regularly in allthe schools. Miss Cone served five years, and was followed by MissM. Louise Field of Boston from 1881 to 1882; Miss Kate E. Randof Lisbon, 1882-83; Miss Anna M. Swanton, 1884 ; Mrs. Annie , 1885-90; Miss Charlotte J. Emmins, 1890-92; Miss Emile 40 1294 HISTORY OF CONCORD. E. Harding of Cambridge, Mass., 1892-1900; and Miss Grace of Darien, Conn., 1900-02. A training-school for primary teachers was established in the fallof 1888 to provide a supply of teachers properly trained for schoolsof the lower grades. It was opened in the old Franklin street one-story bui
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