Report of Boston School Committee visit to the Wells School, 1849

WELLS SCHOOL,

MCLEAN STREET.

Cornelius Walker, Grammar Master.

Reuben Swan, Jr, Writing Master.

This School was visited May 1lth, A.M., by the Chairman and Messrs. Winkley and Palmer.

It fully maintains the character it has acquired in former years, for the thoroughness of the instruction. The pupils appeared very well in all the studies of the course. There appears to be an extraordinary development of the powers of thought and perception in this School, and maturity of intellect and of knowledge such as is seldom met with in children of the age of the pupils here assembled. The masters have great advantages from the character of the population of the School district, and as far as could be judged from the examination, they have been most faithful in improving them.
Source: “The Report of the Annual Examination of the Public Schools of the City of Boston,” 1849.

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