Excerpt from History of New Salem, Massachusetts, 1753-1953: Prepared for the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary, August 7, 8, 9, 1953 The annual report of the New Salem School committee for-the year 1867-68 tells us there were twelve districts at that time. The school year. Consisted of at least six months, divided into a summer term and winter term, the wages paid a teacher averaged forty-three cents per day. Fol lowing are the names of the teachers, and the pupils who attended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.