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I want here to thank the teachers for their hearty co- operation with me in whatever seems to be for the welfare of the schools.
They are earnest in their efforts to carry out the plans of the Committee and Superintendent, and there is certainly ap- parent a growing conception and appreciation of what consti- tutes good teaching. This arises through better training of the teachers through the normal schools, the institutes, educa- tional journals, teachers' meetings, and other sources of pro- fessional educational training. "As is the teacher so is the school," is an educational maxim generally accepted.
The essential function of the teacher as an educational factor is becoming better understood and appreciated than heretofore. The very life, I might say existence, of the school as an institution depends upon the personal character, qualifi- cations, and professional training of the teachers. When the fact that so much depends upon the fitness of the teacher for her responsible calling becomes more widely known and es- tablished in the minds of educational authorities, we shall have less difficulty in demanding and securing professional training of a high order. Let public sentiment insist upon this training as it does in other professions -law, medicine and theology -and the demand will be met.
CONCLUSION.
In closing this report I do not hesitate to say that the year has been a successful one, and that the outlook is encour-
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aging for the cause of public instruction in our town. The interest of the Committee is active for the welfare of the schools committed to their charge, and the teachers are faithful and successful in their work.
I thank the teachers for their active and enthusiastic co- operation with me for the best interest of our schools.
To the School Committee : I express my sincere apprecia- tion of your confidence and support.
Respectfully submitted,
H. ALLEN HALSTEAD,
Superintendent of Public Schools.
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Table of General Statistics for the year ending June, 1894 .*
SCHOOLS.
Whole number
Enrolled.
Average
Membership.
Average Daily
Attendance.
Percentage
of Attendance.
Number over
15 Years of Age.
Number between
8 and 14 Years.
Number neither
Absent nor Tardy.
High School,
68
64
60
95
43
15
8
Everett Grammar, 8th grade,
76
72
66.6
91
26
50
7
66
7th
66
54
50
46
02
1
27
12
66
66
6th
66
56
51
49
95
1
55
7
66
66
5th
54
51
47
92
0
54
0
66
66
4th
66
40
38.5
37
95
0
38
5
Balch
66
4th, 5th & 6th gr.
28
25.4
23.1
90
0
30
2
Guild
66
4th grade,
41
37.1
35.9
96
1
40
4
יו
Primary, 2d and 3d
42
38
36
94
0
11
6
East
66
1st
64
37.7
35.8
94
0
0
0
66
66
2d and 3d
66
37
34
32
94
0
32
5
North
66
1st
66
44
39
36.6
93
0
0
0
66
2d and 3d
66
87
73
65
89
0
87
6
West
66
1st
70
31
30.4
89
0
2
7
66
2d and 3d
36
30.5
27.2
90
0
31
2
Balch
1st
37
25.6
23.8
93
0
16
0
1
880
735.5
685
93+
72
492
73
1st
46
37.7
34.5
91
0
4
2
.
* By recent vote of the Committee the School Year begins in September and ends in June.
REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
To the School Committee of Norwood : -
At your request I make the following report of the High School, of which I have been Principal since last September :
The number of pupils enrolled during the fall term was ninety-seven. This is an increase of twenty-six over the en- rollment of last year, or thirty-eight per cent .; certainly a very unusual increase.
In the first class there are seven young ladies and five young gentlemen. The second class now numbers only five, the third class twenty-nine, and the fourth class forty-six.
To accommodate the increased numbers twenty-one addi- tional desks were put into the High School building, making ninety-three desks for ninety-six pupils. The building is now seated to its full capacity ; cloak rooms and recitation rooms are too small for the present number of pupils; and there is every prospect of a large increase next year. It is for you to decide what shall be done with them.
The large number in the entrance class made it necessary to divide the class into two sections for recitation, thereby increasing the number of recitations, and necessitating another assistant teacher.
The course of study was revised last summer so as to ineet the additional requirements of the technical schools and colleges, and at the same time give a more thorough course in English and modern languages. The course is admirable, but when fully taught will require an additional teacher.
Our pupils have a choice of a Classical, a Latin-Scientific, or an English course. About two-thirds of the pupils take
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either the Classical or the Latin-Scientific. Most of the pupils who think they may go to college take the Classical course, which, for the first year, is the same as the Latin-Scientific.
Of the present second-year class ten are commencing Greek.
There is a difference in the amount of work prescribed in our different courses, but all of them are broad enough to give scope to the brightest pupil. While the pupil who takes the English course may, and many of them do, study hard, the preparatory pupil must do so, if he gets his fit for college in four years.
The pupils of the entering class are in age between 12 years 11 months and 17 years, with an average for the boys of 14 years 11 months and for the girls 15 years 2 months.
At the nearly unanimous desire of the pupils and parents you changed the school hours so that we commence and close a half-hour earlier than formerly. I think the change is highly satisfactory, as the pupils are able to get their dinner at about the usual hour, and have time for recreation and study in the afternoon. The change has, I fear, increased somewhat the number of tardinesses of a few pupils. The per cent. of attend- ance has, however, been unusually high, in view of the fact that we have had no holidays on account of stormy weather.
With few exceptions the pupils are working faithfully and making satisfactory progress. There is, I believe, a growing sentiment in favor of the things which make for scholarship and good character.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. RUSSELL,
Principal.
COURSE OF STUDIES FOR THE NORWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. TABULAR VIEW.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
YEAR.
TERM.
ENGLISH.
SCIENTIFIC.
CLASSICAL.
1st.
Fall. Algebra.
Algebra.
Algebra.
Physical Geography.
Latin.
Physical Geography. Latin.
Winter
Algebra.
Algebra.
Algebra.
and English History.
English History.
English History.
Spring. Englishı.
Latin.
Latin.
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2d.
Fall. Geometry.
Geometry.
Geometry.
French.
French.
Greek.
Rhetoric.
Latin.
Latin.
Winter.
Geometry.
Geometry.
Geometry.
French.
French.
Greek. .
Geology and Botany.
Latin.
Latin.
Spring. Geometry.
Geometry.
Geometry.
French. Latin.
Greek. Latin.
3d.
Fall.
Advanced French or German.
French.
Advanced Mathematics.
Greek.
Latin.
Latin.
Physiology.
French. Botany and Geology. Advanced French. Arithmetic. German. Physiology.
Rhetoric or Physiology.
Physical Geography. Englishı.
.
Winter. Advanced French. Algebra. German. Physics. Advanced French.
Spring.
4th.
Fall.
Geometry. German. Physics. Astronomy. Advanced German. English Literature. Chemistry. Advanced German. English Literature. Chemistry. Advanced German. English Literature.
Advanced French or German. Advanced Mathematics. Latin. Physics. Advanced French or German. Advanced Mathematics.
Latin. Physics. Astronomy. Advanced Mathematics, II. Latin.
Physics. Arithmetic.
Grcek. Latin. Algebra. Greek. Latin.
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Wednesdays.
1st.
Music.
English.
2d. Music.
English.
3d. Music. English.
4th. Music. English.
Elocution. Elocution.
Elocution.
Preparation for graduation.
French. Greek. Latin. Physics. French. Grcek. Latin.
Winter.
Chemistry. Advanced Mathematics, II. Latin.
Spring.
Chemistry.
Advanced Mathematics, II. Latin.
Geometry. Greek. Latin.
Civil Govt. and Pol. Econ. Greek History. Roman History.
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" Success Greets Labor."
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF THE NORWOOD HIGH SCHOOL,
AT VILLAGE HALL,
NORWOOD, MASS., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1894, AT 7.45 O'CLOCK. -
PROGRAM.
1. Singing. " Morning Invitation." Veazie
SCHOOL. 4
2. Prayer.
3. Singing. "Great Dagon " from " Samson"
Arranged by M. W. Misener.
SCHOOL.
4. Salutatory.
HENRY I. EVERETT.
5. Address.
R. C. METCALF,
of the Boston School Board of Supervisors.
6. Valedictory.
MARTHA L. RICH.
7. Singing. " Sleigh Ride Song" from " Vogel" Arranged by Emerson. SCHOOL.
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8. Awarding of Diplomas and Medals.
CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
9. Singing. Class Ode.
10. Singing. "Sleep Good Night." Winterberger
CLASS POEM.
Della M. Rogers.
Happy days, no more returning, We with sorrow think of thee; As a ship which leaves its mooring, So we're sailing o'er life's sea.
Oft we will look back with longing At the days so bright and gay, When we with our books were toiling, Gaining slowly, day by day.
Climbing upward, ever onward, Towards the goal we sought to gain; Hoping, longing, pushing forward To the mark,- our only ain.
We have gained at length the honor We have striven to possess, And at length our patient labor Is rewarded with success.
GRADUATES.
MARY ALICE ALDEN. FRANCIS JOSEPHI DUNCAN. HENRY IRVING EVERETT. MARTHA LOTHROP RICH. DELLA MARION ROGERS.
GRACE ISABELLE TEBBETTS.
MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.
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NORWOOD SCHOOL CALENDAR.
The Fall Term begins the Tuesday after Labor Day, which is the first Monday of September. Read down the columns. Italics for leap years only.
The Fall Term Begins Tuesday, (in different years) The Fall Term continues The Fall term ends Fri- day,
Sept. 2. Sept. 3.
16 wks.
16 wks.
Sept. 4. Sept. 5. Sept. 6. Sept. 7. Sept. 8. 15 wks. 16 wks. 16 wks. 16 wks. 15 wks.
Dce. 19. Dce. 20. Dee. 21. Dec. 22. Dee. 23. Dec. 17. Dee. 19.
Christmas week and New Year's week are vacation.
The Winter Term Begins Monday,
Jan. 5.
Jan. 6.
Jan. 7.
Jan. 8.
Jan. 9. |
Jan. 3.
Jan. 4.
The Winter Term (cx- cept in leap year) con- tinues
13 wks.
13 wks.
12 wks.
12 wks.
12 wks.
13 wks.
13 wks.
Washington's Birthday (Feb. 22), is a holiday.
The Winter term in leap year continues
13 weeks.
13 weeks.
13 weeks.
12 weeks.
12 weeks.
13 weeks.
13 weeks.
The Winter Term (ex- eept in leap year) ends Friday,
Apr. 3. Apr. 2.
Apr. 4. Mar. 29. Mar. 30. Mar. 31. Apr. 1.
The Winter Term in leap year ends Friday,
The weck beginning with the first Monday of April is vacation.
Apr. 3.
Apr. 4.
Mar. 29.
Mar. 30.
Mar. 31.
Apr. 2. Apr. 1.
Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following are holidays.
Two weeks vacation.
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The Spring Term (exeept in leap year) be- gins Monday,
The Spring Term in leap year begins Monday,
The Spring Term (ex- cept in leap year) con- tinues
10 wks.
10 wks.
11 wks.
11 wks.
11 wks.
11 wks.
11 wks.
10 weeks.
10 weeks.
10 weeks.
11 weeks.
11 weeks.
11 weeks.
11 weeks.
June 19. June 20. June 20. June 22. June 23. June 24. June 25.
June 18.
June 19.
June 20.
June 22.
June 22.
June 23.
June 24.
TOTAL, 39 WEEKS SCHOOL.
The Summer Vacation (except in leap year) con- tinues
11 wks.
10 wks.
10 wks.
10 wks.
10 wks.
10 wks.
10 wks.
The Summer Vacation in leap year continues
11 weeks.
11 weeks.
10 weeks.
10 weeks.
10 weeks.
10 weeks. 10 weeks.
The Fall Term (except in leap year) be- gins Tuesday,
Sept. 8. Sept. 2. Sept. 3. Sept. 4. Sept. 5. Sept. 6. |Sept. 7.
The Fall Term in leap year begins Tuesday,
Sept. 7.
Sept. 8.
Sept. 2.
Sept. 3.
Sept. 4.
Sept. 5.
Sept. 6.
April 19, Memorial Day (May 30), and June 17th are holidays.
High School Gradua- tion is Tuesday, Everett School graduation is Wednesday, and promo- tions are the last day of the closing week of school.
[The Spring Term ends the week previous to the entrance examina- tions at Harvard Col- lege, except when the term ends June 18, which is the second week previous.]
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Beginners must enter the Primary Schools at the beginning of the Fall term.
Apr. 13.
April 8.
Apr. 9.
Apr. 10.
Apr. 11.
The Spring Term in leap your continues
The Spring Term (ex- cept in leap year) ends Friday,
The Spring Term in leap yeur ends Friday,
Apr. 13. Apr. 14. Apr. 8. Apr. 12. Apr. 14.
Apr. 9. Apr. 10. Apr. 11. Apr. 12.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either Constable of the Town of Norwood, in said County,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, the fourth day of March next, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. : -
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To choose all necessary town officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, viz. : - three Selectmen, who shall be Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Board of Health, and Surveyors of Highways, one Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Auditors, six Constables, all for one year; one Water Commissioner for three years, two School Committee for three years, one School Committee for one year, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years. All town officers, except as above named, are
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to be chosen for one year. And also upon the same ballot to vote upon the question, "Shall license be granted for sale of intoxicating liquors in the town ?"
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act on the report of the Au- ditors, on the Selectmen's, Treasurer's, Collector's, Cemetery Commissioners', and Water Commissioners' accounts.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the town will accept of the list of Jurors, as prepared by the Selectmen, and posted as required by law.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the town will choose a committee to whom all subjects involving an expenditure of money sliall be referred for examination, with instructions to report upon the same to the town. This annual meeting to be adjourned for that purpose.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will authorize the Col- lector of Taxes to use the same means as a town treasurer may use wlien acting as collector.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will fix the time within which taxes assessed therein shall be paid, and authorize the Collector to charge interest at a rate of ten per cent. or less a year on all taxes remaining unpaid at that time.
ARTICLE 8. To see what compensation the town will allow for the collection of taxes.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes for the present municipal year, and to issue notes of the town therefor. The debts incurred under the authority of this vote are hereby made payable from said taxes.
ARTICLE 10. To hear and act on the reports of Com- mittees.
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ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the support of the Public Library.
ARTICLE 12. To see what disposition the town will make of money received for dog licenses.
ARTICLE 13. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the prosecution of illegal sales of liquor, and agree on a manner of expending the same.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the use of George K. Bird Post, No. 169, Grand Army of the Republic, for the purpose of decorating soldiers' graves on Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 15. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 16. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of schools the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 17. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the teaching of music in the public schools.
ARTICLE 18. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for paying the expense of children at the truant school.
ARTICLE 19. To see what action the town will take in regard to building an addition to the High School, or to pro- vide other suitable accommodation for High School scholars, and raise and appropriate or borrow money for that purpose.
ARTICLE 20. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for carrying children from the Everett Street and Pigeon Swamp Districts to schools.
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ARTICLE 21. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways.
ARTICLE 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for building concrete walks the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 23. To sec if the town will vote to build a concrete walk on the east side of Washington Street between Market Street and Winslow's Station, and raise and appro- priate money for the same.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the town will vote to remove the ledge from Chapel Street near Cedar Street, rebuild the cul- vert, and raise the grade of the roadway, and raise and appro- priate moncy for the same.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the town will vote to accept of Chapter 462 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1893, which relates to the establishment of a building line on public ways.
ARTICLE 26. To sce if the town will accept of Highland Street, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, leading north- east from Eliot Street, about 300 fect over land of the Nor- wood Associates, and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the town will accept of Hillside Street, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, leading east from Guild Street, about 350 fect over land of the Norwood Associates, and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
ARTICLE 28. To sce if the town will vote to accept of Rock Street, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, leading west from Pleasant Strect, near the house of H. W. Hill, to Munroe Street, and raise and appropriate money to build the same.
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ARTICLE 29. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for widening Winter Street from Station 21 to the Ilighland Cemetery, or any portion thereof.
ARTICLE 30. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended grading the extension of Foundry Street.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to contract with the State Highway Commissioners for the construction of so much of the State Highway as lies within its limits, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 32. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for lighting streets the current year.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the town will vote to accept from Francis M. Cragin, M. D., the tract of land between Washington, Walpole and Guild Streets, under certain con- ditions, or take any other action in the matter, and to raise and appropriate money to grade the same.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the town will vote to accept of Chapter 154 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1882 and of the amendments thereto relating to Parks.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Walnut Avenue from end of pipe as before laid, to a point 667 feet, and raise and appropriate the sum of $439.01, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Washington Street from end of pipe, as before laid, to a point near the house of Mrs. Ella M. Bailey, and raise and appropriate the sum of $888.96, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Foundry Street from the junction of Guild and
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Cross Streets to a point on Foundry Street near the factory of H. M. & H. E. Plimpton, and raise and appropriate the sum of $363.95, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Highland Street from corner Eliot Street to a point near the house of George W. Rycher, and raise and appropriate the sum of $249.78, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Hillside Avenue from corner of Guild Street to a point near the house of Jolin A. Farren, and raise and appropriate the sum of $341.14, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the town will authorize the Water Commissioners to refund to Mrs. Mary Bucknam the sum of $9.64 for water charged in excess of meter allowance, January 1, 1894, paid under protest.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Munroe Street and Cross Street, without the usual guaranty. With this extension a complete circulation would be obtained, and in case of an accident or freeze up on Guild Street, the car shops and residents in that section could be supplied from this extension; and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Wilson Street to the house of Joseph P. Ham- lin, and raise and appropriate money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the town will vote to place a water trough at the junction of Wilson and Walpole Streets, and appropriate money for that purpose.
ARTICLE 44. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate to defray the incidental and other nec- essary expenses not otherwise provided for the current year.
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ARTICLE 45. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of watering the streets during the dry season the current year.
ARTICLE 46. To see if the town will accept of the ex- tension of Hoyle Street to Washington Street as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to build the same.
ARTICLE 47. To see what action the town will take in regard to a system of sewerage.
ARTICLE 48. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the abolition of grade crossings the present year.
And the polls may be closed as early as three o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time and day of said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Norwood, this nineteenth day of February, A. D. 1895.
FRANK A. FALES, FRED. L. FISHER, GEO. II. BATEMAN,
Selectmen of Norwood.
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