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In connection with those exercises that have for their object the discovery of the truth, abundant opportunity should be given for its expression. Opportunities will be found in the daily recitations, and whenever the pupils are required to give an account of their conduct. The children should be trained to tell the exact truth when they illustrate and define their topics of study. In this way they will form the habit of telling the truth when they define their own state of mind, and when they give an account of their conduct. Later in the course attention may be directed to the beauty of truth, and
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to the relations it holds to the existence of society and to the affairs of private life.
It is of the highest importance that the teacher be him- self a truthful person. By his example he will then illustrate the doctrine he teaches. The value he places upon the truth will determine its value in the minds of his pupils, and his method of illustrating his ideas of its character will soon become their method.
The love of truth is a cardinal virtue. Taken in its full sense, it includes all the virtues which the human mind is adapted to possess.
Patriotism is the love of one's country. An intelligent patriotism is a product of education and not of the instinct. As it is essential to the establishment and to the continued existence of the State, it should be cultivated in the schools. The young should know as much as possible of the good coun- try in which they live, of its institutions, its civil polity, and its history. They should be made familiar with the history of the heroic deeds of the founders of our free government and of those who have preserved it through all its subsequent perils. Such knowledge will awaken in their minds that love of country which, in the estimation of a Roman citizen, was one of the noblest virtues.
Humanity and universal benevolence constitute kindness and sympathy for the whole human race. These dispositions are the products of that education which sets the mind free from prejudice and selfishness, and directs its attention to the relief of want and suffering wherever they may be found. Pestalozzi was accustomed to invite the boys in his school to go with him to visit the poor children of the neighborhood, and to relieve, by their own efforts, the suffering they found. At school the pupils who were so fortunate as to be able to bring with them some dinner were encouraged to share it with those who had none. The boys experienced great pleasure in the performance of these kind acts, and the pleasure enjoyed led to a repetition of them, until a humane and benevolent
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disposition was established. Children may be trained from their earliest years of intelligent activity to have a regard for the happiness and well-being of those with whom they asso- ciate. This regard after a time is likely to include the town in which they live, the country to which they belong, and even, to some extent, the whole human race.
Sobriety, as used in the statute, probably has reference to that calm, thoughtful state of mind which is most favorable for wise judgment and judicious action. Industry is habitual diligence in any physical or intellectual employment, and is directly prompted by sobriety. Frugality is a wise and eco- nomic use of what a sober industry has produced. If the pupils are made conscious that youth is a probation for man- hood, that their place in life will be fixed by the use they make of early opportunities, they will be likely to exercise a thought- ful earnestness in all their school work, and form the habit of putting to the best use all their acquisitions. Children are made interested in those occupations that procure for them pleasing products. By careful teaching they may be trained into the habit of saving and wisely using those things they have produced.
Chastity, moderation, and temperance refer to that self- control which it is the true province of a generous education to produce. Self-government is the great end that school gov- ernment should ever aim to secure.
The first acts of the child are instinctive. They do not imply either deliberation or the power of independent choice. Later the young mind is moved by motives found in the appe- tites, or in the desires that arise from the wants of the body. Such mental movements imply acts of the will, but no true deliberation. In more mature life the motives that occasion activity may have their origin in the mind itself. Such motives arise from the wants of the spiritual nature, and imply both deliberation and a free choice. While the child is subject to the mechanical and animal principles of action, he should be under the control of those who understand his nature, and are
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interested in its proper development. As soon as he finds the source of control within himself, he is free. He is then able to deliberate and to choose the best ends. The rational prin- ciple is the highest, and is the ruling principle in the minds of those who have been properly controlled during the passive periods of life.
From the first, great care should be exercised over the child's physical constitution. A sound body is a most import- ant condition of sound morals. Disease may be the occasion of all forms of intemperance. A natural appetite demands simply a proper amount of nutritions food; it does not call for stimulants or narcotics. In the case of an abnormal or fevered appetite, its demands are often so constant and imperative that neither a knowledge of the effects of intemperance nor the threatened penalties of law have any controlling influence. An unhealthy physical constitution is often an inheritance, but it frequently originates in the careless, unwholesome, or vicions ways in which children are brought np.
The importance of good physical health cannot be over- estimated. The highest usefulness and happiness and personal success are impossible without it. The well-being of individuals and of the State requires that parents and teachers should direct their earnest attention to that instruction which has for its object the formation and practice of good physical habits. Let the instruction be given at home and at school. Let it be accompanied with an effort to impress on the minds of the children the moral obligation they are under to take good care of their physical bodies. If this is skilfully and faithfully done, we have good reason to expect that chastity, moderation, and temperance will prevail, and the cultivation of the virtues will lay the foundation for the attainment of all those ends for which the public schools of the Commonwealth were estab- lished.
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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)
Sept. 2. 16 wks.
Sept. 3. 16 wks.
Sept. 4. Sept. 5. 16 wks.
16 wks. Dec. 22.
Sept. 6. 16 wks. Scpt. 7. Sept. 8. 15 wks. 15 wks. Dec. 23. Dec. 17. Dec. 18.
Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following are holidays.
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 (ex- cept in leap year) con- tinues
13 wks.
13 wks.
12 wks.
12 wks.
12 wks.
13 wks. 13 weeks.
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.
The Winter Term (ex- cept in leap year) ends Friday,
Apr. 3. Apr. 2.
Apr. 4. Apr. 3.
Mar.29.
Mar.30.
Mar.31.
Apr. 1. Mar. 31.
Apr. 2.
The Winter Term in leap year ends Friday,
The weck beginning with the first Monday of April is vacation.
Apr. 4.
Mar. 29.
Mar. 30.
Apr. 1.
The Fall Term continues The Fall Term ends Fri- day,
Dec. 19. Dec. 20. Dec. 21.
Two weeks vacation.
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The Spring Term (except 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. 3.
Sept. 5.
The Fall Term in leap year begins Tuesday,
Sept. 7.
Sept. 8.
Sept. 2.
Sept. 4.
Sept. 6. Sept. 5.
Sept. 7. 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 examinations at Harvard College, 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. Apr. 12.
Apr. 14.
Apr. 8. Apr. 14.
Apr. 9. Apr. 8.
Apr. 9.
Apr. 10.
Apr. 11.
The Spring Term in leap year continues
The Spring Term (ex- cept in leap year) ends Friday,
The Spring Term in leup year ends Friday,
Apr.10. Apr. 11.
Apr. 12.
Apr. 13.
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 the elections and town affairs, to assemble in Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, the seventh day of March, A. D. 1898, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely : --
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at 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 and Surveyors of Highways, one 'Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Col- lector of Taxes, three Auditors, three Park Commissioners, six Constables, all for one year ; one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, two School Committee for three years, two Trustees of
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the Public Library for three years. And also upon the same ballot to vote upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town ?" All Town Officers, except as above named, are to be chosen for one year.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the town will raise and appropriate . money for the care and binding of the Town Records under Chapter 439 of the Acts of 1897.
ARTICLE 4. To hear and act on the report of the Audi- tors on the Selectmen's, Treasurer's, Collector's, Cemetery Commissioners' and Water Commissioners' accounts.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the town will accept of the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, and posted as required by law.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will choose a Committee to whom all subjects involving an expenditure of money shall be referred for examination, with instructions to report upon the same to the town. This annual meeting to be adjourned for that purpose.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will authorize the Col- lector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as Collector.
ARTICLE 8. 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 seven per cent. or less a year on all taxes remaining unpaid at that time.
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.
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ARTICLE 10. To see what action the town will take in regard to the unexpended appropriations of the past year.
ARTICLE 11. To hear and act on the reports of Com- mittees.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the support of the Public Library.
ARTICLE 13. To see what disposition the town will make of money received for dog licenses.
ARTICLE 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the prosecution of illegal sales of liquor, and agree on a manner of expending the same.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate 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 16. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Department the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 17. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of hose for the Fire Department.
ARTICLE 18. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Alarm Sys- tem the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to water the streets the present year.
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ARTICLE 20. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for lighting streets the current year, and to authorize the Selectmen to make a new contract for street lighting, or to take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to contract with the State Highway Commis- sioners for building a portion of the State highway, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will vote to provide plans, maps, and books for the use of the Assessors of Taxes, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
ARTICLE 23. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of schools the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 24. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to convey children living in the outlying districts to the Norwood Schools.
ARTICLE 25. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to pay the expense of children at the truant school.
ARTICLE 26. To see what action the town will take in regard to building an addition to the Guild Schoolhouse and raise and appropriate or borrow money for that purpose.
ARTICLE 27. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow to be expended in building lavatories and in making repairs at the North, West, and Balch Schools.
ARTICLE 28. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways the current year.
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ARTICLE 29. To see what action the town will take in regard to setting edgestones and for building concrete walks and raise and appropriate money for that purpose.
ARTICLE 30. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in grading Prospect Street the current year.
ARTICLE 31. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in grading Cross Street the current year.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the town will vote to build a sidewalk on Nichols Street between the house of F. E. Col- burn and Cottage Street and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the town will accept of Lyden Street as relaid out by the Selectmen and raise and appro- priate money to pay land damage and to finish grading the same.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the town will accept of Plimp- ton Avenne as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appro- priate money to gravel the same.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the town will vote to accept that part of Central Street between Guild Street and Park Street as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the town will vote to accept of Endicott Street as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel said street or any portion thereof.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the town will vote to accept of Savin Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
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ARTICLE 38. To see if the town will vote to accept of Prospect Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the town will vote to purchase the Alfred Ellis pasture on Prospect Street for a Park and raise and appropriate money for that purpose.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the town will vote to accept of Winslow Avenue between Hoyle Street and Walnut Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the town will vote to accept of Expensive Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the town will vote to accept of Day Street as relaid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to grade the same and to pay land damage.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the town will vote to accept of Winslow Avenue between Walnut Avenue and Phillips Street as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the town will vote to accept of Wheelock Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Dean Street from the corner of Pleasant Street to a point near the house of D. Fitzgerald and raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usnal guaranty.
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ARTICLE 46. To see if the town will extend the water mains on Foundry Street from the end to a point near the Book Bindery of H. M. Plimpton & Co. and raise and appro- priate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 47. To see if the town will vote to extend a six-inch main water pipe on Clark Street between Railroad Avenue and William Street, with or without the usual guar- anty, and raise and appropriate money or borrow money for that purpose.
ARTICLE 48. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Winslow Avenue between Hoyle Street and Walnut Avenue, when the same shall have been accepted by the town, and raise and appropriate money or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 49. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Winslow Avenue from Walnut Avenue to Phillips Street, when the same shall have been accepted by the town, and raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 50. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Prospect Street from near Cottage Street to Prospect Avenue and on Prospect Avenue to Central Park, when said Avenue has been accepted by the town, and raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 51. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow money to pay for an extension of the water mains on Hillside Avenne, subject to the usual guar- anty.
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ARTICLE 52. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Plimpton Avenue, when the same shall have been accepted by the town, and raise and appropriate or bor- row money for that purpose, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 53. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Endicott Street from Walpole Street to the Tannery Lane or any portion of the way, when said Street shall have been accepted by the town, and raise and appro- priate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 54. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Savin Avenue, east from Cedar Street, when that Avenue shall have been accepted by the town, and raise and appropriate or borrow money for that purpose, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 55. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow money to pay for an extension of the water mains on Expensive Avenue, subject to the usual guar- anty.
ARTICLE 56. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow money to pay for an extension of the water mains on Wheelock Avenue, subject to the usual guar- anty.
ARTICLE 57. To see if the town will vote to choose a committee of five or more with authority to get the refusal of one or more lots of land suitable for a town hall site. Said committee to report to the town at the next town meeting.
ARTICLE 58. To see if the town will vote to provide maps, street signs, numbers for houses, and make other pro- visions, in order to provide for the introduction of a Free Postal Delivery in the town, and raise and appropriate money for that purpose, or to take any other action in the matter.
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ARTICLE 59. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to pay the expense of the Board of Healtlı.
ARTICLE 60. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to pay Warren E. Rhoads the sum of $408.33, being the amount of salary as Police Officer he would have received had he been on duty up to March 1, 1898, and raise and appropriate the same.
ARTICLE 61. 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.
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 Selectmen, on or before the time and day of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Norwood, this twenty-third day of February, A. D. 1898.
FRANK A. FALES, FRED. L. FISHER, GEO. H. BATEMAN,
Selectmen of Norwood.
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NORWOOD, MASS .: ADVERTISER AND REVIEW PRESS. 1899.
ADOPTED BY THIE TOWN, APRIL 11, 1898.
APPROVED BY SUPERIOR COURT, MAY 23, 1898.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, SS.
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, in said County, qualified to vote in town affairs, held at Village Hall on Mon- day, the eleventh day of April, A. D. 1898, by adjournment from the Annual Meeting, March 7, A.D. 1898, under Article Eleven in the War- rant, "To hear and act on the report of Committees," it was unani- mously Voted, That the report of the Committee on By-Laws be accepted and the recommendations adopted, and that seventy-five dol- lars be raised and appropriated for expense of printing one thousand copies of the By-Laws of the Town, and that the Town Clerk present an attested copy to the Court for approval.
Attest:
EDGAR L. BIGELOW,
Town Clerk.
BY-LAWS.
ARTICLE I.
OF TOWN MEETINGS AND RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT THEREOF.
SECTION 1. The annual Town Meeting for the election of Town Officers shall be held on the first Monday of March in each year. The warrant for said annual meeting shall contain such articles as are required for raising and appropriating moneys, and for general and special town purposes. For the election of a Moderator of said meeting, the polls shall be opened at seven o'clock in the forenoon, and after the election of a Moderator they shall remain open for the election of Town Officers until half-past four o'clock in the afternoon, after which time a vote may be passed to close them in not less than ten minutes. After the closing of the polls and the choice of all Town Officers, the remaining articles of the warrant involving expenditure of money for new objects other than regular current expenses shall be referred, and any other articles which the meeting may so vote may be referred to a committee of fifteen legal voters, of which Committee the Chairman of the Selectmen, and of the As- sessors, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of Highways, or Road Commissioners, respectively, if there be either of such separate boards, the Chairman of the School Committee, and the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, the Chairman of the Water Commissioners, and the Chairman of the Board of Health, all for the preceding year, shall be members ex-officiis, and the remain- ing members shall be appointed by the Moderator. After the declaration of votes for town officers, the meeting shall be ad-
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journed to the first Monday of April next thereafter, at such hour as the meeting may determine, when the remaining articles of the warrant may be acted upon.
SECT. 2. It shall be the duty of said Committee to consider all the articles of the warrant referred to them, and make report thereof with their estimates and recommendations for the final action of the town at the adjournment of the annual meeting named in the preceding section.
SECT. 3. The warrants for all town meetings shall be directed to either of the Constables of the Town, and every town meeting shall be notified by posting attested copies of the warrant calling the same in ten public places in the town seven days at least before the day appointed for said meeting.
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