Norwood annual report 1908-1911, Part 42

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1402


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One of the most important present-day problems connected with the administration of the public schools is that of indus- trial education. In a few years instruction to fit boys and girls for industrial efficiency will probably constitute a part of the regular high school course of study. If so, changes in the present methods of planning high school buildings will inevita- bly take place. This problem therefore is closely associated with the question of a new high school building for Norwood.


At the last session of the legislature the State Board of Education and the Commission on Industrial Education were


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consolidated into a new State Board of Education. Of the work of this new board Governor Draper in his inaugural ad- dress of this year had the following to say : "This question of industrial education and how it shall be worked out in harmony with, and very likely become a part of, our public school sys- tem, is a great one. The board has not had time as yet to prop- erly study out and formulate a definite policy. It is not desira- ble that the Commonwealth should rush into this matter hap- hazard, and without careful consideration and a definite plan."


In view of the position of the State Board of Education it is unwise for the local school authorities to attempt to take any action at the present time on the subject of industrial education. Until the policy that is to be pursued in this matter by the State can be determined, it will be inadvisable to go ahead with plans for a new high school building.


By the year 1913 the number of grades below the high school will probably be reduced from nine to eight. This change means the graduation from the grammar school of two classes in 1913 and a very large entering class in the high school in the fall of that year. The present building will then be too small to accommodate all the pupils attending. To meet this situation it will be necessary for the town to take definite action not later than next year. Meanwhile, the State Board of Education un- doubtedly will have formulated a definite policy in the matter of industrial education, and it will then be expedient to plan accom- odations for an increased High school attendance in 1913.


By September, 1911, the increasing number of pupils attend- ing the Winslow school will necessitate opening the West school. When this building is opened alterations ought to be made in the arrangement of the windows so that the rooms may be bet- ter lighted.


In making an estimate of the expenses for another year, your committee is obliged to ask for a larger appropriation than was voted a year ago. The services of one additional teacher are required. By September several teachers will be entitled to


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receive increases in salary. The appropriations granted this year for janitors, heating and lighting, and school books and supplies are inadequate. Much needs to be done in the way of repairs. The High and Guild buildings ought to be painted. The interior walls of the Guild school should be tinted and the woodwork revarnished. The plumbing in this building ought to be overhauled. At the Winslow school some provision ought to be made against snow-slides from the roof. At the East school the boiler should be covered with asbestos. Many of the windows of the schools in town should be equipped with weather-strips. Sanitary drinking fountains ought to be in- stalled. These and other items of necessary expense will require more money.


With the natural attractiveness of our town and with im- proved transportation facilities to Boston, more people will inevitably seek Norwood as a place of residence. Many of. these people will settle here if we can guarantee them good schools ; otherwise, they will go elsewhere. The surest way to secure good schools is to pay adequate teachers' salaries. Sev- eral towns in the eastern part of the State are recognizing this fact and are increasing teachers' wages. Already it is very difficult to secure really good teachers at the salaries we offer. The town of Norwood is paying its grade teachers a maximum of six hundred dollars per year. To secure the best results this maximum ought to be increased by fifty or one hundred dollars. Until this increase is made several places can take from us our best teachers, and our schools must suffer serious losses. By paying higher wages and by holding our best teachers we should be raising the standard of the educational work of the town.


We support no public kindergarten and no public evening school. Many towns are coming to realize the need of a school nurse, a vital necessity in Norwood. Towns and cities all over the State are establishing public playgrounds. In short, if the schools of Norwood are to maintain a proper state of efficiency and to gain a reputation for themselves and the town, increased appropriations are necessary.


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We recommend the following appropriations for the ensu- ing year : Teachers,


$35,500 00


Janitors and sweepers,


3,750 00


School books and supplies, 3,000 00


Incidentals and repairs,


4,000 00


Heating and lighting,


3,000 00


School tickets, 500 00


School physician,


200 00


$49,950 00


Connecting High school with sewer (balance left from appropriation of 1909 for connecting the schools with the sewer),


$378 25


To cover deficit of 1908-1909,


EDWARD W. JEWETT,


HARRIET W. LANE,


ALFRED N. AMBROSE,


GEORGE H. SMITH,


CORNELIUS M. CALLAHAN.


$1,206 75


I hereby decline to sign the published report of the Nor- wood School Committee. I cannot assent to some of the expen- ditures, modes of expenditure, lack of publicity.


EMILY CURTIS FISHER.


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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.


To the School Committee of Norwood :


I submit herewith my report as Superintendent of Schools.


When I assumed my duties as your superintendent it was a very great pleasure to find that much had already been accom- plished for the advancement of the schools. The teaching staff was strong, the janitor service of the best, the buildings were scientifically planned and well adapted for school work and nearly all of the rooms were properly lighted and adequately ventilated.


Without good teachers it is impossible to have good schools. The demand for good teachers far exceeds the supply and it is becoming more and more difficult to secure first class teachers. I have been obliged to spend a good deal of time in looking for teachers I could conscientiously recommend and I have been able to find them only after a long and careful search. And when we have succeeded in hiring a really good teacher we are not at all sure of keeping her. Other places are continually seeking our best teachers. The only remedy for this condition of affairs is an appropriation that will enable us to pay every teacher in town what her services are actually worth. In no other way can we be so sure of making the schools better.


Altogether eleven teachers' meetings have been held. At the general teachers' meetings the speakers have been able and the topics discussed practical and diversified. At the special . teachers' meetings such subjects as the course of study, the obser- vations made by the teachers while visiting other schools for professional improvement, and various phases of school manage- ment have been considered. I have held frequent conferences


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with the supervisor of music and the supervisor of drawing and I am glad to be able to report that the work in these depart- ments is in excellent condition.


One important change has taken place in the administra- tion of the schools. The age limit for admission to the first grade has been raised from five to five and one-half years. This change went into effect in September. As a result better work is being done in the first grade and a surer foundation is being laid for the work of the succeeding grades.


I recommend that the ninth grade be gradually done away with and that the number of grades below the High School 'be reduced from nine to eight. I do not mean to imply that a child can learn as much in eight years as he can learn in nine. He can, however, acquire the essentials of a common school education in eight years and there is no good reason why a child of ordinary health and ability should not be given this opportunity.


The cost of the public schools is justified on the ground that the dissemination of intelligence and morality is the surest means under a republican form of government of securing respect for civil rights. We, of the public schools, therefore, have a duty to perform to use our influence and, if need be, our authority to prevent acts of lawlessness on the part of those entrusted to our care. It is obvious that a child in going to and from school cannot always be under the observation of the teacher, principal or superintendent. As the executive head of the school department I shall consider it a favor if citizens will report either to my office or to the principal of the building in which the child attends school any serious breach of conduct by a child while going to or from school, which escapes the atten- tion of the school authorities. All such cases will be promptly investigated, and an effort made to lead the child to an under- standing of his responsibility in the matter of respecting the rights of others.


The children of Norwood need greater opportunity for healthful recreation. A boy is bound to be active and his activ-


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ity, if misdirected, may lead him into mischief or even crime. A public playground keeps boys out of trouble and a public playground means healthy and happy children. The associa- tion of children in play, moreover, overcomes self-consciousness and leads to an early appreciation of the social value of co-oper- ation among individuals.


I wish to endorse the idea of maintaining kindergartens as a regular part of the public school system and to advocate opening an evening school for teaching foreigners the English language. I hope these results will be brought about in due time. In my judgment, however, the most important present need of our schools is the employment of a school nurse.


Education without health is of questionable value. The public schools have not given sufficient attention to the physical well-being of children. Physical well-being is dependent upon such fundamental matters as personal cleanliness, nourishing food properly digested, and good breathing. In the matter of personal cleanliness alone a school nurse could do invaluable work. We have children in our schools who are improperly nourished, children whose parents have sufficient means to pro- vide proper food but who fail to do so either through neglect or ignorance. There are boys and girls who are round-shoul- dered and thin-chested ; and there are boys and girls who sap their vitality year after year and render themselves susceptible to tuberculosis because their sleeping-rooms are not properly ven- tilated. The remedy for this state of affairs is the employment of a tactful and efficient school nurse, one who will bring the school to the home and the home to the school and correlate the activities of the two, a practitioner-instructor in the art of hygiene.


The subject of industrial education is one that is demanding the attention of thinking men. Somewhere between the time of entering the last grade of the grammar school and graduation from the high school the public schools are losing between sixty and seventy per cent. of the children who attend. After leaving


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school these children, or the greater part of them, drift into occupations with no financial future. From the point of view of the school administrator such a condition is an educational scandal; from the point of view of the employer it is an eco- nomic waste; and from the point of view of the State it is a social loss. The remedy offered is industrial education.


This subject of industrial education is so large and such experiments as have already been made in training for voca- tional efficiency are so full of possibilities of success or failure that no one man can hope at the present time to treat exhaus- tively the problems involved. All that I shall endeavor to do in this report is to be suggestive. I invite consideration of the following propositions :


I. Any system of industrial education that means a de- parture from the American ideal of equal opportunity for those of equal ability ought not to be supported in whole or in part by public taxation.


2. Education in general and industrial education in par- ticular should be sufficiently broad to provide a training that will enable the boy or girl to earn his or her living, and the liv- ing of those who may be dependent upon him or her, in more ways than one.


3. Any system of industrial education that fails to make provision for the teaching of agriculture in the towns and cities, as well as in the country, will do more harm than good.


In closing this report I wish to thank my predecessor for his courtesy in acquainting me with many of the details of my work; the teachers for their cordial co-operation; the janitors for their faithfulness, and you for help and encouragement.


Respectfully submitted,


AUSTIN H. FITTZ,


Superintendent.


APPENDIX.


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REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER AND CENSUS ENUMERATOR.


To the Superintendent of Schools :


I take pleasure in submitting my tenth annual report as Truant Officer. I have investigated all cases of absence that have been reported to me.


Whole number of cases investigated, 177


Truants,


40


Where parents were at fault,


70


Sickness, 25


Suspended,


O


Withdrawal card,


0


Good reasons, 30


For lack of proper clothing,


IO


Returned to truant school,


I


Prosecutions, I


177


Respectfully submitted,


MICHAEL D. CREED,


Truant Officer.


To the Superintendent of Schools :


I take pleasure in submitting my report as Census Enumer- ator for the year 1909. I have taken a house to house canvass as required by law :


Number of children between 5 and 15, 1,480


Number of boys between 5 and 15, 745


Number of girls between 5 and 15, 735


Number of boys between 7 and 14, 631


Number of girls between 7 and 14,


632


Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL D. CREED,


Enumerator.


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ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE


TEACHERS


SCHOOLS


Grades


Enrollment


Boys


Girls


Number under 5 years


1 Nathaniel A. Cutler


High Everett


10-13


201


82


119


0


2


Maude B. Kennerson


9


50


27


23


0


3


Lilla E. Clement


9


50


20


30


0


4


S. Louisa Rhodes


66


8


47


25


22


0


5


Katherine B. Feeley


66


8


47


21


26


0


6


Ina M. Balch


66


8


33


21


12


0


7


Alice T. Quinn


66


7


45


23


22


0


8


Julia E. Danahy


Guild


7


47


22


25


0


9


Mary L. Reid


66


7


47


21


26


0


10


Elizabeth E. Greenleaf


66


6


53


30


23


0


11


Helen I. Guthrie


66


5-6


51


24


27


0


12


Margarita E. Burns


66


4-5


48


26


22


0


13


Mary W. O'Brien


66


4


51


22


29


0


14


*Estelle M. Mahoney


66


3


35


19


16


0


15


Fannie M. Thorn


2


41


20


21


0


16


Helen F. McCarthy Lillian G. Duncan


66


1


42


21


21


5


18


+Mary W. O'Brien Thomas L. Barnes


Shattuck


6


37


22


15


0


20


* Ada B. Campbell


66


56


33


16


17


0


21


Lizzie E. Hadley Florence Hill


66


3


40


16


24


0


24


Gertrude E. Richardson


2


43


25


18


0


25


Maude A. Woods


1-2


33


17


16


0


26


Emma F. Niles


1


35


18


17


3


27


Katherine L. Carbee


Winslow


6


45


24


21


0


28


Ruth B. Sears


66


5


43


23


20


0


29


Fannie G. Hobbs


4-5


39


21


18


0


30


Marguerite E. Mahoney Bertha L. Brown


3


35


16


19


0


32


*M. Louise Mahoney


3


33


19


14


0


33


Annie G. Scherer E. Louise Ward


1


52


29


23


1


35


Ethel L. Sargent


East


2-3


42


21


21


0


36


Martha B. Parker


66


1-2


42


24


18


1


37


Maude E. Dalton


Balch


2


36


14


22


0


38


A. Agnes Curtin


1


44


24


20


3


1744


856


888


14


*Apparent discrepancy between enrollment and membership due to enrollment of sev- eral children in another school.


tSchool discontinued September 25, 1908.


1-2


40


23


17


1


17


66


Special


8


2


6


0


19


66


5


39


21


18


0


22


4


46


17


29


0


23


* Alma L. Arnold


4


48


24


24


0


31


2


43


16


27


0


34


1


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STATISTICS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1908-9.


Number over 15


years old


Number between 5


and 15


Number between


7 and 14


Average


Membership


Average


Attendance


Per cent. of attendance


Number of Tardiness


Pro rata of Tardiness


Number of Days in


Aggregate Days At-


tendance of all


Pupils


140


61


18


180.40


172.90


95.80


166


.92


188


32534


13


37


11


49.69


47.70


95.99


48


.96


181.5


8658


4


46


35


48.50


46 51


95.88


29


.60


181.5


8442


3


44


35


43.37


41.09


94.74


44


1.01


183.5


7540


12


35


27


43.84


40.60


92.60


88


2.00


183.5


7451


4


29


22


31.28


29.21


93.68


17


.54


183 5


5488


1


44


42


43 81


41.38


92 16


137


3.15


183.5


7583


0


47


44


43.72


41.77


95.53


22


.50


183


7644


0


47


39


40.94


37.74


92.14


13


.32


183.5


6813


1


52


50


46.59


43.95


94.33


40


.86


183 5


8068


0


51


51


48.15


45.95


95.43


34


.71


183.5


8433


0


48


48


46.31


44.18


95.40


27


.58


183.5


8107


0


51


51


47.89


44.61


91.27


20


.42


183.5


8238


0


35


35


36.00


33.93


94.26


16


.44


182 5


6193


0


41


20


39.82


36.40


91.34


33


.83


183


6662


0


39


14


36.82


34.38


94 06


43


1.11


183


6619


0


37


2


35.36


32.35


91.48


44


1.24


183


5920


1


7


6


7.39


6.92


93.64


0


.00


13


90


0


37


36


35.52


34.07


95.97


36


1.01


182 5


6219


1


32


31


35.19


33.07


96.23


37


1.05


182 5


6035


0


39


38


38.22


31.57


82.61


55


1.17


182.5


5763


0


46


46


43.71


41.45


94.83


43


.98


182.5


7564


0


40


40


40.39


38.49


95.28


35


.87


182.5


6886


0


43


18


41.24


38.63


93.69


19


.46


182.5


7051


0


33


12


32.50


30.12


92.67


29


.89


182 5


5496


0


32


0


32.82


30.09


91.69


39


1.25


182.5


5491


1


44


44


43.38


40.97


94.44


6


.13


182


7456


1


42


41


38.73


36.84


95.12


12


.30


182


6704


0


39


39


34.73


33.20


95.60


14


.40


182


6042


0


48


48


38.75


36.71


94.75


13


.33


182


6682


0


35


34


33.19


31.80


95.81


14


.42


182


5788


0


33


33


34.48


32.87


95.33


13


.37


182


5982


0


43


20


40.31


35.11


89.57


12


.29


182


6503


0


51


12


46.61


43.36


93 03


30


.66


182.5


7915


0


42


38


36.10


34.51


95.54


39


1.08


178.5


6163


0


41


5


36.40


33.81


92.60


19


.52


180.5


6591


0


36


19


32.73


30.51


93.20


44


1.33


182


5563


0


41


15


40.55


36.32


89.56


16


.39


183


6647


182


1548


1119


1625.43


1525.07


93.83


1346


.83 6770.5


279024


Session


TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1910.


School


Grade


Name


Date of Appointment


Educated


High


Prin. Asst.


Nathaniel A. Cutler


Sept. 1899


Amherst College


Alice G. Smith


1905


Boston University


66


Linda M. Lowell


1905


Brown University


Ruth A. Smith


1906


Mt. Holyoke College


Adelaide M. Lakin


1907


Colby College


Gertrude F. Merrill


1908


Boston University


Martha B. Steele


Feb.


1909


Tufts College


Lyman B. Phelps


Sept. 1909


Clark College


Everett


Prin.


Frank H. Hill


1908


Bowdoin College


9


Maud B. Kennerson


Dec.


1907


Salem Normal School


9


Flora B. Reed


Sept. 1909


Mt. Holyoke College


8


S. Louisa Reed


Mar. 1895


Norwood High School


8


Katherine B. Feeley


Sept. 1907


Fitchburg Normal School


8


Josephine McGrane


Jan.


1910


Rhode Island State Normal School


7


Bertha E. Hinchcliffe


Sept. 1909


Salem Normal School


Guild


7


Julia E. Danahy


1901


Bridgewater Normal School


7


Mary L. Reid


1908


Westfield Normal School


6


Anna L. Brown


1909


Lowell Normal School


6


Martha R. Taylor


1909


Lowell Normal School


4-5


Margarita E. Burns


Oct. 1904


Bridgewater Normal School


4


Mary W. O'Brien


Sept. 1907


Framingham Normal School


3


Estelle M. Mahoney


Sept. 1907


Framingham Normal School


1-2


Alice M. Houston


Jan.


1910


Plymouth, N. H., Normal School Monson Academy


Shattuck


Prin.


George W. Allen


Oct. 1909


Cortland, N. Y., Normal School


5-6


Ada B. Campbell


Mar. 1907 Bridgewater Normal School


5


Martha E. Mahoney


Sept. 1909


Bridgewater Normal School


4


Florence Hill


Jan. 1881


Norwood High School


1


Jan. 1903 Framingham Normal School


2


Fannie M. Thorn


1


Lillian G. Duncan


Sept. 1901


22


Shattuck


3-4 Alma L. Arnold Gertrude E. Richardson Maude A. Woods


Emma F. Niles


Katherine L. Carbee


Alma F. Seavey


Ruth B. Sears


Jan. 1909


Hyannis Normal School Templeton High School


4


Lizzie E. Hadley


Sept. 1909


Bridgewater Normal School


3


Bertha L. Brown


Feb. 1907 Farmington, We., Normal School


3


M. Louisa Mahoney


Bridgewater Normal School


2


Annie E. Scherer


Sept. 1908 1907


Framingham Normal School


E. Louise Ward


May 1902


Boston Normal School


East


1 2-3


Ethel G. Hubbard


Sept. 1909


Boston Normal Art School


1884


Bridgewater Normal School


Balch


2-3 1


Martha B. Parker Maude E. Dalton A. Agnes Curtin


Jan. 1908


Rhode Island State Normal School


Sept. 1903


Bridgewater Normal School


Music Drawing


Bessie M. Parker


Feb. 1905


Art Museum, Boston


Sewing


Mary A. McClearn


Feb. 1905


Emerson College of Oratory


Westfield Normal School Farmington, Me., Normal School Wheelock Kindergarten Training School Wellesley College


Winslow


2 1-2 1 Prin. 6


1906 1899 Apr. 1903 Sept. 1901


1909


Plymouth, N. H., Normal School Framingham Normal School


5


1


Marguerite E. Mahoney


1907


1


23


B. Harold Hamblin


1908 Normal Music School


-


Sept. 1903


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SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.


Dr. A. S. Hartwell, 90 Winter street.


TRUANT OFFICER.


Michael D. Creed, 3 Market street.


JANITORS.


John P. Oldham, 260 Pleasant street ; High, Everett. Fred E. Beal, 699 Washington street ; Guild. Michael H. Dyer, 68 Chapel street ; Balch. Daniel F. Slattery, 16 Everett avenue ; Winslow. Darby Foley, 19 Myrtle street ; Shattuck, East.


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ROLL OF HONOR.


THE FOLLOWING PUPILS HAVE BEEN NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME SPECIFIED.


SIX YEARS :


Jennie M. Wittrup, Everett, Grade 9.


FIVE YEARS :


George T. Hartshorn, High.


FOUR YEARS :


E. Everett Jewett, High. Claire V. Mahony, High. George Nead, Jr., Everett, Grade 8.


THREE YEARS :


Ivan R. Cottrell, High. Henry S. Marden, High. Herbert E. Tucker, High.


Two YEARS :


Margaret M. Allen, High. Alvia A. Colton, High. Mildred M. Colton, High. Esther H. Walker, High. Chester F. Wolfe, High. Marion R. Wolfe, High. Carl Johnson, Everett, Grade 7. Walter Henry, Guild, Grade 7.


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Roy Mears, Guild, Grade 7. Henry Saumsiegle, Guild, Grade 7.


Neil Johnson, Guild, Grade 6.


Alice Conley, Guild, Grades 5 and 6. Frances Henry, Guild, Grade 4.


William Flaherty. Guild, Grade 4. Anna Klingbeil, Winslow, Grade 5.


Louis Stuntzner, Winslow, Grade 4. Ellen Anderson, Winslow, Grade 3. Frederick Myer, Winslow, Grade 2.


ONE YEAR.


HIGH SCHOOL :


Julia A. Barrett.


Gertrude D. Cuff.


Charles H. Flood. Edward J. Hayden.


James B. Hobbs. William L. Le Clair.


Anna C. Lydon. Mildred Metcalf.


Alice M. Partridge. Herbert L. Singleton. Charles P. Stone.


Helen K. Whedon.


Mabel F. Wheeler. Sarah B. Williams.


EVERETT SCHOOL : Grade 9. James Farren. Arthur Gleichauf. Hilda Gould. Raymund Pendergast.


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Grade 8.


Frank Anderson.


John Crimins. Mary Curran. John Farren. Maude Metcalf.


Grade 7. Robert Drummy.


GUILD SCHOOL :


Grade 7.


Natalie Boyden.


Coleman Connolly.


May Elston.


Catherine Henry.


Alice Ivatts. Margaret Murphy.


Grade 6.


Francis Conton. Charles Farren. Katherine McDowell.


Grades 5 and 6.


Madeline Appleby.


Grade 5.


John F. Drummey. Grade 4.


Etta Barron. Daisy Bashford. Alfred Chauvey. George Diggs.


Grade 3. Rosewell Norton.


Grades 1 and 2.


Dorothy Bashford.


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Grade I. Annie Bashford. William Donovan.


EDMUND J. SHATTUCK SCHOOL :


Grade 5. Martin Connolly. Nora McDonough.


Grade 4.


Patrick Devine. Albert Smith.


Grade 3. Martin Cavanaugh.


Grades 1 and 2.


Evelyn Butler. Frank Flower.


Grade I .


Hazel Corbett.


WINSLOW SCHOOL : Grade 6.


Clara Burke.


Viola Lund. Orlando Paine.


Grade 5. Elizabeth Ellis.


Grades 4 and 5.


George Burk. Eben Johnson. Frans Peterson.


Grade 4. Martin Callaghan. Raymond Saumsiegle.


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Grade 3. George Glendon. Ellen Kelliher.


Grade 2. Harold O'Brien.


Grade I. Alvar Svenson. Thomas Wenzel.


EAST SCHOOL : Grades 2 and 3 : Eleanor Hurley. Catherine Lee.


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GRADUATION EXERCISES


OF THE NORWOOD GRAMMAR SCHOOL.


PROGRAMME.


" Love Divine," Stainer


Class Chorus.


Henry


" Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,"


Robert Metcalf.


Class Roll Call.


Spring Song, Girls' Chorus.


Mendelssohn


Original Composition, "A Trip in an Airship." John Wheelock.


" Stanzas on Freedom," Bessie Crimins.


Lowell


Violin Solo, " Slumber Song." Mollie Lavare. (Accompanied by Marion Hoar.)


"Gettysburg Address," James Farren.


Lincoln


" The Bartholdi Statue,"


Whittier


ยท Alice Walker.


" Estudiantina," Lacome


Class Chorus.


Original Composition, " The Last Night in Arcadia." Bessie Cushing.


" Liberty and Union," Roland Ellis.


Webster


" Peace,"


Beethoven.


Girls' Chorus.


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" Woman's Right to Suffrage," Anthony


Florence Seaman.


Recitation, " Curing a Cold," Charles Low.


Twain


" Union and Liberty," Rachel Winslow.


Holmes


Class Pledge. " Off to the Front,"


From "Ermine"


Class Chorus.


Presentation of Medals,


F. H. Hill, Principal.


Presentation of Diplomas, Edward W. Jewett, Chairman School Board.


LIST OF GRADUATES.


Walter Alfred Abbt


Hazel Margaret Adelman


Stanley Braman Allen Doris Thurston Baker


Lily Edna Banks Edna Mae Beaver .


Kathleen Abigail Bell Elinor Emma Benkert Mary Berger Rebecca Bigelow


Alma Marguerite E. Bistor Katherine May Branch May Smith Breen Edward James Coakley John Joseph Connolly Julia Veronica Connolly Mary Elizabeth Connolly Joseph Francis Coughlin


Marion Elizabeth Hoar Francis Percy Howden


Douglas Henderson Huntoon Marguerite Gerda Jerden Mahlon Arthur Johnson Mary Hannah Jordan


Edith Catherine Kelley Harry George Kirk Howard Raymond Kuld Mary Hughes Lavare Charles Endicott Low Mary Elizabeth Manimon Howard Francis Mattson Charles Edward McAuliffe Daniel Joseph Mccarthy Ernest Cedric McDermid Robert Drayton Metcalf Mary Margaret Mogan


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Mary Loretta Coughlin Bessie Florence Crimins Mary Bernadette Cronan Joseph Stanisalias Crowley Clara Ruth Cuddy Martin Vincent Curran Mary Veronica Curran Patrick Joseph Curran Bessie Cushing William James Donovan Ellen Spiers Draper




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