Norwood annual report 1911-1914, Part 17

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1828


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With the opening of this building the town will be relieved of the expense of paying out over four hundred dollars a year to transport pupils from the Balch District to the Winslow School. This annual charge which is increasing each year represents at the present time the interest on an investment of more than $10,000.


High School.


The returns from the College Entrance Examination Board indicate that the pupils who took the college entrance exami- nations from the Norwood High School last June passed their examinations with a standing much better than the average. The following table gives the average marks, and the results obtained by the pupils from the Norwood High School.


Passed between


Average


Norwood 6.0%


90-100%


3.6%


75-89%


18.0%


29.0%


60-100%


52.7%


73.0%


50-100%


66.0%


89.0%


This table is proof that the High School is doing effective


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work in preparing pupils for college and the higher institutions of learning. The demand from offices in this vicinity for gradu- ates of the commercial course of the High School, the positions held by these graduates and the success with which they are filling these positions indicate efficient preparation for office work.


In other respects, however, the High School is not meeting the needs of the community. Seventy per cent. of the pupils who graduate from the grammar school do not graduate from our High School. This falling off in membership is due to two causes: (1) pupils are obliged to leave school to go to work; (2) pupils do not find in our High School incentives to remain. From conversation with pupils and parents and from other investiga- tion, I am satisfied that the second cause is by far the more im- portant.


If our High School is to meet the needs of the community, the program of studies must be broadened to include instruction in manual training and the household arts. The course in manual training should be so planned as to give the boy an op- portunity to try his hand at carpentry, plumbing, painting, printing and similar occupations and the course in household arts should prepare the girl for the practical aspects of house- keeping. Such a course in manual training would be a most valuable means of assisting the boy to choose the vocation in life for which he is best adapted. The course in household arts would prepare the girls to become better homemakers. Where similar courses have been introduced into the schools of other communities, parents have recognized their great practical value and have kept their children in school.


The High School building affords no opportunity for work in either manual training or the household arts. When it is con- sidered that the building is inadequate for the requirements of the present program of studies, that there is no laboratory for experimental work in physics or biology, that the drawing


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classes have been crowded out of the building, and that the type- writing classes have outgrown present facilities, it at once be- comes apparent how impossible it is with the building now in use to broaden the program of studies by the introduction of any new subjects.


The schools below the High School should be reorganized on the basis of eight grades instead of nine as at present. The Committee has already voted to make this change, but cannot do so until the town has a new High School, because the present building will not accommodate the increased attendance that would result from lessening the time required to complete the work of the elementary schools. This change is in accordance with the best practice elsewhere and when it can be effected will shorten by a year the time now required to pass through our schools. In the spring of 1909 the Committee voted to raise the age limit for admission to the first grade from five to five and one-half years. Unless a new High School is erected and the elementary school course shortened to eight years many of the pupils who have entered school at over six years of age will not be able to complete the High School course until they are nine- teen years old.


At the last annual town meeting the town voted to appoint a committee to secure options on suitable sites for a new High School. The School Committee wishes to impress upon the voters the urgent need of such a building. It recommends that the town at the earliest possible town meeting shall vote to acquire land for a new High School building; and that the town shall erect thereon as soon as practicable a new High School.


Appropriation.


We recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year:


Teachers,


$41,500.00


Janitors and sweepers, 3,950.00


Schoolbooks and supplies,


3,500.00


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Incidentals and repairs, Heating and lighting, School tickets, School physician,


$4,000.00


3,250.00


1,100.00


200.00


$57,500.00


GEORGE H. SMITH,


CORNELIUS M. CALLAHAN,


ALFRED N. AMBROSE,


SARAH N. BIGELOW,


HARRIET W. LANE,


RALPH E. BULLARD,


School Committee.


AUSTIN H. FITTZ,


Superintendent of Schools.


APPENDIX.


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REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER AND CENSUS ENUMERATOR.


To the Superintendent of Schools:


I herewith hand you my report as Truant Officer for the year ending January 31, 1912.


Number of cases investigated,


83


Truants,


24


Want of proper clothing,


10


Parents at fault,


4


Sickness,


42


Left town,


3


Respectfully submitted, JAMES W. LAVERS,


Truant Officer.


To the Superintendent of Schools:


I submit my report as Census Enumerator for the year 1911. I have taken a house to house canvass as required by law. Number of children between 5 and 15, 1597


Number of boys between 5 and 15,


788


Number of girls between 5 and 15,


809


Number of boys between 7 and 14,


611


Number of girls between 7 and 14,


646


Number of children under 5,


237


Number of boys under 5,


126


Number of girls under 5,


111


Number of illiterate minors over 14, 26


Number of male illiterate minors over 14, 19


Number of female illiterate minors over 14, 7


Respectfully submitted, THOMAS F. HOLMAN,


Enumerator.


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ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE


Teachers.


Schools.


Grades.


Enrollment.


Boys.


Girls.


1 Nathaniel A. Cutler


High Everett


10-13


193


75


118


2


Maud B. Kennerson


9


48


15


33


3


Flora B. Reed


6


9


39


22


17


4


M. Josephine McGrane


66


8


*43


18


25


6


Lurena M. Ranney


66


7


42


23


19


8


Julia E. Danahy


Guild


7


42


19


23


9


Mary L. Reid


7


44


23


21


10


Martha R. Taylor


6


49


27


22


11


Mary C. Fleming


6.


5-6


55


15


40


12


Margarita E. Burns


5


52


26


26


13


Mary W. O'Brien


4


38


22


16


14


Julia I. Drummy


4


34


14


20


15


Estelle M. Mahoney


3


39


18


21


17


Helen F. McCarthy


1-2


34


21


13


18


Lillian G. Duncan


1


50


22


28


19


George W. Allen


Shattuck


6-7


*31


15


16


20


Ada B. Campbell


66


6


32


13


19


21


Martha E. Mahony


5


41


14


27


22


Florence Hill


4


40


24


16


23


Gertrude C. Abbott


3-4


35


17


18


24


Alma L. Arnold


3


31


13


18


25


Maude A. Woods


2


29


15


14


26


Emma F. Niles


1


50


30


20


27


Katherine L. Carbee


Winslow


5-6


54


26


28


28


Maude L. Fuller


66


5


55


29


26


29


Lizzie E. Hadley


6


4


41


21


20


30


Marguerite E. Mahoney


66


3


35


17


18


32


M. Louise Mahoney


66


3


35


19


16


33


Annie G. Scherer


2


46


24


22


34


E. Louise Ward


1


53


28


25


35


Marion H. Bartlett


East


3


27


14


13


36


Martha B. Parker


1-2


38


31


7


37


Maude E. Dalton


Balch


2


30


18


12


38


A. Agnes Curtin


1


46


18


28


1704


823


881


5


Mary G. Feely


66


8


38


19


19


7


M. Agnes McCarthy


66


2


32


16


16


16


Alice S. Houston


.6


4


40


14


26


31


Bertha L. Brown


66


66


8


43


28


15


66


*Apparent discrepancy between enrollment and membership due to enrollment of several children in another school.


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STATISTICS FOR SCHOOL YEAR, 1910-1911.


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 Tardinesses.


Pro rata of Tardiness.


Number of Days in


Aggregate Days Atten-


dandance of All


Pupils.


145


48


12


179.30


172.80


96.40


142


0.80


187.0


32140.0


4


44


23


47.06


45.36


96.38


23


0.48


183.0


8298.0


12


27


13


36.41


35.06


96.29


53


1.45


183.0


6411.0


1


42


36


41.70


39.50


94.70


37


0.88


184.0


7289.0


2


41


43


*43.20


40.20


93.00


20


0.46


184.0


6724.5


3


35


19


31.30


28.44


90.86


29


0.93


184.0


5542.0


0


42


34


41.17


37.14


90.10


76


1.84


184.0


9707.0


0


42


42


38.35


37.12


96.79


8


0.21


184.0


6829.5


0


44


41


42.55


40.30


94.72


19


0.45


184.0


7451.0


0


49


46


47.01


44.37


94.38


68


1.45


184.0


8164.0


0


55


55


47.55


43.82


92.18


67


1.41


184.0


8064.0


0


52


51


47.32


44.19


93.39


54


1.14


184.0


8130.5


0


38


38


36.71


34.63


94.33


26


0.70


184.0


6373.0


0


34


34


33.80


32.05


94.82


33


0.98


184.0


5898.5


0


39


37


33.60


31.90


95.00


8


0.23


178.0


5680.0


0


32


16


31.58


29.55


93.28


21


0.66


178.0


5273.5


0


34


25


30.60


28.23


92.25


65


2.12


178.0


5025.5


0


50


44.69


41.41


92.67


40


0.89


178.0


7372.5


0


31


31


*33.64


32.36


96.10


90


2.60


187.0


5858.5


0


32


30


31.56


30.26


95.56


49


1.29


185.0


5839.5


0


41


41


40.46


38.14


94.26


44


1.08


185.0


7057.0


0


40


40


36.76


34.20


93.03


59


1.60


185.0


6328.0


0


35


35


29.20


27.90


95.50


35


1.20


185.0


5140.5


0


31


31


29.68


27.78


93.58


35


1.17


179.0


4972.5


0


29


18


27.94


25.24


90.33


101


3.60


179.0


4518.5


0


50


0


45.29


41.55


91.87


48


1.59


178.5


7471.0


0


54


54


47.70


45.61


95.63


6


0.12


184.0


8393.0


0


55


55


45.68


42.06


92.05


24


0.53


184.0


7739.0


0


41


40


39.70


37.29


93.93


15


0.38


184.0


6861.0


0


40


40


38.76


35.76


92.25


10


0.26


184.0 178.0


5298.0


0


35


32


31.42


29.63


94.30


10


0.31


178.0


5274.5


0


46


30


42.44


40.01


94.55


23


0.53


178.0


7123.0


0


53


9


45.26


41.79


92.34


44


0.97


178.0


7438.5


0


27


26


26.00


24.89


95.76


62


2.38


176.5


4391.5


0


38


11


34.24


32.94


96.20


26


0.76


176.5


5813.5


0


30


30


27.36


25.56


93.42


21


0.76


177.5


4538.0


0


46


8


42.37


38.84


91.66


12


0.28


178.0


6914.5


167


1537


1163


1581.30


1487.64


94.08


1529


0.97


6919.0 273923.5


6580.0


0


35


35


31.94


29.76


93.17


26


0.81


Session.


TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1912.


School.


Grade.


Name.


Date of Appointment


Where Graduated, Highest Institution. (Also Other Courses.)


High


Prin.


Nathaniel A. Cutler


Sept. 1899


Amherst College, A. B. Courses at Tufts and Harvard.


Asst.


Linda M. Lowell


Sept. 1905


Brown University, Ph. B. Graduate courses at Brown and Boston Universities.


Asst.


Ruth A. Smith


1906


Mt. Holyoke College, A. B. Simmons College, S. B.


Asst.


Gertrude F. Merrill


Sept.


1908


Boston University, A. B. Courses at Berlin and McGill Universities.


Asst.


Martha T. Steele


Feb


1909


Tufts College, A. B. Course at MeGill University. Chandler Normal Shorthand School.


Asst.


Chester R. Shaw


Sept. 1911


Mass. Inst. of Technology, S. B. Graduate courses at Mass. Inst. of Technology.


Asst. Prin.


Marion L. Shapleigh


Sept.


1911


Mt. Holyoke College, A. B.


Isaiah A. Whorf


May


1910


Hyannis Normal School. Harvard College, S. B. Course at Harvard Summer School.


9


Maud B. Kennerson


Dec.


1907


Salem Normal School. Graduate course at Salem Normal School, 1 year.


9


Flora B. Reed


Sept.


1909


Mt. Holyoke College, A. B.


8


M. Josephine McGrane


Feb.


1910


Rhode Island Normal School. Course at Brown University.


8


Mildred E. Manter


Sept. 1911


Me. Cent. Inst., Normal Dep't.


7


M. Agnes McCarthy


Sept.


1910


Quiney Training School.


Guild


7


Julia E. Danahy


Sept.


1901


Bridgewater Normal School.


7


Mary L. Reid


Sept.


1908


Westfield Normal School.


· 6


Mary C. Fleming


Sept.


1910


! Lowell Normal School.


1


5-6


Emma C. Taylor


Sept.


1911


Farmington, Me., Normal School.


Asst.


· Lydia M. Chapman


Sept. 1910


28


Everett


Mary G. Feely


Apr. 1910


Fitchburg Normal School.


Shattuck


Prin.


George W. Allen


Oct.


1909


Cortland, N. Y., Normal School. Courses in New York University, School of Pedagogy.


6


Marie H. Sorensen


Sept.


1911


Lowell Normal School.


5


Martha E. Mahony


Sept. 1909


Bridgewater Normal School.


4-5


Mabel I. Mathewson


Sept.


1911


Fitchburg Normal School.


4


Florence Hill


Jan.


1881


Norwood High School. Course at University of Maine.


3


Alma L. Arnold


Sept.


1903


Westfield Normal School.


2


Maude A. Woods


Sept.


1899


Wheelock Kindergarten Training School.


29


Winslow


Prin.


Katharine L. Carbee


Sept.


1901


Plymouth, N. H., Normal School. Course at New Hampshire State Normal Summer School.


6


Alma F. Seavey


Sept.


1909


Framingham Normal School. Courses at Mass. Agricultural College and New York University.


5


Maude L. Fuller


Scpt. 1910


Framingham Normal School.


5


Lizzie E. Hadley


Sept. 1901


Templeton High School.


4


Marguerite E. Mahoney


Sept. 1907


Bridgewater Normal School.


3-4


M. Louise Mahoney


Sept. 1908


Bridgewater Normal School.


3


Bertha L. Brown


Feb.


1907


Farmington, Me., Normal School.


2


Mary A. Ahern


Sept.


1911 Plymouth, N. H., Normal School.


1


E. Louise Ward


May


1902


Boston Normal School. Page Normal Kinder- garten School.


East


3-4


Marion H. Bartlett


March 1911


Plymouth, N. H., Normal School.


5 Margarita E. Burns 4 Mary W. O'Brien Julia I. Drummy


Sept.


1907


Framingham Normal School.


Sept. 1909 Framingham Normal School.


Jan. 1903 Framingham Normal School.


Jan. 1910 Plymouth, N. H., Normal School.


1-2


Helen F. McCarthy


Apr. 1908 Symonds Kindergarten Training School.


Sept.


1901 Monson Academy. School.


Course at Hyannis Normal


1


Lillian G. Duncan


Oct. 1904


Bridgewater Normal School.


3-4 3 2 Alice S. Houston


Estelle M. Mahoney


1


Emma F. Niles


Apr.


1903


Norwood High School. Wellesley College, 1 year Course at Hyannis Normal School.


TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1912 .- Continued.


School.


Grade.


Name.


Date of Appointment.


Where Graduated, Highest Institution. (Also Other Courses.)


East Balch


1-2


Martha B. Parker


Sept. 1884


Maude E. Dalton


Jan. 1907


Sharon High School, Rhode Island Normal School, 1 year.


1


A. Agnes Curtin


Sept.


1903


Bridgewater Normal School.


West


3-4


Elizabeth C. Oldham


Sept.


1911


Framingham Normal School.


Ruth Batchelder


Sept.


1911


Farmington, Me., Normal School.


Unassigned Music


Ethel M. Lindsay


Sept.


1911


Farmington, Me., Normal School.


Drawing


Bessie M. Parker


Feb.


1905


Boston Art Museum, 2 years. Rhode Island Normal School, 1 year. Courses at Art Stu- dents' League, New York City, and Hyannis Normal School.


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Sewing Nurse


Agnes M. Bridges Anna B. Towle


Sept. 1911


Sept.


1910


Bridgewater Normal School.


1-2


1-2


B. Harold Hamblin


Sept.


1898


Course at Boston Normal Music School.


Framingham Normal School, Household Arts Dept. New England Hospital for Women and Children.


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SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.


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


TRUANT OFFICER.


James W. Lavers, 88 Cottage 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:


Claire V. Mahony, High, Class of 1911.


Five years:


Herbert E. Tucker, High, Class of 1911.


Four years:


Alvia A. Colton, High, Class of 1911.


Charles H. Flood, High, Class of 1912.


Roy Meears, Everett, Grade 9.


Anna Klingbeil, Everett, Grade 7.


Three years:


Julia A. Barrett, High, Class of 1911. Anna C. Lydon, High, Class of 1912. Robert Drummey, Everett, Grade 9. Margaret Murphy, Everett, Grade 9. Albert Smith, Shattuck, Grade 6. Frank Flower, Shattuck, Grade 3. Ellen Kelliher, Winslow, Grade 4. Alvar Svenson, Winslow, Grade 3.


Two years:


George H. Smith, Jr., High, Class of 1911. Albert W. Thompson, High, Class of 1912.


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Mary S. Breen, High, Class of 1913. Esther M. Roby, High, Class of 1913. Agnes Hefferan, Everett, Grade 9. James A. Anderson, Everett, Grade S. Glen Macleod, Everett, Grade S. Marie Richards, Guild, Grade 4. Annie Murphy, Guild, Grade 2. Margaret Feeney, Shattuck, Grade 3. James Kelliher, Winslow, Grade 6.


1


One Year.


High School: Class of 1911.


Mildred M. Colton Stephen M. Hefferan


Class of 1912.


Helen E. Oldham E. Stanley Pratt


Class of 1913. Alice Walker Gilbert R. Walsh


Class of 1914.


Russell E. Clark Michael J. Crowley Mary E. P. Curran Cyril F. Ellis John Farren John K. King Agnes E. Murray George W. Nead, Jr. Dorothy Rice Martha A. Sullivan Edward H. Thompson Max Ward


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Everett School:


Grade 9. Mary O'Donnell James Shyne Carl Smith


Grade 8.


Clara Burke


Nora Curran


William Flaherty


John Sogard Warren Warde


Grade 7.


Raymond Pellerine


Guild School:


Grade 7.


Mary Conley


Raymond Conton


Harold Greenwood


Signe Peterson


Grade 4.


Helen Betts Charles Kenefick


William Loring


Grade 3.


Annie Bashford


William Donovan Louise Elston James Keohane


Grade 2. Bertha Norton


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Grade 1. Gladys Kady Clayton Tanneyhill


Edmund J. Shattuck School:


Grade 6.


Catherine Collins


Grade 5.


Florence Abbt Patrick Devine


Grade 4.


Peter Curran John O'Donnell Mildred Smith Ralph Smith


Grade 3.


Mary Hefferan Margaret O'Connell


Winslow School:


Grade 6. Chester Mattson Frans Peterson


Grade 5.


Curtis Balduf George Glendon Urjo Lindgren Albin Mattson


Grade 4. Margaret Jeslitis Harold O'Brien


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Grade 3.


Olive Burke Mary Graney Thomas Wenzell


Grade 2.


Ruth Carlson Myrtle Readel


Grade 1.


Arthur Eckholm


East School:


Grade 3.


Lester Reardon


Grade 2.


Marie Storme


Balch School


Grade 2.


John Jesulaitis


Grade 1. Caul Hanf Fred Vietze


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GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATION.


Everett Hall, Norwood, Thursday, June 22, 1911. "Strive to Conquer."


PROGRAMME.


" Merry June "


Class Chorus Vincent


Class Roll Call


" Good Night! Good Night! Beloved!" Class Chorus.


Puisuti


Debate - " Resolved - That graduation from the ninth grade be abolished."


Essay - Affirmative


Sherman Layton


Piano Solo - " Meditation " C. S Morrison


Ruth Capen


Essay - Negative Margaret Murphy


" Sailors' Chorus "


Class Chorus Wagner


Essay - Affirmative Mary Mccarthy


Piano Solo - " Pilgrim's Chorus " Wagner


Lucy McMahon


Essay - Negative Mary Flavin Piano Solo - Fifth Nocturne Muriel Bernier


Leybach


Essay - Affirmative Laura Smith


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Piano Solo - " Serenade " Nicolai von Wilm


Carl Smith Essay - Negative


Gertrude Kelley


Nathan Hale


Swedish Folk Tune


Class Chorus


Presentation of Medals


Isaiah A. Whorf, Principal


" The Little Dog Barked " Class Chorus


Conant


Presentation of Diplomas


George Harding Smith, Chairman School Board.


List of Graduates.


Alden, Harold Lovell


Kelliher, Eugene Lynch


Bell, Eulalia Madeline


Bernier, Muriel Eugenie


Blasenak, Amanda


Capen, Ruth Wilder Cavanaugh, Mary Catherine


Larson, Edward William Layton Sherman Goddard LeClair, Margaret Mae Lydon, Delia Agnes


Clem, Mary Evelyn


Collins, Mary Ellen


Colton, Ruth Lillian


Marsce, Sophie Josephine


Connolly, Coleman Leo


Cronan, Elizabeth Josephine Cuffe, Leonie Agnes Curran, Thomas Anthony Darcy, Nora Elizabeth


Dexter, Willis Prescott


Dower, Robert Edward


Doyle, Edmund Francis


Drummy, Robert Francis


Kelliher, Francis Joseph Keohane, Dennis Joseph Klingbeil, Madeline Catherine


Mattson, Gladys H. Augusta McCarthy, Mary Genevieve McCartin, Kathryn Theresa McMahon, Lucy Elizabeth Meears, Ellie Inez Meears, Roy Wesley Alderson Morrow, Raymond Kenneth Murphy, Margaret Louise


Mutch, Rosebud Bowan


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Duffy, Edward Francis Dyer, James Stanton Edwards, Margaret Mary Fielder, Clara Ida Flavin, Mary Catherine Flood, Mary Frances Colette Folan, Patrick Thomas Foley, Martin Leo


Foley, Mary Veronica


Folkins, Lawrence Robert Goldberg, Rose


Hefferan, Agnes Genevieve Henry, Catherine Josephine Hughes, Mary Agnes Ivatts, Alice Gertrude James, Katherine St. Claire Jerden, Hulda Rosaline Johnson, Carl Arthur Jordan, Frank George Kelley, Gertrude Winifred


Nee, Thomas Edward Nugent, John Edward O'Brien, Clarence Francis O'Donnell, Mary Anastasia Pendergast, Francis Lee Pendergast, Mary Elizabeth Power, Lillian Eileen Praino, Francis Paul Readel, Hazel Rosamond Salmon, Olive Theresa Saumsiegle, Henry Gustave Sawyer, Edith May Sheehan, Joseph P. Ambrose Shyne, Agnes Constance Shyne, James Edward Smith, Carl Longfellow Smith, Grace Edna Smith, Laura Huntington Stapleton, Mary Frances Walker, James Francis


Wennstram, Thiera Elvera


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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.


" True Effort is in Itself Success." Everett Hall, Norwood, June 16, 1911.


PROGRAMME.


,' 7th Regiment Band March " Losey


Orchestra


Prayer


Rev. Arthur H. Pingree


" The Spirit of the Winter Woods " Alice Bigelow


Kyrie


Gloria Mass in G Eduardo Marzo


Qui Tollis


" Charles Dickens " Herbert Evelyn Tucker


" Ninth Concerto " George Harding Smith, Jr.


De Beriot


" The Merits and the Defects of a Republican Government " Julia Agatha Barrett


" Human Mosquitoes " Hollis Winslow Plimpton


Credo Mass in G Eduardo Marzo


Sanctus


" How Spring Came Up Our Way " Claire Veronica Mahony


" Soldiers' Chorus from Faust " Gounod


Awarding of Prizes and J. C. Lane Medals Mr. Nathaniel A. Cutler


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Conferring of Diplomas


Mr. George Harding Smith


" America "


Audience and School


" Steel King March " Orchestra


St. Clair


Soloist - Florence Beatrice Tisdale


Accompanist - Gladys Huntoon


List of Graduates.


Margaret Mary Allen Julia Agatha Barrett


Rosine Louise Benkert


Alice Bigelow


Alvia Allbee Colton Mildred May Colton


Margaret Gertrude Connolly


Margaret Isabella Norton


Timothy Michael Connolly


Agnes Monica Coughlin


Catherine Elizabeth Curtin


Timothy James Curtin Mary Zita Drummy Irene Elizabeth Dunn Ora Winifred Fenton Leo Michael Folan


Margaret Elizabeth Foley


Herbert Evelyn Tucker Esther Mendell Vance


Agnes Cecelia Gillooly


Roland Andrew Hanson Stephen Martin Hefferan Gladys Huntoon Marie Agnes Lee Claire Veronica Mahony James Joseph Mitchell


Rachel Josephine Norton Hazel Mildred Parker Hollis Winslow Plimpton Esther Margarethe Schuster George Harding Smith, Jr. Elizabeth Louise Stapleton Ina Barron Talbot Florence Beatrice Tisdale


Marion Sumner Woods


Town Meeting Warrant.


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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.


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1672


W. QUILD APUT 1772


. FEB . 23


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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


Norfolk, ss.


To either of the Constables in 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 assemble in Village hall, in said town, on Monday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1912, at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles namely :


Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers. The fol- lowing are to be chosen by ballot, namely: Three Selectmen, who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways; one Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Park Commissioners, six Constables, one Tree Warden, one Moderator, one member of the Board of Health, all for one year; one Assessor for three years; one Sewer Commissioner for three years; one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years; two members of the School


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Committee for three years, and two trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; and also upon the same ballot to vote upon the following questions :


1. "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town?"


2. "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year 1911 being Chapter 468 entitled 'An act to extend the provisions of the civil service act to chiefs of police of certain cities and towns' be accepted?"


Art. 2. To hear and act on reports of town officers and com- mittees.


Art. 3. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning February 1st, A. D. 1912, in antici- pation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.


Art. 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as collector.


Art. 5. To see what sum or sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the current fiscal year for the following purposes or take any other action in the matter:


First. The support of the Morrill Memorial Library.


Second. The use of George K. Bird Post, No. 169, Grand Army of the Republic to decorate soldiers' graves on Memorial Day.


Third. (a) The support of the Fire Department.


(b) Purchase of fire hose.


Fourth. (a) The support of the Fire Alarm System.


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(b) Three additional fire alarm boxes.


Fifth. The support of the schools.


Sixth. Conveying children living in the outlying districts to the Norwood schools, and placing its expenditure in the hands of the School Committee.


Seventh. The expense of children at the Truant School.


Eighth. The expenses of the Board of Health.


Ninth. Expense of trimming and care of shade trees, and suppression of insects.


Tenth. The prosecution of illegal sales of liquor.


Eleventh. The repairs of highways, culverts and bridges.


Twelfth. Building sidewalks and setting edgestones.


Thirteenth. Paving gutters.


Fourteenth. Removal of snow and sanding sidewalks during winter months.


Fifteenth. Street signs.


Sixteenth. Operating stone crusher.


Seventeenth. Watering and otherwise treating the streets.


Eighteenth. Free band concerts.


Nineteenth. Maintenance of Sewer Department.


Twentieth. Operation, maintenance, salaries, repairs, interest on notes, depreciation account and new construction work of the Municipal Light Department.




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