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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.
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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
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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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