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Chapter 328, Acts of 1921.
Entitled "An Act Authorizing the Town of Norwood to Incur Indebted- ness for School Purposes." Under this act authority was obtained to borrow $100,000 in excess of the statutory limit for school building and original equipment and furnishings purposes.
This department prepared the petitions and bills and gave such other attention to these matters as was desired.
General
Other matters of importance which are entitled to brief mention in pre- senting the work of this department are the following:
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co .- Contribution Agreement.
Through action taken by the Town at a special town meeting held on July 7th, 1920, the Selectmen were authorized to enter into an agreement with the public trustees of this Company to pay for any part or all of any excess cost of service of the company on the lines operating within the Town by way of contribution, as provided by Chapter 188 of the Special Acts of 1918, as amended by Chapter 247 of the Special Acts of 1919, to an amount not to exceed $4,000.
In pursuance of this authority, the Selectmen entered into such an agree- ment on the fourteenth day of March, 1921, for the payment of said sum of $4,000 or such part thereof as was found to be required to meet the excess cost of service for the year beginning July 1, 1920, and ending June 30th, 1921, during which period the Company was required to maintain a service of such character as would reasonably satisfy the needs of the Town.
Detailed statements of the cost of service and of the receipts were furnished as of January Ist and July 1st, 1921, from which the operating deficit was determined and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Select- men that the excess cost of service for said period was greater than said sum of $4,000, the entire amount was accordingly paid to the Company.
In the preparation of the agreement and the consideration of its terms, and the dealings with the trustees as to the same and as to the amount of the deficit and how determined, this department assisted the Selectmen and Town Accountant.
Fire Limit By-Laws
After a study and upon the report of a committee appointed by the Moderator relative to changes in the then existing fire limit by-laws, a new code of such by-laws was framed and presented to the Town for action and the same was adopted at a special meeting held June 30, 1921, and subsequently approved by the Attorney-General and published and is now in force. This department advised with the committee and put in final form this code of by-laws.
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Superior Court Sittings at Quincy
Chapter 350, Acts of 1921, authorized the adjournment of each civil and criminal sitting of the Superior Court in Norfolk County from Dedham to Quincy, provided the County Commissioners accepted the act and per- mitted the expenditure of $5,000 to provide facilities for such adjourned sittings. The Selectmen and Finance Commission voted to oppose such acceptance and this department was directed to voice such opposition at the public hearing given by the County Commissioners at Quincy on September 19th, 1921, which was accordingly done.
The considerations there urged for non-acceptance by Norwood and other towns in the County apparently found approval in the unanimous decision of the Commissioners not to accept the act.
The ultimate effect of acceptance would have been a greatly increased financial burden on the County, in which Norwood would have had to share.
A detailed statement of all services rendered during the year is sub- mitted with this report.
The confidence and consideration shown by you and all the other officials with whom this department had dealings during the year is greatly appre- ciated. As in the past, your efficient clerk, Mr. James E. Pendergast, has been of much assistance in furnishing data and making suggestions as to action. General Manager Hammersley has also responded at all times to calls for information. This co-operation on the part of these officials with whom this department comes into most frequent contact is gratefully acknowledged.
A word as to the late Chief Harry W. Swift seems proper in closing this report. During his entire term of service, this department found it necessary and helpful to deal with him and always found him a valuable, faithful, efficient public official, whose loss to Norwood is pronounced.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES A. HALLORAN, Town 'Counsel.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMISSION
At the annual election in January, 1921, Arthur W. Coolidge was re- elected for the term of three years. The Board organized with Charles J. Prescott as Chairman and Arthur W. Coolidge, Secretary.
The usual work of the Commission has been performed in going over the warrants for the regular and special meetings and making recommendations to the voters.
The two items calling for the largest expenditures by the town are its schools and its debt requirements. In order to more intelligently approach the problem of adjusting educational needs to the ability to pay, the Com- mission has personally visited every room in every school building while in session. While there may be differences of opinion in curriculum, the Commission feels that the School Department is in capable hands and that the town is getting returns for the relatively large appropriation for its schools.
The amount for interest and debt requirements has been steadily in- creasing. It was necessary during the year to secure authorization by the Legislature to borrow beyond the established debt limit for the construction of additional school rooms. The Commission believe the time has arrived when any capital expenditure should be viewed with utmost care and that the town should take a breathing space before its debt obligation is increased for any purpose except urgent necessities.
During the year the Commission has inspected every piece of town owned property, and has visited these streets where work was requested or pro- posed in surfacing or sewer installation. The Commission has visited the Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital in Braintree and entered its objec- tion to the establishment of quarters for Superior Court sittings in Quincy.
The Commission has had the cordial assistance of the Officials and the several Boards. It welcomes the indications that the townspeople are taking more interest in town finances an the budget making.
There follows and apportionment of the tax.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES J. PRESCOTT, FRANK A. FALES, ARTHUR W. COOLIDGE.
APPORTIONMENT OF TAX RATE On Basis of Appropriations
1918
1919
1920
1921
General Government
Board of Survey
$ 100.00
$ 21.75
$ 7.50
Selectmen
$ 250.00
250.00
Town Clerk and Accountant
5,755.00
7,960.00
8,339.04
8,844.58
Treasurer and Collector
3,250.00
3,495.00
4,009.17
4,116.11
General Manager
3,350.00
3,583.33
4,001.78
4,000.00
Assessors and Plans
1,600.00
1,600.00
2,268.81
3,558.45
Certification of Notes
250.00
175.88
104.00
350.36
Finance
200.00
200.00
102.45
95.00
Law
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,252.31
1,269.64
Election and Registration
1,024.00
965.00
1,955.95
786.00
Town Offices
980.00
1,244.41
822.65
996.05
Inspector of Buildings
525.00
525.00
489.00
621.25
Inspector of Cattle
100.00
100.00
150.00
150.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
370.00
386.00
424.76
388.97
Memorial Day
250.00
250.00
281.32
253.72
Town Reports
550.00
550.00
S00.00
1,760.00
Insurance
5,144.50
3,143.00
2,173.75
938.49
Town Planning Board
250.00
10.00
Incidentals
2,157.28
2,350.00
1,309.68
379.62
$
27,005.78 $ 1.69
$ 27,977.62 $ 1.77
$ 28,506.42 $ 1.50
$ 28,525.74 $ 1.50
Highways
General
$ 35,420.78 $ 2.21
$ 38,530.11 $ 2.43
$ 47,448.27
$ 43,313.90
Ash Removal
200.00
.01
1,030.54
1,015.31
Notes
23,000.00
1.44
12,000.00
.76
18,930.00
17,930.00
Interest
2,982.00
19
1,840.00
.12
2,352.50
3,061.20
Parks
375.00
, .02
350.29
422.65
$ 61,402.78 $ 3.84
$ 52,945.11 $ 3.34
$ 70,291.60 $ 3.76 $ 65,743.06 $ 3.47
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Schools General Notes Interest
$ 105,550.00 $ 6.60 6,100.00 38
12,692.34 .79
29,700.00 16,835.00
1.87
1.09
$ 166,192.92 31,950.00 16,097.75
$ 199,648.89 33,450.00 14,835.00
$ 124,342.34
7.77
$ 160,210.00 $10.00
$ 214,240.67 $11.47
$
247,933.89 $13.12
Abatement of Taxes
500.00 $
.03
3,581.44 $
.22
$ 3,074.29
3,403.65
39,940.00
2.43
44,806.27
2.78
56,624.90
56,231.05
15,733.33
.98
21,316.09
1.39
24,450.81
33,216.33
8
84,150.00
4.50
$ 94,467.69 $ 4.99
Police Department
$ 11,804.00 $
.74
$ 14,673.03 $
.92
$ 18,880.37
1.01
22,882.34
$ 1.21
Fire Department
9,420.00
.59
9,019.51
.57
12,668.71
.68
13,275.34
71
Gypsy Moth
3,109.00
.19
2,500.00
.16
4,342.06
.23
3,805 36
20
Shade Trees
600.00
.04
825.00
.06
424.58
.02
1,022.88
.06
Board of Health
9,300.00
.58
6,200.00
.38
5,717.88
.31
5,960.53
.32
Sewers
General
1,025.48
065
3,496.47
22
5,877.21
10,593.57
Notes
8,500.00
.53
7,000.00
.44
9,920.00
15,670.00
Interest
3,836.02
.24
7,280.00
.46
7,425.00
9,101.82
County T. B. Hospital
5,337.50
.34
5,315.75
8,859.59
Notes
6,000.00
6,000.00
Interest
675.00
.04
1,215.00
945.00
$ 12,530.75
.67
15,804.59
.84
Care in Hospital
2,000.00
.12
1,269.63
.07
1,227.98
.07
Main Drains
450.00
.03
3,498.85
.19
2,402.17
.14
Relief
15,200.00
.95
14,600.00
.92
17,113.12
.92
22,247.41
1.17
Library
4,974.12
.31
5,366.00
.34
7,523.25
.41
10,936.27
.58
Cemetery
2,470.00
.155
1,785.00
.11
2,100.00
.11
8,222.94
.44
Street Lighting
6,300.00
.40
6,000.00
.32
6, 00.00
.32
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$ 23,222.21 $ 1.34
$
35,365.39 $ 1.88
Overlay State Taxes County Taxes
1,616.66
3,433.37
2.15
$ 113,675.00 $ 7.07
APPORTIONMENT OF TAX RATE, Continued
1918
1919
1920
1921
Notes (Not Applicable to any Department)
2,000.00
.125
4,000.00
.25
4,000.00
.21
4,000.00
.22
Interest (Not Applicable to any Department)
4,120.00
.257
5,605.00
.35
8,558.32
.46
14,388.40
.76
Contingent Fund
521.00
.033
338.68
.02
3,212.49
.17
Engineering
2,400.00
.15
2,708.53
.17
3,070.02
.17
3,212.49
.17
Band Concerts
500.00
.03
Street Railway, Cost of Service
4,000.00
.22
Water Notes
7,351.53
.38
$ 350,637.22 $21.91
$ 411,396.05 $25.83
LESS CREDITS
Poll Taxes Assessed
$ 7,632.00
48
$ 7,620.00 $
.48
$ 7,458.00 $
.38
$ 7,208.00
Excess and Deficiency
13,907.28
.87
31,512.99
1.98
36,800.00
1.87
23,700.00
Bank and Corporation Returns
40,000.00
2.50
60,000.00
3.76
65,332.79
3.32
Income Tax Distribution Returns
40,663.86
2.54
38,317.24
2.42
48,510.00
2.46
Excise Tax
1,323.12
.085
506.16
.03
Dog Licenses
729.12
.45
516.00
.03
722.75
.04
789.16
Available Receipts, Treas.
12,679.00
.79
16,391.66
1.02
44,185.23
2.24
24,249.64
Note Premiums
2,211.14
.14
223.99
.01
164.88
Estimated Receipts Applied by Assessors
96,943.54
Total
$ 116,934.38 $ 7.31
$ 156,569.03 $ 9.83
203,738.92 $10.35 324,869.52
Add Closing Balances Net Tax Levy on Property
266,551.22
254,827.02
335,654.78
466,247.32 $ 8.10
Tax Rate
$14.60
$16.00
$18.0
$24.70
Valuation
$16,005,607.00
$15,926,689.00
$18,647,488.00
$18,876,410.00
160
$ 153,055.22
Net Total
10,785.26
466,220.78 26.54
500.00
.03
500.00
.02
$ 528,608.44 $23.35
$ 619,276.00 $32.80
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The Library has lived up to its past history of showing an increase in circulation annually ever since this new building was occupied in 1898.
The total circulation for 1921 was 63,650 against 54,287 in 1920, a gain of 9,363. Of adult borrowers there are 4,642 registered, and of juvenile 981, a total of 5,623. Covering this year 610 new borrowers have been added, a net gain of 350 for 1921.
The timely appropriation by the Town at the last annual meeting has enabled us to fit up Library Hall into a most attractive Children's Room. The total expense came well within the amount voted. The room was opened on September 10th to the children of the town covering those of the eighth grade of our public schools and below. It was a gala event. Scores of young people gathered to hear story telling by Miss Marjorie Skillin of Lynn and Miss Evelyn Dunbar of Cambridge and enjoy all that had been prepared for them by the Library Staff. The success of this long needed acquisition to the Library has been almost phenomenal. Of the 2280 eligible children of the town 970 are now registered, of whom 244 are new borrowers, an increase of twenty-four per cent since the room was opened. Registration here is fast growing. Even now in addition to the one in charge of the room two others of the Library Staff are needed at rush hours from 3.30 to 5.00 p. m. daily, leaving only one to attend to the main Library below. This with the increase in the main Library means that the Trustees will have to add at once a fourth assistant to the staff, for which additional funds must be provided by the town.
Through the generosity of Hon. F. O. Winslow fourteen beautiful pic- tures appropriate for a Children's Room have been hung and three mottoes, the work a gift of Mr. Nelson S. Fisher, will shortly be properly placed. For these gifts the Trustees express their grateful appreciation and thanks.
A clock is sadly needed in this Room. Here is a splendid opportunity for some generously disposed citizen.
One great improvement in the building has been made this year in the opening and screening of the windows, giving a fine and much needed ventilation.
Your Trustees have been awake to the fact that the Public Library can be more than a mere distributor of books. In our last annual report we told of what we were doing along the line of Americanization of the for- eigner within our borders, through Primers and books in foreign languages. This is still in vogue and yielding splendid results.
We are branching out still further, believing that the Public Library can well function along educational lines in co-operation with the Public Schools.
During the year sixteen classes from our High School came to the Library in the forenoon three times per week for instruction under our Librarian, Miss Hewett, in the use of the Card Catalog and the System of Classification, and under each special teacher in the use of Reference Books and how to use Magazine material.
Instead of following our procedure of 1920 in furnishing monthly ex- changes of about 50 books to the Balch School, the Trustees have prac- tically established there a circulating Library of 156 volumes in charge of Miss Lizzie Hadley, supervised by Miss Katherine Carbee, the principal. During the past two months the circulation here was 630, which means a
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wonderful showing of five times for each volume. This action enables children from the first to the sixth grade to obtain books without the long trip to the main Library. The books are of course the property of the Library and at the end of the school year will be brought back for repairs, replacement, and acquisitions. The letters of appreciation from some of the pupils of this school as recently published in the Norwood Messenger show the wisdom of this action by the trustees. The feeding of the children at the South End of the town with good reading is destined to grow and as the town develops may in time lead to the establishment of a regular Branch Library as many other towns and cities have found advis- able.
On November 30th we entertained in Library Hall the Trustees and Librarians of the local group consisting of ten neighboring towns, to which the teachers of our Public Schools were invited and responded in large numbers. Miss Susan W. Curtis of the town Library of Framingham spoke on the "WORK OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH THE SCHOOLS." Her talk was an inspiration to a broader endeavor in educational lines and will probably lead to our lending the coming year some 80 to 100 volumes to the High School Library to be used as collateral reading especially in History and Literature the selection however to be made in conjunction with the High School authorities.
From the above it will be obvious to every voter of the town that to make the Public Library the efficient and helpful institution for which the Trustees are striving the generous financial support of the town is absolutely necessary.
We were handicapped in our fund for books the past year due to the fact that part of the coal bill and repair bills for 1920 were not presented until 1921 and therefore had to be paid out of this year's fund. These matters will have to be taken into consideration when our budget for 1922 is presented to the Finance Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM T. WHEDON, Chairman,
A. AGNES CURTIN, Secretary,
MARIA E. COLBURN,
MAUDE A. SHATTUCK,
WALTER BLAIR, WILLARD W. EVERETT,
Trustces.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
To the Board of Trustees:
The following is a report of the Morrill Memorial Library for the year 1921.
Circulation 302
Number of days library was open.
Number of books given out in main room. . 38,301
Number of books given out in children's room. 24,106
Number of books in foreign languages issued 613
Number of books given out at Balch School. 630
Total issue. 63,650
Average daily issue.
210
Largest issue, Nov. 12.
352
Smallest issuc, July 13
99
163
Percent of Circulation
Class
Adult
Juvenile
General works
.6
.1
Philosophy
.7
.2
Religion .
.3
.7
Sociology (includes fairy tales)
1.4
17.
Philology
.2
.3
Natural science .
.8
3.9
Useful arts
1.2
2.3
Fine arts .
1.3
2.
Literature.
3.1
3.3
History
2.4
4.
Travel and description .
2.7
4.3
Biography
2.2
2.4
Fiction .
83.1
59.5
Of Total Circulation
Adult
61 percent
Juvenile.
39 percent
Of Books in Foreign Languages
Language
percent
Italian . .
12.4
Lithuanian.
50.3
Polish .
22.5
Swedish
11.4
Yiddish
3.4
Registration
Number of names registered January 1, 1921.
5273
Number of names withdrawn. 260
991
4282
Number of new borrowers in main room
360
4642
Number of names in children's room previously regis- tered .
731
Number of new borrowers
250
Number of names registered in children's room.
991
Total registration
5623
Number of new borrowers. 610
350
Gifts
Donor
Mr. Edwin C. Hill.
1 volume
1 pamphlet
Mrs. L. C. Marshall.
9 volumes
Mr. W. T. Whedon
2 volumes
1 pamphlet
Mr. H. H Miller
1 volume
Master Edward E. Donahue
1 volume
Mrs. J. E. Smith. .
9 volumes
Mr. W. H. Cudworth
4 volumes
Mr. F. O. Winslow.
1 pamphlet
Mis. Florence H. LeFevre.
1 volume
Bird & Son. .
1 volume
Guaranty Trust Company
1 volume
United States. .
3 volumes
1 pamphlet
Massachusetts.
5 volumes
Massachusetts Division of Public Libraries.
24 volumes
Number of juvenile names withdrawn. 731
Net gain.
Mrs. H. A. Halstead.
164
Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company. . 1 volume
Thomas Publishing Company ..
1 volume
Dearborn Publishing Company 2 volumes
State Street Trust Company 1 volume
Girl Scouts Inc .. .
1 volume.
Foreign Policy Association of Mass.
1 volume
First Church of Christ Scientists, Norwood ... Subscriptions
14 volumes
Mr. F. O. Winslow
Guide to Nature
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, jr.
Anon. . .
Baptist Christian Endeavor Soc.
The Independent Woman The Open Road Christian Endeavor World
Respectfully submitted, JANE A. HEWETT, Librarian.
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REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
Selectmen of Norwood, Mass.
Hon. Frank G. Allen, Chairman.
Dear Sirs:
I herewith submit my report as Building Inspector of the Town of Nor- wood for the year 1921:
Building Permits Issued
No. of Permits
Valuation $ 36,075.00
Dwellings .
32
158,052.00
Additions and Alterations to Dwellings
26
78,780.00
7
49,930.00
Stores and Shops
54
29,985.00
Garages .
123
$352,822.00
Industrial Plants.
4
Respectfully submitted, FORREST M. DOUGLASS, Inspector of Buildings.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
February 21, 1922.
To the Selectmen,
Honorable Frank G. Allen, Chairman, Norwood, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
We have the honor to submit the annual report of the Board of Fire Engineers for 1921.
During the year, one hundred thirty alarms were recorded, classified as below:
Telephone calls
69
False alarms
26
Wood, brush and grass 55
Tar barrels, automobiles and rubbish 11
You will note that fifty five were for grass and brush fires to which it was necessary to respond with the combination truck. We again call your attention to this fact, because we still believe it would be economy to pur- chase a comparatively inexpensive truck fitted with extinquishers, shovels, and brooms for extinguishing fires of this character, obviating the necessity of driving the heavy combination truck into fields and woods as we have had to do in the past, with the result that many repairs had to be made which might well be avoided. Another advantage would be in keeping the business and residential section of the Town protected while the depart- ment was out at a wood fire when only a few men are usually called out. In such cases the truck suggested could easily be driven by one of the call men selected for the duty. It could, also, be used as a substitute when- ever it became necessary to make repairs on the combination truck.
Although the number of alarms were nearly twice as many as in 1920, the actual loss was considerably less as will be noted from statistics for the year.
Risks involved-Building $50,762.00
Contents 34,735.00
Insurance on -Buildings 36,400.00
Contents 20,100.00
Damage -Buildings 6,376.00
Contents 6,494.00
Insurance paid-Buildings 3,776.00
Contents 5,398.00 3,696.00
Nct loss
The general morale of the department and the condition of the building is much more satisfactory than a year ago, and we believe that we now have a splendid organization, eager to make a record which will be a credit to itself and to the Town.
Respectfully submitted, J. FRED BOYDEN, Chief, FRANK W. TALBOT, Deputy, WILLIAM P. HAMMERSLEY,
Board of Fire Engineers.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
School Committee 1921
Brainard A. Rowe, 28 Florence Avenue, term expires 1922.
Edward F. Brennan, Washington Street, term expires 1922.
Harriet W. Lane, 296 Walpole Street, term expires 1923. Julia R. O'Brien, 4 Railroad Avenue, term expires 1923. Arthur S. Hartwell, 90 Winter Street, term expires 1924.
Frederick A. Cleveland, 70 Winter Street, term expires 1924.
Organization
Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland Chairman
Mildred F. Metcalf Secretary
Standing Committees
Educational Program Committee: Dr. Cleveland, Miss O'Brien, Dr. Hartwell.
Finance Committee: Mr. Rowe, Dr. Brennan, Mrs. Lane.
Janitors, Schoolhouses and Grounds: Dr. Brennan, Mr. Rowe.
Fuel, Schoolbooks and Supplies: Mrs. Lane.
Committee Meetings
The regular monthly meeting of the School Committee is held at the School Committee Room, Beacon School, at eight p. m. on the first Thurs- day of each month.
Superintendent of Schools
Herbert H. Howes, 306 Walpole Street. Telephone: Norwood 215-M.
The office of the Superintendent of Schools is at the Beacon School, and is open from eight a. m. until twelve a. m. and from 1 p. m. until 5 p. m. on school days, and from 8 a. m. until 12 m. Saturdays. Also Monday evenings from seven until eight.
Telephone: Norwood 133.
Clerks
Mildred F. Metcalf, 82 Cottage Street.
Marjorie K. Parker, 21 Florence Avenue.
JANITORS
Address School
Name
247 Winter Street. High
Michael Connolly
59 Walnut Avenue. High
Alfred Disnard .
284 Lenox Street. Balch
John J. Fitzgerald
284 Lenox Street. Guild
Hans P. Hansen
23 Lenox Avenue. Beacon
Everett
Frank Laidlaw
16 Hoyle Street . Winslow West
John P. Oldham
260 Pleasant Street. High
William Shyne. 330 Washington Street Shattuck
East
George Fitzgerald
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1921
Winter Term
First half: Monday, January 3, to Friday, February 18.
Second half: Monday, February 28, to Friday, April 15.
Spring Term
Monday, April 25, to Friday, June 24.
Fall Term
Monday, September 12, to Thursday, December 22.
1922 Winter Term
First half: Tuesday, January 3, to Friday, February 17.
Second half: Monday, February 27, to Friday, April 14.
Spring Term Monday, April 24, to Friday, June 23. Fall Term
Monday, September 11, to Friday, December 22.
Holidays
October 12, Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday, Good Friday, April 19, May 30, June 17.
No School Signal 2-2
Repeated at 7.15 a. m. No forenoon session of any schools.
Repeated at 8.00 a. m. No forenoon session of any grade below the Senior High School. Repeated at 8.20 a. m. No forenoon session of the first three grades.
Repeated at 12.30 p. m. No afternoon session of any schools.
Repeated at 12.50 p. m. No afternoon session of primary grades.
Repeated at 7.00 p. m. No session of evening school.
To the Citizens of Norwood:
January 27, 1922.
During the year 1921 the committee has held eleven regular and seven- teen special meetings in addition to numerous sub-committee meetings and five joint sessions with the Finance Commission.
Much of the detail information of the year's work is included in the Report of the Superintendent which follows, but the committee desires to call to your attention several items of especial interest.
1. Establishment of a schedule of pay for teachers which enables the town to keep the school organization practically unimpaired because of the numerous changes such as tended to disorganization during the past few years.
2. Organization of the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades as a Junior High School, the 7th grade pupils bieng all housed in the Everett School and the 8th and 9th grade pupils in the High School building.
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