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All class games in both Senior High and Junior High were in charge of the players on the regular High School team, two being assigned to each game. Their duties consisted of umpiring, scoring and handling all details of the game.
The All-Student Track Meet, instituted by Mr. Schrader, was under- taken for the third time in three years. In this meet every boy-100%- in the two upper classes of the Senior High School competed in a hundred- yard dash for time, high jump and broad jump. The participant was awarded points according to his performance in these events. The records were then sent to Mr. Schrader and the school was awarded a certificate for efficiency in "mass athletics."
At the beginning of the present school year, Mr. John Ward, a graduate of Springfield College, was appointed a full-time assistant in this depart- ment. He has been given charge of classes in Physical Education and athletics for boys in the Junior High Schoo !.
During the fall season, sixty-six boys reported for Senior High football and a schedule of ten games was played with outside schools. The result of the season was: six victories, three defeats, and one tie.
In the Junior High School a soccer league was formed under the di- rection of Mr. Ward and a series of games determined the champion room team of the Junior High School. A silver loving cup was also the symbol of victory in this sport.
During the Christmas vacation fifty-six candidates signified their inten- tion of participating in Senior High School basketball. A schedule of sixteen games has been arranged with other schools to begin on January 2,1926.
Over fifty candidates have reported to Mr. Ward for Junior High School basketball. A schedule of eight games has been arranged with other Junior High Schools. An inter-class and inter-room series of games is also being planned for bothi Senior and Junior High Schools.
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In behalf of the boys and myself, I wish to thank the citizens of Norwood for their loyal support in all our athletics for the year 1925.
Respectfully submitted,
H. BENNETT MURRAY,
Mr. H. H. Howes,
Superintendent of Schools,
Norwood, Mass.
Dear Mr. Howes:
The following is the report of the work in Physical Education for the year ending December 31, 1925.
The aim of all physical cducation from the primary grades through Senior High School is correct posture, proper physical development and coordination of mind and body. These arc obtained through simple posture exercises, apparatus work and games. The teachers cooperate in every way they can to correct the walking, sitting and standing posturc of the child. In accordance with iny instruction given in meetings held with all teachers of the first seven grades, all chairs and desks werc ad- justed as far as possible to suit the individual child.
The seventh grade of Junior High School now comes to the Civic As- sociation twice a week for gymnasium work as do also the cighth, ninth and Senior High School students. Girls who are underweight do not par- ticipate in games, but take only siniple posture exercises. As a conse- quence of the examination held in September by the school physicians, a very small percentage of the girls were found physically unfit for all class work and were put in second class.
In May, a sixth grade baseball league consisting of seven teams and also a seventh grade lcaguc consisting of seven teams was formed under the supervision of Miss Follett. High School boys acted as umpires for thesc games.
The state-wide, all-student track mect was held again this ycar. Th two upper classes of Senior High School only are allowed to compete, and again this year Norwood's entry for girls was 100%. The High School re- ceived a certificate for its excellency in mass athletics. The cvents for girls were 50-yard dash, basket ball throw, and high jump.
Field hockey was carried on this fall and forty girls participated in this sport.
Basketball practise was started in December and 100 girls from the ninth grades and Senior High School reported for practise. Of this num- ber, 14 were selected to represent the High School in its outside games;
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a schedule of eight games has been arranged. The others are playing inter-elass games.
In closing, I wish to thank the superintendent, principals and teachers for their help and cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNA H. KILEY, Supervisor of Physical Education.
Mr. Herbert H. Howes,
Superintendent of Schools,
Norwood, Massachusetts.
Dear Mr. Howes:
We submit herewith our report as school nurses for the year ending December 31, 1925.
Number children inspected.
23,500
Number children examined .
2,552
Number children exeluded .
789
Defective hearing
42
Defective nasal breathing
54
Defective teeth .
2,143
Discharging ear
27
Enlarged glands
54
Enlarged tonsils.
707
Malnutrition .
225
Mental Defects
52
Pedieulosis
246
Symptoms of nervous disease.
7
Symptoms of cardiac disease .
15
Symptoms of skin disease
136
Orthopedie defects.
1
Sore throat .
137
Uncleanliness
35
Number of letters or notices sent to parents
3,284
Number children treated at school.
1,930
Number home visits made .
1,292
Number children treated at Dental Clinic.
221
New eases at Eye Clinic .
115
Glasses ordered
51
Number children treated at Orthopedie Clinic .
2
Throat eases cured by operation
145
Cases of Searlet Fever.
152
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Cases of Whooping Cough
141
Cases of Measles .
219
Cases of German Measles
25
Cases of Chicken Pox.
36
Weighed and Measured
2,365
Schick Tested
565
Diphtheria
28
Mumps.
1
Posture
300
Of the 52 children examined by Dr. Schorer, the State Psychiatrist, last spring, 13 were found to be three or more years mentally retarded. Four were recommended for the special class; 19 were to be examined again in another year; and the remaining were doubtful cases. Ten pupils over 12 years old were advised training in a special class for older children. This would mean manual work of some kind, for at least an hour a day.
The problem of the mentally retarded child is one of which most com- munities in general are not aware. Dr. Schorer advised social super- vision and protection for nearly every child three years mentally retarded, and the number of that class now in Norwood is quite large.
In June the state clinic came to Norwood to give a careful chest examina- tion to all the 10% underweight children or any other child recommended.
This clinic is on a state-wide campaign over a ten-year period to check up on underweight children. Four specialists, two nurses, two clerical workers, four nutrition workers and a movable X-Ray machine belonged to this interesting clinic and two long, busy days were needed to examine the inany children. The Civic very kindly gave us the use of four rooms which were much appreciated.
We feel that every child examined there had a splendid opportunity, without expense, and we hope that the advice given there is being carried out by interested parents.
Number children examined. 197
Number children given tuberculin test 74
Number X-Rays taken. 74
Cases needing dentistry 81
Cases with enlarged tonsils. 43
Cases of hilum tuberculosis. 9
Cases of classified as suspicious. 18
The Schick tests for 1st graders and the 2nd test for those newly done last year will be begun in several schools in February.
The dental clinic is still inadequate.
For the first time in Norwood, children of certain grades are being given
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a stripped examination by the school doctors. This seems to be a better way of doing the sehool examination work.
To all who have helped the children in any way, and especially the Questers at High School, and to Mr. Howes, teachers and prineipals, we want to extend our thanks and appreciation at this time.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN W. GOULD, SADIE E. DOWNS, Sehool Nurses.
Mr. H. H. Howes, Superintendent of Sehools, Norwood, Mass.
My dear Mr. Howes:
When I began my work as Supervisor of Music last September, I sub- mitted to you a "General Outline of Musie" ealling for two-part singing in the Fourth and Fifth Grades, three-part in the Sixth and Seventh Grades, with Elementary Chorus in the Eighth Grade, Intermediate Chorus in the Ninth and Advance Chorus in the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Grades. Four-part singing is thus taken eare of in the High School.
This outline was prepared with a view of not only having singing in the sehools but also of giving the pupils a knowledge of the fundamentals of Music which will help them to further their musieal education if they so desire.
Although a great deal of time had to be given in all grades to the teaching of the simpler theory of Music, we have now good two and three-part singing in the primary grades.
In the Junior High School, the Seventh and Eighth Grades come to music elass twiee a week, two classes to a group. This arrangement is proving sueeessful. In the Eighth Grade, with the introduction of the tenor and bass parts and some musical biographies, elementary ehorus work has begun.
The Senior High School and the Ninth Grade have ehorus practice once a week, but in order to keep music upon a basis of educational progress, it would be advisable to have those pupils eome to music elass in groups of sixty or seventy and this in a room where proper accommodation, sueh as given the Seventh and Eighth Grades ean be had. At present there is no chance for intensive study or satisfactory results and all the efforts and progress made from the First to the Eighth Grade will come to naught if chorus practiee is to be continued in the High School under present con- ditions.
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An orchestra of twenty-four pieces has been organized and is making excellent progress. A large Glee Club has also been organized and shows much promise.
Before closing, I wish to thank the Superintendent and Principals for their cooperation and the teachers for their splendid work in this course.
Respectfully submitted,
J. V. DETHIER, Supervisor of Music.
Mr. Herbert H. Howes, Superintendent of Schools, Norwood, Mass.
Dear Mr. Howes:
The following is my report as Supervisor of Drawing in the Norwood Public Schools for the year ending December 31, 1925.
Very few changes have been made in the Drawing course as a whole, the same fundamental principles being taught as before, but some new problems being worked out to illustrate them.
The Supervisor has visited Grades I-III once in three weeks and Grades IV-VII once in two weeks since September, besides planning and super- vising the work in Grades VIII, IX and the Senior High School, also the Manual Training in Grade V. This arrangement seems to be working out very satisfactorily.
As in other years, the art training of the first six years was brought to a climax in the spring in the working out of two projects-the construction of waste baskets large enough to be used in the child's home and decorated with original colored designs; and the planning of large health posters, with original slogans and illustrations drawn to fit them. A number of the best posters were sent to a State Contest, and a girl in the Guild School received an honorable mention.
Better finished and more original work was accomplished last year in Grade VII classes, this being best shown in clipping-cases decorated with original designs and in "Kindness to Animals" posters. Several of these were sent to the annual contest conducted by the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and three bronze medals and two school subscriptions to "Our Dumb Animals" were the result. About sixty of the posters not sent to Boston were on exhibition in the Norwood Public Library for a week in April.
The Grade VIII Drawing course has been practically the same as the last two years, with the addition of a short course in "Picture Study," consisting of the making of a sewed booklet illustrated with printed copies of several famous paintings in colors, with short descriptions of these. We hope to correlate the Drawing more closely with the Geography in the
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spring months. The cover design for the new Junior High School paper was designed by a Grade VIII girl, all pupils in that grade making original designs as part of their fall drawing.
An exhibit of drawings from Grades VII, VIII and IX was held in the Junior High School corridor on the evening in November when the school was in session and open to visitors.
The course in Freehand Drawing in the High School has been put on a much more systematic basis than before, typewritten outlines being pre- pared for the use of the teacher and pupils, similar to those used by teachers in the grades. Each pupil in this way knows exactly the amount of work expected in a month or term and one problem must be finished and ac- cepted before a new one is started. More figure drawing leading to cos- tume design, some linoleum block printing and more pen and ink drawing are included in the present course.
In closing, I wish to state that the encouragement and cooperation of teachers, principals and superintendent are sincerely appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN L. ARNOLD, Supervisor of Drawing.
Mr. H. H. Howes,
Superintendent of Schools,
Norwood, Mass.
Dear Mr. Howes:
The High School division of the Evening School was organized October 14. To date the total registration in all classes has been 238, a gain of 10 over last year's registration. At this writing, too, the attendance is less than 50% of the total registration, the average being about 110 each evening.
Registration was distributed as follows:
Americanization and Junior High 128
Dressmaking . 42
Millinery 14
Foods .. 19
Typewriting and Bookkeeping 31
Total 234
Twelve teachers were employed in the school-seven in the English and citizenship classes, and five in the practical arts, and typewriting-book- keeping classes.
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The attendance this year was, as is usual, very good up to the Christmas holidays, after which it fell off to a very marked degree, and did not re- cover. This has occurred every year for the past three years, and my recommendation would be that the evening school be organized earlier in the fall, say about the 20th of September rather than the middle of October, so that we might get the full benefit of the early-in-the-year enthusiasm which wears away later. Such an early beginning, too, would result in a closing at about the time of the February holidays rather than late in March.
Regulations for forcing the regular attendance of minors seem to fail somewhat in accomplishing their purpose. Employers hesitate to use the ultimate means, and for this they cannot be blamed, though the school appreciates to the utmost the fine cooperation shown in this matter by all the employing concerns in town.
The typewriting and bookkeeping class was more of a success as far as sustained attendance is concerned than any of the evening classes, and the is unusual. Of a total registration of 31, twenty-two are still in very regular attendance in the middle of January. Of the practical arts classes, the millinery group is smaller than usual. This, the Head of the Department explains, is due to the winter's style in head wear for women, and is a con- dition that prevails in all the evening schools of the State.
The growth of the High School and the dressmaking classes has made the physical condition under which the latter works inconvenient. One of the rooms used is used by the high school during the day as a recitation room, and it is crowded with furniture and inconvenient for the use to which an attempt is made to put it in the evening. Another year, under different conditions, or by using another room for the purpose, a better arrangement can be made for those classes.
The foods class lost its very efficient instructor, Mrs. Shinners, early in the year, but was fortunate in getting so able a substitute in Miss Ethel Newhouse. The attendance in this and all the practical arts classes, though not large, has been more regular than in the English language classes.
We have had one visit from a State Inspector, Miss Nourse, who ex- pressed her approval of what she saw except the housing conditions in the dressmaking class.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. ALLEN, Principal.
Mr. Herbert H. Howes, Superintendent of Schools, Norwood, Mass. My dear Mr. Howes:
I herewith submit my second annual report as Supervisor of Adult Alien Education in Norwood for the year ending December 31, 1925.
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The work of recruiting classes for evening school was carried on after the same manner as last year with the added assistance of Mr. Joseph Spano, Secretary of the North American Civic League, who came himself and addressed a large group of Italian people in the hall at the Balch School. Mr. Spano also sent a Lithuanian and a Polish speaker to address these people in their respectivé church halls. I feel that the result of this effort has been an added interest in our evening school. I have been pleased to note a substantial increase in the numbers of Italian and Polish people in the classes.
I should like to mention the fact that this year nearly all of the printing in connection with the publicity work was done by the Printing Department of the Norwood High School. This is a step towards the kind of coopera- tion that there should be in all of the departments of school work.
At the High School there are six Americanization classes. The total enrollment in these classes is 111. At the Balch School our classes number six also, with a total enrollment of 103 pupils. All of these classes meet on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from seven to nine o'clock. It has been very gratifying to note the increase in the number of women who are attending our evening classes. Of the 214 people who have regis- tered in the Americanization classes this year 58 have been women. Al- though this number is still small, it is encouraging to see even a small growth when one realizes how the women who have come from foreign countries are held back by racial customs.
Our enrollinent this year includes twenty-one nationalities:
Italian
50
Norwegian
4
Finnish
47
German
3
Lithuanian
34
French
2
Irish .
18
Greek
1
Polish
13
Austrian 1
Swedish
12
Hungarian
1
Russian .
5
Slav
1
Syrian
5
Scotch
1
Portuguese
4
Canadian
1
Jewish .
5
Dane.
1
American
5
Under the new law restricting immigration, Norwood is receiving very few new people from Europe. The reports which come to us announcing the new arrivals at the port of Boston list Irish as practically the only people who are entering our midst from foreign shores. The set-up of our classes must necessarily change as time goes on with this law in operation. For instance, this year we notice that in the beginners' classes we have more older people, people who have been in America from ten to fifteen years, but who have never before made an attempt to learn English. These men have suddenly become interested to take out their first papers, and to
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speed up the process of becoming American citizens. This is better under- stood when we know that under the present law immigrant relatives of a citizen are given precedence in making up the quota for those who may enter the country. Therefore, aliens who left relatives bchind and wish to get them here are anxious to become citizens as early as possible.
The work with the foreign mothers has grown this year although we are working under great disadvantages. In October we organized four classes for mothers at the Balch School. Two of these are made up of Italian women and two of Lithuanian and Polish women. These classes meet twice a week in the class rooms of the Balch School and are taught by teachers of that school. Because of this fact, the hour of meeting has to be at 3.45 p. m. This is a bad time for both teacher and mother. The former is tired after her day's work in the class room, and the latter needs to be at home to attend to her household duties. Our great need is trained teachers who are available at an hour in the afternoon when the mothers can best leave home.
At the Winslow School we have three mothers' classes. One of these classes is taught by the Director of Americanization and meets at two o'clock on cach Monday and Thursday. The other two are taught by teachers of the Winslow School meeting at 3.45 p. m., the same as those at the Balch School.
'At the Shattuck School a class has been held for mothers who wish to take a course in citizenship. This class meets on Friday and is taught by the Director.
The total number of women who have been brought into the mothers' classes this year is 43. (Last year we reached only 18 in this work.) I feel sure that with better hours for holding these classes we can easily increase this number.
During last year we saw the need of a very definite course of study, especially in the beginners' classes. A definite plan for each of the sixty nights of evening school was completed and placed in the hands of all teachers of beginners' classes in the fall of 1925. The course is tentative and subject to revision the coming year. Teachers have been requested to follow the course carefully, marking the course where suggestions for revision are made. In this way we hope to raise the standard of our work.
I wish at this time to thank all of the people who have shown an interest in the work and who have expressed a desire to help. Special mention should be made of the Norwood Woman's Club and the Guild of the Baptist Church who have helped us so many times this year. It is very gratifying to sec this splendid spirit of cooperation grow as the work increases.
The splendid assistance of Miss Helen Gould, School Nurse, and Miss Marian E. Lynch, Principal of the Shattuck School, is gratefully ac- knowledged. These ladies were untiring in their efforts to help recruit the mothers' classes in their respective districts.
Great credit is due the teachers for their faithful and earnest work.
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Their influence and personalities are felt far beyond the walls of the elass room. Upon them rests the ultimate success of this work.
Learning the English language and becoming naturalized does not necessarily make good American eitizens. Our task is mueh broader than mere education or naturalization, important as these may be. Our work will not be done until we have Americanized the work. the play and the surroundings of all of our foreign-born neighbors.
Respectfully submitted,
WILDA L. VOSE, Supervisor of Adult Alien Education.
VACATION SCHOOL
Number pupils enrolled .
114
Membership August 7, 1925 89
Aggregate attendance. 2304
Average daily attendanee
92.16
Average membership. 110.32
Number who gained a year 15
Number who received help without gaining a year 91
January 5, 1926.
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I submit my report as Attendance Officer for the year ending December 31, 1925.
Total number of investigations 310
To ascertain eauses of Evening School absences 27
To aseertain causes of Day School absences. 283
Truancy 97
To investigate cases where Home Permits were desired 7
To investigate cases where Employment Permits were desired. 13
To investigate cases of illness 90
Moved . 10
Want of shoes or clothing . 7
Assisting at home. 28
Miseellaneous 48
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS C. LYDON, Attendance Officer.
NUMBER OF PUPILS ENROLLED IN VARIOUS GRADES DECEMBER 1, 1925, DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO AGES-(AGES AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1925)
Grade
Age
Total
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
1
103
183
42
1
2
331
2
90
182
50
11
3
1
337
3
80
208
65
14
2
1
370
4
1
74
200
61
16
3
1
356
5
2
60
136
69
25
6
3
3
304
6
1
105
118
69
27
10
3
1
334
7
77
126
59
26
10
298
8
39
114
70
29
12
2
266
9
2
38
129
54
25
7
2
257
10
5
102
54
19
2
182
11
2
12
60
41
6
3
124
12
8
57
27
9
1
1
103
Special
1
3
5
5
4
3
2
4
27
103
273
305
336
342
324
288
268
248
248
217
160
126
37
12
1
1
3289
256
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JANITORS
Name
Address School
John P. Oldham
260 Pleasant Street.
High
Alfred M. Disnard .
59 Walnut Avenue High
Michael Connolly
247 Winter Street. High
George Fitzgerald
284 Lenox Street. Balch
Hans P. Hansen
23 Lenox Avenue
Beacon
Edward T. Abely
11 Granite Street Everett
John J. Fitzgerald .
284 Lenox Street. . Guild
William Shyne
330 Washington Street Shattuck
East
Frank Laidlaw
16 Hoyle Street .
Winslow
West
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ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE
NAME
School
Grade
State Enrollment
Boys
Girls
16 Years
No. 7 Years to 14 Years
No. 5 Years to 1 7 Years.
Leonard W. Grant.
High Jr. High
9
381
20
18
33
Nellie L. Twiss
9
38!
25
13
31
2
Helen P. Gale.
9
38
17
21
31
Ruth G. Manchester
9
38
12
26
26
Waltrude Collins
11
9
37
25
12
27
Hertha Bergner .
9
37
14
23
33
2
Florenee MaeNamara
8
38
21
17
18
19
Marion E. Smart.
8
40
27
13
7
28
Louise Baehelder.
. .
8
38
22
16
21
11
Kathryn R. Byrne.
39
22
17
17
21
Marion F. Clapp
. 1
5
8
37
19
18
16
21
Leonora M. Bradford
37
13
24
14
20
Mary G. McCarthy
34
19
15
7
7
35
21
14
6
29
Florenee M. Hayes
7
35
20
15
5
29
Mary H. Niehols
7
34
19
15
5
27
M. Agnes McCarthy
34
16
18
2
32
Mary N. Callahan .
7
35
18
17
9
26
Elvira L. Cook.
7
36
18
18
10
26
Marie S. Brown.
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