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PLEASANT, Newton Centre. From Centre to Homer. Distance- 1-2 mile.
PRESCOTT (unaccepted), Newtonville. From Lowell, crossing Central Avenue.
PROSPECT, West Newton. From Washington, near Auburn, to Temple. Distance - 64 rods.
PUTNAM, West Newton. From Margin to Temple. Distance - 59 rods. RICHARDSON, Newton. From Centre, passing school-house, to Church. Distance - 64 rods.
RIPLEY (unaccepted), Newton Centre. From Chase.
RIVER, West Newton. From Waltham, passing Cherry, Elm, Emerald, and Pine, to Lexington. Distance - 3-4 mile, 8 rods.
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ROWE, Auburndale. From Auburn, passing Walcott, to Emerald. Dis- tance 1-4 mile, 28 rods.
SARATOGA, Newton. From Centre, near Church, to Newtonville Ave- nue. Distance - 19 rods.
SARGENT, Newton. From Centre, opposite Cabot, to Waverly Avenue, opposite Kenrick. Distance - 3-8 mile, 28 rods.
SCHOOL, Newton. From Washington to Pearl. Distance - 38 rods.
SEAVERNS, Auburndale. From Lexington, crossing Melrose, to Ash. Distance - 82 rods.
SHAW, West Newton. From Winthrop to Lander. Distance - 41 rods. SHERIDAN (unaccepted), West Newton. From River to Derby.
SHORT, West Newton. From Otis to Highland. Distance - 38 rods. SOUTH, East Newton. From Hammond to Ward. Distance - 1-4 mile, 8 rods.
SPRING, Upper Falls. From Summer to Winter. Distance - 15 rods. STANIFORD (unaccepted), Auburndale. From Lexington to Freeman. STATION, Newton Centre. From Centre, passing Warren, Glen Avenue, to Jackson. Distance - 1 mile.
SULLIVAN PLACE (unaccepted). West Newton. From River.
SUMMER, Upper Falls. From Chestnut to High. Distance - 24 rods. SUMNER, Newton Centre. From Station, passing Lyman, Willow, Gibbs, to Ward. Distance -1-2 mile, 16 rods.
TEMPLE, West Newton. From Highland, passing Putnam, to Prospect. Distance - 1-4 mile, 12 rods.
TREMONT, Newton. From Park. crossing Waverly Avenue, passing Belmont, to Brighton line. Distance - 93 rods.
TROWBRIDGE, Newton Centre. From Beacon to Pleasant. Distance - 18 rods.
VERNON, Newton. From Centre, passing Baldwin, crossing Park, to Waverly Avenue. Distance- 1-4 mile, 32 rods.
VINE, Oak Hill. From Brookline to West-Roxbury line. Distance - 1-4 mile, 10 rods.
VISTA AVENUE, Auburndale. From Woodland Avenue to Aspen Ave- nue. Distance - 69 rods.
WABAN STREET AND PARK, Newton. From School, crossing Jewett, to Pearl. Distance - 1-4 mile, 25 rods.
WALCOTT, Auburndale. From Lexington to Rowe. Distance - 1-4 mile, 18 rods.
WALES, Lower Falls. From Washington to Needham line, at Stone Bridge. Distance- 17 rods.
WALNUT, Newtonville. From Crafts, crossing Watertown, Lowell, Washington, Homer, Beacon, passing Oak-hill Station, to Centre. Distance - 2 3-4 miles, 10 rods.
WALNUT PARK, Newton. From Washington to Waban Park. Dis- tance - 72 rods.
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WALTHAM, West Newton. From Washington, passing Webster, River Crafts, to Waltham line. Distance - 1 1-8 mile.
WARD, Newton Centre. From Centre, near Grafton, passing Waverly and Grant Avenues, Hammond, South, to Brighton line. Distance -1 1-4 mile.
WARREN AVENUE (unaccepted), West Newton. From Webster to River.
WARREN, Newton Centre. From Station to Glen Avenue. Distance - 62 rods.
WASHINGTON. From Brighton line, passing through Newton, Newton- . ville, West Newton, Lower Falls, to Needham line, at Bridge over Charles River. Distance 4 7-8 miles, 16 rods.
WASHINGTON PARK, Newtonville. From Walnut to Harvard. Dis- tance -1-4 mile, 18 rods. '
WASHINGTON PLACE (unaccepted), Newtonville. West of Walnut. WATERTOWN, West Newton. From Washington, passing Cross, Lowell, crossing Walnut, Crafts, passing Bridge, Chapel, Pearl, to Water- town line. Distance - 1 3-4 mile.
WAVERLY AVENUE, Newton. From Washington, crossing Tremont, passing Vernon, Church, Franklin, Kenrick, Sargent, Cotton, to Ward, opposite Grant Avenue. Distance - 1 1-4 mile.
WAVERLY PLACE (unaccepted), Lower Falls. From Washington, near Hamilton.
WEBSTER, West Newton. From Waltham, crossing Cherry, Elm, to Rowe. Distance 3-4 mile.
WEBSTER PLACE, West Newton. From Webster.
WILLOW, Newton Centre. From Centre to Sumner. Distance - 34 rods.
WINCHESTER, Newton Centre. From Boylston, passing Dedham, to Nahanton. Distance - 1 1-2 mile, 32 rods.
WINTER, Upper Falls. From Chestnut to High. Distance - 22 rods. WINTHROP, West Newton. From Perkins to Putnam. Distance - 49 rods.
WOODLAND AVENUE, Auburndale. From Washington, passing Maple, crossing Grove, Hancock, Central, to Auburn. Distance - 3-4 mile. WOODWARD. From Boylston, passing Lincoln, crossing Chestnut, to Beacon. Distance - 1 mile, 23 rods.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR THE
GOVERNMENT OF TOWN MEETINGS.
Approved by the Court, Dec. 29, 1857.
1st, No final vote shall be reconsidered, unless the person moving the same shall have made a declaration of his intention to do so at the time of its adoption, and shall have been one of the majority acting thereon ; and no article in any warrant shall be again taken into consideration, after it has been disposed of, unless ordered by a vote of two-thirds of the voters present.
2d, No person shall speak more than twice upon any question, without first obtaining leave of the meeting, except for the correction of an error, or to make an explanation, and not until others who have not spoken upon the question shall speak, if they desire it.
3d, All motions submitted for consideration of the town shall be in writing, if so required by the presiding officer, or by the meeting.
4th, Every person speaking shall address the Chair, standing and un- covered.
5th, No vote fixing the period for closing a ballot shall be reconsid- ered after such ballot shall have commenced; but it may be in order to extend the period without such reconsideration.
6th, Committees shall be nominated by the presiding officer of the meeting, unless otherwise ordered by a vote of two-thirds of the voters present ; and in nominations at large no person shall nominate more than one member of such committee.
7th, All motions to lay on the table, to take from the table, to take any article from its regular order, or to change the order of business, shall be decided without debate.
8th, The duties of the presiding officer shall be determined by the code of rules governing the presiding cfficer of the house of representatives of this Commonwealth, so far as they are adapted to the condition and powers of the town.
BY-LAWS.
Approved by the Court, Dec. 29, 1857.
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
ARTICLE 1. - The assessment of all taxes shall be completed, and a list of the same delivered to the Collector, on or before the first day of July of each year.
ART. 2. - The appointed time for collecting poll- taxes of persons hav- ing no other tax shall be from the 20th to the 31st of July, and all other taxes from the 10th to the 20th of November of each year.
ART. 3. - It shall be the duty of the Collector during each of said periods, to appoint at least eight different times and places in different parts of the town, when and where he will meet the inhabitants, and receive their taxes ; and he shall, immediately after receiving the tax- list from the Assessors, make out the tax-bills, and send the same to each of said inhabitants and each non-resident, as he can find, with a notice thereon of said times and places, and the penalties of non-payment of said taxes ; and the town shall furnish printed blanks for the use of said Collector.
ART. 4. - At the expiration of the time appointed for said payment of taxes, the Collector shall issue a summons to all delinquents ; and, if any taxes remain unpaid more than ten days after the service of said summons, the Collector shill immediately proceed to collect the same, with legal fees therefor.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
No action shall be had at any town meeting on the report of any Committee previously chosen, unless the same shall be specially notified in the warrant for calling said meeting.
PASTURING OF CATTLE OR OTHER ANIMALS IN STREETS AND WAYS.
No person shall pasture cattle or other animals in or upon any of the streets or ways in the town of Newton, either with or without a keeper, under the penalty of five dollars for each and every such offence ; and it shall be the duty of the Selectmen to prosecute every violation of this By-Law ; and all fines or penalties collected for such offences shall be paid to the Treasurer for the use of the town.
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF NEWTON CONCERNING
Truant Children and Absentees from School.
Adopted March 2, 1863.
SECTION 1. - The town of Newton hereby adopts the provisions of the forty-second chapter of the General Statutes of this Commonwealth, so far as applicable to Truant Children and Absentees from School, and all the provisions of the two hundred and seventh chapter of the Acts of 1862, and the several Acts in addition thereto, or in amendment thereof.
SECT. 2. - Any person convicted of any offence described in said Acts, or either of them, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or by confinement in any institution of instruction, house of reformation, or suitable situation, which shall be provided for the purpose, for a term not exceeding one year.
SECT. 3. - The Selectmen of the town shall provide a suitable lock- up, or institution of instruction, or house of reformation, or some other suitable place in the poor-house belonging to the town, or some other place in the town aforesaid, or in the County of Middlesex, which shall be assigned and used for the confinement of persons convicted and sen- tenced to confinement under said Acts.
SECT. 4. - Three Truant Officers shall be annually chosen in the town of Newton, at its Annual Meeting in March, to serve one year, whose duty it shall be to make complaints of all persons who have vio- lated any provisions of the Acts aforesaid, or either of them.
SECT. 5. - The Selectmen of the town shall fix the amount of com- pensation of said Truant Officers, for their services, as they shall think just ; and the sum shall be paid from the Treasury of the town.
SECT. 6. - It shall be the duty of the School Committee, and of the teachers of the public schools in said town, to report the name of every person or persons violating any or either of said Acts, to the Truant Officers of the town, that they may be complained of therefor.
To the foregoing By-Laws the following was appended : viz., -
SUPERIOR COURT, SUFFOLK. SS. January Term, 1863. I approve the By-Laws of the town of Newton, relative to Truant Children and Absentees from School, hereto annexed,
MARCH 2, 1863.
THOMAS RUSSELL, Justice of Superior Court.
BY-LAWS OF NEWTON.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
At the Superior Court, begun and holden at Cambridge, within and for said county, on the second Monday of December, being the thirteenth day of said month, Anno Domini 1869,
The following By-Laws, adopted by the inhabitants of the town of Newton in said county, at a legal town meeting, held on the second day of November, A. D. 1869, were presented to the Court by Marshall S. Rice, Esq., clerk of said town, and being seen and examined by the Court, and found conformable to the Statutes of this Commonwealth, are, on this twenty-seventh day of December, A.D. 1869, approved by the Court, to wit : -
SECTION 1. - No person shall play at ball, or throw balls or stones, or snow-balls, within any of the streets or public places in said town of Newton.
SECT. 2. - No owner, or person having for the time the care and use of any horse, shall ride, drive, or permit the same to go, at a faster rate than eight miles an hour in any street, way, or public place in said town.
SECT. 3 .- No person shall drive, wheel, or draw any coach, cart, handcart, handbarrow, or other carriage of burden or pleasure (except children's hand-carriages drawn by hand), or drive or permit any horse, neat cattle, swine, or sheep, under his care, to go or stand upon any sidewalk in the town.
SECT. 4. - Three or more persons shall not stand in a group, or near to each other, on any sidewalk, in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage for foot-passengers, for a longer time than twenty minutes at any time, nor more than five minutes after a request to move on, made by any Police Officer or Constable.
SECT. 5. - No person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowling-piece, or fire-arm, or make any bonfire or other fire, in any street or public place in said town.
SECT. 6. - Any person violating any of the provisions of these By- Laws shall be liable to a penalty of not less than two, nor more than twenty, dollars for each offence.
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After the above By-Laws had been read to the meeting, they voted, That we adopt said By-Laws as By-Laws of Newton.
Voted, That the Selectmen present said By-Laws to the Superior Court for approval.
A true copy.
Attest :
MARSHALL S. RICE, Town Clerk of Newton.
In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy of record, I hereto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, this eighteenth day of Janu- ary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Attest :
JOHN JAMES SAWYER, Assistant Clerk.
THIRTY-THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF NEWTON.
1872-1873.
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BOSTON : PRESS OF RAND, AVERY, & COMPANY. 1873.
SOHOOL-COMMITTEE FOR 1872-73.
A. B. UNDERWOOD, CHAIRMAN. EZRA P GOULD, SECRETARY. ISAAC HAGAR, AUDITOR.
SUPERINTENDENT.
THOMAS EMERSON.
DISTRICT COMMITTEES.
DISTRICT.
1. EZRA P. GOULD, Newton Centre,
1873
ERASTUS BLAKESLEE,* 66
1873
2. JOHN A. GOULD, Newton Upper Falls, 1875
CHARLOTTE L. WHEELER, 66
1873
3. ISAAC HAGAR, Newton Lower Falls,
1875
4. CEPHAS BRIGHAM, Auburndale,
1874
5. I. N. TARBOX, West Newton, 66
1875
EDWARD P. BOND,*
1873
6. JOHN WORCESTER, Newtonville, 1875
66 MARY E. ROBERTS,
66
1874
66 S. E. LOWRY, Newton, 1874
7. A. B. UNDERWOOD, Newton, 1874
66 AMELIA F. WATERS,* " 1873
8. NOAH S. KING, Newton Centre, 1874
9. J. F. C. HYDE, Newton Highlands,
1873
* Elected in Convention of Selectman and School Committee to fill vacancy.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
HIGH SCHOOL. - E. P. Gould, Chairman ; I. N. Tarbox, A. F. Wa- ters, A. B. Underwood, Ex Officio.
TRAINING SCHOOL. - N. S. King, Chairman ; J. Worcester, E. P Gould.
TERM EXPIRES .
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GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. (Classes I., II., III.) - C. Brigham, Chairman ; E. P. Bond, A. F. Waters.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. (Classes IV., V., VI.) -I. N. Tarbox, Chair- man ; E. P. Gould, C. L. Wheeler.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS. - J. Worcester, Chairman ; S. E. Lowry, M. E. Roberts.
EVENING SCHOOLS. - S. E. Lowry, Chairman; J. A. Gould, I. Hagar.
MUSIC. - E. P. Pond, Chairman ; I. N. Tarbox, C. L. Wheeler.
DRAWING. - E. Blakeslee, Chairman; C. Brigham, A. F. Waters.
INDUSTRIAL DRAWING. - J. A. Gould, Chairman; I. Hagar, J. Worcester.
TEXT-BOOKS. - J. Worcester, Chairman ; E. P. Gould, C. Brigham, I. N. Tarbox, M. E. Roberts, E. P. Bond.
RULES AND REGULATIONS. - J. F. C. Hyde, Chairman; E. Blakes- lee, A. B. Underwood.
REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES. - I. Hagar, Chairman ; C. Brigham, N. S. King.
TOWN OF NEWTON.
IN BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Jan. 2, 1873.
Voted, That the Chairman of the Board, and the Chairmen of the Sub- committees on the High, Grammar, and Primary grades of schools, be a Committee to prepare the Annual Report.
Extract from the Records.
Attest : EZRA P. GOULD, Secretary.
In accordance with the above vote, the Committee on the Annual Re- port met, and voted that the Chairman of the Board prepare a General Report, and the Chairman of each Sub-committee a report of the schools of his grade; also to request from the Committee on the Training School a report of that school, and from the Committee on Industrial Drawing a report of the Evening Schools in that branch.
EZRA P. GOULD, Secretary of Sub-Committee.
REPORT.
YOUR School Committee, charged by law and by your votes with the education of the children in our public schools, and with the disbursement of nearly one-half of your appropria- tions, including those for new buildings, realize the great re- sponsibility resting upon us, and the right of the citizens of the town to a detailed report of the condition of their schools and of our doings. There is so much of detail in the admin- istration of the educational interests of the town, and so many topics proper to be considered, that to make a complete report is difficult. Fortunately the Report of our Superintendent accompanies this, and will relieve us from the necessity of referring to many subjects.
The system of supervision and direction in our schools has undergone a marked change within the last two years, and, we trust, with appreciably more satisfactory results. This has occurred largely through the system and methods intro- duced, and efficiently administered, by the very able and hard-working Superintendent, whose appointment was author- ized in 1871, and whom we and the town were fortunate enough to attract into our service. This officer finds the whole of his time, by night often as well as by day, actively occupied in the classification and supervision of the work daily going on in our schools under our efficient teachers, and in frequent written examinations of the several grades. It is possible, therefore, for us to have now what we could never reach before, - an accurate knowledge of the comparative re- sults obtained by teachers and pupils all over the town, and a thorough conformity to a uniform standard, which may be as near perfect as it is in the wisdom of the Superintendent or Committee to devise. It has also resulted that a more careful
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scrutiny of the expenditure of money has been possible ; and in the matter of school-supplies, books, and furniture, the sav- ing has been enough to almost, if not quite, pay the additional salary required.
It is doubtless thoughit by some, that, with the appointment of a Superintendent, the duties of the Committee became merely nominal; and the vote and discussion at the annual town-meeting in regard to the compensation of the Committee apparently contemplated slight service on their part. We believe the members of the Committee have found that the additional supervision provided in the new office has been absorbed in the general improvement of our school-system, apparent to all, without much relieving the Committee of their cares and labors. The statute, after all, devolves the respon- sibility upon them. Once every month they must visit every school in their district. The selection and appointment of the teachers is their duty ; and, take it all in all, we know that on nothing so much depends the success or failure of our schools as the character and qualifications of the teachers. It is also true that no committee-man can, satisfactorily to himself or the public, discharge his duty in this respect, unless he observes himself how his teachers are performing their work. Add to this that the law requires of the Committee the selection of all text-books, and the disbursement of all school-appropriations, and that the successful and harmonious working of our sys- tem demands a constant, earnest, and appreciative co-operation with their executive officer, the Superintendent, in his labors, and it will readily appear that the conscientious and willing committee man or woman finds plenty to do ; and we desire here to bear testimony to the diligence, as well as intelligence, with which our lady coadjutors have discharged their duties.
Though the last year, therefore, has been another busy one for the Committee, yet all have worked together so harmoni- ously, and the progress in our schools has been so constantly gratifying, that your Committee, on the whole," deem it a privilege to have had a share in the interesting work.
It is a pleasure, too, to discharge the high trusts committed to us by a people so vigilantly alive to all that concerns the
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education of their children, so generous always in their sup- port of the school authorities, and so liberal in their appropria- tions for securing the amplest advantages and highest culture of all the youth of the town. An instance is scarcely remem- bered for many years, when any recommendation of the School Board has been disregarded, or not met in the most generous spirit. For all this, your Committee desire to express their most profound and grateful acknowledgments. We hope that in the comfortable and healthful accommodations afforded the children in the school-buildings where they spend so many days of their early life, in the instruction furnished by the most accomplished and talented teachers whom your liberal salaries command, they find some return for the school-appro- priations for which they so cheerfully tax themselves.
A conspicuous and noble representative of the liberal and public-spirited citizens of Newton was the honored magistrate and citizen whom we, with the other officers and people of the town, have been lately called to mourn, - Hon. Thomas Rice, jun., late Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and formerly a member of this Board. Living in our midst all the years of a busy and useful life, and dying in his native village, the town enjoyed in an es- pecial manner the advantage of his long, faithful, and en- ergetic public services. Keenly alive to all that concerned the honor of his town and the advancement of its moral, intellectual, and material interests, he labored assiduously as a private citizen, and in every position to which he was called, for the public good. During the war, while prov- ing himself most loyal to State and country, he saw to it that the Newton of the Rebellion, like the Newton of the Revolution, contributed its share of service and sacrifice in the defence of country. At the same time, he with the other citizens at home was sustaining the lamented Dr. Bigelow and his associates of this Board in their efforts to make sure there should be no pause, on account of the costly struggle, in the education of our children. In peace he contributed most liberally by his counsels, his labors, and in other ways, to make Newton one of the
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noblest towns of the Commonwealth. Such a citizen wins a lasting place in the hearts of his fellow-men, and, dead, will long be gratefully remembered. The School Com- mittee will feel this loss as much as any portion of our citizens.
The school accommodations have been increased during the past year by the erection of two commodious school- houses authorized at the last March meeting, - one at the Highlands, now finished and occupied; and one at Newton- ville, not yet quite completed. Your Committee felt it was quite desirable, if possible, considering the burdens which our citizens impose upon themselves, to avoid building three school-houses in the same year; and making tem- porary arrangements, though at the risk of over-crowding rooms, they postponed the erection of a building author- ized in the village of Newton.
Among the changes effected within the last year or two, which we believe have been of advantage to our schools, and to which we desire simply to call attention, may be mentioned the following : the increased responsibility and supervision imposed upon the masters, to whom we pay good salaries, and which have resulted in more complete unity and in a more perfect system of subordination, to the relief of Su- perintendent and Committee in matters of detail, and to the profit of teachers and pupils; the more intimate con- nection between the High and the Grammar Schools, so that the passage from the one to the other should follow the ordinary rule of class promotions ; the introduction of a more detailed course of study ; the improvement in the method of teaching music in our schools, so that every pupil, from the Primary grade to the High School, is being taught to read music with almost as much facility as his reader; and the art of writing, in which great progress has resulted; the teaching of drawing, under the system advised by Prof. Walter Smith, to all pupils as a neces- sary and common art; the opening of evening schools of Industrial Drawing, for teaching our mechanics and artisans the science and art of drawing as now demanded
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in the more skilled and remunerative branches of labor (for each of these branches accomplished special instruc- tors have been provided, and, for the schools of Industrial Drawing, models have been ordered at great expense, and have now just arrived from England) ; and the forming of the Training School for qualifying the graduates of our High School and our own citizens to be good teachers and for future usefulness. And we here express the hope that as many of the young lady graduates of the High School as possible would avail themselves of the advantages of this school, which will help to fit them for the stations they are hereafter to occupy, whether as teachers, mothers, or members of society.
Among the new features, also, is the employment of na- tive French and German instructors in our High School, so that the pupils there may acquire the two most important foreign languages so as to speak them correctly; the change of the course of study in that school, recognizing more fully the difference in tastes, predilections, and cir- cumstances of those who enter the school, and giving as much freedom as is reasonably possible in the choice of branches and departments of study to fit them for their future stations, professions, and callings, - recognizing, too, differences in intellectual and physical capacities, en- deavoring to make such provisions in this as in the other schools, so that the habitually sick and feeble, whose parents pay their share of the taxes as cheerfully as others, may derive such advantages as they can from the public schools.
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