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Paid,- Walter Simmons, wood, $3 50
Allen Wright, supplies,
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County Treasurer, for board of Henry W. and Lenis Bates at truant school, Walpole, $126 28
$129 78
Family of Benjamin Stetson, Scituate.
Paid,- James W. Sampson, wood, $4 50
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies,
50 10
$54 60
Caroline V. Valentine, Boston.
Paid,-
C. W. Sparrell, for burial, $25 00
STATE CHARGES.
Susan Cromwell.
Paid, -
A. L. McMillan, M. D., attendance, $8 75
25 00
$33 75
Mary A. Brown.
Paid,-
Sylvanus Clapp, wood,
$4 75
Litchfield & Curtis, supplies,
85
Annie E. Pierce.
Paid,-
Alpheus Damon, supplies,
$1 00
William S. Manuel.
Paid,-
Lorenzo Cromwell, for board, $2 00
$5 60
C. W. Sparrell, for burial,
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Summary.
Total amount paid for aid to out-door poor,
$2,230 05
Refunded by the State, $42 35
Refunded by other towns,
469 42
$511 77
$1,718 28
EXPENDED FOR SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Under Chapter 447, Acts of 1890.
Mary Spencer.
Paid,-
William E. Potter (guardian), aid 13 months,
$32 50
Joanna Keene.
Paid, --
Town of Hanover, house rent one year,
$50 00
Elizabeth Williams and Children.
Paid,-
John S. Brooks, supplies,
$122 22
Charles S. Curtis, wood,
23 75
$145 97
Samuel Keene.
Paid,- Aid, 12 weeks, $12 00
H. J. Little, M. D., attendance,
2 00
$14 00
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Expended for Other Towns.
Lyman B. Fitts, Marshfield.
Paid,- C. H. Davie, M. D., attendance on family, $106 00
Total amount expended for soldiers' relief, $348 47
Refunded by the town of Marshfield, 106 00
$242 47
STATE AID.
Paid according to the provisions of Chap. 301, Acts of 1889 :
Charles D. Barnard,
$48 00
David Bassford, 36 00
Charles E. Bates,
48 00
Amanda Coleman,
48 00
Timothy B. Chapman and wife,
96 00
John Corthell,
48 00
Josiah W. Chamberlin, Jr.
72 00
Charles H. Damon,
48 00
Hannah Dover,
24 00
Charles David,
48 00
Charles H. Farrar,
36 00
Lyman B. Fitts,
72 00
Seth O. Fitts,
36 00
George A. Hatch,
60 00
John T. Hatch,
60 00
Edmund L. Hyland,
18 00
Mary Monahan,
48 00
Harriet Raymond,
48 00
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David P. Robinson,
$36 00
George O. Torrey,
24 00
Seth H. Vinall, 54 00
Esther M. Young,
48 00
Benjamin F. Lee,
3 00
James W. Warner and wife,
62 00
Joseph Harvey,
8 00
James H. Patterson,
8 00
Martin S, Poppy,
48 00
$1,185 00
Approved by Commissioners and due from the State, $1,185.00.
MILITARY AID.
Paid under Chapter 279, Acts of 1889 :
Samuel Keene, $36 00
William E. Reed, 48 00
$84 00
One-half refunded by the State, $42.00.
RECAPITULATION.
Taxes abated, $137 31
Paid,-
School-house repairs, cleaning, supplies, care of
rooms, etc., 684 85
School-books, stationery, etc.,
369 60
Teachers' salaries,
3,762 50
Highway expenditures,
5,206 56
Removing snow,
691 40
Town officers, 818 15
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Town Hall,
$85 32
Incidentals,
394 78
Cemetery expenses,
632 95
Almshouse expenses,
1,376 25
Aid to out-door poor,
2,230 05
Soldiers' relief,
348 47
State and military aid,
1,269 00
Fuel for school-houses,
187 69
$18,194 88
NORWELL, January 20, 1894.
This certifies that I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and found proper vouchers for all payments made. CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD, Auditor.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of South Scituate Sav- ings Bank. $12,500 00
Betsey B. Tolman (note), 300 00
Coffin fund (note), 2,000 00
Note in favor of trustees of the A. T.
Otis poor fund, 1,300 00
- $16,100 00 --
ASSETS.
Due from the State for military and State aid,
$1,227 00
Due from towns for aid to poor, 155 24
State 42 35
66 Towns for soldiers' relief, 37 00
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State school fund, $289 66
County school fund, 333 55 Due on Glover mortgage, Granderson farm, 700 00 Taxes outstanding, in hands of Col- lector, 2,986 33
Due on corporation taxes, 136 90
County allowance, Main street,
175 00
Due from Maverick National Bank,
272 12
Cash in hands of Treasurer,
2,071 71
Cash in hands of Collector,
264 38
$8,691 24
$7,408* 76
As voted by the town, we have paid one one-thousand dollar note, held by the South Scituate Savings Bank. This method should be continued, as the notes are so dated that one becomes payable annually, and there is a limit of time fixed by law when this old debt must be canceled.
ASSESSORS' STATISTICS.
VALUATION MAY 1, 1893.
Value of real estate,
$688,802 00
personal estate,
214,635 00
$903,437 00
Assessors' certificate to Collector,
$13,140 97
Additional taxes,
61 54
$13,202 51
State tax,
$1,225 00
County tax,
1,517 03
Town tax,
10,000 00
Overlaying,
398 94
$13,140 97
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Rate of taxation, $13.50 on $1,000.
Number of polls, 472; paying poll tax only, 87 ; horses, 420; cows, 281; neat cattle, 75; sheep, 49; swine, 62; fowl, 3350; dwellings, 440; number of acres of land as- sessed, 12,220.
There was an increase of $451.79 on the State and county taxes from last year, which made it necessary to add ¿ per cent. to the rate.
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LIST OF JURORS.
To be presented to the town for acceptance or revision, March 5, 1894.
E. C. Briggs.
Henry F. Ford.
Benjamin Loring.
Albert T. Farrar.
Cassius C. Merritt.
David Stoddard.
George E. Torrey.
George Cushing. Frank L. Hammond.
George H. Turner.
Israel Hatch.
John H. Prouty.
Edwin A. Turner.
George W. Curtis.
Everett E. Corthell.
Joshua M. Reed.
Alfred B. Litchfield.
Waldo Jones.
Arthur L. Power.
David Bassford.
John Corthell.
Wilfred Bowker.
Ezra E. Stetson. J. H. Lehan. Henry A. Turner.
Charles W. Thomas.
L. K. F. Howland. Carlton O. Litchfield.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS BARSTOW, GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
Wm. S. Simmons.
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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Trustees of the Coffin Poor Fund.
Amount of fund, $2,000 00
Loaned to the town of Norwell at five per cent.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1893, $21 31
Interest to Jan. 1, 1894, 100 10
$121 41
Paid for care of cemetery lot,
$5 00
Paid for relief of out-door poor,
65 50
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1894,
50 91
$121 41
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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the A. T. Otis Poor Fund.
Amount of fund, $2,000 00
Invested in Western mortgages at six per cent., $700 00
Loaned to the town of Norwell at 42 per cent., 1,300 00
$2,000 00
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1893,
$35 16
Interest to Jan. 1, 1894, 114 96
$150 12
Paid in-door poor,
$58 00
" out-door poor, 40 00
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1894,
52 12
$150 12
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EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the A. T. Otis Cemetery and Tomb Funds.
Amount of fund deposited in South Scituate
Savings Bank,
$1,500 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1893,
61 25
Interest to July 1, 1894,
63 02
$1,624 27
Paid C. W. Sparrell,
$65 25
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1894,
59 02
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1894,
1,500 00
$1,624 27
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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Trustees of the Josselyn Cemetery Fund.
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1893, deposited in South Scituate Savings Bank,
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1893,
16 54
Interest to July 1, 1894,
8 72
$225 26
Paid for care of lot,
$5 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1894,
20 26
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1894,
200 00
$225 26
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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Samuel C. Cudworth Cemetery Fund.
Amount of fund Jan. 1, 1893 deposited in South
Scituate Savings Bank,
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1893,
2 00
Interest to July 1, 1894,
8 16
$210 16
Paid for care of lot,
$8 00
Interest on deposit Jan, 1, 1894,
2 16
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1894,
200 00
$210 16
THOMAS BARSTOW, GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS,
Trustees of Coffin, Otis, Josselyn and Cudworth Funds.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
MARRIAGES
REGISTERED IN NORWELL FOR THE YEAR 1893.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. 1
Charles M. Hines Margaret Murphy
Norwell
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In Scituate, by Rev. I. P. Egan.
Jan 7 Herbert F. Gunderway Edithı M. Butter
Norwell
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In Norwell, by Rev. T. Thompson.
Jan. 25
Jennie B. Briggs
Hanover
-
In Hanover, by Rev. Mel- vin S. Nash.
Feb. 26
Charles E. Bates Carrie Gore
Norwell
In Boston, by Rev. Em- ery J. Haynes.
Mar. 1
William J. Hayden Susan M. Brown
Norwell
-
In Norwell, by Rev. Mel- vin S. Nash.
Mar. 22 Jesse F. Damon
Norwell
¿ In Hanover, by Rev. Mel- vin S. Nash.
Apr .. 10 Thomas Reynolds
Catherine Holland
Norwell
In Boston, by Rev. J. E. Hickey.
June 7 George F. Cowing Cora F. Brown
Hanson
In Weymouth, by Rev. Benj. F. Eaton.
June 21
Frances W. Dana, Jr. Grace F. Hatch
Norwell
In Norwell, by Rev. T. Thompson. -
July 19 Albert M. Jones Addie P. Burbank
Norwell
In Hanover, by Rev. Mel- vin S. Nash.
July 23
Alonzo B. Whiting Bertha L. Buttrick
Norwell
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In Norwell, by Rev. Da- vid B. Ford.
July 27
Elmer W. Litchfield Nellie M. Tewksbury
Quincy
In Boxford, by Rev. David Brenner.
July 29
Augustus E. Richards Jennie F. Ainsley
Norwell
In Weymouth, by Rev. Jacob Baker.
Nov. 22
Irving W. Kingman Dora Allie Raymond
Norwell
S ) In Hanover, by Rev. Mel- viń S. Nash.
Dec. 12
Edward P. Blood Ida M. Brown
Norwell
In Seabrook, N. H., by Rev. Jos. Kimball.
Dec. 14
Frank Thomas Edith H. Henderson
Norwell
In Marshfield, by Rev. T. H. Goodwin.
Dec. 20 Jos. S. Batchelder Lucy F. Williamson
Norwell
In Weymouth, by Rev. J. H. McDonald.
Dec. 25
Henry M. Miller Leaffie B. Curtis
Boston
Norwell
In Boston, by Rev. I. J. Lansing.
Scituate
Lynn
Alfred H. Loring
Norwell
Malden
Norwell
Edith E. Sprague
Weymouth
Marshfield
Norwell
Everett
Hanover
Norwell
Norwell
Weymouth
Hanover
Seabrook, N. H.
Norwell
Weymouth
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BIRTHS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL, 1893.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan. 13,
Alfred H. Jacobs.
Edward and Ella Jacobs.
" 18,
-Howard.
Fred M. and Etta Howard.
Mar. 5, - Michand.
Frase and Alphonse Michand.
" 18,
- Staples (twins).
Frank and Carrie Staples.
" 29,
Elmer Nathaniel Leavitt.
Henry and Ada Leavitt.
Apr. 5,
Charles Henry Bacon.
Rufus and Elsie Bacon.
" 13,
May Alden Collamore.
Wm. G. and Georgia Collamore.
May 11,
Dora Frances Black.
Alexander and Agnes Black.
June 12,
William E. Leslie.
John and Catherine Leslie.
14,
Aletha Gunderway,
Annie Gunderway. Levi and Julia Osborne.
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29,
Laura Frances Hatch.
Edward and Lizzie Hatch.
Florence E. Merritt.
Harry S. and Alice Merritt.
July 6,
Arthur Russell Damon.
Edwin and Mary Damon.
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16,
Leroy A. Sylvester.
Alonzo C. and Harriet Sylvester.
"
25,
Ruth Linwood Delano.
Frank and Fannie Delano.
Aug. -
Oscar Franklin Sylvester.
Bella Sylvester.
23,
- Baker.
Frank and Esther Baker.
28,
Thornton Perry Rice.
Clarence E. and Sarah Rice.
Eugene Patrick Sheehan.
Timothy and Johanna Sheehan.
Sept. 12,
Majorie McCormick.
William and Marion McCormick.
66 13,
Damon.
Jesse and Edith Damon. Edward W. and Roena Gardner.
Oct.
8,
Mattie Leonard Gardner.
George and Meriel Gardner.
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12, Caroline Francis Nash.
Nov. 3,
Winthrop Curtis Turner.
66 11,
Marion Wood Prince.
17, Florence Stanley Totman.
22,
Thomas C. Cunningham.
Dec. 6,
Albert Briggs Loring.
12,
Cromwell.
24, Katie Hanley.
Alfred H. and Jennie Loring. Lorenzo and Lucy Cromwell. John and Rosa Hanley.
" 29,
Bertha Linwood Gardner.
8,
- Litchfield.
Carlton and Grace Litchfield.
Ralph C. and Miriam Nash. Edwin R. and Eliza Turner. Waldo and Elvira Prince. Charles E. and Mary Totman. Charles and Honora Cunninghanı.
25,
- Osborne.
29,
28,
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DEATHS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL, 1893.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE
CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
1893.
Y. M.
Feb. 2
William Sylvester,
74
5
Pneumonia.
Scituate. Scituate.
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15
Nancy Briggs,
Scituate.
15
Joshua D. Bailey,
68
6
Osteo Sarcoma.
Hanover.
25
.James H. Patterson,
61
3
Consumption.
Boston.
Mar. 2
John G. Briggs,
69
5
Typhoid Pneumonia,
Hanover.
3
John Clapp,
64
Indigestion Failure,
and Heart
Scituate.
Apr. '3
Susan HI. Cromwell,
70
-
Apoplexy.
Hingham.
6. 10
Harvey Winslow,
1
Suffocation.
Hingham.
May 23
George N. Capell,
37
4
Consumption.
South Scituate.
"" 28
Helen J. Sparrell,
16
3
Phthisis.
South Scituate.
June 6
Abbie S. Curtis,
73
5
Bronchitis.
Hanover.
66
28
Lillian A. Hines,
3
5
Diphtheria.
Norwell.
.July
Katie L. Hines,
1
9
Diphtheria.
Norwell.
3
Hannah B. Chapman,
57
10
Athune Fibroid.
Hanover.
66
9
Mary A. Lehan.
30
3
Boston.
Aug. 5
Caroline Valentine,
50
1
West Chester, Pa.
66
25
George A. Sylvester, Thomas Tolman,
76
6
Albumereuria.
Boston.
Sept. 9
Nathan Sylvester,
11
Marasmus.
Scituate.
15
Henry Ward Dix,
4
1
Araemia.
Norwell.
19
Mary Lifchfield,
4
Bronchitis.
Scituate.
66
23
Cummings Litchfield, Chas. E. T. Sylvester, Edmund L. Tirrell,
1
2
Cholera Infantum.
Norwell.
4
69
6
Entritis.
Bangor, Me.
Nov.
6
Helen D. Bowker, Thornton P. Rice, Joseph W. Briggs, Annie F. Prince,
25
1
Cerebro Spn'l Meningitis
Dec. 8
Arthur L. Litchfield,
27
3
Railroad accident.
South Scituate.
17
Mary Spencer,
90
Pneumonia.
Marblehead.
20
Lewis Raymond,
88
12
La Grippe.
Plymouth. Scituate.
Turner Hatch,
80
5 Pneumonia.
6.
25
Clarissa Meritt,
Old Age.
Scituate.
-
1
Inflammation.
Norwell.
25
Fidelia L. Barker,
50
3
Perrheses of Liver.
South Scituate.
Oct. 1
?
Typhoid Pneumonia.
Brockton.
66
1
1
85
10
Pneumonia.
Norwell. Scituate. Hanover.
10 Cerebral Softening.
Middleboro.
66
18
Henry T. Jenkins,
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Pneumonia.
10
Pneumonia,
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CITIZENS' CAUCUS.
The citizens of the Town of Norwell are requested to meet at the Town Hall, Norwell, on Saturday evening, Feb. 24, 1894, at half past seven o'clock, to nominate Town Officers for the ensuing year, and transact any other busi- ness that may properly come before them.
Per Order of the Selectmen.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
To the Citizens of Norwell :
After a service of five years, the value of which can be known and appreciated only by those associated with her in the supervision of the schools of the town, Mrs. Curtis at the beginning of the present year declined a renomination for the office of school committee, and Dr. H. J. Little was elected in her stead.
The wisdom of having a school committee composed in any case entirely of men, and in the present instance, too, of men none of whom possessed when elected that practical knowledge of the details of school work which can only come from active every-day experience as a teacher in the schools themselves, may perhaps be ques- tioned. We, as a committee, can only now say that we have met frequently for consultation concerning the best in- terests of the schools ; have engaged as good teachers as was in our power ; have kept the teachers and scholars supplied with all that seemed to us necessary or advisable ; have at- tended to such repairs of the school buildings as appeared to us best ; and have visited the schools in session as frequently as in view of the other calls upon our time and attention we were able. In now submitting our report of the schools, we can say that we heartily feel that they have not gone back- ward during the year, but in some instances, through the work of the teachers, have really made a distinct advance. With this brief statement of our work and of the general condition of the schools, we are ready for criticism of what
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we have or have not done, and are desirous of suggestions and advice for the coming year.
REPAIRS.
During the summer vacation minor repairs, such as paint- ing blackboards, setting glass, mending plastering and the like, were made in the school buildings throughout the town. Besides these repairs, it was found necessary to rebuild the chimney in the Church Hill school building, and it was de- cided advisable in the Ridge Hill and High School buildings to whiten the ceilings and kalsomine the walls. Similar work will probably be done in some of the other school buildings during the coming summer. No sooner had the ceilings and walls of the High School building been put in good condition than it was found that the appearance, at least, of the rooms would soon again be spoiled unless the leakage from the roof was stopped. After a personal inspection of the roof with a disinterested carpenter, we decided that patching was useless, and had the roof newly shingled. In accordance with the votes of the town at the last annual meeting, that fences be built about the Church Hill and High School yards, we caused such work to be done. In addition to the interior repairs which we have in view for the coming summer, we would suggest that the exterior of the Grove Street (No. 3) school house much needs paint, and that it would be well for the town to make an appropria- tion therefor.
TEACHERS.
While we have been sorry to be called upon to make so many changes in our teaching force, we feel that we have been singularly fortunate in replacing the teachers we have lost. With the beginning of the new year, 1893, our good fortune began with the securing of Miss Elizabeth Hubbard, a graduate from the "Harvard Annex," so called, to take the
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position of assistant teacher in our High School. Then, when Mr. E. P. Kelley gave up his position as principal and left town with the best wishes and highest esteem of all who knew him, fortune again smiled on us and sent us Mr. E. F. Blood, a Dartmouth graduate and a teacher of considerable experience. His work, together with that of Miss Theodora Hastings, a Wellesley College girl with some experience in teaching, who took Miss Hubbard's place on her leaving us for a better situation, has so far been eminently satisfactory.
The most unsatisfactory element at present in relation to our High School lies, not in any fault of teachers, but in the fact that all scholars desirous of attending this school are really unable to do so. We may be allowed, even though it be somewhat out of connection, to quote here a few words from the school report of last year : "We wish that some way could be provided by which all our scholars could enjoy the benefits of our High School. We know of at least a dozen who are deprived of the privilege of attending the school simply because it is utterly impossible to get there. Every parent in town helps to support the school and he thinks rightly enough that he should be benefitted by it, but if his child cannot get to the school house he has hard work to see how the High School is of much use to him."
At the Ridge Hill primary school, Mrs. Stowell has once more been able to take up the work which from ill health she for a time was obliged to abandon. At the Grove street (No. 3) school the changes have been too frequent for the best work, but we considered ourselves fortunate in securing the services of so excellent a teacher as Miss Ellen A. Dow to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Hatch in the midst of the Spring term. Miss Dow however was unwilling to return in the fall, and we then engaged Miss Mabel W. Fuller, a teacher of two years' experience. Under her instruction this school has to our mind made greater pro- gress in the same length of time than any other school in
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town. In No. 6 Miss Annie Green, one of our own High school graduates, after a year's experience at the Quincy Training School, has taken the place left vacant by the resig- nation of Miss Ford.
In the most of the schools the teachers show a progressive spirit and seem to inspire the scholars with a life, interest and enthusiasm which is refreshing to the visitor who goes into school expecting to find that proverbial buzzing, list- less, drowsy, schoolroom atmosphere which happily is becom- ing a thing of the past.
CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS.
At the last annual meeting of the town a committee con- sisting of Messrs. E. T. Fogg and Edward Sexton, together with the members of the school committee, was chosen to investigate the subject of consolidation of schools. That committee met and organized soon after the town meeting. The matter of consolidation of schools in surrounding towns was looked into to some extent, and the practicability of any such idea in our own town considered. The committee de- cided that for the present, at least, any general consolidation of schools in this town was out of the question. The only consolidation of schools which that committee considered in any case immediately advisable was the joining of the schools Nos. 5 and 6. These were both small schools and both un- graded. It was thought that by their union one good school could be made to the mutual advantage of both. In such small schools there cannot be the enthusiasm and incentive to work which is present in larger schools. The committee consequently called a meeting of those interested in the mat- ter in the No. 5 school building to get their views on the subject and to set before them some of what to the committee seemed the advantages of uniting the two schools. The feel- ing evinced at the meeting was so warm in opposition to any
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such union that the committee felt unwilling to take any de- cisive action m a matter of perhaps really doubtful expe- diency.
SCHOOL SUPERVISION.
The same committee having abandoned for the time being any thought of consolidation, but feeling a deep interest in the welfare of the schools, held a further meeting and con- sidered at some length the matter of a Superintendent of Schools. Nearly all the towns about us, either by them- selves or in conjunction with other towns, now have their schools under the charge of Superintendents. Under an Act of the Legislature with recent amendments thereto, three small towns such as our own may, for the employment of a Superintendent of Schools, form a union district. The minimum salary to be paid is $1500. When the three towns have together hired such a Superintendent, and have together raised $750 towards his salary, the State then steps in and pays the remaining $750. Further than this, the State pays also to the three towns forming the union district $500 towards the support of teachers in those towns. The result of this is that while the towns have a $1500 Super- intendent who gives all his time to the supervision of their schools, it practically costs them all together but $250, a sum probably not so large as they now together pay for the more or less good or bad supervision by a School Com- mittee, who can for the most part only occasionally devote to the care of the schools even an hour or two.
It seemed to this committee highly desirable that steps be at once taken towards such a union. Letters setting forth to the best of the committee's ability the advantages of such a union were sent to the School Committees of Hano- ver and of Pembroke, which towns, with our own, are almost the only towns anywhere in the vicinity still under the supervision of School Committees alone, asking them for their opinions as to the advisability of the plan we proposed.
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The School Committee of Hanover answered that while they were unwilling to pledge themselves to the plan, they would, before the March town meeting, give it their careful consideration. From the School Committee of Pembroke we have never received any reply to our communication.
To have such a union of towns and to get the aid which the State so generously offers, each town must at a regular town meeting pass a vote for such union. The committee would recommend, therefore, that this town vote at its an- nual meeting, to unite, under this act of the Legislature, with the other towns mentioned. Having once passed the vote we shall then be ready to go into such a union as soon as the other towns decide on their part that it is advisable. As Mr. Edson, State. Agent, says in the last Board of Ed- ucation report : "It is no longer necessary to argue su- pervision with a man well informed on school matters and deeply interested in the progress of the schools ; he is al -; ready a firm believer in and advocate of it."
As the members of the School Committee made up a ma- jority of the committee chosen to investigate the matter of consolidation of schools, it has seemed wise to us to incor- porate a record of the doings and conclusions of that com- mittee in our regular school report.
APPROPRIATIONS.
We have during the year made no changes whereby the school expenses chargeable to the appropriation for the sup- port of schools will be either reduced or increased, hence would recommend that the appropriation for the coming year be the same as that of last year.
Respectfully submitted,
ISRAEL HATCH, FREDERICK B. JACOBS, H. J. LITTLE, School Committee of Norwell.
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ABSTRACT FROM REGISTERS .*
SPRING TERM, 1893.
FALL TERM, 1893.
Number Enrolled.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
Number of Tardy Marks.
Number of Visitors.
Number Enrolled.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
Number of Tardy Marks.
Number of Visitors.
High School,
28
24
21
88
28
10°
36
33
31
94
6
8
No. 1 Grammar,
24
23.4
21.5
92
36
10
18
17.6
16.9
96
10
20
No. 1 Primary,
17
16.6
15.1
90
19
10
18
17.9
17.4
96
9
11
No. 2 Mixed,
24
21.9
19.5
89
59
9
22
20.2
18
89
29
8
No. 3 Mixed,
28
28
23.7
84
26
8
28
26.7
23.4
88
12
22
No. 4 Mixed,
24
24
20.2
84
29
17
26
25.8
23.2
90
15
21
No. 5 Mixed,
20
18.9
13.9
73
19
7
17
16.3
15.2
93
30
9
No. 6 Mixed,
21
16.2
15.1
93
18
3
16
14.5
12.9
89
9
12
No. 7 Grammar,
21
20.4
17.9
87
15
14
23
18.4
17
93
15
12
No. 7 Primary,
24
23.6
20.7
88
27
13
26
23.7
20.4
86
14
10
*The registers containing the records of the Winter Term of 1892-93 have been mislaid and are at present not at hand.
SCHOOLS.
62
SCHOLARS NOT ABSENT OR TARDY.
Ridge Hill (No. 1) Grammar.
Spring and Fall Terms.
Charles R. Delano.
Fannie P. Delano.
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