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Inspector of Animals, J. Warren Foster.
Burial Agent, Edwin A. Turner.
Pound Keeper, James H. Pinkham.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Edwin A. Turner.
Keeper of Lockup, James H. Pinkham.
Registrars of Voters, Edward M. Sexton, William H. Appleford, John H. Prouty.
Report of Trustees.
TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS POOR FUND.
Loaned on town note
$1,300 00
In Savings bank
700 00
Amount of fund
$2,000 00
On hand Jan. 1, 1095
$118 25
Interest on bank books
33 02
Interest on town note
52 00
$203 27
Paid worthy poor
$61 72
Paid inmates of the almshouse
37 00
In the bank Jan. 1, 1906
96 27
Cash on hand
S 28
$203 27
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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE GEORGE P. CLAPP
CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905
08
Interest on bank book
4 04
$104 12
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1906
12
Amount of fund
100 00
-
$104 12
TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT.
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE COFFIN POOR FUND.
Amount of fund
$2,000 00
Loan on town note at 4 per cent.
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In Savings bank Jan. 1, 1905
$86 41
Interest on bank book
3 48
Interest on note
80 00
Cash on hand
53 55
$223 44
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Paid for care of cemetery lot
$5 00
Paid worthy poor In bank Dec. 31, 1905
133 55
84 89
$223 44
TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS CEMETERY
AND TOMB FUNDS.
Amount of funds
$1,500 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905
195 55
Interest on bank books
68 46
$1,763 98
Care of lots and flowers
$30 00
C. C. Merritt building platform
3 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1906
230 98
Amount of funds
1,500 00
$1,763 98
TENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE PRUDENCE C. DELANO
CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$300 00
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Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905
$73 09
Interest on bank book
15 06
$388 15
Paid for care of lot
$5 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1906
83 15
Amount of fund
300 00
$388 15
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE MARY O. ROBBINS
CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1906
10 00
$210 00
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE JOSSELYN CEMETERY
FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
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Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905 Interest on bank book
$43 58
9 82
$253 40
Paid for care of lot
$8 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1906
45 40
Amount of fund
200 00
$253 40
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE BETSY TOLMAN CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on bank book
4 04
$104 04
Paid for care of lot
$4 04
Amount of fund
100 00
$104 04
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE SAMUEL C. CUDWORTH CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
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Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905
$23 36
Interest on bank book
9 00
$232 36
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1906
28 36
Amount of fund!
200 00
$232 36
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE NANCY HERSEY CEMETERY
FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905
14 46
Interest on bank book
4 60
$119 06
Paid for care of lot
$3 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905
16 06
Amount of fund
100 00
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$119 06
Transcript of Articles in the Warrant.
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 5. 1906,
AT NINE O'CLOCK A. M.
Article I. To choose a Moderator.
Article 2. To choose a Town Clerk.
Article 3. To hear and act on the report of the Town Clerk, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Auditor, Collector and Treasurer.
Article 4. To choose all such town officers as the laws of the state and the by-laws of the town require.
Article 5. To bring in their votes "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town for the ensuing year ?"
Article 6. What amount of money will the town raise for the support of poor and incidental expenses ?
Article 7. What sum of money will the town raise for the support of schools ?
Article 8. What sum of money will the town raise for highway repairs ?
Article 9. What compensation will the town make for removing snow and appropriate money for the same ?
Article 10. In what manner and time shall the taxes be collected the ensuing year ?
Article 11. Will the town accept the list of jurors pre- pared by the selectmen ?
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Article 12. Will the town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of taxes ?
Article 13. To hear and act on the report of any com- mittee heretofore chosen.
Article 14. To make allowance to town creditors.
Article 15. What sum of money will the town appropri- ate for the use of Post 112, G. A. R., on Memorial Day ?
Article 16. What sum of money will the town appropri- ate for the payment of state and military aid ?
Article 17. What sum of money will the town appropri- ate to pay the Superintendent of Schools ?
Article 18. What sum of money will the town raise for repairs of schoolhouses and incidentals ?
Article 19. Will the town cause a statement of their financial affairs to be printed in February next ?
Article 20. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended in the cemetery on Washington street ?
Article 21. Will the town cause a new valuation to be taken in 1906 ?
Article 22. What price will the town pay for labor on the highways for the ensuing year ?
Article 23. Will the town accept the deed of the David Griffith property ?
Article 24. Will the town accept a trust fund from Mrs. Charles H. Merritt for the care of her lot in the cemetery at Norwell near the Unitarian church ?
Article 25. Will the town cause the bushes on Forest street to be mowed ?
Article 26. What action will the town take in regard to keeping the sidewalks in repair ?
Articie 27. Will the town instruct the town clerk to pro- cure designs for a new town seal and report at the next meeting ?
Article 28. Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to purchase a safe for the town office ?
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Article 29. Will the town raise and appropriate a sum of money for painting the almshouse.
Article 30. Will the town raise.and appropriate the sum of $210 to pay for completing the new road on River street ?
Article 31. Will the town give any instruction to the town officers.
Article 32. Or act or do anything relative to the above.
Citizens desiring additional articles in the warrant will present them to the Selectmen on or before Feb. 17, 1905.
ALPHEUS THOMAS, EZRA E. STETSON, ERNERT H. SPARRELL, Selectmen of Norwell.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWELL
FOR THE YEAR 1905
Report of the School Committee.
TO THE CITIZENS OF NORWELL :
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Benjamin Loring, chairman, term expires 1907. George C. Turner, term expires 1906. Mary E. Curtis, secretary, term expires 1908.
SUPERVISION.
We could but feel exceedingly sorry to lose the services of so efficient a superintendent as was Mr. C. A. Record, who lett us in July to accept a more lucrative position in Abing- ton and Bridgewater.
Yet we cannot help congratulating ourselves on securing the services of Mr. Charles A. Harris of Oxford, Mass., who, although new to the work of a superintendent, has taken it up with great enthusiasm, working unceasingly to benefit the schools by every means in his power.
TEACHERS.
Mr. Edward L. Hill, who had been principal of the High school since Sept 1904, resigned in February of this year and was succeeded by Mr. John E. DeMeyer, who was at that time a member of the senior class at Bates college, from which he has since graduated.
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Mr. DeMeyer has proven himself an ideal teacher, winning the respect and esteem of the pupils, and with the able assist- ance of Miss Marion D. Ames and Miss Maud A. Reed, also of Bates college, is making of our High school an institution in which we should take great pride.
Miss Eva F. McClellan of Lanesville succeeded Miss Pack- ard in the grammar school at District No. I, and has done the best of work. We are very glad to number her on our list of teachers.
Miss Jeannette A. Dawson of Somerville succeeded, in District No. 6, Mrs. Simonds, who resigned in September to accept the principalship at a much larger salary, of a school in her native town, Pawtucket, R. I. It is very unfortunate for us that we are unable to offer a good teacher a salary large enough to keep her with us, but it is impossible, and thus we often lose the best of teachers.
To Miss Sarah F. Richardson at No. I primary, with her 47 little ones, to Miss Marion G. Merritt at No. 5 primary, with her 37 little people, to Miss Maria W. Tolman at No. 7 primary, with her 22 little men and women, and to Miss Martha C. Scully at No. 5 grammar with her 46 young peo- ple, let us give much praise for the ever faithful work which they do.
TRANSPORTATION.
The contracts for transportation were awarded as follows : Mr. John F. Osborne, from District No. 2 to District No. I and High school.
Mrs. E. L. Loring, from Districts No. 3 and 4 to District No. 5 and High school.
Mr. James L. Litchfield, from Districts Nos. 4 and 6 to Nos. 5 and 6.
Mr. L. F. Hammond, from District Nos. 7 to No. 5 and High school.
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In this matter of transportation, we have honestly tried to accommodate in every way, the children who are obliged to use the barges in getting to school.
And we think we have succeeded, as in scarcely a single case is a child obliged to walk as far as he would had he a a school in his own district, and in a large majority of cases, the barge passes the door of his home.
REPAIRS.
At the annual town meeting, it was voted that the Town hall be shingled and that it should be paid for out of the school appropriation. Your committee have had the work done in a thorough manner and with the best of materials.
Proposals for doing the work were sent to the carpenters in town and four bids were received, the lowest bidder being Mr. J. Frank Turner, $74.97, and he was awarded the con- tract. The contractor furnished his own staging, while the town furnished the nails, shingles and zinc.
Another improvement made in this building during the year was the installation of a water system for the use of the pupils in the study of physics and chemistry.
This has been of great advantage to the school as hereto- fore it has been almost impossible to make any experiments owing to a lack of running water, sinks, etc.
A much needed improvement has been made in the prim- ary room at District No. I by the building of a book closet. An alcove in the back of the room, which had formerly served really no purpose but for storage of wood, by the addition of a front and shelves, made a fine closet and fills a long felt want in the building.
Beyond the ordinary repairs to the school buildings and yards the coming year, there is the building in No. I, which needs painting very much ; also the yard in No. 5 should be graveled, as in wet weather it is over shoe in mud, but in all probability these will not require any great outlay of money.
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During the summer vacation the committee decided to close the school in District No. 4, carrying one-half the pupils to District No. 6, the others to No. 5. With Mr. Litchfield's barge on one side for the No. 6 pupils and Mrs. Loring's on the other for the No. 5 pupils, this small school was easily transported, and the pupils taken where it has since been proved by the great advance, which the children have made, that the change was a wise one. We wish that parents would take the trouble, shall we say trouble ? No ! rather the opportunity, to visit the schools. You have no idea how much you are missing in staying away. And the children all like to have "mother" visit school, we say "mother", as presumably "father" has no time for such things.
Just look at the rapid advance that has been made in the subject of writing. Why, when you first went to school, learning to write one's name was a laborious process, only to be accomplished, after first, learning to print, then with much effort we slowly and painfully learned the great art of writing. Now, nearly every little five-year old, after one month's practice, can write his name fifty per cent. better than we could after one year at school.
The same is true of the reading, all normal children learn- ing in ten weeks 83 words, which can readily be recognized anywhere at sight. And this is not all; the children are taught to observe the things round about them in nature, they can tell you about the seasons, the winds, the birds, the flowers, the vegetables. They are taught lessons in polite- ness, kindness to each other and to dumb animals, why we celebrate the holidays, as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Washing- ton's birthday, etc .; facts in the lives of noted men and women, the best pieces of poetry, and many more things, which you have only to visit for yourselves to find out. We wish you could have heard, as we did, a class of twelve little folks, who had been to school but fourteen months in all, add, subtract, multiply and divide, with what we call really hard
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numbers for little scholars, such as, 6+7=, 9+4=, 13-6=, 12: 3=, } of 12= and many others, and each one so eager to answer and so proud to show us what they could do, that we could not help feeling glad that it was in our power to give these children, our future men and women, such oppor- tunities as they now enjoy.
We do not like, every year, to harp on the same old sub- ject, ATTENDANCE, but how can we help it, when we look at the registers and see the per cent. of attendance. For in- stance, one school numbering 35, had an average attendance of 28, just the same as though there were seven pupils, who did not go to school at all that term, whose children were they, was one of them yours? And this is not a rare case ; there are many such through the town, a day here and two days there, soon make up a week. All the time the child is losing interest in school work, he dreads to go back for there will be lessons to be made up. The first day will be almost as good as lost, as he doesn't know what has gone before. So it goes on, parents not realizing what the child is losing until he doesn't get promoted at the end of the year and then teacher, committee and superintendent are blamed in turn.
As one parent said to us, (when his child failed of promo- tion) "Why, my child wasn't absent hardly any." "Yes," we answered, "he was out five weeks." "Why, that can't be possible," but it WAS just exactly that as shown by the register.
Another was much astonished to find that taking it through the year, his child had been out twelve weeks ; one whole term in all. We do not expect sick children to attend school but if you, as parents, would send the well ones every session of school there would be fewer absences on the regis- ters and more promotions at the end of the year.
May we ask you once more, to reserve your criticisms of the teachers and school systems until your children are out of hearing. You may not like some action on the part of the teacher while some one else thinks it perfectly right. You
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have one or two children to bring up, to train properly, while"a teacher has thirty or more and not one of them like yours, can you judge for her? You were not in her place, if you were, it is exceedingly doubtful if you would have done as well. She has charge of these same children only five and one-half hours a day and yet you expect her to work miracles with them ; if they are impolite, you affirm that "they are not taught politeness" ; if they are untruthful, it is "what they learn at school"; if they use profane language, they hear it on the school grounds." Parents, as they are under your charge three times as long during the day, is it not possible for you to correct some of these habits ? Be sure the teacher will be grateful to you for it is an old saying that "Children who behave at home, will behave in school." You will say, perhaps, to the teacher, I want my child to mind you, if he doesn't do right, I want you to punish him." That is all right, well and good, but when that same teacher does punish, stand by her, uphold the course she has pur- sued, tell the child, "you deserved it or you would not have been punished," let him see that you are in sympathy with the teacher and he won't trouble that teacher again.
We are all striving for the same end, that is, to give the best that is in our school system to our children. To make our boys more manly men, to make our girls more womanly women, at home and in school, let us so teach them, that, in later years, they may be able to take the places now oc- cupied by the noblest and best of the sons and daughters of Massachusetts.
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN LORING, GEORGE C. TURNER, MARY E. CURTIS, School Committee of Norwell.
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Expenditures.
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE
APPROPRIATION.
For the winter term of ten weeks, 1905, but chargeable to the appropriation of 1904.
Teachers' Salaries.
Edward L. Hill
$120 00
John E. DeMeyer
120 00
Mattie S. Wilder
II5 50
M. Abbie Packard
80 00
Sarah F. Richardson
90 00
Lena B. McCaffrey
90 00
Martha C. Scully
100 00
Marion G. Merritt
90 co
Mrs. Katharine Simonds
90 00
Maria W. Tolman
90 00
A. Gertrude Jones
35 00
$1020 50
Supervision.
C. A. Record
$170 10
Transportation.
Mrs. E. L. Loring
$132 00
William T. Lapham
170 50
James L. Litchfield
IIO 00
Edward A. Jacobs
25 00
Tilon Williams
22 00
L. F. Hammond
132 00
$591 50
Care of Rooms.
Fred J. Croning, High school
$25 00
Ralph L. Phipps, District No. I
10 00
William E. Leslie
Gertrude W. Leslie District No. 4 4 00
Edwin W. French, District No. 5
10 00
Irving Henderson, District No. 6 4 00
William C. Tolman, Jr., District No. 7
6 75
$59 75
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE
APPROPRIATION.
For Spring and Fall Terms, 1905.
Teachers' Salaries.
John E. DeMeyer, principal High school $600 00 Mattie S. Wilder, assistant High school 136 50 Marion D. Ames, assistant High school 180 00
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Maud A. Reed, assistant High school $160 00 A. Gertrude Jones, drawing teacher 90 00 Eva F. McClellan, District No. 1 gram- mier 240 00
Saralı F. Richardson, District No. I
primary 252 00
Lena B. McCaffrey, District No. 4 mixed 108 00
Martha C. Scully, District No. 5 gram- mier 280 00
Marion G. Merritt, District No. 5 prim- ary 252 00
Mrs. Katharine Simonds, District No. 6 mixed 126 00
Jeannette A. Dawson, District No. 6 mixed 126 00
Maria W. Tolman, District No. 7 primary 252 00
$2802 50
Care of Rooms.
Fred J. Croning, High school $130 00
Ralphı L. Phipps, Dist. No. I 20 25
William E. Leslie
Gertrude W. Leslie Dist. No. 4 4 00
Edwin W. French, Dist. No. 5
28 00
James Dolan, Dist. No. 6
4 00
Seth O. Fitts, Dist. No. 6
16 00
William C. Tolman, Jr., Dist. No. 7
15 50
$217 75
Fuel and Fitting.
C. O. Keene, wood $13 75
F. E. Henderson, wood (as per contract) 21 00
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C. O. Keene, wood (as per contract) $103 25
WV. D. Turner, wood 8 50
Walter Simmons, coal 52 00
John Whalen, wood
2 00
Walter C. Barnard, sawing wood
23 25
Willie W. Loring, labor on wood
10 00
Harold B. Sexton, labor on wood
4 00
Walter H. Briggs, labor on wood
3 00
Fred J. Croning, labor on wood
8 co
John Whalen, labor on wood
4 00
$252 75
Superintendent.
Received from State
$250 00
Town appropriation
250 00
$500 00
Paid C. A. Record
170 10
Paid C. A. Harris
500 00
370 IO
$129 90
Transportation.
Mrs. E. L. Loring
$483 00
Tilon Williams
10 00
William T. Lapham
77 50
L. F. Hammond
348 00
George S. Hatch
5 CO
James L. Litchfield
322 00
John F. Osborne
384 00
$1,629 50
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Books and Supplies.
C. H. Lovell
$17 50
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
10 18
D. W. Fisher & Co. 4 00
A. Storrs & Bement Co. I 60
Wright & Potter Printing Co. I 07
Western Pub. House
3 60
Rand, McNally & Co.
10 09
Ginn & Co. 22 04
E. E. Babb & Co.
248 22
Miss L. A. Hicks
7 20
The Scarborough Co.
6 25
Allen, Totman &Co.
IO 40
J. L. Hammett Co.
28 07
American Book Co.
II 52
D. C. Heath & Co.
12 00
Silver, Burdett & Co.
15 00
Journal of Geography
4 50
Samuel Ward Co.
20 30
Educational Pub. Co.
4 00
Oliver Ditson Co.
4 75
Arthur W. Hall Scientific Co.
4 09
The Red Cross Co.
4 00
Boston Music Co.
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Harold B. Farrar
15 00
$466 15
Cleaning Schoolhouses.
Mrs. Mary A. Osborne, Dist. No. 5 10 00
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Mrs. Eva L. Wimslow, Dist. No. 7 6 00
Seth O. Fitts, Dist. No. 6
6 50
Mrs. E. C. Jones, Dist. No. I
12 00
Fred J. Croning, High school
7 50
$42 00
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Supplies and Incidentals.
Carrie M. Ford, printing $39 39
Harold B. Sexton, cleaning yard No. 5 1 00
D. R. Ewell, use of team I 00
J. Frank Turner, shingling Town hall 74 97
J. Frank Turner, labor at Town hall and Nos. 4 and 5 13 14
Phillips, Bates & Co., shingles, nails etc. 160 12
Henry J. Tolman, materials and labor at No. 7 8 82
F. E. Henderson, cleaning vault No. 7 2 00
Patrick McNicol, cleaning vaults 5 00
C. L. Rice & Sons, curtains 3 60
William H. Spencer, labor on stoves and materials furnished 20 55
D. W. Ross, mending chairs at Town hall I 50
J. B. Whitman, tuning piano, (twice) 5 00
Curtis & Bates, supplies to schools
II 49
Norwell Post Office, postage 4 70
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies to schools 8 79
Arthur J. Turner, shingling at No. 5 2 50
Cassius C. Merritt, labor at No. 4 I 40
C. A. Record, expenses 8 00
L. F. Hammond, freight and carting 2 10
New York & Boston Express, expressing 16 81
C. P. Sinnott, expenses at Teachers' Institute 11 00
Henry L. Studley, labor 3 75
H. S. Turner & Co., ribbon for diplomas 78
John E. DeMeyer, expenses to Lewiston 15 00
Levi N. Osborn, labor at No. I 2 50
Hall & Torrey, material and labor at High school 95 62
George A. Turner, materials and labor at No. I and High school 56 25
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F. W. French, cleaning clock 1 00
J. H. Lehan, painting and glazing 13 65
John Whalen, labor at No. I (1904) I 50
WV. A. G. Smith, repairing clock I 50
C. A. Harris, expenses 4 19
$588 60
High School Fund.
Unexpended balance from last year $198 30
Received from State 300 00
$498 30
Mary F. Simmons, teaching
$144 00
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies 82 33
Ginn & Co., supplies 93 31
Arthur W. Hall Scientific Co. supplies
166 95
Miss A. E. Allen, supplies
5 00
D. C. Heath & Co., supplies
I 67
$493 26
$5 04
Available Funds For Present Year.
Town appropriation $5,250 00
Dog tax 336 25
State Board of Charity
136 00
Received from State on account of teach- ers' salaries 217 16
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State school fund
Town of Rockland (tuition)
$1,303 89 83 00
Amount expended
$7,326 30 5,999 25
$1,327 05
Expenses to April (estimated)
1,910 00
Deficit
$582 95
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
NORWELL, JAN. 27, 1906.
I have examined the accounts of the School Committee and find vouchers for amount paid.
GEO. CUSHING, Auditor.
ABSTRACT FROM REGISTERS.
WINTER TERM-1905.
SPRING TERM-1905.
FALL TERM-1905.
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.
Number Enrolled.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
Number of Tardy Marks.
Number of Visitors.
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No 1 Primary
32
27.95
25 02
.88-
13
19
35
33.81 19.31
31.96 18.9
.94+ .97+
13
51 51
47 25
44.62 21.59
42.88 20.44
.96++ .94+
1%
26
No. 4 Mixed
15
12.2
10.98
.90
22
14
1.2
11.5
10.16
.88
20
No. 5 Primary
25
23.5
19.06
.81
5
00
24.25
22.19
.91
37
34.81
32.51
.93
33
34
No. 5 Grammar
41
39.6
32 31
.81
12
41
37.95
34.47
.90+
17
5
46
45.21
41 15
.91
14
19
No. 6 Mixed
29
25.46
24.56
.96
18
33
31.66
29.
.91+
29
A
35
32.87
27.52
.83+
4
14
No. 7 Primary
22
21.6
17.15
.79++
3
26
23.13
21.5
.92-+
00
11
22
21.47
19.79
.92
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- 1
High
46
45 66
43.
.91
4
45
42.66
40.66
.95
9
12
47
46.38
42.54
.91+
14
17
.No. 1 Grammar
19
18.
16.9
.94
3
A
20
00 01 00 00 00
-
24
5
20 31
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SCHOOLS.
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Report of the Superintendent.
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To the School Committee of Norwell :-
I herewith submit for your consideration my first annual report.
VISITS.
From the opening of school in September to January I, 1906, seventy three visits to the schools were made by your superintendent. These visits have varied in duration from calls of a few minutes to those of several hours. All, how- ever, have been intended to promote the efficiency of the schools. According to my time schedule for visiting schools, I should be able to visit each school in the district every ten and one-half days, but unforseen difficulties arise, and make the adaptation of a fixed schedule well-nigh impracticable.
My work thus far has been along the following lines :- I-Observing and correcting methods of instruction employed by teachers.
2-Personally examining classes.
3-Adjusting school program.
4-Noticing hygienic conditions.
5-Observing equipment such as globes, maps, blackboards, text-books, etc., with the view of recommending changes or improvements.
6-Delivering supplies.
7-Conducting teachers' meetings.
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8-Observing systems of lighting, heating, ventilation, con- ditions of building, kind of seats, etc.
9-Teaching during absence of teacher.
ATTENDANCE.
In order to secure the best results in school, attendance during the entire time is imperative. Absences affect not only the absentee, but the whole school. The part of the class that is industrious and perfect in attendance is com- pelled to go at a slower pace than is commensurate with its ability in order to permit the absentees, the tardy, and the dismissed, to "catch up."
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