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George Cushing, services as auditor
20 00
Charles Simmons, services as fire warden, 1901 5 00
M. L. F. Power, services as school committee 27 68
John Corthell, tree warden 10 00
E. E. Stetson, services as registrar of voters 15 00
E. M. Sexton, services as registrar of voters 15 00
J. F. Merritt, services as registrar of voters 10 00 C. A. Berry, services as registrar of voters 15 00
Mary E. Curtis, school committee 60 00
40 42
Israel Hatch, servives as school committee Benj. Loring, services as school committee
57 50
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Horace T. Fogg, treasurer
$100 00
J. W. Foster, notifying town officers 3 50
J. W. Foster, inspection of animals 29 50
J. W. Foster, truant officer
1 00
John Whalen, election officer
2 50
Charles Scully, election officer
2 50
J. F. Merritt, services as town clerk
25 20
W. D. Turner, services as fire warden
3 25
$1,099 35
TOWN HALL.
F. M. Curtis & Co., oil 55
F. H. Kidder, nailing clapboards 2 80
H. T. Fogg, insurance 22 50
Fred J. Croning, janitor
25 00
$50 85
PAINTING TOWN HALL.
C. J. Harriman, per contract $115 00
.
C. J. Harriman, inside sashes, blinds, etc. 35 00
Appropriation
$150 00
$150 00
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation John Corthell, services $41 60
$50 00
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G. T. Sylvester, trees
$5 00
Chas. H. Lapham, labor, 1901
8 97
Wm. T. Lapham, labor, 1901
I OO
$56 57
TOWN CEMETERY.
J. H. Sawyer, labor $3 00
C. H. Lapham, 43 hours at 20C 8 60
C. H. Lapham, one horse 8 hours at 16 2-3C I 32 E. C. Briggs, scraping 4 00
John W. Brown, 26 hours at 20C
5 20
E. L. Loring, 9 hours at 20C I 80
James L. Prouty, 17 hours at 20C
3 40
Received from sale of lots, $30 00
$27 32
12FH
REPAIRS ON GUIDE BOARDS.
Appropriation
$100 00
Paid-
T. C. Sampson, for posts
$5 50
F. H. Kidder, labor
16 10
John S. Gardner, labor
70 00
$91 60
The street signs and necessary guide boards are now in good condition throughout the town.
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UNION BRIDGE.
Paid- Town of Marshfield, balance due H. L. House $1 00
Town of Marshfield, care of bridge to . Dec. 31, 1902 6 95
$7 95
TOWN INCIDENTALS.
A. J. Litchfield, cash paid for stamps, etc. $14 90
A. J. Litchfied & Son, stationery I IO
James Montgomery, watching fire I OO
Wm. Randall, watching fire
2 00
Ellery F. Ainsley, watching fire
2 00
John F. Wilder, watching fire
2 00
Joseph Frame, returning births
75
Geo. E. Mansfield, returning deaths
25
F. M. Curtis, stamps, etc.
12 38
Free Press Publishing Co., warrants
4 00
Free Press Publishing Co., town reports
82 00
F. M. Curtis, stationery
5 17
Geo. W. Rix, moving town clerk's safe
5 00
Carrie M. Ford, printing, etc.
12 00
C. L. Homes, returning births
I 00
Wakefield Daily Item, assessors' notices
I 00
Chas. Smith, labor at Churchill fire
IO
Arthur Snowdale, labor at Churchill fire
80
J. W. Winslow, labor at Churchill fire Geo. Lee, labor at Churchill fire
I 40
60
Edgar Lee, labor at Churchill fire
60
James W. Studley, labor at Churchill fire
80
Warren B. Wrightington, labor at Churchill fire
2 00
Robert McKee, labor at Churchill fire
I 60
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W. L. Chamberlain, labor at Churchill fire $2 80 Wm. R. Smith, labor at Churchill fire 2 60
A. B. Conant, labor at Churchill fire 2 IO
Bradford P. Stetson, laber at Churchill fire 2 70 Howard Packard, labor at Churchill fire 80 Robert Henderson, labor at Churchill fire 2 80 John S. Barber, plow at Churchill fire 5 00
L. Leech, labor at Churchill fire I 40
I 20
F. H. Waterman, labor at Churchill fire Wakefield Daily Item, dog license blanks
2 50
Beal & McCarthy, tuning piano
2 25
Jas. A. Wallace, repairing water trough
1 00
Henry D. Smith, labor on Delano Hill water system
75
Thomas Groom & Co., assessors and order books
16 50
H. E. Stetson, watching fire
2 00
Wm. O. Merritt, burying dog
2 00
Helen L. Fogg, rent of vault
8 00
H. T. Fogg, cash book and postage
4 69
W. H. Spencer, labor on pump, District No. 2
I 75
H. J. Little, returning births I 50.
I 00
Scituate, tax on town flats 6 23
7 65
Carter Ink Co., ink 50
A. L. MacMillan, vaccination of school children 13 00
$248 17
RECAPITULATION.
Taxes abated
$96 47
Highway expenditures
2,512 23
Snow expenditures
433 71
Town officers
1,099 35
Town hall
50 85
Ed. Freeman, burying dog
Pembroke, seeding ponds
55
Painting town hall
$150 00
Tree warden
56 57
Town incidentals
248 17
Cemetery
27 32
Guide boards
91 60
Union bridge
7 95
Almshouse expenses
1,640 98
Aid to out-door poor
2,063 80
Soldiers' relief
277 25
State aid
2,250 00
$11,006 25
CREDITS :
Refunded by towns
$434 52
Almshouse credits
623 52
State aid
2,250 00
Soldiers' relief
171 00
Cattle inspection, due from State
14 75
Cemetery sale of lots
30 00
Use of road roller
10 00
$3,533 79
$7,472 46
NORWELL, Jan. 20, 1903.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Collector and Treasurer and find them correctly cast and proper vouchers for all payments made.
GEO. CUSHING, Auditor.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of South Scituate Savings Bank
$5,500 00
Notes in favor of the Coffin fund 2,000 00
Notes in favor of the Otis fund
1,300 00
ASSETS.
Due from-
State for state aid
$2,250 00
Towns for aid to poor
434 52
Towns for soldiers' relief
171 00
State for inspection of cattle
14 75
Corporation and bank tax claim
300 28
Outstanding tax of 1894
IO 66
John F. Osborn, board of wife
254 70
Cash in hands of treasurer
2,761 00
LIST OF JURORS.
A list of persons qualified to serve as jurors to be presented to the town for acceptance or revision :
Henry F. Ford,
James E. Stoddard, Fdwin W. Sexton, Andrew S. Richardson, Seth Foster, Joseph C. Otis, Fred S. Farrar, Edwin A. Turner, James B. Knapp, Henry J. Tolman,
William H. Appleford,
Arthur C. Jones, George W. Jones, Seth O. Fitts, Joseph H. Hatch, L. Frank Hammond, Wallace H. Damon, Clifton S. Dean, James L. Litchfield,
Charles D. Barnard, Arthur T. Stoddard, Willard Torrey, Josiah W. Chamberlain, Frank M. Vining, George F. Cate,
Trader. Shoemaker. Farmer. Farmer. Retired.
Retired. Farmer. Hotel Keeper. Farmer. Carpenter. Clerk. Shoestitcher. Shoemaker. Farmer. Farmer. Farmer. Farmer. Teacher.
Farmer. Harnessmaker. Shoecutter. Retired. Shoemaker. Shoemaker. Farmer.
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TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE COFFIN POOR FUND.
$2,000 00
Loaned on town note at 4 per cent.
On hand Jan. 1, 1902
$132 63
Interest on bank book
3 26
Interest on town note
80 00
$215 89
Paid care of cemetery lot
$5 00
Worthy poor On hand Jan. 1, 1903
75 00
135 89
$215 89
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS POOR FUND.
Amount of fund
$2,000 00
Loaned on town note
$1,300 00
Deposited in Savings Bank
700 00
2,000 00
On hand Jan. 1, 1902
$131 66
Interest on mortgage
4 75
Interest on bank book
25 78
Interest on town note
52 00
$214 19
Amount of fund
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Paid- Inmates of Almshouse Worthy poor
$28 00
46 42
Expenses on mortgage
4 80
On hand Jan. 1, 1903
134 97
$214 19
Your trustees are pleased to say that the mortgage on property in Alabama has been paid in full, and as will be seen by the above financial report the money is now in the Savings Bank.
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
NANCY HERSEY CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1902
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1902
10 00
Interest on bank book
4 44
$114 44
Paid for care of lot
$3 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1903
II 44
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1903
100 00
$114 44
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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
BETSEY B. TOLMAN CEMETERY FUND
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1902
04
Interest on bank book
4 04
$104 08
Paid for care of lot
$4 08
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1903
100 00
$104 08
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
PRUDENCE C. DELANO TOMB FUND.
Amount of fund
$300 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1902
40 63
Interest on bank book
13 74
$354 37
Paid for care of lot
$5 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1903
49 37
Fund on deposit Jan. 1, 1903
300 00
$354 37
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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE JOSSELYN CEMETERY FUND
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1902
35 88
Interest on bank book
9 50
$245 38
Paid for care of lot
$8 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1903
37 38
Fund
200 00
$245 38
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
SAMUEL C. CUDWORTH CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit January Ist, 1902
IO 42
Interest on bank book
8 48
$218 90
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit Jan. Ist, 1903
14 90
Fund
$200 00
- $218 90
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SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES
OF THE
A. T. OTIS CEMETERY AND TOMB FUND.
Amount of fund
$1,500 00
Interest on deposit Jan. Ist, 1902
256 90
Interest on bank book
70 94
$1,827 84
Paid for care of lots
$33 90
Interest on deposit Jan. Ist, 1903
293 94
Fund
1,5000 00
$1, 827 84
GĘO. W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, HENRY D. SMITH, Trustees.
CITIZENS' CAUCUS.
The citizens of the Town of Norwell are requested to meet at the Town Hall, Norwell, on Friday evening, February 20th, 1903, at 8 o'clock, to nominate town officers for the ensuing year, and to transact any other business that may properly come before them.
PER ORDER OF THE SELECTMEN.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWELL
FOR THE
FOR THE YEAR 1902.
ROCKLAND : ROCKLAND STANDARD PRINT.
1903.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Norwell:
At the annual town meeting in March, 1902, Mrs. Mary E. Curtis was elected a member of the School Committee for a term of three years. The committee organized with Mr. Loring, chairman, Mrs. Mary E. Curtis, secretary.
SUPERVISION.
We consider ourselves fortunate in being able to retain the services of our efficient Superintendent, Mr. C. A. Record. The progress which our schools are making under his care is gratifying to the Committee and must be equally so to the parents and all others interested in educational matters.
BUILDINGS.
During the summer vacation we had all the buildings re- paired in as thorough a manner as possible with the means we had at hand, but still much remains to be done. To keep six buildings, or nine rooms, in repair, with the small amount allowed us is almost an impossibility. If all the schools, or at least the majority of them, were under one roof how much money would be saved in repairs at least.
The outbuildings in Dist. No. I, which were in very bad condition, have been repaired and will probably do good ser- vice for some years, but the time is not far distant when a new outbuilding for that district will be a necessity.
The school house in Dist. No. 4 has been painted, as was recommended in last year's report, and by removing the
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window in the front of the building (which for years in spite of our best endeavors has been an unsightly object) the ap- pearance has been greatly improved. The fence at the east side of this building must be rebuilt this year, as it is now but an apology for a fence. The yard in Dist. No. 5 ought to be graded, or if this is not done, some work must be done directly around the building, as it is now so badly washed that the underpinning is becoming loosened. As it has been the custom for several years to put new slate blackards in some one building, this year the choice fell to No. 5, where two were added. A new fence has replaced the tumble-down one in Dist. No. 6. After the High School building had been painted on the outside, the Selectmen, finding that they had some money left from that appropriation, united with the Committee in painting the inside and tinting the walls, a much needed improvement.
TEACHERS.
But two changes have been made in our corps of teachers during the year. Mr. A. G. Catheron, who had served as principal of our High School for two years, resigned at the end of the school year. His successor, Mr. John A. Hun- newell, is a graduate of Bates College and has had previous experience in teaching. His work thus far has been very satisfactory.
Miss Heinrich, who had taught successfully in Dist. No. 4, sent in her resignation in June, as she had decided to con- tinue her studies in Germany. Miss Mary A. Schenck was chosen to fill the vacancy, she having previously taught for a short time in one of our schools and is giving now, as she did then, general satisfaction.
Our teachers have had the privilege during the year of attending the County Convention, also the Teacher's Insti- tute given by the State Board of Education. While these two sessions necessitate closing our schools for a day at a
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time, yet the benefits derived by the teachers more than com- pensate for the loss of time. On the afternoon of May 29, all the schools, with the exception of Dist. No. 1, united in holding Memorial services in the Unitarian Church, to which the public was invited. These exercises proved so much more enjoyable than the exercises held in the separate school houses, that it is proposed to hold them every year.
TRANSPORTATION.
At the annual town meeting, it was voted to again trans- port the pupils. Mr. Wm. T. Lapham, who had been em- ployed during the winter term to transport the pupils from No. 2 to the Primary and Grammar schools in No. 5 was given the contract for one year.
As the time was so short before the schools were to open for the spring term, it was decided to allow each pupil re- quiring transportation in Dists. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, a certain sum per week and some of the older scholars, who had teams, carried those who had none and thus we managed until the summer vacation.
At the beginning of the fall term, Mr. James L. Litchfield was given the contract to transport the pupils from Nos. 4, 5 and 6 to the Grammar and High Schools. By the employ- ment of Mr. Litchfield in this capacity, we have succeeded in providing transportation for some of our pupils who have never before been able to attend the schools of this town. Mrs. E. L. Loring still continues to transport the pupils from No. 3 to No. 5 and such of the High School pupils who de- sired transportation. Mr. E. E. Stetson took the contract to transport the pupils in Dist. No. 7 to the High School.
Mr. L. Frank Hammond, by his contract, goes to Ridge Hill, taking on his way up all those pupils who attend in Dist. No. I and bringing back the High School pupils, thus accommodating quite a large number of children.
We believe that the transportation system has proved a success this year, and that it will continue.
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We employ only careful drivers, who are cautioned to re- port any unbecoming conduct or language, and we have made it a rule that anyone not behaving in a proper man- ner will be allowed the privilege of walking. We are happy to say that as yet we have not had to enforce this rule.
OUR SCHOOLS.
By the closing of the schools in Dists. 2 and 3, the consoli- dation of our schools began, now let us continue the good work.
Let us get our Grammar Schools together, and with our High School, have one good building which will accommo- date the three. All the Grammar pupils from Nos. 1, 5 and 7 would only make two common sized schools, under two teachers, while we now employ three. We claim that very much better work is done, more interest is shown, where there are forty pupils than where there are fourteen. You will agree with us that with numbers there is enthusiasm. You can't enjoy your pleasures, even, alone. Neither can a child enjoy or enthuse over a subject with only one beside himself in the class. With our transportation system, con- solidation is easy and is THE only thing for our schools. Build an addition to the present High School building and and put in one good heating plant. We have seats enough and blackboards enough to furnish two rooms, so the cost would not be very great while the advantage gained by such an arrangement would be inestimable and would place the Norwell schools more nearly on a plane with those of sur- rounding towns. Twice during the year we have been obliged to close some of our schools because of an epidemic of measles, otherwise, thanks to the barge system, the at- tendance has been good.
But still we would urge upon parents the necessity of send- ing their children to school, sending them every day; do not let trifles keep them away, they cannot afford to miss ONE
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day. Just think of the advantages which they enjoy, and impress it on their minds that their school days, the days of their youth, will soon pass, never to return.
Teach your children to take care of the school property, the buildings, the books, the grounds. You would not al- low them to break YOUR windows or door latches, to whittle or write on your woodwork, to tear or soil your books, or to throw refuse on your lawns. We believe that much of the expense of the minor repairs about the schoolbuildings might be avoided if children were taught to be more careful.
Let us all endeavor by our united efforts to make the Nor- well schools the best in the county and her children the best in the state.
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN LORING, ISRAEL HATCH, MARY E. CURTIS. School Committee of Norwell.
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EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE APPROPRIATION.
FOR WINTER TERM OF TEN WEEKS, 1902, BUT CHARGE- ABLE TO APPROPRIATION OF 1901.
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Allison G. Catheron
$250 00
Mattie S. Wilder
105 00
A. Gertrude Jones
35 00
Adella F. Nichols
90 00
Sarah F. Richardson
80 00
Desdemona Heinrich
80 00
Louise E. Ford
90 00
Martha C. Scully
90 00
Marion G. Merritt
90 00
Sophia M. Buttrick
90 00
Maria W. Tolman
90 00
$1,090 00
SUPERVISION.
C. A. Record
$150 00
TRANSPORTATION.
Wm. F. Lapham
$100 00
Mrs. E. L. Loring
79 08
$179 08
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CARE OF ROOMS.
Clarence Joseph, No. 4, fall term, 1901 $2 00
Mabel Munnis, No. 4, fall term, 1901 1 00
Harry Ainslie, No. 4, fall term, 1901 2 00
Lena Leslie, No. 4, fall term, 1901 1 00
E. W. French, No. 5, winter term, 1902 15 00
Lena Leslie, No. 4, winter term, 2 00
Chester O. Fitts, No. 6, fall and winter terms 8 00
Peter J. Sheehan, No. I, winter term 10 00
Wm. C. Tolman, No. 7, winter term 3 00
Minnie M. Smith, No. 7, winter term I 50
Mary E. Winslow, No. 7, winter term I 50
$47 00
$1,466 08
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE APPROPRIATION.
FOR SPRING AND FALL TERMS, 1902.
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
A. G. Catheron, Principal of High School $300 00
John A. Hunnewell, Principal of High School 320 00
Mattie S. Wilder, Asst. Principal of High School 294 00
A. Gertrude Jones, drawing teacher 90 00
Adela F. Nichols, District No. I, Grammar 252 00
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Sarah F. Richardson, District No. I, Primary $240 00
Desdemona Heinrich, District No. 4, Mixed 96 00
Mary A. Schenck, District No. 4, Mixed 128 00
Martha C. Scully, District No. 5,
Grammar 252 00
Marian G. Merritt, District No. 5, Primary 252 00
Louise E. Eord, District No. 6, Primary
252 00
Sophia M. Buttrick, District No. 7, Grammar 252 '00
Maria Tolman, District No. 7, Primary
252 00
$2,980 00
CARE OF ROOMS.
Fred J. Croning, High School
$125 00
Edwin W. French, District No. 5
42 00
Peter J. Sheehan, Dist. No. I 10 00
Mary E. Winslow, Dist. No. 7
3 00
Chester O. Fitts, Dist. No. 6
8 00
William C. Tolman, Dist. No. 7
3 00
Lena Leslie, Dist. No. 4
2 00
Vincent Harriman, Dist. No. I
10 00
$203 00
FUEL AND FITTING.
Seth O. Fitts, wood and fitting $3 00
Geo. F. Welch, coal 47 93
Benj. Loring, wood and moving wood 7 50
Fred J. Croning, fitting wood
5 00
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Thomas C. Sampson, wood
$32 00
John H. Prouty, wood
30 00
Charles H. Totman, fitting wood
12 00
John Whalen, wood
62 72
John Whalen, wood
7 13
Henry C. Ford, sawing wood
22 80
Colin Jordan, housing wood
4 00
Ralph D. Merritt, housing wood
I 50
Phillips, Bates & Co., coal
15 50
Jesse M. Winslow, fitting and housing
IO 50
Charles H. Totman, work on wood
IO 67
F. E. Henderson, moving wood I 50
John Whalen, moving wood
6 25
$280 00
$3,463 00
SUPERINTENDENT.
Received from state
$250 00
Town appropriation 250 00
$500 00
Paid C. A. Record
350 00
$150 00
TRANSPORTATION.
Paid- Mrs. E. L. Loring, to March 14, 1902 $79 08
Wm. T. Lapham, to March 14, 1902 100 00
John W. Burns, 39 50
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Mrs. E. L. Loring
$255 06
J. C. Durnin
12 50
Fred B. Osborn
54 00
Wm. T. Lapham
200 00
Tilon Williams
28 00
Stacy G. Benson
30 00
Ezra E. Stetson
99 50
James L. Litchfield
128 00
L. Frank Hammond
150 00
$1,175 64
MASSACHUSETTS STATE SCHOOL FUND.
Received from state
$917 44
Unexpended balance from last year
283 86
$1,201 30
Expense of transportation to Jan., 1903
1,175 64
$25 66
AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR PRESENT YEAR.
Town appropriation
$3,755 0I
Dog tax
305 88
State Board Lunacy and Charity
47 50
Received from state on account of teachers' salaries
166 66
State school fund (bal.)
25 66
$4,300 71
Amount expended
3,463 00
$837 71
Expenses to April (estimated)
1,584 04
Deficit $746 33
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BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
E. E. Babb & Co.
$186 39
P. P. Caproni & Bro.
3 00
D. C. Heath & Co. I 40
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
II IO
Allison G. Catheron
6 00
Allyn & Bacon
10 00
Geo. F. King & Co.
27 55
Ginn & Co.
25 29
Samuel Ward Co.
8 25
C. H. Lovell
II 20
J. L. Hammett Co.
38 65
Oliver Ditson Co.
95
Bemis Pub. Co.
3 96
Leavenworth & Myer
54 20
American Book Co.
9 18
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
2 70
$399 82
CLEANING SCHOOLHOUSES.
Fred J. Croning, High School (1901, 1902) $17 00
Mary A. Osborne, Nos. 4 and 5 15 00
Seth O. Fitts, No. 6 6 00
Eva L. Winslow, No. 7
9 75
Annie F. Scully, No. I
12 00
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$59 75
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REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies (1901)
$8 04
John Whalen, labor at No. 4 4 50
Free Press Pub. Co., circulars I 50
Benj. Loring, taking census (1901) 10 00
W. H. Spencer, labor on stoves and pumps and new materials furnished 32 85
Seth O. Fitts, labor at No. 6 7 50
W. S. Simmons, labor at No. 7 I 50
Alvin T. Baker, stone work at No. I 25 00
Daniel W. Ross, labor and materials at Nos. 5 and 6 9 35
C. L. Rice & Co., matting for High School 22 72 Frank A. Prouty, materials and labor at No. I 1
38 61
W. A. G. Smith, mending clock I 00
Carrie M. Ford, stationery and printing 17 00
Francis E. Henderson, labor at No. 7 I 75
Phillips, Bates & Co., mdse. to the several schoolhouses 51 50
F. M. Curtis & Co., supplies 9 53
Patrick McNicol, labor 5 00
Hedge & Hall, supplies (1901) I 48
John A. Loring, materials and labor on stoves IO 71
John A. Loring, materials and labor on pump, No. 7 25 40
E. W. French, labor at No. 5 I 50
H. S. Merritt, labor at No. 5 I 33
C. C. Merritt, water supply at No. 4 4 00
Mary E. Curtis, postage 2 32
Thomas Barstow, labor and materials at
No. 7 8 45
Melvin Little, supplies 2 98
Mary L. F. Power, postage and tele-
phone, 1901 2 68
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Win. O. Merritt, labor at No. 5 8 42
Floretta Vining, printing, 1901 4 50
B. H. Irving, printing report cards 2 50
Benj. Loring, post and rails for fence at No. 6 II
Maria W. Tolman, supplies I 75
F. M. Curtis & Co., floor wax and express- ing I
I5
Hayden Costume Co., costumes
3 75
N. Y. & Boston Des. Ex., expressing 1901 and 1902 12 00
Anthony J. Smith, painting flag pole on town hall 5 00
Cassius C. Merritt, labor and materials at No. 4 7 50
Geo. F. Welch, supplies for school houses 20 83
Brown & Lehan, painting and glazing 57 25
Levi N. Osborn, mason work and materials 70 60
C. J. Harriman, painting at town hall 20 00
NORWELL, Jan. 17, 1903.
I have examined the accounts of the School Committee and find vouchers for all amounts paid.
GEORGE CUSHING, Auditor.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
To the School Committee :
I herewith present my third annual report as Superintend- ent of Schools.
The past year has been unusually quiet along all the lines. There has been very little fault-finding from any source. This condition has very materially contributed toward the general success of the schools. No element so much assists in school work as harmony and co-operation of parents, teachers, officers and the townspeople in general.
If parents and other citizens are not in sympathy with the existing order of things, the school children hearing the dis- cussions and expressions of dissatisfaction, become imbued with the same feelings and convey them into the schools to the detriment of all school interests.
It is to be hoped that in the future, as seems to have been the case in the past year, all differences of opinions concern- ing school matters will be discussed sufficiently in the March meeting and dropped as settled for the year, at its close.
In connection with the thoughts already expressed, I wish to quote from Professor Munsterburg of Harvard.
Professor Munsterberg was born and educated in Germany. In contrasting the schools of America with those of Germany he finds much in the school life of this country, that to his mind, does not compare favorably with the school-life of his own country, and expresses himself in regard to what he considers essential conditions of successful school-life as fol- lows :
"I feel inclined to say that what our school children (American) need is not only good teachers, but also good parents. They need fathers who feel the responsibility to be
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the ultimate moral guides of the youth and who do not un- dermine by carelessness the patient work of the teacher. They need mothers who through all their love and indul- gence steadily insist on the seriousness of duties, and who are not misled by the superficial theories of half-educated educators to believe that persuasion only and never command has to enter the nursery. They need parents who under- stand what they are doing when they let their children omit the school work when guests are coming, when they urge the school to reduce and reduce the daily home work, and when they enjoy the jokes of the child on the teacher. It is a noble thing that Americans put millions into new school houses, but to build up the education in the class room with- out a foundation in the serious, responsible aid of the par- ents, is not better than to build those magnificent buildings of brick and stone on shifting sands."
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