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OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town of Wayland
POR 17S
One Hundred and Twenty-second Municipal Year
PROM
March 1, 1901, to March 1, 1902
EAST SUDERRY
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town of Wayland
FOR IT'S
One Hundred and Twenty-second Municipal Year
FROM
March 1, 1901, to March 1, 1902
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NATICK, MASS. PRESS OF NATICK REVIEW 1902.
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TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
Clerk.
Term Expires
DANIEL BRACKETT 1902
Treasurer and Collector
HENRY F. LEE
1902
Auditor
FRANK E. YEAGER
1902
Treasurer of Library Funds
HENRY D. PARMENTER
1902
Selectmen
ALBION F. PARMENTER, Chairman
1902
75
ELBRIDGE A. CARTER
1902
50
FRANK X. LUPIEN
1902
52
Overseers of the Poor
DAVID P. W. LOKER, Chairman
1902
DANIEL W. RICKER, Clerk
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1903
THEODORE S. SHERMAN
1904
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Term Expires
School Committee
ERNEST E. BUTLER. Chairman 1902
CHARLES H. BOODEY, M. D. 1903
FRANK I. COOPER. appointed 1902
Assessors
EDWARD CARTER 1904
NATHANIEL R. GERALD .
· 1902
MARCUS M. FISKE
.
1903
Water Commissioners
WILLIAM M. FULLICK .1903
CHARLES H. BOODEY .
1904
HENRY G. DUDLEY
1902
Trustees Public Library
JOHN CONNELLY, Chairman 1903
ALFRED C. BRYANT ·
1903
FRANCIS SHAW ·
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1902
HARRY E. CARSON 1902 ·
HON. CHESTER B. WILLIAMS 1904 ·
ARTHUR G. BENNETT
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1904
Constables
LEANDER N. CASWELL . · JEAN B. CHARBONNEIU .
1902
LAWRENCE H. McMANUS .
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1902
ANDREW H. MORSE 1903
GEORGE E. SHERMAN
· 1902
COLIN C. WARD
· 1902
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1902
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Term Expires
Trustees of the Allen Fund
ISAAC DAMON ·
1902
CHARLES H. BOODEY
· 1902
JAMES A. DRAPER
1902
Fence Viewers
ISAAC DAMON
1902
ALBION F. PARMENTER ·
1902
EDWARD CARTER
1902
Field Drivers
CHARLES DAMON .
1902
CYRUS A. ROAK
1902
Sealer of Weights and Measures
DANIEL BRACKETT 1902
Measurers of Wood and Bark
GEORGE B. HOWE . .
1902
EDWARD CARTER ·
1902
WILLIAM S. LOVELL ·
1902
Surveyor of Lumber
JAMES H. LEE
1902
Superintendents of Cemeteries
ANDREW S. MORSE 1902 ៛
RANDALL W. PORTER
: Dancing VEgur 1902 3
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Term Expires
Finance Committee.
Chairman of SELECTMEN 1902
ASSESSORS · .
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1902
OVERSEERS OF POOR 1902
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.. SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1902
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS 1902
TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY 1902
1902 TREASURER · .
SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS 1902 CHIEF ENGINEER FIRE DEPT. 1902
Tree Warden
PETER LEVITRE 1902
Memorial Day Committee
WILLIAM T. DUDLEY A. CLIFFORD BRYANT, W. S. LOVELL.
Engineers Fire Department
ERWIN W. MARSTON 1902
ARTHUR J. RICKER ·
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1902
WILLIAM L. KING
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1902
Surveyor of Highways
WILLIAM C. NEAL 1902
Registrars of Voters
THEODORE L. SAWIN, chairman . 1903
JAMES H. CARROLL .
1904
FRANK HAYNES . 1902 · ·
DANIEL BRACKETT
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· 1902
Term Expires
Sinking Fund Commissioners
EDWIN W. MARSTON HENRY D. PARMENTER
1903
. 1904
HON. CHESTER B. WILLIAMS
1902
Board of Health
CHARLES F. WHITTIER
1902
WILLARD C. HUNTING ·
·
. 1904
THOMAS BRYANT, V .S. .
1902
Stocking Ponds.
HENRY G. DUDLEY.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
WAYLAND, Feb. 28, 1902.
The Selectmen organized by the election of A. F. Parmenter, chairman, and the town clerk as clerk to the board at a salary of fifty dollars for the year. In appointing a clerk other than a member of the board, we believe we have acted for the interest of the town financially and otherwise. Financially, be- cause the sum paid ( $50) will be found to be less than has been, and must necessarily be paid for assistance to the board each year ; otherwise, because the town clerk is the intermediary be- tween the state and the town, and between the town and the various boards of town officers. So. too, there is scarcely a meeting of the Selectmen when something is not required in the way of information from the Town Clerk.
We have made the following appointments as required by law :
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, Edwin W. Marston, Arthur J. Ricker, William L. King.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS. Thomas Bryant, V. S.
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS. James H. Carroll, three years.
AUCTIONEERS. George E. Sherman, Jacob Reeves and Alfred A. Carter.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS. George B. Howe, Lorenzo K. Lovell, Albert L. Adams.
FISH AND GAME WARDEN. John J. Erwin.
BURIAL AGENT FOR INDIGENT SOLDIERS. Charles H. May.
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ELECTION OFFICERS. Precinct I. Warden. E. F. Lee : clerk, M. W. Hynes ; inspectors, William Stearns. Howard W. Parmenter. T. Weld Frost, James I. Bryden.
Precinct II. Warden. E. E. Butler: clerk. Ernest F. Lawrence; inspectors, Fred A. Carter, A. Clifford Bryant. Daniel D. Griffin, Dolor Cormier and Daniel Ricker.
JANITOR OF HALL. John E. Linnehan.
POLICE OFFICERS Frank X. Lupien, John B. McManus. James Linnehan. These officers are paid by the state.
POLICE OFFICERS. John E. Linnehan. Michael W. Hynes. Leslie E. A. Smith. Alvin B. Neal, (P. D. Gorman and Orlando C. Ewing for the third, fourth and fifth of July. ) Leander N. Caswell, Orlando C. Ewing. reappointed and assigned to street duty Nov. 2, 1901.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Daniel W. Ricker. resigned December 7, and Daniel Brackett was appointed to fill vacancy.
Acting under a vote of the town we have leased the rooms in the town hall formerly occupied by the public library to Rev. Joseph N. Jacques for the term of five years at a rental of seventy-eight dollars per annum payable semi-annually.
We granted two sixth-class licenses to sell intoxicating liquors, also three pool licenses.
By advice of Counsel P. H. Cooney Esq. we settled the case of Lupien vs. Town by paying plaintiff five hundred dollars in full of all damages and costs
Baldwin's bridge has been rebuilt with stone in a substan- tial manner under the supervision of the county commissioners, at a cost to the town of four hundred and thirty-one and 2-100 dollars, being one third of whole cost.
The overdraft in Incidentals was caused by the unexpected expenditure of five hundred dollars for Lupien case and five
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hundred and sixty dollars premium for insurance on public buildings.
ALBION F. PARMENTER. ELBRIDGE A. CARTER. FRANK X. LUPIEN. Selectmen.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
WAYLAND, January 1, 1902 Births.
Whole number registered during the year is twenty. being twenty-six less than last year.
Males 13
Females
7
Born of native parents 9
Born of foreign parents
5
Born of native and foreign parents
6
Marriages.
Whole number registered during the year is twenty-four. being same as in each of two years past.
Native birth of both parties
17
Native and foreign birth
7
First marriage of both parties
18
First of one and second of the other
6
Deaths.
Whole number registered during the year twenty-seven, being five less than last year.
Married
1-
Widowed
6
Single
14
Native birth
18
Foreign birth
9
Males
17
Females
10
13
Names of persons deceased during the year who were over seventy years old.
Years.
Months.
Days.
William Baldwin
80
6
James F. Hawkins
76
1 -
Sarah H. Morse
88
24
Isabella M. Wight
11
27
Hazen C. Tyrrell
81
10
12
Esther Chouinard
Nosological Table.
Paralysis
Old age
3
Heart Disease
6
Arterio Scelerosis
1
Consumption
1
Bronchial Pneumonia
.
Phthisis
1
Pernicious Anæmia
1
Convulsions
1
Tetanus
1
Abcess of Lung
1.
Cardiac Paralysis
1
Drowning
Fracture of Liver
1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
2
Still-born
1
Dogs Licensed.
109 males at $2.00
$218 00
16 females at $5.00
80 00
$298 00
125 licenses at .20 ( Clerks fees )
25 00
$273 00
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Voters.
Number registered Nov. 5. 1901
506
Precinct 1
152
Precinct II
354
Ballots east precinct I 70
Ballots cast precinct 11
74
Number women voting at annual meeting
Vote For Governor
Crane, Rep. had
184
Berry
28
Lewis
2
Quincy
74
Warren
9
Blanks
6
Vote For Senator.
Foley. Democrat.
67
Williams
223
Blanks
13
Vote For Representative.
Plunkett
Blanks
Marlboro
Brigham. 1378
Hunter. 1181
763
.788
Sudbury
69
62
16
43
Wayland
168
166
88
184
Totals
1615
1409
867
1015
DANIEL BRACKETT.
Town Clerk.
Number of women voters
LIST OF JURORS. As Prepared by the Selectmen for the Year 1902.
Fred P. Draper.
Jeremiah Lyons. ~
William H. Duplissis. John E. Linnehan.
Napoleon Paradean. Alfred A. Carter. George B. Howe. Charles H. Fiske. ~ Edwin W. Marston.
James I. Bryden.
Ferdinand K. Hunt.
John F. Maloy. Patrick Nolan.
Samuel S. Davidson.
Edward B. Smith. / Josiah W. Parmenter ..
Michael W. Hynes.
Cyrus A. Roak.
Thomas W. Frost.
Marcus M. Fisk.
Marshall C. Baldwin.
Elijah H. Atwood. ~ Samuel N. Sanders. ~ Allan B. Sherman.
ALBION F. PARMENTER, ELBRIDGE A. CARTER. FRANK X. LUPIEN. Selectmen of Wayland.
March 7, 1902.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND.
Your Commissioners would respectfully report that they have invested the money placed in their hands as follows: Town of Wayland Bonds purchased $5.589 61 Jan. 7. 1901, Deposited in Cambridgeport Savings Bank. . $337 83
Mar. 8. 1901. Interest on Bond. 100 00
Jan. 15. 1902. Interest on Deposit. . 14 54
Mar. 3. 1902. Interest on Bond.
200 00
$652 37 E. W. MARSTON. C. B. WILLIAMS. HENRY D. PARMENTER. Commissioners Wayland Sinking Fund.
Wayland, March 1. 1902.
ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1902.
Valuation of Real Estate May 1, 1901
$1,417,480 00
66 " Personal Estate May 1, 1901
273,594 00
Total Valuation
$1,691,074 00
Valuation of Real Estate May 1, 1900
1.404,620 00
" Personal Estate, May 1, 1900 244,655 00
Total Valuation May 1, 1900
$1,649,275 00
Increase ·
41,799 00
Taxes assessed for town purposes
24,032 87
Overlayings
38 62
State tax
1050 00
State tax special Marsh land .
516 44
State tax highway .
30 50
County tax
1890 15
Additional assessments .
157 00
$27,715 58
Total tax committed to collector Number of polls assessed 1901 690
1900 690
1,000
Whole number of persons assessed Number of residents assessed on property Number of non-residents assessed on prop- erty ·
425
156
Total number assessed on property .
581
18
Total value of land $593,780 00
" buildings
823,700 00
Value of church property
28,440 00
town
129,990 00
Number of horses assessed
394
COWS
711
.. neat cattle other than cows ·
83
.. swine
276
fowls
2.425
dwelling houses
443
acres of land .
9,239 48-100
Rate of taxation, 1901
$15 50
1900
14 70
TAXES ABATED DURING THE YEAR.
Tax assessed in 1893.
Real estate
6 35
Taxes assessed in 1896.
Real estate
17 46
Personal estate
78
Polls
2 00
Taxes assessed in 1897.
Real estate
17 66
Personal estate
1 20
Polls
8 00
Taxes assessed in 1898.
Real estate
27 19
Personal estate
54 04
Polls
6 00
Taxes assessed in 1899.
Real estate
10 20
Personal estate
6 80
Poll
10 00
Taxes assessed in 1900.
Real estate.
42 05
Personal estate
74
19
Polls $12 00
Taxes assessed in 1901.
Real estate
51 16
Personal estate
9 69
Polls
6 00
Total abatements for the year $289 32
We would respectfully recommend that a sum of money not exceeding three hundred dollars be appropriated for the purpose of furnishing the assessors' room in the town hall for the use of the assessors.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD CARTER, NATHANIEL R. GERALD, MARCUS M. FISKE.
Wayland, Feb. 28, 1902.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH FOR 1901-1902.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED.
The Wayland Board of Health respectfully submit the fol- lowing report:
Scarlet Fever
. 6
Diphtheria
.
2
Varioloid
.
1
Total 9
LICENSES GRANTED.
Undertakers 2
The Board feel that the healthful condition of the town is largely due to the hearty co-operation received from the citizens in carrying out the various health laws.
The conditions which create malaria have received special attention. This disease will be further abated when the Metro- politan Water Board have finished dredging the Meadow basin of Lake Cochituate.
The State Board of Health have recommended to the General Court that the Saxonville Mills be enjoined to dis- continue emptying their waste and sewage into the Sudbury River and their recommendation, if followed, will be beneficial to the health of the people in the Central part of the town.
Although many improvements have been made we yet feel that attention should be called to the condition of "Granny Moore's Pond Hole" on Pond street. This place seems to be a natural receptacle for all the surface drainage of the adjoining
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neighborhood and is used as such. It also absorbs the overflow of several cess-pools. This we are endeavoring to prevent and will use every available means, considering our limited circum- stances, for as this pond has no outlet the sediment must remain, rendering it very impure. We recommend that the town take action in regard to this matter.
The question in regard to the piggeries in North Wayland has been amicably settled and in the opinion of the board, the owners have taken all possible precaution to commit no nuisance and have provided cleaner quarters than the average cow barn for their stock.
WILLARD C. HUNTING, Chairman. THOMAS BRYANT. CHARLES F. WHITTIER. Clerk.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The most important work accomplished by the Board of Library Trustees during the past year has been the classification of the library in accordance with the Dewey system.
With its more than thirteen thousand volumes, the library has got far beyond the control of any librarian under the plan that had been in vogue for half a century. What was needed was system and classification.
Miss E. Louise Jones of Waltham, a graduate of the Au- herst Library school, was secured, and with the aid of two as- sistants commenced work the first of July, completing the class- ification and recataloguing November first, with the exception of the duplicate catalogue for Cochituate which was finished the middle of January. The result is most satisfactory, and the use- fulness and convenience of the library has been more than doubled. Every book has its place, and there is a place in wait- ing, as it were, for every book that may be added in the years to come.
In the Librarian's report is a brief explanation of the sys- tem as well as the new method of delivery of books which is so arranged that the book takers as well as the librarian has a record of when the book was taken out and when it is due, and there is now no chance of levying fines through error. It also enables the librarian to know at all times where the books are, which was impossible under the old plan. In the past many books have been lost that it was impossible to trace,
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The additional expense incurred in carrying out the classi- fication was met by donations of a few public spirited citizens and friends of the library to whom the town should be duly grateful.
July first. Mrs. Sarah E. Heard, who had served as librarian with conscientious fidelity since April 1. 1885, an appreciation of whose long and devoted services the trustees have spread on their records, was succeeded by Miss Mabel T. Staples (now Mrs. Everett Small) who was unanimously elected by the Trustees. after the consideration of several applications. As she could not enter into the duties of the office immediately. with the approval of the Trustees, she obtained Miss Sarah Lovell as a substitute who efficiently fulfilled her duties. to the satis- faction of the board and the patrons of the library.
Mrs. Small assumed charge August 24. Having graduated from the Liberal Arts college at Boston University and having an experience of several years as teacher in the High school of our town. and being peculiarly fitted by temperament for such a posi- tion, she has adapted herself to the office most satisfactorily. The reforms she has inaugurated have met with the hearty approval of the board and proven most helpful and pleasing to the patrons of the library
July first also commenced the opening of the library on Wednesday evening, so that it is now open to the public Wednesdays and Saturdays from three till five in the afternoon. and from six thirty until nine in the evening, except holidays. The wisdom of the change has been fully demonstrated, and ad- ditional open hours will follow as soon as the town will sanction, by furnishing the necessary means to defray the additional ex- pense.
During the year the friends of the library have shown in many ways their deep interest in its welfare. Mrs. Warren G. Roby has made many donations including an excellent oil por- trait of the late Warren Gould Roby as well as wall and mantel
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clocks. bronze busts and many volumes from the private library of the late Mr. Roby. The Misses Loring and Mr. Wallace Draper have donated many volumes and current magazines. Besides these there are friends whom it is not our privilege to name.
With the funds at our disposal and the work that we have been obliged to perform we have not been able to procure as many books as usual, only obtaining such current literature and absolute essentials as we felt must be supplied. We are still wofully in need of up-to-date books of reference and what may be termed "semi-technical" works. Rapid strides have been made in history, science, travel and research during the past decade, and we have not been able to keep abreast with the times. Many standard works and juvenile sets are in need of replacing, and fiction in general shows the severe usage to which it has been subjected.
Such donations as those of Mr. James Draper, Mr. James Sumner Draper and Mrs. Lydia Maria Childs, whose incomes can only be used for the purchase of books are most beneficial.
We also have to report closer contact with the public schools and an increase in the number of patrons and book takers. The library will be open for inspection and distribution of books on town meeting day from ten until six.
In asking for only eight hundred dollars for the library, we do it with a desire to do our part towards keeping the tax rate as low as possible, yet realizing that an increased appropriation in this department would prove of lasting benefit to the town.
A recommendation that we will urge is an early introduc- tion of electricity for lighting.
The apparent unexpended balance as shown in the Treas- urer of the Library Funds' report was reserved for payment February bills presented March 1, which have been settled amount to 89.53.
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Appended is the Librarian's report with statistical informa- tion and catalogue of last year's accessions.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN CONNELLY, Chairman, ARTHUR G. BENNETT, Clerk, FRANCIS SHAW, HARRY E. CARSON, C. B. WILLIAMS, A. CLIFFORD BRYANT.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY:
The librarian submits the following report for the year end- ing January 31. 1902 :-
Number of volumes-classified
Fiction
3.121
Biography .
850
General subjects
7.169
Total
11.140
Unclassified
Government and state reports 1.873
Miscellaneous and old volumes 668
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Duplicates, "Wayland in the
Civil War." 63
Total
2,604
Total 13.744
Number purchased
57
Number re-placed
24
Number re-bound
61
Number presented
75
Number taken out during the year
5.487
Number cards in use 290
Books and magazines have been received from the following:
Mr. A. G. Bennett. Ellen S. Bulfinch, Mr. James Coolidge. Mrs. Charles A. Cutting, Mr. Wallace Draper. Mr. F. H. Fowler. Havard University, the Misses Loring, Mrs. Warren G. Roby, the
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State Government. Godfrey Sweven. the United States Govern- ment. the University of Pennsylvania.
The following periodicals are to be regularly found in the reading room:
Review of Reviews. Bookman. Harper's Monthly. Munsey's, McClure's. Cosmopolitan. Century. Atlantic Monthly. Success. Amateur Work. Ladies' Home Journal, Practical Politics. Woman's Journal, Harper's Weekly. Saturday Evening Post. Good Roads. Cochituate Enterprise. St. Nicholas. Perry Maga- zine. Youths companion.
CLASSES OF READING BY PER CENT.
Fiction
83.204
History 3.113
Biography
2.971
Science
1.133
Literature
4.386
Religion .143
General works
3.679
The chief feature of the past year has been the 're-catalogu-' ing of the books. For this work, the services of Miss Louise E. Jones of the Amherst Library school were secured. she had one assistant, and from time to time other help on the manual part. After September, the Librarian gave sufficient time and aid to become as familiar as was possible (in so short a time) with the system. The work under Miss Jones' direction ended Nov. 1. Few realize the amount of thought, time and labor necessary in the classifying of the books of a library of ordinary size: The results of the four months' work amply rewarded the expendi- ture.
Circumstances decreed that three things needful for the completion of the work should be left undone. One was the type-writing of a duplicate card catalogue for the Cochituate branch; the second, the making of a new accession-book; the third the classifying of the state and government documents. The duplicate catalogue was subsequently done by Miss Josephine Clark and used at Cochituate for the first time the evening of January 17, 1902. The work on the accession-book has been
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left to the Librarian, but as it is a long and exacting task, and the duties necessary for the running of the library not few, only a remote date can be set for its completion. The third matter is still waiting, neither of these last two materially affect the ordin- ary running of the library, but it is to be greatly desired that both shall be done as speedily as circumstances will permit.
A word in explanation of the Dewey system of cataloguing may not be amiss. All books are classified by subject matter as fic- tion, biography or general works. Books of fiction are marked with the initial of the author's name, the author's number (taken from a prepared author card ) and the initial of the books title: e. g. "The Crisis," by Winston Churchill, C 4944 C; while "Richard Carvel" by the same author is C 4944 R. The fiction books are arranged on the shelves alphabetically and numerically under each letter. Thus all the works of an author come together on a shelf. This is a great advantage, saving much time that must otherwise be spent in consulting the catalogue.
Works of biography bear a large "B": then follows the initial of the person who is the subject of the work, a number, and the initial of the author. "The private Life of the Sultan" by M. Georges Dorys is marked B-A B 32 D. These are placed on the shelves in a similar manner as that used for the fiction, but in this case, we find the letters bring together all works on the same person, i. e., all biographies of George Washington are together. This is exactly what is wanted as the authors of biography are of comparatively little importance.
Other works fall into ten classes; general works, philosophy, religion, sociology, philology, natural science, useful arts, fine arts, literature and history. Each of these classes is allotted one hundred numbers, and the divisions of each class designated by some number included in the one hundred numbers, e. g. religion is 200; natural theology, one of its divisions, is 210-220; and "The Life Everlasting" by John Fiske becomes classed, 218- F 54 L. The arrangement on the shelves is numerical to bring together books on the same subjects; then under the numbers
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the order is by letters so that all books on the same subject by the same author are together.
This is the system briefly stated. The great advantage is that there is certain to be a combination of numbers and letters for each book that may come to the library in the future, and that this so-called book-number will place the volume on the shelves just where it would have gone had it been there when the cataloguing was first done. It does not break down the scheme.
, When the books are prepared for delivery, a pocket holding a slip bearing title, authors and number is pasted to the inside of the back cover. On the oppposite leaf is pasted a slip marked "Date due." When the volume is called for, the date on which the book must be returned is stamped on the slip so marked. and the other slip taken from the pocket, stamped and placed in an envelope. bearing the borrower's name. The en- velopes are arranged in trays by the dates stamped on the slips. Thus, for every volume out, the librarian holds a slip telling all about it. On the return of the book, the slip is replaced in the back before the book is shelved.
In closing. the librarian would like to express her satisfac- tion with the working of the new system, and to thank those who made it possible to introduce it into the library.
MABEL T. S. SMALL,
Wayland, Feb. 3, 1902.
Librarian.
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Recent Additions
GENERAL WORKS.
*030-AM32
*050-F63
American Cyclopaedia. 16 vols. index. 1881 ed. Poole's Index. Wm. I. Fletcher and Mary Poole.
SOCIOLOGY.
378-H126
378-P38
Harvard University Cat. 1901-2. Pennsylvania, University of. Cat. 1901-2.
RELIGION.
220-B47 Hy. 218-F54L
Bible. 1887. ed.
222-M69
Life Everlasting, The. JJohn Fiske. World before Abraham, The. H. G. Mitchell.
LITERATURE.
811-F798 811-AL2W
Man. Edwy Wells Foster. Wyndham Towers. T. B. Aldrich.
HISTORY, TRAVEL, ETC.
944-P17
Correspondence of Prince Talleyrand and Louis XVIII. during the Congress of Vienna. M. G. Pallain.
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