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Nursing in diseases of infants and children.
Orthopedic nursing.
THIRD YEAR
Obstetric nursing. Special lectures:
Eye, ear, nose and throat.
Mental and nervous diseases.
Anæsthesia. Hygiene and sanitation.
Occupational, venereal and skin diseases.
Contagious nursing :
A course of two months is given at the Providence City Hospital. Visiting nursing:
Experience in visiting nursing is given under the supervision of the Quincy Visiting Nurse Association. If qualified, the pupil also has an opportunity to act as head nurse and assist in housekeeping, which will give her some executive experience.
Students entering the preliminary term must come provided with the . following: -
Three dresses. Ten aprons. Six collars.
Four sets of plain underclothing, including two colored petticoats of wash material.
Two pairs of comfortable black shoes with broad soles and rubber heels. (Suede, cloth and patent leather not allowed.)
Rain coat and rubbers.
Kimono and slippers.
One gray woolen sweater.
One napkin ring with owner's name.
Watch with second hand (lady's size Ingersoll is inexpensive and preferable to a gold watch for duty).
Fountain pen. Laundry bag.
Directions for uniforms, etc., will be sent with the acceptance slip.
List of Graduates of the Training School
NAME
Year
Occupation
Residence
Miss Ella White .
1892
Private nurse
Miss Elsie White
.
1892
Mrs. W. C. Harrington
.
.
Miss Nellie Coolidge
.
1893
Miss Anna Kimball
1893
Private nurse
.
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Miss Priscilla McMartin
1894
Miss B. E. Clarity
1894
Miss Martha Anderson
1895
Miss Lucy Hernan
1895
Miss Margaret Ross .
1895
Mrs. Mary Wood
1895
Miss Marion Jackson .
1896
School nurse .
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Viola Harrington
1896
At home ·
1897
Miss Emma Lewis
1897
Mrs. E. L. Goddard
Boston, Mass.
Miss Anna L. Stewart
1897
Private nurse
Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Edith Wiley
.
.
.
.
.
.
Miss Winifred Hernan
1899
Miss Estelle Robinson
1900
Private nurse
Mrs. Marietta Hatch .
1900
At home
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.
.
.
1898 Mrs. Sheehan
1898
Private nurse ·
Miss Catherine Carter
1899
Private nurse ·
Boston, Mass.
Miss Helen Thompson
1899
Mrs. Duvinge
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Miss Ida Simpson ·
1899
Stillman Infirmary
Cambridge, Mass. .
Weymouth, Mass. East Friendship, Me.
CITY OF QUINCY
N. Attleborough, Mass. Malden, Mass.
Mrs. G. A. Merchant
.
Miss Anna O'Brien
.
.
.
.
Mrs. Walter Loud
Braintree, Mass. Scotland.
.
Canton, Mass.
Miss Annie Manning .
South Boston, Mass. New York, N. Y.
Miss Mary F. O'Brien
.
292
Farley, Mass. Springfield, Mass. Norfolk, Va. Springfield, Mass. Springfield, Mass. California.
1892
Miss Margaret Walker
1901
Miss Mildred Freeman
Private nurse
.
Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass. .
Miss Nellie Bulyea
.
.
.
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1903
Miss Bessie Worrell
1903
Mrs. Cleverly .
Miss Jean Allen .
1904
Miss Eva Blair
1904
Miss Mary Lindsy
1904
Private nurse
Married
Private nurse
Boston, Mass.
Miss Blanche Fairweather
1905
Swedish Hospital
Seattle, Wash.
Miss Maude McNeil
1906
Deceased
.
Miss Lottie Stumbles . .
1906
Miss Mary Ellison
1907
Mrs. Rosing
Miss Helen Young
1907
Mrs. Samuel Smart
Seattle, Washı.
Miss Maude Levatte
1907
Mrs. Harley
Seattle, Wash. .
Miss Mary Stearns
1908
Private nurse
Boston, Mass. .
Miss Lillian Hart
1908
Mrs. J. P. Steele
Marlborough, Mass.
Miss Susan Marshall
1908
Private nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Anna Blair
1908
Private nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Jeanette Falconer
1908
Private nurse
New York, N. Y. .
Miss Adeline Woodin .
1909
Mrs. William Croft
Nova Scotia. .
Miss Margaret Carey
1910
Mrs. Timothy Keoliane
.
Cambridge, Mass. Phoebus, Va.
Miss Bertha Morrill
1910
Mrs. Winne
Miss Mary Bruce
1910
Married
Miss Edith Burkett
1910
Private nurse
San Francisco, Cal. Quincy, Mass.
.
1901 1901
Miss Mary A. Kinney .
Private nurse
Mrs. Barbara Patterson
.
1901
Private nurse .
1903
Miss Anna Walker
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Unknown. Quincy, Mass.
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Psychopathic Hospital
.
Miss Helen Powers
1905
Miss Annabel Orr
1905
Gagetown, N. B. Unknown. Hull, Mass. St. Stephen, N. B. Boston, Mass. St. John, N. B. St. John, N. B.
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.
293
Unknown.
At home . .
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List of Graduates of the Training School - Continued.
NAME
Year
Occupation
Residence
Miss Barbara Levatte
1910
Mrs. Albert Jones
Port Gibbon, Alaska.
Miss Florence Mason .
1910
Mrs. C. E. Cushman
Delray, Fla.
Miss Jennie E. Russell
1911
Mrs. Edward Dunn
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Etta Y. Meyer
1911
Private nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Alma B. Reed
1912
Mrs. D. E. Mann
Cambridge, Mass.
Miss Grace Wilson
1912
Calgary, Alberta.
Miss Olive Marcille
1912
Private nurse
.
Private nurse
New York, N. Y.
Miss Sara M. McIntosh
1912
Private nurse
New York, N. Y.
Miss Mary Walsh
1912
Mrs. Hayes
Roslindale, Mass.
Miss Linda Hill
1912
Mrs. Bossa
Watertown, Mass.
Miss Marion Mills
1912
Mrs. John B. Munn
Malden, Mass.
Miss Catherine Black .
1913
Private nurse
Dorchester, Mass.
Miss Ruth Barnard
1914
Private nurse
Machias, Me.
Miss Florence Hanscom
1914
Private nurse
Boston, Mass.
Miss Victoria Ljungquist
1914
Private nurse
Roxbury, Mass.
Miss Hansnore Neilson
1914
Mrs. Benges
Roxbury, Mass.
Miss Martha Morrill
1915
Mrs. Smith
Phoebus, Va.
Miss Christina Shand .
1915
Mrs. H. White
Weymouth, Mass.
Miss Leona Carder
1915
Mrs. Anderson
East Milton, Mass.
Miss Sigrid Swanson
1915
Private nurse
Seattle, Wash.
Miss Irene E. Corbett
1916
Mrs. Philip Hussey
Milton, Mass.
Miss Gertrude Flaherty
1916
Deceased .
Miss Barbara Cameron
1916
Married
Winchester, Mass.
CITY OF QUINCY
Miss Alice MeGlue
1912
New York, N. Y.
Miss Margaret Twohig
1916
Miss Estelle Babcock .
1916
Miss Violet Robertson
1916
Private nurse
Winchester, Mass. Chelsea, Mass. .
Miss Alice Billings
1917
Public health nurse, Marine Hospital
Miss Ruth Pinel
1917
Mrs. James Bewley
Braintree, Mass. Chelsea, Mass.
Miss Valeria Vaszkis
1917
Miss Clara B. McCully
1917
Miss Sarah A. Cassell
1918
St. Michael's Mission
Ethete, Wyo.
Miss Margaret Gray
1918
Private nurse
Brookline, Mass.
Miss Ruth F. Hinton
1918
Mrs. Foy
Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Evelyn E. Moriarty
1918
Mrs. F. Holt
Miss Gertrude T. Russell
1918
Private nurse .
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Helen M. Seiders
1918
Private nurse
Melrose, Mass.
Miss Nettiedean Coombs
1919
Mrs. Alexander
Weymouth, Mass.
Miss Agnes T. Black
1919
Child Welfare nurse
Providence, R. I.
Miss Lillian A. Read
1919
District nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Elizabeth Connors
1919
Public health nurse, Marine Hospital
Chelsea, Mass.
Miss Nettie H. Denton
1919
Child welfare nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Hazel Gordon
1919
Married
Providence, R. I.
Miss Agnes L. Richard
1919
At home
Providence, R. I.
Miss Sadie Amos
1920
Private nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Sara Ross
1920
Tuberculosis nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Lucy A. Williams
1920
Private nurse .
Pleasant Villa, N. B.
Miss Bertie B. Baxter
1920
Private nurse .
Waltham, Mass.
Miss Alice C. Taylor
1920
Mrs. Joseph Barber
Braintree, Mass.
Miss Frances Collins
1920
Private nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Katherine MacKay
1920
Weymouth Hospital
Weymouth, Mass.
Mrs. Helen H. Quimby
1920
Private nurse
Braintree, Mass.
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Quincy, Mass. California.
Private nurse .
Public health nurse, Marine Hospital Private nurse
Brookline, Mass.
New Bedford, Mass.
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List of Graduates of the Training School -Concluded
NAME
Year
Occupation
Residence
Miss Helen Smith
·
.
1920
Private nurse
Chelmsford, Mass.
Miss Rose Bussing
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.
.
1921
Mrs. Clayton Nichols
Squantum, Mass.
Miss Pearl Viola Buick
.
.
.
.
1921
Private nurse
Weymouth, Mass.
Miss Margaret F. Main
1921
District nurse
Hull, Mass.
Miss Ellen L. Duggan
1921
Public health nurse
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Lillian T. Coleman
1922
Public health nurse
Brockton, Mass.
Miss Agnes C. Johnson
1922
Private nurse
.
.
.
1922
Private nurse
.
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Edna D. Tubman
1922
District nurse
Boston, Mass.
Miss Madeline F. Roberts
1922
Private nurse
.
Quincy, Mass.
CITY OF QUINCY
Private nurse
Plymouth, Mass.
Miss Frances H. Sampson
1922
District nurse
.
Boston, Mass.
Miss Muriel Cameron .
1922
Mrs. Nutting
.
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Agnes M. Gustafson
1921
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Quincy, Mass.
Miss Bernice A. Hobson
1921
X-ray technician, Quincy City Hospital
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Gladys I. Irwin .
1921
District nurse
.
.
Boston, Mass.
Miss Pauletta Kristoffersen .
1921
Weymouth Hospital
Weymouth, Mass.
.
.
.
.
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Louise Cameron .
.
.
Miss Jessie M. Nicolson
1921
.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY For the Year ending December 31, 1922
TRUSTEES
GEORGE W. ABELE, Chairman.
Mrs. ELIZABETH H. ALDEN, Secretary.
CHARLES J. McGILVRAY, Treasurer.
G. IRVING GRANT. CHARLES A. HALL.
EDWARD E. WILLIAMS.
LIBRARIAN TRUMAN R. TEMPLE.
STAFF
ISABELLE KING, First Assistant.
MABEL S. BAXTER, So. Quincy Branch.
GERTRUDE CALLAHAN, Parkway Branch.
SADIE FILES, Children's Librarian.
JOSEPHINE GHIGLI, Magazines and Mending Room.
ALICE MCCARRON, Parker Branch.
EDITH HYLAND PAYSON, Cataloger.
CATHERINE SAVILLE, Wollaston Branch.
LOUISE WARREN, Quincy Point Branch.
RUTH WILMORE, Atlantic Branch.
ELIZABETH WURTS, Reference.
Full-Time Assistants
JENNIE E. MAYBURY, 1 Mending and Shelves. LORNA SMITH, Desk Assistant.
Four part-time assistants equivalent to one assistant working full time.
Janitor EDMUND C. ROACH.
1 Resigned in November.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy.
The Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library beg leave to submit their fifty-second annual report.
Due to an unexpectedly restricted appropriation on the part of the city we are not able to report any such marked increase in circulation as that of each of the three previous years. We have, however, held our own, and have reached a circulation of almost 400,000 which, compared with a cir- culation of 180,000 in 1918, speaks volumes for the work done by our librarian, Mr. Temple. The chief stock-in-trade of a library is books, and until more money is available for their purchase, our library, of course, cannot best serve the needs of our people.
The outstanding event of the past year has been the completion of our new Wollaston Branch building on land on Beale Street, given to us by the Wollaston Women's Club, and paid for by popular subscription. The building was designed by the well-known architect, Mr. William Chapman, a resident of Wollaston, and is a real accomplishment in branch library architecture, being comparatively inexpensive and yet both at- tractive and eminently fitted for library purposes. It was erected at a cost of about $15,000, and was paid for from the Crane Memorial Fund. We have every reason to believe that our experience with the new Parkway Branch will be duplicated, and that the use of the Wollaston Branch will show a large increase. This, again, will be possible only if the Mayor and the City Council will give the library proper support and will furnish sufficient funds for the purchase of books.
The new Manet Branch, opened early in the year at Houghs Neck, has been thoroughly appreciated. The building, which at that time was the only one available, has proved entirely inadequate. We have now ob- tained new quarters on Sea Street, nearly opposite the Engine House. The building was especially constructed by Mr. Otto A. F. Page with a view to its use for library purposes, and the trustees have taken a lease of it, for a term of years, at a very reasonable rental. It will be ready for occupancy within the near future,
We cannot close without speaking of the remarkable work accomplished by our librarian, Mr. Temple, during the four years since his appointment, and of the splendid spirit of loyal devotion and co-operation manifested by the staff. He has combined with his high technical ability and train- ing in library work a genuine enthusiasm and a zealous desire to make the library of real service to the community. We have already spoken of the large increase in circulation. We now have enrolled as borrowers more than 37 per cent of the total population of the city. The library has been brought to the people by the establishment of branches in the various sections of our widely scattered city, so that, instead of only two branches, as in 1918, we now have eight. All this has been brought about at a mini- mum cost, so small, indeed, that there is probably no library in the coun- try doing its work at a smaller proportionate cost. So far as we have been able to learn there are no libraries with so small a collection of books as ours - 50,000 - that have an equal circulation, and, as a matter of fact, few such libraries have less than twice as many books. Moreover, their annual expenditures are only, in rare instances, less than $60,000, - ours last year was about $34,000. All this we are doing with a staff of only twelve, whereas few if any other libraries having so large a circulation have less than twice that number. This is all the more noteworthy in view of the fact that few such libraries have more than two or three branches at the most. Our peculiar situation as a city extending over a large area, with so many separate communities, has made it necessary that we should
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have eight branches in order that the library should serve the greatest number of people. The result of Mr. Temple's work has been that the library is now known far beyond the limits of this state and of New England for its splendid achievement at a minimum cost.
It has been a privilege and a real pleasure to give Mr. Temple our whole- hearted support and co-operation. We bespeak for him, from our suc- cessors, the same full measure of hearty support and co-operation.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. ABELE, Chairman. ELIZABETH H. ALDEN, Secretary.
TREASURER'S STATEMENT Crane Memorial Fund
Received interest on Liberty bonds $1,343 50
Received interest on bank balance
5 87
Received rents from "Pratt" property
660 00
Received from sale of Liberty bonds
10,001 96
Paid Laban Pratt, interest on mortgage
$646 50
Columbia Sign Company, sign, Parkway Branch
8 00
Crown Shade Company, shades
40 00
Frank W. White, insurance
184 00
W. S. Pinkham, legal services and disburse- ments
31 00
Beckford & Lynch, electrical work, Parkway Branch
55 02
William Chapman, services as architect,
Wollaston Branch
600 00
John H. Pray & Sons, linoleum
64 80
William H. Teasdale, insurance
69 00
William Patterson, shrubs
20 50
E. C. Sargent, surveying, Wollaston Branch
25 00
Freeman W. Grant, builder
9,700 00
John C. Paige & Co., insurance
21 00
Balance on hand December 31, 1922
546 51
$12,011 33
$12,011 33
On hand December 31, 1922:
Liberty bonds (cost price)
$16,468 62
Liberty bonds (received as part of principal)
1,500 00
$17,968 62
Alice G. White Music Fund
Balance on hand December 31, 1921
$146 01
Liberty bond (cost price)
938 99
Received interest on bond
42 50
Paid Dewolfe & Fiske Company, books
$84 86
Liberty bond (cost price)
938 99
Balance on hand December 31, 1922
103 65
$1,127 50 $1,127 50
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George W. Morton Fund
Balance on hand December 31, 1921:
2 Kansas City terminal bonds 4s
$1,880 50
3 Massachusetts Gas 42s Balance in Quincy Savings Bank
2,912 38
212 87
Received interest on bonds
215 00
Received interest on deposits
12 46
Balance on hand December 31, 1922:
2 Kansas City terminal bonds 4s
$1,880 50
3 Massachusetts Gas 42s
2,912 38
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank .
440 33
$5,233 21
$5,233 21
Cotton Center Johnson Fund
Balance on hand December 31, 1921:
Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph bonds (cost price)
$1,890 00
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank . 219 09
Received interest on bonds
100 00
Received interest on deposits
10 32
Balance on hand December 31, 1922:
Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph bonds (cost price)
$1,890 00
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank
329 41
$2,219 41
$2,219 41
Catalogue Fund
Balance on hand December 31, 1921
$55 73
Received from library fines
147 56
Received interest on deposits
25
Paid Beckford & Lynch, wiring
$17 49
George M. Hanson & Co., repairs
12 41
Wm. A. Pasley, repairs on auto
11 30
Edith Hyland Payson, cataloguer
112 50
J. T. Roach, labor, Manet Branch
18 50
Truman R. Temple, library supplies
31 34
$203 54
$203 54
Mt. Wollaston Bank Account
May 8, 1913, deposit by transfer from Endowment Fund
$100 00
Balance on hand December 31, 1922
$100 00
$100 00
$100 00
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Thomas Crane Endowment Fund
Balance on hand December 31, 1921:
Massachusetts state bonds (cost price) $19,656 75
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank . 754 12
Received interest on Massachusetts state bonds 630 00
Received interest on deposits
29 24
Paid American Surety Company of N. Y. premium on bond for treasurer
$6 25
Mabel S. Baxter, work for treasurer
20 00
Bay State Awning Company, recover awnings
33 00
Beckford & Lynch, repairs
22 99
Boston Feather Duster Company, brushes
36 00
Wm. A. Bradford Company, repairs
34 20
Joseph Breck & Sons, repairs
25 84
F. O. Clark Engraving Company, picture
7 00
James P. Flanagan, loam
8 00
Granite Trust Company, box rent
5 00
J. B. Hunter Company, lawn sprinkler
3 50
Kitchen Furnishing Company, dishes
10 92
D. B. McDonald, filling old well
18 00
The Pratt Company, annual report
102 50
George W. Prescott, advertising
3 13
Francis Roach, care of grounds
40 00
Sue Rice Studios, picture of Parkway
7 25
E. C. Roach, care of grounds
65 00
James Savage, labor
9 50
John G. Thomas, repairing roof
31 15
William Westland & Co., supplies
123 34
Balance on hand December 31, 1922:
Massachusetts state bonds (cost price)
19,656 75
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank
800 79
$21,070 11
$21,070 11
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Circulation by Classes, 1922
BRANCHES
JUVENILE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL LIBRARY
Total
Wollaston
Parkway
Atlantic
Quincy Point
Parker
South Quincy
Squantum
Manet
Children's Room
Schools
General
6,485
1,917
1,431
546
411
341
933
251
125
819
23
13,282
Philosophy
1,104
179
33
20
65
38
9
1
23
21
4
1,497
Religion
624
193
136
43
192
33
59
3
46
166
45
1,540
Sociology .
1,761
1,860
3,839
1,061
2,785
1,375
1,594
302
1,037
4,126
1,631
21,371
Language
513
10
85
8
75
90
1
4
6
42
834
Science
1,248
487
557
137
294
168
258
19
111
752
210
4,241
Useful Arts
2,671
630
856
301
755
310
306
34
121
834
448
7,266
Fine Arts .
2,604
861
512
176
319
278
333
58
193
876
181
6,391
Literature
3,866
2,353
7,178
1,929
3,200
1,603
2,981
565
1,377
4,856
1,629
31,537
History
1,351
954
1,274
410
593
385
609
84
425
1,490
918
8,493
Travel
2,120
1,237
2,209
588
1,287
876
1,133
211
591
2,829
937
14,018
Biography
2,071
606
501
262
403
247
315
69
160
721
329
5,684
Fiction
74,994
40,431
29,525
20,909
24,275
16,476
13,021
5,906
10,388
18,559
6,870
261,354
.
Total
101,412
51,718
48,136
26,390
34,654
22,130
21,641
7,504
14,601
36,055
13,267
377,508
CITY OF QUINCY
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REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library.
I submit below the librarian's report for the year ending December 31, 1922.
The report for 1921 might fairly be submitted for 1922. The conditions then shown still prevail, with the exception that the forecast then made can now be stated as an accomplished fact. The whole report was centered upon our entirely inadequate supply of books. The prediction was made that unless a larger book fund were available the progress of the library would be interrupted. And that has resulted. During the previous three years the library gained 123 per cent in the number of books issued. Last year that growth came to an abrupt halt with the merely nominal increase of 1 per cent. It was necessary to stop the purchase of new titles in No- vember and for the remainder of the year the use of books fell rapidly.
The circulation, 377,508 volumes for home use, is an average of eight per inhabitant of the city. Any librarian would recognize this at once as being unusually high. For the past three years the cost per volume cir- culated has been 9 cents. This would have been low even in pre-war times and is abnormally so now. The average the country over is in ex- cess of 14 cents per volume. To effect this result many cheese-paring economies have been necessary; and many economies have been forced upon us which were not economical but rather parsimonious. This is all by way of saying that no further service can be rendered than is now being rendered unless more money can be obtained for books. A careful exami- nation of the reports of our neighbors and of libraries throughout the country doing the same amount of work as ours shows that in every case they have at least twice as many books as we and often even larger collec- tions than that. It is not strange, therefore, that each of our communi- ties which has a branch feels that it has so few volumes that it is suffering from discrimination.
The very interesting work formerly begun in connection with the Ameri- canization classes supervised by Miss Perry was continued. There has been little time for developing activities in new directions. But just as the year closed a line of work was started in connection with seven of the grade schools that opens up prospects of great usefulness. Classes have come four times each from these schools for lessons in the use of our re- sources. The enthusiasm of the teachers and masters and their descrip- tions of the far-reaching results on all branches of the school work give promise of what might be done if we could find a way to secure an assistant who would give her whole time to developing this work. This is done by all progressive libraries. Our present staff of twelve is too small to permit our detailing one of them for the work. And the librarian cannot find a way to give an hour out of each morning at just the time when adminis- trative problems press most heavily.
Staff meetings have been held more frequently during the past year. They have proved of practical benefit in affording an opportunity for dis- cussing library problems and co-ordinating the different parts of our work. Several social functions among the staff have contributed toward pro- moting a sense of solidarity. According to a recently established custom we have sent the whole staff to visit two of our neighboring libraries at an interval of a few months. A comparison of methods observed has been discussed by all and in more than one instance improved methods have followed in our own institution. Much of the tendency to fall into a dull routine or the slough of self satisfaction has been avoided.
In July Josephine Ghigli and Alice McCarron left us to take the summer course in library science at Simmons College. They returned in September
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to regular appointments on our staff. In August Elizabeth Wurts of East Orange, N. J., accepted the position of reference librarian. To three years of experience in her home city she has added the regular library course at Pratt Institute.
I am so often gratified by voluntary expressions of appreciation on the part of the public that I am convinced that our staff as a body look upon library work as a form of social service, and give freely and enthusiastically of their efforts.
Respectfully submitted, TRUMAN R. TEMPLE, Librarian.
Statistics arranged according to the Form adopted by the American Library Association
Population served, 47,826 (Census of 1920).
Terms of use - free for lending and reference.
Total number of agencies, consisting of -
Central Library:
Branches
8
Stations (delivery)
3
Other agencies:
Schools (buildings)
6
Number of days open during year:
303
For lending For reading
333
Hours open each week for lending
72
Hours open each week for reading
76
Total number of staff .
12
Total valuation of library property
$230,000
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of volumes at beginning of year
37,895
11,272
49,167
Number of volumes added by purchase
3,086
3,093
6,236
Number of volumes added by gift
135
2
137
Number of volumes added by binding
84
-
84
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn
2,904
1,632
4,536
Total number at end of year
38,296
12,735
51,031
Total number of volumes lent for home use
219,253
158,255
377,508
Number of volumes of fiction lent for home use
261,354
Total number of registered borrowers
17,382
Number of publications issued .
5
Number of periodicals and newspapers currently received, 146 titles; 255 copies.
Financial Statement
RECEIPTS
City appropriation
$34,335 00
Endowment funds
900 97
Total
$35,235 97
305.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
PAYMENTS
Maintenance:
Books .
$7,321 18
Periodicals .
766 70
Binding
1,776 95
Salaries
18,736 49
Rent
2,569 34
Heat
772 90
Light
927 62
Librarian's petty cash
187 44
Other maintenance .
2,177 35
Total
$35,235 97
Books in Library January 1, 1923
Adult
Juvenile
Total
General works
694
97
791
Periodicals
3,211
3,211
Philosophy
778
14
792
Religion
1,039
105
1,144
Sociology
3,438
1,167
4,605
Philology
280
3
283
Science
948
514
1,462
Useful arts
1,863
609
2,472
Fine arts
1,644
480
2,124
Literature .
4,137
1,488
5,625
History and travel
4,718
2,240
6,958
Biography .
3,002
682
3,684
Fiction
12,544
5,336
17,880
Total
38,296
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